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98. Lon Chaney

Actor | He Who Gets Slapped

Although his parents were deaf, Leonidas Chaney became an actor and also owner of a theatre company (together with his brother John). He made his debut at the movies in 1912, and his filmography is vast. Lon Chaney was especially famous for his horror parts in movies like e.g. Quasimodo in The ...

98. Spencer Charters

Actor | High Sierra

Spencer Charters was a burly, moon faced man who got his start in the theater where he basically stayed until 1930. Thereafter, he quickly launched a career as a character actor in movies. His specialty was a lower-to-middle-class worker, and he portrayed many types, including judges, doctors, ...

99. Charley Chase

Actor | Neighborhood House

While Charley Chase is far from being as famous as "The Big Three" (Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd) today, he's highly respected as one of the "greats" by fans of silent comedy.

Chase (real name Charles Parrott) was born in Maryland, USA, in 1893. After a brief career in vaudeville,...

100. Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Actor | The Clones

Born Noble LaPorte Chisman to Thomas F and Cora Esther (LaPorte) Chisman of Indianapolis, he eventually adopted the screen name Kid Chissel. He left his Indiana home in the mid-1930's, not long after his parents had divorced. He aimed to pursue a Hollywood career. Prior to that, he worked as a ...

101. Tim Choate

Actor | Pearl Harbor

Dallas-born Tim Choate considered himself better qualified as a theatrical performer than as a screen actor. The University of Texas graduate had indeed a solid background in stagecraft, having performed on Broadway (including 300 performances in the Pulitzer prize-winning 'Crimes of the Heart') ...

102. Berton Churchill

Actor | Stagecoach

Berton Churchill was born on December 9, 1876 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Stagecoach (1939), Sweethearts (1938) and Steamboat Round the Bend (1935). He was married to Harriet Elizabeth Gardner. He died on October 10, 1940 in New York City, New York, USA.

103. Frank Churchill

Composer | Dumbo

Academy Award-winning composer and songwriter ("Whistle While You Work", "Some Day My Prince Will Come"), and pianist, educated at the University of California. He was a pianist in film theatres, and then came to Hollywood under contract to Walt Disney. Joining ASCAP in 1938, his chief musical ...

104. Edward Clark

Writer | Sally in Our Alley

Edward Clark AKA E.A. Clarke was a prolific actor of the silent and sound era, but NOT the same person as the similarly named songwriter ("Heart of My Heart"), composer, author, director and producer, who came to the USA in 1891, was a vaudeville comedian, composed the Broadway stage score and ...

105. Elmer Clifton

Director | The Secret of Treasure Island

He acted on the stage from 1907 and worked with D.W. Griffith in various capacities between 1913-22, including appearances in The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916). He became a director in 1917, with his best-known production probably being the big-budget whaling epic Down to the Sea ...

106. John Close

Actor | Sudden Danger

John Close was born on June 1, 1921 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Sudden Danger (1955), The Girl on the Bridge (1951) and Whirlybirds (1957). He was married to Paula Teagarden. He died on December 21, 1963 in Palm Springs, California, USA.

107. Andy Clyde

Actor | Three Men from Texas

Andy Clyde's more than 40-year film career started on the vaudeville stages and music halls in his native Scotland in the 1920s. He made his way to Hollywood and began as an extra in Mack Sennett comedies, but he was soon moved up to featured player, usually the sidekick or second banana to the ...

108. David Clyde

Actor | Suzy

David Clyde was born on March 27, 1885 in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Suzy (1936), Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938) and The Scarlet Claw (1944). He was married to Fay Holden. He died on May 17, 1945 in San Fernando Valley, California, USA.

109. Joe Cobb

Actor | Uncle Tom's Uncle

Joe Cobb was born on November 7, 1916 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for Uncle Tom's Uncle (1926), Good Cheer (1926) and The Buccaneers (1924). He died on May 21, 2002 in Santa Ana, California, USA.

110. Nat 'King' Cole

Soundtrack | The Nat King Cole Show

Nat King Cole was born Nathaniel Adams Coles (he later dropped the "s" in his surname) in Montgomery, Alabama. He received music lessons from his mother and his family moved to Chicago when he was only five, where his father, Edward James Coles, was a minister at the True Light Baptist Church and ...

111. Russ Columbo

Soundtrack | Raging Bull

Russ Columbo was born on January 14, 1908 in Camden, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Raging Bull (1980), Magic in the Moonlight (2014) and Wake Up and Dream (1934). He died on September 2, 1934 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

112. Sam Cooke

Soundtrack | Innerspace

Sam Cooke was born January 22, 1931 in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He was one of eight children of Charles Cook Sr., a Baptist minister. When Sam sang as a little boy in church, everyone made note that his voice had "something special". He sang in church and in local gospel choirs until a group called...

113. Ellen Corby

Actress | The Waltons

Ellen Corby was born Ellen Hansen on June 3, 1911, in Racine, Wisconsin. She played many uncredited bit parts from the late '20s through the '30s. Ellen would not be seen on the big screen again until 1945 in Cornered (1945). In 1946, she appeared in 14 films, although mostly in small, minor roles....

114. Regis Cordic

Actor | The Transformers: The Movie

Regis Cordic was born on May 15, 1926 in Hazelwood, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Transformers: The Movie (1986), The Transformers (1984) and Kung Fu (1972). He was married to Dianne C Dundon and Catherine Ann Shea. He died on April 16, 1999 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

115. Don Costello

Actor | A Night to Remember

A Broadway stage actor, Costello entered films in 1935 and in 1939 was put under contract with MGM. Known for his wicked sense of humor, Costello often times played the role of a menace or a tough guy.

116. Edward Coxen

Actor | The Bells

Albert Edward Coxen was born at 18 Darwin Street, Southwark, London, England on 8th August 1880, the first child of Joseph Coxen of Wandsworth, London and Sarah Jane Coxen nee Parfitt of Bedminster, Bristol. At the time of Albert Edward's birth Joseph and Sarah ran the Carpenter Arms public house, ...

117. Kathryn Crawford

Actress | Flying High

Kathryn Crawford was born on October 5, 1908 in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Flying High (1931), The Kid's Clever (1929) and City of Missing Girls (1941). She was married to Ralph M. Parsons and James Edgar Jr.. She died on December 7, 1980 in Pasadena, California, ...

118. Laird Cregar

Actor | The Lodger

Seemingly suave, cultivated actor by nature, definitely huge in both talent and girth, and capable of playing much older than he was, Hollywood of the early '40s tragically lost Laird Cregar before it could fully comprehend on how to best utilize his obvious gifts. He was born Samuel Laird Cregar ...

119. Donald Crisp

Actor | How Green Was My Valley

White-haired London-born character actor, a familiar face in Hollywood for more than five decades. He was born George William Crisp, the youngest of ten siblings, to working class parents James Crisp and his wife Elizabeth (nee Christy). Despite his humble beginnings, Donald was educated at Oxford ...

120. George Cukor

Director | My Fair Lady

George Cukor was an American film director of Hungarian-Jewish descent, better known for directing comedies and literary adaptations. He once won the Academy Award for Best Director, and was nominated other four times for the same Award.

In 1899, George Dewey Cukor was born on the Lower East Side of...

121. Zara Cully

Actress | The Jeffersons

Zara Cully was born on January 26, 1892 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for The Jeffersons (1975), All in the Family (1971) and Sugar Hill (1974). She was married to James M. Brown. She died on February 28, 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

122. Robert Cummings

Actor | Dial M for Murder

Effective light comedian of '30s and '40s films and '50s and '60s TV series, Robert Cummings was renowned for his eternally youthful looks (which he attributed to a strict vitamin and health-food diet). He was educated at Carnegie Tech and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Deciding that ...

123. Lester Cuneo

Actor | The Means and the End

A stage actor since his early teenage years, Lester Cuneo made his first film, a comedy short, in 1910. It was quite successful, and he soon began appearing in a series of comedy shorts, which he also directed. Tiring of comedies, he decided to make himself a cowboy star and turned to making ...

124. Michael Curtiz

Director | Casablanca

Curtiz began acting in and then directing films in his native Hungary in 1912. After WWI, he continued his filmmaking career in Austria and Germany and into the early 1920s when he directed films in other countries in Europe. Moving to the US in 1926, he started making films in Hollywood for Warner...

125. Fifi D'Orsay

Actress | Nabonga

Although she made her career playing the quintessential Parisian coquette, Fifi D'Orsay was actually a Canadian. She was born Yvonne Lussier in Montreal, Québec, in 1904. At the age of 20 she arrived in New York, determined to become an actress. She was met by Helen Morgan, whom she knew from ...

126. Dan Dailey

Actor | The Governor & J.J.

Born in New York City, Dan Dailey started his career in vaudeville, later making his Broadway debut in the stage version of "Babes in Arms".

When signed to MGM, the studio initially casted him as a Nazi in The Mortal Storm (1940). The studio realized their mistake and cast him in musical films, ...

127. Dorothy Dandridge

Actress | Carmen Jones

Dorothy Jean Dandridge was born on November 9, 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, to Ruby Dandridge (née Ruby Jean Butler), an entertainer, and Cyril H. Dandridge, a cabinet maker and minister. Under the prodding of her mother, Dorothy and her sister Vivian Dandridge began performing publicly, usually in ...

128. Ruby Dandridge

Actress | Beulah

Ruby Dandridge was born on March 3, 1900 in Wichita, Kansas, USA. She was an actress, known for Beulah (1950), Cabin in the Sky (1943) and Gallant Lady (1942). She was married to Cyril Dandridge. She died on October 17, 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

129. Mickey Daniels

Actor | The Little Minister

Mickey Daniels was born on October 11, 1914 in Rock Springs, Wyoming, USA. He was an actor, known for The Little Minister (1922), Roaring Roads (1935) and Uncle Tom's Uncle (1926). He died on August 20, 1970 in San Diego, California, USA.

130. William H. Daniels

Cinematographer | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Oscar-winning director of photography William Daniels was a master of black-and-white cinematographer most famous for the 21 films he shot that starred the immortal Greta Garbo between 1926 and 1939. Among the Gabro classics he lensed were The Torrent (1924), Flesh and the Devil (1926), Love (1927)...

131. Jane Darwell

Actress | The Grapes of Wrath

Missouri-born Jane Darwell was born Patti Woodard, the daughter of William Robert Woodard, president of the Louisville Southern Railroad, and Ellen (Booth) Woodard, in Palmyra, Missouri, where she grew up on a ranch . She nursed ambitions to be an opera singer, but put it off because of her ...

132. Dorothy Davenport

Actress | Human Wreckage

The Davenport family was well known in theatrical circles. Her aunt, Fanny Davenport was considered one of the greatest stage actresses of her time and her father, Harry Davenport, was a Broadway star before later venturing into movies. Her mother, Alice Davenport, was a respected Broadway and film...

133. Delmer Daves

Writer | An Affair to Remember

Although Delmer Daves obtained a law degree at Stanford University, he never had the opportunity to use it; while still in college, he obtained a job as a prop boy on The Covered Wagon (1923) and after graduation was hired by several film companies as a technical advisor on films with a college ...

134. Altovise Davis

Actress | Kingdom of the Spiders

Altovise Davis was born on August 30, 1943 in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. She was an actress, known for Kingdom of the Spiders (1977), Can't Stop the Music (1980) and Pipe Dreams (1976). She was married to Sammy Davis Jr.. She died on March 14, 2009 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

135. Jim Davis

Actor | Big Jake

Tall, rangy Jim Davis spent much of his early career in westerns mainly at Republic Pictures. The Missouri-born and -raised Davis' relaxed, easygoing manner and Southern drawl easily fit most moviegoers' image of the cowboy and Republic put him in a ton of them over the years (the fact that, unlike...

136. Mildred Davis

Actress | A Sailor-Made Man

Mildred Davis was born on February 22, 1898 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for A Sailor-Made Man (1921), Safety Last! (1923) and Dr. Jack (1922). She was married to Harold Lloyd. She died on August 18, 1969 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

137. Sammy Davis Jr.

Actor | The Cannonball Run

Sammy Davis Jr. was often billed as the "greatest living entertainer in the world".

He was born in Harlem, Manhattan, the son of dancer Elvera Davis (née Sanchez) and vaudeville star Sammy Davis Sr.. His father was African-American and his mother was of Cuban and African-American ancestry. Davis Jr....

138. Sammy Davis Sr.

Actor | 77 Sunset Strip

Sammy Davis Sr. was born on December 12, 1900 in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for 77 Sunset Strip (1958), The Benny Goodman Story (1956) and Sweet and Low (1947). He was married to Elvera Davis. He died on May 21, 1988 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

139. Jack Dawn

Make_up_department | Gaslight

Perhaps the most innovative pioneer in Hollywood make-up artistry was Kentuckian Jack Dawn, responsible for creating numerous iconic images. Already as a youngster in his home state, Jack had shown promise as a sculptor. He began his artistic career as a sign painter in New York City. According to ...

140. Jose De Vega

Actor | West Side Story

Jose De Vega was born on January 4, 1934 in San Diego, California, USA. He was an actor and assistant director, known for West Side Story (1961), The Karate Kid Part II (1986) and Island of the Lost (1967). He died on April 8, 1990 in Westwood, California, USA.

141. Julia Dean

Actress | The Emperor Waltz

Julia Dean was born on May 12, 1878 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for The Emperor Waltz (1948), The Curse of the Cat People (1944) and Magic Town (1947). She was married to Orme Caldara. She died on October 17, 1952 in Hollywood, California, USA.

142. Carter DeHaven

Actor | Timothy Dobbs, That's Me

Starting out his entertainment career in vaudeville and on the stage, Carter DeHaven entered films while still a teenager and soon achieved fame appearing in productions with his wife, Flora Parker DeHaven. During his long film career he also produced and directed several movies, and Charles Chaplin...

143. Cyril Delevanti

Actor | Soylent Green

Seasoned London-born character actor, who had a lengthy career in American films and on television. The son of an Anglo-Italian music professor, Cyril also had a secondary career in Hollywood as a respected drama coach, engaged by Douglas Fairbanks, James Craig, and others. He appears to have ...

144. William Demarest

Actor | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

A stocky, serious-looking character, Carl William Demarest started off in vaudeville in 1905 along with two older brothers. At one time he also performed in a stage act with his wife Estelle Collette (billed as 'Demarest and Collette') and then moved on to Broadway. He entered movies in 1926 and ...

145. Carol Dempster

Actress | Sally of the Sawdust

Carol Dempster was born on December 9, 1901 in Duluth, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for Sally of the Sawdust (1925), That Royle Girl (1925) and Isn't Life Wonderful (1924). She was married to Edwin S Larsen. She died on February 1, 1991 in La Jolla, California, USA.

146. Alan Dinehart

Actor | Supernatural

Tall, heavy-set character actor Alan Dinehart dropped out of school to join a repertory company. He had extensive stage experience (including some 27 appearances on Broadway) and, by the time he was signed by Fox in 1931, he had worked not only as an actor but as a stage manager and writer. On ...

147. Walt Disney

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Flora Disney (née Call) and Elias Disney, a Canadian-born farmer and businessperson. He had Irish, German, and English ancestry. Walt moved with his parents to Kansas City at age seven, where he spent the majority of ...

147. Richard Dix

Actor | Cimarron

Richard Dix was a major leading man at RKO Radio Pictures from 1929 through 1943. He was born Ernest Carlton Brimmer July 18, 1893, in St. Paul, Minnesota. There he was educated, and at the desires of his father, studied to be a surgeon. His obvious acting talent in his school dramatic club led him...

148. George Dolenz

Actor | Scared Stiff

George Dolenz was born in Italy in 1908 to a large family. He left Italy in the 1920s to start a new life and it seemed that he didn't want to look back on his old one. He arrived in Los Angeles in the 1940s and it was there that he somehow met up with Howard Hughes. Hughes signed him up as a ...

149. Jenny Dolly

Actress | The Call of the Dance

The Great Ziegfeld discovered the Dolly Sisters - identical twins Jenny and Rosie - dancing in the middle rung of the vaudeville circuit and hired them for his 1911 Follies. With their dark olive complexions and diminutive statures, they exuded an elusive exotic allure, but in reality they were ...

150. James Doolittle

Self | This Is Your Life

James Doolittle was born on December 14, 1896 in Alameda, California, USA. He was married to Josephine E. Daniels. He died on September 27, 1993 in Pebble Beach, California, USA.

151. Bobbie Dorree

152. Donald Douglas

Actor | Murder, My Sweet

Donald Douglas was born on August 24, 1905 in Kinleyside, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Murder, My Sweet (1944), Gilda (1946) and Fast Company (1938). He died on December 31, 1945 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

153. Gordon Douglas

Director | Them!

Starting out as a child actor, Gordon Douglas was eventually hired by Hal Roach as a gag writer. His first directorial assignments were for Roach's "Our Gang" series. Graduating to features, Douglas stayed with comedies, directing Oliver Hardy in Zenobia (1939) and both Hardy and Stan Laurel in ...

154. Lloyd C. Douglas

Writer | Demetrius and the Gladiators

Novelist Lloyd C. Douglas was born Doya Cassell Douglas in Columbia City, IN, in 1877. His father was a Lutheran minister. Young Lloyd attended Wittenberg Seminary in Springfield, OH, where he received his education as a minister. After graduating he served as a pastor in a church in Manchester, IN...

155. Billie Dove

Actress | The Black Pirate

In her silent heyday, this ravishing and highly photogenic star, known for her voluptuous femininity on the silent screen, rivaled that of Mary Pickford, Marion Davies and Clara Bow in popularity. She retired after only a few years into the talking picture era, however, and is not as ...

156. Maxine Doyle

Actress | The Mystery Man

Maxine Doyle was born on January 1, 1915 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Mystery Man (1935), 6 Day Bike Rider (1934) and Come On, Cowboys (1937). She was married to William Witney. She died on May 8, 1973 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.

156. Steve Drake

Actor | Black Hills

Steve Drake was born on December 12, 1923 in Wichita, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Black Hills (1947), The Gallant Legion (1948) and The Westward Trail (1948). He died on December 19, 1948 in Burbank, California, USA.

157. Louise Dresser

Actress | The Scarlet Empress

This knowing, plump-framed, strong-willed actress went on to play the gamut of emotions, from downtrodden, drunken ex-stars to self-controlled dowager empresses, in both silent pictures and early talkies. Grandly supporting the huge stars of her day (including Rudolph Valentino and Will Rogers), ...

157. Marie Dressler

Actress | Dinner at Eight

Once you saw her, you would not forget her. Despite her age and weight, she became one of the top box office draws of the sound era. She was 14 when she joined a theater group and she went on to work on stage and in light opera. By 1892, she was on Broadway and she later became a star comedienne on...

158. Don Drysdale

Actor | The Greatest American Hero

Don Drysdale was born on July 23, 1936 in Van Nuys, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Greatest American Hero (1981), The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961) and Then Came Bronson (1969). He was married to Ann Meyers and Ginger Drysdale. He died on July 3, 1993 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

159. David Dukes

Actor | Gods and Monsters

David Dukes was born on June 6, 1945 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Gods and Monsters (1998), Rawhead Rex (1986) and A Little Romance (1979). He was married to Carol Muske-Dukes and Carolyn Lee McKenzie. He died on October 9, 2000 in Lakewood, Washington, USA.

159. Rosetta Duncan

Actress | It's a Great Life

Composer, songwriter ("Rememb'ring") and entertainer, one of The Duncan Sisters. She played Topsy in the Broadway musical "Topsy and Eva" for which she wrote songs. With her sister, she also appeared in "Doing Our Bit", "She's a Good Fellow", and "Tip Top", and also in vaudeville. Joining ASCAP in ...

160. Vivian Duncan

Actress | It's a Great Life

Composer, songwriter ("Rememb'ring") and entertainer, one of The Duncan Sisters. She played Eva in the Broadway musical "Topsy and Eva", for which she and her sister Rosetta wrote songs. With her sister, she also appeared in "Doing Our Bit", "She's a Good Fellow", and "Tip Top", and also in ...

160. Tatzumbia Dupea

Tatzumbia Dupea was born on July 26, 1849 in Lone Pine, California, USA. She was an actress. She died on February 26, 1970 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

160. Junior Durkin

Actor | Recaptured Love

Quiet, benign, blue-eyed, rangy-framed child/teen actor Junior Durkin, who was an absolute natural on film and possessed major "down home" appeal, showed strong promise in just the few 1930s films he appeared in. A fatal roadster accident quickly ended the dreams of this young "Henry Fonda" type ...

161. Ferdinand P. Earle

Director | A Lover's Oath

Ferdinand P. Earle was born on June 8, 1878 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and director, known for A Lover's Oath (1925), Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) and Pals First (1918). He was married to Charlotte. He died on July 13, 1951 in Hollywood, California, USA.

161. William P.S. Earle

Director | The Dancer of the Nile

William P.S. Earle was born on December 28, 1882 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and writer, known for The Dancer of the Nile (1923), The Love Hunger (1919) and Destiny's Isle (1922). He was married to Evangeline Russell, Blanche Taylor and Valerie Damon de Blois. He died on ...

162. Jay Eaton

Actor | Lady Be Good

Jay Eaton was born on March 17, 1899 in Union, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Lady Be Good (1928), Man-Made Women (1928) and The Affairs of Cellini (1934). He died on February 5, 1970 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

163. Mary Eaton

Actress | Glorifying the American Girl

Born in January, 1901, Mary Eaton was one of 'The Seven Little Eatons' famous in the '20s and '30s. In fact, she received the greatest fame of her fellow performing brothers Joseph Eaton and Charles Eaton and sisters Pearl Eaton and Doris Eaton. Sister Evelyn was a stage manager and brother Robert ...

164. Alan Edwards

Actor | The Show-Off

Alan Edwards was born on June 3, 1892 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Show-Off (1934), Mr. Ace (1946) and Help! Help! Police! (1919). He was married to Nita Pike. He died on May 8, 1954 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

165. Neely Edwards

Actor | Show Boat

Neely Edwards was born on September 16, 1883 in Delphos, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Show Boat (1929), Scarlet Pages (1930) and The Hangover (1931). He was married to Marguerite Snow and Bella B. Cohen. He died on July 10, 1965 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

166. Ralph Edwards

Producer | The People's Court

Ralph Edwards was born near Merino, Colorado, in 1913, moving with his family to Oakland, California, when he was 12. He worked his way through college at radio stations in Oakland and San Francisco, graduating from the University of California at Berkeley in 1935 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in ...

167. Caryll Ann Ekelund

Caryll Ann Ekelund was born on May 6, 1935 in Cottonwood, California, USA. She was an actress. She died on November 3, 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

168. Dick Elliott

Actor | Christmas in Connecticut

In the 1930s, 1940s, and especially the 1950s, if a director wanted a short, fat actor to play a windy storekeeper or a raucous conventioneer, he might well cast Dick Elliott. He was one of those actors who, whenever he appeared on screen, often for less than a minute, the audience would think, "Oh...

169. Julian Eltinge

Actor | Madame Behave

One of the greatest drag performers in the history of the American Theatre. First performed in drag at the age of 10 in an annual revue of the Boston Cadets. Subsequently appeared on Broadway in 1904 in a drag role in Mr. Wix of Wickham. Performed in the legitimate theatre and also in a number of ...

170. Fern Emmett

Actress | Ten Nights in a Bar-Room

Fern Emmett was born on March 22, 1896 in Oakland, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Ten Nights in a Bar-Room (1931), Cinderella Swings It (1943) and Scattergood Baines (1941). She was married to Henry Roquemore. She died on September 3, 1946 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.

171. Lyda Roberti

Actress | Nobody's Baby

Lyda's father was German clown Roberti, her mother a Polish trick rider. As a child performer, she toured Europe and Asia with the Circus in which she was born, leaving it (and her reportedly abusive father) in Shanghai, China. In this truly international city, Lyda became a child cafe entertainer ...

172. Leon Errol

Actor | Mexican Spitfire

Leon Errol was born on July 3, 1881 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor, known for Mexican Spitfire (1939), The Girl from Mexico (1939) and Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (1942). He was married to Stella Bertha Nelson (aka Stella Chatelaine, dancer). He died on October 12, 1951 in ...

173. Dot Farley

Actress | The Red Kimono

Dot Farley was born on February 6, 1881 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for The Red Kimono (1926), So Big (1924) and The Little Irish Girl (1926). She died on May 2, 1971 in South Pasadena, California, USA.

174. Joseph Farnham

Writer | Thunder

Joseph Farnham was born on December 2, 1884 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He was a writer and editor, known for Thunder (1929), Where East Is East (1929) and The Trail of '98 (1928). He was married to Rose Alma LeCourt and Emily Ardis. He died on June 2, 1931 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, ...

175. William Farnum

Actor | The Man Hunter

William Farnum was born the son of G.D. Farnum and Adela Le Gros, actors who trained their William and his two brothers, Dustin Farnum and Marshall Farnum, in their profession. William made his stage debut at the age of 10 in Richmond, Virginia, in a production of "Julius Caesar" starring Edwin ...

176. Al Ferguson

Actor | The Three Musketeers

Al Ferguson was born on April 19, 1888 in Rosslare, County Wexford, Ireland. He was an actor and director, known for The Three Musketeers (1933), The Trail of Vengeance (1924) and Shackles of Fear (1924). He was married to Lottie Taber. He died on December 4, 1971 in Burbank, California, USA.

177. Helen Ferguson

Actress | The Fire Fighters

Illinois-born Helen Ferguson is thought to have made her film debut at age 13 in 1914, although her first recorded credits are in 1917. She played opposite such action stars as Hoot Gibson and Harry Carey, and when she went to Fox in the early 1920s to star opposite Buck Jones, her career really ...

178. Romaine Fielding

Actor | A Dash for Liberty

Romaine Fielding was born on May 22, 1868 in Riceville, Mitchell County, Iowa, USA. He was an actor and director, known for A Dash for Liberty (1913), Hiawanda's Cross (1913) and The Eagle's Nest (1915). He was married to Joan Arliss and Mabel van Valkenburg. He died on December 15, 1927 in ...

179. W.C. Fields

Actor | It's a Gift

William Claude Dukenfield was the eldest of five children born to Cockney immigrant James Dukenfield and Philadelphia native Kate Felton. He went to school for four years, then quit to work with his father selling vegetables from a horse cart. At eleven, after many fights with his alcoholic father ...

180. Larry Fine

Actor | Disorder in the Court

Larry began performing as a violinist at a young age. During his teenage years, he earned his living as a singer and boxer. At 18, Larry began working vaudeville with "The Haney Sisters and Fine" and in 1925, he joined Ted Healy and Moe Howard in the act that would eventually become The Three ...

181. Margarita Fischer

Actress | Molly of the Follies

Margarita Fischer was born on February 12, 1886 in Missouri Valley, Iowa, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Molly of the Follies (1919), A Midsummer's Love Tangle (1914) and The Merry Wives of Windsor (1910). She was married to Harry A. Pollard. She died on March 11, 1975 in Encinitas, ...

182. Robert Fiske

Actor | Religious Racketeers

Robert Fiske was born on October 20, 1889 in Griggsville, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Religious Racketeers (1938), The Green Archer (1940) and Before I Hang (1940). He died on September 12, 1944 in Sunland, California, USA.

183. George Fitzmaurice

Director | The Devil to Pay!

American director of French-Dutch ancestry, born in Paris. He studied the fine arts in Paris before resettling in America. As a set designer for stage productions, he was able to break into films in 1908 doing the same work. He dabbled in screen writing and then began directing, at first ...

184. Errol Flynn

Actor | The Adventures of Robin Hood

Errol Flynn was born to parents Theodore Flynn, a respected biologist, and Marrelle Young, an adventurous young woman. Young Flynn was a rambunctious child who could be counted on to find trouble. Errol managed to have himself thrown out of every school in which he was enrolled. In his late teens ...

185. Nina Foch

Actress | The Ten Commandments

A leading lady of the 1940s, the tall and blonde Foch usually played cool, aloof and often foreign, women of sophistication. As film roles became harder to find, Foch proved to be versatile in many areas. She was a panelist on several TV quiz shows, worked as George Stevens' assistant director for ...

186. Harrison Ford

Actor | Proud Flesh

Silent screen leading man in films from 1915-1932. He left films in 1932 due to the arrival of sound. He was hit by a car on September 13, 1951, never fully recovered from his injuries and died on December 2, 1957.

187. Wallace Fox

Director | Trapped in Tia Juana

Director Wallace Fox has sort of been forgotten in time, though he does have a few films that have become cult favorites. There isn't much known about Fox, but he was born 3/9/1895 in Purcell, OK, and began directing in the silent era (his first film was The Bandit's Son (1927)). He worked mainly ...

188. Ivor Francis

Actor | Dusty's Trail

Ivor Francis, besides his many roles on television and at the movies, acted on radio as well in shows like "Fibber McGee and Molly"; on Broadway in shows such as "J.B." with Christopher Plummer, and came west to California when New York plays turned mostly to musicals. He worked in films, ...

189. Betty Francisco

Actress | Seven Keys to Baldpate

Betty Francisco was born Elizabeth Barton on September 26, 1900 in Little Rock, Arkansas. When she was a child she started acting in stock companies. She and her younger sister Evelyn Francisco performed in vaudeville as "The Dancing Franciscos". Betty worked as an artists model and starred in the ...