El Camino San Diego

1. Billy Daniels

Soundtrack | Dirty Grandpa

Billy Daniels toiled obscurely for years before becoming a star in 1950. He began singing in his native Jacksonville, Florida, then moved to Harlem in 1932 and became a dishwasher, and later a singing waiter, as Dickie Wells' restaurant-club. He toured with the Erskine Hawkins band circa 1935-36, ...

2. Sheila Darcy

Actress | The Man in the Iron Mask

Sheila Darcy was born on August 8, 1914 in York, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for The Man in the Iron Mask (1939), Terry and the Pirates (1940) and Tumbledown Ranch in Arizona (1941). She was married to Preston Foster and Erich von Stroheim Jr.. She died on February 27, 2004 in ...

3. Cedric Durst

Cedric Durst was born on August 23, 1896 in Austin, Texas, USA. He was an actor. He died on February 16, 1971 in San Diego, California, USA.

4. Preston Foster

Actor | Two Seconds

Actor, composer, songwriter, guitarist and author. He moved from Broadway acting (1928-1932) into films, touring America with his wife and daughter, and did some recordings. He was the executive producer at the El Camino Playhouse in California. Joining ASCAP in 1953, his chief musical collaborator...

5. Dorothy Kelly

Actress | The Antique Engagement Ring

Dorothy Kelly was born on February 12, 1894 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for The Antique Engagement Ring (1914), Mother's Roses (1915) and The Secret Kingdom (1917). She was married to Harvey Hevenor. She died on May 31, 1966 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.

6. Joan B. Kroc

Producer | Mass Appeal

Joan B. Kroc was born on August 27, 1928 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. She was a producer, known for Mass Appeal (1984). She was married to Ray Kroc and Roland Smith. She died on October 12, 2003 in Rancho Santa Fe, California, USA.

7. Ray Kroc

Self | The Mike Douglas Show

Ray Kroc was born on October 5, 1902 in Oak Park, Illinois, USA. He was married to Joan B. Kroc, Jane Dobbins Green and Ethel Fleming. He died on January 14, 1984 in San Diego, California, USA.

8. Violet La Plante

Actress | Battling Buddy

Violet La Plante was born on January 17, 1908 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for Battling Buddy (1924), The Clean Heart (1924) and My Home Town (1928). She was married to Charles Sorrell Benson. She died on June 1, 1984 in La Jolla, California, USA.

9. Pete Rozelle

Director | 1975 Chicago College All-Star Game

Pete Rozelle ranks as the most successful executive in the history of American sports. Under Rozelle's management of commissioner, professional American football overtook baseball as America's past-time and television came to maturity as the prime conduit for sports entertainment.

When Rozelle took ...

10. Jonas Salk

Writer | Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum

Jonas Salk was born on October 28, 1914 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum (2019), Louis Kahn: Silence and Light (1996) and The Levin Interviews (1980). He was married to Françoise Gilot and Donna Lindsay. He died on June 23, 1995 in La ...

11. Milburn Stone

Actor | Gunsmoke

Character actor Milburn Stone, the beloved "Doc Adams" on TV's long-running western classic Gunsmoke (1955), was born in Kansas on July 5, 1904. Acting must have been in his blood as the nephew of Broadway comedian Fred Stone for Milburn left home as a teenager to find work with touring repertory ...

12. Patti Page

Soundtrack | Die Hard 2

Patti Page was born Clara Ann Fowler in Oklahoma in 1927. She began her professional singing career at KTUL, a Tulsa radio station. Since the program was sponsored by Page Milk, she adopted the moniker Patti Page, and it stuck. Patti toured the US in the late 1940s with Jimmy Joy, and notably sang ...

13. Barbara Werle

Actress | Battle of the Bulge

Barbara Werle was born on October 6, 1928 in Mount Vernon, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Battle of the Bulge (1965), Seconds (1966) and Charro! (1969). She was married to Jerry Max Waters, Paul Gerard Griesgraber and John Ralph Branca. She died on January 1, 2013 in Carlsbad, ...

14. Ray Boone

Actor | The Kid from Cleveland

Ray Boone was born on July 27, 1923 in San Diego, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Kid from Cleveland (1949), 1948 World Series (1948) and 1954 MLB All-Star Game (1954). He was married to Patricia Dorothy "Patsy" Brown. He died on October 17, 2004 in Rancho Santa Fe, California, USA.

15. Doug Harvey

Actor | A League of Their Own

Doug Harvey was born on March 13, 1930 in South Gate, California, USA. He was an actor, known for A League of Their Own (1993), 1974 World Series (1974) and 1984 World Series (1984). He was married to Joy. He died on January 13, 2018 in Visalia, California, USA.

16. Harry Markowitz

Self | Broke: The New American Dream

Harry Markowitz was born on August 24, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was married to Barbara Gay, Luella Johnson and Gloria Hardt. He died on June 22, 2023 in San Diego, California, USA.