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1. Corey Allen

Actor | Rebel Without a Cause

Corey Allen earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from UCLA in Theatre in 1954. While there, he received the department's Best Actor award and starred in the UCLA film, "A Time Out of War", which won the Academy Award & Cannes & Venice Film Festival for Best Short Film. Upon graduation, he appeared in ...

2. Irving Aaronson

Soundtrack | The Great Gatsby

At 11, he was a movie theatre pianist. Studied under Albert Sendrey, and at the David Mannes Music School. He started two groups, the Versatile Sextette and The Commanders Orchestra. He appeared in vaudeville, and in US and European night club entertaining, and in the Broadway musical "Paris". ...

3. Sheldon Allman

Soundtrack | George of the Jungle

Sheldon Allman was born on June 8, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for George of the Jungle (1997), Bio-Dome (1996) and Monster Mash: The Movie (1995). He was married to Lorraine Allman. He died on January 22, 2002 in Culver City, California, USA.

4. Alice Allyn

Actress | Operation Dames

Alice Allyn was born on October 13, 1929 in Canada. She was an actress, known for Operation Dames (1959), Baretta (1975) and The Detectives (1959). She died on February 11, 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

5. Army Archerd

Actor | Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Army Archerd was born on January 13, 1922 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), Burke's Law (1963) and Gable and Lombard (1976). He was married to Selma Archerd and Joan Carol Paul. He died on September 8, 2009 in ...

6. Sandy Baron

Actor | The Grifters

Sandy Baron was born Sanford Beresofsky in Brooklyn, New York on May 5, 1936. Raised in Brooklyn's Brownsville neighborhood, the young Sandy attended public schools and participated in accelerated classes. A graduate of Brooklyn College, he spent his early years working summers in the Catskill ...

7. Gene Barry

Actor | The War of the Worlds

With effortless class and elegant charm Gene Barry took '50s and '60s TV by storm, after a rather lackluster start on the musical stage and in films. Born Eugene Klass in New York City on June 14, 1919, to Martin (an amateur violinist), and Eva (an amateur singer), he showed a gift at an early age ...

8. Jack Benny

Actor | The Jack Benny Program

The son of a saloon keeper, Jack Benny (born Benny Kubelsky) began to study the violin at the age six, and his "ineptness" at it, would later become his trademark (in reality, he was a very accomplished player). When given the opportunity to play in live theatre professionally, Benny quit school ...

9. Mary Livingstone

Actress | This Way Please

Grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she graduated from King George High School. She claims to have first seen future husband and comedy partner Jack Benny perform at the city's famed Orpheum Theatre during the vaudeville days. Benny toured extensively and played the Orpheum often before ...

10. Henry Bergman

Actor | Modern Times

Henry Bergman was born on February 23, 1868 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Modern Times (1936), City Lights (1931) and The Gold Rush (1925). He died on October 22, 1946 in Hollywood, California, USA.

11. Milton Berle

Actor | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Milton Berle was an American comedian and actor.

Berle's career as an entertainer spanned over 80 years, first in silent films and on stage as a child actor, then in radio, movies and television. As the host of NBC's Texaco Star Theatre (1948-55), he was the first major American television star and ...

12. Pandro S. Berman

Producer | Father of the Bride

Pandro S. Berman was born into the film industry. His father, Harry, was distributor and exhibitor of films. Pandro also had a number of relatives in the film industry. When he started working in the 1920's he started as a script clerk and then rose to film editor. By 1931, the 26 year old Berman ...

13. Sherman Block

Self | Full Disclosure Network

Sherman Block was born on July 19, 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He died on October 29, 1998 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

14. Mike Bloomfield

Soundtrack | Sneakers

Mike Bloomfield was born on July 28, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a composer, known for Sneakers (1992), Easy Rider (1969) and Rocketman (2019). He died on February 15, 1981 in San Francisco, California, USA.

15. Ben Blue

Actor | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Ben Blue was a movie and TV comedian born on September 12, 1901, in Montréal, Québec, Canada. Emigrating to the US, he became a dance instructor and dance school owner, as well as a nightclub proprietor. He began his film career in short subjects for Warner Brothers in 1926, and later worked at the...

16. Neil Bogart

Producer | Thank God It's Friday

Neil Bogart was born on February 3, 1943 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Thank God It's Friday (1978) and Flipside (1973). He was married to Weiss, Beth and Joyce Bogart Trabulus. He died on May 8, 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

17. Sorrell Booke

Actor | The Dukes of Hazzard

Sorrell Booke was born in Buffalo, New York in 1930, the son of a local physician. He found his calling early in life, like most actors, when his family encouraged him to entertain relatives by doing impressions and telling jokes. He went on to study at Yale and Columbia University, and mastered ...

18. Bernie Brillstein

Producer | Ghostbusters

Bernie Brillstein was born on April 26, 1931 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Ghostbusters (1984), The Blues Brothers (1980) and Ghostbusters II (1989). He was married to Carol Weinstein, Deborah Ellen Briskin, Laura M (Shifman) Smith and Marilyn Gross. He ...

19. Richard Brooks

Writer | In Cold Blood

Richard Brooks was an Academy Award-winning film writer who also earned six Oscar nominations and achieved success as a film director and producer.

He was born Reuben Sax on May 18, 1912, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents were Russian-Jewish immigrants. He graduated from West Philadelphia ...

20. Marion Byron

Actress | Steamboat Bill, Jr.

At Warner Brothers, tiny, five feet tall Marion Byron was nicknamed (and occasionally billed as) "Peanuts". She was a cute and vivacious soubrette who featured in early, long forgotten musicals, with titles like Show of Shows (1929), Broadway Babies (1929) and Playing Around (1930). Marion began ...

21. Susan Cabot

Actress | The Wasp Woman

Susan Cabot was born in Boston and raised in a series of eight foster homes. She attended high school in Manhattan, where she took an interest in dramatics and joined the school dramatic club. Later, while trying to decide between a career in music or art, she illustrated children's books during ...

22. Eddie Cantor

Soundtrack | Kid Millions

Singer, songwriter ("Merrily We Roll Along"), comedian, author and actor, educated in public schools. He made his first public appearance in Vaudeville in 1907 at New York's Clinton Music Hall, then became a member of the Gus Edwards Gang, later touring vaudeville with Lila Lee as the team Cantor &...

23. Nell Carter

Actress | Gimme a Break!

Her trademark sass complemented by a distinctively adenoidal voice that could out-snarl Eartha Kitt and Fran Drescher put together, short (4'11"), round, and robust Nell Carter was one indomitable, in-your-face firecracker...and it made her a star. She was born Nell Ruth Hardy in 1948 in Birmingham...

24. Jeff Chandler

Actor | Broken Arrow

Jeff was born in Brooklyn and attended Erasmus High School. After high school, he took a drama course and worked in stock companies for two years. His next role was that of an officer in World War II. After he was discharged from the service, he became busy acting in radio dramas and comedies until...

25. Cyd Charisse

Actress | Silk Stockings

Cyd Charisse was born Tula Ellice Finklea on March 8, 1922, in Amarillo, Texas. Born to be a dancer, she spent her early childhood taking ballet lessons and joined the Ballet Russe at age 13. In 1939, she married Nico Charisse, her former dance teacher. In 1943, she appeared in her first film, ...

26. Mickey Cohen

Self | The Mike Wallace Interview

Mickey Cohen was born on September 4, 1913 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Lavonne Weaver. He died on July 29, 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

27. John Davidson

Actor | Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc.

John Davidson was born on December 25, 1886 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941), Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941) and Perils of Pauline (1933). He died on January 16, 1968 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

28. Danny Dayton

Actor | Guys and Dolls

Danny Dayton was born on November 20, 1923 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Guys and Dolls (1955), Ed Wood (1994) and Wonder Woman (1975). He was married to Arlene Allinson and Dagmar. He died on February 6, 1999 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

29. Nancy Deale

Actress | Shadows

Nancy Deale was born on May 23, 1933 in Long Island, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Shadows (1958), Bonanza (1959) and Tattletales (1974). She was married to Lorne Greene. She died on March 2, 2004 in Marina Del Rey, California, USA.

30. Selma Diamond

Actress | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Most familiar to TV audiences as the diminutive but feisty court bailiff on Night Court (1984), Selma Diamond's entrance into acting was not through the usual venue of vaudeville, stage work or modeling - she was a writer for TV shows, once having been nominated for an Emmy for Caesar's Hour (1954)...

31. Julius J. Epstein

Writer | Casablanca

Julius J. Epstein was born on August 22, 1909 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Casablanca (1942), Reuben, Reuben (1983) and Pete 'n' Tillie (1972). He was married to Frances Sage and Ann Margot Laszlo. He died on December 30, 2000 in Los Angeles, California, ...

32. Philip G. Epstein

Writer | Casablanca

Philip G. Epstein was born on August 22, 1909 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Casablanca (1942), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) and Mr. Skeffington (1944). He was married to Lillian Targan. He died on February 7, 1952 in Hollywood, California, USA.

33. Max Factor

Make_up_department | We're in the Legion Now

Max Factor Jr., named Frank at birth, was the second son of Max Factor, who opened his first wig shop in Razan, Russia in the 1890s. In April 1904, Max emigrated to the United States and opened a perfume, makeup, and wig concession at the St. Louis World's Fair. Max's son Frank was born in St. ...

34. Percy Faith

Soundtrack | Reindeer Games

Percy Faith was a child piano prodigy, but his hands were burned in a fire at age 18. Switching to conducting and arranging, his unique orchestral 'sound', with strong emphasis on creative string work, soon became familiar to listeners everywhere. He recorded 85 albums for Columbia Records, and ...

35. Arthur Freed

Producer | An American in Paris

Producer, songwriter and author, brother to Ralph Freed, Walter and Ruth Freed. He was educated at the Phillips Exeter Academy, and became associated with Gus Edwards musical acts. He performed in vaudeville with Louis Silvers, with whom he wrote revues for New York restaurants. During World War I,...

36. Friz Freleng

Producer | ABC Afterschool Specials

Friz Freleng was born Isadore Freleng on August 21, 1906 in Kansas City, Missouri. With no formal training in drawing, his first job as an animator was with United Film Advancement Services in 1924 at the age of 17. The first work Friz is credited with was for Disney Studios where he worked as an ...

37. Ben Frommer

Actor | Scarface

Ben Frommer was born on June 12, 1913 in Poland. He was an actor, known for Scarface (1983), Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) and Psycho II (1983). He was married to Hilda Valerie Cohen. He died on May 9, 1992 in Tarzana, California, USA.

38. Leona Gage

Actress | Tales of Terror

Leona Gage was born on April 8, 1939 in Longview, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for Tales of Terror (1962), Scream of the Butterfly (1965) and A House Is Not a Home (1964). She was married to Lawrence William Stone, Alexander Bernard Kaminer, Gunther Collins, Nicholas Bala Covacevich, Gene ...

39. Gil Garfield

Soundtrack | Plan 9

Gil Garfield was born on May 20, 1933 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Plan 9 (2015), Adam's Rib (1973) and Wildwood Days (2008). He died on January 1, 2011 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

40. Larry Gelbart

Writer | Tootsie

The gift of provoking laughter came early to Larry Gelbart and has never deserted him. His distinguished career as a writer of comedy reads like a history of the art over the last 40 years. His writing credits date back to the Golden Age of radio, thanks in part to his father. The elder Gelbart was...

41. L. Wolfe Gilbert

Soundtrack | Sweet and Lowdown

Songwriter ("Green Eyes", "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee", "Ramona", "The Peanut Vendor"), author and publisher who came to the US in 1887 and was educated in local public schools, and then became a singer in amateur-night contests, and later a vaudeville and cafe entertainer. He toured with John L...

42. Sid Gilman

Actor | The Rifleman

Sid Gilman is known for The Rifleman (1958).

43. William Goetz

Producer | Sayonara

William Goetz, a producer and studio boss who revolutionized the industry with the development of the profit participation deal, was born on 3/24/1903 in Philadelphia, PA, to ship's purser Theodore Goetz and his wife Fanny. William was the youngest in a brood of eight children (six boys and two ...

44. Jerry Goldsmith

Composer | L.A. Confidential

Born on February 10, 1929, Jerry Goldsmith studied piano with Jakob Gimpel and composition, theory, and counterpoint with Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. He also attended classes in film composition given by Miklós Rózsa at the Univeristy of Southern California. In 1950, he was employed as a clerk ...

45. Adam Goldstein

Self | Ace of Cakes

46. Mark Goodson

Writer | Family Feud

Mark Goodson was born on January 14, 1915 in Sacramento, California, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Family Feud (1976), Tattletales (1974) and Password (1973). He was married to Suzanne Russell Waddell, Virginia McDavid and Bluma Neveleff. He died on December 18, 1992 in Los Angeles, ...

47. Hank Greenberg

Soundtrack | The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

Hank Greenberg was born on January 1, 1911 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998), The Kid from Cleveland (1949) and Major League Baseball on ABC (1953). He was married to Linda Douglas and Caral Gimbel. He died on September 4, 1986 ...

48. Lorne Greene

Actor | Bonanza

Lorne Greene was born Lyon Himan "Chaim" Green on February 12, 1915, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He began acting while attending Canada's Queen's University, and after graduation got a job in radio broadcasting. His rich, deep, authoritarian voice quickly propelled him to prominence as Canada's top...

49. Ruth Handler

Writer | The Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery

Ruth Handler was born on November 4, 1916 in Denver, Colorado, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for The Barbie Diaries: High School Mystery (2006), Barbie: Pet Rescue (2001) and Barbie Photo Designer. She was married to Elliot Handler. She died on April 27, 2002 in Century City, California...

50. Lou Holtz

Writer | The Twilight Zone

Lou Holtz was born on April 11, 1893 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Twilight Zone (1959), The Loretta Young Show (1953) and The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas (2002). He was married to Gloria Warfield, Phyllis Gilman and Margaret (Brown) Bolander (Rita Boland...

51. Moe Howard

Actor | If a Body Meets a Body

Moe Howard, the "Boss Stooge" and brother of Stooges Curly Howard and Shemp Howard, began his acting career in 1909 by playing bit roles in silent Vitagraph films. At 17 he joined a troupe working on a showboat and also appeared in several two-reel comedy shorts. In 1922 he, brother Shemp and Larry...

52. David Janssen

Actor | The Green Berets

David Janssen was born David Harold Meyer in 1931 in Naponee, Nebraska, to Berniece Mae (Graf) and Harold Edward Meyer, a banker. He was of German, and some Swiss-German and Ulster-Scots, descent. David took the surname of his stepfather, Eugene Janssen. The Janssen family settled in Hollywood when...

53. George Jessel

Actor | Lucky Boy

George Jessel gained fame in vaudeville, where it was not uncommon for him--and other performers, such as Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor--to perform in blackface, and in fact at age 11 Jessel was Cantor's vaudeville partner. Jessel acted in several movies in the '30s and became a respected film producer. ...

54. Al Jolson

Actor | The Jazz Singer

Al Jolson was known in the industry as "The World's Greatest Entertainer," for well over 40 years. After his death his influence continued unabated with such performers as Sammy Davis Jr., Elvis Presley, Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Jackie Wilson and Jerry Lee Lewis all mentioning him as an ...

55. Lawrence Kasha

Producer | Knots Landing

Lawrence Kasha was born on December 3, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Knots Landing (1979), Applause (1973) and Busting Loose (1977). He died on September 29, 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

56. Mickey Katz

Soundtrack | Kissing Jessica Stein

Mickey Katz was born on June 15, 1909 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Kissing Jessica Stein (2001), When Comedy Went to School (2013) and Blue in the Face (1995). He was married to Grace Epstein. He died on April 30, 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

57. Sam Katzman

Producer | Amateur Crook

New York-born Sam Katzman entered the film industry as a prop boy at age 13, and worked his way up the ladder, learning virtually every facet of film production before becoming a producer himself. Starting out producing action/adventure serials (where he got the nickname "Jungle Sam"), Katzman's ...

58. Sheldon Keller

Writer | Movie Movie

Composer, songwriter and author, educated at the University of Illinois and the University of Maryland. He was a television writer for Sid Caesar, Bing Crosby, Danny Thomas, Art Carney, Dinah Shore, Mary Martin, Danny Kaye and Dick Van Dyke. Joining ASCAP in 1956, he composed many songs and ...

59. Fred Kohlmar

Producer | How to Steal a Million

A former agent, Fred Kohlmar worked as an executive assistant to producer Samuel Goldwyn. He got into the production end of the business in the late 1930s, producing pictures mainly for 20th Century-Fox, Paramount and Columbia. Although he produced everything from dramas (Les Miserables (1952)) to ...

60. Paul Kohner

Producer | Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü

Paul Kohner was born on May 29, 1902 in Teplitz-Schoenau, Austria-Hungary [now Teplice, Czech Republic]. He was a producer and production manager, known for The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929), Love Me and the World Is Mine (1927) and Alas sobre El Chaco (1935). He was married to Lupita Tovar. He ...

61. Helen Kushnick

Nanny and the Professor

Helen Gorman's first job in Los Angeles was with the talent agency ICM in the early 1970s where she met her future husband Jerrold Kushnick, then manager of Jimmie Walker ("Good Times") and Ben Vereen, among others. Helen left ICM to join Jerrold in forming General Management Corporation. Under ...

62. Ely A. Landau

Producer | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Ely A. Landau was born on January 20, 1920 in New York City, New York, USA. Ely A. was a producer and writer, known for King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1969), The Deadly Game (1982) and The Holcroft Covenant (1985). Ely A. was married to Edie Landau. Ely A. died on November 4, 1993 ...

63. Michael Landon

Actor | Little House on the Prairie

Michael Landon was born Eugene Maurice Orowitz, on Saturday, October 31st, 1936, in Forest Hills, Queens, New York. In 1941, he and his family moved to Collingswood, New Jersey.

When Eugene was in high school, he participated -- and did very well -- in track and field, especially javelin throwing, ...

64. Jerry Leiber

Soundtrack | Love and Monsters

Half of the songwriting team of Leiber and Stoller, Jerry Leiber wrote many hit songs with his partner Mike Stoller, including many for Elvis Presley and The Coasters. Leiber was born on April 25, 1933 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA as Jerome Leiber. He was married to Gaby Rodgers. He died on August ...

65. Sheldon Leonard

Producer | Make Room for Daddy

Sheldon Leonard was born in New York City's lower Manhattan, the son of Jewish parents. He studied acting at Syracuse University and, after graduating, landed a job on Wall Street. Following the Wall Street crash of 1929, he found himself unemployed and resolved to become a professional actor on ...

66. Samuel Lerner

Soundtrack | Popeye

Composer ("I'm Popeye the Sailor Man", "Is It True What They Say About Dixie?"), author, songwriter and publisher, he emigrated to the US in 1910 and was educated at Wayne University. He wrote special material for vaudeville singers including Sophie Tucker, and from 1928 was a music-publishing ...

67. Sol Lesser

Producer | Tarzan and the Leopard Woman

Sol Lesser entered the film industry as an exhibitor and the owner of a chain of movie theaters. His first "production" had an interesting story behind it. In 1915, while he was living in San Francisco, he learned that the authorities were about to clean out and close down the city's notorious ...

68. Jules V. Levy

Producer | Safari 3000

Jules V. Levy was born on February 12, 1923 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a producer, known for Safari 3000 (1982), The Return of Dracula (1958) and The Monster That Challenged the World (1957). He was married to Shirley J. Ziegler, Enid Jaynes and Jacqueline Lita Freedman. He died on May...

69. Marshall Leib

Music_department | The Howling

Marshall Leib was born in 1939. He is known for The Howling (1981), The Farmer (1977) and Too Hot to Handle (1977).

70. Herb Magidson

Soundtrack | The Gay Divorcee

Herb Magidson was born on January 7, 1906 in Braddock, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for The Gay Divorcee (1934), Finch (2021) and Everyone Says I Love You (1996). He died on January 2, 1986 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

71. Abby Mann

Writer | Judgment at Nuremberg

Abby Mann was born on December 1, 1927 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), Skag (1980) and Kojak (1973). He was married to Myra Mann. He died on March 25, 2008 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

72. Daniel Mann

Director | Come Back, Little Sheba

Stage, television and film director Daniel Mann was born Daniel Chugerman on August 8, 1912, in Brooklyn, NY. He was a child performer and attended the New York's Professional Children's School. He studied with renowned acting teacher Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse, eventually ...

73. Hal March

Actor | Send Me No Flowers

Hal March, born Harold Mendelson, first came on the scene in 1944 as one half of the comedy duo, Sweeney & March. He and Bob Sweeney had their own radio program, aptly named the "Sweeney and March Show" on CBS radio through 1948. In the early fifties, March sought a variety of venues in which to ...

74. Trudy Marshall

Actress | Dragonwyck

Trudy Marshall was born on February 14, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Dragonwyck (1946), The Dancing Masters (1943) and Too Many Winners (1947). She was married to Philip Jordan Raffin and Leland Lindsay. She died on May 23, 2004 in Century City, Los ...

75. Norman Maurer

Writer | Kook's Tour

Norman Maurer was born on May 13, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Kook's Tour (1970), The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze (1963) and The Outlaws Is Coming (1964). He was married to Joan Howard. He died on November 23, 1986 in Los Angeles, ...

76. Frederic Mellinger

Actor | Hitler: Beast of Berlin

Frederic Mellinger was born on November 15, 1890 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Hitler: Beast of Berlin (1939). He died on August 29, 1970 in Bad Wiessee, Bavaria, Germany.

77. Marvin Mirisch

Producer | Dracula

Marvin Mirisch was born on March 19, 1918 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for Dracula (1979), The Human Jungle (1954) and Romantic Comedy (1983). He was married to Florence Mirisch. He died on November 17, 2002 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

78. Marvin Mitchelson

Actor | The Golden Girls

Marvin Mitchelson was born on May 7, 1928 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for The Golden Girls (1985), The Mike Douglas Show (1961) and The Bob Braun Show (1967). He was married to Marcella Ferri. He died on September 18, 2004 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

79. Howard Morris

Actor | The Andy Griffith Show

Comedic actor Howard ("Howie") Jerome Morris, of Jewish heritage, was born in The Bronx, New York, on September 4, 1919. This short, quicksilver comic of TV's "Golden Age" also went on to possess one of the finest vocal instruments for animation. Classically trained on the Shakespearean stage, he ...

80. Vic Morrow

Actor | Combat!

Vic Morrow was born in the Bronx, New York, to Jean (Kress) and Harry Morrow, an electrical engineer. His parents were Russian Jewish immigrants. Morrow dropped out of high school at 17 to join the U.S. Navy. When he left the Navy, he used the G.I. Bill to study pre-law at Florida State. While ...

81. Jan Murray

Actor | History of the World: Part I

First and foremost a stand-up comedian, this top banana of the "Borscht Belt" circuit relied on amiable Jewish ethnic humor for longtime career sustenance. He also relied on his multi-talented gifts as an actor, master of ceremonies, game show host and raconteur.

Gravel-toned Jan Murray was born in...

82. Shelly Novack

Actor | Airport

Shelly Novack was a star athlete at Venice High School in California. He later played football at Santa Monica City College, Long Beach State, and was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in 1965. He became an actor through football, much like some other athletes do. Shelly won the first Toyota Grand ...

83. Louis Nye

Actor | Curb Your Enthusiasm

Louis Nye was one of those delightfully pretentious comic actors you loved to hate, his flip manner and faux rich boy arrogance possessing his characters no matter what social stature they were. Nye (first name pronounced Louie) was a master at sketch comedy, foreign accents and the quicksilver ad ...

84. David Opatoshu

Actor | Exodus

David Opatoshu was born on January 30, 1918 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Exodus (1960), Torn Curtain (1966) and One Spy Too Many (1966). He was married to Nancy Judith Rigler, Peggy O'Shea and Lillian Weinberg. He died on April 30, 1996 in Los Angeles, ...

85. Norman Panama

Writer | Knock on Wood

Norman Panama was born on April 21, 1914 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Knock on Wood (1954), Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) and White Christmas (1954). He died on January 13, 2003 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

86. Joe Pasternak

Producer | Peter

The son of an out-of-work bookkeeper, Pasternak arrived in the U.S. from Hungary in 1921. After working in a belt factory in Philadelphia, he moved to New York where he plucked chickens and worked in a cafeteria. Becoming increasingly infatuated with the film business, it didn't take him long to ...

87. Julia Phillips

Producer | The Sting

Julia Phillips made history in Hollywood by becoming the first woman to win the Best Picture Oscar for producing the classic The Sting (1973), along with husband and producing partner Michael Phillips and Tony Bill. From there, she went on the produce other hits such as Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976)...

88. Suzanne Pleshette

Actress | The Birds

Suzanne Pleshette achieved television immortality in her role as Bob Newhart's wife in the 1970s classic situation comedy, The Bob Newhart Show (1972). For her role as "Emily Hartley," wife of psychologist "Bob Hartley" (played by Bob Newhart), Pleshette was nominated for the Emmy Award twice, in ...

89. Tom Poston

Actor | Christmas with the Kranks

Veteran comedic actor Tom Poston, he with the bugged-out eyes that commonly accentuated a vague look of bewilderment, was born in Columbus, Ohio, on October 17, 1921. By age nine, the young boy was appearing with an acrobatic troupe.

Poston later attended Bethany College in West Virginia when World ...

90. Marcella Rabwin

Self | Our World

Marcella Rabwin was born on May 15, 1908 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. She is known for Our World (1986), Lights, Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema (1996) and E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998). She was married to Dr. Marcus Hymond Rabwin and Joseph (Joe) Jacobson. She died on December 25, ...

91. Irving Reis

Director | The Four Poster

Irving Reis was born on May 7, 1906 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and writer, known for The Four Poster (1952), I'm Still Alive (1940) and Gambler's Choice (1944). He was married to Minadora (Vanessa) Karole Idu and Meta Rosenberg. He died on July 3, 1953 in Woodland Hills, Los...

92. Paul Richards

Actor | Beneath the Planet of the Apes

Paul Richards was born on November 23, 1924 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), Monkey on My Back (1957) and The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967). He was married to Monica Keating. He died on December 10, 1974 in Culver City, ...

93. Harry Richman

Soundtrack | Puttin' on the Ritz

Harry Richman was born on August 10, 1895 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Puttin' on the Ritz (1930), Cracks (2009) and The Music Goes 'Round (1936). He was married to Yvonne Day, Hazel Forbes and Melvina Yvonne Stephenson. He died on November 3, 1972 in Hollywood, California, ...

94. Leo Robin

Music_department | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Prolific American lyricist, best known for his collaborative efforts with the composer Ralph Rainger. His many popular standards include "Prisoner of Love," "Louise," "Beyond the Blue Horizon," "No Love no Nothin," "Moonlight and Shadows," "My Ideal," "If I Should Lose You," "Blue Hawaii," the 1938...

95. Daniel Schaeffer

Actor | Al salir de clase

Daniel Schaeffer is known for Al salir de clase (1997) and The Benita Show (2011).

96. Stanley Ralph Ross

Actor | Monster Squad

Spent several years in advertising, first writing for show business was the Beach Party Movies, then moved on to write every 4th episode of Batman (1966), multiple episodes for The Monkees (1965), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964), All in the Family (1971), Columbo (1971), Banacek (1972), Kids ...

97. Benny Rubin

Writer | Bright Lights

Benny Rubin was born on February 2, 1899 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Bright Lights (1935), Traveling Saleslady (1935) and Coma (1978). He was married to Beatrice Dallinger and Mary Bolt. He died on July 15, 1986 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

98. Jerry Rubin

Actor | Panther

Jerry Rubin was born on July 14, 1938 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Panther (1995), Rude Awakening (1989) and Dem Tinseltown Homiez, the Hollywood Guys (2021). He was married to Julia Clifton (Mimi) Leonard. He died on November 28, 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

99. Philip Saltzman

Producer | Barnaby Jones

Philip Saltzman was born on September 19, 1928 in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. He was a producer and writer, known for Barnaby Jones (1973), The Fugitive (1963) and A Man Called Sloane (1979). He was married to Caroline. He died on August 14, 2009 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

100. Billy Sands

Actor | Rocky

Billy Sands was born William F. Sands on January 6, 1911 in Bergen, NY, to Dana Alice (Marboys) and John F. Sands. He began his professional acting career in 1946 when he appeared on Broadway with Spencer Tracy in Robert Sherwood's "Rugged Path", but he eventually became a television character ...