Scholastic Video Collection cast members
by daltonobin | created - 2 months ago | updated - 2 months ago | Public1. Peter Schickele
Composer | Silent Running
Peter Schickele is a renowned American composer. Inspired by the music of Spike Jones, as a young teenager, he also studied composition and music history at Juilliard. After graduating from Juilliard he asked himself what in the world he was going to do with a PhD in music history, and proceeded to...
2. Carole King
Soundtrack | A League of Their Own
Carole King is an American composer and singer-songwriter.
She is the most successful female songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century in the USA, having written or co-written 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1955 and 1999. King also wrote 61 hits that charted in the UK, making ...
3. Louise Goffin
Soundtrack | Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Louise Goffin was born on March 23, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Bad Santa 2 (2016) and Gilmore Girls (2000).
4. Sherry Goffin Kondor
Actress | Really Rosie
Sherry Goffin Kondor was born on March 3, 1962 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Really Rosie (1975), Shackin' Up (1984) and Basic Training (1985). She was previously married to Robert Kondor.
5. Crystal Taliefero
Soundtrack | Species
Crystal Taliefero is known for Species (1995), Thunderground (1989) and Kevin Can Wait (2016).
6. Diana Canova
Actress | Soap
Diana Canova was born on June 1, 1953 in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Soap (1977), The First Nudie Musical (1976) and Throb (1986). She has been married to Elliot Scheiner since July 24, 1982. They have two children. She was previously married to Geoff Levin...
7. David de Vries
Actor | The Founder
David de Vries is an actor and voice artist. Known for appearances in films like Richard Jewell, The Founder and The Accountant, along with television credits on Dopesick, Ozark, Just Beyond and others, he was born in upstate New York and moved to Lynchburg, Virginia, where his mother was a ...
8. Gene Deitch
Director | Obri
Gene Deitch was an animator at UPA. He later joined Terrytoons in 1955. He created characters like "John Doormat", "Clint Clobber", "Gaston Le Crayon", "Sidney", and "Foofle". In early 1958, his theatrical cartoon Sidney's Family Tree (1958) was nominated for Academy Award. In August, 1958, he was ...
9. Ruis Woertendyke
Actor | When Harry Tries to Marry
Ruis Woertendyke is known for When Harry Tries to Marry (2011), The Airport Run (2018) and Danny and the Dinosaur (1990).
10. Melissa Leebaert
Actress | The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Melissa Leebaert is known for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (2002), Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned (2009) and Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony (2009).
11. Trish Jones
Actress | Joey Runs Away
Trish Jones is known for Joey Runs Away (1988) and Lilla syster Kanin (1988).
12. Meryl Streep
Actress | Out of Africa
Considered by many critics to be the greatest living actress, Meryl Streep has been nominated for the Academy Award an astonishing 21 times, and has won it three times. Meryl was born Mary Louise Streep in 1949 in Summit, New Jersey, to Mary Wolf (Wilkinson), a commercial artist, and Harry William ...
13. Sarah Jessica Parker
Actress | Sex and the City
Sarah Jessica Parker was born March 25, 1965, in Nelsonville, Ohio, to Barbra Forste (née Keck), a teacher who ran a nursery school, and Stephen Parker, a journalist. Her parents divorced, and her mother later remarried to Paul Forste and had four more children, bringing the total to eight. Sarah ...
14. Mary Beth Hurt
Actress | The World According to Garp
Mary Beth Hurt was born on September 26, 1946 in Marshalltown, Iowa, USA. She is an actress, known for The World According to Garp (1982), Lady in the Water (2006) and Interiors (1978). She has been married to Paul Schrader since August 6, 1983. They have two children. She was previously married to ...
15. Marlene Danielle
Actress | The Rum Tum Tugger
Marlene Danielle was born in New York City, New York, USA. She is known for The Rum Tum Tugger (1984), Monty (1992) and The Talking Eggs (1993).
16. Perry Kiefer
Art_department | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Perry Kiefer was born on October 27, 1959. He was an actor, known for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987), Gargoyles (1994) and The Tick (1994). He died on July 4, 2001 in North Hollywood, California, USA.
19. Andrew Fisher
Location_management | Fallout
Andrew Fisher is known for Fallout (2024), Happy! (2017) and Diarra from Detroit (2024).
20. Ian Thomson
Actor | The Most Wonderful Egg in the World
Ian Thomson was born on January 12, 1930 in Bristol, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Most Wonderful Egg in the World (1986), The Three Little Pigs (1988) and Doctor DeSoto (1984). He died on March 13, 1991 in New York City, New York, USA.
21. Anthony Edwards
Actor | ER
Anthony Edwards was born in Santa Barbara, California, on July 19, 1962, to a well-blended family. He is the youngest of five children, and the son of Erika Kem (Weber), a landscape painter and artist, and Peter Edwards, an architect. His mother was of German descent, and his father was of English,...
22. Jenny Agutter
Actress | Logan's Run
Jenny Agutter was born on December 20, 1952, in Taunton, Somerset, England, UK. The daughter of an army officer, she spent her childhood traveling and living in different countries. Her film career began at the age of 12 in East of Sudan (1964), which was quickly followed by The Magical World of ...
23. Rex Robbins
Actor | 1776
Rex McNicol Robbins was an American character actor of stage and screen. He played the Narrator/Mysterious Man in the first national tour of Into the Woods. Robbins appeared opposite Angela Lansbury in the 1974 Broadway revival of Gypsy. He made his Broadway debut in 1963 as the doctor in One Flew ...
24. Jane Yolen
Writer | The Wild Hunt
Jane Yolen was born on February 11, 1939 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for The Wild Hunt, Jackanory (1965) and How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? (2005). She was previously married to David W. Stemple.
25. Charles Cioffi
Actor | Klute
Mr. Cioffi is a veteran television actor, who has appeared in a number of daytime serials. However, Mr. Cioffi will most likely be remembered most for his sinister portrayal of revenge-seeking Ernesto Toscano on NBC's hit soap Days of Our Lives (1965).
26. Blanca Camacho
Actress | Chicago Fire
Blanca Camacho was born in New York City, New York, USA. Blanca is an actor, known for Chicago Fire (2012), Ice Age (2002) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).
27. Randy Travis
Soundtrack | Deep Impact
Randy Travis was born on May 4, 1959 in Marshville, North Carolina, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for Deep Impact (1998), The Rainmaker (1997) and National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007). He has been married to Mary Davis Travis since March 21, 2015. He was previously married to ...
28. Brianna Kittrell
Actress | The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
Brianna Kittrell is known for The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash (1991).
29. Heidi Stallings
Actress | The Ten Commandments
Heidi Stallings is known for The Ten Commandments (1997), White Fang (1997) and Nonesense and Lullabyes: Nursery Rhymes (1992). She was previously married to Michael Sporn.
30. Owen Jordan
Actor | Harlem Detective
Owen Jordan is known for Harlem Detective (1953), X Minus One (1955) and Monodrama Theater (1953).
31. Chevy Chase
Actor | Memoirs of an Invisible Man
Chevy Chase was born Cornelius Crane Chase on October 8, 1943 in Lower Manhattan, New York, to Cathalene Parker (Browning), a concert pianist and librettist, and Edward Tinsley "Ned" Chase, an editor and writer. His parents both came from prominent families, and his grandfathers were artist and ...
32. John Lithgow
Actor | The World According to Garp
If "born to the theater" has meaning in determining a person's life path, then John Lithgow is a prime example of this truth. He was born in Rochester, New York, to Sarah Jane (Price), an actress, and Arthur Washington Lithgow III, who was both a theatrical producer and director. John's father was ...
33. Peter Hawkins
Actor | The Big Spender
Peter Hawkins was born on April 3, 1924 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Big Spender (1965), Doctor Who (1963) and The Storyteller (1987). He was married to Rosemary Miller. He died on July 8, 2006 in London, England, UK.
34. Norman Rose
Actor | Radio Days
Norman Rose was born on June 23, 1917 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Radio Days (1987), The Front (1976) and Lights Out (1946). He was married to Catherine Vagnoni. He died on November 12, 2004 in Upper Nyack, New York, USA.
35. John Cunningham
Actor | Starship Troopers
John Cunningham was born on June 22, 1932 in Auburn, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Starship Troopers (1997), In & Out (1997) and Mystic Pizza (1988). He has been married to Carolyn Duke Cotton since August 24, 1956. They have three children.
36. Neil Innes
Actor | The Innes Book of Records
Comedian, musician and songwriter, renowned for his deadpan delivery and an uncanny ability to send up musical acts. The son of a warrant officer in the Royal Artillery, Innes learned to play piano from the age of seven and guitar at fourteen. He began to make a name for himself in 1963 when he ...
38. Ray Henwood
Actor | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Ray Henwood was born on January 15, 1937 in Swansea, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013), Heavenly Creatures (1994) and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995). He was married to Carolyn. He died on August 26, 2019 in New Zealand.
39. Donal Donnelly
Actor | The Godfather Part III
Donal Donnelly was an English actor best known in the cinema for roles in The Knack... and How to Get It (1965) and The Godfather Part III (1990) and on stage for his work in the plays of Brian Friel. He was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, on the 6th of July 1931, but raised in Dublin, ...
40. Joyce Ebert
Actress | Mrs. Soffel
Joyce Ebert was born on June 26, 1933 in Munhall, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Mrs. Soffel (1984), Great Performances (1971) and Diary of the Dead (1976). She was married to Arvin Brown and Michael Ebert. She died on August 28, 1997 in Southport, Connecticut, USA.
41. Fritz Weaver
Actor | Creepshow
Fritz Weaver, the American actor, was born on January 19, 1926, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He served in Civilian Public Service as a conscientious objector during World War II, breaking into acting in the early 1950s. He made his Broadway debut in October 1955 in "The Chalk Garden," which ...
42. Helen Hunt
Actress | As Good as It Gets
Helen Hunt began studying acting at the age of eight with her father, respected director and acting coach Gordon Hunt. A year later she made her professional debut and afterwards worked steadily in films, theatre and television.
43. Hank Azaria
Actor | The Simpsons
Hank Azaria is an American comedian and actor from Queens, New York. He is known for voicing several characters in The Simpsons including Apu, Chief Wiggum, Moe, Bumblebee Man, Lou and Superintendent Chalmers. The latter became well-known due to the "Steamed Hams" scene. He also acted in Godzilla, ...
44. Maureen Anderman
Actress | Final
Maureen Anderman was born on October 26, 1946 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She is an actress, known for Final (2001), Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) and Law & Order (1990). She has been married to Frank Converse since October 4, 1982. They have two children.
46. Loretta Long
Actress | Follow That Bird
Best known for her role of Susan on the children's show Sesame Street (1969), Loretta Long has also worked as a schoolteacher and has a Ed.D. in education from the University of Massachusetts. Before joining "Sesame Street" as one of the original 1969 cast members, Ms. Long was in another ...
47. Terry Alexander
Actor | Day of the Dead
Terry Alexander was born on March 23, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is an actor, known for Day of the Dead (1985), Conspiracy Theory (1997) and The Last Call (2019).
48. Charles Turner
Actor | Silk, Satin, Cotton, Rags
Charles Turner is known for Silk, Satin, Cotton, Rags (1952), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and Kilvert's Diary (1977).
49. Renée Nalbandian
Actress | Good Night, Gorilla
Renée Nalbandian is known for Good Night, Gorilla (1998).
50. Brianna Gagne
Actress | Space Case
Brianna Gagne is known for Space Case (2001) and Good Night, Gorilla (1998).
51. Forest Whitaker
Actor | The Last King of Scotland
Forest Steven Whitaker has packaged a king-size talent into his hulking 6' 2", 220 lb. frame. He won an Academy Award for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the film The Last King of Scotland (2006), and has also won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. He is the fourth African-American male to...
52. Bruce Bayley Johnson
Actor | Doug
Bruce Bayley Johnson was born on June 5, 1945 in Concord, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor, known for Doug (1991), Doug's 1st Movie (1999) and Disney's Doug (1996).
53. Cindy Cardozo
Actress | Officer Buckle and Gloria
Cindy Cardozo is known for Officer Buckle and Gloria (1997).
54. Melanie Gagne
Producer | Goosebumps: SlappyWorld - Diary of a Dummy
Melanie Gagne is an actor, producer, and blog writer from West Haven, Connecticut. As a child, she was the cover model for the children's book I Look Like a Girl by Sheila Hamanaka, and her voice was featured in numerous Weston Woods films, including Chrysanthemum and Officer Buckle and Gloria. ...
55. Paul Gagne
Producer | Brave Irene
Paul Gagne is known for Brave Irene (1989), The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash (1991) and The Bear and the Fly (1985).
56. Renée Howard
Actress | Officer Buckle and Gloria
Renée Howard is known for Officer Buckle and Gloria (1997).
59. Debby Boone
Soundtrack | Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Debby Boone was born in Hackensack, New Jersey on September 22, 1956 to Pat Boone and Shirley Boone. The third of four daughters, Debby followed the success of her father when she rocketed to stardom with the #1 song "You Light Up My Life" in 1977, earning Debby a Grammy Award for Best New Artist. ...
60. Roderick Cook
Actor | Amadeus
Roderick Cook was born on February 9, 1932 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for Amadeus (1984), 9½ Weeks (1986) and The Life and Death of Sir John Falstaff (1959). He died on August 17, 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
61. Amy Madigan
Actress | Field of Dreams
In the 1960s, Amy attended St. Philip Neri grammar school and Aquinas High School, both in Chicago, where she performed in school plays and was known as the school tomboy. In the early 1970s, Amy was featured in Playboy Magazine wearing only jelly, to promote her music band, Jelly. Amy is the ...
62. Lynn Whitfield
Actress | Madea's Family Reunion
With roots leading back to Louisiana southern aristocracy, lovely leading lady Lynn Whitfield was born in 1953, the eldest of four children and a third-generation BFA graduate from Howard University. Her dentist father was instrumental in developing Lynn's initial interest in acting as he was a ...
63. Laura Dern
Actress | Jurassic Park
Laura Dern was born on February 10, 1967 in Los Angeles, the daughter of actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd. Dern was exposed to movie sets and the movie industry from infancy, and obtained several bit parts as a child. Her parents divorced when Dern was two and Dern lost contact with her father for ...
65. Ebb Miller
Actor | The Purple Rose of Cairo
Ebb Miller is known for The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), The Solution (1997) and The First Turn-On!! (1983).
66. Muriel Gould
Actress | Infinitely Polar Bear
Muriel Gould was born on October 12, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Infinitely Polar Bear (2014) and Corduroy (1984). She died on April 20, 2021 in Mashpee, Massachusetts, USA.
67. Monica Parks
Actress | Cold Monsters
Monica Parks is an actress, known for Light Girls. Her professional career began in New York City working off-Broadway, in regional theatre and as a member of the Circle Repertory Company Lab. She later returned to St. Louis working for several years with the St. Louis Black Repertory Company and ...
68. Ed Wolfe
Actor | Stuck on You!
Ed Wolfe is known for Stuck on You! (1983), Split Decision (2019) and The Sax Man (2014).
69. Charlie McCarthy
Director | Pure Mule
Charlie McCarthy is known for Pure Mule (2005), Legend (2006) and An Crisis (2010).
70. Clarke Bittner
Actor | Flirting with Disaster
Clarke Bittner is known for Flirting with Disaster (1996), Some Fish Can Fly (1999) and Identity Crisis (1989).
71. Tim Loomis
Actor | Shadows and Fog
Tim Loomis is known for Shadows and Fog (1991), A Pocket for Corduroy (1986) and Bachelor Party Vegas (2006).
72. Ryan Williams
Ryan Williams is known for Wag the Dog (1997), Menace II Society (1993) and The Hurricane (1999).
73. Tucker Bliss
Cinematographer | Mute
Tucker Bliss is a director. New York born, New York based. Characterized by his unique ability to tell relatable human stories, with a little wink, there's a warm life force that guides all his films.
He has made his name in commercials and short films winning awards including a Cannes Lion, Young ...
74. B.J. Ward
Actress | G.I. Joe
B.J. Ward was born on September 16, 1944 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. She is an actress, known for G.I. Joe (1985), Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988) and The Pagemaster (1994). She was previously married to Gordon Hunt and Donn Trenner.
75. Jon Carroll
Composer | Linda Ronstadt: Get Closer
Jon (Jonathan) Carroll is writer, composer, performer, actor, musician. He was a Grammy Winner with Starland Vocal Band for Best Arrangement for Voices (Afternoon Delight), also winning Best New Artist.
His songs have been recorded by Linda Ronstadt (Get Closer), Tom Jones, etc.
He's a composer for ...
76. Leigh Corra
Actress | The Scrambled States of America Talent Show
Leigh Corra is known for The Scrambled States of America Talent Show (2009), Between the Towers (2005) and Space Case (2001).
77. Rick Crofoot
Sound_department | Miss Nelson Is Back
Rick Crofoot is known for Miss Nelson Is Back (1999), One Zillion Valentines (1998) and The Island of the Skog (2000).
79. Dennis Hrbek
Sound_department | All Me, All the Time
Dennis Hrbek is known for All Me, All the Time (2009), Wild Case Files (2011) and Property Brothers (2011).
80. Kathy Jacobson
Actress | Dig That, Zeebo Newton
Kathy Jacobson is known for Dig That, Zeebo Newton (2018) and Crazy as a Loon.
81. Bob Kieffer
Self | Paranormal Witness
82. Sean Phillips
Actor | The Men Who Stare at Goats
Sean Phillips is known for The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009), The Following (2013) and Person of Interest (2011).
83. Melissa Ellard
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service
Melissa Ellard is known for NCIS (2003), Tedd Arnold Talks About Fly Guy (2012) and Getting to Know Jon Scieszka (The TRUE Story...) (2013).
85. Dave Sheehan
Camera_department | Grindstone Road
Dave Sheehan is known for Grindstone Road (2008), Sweet Prudence and the Erotic Adventure of Bigfoot (2011) and I Declare War (2012).
86. Caroline Soss
87. Peter Sloss
Special_effects | We of the Never Never
Peter Sloss is known for We of the Never Never (1982) and Knightmare (1984).
88. Nora Guthrie
Self | Where Are You, Jay Bennett?
Nora Guthrie was born on January 2, 1950 in New York City, New York, USA. She is known for Where Are You, Jay Bennett? (2021), Sonic Highways (2014) and When Pop Went Epic: The Crazy World of the Concept Album (2016).
89. Arlo Guthrie
Soundtrack | Alice's Restaurant
Arlo Guthrie was born July 10, 1947, in Brooklyn, New York; the son of legendary folk artist Woody Guthrie and Marjorie Mazia Guthrie, a professional dancer with the Martha Graham Company and founder of the Committee to Combat Huntington's Disease. Arlo grew up surrounded by renowned folk musicians...
90. Aretha Franklin
Actress | The Blues Brothers
Grammy-winning Queen of Soul and the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Aretha Louise Franklin was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to Barbara Vernice (Siggers) and C. L. Franklin, a Baptist minister, who preached at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit for over thirty ...
91. Mary McDonnell
Actress | Battlestar Galactica
Mary McDonnell is a two-time Oscar®-nominated actress, who is known for her character portrayals in both period and present-day screen roles, as well as a long history of stage and film roles.
Mary Eileen McDonnell was born on April 28, 1952 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Eileen (Mundy) and John ...
92. Rod Ross
93. Tim Sample
Self | CBS News Sunday Morning
94. Rob Reiner
Actor | All in the Family
Robert Reiner was born in New York City, to Estelle Reiner (née Lebost) and Emmy-winning actor, comedian, writer, and producer Carl Reiner.
As a child, his father was his role model, as Carl Reiner created and starred in The Dick Van Dyke Show. Estelle was also an inspiration for him to become a ...
95. BD Wong
Actor | Jurassic Park
BD Wong was born and raised in San Francisco, California. He made his Broadway debut in "M. Butterfly." He is the only actor to be honored with the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Clarence Derwent Award, and Theater World Award for the same performance. He starred in the ...
96. Cyndi Lauper
Soundtrack | Cyndi Lauper: Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Cyndi Lauper was born on June 22, 1953 in Ozone Park, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for Cyndi Lauper: Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1983), Vibes (1988) and Mad About You (1992). She has been married to David Thornton since November 24, 1991. They have...
97. Jennifer O'Mara
Actress | Antarctic Antics
Jennifer O'Mara is known for Antarctic Antics (2001).
98. Kristen Hahn
Actress | 5 Flights Up
Kristen Hahn is known for 5 Flights Up (2014), Our Town (2003) and Antarctic Antics (2001).
99. Scotty Huff
Composer | Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed
Scotty is a composer/musician based in Nashville, TN. He has recorded and performed with artists such as Keith Urban, The Mavericks, Jake Owen, Toby Keith, Will Hoge, and Natalie Cole. As a composer, Scotty has over 50 credits with Scholastic for their animated short films, audio books, and mobile ...
100. Robert Reynolds
Actor | Brass
Robert Reynolds is known for Brass (1983), After the War (1989) and Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987).
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