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- Chris was born and raised in the tiny Western town of Silver City, New Mexico. He moved to Houston, Texas at 16 and attended The Kinkaid School. He has been seen on Stage, TV and Film ever since graduating with a degree in Acting from Carnegie-Mellon University. Working opposite of multiple Oscar winners, he's been described as an "old-school character actor" and is often unrecognizable on screen. His work has varied from Netflix's Emmy nominated Sci-fi series "Altered Carbon'" where he played the fan and critic's favorite Poe to the upcoming Western saga Horizon directed and starring Kevin Costner. He also produces and stars in the award-winning serial podcast, Agent Stoker where he plays the title character. Chris splits his time between Los Angeles and Portland with his wife actress Erin Way, their son, and their incredible dog, Maude.
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Genial, pleasant-voiced character actor Paul Benedict was born in New Mexico on September 17, 1938, and made hosts of stage, film and TV appearances in a career lasting five decades. The son of a doctor, he was diagnosed with acromegaly by an endocrinologist who happened to catch the nascent actor in a stage play. He underwent medical treatment that successfully prevented the advancing of the disease. Following military service with the Marine Corps., Paul went on to a highly successful entertainment career using his spade-sized jaw and large nose often to humorous effect.
Following his graduation from Suffolk University, Benedict began acting at the Theatre Company of Boston and performed with such up-and-coming hopefuls as Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman and Al Pacino before moving to New York in 1968. Decades laterk, Pacino remembered his old colleague when he revived Eugene O'Neill's one-act, two-person drama "Hughie" on Broadway in 1996. Paul was cast as the hotel night clerk who listens patiently and endlessly to the forlorn ramblings of Pacino's hustler character. Paul made his unofficial Broadway debut in 1968 with "Leda Had a Little Swan," but it closed just before it officially opened. He then went on to appear in "Little Murders" (1969), "The White House Murder Case" (1970) and "Bad Habits" (1974).
Benedict began his on-camera career with the little seen western film spoof The Double-Barrelled Detective Story (1965) and then was seen in another spoof, the political satire The Virgin President (1968). He continued in a quirky, humorous vein in Norman Lear's Cold Turkey (1971), as well as Taking Off (1971), They Might Be Giants (1971), The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971), Deadhead Miles (1972), Up the Sandbox (1972) and The Front Page (1974). Lear took a liking to Paul and began using him as a guest on some of his classic TV comedies, including "Maude" and "All in the Family," before casting him as Harry Bentley, the polite but put-upon white Englishman next door neighbor to affluent black couple Isabel Sanford and Sherman Hemsley on the decade-long comedy series The Jeffersons (1975). It remains his best known oddball comedy role. Another familiar character would be The Mad Painter on the long-running children's PBS show Sesame Street (1969).
He played an fascinating assortment of erudite, toothy and tweedy characters on film, one of his best remembered being that of Reverend Lindquist in Jeremiah Johnson (1972). He also played the emissary of the governor in The Front Page (1974), a slave trader in Mandingo (1975), an untalented Shakespearean stage director in The Goodbye Girl (1977); an eccentric butler in The Man with Two Brains (1983); another butler in Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988); a business college professor in Cocktail (1988); a warden in The Chair (1988); a film school teacher in The Freshman (1990); an irritated judge in The Addams Family (1991); and a professor in Isn't She Great (2000).
Benedict made an impression as a stage director as well, including "Any Given Day," the original production of "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune," and the Obie-winning "The Kathy and Mo Show." His final Broadway appearance was as Mayor Shinn in the 2000 revival of "The Music Man" and he took his final curtain call with Pinter's "No Man's Land" at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
On TV, Paul made appearances on some of TV's most popular shows, including "Sweepstakes," "Mama Malone," "Murder, She Wrote," "The New Twilight Zone," "A Different World," "Tales from the Crypt," "Seinfeld" and "The Drew Carey Show." On film, Paul became a stock player for Christopher Guest and his hilarious "mockumentary" features -- This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Waiting for Guffman (1996) (as the long-awaited guest) and A Mighty Wind (2003).
Unmarried, the 70-year-old actor died of natural causes on December 1, 2008, at his home in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.- Leslie Graves (the original Brenda Clegg) was born on September, 29th 1959 in Albuquerque or Silver City, New Mexico. She started her carrier in entertainment industry in the late '60s and early 70s when she was very young (approximately at age of 10) with small roles in a Broadway play "A Cry of Players" (1968-1969) written by William Gibson and in several TV series: Sesame Street (1969, first 13 episodes), Mary Tyler Moore Show (1972, just the episode titled "Baby Sit-Com"), Here We Go Again (1973). After that, she disappeared for about ten years. Her come back in early '80 was marked by some nude photos (OUI Magazine, a Playboy corporation affiliate, tributes her the honor of the cover and photo shoot by Phillip Dixon in November 1980 and again in May 1981 a photo shoot by five photographers) and small roles in slasher movies: Piranha: the Spawning (1981) and Death Wish II (1982). This helped her to be noticed and finally she apparently found her way to success when CBS in 1982 cast her, at age of 23, for the role of Brenda Clegg in the daytime soap Capitol, for which she is still remembered with admiration. She found in Carolyn Jones (the original Myrna Clegg) a sort of second, supportive mother both on the Capitol set and in her life. When Carolyn died, Leslie was devastated. One day in late Summer, 1984, Leslie passed out on the set of the CBS sudser. Heroin overdose. She recovered but left the show for good.
Her last appearance to the public was the nude photo shoot by Jean Rougeron in October 1984 issue of the magazine OUI. And nothing about her was known until the Soap Opera Weekly announced her death in Los Angeles area in August, 23rd 1995 due to an AIDS-related illness. Married to Jerry Schoenkopf, they had two children: a girl (Amanda) and a boy (Jimmy, b. 1994). - Despite a productive NBA and ABA career, Spencer Haywood will always be remembered as the man who opened the door for underclassmen college basketball players to leave college early to play in the pros, thereby creating the "Spencer Haywood rule." Haywood attended the University of Detroit on a basketball scholarship and helped the United States Olympic team to a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Games. In 1968, after two seasons in college, Haywood decided to try to enter the NBA draft, citing family financial hardship. The NBA, however, at the time prohibited players from entering the draft until four years after their high school graduation. Haywood then was signed by the maverick ABA's Denver Rockets, where he played for one season, leading the ABA in scoring as a rookie. Since he now had a professional season under his belt, Haywood decided to challenge the NBA rule once again and signed with the Seattle Supersonics in 1969. Commissioner Walter Kennedy, however, prohibited Haywood from playing any games with the Sonics. Haywood and his agent took the NBA and Kennedy to court and won a decisive, but bittersweet, victory, as Haywood was roundly booed throughout NBA arenas in his first years with the Sonics. One PA announcer went so far as to say, "Ladies and gentlemen, we have an illegal player on the court," prior to one of his games. Try as he may, Haywood could never shake the controversy of those early years. After several seasons with the Sonics and New York Knicks, Haywood signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1981. Haywood seemed to be thriving as a veteran role player during the Lakers championship run until it was discovered he was a drug addict. Lakers' coach Pat Riley suspended Haywood from the postseason and he was cut by the Lakers after their championship. Haywood retired in 1983 after finishing his career with the Washington Bullets.
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Sonny Melendrez grew up in San Antonio.
Twice named Billboard Magazine's "Radio Personality of the Year," he was awarded the honor of Hispanic Radio Personality of the Year by Ricardo Montalban and the National Nosotros Organization. He was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall Of Fame and has the honor of being included in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as one of the Top 100 Radio Personalities of All-Time.
Radio being his first love, Melendrez has hosted drive time shows at some of America's greatest radio stations, including KIIS, KMPC, KFI, KMGG, and KRLA in Los Angeles.
Sonny is equally at home serving as TV host, actor, radio personality, writer, commercial spokesman, comedian, motivational speaker, or cartoon voice artist.
He has hosted or been featured speaker at such prestigious events as the White House Hispanic Heritage Awards; the National "Just Say No To Drugs" Rally at the Washington Monument; and the USO 50th Anniversary Gala at the Ambassador's Palace in Paris, France with guest of honor, the late Princess Grace of Monaco. As host of the award-winning children's television series, 'You And Me, Kid," on the Disney Channel, Sonny displayed his natural talent for working with children.
Sonny's ability and willingness to rally people behind a cause is one reason he is involved in so many charities, both locally and nationally. He was named Inc. Magazine's "Socially Responsible Entrepreneur of the Year" and awarded the "2000 Marketing Philanthropist Lifetime Achievement Award" by the Sales and Marketing Executives of San Antonio.
President Ronald Reagan commended Sonny for his efforts in the war on drugs and he received the National Director's Community Leadership Award by the FBI. In 1990, in recognition for raising tens of thousands of dollars for youth scholarships, he was named "El Rey Feo" (The People's King) and presided over San Antonio's annual week-long Fiesta celebration.
The City of San Antonio named the Sonny Melendrez Community Center located on the city's West Side in his honor as way to say "thank you" for his community involvement.
Programs that benefit children have always been a priority for Sonny Melendrez. One of the projects of which he is most proud is the children's version of "We Are The World," which he created in Los Angeles in 1985. Over 1500 children participated in the recording and video, and proceeds from record sales benefited USA For Africa. Sonny received a Grammy nomination for "Best Children's Recording."
The Sonny Melendrez Children's Foundation was created in 1998 to help disabled and disadvantaged youth in San Antonio. It is estimated that he has helped to raise over 100 million dollars in cash, goods and services for local and national charities during the last 25 years!
Sonny is truly the man of a thousand voices. As a teenager he discovered an uncanny ability to imitate and create character voices. He has provided the voices of several characters in Hanna-Barbera's "Jetsons" cartoon series; created many of the sounds heard in the Gremlins movie; was the bug who yelled "Oh, no! It's Raaaaaaid!" in the popular TV commercial; played opposite Walter Mathau as the voice of Bob Cratchet in the animated TV classic, "The Stingiest Man in Town"; and was even the voice of the infamous Fred the Cockatoo in the 70"s NBC TV series, Baretta. He was chosen from a field of over 140,000 as the new voice of the Parkay Margarine Talking Tub! Recently, after a nationwide search, Sonny was chosen to provide the voice of Jerry Seinfeld in a campaign promoting The Bee Movie Game for ActiVision.
Colleges, universities, school districts, and corporate groups of all types have been inspired by Sonny's captivating motivational presentations. His topics are designed to fire up team members, teachers, students, parents, and companies to get involved and make a difference in the world around them.
In his new book, "The Art of Living With Enthusiasm!," Sonny offers the powerful benefits to be found in positive living through personal and powerful stories of encouragement, comfort, and joy.- Actor
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Melvin Mayo was born on 1 December 1878 in Silver City, Nevada, USA. He is known for The Death Warrant (1914), Love Is Law (1916) and None So Blind (1916).- Additional Crew
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Jack Nathan Weatherwax was one of the sons of Walter Smiley Weatherwax and Anna Wallis. His siblings included Judd Wallis Weatherwax ("Judd"), Frank Thrall Weatherwax, William MacAllister Weatherwax ("Mac"), Dora Neil Weatherwax, Rudell Bird Weatherwax ("Rudd") and Peggy Weatherwax. Jack worked for Rennie Renfro Motion Picture Dogs before joining his brothers in the mid 1940s as an animal trainer.- Producer
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Eric Edmonds was born on 19 October 1983 in Silver City, New Mexico, USA. He is a producer and production manager, known for Star Wars: Generations (2016), The Rum Diary (2011) and Terrordactyl (2016).- Slim Lucas was born on 22 February 1892 in Silver City, New Mexico, USA. He was an actor, known for The Mystery Rider (1928). He was married to Maude Julie (Kloster) Nichols Day. He died on 29 November 1968 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Barson Hethcox was born on 9 January 1976 in Silver City, New Mexico, USA. He is known for Refuge (2010), Quimera (2012) and The Morninge After (2012).- Born on May 23, 1984 in Silver City, New Mexico to Yvonne Smith (mother) and Gerald Botts (father). He graduated from WNMU with a BS in Kinesiology. Got his taste for acting during middle school in-class-productions, but focused most of his attention on sports and recreation during the years after. It wasn't until the spring of 2011 that Eric landed his first role in the short directed by Courtney Hope titled "Glass", were he played the role of "dad" to "boy" played by Oaks Fegley. Later that summer he was also cast as an unaccredited extra in the series Boardwalk Empire.
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James Tenney was born on 10 August 1934 in Silver City, New Mexico, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Interim (1952), Unglassed Windows Cast a Terrible Reflection (1953) and Having Never (2015). He was married to Carolee Schneemann and Lauren Pratt. He died on 24 August 2006 in Los Angeles, California, USA.