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Born Rex Lloyd Lease in West Virginia on February 11, 1903 (not 1901, according to Social Security records found), future cowboy actor Rex Lease was raised in Columbus, Ohio and very briefly attended Ohio Wesleyan University initially interested in the ministry. When this fell through, he decided to attempt an acting career instead. Setting his sights on Hollywood at age 19 in 1924, he broke into silent films as an extra and bit player.
Rex's first role of any significance was as the adult son of Irene Rich and Morgan Wallace in the melodrama A Woman Who Sinned (1924). Within a couple of years the strapping, exceedingly handsome actor had made it into the silent co-star ranks of romantic drama, jazz-age comedy, canine adventures and rugged action in such fare as Somebody's Mother (1926), Mystery Pilot (1926), The Timid Terror (1926), The Outlaw Dog (1927), Clancy's Kosher Wedding (1927), The College Hero (1927) and as the murderous bad guy, The Solitaire Kid, in the silent Tim McCoy western The Law of the Range (1928) co-starring a very young Joan Crawford.
Lease made an easy transition come the advent of sound and continued on as heroes and romantic leading men types in such early talkies as Borrowed Wives (1930), Troopers Three (1930), The Sign of the Wolf (1931), Chinatown After Dark (1931), The Monster Walks (1932) and Inside Information (1934). Having appeared in the title role of the western The Utah Kid (1930), within a few years Rex hit minor cowboy hero stardom with such offerings as The Cowboy and the Bandit (1935), Cyclone of the Saddle (1935), Fighting Caballero (1935), The Ghost Rider (1935), Rough Riding Ranger (1935), Custer's Last Stand (1936), Cavalcade of the West (1936) and The Silver Trail (1937). Just as quickly, however, his hero status fell aside and he found himself, more often than not, shuffled back to playing secondary partners or villains for a host of other established or ascending sagebrush stars such as his old pal Tim McCoy, as well as Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Hoot Gibson, Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Tom Tyler, Bob Steele, Allan Lane, Bill Elliott and a quickly rising John Wayne.
By the late 1930's, Rex was finding himself with little to no billing at all -- appearing as a bank robber in the Laurel & Hardy comedy A Chump at Oxford (1940), a cop in The Grapes of Wrath (1940), and minor henchmen in such second-string westerns as Saddlemates (1941), Jesse James at Bay (1941), Idaho (1943), King of the Cowboys (1943), Rough Riders of Cheyenne (1945) and Frontier Gal (1945). Occasional featured roles included those in Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground (1943), Springtime in Texas (1945), Days of Buffalo Bill (1946), The People's Choice (1946) and the serial cliffhanger The Crimson Ghost (1946). Lease went on to appear in hundreds of films over a three and a half decade career.
In the 1950's Rex added TV to his extensive résumé with appearances on "The Abbott & Costello Show," "The Roy Rogers Show," "Tales of the Texas Rangers," "Fury," "The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin," "Maverick" and several spots (his last being in 1960) on "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp." A few minor 50's western movie parts also came his way with Ride, Vaquero! (1953), Calamity Jane (1953), Backlash (1956) and Tension at Table Rock (1956).
Rex's personal life was turbulent, what with five marriages and divorces -- his first two being actresses Charlotte Merriam and Eleanor Hunt). He eventually retired and died of undisclosed causes in the Los Angeles area on January 3, 1966, at the age of 62. He was discovered by his son Richard, who was shot to death at age 25 the following year after being involved in a traffic altercation with two teenagers.- Harold Edward Doss was born in Lynchburg, Lynchburg City, Virginia, USA to Bertha Edward Oliver and William Thomas Doss; being one of three children (Audrey Doss and Desmond T. Doss).
Doss was a veteran of World War II, serving with the U. S. Navy aboard the USS Lindsey.
He was owner and operator of Doss Enterprises, and was a member of the Martinsburg Seventh Day Adventist Church.
He was married to Hilda E. Doss (nee Huff) until his death in 2007. They had two children - Jeannie and Carol Ann. They also had five grandchildren, (Jodi, Jill and Brittany Foss, Jeff Jackson and Lisa Jackson Haberthur) and two great-grandchildren, (Braden and Kaylie Harberthur).
Doss appeared in the 1959 episode Desmond Doss (1959), about the life of his brother Desmond T. Doss; as well as in archive footage shown at the end of the 2016 Mel Gibson movie Hacksaw Ridge (2016) in which he provided a personal prospective on his brother Desmond T. Doss, on whom the movie was based.
Doss passed away on 13 March 2007 in Kearneysville, Jefferson County, West Virginia, USA. - Producer
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Dana Brunetti is an American media executive, film producer and entrepreneur. He is Co-Founder and Chief Content Officer at Cavalry Media.
Brunetti has produced multiple award winning films, including "The Social Network," a screenplay adaptation written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by David Fincher that received eight Oscar® nominations; "Captain Phillips," which picked up six Oscar® nominations; the box office phenomenon, "Fifty Shades of Grey," which grossed over $560 million worldwide; as well as the trilogy's follow ups, "Fifty Shades Darker" ($377M) and "Fifty Shades Freed" ($370M). He won a Golden Globe for "The Social Network," amongst many other awards, including The National Board of Review and The Critics' Choice Award. Brunetti's other credits as a producer include "21," "Fanboys," HBO's "Bernard & Doris," starring Ralph Fiennes and Susan Sarandon, which received 10 Emmy nominations, as well as the 2017 limited TV series, "Manhunt: Unabomber" for Discovery Channel.
As the architect of several groundbreaking deals, he helped secure the mega deal with Netflix to produce the political thriller "House of Cards" as part of their new slate of original programming. Brunetti serves as executive producer for the show, which released its 6th and final season in 2018, and has garnered multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominations and awards.
Building on an award-winning career as a producer and co-founder of Trigger Street Productions, he was one of Hollywood's youngest studio presidents while at Relativity Media's Motion Picture and Television Group, where he oversaw the company's creative content and product.
Also an innovator in social networking, Brunetti launched an online social networking and file-sharing platform for feedback and exposure of undiscovered writing and filmmaking talent in 2002, and set up an eight-year Anheuser-Busch sponsorship, which was the brewing company's longest sponsorship deal ever outside of sports. In 2012, he and Jameson Irish Whiskey launched Jameson First Shot, a short-film competition for up-and-coming filmmakers.- Actor
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Worried-looking, balding, moustachioed and usually bespectacled small part character actor, prolific during the 1930s and 40s. Hobart Cavanaugh played downtrodden or henpecked little men -- the perennial victim, forever nervous or bewildered -- to absolute perfection. He was most at home as clerks, mailmen, minor officials, undertakers, shopkeepers and bank tellers. However, when called upon, he could be just as convincing as a sneaky or vaguely sinister villain's accomplice.
A former engineering student at the University of California, Cavanaugh began his acting career on the stage, making his debut on Broadway in 1916. He entered films, somewhat inauspiciously, with a forgotten B-picture, which was shot in New York by the independent Gotham Company. It took another five years, until he was signed by First National/Warner Brothers, where he remained under contract until 1936, thereafter free-lancing. His mild-mannered personae remained in constant demand in Hollywood, for he tallied up an impressive 190 screen appearances -- though often uncredited -- right up until his death in 1950.- Alphonse Ethier was born on 10 December 1874 in Virginia City, Nevada, USA. He was an actor, known for Baby Face (1933), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932) and The Alaskan (1924). He died on 4 January 1943 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Additional Crew
- Actress
Lynda Farmer Hickman was born on 16 March 1948 in Elizabeth City, Virginia, USA. She is an actress, known for Quincy M.E. (1976), The New Mike Hammer (1984) and Fast Company (1979). She is married to Darryl Hickman. She was previously married to Vahan Khanzadian.- Harrison, who was born on a plantation, also came from a distinguished family of planters and politicians. His father, Benjamin Harrison, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. He was governor of Virginia between 1781 and 1784. William Harrison initially studied at college and at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1792 he joined the army. In 1794 he was used against the Indians in Ohio. A year later, Harrison married Anna Tuthill Symmes, an Ohio girl. In 1798, Harrison left the army as a captain. Harrison was then elected as a representative in the US Congress. In 1801, President John Adams made him governor of Indiana. During his 12 years in office, Harrison proved himself in the fight against the Indians, who had come together to form a federation under the leadership of Tecumseh.
During the war with Great Britain from 1812 to 1814, he secured American rule over Indiana and the Northwest. Returning to Ohio, William Harrison was elected to the House of Representatives in 1816, where he was represented until 1819. In 1825 he was elected to the US Senate, where William Harrison was active until 1828. In 1828, President John Quincy Adams sent Harrison as an envoy to Colombia, but he was recalled the following year. After a temporary withdrawal from politics, Harrison was considered a candidate in the presidential election in 1836, which was won by Martin van Buren. In the following election campaign in 1840, Harrison was able to garner the majority of votes. In March 1841 he took office as the ninth President of the USA.
William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia in Washington just one month later, on April 4, 1841. He was succeeded by John Tyler. - Thomas Pogue was born on 18 July 1873 in Gate City, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Lloyd's of London (1936), Divot Diggers (1936) and Stage Struck (1936). He died on 21 March 1941 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Carrie Clark Ward was born on 9 January 1862 in Virginia City, Nevada, USA. She was an actress, known for Daddy-Long-Legs (1919), A Fool and His Money (1925) and Old Lady 31 (1920). She was married to Sedley Brown. She died on 6 February 1926 in Hollywood, California, USA.
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- Writer
Thomas N. Heffron was born on 13 June 1872 in Virginia City, Nevada, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Gretna Green (1915), The Scales of Justice (1914) and A Man's Fight (1919). He was married to Mrs. Thomas N. Heffron. He died on 24 May 1951 in San Francisco, California, USA.- Pearl Sindelar was born on 5 February 1887 in Virginia City, Nevada, USA. She was an actress, known for Cleopatra (1912), The Glimpses of the Moon (1923) and Detective Craig's Coup (1914). She was married to Charles Sindelar. She died on 9 July 1958 in Glendale, California, USA.
- Spencer Christian was born on 23 July 1947 in Charles City, Virginia, USA. He is an actor, known for All My Children (1970), Good Morning America (1975) and Tracks Ahead (1990). He has been married to Diane Chambers since 20 June 1970. They have two children.
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Henry James "Jim" Dunkin began his life in pictures in Old Tucson, Arizona when he was cast as an extra in Little Big Man (1970). Dunkin grew up on a ranch near Dillon, Montana and spent much of his time traveling as a rodeo cowboy and wrangler on ranches around Montana. Dunkin went on to earn parts in numerous Westerns and films shot in Montana. Dunkin also worked as a wrangler and rider on several films.- Theodosia Harris was born on 2 June 1877 in Virginia City, Nevada, USA. She was a writer, known for The Soul's Cycle (1916), The Hidden Law (1916) and The Leopard's Bride (1916). She was married to James Henry Knowles. She died on 20 November 1938 in Bexar County, Texas, USA.
- Kelley Washington was born on 21 August 1979 in Stephens City, Virginia, USA. He is an actor, known for The Future Is Now (2010), The NFL on CBS (1956) and NFL Monday Night Football (1970).
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Jerry Grimes was born on 23 February 1946 in Elizabeth City, Virginia, USA. He is known for Ben Vereen... Comin' at Ya (1975) and Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman (1969). He died on 31 March 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- His father was governor of Virginia and a judge. After graduating from college in 1807, Tyler studied law. At 19 he was admitted to the bar. From 1811 to 1815, Tyler sat in the Virginia House of Delegates. He then served as a Democratic member of the US House of Representatives from 1817 to 1821. Tyler was appointed governor of Virginia in 1825. In 1827 he resigned from this position because he was now elected to the US Senate, where he was represented until 1836. In these positions, Tyler distinguished himself as a staunch advocate of the "states' rights" theory and a faithful interpretation of the Constitution. The doctrine advocated the primary sovereignty and independence of the US states over the federal government. After turning away from the Democratic Party, Tyler was elected vice president in 1840 as the Whig candidate.
However, the new President William Harrison died in 1841 after only a month in office. Therefore, Tyler succeeded him as the tenth President of the USA on April 4, 1841. Differences with his new Whig party blocked the new president's key domestic policy initiatives. As a southern aristocrat, the former Virginia governor and senator was only put forward to win southern voters for Harrison. However, his political views were opposed to those of the Whig Party, which represented the interests of the northeastern states with their emerging industry and business community - so he vetoed the establishment of a national bank, which was a fundamental concern of the Whigs and their most prominent senator, Henry Clay. In the fall of 1841, he was expelled from the Whig Party. In 1842, when he vetoed the tariff bill, Congress tried, but failed, to impeach him.
In the area of foreign policy, Tyler prepared the incorporation of Texas into the Union after his presidency. In 1842, his Secretary of State Daniel Webster was able to reach a border treaty with Great Britain that established the border between Maine and Canada. In the run-up to the Civil War, he campaigned for secession and was elected to the Congress of the Confederacy, but died of a stroke before he could take office. In the presidential election of 1844, Tyler was no longer a candidate. Tyler was replaced in 1845 by James Knox Polk. After his presidency, however, Tyler remained involved in political life. Shortly before his death, he was elected to the Congress of the Confederate States of America in 1861. The politician died before its meetings opened.
John Tyler died on January 18, 1862 in Richmond, Virginia. - Bessie Givens was born on 26 March 1909 in Charles City County, Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for When Men Betray (1928), The Midnight Ace (1928) and Wages of Sin (1929). She was married to Charles B. A. Wilson and Clarence McPherson. She died on 4 November 1987 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Hayward Ginn was born on 8 September 1878 in Virginia City, Nevada, USA. He was an actor, known for The Alien (1915). He was married to Maude Gilbert. He died on 14 February 1926 in Sawtell, California, USA.
- Actress
Kay Sherris was born on 20 March 1888 in Virginia City, Nevada, USA. She was an actress. She died on 5 December 1955 in Alameda, California, USA.- Lawrence Julihn was born in Virginia City, Nevada. He was mostly raised in the Washington, DC area. In 1933 he received an appointment to the US Naval Academy at Annapolis. He graduated in 1937. After a brief tour in the surface fleet, he went to submarine school in January 1940. Upon graduation he was assigned to the brand new submarine USS Thresher (SSN 200). After her shakedown cruise she was sent to Hawaii.
In October 1941, the USS Thresher was sent on patrol with secret orders to attack Japanese war ships if they were seen headed toward Hawaii. USS Thresher was returning to Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7th, 1941 when the Japanese attack. Since they were heading toward the harbor, they were believed to be the enemy and were attacked by their own ships and planes.
Larry Julihn was one of the few officers aboard USS Thresher early in the war to survive. Experienced officers tended to get transferred to new submarines as they joined the fleet. The other officers portrayed in the "End of the Line" episode were all lost. Larry commanded the USS Shad later in the war. He completed 13 submarine war patrols which is believed to the most of any US Submarine officer. He was awarded the Silver Star 3 times.
Larry continued in the Navy until he retired in1957. The family moved to San Diego where he resided until his death on February 20th, 2001. - Cinematographer
- Actor
- Visual Effects
Frank Young was born on 29 December 1889 in Virginia City, Nevada, USA. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for Captain Caution (1940), Broadway Limited (1941) and The Prisoner of Zenda (1913). He died on 5 July 1951 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Additional Crew
- Animation Department
E.H. Young was born on 24 September 1890 in Virginia City, Nevada, USA. E.H. is known for Your Husband's Past (1926), Wandering Papas (1926) and Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes (1926). E.H. died on 2 May 1957 in Los Angeles, California, USA.