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Bob Gunton |
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Bob Gunton characters, including Warden Samuel Norton in the 1994 prison drama The Shawshank Redemption, Chief George Earle in 1993's Demolition Man, Dr. Walcott, the domineering dean of Virginia Medical School in Patch Adams, and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance in Argo. He also played Leland Owlsley in the Daredevil television series, Secretary of Defense Ethan Kanin in 24, and Noah Taylor in Desperate Housewives.
In addition to his film and television careers, Gunton is a prolific theatre actor. He originated the role of Juan Perón in the Broadway premiere of Evita and the titular character in the 1989 revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, roles for which he received Tony Award nominations. He has received a Drama Desk Award, an Obie Award, and a Clarence Derwent Award
Gunton played the role of Juan Perón in the original 1980 Broadway production of Evita, earning a nomination for Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance. He had a supporting role in the 1985 HBO film Finnegan Begin Again starring Robert Preston and Mary Tyler Moore. Gunton later starred in the title role of a 1989 Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd and received a second Tony Award nomination for his portrayal. Additional theatre credits include Working, King of Hearts, The Music Man (NYCO), How I Got That Story, and Big River.[citation needed]
Gunton portrayed President Richard Nixon in a recreation of the Watergate tapes incident for Nightline. Gunton is also known for his guest starring role as Capt. Benjamin Maxwell in the 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Wounded". Gunton played Warden Samuel Norton, the head of Shawshank State Prison and the primary antagonist in The Shawshank Redemption (1994) opposite Tim Robbins. He also played President Woodrow Wilson in the film Iron Jawed Angels (2004). Gunton played Cecil Dobbs in the 2011 film The Lincoln Lawyer.
Gunton also guest starred in the first season of Desperate Housewives and the sixth season of 24, where he portrayed United States Secretary of Defense Ethan Kanin. He signed on as series regular afterward and reprised the role of Kanin but now as the Chief of Staff to the new president, Allison Taylor, in the show's seventh season as well as the two-hour television prequel film, 24: Redemption. He returned again for the eighth season but this time as the President's Secretary of State. Gunton portrays Leland Owlsley in the 2015 TV series Daredevil.[8] Gunton made a guest appearance on[9] Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in January 2017. In 2021, Gunton was used as a body double for Harold Ramis' character Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
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Britt Irvin
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Britt Irvin played the first ever live-action 'Stargirl' aka 'Courtney Whitmore / Stargirl' on the long running "Smallville"
Britt was born in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. When she was six years old she started ballet lessons, started singing in festivals, and decided to start acting. When she turned 10 she claimed roles in two musicals, "Show Boat" and "A Christmas Carol." Shortly thereafter she did voice work in the television series Nilus the Sandman (1996) and several commercials.
In 1996 Brittney starred in two TV movies, Panic in the Skies (1996) and The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue (1996). Before landing her two-year role on the 1998-99 series Little Men (1998), she did guest roles on shows such asSleepwalkers (1997), NightMan (1997), and The Outer Limits (1995). After a guest role on Stargate SG-1 (1997), Brittney made the TV movie Angels in the Infield (2000).
Brittney's career has taken off since then; she has done many TV movies and guest appearances including So Weird (1999), where she met her good friend, Alexz Johnson. Brittney's most recent roles include the MTV movie Wasted (2002) and guest roles on Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action! (2001), Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997), and The Outer Limits (1995) (again).
Brittney is also an accomplished singer and voice-over artist. She's done countless voice-overs for many TV series, including Sabrina: The Animated Series (1999) and Madeline: My Fair Madeline (2002).
Her works have included the 2005 film Reefer Madness which is based on the 2003 musical, (though she only appeared in one scene), the 2005 television film Absolute Zero with Jeff Fahey and Erika Eleniak, the 2007 film Hot Rod starring Andy Samberg, and playing the love interest of Kevin Zegers' character in Normal, which was also released in 2007.
Britt also provided the voice of the character Ursula in the 2007
"George of the Jungle" cartoon series which aired on the Cartoon Network, making her the first (and currently only) person ever to voice a cartoon character in a series remake, where the character had originally been voiced by June Foray in the original. Foray had originally voiced the character Ursula in the original George of the Jungle series from the 1960s – though the character is significantly different in the 2007 series than in the 1967 series. The series aired for only one season.
Her work in 2008 included the voice of Polly, the love interest of Drake Bell's Harold Kelp in the direct-to-DVD animated sequel, The Nutty Professor.
She portrayed the character Amy in the television film Spectacular!, one of the first times she has ever played an antagonist, which aired on Nickelodeon on February 16, 2009. The series The Assistants, in which she plays the lead role Gillian Hughes, premiered on The N on July 10, 2009.[2]
She appeared in the first three episodes of ABC's remake of the 1980s science fiction miniseries V, which premiered on ABC on November 3, 2009, as well as the first episode of Life UneXpected, which premiered in February 2010 on The CW. Irvin portrayed Stargirl in the Smallville episodes "Absolute Justice", "Salvation", "Icarus" and "Prophecy".[3] Irvin appeared as Kathy Patton in Freshman Father, a Hallmark Channel movie where she portrays a prom queen turned young mother suffering from severe post-partum depression. In 2010, she appeared in Barbie: A Fashion Fairy Tale and Barbie: A Fairy Secret as the voice of Raquelle.
In 2012, Irvin co-starred in Michael Sucsy's film The Vow, which starred Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, and also included her former Little Men and Angels in the Infield co-star Rachel Skarsten in the cast.
In 2015, she voiced Sunny Flare in My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Friendship Games and 2017 Equestria Girls special, Dance Magic. |
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Clive Farrington
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Clive Farrington is an English singer, songwriter, producer and DJ. He is best known for being the founder, lead singer and creative force behind the 1980’s band When In Rome.
Clive was raised in Manchester, England. He began playing the drums at the age of 5. As the years went on, he taught himself to play the bass. Clive was in several bands, including Beau Leisure and Pacific,which included John Mc Geoch of Magazine, Siouxie & The Banshees, P.I.L. on Guitar and John Keeble of Spandau Ballet on Drums. All of that prior to founding When in Rome.
In 1988 When in Rome reached #11 in the U.S. Billboard Top 40 Chart with their hit song, “The Promise.” The song has since become a staple of radio across the world. It has been featured in dozens of films and TV shows including “Napoleon Dynamite,” “Lisa Frankenstein” and “The Penguin."
Through his career, Clive has stayed active in the music industry. Working as an artist, producer and DJ. Alongside Andrew Mann , Farrington continues to tour and record as Farrington & Mann’s When In Rome U.K.
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Jana Bellan
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Jana Bellan was an attractive and appealing brunette actress who only appeared in movies and TV shows during her career in the 1970s. She was memorable as fetching carhop "Budda" in her film debut in "American Graffiti" (1973), and delightful as the sassy and spirited 'Mary Lou' in the amusing drive-in redneck comedy romp "Sixpack Annie" (1975).
Jana was impressive as the luckless compulsive gambler Terry in Al Adamson's "Black Heat" (1976). She made guest appearances on episodes of "The F.B.I.", "Cannon", "Starsky and Hutch", "Serpico", and "Barnaby Jones". After appearing in the obscure feature film, "Kings of the Hill" (1978), |
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Karen Sharpe |
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Karen Sharpe is an American film and television actress. She is known for playing Laura Thomas in the American western television series Johnny Ringo
she began her screen career in 1952, starring as Jane Harris in the film Army Bound, starring along with Stanley Clements and Steve Brodie. In the same year, she appeared in the films The Sniper, Holiday for Sinners, Bomba and the Jungle Girl and Strange Fascination, and made her television debut in the ABC anthology television series Rebound. In 1955, she won a Golden Globe Award in the category New Star of the Year – Actress for her performance as Nell Buck in the 1954 film The High and the Mighty,] along with actresses Shirley MacLaine and Kim Novak
Later in her career, in 1959, Sharpe starred as Laura Thomas in the CBS western television series Johnny Ringo, starring along with Don Durant, Mark Goddard and Terence De Marney. After the series ended in 1960, she guest-starred in numerous television programs, including Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Death Valley Days, Perry Mason, The Wild Wild West, The Texan, Rawhide, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Trackdown, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, 77 Sunset Strip, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Millionaire and I Dream of Jeannie. She also appeared in films such as Man with the Gun (as Stella Atkins), Mexican Manhunt (as Linda Morgan), Valley of Mystery, Tarawa Beachhead, The High and the Mighty and The Disorderly Orderly.
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Reginald VelJohnson
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Reginald Vel Johnson is an American actor. He is best known for portraying police officers on screen, such as Sergeant Al Powell in the Die Hard franchise and Carl Winslow in the television sitcom Family Matters (1989–1998)
VelJohnson is known for playing police officers in films and on television. His early career included a brief appearance in Ghostbusters (1984), as a municipal corrections officer, and an appearance in Crocodile Dundee (1986) as a limo driver. VelJohnson played alongside Tom Hanks, as Detective David Sutton, in Turner & Hooch (1989). He played an ambulance driver in Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985) in which he was credited by the stage name Ivory Ocean.
VelJohnson had his breakthrough role as Sergeant Al Powell in the 1988 film Die Hard. VelJohnson was hired after Gene Hackman, originally hired to play the role, became unavailable, and producers decided to hire a relatively unknown actor for the part. He came from New York to California to film it for nine months, which was so long that he ended up residing in California permanently thereafter. He later reprised the character in the 1990 sequel Die Hard 2. VelJohnson again portrayed Powell in the GameCube video game Die Hard: Vendetta in 2002.
In 1989, VelJohnson was cast as police officer and family patriarch Carl Winslow in the ABC (later CBS) sitcom Family Matters, alongside Jo Marie Payton, who played his wife Harriette Winslow. It was a spinoff of the popular show Perfect Strangers on which he appeared only once, though Payton appeared as a recurring guest star. He starred on the show until it ended in 1998.Since the end of Family Matters, VelJohnson has done mostly voice and guest star work. VelJohnson has made guest appearances in several TV shows, including The Equalizer, Diagnosis: Murder, Twice in a Lifetime, Will & Grace, Monk, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Eve, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Crossing Jordan, The Parkers, That's So Raven, and Bones. He had a minor role in the 2002 film Like Mike and a recurring role as Pastor/Brother Haywood on Mike & Molly. In 2007, he appeared in the short films Reverse, Nerve Endings, and Time Upon A Once which were made during the reality show On the Lot. In 2008, he appeared as the Al Powell character from the Die Hard series in an episode of NBC's Chuck titled "Chuck Versus the Santa Claus", as the cousin of Big Mike (Mark Christopher Lawrence). In 2010, VelJohnson started a recurring role as Principal, later Superintendent, Strickland on the Disney sitcom I'm in the Band and Funnyordie.com's short HBO film titled Just 3 Boyz starring Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, and Zach Galifianakis. He has appeared in the comedy film The Formula, starring alongside Brandon Baker and Sasha Jackson. He played air traffic controller Bob Abbot in the 2012 film Air Collision.
In 2021, VelJohnson voiced Principal Winslow in the animated adaptation of the comic Invincible. In both the comic and the television series, the main character attends a high school named after the actor, and the character itself is named after his previous role of Carl Winslow from Family Matters. VelJohnson also voices several minor characters in the series. He later reprised his role as David Sutton on Disney's Turner & Hooch.
In January 2023, VelJohnson began appearing in advertisements for Progressive as "TV Dad", a parody of his previous Carl Winslow role.
In September 2024, VelJohnson was announced as one of the celebrities competing on season 33 of Dancing with the Stars. He was partnered with Emma Slater and they finished in 10th place
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Barry Pearl |
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Barry Pearl (is an American character actor.He is best known for his role as "Doody", one of the three supporting T-Birds, in the 1978 film version of Grease.He also had a cameo as Mr. Weaver in the Grease: Live television special on FOX in 2016.
He played "Professor Tinkerputt" in the primetime special Barney's Imagination Island and the US tour of Barney's Big Surprise, a stage production based on the popular TV show as well as a video of the same name.
He also starred in an episode of Disney Channel's Even Stevens. He began his career in 1961 replacing Johnny Borden as “Randolph MaAfee” in Broadway's Bye Bye Birdie. Other Broadway credits include Oliver! in 1962, A Teaspoon Every Four Hours in 1969, The Producers in 2005, Lenny's Back in 2008 and Baby It's You! in 2011. In 2012 he starred in the Lionsgate release The Newest Pledge. He also starred as "Arnold" in the national tour of Happy Days - A New Musical.I
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Candy Clark |
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Candy Clark is an American actress and model. She is best known for her role as Debbie Dunham in the 1973 film American Graffiti, for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and her role as Mary Lou in the 1976 film The Man Who Fell to Earth
Clark's first acting role was the role of Andrea Martin in the television series Room 222 - Season 3 Episode 21 (1972), then as the character of Faye in John Huston's film Fat City (1972). She also starred or acted in American Graffiti (1973), The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), The Big Sleep (1978), More American Graffiti (1979), Q (1982), Blue Thunder (1983), Amityville 3-D (1983), Cat's Eye (1985) and At Close Range (1986) and played the role of Francine Hewitt in The Blob (1988).
She appeared in the 2009 film The Informant! as the mother of Mark Whitacre, played by Matt Damon. In 2011, Clark went to Berlin to work on the play Images of Louise Brooks, directed by Sven Mundt.
Along with her film work, she also has made guest appearances on television series, including the Dating Game; Magnum, P.I.; Banacek; Simon & Simon; Matlock; Baywatch Nights; Criminal Minds; and Twin Peaks: The Return.
Clark appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor podcast on January 20, 2017.[4]
Her 2025 memoir, Tight Heads, features her Polaroid photographs capturing her time during the New Hollywood era. |
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Carolyn Hennesy |
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Carolyn Hennesy is an American actress, writer, and animal advocate. Hennesy's early work consisted of guest appearances and roles in shows and television movies, including Dark Justice and in Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare. She rose to prominence when she was cast in a recurring role in Dawson's Creek. She followed this with a series of guest appearances until she gained international acclaim after landing the role of Diane Miller on the daytime television series General Hospital, for which she earned two Daytime Emmy Award nominations. Following this, she was cast in more recurring roles in shows such as Cougar Town, Revenge, and Jessie. She also received much credibility for her role in The Bay, for which she won her first Daytime Emmy Award.
Hennesy starred as Mrs. Valentine on the teen drama Dawson's Creek in the 2000–2001 season, and she had supporting roles in the films Global Effect (2002), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003),[4] Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (2003), The Heat Chamber (2005), Click (2006), and Cougar Club (2007). She made three appearances on That '70s Show and has guest-starred on Reba as the mother of Reba's son-in-law, Van. She made a guest appearance on Drake & Josh as Mrs. Abernathy, the boss of the Ball & Vance Fish Corp. Additionally, she appeared as Judith Haven in an episode of What I Like About You. She starred as Rosalyn Harris in the fifth season of HBO hit series True Blood. In 2016, she joined the cast of the Netflix production Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.
Since 2006, Hennessy has played Diane Miller on the daytime soap opera General Hospital. She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for the role in 2010.[5] In October 2011, Hennesy appeared on Jessie as Mrs. Chesterfield, a role she would reprise through the series' entire four-year run, and in November 2011 as Myrna in the "That Still Small Voice" episode of Once Upon a Time. She also guest starred in Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures.
In 2016, Hennesy appeared in the soap opera web series The Bay as Karen Blackwell. She won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting or Guest Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series for the role. Also in 2016, Hennesy was named an American Humane Association celebrity ambassador and spoke before a congressional committee on the organization's new humane conservation initiative. Hennesy is also the producer and host of Animal Magnetism, a radio program featuring wildlife and domestic animal professionals. The program focuses on welfare and conservation issues and examines both the human-animal bond and the global increase in human-wildlife conflict resulting from human over-population growth and climate change. In 2017, she was in the short film Bleeding Hearts: The Arteries of Glenda Bryant with Barbara Rush. In 2018, Soaps She Knows reported Hennesy would star in the film The Swing of Things which was released in 2020. Also that year, she was in the film Fatal Affair.
In 2019, Hennesy was in the film St. Agatha. Also that year she was in the film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. |
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Cristina Ferrare
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Cristina Ferrare is an American fashion model, actress, author and talk-show host.
She made her acting debut (as Cindy Ferrare) with Adam West and Burt Ward in "Batman" credited as '2nd Girl.'
She had lead roles in several films in the late-1960s and early-1970s, including the 1968 comedy "The Impossible Years" and the 1972 Western film "J. W. Coop", as well as portraying the titular character in Juan López Moctezuma's horror film "Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary".
Among her televsion credits, she appeared in "Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss", "Dream On", "It's Garry Shandling's Show", "Fantasy Island", "Matt Houston", "Vega$", and 2 episodes of "The Love Boat".
In the 1980s, Cristina transitioned from acting to hosting several television series, including "The Home Show", "Home & Family", and "Big Bowl of Love" on the Oprah Winfrey Network. She has also authored several non-fiction cooking and self-help books.
In addition to her TV appearances, she has written books, including "Cristina Ferrare's Family Entertaining", "Okay, So I Don't Have a Headache", and "Realistically Ever After". She also works for Creative Brands Group, designing jewelry, home accessories and furniture.
Currently on "The Drew Barrymore Show" Cristina appears as a celebrity guest chef, joining Drew and co-host Ross Mathews in the kitchen to demonstrate recipes from her cookbooks, often teaching audience members or amateur cooks new dishes and sharing cooking tips, sometimes with a fun twist like a secret ingredient contest.
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Frankie Avalon |
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Frankie Avalon, is an American singer, actor and former teen idol. He had 31 charting U.S. Billboard singles from 1958 to late 1962, including number one hits, "Venus" in 1959 and "Why" in 1960.
Avalon started appearing in films in the 1960s; he is well-known for having appeared in the Beach party films of this decade and for supporting roles in the 1960 western The Alamo and in the 1978 musical film Grease. In the latter film, he sings the song "Beauty School Dropout".
In December 1952, Avalon made his American network television debut playing the trumpet in The Honeymooners "Christmas Party" sketch on The Jackie Gleason Show. Two singles showcasing Avalon's trumpet playing were issued on RCA Victor's X sublabel in 1954.His trumpet playing was also featured on some of his LP songs as well. As a teenager, he played with Bobby Rydell in Rocco and the Saints.
In 1959, "Venus", which was a number one single for five consecutive weeks, and "Why" went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100. "Why" was the first number one hit of the 1960s.
Avalon had 31 charted U.S. Billboard singles from 1958 to late 1962, including "Just Ask Your Heart" (U.S. No. 7), "I'll Wait for You" (U.S. No. 5), "Bobby Sox to Stockings" (U.S. No. 8), and "A Boy Without a Girl" (U.S. No. 10). He was less popular in the UK, but did still manage four chart hits with "Why", "Ginger Bread", "Venus" and "Don't Throw Away All Those Teardrops". Most of his hit songs were written and/or produced by Bob Marcucci, head of Chancellor Records. Avalon concentrated on his acting career which detracted from his recording career, and "Why" of 1959 would be Avalon's final top 10 hit.
Avalon's first film was a short appearance in Jamboree (1957), playing a trumpet and singing "Teacher's Pet".
In the late 1950s, teen idols were often given roles in films, supporting older male stars in order to attract a younger audience, such as Ricky Nelson in Rio Bravo (1959). Alan Ladd's daughter was a Frankie Avalon fan, who recommended that he co-star with her father in the Western Guns of the Timberland (1960). Avalon sings two songs, "The Faithful Kind" and "Gee Whiz Whillikins Golly Gee"; both were released as singles.
Rushes for Timberland were seen by John Wayne, who was looking for a young actor to play the (fictitious) role of "Smitty" in his passion project, The Alamo (1960). Avalon was cast in his second dramatic part. After making the film Wayne told the press: "We're not cutting one bit of any scene in which Frankie appears. I believe he is the finest young talent I've seen in a long time." "Mr Wayne said I was natural as far as acting goes," said Avalon. He added: "My ambition when I was ten years old was to have my own band like Harry James. I never expected anything like this... I'd like to be identified as a singer, dancer, and actor. I don't want to be just one thing."
Avalon was now in demand as an actor. He provided the singing voice for the lead character in the English-language version of a Japanese musical anime, Alakazam the Great (1960), which was done at the behest of the US distributor, American International Pictures. It was the first in what would be a long association with that company.
For Irwin Allen, Avalon had a small role and sang the title song in the science fiction adventure film, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961), a solid commercial hit. He had a supporting role in a comedy, Sail a Crooked Ship (1961).
Avalon was teamed with Ray Milland in the science fiction film, Panic in Year Zero! (1962), written by Lou Rusoff. Samuel Z. Arkoff of American International Pictures (AIP) said Avalon and Milland were teamed together because "they both have particular types of followers and the combination adds up to an attraction"
For AIP, Avalon made a war film with Tab Hunter, Operation Bikini (1963), singing a few songs in flashback. At MGM, he played the lead in an adventure film set in Africa, Drums of Africa (1963).
Of more significance for Avalon's career was a project originally written by Rusoff, Beach Party (1963). This cheerful pop rock-and-roll musical comedy starred Annette Funicello and was directed by William Asher. Arkoff said AIP originally wanted Fabian Forte to co-star with Funicello, but when he proved unavailable, they went with Avalon; it was a big hit and led to several sequels. Filmink wrote "Avalon's warm persona and slightly cartoonish vibe were ideal for the beach party movies, with their in-jokes, double-takes, songs and silliness."
Avalon received an offer to appear in a swashbuckler set in 10th century Spain about Fernán González of Castile, The Castilian (1963). This was followed by the Beach Party sequel, Muscle Beach Party (1963), which proved to be popular. Even more so was the third in the film series Bikini Beach (1964), where Avalon had a dual role. In August 1964, Avalon announced he had signed to make 10 films in five years for AIP.
Pajama Party (1964) was the unofficial fourth film in the series; it was a science fiction spoof in which Avalon ceded the leading man duties to Tommy Kirk, retaining a cameo. He was back as the leading man in Beach Blanket Bingo (1965). He later recalled: "That's the picture of mine that I think people remember best, and it was just a lot of kids having a lot of fun ... a picture about young romance and about the opposition of adults and old people ... also fun because we got to learn how to fake skydive out of an airplane."
Avalon also appeared in nearly two dozen TV episodes, including ABC's The Bing Crosby Show and The Patty Duke Show, appearing often as himself. Later, he became a national television spokesperson for Sonic Drive-In. In 1965, he appeared in the Combat! TV series episode "Brother, Brother" as a childhood friend of Pfc. Kirby, played by Jack Hogan. Avalon and Tuesday Weld supported Bob Hope in the comedy film, I'll Take Sweden (1965) for Edward Small.
According to Filmink AIP gave "Avalon three terrific non-beach chances in 1965–the studio really looked after him with a series of roles that were utterly perfect for the singer." These were Ski Party, Sergeant Deadhead, and Dr Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine. Ski Party teamed him with Dwayne Hickman and was copy of Some Like It Hot (1959). Sergeant Deadhead (1965) was a military comedy with Avalon in another dual role. He had a cameo on How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965). The box office performance of these last few films was disappointing, especially Sergeant Deadhead, for which sequels had been planned. More popular was AIP's Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965), a comedy with Vincent Price and Hickman. This was liked well enough to justify a sequel, although Avalon did not appear; Fabian Forte took over the Avalon role. In January 1966, Avalon said he no longer wanted to make beach films. "Even a seagull leaves the beach from time to time, and I'm getting a little sick of sand."
AIP tried to find a new starring formula for Avalon, casting him as a stock car driver in Fireball 500 (1966), alongside Fabian and Funicello, for director William Asher. It was a medium financial success and led to other AIP stock car films, though none had Avalon starring in them. For Harry Alan Towers and AIP he played the lead role in The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967), and also had a solid role in Skidoo (1968), a comedy from Otto Preminger. In England, he was in AIP's The Haunted House of Horror (1968).
In 1976, Avalon updated his song "Venus" with a new disco treatment. Materializing as a character called Teen Angel, his performance of "Beauty School Dropout" in the hit 1978 film of the musical Grease introduced Avalon to a new generation of viewers. Frankie Valli, who had turned the role down in favor of singing the theme song, noted that both he and Avalon earned substantial profits and a boost in their careers from their work on the film
The 1980 film The Idolmaker, written by Ed Di Lorenzo and directed by Taylor Hackford, was a thinly-disguised biography of Avalon ("Tommy Dee" in the film) as well as 1950s teenage star Fabian Forte (called "Caesare" in the film), along with songwriter/producer Bob Marcucci (called "Vinnie Vacarri").
Avalon also appeared in the Happy Days episode "Poobah Doo Dah" playing himself where he sings his hits "Venus" and "Why".
Avalon had the idea of returning to beach party films with Funicello. He hired several screenwriters and shopped the screenplay around town, eventually managing to set up the project at Paramount Pictures. Back to the Beach (1987) was a moderate success.
In 1989, Avalon and Funicello appeared as themselves in cameo roles, out jogging the streets in Troop Beverly Hills. Not long afterward Funicello retired, having been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
Avalon made a cameo appearance as himself with Robert De Niro in the 1995 film, Casino
Avalon has starred in stage productions of Grease in the role of Teen Angel and in Tony n' Tina's Wedding as a caricature of himself. In 2001, he appeared as himself in the Sabrina the Teenage Witch episode 'Beach Blanket Bizarro.'
Additionally, in 2007, he performed "Beauty School Dropout" with the four remaining female contenders (Kathleen Monteleone, Allie Schulz, Ashley Spencer, and winner Laura Osnes) for the role of Sandy on the NBC television reality show Grease: You're the One that I Want!.
On April 8, 2009, Avalon performed on American Idol.
As part of a long-running concert tour, Avalon has toured with fellow Philadelphian early 1960s teen idols Fabian and Bobby Rydell under the banner "Dick Fox's Golden Boys".
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Jayne Kennedy |
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"For millions of American women who came of age in the 1960s and 70s, Jayne Kennedy was more than the “IT Girl”. More than a cherished role model for all women and African-American women in particular... Jayne Kennedy was an inspiration and an icon. Hers was the career, the face, the image that women from all walks of life conjured when they thought of a woman whose real life was the stuff of which Hollywood movies were made." - Laura Randolph (author).
Although Jayne has always been humbled by her success, her pre-eminence in contemporary American media was solidified when she recently stood face-to-face with her photo on the wall of the prestigious Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture in Washington D.C., inducted alongside Nat King Cole, Diahann Carroll, Nichelle Nichols, Diana Ross & The Supremes and Don Cornelius in Oprah Winfrey’s Pioneers in Television and the Media Landscape exhibit.
Beginning with her Hollywood debut in 1971 as a dancer on Rowan and Martin's
Laugh-In, a singer/dancer with Bob Hope's Bases Around the World Christmas Tour entertaining troops during the Vietnam War, The Dean Martin Show 1972-75 as Dean’s singer/dancers. Hosting major TV specials; guest starring on prime-time TV, starring in pilots and films; serving as a spokesperson for major global corporations including her six years with Coca-Cola USA. And as a producer; creating, writing, and hosting her pioneering Love Your Body fitness video series that ranked #3 in sales behind Jane Fonda and Richard Simmons; producing and starring in the films Death Force and Body and Soul, for which she won the NAACP Image Award for Best Actress, filled the 70s and 80s for Jayne.
However, Jayne is best known for her ground-breaking tenure on the Emmy Award winning CBS’ The NFL Today from 1978-1980. As one of the first female sports broadcasters and the first African-American female in that role, she destroyed the myth that women could not
make it in the world of sports broadcasting. Bob Costas stated, “The NFL Today set the standard for modern sports pregame shows” and the combination of Brent Musburger, Jayne Kennedy, Irv Cross and Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder is often referred to as the best pregame show on television ever!
In February 2024, the Super Bowl pregame special, You Are Looking Live! chronicled
the history of The NFL Today featuring Brent and Jayne, won the prestigious Emmy Award. Jayne was also featured in the best-selling book, In a League of Her Own – Celebrating Female Firsts in Sports, dedicating a chapter to each of the 16 female pioneers including Billie Jean King, Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Jeanie Buss.
Ms. Kennedy is the only female to host one of television’s longest running nationally
syndicated sports series, Greatest Sports Legends. She is also the first female to work ringside for menʼs professional boxing as a color announcer for Muhammad Ali Professional Sports. Jayne was also one of the very first women to host her own nationally syndicated TV sports show, The Jayne Kennedy NFL Report.
At a time when naysayers against female journalists filled every corner of the male-dominated sports world, some 40 years later the National Sports Media Association honored Jayne with their most prestigious NSMA Roone Arledge Award for Innovation in 2022. Moreover, Viacom/BET championed her as one of the "Ten Black Female Firsts in TV Journalism Around the World”.
In 2018, Black Enterprise's Women of Power Summit bestowed to Jayne the Legacy
Award. And in 2019, Jayne hosted a ‘conversation’ for the International Womenʼs Conference at the United Nations in conjunction with Athletes United for Peace moderating the “Commission on the Status of Women” panel. As Co-Executive Producer of a documentary short on her career in sports, Interception: Jayne Kennedy American Sportscaster that premiered at Marthaʼs Vineyard African-American Film Festival in 2019 and has since won multiple Best
Documentary Short awards at subsequent festivals well into 2024. Jayneʼs honors and awards are many: 2024 EMMY for You Are Looking Live, 1981 EMMY for her Rose Parade coverage; EMMY nomination for her Speak Up America segment on "Korea & the DMZ"; NAACP Image Award for “Best Actress” for Body & Soul which she also co-produced and earned a Golden Globe “Best Producer” nomination; NAACP Theater Award for “Best Producer” for her staged musical production of The Journey of the African-American chronicling 400 years of African-American history in song and dance; Dream Award’s Trailblazer Award; and while still in high school, the Miss Ohio USA crown (the first African-American to win the Ohio title) sending her to the Miss USA/Universe Pageant, landing in the top ten; and then there is her most treasured title of the American Legion Auxiliaryʼs Girlʼs Nation’s - Vice President of the United States as the Senator from Ohio.
In the early 80s, Jayne was soon recognized as the face of corporate America as one of the first Black women in global brands that are really Fortune 50! And in that role, Jayne was in high demand as a corporate spokesperson for world-class companies such as Coca-Cola (TAB and Diet Coke), Reebok, Revlon, Fashion Fair Cosmetics, Esoterica, Jovan Fragrances, Bankers
Systems and more. Teamed up with Butterick Patterns she created the Jayne Kennedy Fitness and Exercise line of patterns. And with the Children's Miracle Network Telethon as co-host for 17 years alongside Marie Osmond, Marilyn McCoo, Merlin Olsen, Jayne helped to raise $7.5B
for Children’s Hospitals across North America.
Breaking new ground is nothing out of the ordinary for Jayne. There seemed to always be a hurdle on the track as she raced through a career that brought her acclaim across many genres, which now include ‘author’, with her memoir Plain Jayne set to release Spring 2025 by Disney’s imprint Andscape, with several Hollywood offers to develop a biopic and documentary on her amazing life and career.
The word ‘pioneer’ barely describes the force of nature that is Jayne Kennedy as she
re-emerges with an irrepressible surge of creative dynamism, placing the perfect coda on a remarkable career setting the stage for... Jayne 2.0!
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Joyce Bulifant |
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Joyce Bulifant is an American actress and author. In addition to recurring roles on television, including The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Marie Slaughter, Bulifant is recognized for film roles in The Happiest Millionaire and Airplane! and as a frequent panelist on game shows, including Chain Reaction, Match Game, and Password Plus
One of Bulifant's earliest roles on television was as a dancer on Arthur Murray's Dance Party (1950–1960). She played Timmie Barnes in Too Young to Go Steady (1959),: 1096 Mary Gentry in Tom, Dick and Mary (1964–1965),: 1092 Marie Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977),: 662 Peggy Wilson on Love Thy Neighbor (1973),: 631 Lois on It's a Man's World (1962–1963),: 515 Marsha Patterson on The Bill Cosby Show (1969–1971),: 106 and Marjorie Martin on Big John, Little John (1976–1977). : 102 She was heard as the voice of Queen Vanda on the syndicated cartoon series Sport Billy (1982).: 1006 She was also a regular on CBS’s Flo, as Flo’s best friend Miriam Willoughby from 1980 to 1981.
Bulifant guest-starred as Jessica in Tales of Wells Fargo, episode "Fraud," in 1961, in addition to episodes of Channing; Empire; The Virginian; Bonanza; Gunsmoke; Wagon Train; Destry Rides Again; The Real McCoys; McHale's Navy; Dr. Kildare; Naked City; Police Woman; My Three Sons; Love, American Style; The Facts of Life; Harper Valley PTA; The Bad News Bears; Alice; Three's Company; The Joey Bishop Show; and The Donald O'Connor Show.
She played an intended murder victim in a 1961 episode of Boris Karloff's Thriller (episode: "An Attractive Family").
She starred opposite her future husband, Roger Perry, in a 1962 pilot for General Electric Theater called "The First Hundred Years" and with Eva Le Galliene in The Play of the Week's Thérèse Raquin. She played Jenny Logan, the incorruptible wife of Tom Logan, played by Frank Aletter, both of whom were being tempted by Mr. Lucifer, played by Fred Astaire, and Mr. Lucifer's assistant, Iris Hecate, played by Elizabeth Montgomery, in "Mr. Lucifer", a 1962 episode of Alcoa Presents.
She played innocent defendant Nancy Banks in the Perry Mason 1964 episode "The Case of the Ice-Cold Hands", the second of two appearances on that show.
She played Miriam Willoughby on Flo and David Spade's mother on Just Shoot Me!
From 1994 to 1997, she played Emily Wallace, the mother of her real-life son John Asher's character in Weird Science.
Television movies
Bulifant appeared in Hanging by a Thread, Better Late Than Never, Little Women, Charley's Aunt, and The Shining
Bulifant appeared as a frequent guest on game shows including Name That Tune, Password, Match Game, Crosswits, Tattletales, To Tell the Truth, $25,000 Pyramid, and Decisions Decisions, along with David Letterman
The Brady Bunch
Bulifant was the original choice for the role of Carol Brady on ABC's The Brady Bunch, but the part ultimately went to Florence Henderson.
Bulifant's most popular film roles were as Rosemary in the Disney live-action feature The Happiest Millionaire, in which she sang "Bye-Yum Pum Pum," and in the 1980 comedy Airplane!
In Airplane!, Bulifant played the mother of a daughter in need of a heart transplant, played by Jill Whelan, in a nod to characters from Airport 1975. This was fitting, since Whelan had already begun playing Vicki Stubing on "The Love Boat", the daughter of the Love Boat captain, played by Gavin MacLeod. MacLeod and Bulifant played a married couple on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show". Airplane thus tied MacLeod's two TV families together.
She has twice been directed by her son, John Asher, in Diamonds and Tooken, and appeared in a comedic short, The Haircut, opposite John Cassavetes
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Linda Gaye Scott |
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in 1963, Linda Gaye Scott appeared on the cover of Jan and Dean's second album "Jan and Dean Take Linda Surfin'." Another photo from the same session was used for their "Surf City" 45 picture sleeve.
In 1965 Linda was cast as the voluptuous Patty Cromwell, Gidget's nemesis on "The War Between Men, Women and Gidget" episode of Gidget.
She was cast as a beautifully charming model, Buffy Baker, in a Bewitched episode entitled, "Three Wishes", that aired on February 9, 1967.
From then on Linda became a fixture on television throughout the 1960s and 1970s, appearing in numerous TV series, including Batman; The Green Hornet; Bonanza; The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; Lost in Space; Love, American Style; Columbo; and others.
1965: Run Home, Slow (by Ted Brenner) as Julie Ann Hagen
1968: The Party (by Blake Edwards) as Starlet
1968: Psych-Out (by Richard Rush) as Lynn
1970: Little Fauss and Big Halsy (by Sidney J. Furie) as Moneth[1]
1972: Hammersmith Is Out (by Peter Ustinov) as Miss Quim
1973: Westworld (by Michael Crichton) as Arlette
1965: My Living Doll: The Lie (Season 1 Episode 19): Monica Bird
1965: My Favorite Martian: Bottled Martian (Season 3 Episode 8): Nadja
1965: Ben Casey: The Importance of Being 65937 (Season 5 Episode 10): Dora McFadden
1965: Gidget: The War Between Men, Women and Gidget (season 1 episode 13): Patty Cromwell
1965: The Donna Reed Show: How to Handle a Woman (season 8 episode 16): Deborah
1965: The Man from U.N.C.L.E: The Very Important Zombie Affair (Season 2 Episode 15): Suzy
1966: Mister Roberts: The World's Greatest Lover (Season 1 Episode 19)
1966: Batman: The Ring of Wax (season 1 episode 23): Moth
1966: Batman: The Torture Chamber: Give 'Em the Axe (season 1 episode 24): Moth
1966: Occasional Wife: Occasional Trouble (Season 1 Episode 2): Miss Wilson
1966: Occasional Wife: Peter by Moonlight (season 1 episode 15): Miss Wilson
1967: Occasional Wife: Alias Peter Patterson (season 1 episode 16): Miss Wilson
1967: Bewitched: Greeting Trap (Three Wishes) (Season 3 episode 22): Buffy
1967: The Green Hornet: The Abominable Dr. Maboul - part 1 (Invasion from Outer Space - Part 1) (Season 1 Episode 25): Vama
1967: The Green Hornet: The Abominable Dr. Maboul - part 2 (Invasion from Outer Space - Part 2) (Season 1 Episode 26): Vama
1967: Hey, Landlord: Who Came to Dinner The Man (Season 1 Episode 30): Julie
1967: Lost in Space: Collision of the Planets (Season 3 Episode 9): Alien Girl
1971: Bonanza: Another Ben (A Deck Of Aces) (Season 12 Episode 18): Dixie Wells
1972: Love, American Style: Love and the Woman in White (Season 4 Episode 11): Veronica La Rue
1975: Columbo: Forgotten Lady (Season 5 Episode 1): Alma
1985: Archie Bunker's Place: The Boys' Night Out (Season 4 Episode 18): Woman #3 |
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Lorenzo Lamas |
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Lorenzo Lamas is an American actor and producer. He is widely known for his role of Lance Cumson, the irresponsible grandson of Angela Channing—played by Jane Wyman—in the soap opera Falcon Crest (1981–1990), for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film.
Lamas is also known for his roles as Reno Raines in the crime drama series Renegade (1992–1997), Dr. Hollywood on the Nickelodeon TV show Big Time Rush (2009–2013), Hector Ramirez in the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful (2004–2006), and Meap on the television show Phineas and Ferb. He served as a judge on ABC television's Are You Hot?, and starred in his own reality show, Leave It to Lamas, a series about his real-life family
Lamas first studied acting in Tony Barr's Film Actors Workshop and quickly thereafter obtained his first TV acting role in 1976. As a last-minute replacement for Steven Ford, Lamas secured a non-speaking role as a jock in the 1978 musical film Grease, in which he dyed his hair blond. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Lamas had guest-starring roles in a number of TV series including Switch, Sword of Justice, Dear Detective, Secrets of Midland Heights, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat and Hotel
In 1980, Lamas auditioned for and won the role of Lance Cumson, for the pilot of a new series entitled The Vintage Years. The pilot was later retooled to become the hit prime time drama series Falcon Crest, which aired on CBS for nine seasons from December 4, 1981, to May 17, 1990. During a 2006 TV interview with a Norwegian television team, Lamas said that to get the role he had auditioned twice and beat out five other actors for the part. Lamas was nominated for a Golden Globe and two Soap Opera Digest Awards for his work on the series; he was the only actor to appear in all 227 episodes.
During his tenure on the show, Lamas had the lead role in the poorly received film Body Rock (1984), where he was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor. He also performed a song on the film's soundtrack, and the track "Fools Like Me" became his only single to date to crack the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #85. The co-founder of the Golden Raspberry Awards, John J. B. Wilson, later named Body Rock as one of "The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made".
Later career
Lamas began carving out a niche for himself as an action-hero, showcasing his martial-arts skills by starring in such movies as the Snake Eater trilogy (1989–1992), Bounty Tracker (1993), Gladiator Cop (1995), Terminal Justice (1996), and many similar low-budget action-films. From 1992 to 1997, Lamas played the lead role of Reno Raines (a falsely accused cop) in the syndicated series Renegade, which allowed him to exercise his enthusiasm for Harley-Davidson motorcycles as well as martial arts.The show was seen in over 100 countries, and during its fifth and final season, it moved from first-run syndication to the USA Network. Lamas had been keeping his hair long (past his shoulders) during this time, so when he had it cut short following the end of the fourth season of Renegade, he had to wear a long-haired wig for filming of the final season. In 2004, Lamas joined the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful as Hector Ramirez, remaining on the show until 2006.
In August 2007, Lamas starred as the King of Siam in The King and I at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Maine. That fall, he performed at Kean University Premiere Stages in Union, New Jersey, in the title role in Steven Dietz's Dracula. In June 2008, he performed as El Gallo in The Fantasticks at the Casa Mañana Theatre in Fort Worth, Texas. In June 2009, Lamas returned to the Ogunquit Playhouse as Zach in A Chorus Line.
In 2015, Lamas was a cast member of the reality TV series The Celebrity Apprentice.
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Mackenzie Phillips |
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Mackenzie Phillips is an American actress. She is the daughter of seminal folk-rock musician John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas and his first wife Susan Adams. Her best-known roles include Carol Morrison in the film American Graffiti, Julie Cooper Horvath on the sitcom One Day at a Time, Molly Phillips on Disney Channel’s supernatural series So Weird, and Barbara "Barb" Denning in Orange Is the New Black
Phillips was 12 years old during the filming of American Graffiti, and 13 when the movie was released. She was cast as Carol Morrison, a young girl accidentally picked up by hot rodding teenager John Milner (Paul Le Mat). Because of California state law, producer Gary Kurtz became Phillips's legal guardian for the duration of the filming.
Phillips gained stardom in the 1970s playing teenager Julie Cooper (when the character got married, her married name was Horvath) on the long-running television show One Day at a Time, for which she earned $50,000 a week.
From the mid 1980s to the early 1990s, Phillips performed as a singer and toured with a re-formed version of The Mamas & the Papas, known as The New Mamas and The Papas.
In 1999, Phillips co-starred with Cara DeLizia in the Disney Channel series So Weird, playing a fictional rock star named Molly Phillips. She sang original songs written by show producers Jon Cooksey and Ann Marie Montade. In 2002, she appeared in the Disney Channel original movie Double Teamed. Phillips guest-starred on episodes of ER, Without a Trace, 7th Heaven, Cold Case, and Beverly Hills, 90210.
Phillips won an Honorary Best Actress award on March 20, 2011, at the closing night awards gala of the Female Eye Film Festival in Toronto for her performance as Sharon in the 2010 independent film Peach Plum Pear. While in Toronto, she was interviewed on Canada AM, ET Canada, and The Marilyn Denis Show.
In 2017, Phillips appeared in an episode of the rebooted One Day at a Time as Pam Valentine. The role was apt, given Phillips's history: she portrayed a counselor. She reprised the role in 2019, in two episodes of the third season.
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Margo Apostolos |
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Margo Apostolos is known for Hollywood Entertainment News TV Show (2020).
Margo played the part of the male Ewok, Tokkat, in the 1983 film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. |
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Michael Tucci |
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Michael Tucci is an American actor and retired high school teacher. He played Pete Schumaker in It's Garry Shandling's Show (1986–1990), and Sonny LaTierri in the 1978 film Grease
Tucci is best known for playing the T-Birds member Sonny LaTierri in the 1978 film version of the musical Grease. He portrayed law student Gerald Golden in the TV series The Paper Chase from 1983 to 1986. He then played best friend Pete Schumaker on It's Garry Shandling's Show (1986–1990). He also spent more than three years touring with companies of the musical Chicago, performing as Amos, Roxy Hart's husband. He also performed as the Green Apple in the play "Destination" by Uta Hagen. He was also in numerous productions on Broadway.
On television, he also played Mark Sloan's friend and hospital administrator Norman Briggs for the first four seasons of Diagnosis: Murder. He played the father of Melissa McCarthy's character in The Heat (2013). |
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Mike Starr |
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Mike Starr is an American character actor. Tall and burly with a deep voice, Starr often performs as mobsters, police officers, blue-collar workers or tough guys. He was a regular cast member on The Young and the Restless and Ed, and has appeared in the films Goodfellas, Dumb and Dumber and Billy Bathgate
Starr has featured in notable films such as Goodfellas, Uncle Buck, The Bodyguard, Ed Wood, Miller's Crossing, Jersey Girl, Cabin Boy, Dumb and Dumber, The Last Dragon and The Ice Harvest |
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