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1. Howard Caine

Actor | Judgment at Nuremberg

At the age of 13, Howard Caine (family name Cohen) moved with his family from his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee, to New York City, where he began studying acting. Learning to erase his Southern accent, he went on to became a master of 32 foreign and American dialects. After service in the Navy ...

2. Lenny Bruce

Writer | Dance Hall Racket

Lenny Bruce was born Leonard Alfred Schneider on October 13, 1925, in Mineola, Long Island, New York. His British-born father, Myron, was a shoe clerk, his mother, Sadie, was a dancer. Lenny's parents were divorced when he was a child. To support herself and her son, Sadie Schneider pursued a ...

3. John Brown

Actor | Strangers on a Train

John Brown was born on April 4, 1904 in Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Strangers on a Train (1951), Robot Monster (1953) and Hans Christian Andersen (1952). He died on May 16, 1957 in West Hollywood, California, USA.

4. Jon Cedar

Actor | The Manitou

Jon Cedar was born on January 22, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Manitou (1978), The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979) and Capricorn One (1977). He was married to Barbara Joan Shandell. He died on April 14, 2011 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

5. Harvey Cohen

Music_department | King Kong

Harvey Cohen was born on September 13, 1951 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was a composer, known for King Kong (2005), Bicentennial Man (1999) and Hudson Hawk (1991). He died on January 14, 2007 in Agoura Hills, California, USA.

6. Dan Curtis

Producer | Burnt Offerings

Dan Curtis was born on August 12, 1927 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Burnt Offerings (1976), Dark Shadows (1966) and War and Remembrance (1988). He was married to Norma Mae Curtis. He died on March 27, 2006 in Brentwood, California, USA.

7. Don Diamond

Actor | Zorro

Brooklyn-born Don Diamond's most famous role is probably that of the scheming and ambitious, but inept and somewhat cowardly, underling Crazy Cat to Frank DeKova's Chief Wild Eagle in the cult western comedy series F Troop (1965). By the time he got that role he had been an actor for quite some ...

8. Phil Foster

Actor | Laverne & Shirley

Phil Foster was born on March 29, 1913 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Laverne & Shirley (1976), Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) and Brooklyn Goes South (1952). He died on July 8, 1985 in Rancho Mirage, California, USA.

9. Bruce Gary

Music_department | The Doors

Bruce Gary was the original drummer with The Knack, performing on their hit single "My Sharona". The group's debut album, "Get The Knack", sold 6 million copies and the follow-up, "...But The Little Girls Understand", sold 2 million copies.

For three decades Gary worked as a drummer and/or producer ...

10. Michael Gilden

Actor | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

Michael Gilden was born on September 22, 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), Pulp Fiction (1994) and Southland Tales (2006). He was married to Meredith Eaton and Elena Fondacaro. He died on December 5, 2006 in Los ...

11. Bert Gordon

Actor | Let's Have Fun

Gordon appeared throughout the early 40's in films and on radio as his character "The Mad Russian." The actor's character was known for his "steel wool" haircut and ears which wiggled, but, most of all, for his famous tag lines, "How do you do!" and "Do you mean it?". These lines and Gordon's ...

12. Mitzi Green

Actress | The Marriage Playground

Mitzi Green, also known as Mitze Green, was born Elizabeth Keno in The Bronx on October 22, 1920. At age 3, she began appearing in her parents' vaudeville act. In the early 1930s, she starred in several popular films with Paramount Pictures, including Tom Sawyer (1930) and Huckleberry Finn (1931). ...

13. Albert Hakim

Albert Hakim was born on July 16, 1936 in Beirut, Lebanon. He was married to Soony Oh. He died on April 25, 2003 in Inchon, South Korea.

14. Julius Harris

Actor | Live and Let Die

Prior to breaking into films, Philadelphia native Julius Harris worked as a bouncer in New York City. It was due to his many associations with struggling actors, that on a dare, Harris auditioned for his first role, in the well-received picture Nothing But a Man (1964), in which he played a father ...

15. Kurt Katch

Actor | The Seventh Cross

Kurt Katch was born on January 28, 1896 in Grodno, Poland, Russian Empire [now Hrodna, Belarus]. He was an actor, known for The Seventh Cross (1944), The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) and The Mummy's Curse (1944). He was married to Hinda Ryfka Kleinlerer. He died on August 14, 1958 in Los Angeles, ...

16. Al Lapin Jr.

Producer | Race to Space

Al Lapin Jr. is known for Race to Space (2001).

17. Harvey Lembeck

Actor | Stalag 17

Harvey Lembeck was an American actor of Jewish descent, primarily known for comedic roles. Early in his life, Lembeck had worked as a dancer, and radio announcer.

Lembeck was born in Brooklyn, New York City in 1923, and attended New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn.. In 1939, the 16-year-old Lembeck ...

18. Groucho Marx

Actor | A Night at the Opera

The bushy-browed, cigar-smoking wise-cracker with the painted-on moustache and stooped walk was the leader of The Marx Brothers. With one-liners that were often double entendres, Groucho never cursed in any of his performances and said he never wanted to be known as a dirty comic. With a great love...

19. Vic Mizzy

Composer | The Addams Family

Vic Mizzy was born on January 9, 1916 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for The Addams Family (1964), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) and Deliver Us from Evil (2014). He died on October 17, 2009 in Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California, USA.

20. Catya Sassoon

Actress | Tuff Turf

Daughter of English hair stylist Vidal Sassoon and American actress Beverly Adams, she was born and lived her tender years in Manhattan, New York, then in Los Angeles, California.

At 14, she dropped out of Beverly Hills High School to pursue a modeling career in New York, due to the persuasion of ...

21. Roy Stuart

Actor | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

The Bronx-born veteran character actor, who launched his career in New York, performed in nightclubs, theater and films, and appeared in more than 100 commercials in the 1970s. He is best known for role as Cpl. Chuck Boyle, the eager-beaver aide to Frank Sutton's Sgt. Vince Carter, on the beloved ...

22. Rick Vallin

Actor | Ghosts on the Loose

Reliable "B" character actor Rick Vallin had the rangy physique, prominent cheekbones and swarthy look ideal for rugged films. In the 1940s and '50s he was seen almost everywhere -- in mysteries, musicals, oaters and, especially, the ever-popular edge-of-your-seat cliffhangers. Born in Russia in ...

23. George Wyle

Soundtrack | The Running Man

Songwriter("The Most Wonderful Time of the Year"), composer, educator, author, conductor, arranger, and a specialist in both professional and amateur choral work. After his education at James Monroe High School, he began his musical career in 1933 as a pianist and arranger, becoming a conductor in ...

24. Fred Katz

Soundtrack | Boogie Nights

Composer, songwriter ("Satan Wears a Satin Gown"), conductor, cellist and teacher Fred Katz won scholarships and fellowships in cello and piano. He was the music director for the 7th Army Headquarters, and also for Lena Horne, Mindy Carson, Vic Damone, Ken Nordine and Frankie Laine, and was a ...

25. Larry D. Mann

Actor | The Sting

Larry D. Mann was born on December 18, 1922 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Sting (1973), In the Heat of the Night (1967) and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964). He was married to Gloria Kochberg. He died on January 6, 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

26. Terry Becker

Actor | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Terry Becker was born on August 5, 1921 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964), The Thirsty Dead (1974) and Mission: Impossible (1966). He was married to Erlinda Ver Cruz Smith and Jeanetta May Lewis. He died on December 30, ...

27. Bunny Summers

Actress | Re-Animator

Bunny Summers was born on February 23, 1924 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Re-Animator (1985), From Beyond (1986) and The Last Starfighter (1984). She died on September 9, 2010 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

28. Harold Loeb

Casting_director | Lux Video Theatre

Harold Loeb was born on September 21, 1918 in New London, Connecticut, USA. He was a casting director and director, known for Lux Video Theatre (1950) and Soldier Blue (1970). He died on May 17, 2003 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

29. Phil Arnold

Actor | The Twilight Zone

Phil Arnold (1909 - 1968) was an American screen, stage and television actor who appeared in approximately 200 films and television shows between 1938 and 1968 - in bit parts most of the time. A regular in the Three Stooges shorts, he also participated in many B movies, a few A ones and a host of ...

30. Marty Allen

Actor | Night Gallery

Marty Allen was born on March 23, 1922 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Night Gallery (1969), The Last of the Secret Agents? (1966) and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (2014). He was married to Karon Kate Blackwell and Lorraine 'Frenchy' Trydelle. He died on ...

31. Groucho Marx

Actor | A Night at the Opera

The bushy-browed, cigar-smoking wise-cracker with the painted-on moustache and stooped walk was the leader of The Marx Brothers. With one-liners that were often double entendres, Groucho never cursed in any of his performances and said he never wanted to be known as a dirty comic. With a great love...

32. Lewis Dauber

Actor | The Island

Lewis Dauber was born on April 27, 1949 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Island (2005), Something's Gotta Give (2003) and Jingle All the Way (1996). He was married to Paulette Levin. He died on October 3, 2019 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California...

33. James Caan

Actor | Thief

A masculine and enigmatic actor whose life and movie career have had more ups and downs than the average rollercoaster and whose selection of roles has arguably derailed him from achieving true superstar status, James Caan is New York-born and bred.

He was born in the Bronx, to Sophie (Falkenstein) ...

34. Stephen C. Grossman

Producer | Newhart

Stephen C. Grossman was born on July 23, 1946 in the USA. He was a producer and director, known for Newhart (1982), Julie (1992) and George & Leo (1997). He was married to Joan. He died on October 27, 2022 in Palm Desert, California, USA.