List of all people nominated for Oscar

101. Donald Ogden Stewart

Writer | The Philadelphia Story

Donald Ogden Stewart was born on November 30, 1894 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Philadelphia Story (1940), An Affair to Remember (1957) and Not So Dumb (1930). He was married to Leonore (Ella) Sophie Winter Steffens and Beatrice Ames. He died on August 2, 1980 in...

102. John Bright

Writer | The Public Enemy

John Bright was born on January 1, 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was a writer, known for The Public Enemy (1931), The Accusing Finger (1936) and Blonde Crazy (1931). He was married to Jeanne Dunne. He died on September 14, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

103. Kubec Glasmon

Writer | The Public Enemy

Kubec Glasmon was a Polish-American screenwriter and novelist. Originally working as a pharmacist, Glasmon collaborated with John Bright in writing a number of crime stories and novels.

In 1931, his novel "The Public Enemy" was adapted into a film, and Glasmon himself was hired as its screenwriter. ...

104. Lucien Hubbard

Writer | The Star Witness

Lucien Hubbard was born on December 22, 1888 in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Star Witness (1931), The Mysterious Island (1929) and Smart Money (1931). He died on December 31, 1971 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

105. Joseph Jackson

Writer | Smart Money

Joseph Jackson was born on June 8, 1894 in Winchester, Kentucky, USA. He was a writer, known for Smart Money (1931), Maybe It's Love (1930) and Those Who Dance (1930). He was married to Ethel Shannon. He died on May 26, 1932 in Laguna Beach, California, USA.

106. Seton I. Miller

Writer | The Adventures of Robin Hood

Seton I. Miller was one of Hollywood's most accomplished writers of action and adventure films in the 1930's and 40's. A graduate of Yale University, he initially entered the film industry with MGM as an actor and 'technical advisor' on Brown of Harvard (1926), a collegiate romance first filmed at ...

107. Fred Niblo Jr.

Writer | The Criminal Code

Fred Niblo Jr. was born on January 23, 1903 in New York City, New York, USA. Fred was a writer, known for The Criminal Code (1930), You May Be Next! (1936) and Motor Madness (1937). Fred was married to Patricia Henry. Fred died on February 18, 1973 in Encino, California, USA.

108. Horace Jackson

Writer | Holiday

Lived in Bellaire, Los Angeles, California with his wife, Gertrude. He was born in East St. Louis, Illinois to Harry S. Jackson and Lena Atherton Jackson. He had one sister, Helen Jackson, who passed away in 1925, wife of Leo E Mumford Sr. of Burbank. His father, died in 1903. His mother, Lena, ...

109. Francis Edward Faragoh

Writer | Little Caesar

Francis Edward Faragoh (born Ferenc Eduárd Faragó) was a Hungarian-American screenwriter, active from 1929 to 1947. He was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, and migrated to the United States prior to World War I. He is primarily remembered for writing the screenplays for the pioneering gangster ...

110. Robert N. Lee

Writer | Little Caesar

Robert N. Lee was born on May 12, 1890 in Butte, Montana, USA. Robert N. was a writer, known for Little Caesar (1931), Armored Car (1937) and Fog Over Frisco (1934). Robert N. was married to Betty Torpen. Robert N. died on September 18, 1964 in Hollywood, California, USA.

111. Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Writer | All About Eve

Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on February 11, 1909, Joseph Leo Mankiewicz first worked for the movies as a translator of intertitles, employed by Paramount in Berlin, the UFA's American distributor at the time (1928). He became a dialoguist, then a screenwriter on numerous Paramount ...

112. Sam Mintz

Writer | Skippy

Sam Mintz was born on July 12, 1897 in Minsk, Russian Empire [now Belarus]. Sam was a writer, known for Skippy (1931), Crack-Up (1936) and The Santa Fe Trail (1930). Sam was married to Fanny. Sam died on September 13, 1957 in Oakland, California, USA.

113. Floyd Crosby

Cinematographer | High Noon

Floyd Delafield Crosby was born in 1899 to Fredrick Van Schoonhoven Crosby (1860-1920) and Julia Floyd Delafield (1874-1952). Floyd had one sibling, Katherine Van Rensselaer (Gregory). Floyd married Aliph Van Cortland Whitehead in 1940 and they had two children, Floyd Delafield Crosby (Ethan) in ...

114. Edward Cronjager

Cinematographer | Heaven Can Wait

Edward Cronjager was born on March 21, 1904 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Heaven Can Wait (1943), Home in Indiana (1944) and Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953). He was married to Yvette Bogdadly Bentley, Betty Douglas, Kay Sutton and Muriel Finley. ...

115. Lee Garmes

Cinematographer | Scarface

One of the most innovative of pioneer cameramen, Lee Garmes started his career on the East Coast with the New York Motion Picture Company, but was soon persuaded by the director Thomas H. Ince to join him in Hollywood. Garmes quickly climbed his way up the ladder, from painter's assistant to prop ...

116. Charles Lang

Cinematographer | Sabrina

One of the outstanding cinematographers of Hollywood's Golden Age, Lang spent most of his career at Paramount (1929-1952), where he contributed to the studio's well-earned reputation for visual style. Lang was educated at Lincoln High School in L.A., then proceeded to the University of Southern ...

117. Barney McGill

Cinematographer | Svengali

Barney McGill was born on April 30, 1890 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Svengali (1931), Battle of Broadway (1938) and The Desert Song (1929). He was married to Violet. He died on January 11, 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

118. Max Rée

Costume_designer | Cimarron

Danish-born art director and costume designer. Initially a law and philosophy graduate, Ree studied architecture at the Royal Academy of Copenhagen. He then worked as a stage designer for Max Reinhardt in Berlin during the early 1920's. Moving to the United States in 1925, Ree had a brief stint ...

119. Stephen Goosson

Art_director | Lost Horizon

Stephen Goosson was Columbia Pictures' supervising art director for 25 years. A gifted artist, he is responsible for some of the most memorable sets in Hollywood history; from the oversized mansion towering over Mary Pickford in Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921) to the fun house with its hall of ...

120. Anton Grot

Art_director | The Sea Hawk

Anton Grot was profoundly influenced by European modernism and expressionist art in both film and painting by the time he left Poland for the United States in 1909. Having studied illustration and design at Cracow and Koenigsberg, majoring in interior decoration, he was quick to embrace the ...

121. Richard Day

Art_director | On the Waterfront

Richard Day's film career began in 1918 when director Erich von Stroheim hired him as a set decorator. His work so impressed von Stroheim that the director kept Day as a set decorator, then an art director, and costume designer on many of his productions. Day left von Stroheim and struck out on his...

122. Alfred Lunt

Actor | The Magnificent Yankee

Alfred Lunt was an American actor, particularly known for his professional partnership with his wife Lynn Fontanne (1887-1983). Lunt was one of Broadway's leading male stars.

Lunt was born in 1892 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His father Alfred D. Lunt was active in the lumber business, while his mother ...

123. Helen Hayes

Actress | Airport

Known as "The First lady of the American Theater", Helen Hayes had a legendary career on stage and in films and television that spanned over eighty years. Hayes was born in Washington, D.C., to Catherine Estelle "Essie" Hayes, an actress who worked in touring companies, and Francis van Arnum Brown,...

124. Lynn Fontanne

Actress | The Magnificent Yankee

Lynn Fontanne was a British actress of French and Irish descent. She spend most of her acting career in the United States, and she is considered among the great leading ladies of American theatre. She formed an acting duo with her husband Alfred Lunt (1892-1977). Fontanne had few film roles, but ...

125. Grover Jones

Writer | The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Grover Jones was born on November 15, 1893 in Rosedale, Indiana, USA. He was a writer and director, known for The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935), Heir-Loons (1925) and Putting It Over (1922). He was married to Suzanne Avery. He died on September 24, 1940 in Hollywood, California, USA.

126. William Slavens McNutt

Writer | The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

William Slavens McNutt was born on September 12, 1885 in Urbana, Illinois, USA. William Slavens was a writer and director, known for The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935), Lady and Gent (1932) and Unmarried (1939). William Slavens was married to Mrs. Louise Tanner Glorius and Georgina McNally. ...

127. Adela Rogers St. Johns

Writer | What Price Hollywood?

Adela Rogers St. Johns was born Nora Adela Rogers on May 20, 1894 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of legendary criminal defense attorney Earl Rogers, a brilliant barrister who drank himself to death at an early age. Lionel Barrymore won a Best Actor Oscar playing a mouthpiece based on her ...

128. Jane Murfin

Writer | Flapper Wives

Jane Murfin was born on October 27, 1884 in Quincy, Michigan, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for Flapper Wives (1924), What Price Hollywood? (1932) and Brawn of the North (1922). She was married to Donald Crisp, Laurence Trimble and James Murfin. She died on August 10, 1955 in Los ...

129. Edwin J. Burke

Writer | Bad Girl

Edwin J. Burke, one of first New York playwrights to move to Hollywood after advent of "talkies", was born on 30 August, 1889, at Albany, New York. In 1910, after attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, he began his acting career playing lead roles for a local ...

130. Sidney Howard

Writer | Gone with the Wind

Sidney Howard was born on June 26, 1891 in Oakland, California, USA. He was a writer, known for Gone with the Wind (1939), Dodsworth (1936) and Arrowsmith (1931). He was married to Leopoldine Blaine Damrosch and Clare Eames. He died on August 23, 1939 in Tyringham, Massachusetts, USA.

131. Percy Heath

Writer | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Percy Heath was born on January 30, 1884 in Perry, Missouri, USA. He was a writer, known for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), The Dice Woman (1926) and The Man I Love (1929). He was married to Marcia D. Heath. He died on February 9, 1933 in Hollywood, California, USA.

132. Samuel Hoffenstein

Writer | Laura

Lithuanian-born author and screenwriter, in the U.S. from 1894. Hoffenstein graduated from Lafayette College in Pennsylvania and subsequently went to work as a reporter for a local newspaper. By 1913, he had moved on to a position as a drama critic for the New York Evening Sun. At the same time, he...

133. Ray June

Cinematographer | Funny Face

Ray June's experience as a cameraman in the US Army Signal Corps in World War I helped him become one of the top cinematographers in the industry. He did some of his best work at MGM, and helped develop what became known as "the MGM look": a rich, elegant, glossy veneer that set that studio's ...

134. Gordon Wiles

Art_director | Transatlantic

Gordon Wiles was born on October 10, 1904 in Jerseyville, Illinois, USA. He was an art director and director, known for Transatlantic (1931), Blackmailer (1936) and Venus Makes Trouble (1937). He died on October 17, 1950 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

135. Lazare Meerson

Art_director | À nous la liberté

Lazare Meerson was born on July 8, 1900 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was an art director and production designer, known for À Nous la Liberté (1931), Under the Roofs of Paris (1930) and Knight Without Armor (1937). He died on June 28, 1938 in...

136. Hal Roach

Producer | One Million B.C.

Hal Roach was born in 1892 in Elmira, New York. After working as a mule skinner, wrangler and gold prospector, among other things, he wound up in Hollywood and began picking up jobs as an extra in comedies, where he met comedian Harold Lloyd in 1913 in San Diego. By all accounts, including his own,...

137. Mack Sennett

Producer | A Small Town Idol

Mack Sennett was born Michael Sinnott on January 17, 1880 in Danville, Quebec, Canada, to Irish immigrant farmers. When he was 17, his parents moved the family to East Berlin, Connecticut, and he became a laborer at American Iron Works, a job he continued when they moved to Northampton, ...

138. Walt Disney

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Flora Disney (née Call) and Elias Disney, a Canadian-born farmer and businessperson. He had Irish, German, and English ancestry. Walt moved with his parents to Kansas City at age seven, where he spent the majority of ...

139. Leon Schlesinger

Producer | Somewhere in Sonora

Leon Schlesinger occupies an odd niche in Hollywood history. He was every bit a studio mogul but occupied a narrow, if extremely lucrative corner of the industry, an animation company. He might have shared this corner with Walt Disney but the two men couldn't have been more different in their ...

140. Charles Laughton

Actor | Witness for the Prosecution

Charles Laughton was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, to Eliza (Conlon) and Robert Laughton, hotel keepers of Irish and English descent, respectively. He was educated at Stonyhurst (a highly esteemed Jesuit college in England) and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (received gold medal). ...

141. Leslie Howard

Actor | Pygmalion

Leslie Howard Steiner was born in London to Lilian (Blumberg) and Ferdinand "Frank" Steiner. His father was a Hungarian Jewish immigrant, and his English mother was of German Jewish and mostly English descent. Leslie went to Dulwich College, then worked as a bank clerk until the outbreak of World ...

142. Katharine Hepburn

Actress | The Lion in Winter

Katharine Houghton Hepburn was born on May 12, 1907 in Hartford, Connecticut to a suffragist, Katharine Martha (Houghton), and a doctor, Thomas Norval Hepburn, who both always encouraged her to speak her mind, develop it fully, and exercise her body to its full potential. An athletic tomboy as a ...

143. May Robson

Actress | A Star Is Born

Born Mary Jeanette Robison. She was the youngest daughter of Henry Robison of Penrith, Cumberland, England and Julia Schelesinger of Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Her father died in 1860 and her mother remarried. In 1866/67 they were living in St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and moved ...

144. Diana Wynyard

Actress | Cavalcade

One of the outstanding stage actresses of her time, Diana Wynyard will always be remembered for her unforgettable performance in the British version of the thriller Gaslight (1940) (re-made in Hollywood in 1944 with Ingrid Bergman). Starring opposite the great Anton Walbrook, she played the part of...

145. Frank Capra

Director | It's a Wonderful Life

One of seven children, Frank Capra was born on May 18, 1897, in Bisacquino, Sicily. On May 10, 1903, his family left for America aboard the ship Germania, arriving in New York on May 23rd. "There's no ventilation, and it stinks like hell. They're all miserable. It's the most degrading place you ...

146. George Cukor

Director | My Fair Lady

George Cukor was an American film director of Hungarian-Jewish descent, better known for directing comedies and literary adaptations. He once won the Academy Award for Best Director, and was nominated other four times for the same Award.

In 1899, George Dewey Cukor was born on the Lower East Side of...

147. Charles Barton

Director | A Man's World

Charles T. Barton was born in Oakland, CA, on May 25, 1902. His father managed a candy store, and soon moved the family to Los Angeles, where Charles, nicknamed "Charlie", got a job at age 15 acting as an extra in silent movies. He eventually left acting for a job behind the camera as an assistant ...

148. Scott R. Beal

Director | Just Like a Woman

The son of director Frank Beal and actress Louise Lester, Scott Beal was born in Quinnesec, Michigan. After gaining some experience as a stage actor, he headed to California to break into the film industry. Although he did find a few jobs as an actor, most of his work was behind the camera, as an ...

149. Charles Dorian

Assistant_director | The Trail of '98

Charles Dorian was born on June 27, 1891 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was an assistant director and actor, known for The Trail of '98 (1928), The Last of the Mohicans (1920) and The Goose Woman (1925). He died on October 21, 1942 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

150. Fred Fox

Escape

Fred Fox was born on January 22, 1884 in London, England, UK. He was an assistant director and actor, known for Escape (1948), L'homme des Folies Bergère (1935) and Folies Bergère de Paris (1935). He died on December 1, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

151. Gordon Hollingshead

Producer | I Won't Play

Gordon Hollingshead was born on January 8, 1892 in Garfield, New Jersey, USA. He was a producer and assistant director, known for I Won't Play (1944), A Boy and His Dog (1946) and Star in the Night (1945). He was married to Axeliane Kristine Stoltenberg Bull Larsen. He died on July 8, 1952 in ...

152. Dewey Starkey

Assistant_director | Suspicion

Dewey Starkey was born on May 9, 1898 in Bellefontaine, Ohio, USA. Dewey was a production manager and assistant director, known for Suspicion (1941), Gunga Din (1939) and Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941). Dewey was married to Alice. Dewey died on September 3, 1974 in Orange County, California, USA.

153. William Tummel

Assistant_director | To Be or Not to Be

William Tummel was born on March 5, 1892 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He was an assistant director, known for To Be or Not to Be (1942), Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and The Little Foxes (1941). He died on November 16, 1977 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

154. Al Alleborn

Production_manager | My Dream Is Yours

Al Alleborn was born on February 12, 1892 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He was an assistant director and production manager, known for My Dream Is Yours (1949), I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (1951) and Sincerely Yours (1955). He died on June 14, 1968 in Hollywood, California, USA.

155. Sid Brod

Writer | This Is the Life

Sid Brod was born on December 13, 1899 in New York, USA. Sid was an assistant director and producer, known for This Is the Life (1935), Straight from the Shoulder (1936) and Knickerbocker Holiday (1944). Sid was married to Della. Sid died on February 10, 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

156. Orville O. Dull

Producer | The Secret Land

Orville O. Dull was born on April 25, 1888 in Lima, Ohio, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Secret Land (1948), Black Jack (1927) and The Flying Horseman (1926). He died on December 29, 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

157. Percy Ikerd

Production_manager | High Noon

Percy Ikerd was born on May 4, 1890 in Eads, Tennessee, USA. He was a production manager and assistant director, known for High Noon (1952), One Rainy Afternoon (1936) and Margin for Error (1943). He was married to Hazel. He died on March 10, 1955 in San Bernardino, California, USA.

158. Arthur Jacobson

Director | Home on the Range

Arthur Jacobson was born on October 23, 1901 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an assistant director and director, known for Home on the Range (1935), Camelot (1967) and Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952). He died on October 6, 1993 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

159. Edward Killy

Director | Wanted! Jane Turner

Edward Killy was born on January 26, 1903 in Connecticut, USA. He was an assistant director and director, known for Wanted! Jane Turner (1936), Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935) and China Passage (1937). He was married to Pauline Watkins Killy. He died on July 2, 1981 in Orange County, California, USA.

160. Joseph A. McDonough

Director | Pirates of the Skies

Joseph A. McDonough was born on October 20, 1896 in Portland, Maine, USA. He was an assistant director and director, known for Pirates of the Skies (1939), Hellzapoppin' (1941) and Show Boat (1936). He died on May 11, 1944 in Hollywood, California, USA.

161. William J. Reiter

The Sea Hawk

William J. Reiter was born on August 16, 1889 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. He was an assistant director, known for The Sea Hawk (1924), Ladies Must Love (1933) and Dangerous Curve Ahead (1921). He died on September 29, 1979 in Hollywood, California, USA.

162. Frank Shaw

Producer | Can't Help Singing

Frank Shaw was born on September 15, 1895 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for Can't Help Singing (1944), Back Street (1941) and Hers to Hold (1943). He was married to Anne. He died on March 15, 1977.

163. Ben Silvey

Producer | Within These Walls

Ben Silvey was born on May 23, 1894 in New York, USA. He was an assistant director and producer, known for Within These Walls (1945), Clive of India (1935) and The Song of the Flame (1930). He was married to Vivien ?. He died on February 7, 1948 in Hollywood, California, USA.

164. John Waters

Director | Two Flaming Youths

John Waters was born on October 31, 1893 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an assistant director and director, known for Two Flaming Youths (1927), The Fighting O'Flynn (1949) and The Vanishing Pioneer (1928). He died on May 5, 1965 in Hollywood, California, USA.

165. Robert Lord

Producer | In a Lonely Place

Harvard graduate Robert Lord studied English literature and playwriting in George Pierce Baker's renowned Workshop 47. He subsequently put this training into practice as a story writer for the New Yorker. Before long, one of his contributions, The Lucky Horseshoe (1925), attracted the attention of ...

166. Charles MacArthur

Writer | The Scoundrel

"Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers out there are starving!" When Patrick Dennis's fictional Auntie Mame uttered this pithy observation, she could have been speaking of Charles MacArthur. Charlie never shied away from the feast, and he certainly never went hungry. Arriving in November 1895 in...

167. Victor Heerman

Writer | Little Women

Victor Heerman was one of four brothers. His mother was a theatrical costumer. His father abandoned the family, and his mother moved the family to New York from London around the turn of the century to take a job as David Belasco's head costumer. Heerman moved to Los Angeles in 1911 to get into the...

168. Sarah Y. Mason

Writer | Little Women

Sarah Y. Mason was born on March 31, 1896 in Pima, Arizona, USA. Sarah Y. was a writer, known for Little Women (1933), Magnificent Obsession (1954) and The Girl Said No (1930). Sarah Y. was married to Victor Heerman. Sarah Y. died on November 28, 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

169. Robert Riskin

Writer | It Happened One Night

Robert Riskin was born on March 30, 1897 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for It Happened One Night (1934), You Can't Take It with You (1938) and Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936). He was married to Fay Wray. He died on September 20, 1955 in Beverly Hills, Los ...

170. Paul Green

Writer | State Fair

Composer, author and teacher, Paul Green was educated at the University of North Carolina (BA, Litt. D.), Cornell University (Litt. D.), Davidson College, Western Reserve University, University of Louisville and Berea College. He was an associate professor of philosophy (1927) and a professor of ...

171. Sonya Levien

Writer | Interrupted Melody

Sonya, a graduate with a law degree from New York University, briefly practiced law before becoming a magazine editor and fiction writer. After several of her stories were adapted to the screen, she became a screenwriter. Levien wrote several screenplays for Will Rogers films and for Fox studios ...

172. George J. Folsey

Cinematographer | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Pioneer cinematographer George Folsey started out in 1914 as an errand boy with the Lasky Feature Play Company in New York. His introduction to camerawork came, when he was asked by cinematographer H. Lyman Broening to assist with post-production (tracking dissolve and fades for intercutting). By ...

173. William S. Darling

Art_director | The Song of Bernadette

Hungarian-born Wilmos Bela Sandorhaji arrived in the U.S. in 1910 with qualifications from the Royal Academy of Art in Budapest and the Ecole de Beaux Arts in Paris. He enjoyed his first success as a portrait painter in New York prior to the outbreak of World War I. By the time he relocated to ...

174. Roland Anderson

Art_director | Breakfast at Tiffany's

Roland Anderson was born on November 18, 1903 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an art director and production designer, known for Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), White Christmas (1954) and Reap the Wild Wind (1942). He was married to Dorothee. He died on October 29, 1989 in Los Angeles, ...

175. Nathan Levinson

Sound_department | The Adventures of Mark Twain

In association with Warner Bros. executive Sam Warner, Nathan Levinson helped bring the first sound to motion pictures in Don Juan (1926). He also worked with Warners on The Jazz Singer (1927). Starting as a wireless telegraph operator at the age of 14, he later served as a major in WWI. He started...

176. Lou Brock

Producer | Flying Down to Rio

Lou Brock was born on August 21, 1892 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Flying Down to Rio (1933), So This Is Harris (1933) and Down to Their Last Yacht (1934). He was married to Phyllis Ryley, Helen Christian and Helen Starr. He died on April 19, 1971 in Los ...

177. Warren Doane

Producer | Demi-Tasse

Warren Doane was born on October 30, 1890 in Valley City, North Dakota, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Demi-Tasse (1934), Mister Mugg (1933) and Tid-Bits (1934). He was married to Aileen Duncan. He died on May 12, 1964 in San Bernardino, California, USA.

178. Joe Rock

Producer | Krakatoa

Joe Rock was born on December 25, 1893 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Krakatoa (1933), The Whirlwind (1922) and Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde (1925). He was married to Louise Granville. He died on December 5, 1984 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.

179. Pete Smith

Producer | Sure Cures

Born Peter Schmidt in New York City, Pete Smith got a job after graduating business college with The Player magazine and later with Billboard magazine. That led to his being hired as a publicist for Famous Players-Lasky and Artcraft Pictures, and he was later appointed publicity director at ...

180. Walter Lantz

Producer | Jolly Little Elves

Walter Lantz was an American cartoonist, animator, film producer, and film director from New Rochelle, New York. He was the eponymous founder of the animation studio Walter Lantz Productions (1928-1972). The studio was initially famous for continuing the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film series from ...

181. Clark Gable

Actor | It Happened One Night

William Clark Gable was born on February 1, 1901 in Cadiz, Ohio, to Adeline (Hershelman) and William Henry Gable, an oil-well driller. He was of German, Irish, and Swiss-German descent. When he was seven months old, his mother died, and his father sent him to live with his maternal aunt and uncle ...

182. Frank Morgan

Actor | The Wizard of Oz

Jovial, somewhat flamboyant Frank Morgan (born Francis Wuppermann) will forever be remembered as the title character in The Wizard of Oz (1939), but he was a veteran and respected actor long before he played that part, and turned in outstanding performances both before and after that film. One of ...

183. William Powell

Actor | The Thin Man

William Powell was on the New York stage by 1912, but it would be ten years before his film career would begin. In 1924 he went to Paramount Pictures, where he was employed for the next seven years. During that time, he played in a number of interesting films, but stardom was elusive. He did ...

184. Claudette Colbert

Actress | It Happened One Night

One of the brightest film stars to grace the screen was born Emilie Claudette Chauchoin on September 13, 1903, in Saint Mandé, France where her father owned a bakery at 57, rue de la République (now Avenue Général de Gaulle). The family moved to the United States when she was three. As Claudette ...

185. Grace Moore

Actress | One Night of Love

Grace Moore, the internationally famous star of the Metropolitan Opera, Broadway, motion pictures, radio and recordings, was born December 5, 1898, in Del Río near Newport, Tennessee. Her family moved to Jellico when she was a young girl. She attended Jellico High School where she was captain of ...

186. Bette Davis

Actress | All About Eve

Ruth Elizabeth Davis was born April 5, 1908, in Lowell, Massachusetts, to Ruth Augusta (Favor) and Harlow Morrell Davis, a patent attorney. Her parents divorced when she was 10. She and her sister were raised by their mother. Her early interest was dance. To Bette, dancers led a glamorous life, but...

187. Victor Schertzinger

Soundtrack | Paycheck

Pennsylvania-born Victor Schertzinger trained as a violinist and toured internationally, then became a symphonic conductor. His first film credit was for composing the orchestral accompaniment for Civilization (1915). He directed Charles Ray films, among others, during the silent era. He went back ...

188. W.S. Van Dyke

Director | The Thin Man

For the better part of his career, Woodbridge Strong Van Dyke lived up to his sobriquet "One-Take Woody" by steadfastly adhering to his credo of shooting each scene as quickly and efficiently as possible. Over his 25-year career, he economically directed over 90 diverse entertainments, which not ...

189. Cullen Tate

Director | The Carnival Girl

Cullen Tate was born on March 10, 1896 in Paducah, Kentucky, USA. He was an assistant director and director, known for The Carnival Girl (1926), The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1923) and Try and Get It (1924). He was married to Frances H. Tate and Bess Flowers. He died on October 12, 1947 in ...

190. Arthur Caesar

Writer | Manhattan Melodrama

Arthur Caesar was born on March 9, 1892 in Bucharest, Romania. He was a writer, known for Manhattan Melodrama (1934), Anne of the Indies (1951) and Transient Lady (1935). He was married to Dira (Dora?) Platts. He died on June 20, 1953 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

191. Mauri Grashin

Writer | Hide-Out

Mauri Grashin was born on January 14, 1901 in Illinois, USA. Mauri was a writer, known for Hide-Out (1934), The Big Chance (1933) and X Marks the Spot (1942). Mauri died on February 1, 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

192. Norman Krasna

Writer | White Christmas

Humorist, playwright and screenwriter Norman Krasna went to great lengths planning for a career in law. He attended New York University, Columbia University and St. John's University law school but then abruptly changed his plans and started work as a copy boy at a New York newspaper. He had a ...

193. Frances Goodrich

Writer | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Frances Goodrich was born on December 21, 1890 in Belleville, New Jersey, USA. She was a writer, known for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), The Thin Man (1934) and Easter Parade (1948). She was married to Albert Hackett, Henrik Van Loon and Robert Ames. She died on January 29, 1984 in New ...

194. Albert Hackett

Writer | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Albert Hackett was born on February 16, 1900 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), The Thin Man (1934) and Easter Parade (1948). He was married to Gisella (Svetlik) Orkin and Frances Goodrich. He died on March 16, 1995 in New ...

195. Fredric Hope

Art_department | The Merry Widow

Fredric Hope was born on January 22, 1900 in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an art director and set decorator, known for The Merry Widow (1934), Romeo and Juliet (1936) and Maytime (1937). He died on April 20, 1937 in Hollywood, California, USA.

196. Van Nest Polglase

Art_director | Citizen Kane

Born in Brooklyn, Van Nest Polglase studied architecture and interior decoration. In 1919 he began at Famous Players-Lasky, which became Paramount. He went to RKO in 1932, where he was head of the art department. Although Polglase did not actually design any sets at RKO (a job actually supervised ...

197. Carroll Clark

Art_director | Mary Poppins

During the 1930's, relative Hollywood newcomer RKO succeeded for a while in establishing itself among 'the majors' -- MGM, Paramount, Fox and Warner Brothers. This happened in spite of the fact, that RKO could never seriously compete with the big budgets of its illustrious competitors, nor even ...

198. John P. Livadary

Sound_department | Pal Joey

John P. Livadary was born on May 20, 1896 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He is known for Pal Joey (1957), The Men in Her Life (1941) and The Eddy Duchin Story (1956). He died on April 7, 1987 in Newport Beach, California, USA.

199. Theodore Soderberg

Sound_department | Imitation of Life

Theodore Soderberg was born on January 31, 1890 in Somerset, Wisconsin, USA. Theodore is known for Imitation of Life (1934). Theodore died on December 19, 1971 in Glendale, California, USA.

200. Thomas T. Moulton

Thomas T. Moulton was born on January 1, 1896 in Wausau, Wisconsin, USA. Thomas T. died on March 29, 1967 in Fresno, California, USA.