Famous Uncredited Faces in "The Ten Commandments (1956)!
by gattonero975 | created - 19 Dec 2013 | updated - 31 Dec 2015 | PublicSome of the many stars in the background in this epic classic film...
1. Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
Actor | Second Childhood
Carl Switzer was an American child actor, singer, dog breeder, and hunting guide from Paris, Illinois. He became famous for portraying Alfalfa in the film series "Our Gang" during the 1930s. His character was one of the most memorable characters ever portrayed in the series. Later in his career, ...
Slave (uncredited)
2. Robert Vaughn
Actor | The Magnificent Seven
Robert Francis Vaughn was born on November 22, 1932 at Charity Hospital in New York City, the son of show business parents, Marcella Frances (Gaudel) and Gerald Walter Vaughn. His father was a radio actor and his mother starred on stage. Robert came to the public's attention first with his ...
Spearman / Hebrew at Golden Calf (uncredited)
3. Herb Alpert
Music_department | Never Say Never Again
Bandleader who had several big instrumental hits in 1960s with his band, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass. First big hit was "The Lonely Bull" in 1963. He and the Brass followed that with other big hits like "Tijuana Taxi", "Spanish Flea" (familiar to some as "the Dating Game song"), "A Taste of ...
Drummer on Mt. Sinai (uncredited)
4. Michael Ansara
Actor | The Message
Born in a small village in Syria, Michael Ansara came to the United States with his American parents at the age of two, living in New England, until the family's relocation to California ten years later. He entered Los Angeles City College with the intention of becoming a doctor, but got ...
Taskmaster (uncredited)
5. Richard Farnsworth
Actor | The Straight Story
An American stuntman who, after more than 30 years in the business, moved into acting and became an acclaimed and respected character actor, Richard Farnsworth was a native of Los Angeles. He grew up around horses and as a teenager was offered an opportunity to ride in films. He appeared in ...
Chariot Driver (uncredited)
Also Stuntman (uncredited)
6. Robert Fuller
Actor | Emergency!
Robert Fuller was born in Troy, New York on July 29, 1933 at 1:50 PM and was raised in Key West, Florida. He was an only child and his birth name was Leonard Leroy Lee, but he was nicknamed Buddy Lee by his friends.
Robert started his education at St Mary's in New York and when his mother Betty ...
Extra (uncredited)
7. Peter Hansen
Actor | General Hospital
Peter Hansen was born on December 5, 1921 in Oakland, California, USA. He was an actor, known for General Hospital (1963), The War of the Roses (1989) and When Worlds Collide (1951). He was married to Florence Elizabeth (Betty) Moe. He died on April 9, 2017 in Santa Clarita, California, USA.
Young Aide (uncredited)
8. Kathy Garver
Actress | Family Affair
Kathy Garver was born in Long Beach, California Her break-through performance came as one of the young slaves in The Ten Commandments
She is most well known for starring as the teenage niece of Uncle Bill Davis, Cissy Davis on Family Affair (1966). The show was nominated for Emmys in various ...
Rachel (uncredited)
9. Patricia Hitchcock
Actress | Strangers on a Train
Patricia Alma Hitchcock was the only child of Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville. Her upbringing was 'English' and strict. Two years of boarding school from the age of eight was followed by relocation to the U.S. a year later when Hitch was contracted by David O. Selznick to direct Rebecca ...
Court Lady (uncredited)
10. Norman Leavitt
Actor | Off Limits
Norman Leavitt was born on December 1, 1913 in Lansing, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Off Limits (1952), Trackdown (1957) and Bonanza (1959). He was married to Irene Nelson and Emily A Kipp. He died on December 11, 2005 in Solvang, California, USA.
Slave (uncredited)
11. Gordon Mitchell
Actor | Maciste nella terra dei ciclopi
Tall, massively built, imposing-looking blond Gordon Mitchell (early on dubbed the "The Bronze Giant") was one of those perfectly developed bodybuilders who jumped on the Steve Reeves bandwagon and hightailed it to Italy to seek movie stardom as a Herculean strongman. Born Charles Allen Pendleton ...
Egyptian Guard (uncredited)
12. Jon Peters
Producer | A Star Is Born
Peters made his Hollywood debut in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956) as the boy on the donkey crossing the Red Sea. He went on to be a hard-case kid who spent his formative years in and out of reform school. Peters entered the family business of hairdressing at age 14. Armed with an ...
Boy on Donkey Crossing Red Sea (uncredited)
13. Cecil B. DeMille
Producer | The Ten Commandments
His parents Henry C. DeMille and Beatrice DeMille were playwrights. His father died when he was 12, and his mother supported the family by opening a school for girls and a theatrical company. Too young to enlist in the Spanish-American War, Cecil followed his brother William C. de Mille to the New ...
Narrator (uncredited)
14. Norman Bartold
Actor | Westworld
Norman Bartold was born on August 6, 1928 in Berkeley, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Westworld (1973), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and The California Kid (1974). He was married to Sheila Bartold and Mary Virginia Bartold. He died on May 28, 1994 in Rancho Mirage, ...
Signalman (uncredited)
15. Lesley-Marie Colburn
Actress | The Red Skelton Show
Lesley-Marie Colburn grew up across the street from Groucho Marx in Beverly Hills. Her paternal uncle, Sol M. Wurtzel, was a Hollywood film producer and one-time VP of the Fox Film Corporation. He was instrumental in getting his niece cast in her first film in an uncredited role as early as 1952 ...
Slave Child (uncredited)
16. Frankie Darro
Actor | Wild Boys of the Road
Born into a show-business family - his parents were circus aerialists - Frankie Darro appeared in his first film at age six. Due to his small size and youthful appearance, he played teenagers well into his 20s. Always a physical performer, Darro often did his own stunts, many times out of necessity...
Slave (uncredited)
17. Ron Nyman
Actor | Mannix
Ron made his way to Hollywood from England and appeared as an extra in many films including the 1952 version of The Ten Commandments (1956) and starred in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and other Marilyn Monroe films. Also the Tattooed Man in There's No Business Like Show Business (1954). He was ...
Egyptian Guard (uncredited)
18. Bernie Gozier
Actor | Creature from the Black Lagoon
Bernie Gozier was born on January 21, 1917 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Green Dolphin Street (1947) and The Flame Barrier (1958). He was married to Jane Mary Soczek. He died on October 2, 1979 in Balboa Park Naval Hospital, San ...
Extra (uncredited)
19. Dan White
Actor | The Americano
Dan White was born to George & Orpha White about one mile from the Suwannee River in Falmouth, Florida. Falmouth was a small sleepy town then, as it is still today. He was one of 13 siblings who were moved to Lakeland sometime around WW I. Lakeland is where Dan was introduced into show business in ...
Slave (uncredited)
20. Charmienne Harker
Actress | Craig Kennedy, Criminologist
Charmienne Harker was born on May 13, 1925 in Denver, Colorado, USA. She is an actress, known for Craig Kennedy, Criminologist (1952), Schlitz Playhouse (1951) and Dragnet (1951).
Court Lady / Cretan Lady (uncredited)
21. Mickey Simpson
Actor | Giant
A burly American supporting actor, Mickey Simpson was born Charles Henry Simpson to Fred and Bertha Rogers Simpson in Rochester, New York. His paternal heritage was Irish. He was the eldest of four sons, one of whom, Richard, died in childhood. When his father was unable to find work following the ...
Overseer Watching from Door (uncredited)
22. Joe Gold
Actor | I Spy
Joe Gold was born on March 10, 1922 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for I Spy (1965) and You Bet Your Life (1950). He died on July 11, 2004 in Marina Del Rey, California, USA.
Egyptian Guard (uncredited)
23. Harry Lewis
Actor | Key Largo
Harry Lewis was born on April 1, 1920 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Key Largo (1948), Gun Crazy (1950) and Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (1976). He was married to Marilyn Lewis. He died on June 9, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
Slave (uncredited)
24. Julie Mitchum
Actress | House on Haunted Hill
Julie Mitchum was born on July 23, 1914 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. She was an actress, known for House on Haunted Hill (1959), The High and the Mighty (1954) and Hit and Run (1957). She was married to Elliot Sater. She died on February 21, 2003 in Sun City, Arizona, USA.
Slave (uncredited)
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