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Alton Albert Ford is son to Albert and Bonnie Ford in Smith and Jones Counties in Mississippi. He was born in a home that was built in the pre-Civil War days (in the 1860s). His father served in two wars, WWII and the Korean War. Days after his parents married, his Dad, in the Navy, served in World War II, returning home two years later. Soon after Alton's birth, his father returned to war.
Alton grew up in a variety of areas other than Mississippi, ending up in college in Florida and graduating as a doctor of veterinary medicine at Auburn Vet School in Auburn, Alabama.
After graduating he moved to Florida where he met and married his wife, then dental assistant, Deborah Jean Smith. They raised a family. Alton established a vet practice with associate Dr. Thomas Gillaspie in SW Florida.
Both Deborah and Alton were in the film, Gone Fishin' with Danny Glover and Joe Pesci. That's where his wife, Deborah met Totch Brown and began her career in the entertainment industry mostly in film and television. Alton and their daughters supported her in this field and sometimes worked by her side in different film or television projects.
Alton continues to work in and maintain the same animal hospital in SW Florida - South Trail Animal Hospital.- Actor
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Nick Stahl was born in Harlingen, Texas on December 5, 1979, to Donna Lynn, a brokerage assistant, and William Kent Stahl, a businessman. After his mother took him to see a children's play at the age of four, Nick confidently declared that acting would be his future. Commercials and community plays followed, two television movies were also released in the early 90s. The breakthrough he needed came next when he starred alongside Mel Gibson, who hand-selected Nick for the role, in The Man Without a Face (1993). Nick played Chuck, the little boy who befriends a stranger that was disfigured in an accident. At age 17 he was cast in Disturbing Behavior (1998) and the ensemble film The Thin Red Line (1998), which was nominated for Best Picture by the Academy Awards. He has continued to find success with acting, and though he has been featured in major studio productions he is still, to date, more widely known for his edgier and darker indie film roles.- Actor
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Born in Dallas, Texas, spending most of his formative years in Missouri, Christian was always fasciniated with comic books and movies. Upon seeing "Conan the Barbarian" when he was twelve, Christian realized his calling... build a body of super hero proportions, use it to catapult him to the top of the fitness/bodybuilding world via magazines and ultimately to use that to make the push into television and movies. All along, his goal was to break the typical stereotype that his body received and to become a great actor. He has been studying the craft of acting since the age of 14. Christian has had a successful run so far with two of his own television shows, but according to him he is just getting started.- Actor
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Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum was born October 22, 1952 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, one of four children of Shirley (Temeles), a radio broadcaster who also ran an appliances firm, and Harold L. Goldblum, a doctor. His father was of Russian Jewish descent and his mother was of Austrian Jewish ancestry.
Goldblum began his career on the New York stage after moving to the city at age seventeen. Possessing his own unique style of delivery, Goldblum made an impression on moviegoers with little more than a single line in Woody Allen's Annie Hall (1977), when he fretted about having forgotten his mantra. Goldblum went on to appear in the remake Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and co-starred with Ben Vereen in the detective series Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980) before a high-profile turn in the classic ensemble film The Big Chill (1983).
The quirky actor turned up in the suitably quirky film The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), which became a 1980s cult classic, starred in the modern-day film noir Into the Night (1985), then went on to a breakthrough role in the David Cronenberg remake The Fly (1986), which also featured actress Geena Davis, Goldblum's wife from 1987-1990 and co-star in two additional films: Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) and Julien Temple's Earth Girls Are Easy (1988).
Goldblum was the rather unlikely star of some of the biggest blockbusters of the 1990s: Steven Spielberg's dinosaur adventure Jurassic Park (1993) and its sequel The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), as well as the alien invasion film Independence Day (1996). These films saw Goldblum playing the type of intellectual characters he has become associated with. More recently, roles have included critically acclaimed turns in Igby Goes Down (2002) and Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004). In 2009, he returned to television to star in his second crime series Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001).- Actress
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Pooja Patel is known for Casting (2014).- Actor
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Al Quinn was born in New York City. He studied drama at Ben Bard's School of Drama in California in 1951. Al's professional debut was "Desire Under The Elms". Another play included an old time melodrama "The Drunkard's Daughter". His breakthrough, as a principal actor, was in the feature film "Smokin' Stogies". In addition to theater and film, Al also does commercials, print work, and voice overs. Most recently, acting in commercials has been one of his strongest attributes. But his main love is that of FILM!- Actor
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Actor, producer and humanitarian Danny Glover has been a commanding presence on screen, stage and television for more than 35 years.
Glover was born in San Francisco, California, to Carrie (Hunley) and James Glover, postal workers who were also active in civil rights. Glover trained at the Black Actors' Workshop of the American Conservatory Theater. It was his Broadway debut in Fugard's Master Harold...and the Boys, which brought him to national recognition and led director Robert Benton to cast Glover in his first leading role in 1984's Oscar®-nominated Best Picture Places in the Heart.
The following year, Glover starred in two more Best Picture nominees: Peter Weir's Witness and Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple. In 1987, Glover partnered with Mel Gibson in the first Lethal Weapon film and went on to star in three hugely successful Lethal Weapon sequels. Glover has also invested his talents in more personal projects, including the award-winning To Sleep With Anger, which he executive produced and for which he won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Actor; Bopha!; Manderlay; Missing in America; and the film version of Athol Fugard's play Boesman and Lena. On the small screen, Glover won an Image Award and a Cable ACE Award and earned an Emmy nomination for his performance in the title role of the HBO movie Mandela. He has also received Emmy nominations for his work in the acclaimed miniseries Lonesome Dove and the telefilm Freedom Song. As a director, he earned a Daytime Emmy nomination for Showtime's Just a Dream.
Glover's film credits range from the blockbuster Lethal Weapon franchise to smaller independent features, some of which Glover also produced. He co-starred in the critically acclaimed feature Dreamgirls directed by Bill Condon and in Po' Boy's Game for director Clement Virgo. He appeared in the hit feature Shooter for director Antoine Fuqua, Honeydripper for director John Sayles, and Be Kind, Rewind for director Michel Gondry.
Glover has also gained respect for his wide-reaching community activism and philanthropic efforts, with a particular emphasis on advocacy for economic justice, and access to health care and education programs in the United States and Africa. For these efforts, Glover received a 2006 DGA Honor. Internationally, Glover has served as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Program from 1998-2004, focusing on issues of poverty, disease, and economic development in Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean, and serves as UNICEF Ambassador.
In 2005, Glover co-founded Louverture Films dedicated to the development and production of films of historical relevance, social purpose, commercial value and artistic integrity. The New York based company has a slate of progressive features and documentaries including Trouble the Water, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, Africa Unite, award winning feature Bamako, and most recent projects Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, and The Disappearance of McKinley Nolan.- Actor
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Edward Regan Murphy was born April 3, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York, to Lillian Lynch (born: Lillian Laney), a telephone operator, and Charles Edward Murphy, a transit police officer who was also an amateur comedian and actor. After his father died, his mother married Vernon Lynch, a foreman at a Breyer's Ice Cream plant. His brothers are Charlie Murphy & Vernon Lynch Jr. Eddie had aspirations of being in show business since he was a child. A bright kid growing up in the streets of New York, Murphy spent a great deal of time on impressions and comedy stand-up routines rather than academics. His sense of humor and wit made him a stand out amongst his classmates at Roosevelt Junior-Senior High School. By the time he was fifteen, Murphy worked as a stand-up comic on the lower part of New York, wooing audiences with his dead-on impressions of celebrities and outlooks on life.
In the early 1980s, at the age of 19, Murphy was offered a contract for the Not-Ready-For-Prime-Time Players of Saturday Night Live (1975), where Murphy exercised his comedic abilities in impersonating African American figures and originating some of the show's most memorable characters: Velvet Jones, Mr. Robinson, and a disgruntled and angry Gumby. Murphy made his feature film debut in 48 Hrs. (1982), alongside Nick Nolte. The two's comedic and antagonistic chemistry, alongside Murphy's believable performance as a streetwise convict aiding a bitter, aging cop, won over critics and audiences. The next year, Murphy went two for two, with another hit, pairing him with John Landis, who later became a frequent collaborator with Murphy in Coming to America (1988) and Beverly Hills Cop III (1994). Beverly Hills Cop (1984) was the film that made Murphy a box-office superstar and most notably made him a celebrity worldwide, and it remains one of the all-time biggest domestic blockbusters in motion-picture history. Murphy's performance as a young Detroit cop in pursuit of his friend's murderers earned him a third consecutive Golden Globe nomination. Axel Foley became one of Murphy's signature characters. On top of his game, Murphy was unfazed by his success, that is until his box office appeal and choices in scripts resulted into a spotty mix of hits and misses into the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Films like The Golden Child (1986) and Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) were critically panned but were still massive draws at the box office. In 1989, Murphy, coming off another hit, Coming to America (1988), found failure with his directorial debut, Harlem Nights (1989). Another 48 Hrs. (1990), his turn as a hopeless romantic in Boomerang (1992) and as a suave vampire in Vampire In Brooklyn did little to resuscitate his career. However, his remake of Jerry Lewis's The Nutty Professor (1996) brought Murphy's drawing power back into fruition. From there, Murphy rebounded with occasional hits and misses but has long proven himself as a skilled comedic actor with laudable range pertaining to characterizations and mannerisms. Though he has grown up a lot since his fast-lane rise as a superstar in the 1980s, Murphy has lived the Hollywood lifestyle with controversy, criticism, scandal, and the admiration of millions worldwide for his talents. As Murphy had matured throughout the years, learning many lessons about the Hollywood game in the process, he settled down with more family-oriented humor with Doctor Dolittle (1998), Mulan (1998), Bowfinger (1999), and the animated smash Shrek (2001), in a supporting role that showcased Murphy's comedic personality and charm. Throughout the 2000s, he further starred in the hits The Haunted Mansion (2003), Shrek 2 (2004), Dreamgirls (2006) (for which he was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar), Norbit (2007), Shrek the Third (2007), and Shrek Forever After (2010).
Murphy was married to Nicole Mitchell Murphy from 1993 to 2006. Murphy has ten children.- Cynthia S. Bercowetz is known for Casting (2014).
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Totch Brown was born on 12 March 1920 in Chokoloskee Island, Florida, USA. He was an actor, known for Gone Fishin' (1997), Wind Across the Everglades (1958) and Yesterday's Everglades (1996). He died on 8 May 1996 in Chokoloskee, Florida, USA.- Actress
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Cameron Diaz, an American actress, was born in 1972 in San Diego, the daughter of a Cuban-American father and a German mother. Self described as "adventurous, independent and a tough kid," Cameron left home at 16 and for the next 5 years lived in such varied locales as Japan, Australia, Mexico, Morocco, and Paris. Returning to California at the age of 21, she was working as a model when she auditioned for a big part in The Mask (1994). To her amazement and despite having no previous acting experience, she was cast as the female lead in the film opposite Jim Carrey. Over the next 3 years, she honed her acting skills in such low budget independent films as The Last Supper (1995); Feeling Minnesota (1996); and Head Above Water (1996). She returned to main stream films in My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), in which she held her own against veteran actress Julia Roberts. She earned full fledged star status in 1998 for her performance in the box office smash There's Something About Mary (1998). Cameron Diaz appears to possess everything necessary to become one of the super stars of the new century.- Actor
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Dave Garroway was born on 13 July 1913 in Schenectady, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for I Surrender Dear (1948), It Happened to Jane (1959) and The World Through the Eyes of Children (1975). He was married to Sarah Lee Lippincott, Pamela Wilde and Adele Marie Dwyer. He died on 21 July 1982 in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA.- Cinematographer
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Kelly Preston was born on October 13, 1962 in Honolulu, Hawaii. A talented and captivating performer, she first garnered international attention with her role as "Marnie Mason" in Ivan Reitman's Twins (1988), starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito. With her diverse character portrayals in films, such as director Cameron Crowe's Jerry Maguire (1996); Citizen Ruth (1996) for Alexander Payne; and For Love of the Game (1999), directed by Sam Raimi, she continued to capture audience attention.
In the early part of her career, Kelly worked with notable director John Frankenheimer in the Elmore Leonard film, 52 Pick-Up (1986), alongside Roy Scheider and Ann-Margret. Her career saw her cast her beside some of Hollywood's most notable names, including Kevin Spacey in Casino Jack (2010); Quentin Tarantino, George Clooney, and Harvey Keitel in Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk Till Dawn (1996); Kevin Bacon in Death Sentence (2007); Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick in Addicted to Love (1997); Debra Winger, Zooey Deschanel, and Hank Azaria in Eulogy (2004); Mike Myers in The Cat in the Hat (2003); and Rod Steiger and Julie Harris in the Academy Award-nominated short, Little Surprises (1996).
Kelly was actively involved in education, drug reform and many charitable organizations. She was acknowledged with numerous awards as a result of her work. She married John Travolta on September 12, 1991, and they had three children.
Kelly died on July 12, 2020, in Ocala, Florida, after a two-year battle with breast cancer. She was 57.- Actress
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Angela Reasch is known for Beowulf: Prince of the Geats (2007), Act of Contrition (2019) and Wild Sunflowers (2008).- Richard Hampton is known for Just About Famous (2015) and Just About Famous (2010).
- Anne Kissel is known for Bamboo Shark (2011) and The Next Best Thing: Who Is the Greatest Celebrity Impersonator? (2007).
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Jennifer Ramsey is known for Double or Nutin' (2009), The Conciousnous Paradigm (2015) and A Day to Love and Die (2005). She has been married to Robert Creviston since 29 April 2006.- Actor
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Israel David Groveman is known for The Guns of Wachoiye (2017), Lincoln (2012) and TURN: Washington's Spies (2014).- Director
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Mark Gantt is a versatile American talent known for his roles as an actor, director, producer, and writer. His career began in the art department, props, and production of feature films, television shows, and commercials.
Mark's on-screen credits include appearances in popular television shows and films such as "Criminal Minds," "American Horror Story: Hotel," "Ocean's Eleven," "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Dexter," "Major Crimes," and "The Arrangement" on E!.
Mark gained fame through his role as Neal Bannen in the Streamy Award-winning web series "The Bannen Way." The series achieved over 13 million streams on Sony's Crackle digital video network, becoming the fastest-growing property. It also transitioned into a feature film, reaching audiences through VOD, DVD, iTunes, Amazon, Cinemax, and Sony's AXN Network.
"The Bannen Way" was a hit, ranking as the sixth most-watched web series in February 2010. It received seven nominations at the 2010 Streamy Awards and won awards like Best Drama, Best Director, and Best Actor (Mark Gantt). The series also received the Groundbreaker Award at the 2010 LA Webfest.
Mark's directorial journey started with "Murder In Mexico: The Bruce Beresford-Redman Story," based on real-life events. Premiering on Lifetime in September 2015, this marked a significant step in his career as a director.
Throughout his career, Mark had the privilege of collaborating with esteemed directors such as Steven Soderbergh, David O. Russell, Sam Raimi, and Robert Rodriguez, enriching his expertise in the industry.
Mark expanded his directorial portfolio with various projects, including "Intricate Vengeance" for Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's New Form Digital studio. His creative prowess extended to directing branded series for platforms like AOL, Lifetime, and the Better Sleep Council.
In 2020, Mark Gantt showcased his directorial skills with two feature films, "A Deadly Price For Her Pretty Face" and "Secret Life of a Celebrity Surrogate," both making their exclusive debut on Lifetime. Additionally, he crafted compelling commercials and promos for renowned brands like Fox, Capital One, ESPN, Nissan, and GMC.
In June 2022, Mark embarked on his most ambitious project yet, the horror thriller "Soul Mates." Written by Joseph Russo and Chris LaMont, the film revolves around Allison (Annie Ilonzeh) and Jason (Charlie Weber), two unwitting participants in a nightmarish dating service. As they navigate a twisted maze designed by the enigmatic Matchmaker and the duo must find their way out or risk being trapped forever. "Soul Mates" is set for exclusive theatrical release on October 20, 2023, and distributed through Faith Media Distribution.
Mark's storytelling prowess extends beyond acting and directing. He co-wrote "Her Deadly Boyfriend" with writer/director Evan Unruh, premiering on Lifetime on June 1, 2020. Moreover, Mark earned his first solo writing credit for the thrilling "Deadly Infidelity," which premiered on Lifetime on March 25, 2020, further solidifying his reputation as a versatile talent in the entertainment industry.
Mark's role as a producer encompasses projects like "Psychophonia," a thrilling film directed by his wife, Brianne Davis, where he also starred opposite Vedette Lim. Together, they produced two horror/sci-fi films, "The Night Visitor" and "The Night Visitor 2: Heather's Story."
Mark's talents extend to co-writing the Audible Original series "A Devil in the Valley" alongside notable figures like Paul Holes and retired FBI Special Agent Jim Clemente. This riveting series delves into the investigations that successfully connected a series of cold-case murders to serial killers who terrorized Contra Costa County in 1977 and 1978.
In August 2020, Mark Gantt and Brianne Davis launched "Secret Life," an engaging podcast exploring topics ranging from love and sex to money, food, addiction, and hidden taboos. The show features an array of guests, including celebrities and anonymous listeners, who bravely share their deepest secrets.
Mark Gantt's exceptional talent has earned him several accolades, including the Best Director award at the Philadelphia First Glance Film Festival and the Best of the Fest award at the Cinema Series Festival for his short film "Donor." His work on the branded series "Suite 7" earned nominations at the 2011 BANFF Rockies and the 2012 Webby Awards, with Shannen Doherty's performance receiving a Webby award for Best Performance.
Mark trained as an actor and director at the Beverly Hills Playhouse under Milton Katselas and Allen Barton for over a decade, eventually teaching acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse and conducting workshops on developing web series with Creator Up. In 2011, he hosted the first annual NATPE Digital Luminary Awards in Miami, Florida.
As Mark Gantt's career continues to evolve and captivate audiences, his upcoming theatrical release, "Soul Mates," promises to be another exhilarating chapter in his journey. Get ready to experience his unique storytelling and directorial prowess on October 20, 2023, when "Soul Mates" hits theaters.- Actor
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Edge was born on 2 April 1936. He was an actor and writer, known for Barefoot Williams Road (2001), One Evening (2004) and All Shook Up (1999). He was married to Shirley. He died on 21 October 2011 in the USA.