Herbie Rides Again 1974 premiere

1. Helen Hayes

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,...

2. Bob Crane

Actor | Hogan's Heroes

Bob Crane was born in Waterbury, CT, the youngest of two sons. In school he was known for being a class clown and an intense music lover. His favorites were jazz and big band. Bob's specialty was the drums. After graduating from Stamford High School in 1946, he turned his attention to his love for ...

3. Bob McAllister

Actor | Tuned In

Bob McAllister was born on June 2, 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Tuned In (1981), The $10,000 Pyramid (1973) and Wonderama (1955). He died on July 21, 1998 in New York City, New York, USA.

4. Keenan Wynn

Actor | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

The talented scion of a show-business family, Keenan Wynn's father was the great burlesque and television buffoon Ed Wynn while his maternal grandfather, Frank Keenan, earned distinction on the other side of the entertainment ladder as a Shakespearean tragedian. Mother Hilda Keenan was also a minor...

5. Burl Ives

Actor | The Big Country

Burl Ives was one of six children born to a farming family in Hunt City, Jasper, Illinois, the son of Cordellia "Dellie" (White) and Levi Franklin Ives. He first sang in public for a soldiers' reunion when he was age 4. In high school, he learned the banjo and played fullback, intending to become a...

6. Binnie Barnes

Actress | The Time of Their Lives

British-born actress who appeared in both British and American films, but who found her greatest success in Hollywood second leads. After a variety of jobs, including nurse, chorus girl and milkmaid, Barnes entered vaudeville. She appeared in more than a score of short comedies with comedian ...

7. Fred MacMurray

Actor | Double Indemnity

Fred MacMurray was likely the most underrated actor of his generation. True, his earliest work is mostly dismissed as pedestrian, but no other actor working in the 1940s and 50s was able to score so supremely whenever cast against type.

Frederick Martin MacMurray was born in Kankakee, Illinois, to ...

8. Melody Faith Clark-Curzon

Music_department | Santa with Muscles

Melody was born in Southern California. She was a member of the Young Americans, and sang and danced with Disney's Kids of the Kingdom. She toured for 3 years in the 1980s with the internationally known "New Christy Minstrels". Melody has also been busy with singing on stage and in the studio. She ...

9. Tim Conway

Actor | The Carol Burnett Show

Funny man Tim Conway was born on December 15th, 1933 in Willoughby, Ohio, to Sophia (Murgoiu) and Daniel Conway, a pony groomer. He was a fraternity man at Bowling Green State University, served in the army, and started his career working for a radio station.

Conway got into comedy when he started ...

10. Ken Berry

Actor | Mama's Family

Dancing and the military were a large part of Ken Berry's life. When he was 13 he attended a carnival at his grade school; the dancers impressed him so much that he decided that's what he wanted to do with his life. His parents were supportive, and his dad even booked Ken into variety type shows. ...

11. Stefanie Powers

Actress | Hart to Hart

Stefanie Powers began her career as a teenager dancing for the Michele Paniaff Ballet Company and Jerome Robbins. At 16 she was put under contract to Columbia Pictures in the twilight of the Hollywood Studio System where she made 15 motion pictures and was loaned to United Artists for the John Wayne...

12. John McIntire

Actor | Psycho

John McIntire possessed the requisite grit, craggy features and crusty, steely-eyed countenance to make for one of television and film's most durable supporting players in western settings and film noir. Born in Spokane, Washington in 1907 and the son of a lawyer, he grew up in Montana where he ...

13. Jan-Michael Vincent

Actor | Bite the Bullet

Virile, handsome and square-jawed youthful star of the 1970s and 1980s who showed early potential at super-stardom, Jan-Michael Vincent originally made a name for himself portraying rebellious young men bucking the system, as in Tribes (1970), White Line Fever (1975) and Baby Blue Marine (1976) or ...

14. Walter Matthau

Actor | The Odd Couple

Walter Matthau was best known for starring in many films which included Charade (1963), The Odd Couple (1968), Grumpy Old Men (1993), and Dennis the Menace (1993). He often worked with Jack Lemmon and the two were Hollywood's craziest stars.

He was born Walter Jake Matthow in New York City, New York...

15. Carol Burnett

Soundtrack | The Carol Burnett Show

The entertainment world has enjoyed a six-decade love affair with comedienne/singer Carol Burnett. A peerless sketch performer and delightful, self-effacing personality who rightfully succeeded Lucille Ball as the carrot-topped "Queen of Television Comedy," it was Burnett's traumatic childhood that...

16. Cary Grant

Actor | North by Northwest

Once told by an interviewer, "Everybody would like to be Cary Grant", Grant is said to have replied, "So would I."

Cary Grant was born Archibald Alec Leach on January 18, 1904 in Horfield, Bristol, England, to Elsie Maria (Kingdon) and Elias James Leach, who worked in a factory. His early years in ...

17. Phyllis Diller

Actress | A Bug's Life

Diller put out an autobiography in 2005 in her late 80s, and entitled it "Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse", which pretty much says it all when recalling the misfit life and career of the fabulous, one-of-a-kind Phyllis Diller. It may inspire all those bored, discouraged and/or directionless ...

18. Peter Noone

Soundtrack | The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

Peter Blair Denis Bernard Noone is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and actor. He was the lead singer "Herman" in the 1960s pop group Herman's Hermits. Noone was born in Davyhulme, Lancashire, England, the second of five children, the son of an accountant, and attended English ...

19. Peanuts Hucko

Actor | Die Nacht vor der Premiere

Peanuts Hucko was born on April 7, 1918 in Syracuse, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Die Nacht vor der Premiere (1959), The Alcoa Hour (1955) and The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950). He was married to Louise Tobin. He died on June 19, 2003 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA.

20. Huntz Hall

Actor | Dead End

The 14th of 16 children born to an air conditioning repairman, Henry Richard Hall (he got the name "Huntz" from a brother who said his large nose made him look German) was anything but the tough street kid he played in the East Side Kids/Bowery Boys films. He made his stage debut at the age of 1 in...

21. Ivor Barry

Actor | Weird Science

Ivor Barry was born on April 12, 1919 in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Weird Science (1985), Encounter (1952) and Festival (1960). He was married to Helen Joy Brameld. He died on December 12, 2006 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.

22. Vito Scotti

Actor | The Godfather

With his dark features and having spent much of his early years in Naples, Italy, Vito Scotti was understandably typecast as Italian waiters, government functionaries, policemen, maitre d's and barbers. When Vito was seven, the Scottis moved back to the U.S. where his mother became a diva in the ...

23. Liam Dunn

Actor | What's Up, Doc?

Liam Dunn was born in New Jersey in 1916, went to regular high school and entered a small acting school where he constantly acted in plays. Dunn was considered for his first movie role in 1968, but turned it down to work on T.V. Dunn's first big break came in 1972 for his character Judge Maxwell in...

24. Elaine Devry

Actress | The Atomic Kid

Elaine Devry was born on January 10, 1930 in Compton, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Atomic Kid (1954), Bless the Beasts & Children (1971) and With Six You Get Eggroll (1968). She was married to Will J. White, Mickey Rooney and Dan Danilo Ducich. She died on September 20, ...

25. Chuck McCann

Actor | DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp

A third-generation performer and the son of a singing band leader, Chuck McCann was already a show business veteran by age eleven. Born in Brooklyn, he began his career as a child actor on radio, and by the age of nineteen had appeared on The Steve Allen Show (1952). He performed on several ...

26. Richard X. Slattery

Actor | The Boston Strangler

Richard X. Slattery was born on June 26, 1925 in The Bronx, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Boston Strangler (1968), The Gallant Men (1962) and Herbie Rides Again (1974). He was married to Helene Irene Vergauwen, Mary N. Shelquist, Pegeen Rose and Ann Slattery. He died on January 27, ...

27. Don Pedro Colley

Actor | Beneath the Planet of the Apes

Don Pedro Colley was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon, to Muriel and Pete Colley. His father played piano, and his mother was active in politics in the area.

Don Pedro attended Klamath Union High School. He was active in athletics, playing football, especially enjoying track and field. He tried out for...

28. Larry J. Blake

Actor | Sunset Blvd.

Larry J. Blake was born in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, New York on April 24, 1914. At the age of 18, his talent at impersonations and dialects grew into a vaudeville act. Blake eventually became a headliner, playing the Orpheum circuit, as well as the Roxy Theatre and the Rainbow Room in ...

29. Iggie Wolfington

Actor | 1941

Iggie Wolfington was born on October 14, 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for 1941 (1979), The Rockford Files (1974) and Kraft Theatre (1947). He was married to Lynn Wood. He died on September 30, 2004 in Studio City, California, USA.

30. Jack Manning

Actor | The Owl and the Pussycat

Jack Manning was born on June 3, 1916 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Owl and the Pussycat (1970), The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) and The Six Million Dollar Man (1974). He was married to Frances Ann Smith and Virginia Schuchardt. He died on August 31, 2009 in...

31. Hal Baylor

Actor | Big Jim McLain

Hal Baylor was born on December 10, 1918 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Big Jim McLain (1952), Evel Knievel (1971) and Emergency! (1972). He died on January 5, 1998 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

32. Herb Vigran

Actor | Charlotte's Web

A well known character actor, Vigran was originally a law school graduate. He later chose to pursue acting, and performed in hundreds of radio shows with the likes of Jack Benny, Bob Hope and Jimmy Durante. He appeared frequently as various villains on the TV Series Adventures of Superman (1952), ...

33. Edward Ashley

Actor | Pride and Prejudice

Edward Ashley was born on August 12, 1904 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor, known for Pride and Prejudice (1940), Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) and The Court Jester (1955). He was married to Renée Torres Alegría, Nora Swinburne and Nina Joyce Osborne Throsby. He died on May...

34. Beverly Carter

Actress | Herbie Rides Again

Beverly Carter was born in October 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Herbie Rides Again (1974), The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters (1968) and Fantasy Island (1977). She died on June 8, 1992.

35. Norman Grabowski

Actor | The Towering Inferno

Norman Grabowski was born on February 5, 1933 to Anthony & Mary Grabowski in Irvington, New Jersey, as Norman David Grabowski. He was an actor, best known for his roles in Blackbeard's Ghost (1968), The Towering Inferno (1974), Hooper (1978) and The Cannonball Run (1981). He died on October 12, ...

36. Irwin Charone

Actor | Deconstructing Harry

Irwin Charone was born on September 8, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Deconstructing Harry (1997), Cactus Flower (1969) and Get Smart (1965). He was married to Eileen Schauler. He died on January 28, 2016 in Maplewood Essex County New Jersey, USA.

37. Gail Bonney

Actress | Star Trek

Gail Bonney was born on December 15, 1901 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Star Trek (1966), The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) and The Six Million Dollar Man (1974). She was married to Joseph Saul Solomon. She died on December 7, 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

38. Burt Mustin

Actor | The Twilight Zone

Burt Mustin was a salesman most of his life, but got his first taste of show business as the host of a weekly radio variety show on KDKA Pittsburgh in 1921. He appeared onstage in "Detective Story" at Sombrero Playhouse in Phoenix Arizona, and played the janitor in the movie version, (Detective ...

39. John Myhers

Actor | 1776

John Myhers was born on December 18, 1921 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for 1776 (1972), History of the World: Part I (1981) and Terror in Beverly Hills (1989). He was married to Joan Benedict Steiger. He died on May 27, 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

40. John Stephenson

Actor | Charlotte's Web

A 1941 graduate of Mary D. Bradford High School in Kenosha, where he served on the student council and participated in forensics under dramatic coach John Davies, he took second place in the National Forensics League national contest in Lexington, Kentucky in dramatic declaration and oratorical ...

41. Robert Carson

Actor | The Ten Commandments

Robert Carson was born on June 8, 1909 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for The Ten Commandments (1956), Jungle Man (1941) and Red Snow (1952). He was married to Ann Kutner. He died on June 2, 1979 in Atascadero, California, USA.

42. Raymond Bailey

Actor | The Beverly Hillbillies

Raymond Bailey was a great example of "If at first you don't succeed..." After high school, Bailey headed for Hollywood with the intent on becoming a movie star, but soon found it tougher than he thought. Instead Bailey went into a high finance career working as stockbroker and banker. He made a ...

43. Arthur Space

Actor | The Big Noise

Arthur Space was born on October 12, 1908 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for The Big Noise (1944), The Bat People (1974) and Terror at Red Wolf Inn (1972). He was married to Mary (Mollie) Campbell. He died on January 13, 1983 in Hollywood, California, USA.

44. John Hubbard

Actor | The Tall T

John Hubbard was born on April 14, 1914 in East Chicago, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The Tall T (1957), Dramatic School (1938) and One Million B.C. (1940). He was married to Lois. He died on November 6, 1988 in Camarillo, California, USA.

45. Fritz Feld

Actor | Bringing Up Baby

Fritz Feld was born on October 15, 1900 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and production manager, known for Bringing Up Baby (1938), Hello, Dolly! (1969) and Out Where the Stars Begin (1938). He was married to Virginia Christine and Idea Wickham Von Koppen. He died on November 18, 1993 in Los ...

46. Alvy Moore

Actor | Green Acres

Comic light actor in U.S. films and TV. Born in Vincennes and raised in Terre Haute, IN, Moore studied drama at Indiana State Teachers College before serving in the Marines in WWII. He had a tough time breaking into movies, although he performed in local and regional live theatre. He finally found ...

47. Karl Lukas

Actor | Tora! Tora! Tora!

Karl Lukas was born on August 21, 1919 in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), State Trooper (1956) and The Phil Silvers Show (1955). He was married to Stephanie. He died on January 16, 1995 in Westlake Village, California, USA.

48. Paul Micale

Actor | Rocky II

Paul Micale was born on January 2, 1916 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Rocky II (1979), Police Story (1973) and The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970). He died on January 16, 1999 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

49. John Zaremba

Actor | 20 Million Miles to Earth

John Zaremba was born on October 22, 1908 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957), Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) and The Time Tunnel (1966). He was married to Elinor Deck Suter. He died on December 15, 1986 in Newport Beach, California, USA.

50. Alan Carney

Actor | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Alan Carney was born on December 22, 1909 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963), The Absent Minded Professor (1961) and Zombies on Broadway (1945). He died on May 2, 1973 in Van Nuys, California, USA.

51. Ken Sansom

Actor | The Long Goodbye

Ken Sansom was born on April 2, 1927 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He was an actor, known for The Long Goodbye (1973), The Sting (1973) and Airport 1975 (1974). He was married to Carla. He died on October 8, 2012 in Holladay, Utah, USA.

52. Maurice Marsac

Actor | The Jerk

Maurice Marsac was born on March 23, 1915 in Croix, Nord, France. He was an actor, known for The Jerk (1979), Against All Flags (1952) and The Caddy (1953). He was married to Melanie Marsac. He died on May 6, 2007 in Santa Rosa, California, USA.

53. Robert Stevenson

Director | Mary Poppins

Robert Stevenson was born on March 31, 1905 in Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Mary Poppins (1964), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) and Nine Days a Queen (1936). He was married to Ursula Henderson, Frances Holyoke Howard, Anna Lee and Cecilie L Leslie. He ...

54. Bill Walsh

Producer | Mary Poppins

Bill Walsh was born in New York to immigrant parents (father from Canada, mother from Ireland). In his teen years he lived with relatives in Cincinnati, OH, and later attended the University of Cincinnati. In 1933 he joined the stock touring company of husband / wife team Barbara Stanwyck and Frank...

55. Gordon Buford

Writer | Herbie: Fully Loaded

Gordon Buford is known for Herbie Fully Loaded (2005), Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977) and The Love Bug (1969).

56. Frank V. Phillips

Cinematographer | The Black Hole

Frank Van Tuyl Phillips ASC was a child of Hollywood. As a child he was a neighborhood kid near Walt Disney's original garage studio. Like many others he played in the animated/live action series that Disney did. Dreaming of a football career at Notre Dame while attending Hollywood High School he ...

57. Cotton Warburton

Editor | Mary Poppins

Cotton Warburton is the great great uncle of author and filmmaker Dustin Warburton. Irvine "Cotton" Warburton (born October 8, 1911 in San Diego and died April 21, 1982 in Culver City, CA) was an All-American college quarterback (1933) who became a film editor; he won an Academy Award for his work ...