*batteries not included 1987 premiere
by nightopeningfan | created - 12 Jan 2020 | updated - 12 Jan 2020 | PublicSunday December 13th, Sutton Theater 205 E. 57th Street, New York, NY 10022
1. Hume Cronyn
Actor | Cocoon
Hume Cronyn was a Canadian actor with a lengthy career. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "The Seventh Cross" (1944).
Cronyn was born to a prominent family. His father was politician Hume Blake Cronyn (1864-1933), Member of Parliament for London, ...
2. Jessica Tandy
Actress | Driving Miss Daisy
A beloved, twinkly blue-eyed doyenne of stage and screen, actress Jessica Tandy's career spanned nearly six and a half decades. In that span of time, she enjoyed an amazing film renaissance at age 80, something unheard of in a town that worships youth and nubile beauty. She was born Jessie Alice ...
3. Frank McRae
Actor | Loaded Weapon 1
African-American former NFL player, with plenty of height and built like an ox, Frank McRae scored over 40 film appearances predominantly as physically imposing men and authority figures, sometimes in quite comedic roles. McRae first came to attention playing a grinning jail inmate, "Reed ...
4. Elizabeth Peña
Actress | Rush Hour
As she inherited her love for the arts by her father, well-known playwright, actor, director and novelist Mario Peña, it is not hard to understand that actress Elizabeth Pena already had designs to become an actress by the time she was eight years old.
Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey on September 23, ...
5. Dennis Boutsikaris
Actor | Better Call Saul
Dennis Boutsikaris is an American character actor who has won the Obie Award twice. He is also a narrator of audio-books, for which he has won 13 Golden Earphone Awards and 8 Audie Awards. He won Best Audiobook of the Year from Amazon for his reading of American Gods.
Boutsikaris was born in Newark,...
6. Michael Carmine
Actor | *batteries not included
Carmine's stage credits included productions at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and The Henry Street Settlement and La Mama ETC theaters, but he was best known for his work in Reinaldo Povad's "La Puta" and "Cuba and His Teddy Bear," the last successful New York Shakespeare Festival production whose ...
7. John Pankow
Actor | To Live and Die in L.A.
Born in St. Louis and raised in Chicago, John is the sixth of nine children. He dabbled in drama during high school, but didn't become serious about acting until enrolled at Northeastern Illinois University, where he majored in theater arts.
He left the university in his junior year after he ...
8. Michael Greene
Actor | To Live and Die in L.A.
Michael Greene was born on November 4, 1933 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), *batteries not included (1987) and Lord of the Flies (1990). He was married to Patricia Donovan. He died on January 10, 2020 in Haiku, Hawaii, USA.
9. Tom Aldredge
Actor | What About Bob?
Tom Aldredge was born on February 28, 1928, in Dayton, Ohio. First appearing off-Broadway in 1957 in "Electra" and on Broadway in 1959 in "The Nervous Set," Aldredge has appeared in over 30 Broadway and off-Broadway productions. Others include "On Golden Pond," "The Litte Foxes" (opposite Elizabeth...
10. Wendy Schaal
Actress | Innerspace
Wendy Schaal is an American actress best known for her work in Joe Dante films such as Innerspace, The 'Burbs, and Small Soldiers. Since 2005, she has primarily worked in cartoon voice acting, most notably voicing Francine Smith in the animated comedy American Dad!
Schaal was born in Chicago, ...
11. Matthew Robbins
Writer | Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Matthew Robbins was born in New York City and went to the Johns Hopkins University, where he received a BA degree in Romance Languages. Shortly after getting his MFA at the USC School of Cinema, he began writing screenplays with partner Hal Barwood. Together, in a period of three years, they wrote ...
12. Ronald L. Schwary
Producer | Ordinary People
Ronald L. Schwary was born on May 23, 1944 in The Dalles, Oregon, USA. He was a producer and assistant director, known for Ordinary People (1980), *batteries not included (1987) and Meet Joe Black (1998). He was married to Karen Feldman and Susan Carol Schwary. He died on July 2, 2020 in Los ...
13. Brad Bird
Writer | The Incredibles
Phillip Bradley "Brad" Bird is an American director, screenwriter, animator, producer and occasional voice actor, known for both animated and live-action films. Bird was born in Kalispell, Montana, the youngest of four children of Marjorie A. (née Cross) and Philip Cullen Bird. His father worked in...
14. Brent Maddock
Writer | Wild Wild West
Brent Maddock is known for Wild Wild West (1999), Tremors (1990) and Tremors (2003).
15. S.S. Wilson
Writer | Wild Wild West
S.S. Wilson is known for Wild Wild West (1999), Tremors (1990) and Tremors (2003).
16. Mick Garris
Writer | Amazing Stories
Born in Santa Monica, California, on December 4, 1951, Mick Garris grew up with his mother in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Van Nuys from age 12, following his parents' divorce. Garris was making his own 8mm home movies around that time, and when he got older be became a freelance critic ...
17. James Horner
Music_department | Titanic
James Horner began studying piano at the age of five, and trained at the Royal College of Music in London, England, before moving to California in the 1970s. After receiving a bachelor's degree in music at USC, he would go on to earn his master's degree at UCLA and teach music theory there. He ...
18. John McPherson
Cinematographer | The Incredible Hulk
Growing up in Manhattan Beach, California, as the only child of Audra Henry McPherson (1897-1974) and Antoinette Pellant (1910-1988), McPherson graduated from Mira Costa High School in 1959.
McPherson started his career as a gaffer in 1965, and then moved onto cinematography for television starting ...
19. Cynthia Scheider
Editorial_department | The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Cynthia Scheider is known for The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), Sorcerer (1977) and *batteries not included (1987). She was previously married to Roy Scheider.
20. Michael Douglas
Actor | Wall Street
A legendary actor with 50 celebrated years of film, television and producing experience, Michael Douglas is known for his era-defining roles and enduring cultural impact.
In addition to his career accomplishments, Douglas has remained a steadfast public servant, activist and philanthropist dedicated...
21. Diandra Luker
Producer | Broken Lines
Diandra Luker was born on November 30, 1955 in the USA. She is a producer, known for Broken Lines (2008), Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997) and American Masters (1985).
22. Cameron Douglas
Cameron Douglas was born on December 13, 1978 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Wonder Boys (2000), The Runner (2021) and It Runs in the Family (2003).
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