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- Aketra Sevillian was born on 8 February 1995 in Flint, Michigan. She is an actress, known for Sugar (2024), Days of Our Lives (1965) and Sasha Lanes (2023).
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Executive
Alexander Walthers was born on 7 July 1992 in Flint, Michigan, USA. He is an executive, known for Porky (2022).- Writer
- Producer
- Director
Amos Allinger was born in Flint, Michigan and raised in Fisher, Illinois. His first book, "OMG It's True!" instantly became an International #1 Bestseller. He is now a Screenwriter, Director, and Producer for Orion Entertainment, producing his first of two full-featured films in the sequel, Believer, based on his book. Amos helps other aspiring authors write and publish their books and will be hand-picking stories from his clients to bring future adaptations to Orion Entertainment for production. He graduated in 2017 with three doctorate degrees from IMI and is the proud father of 10 children.- Amy is a native of Michigan and graduate of Syracuse University. She is known for Farewell Amor (2020), Hitch (2005) and Meet The Parents (2000), as well as Bull (2016), Alpha House (2013) and Modern Love (2019). She appeared on Broadway in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "November" and regionally at The Old Globe in San Diego, Shakespeare Theatre in DC, and Papermill Playhouse in NJ.
- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Andre Rison was born on 18 March 1967 in Flint, Michigan, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Wide Open: The Andre Rison Story (2023), TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004) and Arli$$ (1996). He is married to Lisa Lopez. They have four children. He was previously married to Tonja Harding.- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
Andrew Hasman was born on 30 November 1980 in Flint, Michigan, USA. He is an actor, known for Last Goodbye (2011) and T is for Trash Can (2011).- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Andrew Lewis Caldwell was born on 25 July 1989 in Flint, Michigan, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Matrix Resurrections (2021), Cursed Friends (2022) and Haunt (2019).- Anna Christine Lennox was born in September 1994 in Flint, Michigan, USA.
- Audrey Warren was born on 10 August 1987 in Flint, Michigan, USA. She is an actress, known for Old Habits Die Hard (2009).
- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Ben Hamper was born in 1957 in Flint, Michigan, USA. He is known for Canadian Bacon (1995), Rivethead and Roger & Me (1989).- Composer
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Betty Carter was born on 16 May 1929 in Flint, Michigan, USA. She was a composer and actress, known for American Beauty (1999), Casino (1995) and The Parent Trap (1998). She was married to James Redding. She died on 26 September 1998 in New York City, New York, USA.- Betty Jeanne Glennie was born on 25 April 1931 in Flint, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for Mister Ed (1961). She died on 4 February 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Billy Mills was born on 6 September 1894 in Flint, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for The Love Bug (1919). He died on 20 October 1971 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Robert Lewis Bell was born on January 18, 1922 in Flint, Michigan. His father was an assembly worker at General Motors and his mother was a housewife. He had two older brothers. After graduating high school, a friend's family offered to take him along to Arizona, where he dug ditches, worked as a carhop and lumberjack, and signed onto construction jobs. His show business career began as a U.S. Cavalryman extra for the motion picture Arizona (1940), where he also helped build the village of "Old Tucson" for the movie.
Although he was certifiably blind in his right eye, he succeeded in passing the Marine Corps physical in 1941, by memorizing the eye charts. Less than a year later, however, he was given a medical discharge but decided to try again, only this time, with the Navy. With the help of a sympathetic Navy doctor, he was accepted and served in San Francisco and, later, the Philippines, until 1946.
Upon his discharge, he returned to Flint, where he joined a community theater production and was subsequently offered a job as an announcer and disc jockey at WMRP Radio. A year later, he moved to South Bend, Indiana's WHOT Radio where he met and married copywriter Carol Atkinson. In 1950, they moved to Indianapolis, where he broke into television on WFBM-TV.
Bell's flair for comedic character acting surfaced in 1953, when he was paired with variety/talk show host Wally Phillips at WLWT-TV and WLW Radio in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1956, the stations' Executive Vice President, Ward Quaal, left the company to become General Manager of WGN Continental Broadcasting Company (WGN-TV & Radio) in Chicago and brought Bell, Phillips and the show's writer/director/producer Don Sandburg along. During the four years that followed, Phillips and Bell starred on their own variety series, which included "The Wally Phillips Show" and "Midnight Ticker". Bell also doubled as a staff announcer. From 1959 until 1968, he hosted "The Three Stooges" weekday afternoon showcase as "Andy Starr", the elderly custodian of the Odeon Theater. But it was in 1960 when WGN-TV asked him to portray the character that would make him a Chicago television legend, "Bozo the Clown".
Alan Livingston created "Bozo" for Capitol Records in Hollywood, California in 1946. He hired voice artist and former circus clown, 'Pinto Colvig', to portray the character on the recordings and first Bozo television series, "Bozo's Circus", on KTTV-TV in Los Angeles in 1949. In the late 1950s, Livingston and Capitol briefly parted ways and sold the licensing rights to Larry Harmon, whose business partner, Jayark Films Corporation, began distributing Bozo limited-animation cartoons to television stations along with the rights for each to hire its own live Bozo host.
Chicago's Bozo debuted on June 20, 1960 starring Bob Bell on a live 30-minute "Bozo" show weekdays at noon, performing comedy sketches and introducing Bozo cartoons. The program was placed on hiatus in January 1961 to facilitate WGN-TV and Radio's move from Tribune Tower in downtown Chicago to the city's northwest side. The show was expanded to an hour and returned as "Bozo's Circus" on September 11, 1961 with additional cast members, a 13-piece orchestra, comedy sketches, circus acts, cartoons, games and prizes before a 200+ member studio audience. The show and Bell's portrayal achieved a popularity and success unlike any locally produced children's show in the history of television. His improvisational skills on live television, double-entendres and Jackie Gleason-like mannerisms also attracted a huge adult following. The program began airing nationally via cable and satellite in 1978, and studio audience reservations surpassed a 10-year wait. In 1980, the series moved to weekday mornings as "The Bozo Show" and aired on tape delay.
Bell retired in 1984 with the show remaining #1 in its timeslot. Immediately following his retirement, the Chicago Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Board of Directors honored him with their Governors' Award. Fellow cast members throughout his 24-year run as Bozo included Ned Locke as Ringmaster Ned, Bob Trendler as Mr. Bob, Don Sandburg as Sandy the Tramp, Ray Rayner as Oliver O. Oliver, Roy Brown as Cooky the Cook, Marshall Brodien as Wizzo the Wizard, and Frazier Thomas. Joey D'Auria took over the Bozo role until 2001.
After raising four children, Bell and his wife Carol moved from Deerfield, Illinois to Lake San Marcos, California, an area he had visited while serving in the Marine Corps during World War II. In addition to presiding over the Kiwanis Club of Lake San Marcos, he served on the board of directors of a community educational association that raised funds for the local school system.
In 1986, he was greeted with a lengthy standing ovation when he returned for a special guest appearance as himself during a live broadcast of "The Bozo 25th Anniversary Special" from Medinah Temple in Chicago. Ten years later, he became the first portrayer of Bozo to be inducted into the International Clown Hall of Fame in Wisconsin.
On December 8, 1997, Bob Bell passed away due to heart failure at the age of 75 in San Marcos, California. Illinois Governor Jim Edgar and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley proclaimed April 18, 1998 "Bob Bell Day" in the State of Illinois and City of Chicago as Addison Street near the WGN-TV Studios was named "Bob Bell Way." In 1999, actor and Chicago native Dan Castellaneta, best known as the voice of Homer Simpson and Krusty the Clown on "The Simpsons" television series, revealed during a national television interview that his voice characterization of Krusty was based on Bob Bell's Bozo. Considering Bell's sly sense of humor, there's no doubt he would be proud. - Producer
- Actor
Bob Eubanks was born on 8 January 1938 in Flint, Michigan, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), Payback (1990) and Roger & Me (1989). He has been married to Debbie James since 2004. They have one child. He was previously married to Irma Brown.- Bob Rowe was born on 23 May 1945 in Flint, Michigan, USA. He is a director, known for Major League Baseball on CBS (1955), The NFL on CBS (1956) and NFL Monday Night Football (1970).
- Booker Moore was born on 23 June 1959 in Flint, Michigan, USA.
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Editor
Brad Ayres is an Emmy® Award winning Director who lives with his family in Los Angeles. Since his professional start in the advertising industry at 16, he's earned notable recognition for his film and television direction and production. He earned numerous Telly Awards for commercials and developed a branded reality television show that airs on ABC and CBS affiliates in major US markets. The show won Regional Emmy's in Detroit and Philly, overshadowing major national shows in the Nielsen ratings. In 2005 he won "Best Music Video" at the Detroit Music Awards for the first music video he created from concept to direction, production, shooting and editing.
Ayres has been featured in Wall Street Journal, MTV, BrandWeek, CNN, and Crain's Business; and has frequent speaking engagements such as Pepperdine University MBA Program on his Branded Entertainment expertise.- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Brad Leo Lyon was born February 26, 1982 to Leo and Joann Lyon in Flint, Michigan. Perhaps the middle name of Leo foreshadowed that he would become a true "Renaissance Man" in today's times as "Leo"nardo Da Vinci was the quintessential renaissance man of his time. Lyon's diverse background spans the world of sports, business, film, and even as a published author.
As a child, a constant pendulum was swinging between the worlds of drama and athletics. His life's constant voyage between the two had him on the cover of newspapers at an early age for his work on stage while appearing numerous times for sports. He is often quoted as saying that it was his "love for sports" that kept him from "embracing my inner nerd that stage and film allows me to become."
Following High School, it seemed sports had won out as he left for college to pursue a law degree and was a two sport college athlete. Destiny had other ideas though as his father's heart related health condition brought him back to Michigan. Sports would not take a backseat just yet though as he became one of the youngest presidents of a college athletic program and founded a college wrestling program at his hometown's Mott Community College. The competitive fires still burned and he continued to compete nationally and internationally, eventually placing at such renowned competitions as the Iron Man World Championships and the Folkstyle World Championships.
He left the college sports world and teamed up with his father to purchase a Minor League sports team as they founded the expansion Genesee County Patriots. While working as the Director of Operations for the team, he also participated in the sport on various levels that included being named a 2005 All American and 4 All Star appearances. Meanwhile, his first published book was released; oddly enough in the cheer leading field. Lyon was briefly a college cheerleader as a sophomore. Wrestling didn't completely disappear form his life as a short lived Mixed Martial Arts career saw him headline Champions of Cage Fighters during an undefeated, albeit brief, foray into the sport.
The Patriots were a springboard into film. Lyon began a division of the company called Lyon Productions which was used to produce television commercials for the Patriots and partner companies. In 2008, the Patriots were approached to work with another Patriotic themed company in Patriot Pictures, a company known for such films as Material Girls and Air Force One. Patriot Pictures was producing a film called All's Faire In Love starring Christina Ricci, Mathew Lillard, Ann Margret, Bill Engvall, Cedric the Entertainer, and a host of other familiar actors. With extremely short notice, Lyon coordinated the football scene for the film, cast players and cheerleaders, provided wardrobe and props, and even played the Football Coach.
Diving full speed into the industry, he found himself working full time in film. His business experiences from running both a college and a Minor League professional sports team gave him an ideal background for producing films. This led to his first Executive Producing and Line Producing adventure with the film Minor League: A Football Story (starring Robert Miano, Dustin Diamond, Rap Artist Bone Crusher, and Tiny Iron) which he also wrote and played a role in. Ultimately, success in the film industry took him away from the Patriots. Ironically, it was a football film that led him to suspend operations for the Patriots as Lyon Productions became the emphasis of his time.
You can now find Lyon living up to that Renaissance lifestyle as he works regularly as a Producer, Director, Script Writer, and Actor. As of April 2011, he has been credited as a producer on such films as Minor League, Beach Vacancy, Sister Mary (starring Bruce Vilanch, Ant, Judy Tenuta), The Haunting, Little Creeps (starring Joe Estevez, Robert Z'Dar, Dustin Diamond, Lark Voorhies, and Aurelian Smith aka Jake the Snake Robers), and College Fright Night. He directed both Beach Vacancy and Little Creeps and will be appearing as an actor in A State of Hate opposite Renee O'Connor and Ernie Hudson.- Brandon Carr was born on 19 May 1986 in Flint, Michigan, USA.
- Brent Williams was born on 23 October 1964 in Flint, Michigan, USA.
- Brian Godfrey was born on 1 May 1940 in Flint, Wales, UK.
- Brian Rolston was born on 21 February 1973 in Flint, Michigan, USA.
- Cam "Buzz" Brainard was born and raised in Flint, Michigan. After high school, he attended Central Michigan University. Buzz spent the late 1980s in New York City and then came to the west coast so that he could play golf year-round. He hosts the weekly syndicated show "Altville" (heard on KZLA Sunday nights from 11pm to 12am), which features an eclectic mix of alternative country and Americana music. It hosts artists such as Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett, Kasey Chambers, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Robert Earl Keen, Jack Ingram, Emmy Lou Harris, and many others.
In case you hadn't noticed, Buzz is a big sports fan, which makes him the perfect host of "This Week in Baseball" on Fox. Buzz is also the voice of the Disney Channel, host of "Breed All About It" on Animal Planet, and the smart aleck-narrator of "Maximum Exposure."
He loves hanging out at the Rose Bowl Flea Market, Las Vegas, or the Whitsett Driving Range.
Buzz and his wife Sandy have a precocious blonde-haired son named Hank, and two dogs named Frankie and Gibby (named after Kirk Gibson). - Actor
- Soundtrack
Carl Banks was born on 29 August 1962 in Flint, Michigan, USA. He is an actor, known for The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993), The NFL on CBS (1956) and NFL Monday Night Football (1970).- Art Department
- Additional Crew
Carly Sorscher was born in Flint, Michigan, USA. She is known for Death to Smoochy (2002), 25th Hour (2002) and School of Rock (2003).- Carol Grace Anderson was born on 7 October 1945 in Flint, Michigan, USA. She is an actress, known for Changing Hearts (2002) and The Thing Called Love (1993).
- Charles Moore was born on 15 October 1948 in Flint, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Love Relations (2002) and One Week (2000). He died on 25 September 2003.
- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Charles Smith was born on 13 September 1920 in Flint, Michigan, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Shop Around the Corner (1940), Everglades! (1961) and Target (1958). He died on 26 December 1988 in Burbank, California, USA.- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Charles Wolcott was born on 29 September 1906 in Flint, Michigan, USA. He was a composer, known for Bambi (1942), Song of the South (1946) and The Three Caballeros (1944). He died on 26 January 1987 in Haifa, Israel.- Born Norman Kenyon Duford in Flint, Michigan on September 28, 1967. Went to high school at Genesee High School in Genesee, Michigan. Did musical theatre in high school.
Decided to major in Medicine at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. Pre-Medicine major lasted for about one semester. Elected to change to Biology. First theatre production outside of high school was Cotton Patch Gospel for the Hope College Theatre Department. First non-musical role was a tragedian in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead for the Hope College Theatre Department. Gradually began to take acting classes, meanwhile newly formed Biology major grade point average was rapidly falling. Decided to make the leap and change to theatre for a major, with the blessing of his parents, despite the need to add one extra year of study. Graduated from Hope College in 1990 with a B.A. in Theatre.
Did an acting internship at the Hope Summer Repertory Theatre in Holland, Michigan.
Entered Graduate School at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio in the fall of 1991. Graduated with an M.F.A. in Theatre Performance in 1994.
Was a member of the original cast of a musical called CHAPS! which premiered at the Hope Summer Repertory Theatre in 1995. Joined the Actors Union, Actors' Equity, in 1997, reprising the role he created in CHAPS! for the Tacoma Actors' Guild in Tacoma, WA. Has played Clive Cooper (the role he created in CHAPS!) in 5 different productions for 3 different theatres.
Has played Vinnie Black, "The Cadillac of Caterers" in the Detroit Production of Tony and Tina's Wedding over 300 times.
Was in the original cast of a new play by Eric Coble entitled Bright Ideas, which premiered at The Cleveland Play House in Cleveland, OH.
Has worked at the following theatres: Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Hope Summer Repertory Theatre, Oregon Cabaret Theatre, Wisconsin Shakespeare Festival, The Monomoy Theatre, Nebraska Repertory Theatre. - Actor
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Producer
Chris Burns was born on 26 October 1973 in Flint, Michigan, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Boss Level (2020), Venom (2018) and Avengers Assemble! (2010). He has been married to Miracole Burns since 7 July 2007.- Make-Up Department
Chris Heit was born on 30 June 1966 in Flint, Michigan, USA. Chris is known for Too Pure (1998), Ashes to Ashes (2001) and Arrivals & Departures (1997).- Additional Crew
Chris was a 1990 graduate of the Film program at San Diego State University, where a scholarship was established in his name after his death. While a student he worked at the San Diego Film Bureau under Wally Schlotter. At the time of his death he was working as a film producer for Arnold Shapiro Productions. He won a local Emmy for a PSA he created while a student at SDSU. At the time of his death, he was working on an independent film on women inmates who were training as firefighters. A Michigan native, he was a 1985 graduate of Southfield Senior High School.- Chris and his twin brother, Marty, were chosen for the roles of Niles and Holland Perry after a nationwide talent search. They were studying and appearing in plays at the HB (Herbert Berghof) Studio in NYC. Berghof (was it coincidence?) was the husband of Uta Hagen, who played the twins' grandmother, Ada, in the film.
- Additional Crew
- Writer
- Producer
Christopher Robin Hood was born on 8 September 1971 in Flint, Michigan, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Impact (2000), The Casino Job (2009) and Dirty Dealing 3D (2018).- Actress
- Casting Department
- Additional Crew
Ciara Mashea is an American actress, voiceover artist and singer from Flint, Michigan working in Los Angeles and New York City. She is a graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy, Theater Studies and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Media, Culture and Art from The King's College, New York City. She's studied with acting coach Anthony Abeson and voice coach Judy Blazer.- Claressa Shields was born on 17 March 1995 in Flint, Michigan, USA. She is an actress, known for Lola 2 (2022), BET Her Presents: The Waiting Room (2019) and James Roan Series (2021).
- Cliff Durant was born on 26 November 1890 in Flint, Michigan, USA. He died on 30 October 1937 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
- Courtney Hawkins was born on 12 December 1969 in Flint, Michigan, USA.
- As a quarterback at the University of California, Morton completed 355 of 641 passes for 4,501 yards and 36 touchdowns. He was a first-round draft choice of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys in 1965 and he became the team's starter in 1969.
The 1970 Cowboys went to the Super Bowl but lost 16-13 to the Baltimore Colts. Morton became a backup to Roger Staubach in 1971 and was traded to the New York Giants in 1974.
He went to the Denver Broncos in 1977 and was named the American Football Conference player of the year after completing 131 of 254 passes for 1,929 yards and 14 touchdowns. The Broncos lost 27-10 to the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl XII.
Morton retired after the 1982 season. During his 18 years in the NFL, he had 2,053 completions in 3,786 attempts for 27,908 yards and 183 touchdowns. - Cynthia Sophiea was born on 26 October 1954 in Flint, Michigan, USA. She is an actress, known for Desperate Housewives (2004), The Closer (2005) and Twenty Good Years (2006).
- Dan Kildee was born on 11 August 1958 in Flint, Michigan, USA. He has been married to Jennifer since 1988. They have three children.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Producer
Dan Roth was born on 7 June 1941 in Flint, Michigan, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Life with Miriam (2010), Divorce Court (1984) and A Chucklewood Easter (1987). He was previously married to Ellen Kihara.- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Casting Director
Dana White was born on 5 March 1930 in Flint, Michigan, USA. He is an actor and casting director, known for Burke's Law (1963), More Dogs Than Bones (2000) and Honey West (1965).- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Daniel Hall was born on 28 May 1986 in Flint, Michigan, USA. He is a director and actor, known for Mother of Fred (2008) and Talons of the Phoenix (2018). He has been married to Alisha Hall since 20 March 2010. They have one child.- Editor
- Cinematographer
- Director
Daron Dixon was born on 3 August 1983 in Flint, Michigan, USA. Daron is an editor and cinematographer, known for Mental Warfare (2020), Foster Kid (2021) and Groom 2022 (2022).- Sound Department
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Casting Department
Daryl M. Simpson was born on 10 November 1982 in Flint, Michigan, USA. He is an assistant director, known for Waterfront Nightmare (2012), The Spirit of Mumbai (2014) and El Empantanado: The Muddy (2020).- David Bontumasi was born in Flint, Michigan, USA. He is known for City of Men (1988). He has been married to Natalie Stewart Mills since 5 October 1991. They have two children.
- Editor
- Editorial Department
- Producer
David Crowther was born on 12 December 1970 in Flint, Michigan, USA. He is an editor and producer, known for Alien 3 (1992), The Abyss (1989) and Arlington Road (1999). He has been married to Heidi Kaufman since 6 May 2006. They have one child.