Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch December 9, 1916 February 5, 2020) was an American actor, producer, director and author. He grew up as Izzy Demsky and legally changed his name to Kirk Douglas before entering the United States Navy during World War II.During his career, Douglas appeared in more than 90 movies and was known for his explosive a ...
... ( read more! ) Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He also worked in films throughout his career, playing more than fifty cinema roles. Late in his career, he ...
... ( read more! ) Jean Merilyn Simmons, OBE (January 31, 1929 January 22, 2010) was an English actress. She appeared predominantly in motion pictures, beginning with films made in Great Britain during and after World War II she was one of J. Arthur Ranks well-spoken young starlets followed mainly by Hollywood films from 1950. ...
... ( read more! ) John Gavin (April 8, 1931 February 9, 2018) was an American actor who was the United States Ambassador to Mexico (198186) and the president of the Screen Actors Guild (197173). He was best known for his performances in the films Imitation of Life (1959), Spartacus (1960), Psycho (1960), and Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), playing leading roles in ...
... ( read more! ) Nina Foch (born Nina Consuelo Maud Fock April 20, 1924 December 5, 2008) was a Dutch American actress. After signing a contract with Columbia Pictures at age 19, Foch became a regular in the studios horror pictures and films noir before establishing herself as a leading lady in the mid-1940s through the 1950s, often playing roles as cool, aloof so ...
... ( read more! ) John Benjamin Ireland (January 30, 1914 March 21, 1992) was a Canadian-American actor and film director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in All the Kings Men (1949), making him the first Vancouver-born actor to receive an Academy Award nomination.Ireland was a supporting actor in several famous Western films such as My Da ...
... ( read more! ) Herbert Lom (born Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchaevi ze Schluderpacheru 11 September 1917 27 September 2012) was a Czech-born British film and television actor who moved to the United Kingdom in 1939. In a career lasting more than 60 years, he appeared in character roles, often portraying criminals or villains early in his career and professional men ...
... ( read more! ) Charles McGraw (born Charles Butters) was an American stage, screen, and television actor. He developed into a leading man, especially in film noir classics during the late 1940s and early 1950s. His gravelly voice and rugged looks enhanced his appeal in the noir stylistic genre and provided him many roles as cops, military officers, and the such. ...
... ( read more! ) Barnes initial appearance on television was in the episode "The Man Who Beat Lupo" on Ford Theatre. She made guest appearances on many television series, including the ABCWarner Bros. programs 77 Sunset Strip and Maverick, CBSs Have Gun - Will Travel, Whats My Line, and the crime drama Richard Diamond, Private Detective. In 1960-61, she guest-starr ...
... ( read more! ) . Harold J. Stone (March 3, 1913 November 18, 2005) was an American film and television character actor.Born Harold Hochstein to a Jewish acting family, he began his career on Broadway in 1939 and appeared in five plays in the next six years, including One Touch of Venus and Stalag 17, following which he made his motion picture debut in the Alan ...
... ( read more! ) An athlete turned actor, Strode was a top-notch decathlete and a football star at UCLA. He became part of Hollywood lore after meeting director John Ford and becoming a part of the Ford "family," appearing in four Ford motion pictures. Strode also played the powerful gladiator who does battle with Kirk Douglas in Spartacus (1960). ...
... ( read more! ) Carl Peter Brocco (January 16, 1903 December 20, 1992) was an American screen and stage actor. He appeared in over 300 credits, notably Spartacus (1960) and One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (1975), during his career spanning over 60 years. ...
... ( read more! ) Veteran character actor Paul Lambert was born in El Paso, Texas, and brought up in Kansas City. He was an Army Air Corps lieutenant in World War II. Using the G.I. Bill, he attended the Actors Lab in Los Angeles and several acting schools in New York. He made his motion picture debut in Spartacus (1960). He began his acting career on the New York s ...
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