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William Holden (April 17, 1918 November 12, 1981) was an American actor. Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1953 and the Emmy Award for Best Actor in 1974. One of the biggest box office draws of the 1950s, he was named one of the "Top 10 Stars of the Year" six times (19541958, 1961) and appeared on the American Film Institutes AFIs 100 ... ... ( read more! ) Ernest Borgnine (born Ermes Effron Borgnino January 24, 1917 July 8, 2012) was an American actor whose career spanned over six decades. He was noted for his gruff but calm voice and gap-toothed Cheshire Cat grin. A popular performer, he also appeared as a guest on numerous talk shows and as a panelist on several game shows.Borgnines film career be ... ... ( read more! ) Robert Bushnell Ryan (November 11, 1909 July 11, 1973) was an American actor who often played hardened cops and ruthless villains.Ryan was born in Chicago, Illinois, the first child of Timothy Ryan and his wife Mabel Bushnell Ryan. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1932, having held the schools heavyweight boxing title all four years of his a ... ... ( read more! ) .Edmond OBrien (September 10, 1915 May 9, 1985) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor who is perhaps best remembered for his role in D.O.A. (1950). His many memorable films included The Killers, White Heat, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Wild Bunch.He also co-starred with Richard Rust in the NBC legal drama Sam Benedict, which ... ... ( read more! ) Warren Mercer Oates (July 5, 1928 April 3, 1982) was an American actor best known for his performances in several films directed by Sam Peckinpah including The Wild Bunch (1969) and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974). He starred in numerous films during the early 1970s which have since achieved cult status including The Hired Hand (1971), ... ... ( read more! ) Jaime Luis Snchez Rodrguez (born December 19, 1938) is a Puerto Rican stage, film and television actor, active since the 1950s. ... ... ( read more! ) . Ben "Son" Johnson, Jr. (June 13, 1918 April 8, 1996) was an American motion picture actor who was mainly cast in Westerns. He was also a rodeo cowboy, stuntman, and rancher.Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Johnson (actor) , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ... ... ( read more! ) Emilio"El Indio"Fernndez(bornEmilio Fernndez Romo,March 26, 1904 August 6, 1986) was aMexicanfilm director, actor and screenwriter. He was one of the most prolific film directors of theGolden Age of Mexican cinemain the 1940s and 1950s. He is best known for his work as director of the filmMaria Candelaria, which won thePalme dOraward at the1946 Ca ... ... ( read more! ) Strother Martin (March 26, 1919 August 1, 1980) was an American actor in numerous films and television programs. Martin is perhaps best known as the prison "captain" in the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, where he uttered the line, "What weve got here is...failure to communicate."Description above from the Wikipedia article Strother Martin, licensed und ... ... ( read more! ) L. Q. Jones (born August 19, 1927, died July 9th 2022) was an American character actor and film director, known for his work in the films of Sam Peckinpah.Jones was born in Beaumont in southeastern Texas, the son of Jessie Paralee (ne Stephens) and Justus Ellis McQueen Sr., a railroad worker. After serving in the United States Navy from 1945 to 19 ... ... ( read more! ) Albert Dekker (December 20, 1905 May 5, 1968) was an American character actor and politician best known for his roles in Dr. Cyclops, The Killers, Kiss Me Deadly, and The Wild Bunch. He is sometimes credited as Albert Van Dekker or Albert van Dekker.Description above from the Wikipedia article Albert Dekker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of c ... ... ( read more! ) Bo Hopkins (February 2, 1938 May 28, 2022) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 100 film and television roles in a career of more than 40 years, including the The Wild Bunch (1969), The Bridge at Remagen (1969), The Getaway (1972), American Graffiti (1973), The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973), The Killer Elite (1975), Posse (1975), A S ... ... ( read more! ) Walter Clarence Taylor Jr. (February 26, 1907 October 3, 1994), known as Dub Taylor, was an American character actor who from the 1940s into the 1990s worked extensively in films and on television, often in Westerns but also in comedies. He was the father of actor Buck Taylor, who played the character Newly OBrien on Gunsmoke.Walter C. Taylor Jr. ... ... ( read more! ) ... ...