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Marion Mitchell Morrison (born Marion Robert Morrison) (May 26, 1907 June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed Duke, was an American actor and filmmaker. An Academy Award-winner for True Grit (1969), Wayne was among the top box office draws for three decades.Born in Winterset, Iowa, Wayne grew up in Southern California. He w ... ... ( read more! ) .Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske September 16, 1924 August 12, 2014) was an American actress known for her distinctive husky voice and sultry looks. She began her career as a model. She first appeared as a leading lady in the Humphrey Bogart film To Have and Have Not (1944) and continued on in the film noir genre, with appearances in Bogart ... ... ( read more! ) Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American filmmaker and actor. Howard first came to prominence as a child actor, guest-starring in several television series, including an episode of The Twilight Zone. He gained national attention for playing young Opie Taylor, the son of Sheriff Andy Taylor (played by Andy Griffith) in the sitcom Th ... ... ( read more! ) James Maitland "Jimmy" Stewart was an American film and stage actor, known for his distinctive voice and his everyman persona. Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics and was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one in competition and receiving one Lifetime Achievement award. He was a major MGM contr ... ... ( read more! ) Richard Allen Boone (June 18, 1917 January 10, 1981) was an American actor who starred in over 50 films and was notable for his roles in Westerns and for starring in the TV series Have Gun Will Travel.Boone was born in Los Angeles, California, the middle child of Cecile (ne Beckerman) and Kirk E. Boone, a corporate lawyer and 4th great-grandson o ... ... ( read more! ) Hugh OBrian (born Hugh Charles Krampe April 19, 1925 September 5, 2016) was an American actor and humanitarian, best known for his starring roles in the ABC western television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (19551961) and the NBC action television series Search (19721973), as well as films including the Agatha Christie adaptation Ten Lit ... ... ( read more! ) Bill McKinney was an American character actor whose most famous role was the sadistic mountain man who abused and then sodomized Bobby Trippe (Ned Beatty) in the movie Deliverance. McKinney is also recognizable for his performances in seven Clint Eastwood films, most notably as Union cavalry commander Captain "Redlegs" Terrill in The Outlaw Josey W ... ... ( read more! ) Harry Morgan (born Harry Bratsberg) was an American stage, screen, radio, and television actor. He is perhaps best remembered for his television serials roles as Detective Bill Gannon on Dragnet and as Colonel Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H. ... ... ( read more! ) John Carradine (born Richmond Reed Carradine February 5, 1906 November 27, 1988) was an American actor, considered one of the greatest character actors in American cinema. He was a member of Cecil B. DeMilles stock company and later John Fords company, best known for his roles in horror films, Westerns, and Shakespearean theatre. In the later deca ... ... ( read more! ) Sheree North (January 17, 1932 November 4, 2005) was an American actress, singer, and dancer.Description above from the Wikipedia article Sheree North, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia ... ... ( read more! ) ... Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers (May 23, 1910 November 22, 1986) was an American actor, singer, dancer and musician known for his work as Louie the Garbage Man on the TV show Chico and the Man, and as Dick Hallorann in The Shining in 1980. He was also a prolific voiceover artist, and provided the voices of Meadowlark Lemon in the animated TV v ... ... ( read more! ) ... ... Dick Winslows parents were Winonian Breazeala (a writer) and Sidney R. Johnson. Graduated from Belmont High School in Los Angeles, and first appeared in films when he was five years old. Appeared in the play "Silver Thread" at the Egan Theatre in Los Angeles, and in "The Emperors Clothes" at the Belmont Theatre in Los Angeles.He played the pipe org ... ... ( read more! )