He was acting in the 50s as a graduate of The Actors Studio in such films as Ocean's Eleven (1960) and The Manchurian Candidate (1962) - he moved to Italian films for a time, coming back to Hollywood in the 80s appearing in such films as Dick Tracy. Following high school graduation, Kennedy enlisted in the United States Army in 1943 with the hope to become a fighter Rodney Stephen Steiger was born in Westhampton, New York, to Augusta Amelia (Driver) and Frederick Jacob Steiger, both vaudevillians. Rest in Peace Ed! Remote, somewhat morose and, as a result, intriguing, Viennese talent Oskar Werner was born in 1922, not far from the birthplace of "Waltz King" Johann Strauss, and christened Oskar Josef Bschliemayer. He attended public school in Scottsville. He had a comfortable, middle-class upbringing in nearby Jon Voight is an American actor of German and Slovak descent. The archetypal screen tough guy with weatherbeaten features--one film critic described his rugged looks as "a Clark Gable who had been left out in the sun too long"--Charles Bronson was born Charles Buchinsky, one of 15 children of struggling parents in Pennsylvania. Within.18 months he took part in 14 landings in the Pacific, including Leyte, Luzon, Bataan and Corregidor. He was the son of Sarah Alice (Mercer) and Bayless Earle Oates, a general store owner. He served for four years where he made Corporal, and did a tour of the As he is remembered.one of the great character actors of our time, Richard Lynch (1936-2012). Magee was well aware that the vast majority of the films that he appeared in were dreadful (he mostly played sinister villains in horror films), but the money Hardy Kruger was born Eberhard August Franz Ewald Krger in Wedding, Berlin, thee son of Auguste (Meier) and Max Krger. In the most beautiful cars. 80 for Brady: Directed by Kyle Marvin. He starred on the Broadway stage first in 1926 and would return there between screen appearances later on. Kids could relate to Jerry Mathers as the Beaver, while Robert Young's Jim Anderson supported their dads' theory that a Father Knows Best. Kim Soo-hyun was born in Seoul, the national capital of South Korea in a slightly troubled family on 16th February 1988. Alfredo James "Al" 'Pacino established himself as a film actor during one of cinema's most vibrant decades, the 1970s, and has become an enduring and iconic figure in the world of American movies. The son of a Lancashire bookmaker, Albert Finney came to motion pictures via the theatre. He died on December 16, 1993 in Guilford, Connecticut, USA. He first took the stage as a toddler in his parents vaudeville act at 17 months old. Like many actors of the 1970s, Vincent got his start making small appearances on popular '60s shows until he finally he hit paydirt (of sorts), winning the role of lawyer-turned-private eye, Eddie Capra, in The Eddie Capra Mysteries. Character actress Beulah Bondi was a favorite of directors and audiences and is one of the reasons so many films from the 1930s and 1940s remain so enjoyable, as she was an integral part of many of the ensemble casts (a hallmark of the studio system) of major and/or great films, including The Trail . An athlete turned actor, Strode was a top-notch decathlete and a football star at UCLA. He only saw his Sandy-haired American actor Bo Hopkins was born William Mauldin Hopkins in Greenville, South Carolina, and was raised by his mother and grandmother after his father died when Bo was only nine years old. Frank Whaley is a critically acclaimed actor/writer/director. A superb actor, Redgrave Anthony Perkins was born April 4, 1932 in New York City, to Janet Esselstyn (Rane) and Osgood Perkins, an actor of both stage and film. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His total personality is exposed to critical judgement- his intellect, he bearing. Some of these gentlemen may be familiar to you and some may not, but all have given great performances during their respective careers. 60 (tie). He was previously married to Mila Burnette. Pepper alongside Roger Moore in the James Bond adventures Live and Let Die (1973) and The Man with the Actor | An athlete turned actor, Strode was a top-notch decathlete and a football star at UCLA. Sanford and Son M*A*S*H and Master's degrees in English from Fordham, Columbia and Catholic Universities and spent his early years teaching drama and speech at Christopher Columbus High School in the Bronx. 172. By the most charming actors and actresses. Born In Washington, D.C., Matt grew up in Arlington, VA, the son of Frederick W. Clark, a boat builder and cabinet maker, and Theresa (Costello) Clark, owner and director of a private school in Arlington. Over 40 years after his untimely death from mesothelioma in 1980, Steve McQueen is still considered hip and cool, and he endures as an icon of popular Won international fame with the leading role of Maciek Chelmicki in Andrzej Wajda's Ashes and Diamonds (1958). (1970), High and Low (1963) and The Stranger Within a Woman (1966). After the war he began John Cleese was born on October 27, 1939, in Weston-Super-Mare, England, to Muriel Evelyn (Cross) and Reginald Francis Cleese. His father was a Russian Jewish immigrant, and his mother was born in New York, to Russian Jewish parents. Senator Geary in "The Godfather", the General in "Apocalypse Now", and R.J. Hacker in "Canadian Bacon" 1920-2011.RIP. Multiple Emmy- and Golden Globe-winner Martin Sheen is one of America's most celebrated, colorful, and accomplished actors. He was an actor, known for Overboard (1987), The Lost Boys (1987) and Annie (1982). Wilhelm Knauer in 1974's "The Longest Yard" (Lauter also made a cameo in the 2005 remake.) He had Swedish, English, Welsh, German, and Irish ancestry. The family soon moved to Beaumont, California (between Los Angeles and Palm Springs), where his parents built and operated a movie theater, where stars such as Gene Autry would occasionally stop WWII veteran, dance instructor and diversely talented stage & screen actor were all inclusions on the resume of this perpetually busy US actor who didn't get in front of the cameras until around the time of his fortieth birthday. His parents divorced when he was five years old. Also check him out in "The Crate" segment in "Creepshow" as well as his co-lead roles in the sadly neglected "Black Sunday", alongside Bruce Dern and the late great Robert Shaw. In the top movies, in the best clothes, with the coolest music. He was the first-born child. Times were good for Americans after WWII, resulting in some of the largest birth numbers in the history of the country. Which '60s TV character is seen here? Julia was groundbreaking in that it was the first weekly TV series to portray an African American woman as a professional, rather than in a stereotypical housekeeper role. Born Franois Pilu in Paris on November 10, 1919, he was the son of a wine shop manager. Union, near Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky, to Linus Pitts Napier, a tobacco farmer and postman, and his wife, Sara, on April 12, 1936. This paved the way to a scholarship at the Rome Academy of Dramatic Art (Accademia d'arte Dustin Lee Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, California, to Lillian (Gold) and Harry Hoffman, who was a furniture salesman and prop supervisor for Columbia Pictures. Robert Mitchum was an underrated American leading man of enormous ability, who sublimated his talents beneath an air of disinterest. Creepily tall (6' 6) and lanky, with a rough, pockmarked face, a lean, stringy build, greasy dark hair and an extremely edgy'n'intense screen presence, James was often cast in Westerns as really scary, sleazy Stocky, genial-looking supporting actor Ned Beatty was once hailed by Daily Variety as the "busiest actor in Hollywood. He was previously married to Peggy Rowe . I've been in love with this man my entire life! Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend. Edward Matthew Lauter II was born on October 30, 1938 in Long Beach, New York. He was an actor, known for Quai des Orfvres (1947), Speriamo che sia femmina (1986) and The Organizer (1963). He was an actor, known for Black Lizard (1968), Killers on Parade (1961) and Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993). He was born in 1939 in Dallas, Texas, where he lived in his early years before moving with his family to Los Rugged-looking James Gammon first broke into the entertainment industry not as an actor but as a TV cameraman. He appeared in more than 100 films. In 1973, he Prolific and versatile character actor William Sanderson was born on January 10, 1944, in Memphis, Tennessee. Miller gave up his professional writing career in the early seventies to start acting. He made thirty films after that, notably with Claude Lelouch and Franois Truffaut. He died of Cardiac Arrhythmia, age 75. He later studied psychology at Columbia University under the Born of African and West Indian ancestry on July 2, 1927 in New York City, Brock Peters set his sights on a show business career early on, at age ten. I'm speechless.I've been a fan of this man's work for as long as I can remember and this has officially ruined the night. He was an actor, known for Z (1969), Rocco and His Brothers (1960) and The Organizer (1963). Character actor Anthony James was born on July 22, 1942 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He was Richard Attenborough, Baron Attenborough of Richmond-upon-Thames, was born in Cambridge, England, the son of Mary (ne Clegg), a founding member of the Marriage Guidance Council, and Frederick Levi Attenborough, a scholar and academic administrator who was a don at Emmanuel College and wrote a Stony-faced, grizzled-looking tough guy Charles McGraw (real name Charles Butters) notched up dozens of TV and film credits, usually portraying law enforcement figures or military officers, plus the odd shifty gangster. Tracey Walter was born on November 25, 1947 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. His stocky build and nervous, jumpy mannerisms fit well with the weaselly criminals, lecherous villains and corrupt businessmen and Moses Gunn was born on October 2, 1929 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. While at high school he worked as a theatre usher and was nicknamed "Chick" by Cleft-chinned, steely-eyed and virile star of international cinema who rose from being "the ragman's son" (the name of his best-selling 1988 autobiography) to become a bona fide superstar, Kirk Douglas, also known as Issur Danielovitch Demsky, was born on December 9, 1916 in Amsterdam, New York. Kevin Conway was born on May 29, 1942 in New York City, New York, USA. Actor | Movies -- "Taggart" as Rusty Bob Blazer, "The Bounty Hunter" as Youth, "Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N." His hometown of St. Matthews, American character actor who achieved considerable fame in the last decade of his life. He is an actor, known for Repo Man (1984), Batman (1989) and Conan the Destroyer (1984). He was previously married to Annie Girardot. He was born on October 18, 1927 in Wise, Virginia, to Helena Agnes (Slemp) and George Dewey Scott. But before his film debut, the short The American Way ( Pat Hingle (real name: Martin Patterson Hingle) was born in Miami, Florida, the son of a building contractor. He was raised in a Jewish family (from Ukraine, Russia-Poland, and Romania). M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mrder. Additionally, Marc Copage wooed America as Julia's adorable son, Corey. Carey's career was an "only in America" type of story, and he retains his status as a great American original many A few months ago (late 2010) I was first told about this man's peculiar acting style and the sinister roles he portrayed in films such as "The Killing" (1956) and as Lord High n' Low in "Head" (1968.) Michael Douglas Actor | Behind the Candelabra While there, he was frequently performing on stage with the Carolina Playmakers. Trained in stage acting, which he enjoyed doing most, he became "one of the greatest 'character actors' ever to appear on stage and screen", with over 90 film credits. He was previously married to Kyko Anzai. He had an unsettled life as a child, moving 12 times before joining the Navy at the age of 19 during the Korean War. He learned both Hungarian and German languages from birth, and was educated in elementary and secondary schools in the Austria-Hungary capitol Vienna, but did A golden career was reflected in his name. He was finally able to become a well known actor in Italy and Europe with his performance in Salvatore Giuliano (1962) and had roles in many European film productions. Tom Jones- "Tom Jones" (1963) Albert Finney's amorous playboy won plenty of plaudits (he's the face of 1963's Best Picture). Truly interesting actor, and its a shame he didn't have more roles come his way late in his career. Over the past three decades, Tobolowsky has racked up a lengthy list of roles in movies and television across many different genres.While Tobolowsky initially attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas with Actor | He was an actor and director, known for Stroitsya most (1966), War and Peace (1965) and Oh How It Hurts 66 (1967). At thirteen years, he became a member of the "Hitler Jugend" (Hitler Youth), as did all 13-year-old boys in Germany then. All his grandparents were immigrants from the north of Ireland. His father was an importer and a commercial photographer, and young Toshiro worked in Japanese character actor Takashi Shimura was one of the finest film actors of the 20th century and a leading member of the "stock company" of master director Akira Kurosawa. After graduation from Hollywood High School, Jaeckel was discovered by a Stuart Margolin, the Emmy Award-winning actor and director, was born in Davenport, Iowa. Upon leaving school, he decided to become a John Irwin McGiver came to acting relatively late in life. Some of his more recent outings include the films Seraphim Falls (2006, opposite Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan) and 2003's Seabiscuit; as well as appearances on Grey's Anatomy and Psych.==October 17, 2013==An acting legend passes..Ed Lauter, character actor extraordinaire and, from what I've been told, one of the nicest folks you'd ever want to meet has died of mesothelioma at age 74. Made Broadway debut as walk-on in George Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan" (1951 Fair complexioned, cold-eyed actor Richard Bright notched up an impressive array of character performances of often shifty, or deadly characters on the wrong side of the law. He was born out of wedlock and raised by each of his parents, eventually settling with his itinerant father and stepmother. Hoffman graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1955, One of the greatest actors of all time, Robert De Niro was born on August 17, 1943 in Manhattan, New York City, to artists Virginia (Admiral) and Robert De Niro Sr. His paternal grandfather was of Italian descent, and his other ancestry is Irish, English, Dutch, German, and French. 2505 points 17. Legendary movie star Robert Redford was born during the depression on August 18, 1936, in Santa Monica, California, to Charles Robert Redford, a Rhode Island native, who was a milkman-turned-accountant for Standard Oil, and his Texan wife, Martha W. (Hart). In a film career that extended for over four decades, Lauter starred in a plethora of film and television productions since making his big screen debut in the western Dirty Little Billy (1972). G.D. Spradlin was born on August 31, 1920 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, USA. In 1962, he was offered his first big film role, in Bluebeard (1963). Veteran actor and director Robert Selden Duvall was born on January 5, 1931, in San Diego, CA, to Mildred Virginia (Hart), an amateur actress, and William Howard Duvall, a career military officer who later became an admiral. He grew up in poverty as the son of farmers, with his father also driving a cab in Nassau. World-renowned film director Satyajit Ray has acted in multiple shadow films. Many of their faces also graced the pages of the most popular teen and gossip magazines of the decade. In light of his recent tragedy (Feb. 2012) lets hope Dan can get back to doing what he does best, giving a great performance no matter how small the role! Charles Napier (April 12, 1936 October 5, 2011) He passed away at age 75. He has been acknowledged by many modern comic artist's as Peter Henry Fonda was born in New York City, to legendary screen star Henry Fonda and Ontario-born New York socialite Frances Seymour Brokaw. This list of notable actors from the United Kingdom includes performers in film, radio, stage and television. He was of German and Austrian ancestry. His presence brought every film he was in to a totally different level of greatness, whether it be the Ninth Configuration, Alligator II, Bad Dreams, The Premonition, Rob Zombie's Halloween II remake, or my personal favorite role of his."Moon" in "the Seven Ups." The towering presence of Canadian actor Donald Sutherland is often noticed, as are his legendary contributions to cinema. He was previously married to Anna Maria Ferrero. He grew up in Berlin, was drafted into the German army in 1944 and captured by British forces in Holland. Notable motion picture roles include: Millers Crossing, Barton Fink, The Man Who Wasn't There, The Crow, Blankman, and The Drago was well known for his villainous parts (leading or supporting), and his rugged yet scary looks and evil smile.