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The Probert Encyclopaedia of Actors

A E MATTHEWS

A E Matthews (Matty Matthews) was a British actor. He was born in 1869 at Bridlington, Yorkshire and died in 1960.
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A. C. ABADIE

A. C. Abadie (Alfred C Abadie) was an American cinematographer, actor, writer and film director. He was born in 1878 at New York and died in 1950.
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AARON JACKSON

Aaron Jackson is an American actor and film producer. He was born in 1973 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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ABBOTT AND COSTELLO

Abbott and Costello were an American comedy film partnership comprising Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Both men had theatrical experience before teaming up as a comedy double act, Costello playing the clown and Abbott his straight man. They began performing on radio in 1938, appeared on Broadway in 1939 and made a number of successful comedy films, beginning with Buck Rivates in 1941.
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ABE VIGODA

Abe Vigoda is an American actor. He was born in 1921 at New York.
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ABEL GANCE

Abel Gance was a French actor and film director. He was born in 1889 and died in 1981.
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ABNER BIBERMAN

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Abner Biberman was an American actor. He was born in 1909 and died in 1977.
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ABRAHAM SOFAER

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Abraham Sofaer was a Burmese actor. He was born in 1896 at Rangoon and died in 1998 of congestive heart disease.
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ADAM ANT

Adam Ant (real name Stuart Leslie Goddard) is an English actor and musician. He was born in 1954 at London. Adam Ant is best known as a singer. Leading the punk band 'Adam and the Ants' in the early 1980's. Soon after leading the band Adam and the Ants, Adam Ant began a solo career when the remainder of the band left. Adam Ant's solo career realised hit songs such as 'Goody Two Shoes'. Adam Ant's biggest contribution to music was his pioneering use of videos in the early eighties.
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ADAM ARKIN

Adam Arkin is an American actor, film director and writer. He was born in 1957 at New York.
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ADAM BALDWIN

Adam Baldwin is an American actor. He was born in 1962 at Chicago, Illinois.
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ADAM FAITH

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Adam Faith (real name Terence Nelhams) was an English actor and singer. He was born in 1940 at Acton, London and died in 2003. First famous as a pop star during the 1960s Adam Faith moved into acting during the 1970s, appearing in the television series 'Budgie'. Later he was a record producer, starting Leo Sayer on his career and then a financial journalist working for the BBC among other media companies.
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ADAM ROARKE

Adam Roarke (real name Richard Jordan Gerler) was an American actor. He was born in 1937 at Brooklyn, New York and died in 1996.
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ADAM SANDLER

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Adam Sandler is an American actor. He was born in 1966 at Brooklyn, New York.
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ADAM WEST

Adam West (real name William West Anderson) is an American actor. He was born in 1929. Adam West is best known for his portrayal of Batman in the 1960s and 1970s.
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ADAM WILLIAMS

Adam Williams is an American actor. He was born in 1929.
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ADAM WOODYATT

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Adam Woodyatt is an English actor. He was born in 1968 at London. He is best known for his long role as 'Ian Beale' in the BBC television soap-opera 'Eastenders'.
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ADDISON RICHARDS

Addison Richards (real name Addison Whitaker Richards Junior) was an American actor. He was born in 1887 at Zanesville, Ohio and died in 1964 of a heart attack.
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ADOLFO CELI

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Adolfo Celi was an Italian actor. He was born in 1922 at Messina, Sicily and died in 1986 of a heart attack.
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ADOLFO SHABBA-DOO

Adolfo Shabba-doo (real name Adolfo Quinones) is an American actor, choreographer, dancer and director. He was born in 1955.
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ADOLPHE MENJOU

Adolphe Menjou was an American actor. He was born in 1890 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and died in 1963 of chronic hepatitis.
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ADRIAN PASDAR

Adrian Pasdar is an American actor and film director. He was born in 1967 at Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Adrian Pasdar's first acting job came at the age of 19 when he auditioned for a role in the 1986 film 'Top Gun'. His audition so impressed the director, Tony Scott, that he wrote the role of 'Chipper' especially for Adrian Pasdar.
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ADRIAN ZMED

Adrian Zmed is an American actor. He was born in 1954 at Chicago, Illinois.
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AIDAN QUINN

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Aidan Quinn is an American actor and producer. He was born in 1959 at Chicago, Illinois.
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AKE GRONBERG

Ake Gronberg was a Swedish actor. He was born in 1914 and died in 1969.
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AKIM TAMIROFF

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Akim Tamiroff was a Russian actor. He was born in 1899 at Tiflis, Georgia and died in 1972 of cancer. Akim Tamiroff was a short and stocky man with dark hair and thick eyebrows over intense eyes, and was often seen with a black moustache. Akim Tamiroff was cast in a variety of ethnic roles as both a hero and 'heavy'. Akim Tamiroff trained for acting at the Moscow Art Theatre Drama School and was touring with his repertory company in the USA in 1923 when he decided to stay in America. With his wife, actress Tamara Shayne, Akim Tamiroff joined Balieff's Chauvre Souris troupe and performed Russian nightclub acts. Akim Tamiroff also conducted a makeup academy in New York where he worked on stage and on Broadway productions. With the advent of sound in films Akim Tamiroff was attracted to the screen and performed many 'bit' parts in films which in turn led to a solid career as a character actor. Akim Tamiroff appeared in over 100 films and is perhaps best remembered for his role as Pablo in the film 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' for which he received a best supporting actor nomination.
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AL CLIVER

Al Cliver is an Egyptian actor. He was born in 1951 at Alexandria. He sometimes works under the names Al Clever, Pier Luigi Conti and Pierluigi Conti.
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AL FREEMAN JUNIOR

Al Freeman Junior is an American actor, director and writer. He was born in 1934 at San Antonio, Texas.
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AL JOLSON

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Al Jolson (real name Asa Yoelson) was a Lithuanian actor. He was born in 1886 and died in 1950. Al Jolson went to the USA as a child, against his father's wishes, and starred in minstrel shows before becoming a singing star. Warner Brothers decided to star him in their first partly-talking-picture, the 1927 'The Jazz Singer' At the end of the 1930s Al Jolson's film career was over. This and the divorce from his wife, Ruby Keeler, had a negative influence on Al Jolson's health. During the Second World War Al Jolson sung for the American Military Forces like many other entertainers.
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AL LETTIERI

Al Lettieri was an American actor. He was born in 1928 at New York and died in 1975.
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AL MARTINO

Al Martino (real name Alfred Cini) is an actor. He was born in 1927. He played 'Johnny Fontane' in the 'Godfather' trilogy of films.
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AL PACINO

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Al Pacino (Alfredo James Pacino) is an American actor. He was born in 1939 at New York.
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AL SHEAN

Al Shean (real name Alfred Schoenberg) was a German-born American actor. He was born in 1868 and died in 1949.
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AL ST JOHN

Al St John was an American comedy actor. He was born in 1893 and died in 1963. He is best remembered for his portrayal of 'Fuzzy Q Jones' in various second-feature westerns.
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ALAIN CUNY

Alain Cuny was a French actor. He was born in 1908 at Saint-Malo and died in 1994.
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ALAIN DELON

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Alain Delon is a French actor. He was born in 1935 at Sceaux, Hauts-de-Seine. After various odd jobs, including being a parachutist with the French marines, Delon made his film debut in 1957.
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ALAN ALDA

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Alan Alda is an American actor, director and producer. He was born in 1936 at New York. He is best known for his portrayal of 'Hawkeye' in the television series MASH.
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ALAN ARKIN

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Alan Wolf Arkin is an American actor, director and producer. He was born in 1934 at New York. Alan Arkin is one of only a few actors to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his first screen appearance.
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ALAN BADEL

Alan Badel was an English actor. He was born in 1923 at Rusholme and died in 1982. He played 'Major Petrovich' in the 1978 film 'Force 10 From Navarone'.
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ALAN BATES

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Alan Arthur Bates was a British actor. He was born in 1934 at Allestree and died in 2003. He decided to be an actor at the age of 11. After attending grammar school in Derbyshire, he earned a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Following two years in the Royal Air Force, he joined the new English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre, his West End debut coming in 1956. In the same year Bates appeared in Osborne's 'Look Back in Anger', a play that gave a name to a generation of post-war 'angry young men'. The play made Bates a star, and launched a lifetime performing in works written by great modern playwrights - Pinter, Gray, Storey, Bennett, Shaffer, Stoppard (as well as Chekhov, Ibsen, Strindberg, Shakespeare). Four years later, Alan Bates appeared in his first film, 'The Entertainer', in which he played one of Laurence Olivier's sons. More than fifty film roles followed, one of which, 'The Fixer' (from a novel by Bernard Malamud) earned him an Academy Award nomination.
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ALAN BAXTER

Alan Baxter was an American actor. He was born in 1908 and died in 1976.
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ALAN BECKWITH

Alan Beckwith is an American actor. He was born in 1952 at Tyrone, Pennsylvania.
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ALAN BENNETT

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Alan Bennett is a British actor and playwright. He was born in 1934.
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ALAN CURTIS

Alan Curtis (real name Harold Neberoth) was an American actor. He was born in 1909 and died in 1953.
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ALAN DAVIES

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Alan Davies is an English actor. He was born in 1966 at Loughton, Essex. He is best known for his title role in the 1997 television series 'Jonathan Creek'.
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ALAN DINEHART

Alan Dinehart was an American actor. He was born in 1889 at Missoula, Montana and died in 1944.
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ALAN FREED

Alan Freed was an American actor, composer and producer. He was born in 1922 at Johnstown, Pennsylvania and died in 1965 of uraemia.
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ALAN FUDGE

Alan Fudge is an American actor. He was born in 1944 at Wichita, Kansas.
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ALAN HALE

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Alan Hale (real name Rufus Alan McKahan) was an American actor and director. He was born in 1892 at Washington DC and died in 1950. He decided on a film career after his attempt at becoming an opera singer didn't work. He quickly became much in demand as a supporting actor, and starred in several productions, as well as directing others for the producer Cecil B DeMille. With the advent of sound, he played leads in a few films, but settled down into a career as a character actor. He was one of the featured members of what became known as the Warner Brothers Stock Co., a core of character actors and actresses who appeared in scores of Warner Bros. films of the 1930s and 1940s. Hale's best known role is probably in the 1939 'The Adventures of Robin Hood', one of several films he made with his friend Errol Flynn, in which he played Little John, a role he played on two other occasions - in the 1922 'Robin Hood' and the 1951 'Rogues of Sherwood Forest'.
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ALAN HALE JUNIOR

Alan Hale Junior (real name Alan MacKahn) was an American actor. He was born in 1918 at Los Angeles and died in 1990 of cancer of the thymus. He was the son of Alan Hale.
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ALAN KING

Alan King (real name Irwin Kniberg) is an American cabaret comedian and actor. He was born in 1924.
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ALAN LADD

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Alan Walbridge Ladd was an American actor and film producer. He was born in 1913 at Hot Springs, Arkansas and died in 1964 of cerebral oedema. He played the title role in the 1953 western, 'Shane'.
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ALAN MARSHAL

Alan Marshal was an Australian actor. He was born in 1909 at Sydney, New South Wales and died in 1961 of a heart attack.
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ALAN MOWBRAY

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Ernest Alan Mowbray was an English born American actor. He was born in 1896 at London and died in 1969 of a heart attack. He was of the stiff-upper lip school of British actors. He was tall, of rigid posture, well groomed with an aristocratic air about him and excellent diction. He was often cast as a British or European gentleman, as a butler, doctor, aristocrat, or royalty. He started acting on the English stage and eventually toured the USA with his company the Theater Guild from 1923 to 1929. He was an occasional screenwriter but gave it up for acting. He became a naturalized American citizen in 1933. He was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild.
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ALAN NAPIER

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Alan Napier (Alan Napier-Clavering) was an American actor. He was born in 1903 at Birmingham, England and died in 1988 of a stroke. He is best known for playing the butler, Alfred, in the television series 'Batman'.
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ALAN OPPENHEIMER

Alan Oppenheimer is an American actor. He was born in 1930 at New York.
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ALAN PRICE

Alan Price is an English actor and composer. He was born in 1941 at Fairfield, Durham. He was a member of the pop group 'The Animals'.
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ALAN REED

Alan Reed (real name Edward Bergman) was an American actor. He was born in 1907 at New York and died in 1977. He was also known as Falstaff Openshaw. His most famous role is perhaps that of the voice of 'Fred Flintstone' in the cartoon series.
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ALAN RICKMAN

Alan Rickman is an English actor, film director, film producer and writer. He was born in 1946 at Hammersmith, London. Children will know him for his role as 'Professor Severus Snape' in the 'Harry Potter' series of films.
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ALAN WEBB

Alan Webb was an English actor. He was born in 1906 at York and died in 1982.
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ALAN WHEATLEY

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Alan Wheatley was an English actor. He was born in 1907 at Tulworth, Surrey and died in 1991 of a heart attack. He played the Sheriff of Nottingham in the 1991 television film 'Robin Hood: The Movie'.
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ALAN YOUNG

Alan Young is an English actor, director and writer. He was born in 1919 at North Shield.
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ALASTAIR SIM

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Alastair Sim was a Scottish actor. He was born in 1900 and died in 1976.
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ALBERT BASSERMAN

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Albert Basserman was a German-born actor. He was born in 1867 and died in 1952. A distinguished stage actor, he emigrated to the USA in 1939.
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ALBERT BROOKS

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Albert Brooks (real name Albert Einstein) is an American actor, writer and director. He was born in 1947 at Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.
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ALBERT DEKKER

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Albert Dekker was an American actor. He was born in 1905 at Brooklyn, New York and died in 1968 of asphyxia. A stage actor from 1927,
Albert Dekker was already an established Broadway star when he made his film debut in 1937. Tall and with rugged good looks, he often played aggressive character roles, and was memorable as the double-crossing gang leader in the 1946 film 'The Killers'. From 1945 to 1946 he served a term in the California legislature representing the Hollywood district. As he got older, Dekker, unlike many actors, turned to the stage rather than television, and achieved great success there and on the college lecture circuit. Dekker's last role, in the 1969 western 'The Wild Bunch', was one of his more memorable ones.
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ALBERT FINNEY

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Albert Finney is an English actor. He was born in 1936 at Salford, Manchester.
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ALBERT HALL

Albert P Hall is an American actor. He was born in 1937 at Boothton, Alabama.
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ALBERT LIEVEN

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Albert Lieven was a German actor. He was born in 1906 at Hohenstein and died in 1971.
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ALBERT POPWELL

Albert Popwell was an American actor. He was born in 1926 at New York and died in 1999 following surgery. He starred in the first four Dirty Harry movies with Clint Eastwood, playing four different characters in each. He was the bank robber in Dirty Harry, a pimp in Magnum Force, a black militant leader in The Enforcer, and Harry's partner in Sudden Impact.
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ALBERT PREJEAN

Albert Prejean was a French actor. He was born in 1893 at Paris and died in 1979.
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ALBERT SALMI

Albert Salmi (real name Alfred Salmi) was an American actor. He was born in 1928 at Brooklyn, New York and died in 1990. After serving in the Army during the Second World War, he used the GI Bill to study at the Dramatic Workshop of the American Theater Wing and the prestigious Actors Studio. He became a stage actor, eventually making it to Broadway, where his role as Bo Decker in 'Bus Stop' was his biggest stage success. A compromise between the stage and screen was live television drama, in which he was cast regularly. Salmi's very first film appearance was a choice role in 'The Brothers Karamazov', for which he turned down an Oscar nomination. The National Board of Review succeeded in presenting him with their award for the same picture, however. Salmi came to enjoy film work and actively sought out parts in westerns. He then became a very familiar presence, especially on the TV screen, where he guest starred in many of the westerns and other series of the sixties and seventies. He committed suicide in 1990.
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ALBERT SHARPE

Albert Sharpe was an Irish actor. He was born in 1885 at Belfast.
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ALBERTO SORDI

Alberto Sordi is an Italian actor. He was born in 1920 at Rome. He began his career as a dubber - notably as Oliver Hardy's voice in Italian versions. The city of Rome nominated him honorary major for a day to celebrate his 80th birthday in June 1999.
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ALDO FABRIZI

Aldo Fabrizi was an Italian actor, writer, director and producer. He was born in 1905 at Rome and died in 1990 of heart failure.
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ALDO RAY

Aldo Ray (Real name Aldo DaRe) was an American actor. He was born in 1926 at Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania and died in 1991 of throat cancer.
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ALEC B. FRANCIS

Alec B Francis was a British actor. He was born in 1867 at London and died in 1934 following surgery. He worked under various names including Alec Frances, Alec Francis, Alex B Francis, Alexander Francis, and Alex Francis.
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ALEC BALDWIN

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Alec Baldwin (real name Alexander Rae Baldwin III) is an American actor. He was born in 1958 at Massapequa, Long Island, New York. In 1995 he was chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history, ranking number 80.
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ALEC CLUNES

Alec Clunes was a British actor. He was born in 1912 at London and died in 1970. His most memorable film role was as 'Lord Hastings' in the 1954 film 'Richard III'.
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ALEC GUINNESS

Sir Alec Guinness (also spelled Guiness) is a British actor. He was born in 1914 at London. He started life as an advertising copywriter before studying acting. In the 1930s, he was in various stage productions With the Old Vic; in 1941, he joined the British navy, in which he served as an officer. After the Second World War, he began a serious film career. He soon became proficient in playing multiple roles in a single movie. In Kind Hearts and Coronets in 1949, he amazed audiences by playing eight roles, but it was as a stiff-upper-lipped British officer in The Bridge on the River Kwai in 1957 that he won an Oscar for best actor. In 1959, Queen Elizabeth II knighted him for his outstanding work on the stage and in movies.
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ALEC MCCOWEN

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Alexander Duncan McCowen is a British actor. He was born in 1925 at Tunbridge Wells.
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ALEC NEWMAN

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Alec Newman is a Scottish actor. He was born in 1974 at Shawlands, Glasgow.
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ALEJANDRO REY

Alejandro Rey was an Argentine actor and director. He was born in 1930 at Buenos Aires and died in 1987. He became an American citizen in 1967.
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ALESSANDRO NIVOLA

Alessandro Nivola is an American actor. He was born in 1972 at Boston, Massachusetts.
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ALEX CORD

Alex Cord (real name Alex Viespi) is an American actor. He was born in 1933 at New York.
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ALEX D'ARCY

Alex D'Arcy (real name Alexander Sarruf) was an Egyptian actor. He was born in 1908 and died in 1996.
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ALEX DREIER

Alex Dreier was an American actor. He was born in 1916 at Honolulu and died in 2000.
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ALEX KARRAS

Alexander George Karras is an American actor and producer. He was born in 1935 at Gary, Indiana.
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ALEX NICOL

Alex Nicol is an American actor and director. He was born in 1919 at Ossining, New York.
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ALEX PROYAS

Alex Proyas is an Egyptian actor, film director and film producer and writer. He was born in 1965. He moved to Australia at the age of three.
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ALEX ROCCO

Alex Rocco is an American actor. He was born in 1936 at Boston, Massachusetts.
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ALEXANDER GAUGE

Alexander Gauge was an English actor. He was born in 1914 and died in 1960. He played Friar Tuck in the 1991 television film 'Robin Hood: The Movie'.
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ALEXANDER GRANACH

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Alexander Granach (real name Jessaja Granach) was a Polish born German actor. He was born in 1893 at Werbowitz, Galizia and died in 1945. A leading stage and film actor in Germany during the 1920's and early 1930's. With the advent of Hitler and Nazism, Granach fled his adopted homeland, eventually to arrive in America in the late 1930's where he became a Broadway and Hollywood character actor, appearing in both venues through the mid-1940's.
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ALEXANDER KNOX

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Alexander Knox was a Canadian actor and writer. He was born in 1907 at Strathroy, Ontario and died in 1995 of bone cancer.
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ALEXANDER SCOURBY

Alexander Scourby was an American actor. He was born in 1913 at Brooklyn, New York and died in 1985.
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ALEXANDRE RODRIGUES

Alexandre Rodrigues is a Brazilian actor. He was born in 1983 at Rio de Janeiro.
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ALF GODDARD

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Alf Goddard was a British actor. He was born in 1897 and died in 1981.
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ALF KJELLIN

Alf Kjellin (also known as Christopher Kent) was a Swedish actor, director and writer. He was born in 1920 at Lund, and died in 1988 of a heart attack. Although he trained for the stage in his native Sweden, Alf Kjellin appeared in only a few stage productions before entering films. His 1944 film 'Hets' resulted in his being noticed by Hollywood, and he made his American film debut in 1949 under the name Christopher Kent. He soon went back to using his real name, and though he made several more Hollywood films, he worked mainly out of Sweden, both acting and directing. In the early 1960s he finally settled in Hollywood. Although appearing in several feature films and occasionally directing them, the main body of his work consisted of directing made- for-television movies and appearing in episodic television series, including 'Mission Impossible' and 'Hawaii Five-O'.
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ALFIE BASS

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Alfie Bass was an English cockney comedy actor. He was born in 1921 and died in 1987 of a heart attack.
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ALFONSO ARAU

Alfonso Arau is a Mexican actor, producer, director and writer. He was born in 1932 at Mexico City.
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ALFONSO BEDOYA

Alfonso Bedoya was a Mexican actor. He was born in 1904 at Vicam and died in 1957. He was a character actor who achieved his greatest success in American. films. He was born in a tiny village in Mexico and had a nomadic upbringing, living in numerous places throughout the country including, for a time, Mexico City. He received a private education in Houston, Texas as a teenager, but dropped out and roamed about doing an assortment of jobs. His family, however, brought him back to Mexico City, where he subsequently found work in the struggling Mexican film industry. He appeared in many Mexican films before the director John Huston offered him the role of Gold Hat in the 1948 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'. Bedoya stole the scenes in which he appeared as the smiling cutthroat and delivered the famous line about not needing any 'stinking badges'. He made a number of popular films in the USA in the next nine years, but a drinking problem destroyed his health.
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ALFRED ADAM

Alfred Adam was a French actor and writer. He was born in 1908 at Asnieres and died in 1982.
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ALFRED BURKE

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Alfred Burke is a British actor. He was born in 1918 at Peckham, London. At the age of 84 he played the role of 'Professor Dippet' in the 2002 film 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'.
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ALFRED DRAYTON

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Alfred Drayton (real name Alfred Varick) was a British actor. He was born in 1881 at Brighton and died in 1949.
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ALFRED LUNT

Alfred Lunt was an American actor. He was born in 1892 and died in 1977.
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ALFRED LYNCH

Alfred Lynch was an English actor. He was born in 1931 at London and died in 2003 of cancer.
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ALLAN CUTHBERTSON

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Allan Cuthbertson was an Australian actor. He was born in 1920 and died in 1988.
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ALLAN JEAYES

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Allan Jeayes was a British actor. He was born in 1885 and died in 1963.
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ALLAN JONES

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Allan Jones was a Welsh-born American singer and actor. He was born in 1907 and died in 1992.
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ALLAN LANE

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Allan (Rocky) Lane (real name Harry Albershart) was an American actor. He was born in 1901 and died in 1973.
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ALLAN RICH

Allan Rich is an American actor, film producer and director. He was born in 1926 at The Bronx, New York.
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ALLEN COVERT

Allen Covert is an American actor, film producer, and film script writer. He was born in 1964 at Palm Beach County, Florida.
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ALLEN GARFIELD

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Allen Garfield is an American actor, composer and writer. He was born in 1939 at Newark, New Jersey.
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ALLEN JENKINS

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Allen Jenkins (real name Alfred McGonegal) was an American actor. He was born in 1900 and died in 1974.
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ALLEN PAYNE

Allen Payne is an American actor. He was born in 1968 at Harlem, New York.
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ALLYN JOSLYN

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Allyn Joslyn was an American actor. He was born in 1901 and died in 1981.
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ALUN ARMSTRONG

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Alun Armstrong, also known as Alan Armstrong, is an English actor. He was born in 1946 at Doncaster, Yorkshire.
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ALVY MOORE

Alvy Moore (real name Jack Alvin Moore) was an American actor and producer. He was born in 1921 at Vincennes, Indiana, and died in 1997 of heart failure. A comic light actor in American films and television, he studied drama at Indiana State Teachers College before serving in the Marines during the Second World War. He had a tough time breaking into movies, although he performed in local and regional live theatre. He finally found his niche in television, starring as the incompetent county agent Hank Kimball in 'Green Acres' from 1965 to 1971. He also appeared in at least thirty other television series and numerous commercials.
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ALWYN KURTS

Alwyn Kurts was an Australian actor. He was born in 1915 at Perth and died in 2000 of liver failure.
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AMEDEO NAZZARI

Amedeo Nazzari (real name Salvatore Amedeo Buffa) was an Italian actor. He was born in 1907 at Cagliari and died in 1979.
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ANDERS RANDOLPH

Anders Randolph was an actor. He was born in 1876 and died in 1930.
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ANDRE MORELL

Andre Morell was an English actor. He was born in 1909 at London and died in 1978.
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ANDREA MALANDRINOS

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Andrea Malandrinos was a Greek-born British actor. He was born in 1896 and died in 1970.
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ANDREW BALEY

Andrew Baley is an American actor. He was born in 1978 at Houston, Texas.
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ANDREW CRAWFORD

Andrew Crawford is a Scottish actor. He was born in 1917 at Glasgow. He played the role of 'Captain Hornigold' in the 1956 television series 'The Buccanneers' and later played the role of 'Colonel Monroe' in the 1971 television mini-series ' The Last of The Mohicans'. More recently he appeared playing 'Angus Grier' in the 1978 television series 'All Creatures Great and Small'.
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ANDREW CRUICKSHANK

Andrew Cruickshank was a Scottish actor. He was born in 1907 and died in 1988.
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ANDREW DUGGAN

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Andrew Duggan was an American actor. He was born in 1923 and died in 1988.
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ANDREW KEIR

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Andrew Keir was a Scottish actor. He was born in 1926 and died in 1997.
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ANDREW LANCEL

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Andrew Lancel is an English actor. He was born in 1970 at Rufford, Lancashire.
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ANDREW LAWRENCE

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Andrew Lawrence is an American actor. He was born in 1988 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He played 'Ted Beene' in the television series 'Oliver Beene'.
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ANDREW PRINE

Andrew Prine is an American actor and writer. He was born in 1936 at Jennings, Florida.
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ANDREW RAY

Andrew Ray is a British actor. He was born in 1939.
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ANDREW STEVENS

Andrew Stevens is an American actor, producer and director. He was born in 1955.
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ANDREW TOMBES

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Andrew Tombes was an American actor. He was born in 1889 and died in 1976.
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ANDY CLYDE

Andy Clyde was a Scottish actor. He was born in 1892 at Blairgowrie, Perthshire and died in 1967.
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ANDY DEVINE

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Andy Devine was an American comedy actor. He was born in 1905 at Flagstaff, Arizona and died in 1977 of leukaemia.
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ANDY GARCIA

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Andy Garcia (real name Andres Arturo Garcia Menendez) is a Cuban actor, film director and producer. He was born in 1956 at Havana.
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ANDY GRIFFITH

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Andy Griffith is an American actor, film producer and writer. He was born in 1926 at Mount Airy, North Carolina.
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ANGUS DEAYTON

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Angus Deayton is an English actor and writer. He was born in 1956. Although an actor, he is best known for presenting the satirical television quiz show 'Have I Got News For You' from 1990 to 2002 before being publicly sacked amidst accusations of cocaine addiction and promiscuity..
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ANSON MOUNT

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Anson Mount is an American actor. He was born in 1973 at Prospect Heights, Illinois.
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ANTHONY ANDREWS

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Anthony Andrews is an English actor and film producer. He was born in 1948 at London.
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ANTHONY BUSHELL

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Anthony Bushell was an English actor, director and film producer. He was born in 1904 at Westerham, Kent and died in 1997.
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ANTHONY CARUSO

Anthony Caruso was an American actor. He was born in 1916 at Frankfort, Indiana and died in 2003.
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ANTHONY DAWSON

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Anthony Dawson was a Scottish actor. He was born in 1916 at Edinburgh and died in 1992.
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ANTHONY DEXTER

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Anthony Dexter (real name Walter Fleischmann) was an American actor. he was born in 1919 at Talmadge, Nebraska and died in 2001.
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ANTHONY FRANCIOSA

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Anthony Franciosa (real name Anthony Papaleo) is an American actor. He was born in 1928 at New York.
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ANTHONY HEAD

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Anthony Head is an English actor. He was born in 1954 at Camden, London. He is best known for playing the role of 'Rupert Giles' in the 1997 television series 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'.
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ANTHONY HOPKINS

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Sir Anthony Hopkins is a British actor. He was born in 1941. He entered acting in the 1960s and won an Oscar in 1992 for his performance in 'The Silence of The Lambs'.
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ANTHONY KIMMINS

Anthony Kimmins was an English playwright, actor, director and film producer. He was born in 1901 at Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex and died in 1964.
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ANTHONY LAPAGLIA

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Anthony LaPaglia is an Australian actor. He was born in 1959 at Adelaide, South Australia.
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ANTHONY MICHAEL HALL

Anthony Michael Hall is an actor. He began acting at the age of eight and had his first role in Steve Allen's semi-autobiographical play 'The Wake'. He then appeared in the Lincoln Center production of 'St. Joan of the Microphone' and the Griffin Theatre's 'Segments of a Contemporary Morning'. On television, Hall played a young Edgar Allen Poe in the Emmy Award winning version of 'The Gold Bug' and Huck Finn in 'Rascals and Robbers'. He was also seen in such television films as ' Jennifer's Journey', 'The Body Human' , 'Orphans', 'Waifs and Wards' and 'Running Out'. At the age of 17, Hall also had the distinction of becoming the youngest regular cast member of NBC's 'Saturday Night Live' during the 1985 - 1986 season.
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ANTHONY NEWLANDS

Anthony Newlands is a British actor. He was born in 1926.
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ANTHONY NEWLEY

Anthony Newley was an English actor, composer and writer. He was born in 1931 at Hackney, London and died in 1999. After attending the Italia Conti Stage School from the age of 14, two years later he played the role of 'Artful Dodger' in David Lean's 1948 film 'Oliver Twist'.
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ANTHONY OLIVER

Anthony Oliver was a Welsh actor. He was born in 1923 and died in 1995.
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ANTHONY PERKINS

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Anthony Perkins was an American actor, director and writer. He was born in 1932 at New York and died in 1992 of pneumonia.
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ANTHONY QUAYLE

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Anthony Quayle was an English actor. He was born in 1913 at Ainsdale and died in 1989.
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ANTHONY QUINN

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Anthony Quinn was a Mexican actor, producer and director. He was born in 1915 at Chihuahua and died in 2001.
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ANTHONY STEEL

Anthony Steel was an English actor. He was born in 1920 at London and died in 2001 of heart failure.
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ANTHONY WAGER

Anthony Wager is an English actor. He was born in 1932 at London.
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ANTHONY ZERBE

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Anthony Zerbe is an American actor. He was born in 1936 at Long Beach, California.
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ANTON DIFFRING

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Anton Diffring was a German-born actor. He was born in 1918 and died in 1989. He played many Nazi roles, including the role of the soccer stadium announcer in the 1981 film 'Escape To Victory'.
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ANTON RODGERS

Anton Rodgers is an English actor. He was born in 1933 at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. He is perhaps best known as 'Alec Callender' in the television comedy series 'May to December'.
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ANTON WALBROOK

Anton Walbrook was an Austrian actor. He was born in either 1896 or 1900 and died in 1967 of a heart attack.
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ANTONIN ARTAUD

Antonin Artaud was a French actor and writer. He was born in 1896 at Marseille and died in 1948.
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ANTONIO ADOLFO

Antonio Adolfo is a Brazilian actor and musician. He was born in 1947 at Rio de Janeiro.
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ANTONIO BANDERAS

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Antonio Banderas is a Spanish actor, film producer and director. He was born in 1960 at Malaga. Best known for his starring role in the 1998 film 'The Mark Of Zorro' as Alejandro Murrieta/Zorro, he later sent up his own role parodying it as the voice of 'Puss In Boots' in the 2004 film 'Shrek 2'.
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ANTONIO FARGAS

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Antonio Fargas is an American actor. He was born in 1946 at New York. He is best known for his role as 'Huggy Bear' in the 1970's television series 'Starsky and Hutch'.
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ANTONIO MORENO

Antonio Moreno was a Spanish actor and film director. He was born in 1887 at Madrid and died in 1967.
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ANTONY SHER

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Sir Antony Sher is a South African-born English actor. He was born in 1949 at Cape Town.
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ARCHIE DUNCAN

Archie Duncan was a Scottish actor. He was born in 1914 at Glasgow and died in 1979.
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ARMIN MUELLER-STAHL

Armin Mueller-Stahl is a German actor, film director and writer. He was born in 1930 at Tilsit.
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ARNOLD MOSS

Arnold Moss was an American actor. He was born in 1910 at Brooklyn, New York and died in 1989 of lung cancer.
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ARNOLD RIDLEY

Arnold Ridley was an English actor, play-writer and film director. He was born in 1896 at Bath, Somerset and died in 1984. He is best known for playing the role of 'Godfrey' in the television comedy series 'Dad's Army', though previously he had appeared in the soap opera 'Crossroads' in 1964 as 'the Reverend Guy Atkins'. In 1982 he was awarded the OBE for services to British theatre.
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ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER

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Arnold Schwarzenegger is an Austrian born American actor and politician. He was born in 1947 at Thal, Austria. A bodybuilder first, he was 'Mr Universe' five times before being seen by Joe Weider who took him to the USA. In 2003 he was elected Republican Governor of California.
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ART CARNEY

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Art Carney was an American actor. He was born in 1918 at Mount Vernon, New York and died in 2003.
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ART HINDLE

Art Hindle is a Canadian actor and director. He was born in 1948 at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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ART LUND

Art Lund was an American actor. He was born in 1915 at Salt Lake City, Utah and died in 1990.
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ART METRANO

Art Metrano is an American actor. He was born in 1936 at Brooklyn, New York.
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ART SMITH

Art Smith was an actor. He was born in 1899 and died in 1973.
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ARTE JOHNSON

Arte Johnson is an American actor. He was born in 1929 at Benton Harbor, Michigan.
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ARTHUR ASKEY

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Arthur Askey was an English comedy actor and writer. He was born in 1900 at Liverpool and died in 1982.
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ARTHUR BYRON

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Arthur Byron was an American actor. He was born in 1872 at Brooklyn, New York and died in 1943.
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ARTHUR FRANZ

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Arthur Franz is an American actor. He was born in 1920 at Perth Amboy, New Jersey.
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ARTHUR HILL

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Arthur Hill is a Canadian actor. He was born in 1922 at Melfort, Saskatchewan.
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ARTHUR HOHL

Arthur Hohl was an American actor. He was born in 1889 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and died in 1964.
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ARTHUR HOUSMAN

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Arthur Housman was an American actor. He was born in 1888 and died in 1942. He was noted for his comic portrayal of drunks on screen, though in reality he never drank at all.
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ARTHUR HOWARD

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Arthur Howard (real name Arthur Stainer) was an English actor. He was born in 1910 at London and died in 1995.
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ARTHUR HOYT

Arthur Hoyt was an American actor. He was born in 1874 at Georgetown, Colorado and died in 1953.
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ARTHUR HUNNICUTT

Arthur Hunnicutt was an American actor. He was born in 1911 at Gravelly, Arkansas and died in 1979 of cancer.
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ARTHUR JOHNSON

Arthur Johnson was an actor. He was born in 1876 at Davenport, Iowa and died in 1916. He was the son of an Episcopal minister, he ran away from home to join a touring stage company and later played leads in New York productions. A big, handsome man, he made a strong impression on D. W. Griffith, who chanced upon him on a Manhattan street and asked him to play the lead in 1908 'The Adventures of Dollie', Griffith's first film as a director. Although Johnson, like other screen players of the period, did not become publicly known by name for several years, he soon was a favourite of film audiences and was probably the first true matinee idol of the American screen. He starred in many of Griffith's early films, often opposite the famous 'Biograph Girl', Florence Lawrence, and Griffith's wife, Linda Arvidson, and later was the top leading man of the Philadelphia-based Lubin organization.
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ARTHUR KENNEDY

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Arthur Kennedy was an American actor. He was born in 1914 at Worcester, Massachusetts and died in 1990. He is remembered as being a versatile character actor of both screen and stage.
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ARTHUR LAKE

Arthur Lake was an American actor, writer and producer. He was born in 1905 at Corbin, Kentucky and died in 1987 of a heart attack.
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ARTHUR LOWE

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Arthur Lowe was an English actor. He was born in 1915 at Hayfield in Derbyshire and died in 1982. He is best remembered for his role as captain Mainwaring in the BBC TV series, 'Dad's Army'.
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ARTHUR LUCAN

Arthur Lucan was an English actor and writer. He was born in 1887 at Boston, Lincolnshire and died in 1954.
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ARTHUR MARGETSON

Arthur Margetson was an English actor. He was born in 1887 at London and died in 1951.
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ARTHUR MULLARD

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Arthur Mullard was an English actor. He was born in 1912 at Islington, London and died in 1995.
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ARTHUR O'CONNELL

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Arthur O'Connell was an American actor. He was born in 1908 at New York and died in 1981.
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ARTHUR RISCOE

Arthur Riscoe was an English actor. He was born in 1896 and died in 1954.
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ARTHUR SHIELDS

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Arthur Shields was an Irish actor. He was born in 1896 at Dublin and died in 1970 of emphysema.
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ARTHUR SPACE

Arthur Space was an American actor. He was born in 1908 at New Brunswick, New Jersey and died in 1983.
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ARTHUR TRACY

Arthur Tracy was a Moldavian-born American actor and writer. He was born in 1899 at Kamenetz-Podolsk and died in 1997.
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ARTHUR TREACHER

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Arthur Treacher (Arthur Veary Treacher) was an English actor. He was born in 1894 at Brighton and died in 1975. After serving in the Great War he joined a musical-revue group called 'Great Temptations' and with it travelled to the USA where in the 1930's he started appearing in films, often being cast as a typical English gentleman or butler.
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ARTHUR WONTNER

Arthur Wontner was an English actor. He was born in 1875 and died in 1960.
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ARTHUR YOUNG

Arthur Young was an English actor. He was born in 1898 at Bristol and died in 1959.
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ARTURO DE CORDOVA

Arturo de Cordova was an actor. He was born in 1908 and died in 1973.
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ARYE GROSS

Arye Gross is an American actor and film director. He was born in 1960 at Los Angeles, California.
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ATHOLE STEWART

Athole Stewart was an English actor. He was born in 1879 and died in 1940.
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AUBREY MALLALIEU

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Aubrey Mallalieu was an English actor. He was born in 1873 and died in 1948.
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AUBREY MATHER

Aubrey Mather was an English actor. He was born in 1885 at Minchinhampton and died in 1958.
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AUBREY WOODS

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Aubrey Woods is an English actor. He was born in 1928 at London.
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AUDIE MURPHY

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Audie Murphy was an American actor, film producer and writer. He was born in 1924 at Kingston, Texas and died in 1971 in a plane crash.
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AUSTIN PENDLETON

Austin Pendleton is an American actor and stage director. He was born in 1940 at Warren, Ohio.
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AUSTIN TREVOR

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Austin Trevor (real name Austin Trevor Schilsky) was an Irish actor. He was born in 1897 at Belfast and died in 1978.
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