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Don Steele

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Don Steele (born Donald Steele Revert; April 1, 1936 – August 5, 1997) was one of the most popular disc jockeys in the United States from the middle of the 1960s until his retirement (for health reasons) in May 1997. He was better known as "The Real Don Steele," a name suggested by his program director, Steve Brown, at KOIL-AM in Omaha, Nebraska. Brown hoped the moniker would click with listeners and make him stand out from other radio personalities. Description above from the Wikipedia article Don Steele licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Vica Kerekes

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Éva "Vica" Kerekes (born 28 March 1981) is a Slovakian actress. She is active in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. She is often referred and credited as Vica Kerekésová, Vica Kerekešová, and Kerekes Vica. Vica Kerekes was born to an ethnic Hungarian mother and a father of Hungarian and Slovak descent. After studying at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, she moved to Budapest in 2001 where she met her eventual husband, artist Csaba Vigh. She made her cinematic debut in 2004 with the Slovak film Konečná stanica. To the international audience, Kerekes is foremost known for the 2011 film Men in Hope. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vica Kerekes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​
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Sean Connery

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Sir Thomas Sean Connery (August 25, 1930 – October 31, 2020) was a Scottish actor and producer who won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award), and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award. Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films (every film from Dr. No to You Only Live Twice, plus Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again), between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables. His films also include Marnie (1964), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Highlander (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Dragonheart (1996), The Rock (1996), and Finding Forrester (2000). Connery was polled in a 2004 The Sunday Herald as "The Greatest Living Scot" and in a 2011 EuroMillions survey as "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure". He was voted by People magazine as both the “Sexiest Man Alive" in 1989 and the "Sexiest Man of the Century” in 1999. He received a lifetime achievement award in the United States with a Kennedy Center Honor in 1999. Connery was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to film drama. On 31 October 2020, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sean Connery, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Yuen Biao

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Yuen Biao (Chinese: 元彪, born 26 July 1957) is a Hong Kong actor and martial artist. He specialises in acrobatics and Chinese martial arts and has worked on over 80 films as actor, stuntman and action choreographer. Along with Peking Opera School "brothers" at the China Drama Academy, Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan, he was a member of the"Seven Little Fortunes" performance troupe in Yu Jim-Yuen's China Drama Academy's Peking Opera School. Was a member of the Sammo Hung Stuntmen's Association.
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Oliver Wood

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Oliver Wood (February 21, 1942 – February 13, 2023) was a British cinematographer, known for his work on blockbuster action and comedy films such as Die Hard 2, Face/Off, Freaky Friday, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, and the Bourne franchise. He collaborated with directors like Paul Greengrass, John Woo, Renny Harlin, Ron Underwood, and Adam McKay, and was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography for The Bourne Ultimatum. Description above from the Wikipedia Oliver Wood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Bryan Kreutz

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Bryan Kreutz is an actor, TV director, producer and writer. Bryan began acting at age eight, although his first role was as baby Jesus when he was an infant in theater. He was thrust into the lead role of Balthazar, one of the three wise men, in a church play, his first dialogue role. He has also been intrigued by the production and direction of both plays and film. As a teen, he produced, co-wrote, and starred in a fan film Star Trek series that spawned 60 episodes. At a young age, Bryan was an innovator, talent director, and self-starter. He organized neighborhood activities like street hockey and baseball home run derby leagues. Complete with stats and a full production of graphics, sound, and post-game analysis while he produced the taping of a neighborhood hockey all-star-game. Bryan attended the Broadcast Center in Clayton, Missouri, where he excelled in Journalism and Voice-overs. After graduating, he landed his first radio job, at the age of 20, just outside of Peoria, Illinois. He was the Sports Director there, where he hosted the Saturday morning call in sports show, and conducted interviews with coaches. In addition, he did play by play voice for the station's local sports programs. After a several year hiatus from acting, producing, directing, and radio voice-overs, Bryan returned to Radio as a producer in 2006 at KJSL in St. Louis. At the same station a year later he wrote and voiced his own live weekly segment as a Star Trek Analyst on the Bob Wells Show from Dec 2007 - May 2010. In 2010 he became the Director and producer of the Christian Television Network (CTN) affiliate program, Revolution 618, in which he also played an integral part of producing and creating the concept of the program. On May 3, 2011 another CTN Premiere credited Bryan as Director, and then as Executive Producer for a Co-Created TV program Rescued Nation TV. It was released to viewers on the CTN network and later on CW affiliates. Culminating over 50 TV episodes as a producer and director for two different TV talk shows in two years. After Bryan's first two years producing television he ventured into producing film for the first time shortly thereafter. In 2013 Bryan and Brayden Patterson were the creative engine for To Inflict, its themes, story and concepts. To Inflict is a short film with the screenplay and dialogue written and directed by Elizabeth Wiegard. In addition to being credited as a producer for To Inflict, Bryan appeared in his second small film role as an actor, appearing as a customer making a purchase in a coffee shop. Bryan plays a supporting character named Brody in Up on High Ground, a syndicated TV series, now in re-runs that is also on PureFlix.com. He directed a large portion of the episodes as well as produced and had a hand in writing every aired episode. The film scene is no stranger to Bryan, in 2015 he played the spit bag passenger while next to Kate Upton in the William H. Macy film The Layover and TV Talk show host Larry Thrunklemann in the Tom Green comedy film "Interviewing Monsters and Bigfoot"
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Giancarlo Badessi

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Giancarlo Badessi (1928 – 2011) was an Italian actor. Born in Lecco, at the age of almost 40 Badessi gave up his daily job as an accountant to embrace the theatre, making his debut in a stage play directed by Giancarlo Cobelli. He was also active in cinema and on television, often playing character roles. Badessi died in Rome at the age of 83 from a heart attack, on 6 December 2011. Description above from the Wikipedia article Giancarlo Badessi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Nadine Lustre

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Nadine Alexis Paguia Lustre (born October 31, 1993) is a Filipino actress and recording artist. She gained widespread recognition for her breakthrough role in the teen movie Diary Ng Panget (2014). She subsequently starred in Talk Back and You're Dead (2014), Para sa Hopeless Romantic (2015), Beauty and the Bestie (2015), and This Time (2016). In 2018, she received the FAMAS Award for Best Actress, the Gawad Urian Award for Best Actress, and the Young Critic Circle's award for Best Performance for her role in the romantic movie Never Not Love You (2018). She also starred in Ulan (2019) and Indak (2019).
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John Mitchum

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John Newman Mitchum was the September child of a Norwegian mother and an Irish/Blackfoot father whom he never knew, as he was killed in a tragic train yard accident in 1919. His two-years-older brother Robert filled the role as best as he could, while their older sister Annette studied the lively arts and eventually joined a traveling vaudeville team. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the young family moved to Rising Sun, Delaware, where farm life didn't agree with the young boys. Scarce opportunities took them to New York City, where the streets of Hell's kitchen taught the brothers to fight, a skill they developed so well they earned the moniker 'them ornery Mitchum boys'. Eventually, when the Great Depression deepened, the family was forced to separate with the intention of meeting up with sister Annette, who had married a sailor and moved to California, changing her name to Julie. The teenage boys set out with little more than clean handkerchiefs to find their way across the country by the only means they could: hitchhiking and riding the rails. Their somewhat aimless journey took them to places they had never been; where their Eastern accents were not welcome, so they quickly learned that accurately mimicking the local dialect would keep them out of trouble--some of the time! While brother Robert fairly quickly discovered his place in Hollywood legend, John sought his destiny on the high seas, professionally boxing, or conducting a choir. When the opportunity for acting came along John found his perfect niche as a character actor, mostly playing heavies since he was an imposing figure of a man. John's roles had him playing alongside a wide range of celebrities, from Humphrey Bogart in "Knock On Any Door" (1949) to Gladys Knight in "Pipe Dreams" (1976), Clint Eastwood of "Dirty Harry" (1971) to John Wayne in "Chisum" (1970), appearing in 58 films overall. It was during production of "Chisum" that John Wayne offered his voice for an anthology of John's poetry that seeks to uplift US culture, "America, Why I Love Her", a recording for which Mitchum was nominated for a Grammy in 1973. John was a consummate storyteller (as was his brother Robert), and with his fascination with US history in particular he was ever-ready to regale anyone with a thoughtful, interesting, and insightful anecdote, especially if a guitar was available. It was the wedding of music and history that brought him to create the recording "Our Land, Our Heritage" with Dan Blocker; big "Hoss" from "Bonanza", in 1964. Mitchum had some recurring roles throughout his television career; such as "Pickalong" from "Riverboat", or "Hoffenmueller" from "F-Troop", over 150 appearances in all during the span of a half-century career. The brothers Mitchum legacy has been well-preserved in his often hilarious autobiography, "Them Ornery Mitchum Boys", published in 1989. The subjects range from brother Robert escaping a Georgia chain-gang to his "poontang" interview; from John surviving an attacking whale on a three-masted schooner to his adventures riding the rails, developing a great love and respect for the people of the United States.
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Lee Whittaker

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Lee Whittaker has worked extensively on both sides of the lens all over the world. Whittaker began as one of the top stunt performers in the industry with two decades of elite work on some of Hollywoods biggest blockbuster films. After a decade's experience as a second unit director and stunt coordinator, Whittaker safely and creatively pushes the boundaries of designing & capturing the most intense extreme action through innovative styles of cinematography. Whittaker is slated to direct his first feature-length film, the action-thriller "The Fuse," for Shattered Image Films. His Bollywood debut came with the film "Vishwaroopam", for which he did second unit direction & action director. The film is now passed the 200 crore mark and becoming the biggest film in India. He Also will direct 2nd unit & action direct another top Indian film, "Valai," to be released summer 2013. Writing scripts as well as music has kept him in multi-categories in a booming industry. Already placing 2 songs in feature films, he will release his 2nd album," Hanging On A Moment," on iTunes through Event Horizon Records. "Staying creative through a constant state of discovery & evolution has always been a goal of mine," Lee says which has always kept him outside the box. Not always the Action Director, Lee will helm as director for dramatic short film, "City Of Angels," late spring 2013 which looks to be an Oscar contender with powerful emotional content. - IMDb Mini Biography
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