07/17/1899 - 03/30/1986
James Francis Cagney, Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986) was an American film actor. Although he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of roles, he is best remembered for playing "tough guys." In 1999, the American...
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Charles Lane (Charles Gerstle Levison)
01/26/1905 - 07/09/2007
Charles Gerstle Levison (January 26, 1905 – July 9, 2007), better known as Charles Lane, was an American character actor seen in many movies and TV shows, and at the time of his death may have been the oldest li...
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02/18/1919 - 09/10/2006
Volodymyr Palahniuk (Ukrainian: Володимир Палагнюк; February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006), known professionally as Jack Palance, was an American film actor. During half a century of film and television appearances he was no...
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02/21/1954 - 07/23/2011
Christopher Mayer (February 21, 1954 - July 23, 2011) was an American film and TV actor, known mostly for his roles in The Dukes of Hazzard, serial Santa Barbara and film Liar Liar alongside Jim Carrey.
Lou Rawls (Louis Allen Rawls)
12/01/1933 - 01/06/2006
Louis Allen "Lou" Rawls (December 1, 1933 – January 6, 2006) was an American soul, jazz, and blues singer.
06/16/1890 - 02/23/1965
Arthur Stanley Jefferson (16 June 1890 – 23 February 1965), better known as Stan Laurel, was an English comic actor, writer and film director, famous as the first half of the comedy double-act Laurel and Hardy. His career stretched from the...
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09/23/1938 - 05/29/1982
Romy Schneider (23 September 1938 – 29 May 1982) was a German film actress who was born in Austria and also held French citizenship.
06/21/1954 - 03/08/2004
Robert Joseph Pastorelli (June 21, 1954 – March 8, 2004) was an American actor. He had many roles on TV, in movies, and on the stage, including the seven years he played the portly painter Eldin Bernecky on the television seri...
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04/02/1914 - 08/05/2000
Sir Alec Guinness, (2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. He was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters. He lat...
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Jerry Orbach (Jerome Bernard Orbach)
10/20/1935 - 12/28/2004
Jerome Bernard "Jerry" Orbach (October 20, 1935 – December 28, 2004) was an American actor and singer. He was well known for his starring role as Detective Lennie Briscoe in the Law & Order television s...
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06/14/1919 - 12/09/2009
Gene Barry (June 14, 1919 – December 9, 2009) was an American stage, screen, and television actor. Barry is known for his portrayal of the title character in the TV series Bat Masterson, among many roles.
08/18/1952 - 09/14/2009
Patrick Wayne Swayze (pronounced "sweɪzi" August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009) was an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter. He was best-known for his tough-guy roles, as romantic leading men in the hit films Dirty Dancing...
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10/21/1927 - 02/22/2009
Howard Zieff (21 October 1927 – 22 February 2009), (pronounced Zeef ) was an American director, television commercial director, and advertising photographer.
07/01/1902 - 07/27/1981
William Wyler (July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a leading American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter.
Notable works included Ben-Hur (1959), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), and Mrs. Miniver (1942), all of which won...
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