Actors

Born: Sep 12, 1957 Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Thelma & Louise, The Lion King, A World Apart
First Major Screen Credit: Moonlighting (1982)

Born: Dec 08, 1935 in Nossendorf, Germany
Occupation: Director, Writer, Cinematographer, Active: '60s-'80s Major Genres: Avant-garde / Experimental, Theater
Career Highlights: Parsifal, Hitler - ein Film aus Deutschland, Requiem für einen Jungraulichen Koenig
First Major Screen Credit: Romy. Anatomie Eines Gesichts (1965)

Born: Feb 15, 1905 in Buffalo, New York Died: Apr 23, 1986 in New York City, New York
Occupation: Actor, Active: '30s-'60s, '80s Major Genres: Musical, Comedy
Career Highlights: The Wizard of Oz, 'Round Midnight, A Star Is Born
First Major Screen Credit: Strike Me Pink (1936)

Born: Oct 10, 1930 in Hackney, London, England Died: Dec 24, 2008
Occupation: Writer, Actor, Active: '60s-2000s Major Genres: Drama
Career Highlights: Accident, The Pumpkin Eater, The Servant
First Major Screen Credit: A Night Out (1960)

Born: Nov 21, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois
Occupation: Writer, Actor, Director, Active: '70s-2000s Major Genres: Comedy
Career Highlights: National Lampoon's Animal House, Groundhog Day, National Lampoon's Vacation
First Major Screen Credit: SCTV: Season 01 (1976)

Born: Jan 16, 1878 in Bronx, New York City, New York Died: May 21, 1947 in Brentwood, California
Occupation: Actor, Writer, Director, Active: teens-'30s Major Genres: Western, Drama
Career Highlights: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Duel in the Sun, The Spoilers
First Major Screen Credit: The Master Cracksman (1914)

Born: Jul 23, 1891 in New York City, New York Died: Feb 27, 1958 in Phoenix, Arizona
Occupation: Writer, Director, Active: '20s-'30s Major Genres: Drama, Romance
Career Highlights: It Happened One Night, The Lady from Shanghai, Broadway Melody of 1936
First Major Screen Credit: More to Be Pitied Than Scorned (1922)

Occupation: Actor Active: '40s Major Genres: Comedy, Drama

Born: Oct 27, 1915 in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada Died: Sep 28, 1994 in Outside Paris, France Active: '60s-'80s Major Genres: Spy Film, Action
Career Highlights: Time of the Gypsies, Goldfinger, From Russia With Love
First Major Screen Credit: The Iron Petticoat (1956)

Born: Sep 02, 1901 in England Died: Feb 14, 1970 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Cinematographer Active: '30s-'60s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: A Streetcar Named Desire, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
First Major Screen Credit: Jim the Penman (1921)

Died: Dec 12, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan
Occupation: Actor Active: '40s-'60s Major Genres: Drama
Career Highlights: The Daphne, Kaseki, Floating Weeds
First Major Screen Credit: Osone-ke no Asa (1946)

Born: May 13, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Occupation: Actor, Active: '70s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: The Piano, Reservoir Dogs, Thelma & Louise
First Major Screen Credit: Who's That Knocking at My Door? (1968)

Born: Feb 15, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois Died: May 29, 2008
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '60s-'90s Major Genres: Comedy
Career Highlights: Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety, History of the World -- Part I
First Major Screen Credit: The Lucy Show: Lucy, the Camp Cook (1964)

Born: Mar 19, 1952 in Flushing, Queens, New York
Occupation: Director, Active: '90s-2000s Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: Princess Mononoke, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Scream
First Major Screen Credit: Spaced Out (1980)

Born: Feb 06, 1922 in Chicago, Illinois
Occupation: Cinematographer, Director, Actor, Writer, Active: '60s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, History
Career Highlights: American Graffiti, Medium Cool, Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
First Major Screen Credit: The Savage Eye (1959)

Born: Jun 10, 1895 in Wichita, Kansas Died: Oct 26, 1952
Occupation: Actor Active: '30s-'40s Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: Gone With the Wind, George Washington Slept Here, The Great Lie
First Major Screen Credit: The Shopworn Angel (1938)

Born: Jan 29, 1970 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Occupation: Actor, Active: '90s-2000s Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: Boogie Nights, Drugstore Cowboy, Bowfinger
First Major Screen Credit: License to Drive (1988)

Born: Sep 25, 1961 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Actor, Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Firestarter, Money Talks, The Return of the Swamp Thing
First Major Screen Credit: Dynasty: Season 03 (1982)

Born: May 02, 1885 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania Died: Feb 01, 1966 in Hollywood, California
Occupation: Actor Active: '20s-'30s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Miami, Holiday, Speak Easily
First Major Screen Credit: Conceit (1921)

Born: Nov 09, 1914 in Vienna, Austria Died: Jan 19, 2000 in Orlando, Florida
Occupation: Actor Active: '30s-'50s Major Genres: Drama, Romance
Career Highlights: Samson and Delilah, Ecstasy, Algiers
First Major Screen Credit: Ecstasy (1933)