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Jack Palance
Born: Feb 18, 1919 in Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania
Died: Nov 10, 2006 in Montecito, California
Occupation: Actor Active: '50s-'90s Major Genres: Drama, Action
Career Highlights: Shane, Contempt, Bagdad Cafe
First Major Screen Credit: Halls of Montezuma (1950)
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Jack Warden
Born: Sep 18, 1920 in Newark, New Jersey
Died: Jul 19, 2006 in Manhattan, New York
Occupation: Actor Active: '50s-'90s Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: All the President's Men, 12 Angry Men, Being There
First Major Screen Credit: 12 Angry Men (1957)
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Jack Webb
Born: Apr 02, 1920 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California
Died: Dec 23, 1982 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Director, Actor, Writer, Active: '50s Major Genres: Drama, Crime
Career Highlights: Dragnet, Dragnet, The Men
First Major Screen Credit: Halls of Montezuma (1950)
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Jackie Chan
Born: Apr 07, 1954 in Hong Kong, China
Occupation: Actor, Director, Writer, Active: '70s-2000s Major Genres: Action, Comedy
Career Highlights: Rouge, 's Project A, Shanghai Noon
First Major Screen Credit: The Cub Tiger From Kwang Tung (1973)
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Jacqueline Bisset
Born: Sep 13, 1944 in Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK
Occupation: Actor, Active: '60s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Day for Night, The Sleepy Time Gal, High Season
First Major Screen Credit: Bullitt (1968)
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Jacques Becker
Born: Sep 15, 1906 in Paris, France
Died: Feb 21, 1960 in Paris, France
Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor, Active: '30s-'50s Major Genres: Drama, Romance
Career Highlights: A Day in the Country, Grand Illusion, Le Trou
First Major Screen Credit: Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932)
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Jacques Demy
Born: Jun 05, 1931 in Pont-Château, France
Died: Oct 27, 1990 in Paris, France
Occupation: Director, Writer, Cinematographer, Active: '60s-'80s Major Genres: Drama, Romance
Career Highlights: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Jacquot de Nantes, Lola
First Major Screen Credit: Le Sabotier Du Val De Loire (1955)
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Jacques Rivette
Born: Mar 01, 1928 in Rouen, France
Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor, Active: '50s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Avant-garde / Experimental
Career Highlights: La Belle Noiseuse, Secret Défense, L'Amour Fou
First Major Screen Credit: Aux Quatre Coins (1949)
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Jacques Tati
Born: Oct 09, 1908 in Le Pecq, France
Died: Nov 05, 1982
Occupation: Actor, Director, Writer, Active: '30s-'70s Major Genres: Comedy
Career Highlights: Mon Oncle, Mr. Hulot's Holiday, Playtime
First Major Screen Credit: Oscar Champion De Tennis (1932)
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Jacques Tourneur
Born: Nov 12, 1904 in Paris, France
Died: Dec 19, 1977 in Bergerac, France
Occupation: Director, Actor, Active: '30s-'60s Major Genres: Western, Drama
Career Highlights: Out of the Past, Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie
First Major Screen Credit: Tout Ça Ne Vaut Pas L'Amour (1931)
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James Arness
Born: May 26, 1923 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Died: Jun 03, 2011
Occupation: Actor, Active: '50s-'70s Major Genres: Western
Career Highlights: Hondo, Gunsmoke: The Last Apache, Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
First Major Screen Credit: The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
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James B. Clark
Born: May 14, 1908 in Stillwater, Minnesota
Died: Jul 19, 2000
Occupation: Director, Writer, Active: '30s-'60s Major Genres: Drama, Adventure
Career Highlights: How Green Was My Valley, Somewhere in the Night, Leave Her to Heaven
First Major Screen Credit: Under the Red Robe (1936)
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James Bridges
Born: Feb 03, 1936 in Paris, Arkansas
Died: Jun 06, 1993 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Writer, Director, Actor, Active: '60s-'80s Major Genres: Drama
Career Highlights: Colossus: The Forbin Project, Urban Cowboy, The China Syndrome
First Major Screen Credit: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: A Tangled Web (1963)
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James Caan
Born: Mar 26, 1939 in Bronx, New York City, New York
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '60s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: The Godfather, Bottle Rocket, Misery
First Major Screen Credit: Lady in a Cage (1964)
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James Clavell
Born: Oct 10, 1924 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died: Sep 06, 1994
Occupation: Writer, Director, Active: '50s-'60s, '80s Major Genres: Drama, Adventure
Career Highlights: Shogun, The Fly, To Sir, With Love
First Major Screen Credit: The Fly (1958)
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James Coburn
Born: Aug 31, 1928 in Laurel, Nebraska
Died: Nov 18, 2002 in Beverly Hills, California
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '50s-2000s Major Genres: Western, Comedy
Career Highlights: The Last of Sheila, The Loved One, The Magnificent Seven
First Major Screen Credit: The Ten Commandments (1956)
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James Coburn, Jr.
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James Doohan
Born: Mar 03, 1920 in Vancouver, BC, Canada
Died: Jul 20, 2005 in Redmond, Washington
Occupation: Actor Active: '60s-'90s Major Genres: Science Fiction, Comedy
Career Highlights: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
First Major Screen Credit: The Twilight Zone: Valley of the Shadow (1963)
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James Earl Jones
Born: Jan 17, 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi
Occupation: Actor Active: '70s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: The Empire Strikes Back, Conan the Barbarian, The Lion King
First Major Screen Credit: Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
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James Finlayson
Born: Aug 27, 1887 in Falkirk, Scotland
Died: Oct 09, 1953 in Hollywood, California
Occupation: Actor Active: '20s-'40s Major Genres: Comedy
Career Highlights: Big Business, Way Out West, A Chump at Oxford
First Major Screen Credit: A Small Town Idol (1921)