Actors

Born: May 21, 1917 in New Westminster, BC, Canada Died: Sep 12, 1993 in Dry Creek Valley, California
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '40s-'90s Major Genres: Mystery, Crime
Career Highlights: Raw Deal, Perry Mason Returns, Ironside
First Major Screen Credit: Desperate (1947)

Born: Jul 23, 1888 in Chicago, Illinois Died: Mar 26, 1959 in La Jolla, California
Occupation: Writer, Active: '40s, '70s-'90s Major Genres: Mystery, Thriller
Career Highlights: Strangers on a Train, The Big Sleep, Double Indemnity
First Major Screen Credit: The Falcon Takes Over (1942)

Born: 1929 in Hong Kong Active: '70s-'90s Major Genres: Action, Comedy
Career Highlights: Once Upon a Time in China, Enter the Dragon, Jackie Chan's Project A
First Major Screen Credit: Fists of Fury (1971)

Born: Aug 30, 1896 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Died: Jul 29, 1983 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Actor Active: '30s-'50s Major Genres: Drama, Adventure
Career Highlights: East of Eden, A Matter of Life and Death, Mourning Becomes Electra
First Major Screen Credit: The Speckled Band (1931)

Born: Aug 29, 1961 in Santa Rosa, California
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Thriller
Career Highlights: The Trip to Bountiful, Risky Business, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
First Major Screen Credit: Risky Business (1983)

Born: Jul 18, 1913 in Vincennes, Indiana Died: Sep 17, 1997 in Rancho Mirage, California
Occupation: Writer, Actor, Active: '40s-'60s Major Genres: Comedy
Career Highlights: The Yellow Cab Man, Whistling in the Dark, The Fuller Brush Man
First Major Screen Credit: Whistling in the Dark (1941)

Born: Mar 22, 1976
Occupation: Actor, Active: '90s-2000s Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: Election, American Psycho, Cruel Intentions
First Major Screen Credit: Wildflower (1991)

Born: Nov 11, 1898 in Paris, France Died: Mar 15, 1981 in Neuilly, France
Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor, Active: '20s-'60s Major Genres: Comedy, Fantasy
Career Highlights: À Nous la Liberté, Le Silence Est d'Or, Le million
First Major Screen Credit: Le Sens De La Mort (1921)

Born: Mar 18, 1913 in Bordeaux, France Died: Mar 17, 1996
Occupation: Director, Writer, Active: '40s-'70s Major Genres: War, Thriller
Career Highlights: Beauty and the Beast, Forbidden Games, Rider on the Rain
First Major Screen Credit: Soigne Ton Gauche (1936)

Born: Apr 25, 1969 in Katy, Texas
Occupation: Actor, Active: '90s-2000s Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: Jerry Maguire, The Whole Wide World, Nurse Betty
First Major Screen Credit: Love and a .45 (1994)

Active: '30s-'50s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Cat People, Kitty Foyle, The Killing of Sister George
First Major Screen Credit: Annapolis Salute (1937)

Born: Dec 31, 1922 in Wilcox, Arizona Died: Dec 17, 1999 in Tucson, Arizona
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '50s-'60s Major Genres: Western, Action
Career Highlights: Trail of Robin Hood, Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar, Rails into Laramie
First Major Screen Credit: The Arizona Cowboy (1949)

Born: Mar 05, 1908 in Huyton, England Died: Jun 02, 1990 in New York City, New York
Occupation: Actor, Active: '30s-'60s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: The Agony and the Ecstasy, Unfaithfully Yours, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
First Major Screen Credit: Men Are Not Gods (1936)

Born: Aug 10, 1923 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Actor Active: '40s-'60s Major Genres: Western, Drama
Career Highlights: Out of the Past, The Spiral Staircase, Spellbound
First Major Screen Credit: Spellbound (1945)

Born: May 09, 1895 in New York City, New York Died: Aug 17, 1963 in Southampton, Long Island, New York
Occupation: Actor, Active: teens-'30s Major Genres: Drama, Romance
Career Highlights: Broken Blossoms, Tol'able David, Way Down East
First Major Screen Credit: Broken Blossoms (1919)

Born: May 22, 1938 in New York City, New York
Occupation: Actor, Director, Writer, Active: '50s, '70s-2000s Major Genres: Comedy, Comedy Drama
Career Highlights: The Sunshine Boys, The Last of Sheila, Love at First Bite
First Major Screen Credit: He & She: Season 01 (1967)

Born: Jun 18, 1917 in Los Angeles, California Died: Jan 10, 1981 in St. Augustine, Florida
Occupation: Actor, Director, Writer, Active: '50s-'70s Major Genres: Western, Drama
Career Highlights: The Tall T, I Bury the Living, Dragnet
First Major Screen Credit: Call Me Mister (1951)

Born: May 18, 1912 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Died: Mar 11, 1992 in Beverly Hills, California
Occupation: Writer, Director, Active: '40s-'70s Major Genres: Drama
Career Highlights: In Cold Blood, Elmer Gantry, Blackboard Jungle
First Major Screen Credit: Men of Texas (1942)

Born: Nov 10, 1925 in Pontrhydyfen, South Wales, UK Died: Aug 05, 1984 in Geneva, Switzerland
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '50s-'70s Major Genres: Drama, Romance
Career Highlights: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 1984, The Taming of the Shrew
First Major Screen Credit: The Last Days of Dolwyn (1949)