Actors

Born: Feb 10, 1893 in New York City, New York Died: Jan 29, 1980 in San Diego, California
Occupation: Actor Active: '30s-'60s Major Genres: Comedy, Musical
Career Highlights: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Frosty the Snowman, Music for Millions
First Major Screen Credit: Roadhouse Nights (1930)

Born: Jan 17, 1962 in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Occupation: Actor, Writer, Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Comedy, Fantasy
Career Highlights: The Truman Show, Dumb and Dumber, Peggy Sue Got Married
First Major Screen Credit: Rubberface (1981)

Born: Jan 22, 1953 in Akron, Ohio
Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor, Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Comedy, Film, TV & Radio
Career Highlights: Stranger Than Paradise, Dead Man, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
First Major Screen Credit: Permanent Vacation (1980)

Born: Feb 06, 1949 in Dublin, Ireland
Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor, Active: '90s-2000s Major Genres: Drama
Career Highlights: My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father, The Field
First Major Screen Credit: My Left Foot (1989)

Born: Sep 24, 1936 in Greenville, Mississippi Died: May 16, 1990 in New York City, New York
Occupation: Actor, Director, Writer, Active: '70s-'80s Major Genres: Children's/Family, Comedy
Career Highlights: The Muppet Movie, The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Witches
First Major Screen Credit: Timepiece (1965)

Occupation: Actor Active: '30s-'40s Major Genres: Comedy, Musical
Career Highlights: On the Avenue, Life Begins in College, The Goldwyn Follies
First Major Screen Credit: Life Begins in College (1937)

Born: Jul 09, 1955 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Occupation: Actor, Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Crime
Career Highlights: Switch, The Old Gringo, Vital Signs
First Major Screen Credit: The Believers (1987)

Born: Jun 23, 1955 in Oneonta, New York
Occupation: Actor Active: '80s-'90s Major Genres: Drama, Thriller
Career Highlights: One False Move, Tex, Delusion
First Major Screen Credit: Four Friends (1981)

Born: Jun 15, 1949 in Lexington, Kentucky Died: Feb 10, 2000 in White House, Tennessee
Occupation: Actor, Writer, Active: '80s-'90s Major Genres: Comedy
Career Highlights: Toy Story, The Ernest Film Festival, The Beverly Hillbillies
First Major Screen Credit: Knowhutimean? (1983)

Born: May 24, 1949
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Topsy-Turvy, Life Is Sweet, Little Voice
First Major Screen Credit: Le Fond de l'Air Est Rouge (1977)

Born: May 10, 1944 in Shorewood, Wisconsin
Occupation: Writer, Director, Actor, Active: '80s-'90s Major Genres: Comedy
Career Highlights: The Naked Gun, The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear, Ruthless People
First Major Screen Credit: The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)

Born: Sep 16, 1941 in New York City, New York
Occupation: Director, Writer, Active: '60s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy Drama
Career Highlights: The Big Easy, David Holzman's Diary, Great Balls of Fire!
First Major Screen Credit: David Holzman's Diary (1968)

Born: 1940 Died: Mar 24, 2000 in East Lansing, Michigan
Occupation: Writer, Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Comedy, Horror
Career Highlights: Top Gun, The Secret of My Success, Turner and Hooch
First Major Screen Credit: Legal Eagles (1986)

Born: Feb 17, 1936 in St. Simons Island, Georgia
Occupation: Actor, Active: '60s-2000s Major Genres: Drama, Action
Career Highlights: The Dirty Dozen, Ice Station Zebra, 100 Rifles
First Major Screen Credit: The Dirty Dozen (1967)

Born: May 31, 1934 in Binghamton, New York Died: Jun 02, 1979 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Actor Active: '60s-'70s Major Genres: Comedy, Crime
Career Highlights: Who's Minding the Mint?, The Green Berets, Major Dundee
First Major Screen Credit: The Twilight Zone: And When the Sky Was Opened (1959)

Born: May 30, 1923 in Harrington Park, New Jersey
Occupation: Actor Active: '40s-'70s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Tom Brown's School Days, Joan of Arc, Destination Big House
First Major Screen Credit: The Middleton Family at the 1939 New York World's Fair (1939)

Born: Feb 25, 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio Died: Jul 03, 1989 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Actor Active: '50s-'70s Major Genres: Comedy, Children's/Family
Career Highlights: Man of a Thousand Faces, Pat and Mike, Crazy Mama
First Major Screen Credit: Customs Agent (1950)

Born: Jan 26, 1913 in Syracuse, New York Died: Feb 07, 1990 in Rancho Mirage, California Active: '40s-'60s Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: GoodFellas, Going My Way, Pocketful of Miracles
First Major Screen Credit: Love Thy Neighbor (1940)

Born: Sep 27, 1906 in Anadarko, Oklahoma Died: Apr 07, 1977 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Writer, Actor, Active: '50s, '70s, '90s Major Genres: Crime, Drama
Career Highlights: The Grifters, The Killing, Paths of Glory
First Major Screen Credit: The Killing (1956)

Born: Jul 10, 1894 in Boston, Massachusetts Died: May 23, 1969
Occupation: Actor, Active: '30s-'50s Major Genres: Comedy, Musical
Career Highlights: Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman, Radio Days, The Caine Mutiny
First Major Screen Credit: Dance Fools Dance (1931)