Actors

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: 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: May 06, 1904 in San Francisco, California Died: Apr 15, 1980 in Irvine, California
Occupation: Actor Active: '30s, '50s-'60s Major Genres: Drama, Crime
Career Highlights: The Incredible Shrinking Man, I've Lived Before, Underwater Warrior
First Major Screen Credit: I've Lived Before (1956)

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: 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: Mar 01, 1930 in Hartford, Connecticut Died: Aug 27, 1990 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '60s-'80s Major Genres: Drama, Crime
Career Highlights: Cotton Comes to Harlem, The Green Berets, Come Back, Charleston Blue
First Major Screen Credit: The Green Berets (1968)

Born: Oct 03, 1914 Died: Jan 17, 2004 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Director, Active: '60s-'80s Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: Barbarians at the Gate, The Goodbye Girl, The Sunshine Boys
First Major Screen Credit: The World of Suzie Wong (1960)

Born: Aug 13, 1908 in New York City, New York Died: May 03, 1998 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '30s-'40s, '60s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: The Locket, Flying Down to Rio, The Night of June 13
First Major Screen Credit: Personal Maid (1931)

Born: Mar 25, 1896 in Anderson, Indiana Died: Apr 03, 1965 in Hollywood, California
Occupation: Director, Writer, Active: '30s-'40s Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: China Sky, Fireman, Save My Child, Alibi Ike
First Major Screen Credit: Tracked by the Police (1927)

Born: Jan 23, 1890 in Boston, Massachusetts Died: Nov 23, 1957 in Hollywood, California
Occupation: Actor, Writer, Active: '20s-'30s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: All Quiet on the Western Front, Voltaire, Cardinal Richelieu
First Major Screen Credit: Fools First (1922)

Born: Sep 09, 1887 in Plymouth, Indiana Died: Jul 28, 1969 in New York
Occupation: Actor Active: '30s-'40s Major Genres: Comedy, Musical
Career Highlights: Hail the Conquering Hero, Christmas in July, The Count of Monte Cristo
First Major Screen Credit: The Laughing Lady (1930)

Born: Jul 07, 1887 in Red Oak, Iowa Died: Oct 21, 1971 in Palmdale, California
Occupation: Actor Active: teens-'50s Major Genres: Western, Drama
Career Highlights: Kentucky Jubilee, Come on Rangers, Law and Order
First Major Screen Credit: Peck's Bad Boy (1921)

Born: Oct 14, 1978 in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Occupation: Actor, Active: '90s-2000s Major Genres: Music, Comedy
Career Highlights: Usher: Rhythm City, Vol. 1 - Caught Up, Light It Up, In the Mix
First Major Screen Credit: Light It Up (1999)

Born: 1935 in London, England, UK
Occupation: Actor Active: '50s-'60s Major Genres: Adventure, Drama
Career Highlights: El Cid, Look Back in Anger, Jason and the Argonauts
First Major Screen Credit: Look Back in Anger (1958)

Born: Dec 05, 1932 in London, England, UK
Occupation: Director, Actor, Active: '60s-'90s Major Genres: Mystery, Spy Film
Career Highlights: Lime Street, Avengers: Have Guns... Will Haggle, Highlander: The Gathering
First Major Screen Credit: Avengers: Have Guns... Will Haggle (1969)

Born: Jan 01, 1925 in Nice, France
Occupation: Actor Active: '50s-'70s Major Genres: Drama, Crime
Career Highlights: Le Deuxième Souffle, La Romana, Nous Sommes Tous des Assassins
First Major Screen Credit: Nais (1945)

Born: Nov 23, 1924 in San Francisco, California Died: Dec 31, 2003 in Hollywood, California
Occupation: Actor Active: '40s-'60s Major Genres: Drama, Western
Career Highlights: Devil's Doorway, The Flight that Disappeared, The Human Jungle
First Major Screen Credit: Racing Luck (1948)

Born: 1906 Died: 1982
Occupation: Actor Active: '40s-'70s Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: Casque D'Or, Justice Est Faite, Porte des Lilas
First Major Screen Credit: L'Escalier Sans Fin (1943)

Born: Sep 06, 1904 in Los Angeles, California Died: Dec 01, 1948 in Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Director, Active: '30s-'40s Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: A Gentleman at Heart, Three Little Pigskins, It Happened in Flatbush
First Major Screen Credit: Pack up Your Troubles (1932)