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Carleton University
Coordinates: 45°22′59″N 75°41′51″W / 45.3831°N 75.6976°W / 45.3831; -75.6976
Carleton University is a comprehensive university located in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The enabling legislation is The Carleton University Act, 1952, S.O. 1952. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines. Carleton has been consistently ranked among the top ten comprehensive universities in Canada. Carleton University is home to more than 2,000 part-time and full-time faculty members and more than 25,000 students. Carleton University offers programs that lead to a Bachelor's, Master's or Doctoral degree.
The University is named after Carleton County, Ontario, which included the city of Ottawa at the time Carleton was founded. Carleton County, in turn, was named in honour of Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, an early Governor-General of British North America.
I learned very early the life lesson that it is people, not buildings, that make up an institution. And if we put our hearts to it we can do something worthwhile. -- Henry Marshall Tory
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Czech Republic
The Czech Republic (
i/ˈtʃɛk/ CHEK;Czech: Česká republika, pronounced [ˈtʃɛskaː ˈrɛpuˌblɪka] (
listen), short form Česko Czech pronunciation: [ˈtʃɛskɔ]) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the north, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east. Its capital and largest city, with 1.3 million inhabitants, is Prague.
It is a pluralist multi-party parliamentary representative democracy, a member of the European Union, NATO, the OECD, the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the Visegrád Group.
The Czech state, formerly known as Bohemia, was formed in the late 9th century as a small duchy around Prague, at that time under dominance of the powerful Great Moravian Empire (which reached its greatest territorial extent during the reign of Svatopluk I from the House of Mojmír). After the fall of the Empire in 907, the centre of power was transferred from Moravia to Bohemia, under the Přemyslids. During the rule of Přemyslid dukes/kings and their successors, the Luxembourgs, the country reached its greatest territorial extent (13th–14th century). Life in the country was significantly affected by the Hussite wars, during which it faced economic embargo and crusades from all over Europe. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, the Crown of Bohemia was gradually integrated into the Habsburg monarchy as one of its three principal parts alongside the Archduchy of Austria and the Kingdom of Hungary. The Bohemian Revolt (1618–20) led to the further centralization of the monarchy including forced recatholization and Germanization. During radical reforms in the 18th century the Bohemian Crown was even de facto abolished (1749). In the 19th century the Czech lands became the industrial powerhouse of the monarchy and the core of the Republic of Czechoslovakia which was formed in 1918, following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire after World War I.
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Ottawa
Ottawa (i/ˈɒtəwɑː/ or /ˈɒtəwə/) is the capital of Canada. It is the second largest city in Ontario and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, located on the north bank of the Ottawa River; together they form the National Capital Region (NCR).
Founded in 1826 as Bytown and incorporated as "Ottawa" in 1855, the city has evolved into a political and technological centre of Canada. Its original boundaries were expanded through numerous minor annexations and ultimately replaced by a new city incorporation and major amalgamation in 2001 which significantly increased its land area. The name "Ottawa" is derived from the Algonquin word adawe, meaning "to trade". Initially an Irish and French Christian settlement, Ottawa has become a multicultural city with a diverse population.
The 2011 census had the city's population as 883,391, and the metropolitan population as 1,236,324.Mercer ranks Ottawa with the second highest quality of living of any large city in the Americas, and 14th highest in the world. It is also rated the second cleanest city in Canada, and third cleanest city in the world. In 2012, the city was ranked for the third consecutive year as the best community in Canada to live in by MoneySense.
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Szczecin
Szczecin ([ˈʂt͡ʂɛt͡ɕin] ( listen); German: Stettin [ʃtɛˈtiːn] ( listen)}), is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. In the vicinity of the Baltic Sea, it is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland. As of June 2011 the population was 407,811.
Szczecin is located on the Oder River, south of the Szczecin Lagoon and the Bay of Pomerania. The city is situated along the southwestern shore of Dąbie Lake, on both sides of the Oder and on several large islands between the western and eastern branches of the river. Szczecin borders with the town of Police.
The city's beginnings were as an 8th century Slavic Pomeranian stronghold, built at the site of today's castle. In the 12th century, when Szczecin had become one of Pomerania's main urban centres, it lost its independence to Piast Poland, Saxony, the Holy Roman Empire and Denmark. At the same time, the Griffin dynasty established themselves as local rulers, the population was converted to Christianity, and German settlers arrived. The native Slavic population was assimilated and sometimes discriminated against in the following centuries. In 1237/43, the town was built anew and granted vast autonomy rights, and it joined the Hanseatic League.
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The Ottawa Hospital
The Ottawa Hospital or L'Hôpital d'Ottawa is a major, non-profit, public, university teaching hospital in Ottawa made up of the former Grace Hospital, Riverside Hospital, Ottawa General Hospital and Ottawa Civic Hospital. It is a 1,195-bed academic health sciences centre. They are affiliated with the University of Ottawa, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. Ottawa Hospital is also one of two trauma centre in Eastern Ontario and southern Quebec (others is Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and for children only).
During World War II, when Canada provided refuge to the Dutch royal family, the then Princess Juliana gave birth to her daughter Princess Margriet in Ottawa, at the Ottawa Civic Hospital, whose maternity ward was temporarily declared to be officially part of international territory so that Margriet would only inherit Dutch citizenship from her mother.
The Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus, was established in 1845. It is a modern 456 bed teaching hospital. The University of Ottawa Heart Institute forms part of the Civic Campus.
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According to Jim
According to Jim is an American sitcom television series starring Jim Belushi in the title role as a suburban father of three children. It originally ran on ABC from October 3, 2001 to June 2, 2009.
Jim is an abrasive but lovable suburban father. Much like his real life counterpart, Jim's character is noted as a fan of blues music, as well as the Chicago Bears, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Bulls and the Chicago Blackhawks. Together with his wife Cheryl, whose middle name is Mabel, they have three children, daughters Ruby and Gracie and son Kyle. In the seventh season they become parents of a pair of twins Jonathan and Gordon.
Jim often finds himself in messy situations because his laziness inclines him to search for alternative ways of doing things with least effort. While Cheryl's brother Andy may be Jim's best friend, her sister Dana frequently teams up with Cheryl against Jim. He also prefers to lie to Cheryl and Dana to do his own activities but they end up backfiring on him. He hates losing to women (e.g. Hot Dog Eating Contests, Hamburger Eating Contests, Pizza Eating Contests, Pot Pie Eating Contests), especially if Cheryl or Dana find out. He doesn't like people interrupting him when he talks, so he speaks over them to shut them up. Jim often makes an example of Andy, who doesn't have a girlfriend.
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Al Franken
Alan Stuart "Al" Franken (born May 21, 1951) is the junior United States Senator from Minnesota. He is a member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, which affiliates with the national Democratic Party.
Franken achieved note as a writer and performer for the television show Saturday Night Live from its conception in 1975 before moving to writing and acting in films and television shows. He then became a political commentator, author of five books and host of a nationally syndicated radio show on the Air America Radio network.
In 2008, Franken narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman, by 312 votes, after a mandatory statewide manual recount. Coleman contested the outcome in court, but the Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously upheld Franken's victory on June 30, 2009. Franken was sworn in to the Senate on July 7, 2009.
Franken was born in New York City. His mother, Phoebe G. (née Kunst), was a homemaker and real estate agent, and his father, Joseph P. Franken, was a printing salesman. The family later moved to St. Louis Park, a suburb near Minneapolis. Franken had a Jewish upbringing. His paternal grandparents were immigrants from Germany, and his mother's family was from Russia. His older brother Owen is a photojournalist; MSNBC's Bob Franken is his cousin. Franken graduated in 1969 from The Blake School, where he was on the wrestling team. He attended Harvard College and graduated with an A.B. cum laude in 1973 in political science.
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Alan Alda
Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo (born January 28, 1936), better known as Alan Alda, is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and author. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he is best known for his role as Hawkeye Pierce in the TV series M*A*S*H. He is currently a Visiting Professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Journalism and a member of the advisory board of The Center for Communicating Science.
In 1996, Alda was ranked #41 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time.
Alda was born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo in The Bronx, New York City. His father, Robert Alda (born Alphonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo), was an actor and singer, and his mother, Joan Browne, was a former showgirl. His father was of Italian descent and his mother was of Irish ancestry. His adopted surname, "Alda," is a portmanteau of ALphonso and D'Abruzzo. When Alda was seven years old, he contracted Poliomyelitis. To combat the disease, his parents administered a painful treatment regimen developed by Sister Elizabeth Kenny that consisted of applying hot woolen blankets to his limbs and stretching his muscles. Alda attended Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, New York. In 1956, he received his Bachelor of Science degree in English from Fordham College of Fordham University in the Bronx, where he was a student staff member of its FM radio station, WFUV. Alda's half-brother, Antony Alda, was born the same year and would also become an actor.
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Alan Rubin
Alan Rubin (February 11, 1943 – June 8, 2011), also known as Mr. Fabulous, was an American musician. He played trumpet, flugelhorn, and piccolo trumpet.
Rubin was a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music. He was a member of the Saturday Night Live Band, with whom he played at the Closing Ceremony of the 1996 Olympic Games. As a member of The Blues Brothers, he portrayed Mr. Fabulous in the 1980 film, the 1998 sequel and was a member of the touring band.
Rubin played with an array of artists, such as Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Duke Ellington, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Eumir Deodato, Sting, Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Frankie Valli, Eric Clapton, Billy Joel, B.B. King, Miles Davis, Yoko Ono, Peggy Lee, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Ray Charles and Dr. John.
Rubin died of lung cancer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City
With Patti Austin
With Gato Barbieri
With Ron Carter
With Jackie and Roy
With Hubert Laws
With Don Sebesky
With Randy Weston
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Alan Zweibel
Alan Zweibel (born May 20, 1950) is an American producer and writer who has worked on such productions as Saturday Night Live, PBS' Great Performances, and It's Garry Shandling's Show.
Born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, Zweibel grew up in the New York City suburbs of Wantagh and Woodmere on Long Island. He graduated from George W. Hewlett High School in 1968 and The University at Buffalo, The State University of New York in 1972.
Upon graduation from college, Zweibel started writing for stand-up comedians who paid him seven dollars a joke. He later compiled over 1,100 of them into a portfolio which he showed to producer Lorne Michaels who then hired Zweibel to be one of the original writers of a new show called Saturday Night Live.
During his five years at SNL (1975–1980), Zweibel wrote many memorable sketches including the Samurai for John Belushi, and helped to create the characters of Roseanne Roseannadanna and Emily Litella, both played by Gilda Radner. In fact, on Weekend Update, Radner read letters supposedly from Richard Feder of Fort Lee, New Jersey who in real life was Zweibel's brother-in-law and did live in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
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Alec Baldwin
Alexander Rae "Alec" Baldwin III (born April 3, 1958) is an American actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television.
Baldwin first gained recognition through television for his work, for two seasons (6 and 7), on the soap opera Knots Landing, in the role of Joshua Rush. He has since played both leading and supporting roles in films such as Beetlejuice (1988), The Hunt for Red October (1990), The Marrying Man (1991), The Shadow (1994), Notting Hill (1999), The Aviator (2004) and The Departed (2006). His performance in the 2003 film The Cooler garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Since 2006 he has starred as Jack Donaghy on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock, receiving critical acclaim for his performance and winning two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards for his work on the show, making him the male performer with most SAG Awards ever.
He is the eldest of the Baldwin brothers working in Hollywood.
Baldwin was born on Long Island, New York, the son of Carolyn Newcomb (née Martineau) and Alexander Rae Baldwin, Jr., a high school history/social studies teacher and football coach. Baldwin was raised in a Roman Catholic family of Irish, English, and French descent. He has three younger brothers, Daniel, William, and Stephen, who also became actors. Baldwin has two sisters, Beth Baldwin Keuchler (born 1955), and Jane Baldwin Sasso (born 1965).[citation needed]
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Andrew Card
Andrew Hill Card, Jr. (born May 10, 1947) is a Republican American politician, former United States Cabinet member, and head of President George W. Bush's White House Iraq Group. Card served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President George H. W. Bush and the White House Chief of Staff under George W. Bush. He announced his resignation as Chief of Staff March 28, 2006, effective April 14, 2006. Card is currently the Dean of The Bush School of Government and Public Service, at Texas A&M University.
Card was born in Brockton, Massachusetts, the son of Joyce (née Whitaker) and Andrew Hill Card, Sr. He was active in the Boy Scouts of America's Old Colony Council and earned the rank of Life Scout. Later, he graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering. He also attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Card served in the United States Merchant Marine from 1966 to 1967.
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Andy Samberg
David Andrew "Andy" Samberg (born August 18, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, rapper, and writer best known as a member of the comedy group The Lonely Island and as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2005 to 2012. On Saturday Night Live, he and The Lonely Island have been credited with popularizing the Emmy-winning SNL Digital Shorts, the comical short films and music videos starring Samberg and other members of the SNL cast. As a film actor, Samberg has appeared in Hot Rod; Space Chimps; Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist; I Love You, Man; Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs; Friends with Benefits; and What's Your Number?
Samberg was born in Mill Valley California, the son of Joe Samberg, a photographer, and Margi (née Marrow), an elementary school teacher who taught at Old Mill School. Samberg also has two sisters, Johanna and Darrow. He was raised in a Jewish household. His maternal grandfather, Alfred J. Marrow, served as the executive chair of the American Jewish Congress, although Samberg describes himself as "not particularly religious." Samberg discovered Saturday Night Live as a child while sneaking past his parents to watch professional wrestling on television. He became "obsessed" with the show, and his devotion to comedy became frustrating to teachers who felt he was unfocused on his schoolwork.
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Ann Elder
Ann Elder is an American Emmy Award-winning screenwriter. She won Emmy awards also for comedy writing, (co-shared for Lily Tomlin's 1974 CBS special among others). She also wrote for Mama's Family as well. Elder appeared several times on The Match Game during its run in the 1970s, as well as being a regular on Laugh In in the early 70's.
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Anne Beatts
Anne Beatts is an American comedy writer.
Born to parents Beatts describes as "beatniks", Beatts grew to have what has been called an "aggressive, dark sensibility" which she later put to use in the world of comedy. Growing up in Somers, New York she later attended McGill University.
It was at McGill University where the Beatts discovered the darkly tragic humor of Jewish writers J. D. Salinger, Philip Roth, and Bruce Jay Friedman. At this time, Beatts converted to Judaism.
After graduating from college, Beatts joined National Lampoon magazine, a national offshoot of the Harvard Lampoon. She brought her dark sense of humor to her work, and co-wrote a parody advertisement for Volkswagen with Philip Socci for which the magazine was later sued by the car company. The advertisement stated, "If Ted Kennedy drove a Volkswagen, he'd be President today." This was accompanied by a photograph of a VW Beetle floating on a lake (an allusion to Kennedy's Chappaquiddick incident).
Beatts became the first female editor of the National Lampoon magazine where she worked with Michael O'Donoghue. Beatts and O'Donoghue became romantically involved and both soon joined up with Saturday Night Live in the early years of the program.
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Anne Howard Bailey
Anne Howard Bailey (July 26, 1924 – November 23, 2006) was an award-winning American writer known particularly for her work as a screenwriter and opera librettist.
Born and raised in Memphis, Bailey attended Rhodes College where she graduated in 1945 with a Bachelors degree in creative writing. After college she moved to New York City where she began writing for theatre and television. She was a regular contributor to the Armstrong Circle Theatre and Appointment with Adventure during the 1950s and was one of the major writers for National Velvet during the 1960s. Her most successful work as a screenwriter was working as a Head Writer on several different soap operas during the 1980s, including ABC Daytime's General Hospital (1983–1986) and NBC Daytime's Days of our Lives (1989–1990). She also created the short-lived 1970s soap opera How to Survive a Marriage. After being fired from Days of Our Lives in 1990, Al Rabin was quoted as saying:
"[Bailey is] a wonderful writer before she got here. She was a wonderful writer here and she will be a wonderful writer in her next project. It's just that the emphasis shifted slightly from romance to adventure. Since we preferred the audience that we had, we will be shifting back."
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Annie Potts
Anne Hampton "Annie" Potts (born October 28, 1952) is an American film and television actress. She is known for her roles in the 1980s popular films such as Ghostbusters (1984), Pretty in Pink (1986), Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986), Who's Harry Crumb? (1989) and Ghostbusters II (1989). Potts is also known as a voice-actress. She played Bo Peep in Toy Story and Toy Story 2.
She is also known for her roles as Mary Jo Jackson Shively on CBS sitcom Designing Women (1986–1993), as Dana Palladino on Love & War (1993-1995), for which she was nominated for Emmy Award, and as Mary Elizabeth Sims in the Lifetime drama series Any Day Now (1998–2002), for which she was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series. In 2012 she starred as Gigi Stopper on the ABC comedy-drama series GCB.
Potts was born in Nashville, and grew up in Franklin, Kentucky, where she graduated from Franklin-Simpson High School. She is the daughter of Powell Grisette Potts and Dorothy Harris (Billingslea) Potts and has two older sisters, Mary Eleanor (Potts) Hovious, and Elizabeth Grissette ("Dollie") Potts. She received a Bachelor in Fine Arts degree (in theater arts) from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri.
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Arnie Kogen
Arnie Kogen is an American comedy writer and producer. He had written for TV, film, and a longtime writer for Mad Magazine.
Born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, Kogen contributed to Mad soon after college at New York University. He moved on to writing for Candid Camera, The Les Crane Show, The Jackie Gleason Show and The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.
In 1965 he co-wrote the feature film Birds Do It, starring Soupy Sales.
He moved to California with his family in 1968. His many variety and sitcom credits include The Dean Martin Show, The Carol Burnett Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Rich Little Show, The Tim Conway Show, The Golden Globes (1972–1975), Donny and Marie, An Evening at the Improv, Newhart, Empty Nest, and MADtv.
Kogen has written comedy material for many entertainers including Steve and Eydie, Totie Fields, Flip Wilson, Jackie Vernon, Sammy Davis, Jr., Debbie Reynolds, Connie Stevens and Shelley Berman.
Kogen has won 3 Emmy Awards (7 nominations) and one WGA Award (3 nominations).
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Art Balinger
Arthur Brent "Art" Balinger (February 1, 1915 – June 10, 2011) was an American actor known for television roles throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Specifically, Balinger was cast in numerous productions created by Jack Webb and his production company, Mark VII Limited.
Balinger was born to parents Sheldon and Ellen Balinger in Los Angeles, California. He was raised in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Balinger began his career as a radio announcer, before transitioning to television as an actor. His credits included Dragnet and Emergency!. He largely retired from television after the 1970s. One of his last memorable parts in film was that of the dedication ceremony announcer in the blockbuster hit The Towering Inferno.
Art Balinger died at the Terwilliger Plaza Nursing Home in Portland, Oregon, at the age of 96.
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Art Gilmore
Arthur Wells "Art" Gilmore (March 18, 1912 – September 25, 2010) was an American voice actor and announcer whose voice has been heard in radio and television programs, movies, trailers, advertising promotions and documentary films.
Reared in Tacoma, Washington, Gilmore attended Washington State University in 1931, where he was a member of the Chi chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity and a member of the Alpha Omicron Chapter of Theta Chi fraternity. He left school in 1935 to work as an announcer for Seattle's KOL Radio. In 1936 he became a staff announcer for the Warner Brothers' radio station KFWB in Hollywood and then moved to the CBS-owned station KNX as a news reader. During World War II, he served as a fighter-director U.S. Navy officer aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean.
Leaving the Navy, he decided to become a professional singer and returned to Hollywood. With a group of notable Hollywood radio stars, including Edgar Bergen, Ralph Edwards and Jim "Fibber McGee" Jordan, Gilmore founded Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters in 1966. At the time of his death, he was Chairman Emeritus of PPB. The organization presents the Art Gilmore Career Achievement Award five times each year to celebrities who have made notable contributions to the broadcasting and related industries.[citation needed]
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Barney Phillips
Barney Phillips (October 20, 1913 – August 17, 1982) was an American film, radio and television actor.
He was born Bernard Philip Ofner in St. Louis, Missouri, to Harry Nathan Ofner, a commercial salesman for the leather industry, and Leona Frank Ofner, a naturalized citizen of German origin, who went by the nickname Lonnie. Phillips grew up and was educated in St. Louis, then moved to Los Angeles, California after graduating from college in 1935.
Interested in acting, he was able to get a small part in an independently-produced Grade B western called Black Aces in 1937, but his show business career then languished. Phillips enlisted in the US Army in July 1941 under his real name, serving in the signal corps during World War II.
Following the war, Phillips procured small parts in several films during 1949-1952, before getting a regular role on the NBC television version of Dragnet, as Sgt. Ed Jacobs. He also voiced the recurring role of Hamilton J. Finger, a police sergeant in Frank Sinatra's radio program, Rocky Fortune, in 1953 and 1954. Thereafter he was a prolific character actor in both films and television series throughout the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1959-1960 television season, Phillips portrayed police Lieutenant Geller in the syndicated crime drama, Johnny Midnight, starring Edmond O'Brien as a New York City actor-turned-private detective. The following season, Phillips appeared as another police lieutenant, named "Avery", in seven episodes of the syndicated crime drama The Brothers Brannagan, starring Stephen Dunne and Mark Roberts.
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Barry Levinson
Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an American screenwriter, film director, actor, and producer of film and television. His most notable films include Good Morning, Vietnam, Rain Man, Bugsy, Sleepers and Wag the Dog.
Levinson was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Violet "Vi" (née Krichinsky) and Irvin Levinson, who worked in the furniture and appliance business. His family is of Russian Jewish descent. After growing up in Baltimore and graduating from Forest Park Senior High School, Levinson attended Baltimore City Community College, and American University in Washington, D.C. at the American University School of Communication, before moving to Los Angeles to work as an actor and writer. Levinson at one time shared an apartment with would-be drug smuggler (and basis for the movie Blow) George Jung.
Levinson's first writing work was for variety shows such as The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine, The Lohman and Barkley Show, The Tim Conway Show, and The Carol Burnett Show. After some success as a screenwriter — notably the Mel Brooks comedies Silent Movie (1976) and High Anxiety (1977) (in which he played a bellboy) and the Oscar-nominated script (co-written by then-wife Valerie Curtin) …And Justice for All (1979) — Levinson began his career as a director with Diner (1982), for which he had also written the script and which earned him a Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay.
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Barton Yarborough
William Barton Yarborough (October 2, 1900–December 19, 1951) was an American actor who worked extensively in radio drama.
As a youth, Yarborough ran away from home, attracted by the vaudeville stages, and he first worked in radio during the 1920s. He married radio actress Barbara Jo Allen (later known professionally as Vera Vague); they divorced in 1931.
In 1932, Yarborough began a long run as Clifford Barbour on One Man's Family, continuing in the role throughout his life. Yarborough was probably best known for his roles as Doc Long in the West Coast cast of Carlton E. Morse's I Love a Mystery and Sergeant Ben Romero, Joe Friday's original partner, on Dragnet.
Yarborough's other radio work includes the role of Skip Turner in Adventures by Morse, also by Carlton E. Morse. Yarborough appeared as Doc Long in three feature films for Columbia Pictures, based on the radio series I Love a Mystery: I Love a Mystery in 1945, The Devil's Mask and The Unknown.
He started work on the Dragnet television series in 1951. However, the day after he filmed the second episode, he suffered a heart attack and died four days later at age 51. On Dragnet, the character of Ben Romero was replaced by Sergeant Ed Jacobs (Barney Phillips), and on One Man's Family the character of Cliff Barbour, heard for 19 years, was dropped from the storyline.
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Bette Midler
Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress, and comedian, also known by her informal stage name, The Divine Miss M. She became famous as a cabaret and concert headliner, and went on to star in successful and acclaimed films such as The Rose, Ruthless People, Beaches, and For The Boys. During her more than forty-year career, Midler has been nominated for two Academy Awards, and won three Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, and a special Tony Award. She has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Her voice type is categorized as deep mezzo soprano.
Midler was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her parents moved from Paterson, New Jersey to Honolulu before she was born, and hers was one of the few Jewish families in a mostly Asian neighborhood. Her mother, Ruth (née Schindel), was a seamstress and housewife, and her father, Fred Midler, worked at a Navy base in Hawaii as a painter. She was named after actress Bette Davis, though Davis pronounced her first name in two syllables, and Midler uses one, /ˈbɛt/. She was raised in Aiea and attended Radford High School, in Honolulu. She was voted "Most Talkative" in the 1961 school Hoss Election, and in her Senior Year (Class of 1963), "Most Dramatic". Midler majored in drama at the University of Hawaii, but left after three semesters. She earned money in the 1966 film Hawaii as an extra, playing an uncredited seasick passenger named Miss David Buff.
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Beyoncé Knowles
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (née Beyoncé Giselle Knowles; September 4, 1981), known mononymously as Beyoncé (
/biˈjɒnseɪ/ bee-YON-say), is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child. Knowles rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of the R&B girl group Destiny's Child, one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time.
During the hiatus of Destiny's Child, Knowles released her debut solo album, Dangerously in Love, in 2003, which spawned two number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100—"Crazy in Love" and "Baby Boy"—and became one of the most successful albums of that year, earning her a then record-tying five Grammy Awards. Following the disbandment of Destiny's Child in 2005, Knowles released her second solo album, B'Day, in 2006, which spawned the top 10 singles "Déjà Vu", "Irreplaceable" and "Beautiful Liar". Her third solo album I Am... Sasha Fierce (2008), spawned the hit singles "If I Were a Boy", "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", "Halo" and "Sweet Dreams". The album helped Knowles earn six Grammys in 2010, breaking the record for most Grammy Awards won by a female artist in one night. Knowles' fourth solo album, 4 (2011), became her fourth consecutive number one album on the Billboard 200 as a solo artist. This made her the third artist in history to have her first four studio albums debut atop the chart.
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Bill Murray
William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an American actor, comedian and golfer. He first gained national exposure on Saturday Night Live in which he earned an Emmy Award and later went on to star in a number of critically and commercially successful comedic films, including Caddyshack (1980), Ghostbusters (1984), and Groundhog Day (1993). Murray gained additional critical acclaim later in his career, starring in Lost in Translation (2003), that earned him an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination, and a series of films directed by Wes Anderson, including Rushmore (1998), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) and Moonrise Kingdom (2012).
Murray was born and raised in Wilmette, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, the son of Lucille (née Collins), a mail room clerk, and Edward Joseph Murray II, a lumber salesman. Murray's father died in 1967 from complications of diabetes when Bill was 17 years old. Murray, along with his eight siblings, was raised in an Irish American family. Three of his siblings are actors: John Murray, Joel Murray and Brian Doyle-Murray. A sister, Nancy, is an Adrian Dominican nun in Michigan, who has traveled the United States in a one-woman programme, portraying St. Catherine of Siena.
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Bob Dole
Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole (born July 22, 1923) is an American attorney and politician. Dole represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996, was Gerald Ford's Vice Presidential running mate in the 1976 presidential election, and was Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and in 1995 and 1996. Dole was the Republican party nominee in the presidential election of 1996, but he lost to incumbent Democrat Bill Clinton. Dole is currently special counsel at the Washington, D.C. office of law firm Alston & Bird.
In 2007, President George W. Bush appointed Dole as a co-chair of the commission to investigate problems at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, along with Donna Shalala, a former member of the Clinton cabinet. Dole is married to former U.S. cabinet member and former U.S. Senator Elizabeth Hanford Dole of North Carolina. Bob Dole is currently a member of the advisory council of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.
Bob Dole was born in Russell, Kansas, the son of Bina M. (née Talbott; 1904–1983) and Doran Ray Dole (1901–1975). His father, who had moved the family to Russell while Dole was still a toddler, made a living by running a small creamery. Among his father's customers was the father of Arlen Specter who ran a junkyard in the town and used Dole's scales to weigh junk. Specter, who was six years younger than Dole and graduated Russell High School in 1947, was not a Dole contemporary although Specter's brother Morton Specter and Dole's brother Kenny Dole were friends. During the Great Depression, which hit Kansas very hard, the Dole family moved into the basement of their home and rented out the rest of the house. As a boy, he took many odd jobs around Russell, and he would later work as a soda jerk in the local drug store.
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Bob Ellison
Bob Ellison is an American screenwriter and producer for television.
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Bob Schiller
Bob Schiller (b. November 8, 1918) is an American screenwriter, most notably for the television series I Love Lucy (1955-1957) and All in the Family (1977-1979). For the latter series, he received an Emmy Award in 1978 as one of the writers of the episode "Cousin Liz".
Schiller, born in San Francisco, California, began writing for television in 1950. His credits include the 1955 CBS sitcom Professional Father, starring Stephen Dunne as a child psychologist and Barbara Billingsley as his wife. That same year, he wrote for two competing series, NBC's The Jimmy Durante Show and CBS's It's Always Jan, starring Janis Paige as a widowed single mother in New York City. During 1954-1955, Schiller was one of the writers for the CBS sitcom That's My Boy, starring Eddie Mayehoff and Gil Stratton.
Schiller's producing credits include the CBS sitcoms The Good Guys and All's Fair.
Bob Schiller at the Internet Movie Database
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Bob Weiskopf
Bob Weiskopf (13 March 1914; Chicago, Illinois – 20 February 2001; Los Angeles, California) was an American screenwriter and producer for television. He has credits for I Love Lucy which he and his writing partner Bob Schiller joined in the fifth season. They also wrote for The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, Maude, All in the Family (for which he won a 1978 Emmy for co-writing the episode "Cousin Liz"), Archie Bunker's Place, The Red Skelton Show, the short-lived Pete and Gladys, and Sanford (the spin-off of Sanford and Son).
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Bobby Troup
Robert William "Bobby" Troup Jr. (October 18, 1918 - February 7, 1999) was an American actor, jazz pianist and songwriter. He is best known for writing the popular standard "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66", and for his role as Dr. Joe Early, the more calm, yet dedicated doctor of Julie London's and Robert Fuller's characters, in the 1970s US TV series, Emergency!
Bobby Troup was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Bobby Troup was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (ΣΑΕ) fraternity and the Mask and Wig Club.
His earliest musical success came with the song "Daddy" which was a regional hit in 1941. Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra recorded "Daddy", which was no.1 for 8 weeks on the Billboard Best Seller chart and the no.5 record of 1941. Glenn Miller and His Orchestra performed "Daddy" on their radio broadcasts, and The Andrews Sisters also recorded the song. In the same year, Troup's song "Snootie Little Cutie" was recorded by Frank Sinatra and Connie Haines with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and the Pied Pipers. He served as a Captain in the US Marines during World War II. He was the first white officer to be given command of an all black unit in Jacksonville, North Carolina, where the men were living in tents. Troup's Marines built Quonset huts, new latrines, a nightclub, a boxing ring, a basketball court and formed a basketball team, a jazz band, an orchestra, and had installed a miniature golf course for his men. Soon, white Marines of other units began spending time in that part of camp.[citation needed]
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Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album ...Baby One More Time in 1999, which became the best-selling album by a teenage solo artist. During her first decade in the music industry, she became a prominent figure in mainstream popular music and popular culture, followed by a much-publicized personal life. Her first two albums established her as a pop icon and broke sales records, while title tracks "...Baby One More Time" and "Oops!... I Did It Again" became international number-one hits. Spears was credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s, and became the 'best-selling teen aged artist of all time' before she turned 20, garnering her the honorific title of "Princess of Pop".
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Brownie McGhee
Walter Brown ("Brownie") McGhee (November 30, 1915 - February 16, 1996) was a Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaborations with the harmonica player Sonny Terry.
Brownie McGhee was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and grew up in Kingsport, Tennessee. As a child he had polio, which incapacitated his leg. His brother Granville "Sticks" or "Stick" McGhee was nicknamed for pushing young Brownie around in a cart. His father, George McGhee, was a factory worker known around University Avenue for playing guitar and singing. Brownie's uncle made him a guitar from a tin marshmallow box and a piece of board. McGhee spent much of his youth immersed in music, singing with local harmony group the Golden Voices Gospel Quartet and teaching himself to play guitar. A March of Dimes-funded leg operation enabled McGhee to walk.
At age 22, Brownie McGhee became a traveling musician, working in the Rabbit Foot Minstrels and befriending Blind Boy Fuller, whose guitar playing influenced him greatly. After Fuller's death in 1941, J. B. Long of Columbia Records had McGhee adopt his mentor's name, branding him "Blind Boy Fuller No. 2." By that time, McGhee was recording for Columbia's subsidiary Okeh Records in Chicago, but his real success came after he moved to New York in 1942, when he teamed up with Sonny Terry, whom he had known since 1939 when Sonny was Blind Boy Fuller's harmonica player. The pairing was an overnight success; as well as recording, they toured together until around 1980. As a duo, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee did most of their work from 1958 until 1980, spending 11 months of each year touring, and recording dozens of albums.
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Buddy Guy
George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues guitarist and singer. Critically acclaimed, he is a pioneer of the Chicago blues sound and has served as an influence to some of the most notable musicians of his generation. "A key influence on Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy put the Louisiana hurricane in 1960s electric Chicago blues as a member of Muddy Waters' band and as a house guitarist at Chess Records. A native of the Baton Rouge area, he combined a blazing modernism with a fierce grip on his roots, playing frantic leads heavy with swampy funk on Howlin' Wolf's 'Killing Floor' and Koko Taylor's 'Wang Dang Doodle' as well as on his own Chess sides and the fine series of records he made with harp man Junior Wells. One of the last active connections to the golden age of Chess, Guy still plays with his original fire."
Ranked thirtieth in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time", Guy is known for his showmanship on stage: playing his guitar with drumsticks or strolling into the audience while playing solos. His song "Stone Crazy" was ranked seventy-eighth in list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time also of Rolling Stone.
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Burt Mustin
Burton Hill "Burt" Mustin (February 8, 1884 – January 28, 1977) was an American character actor.
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to W. I. and Sadie Mustin, Mustin was a 1903 graduate of the Pennsylvania Military College (named Widener University in 1972), earning his degree in civil engineering. An automobile salesman, he was also an amateur actor, appearing frequently in productions of the Pittsburgh Savoyards (a Gilbert and Sullivan troupe).
Mustin was involved with early broadcasts on KDKA. His first appearance in film came in 1951 at the age of sixty-seven, and thereafter he established himself as one of the more well-known character actors in the United States. His face was a common appearance on television programs through the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, with credits ranging from single appearances on shows such as The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Fugitive, to multiple appearances on shows such as The Public Defender, Leave It to Beaver, Dragnet, The Andy Griffith Show, The Brady Bunch, Petticoat Junction, Peter Gunn, My Three Sons, Twilight Zone, Bewitched, Adam-12, Emergency! and All in the Family. He had an uncredited role as The Old Man in the episode "The Guests" on "The Outer Limits". His typical character was a feisty old-timer. His last continuing role was on the television series Phyllis, in which he played the suitor, and later husband, of Sally "Mother" Dexter, a role he played until shortly before his death at age 92.
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Cameron Diaz
Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is an American actress and former model. She became famous during the 1990s with roles in the movies The Mask, My Best Friend's Wedding, and There's Something About Mary. Other high-profile credits include the two Charlie's Angels films, voicing the character Princess Fiona in the Shrek series, and Bad Teacher. Diaz received Golden Globe award nominations for her performances in the movies There's Something About Mary, Being John Malkovich, Vanilla Sky, and Gangs of New York.
Diaz, the younger of two daughters, was born in San Diego, California. Her mother, Billie (née Early), is an import-export agent, and her father, Emilio Diaz (1949–2008), worked for the California oil company UNOCAL for more than 20 years as a field gauger. Diaz has an older sister, Chimene. Her father's family came from Cuba, before settling in Tampa's Ybor City, and eventually California, where Emilio was born. Her mother is of German and Cherokee descent. Diaz was raised in Long Beach, California and attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School.
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Carrie Underwood
Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is an American country singer, songwriter and actress who rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol, in 2005. Underwood has since become a multi-platinum selling recording artist, a winner of several Grammy Awards, Billboard Music Awards and American Music Awards, a Golden Globe Award nominee, a three-time Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association Female Vocalist winner, and a two-time ACM Entertainer of the Year. She is the first-ever female artist to win back-to-back Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards for Entertainer of the Year (2009/10). Underwood was inducted into and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 2008. She was also inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2009.Billboard named Underwood Country Music's reigning Queen in 2012.
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Charles Grodin
Charles Grodin (born April 21, 1935) is an American actor, comedian, author and former cable talk show host. Grodin began his acting career in the 1960s appearing in TV serials including The Virginian. He had a small part as an obstetrician in Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby in 1968. In the 1970s he moved into film acting, including playing the lead in The Heartbreak Kid and a supporting role in Catch-22. He became a familiar face as a supporting actor in many 1980s Hollywood comedies, including Midnight Run, Taking Care of Business, Seems Like Old Times, The Great Muppet Caper, The Woman in Red, The Lonely Guy, Ishtar and The Couch Trip. He is probably best known for his role as George Newton in the 1990s John Hughes comedy franchise Beethoven.
Grodin has won several acting awards, including American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for 1993's Dave, Best Actor at the 1988 Valladolid International Film Festival (for Midnight Run). He was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for The Heartbreak Kid in 1972. He also shared a 1978 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program for his work on The Paul Simon Special.
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Chevy Chase
Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase (/ˈtʃɛvi/; born October 8, 1943) is an American comedian, writer, and television and film actor. Born into a prominent New York family, Chase worked a plethora of odd jobs before moving into comedy acting with National Lampoon. He quickly became a key cast member in the inaugural season of Saturday Night Live, where his Weekend Update skit soon became a staple of the show. Chase is also well known for his portrayal of the character Clark Griswold in four National Lampoon's Vacation films, and for his roles in other successful comedies such as Caddyshack (1980), Fletch (1985), and ¡Three Amigos! (1986). He has hosted the Academy Awards twice (1987 and 1988) and briefly had his own late-night talk show, The Chevy Chase Show. Since 2009, he has appeared as Pierce Hawthorne on the NBC comedy series Community.
Chase was born in Lower Manhattan, New York City. His father, Edward Tinsley "Ned" Chase, was a prominent Manhattan book editor and magazine writer. His mother, Cathalene Parker (née Browning), a concert pianist and librettist, was the daughter of Miles Browning, who served a critical role at the Battle of Midway in World War II; she was adopted as a child by her stepfather, Cornelius Vanderbilt Crane, heir to Crane Plumbing, and took the name Cathalene Crane. As a child, Chase vacationed at Castle Hill, the Cranes' summer estate in Ipswich, Massachusetts.[citation needed]
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Christopher Guest
Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born February 5, 1948), better known as Christopher Guest, is a British and American screenwriter, composer, musician, director, actor, and comedian. He is most widely known in Hollywood for having written, directed and starred in several improvisational "mockumentary" films that feature a repertory-like ensemble cast. In Britain, he holds a peerage, and has publicly expressed a desire to see the House of Lords reformed as a democratically-elected chamber. Despite initial activity in the Lords, his career there was cut short by the House of Lords Act 1999. When using his title, he is normally styled as Lord Haden-Guest.
Guest was born in New York City, the son of Peter Haden-Guest, a British United Nations diplomat who later became The 4th Baron Haden-Guest, and his second wife, Jean Pauline Hindes, a former vice president of casting at CBS. Guest's maternal grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia. His paternal grandfather, Leslie, Baron Haden-Guest, was a Labour Party politician who was a convert to Judaism, and his paternal grandmother's father was Colonel Albert Goldsmid, a British officer who founded the Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade and the Maccabaeans. Both of Guest's parents had become atheists, and Guest had no religious upbringing. Nearly a decade before he was born, his uncle David Guest, a lecturer and Communist Party member, was killed in the Spanish Civil War fighting in the International Brigades.
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Cy Coleman
Cy Coleman (June 14, 1929 - November 18, 2004) was an American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist.
He was born Seymour Kaufman on June 14, 1929, in New York City to Eastern European Jewish parents, and was raised in the Bronx. His mother, Ida (née Prizent) was an apartment landlady and his father was a brickmason. He was a child prodigy who gave piano recitals at Steinway Hall, Town Hall, and Carnegie Hall between the ages of six and nine. Before beginning his fabled Broadway career, he led the Cy Coleman Trio, which made many recordings and was a much-in-demand club attraction.
Despite the early classical and jazz success, he decided to build a career in popular music. His first collaborator was Joseph Allen McCarthy, but his most successful early partnership, albeit a turbulent one, was with Carolyn Leigh. The pair wrote many pop hits, including "Witchcraft" and "The Best Is Yet To Come." One of his instrumentals, "Playboy's Theme," became the signature music of the regular TV shows and specials presented by Playboy, and remains synonymous with the magazine and its creator, Hugh Hefner.
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Dan Aykroyd
Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM (born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian comedian, singer, actor and screenwriter. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of The Blues Brothers (with John Belushi) and Ghostbusters and has had a long career as a film actor and screenwriter.
Aykroyd was born on July 1, 1952, at the Ottawa General Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He grew up in the Canadian capital, where his father, Samuel Peter Aykroyd, a civil engineer, worked as a policy adviser to Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. His mother, Lorraine Hélène (née Gougeon), is a secretary, of French Canadian descent. His brother, Peter, also became a comedy actor. Aykroyd was born with syndactyly (webbed toes), which was revealed in the movie Mr. Mike's Mondo Video and in a short film on Saturday Night Live (Don't Look Back In Anger). He was also born with heterochromia (a condition of having two differently coloured eyes). His right eye is green and his left eye is brown.
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David Janssen
David Janssen (March 27, 1931 – February 13, 1980) was an American film and television actor who is best known for his starring role as Dr. Richard Kimble in the television series The Fugitive (1963–1967), the starring role in the 1950s hit detective series Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957–60), and as Harry Orwell on Harry O.
In 1996 TV Guide ranked him number 36 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list.
Janssen was born as David Harold Meyer in Naponee, Nebraska to Harold Edward Meyer, a banker (May 12, 1906 – November 4, 1990) and Berniece Graf (May 11, 1910 – November 26, 1995). Following his parents' divorce in 1935, his mother moved with five-year-old David to Los Angeles, California. She eventually married Eugene Janssen (February 18, 1918 – March 30, 1996) on September 29, 1940 in Los Angeles. Young David used his stepfather's name after he entered show business as a child. Janssen was raised a Lutheran. He attended Fairfax High School in Los Angeles. His first film part was at the age of 13, and by the age of 25 he had appeared in 20 films and served two years as an enlisted man in the United States Army. During his Army days, Janssen became friends with fellow enlistees Martin Milner and Clint Eastwood whilst posted at Ft. Ord, California.
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David Sereda
David Sereda (born c. 1957) is a Canadian musician, singer, actor, playwright, pianist and composer. Sereda was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He graduated from the Playhouse Acting School in Vancouver (1977) under teacher Powys Thomas, then worked in alternative theatre in Edmonton. There he reconnected with Canadian singer/song writer Connie Kaldor who urged Sereda to focus more on composing music and singing. He released his first album in 1981, Chivalry Lives, which gave Sereda critical acclaim in Canadian newspapers both for the range of music and the openness of the lyrics: "Mark" and "Underage Blues" both speak from a gay male perspective a rarity then and now.
He resettled in Toronto, Ontario and worked in theatre again both as actor and as music director and composer at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, The Theatre Centre and the Tarragon Theatre where he co-wrote two musicals, Love Jive! and Siren Song with playwright and novelist Don Hannah. He released The Price of Love in 1985 and The Blue Guide in 1994. He co-produces the Stray Dog Salons in Toronto, evenings of music. poetry and theatre. He now lives in Regina, Saskatchewan where he works with the theatre company Sheatre, who produced his new musical with Joan Chandler entitled TOM, based on the life and passion of painter Tom Thomson.
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Demi Moore
Demi Guynes Kutcher ( /dəˈmiː/ də-MEE; born November 11, 1962), known professionally as Demi Moore, is an American actress, film producer, film director, former songwriter and model. Born in Roswell, New Mexico to teenage parents who divorced before she was born, Moore dropped out of high school at age 16 to begin modeling in Europe, and posed for a nude pictorial in Oui magazine in 1980. After making her movie debut in 1981, she appeared on the soap opera General Hospital and established her career with such films as St. Elmo's Fire (1985) and About Last Night... (1986). Following the successes of Ghost (1990), A Few Good Men (1992), Indecent Proposal (1993), and Disclosure (1994), Moore became Hollywood's highest-paid actress, receiving an unprecedented sum of $12.5 million for Striptease (1996).
Moore took her professional name from her first husband, musician Freddy Moore, and is the mother of three daughters from her second marriage to actor Bruce Willis. She married her third husband, actor Ashton Kutcher, in 2005, and separated from him in November 2011.
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Dick Clair
Dick Clair (November 12, 1931 – December 12, 1988) was an American television producer, actor and television and film writer, best known for the television sitcoms It's a Living, The Facts of Life, and Mama's Family.
Clair was born Richard Jones in San Francisco, California. He served in the military for two years (1955–1957). He never married and never had children.
In the early 1970s, Clair performed husband-and-wife comedy routines for The Ed Sullivan Show with his partner Jenna McMahon. Clair was a screenwriter for episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Bob Newhart Show in addition to his Emmy Award winning writing for the comedy-variety TV program The Carol Burnett Show. With Jenna McMahon he wrote and produced the television sitcoms It's a Living, The Facts of Life, and Mama's Family.
Clair was active as an early member of the Cryonics Society of California in the 1960s. In 1982 he contributed $20,000 to the cryonics organization Trans Time so that a husband and wife could remain cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen. He was diagnosed with AIDS in 1986. When he was hospitalized in 1988 he faced opposition from the hospital and the State of California concerning his desire for cryonics treatment. The ensuing court battle (Roe v. Mitchell, with Clair as "John Roe") ended victoriously, establishing the legal right of persons to be cryonically preserved in the state of California.
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Dick Wolf
Richard Anthony "Dick" Wolf (born December 20, 1946) is an American producer, specializing in crime dramas such as Miami Vice and the Law & Order franchise. Throughout his career he has won several awards including an Emmy Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Wolf was born in New York City, the son of Marie G. (née Gaffney), a homemaker, and George Wolf, an advertising executive. His father was Jewish and his mother was Irish Catholic; he was raised in a secular home. He went to Saint David's School in New York City. Wolf was enrolled at Phillips Academy and graduated from The Gunnery. He enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1969. He was a member of Penn's chapter of the Zeta Psi fraternity.
Wolf worked as an advertising copywriter at Benton & Bowles creating commercials for Crest toothpaste, all the while writing screenplays in the hopes of a film career. It was at this time that he briefly collaborated on a screenplay with Oliver Stone, who was also a struggling screenwriter at the time. He moved to Los Angeles after a few years and had three screenplays produced; one of these films, Masquerade starring Rob Lowe and Meg Tilly, was well received. He started his television career as a staff writer on Hill Street Blues and was nominated for his first Emmy for an episode on which he was the only writer. He moved from there to Miami Vice, where he was a supervising producer.
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Donna Dixon
Donna Dixon (born July 20, 1957) is an American actress.
Donna Dixon was born in Alexandria, Virginia; her father, Earl Dixon, owned a club on U.S. 1, called "Hillbilly Heaven." She is a 1975 graduate of Groveton High School and attended The George Washington University. She began her career as a model and was named Miss Virginia USA in 1976 and Miss Washington DC World in 1977.
Dixon co-starred with Tom Hanks in the early 1980s television comedy series Bosom Buddies.
Months after they worked together in the 1983 film Doctor Detroit, Dixon and actor Dan Aykroyd married. They later starred together in the 1985 film Spies Like Us and the 1988 film The Couch Trip. She has acted in bit parts since that time, including the "Dreamwoman" in the 1992 film Wayne's World. Dixon and Aykroyd have three daughters: Danielle Alexandra (born November 18, 1989), Belle Kingston (born June 9, 1993), and Stella Irene August (born April 5, 1998).
She played a guest role in the television series Moonlighting.
The song "I Still Love You", from the KISS album Creatures of the Night, was written by Paul Stanley for Dixon upon her ending their relationship.
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Earl Pomerantz
Earl Pomerantz (born February 4, 1945 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is best known for his work as a television script writer. Pomerantz created the network television series Family Man and Best of the West, and wrote scripts for such shows as The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, Taxi, Cheers, Newhart, The Cosby Show, Major Dad and many other series. He has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Writers Guild of America Award, the Humanitas Prize and a CableACE Award.
More recently, he has also delivered several commentaries on NPR’s All Things Considered.
He is the brother of writer/performer Hart Pomerantz.
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Eddie Floyd
Eddie Lee Floyd (born June 25, 1937) is an American soul/R&B singer and songwriter, best known for his work on the Stax record label in the 1960s and 1970s and the song "Knock on Wood".
Floyd was born in Montgomery, Alabama, but grew up in Detroit, Michigan. He founded The Falcons, which also featured Mack Rice. They were forerunners to future Detroit vocal groups such as The Temptations and The Four Tops. Their most successful songs included "You're So Fine" and later, when Wilson Pickett was recruited into the group as the lead singer, "I Found a Love". Pickett then embarked on a solo career, and The Falcons disbanded.
Floyd signed on with the Memphis based Stax Records as a songwriter in 1965. He wrote a hit song, "Comfort Me" recorded by Carla Thomas. He then teamed with Stax's guitarist Steve Cropper to write songs for Wilson Pickett, now signed to Atlantic Records. Atlantic distributed Stax and Jerry Wexler brought Pickett down from New York to work with Booker T. & the MGs. The Pickett sessions were successful, yielding several pop and R&B hits, including the Floyd co-written "Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do)" and "634-5789 (Soulsville USA)".
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Eddie Murphy
Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, singer, director, and musician.
Box office takes from Murphy's films make him the second-highest grossing actor in the United States. He was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984 and has worked as a stand-up comedian. He was ranked #10 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.
He has received Golden Globe Award nominations for his performances in 48 Hrs, Beverly Hills Cop series, Trading Places, and The Nutty Professor. In 2007, he won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of soul singer James "Thunder" Early in Dreamgirls.
Eddie Murphy's work as a voice actor includes Thurgood Stubbs in The PJs, Donkey in the Shrek series and the dragon Mushu in Disney's Mulan. In some of his films, he plays multiple roles in addition to his main character, intended as a tribute to one of his idols Peter Sellers, who played multiple roles in Dr. Strangelove and elsewhere. Murphy has played multiple roles in Coming to America, Wes Craven's Vampire In Brooklyn, the Nutty Professor films (where he played the title role in two incarnations, plus his father, brother, mother, and grandmother), Bowfinger, Norbit, and Meet Dave.
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Eric Idle
Eric Idle (born 29 March 1943) is an English comedian, actor, author, singer, writer, and comedic composer. He was a member of the British surreal comedy group Monty Python, a member of the The Rutles on Saturday Night Live, and the author of the Broadway musical Spamalot.
Idle was born in South Shields, County Durham (now Tyne and Wear) in Harton Village, the son of Nora Barron (née Sanderson), a health visitor, and Ernest Idle. His father served in the Royal Air Force and survived World War II, only to be killed in a hitch-hiking accident when Idle was only two years old. His mother had difficulty coping with a full-time job and raising a child, so when Idle was seven, she enrolled him into the Royal Wolverhampton School as a boarder. At this time the school was a charitable foundation dedicated to the education and maintenance of children who had lost one or both parents. Idle is quoted as saying: "It was a physically abusive, bullying, harsh environment for a kid to grow up in. I got used to dealing with groups of boys and getting on with life in unpleasant circumstances and being smart and funny and subversive at the expense of authority. Perfect training for Python."
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Ernest Thompson
Ernest Thompson (born Richard Ernest Thompson; November 6, 1949) is an American writer, actor, and director.
Thompson was born as Richard Ernest Thompson in Bellows Falls, Vermont. He spent his early years in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine, moving to Maryland as a junior high school student. He attended the University of Maryland and The Catholic University of America, graduating cum laude from American University in 1971.
Thompson is known as the author of the play On Golden Pond, which he wrote at the age of twenty-eight. The play opened off-off-Broadway in 1978, starring Tom Aldredge and Frances Sternhagen. A great success at the Kennedy Center, it opened at the New Apollo Theater on Broadway February 28, 1979. Revived the following season at the Century Theatre, On Golden Pond ran for more than 400 performances. It went on to become a hit 1981 film starring Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda. Thompson won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1982, as well as awards from the Golden Globes and the Writers Guild of America.
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Ernie Hudson
Ernest Lee "Ernie" Hudson (born December 17, 1945) is an American actor known for his roles as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series, Sergeant Albrecht in The Crow, and Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's Oz.
Hudson was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan, the son of Maggie Donald, who died of tuberculosis when Hudson was two months old; Hudson never knew his father. He was subsequently raised by his maternal grandmother, Arrana Donald. He has a half-brother, Lewis Hudson. After a short time in the Marine Corps, he moved to Detroit, where he became the resident playwright at Concept East, the oldest Black Theatre company in the US. In addition, he enrolled at Wayne State University to further develop his writing and acting skills, and found time to establish the Actors' Ensemble Theatre where he and other talented young black writers directed and appeared in their own works, before enrolling and subsequently graduating from Yale School of Drama.
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Ethan Wayne
John Ethan Wayne, better known by his stage name Ethan Wayne (born February 22, 1962 in Encino, California, also billed under his given name) is an American actor, son of actor John Wayne and his third wife Pilar Pallete Wayne. Ethan grew up in Newport Beach where he shared his father's love of the ocean and outdoors. His name was in direct relation to John Wayne's character in The Searchers, Ethan Edwards.
Ethan started doing stunt work after the death of his father in 1979, his first film was The Blues Brothers, then went on to work as an actor. He played Little Jake in his father's film Big Jake, in the NBC TV movie The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory, as Edward Taylor in 1986, Storm Logan on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful (with Robert Mitchum's granddaughter Carrie Mitchum, whom he had met on the Big Jake set), 1987 through 1988 which led to a lot of work overseas, and his role as Officer Matt Doyle on The New Adam-12 (Universal Studios) 1989 through 1991.
He now manages John Wayne Enterprises (www.johnwayne.com) and serves as the Director of the John Wayne Cancer Foundation and created its Team DUKE fundraising program (www.teamduke.org).
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Fay Kanin
Fay Kanin (born May 9, 1917) is an American screenwriter, playwright and producer. Kanin was President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1979 to 1983.
Born Fay Mitchell to Bessie Kaiser Mitchell and David Mitchell in New York City, she was raised in Elmira, New York, where she won the New York State Spelling Championship at twelve and was presented with a silver cup by then Governor Franklin Roosevelt. She was encouraged to write for money by supplying small items to the Elmira Star Gazette. In high school she wrote and produced a children's radio show; then on full scholarship, she attended the private, all-female Elmira College where she divided her studies between writing and acting as well as editing the yearbook. Her mother took her to visit Kanin's grandmother who lived in the Bronx, and it was there that she became devoted to the theater when she saw a matinée of Idiot's Delight starring Lunt and Fontaine.
Kanin longed to move to Los Angeles to get into pictures and her parents indulged her. Her father moved to California first to secure a job, then she and her mother packed everything and followed by train. Kanin spent her senior year at University of Southern California where she became active in college radio. After graduating with a bachelor's degree, she wangled an interview with Sam Marx who thought she was much too young to hire; but her next interview was with story editor Bob Sparks at RKO who sent her to producer Al Lewis, who then hired her as a story editor at $75 a week. RKO released Al Lewis, but luckily Sparks kept her on as a script reader, reading scripts and writing one-page summaries, but for $25 a week. Nonetheless, Kanin proceeded to teach herself everything she could about the movie industry at RKO's expense. During the lunch hour, she took to anyone she happened to find – whether they were art directors, editors, or cinematographers.
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Flip Wilson
Clerow Wilson, Jr. (December 8, 1933 – November 25, 1998), known professionally as Flip Wilson, was an American comedian and actor. In the early 1970s, Wilson hosted his own weekly variety series, The Flip Wilson Show. The series earned Wilson a Golden Globe and two Emmy Awards.
In January 1972, Time magazine featured Wilson's image on their cover and named him "TV's first black superstar".
Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, he was one of 18 children in an impoverished household. After years of bouncing from foster homes to reform school, 16-year-old Wilson lied about his age and joined the United States Air Force. His outgoing personality and funny stories made him popular; he was even asked to tour military bases to cheer up other servicemen. Claiming that he was always "flipped out," Wilson's barracks mates gave him his famous nickname. Discharged in 1954, Wilson started working as a bellhop in San Francisco's Manor Plaza Hotel.
At the Plaza's nightclub, Wilson found extra work playing a drunken patron in between regularly scheduled acts. His inebriated character proved popular and Wilson began performing it in clubs throughout California. He managed to get jobs at various comedy clubs using his nickname, Flip. At first Wilson would simply ad-lib on-stage, but in time, he added written material and his act became more sophisticated.
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French Canadian
French Canadian or Francophone Canadian (also Canadien in Canadian English or in French) generally refers to the descendents of French colonists who arrived in New France (Canada) in the 17th and 18th centuries. Today, French Canadians constitute the main French-speaking population of Canada.
During the mid-18th century, Canadian colonists born in French Canada expanded across North America and colonized various regions, cities, and towns. Today, the majority of French Canadians live across North America, including the United States and Canada. The province of Quebec has the largest population of French Canadian descent, although smaller communities of French Canadians exist throughout Canada and in the American region of New England, where between 1840 and 1930, roughly 900,000 French Canadians emigrated to the United States and New England, in particular.
Other terms for French Canadians that continue to reside in the province of Quebec, are Quebeckers or Québécois. French Canadians constitute the second largest ethnic group in Canada, after English Canadians and before Scottish Canadians and Irish Canadians.
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Gail Parent
Gail Parent (born 1940) is an American television and screenwriter, television producer, and author.
Parent's writing career began with a 1971 episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. The following year her novel Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York City, which chronicled its unattractive, overweight, Jewish heroine's romantic misadventures in Manhattan, became a best-seller that later served as the basis of a film starring Jeannie Berlin. Although the screenplay was adapted by someone else, she penned the scripts for Barbra Streisand's The Main Event (1979) and Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004).
Parent co-wrote the book for the 1974 musical Lorelei. It is her sole Broadway credit.
Parent's greatest success has been in television, most notably with The Golden Girls and Tracey Ullman's comedy sketch series Tracey Takes On..., serving as a producer and writer for both. She also wrote episodes of The Smothers Brothers Show, The Carol Burnett Show, Rhoda, Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories, Babes (of which she also served as series creator) and Finder of Lost Loves, and the musical variety special Sills and Burnett at the Met.
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George Fenneman
George Watt Fenneman (November 10, 1919 – May 29, 1997) was an American radio and television announcer.
Fenneman was born in Beijing, China, the only child of American parents in the import-export business. He was nine months old when his parents moved to San Francisco, California, United States, where he grew up. In 1942 he graduated from San Francisco State College with a degree in speech and drama, and took a job as an announcer with a local radio station. During the Second World War he worked as a broadcast correspondent for the U.S. Office of War Information. In 1946, he moved to Los Angeles and resumed his radio career.
He is most remembered as the announcer and good-natured sidekick on the Groucho Marx comedy/quiz show vehicle, You Bet Your Life, which began in 1947 on radio and moved to television in 1950, where it remained on NBC for 11 years. Fenneman's mellifluous voice, clean-cut good looks, and gentlemanly manner provided the ideal foil for Marx's zany antics and bawdy ad-libs.
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George Yanok
George Yanok is an American Emmy Award-winning screenwriter, television producer, and actor.
George Yanok at the Internet Movie Database
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Harold Jack Bloom
Harold Jack Bloom (April 26, 1924 - August 27, 1999) was a television producer and screenwriter who scored a notable hit with his first major screenplay to the classic Anthony Mann Western The Naked Spur in 1953, earning an Oscar nomination in the process.
Apart from the odd film script, most of his career was spent writing for television. He worked on such series as Bonanza, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and, in particular, the TV series of Twelve O'Clock High, he was also co-creator, along with Robert A. Cinader and Jack Webb, of the medical/paramedic drama, Emergency! .
When Richard Maibaum was unavailable the producers of the James Bond film You Only Live Twice hired Bloom to do the screenplay of the film. The producers did not use Bloom's script but several of Bloom's ideas written into Roald Dahl's screenplay of the film. Bloom was credited with "additional story material".
One of his last assignments was the well-regarded TV movie Remembrance of Love in 1982, a showcase role for Kirk Douglas as a Holocaust survivor.
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Harold Ramis
Harold Allen Ramis (born November 21, 1944) is an American actor, director, and writer, specializing in comedy. His best-known film acting roles are as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters (1984) and Russell Ziskey in Stripes (1981), both of which he also co-wrote. As a writer/director, his films include the comedies Caddyshack (1980), Groundhog Day (1993), and Analyze This (1999). Ramis was the original head writer of the television series SCTV (in which he also performed), and one of three screenwriters for the film National Lampoon's Animal House (1978).
Ramis was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Ruth (née Cokee) and Nathan Ramis, shopkeepers who owned the store Ace Food & Liquor Mart on the city's far North Side. He had a Jewish upbringing, although in his adult life he does not practice any organized religion. He graduated from Nicholas Senn High School in Chicago, and, in 1966, from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, where he was a member of the Alpha Xi chapter of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity.[citation needed]
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Harry Bartell
Harry Bartell (November 28, 1913 – February 26, 2004) was an American actor and announcer in radio, television and film. With his rather youthful sounding voice, Bartell was one of the busiest West Coast character actors from the early 1940s until the final end of network radio drama in the 1960s.
Bartell was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, but grew up in Houston, where he got his start at station KRPC. Upon moving to California, he became a favorite of producer/director Norman MacDonnell, performing frequently on Escape (notably as Ronald Dawson in The Second Class Passenger and Peyton Farquar in Ambrose Bierce's An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge), and was a leading member of the Gunsmoke repertory company. Bartell was with the latter series from the first broadcast on April 26, 1952 until the last show on June 18, 1961; his roles ranged from friendly townspeople to victims to heavies, from the occasional role of Dodge City printer Mr. Hightower to famed gunslinger Doc Holliday in a 1952 episode. With fellow actor Vic Perrin, he also co-wrote two episodes near the end of the radio run, and appeared many times on the TV version of Gunsmoke, sometimes reprising his radio roles.
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Harry Morgan
Harry Morgan (born Harry Bratsberg, often spelled Harry Bratsburg; April 10, 1915 – December 7, 2011) was an American actor. He was widely known for his roles as Pete Porter in both December Bride (1954–1959) and Pete and Gladys (1960–1962); Officer Bill Gannon on Dragnet (1967–1970); Amos Coogan on Hec Ramsey (1972–1974); and Colonel Sherman T. Potter in M*A*S*H (1975–1983) and AfterMASH (1983–1984). Additionally, Morgan appeared in more than 100 films.
Morgan was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Hannah and Henry Bratsberg, who were of Swedish and Norwegian heritage. Morgan's Norwegian family surname was Bratsberg, as he spelled it in his interview with the Archive of American Television. However, many sources, including some family records, list the spelling as "Bratsburg." According to one source, when Morgan's father Henry registered at junior high school, "the registrar spelled it Bratsburg instead of Bratsberg. Bashful Henry did not demur."
Morgan was raised in Muskegon, Michigan, and graduated from Muskegon High School in 1933, where he achieved distinction as a statewide debating champion. He originally aspired to a law degree, but began acting while a junior at the University of Chicago in 1935.
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Harvey Glatt
Harvey Glatt (b. March 28, 1934 in Ottawa, Canada) is a notable and award-winning Canadian music promoter, manager, broadcaster, record and instrument retailer, and record label owner.
Glatt, born in Ottawa, Canada, graduated from Glebe Collegiate Institute in 1951. He thereafter obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1956 from the Clarkson College of Technology in Potsdam, New York.
Glatt commenced his professional association with music in the early 1950s, as a broadcaster, both at Clarkson College and for CFRA Radio in Ottawa. In 1957, he opened his first retail music store, The Treble Clef, in Ottawa, which grew to a chain of fifteen stores. Glatt also expanded into concert promotion (through Bass Clef Productions), music distribution (through Treble Clef Distribution) and music publishing (through Bytown Music Publishing). Glatt's interest in music publishing had evolved from his management experiences with Ottawa-area bands, particularly The Children, which featured William Hawkins and, in later versions, Bruce Cockburn and David Wiffen. In particular, he had encouraged Hawkins, a poet, to complement his poetry with songwriting. Songs by Hawkins, Cockburn and Wiffen were published by Bytown Music Publishing. In the later 1960s, Glatt also managed The Soul Searchers, an influential Toronto-based band featuring keyboardist William "Smitty" Smith, drummer Eric "Mouse" Johnson, singer Diane Brooks and others, all of whom went on to play important roles in the music industry in Canada and the U.S.A. Glatt was also an investor in Le Hibou Coffee House, which promoted many international artists as well as local bands, such as The Children.
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Herb Sargent
Herbert Sargent (July 15, 1923 – May 6, 2005) was an American television writer, a producer for such comedy shows as The Tonight Show and Saturday Night Live, and a screenwriter (Bye Bye Braverman). During his tenure at Saturday Night Live, he and Chevy Chase created Weekend Update, the longest-running sketch in the show's history, and one of the longest running sketches on television.
Born in Philadelphia, Sargent was the older brother of Academy Award-winning screenwriter Alvin Sargent. Raised in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, he studied architecture at Penn State University before serving with the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He moved to Los Angeles and graduated from UCLA.
Sargent then moved to New York City and began his career in radio. He later helped develop television specials for Petula Clark, Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Alan King, Milton Berle, Sammy Davis Jr., Lily Tomlin, Paul McCartney, Anne Bancroft, and Burt Bacharach. He married to actress Norma Crane in 1961 but they had divorced by the time she died in 1973.
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Howard Culver
Howard Culver (June 4, 1918 - August 4, 1984) was an American radio and television actor, best known as hotel clerk Howie Uzzell during the entire run of TV's Gunsmoke. On radio he starred in the title role of the Western adventure series Straight Arrow, which aired on Mutual from May 6, 1948 to June 21, 1951.
Culver grew up in Los Angeles, and he was first heard as an actor on CBS while he was a teenager. He served in the Navy for three years during World War II, returning to continue on many San Francisco and Hollywood-based radio shows. In 1948, he was the last actor to portray Ellery Queen on radio's The Adventures of Ellery Queen. After Straight Arrow, he co-starred with Mercedes McCambridge as reporter Jud Barnes on ABC's Defense Attorney (1951–52).
Straight Arrow opened with an introduction by announcer Frank Bingman, who remained close friends with Culver for years:
Jack French recalled Culver in his 1996 essay on Straight Arrow:
Much information about Culver and Straight Arrow was published in the newsletter, Pow Wow, edited by William and Teresa Harper of North Augusta, South Carolina.
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Ja Rule
Jeffrey Atkins (born February 29, 1976), better known by his stage name Ja Rule or Mockaveli, is an American rapper, singer, and actor from Queens, New York City.
Born in Hollis, Queens, he began his career in the group Cash Money Click and debuted in 1999 with Venni Vetti Vecci and its single "Holla Holla". From 2000 to 2004, Ja Rule had several hits that made the top 20 of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, including "Between Me and You" with Christina Milian, "I'm Real (Murder Remix)" with Jennifer Lopez, "Always on Time" with Ashanti, "Mesmerize" also with Ashanti, and "Wonderful" with R. Kelly and Ashanti. During the 2000s, Ja Rule was signed to The Inc. Records, which was formerly known as Murder Inc. and was led by Irv Gotti. Ja Rule has sold over 30 million records worldwide and was the fastest selling rapper in 2001[citation needed]. He is also known for some well-publicized feuds with other rappers (in-particular 50 Cent and Eminem).
Atkins was born in the Queens borough of New York City. He was raised as a Jehovah's Witness by his mother, health care worker Debra Atkins, and grandparents. At the age of five his sister died from breathing complications, leaving him as an only child. He attended Public School 134 in Hollis, a school he has described as having a predominantly black student body. He has said got into many fights at the school because of his small size, so his mother transferred him to Middle School 172 in Glen Oaks, which he has described as a "white school".
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Jack Webb
John Randolph "Jack" Webb (April 2, 1920 – December 23, 1982), also known by the pseudonym John Randolph, was an American actor, television producer, director and screenwriter, who is most famous for his role as Sergeant Joe Friday in the radio and television series Dragnet. He was also the founder of his own production company, Mark VII Limited.
Born in Santa Monica, California, Webb grew up in the Bunker Hill section of Los Angeles.[citation needed] His Jewish[citation needed] father left home before Webb was born, and Webb never knew him. He was raised a Roman Catholic by his Irish-Indian mother. One of the tenants in his mother's rooming house was an ex-jazzman who began Webb's lifelong interest in jazz by giving him a recording of Bix Beiderbecke's "At the Jazz Band Ball".[citation needed]
In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Webb lived in the parish of Our Lady of Loretto Church and attended Our Lady of Loretto Elementary School in Echo Park, where he served as an altar boy. He then attended Belmont High School, and later, the St. John's University, Minnesota, where he studied art. At high school, Webb was a student body president. He wrote to the student body in the yearbook: ".. you who showed me the magnificent warmth of friendship which I know, and you know, I will carry with me forever." During World War II, Webb enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces. After washing out of flight training, he applied for and received a hardship discharge, being the primary financial support for his mother and grandmother.
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Jackie Cooper
Jackie Cooper (September 15, 1922 – May 3, 2011) was an American actor, television director, producer and executive. He was a child actor who managed to make the transition to an adult career. Cooper was the first child actor to receive an Academy Award nomination. At age 9, he was also the youngest performer to have been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role—an honor that he received for the film Skippy (1931). For nearly 50 years, Cooper remained the youngest Oscar nominee in any category, until he was surpassed by Justin Henry's nomination, at age 8, in the Supporting Actor category for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979).
Cooper was born John Cooper, Jr., in Los Angeles, California. Cooper's father, John Cooper, left the family when Jackie was two years old. His mother, Mabel Leonard Bigelow (née Polito), was a stage pianist and former child actress. Cooper's maternal uncle, Jack Leonard, was a screenwriter, and his maternal aunt, Julie Leonard, was an actress married to director Norman Taurog. Cooper's stepfather was C.J. Bigelow, a studio production manager. His mother was Italian American (her family's surname was changed from "Polito" to "Leonard"); Cooper was told by his family that his father was Jewish (the two never reunited after he had left the family) and a rabbi presided at his interment.
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James Cotton
James Cotton (born July 1, 1935, Tunica, Mississippi, United States) is an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, who has performed and recorded with many of the great blues artists of his time as well as with his own band.
Cotton became interested in music when he first heard Sonny Boy Williamson II on the radio. He left home with his uncle and moved to West Helena, Arkansas, finding Williamson there. For many years Cotton claimed that he told Williamson that he was an orphan, and that Williamson took him in and raised him; a story he admitted in recent years is not true. Williamson did however mentor Cotton during his early years. When Williamson left the south to live with his estranged wife in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he left his band in Cotton's hands. Cotton was quoted as saying, "He just gave it to me. But I couldn't hold it together 'cause I was too young and crazy in those days an' everybody in the band was grown men, so much older than me."
Although he played drums early in his career, Cotton is famous for his work on the harmonica.
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Jane Curtin
Jane Therese Curtin (born September 6, 1947) is an American actress and comedienne. She is sometimes referred to as "Queen of the Deadpan".
First coming to prominence as an original cast member on the hit TV comedy series Saturday Night Live in 1975, she went on to win back-to-back Emmy Awards for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series on the 1980s sitcom Kate & Allie portraying the role of Allison "Allie" Lowell. Curtin later starred in the hit series 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001), playing the role of Dr. Mary Albright.
Curtin has also appeared in many movie roles, including Charlene in the The Librarian series of movies (2004–2008). She also reprised one of her Saturday Night Live characters, Prymaat (Clorhone) Conehead, in the 1993 film The Coneheads.
Curtin was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the daughter of Mary Constance (née Farrell) and John Joseph Curtin, who owned an insurance agency. She was raised Roman Catholic. Curtin is a cousin of actress and writer Valerie Curtin.
Curtin holds an associate degree from Elizabeth Seton Junior College in New York City. Curtin lives in Connecticut with her husband, Patrick Francis Lynch, the television producer. The couple have one daughter, Tess Curtin Lynch. She has served as a U.S. Committee National Ambassador for UNICEF. In 1968, Curtin decided to pursue comedy as a career and dropped out of college. She joined a comedy group, "The Proposition", and performed with them until 1972. She starred in Pretzels, an off-Broadway play written by Curtin and Fred Grandy, in 1974.
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Jane Wagner
Jane Wagner (born February 26, 1935) is an American writer, director and producer. Wagner is best known as Lily Tomlin's comedy writer, collaborator and life partner.
She is the author of The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, The Incredible Shrinking Woman and other Tomlin vehicles.
Wagner was born and raised in Morristown, Tennessee, where she quickly developed a penchant for writing. She attended Morristown High School, where she wrote for the school newspaper. At 17, she left the hills of East Tennessee to pursue an acting career in New York City, where she also studied painting and sculpture at the School of Visual Arts and piano.
Early in her life she toured with the Barter Theatre of Abingdon, Virginia, and later became a designer for such firms as Kimberly-Clark and Fieldcrest.
She made her writing debut with the CBS afternoon special J.T. (1969), for which she won the Peabody Award – and drew the attention of Tomlin, who was looking for someone to help develop the Laugh-In character Edith Ann. It was the beginning of a collaboration that continues to this day.
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Jay Tarses
Jay Tarses (born July 3, 1939; Baltimore, Maryland) is an American television comedy writer and producer. He created and produced The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd and The Slap Maxwell Story, co-created Buffalo Bill (with Tom Patchett), and was an executive producer for The Bob Newhart Show. His daughter is Jamie Tarses, former ABC Entertainment chief and current Pariah partner.
His most notable acting role was as Coach Bobby Finstock in the 1980s teen comedy Teen Wolf. He also co-starred with Jim Carrey on the short-lived sitcom The Duck Factory in 1984.
He was co-creator and co-writer (with Andy Hamilton) for BBC Radio 4's situation comedy set in colonial-era Baltimore, Revolting People, where he also plays the role of sour shopkeeper Samuel Oliphant to Hamilton's cheerfully corrupt British soldier Sergeant McGurk.
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Jim Rusk
Jim Rusk is an American screenwriter.
Jim Rusk at the Internet Movie Database
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Jimmy Carter
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States (1977–1981) and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office. Before he became President, Carter served as a U.S. Naval officer, was a peanut farmer, served two terms as a Georgia State Senator and one as Governor of Georgia (1971–1975).
During Carter's term as President, two new cabinet-level departments were created: the Department of Energy and the Department of Education. He established a national energy policy that included conservation, price control, and new technology. In foreign affairs, Carter pursued the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal Treaties, the second round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II), and returned the Panama Canal Zone to Panama. Throughout his career, Carter strongly emphasized human rights. He took office during a period of international stagflation, which persisted throughout his term. The end of his presidential tenure was marked by the 1979–1981 Iran hostage crisis, the 1979 energy crisis, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (at the end of 1979), 1980 Summer Olympics boycott by the United States of the Moscow Olympics and the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.
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Joan Cusack
Joan Mary Cusack (born October 11, 1962) is an American film, stage and television actress.
Cusack has appeared in films, television and stage productions, receiving Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in the movies Working Girl and In & Out, as well as one Golden Globe and one Emmy Award nomination. One of her most notable television roles is as a cast member of the sketch comedy TV show Saturday Night Live in 1985–86.
Cusack currently recurs on the Showtime hit drama/comedy Shameless, as Sheila Jackson.
Cusack was the second of five children born in New York City to an Irish American Catholic family. She was raised in Evanston, Illinois. Her mother, Ann Paula "Nancy" (née Carolan), is a former mathematics teacher and political activist. Her late father, Richard Cusack, as well as her siblings Ann, Bill, John, and Susie, have also been actors.
Cusack is an alumna of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Cusack has twice been nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for her work in Working Girl and In & Out. She appeared with her brother John in the movies Sixteen Candles, Grandview, U.S.A., Class, High Fidelity, Grosse Pointe Blank, Say Anything..., Cradle Will Rock, Martian Child, and most recently, War, Inc. She also starred in the short-lived ABC sitcom What About Joan? in 2001–02. For many years, Cusack was also the commercial spokeswoman for U.S. Cellular.
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John Belushi
John Adam Belushi ( /bəˈluːʃi/; January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an American comedian, actor, and musician, best known as one of the original cast members of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live and starring alongside Dan Aykroyd in the comedy film The Blues Brothers. He was the older brother of James "Jim" Belushi.
John Belushi was born in Chicago. He was the son of Agnes (née Samaras), who was of Albanian descent, and Adam Belushi (1918–1996), an Albanian immigrant and restaurant operator who left his native village, Qytezë, in 1934 at the age of sixteen. John was raised in a Chicago suburb, along with his three siblings: younger brothers Billy and Jim and his sister, Marian. The family's name at the time of immigration was Bellios, or Belliors. Belushi was raised in the Albanian Orthodox church and grew up outside Chicago in Wheaton. He attended Wheaton Central High School, where he met his future wife, Judy Jacklin.
Belushi's first big break as a comedian occurred in 1971, when he joined The Second City comedy troupe in Chicago. He was cast in National Lampoon's Lemmings, a parody of Woodstock, which played Off-Broadway in 1972 and showcased future Saturday Night Live (SNL) performers Chevy Chase and Christopher Guest.
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John Boehner
John Andrew Boehner ( /ˈbeɪnər/ BAY-nər; born November 17, 1949) is the 61st and current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party, he is the U.S. Representative from Ohio's 8th congressional district, serving since 1991. The district includes several rural and suburban areas near Cincinnati and Dayton, and a small portion of Dayton itself.
Boehner previously served as the House Minority Leader from 2007 until 2011, and House Majority Leader from 2006 until 2007. As Speaker of the House, Boehner is second in line to the presidency of the United States following the Vice President in accordance with the Presidential Succession Act.
Boehner was born in Reading, Ohio, the son of Mary Anne (née Hall) and Earl Henry Boehner, the second of twelve children. His father was of German descent and his mother had German and Irish ancestry. He grew up in modest circumstances, having shared one bathroom with his eleven siblings in a two-bedroom house in Cincinnati. His parents slept on a pull-out couch. He started working at his family's bar at age 8, a business founded by their grandfather Andy Boehner in 1938. He has lived in Southwest Ohio his entire life. All but two of his siblings still live within a few miles of each other; two are unemployed and most of the others have blue-collar jobs.
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John Candy
John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian actor and comedian. He rose to fame as a member of the Toronto branch of The Second City and its related Second City Television series, and through his appearances in comedy films such as Stripes, Splash, Cool Runnings, The Great Outdoors, Spaceballs, and Uncle Buck. One of his most renowned onscreen performances was as Del Griffith, the loquacious, on-the-move shower-curtain ring salesman in the John Hughes comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
Candy was born in Newmarket, Ontario in 1950. The son of Sidney James Candy and his wife Evangeline (Aker) Candy, he was raised in a working-class Roman Catholic family. His grandmother was Polish. Candy graduated from Neil McNeil High School, an all-boys Catholic public school in Toronto, where he played football.
Candy's first movie role was a small uncredited appearance in the 1973 film Class of '44. He appeared in several other low-budget films during the 1970s, including the bank-robbery thriller The Silent Partner with Christopher Plummer and Elliott Gould. In 1976, Candy played a supporting role (with Rick Moranis) on Peter Gzowski's short-lived, late-night television talk show, Ninety Minutes Live. That same year, as a member of Toronto's branch of The Second City, he gained wide North American popularity, which grew when he became a cast member on the influential Toronto-based comedy-variety show Second City Television (SCTV). NBC picked the show up in 1981 and it quickly became a fan favorite. It had won Emmy Awards for the show's writing in 1981 and 1982.
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John Goodman
John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is an American film, television, and stage actor. He is best known for his role as Dan Conner on the television series Roseanne (1988–1997) for which he won a Best Actor Golden Globe Award in 1993.
Goodman was born in St. Louis, Missouri. His mother, Virginia Roos (née Loosmore), was a store clerk and waitress who worked at Jack and Phil's Bar-B-Que, and his father, Leslie F. Goodman, was a postal worker who died of a heart attack in 1954. He has a sister, Elisabeth Horvath, and a brother, Leslie.
Goodman went to Affton High School, where he played football and dabbled in theater. He then won a football scholarship to Southwest Missouri State University, now called Missouri State University. He pledged the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, but was not formally initiated until several years later. Later he discovered Southwest Missouri's drama program. He studied there with actors Kathleen Turner and Tess Harper. After a college injury ended his football career, he decided to become a professional actor, leaving Missouri for New York in 1975.
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Joseph Bologna
Joseph Bologna (born December 30, 1934) is an American actor.
Bologna was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Brown University, where he majored in art history. After a hitch with the Marines, Bologna was hired to produce and direct Manhattan-based TV commercials.
The actor has a long history in film and television. His breakthrough film, Lovers and Other Strangers, written with his wife Renée Taylor, was based on the true-life circumstances of organizing a wedding on short notice with the involvement of his Italian extended family and Renee's Jewish clan. Several relatives performed as extras in the final cut. A year later, in 1971, the couple again collaborated to write and perform in the movie Made for Each Other.
Bologna stayed close with his old-neighborhood aunts and uncles after becoming successful. Two of them were slightly famous on their own: his Uncle Pat was "Blacky the Bootblack", whom Joseph Kennedy credited as his main influence when he sold all of his stock holdings in the summer of 1929 (the market crashed in October), and his aunt Pauline was one of the best-known chefs to the stars, working for Jackie Gleason, Burt Reynolds and many other luminaries.
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Judith Viorst
Judith Viorst (born February 3, 1931) is an American author, newspaper journalist, and psychoanalysis researcher. She is perhaps best known[citation needed] for her children's literature, such as The Tenth Good Thing About Barney (about the death of a pet) and the Alexander series of short picture books.
Viorst is a 1952 graduate of the Newark College of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey. In 1968, Viorst signed the “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War. In the latter part of the 1970s, after two decades of writing for children and adults, she turned to the study of Freudian psychology. In 1981, and after six years of study at Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, she became a research graduate there.
Viorst lives in Washington, DC, with her husband, political writer Milton Viorst. They have three grown sons: Anthony Jacob Viorst, an attorney practicing in the Denver, Colorado area; Nicholas Nathan "Nick" Viorst, an Assistant District Attorney for New York County, and Alexander Noah Viorst, who finances affordable apartment properties around the country.
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Julie London
Julie London (September 26, 1926 – October 18, 2000) was an American singer and actress. She was best known for her smoky, sensual voice. London was at her singing career's peak in the 1950s. Her acting career lasted more than 35 years. It concluded with the female lead role of nurse Dixie McCall on the television series Emergency! (1972–1979), co-starring her best friend Robert Fuller and her real-life husband Bobby Troup, and produced by her ex-husband Jack Webb.
Born Nancy Peck in Santa Rosa, California, she was the daughter of Jack and Josephine Peck, who were a vaudeville song-and-dance team. When she was 14, the family moved to Los Angeles. Shortly after that, she began appearing in movies. She graduated from the Hollywood Professional School in 1945.
In July 1947 she married actor Jack Webb (of Dragnet fame). Her widely regarded beauty and poise (she was a pinup girl prized by GIs during World War II) contrasted strongly with his pedestrian appearance and streetwise acting technique (much parodied by impersonators). This unlikely pairing arose from their mutual love for jazz. They had two daughters: Stacy and Lisa Webb. London and Webb divorced in November 1954. Daughter Stacy Webb was killed in a traffic accident in 1996.
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Junior Wells
Junior Wells (December 9, 1934 – January 15, 1998), born Amos Wells Blakemore Jr., was an American Chicago blues vocalist, harmonica player, and recording artist. Wells, who was best known for his performances and recordings with Muddy Waters, Earl Hooker, and Buddy Guy, also performed with Bonnie Raitt, The Rolling Stones, and Van Morrison.
Junior Wells was born in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, and raised in West Memphis, Arkansas, though other sources report that his birth was in West Memphis. Initially taught by his cousin, Junior Parker, and Sonny Boy Williamson II, Wells learned how to play the harmonica by the age of seven with surprising skill. He moved to Chicago in 1948 with his mother after her divorce and began sitting in with local musicians at house parties and taverns. Wild and rebellious but needing an outlet for his talents, he began performing with The Aces (guitarist brothers Dave and Louis Myers and drummer Fred Below) and developed a more modern amplified harmonica style influenced by Little Walter. In 1952, he made his first recordings, when he replaced Little Walter in Muddy Waters' band and appeared on one of Muddy's sessions for Chess Records in 1952. His first recordings as a band leader were made in the following year for States Records. In the later 1950s and early 1960s he also recorded singles for Chief Records and its Profile Records subsidiary, including "Messin' with the Kid", "Come on in This House", and "It Hurts Me Too", which would remain in his repertoire throughout his career. His 1960 Profile single "Little by Little" (written by Chief owner and producer Mel London) reached #23 in the Billboard R&B chart, making it the first of two Wells' singles to enter the chart.
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Justine Bateman
Justine Tanya Bateman (born February 19, 1966) is an American actress, writer, and producer. She is best known for her regular role as Mallory Keaton on the sitcom Family Ties (from 1982 until 1989). Until recently, Justine ran a production and consulting company, SECTION 5. She will attend UCLA as a freshman in fall 2012 studying Computer Science.
Bateman was born in Rye, New York, to Victoria Elizabeth, a former flight attendant for Pan Am who was originally from the United Kingdom, and Kent Bateman, an American acting coach, film and television writer/director, and founder of a repertory stage in Hollywood. Her younger brother is actor Jason Bateman. She attended Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California, and graduated in 1984.[citation needed]
Bateman played the role of superficial Mallory Keaton on the television sitcom Family Ties from 1982 to 1989, for which she was nominated for two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. Mallory was sister to Alex (Michael J. Fox). In 1984, Bateman starred on the Tales from the Darkside television series in the episode "Mookie and Pookie". Bateman hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live during its 13th season in 1988. That same year, she starred in the lead role in the motion picture Satisfaction. The film, about an all-girl musical band, also featured Julia Roberts and Liam Neeson. Bateman starred as the lead vocalist and also performed the vocals on the soundtrack.
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Kent McCord
Kent McCord (born September 26, 1942) is an American actor best known for his role as Officer Jim Reed on the television series Adam-12.
McCord was born Kent Franklin McWhirter in Los Angeles, California. Using the stage name Kent McCord, he first appeared on television in 1962 on ABC's The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet. He became a close friend of Ricky Nelson and made a total of twelve appearances on the program over the next few years. He also landed small parts in three Elvis Presley films. He also appeared as a motorcycle courier in a McHales Navy episode entiled "Monkey Business 007" under the name Kent McWhirter. After working in a variety of secondary roles, he got his big break in 1968 when he was given a lead role next to Martin Milner as rookie LAPD police officer James A. "Jim" Reed on Adam-12, a police drama television series created by Jack Webb. The popular show ran on NBC from 1968 to 1975 and made McCord a household name. In Jack Webb's Dragnet 1967, he made a guest appearance as a novice undercover officer Paul Culver. Also as a uniformed officer in episode 2, The Big Explosion, credited as Kent McWhirter.
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Kevin Kline
Kevin Delaney Kline (born October 24, 1947) is an American stage and film actor. An Academy Award winner for his supporting role in the comedy hit Fish Called Wanda, AA Fish Called Wanda, he also won two Tony Awards and was nominated for five Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards and an Emmy Award.
Kline was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Peggy (née Kirk) and Robert Joseph Kline. His father was a classical music lover and an amateur opera singer who owned and operated The Record Bar, a record store in St. Louis that opened in the early '40s, and sold toys during the '60s and '70s; his father's family also owned Kline's Inc., a department store chain. Kline has described his mother as the "dramatic theatrical character in our family." Kline's father was Jewish, from a family that had emigrated from Germany; Kline's mother was of Irish descent, the daughter of an emigrant from County Louth. Kline was raised in his mother's Catholic religion (his father had become an agnostic). He has three siblings, Alex, Christopher, and Kate.
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Kevin Tighe
Kevin Tighe (b. Jon Kevin Fishburn; August 13, 1944) is an American character actor primarily known for his roles on television. Tighe is best known for his role as Roy DeSoto, a senior paramedic, on the NBC series Emergency! (1972–77). He and Randolph Mantooth, his partner in the series, have remained close friends. In the 2000's he played Anthony Cooper the father of John Locke on the ABC series Lost.
Tighe was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of an actor. When he was five, he moved with his family to the nearby suburb of Pasadena. Tighe began acting at an early age, auditioning for juvenile leads at the Pasadena Playhouse, before he was enrolled at Pasadena High School, graduating in 1962. He then attended University of Southern California, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts in acting in 1967. That same year, his first film appearance was a bit role in The Graduate, starring Dustin Hoffman. In it, he portrayed a member of fraternity and only had a few lines of dialogue late in the film. Following The Graduate, Tighe served in the Army. Following his military service, he returned to acting, working under contract for Paramount Pictures.
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Larry Klein
Larry Klein (born 1956) is a music producer, songwriter and bass guitar player, commonly known for being the frequent musical collaborator, and ex-husband, of Joni Mitchell.
He began his musical career while still in his teens, as a session musician, playing bass guitar on a string of albums, most notably several by jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard.
Klein met Mitchell when he was hired as a bassist and sound engineer for her 1982 album Wild Things Run Fast. The two quickly became romantically attached, and were married in November 1982. He helped produce that album, as well as her next four, occasionally contributing his own musical compositions to which Mitchell would add lyrics. It was during the recording of Turbulent Indigo, in 1994, that their marriage broke apart. He has continued to be involved, in various capacities, in the production of her albums.
Since his work with Mitchell, Klein has tended to produce albums by female singer–songwriters, although he was the co-producer (with Herbie Hancock) on Hancock's Grammy-winning River: The Joni Letters.
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Larry Siegel
Larry Siegel is a comedy writer who was one of the "Usual Gang of Idiots" at Mad from 1958 to 1990.
At Mad, Siegel had an aggressive writing style that did not shy away from being occasionally provocative or inflammatory to make a point. He was fond of attacking purveyors of bad taste, such as tabloid newspaper publishers and "shock" hosts, by attempting to outdo them. As a regular contributor of movie and television parodies, he mocked Bonnie and Clyde's glorification of violence and concluded his version of Hogan's Heroes by transplanting it from a prisoner of war camp to a concentration camp.
He also was one of the few Mad writers to compete in the realm of rewritten song lyrics (normally the bailiwick of Frank Jacobs), for example rewriting The Sound of Music as "The $ound of Money."
He was closely associated with another Mad writer, Stan Hart; while the two wrote separately for the magazine, both contributed to the off-Broadway musical The Mad Show, and later to The Carol Burnett Show (for which they won multiple Emmy Awards) and the TV series Wonder Woman.
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Lily Tomlin
Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin (born September 1, 1939) is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. Tomlin has been a major force in American comedy since the late 1960s when she began a career as a stand up comedian and became a featured performer on television's Laugh-in. Her career has spanned television, comedy recordings, Broadway, and motion pictures, enjoying acclaimed success in each medium. She has won many awards including Tony Awards, Emmy Awards, and a Grammy Award and has also been nominated for an Academy Award. Tomlin's humor is often sharp and insightful in the traditions of standup comedians, but also frequently endearing, slightly wacky, and generally quite "family friendly" in the tradition of television comediennes such as Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, and Eve Arden.
Tomlin was born in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Lillie Mae (née Ford), a housewife and nurse's aide, and Guy Tomlin, a factory worker. Tomlin's parents were Southern Baptists who moved to Detroit from Paducah, Kentucky, during the Great Depression. She is a 1957 graduate of Cass Technical High School. Tomlin attended Wayne State University, where her interest in the theater and performing arts began. After college, Tomlin began doing stand-up comedy in nightclubs in Detroit and later in New York City. Her first television appearance was on The Merv Griffin Show in 1965.
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Lorne Michaels
Lorne Michaels, CM (born November 17, 1944) is a Canadian-Americantelevision producer, writer, and comedian best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live and producing the various film and TV projects that spun off from it.
Michaels was born Lorne David Lipowitz in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the son of Florence (née Becker) and Henry Abraham Lipowitz, a furrier. He was the eldest of the Lipowitz children. He has a sister, Barbara Lipowitz, who currently resides in Toronto, and a brother, Mark Lipowitz, who died from a brain tumor. Michaels attended the Forest Hill Collegiate Institute in Toronto and graduated from University College, University of Toronto, where he majored in English, in 1966. Michaels began his career as a writer and broadcaster for CBC Radio. He moved to Los Angeles from Toronto in 1968 to work as a writer for Laugh-In and The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show. He starred with Hart Pomerantz in The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour, a Canadian comedy series which ran briefly in the early 1970s. During the late 1960s, Michaels married Rosie Shuster, who later worked with him on Saturday Night Live as a writer. She was the daughter of Frank Shuster, one half of the famous comedy team, Wayne and Shuster. Michaels and Shuster were divorced in 1980.
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Lou Marini
Lou Marini, Jr. (also known as Blue Lou) (born May 13, 1945) is an American saxophonist, arranger and composer. He is noted for his work in the jazz, rock, blues and soul music traditions.
Marini graduated from Fairless High School in Navarre, Ohio. His father, Lou Marini, Sr., was the head band director at Fairless and created the school's "Alma Mater" (official song). Each year, Fairless High still bestows the Lou Marini Award in honor of his father's work. Lou Marini, Sr. died in May 2008. Both Lou Marini Sr. and Lou Marini Jr. were inducted into the Fairless Alumni Association Hall of Honor in May 2010. In June 2010, he was named Artistic Director at the first Brianza Blues Festival, in Villa Reale (Monza, Italy)[1].
Lou Jr. attended the University of North Texas, where he played in the famed One O'Clock Lab Band. Following graduation, he gigged as a professional musician and eventually became a member of Blood, Sweat and Tears. He was a member of the Saturday Night Live house band from 1975 to 1983 and appeared in the movie The Blues Brothers and in the sequel, Blues Brothers 2000, playing the part of "Blue Lou" (a name given to him by Dan Aykroyd). He also played on Frank Zappa's 1977 album Zappa in New York, and has worked with a diverse range of artists such as Dionne Warwick, Maureen McGovern, Deodato, Steely Dan, James Taylor, Aerosmith, the Buddy Rich Big Band, and the Woody Herman Orchestra.
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Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett (January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was a Canadian-born American director and was known as the innovator of slapstick comedy in film. During his lifetime he was known at times as the "King of Comedy". His short "Wrestling Swordfish" was awarded the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 1932 and he earned an Academy Honorary Award in 1937.
Born as Mikall (or Michael) Sinnott in Danville, Quebec, Canada, the son of Irish Catholic immigrant farmers. His father was a blacksmith in the small Eastern Townships village. When he was 17 years old his family moved to Connecticut.
The family lived for a time in Northampton, Massachusetts, where, according to his autobiography, Sennett first got the idea to go on stage after seeing a vaudeville show. He claimed that the most respected lawyer in town, Northampton mayor (and future President of the United States) Calvin Coolidge, as well as Sennett's own mother, tried to talk him out of his theatrical ambitions.[citation needed]
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Mark Harmon
Mark Harmon (born September 2, 1951) is an American actor. Since the mid 1970s, he has appeared in a variety of television, film and stage roles following a brief career as a collegiate football player with the UCLA Bruins. Since 2003, Harmon has starred as Leroy Jethro Gibbs in the hit CBS series NCIS.
Harmon was born Thomas Mark Harmon in Burbank, California. His father was University of Michigan football All-American and Heisman Trophy winner, Tom Harmon. His mother was actress and artist, Elyse Knox (née Elsie Lillian Kornbrath). Harmon has two older sisters, actress and painter Kristin Nelson, the former wife of singer Ricky Nelson, and actress-model Kelly Harmon, who was once married to car magnate John DeLorean.
After attending Los Angeles Pierce College as a student and quarterback, Harmon transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles, and following in his father's athletic footsteps was the starting quarterback for the UCLA Bruins football team in 1972 and 1973. In UCLA's 1972 season he engineered a stunning upset of the two-time defending national champion, Nebraska Cornhuskers. He received the National Football Foundation Award for All-Round Excellence in 1973. In his two years as quarterback in coach Pepper Rodgers' wishbone offense, UCLA won 17 games and lost only 5. He graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Communication cum laude in 1974.
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Martin Milner
Martin Sam Milner (born December 30, 1931) is an American actor best known for his performances in two popular television series, Adam-12 and Route 66.
He has also appeared in other television series, numerous films, radio dramas, a Broadway play, and even a radio fishing show. In addition, his appearance was the inspiration for Guy Gardner, the Green Lantern Corps superhero created in 1969 by John Broome and Gil Kane.
Milner was born to film distributor Sam Gordon Milner and Paramount Theater circuit dancer Mildred E. "Jerre" Martin in Detroit, Michigan. The family left Detroit when he was very young, and moved frequently before settling in Seattle by the time he was nine. It was in Seattle that he became involved in acting, first in school, and then in a children's theater group at the Cornish Playhouse.
When Milner was fourteen, he moved with his family to Los Angeles where his parents hired an acting coach and later an agent for the budding star. Milner had his first screen test and began his film career with his debut in the 1947 film Life With Father, in the role of "John Day," the second oldest son of "Clarence Day" played by William Powell. Not two weeks after filming for Life With Father ended in August 1946, Milner came down with polio. He recovered within a year and had bit parts in two more films before graduating from North Hollywood High School in 1949. He immediately landed a minor role in the film Sands of Iwo Jima starring John Wayne. It established him as an actor with the look of an innocent juvenile, which would serve him well for ten years. It was the first of several war films in which he would have both minor and major roles in the 1950s, including another John Wayne picture called Operation Pacific in 1951. It was on the set of Halls of Montezuma in 1950 that he met and befriended actor Jack Webb. Soon thereafter, he began intermittent work on Webb's radio series Dragnet.
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Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Often referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records. His contribution to music, dance, and fashion, along with a much-publicized personal life, made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene along with his brothers as a member of The Jackson 5 in 1964, and began his solo career in 1971.
In the early 1980s, Jackson became a dominant figure in popular music. The music videos for his songs, including those of "Beat It", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller", were credited with transforming the medium into an art form and a promotional tool, and the popularity of these videos helped to bring the relatively new television channel MTV to fame. Videos such as "Black or White" and "Scream" made him a staple on MTV in the 1990s. Through stage performances and music videos, Jackson popularized a number of complicated dance techniques, such as the robot and the moonwalk, to which he gave the name. His distinctive musical sound and vocal style influenced numerous hip hop, post-disco, contemporary R&B, pop and rock artists.
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Michael Moore
Michael Francis Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an American filmmaker, author, social critic and activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, which is the highest-grossing documentary of all time. His films Bowling for Columbine and Sicko also place in the top ten highest-grossing documentaries. In September 2008, he released his first free movie on the Internet, Slacker Uprising, which documented his personal quest to encourage more Americans to vote in presidential elections. He has also written and starred in the TV shows TV Nation and The Awful Truth.
Moore criticizes globalization, large corporations, assault weapon ownership, U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, the Iraq War, the American health care system, and capitalism in his written and cinematic works.
Moore was born in Flint, Michigan, and raised in Davison, a suburb of Flint, by parents Veronica (née Wall), a secretary, and Frank Moore, an automotive assembly-line worker. At that time, the city of Flint was home to many General Motors factories, where his parents and grandfather worked. His uncle LaVerne was one of the founders of the United Automobile Workers labor union and participated in the Flint Sit-Down Strike.
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Mitchell Ryan
Mitchell Ryan (born January 11, 1928) is an American actor most recently known for playing Edward Montgomery (Greg's father) on the sitcom Dharma & Greg. He also worked with his on-screen wife from Dharma & Greg, Susan Sullivan, in the short-lived series Julie Farr, M.D..
Ryan was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War. After the Korean War, he went to the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia. There he went on to make his acting debut in Thunder Road along with the Theatre's founder Robert Porterfield.
Ryan was an original cast member on the cult TV soap Dark Shadows, playing Burke Devlin until he was fired from the show in June 1967 due to his alcoholism,[citation needed] and replaced by Anthony George. His other acting credits include Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, Liar, Liar, Magnum Force (Dirty Harry's ill-fated despondent best friend and fellow traffic cop Charlie McCoy), Lethal Weapon (as the key villain, General Peter McAllister), Grosse Pointe Blank, Electra Glide in Blue, and Hot Shots! Part Deux (as senator Grey Edwards). In 1973, he played the lead in the NBC adventure show Chase, with co-stars Wayne Maunder and Reid Smith. In 1980, Ryan played wagonmaster Cooper Hawkins in the CBS western miniseries The Chisholms, taking a wagon train of pioneers to California during the 1840s, and becoming the de facto head of the Chisholm family after the death of patriarch Hadley Chisholm. And in 1985, he portrayed Tillet Main, the patriarch of the Main family in the first North and South (TV miniseries). In 1995, he appeared in Judge Dredd.
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Monty Python
Monty Python (sometimes known as The Pythons) was a British surreal comedy group who created Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series. The Python phenomenon developed from the television series into something larger in scope and impact, spawning touring stage shows, films, numerous albums, several books and a stage musical as well as launching the members to individual stardom. The group's influence on comedy has been compared to The Beatles' influence on music.
The television series, broadcast by the BBC from 1969 to 1974, was conceived, written and performed by members Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. Loosely structured as a sketch show, but with an innovative stream-of-consciousness approach (aided by Gilliam's animation), it pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable in style and content. A self-contained comedy team responsible for both writing and performing their work, the Pythons' creative control allowed them to experiment with form and content, discarding rules of television comedy. Their influence on British comedy has been apparent for years, while in North America it has coloured the work of cult performers from the early editions of Saturday Night Live through to more recent absurdist trends in television comedy. "Pythonesque" has entered the English lexicon as a result.
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Muddy Waters
McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983), known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered the "father of modern Chicago blues". He was a major inspiration for the British blues explosion in the 1960s, and was ranked No. 17 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
Although in his later years Muddy usually said that he was born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, in 1915, he was actually born at Jug's Corner in neighboring Issaquena County, Mississippi, in 1913. Recent research has uncovered documentation showing that in the 1930s and 1940s he reported his birth year as 1913 on both his marriage license and musicians' union card. A 1955 interview in the Chicago Defender is the earliest claim of 1915 as his year of birth, which he continued to use in interviews from that point onward. The 1920 census lists him as five years old as of March 6, 1920, suggesting that his birth year may have been 1914. The Social Security Death Index, relying on the Social Security card application submitted after his move to Chicago in the mid 1940s, lists him as being born April 4, 1915. Muddy's gravestone lists his birth year as 1915.
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Olan Soule
Olan Soule (February 28, 1909 – February 1, 1994) was an American character actor with hundreds of credits in films, radio, commercials, television and animation.
Born in La Harpe, Illinois to Elbert and Ann Williams Soule (descendants of three Mayflower passengers), Olan left Illinois at the age of seven, arriving in Des Moines, Iowa. He lived there until he was 17 and then launched his theatrical career by joining Jack Brooks' Sabula, Iowa tent show.
After leaving the tent show, Soule appeared on stage in Chicago for seven years before moving to radio in 1933, including a stint on Chandu the Magician (1935–36). On radio he performed for 11 years in the daytime soap opera Bachelor's Children, and beginning in 1943, he did lead male characters on radio's famed The First Nighter Program for nine years. Listeners of First Nighter who met Soule in person were often surprised, since his slight 135-pound frame did not seem to match the voices he gave to his characters. From 1941 on, Soule had the role of L. William Kelly, SS-11, the second in command of the Secret Squadron on the Captain Midnight radio adventure serial. He also has a regular part on "Lee Hansen's" 1970's and 1980s science fiction radio drama "Alien Worlds".
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Otis Spann
Otis Spann (March 21, 1930 – April 24, 1970) was an American blues musician, who many consider the leading postwar Chicago blues pianist.
Born in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, Spann became known for his distinct piano style.
Born to Frank Houston Spann and Josephine Erby. One of five children - three boys and two girls. His father played piano, non professionally, while his mother had played guitar with Memphis Minnie.[citation needed] Spann began playing piano by age of eight, influenced by his local ivories stalwart, Friday Ford. At the age of 14, he was playing in bands around Jackson, finding more inspiration in the 78s of Big Maceo Merriweather, who took the young pianist under his wing once Spann migrated to Chicago in 1946. Other sources say that he moved to Chicago when his mother died in 1947 playing the Chicago club circuit and working as a plasterer. Spann gigged on his own, and with guitarist Morris Pejoe, working a regular spot at the Tic Toc Lounge before hooking up with Muddy Waters in 1952.
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Paul Shaffer
Paul Allen Wood Shaffer, CM (/ˈʃeɪfər/, born November 28, 1949) is a Canadian-American musician, actor, voice actor, author, comedian, and composer who has been David Letterman's sidekick since 1982.
Shaffer was born and raised in Fort William (now Thunder Bay), Ontario, Canada, the son of Shirley and Bernard Shaffer, a lawyer. Shaffer was raised in a Jewish family. As a child, Shaffer had lessons on the piano, and moved on to playing the organ by his teenage years, in a band (Fabulous Fugitives) with his schoolmates in Thunder Bay. Later he performed with the "Flash Landing Band" at different venues around Edmonton and the Interior of B.C. Educated at the University of Toronto, he began playing with jazz guitarist Tisziji Muñoz, performing in bands around the bars there, where he found an interest in musicals, and completed his studies, with a B.A. degree in Sociology in 1971.
Shaffer began his music career in 1972 as the musical director for the Toronto production of Godspell, starring Victor Garber, Gilda Radner, Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas and Andrea Martin. He went on to play piano for a Broadway show called The Magic Show in 1974, then became a member of the house band on NBC's popular Saturday Night Live (SNL) television program from 1975 to 1980 (except for a brief departure in 1977). Though Shaffer was at the piano and appeared to be directing the band's actions, Howard Shore was credited as SNL's musical director, eventually turning the actual conducting of the band to sax player Howard Johnson. Shaffer also regularly appeared in the show's sketches, notably as the pianist for Bill Murray's Nick the Lounge Singer character, and as Don Kirshner.
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Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is a grammy award winning American singer-songwriter, poet and guitarist.
Simon's international fame and success began as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, launched in 1964 with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached No. 1 on the U.S. singles charts: "The Sound of Silence", "Mrs. Robinson", and "Bridge Over Troubled Water". The duo split up in 1970 at the height of their popularity, and Simon began a successful solo career, recording three highly acclaimed albums over the next five years. In 1986, he released Graceland, an album inspired by South African township music. Simon also wrote and starred in the film One-Trick Pony in 1980 and co-wrote the Broadway musical The Capeman in 1998.
Simon has earned 12 Grammys for his solo and collaborative work, including the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2001, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and in 2006 was selected as one of the "100 People Who Shaped the World" by Time magazine. Among many other honors, Simon was the first recipient of the Library of Congress' Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in 2007. In 1986 Simon was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music where he currently serves on the Board of Trustees.
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Paula Cole
Paula Cole (born April 5, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter. Her single "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1997, and the following year she won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
Cole was raised in Rockport, Massachusetts; her mother was an elementary school art teacher, and her father was a professor of biology and ecology at Salem State College and a polka musician. She attended Rockport High School, where she was president of her senior class and performed in school theatrical productions such as South Pacific. Cole then attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she studied jazz singing and improvisation. She was offered a record deal by a jazz label, but decided to turn it down.
Cole got her first big professional break when she was invited to perform on Peter Gabriel's 1993-1994 Secret World Live tour. Shortly after this, she was signed on with her first record company Imago Records. Through this record company, she released her first album Harbinger in 1994. Within that year of Harbinger's release, Imago Records went out of business. In 1995, she was signed on to Warner Bros. Records. The record company reissued Harbinger in the Autumn of 1995.
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Peter Aykroyd
Peter Hugh Aykroyd was born to Lorraine and Peter Aykroyd in Canada. He is the younger brother of comedian Dan Aykroyd. Along with his older brother he was in the Second City comedy troupe in Toronto, Ontario. The two were also on the popular NBC sketch show Saturday Night Live. Peter was a cast member and writer in the fifth season, 1979-1980. He is also a songwriter and performer.
He and Dan Aykroyd wrote the movie Nothing but Trouble in the early nineties, Peter writing the story and Dan the screenplay. In 1996, Peter Aykroyd co-created the Canadian sci-fi show PSI Factor with Christopher Chacon and Peter Ventrella; the show was hosted by his brother Dan.
In 1997, Peter Aykroyd and James Belushi provided the voices of Elwood Blues and Jake Blues for the cartoon The Blues Brothers Animated Series, reprising the roles made famous by their respective brothers Dan and John.
Peter appeared in such movies as Doctor Detroit, Dragnet, Nothing but Trouble, Coneheads and many others.
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Peter Parros
Peter Parros (born November 11, 1960 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor and screenwriter. His acting credits include stage, screen and television, but he may be most recognized for his nearly decade-long portrayal of Dr. Ben Harris on the CBS soap As the World Turns.
Peter Parros was born in Brooklyn, New York, but grew up in Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. He became interested in acting and the film industry after holding a job with a company that created special effects miniatures. When interviewed, he referred to the initial stages of his acting endeavor as being completely different than what other actors and actresses found. He said, "What drew me in wasn't the Shakespearean quality of acting. I was going to be the black Arnold Schwarzenegger.". He then became an editor for the magazine "International Modeler", and went to school to be a dental technician.[citation needed]
Initially, Parros acted solely in theater. Eventually, he found minor success on screen. In 1984, Parros landed his first television role as Michael, Tootie's cousin, in The Facts of Life. His first regular series role was on Knight Rider in 1985, playing "RC3", a.k.a. Reginald Cornelius III, the new mechanic who worked on KITT; he appeared in the fourth and final season of the series.
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Peyton Manning
Peyton Williams Manning (born March 24, 1976) is an American football quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Indianapolis Colts for 14 seasons from 1998–2011. He is the son of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning and an elder brother of New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning.
Manning played college football at the University of Tennessee, leading the Volunteers to the 1997 SEC Championship in his senior season. He was chosen by the Indianapolis Colts with the first overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft. From 1998 to 2010, he led the Colts to seven AFC South division championships, two AFC championships, and to a Super Bowl championship (Super Bowl XLI). He has won a record four league most valuable player awards, was the most valuable player of Super Bowl XLI, has been named to eleven Pro Bowls, has eleven 4,000-yard passing seasons (including a record six straight), and is the Indianapolis Colts' all-time leader in passing yards (54,828) and touchdown passes (399). In 2009, he was named the best player in the NFL and Fox Sports along with Sports Illustrated named him the NFL player of the decade of the 2000s.
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Pierre Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau CC, CH, PC, QC, FSRC (
/truːˈdoʊ/; French pronunciation: [tʁydo]; October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000), usually known as Pierre Trudeau or Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and again from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984.
Trudeau began his political career campaigning for socialist ideals, but he eventually joined the Liberal Party of Canada when he entered federal politics in the 1960s. He was appointed as Lester Pearson's Parliamentary Secretary, and later became his Minister of Justice. From his base in Montreal, Trudeau took control of the Liberal Party and became a charismatic leader, inspiring "Trudeaumania". From the late 1960s until the mid-1980s, he dominated the Canadian political scene and aroused passionate reactions. "Reason before passion" was his personal motto. He retired from politics in 1984, and John Turner succeeded him as Prime Minister.
Admirers praise the force of Trudeau's intellect and they salute his political acumen in preserving national unity against Quebec separatists, suppressing a violent revolt, and establishing the Charter of Rights and Freedoms within Canada's constitution. Critics accuse him of arrogance, economic mismanagement, and unduly favouring the federal government relative to the provinces, especially in trying to control the oil wealth of the Prairies.
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Pinetop Perkins
Joseph William Perkins (July 7, 1913 – March 21, 2011), known by the stage name Pinetop Perkins, was an American blues musician, specializing in piano music. He played with some of the most influential blues and rock and roll performers in American history, and received numerous honors during his lifetime including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and induction into the Blues Hall of Fame.
Perkins was born in Belzoni, Mississippi, United States. He began his career as a guitarist, but then injured the tendons in his left arm in a fight with a choirgirl in Helena, Arkansas.[citation needed] Unable to play guitar, Perkins switched to the piano, and also switched from Robert Nighthawk's KFFA radio program to Sonny Boy Williamson's King Biscuit Time. He continued working with Nighthawk, however, accompanying him on 1950's "Jackson Town Gal".
In the 1950s, Perkins joined Earl Hooker and began touring, stopping to record "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" (written by Pinetop Smith) at Sam Phillips' studio in Memphis, Tennessee. ("They used to call me Pinetop," he recalled, "because I played that song.") However, Perkins was only 15 years old in 1928, when Smith originally recorded "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie".
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Queen Latifah
Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970), better known by her stage name Queen Latifah, is an American singer, rapper, and actress. Her work in music, film and television has earned her a Golden Globe award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Image Awards, a Grammy Award, six additional Grammy nominations, an Emmy Award nomination and an Academy Award nomination.
Latifah was born, and primarily raised, in East Orange, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Rita (née Bray), a teacher at Irvington High School (her daughter's alma mater), and Lancelot Owens, Sr., a police officer, her parents divorced when Latifah was ten. Latifah was raised in the Baptist church and attended Catholic school in Newark, New Jersey. Her stage name, Latifah (لطيفة laţīfa), meaning "delicate" and "very kind" in Arabic, she found in an Islamic book of names when she was eight. Always a tall girl, the 5'10" Latifah was a power forward on her high school basketball team. She performed the number "Home" from the musical The Wiz in a high school play. She is of African American and Native American ancestry.
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Randolph Mantooth
Randolph Mantooth (born September 19, 1945) is an American character actor of stage, film and television. Mantooth is best known for his work in the 1970s medical drama, Emergency!, as Johnny Gage, a Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedic. He is also known for his work on the E! Network's program Talk Soup alongside host John Henson, and for appearing in various soap operas starting in 1987.
Mantooth, the oldest of four children, was born in Sacramento, California, to Sadie and Donald (Buck) Mantooth. He is half Seminole. Because of his father's job in the construction industry, Mantooth's family lived in 24 states, finally settling in Santa Barbara, California, where he grew up. Even as a child, Mantooth was fascinated with acting. He attended San Marcos High School, where he further cultivated his passion in drama, which led him to become an actor. He graduated from high school in 1964 and then the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, with a major in drama. One of his earlier jobs was as an elevator operator at the Madison Ave. Baptist Church and as a page at NBC Studios at Rockefeller Center in New York City. His very first paying job in life was as a newspapers boy for the local paper, the Coatesville Record, in Coatesville, Pennsylvania.
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Randy Quaid
"Randy Quaid" (born October 1, 1950) is an Academy Award Nominated American actor perhaps best known for his role as Cousin Eddie in the National Lampoon's Vacation movies, as well as his numerous supporting roles in films, including his Oscar-nominated performance in The Last Detail, along with Independence Day, Kingpin, and Brokeback Mountain. He has won a Golden Globe Award, an Emmy Award and a BAFTA Award.
Randy Quaid was born in Houston, Texas, the son of Juanita Bonniedale "Nita" (née Jordan), a real estate agent, and William Rudy Quaid, an electrician.Randy attended Pershing Middle School and Bellaire High School. Quaid has a half brother, Buddy John Quaid and a half sister, Brandy Kaye Quaid, and stepmother Tana Quaid.[citation needed]
Quaid has appeared in over 90 movies. Peter Bogdanovich discovered him when Quaid was a student at the University of Houston, and he received his first exposure in Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show. His character escorts Jacy Farrow (played by Cybill Shepherd) to late-night indoor skinny-dipping at a swimming pool. It was the first of his several roles directed by Bogdanovich and/or based on the writings of Larry McMurtry.
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Renée Taylor
Renée Taylor (born Renée Wechsler; March 19, 1933) is an American actress, Academy Award nominated writer and one-time director, best known for having played Fran Drescher's title character's outspoken mother, Sylvia Fine, on the TV series The Nanny.
Born in the Bronx, New York, Taylor worked as a comedian in the early 1960s at the New York City nightclub Bon Soir. Her opening act was a then unknown Barbra Streisand. In 1968, Taylor played Eva Braun in the feature film The Producers.[citation needed]
Taylor and her husband, Joseph Bologna, co-wrote the Broadway hit comedy Lovers and Other Strangers, and received Oscar nominations for having written the 1970 film adaptation. In 1971, the couple co-wrote and starred in the film Made for Each Other. Their screenplay received a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedy.
From 1992 to 1994, Taylor played the stereotypically overbearing Jewish mother of the lead character on the HBO series Dream On. In 1993, she was cast as the mother of Richard Lewis, and the ex-wife of Don Rickles, in the Fox sitcom Daddy Dearest, which was canceled after a short two-month run in the fall. At about the same time, Taylor was slated for sporadic guest appearances on the new CBS sitcom The Nanny, playing Sylvia Fine, the mother of Fran Drescher's title character. Several episodes into The Nanny, and after the cancelation of Daddy Dearest, Taylor was upgraded to a recurring cast member, and eventually a full-time cast member by the third season. Her roles on the two broadcast network series were concurrent with her work on Dream On.
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Richard Boone
Richard Allen Boone (June 18, 1917 – January 10, 1981) was an American actor who starred in over 50 films and was notable for his roles in Westerns and for starring in the TV series Have Gun – Will Travel.
Boone was born in Los Angeles, California, the middle child of Cecile (née Beckerman) and Kirk E. Boone, a well-to-do corporate lawyer. His father was a descendant of Squire Boone, younger brother of frontiersman Daniel Boone. His mother was Jewish, the daughter of immigrants from Russia. Contrary to popular belief Boone was not related to Pat, Randy or Debbie Boone. Boone graduated from Hoover High School in Glendale, California. He attended Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, but left prior to graduation and tried his hand at oil-rigging, bartending, painting and writing before joining the United States Navy in 1941. He served on three ships in the Pacific during World War II, seeing combat as an aviation ordnanceman and gunner on TBM Avenger torpedo bombers.
After the war, he used the G.I. Bill to study acting at the Actors Studio in New York. Serious and methodical, Boone debuted on Broadway in 1947 in the play Medea and appeared in Macbeth (1948) and The Man (1950).
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Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, California. After completing his undergraduate work at Whittier College, he graduated from Duke University School of Law in 1937, and returned to California to practice law. He and his wife, Pat Nixon, moved to Washington to work for the federal government in 1942. He subsequently served in the United States Navy during World War II. Nixon was elected to the House of Representatives in 1946 and to the Senate in 1950. His pursuit of the Hiss Case established his reputation as a leading anti-communist, and elevated him to national prominence. He was the running mate of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Republican Party presidential nominee in the 1952 election. Nixon served for eight years as vice president. He waged an unsuccessful presidential campaign in 1960, narrowly losing to John F. Kennedy, and lost a race for Governor of California in 1962. In 1968, he ran again for the presidency and was elected.
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Robert Conrad
Robert Conrad (born March 1, 1929) is an American actor. He is best known for his role in the 1965-1969 CBS television series The Wild Wild West, in which he played the sophisticated Secret Service agent James T. West, and his portrayal of World War II ace Pappy Boyington in the television series Baa Baa Black Sheep. He was a recording artist of pop/rock songs in the early 1960s as Bob Conrad before he started acting. He hosts a weekly two hour national radio show (The PM Show with Robert Conrad) on CRN Digital Talk Radio.
Conrad was born Conrad Robert Falk in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Jackie Smith, first publicity director of Mercury Records, who married Chicago disk jockey and radio personality Eddie Hubbard in 1948. Hubbard and Smith reportedly had at least one child together (born 1949) but split up by 1958.
Signed to Warner Bros. as an actor, Conrad took advantage of Warner's recording division. He eventually released several recordings issued on a variety of LPs, EPs, and SPs 33 and a third and 45 rpm records during the late 1950s and early 1960s. He had a minor Billboard hit song in "Bye Bye Baby" which reached #113.
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Robert Illes
Robert Illes (17 May 1948; Downey, California) is an American Emmy Award-winning screenwriter, television producer, playwright and author.
Robert Illes was born in Downey, California to immigrant parents. His father Peter Illes (1920–2002) who spent some 40 years in the printing and stationery business in Los Angeles, was a native of Hungary, emigrating to central California in 1931. Mother Pauline Corne (1924- ) is a native of Norwich, England. His parents met and married during World War II in Norwich, where Peter was serving in the U. S. 8th Air Force. They moved to the Southern California area after the war, eventually settling in Los Angeles. Robert has a brother and two sisters.
Illes attended Los Angeles public schools, where he excelled in art and creative writing, graduating George Washington High School before entering the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, studying telecommunications and journalism. He worked briefly for the Daily Trojan as a reporter before becoming a comedy newscaster for KUSC-FM, then a student run radio station.
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Robert Stack
Robert Stack (January 13, 1919 – May 14, 2003) was a multilingual American actor and television host. In addition to acting in more than 40 feature films, he starred in the 1959–63 television series The Untouchables, and later hosted Unsolved Mysteries.
Robert Stack was born Charles Langford Modini Stack in Los Angeles, California, but his first name (selected by his mother) was changed to Robert by his father. He spent his early childhood growing up in Europe. He became fluent in French and Italian at an early age, but he did not learn English until returning to Los Angeles. Stack's parents divorced when he was a year old, and he was raised by his mother, Mary Elizabeth (née Wood). His father, James Langford Stack, a wealthy advertising agency owner, died when Stack was nine. He always spoke of his mother with the greatest respect and love. When he collaborated with Mark Evans on his autobiography, Straight Shooting, he included a picture of him and his mother. He captioned it, "Me and my best girl." His grandfather was an opera singer named Charles Wood, who went by the name "Modini".
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Rod Serling
Rodman Edward "Rod" Serling (December 25, 1924 – June 28, 1975) was an American screenwriter, novelist, television producer, and narrator best known for his live television dramas of the 1950s and his science fiction anthology TV series, The Twilight Zone. Serling was active in politics, both on and off the screen and helped form television industry standards. He was known as the "angry young man" of Hollywood, clashing with television executives and sponsors over a wide range of issues including censorship, racism, and anti-war politics.
Serling was born December 25, 1924, into a Jewish family in Syracuse, New York, the second of two sons born to Esther (née Cooper) and Samuel Lawrence Serling. Serling's father had worked as a secretary and amateur inventor before having children, but took on his father-in-law's profession as a grocer in order to earn a steady income. Sam Serling later took up the trade of butcher after the Great Depression forced the store to close. Serling's mother was a homemaker.
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Rod Warren
Rod Warren (1931 – 22 October 1984) was an American Emmy Award-winning screenwriter, and actor.
Rod Warren at the Internet Movie Database
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Ron Popeil
Ronald M. Popeil (born May 3, 1935 in New York City; /poʊˈpiːl/) is an American inventor and marketing personality, best known for his direct response marketing company Ronco. He is well known for his appearances in infomercials for the Showtime Rotisserie ("Set it, and forget it!") and for using the phrase, "But wait, there's more!" on television as early as the mid-1950s.
Popeil learned his trade from his father, Samuel, who was also an inventor and carny salesman of kitchen-related gadgets such as the Chop-O-Matic and the Veg-O-Matic. The Chop-O-Matic retailed for US$3.98 and sold over two million units. The invention of the Chop-O-Matic caused a problem that marked the entrance of Ron Popeil into television. It turned out that the Chop-O-Matic was so efficient at chopping vegetables, that it was impractical for salesmen to carry the vegetables they needed to chop. The solution was to tape the demonstration. Once the demonstration was taped, it was a short step to broadcasting the demonstration as a commercial.
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Rosie Shuster
Rosie Shuster (born June 19, 1950) is a Canadian-born comedy writer. She was writer for Saturday Night Live during the 1970s and 1980s and she was married to the show's creator, Lorne Michaels from 1971 to 1980. She is the daughter of comedian Frank Shuster of Wayne and Shuster fame and a cousin of Superman co-creator, Joe Shuster.
Shuster was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Rudy De Luca
Rudy De Luca is an American screenwriter and actor best known for his work with filmmaker Mel Brooks.
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Rush Limbaugh
Rush Hudson Limbaugh III ( /ˈlɪmbɔː/; born January 12, 1951) is an American radio talk show host and political commentator. Since he was 16 Limbaugh has worked a series of disc jockey jobs. His talk show began in 1984 at Sacramento radio station KFBK, featuring his ongoing format of political commentary and listener calls. In 1988 Limbaugh began broadcasting his show nationally from radio station WABC in New York, New York. He currently lives in West Palm Beach, Florida, from where he broadcasts the The Rush Limbaugh Show, the highest-rated talk-radio program in the United States.
In the 1990s Limbaugh's books The Way Things Ought to Be (1992) and See, I Told You So (1993) made The New York Times Best Seller list. Limbaugh frequently criticizes, in his books and on his show, what he regards as liberal policies and politicians, as well as what he perceives as a pervasive liberal bias in major U.S. media.
Rush Hudson Limbaugh III was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, the son of Mildred Carolyn "Millie" (née Armstrong) and Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Jr. His father was a lawyer and a U.S. fighter pilot who served in the China Burma India Theater of World War II. His mother was a native of Searcy, Arkansas. The name "Rush" was originally chosen for his grandfather to honor the maiden name of family member Edna Rush.
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Sam Elliott
Samuel Pack "Sam" Elliott (born August 9, 1944) is an American actor. His rangy physique, thick horseshoe moustache, deep, resonant voice, and Western drawl lend to frequent casting as cowboys and ranchers.
Sam Elliott was born in Sacramento, California, to a physical training instructor mother and a father who worked for the Department of the Interior. He moved from California to Oregon with his family during his teenage years, where he graduated from David Douglas High School in Portland. He attended Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, where he completed a two-year program and was cast as one of the leads in Guys and Dolls. The local newspaper suggested that Elliott should be a professional actor. Soon after, Elliott declared he was going to Hollywood to become a star. Elliott is a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at Cal State L.A.. He worked in construction while studying acting in Los Angeles. Elliott also lived for a short time in Princeton, West Virginia.[citation needed]
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Sanjaya Malakar
Sanjaya Joseph Malakar ( /sænˈdʒaɪ.ə ˈmɑːləkɑr/; Hindi: संजय मलाकार; born September 10, 1989) is an American singer, who was a finalist on the sixth season of American Idol. He gained national attention on the series, controversially advancing to 7th place with public votes, despite being poorly received by the show's judges, particularly Simon Cowell.
After Idol, Malakar made many television guest appearances and has been commonly parodied in popular culture. He got to 5th place in season two of the reality television show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
Malakar was born in the large suburb of Federal Way, which is in the Seattle metropolitan area. His father, a musician, is a Bengali Indian named Vasudeva Malakar, who immigrated to the United States, and his mother is an Italian American named Jillian Recchi Blyth.
His parents filed for divorce when he was three years old and had been separated for a year prior to doing so. When the divorce was filed, the family had almost no money coming in. His mother and the children were living in a Seattle apartment, and her only income was from welfare[citation needed]. His mother remarried, but his stepfather died soon afterwards. Although Malakar spent the majority of his formative years in the Seattle area, he has also lived in both California and Kauai, Hawaii, where he performed with the Hawaii Children's Theater group. While in Seattle, he spent three years with the Total Experience Gospel Choir.
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Sonny Terry
Saunders Terrell, better known as Sonny Terry (24 October 1911 - 11 March 1986) was a blind American Piedmont blues musician. He was widely known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers, and imitations of trains and fox hunts.
Terry was born in Greensboro, Georgia. His father, a farmer, taught him to play basic blues harp as a youth. He sustained injuries to his eyes and lost his sight by the time he was 16, which prevented him from doing farm work himself. In order to earn a living Terry was forced to play music. He began playing in Shelby, North Carolina. After his father died he began playing in the trio of Piedmont blues-style guitarist Blind Boy Fuller. When Fuller died in 1941, he established a long-standing musical relationship with Brownie McGhee, and the pair recorded numerous songs together. The duo became well-known among white audiences, as they joined the growing folk movement of the 1950s and 1960s. This included collaborations with Styve Homnick, Woody Guthrie and Moses Asch, producing Folkways Records (now Smithsonian/Folkways) classic recordings.
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Stacy Harris
Stacy Harris (July 26, 1918 — March 13, 1973) was an American actor with hundreds of film and television appearances.
Harris was best known for his role as agent Jim Taylor on ABC Radio's This is Your FBI and, later, for playing varied characters, often villains, on shows produced by Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited, such as Dragnet, Noah's Ark, Adam-12 and O'Hara, U.S. Treasury.
He died in 1973, aged 54, in Los Angeles, California.
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Stan Hart
Stan Hart is a comedy writer with many television credits. His work also appeared for decades in Mad Magazine. He was closely associated with another MAD writer, Larry Siegel; though the two wrote separately for the magazine, both contributed to the off-Broadway musical The Mad Show, and later to The Carol Burnett Show (for which they won multiple Emmy Awards).
Hart is now retired and volunteers his time as a writing consultant with a performing arts school in Westchester County called the Youth Theatre Interactions, Inc.
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Steve Cropper
Steve Cropper (born Steven Lee Cropper, October 21, 1941, Dora, Missouri), also known as Steve "The Colonel" Cropper, is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, and has backed artists such as Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Carla, Rufus Thomas and Johnnie Taylor, also acting as producer on many of these records. He later gained fame as a member of the Blues Brothers band.Rolling Stone lists him 36th on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.Mojo ranks Cropper as the second-best guitarist ever.
When he was nine years old, Cropper moved with his family to Memphis, Tennessee. At the age of ten, he strummed his brother-in-law's Gibson guitar for the first time[citation needed]. Cropper received his first guitar by mail order at 14 and started playing with local musicians. His guitar heroes at the time included Lowman Pauling of the "5" Royales, as well as Chet Atkins, Chuck Berry, Tal Farlow, Jimmy Reed, and the guitarist of the Bill Doggett band, Billy Butler.
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Steve Martin
Stephen Glenn "Steve" Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, author, playwright, producer, musician and composer. Martin came to public notice as a writer for the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, and later became a frequent guest on The Tonight Show. In the 1970s, Martin performed his offbeat, absurdist comedy routines before packed houses on national tours. In 2004, Comedy Central ranked Martin at sixth place in a list of the 100 greatest stand-up comics.
Since the 1980s, having branched away from stand-up comedy, Martin has become a successful actor in both comedic and dramatic roles, as well as an author, playwright, pianist, and banjo player, eventually earning Emmy, Grammy, and American Comedy awards, among other honors.
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Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as archetypes of modern Hollywood blockbuster filmmaking. In later years, his films began addressing such issues as the Holocaust, slavery, war and terrorism. He is considered one of the most popular and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. He is also one of the co-founders of DreamWorks movie studio.
Spielberg won the Academy Award for Best Director for Schindler's List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998). Three of Spielberg's films—Jaws (1975), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and Jurassic Park (1993)—achieved box office records, each becoming the highest-grossing film made at the time. To date, the unadjusted gross of all Spielberg-directed films exceeds $8.5 billion worldwide. Forbes puts Spielberg's wealth at $3.0 billion.
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Terry Gross
Terry Gross (born February 14, 1951 ) is the host and co-executive producer of Fresh Air, an interview format radio show produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia and distributed throughout the United States by National Public Radio.
Gross has won praise over the years for her low-key and friendly yet often probing interview style and for the diversity of her guests. She has a reputation for researching her guests' work largely the night before an interview, often asking them unexpected questions about their early career.
Gross grew up in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York in a Jewish family. She earned a bachelor's degree in English and a master's degree in communications from the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. She began a teaching career, but said that she was "totally unequipped" for the job, and was fired after only six weeks.
Gross began her radio career in 1973 at WBFO, a public radio station in Buffalo, New York, where she had been volunteering. In 1975, she moved to WHYY-FM in Philadelphia to host and produce Fresh Air, which was a local interview program at the time. In 1985, Fresh Air with Terry Gross went national, being distributed weekly by NPR. It became a daily program two years later.
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The Nanny
The Nanny is an American television sitcom originally broadcast 1993–1999, starring Fran Drescher as Fran Fine, a Jewish Queens native who becomes the nanny of three children from the New York/British high society.
Created and executive produced by Drescher and her then-husband Peter Marc Jacobson, The Nanny took much of its inspiration from Drescher's personal life growing up in Queens, involving names and characteristics based on her relatives and friends. The show earned a Rose d'Or and one Emmy Award, out of a total of thirteen nominations, and Drescher was twice nominated for a Golden Globe and an Emmy. The sitcom has also spawned several foreign adaptations, loosely inspired by the original scripts.
Jewish-American Fran Fine, fresh out of her job as a bridal consultant in her fiance's shop, first appears on the door step of Broadway producer Maxwell Sheffield (Charles Shaughnessy) peddling cosmetics, and quickly stumbles upon the opportunity to become the nanny for his three children. Soon Fran, with her off-beat nurturing and no-nonsense honesty, touches the whole family as she gives the prim-and-proper Maxwell and his children a dose of 'Queens logic,' helping them to become a healthy, happy family; a family that she later fully joins when she becomes engaged and then married to Maxwell. She then adds to this family of five when she and Maxwell have fraternal twins.
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Tim Conway
Thomas Daniel "Tim" Conway (born December 15, 1933) is an Emmy award-winning American comedian and actor, who has worked in sitcoms, sketch comedy, and film. Conway is best known for his role in the popular 1960s WWII sitcom McHale's Navy as the inept Ensign Charles Parker, second in command to Lt. Commander Quinton McHale (Ernest Borgnine), and for co-starring alongside Carol Burnett on The Carol Burnett Show.
Conway was born in Willoughby, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, to an Irish father and Romanian mother, and grew up in nearby Chagrin Falls. He attended Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, majoring in speech and radio, and was a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. After graduating, he joined the Army, and thereafter took a job at a Cleveland radio station, at first answering mail and later as a writer in the promotional department. Conway changed his first name to "Tim" to avoid confusion with actor Tom Conway.
Conway moved back to Cleveland to work with Ernie Anderson on KYW-TV, an NBC affiliate, in 1958 and 1959 and later, from 1960 to 1962, on WJW TV, (then the CBS affiliate) on the weekday morning film (under the Ernie's Place banner) where he also wrote material for the comedic skits shown in between film intermissions. Conway recorded a comedy album with Anderson.
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Tom Hanks
Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks is known for his roles in Philadelphia and as the title character in Forrest Gump, roles which won him two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor. Hanks is also known for his Oscar nominated roles in Big, Saving Private Ryan and Cast Away.
Hanks' other acting roles include Apollo 13 as Jim Lovell, The Green Mile as Paul Edgecomb, Toy Story as Woody and Charlie Wilson's War as Charlie Wilson.
Hanks was born in Concord, California. His father, Amos Mefford Hanks (born in Glenn County, California, on March 9, 1924 – died in Alameda, California, on January 31, 1992), was an itinerant cook. His mother, Janet Marylyn (née Frager; born in Alameda County, California, on January 18, 1932), was a hospital worker. Hanks' mother is of Portuguese ancestry, while two of his paternal great-grandparents immigrated from Britain. Hanks's parents divorced in 1960. The family's three oldest children, Sandra (now Sandra Hanks Benoiton, a writer)[citation needed], Larry (now Lawrence M. Hanks, PhD, an entomology professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Tom, went with their father, while the youngest, Jim, now an actor and film maker, remained with his mother in Red Bluff, California.[citation needed]
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Tom Mankiewicz
Thomas Frank "Tom" Mankiewicz (June 1, 1942 – July 31, 2010) was a screenwriter/director/producer of motion pictures and television, perhaps best known for his work on the James Bond films and his contributions to Superman: The Movie and the television series, Hart to Hart.
Mankiewicz was born in Los Angeles on June 1, 1942. His parents were Austrian-born actress Rosa Stradner and the celebrated screenwriter/director Joseph L. Mankiewicz. In 1950, his father, after winning four Oscars in two years for the screenplays and direction of A Letter to Three Wives and All About Eve, decided to move his family back to New York City where he had been raised, the son of a German immigrant language professor.
Mankiewicz was a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy (1955–59) and Yale University (1959–63). He majored in drama at Yale, completing the first two years of the Yale Drama School while still an undergraduate.
During vacations he worked at the Williamstown Summer Theater in Massachusetts both in production and as an actor. In 1960, he was hired as a third Assistant Director on The Comancheros, a film starring John Wayne and Lee Marvin, which was shot in the Monument Valley of Utah, the last film directed by the legendary Michael Curtiz.
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Tom Schiller
Tom Schiller is an American Emmy Award winning writer best known for his eleven-year stint writing and directing short films for Saturday Night Live (following the show's original short film makers Albert Brooks and Gary Weis). His films, often featuring members of the original SNL cast, aired on the program in a segment titled, "Schiller's Reel." Schiller was part of the original 1975 writing team when Saturday Night Live debuted on NBC. Notable films included the Federico Fellini send-up "La Dolce Gilda" and "Don't Look Back in Anger", which depicted an elderly John Belushi as the last living "Not Ready For Primetime Player" and dancing on the graves of his deceased castmembers. (Belushi would become the first SNL cast member to die, four years after the film first aired). Another favorite was "Java Junkie", a send-up of a 50s style cautionary film about a coffee addict (played by Peter Aykroyd). Schiller wrote and directed the short film "Love is a Dream" for SNL with Phil Hartman and producer/cinematographer Neal Marshad. Schiller also wrote and directed a unique feature film, Nothing Lasts Forever (1984). The film, which was unreleased at the time and featured Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Zach Galligan, Sam Jaffe, Mort Sahl, Lauren Tom, Imogene Coca, Apollonia van Ravenstein and Eddie Fisher, has gained a cult following and influenced a number of young directors in recent years.
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Tom Snyder
Thomas James "Tom" Snyder (May 12, 1936 – July 29, 2007) was an American television personality, news anchor and radio personality best known for his late night talk shows The Tomorrow Show, on the NBC television network in the 1970s and 1980s, and The Late Late Show, on the CBS Television Network in the 1990s. Snyder was also the pioneer anchor of the primetime NBC News Update, in the 1970s and early 1980s, which was a one-minute capsule of news updates in primetime.
Snyder was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to parents Frank and Marie Snyder. He received a Catholic upbringing and attended St. Agnes Elementary School and graduated from Jesuit-run Marquette University High School. He attended Marquette University, after which he had originally planned to study medicine and become a doctor.
Snyder had loved radio since he was a child and at some point changed his field of study from pre-med to journalism. He once told Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Tim Cuprisin that broadcasting became more important to him than attending classes, and he skipped a lot of them. Snyder began his career as a radio reporter at WRIT (unrelated to the present-day FM station) in Milwaukee and at WKZO in Kalamazoo (where he was fired by John Fetzer) in the 1950s. For a time he worked at Savannah, Georgia AM station WSAV (now WBMQ).
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Vincent Price
Vincent Leonard Price, Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor, well known for his distinctive voice and serio-comic performances in a series of horror films made in the latter part of his career.
Price was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Marguerite Cobb (née Wilcox) and Vincent Leonard Price, Sr., who was the president of the National Candy Company. His grandfather, Vincent Clarence Price, invented "Dr. Price's Baking Powder," the first cream of tartar baking powder, and secured the family's fortune.
Price attended St. Louis Country Day School. He was further educated at Yale in art history and fine art. He was a member of the Courtauld Institute, London. He became interested in the theatre during the 1930s, appearing professionally on stage for the first time in 1935.
He made his film debut in 1938 with Service de Luxe and established himself in the film Laura (1944), opposite Gene Tierney, directed by Otto Preminger. He also played Joseph Smith, Jr. in the movie Brigham Young (1940) and William Gibbs McAdoo in Wilson (1944) as well as a pretentious priest in The Keys of the Kingdom (1944).
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Virginia Gregg
Virginia Gregg (March 6, 1916 – September 15, 1986) was an American actress best known for her many roles in radio dramas. Born in Harrisburg, Illinois, she was the daughter of musician Dewey Alphaleta (née Todd) and businessman Edward William Gregg.
Gregg was a prolific radio actor, heard on such programs as The Adventures of Sam Spade, Dragnet, Dr. Kildare, Gunsmoke, The Jack Benny Program, Let George Do It, Lux Radio Theatre, One Man's Family, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar and The Screen Guild Theater.
On the radio series Have Gun–Will Travel (starring John Dehner as Paladin), Gregg portrayed Miss Wong (the girlfriend of Hey Boy). She played Richard Diamond's girlfriend, the wealthy Helen Asher, on the radio series Richard Diamond, Private Detective (starring Dick Powell as Diamond).
Beginning with Body and Soul (1947), Gregg made more than 45 films, including Journey to Nowhere, Spencer's Mountain and I'll Cry Tomorrow.
On television. Gregg portrayed Mary Surratt, the woman hanged for conspiracy in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, in the 1956 episode "The Mary Surratt Case" of NBC anthology series, The Joseph Cotten Show.
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Walter Schumann
Walter Schumann (October 8, 1913 — August 21, 1958) was an American composer for film, television, and the theater. His notable works include the score for The Night of the Hunter and the Dragnet Theme. (The Dragnet theme was lifted, inadvertently according to Schumann, from Miklos Rozsa's score from the 1946 film The Killers.)
Schumann was born in New York City in 1913. By the early 1930s, he was attending law school at USC when he abruptly quit his studies to perform in a college dance band. Eventually, the members of the band went their separate ways but Schumann continued on within the music industry, working with Eddie Cantor on Cantor's radio show, and recording with Andre Kostelanetz.
Following the outbreak of World War II, Schumann enlisted, eventually becoming the musical director of the Armed Forces Radio Service. He worked with most of the major acts of the war on all the radio shows AFRS produced during this time. After the war, he returned to Los Angeles and worked in the movie and television industry as a composer and arranger, mostly on several Abbott & Costello films. In 1949, Schumann was asked to compose a new theme for a police detective show about to make its debut on the NBC Radio network. He began his theme with a four note motif—quite possibly the second most famous four-note motif after Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Dragnet became a smash hit on the radio, and then television, and Schumann's theme quickly became instantly recognizable.[citation needed]
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Wayne Maunder
Wayne E. Maunder (born December 19, 1938) is a retired actor, originally from Canada, who starred in three American television series between 1967 and 1974.
From September 6 to December 27, 1968, Maunder starred as 28-year-old Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer (1839–1876), during the time that Custer was stationed in the American West. The program called simply Custer aired on ABC series Custer at 7:30 Eastern on Wednesday, opposite NBC's established western, The Virginian starring James Drury and Doug McClure. The program ended after seventeen episodes.
Maunder's next series was a second western, CBS's Lancer, with co-stars Andrew Duggan (1923–1988), James Stacy (born 1936), and Paul Brinegar (1917–1995). Lancer ran from 1968–1970, with an additional rebroadcast cycle in the summer of 1971.
Maunder's last regular series, Chase, is a 21-episode drama about an undercover police unit which aired on NBC during the 1973-1974 television season, co-starring Mitchell Ryan (born 1928) as Chase Reddick (hence the name of the series) and Reid Smith as officer Norm Hamilton. Maunder played the role of police Sergeant Sam MacCray, one of whose duties was to handle the police dog named "Fuzz". A Jack Webb production, Chase was created by Stephen J. Cannell.
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William Atherton
William Atherton (born July 30, 1947), born William Atherton Knight II, is an American film, stage and television actor.
Atherton was born in Orange, Connecticut, the son of Robert Atherton Knight and Roby (maiden name Robison). He studied acting at the Drama School at Carnegie Tech and graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1969.
Atherton made a splash on the New York stage immediately after graduating college and worked with many of the country's leading playwrights including David Rabe, John Guare and Arthur Miller, winning numerous awards for his work on and off Broadway. He got his big break playing hapless fugitive Clovis Poplin in The Sugarland Express, the feature film debut of Steven Spielberg. After this, he garnered major roles in dark dramas such as The Day of the Locust and Looking for Mr. Goodbar, as well as the big-budget disaster film The Hindenburg. He also starred as cowboy Jim Lloyd in the ground-breaking 1978 miniseries Centennial, based on the novel by James Michener.
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William Boyett
William Boyett (January 3, 1927 – December 29, 2004) was an American actor best known for his work as the low-key but authoritative Sergeant William 'Mac' MacDonald on the police drama Adam-12. Adam-12 producer Jack Webb recommended him for the role after his performance in an episode of Webb's Dragnet, and Boyett stayed with the series for its entire 1968-1975 run.
Boyett appeared in a number of TV shows, such as Highway Patrol, Sea Hunt, Perry Mason, I Spy, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (uncredited; "The Secret Sceptre Affair" from 1965), Fantasy Island, The Rockford Files, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The A-Team and Night Court. He also acted in several motion pictures, such as The Hidden (1987) and The Rocketeer (1991). Boyett earned much praise for The Hidden as a hospital patient named Jonathan P. Miller, possessed by an alien being with a taste for red Ferraris and rock and roll music. Boyett also played Battalion Chief McConnike on the 1970s series Emergency!.
Boyett was born in Akron, Ohio and lived there until the 1940s when he moved with his family to Los Angeles, California. He won a Shakespeare competition in high school which led to acting jobs in radio. He served in the Navy during World War II and afterward performed on the stage in both New York and Los Angeles.
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Willie Nelson
Willie Hugh Nelson (pronounced /wɪli nɛlsən /; born April 30, 1933) is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger (1975) and Stardust (1978), made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed at the end of the 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. Nelson has acted in over 30 films, co-authored several books, and has been involved in activism for the use of biofuels and the legalization of marijuana.
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Woody Allen
Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg, December 1, 1935) is an award-winning American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, and playwright, whose career spans over half a century.
He began as a comedy writer in the 1950s, penning jokes and scripts for television and also publishing several books of short humor pieces. In the early 1960s, Allen started performing as a stand-up comic, emphasizing monologues rather than traditional jokes. As a comic, he developed the persona of an insecure, intellectual, fretful nebbish, which he insists is quite different from his real-life personality. In 2004, Comedy Central ranked Allen in fourth place on a list of the 100 greatest stand-up comics, while a UK survey ranked Allen as the third greatest comedian.
By the mid-1960s Allen was writing and directing films, first specializing in slapstick comedies before moving into more dramatic material influenced by European art films during the 1970s. He is often identified as part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmakers of the mid-1960s to late '70s. Allen often stars in his own films, typically in the persona he developed as a standup. The best-known of his over 40 films include the Academy Award-winners Annie Hall (1977), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Midnight in Paris (2011); and the Golden Globe-winning The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985). Critic Roger Ebert has described Allen as "a treasure of the cinema."
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Woody Kling
Woody Kling (April 14, 1925 – April 10, 1988) was an American television writer, producer, playwright, and composer.
Born Heywood Fisher Kling in New York City, Kling was the son of Mayme and Ken Kling. Ken was a cartoonist for the New York Daily Mirror, predicting the horse races in his strip Joe and Asbestos. Woody Kling was given the middle name Fisher in tribute to Ken Kling's friend Bud Fisher, who created the first successful daily comic strip in the United States.
In the 1940s, Ken and Mayme Kling hosted celebrity parties at their home at The Eldorado building in New York City. At one of those parties, Woody Kling, then only in his 20s, met the vaudeville star Milton Berle. Berle told a joke, at which Kling did not laugh. When questioned by Berle as to what was wrong, Kling said the joke wasn't told in the right way, and retold it in his own style. Upon Kling receiving the laughs of the entire party, Berle hired Kling on the spot to produce, head write and create the theme song for a new television show in which Berle would be starring.[citation needed] Called The Texaco Star Theatre Starring Milton Berle, the show was created by Berle, produced live before a New York audience on kinescopes owned by Berle, but with the scripts and music owned by Kling. The show’s theme song was the broadcasting creation of the modern jingle.[citation needed] The theme song, called "We Are the Men of Texaco", and written by Kling and Buddy Arnold, was the first time that a television program used music to promote a commercial advertiser's product.
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Aykroyd, Dan Filmography
- One (2013)
- Behind the Candelabra (2013)
- Dorothy of Oz (2013)
- Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (2013)
- Art Car: The Movie (2012)
- The Campaign (2012)
- The History of Canadian Humour (2012)
- Sunset Strip (2012)
- The Ultimate Sacrifice (2012)
- The Real Ghostbusters (2011)
- Saturday Night Live Backstage (2011)
- Saturday Night Live Backstage (2011)
- The Women of SNL (2010)
- John Belushi: Dancing on the Edge (2010)
- Yogi Bear (2010)
- Flip, Flop, and Fly, 40 Years of the Downchild Blues Band (2010)
- Presidential Reunion (2010)
- The Women of SNL (2010)
- TV's 50 Funniest Catch Phrases (2009)
- Saturday Night Live: Just Shorts (2009)
- Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (2009)
- SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (2009)
- Julie & Julia (2009)
- Slimer Mode (2009)
- Ghostbusters in Hell (2008)
- Ghostbusters in Hell (2008)
- War, Inc. (2008)
- Ghostbusters in Hell (2008)
- Saturday Night Live Presidential Bash '08 (2008)
- The McCartney Years (2007)
- Let's All Hate Toronto (2007)
- I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)
- Insider Trading: The Making of 'Trading Places' (2007)
- Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation (2007)
- Rock Legends: Platinum Weird (2006)
- Canada's Walk of Fame (2006)
- Working with a Master: John Landis (2006)
- Remembering John (2005)
- 'Tommy Boy': Behind the Laughter (2005)
- Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2005)
- Ban the Sadist Videos! (2005)
- Transposing the Music (2005)
- Transposing the Music (2005)
- Dan Aykroyd Unplugged on UFOs (2005)
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi (2005)
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi (2005)
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Jimmy Fallon (2005)
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Gilda Radner (2005)
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd (2005)
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies (2005)
- Hollywood's Master Storytellers: The Blues Brothers (2005)
- Just the Two of Us (2005)
- Live 8 (2005)
- Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005)
- Remembering John (2005)
- Intern Academy (2004)
- Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash 2004 (2004)
- The Best of 'So Graham Norton' (2004)
- The Dating Scene (2004)
- The Devil and Daniel Webster (2004)
- The Mark Twain Prize: Lorne Michaels (2004)
- 101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments (2004)
- 50 First Dates (2004)
- Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
- Unseen + Untold: The Blues Brothers (2004)
- The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2003)
- The Making of 'Sneakers' (2003)
- Toronto Rocks (2003)
- Bright Young Things (2003)
- Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion (2002)
- Crossroads (2002)
- Gilda Radner's Greatest Moments (2002)
- Playboy: The Ultimate Pamela Anderson (2002)
- Saturday Night Live Christmas 2002 (2002)
- Saturday Night Live: TV Tales (2002)
- SNL Remembers John Belushi (2002)
- Unconditional Love (2002)
- The Frank Truth (2001)
- Pearl Harbor (2001)
- On the Nose (2001)
- Evolution (2001)
- Earth vs. the Spider (2001)
- The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
- Stardom (2000)
- The Life and Times of Kirk Douglas (2000)
- Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash 2000 (2000)
- Saturday Night Live: Game Show Parodies (2000)
- Loser (2000)
- The House of Mirth (2000)
- Saturday Night Live Christmas (1999)
- Saturday Night Live Christmas (1999)
- SNL: 25 Years of Music (1999)
- Ghostbusters 1999 (1999)
- Ghostbusters 1999 (1999)
- Saturday Night Live 25 (1999)
- Ghostbusters' SFX Team Featurette (1999)
- Saturday Night Live 25 (1999)
- Diamonds (1999)
- 5th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1999)
- Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Steve Martin (1998)
- Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
- Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
- Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
- Antz (1998)
- Susan's Plan (1998)
- Roswell Top Secret (1998)
- The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers' (1998)
- The Secret World of 'Antz' (1998)
- The Making of 'Blues Brothers 2000' (1998)
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Steve Martin (1998)
- The 40th Annual Grammy Awards (1998)
- The Arrow (1997)
- Michael Jackson: HIStory on Film - Volume II (1997)
- Super Bowl XXXI (1997)
- The Blues Brothers Animated Series (1997)
- The Arrow (1997)
- Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
- The American Film Institute Salute to Steven Spielberg (1996)
- Comic Relief's American Comedy Festival (1996)
- Celtic Pride (1996)
- Sgt. Bilko (1996)
- My Fellow Americans (1996)
- Getting Away with Murder (1996)
- Feeling Minnesota (1996)
- The Making of '1941' (1996)
- Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny (1995)
- Rainbow (1995)
- The Random Factor (1995)
- Canadian Bacon (1995)
- Playboy: The Best of Pamela Anderson (1995)
- Tommy Boy (1995)
- We Are the World: A 10th Anniversary Tribute (1995)
- Casper (1995)
- The Best of the Blues Brothers (1994)
- My Girl 2 (1994)
- North (1994)
- The 8th Annual American Comedy Awards (1994)
- Exit to Eden (1994)
- The Best of the Blues Brothers (1994)
- A Century of Cinema (1994)
- The Best of the Blues Brothers (1994)
- The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1993)
- Coneheads (1993)
- Coneheads (1993)
- Coneheads (1993)
- Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash (1992)
- Chaplin (1992)
- Two-Fisted Tales (1992)
- Muhammad Ali's 50th Birthday Celebration (1992)
- Sneakers (1992)
- The American Film Institute Salute to Sidney Poitier (1992)
- This Is My Life (1992)
- My Girl (1991)
- Nothing But Trouble (1991)
- Nothing But Trouble (1991)
- Saturday Night Live Goes Commercial (1991)
- Nothing But Trouble (1991)
- Nothing But Trouble (1991)
- The Earth Day Special (1990)
- Warner Bros. Celebration of Tradition, June 2, 1990 (1990)
- Masters of Menace (1990)
- Slimer Won't Do That! The Making of 'The Real Ghostbusters' (1990)
- The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (1990)
- Life of Python (1990)
- Loose Cannons (1990)
- Ghostbusters II (1989)
- Ghostbusters II (1989)
- Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
- Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (1989)
- Premiere: Inside the Summer Blockbusters (1989)
- Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary (1989)
- Ghostbusters II (1989)
- My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
- She's Having a Baby (1988)
- Mars: Base One (1988)
- Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary: It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (1988)
- Caddyshack II (1988)
- The Great Outdoors (1988)
- The Couch Trip (1988)
- The Best of Chevy Chase (1987)
- Dragnet (1987)
- Will Rogers: Look Back in Laughter (1987)
- Dragnet (1987)
- The Best of Dan Aykroyd (1986)
- One More Saturday Night (1986)
- The Best of Dan Aykroyd (1986)
- The Best of Dan Aykroyd (1986)
- The Best of Dan Aykroyd (1986)
- Spies Like Us (1985)
- Spies Like Us (1985)
- The Beach Boys: An American Band (1985)
- The Best of John Belushi (1985)
- The Best of John Belushi (1985)
- The Best of John Belushi (1985)
- Into the Night (1985)
- We Are the World (1985)
- B.B. King: Into the Night (1985)
- Spies Like Us (1985)
- The Best of John Belushi (1985)
- Ghost Busters (1984)
- MTV 1st Annual Video Music Awards (1984)
- The Top (1984)
- On the Scene with the Ghostbusters (1984)
- Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
- Ghost Busters (1984)
- The Coneheads (1983)
- Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
- Trading Places (1983)
- The Coneheads (1983)
- Doctor Detroit (1983)
- Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
- Doctor Detroit (1983)
- It Came from Hollywood (1982)
- The 54th Annual Academy Awards (1982)
- E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors (1982)
- Steve Martin's Best Show Ever (1981)
- Steve Martin's Best Show Ever (1981)
- Steve Martin's Best Show Ever (1981)
- Steve Martin's Best Show Ever (1981)
- Neighbors (1981)
- The Blues Brothers (1980)
- The Blues Brothers (1980)
- 1941 (1979)
- Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979)
- Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979)
- Things We Did Last Summer (1978)
- Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland (1978)
- Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland (1978)
- The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)
- Love at First Sight (1977)
- The Beach Boys: It's OK (1976)
- The Beach Boys: It's OK (1976)
- Coming Up Rosie (1975)
- The Gift of Winter (1974)
Famous quotes by Dan Aykroyd:
"We're on a mission from God,"
"It's cool to come to a town that is an American institution, that's always been a fun place, ... It's just a perfect fit for us to come here."
"So often you don't even notice it."
"I said, 'You're from Chicago, home of the blues. Here's a nice blues record from a local band,'"
"He was a heavy-metal fan."
"The city of Chicago was a character in the movie, as depicted by Landis and I think all of us, in the affection we had for it. It really is one of the characters of the movie. It really comes alive as a beautiful place."
"When I was sixteen I was pretending to be Charlie Musselwhite. I had a long raincoat on, my hair slicked back, and the shades."
"Greetings and death to our enemies."
"We've got to support [Bush] as the commander in chief and we've got to support those young men and women who are out there protecting our big, fat, bloated lifestyle."
"We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race."
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Dan Aykroyd | Unplugged on Ufos
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- Duration: 81:17
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. All copyrighted materials contained herein belong to their respective copyright holders, I do not claim ownership over any of these materials. I realize no profit, monetary or otherwise, from the exhibition of these videos. Hollywood star Dan Aykroyd, who is a believer in the existence and government cover-up of alien life-forms, hosts this look into the phenomenon of UFO sightings. Akroyd shares his personal experiences in this field and also discusses recent findings with author and UFOlogist David Sereda. DAN AYKROYD UNPLUGGED ON UFOS features UFO footage as well as testimonial material from Astronaut Gordon Cooper and others, including former president Ronald Reagan. Note: Dan has the photo and video material of the famous O'hare sighting in his possesion. This features will be presented is his new documentary. You must love Dan! :) Wow! A "Must See" for sure. Impressive, intelligent, informative and enjoyable. Ladies and gentleman I share with you a 1hr 21min interview with Comedy Genius, a original "Not Ready For Prime time Player", a official Celebrity Spokesman and lifetime member of MUFON, Dan Aykroyd and his ...
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Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. All copyrighted materials contained herein belong to their respective copyright holders, I do not claim ownership over any of these materials. I realize no profit, monetary or otherwise, from the exhibition of these videos. Hollywood star Dan Aykroyd, who is a believer in the existence and government cover-up of alien life-forms, hosts this look into the phenomenon of UFO sightings. Akroyd shares his personal experiences in this field and also discusses recent findings with author and UFOlogist David Sereda. DAN AYKROYD UNPLUGGED ON UFOS features UFO footage as well as testimonial material from Astronaut Gordon Cooper and others, including former president Ronald Reagan. Note: Dan has the photo and video material of the famous O'hare sighting in his possesion. This features will be presented is his new documentary. You must love Dan! :) Wow! A "Must See" for sure. Impressive, intelligent, informative and enjoyable. Ladies and gentleman I share with you a 1hr 21min interview with Comedy Genius, a original "Not Ready For Prime time Player", a official Celebrity Spokesman and lifetime member of MUFON, Dan Aykroyd and his ...
Dan Aykroyd's Crystal Head Vodka
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- Duration: 8:03
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
Dan Aykroyd launched his new vodka. Please check out his website: crystalheadvodka.com
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Dan Aykroyd launched his new vodka. Please check out his website: crystalheadvodka.com
- published: 12 Nov 2008
- views: 272207
- author: Hessie Jones
JOHN BELUSHI AND DAN AYKROYD ON THE TODAY SHOW 1981
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- Duration: 7:19
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
The late great John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd are interviewed by acclaimed movie critic Gene Shalit on "The Today Show" in 1981, talking about their latest release at the time, "Neighbors", which turned out to be the last vehicle for the two, as Belushi died a few months after this interview was done. Some of the quotes by the two are now in hindsight, prophetic and sad. Yet, still a funny, slightly subdued interview.
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The late great John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd are interviewed by acclaimed movie critic Gene Shalit on "The Today Show" in 1981, talking about their latest release at the time, "Neighbors", which turned out to be the last vehicle for the two, as Belushi died a few months after this interview was done. Some of the quotes by the two are now in hindsight, prophetic and sad. Yet, still a funny, slightly subdued interview.
- published: 01 Dec 2008
- views: 425974
- author: StooGP
Dan Aykroyd Believes In Ghosts on Q TV
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- Duration: 22:41
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
Dan and his father Peter recently wrote 'A History of Ghosts; The True Story of Seances, Mediums, Ghosts and Ghostbusters'. The joined Q host Jian Ghomeshi to talk about the Aykroyd clan's own experiences and experiments with the paranormal.
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Dan and his father Peter recently wrote 'A History of Ghosts; The True Story of Seances, Mediums, Ghosts and Ghostbusters'. The joined Q host Jian Ghomeshi to talk about the Aykroyd clan's own experiences and experiments with the paranormal.
- published: 27 Jan 2010
- views: 12506
- author: Qtv
Dan Aykroyd Rocket 88
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- Duration: 1:50
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
on Letterman
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♥♥ Best of Dan Aykroyd ♥♥
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- Duration: 5:44
- Updated: 06 Jan 2013
DISCLAIMER! i sowy if i didnt have your favorite Aykroyd moment. i was using the clips i already had and i wasn't getting anymore. i was also trying to keep this PG-ish. 8/22/11: Dan Aykroyd liked this on Facebook these are probably my fave Aykroyd moments of all time :D he is my fave smexy actor :D ++++VIDEO DETAILS++++ vids: Blues Brothers Ghostbusters 1 & 2 My Girl SNL Doctor Detroit Home Improvement Soul Man I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Casper Spies Like Us i own NOTHING in this video, all rights go to their rightful owners
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DISCLAIMER! i sowy if i didnt have your favorite Aykroyd moment. i was using the clips i already had and i wasn't getting anymore. i was also trying to keep this PG-ish. 8/22/11: Dan Aykroyd liked this on Facebook these are probably my fave Aykroyd moments of all time :D he is my fave smexy actor :D ++++VIDEO DETAILS++++ vids: Blues Brothers Ghostbusters 1 & 2 My Girl SNL Doctor Detroit Home Improvement Soul Man I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Casper Spies Like Us i own NOTHING in this video, all rights go to their rightful owners
- published: 11 Aug 2011
- views: 35682
- author: Yorkington00
Dan Aykroyd ALIENS UFO's ARE HERE
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- Duration: 0:59
- Updated: 04 Jan 2013
Dan Aykroyd Says UFO's and Aliens are here
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Dan Aykroyd Says UFO's and Aliens are here
- published: 16 Mar 2011
- views: 34023
- author: Valiant Fawkes
Dan Aykroyd on InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse
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- Duration: 26:49
- Updated: 29 Dec 2012
Comedian and actor Dan Aykroyd joins Emmy-winning interviewer Ernie Manouse for a half-hour to discuss his days on Saturday Night Live, his relationship with John Belushi, the formation of the Blues Brothers, his interest in the House of Blues, his belief in the UFO phenomenon, and the possibility of a third Ghostbusters installment. Every episode of InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse is available on DVD at houstonpbs.org.
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Comedian and actor Dan Aykroyd joins Emmy-winning interviewer Ernie Manouse for a half-hour to discuss his days on Saturday Night Live, his relationship with John Belushi, the formation of the Blues Brothers, his interest in the House of Blues, his belief in the UFO phenomenon, and the possibility of a third Ghostbusters installment. Every episode of InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse is available on DVD at houstonpbs.org.
- published: 26 Oct 2009
- views: 13936
- author: HoustonPBS
John Belushi & Dan Aykroyd take Brian Wilson Surfing 1976
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- Duration: 3:47
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
Classic Everybody's gone Surfing USA Clip
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DAN AYKROYD ON UFO'S
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- Duration: 83:01
- Updated: 09 Jan 2013
"Dan Aykroyd Unplugged on UFOs" explores past and present sightings from around the world with shocking real footage, much of it never before seen, that will leave even the most skeptical viewers scratching their heads. Along with the fascinating collection of stunning eyewitness videos, Aykroyd reveals his own vast knowledge of the strange and paranormal as he explores in detail his views on conspiracy theories, military secrets, and how UFO technology is currently part of our everyday lives.
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"Dan Aykroyd Unplugged on UFOs" explores past and present sightings from around the world with shocking real footage, much of it never before seen, that will leave even the most skeptical viewers scratching their heads. Along with the fascinating collection of stunning eyewitness videos, Aykroyd reveals his own vast knowledge of the strange and paranormal as he explores in detail his views on conspiracy theories, military secrets, and how UFO technology is currently part of our everyday lives.
- published: 20 Feb 2012
- views: 2360
- author: TheOriginalMaxGForce
Dan Aykroyd on UFOs (Lektor PL)
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- Duration: 81:17
- Updated: 07 Jan 2013
Dokument, w którym Dan Aykroyd - aktor, ale przede wszystkim badacz, popularyzator zjawisk paranormalnych - dzieli się swoją wiedzą na temat UFO, istot pozaziemskich i fizyki kwantowej - filmweb.pl
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Dokument, w którym Dan Aykroyd - aktor, ale przede wszystkim badacz, popularyzator zjawisk paranormalnych - dzieli się swoją wiedzą na temat UFO, istot pozaziemskich i fizyki kwantowej - filmweb.pl
- published: 28 Sep 2011
- views: 63721
- author: zujesz
Blues Traveler w/ Elwood Blues
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- Duration: 6:25
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) jumps up on stage with Blues Traveler to help John Popper lay down "Rock Me Baby" at the New Orleans HOB on 3/17/95
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Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) jumps up on stage with Blues Traveler to help John Popper lay down "Rock Me Baby" at the New Orleans HOB on 3/17/95
- published: 16 Aug 2009
- views: 103568
- author: HumanBiped
Blues Brothers - Rubber Biscuit
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- Duration: 2:39
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
rubber biscuit by Elwood Blues
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New: Dan Aykroyd talks UFOs with Open Minds
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- Duration: 3:39
- Updated: 09 Jan 2013
This weekend we were able to catch up with the legendary Dan Aykroyd at a Crystal Head Vodka signing at BevMo in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was gracious enough to let us ask him a few questions about UFOs, a subject he has a great interest in. Read more about Aykroyd and UFOs here: www.openminds.tv
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This weekend we were able to catch up with the legendary Dan Aykroyd at a Crystal Head Vodka signing at BevMo in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was gracious enough to let us ask him a few questions about UFOs, a subject he has a great interest in. Read more about Aykroyd and UFOs here: www.openminds.tv
- published: 12 Sep 2011
- views: 30100
- author: openmindstv
Dan Aykroyd Visits Restored Ecto-1 (Ghostbusters Blu-ray)
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- Duration: 2:10
- Updated: 28 Dec 2012
Ghostbusters 25th Anniversary Blu-ray. amzn.to
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Ghostbusters 25th Anniversary Blu-ray. amzn.to
- published: 31 May 2009
- views: 84161
- author: GhostbustersDotNet
Dan Aykroyd Unplugged on UFOs - 1 of 8
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- Duration: 10:04
- Updated: 31 Dec 2012
For more videos and playlists like this one, please visit www.youtube.com Dan Akroyd who is a believer in the existence and government cover-up of alien life-forms hosts this look into the phenomenon of UFO sightings. Akroyd shares his personal experiences in this field and also discusses recent findings with author and UFOlogist David Sereda.
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For more videos and playlists like this one, please visit www.youtube.com Dan Akroyd who is a believer in the existence and government cover-up of alien life-forms hosts this look into the phenomenon of UFO sightings. Akroyd shares his personal experiences in this field and also discusses recent findings with author and UFOlogist David Sereda.
- published: 22 Jun 2008
- views: 71127
- author: BlackLookingGlass
Dan Aykroyd in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom"
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- Duration: 1:19
- Updated: 08 Jan 2013
A short cameo, often missed. Dan Aykroyd plays Englishman "Weber" at the Airport of Shanghai, China who gets Indy a lift on a plane. Of course "it's a trap"...we all know that! The plane is a Ford Trimotor (Ford's first aeroplane, by the way), nicknamed "The Tin Goose". Also, the producer and director George Lucas and Steven Spielberg make a cameo in this scene, as tourists on the airport. At least according to IMDB - see for yourself if you can spot them! www.imdb.com I used "Cam Studio Recorder" freeware to record the scene.
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A short cameo, often missed. Dan Aykroyd plays Englishman "Weber" at the Airport of Shanghai, China who gets Indy a lift on a plane. Of course "it's a trap"...we all know that! The plane is a Ford Trimotor (Ford's first aeroplane, by the way), nicknamed "The Tin Goose". Also, the producer and director George Lucas and Steven Spielberg make a cameo in this scene, as tourists on the airport. At least according to IMDB - see for yourself if you can spot them! www.imdb.com I used "Cam Studio Recorder" freeware to record the scene.
- published: 27 May 2011
- views: 29754
- author: gnaaade
Aykroyd on Ghostbusters 3
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- Duration: 1:29
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
Dan Aykroyd was on Breakfast Television Vancouver talking about the possibility of shooting Ghostbusters 3, If Bill Murray is the one holding up the project, the storyline and casting. For more of the interview visit www.breakfsttelevision.ca, click Vancouver, click BT Bites, search aykroyd. Or bit.ly Interview Date: September 23, 2010. All Rights Reserved by Rogers Media
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Dan Aykroyd was on Breakfast Television Vancouver talking about the possibility of shooting Ghostbusters 3, If Bill Murray is the one holding up the project, the storyline and casting. For more of the interview visit www.breakfsttelevision.ca, click Vancouver, click BT Bites, search aykroyd. Or bit.ly Interview Date: September 23, 2010. All Rights Reserved by Rogers Media
- published: 24 Sep 2010
- views: 244325
- author: CitytvVancouver
Belushi And Aykroyd "Have Love Will Travel"
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- Duration: 3:30
- Updated: 09 Jan 2013
live from chicago
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Ghostbusters 3 Video Game
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- Duration: 1:15
- Updated: 13 Oct 2012
Dan Aykroyd on Canadian television March 5th, describing a 2008 Ghostbusters video game available for some major systems.
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Dan Aykroyd on Canadian television March 5th, describing a 2008 Ghostbusters video game available for some major systems.
- published: 06 Mar 2007
- views: 90760
- author: RobotsPiratesNinjas
Jack Lord
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- Duration: 6:07
- Updated: 24 Dec 2012
Preacher Dan Akroyd gives a sermon at the Mainland Church of the Perfect Wave, from Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
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Preacher Dan Akroyd gives a sermon at the Mainland Church of the Perfect Wave, from Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
- published: 09 Feb 2008
- views: 22450
- author: captnkirk17
Dan Aykroyd and Donna Dixon on the Fran Drescher tawk
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- Duration: 9:59
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
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1/8 UFO Documentary. Dan Aykroyd.
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- Duration: 9:07
- Updated: 08 Jan 2013
Dan Aykroyd gives his opinion on UFO's in this interesting documentary.
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Dan Aykroyd gives his opinion on UFO's in this interesting documentary.
- published: 01 Jun 2008
- views: 259194
- author: Lindasufos
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Dan Aykroyd | Unplugged on Ufos
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- Duration: 81:17
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. All copyrighted materials contained herein belong to their respective copyright holders, I do not claim ownership over any of these materials. I realize no profit, monetary or otherwise, from the exhibition of these videos. Hollywood star Dan Aykroyd, who is a believer in the existence and government cover-up of alien life-forms, hosts this look into the phenomenon of UFO sightings. Akroyd shares his personal experiences in this field and also discusses recent findings with author and UFOlogist David Sereda. DAN AYKROYD UNPLUGGED ON UFOS features UFO footage as well as testimonial material from Astronaut Gordon Cooper and others, including former president Ronald Reagan. Note: Dan has the photo and video material of the famous O'hare sighting in his possesion. This features will be presented is his new documentary. You must love Dan! :) Wow! A "Must See" for sure. Impressive, intelligent, informative and enjoyable. Ladies and gentleman I share with you a 1hr 21min interview with Comedy Genius, a original "Not Ready For Prime time Player", a official Celebrity Spokesman and lifetime member of MUFON, Dan Aykroyd and his ...
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Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. All copyrighted materials contained herein belong to their respective copyright holders, I do not claim ownership over any of these materials. I realize no profit, monetary or otherwise, from the exhibition of these videos. Hollywood star Dan Aykroyd, who is a believer in the existence and government cover-up of alien life-forms, hosts this look into the phenomenon of UFO sightings. Akroyd shares his personal experiences in this field and also discusses recent findings with author and UFOlogist David Sereda. DAN AYKROYD UNPLUGGED ON UFOS features UFO footage as well as testimonial material from Astronaut Gordon Cooper and others, including former president Ronald Reagan. Note: Dan has the photo and video material of the famous O'hare sighting in his possesion. This features will be presented is his new documentary. You must love Dan! :) Wow! A "Must See" for sure. Impressive, intelligent, informative and enjoyable. Ladies and gentleman I share with you a 1hr 21min interview with Comedy Genius, a original "Not Ready For Prime time Player", a official Celebrity Spokesman and lifetime member of MUFON, Dan Aykroyd and his ...
- published: 24 Apr 2011
- views: 202989
- author: greggdurham
Dan Aykroyd Believes In Ghosts on Q TV
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- Duration: 22:41
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
Dan and his father Peter recently wrote 'A History of Ghosts; The True Story of Seances, Mediums, Ghosts and Ghostbusters'. The joined Q host Jian Ghomeshi to talk about the Aykroyd clan's own experiences and experiments with the paranormal.
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Dan and his father Peter recently wrote 'A History of Ghosts; The True Story of Seances, Mediums, Ghosts and Ghostbusters'. The joined Q host Jian Ghomeshi to talk about the Aykroyd clan's own experiences and experiments with the paranormal.
- published: 27 Jan 2010
- views: 12506
- author: Qtv
Dan Aykroyd on InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse
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- Duration: 26:49
- Updated: 29 Dec 2012
Comedian and actor Dan Aykroyd joins Emmy-winning interviewer Ernie Manouse for a half-hour to discuss his days on Saturday Night Live, his relationship with John Belushi, the formation of the Blues Brothers, his interest in the House of Blues, his belief in the UFO phenomenon, and the possibility of a third Ghostbusters installment. Every episode of InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse is available on DVD at houstonpbs.org.
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Comedian and actor Dan Aykroyd joins Emmy-winning interviewer Ernie Manouse for a half-hour to discuss his days on Saturday Night Live, his relationship with John Belushi, the formation of the Blues Brothers, his interest in the House of Blues, his belief in the UFO phenomenon, and the possibility of a third Ghostbusters installment. Every episode of InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse is available on DVD at houstonpbs.org.
- published: 26 Oct 2009
- views: 13936
- author: HoustonPBS
DAN AYKROYD ON UFO'S
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- Duration: 83:01
- Updated: 09 Jan 2013
"Dan Aykroyd Unplugged on UFOs" explores past and present sightings from around the world with shocking real footage, much of it never before seen, that will leave even the most skeptical viewers scratching their heads. Along with the fascinating collection of stunning eyewitness videos, Aykroyd reveals his own vast knowledge of the strange and paranormal as he explores in detail his views on conspiracy theories, military secrets, and how UFO technology is currently part of our everyday lives.
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"Dan Aykroyd Unplugged on UFOs" explores past and present sightings from around the world with shocking real footage, much of it never before seen, that will leave even the most skeptical viewers scratching their heads. Along with the fascinating collection of stunning eyewitness videos, Aykroyd reveals his own vast knowledge of the strange and paranormal as he explores in detail his views on conspiracy theories, military secrets, and how UFO technology is currently part of our everyday lives.
- published: 20 Feb 2012
- views: 2360
- author: TheOriginalMaxGForce
A History of Ghosts with Dan Akroyd
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- Duration: 32:29
- Updated: 13 Dec 2012
Celebrated actor and businessman Dan Aykroyd was joined by his father Peter Aykroyd the author of A History of Ghosts, to discuss their family's interest in the paranormal, which has spanned four generations. Peter's grandfather Samuel was a spiritualist in Kingston, Ontario. As part of a group known as "Dr. Aykroyd's Circle," they met regularly with a trance medium named Walter Ashhurst, who communicated with deceased spirits. Peter said he joined in on some of these seances, when he was a young boy. Of the various types of phenomena, "materialization" has impressed Peter the most, and he cited the case of when a medieval monk reportedly appeared before one group during a seance. Biography: Dan Aykroyd has enjoyed a three decades long career in the entertainment business including his run as a Not Ready for Primetime Player on the celebrated early days of Saturday Night Live and nine produced screenplays on which he shares co-writing credits. Dan is also a Grammy and an Oscar nominee. In his persona as Elwood Blues he performs on seven CDs. He is a member of the Association of Canadian Television Radio Artists, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the Screen Actors Guild, the Writers Guild of America and is a subscribing benefactor to the American Society for Psychical Research and the Mutual UFO Network.
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Celebrated actor and businessman Dan Aykroyd was joined by his father Peter Aykroyd the author of A History of Ghosts, to discuss their family's interest in the paranormal, which has spanned four generations. Peter's grandfather Samuel was a spiritualist in Kingston, Ontario. As part of a group known as "Dr. Aykroyd's Circle," they met regularly with a trance medium named Walter Ashhurst, who communicated with deceased spirits. Peter said he joined in on some of these seances, when he was a young boy. Of the various types of phenomena, "materialization" has impressed Peter the most, and he cited the case of when a medieval monk reportedly appeared before one group during a seance. Biography: Dan Aykroyd has enjoyed a three decades long career in the entertainment business including his run as a Not Ready for Primetime Player on the celebrated early days of Saturday Night Live and nine produced screenplays on which he shares co-writing credits. Dan is also a Grammy and an Oscar nominee. In his persona as Elwood Blues he performs on seven CDs. He is a member of the Association of Canadian Television Radio Artists, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the Screen Actors Guild, the Writers Guild of America and is a subscribing benefactor to the American Society for Psychical Research and the Mutual UFO Network.
- published: 21 Sep 2012
- views: 241
- author: DiscloseTruthTV
Trading Places
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- Duration: 116:21
- Updated: 31 Dec 2012
What happens when you combine the comic genius of Eddie Murphy with Dan Aykroyd and director John Landis? You get a timeless comedy classic laced with sidesplitting, satiric humor. Murphy stars as a small-time con artist who gets a chance to switch lives with Aykroyd's big-time stock market maven. But their reversal of fortunes is just a cruel joke perpetrated by two bored mega-rich brothers (Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy) as part of an idle bet. When the truth comes out...the consequences are sheer comedy gold!
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What happens when you combine the comic genius of Eddie Murphy with Dan Aykroyd and director John Landis? You get a timeless comedy classic laced with sidesplitting, satiric humor. Murphy stars as a small-time con artist who gets a chance to switch lives with Aykroyd's big-time stock market maven. But their reversal of fortunes is just a cruel joke perpetrated by two bored mega-rich brothers (Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy) as part of an idle bet. When the truth comes out...the consequences are sheer comedy gold!
- published: 22 Dec 2012
- author: ParamountmoviesUK
Dan Aykroyd PART 5 of 6 June 3. 2012 with Allan Handelman. Aliens UFO
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- Duration: 23:54
- Updated: 07 Oct 2012
Actor Dan Aykroyd shares some incredible stories about his brush with some really scary stuff. Richard Dolan talks about the inevitable Day of Disclosure itself, as President of the United States joins with world leaders to make the announcement that will change our world. They go on to lay out the history of UFOs, the decades of cover-ups, and the likely triggers that will prompt the end of secrecy. The final chapter is a riveting analysis of the likely threats and the possible benefits of acknowledging and encountering ETs and UFOs.
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Actor Dan Aykroyd shares some incredible stories about his brush with some really scary stuff. Richard Dolan talks about the inevitable Day of Disclosure itself, as President of the United States joins with world leaders to make the announcement that will change our world. They go on to lay out the history of UFOs, the decades of cover-ups, and the likely triggers that will prompt the end of secrecy. The final chapter is a riveting analysis of the likely threats and the possible benefits of acknowledging and encountering ETs and UFOs.
- published: 04 Jun 2012
- views: 854
- author: Allan Handelman
The Voice Wrap Party - Soul Man featuring Dan Aykroyd and James Belushi
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- Duration: 23:34
- Updated: 20 Dec 2012
Epic 20+ minute jam on "Soul Man" at The Voice Wrap Party featuring Blues Brothers Dan Aykroyd and James Belushi, The Voice winner Jermaine Paul, Blake Shelton, Christina Aguilera, Blake Shelton, artists Erin Willett, Cheesa, Juliet Simms, Sera Hill, Tony Lucca, tony Vincent, James Massone, Jamie Lono, Lindsey Pavao, Anthony Evans, Adley Stump, Jordis Unga, Mathai, Moses Stone, Pip, Orlando Napier, Chris Mann, Shields Brothers and more!
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Epic 20+ minute jam on "Soul Man" at The Voice Wrap Party featuring Blues Brothers Dan Aykroyd and James Belushi, The Voice winner Jermaine Paul, Blake Shelton, Christina Aguilera, Blake Shelton, artists Erin Willett, Cheesa, Juliet Simms, Sera Hill, Tony Lucca, tony Vincent, James Massone, Jamie Lono, Lindsey Pavao, Anthony Evans, Adley Stump, Jordis Unga, Mathai, Moses Stone, Pip, Orlando Napier, Chris Mann, Shields Brothers and more!
- published: 09 May 2012
- views: 8582
- author: Joe Anthony
Dan Aykroyd Interview on UFO's
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- Duration: 81:17
- Updated: 30 Dec 2012
Really fantastic interview.
http://wn.com/Dan_Aykroyd_Interview_on_UFO's
Muhammad Ali - 50th Birthday Celebration (1992)
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- Duration: 95:27
- Updated: 09 Jan 2013
Celebrity guests: Whitney Houston, Dustin Hoffman, Dan Aykroyd, Howard Cosell, Billy Crystall, Tony Danza, Sugar Ray Leonard, The Pointer Sisters, Little Richard, Diana Ross, Nelson Mandela and many more !_______________________________________________________________________________tags : muhammad ali 50th birthday celebration sugar ray robinson leonard benny willie pep henry armstrong roberto duran tribute documentary tommy hearns roberto duran sugar ray leonard mike tyson iron boxing boxer muhammad ali amir khan zab judah manny pacquiao pacman floyd mayweather david haye wladimir klitschko klitchko vitali joe louis whitney houston dustin hoffman dan akroyd howard cosell billy crystal pointer sisters tony danza sugar ray leonard ella fitzgerald little richard diana ross nelson mandela
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Celebrity guests: Whitney Houston, Dustin Hoffman, Dan Aykroyd, Howard Cosell, Billy Crystall, Tony Danza, Sugar Ray Leonard, The Pointer Sisters, Little Richard, Diana Ross, Nelson Mandela and many more !_______________________________________________________________________________tags : muhammad ali 50th birthday celebration sugar ray robinson leonard benny willie pep henry armstrong roberto duran tribute documentary tommy hearns roberto duran sugar ray leonard mike tyson iron boxing boxer muhammad ali amir khan zab judah manny pacquiao pacman floyd mayweather david haye wladimir klitschko klitchko vitali joe louis whitney houston dustin hoffman dan akroyd howard cosell billy crystal pointer sisters tony danza sugar ray leonard ella fitzgerald little richard diana ross nelson mandela
- published: 19 Jul 2011
- views: 40545
- author: ibhof2
The Top complete show Andy Kaufman Bill Murray Dan Aykroyd Rodney Dangerfield Cyndi Lauper
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- Duration: 55:43
- Updated: 04 Jan 2013
January 22, 1984. Aired January 27. Andy Kaufman's last TV appearance, replacing Chevy Chase as a favour to exec. producer Harold Ramis. Appearances from Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd. (these segments, IIRC, were pre-taped in LA during soundstage photography for Ghostbusters - Murray appears in his movie attire) Cyndi Lauper's TV debut. Performances from The Hollies, The Romantics, Rodney Dangerfield, and more. Video suffers from "exposure" problems on a couple of occasions, and please excuse the several seconds long blackouts where ads would have appeared. Otherwise, very good quality. Enjoy!
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January 22, 1984. Aired January 27. Andy Kaufman's last TV appearance, replacing Chevy Chase as a favour to exec. producer Harold Ramis. Appearances from Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd. (these segments, IIRC, were pre-taped in LA during soundstage photography for Ghostbusters - Murray appears in his movie attire) Cyndi Lauper's TV debut. Performances from The Hollies, The Romantics, Rodney Dangerfield, and more. Video suffers from "exposure" problems on a couple of occasions, and please excuse the several seconds long blackouts where ads would have appeared. Otherwise, very good quality. Enjoy!
- published: 02 Aug 2012
- views: 462
- author: HitmaniacWTR
Jim Carrey - Revelations - Awakening,Jason Statham,Bill Murray,Dan Aykroyd,Steve Buscemi.m4v
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- Duration: 312:10
- Updated: 30 Dec 2012
Jim Carrey - Revelations - Awakening,Jason Statham,Bill Murray,Dan Aykroyd,Steve Buscemi
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Jim Carrey - Revelations - Awakening,Jason Statham,Bill Murray,Dan Aykroyd,Steve Buscemi
- published: 12 Nov 2011
- views: 2675
- author: arizekings
Blues Brothers 2000
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- Duration: 123:49
- Updated: 24 Dec 2012
Ex-con Elwood Blues outraces the Russian mafia, the police and the FBI while trying to organize a new band.
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Ex-con Elwood Blues outraces the Russian mafia, the police and the FBI while trying to organize a new band.
- published: 30 Sep 2011
- author: universalmoviesuk
GHOSTBUSTERS - 1984 - FULL MOVIE
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- Duration: 105:09
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
Starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson & Sigourney Weaver. Co-Written By Dan Aykroyd & Harold Ramis. Directed By Ivan Reitman. An 80's Classic Horror/SciFi/Thriller/Comedy.
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Starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson & Sigourney Weaver. Co-Written By Dan Aykroyd & Harold Ramis. Directed By Ivan Reitman. An 80's Classic Horror/SciFi/Thriller/Comedy.
- published: 26 Dec 2012
- views: 16617
- author: Frank Franklin
Xcon 2005 - David Sereda – NASA's Dilemma Caught on Tape - UFOs Aliens
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- Duration: 73:05
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
NASA'S DILEMMA: UFOS CAUGHT ON CAMERA, with David Sereda. David Sereda discusses his personal UFO sighting in Berkley, CA in 1967, “When you see video and photographs, from the perspective of having seen a UFO with your own eyes, eyes that never lie, the photographs remind you of the truth that this is all real. But for the person who has never seen one with their eyes, they think perhaps this is all some kind of trickery.” Always following the Astronauts on every Apollo mission, David Sereda grew up with the love of spaceflight. He has particularly followed closely the career of Astronaut Gordon Cooper, the legend with the "right stuff" who also happens to be the most outspoken on the matter of extraterrestrial-related phenomena. As far as Sereda is concerned, if Gordon Cooper says it's real, you can take that to the bank. In 1994, Martyn Stubbs, the Canadian UFO researcher, who archived hundreds of hours of live NASA missions, approached David to conduct a scientific investigation into anomalies with NASA video footage. He spent 6 years in private discussions with top NASA officials and scientists about these anomalies. In 2002, he released a book and 3-hour documentary film, Evidence, the Case for NASA UFOs. He will discuss the significance of UFO technology, the quest for a supraluminal propulsion system and becoming free of the bonds of planet earth! He will also talk about his upcoming documentary to be released by Lions Gate Films, Dan Aykroyd, Unplugged on UFOs ...
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NASA'S DILEMMA: UFOS CAUGHT ON CAMERA, with David Sereda. David Sereda discusses his personal UFO sighting in Berkley, CA in 1967, “When you see video and photographs, from the perspective of having seen a UFO with your own eyes, eyes that never lie, the photographs remind you of the truth that this is all real. But for the person who has never seen one with their eyes, they think perhaps this is all some kind of trickery.” Always following the Astronauts on every Apollo mission, David Sereda grew up with the love of spaceflight. He has particularly followed closely the career of Astronaut Gordon Cooper, the legend with the "right stuff" who also happens to be the most outspoken on the matter of extraterrestrial-related phenomena. As far as Sereda is concerned, if Gordon Cooper says it's real, you can take that to the bank. In 1994, Martyn Stubbs, the Canadian UFO researcher, who archived hundreds of hours of live NASA missions, approached David to conduct a scientific investigation into anomalies with NASA video footage. He spent 6 years in private discussions with top NASA officials and scientists about these anomalies. In 2002, he released a book and 3-hour documentary film, Evidence, the Case for NASA UFOs. He will discuss the significance of UFO technology, the quest for a supraluminal propulsion system and becoming free of the bonds of planet earth! He will also talk about his upcoming documentary to be released by Lions Gate Films, Dan Aykroyd, Unplugged on UFOs ...
- published: 07 Jul 2012
- views: 10630
- author: LostArtsMedia
Spies Like Us
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- Duration: 102:04
- Updated: 31 Dec 2012
Stellar comedians Dan Aykroyd ("Sneakers," "My Girl") and Chevy Chase ("Funny Farm," "National Lampoon Vacation" series) team up in one of 1985's top-grossing films (over $60000000). Aykroyd and Chase meet at the CIA entrance exam. When they're caught cheating, it seems inevitable that they are perfect for a special government mission! A zany homage to the ol' Bing Crosby-Bob Hope road movies, with romantic foil Donna Dixon ("Bosom Buddies"), written by the team that brought you "City Slickers" and "Splash," and directed by hit-maker John Landis ("Animal House," "Trading Places"). A host of star cameos join in for an impossibly fun mission! MPAA Rating: PG (c) 1985 Warner Bros. All Rights Reserved.
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Stellar comedians Dan Aykroyd ("Sneakers," "My Girl") and Chevy Chase ("Funny Farm," "National Lampoon Vacation" series) team up in one of 1985's top-grossing films (over $60000000). Aykroyd and Chase meet at the CIA entrance exam. When they're caught cheating, it seems inevitable that they are perfect for a special government mission! A zany homage to the ol' Bing Crosby-Bob Hope road movies, with romantic foil Donna Dixon ("Bosom Buddies"), written by the team that brought you "City Slickers" and "Splash," and directed by hit-maker John Landis ("Animal House," "Trading Places"). A host of star cameos join in for an impossibly fun mission! MPAA Rating: PG (c) 1985 Warner Bros. All Rights Reserved.
- published: 03 Oct 2011
- author: warnervoduk
Doctor Detroit (1983)
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- Duration: 90:20
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
Doctor Detroit is a 1983 comedy film, written by Bruce Jay Friedman, Robert Boris and Carl Gottlieb. The film stars Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, Lynn Whitfield, Fran Drescher, and Donna Dixon, with a special appearance by James Brown. The film was directed by Michael Pressman. en.wikipedia.org
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Doctor Detroit is a 1983 comedy film, written by Bruce Jay Friedman, Robert Boris and Carl Gottlieb. The film stars Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, Lynn Whitfield, Fran Drescher, and Donna Dixon, with a special appearance by James Brown. The film was directed by Michael Pressman. en.wikipedia.org
- published: 30 Aug 2012
- views: 9866
- author: Commodium
Dan Aykroyd o UFO i odpowiedzi na pytania widzów - Live 10.07.2012
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- Duration: 109:00
- Updated: 03 Jan 2013
www.facebook.com - Odwiedź także mojego facebooka i bądź na bieżąco! ;) www.youtube.com - Subskrybuj ;) Muzyka : Rameses B - I Need You ft. Charlotte Haining
http://wn.com/Dan_Aykroyd_o_UFO_i_odpowiedzi_na_pytania_widzów_Live_10072012
www.facebook.com - Odwiedź także mojego facebooka i bądź na bieżąco! ;) www.youtube.com - Subskrybuj ;) Muzyka : Rameses B - I Need You ft. Charlotte Haining
- published: 11 Jul 2012
- views: 6514
- author: DeeJayPallaside
It Came From Hollywood - FULL
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- Duration: 79:07
- Updated: 08 Jan 2013
Full Film/ Good Quality! This is the 1982 Comedy/Documentary that compiles a slew of B-Movie films of yesteryear... Segments are hosted by a variety of famous people including- Cheech and Chong, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy and Gilda Radner... !!!-Check out Barbi College (on youtube) for more Rare and Strange films-!!!
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Full Film/ Good Quality! This is the 1982 Comedy/Documentary that compiles a slew of B-Movie films of yesteryear... Segments are hosted by a variety of famous people including- Cheech and Chong, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy and Gilda Radner... !!!-Check out Barbi College (on youtube) for more Rare and Strange films-!!!
- published: 11 Jan 2012
- views: 8790
- author: BarbiCollege
![Dan Aykroyd o UFO [2005]](http://web.archive.org./web/20130111184311im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/r7kXpS-QLPc/default.jpg "Dan Aykroyd o UFO [2005]")
Dan Aykroyd o UFO [2005]
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- Duration: 81:17
- Updated: 28 Nov 2012
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Blues Brothers & Friends - (1997r) House Of Blues (Full)
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- Duration: 55:26
- Updated: 09 Jan 2013
The company was originally financed by Dan Aykroyd, Aerosmith, Paul Shaffer, River Phoenix, James Belushi and Harvard University . Blues Brothers and Friends: Live from the House of Blues is a 1997 live album by The Blues Brothers. It was recorded at the opening of the House of Blues in Chicago and is the first recording to feature Zee Blues. Track listing "Intro" "Green Onions" Blues Brothers Band, Paul Shaffer "Chicken Shack" Blues Brothers Band, Paul Shaffer "Sweet Home Chicago" Elwood Blues, Brother Zee Blues, Paul Shaffer, Blues Brothers Band "I Wish You Would" Billy Boy Arnold & Blues Brothers Band "Messin' with the Kid" Elwood Blues, Brother Zee Blues, Paul Shaffer, Blues Brothers Band, Sergei Varonov "All My Money Back" Lonnie Brooks, Blues Brothers Band "Born In Chicago" Elwood Blues, Charlie Musselwhite, Brother Zee Blues, Paul Shaffer, Blues Brothers Band "Blues, Why You Worry Me?" Charlie Musselwhite & Blues Brothers Band "Groove With Me Tonight" Syl Johnson & Blues Brothers Band "634-5789" Eddie Floyd & Blues Brothers Band "All She Wants to Do Is Rock" Elwood Blues, Brother Zee Blues, Paul Shaffer, Blues Brothers Band, Tommy "Pipes" McDonnell "Flip, Flop and Fly" Elwood Blues, Brother Zee Blues, Paul Shaffer, Blues Brothers Band "Money (That's What I Want)" Elwood Blues, Sam Moore, Jeff Baxter, Brother Zee Blues, Paul Shaffer, Tommy "Pipes" McDonnell, Blues Brothers Band "Viva Las Vegas" Elwood Blues, Brother Zee Blues, Sam Moore, Paul Shaffer, Blues Brothers ...
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The company was originally financed by Dan Aykroyd, Aerosmith, Paul Shaffer, River Phoenix, James Belushi and Harvard University . Blues Brothers and Friends: Live from the House of Blues is a 1997 live album by The Blues Brothers. It was recorded at the opening of the House of Blues in Chicago and is the first recording to feature Zee Blues. Track listing "Intro" "Green Onions" Blues Brothers Band, Paul Shaffer "Chicken Shack" Blues Brothers Band, Paul Shaffer "Sweet Home Chicago" Elwood Blues, Brother Zee Blues, Paul Shaffer, Blues Brothers Band "I Wish You Would" Billy Boy Arnold & Blues Brothers Band "Messin' with the Kid" Elwood Blues, Brother Zee Blues, Paul Shaffer, Blues Brothers Band, Sergei Varonov "All My Money Back" Lonnie Brooks, Blues Brothers Band "Born In Chicago" Elwood Blues, Charlie Musselwhite, Brother Zee Blues, Paul Shaffer, Blues Brothers Band "Blues, Why You Worry Me?" Charlie Musselwhite & Blues Brothers Band "Groove With Me Tonight" Syl Johnson & Blues Brothers Band "634-5789" Eddie Floyd & Blues Brothers Band "All She Wants to Do Is Rock" Elwood Blues, Brother Zee Blues, Paul Shaffer, Blues Brothers Band, Tommy "Pipes" McDonnell "Flip, Flop and Fly" Elwood Blues, Brother Zee Blues, Paul Shaffer, Blues Brothers Band "Money (That's What I Want)" Elwood Blues, Sam Moore, Jeff Baxter, Brother Zee Blues, Paul Shaffer, Tommy "Pipes" McDonnell, Blues Brothers Band "Viva Las Vegas" Elwood Blues, Brother Zee Blues, Sam Moore, Paul Shaffer, Blues Brothers ...
- published: 07 Dec 2012
- views: 349
- author: Apaczdance
Coneheads
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- Duration: 86:48
- Updated: 31 Dec 2012
The Coneheads were a sketch on the Saturday Night Live television show of the late '70s which were expanded to feature-length proportions with this film. The story concerns Beldar (Dan Aykroyd) and Prymaat (Jane Curtin), who leave the planet Remulak to prepare for an invasion of Planet Earth. But due to a malfunction, they find themselves plunged into the Hudson River and forced to take up residence in Paramus, New Jersey where Beldar gets work as an appliance salesman and makes a deal for a phony social security card. Before long, all thoughts of invading Earth are left behind as Beldar and Prymaat quickly adapt to suburban life; except for their coneheads and metallic-sounding voices, they become a typical middle-class suburban family. The Coneheads have a child, Connie (Michelle Burke) and Beldar becomes a New York cab driver and starts up his own driving school. Connie grows into a teenager and a neighborhood boy, Ronnie (Chris Farley), develops a crush on her because he likes to rub her conehead. But a nefarious INS agent, Gorman Seedling (Michael McKean), and his toady assistant, Turnbull (David Spade), are hot on The Coneheads' trail because of Beldar's false social security card. Not only that, but the Remulakian Highmaster (Dave Thomas) is beginning to wonder what ever happened to Beldar's invasion of the third rock from the sun.
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The Coneheads were a sketch on the Saturday Night Live television show of the late '70s which were expanded to feature-length proportions with this film. The story concerns Beldar (Dan Aykroyd) and Prymaat (Jane Curtin), who leave the planet Remulak to prepare for an invasion of Planet Earth. But due to a malfunction, they find themselves plunged into the Hudson River and forced to take up residence in Paramus, New Jersey where Beldar gets work as an appliance salesman and makes a deal for a phony social security card. Before long, all thoughts of invading Earth are left behind as Beldar and Prymaat quickly adapt to suburban life; except for their coneheads and metallic-sounding voices, they become a typical middle-class suburban family. The Coneheads have a child, Connie (Michelle Burke) and Beldar becomes a New York cab driver and starts up his own driving school. Connie grows into a teenager and a neighborhood boy, Ronnie (Chris Farley), develops a crush on her because he likes to rub her conehead. But a nefarious INS agent, Gorman Seedling (Michael McKean), and his toady assistant, Turnbull (David Spade), are hot on The Coneheads' trail because of Beldar's false social security card. Not only that, but the Remulakian Highmaster (Dave Thomas) is beginning to wonder what ever happened to Beldar's invasion of the third rock from the sun.
- published: 27 Dec 2012
- author: ParamountmoviesUK
Dan Aykroyd opowiada o UFO - lektor pl
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- Duration: 81:17
- Updated: 05 Jan 2013
extra tagi: Ranking Najlepsze filmy Najlepsze seriale Ulubione Najczęściej oceniane Najgorsze filmy Gatunki Akcja Animowany Biograficzny Dla dorosłych Dokumentalny Dramat Erotyczny Etiuda Familijny Fantasy Film-Noir Historyczny Horror Komedia Kostiumowy Krótkometrażowy Kryminał Musical Muzyczny Niemy Przygodowy Romans Sci-Fi Sportowy Sztuki walki Thriller Western Wojenny Zwiastun Zapowiedź Trailer
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extra tagi: Ranking Najlepsze filmy Najlepsze seriale Ulubione Najczęściej oceniane Najgorsze filmy Gatunki Akcja Animowany Biograficzny Dla dorosłych Dokumentalny Dramat Erotyczny Etiuda Familijny Fantasy Film-Noir Historyczny Horror Komedia Kostiumowy Krótkometrażowy Kryminał Musical Muzyczny Niemy Przygodowy Romans Sci-Fi Sportowy Sztuki walki Thriller Western Wojenny Zwiastun Zapowiedź Trailer
- published: 21 May 2012
- views: 7555
- author: TYGRYSxxSYBERYJSKI
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Dan Aykroyd | Unplugged on Ufos
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "f...
published: 24 Apr 2011
author: greggdurham
Dan Aykroyd | Unplugged on Ufos
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. All copyrighted materials contained herein belong to their respective copyright holders, I do not claim ownership over any of these materials. I realize no profit, monetary or otherwise, from the exhibition of these videos. Hollywood star Dan Aykroyd, who is a believer in the existence and government cover-up of alien life-forms, hosts this look into the phenomenon of UFO sightings. Akroyd shares his personal experiences in this field and also discusses recent findings with author and UFOlogist David Sereda. DAN AYKROYD UNPLUGGED ON UFOS features UFO footage as well as testimonial material from Astronaut Gordon Cooper and others, including former president Ronald Reagan. Note: Dan has the photo and video material of the famous O'hare sighting in his possesion. This features will be presented is his new documentary. You must love Dan! :) Wow! A "Must See" for sure. Impressive, intelligent, informative and enjoyable. Ladies and gentleman I share with you a 1hr 21min interview with Comedy Genius, a original "Not Ready For Prime time Player", a official Celebrity Spokesman and lifetime member of MUFON, Dan Aykroyd and his ...
- published: 24 Apr 2011
- views: 202989
- author: greggdurham
22:41
Dan Aykroyd Believes In Ghosts on Q TV
Dan and his father Peter recently wrote 'A History of Ghosts; The True Story of Seances, M...
published: 27 Jan 2010
author: Qtv
Dan Aykroyd Believes In Ghosts on Q TV
Dan and his father Peter recently wrote 'A History of Ghosts; The True Story of Seances, Mediums, Ghosts and Ghostbusters'. The joined Q host Jian Ghomeshi to talk about the Aykroyd clan's own experiences and experiments with the paranormal.
- published: 27 Jan 2010
- views: 12506
- author: Qtv
26:49
Dan Aykroyd on InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse
Comedian and actor Dan Aykroyd joins Emmy-winning interviewer Ernie Manouse for a half-hou...
published: 26 Oct 2009
author: HoustonPBS
Dan Aykroyd on InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse
Comedian and actor Dan Aykroyd joins Emmy-winning interviewer Ernie Manouse for a half-hour to discuss his days on Saturday Night Live, his relationship with John Belushi, the formation of the Blues Brothers, his interest in the House of Blues, his belief in the UFO phenomenon, and the possibility of a third Ghostbusters installment. Every episode of InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse is available on DVD at houstonpbs.org.
- published: 26 Oct 2009
- views: 13936
- author: HoustonPBS
83:01
DAN AYKROYD ON UFO'S
"Dan Aykroyd Unplugged on UFOs" explores past and present sightings from around the world ...
published: 20 Feb 2012
author: TheOriginalMaxGForce
DAN AYKROYD ON UFO'S
"Dan Aykroyd Unplugged on UFOs" explores past and present sightings from around the world with shocking real footage, much of it never before seen, that will leave even the most skeptical viewers scratching their heads. Along with the fascinating collection of stunning eyewitness videos, Aykroyd reveals his own vast knowledge of the strange and paranormal as he explores in detail his views on conspiracy theories, military secrets, and how UFO technology is currently part of our everyday lives.
- published: 20 Feb 2012
- views: 2360
- author: TheOriginalMaxGForce
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A History of Ghosts with Dan Akroyd
Celebrated actor and businessman Dan Aykroyd was joined by his father Peter Aykroyd the au...
published: 21 Sep 2012
author: DiscloseTruthTV
A History of Ghosts with Dan Akroyd
Celebrated actor and businessman Dan Aykroyd was joined by his father Peter Aykroyd the author of A History of Ghosts, to discuss their family's interest in the paranormal, which has spanned four generations. Peter's grandfather Samuel was a spiritualist in Kingston, Ontario. As part of a group known as "Dr. Aykroyd's Circle," they met regularly with a trance medium named Walter Ashhurst, who communicated with deceased spirits. Peter said he joined in on some of these seances, when he was a young boy. Of the various types of phenomena, "materialization" has impressed Peter the most, and he cited the case of when a medieval monk reportedly appeared before one group during a seance. Biography: Dan Aykroyd has enjoyed a three decades long career in the entertainment business including his run as a Not Ready for Primetime Player on the celebrated early days of Saturday Night Live and nine produced screenplays on which he shares co-writing credits. Dan is also a Grammy and an Oscar nominee. In his persona as Elwood Blues he performs on seven CDs. He is a member of the Association of Canadian Television Radio Artists, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the Screen Actors Guild, the Writers Guild of America and is a subscribing benefactor to the American Society for Psychical Research and the Mutual UFO Network.
- published: 21 Sep 2012
- views: 241
- author: DiscloseTruthTV
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Trading Places
What happens when you combine the comic genius of Eddie Murphy with Dan Aykroyd and direct...
published: 22 Dec 2012
author: ParamountmoviesUK
Trading Places
What happens when you combine the comic genius of Eddie Murphy with Dan Aykroyd and director John Landis? You get a timeless comedy classic laced with sidesplitting, satiric humor. Murphy stars as a small-time con artist who gets a chance to switch lives with Aykroyd's big-time stock market maven. But their reversal of fortunes is just a cruel joke perpetrated by two bored mega-rich brothers (Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy) as part of an idle bet. When the truth comes out...the consequences are sheer comedy gold!
- published: 22 Dec 2012
- author: ParamountmoviesUK
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Dan Aykroyd PART 5 of 6 June 3. 2012 with Allan Handelman. Aliens UFO
Actor Dan Aykroyd shares some incredible stories about his brush with some really scary st...
published: 04 Jun 2012
author: Allan Handelman
Dan Aykroyd PART 5 of 6 June 3. 2012 with Allan Handelman. Aliens UFO
Actor Dan Aykroyd shares some incredible stories about his brush with some really scary stuff. Richard Dolan talks about the inevitable Day of Disclosure itself, as President of the United States joins with world leaders to make the announcement that will change our world. They go on to lay out the history of UFOs, the decades of cover-ups, and the likely triggers that will prompt the end of secrecy. The final chapter is a riveting analysis of the likely threats and the possible benefits of acknowledging and encountering ETs and UFOs.
- published: 04 Jun 2012
- views: 854
- author: Allan Handelman
23:34
The Voice Wrap Party - Soul Man featuring Dan Aykroyd and James Belushi
Epic 20+ minute jam on "Soul Man" at The Voice Wrap Party featuring Blues Brothers Dan Ayk...
published: 09 May 2012
author: Joe Anthony
The Voice Wrap Party - Soul Man featuring Dan Aykroyd and James Belushi
Epic 20+ minute jam on "Soul Man" at The Voice Wrap Party featuring Blues Brothers Dan Aykroyd and James Belushi, The Voice winner Jermaine Paul, Blake Shelton, Christina Aguilera, Blake Shelton, artists Erin Willett, Cheesa, Juliet Simms, Sera Hill, Tony Lucca, tony Vincent, James Massone, Jamie Lono, Lindsey Pavao, Anthony Evans, Adley Stump, Jordis Unga, Mathai, Moses Stone, Pip, Orlando Napier, Chris Mann, Shields Brothers and more!
- published: 09 May 2012
- views: 8582
- author: Joe Anthony
81:17
Dan Aykroyd Interview on UFO's
Really fantastic interview....
published: 30 Nov 2012
author: LiteSpeedRC
Dan Aykroyd Interview on UFO's
Really fantastic interview.
- published: 30 Nov 2012
- views: 66
- author: LiteSpeedRC
95:27
Muhammad Ali - 50th Birthday Celebration (1992)
Celebrity guests: Whitney Houston, Dustin Hoffman, Dan Aykroyd, Howard Cosell, Billy Cryst...
published: 19 Jul 2011
author: ibhof2
Muhammad Ali - 50th Birthday Celebration (1992)
Celebrity guests: Whitney Houston, Dustin Hoffman, Dan Aykroyd, Howard Cosell, Billy Crystall, Tony Danza, Sugar Ray Leonard, The Pointer Sisters, Little Richard, Diana Ross, Nelson Mandela and many more !_______________________________________________________________________________tags : muhammad ali 50th birthday celebration sugar ray robinson leonard benny willie pep henry armstrong roberto duran tribute documentary tommy hearns roberto duran sugar ray leonard mike tyson iron boxing boxer muhammad ali amir khan zab judah manny pacquiao pacman floyd mayweather david haye wladimir klitschko klitchko vitali joe louis whitney houston dustin hoffman dan akroyd howard cosell billy crystal pointer sisters tony danza sugar ray leonard ella fitzgerald little richard diana ross nelson mandela
- published: 19 Jul 2011
- views: 40545
- author: ibhof2
55:43
The Top complete show Andy Kaufman Bill Murray Dan Aykroyd Rodney Dangerfield Cyndi Lauper
January 22, 1984. Aired January 27. Andy Kaufman's last TV appearance, replacing Chevy Cha...
published: 02 Aug 2012
author: HitmaniacWTR
The Top complete show Andy Kaufman Bill Murray Dan Aykroyd Rodney Dangerfield Cyndi Lauper
January 22, 1984. Aired January 27. Andy Kaufman's last TV appearance, replacing Chevy Chase as a favour to exec. producer Harold Ramis. Appearances from Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd. (these segments, IIRC, were pre-taped in LA during soundstage photography for Ghostbusters - Murray appears in his movie attire) Cyndi Lauper's TV debut. Performances from The Hollies, The Romantics, Rodney Dangerfield, and more. Video suffers from "exposure" problems on a couple of occasions, and please excuse the several seconds long blackouts where ads would have appeared. Otherwise, very good quality. Enjoy!
- published: 02 Aug 2012
- views: 462
- author: HitmaniacWTR
312:10
Jim Carrey - Revelations - Awakening,Jason Statham,Bill Murray,Dan Aykroyd,Steve Buscemi.m4v
Jim Carrey - Revelations - Awakening,Jason Statham,Bill Murray,Dan Aykroyd,Steve Buscemi...
published: 12 Nov 2011
author: arizekings
Jim Carrey - Revelations - Awakening,Jason Statham,Bill Murray,Dan Aykroyd,Steve Buscemi.m4v
Jim Carrey - Revelations - Awakening,Jason Statham,Bill Murray,Dan Aykroyd,Steve Buscemi
- published: 12 Nov 2011
- views: 2675
- author: arizekings
123:49
Blues Brothers 2000
Ex-con Elwood Blues outraces the Russian mafia, the police and the FBI while trying to org...
published: 30 Sep 2011
author: universalmoviesuk
Blues Brothers 2000
Ex-con Elwood Blues outraces the Russian mafia, the police and the FBI while trying to organize a new band.
- published: 30 Sep 2011
- author: universalmoviesuk
105:09
GHOSTBUSTERS - 1984 - FULL MOVIE
Starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson & Sigourney Weaver. Co-Writt...
published: 26 Dec 2012
author: Frank Franklin
GHOSTBUSTERS - 1984 - FULL MOVIE
Starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson & Sigourney Weaver. Co-Written By Dan Aykroyd & Harold Ramis. Directed By Ivan Reitman. An 80's Classic Horror/SciFi/Thriller/Comedy.
- published: 26 Dec 2012
- views: 16617
- author: Frank Franklin
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Dan Aykroyd
Bravo! Television Segment, Bell Media
Dan Aykroyd promotes his wine company in Toronto & ...
published: 10 Apr 2012
author: DAVID WARD
Dan Aykroyd
Bravo! Television Segment, Bell Media
Dan Aykroyd promotes his wine company in Toronto & Niagara
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5&A; Dime x Brother Nature: Riches and Rags Spring '12 Video Look Book
5&A; Dime collaborates with Brother Nature to bring you "Riches and Rags," their Spring '12...
published: 29 Mar 2012
author: TheChaosBunch
5&A; Dime x Brother Nature: Riches and Rags Spring '12 Video Look Book
5&A; Dime collaborates with Brother Nature to bring you "Riches and Rags," their Spring '12 release look book. Paying homage to Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy in "Trading Places," Brother Nature mirrors their very moves through Hip Hop.
Join us March 29th for our Riches and Rags Spring '12 release party, beginning at 7 p.m. and ending at 11 p.m.
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Sabrina Robertson Interviews Dan Aykroyd
Nikki Beach Las Vegas Grand Opening Red Carpet interview with comic genius Dan Aykroyd....
published: 31 May 2011
author: NikkiBeach LasVegas
Sabrina Robertson Interviews Dan Aykroyd
Nikki Beach Las Vegas Grand Opening Red Carpet interview with comic genius Dan Aykroyd.
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73:05
Xcon 2005 - David Sereda – NASA's Dilemma Caught on Tape - UFOs Aliens
NASA'S DILEMMA: UFOS CAUGHT ON CAMERA, with David Sereda. David Sereda discusses his perso...
published: 07 Jul 2012
author: LostArtsMedia
Xcon 2005 - David Sereda – NASA's Dilemma Caught on Tape - UFOs Aliens
NASA'S DILEMMA: UFOS CAUGHT ON CAMERA, with David Sereda. David Sereda discusses his personal UFO sighting in Berkley, CA in 1967, “When you see video and photographs, from the perspective of having seen a UFO with your own eyes, eyes that never lie, the photographs remind you of the truth that this is all real. But for the person who has never seen one with their eyes, they think perhaps this is all some kind of trickery.” Always following the Astronauts on every Apollo mission, David Sereda grew up with the love of spaceflight. He has particularly followed closely the career of Astronaut Gordon Cooper, the legend with the "right stuff" who also happens to be the most outspoken on the matter of extraterrestrial-related phenomena. As far as Sereda is concerned, if Gordon Cooper says it's real, you can take that to the bank. In 1994, Martyn Stubbs, the Canadian UFO researcher, who archived hundreds of hours of live NASA missions, approached David to conduct a scientific investigation into anomalies with NASA video footage. He spent 6 years in private discussions with top NASA officials and scientists about these anomalies. In 2002, he released a book and 3-hour documentary film, Evidence, the Case for NASA UFOs. He will discuss the significance of UFO technology, the quest for a supraluminal propulsion system and becoming free of the bonds of planet earth! He will also talk about his upcoming documentary to be released by Lions Gate Films, Dan Aykroyd, Unplugged on UFOs ...
- published: 07 Jul 2012
- views: 10630
- author: LostArtsMedia
102:04
Spies Like Us
Stellar comedians Dan Aykroyd ("Sneakers," "My Girl") and Chevy Chase ("Funny Farm," "Nati...
published: 03 Oct 2011
author: warnervoduk
Spies Like Us
Stellar comedians Dan Aykroyd ("Sneakers," "My Girl") and Chevy Chase ("Funny Farm," "National Lampoon Vacation" series) team up in one of 1985's top-grossing films (over $60000000). Aykroyd and Chase meet at the CIA entrance exam. When they're caught cheating, it seems inevitable that they are perfect for a special government mission! A zany homage to the ol' Bing Crosby-Bob Hope road movies, with romantic foil Donna Dixon ("Bosom Buddies"), written by the team that brought you "City Slickers" and "Splash," and directed by hit-maker John Landis ("Animal House," "Trading Places"). A host of star cameos join in for an impossibly fun mission! MPAA Rating: PG (c) 1985 Warner Bros. All Rights Reserved.
- published: 03 Oct 2011
- author: warnervoduk
90:20
Doctor Detroit (1983)
Doctor Detroit is a 1983 comedy film, written by Bruce Jay Friedman, Robert Boris and Carl...
published: 30 Aug 2012
author: Commodium
Doctor Detroit (1983)
Doctor Detroit is a 1983 comedy film, written by Bruce Jay Friedman, Robert Boris and Carl Gottlieb. The film stars Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, Lynn Whitfield, Fran Drescher, and Donna Dixon, with a special appearance by James Brown. The film was directed by Michael Pressman. en.wikipedia.org
- published: 30 Aug 2012
- views: 9866
- author: Commodium
109:00
Dan Aykroyd o UFO i odpowiedzi na pytania widzów - Live 10.07.2012
www.facebook.com - Odwiedź także mojego facebooka i bądź na bieżąco! ;) www.youtube.com - ...
published: 11 Jul 2012
author: DeeJayPallaside
Dan Aykroyd o UFO i odpowiedzi na pytania widzów - Live 10.07.2012
www.facebook.com - Odwiedź także mojego facebooka i bądź na bieżąco! ;) www.youtube.com - Subskrybuj ;) Muzyka : Rameses B - I Need You ft. Charlotte Haining
- published: 11 Jul 2012
- views: 6514
- author: DeeJayPallaside
photo: AP / Channi Anand
09 Jan 2013
JAMMU, India (Reuters) - India slammed arch-rival Pakistan on Wednesday over a fire fight in the disputed territory of Kashmir in which two of its soldiers were killed, and said the mutilation of one of the bodies was "inhuman". India's Defence Minister A.K. Antony waits to speak at a plenary session of the 11th International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) Asia Security Summit ... REUTERS/Tim Chong ... ....(size: 2.6Kb)
photo: AP / Alexandre Meneghini
10 Jan 2013
Mexican has enacted a law that will ensure that the victims and relatives of crime are compensated with payments and social services from the state. The law, enacted by President Enrique Pena Nieto on Wednesday, comprises the creation of a fund to pay relatives up to $70,000 in compensation for an innocent victim killed in attacks by drug gangs ... “There are thousands of people who have suffered the ravages of violence ... Share ... ....(size: 18.3Kb)
photo: White House / Pete Souza
10 Jan 2013
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "Lay then, the axe to the root, and teach governments humanity. It is their sanguinary punishments which corrupt mankind." -Thomas Paine, "The Rights of Man". If alive today, Thomas Paine would recognize that the United States Government is not worthy of its citizens ... He would caution the People ... Paine would also empathize with ... In another town, Paine would identify with ... (1) Paine, Thomas....(size: 4.8Kb)
photo: AP / Jacques Brinon
10 Jan 2013
PARIS. Three Kurdish women, including one of the founders of a militant group battling Turkish troops since 1984, were "executed" at a Kurdish center in Paris, the interior minister said on Thursday. Turkey's Anadolu news agency identified one of the victims as Sakine Cansiz, a founding member of the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK ... He called it a "totally intolerable act." ... ....(size: 1.7Kb)
photo: AP / Arshad Butt
11 Jan 2013
QUETTA, Pakistan -- A series of bombings killed 115 people in Pakistan yesterday, including 81 who died in a sectarian attack on a billiard hall in the southwest city of Quetta, officials said. The blasts punctuated one of the deadliest days in recent years in Pakistan, where the government faces a bloody insurgency by militants in the northwest and Baluch militants in the southwest ... No group claimed responsibility for the attack.. . .....(size: 7.7Kb)
Vanity Fair
08 Jan 2013
The sketch took place at a barber's school and suddenly Elizabeth Wurtzel appeared ... "So you wanted a shave to start," she said, and I could hear audience titters, perhaps at the prospect of my throat sprouting a fake geyser of blood, a Saturday Night specialty that goes back to Dan Aykroyd's Julie Child skit, though I much prefer Uncle Floyd's recurring Julia Stepchild bit, but that's neither here nor there ... ....(size: 2.3Kb)
Toronto Sun
08 Jan 2013
2 sec. 3 sec. 4 sec. 5 sec. 6 sec. Buy Sun Media photos. They made us laugh on “Saturday Night Live” but we all know those laughs don't always translate to the big screen. Just because someone was once an “SNL” star, doesn't guarantee they will be a movie star ... um ... F ... Dan Aykroyd ... Things were looking up for Aykroyd when he announced a new "Ghostbusters" sequel – but the bubble burst when former co-star Bill Murray dropped out of the project....(size: 14.4Kb)
PR Newswire
08 Jan 2013
Bold As Love. Google. NEW YORK, Jan ... Bold As Love on Tuesday, March 5 ... People, Hell & Angels will be showcased in a pair of hour-long special broadcasts on the NPR series "World Cafe." The album is also slated for a profile on "Elwood's Bluesmobile," the Dan Aykroyd-hosted radio series airing on 180 commercial stations across the United States, Canada and the Armed Forces Network ... Axis ... Side 1. Purple Haze. Manic Depression....(size: 13.1Kb)
The Examiner
07 Jan 2013
Rating for Cyndi Lauper A Memoir. 3. Cyndi Lauper has sold millions of records with her 3 ½ octave-range voice ... A Memoir (338 pp. Atria) ... Another taught her to paint ... She landed a starring role in the 1988 rom-com Vibes and was glad to work with director Ron Howard and funnyman Dan Aykroyd—only both men bailed early on, leaving Cyn with Jeff Goldblum, whom she also took to insulting on set because of his unorthodox rehearsal methods ... ....(size: 14.5Kb)
The Inquisitr
05 Jan 2013
Posted. January 5, 2013 ... Behind the Candelbra premieres on HBO in May and also stars Paul Reiser, Dan Aykroyd, Rob Lowe, and Debbie Reynolds. [Note ... My Life With Liberace, Beyond the Candelabra, cannes film festival, Dan Aykroyd, Debbie Reynolds, Director Steven Soderbergh, erin brockovich, haywire, hepatitis c, Liberace, matt damon, Michael Douglas, palimony lawsuit, paul reiser, Rob Lowe, scott thorson, Television Critics Association....(size: 8.5Kb)
IMDb
05 Jan 2013
... which he plays opposite Matt Damon, as his lover Scott Thorson, along with supporting cast-members Dan Aykroyd, Rob Lowe and Paul Reiser....(size: 0.8Kb)
The Examiner
05 Jan 2013
Steven Soderbergh has a career going that any director/producer would envy. His work includes ... Soderbergh is a big player. However, he scares some studios. The current scare is his film "Behind the Candelabra." The film stars Michael Douglas as Liberace and Matt Damon as the musician's much younger lover. Other cast members are Dan Aykroyd, Rob Lowe, Debbie Reynolds and Scott Bakula ... Photo credit. . Photo by Frederick M ... Hugh Mann'....(size: 2.8Kb)
The Himalayan
04 Jan 2013
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The Inquisitr
04 Jan 2013
Posted. January 4, 2013. A brand new trailer for acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh’s Side Effects has landed online. The film’s arrival is certainly bittersweet for fans of the filmmaker ... Before the Soderbergh says goodbye to the proverbial director’s chair forever, the filmmaker will unleash Behind the Candelabra starring Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, and Dan Aykroyd ... Are you a fan of Steven Soderbergh?. Category....(size: 7.3Kb)
Detroit Free Press
03 Jan 2013
Editor's note. This story originally was published Jan. 3, 1998. PASADENA, Calif. -- Some went to the House of Blues, others to a big bash at a home in Brentwood. More than a few spent the evening with family and friends ... Here are some of their stories.Clint Copenhaver ... "It was great ... Jansen celebrated the Rose Bowl victory with teammates until the wee hours at Dan Aykroyd's House of Blues in North Hollywood ... It's just been a blessing." ... ....(size: 4.9Kb)
Digital Spy
03 Jan 2013
Bill Murray has explained why he takes fewer broadly comic roles these days. The actor rose to fame on Saturday Night Live, before transitioning into films with comedy hits such as Meatballs, Tootsie and Ghostbusters. Murray has now explained that he's focused on dramatic roles like Lost in Translation and Hyde Park on Hudson because he longer identifies with Hollywood comedies ... He went on to explain ... More ... Dan Aykroyd teases more 1 ... 01 ... ....(size: 8.8Kb)
The Verge
02 Jan 2013
The iconic movie has its roots in the 1973 meeting of Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, who then joined forces to become a legendary comedic team ... (Facebook) Related Items the blues brothers film art movie dan aykroyd john belushi....(size: 1.2Kb)
The Examiner
02 Jan 2013
You're On A Mission from God. Some of the world's greatest questions that are posed daily in the human mind such as, What is the meaning of life? What is the purpose of all human life in this world? Billions of people may have wondered such questions in order to find out more about ourselves ... Jake and Elwood Blues played by Jim Belushi and Dan Aykroyd are two parolees released from Joliet Prison ... ....(size: 2.3Kb)
| Dan Aykroyd | |
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 Aykroyd at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival |
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| Born | Daniel Edward Aykroyd (1952-07-01) July 1, 1952 (age 59) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Actor, comedian, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Spouse | Donna Dixon (1983–present) |
| Children | Danielle Alexandra, Belle Kingston, Stella Irene August |
Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM (born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian comedian, singer, actor and screenwriter. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of The Blues Brothers (with John Belushi) and Ghostbusters and has had a long career as a film actor and screenwriter.
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Early life[link]
Aykroyd was born on July 1, 1952, at the Ottawa General Hospital[1] in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He grew up in the Canadian capital, where his father, Samuel Peter Aykroyd, a civil engineer, worked as a policy adviser to Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. His mother, Lorraine Hélène (née Gougeon), is a secretary, of French Canadian descent.[2][3][4] His brother, Peter, also became a comedy actor. Aykroyd was born with syndactyly (webbed toes), which was revealed in the movie Mr. Mike's Mondo Video and in a short film on Saturday Night Live (Don't Look Back In Anger).[5] He was also born with heterochromia (a condition of having two differently coloured eyes). His right eye is green and his left eye is brown.
Aykroyd's great-grandfather, Samuel Augustus Aykroyd (1855–1933), a dentist, had been a mystic and had been involved in Spiritualism, which would greatly interest Aykroyd, who stated that "All that stuff was hanging around the old farmhouse I grew up in, so I was kind of steeped in it".[6]
Aykroyd was raised in the Roman Catholic Church, and had intended to become a priest until the age of seventeen.[7] He attended St Pius X and St Patrick's. He went on to study criminology and sociology at Carleton University but dropped out before completing his degree. He worked as a comedian in various Canadian nightclubs and ran an after-hours speakeasy (Club 505) in Toronto for several years.
Aykroyd's musical career was initially developed in Ottawa, particularly through his regular attendances at Le Hibou, a club that featured many blues artists. He describes these influences as follows:
...there was a little club there called Le Hibou, which in French means 'the owl'. And it was run by a gentleman named Harvey Glatt, and he brought every, and I mean every blues star that you or I would ever have wanted to have seen through Ottawa in the late 50s, well I guess more late 60s sort of, in around the Newport jazz rediscovery. I was going to Le Hibou and hearing James Cotton, Otis Spann, Pinetop Perkins, and Muddy Waters. I actually jammed behind Muddy Waters. S. P. Leary left the drum kit one night, and Muddy said 'anybody out there play drums? I don't have a drummer.' And I walked on stage and we started, I don't know, Little Red Rooster, something. He said 'keep that beat going, you make Muddy feel good.' And I heard Howlin' Wolf (Chester Burnett). Many, many times I saw Howlin' Wolf. As well as The Doors. And of course Buddy Guy, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. So I was exposed to all of these players, playing there as part of this scene to service the academic community in Ottawa, a very well-educated community. Had I lived in a different town I don't think that this would have happened, because it was just the confluence of educated government workers, and then also all the colleges in the area, Ottawa University, Carleton, and all the schools—these people were interested in blues culture.[8]
[edit] Saturday Night Live
Aykroyd gained fame on the American late-night comedy show Saturday Night Live, where he was a writer and the youngest cast member for its first four seasons, from 1975 to 1979. Aykroyd brought a unique sensibility to the show, combining youth, unusual interests, talent as an impersonator and an almost lunatic intensity. Eric Idle, of Monty Python, once said that Aykroyd's ability to write and act out characters flawlessly made him the only member of the SNL cast capable of being a Python.
He was known for his impersonations of celebrities like Jimmy Carter, Vincent Price, Richard Nixon, Rod Serling, Tom Snyder, and others. He was also known for his recurring roles, such as Beldar, father in the Coneheads family; with Steve Martin, Georg Festrunk, one of the "Two Wild and Crazy Guys" Czech brothers; sleazy late-night cable TV host E. Buzz Miller and his cousin, corrupt maker of children's toys and costumes Irwin Mainway (who extolled the virtues and defended the safety of the "Bag-o-Glass" toy, perhaps the retail leader of the "Bag-o" series of toys); Fred Garvin – male prostitute; and high-bred but low-brow critic Leonard Pinth-Garnell. He also co-hosted the Weekend Update segment for a season with Jane Curtin, coining the famous catchphrase "Jane, you ignorant slut" during point-counterpoint segments.
Aykroyd's eccentric talent was recognized by others in the highly competitive SNL environment: when he first presented his famous "Super Bass-O-Matic '76" sketch, a fake T.V. commercial in which a garish, hyper pitchman (modelled after Ron Popeil) touts a food blender that turns an entire bass into liquid pulp, "to [other writers and cast members] the 'Bass-O-Matic' was so exhilaratingly strange that many remember sitting and listening, open-mouthed ... Nobody felt jealous of it because they couldn't imagine writing anything remotely like it."[9]
While Aykroyd was a close friend and partner with fellow cast member John Belushi and shared some of the same sensibilities, Aykroyd was more reserved and less self-destructive. In 1977, he received an Emmy Award for writing on Saturday Night Live; he later received two more nominations for writing, and one each for acting and Outstanding Comedy-Variety series.
In later decades, Aykroyd made occasional guest appearances and unannounced cameos on Saturday Night Live, often impersonating the American politician Bob Dole. He would also bring back past characters including Irwin Mainway and Leonard Pinth-Garnell. During a couple of his guest appearances he resurrected the Blues Brothers musical act with frequent host John Goodman in place of John Belushi. Finally in May 2003, he hosted the season finale of Saturday Night Live. During his monologue, he did a musical bit with James Belushi that was similar to the Blues Brothers, but neither Aykroyd nor Belushi donned the famous black suit and sunglasses. It was a unique hosting choice as he was not promoting a project at the time and he did not bring back any characters for this appearance. He became the second member of the original cast to host the show. On March 24, 2007, he made an appearance as a crying fan of American Idol finalist Sanjaya Malakar (played by Andy Samberg) during Weekend Update. On February 14, 2009, he made an appearance portraying U.S. House Minority leader John Boehner.
The Blues Brothers[link]
Aykroyd was good friends with John Belushi. According to Aykroyd, it was his first meeting with Belushi that helped spark their popular Blues Brothers act. When they met in a club Aykroyd frequented, Aykroyd put on a blues record to play in the background, and it stimulated a fascination with blues in Belushi, who was primarily a fan of heavy rock bands at the time. Aykroyd educated John on the finer points of blues music and, with a little encouragement from then-SNL music director Paul Shaffer, it led to the creation of their Blues Brothers characters.
Backed by such experienced professional R&B sidemen as lead guitarist Steve Cropper, sax man Lou Marini, trumpeter Alan Rubin and bass guitarist Donald "Duck" Dunn, the Blues Brothers proved more than an SNL novelty. Taking off with the public as a legitimate musical act, they performed live gigs and released the hit album Briefcase Full of Blues in 1978, and were further popularized in a 1980 film. The Blues Brothers Band continues to tour today, featuring original members Cropper, Marini, and Dunn, along with vocalist Eddie Floyd.
Early in the incarnation of the Blues Brothers, John Belushi joined the Grateful Dead on stage on April 2, 1980, for a rendition of "Good Morning Little School Girl" at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, N.J (coinciding with the Dead performing on SNL that weekend). John sang the part usually carried by the late Dead band member "Pigpen."
Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles was a regular haunt for the original Blues Brothers back in the early days of the band. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd became fixtures at the recording studio, while fellow Blues Brother Steve Cropper called Cherokee his producing home. Whenever they needed a bass player, they were joined by another Blues Brother, Donald "Duck" Dunn. During this time, Cropper along with producing partner and Cherokee owner Bruce Robb worked on a number of music projects with the two comedian/musicians, including Belushi's favourite band Fear and later Aykroyd's movie Dragnet.
Aykroyd and Belushi were scheduled to present the Academy Award for Visual Effects in 1982, but Belushi died only a few weeks prior to the ceremony. Though devastated by his friend's death, Aykroyd presented the award alone, remarking from the stage "My partner would have loved to have been here to present this, given that he was something of a visual effect himself." Not a few years before, when he and John Belushi were making an appearance on the Today show, he referred to them as "kindred spirits." In the biography "Belushi", Aykroyd claims that John Belushi was the only man he could ever dance with.
In 1992, Aykroyd, along with many other notable music and Hollywood personalities, founded the House of Blues. Its mission is to promote African-American cultural contributions of blues music and folk art. From 2004 until its sale to Live Nation in 2007, it was the second-largest live music promoter in the world, with seven venues and 22 amphitheaters in the United States and Canada. Aykroyd also contributes his voice to the weekly House of Blues Radio Hour,[10] which he hosts in the character of Elwood Delaney aka Elwood Blues. This show is hosted in the United Kingdom (from 1 September 2011) on London's Covent Garden Radio.
Today, the Blues Brothers still tour. Dan Aykroyd still performs as Elwood back with John's younger brother James Belushi who plays "Brother Zee" on stage. They are almost always backed by The Sacred Hearts Band.[11]
Other work[link]
Concurrent with his work in Saturday Night Live, Aykroyd played the role of Purvis Bickle, lift operator at the fictitious office block 99 Sumach Street in the CBC Television series Coming Up Rosie.
After leaving Saturday Night Live, Aykroyd starred in a number of films (mostly comedies), with uneven results both commercially and artistically. He co-starred with Belushi in three films, The Blues Brothers, Neighbors and 1941. One of his best-received performances was as a blueblood-turned-wretch in the 1983 comic drama Trading Places; a notable flop was in the earlier 1941 (director Steven Spielberg received the brunt of the criticism, but Aykroyd's performance as an Army Sergeant was either played straight or completely manic).[clarification needed]
Aykroyd originally wrote the role of Dr. Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters (1984) with Belushi in mind, but rewrote the part for Bill Murray after Belushi died. Aykroyd used to joke that the green ghost (who would later come to be known as "Slimer") was "the ghost of John Belushi", based on the similar party animal personality. Ghostbusters became a huge success for Aykroyd as a co-creator, co-writer, and one of the lead actors; the film's inspiration came from Aykroyd's fascination with parapsychology. Aykroyd participated in the recording of "We Are the World" in 1985.
Aykroyd was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for 1989's Driving Miss Daisy. He was the second SNL cast member to be nominated for an Oscar, the first being Joan Cusack (Randy Quaid also received an Academy Award nomination before either of them, but that was prior to his SNL stint).
His directorial debut was 1991's Nothing but Trouble. It starred Demi Moore, Chevy Chase, John Candy and Aykroyd sporting an oddly phallic prosthetic nose. The film was a critical and box office flop. Other films starring Aykroyd in the 1990s, included Exit to Eden, Blues Brothers 2000, and Getting Away with Murder; these were also poorly received. He also made an uncredited appearance in the Michael Moore film, Canadian Bacon as a motorcycle cop.
In 1994, Aykroyd made a guest appearance in an episode of the sitcom The Nanny as a refrigerator repairman. In 1997, Aykroyd starred in a short-lived sitcom on ABC called Soul Man. The show lasted one season. In the 2000s, Aykroyd's film appearances have tended to be small character parts in big-budget productions, such as a signals analyst in Pearl Harbor and a neurologist in 50 First Dates. In 2001, Aykroyd starred in the Woody Allen film, The Curse of the Jade Scorpion.
In February 2007, Aykroyd revealed that he would be providing voice-acting for a Ghostbusters III CGI project, though these rumours were clarified later on, that the CGI project was a next-gen video game that was currently in production.[12] In 2009, Aykroyd along with Harold Ramis, wrote and appeared in Ghostbusters: The Video Game, which also featured Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, William Atherton, and Brian Doyle-Murray. On June 14, 2009, GameStop used an outgoing phone message pre-recorded by Aykroyd to invite pre-order customers to the launch event at 10 p.m.
Aykroyd wrote the liner notes for fellow Ottawa born blues musician JW-Jones' album Bluelisted (2008).
In 2009, Aykroyd contributed a series of reminiscences on his upbringing in Canada for a charity album titled Dan Aykroyd's Canada.
Most recently, Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase guest starred in the Family Guy episode "Spies Reminiscent of Us". He also hosts the nationally-syndicated radio show House of Blues Radio Hour under his Blues Brothers moniker Elwood Blues.
Aykroyd appeared in two February 2011 episodes of CBS' The Defenders, which starred Jim Belushi. This information was announced November 29, 2010.[13][14]
Aykroyd announced in February 2012 that Bill Murray was not going to appear in Ghostbusters III and said that at this point the film had been indefinitely suspended. Aykroyd said Ivan Reitman and Harold Ramis felt there had to be a way to do it without Murray.[15]
On March 20, 2012, Aykroyd said he's about to work on a script for a comedy that would also star Chevy Chase. It would be the first time Aykroyd and Chase have appeared together onscreen since 1991's Nothing But Trouble. [16]
Honors[link]
He has been inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame. In 1994, Aykroyd received an honorary Doctor of Literature degree from Carleton University. In 1998, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
Aykroyd also received a dubious honour in 1997, when the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal awarded him the Snuffed Candle award, for "contributing to the public's lack of understanding of the methods of scientific inquiry." CSICOP did this in response to Aykroyd's program Psi Factor.[17]
The popular Scottish band Dananananaykroyd named themselves after Dan Aykroyd.
Personal life[link]
Aykroyd is a naturalized citizen of the United States.[3] In 1983, he married actress Donna Dixon, with whom he starred in the movies Doctor Detroit, Spies Like Us, and The Couch Trip. They have three daughters: Danielle Alexandra[18] (born November 18, 1989), Belle Kingston (born June 9, 1993), and Stella Irene August (born April 5, 1998). He maintains his Canadian roots as a longtime resident of Sydenham, Ontario, with his estate on Loughborough Lake.
Aykroyd described himself (in a radio interview with Terry Gross) as having mild Tourette syndrome that was successfully treated with therapy when he was a preteen, as well as mild Asperger syndrome.[19]
As of 2006, Aykroyd has entered a partnership with Niagara Cellars, which owns four wineries in the Niagara region. They will be marketing a series of red and white wines under his name.[20] He spent time in 2009 promoting his own Crystal Head Vodka, with his interest in the paranormal coming through with the drink's unique skull-shaped bottle.[21] He is also considering a beer and vodka label with the Coneheads name.[22]
He is a former reserve commander for the police department in Harahan, Louisiana, working for Chief of Police Peter Dale. Aykroyd would carry his badge with him at all times.[23]
Aykroyd helped Dale start the Blue Line Foundation. They are redeveloping flood damaged lots in New Orleans and helping first responders buy them at reduced prices. Coastal Blue Line LLC, hopes to eventually to rebuild 400 properties in New Orleans.[24]
In a recent[when?] radio interview with the Hill-Man Morning show, Aykroyd said if he could forget one film he did it would be Exit to Eden.[citation needed]
Beliefs[link]
Aykroyd considers himself a Spiritualist, stating that:
- I am a Spiritualist, a proud wearer of the Spiritualist badge. Mediums and psychic research have gone on for many, many years... Loads of people have seen [spirits], heard a voice or felt the cold temperature. I believe that they are between here and there, that they exist between the fourth and fifth dimension, and that they visit us frequently.[6]
His great-grandfather, a dentist, had been a mystic who had corresponded with author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on the subject of Spiritualism, and who was a member of the Lily Dale Society.[6]
Other than Spiritualism, Aykroyd is also interested in various other aspects of the paranormal, particularly ufology. He is a lifetime member of and official Hollywood consultant for the Mutual UFO Network. In 2005, Aykroyd produced a DVD titled, Dan Aykroyd: Unplugged on UFOs. In it, he is interviewed for 80 minutes by UFOlogist David Sereda where he discusses in depth every aspect of the UFO phenomenon, and reveals specifically that they are blue, not green, but appear that way because of a filter.[25][dead link]
On September 29, 2009, Peter Aykroyd, father of Dan Aykroyd, published a book entitled, A History of Ghosts. This book chronicled the family's historical involvement in the Spiritualist Movement, to which Aykroyd readily refers. Aykroyd wrote the introduction and accompanied his father on a series of promotional activities, including launches in New York City and Toronto, an appearance on Larry King Live and various other public relations initiatives. Aykroyd also read the introduction for the audio version of the book.
Filmography[link]
Film[link]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Gift of Winter, TheThe Gift of Winter | Goodly/Rotten/Maple | Television Film Voice Only |
| 1977 | Love at First Sight | Roy | |
| 1979 | Mr. Mike's Mondo Video | Jack Lord Priest | |
| 1979 | 1941 | Sgt. Frank Tree | |
| 1980 | Blues Brothers, TheThe Blues Brothers | Elwood Blues | Also Writer |
| 1981 | Neighbors | Vic | |
| 1982 | It Came from Hollywood | Himself | |
| 1983 | Doctor Detroit | Clifford Skridlow/ Doctor Detroit | |
| 1983 | Trading Places | Louis Winthorpe III | |
| 1983 | Twilight Zone: The Movie | Passenger/ Ambulance Driver | |
| 1984 | Ghostbusters | Dr. Raymond Stantz | Also Writer |
| 1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Art Weber | |
| 1984 | Nothing Lasts Forever | Buck Heller | |
| 1985 | Into the Night | Herb | |
| 1985 | Spies Like Us | Austin Millbarge | Also Writer |
| 1987 | Dragnet | Sgt. Joe Friday | |
| 1988 | Caddyshack II | Capt. Tom Everett | Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor |
| 1988 | Couch Trip, TheThe Couch Trip | John W. Burns, Jr. | |
| 1988 | Great Outdoors, TheThe Great Outdoors | Roman Craig | |
| 1988 | She's Having a Baby | Roman Craig | |
| 1988 | My Stepmother Is an Alien | Steven Mills | |
| 1989 | "Liberian Girl" | Cameo | Music Video by Michael Jackson |
| 1989 | Driving Miss Daisy | Boolie Werthan | Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 1989 | Ghostbusters II | Dr. Raymond Stantz | Also Writer |
| 1990 | Loose Cannons | Ellis Fielding | |
| 1990 | Masters of Menace | Johnny Lewis | |
| 1991 | My Girl | Harry Sultenfuss | |
| 1991 | Nothing but Trouble | Judge Alvin Valkenheiser/ Bobo | Also Director/Writer Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor Nominated — Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director Nominated — Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay |
| 1992 | Chaplin | Mack Sennett | |
| 1992 | Sneakers | Mother | |
| 1992 | This Is My Life | Arnold Moss | |
| 1993 | Coneheads | Beldar Conehead | Also Writer |
| 1994 | Century of Cinema, AA Century of Cinema | Himself | Documentary |
| 1994 | Exit to Eden | Fred Lavery | Nominated — Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor Nominated — Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Couple (with Rosie O'Donnell) |
| 1994 | My Girl 2 | Harry Sultenfuss | |
| 1994 | North | Pa Tex | Nominated — Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor |
| 1995 | Canadian Bacon | OPP Officer | Uncredited |
| 1995 | Casper | Dr. Raymond Stantz | Uncredited |
| 1995 | Random Factor, TheThe Random Factor | Dexter | Voice Only |
| 1995 | Tommy Boy | Ray Zalinsky | |
| 1996 | Rainbow | Sheriff Wyatt Hampton | |
| 1996 | Celtic Pride | Jimmy Flaherty | |
| 1996 | Feeling Minnesota | Det. Ben Costikyan | |
| 1996 | My Fellow Americans | President William Haney | |
| 1996 | Getting Away with Murder | Jack Lambert | |
| 1996 | Sgt. Bilko | Colonel John T. Hall | |
| 1997 | Grosse Pointe Blank | Grocer | |
| 1998 | Antz | Chip | Voice Only |
| 1998 | Blues Brothers 2000 | Elwood Blues | Also Writer/Producer |
| 1998 | Susan's Plan | Bob | |
| 1999 | Diamonds | Lance Agensky | |
| 2000 | House of Mirth, TheThe House of Mirth | Gus Trenor | |
| 2000 | Loser | Dad | |
| 2000 | Stardom | Barry Levine | |
| 2001 | Curse of the Jade Scorpion, TheThe Curse of the Jade Scorpion | Chris Magruder | |
| 2001 | Evolution | Governor Lewis | |
| 2001 | Frank Truth, TheThe Frank Truth | Himself | Documentary |
| 2001 | On the Nose | Dr. Barry Davis | |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor | Capt. Thurman | |
| 2002 | Crossroads | Pete Wagner | |
| 2002 | Unconditional Love | Max Beasly | |
| 2003 | Bright Young Things | Lord Monomark | |
| 2004 | Christmas with the Kranks | Vic Frohmeyer | |
| 2004 | Shortcut to Happiness | Julius Jenson | |
| 2004 | 50 First Dates | Dr. Keats | |
| 2004 | Intern Academy | Dr. Cyrill Kipp | |
| 2007 | I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry | Captain Tucker | |
| 2008 | War, Inc. | Mr. Vice President | |
| 2010 | Yogi Bear | Yogi Bear | Voice Only |
| 2012 | The Campaign | Wade Motch |
Television[link]
| Year | Title | Role | First episode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Coming Up Rosie | Purvis Bickle | unknown | |
| 1975–79 | Saturday Night Live | Various | "Episode 1.1" | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music Series (1977, nominated 1978–79) Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Continuing or Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Variety or Music (1978) |
| 1976 | Beach Boys: It's OK, TheThe Beach Boys: It's OK | Cop | Television film, also writer | |
| 1978 | All You Need Is Cash | Brian Thigh | Television film | |
| 1986–91 | Real Ghostbusters, TheThe Real Ghostbusters | Creator | ||
| 1990 | Dave Thomas Comedy Show, TheThe Dave Thomas Comedy Show | Various | "Episode 1.2" | 1 episode |
| 1990 | It's Garry Shandling's Show | Boolie Shandling | "Driving Miss Garry" | 1 episode |
| 1991 | Tales from the Crypt | Captain Mulligan | "Yellow" | 1 episode |
| 1994 | Nanny, TheThe Nanny | Repair Man | "Sunday in the Park with Fran" | 1 episode |
| 1995 | Kesley Grammar Salutes Jack Benny | Himself | Television special | |
| 1996–2000 | Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal | Host | "John Doe" | 88 episodes |
| 1997 | Arrow, TheThe Arrow | Crawford Gordon | Television film, also creative consultant | |
| 1997 | Home Improvement | Rev. Mike Walker | "Losing My Religion" | 1 episode |
| 1997 | Soul Man | Rev. Mike Weber | "Grabbed By An Angel" | 25 episodes |
| 2001 | Earth vs. the Spider | Det. Insp. Jack Grillo | Television film | |
| 2001 | History's Mysteries | Narrator | "The Children's Crusade" | 1 episode |
| 2002 | According to Jim | Danny Michalsky | "Old Friends" | 5 episodes |
| 2009 | Family Guy | Himself | "Spies Reminiscent of Us" | 1 episode |
| 2009 | X-Play | Himself | "Quit Givin' Me the Bug Eye, Valkyrie" | 1 episode |
| 2011 | Defenders, TheThe Defenders | Judge Max Hunter | "Nevada v. Doug the Mule" | 2 episodes |
Guest appearances on SNL[link]
| Date | Episode number | Host/ Musical guest | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01988-02-13February 13, 1988 | 13.11 | Justine Bateman/ Terrance Trent D'Arby | Bob Dole |
| 01993-05-15May 15, 1993 | 18.20 | Kevin Kline/ Willie Nelson and Paul Simon | Bob Dole |
| 01995-03-25March 25, 1995 | 20.16 | John Goodman/ The Tragically Hip | Bob Dole, Elwood Blues, Irwin Mainway, Tom Snyder, Rush Limbaugh, Robert Stack, miner |
| 01998-02-07February 7, 1998 | 23.14 | John Goodman/ Paula Cole | Bob Dole, Elwood Blues, Irwin Mainway, Ernesto |
| 01998-09-26September 26, 1998 | 24.1 | Cameron Diaz/ The Smashing Pumpkins | Yortuk Festrunk |
| 02001-11-03November 3, 2001 | 27.4 | John Goodman/ Ja Rule | Dr. Keith Vester, Elwood Blues, Leonard Pinth-Garnell |
| 02002-02-02February 2, 2002 | 27.12 | Britney Spears | Mormon, Judge Lindenwell |
| 02003-03-08March 8, 2003 | 28.14 | Queen Latifah/ Ms. Dynamite | Bob Dole |
| 02003-05-17May 17, 2003 | 28.20 | Himself/ Beyoncé | Andrew Card, Patrick Fitzpatrick, Donnie "The Finger" Dabinski, biker, Esteban, chief science officer, Butch, Sam Elliott |
| 02007-03-24March 24, 2007 | 32.16 | Peyton Manning/ Carrie Underwood | Himself |
| 02009-02-14February 14, 2009 | 34.16 | Alec Baldwin/ The Jonas Brothers | John Boehner |
Highest grossing films[link]
| Rank | Film | Year | Gross | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Pearl Harbor | 2001 | $449,220,945 | $135,000,000 |
| 2. | Ghostbusters | 1984 | $291,600,000 | $30,000,000 |
| 3. | Ghostbusters II | 1989 | $215,394,738 | $25,000,000 |
| 4. | Yogi Bear | 2010 | $201,584,141 | $80,000,000 |
| 5. | Antz | 1998 | $171,757,863 | $60,000,000 |
| 6. | Driving Miss Daisy | 1989 | $145,793,296 | $7,500,000 |
| 7. | Sneakers | 1992 | $105,232,691 | Unknown |
| 8. | Trading Places | 1983 | $97,333,523 | $28,000,000 |
| 9. | 1941 | 1979 | $92,755,742 | $35,000,000 |
| 10. | Spies Like Us | 1985 | $70,648,171 | $20,000,000 |
| 11. | The Blues Brothers | 1980 | $115,229,890 | $27,000,000 |
| 12. | My Girl | 1991 | $59,847,242 | $17,000,000 |
| 13. | Dragnet | 1987 | $57,387,516 | $20,000,000 |
| 14. | The Great Outdoors | 1988 | $41,455,230 | $24,000,000 |
| 15. | Twilight Zone: The Movie | 1983 | $29,500,000 | $10,000,000 |
| 16. | Neighbors | 1981 | $28,732,057 | $8,500,000 |
| 17. | She's Having a Baby | 1988 | $16,031,707 | Unknown |
| 18. | Caddyshack II | 1988 | $11,798,302 | $20,000,000 |
| 19. | The Couch Trip | 1988 | $11,005,304 | Unknown |
| 20. | Doctor Detroit | 1983 | $10,800,000 | $8,000,000 |
See also[link]
References[link]
- ^ "Want Ads/Births". The Ottawa Evening Journal. July 1, 1952. p. 12.
- ^ "The First Church of Dan Aykroyd". Webcitation.org. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/2976/currentbio.html&date=2009-10-25+08:09:02. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ a b "Dan Aykroyd Biography (1952–)". Filmreference.com. http://www.filmreference.com/film/24/Dan-Aykroyd.html. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ Aykroyd, Peter H. (1992). The anniversary compulsion: Canada's centennial celebration, a model mega-anniversary. Dundurn Press Ltd.. pp. ix. ISBN 1-55002-185-0.
- ^ ""Don't Look Back In Anger"". Snltranscripts.jt.org. http://snltranscripts.jt.org/77/77manger.phtml. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ a b c Aykroyd, Dan. Psychic News Issue # 4001, Saturday April 18, 2009.
- ^ "The religion of Dan Aykroyd, actor, comedian". Adherents.com. http://www.adherents.com/people/pa/Dan_Aykroyd.html. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ Still on a mission from God; interview with Dan Aykroyd by Roger Gatchet, May 18, 2007, www.austinsound.net. This recollection of Aykroyd is subject to challenge. Some assert that it was Ottawa artist Arthur II who joined the band to play drums and that, at best, Aykroyd was a member of the audience. Aykroyd's recollection is also asserted to be faulty as to who actually played at Le Hibou. Pinetop Perkins never played there, and Howlin' Wolf appeared once.[citation required]
- ^ Hill and Weingrad p. 143
- ^ "TheBluesmobile.com". TheBluesmobile.com. http://www.thebluesmobile.com/. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
- ^ Karen (January 28, 2011). "Jim Belushi and the Sacred Hearts". Jimbelushi.ws. http://www.jimbelushi.ws/jim-sacredhearts.htm. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
- ^ "Gamespot News: Dan Aykroyd to appear in Ghostbusters game". February 2007. http://www.gamespot.com/news/6165346.html.
- ^ "Dan Aykroyd to Reunite with Jim Belushi on The Defenders. He also appeared on Top Chef Canada as a guest judge.". TVGuide.com. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Dan-Aykroyd-Defenders-1026196.aspx. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
- ^ "TV Highlights: Dan Aykroyd on 'The Defenders'; Dina Lohan on '20/20'; 'Gold Rush: Alaska' finale". The Washington Post. February 18, 2011. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/17/AR2011021706507.html. Retrieved February 20, 2011.
- ^ Jim Vejvoda. "Ghostbusters 3: Suspended Animation - Movies News at IGN". Movies.ign.com. http://movies.ign.com/articles/121/1219663p1.html?RSSwhen2012-02-29_101500&RSSid=1219663. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ "Dan Aykroyd Announces New Film With Chevy Chase". Hollywood Reporter. 2012-03-20. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/risky-business/dan-aykroyd-chevy-chase-new-film-302077. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ "CSICOP News: Nye, Aykroyd Receive Council's First Awards". Skeptical Inquirer. CSICOP. May/June 1997. Archived from the original on October 6, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20061006092853/http://www.csicop.org/si/9705/news.html. Retrieved November 13, 2006.
- ^ http://danielleaykroyd.com
- ^ Terry Gross (interviewer) and Dan Aykroyd (guest) (November 22, 2004). "Comedian --and Writer --Dan Aykroyd". Fresh Air. Event occurs at 29:50. NPR. http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=13&prgDate=11-22-2004. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
- ^ Barnard, Linda (2006-09-24). "Movies | Waiting for Aykroyd's wine? Try tequila". TheStar.com. http://www.thestar.com/article/96358. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ "Crystal Head Vodka – Drink Recipes". Crystalheadvodka.com. http://crystalheadvodka.com/. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ Alan McGinty on Dan Aykroyd's Ontario Wine Adventure | Gremolata 055
- ^ CISNMike (2007-02-14). "Dan Aykroyd Shows his Badge". Youtube.com. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgKHCB7lnog. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ Eliot Kamenitz / The Times Picayune. "Blues Brother Dan Aykroyd launches home building project for first responders". Nola.com. http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/photo_dan_aykroyd_tours_neighb.html. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
- ^ "UFORC News Service: Dan Aykroyd Unplugged on UFOs". http://www.uforc.com/news/daufo-KlewMedia_060206.htm. Retrieved February 9, 2008.
Further reading[link]
- Hill, Doug, and Weingrad, Jeff, Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live. Vintage Books, 1986. ISBN 0-394-75053-5.
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- Dan Aykroyd, Still Full of the 'Blues' – interview on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross – originally aired Nov. 22, 2004
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- Dan Aykroyd Unplugged on UFOs (2005) – video.google.com
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Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM (born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian comedian, singer, actor and screenwriter. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of The Blues Brothers (with John Belushi) and Ghostbusters and has had a long career as a film actor and screenwriter.
Aykroyd was born on July 1, 1952, at the Ottawa General Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He grew up in the Canadian capital, where his father, Samuel Peter Aykroyd, a civil engineer, worked as a policy adviser to Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. His mother, Lorraine Hélène (née Gougeon), is a secretary, of French Canadian descent. His brother, Peter, also became a comedy actor. Aykroyd was born with syndactyly (webbed toes), which was revealed in the movie Mr. Mike's Mondo Video and in a short film on Saturday Night Live (Don't Look Back In Anger). He was also born with heterochromia (a condition of having two differently coloured eyes). His right eye is green and his left eye is brown.
