Clyde B. Phillips is a writer and producer for television and film. He has written for the shows Dexter, Shout About Movies, Suddenly Susan, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Midas Valley, and Trapper John, M.D.. He has worked as a producer on Players, Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story, If Things Were Different, Bud and Lou, and as an executive producer of the shows Dexter, Get Real, Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Eddie Dodd, Police Story: Cop Killer, Houston Knights, Northstar, and Midas Valley.

Phillips joined the crew of Showtime television drama Dexter as a writer and executive producer midway through the first season in 2006. He was nominated for the Edgar award for Best Television Episode (Teleplay), for writing the episode "Crocodile".

He returned as an executive producer and writer for the second season. Phillips and the writing staff were nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for best dramatic series at the February 2008 ceremony for their work on the second season. Phillips remained an executive producer and writer for the third season. The writing staff were nominated for the same award at the February 2009 ceremony for their work on the third season. Phillips remained an executive producer and writer for the fourth season but in addition became the series show runner. Phillips and the writing staff was nominated for the WGA award a third consecutive time at the February 2010 ceremony for their work on the fourth season. Phillips stood down as show runner after the fourth season and left his role as an executive producer. He was credited as a consultant on the fifth season.

Caryn Mandabach is an American television producer.

Caryn Mandabach produced ground-breaking US hits including The Cosby Show, Roseanne, A Different World (1990–1993), Grace Under Fire (1993–1998), Cybill (1995–1998), 3rd Rock from the Sun (1997–2001), That '80s Show (2002), That '70s Show (1998–2004), and Grounded for Life (2001–2005).

Most recently she executive produced Nurse Jackie, with Linda Wallem and Liz Brixius, a half-hour dark comedy about a "flawed" emergency room nurse in a New York City hospital, starring Edie Falco, which is a hit on Showtime in America, and on BBC2 in the UK.

Mandabach currently operates TV production companies on both sides of the Atlantic, where she is actively developing both drama and comedy series for BBC, Channel 4, and HBO.

Mandabach has won an Emmy award and has also been honoured by The Producer’s Guild, Women in Film and the Hollywood Radio and Television Society among others.

Keith Ian Carradine (born August 8, 1949) is an American actor who has had success on stage, film and television. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Wild Bill Hickok in the HBO series Deadwood and FBI agent Frank Lundy in Dexter. In addition, he is a Golden Globe and Academy Award winning songwriter. As a member of the Carradine family, he is part of an acting "dynasty" that began with his father, John Carradine.

Keith Carradine was born in San Mateo, California. He is the son of actress and artist Sonia Sorel (née Henius) and actor John Carradine. His paternal half-brothers are Bruce and David Carradine. His maternal half-brother is Michael Bowen, and his full brothers are Christopher and Robert Carradine. His maternal great-grandfather was biochemist Max Henius, and his maternal great-grandmother was the sister of historian Johan Ludvig Heiberg.

Carradine's childhood was difficult. He said that his father drank and his mother “was a manic depressive paranoid schizophrenic catatonic — she had it all.” His parents were divorced in 1957, when he was eight years old. A bitter custody battle led to his father gaining custody of him and his brothers, Christopher and Robert, after the children had spent three months in a home for abused children as wards of the court. Keith said of the experience, "It was like being in jail. There were bars on the windows, and we were only allowed to see our parents through glass doors. It was very sad. We would stand there on either side of the glass door crying." He was raised primarily by his maternal grandmother, and he rarely saw either of his parents. His mother was not permitted to see him for eight years following the custody settlement.

Clyde Clauthen Mayes, Jr. (born March 17, 1953) is a retired American professional basketball player. He played in both the National Basketball Association (NBA) and in Europe for various teams. His international career took him to Italy, France and Spain over the course of 12 years. At 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) tall and weighing 225 pounds, Mayes primarily played the power forward position.

Mayes grew up in Greenville, South Carolina and played basketball at Wade Hampton High School in his hometown. In the fall of 1971, Mayes enrolled at Furman University, also located in Greenville.National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rules at the time prohibited college freshmen from competing on their schools' varsity sports teams, so Mayes had to play for the Furman freshman basketball team. When he became eligible during his sophomore season in 1972–73, Mayes ended up playing in 29 games while averaging 15.2 points and 11.1 rebounds per game. The Paladins finished as the Southern Conference regular season runners-up (to Davidson) but won the Southern Conference Tournament championship. They qualified for the 1973 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament but lost to Syracuse in the first round, 83–82.

Orlando Darryl Phillips (born 1960 in California, USA) is a retired American basketball player. He was a strong rebounding Center or Power Forward who also played in Australia and Europe during his career.

The 6'10" (209 cm) tall Orlando Philips was a standout center for the Pepperdine University Waves, co-winning the 1983 West Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year award with Waves team mate Dane Suttle.

Unfortunately little is known about the professional basketball career of Orlando Phillips. What is known is that in 1989 he played for the Adelaide 36ers in the Australian National Basketball League. Phillips played 25 games for the 36ers where he averaged 20.4 points, 10.9 rebounds, 1.0 blocked shot and he shot the ball at 62.5% per game. Phillips had a slow start to the 1989 NBL season still recovering from a broken foot but his numbers increased through the season. He wore the number "00" for the 36ers and early in the NBL season before his form changed, the joke in Adelaide was that 00 stood for "Oh Oh".