Robert Rantoul, Jr.
United States Senator from Massachusetts
In office February 1, 1851 – March 4, 1851
Preceded by	Robert C. Winthrop
Succeeded by	Charles Sumner
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1851 – August 7, 1852
Preceded by	Daniel P. King
Succeeded by	Francis B. Fay
United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
In office 1846–1849
Preceded by	Franklin Dexter
Succeeded by	George Lunt
Personal details
Born	(1805-08-13)August 13, 1805 Beverly, Massachusetts
Died	August 7, 1852(1852-08-07) (aged 46) Washington, D.C.
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Harvard University
Profession	Law

Robert Rantoul, Jr. (August 13, 1805 – August 7, 1852) was an American politician from Massachusetts.

He was born in Beverly, Massachusetts. He attended the common schools and Phillips Andover Academy and graduated from Harvard University in 1826. He practiced law in Salem, Massachusetts and moved to South Reading, Massachusetts in 1830, to Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1832, and to Boston, Massachusetts in 1838.

He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1835–1839), the commission to revise the laws of Massachusetts, and the Massachusetts Board of Education (1837–1842). He was the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts (1846–1849). He was elected in 1850 to the thirty-second Congress. Before his term there began, he was named as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation Robert Charles Winthrop, who had been appointed after the resignation of Daniel Webster and resigned when he failed to win election to a full term. Rantoul served in the Senate from February 1, 1851 to March 4, 1851, and then in the House from March 4, 1851, until his death. He was buried in Central Cemetery, Beverly, Massachusetts.

References[link]

• Dictionary of American Biography; Bulkley, Robert D., Jr. Robert Rantoul, Jr. from 1805 to 1852: Politics and Reform in Antebellum Massachusetts. Ph.D. dissertation, Princeton University, 1971.
• Rantoul, Robert, Jr. Memoirs, Speeches and Writings of Robert Rantoul, Jr. Edited by Luther Hamilton. Boston: J.P. Jewett and Co., 1854.

External links[link]

Biography portal

• Robert Rantoul, Jr. at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Robert Rantoul, Jr. at Find a Grave

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Darrell Griffin is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Leeds Rhinos of Super League. An England international representative prop forward, his former clubs include Oxford Cavaliers, London Broncos, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and Huddersfield Giants.

He is notable as being a top-flight rugby league player from a non-traditional area, progressing through the youth system at Oxford Cavaliers and onto the London Broncos academy.^[3][4][5]

He came through the youth system at both Oxford and Witney Rugby Club.

His younger brothers Josh Griffin,^[6] and George Griffin are also rugby league players.

Griffin joined Wakefield in June 2003 from rugby union side Harlequins.^[7][8]

He was named in the England training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.^[9]

He was also named in the England team to face Wales at the Keepmoat Stadium prior to England's departure for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.^[10]

Griffin joined Leeds Rhinos from Huddersfield Giants on a three-year contract in October 2011.

References[link]

External links[link]

• International Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
• Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org

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Joseph Peter "Joe" Spano (born July 7, 1946) is an American actor who came to prominence through his role as Lt. Henry Goldblume on Hill Street Blues and is now well known for his work in NCIS as FBI Special Agent Tobias Fornell.

Personal life[link]

Spano was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Virginia Jean (née Carpenter) and Vincent Dante Spano, a physician.^[1]

Career[link]

He was a member of the San Francisco improv group The Wing, and in college debuted as Paris in a production of Romeo and Juliet in 1967. In 1968, he helped found the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, appearing in its first production, and stayed with the company for 10 years. He moved to Hollywood in the late 1970s, landing guest shots on TV and bit roles in American Graffiti (1973) and The Enforcer (1976/I).

In Hill Street Blues he played Henry Goldblume during the entire seven-year run of the series, first as a detective sergeant, later as a lieutenant. Goldblume was one of Hill Street Precinct Captain Frank Furillo's trusted junior officers, serving at times as a hostage negotiator and gangs relations officer. The character was sympathetic to crime victims, sometimes coming in conflict with his duties as a police officer. Spano was one of many actors appearing through each episode, which typically had several interwoven story lines.

After Hill Street Blues ended, Spano won recurring roles in television police shows Murder One (1995) and NYPD Blue (1993), again as a detective, and has appeared regularly in 27 television movies and 20 television shows like The X-Files (episodes Tempus Fugit and Max), Mercy Point and Amazing Grace. Spano won the Emmy award in 1988 for Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series for a role he played in an episode of Midnight Caller. He has appeared in 27 feature films, including working alongside Tom Hanks in Apollo 13 and Richard Gere and Edward Norton in Primal Fear. His credits are often confused with Australian actor Joseph Spano. They are not related.^[2]

He is a veteran stage actor on the east and west coasts. Spano made his Broadway debut in 1992 in the Roundabout Theater revival of Arthur Miller's The Price, with Eli Wallach, which was nominated for a Tony for Best Revival. West coast stage credits include Eduardo Pavlovsky's Potestad, and David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow and American Buffalo, for which he was awarded an LA Drama Critics Circle Award. At the Rubicon Theater in Ventura he has played General Burgoyne in Shaw's The Devil's Disciple, Greg in A. R. Gurney's Sylvia and Vladimir in Waiting for Godot. He is a member of the Antaeus Theater Company and a founding member of three other theater companies.^[3] He played a seductive vampire in the cult musical Dracula: A Musical NIghtmare in a small LA theatre.^[2] He also appeared in the TV movie The Brotherhood of Justice with Keanu Reeves and Kiefer Sutherland.

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He has played a recurring character in NCIS since its first episode, "Yankee White", playing FBI Special Agent Tobias Fornell, the gruff, tough counterpart to NCIS' gruff, tough Leroy Jethro Gibbs. The on-screen rapport between the two actors has made Spano much more visible to viewers than his number of actual screen appearances would suggest. Spano is best known for straight dramatic roles but, in NCIS, has adapted to the comedic/drama style of the show. Spano's character, Fornell, holds rank in the FBI equivalent to that held by the NCIS main character, Gibbs. Thus Spano is given key lines and comic moments as a foil for Gibbs and, in some episodes, equal screentime with the main lead.

Two episodes have used the Fornells' personal life as the main crux of an NCIS episode: one where Fornell's daughter is imperiled and another where Fornell's career is imperiled. In each episode, it is the friendship between Gibbs and Fornell which is invoked in order to involve NCIS in the resolution of an FBI agent's crisis. Further indicating his status on the show, Spano's Fornell was written into the Gibbs backstory, by having Fornell marry Gibbs' second ex-wife, linking their private lives as well as their professional lives and further establishing their equivalence of status. Spano's character has also been involved in operations run by other agencies, including both Homeland Security and the CIA, as the liaison between those agencies and NCIS.

Notable episodes of NCIS, featuring Spano in a prime role, include the Episode 1, Series 1 "Yankee White", Episode 2 of Series 4 "Escaped", as well as episodes titled "Seadog", "Enigma", "Reveille", "The Boneyard", "Conspiracy Theory", "Twilight", "Kill Ari: Part 2", "Under Covers", "Frame up", "Smoked", "Brothers in Arms" and "Angel of Death", all of which are available for searching on the NCIS pages. Spano continued to appear in season 5 of NCIS, starting with "Identity Crisis" about an FBI operation gone wrong and "Internal Affairs" when NCIS is being investigated for murder. In season 6, he appears in the episodes "Nine Lives" and "Semper Fidelis".

Personal life[link]

Spano and his wife Joan Zerrien, a therapist, were married in 1980. They have two adopted daughters.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Joe Spano at the Internet Movie Database

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Raymond Morris Hadley OAM (born 27 September 1954) is an Australian talkback radio broadcaster. He presents 2GB Sydney's morning show, and leads the Continuous Call Team, a rugby league-based talkback radio panel program.

Early life[link]

Hadley was born in Paddington and grew in up in Dundas Valley in the western suburbs of Sydney but spent a great deal of time with his grandparents in a small village called Eungai Rail on the mid north coast of New South Wales.^[1]

He decided at a young age to become a sports broadcaster, but reports being questioned by his family and friends whenever his ambitions were brought up. After sitting his Higher School Certificate at Macquarie Boys High School in 1971, he tried unsuccessfully to gain a job in sports broadcasting. He soon found work in auctioneering, and after getting his auctioneer's licence, was an auctioneer for ten years.

He quit auctioneering to become a taxi driver, so that he could spend his weekends getting casual work as a race broadcaster. By 1980, he was calling the greyhound races at Appin, Bulli and Nowra.

In 2010, Tim Elliott (Sydney Morning Herald) described him as the "...right wing.... brawler of the airwaves." ^[1]

Radio career[link]

2UE[link]

One day, while driving his taxi, he was called to Radio 2UE in Sydney to pick up news director Mark Collier, who gave him casual work at the station. Within a month, he was presenting traffic reports for Gary O'Callaghan's breakfast program, and did on-air promotions for various 2UE programs. He eventually landed up as an understudy race caller, behind Des Hoysted and John Tapp.

In 1987, Hadley was chosen to head up 2UE's Rugby League coverage: The Continuous Call Team. The station had ratings victories 10 out of the 13 years 2UE had the rights to cover the game during his tenure.In 1994, he was the first league broadcaster since Frank Hyde to attract 200,000 listeners per quarter hour. During that time, he was also understudy and fill-in presenter for morning show presenter John Laws.

In 1999, 2UE lost the rights to the National Rugby League to 2GB. Faced with a difficult challenge to retain listeners, 2UE asked Hadley to present a rugby league program without access to the actual game. Despite this hurdle, the renamed Talking League Team won every rating period during 2000 and 2001. At times 2GB complained that the frequent "updates" given on the show extended to near real time commentary, which 2UE denied.

During his time at 2UE, Ray also broadcast at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and was commentating on Cathy Freeman's memorable 400m race, where she had won gold. Freeman had later heard the replay of the race, and said that Ray's call made it sound better than she thought it was.

2GB[link]

In December 2001, Hadley joined 2GB to present the weekend rugby league coverage but when fellow 2UE presenter Alan Jones came to 2GB in April 2002 Ray accepted an offer to present the morning show as well.

His talkback show started as a traditionally local, community and state-based current affairs oriented - but over the past two years he has extended his program to networks stations in regional NSW, Queensland and the ACT.

His favourite music genre is country and western (both traditional and modern) - especially new releases and some old favourites but would occasionally play nostalgic 50's 60's and 70's radio-friendly pop hits. Hadley's opening theme is "Murrumbidgee" by one of his favourite country groups, The Wolverines, who are also great mates, while the closing theme is the world famous country instrumental "Last Date" from renowned country pianist Floyd Cramer.

In 2009 Hadley started broadcasting to a wider audience. His program from 9am to midday is also broadcast to stations across Rural NSW, Queensland and parts of Victoria and through Canberra station 2CC. Those stations are part of the Southern Cross network owned by Macquarie Bank Media and Capital Radio and are some of the stations which also broadcast the Continuous Call Team.

While Hadley achieved a new milestone in May 2009 when his 2GB morning show ratings reached 19.1% (the best figure for a morning show since John Laws topped 20% in the early 1980s, and back then there were no FM stations in the Sydney market), he bettered it two years later when in May 2011 he became the highest ever listened to radio announcer in Australian radio, commanding an unprecedented 20.1%.^[2]

Awards[link]

He has been named the best Radio Sports Broadcaster at the "Rawards" for the 8 out of the past 11 years, and was awarded an Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the Queen's Birthday 2002 Honours List for services to rugby league (as a broadcaster) and the community, through fundraising initiatives for charitable organisations.

Hadley won an accolade at the 2006 ACRAs (also known as the RAWARDS) for "Best Current Affairs Presenter". He won that award again 2009 and became the first radio broadcaster to win both that award and best sports commentator. He has won 20 major ACRA Radio awards since 1987.

Television[link]

After initially commencing as a sports reporter on Channel 7, Ray was recruited to Channel 9 by having his profile catapulted onto the small screen as part of The Footy Show with his radio and rugby league colleague Steve "Blocker" Roach from 1994 to 1998. Ray made a one-off appearance on The Footy Show in 2005 as part of a forum to discuss brawling and antagonism between Bulldogs supporters at Telstra Stadium during a game against the Brisbane Broncos. Ray also branched out into TV commercials and for 17 years was spruiking the popular menswear establishment Lowes.

During 2010, he had appeared on the Matty Johns Show on the Seven Network, a NRL focoused programme hosted by Matthew Johns.

Also in 2010, Hadley was signed by Sky News Australia to present a weekly current affairs programme entitled Hadley!. The programme aired on Wednesday nights.^[3] He resigned from Sky News Australia after only 4 episodes reportedly due to 'differences' and staff not wanting to work with him. In October 2011, Hadley was signed up by Channel Nine to commentate on the 2011 Rugby World Cup semi-final match between the Wallabies and the All Blacks.

In 2012, he returned to The Footy Show as a panelist on the Five in the Bin segment. As of round three of the 2012 NRL season, Ray Hadley will commentate alongside Peter Stirling and Paul Vautin on Channel Nine's rugby league coverage.

Olympics[link]

Hadley has covered the Summer Olympic Games since 1992. It was during the coverage of the Olympic Games in 2004 that Hadley referred to one of his colleagues as a spastic. Hadley claimed to be embarrassed by his behaviour and offered an apology.

Personal[link]

Hadley has four children. Emma and Sarah to wife Suzanne, with whom he reconciled after a short split in early 2011^[4] and Daniel and Laura, from his first marriage to Anne Marie that ended in 1992.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Ray Hadley's Official Website
• Ray Hadley at the Internet Movie Database
• 2GB 873 AM

Tony To is a television producer and director. He is best known for producing and also directing for the HBO mini-series Band of Brothers, for which he won an Emmy Award.^[1] To later returned to produce and direct for the 2010 companion miniseries The Pacific.^[2] He has also directed episodes of House and Harsh Realm.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Tony To at the Internet Movie Database

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