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- Connie Sawyer was born on 27 November 1912 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. She was an actress, known for Dumb and Dumber (1994), Pineapple Express (2008) and Out of Sight (1998). She was married to Marshall Schacker. She died on 21 January 2018 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.
- The son of cattle ranchers Bud and Ruth, Reno had been riding horses since he could walk. This experience qualified him for his role in The Black Stallion (1979), which he tried out for when his mother learned of the open audition. Both of his parents accompanied him to the filming location, and enjoyed the experience, but it was also disruptive to the family life. Kelly only appeared in three films before high school graduation in 1984. After graduation, he planned on acting more, and acquired a new agent. His plans were put on hold when his pickup truck was hit by an 18-wheeler and he suffered severe injuries. After a long recovery period he had lost most of his film connections. Reno is now a certified truck driver, and drives an 18-wheeler like the one that ended his acting career. He has three children from his first marriage.
- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Appeared in over 200 films. He had worked as a salesman and newspaper reporter before breaking into movies near the end of the silent era. Tall and tough, his starring roles in major pictures soon gave way to supporting parts, mainly as a villain, in B movies and serials. His elopement to Yuma, Arizona, in 1930 with a 17-year-old Loretta Young was widely reported. From 1940 on, he took numerous supporting roles, working until his suicide in 1959.- Bill Baldwin was born on 26 November 1913 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for Rocky II (1979), Rocky (1976) and Rocky III (1982). He died on 17 November 1982 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
- Rose Siggins was born on 8 December 1972 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. She was an actress, known for American Horror Story (2011), American Horror Story FreakShow: Extra-Ordinary-Artists (2014) and Extraordinary People (2003). She was married to Dave Siggins. She died on 12 December 2015 in Denver, Colorado, USA.
- Bill McLean was born on 25 June 1917 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for House (1985), Coach (1978) and The Twilight Zone (1959). He was married to Ardath Atkinson McLean. He died on 18 November 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Writer
Character actor Dehl Berti was born on January 17, 1921 in Pueblo, Colorado. A Chiricahua Apache, Berti was often cast as Native Americans in both films and television shows alike. After moving to Los Angeles, California as a boy, Dehl began his career in show business writing for radio while a student at Los Angeles City College. Berti eventually moved to New York City, where he acted in Broadway stage productions of "Richard III," "Thank You, Svoboda," and "The Strong Are Lonely." However, it was in the medium of television that Dehl made his strongest and most significant mark: He not only was a regular on both Buck James (1987) and Paradise (1988), but also made guest appearances on a slew of TV shows over the course of several decades. Berti died from a heart attack at age seventy on November 26, 1991. At the time of his death Dehl was survived by two sons, daughter Derya Arbas, and two grandchildren.- Michael Keep was born on 15 December 1922 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for The Twilight Zone (1959), 40 Guns to Apache Pass (1967) and The High Chaparral (1967). He died on 27 November 2007 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Kosha Patel was born on 9 September 1989 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Grey's Anatomy (2005), Shit White Girls Say ... To Brown Girls (2012) and House of Lies (2012).- Melinda Ledbetter was born on 3 October 1946 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. She was a producer, known for Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road (2021), Brian Wilson Presents Smile (2005) and Pet Sounds Live at Royce Hall (2006). She was married to Brian Wilson. She died on 30 January 2024 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Daniel Lusko is an internationally acclaimed filmmaker. Lusko has released 10 feature films with major studios such as Netflix, Tubi Originals, and Sony Pictures Studios.
As a speaker, Lusko has addressed Congress in the U.S. Capitol, appeared on Larry King, and he has been a panelist at The Sundance Festival.- John Meston was one of radio and television's most important storytellers, and yet oddly enough his contributions are often overlooked today. He is the writer credited with creating "Gunsmoke," along with producer Norman MacDonnell, essentially starting the adult western on radio and television and setting the tone and style which would make both the radio and television versions of the series so memorable. Meston began in the program practices department at CBS in the 1940s before becoming a writer and editor. Overall, he wrote 183 of the "Gunsmoke" radio episodes (413 were produced in all between 1952 and 1961), and 196 of the 635 episodes produced for television between 1955 and 1975. While he never won any major award for his work, Meston was a master writer, serving up memorable characters in authentic western settings.
- Kelo Henderson was born on 8 August 1923 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for 26 Men (1957), Treasure of the Aztecs (1965) and Tales of Wells Fargo (1957). He died on 10 December 2019 in California, USA.
- Producer
- Actress
- Writer
Elizabeth Mihelich was born in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. She is a producer and actress, known for Aporia (2023), Bolivar (2022) and Lovers.- Joe Bordeaux was born on 9 March 1886 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for The Butcher Boy (1917), The Man Hunter (1930) and Golf Widows (1928). He was married to Madeline Searby. He died on 10 September 1950 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Hartley Silver was born on 26 April 1947 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. He is an actor, known for Every Which Way But Loose (1978), Stewardess School (1986) and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993).
- Ramón Bugarini was born on 20 March 1932 in Pueblo Nuevo, Guanajuato, Mexico. He was an actor, known for The Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy (1964), Hellish Spiders (1968) and Santo vs. the Zombies (1962). He died on 6 April 2004 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Zane was raised as a cowboy in the mountains of Southern Colorado. He has an extensive background in martial arts and wrestling and has utilized these in his stunt performance and coordination. In addition to these athletic pursuits, his theater experience began at seven, and since then he has acted in countless plays and stage shows including circus, ballet, and traditional theater. In 2017 he started acting in short films and has since transitioned his career focus to film and television. His directing career also began in 2017, and he has since written and directed several award-winning shorts! In 2021, Zane received his Film and Television Production BFA from the University of Colorado at Denver with a focus on acting and directing. After a year working in Colorado, he moved to Albuquerque NM where he works as a stuntman, director, and writer.- Julie Carter was born on 28 February 1913 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. She was an actress, known for Redskin (1929), The Boys from Syracuse (1940) and Stagecoach War (1940). She was married to Jimmy Starr, Leslie Fenton and Robert Livingston. She died on 12 March 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Kent Haruf was born on 24 February 1943 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. He was a writer, known for Our Souls at Night (2017), Private Debts (1989) and Plainsong (2004). He was married to Catherine Shattuck Dempsey and Virginia K. Koon. He died on 30 November 2014 in Salida, Colorado, USA.
- Pioneering film producer/distributor W.W. Hodkinson was born in Pueblo, CO, in 1881. He got into the motion picture business early, opening a theater in Ogden, UT, in 1907. He was successful enough to buy out the only two other theaters in Ogden, then headed for the "big time" in Salt Lake City. He moved up from exhibiting films to distributing them, joining the General Film Co., opening offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco and eventually becoming one of the biggest distributors on the West Coast.
In 1914 he consolidated 11 film-rental firms into one company that could distribute films nationwide, and named it Paramount Pictures. Up until then films had been distributed mainly in two ways: (1) "states rights", in which producers would sell the rights to their films to a variety of local distributors in various areas of the country for a flat fee, and (2) "road show", which generally meant that a producer would show his film in a particular theater or theaters in an area himself and receive a certain percentage of the box-office receipts, then move on to the next city and do the same thing. Hodkinson came up with the concept of "block booking"--if exhibitors wanted a particular film they had to also agree to show a "block" of films from companies that had signed exclusive distribution agreements with Paramount. This meant that exhibitors could count on a steady supply of product for their theaters, producers were guaranteed a market for the films they produced, and because Paramount would help producers finance and promote their films--while taking a 35% distributors fee when they were ready for distribution--all parties involved stood to make money.
In 1916 producers Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky merged their companies into Famous Players-Lasky and--through what might be termed somewhat "shady" maneuvering--managed to buy out Paramount and merged their firms under the Paramount banner. Wanting to get the new company into producing as well as distributing films--which Hodkinson apparently didn't want to do--Zukor and Lasky forced him out, with Zukor becoming president of the company. After his ouster Hodkinson formed the W.W. Hodkinson Co., which produced and distributed films. That company later became Producers Distributing Corp., which lasted until 1929.
Hodkinson left the film business in 1929 and started an aircraft manufacturing company, Hodkinson Aviation Corp. He and a partner formed a company that began airline service in Guatemala, but an unfortunate series of plane crashes resulted in the company ceasing business and pulling out in 1936.
Hodkinson died at age 89 on June 2, 1971. - George Zaharias was born on 28 February 1909 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. He was married to Harriet Apostolos, Betty Burgess and Babe Didrikson Zaharias. He died on 22 May 1984 in Tampa, Florida, USA.
- Jack Low was born on 2 August 1897 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for Outlaws of the Panhandle (1941) and Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush (1954). He died on 21 February 1958 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Music Department
- Actor
- Composer
Blaine Reininger was born on 10 July 1953 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Dogs Licking My Heart (1993), S. (1998) and Ioanna (2022). He was previously married to J.J.- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Producer
Troy Harris was born on 5 April 1970 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Friday Night Lights (2006), Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) and JAG (1995).