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Rachel Zegler is a singer and songwriter, raised in New Jersey by her American father and Colombian mother. Having been one of 30,000 people to audition, she was selected to play the role of Maria in Steven Spielberg's remake of the classic West Side Story (2021), opposite Ansel Elgort as Tony. She first played the role in a Performing Arts School presentation at Bergen Performing Arts Center. She reached a large audience with her cover of Lady Gaga's song "Shallow", known from the movie A Star Is Born (2018).- Actor
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Tall, blond and of rugged proportions, handsome actor Philip Carey started out as a standard 1950s film actor in westerns, war stories and crime yarns but didn't achieve full-fledged stardom until well past age 50 when he joined the daytime line-up as ornery Texas tycoon Asa Buchanan on the popular soap One Life to Live (1968) in 1979. He lived pretty much out of the saddle after that, enjoying the patriarchal role for nearly three decades.
He was born with the rather unrugged name of Eugene Carey on July 15, 1925, in Hackensack, New Jersey. Growing up on Long Island, he served with the Marine Corps during World War II and the Korean War. He attended (briefly) New York's Mohawk University and studied drama at the University of Miami where he met his college sweetheart, Maureen Peppler. They married in 1949 and went on to have three children: Linda, Jeffrey and Lisa Ann.
The 6'4" actor impressed a talent scout with his brawny good looks while appearing in the summer stock play "Over 21" in New England, and he was offered a contract with Warner Bros as a result. Billed as Philip Carey, he didn't waste any time toiling in bit parts, making his film debut billed fifth in the John Wayne submarine war drama Operation Pacific (1951). Phil could cut a good figure in military regalia and also showed strong stuff in film noir. A most capable co-star, he tended to be upstaged, however, by either a stronger name female or male star or by the action at hand. He was paired up with Frank Lovejoy in the McCarthy-era I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (1951), and Steve Cochran in the prison tale Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951). Warner Bros. star Joan Crawford was practically the whole movie in the film noir This Woman Is Dangerous (1952) co-starring the equally overlooked David Brian and Dennis Morgan; Calamity Jane (1953) was a vehicle for Doris Day; and he donned his familiar cavalry duds in the background of Gary Cooper in the Civil War western Springfield Rifle (1952).
In 1953, Carey left Warner Bros. and signed up with Columbia Pictures where he was, more than not, billed as "Phil Carey." Here again he fell into the rather non-descript rugged mold as the stoic soldier or stolid police captain. He did find plenty of work, however, and was frequently top-billed. He battled the Sioux in The Nebraskan (1953); played a former subordinate member of the Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid gang who has to clear his name in Wyoming Renegades (1955); was a brute force to be reckoned with in They Rode West (1954); and had one of his standard movie roles (as an officer) in a better quality movie, Columbia's Pushover (1954), which spent more time promoting the debut of its starlet Kim Novak as the new Marilyn Monroe. Overshadowed by James Cagney and Jack Lemmon in Mister Roberts (1955) and by Van Heflin, young Joanne Woodward (in her movie debut) and villain Raymond Burr in the western Count Three and Pray (1955), Phil turned his durable talents more and more to TV in the late 1950s.
The man of action took on the role of Canadian-born Lt. Michael Rhodes on the series Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers (1956) alongside Warren Stevens. He eventually left Columbia studios to do a stint (albeit relatively short) playing Raymond Chandler's unflappable detective Philip Marlowe (1959). Most of the 60s and 70s, other than a few now-forgotten film adventures such as Black Gold (1962), The Great Sioux Massacre (1965) and Three Guns for Texas (1968), were spent either saddling up as a guest star on The Rifleman (1958), Bronco (1958), The Virginian (1962) and Gunsmoke (1955) or hard-nosing it on such crime series as 77 Sunset Strip (1958), Ironside (1967), McCloud (1970), Banacek (1972) and The Felony Squad (1966). He also played the regular role of a stern captain in the Texas Rangers western series Laredo (1965).
Phil was a spokesperson for Granny Goose potato chips commercials, and his deep voice served him well for many seasons as narrator of the nature documentary series Untamed Frontier (1967). One of his best-remembered TV guest appearances, however, was a change-of-pace role on the comedy All in the Family (1971) in which he played a vital, strapping blue-collar pal of Archie Bunker's whose manly man just happened to be a proud, astereotypical homosexual. His hilarious confrontational scene with a dumbfounded Archie in Kelsey's bar remains a classic.
Phil's brief regular role in the daytime soap Bright Promise (1969) in 1972 was just a practice drill for the regular role he would play in 1979 as Texas oilman Asa Buchanan in One Life to Live (1968). His popularity soared as the moneybags manipulator you loved to hate. Residing in Manhattan for quite some time as a result of the New York-based show, he played the role for close to three decades until diagnosed with lung cancer in January of 2006. Forced to undergo chemotherapy, he officially left the serial altogether in May of 2007, and his character "died" peacefully off-screen a few months later.
Divorced from his first wife, Phil married a much younger lady, Colleen Welch, in 1976 and had two children by her -- daughter Shannon (born 1980) and son Sean (born 1983). Phil lost his battle with cancer on February 6, 2009, at the age of 83.- Samantha Ivers was born on 29 November 1982 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for Inside Man (2006), Enchanted (2007) and The Rebound (2009).
- Carol Arthur was born on 4 August 1935 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for Blazing Saddles (1974), Intrepid (2000) and Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993). She was married to Dom DeLuise. She died on 1 November 2020 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.
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Marc Kudisch was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, and grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the second child of four (older brother, two sisters, all connected to the medical profession in some way). He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 1989. He was engaged to Kristin Chenoweth for three years; the relationship ended in 2001.
Marc appeared as "TV Guy" in Toyota commercials, 1999-2000. He starred as Conrad Birdie in the national tour of "Bye Bye Birdie" in 1992, and reprised the role in the 1995 ABC TV movie remake. He has also starred on Broadway in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", as Gaston in "Beauty and the Beast" (1995-97), "High Society" (1998), 'The Scarlet Pimpernell" (1999), "The Wild Party" (2000) and as Jeff Moss in "Bells Are Ringing" (2001)..- Actress
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Debby Boone was born in Hackensack, New Jersey on September 22, 1956 to Pat Boone and Shirley Boone. The third of four daughters, Debby followed the success of her father when she rocketed to stardom with the #1 song "You Light Up My Life" in 1977, earning Debby a Grammy Award for Best New Artist. In the 1980s, Debby's work mostly consisted of producing Contemporary Christian music albums, as well as starring in the 1984 TV movie Sins of the Past (1984). She is married to Gabriel Ferrer and is the daughter-in-law of the late actor José Ferrer and singer Rosemary Clooney.- Actor
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Cody Calafiore was born on 13 December 1990 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Set It Up (2018), Welcome to Hope (2021) and What Happened Last Night (2016).- Actor
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Glenn Taranto was born on 27 January 1959 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The New Addams Family (1998), Stolen (2009) and Mafia: Definitive Edition (2020).- Actor
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Chris Spinelli was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for A Christmas Love (2020), Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) and All That (1994).- Actor
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Phil Arnold (1909 - 1968) was an American screen, stage and television actor who appeared in approximately 200 films and television shows between 1938 and 1968 - in bit parts most of the time. A regular in the Three Stooges shorts, he also participated in many B movies, a few A ones and a host of TV series episodes. Easily recognizable by his small stature, his expressive face and his bald head, he played mainly popular types, whether good or bad ones. As a villain, he could easily embody a henchman or an escaped convict . Among the rare white collar roles he played he was a dentist once and a professor twice. But he was mostly cast as a common man, often with a big big mouth. Several times a cabbie, a delivery man, a vendor or a cop he was also hired to play a waiter, bellboy, an elevator boy, a parking attendant, a stage hand or even a bum.- Writer
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Don Nelson was born on 20 January 1927 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952), Bridget Loves Bernie (1972) and Nanny and the Professor (1970). He was married to Connie Harper, Barbara Eiler and Marilyn. He died on 10 September 2013 in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
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Natalie Abrams is a dynamic and enthusiastic queer writer most known for co-creating the series Gotham Knights for The CW. Abrams started out as an entertainment journalist for outlets such as TV Guide and Entertainment Weekly, where she also co-hosted Sirius XM's weekly live radio show Superhero Insider.
Having grown up being impacted by the stories she'd obsessively watch on TV, Abrams traded in her decade-long reporting career with a goal of having that same impact on others. Abrams became a writers' assistant on All American, where she wrote and produced her first episode of television. After that, she penned a freelance episode of Supergirl before being staffed on Batwoman, where she worked her way up to Executive Story Editor and penned a Batwoman tie-in comic for DC Comics.
From there, Abrams made the jump to creator. With Berlanti Productions, she helped pen the DC Comics adaptation of Gotham Knights for WBTV and CW. Natalie was recently honored as a graduate of the highly acclaimed WGA Showrunner Training Program. An avid comic book reader, with an astute ability to decipher the intricacies of even the most puzzling genre shows, Abrams strives to tell diverse stories that feature authentic queer representation.- Set Decorator
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Kathleen Dolan was born on 10 August 1960 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. She was a set decorator and art director, known for Hudson Hawk (1991), Jacob's Ladder (1990) and Whatever Works (2009). She died on 9 February 2016 in the USA.- Actress
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Abigail Espinal is an actress, writer, and filmmaker best know for Cover Up (2023), Estimated Time of Arrival (2020), Bibi and Carlotta Tell Your Fortune, and Precious. Her other works include several stage plays and short films in production. In 2024, Espinal made her directorial film debut with Cover Up and was an official selection in multiple LGBTQ+ film festivals.- Actress
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Nancy McLoughlin was born on 14 November 1956 in Hackensack, New Jersey. She is an actress and writer, known for Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986), Sometimes They Come Back (1991) and Any Day Now (1998). She has been married to Tom McLoughlin since 2 July 1983. They have two children.- Ross Bickell was born on 14 January 1947 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for The Fighter (2010), Airport '77 (1977) and The Drop (2014). He has been married to Deirdre Madigan since 15 May 1993. He was previously married to Loni Anderson.
- Chris Wragge was born on 19 June 1970 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996), Saturday Early Show (1997) and XFL Football League (2001). He was previously married to Victoria Silvstedt.
- HEAVEN MICHELLE MCCOY was five years old, when she started acting. Now fourteen year old, she has been putting a significant amount of time and effort into her craft. She welcomes and values each and every opportunity to perform.
For her portrayal of Raynell in FENCES, Heaven was fortunate to be nominated for a 2016 Perry Award for Outstanding Youth Actress in a Play. Furthermore, she was cast as Kid Denise in the MASTER OF NONE episode "Thanksgiving," which received a 2017 Emmy nomination.
She has appeared in several films and television shows such as DESUS & MERO and RAY DONOVAN on Showtime, Marvel's LUKE CAGE on Netflix, a SESAME STREET commercial, Dejah in EXPECTATIONS (fka MAINTAIN), Nevaeh in THE RING, Ronnie in OUR WAY TO FALL, and Terry in OTHERS "TERRY."
HEAVEN appears as a hologram in the THE LEGACY MUSEUM: FROM ENSLAVEMENT TO MASS INCARCERATION, a project of the Equal Justice Initiative, which opened in Montgomery, Alabama in April 2018.
Heaven studied dance at THE AILEY SCHOOL and was given the opportunity to be one of the select few students chosen to perform with the ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATRE at the 2017 Spirit Gala in their renowned piece "REVELATIONS" at Lincoln Center in New York. At the moment, she is a voice, musical theater, and dance as a merit scholarship prep- student at HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS and had the privilege of performing at RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL in the first black and brown kickline with THE HARLEMETTES.
HEAVEN MICHELLE MCCOY was five years old, when she started acting. Now fourteen year old, she has been putting a significant amount of time and effort into her craft. She welcomes and values each and every opportunity to perform.
For her portrayal of Raynell in FENCES, Heaven was fortunate to be nominated for a 2016 Perry Award for Outstanding Youth Actress in a Play. Furthermore, she was cast as Kid Denise in the MASTER OF NONE episode "Thanksgiving," which received a 2017 Emmy nomination.
She has appeared in several films and television shows such as DESUS & MERO and RAY DONOVAN on Showtime, Marvel's LUKE CAGE on Netflix, a SESAME STREET commercial, Dejah in EXPECTATIONS (fka MAINTAIN), Nevaeh in THE RING, Ronnie in OUR WAY TO FALL, and Terry in OTHERS "TERRY." - Pranav Patel is a a professional actor, model, dancer, biomedical engineer, and a recent law grad. Pranav is most known for playing himself on the hit Netflix reality competition show, The Mole (2022), which filmed in the summer of 2021 in Australia. Pranav was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, and grew up in Bergen County. He graduated from Paramus High School and completed higher education at Northwestern University (BS Biomedical Engineering), George Washington University (Master of Public Health), and the University of Florida (Juris Doctor). While at Northwestern, Pranav helped lead his dance team, Northwestern Anubhav, to a national title at the coveted Bollywood America 2014 championships. Outside of his academic work, Pranav has since been a touring professional choreographer. In 2018, Pranav co-founded AfroDesi, an international dance company fusing Afro and Indo elements and regularly teaching workshops around the world (New York, Los Angeles, Dubai, Mumbai, Copenhagen, Dar Es Salaam, etc.). After rising to stardom after his performance on The Mole, Pranav has seen success in many national acting and modeling campaigns. Pranav is a dedicated, multi-faceted individual who is dedicated to inspiring and entertaining his audience.
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Richard H. Thomas was born on 3 January 1915 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. He is known for Sleeping Beauty (1959), Baggy Pants & the Nitwits (1977) and Jonny Quest (1964). He was married to Shirley. He died on 31 December 1996 in Taos, New Mexico, USA.- Eric Karros was born on 4 November 1967 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for V.I.P. (1998), Chicago Hope (1994) and Port Charles (1997). He has been married to Trish Maly since 1998. They have three children.
- Darleen Anita Roddenberry was born on 4 April 1948 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress. She was married to Antoine J Bacha, Frank Vincent Incopero Jr., Michel Cervantes and William Luther Lewis. She died on 29 October 1995 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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Chip Bolcik was born on 17 March 1958 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Reunion (2012), Dr. Gupta's Weight Loss Miracle (2009) and Action 6 News (2009).- Actor
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Josh Robinson was born on 16 May 1974 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Blood for the Muse (2001), The Sexy Sixth Sense (2001) and The Lord of the G-Strings: The Femaleship of the String (2003). He died on 26 May 2018 in York, Pennsylvania, USA.- Actor
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David Remnick was born on 29 October 1958 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for We Are Witnesses (2017), 5 to 7 (2014) and King of the World (2000).- Actor
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Jason Horton was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. Jason is an actor and producer, known for Mini-Mocks (2018), History's Greatest Mysteries (2020) and Rachel Dratch's Late Night Snack (2016).- Teralyn Isley-Robinson was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, to Latisha and Ronald Isley-Robinson. She is one of three, having two siblings Alexia and Calais. She began her performing career in school drama productions which later encouraged her to pursue a more professional career. She has worked on her acting skills with various professional coaches while making many appearances in TV and movie productions.
- Todd DeLorenzo is a television producer in Los Angeles. He previously was located in Washington, DC for 21 years from 1995-2004 where he served as the business manager to media personality, James Carville working on projects such as "Arliss," "Boss Man," "Boston Common," "Carville's Court," "Election," "Family Guy," "King of the Hill," "K Street," "Mad About You," Old School," "Our Brand Is Crisis," "People v. Larry Flynt," "Spin City," "The Assassination of Jesse James," "Wedding Crashers," and 8 book projects, including the New York Times #1 Bestseller, "We're Right, They're Wrong." He also served as the consultant on "All's Fair," a Stone-Stanley Production.
DeLorenzo also worked as an executive in the film industry as the chief of staff at the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. from 2004-2009. There he served as an operations adviser to the chairman and CEO focused on tax issues, government intrusion and representing 6 of the major film studios focused on content protection: Fox Filmed Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Studios, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros. Pictures. He also directed special projects and creative initiatives to the association.
DeLorenzo executive produced 3 projects ("Election," with RJ Cutler, James Carville, and Mary Matalin attached. "Bossman," with John Logan attached, and "Hound Dogs" with Writer/director RJ Cutler attached), and sold 3 concepts to HBO, Lifetime and MTV. He has also collaborated with a project currently in development with the digital platform, Wisecrack, and is the head of originals at Bar Napkin Concepts, Inc. the company he founded to produce original programming in television.
DeLorenzo is a Senior Fellow, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security at Atlantic Council, 2017 and was named: Top Men in Arts, Culture & Style, Capitol File Magazine, 2012, Top 50 Power Player, Politico Magazine, 2007, and served as a Guest Lecturer, at The Graduate School of Political Management at The George Washington University, 1996, and a White House Intern, Clinton Administration, Office of the Chief of Staff, 1995
DeLorenzo holds a B.A. in political science, (1995) a graduate certificate in public relations from the University of Virgina, and a diploma from The Hollywood Film Institute in producing here in Los Angeles. - Additional Crew
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Jeffrey Gutkin was born on 9 September 1987 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. Jeffrey is a production manager, known for Danny Collins (2015), Reverie (2018) and The Neighbors (2012).- Josie grew up in northern New Jersey approximately 8 miles due west of mid-town Manhattan. She attended Catholic schools before moving south to complete a double major in American Studies and Cultural Geography at the University of Delaware, Newark, DE. She began studying karate under the leadership of Tsutomu Ohshima during her second year at school, and continued for the next 19 years or so. She also volunteered as a college DJ for the then WXDR-FM where she had the pleasure of being introduced to rocker George Thorogood, and getting sweaty while hard dancing at the Destroyers early career concerts in Newark. She began acting lessons after graduation and went on to get a masters degree in Philadelphia at Drexel University. She then continued primary study with Gordon Phillips, who trained with and taught for Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio. After moving back home to New Jersey, she began training and auditioning in and around greater New York. Josie now resides and is pursuing her acting career in California.
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Carina Mia Wong is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist. She's driven to tell stories that highlight the misunderstood, the complexity of healing, and the power of magical thinking. Her directorial debut, WE CAN BE HEROES won the Special Jury Award for Bravery and Empathy at SXSW's Film Festival in 2024.- Producer
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Judd Pillot was born on 4 December 1957 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Coach (1989), How to Raise a Streetsmart Child (1987) and Something So Right (1996).- P.J. Farley was born in June 1972 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Trixter: Surrender (1990), Trixter: Road of a Thousand Dreams (1992) and Trixter: Tattoos & Misery (2012).
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Richard Raymond Radici is an actor, writer, producer and founder of GoodBad Group NYC. His feature film credits include Open Wounds (2025), Because of Mika (2023) and My Best Friend's Dead (2021). He has produced 5 theater productions as Artistic Director of GoodBad Group, including the original play, Common Addiction (2024).- Actor
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Eric Arndt was born on 8 December 1986 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WWE NXT (2010) and WWE Raw (1993).- Actor
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Matthew Kelly was born on 27 February 1989 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Nando v Movies (2016), Night of the Coconut (2022) and Reunion (1994).- Editor
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Russell August Anderson was born on 21 January 1982 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. Russell August is an editor, known for The Killer (2023), Odd Thomas (2013) and Devotion (2022).- Harold Dow was born on 28 September 1947 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. He was married to Kathleen Yvonne Starks. He died on 21 August 2010 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA.
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Evette Morales was born in Hackensack, New Jersey. Began her modeling career in 2016 winning the Lifestyle Model of the Year competition for AMTC. Quickly after she signed as a commercial print model with FFT Inc in NYC, and increased her skills into the commercial, TV and film industry with BMG Talent NYC. Prior to starting her acting and modeling career Evette graduated from Wood-Ridge High School, Bergen Community College, and Liberty University. Always having an interest for education and self improvement she continued her education with certifications from Harvard Business School. Evette has increased her visibility through hosting events, corresponding fashion shows and film festivals. A few hosting events include the American Asian Latino, Hollywood Divine, New Faces New Voices, Soho Film Festival, Katra Film Festival and ShowBiz Media. Although hosting has been increasing for her career in 2019, she has continuously been involved with motivation speaking and non profit organizations. She loves to collaborate with people, creating innovated ideas for the industry, and being able to use her personality and smile to bring people together. Collaboration with Adidas WomenNYC, Up2Us Sports, and KING has made this talented person a true inspirational story. Something is brewing with this gem, and it's definitely something to look out for.- Production Manager
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Paul Irwin is a Producer and Production Manager based in the Greater Philadelphia area. Some of his credits include the indie features 'We Need to Talk' , 'Audrey's Children', and the 'Middle of X'. He has also worked on a number of scripted shows, including Hulu's 'Deadbeat', 'World Wars' for the History Chanel, and the Peacock original 'Bel-Air'.- Additional Crew
Lee J. Santillan was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. Lee J. is known for Battle Los Angeles (2011), 2012 (2009) and Miami Vice (2006).- Composer
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David Grisman was born on 23 March 1945 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Eat My Dust (1976) and For Richer or Poorer (1997).- Ronnie Welsh was born on 4 July 1940 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for As the World Turns (1956), Patterns (1956) and The Edge of Night (1956). He died on 5 January 1993 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Wally Schirra was born on 12 March 1923 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Outdoor Rambling (1972), Moonbug (2010) and Bicentennial Minutes (1974). He was married to Josephine Cook Fraser. He died on 3 May 2007 in La Jolla, California, USA.
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Joe Lynn Turner was born as Joseph Arthur Linquito 2 August 1951 in Hackensnack New Jersey, USA. He made his first records with Fandango in the early 70s. Deep Purples's Ritchie Blackmore asked him to join Rainbow in 1980 and he was in the band for 4 years. His solo debut came 1985 and was called "Rescue Me".
In 1987 he joined Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force and made two records "Odessey" (1988) and "Trail by Fire - Live in Leningrad" (1989). In 1990 he joined Deep Purple and recorded "Slaves and Masters" (1990) with them. He released "Under Cover" and "Under Cover 2" during the 90s. It was just covers. Fall 2001 he released "Slam", his 4th solo album. In spring 2002 he released "HTP" (Hughes/Turner Project) together with Glenn Hughes.- Greg Lang is an East Coast based actor and model, and prior member of the US Armed Forces. He has spent the last 10+ years honing his craft through film, television and theater work where he has had the opportunity to work with the likes of David Fincher, Robin Write, Morten Tyldum and numerous other independent directors. filmmakers and professional actors and artists.
Greg has had the privilege of working on professional productions for (among others) Netflix and Amazon Studios and has performed on stage for numerous theaters companies throughout the Washington DC area. He has also had the opportunity to train with actress/producer/writer Cheryl Felicia Rhoads and has taken classes at the Washington Improv Theater.
In conjunction with his acting, Greg has performed modeling work for Stanley Black & Decker, Hyatt Regency and Graco Baby Products.
Greg is represented by Roger Yoerges the founder and CEO of Capital Talent Agency in Alexandria, VA. - Actor
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Ronald Eaton Giles was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, on November 13, 1947. The Son of blue collar parents Henry and Dolores (Arguello) Giles, he was the third of five children with an ethnic heritage of English-Irish, Native American, Mexican and Eastern European. Ronnie was raised in Lodi, NJ, from where he graduated High School in 1965.
He joined the US Army in October of 1965 and served in Vietnam (April 1966 to April 1967) as an Infantryman, Armored Personnel Carrier Driver, Ammo/Radio Man & Tunnel Rat with "A" Troop, 3/4 Cavalry, 25th Infantry Division, Cu Chi RVN. Upon discharge from the Army in 1968, Ronnie decided to pursue his life-long dream of becoming an actor.
He studied with William Hickey, Alice Spivak and Kathryn Sergava at the famed Herbert Berghof Studio in New York City, from 1968 to 1969. After working at a series of jobs, raising a family and pursuing his Acting career all at the same time over a 20-year period, he temporarily "retired" from Acting in 1988.
During that same year, Ronnie rejoined the military full-time, alternately serving with the New Jersey and Idaho Army National Guard. In 1996, he transferred to the full-time Army Reserve based out of Staten Island, New York. For the next ten years, he worked in a wide variety of assignments, including Human Resources Administration, Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Transportation, Waste, Fraud and Abuse and Equal Opportunity.
Post 9-11, he simultaneously worked in assignments with local, state and federal Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence Agencies. During his last six years of service, Ronnie was attached to the Defense Intelligence Agency in Washington, DC, and attained the Rank of Sergeant First Class/E-7. After an Army career that spanned over four decades, he retired from the military, having reached his mandatory retirement age of 60 on November 13, 2007.
He has two grown children and a Grandson, and is now back to pursuing his acting and singing careers full-time. In his spare time, Ronnie works as a volunteer Tour Guide at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Holmdell, NJ, and is in a wonderful relationship with his childhood sweetheart, Caroline. To keep himself "grounded-in-reality," he still hangs-out with many of the same friends he's had since his childhood.
He is a life-member of the 25th Inf. Div. Association, 3/4 Cavalry Association, VFW, Disabled American Veterans, the Vietnam Veterans of America (Little Ferry, NJ, Chapter 800), SAG-AFTRA and Actors Equity Association. His hero is his Father Henry Eaton Giles, whose name appears on the wall of The Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC.- Betsy Meade was born on 26 January 1933 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress, known for Kraft Theatre (1947), West Point (1956) and The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956).
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From New York's Birdland, Basin Street East, and the Village Vanguard, Gordon 'Whitey' Mitchell toured with big band greats Benny Goodman and Pete Rugolo. He played Carnegie Hall with Gene Krupa and appeared with Buddy Rich, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie on Jazz at the Philharmonic. He worked with Andre Precin, Charlie Ventura, Peggy Lee, Mel Torme, Jack Jones and recorded with Barbra Streisand and Anita O'Day. He can be heard playing the bass solo introduction on the hit record, Stand By Me.
In the mid-60s,Gordon 'Whitey' Mitchell moved to Holywood to become a screenwriter and found work on the Bob Hope Show, All In The Family, Get Smart, The Jeffersons, Mork & Mindy, Mary Tyler Moore, The Odd Couple and many more. He wrote the feature film Private Resort, starring Johnny Depp.
In 1995 he and his wife, Marilyn, moved to Palm Desert, California where he hosted his own talk radio show, The Power Lunch, interviewing celebrity guests from the entertainment world and later,The Natural Golf Hour. He became a board member of the Palm Springs Walk of Stars and has his own star on the Walk of Stars. He's been inducted into the Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame at his alma mater Ridgewood High School, in New Jersey. He has two books out: Star Walk, A Guide to the Palm Springs Walk of Stars and his autobiography, Hackensack to Hollywood: My Two Show Business Careers.
Other credits include television writing instructor at UCLA in Los Angeles and at UCR in Palm Desert,CA, columnist for Golf News Magazine and columnist for Desert Entertainer Magazine.- Actor
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Scott Backman was born on 11 April 1979 in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Kiss Me, Kill Me (2015), God Incorporated (2019) and I Think My Facebook Friend Is Dead (2012).