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American character actor who achieved considerable fame in the last decade of his life. A native of Kokomo, Indiana, Strother Martin Jr. was the youngest of three children of Strother Douglas Martin, a machinist, and Ethel Dunlap Martin. His family moved soon after his birth to San Antonio, Texas, but quickly returned to Indiana. Strother Jr. grew up in Indianapolis and in Cloverdale, Indiana. He excelled at swimming and diving, and at 17 won the National Junior Springboard Diving Championship. He attended the University of Michigan as diving team member. He served in the U.S. Navy as a swimming instructor in World War II. Nicknamed "T-Bone" Martin for his diving style, his 3rd place finish in the adult National Springboard Diving Championships cost him a place on the 1948 Olympic team. He moved to California to become an actor, but worked in odd jobs and as a swimming instructor to Marion Davies and the children of Charles Chaplin. He found work as a swimming extra in several films and as a leprechaun on a local children's TV show, "Mabel's Fables." Bit parts came his way, leading to television work with Sam Peckinpah, which led to a lifelong relationship. He also found memorable roles for John Ford and by the 1960s was a familiar face in American movies. With Cool Hand Luke (1967) in 1967 came new acclaim and a place among the busiest character actors in Hollywood. He worked steadily and in substantial roles throughout the 1970s and seemed at the peak of his career when he died suddenly of a heart attack in 1980.- Actor
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Selwyn Ward was born on 13 June 1977 in Kokomo, Indiana, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Power Rangers Turbo (1997), Power Rangers Lost Galaxy (1999) and Power Rangers in Space (1998).- Actress
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After graduating from the University of Evansville in southern Indiana with a bachelors' in Theater, Rebecca took a hiatus from acting and worked as a political fundraiser for several years around the country. Eventually, she returned to the stage, spending a year in Memphis, with Theater on the Square and fulfilling a life-long dream of playing Peter Pan, as well as Stella in Streetcar Named Desire, Bianca in Taming of the Shrew, and The Soubrette in Sugar Babies. After leaving Memphis, Rebecca spent six years with The San Francisco Mime Troupe, the Tony Award-winning musical theater company, known for its broad style and political satire. With them, she starred in the Obi Award-winning production of Seeing Double, a musical about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Rebecca played in four other Mime Troupe productions before being cast in her first film, Copy Cat, where upon she made the decision to migrate to Los Angeles. Shortly after arriving, Rebecca was cast in LA Confidential and Titanic, and later in The Green Mile and Best Laid Plans. Rebecca can also be seen in TV shows like How I Met Your Mother, The Odd Couple, Hot in Cleveland, Parks and Recreation, and more. While taking an on-camera class, Rebecca discovered a passion for writing and producing, resulting in her web series The Calamities of Jane, in which she stars in the leading role. Rebecca can also be seen as the retro Home Ec teacher in the YouTube/Brat production, A Girl Named Joe. Rebecca lives in Los Angeles, where she continues to write, produce, perform, and teach kids' acting.- Ryan White was born in Kokomo, Indiana in 1971. A hemophiliac, Ryan regularly needed injections of blood products to survive. In 1985 at the age of 13, it was discovered that Ryan contracted the AIDS virus, sometime during the previous year, from tainted blood. His case got national attention when his school expelled him when they learned about his disease. Not wanting to lie down and die that easily, Ryan and his parents took the school to court, where they won the right for him to return to class. As a result of Ryan's courage and outspokenness to take on his own school board, be became one of the USA's most visible spokesperson on the AIDS crisis. During 1985-1989, he appeared at schools and AIDS fundraisers throughout the country and gave moving testimony before the President's Commission on AIDS. He was befriended by many celebrities, including Michael Jackson, Elton John, Phil Donahue and Elizabeth Taylor, AIDS activists themselves. Despite overwhelming international attention, Ryan never lost his sense of priorities with his schoolwork or life in general. AIDS finally claimed Ryan's life on April 8, 1990 at the age of 18.
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Leon was born in Kokomo, Indiana on May 23, 1963, and grew up on several different farms in the area. Moving frequently led Leon to develop a fantasy life at an early age, and he acted in high-school and community-theatre productions throughout Indiana.
He attended Indiana University at Kokomo. He landed his first paying show-biz gig during this time - an amateur-night appearance at The Club Showbar in Indianapolis led to a six-month nightclub act. A couple years shy of legal drinking age, Leon hid out in the dressing room between sets.
Leon moved to San Francisco in the late 1980s, studying his craft in earnest with Jean Shelton's Actors Lab, Cliff Osmond, Mark Monroe Studios, and Inner-life Acting Workshop. He appeared in several black-box theatre productions, and was cast in several features, such as "Housebound," "Metalman," "Orange Field" and "Roommates & Cafe" (a.k.a. "Coffee Mates"), and short films, including Christos Dimas' "Breath," which won "Best Short" honors at festivals around the globe, and "about dominance and submission," which won the Robert Bell Outstanding Achievement Award from SF State University.
His first break was playing "Devon" in "Some Prefer Cake," the comedy feature which was distributed theatrically in Great Britain, screened at over 25 film festivals worldwide, and is available on DVD from Wolfe Video.
Leon wrote, produced and starred in his one-man show "Last Sunday in June" at Theatre Rhinoceros. He also originated the lead role of "Chris" in Lou Reda's comedy smash "Happy Anniversary," which enjoyed an extended three-month run at Theatre Rhino before moving to Off-Broadway.
Leon continued to play a variety of roles in both film and theatre while in the Bay Area. He starred in the award-winning film thriller "Foucault WHO?," the feature "Birds of Lightning," the horror thriller feature "Final Remains" (a.k.a. "Mortuary"), and the shorts "The Currycomb" and "A Quiet Place."
On stage, he won raves and delighted audiences in 2002 with his portrayal of British raconteur Quentin Crisp in Jeffrey Hartgraves' hit comedy "Carved in Stone" at Eureka Theatre (which Leon also co-produced).
He enjoyed a long, successful association with New Conservatory Theatre Center, starring as "Brad" in the West Coast premiere of Jonathan Tollins' "The Last Sunday in June;" as the title character in "Message to Michael," as the Narrator in "Dream Boy," based on the novel by Jim Grimsley, and as half of the star-crossed couple of "Thief River." He played the villain in the comedy smash "Worse than Chocolate" at Theatre Rhinoceros, and worked with stage notables John Fisher & Ronnie Larsen in "A Few Gay Men."
In 2004, Leon moved to Los Angeles. That year, he made his LA stage debut as the down-and-out yet over-the-top poet "Harlequin" in "The Scheme of Things." The following year, he was invited to join Company of Angels Theatre, Los Angeles' longest-running repertory theatre, and made his debut in the Company's collection of short plays "Fresh Meat" in the one-act "Victims."
He continues to perform in independent and short films, as well as many USC student shorts, most recently starring as "Morton" in Arvin Bautista's thesis film "Deer Season" which screened in USC's 2007 "First Look" festival.
In 2006, he portrayed bumbling ex-boyfriend "Simon" in the world premiere of Rose Martula's stage comedy "Salsa Saved the Girls" at the Eclectic Co. Theatre.
In 2009 he co-produced and recreated his role of Quentin Crisp in an LA production of "Carved in Stone" that ran over 12 weeks and garnered rave reviews.
In 2011, Leon began the web TV series 'Old Dogs & New Tricks,' an ensemble comedy which he also created, wrote and co-executive produced. The series completed its first season and is in preproduction on Season 2.
In 2012, Leon was named #3 on web-series journal Placevine's "Top 10 Emerging Web Series Stars of 2012" for his web series 'Old Dogs & New Tricks'- Producer
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Dustin Hubbard was born on 19 June 1978 in Kokomo, Indiana, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Surrealities: False Idol, For Nicole's Sake and I Love You... Less!.- Andrea White was born in November 1973 in Kokomo, Indiana, USA. She is an actress, known for The Job (2002), The Ryan White Story (1989) and Cinema Now (2022).
- Steve Kroft was born on 22 August 1945 in Kokomo, Indiana, USA. He is an actor, known for Small Time Crooks (2000), 60 Minutes (1968) and Murphy Brown (1988). He has been married to Jennet Conant since 29 June 1991. They have one child. He was previously married to Sarah Jane Keene.
- Christopher DeLisle was born on 5 July 1972 in Kokomo, Indiana, USA. He is an actor, known for Supernatural (2005), A Dog Named Christmas (2009) and The Bold and the Beautiful (1987). He was previously married to Grey Griffin.
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George W. Davis was born on 17 April 1914 in Kokomo, Indiana, USA. He was an art director, known for Funny Face (1957), All About Eve (1950) and The Time Machine (1960). He died on 3 October 1998 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
John O'Banion was born on 16 February 1947 in Kokomo, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The Judas Project (1990), Borderline (1980) and Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983). He died on 14 February 2007 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Joe Thatcher was born on 4 October 1981 in Kokomo, Indiana, USA. He has been married to Katelyn McCool since 8 December 2012. They have one child.
- Joshan Ashbrook was born on 21 February 1986 in Kokomo, Indiana, USA. She died on 29 July 2002 in Port Richey, Florida, USA.
- Born in Kokomo, Indiana on February 15, 1928, illustrator/cartoonist Norman Bridwell has written over 120 books on children's favorite "Clifford the Big Red Dog". He continues to write an average of 2 books a year. After being told his illustrations of Clifford were too ordinary, a critic suggested he write a story to go along with them to help to sell the illustrations. He wrote a story and submitted it to a publishing company. Three weeks later, the publisher called and said they wanted to publish his work. Over 40 years later, Clifford "the Big Red Dog" continues to "grow" with more books, television shows and movies! Over 44 million copies of his books are published in many different languages for children all over the world.
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- Producer
- Writer
Josh Gibson was born on 22 January 1988 in Kokomo, Indiana, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Here and Now (2019), Da Company: A Tragic Tale of Serial Entrepreneurship (2021) and Frankenstein: Presented by the 4th Wall Players (2014). He has been married to Katherine Gibson since 22 June 2013. They have one child.- Actor
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Sean Cameron was born on 13 May 1970 in Kokomo, Indiana, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Last Castle (2001) and Laws of Gambling (2005).- Michael Doran was born on 25 April 1962 in Kokomo, Indiana, USA.
- Norma French was born on 26 June 1942 in Kokomo, Indiana, USA. She was an actress, known for Hawaiian Eye (1959), Miami Undercover (1961) and Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! (1971). She died on 26 June 1989 in Toronto, Canada.
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- Composer
Joe Cameron was born in Kokomo, Indiana, USA. He is known for General Hospital (1963), Libertaria (2013) and Chivalry's Farewell: Life and Death on the Western Front (2022).- Paul Peters was born on 5 December 1928 in Kokomo, Indiana, USA. He died on 26 December 2002 in Dallas, Texas, USA.
- T. Lockwood Arbright was born on 22 September 1909 in Kokomo, Indiana, USA. He was an actor. He died on 15 February 2006 in Encino, California, USA.
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William H. Terhune was born on 18 February 1899 in Kokomo, Indiana, USA. He was an editor and director, known for Kelly the Second (1936), Pick a Star (1937) and The Devil's Brother (1933). He died on 15 December 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Tom Underwood was born on 22 December 1953 in Kokomo, Indiana, USA. He died on 22 November 2010 in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
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Wrote and directed first short horror film, Don't Go Into Winger Alone," in Manchester College around 1987. Continued film work with American Film Institute on student productions that were released as Downward Angel and NightStalker when he relocated to Glendale California in mid-90s. Worked as a entertainment journalist and moonlighted as bartender.- Actor
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- Camera and Electrical Department
Andrew Martin was born on 24 April 1977 in Kokomo, Indiana, USA. He is an actor and editor, known for Nerdvana (2012), Two Kingdoms (2014) and The Evolution of David Blank (2018).