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Emmett Dalton was the youngest of the three Dalton brothers, part of a bandit gang notorious for robbing trains and banks in the Midwest during the late 1890s (interestingly, the brothers started their life of crime with a failed attempt at breaking into the safe on a Southern Pacific Railroad train in 1891 near San Luis Obispo, California). Emmett was shot several times and nearly died in the gang's infamous--and, as it turned out, futile--attempt to rob two banks simultaneously on October 5, 1892, in his hometown of Coffeyville, Kansas. Sentenced to life in prison, he served almost 15 years before being pardoned in 1907, in part because while in prison he found religion and rehabilitated himself to the satisfaction of prison authorities. Upon his release he married his childhood sweetheart and set out to rehabilitate the world--at least what he perceived as the world's proclivity to elevate outlaws to the status of heroes. Eventually his message came to Hollywood, where he acted in and consulted on several films about the "Wild West", at least two of them about his own folly as an outlaw. He also wrote the book "When the Daltons Rode," which was the basis of the western film When the Daltons Rode (1940). His exploits in life also include adventures in selling real estate and in advocating and campaigning for prison reform. He died in 1937 in Los Angeles, not too far from where Wyatt Earp (who had also found a place for himself in Hollywood) had also lived and died.- Writer
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Animator, gag writer, storyboard artist and director Ben Hardaway is fondly remembered for his important contributions to Warner Brothers cartoons and as co-creator (with Walter Lantz) and voice (1944-1949) of Woody Woodpecker. Hardaway started out as a cartoonist for the Kansas City Star in 1910. He saw military service as an artillery sergeant under the command of Captain Harry S. Truman during World War I. During this time he acquired the nickname 'Bugs'. After demobilization, he resumed working for various mid-West newspapers. In 1922, Hardaway was hired by the Kansas City Film Ad Company and became closely acquainted with the famous pioneer animator Ub Iwerks. Iwerks eventually moved to Hollywood, and, in 1931, employed Hardaway as a story writer. He stayed on for two years, then had a brief spell with Disney. Eventually, he settled at Leon Schlesinger's animation factory at Warner Brothers, a studio which permitted artists substantially greater artistic freedom.
The superb humor and satirical quality of his writing (for example, Confederate Honey (1940), a hilarious send-up of Gone with the Wind (1939), featuring Elmer Fudd as 'Nett Cutler' romancing 'Crimson O'Hairoil') ensured Hardaway's rapid advancement to head of the story department. He also filled in as co-director of several Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies episodes during Friz Freleng's three-year long stint at MGM. Many of these featured Porky Pig. One of them, Porky's Hare Hunt (1938), had as chief protagonist an unnamed white rabbit created by Robert Clampett. It looked nothing like Bugs Bunny and sounded and acted rather like Daffy Duck. Before long, the rabbit reappeared in Hare-um Scare-um (1939) -- now in familiar colors, but with relatively short ears, wide buck teeth (and still sounding suspiciously like Daffy). On a corner of the model sheet with the original drawing by Charles Thorson, Hardaway wrote the name 'Bugs'. It stuck ,and thus the famous rabbit got its name -- albeit officially only after the release of A Wild Hare (1940). Hardaway found himself demoted after Freleng's return from MGM and departed Warner Brothers to head up the story department for Walter Lantz working on Andy Panda and Woody Woodpecker cartoons.- Actress
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Jana Arnold was born on 13 March 1952 in Belton, Texas, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992), Miracles (2003) and ER (1994).- Art Department
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Rick Hoberg was born on 7 June 1952 in Belton, Texas, USA. Rick is a producer, known for Cyborg (1989), Defenders of the Earth (1986) and RoboCop: Alpha Commando (1998).- Sarah Harbaugh was born on 20 September 1978 in Belton, Missouri, USA. She has been married to Jim Harbaugh since 5 January 2008. They have four children.
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Bea Nigro was born on 8 July 1885 in Belton, Texas, USA. She was an actress. She died on 6 December 1956 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Loren Hightower was born on 2 December 1927 in Belton, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Producers' Showcase (1954), Omnibus (1952) and Carmen (1952). He died on 7 November 2017 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA.
- Kevin Hern was born on 4 December 1961 in Belton, Missouri, USA. He has been married to Tammy since 1994. They have three children.
- Blackie Sherrod was born on 9 November 1919 in Belton, Texas, USA. He was married to Joyce Lowe Wilson. He died on 28 April 2016 in Dallas, Texas, USA.
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Bobby Walker was born on 22 March 1939 in Belton, Kentucky, USA. Bobby is known for Son of Svengoolie (1978). Bobby died on 21 June 2010 in Crown Point, Indiana, USA.- Booker Russell was born on 28 February 1956 in Belton, Texas, USA. He died on 9 March 2000 in Belton, Texas, USA.
- Walton H. Walker was born on 3 December 1889 in Belton, Texas, USA. He died on 23 December 1950 in Korea.