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The son of a former circus clown turned grocer and a cleaning woman, Red Skelton was introduced to show business at the age of seven by Ed Wynn, at a vaudeville show in Vincennes. At age 10, he left home to travel with a medicine show through the Midwest, and joined the vaudeville circuit at age 15. At age 18, he married Edna Marie Stilwell, an usher who became his vaudeville partner and later his chief writer and manager. He debuted on Broadway and radio in 1937 and on film in 1938. His ex-wife/manager negotiated a seven-year Hollywood contract for him in 1951, the same year The Red Skelton Hour (1951) premiered on NBC. For two decades, until 1971, his show consistently stayed in the top twenty, both on NBC and CBS. His numerous characters, including Clem Kaddiddlehopper, George Appleby, and the seagulls Gertrude and Heathcliffe delighted audiences for decades. First and foremost, he considered himself a clown, although not the greatest, and his paintings of clowns brought in a fortune after he left television. His home life was not completely happy--two divorces and a son Richard who died of leukemia at age nine--and he did not hang around with other comedians. He continued performing live until illness, and he was a longtime supporter of children's charities. Red Skelton died at age 84 of pneumonia in Rancho Mirage, California on September 17, 1997.- Actor
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Comic light actor in U.S. films and TV. Born in Vincennes and raised in Terre Haute, IN, Moore studied drama at Indiana State Teachers College before serving in the Marines in WWII. He had a tough time breaking into movies, although he performed in local and regional live theatre. He finally found his niche in television, starring as the incompetent county agent Hank Kimball in GREEN ACRES from 1965-71. He also appeared in at least thirty other TV series and numerous commercials. He and his wife had been married 47 years at the time of his death.- Actor
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In the early days of 1950s science-fiction, one of the first people to become identified with the genre was actor William Phipps. Aside from furnishing the voice of Prince Charming in Disney's cartoon classic Cinderella (1950), Phipps also hid his boyish face beneath a beard as the star of Arch Oboler's end-of-the-world melodrama Five (1951); made a token appearance in Oboler's The Twonky (1953); encountered Martians in both Invaders from Mars (1953) and The War of the Worlds (1953); and took on the Abominable Snowman as one of the leads in The Snow Creature (1954). Most notoriously, he even grappled with Moon maidens set on world conquest in the almost indescribable Cat-Women of the Moon (1953). Phipps was born in Vincennes, Indiana, and grew up in St. Francisville, Illinois; he knew from boyhood that he was destined to be an actor and appeared in several plays in grade school and at Eastern Illinois University. Hitchhiking to Hollywood in 1941, he worked on the stage and later in films, beginning with RKO's Crossfire (1947). Over the next 60 years he amassed a long list of film and TV credits; he also did commercials and voiceover work, including the narration for the special 190-minute TV version of David Lynch's Dune (1984).- Actor
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Buck Jones was one of the greatest of the "B" western stars. Although born in Indiana, Jones reportedly (but disputedly) grew up on a ranch near Red Rock in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), and there learned the riding and shooting skills that would stand him in good stead as a hero of Westerns. He joined the army as a teenager and served on US-Mexican border before seeing service in the Moro uprising in the Philippines. Though wounded, he recuperated and re-enlisted, hoping to become a pilot. He was not accepted for pilot training and left the army in 1913. He took a menial job with the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West Show and soon became champion bronco buster for the show. He moved on to the Julia Allen Show, but with the beginning of the First World War, Jones took work training horses for the Allied armies. After the war, he and his wife, Odelle Osborne, whom he had met in the Miller Brothers show, toured with the Ringling Brothers circus, then settled in Hollywood, where Jones got work in a number of Westerns starring Tom Mix and Franklyn Farnum. Producer William Fox put Jones under contract and promoted him as a new Western star. He used the name Charles Jones at first, then Charles "Buck" Jones, before settling on his permanent stage name. He quickly climbed to the upper ranks of Western stardom, playing a more dignified, less gaudy hero than Mix, if not as austere as William S. Hart. With his famed horse Silver, Jones was one of the most successful and popular actors in the genre, and at one point he was receiving more fan mail than any actor in the world. Months after America's entry into World War II, Jones participated in a war-bond-selling tour. On November 28, 1942, he was a guest of some local citizens in Boston at the famed Coconut Grove nightclub. Fire broke out and nearly 500 people died in one of the worst fire disasters on record. Jones was horribly burned and died two days later before his wife Dell could arrive to comfort him. Although legend has it that he died returning to the blaze to rescue others (a story probably originated by producer Trem Carr for whatever reason), the actual evidence indicates that he was trapped with all the others and succumbed as most did, trying to escape. He remains, however, a hero to thousands who followed his film adventures.- Robert Frank Telfer was born on 19 August 1944 in Vincennes, Indiana, USA. He is an actor, known for Arachnophobia (1990), Mr. Deeds (2002) and Something's Gotta Give (2003).
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Alice started as an extra in films at age 15. She worked in "Inceville" and would appear as several characters in 'Civilization (1916)'. In 1917, she would meet director Rex Ingram and they would marry in 1921. It was also in 1921 that Alice would gain acclaim as Marguerite in 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)'. She would continue to play the heroine is the films 'The Prisoner of Zenda (1922)' and 'Scaramouche (1923)'. In 1924, Metro would merge into the new MGM and both Ingram and Terry would work there. She would make the 'The Great Divide (1924)' with Wallace Beery in a western melodrama. She would be directed by Ingram in 'The Arab (1924)', which was filmed in North Africa and owed much to the influence of screen idol Valentino. Alice would get her chance to play the wicked woman in 'Mare Nostrum (1926)'. Filmed in Italy and Spain, this film was both a critical and financial success directed by Ingram. Ingram would make his third independent film in Italy when he directed Alice in 'The Garden of Allah (1927)'. Later that year, Alice would be reunited with Ramon Navarro in 'Lovers? (1927)', but the film would not be as well received as their earlier films. When sound came to the screen Alice retired when her favorite director Rex Imgram retired.- Actor
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Endowed with a pleasant appearance, Roger Pigaut was not just another matinee idol. Unlike too many of the young male leads of the 1930s and '40s, there was nothing bland about him. With his dark wavy hair, marked facial features and deep gaze, he could suggest at the same time the sweetness of romance and the roughness of the bad boy; he would have been wonderful in the role of Heathcliff, the repressed lover turned gruff and wild of "Wuthering Heights". For the record Pigaut did appear in a TV adaptation of Emily Brontë's masterpiece but it was not before 1970: he was 50 then, too old for playing Catherine's lover. Instead, he was Norwood, the narrator of the tale, a much less exciting character indeed. It remains that, then in the early stage of his career, he was at his best when there was ambiguity at stake, namely when the explicit virile appeal of his impersonation was at odds with his darker side. "Douce" (1943), Autant-Lara's masterpiece, is a good illustration of these two facets: Fabien, the estate manager he embodies first acts as a cynical manipulator only mimicking love for Douce but gradually genuinely falls for her. Even when he plays a straight guy, he is rarely pure and virginal. The lumberjack of "Sortilèges" (Christian-Jaque, 1944) hesitates between the "good girl" (Renée Faure) and the "bad girl" (Madeleine Robinson) while in "La rose de la mer", the young hero eager to restore justice finds himself forced to kill and to surrender to the police. As for the young husband of "Antoine et Antoinette" (Jacques Becker, 1947), the role he is best known for, he is likable on the whole f but can prove quite selfish: doesn't he hide from his wife that their national lottery ticket is winning and buy a sidecar, essentially for his own good ? After such a good start, one could have expected a more flamboyant career development. Unfortunately too many films of modest ambition followed, which left not trace in the history of cinema. For one "The Bouquinquant Brohers" or "Une histoire simple" how many "Cartouche, roi de Paris", "La Peau d'un homme", "Un sourire dans la tempête", "Loves of Manon Lescaut' ! Which is why, conscious of the mediocrity of the films in which he participated in and, according to him, never very comfortable in acting, Roger Pigaut turned to an activity that satisfied him more, film direction. Between 1958 and 1975, while still appearing quite regularly on the screens, large and small, he then made five movies, among which are three detective films characterized by great technical skills and a gift for assembling impressive casts. "Comptes à rebours" (1970) for example brings together the confirmed talents of Michel Bouquet, Jeanne Moreau, Simone Signoret, Charles Vanel, Serge Reggiani, Jean Desailly and Marcel Bozzuffi. The same is true for "Trois milliards sans ascenseur" (1971) and "Le Guêpier" (1975). Unfortunately, pleasant and well directed as it is, this trilogy of crime proves a bit superficial and rather conventional. Despite everything, Roger Pigaut, also the author of a series of episodes of television series, will have succeeded in making a very atypical work, "The Magic of the Kite", a children's story made in China, of great fantasy and poetry. If only for this film, Pigaut must be included in the list of directors to be reckoned with.- Barry Cullison was born on 11 September 1949 in Vincennes, Indiana, USA. He is an actor, known for Cold Case (2003), The Fury (1978) and The Heights (1992).
- Patrice Alexsandre was born on 4 January 1948 in Vincennes, Seine [now Val-de-Marne], France. He was an actor, known for The Tenant (1976), The Picture of Dorian Gray (1977) and Les dames de la côte (1979). He died on 1 October 1999 in Paris, France.
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Christian Fourcade was born on 22 April 1942 in Vincennes, France. He is an actor, known for Captain Blood (1960), Échec au porteur (1958) and The Adventures of Remi (1958).- Max Montavon was born on 24 July 1926 in Vincennes, Seine [now Val-de-Marne], France. He was an actor, known for Hold-up à Saint-Trop' (1963). He died on 22 September 1983 in Paris, France.
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William Lubtchansky was born on 26 October 1937 in Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, France. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Regular Lovers (2005), Safari diamants (1966) and La tête du client (1965). He was married to Nicole Lubtchansky. He died on 4 May 2010 in Paris, France.- Art Department
Paul Skelton was born on 10 July 1910 in Vincennes, Indiana.- Actor
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- Executive
Matthew Spencer was born on 15 July 1977 in Vincennes, Indiana, USA. He is an actor and executive, known for The Orville (2017), Cougar Town (2009) and America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back (1988). He has been married to Alex Spencer since 2 October 2004.- Art Department
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- Set Decorator
Ashley Rice was born in Vincennes, Indiana, USA. Ashley is a set decorator, known for X-Men: First Class (2011), The Artist (2011) and Made for Love (2021).- Pierre Haudebourg was born on 7 April 1948 in Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, France. He was an actor, known for No Limit (2012), Laure (1976) and Au plaisir de Dieu (1977). He died on 27 February 2021 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.
- Jean-Claude Balard was born on 28 September 1935 in Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, France. He was an actor, known for War and Peace (1965), The Mysterious Cities of Gold (1982) and Les compagnons d'Eleusis (1975). He died on 27 April 2022 in Paris, France.
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Suzanne de Troeye was born on 9 March 1908 in Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, France. She was an editor and assistant director, known for Toni (1935), Harvest (1937) and L'Homme de Londres (1943). She was married to Jean Wiener and Charles Moulin. She died on 6 July 1989 in Paris, France.- Lucien Desagneaux was born on 5 January 1907 in Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, France. He was an actor, known for Alerte au deuxième bureau (1956), La relève (1932) and The Battle of the Rails (1946). He died on 9 May 1999 in Laval, Mayenne, France.
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Al Rockett was born on 24 September 1889 in Vincennes, Indiana, USA. He was a producer and production manager, known for The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924), Just Another Blonde (1926) and Soup to Nuts (1930). He was married to Laura Eugenia McLean (Lottie). He died on 30 August 1960 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
Ray Sparenberg Jr. was born on 28 June 1929 in Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Fright Night (1958). He died on 1 November 2001 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.- Liliane Gaudet was born on 25 April 1930 in Vincennes, Seine [now Val-de-Marne], France. She was an actress, known for L'éventail de Lady Windermere (1961), Un mois à la campagne (1966) and Les dossiers de Jérôme Randax (1965). She died on 16 November 2003 in Val-de-Marne, France.
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Ivan Jullien was born on 27 October 1934 in Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, France. He was a composer and actor, known for Eye of the Widow (1991), A Man and a Woman (1966) and Ronde de nuit (1984). He died on 3 January 2015 in Étampes, Essonne, France.- Actor
- Producer
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Bryan Carpenter was born on 26 July 1984 in Vincennes, Indiana, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Paralyzed with Fear (2019), The Ghosts of Johnson Woods (2015) and Atom the Amazing Zombie Killer (2012).- Director
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- Cinematographer
Jason Affolder was born on 29 November 1977 in Vincennes, Indiana, USA. He is a director and writer, known for The Swinger (1999), Sun Dogs (2009) and Snoozer (2009).