Advanced search

Rebecca Sand was born on 31 August 1912 in East Liverpool, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for The Edge of Night (1956), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) and The Streets of San Francisco (1972). She died on 26 July 1995 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Bob McFadden was born in East Liverpool, Ohio, and got his first break singing and doing impersonations in a weekly talent show while stationed in Puerto Rico with the Navy during World War II. After leaving the Navy, he worked in a Pittsburgh steel mill, and got into show business as an opening act at hotels and nightclubs for the McGuire Sisters, Harry Belafonte, and others.

Although McFadden was not a household name, he was still happy just to be in show business. He met his wife Jeanette in Boston in 1950, when the two were working together; while he sang onstage, she and her twin sister performed synchronized swimming exercises in a pool below.

The McFadden's moved to Queens in the mid-1960's and Bob became a voiceover talent in advertising and cartoons. He made hundreds of thousands of dollars selling his voice to advertise products for Ban deodorant, Campbell soup, Ford, Frankenberry cereal, Geritol, Mountain Dew, and Pepto-Bismol. Once he was paid $12,000 to make swishing sounds to imitate a jet airplane. Bob McFadden's most memorable commercial was the voice of a parrot for "Wisk laundry detergent." He said "Ring around the collar" and "Nice shirt." This commercial would be played over a twenty five year time span. He also barked like a dog for Crest toothpaste.

In 1982, TV Guide called Mr. McFadden "One of the elite of TV commercial voice-overs." Among his other works, he did ethnic characters for comedy albums including "The Yiddish Are Coming!" He was a stable voice for Terrytoons and was best known as Cool McCool (1966)'s "Pop the Cop" for King Features Syndicate in 1966. He was also Milton the Monster (1965). Despite retiring to Delray Beach, Florida, he would perform in supper clubs imitating Jack Benny and Ed Sullivan. He did singing impressions of Frankie Laine, Billy Eckstine, and The Ink Spots. In 1959 in Cuba (days before Fidel Castro took over), McFadden was asked to perform a show in Spanish, but did not know the language. His brother-in-law wrote the show in Spanish, in a way that allowed McFadden to pronounce everything phonetically. The high point of the act was Roy Rogers' sidekick, George 'Gabby' Hayes, singing underwater in Spanish.

He died on January 7, 2000 of ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease.

Caparulo moved from Ohio to LA in 1999 and got a job working the door at The World Famous Comedy Store in West Hollywood. After nearly 4 years of struggling for stage time, cutting grass at a local golf course and rethinking life choices, the young comedian started catching a few breaks.

Cap's first TV appearance was a spot on "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn." From there he was invited to the 2003 Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. This provided Cap with the golden opportunity to fly thousands of miles away to showcase his talents for industry executives who lived right down the street from him. He made the most of it though by landing a development deal with Fox, which led to countless meetings, terrible pilot scripts and nothing else.

In 2006, Cap was one of the comedians documented on Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Tour. The movie then hit theaters in February 2008, grossing over $600 worldwide!!

John Caparulo was also featured on the Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Next Generation, which would take the nation by storm, selling out concerts from March of 2008 to late March of 2008. During that same time, Cap would make several appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Cap appeared over 150 times as a panelist on Chelsea Handler's popular E! show, "Chelsea Lately," during its 7-year run. He also appeared as part of Ron White's Salute To The Troops on CMT, a network on which he became well-known as the host of the surprisingly hilarious show Mobile Home Disaster. And he played the part of Brian on the short-lived ABC sitcom "Work It" (more commonly referred to as Sh It). In 2018, he showcased his love for Tom Brady on Showtime's Unsportsmanlike Comedy with Rob Gronkowski.

Cap has two comedy specials / albums: "John Caparulo: Meet Cap," which premiered on Comedy Central in 2008 and "John Caparulo: Come Inside Me," which launched on Netflix in 2013. In February 2014, Cap began releasing Caplets, a brand-new set of comedy every 30 days that were distributed on Hulu, JohnCaparulo.com, and YouTube.com/JohnCaparuloComedy.

In the world of animation, John voiced the character of "Headphone Joe" on Disney's Fish Hooks. For the past few years, Cap has been writing and developing an animated series called "John Caparulo's Cartoon Comic," based on his life as a comedian, husband and father. He has also written a comic book series under the same title and has produced several animated standup shorts.

After working all over the globe for 20+ years, Cap settled down in Las Vegas and performed almost 500 shows during a 2-year residency at Harrah's. "John Caparulo's Mad Cap Comedy" ran 5 nights a week from May 10th, 2018, until its unexpected demise on March 15th, 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 shutdowns.

Since Covid made live performances impossible for such an extended period, Cap adapted to the restrictions with "Un-Capped Comedy," a monthly livestream show on which the live audience picks the topics for the comedian to discuss onstage. And now that live venues appear to be opening back up, Cap is taking Un-Capped Comedy on the road and letting audiences all across the United States choose the direction of every performance.

Don Lanning was born on 23 July 1895 in East Liverpool, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for The Marines Come Thru (1938) and This Is Your Life (1950). He was married to Roberta Sherwood and Emily C. Brackett. He died on 14 February 1960 in Miami, Florida, USA.

Killjoy was born on 4 November 1966 in East Liverpool, Ohio, USA. He was a director and actor, known for August Underground's Mordum (2003), Torched (2004) and Necrophagia: Sickcess (2004). He died on 18 March 2018 in East Liverpool, Ohio, USA.

When Peter was born, the world was in black and white. He came forth from a small town on the Ohio River determined to be the next Frank Lloyd Wright. After studying architecture at Kent State, he moved west to seek his fortune. Rather quickly he discovered he was not "doing" enough, not "designing" enough. That's when the trouble started.

He got involved with movie people. Before he knew it, he had thrown away his childish dreams and was searching the back alleys of Hollywood to find a way into show business. A dirty, steel-clad door with a barely readable sign, "Warner Bros." screeched open, and a filthy arm reached out and yanked him from that alley and into the arms of show business.

Peter spent most of his professional life getting paid to do something he would have done for free. He designed movies. Mel Brooks once said about him, "Working with Peter on Blazing Saddles was one of the best parts of my life." He was nominated for an Emmy Award for "The Day After" and inducted into the Upper Ohio Valley Hall of Fame in June of 2016. He is also the author of two books.

His final breath was followed by soft applause from his family on a life well lived.

"As I look back on all of this, it comes to me that this story is really what Hollywood is all about. Or at least what it's supposed to be about," said Peter once.

If anyone asks, Peter would prefer you tell them, "While eating a piece of cherry pie in the auto-mat, the little door fell on him and broke his neck".

Wayne Ward was born on 4 July 1922 in East Liverpool, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for The Music Man (1962). He died on 24 January 1989 in Palm Beach, Florida, USA.

Lance was born in East Liverpool, Ohio. Lance is a veteran of the United States Air Force and a former Federal Air Marshal. He was one of the youngest Special Agents ever selected by Homeland Security. Lance is one of the best marksmen in the world. He is trained in several forms of martial arts, knife fighting and lethal close quarters combat. He is an expert in surveillance, counter surveillance, counter terrorism, intelligence and profiling. He left the government service behind him in late 2004 to pursue a career in film and television. He has a degree in Criminal Justice.

Lance's first published novel is Deluded Angels. Lance's directorial debut is the White T. produced for well under a million dollars, White T is set for theatrical release in 2013. He is a member of SAG, AFTRA, WGA and Producer's Guild eligible. Lance owns and operates Prefect Films with business partner, Blake Phillips. They also own a 6500 sf, state of the art production facility in North Hollywood, California. Lance and Blake produced 4 films in one year, all of which received international distribution.

He splits his time between writing, acting and producing. He is a passionate philanthropist.

Bob Banfield was born on 26 June 1930 in East Liverpool, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for General Hospital (1963), Police Woman (1974) and Eyewitness News (1968). He died on 28 June 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Doug Nolan was born on 4 March 1972 in East Liverpool, Ohio, USA. He is an editor and producer, known for Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), Hollywood Laundromat (2022) and Who Lives Last.

Norm Van Lier was born on 1 April 1947 in East Liverpool, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Barbershop (2002), Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) and Chi Girl (1999). He died on 26 February 2009 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Greg Rayl was born on 20 November 1963 in East Liverpool, Ohio, USA.

Roland was a pilot in World War One; crashed his plane, and spent the remainder of the War driving officers around France and doing American Government reparations. While on the road, he sketched many of the castles that he saw, both in France and Germany, including Neuschwanstein Castle, in Bavaria. In October, 1919, he met Walt Disney, also a driver in France, (American Red Cross), showed him the castle drawings, and formed a friendship. Disney particularly liked his drawings of Neuschwanstein, with its columns and turrets. Roland's family descendants still have his original castle drawing book from France. Roland stayed in France until 1924, and graduated from the Beaux Arts School. He collected art and paintings from several prominent artists in the Paris area in the early 1920s. In about 1925, Roland joined Walt Disney in the Los Angeles area to advise on castle design and medieval architecture, including stone masonry design and interior castle details. He contributed his castle knowledge to Disney's animation department for the original full length feature film Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs, released in 1937. Roland stayed close to Walt Disney for many years, traveling with him on several occasions as part of a group. He became known as the premier castle expert in Hollywood, continuing to provide castle information to Walt Disney on Fantasia and Sleeping Beauty, in the 1940s and 1950s. Ultimately, Walt invited Roland to design the Disneyland Castle at Disneyland, in Anaheim, California, in 1953, and the park opened in 1955. The Disneyland Castle is probably the most photographed building in the world, and has been used a a basis of castle design for countless projects through the decades.

John Tatgenhorst was born on 22 August 1938 in East Liverpool, Ohio, USA. He was a composer, known for The Chill Factor (1993), Batman: The Animated Series (1992) and At Night the Sun Shines (1992). He was married to Lisa Spoehr. He died on 27 March 2024 in Berlin, Wisconsin, USA.

Dan Peters was born on August 30th, 1979 in East Liverpool, OH. He moved around a lot as a child before settling down in Streetsboro, OH, where he eventually graduated high school in 1997.

The acting and movie making bug bit him at an early age, but was never afforded the opportunity to pursue a career in the industry, aside from auditioning for movies that never came to fruition and creating his own movies on various video cameras while utilizing all of his friends. It wasn't until the fall of 2009 when he was offered a 2nd Unit Director job in the much talked about Showgirls: The Return.

He now spends his time setting up his own independent horror movie production company, writing scripts and gathering talent to begin his first of feature horror films.

Mariel Marrelli was born on 8 May 1982 in East Liverpool, Ohio, USA. Mariel is known for Zombie Hunters (2007).

Daniel Boone Savage was born on 9 March 1900 in East Liverpool, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Swing Your Lady (1938). He died on 3 January 1983 in Leon County, Florida, USA.

Hy Myers was born on 27 April 1889 in East Liverpool, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Shamrock Alley (1927), World Series Games 1916, Boston vs. Brooklyn (1916) and Animated Weekly, No. 41 (1916). He died on 1 May 1965 in Minerva, Ohio, USA.

J. Lee Goddard was born on 14 October 1969 in East Liverpool, Ohio, USA.