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Matthew Staton Bomer was born in Webster Groves, Greater St. Louis, Missouri, to Elizabeth Macy (Staton) and John O'Neill Bomer IV, a Dallas Cowboys draft pick. Matt was raised in Spring, Texas, and educated at Klein High School, near Houston. After school, he attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Bomer then relocated to New York to forge a career in acting.

Theater work followed, but his television break came with a small part in All My Children (1970). This lead to a reoccurring role in Guiding Light (1952) as murderous Ben Reade. Further success in TV followed including parts in Tru Calling (2003), Chuck (2007) and the lead role in Traveler (2007). Bomer also scored film roles in projects such as Flightplan (2005) and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006). In 2009, he was cast in the lead role of criminal mastermind Neal Caffrey in Fox's White Collar (2009).

Jack Youngerman was born on 25 March 1926 in Webster Groves, Missouri, USA. He was married to Delphine Seyrig and Hilary Helfant. He died on 19 February 2020 in Stony Brook, New York, USA.

Stephen Morehouse Avery was born in Webster Grove, Missouri, the middle of three sons born to Charles M. and Jessie Avery. Both his parents were native Missourians and had married in 1890. Stephen's father supported his family working as a cashier at a local office of a life insurance company.

Avery attended the University of Missouri and later worked for the Hyatt Roller Bearing Company in Detroit before embarking on his writing career. In time Avery became a prolific contributor of short stories to a number of popular magazines and newspapers of that time. In 1933 Hollywood beckoned and in a short while he became known as a successful scenario writer.

During the Second World War Avery served with the US Army Air Corp as an intelligence officer and was awarded the Purple Heart for injuries sustained while stationed in North Africa

Stephen Morehouse Avery died of a heart attack on 10 February, 1948, at his Los Angeles apartment. He was survived by his wife Marian and daughter Phyllis Avery.

Clay Felker was born on 2 October 1925 in Webster Groves, Missouri, USA. He was a producer, known for What's Going on Here? (1963) and Charlie Rose (1991). He was married to Gail Sheehy, Pamela Tiffin and Leslie Rhoda Blatt. He died on 1 July 2008 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

Prolific composer ("Manhattan Tower"), songwriter ("Goodbye"), conductor, arranger and author, educated in public schools and then a banjoist in orchestras and on radio in St. Louis, Missouri, then came to Hollywood in 1938 as music director for NBC and composer of scores for films, radio, and night club revues. He conducted and arranged the Broadway musical "The Show Is On", and composed the Broadway stage score for "Along Fifth Avenue". Joining ASCAP in 1935, his other popular-song compositions include "Blue Prelude", "You Have Taken My Heart", "When a Woman Loves a Man", "P.S. I Love You", "Blue Evening", "Ev'ry Time", "Maybe She'll Remember", "Saddest Man in Town", "San Fernando Valley", "When You Climb Those Golden Stairs", "Homesick, That's All", "Goin' Back to Brooklyn", "Married I Can Always Get", "Daylight Savings Blues", "The Man Who Loves Manhattan", "Once to Every Heart", "How Old Am I?", and "This Is All I Ask".

William G. Conway was born on 20 November 1929 in Webster Groves, Missouri, USA. He died on 21 October 2021 in New Rochelle, New York, USA.

Joe Thomas was born on 24 July 1909 in Webster Groves, Missouri, USA. He was married to Babe Matthews. He died on 6 August 1984 in New York City, New York, USA.

Joe De Yong was born on 12 March 1894 in Webster Groves, Missouri, USA. He was a costume designer, known for Shane (1953), North West Mounted Police (1940) and The Plainsman (1936). He died on 16 April 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA.