English Films and Actors - News and Interview Video: November 2013

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

5 November - English Films History

1964 Famke Janssen

1987 Ron Jones records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Battle" (1987)

1930 Third Annual Academy Awards were announced.

Birthdays

1900 – Natalie Schafer (actress: Gilligan’s Island, The Survivors, Forever Darling, The Time of Your Life; died Apr 10, 1991)

1905 – Joel (Albert) McCrea (actor: Ride the High Country, The Oklahoman, Four Faces West, Buffalo Bill, Barbary Coast, Wichita Town; died Oct 20, 1990)

1911 – Roy Rogers (Leonard Slye) (‘King of the Cowboys’: actor: 85+ westerns, The Roy Rogers Show, The Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show; singer: Happy Trails to You; died July 6, 1998)

1913 – Vivien Leigh (Vivian Mary Hartley) (Academy Award-winning actress: Gone with the Wind [1939], A Streetcar Named Desire [1951]; Ship of Fools, Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, Anna Karenina; died July 7, 1967)
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1913 – John McGiver (actor: Midnight Cowboy, The Manchurian Candidate, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Patty Duke Show, Mr. Terrific, Many Happy Returns, The Jimmy Stewart Show; died Sep 9, 1975)

1940 – Elke Sommer (Schletz) (actress: A Shot in the Dark, The Prize, The Oscar, Prisoner of Zenda; Miss Italy [1959])

1957 – Jon-Erik Hexum (actor: Voyagers, Cover Up; died Oct 18, 1984)

1958 – Robert Patrick (actor: Killer Instinct, Die Hard 2: Die Harder, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Wayne’s World, Fire in the Sky, Rosewood, Cop Land, Renegade Force,)

1963 – Andrea McArdle (actress, singer: Annie)

1963 – Tatum O’Neal (Academy Award-winning actress: Paper Moon [1973]; Bad News Bears, Little Darlings)

1965 – Famke Janssen (actress: Fathers & Sons, GoldenEye, The Gingerbread Man, Rounders, X-Men)

1968 – Sam Rockwell (actor: Clownhouse, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Strictly Business, The Search for One-eye Jimmy, Safe Men, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Green Mile, Charlie’s Angels)

1971 – Corin ‘Corky’ Nemec (actor: Operation Dumbo Drop, Stephen King’s The Stand, Drop Zone, Solar Crisis, Tucker: The Man and His Dream, Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, Webster)

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5 December - English Films History

Birthdays

1901 - Walt Disney

1905 – Otto (Ludwig) Preminger (director: In Harm’s Way, Advise and Consent, Exodus, Anatomy of a Murder, Saint Joan, Bonjour Tristesse, The Man with the Golden Arm, The Moon is Blue, Forever Amber, Laura; died Apr 23, 1986)

1916 – Margaret (Maggie) Hayes (Florette Ottenheimer) (actress: Omar Khayyam, Blackboard Jungle, Sullivan’s Travels, In Old Colorado, Robert Montgomery Presents; died Jan 26, 1977)

1930 – Larry Kert (actor, singer, dancer: West Side Story original cast [1957]; died June 5, 1991)

1944 – Jeroen Krabbé (actor: Immortal Beloved, King of the Hill, The Fugitive, Stalin, Robin Hood, The Prince of Tides, Crossing Delancey, Dynasty)

1951 – Morgan Brittany (Suzanne Cupito) (actress: Dallas, Glitter, Moviola, Sundown, LBJ: The Early Years, The Prodigal, The Initiation of Sarah)

1963 – Carrie Hamilton (actress: Fame, Cool World, Shag: The Movie, Tokyo Pop, Hostage, daughter of comedienne, Carol Burnett; died Jan 20, 2002)

1968 – Margaret Cho (actress: All-American Girl, TV guest host: Girls’ Night Out)

1985 – Frankie Muniz (actor: Malcolm in the Middle, My Dog Skip, The Andy Dick Show, Dr. Dolittle 2)

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3 December - English Films History

December 3, 1922 the first successful Technicolor motion picture, “The Toll of the Sea”, was shown at the Rialto Theatre, 1481 Broadway, NW corner of 42nd Street, New York, N.Y.

Birthdays

1922 – Sven Nykvist (cinematographer: Something to Talk About, Sleepless in Seattle, Chaplin, New York Stories, Agnes of God, The Postman Always Rings Twice; died Sep 20, 2006)

1930 – Jean-Luc Godard (producer, writer, director: Breathless, Weekend, Hail Mary, King Lear, A Married Woman)

1960 – Daryl Hannah (actress: The Fury, Splash, Steel Magnolias, Blade Runner, The Pope of Greenwich Village, Roxanne, Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman, Grumpier Old Men, Diplomatic Siege, Dancing at the Blue Iguana)

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1960 – Julianne Moore (actress: The Fugitive, Short Cuts, Nine Months, Lost World: Jurassic Park, Boogie Nights, Cookie’s Fortune, The Ladies Man, Hannibal)
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1968 – Brendan Fraser (actor: The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, George of the Jungle, Encino Man, The Quiet American)
1973 – Holly Marie Combs (actress: Picket Fences, Chain of Desire, A Reason to Believe, Daughters, Ocean’s Eleven)
1980 – Anna Chlumsky (actress: My Girl, My Girl 2, A Child’s Wish, Miracle in the Woods)
1981 – Brian Bonsall (actor: Family Ties, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Father and Scout, Lily in Winter, Father Hood, Desperate Motives)

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English - Hollywood Films History - Bibliography

Classical Hollywood Reader (Google eBook)
Steve Neale
Routledge, 12-Nov-2012 - Performing Arts - 496 pages
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Movies of the 60s
Jürgen Müller
Taschen, 2004 - Art - 640 pages
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=Xi_QfRTDvpkC

The Great Movies II (Google eBook)
Roger Ebert
Random House LLC, 12-Nov-2008 - Performing Arts - 544 pages
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=sdv8LRB6a88C

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Monday, November 4, 2013

Oliver Wilde - Biography, Films and Interviews - Videos

She appeared in the short-lived Fox television series "Skin" (2003),

She made her Hollywood debut in The Girl Next Door (2004) and then came to public notice in "The O.C." (2003), but it was as Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley in "House M.D." (2004) that she achieved international stardom. She has since starred or co-starred in the films TRON: Legacy (2010), Cowboys & Aliens (2011), In Time (2011), People Like Us (2012) and The Words (2012).

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29 November - English Films History

Birthdays

Anna Faris
Janina Gavankar
Lucas Black
Lauren German
Joel Coen

28 November - English Films History

Birthdays

Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Alfonso Cuarón
Karen Gillan
Alan Ritchson
Ed Harris

26 November - English Films History

Birthdays

1910 – Cyril Cusack (actor: Far and Away, My Left Foot, The Tenth Man, 1984, True Confessions, Les Miserables, The Day of the Jackal, Sacco & Vanzetti, King Lear, Harold and Maude, David Copperfield, The Taming of the Shrew, Fahrenheit 451, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Waltz of the Toreadors, The Elusive Pimpernel, Odd Man Out, Late Extra; died Oct 7, 1993)

23 November - English Films History

Birthdays
1888 – Harpo (Adolph) Marx (comedian, musician: harp, piano; silent member of the Marx Brothers comedy team: Animal Crackers, A Day at the Races, Duck Soup, Horse Feathers, Monkey Business, A Night at the Opera, Go West, At the Circus; actor: Silent Panic; died Sep 28, 1964)

1902 – Victor Jory (actor: Gone with the Wind, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Miracle Worker, Papillon, Charlie Chan in Rio, Manhunt, Kings Row; died Feb 12, 1982)

1915 – Ellen Drew (actress: Hollywood Boulevard, China Sky, Christmas in July, Dark Mountain; died Dec 3, 2003)

1929 – Sybil Jason (Jacobs) (actress: The Blue Bird, The Little Princess)

1934 – Michael Wayne (producer: McLintock!, The Green Berets, Chisum, Big Jake, Cahill: United States Marshal, Brannigan; son of actor John Wayne; died Apr 2, 2003)

1936 – Steve Landesberg (actor: Barney Miller, Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers, Dean Martin Presents, Sodbusters, Leader of the Band, Final Notice, Blade, Conrad Bloom; died Dec 20, 2010)

1942 – Susan Anspach (actress: Five Easy Pieces, Play It Again, Sam, The Yellow Rose, The Slap Maxwell Story)

1951 – David Rappaport (actor: L.A. Law, Peter Gunn, The Wizard, The Bride, Mysteries; died May 2, 1990)

1959 – Maxwell Caulfield (actor: The Colbys, Sundown, The Supernaturals, Alien Intruder, Grease 2, Mind Games)

1967 – Salli Richardson (actress: I Spy Returns, Prelude to a Kiss, A Low Down Dirty Shame, Rude Awakening, Family Law)

21 November English Films History

Birthdays

1924 – Vivian Blaine (Stapleton) (actress: State Fair, Guys and Dolls, Those Two; died Dec 9, 1995)

1927 – Joseph Campanella (actor: Ben, Meteor, Original Intent, The President’s Plane is Missing, The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, Sky Hei$t, The Colbys, The Lawyers, The Nurses, Mannix; narrator: The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau; host: Emergency Call)

1934 – Laurence Luckinbill (Emmy Award-winning executive producer: Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie [1992-1993]; actor: Lyndon, Star Trek 5: The Final Frontier, Messenger of Death, Cocktail, The Boys in the Band, The Delphi Bureau)

1941 – Juliet Mills (Emmy Award-winning actress: QB VII, Parts 1 & 2, ABC Movie Special [1974-75]; Nanny and the Professor, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, The Cracker Factory; daughter of actor John Mills and sister of actress Hayley Mills)

1945 – Goldie Hawn (Btudlendgehawn) (Academy Award-winning actress: Cactus Flower [1969]; First Wives Club, Bird on a Wire, Butterflies are Free, Housesitter, Death Becomes Her, Private Benjamin, Shampoo, The Sugarland Express, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, Good Morning, World)

1956 – Cynthia Rhodes (actress, dancer: Dirty Dancing, Flashdance)

1963 – Nicollette Sheridan (actress: Desperate Housewives,Paper Dolls, Knots Landing, Spy Hard, Silver Strand, Noises Off, Deceptions, The Sure Thing)

16 November - English Films History

Birthdays

1907 – (Oliver) Burgess Meredith (Emmy Award-winning actor: The Big Event: Tail Gunner Joe [2-6-77], Batman, Gloria, Mr. Novak, Search, The Day of the Locust, Rocky series, Advice and Consent, Grumpy Old Men, In Harm’s Way, Of Mice and Men; TV host: Those Amazing Animals; author: So Far, So Good a Memoir; died Sep 9, 1997)

1922 – Royal Dano (actor: Mr. Lincoln, Ghoulies 2, The Red Badge of Courage, Huckleberry Finn, The Right Stuff, Johnny Guitar, The Trouble with Harry; died May 15, 1994)

1934 – Guy Stockwell (actor: The Richard Boone Show, Beau Geste, Return to Peyton Place, Airport 1975, Columbo: Columbo Goes to College; brother of actor Dean Stockwell; died Feb 6, 2002)

1935 – Clu Gulager (actor: The Killing Device, My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, I’m Gonna Git You Sucka, Return of the Living Dead, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge, Kenny Rogers as the Gambler series, Force of One, The Other Side of Midnight, Smile Jenny You’re Dead, The Last Picture Show, The Killers, The Virginian, The Tall Man, The Survivors, San Francisco International Airport)

1942 – Joanna Pettet (actress: Best Sellers, Casino Royale, Double Exposure, Captains and the Kings, Knots Landing)

1958 – Marg Helgenberger (actress: C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation, Ryan’s Hope, China Beach, Through the Eyes of a Killer, Fallen Angels, Fire Down Below, Gold Coast, Perfect Murder, Perfect Town)

1966 – Dean McDermott (actor: Earth : Final Conflict, La Femme Nikita, Spenser : Small Vices, The Outer Limits, Rookies, Due South, Power Play, Brian’s Song)

1967 – Lisa Bonet (actress: The Cosby Show, A Different World, Angel Heart, Bank Robber)

1970 – Martha Plimpton (actress: The Goonies, Parenthood, The Mosquito Coast)

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15 November - English Films History

November 15, 1956: “Love Me Tender” , a 1956 American black-and-white CinemaScope motion picture directed by Robert D. Webb and providing debut ot Elvis Presley, premiered at the Paramount Theater in New York City

Birthdays

1919 – Carol Bruce (actress: WKRP in Cincinnati; died Oct 9, 2007)

1934 – Joanna Barnes (actress: The Trials of O’Brien, 21 Beacon Street, Spartacus, Parent Trap, Goodbye Charlie)

1937 – Yaphet Kotto (actor: Two If by Sea, The Puppet Masters, Extreme Justice, Midnight Run, The Running Man, Eye of the Tiger, Fighting Back, Alien, Raid on Entebbe, Shark’s Treasure, Live and Let Die, The Thomas Crown Affair, Five Card Stud, Nothing But a Man, Blue Collar, Homicide: Life on the Street, For Love and Honor)

1940 – Sam Waterston (actor: The Killing Fields, Law & Order, Friendly Fire, I’ll Fly Away, The Great Gatsby, Serial Mom)

1951 – Beverly D’Angelo (actress: Coal Miner’s Daughter, Paternity, Hair, Annie Hall, Every Which Way but Loose, National Lampoon’s Vacation series, Captains and the Kings)

1963 – Kevin J. O’Connor (actor: The Mummy, Peggy Sue Got Married, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, Birdland, Gideon’s Crossing)

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10 November - English Films History

1931 Fourth Academy Awards

Birthdays

1889 – Claude Rains (actor: Casablanca, The Invisible Man, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Lawrence of Arabia; died May 30, 1967)

1925 – Richard Burton (Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.) (actor: Camelot, Hamlet, Anne of the Thousand Days, Becket, The Desert Rats, The Longest Day, Look Back in Anger, The Night of the Iguana, The Robe, The Sandpiper, The Taming of the Shrew, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; TV narrator: Winston Churchill-The Valiant Years, Ellis Island; died Aug 5, 1984)

1932 – Roy Scheider (actor: All that Jazz, Blue Thunder, Marathon Man, The French Connection, Jaws series, 2010, 52 Pickup, seaQuest DSV; died Feb 10, 2008)

1949 – Ann Reinking (dancer, actress: Pippin, All that Jazz, Annie, Mickey and Maude)

1956 – Sinbad (David Adkins) (actor, comedian: A Different World, The Sinbad Show, The Redd Foxx Show, Coneheads, The Cherokee Kid, Good Burger; )

1959 – (Laura) Mackenzie Phillips (actress: One Day at a Time, American Graffiti, Eleanor & Franklin; )

1977 – Brittany Murphy (actress: Clueless, Freeway, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Girl, Interrupted, Cherry Falls, Riding in Cars with Boys; died Dec 20, 2009)

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9 November - English Films History

Birthdays
1918 – Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (actor: The F.B.I., 77 Sunset Strip, Hot Shots!, The Gathering: Part 2, Terror Out of the Sky, Airport ’75, The Legend of Prince Valiant, Hotel; voice of Alfred in Batman-the Animated Series)

1920 – Virginia Mayo (Virginia Clara Jones) (actress: Midnight Witness, Captain Horatio Hornblower, The Silver Chalice, The West Point Story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Best Years of Our Lives; died Jan 17, 2005)

1937 - Ridley Scott, Director

1947 – David Mamet (director: Oleanna, Homicide, House of Games, Things Change; playwright: Hoffa, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Untouchables, The Verdict, The Postman Always Rings Twice)

1951 – June Chadwick (actress: Forbidden World, The Last Horror Film, This is Spinal Tap, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Going to Extremes, Star Trek: Away Team)

1952 – Mandy Patinkin (Tony Award-winning actor: Evita [1980]; True Colors, The Doctor, Dick Tracy, Alien Nation, The Princess Bride, Sunday in the Park with George, Yentl, French Postcards, Chicago Hope)

1955 – Kevin Conroy (actor: Chain of Desire, The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton, Tour of Duty, Rachel Gunn, R.N., Ohara, )

1965 – Ben Stiller (actor: The Ben Stiller Show, Reality Bites, Flirting with Disaster, The Cable Guy, There’s Something About Mary, Meet the Parents, Zoolander)

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8 November - English Films History

November 8, 1847, Irish novelist and short story writer, who wrote 1897 Gothic novel Dracula, Abraham “Bram” Stoker was born.

Birthdays
1912 – June Havoc (actress: Brewster’s Millions, Gentlemen’s Agreement, Sing Your Worries Away, Willy; died Mar 28, 2010)

1914 – Norman Lloyd (actor: St. Elsewhere, Journey of Honor, Jaws of Satan, Saboteur, The Southerner)

1920 – Esther Rolle (Academy Award-winning actress: Summer of My German Soldier [10/30/78]; Good Times, Maude, Scarlett, Driving Miss Daisy, A Raisin in the Sun, The Mighty Quinn; died Nov 17, 1998)

1921 – Gene Saks (actor: A Fine Romance, Prisoner of Second Avenue, A Thousand Clowns; director: Barefoot in the Park, Mame, The Odd Couple, Cactus Flower)

1921 – Walter Mirisch (Academy Award-winning producer: The Apartment [1960])

1924 – Joe Flynn (actor: The Tim Conway Show, McHale’s Navy, The Joey Bishop Show, The George Gobel Show, The Bob Newhart Show, The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, Superdad, Million Dollar Duck, The Barefoot Executive, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes; died July 19, 1974)

1935 – Alain Delon (actor: Nouvelle Vague, The Concorde: Airport ’79, Gypsy, Red Sun, Is Paris Burning?, Honor Among Thieves, Rocco and His Brothers, Sois Belle et Tais-Toi)

1961 – Leif Garrett (actor: Spirit of 76, Thunder Alley, Kid Vengeance, Three for the Road; singer: I Was Made for Dancin)

1967 – Courtney Thorne-Smith (actress: Melrose Place, Fast Times, Day by Day, Breach of Conduct, Side Out, Welcome to 18, Summer School, Revenge of the Nerds 2: Nerds in Paradise, Lucas)

1968 – Parker Posey (actress: Party Girl, The Daytrippers, You've Got Mail, Scream 3, Best in Show)

1969 – Roxana Zal ( Shattered Spirits, Under the Boardwalk, Goodbye, Miss 4th of July, River’s Edge, Testament, Table for Five)

1972 – Gretchen Mol (actress: The Magnificent Ambersons, Donnie Brasco, Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground, Rounders, Finding Graceland, The Thirteenth Floor)

1975 – Tara Reid (actress: The Big Lebowski, American Pie series, Body Shots, Dr. T & the Women, Josie and the Pussycats)

7 November - English Films History

November 7, 1980, American actor Terence Stephen “Steve” McQueen died

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Birthdays

1903 – (Ira) Dean Jagger (Academy Award-winning actor: Twelve O’clock High [1949]; Elmer Gantry, Bad Day at Black Rock, White Christmas, King Creole, The Robe, Vanishing Point, Mr. Novak; died Feb 5,1991)

1938 – Barry Newman (actor: Petrocelli, Nightingales, The Edge of Night, Vanishing Point)

1957 – Christopher Knight (actor: The Brady Bunch, Another World, A Very Brady Christmas, Good Girls Don’t, The Brady Bunch Movie)

1964 – Dana Plato (actress: Diff’rent Strokes, Return to Boggy Creek, Beyond the Bermuda Triangle; died May 8, 1999)

1972 – Jason London (actor: The Man in the Moon, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, Mixed Signals, Broken Vessels, Alien Cargo; twin brother of Jeremy London)

1972 – Jeremy London (actor: I’ll Fly Away, Party of Five, White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild, Breaking Free, The Babysitter, The Red Lion, Bad to the Bone; twin brother of Jason London)

6 November - English Films History

November 6, 1882, American silent film actor, director, screenwriter and producer of more than 100 films and pioneering studio mogul, Thomas Harper Ince was born. He was known as the “Father of the Western”,

Birthdays
1896 – Jim Jordan (James Edward Jordan) (actor: radio's Fibber McGee and Molly; died Apr 1, 1988)

1931 – Mike Nichols (Michael Igor Peschkowsky) (Academy Award-winning director: The Graduate [1967]; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Silkwood, Postcards from the Edge, The Day of the Dolphin; comedian: [w/Elaine May])

1946 – Sally Field (Sally Mahoney) (Academy Award-winning actress: Norma Rae [1979], Places in the Heart [1984]; Gidget series, Steel Magnolias, Mrs. Doubtfire, Smokey and the Bandit series, Hooper, Forrest Gump, Absence of Malice; The Flying Nun, Gidget, The Girl with Something Extra, Alias Smith and Jones)

1949 – Nigel Havers (actor: Lie Down with Lions, The Burning Season, Farewell to the King, The Little Princess, Empire of the Sun, A Passage to India, Chariots of Fire, Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?)

1957 – Lori Singer (actress: Fame, Born Beautiful, Footloose, Summer Heat, Equinox, Short Cuts, Sunset Grill, VR.5; musician: cellist: Bach Cello Suite #4: Sarabande)

1958 – Trace Beaulieu (actor, puppeteer: Mystery Science Theater 3000)

1960 – Lance Kerwin (actor: James at 15, The Family Holvak, The Loneliest Runner, The Mysterious Stranger, Salem's Lot, The Snow Queen)

1966 – Peter DeLuise (actor: seaQuest DSV, 21 Jump Street, Children of the Night, Rescue Me, The Midnight Hour)

1970 – Ethan Hawke (actor: Search and Destroy, Reality Bites, Alive, Waterland, A Midnight Clear, White Fang, Dead Poets Society, Dad, Explorers)

1972 – Thandie Newton (actress: Mission: Impossible II, Flirting, Interview with the Vampire)

1972 – Rebecca Romijn-Stamos (actress: Just Shoot Me, Dirty Work, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me)

1974 – Zoe McLellan (actress: Sliders, Silk Stalkings, Diagnosis Murder, Star Trek: Voyager, The Invisible Man, Dungeons & Dragons)

1978 – Nicole Dubuc (actress: Our House, Major Dad)

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4 November - English Films History

1879: 4th November: Will Rogers is born

1913 – Gig Young (Byron Elsworth Barr) (Academy Award-winning actor: They Shoot Horses Don’t They? [1969]; Teacher’s Pet, Young at Heart, Desperate Hours, The Rogues; died Oct 19, 1978)

1917 – Virginia (Margaret Cynthia) Field (actress: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Dance, Girl, Dance, Waterloo Bridge; died Jan 2, 1992)

1918 – Art (William Matthew) Carney (Academy Award-winning actor: Harry and Tonto [1974]; Last Action Hero, Izzy and Moe, House Calls, Roadie, Take this Job and Shove It, Terrible Joe Moran; died Nov 9, 2003)

1918 – Cameron Mitchell (Mitzell) (actor: Trapped Alive, Hollywood Cop, Swift Justice, Blood and Black Lace, How to Marry a Millionaire, Desiree, The Tall Men, Carousel, Homecoming, The High Chaparral, Swiss Family Robinson; died July 6, 1994)

1919 – Martin (Henry) Balsam (Academy Award-winning actor: A Thousand Clowns [1965]; All the President’s Men, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Carpetbaggers, Death Wish 3, Delta Force, The Goodbye People, Harlow, Little Big Man, Marjorie Morningstar, Murder on the Orient Express, Psycho, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Twelve Angry Men, All in the Family; died Feb 13, 1996)

1930 – Kate Reid (actress: Death of a Salesman, The Andromeda Strain, Atlantic City, Death Ship, Gavilan, Dallas; died Mar 27, 1993)

1950 – Markie Post (actress: Night Court, Hearts Afire, Fall Guy, The Gangster Chronicles)

1961 – Ralph Macchio (actor: Eight is Enough, Karate Kid series, Distant Thunder, My Cousin Vinny)

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14 November - English Films History

Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality on November 14, 1903

Birthdays
1900 – Aaron Copland (Academy Award-winning composer: film score: The Heiress [1948]; Of Mice and Men, Our Town, Lincoln Portrait, Fanfare for the Common Man; ballet score: Billy the Kid; Pulitzer Prize- winner: Appalachian Spring [1945]; died Dec 2, 1990)

1904 – Dick (Richard E.) Powell (actor: Too Busy to Work, Footlight Parade, Gold Diggers of 1933, Gold Diggers of 1935, Gold Diggers of 1937, Hollywood Hotel, Murder, My Sweet, Cry Danger, Four Star Playhouse, Susan Slept Here; TV Host: The Best in Mystery, Zane Grey Theater, The Dick Powell Show (1961) TV; died Jan 2, 1963)

1910 – Rosemary DeCamp (actress: Rhapsody in Blue, On Moonlight Bay, The Bob Cummings Show, That Girl, The Life of Riley; died Feb 20, 2001)

1921 – Brian Keith (Robert Keith Richey, Jr.) (actor: Family Affair, Hardcastle & McCormick, Heartland, The Westerner, Crusader, Centennial, The Brian Keith Show, Walter and Emily, Nevada Smith, The Loneliest Runner, The Parent Trap, The Young Philadelphians, Young Guns; died June 24, 1997)

1924 – Phyllis Avery (actress: The George Gobel Show, Mr. Novak)

1927 – McLean Stevenson (actor: M*A*S*H, The McLean Stevenson Show, Hello Larry, The Tim Conway Comedy Hour, The Doris Day Show, Condo; died Feb 15, 1996)

1935 – Don Stewart (actor: Guiding Light, The Doomsday Flight; died Jan 9, 2006)

1948 – Robert Ginty (actor: The Paper Chase, Hawaiian Heat, Falcon Crest, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Lady Dragon, Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, Madhouse, Programmed to Kill, Exterminator series, Coming Home; died Sep 21, 2009)

1962 – Laura San Giacomo (actress: Just Shoot Me, The Right to Remain Silent, Stephen King’s The Stand, Under Suspicion, Vital Signs, Pretty Woman, sex, lies and videotape, Miles from Home)

1964 – Patrick Warburton (actor: Seinfeld, Dave’s World, NewsRadio, Scream 3, The Emperor’s New Groove, Men in Black 2)

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30 November - English Films History

Birthdays

Ben Stiller - 1965

Birthdays
1918 – Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (actor: The F.B.I., 77 Sunset Strip, Hot Shots!, The Gathering: Part 2, Terror Out of the Sky, Airport ’75, The Legend of Prince Valiant, Hotel; voice of Alfred in Batman-the Animated Series)

1920 – Virginia Mayo (Virginia Clara Jones) (actress: Midnight Witness, Captain Horatio Hornblower, The Silver Chalice, The West Point Story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Best Years of Our Lives; died Jan 17, 2005)

1947 – David Mamet (director: Oleanna, Homicide, House of Games, Things Change; playwright: Hoffa, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Untouchables, The Verdict, The Postman Always Rings Twice)

1951 – June Chadwick (actress: Forbidden World, The Last Horror Film, This is Spinal Tap, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Going to Extremes, Star Trek: Away Team)

1952 – Mandy Patinkin (Tony Award-winning actor: Evita [1980]; True Colors, The Doctor, Dick Tracy, Alien Nation, The Princess Bride, Sunday in the Park with George, Yentl, French Postcards, Chicago Hope)

1955 – Kevin Conroy (actor: Chain of Desire, The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton, Tour of Duty, Rachel Gunn, R.N., Ohara, )

1965 – Ben Stiller (actor: The Ben Stiller Show, Reality Bites, Flirting with Disaster, The Cable Guy, There’s Something About Mary, Meet the Parents, Zoolander)

13 November - English Films History

Birthdays

Whoopi Goldberg - 1955

Birthdays

1913 – Alexander Scourby (actor: The Big Heat, Affair in Trinidad; died Feb 22, 1985)

1916 – Jack Elam (actor: Support Your Local Sheriff, High Noon, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Cannonball Run series, Pocketful of Miracles, Rawhide, Temple Houston, The Texas Wheelers, The Dakotas; died Oct 20, 2003)

1922 – Madeleine Sherwood (actress: The Flying Nun, Hurry Sundown, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Broken Vows, Sweet Bird of Youth)

1922 – Oskar Werner (actor: Ship of Fools, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Voyage of the Damned, Fahrenheit 451; died Oct 23, 1984)

1923 – Linda Christian (actress: The Devil’s Hand, Athena; died Jul 22, 2011)

1934 – Garry Marshall (producer: The Odd Couple, Mork & Mindy, Happy Days; director: Pretty Woman, Beaches; comedy writer: Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lucy Show; actor: A League of Their Own, Lost in America; brother of actress Penny Marshall)

1938 – Jean Seberg (actress: Paint Your Wagon, The Mouse That Roared, Airport, Joan of Arc, Bonjour Tristesse; died Aug 30, 1979)

1941 – Dack (Norman) Rambo (actor: Dallas, All My Children, The Guns of Will Sonnett, Sword of Justice, The New Loretta Young Show; died Mar 21, 1994)

1948 – Sheila Frazier (actress: The Hitter, Three the Hard Way, I'm Gonna Git You Sucker, Super Fly, Firehouse, The Lazarus Syndrome)

1953 – Tracy Scoggins (actress: Lois and Clark – The New Adventures of Superman, Hawaiian Heat, Dynasty, The Colbys, Alien Intruder, Dead On, The Gumshoe Kid)

1954 – Chris Noth (actor: Law & Order, Burnzy’s Last Call, Jakarta, Baby Boom, Sex and the City)

1955 – Whoopi Goldberg (Caryn Johnson) (Academy Award-winning actress: Ghost [1990]; The Color Purple, Sister Act series, Made in America, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Comic Relief, The Whoopi Goldberg Show, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Bagdad Cafe, Whoopi; )

1959 – Caroline Goodall (actress: Schindler’s List, Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story, Hook, Cliffhanger, The Princess Diaries)

19 November - English Films History

Birthdays

Meg Ryan - 1961
Jodie Foster - 1962

27 November - English Films History

Birthdays

Bruce Lee - 1940

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Sharlto Copley

William Fichtner

Brooke Langton

Allison Pill

Kirk Avecedo

22 November - English Films History

Birthdays

Scarlett Johansson - 1984

Birthdays

1921 – Rodney Dangerfield (Jacob Cohen) (“I Don’t Get No Respect”: comedian, actor: Caddyshack, Easy Money, Back to School, Natural Born Killers, Ladybugs, The Dean Martin Show; died Oct 5, 2004)

1923 – Arthur Hiller (director: The Americanization of Emily, Author! Author!, Love Story, Man of La Mancha, Plaza Suite, Silver Streak, Taking Care of Business)

1924 – Geraldine Page (Academy Award-winning actress: The Trip to Bountiful [1985]; The Day of the Locust, Harry’s War, Pete ‘n’ Tillie, Summer and Smoke, Sweet Bird of Youth, Toys in the Attic; Emmy Award-winner: A Christmas Memory, ABC Stage 67 [1966-1967], The Thanksgiving Visitor [1968-1969]; died June 13, 1987)

1932 – Robert Vaughn (Emmy Award-winning actor: Washington: Behind Closed Doors [1977-78]; The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Magnificent Seven, The Big One, The Towering Inferno, The Bridge at Remagen, Delta Force, Superman 3, The Young Philadelphians)

1935 – Michael Callan (Calinieff) (actor: Because They're Young, Cat Ballou, Gidget Goes Hawaiian, Love American Style, Occasional Wife)

1939 – Allen Garfield (Goorwitz) (actor: Diabolique, Night Visitor, Beverly Hills Cop 2, Dick Tracy, The Cotton Club, Mother, Jugs and Speed, The Conversation, The Candidate, The Owl and the Pussycat, Greetings, Bananas)

1940 – Terry Gilliam (actor: Monty Python series, And Now for Something Completely Different, Life of Brian; director: Brazil, The Fisher King, Monty Python and the Holy Grail)

1941 – Tom Conti (actor: American Dreamer, The Norman Conquests series, The Quick and the Dead, Saving Grace, Masterpiece Theater, Shirley Valentine, The Wright Verdicts)

1958 – Jamie Lee Curtis (actress: A Fish Called Wanda, Forever Young, Halloween ’78, Halloween 2: The The Nightmare Isn’t Over!, Trading Places, True Lies, My Girl, Mother’s Boys, Love Letters, Anything But Love, Dominick & Eugene, Operation Petticoat; daughter of actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh)

1961 – Mariel Hemingway (actress: Delirious, Falling from Grace, Lipstick, Personal Best, The Suicide Club, Superman 4: The Quest for Peace, Manhattan, Civil Wars, Star 80)

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12 November - English Films History

Birthdays

Grace Kelly 1929
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Anne Hathaway 1982

Birthdays

1903 – Jack Oakie (Lewis Delaney Offield) (actor: Lover Come Back, The Rat Race, Song of the Islands, Tin Pan Alley, The Texas Rangers; died Jan 23, 1978)

1920 – Sunset Carson (Winifred Maurice Harrison) (actor: Stage Door Canteen, Rio Grande Raiders, Alias Billy the Kid; died May 1, 1990)

1920 – Richard Quine (actor: Babes on Broadway, For Me and My Gal, director: The World of Suzy Wong, Bell Book and Candle, How to Murder Your Wife, Sex and the Single Girl; died Jun 10, 1989)

1922 – Kim Hunter (Janet Cole) (Academy Award-winning actress: A Streetcar Named Desire [1951]; Requiem for a Heavyweight, Planet of the Apes series, The Edge of Night, Backstairs at the White House; died Sep 11, 2002)

1929 – Grace Kelly (Princess Grace of Monaco) (Academy Award-winning actress: The Country Girl [1954]; To Catch a Thief, High Society, High Noon, Rear Window, Dial “M” for Murder; singer: True Love [w/Bing Crosby]; died Sep 14, 1982)

1931 – Bob Crewe (producer: The Four Seasons, Mitch Ryder, The Bob Crewe Generation: Music to Watch Girls By)

1934 – Ann Flood (actress: The Edge of Night)

1943 – Wallace Shawn (actor: House Arrest, Clueless, The Magic Bubble, Radio Days, The Princess Bride, Micki & Maude, The Hotel New Hampshire, A Little Sex, My Dinner with Andre, Simon, All That Jazz)

http://jaxonfilmfest.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/on-this-day-in-movie-history-november-12-1929-grace-kelly-born/

11 November - English Films History

Birthdays

Demi Moore - 1962
Leonardo Dicaprio - 1974

Birthdays

1899 – Pat (William Joseph Patrick) O’Brien (actor: Knute Rockne, All American, Ragtime, Fighting Father Dunne, Some like It Hot, Harrigan and Son; died Oct 15, 1983)

1909 – Robert Ryan (actor: Bad Day at Black Rock, Battle of the Bulge, The Dirty Dozen, Flying Leathernecks, The Longest Day, On Dangerous Ground; died July 11, 1973)

1911 – Patric (Reginald Lawrence) Knowles (actor: Chisum, The Devil’s Brigade, Auntie Mame, Three Came Home, Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman, The Wolfman, How Green was My Valley, The Adventures of Robin Hood [1938], The Charge of the Light Brigade; died Dec 23, 1995)

1918 – Stubby Kaye (actor: Cat Ballou, Guys and Dolls, Li’l Abner, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, My Sister Eileen, Love & Marriage; TV panelist: Pantomime Quiz; died Dec 14, 1997)

1935 – Bibi (Birgitta) Andersson (actress: Duel at Diablo, Story of a Woman, The Concorde: Airport ’79)

1962 – Demi Moore (Demetria Guynes) (actress: Indecent Proposal, Ghost, The Seventh Sign, A Few Good Men, Color of Night, St. Elmo’s Fire, Choices, General Hospital, Striptease, G.I. Jane)

1964 – Calista Flockhart (actress: Ally McBeal, The Guiding Light, Pictures of Baby Jane Doe, Telling Lies in America)

1964 – Philip McKeon (actor: Alice, Red Surf, Return to Horror High)

1974 – Leonardo (Wilhelm) DiCaprio (actor: Titanic, Parenthood, Growing Pains, Critters 3, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, The Man in the Iron Mask, The Aviator)

http://jaxonfilmfest.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/on-this-day-in-movie-history-november-11-1925-jonathan-harshman-winters-iii-born/

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Tom Cruise - Biography and Interviews - Videos

Tom Cruise, was born on July 3, 1962 in Syracuse, New York, Cruise's mother was an amateur actress and schoolteacher.

He moved to New York for acting career and , struggled through audition after audition before landing an appearance in 1981's Endless Love, starring Brooke Shields. Around this same time, he also got a small role in the military school drama Taps (1981), co-starring Sean Penn.

His performance in Taps caught the attention of a number of critics and filmmakers. In 1983, Cruise appeared in The Outsiders , directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starred alongside Emilio Estevez, Matt Dillon, and Rob Lowe. The film allowed Cruise to work with an acclaimed director in a high-profile project.

His next film, Risky Business (1983), grossed $65 million. It also made Cruise a highly recognizable actor.

In 1986 Cruise's A-list status was confirmed with the release of Top Gun, which co-starred Kelly McGillis, Anthony Edwards, and Meg Ryan. The became the highest grossing film of 1986.

Misson Impossible is a successful series for Tom Cruise. Mission: Impossible 3 (2006), scored well with audiences. Cruise returned to ths most popular franchise in 2011 with Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol. The film eventually earned more than $200 million.

Shooting a scene of the film Knight and Day
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1981 Endless Love Billy
1981 Taps Cadet Captain David Shawn
1983 The Outsiders Steve Randle
1983 Losin' It Woody
1983 All the Right Moves Stefen "Stef" Djordjevic
1983 Risky Business Joel Goodson
1985 Legend Jack O' The Green
1986 Top Gun Lt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell
1986 The Color of Money Vincent Lauria
1988 Cocktail Brian Flanagan
1988 Rain Man Charlie Babbitt
1989 Born on the Fourth of July Ron Kovic
1990 Days of Thunder Cole Trickle
1992 Far and Away Joseph Donnelly
1992 A Few Good Men Lt. Daniel Kaffee
1993 The Firm Mitch McDeere
1994 Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles Lestat de Lioncourt
1996 Mission: Impossible Ethan Hunt
1996 Jerry Maguire Jerry Maguire
1999 Eyes Wide Shut Bill Harford
1999 Magnolia Frank T.J. Mackey
2000 Mission: Impossible II Ethan Hunt
2001 Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures Narrator
2001 Vanilla Sky David Aames
2002 Space Station 3D Narrator
2002 Minority Report John Anderton
2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember Himself
2003 The Last Samurai Nathan Algren
2004 Collateral Vincent
2005 War of the Worlds Ray Ferrier
2006 Mission: Impossible III Ethan Hunt
2007 Lions for Lambs Senator Jasper Irving
2008 Valkyrie Claus von Stauffenberg
2008 Tropic Thunder Les Grossman
2010 Knight and Day - Roy Miller
2011 Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Ethan Hunt
2012 Rock of Ages Stacee Jaxx
2012 Jack Reacher Jack Reacher
2013 Oblivion Jack Harper
2014 Edge of Tomorrow Lt. Col. Bill Cage