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Ernest Borgnine |
Lee Majors |
Luke Perry |
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Ernest
Borgnine was born on January 24, 1917, in Hamden, Connecticut.
At 18, undecided about his future career, he joined the Navy,
where he stayed for ten years until leaving in 1945. His career
took off in 1953 when he was cast in the role of Sgt. "Fatso"
Judson in From Here to Eternity (1953). He played against type
in 1955 by securing the lead role of Marty Piletti, a shy and
sensitive butcher, in Marty (1955). He won an Academy Award for
Best Actor for his performance, despite strong competition from
Spencer Tracy, Frank Sinatra, James Dean and James Cagney.
Between 1962 and 1966 he played LCDR Quinton McHale in the
popular TV series "McHale's Navy" (1962). In early 1984 he
returned to television as Dominic Santini in the action series "Airwolf"
(1984), and in 1995 he was cast in the comedy "The Single Guy"
(1995) as doorman Manny Cordoba. His amazing 51-year career
includes appearances in over 100 feature films and three
television series, as well as voiceovers in animated films such
as All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996) and Small Soldiers (1998).
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Lee Majors grew up
in Middlesboro, Kentucky and played on the varsity football
team. After graduation he attended Indiana University and
Eastern Kentucky University. It was while in college that Lee
discovered a love for acting and decided to make a career of it.
Lee’s first role as Heath Barkley, was a 1960’s western series
The Big Valley lasting four years.
Lee’s next role would be the defining character creation of his
career and the role he is most remembered, Steve Austin of The
Six Million Dollar Man.
Next came along his long-running series The Fall Guy. In this
role Lee played a movie stunt man and bounty hunter. |

Luke started his acting career on
the daytime soap opera Loving. He was out of work after
Loving and worked selling shoes or chauffeuring people
around. Luke is best known for his role as the brooding bad boy
"Dylan McKay" in Beverly Hills 90210. Luke originally auditioned
for the role of Steve Sanders but didn't land the part. Instead
the director wrote in a new role that he thought Luke would be
perfect for; so "Dylan" was born. He appeared in the movie Buffy
the Vampire Slayer. In early 2004, Luke made his West End debut
starring in a stage adaptation of When Harry Met Sally opposite
former star Alyson Hannigan.
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Rance Howard |
George Lindsey |
Martin Kove |
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Encouraged by better-than average
success as a stage performer in such plays as Mister Roberts and
The Seven Year Itch, American actor Rance Howard decided to try
his luck in Hollywood. Talent however, meant less star appeal in
Tinseltown, thus Howard was confined to small roles which took
only minimal advantage of his abilities.
Rance Howard's face may not be as easily recognizable as the
faces of his son’s director-actor Ron Howard and actor Clint
Howard. Rance has been seen by TV and movie audiences dozens of
times, usually in guest star appearances (often westerns) and
more recently in virtually every film directed by son Ron. |
George graduated
from the University of North Alabama in Florence, Alabama. He
has been promoting the George Lindsey Film Festival there since
1998.
Although George has pretty much made a career out of playing
variations of his most famous character “Goober” from The Andy
Griffith Show (1963). A genial, good-hearted but somewhat slow
witted hick-Lindsey has a bachelors degree in Bioscience and was
a Science teacher before becoming an actor. |
New
York born, strong featured, narrow eyed actor who has portrayed
a mixed bag of both good and bad guys! First turned up on screen
in several minor roles, and got himself noticed as the
villainous "Nero The Hero" in the low budget road race Death
Race 2000 (1975), and then as "Clem" the sadistic rigger,
breaking Jan-Michael Vincent's ribs in White Line Fever (1975).
He cropped up in the hit TV series "Cagney & Lacey" (1982) as
honest Police Detective Isbecki, and then got on the wrong side
of rampaging Sylvester Stallone in Rambo: First Blood Part II
(1985). Kove probably scored his greatest visibility to the
public in the hugely successful The Karate Kid (1984) in which
he played "John Kreese", the head instructor of the Cobra Kai
karate school, and he reprised the role in the two sequels, The
Karate Kid, Part II (1986) and The Karate Kid, Part III (1989). |
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Joe Estevez |
Kerry Wallum |
Mel Tillis |
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Joe Estevez has
carved out quite a career in his own right. Starring in well over
150 films, he has a very large following, he is a sought after
voice-over actor, and hosted numerous documentaries. Joe loves
to go back to his roots as a stage actor when time permits. |
A former
rodeo
cowboy, Kerry has done every aspect of the “movie biz”. Now he
is concentrating on producing and acting. He has done over 70
films and he wants to produce “good, uplifting family films”.
Kerry has won 2 Remi Awards for directing and screenplays and
plans of winning many more. |
Country music
legend, Mel Tillis, started performing in the early 50’s with a
group called “The Westerners” while serving as a baker in the
United States Air Force, stationed in Okinawa in 1956.
Mel has appeared in numerous feature films including, Every
Which Way But Loose with Clint Eastwood. W.W. & The Dixie
Dancekings, Cannon Ball Run I and II, Smokey and the Bandit II
with Burt Reynolds. |
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Franseco Quinn |
Michael Spellman |
Connie Nelson |
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Francesco
Quinn was born into Hollywood as the son of the legendary
Anthony Quinn. It has been a blessing and a curse, perhaps, to
have such a famous father, but Francesco Quinn has maintained
his own image on the screen in both television and movies.
Francesco's first appearance on the screen was as Marcus
Vinicius in the dramatic series "Quo Vadis?" (1985) which
starred renowned European actor Klaus Maria Brandauer and
character actor Max von Sydow. This was Francesco's first
appearance on the screen, but the second appearance was easily
his most famous and most recognized. In 1986, a Vietnam war film
called Platoon (1986) directed by Oliver Stone starring Willem
Dafoe, Tom Berenger, and Charlie Sheen, became a smash hit and a
winner of Best Picture at the Oscars. Francesco had a large role
as Rhah, a raspy-voiced figure often in the shadows who takes
heroin from dead Vietnamese and attempts to help the new
recruits in their first big battle. |
Film,
television and stage actor Michael Spellman hails from Detroit,
Michigan. He made his film debut in the award-winning Indie
production "How to Ace an Intervention"
(2005) and in his break-through television role, he played
recurring character, Dr. Jim Babinski in the long-running
series, "ER." His first role in a major motion picture was in
the critically-acclaimed "Charlie Wilson's War" (2007) directed
by Mike Nichols, starring Tom Hanks and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
He can also be seen in "Seven Pounds" (2008) starring Will
Smith.
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A
transplanted Texan-born in Seattle, Connie moved to Texas at age of six
and has been a Texan ever since. Connie was formerly married to
country singer Willie Nelson and has two daughters. She does
charity work for wounded soldiers along with Interfaith Carepartners. Connie also works with the Texas Heritage
Songwriters Association in honoring Texas songwriters. |
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Joe
Ables |
Nancy McKeon |
Luciano Holguin |
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Living in Austin
and working in the entertainment industry for over 25 years,
this talented native Texan has turned serious about his acting
career. With only minor roles thus far, expect bigger and better
things in the very near future for Joe. |
Nancy
McKeon was born in Westbury, New York to Don and Barbara McKeon,
began modeling baby clothes for the Sears catalog at the age of
two and she and her brother did over sixty-five commercials in
seven years. She appeared briefly on the soap operas "The Secret
Storm" (1954), and "Another World" (1964). When her brother,
Philip McKeon won a role on the TV series, "Alice" (1976), the
family moved to Los Angeles.
Her first real acting break came when she did the short-lived TV
series "Stone" (1980) and guested on "Starsky and Hutch" (1975).
The producers of "The Facts of Life" (1979) were so impressed by
Nancy's performance as the street-wise girl in a pilot called
"Dusty", they decided to sign her to play Jo on "The Facts of
Life". Nancy has starred in the television movies High School
U.S.A. (1983) (TV), Poison Ivy, This Child Is Mine (1985) (TV),
and Firefighter (1986) (TV). She provided the voices for
animated shows like ABC Weekend Specials: Puppy's Great
Adventure (1979). |
Luciano
Holguin is best described as a gentle giant. A lifelong friend
of Kerry Wallum, Luciano and Kerry began their "acting" career
in the 7th grade.
A
somewhat character actor, Luciano brings a strong screen
presence to his roles and has appeared in "The Lights"
and
"Conflict of Interest" and is sought out for
his tough guy appearance.
Known for playing the
tough guy, Luciano is also known for his
willingness to help others.
In between roles, Luciano brings his
heart to bearing by working for a medical supply company and
delivers medical equipment to the elderly and medically
handicapped. |
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H. Joaquin
Jackson |
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When
his picture appeared on the cover of Texas Monthly, Joaquin
Jackson became the icon of the modern Texas Rangers. Nick Nolte
modeled his character in the movie 'Extreme Prejudice' on him.
Jackson even had a speaking part of his own in 'The Good Old
Boys' with Tommy Lee Jones. But the role that Jackson has always
played the best is that of the man who wears the silver badge
cut from a Mexican cinco peso coin--a working Texas Ranger. |
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