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A storybook hero, the original screen cowboy, ever forthright and honest, even when (as was often the case) he played a villain, William S. Hart lived for a while in the Dakota Territory, then worked as a postal clerk in New York City. In 1888 he began to study acting. In 1899 he created the role of Messala in "Ben-Hur", and received excellent reviews for his lead part in "The Virginian" (1907). His first film was a two-reeler, His Hour of Manhood (1914). In 1915 he signed a contract with Thomas H. Ince and joined Ince's Triangle Film Company. Two years later he followed Ince to Famous Players-Lasky and received a very lucrative contract from Adolph Zukor. His career began to dwindle in the early 1920s due to the publicity surrounding a paternity suit against him, which was eventually dismissed. He made his last film, Tumbleweeds (1925), for United Artists and retired to a ranch in Newhall, CA. By that time audiences were more interested in the antics of a Tom Mix or Hoot Gibson than the Victorian moralizing of Hart. He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, NY.- John Baer was born on 6 June 1923 in York, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Terry and the Pirates (1952), We're No Angels (1955) and Night of the Blood Beast (1958). He was married to Noureen Cecilia Jauregui. He died on 7 January 2006 in Newhall, Santa Clarita, California, USA.
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- Actor
Jophery C. Brown was born on 22 January 1945 in Grambling, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Jurassic Park (1993), Wanted (2008) and Cyborg (1989). He died on 11 January 2014 in Newhall, California, USA.- Hansford Rowe was born on 12 May 1924 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Dante's Peak (1997), V: The Final Battle (1984) and Three Days of the Condor (1975). He was married to Janice Solomon, Ales Elizabeth Jackson, Zilpha Eloise Swan and Mirasol M Angeles. He died on 5 September 2017 in Newhall, Santa Clarita, California, USA.
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Actor
Dean was an athlete and competitor. He was an All-American swimmer, Olympic competitor and the winner of many Championships as member of multiple National teams in biking, swimming and canoeing. He carried that athleticism into his career path as a coach (Go Water Devils!), rafting guide and eventually a stunt performer in TV and film, working with the likes of Chuck Norris, the Indiana Jones franchise, Spiderman and so many more.
In retirement, he never sat still and was on a mountain bike every chance he got. Known to the riders throughout the southern California mountain biking community as the Mayor of Tapia Canyon, they loved Dean for his passion for the sport and his generous, fun-loving nature. Dean would decorate the trails on holidays and was one of the originators of the annual Tapia Canyon Chili Ride which has been going strong for over a decade.- Animation Department
- Art Department
- Producer
Boyd D. Kirkland was an American animator, writer and director from Salt Lake City, Utah. He directed Batman and Mr. Freeze: SubZero and worked on various DC projects including a family friendly Lobo cartoon which got retooled into an adult oriented web-series. He also developed X-Men: Evolution. He passed away in 2011. He had a wife and 5 children.- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Rock 'n' roll pioneer Gene Vincent was born Eugene Vincent Craddock (Vincent Eugene according to some biographers) on February 11, 1935 in Norfolk, Virginia. He quit school at the age of 17 to join the Navy. His naval career was ended following a motorcycle accident while on shore leave in 1955. Shortly thereafter he heard an up-and-coming singer named Elvis Presley and decided on a singing career of his own. His excellent voice helped to hook him up with Norfolk disk jockey Tex Davis who pushed him through to Capitol Records where he recorded the million selling Be-Bop-A-Lula in 1956. While his first record earned him several movie appearances including The Girl Can't Help It (1956) and Hot Rod Gang (1958) and helped him to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, his success was short lived. His original Blue Caps band broke up fairly quickly and his fame in America dwindled as rebellious rockers of the 1950s were replaced by clean-cut teen idols of the early 1960s. Vincent moved to Britain in 1959, where he was a cult figure, and remained there for a decade. He returned to America in 1969 with a new record deal and enjoyed a brief revival among the hippy teenagers in California, who revered him as a legend. His new found fame was cut short by his death on October 12, 1971 at the age of 36 years following complications of a bleeding ulcer and seizure. He had been married four times and was a reputed hard drinker which most likely caused his death.- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Set Decorator
- Costume Designer
Eugene Joseff was born on 25 September 1904 in Illinois, USA. He was a set decorator and costume designer, known for Gone with the Wind (1939), Camille (1936) and Lillian Russell (1940). He was married to Joan Joseff. He died on 18 September 1948 in Newhall, California, USA.- Actor
- Stunts
Born Sigsbee Maine Geary in Salt Lake City, Utah, on February 15, 1898, ace stuntman Bud Geary began appearing in films in 1920, and it wasn't long before the strapping (6'1"), athletic young man was strutting his stuff with such action players as Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood (1922) (in which Geary played Will Scarlett) and Buck Jones in The Arizona Romeo (1925). The coming of sound put the brakes on Geary's burgeoning acting career and he wound up playing a succession of henchmen, gangsters, cops and other bit parts until he hit his stride in a string of serials at Republic Pictures in 1939, and stayed there until 1946, as both an actor and stuntman. He doubled most of the studio's top western and action stars, in addition to freelancing at other studios. He gained a reputation as one of the industry's most fearless and inventive stunt men.
Bud Geary was killed in an automobile accident outside San Fernando, California, on Feb. 22, 1946, when his car left the road at a high rate of speed and rolled over.- Stunts
- Actor
Michael Adams was born on 22 March 1950 in New Mexico, USA. He was an actor, known for Commando (1985), No Way Out (1987) and In the Line of Fire (1993). He died on 18 April 2010 in Newhall, California, USA.- Norma McCarty was born on 18 December 1920 in Arkansas, USA. She was an actress, known for Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957), Medical Center (1969) and The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood Jr. (1995). She was married to Edward D. Wood Jr.. She died on 27 June 2014 in Newhall, Santa Clarita, California, USA.
- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
At age 6 in 1935, Anita Gordon moved with her family from Texas to Hollywood where she became a successful child star. As a teenager, she achieved singing fame on network radio as a regular on ventriloquist Edgar Bergen's show (allegedly, his famous dummy Charlie McCarthy was smitten with her). She was the voice who said "I don't talk to strangers" on the Buddy Clark hit "Linda" (1946), and she voiced the Singing Harp who helped Mickey Mouse escape from the Beanstalk Giant with "... in his right vest pocket you'll find a key..." for Disney in 1947. In the early days of television, Anita was a regular on the Ken Murray Show, and later a featured singer on the Tennessee Ernie Ford show on ABC. In 1948 she married Dale Sheets, who was later an MCA/Universal executive, and she gave birth to their three daughters. In the 1960s she appeared on various episodic television show, then enjoyed a mini-career as the "ghost singer" for various female film stars in movie musicals, including Jean Seberg in the role of Elizabeth in "Paint Your Wagon" (1969). In the 1980s and 1990s she wrote music and co-produced videos for various international clients including Philippine Airlines and Continental Airlines. Anita and Dale eventually divorced and she later married El Chan; they were married for 41 years. They retired to Newhall, California, where they stayed active and in touch with her three daughters, 9 grandchildren, and 21 great-grandchildren. She was married to him for 41 years. Her health declined rapidly in the year before her death in 2015.- Additional Crew
- Actor
Moe Di Sesso was born on 20 April 1924 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for The Hills Have Eyes (1977), My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988) and Annie (1982). He died on 2 July 2007 in Newhall, California, USA.- Editor
- Director
- Editorial Department
Terry O. Morse was born on 30 January 1906 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Terry O. was an editor and director, known for Fog Island (1945), Godzilla: King of the Monsters! (1956) and Unknown World (1951). Terry O. died on 19 May 1984 in Newhall, California, USA.- Cecile Rogers was born on 1 February 1928 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Athena (1954), 77 Sunset Strip (1958) and Spring Affair (1960). She was married to John Edward Ceurvorst. She died on 13 September 2015 in Newhall, Los Angeles County, California, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Tex Williams, along with Spade Cooley and Bob Wills, was among the most popular bandleaders in the musical genre known as "western swing" in the 1940s and 1950s (although he used the nickname "Tex", he was actually from Illinois). His popularity led to Universal Pictures bringing him to Hollywood to make a series of musical western shorts in the late 1940s, and he and his band shot about a dozen of them before the series ended in 1952.- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Stunts
Corky Randall was born on 27 January 1929 in Gering, Nebraska, USA. He was an actor, known for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), The Mask of Zorro (1998) and Angel Heart (1987). He was married to Joan. He died on 20 April 2009 in Newhall, California, USA.- Actor
- Stunts
Drew Ferrandini was born on 17 August 1983 in Newhall, Los Angeles, California. He was an actor, known for Forest Warrior (1996), Gilmore Girls (2000) and D4G (2001). He died on 12 September 2022 in Newhall, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Steven Wilzbach was born on 20 November 1952 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He was a producer, known for The Iron Giant (1999), Eight Crazy Nights (2002) and Osmosis Jones (2001). He died on 23 June 2022 in Newhall, California, USA.- Producer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Cliffie Stone was born on 1 March 1917 in Stockton, California, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Back to School (1986), Startime (1959) and Melvin and Howard (1980). He was married to Joan Carol and Darling, Dorothy Hamilton. He died on 16 January 1998 in Newhall, California, USA.- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Chuck Velasco was born on 6 June 1950 in Santa Ana, California, USA. He is known for Innerspace (1987), Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and The Golden Child (1986). He was married to Shannon. He died on 14 October 1996 in Newhall, California, USA.- Additional Crew
- Stunts
Glenn H. Randall Sr., trained horses ranging from cavalry mounts to Roy Rogers' palomino, Trigger, and other Western movie horses. Born on Christmas Day, 1908, in Melbeta, Neb., Randall began training horses at age 9 and by his early teens was breaking and training horses and mules for the U.S. Cavalry at Fort Robinson, Neb. In the early 1940s, he moved from Wyoming to Bakersfield, to manage a large horse ranch. He soon met Roy Rogers, who hired him to train Trigger, Randall developed more than 30 hand commands to which the palomino responded, and also trained Roy Rogers Liberty Horses, traveling the world with Rogers for more than 25 years. He also trained horses for other celebrities, including Gene Autry, Tex Ritter and Wayne Newton. Randall trained the 78 horses used in the 1959 Academy Award-winning film "Ben Hur," in addition to horses in the "Black Stallion" (1979), "The Black Stallion Returns" (1983) and many other films and television shows.
In the mid-1960s, Randall set up a stable in Newhall that furnished horses, mules and horse-drawn carriages for the motion-picture industry. Randall, a lifetime member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Assn., and his family performed in rodeos and horse shows throughout the United States for more than 25 years. He was inducted into the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City, and twice won the American Humane Assn.'s Patsy Award.- Animation Department
Otto Feuer was born on 21 December 1907. He is known for Gulliver's Travels (1939), The Adventures of Batman (1968) and Superman: Volcano (1942). He died on 18 December 1998 in Newhall, California, USA.- Sound Department
Evan Adelman was born on 31 August 1957. He is known for Genius: A Night for Ray Charles (2004), Dancing with the Stars (2005) and Grease: You're the One That I Want! (2006). He died on 26 August 2015 in Newhall, Santa Clarita, California, USA.- Animation Department
Sherrie Cuzzort was born on 23 August 1947 in Bay City, Michigan, USA. She is known for Hercules (1997), Aladdin (1992) and Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001). She died on 15 June 2011 in Newhall, California, USA.