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James Grover Franciscus graduated magna cum laude from Yale University in 1957 with a B.A. in English and theater. His father, John Allen Franciscus, was a pilot killed in action during WWII. His mother was named Loraine (nee Grover) and he had one sibling, a brother named John. Mr. Franciscus is best known for his work in television, including Naked City (1958), The Investigators (1961), Mr. Novak (1963) and Longstreet (1971). He also made numerous guest appearances in other popular television programs, starred in numerous television movies, and appeared in numerous feature films. In the mid 1980s, he became dissatisfied with the roles offered to him and turned his attention to screen writing. As co-founder of Omnibus Productions, he produced many classic films, such as Heidi (1968), Jane Eyre (1970), David Copperfield (1970), Kidnapped (1971), and The Red Pony (1973). An avid tennis player, he founded the James Franciscus Celebrity Tennis Tournament in the mid 1970s to raise money for multiple sclerosis research and victims (his mother suffered from this disease). He also enjoyed sky diving and scuba diving. He married Kathleen 'Kitty' Wellman, daughter of director William A. Wellman, on March 28, 1960, and fathered four daughters (Jamie, Kellie, Corie and Jolie). A devoted family man, his contracts often stipulated that he not be required to work past 6:00 pm. After his divorce from Wellman, he married second wife Carla in 1980 and continued to live on his two acre North Hollywood estate until his death.- Actor
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A tall, sinewy, austere-looking character actor with silver hair, rugged features and a distinctive voice, John Robert Anderson appeared in hundreds of films and television episodes. Immensely versatile, he was at his best submerging himself in the role of historical figures (he impersonated Abraham Lincoln three times and twice baseball commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, men whom he strongly resembled). He was a familiar presence in westerns and science-fiction serials, usually as upstanding, dignified and generally benign citizens (a rare exception was his Ebonite interrogator in The Outer Limits (1963) episode "Nightmare"). He had a high opinion of Rod Serling and was proud to be featured in four episodes of The Twilight Zone (1959), most memorably as the tuxedo-clad angel Gabriel in "A Passage for Trumpet" (doing for Jack Klugman what Henry Travers did for James Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)).
Known to other youths as 'J.R.', Anderson had a happy childhood, growing up first on a small farm near Clayton, Illinois, and then in the mid-sized town of Quincy where his mother operated a cigar stand. A rangy, outdoorsy type, he excelled at various sports, was a drum major, a member of the track team and the Boy Scouts. During World War II, he served in the Coast Guard, mainly involved in helping protect convoys from U-boat attacks. In 1946, he commenced studies at the University of Iowa, eventually graduating with a Master's degree in Drama. His acting career began on the riverboat 'Goldenrod' (now the oldest surviving Mississippi River Basin showboat in America) and proceeded from there to the Cleveland Playhouse for a year, then the New York stage and summer stock with parts in prestigious plays like "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Home of the Brave". He also occasionally doubled up as a singer on Broadway ("Paint Your Wagon" (1951), "The Emperor's Clothes" (1953)).
Anderson began as a regular television actor during that medium's formative years. In the course of the next four decades, his appearance barely changing, he was consistently excellent wherever he popped up, be it as western lawmen (including a recurring role as Virgil Earp in The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)), as cops, governors, judges and army officers; hard-nosed oil executive Herbert Styles in Dallas (1978), or as kindly patriarch of the Hazard clan in North & South: Book 1, North & South (1985). Though less traveled on the big screen, Anderson was particularly impressive as the furtive second-hand car dealer, 'California Charlie', in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), the ruthless leader of the renegades, Addis, in Day of the Evil Gun (1968) and, reprising his role as Lincoln, in The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977). One of the best all-rounders in the business, Anderson died of a heart attack at his home in Sherman Oaks in August 1992, aged 69.- British character actress, on stage from 1894. Her many notable theatrical appearances include "Little Lord Fauntleroy" at the Prince's Theatre in Bristol, and, as Lady McClean, in "Escape Me Never" at the Apollo in London (1933) - a part she subsequently took to Broadway two years later. Until well into her seventies, Katie's screen career consisted almost exclusively of smallish parts, until she was cast as sweet, frail Mrs. Wilberforce in the classic Ealing comedy The Ladykillers (1955). A most quintessentially British role, it finds her in a crumbling boarding house with dodgy plumbing, surrounded by Victorian memorabilia, a parrot named General Gordon, and an assortment of genteel, but pixillated, old friends. Her innocence and moral fortitude ultimately precipitate the downfall of a gang of bank robbers, posing as a string quartet.
This was the defining role of Katie's career and it won her the 1955 BAFTA Award as Best Actress. She had another juicy role, as eavesdropping would-be sleuth Aunt Alice, in How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957). Sadly, there was to be no more from this delightful scene stealer, as she passed away shortly after, at the age of 78. - Actor
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Cameron Gellman was born on 10 October 1998 in Clayton, Missouri, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Stargirl (2020), Heathers (2018) and 20th Century Women (2016).- Actress
- Additional Crew
Katherine Jackson was born on 4 May 1930 in Clayton, Alabama, USA. She is an actress, known for All 4da Green (2022), Tito Jackson: Love One Another (2021) and Janet Jackson. (2022). She was previously married to Joe Jackson.- Cassandra Creech, the Emmy- nominated actress was raised in Clayton, North Carolina. Daughter of Carolyn and Herbert Creech, a shipping manager for Zenith. Cassandra had a twin sister named Calandra who succumbed to Neuroblastoma, when they were 6 years old. Cassandra first came into the spotlight at the age of 7 as a beauty pageant winner in many local pageants. Cassandra, a trained dancer and singer, is a graduate of The North Carolina School of the Arts and the British Academy of Dramatic Arts, Mid- Summer at Oxford Program, Oxford University Oxford, England, UK
Her breakout lead role was, "Denise Maynard Dixon" on the CBS daytime drama, As the World Turns. Audiences in the US and around the world also know her as "Dr. Grace Buckingham" on CBS's top daytime drama, The Bold and the Beautiful. She has numerous prime time appearances.(NCIS, CSI Miami, Crossing Jordan, Dirt...) Her first film role was "Teri", opposite Wesley Snipes in Disappearing Acts. - Actress
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Susan Batten was born on 21 September 1961 in Clayton, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Showing Roots (2016), One Life to Live (1968) and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993). She has been married to Truitt Bell since May 1998.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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- Actor
Richard E. White was born on 25 November 1977 in Clayton, North Carolina, USA. He is an assistant director and actor, known for Terminator Genisys (2015), The Equalizer (2014) and Robin Hood (2018).- Additional Crew
Albert Pierrepoint was often called the official Chief Executioner of the United Kingdom. The Home Office called him the most efficient executioner. Despite the US release title of the 2005 movie about him he was not the last hangman, executions continued for over eight years after his resignation.
Between 1932 and 1955 he conducted or assisted at about 450 hangings, following in the footsteps of his father Henry and uncle Thomas who were also executioners. Albert gained a reputation as a swift and efficient executioner, and he aimed to minimise the length of time the condemned person had to suffer fear - his record for removing the condemned prisoner from his cell until "the drop" was seven and a half seconds.
He resigned in January 1956 over a row about his fees (he was paid a fixed rate per hanging, rather than a salary), and his reputation was such that the government wrote to him to beg him to reconsider his resignation.
Pierrepoint appeared as himself in the 1961 BBC documentary, "The Death Penalty" (ironically, he had come to believe that the death penalty was not a deterrent to crime, as most murders were committed in the heat of the moment rather than premeditated; however, he kept his opinion to himself until the 1974 publication of his autobiography, "Executioner: Pierrepoint"). Pierrepoint was first portrayed by Clive Revill in "Let Him Have It" (1991), and later by Timothy Spall in the 2005 TV biopic, "The Last Hangman".- Actor
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Jeremy Angel was born on 12 October 1989 in Clayton, New Mexico, USA. Jeremy is an actor and director, known for Golden Ticket (2020), The man with the beard (2020) and La Llorona (2018).- Actress
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Leonora Carrington was born on 6 April 1917 in Clayton Green, Lancashire, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for En este pueblo no hay ladrones (1965), Un alma pura (1965) and Dr. Tarr's Torture Dungeon (1973). She was married to Emerico Weisz and Renato Leduc. She died on 25 May 2011 in Mexico City, Mexico.- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
- Producer
Leslie Duxbury was born on 13 June 1926 in Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire, England, UK. Leslie was a writer and producer, known for Coronation Street (1960), Strangers (1978) and Angels (1975). Leslie was married to Ruth Whittaker. Leslie died on 17 October 2005 in Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire, England, UK.- George J.W. Goodman was born on 10 August 1930 in Clayton, Missouri, USA. He was a writer, known for The Wheeler Dealers (1963), Wall Street: Where the Money Is (1966) and Adam Smith's Money World (1984). He was married to Sallie Brophy. He died on 3 January 2014 in Miami, Florida, USA.
- Jamison Peil was born on 4 May 1990 in Clayton, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Grimm (2011), A Dog Day Night (2015) and Bardo, the Message (2014). He died on 17 December 2019 in Ashland, Oregon, USA.
- William E. Dodd was born on 21 October 1869 in Clayton, North Carolina, USA. He was married to Martha Dodd. He died on 9 February 1940 in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA.
- Kurt Coleman was born on 1 July 1988 in Clayton, Ohio, USA.
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Michael Kubovcik was born on 2 November 1981 in Clayton, Delaware, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Glenville 3 (2001), Glenville (1999) and Glenville 2 (2000).- Actor
- Stunts
Robert Johnson was born on 23 March 1975 in Clayton, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Zero Hour (1998) and The Enemy Next Door (1994).- Allan Bracewell was born on 14 October 1909 in Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Caxton's Tales (1957). He died in 1970 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.
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Damian Wayling was born on 4 January 1961 in Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire, England, UK. He is a writer, known for The Bill (1984), Death in Paradise (2011) and Network 7 (1987).- Mary E. Fowkes M.D., Ph.D. was Director of Neuropathology and Autopsy Service at Icahn school of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital. She was born in Clayton, New York and raised in Syracuse, New York where she resided for many years, earning her BS degree at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) in 1977 and her MD and PhD degrees at S.U.N.Y. Upstate Medical University in 1999. She trained in Boston at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center of Harvard University and continued her career in New York City where she was board certified in Neuropathology and Forensic Pathology. She then went on to become Professor of Pathology and Director of Neuropathology and Autopsy Services at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Fowkes was also a Governor of the College of American Pathologists, former President of the New York State Society of Pathologists, and a distinguished graduate and adjunct professor in Environmental and Forest Biology at S.U.N.Y. E.S.F.. Dr. Fowkes had a passion for medicine, passed on by her grandfather and great grandfather, and was in her element leading new research on COVID-19 and advocating for scientific discovery through autopsies. When not at the microscope, she baked, sharing pies and fresh bread with her family and colleagues. She was also devoted to animal welfare and had an undying love of the outdoors. She thoroughly enjoyed spending time with family and friends at the "cottage" overlooking Sharbot Lake in Ontario, Canada.
- Charles Bohlen was born on 30 August 1904 in Clayton, New York, USA. He was married to Avis Howard Thayer. He died on 1 January 1974 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- Edward Patrick was born on 23 April 1879 in Clayton, Alabama, USA. He was an actor, known for Reform School (1939), The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1922) and Mr. Billings Spends His Dime (1923). He died on 26 June 1949 in Newark, New Jersey, USA.
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Mike Pelino was born on 9 January 1978 in Clayton, California, USA. He is a producer and production manager, known for Bad Santa (2003), Inseparable (2011) and My Cupid (2007).- Director
- Cinematographer
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Charles M. Clemmons was born in Clayton, North Carolina, USA. Charles M. is a director and cinematographer, known for Mystic Voices: The Story of the Pequot War (2004) and River Lab: Environmental Awareness for All Seasons (1996).