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Tony Hale was born on 30 September 1970 in West Point, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Arrested Development (2003), Veep (2012) and Toy Story 4 (2019). He has been married to Martel Thompson Hale since 24 May 2003. They have one child.- Writer
- Actor
Gore Vidal was born Eugene Louis Vidal in 1925 in West Point, New York, to Nina (Gore) and West Point aeronautics instructor and aviation pioneer Eugene Luther Vidal. The Vidals endured a rocky marriage divorcing ten years after Gore's birth. Young Gore spent much of his childhood with his blind grandfather, Senator T.P. Gore of Oklahoma. Vidal would later become the confidant of Jacqueline Kennedy when Jackie's mother married his former stepfather, Hugh D. Auchincloss. After graduating from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1943, Gore joined the US Army Reserves. Some of his Army experiences inspired his first novel, Williwaw, which was published when he was just 19. He dedicated the novel to J.T., a deceased prep-school friend. Subsequent novels would prominently feature gay male characters, and Gore found soon found his books had staying power on bestseller lists. In 1960, he unsuccessfully ran for Congress, backed by celebrity supporters like Paul Newman & Vidal's ex-fiancé Joanne Woodward. Another unsuccessful foray into politics would occur in 1982 when he ran for governor of California. In addition to being an accomplished writer, he is also a novice actor. His biggest roles to date have been in Gattaca (1997), Bob Roberts (1992), and With Honors (1994).- Ryan Cutrona is an American actor. He shares two Screen Actors Guild Awards with the Ensemble of Mad Men for his role as 'Grandpa Gene', Betty Draper's father. He is perhaps best known for playing gruff authority figures and military men in films and on television, in both dramatic and comedic roles.
He collaborated with Joe Frank on his Peabody Award winning National Public Radio series': "Work In Progress", "Somewhere Out There", "In The Dark", and "The Other Side"; produced at legendary KCRW.
He has performed at noted theater festivals, including The Theater Of Nations, and on stages in New York City (New York Theater Workshop, Vineyard Theater) and Los Angeles (Mark Taper Forum, Geffen Playhouse).
His World Premiere performances of texts by Samuel Beckett (La MaMa ETC, Performance Space New York [PS 122]) have been hailed by Mel Gussow in The New York Times as "...a direct emanation of Beckett's vision".
Admitted by Martin Landau and Mark Rydell, he has been a member of the Actors Studio for 30 years. He lives in Los Angeles, where he has enjoyed a long association with, among others, some Padua Playwrights. - Director
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Slapstick comedian known for his charming, white-painted face and clownish smile, mugged his way to being a very highly paid and popular actor. His career was marred by personal problems, and his fortune was lost to high spending. By the time he died, he'd already been hospitalized for a nervous breakdown and was penniless. He was 39 years old.- Actress
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Daughter of a Brigadier General, she was born at West Point Military Academy on Memorial Day. Grew up in Buenos Aires, Stuttgart, Heidelberg, Wurzberg, London, Saudi Arabia, Washington DC, Washington state, Michigan, Texas, South Carolina, New York. Went to 16 schools, graduated from Cranbrook in MI.
Received an MFA from the prestigious American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco where she performed Belle in A Christmas Carol and Elizabeth Vaughn in the West Coast Premiere of Horton Foote's "1918".
Co-wrote the play "Bringin' Home the Girl" with Alicia Sedwick which was produced in NY and LA.
Is a member of The Road Theatre Company in LA where she acts, directs and writes.- Actor
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Retired American professional wrestler of Japanese descent as Ricky Steamboat. He trained under Verne Gagne, and first made his name in the old Mid-Atlantic territory in the Carolinas. He had many legendary matches and feuds with Ric Flair, culminating in their epic "Holy Trilogy" of matches at WCW/NWA Chi-Town Rumble (1989), Clash of the Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun (1989) and WCW/NWA WrestleWar (1989). He had a major feud with Randy Savage over the WWE Intercontinental Title, which Steamboat won at WrestleMania III (1987) in what many consider the greatest WrestleMania match of all time. Over the course of his career, he was a 1x NWA World Heavyweight Champion, a 1x WWE Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion, a multiple-time NWA World Tag Team Champion, an NWA United States Heavyweight Champion, a WCW United States Heavyweight Champion and a WCW Television Champion. At different points in his career, he had "retired" so he could spend time with his family and run his gym. He was forced into retirement due to a back injury suffered in a match with "Stunning" Steve Austin at Clash of the Champions XXVIII (1994). He was one of the few wrestlers to work as a babyface (good guy) for his entire career. He was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 1996, the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2002 (charter class), the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009 and the NWA Hall of Fame in 2012.
Was given the name "Ricky Steamboat" by wrestling promoter Eddie Graham due to his strong resemblance to wrestling legend Sammy Steamboat. Sammy even endorsed the name change and allowed them to bill the "Ricky Steamboat" character as his nephew. Ricky and Sammy remained friends until Sammy's death.
Played an on-air executive role in the early days of NWA TNA.
He was the "Inside Wrestling" Rookie of the Year for 1977.
Received the 1995 PWI Editor's Award.
After he won the Intercontinental Championship, he asked Vince McMahon for some time off to be with his wife who was expecting the birth of their son Richard Blood Jr. This did not sit well with WWF management and shortly after he was forced to drop the belt to the Honkytonk Man (Wayne Farris). Still bitter, the WWE did not push him or give him any meaningful matches upon his return. He left for WCW shortly after.- Cinematographer
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Apart from his obsession with cats, gardening, and aspirations to become a hobbit, Michael Williams is a writer, director, cinematographer, and producer known for "OzLand" (2015), "The Atoning" (2017). Williams began creating short films in 2004 while in high school, and later graduated from The University of Southern Mississippi with a Bachelor of Arts in Film where Williams was awarded the Top Film Student of 2009 Award.
When Williams was offered his first job in the industry in 2007, he was hired as a PA. However, upon arriving to prep, he was informed that he would now be the 1st AC. Over a few days of prep, he learned the definition of an assistant camera and how to pull focus... for a feature... with a lot of handheld. This sparked a 9 year career as a 1st AC that rack focused into a career as a cinematographer starting in 2010. During this time, Williams wrote, directed, and produced over 20 short films of his own while waiting for an idea worthy enough to attempt the terrifying task of making a feature. That film became "OzLand", an award-winning feature that premiered and screened theatrically in Hollywood, CA before gaining distribution throughout the U.S. and U.K.
His second feature film, "The Atoning", was released in September of 2017 via Redbox, Hulu, Best Buy, and all major VOD and Cable on Demand outlets before releasing in various international markets including Brazil, Germany, South East Asia, Mexico, Russia, Vietnam, and South Korea.
Williams' desire to tell unique and meaningful stories visually fuels his career as a visual storyteller. Williams writes, directs, and works as a cinematographer so that he can bring his passion for visual storytelling to every production giving the story a unique voice. Since coming out of the closet in 2016, Michael's voice as a storyteller has evolved, and it continues to develop with each new project. His passion for storytelling has always been present in his scripts and cinematography, however, discovering and living his true self continues to bring authenticity to his own work and how he interprets his work for other collaborators. His latest scripts, "Rosemary" and "Out in the Open", reflect the personal and creative growth Williams has experienced since coming out, and these in-development projects are just the beginning of a new era of cinematic expression for Williams' passion to share stories with the world.- Victor Cutler was born on 28 October 1913 in West Point, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), A Walk in the Sun (1945) and The Kid from Brooklyn (1946). He was married to Anne Faunterloy McGill and Jane Nigh. He died on 7 September 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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David Eisenhower was born on 31 March 1948 in West Point, New York, USA. He is known for Ain't Easy Being Green (2007), The Mike Douglas Show (1961) and Fox Files (1998). He has been married to Julie Nixon since 22 December 1968. They have three children.- Bob Wells was born on 27 September 1933 in West Point, Nebraska. He is an actor, known for The Beatniks (1958), Black Silence (1995) and Sign of Aquarius (1970). He was previously married to Barbara Wells.
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Colette Freedman - An internationally produced playwright with over 25 produced plays, Colette was voted "One of 50 to Watch" by The Dramatist's Guild. Her play Sister Cities was the hit of the Edinburgh Fringe and earned five star reviews: It has been produced around the country and internationally, 31 times including Paris (Une Ville, Une Soeur), Rome (Le Quattro Sorelle) and Australia. She wrote the film which stars Jacki Weaver, Alfred Molina, Jess Weixler, Stana Katic, Michelle Trachtenberg, Amy Smart, Troian Bellisario, Tom Everett Scott and Kathy Baker. It can currently be seen on Lifetime and Netflix. The Sister Cities novel came out December 2016.
Colette has co-written, with International bestselling novelist Jackie Collins, the play Jackie Collins Hollywood Lies, which is gearing up for a National Tour. In collaboration with The New York Times best selling author Michael Scott, she wrote the thriller The Thirteen Hallows (Tor/Macmillan). Her novel The Affair (Kensington) came out in, 2013. The play of the novel earned both critical and commercial success as it toured Italy February in 2013 and Antwerp in 2016. Her sequel novel The Consequences (Kensington) came out in 2014. The audio books came out in 2020.
Her YA novel Anomalies, co-written with Sadie Turner, Anomalies (Select Books) came out 2016. The audio book came out in 2018. Her memoir about Steve Dorff I Wrote That One Too, came out in 2017. The audio book came out in 2019. Her children's book The Reluctant Fairy Godmother, with Kimberly Much, came out in 2019.
Colette also co-wrote the film And Then There Was Eve, with Savannah Bloch, which won The Los Angeles Film Festival in 2017 and is distributed by Breaking Glass Pictures. She also co-produced the film Quality Problems, which won a slew of awards including best film and best ensemble and is distributed by Freestyle. Colette has AP'd several Lifetime films including Deadly Sugar Daddy and Nanny Danger - both out in 2020.
Colette has several scripts in development which she co-wrote with Brooke Purdy, including Miles Underwater (which is in post production) as well as Joint Venture, Scattering Rachel, Decay, Therapy and The Last Bookstore, which won Grand Prize at the CWA awards, We Screenplay's Diverse Voices and Best Science Fiction Feature for Action on Film.- Composer
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Soul music singer and songwriter Barrett Strong was born on February 5, 1941, in Westpoint, Mississippi. He moved to Detroit, Michigan, and was one of the first artists to sign with Berry Gordy's legendary Motown Records label in the early 1960s. In fact, his recording of "Money (That's What I Want)" on the Anna Records label in 1960 was so successful (it peaked at #2 on the R&B radio charts and almost cracked the Top 20 pop charts) that it produced the necessary capital for Gordy to start his Motown label (the song has been covered by such artists as The Beatles, The Searchers, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Guy and The Flying Lizards). Strong wrote, played piano and sang vocals on many early Motown recordings. He frequently collaborated on songs with noted producer and songwriter Norman Whitfield. Among the many classic soul songs Barrett co-wrote for Motown are "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", "War", "Smiling Faces Sometimes", "Cloud Nine", "I Can't Get Next to You", "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)", "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby", "Just My Imagination" and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone." In addition, he co-wrote "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me" for Gladys Knight and The Pips. In 1972 Strong left Motown and signed with Epic Records. After one failed single with Epic, he went on to record two albums for Capitol Records in the mid-'70s. Strong continued to work in the 1980s: he recorded the single "Rock It Easy" on an independent label in 1981 and both wrote and arranged "You Can Depend on Me" for the album "The Second Time" by The Dells in 1988. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004.- Producer
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Born February 8, 1986 in West Point, New York as Amy Elizabeth Ayers, the daughter of Edwin F. Ayers, Jr., a Funeral Director and Marsha D. Ayers, a High School Teacher. She was adopted as an infant and raised as an only child. A mix of the world, Elizabeth is of Mexican, Native American, Scottish, Irish, English, Jewish, Polish, Greek, Spanish and Middle Eastern decent with family living all over the globe.
Elementary School to High School she took theater classes, performed in multiple plays, singing and dancing, however never dreamed of pursuing it as a career. Elizabeth was working as a Funeral Director at her family's business when a friend suggested they take an acting class together. Shortly after her first class she began to act in films traveling from Nashville to New York to Los Angeles until she began to work in production.
Elizabeth is the co-founder of a production company, Jane & June Entertainment based out of Los Angeles, California. She is an American Film Producer, Actor, Screenwriter and Director.- Lewis Puller was a United States Marine Corps officer who saw action in World War II as well as the Korean War. He got his nickname "chesty" because he had a barrel chest which he would stick out when he walked.
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Al Hobbs was born in West Point, New York, USA. He is known for Life of Pi (2012), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) and Mousehunt (1997).- Producer
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Kristin Mente has a 25-year history in film and television that began as an intern wrapping electrical cables, at midnight, in a Texas swamp. Moving to Los Angeles in 2003, she continued a successful film career as a first assistant director, unit production manager and line producer. Kristin led physical production on several independent films over the years, including Rian Johnson's Brick and Ava DuVernay's I Will Follow.
Switching to television production in 2010, Kristin joined NBCUniversal overseeing physical production on all original series, promo, and global projects for NBCU International channels. In 2017, Kristin produced and directed the 13-episode aftershow series, After Dark, a digital companion to Joseph Mallozzi's Dark Matter series on Syfy. Kristin has been executive producer for all E! International live events for the past decade, producing yearly red carpet shows for Golden Globes, Grammys, Oscars, Emmys, and The People's Choice Awards. With the NBCU acquisition of Sky Networks, Kristin served as producer for Sky Cinema's four-hour 92nd Annual Academy Awards show, broadcast live from the roof of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
In 2021, Kristin formed Sassy Bird Media with a focus on developing projects in the sci-fi and comedy genres.- Iliana Tzikas was born on 6 February 1994 in West Point, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for The Certix House (2020), Sick Minded and First Drop.
- Charles Bagby was born on 17 August 1907 in West Point, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950), The George Burns Show (1958) and Shower of Stars (1954). He died on 21 April 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Royal Robbins (February 3, 1935 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia - March 14, 2017 in Modesto, California) was an American rock climber and mountaineer. He was one of the figures of the golden age of the conquest of the Big Walls in Yosemite in the 1960s. Along with Yvon Chouinard, he was one of the promoters of the clean climbing ethic in the early 1960s. 1970.
Royal Robbins first worked in a bank, then set up a business importing and selling mountain equipment and finally devoted himself to climbing. He is also the inventor of a bag hoisting system using pulleys and jumars.
He acquired his technique and his style on the Tahquitz cliff near Los Angeles and quickly imposed his supremacy in Yosemite, where almost all major routes had been climbed by Robbins, including in 1957 the North-West Face of Half Dome in Yosemite, with Mike Sherrick and Jerry Gallwas: first degree VI in the United States. In 1960, he made the second ascent of The Nose at El Capitan in Yosemite. In 1961, the first ascent of Salathé Wall at El Capitan, with Tom Frost and Chuck Pratt. In 1962, he opened the Directe Américaine on the west face of Les Drus in the Mont Blanc massif in France, with Gary Hemming.
In 1971, Robbins made with Don Lauria the second ascent of the Wall of Early Morning Light (also called Dawn Wall), opened the previous year by his rival Warren Harding and Dean Caldwell, and which had sparked controversy because of the 300 peaks at Used expansions. Robbins originally intended to "clear the way" by cutting expansions as you climb. After two lengths, Robbins stopped because, according to Lauria, "the standard of aid climbing was much higher than he would have expected from Harding or Caldwell and, of course, because it was so horribly long cut off all those damn spits"
Royal Robbins died on March 14, 2017 at the age of 82. - Additional Crew
Shirley 'Little Dove' Custalow McGowan was born on 1 March 1943 in West Point, Virginia, USA. Shirley 'Little Dove' Custalow is known for Pocahontas (1995). Shirley 'Little Dove' Custalow was married to Olson B. "Mickey" McGowan. Shirley 'Little Dove' Custalow died on 13 September 2021 in West Point, Viriginia, USA.- Additional Crew
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Charlie Dimino was born on 9 September 1980 in West Point, Mississippi, USA. He is a writer, known for Bad Mofos (2011), Four the Roses (2006) and Spaceboy (2006).- "The Crippler" had quite a career as a wrestler. Tag-team champion, minor wrestling titles, and fruitful career as a headliner. Stevens was best known as a member of Bobby "The Brain" Heenan's "Family" (as they were known in the American Wrestling Association) and as tag-team partner to "Wicked" Nick Bockwinkle. A splendid singles wrestler (and well known 'heel') Stevens could never win a major solo title, but was a long-time tag-team champ with Bockwinkle and Pat Patterson. Stevens wrestled in the WWF in the 1980s before retiring. He died in his hometown of San Francisco, of a heart attack on May 5, 1996.
- Robert D. "Bob" Wells (born September 27, 1933), known as Bob "Hoolihan" Wells, is an American former television and radio personality and actor, who is best known to Cleveland, Ohio television viewers for his appearances on the then-CBS affiliate WJW TV Channel 8 during the 1960s and 1970s as "Hoolihan the Weatherman" and one-half of the Hoolihan and Big Chuck Show movie hosting team. Wells and partner Charles "Big Chuck" Schodowski replaced the former movie host, Ernie Anderson aka "Ghoulardi," in 1966 when Anderson left for Los Angeles to pursue a free-lance announcing and acting career.
- Shep Camp was born on 16 July 1882 in West Point, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Song of the Flame (1930), The Painted Angel (1929) and Hampton Court Palace (1926). He was married to Ottie Chenault. He died on 20 November 1929 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Ricky Baldwin IV was born on 15 September 2000 in West Point, Mississippi, USA. He is an actor, known for Ghoul Mates (2006).