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A graduate of the University of Minnesota, Eddie Albert was a circus trapeze flier before becoming a stage and radio actor. He made his film debut in 1938 and has worked steadily since, often cast as the friendly, good-natured buddy of the hero but occasionally being cast as a villain; one of his most memorable roles was as the cowardly, glory-seeking army officer in Robert Aldrich's World War 2 film, Attack (1956).- Actress
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- Soundtrack
Lissie was born on 21 November 1982 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Footloose (2011), Hall Pass (2011) and Paranoia (2013).- Actress
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June Haver was born on June 10, 1926, in Rock Island, Illinois, with the birth name of Beverly June Stovenour. Her parents divorced at an early age and she was adopted by Bert Haver, her stepfather. Her mother and new father moved to Cincinnati, where she appeared on the stage for the first time at the age of six in a local theater production of "Midnight in a Toyshop". Very soon after, June was winning musical contests around the Queen City. By 1936, little June and her mother had returned to the city of her birth, after a film screen test the year before. It was here that she blossomed even further with her singing, appearing on local radio. Later, while touring with various musical bands, June and her mother found their way to sunny California, in the entertainment mecca of Los Angeles. While in high school, she played in various secondary productions.
In 1942, at the age of 16, June joined Fox Studios as a fringe actress. Dropped because the studio thought she was too young, they signed her the following year to appear in The Gang's All Here (1943). It was an uncredited part, but a start in the film world, nonetheless. Unless one looked hard, she would have been easy to miss in the film. Her next one with Fox was in 1944's Home in Indiana (1944). But it was her next film where she was able to showcase her acting talent in Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944). In 1945, she appeared in Where Do We Go from Here? (1945) with her future husband, Fred MacMurray, who she wed in 1954.
It was the only film the two of them would be in together. In 1946, at the age of 20, June got top billing for the first time in Three Little Girls in Blue (1946). Her only other film that year was Wake Up and Dream (1946). After only one film in 1947, June resurfaced the next year in the utterly forgettable Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948). This was one of the starting vehicle's for a rising talent named Marilyn Monroe. In 1949, June was in two productions. They were Look for the Silver Lining (1949) and Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949). By now, it was obvious that she was being groomed to take over the Fox throne held by Betty Grable. It was not to be, because June was about to leave films, altogether. The filming of 1953's The Girl Next Door (1953) proved to be her last silver screen appearance. She had announced, the year before, that she would become a nun after her contract ran out. True to her word, she entered the convent but only stayed a few months.
It was after she left the convent that she was seen with Fred MacMurray. After they were wed, the couple adopted twin girls. June's last foray into the glare of the camera lights was when she played herself in the television production of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957). She died of respiratory failure in Brentwood, California on July 6, 2005.- Actress
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Helen Mack started her career in movies at the age of ten, and by the time she was 13 was performing in vaudeville. Her acting career didn't blossom until the 1930s, when she made a name for herself as one of the movie's best criers. She had many leading roles opposite such actors as Lee Tracy, George Raft and Harold Lloyd. She may be best remembered for Son of Kong (1933) and His Girl Friday (1940). In later years she was a successful radio producer, writer and director.- Actress
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Michal Sinnott is best know as the voice, likeness, & performance capture artist for Tracey De Santa, the lead crime boss's daughter, in the billion dollar video game, Grand Theft Auto V.
Born Michal Shalom Leamer in Rock Island, IL, the eldest of three children to Brad and Griselda Leamer, her parents divorced when she was six. She and her brothers grew up in Norfolk, VA, where they were raised by their mother, who originally pursued acting before moving into casting and teaching acting for kids. Michal began acting at the age of seven, when her mother was asked to bring her along for a commercial she was auditioning for and they both landed the job. This led to other local roles in commercials, radio and theatre, before Michal landed a small role in the movie of the week Ironclads (1991) starring Virginia Madsen and directed by Oscar-winning Delbert Mann. Occasional film and television roles followed whenever a SAG production came to Virginia.
Michal graduated from The Governor's School for the Arts (GSA) Drama Department, a five-city-wide Performing Arts High School based in Norfolk. Having long watched her mom struggle in the business, Michal loved acting but never intended to pursue a career in the field. She had a change of heart, however, when a play she wrote at GSA won Theatre Virginia's Young Playwrights Festival and she attended a three-week program in Richmond, where her play, "The Waterbabies", was subsequently mounted and had a staged reading with Equity Actors.
Michal attended The University of Virginia for a year before transferring to Catholic University, where she graduated with a degree in Drama. After college she worked briefly as a flight attendant for a charter company, traveling the world and visiting more then 25 countries on six continents before moving to New York City to pursue an acting career.
While in NY, she studied at the now closed GATE acting conservatory, a 40-hour-a-week, nine-month program with an 8:6 student-to-teacher ratio. The program was run and taught by Stella Adler-trained actor and teacher Gregory Abels and focused largely on the classics, with classes also in Tai Chi, mask and yoga. She also studied the Sanford Meisner under Paul Le Mos and Maggie Flanigan. She is featured in the book "Acting Teachers of America" as a student of Gregory Abels.
She and Catholic alum Mary M. Parr wrote the initial draft of their Sundance Screenwriting Lab Finalist feature, "Born That Way" while driving cross country on a 6 day road trip from Philly to L.A.
Michal splits her time between NYC and Los Angeles alongside her husband, Joseph, and their puggle Jasper. She is a proud Resident Artist of the award winning theatre company, The Vagrancy in L.A.- Actor
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Nolan Leary was born on 26 April 1889 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Strangler of the Swamp (1945), The Tiger Woman (1944) and Make Way for Tomorrow (1937). He was married to Helen Leary. He died on 12 December 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Producer
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- Actress
Kari Lake was born on 23 August 1969 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for KSAZ-TV Fox 10 (1953), Lindell-TV (2021) and War Raw the Daily Podcast (2020). She has been married to Jeff Halperin since 26 September 1998. They have two children. She was previously married to Tracy Finnegan.- Although Tim Moore will forever be known as "The Kingfish" in the pioneering series The Amos 'n Andy Show (1951), he was actually far better known for his career on the stage and as a comedian in vaudeville than he was for his film and television work. In fact, he had only made (as far as is known) three films before "Amos 'n' Andy", and he had to be coaxed out of retirement to play in that show.
Moore was born into a family of 15 children in Illinois. He left school at age 11 to join a traveling vaudeville act called "Cora Miskel and Her Gold Dust Twins", which was such a hit in the U.S. that it toured Europe. He had a long and successful career in vaudeville and another successful run on Broadway in "Blackbirds". He also did much work on radio. The "Amos 'n' Andy" TV series was a major hit and made Moore--or, rather, "The Kingfish"--a household word. After the show's run he retired again, except for an occasional appearance on TV talk shows to reminisce about the series. He died of tuberculosis in 1958. - Actor
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Dieterich Gray cut his teeth in the Chicago theatre scene and has "tread the boards" on our nation's most renowned stages, including Steppenwolf, Yale Repertory, Goodman & the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. Mr. Gray has collaborated with theatre greats like Stacy Keach, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Tracy Letts, Sarah Ruhl, Mark Wing-Davey, Naomi Iizuka and Robert Falls. Dieterich studied at The Second City (Chicago), The School at Steppenwolf, The Piven Theatre Workshop and holds a Bachelor from Illinois State University.
He got his start on stage at age 9 when his loving mother brought him to an audition for the Rogers & Hammerstein musical, "South Pacific" at their local community theatre. They both appeared in that production - and the rest is history.
Mr. Gray resides in Los Angeles.- Writer
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Bill Motz was born on 23 June 1964 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Ghost and Molly McGee (2021), Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures (2016) and Swindle (2013). He has been married to Marian Motz since 14 June 1983. They have three children.- Animation Department
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- Art Department
Mike Disa was born on 14 February 1965 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He is a writer, known for Wacky Races (2017), Postman Pat: The Movie (2014) and Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (2011).- Writer
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Steve Marmel was born on 17 December 1964 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Fairly OddParents (2001), Mech-X4 (2016) and Danny Phantom (2003).- Actor
- Soundtrack
Roger Imhof was born on 15 August 1875 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for This Gun for Hire (1942), Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) and The Grapes of Wrath (1940). He was married to Marcelle Imhof. He died on 15 April 1958 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
- Music Department
- Producer
Arnold Margolin was born on 12 March 1935 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Love, American Style (1969), A Family for Joe (1990) and He & She (1967).- Peggy Montgomery was born on 5 August 1904 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for On the Divide (1928), Arizona Days (1928) and Looking for Trouble (1926). She was married to ? Ponder. She died on 3 August 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fred Warren and his wife Effie Conley-Warren were a Vaudeville singing and dancing team around the turn of the century. Fred Warren was the brother-in-law to Maxwell Karger who was one of the founders and the general manager of Metro Pictures before Metro became MGM. Fred Warren enjoyed an illustrious career making numerous films in Hollywood. Fred and Effie Warren made West Hollywood their home 1916 to 1940 and allowed their friend Rudolph Valentino to be married in their backyard. Fred spent many hours playing piano at Barney's Beanery.- Writer
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- Editor
Jim Peterson was born on 27 May 1964 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Yuppie (1988), The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1995) and The Wedding Tape (1996). He has been married to Jennifer C. Hansen-Peterson since 17 August 1997. They have three children.- Joe Collier was born on 7 June 1932 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He was married to Shirley Ann Ketelaar. He died on 6 May 2024 in Littleton, Colorado, USA.
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Jeffrey is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright, and film composer.
His plays IN THE PURSUIT OF SVETLA, HORST AND GRABEN IN THE CONTEXT OF THE UNFINISHED MAN, FITCH TODD, PERCOLATION THEORY, DEDEKIND, HORST AND GRABEN AT THE CHATEAU GODOT, EXECUTION AT PARADAIS ISLAND, DISPLACEMENT: A FISH IN WATER STORY, FAIR SHAKE, FUTURE PERFECT ("The Russian Play"), A COLD NIGHT FOR A DIVA, PURCHASE, CHAMPAGNE FOR CHEKHOV, and AIA and screenplays and teleplays THE LEAVING MAN, STEEN'S FOLLY, KLIEG LIGHT, QUANTUM DREAMS, and SNOWFLAKE OBSIDIAN have garnered over 100 awards and recognitions, readings, and productions, including Semi-Finalist in Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Impact 2 and Impact 3, Winner in the SLFS/USP Screenwriting Fellowship (underwritten by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences), Finalist in the Writers Guild of America West (WGAw) Foundation Pitch Competition, twice Finalist in the Sundance Institute/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Screenwriting Fellowship Competitions, and Winner in the Napa Valley Film Festival Pitch Competition.
Jeffrey has had playwriting and screenwriting masterclasses with Robert McKee (Story), Aaron Sorkin (A Few Good Men), David Mamet (Glengarry Glen Ross), Robin Swicord (Memoirs of a Geisha, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Meg LeFauve (Pixar's Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur), Lindsey Doran (Sense & Sensibility, The Firm), Gerald DiPego (Phenomenon), Ben Ripley (Source Code), Jack Epps, Jr. (Top Gun), Keith Gordon (Homeland, Mother Night), Barry Schkolnick (Law & Order), and Jon Jory (Actors Theatre of Louisville), among others.
Jeffrey also creates film music in a variety of styles ranging from symphonic to ambient and electronic to minimalist. Winner (Classical) and Winner (Instrumental/Ambient) in the 2022 Akademia Music Awards, Winner (Best Composer) and Winner (Best Soundtrack) in the 2021 Los Angeles Motion Picture Festival, Winner (Diamond Award) for Best Original Score at the 2021 Albuquerque Mindfield Film Festival, Winner (3rd Place) in the 2020 Academy of Scoring Arts (ASA) Short Liszt Op. 2 Composing Challenge, Winner (Ambient/Instrumental) of the 2019 Akademia Music Award, Nominee in the 2017 American Songwriting Awards in the Instrumental category, Winner of the 2016 Akademia Music Award for Best Ambient/Instrumental Song, Winner of the 2015 Akademia Music Award for Best Instrumental/Acoustic Song, Winner of the 2013, 2012, and 2006 Best of State Awards for Original Music Composition, Winner of the Silver Medal in the 2011 Park City Film Music Festival, Winner of the Jury Choice Gold Medal for Excellence in the 2004 Park City Film Music Festival, and Semi-Finalist in the 2004 Moondance International Film Festival filmscoring competition. His works have premiered at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Centres in Cardiff, Wales and in Piccadilly, London, on television in the U.K., on PBS television in the U.S., on the radio and at international film festivals.
In 2005 he was invited to participate in the 19th Annual Sundance Institute Independent Producers Conference and the 3rd Annual Sundance Institute Theatre Program/Johnny Mercer Foundation Masterclass with composers and performers Melissa Manchester, Jimmy Webb, Michael Rupert, Margaret Whiting, Charles Strouse, Billy Stritch, and Don Rebic. He has had additional masterclasses with Academy award winner Hans Zimmer, film composer/orchestrator/arranger Conrad Pope, two-time Emmy award-winning film composer/arranger Hummie Mann, Academy award nominee Danny Elfman, Grammy and Oscar-winning musical theatre lyricist and composer Stephen Schwartz (Wicked), film composer Reuven Herman (Star Wars Rebels), Grammy Award-winning songwriter Diane Warren, award-winning film composer Douglas Romayne (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), award-winning film composer & Sundance Institute alumnus Vincent Gillioz.
Educated at Cambridge University, University of Utah, and Westminster College, he is a lifetime member of the Cambridge University Film & Television Society (CFTV), a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Producers (ASCAP), American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers (ASMAC), Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL), and the Academy of Scoring Arts (ASA).
He lives and works in Los Angeles, California.- Set Decorator
Mac Mulcahy was born on 9 April 1908 in Rock Island, Illinois. Mac was a set decorator, known for The 3rd Voice (1960), Young Jesse James (1960) and Suspicion (1957). Mac died on 6 February 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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- Music Department
Jesse Johnson was born on 29 May 1960 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Another 48 Hrs. (1990), Pretty in Pink (1986) and A Time to Kill (1996).- Actor
- Soundtrack
Bill Bateman was born in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He is known for The Timepiece (2019), Cocktail (1988) and Disney's Newsies: The Broadway Musical! (2017).- Madison Keys is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 7 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), a ranking she first achieved in October 2016. Keys has played in one Grand Slam tournament final at the 2017 US Open, competed at the 2016 WTA Finals, and was a semifinalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She has won six WTA tournaments, five of which were at the Premier level, and she achieved her biggest title at the 2019 Cincinnati Open, a Premier 5 event.
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- Composer
David Ackles was born on 20 February 1937 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Yella (2007), Word of Honor (1981) and The Return of Rusty (1946). He died on 2 March 1999 in Pasadena, California, USA.- Cinematographer
Barney Elliott was born on 24 July 1906 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse (1940). He died on 20 July 1997 in Tacoma, Washington, USA.- Art Director
- Director
Hugh Reticker was born on 19 November 1884 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He was an art director and director, known for Right Off the Bat (1915), Sergeant Murphy (1938) and Between Two Worlds (1944). He died on 3 December 1969 in Santa Barbara County, California, USA.- Kosoul Chanthakoummane was born on 10 October 1980 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He died on 17 August 2022 in Huntsville, Texas, USA.
- Brent Bateman is a writer, singer/songwriter, and producer hailing from the Midwestern cornfields of Illinois and Iowa. Bateman has worked in television news, radio, film, and print throughout his professional life.
Bateman has appeared in a select number of films, and was the creator and Executive Producer of his own talk show "Issues with Brent Bateman," while attending Western Illinois University in 1989.
Fresh from college, Brent spent nearly seven years working in the Riverboat casino industry, where he penned his first book, "Licensed To Steal," a behind the scenes look into the unglamorous world of the casino business.
During a brief stint as a television reporter in the late 90s, Bateman realized that his true passion was not inside a television studio creating local news.
After moving to Los Angeles in 1999, Bateman spent six years creating a web fund raising organization, Cookies To College, which is poised to raise tens of millions of dollars for students future college costs and their schools.
Bateman will appear in "The Fantasy," a feature film he's written based on his time spent in the strip club industry in Los Angeles. (2008)
His latest feature length film research for, "The Lincoln Bedroom," will take Bateman back to his home states of Illinois and Iowa, to uncover the true sexuality of the 16th President of the United States of America, Abraham Lincoln. This film will alter history.
Brent has also inked three episodes of a half hour comedy positioned for cable called "The Cleaning Files," based loosely on his year long adventure cleaning homes of the rich, the famous, the poor, and the afflicted in the Los Angeles area. - Jeff Neavor is a composer and Financial Advisor. He received his Bachelor of Music Education from Millikin University in 1997 and went on to receive his Master of Music Education from Illinois State University in 2005. He was a band director for 22 years, and under his direction, the Morton High School Marching Band has became a nationally recognized ensemble. The band won the Illinois Class 2A State Championship for 14 consecutive years and was a 2010 and 2018 Bands of America Grand National Semi-finalist, placing 3rd in the nation for Class AA. In 2009, the marching band was selected to represent Illinois and performed in the Presidential Inaugural Parade. Neavor and the Morton Marching Band also were the recipients of the 2017 Sudler Shield Award from the John Philip Sousa Foundation. In 2001, Neavor composed the score to the film Biohazardous.
- Maurine Rasmussen was born on 16 May 1883 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Squaw Man (1914), Brewster's Millions (1914) and Lost in Mid-Ocean (1914). She was married to Fred Montague. She died on 5 May 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Rollin S. Sturgeon was born on 25 August 1877 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. Rollin S. was a director and writer, known for The Chalice of Courage (1915), God's Country and the Woman (1916) and The Shuttle (1918). Rollin S. was married to Edna Fisher and Edna Foster. Rollin S. died on 10 May 1961 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Mabel Hart was born on 29 April 1886 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Over the Wall (1938). She was married to Benjamin Ambler Reynolds. She died on 9 June 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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- Soundtrack
George Dewey Washington was born on 1 May 1898 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He is known for Ol' King Cotton (1930), Metro Movietone Revue (1929) and Geo. Dewey Washington (1929).- Camera and Electrical Department
Euclid Miller was born on 1 November 1885 in Rock Island, Tennessee, USA. Euclid is known for Sam Davis, the Hero of Tennessee (1915). Euclid died on 18 December 1964 in Florida, USA.- Bobby Schilling was born on 23 January 1964 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He was married to Christine . He died on 6 April 2021 in Le Claire, Iowa, USA.
- Jeb Platt was born on 31 August 1953 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Heavy Hands (2012). He died on 25 July 2012 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
- Lester Ziffren was born on 30 April 1906 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for Sharpshooters (1938), Charlie Chan in Panama (1940) and Charter Pilot (1940). He was married to Edythe L. Wurtzel. He died on 12 November 2007 in New York City, New York, USA.
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A.C. Wilson was born on 10 October 1891 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA.- Bill Homeier was born on 31 August 1918 in Rock Island, Texas, United States. He died on 5 May 2001 in Houston, Texas, United States.
- Edith Stockton was born on 5 February 1896 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Should a Wife Work? (1922), Out of the Chorus (1921) and Through the Storm (1922). She was married to Monroe Kaplan a/k/a John Porter Monroe and William E. Rexses. She died on 21 April 1968 in Coral Gables, Florida, USA.
- James McElhern was born on 16 May 1871 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Flyin' Thru (1925), The Knock on the Door (1923) and The Tomboy (1921). He was married to Rose Standish and Edna Caroline Louise Plunkett. He died on 12 August 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Wilton R. Holm was born on 7 July 1914 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He is known for The Gallant Blade (1948), Rogue River (1951) and Flight to Mars (1951). He died on 18 October 1979 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA.- Gladys Stockton was born on 18 July 1898 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Through the Storm (1922). She was married to Clarence E. Strickland and Harry Moshier. She died on 5 July 1983 in Garden Grove, California, USA.
- Jimmy Hester was born on 13 December 1944 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Number One (1969), NFL Monday Night Football (1970) and The NFL on CBS (1956). He died on 14 November 2002 in Davenport, Iowa, USA.
- Born Sabien Kenney on January 12th,1977 in Rock Island, Illinois, located on the Mississippi River in the heart of America's mid-west. Now known as Sabien Minteer, he is the oldest sibling of a blue-collar, inter-racial family, and is half Native American. By the age of 6, he had become determined to pursue and become an actor of stage and film, after having consistently shown family and friends that he was a natural performer, he began to hone his studies of acting, physical comedy and slapstick, while often mimicking the great Vaudevillian performers of the golden age. Greats such as Chaplin, Keaton, the Marx Brother's, and Hal Roaches works were some of his greatest influences, along with modern day comedians of the time like Andy Kaufman, John Belushi, and Richard Pryor, who are also beloved by him. Any performer who pushed the limits of what most people believe is reality, or possible, were of great influence to his passion and style of performance at an early age. And it was perhaps the genius of Hollywood stuntman Dar Robinson, who until today still inspires him when it comes to physical work on stage and screen. Along with observing and memorizing theatrical techniques, finding and reading books by Stanislavski, and Strasberg while closely dissecting film works, and the actions of many actors of the golden and silver age, who were of his earliest and most influential passions as a child. By the age of 9, he had branched out, becoming even more driven toward his dream, learning from and emulating modern day actors like Kurt Russell, Pacino, and Deniro, while still dissecting the work's of silver age greats like Brando, Dean, Hepburn, McQueen, Tony Curtis, and many others, along with passionately studying song & dance, and great song & dance men like Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, and Elvis. Then, after feeling confidently prepared, in the fall of 1986 he began his acting career with a lead performance in a musical on a community stage, which resulted in a rave review of his abilities. After many years of theatrical performances, upon graduating high school, and in effort to serve our nation, he entered the U.S. Army and served in active duty, as an infantry soldier. He was injured while serving our nation, sustaining an injury which would lead him to being honorably discharged from service. After being told by military doctors that he may never walk again, he persevered, surpassing all obstacles in his way and reclaimed full use of his physical body. Bouncing back from injury, he entered into college to continue his acting training. He studied & trained briefly in schools, training in method acting under one of Stella Adler's great Chicago method acting successes, Jack Downing. Then he studied meisner technique at Act 2 in Chicago, under Syd Moore. After successful training, his professor's advised him that he was more than equipped with the talent to be performing professionally, and advised it may be best to leave school to seize his dream, which he quickly did without fail. In 2003, after performing for over 17 years in numerous stage productions across the country, including some minor work in studio film, he made the decision to concentrate his efforts on an aspiring career in the motion picture industry. Since then he has taken on lead & supporting roles in numerous award-winning independent and foreign films, and has been blessed with acquiring a number of small roles, in award-winning studio films. He has been acting now for over 26 years, and continues to amass larger roles in Independent & Studio film's every year. Along with his passion for acting, he holds many other artistic talents which have led to success. At the age of 7, he was honored with a Golden Seal Young Authors Award by the state of Illinois, for being one of the most talented young authors of his age. He is a distinguished member of The International Society of Poets, and is on file with the Library of Congress for his numerous published works. Sabien is also an accomplished vocalist, a 1 st Tenor/ Counter Tenor who over the years has been blessed with performing with such musical greats as Roberta Flack, Sheena Easton, and many others. An accomplished musician as well, he is proficient with numerous instruments ranging from blue's harmonica, acoustic, electric and bass guitar, keyboard, and drums. He is also an artist of painted works with an emphasis in the abstract and surrealist medium's, along with pastel & sketch as well.
- Greg Norton was born on 13 March 1959 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA.
- Kevin Marxen was born on 25 October 1956 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for University Heights (2004). He died on 18 February 2014 in Davenport, Iowa, USA.
- Victoria Zussin was born on 10 October 1927 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) and Stardust Memories (1980). She died on 15 June 1988 in Cook County, Illinois, USA.
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- Actress
Helen Holm was born on 22 December 1919 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Jack and the Beanstalk (1952), Racket Squad (1950) and Skipalong Rosenbloom (1951). She died on 16 December 2000 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA.- Actor
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Tom George was born on 30 September 1966 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for The Childhood Friend (1994), Fratelli e sorelle (1992) and The Shadow People (2002).