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Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz;[1] May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, choreographer, singer, musician and actor.
His stage and subsequent film and television careers spanned a total of 76 years, during which he made 31 musical filmsand several award-winning television specials and issued numerous recordings. He was named the fifth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute. He is best known as the dancing partner and on-screen romantic interest of Ginger Rogers, with whom he co-starred in a series of ten Hollywood musicals which transformed the genre. more....... |
David O. Selznick (May 10, 1902 – June 22, 1965) was an American film producer and film studio executive. He is best known for producing Gone with the Wind (1939) and Rebecca (1940), both earning him an Academy Award for Best Picture. Born David Selznick to a Jewish family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was the son of Lithuanian immigrant and silent movie distributor Lewis J. Selznick and Florence A. (Sachs) Selznick. Selznick added the "O" to distinguish himself from an uncle with the same name.[2]He studied at Columbia University in New York City and worked as an apprentice for his father until the elder's bankruptcy in 1923. In 1926, Selznick moved to Hollywood, and with the help of his father's connections, got a job as an assistant story editor at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He left MGM for Paramount Pictures in 1928, where he worked until 1931, when he joined RKO as Head of Production.
more....... George Allen "Pat" Summerall (May 10, 1930 – April 16, 2013) was an American football player and television sportscaster, having worked at CBS, Fox, and ESPN. In addition to football, he also announced major golf and tennis events. In total, he announced 16 Super Bowls on network television (more than any other announcer), 26 Masters Tournaments, and 21 US Opens.[1] He also contributed to 10 Super Bowl broadcasts on CBS Radio as a pregame host or analyst.
Summerall played football for the Arkansas Razorbacks and then in the National Football League (NFL) from 1952 through 1961. After retiring as a player, he joined CBS as a color commentator the next year. He worked with Tom Brookshier and then John Madden on NFL telecasts[2] for CBS and Fox. more....... |
Charles Butters (May 10, 1914 – July 30, 1980), best known by his stage name Charles McGraw, was an Americanactor. He made his first film in 1942 in a small, uncredited role. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa.
McGraw developed into a leading man, especially in the film noir genre during the late 1940s and early 1950s. His gravelly voice and rugged looks enhanced his appeal in that very stylistic genre, and provided him many roles as cop (The Narrow Margin (1952), Armored Car Robbery (1950)) or gunman (The Killers).[1] Introduced with fellow "heavy" William Conrad as the two hitmen terrorizing a small-town diner in the start of The Killers(1946), McGraw had notable roles in the 1950s, such as "Honest Joe", the insurance investigator turned thief by love in the noir classic Roadblock (1951); the gruff detective assigned to protect Marie Windsor in The Narrow Margin; Kirk Douglas' gladiator trainer in the epic Spartacus; righteous cop Lt. Jim Cordell in Armored Car Robbery; and "The Preacher" in the science-fiction cult classic A Boy and His Dog (1975). more....... |
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