Franklyn Farnum (1878 - 1961)

Actor. He began his career on vaudeville stage and in silent movies, often appearing in Westerns. In sound movies, he played minor roles, often uncredited. Among others: “The Clock” (1917), “The Ghost Rider” (1935), “Stagecoach” (1939), “Monsieur Verdoux” (1947), “Johnny Belinda” (1948), “Sunset Blvd.” (1950), “Guys and Dolls” (1955), “The Ten Commandments”(1956) and “Witness for […]

Dustin Farnum (1874 - 1929)

Stage and screen actor during the early days of motion pictures. One of Paramount Pictures first movie stars. Screen credits include “The Squaw Man” (1913), “Davy Crockett” (1916), “The Scarlet Pimpernell” (1917), “The Virginian” (1923), “Kentucky Days” (1924) “The Flaming Frontier” (1926) and many more. (bio by: Sam Gindy)  Family links:  Parents:  Clara Adele Atwood […]

Richard Farnsworth (1920 - 2000)

Actor. A stuntman for more then 30 years before gradually moving into acting. Farnsworth’s abilities at horseback riding got him regular work as stunt doubles for some of the biggest names in Hollywood. It wasn’t until after he was 50 that he began to be recognized as an actor. He got an Oscar nomination in […]

Morgan Farley (1898 - 1988)

Actor. Born in Mamaroneck, New York, he was a wide-ranging performer on stage, film and television. He began his career on Broadway in the play “Seventeen” in 1918 and gained prominence in the 1920s, starring in many other stage productions. For feature films, he made his debut in “The Love Doctor” (1929), followed by “The […]

Richard Farina (1937 - 1966)

Author, Musician, Lyricist. Born to Cuban and Irish parents, he attended Brooklyn Technical High School in New York City, New York. He received an academic scholarship to attend Cornell University in Ithaca, New York where he majored in engineering before switching to English. He dropped out in 1959 shortly before he was to graduate and […]

Robert Fallon (1970 - 1970)

Motion picture actor of the 1940s and 50s. Married to actress Marie Wilson. They are interred together within the same niche. (bio by: A.J. Marik)  Family links:  Spouse:  Marie Wilson (1916 – 1972)* *Calculated relationship

Tom Falk (1937 - 2003)

Actor, he is best remembered for his performances in “M*A*S*H” (1970) and “Westworld” (1973), in which he always lent the films that extra personal dimension.   Actively acting in the 1960s and 1970s, he played the sargeant in Doris Day’s TV series first season episode “The Fly Boy” (1969). He discovered his love for acting […]

William Fairbanks (1894 - 1945)

Actor. Born Carl Ullman in St. Louis, Missouri, he was a popular figure in over 65 movies during the silent film era. He made his first screen debut in war drama “Somewhere in France” (1916). He appeared in five movies released the next year, including “The Little Brother” (1917). With the advent of World War […]

Douglas Fairbanks, Sr (1883 - 1939)

Legendary Motion Picture Actor. Born Douglas Elton Thomas Ulman in Denver, Colorado on May 23, 1883. His father was a prominent New York attorney who had mining interests in the Rocky Mountains. and relocated to Denver in 1880. His father loved the theatre and and took him and his brother, Robert, to the theatre, sometimes […]

Stanley Albert Fafara (1949 - 2003)

Actor. Fafara is best remembered for his role as ‘Hubert “Whitey” Whitney,’ one of ‘Theodore “Beaver” Cleaver’s’ best friends on the television series, “Leave It To Beaver” from 1957 to 1963. As an actor he also appeared in the films, “The Wonderful World Of The Brothers Grimm” (1962), as ‘Hansel,’ and “Good Morning Miss Dove” […]

Aldo Fabrizi (1905 - 1990)

Italian Actor, Writer and Director. He appeared as actor in films such as “Roma, Città Aperta” (1945), “Vivere in Pace” (1947), “Vita da Cani” (1950), “Guardie e Ladri” (1951), “Parigi è Sempre Pariggi” (1952), “El Maestro” (1957), “The Angel Wore Red” (1960), “Totò Contra I 4” (1963) and “Nerone” (1977). (bio by: José L Bernabé […]

William Eythe (1918 - 1957)

Actor. He is probably best remembered for his role as double-agent ‘Bill Dietrich’ in the 1945 film “The House of 92nd Street.” Born William John Joseph Eythe, he became interested in acting at an early age and often put on his own shows as an amateur producer/director. He attended the Carnegie Institute of Technology in […]

Jason Evers (1922 - 2005)

Actor. A native of New York, New York, and a veteran of World War II, Evers’ real name was Herb Evers. Evers is best remembered for his role as ‘James “Jim” Sonnett’ in the television series, “The Guns of Will Sonnett” from 1967 to 1969, which also starred Dack Rambo and Walter Brennan, and for […]

Ernest Evers (1874 - 1945)

Film Actor. He appeared in the films “The Victim” (1915), “A Game Of Life” (1914), and “The Jungle” (1914). (bio by: K)  Family links:  Parents:  Volney Cicero Evers (1849 – 1919)  Landrah Arabell Evers (1855 – 1888)  Children:  King W. Evers (1914 – 1988)*  Siblings:  Ernest Evers (1874 – 1945)  Volney Page Evers (1890 – […]

Kenny Everett (1944 - 1995)

Popular and innovative comic actor and writer. Famed for his extrovert characters and equally crazy outbursts, he was popular both on BBC Radio and television. He was fired from his BBC Radio 1 slot for telling a joke about the Minister of Transport’s wife’s driving test making the comment that the driving instructor may have […]

Chad Everett (1936 - 2012)

Actor. Everett, who starred in the 1970s television series ‘Medical Center’, played Dr. Joe Gannon for seven years which earned him two Golden Globes and an Emmy nomination. His career spanned more than 50 years and included guest starring roles on such TV series as ‘The Love Boat’, ‘Murder, She Wrote’, ‘Melrose Place’, ‘Star Command’, […]

Terrence Evans (1934 - 2015)

Actor.  He appeared in a number of television programs and movies from 1970 to 2010. After graduating from Carnegie Mellon, he appeared first in movies and then went into television roles.   Evans appeared in such movies as “Pale Rider,” “Born in East L.A.” “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”, “Down in the Valley”, “The Texas Chainsaw […]

Norman Evans (1901 - 1962)

Actor, Comedian. A native of Rochdale, Lancashire, England, he was a British variety and radio star, who is best remembered for creating the character of ‘Fanny Fairbrother.’ The Fanny Fairbrother role usually saw Evans dressed up in drag as a toothless faced woman gossiping over a fence. The character was later an inspiration for another […]

Mike Evans (1949 - 2006)

Actor. He is best remembered for the role of “Lionel Jefferson” in the 1970s television comedy series “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons”. He also had guest appearances in such television shows as “The Streets of San Francisco”, “Love, American Style”, “The Practice” and “Walker, Texas Ranger”. Evans also had a memorable performance in […]

Michael Evans (1920 - 2007)

Actor. Born in Sittingbourne, Kent, England, he was a performer of stage, television and films in a career that spanned over five decades. He is best known to television audiences as “The Colonel”, Douglas Austin on the soap opera “The Young and the Restless”. His other television credits include, “Kraft Television Theatre”, “Dr. Kildare”, “The […]

Maurice Evans (1901 - 1989)

Actor. Born in Dorset, England, he began his career on the Broadway stage in the 1930s and was noted for his interpretations of Shakespearean characters. He made his feature film debut in “Path to Glory” (1934), followed by “Scrooge” (1935). His other film credits include “Kind Lady” (1951), “Jack of Diamonds” (1967), “Rosemary’s Baby” (1968), […]

Josh Ryan Evans (1982 - 2002)

Motion picture and television actor. His most prominent role was in the NBC soap opera, “Passions.” He also played a young grinch in Hollywood’s “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” (2000). He won two Soap Opera Digest Awards for Outstanding Male Scene. Josh Ryan Evans appeared on the TV Series “Ally McBeal,” “Poltergeist: The Legacy,” “7th […]

Jesse Evans (1918 - 1970)

Actress. Born in Mountain Ash, South Wales, She played 2 roles on “Coronation Street.” Mrs Cooke in 1967, and she returned in 1974 as shop keeper Megan Hopkins, the Welsh dragon with a vile tongue, for nine months. Her movie career started in 1954 with The Happiness of Three Women, Aunt Celia, Doctor In Distress, […]

Edward Evans (1914 - 2001)

British Actor. He was born in Putney, London, England as Albert Edward Walker Evans and died in Longsdon, Staffordshire, England. Film and television credits include “Lifeforce,” “Poldark,” “Tales from the Crypt,””Sunday Bloody Sunday,” “10 Rillington Place,””Vendetta for the Saint,” “Till Death Us Do Part,””Coronation Street,” “The Trials of Oscar Wilde,””Cosh Boy,” “The Bill,” “George and […]

Douglas Evans (1904 - 1968)

A veteran of one hundred and fifty films, Evans was a radio announcer for KFI in the 1930s.  During WWII he served as an Army Captain.  After the war he appeared in several Broadway shows.  Actor in 81 films, Evans also appeared in over 30 televisions series/shows. (bio by: TLS)

Anthony Eustrel (1902 - 1979)

Actor. He usually played villains, sometimes comic, often in costume films. His credits include “Caesar and Cleopatra” (1945), “Titanic” (1953),  “The Robe” (1953),  “The Silver Chalice” (1954),  “Lust for Life” (1956),  “The Ten Commandments” (1956),  “Midnight Lace” (1960),  “The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze” (1963),  “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” (1964),  “Games” […]

Carlos Estrada (1922 - 2001)

Argentinian screen, stage, and television actor. His real name was Demetrio Jorge Otero. (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)

Jose Angel “Ferrusquilla” Espinosa (1919 - 2015)

Mexican Actor, Singer. Espinosa was a well-known actor, singer, and composer. He started his acting career in 1938 and worked in over 80 films alongside such greats of Mexican cinema as Carmen Montejo, Sara Garcia, Maria Felix, and Jorge Negrete.  Espinosa’s films include such works as “Two Mules for Sister Sara” (1970), “La duda” (1972) […]

Oscar Alberto Espíndola (1939 - 2004)

Cacho Espíndola was born in 1940 in Buenos Aires, Argentina as Oscar Alberto Espíndola Rossi. He was an actor, known for Verdad consecuencia (1996), Nights Without Moons and Suns (1984) and Un mundo de veinte asientos (1978). He died on August 21, 2004 in Buenos Aires. Argentine comic actor with extensive experience in film, theater and television. His uncle was the acclaimed first actor Raúl […]

Julio Espí (1891 - 1986)

Actor. He was born and died in Valencia (Comunidad Valenciana, Spain). He is best known for his role in the first “talkie” in Valencian language, El Faba de Ramonet (1933). Even his grave reads: Julio Espí Prats “El Faba de Ramonet.” He also appeared en Con el Culo al Aire (1980). Also he developed a […]