Edward Bernard “Eddie” Collins (1883 - 1940)

Actor, Comedian. A native of Atlantic City, New Jersey, Collins is probably best remembered as the model and voice of Dopey in the 1937 Walt Disney animated film classic, “Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs”.  A former star of vaudeville, he also appeared in dozens of other films,  including “Diamond Jim” (1935), “In Old Chicago” […]

William Collier (1864 - 1944)

Actor. Born William Morenus in New York City, he began his career at age 11 working with Eddie Foy in vaudeville shows, which lead to performances on Broadway. Recruited by the Triangle Film organization in Hollywood, he made his big screen debut in “Never Again” (1915), followed by “Better Late Than Never” (1916). A veteran […]

Bonar Colleano (1924 - 1958)

Actor. Born Bonar Sullivan in New York City, New York, his stage work included ‘Stanley Kowalski’ in “A Streetcar Named Desire” with Vivien Leigh. He landed his first important role in the 1944’s drama “Johnny in the Clouds.” Later he appeared in other highly regarded films such as “A Matter of Life and Death,” starring […]

Cyril Collard (1957 - 1993)

Actor, Motion Picture Director. He directed “Grand Huit” (1982), “Alger le Blanche” (1986) and “Les Nuits Fauves” (1992), where he appeared also as actor. He died shortly after from AIDS. (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)

Tracy Lamar Coley (1964 - 2002)

Actor. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, he was most noted for his role as the blues singer on the TV series “Martin” from 1992 to 1995. His other television credits included “In the House”, “The Wayans Bros.” and “The Jamie Foxx Show.” For feature films, he appeared in “Blood and Concrete” (1991), “Notes in a Minor […]

Thomas Luther Coley (1913 - 1989)

Actor, Playwright. Graduate of Washington and Lee University. He appeared in 15 Broadway plays, including “The Taming of the Shrew,” “Our Town” and “Harvey.” He toured in “Janus” with Arlene Francis and in “Teahouse of the August Moon” with Larry Parks. Co-creator (with his partner William G. Roehrick) of “The Happiest Years: A Comedy in […]

John Colenback (1935 - 2015)

John Colenback (October 8, 1935 – May 12, 2015) was an American actor. He was best known for portraying Dan Stewart on As the World Turns. Colenback was born October 5, 1935, in Toledo, Ohio, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Colenback. His father, an executive vice president with Toledo Scale Company, died when he […]

Gary Coleman (1968 - 2010)

Actor.  As a child he appeared in episodes of “The Jeffersons” and “Good Times” before attaining celebrity status as a star of the NBC situation comedy “Diff’rent Strokes”, where his character’s usual retort to his brother (played by Todd Bridges) “What’choo talkin’ ’bout, Willis?” became a national catchphrase.  Coleman earned as much as $100,000 per […]

Charles Pearce Coleman (1885 - 1951)

Actor in 223 films including: “The Girl From Missouri” (1934), “The Gay Divorcee” (1934), “One Hundred Men and A Girl” (1937), “Raffles” (1940), “Mexican Spitfire” (1940), “Girl Crazy” (1943), “Jane Eyre” (1944), “Diamond Horseshoe” (1945), and “Ma and Pa Kettle Go To Town” (1950). (bio by: TLS)

Charles Colean (1907 - 1971)

American motion picture actor of the 1940s and 50s. Appeared with Humphrey Bogart in the movie “Knock on Any Door” in 1949. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Joe Cole (1961 - 1991)

Joe Cole Actor. He is best remembered for his role of Tex Watson in the movie “The Book of Manson” (1989).  The son of movie actor Dennis Cole and Sally Bergeron Cole, Joe Cole was a minor actor just beginning his career, and had first appeared in the movie “Weatherman ’69” (1989).  He continued to […]

Nicholas Colasanto (1924 - 1985)

Actor, Director. Although best known for his role as ‘Coach Ernie Pantusso’ on “Cheers,” Colasanto actually had more credits for directing television shows such as “Bonanza,” “Starsky and Hutch,” “Hawaii Five-O,” and “Columbo.” He also appeared in movies such as “Raging Bull” and Alfred Hitchcock’s “Family Plot,” and made guest appearances on many other TV […]

J.J. Cohn (1895 - 1996)

Motion Picture Producer, Executive. Born Joseph Judson Cohn in New York City, he entered films in 1915 as a stenographer at Fox and advanced to production supervisor at Goldwyn Pictures. His greatest challenge was salvaging the troubled production of “Ben-Hur”, begun at Goldwyn in 1923 and inherited by the newly-formed MGM the following year. At […]

Frank Coghlan, Jr (1916 - 2009)

Actor. He appeared in more than one hundred motion pictures beginning as a child during the silent film era. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, he moved with his parents to California at the age of four and was brought to the attention of Cecil B. De Mille who put him under contract. He made his […]

Tris Coffin (1909 - 1990)

Tris Coffin was born in the gold and silver mining community of Mammoth in Juab County in central Utah and reared in the state capital of Salt Lake City. He began acting while he was in high school and thereafter joined traveling stock companies. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech from the […]

Jack Coffer (1938 - 1967)

Iron Eyes Cody (1904 - 1999)

Actor. Born Espera Oscar DeCorti in Kaplan, Louisiana, the second child of Italian immigrants Antonio DeCorti and Francesca Salpietra. DeCorti Senior abandoned the family in 1909, and ten years later his three sons followed him to Texas where they adopted his altered surname of Corti. In 1924, the brothers moved to Hollywood, and changed their […]

Bill Cody (1891 - 1948)

Actor. He was a B western cowboy star of silents and early talkies. Cody’s diminutive stature gave him a likable, underdog quality, and he was pitted against much bigger bad guys in such oaters as “Cold Nerve” (1925), “King of the Saddle” (1926),  “Born to Battle” (1927),  “Slim Fingers” (1929),  “The Montana Kid” (1931),  “Frontier […]

Bill Cody, Jr (1925 - 1989)

Actor. Cody was the son of B-Western star Bill Cody (not to be confused with Western figure Buffalo Bill Cody). He entered films in 1934, and appeared with his father in several westerns. He made his last film in 1942, just before entering the service in World War II. (bio by: Scott G)

Manolo Codeso (1926 - 2005)

Character Actor. He was born in Cádiz (Andalucía, Spain) and died in Madrid, Spain. He along with actor Tomás Zori and Santos triumphed in vaudeville in the 1940s and 50s, with the play “La Blanca Doble.” He is also remembered for “Metidos en Harina” and “Oriente y Accidente.” His last work was in early 2005, […]

Grant Hyde Code, Sr (1896 - 1974)

Actor, teacher, dance and public-relations man. His acting debut was with Jane Cowl in “Madame X,” and since appeared on Broadway in “Too Late the Phalarope,” “The Legend of Lizzie” and “Dylan.” His films included “The Miracle Worker” and The Young Doctors.” Grant appeared on television in “The Bilko Show,” “Naked City” and “Serpico.” Films […]

James Coco (1930 - 1987)

Born James Emil Coco in New York City, son of Feliche Coco, a shoemaker, and Ida Detestes Coco, James Coco began acting straight out of high school. As an overweight and prematurely balding adult, he found himself relegated to character roles. He made his Broadway debut in Hotel Paradiso in 1957, but his first major […]

Charles Coburn (1877 - 1961)

Actor. He appeared in films like: “The Devil and Miss Jones” (1941), “The Lady Eve” (1941), “The More the Merrier” (1943), which earned him the Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor, “Heaven Can Wait” (1943), “The Paradine Case” (1947), “Monkey Business” (1952), “Gentlemen Prefer blondes” (1953), and “Pepe” (1960) (cameo, his last appearance). (bio by: […]

Charles Coborn (1852 - 1945)

Actor, Singer and Comedian.  Born Colin Whitton McCallum in the Mile End of London, he made his first music hall appearances in 1872 and established himself as a coster comedian for over seventy years, appearing in theatres both in the UK and USA and appeared in films.  Charles Coborn was also an active campaigner for […]

Roberto “Calambres” Cobo (1930 - 2002)

Actor. Award-winning Mexican motion picture figure of the 1940s through the 2000s. Best remembered for playing the role of ‘El Jaibo’ in director Luis Bunuel’s 1950 classic “Los Olvidados” (The Forgotten Ones). (bio by: A.J. Marik) Cause of death: Cancer

Lee J. Cobb (1911 - 1976)

Actor. Born Leo Jacoby in New York City, the son of a compositor with the Jewish Daily Forward, he had ambitions of becoming a violinist before suffering a wrist injury. Lee J. Cobb would then focus his attention toward theatre and following high school graduation, he went to California where he began an association with […]

Joe Frank Cobb (1916 - 2002)

Joe Frank Cobb (November 7, 1916 – May 21, 2002) was an American child actor, most notable for appearing as the original “fat boy” in the Our Gang comedies from 1922 to 1929. Some sources such as the first edition (1977) of Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals documented him as […]

Edmund Fessenden Cobb (1892 - 1974)

Actor. Appeared in over 200 movies and serials, mostly westerns, but also including “Citizen Kane” (1941), “The Glass Key” (1942), “House of Frankenstein” (1944), “Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair” (1952), “Ma and Pa Kettle at Home” (1954), “The Egyptian” (1954), “River of No Return” (1954, starring Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum), “Lucy Gallant” […]

David Clyde (1885 - 1945)

Actor. Scottish-born stage and motion picture figure. Brother of actor Andy Clyde. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Andy Clyde (1892 - 1967)

Andy Clyde’s last theatrical film was released in 1956, after which he worked mostly in television, having appeared on Rod Cameron’s syndicated series City Detective. On The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse and Studio 57 in 1954 and 1955, respectively, he portrayed Tom Harper in the episode “Santa’s Old Suit,” with co-star Jane Darwell. Clyde guest starred in […]