Ansel Easton Adams (1902 - 1984)

Photographer. His photographic images of the American landscape, and especially those of the American West and Yosemite Park, became popular and familiar to millions. Born in San Francisco, California, he was a problem student in school, which may have been caused by dyslexia or a hyperactive condition. When he was twelve, he taught himself to […]

Anselm Feuerbach (1829 - 1880)

German painter. He was one of the leading German artists of the mid-19th century school. Born in Speyer, Bavaria, the son of a well-known archaeologist, he was educated at Düsseldorf and München. In 1857 he moved to Rome where he met model Nanna Risi, who became his lover. In later years he worked in Vienna […]

Anthea Holloway (1919 - 2002)

British Actress. She was born in London, England.Her husband, Hugh Fforde Searight was a Senior Producer of BBC Radio News. Film and television credits include “Hetty Wainthropp Investigates,” “All Creatures Great and Small,” “The Bill,” “The Enigma Files,” “Thriller,””Pollyanna,” “Crossroads,” “Dixon of Dock Green,” and “Corridors of Blood.” (bio by: Genet)

Anthony “Tony” Fokker (1890 - 1939)

Anthony “Tony” Fokker was a player in the early aviation warfare. He began his own aircraft building company in 1912 named Fokker Aviatik. After WWI broke out, his company became a prominent builder of German combat airplanes. After WWI, Fokker moved from his native Holland to the United States. He continued his Fokker Aircraft company […]

Anthony Accardo (1906 - 1992)

Anthony Accardo Organized Crime Figure. Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1906, he joined the city’s organized crime family, the “Outfit,” during the late 1920s. He served under three bosses (Alphonse Capone, Frank Nitti, and Paul Ricca), before becoming the boss himself. Accardo became prominent in the mob during Al Capone’s reign. He served for a […]

Anthony Ainley (1932 - 2004)

British Actor. He was most famous for portraying the longest recurring roll as “The Master” on the long running “Doctor Who” sci-fi television series. He was born into an acting family, being the son of actor Henry Ainley and brother of actor Richard Ainley. His many movie and TV credits include “The Land That Time […]

Anthony Anastasio (1906 - 1963)

Organized Crime Figure, Anthony Anastasio (Tough Tony), was a powerful labor boss and racketeer on the Brooklyn waterfront.  Brother of Mafia figures Albert and Frank Anastasia.  As brother of syndicate chieftain Albert Anastasia,Tough Tony took control of the astoundingly lucrative Brooklyn docks through the International Longshoremen’s Association for which he was a vice president and head […]

Anthony Anastasio (1906 - 1963)

Anthony Anastasio Born in 1906, Anthony “Tough Tony” Anastasio was an Italian-born American mobster who ruled the Brooklyn waterfront for several decades. Aligned with his brother, Albert Anastasia, who became the head of the Mangano crime family (later known as the Gambino crime family), Anastasio gained control of the longshoremen’s union, though his power declined […]

Anthony Asquith (1902 - 1968)

The Honourable Anthony Asquith (/ˈæskwɪθ/; 9 November 1902 – 20 February 1968) was a leading English film director. He collaborated successfully with playwright Terence Rattigan on The Winslow Boy (1948) and The Browning Version (1951), among other adaptations. His other notable films include Pygmalion (1938), French Without Tears (1940), The Way to the Stars (1945), […]

Anthony Blunt (1907 - 1983)

Anthony Frederick Blunt (26 September 1907 – 26 March 1983), known as Sir Anthony Blunt, KCVO, from 1956 to 1979, was a leading British art historian who in 1964, after being offered immunity from prosecution, confessed to having been a Soviet spy. He had been a member of the Cambridge Five, a group of spies […]

Anthony Brooklier (1913 - 2016)

Anthony Brooklier Anthony Brooklier, a prominent Los Angeles attorney who went from defending his father, a powerful mob boss, to representing celebrities, corrupt businessmen, drug kingpins and the Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss, died Tuesday. He was 70. Anthony Brooklier died of suicide at his Century City residence, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office. His death stunned […]

Anthony Burgess (1917 - 1993)

Anthony Burgess, FRSL (/ˈbɜːrdʒəs/; 25 February 1917 – 22 November 1993) – who published under the pen name Anthony Burgess – was an English writer and composer. From relatively modest beginnings in a Catholic family in Manchester, he eventually became one of the best known English literary figures of the latter half of the twentieth […]

Anthony C. “Tony” Altomare (1928 - 2003)

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Anthony Caruso (1916 - 2003)

Born in Frankfort, Indiana, Anthony Caruso was reared from the age of 10 in Long Beach, California. He made his film debut in Johnny Apollo (1940). During his long career, Caruso often portrayed villains in supporting roles and bit parts. He often played people of different descents like Italians, Indians, Arabs, Persians, Mexicans, Latinos and […]

Anthony Corallo (1913 - 2000)

Mafia Boss of the Lucchese Crime Family. Criminal record dates back to 1929. He did 2 yrs in prison in 1962 for paying $35,000 in bribes to New York Supreme Court Justice James Vincent Keogh and Assistant U. S. Attorney Elliott Kahaner to assure a light sentence for a mob associate. In 1968 Corallo was […]

Anthony De Francisci (1887 - 1964)

Sculptor. He is best remembered for designing the Peace Dollar, issued for circulation in the US from 1921 until 1935. He immigrated to the US in 1905 and studied sculpting under coin designers James Earle Fraser, Hermon Atkins MacNeil, and Adolph Alexander Weinman. In 1913 he became a naturalized US citizen and two years later […]

Anthony Devas (1911 - 1958)

Successful portrait artist on the 1940s and 1950s, whose works are in many UK national collections. (bio by: David Conway)

Anthony Dexter (1913 - 2001)

Actor. A well known figure in the early 1950s when he landed the starring role in the movie, “Valetino”. His uncanny resemblance to the late silent film star propelled him to quick stardom, but his acting career stalled after that and he ended his acting parts in low budget and forgettable movies. He went on […]

Anthony Eisley (1925 - 2003)

Born Frederick Glendinning Eisley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, whose father was a general sales manager for a large corporation. He was the father of Amanda Eisley, Jonathan Erickson Eisley, Nan R. Eisley, David Glen Eisley and grandfather of actress India Eisley. Following service in the United States Navy, he took drama classes at the University of Miami […]

Anthony Ettricke (1970 - 1970)

Ettricke was a lawyer and antiquary. He commited the Duke of Monmouth for trial after his rebellion – Monmouth was executed a week later. An argumentative man, in a fit of rage he swore he would ‘never be buried within the church or without it – neither above the ground or below it’. He therefore […]

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” […]

Anthony Franciosa (1928 - 2006)

Actor. Born Anthony Papaleo in New York City’s Little Italy district, he was only about one year old when his father abandoned the family. After leaving high school, he worked as a welder and a ship steward among other things before he attended an audition for actors at the YMCA and won a role in […]

Anthony Francis Angarola, II (1961 - 1990)

Actor. Appeared on stage and in motion pictures. (bio by: A.J. Marik)

Anthony Giacalone (1919 - 2001)

Organized Crime Figure. Anthony Giacalone was born on the Eastside of Detroit in January of 1919. The oldest of seven siblings Giacalone spent a lot of time helping his father sell produce from the back of his horse drawn wagon in the Indian Village section of Detroit. Unimpressed by the meager living his father provided […]

Anthony Mason (1966 - 2015)

Anthony Mason attended Tennessee State University and was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the third round of the 1988 NBA Draft (53rd pick), but was cut shortly afterwards. He then played for the Efes Pilsen basketball club in Turkey. Mason played for Marinos de Oriente in Venezuela and other teams in the CBA and the […]

Anthony Muto (1934 - 2015)

American Fashion Designer. Muto was a fashion designer who dressed three American first ladies; Lady Bird Johnson, Rosalynn Carter and Barbara Bush. Born into a sewing family, his mother was a seamstress and his grandfather was a tailor. Confined to bed with rheumatic fever as a child, he passed the time sketching. After studying art […]

Anthony Nicholas Brady (1841 - 1913)

Businessman. Brady was raised in Upstate New York. His first job was working in an Albany barber shop. Later, he owned a tea store that grew to include multiple branches. He invested heavily in the Albany Gas Light Company and soon owned many shares in larger New York City utility companies. He also acquired holdings […]

Anthony Panizzi (1797 - 1879)

Educator. Anglo-Italian administrator remembered as the Chief Librarian of the British Museum. Born in Brescello, which was then part of the Duchy of Modena, he was the son of a lawyer and studied law himself, at the University of Parma. Upon his graduation, he was made the Inspector of Schools by the Duke of Parma, […]

Anthony Perkins (1932 - 1992)

Perkins made his film debut in The Actress (1953). He received the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor and an Academy Award nomination for his second film, Friendly Persuasion (1956). The tall (6’2″, 188 cm) Perkins also portrayed the troubled former Boston Red Sox baseball player Jimmy Piersall in the […]

Anthony Quinn (1915 - 2001)

Quinn was born Antonio Rodolfo Quinn Oaxaca in Chihuahua, Mexico, during the Mexican Revolution. His mother, Manuela “Nellie” Oaxaca, was of Aztec ancestry. His father, Francisco (Frank) Quinn, was also born in Mexico, to an Irish immigrant father from County Cork and a Mexican mother. Frank Quinn rode with Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, then later […]