actorBorn: 8/17/1943Birthplace: New York City Academy Award-winning actor known for his demanding, tough-guy roles in Martin Scorsese films. His films include The Godfather Part II (1974), Raging…
actorBorn: 2/19/1924Birthplace: New York City A World War II veteran and former plumber, Marvin was first cast in tough guy roles, such as those he played in The Big Heat (1953) and The Killers (…
actorBorn: 6/17/1904Birthplace: Chicago A prolific character actor, he was often cast as the nice guy who didn't get the girl in screwball comedies such as The Awful Truth (1937). He film credits…
(Encyclopedia) crane, hoisting machine for lifting heavy loads and transferring them from one place to another, ordinarily over distances of not more than 200 ft (60 m). Cranes have a long reach and…
(Encyclopedia) Haldimand, Sir FrederickHaldimand, Sir Frederickhôlˈdĭmənd [key], 1718–91, British general and colonial governor of Quebec, b. Neuchâtel canton, Switzerland. A soldier of fortune in…
(Encyclopedia) Gage, Thomas, 1721–87, English general in North America. He came to America (1754) with Gen. Edward Braddock and took part in the ill-fated expedition against Fort Duquesne (1755).…
(Encyclopedia) Bukowski, Charles, 1920–94, American underground poet and fiction writer, b. Andernach, Germany. His family immigrated to the United States in 1922, settling in Los Angeles. A hard-…
(Encyclopedia) Reginald of ChâtillonReginald of ChâtillonshätēyôNˈ [key], d. 1187, Crusader, lord of Krak and Montreal in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. He came to the Holy Land in the Second…
puppeteerBorn: 9/24/1936Birthplace: Greenville, Mississippi A life-long puppet lover, Henson was instrumental in developing one of America's longest-running and best-loved children's television…
actorBorn: 8/ 28/1969Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Entertaining audiences comes naturally to Jason Priestley. After all, his mother was a ballerina and a former actress and his…
