(Michael Igor Peschkowsky)director, actorBorn: 11/6/1931Birthplace: Berlin, Germany Academy and Tony Award-winning film and stage director and actor known for his ability to elicit virtuoso…
director, screenwriterBorn: 2/20/1943Birthplace: Salford, England As director and screenwriter, Leigh works improvisationally with actors in the early stages of developing a film concept. His…
actor, comedianBorn: 5/25/1963Birthplace: Scarborough, Canada Television and film actor and comedian best known for his role as Wayne Campbell, host of “Wayne's World” on Saturday Night Live and…
director, screenwriter, composer, actorBorn: 1948Birthplace: Carlisle, England A former musician with a band and actor in an experimental theater, he wrote, directed, and composed the scores for…
newspaper columnistBorn: 9/19/1932Birthplace: Chicago Royko worked for a number of Chicago papers before joining the Chicago Tribune staff, where since 1984 he wrote a column that became syndicated…
U.S. CongressmanBorn: June 27, 1941Birthplace: Walnut Grove, California As the representative of the 15th district of California, Honda has served on the House Committee on Science and the…
lead singer of the Dave Clark FiveDied: February 28, 2008 (London, England) Best Known as: former lead singer of the Dave Clark Five Mike Smith was the lead…
JEWETT, Hugh Judge, (brother of Joshua Husband Jewett), a Representative from Ohio; born at Deer Creek, near Darlington, Md., on July 1, 1817; completed preparatory studies and attended…