#Willie Aames
DB15 July 1960, Los Angeles, CA
 
BGAames has a son, Christopher, with his first wife
BGAames met McCaslin in 1984 on the set of Rocky Road, a cable sitcom in
BGwhich she starred they live in rural Olathe, Kansas with daughter
BGHarleigh
SP'Victoria Weatherman' (qv) (? - ?)
SP'Maylo McCaslin' (qv) (? - ?
WNAames produces and directs for a video company in Kansas City
 
BYAnonymous
@
#Walter Abel
DB6 June 1898, St. Paul, MN
DD26 March 1987
@
#Wesley Addy
DB4 August 1913, Omaha, NE
@
#Woody Allen
RNKonigsberg, Allen Stewart
DB1 December 1935, Brooklyn, NY
 
TRWoody and ex-lover Mia Farrow had three children; Moses Farrow (adopted),
TRDylan Farrow (adopted daughter) and Satchel Farrow (biological son).
OW"Without Feathers", book of sketches, stories and plays by Woody Allen.
OW"Side Effects", book by Woody Allen.
OW"Woody Allen, The Night Club Years" - Live Recordings of his stand up
OWact. "Getting Even", Book of short musings. 1971, ISBN 0 030 32795 X
OW"The Complete Prose of Woody Allen", Book.
QU"Human Beings are divided into mind and body.  The mind embraces all
QUthe nobler aspirations, like poetry and philosophy, but the body
QUhas all the fun."
QU"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work,
QUI want to achieve it by not dying"
QU"I'm not afraid of dying...I just don't want to be there when it
QUhappens."
BO"On Being Funny: Woody Allen and Comedy", Eric Lax
BO"The Films of Woody Allen", Neil Sinyard
BO"Woody Allen - A Biography", 1991, Eric Lax, ISBN 0 09 991440 9
BO"Woody Allen on Woody Allen", 1994, edited by Stig Bjorkman, ISBN 0 571
BO1733
@
#Warner Anderson
DB10 March 1911, Brooklyn, NY
DD26 August 1976
@
#William Atherton
DB30 July 1947, Orange, CT
@
#William Bakewell
DB2 May 1908, Los Angeles, CA
DD15 April 1993, Los Angeles, CA (leukemia)
@
#Walter Baldwin
DB2 January 1889, OH
DD27 January 1977
@
#William Baldwin
DBMassapequa, NY
 
TRBrother of Alec and Daniel Baldwin
@
#William Ball
DB29 April 1931
DD30 July 1991
@
#Wolfe Barzell
DBPoland
DD14 February 1969, Acapulco, Mexico (heart attack, age 72)
@
#Warner Baxter
DB29 March 1889, Columbus, OH
DD7 May 1951, pneumonia
 
BGHe claimed to have an early pre-disposition toward show business: "I
BGdiscovered a boy a block away who would eat worms and swallow flies
BGfor a penny. For one-third of the profits, I exhibited him in a tent".
BGAt nine his widowed mother moved to San Francisco where, following the
BGearthquake of 1906, his family lived in a tent for two weeks "in mortal
BGterror of the fire." By 1910 he was in vaudeville and from there came
BGBroadway plays and movies. A matinee idol in the silents, he came to
BGprominence as the Cisco Kid with In Old Arizona (1929) for which he won
BGan Oscar. He went on to star with Myrna Loy - Penthouse (1933) and
BGBroadway Bill (1934) - and to what many consider his best role, that
BGof the doctor who treated Lincoln's assassin, in Prisoner of Shark
BGIsland (1936). That year his $284,000 income topped the industry. In
BG1943, after slipping into a string of B-pictures, he began his Dr.
BGOrdway "Crime Doctor" series. He had suffered a nervous breakdown, and
BGthese pictures were easy on him (studio sets for one month, two films a
BGyear). Following a lobotomy to relieve pains of arthritis, he died of
BGpneumonia.
 
BYEd Stephan <stephan@henson.cc.wwu.edu>
@
#William Beach
TRFather of Linus Roache
@
#Warren Beatty
RNBeaty, Henry Warren
DB30 March 1937, Richmond, VA
SP'Annette Bening' (qv) (1992 - present)
TRKid brother of Shirley MacLaine (qv)
@
#Wallace Beery
DB1 April 1885, Kansas City, MO
DD15 April 1949
 
TRHalf-brother of Noah Beery
@
#William Bendix
DB14 January 1906, New York, NY
DD14 December 1964
@
#William Berger
DB20 January 1928, Austria
@
#Wolfgang Bergmann
DB1946, Paderborn, Germany
@
#Warren Berlinger
DB31 August 1937, Brooklyn, NY
@
#Willie Best
DB1913, Sunflower, Mississippi, USA
DD1962
 
BGActor whose 30's and 40's roles as shuffling, illiterate, superstitious
BGporter, stableboy, chauffeur and the like served only to bolster Holly-
BGwood's then-unchallenged stereotype of the black male as somehow sub-
BGhuman.
NKSleep 'n' Eat
QU"Yassuh!"
 
BY<B.T.>
@
#William Bishop
DB16 July 1918, Oak Park, IL
DD3 October 1959, Malibu, CA (cancer)
@
#Whit Bissell
DB25 October 1909, New York, NY
@
#William Peter Blatty
DB7 January 1928
@
#Ward Bond
DB9 April 1903, Bendelmen, NE
DD5 November 1960, near Dallas, TX (heart attack)
@
#Walerian Borowczyk
DB21 October 1923, Kwilcz, Poland
 
BGBorn in Kwilcz, Poland, Walerian Borowczyk trained as a painter and
BGlithographer, winning Poland's National Prize in 1953.  He began his
BGfilm career as a film poster designer, then started making short
BGanimated films in the late 1950s.  Moving to France in the early 1960s,
BGhe gained a reputation as a leading animator before switching to live-
BGaction features, which have become increasingly controversial due to
BGtheir explicitly erotic and sensational content.
 
BYMichael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>
@
#Willis Bouchey
DD26 August 1977
@
#Warren Neal Boxer
DD17 May 1992, Los Angeles, CA (AIDS, age 34)
@
#William Boyd
DB5 June 1895, Cambridge, OH
DD12 September 1972, Parkinson's disease, heart failure
 
BGThe son of a day laborer, his family moved to Tulsa OK when he was
BGseven. His parents died while he was in his early teens, forcing him
BGto quit school and take up jobs as a grocery clerk, surveyor, and
BGoil field worker. He went to Hollywood in 1919, already grey haired.
BGHis first role was as an extra in DeMille's "Why Change Your Wife?"
BGHe bought some fancy clothes, caught DeMille's eye, and got the
BGromantic lead in "The Volga Boatman", quickly becoming a matinee
BGidol earning $100,000 a year. With the end of silent movies, Boyd
BGwas without a contract and going broke. By mistake his picture was
BGrun in a newspaper story of the arrest of another William Boyd for
BGillegal whiskey and gambling. In 1935 he was offered the part of
BGHop-Along Cassidy (named because of a limp induced by an earlier
BGbullet). He changed the original pulp-fiction character to its opposite:
BGdidn't smoke, drink, chew tobacco or swear, rarely kissed a girl,
BGlet the bad guy draw first. By 1943 he had made 54 "Hoppies" for his
BGoriginal producer Harry Sherman; after Sherman quit, Boyd made 12
BGmore on his own. All the movies made a 100 percent profit or better.
BGIn 1948 he sold his ranch and bought the rights to all his pictures,
BGjust as TV was looking for Saturday morning western fare. He
BGmarketed all sorts of products and received royalties from comic
BGbooks, radio and records. He retired to Palm Desert CA in 1953. In
BG1968 he had surgery to remove a tumor from a lymph gland and, from
BGthen on, refused all interview and photograph requests.
BODavid Zinman, "Saturday Afternoon at the Bijou" (1973)
TRThe "Hoppies" launched the formula "Trio Western". Boyd was forty
TRwhen the series started. He got a younger partner to play the
TRromantic leads (Jimmy Ellison, Russell Hayden, Brad King, Jay Kirby,
TRJimmy Rogers and Rand Brooks) and a second partner for comic relief
TR(George 'Gabby' Hayes, Britt Wood and Andy Clyde).
TRIn an early movie Hoppy kissed Evelyn Brent on the forehead as she
TRwas dying. His fans saw this as unmanly, so all future romance was
TRleft to his partners and there was a different leading lady
TRin each picture.
SP'Grace Bradley' (qv) (1937 - ?) (third wife) (widowed)
 
BYEd Stephan <stephan@henson.cc.wwu.edu>
@
#Wilfrid Brambell
DB22 March 1912, Dublin, Ireland
DD18 January 1985
@
#Walter Brennan
DB25 July 1894, Lynn, MA
DD21 September 1974
 
TRFirst actor to accumulate three Academy Awards
@
#Wilford Brimley
DB27 September 1934, Salt Lake City, UT
@
#Wally Brown
DB8 October 1904, Malden, MA
DD13 November 1961
@
#Walter Burke
DD4 August 1984
@
#Wolfgang Burmann
DB1946, in Paderborn, Germany
@
#Warren Burton
DB23 October 1944, Chicago, IL
@
#William Cagney
DBNew York, NY
DD3 January 1988, Newport Beach, CA (heart attack, age 82)
 
TRProducer, brother and manager of James Cagney.
@
#William Camp
DD12 March 1988
 
TRFather of Colleen Camp.  Died in Tarzana CA at age 74.
@
#William Campbell
DB1926, Newark, NJ
GA"Star Trek" (1966), as Koloth (ep. 'The Trouble with Tribbles')
GA"Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993), as Koloth (ep. 'Blood Oath')
@
#William Campbell (II)
GA"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), as Thadiun Okona (ep. 'The
GAOutrageous Okona')
@
#Wendy Carlos
OWWell Tempered Sysnthesizer
OWSwitched-on Bach (LP)
@
#Walter Catlett
DB4 February 1889, San Francisco, CA
DD14 November 1960
 
TRDied of a stroke in Woodland Hills CA.
@
#William Challee
DD18 March 1989
@
#Walter Charles
DB4 April 1945, East Strousberg, PA
@
#Walter Chiari
RNAnnichiarico, Walter
DB1924, Verona, Italy
DD20 December 1991
 
TRDied in Milan, Italy of heart attack at age 67.
@
#William Ching
DD1 July 1989
@
#William Christopher
DB20 October 1932, Evanston, IL
@
#Winston Churchill
RNChurchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer
DB30 November 1874
DD24 January 1965
 
BGBorn in Blenheim Palace, England.  Mother's name was Lady Randolph
BGChurchill         who had American lineage.  On his father's side he was
BGgrandson of the 7th Duke of     Marlborough, his ancestry extending into
BGthe aristocracy.  After passing through           famous English public
BGschools such as Harrow, he went on to fulfil his ambition for a     life
BGin the army.  He fought in various parts of the British Empire until in
BG1900 when he won the Conservative seat in Oldham in the general
BGelection.  From here until         1929 he held various offices in
BGBritish Parliament. The 1930s saw Hitler rise to power and dominate much
BGof Europe.  When war was        declared between Britain and Germany in
BG1939 Neville Chamberlain was British           Prime Minister.  On 10
BGMay 1940 Hitler's forces struck at Holland, Belgium and
BGFrance.  Chamberlain was seen by many as a weak leader and they longed
BGfor a         more forceful leader with whom Britain could feel safe.
BGOn 10 May, Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, was
BGchosen to become Prime Minister (at      the age of 65).  It could be
BGsaid that Churchill's fiery energy had never been
BGexperienced before in British politics and suddenly it seemed as though
BGBritain         could face the Nazi giant. He made a speech on 13 May:
BG"You ask: 'What is our policy?'  I will say: 'It is to wage war by
BGsea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength
BGthat God can give us: to wage war       against a monstrous tyranny,
BGnever surpassesd in the dark lamentable catalogue       of human crime.'
BG That is our policy.  You ask: 'What is our aim?' I can answer in
BGone word: 'Victory!  Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all
BGterror, victory however       long and hard the road may be; for without
BGvictory there is no survival.' "
BGThe United States entered the war after the bombing of Pearl Harbour.
BGThe US's           participation was excellent news to Churchill and
BGafter success on D-Day and as the      Nazi forces were gradually forced
BGback, the war in Europe gradually drew to a close.      He was
BGre-elected as Prime Minister in 1951 but because of deteriorating health
BGhe       left the public scene.  He died at Hyde Park Gate, London, on
BG24 January 1965 at the age of 90.  He had succeeded in the uniting of
BGthought and deed.  He had          succeeded in uniting everyone in the
BGcommon purpose, inspiring them wth fortitude      and strength to face
BGwhatever hardships that would have to be incurred in the
BGprocess of first surviving and ultimately winning the war.  His daughter
BGMary wrote       to him on his death bed.
BG'I owe you what every Englishman, woman and child owes you - liberty
BGitself.'
HT5' 7" as young man.
TRHe was awarded the Order of the Garter, became 'Sir Winston' (1953).
TRA lady once said to Churchill, "Mr. Churchill you're drunk!"  To which
TRhe replied, "I know, and you're ugly, but in the morning I shall be
TRsober." Another lady once said to Churchill, "If I was your wife I'd
TRpoison your coffee!"  He replied, "If I was your husband I'd drink it."
SP'Clementine Hozier' (qv) (12 Sep 1908 - his death on 24 Jan 1965)
TR(Married at
TRSt. Margaret's, Westminster, England) (She was 10 years younger than
TRhim).
OW'The Malakand Field Force'; 1897.
OW'The River War'; 1899.
OW'Lord Randolph Churchill'; 1906 (Biography of his father).
OW'The World Crisis'; 1922 (6 volume account of the Great War).
OW'My Early Life'; 1930.
OW'Marlborough, his Life and Times'; 1933 (Biography to be completed in
OW4 volumes) 'Arms and the Covenant'; 1938 (Speeches on defence).
OW'Second World War'; 1946.
OW'A History of the English-Speaking People'; 1956 (Last set of books).
QU"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed, by so many to so
QUfew."
QU"We shall not flag or fail.  We shall go on to the end.  We shall fight
QUin France, we         shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight
QUwith growing confidence and               growing strength in the air.
QUWe shall defend our island whatever the cost may be.        We shall
QUfight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing-grounds, we shall
QUfight  in the fields, we shall fight in the hills, we shall never
QUsurrender."
 
BYMatthew Stephenson <stephenn@pavilion.co.uk>
@
#Wallis Clark
DB2 March 1882, Essex, England
DD14 February 1961
@
#William Collier
DB12 February 1902
DD6 February 1986
@
#Walter Connolly
DB8 April 1887, Cincinnati, OH
DD28 May 1940
@
#William Conrad
DB27 September 1920, Louisville, KY
DD11 February 1994, North Hollywood CA, cardiac arrest
 
TRWas the original Marshall Matt Dillon on the "Gunsmoke" radio show.
@
#Wendell Corey
DB20 March 1914, Dracut, MA
DD8 November 1968
 
TRDied of liver ailment in Woodland Hills CA.
@
#William Cort
DD23 September 1993, Los Angeles, CA (cancer, age 53)
 
TRProducer.
@
#William Courtleigh
DB28 June 1867, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
DD27 December 1930
@
#William Courtleigh (II)
DD13 March 1918
 
TRDied at age 26.
@
#Wally Cox
RNCox, Wallace Maynard
DB6 December 1924, Detroit, MI
DD15 February 1973
@
#Wendy Craig
DB20 June 1934, England
@
#Wes Craven
RNCraven, Wesley Earl
DB2 August 1939, Cleveland, OH
@
#Wendy Crewson
DB1956, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
SP'Michael Murphy' (qv) (? - ?)
@
#Walter Cronkite
DB4 November 1916
@
#Wade Crosby
DB22 August 1905, IA
DD2 October 1975
@
#William Kirby Cullen
DB9 March 1952, Santa Ana, CA
@
#Willem Dafoe
DB22 July 1955, Appleton, WI
@
#William Daniels
DB31 March 1927, Brooklyn, NY
@
#William H. Daniels
DB1895, Cleveland, OH
DD1970
@
#William De Acutis
DD5 May 1991
 
TRDied at age 33.
@
#Wanda De Jesus

@
#William Demarest
DB27 February 1892, St. Paul, MN
DD28 December 1983
@
#William Devane
DB5 September 1937, Albany, NY
GA"Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" (1993), as Al Capone
GA(11/94)
@
#Walt Disney
RNDisney, Walter Elias
DB5 December 1901, Chicago, IL
DD15 December 1966
 
TRWas cremated and buried at Lawn Memorial Park Glendale CA
TRIs rumored to be cryogenetically preserved
TRActive anti-communist
@
#Warde Donovan
DD16 April 1988
 
TRDied in Los Angeles at age 72.
SP'Phyllis Diller' (qv) (? - ?)
@
#William Duff-Griffin
RNDuffy, William Joseph
DB1940
DD13 November 1994, Manhattan NY, prostate cancer
@
#William Duncan
DB16 December 1879, Scotland
DD8 February 1961
 
TRDied after long illness in Hollywood.
@
#William Dunlop
GA"Due South" (1994), as [unknown]
@
#Wild Bill Elliott
RNElliott, William
DB16 October 1905, Pattonsburg, MO
DD26 November 1965
 
TRCowboy actor. Died of cancer in Las Vegas.
@
#William Elliott
DD30 September 1983
@
#William Farnum
DB4 July 1876, Boston, MA
DD5 June 1953
@
#William Faulkner
DB25 September 1897
DD6 July 1962
 
BGWilliam Faulkner, one of the 20th century's most gifted novelists, wrote
BGfor the movies in part because he could not make enough money from his
BGnovels and short stories to support his growing number of dependants.
BGThe author of such acclaimed novels as "The Sound and the Fury" and
BG"Absalom, Absalom!", Faulkner received official screen credits for just
BGsix theatrical releases, five of which were with director Howard Hawks.
BGFaulkner received the Nobel Prize for Literature for 1949 and he
BGreceived two Pulitzer Prizes, for "A Fable" in '1955 and "The Reivers",
BGwhich was published shortly before he died in 1962.
TRThe character of the alcoholic Southern novelist-turned screenwriter W.
TRP. Mayhew in the movie "Barton Fink" is based loosely on William
TRFaulkner.
BOJoseph Blotner, "Faulkner: A Biography."
SP'Estelle Oldham Faulkner' (qv) (? - ?)
BT"William Faulkner: A Life on Paper" (PBS documentary)
HT5' 5.5"
 
BYJohn B. Padgett
@
#Walter Field
DB29 August 1874
DD5 June 1976
@
#W.C. Fields
RNDukenfield, William Claude
DB29 January 1879, Philadelphia, PA
DD25 December 1946, Pasadena, CA (pneumonia)
 
BGWilliam Claude Dukenfield was the eldest of five children born to
BGCockney immigrant James Dukenfield and Philadelphia native Kate
BGFelton. He went to school for four years, then quit to work with his
BGfather selling vegetables from a horse cart.  At eleven, after many
BGfights with his father (who hit him on the head with a shovel), he
BGleft home. For a while he lived in a hole in the ground, depending on
BGstolen food and clothing. He was often beaten and spent nights in
BGjail. His first regular job was delivering ice.  By age thirteen he
BGwas a skilled pool player and juggler.  It was then, at an amusement
BGpark in Norristown PA, that he was first hired as an entertainer.
BGThere he developed the technique of pretending to lose the things he
BGwas juggling. In 1893 he was employed as a juggler at Fortescue's
BGPier, Atlantic City.  When business was slow he pretended to drown in
BGthe ocean (management thought his fake rescue would draw customers).
BGBy nineteen he was billed as "The Distinguished Comedian" and began
BGopening bank accounts in every city he played. At age twenty-three he
BGopened at the Palace in London and played with Sarah Bernhardt at
BGBuckingham Palace.  He starred at the Folies-Bergere (young Charles
BGChaplin and Maurice Chevalier were on the program). He was in each of
BGthe Ziegfeld Folliws from 1915 through 1921. He played for a year in
BGthe highly praised musical "Poppy" which opened in New York in 1923.
BGIn 1925 D.W. Griffith made a movie of the play, renamed "Sally of the
BGSawdust", starring Fields. "Pool Sharks", Fields' first movie, was
BGmade when he was thirty-six. He settled into a mansion near Burbank CA
BGand made most of his thirty-seven movies for Paramount. He appeared in
BGmostly spontaneous dialogs on Charlie McCarthy's radio shows. In 1939
BGhe switched to Universal where he made films written mainly by and for
BGhimself.  He died after several serious illnesses, including bouts of
BGpneumonia.
BO"W.C. Fields by himself", (1973), W.C. Fields
BO"W.C. Fields & me", (1971), Carlotta Monti
OWThe art of W.C. Fields (1967), William K. Everson
OWThe Films of W.C. Fields (1966), Donald Deschner
OWA Flask of Fields (1972), Richard J. Anobile
SP'Harriet Hughes' (qv) (? - ?) (New York dancer)
QU"Anyone who hates small dogs and children can't be all bad."
QU"'Twas a woman drove me to drink. I never had the courtesy to thank her."
QU"I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast."
QUAsked why he never drank water: "Fish fuck in it."
QUHis epitaph: "All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia."
 
BYEd Stephan <stephan@henson.cc.wwu.edu>
@
#Walter Fitzgerald
DB18 May 1896, Keyhan, Devonport, England
DD20 December 1976
@
#Wayland Flowers
DD11 October 1988
 
TRVentriloquist. Died at age 48.
@
#Wallace Ford
DB12 February 1898, Balton, England
DD11 June 1966
 
TRDied of heart attack in Woodland Hills CA.
@
#William Frawley
DB26 February 1887, Burlington, IA
DD3 March 1966, Hollywood, CA (heart attack)
 
TRPlayed Fred Mertz on "I Love Lucy".
@
#William Friedkin
DB29 August 1939, Chicago, IL
 
BGWilliam Friedkin was born in Chicago and began his career filming
BGdocumentaries and directing more than 2000 TV programs in his
BGhometown.
BOHurricane Billy:  New York, Morrow Books, 1990.
SP'Jeanne Moreau' (qv) (1977 - 1979)
 
BYTak <From press release>
@
#Will Friedle
DB11 August 1976
@
#William Gargan
DB17 July 1905, Brooklyn, NY
DD17 February 1979
@
#Will Geer
DB9 March 1902, Frankfort, IN
DD22 April 1978
@
#Wynne Gibson
DB3 July 1905
DD15 May 1987
@
#Whoopi Goldberg
RNJohnson, Caryn
DB13 November 1949, New York, NY
 
BGShe began performing aged eight in New York with several Children
BGPrograms at the theatre. In 1974 she moved to San Diego, apearing
BGthere in 'Mother Courage' and 'Getting Out'.
BGWhoopi toured an one-women-show throughout the United States.
BGThe album of her Broadway show won a Grammy Award 1985.
BGHer apearance in an episode of 'Moonlighting' earned her an Emmy Award
BGNomination. In 1992 Whoopi hosted the 34th Annual Grammy Awards, and
BG1994 she hosted the Acadamy Awards.
BGWhoopi is well known for her tireless humanitarian efforts on behalf
BGof children, the homeless, human rights and the battle against AIDS.
OWAuthor of the children book 'Alice'
OWRecording 'Koi and Kola Nuts', an African folktale
OWseveral comedy albums
GA"Moonlighting" (ep. 'Camille' 1985)
 
BYDirk Gruhlke
@
#William Goldman
DB12 August 1931
 
BGScreenwriter, novelist, playwright, non-fiction author.
BGBorn in Highland Park, Illinois, USA, begas his career as a novelist in
BG1957. Started writing screenplays in 1965 with "Masquerade".  A two-time
BGAcademy
BGAward Winner, he is one of the most successful screenwriters and script
BGdoctors in Hollywood.
TRWinner of the 1985 Laurel Award for lifetime achievement in
TRscreenwriting.
TRAuthor of two of the best books ever written about show business,
TR"Adventures in the Screen Trade" and "Hype and Glory."
TRAuthor of the famous quote about Hollywood, "Nobody Knows Anything."
AGWilliam Goldman
AGc/o CAA
AG9830 Wilshire Blvd.
AGBeverly Hills, CA  90212
 
BYDavid Montgomery <djmont@aol.com>
@
#William Gordon
DD12 August 1991
 
TRActor.
@
#Wilton Graff
RNRatcliffe, Wilton Calvert
DB13 August 1903, St. Louis, MO
DD13 January 1969
 
TRDied in Pacific Palisades CA.
@
#Walter Greaza
DB1 January 1897, St. Paul, MN
DD1 June 1973
 
TRDied in Kew Gardens NY.
@
#Wayne Gretzky
DB26 January 1961
SP'Janet Jones' (qv) (? - present)
@
#William Haines
DB1 January 1900, Staunton, VA
DD26 December 1973
 
TRDied of cancer in Santa Monica CA.
@
#Wendy Hamilton
TRPlayboy Playmate of the Month December 1991
@
#Walter Hampden
DB30 June 1879, Brooklyn, NY
DD11 June 1955
@
#William Hansen
DB2 March 1911, WA
DD23 June 1975
@
#Woody Harrelson
DB23 July 1961, Midland, TX
 
TRHarrelson moonlights as the lead singer in the band
TRManly Moondog and the Three Kool Hats.
@
#William Harrigan
DB27 March 1894, New York, NY
DD1 February 1966
 
TRDied after abdominal surgery in New York NY.
@
#William E. Harris
DD25 June 1992
 
TRProduction assistant.
TRDied after being stabbed by burglars in Playa Del Rey CA at age 37.
@
#William S. Hart
DD1946
@
#William Hartnell
DB8 January 1908, London, England
DD24 April 1975
@
#Wojciech Has
DB1925
 
BGBorn in Cracow, Poland, in 1925. Feature film director. Graduated
BGin 1946 from Cracow Film Institute, also studied painting. From
BG1947 to 1957 made a number of documentary shorts and educational
BGfilms. Feature film debut: _The Noose_ (Petla, 1958, co-scr.).
BGOther films: _Farewells_ (Pozegnania, 1958, co-scr.), awarded
BGin Locarno and London 1959; _Roommates_ ((Wspolny pokoj, 1960,
BGco-scr.); _Parting_ (Rozstanie, 1961); _Gold_ (Zloto, 1962);
BG_How to Be Loved_ (Jak byc kochana, 1962), Polish Film Critics
BGaward, also awarded in San Francisco 1963 and beirut 1964;
BG_The Saragossa Manuscript_ (Pamietnik znaleziony w Saragossie,
BG1964), awarded in San Sebastian and Edinburgh 1965, in Sitges
BG1966; _Codes_ (Szyfry, 1966), _The Doll_ (Lalka, 1968, co-scr.),
BGawarded in Panama 1969; _The Sandglass_ (Sanatorium pod
BGKlepsydra, 1973), awarded in Cannes 1973, Grand Prix in Trieste
BG1974.
 
BYZbigniew Pasek zbigniew@engin.umich.edu
@
#Wings Hauser
GA"Space Rangers" (1993), as [unknown]
@
#Will Hay
DD1949
@
#Wanda Hendrix
DB3 November 1928
DD1 February 1981
@
#Werner Herzog
DB5 September 1942
OWVom Gehen Im Eis (Of Walking in Ice) - journal/book
BTWerner Herzog Eats His Shoe
GA"Tokyo-Ga", as [unknown]
@
#William Hickey
DB1928, Brooklyn, NY
@
#Walter Hill
DB10 January 1942
@
#Wendy Hiller
DB15 August 1912, Stockport, England
@
#William Holden
RNBeedle Jr., William Franklin
DB17 April 1918, O'Fallon, IL
DD16 November 1981
 
BGHe came from a wealthy family which moved to Pasadena CA when he
BGwas three. His father was an industrial chemist and his mother a
BGteacher. In 1937, while studying chemistry at Pasadena Junior
BGCollege, he was signed to a film contract by Paramount. His first
BGstarring role was as a young man torn between the violin and
BGboxing, "Golden Boy" (1939). From then on he was type-cast as the
BGboy-next-door. After returning from World War II military service,
BGhe got two very important roles: Joe Gillis, the gigolo in "Sunset
BGBoulevard" (1950) the tutor in "Born Yesterday" (1950) followed by
BGhis Oscar-winning role as the cynical sergeant in "Stalag 17"
BG(1953) and stayed popular through the '50s, e.g., "Picnic" (1956).
BGHe spent much of his later time as co-owner of the Mount Kenya
BGSafari Club, dividing his time between Africa and Switzerland.
SP'Brenda Marshall' (qv) (1941 - 70), a son actor Scott Holden
 
BYEd Stephan <stephan@henson.cc.wwu.edu>
@
#William Hootkins
DB1950, Dallas, TX
NKBill
TRAttended St. Marks, where he was a member
TRof the same theatre group as Tommy Lee Jones.
GABest known for popular series of TV ads for Fab detergent
@
#Wil Horneff
DB12 June 1979, Englewood, NJ
 
BGWil resides in New Jersey with his mother, Robin and his
BGfather, Van along with his two sisters (Vanessa and
BGSamantha) and brother (John).  He attends a catholic school
BGin New Jersey and while not filming takes flying lessons.
BGWil hopes to attend medical school at Yale, but has no
BGambition to do any surgical work.
TRHobbies include karate, skiing, flying and tennis.
TRWas a Junior Olympian
AGWil Horneff
AGPO Box 42
AGWaldwick, NJ 07463
 
BYTroy Rutter (techy@iastate.edu)
@
#Whitney Houston
DB9 August 1963, East Orange, NJ
GAAT&T True Voice commercials (1994-95)
SP'Bobby Brown' (qv) (? - present)
TRMother, has a daughter, Bobbi.
TRMulti-Grammy award winning singer; has had an unequaled run of seven
TRconsecutive #1 records (1980s) in the USA, and held the #1 spot on
TRBillboard's Hot 100 for 14 weeks with "I Will Always Love You" in 1993.
@
#Wendy Hughes
DB1952, Australia
@
#Warren Hull
DB17 January 1903, Gasport, NY
DD14 September 1974
@
#William Hurt
DB20 March 1950, Washington, DC
SP'Mary Beth Hurt' (qv) (? - ?)
@
#Walter Huston
RNHoughston, Walter
DB6 April 1884, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
DD7 April 1950
 
TRFather of 'John Huston' (qv) and grandfather of 'Anjelica Huston'
TR(qv), their together comprising three generations of Academy Award
TRwinners.
@
#Will Hutchins
DB5 May 1932
@
#Wilfrid Hyde-White
DB12 May 1903, Gloucester, England
DD6 May 1991
@
#Warren Hymer
DB25 February 1906, New York, NY
DD25 March 1948
@
#Washington Irving
QU"A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant
QUuse."
@
#Wolfman Jack
RNSmith, Robert Weston
DB21 January 1939
DD1 July 1995, Belvidere, NC (heart attack, age 57, died at home)
 
TRWolfman Jack made is final syndicated radio broadcast from
TRa Planet Hollywood restaurant in Washington D.C. on Friday Night
TRJune 30, 1995.
@
#Waylon Jennings
DB15 June 1937, Littlefield, TX
@
#William Katt
DB16 February 1950, Los Angeles, California
 
TRSon of Barbara Hale
@
#William Keighley
DD24 June 1984
@
#William Kennedy
DB16 January 1928
@
#Wendy Kilbourne
DBAbout 1964
SP'James Read' (qv) (? - ?)
@
#Walter Woolf King
DBSan Francisco, CA
DD24 October 1984
@
#Walter Kingsford
DB20 September 1881, Redhill, England
DD7 February 1958
@
#Winifred Kingston
DB11 November 1894, England
DD3 February 1967, La Jolla, CA
 
TRSilent screen actress.
@
#Werner Klemperer
DB22 March 1920, Cologne, Germany
@
#Walter Koenig
DB14 September 1936, Chicago, IL
GA"Alfred Hitchcock Presents", as [unknown]
GA"Ben Casey", as [unknown]
GA"Columbo" (ep. 'Fade in to Murder')
GA"Combat!", as [unknown]
GA"Day in Court", as [unknown]
GA"Ironside", as [unknown]
GA"Lieutenant, The", as [unknown]
GA"Mannix", as [unknown]
GA"Medical Center", as [unknown]
GA"Mr. Novak", as [unknown]
GA"Tales of the Gold Monkey", as [unknown]
GA"Untouchables, The", as [unknown]
OW"Actors" play
OW"Boys of Autumn, The" play
OW"Deputy, The" play
@
#Wolfgang Kohlhaase
DB13 March 1931, Berlin
@
#Werner Krauss
DB23 June 1884, Gestungshausen, Germany
DD20 October 1959, Vienna
BO'Das Schauspiel meines Lebens. Einem Freund erzaehlt', Werner Krauss,
BOStuttgart 1958
@
#Will Kuluva
DD6 November 1990
 
TRDied at age 73.
@
#William Lanteau
DB1923
DD3 November 1993, complications from heart surgery
@
#Walter Lanz
DB27 April 1900
@
#William LeMassena
DD19 January 1993
 
TRDied of lung cancer in New Suffolk NY at age 76.
@
#Winnie Lightner
DB17 September 1899, Greenport, NY
DD5 March 1971
 
TRComedienne. Died of heart attack in Sherman Oaks CA.
@
#Wolfgang Lippert
DBBerlin, Germany
NKLippi
@
#Walter Long
DB5 March 1879, Nashua, NH
DD4 July 1952
@
#William Lundigan
DB12 June 1914, Syracuse, NY
DD21 December 1975
 
BGThe athletic Lundigan stood 6'2" and weighed 170#.  He played football,
BGbasketball and tennis at Syracuse.
BGLundigan was discovered by Charles R. Rogers, head of production at
BGUniversal Studios.  Rogers happened to tune into radio station WBFL
BGin Syracuse, NY.  Rogers was so intrigued by a voice he heard reading
BGa commercial that he gave instructions for the speaker to be located,
BGbrought to New York, and tested for movie possibilities.  The speaker,
BGof course, was Lundigan.  Lundigan had gotten the announcing job because
BGhis father owned the building that housed WBFL.
BGLater in his career, Lundigan was successful as the host of
BGthe CBS programs CLIMAX and SHOWER OF STARS.  For these programs,
BGhe delivered on-air commercials for their sponsor, Chrysler Motors.
BGOff screen, he traveled as a goodwill ambassador for the auto
BGcompany, covering over 100,000 miles on the road, and visiting
BG560,000 people in 90 weeks.
SP'Rena Morgan' (qv) (? - ?)
 
BYRay Hamel <hamel@primate.wisc.edu>
@
#Wayne Mack
DD1 April 1993
 
TRSportscaster. Died of cancer in New Orleans at age 68.
@
#William H. Macy
DB13 March 1950, Miami, FL
@
#William S. Magginetti
DD21 February 1992
 
TRDied at age 98.
@
#Wendie Malick
GA"The Commish" (1991), as [unknown] (Fall 1994)
GA"Baywatch" (1989), as Mitch's ex-wife Gayle (periodically)
GA"Kate & Allie" (1984), as Claire (periodically)
GA"Seinfeld" (1990), as Wendy (1995)
@
#William Marshall
DB19 August 1924, Gary, IN
@
#William Marshall (III)
DB2 October 1917, Chicago, IL
@
#Walter Matthau
RNMatuschanskavasky, Walter
DB1 October 1920, New York, NY
@
#Winston May
DB1937
DD29 April 1994, AIDS
@
#Wendell Mayes
DBHayti, MO
DD28 March 1992
 
TRDied of cancer in Santa Monica CA at age 72.
@
#William McNamara
DB31 March 1965, Dallas, TX
@
#Wu Jun Mei
RNWu, Vivian
@
#William Cameron Menzies
DB29 July 1896, New Haven, CT
DD5 March, 1957, Beverly Hills, CA
@
#Wayne Morris
DB17 February 1914, Los Angeles, CA
DD14 September 1959
 
TRDied of heart attack while visiting the aircraft carrier
TRBon Homme Richard in Oakland CA.
@
#William R. Moses
DB17 November 1959, Los Angeles, CA
SP'Tracy Nelson' (qv) (? - ?)
@
#Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
DB27 January 1756
DD5 December 1791
SP'Constanze' (? - 1791)
@
#Willie Nelson
DB30 April 1933, Waco, TX
SP'Martha Matthews' (qv) (1950 - 1960) three children
SP'Shirley Collie' (qv) (1961 - 1971)
SP'Connie Koepke' (qv) (1971 - 1988) two children
SP'Ann-Marie D'Angleo' (qv) (1991 - present) two children
@
#Wayne Newton
RNNewton, Carson Wayne
DB3 April 1942, Roanoke, VA
@
#William Nigh
DB12 October 1881, Berlin, Wisconsin
DD27 November 1955, Burbank, California
@
#Will Nipper
RNNipper, Will Estes
DB21 October 1978, Los Angeles, California
AKEstes, Will
@
#Wheeler Oakman
SP'Priscilla Dean' (qv) (? - ?)
@
#Warren Oates
DB5 July 1928, Depoy, KY
DD3 April 1982
@
#Warner Oland
DB3 October 1880, Umea, Sweden
DD6 August 1938
@
#Walter Olkewicz
DB14 May 1948
@
#Warren Olney
BGHost of "Which Way, L.A.?" KCRW radio, 89.9 FM, the major National
BGPublic Radio affiliate in Southern California.
@
#William Orlamond
DB1 August 1867, Denmark
DD23 April 1957
@
#Woodrow Parfrey
DD29 July 1984
@
#Willard Parker
RNVan Eps, Worster
DB5 February 1912, New York, NY
@
#Will Patton
DB14 June 1954, Charleston, SC
@
#Werner Penzel
DB1950
@
#Wanda Perry
DD17 February 1985
@
#William L. Petersen
DB1953, Chicago, IL
@
#Wolfgang Petersen
DB14 March 1941, Emden Germany
@
#Wendell Phillips
DD6 October 1991 (13 October 1991?)
 
TRDied at age 83.
@
#Wilfred Pickles
DB13 October 1904, Halifax, England
DD27 March 1978
@
#Walter Pidgeon
DB23 September 1897, East St. John, New Brunswick, Canada
DD25 September 1984
@
#Webb Pierce
DBWest Monroe, LA
DD24 February 1991
 
TRCountry singer. Died of pancreatic cancer in Nashville TN at age 69.
@
#Wensley Pithey
DB1914, South Africa
DD10 November 1993, England
@
#William Powell
RNPowell, William Horatio
DB29 July 1892, Pittsburgh, PA
DD5 March 1984
@
#Wayde Preston
RNStrange, Bill
DB1929
DD6 February 1992
 
TRDied of cancer in Lovelock NV at age 62.
@
#William Preston
DB26 August 1921, Columbia, PA
@
#William Prince
DB26 January 1913, Nicholas, NY
@
#William Ragsdale
DB19 January 1961, El Dorado, AK
@
#William Raynor
DB1920
DD5 January 1994, Bellingham, WA
@
#William Redfield
DB26 January 1927, New York, NY
DD17 August 1976
@
#Wallace Reid
RNReid, William Wallace
DB15 April 1891, St. Louis, MO
DD18 January 1923
@
#Will Rogers Jr.
DB20 October 1911, NY
DD10 July 1993
 
TRFormer US congressman, son of humorist Will Rogers.
TRDied of self-inflicted gunshot to head in Tubac AZ.
@
#Wayne Rogers
DB7 April 1933, Birmingham, AL
@
#Will Rogers
DB4 November 1879, Cologah, Oklahoma Territory, USA
DD15 August 1935
 
TRDied in the Arctic crash of a plane piloted by the world-renowned,
TRone-eyed pioneer aviator, Wiley Post (in which Post died as well).
BTThe Story of Will Rogers (1952), portrayed by his son Will Jr.
QU"It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for."
@
#Wanda Rotha
DB1910?, Vienna, Austria
DD5 August 1982
@
#Walter Ruttmann
DD1941
@
#Winona Ryder
RNHorowitz, Winona Laura
DB29 October 1971, Winona, MN
 
BGWinona Ryder was born Winona Horowitz and named after her the town in
BGwhich she was born, Winona Minnesota.  She grew up in a ranch commune in
BGNorthern California where there was no electricity.  She is the
BGGoddaughter of Timothy Leary and her parents were friends of Beat poet
BGAllen Ginsberg and once edited a book called Shaman Woman Mainline Lady
BGan anthology of writings on the drug experience in literature - this
BGincluded one piece by Louisa May Alcott.  Winona Ryder was later to star
BGas Jo in this author's Little Women (1994).  She moved with her parents
BGto Petaluma (near San Francisco) when she was ten and enrolled in acting
BGclasses at the American Conservatory Theater.  At 13 she had a video
BGaddition to the film Desert Bloom, but didn't get the part.  Director
BGDavid Seltzer, however, spotted her and cast her in Lucas.  When
BGtelephoned to ask how she'd like to have he name appear on the credits,
BGshe suggested Ryder as her father's Mitch Ryder album was playing the
BGbackground.  Ryder was selected for part of Mary Corleone in Godfather
BGPart III, but had to drop out of the role after catching the flu from
BGthe strain of doing the films Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael! and
BGMermaids back to back.  She said she didn't want to let everyone down by
BGdoing a substandard performance. Others have suggested that she pulled
BGout from the part because of problems with boyfriend Johnny Depp, with
BGwhom she had been going out since she was 17.  Depp got a tattoo saying
BG"Winona Forever" put on his bicep.  Winona Ryder was set to film Bram
BGStoker's Dracula as a TV movie with Michael Apted, but took the script
BGto Coppola and he agreed to film it.  She later made The Age of
BGInnocence which was directed by Martin Scorsese, who she believes to be
BG"the best director in the world". Recently, a girl was abducted from
BGWinona's hometown of Petaluma.  Winona helped in the search by manning
BGtelephones, doing a videotape and offering a $200,000 reward for the
BGgirl's safe return.  Unfortunately the girl was found murdered.  Winona
BGis now engaged to David Pirner from Soul Asylum who she met at an MTV
BGUnplugged gig.
HT5' 4"
 
BYKieran Lee <kjl@psych.st-and.ac.uk>
@
#Will Sampson
DBOK
DD3 June 1987
@
#Walter Sande
DB9 July 1906, Denver, CO
DD22 November 1971
 
TRDied of heart attack in Chicago.
@
#William Sanderson
DB10 January 1948, Memphis, TN
@
#William Schallert
DB6 July 1922, Los Angeles, CA
@
#Werner Schroeter
BGThe key person of the New German Cinema of the '70's.  His works,
BGmostly shot in 16mm, combine an intense interest and knowledge of
BGGerman history and personal dramatic and emotional investigations.
BG"Malina" which stars Isabel Hubbert is one of the great classics of
BGmodern cinema and deals with a perpetually burning apartment,
BGa crazed love affair, and the definitions of the soul. A rare treat.
 
BYOliver Hockenhull, oliver@cisr.bc.ca
@
#Walter Scott (II)
DB1771
DD1832
@
#Willard Scott
DB7 May 1934
@
#William N. Selig
DD1948
@
#William Shakespeare
RNShakespeare, William (family records 1564-1616 show 44 surname
RNspellings)
DB23 April 1564, Stratford-on-Avon, England (baptism Apr 25)
DD23 April 1616, (funeral Apr 25)
 
BGHis birthdate is assumed from his baptism on April 25. His father
BGJohn was the son of a farmer who became a successful tradesman; his
BGmother Mary Arden was gentry. He studied Latin works at Stratford
BGGrammar School, leaving about age 15. About this time his father
BGsuffered an unknown financial setback, though the family home
BGremained in his possession. An affair with Anne Hathaway, 8 years
BGhis senior and a nearby farmer's daughter, led to pregnancy and a
BGhasty marriage late in 1582. Susanna was born in May of 1583, twins
BGHamnet and Judith in January of 1585. By 1592 he was an established
BGactor and playwright in London though his path thither (fugitive?
BGbutcher? soldier? actor?) is highly debated. When plague closed the
BGLondon theatres for two years he apparently toured; he also wrote
BGtwo long poems, Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. He may
BGhave spent this time at the estate of the Earl of Southampton. By
BGDecember 1594 he was back in London as a member of the Chamberlain's
BGMen, the company he stayed with the rest of his life. In 1596 he
BGseems to have purchased a coat of arms for his father; the same year
BGHamnet died at age 11.  The following year he purchased the grand
BGStratford mansion New Place.  A 1598 edition of Love's Labors was
BGthe first to bear his name though he was already recognized as
BGEngland's greatest playwright.  He is believed to have written his
BGSonnets during the 1590s.  In 1599 he became a partner in new Globe
BGTheatre, the company of which joined the royal household on the
BGaccession of James in 1603.  That is the last year in which he
BGappeared in a cast list.  He seems to have retired to Stratford in
BG1612; there he continued active in real estate investment. The cause
BGof his death is unknown.
TRWilliam Beeston, son of Shakespeare's friend actor Charles Beeston,
TRdescribed him as "a handsome, well-shap't man."
BOG.E. Bentley, Shakespeare: A Biographical Handbook (1974)
BOP. Edwards, Shakespeare: A Writer's Progress (1987)
BOE.I. Fripp, Shakespeare, Man and Artist (1938)
BOS. Lee, A LIfe of William Shakespeare (1931)
BOM.M. Reese, Shakespeare: His World and His Work (1980)
BOS. Schoenbaum, William Shakespeare: A Documentary Life (1975)
OW<a href="http://the-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/by-year.html">Works</a>
SP'Anne Hathaway' (qv) (1582 - his death 1616; hers 1623)
 
BYEd Stephan <stephan@henson.cc.wwu.edu>
@
#William Shatner
DB22 March 1931, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
 
BGBest known as the indomitable Captain Kirk in the popular TV series,
BG"Star Trek" (1966-69) and its several movie spin-offs.
BGShatner's feature directorial debut came with the fifth-somewhat
BGwooden-installment of these, 1989's Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.
BG(He had previously directed several episodes of the TV show
BG"T.J. Hooker" (1982-86), in which he also starred.)
BGShatner's wife, Marcy Lafferty, and daughter, Melanie Shatner
BGare both actresses.
SP'Gloria Rand' (qv) (195? - 195?)
SP'Marcy Lafferty' (qv) (1976 - ?)
BOBiography from Daughter Lesley about her Father
OWAuthor 'Tek-War' Books
TRHobby Horses and Tennis
 
BYDirk Gruhlke <drgr4000@zrz.tu-berlin.de>
@
#Wallace Shawn
DB12 November 1943, New York, NY
GA"Murphy Brown" (1988), as the former "FYI" correspondant who was fired
GAwhen the rest of the crew (at that time, it was Frank, Jim and Murphy)
GAgave the producers an ultimatum to fire him.  He showed up at an FYI
GAretrospective episode and wouldn't leave.  His famous catch
GAphrase from "FYI" after his commentaries (note incorrect
GAspelling--but that's what he said) "That's alls I know!"  He
GAwas also on a later episode after being elected to Congress
GA(and later recalled due to groups he took money from)
QU"That's alls I know!" (from "Murphy Brown")
@
#William Morgan Sheppard
GA"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), as Ira Graves (ep. 'The Shizoid
GAMan')
@
#Wil Shriner
DB6 December 1953, New York, NY
 
TRTwin brother of Kin Shriner
@
#Walter Slezak
DB3 May 1902, Vienna, Austria
DD22 April 1983
@
#William Smithers
DB10 July 1927, Richmond, VA
GA"Sledgehammer" (1986), as Poltz (ep. 'They Call Me Mr. Trunk')
@
#Wendie Jo Sperber
GA"Married with Children" (1987), as Sandy (Dec, 1991)
GA"Fortune Hunter", as a language translator (1994)
@
#Wladyslaw Starewicz
DB6 August 1882, Vilna, Poland (later Russia)
DD1965
 
BGAlthough his name nowadays means very little except to animation buffs
BG(and even they have to be pretty well informed), Wladyslaw Starewicz
BGranks alongside Walt Disney as one of the great animation pioneers, and
BGhis career started nearly a decade before Disney's.  He became an
BGanimator by accident - fascinated by insects, he bought a camera and
BGattempted to film them, but they kept dying under the hot lights.
BGStop-motion animation provided an instant (if slow) solution, and
BGStarewicz discovered that he had a natural talent for it.  He
BGsubsequently made dozens of short films, mostly featuring his trademark
BGstop-motion puppets, but also live action films (some blending live
BGaction and animation), moving to France after the Russian Revolution to
BGcontinue his career.  His longest and most ambitious film was the
BGfeature-length 'Tale of the Fox', which took ten years to plan and
BGeighteen months to shoot.  Starewicz' films were virtually one-man
BGshows (writer/director/cameraman/designer/animator), though other
BGimportant contributions (in front of and behind the camera) were made
BGby his daughters.
 
BYMichael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>
@
#Warren Stevens
DB2 November 1919, Clark's Summit, PA
@
#Whit Stillman
RNStillman, John Whitney
@
#Woody Strode
RNStrode, Woodrow
DB1914, Los Angeles, CA
DD31 December 1994
HT6' 4"
TRFormer pro football player
@
#William Styron
DB11 June 1925
@
#William Sylvester
DB31 January 1922, Oakland, CA
@
#William Talman
DB4 February 1917, Detroit, MI
DD30 August 1968
 
TRDied of lung cancer in Encino CA.
@
#William Tannen (I)
DB17 November 1911, New York, NY
DD2 December 1976
 
TRSon of Julius Tannen.
@
#William Desmond Taylor
RNDeane-Tanner, William Cunningham
DB26 April 1872
DD1 February 1922
 
BGBorn in Carlow, Ireland. Came to USA c.1890.  Worked as stage
BGactor, engineer, antique dealer, gold miner.  Entered silent
BGfilm industry as actor in 1912; most noted film as actor was
BG"Captain Alvarez" (Vitagraph, 1914).  Directed first film for
BGBalboa Films in 1914. Subsequently directed for American Film,
BGFavorite Players, Pallas, Morosco, Fox, Famous Players-Lasky,
BGSelect, Realart, Paramount.  Served in the British Army 1918-1919.
BGResumed Hollywood career.  Served as president of the Motion
BGPicture Directors' Association for three terms.  Stars he directed
BGincluded Mary Pickford, Dustin Farnum, Wallace Reid,
BGMary Miles Minter.  Directed "Davy Crockett", "Tom Sawyer, "
BG"Anne of Green Gables", "Huckleberry Finn", others.
BGHis unsolved murder in 1922 was one of Hollywood's greatest scandals.
QU"The only things we really keep are the things we give away."
SP'Ethel May Harrison' (qv) (15 November 1902 - 1911)
BO"A Deed of Death, " Robert Giroux. ISBN: 0-394-58075-3
BO"William Desmond Taylor: A Dossier, " Bruce Long. ISBN: 0-8108-2490-6
 
BYBruce Long <bruce@asu.edu>
@
#Walter Tetley
DB2 June 1915, New York, NY
DD4 September 1975
@
#William Thomas Jr.
GA"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), as Santos (ep. 'Preemptive
GAStrike')
@
#William Tracy
DB1 December 1917, Pittsburgh, PA
DD18 June 1967
 
TRDied in Hollywood.
@
#W.S. Van Dyke
DD1943
NKOne-Take-Woody
@
#Will Vinton
TRAward winning director of Closed Mondays. Creator of Claymation (tm)
@
#Wende Wagner
DB1944, Los Angeles, CA
@
#William Walker
DD4 January 1992
 
TRStuntman/actor. Died in Lancaster CA at age 74.
@
#Wayne Wang
DB12 January 1949
@
#Walter Wanger
SP'Joan Bennett' (qv) (? - ?)
@
#Wylie Watson
DD3 May 1966
 
TRDied at age 77.
@
#Wim Wenders
RNWenders, Wilhelm
DB14 August 1945
AGWim Wenders
AGc/o Road Movies Filmproduktion
AGPotsdamer Str. 199
AGD - Berlin / Germany
AGTel.: +49 - 30 - 216 5205 (voice)
@
#Wil Wheaton
RNWheaton, Richard William III
DB29 July 1972, Burbank, Ca.
HT1, 76 meters
AGc/o Sutton Saltzman Schwartz
AG8967 Sunset boulevard
AGLos Angeles, California  90069
@
#Warren William
RNKrech, Warren
DB2 December 1894, Aitkin, MN
DD24 September 1948
@
#Wendy O. Williams
RNWilliams, Wendy Orleans
DBJune 1946, Rochester, NY
@
#Walter Willison
DB24 June 1947, Monterey Park, CA
@
#Wendy Wilson
DB16 October 1969
@
#Walter Winchell
DB7 April 1897
DD20 February 1972
@
#William Windom
DB28 September 1923, New York, NY
@
#Willy Winterstein
DD4 July 1965
@
#Will Wright
DB26 March 1894, San Francisco, CA
DD19 June 1962
@
#Weird Al Yankovic
DB23 October 1959
@