![]() ![]() Those bios seemed to go over the best and have the most response. Gaining a noticeable following, the mini-bios I posted that received the most attention were about those actors that film fans knew very little about. I wound up writing over 1200 profiles and received some very nice compliments for many of them, along with some very opinionated fiery notes (some admittedly deserved). I discovered I could be of use there by writing IMDb mini-bios on those lesser-known actors that few knew much about except the most hardcore of film buffs - everyone from Lee Aaker to Vera Zorina. Instead, I found IMDb (the Internet Movie Database). ![]() My beloved, all-encompassing labor of love suddenly became obsolete and unneeded. Before you knew it, all my research and hard-sought information was instantly on-line and available at the touch of a hand. I even dreamt up the title for it - the Jeopardy-inspired "Actors and Their Roles for 1000." I spent years and years and years researching while gathering tons of information in local libraries and old newspaper articles. I began in the early 1980's with the idea of writing a huge reference book about actors and their stage, film and TV work along with interesting trivia. Whether they be the great stars of their day, or second tier 'B" level leads, or second leads, or familiar character actors whose names you couldn't place, or even the smallest of bit actors, as exemplified by dear Bess Flowers, (who would be famously dubbed "Queen of the Extras"), all of these fine performers have earnestly contributed to the glory of the Golden Age of films in their own individual way. I have always loved actors! Having been one myself at one time, I hold the deepest respect for them, especially those wonderful vintage performers of the Golden Age. SCOTT BRADY * ALICE PEARCE * INGER STEVENS * WILLIAM TALMAN ROBERT HARRON * JOHN HARRON * PAUL DOUGLAS * ANITA LOUISE BARBARA BATES * PETER LAWFORD * CYNTHIA PEPPER * HOPE HOLIDAY FRANCHOT TONE * BETTY FIELD * RUTH ROMAN * GIGI PERREAU BUDDY EBSEN * BILLY GRAY * CARLETON CARPENTER * TOMMY COOK KAYE BALLARD * JOANNA BARNES * JACKIE JOSEPH * PEGGY WEBBER MERCEDES McCAMBRIDGE * ARON KINCAID * RICHARD TYLER GIG YOUNG * KATHLEEN HUGHES * PIER ANGELI * CHRISTOPHER RIORDAN NEVA PATTERSON * JAMES DUNN * ANN ROBINSON * GIA SCALA GERALDINE PAGE * WILLIAM FRAWLEY * LEE PATRICK * KITTY CARLISLE ![]()
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