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Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (86) 1918
Born: NY, NY / Height: 6' (1.83 m)
Hardly surprising that the son of concert violinist Efrem Zimbalist (1889-1985)
and opera singer Alma Gluck (1884-1938)
would enter a show business career of some kind.
Surrounded by people of wealth and privilege throughout his childhood,
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. trained at the Yale Drama School and the Neighborhood
5b4 Playhouse, and was an NBC radio page at the onset of his career.
Interrupted by war service in which he earned a Purple Heart, it was director
Garson Kanin who gave the budding actor his first professional role in his
Broadway production of 'The Rugged Path' (1945) which starred Spencer Tracy.
As producer of Gian-Carlo Menotti's 'The Consul,' he won the
NY Drama Critic's Award and the Pulitzer Prize for best musical in 1950.
An auspicious film debut opposite Edward G. Robinson in 'House of Strangers'
(1949) brought little career momentum due to the untimely death of his wife
Emily (and mother of his two children) to cancer in 1950
and his abrupt decision to abandon acting.
He served as assistant director/researcher at the Curtis School of Music
for his father and studied and composed music for a time.
It was TV that made the best use of his refined, unshowy acting style.
His roles as smooth private investigator Stu Bailey on '77 Sunset Strip'
and dogged inspector Lewis Erskine on 'The F.B.I.'
would be hisb68 ultimate and lasting claim to fame.
Spouses: Stephanie Spaulding (1962 - ?) (remarried)
Stephanie Spaulding (1956 - 1962) (divorced) 1 daughter
Emily McNair (? - 1950) (her death) 2 children
Father of actress Stephanie Zimbalist.
Movie debut at age 31 in House of Strangers (1949) asTony.
"77 Sunset Strip" as Stuart Bailey (63 episodes, 1958-1964) at ages 40-46.
2008: Latest movie/Video role at age 85 in
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003) (V) (voice) as Alfred Pennyworth.
Gordon Parks (92) 1912
Born: Fort Scott, Kansas / Birth Name: Gordon Alexander Parks
The pre-eminent American photojournalist of sub-Saharan descent.
An acclaimed photographer for Life magazine from the late 40s through late 60s,
he turned to directing films.
Spouses: Genevieve Young (August 1973 - 1979) (divorced)
Elizabeth Campbell (1962 - 1973) (divorced) 1 child
Sally Alvis (1933 - 1961) (divorced) 3 children
Father of Gordon Parks Jr. / Grandfather of Gordon Parks III
Co-founder of Essence Magazine / Once a piano player in a Minnesota bordello.
Spent the years 1948-1968 as a photographer and reporter for Life Magazine.
Considered one of the contributors (along with Melvin Van Peebles)
to the blaxploitation genre - "Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song" (1971)
and 'Shaft' (1971) were the first films that started a genre.
3 Movie roles: At age 59 in 'Shaft' (1971) (uncredited) as Apartment Landlord,
at age 60 in "Shaft's Big Score!" (1972) (uncredited) as Croupier,
and at age 88 in 'Shaft' (2000) as Lenox Lounge Patron
aka Shaft - Noch Fragen? (Germany).
2009: Baltimore Bob turned 59 the same age that Gordon directed SHAFT.
Direction: 1st at age 52 'Flavio' (1964) and latest at age 64 'Leadbelly' (1976).
In 1989 his first film effort, The Learning Tree (1969), was selected among the
first 25 films so honored, by the U.S. Library of Congress to be preserved in
the National Film Registry for all time.
2006 Update: Died at age 93 on March 75th 2006 (Baltim5b4ore Bob's 56th Birthday)
in New York City, New York, USA (cancer).
Baltimore Bob added Gordon on Friday November 27th 2009.
Dead Persons:
David Andrews (VII) (Would have been 71) 1933 - Died age 30
Date of Birth 30 November 1933, Los Angeles County, California, USA.
Date of Death 15 February 1964, Marin County, California, USA.
Birth Name: David Murry Andrews
One movie role at age 23 in While the City Sleeps (1956) (uncredited) as Bar Pianist.
While the City Sleeps starred Dana Andrews as Edward Mobley,
Rhonda Fleming as Dorothy Kyne, George Sanders as Mark Loving, KNS Chief,
Thomas Mitchell as John Day Griffith (Sentinel managing editor) & Vincent Price as Walter Kyne.
The only living person of those 5 in 2009 is the gal born 10 August 1923, Hollywood, California.
Release Date: 30 May 1956 (USA) & Baltimore Bob was 6.
This movie aired just after Baltimore Bobs ex was born on 3/9/1956 and just before
Baltimore Bobs 2 other 1956 gals Andrea Tait on 10/4/1956 & Marge on 11/6/1956.
Baltimore Bob added David on Friday November 27th 2009.
&
Allan Sherman (Would have been 80) 1924 - Died age 48
Date of Birth 30 November 1924 - Chicago, Illinois
Date of Death 20 November 1973 Los Angeles, CA (emphysema)
Birth name: Allen Copelon
Spouse: Dee Chackes (? - 1966) (di16d0vorced) / Father of Robert Sherman.
Comedian and song parodist extraordinaire, whose humor albums
('My Son, the Folksinger,' 'Allan in Wonderland') were best-sellers during the 1960's.
Said to be one of then-President John F. Kennedy's favorite comedians.
Kennedy could frequently be heard singing Sherman's parodies.
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Colin Mochrie (47) 1957
Born: Kilmarnock, Scotland, the oldest of three children.
7ec He was shy as a child, stating that neighbours would have commented that he
"watched way too much television."
In 1964, his family moved to a French neighbourhood just outside of Montreal, Quebec,
and five years later moved again to Vancouver, British Columbia.
Mochrie attended Killarney Secondary School, where he was a self-proclaimed loner
who wanted to become a marine biologist.
He was persuaded by a friend to try out for a play entitled
The Death and Life of Sneaky Fitch where Mochrie played the role of the undertaker.
He was hooked when he got his first laugh,
which paved the way for a career in entertainment.
After graduating from high school, where he was valedictorian,
Mochrie attended the Studio 58 theatre school in Vancouver for four years,
where he discovered the art of improvisational comedy.
Spouse Debra McGrath (1989-present)
2010: Baltimore Bob attended this Improv show which had the following skit
where the audience made up the crime commited and Brad Sherwood
had to identify the crime he commited with clues provided by Colin Mochrie:
I was wearing my Skinny Jeans, a Raspberry Beret and a plaid vest as I ran after a
Jay Walking Squirrel and I tipped a Nun at Vlad the Impaler's Crab Seasoning Stand
in Havre de Grace with David Curso's Sunglasses.
Baltimore Bob added Colin & Brad Sherwood on Monday January 18th 2010 which
was two days after seeing their show here in Baltimore at the LYRIC on Saturday
evening January 16th 2010 with tickets Baltimore Bob won from Downtown Diane.
Website http://www.colinmochrie.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Mochrie
Bil5b4ly Idol (49) 1955
Born: Stanmore, Middlesex, England, UK / Birth name: William Michael Albert Broad
When Billy was 3, his father moved the family to Long Island, NY,
to 'find the American dream,' as Billy puts it.
When the family moved back to the UK in 1962, they lived above a pub called
The Running Horses in Dorking, Surrey.
Was kicked out of the Boy Scouts at age 10 for making out with a girl.
Baltimore Bob says 'Probably should only get kicked out of Boy Scouts for making
out with another guy". / Known for his white spiky hair and sneer.
Son with ex-girlfriend Perri Lister, Willem Wolf Broad (b. 15 June 1988)
He lived with Perri Lister from 1980-89. They had 1 son.
With band Generation X, cut 'Dancing With Myself' which launched his solo career.
Survived a motorcycle accident in February 1990.
A steel rod was inserted into his right leg.
For the filming of the clip 'Cradle of Love', he was paralysed from the waist down
(due to his motorcycle accident) so he was filmed from the torso and up.
In 1994, he was treated in a Los Angeles hospital after an apparent drug overdose.
Nominated for a Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for b68
the albums 'Whiplash Smile' and 'Rebel Yell'.
June Pointer (51) 1953

• Born: Oakland, California / Member of singing group The Pointer Sisters.
• Sister of Bonnie Pointer, Ruth Pointer and Anita Pointer.
• She also had two brothers: Fritz and Aaron.
• Spouse: William Whitmore (1978 - 1991) (divorced)
• Sang the song 'Little Boy Sweet' in the comedy National Lampoon's Vacation (1983),
• starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo.
• 2006 Update: Died at age 52 on 11 April 2006, Los Angeles, California, USA (cancer).
  Mandy Patinkin (52) 1952
  Born: Chicago, Illinois / Birth name: Mandel Bruce Patinkin / Height: 6' 0" (1.85 m)
  Mandy's mother is Doralee Patinkin Rubin, a cookbook author,
  who is to have her own cooking show on the Food Network.
  1970 graduate of Kenwood High School, Chicago.
  Attended the University of Kansas for two years before being 'discovered.'
  Spouse: Kathryn Grody (1980 - present) / Has sons, Isaac and Gideon.
  Portrayed a spirit from the '50s in a 7-Up ad for his first TV commercial in 1970.
  Also played the lead in the very first TV commercial for Kellogg's Frosted Mini-Wheats.
  Won the 1980 Tony Award for Actor
  (Featured Role - Musical) for the role of Che in 'Evita'.
  Had left cornea replaced due to degenerative eye disease (keratoconus) [November 1998]
  Had right cornea replaced due to degenerative eye disease [May 1997]
  1995 Emmy Award Winner, Actor, Drama Series, Chicago Hope.
  Paul Westphal (54) 1950
  Born: Torrance, California / Birth name: Paul Douglas Westphal / Height: 6' 4" (1.93 m)
  1983 NBA Comeback Player of the Year.
  Guard for NBA's Boston Celtics (1972-75), Phoenix Suns (1975-80 and 1983-84),
  Seattle Supersonics (1980-81) and New York Knicks (1981-83).
  Named to 3 All-NBA first teams (1977, 1979 and 1980).
  Member of 1974 NBA championship team.
  Head Coach, Southwestern Baptist Bible College (1985-86).
  Head Coach, Phoenix Suns (1992-96).
  2008: 3 movie roles all as Himself: 1st at age 45 in Forget Paris (1995),
  2nd at age 46 in Space Jam (1996) and at age 58 in Four Square Miles to Glory (2008).
  Eric Edwards (59) 1945
• Born: ?, Michigan / Birth Name: Robert Everett
• Was an only child