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Hollywood stalwart Bruce Cabot's main claim to fame, other than rescuing Fay Wray from King Kong (1933), is that he tested for the lead role of The Ringo Kid in John Ford's Western masterpiece Stagecoach (1939). John Wayne got the role and became the most durable star in Hollywood history, while Cabot (eventually) found himself a new drinking partner when the two co-starred in Angel and the Badman (1947). In the latter stages of his career, Cabot could rely on Wayne for a supporting part in one of the Duke's movies.
It wasn't always so. In the 1930s Cabot's star shone bright. He was born with the unlikely name Etienne Pelissier Jacques de Bujac in Carlsbad, New Mexico, the son of French Col. Etienne de Bujac and Julia Armandine Graves, who died shortly after giving birth to the future Bruce Cabot. After leaving the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, the future thespian hit the road, working a wide variety of jobs including sailor and insurance salesman, and doing a stint in a knacker's yard. In 1931 he wound up in Hollywood and appeared in several films in bit parts.
The young Monsieur de Bujac met David O. Selznick, then RKO's central producer (a job akin to Irving Thalberg's at MGM), at a Hollywood party, which led to an uncredited bit part as a dancer in Lady with a Past (1932) and a supporting role in The Roadhouse Murder (1932). On a parallel career track at the time, Marion Morrison (John Wayne) had failed to follow up on his audacious debut in Raoul Walsh's The Big Trail (1930) (the Duke had appeared in 18 movies previously but had only been billed in one, as "Duke Morrison" in the unlikely John Wayne vehicle Words and Music (1929)). Cabot and Wayne eventually appeared in 11 films together.
Although Cabot was prominently featured in the blockbuster "King Kong" in 1933, he never did make the step to stardom, though he enjoyed a thriving career as a supporting player. He was a heavy in the 1930s, playing a gangster boss in Let 'em Have It (1935) and the revenge-minded Native American brave Magua after Randolph Scott's scalp in The Last of the Mohicans (1936); over at MGM, he ably supported Spencer Tracy as the instigator of a lynch mob in Fritz Lang's indictment of domestic fascism, Fury (1936). A freelancer, he appeared in movies at many studios before leaving Hollywood for military service. Cabot worked for Army intelligence overseas during World War II; after the war, he continued to work steadily, with and without his friend and frequent co-star, the Duke.
Bruce Cabot died in 1972 of lung and throat cancer. He was 68 years old.- Actor
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The father of four and husband of one, Tony Hawk is arguably the single most influential skateboarder of all time. Born and raised in the hazy daze of Southern California, Tony has forgotten more tricks than most people learn in a lifetime, and his contributions to the sport are endless -- most recently, unearthing skateboarding's holy grail by becoming the only person to successfully land a 900°.- Actor
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Richard Travis was born William Benton Justice in Carlsbad, New Mexico on April 17, 1913. He started off unbilled in daredevil cliffhangers and proceeded to war-era Warner Bros. features. He changed his stage moniker from "William Justice" to "William Travis" before finally settling on "Richard (or Dick) Travis" for the remainder of his career.
Lacking somewhat lacking the requisite star-power attraction, the tall (6'2"), lanky blond made his biggest impression early in the game with the all-star The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941). As "Bert Jefferson", he played the love interest to Bette Davis's "Maggie Cutler" character in the screwball comedy classic. While he did earn a few prime Warner roles in its aftermath, such as third-billing in The Big Shot (1942), with Humphrey Bogart, a lead in Escape from Crime (1942) and a featured part in the stalwart war picture Mission to Moscow (1943) starring Walter Huston, Richard was eventually relegated to headlining such "Poverty Row" programmers as The Postman Didn't Ring (1942), Busses Roar (1942), Spy Train (1943), Truck Busters (1943) and The Last Ride (1944).
In the post-war years, he maintained in films with such dubious titles as Jewels of Brandenburg (1947), Alaska Patrol (1949) and Sky Liner (1949), among his lead offerings. He did, however, play an unbilled role as Lou Gehrig in the The Babe Ruth Story (1948), starring William Bendix.
In the 1950s, Richard appeared in several films but also found steady work in rugged TV westerns. He was the rugged star of the modern western detective TV series, Code 3 (1957), which ran for one season. He also appeared on Cowboy G-Men (1952), Fury (1955), The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955), The Texan (1958) and The Legend of Jesse James (1965), one of his last TV roles.
Richard eventually retired and reverted to his original name of "William Justice." Thereafter, he found a lucrative career as a real estate entrepreneur in Southern California. Richard died at his Pacific Palisades home in 1989 at age 76.- Editor
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Sandra Adair is known for her work on Boyhood (2014), Bernie (2012), School of Rock (2003), and the cult classic Dazed and Confused (1993). Adair is also known for her work on the critically acclaimed 'Before' trilogy, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset and Before Midnight. Adair made her directorial debut with the feature documentary, The Secret Life of Lance Letscher (2017).- Actress
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Tressa DiFiglia was born on 25 July 1971 in Carlsbad, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Illusion (2004), ER (1994) and Weeds (2005). She has been married to Don Handfield since 14 February 2008. They have two children. She was previously married to Nicholas Brendon.- Actress
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Brandi Price is an award-winning actor and filmmaker with a passion for authenticity, a dash of comedy and a whole lot of love.
As an ally for equal rights for everyone, she believes kindness and openness break down socially constructed barriers that restrict a greater oneness with humankind.
Through her production company, Baseline Beatnik - whose inspiration comes from celebrating an off-the-beaten-path approach to life - she provides a platform to underrepresented talent by telling stories in which they are prominent and rarely seen.
Brandi began acting at a young age; in fact, her mother once caught her in the attic of her grandmother's house, crying. When prodded about what was wrong, she responded succinctly, "Nothing. I'm just practicing." So, I would say acting is in her genetics.
As an actor, Brandi is known for her wide range - from comedic to dramatic and back again. She has starred in several indie features including "Rockabilly Baby," "Between Notes" and more recently "The Challenger Disaster" - a behind-the-scenes look at what happened with the Challenger space shuttle.
Through an innate curiosity, Brandi started producing, writing, and directing in addition to acting. Her first grander endeavor was "Committed," a fan short that she co-produced - and played the main character, Harley Quinn. Committed traveled with GeekFest - and was lauded by the late, great Stan Lee himself. This short-form piece also won several awards, including Best Short at DragonCon and Best Actor/Actress at several other film festivals.
You can find more of her work, including a lockdown comedy web series called "Le'Quarantine" on her YouTube Channel, Baseline Beatnik with Brandi Price, with over 20,000 subscribers.
Currently, she is employed as an actor and freelance filmmaker - while also getting original work out to the world. In her free time, she loves hiking, playing games - both traditional board games and those of the electronic variety - or simply curling up with a good book. Price is fluent in Spanish, is learning guitar, and loves cooking - from baking tasty brownies to concocting scrumptious soups!- S.E. Cupp was born on 23 February 1979 in Carlsbad, California, USA. She is an actress, known for House of Cards (2013), S.E. Cupp Unfiltered (2017) and The Cycle (2012). She has been married to John Davies Goodwin II since 2 November 2013. They have one child.
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Byron was born in Carlsbad, California. He traveled back to his mother's homeland in southern Alberta as a young child. He now travels between Vancouver, British Columbia and Los Angeles, California with his family. He founded a dance/theatre company called Coyote Arts Percussive Performance Assoc. 'aka' CAPPA, with this co. he cross overs traditional Blackfoot stories, dances and songs into contemporary form. Check out the website COYOTEARTS.- Actor
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Barry Sadler achieved national fame for his 1960s hit song, The Ballad of The Green Berets. The song was used as the theme song for the John Wayne film, The Green Berets. Sadler was a real-life war hero. He joined the U.S. Army and went through the grueling training to become a Green Beret. A member of the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), he served in Viet-Nam as a Special Forces medic attached to both an A=Team and a MIKE Force. Wounded in combat, he received the Purple Heart, the National Defense Medal, and the Viet-Nam Service Medal. He briefly acted in the movies and on television, with his biggest role being in the B-heist film, Dayton's Devils. The former Green Beret, war hero, song writer, singer, and actor, died in a mysterious shooting in a Central American country at the age of 47.- Actor
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Riley Hawk was born on 6 December 1992 in Carlsbad, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Max Keeble's Big Move (2001), Trailer Park Boys: Out of the Park (2016) and Loiter Squad (2012). He has been married to Frances Bean Cobain since 7 October 2023.- Actor
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Danny Sands is one of the most unique cowboys who made a living as a stuntman and extra in the golden age of movies and television shows. He started out as a horse exerciser for an old racetrack. It was then that he was spotted by Howard Hawks and developed a friendship that lasted a life time and that also put Sands and various situations that he preferred never to be in.
While Sands started in the late 1930s, it wasn't until the late 1940s when Sands started to really receive work both as a stuntman and as an extra in films. He worked for several months on location of Howard Hawks' Red River where he could be seen as one of John Wayne's riders that set out to catch the wagon train. He was so well liked by Hawks that a lot of Sands' work was a mixture of Hawks utilizing Sands' cowboy skills set and just the fact that Hawks liked having Sands around.
When Sands wasn't on the film set of a Howard Hawks film somewhere, he would frequently be cast as a posse rider or a townsman in old Monogram films of the late 1940s and early 1950s. By the time Monogram folded, Sands started to appear in any posse scene he could frequently appearing at any studio whenever he was called upon to do so.
The coming of television yielded a vast array of employment for Sands. He began an affiliation with Warner Brothers television westerns were he would frequently appear in bar scenes of their various programs and would appear if they needed a posse scene done or just somebody to collect a paycheck. He also managed to do whatever odd jobs were tossed his way and this kept him steadily employed for a few years. He also managed to work on various Disney productions working as a stand-in and occasionally doing a few stunts.
the mid 1960s, Warner Brothers stopped making television westerns but Sands was able to obtain the same kind of employment on shows like F-Troop and the few western movies that Warner Brothers made. As time progressed, he appeared in a lot of movies that were made by Howard Hawks. Hawks knew Sands had trouble delivering dialog so it became an onset joke to give Sands little bits of dialog in each movie Hawks and others directed. This could be seen in the special about the making of Rio Lobo where it became a gag that Sands was the dialog coach and where it took many shots for him to get his few simple lines right.
Like many other cowboys, Sands sought refuge in the few remaining westerns of the 1970s. He got a regular job on the set of the hit James Garner show Nichols but it eventually came to an end. He managed to appear in a few Gunsmoke episodes with his last hurrah being a regular townsman on Barbary Coast. Danny Sands was truly a jack of all trades. He loved being around on set and people loved interacted with him. It didn't matter to Sands if he appeared as a stuntman, stand-in, wrangler, extra, or an actor, he just loved being on set.- Alana Phillips was born on 14 October 2014 in Carlsbad, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Fragile Heart (The Movie) (2022), Yes Chef (2021) and Presley Aronson: Background (2021).
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Pierce Kempton was born on 29 November 2001 in Carlsbad, California, USA. Pierce is known for Stained Glass, Worthy and Strangers.- "A good voice of reason for reasons that are important"-Terry Baker
Bill Brooks is a master storyteller. Bill is a voiceover artist, audiobook narrator, singer, emcee, mentor, coach to aspiring and experienced voiceover artists and audiobook narrators, and professional demo producer. As a 40+ year veteran Voice-Over Talent and Audiobook Narrator, he serves clients worldwide. Bill Brooks is the founder and Co-Managing Partner alongside Meritt North of Word Power Productions, LLC. Mr. Brooks lives in Texas, is the father of 3 sons and 1 daughter, and enjoys being a grandfather and great grandfather. - Actress
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Julie Vasquez Nunis was born in Carlsbad, NM. Her paternal grandfather, Ignacio Gomez Vasquez, was a farmer of cotton and hay in Carlsbad, New Mexico. Her maternal lineage includes the Doyle Brothers from Brady, Texas who were known to run with Jesse James. In 1971 her parents, Alfred Vasquez and Anita Briscoe left farming life and entered the travel industry in Albuquerque, working for Continental Airlines. Julie graduated from Eldorado High School in 1984 and holds a BFA in Drama from the University of Texas at Austin. In 2000 she studied Clown, Movement and Shakespeare at NYC's The Actor's Center. Upon moving to Los Angeles, Julie was a tour guide at Universal Studios Hollywood and then worked on the desk of Broadway Producer, Joan Stein during the run of Steve Martin's play, Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Her 1999 internship in the office of the Sundance Film Festival laid the foundation for her future position as Co-Director of the Sunscreen Film Festival West from 2013-2022 where she received hands on experience in producing and also directed her first short film, the documentary Jazz v. Punk: Hermosa Beach. She is proud to have volunteered for the non-profit movement #coffeetothefrontlines during the pandemic. Her husband, Mark Nunis, and their two daughters are descendants of artist Georgia O'Keeffe.- Sadie Murray was born on 4 March 1983 in Carlsbad, California, USA.
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Joseph Hardy was born on 8 March 1929 in Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA. He is a producer and director, known for James at 16 (1977), The Paper Chase (1978) and A Flame in the Wind (1964).- An up and coming actor and writer, Will Hogsett was born in Carlsbad, NM and raised in Albuquerque NM where has found a love of film and a want to make his audience laugh.
After graduating from Eldorado High School in 2001, Will moved to Long Beach, California with several friends. In that time he fell in love with Southern California and the film industry after working for Arnolds All Stars, a company founded by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
After a stint in California, Will moved back to New Mexico where he continued to do extra work and continued to work full time while going to school full time as well.
Will graduated from The University of New Mexico with a degree in Strategic Communications. He has since run several businesses and continues to grow his skill set in acting. - Additional Crew
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John Miewald was born on 20 March 1970 in Carlsbad, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Lifeline (2003), Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) and Asteroids (1998).- Martin Fleischmann was born on 19 March 1927 in Carlsbad, Czechoslovakia. He was married to Sheila Flinn. He died on 3 August 2012 in Tisbury, England, UK.
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As a civilian expert in radiation -- and resident of southern California -- Cassingham was in high demand as a technical advisor for many SciFi features and TV shows in the 1950s, when it seemed most SciFi had a "radioactivity" element, either as a useful force or a scary menace.- Camera and Electrical Department
Zak Bynx Green was born on 9 June 1985 in Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA. Zak Bynx is known for American Dream (2007).- Additional Crew
Michael John Gonzales was born in Carlsbad, New Mexico. His father was a cotton farmer and potash miner and his mother was a cook for a family restaurant. Michael was the first in his family to attend college and graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 2000.
Michael discovered his passion for video production and editing during his high school years. It largely remained a hobby until his first years after graduating from college. While working his first job in Austin, Texas, Michael formed his own production company where he produced television commercials for the Central Texas markets.
In 2007, Michael decided to dedicate his full career to the entertainment industry, and he moved to Los Angeles, California. Through 2009, Michael held a position at the Walt Disney Studios where he was involved with digital and post-production technology. In 2010, he transitioned into a role at ESPN in Bristol, Connecticut focused on 3D production technology.
As of 2011, Michael returned to Austin, TX and co-founded Equal Sons LLC, a production company producing awesome videos.- Tullis Onstott was born on 12 January 1955 in Carlsbad, New Mexico. He died on 19 October 2021 in Oracle, Arizona, USA.
- He was a big-wave pioneer surfer on the North Shore generally regarded as the best big-wave surfers of the late 1950s and early '60s. lived and thrived and shone in surfing's absolute most golden of golden years, a period of discovery and uncrowded waves. He was there on the day in 1957 when Oahu's Waimea Bay was first surfed.
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Tony Suffredini was born on 11 September 1973 in Carlsbad, California, USA. He is known for The Dark Knight (2008), The Proposal (2009) and G-Force (2009). He is married to Shawna Hamann.- Joe Priesnitz was born on 16 April 1954 in Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA. Joe was a producer, known for Eric Johnson: Live from the Grove (2008). Joe was married to Barbara Nadalini and Cindi Lazzari. Joe died on 25 April 2020 in Austin, Texas, USA.
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John R. McCormick was born on 7 December 1976 in Carlsbad, California, USA. He is known for Hidalgo (2004), Valentine's Day (2010) and Honey Boy (2019). He has been married to Cassandra McCormick since 10 October 2004.