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Tim Matheson |
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As a child actor, Tim Matheson was
billed under his fuller family name of Matthieson. His first
weekly TV co-starring assignment was opposite Robert Young in
the 1961 "dramedy" Window on Main Street. The young actor's
voice became familiar to a generation of cartoon fans via his
"role" as the title character in Hanna-Barbera's Jonny Quest.
The handsome Matheson appeared on-screen during his maturation
years on such western series as The Virginian, Bonanza, and
The Quest. He remained busy in films during this period, scoring
his biggest 1970s success as party animal Otter in National
Lampoon's Animal House (1978). Matheson also kept his hand in
the voiceover business, providing the truculent mutterings of
"Blood" the dog in Harlan Ellison's A Boy and His Dog (1975)
and recording the narration for the 1985 revival of Disney's
Fantasia. His adult TV appearances have included weekly stints
on the TV series Tucker's Witch (1982), Just in Time, (1988)
and Charlie Hoover (1991). Turning to directing in 1985, Matheson
has been active in episodic television, music videos and direct-to-cassette
movies. In 1989, he became CEO of the National Lampoon Company,
though he still manages to find time for the occasional acting
assignment, appearing in everything from the theatrical feature
Drop Dead Fred to the live-action prologue for one of the "thrill
rides" at Disneyworld. |
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Barbara Billingsley |
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Though she played many diverse roles
in films of the '50s before Leave It to Beaver (1957-1963),
slim, blonde, and wholesome-looking Barbara Billingsley will
always be best remembered as June Cleaver, one of the greatest
mothers in the vast pantheon of television sitcom domestic goddesses.
In addition to her filmwork, Billingsley also appeared on a
number of television plays on such shows as Four Star Playhouse
and Matinee Theater. Following the end of Beaver, Billingsley
traveled extensively until the late '70s. She made her acting
comeback playing the crazy "Jive Lady" in Airplane (1980). In
1983, she reprised her role as June Cleaver in the television
reunion movie Still the Beaver, which spawned a television series
by the same name two years later. In 1984, she gave voice to
the character of Nanny in Jim Hanson's animated kids' show Muppet
Babies. Since then she has appeared in television movies, made
guest appearances, and appeared in the occasional film. In 1997,
she played Aunt Martha in the movie version of Leave It to Beaver.
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Jeff Conaway |
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Though Jeff Conaway achieved TV fame
by playing an actor who couldn't find work, he had in fact been
a busy professional since childhood. At age ten, Conaway made
his first Broadway appearance in All the Way Home. Eleven years
later, after completing his education at N.Y.U., Conaway was
seen in his first film, Jennifer on My Mind (1971). He played
Kenicke in the New York staging of Grease, then repeated the
role for the 1978 film adaptation. Also in 1978, he began a
three-year run on the TV sitcom Taxi, in the role of Bobby Wheeler,
an incredibly luckless aspiring actor who made ends meet by
driving a hack. Conaway has since delved into the realm of "fantastic
television," appearing as Prince Erick Greystone in Wizards
and Warriors (1983) and (occasionally) as Zack Allen on Babylon
5 (1992). Active in the direct-to-video market, Jeff Conaway
both directed and acted in Bikini Summer 2 (1992). |
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Woody Harrelson |
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Known almost as much for his off-screen
pastimes as his on-screen characterizations, Woody Harrelson
is an actor for whom truth is undeniably stranger than fiction.
Son of a convicted murderer, veteran of multiple arrests, outspoken
environmentalist, and tireless hemp proponent, Harrelson is
colorful even by Hollywood standards. However, he is also a
strong, versatile actor, something that tends to be obscured
by the attention paid to his real-life antics. Born in Midland,
TX, on July 23, 1961, Harrelson grew up in Lebanon, OH. He began
his acting career there, appearing in high-school plays. He
also went professional around this time, making his small-screen
debut in Harper Valley P.T.A. (1978). While studying acting
in earnest, Harrelson attended Indiana's Hanover College; following
his graduation, he had his first speaking part (one line only)
in the 1986 Goldie Hawn vehicle Wildcats. On the stage, Harrelson
understudied in the Neil Simon Broadway comedy Biloxi Blues
(he was briefly married to Simon's daughter Nancy) and at one
point wrote a play titled Furthest From the Sun. His big break
came in 1985, when he was cast as the sweet-natured, ingenuous
bartender Woody Boyd on the TV sitcom Cheers. To many, he is
best remembered for this role, for which he won a 1988 Emmy
and played until the series' 1993 conclusion. During his time
on Cheers, Harrelson also played more serious roles in made-for-TV
movies such as Bay Coven (1987), and branched out to the big
screen with roles in such films as Casualties of War (1989)
and Doc Hollywood (1991). Harrelson's big break as a movie star
came with the 1992 sleeper White Men Can't Jump, a buddy picture
in which he played a charming L.A. hustler. His next film was
a more serious drama, Indecent Proposal (1993), wherein he was
miscast as a husband whose wife sleeps with a millionaire in
exchange for a fortune. In 1994, Harrelson appeared as an irresponsible
rodeo rider in the moronic buddy comedy The Cowboy Way, which
proved to be an all-out clinker. That film's failings, however,
were more than overshadowed by his other film that year, Oliver
Stone's inflammatory Natural Born Killers. Playing one of the
film's titular psychopaths, Harrelson earned both raves and
a sizable helping of controversy for his complex performance.
Following work in a couple of low-rated films, Harrelson again
proved his mettle, offering another multi-layered performance
as real life pornography magnate Larry Flynt in the controversial
People Vs. Larry Flynt (1996). The performance earned Harrelson
an Oscar nomination. The next year, he earned further praise
for his portrayal of a psychotic military prisoner in Wag the
Dog. He then appeared as part of an all-star lineup in Terrence
Malick's The Thin Red Line (1998), and in 1999 gave a hilarious
performance as Matthew McConaughey's meathead brother in EdTV.
That same year, he lent his voice to one of his more passionate
causes, acting as the narrator for Grass, a documentary about
marijuana. In 2000, Harrelson starred in the boxing drama Play
It to the Bone as an aspiring boxer who travels to Las Vegas
to find fame and fortune, but ends up competing against his
best friend (Antonio Banderas). |
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Inga Swenson |
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Actor Born: January 1, 1933 in Omaha,
NE Supporting actress, onscreen from 1961. She played the housekeeper
in the TV sitcom Benson. |
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