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Charles Frank was born on 17 April 1947 in Olympia, Washington, USA. He is an actor and director, known for The Right Stuff (1983), Wonder Woman (1975) and All My Children (1970). He has been married to Susan Blanchard since 25 June 1977. They have one child.- Trevor Stines was born on 15 July 1996 in Olympia, Washington, USA. He is an actor, known for Riverdale (2017), Purity Falls (2019) and Most Likely to Murder (2019).
- Kim Murphy was born on 8 February 1974 in Olympia, Washington, USA. She was an actress, known for Houseguest (1995), City of Angels (1998) and Level 9 (2000). She died on 26 October 2018 in the USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
- Writer
Shoshana Bean was born on 1 September 1977 in Olympia, Washington, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020), Dance Flick (2009) and Silent Partner.- Bryan Kirkwood was born on 20 March 1975 in Olympia, Washington, USA. He is an actor, known for Hellbent (2004), The Absent (2011) and The Dead Zone (2002).
- Actress
- Writer
- Director
Crystal Rivers Badeaux works with SAG-Aftra and other organizations as an advocate for actors with disabilities. With her 16+ years experience both behind and in front of the camera, she is able to communicate mobility/ability needs to production for performers with disabilities. Her goal is to have the 25% of the population (1 in 4) that are disabled represented on the screen. According to a watch dog group, less than 2% are currently represented on television (most are in the UK) and MORE than half of those roles have gone to able bodied performers. Her objective is to get PWD (performers with disabilities) included on the Casting Data Report for diversity.- Director
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- Producer
Bao's first feature film The Paper Tigers (2020) garnered praise from Variety as an "irresistibly good-humored debut," while the New York Times remarked his "lighthearted, refreshing approach neither succumbs to whitewashing nor the model-minority myth." Rotten Tomatoes ranks it as one of the Best Action Comedies and Best Asian American Movies ever made with a "Certified Fresh" rating. He was mentored early on by master action director Corey Yuen. His previous credits include editing Cho Lon (2013), one of Southeast Asia's highest-budgeted action blockbusters, and Jackpot (2015), Vietnam's official entry to the 2016 Oscars for Best Foreign Film. He is also a fellow in the Paramount Directors Initiative and the Sony Pictures Television Diverse Directors Program.- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Dylan Haggerty was born on 9 February 1969 in Olympia, Washington, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Postman (1997), Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) and Con Air (1997).- Sandra Spence was born on 22 May 1925 in Olympia, Washington, USA. She was an actress, known for Whirlybirds (1957), Terry and the Pirates (1952) and Fighting Coast Guard (1951). She was married to Harlan Howard Meyer and Irwin Spence. She died on 13 February 1974 in Midlothian, Texas, USA.
- Producer
- Actress
- Stunts
DeeDee Bigelow was born in Olympia, Washington on Feb 6th, 1973. She grew up on a 5 acre farm with horses, dogs and other 4-legged critters- they were her brothers and sisters. Her mom, Ramona, trained dogs for
About 2 years ago, DeeDee decided to leave Olympia in search of something new. She ended up in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she auditioning for this show called Surreal Life Fame Games, and got it! She filmed the show with Traci Bingham, Ron Jeremy, Vanilla Ice and Vern Troyer. And she was hooked!
Off to Hollywood, California. Since living in Hollywood, she has enjoyed getting bit parts on CSI:NY, Shark, and My Name is Earl. Current movies she has filmed are All About Steve, Dead Air, and Dockweiler.
DeeDee has some exciting projects coming up, and looks forward to continuing her success as an Actress, Producer and Horse Wrangler.- Sonja Christopher was born on 28 January 1937 in Olympia, Washington, USA. She was an actress, known for Diagnosis Murder (1993), Survivor (2000) and The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996). She died on 26 April 2024 in California, USA.
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- Additional Crew
- Director
Bryan Tanaka was born on 11 April 1983 in Olympia, Washington, USA. He is an actor and director, known for La La Land (2016), Beyoncé Feat. Lady Gaga: Video Phone (2009) and Mariah Carey & Khalid & Kirk Franklin: Fall in Love at Christmas (2021).- Zoaunne LeRoy was born on 5 January 1935 in Olympia, Washington, USA. She was an actress, known for The Great Outdoors (1988), Bad Girls (1994) and Flatliners (1990). She died on 30 October 2018.
- Actor
- Producer
- Art Department
Denny Kirkwood was born on 20 March 1975 in Olympia, Washington, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Never Been Kissed (1999), Groove (2000) and The Dead Zone (2002).- Composer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Don Rich was born on 5 August 1941 in Olympia, Washington, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for The Badge (2002), From Nashville with Music (1969) and Hee Haw (1969). He died on 17 July 1974 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Zacky Vengeance was born on 11 December 1981 in Olympia, Washington, USA. He is an actor, known for Big Momma's House 2 (2006), Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005) and EA Sports UFC (2014).- Frank "Fatty" Alexander was an obese comedian who appeared in silent one- and two-reel slapstick comedies as a side-kick before co-starring with two other heavyweights, Hilliard Karr and 'Kewpie Ross' in F.B.O.'s low-budget "Ton of Fun" series at the end of the silent era. Born in Olympia, Washington on May 25, 1879, Frank Alexander was a cowboy and stage driver prior to ballooning up in weight and turning his attention away from the bright lights of the open spaces to those of Hollywood.
He made his screen debut with Keystone in support of screen comedian Syd Chaplin in Gussle's Backward Way (1915), the eighth of Chaplin's nine "Gussle" comedies, and his debut as his own director. Ironically, Syd -- Charles Chaplin's older half-brother -- had made his own acting debut the year before in Fatty's Wine Party (1914), with the great man himself, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, after whom Alexander modeled his screen persona. Paramount's biggest star at the time of his fall from grace after his three manslaughter trials for the death of Virginia Rappe, the original "Fatty" at 266 lbs. couldn't match Frank Alexander, who topped the scale at 350 lbs.
Although Syd Chaplin continued with his Gussle character for one more movie, Alexander did not appear as his sidekick, although he stayed on the Keystone lot. His next appearance was as a fireman in the Mack Swain vehicle When Ambrose Dared Walrus (1915). After moving over to Fox for a couple of comedies with Harold Lloyd in 1917, Alexander caught on with comedian Larry Semon, a white-faced comedian whose screen popularity and income rivaled that of the great Charlie Chaplin himself.
Alexander became a member of Semon's stock company at Vitagraph along with Oliver Hardy, whom Alexander made look as svelte as his future partner Stan Laurel. From 1918's Pluck and Plotters (1918) to 1925's The Perfect Clown (1925), Alexander would appear in 27 Semon films, including Babes and Boobs (1918), Bathing Beauties and Big Boobs (1918), and Boodle and Bandits (1918). Kid Speed (1924) was typical of Semon's two-reel farces that were filmed quickly at the Charles Ray Studios.
Fatty played Avery DuPays (a pun on avoirdupois), the city's wealthiest man, who will marry off his daughter Lou (Dorothy Dwan) to whomever wins the Big Auto Race. The Speed Kid (Semon) and Dangerous Dan McGrew (Oliver "Babe" Hardy) are in love with Lou, but she seems to prefer the Kid (her real life husband, Semon). Fatty's character favors the wealthier McGrew, who sabotages the brakes on The Kid's race car. Despite this problem, or more likely, because of it, -- the Kid wins both the race and the girl. The entire second reel features the race, which features The Speed Kid barreling through a farm house and emerging covered in a sheet, thus evoking the specter of the Ku Klux Klan and scaring his African- American sidekick/mechanic Spencer Bell (often billed by Semon with the highly imaginative moniker "G. Howe Black" and mostly forced to play the crude stereotype). At one point, former world's heavyweight boxing champion James J. Jeffries (the Great White Hope himself!) comes on-screen as a blacksmith just to punch "Babe" Hardy in the nose!
Alexander ended his association with Semon after playing Dorothy's father in Semon's "Wizard of Oz" (1925), a box office flop that finished off Semon personally and professionally. Frank Alexander made avoirdupois, if not screen history, as "Fatty" Alexander, part of "A Ton of Fun", one of three very fat comedians who appeared in a series of two-reel slapstick comedies produced by 'Joe Rock' from 1925-1927. The team made its debut in 1925's Tailoring (1925), with Fatty using the moniker 'Tiny' (which Alexander also used in "All Tied Up" (1925), directed by and co- starring beanpole comic actor Slim Summerville. The shorts were made by Poverty Row studio Standard Photoplay Co. and released by Joseph P. Kennedy's Film Booking Office (F.B.O.), the precursor to R.K.O Radio Pictures.
Advertized by F.B.O. as the "three fattest men on the screen, "Fatty romped across the screen in with fellow fat men Hilliard Karr (a.k.a. "Fat" Karr) and Kewpie Ross in 34 shorts, many with the adjective "Heavy" in the title (The Heavy Parade (1926), Heavy Fullbacks (1926), Heavy Infants (1928) and the strangely named Heavyation (1926)). Also billed as "The Three Fatties", the "Ton of Fun" team offered the most anarchic comedy per pound available at the time or after. In the series entry Three of a Kind (1981), The Three Fatties play entertainers at a nightclub/restaurant. In short order, a melee breaks out between the audience and A Ton of Fun, with the expected result of tables overturned and dishes smashed.
After making the last "Ton of Fun" comedy in 1928, A Joyful Day (1928), Alexander became a supporting player at Hal Roach Studios in two of director Leo McCarey's shorts, Feed 'em and Weep (1928) and Madame Q (1929) starring Edgar Kennedy. With the coming of the sound era, Fatty Alexander's career tailed off. At Roach, he appeared in support of 'Harry Langdon' in The Shrimp (1930), but was then bounced around among the studios, including Roach, Universal and R.K.O., playing bit parts as fat men. He appeared in support of Zazu Pitts in two of her comedies, then did a turn in the early 'George Stevens' comedy The Kick-Off! (1931). His last movie was 1933's "The Barber Shop" starring W.C. Fields, in which he appeared as in an unbilled bit part.
Frank "Fatty" Alexander, 58, died in his 4155 Lankershim Blvd. home on September 8, 1937 in Los Angeles, California. His "Variety" obit called him a 440-pound comic. - Actress
- Additional Crew
Isis Lisette Eggleston's background consists of acting, singing, video production, and broadcasting. She is based out of Portland, Oregon and Savannah, Georgia as she attends school at The Savannah College of Art and Design. She is best known for her roles as Freya in Kill Craft and Tatiana in The Exploding Boy.- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Andreas Katsimitsoulias was born on 22 June 1936 in Olympia, Ileia, Greece. He is a director and producer, known for I timoria (1965), Droso, i arhodopoula (1967) and I ora tis dikaiosynis (1967).- Actor
- Writer
Barry O'Neil was born on 21 September 1980 in Olympia, Washington, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Wild (2014), In the Hive (2012) and Cold Case (2003). He has been married to Lindsay O'Neil since 1 July 2006.- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Sound Department
Cody Bondurant was born on 8 September 1991 in Olympia, Washington, USA. He is an actor and assistant director, known for The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (2012), I Am ZoZo (2012) and Harlequin (2013).- Music Department
- Composer
- Actor
Ivan Ditmars was born on 12 April 1907 in Olympia, Washington, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Star Trek (1966), Star Trek Continues (2013) and Stars Over Hollywood (1950). He died on 10 September 1997 in Encinitas, California, USA.- Brian Kendrick was born on 29 May 1979 in Olympia, Washington, USA. He is an actor, known for WWE NXT (2010), TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004) and WWE Raw (1993). He has been married to Taylor Matheny since 15 August 2008.
- Rachel Corrie was born on 12 April 1979 in Olympia, Washington, USA. She died on 16 March 2003 in Rafah, Occupied Territories, Israel.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Additional Crew
- Actor
Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest where the beautiful natural surroundings combined with Jason's vivid imagination to create a fantastic upbringing. Jason takes his adventurous spirit on the road with him wherever he goes.
Moving to Los Angeles in 2003, Jason began working on industrials and shorts with his screenwriter roommate. Eventually finding a home in the Lighting Department where his love of photography met his blue collar upbringing. Since joining the film industry in 2003 Jason has worked his was from Lamp Operator to Chief Lighting Technician and has expanded from shorts and industrials to shooting feature films for the likes of Selma Hayek and Thomas Jane. The sky is the limit for this young professional.