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Happy Birthday, Andy Devine!

Happy Birthday, Andy Devine!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Oct 7th 2021

Actors Andy Devine and Broderick Crawford enthusiastically participated in their own stunts during the filming the 1940 Wes
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Happy Birthday, Barry Sullivan!

Happy Birthday, Barry Sullivan!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 29th 2021

When actor Barry Sullivan—born Patrick Barry Sullivan in 1912 on this date in New York City—was approached to star in Harbo
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Happy Birthday, Marvin Miller!

Happy Birthday, Marvin Miller!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 18th 2021

Though his show business career of nearly half-a-century extended to radio, TV, and motion pictures, the actor-announcer bo
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Happy Birthday, John McIntire!

Happy Birthday, John McIntire!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 27th 2021

In the mid-1930s, actor-announcer John Herrick McIntire—born in Spokane, Washington on this date in 1907—decided, along wit
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Happy Birthday, Tom Collins!

Happy Birthday, Tom Collins!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 7th 2021

When actor Walter Paterson committed suicide in 1942, One Man’s Family creator Carlton E. Morse made the decision to elimi
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Happy Birthday, Herb Vigran!

Happy Birthday, Herb Vigran!

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 5th 2021

The man born Herbert (some sources spell it “Herburt”) Vigran in Cincinnati, Ohio on this date in 1910 would become one
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