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Powers Boothe (1948-2017)

Powers Boothe was born on June 1, 1948. The son of a cotton farmer, Boothe would leave the farm life of Snyder, Texas behind and really delve into the world of acting while he attended Southern...

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Know Your Role: Manny Perry -Stuntman Extraordinaire

With over 200 stunt and stunt coordinator credits to his name, Manny Perry has made a career out of getting his ass kicked. Not just anyone can say that they’ve gone against some of the top names in action...

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Know Your Role: Robert Davi

Robert Davi was born on June 26, 1953 in Astoria, Queens and some would say the native New Yorker was born to be bad… at least in the movies. Licence to Kill In what may be...

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Know Your Role: Yaphet Kotto

Character actors may not get the leading man limelight, but the good ones do enjoy career longevity. Yaphet Kotto is not just a good character actor, he is a great one and he has the 40 plus year career to...

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Know Your Role: James Hong

Most actors could only dream of having the career longevity that James Hong can lay claim to. With more than 6 decades of work in front of the camera, Hong has appeared in movies from every...

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Know Your Role: Patrick Kilpatrick

I want to begin this edition of Know Your Role by sending out Happy Birthday wishes to the man who is in our Know Your Role spotlight, Patrick Kilpatrick. Kilpatrick is a character actor who has...

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Know Your Role: Tracey Walter

Some character actors are called upon to play the tough guys. Some character actors are called upon to play men in uniform. While others, like Tracey Walter, are called upon to play stooges and weasel like...

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Know Your Role: Robert Z’Dar

This past Monday the movie world lost one of its most memorable faces when Robert Z’Dar passed away at the age of 64. When I say “memorable face” I mean that quite literally. Once you saw...

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Know Your Role: Gene LeBell

“Judo” Gene LeBell was born on October 9th, 1932. He has made an impact in the worlds of professional wrestling, martial arts and in Hollywood. In the world of professional wrestling, he wrestled and along with...

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Know Your Role: Geoffrey Lewis

I would categorize Geoffrey Lewis as one of action entertainment’s finest character actors. Born on July 31, 1935 in Plainfield, New Jersey; Lewis’ on screen acting career really started rolling in the early 1970’s where he...