Frequently cast as the bad guy in films such as Pale Rider with Clint Eastwood, and The Untouchables with Kevin Costner, Billy Drago had an illustrious career being bad. Born on November 30th in 1945 as William Eugene Burrows Jr., he took his grandmothers maiden name as his […]
Anthony James (born James Anthony) was born on July 22nd 1942 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He was the only child of Greek immigrants George Anthony and Marika Palla. His parents immigrated from Greece to America only a few years before his birth. Sadly his father died when he […]
Robert Hudson Walker Jr. was born on April 15th 1940 in Queens, New York, the son of actors Robert Walker (Strangers on a Train) and Jennifer Jones (The Towering Inferno). He grew up going to The Lawrenceville School near Princeton before beginning his acting career. Robert made his […]
Born on 19th September 1945 in Sacramento, California, Randolph Mantooth (born Randy DeRoy Mantooth), was the oldest of four children. Growing up he attended San Marcos High School and then Santa Barbara City College. He then received a scholarship to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. […]
Thomas Morgan Woodward was born on 16th September 1925 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA, and grew up in Arlington, Texas, graduating from high school in 1944. Woodward was a member of the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. He returned to the military during the […]
It is Cult Faction’s sad duty to report that Oscar Goldman himself, Richard Anderson, passed away on Thursday in his Beverly Hills home at the age of 91 years old. Anderson simultaneously played Oscar Goldman, leader of secret government agent the Osi, on both “The Six Million Dollar Man” and […]
Not many men have gone toe-to-toe with Buck Rogers, Michael Knight, Steve McQueen, David Carradine, Clint Eastwood, The A-Team and Hunter! John Quade did. Sometimes on more than one occasion! A character actor of the highest regard he would often be tormenting the biggest heroes of the big […]
Wings Hauser was born Gerald Dwight Hauser in Hollywood, California on 12th December 1947. The son of director and producer Dwight Hauser. Hauser made his acting debut at age five with a radio commercial. After a high-school career based in sports (his name “Wings” is taken from the wing-back […]
Donald Lee “Don” Stroud was born on September 1st 1943 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is the son of comedian and vaudevillien Clarence Stroud (of the Stroud Twins) and singer Ann Livermore. His brother Duke Stroud is also an actor Mission: Impossible, The Dukes of Hazzard,Voyagers!, The Outlaws, Hill Street Blues, Law & […]
Michael John Berryman was born on September 4th 1948 in Los Angeles, California, United States. It was soon discovered that he was born with hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia which is a rare condition leaving him with no sweat glands, hair, fingernails or teeth. As a child Berryman was bullied for his appearance, […]
Heather Thomas was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA on September 8th 1957. She graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1975. At the age of 14 years old she began acting and hosted the show Talking with a Giant, where she interviewed celebrities, in 1978 she began acting in small […]
You may not know the name but the face you will have seen on the big and small screen. For Robert Tessier being a tough guy was not an onscreen act – the man was a paratrooper in the Korean War who earned a Silver Star and Purple Heart! Born […]
Robert Gene West was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1936 to Lois and Newton Thomas West. An excellent athlete and former U.S. Marine, West played football for his high school and junior college teams and was a boxer in the Golden Gloves championships. He was a close high school friend of […]
It is Cult Faction’s sad duty to report that Tony Burton, aka Tony “Duke” Evers from the Rocky movies has passed away at the age of 78 years old. In the Rocky films, Burton’s character Tony “Duke” Evers was initially the trainer to Rocky’s rival Apollo Creed (played by Carl […]
There are not many actors as distinctive as Ken Foree. His on screen presence has helped define many a movie especially those in the horror genre. “I’ve had a varied career. Some fans remember me as the actor who always plays the heavy; others say I always play […]
Back in 1989 two dudes known as Bill S. Preston Esq. (Alex Winter) and Ted “Theodore” Logan (Keanu Reeves) – together they were known as Wyld Stalyns – needed to pass history or the future of all mankind was doomed. They were assisted by a guy from the […]
