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Max Baer, Jr.

Max Baer, Jr. is the son of heavyweight boxing champ Max Baer and had the looks to prove it. His big, hulking frame and handsome face won him the role that turned out to be both blessing and curse, that of Jethro Bodine on The Beverly Hillbillies. Typecast as a big, dumb hick, Baer had [...]

Michael St. Gerard

First gaining notice in the low-budget teen flick Senior Week (1987) , Elvislookalike St. Gerard sky-rocketed to stardom as ’60s teen heartthrob Link Larkin in John Waters‘s camp classic Hairspray (1988). St. Gerard portrayed the King of Rock four times: in the films Great Balls of Fireand Hearts of Dixie (both 1989), the 1990 miniseries Elvis, and on a 1994 episode of Quantam Leap. His last known acting appearance was an [...]

Rick Springfield

Springfield’scareer has had more peaks and valleys than a mountain range. An Aussie whose rock career began in the 60s with the bands Rock House and Zoot, Springfieldwent solo in the 70s and was groomed as a Bobby Sherman-esque teen idol before fading from view. He burst into the American consciousness in two different media [...]

Calisto

After beginning her career as a model, Leick blasted to fame as Xena’s archnemesis Calisto on Xena: Warrior Princess. Her skimpy costume and sultry good looks combined with her graceful athleticism to turn her instantly into a favorite of both men and women. Her ability to effortlessly slide from comedic to dramatic acting fit in [...]

Kelly LeBrock

Born in New York City and raised in London model/actress Kelly LeBrock was the Pantene spokesmodel that made the phrase “Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful.” popular in the 80′s. She began her film career as the fantasy object of affection in Gene Wilder’s The Woman in Red. The image of her in a red [...]

John Wesley Shipp

Shipp came to the attention of television viewers wearing the red leotard that left little to the imagination in the series The Flash. Although he probably best known for his Emmy-winning stint on the NBC soap opera As the World Turns, it was his movie-quality performance as the psychotic stalker Carter Jones on All My [...]

Christopher George

Christopher George was perhaps best known for his starring role in the 1966-1968 TV series The Rat Patrol , the role which nominated him for a Golden Globe in 1967 as Best TV Star. Over the course of two seasons and 58 episodes, George played the lead role of Sergeant Sam Troy in The Rat [...]

Arlene Dahl

MGM star of the 1940s and 1950s best known for her “Technicolor red” hair. Films range from the musical ‘Three Little Words’ (1950) to the noir ‘Reign of Terror’ (1949) to the sci-fi ‘Journey to the Center of the Earth’ (1959). In the 1952, she married Fernando Lamas (their son Lorenzowas born in 1958). Shortly [...]

Darth Vader

David Prowse is a weightlifter and actor from England. He is most famous for his portrayal of Darth Vader in Star Wars Episodes IV, V, and VI. At his peak he was 265 lbs. and 6’6.5″. He spoke all of the lines during the films, but his voice was replaced by that of James Earl [...]

Chewbacca

Peter Mayhew is a British actor best known for playing Chewbacca in Star Wars Episodes IV, V, VI and III. Mayhew is 7’3″ tall. Apparently Mayhew and David Prowse (the body of Darth Vader) were offered both Chewbacca and Darth Vader and Mayhew wanted to play a hero and Prowse wanted to play a villain.