约瑟夫·科顿是那种永远成不了天皇巨星、进不了前10名但却也令人永远无法忘怀的演员，他就靠在那里吸着烟，温情而饶有意味地用眼角余光看着你，像一座酝酿爆发的休眠火山，你不知道什么时候会爆发，一旦爆发，你会心甘情愿被他灼人的热能所熔化。 我目前能找到的科顿的资料很少，只知道他曾就读于华盛顿希克曼表演学校。1930年开始在百老汇登台演出；1937年，他参加奥逊*威尔斯的水星剧团，两年之后在百老汇风行一时的《费城故事》中与凯瑟琳．赫本合作演出。1938年在影片《约翰逊太多了》中初登银幕，此后相继主演了《公民凯恩》、《安巴逊大族》、《疑影》、《第三人》等多部著名影片。1948年，他主演的《珍妮的画像》获得了威尼斯国际电影节最佳男主角奖。1958年，在出演了《邪恶之触》后，慢慢淡出影坛。于1994年2月6日去世，终年八十九岁。 约瑟夫·科顿是从来没有得到奥斯卡提名的著名美国演员，这不禁让人觉得不可思议，但联想到奥逊·威尔斯、查理·卓别林也是演技一流，同样被奥斯卡弃之如履，便不再为科顿感到惋惜，他的才华勿需奥斯卡来证明。
Richard Dysart served for four years in the Air Force during the Korean War. He was a founding member of the American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco. He received the Drama Desk Award in 1972 and a Emmy Award in 1992. He was good friends with Diana Muldaur, who played Rosalind Shays on L.A. Law.
A classical actor (and founding member in 1960 of the Royal Shakespeare Company), Richardson earned international fame as the villainous Francis Urquart in the BBC television trilogy, "House of Cards." Uttered in a cut-glass accent, the Machiavellian Prime Minister's sly "You might well think that ... I couldn't possibly comment" became a catchphrase when the series was broadcast in the 1990s. Richardson's contributions to his art were honored in 1989 when he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE.) Fittingly, his family had his ashes buried beneath the auditorium of the new Royal Shakespeare theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Born in Armagh, Northern Ireland, Patrick Magee is a classic example of how certain actors rate the stage far more highly than the screen. Magee was well aware that the vast majority of the films that he appeared in were dreadful (he mostly played sinister villains in horror films), but the money came in very handy in financing his distinguished stage work (he was a favorite actor of Samuel Beckett one of whose greatest plays, 'Krapp's Last Tape', was written specifically for him). However, he did do some outstanding work on film, most notably in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1971) as the crippled writer Mr.Alexander, and in Kubrick's Barry Lyndon (1975), as the chevalier. He also appeared in Joseph Losey's The Servant (1963), Peter Brook's Marat/Sade (1967) and William Friedkin's The Birthday Party (1968). He also appeared in films by such cult directors as Roger Corman, Lucio Fulci and Walerian Borowczyk.
Barry Jackson was born on March 29, 1938 in Birmingham, England. He is known for his work on Midsomer Murders (1997), Barry Lyndon (1975) and Wimbledon (2004). He was married to Denise. He died on December 5, 2013 in London, England.
