原名埃马缪尔·古德伯格，生于布加勒斯特，10岁时随家人移居美国，成长于纽约下东区。在纽约学院读书时加入“伊利莎白剧场”，并获得奖学金进入美国戏剧艺术学院进修。1913年起参加戏剧演出，两年后进入百老汇，演出了许多舞台剧。他只参与演出过一部无声片，但有声片兴起后，他开始频繁地在...
詹姆斯·斯图尔特文武全才，以优异的成绩毕业于普林斯顿大学建筑系；在美国空军晋升至准将；至于身为一名才气焕发的演员，其作品横跨西部片、文艺片、脱线喜剧（screwball comedy）、家庭喜剧、惊悚悬疑片（thriller）、传记电影等。他是奥斯卡最佳男主角奖、奥斯卡终身成就奖、金球奖最佳男...
Lionel Stander, the movie character actor with the great gravelly voice, was born on January 11th, 1908 in The Bronx borough of New York City. Stander's acting career was derailed when he was blacklisted during the 1950s after being exposed as a Communist Party member during the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings. In his own HUAC testimony in May 1953, Stander denounced HUAC's use of informers, particularly those with mental problems.
Edward S. Brophy was born on February 27, 1895 in New York City and educated at the University of Virginia. He became a bit and small-part in the movies starting in 1919, but switched to behind-the-scenes work for job security, though he continued appearing in small parts. While serving as a property master for Buster Keaton's production unit at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Brophy appeared in a memorable sequence in Keaton's classic The Cameraman (1928), in which Buster and Brophy both try to undress simultaneously in a tiny wardrobe room. Keaton cast Brophy in larger parts in two of his talkies, and by 1934, Brophy abandoned the production end of the movies altogether and was acting full-time.
