尼古拉斯·雷，美国著名编剧、导演和演员，芝加哥大学建筑系毕业后，在法兰克洛罗赖德建筑协会当研究员。从事研究建筑、雕刻、戏剧。第二次世界大战时期在情报局服务。退役后做过CBS电视台的编剧及导演，也做过约翰哈士曼的舞台导演助理。1945年从影。在伊力卡山导演的《长春树》担任...
Howard da Silva was one of 324 actors, writers and directors who fell victim to the Hollywood blacklisting of the early 1950s, and had his career halted in the blink of an eye. Originally was a steelworker before making his stage debut at age 20 in New York. He made a name for himself on Broadway before going to Hollywood, but kept up his stage work after making the move to films. His most memorable performance came in the 1943 Broadway production of Oklahoma!. In Hollywood, he became a well-liked character actor, appearing in such films as Sergeant York (1941), The Big Shot (1942) and The Lost Weekend (1945).
