2008年12月12日，一名40年代的好莱坞巨星去世了---Van Johnson，享年92岁。他是好莱坞又一个金童，最受欢迎的邻家男孩。在40年代，继克拉克盖博，罗伯特泰勒等巨星之后，Van Johnson成为那时MGM米高梅公司最红最有票房号召力的巨星。
克劳德·雷恩斯出生于伦敦，他的父亲是一名舞台剧演员。11岁他就已经登台演出，后来他成为了一名舞台经理。1913年他来到了美国，第一次世界大战的时候他又回到了英国，参加了伦敦苏格兰军团（London Scottish Regiment）。他在法国受到了毒气攻击，导致他的一只眼睛失去了部分视力。在战争期间，他的军衔从一名士兵一直提升到了上尉。战争结束后他回到了舞台上，进入了皇家戏剧艺术学院，不久之后他成为了这家学院的一名教师。
Stocky character actor Stanley Adams had a relatively minor career in motion pictures, with the possible exception of his baby-faced millionaire Rusty Trawler of Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) fame. Otherwise, he played innumerable minor ethnic villains, bartenders and avuncular, fast-talking characters, known in the credits only by their first names. In other words, most of his roles were rather small. On television, conversely, he proved himself quite a scene-stealer, particularly in the 1960's and early 70's, when his face appeared on just about every major show. He was at his best as pool hustler Sure-shot Wilson in an episode of The Odd Couple (1970), Rollo, a quirky time-traveling scientist on The Twilight Zone (1959), and - famously - as 'asteroid detecting', tribble dealing galactic entrepreneur Cyrano Jones on Star Trek (1966). Alas, he was also a space carrot named Tybo on Lost in Space (1965)....
