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Susan Dey was born on 10 December 1952 in Pekin, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Partridge Family (1970), L.A. Law (1986) and Skyjacked (1972). She has been married to Bernard Sofronski since 20 February 1988. She was previously married to Leonard Hirshan.- Jack Wallace was born on 10 August 1933 in Pekin, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Death Wish (1974), Faster (2010) and The Boy Next Door (2015). He was married to Margot Schnarr Wallace. He died on 16 April 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Larry began his career when he was 15 in 1963 as a disc jockey at a radio station in Peoria, Illinois. He went on to work in New York, Cleveland, and Chicago. He later became a cast member on the radio show 'Imus in the Morning' in 1973. There, he made fun of political figures and famous people such as Elvis Presley, Ross Perot, and Richard Nixon. He made his way into TV when he became the host of the New York show "Bowling for Dollars" from 1976 to 1979. He also does the voice for Sonny the Cuckoo Bird for Cocoa Puffs cereal.- Producer
- Director
- Editor
Jack Truman is an award-winning filmmaker, stage and film director, actor, and writer. A 35 year veteran of stage and screen, his filmmaking debut, the award-winning hit cult comedy short Phone Sex Grandma, premiered at the 2006 Slamdance Film Festival to standing-room only audiences. Combined, Truman's films have screened at over 600 film festivals worldwide. Prior to his filmmaking career, Truman had a 20 year career in stage and theater, directing and starring in over 70 stage productions nationwide. Jack is also a college professor, award-winning screenwriter and playwright, and author of the book No Budget Filmmaking. He is the Founder of the Holly Weird Film Festival in Los Angeles, California. Truman has a Bachelor's degree in Business, an MFA in Theatre, and is an Army veteran.- Writer
- Actor
- Producer
Wyllis Oswald Cooper was born in Pekin, Illnois, USA and passed away in High Bridge, New Jersey, USA.
Cooper attended Pekin High School, graduating in 1916. He soon joined the U.S. Cavalry where, achieving the rank of Sergeant, he spent time on the Mexican border. In 1917, he became a part of the Signal Corps and was sent to France during World War I. While in France he was gassed at the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. He remained on active duty until 1919 when he left to become an advertising writer, though he maintained his reserve status.
By the late 1920s he was writing advertising copy in Chicago and entered radio, writing scripts for the 1929âEUR"1931 NBC radio program Empire Builders. He later worked as continuity editor of CBS Chicago and, in 1933, left to take the same position at NBC Chicago. In 1934, he created his best known dramatic series, a late night horror radio program called Lights Out, which he also directed. Airing at midnight, the program quickly earned a reputation for its gory deaths and sound effects.
The show would prove to be a long-term success, but in 1936, Cooper capitalized on the fame of Lights Out and resigned from NBC, moving to Hollywood, California, where he worked as a screenwriter for film studios. His screenplay for the 1939 film Son of Frankenstein introduced the much-parodied character of Ygor. He contributed to a few of the Mr. Moto films. At the same time, he continued to provide radio scripts for various series including Hollywood Hotel.
Arch Oboler, who took over the writing of Lights Out when Cooper left, would suggest that Cooper was the first person to create a unique form of radio drama, writing, "Radio drama (as distinguished from theatre plays boiled down to kilocycle size) began at midnight, in the middle thirties, on one of the upper NBC floors of Chicago's Merchandise Mart. The pappy was a rotund writer by the name of Wyllis Cooper."
By 1940, Cooper moved to New York City. Here he changed his name from "Willis" to "Wyllis" in order "to please his wife's numerological inclinations". He continued to make a living writing radio scripts for various network programs including The Campbell Playhouse, the sponsored successor of Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre.
During World War II, he was made a consultant to the Secretary of War and produced, directed and wrote a weekly news and variety propaganda series entitled 'The Army Hour.
In 1944, Cooper joined the radio department of New York's Compton Advertising, Inc. In 1947, he created what was arguably his finest radio effort, Quiet, Please. It began over the Mutual Broadcasting System network and later moved to ABC. He also wrote and directed a crime anthology for NBC entitled Whitehall 1212, which debuted on November 18, 1951. The series was hosted by Chief Superintendent John Davidson, fictional curator of the Black Museum at Scotland Yard. It featured an allegedly British cast and told stories inspired by artifacts held by the famous London crime museum. Cooper's show competed with a similar program hosted by Orson Welles which ran on Mutual in 1952.- Richard Stolley was born on 3 October 1928 in Pekin, Illinois, USA. He was married to Lise Hilboldt and Anne Shawber. He died on 16 June 2021 in Evanston, Illinois, USA.
- Beyond his work in films, Wildhack made far greater contributions to the arts as an illustrator, a talent he developed as an Indiana teen. During World War One, he joined some of America's leading painters, illustrators and graphic artists in founding the Division of Pictorial Publicity which created recruiting posters, Red Cross promotional materials and other public service art on behalf of the war effort. By the time he was 30, Wildhack's illustrations we're featured on the covers of many magazines including Life, Colliers and Scribner's. His posters and silk screens are prized today.
- Eric Monti was born on 6 December 1917 in Pekin, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Jack Benny Program (1950). He died on 1 February 2009 in Laguna Woods, California, USA.
- Ethyl Eichelberger was born on 17 July 1945 in Pekin, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Equalizer (1985), Great Performances (1971) and Leg Work (1987). He died on 12 August 1990 in Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA.
- Everett Dirksen was born on 4 January 1896 in Pekin, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Monitors (1969), The Jack Paar Program (1962) and Issues and Answers (1960). He died on 7 September 1969 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- Erik Braunn was born on 11 August 1950 in Pekin, Illinois, USA. He was married to Gail L. Wolf. He died on 26 July 2003 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Sol Bloom was born on 8 March 1870 in Pekin, Illinois, USA. He was married to Evelyn Hechheimer. He died on 7 March 1949 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
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Kenneth J. Hackney was born December 10, 1966 in Pekin Illinois and is known for his work as a cinematographer, editor, producer, production sound mixer, and voice actor. He got his start as a radio personality as a teenager which led to voice acting in film and television. He would later work as a sound mixer, director of photography, editor, and producer, eventually writing and directing documentaries.- Actress
- Script and Continuity Department
Diane Oxford was born on 5 February 1949 in Pekin, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Samaritan (2022), The Marks and UC: Live (2014). She was married to Clyde W. Oxford. She died on 28 November 2021 in Jersey, Georgia, USA.- Art Department
Steven E. Eyrse was born on 7 December 1942 in Pekin, Illinois, USA. He is known for 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992). He died on 11 January 2017 in New Port Richey, Florida, USA.