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Aaron Goodwin

Aaron Goodwin (born April 1, 1976) is an equipment technician, camera operator, and paranormal investigator. He is best known for his work on the Travel Channel's paranormal investigation series Ghost Adventures. In need of a cameraman for their documentary, Bagans and Groff first met and hired Goodwin in Las Vegas to assist them with primary filming and B-roll taping. The documentary then led to the series , Ghost Adventures. Often left alone on "hotspots" within the locations under investigation, Goodwin has been portrayed as "bait" to attract supposed ghostly spirits. Before joining Bagans and Groff, Goodwin had worked as a camera operator for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and several behind-the-scenes films premiere in Las Vegas. He is also known for his work on Space Detective (2017), Malevolence (2004) and Crimps (2011).

Vince Corazza

Cast · Known for Bride of Chucky, Urban Legend

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Vincent Corazza (born December 6, 1972) is a Canadian-born actor known for playing the role of Alden Jones in the television series Braceface. Corazza began acting at the age of 10. He appeared in both leading and supporting roles in over 100 films, television shows, movies of the week(MOW) and commercials combined. His credits include the 2003 feature film, Owning Mahowny in which he played the best friend of Phillip Seymour Hoffman, as well as the television movie The Cheetah Girls for the Disney Channel. Other credits include guest appearances on The Famous Jett Jackson, 24, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, JAG and Without a Trace, and a December 2006 appearance on the daytime drama General Hospital. Along with his film and television career, Corazza's vocal career has spanned two decades. He has lent his voice talents to over 1000 radio and television commercials. Notable vocal/animation credits include, Alden on Braceface, Tuxedo Mask and Alan of Sailor Moon notoriety, Sam Sparks of Rescue Heroes and Shickadance of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective fame. He was also the voice of U.B.C.S. mercenary, Carlos Oliveira, in the PlayStation video game, Resident Evil 3: Nemesis and the voice of Zexion in Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories and Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. Corazza played the lead animated character of "Slim" in an IMAX feature entitled "Adventures in Animation 3D". Corazza also had a role in the horror movie Bless the Child.

Merritt Wever

Cast · Known for Nurse Jackie, Primetime, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Merritt Carmen Wever (born August 11, 1980) is an American actress. She is known for starring as a perennially upbeat young nurse in Nurse Jackie (2009–2015), an intrepid widow in the Netflix period miniseries Godless (2017), and a detective investigating a serial rapist in the Netflix crime mini-series Unbelievable (2019). For Nurse Jackie, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2013, for Godless, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie in 2018 and for the mini-series Unbelievable, she was nominated the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film in 2020. Wever has also had supporting roles in other television series, including Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006–2007), New Girl (2013), and The Walking Dead (2015–2016). She has also played supporting roles in such films as Michael Clayton (2007), Birdman (2014), and Marriage Story (2019), all of which were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, with Birdman winning.

Matt Ross

Cast · Known for Silicon Valley, American Psycho, Twelve Monkeys

**Matthew Brandon Ross** (born January 3, 1970) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. Recognized for his sharp character portrayals and command of dark, morally ambiguous, or pretentious personalities, he achieved widespread acclaim for his role as megalomaniacal tech CEO Gavin Belson on the HBO comedy series *Silicon Valley* (2014 to 2019) and for writing and directing the critically celebrated comedy drama *Captain Fantastic* (2016). Born in Greenwich, Connecticut, Ross spent part of his childhood living in alternative and communal lifestyle communities in Oregon and California, experiences that later influenced his creative output as a filmmaker. He attended the Juilliard School's Drama Division as a member of Group 22 and also studied filmmaking at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, developing parallel proficiencies in stage craft and visual direction. Ross built an extensive portfolio as a versatile character actor throughout the 1990s and 2000s across notable independent and studio features. His memorable early roles include playing Terry Valentine's enforcer in Steven Soderbergh's neo-noir *The Limey* (1999), detective investigator Luis Carruthers in the cult classic *American Psycho* (2000), real life aviation engineer Glenn Odekirk in Martin Scorsese's Howard Hughes biopic *The Aviator* (2004), and appearances in films such as *Face/Off* (1997) and *Good Night, and Good Luck* (2005), the latter earning him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination as part of the ensemble. On television, he portrayed polygamist businessman Alby Grant in the acclaimed HBO drama series *Big Love* (2006 to 2011) and appeared in *American Horror Story: Murder House* (2011) as Dr. Charles Montgomery. His most defining television role came in 2014 with Mike Judge's *Silicon Valley*, where he starred as Gavin Belson, the ruthless, spiritual guru obsessed CEO of tech conglomerate Hooli. His deadpan depiction of corporate hubris and tech industry absurdity was widely hailed by critics and tech insiders alike as one of the standout comedic performances of the decade. Parallel to acting, Ross has established himself as an accomplished auteur filmmaker. He made his feature film directorial debut with the indie relationship drama *28 Hotel Rooms* (2012), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. He followed this with the acclaimed drama *Captain Fantastic* (2016), starring Viggo Mortensen as an anarchic father raising his children off the grid in the Pacific Northwest wilderness. The film received universal critical praise, earning Ross the Best Director prize in the *Un Certain Regard* section at the Cannes Film Festival, alongside Academy Award and BAFTA nominations for Mortensen. On television, he also directed the Starz political thriller miniseries *Gaslit* (2022), starring Julia Roberts and Sean Penn. Balancing compelling character acting with thoughtful, award winning directing, he remains a distinctive and versatile creative force in American cinema and television.

Kimberley Nixon

Kimberley Nixon (born 24 September 1985) is an English-born Welsh actress. Nixon is known for her role as Sophy Hutton in the BBC One period drama Cranford, and appearances in various films such as Wild Child and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging. She also starred as Josie Jones in the Channel 4 comedy-drama Fresh Meat and as Sarah Pearson in the BBC Two comedy Hebburn. Born in Bristol to Welsh parents, Nixon and her six brothers were raised in Ynysybwl near Pontypridd, Wales, where she attended Coedylan Comprehensive School, now known as Pontypridd High School. After high school, Nixon trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff alongside Tom Cullen and Aneurin Barnard. Before her graduation in 2007, she signed to Universal Studios after appearing in a college production of The Comedy of Errors. She is a former member of the National Youth Theatre of Wales. Nixon's career began in 2007, when she starred as the motherless Sophy Hutton in the BBC One costume drama series Cranford. In 2008, she had supporting roles in the films Wild Child and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging. Nixon appeared in Easy Virtue and played one of the leads in Cherrybomb opposite Rupert Grint and Robert Sheehan, before starring in Black Death. In 2011, Nixon played Josie in the Channel 4 TV comedy-drama series Fresh Meat, and starred alongside Michael Sheen, Andrea Riseborough and Iwan Rheon in Resistance, an adaptation of an Owen Sheers novel, which was released in the UK in November 2011. Nixon starred alongside Jaime Winstone and Aneurin Barnard in Elfie Hopkins and the Gammons, a horror film about an aspiring teen detective who stumbles into her first real case when investigating the mysterious new family, the Gammons, in her neighbourhood. The film was released on 20 April 2012. In 2012, Nixon starred in the movie Offender, a thriller about a man who sets up his own imprisonment in order to avenge the assault of his girlfriend. She also had leading roles in the ITV drama series "Kidnap and Ransom" and the BBC Two comedy-drama series Hebburn, alongside Chris Ramsey and Vic Reeves. The sitcom is written by stand-up comic Jason Cook and is based on his experiences of growing up in the north-east of England. Nixon starred in the medical drama Critical, with Lennie James, Emma Fryer and Paul Bazely, that debuted on Sky 1 on 24 February 2015. She also starred in a Welsh thriller titled Kingdom of Rain, with Julian Lewis Jones and Robert Kazinsky. She took a lead role in the third season of Outlander.

Harry Guardino

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Harry Guardino (December 23, 1925—July 17, 1995) was an American actor whose career spanned from the early 1950s to the early 1990s. In 1964, he was cast in a short-lived CBS series entitled The Reporter, a drama about a hard-hitting investigative journalist named Danny Taylor. His principal co-star was Gary Merrill as city editor Lou Sheldon. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Guardino appeared on stage, in films, and on television. His Broadway theatre credits included A Hatful of Rain, One More River (earning a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance), Anyone Can Whistle, The Rose Tattoo, The Seven Descents of Myrtle, and Woman of the Year. Guardino's other film credits include Houseboat, Pork Chop Hill (about the Korean War), The Five Pennies, King of Kings, Madigan, Lovers and Other Strangers, and Dirty Harry. He was nominated twice for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. He guest starred on John Cassavetes's 1959-1960 series, Johnny Staccato, the story of a pianist/private detective in New York City. In 1960, Guardino appeared as Johnny Caldwell in the episodes "Perilous Passage", "The O'Mara's Ladies", and "Daughter of the Sioux" in the NBC western series Overland Trail starring William Bendix and Doug McClure. McClure two years later would join the long-running The Virginian series on NBC after a preceding stint on the CBS detective series Checkmate (TV series). Guardino had a continuing role as Perry Mason's nemesis, Hamilton Burger, in the 1973 television series The New Perry Mason and a recurring role on Angela Lansbury's Murder, She Wrote. He made guest appearances in dozens of television series, including Studio One, Target: The Corruptors!, The Eleventh Hour, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Kraft Television Theatre, Playhouse 90, Dr. Kildare, The Lloyd Bridges Show, Route 66, Ben Casey, Hawaii Five-O, Love, American Style, The Greatest Show on Earth, Kojak, The Streets of San Francisco, Jake and the Fatman, and Cheers. He had the lead role of Det. Lee Gordon in the 1969 made-for-television suspense film The Lonely Profession. Guardino died at the age of sixty-nine of lung cancer in Palm Springs, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Guardino, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Lloyd Nolan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lloyd Benedict Nolan (August 11, 1902 – September 27, 1985) was an American film and television actor. Among his many roles, Nolan is remembered for originating the role of private investigator Michael Shayne in a series of 1940s B movies. Nolan was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Margaret and James Nolan, who was a shoe manufacturer of Irish descent. He attended Santa Clara Preparatory School and Stanford University, flunking out of Stanford as a freshman "because I never got around to attending any other class but dramatics." His parents disapproved of his choice of a career in acting, preferring that he join his father's shoe business, "one of the most solvent commercial firms in San Francisco." Nolan served in the United States Merchant Marine before joining the Dennis Players theatrical troupe in Cape Cod. He began his career on stage and was subsequently lured to Hollywood, where he played mainly doctors, private detectives, and policemen in many film roles. Nolan also contributed solid and key character parts in numerous other films. One, The House on 92nd Street, was a startling revelation to audiences in 1945. It was a conflation of several true incidents of attempted sabotage by the Nazi regime (incidents which the FBI was able to thwart during World War II), and many scenes were filmed on location in New York City, unusual at the time. Nolan portrayed FBI Agent Briggs, and actual FBI employees interacted with Nolan throughout the film; he reprised the role in a subsequent 1948 movie, The Street with No Name. Nolan appeared three times on NBC's Laramie Western series, as sheriff Tully Hatch in the episode "The Star Trail (1959), as outlaw Matt Dyer in the episode "Deadly Is the Night" (1961)[5] and then as former Union Army General George Barton in the episode "War Hero" (1962).[6] On December 8, 1960, Nolan was cast as Dr. Elisha Pittman, in "Knife of Hate" on Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre. In the story line, Dr. Pittman removed one of the legs of Jack Hoyt (Robert Harland) after Hoyt sustained a gunshot wound from which infection was developing. Hoyt wants to marry Susan Pittman (Susan Oliver), but her father is at first unyielding on the matter. Nolan starred in The Outer Limits episode "Soldier" written by Harlan Ellison. He appeared in the NBC Western Bonanza as LaDuke, a New Orleans detective. In 1967, Strother Martin and he guest-starred in the episode "A Mighty Hunter Before the Lord" of NBC's The Road West series, starring Barry Sullivan. Also in 1967, Nolan was a guest star in the popular Western TV series The Virginian, in the episode "The Masquerade" and in the first episode of Mannix. A long-time cigar and pipe smoker, Nolan died of lung cancer on September 27, 1985, at his home in Brentwood, California; he was 83. He is interred at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. CLR Description above from the Wikipedia article Lloyd Nolan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Regis Toomey

Cast · Known for Four Star Playhouse

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Regis Toomey (August 13, 1898 – October 12, 1991) was an American film and television actor. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, he was one of four children of Francis X. and Mary Ellen Toomey and attended Peabody High School. He initially pondered a law career, but acting won out and he established himself as a musical stage performer. Educated in dramatics at the University of Pittsburgh, where he became a brother of Sigma Chi, Toomey began as a stock actor and eventually made it to Broadway. Toomey was a singer on stage until throat problems (acute laryngitis) while touring in Europe stopped that aspect of his career. In 1929, Toomey first began appearing in films. He initially started out as a leading man, but found more success as a character actor (sans his toupee). Toomey appeared in over 180 films, including classics such as The Big Sleep with Humphrey Bogart. In 1956, he appeared as a judge, with Chuck Connors as "Andy", in the third episode, "The Nevada Nightingale", of the NBC anthology series The Joseph Cotten Show. Toomey thereafter appeared in another anthology series too as the character "Harry" in the 1960 episode "The Doctor and the Redhead", with Dick Powell and Felicia Farr, of CBS's The DuPont Show with June Allyson. In the 1961–1962 television season, he appeared in a supporting role with George Nader in the syndicated crime drama Shannon about insurance investigators. From 1963–1966, Toomey was one of the stars of the ABC crime drama, Burke's Law, starring Gene Barry. He played Sergeant Les Hart, one of the detectives assisting the murder investigations of the millionaire police captain Amos Burke. He also guest-starred on dozens of television programs, including the "Shady Deal at Sunny Acres" episode of Maverick. In 1941, Toomey appeared in You're in the Army Now, in which he and Jane Wyman had the longest screen kiss in cinema history: 3 minutes and 5 seconds.

Anthony Pellicano

Cast · Known for Forensic Justice

A bigger than life character whose true story reads like a chapter from a detective novel, Anthony Pellican Jr. was born in 1944 near Chicago. After dropping out of high school, he went into the Army Signal Corps where he obtained his GED (high school diploma). He began working as a "skip tracer" and eventually opened up his own private investigation firm in 1969. By 1974, he declared bankruptcy, added an "O" to his last name (making it closer to the original Sicilan spelling) and by 1985 had moved to Los Angeles. He became a security consultant and private investigator to the stars. He worked for producer Don Simpson and action star Steven Seagal among many, many others. He even contributed a story idea that was used to write an episode of Magnum, P.I. (1980). Life was good for the Windy City native. Charges began surfacing, however, that the tactics he used on the job included illegal wire tapping, making terrorist threats, blackmail and assault. His specialty was getting unflattering material about celebrity clients to disappear. He was often cited as the mastermind behind the intimidation attempts of several reporters who wrote critical articles about actor Seagal. He has been profiled in publications such as Vanity Fair and the Los Angeles Times. After a search of his office safe revealed hand grenades and C-4 explosive material, Pellicano was arrested on Nov. 22, 2002 on federal weapons charges. He eventually received a 30 month federal prison sentence.

Alex Carter

Cast · Known for Burn Notice

Alex Carter (born Alex Apostolopoulos, November 12, 1964) is a Canadian actor best known for his role as LVPD Homicide Detective Lou Vartann on CSI. His television roles have included starring roles on Family Passions, Black Harbour, Traders, Made in Canada, Taking the Falls, These Arms of Mine, The Mermaid Chair, and Veritas: The Quest, as well as guest roles on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Jericho, Point Pleasant, Due South, Leverage and Burn Notice. His film roles have included Out of Time and The Island.

Floriana Lima

Cast · Known for Marvel's The Punisher, Supergirl, Tracker

Lima was a series regular in the internet comedy Poor Paul (2008-2009) and later became a series regular in Fox's medical drama The Mob Doctor (2012-2013). She had a recurring role in NBC's spy series Allegiance (2015), was a series regular in ABC's thriller The Family (2016) and has a recurring role in Fox's action drama Lethal Weapon (2016). From 2016-2017, Lima played lesbian Detective Maggie Sawyer in season two & three of The CW's Supergirl. In 2018, Lima played the character of psychiatrist Krista Dumont in the second season of Netflix's The Punisher. In 2019, Lima joined the second season of ABC's A Million Little Things as military veteran & physical therapist Darcy Cooper. She became a series regular in season 3 (2021). Lima made one-off appearances in episodes of How I Met Your Mother (2008), Ghost Whisperer (2009), Melrose Place (2009), House (2010), In Plain Sight (2010), Franklin & Bash (2011) and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2014).

Alexondra Lee

Cast · Known for Party of Five

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alexondra Lee (born February 6, 1975) is an American actress. She was married to an American actor Stephen Dunham until his death in 2012. She was born in Pennsylvania to parents Mae and Harry Lee. Lee studied ballet since the age of four and has danced in The Nutcracker Suite with the New York City Ballet Company. She began dancing with the New York City Ballet at the age of seven. She starred in the short-lived Special Unit 2 as Detective Kate Benson and had a regular role as Callie on Party of Five. In 2006, Alexondra appeared as one of five corpses recounting the tales of their death on a CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode entitled "Toe Tags" The Episode originally aired on October 5th, 2006. Lee was voted one of Stuff Magazine's 101 "Most Beautiful Women in The World" in 2001. She was ranked #81. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexondra Lee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

John Capodice

John Capodice (December 25, 1941 – December 30, 2024) was an American character actor. Capodice began his film and television career in the late 1970s. His first role was in the ABC-TV soap opera Ryan's Hope, where he appeared in six episodes as Lloyd Lord. He had guest roles on numerous other television series, including Spenser: For Hire, Kate & Allie, Seinfeld, Murder She Wrote, Murphy Brown, Knots Landing, Hunter, and Law & Order. He appeared on the series Moonlighting in 1989 and performed as a guest star in an episode of NBC-TV's Will & Grace (episode 1.21), in the role of the repairman who suffers a heart attack. His later television appearances were on The West Wing, Six Feet Under and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In a 1980s television ad for Polly-O String Cheese, Capodice portrayed Fred, a dumbfounded pizzeria owner, who is asked by three teens to make a pizza with extra cheese, but to hold the tomato sauce, and the crust. Essentially a pizza, with "nuttin." He also appeared as a trucker who gives medical advice in a popular ad for Dimetapp Cold Medicine. Capodice also worked in the theatre, appearing mainly in Off-Broadway productions. He appeared as a prison guard in the play Getting Out at the Marymount Manhattan Theatre in October/November 1978 and at the Lucille Lortel Theatre from May 1979 to December 1980. The play won two Outer Critics Circle Awards in 1979. Capodice appeared in the Broadway production of Requiem For a Heavyweight, opposite John Lithgow, George Segal, and John C. McGinley. Capodice appeared as Doyle in the 1982 film Q and in the 1989 film Family Business as Tommy. Other film appearances are in the 1991 Oliver Stone film The Doors and the 1989 comedy See No Evil, Hear No Evil, where he appears as a bookmaker. He had roles in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult (1994), Speed (1994), Independence Day (1996), and Enemy of the State (1998). He provided the voice of Sidney Pen in the 2010 video game Mafia II.

Danyell Souza

Danyell Souza aka (Dahlia Dread) is best known for as the lead vocalist for alternative rock band Dead Posey that she formed with co-creator Tony Nova (formerly of Eve 6). Dead Posey has had their songs placed in numerous Television/Film & Video games as well as played notable festivals such as Download Festival, MadCool Festival and toured the UK, US & Canada with acts such as Theory of a Dead Man, Marilyn Manson, Palaye Royal among others. Before Souza pursed her music career, she was working as an actor and model. She appeared on screen in Clint Eastwoods Film "Jersey Boys" with a bit part as well as landing the lead in rock band Eve 6's music video for their single Victoria. Souza was signed to BMG Talent Agency which she was booked on adds for Adidas, Online Clothing Brands and walked the runway at LA Fashion Week. Souza is married to writing partner / band mate Tony Nova and is the granddaughter of Robert Souza - Retired Los Angeles Homicide Detective who worked on some of the most notorious murder cases in Los Angeles in the 70's - 90's such as the Wonderland Murders and The Freeway Killer cases. He wrote book's "Malice In Wonderland" and The Dirty Business of Murder: The Inside Story of Homicide Investigation in the City of Angels and is the writer/producer for the film "Hollywood Homicide" directed by Ron Shelton. He has also produced and appeared on True Crime series such as Hulu's new series "City Of Angels" and Michael Connelly’s The Wonderland Massacre & The Secret History of Hollywood.

James Hazeldine

British actor James Hazeldine was a well-known face both on British Television and on Stage. Best known for his role as Mike "Bayleaf" Wilson in the ITV drama, London's Burning (1988), many real-life firefighters thought Bayleaf was the character who closely and accurately portrayed your average real-life firefighter, a credit to his acting abilities. A meticulous performer, he was well-known for researching every part he played, and firmly believed that by accurately portraying a character the audience would feel much more involved in and enveloped by the performance. He played the role continuously for seven years from the serial's inception in 1988. (The character's sobriquet stemmed from a culinary bent for complex recipes). In a career spanning three decades, he also guested in such series as 'Boon' and 'Miss Marple', and, in the late 1980s, played the manager of the electrics company in Central's early-evening situation comedy, Young, Gifted and Broke (1989). In 1995, Hazeldine's character was written out of London's Burning of the actor's own volition, but he remained with the programme as a director. In years to come, he expanded his directing talents to encompass other UK drama serials, among them TV's The Knock (1994) and Heartbeat (1992). His acting CV also included sporadic film appearances, such as Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982). Although renowned as a television performer, he was also a respected stage actor, having trained with the Royal Shakespeare Company and, at one time, acted on Broadway alongside Glenda Jackson. He was rehearsing for his role as Sigmund Freud in a new stage play, 'The Talking Cure', when he became ill. In 2002 he appeared in the controversial drama, Shipman, which re-enacted events surrounding the murderous killing spree of Dr Harold Shipman, Britain's most prolific serial killer. Hazeldine assumed the role of Detective Inspector Stan Egerton, the man charged with leading the investigation into the deranged doctor's crimes. Determined that the dramatization should be as authentic as possible, Hazeldine even met with the retired policeman to ensure a realistic portrayal of the diligent law enforcer. Ironically, while the Shipman drama was in production, the real-life Mr. Egerton died suddenly and prematurely of a coronary disorder. James Hazeldine died on 18 December 2002, aged 55. There will never be anyone quite like him again, British Television mourned the loss of a truly great actor, director and personality.

Kenta Sasa

Cast · Known for Blue Box

Kenta Sasa (佐々 健太, Sasa Kenta, born April 3) is a Japanese voice actor from Akita Prefecture, Japan. He is affiliated with Early Wing. He has blood type A and a height of 1.73 m. His hobbies and special skills include music composition, illustration, PC building, and first-class detective investigator.

Walter Mosley

Writer · Known for Snowfall

Walter Ellis Mosley is an American novelist, most widely recognized for his crime fiction. He has written a series of best-selling historical mysteries featuring the hard-boiled detective Easy Rawlins, a black private investigator living in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California; they are perhaps his most popular works. In 2020, Mosley received the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, making him the first black male to receive the honor.

Nancy O'Dell

Cast · Known for Scream 3

Nancy O'Dell began her broadcast career as a reporter and anchor at WPDE-TV in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. She later worked as morning news anchor and crime reporter at WCBD-TV. While in Charleston, O'Dell's reports on the lenient police approach to DUI cases led to a State Law Enforcement Division investigation that resulted in state authorities re-issuing a more stringent directive regarding these cases. Ms. O'Dell was honored by the Associated Press with the Best Report of the Year Award (all media, South Carolina). Following her work in Charleston, O'Dell served as co-anchor and investigative reporter for NBC's Miami station, WTVJ-TV, before joining Access Hollywood (1996) as a weekend co-anchor and weekday correspondent in 1996. In addition to her current work as a lead anchor on Access Hollywood (1996), Ms. O'Dell also contributes to NBC News' Today (1952), and also to Dateline NBC (1992). She has covered such events as The Oscars, The Emmys, The Grammys and The Golden Globe Awards, as well as co-hosting a number of Pre-Show/Arrivals shows for The Emmys and the Golden Globes. She also co-hosted the Miss USA 2005 pageant, and the Miss Universe 2005 pageant. Although O'Dell maintains a busy work schedule, she regularly makes time for philanthropic endeavors. The American Red Cross, the March of Dimes, Best Buddies, and Childhelp USA have all benefited from her efforts. A leader from the start, Nancy was valedictorian of her high school class, and is a summa cum laude honors graduate of Clemson University. A native of South Carolina, O'Dell was inducted into that state's Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame in 1998. She was the youngest member ever and was awarded in recognition of her journalistic success.

Gail Fisher

Cast · Known for Mannix

Gail Fisher (August 18, 1935 – December 2, 2000) was an American actress who was one of the first African American women to play substantive roles in American television. She was best known for playing the role of secretary "Peggy Fair" on the television detective series Mannix from 1968 through 1975, a role for which she won two Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy Award. The youngest of five children, Fisher was born in Orange, New Jersey. Her father died when she was two years old and she was raised by her mother, Ona Fisher, living in poverty in the Potter's Crossing neighborhood of Edison, New Jersey. She graduated from Metuchen High School in Metuchen, New Jersey. During her teenage years she was a cheerleader and entered several beauty contests, winning the titles of Miss Transit, Miss Black New Jersey, and Miss Press Photographer. In a contest sponsored by Coca-Cola, Fisher won the opportunity to spend two years studying acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. As a student of acting in New York City, she worked with Lee Strasberg and became a member of the Repertory Theater at Lincoln Center, where she worked with Elia Kazan and Herbert Blau. As a young woman, she also worked as a model. Fisher made her first television appearance in 1960 at age 25, appearing in the syndicated program Play of the Week. Also during the early 1960s, she appeared in a television commercial for All laundry detergent, which she said made her "the first black female -- no, make that black, period -- to make a national TV commercial, on camera, with lines." In 1965 Herbert Blau cast her in a theatrical production of Danton's Death. She first appeared in Mannix during the second season, when Mannix left the detective firm Intertect and set up shop as a private investigator. In 1968, she made guest appearances on the TV series My Three Sons, Love, American Style, and Room 222. In 1970, her work on Mannix was honored when she received the Emmy Award for outstanding performance by an actress in a dramatic supporting role. In winning the Emmy, she beat out Susan Saint James in The Name of the Game and Barbara Anderson in Ironside becoming the first African-American to win an Emmy Award. After Mannix was canceled in 1975 she rarely appeared on television. She guest-starred in a 1980 episode of The White Shadow. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gail Fisher, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

William Gargan

William Gargan, born William Dennis Gargan July 17, 1905 in Brooklyn, New York, USA and died February 17, 1979 aged 73 on a flight between New York and San Diego. He was an American motion picture, television and radio actor. Gargan played character roles in many Hollywood productions, including two appearances as detective Ellery Queen, but was best known for his role as Detective Martin Kane in the 1949-51 radio-television series, Martin Kane, Private Eye, sponsored by U.S. Tobacco. He also appeared as a private detective in the NBC radio show Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator, which ran from 1951 to 1955.

Robert Atzorn

Robert Atzorn grew up in Oldenburg and Hamburg. He studied graphic design at the Art School Alsterdamm in Hamburg, however, felt drawn to the theater and therefore moved to the Neue Münchner Schauspielschule (1967-1969). In the season 1969/70 he got his first job at the Württembergische Landesbühne. Engagements followed at the Schauspielhaus Zürich (1970/1971), at the Theater Münster (1971/1972), at the Bühnen der Stadt Köln (1972/73), at the Theater Dortmund (1973-1975) and at the Residenz Theatre in Munich (1977-1983). 1980 Robert Atzorn played his first film role in From the Life of the Marionettes, directed by Ingmar Bergman. After many years in the theater, he worked exclusively since the mid-1980s for television. A wider audience, he was in the late 1980s alongside Maren Kroymann in the family series Oh Gott, Herr Pfarrer. For his portrayal of unconventional pastor in 1989, he received the Goldene Kamera. He became a crowd favorite in the title role of the evening series Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht, which was broadcast from 1992 to 1999 in 70 episodes. In 1993 he was honored with the Telestar. Robert Atzorn worked also in various episodes of the television series Forsthaus Falkenau, The Black Forest Clinicand Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP, and the crime series Derrick, Ein Fall für zwei, The Old Fox, Tatort and Die Männer vom K3. As the successor of Manfred Krug and Charles Brauer he investigated from 2001 to 2008 as Tatort-homicide detective Jan Casstorff along with Tilo Prückner as Commissioner Holicek and Julia Schmidt as Jenny Graf for the NDR. The Tatort episode "Und tschüss" in February 2008 also meant the departure of Atzorn's investigator team. He was also seen in 2002 Dieter Wedel's miniseries Die Affäre Semmeling as mayor Klaus Hennig. In the romantic comedy Kiss Me, Chancellor (2004) he slipped into the role of a head of government who falls in love with a maid, played by Andrea Sawatzki. Also in 2004 he was before the camera in Das Kommando (de), as the commander of a special unit, with his sons Jens and Daniel, who made his debut in the film as an actor. 2005 Atzorn took over the role of the chancellery chief in the series Kanzleramt. In the ZDF production Africa, mon amour (2007) he played opposite Iris Berben, as occurred with Matti Geschonneck's Wer liebt, hat Recht and in Das Kommando. In the TV drama Mein Mann, der Trinker he played in 2008 with Franziska Walser a couple whose marriage is put to a severe test. 2008 after a long break came with two new episodes of the adventure series Der Kapitän, in which he portrayed from 1997 to 2000 already the figure of Captain Frank Harmsen. Robert Atzorn is married since 1976 with Angelika Hartung, both have two adult sons.

Matt Wakeford

Matt Wakeford is an Actor known for Detective Dover (2018), Kama (2025) and Popumentary (2022). He is a graduate from Rose Bruford in 2019

Jason Diablo

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Jason Diablo is an actor who plays Detective on Fringe.

Bo Dietl

Richard “Bo” Dietl was a New York City Police Officer and Detective from June 1969 until he retired in 1985.  Bo was one of the most highly decorated detectives in the history of the police department, with several thousand arrests to his credit.  There were two particular cases that represent his career highlights.  The first was what former New York City Mayor Edward I. Koch labeled “...the most vicious crime in New York City history” (1981) which involved a nun who was raped and tortured in an East Harlem convent as 27 crosses were carved into her by two men, who later confessed and were convicted.  The second was the Palm Sunday Massacre in 1984, which was one of New York City’s most bloody mass slayings, of ten people.  Bo was instrumental in the arrest and conviction of the suspects in both cases. Bo is the co-author of the book “One Tough Cop”, which is a story about his life as a New York City police detective.  The movie version of “One Tough Cop” was made into a major motion picture. Bo’s next book, entitled “Business Lunchatations”, a story about networking and business strategies hit stores in April 2005, ranking #5 on Amazon’s Business Best Seller List.  Since then, Bo has embraced many faceted roles in the industry such as Associate Producer for the movie “The Bone Collector” and Producer for the movie “Table One.”  Bo entered into the television realm as an Executive Producer of ABC’s “The Runner” which was to be released back in 2002.  He also was Executive Producer of “The Gray Area” on CBS TV.