16. When he was 10, he met Jerry Lewis on the set of ‘The Colgate Comedy Hour’. He was also
with actress Natalie Wood the night she mysteriously drowned.
18. He is one of three actors nominated for an Oscar for a performance staged in Japan. The other
two are Marlon Brando (‘Teahouse of the August Moon’) and Red Buttons (‘Sayonara’)
20. Long before Oprah Winfrey, this lady was the first African-American host of a national talk show.
She also toured as a singer with Mahalia Jackson and Nat King Cole.
22. He doesn’t look it, but he was a World War II veteran with service medals from the Pacific Theatre
of Operations and the liberation of the Philippine Islands.
24. The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts told him he would never make it as an actor. He is
currently one of the most bankable actors in film history ($3.7 Billion-U.S., $9.6 Billion worldwide)
28. While giving a film lecture at the University of Southern California, his daughter noted that
her famous father had two guilty pleasures, the films ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ and ‘Benji’.
32. A long-time radio mainstay with Bob Hope, she donated over $1 Million to a college fund for
aspiring actors. She was only six years older than her TV son-in-law, played by Buddy Ebsen.
36. He starred in four movies alongside comedian Richard Pryor. It would have been five, but Pryor
lost out on the lead for ‘Blazing Saddles’ to Cleavon Little.
38. Originally with a doo-wop group called ‘The Scholars’, he later joined the New Christy Minstrels, then
Broke away with several other Minstrels to form the First Edition.
40. One of the most celebrated actresses in English history, she had received six Academy Award
Nominations, all after the age of 60. Not even Katherine Hepburn could match that.
42. A member of the cast of ‘Saturday Night Live for only one year in 1985, he became the first former
SNL member to be nominated for a Best Lead Actor Oscar.
44. One of the most recognizable characters in TV history, he is a former Sergeant in the U.S. Army (one
of his troops was young Ken Berry, later of ‘F-Troop’ fame). His wife, Susan, is the sister of producer
Michael Bay. He has stated his famous ‘hand gesture’ is a Jewish gesture from a rabbi to his congregation.
46. Scion to one of the richest families in the St. Louis, MO area, he was supposed to follow his father and
become a pharmacist. He chose the stage and screen instead.
He would also record with both Alice Cooper and Michael Jackson.
48. At the age of 11, she grew 4 inches and lost 20 pounds. Known as ‘the Black Widow’ for breaking up
with boyfriends before they do it first, she became the first African-American woman to appear on the
covers of SI’s Swimsuit issue, GQ and Victoria’s Secret.
50. When he was honored with a square at Grauman’s Chinese Theater, the sand used to mix
the cement was shipped in from Iwo Jima, in honor of one of his best war movies.
52. He is known for playing lead characters in two successful film series, ‘X-Men’ and ‘Lord Of The Rings’.
One of Margaret Thatcher’s last acts as England’s Prime Minister was to suggest him for knighthood.
54. His first film was the 1926 silent ‘Not To Be Trusted’ when he was 4. His career continued into the 21st
century by the time of his death in April, 2014.
58. There was a reason his act was considered ‘insane’…he had been institutionalized for bi-polar disorder
twice in his lifetime. One of his TV roles was the adult ‘son’ of Robin Williams, who idolized him.
64. He has been portrayed in movies by Sir Anthony Hopkins and Frank Langella, the subject of two
critical songs by Stevie Wonder and the inspiration for the comic book villain Darkseid.
68. Before fame as an actress and comedian, she was one of the first active female Marines,
rising to the rank of staff sergeant by the time of her discharge from the military.