actorBorn: 10/18/1933Birthplace: Philadelphia Playing character roles in film and TV from the late 1960's, he gained attention as the vigilante title character in Joe (1970), as the cynical…
(David Daniel Kaminsky or Kominski)actor, singer, comedianBorn: 1/18/1913Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York The exuberant and prolific Danny Kaye began his long career as a performing busboy in the…
Born: Aug. 7, 1973Baseball RHP saved at least 30 games for the Cincinnati Reds in 2000–2002; after spending 2003 as a starter with a 4–15 record, he returned to the bullpen and saved 41 games in…
actor, directorBorn: 7/22/1947Birthplace: San Francisco Involved with civil rights groups as a teen, Glover got involved in the dramatic arts as a way to spread the message. An alumnus of the Black…
actor, director, producerBorn: 11/17/1944Birthplace: Neptune, New Jersey Film and television actor, director and producer who appeared in television's Taxi (1978–83) before moving to film. His…
actorBorn: 6/20/1933Birthplace: New York, New York A top-notch character actor, he starred as Cher's jilted fiancé in Moonstruck (1987) and as a Brooklyn pizzeria owner in Do the Right Thing (1989…
(Amos Jacobs)actor, singer, dancerBorn: 1/6/1914Birthplace: Deerfield, Michigan Emmy Award-winning and popular entertainer of the 1950s, '60s and '70s who starred in The Danny Thomas Show (…
(Encyclopedia) Boyle, Kay, 1903–93, American writer, b. St. Paul, Minn. A European expatriate in the interwar years, she returned to Europe as a correspondent for the New Yorker (1946–53) and…
(Encyclopedia) Boyle, Robert, 1627–91, Anglo-Irish physicist and chemist. The seventh son of the 1st earl of Cork, he was educated at Eton and on the Continent and conducted most of his researches at…
