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Will Geer was born William Aughe Ghere in Frankfort, Indiana, to Katherine (Aughe), a teacher, and Roy Aaron Ghere, a postal worker. Will admired his grandfather, a man who said hello to trees by their Latin names and who had used what he brought back to Indiana from the California gold rush to build Frankfort's first opera house. Will pursued a college major in botany, from Chicago through a Master's degree at Columbia, but ultimately gave in to his need to perform. Starting with touring company tent shows and river boats, his six-decade career included Broadway, movies, television; many Shakespeare roles; one-man performances as Walt Whitman and Mark Twain. His best known role was his last, Zebulon Walton, grandpa in the long-running television series The Waltons (1972). Less well-known was his life-long role as a political agitator and radical ("Someone who goes to the roots, which is the Latin derivation of radical") and folklorist/folksinger - he toured U.S. government work camps in the 1930s, singing with Woody Guthrie and Burl Ives. He was blacklisted during the McCarthy era for refusing to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. In 1951, he formed the "Theatricum Botanicum," a repertory theater in Topanga Canyon, California, where he not only coached actors but also encouraged outdoor philosophical discussion and, of course, folksinging. At his deathbed, his family sang "This Land Is Your Land" and recited Robert Frost poems. His ashes lie in a corner of the Shakespearean garden on the grounds of his Theatricum Botanicum.

Charles Aidman originally planned a career as an attorney, but was sidetracked during World War II and naval officer training at DePaul university. During a speech class the instructor, who also headed the drama department, saw Aidman as ideal for a role in an upcoming play. "I did the play and enjoyed it. It was the first play I was in, in my life...I've been acting ever since."

For more than three decades Hollywood defaulted to a small core group of actors when it came to casting convincing mobsters, gamblers and racketeers. These often typecast individuals included Joseph Ruskin, Bruce Gordon, Neville Brand, Robert Loggia and...Anthony Caruso. Square-jawed, broad-shouldered and gravelly-voiced, Caruso provided a reliable source of menace and was amply utilised in films and in countless television episodes beginning in 1941.

The son of Italian-American parents, Caruso decided to forgo a career as an opera singer and instead took up acting with a stock company in Long Beach, California. A year later, in 1935, he joined the Pasadena Playhouse. He began in films as a bit player, commenting later that "MGM was the place to be, offering us extras a higher quality of lunch". In his first film, Johnny Apollo (1940), he played a henchman named Joe and there were to be many more of these to come with names like Fingers, Dapper Dan Greco, Chips Malloy, Pinky Luiz and Lucky Grillo. These dastardly nemeses came in a variety of ethnic types, ranging from Italians, Mexicans and Latinos to Greeks and Russians. A close personal friend of the actor Alan Ladd, Caruso featured in eleven of the star's films (the first as a hitman in Lucky Jordan (1942) ). In 1954, he became a member of Ladd's newly formed stock company, Jaguar Films. Whenever Caruso was not gleefully portraying underworld figures (The Iron Mistress (1952) , Hell on Frisco Bay (1955), The Asphalt Jungle (1950)) he was effectively employed as Native American chiefs (Drum Beat (1954), Cattle Queen of Montana (1954), The Lawless Eighties (1957)). On television, he had a popular recurring role as the charming but lethal Comanchero El Lobo on The High Chaparral (1967). Even on a planet (far, far away) in the Star Trek (1966) universe, Caruso -- as crime boss Bela Oxmyx -- was up to his old tricks using James T. & company to eliminate a rival gang and assume control of the government.

In stark contrast to his screen image, Caruso was the consummate family man in private life, happily married for 63 years, and enjoying the simple pleasures of gardening and cooking.

James O'Rear was born on 4 January 1914 in Frankfort, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Chinatown (1974), That Girl (1966) and Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958). He was married to Emily Woodruff. He died on 20 June 2000 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Commodore James was born in Frankfort, Indiana, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Fast Times at Hero High (2003), Grease Trek (2005) and Love Shack (2002).

Valentine Grant was born on 14 February 1881 in Frankfort, Indiana, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for The Daughter of MacGregor (1916), The Innocent Lie (1916) and The Melting Pot (1915). She was married to Sidney Olcott. She died on 12 March 1949 in Orange County, California, USA.

Elizabeth Monti was born on 20 July 1958 in Frankfort, Indiana, USA. She was an actress, known for Class Action (1991) and Flawless (2019). She died on 25 October 2002 in San Carlos, California, USA.

Marilyn Hengst was born on 22 February 1946 in Frankfort, Indiana, USA. She is an actress, known for Bananas (1971) and Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (1971).

Steven Alexander Burt is a Independent Director in Lexington, Kentucky. He is currently in Film School with a minor in Theatre Arts at Eastern Kentucky University and working on a project on the side. Steven is also a director in the Local Rocky Horror Shadow Cast. He is involved in the local Lexington film industry with high hopes of moving to a bigger city to work on more films. Steven has been interested in film his entire life, but only became interested in Film making in the recent few years.

Gene Ostler was born on 2 June 1918 in Frankfort, Indiana, USA. Gene was a costume designer, known for The Waltons (1972). Gene died on 20 January 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Sally Myers was born on 18 February 1986 in Frankfort, Indiana, USA. Sally is an assistant director, known for Little Big Top (2006).

Paul Conlan was born on 20 February 1900 in Frankfort, Indiana, USA. He was a writer, known for The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957), Scatterbrain (1940) and A Quiet Fourth (1941). He died on 26 February 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Zech Wright was born on 16 December 1985 in Frankfort, Indiana, USA. Zech is a composer, known for Death and Money (2008). Zech has been married to Elizabeth since 18 August 2007.

Raymond Van Sickle was born on 21 January 1885 in Frankfort, Indiana, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Nada más que una mujer (1934), Three on a Honeymoon (1934) and Man Against Crime (1949). He died on 10 July 1964 in Kobe, Japan.