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Robert Karnes was born on 19 June 1917 in Watsonville, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Rocky King, Detective (1950), Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948) and Police Story (1973). He was married to Doris Karnes. He died on 4 December 1979 in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, USA.

He had an unsettled childhood, his family never staying in one place for very long. The youngest of three brothers, Joel Anthony Fabiani was born to an Italian-Austrian father (Ernest Fabiani, 1902-1988) and an Irish and Native American mother (Bessie Fabiani, née Holcomb, 1903-1992). He attended seventeen different schools, eventually joining the army and then majoring in English at Santa Rosa Junior College. There, Joel was bitten by the acting bug and this led to a two year-long stint at the Actor's Workshop in San Francisco where he learned stagecraft. From there, he moved to New York and began his professional career in summer stock and off-Broadway. One of his first roles was as a court's clerk in the play One Way Pendulum at the now defunct East 74th Street Theatre. During this performance he met his second wife, the actress Audree Rae (his first marriage to fellow work shop alumnus Katharine Ross had ended in divorce after two and a half years in 1962). Joel made his debut Broadway appearance in a revival of Beyond the Fringe '65.

On screen from 1964, he featured in the pilot episode for Ironside (1967) and had a small recurring part in the medical soap The Doctors (1963). He also made a series of cigarette commercials as a debonair tuxedo-wearing James Bond-type character. This seemed to fit the bill for ITC producer Monty Berman who was scouting in the U.S. for an American actor to star in a projected espionage/crime series filmed in Britain. Before long, Joel and his wife relocated to the U.K. where the actor went on to make his name in a career defining role. As Stewart Sullivan, he was cast as the leader of a three-member team comprising the fictional Interpol sub-branch Department S (1969), solving the most enigmatic and perplexing cases, alongside Peter Wyngarde (as flamboyant crime writer Jason King) and Rosemary Nicols (as down-to-earth computer expert Annabelle Hurst). Joel's character, an ex-FBI agent, was most adept at handling himself in a fight and also the only member of the trio to interact directly and receive the team's assignments from the head of the department, a cultured diplomat with far-reaching contacts (played by Dennis Alaba Peters). Department S was a polished entertainment with global syndication and has long since attained cult status. Curiously, its brief run consisted of just one season and 28 episodes. A sequel, Jason King (1971), proved rather less successful.

Upon his return to the U.S., Joel (in his own words) "wanted to go out and conquer Hollywood, which is what I immediately set out to do - and didn't - but I had an awful lot of fun trying". Largely maintaining his suave Stewart Sullivan image, he went on to guest-star in numerous prime time shows (often for Quinn Martin Productions). In these, he played anything from murder victims to priests, from military brass to ill-fated spies, from attorneys and politicians to murderers and from private eyes to psychiatrists. Joel had recurring roles in the soaps Dallas (1978) (publisher Alex Ward), and Dynasty (1981) (the scheming King Galen of Moldavia), plus a decade-long tenure on All My Children (1970) (lawyer Barry Shire). Though occasionally seen in mainstream cinematic productions (Reuben, Reuben (1983), Tune in Tomorrow... (1990), Snake Eyes (1998)), he had higher profile roles in made-for-TV films (the best of these being, arguably, the suspense thriller One of My Wives Is Missing (1976) and the Emmy Award-winning prison drama Attica (1980), co-starring Henry Darrow and Morgan Freeman).

For much of the 1970s, Joel continued to act on the New York stage. He also made TV and radio commercials for Sony. From the mid-80s, he diversified into the field of narration for audio books ("A River Runs Through It", "The Light in the Forest", "Aces and Eights") and worked as announcer on Barbara Walters specials until 2003. He retired from acting a decade later and resides in New York with his current wife Charna Greenburg.

Blanca Blanco, is a multiple award-winning and nominated American-Mexican actress, and bestselling author. Blanca is known for her iconic beauty, talent, style, and authentic charisma.

Blanca has played a wide range of roles in film and television. Her work as an actress has been recognized at the Television Academy level, earning her first Emmy contender in 2022, for the role of Lola, in Tale of Tails. Blanca won Best Actress for her role in Eye For Eye, a western film. And also won Best Supporting Actress for her villain role, in Betrayed (distributed by Sony Entertainment) playing opposite John Savage.

Blanca started taking acting lessons at a young age. She organized theater performances between her studies. Blanca's academic accomplishments, a bachelor's and master's degree with honors in Psychology and Social Work, demonstrate her commitment to knowledge and personal growth. She values education and believes in continuous learning and self-improvement. Moving to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career shows her willingness to take risks and follow her dreams. Training under respected industry professionals like Gordon Hunt, Helen Hunt, Sally Kirkland, and Bruce Glover, as well as enrolling in prestigious programs like UCLA's acting program and The Groundlings, have undoubtedly helped her hone her craft and skills as an actress.

Notable on-screen credits include Torch (alongside Rita Moreno), Fake News (opposite Eric Roberts), 6 Children & 1 Grandparent (opposite Oscar nominee Burt Young), Woman on the Edge (alongside Rumer Willis), Hold On (alongside Luis Guzmán), and American Romance (alongside Nolan Gerard Funk). Anatomy of Deception (Lifetime), Crimes of the Mind (Lifetime), Defending Santa (ION), and Bermuda Tentacles (SyFy)

She is a regular guest and trendsetter at high-profile award shows such as the Oscars, Golden Globes, Emmys, and Grammys. The actress is frequently invited to prestigious film festivals and events, such as the Cannes Film Festival (France), Marrakech International Film Festival (Morocco), and the Cesar Award Show.

Blanca has been featured in top editorial campaigns and magazines such as Vogue, ELLE, Forbes, Teen Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Harper Bazaar, Dailymail, Vanity Fair, Gala, Glamour, Grazia, Hola!, People, Marie Claire, Hollywood Reporter, OK!, E!, Variety, Allure, and many more.

A multi-talented individual, excelling in different creative fields, she wrote a bestselling book called, "Breaking the Mold," (Briton Publishing) and went on an international book tour to promote her well-received memoir. This experience proved to be very rewarding, allowing her to connect with readers worldwide and share her story on a global platform. The bestselling book won the Literature Award in 2021 and is a testament to the quality and impact of her writing.

Philanthropy: Blanca supports the LA Mission, the American Cancer Society, the Salvation Army, and Step Up.

Actor and Voice Over Artist, Grant George's passion for acting and filmmaking first emerged when he started making Super 8 horror movies with fellow neighbor kids in his hometown of Watsonville, CA.

His love for Voice Over came from broadcasting ads and skits from his grandpa's converted garage radio station into their house while playing 78rpm records of Abbott & Costello and Spike Jones.

Performing to sold-out audiences every night as Oliver in a stage production of the musical Oliver! at the ripe age of 11 (and receiving flowers from a girl on closing night who had seen every performance) absolutely sealed the deal. He had found his calling.

Grant was accepted out of thousands into the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts. It was a phenomenal time of growth and intensive training, during which he developed the skills he would use for an eclectic career. Graduating from AADA, he immediately began working as an Actor on stage in Los Angeles and Touring Productions, as well as On-Camera in Film, TV, Commercials, and later Voice Over.

For the past two decades, Grant has been a top Voice Over Artist for Animated TV Series and Films, Video Games, Commercials, Narrations, Promos, Trailers, Radio Imaging, Talking Toys, Dubbing, ADR, and Looping. He is also an Improviser, having studied at The Second City and Village Theatre.

Since 2003, he has been married to his soulmate, Jessica Gee-George, with whom he runs a Loop Group which Voice Casting and Voice Directing on literally hundreds of TV Series and Feature Films.

Molly Hill McClure was born on January 19, 1919 to Neva Hill and William Eanest Karnes in Watsonville, California. Her mother died soon after her birth and Molly was raised in Paducah, Kentucky by her aunt and uncle, Blanche and Frank P. Hill. Always attracted to acting and the stage and co-founded a theater company in Paducah. She married Rush Delbert McClure in 1939, with whom she had three daughters. The couple later divorced.

After her youngest daughter graduated from high school and went away to college, Molly moved to Los Angeles to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming an actress on the stage and screen. She retired from the acting business and moved to Texas to live with her eldest daughter.

Molly McClure died peacefully on August 15, 2008, aged 89, in Plano, Texas, following a brief illness, survived by her three daughters, five grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.

Al Haskell was born on 4 December 1886 in Watsonville, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Terror of the Plains (1934), The Fiddlin' Buckaroo (1933) and The Voice from the Sky (1929). He died on 6 January 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Jacob John Caldwell was born on 24 July 1996 in Watsonville, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for CATnip, Unstoppable (2024) and Michael (2025).

Natasha Bobo was born on 11 February 1980 in Watsonville, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Nothing Is Easy (1986).

This attractive Chinese actress appeared in two Charlie Chan movies, 1939 and 1941, as a Chinese maid to the murder victim. Her main role in these movies was to be the romance interest of Jimmy Chan as she helped him look for clues etc. Her short career perhaps due to the limited roles available to young female asians at the time but her performances were charmingly done.

Roger Kern was born in Watsonville, California, USA. Roger is an actor and director, known for Young Pioneers' Christmas (1976), The Running Man (1987) and Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978).

Tony Carey was born on 16 October 1953 in Watsonville, California, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Lethal Obsession (1987), Tatort (1970) and Secret Admirer (1985).

As a five year old boy, the story goes, Ernest Torres Chavez would scale a fence next to the family's first home in North 11th Street in San Jose, California, and quietly enter the house next door. The neighbors then would be surprised to hear the boy making noise on the guitars stored in the back room. The music stayed with him. He left San Jose High School at the age of 17 to join the National Guard, where he played tenor sax at his base in Tacoma, Washington. Released from active duty in 1947, Ernie joined the San Jose jazz combo called Three Bees and a Queen. He played around the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. The group, which also featured pianist Jose Castro and singer Treasure Ford, reached its high point in the early 1950's when it was given second billing at the London Palladium. In the 1950's he settled in Los Angeles, where he played for several years with Cuban-American composer Rene Touzet and his Latin jazz orchestra. He also worked as a member of the house band at the Band Box, a well-known comedy nightclub. It was there that Don Rickles often used Mr. Chavez as a straight man, hurling racial slurs at him while Mr. Chavez chuckled and the audience roared. One night Mr. Chavez came back with a swipe of his own, recalled Rita Chavez-Law who married Mr. Chavez in 1950. "Some day I want to be just like you, Mr. Rickles" he said. "How's that?" Rickles asked. "Vicious." said Mr. Chavez. The audience roared. Rickles never asked him back on the stage after that. Other LA stints included music arrangements for Nancy Wilson and filling in for recording sessions with band leader Harry James. He also had a one-time speaking role in "The Ring". Other bit parts included Musician roles in "strangers When We Meet" and a spot on the TV series "Bourbon Street Beat." After his divorce in early 1960's Mr. Chavez returned to San Jose. He played sax and flute for lounge combos around the Bay Area for 30 years. A working musician until health problems took him off the stage, Mr. Chavez developed a brain tumor and died in 1992.

Native American actor Tote Du Crow born in Watsonville, California in 1858. Became a popular circus clown from the 1870's until the mid 1910's. Later in his career he was often seen playing the roles of Indian Chief or Mexican bandit in many westerns, dramas and adventure films, making his film debut in the starring role as Capoldo the old shoemaker in 'The Old Shoemaker' co-starring Miriam Cooper for the Reliance Film Co in 1915. He appeared in more than 40 silent movies, most notably opposite Douglas Fairbanks, as Bernardo in 'The Mark of Zorro' in 1920 and 'Don Q, Son of Zorro' in 1925 and as the Soothsayer in 'The Thief of Bagdad' in 1924. Tote was last seen as Pedro in Noel M. Smith's 'The Blue Streak' starring Richard Talmadge in 1926.

Matthew Catalano grew up in Corralitos, a small town near Watsonville, CA. He has a fraternal twin brother, Nicholas. He attended Saint Francis Central Coast Catholic High School in Watsonville, a rural farming community and graduated from Aptos High School. Catalano graduated in June 2015 from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA with a BA in Theatre Arts.

Marv Marinovich was born on 6 August 1939 in Watsonville, California, USA. He died on 3 December 2020 in Mission Viejo, California, USA.

David Fowler was an authority on early San Francisco broadcasting history and well known as broadcast journalist and media consultant. Fowler was the Editor of the book by Gladys Hansen and Emmet Condit, "Denial of Disaster: The Untold Story and Photographs of the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire or 1906" (Cameron & Co., 1989). Fowler was also an Integrated Emergency Management Course instructor (division of FEMA) since 1984; Associate Editor of Earthweek, a feature syndicated to more than 100 North American newspapers and editor of Geowatch, a companion feature appearing in The San Francisco Chronicle; formerly the news director, senior editor, anchor, and reporter for several broadcast stations in the San Francisco area; Disaster Assistance Employee (DAE) for FEMA in the area of public information and media concerns. After he retired from a long career on television, Fowler produced many radio shows at KALW-FM 91.7 including "Come On and Hear" (Chrysanthemum Ragtime Band), "Peter Mintun's Music in the Air", "Jazz Sweet and Hot" (Don Neely's Royal Society Jazz Orchestra), "Broadway Melody" (Judy McConkey, host) and "Edna Fischer's Melody Time." He also devoted his time as consultant to FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) in Emmetsburg, Maryland. He also created and maintained the web site for the Museum of the City of San Francisco, including profiles of San Francisco performers. In archive footage, Fowler is a TV reporter interviewing SF Supervisor Dan White in the award-winning documentary The Times of Harvey Milk (1984).

Aimee Sapp was born on 6 April 1977 in Watsonville, California, USA. She is an actress, known for This Hollow Sacrament (2006).

Clyde Courtright was born on 1 December 1889 in Watsonville, California, USA. He was an actor. He was married to Ethel M. Watters, Rhoda White Johnstone and Marian Elliott Sawle. He died on 2 October 1967 in Santa Cruz, California, USA.

Thomas G. Marquez was born on 18 February 1961 in Watsonville, California, USA. Thomas G. was a costume designer, known for Four Rooms (1995), The Hidden (1987) and Outpatient (2002). Thomas G. was married to Garnet Murray. Thomas G. died on 7 November 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Dorothy Bay was born on 6 July 1894 in Watsonville, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Disgraced (1933), Subway Express (1931) and Big Dame Hunting (1932). She died on 19 January 1981 in San Jose, California, USA.

Marina Parker was born on 2 July 1976 in Watsonville, California, USA. She is a set decorator and producer, known for Dickinson (2019), Wormwood (2017) and Ripley (2024).

Ebony Browne was born on 25 September 1974 in Watsonville, California, USA. She is known for Rosa oder Welche Farbe hat das Leben! (2004). She died on 27 January 2007 in Portland, Oregon, USA.

Mack Yamaguchi was born on 5 October 1919 in Watsonville, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Hot Shots! (1991). He died on 14 June 2006 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Rosalee Ramer was born on 10 June 1997 in Watsonville, California, USA.