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Dick Bernie was born on 15 October 1907 in New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Highway Patrol (1955), Harbor Command (1957) and Klondike (1960). He was married to Gwen Helene Gaudio and Amelia F. Gentry. He died on 8 February 1971 in Belleville, New Jersey, USA.

Michael R. Thomas, born in Rahway, New Jersey, was raised in the Bronx and then in Hazlet, New Jersey, where he taught himself how to apply makeup for school plays. At around 18 years of age, he began working as a go-fer at New York film studios and as a Metropolitan Opera makeup apprentice. He made his on-camera TV debut on "Disc-O-Teen," a live dance show of the mid-1960s; Thomas became a dancing regular, dressed as Frankenstein's monster. In the 1970s he got a makeup job on TV's Saturday Night Live (1975) where, among countless other gigs during his 20 seasons there, he collaborated on creating the look of the Coneheads. Film-wise he was makeup department head on the Ghostbusters movies and applied Michael Jackson's scarecrow makeup for The Wiz (1978). His wife was makeup artist Christine Domaniecki, whom he met on the set of "Disc-O-Teen," lost touch with, then re-encountered and fell in love with, 23 years later. Thomas' love of the Universal horror movies of the 1930s and '40s prompted him to make himself up to look like Bela Lugosi's Dracula and Ygor and appear at horror movie-themed fan conventions throughout the country.

Gus Wicke was born on 7 May 1885 in Barmen [now Wuppertal], North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was an actor, known for The 'Hyp-Nut-Tist' (1935), Greedy Humpty Dumpty (1936) and Betty Boop and Grampy (1935). He died on 7 May 1947 in Belleville, New Jersey, USA.

Born Vincent (Vincenzo) Riccio, In Belleville, New Jersey, Jidge Carroll began his career by winning numerous times on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Show. He was the featured male singer with Les Brown's Band of Renown in the 1940s where he traveled and performed all over the US with Les, the band, and then female lead singer Doris Day. Jidge (under the name of Jack Carroll) also sang with the bands of Tex Beneke and Sammy Kaye. After serving in WWII with the US Army, Jidge returned to become a popular night club entertainer and sought after demo singer. He performed in clubs up and down the East Coast and recorded demos for both Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra as well as for many Broadway musicals. He co-starred in Sam Fuller's Forty Guns with Barbara Stanwyck and Gene Barry and was also in Seven Days Leave with Lucille Ball and Victor Mature. Jidge was the featured singer in commercial spots for Progresso Soup; Burger King, Kodak, and Perrier. Jidge's career spanned nearly 6 decades and he enjoyed making an occasional demo until he was in his 80s. Married for 60+ years to Frances Riccio, Jidge resided in New Jersey until his death at age 83.

Moe Berg was born on 2 March 1902 in New York City, New York, USA. He died on 29 May 1972 in Belleville, New Jersey, USA.

Here are some highlights of Stephen Lawrence's work: composing over 300 songs and scores for Sesame Street resulting in three shared Emmy awards for "Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition"; composing the title song and several others for Free To Be...You And Me, the landmark million-selling record, book and Emmy Award and Peabody Award-winning television special; composing the million-selling single, "You Take My Breath Away," and being awarded three Gold Records; scoring the Robert DeNiro movie Bang The Drum Slowly and the cult horror classic Alice, Sweet Alice, which won the music award from the Paris Festival of Fantasy and Science Fiction; composing the songs and score for the live-action movie musical Red Riding Hood starring Isabella Rossellini and Craig T. Nelson, lyrics by Michael Korie; composing the HBO animated musical The Tale of Peter Rabbit, starring Carol Burnett, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. Visit Stephen Lawrence's official website for more: stephenlawrencemusic.com.

Raúl Dávila was born on 15 September 1931 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was an actor, known for All My Children (1970), American Playhouse (1980) and The Believers (1987). He was married to Isabel Perez. He died on 2 January 2006 in Belleville, New Jersey, USA.

Dorothy Allison was born on 29 December 1924 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. She died on 1 December 1999 in Belleville, New Jersey, USA.

James Cozzarelli was born on 1 September 1948 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. James was a production manager, known for The Sopranos (1999) and Weird Vibes (2011). James died on 6 June 2021 in Belleville, New Jersey, USA.

Jimmy Callahan was born on 16 June 1891 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Wild Women (1921), The Huckleberry Gulch (1925) and Jimmy's Last Night Out (1921). He died on 21 September 1957 in Belleville, New Jersey, USA.

Francisco Balangue was born on 25 April 1919 in Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines. He was a set decorator and art director, known for Platoon (1986), Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and Missing in Action (1984). He died on 18 June 2013 in Belleville, New Jersey, USA.