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Incisive, gravelly-voiced screen tough guy Powers Boothe was born on June 1, 1948 in Snyder, Texas, a sharecropper's son. Used to hard physical work "chopping cotton" as a youngster, he went on to become the first member of his family to attend university. He then proceeded to study acting via a fellowship with Southern Methodist University and graduated with a degree in Fine Arts. His performing career began in repertory with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
In 1974, Boothe arrived in New York after theatrical stints in Connecticut and Philadelphia. It took another five years before he made his breakthrough on Broadway as a swaggering Texas cowboy in James McLure's comedy play "Lone Star". His Emmy-winning performance as Reverend Jim Jones in the miniseries Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980) led to a permanent move to Los Angeles. Lucrative screen offers followed and Boothe became firmly established as a leading actor after being well cast as Raymond Chandler's hard-boiled Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983), HBO's first drama series, set in 1930s Los Angeles.
Though his portfolio of characters would eventually comprise assorted sheriffs, military brass and FBI agents, Boothe appreciated the indisputable fact that bad guys were often the "last in people's minds" and playing them could be "more fun". Arguably, his most convincing (and oddly likeable) villain was snarling gunslinger Curly Bill Brocius, confronting the Earps in Tombstone (1993). He went on to tackle such complex characters as White House Chief of Staff Alexander Haig in Oliver Stone's Nixon (1995), hawkish Vice President Noah Daniels on 24 (2001) and industrialist power broker Lamar Wyatt in Nashville (2012).
One of his best remembered roles remains that of Cy Tolliver, the (fictional) owner of the (historical) Bella Union saloon and brothel, chief nemesis of Al Swearingen on HBO's Deadwood (2004). Boothe particularly enjoyed his lengthy soliloquies which reminded him of his time on the Shakespearean stage. The tall Texan with the penetrating eyes was rather gleefully (and enjoyably) over-the-top fiendish as Senator Roark in the post film noir Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014) and managed (at least near the end) to inject some humanity into the role of Gideon Malick, the sinister head of HYDRA, in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013).
As is so often the case with actors of the 'hard-boiled school', Boothe has often been described as the very antithesis of the characters he essayed on screen. Sin City director Robert Rodriguez fittingly eulogised him as "a towering Texas gentleman and world class artist". Powers Boothe died in his sleep, in Los Angeles, at age 68 on the morning of May 14, 2017 of a heart attack after battling pancreatic cancer for six months.- Born Verna Charlene Stavely. Holt, a former "Miss Maryland," enjoyed a rewarding modeling career prior to her screen work in both films and television that began when caught director Howard Hawks's attention when he saw her in a lipstick commercial. After her debut appearance in the Sandra Dee-Bobby Darin comedy, If a Man Answers (1962), Holt went on to appear in such films as Days of Wine and Roses (1962), Man's Favorite Sport? (1964), Red Line 7000 (1965), Zigzag (1970), and the TV movie Wonder Woman (1974). Her television series appearances included guest roles on Hawaiian Eye (1962), The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963), Perry Mason (1965), It Takes A Thief (1968), and CHiPs (1980). Following the filming of El Dorado in 1966, Holt married millionaire real estate developer William A. Tishman in 1966. The couple enjoyed traveling and collecting antiques and artwork for their lavish home in Trousdale Estates in West Los Angeles until their 1972 divorce. Her last screen appearance before retiring was in Melvin and Howard (1980).
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A Lone Star native with a lanky but athletic frame, tall, fair and blond-haired Barry Tubb has always felt at home on the range and many of his film and TV projects are indicative of that. Born in Snyder, Texas on February 13, 1963, his father owned an oil drilling company. Barry entered competition roping calves and riding bulls at age 7 and was, at one time, a "World Champion Jr. Bull Rider" at age 15. He then broadened his horizons by lassoing an acting career to boot. Following his graduation from Snyder High School in 1981, he left the rodeo circuit and relocated to San Francisco to pursue acting. Stage trained there, he eventually headed south to try his luck in Hollywood.
Barry initially drew attention on TV series work and in topical mini-movies dealing with sensitive issues. Following a regular role on the short-lived baseball ensemble series Bay City Blues (1983) and a recurring part as a rookie cop on Hill Street Blues (1981), he received critical applause for two prominent TV-movie roles -- one sympathetic and one not so sympathetic -- as a withdrawn homosexual who comes out to his parents and faces the repercussions therein in the high quality social drama Consenting Adult (1985), and as a self-involved preppy corporate caught up in murder in Billionaire Boys Club (1987).
Barry's Texas-boy type TV career reached its apex when he was cast as cowboy Jasper Fant in the epic western mini-series Lonesome Dove (1989) and its sequel Return to Lonesome Dove (1993), which were partially set in his native state. Once he cemented his reputation for high-quality material, he gravitated towards film with supporting roles in Mask (1985), The Legend of Billie Jean (1985) and Top Gun (1986) in which he played a fighter pilot trainee. In 1988, in a complete change of pace, he debuted on Broadway co-starring with Mary Tyler Moore and Lynn Redgrave in "Sweet Sue" by A.R. Gurney. Having a respectable run of 164 performances, he and the show gained a bit of notoriety when he appeared in it fully nude (not full frontal) as a model who poses for a drawing.
Specializing in quirky, fair-haired fellows with a slight but appealing awkwardness, he eventually grew disenchanted with Hollywood and turned to independent filming as well as other interests. At one point he moved to France (1991-93) and rode in a resurrection of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. He spread his wings to include off-camera activity, wherein he starred, directed, produced and co-wrote the real cowboy and Indians low-budget Blood Trail (2005). He then returned to his youthful roots writing, producing and directing the family fare feature Grand Champion (2002), the exploits of a young boy who raises a prize-winning steer and struggles to save it from the slaughterhouse. He shot the film in his own Texas hometown of Snyder.
Into the millennium, Barry maintained a standard foothold in independent features with a few mature support roles thrown in and making occasional trips behind the camera as well. Such films included the action western American Outlaws (2001) starring link=nm0268199]; the Southern-styled comedy Baghdad Texas (2009); an off-the-wall comedy he wrote, produced and directed entitled Clown Hunt (2008) (the title tells all - about hunters hunting down clowns!); the horror opus Javelina (2011), which he also directed; the romantic dramedy Dear Sidewalk (2013) and the crime thriller Two Step (2014), which filmed in Texas. He also had a recurring roles on the TV series Friday Night Lights (2006) and Revolution (2012). Since then, Barry has kept a very low profile.- Actor
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American actor who achieved some success as a child and as a young adult, especially in B-Westerns and in television. The son of a Texas newspaper editor. Jones was a accomplished horseman from infancy. At the age of four he was billed as the World's Youngest Trick Rider and Roper. At the age of six, he was hired to perform riding and lariat tricks in the rodeo owned by western star Hoot Gibson. Gibson convinced young Jones and his parents that there was a place for him in Hollywood, and the boy and his mother went west. Gibson arranged for some small parts for the boy. His good looks, energy, and pleasant voice quickly landed him more and bigger parts. In both low-budget Westerns and in more substantial productions. In 1940 he had one of his most prominent roles, as the voice of Pinocchio (1940) in Walt Disney's animated film of the same name. Jones attended Hollywood High School and at 15, took over the role of Henry Aldrich on the hit radio show "The Aldrich Family." He learned carpentry and augmented his income with jobs in that field. He served in the Army in Alaska during the final months of World War II. Gene Autry, who had cast Jones in several Westerns before the war, now put him back to work in films. And later in television, on programs produced by Autry's company. Now billed as Dick Jones the handsome young man starred as Dick West. Where he was sidekick to the Western hero known as The Range Rider (1951), in a TV series that ran for 76 episodes in 1951 (and for decades in syndication). Then Autry gave Jones his own series Buffalo Bill, Jr. (1955)', which ran for 40 episodes. Jones continued working in films throughout the 50's and into the 60's. In 1966 he retired and entered the business world.- Actor
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Tanner Beard is a film and television actor, CEO of Silver Sail Entertainment, Co-Founder Mammoth Film Festival and has written and directed several motion pictures, series and documentaries over the last few decades.
Named after his father Ricky Neal Beard, Neal Tanner Beard was born on September 16th 1984 in a Big Spring Hospital just outside his hometown of Snyder, Texas. Is of: Irish, Scottish, Norwegian, English, French, Cherokee, Caddo and Choctaw Indian descent mostly from his mother Janice's side.
Beard attended the New York Film Academy in Hollywood, California shortly after high school in his hometown of Snyder, Texas. This culminated with his first comedy television series "Valley Peaks," which Tanner produced, wrote, directed and starred in for over two seasons early on in his career.
Tanner has since split his time in various fields of motion pictures and television. As a director, he turned his Western short film, "Mouth of Caddo" into the feature film "Legend of Hell's Gate," which he also wrote, produced and starred in alongside Kevin Alejandro, Summer Glau, Henry Thomas and Glenn Morshower. His love of producing stories from the old west would continue with the European Western "6 Bullets To Hell." Shot on the same sets from famous Sergio Leoni and Clint Eastwood classics in Spain, the film features music by Ennio Morricone and is a painstaking recreation of the cult classic style from the 60s and 70s receiving several awards.
As an actor Tanner has had roles in "The Letter," starring Winona Ryder and James Franco. Robert Rodriguez's "From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series" and SXSW darlings "Sylvio" and "Barracuda", starring "Fargo's" Allison Tolman. "We Summon The Darkness", "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" and many more.
As a Producer, Tanner has quickly blazed a trail of big films and successes producing films starring Aaron Paul, Juliette Lewis, Cate Blanchette, Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Antonio Banderas, Ryan Gosling, Michael Fassbender, Val Kilmer and Brad Pitt.- Actor
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Alan served as a journalist for several years, and broke the original story on the rivalry between Branch Davidian prophets Roden and Vernon Howell (aka David Koresh) which culminated a few years later in the more famous shootout between the cult and the ATF in 1993. Alan then went to law school, made law review, and became a successful lawyer in civil litigation and remains an active member of the Texas State Bar and American Inns of Court. He also is a widely published writer and is a member of Poets and Writers.- Actress
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Jessica Francis Mills began studying drama at the age of 14, under the legendary and highly-regarded Jerry P. Worsham, whose other students include Kevin Alejandro, of Southland, True Blood, and Shark, among many others in theater, film, and music. During her years there, Worsham's program was selected to receive the prestigious John D. Rockefeller Arts in Education Award.
At Stephen F. Austin State University, Mills began performing her freshman year and was soon playing lead roles in such important productions as The Seagull, Terra Nova, Awake and Sing!, Ghosts, and Moon Over Buffalo.
After her junior year, she was one of only two Theater students (one male, one female) chosen to study at the renowned Rose Bruford College in London, where she spent a year and performed supporting roles in such landmark plays as The Taming of the Shrew.
After graduation, Mills spent several years doing off-off Broadway in New York City, before moving to Los Angeles, where she was quickly accepted into the well respected Ark Theater Company, where she performed in The London Cuckolds under the direction of Richard Tatum. (The Girl Who Would Be King).
Recently, Mills has created her own production company, Project A Productions. She has written, produced, and co-starred in a comic web series, Awkward Embraces, about a hot but geeky girl who remains somewhat clueless about men, and the friends who attempt to help her but have their own misadventures, (think Sex in the City meets The Big Bang Theory).
Mills has also written, produced, and co-starred in a movie trailer for a supernatural thriller, Death Echoes, about a detective whose serial-killer father's murders are being copied years later, and the only hope he has of figuring out who's committing the new crimes is to enlist the help of his emotionally damaged sister, who sees visions of murders months or even years later, in the locations where they have occurred.
Mills is a member of SAG and can be seen in Ben Stiller's latest movie, Greenberg.- J.K. Palmer was born on 23 November 1972 in Snyder, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for Bob Steel (2004), Criminal Minds (2005) and The Shadows (2007).
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Richard Levi was born on 23 December 1971 in Snyder, Texas, USA. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Unsolved History (2002), The Anarchist Cookbook (2002) and The King (2005).- Rodger Fields was born on 15 October 1942 in Snyder, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for Blank Check (1994).
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Corey Aucutt was born on 29 July 1982 in Snyder, Texas, USA. He is known for Death Toll (2008) and Autopsy (2008).- Sam Cain was born on 3 May 1974 in Snyder, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for Living/Dead (2009), Mama's Got a Cowboy (2008) and #Captured (2017).
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Michael Gibson was born on 22 November 1981 in Snyder, Texas, USA. Michael is a composer, known for History of Made Up Things (2009), Mouth of Caddo (2008) and Mouth of Caddo: The Legend of Hell's Gate - Behind the Scenes (2008).- Additional Crew
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Kendra Mae Jones is a young actress born in Snyder, Texas to Crystal Michelle Hester, an insurance agent, and Mitchel Wayne Jones, a restaurant manager. She has 3 sisters, 1 older and 2 younger. She is of English and Irish descent.
Kendra started acting at a young age in school and church plays and even booked a local commercial. More recently, she has appeared on college theatrical stages in local productions such as the Last 5 Years, Disney's The Little Mermaid and the classic, A Christmas Carol. She also booked the lead female role in the short film, Thomas.
She is currently (2016) attending New Mexico State University.