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Jimmy Chin was born on 12 October 1973 in Mankato, Minnesota, USA. He is a producer and director, known for The Rescue (2021), Nyad (2023) and Free Solo (2018).- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Billy House was born on 7 May 1889 in Mankato, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Stranger (1946), Bedlam (1946) and God's Gift to Women (1931). He was married to Harriet Budzik, Esther Trowbridge and ???. He died on 23 September 1961 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Born in Mankato, Minnesota, and grew up in Edina, near Minneapolis. He attended college at the University of Minnesota, where he earned a bachelor's degree in accounting. Dean worked as a cost accountant, a sales representative, and an independent builder before launching Hometime Video Publishing in 1984. In addition to his role as co-host, Dean is executive producer of Hometime (1992) and president of Hometime Video Publishing. The father of two, Dean is married to his high school sweetheart, Kathi. An active parent, Dean has been known to sneak out of work early to coach his son's and daughter's soccer teams. The Johnsons enjoy downhill and cross-country skiing, and try to get to Colorado every year to ski the Rocky Mountains.
- Actress
- Additional Crew
- Producer
Born in the North and happily living in the South, Beth describes herself as a cajun snowflake. She lives by the motto, give more than you take. She has a deep love for board games, dancing, and is exceedingly curious. Beth can quote her favorite movie "Young Frankenstein", verbatim. Bringing women together and supporting them in their journey is the central focus for Beth's involvement in The Ladies Who... podcast, which she developed and has produced since 2016. She is married to actor/producer Trey Burvant, and together they have three daughters, Evelyn, Lucy and Audrey.- Shirley Whitney was born on 13 October 1930 in Mankato, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for Riding with Buffalo Bill (1954), Tales of Wells Fargo (1957) and The Millionaire (1955). She died on 12 June 1997 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- William Seymour was born on 6 April 1965 in Mankato, Minnesota, USA. He is an actor, known for Basquiat (1996), Joan of Arcadia (2003) and Affairs in Order (2008).
- Animation Department
- Art Department
- Writer
Michael G. Ploog was born on 13 July 1940 in Mankato, Minnesota, USA. He is a writer, known for X-Men (2000), The Thing (1982) and Little Shop of Horrors (1986).- Actor
- Special Effects
- Director
Trygve Lode was born on 3 February 1963 in Mankato, Minnesota, USA. He is an actor and director, known for The Highwayman, Dragon and the Hawk (2001) and Teddy Boy (2015).- Ron Johnson was born on 8 April 1955 in Mankato, Minnesota, USA. He has been married to Jane Curler since 20 August 1977. They have three children.
- Jacob Tellijohn was born on 1 May 1993 in Mankato, Minnesota, USA. He is an actor, known for Deviant.
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Author, publisher, DVD producer, on topics related to Crystal Meth, HIV/AIDS, and GLBT Human Rights. Now residing in Hollywood, with upcoming research junkets planned for western Europe in 2007-2008.
In the 1980s, Brad pioneered public access cable TV, providing weekly programming on cable systems in Minneapolis, St. Paul and a dozen suburbs. GAZE-TV, and its successor Green And Yellow TV, was a news magazine featuring field reports, live coverage of events, and on location interviews, winner of two Minnesota Community Cable Television Awards.
In the later 1990s, Brad pioneered Internet audio and video streaming.
Graduated from Mankato High School 1968, Mankato State College 1972. 16mm film editor and cameraman at KEYC-TV, and on-air newscaster at KYSM-AM/FM, Mankato. In Minneapolis during the 1980s, Brad was Head DJ at The Gay 90s for 10 years, responsible for sound, lights, and video programming in 9 show rooms of the largest nightclub in the Twin Cities.- Myrtle Lind was born Margaret Victoria Anderson in Mankato, Minnesota in 1898 (Lind was a family name). She attended dramatic school and appeared in some plays before moving to Hollywood with her parents. In 1916 she started her film career at the Mack Sennett studios. Myrtle appeared in numerous comedy shorts and became one of Sennett's famous bathing beauties. One magazine writer said "Myrtle has the face of an angel and the composure of a Scotch preacher". She worked with Ben Turpin No Mother To Guide Him and with Ford Sterling in A Maiden's Trust. At the Sennett studio Myrtle developed a reputation for being difficult. She was fired several times but was always hired back. Her first starring role was in the 1918 drama Nancy Comes Home.
In February of 1920 she married broker Frank A. Gessell. Unfortunately Frank cheated on her and she left him just two months after the wedding. Although she appeared in more than thirty films Myrtle never became a major star. She married photographer William Coleman in 1922 and decided to retire from acting. Her final film was Forget Me Not with Bessie Love. In December of 1923 Myrtle gave birth to a daughter named Jean. She divorced William in 1928 and married Harold S. Stevenson the following year. The couple lived in Atlanta, Georgia where he ran a candy factory. During the 1950s they moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. After her daughter Jean died Myrtle adopted and raised her grandson. She and Harold remained together until his death in 1970. Myrtle spent her final years living quietly in Florida where she died on October 12, 1993 at the age of ninety-five. According to her obituary she was buried next to her husband in Gaffney, South Carolina. - Producer
- Actor
Jason Bracht was born on 29 August 1974 in Mankato, Minnesota, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Nemesis 5: The New Model (2017), Truly, Madly (2020) and American Terror Tales 2 (2023).- Additional Crew
- Actress
- Writer
Courtney Kocak was born on 30 September 1983 in Mankato, Minnesota, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for RiffRaff (2009), Apocalypse and the Beauty Queen (2005) and Universal Sigh (2009).- Born in Mankato, Minnesota in 1952 to John & Marie, the family moved to Southern California's Los Angeles suburbs in the spring of 1958. Frank's father worked for a Dairy Plant in South Gate, California, as did Frank in 1976. Frank started becoming interested in TV & movies as a child. As a boy of 10 years he met a number of actors & actresses involved in the industry. The family took in two attractions; one known as Corriganville Ranch in Simi Valley, the other Pioneer Town just outside Twenty nine Palms, California, in late 1958 & 1959, shown to them by their next-door neighbor Herman Meyers whom worked for Hollywood's top studios. After attending acting classes and a few TV Broadcasting Workshops in the late 80s as well as recovering from an injury; these classes which he took served & aided him later in the 90s.
Leaving California Frank began working as a trash man in 1990 after moving back to his home state. A few years passed & he became known to the locals in town where he lives as "Frank The Garbageman" in 1994. He had been heard on a Country Music FM Radio Station for almost a year but it wasn't a real job; it was more an invite from a DJ who like what Frank could do with his voice & quick whit hence he was asked to be a sidekick. In 1995 he got his role as a singing cook in "Overnight Delivery" and so it started & is still on going interest for him today. Frank continues looking for work in films and TV also adding to his list of work thanks to some great people who don't mind a boisterous jovial personality on set. - Justin Hartwig was born on 21 November 1978 in Mankato, Minnesota, USA.
- Soundtrack
Composer, songwriter ("Into the Night", "With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair", "By the Bend of the River"), author and singer, educated at Mankato State Normal College and the Cosmopolitan School of Music in Chicago. She also studied in Europe. She sang in churches and in concerts in the US and abroad. Among her works, she wrote music for Tony Sarg's Marionettes and for animated films. Joining ASCAP in 1925, her chief musical collaborator was Jack Lawrence. Much of her work was written under the pen name "Bernard Haig". Her other popular-song compositions include "The Fisher's Woidow", "A Love Song", "Ol' Jim", "The Snow", and "Gypsy Life". Her sacred song compositions include "Dedication", "27th Psalm" and "When Jesus Walked on Galilee".- John Ernest Bechdolt was born in Mankato, Minnesota, the county seat of Blue Earth County. He was the youngest child of Adolph Frederick and Jean Ritchie Bechdolt. By the turn of the twentieth century his family was living in Seattle, Washington, where his now widowed father taught at a university. The writer Frederic R. Bechdolt (1873-1950) was his older brother, followed by two sisters, Matilda (1876) and Margaret (1878).
Bechdolt was a prolific writer who began as a newspaperman in Seattle and Kansas City. He is credited, often as Jack Bechdolt, as the author of some six thousand short stories for mostly young readers.
Bechdolt's first wife was Mabel Claire (Glasier) of Aberdeen, Washington. She was a well known writer on women's issues and a successful sculptor and water color artist. She passed away at the age of 43 in New York City. His second wife was also a writer. Decie Merwin was a popular Kentucky author and illustrator of children's books. She and her husband collaborated on a number of books, including "John's Dragon" (1937) and "Dulcie or Half a Yard of Linsey-Woolsey" (1943). Decie passed away at around the age of 67 at her brother's home in Knoxville, Tennessee.
John Ernest Bechdolt died after a long struggle with heart disease on December 28, 1954 at the Pinebluff Sanitarium in Pinebluff, North Carolina. - Leona Fisk was born on 15 March 1919 in Mankato, Minnesota, USA. She was married to Cecil Fisk. She died on 28 July 2015 in Charlestown, New Hampshire, USA.
- Thomas Hughes was born on 11 December 1925 in Mankato, Minnesota, USA. He was married to Jane and Jean . He died on 2 January 2023 in Washington DC, USA.
- Alvin Busch was born on 14 May 1924 in Mankato, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for Misconduct (1966). He died on 4 January 1996 in Los Altos, California, USA.
- Visual Effects
- Producer
Dean Sharits was born on 6 February 1944 in Mankato, Minnesota, USA. Dean was a producer, known for Grave Secrets (1989) and SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D: Ride (2005). Dean was married to Dely. Dean died on 17 December 2023 in St. Augustine, Florida, USA.- Corbin Lacina was born on 2 November 1970 in Mankato, Minnesota, USA.
- Actress
Dawn Oney was born on 4 July 1930 in Mankato, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress. She was married to Gordon A. Frantz and Carl Harvey Carlson. She died on 12 September 2012 in Santa Clara, California, USA.- Tracy has been developing as a model and actress. She appeared in various commercials and had a lot of guest parts in series and films. As a model she became Miss Minnesota 1997.
She is also a skilled martial artist. She started training in Tae Kwon Do when she was 9 and got her black belt at the age of 12. Besides martial arts, she also trains in dancing and gymnastics. And there's no dancing without singing....