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Tall American character actor with distinctively dark eyebrows and graying hair. The son of an engineer, he was a respected performer on Broadway for thirty years, beginning in 1934. He had a reputation for being a consummate professional and a great storyteller. Despite his military bearing and aristocratic manner, Bourneuf was versatile in just about any part, ranging from Shakespeare to comedy and musicals. He was in the original cast of Eva Le Gallienne's American Repertory Theatre. In 1947, Bourneuf received a special award for his performances from the New York Drama Critics Circle.

Feature films rarely did justice to his abilities as an actor, though he had a rare chance to shine as a grand-standing district attorney in Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956). He was, however, better served by television, appearing in numerous guest spots from as early as 1949.

Paul Carafotes was born on 23 March 1959 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Tulsa King (2022), Mindhunter (2017) and Damages (2007).

Nick attended SUNY Purchase with an interest in sound design, music and movies. It was there he met a group of filmmakers, producers, and actors that he would work with for the next decade; producer Bob Gosse, director Hal Hartley; actors Edie Falco, Paul Schulze, Saul Stein, Adam Trese, all of whom Nick would use in his films.

After SUNY, Nick worked on commercials and features in NYC and wrote a few scripts that caught some attention around NYC. In the early 1990's Nick's SUNY friend, Bob Gosse and Larry Meistrich started The Shooting Gallery in downtown NY to be a home for independent filmmakers. With them, Nick would make Laws of Gravity (1992) starring Edie Falco, Adam Trese, and Paul Shulze - heralding a return of New York City cinema verité, for the first time since Lumet and Scorsese in the 1970's.

From there, Nick made New Jersey Drive (1995) starring Shar-Ron Corley, Gabriel Cassius, Saul Stein, and Donald Faison. Spike Lee, and his company; 40 Acres and A Mule, produced. Nick received Independent Spirit Award nominations for best director on both the critically acclaimed, Laws of Gravity and New Jersey Drive. New Jersey Drive would also receive the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 1995 along with a nomination and win at the Torino and Berlin festivals.

Next, Nick directed the feature, Illtown, starring Michael Rapaport, Lili Taylor, Adam Trese, Kevin Corrigan, Angela Featherstone, Tony Danza, Isaac Hayes, Paul Schulze, Saul Stein. Of his third, and most experimental feature, Nick told the Village Voice: "The mood and tempo of Illtown express what I felt like at the time. I had to make it to come out the other end. It was incredibly hard, but it was really satisfying working on a more intimate scale again." Former NYC mayor, Ed Koch is claimed to have said of Illtown, "It's like a Picasso. You don't always understand it, but you know it's a masterpiece"

In 1995, after a screening of Laws of Gravity, Nick was approached by Tom Fontana and Barry Levinson to create with them a look and tone for their new series for NBC; Homicide; Life on the Street. Nick would in turn, direct the pilot for the series and subsequent episodes. In 1997, Nick would again collaborate with Fontana in the creation of his new series, Oz, for HBO.

Following Oz, Nick, now deeply ensconced in the world of television - a place he felt comfortable to express his ideas and flourish, found himself on the crest of the golden age of television with the explosion of cable. He has directed some of the best episodic television of the past two decades and enjoyed close collaborative relationships with the creators of Chicago P.D. along with countless others. Nick, a prolific episodic director, recently inspired by the wealth of up-and-coming artists, will produce television and bring projects through his company, Eidophusikan Productions.

Peter Mamakos was born on 14 December 1918 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Ten Commandments (1956), Drums of Africa (1963) and Adventures of Superman (1952). He died on 27 April 2008 in Paso Robles, California, USA.

Lisa Evans was born on 21 May 1955 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress, known for One Life to Live (1968) and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014). She has been married to George Robert Evans III since 9 July 1977. They have four children.

Phil Tead was born on 29 September 1893 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Lost Paradise (1914), Six of a Kind (1934) and Adventures of Superman (1952). He died on 9 June 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Born in Somerville, Massachusetts, on March 14, 1914, Harriet White Medin started out as a dental assistant and cleaned the teeth of young John and Robert Kennedy. After deciding to pursue work in the theater and playing a role on Broadway, she joined the USO and this led to her becoming the first American actress to relocate to post-war Italy and work in Italian films, beginning with Roberto Rossellini's Paisan (1946). Her following role was the lead in a dramatic film about the life of a saint, Genoveffa di Brabante (1947). She never found success as anything but a character actress and was often typecast as starchy, prim housewives and housekeepers. Orson Welles wanted her to play the role of Emilia in his Othello, but Harriet's inability to remain at the beck and call of Welles' shooting schedule forced him to recast the role with Fay Compton. When she realized that her acting career was at a standstill, she began working as a dialogue coach, helping Italian actors with their English. She became the personal assistant of Gina Lollobrigida in this respect for many years, and also assisted directors working in Italy, among them Vittorio De Sica, Joseph Losey, Raoul Walsh and John Huston. She witnessed some extraordinary things in film history, including the death of Tyrone Power on the set of Solomon and Sheba (for which she blamed George Sanders) and the filming of the famous Trevi fountain scene in La Dolce Vita (1960), in which she played Edna, Anita Ekberg's personal assistant. In the early 1960s, Harriet entered the Italian horror boom when they needed actors who could speak English, the better for the movies to seem British or American rather than Italian. She played the housekeepers in Riccardo Freda's _Orribile segreto del Dr. Hichcock, L' (1962), played important red herring parts in Bava's The Whip and the Body (1963) and Blood and Black Lace (1964), and also appeared in Elio Scardamaglia's The Murder Clinic (1966).

After assisting John Huston on Reflections in a Golden Eye, Harriet was persuaded by her friend, director Andrew Marton, to come and live in his guest house in Hollywood. One day, while doing the dishes, she decided that her marriage (to art director Gastone Medin) was over, and she accepted Marton's invitation by walking out on her old life, leaving the sink full of dirty dishes. After relocating to California, she did a fair amount of work in television (in addition to playing Henry Fonda's date in an episode of Family, she appeared on Bonanza, The A-Team, Northern Exposure and many other shows) and low-budget films. As a SAG member, she had to play the blind girl's mother in Schlock (1973) under the pseudonym of "Enrica Blankey." She also played the President of the United States in Death Race 2000 (1975), one of Linda Hamilton's diner customers in The Terminator (1984) and a grocery shopper in The Witches of Eastwick (1987). She narrated the trailer for George Romero's Hungry Wives (Season of the Witch).

Garrett Golden was born on 13 November 1979 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor, known for The Equalizer 2 (2018) and SEAL Team (2017).

Bill Capizzi was born on 21 March 1937 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Great Outdoors (1988), Bulletproof (1996) and Don Juan DeMarco (1994). He died on 26 March 2007 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.

Bob Morrisey was born on 15 August 1946 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Terminal (2004), Eagle Eye (2008) and The X-Files (1993). He died on 29 December 2017.

Sherwood Keith was born on 19 May 1912 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964), The Three Witnesses (1968) and The Silent Call (1961). He was married to Louise Winter. He died on 21 February 1972 in Hollywood, California, USA.

Louie Bonanno was born on 17 December 1961 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor, known for Cool as Ice (1991), Sex Appeal (1986) and Student Affairs (1987).

Richard Carle was born on 7 July 1871 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Ghost Walks (1934), Ninotchka (1939) and Seven Sinners (1940). He was married to Laura Casner and Ella Samantha Clifford. He died on 28 June 1941 in North Hollywood, California, USA.

Mike Capuano was born on 9 January 1952 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor, known for With a Little Help (2009), Feeding the Masses (2004) and Pricele$$ (2010). He has been married to Barbara Marie Teebagy since 1974. They have two children.

Bobby Pickett was born on 11 February 1938 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Monster Mash: The Movie (1995), Love, Simon (2018) and Silver Linings Playbook (2012). He died on 25 April 2007 in West Los Angeles, California, USA.

Jimmy Flynn was born on 5 February 1934 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Good Will Hunting (1997), Spartan (2004) and The Human Stain (2003). He was married to Carol Ludington. He died on 12 September 2022 in Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA.

McBride was best known as a lead guitarist for Sha Na Na during their heyday on their own TV series of the same name. He also appeared in the film Grease in 1978 with Sha Na Na, enjoyed success with other bands and as a solo artist, appeared as an actor and voice-over performer, and is a published writer of humorous pieces for magazines. He died in his sleep on July 23, 2009.

Lois Rinna was born on 7 June 1928 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. She was married to Frank Rinna. She died on 15 November 2021 in Medford, Oregon, USA.

Ruth Rose was born on 16 January 1896 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. She was a writer, known for King Kong (1933), King Kong (1976) and Mighty Joe Young (1998). She was married to Ernest B. Schoedsack and Ernest B. Schoedsack. She died on 8 June 1978 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

Susan Tedeschi was born on 9 November 1970 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Bug (2006), Queen City (2013) and Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000). She has been married to Derek Trucks since December 2001. They have two children.

Herbie Flynn was born on 8 September 1917 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Kingpin (1996), There's Something About Mary (1998) and Shallow Hal (2001). He died on 11 February 2003 in Mashpee, Massachusetts, USA.

Wally Hooper Jr. was born on 13 March 1926 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Night School (1981). He died on 20 May 2011 in Arlington, Massachusetts, USA.

Jerome Collamore was born on 25 September 1891 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Annie (1982), Arthur (1981) and For Love of Ivy (1968). He died on 18 July 1987 in Flushing, New York, USA.

Kathy Waugh was born on 10 November 1956 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Molly of Denali (2019), Peep and the Big Wide World (2004) and Arthur (1996).

Alan Hovhaness was born on 8 March 1911 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was a composer, known for Narcissus (1958), Entre père et fils (2003) and Marathon (2010). He was married to Hinako Fujihara. He died on 21 June 2000 in Seattle, Washington, USA.

Leonard L. Capizzi was born on 18 October 1940 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He is known for Love, Simon (2018), Silver Linings Playbook (2012) and Must Love Dogs (2005). He died on 12 October 1988 in Marin County, California, USA.

Wright Kramer was born on 19 May 1870 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Before I Hang (1940), Dark Streets of Cairo (1940) and John Glayde's Honor (1915). He was married to Marion Power. He died on 14 November 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Educated at Tufts College (Mus. D) and St. Paul's School in Garden City, NY (1925), he also studied music with Stephen Emery, George Chadwick and Eusebius Mandyczewski. He conducted in the USA, Europe, South America and Japan, joined ASCAP in 1917, and founded the NAACC in 1932 and the Berkshire Festival in 1933 (which he conducted until his death). He was associate conductor of the New York Philharmonic and a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the French Institute. The French government awarded him the Order of Merit. (See "Other Works" for his classical compositions.)

Tim Nasson was born on June 7, 1971. He grew up in Somerville, MA, moving to Boston's Back Bay in 1993. He launched the movie website Wild About Movies in 2004.

The first in his autobiographical trilogy, which begins with The Boy With No Blood, (about his childhood and being raised in the Jehovah's Witness cult) and ends with My Life In First, arrives in 2023.

Beginning at the age of 17 he traveled from Boston to Los Angeles on American Airlines Flight 11 or 181 almost every other weekend for three decades - to interview celebrities for their upcoming theatrical movie releases - and stayed at the Four Seasons @ Beverly Hills while there.

He became friends with many of the celebrities he interviewed. Until 2019, his interviews were syndicated to some of the largest newspapers and magazines in America, including The Chicago Sun-Times, The Windy City Times, Bay Area Reporter, HX, Bay Windows and the Boston area daily papers, The Patriot Ledger, The Middlesex News and The News-Times in Connecticut. As of 2019 his features appear in Boston Globe Media Partners and elsewhere.

Mystery thriller writer Arthur Somers Roche was born in Somerville, Massachusetts. He was the son of James Jeffry Roche, a prominent Irish-American author, journalist and diplomat and Mary Frances Halloran, a native of Massachusetts who died of pneumonia in 1885, some months shy of her thirtieth birthday. Roche attended The College of the Holly Cross in Worchester and later Boston College, from which he graduated with a law degree in 1904. Within two years he grew tired of the profession and in 1906 entered the field of journalism with the New York World.

By 1910 Roche was contributing short stories to national magazines and a few years later published "Loot" (1916), his first novel. America's involvement in World War One put Roche's writing career on hiatus while he served as a captain with the US Army Military Intelligence Division. After the war Roche became one of the more prolific authors of that period. In all, before his untimely death at age fifty-one, Roche wrote twenty-three novels, scores of short stories and worked on two plays. Roche would often use his adopted home state of Florida as a backdrop for his fast paced mystery thrillers.

In 1921, Governor Thomas G. McCrea of Arkansas was so impressed with Roche's novel "A Day of Faith". He declared November 21, the day the book was released, a state holiday.

In 1910 Roche married Ethel Kirby Rowell of New York City. She passed away in 1915 around the time of the birth of their son James Jeffrey. On September 28, 1917, he married Ethel Pettit of Stuttgart, Arkansas and became a father for the second time the following year with the birth of their son Clyde. Ethel was also a writer who would go on to survive her husband by some thirty-four years.

Arthur Somers Roche passed away from heart disease complicated by pneumonia at his home on Via Bellaria in Palm Beach, Florida. Along with his wife he was survived by both of his sons.

Beverly McDermott was born on 21 December 1926 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. She was a casting director and actress, known for Cocoon (1985), Airport '77 (1977) and Odds and Evens (1978). She was married to Jack McDermott. She died on 19 January 2012 in Hollywood, Florida, USA.

Joe Ferrante was born on 13 October 1951 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 9 November 2007 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Donna Wood was born on 14 April 1917 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Pot o' Gold (1941). She died on 9 April 1947 in Hollywood, California, USA.

Ted Nash was born on 31 October 1922 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010), Peter Gunn (1958) and Harlow (1965). He died on 12 May 2011 in Carmel, California, USA.

Fredric Gadette was born on 9 October 1922 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was a director and writer, known for This Is Not a Test (1962) and You Asked for It (1950). He was married to Aubrey Martin, Betty Koch, Shirlee Jane Anderson and Joann Car. He died on 20 March 1967 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Poppy Lagos was born on 12 April 1926 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), The Hunter (1980) and A Perfect Couple (1979). She died on 23 October 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Connie Morella is a Republican who represented Maryland's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 2003. She served as Permanent Representative from the U.S. to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 2003 to 2007. She is on American University's faculty as an Ambassador in Residence for the Women & Politics Institute. She was appointed to the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) by President Barack Obama in 2010.

In 1971 Morella was appointed as a founding member to the Montgomery County Commission for Women, an advisory women's advocacy body, and she was elected its president in 1973. She became active in the League of Women Voters. In 1974, she ran for the Maryland House of Delegates from the 16th District (Bethesda), but did not win. She ran again in 1978, winning the seat and receiving more votes than the three previous incumbents. She was reelected for an additional term, before running for United States Congress.

Morella was U.S. representative to the 1994 U.N. International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo and co-chair of the Congressional delegation to the 1995 U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing.

Her numerous awards and recognitions include induction into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame, the Ron Brown Standards Leadership Award, and public service awards from the American Medical Association, the American Bar Association, and the Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award from the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights "for selfless and devoted service in the cause of equality." The Republic of Italy awarded her the Medal of the Legion of Merit. She received the Foremother Award by The National Center for Health Research in 2008. In 2016, she was conferred with Imperial Decorations by the Japanese government. For her contributions to deepen the U.S.-Japan alliance in the U.S. Congress, she was awarded with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star.In 2018, the Bethesda Library branch of the Montgomery County Public Libraries system was renamed the Connie Morella Library.

John Antonelli was born on 28 July 1949 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Kerouac, the Movie (1984), The Roots of 'Ulu (2015) and The New Environmentalists (2013).

Katherine Meskill was born on 17 January 1904 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Hollywood Story (1951), The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) and Shadow of the Cloak (1951). She died on 8 January 1979 in New York City, New York, USA.

Nat Pierce was born on 16 July 1925 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for New York, New York (1977), The Wrecking Crew! (2008) and The Seven Lively Arts (1957). He died in June 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Fern Foster was the first wife of silent cowboy star Harry Carey, whom she co-starred with in his play "Two Women and that Man" on Broadway. The play, which opened at the Majestic Theatre on October 18, 1909, was a flop, lasting only 16 performances.

Fern followed Harry into motion pictures, making her film debut in His Day (1912). Harry began his evolution into a star, appearing in films for director D.W. Griffith at Biograph, and in 1914, he cast her in two movies he wrote and directed for the Progressive Motion Picture Co., The Master Cracksman (1914) and McVeagh of the South Seas (1914).

Foster retired from the movies after making the two pictures with her husband. Harry later divorced Fern and married his co-star in his "Cheyenne Harry" Westerns, Olive Golden (Olive Carey), in 1920.

Fern Foster died on June 10, 1949, in her native Somerville, Massachusetts. She was 63 years old.

Peggie Castle played a character named "Fern Foster" on the "Lady by Law" in the second season of the television Western The Restless Gun (1957), that aired on May 11, 1959.

Carroll Moore was born on 4 May 1913 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Rhoda (1974), The Danny Kaye Show (1963) and The Kraft Music Hall (1967). He was married to Catherine L. George. He died on 5 February 1977 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Billy Masters was born on 13 February 1969 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and manager, known for Studio One Forever (2023), Billy Masters LIVE! (2020) and The Real Housewives of Atlanta (2008).

Matt Phillion was born March 7, 1977 in Somerville, Massachusetts, and later moved with his family to Melrose, MA as a child. He graduated from Melrose High School, and in 1995 completed a degree in English at Merrimack College in North Andover, MA, where he was an active member of the theater community. He decided to "retire" from acting at age 23, spending the next five years pursuing a writing career -- as a local newspaper reporter, freelancer, health care writer, and even comic book industry journalist. On a whim he stumbled into an audition for the short film Iris in 2005. A few months later another short film, Near Greenwood, cemented his renewed desire to work in film again. Since that time, he has appeared in over a dozen independent short films. Livestock marked his feature film debut. In 2009 he will appear in a Web-based television series, Gavin Lance.

Hal Clement was born on 30 May 1922 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was married to Mary E. Myers. He died on 29 October 2003 in Milton, Massachusetts, USA.

Ralph Hepburn was born on 11 April 1896 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Crowd Roars (1932), 1925 Indianapolis 500 (1925) and 1927 Indianapolis 500 (1927). He was married to Ida Mae. He died on 16 May 1948 in Speedway, Indiana, USA.

Edward Hunt was born on 9 October 1973 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He is a producer, known for Minority Report (2002), Space Cowboys (2000) and A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001).

Mark S. Longo was born on 25 July 1970 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor, known for Not Another Tolkien Movie (2004).

Roderick R. Davidson Jr. was born on 14 December 1956 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. Roderick R. is known for Manchester by the Sea (2016), The Equalizer 2 (2018) and Super Troopers 2 (2018).

John Durant was born on 19 June 1914 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was an editor, known for The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955), The Continental Twist (1961) and Washington Story (1952). He died on 12 April 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA.