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Benjamin Orr was an American rock musician best known as the bassist and vocalist for the Boston-based rock band, The Cars. He sang several of their... best known hits, including "Just What I Needed", "Let's Go", and "Drive". He also scored a moderate solo hit with "Stay the Night." Benjamin Orr was born Benjamin Orzechowski in Lakewood, Ohio, to parents of Russian, Czechoslovak, and German descent, who actively supported his musical endeavors. He became proficient in several instruments including the guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, and drums. Known locally as "Benny 11-Letters," he grew up in Lakewood, Ohio, and Parma, Ohio, and dropped out of Valley Forge High School to join a local band the Grasshoppers as lead singer and guitarist in 1964. The Grasshoppers were the house band on the syndicated TV show Upbeat produced by WEWS-TV in Cleveland. In 1965, the Grasshoppers released two singles on the Sunburst label, "Mod Socks" and "Pink Champagne ", the latter written by Orzechowski. The Grasshoppers dissolved in 1966 when two of the band members were drafted into the U.S. Army, after which Orzechowski joined the band Mixed Emotions.
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Perry Arthur Satullo is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Perry Saturn. Since debuting in 1990, Saturn wrestled for... Extreme Championship Wrestling , World Championship Wrestling , World Wrestling Federation and Total Nonstop Action . Satullo enlisted in the United States Army for four years at the age of seventeen, becoming an Army Airborne Ranger before eventually embarking on a career in professional wrestling. Satullo began training at Killer Kowalski's school in Malden, Massachusetts around 1988, taking the ring name Saturn from the Roman god of the same name before later tweaking it to Perry Saturn. He debuted on October 27, 1990 in Waltham, Massachusetts, wrestling for the United States Wrestling Association . Satullo also wrestled in Kowalski's International Wrestling Federation as The Iron Horseman, a cowboy complete with black leather stetson and chaps. Satullo eventually won the IWF Light Heavyweight Championship. Satullo began wrestling for independent promotions throughout New England, as well as touring Japan with New Japan Pro Wrestling in 1993.
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Patrick F. "Pat" Kilbane is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for his three seasons as a cast member on MADtv from 1997–2000,... as well his memorable appearance in the 1996 "The Bizarro Jerry" episode of Seinfeld, in which he played Bizarro Kramer. Kilbane's first book "Brain Eaters Bible: Sound Advice for the Newly Reanimated Zombie", was released on March 18, 2011. Kilbane was born in Lakewood, Ohio and attended Beloit College, where he graduated in 1990. While there, Kilbane majored in French and he began work as a stand-up comedian. Kilbane is an alumnus of the Sigma Chi International Fraternity. After graduation, he toured the midwest for four years, spending over 40 weeks a year on the road. Kilbane would later move to Los Angeles, where he would act in commercials for Budweiser , The Single Guy, and HBO's Arli$$. In late 2004, Kilbane opened Wexford Hill Hobbies on Stroop Road in Kettering, Ohio. The store specialized in gaming hobbies including role playing, table top, and miniature games. In 2007, he sold the store and it was renamed Krystal Keep by new owners.
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Rose Bampton was a celebrated American opera singer who had an active international career during the 1930s and 1940s. She began her professional... career performing mostly minor roles from the mezzo-soprano repertoire in 1929 but later switched to singing primarily leading soprano roles in 1937 until her retirement from the opera stage in 1963. She notably had a lengthy and fruitful partnership with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, singing there for eighteen consecutive seasons between 1932 and 1950. Her greatest successes were from the dramatic soprano repertoire, particularly in operas by Richard Wagner. Not a stranger to the concert repertoire, Bampton was particularly known for her performances of works by Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg, and her friend Samuel Barber, notably having performed their compositions with the composers accompanying her in concert. Born in Lakewood, Ohio just outside of Cleveland, Bampton grew up in Buffalo, New York.
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Zachary "Zach" Mills is an American teen actor. Zach was born in Lakewood, Ohio, to Kerry and Patrick. His father is from Cleveland, Zach's mother... is from New York, which is where Zach performed his first professional acting job at the age of 7. Zach has two older half brothers who do not act. When he's not busy making movies Zach enjoys swimming, reading, and playing video games. Mills has appeared in multiple film and television productions. These include a brief appearance in the television series Scrubs and guest starring roles in such shows as Malcolm in the Middle, Eleventh Hour, Numb3rs, Ghost Whisperer and October Road. His first significant supporting role in a film was as Adrien Brody's son in the 2006 film, Hollywoodland. In 2007 he appeared in the Hallmark movie The Valley of Light, and that year would also mark his leading role in Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, in which he acted alongside Dustin Hoffman and Natalie Portman. In 2008 he appeared in a leading role in the film Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, and a supporting role as a news vendor in the Clint Eastwood-directed Changeling.
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Ted Wass , is an American actor and director. Goodman School of Drama graduate Wass made his Broadway debut in the 1976 production Grease. He is a... 1970 graduate of Glenbard West High School, where he portrayed Action in the musical West Side Story during his senior year. He is best known for his roles as "Danny Dallas" on the series Soap and as "Nick Russo" on the NBC sitcom Blossom. Wass has focused on directing television episodes after he stopped acting. His first wife was actress Janet Margolin, who died in 1993 at age 50 from ovarian cancer; they had two children, Julian and Matilda. His second wife is producer Nina Wass.
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Perry Arthur Satullo is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Perry Saturn. Since debuting in 1990, Saturn wrestled for... Extreme Championship Wrestling , World Championship Wrestling , World Wrestling Federation and Total Nonstop Action . Satullo enlisted in the United States Army for four years at the age of seventeen, becoming an Army Airborne Ranger before eventually embarking on a career in professional wrestling. Satullo began training at Killer Kowalski's school in Malden, Massachusetts around 1988, taking the ring name Saturn from the Roman god of the same name before later tweaking it to Perry Saturn. He debuted on October 27, 1990 in Waltham, Massachusetts, wrestling for the United States Wrestling Association . Satullo also wrestled in Kowalski's International Wrestling Federation as The Iron Horseman, a cowboy complete with black leather stetson and chaps. Satullo eventually won the IWF Light Heavyweight Championship. Satullo began wrestling for independent promotions throughout New England, as well as touring Japan with New Japan Pro Wrestling in 1993.
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Patrick F. "Pat" Kilbane is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for his three seasons as a cast member on MADtv from 1997–2000,... as well his memorable appearance in the 1996 "The Bizarro Jerry" episode of Seinfeld, in which he played Bizarro Kramer. Kilbane's first book "Brain Eaters Bible: Sound Advice for the Newly Reanimated Zombie", was released on March 18, 2011. Kilbane was born in Lakewood, Ohio and attended Beloit College, where he graduated in 1990. While there, Kilbane majored in French and he began work as a stand-up comedian. Kilbane is an alumnus of the Sigma Chi International Fraternity. After graduation, he toured the midwest for four years, spending over 40 weeks a year on the road. Kilbane would later move to Los Angeles, where he would act in commercials for Budweiser , The Single Guy, and HBO's Arli$$. In late 2004, Kilbane opened Wexford Hill Hobbies on Stroop Road in Kettering, Ohio. The store specialized in gaming hobbies including role playing, table top, and miniature games. In 2007, he sold the store and it was renamed Krystal Keep by new owners.
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Zachary "Zach" Mills is an American teen actor. Zach was born in Lakewood, Ohio, to Kerry and Patrick. His father is from Cleveland, Zach's mother... is from New York, which is where Zach performed his first professional acting job at the age of 7. Zach has two older half brothers who do not act. When he's not busy making movies Zach enjoys swimming, reading, and playing video games. Mills has appeared in multiple film and television productions. These include a brief appearance in the television series Scrubs and guest starring roles in such shows as Malcolm in the Middle, Eleventh Hour, Numb3rs, Ghost Whisperer and October Road. His first significant supporting role in a film was as Adrien Brody's son in the 2006 film, Hollywoodland. In 2007 he appeared in the Hallmark movie The Valley of Light, and that year would also mark his leading role in Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, in which he acted alongside Dustin Hoffman and Natalie Portman. In 2008 he appeared in a leading role in the film Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, and a supporting role as a news vendor in the Clint Eastwood-directed Changeling.
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Ted Wass , is an American actor and director. Goodman School of Drama graduate Wass made his Broadway debut in the 1976 production Grease. He is a... 1970 graduate of Glenbard West High School, where he portrayed Action in the musical West Side Story during his senior year. He is best known for his roles as "Danny Dallas" on the series Soap and as "Nick Russo" on the NBC sitcom Blossom. Wass has focused on directing television episodes after he stopped acting. His first wife was actress Janet Margolin, who died in 1993 at age 50 from ovarian cancer; they had two children, Julian and Matilda. His second wife is producer Nina Wass.
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Holly Fulger is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Robin Dulitski in Anything But Love and as Holly Jamison on Ellen. A native... of Lakewood, Ohio, Holly studied stage acting in Chicago with the acclaimed Remains Theatre Co. She starred in the American premiere of Road, Our Country's Good and Lloyd's Prayer, and plays at the Goodman Theatre with Tony award-winning director Robert Falls. She has been working in TV and film in Hollywood for the last fifteen years. When she was younger she played every famous actress' best friend and now she plays wacky aunts and TV moms to the characters of multiple notable actors such as Ashlee Simpson-Wentz. She has guest-starred on many notable TV series the most recent being Without a Trace in 2006. She also had notable recurring roles on thirtysomething and 7th Heaven. Her most notable roles to date must be her regular roles on the television series Anything But Love and Ellen. She also had a notable role in the Zenon TV movie trilogy on Disney Channel as the protagonist's aunt.
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