Bruckman Clyde
Clyde Bruckman wrote and directed some of Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello and Buster Keaton films. Alcoholism and unemployment led him to borrow Keaton's gun and shooting himself.
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Ching William
William Ching acted in DOA, In A Lonely Place, Our Miss Brooks, Science Fiction Theater, Perry Mason, and 77 Sunset Strip.
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Cordova Linda
Linda Cordova had small actong roles in Virgin Sacrifice, The Long Rope, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Have Gun Will Travel, and Hombre.
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Corrigan Douglas
Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan supposedly flew by accident to Ireland rather than San Francisco from New York in 1938, and became a national hero. Facts indicate he planned it.
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Denver Maryester
Maryester Denver acted in Born to Be Loved, The Interns, Under the Yum Yum Tree, The Fortune Cookie, The Russians are Coming, Project X and Wicked, Wicked, and TV's Ben Casey, Star Trek, The Wild Wild West, Bewitched and Columbo.
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Dunn Stanley
Stanley Dunn was an actor in the early years, appearing in The Song and the Sergeant (1918), Lady Godiva (1911) and Fathers of Men (1916), among others. He became a a property manager for Columbia Pictures until his retirement.
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Fender Leo
Leo Fender taught himself electronics repair and developed the Telecaster and Stratocaster guitars. Supposedly he never learned to play them.
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Hall Francis
Francis Hall started a radio and electronics store nearby, and started selling guitars and amps after WWII. His company became Rickenbacker Guitar after buying out stock from Adolph Rickenbacker.
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Hart CJ Pappy
Pappy Hart helped start the commercial drag-racing business, at what is now John Wayne airport in Santa Ana, CA. He ran away from home to join a circus at 13, was arrested at 18 for a moonshine operation, and later married Margaret Riley, later known as Peggy, who was also a drag-racer.. His son said he routinely drove his motor home at 90 MPH. At a panel at the NHRA museum, the moderator suggested that Hart must have been ''the brightest guy in the world to start the first drag strip.''Mr. Hart replied: ''That's right. I'm smart.''Moderator: ''If you're so smart, why aren't you driving a Rolls?''''Because I'm a Ford man.''
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Irving Margaret
Margaret Irving acted in silent movies, then The Marx Bros Animal Crackers, Charlie Chan at the Opera, The Outcasts of Poker Flat, and 96 episodes of The People's Choice on TV.
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Lyden Pierce
Pierce Lyden acted in nearly 200 roles, mostly westerns, in which he was credited as some variation of "henchman". Fans voted him "Villain of the Year" in 1944. He received a "Golden Boot" award, a " Pierce Lyden Day" in Orange CA, a star on the Palm Springs Walk of Fame, and a "Buffalo Bill Award" from his home state of Nebraska.
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Martin Glenn
Glenn L Martin was a pioneer of aviation.
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Martin Glenn
Martin started out selling home-made kites for a quarter. In 1912, he flew a home-built seaplane from Newport Beach to Catalina Island and back. His B-26 Marauder bomber flew in WWII.
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Morrison Pam
Pamela Susan Coulson had a common-law marriage to The Doors singer Jim Morrison. Jim died in 1971 at age 27. Pam died 3 years later from heroin, also aged 27. Red-tape prevented her burial with Jim in Paris. She grew up locally, here.
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Mortensen Myrdith
Myrdith Monaghan was photographer William Mortensen's second wife, and his frequent photographic subject.
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