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- Extremely prolific and ubiquitous British background player Victor James Harrington was born on August 27, 1909 in Casal Paola, Malta. Harrington first began appearing in movies in uncredited minor roles in the mid-1930's. One of the most busy and tireless of British bit players, Victor could be frequently spotted in countless films and TV shows as a patron in a pub, nightclub, casino, or restaurant, a party guest, a military officer, a spectator at a sporting event, or an audience member at a play or concert. His daughter Victoria Harrington was also an actress. Harrington died at age 70 on July 23, 1980 in Brighton, East Essex, England.
- Composer
- Actor
- Music Department
Born in Lawrence, Kansas as Daniel Edwin Carey. Grew up in Paola, Kansas. Has two brothers. Danny received a scholarship in High School to go to the Conservatory of Music in Kansas City. Went to the University of Missouri-Kansas City. His first concert was Lynyrd Skynyrd. He played as a studio drummer early on with Carole King. He is now living full time in Los Angeles.- Born Lafayette Russell on May 31, 1905, "Reb" Russell grew up in Coffeyville, Kansas. A superb athlete all through his school years, he was a star running back on the University of Nebraska football team, and gained even more fame when he switched to Illinois' Northwestern University, where he played fullback and was named an All-American in 1930.
It was inevitable that a big, good-looking, famous football star would be courted by Hollywood, and Russell was eventually given small parts in a few films at Fox Pictures, but nothing really came of them. However, he did sign a contract with independent producer Willis Kent to star in a series of low-budget westerns. He made nine of them, with titles like The Man from Hell (1934), Lightning Triggers (1935) and Blazing Guns (1935), for Kent during 1934 and 1935, and "low-budget" is perhaps a charitable description of them. For all his athletic prowess, riding ability and good looks, Russell just wasn't much of an actor, but even if he had been he wouldn't have been able to overcome the threadbare production values, lame and trite scripts and overall shoddiness of the films themselves. They were distributed through the states-rights syndication system, which meant that basically not a whole lot of people saw them, and Russell never really made an impression on either fans or Hollywood itself. By 1935 he and Kent had parted ways. He left Hollywood and toured with several traveling circuses during the rest of the 1930s. In the 1940s he returned to Coffeyville, married and raised a family. He bought several ranches, becoming somewhat of an expert on livestock breeding. He died in Coffeyville of a heart attack in 1978. - Director
- Editor
Stephen R. Johnson was born on 12 July 1952 in Paola, Kansas, USA. He was a director and editor, known for Peter Gabriel: Steam (1992), Peter Gabriel: Sledgehammer (1986) and Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986). He died on 26 January 2015 in Fort Scott, Kansas, USA.- Justin Anselmi was born on 18 September 1984 in Paola, Kansas, USA. He is an actor, known for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018), Frolf: The Movie (2009) and Down Boy.
- Corny Anderson was born on 14 January 1897 in Paola, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Dark Manhattan (1937) and Round-Up Time in Texas (1937). He was married to Luella Harrison. He died on 18 March 1966 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Peggy Howard was born on 14 July 1903 in Paola, Kansas, USA. She was an actress, known for Let My People Live (1939). She died on 6 March 1999 in California, USA.
- Wilson Reynolds was born on 24 April 1869 in Paola, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Young America (1918), The Inevitable (1917) and Janice Meredith (1924). He was married to Minnie Robinson, Nellie Mark (actress) and Hester Underwood. He died on 12 April 1938 in Ossining, New York, USA.
- Clyde Westover was born on 19 March 1877 in Paola, Kansas, USA. He was a writer, known for The Man from Downing Street (1922), The Tong Man (1919) and According to Hoyle (1922). He was married to Blanche Beatrice Goggin and Sophie H. Servin. He died on 6 August 1951 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Frank Wattelet was born on 25 October 1958 in Paola, Kansas, USA.
- Born and raised in rural Kansas, this tall, classically good looking leading man attended several colleges in the Midwest before moving to Los Angeles. Auditions and extra work were moving forward when he developed type 1 diabetes. Moving back to the Midwest for work and insurance, Charlie worked for a short time doing corporate videos and independent films.
The last few years spent raising a family, Charlie has recently started to pursue more leading roles. - Actor
- Producer
Born in Paola, Bonello comes from a Police oriented family. He studied at the Floriana Primary School and later at St. Augustine's College in Pieta'. Afterwards, he successfully completed and attained a Teachers' Diploma in Typewriting (Joint Examinations Board, London, UK), Diploma in Social Studies (MAS & University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, Italy) and Diploma in Clinical Counselling (Institute of Counselling, Glasgow, Scotland).
He also attended an intensive course in Creative Writing run by the University of Malta, as well as radio, television and film production and technique courses organized by private companies, and Journalism courses held by the Tumas Fenech Foundation for the Education of Journalists in aspects of Gender Issues, Financial Journalism, Science & Technology, and Newsroom Management respectively.
He started his career in Broadcasting and Journalism in 1992. His first assignment was that with 'Mas Radio' as Producer and Presenter for various 'live' talk shows. He was actually the first Journalist to present talk show programmes on this radio station. Immediately after he was employed by Independence Print as a journalist in the Newsroom. Some two years after promoted to the Features Department where his journalism stories became more independent oriented, and investigative. During this post, Bonello served as Reporter on assignments in Cyprus and Switzerland respectively. Within this post, he introduced in Maltese Journalism, annual features series dealing with specific subjects of general interest. Amongst these, series such as 'X Files', 'News Hit' and The Case (1998), with which he was nominated, Finalist in the BPC Award to Journalists, 1997 edition. He was also the first Maltese journalist to introduce an e-mail address as a means of correspondence with the readers.
The year after he dealt mainly with hard investigative stories, as well as the series 'Time Bomb' and '191', the later dealing with Police work and services. Once again he was nominated as Finalist in the BPC Award to Journalists. In 1997 he also produced and presented a 'live' radio series for Radio Malta with PBS Ltd. A year after he was engaged within the same company, this time as Executive Producer for the investigative television series, 'The Case', dealing with unsolved crimes in Malta. This television production was a hit in all aspects. Within six weeks, it had a massive audience of 149,000 televiewers (from a population of 360,000 people in Malta). Three series of 13 programmes each were produced and within, the Police had received no less than 1,000 reports of information dealing with past unsolved cases, and also present ones. In the same year that Bonello was Finalist in the BPC Award to Journalists for the Print Medium category, he was also Finalist, and eventually Winner of the BPC Award to Journalists, Television category. Later, during the same year, he won the Malta Broadcasting Authority Award for the Best Investigative Television Journalism Series. The year after Bonello won for the second consecutive time, the BPC Award to Journalists, Television category and since last year (2001) was Finalist in the BPC Award to Journalists, Broadcasting Category after producing a well researched radio series called 'Unique' on the Malta University Radio.
His journalistic career continued to develop when in November 2000 he began writing and reporting for the Sunday Maltese newspaper, 'The Moment' and at the same time producing series 2 and series 3 of the already mentioned radio production. He was also called on by 'The Nation' daily newspaper Editor and the Head of 'Net Television' to script-write, devise and produce two big commercials for 'The Nation' and 'The Moment' newspapers respectively, to be screened on television. By the turn of the new millennium, Bonello faced another journalistic challenge when he wrote and published his first book with PIN Publications, named after the investigative television series, 'The Case'. This book, the first of two volumes, covers investigative stories dealt with in the television series, as well as research and statistics based on information gathered from the public throughout each and every programme. Today this publication is being used by Police recruits, 'Constables' and 'Officer Cadets' as a unique Guide to Crime in Malta, within the Police Academy courses of studies.
In 2001 Bonello was assigned with VOM Radio International, a radio station that transmits from Malta to well over 60 countries including the United States, Canada and Australia. As Executive Producer he produced two radio series in English, one called 'Internet' and the other, 'Films in Malta', which was found to be very interesting, especially amongst thousands of Maltese emigrants around the world. Another interesting professional assignment for Tonio Bonello came mid-last year (2001) when he was appointed Production Consultant for a private-owned Maltese Television Company, Q-Productions Entertainment Ltd, where he's still giving his services. Later, he was also chosen to act as Public Relations and Media Manager for the Malta Song for Europe 2002 edition. During his entire career, Bonello worked for leading media organisations in Malta, namely:- Radio Malta, MAS Radio, University Radio, VOM Radio International, The Nation, The Moment, The Police Magazine, PIN Publications, Television Malta, Net Television and Q-Productions Television Ltd., respectively. He was interviewed several times by various media about his extensive works and career, and he personally interviewed hundreds of distinguished personalities from practically every nation around the world. Currently, he just finished writing a screenplay based in New York, USA, intended for the international market, and intends to publish more books dealing with social, human and investigative aspects, some of them already written.
His last success came recently when Tonio Bonello was selected as Finalist, both in the Print Category and in the Broadcast Category for the 12th Edition of the BPC Award to Journalists. This is the seventh consecutive year for Bonello to be selected for these prestigious awards. He also won two of these Awards, as well as one award from the Malta Broadcasting Authority for the Best Investigative Television Production. Tonio Bonello is active Member of The Malta Press Club, as well as Member of the British Screenwriting Institute.- Lynn Dickey was born on 19 October 1949 in Paola, Kansas, USA.