![Jean Cocteau](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Jean-Cocteau_main-170x120.jpg)
Jean Cocteau, the French poet, novelist, artist and filmmaker, was born on the 5th of July, 1889, in Maisons-Laffitte near Paris. Born into a […]
![Lon Chaney](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Lon-Chaney-170x120.jpg)
Born Leonidas Frank Chaney on the 1st of April 1883, Lon Chaney is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of the silent […]
![Lon Chaney Jr](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Lon-Chaney-Jr_main-170x120.jpg)
by Jamie Jones Lon Chaney Jr was born Creighton Tull Chaney on the 10th of February, 1906 in Oklahoma City. It’s a scene that […]
![Lou Costello](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Lou-Costello-MAIN-170x120.jpg)
Louis Francis Cristillo was born in Paterson, New Jersey on the 6th of March, 1906. Though a gifted athlete, he was determined to become […]
![Mae Clarke](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Mae-Clarke_main-170x120.jpg)
American actress Mae Clarke was born Violet Mary Klotz in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the 16th of August, 1910. Studying dancing as a child, she […]
![Merian C Cooper](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Merian-C-Cooper_main-2-170x120.jpg)
Born in Jacksonville, Florida on the 24th of October, 1893, Merian Caldwell Cooper decided at an early age that he wanted to be an […]
![Michael Carreras](https://www.classic-monsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Michael-Carreras_main-170x120.jpg)
Michael Henry Carreras, known for his involvement in so many Hammer classics as producer, director or screenwriter, was born on the 21st of December, […]