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- Johnny Eck – the famous Half-Boy from Freaks
- Lon Chaney Jr
- Maria Ouspenskaya, the Russian actress who became The Wolf Man’s iconic Gypsy Woman
- Creature from the Black Lagoon (Universal 1954)
- Werewolf of London (Universal 1935)
- Brides of Dracula, The (Hammer 1960)
- Mark of the Vampire (MGM 1935)
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Patricia Betsy Hrunek was born on the 1st of November, 1926 in East Chicago, Indiana. Graduating from the Goodman School of Drama, she quickly […]
Born on the 19th of June, 1920, David Peel studied at RADA before launching his career as a stage actor. A range of Shakespearean […]
English actor, bodybuilder and weightlifter David Prowse MBE was born on the 1st of July 1935 in Bristol, England. Although probably most famous for […]
Donald Henry Pleasence was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire on the 5th of October, 1919. His acting career began with a placement at the Jersey […]
Irving Pichel was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on the 24th of June, 1891 into a Jewish family and attended the city’s Central High School, […]
Monster make-up maestro Jack P Pierce was born Janus Piccoula, on the 5th of May, 1889, in Valdetsyou, Greece. Immigrating to the United States […]
Mary Philbin, the classic silent actress who starred opposite Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera (1925) and Conrad Veidt in The Man […]
