What occupation did W. S. Van Dyke and Ray Enright have in common?
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W. S. Van Dyke Woodbridge Strong Van Dyke II (March 21, 1889 – February 5, 1943) was an American film director and writer who made several successful early sound films, including "Tarzan the Ape Man" in 1932, "The Thin Man" in 1934, "San Francisco" in 1936, and six popular musicals with Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald. He received two Academy Award nominations for Best Director for "The Thin Man" and "San Francisco", and directed four actors to Oscar nominations: William Powell, Spencer Tracy, Norma Shearer, and Robert Morley. Known as a reliable craftsman who made his films on schedule and under budget, he earned the name "One Take Woody" for his quick and efficient style of filming.
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Ray Enright Ray Enright (March 25, 1896 – April 3, 1965) was an American film director. He directed 73 films between 1927--53, many of them for Warner Bros. He oversaw comedy films like Joe E. Brown vehicles, and five of the six informal pairings of Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell. Enright was born in Anderson, Indiana, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack.
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Walter Van Dyke Walter Van Dyke (October 8, 1823 – December 25, 1905) was a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge and a justice of the California Supreme Court in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Half-A-Dollar-Bill Half-A-Dollar-Bill is a surviving 1924 silent film drama directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Anna Q. Nilsson. It was produced by an independent company and released through Metro Pictures.
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Richard A. Whiting Richard Armstrong Whiting (November 12, 1891 – February 19, 1938) was an American composer of popular songs, including the standards "Hooray for Hollywood", "Ain't We Got Fun?" and "On the Good Ship Lollipop". He also wrote lyrics occasionally, and film scores most notably for the standard "She's Funny That Way".
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Bill &quot;Hoss&quot; Allen Bill Allen (aka "Hossman" or "Hoss"; born William Trousdale Allen III, December 3, 1922 – February 25, 1997) was an American radio disc jockey who attained fame from the 1950s through the 1990s for playing rhythm and blues and black gospel music on Nashville radio station WLAC.
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William Courtright William Courtright (March 10, 1848 – March 6, 1933) was an American film actor.
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Raymond S. Springer Raymond Smiley Springer (April 26, 1882 – August 28, 1947) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.
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Carl Van Dyke Carl Chester Van Dyke (February 18, 1881 – May 20, 1919) was an American soldier, lawyer and politician from Minnesota.
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Ray Goulding Raymond Walter "Ray" Goulding (March 20, 1922 – March 24, 1990) was an American comedian, who, together with Bob Elliott formed the comedy duo of Bob and Ray.
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William Benner Enright William Benner Enright (born July 12, 1925) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
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Ray Walston Herman Raymond Walston (November 2, 1914 – January 1, 2001) was an American actor and comedian, best known as the title character on "My Favorite Martian". His major film, television, and stage roles included Luther Billis ("South Pacific"), Mr. Applegate ("Damn Yankees"), J. J. Singleton ("The Sting"), Mr. Hand ("Fast Times at Ridgemont High"), Candy ("Of Mice and Men"), and Judge Henry Bone ("Picket Fences").
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Ray Baker (record producer) Ray Baker is a Nashville record producer. His first hit record produced was "I Just Started Hatin' Cheating Songs Today" by Moe Bandy in 1974. He also produced "It Was Always so Easy to Find an Unhappy Woman" and "It's a Cheatin' Situation", both by Moe Bandy. He also produced all of Connie Smith's albums under Columbia and Monument Records, starting with "That's the Way Love Goes" in 1974.
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Alex Dyke Alex Dyke (born 19 February 1962) is an English Sony Radio Academy Award-winning broadcaster, radio presenter, and disc jockey on BBC Radio Solent.
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Maurice Enright Maurice "Mossy" or "Mossie" Enright (d. February 2, 1920) was an Irish-American gangster and one of the earliest Chicago labor racketeers in the early 20th century.
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Ray Ellington Henry Pitts Brown (17 March 1916 – 27 February 1985), known professionally as Ray Ellington, was a popular English singer, drummer and bandleader. He is best known for his appearances on "The Goon Show" from 1951 to 1960. The Ray Ellington Quartet had a regular musical segment on the show, and Ellington also had a small speaking role in many episodes, often as a parodic African, Native American or Arab chieftain (but also often, with no attempt to change his normal accent, as a female secretary or a Scotsman).
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Carson Parks Clarence Carson Parks II (26 April 1936 – 22 June 2005), often known as C. Carson Parks, was an American songwriter, music publisher, musician and singer, best known for writing the hit song "Somethin' Stupid". His younger brother is the composer Van Dyke Parks.
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Bob Enevoldsen Robert Martin "Bob" Enevoldsen (11 September 1920 Montana – 19 November 2005 Woodland Hills, California) was a West Coast jazz tenor saxophonist and valve trombonist born in Billings, Montana, known for his work with Marty Paich. He also did sessions with Art Pepper and Shorty Rogers, and later extensively played with Shelly Manne. Enevoldsen did most of the arranging for Steve Allen's Westinghouse show in the early 60's. During the 1970s he performed with Gerry Mulligan.
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Archie Dykes Archie Reece Dykes (born January 20, 1931) is an American academic. He served as the chancellor of the University of Kansas from 1973 to 1981. From 1967 to 1971, he was chancellor of the University of Tennessee at Martin. Dykes is an alumnus of East Tennessee State University and University of Tennessee at Knoxville and holds bachelor's, master's, and doctorate degrees in education.
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Van Dyke (mango) The 'Van Dyke' mango is a named commercial mango cultivar that originated in south Florida.
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Vonda Kay Van Dyke Vonda Kay Van Dyke (born May 19, 1943) was crowned the 1965 Miss America on September 13, 1964. Earlier in the year, she had taken a break as a 21-year-old junior at Arizona State University to become Miss Arizona. She is unique among pageant winners in that she was and still is the only Miss America who was also Miss Congeniality.
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Roy Rene Roy Rene (15 February 189122 November 1954), born Harry van der Sluys, was an Australian comedian and vaudevillian. As the bawdy character Mo McCackie, Rene was one of the most well-known and successful Australian comedians of the 20th century.