Which actor was a speechwriter for U.S. president Gerald Ford and starred in the film; Me and the Kid?
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Me and the Kid Me and the Kid is a 1993 comedy-drama film directed by Dan Curtis. It stars Danny Aiello, Alex Zuckerman, Joe Pantoliano, Cathy Moriarty, David Dukes, Anita Morris, Ben Stein, Demond Wilson and Abe Vigoda.
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Ben Stein Benjamin Jeremy "Ben" Stein (born November 25, 1944) is an American writer, lawyer, actor, and commentator on political and economic issues. A graduate of Columbia University, Stein began his career in law, graduating as valedictorian from Yale Law School. He attained early success as a speechwriter for U.S. presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Later, he entered the entertainment field and became an actor, comedian, and Emmy Award-winning game show host. He is most well-known on screen as the economics teacher in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986) and as Dr. Arthur Neuman in "The Mask" (1994) and "Son of the Mask" (2005). Stein is also a filmmaker. He co-wrote and starred in the 2008 documentary "", which portrays intelligent design creationism as a scientifically valid alternative to Darwinian evolution and alleges the existence of a cover-up by the scientific community against the evidence for creation.
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Humphrey Bogart Humphrey DeForest Bogart ( ; December 25, 1899January 14, 1957) was an American screen and stage actor whose performances in 1940s films noir such as "The Maltese Falcon", "Casablanca", and "The Big Sleep" earned him status as a cultural icon.
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Patrick Schwarzenegger Patrick Arnold Shriver Schwarzenegger (born September 18, 1993) is an American actor and model. He is the elder son of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver. A member of the Kennedy family, Schwarzenegger is also a great-nephew of John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, as well as the late United States Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy.
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Ross Elliott Ross Elliott (June 18, 1917 – August 12, 1999) was an American television and film character actor. He began his acting career in the Mercury Theatre, where he performed in "The War of the Worlds", Orson Welles' famed radio program.
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Betty Ford Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Ford (née Bloomer; April 8, 1918 – July 8, 2011) was First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977, as the wife of the 38th President of the United States, Gerald Ford. As First Lady, she was active in social policy and created precedents as a politically active presidential wife.
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John Gardner Ford John "Jack" Gardner Ford (born March 16, 1952) is the second child and second son of U.S. President Gerald Ford and Betty Ford. Married to Juliann Felando Ford on April 29, 1989 and they have two sons, Christian Gerald Ford (born October 14, 1997), and Jonathan August Ford (born November 29, 1999). He is a 1970 graduate of T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia. He attended Utah State University, studying Forestry.
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Stand Up and Cheer! Stand Up and Cheer! is a 1934 American Pre-Code musical film directed by Hamilton MacFadden. The screenplay by Lew Brown and Ralph Spence was based upon a story idea by Will Rogers and Philip Klein. The film is about efforts undertaken during the Great Depression to boost the morale of the country. It is essentially a vehicle for a string of vaudeville acts and a few musical numbers. This film is best known for providing the first big breakthrough role for legendary child actress Shirley Temple. A little known bit player prior to this movie, by the end of the year, she would appear in 10 movies, including 4 starring roles in major feature-length films.
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Gerald (film) Gerald is a 2010 American comedy-drama film written, produced and edited by Tim Gallagher, directed by Marc Clebanoff (director of "Break"), and stars Louis Mandylor and Mackenzie Firgens with Deborah Theaker and Mickey Rooney. The main character, Gerald, was inspired by "Forrest Gump", Seymour Krelborn of "Little Shop of Horrors" and Mr. Gallagher's personal experience with mentally challenged individuals.
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Me and Will Me and Will is a 1999 road drama film directed by Melissa Behr and Sherrie Rose. It is also written by Melissa Behr and Sherrie Rose. It stars Sherrie Rose, Melissa Behr, Patrick Dempsey, Seymour Cassel, Grace Zabriskie, M. Emmet Walsh, Billy Wirth, Johnny Whitworth, John Enos III, and Julie McCullough. It was produced by Melissa Behr, Sherrie Rose, Pierre David, Joey Forsyte, Jason Hall, Gary Kohn, and Vesco Razpopov. The music was done by the musician Shark.
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Carleton Carpenter Carleton Upham Carpenter, Jr. (born July 10, 1926), known professionally as Carleton Carpenter, is an American film, television and stage actor, magician, songwriter, and novelist.
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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover is a 1977 film directed by Larry Cohen and starring Broderick Crawford and James Wainwright. The cast includes Jose Ferrer, Michael Parks, Celeste Holm, Ronee Blakely, Tanya Roberts in a cameo role, and in final screen appearances, Jack Cassidy and Dan Dailey. Both Cassidy and Dailey met with then First Lady Betty Ford and helped director Cohen get permission to do the film's on location cinematography in Washington, D.C., in locales where the real Hoover visited or worked. The film was shown at the Kennedy Center in Washington to a mixed response from Republicans and Democrats who did not like the dark visions Cohen evoked on American politics and the portrayals of Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Richard M. Nixon: actor Howard Da Silva played Roosevelt, and "Richard M. Dixon" plays Nixon. After it was shown in Washington, the film took a limited nationwide release to theaters, and got a full release to video and television into the 1980s and 1990s.
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George A. Billings George A. Billings (November 22, 1870 - April 15, 1934) was an American actor noted for his portrayals of Abraham Lincoln in 1920s films, commencing with the 1924 film "The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln". He was hired for this film, despite a lack of prior acting experience, due to his close likeness to Lincoln.
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Coy Watson Jr. James Caughey "Coy" Watson Jr. (November 16, 1912 – March 14, 2009) was an American child actor of the silent era who appeared in more than 60 films.
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Bob Steele filmography Born Robert North Bradbury Jr. (January 23, 1907December 21, 1988), American actor Bob Steele and his twin brother Bill were the sons of film director Robert N. Bradbury. The twins began their acting career in the silent film "The Adventures of Bob and Bill", directed by their father, and continued in a series of Bradbury Sr.'s film shorts. Bill later pursued a career in medicine. Bob continued to act under his real name, until "The Mojave Kid" when he was billed as Bob Steele. During his career of more than 200 films and television shows between 1920 and 1974, he was known primarily for his work in Westerns. Steele appeared as the recurring character of Tucson Smith in several of the Three Mesquiteers serials produced by Republic Pictures. He became familiar to America's television audiences for his recurring role as Trooper Duffy in the comedy series "F Troop".
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Brian Keith Brian Keith (born Robert Alba Keith, November 14, 1921 – June 24, 1997) was an American film, television, and stage actor who in his six-decade-long career gained recognition for his work in movies such as the Disney family film "The Parent Trap" (1961), the comedy "The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming" (1966), and the adventure saga "The Wind and the Lion" (1975), in which he portrayed President Theodore Roosevelt.
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Buck Barry Buck Joseph Barry, born Chester Burry (February 12, 1917 in Saint Joseph, Missouri – December 4, 1997 in El Paso) was an American actor and radio and television personality.
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Dorothy Ayer Gardner Ford Dorothy Ayer Gardner King Ford (February 27, 1892 – September 17, 1967) was the mother of U.S. President Gerald Ford.
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John Ford filmography John Ford (1894–1973) was an American film director whose career spanned from 1913 to 1971. During this time he directed more than 140 films. Born in Maine, Ford enter the filmmaking industry shortly after graduating from high school with the help of his older brother, Francis Ford, who had established himself as a leading man and director for Universal Studios. After working as an actor, assistant director, stuntman, and prop man – often for his brother – Universal gave Ford the opportunity to direct in 1917. Initially working in short films, he quickly moved into features, largely with Harry Carey as his star. In 1920 Ford left Universal and began working for the Fox Film Corporation. During the next ten years he directed more than 30 films, including the westerns "The Iron Horse" (1924) and "3 Bad Men" (1926), both starring George O'Brien, the war drama "Four Sons" and the Irish romantic drama "Hangman's House" (both 1928 and both starring Victor McLaglen). In the same year of these last two films, Ford directed his first all-talking film, the short "Napoleon's Barber". The following year he directed his first all-talking feature, "The Black Watch".
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Leslie Lynch King Sr. Leslie Lynch King Sr. (July 25, 1884 – February 18, 1941) was the biological father of U.S. President Gerald Ford. Because of his alcoholism and abusive behavior, his wife, Dorothy Gardner, left him sixteen days after Ford's birth. King is believed to have seen Ford only once while he was in high school.
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Paul Ford Paul Ford (November 2, 1901 – April 12, 1976) was an American character actor who came to specialize in authority figures whose ineptitude and pompous demeanor were played for comic effect, notably as Mayor Shinn in "The Music Man" and as Colonel John T. Hall in "The Phil Silvers Show".
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Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Robert B. Sinclair and written by Melville Baker. The film stars Ann Sothern, Lewis Stone, Walter Brennan, William Gargan, Marsha Hunt and Tom Neal. The film was released on December 1, 1939, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.