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Nucky Thompson Nolan Lyons (1884) Marc Pickering (1897) Enoch Malachi Nucky Thompson, played by Steve Buscemi, is the protagonist of the series Boardwalk Empire. He is very loosely based on the real New Jersey politician Enoch L. Johnson (1883-1968), who was in control of Atlantic City for two decades, between 1911 and 1931.
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Dagwood Bumstead Dagwood Bumstead. Dagwood Bumstead is a main character in cartoonist Chic Young's long-running comic strip Blondie. He first appeared sometime prior to 17 February 1933. He was originally heir to the Bumstead Locomotive fortune but was disowned when he married a flapper (originally known as Blondie Boopadoop) whom his family saw as below his class.
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Movie Credits The Carpetbaggers is a 1964 American film starring George Peppard as a character based largely on Howard Hughes and Alan Ladd as a former western gunslinger turned actor with the pseudonym Nevada Smith, played the following year in a prequel starring Steve McQueen in the part.
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Steve Dalkowski Screenwriter and film director Ron Shelton played in the Baltimore Orioles minor league organization soon after Dalkowski. His 1988 film Bull Durham features a character named Nuke LaLoosh (played by Tim Robbins) who is based loosely on the tales Shelton was told about Dalkowski.
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Boardwalk Empire Postmortem: So, What Kind of Gangster Is Nucky Now? [WARNING: The following story reveals major details about the Season 3 finale of Boardwalk Empire. Read at your own risk.] You can't be half a gangster.. Jimmy Darmody's haunting words to Nucky Thompson have loomed large this season on Boardwalk Empire.
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Boardwalk Empire (2010-2014) Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch Nucky Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.
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- 1 This is the first appearance of Guppy, played by Noah Munck's real life younger brother, Ethan. 2  Nora is similar to (or an amalgamation of) many thriller movie villains:  Annie Wilkes from Misery: she is obsessive and holds her favorite people hostage against their will.
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Jimmy Darmody Family. 1  Louis Kaestner: Father (deceased) 2  Gillian Darmody: Mother, lover. 3  Angela Darmody: Wife (deceased) 4  Tommy Darmody : Son, Avenger. 5  Nucky Thompson: Rival, father figure, former mentor and former employer, murderer (deceased) 6  Pearl: Lover (deceased)
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Snake Plissken Snake Plissken. S.D. Bob Snake Plissken is the main protagonist of the films Escape from New York and Escape from L.A.. He is portrayed by Kurt Russell, and created by director John Carpenter and screenwriter Nick Castle. An anti-hero, he is a former Special Forces operator/war hero in World War III turned criminal.
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- The Trope Namer. Willy Wonka from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. Wonka is the most famous candymaker in the world, his imaginative sweets such Serious Business that he was forced to become a Reclusive Artist due to corporate espionage.
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- It's allowing us to finally understand why money is so important to Nucky, why his habits as a father and husband were terrible, where his sense of ethics originated, and how he learned to be so vicious in order to get what he wants.
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Night at the Museum 1 Ben Stiller as Larry Daley, a man who becomes a security guard for the night shift at the American Museum of Natural History. 2  Robin Williams as Theodore Roosevelt, a wax model of the 26th President of the United States who befriends Larry. 3  Carla Gugino as Rebecca Hutman, a museum docent who is interested in Sacagawea.
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Number the Stars Though events of Number the Stars are based in actual historical fact, the specific story is Lowry's own mixture of fiction, oral histories, and research. The novel takes place in Denmark in 1943, three years after the Germans invaded Denmark.
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Blondie  (comic strip) Cast of characters. 1  Blondie Bumstead (née Boopadoop): The eponymous leading lady of the comic strip. 2  Dagwood Bumstead: Blondie's husband. 3  Alexander Bumstead: the elder child of Blondie and Dagwood who is in his late teens, formerly referred to by his pet name Baby Dumpling.
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- 1 Moose and Zee, Noggin's former hosts, were introduced on this same day. 2  Josh Selig, the creator of Oobi, was inspired to create the show after watching puppeteers in Poland perform with their bare hands.  According to a 2007 article published by Kidscreen, Oobi was pitched to Noggin under the title Pipo.
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Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries The series is based on author Kerry Greenwood 's novels and was created by Deb Cox and Fiona Eagger. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries revolves around the personal and professional life of Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis), a glamorous private detective in 1920s Melbourne.
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Kristy Thomas Kristy Thomas. Kristin Kristy Amanda Thomas is a main character in The Baby Sitters Club books by Ann M. Martin. Kristy made her first appearance in Book #1, Kristy's Great Idea. Kristy is the creator and president of The Baby Sitters Club.
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- Oliver Harmon Spearchucker Jones. Oliver Harmon Spearchucker Jones was a surgeon who appears in the MASH novel by Richard Hooker, the MASH movie and also in the M*A*S*H television series. He was portrayed by Fred Williamson in the movie and by Timothy Brown , who also played the part of corpsman Corporal Judson in the film.
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- Richard Kind voices Bing Bong, Riley's imaginary friend in 'Inside Out,' who is a cat/elephant/dolphin hybrid made of cotton candy.
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Nucky Thompson Enoch Malachi Nucky Thompson is a fictional character and the protagonist of the HBO TV series Boardwalk Empire, portrayed by Steve Buscemi. Nucky is loosely based on former Atlantic City, New Jersey political figure Enoch Lewis Nucky Johnson. Nucky is employed as treasurer of Atlantic County, but in effect controls the region as a political boss. He is a corrupt and powerful politician who leads a double life as a gangster, and continuously struggles to meet his interests on both fronts. Ch
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- 1 Ducky is the first ever main character of the NCIS team to have been been featured in a Foof when it was introduced in the Season 2 episode, Lt. Jane Doe (episode) . 2  David McCallum is best known by many fans for his work in the 1960s series, The Man from UNCLE.
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is a 1968 British musical film loosely based on Ian Fleming's novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car. The film's script is by Roald Dahl and Ken Hughes and its songs by the Sherman Brothers. It stars Dick Van Dyke as Caractacus Potts and Sally Ann Howes as Truly Scrumptious.
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10 Wild Facts AboutJumanji Perhaps Dunst won the role because of her deep understanding of the character? In 1995, she did tell the Chicago Tribune that, Judy's like a normal little girl, but she can't deal with the fact that her mom and dad are dead. She deals with it through her lies. 2. THE CONCEPT FOR JUMANJI WAS BASED ON A 1981 PICTURE BOOK BY CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG.
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Atlantic City Conference The organizing host of the conference was Atlantic City and South Jersey crime boss, Enoch Nucky Johnson, who provided the hotel accommodations, food and entertainment for all, while making a guarantee of no police interference.
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Hunter S. Thompson The 1998 film adaptation of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was directed by Monty Python veteran Terry Gilliam, and starred Johnny Depp (who moved into Thompson's basement to study Thompson's persona before assuming his role in the film) as Raoul Duke and Benicio del Toro as Dr. Gonzo.