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1.
Will Smith
Actor, Men in Black
Will Smith was the second of four children of Caroline (school board employee) and Willard C Smith Sr. (owner of a refrigeration company). Smith is of both African American and Native American heritage. He grew up in a middle class area in West Philadelphia called Wynnefield. Will attended the Overbrook High School located in the Overbrook section of Philadelphia...
“ Father of Jaden Smith ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Son of Will Smith ” - Vineyards
 
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Martin Sheen
Multiple Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Martin Sheen is one of America's most celebrated, colorful, and accomplished actors. Moving flawlessly between artistic mediums, Sheen's acting range is breathtaking. On the big screen, the Ohio native has appeared in more than 65 feature films including a star turn as Army Captain Benjamin L...
“ Father of Charlie and Emilio ” - Vineyards
 
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Charlie Sheen
Actor, Wall Street
Charlie Sheen was born Carlos Irwin Estévez on September 3, 1965, in New York City. His father, Martin Sheen, at the time was an actor just breaking into the business with performances on Broadway. His mother, Janet Sheen, was a former New York art student who had met Charlie's father right after he had moved to Manhattan...
“ Son of Martin Sheen ” - Vineyards
 
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Emilio Estevez
The eldest son of Martin Sheen and Janet Sheen, Emilio Estevez was born on May 12, 1962, in New York City. He lived on Manhattan's Upper West Side until his family relocated to Malibu in 1968. Before graduating from Santa Monica High School in 1980, Estevez had already had a small role as a messenger boy in Apocalypse Now, that was ultimately cut from the film...
“ Son of Martin Sheen ” - Vineyards
 
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Walter Huston
Walter Huston, who was born Toronto, Ontario, established himself as one of the great actors of the English-speaking stage and cinema. He established himself as a well-respected and much-sought-after character lead beginning with the early talkies and continuing through the 1930s & '40s. Huston originally studied engineering before seeking a life in the theater...
“ Father of John Huston ” - Vineyards
 
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John Huston
Director, The Maltese Falcon
An eccentric rebel of epic proportions, this Hollywood titan reigned supreme as director, screenwriter and character actor in a career that endured over five decades. The ten-time Oscar-nominated legend was born John Marcellus Huston of Scottish and Irish heritage in Nevada, Missouri, on August 5, 1906...
“ Father of Danny Huston ” - Vineyards
 
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Kirk Douglas
Actor, Spartacus
Cleft-chinned, steely-eyed and virile star of international cinema who rose from being "the ragman's son" (the name give to his best-selling 1988 autobiography) of Russian-Jewish ancestry to become a bona fide superstar, Kirk Douglas, also known as Issur Danielovitch Demsky, was born in Amsterdam, New York...
“ Father of Michael Douglas ” - Vineyards
 
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Michael Douglas
Actor, The Game
Michael Douglas is one of the few actors who actually appears to be a walking paradox. A household name, an estimated worth of over $200 million, a father (Kirk Douglas) who was one of the world's biggest film stars in the 1940s, and a wife whose father is younger than he is, Douglas has indeed gained fame and acclaim...
“ Son of Kirk Douglas ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Father of Josh Brolin ” - Vineyards
 
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Josh Brolin
Actor, W.
Rugged features and a natural charm have worked for Josh Brolin, the son of actor James Brolin. He has recently seen a massive surge in his career, finding well-known roles such as a policeman, a hunter, and the President of the United States. Born February 12, 1968, Brolin was initially against the lifestyle of the entertainment business...
“ Son of James Brolin ” - Vineyards
 
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John Carradine
John Carradine, the son of a reporter/artist and a surgeon, grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York. He attended Christ Church School and Graphic Art School, studying sculpture, and afterward roamed the South selling sketches. He made his acting debut in "Camille" in a New Orleans theatre in 1925. Arriving in Los Angeles in 1927...
“ Father of David, Keith and Robert ” - Vineyards
 
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David Carradine
David Carradine was the eldest son of legendary character actorJohn Carradine and he presided over an acting family that included brothers Keith Carradine, and Robert Carradine as well as his daughters Calista CarradineKansas Carradine and niecesEver Carradine and Martha Plimpton. He was born in Hollywood and educated at San Francisco State College...
“ Son of John Carradine ” - Vineyards
 
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Keith Carradine
Actor, The Duellists
It seems the second generation of acting Carradines -- David, Keith and Robert -- are proudly continuing the family tradition and begetting a third generation of talent. The dynasty began with veteran Hollywood patriarch John Carradine, the son of a surgeon and a correspondent for the Associated Press. Keith was a product of John's second marriage to actress Sonia Sorel...
“ Son of John Carradine ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Son of John Carradine ” - Vineyards
 
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James Caan
Actor, The Godfather
A masculine and enigmatic actor whose life and movie career have had more ups and downs than the average rollercoaster and whose selection of roles has arguably derailed him from achieving true superstar status, James Caan is New York born and bred (the son of a butcher). The athletically gifted Caan played football at Michigan State University while studying economics...
“ Father of Scott Caan ” - Vineyards
 
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Scott Caan
Muscular, swaggering and tough, Scott Caan gives every indication of becoming a "man's-man" like his father, legendary actor James Caan. While it is obvious that he admires tough method actors like Marlon Brando and Sean Penn, Scott also has a strong egalitarian streak, evidenced by his reasoning for baring his body in films...
“ Son of James Caan ” - Vineyards
 
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Tom Hanks
Born in California, Tom Hanks grew up in what he calls a "fractured" family. His parents were pioneers in the development of marriage dissolution law in that state, and Tom moved around a lot, living with a succession of step-families. No problems, no abuse, no alcoholism - just a confused childhood...
“ Father of Colin Hanks ” - Vineyards
 
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Colin Hanks
Actor, King Kong
Colin Lewes Hanks is an American actor who is best-known for his work as "Jack Bailey" in the series, The Good Guys and as "Alex Whitman" in Roswell. Hanks' best-known film role may be in the teen movie, Orange County, with Jack Black and John Lithgow. His best-known television role was "Alex Whitman"...
“ Son of Tom Hanks ” - Vineyards
 
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Henry Fonda
Born in Grand Island, Nebraska, Henry Fonda started his acting debut with the Omaha Community Playhouse, a local amateur theater troupe directed by Dorothy Brando. He moved to the Cape Cod University Players and later Broadway, New York to expand his theatrical career from 1926 to 1934. His first major roles in Broadway include "New Faces of America" and "The Farmer Takes a Wife"...
“ Father of Peter Fonda ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Son of Henry Fonda ” - Vineyards
 
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Gérard Depardieu
Actor, Life of Pi
Young delinquent and wanderer in the past, Gérard Depardieu started his acting career at the small traveling theatre "Cafe de la Gare", along with Patrick Dewaere and Miou-Miou. After minor roles in cinema, at last, he got his chance in Bertrand Blier'sGoing Places. That film established a new type of hero in the French cinema and the actor's popularity grew enormously...
“ Father of Guillaume Depardieu ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Son of Gerard Depardieu ” - Vineyards
 
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Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn was born Antonio Rudolfo Oaxaca Quinn on April 21, 1915, in Chihuahua, Mexico, to an Irish-Mexican father and a Mexican mother. After starting life in extremely modest circumstances in Mexico, his family moved to Los Angeles, California, where he grew up in the Boyle Heights and the Echo Park neighborhoods...
“ Father of Francesco Quinn ” - Vineyards
 
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Francesco Quinn
Actor, Platoon
Francesco Quinn was born into Hollywood as the son of the legendary Anthony Quinn. It has been a blessing and a curse, perhaps, to have such a famous father, but Francesco Quinn has maintained his own image on the screen in both television and movies. Born in Rome, Italy, to Anthony Quinn and Jolanda Addolori (whose career was also in the movie business)...
“ Son of Anthony Quinn ” - Vineyards
 
27.
Jim Hutton
In Jim Hutton's early career, he was romantically paired withPaula Prentiss in 4 consecutive films: Where the Boys AreThe Honeymoon MachineBachelor in Paradise and The Horizontal Lieutenant. According to Paula Prentiss in her DVD narrative toWhere the Boys Are, they were paired because they were, at the time, Hollywood's tallest contract players, he at 6' 5" and she at 5' 10".
“ Father of Timothy Hutton ” - Vineyards
 
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Timothy Hutton
Timothy Hutton set Hollywood ablaze when he burst onto the acting scene in the early 1980s. After only a small number of significant roles in TV movies, he bagged the part of Conrad in the Robert Redford-directed Ordinary People. His convincing - and touching - performance as the troubled and self-accusing teenager trying to deal with the death of his older brother...
“ Son of Jim Hutton ” - Vineyards
 
29.
Gary Busey
Actor, Lethal Weapon
A blond-haired, fair-complexioned actor with a toothy grin and capable of an unsettling glint in his eyes, Gary Busey was born in Goose Creek, Texas to a Native American father and an Irish mother and was raised in Oklahoma. He graduated from Nathan Hale High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1962 and for a while was a professional musician...
“ Father of Jake Busey ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Son of Gary Busey ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Father of Enrique Iglesias ” - Vineyards
 
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Enrique Iglesias
Soundtrack, Hot Tub Time Machine
Enrique Preysler Iglesias was born in Madrid, Spain, to Julio Iglesias and Isabel Preysler. In 1979, his parents marriage was annulled. He was eight years old when he moved to the US, and at the age of 15, secretly began writing music. He studied business administration at Miami University for a year before he dropped out to pursue a music career...
“ Son of Julio Iglesias ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Father of Miguel Ferrer ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Son of Jose Ferrer ” - Vineyards
 
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Bob Dylan
Soundtrack, Forrest Gump
Robert Allen Zimmerman was born 24 May 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota; his father Abe worked for the Standard Oil Co. Six years later the family moved to Hibbing, often the coldest place in the US, where he taught himself piano and guitar and formed several high school rock bands. In 1959 he entered the University of Minnesota and began performing as Bob Dylan at clubs in Minneapolis and St...
“ Father of Jakob Dylan ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Son of Bob Dylan ” - Vineyards
 
37.
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee remains the greatest icon of martial arts cinema, and a key figure of modern popular media. Had it not been for Bruce Lee and his movies in the early 1970s, it's arguable whether or not the martial arts film genre would have ever penetrated and influenced mainstream North American and European cinema and audiences the way it has over the past four decades...
“ Father of Brandon Lee ” - Vineyards
 
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Brandon Lee
Actor, The Crow
Born in Oakland, California, USA, Brandon Lee spent the first eight years of his life in Hong Kong. By the time he was able to walk, he was already involved in learning about martial arts from his father, martial arts expert and famed actor Bruce Lee. After Bruce Lee's untimely death, Brandon...
“ Son of Bruce Lee ” - Vineyards
 
39.
John Lennon
Soundtrack, Children of Men
John Winston (later Ono) Lennon was born on October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England. In the mid-1950s he formed his first band, The Quarrymen (after Quarry Bank High School, which he attended) who, with the addition of Paul McCartney and George Harrison, later became The Beatles. After some years of performing in Liverpool and Hamburg...
“ Father of Julian and Sean ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Son of John Lennon ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Son of John Lennon ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Father of Chris Pine ” - Vineyards
 
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Chris Pine
Actor, Star Trek
Born in Los Angeles, California, Chris Pine comes from a show business family. He is the grandson of actress Anne Gwynne andMax M. Gilford, who was President of the Hollywood Bar Association. His parents are actors Robert Pine and Gwynne Gilford. His sister, Katherine Pine, also acts. Pine attended Oakwood School in the San Fernando Valley...
“ Son of Robert Pine ” - Vineyards
 
44.
Lloyd Bridges
Actor, Airplane!
Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr. was born on January 15, 1913 in San Leandro, California. The star of many land and underwater adventures grew up in various Northern California towns. His father, who was in the hotel business, wanted him to become a lawyer, but young Lloyd's interests turned to acting while at the University of California at Los Angeles...
“ Father of Jeff and Beau ” - Vineyards
 
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Jeff Bridges
The son of well-known film and TV star Lloyd Bridges and his long-time wife Dorothy Dean Bridges, Jeffrey Leon Bridges was born on December 4, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, and grew up amid the happening Hollywood scene with big brother Beau Bridges. Both boys popped up, without billing, alongside their mother in the film The Company She Keeps...
“ Son of Lloyd Bridges ” - Vineyards
 
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Beau Bridges
Beau Bridges is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and his wife, who was his college sweetheart, Dorothy Dean Bridges. Born just two days after the attack on Pearl Harbour, he was delivered by candlelight because of a power blackout. Named Lloyd Vernet Bridges III, his parents immediately started calling him Beau after Ashley Wilkes' son in Gone with the Wind...
“ Son of Lloyd Bridges ” - Vineyards
 
47.
Carl Reiner
Carl Reiner is a legend of American comedy, having achieved great success as a comic actor, a director, producer and recording artist. He has won nine Emmy Awards, three as an actor, three as a writer and two as a producer. He also won a Grammy Award for his "10,000 Year Old Man" album, based on his comedy routine with Mel Brooks...
“ Father of Rob Reiner ” - Vineyards
 
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Rob Reiner
Robert Reiner was born to Emmy-Winning actor, comedian, writer, and producer Carl Reiner, and mother, Estelle Reiner. Robert as a child often looked up to his father as his inspiration and role-model. Carl Reiner was on The Dick Van Dike Show which Carl Reiner created and also starred in. Estelle Reiner was the inspiration for Rob Reiner to become a director...
“ Son of Carl Reiner ” - Vineyards
 
49.
George C. Scott
George C. Scott was an immensely talented actor, a star of screen, stage and television who was born in Virginia in 1927. At the age of eight his mother died and his father, an executive at Buick, raised him. In 1945 he joined the US Marines and spent four years with them, no doubt an inspiration for portraying Gen...
“ Father of Campbell Scott ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Son of George C. Scott ” - Vineyards
 
51.
Stellan Skarsgård
Stellan Skarsgård became a star in his teens through the title role in the TV-series Bombi Bitt och jag. Between the years 1972-88 he was employed at The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, where he participated in "Vita rum" (1988), August Strindberg's "Ett drömspel" (1986) and "Mäster Olof" (1988). Simultaneously Skarsgård did outstanding film roles...
“ Father of Alexander Skarsgård ” - Vineyards
 
52.
Alexander Skarsgård
Sweden may not have a large population but it has gifted the world with bounty of astonishing directors and actors. Greta GarboIngmar BergmanMax von Sydow and Ingrid Bergman are just the tip of the iceberg of Nordic actors and filmmakers who have enchanted and engaged cinemaphiles across the globe: Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård is poised to join their ranks...
“ Son of Stellan Skarsgård ” - Vineyards
 
53.
Jerry Stiller
Actor, Zoolander
As the short, hypertensive male counterpart of the stellar husband-and-wife comedy team "Stiller & Meara," Jerry Stiller and wife Anne Meara were on top of the comedy game in the 1960s, a steady and hilarious presence on TV variety, notablyThe Ed Sullivan Show (aka "The Ed Sullivan Show"), on which they appeared 36 times...
“ Father of Ben Stiller ” - Vineyards
 
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Ben Stiller
Actor, Zoolander
Ben Stiller was born on November 30, 1965, in New York, New York to legendary comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. It's not surprising that Ben Stiller has followed in his family's footsteps. Ben's parents made no real effort to keep their son away from the Hollywood lifestyle and he grew up among the stars...
“ Son of Jerry Stiller ” - Vineyards
 
55.
Donald Sutherland
The towering presence of this Canadian character actor is not often noticed, but his contributions are legendary. He has been in almost a hundred and fifty different show and films. He is also the father of renowned actor Kiefer Sutherland. Born in New Brunswick, Sutherland worked several different jobs...
“ Father of Kiefer and Rossif ” - Vineyards
 
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Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer Sutherland was born in London, England, UK to parentsDonald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas. He got his first film role in the comedy drama Max Dugan Returns. Sutherland's first major role was in the Canadian drama The Bay Boy, which earned Sutherland and director Daniel Petrie, Genie award nominations for best actor and best director...
“ Son of Donald Sutherland ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Son of Donald Sutherland ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Father of Robin Thicke ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Son of Alan Thicke ” - Vineyards
 
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Dick Van Dyke
Actor, Mary Poppins
Although he'd had small roles beforehand, Dick Van Dyke was launched to stardom in the 1960 musical "Bye-Bye Birdie", for which he won a Tony Award, and, then, later in the movie based on that play, Bye Bye Birdie. He has starred in a number of films throughout the years including Mary PoppinsChitty Chitty Bang Bang and Fitzwilly...
“ Father of Barry van Dyke ” - Vineyards
 
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Barry Van Dyke
Actor, 6 Guns
Barry Van Dyke is the second son of legendary entertainer, Dick Van Dyke. He has one older brother, Christian Van Dyke, and two younger sisters, Stacy Van Dyke and Carrie Beth van Dyke. Barry's TV debut was as "Florian", a violin-toting nine-year-old in The Talented Neighborhood episode of the classic The Dick Van Dyke Show show...
“ Son of Dick van Dyke ” - Vineyards
 
62.
Sean Connery
Thomas Sean Connery was born on August 25, 1930 in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh. His mother, Euphamia C. Maclean, was a cleaning lady, and his father, Joseph Connery, was a factory worker and truck driver. He also has a brother namedNeil Connery, who works as a plasterer in Edinburgh. Before going into acting...
“ Father of Jason Connery ” - Vineyards
 
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Jason Connery
Actor, Shanghai Noon
Jason Connery has appeared in over 30 films, television movies and series, combined, since his breakthrough role as "Robin Hood" in the UK television series Robin Hood in 1985. The son ofSean Connery and Diane Cilento, Connery grew up in London and Scotland. He attended boarding school at Somerset...
“ Son of Sean Connery ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Father of George Clooney ” - Vineyards
 
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George Clooney
George Timothy Clooney was born on May 6, 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky to Nina Bruce nee' Warren, a former beauty pageant queen, and Nick Clooney, a former anchorman and game show host (who was also the brother of singer Rosemary Clooney). Clooney spent most of this youth in Ohio and Kentucky, and graduated from Augusta High School...
“ Son of Nick Clooney ” - Vineyards
 
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Loudon Wainwright III
Actor, Knocked Up
Son of Loudon Wainwright II, longtime editor of Life Magazine, LWIII eschewed magazines in favor of folk music, which he began playing professionally in the '60s. Part of the "New Bob Dylan" scene in the late '60s, early '70s (and subject of a humorous ode to Dylan on the singer's 50th birthday). Probably best known for song "Dead Skunk"; continues to put out new albums and to tour.
“ Father of Rufus Wainwright ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Son of Loudon Wainwright III ” - Vineyards
 
68.
Prince Charles
Prince Charles was born November 14, 1948. His first military services appointment was in 1969. He currently holds the rank of captain in the Royal Navy and group captain in the Royal Air Force. His favorite food is scrambled eggs and he likes to drink whiskey. He enjoys going to Scotland, UK; Klosters...
“ Father of William and Harry ” - Vineyards
 
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Prince William Windsor
Prince William Arthur Philip Louis was born on June 21, 1982 toPrince Charles and Princess Diana, Prince and Princess of Wales. At his birth he became and is still second in line to the throne of the United Kingdom, after his father. His early life was spent living in London in Kensington Palace...
“ Son of Charles ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Son of Charles ” - Vineyards
 
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John Ritter
Actor, Sling Blade
The son of a legendary country singer/actor Tex Ritter and his wife Dorothy Fay, who was also an actress, John Ritter started out his life as Jonathan Southworth Ritter, born in Burbank, California, on September 17, 1948. After his father marriedDorothy Fay Southworth in 1941, the couple had their first child...
“ Father of Jason Ritter ” - Vineyards
 
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Jason Ritter
Co-creator of "Morning Knight, Inc." with actress/writer/directorMarianna Palka. His theater credits include Wendy Wasserstein's "Third" directed by Daniel Sullivan (Lincoln Center, NYC), Neil LaBute's "The Distance From Here" directed by David Leveaux(Almeida at King's Cross, London) and Tom Donaghy's "The Beginning of August" directed by Neil Pepe (The Atlantic Theater Company...
“ Son of John Ritter ” - Vineyards
 
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Master P
Soundtrack, Scooby-Doo
Percy Miller also known as "Master P" was born on April 29, 1970 in New Orleans, LA. Although he was raised in the poverty of Calliope Housing Projects, he was motivated and determined to reach his goals and dreams, which led him to become a successful entrepreneur. As a student-athlete at the University of Houston...
“ Father of Romeo ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Son of master P ” - Vineyards
 
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Ozzy Osbourne
Soundtrack, Iron Man
Born in Birmingham England, after leaving school and having many odd jobs he ended up in a band with Geezer Butler. This group then split leading Ozzy and Geezer to join Tony Iommi andBill Ward in a new band that went under several names (including Earth) that ended up being called Black Sabbath after a song of the same name that appeared on their first album (released 1969/70)...
“ Father of Jack Osbourne ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Son of Ozzy Osbourne ” - Vineyards
 
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Richard Harris
A genuine star of cinema on screen and a fiery hell raiser off screen, Richard St John Harris was born on October 1, 1930 in Limerick, Ireland, to a farming family. He was an excellent rugby player and had a strong passion for literature. Unfortunately, a bout of tuberculosis as a teenager ended his aspirations to a rugby career...
“ Father of Jared harris ” - Vineyards
 
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Jared Harris
Jared Harris was born Jared Francis Harris on August 24th 1961 in London, England. Son of famous Irish actor Richard Harris and Elizabeth Harris (Elizabeth Rees) and brother of Damian Harris(director, born in 1958) and Jamie Harris (actor, born in 1965). Most of his childhood was spent in boarding schools and Central School in London...
“ Son of Richard Harris ” - Vineyards
 
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Brendan Gleeson
Actor, Troy
Brendan Gleeson was born in Dublin, Ireland. From a very young age, he loved to learn, especially reading classical text in and outside the classroom. He took great attention to Irish play writers such as Samuel Beckett, which eventually led to him performing in his high school play production of "Waiting for Godot"...
“ Father of Domhnall & Brian ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Son of Brendan Gleeson ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Son of Brendan Gleeson ” - Vineyards
 
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Robert Mitchum
Underrated American leading man of enormous ability who sublimates his talents beneath an air of disinterest. Born to a railroad worker who died in a train accident when he was two, Robert Mitchum and his siblings (including brother John Mitchum, later also an actor) were raised by his mother and stepfather (a British army major) in Connecticut...
“ Father of James Mitchum ” - Vineyards
 
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James Mitchum
Actor, Monster
James Mitchum is the oldest son of legendary actor Robert Mitchum and the spitting image of his famous father. By inheriting his dad's sexy, sleepy eyes and taciturn good looks, it was obvious from the start that Jim would lean towards an acting career with so much going for him. The comparison helped him as well as hurt him...
“ Son of Robert Mitchum ” - Vineyards
 
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Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks was raised by his southern mother who had separated from his father, an attorney, when he was five. He began amateur theater at age 12 and continued while attending the Colorado School of Mines. In 1900 they moved to New York. He attended Harvard, traveled to Europe, worked on a cattle freighter...
“ Father of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. ” - Vineyards
 
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Actor, Little Caesar
Although he appeared in approximately 100 movies or TV shows, Douglas Elton Ulman--better known as Douglas Fairbanks Jr.--never really intended to take up acting as a career. However, the environment he was born into and the circumstances naturally led him to be a thespian. Noblesse oblige. The son...
“ Son of Douglas Fairbanks ” - Vineyards
 
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Dennis Quaid
Dennis Quaid was born in Houston, and grew up in the Houston suburban city of Bellaire. The son of an electrician father and a real estate agent mother, and raised a Baptist, he studied drama, Mandarin Chinese, and dance while a student at Bellaire High School. He continued study at the University of Houston...
“ Father of Jack Quaid ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Son of Denns Quaid ” - Vineyards
 
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Dennis Hopper
Actor, Speed
Multi-talented and unconventional actor/director regarded by many as one of the true "enfant terribles" of Hollywood who has led an amazing cinematic career for more than five decades, Dennis Hopper was born on May 17, 1936 in Dodge City, Kansas. The young Hopper expressed interest in acting from a young age and first appeared in a slew of 1950s television series...
“ Father of Henry Hopper ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Son of Dennis Hopper ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Father of Jeff Buckley ” - Vineyards
 
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Jeff Buckley
Soundtrack, Vanilla Sky
“ Son of Tim Buckley ” - Vineyards
 
92.
Ed Wynn
An old-fashioned comedian, who, by recommendation by his sonKeenan Wynn, became one of the world's most beloved clowns, and one of the best actors of his time. He was born on November 9, 1886. He performed in the Ziegfeld Follies, and later had a son Keenan in 1916. He later wrote his own shows...
“ Father of Keenan Wynn ” - Vineyards
 
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Keenan Wynn
The talented scion of a show-business family, Keenan Wynn's father was the great burlesque and TV buffoon Ed Wynn while his maternal grandfather, Frank Keenan, earned distinction on the other side of the entertainment ladder as a Shakespearean tragedian. Mother Hilda Keenan was also a minor actress...
“ Son of Ed Wynn ” - Vineyards
 
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Jeremy Irons
Actor, The Lion King
Elegant and handsome British lead actor Jeremy Irons was born in Cowes, on the Isle of Wight, which is a small island just off the south coast of England. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic School for two years, then joined Bristol Old Vic repertory company where he gained much experience working in everything from Shakespeare to contemporary dramas...
“ Father of Max Irons ” - Vineyards
 
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“ Son of Jeremy Irons ” - Vineyards
 
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Alan Hale
Alan Hale decided on a film career after his attempt at becoming an opera singer didn't pan out. He quickly became much in demand as a supporting actor, starred in several films for Cecil B. DeMille and directed others for him. With the advent of sound Hale played leads in a few films, but soon settled down into a career as one of the busiest character actors in the business...
“ Father of Alan Hale Jr. ” - Vineyards
 
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Alan Hale Jr.
Actor, Hang 'Em High
The son of the great character actor (and Errol Flynn sidekick)Alan Hale, Alan Hale Jr. (he dropped the Jr. after his father passed away) was literally born into the movies. Hale did his first movie as a baby and continued to act until his death. Unlike other child actors, Hale made a smooth transition in the movies and starred in several classics like Up Periscope...
“ Son of Alan Hale ” - Vineyards
 
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Damon Wayans
Writer, Blankman
An outrageous cueball-domed comedian of film and TV satire fortified by a dazzling, sly smile, New York-born Damon Wayans was the third of ten children born to a grocery store manager and a social worker and grew up humbly in the Fulton Housing Projects. He began zeroing in on his comedic skills while still a child...
“ Father of Damon wayans Jr. ” - Vineyards
 
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Damon Wayans Jr.
Damon Wayans Jr. recently completed principal photography of his first major film. A Paramount dance movie spoof produced, written and directed by fellow Wayans' funny men. "Snowflake" is set to be released in February, 2009. This young and talented multi-hyphenate continues honing his stand-up skills...
“ Son of Damon Wayans ” - Vineyards
 

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