Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957)

In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Bogart as the greatest male star
in the history of American cinema. During a film career of almost 30 years,
he appeared in 75 feature films. Bogart was nominated for several awards
including the BAFTA award for best foreign actor in 1952 for The African
Queen and three Academy Awards.

The movie 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea It was the first science fiction film that
was personally produced by Walt and Disney Productions. It was also the first
feature length Disney film to be distributed by Buena Vista Distribution and was
Disney’s fifth live-action film  overall.

Paul William Walker IV

(September 12, 1973 – November 30, 2013)

The actor, best known for his work in the Fast and the Furious
franchise, was involved a single-car accident and explosion in
Southern California and died Saturday afternoon.

Ben-Hur is a remake of the 1925 silent film with the same name. It won
a record 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, unequaled until
Titanic in 1997 and by The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King in 
2003.  

The Buck Rogers radio show was the first science fiction program on radio. It
was broadcast four times weekly, Monday to Thursday evenings on the CBS
network. It soon gained a listening audience of 58,000 on over 23 stations all
over the country. The program aired for 15 years until 1947. Storylines were
similar to the comic strip with Buck finding himself in the 25th Century. Actors
Matt Crowley, Curtis Arnall, Carl Frank and John Larkin all voiced the lead
role at various times.

The radio series was produced and directed by Carlo De Angelo and later
by Jack Johnstone who later stated that the sound of the rockets was done
by using an air-conditioning vent.

 
Initial Buck Rogers, Matt Crowley

Buck Rogers cast: Adele Ronson as Wilma Deering, Edgar Stehli
as scientist-inventor Dr. Huer and Curtis Arnali portraying Buck
Rogers.