Thomas Jeffrey Hanks is an American actor and filmmaker. Known
for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most
popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as
an American cultural icon. Hanks’s films have grossed more than
$4.9 billion in North America and more than $9.96 billion worldwide, making him the fourth-highest-grossing actor in North America.

Hanks made his breakthrough with leading roles in a series of
comedy films which received positive media attention, such as
Splash (1984), Bachelor Party (1984), and Big (1988) He won two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor for starring as a gay
lawyer suffering from AIDS in Philadelphia (1993) and the title
character in Forrest Gump (1994).

The Money Pit (1986)

Hanks collaborated with film director Steven Spielberg on 
five films including: Saving Private Ryan (above) (1998.

Hanks in Apollo 13 (1995).

Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994)

Lawrence Samuel Storch (January 8, 1923 – July 8, 2022)

Larry Storch, the manic actor who starred as the bumbling sidekick Corporal Randolph Agarn on the 1960s ABC sitcom F Troop, has
died. He was 99.

 
    
    
   

James Edmund Caan 
(March 26, 1940 – July 6, 2022)

WASHINGTON (TND) — According to his family, Caan died
Wednesday night  in Los Angeles.

James Cann starred in multiple movies, such as "The Godfather,"
as well as the film’s sequel, "The Godfather II." He played the role
of Sonny Corleone.

He also starred in "Misery" opposite Kathy Bates, as well as "Elf"
with Will Ferrell, and "El Dorado" with John Wayne.

During his career, Caan was nominated for several awards,
including four Golden Globes, an Emmy and an Oscar.

Cann in “Misery” (1990)

Turkel as the sinister bartender Lloyd in The Shining (1980).

Joe Turkel as the creator of the replicants in Ridley Scott’s 
Blade Runner (1982).

Joe Turkel (Born July 15, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York)
(Died – June 27, 2022 in Santa Monica, California)

Turkel got started on his film career in the late 1940s,
appearing in film noirs including City Across the River 
(1949), The Glass Wall (1953), Duffy of San Quentin (1954), 
The Human Jungle among others. 

On television, he could be seen on Boston Blackie, Public
Defender, The Lone Ranger, The Lineup, Bonanza, The
Untouchables, Tales From the Darkside and Miami Vice. 

His final film appearance came in 1990 in The Dark Side of
the Moon, and he reprised his role of Tyrell, in voice only,
for a 1997 Blade Runner video game.

Blocker was a high-school English and drama teacher in
Sonora,  Texas, from 1953 to 1954, a sixth-grade teacher
and coach at Eddy Elementary School in Carlsbad, New
Mexico, and then a teacher in California. Blocker and his
wife Dolphia, moved to Los Angeles where he secured
some acting roles.          

Blocker (center) playing football at Sul
Ross University in 1946.       
     

Blocker was drafted into the U.S. Army during the Korean War
where he served as an infantry sergeant from December 1951
to August 1952. He received a Purple Heart, for wounds in
combat, and several service medals.  

In 1957, Blocker appeared in a Three Stooges short, Outer
Space Jitters, playing the Goon, billed as "Don Blocker". He
made two  appearances on Gunsmoke (CBS) as a blacksmith.

       
   
Bobby Dan Davis Blocker (December 10, 1928 – May 13, 1972)