John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973)

Director John Ford was famous for his on location westerns starring John Wayne
such as Stagecoach (1939), The Searchers (1956), and The man Who Shot
Liberty Valance (1962). He also directed the 20th-century adaptation of the John Steinbeck novel The Grapes of Wrath (1940). In a successful career that spanned
more than 50 years, Ford directed more than 140 films and won four Academy
Awards for Best Director which is a record.

 
John Wayne with John Ford

Actress Kelly Lynch was once a model for the Elite modeling agency. She is
best known for her appearance in the made in Oregon, Gus Van Sant movie
Drugstore Cowboy (1989). She had a role opposite Patrick Swayze in Road
House (1989) .

Robert Montgomery Presents is a dramatic television series which was
produced by NBC and ran from Monday, January 30, 1950 until June 24,
1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run. The
initial sponsors were Lucky Strike cigarettes and Johnson’s Wax.   

1955

Born Merle Johnson, Jr., Donahue was a actor, active between the 
late 1950s and late 1990s. He was initially a journalism student at 
Columbia University in New York City before deciding on a acting
career in Hollywood.

Donahue starred with Van Williams from 1960 to 1962 in the ABC
TV series Surfside 6. After that he joined the cast of Hawaiian Eye
for its last season, 1962-1963, in the role of hotel director Phillip 
Barton.

His most high-profile role was a small part in The Godfather Part ll
(1974) as the fiancé of Connie Corleone.

 
1961

Cast of The Guiding Light from 1937 (left – right) Arthur Peterson, Mercedes
McCambridge, Helen Behmiller, and Henrietta Ledro.

Guiding Light (known as The Guiding Light before 1975) is a television soap opera
the Guinness Book of World Records credits as the longest running drama in TV
and radio history. The program began as a NBC Radio serial on Monday, January
25, 1937 and moved to CBS radio on June 2, 1947. It started on CBS -TV, June 30,
1952 where it ran until 2009 when it was cancelled. Guiding Light was created by
schoolteacher Irna Phillips, who based it on her personal experiences.

Irna Phillips, mother of the Soap Opera