Bob Steele (January 23, 1907 – December 21, 1988)

Bob Steele was born Robert Adrian Bradbury in Portland, Oregon, into a 
vaudeville family. They eventually settled in Hollywood in the late 1910s
where father, Robert N. Bradbury, soon found work in the movies, first
as an actor, later as a director. By 1920, he hired Bob and his twin
brother Bill (1907–1971) as juvenile leads for a series of adventure
movies titled The Adventures of Bob and Bill.

Bob’s career began to progress in 1927, when he was hired by the
production company Film Booking Offices of America (FBO) to star in
a series of Westerns. Bob, who was re-christened Bob Steele at FBO,
soon made a name for himself, and in the late 1920s, 1930s and
1940s starred in B-Westerns for almost every minor film studio,

Steele also did a lot of television work, culminating as a regular in a 
supporting role in the ABC army comedy F Troop (1965–1967).

1946

From left: Larry Storch, Bob Steele and Forrest Tucker on the set of F Troop

Singer/actor Ed Ames (born Edmund Dantes Urick) is best known for his pop 
and contemporary hits of the 1960s like "My Cup Runneth Over". He was also 
part of a popular 1950s singing group called The Ames Brothers.

The Ames Brothers in 1955

Charted at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1967, and
was #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart

     Ernest Borgnine (Ermes Effron Borgnino) (January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012)

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Ernest Borgnine, the beefy screen star known for blustery,
often villainous roles, but who won the best-actor Oscar for playing against type
as a lovesick butcher in "Marty" in 1955, died Sunday. He was 95.

His longtime spokesman, Harry Flynn, told The Associated Press that Borgnine
died of renal failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center with his wife and children at
his side.

Borgnine, who endeared himself to a generation of Baby Boomers with the 1960s
TV comedy "McHale’s Navy," first attracted notice in the early 1950s in villain roles, notably as the vicious Fatso Judson, who beat Frank Sinatra to death in "From Here
to Eternity."

High school yearbook, 1966

 

Burt Ward as the Boy Wonder Robin

Actor Burt Ward was born Bert John Gervis, Jr. in Los Angeles, California. He is
best known for his portrayal of Robin in the television series Batman (1966–68)
and its theatrical film spin-off.

Burt ward was 19 when he auditioned for the part of Robin. He and
Adam West were up against Lyle Waggoner and Peter Deyell for the
roles of Batman and Robin, respectively.

High School yearbook, 1965

Sylvester Stallone (Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone) is known for his
macho action roles in films such as boxer Rocky Balboa and soldier John
Rambo. Stallone was voted into boxing’s Hall of Fame in 2010.

Rambo: First Blood, 1982

1976