Clockwise from top right) Carroll O’Connor, Rob Reiner,
Sally Struthers, and Jean Stapleton, cast of  All in the Family.

Robert "Rob" Reiner is a multitalented actor, director, producer, and writer  
who gained national attention as an actor playing Michael “Meathead” Stivic, 
on the CBS sitcom All in the Family (1971-1979). That portrayal earned him 
two Emmy Awards during the 1970s.

As a director, Reiner was recognized by the Directors Guild of America with
nominations for the films Stand by Me (1988), When Harry Met Sally (1989),
and A Few Good Men (1992). He also directed Misery (1990). 

(Most film locations in Oregon)

Rob Reiner (right) with his father Carl Reiner

 
    
       Robert Bernard Sherman (December 19, 1925 – March 5, 2012)

Award winning songwriter Robert Sherman specialized in musical films with his
brother Richard Morton Sherman. Some of their best known songs were heard
in movies and animations such as “Marry Poppins”, “The Jungle Book”, and “Chitty
Chitty Bang Bang”. Sherman’s agent, Stella Richards, said that he died peacefully Monday in London.

Robert Sherman, far right, seen here with brother Richard, Julie Andrews
and Dick Van Dyke on the set of Mary Poppins

  Sir Reginald Carey "Rex" Harrison (5 March 1908 – 2 June 1990)

Rex Harrison was an English actor of stage and screen who an Academy Award
and two Tony Awards during his career. He made his stage debut in 1924 in the
production of Thirty Minutes in a Street. His film debut came in 1930 on The
Great Game. Harrison retired from films in the late 1970, but continued to
act on Broadway until his death from pancreatic cancer. He was knighted
by Queen Elizabeth ll in 1989.

1964

1967

 

Composer Dimitri Tiomkin won an Academy Award for his original score while 
his title song for the film “The High and the Mighty” was also nominated for 
an Oscar.  

Dimitri Tiomkin

An airline pilots cap from "The High and the Mighty (valued at $1,000 to
$1,500.

 

      Knute Kenneth Rockne (March 4, 1888 – March 31, 1931)

Rockne was a football player and coach, both at the University of Nortre
Dame. He is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in college football
history and is credited with popularizing the forward pass.

Rockne died in a plane crash in Kansas on March 31, 1931, while en route 
to participate in the production of the film The Spirit of Notre Dame.

Knute Rockne (far right) and his Four Horsemen