Gene Barry was a stage, screen, and television actor, best known for his
portrayal of the title character in the NBC- TV series Bat Masterson airing
from 1958 to1961. One of his many film roles included Dr. Clayton Forrester
in H. G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds (1953).

Gene Barry with co-star Anne Robinson

Ally Sheedy  is a film and stage actress, as well as the author of two books. She  
is best known for her roles in The Breakfast Club (1985,) St. Elmo’s Firs (1985), Wargames (1983), and Short Circuit (1986). Sheedy started acting in local stage productions as a teenager. After appearing in several made-for-television films
in 1981, as well as three episodes of the NBC-TV series Hill Street Blues, she
made her feature film debut in Bad Boys (1983).

Ally Sheedy in Wargames

 
Ally with Number 5 in Short Circuit

Actor Richard Earl Thomas is best known for his role as budding author John-Boy
Walton in the CBS-TV drama The Waltons (1972-1981). Thomas was seven when
he made his Broadway debut in Sunrise at Campobello (1958) playing John Roosevelt, son of future U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. His television career began in 1959 when a appeared in A Doll’s House with Julie Harris, Christopher Plummer and Hume Cronyn. Richard then began acting in daytime TV, appearing in soap operas
such as The Edge of Night in 1961 and As the World Turns, 1966-1967. Thomas
received his first major roles in film, appearing in the  1969 pictures Winning with
Paul Newman and Last Summer with Barbara Hershey.

“Cleopatra” premiered at the Rivoli Theater in New York city and despite being a
critical failure, it won four Academy Awards and was nominated for five more. It was
the highest grossing film of 1963, earning a total of $57.7 million, yet made a loss 
due to its cost of $44 million, the only film ever to be the highest grossing film  
of the year yet to run at a loss.

Adrienne Barbeau came to prominence in the 1970s as Broadway’s original Rizzo
in the musical Grease, and as Carol Traynor, the divorced daughter of Maude
Findlay (played by Beatrice Arthur) in the CBS sitcom Maude (1972-1978). In
the early 1980s, Barbeau starred in several horror and Sci-Fi films, including
The Fog (1980), Creepshow (1982), and Escape from New York (1981). During
the 1990s, she became known for providing the voice of Catwoman on Batman:
The Animated Series.

Adrienne in Creepshow