Steven Frederic Seagal is a  action film star, producer, writer, martial artist, musician and a reserve deputy sheriff. A 7th-dan black belt in Aikido, Seagal was a instructor in Japan before moving to the Los Angeles,California are where he made his film debut in Above The Law (1988). By 1991, he had had starred in three successful films, and would go on to achieve greater fame in Under Siege (1992). Seagal is also a recording artist and guitarist and the founder of Steven Segal Enterprises. In addition to his professional achievements, he is also known as an environmentalist, an animal rights activist.

2005

House of Wax is a horror film starring vincent Price, (pictured below). It is a remake of Warners’ Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933). It was the first 3-D color feature from a major Hollywood studio. The general release of House of Wax was on April 25, 1953.  

Vincent Price with Phyllis Kirk in a scene from House of Wax

The New York Times reported today that acclaimed film director Sidney
Lumet, who directed films such as “Network” (1976) and “Dog Day
Afternoon” (1975, and “12 Angry Men” (1957) has died at the age of 86.
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Sidney Lumet with his Honoray Lifetime Achivement Oscar (2005)

Actor Dennis William Quaid became known during the 1980s after
appearing in several successful films, including  Jaws 3-D (1983),
in Dreamscape (1984), Innerspace (1987), Flight of the Phoenix
(2004), and The Day After Tomorrow (2004). Quaid also earned
good reviews for his role in The Right Stuff (1983) and achieved
acclaim for his portrayal of Jerry Lee Lewis in Great Balls of Fire
(1989). He is the younger brother of actor Randy Quaid.

Quaid as Doc Holiday in Wyatt Earp (1994)

2004

John Wayne is pictured with presenter Barbra Streisand at the 42nd Annual
Academy Awards. He received his first and only Academy Award for Best 
Actor in a Leading Role for the film True Grit. He had been in over 200  
movies.

John Wayne as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn