Commanding performer Bill Nunn made his feature debut in fellow Morehouse College graduate Spike Lee's School Daze (1988), but really etched himself into moviegoers' minds as a formidable screen presence in his second film with Lee, Do the Right Thing (1989), playing Radio Raheem, whose ever-present boom box is at the center of a fight that leads to his death at the hands of an overzealous police officer, the prelude to the all-out riot that follows (Nunn also acted in Mo' Better Blues (1990) and He Got Game (1998) for Lee). Though he made his initial mark playing young street toughs on screen, this veteran of the Atlanta stage showed he could use his impressive size for something other than menace with a critically acclaimed performance as Harrison Ford's sympathetic, high-spirited physical therapist in Regarding Henry (1991). Nunn subsequently played pretty much every type there is, all the way up to nice, huggable teddy bear guys like Whoopi Goldberg's protector Eddie Souther in Sister Act (1992).

His professionalism made him a favorite of other directors besides Lee. He portrayed a Southern police chief in Bill Condon's White Lie (1991) (USA Network), later reteaming with Condon for Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995), and has also acted twice for Michael Apted (Extreme Measures (1996), HBO's Always Outnumbered (1998)) and Gary Fleder (Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995), Kiss the Girls (1997)). Nunn also turned in a fine performance as Tim Roth's adoptive father in The Legend of 1900 (1998), Giuseppe Tornatore's first English-language feature, released initially in Italy and then in the United States in 1999. He can also be seen in Spider-Man (2002), People I Know (2002) with Al Pacino and the prison thriller Lockdown (2000).

Nunn has also found time to do numerous television pilots and three series. He was in the CBS series Traps (1994) with George C. Scott, sitcom Local Heroes (1995) for NBC and the critically acclaimed The Job (2001) with Denis Leary on ABC. He appeared on episodes of Chicago Hope (1994), Touched by an Angel (1994) (both CBS), New York Undercover (1994) and Millennium (1996) (both Fox), among others.

Nunn lived in Georgia with his wife Donna and daughters Jessica and Cydney.

Fred Rogers was the host of the popular long-running public television children's show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. The show debuted in Pittsburgh in 1967 and was picked up by PBS the next year, becoming a staple of public TV stations around the United States. Rogers' mild manner, cardigan sweaters and soft speaking voice made him both widely beloved and widely parodied. Rogers ended production of the show in 2001, but reruns of the show continued to be aired on many PBS stations. He died in 2003 after a short battle with stomach cancer.

Caitlin Clarke was born on 3 May 1952 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Dragonslayer (1981), Crocodile Dundee (1986) and Blown Away (1994). She died on 9 September 2004 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

A slender, striking, red-haired, freckle-faced American leading lady, Mary Elizabeth Hartman was born in Boardman, Ohio on December 23, 1943, as the middle of three children born to building contractor Bill C. Hartman (May 7, 1914, Ohio - October 26, 1964, Youngstown, Ohio) and housewife Claire Mullaly (October 13, 1918, Youngstown, Ohio - October 28, 1997, Youngstown, Ohio). Hartman had an older sister named Janet and a younger brother named William. Hartman grew up in Youngstown, Ohio, and appeared in the play "A Clearing in the Woods" in the Youngstown Playhouse.

After graduating from Boardman High School in 1959, Hartman took a job at a Brooks Brothers store in Cleveland, and then attended Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh in 1961, where she met her future husband Gill Dennis two years later. While in summer school in 1963, Hartman participated in "Bus Stop" with Ann B. Davis, who suggested that Hartman try Broadway. In 1964, Hartman left for New York, where she starred in the play "Everybody Out, the Castle is Sinking". While in New York, she landed the role of Selina D'Arcy, a blind, abused, uneducated white girl who falls in love with a compassionate black man played by Sidney Poitier in the racially charged drama "A Patch of Blue (1965)". For this role, she was nominated for an Academy Award and won the Golden Globe award. A week after she finished that film, Hartman began six months on location in New York as an upperclass collegiate in "The Group (1966)". Hartman married Dennis in 1968.

Other roles followed, such as a go-go dancer in Francis Ford Coppola's film "You're a Big Boy Now (1966)", a lonely, unmarried, handicapped woman in "The Fixer (1968)", a nurse who tends to Clint Eastwood in "The Beguiled (1971), "Intermission (1973)" and Pauline Pusser, the wife of sheriff Buford Pusser in "Walking Tall (1973)". Hartman also appeared in a television pilot of "Willow B: Women in Prison (1980)" (aka "Cages" ) and made numerous television appearances. She appeared in more plays, such as "Our Town" in 1969, also appearing in "The Glass Menagerie", "The Madwoman of Chaillot", "Bus Stop" and "Beckett". She also completed a road tour of the play, "Morning's at Seven".

Hartman's life was plagued by acute depression and insecurity; Hartman spent a year at the Institute of Living in Hartford in 1978. After her role as Mrs. Brisby in "The Secret of NIMH (1982)", Hartman retired from acting, and divorced her husband in 1984. Hartman was also frequently a patient at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh, where her sister Janet took care of her.

On June 10, 1987, Hartman called her doctor and told him that she had been feeling despondent. Just before noon that same day, Hartman committed suicide by throwing herself out of her fifth-floor studio flat window at the King Edward Apartments in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Oakland. She was 43 years old.

Arnold Palmer was born on 10 September 1929 in Youngstown, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Return to Campus (1975), Call Me Bwana (1963) and Arnold Palmer: Course Strategy (1989). He was married to Kathleen Gawthrop and Winifred Walzer. He died on 25 September 2016 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

John Pinette was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 23, 1964, the son of Robert Pinette Sr. and Louise Pitre (Petrie). His mother was of Acadian ancestry, with her parents both from the Canadian province of New Brunswick. He graduated from Malden Catholic High School in 1982. He was a practicing Catholic. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts Lowell in 1986 with a degree in accounting. He started a six-month career in accounting but, on the advice of friends, left to pursue a career in comedy.

John Pinette was an American actor, Broadway performer, and stand-up comedian. He toured the comedy club circuit beginning in the 1980s and appeared in cinema and on television. Besides stand-up, Pinette did impressions of Michael Jackson, The Chipmunks, Elvis Presley, Gollum from The Lord of the Rings, Hervé Villechaize (Tattoo from Fantasy Island), an Ewok, actor Marlon Brando (notably Brando's role in The Godfather), as well as various ethnic accents. He occasionally sang, for example, "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz, "Will You Be There" from Free Willy, and "Don't Cry for Me Argentina," in his stand-up routines.

Karl Hardman was an American actor and film producer.

He is best known for the 1968 George A. Romero film Night of the Living Dead.

Hardman was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Before joining the movie world, he was a radio reporter. His last appearance on the big screen dates back to 1996 in the horror B-movie Santa Claws.

He died on September 22, 2007 at the age of 80.

A child actress who showed heart-warming potential in the 1940s, child actress Sharyn Moffett (born Patricia Sharyn Moffett) was a cute presence in a number of sentimental tales. Closer to young Margaret O'Brien than Shirley Temple in type and demeanor, Sharyn was born on September 12, 1936 in Alameda, California to a show business family. Her mother was a dancer (billed as Gladyce Roberts) and her father, Bob Moffett, a singer and film bit player who once performed in burlesque shows and barbershop quartets. A younger brother, Gregory Moffett also went on to appear in films as a child actor.

Sharyn's parents, who met doing theater in Hollywood, left show business to raise their two children. The family eventually moved to Anaheim, California. They practically pushed her into a career from infancy with little results until the age of 8 when she won her first role, the lead in the animal movie My Pal Wolf (1944). From then on she added tyke charm and caring to a number of warm, sentimental tales that also featured animals, including A Boy, a Girl and a Dog (1946) and Rusty Leads the Way (1948). Her best role was a strong, dramatic part in her fourth film, Child of Divorce (1946) in which she was the focal point.

She had a central roles in Banjo (1947), Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) and in The Judge Steps Out (1948), which had brother Gregory making his film debut in an uncredited role. By her awkward teens, however, Sharyn's career had run out of steam and she departed after her second lead role opposite Margaret O'Brien in the slight summer camp tale Her First Romance (1951).

Sharyn eventually married and moved to Pennsylvania where she and her husband became Episcopalian ministers. Devoted to her spiritual work, she once was the national president of the "Big Sisters" organization.

Bingo O'Malley was born on 10 May 1933 in South Oakland, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Out of the Furnace (2013), Creepshow (1982) and My Bloody Valentine (2009). He died on 2 June 2019 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Don Brockett was born on 30 January 1930 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Flashdance (1983) and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968). He was married to Leslie Brockett. He died on 2 May 1995 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Bill Cardille is a native of Sharon Pennsylvania. "Chilly Billy" as he is affectionately known, started his broadcast career in 1952 in Erie, PA at WICV Channel 12. He later made Pittsburgh his home in 1957 signing on WIIC Channel 11 (now known as WPXI) and starred as the host for several historical programs such as...Studio Wrestling...Dance Party...and the ever popular Chiller Theater. Bill is still one of the original host for the annual Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, which has raised 15.8 million dollars locally for this great cause.

Over the years Bill Cardille has collected several awards and honors for his volunteer work and elaborate career. He was awarded the Heart Award in 1976. Named AFTRA's TV Personality of the Year and inducted in the AFTRA's Hall of Fame in 1979. Viewing of Chiller Theater is displayed in New York's Museum of Broadcast, and Bill was inducted into the Pennsylvania Broadcaster Hall of Fame in 1997. Bill currently spends most of his time on the radio. You can hear Chilly Billy every weekday on 1320 WJAS from 10am - 3pm. He and his wife, Louise, currently live in the North Hills and are proud parents of Lori, Marea and Bill. They have four grandchildren.

Joanne Rogers was born on 9 March 1928 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. She was an actress, known for Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018), Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum (2019) and Speedy Delivery (2008). She was married to Fred Rogers. She died on 14 January 2021 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Audrey Roth was born on 25 January 1923 in Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968), Lady Beware (1987) and Christmastime with Mister Rogers (1977). She died on 24 April 2016 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino was an Italian-born American professional wrestler, best known for his work with the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF, now WWE). There, he held the WWWF World Heavyweight Championship (WWWF Heavyweight Championship during his second reign) for more than 11 years (4,040 days) across two reigns, the first of which is the longest single reign in the promotion's history at 2,803 days. He is overall a two-time world champion in professional wrestling.

Dubbed "The Italian Strongman" and "The Strongest Man in the World" early in his career, Sammartino later earned the title "The Living Legend". Known for his powerful bear-hug finishing move, he is widely regarded as the greatest professional wrestler of all time. Sammartino became a vocal critic of the drug use and raunchier story-lines that became prevalent in the professional wrestling industry after his retirement but he reconciled with WWE in 2013 and headlined their Hall of Fame ceremony that year. Terry Funk commented that Sammartino "was bigger than wrestling itself".

Michael Dennison was born on 21 March 1952 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. He was a costume designer and cinematographer, known for Starship Troopers (1997), Eat Pray Love (2010) and The Chronicles of Riddick (2004). He died on 2 September 2010 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Art Rooney was born on 27 January 1901 in Coulterville, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Kathleen McNulty. He died on 25 August 1988 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Raymond Laine was born on 9 April 1936 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Sudden Death (1995), The Affair (1971) and The Devil and Sam Silverstein (1976). He was married to Pamela Murphy and Susan McGregor-Laine. He died on 1 November 2000 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Billy Eckstine was born on 8 July 1914 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Fido (2006), Detroit (2017) and Skirts Ahoy! (1952). He was married to Carolle Drake and June Harris. He died on 8 March 1993 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Hank Stohl was born on 1 July 1927 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for Capricorn One (1977), Drive-In (1976) and Diabolique (1996). He was married to Anita Hey, Anita Heh Zakowski and Ruth Zakowski Getz. He died on 15 December 2008 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Will Disney was born on 6 October 1913 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Crazies (1973). He died on 5 February 2000 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Ann Muffly was born on 23 May 1926 in Charleston, West Virginia, USA. She was an actress, known for Flashdance (1983), Season of the Witch (1972) and Knightriders (1981). She was married to Robert E. Muffly. She died on 15 August 2011 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Cletus Anderson was born on 10 February 1938 in Ohio, USA. He was a production designer and art director, known for Day of the Dead (1985), Night of the Living Dead (1990) and Creepshow (1982). He was married to Barbara Anderson. He died on 16 March 2007 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Phillip G. Kellams was born on 3 January 1946 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Day of the Dead (1985), A Promise Kept: The Oksana Baiul Story (1994) and The World's End: The Making of 'Day of the Dead' (2013). He died on 1 February 2022 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Carlton "Cookie" Gilchrist was the first great power runningback in the fledgling American Football League (AFL) during the 1960s. Thanks to Gilchrist, the AFL gained a lot of credibility as the powerful 6-3, 250-lbs. fullback ran through would-be tacklers during a remarkable three-year run that saw him rival the National Football League's (NFL) Jim Brown. Gilchrist came from Breckinridge, Pa., but did not play high school football in his senior year, instead opting to go to prep school and then to sign a professional football contract in Canada. He played for several teams in Canada as a linebacker, but off-the-field problems overshadowed his on-field performance and he was soon blackballed in Canada. His reputation preceded him in the NFL, where no team signed him, but in the AFL he found a home with the Buffalo Bills, where he led the league in rushing in 1962. He was a member of the Bills' 1964 AFL championship squad and and also led the league in rushing again that season, but personal feuds with Bills management, namely coach Lou Saban, saw him packing his bags and getting traded to Denver. Although he was an All-AFL performer, his flame quickly burned out and he finished his career in the late 60s with Miami. He then starred (with fellow AFL player Earl Faison) in a few episodes of the Beverly Hillbillies. He was a true legend of the AFL.

Harry O'Toole was born on 19 May 1930 in Mount Washington, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for 12 Monkeys (1995), One for the Money (2012) and Love & Other Drugs (2010). He died on 19 March 2020 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.