Birth of the Living Dead

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Birth of the Living Dead (18-Oct-2013)

Director: Rob Kuhns

Music: Brian Goss; Gary Pozner

Producer: Esther Cassidy

Film director George Romero's making of Night of the Living Dead (1968), progenitor of the modern zombie film yet produced on a shoestring budget. While Romero's interview is prominent here, perhaps too much of this documentary's time is spent on less interesting aspects such as Living Dead's social aspects, which have already been hashed elsewhere.

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Kate Ashfield Actor 1972 Shaun of the Dead

Ned Beatty Actor 6-Jul-1937 Deliverance

Harry Belafonte Singer/Songwriter 1-Mar-1927 Calypso singer

Stephen Boyd Actor 4-Jul-1931 2-Jun-1977 Ben-Hur

Peter Boyle Actor 18-Oct-1935 12-Dec-2006 Young Frankenstein

Marlon Brando Actor 3-Apr-1924 1-Jul-2004 A Streetcar Named Desire

Abigail Breslin Actor 14-Apr-1996 Little Miss Sunshine

H. Rap Brown Activist 4-Oct-1943 Die, Nigger, Die!

Julie Christie Actor 14-Apr-1941 Darling

Petula Clark Singer 15-Nov-1932 Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Colin Clive Actor 20-Jan-1900 25-Jun-1937 Frankenstein

Ronny Cox Actor 23-Jul-1938 Lt. Bogomil in Beverly Hills Cop

Tony Curtis Actor 3-Jun-1925 29-Sep-2010 Some Like It Hot

Robert De Niro Actor 17-Aug-1943 The Godfather: Part II

Bruce Dern Actor 4-Jun-1936 Silent Running

Faye Dunaway Actor 14-Jan-1941 Network

Clint Eastwood Actor 31-May-1930 The Man With No Name

Roger Ebert Critic 18-Jun-1942 4-Apr-2013 Siskel and Ebert

Jesse Eisenberg Actor 5-Oct-1983 The Social Network

Myrna Fahey Actor 12-Mar-1933 6-May-1973 Kay Banks on Father of the Bride

Peter Finch Actor 28-Sep-1916 14-Jan-1977 Network

Louise Fletcher Actor 22-Jul-1934 Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Andy Griffith Actor 1-Jun-1926 3-Jul-2012 Laconic sheriff on The Andy Griffith Show

Gene Hackman Actor 30-Jan-1930 The Conversation

Gunnar Hansen Actor 4-Mar-1947 7-Nov-2015 Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Woody Harrelson Actor 23-Jul-1961 Woody from Cheers

Katharine Hepburn Actor 12-May-1907 29-Jun-2003 The Philadelphia Story

Dustin Hoffman Actor 8-Aug-1937 The Graduate

Katharine Houghton Actor 10-Mar-1945 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Ron Howard Actor 1-Mar-1954 Richie Cunningham on Happy Days

John Huston Film Director 5-Aug-1906 28-Aug-1987 The Maltese Falcon

Duane Jones Actor 2-Feb-1936 22-Jul-1988 Night of the Living Dead

Jim Kelly Actor 5-May-1946 29-Jun-2013 Enter the Dragon

Robert F. Kennedy Politician 20-Nov-1925 6-Jun-1968 Slain Presidential candidate

Martin Luther King Activist 15-Jan-1929 4-Apr-1968 Pacifist civil rights activist

Elvis Mitchell Critic 1958 New York Times film critic

Jack Nicholson Actor 22-Apr-1937 Chinatown

Richard M. Nixon Head of State 9-Jan-1913 22-Apr-1994 37th US President, 1969-74

Judith O'Dea Actor 20-Apr-1945 Night of the Living Dead

Ron O'Neal Actor 1-Sep-1937 14-Jan-2004 Youngblood Priest in Superfly

Simon Pegg Actor 14-Feb-1970 Shaun of the Dead

Sidney Poitier Actor 20-Feb-1927 In The Heat Of The Night

Vincent Price Actor 27-May-1911 25-Oct-1993 Master of the macabre

Robert Redford Actor 18-Aug-1936 The Sundance Kid

Burt Reynolds Actor 11-Feb-1936 6-Sep-2018 Moustached Cannonball Run actor

Fred Rogers TV Personality 20-Mar-1928 27-Feb-2003 Mister Rogers

George Romero Film Director 4-Feb-1940 16-Jul-2017 Night of the Living Dead

Richard Roundtree Actor 9-Jul-1942 Shaft

Morley Safer Journalist 8-Nov-1931 19-May-2016 60 Minutes

Martin Sheen Actor 3-Aug-1940 The West Wing

Sissy Spacek Actor 25-Dec-1949 Coal Miner's Daughter

Rod Steiger Actor 14-Apr-1925 9-Jul-2002 In The Heat of the Night

Emma Stone Actor 6-Nov-1988 Superbad

Spencer Tracy Actor 5-Apr-1900 10-Jun-1967 Two consecutive Best Actor Oscars

Jon Voight Actor 29-Dec-1938 Midnight Cowboy

Dionne Warwick Singer 12-Dec-1940 Walk On By

Fred Williamson Football 5-Mar-1938 Football star, Original Gangstas

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