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The Greatest (19-May-1977)

Directors: Tom Gries; Monte Hellman

Writer: Ring Lardner, Jr.

Based on a book: The Greatest: My Own Story by Muhammad Ali, Richard Durham, and Herbert Muhammad

Keywords: Drama, Boxing, Biography

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Muhammad Ali
Boxing
17-Jan-1942 3-Jun-2016 Floated like butterfly, stung like bee
Ernest Borgnine
Actor
24-Jan-1917 8-Jul-2012 Marty
David Clennon
Actor
10-May-1943   Joshua Nankin on The Agency
Robert Duvall
Actor
5-Jan-1931   Tom Hagen in The Godfather
James Gammon
Actor
20-Apr-1940 16-Jul-2010 American Character Actor
Lloyd Haynes
Actor
19-Sep-1934 1-Jan-1987 Pete Dixon on Room 222
Skip Homeier
Actor
5-Oct-1930 25-Jun-2017 Halls of Montezuma
David Huddleston
Actor
17-Sep-1930 2-Aug-2016 The Big Lebowski
Ben Johnson
Actor
13-Jun-1918 8-Apr-1996 The Last Picture Show
James Earl Jones
Actor
17-Jan-1931   Voice of Darth Vader and CNN
John Marley
Actor
17-Oct-1907 22-May-1984 Godfather horsehead recipient
Dina Merrill
Actor
9-Dec-1925 22-May-2017 EF Hutton heiress and actress
Roger E. Mosley
Actor
18-Dec-1938   T.C. on Magnum, P.I.
Malachi Throne
Actor
1-Dec-1928 13-Mar-2013 Noah Bain on It Takes a Thief
Teddy Wilson
Actor
10-Dec-1943 21-Jul-1991 Earl Chambers on That's My Mama
Paul Winfield
Actor
22-May-1941 7-Mar-2004 Jim in the 1974 Huckleberry Finn

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