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Chuck Norris (Actor) .. Jake Wilder

Born: March 10, 1940
Died: March 19, 2026
Birthplace: Ryan, Oklahoma, United States

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Trivia: Born Carlos Ray Norris, Chuck Norris served in Korea in the Army. While there, he studied karate and later became the World Middleweight Karate Champion. He was encouraged by one of his karate students, actor Steve McQueen, to go into acting. He debuted onscreen in the enormously popular Bruce Lee vehicle Enter the Dragon (1973); since the death of Lee he has been the screen's premier martial arts star. He has appeared primarily in militaristic movies in which he single-handedly kills many enemies. His breakthrough film was Missing in Action (1984), in which he played an ex-POW in search of American prisoners still held in Vietnam.

Clyde Kusatsu (Actor) .. Capt. Callahan

Born: September 13, 1948

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Trivia: Hawaii-born actor Clyde Kusatsu has appeared in roles calling for a variety of indeterminate ethnic origins. Early film appearances included unbilled bits in Airport 75 (1975) and Alex and the Gypsy (1976). With his minor role as the Freighter Captain in Black Sunday (1977), Kusatsu began working his way up the featured-player ladder. On series television, Kusastu has had plenty of opportunity to display his talent in the roles of Ali in Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982) and Dr. Kenji Fushida in the Hawaii-based Richard Chamberlain vehicle Island Son (1989). In 1994, Clyde Kusastu was sixth-billed in the psychological nailbiter Dream Lover.

Michele Lamar Richards (Actor) .. Savannah Boyette

Born: November 10, 1954

Peter Savard Moore (Actor) .. Karl Koller

Erik von Detten (Actor) .. Matthew Swanson

Born: October 03, 1982
Birthplace: San Diego, California, United States

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Trivia: A tall blond with surfer/boy band good looks, Erik Von Detten has been involved in the entertainment industry since he was a young child. Before he turned 20, he had already developed a huge fan following in teen magazines and on the web, despite never having garnered an enduring lead role, with as much prominent voice-over work to his credit as onscreen.Erik Thomas Von Detten was born on October 3, 1982, not too far from the lights of Hollywood in San Diego. By age nine, the home-schooled actor had won a bit part in the film All I Want for Christmas and a youth role on Days of Our Lives. In 1995, he put his expressive voice to its first and most memorable use as Sid Phillips, the vicious toy-mangling next-door neighbor in Disney and Pixar's blockbuster hit Toy Story. Von Detten has since developed an ongoing relationship with Disney, providing voices for Hercules (1997), Tarzan (1999), the 2001 TV spin-off The Legend of Tarzan, and both the TV and big-screen incarnations of Disney's Recess franchise.Von Detten's first notable onscreen film role was as Wally Cleaver in the big-screen adaptation of Leave It to Beaver (1997). This appearance enabled lead roles in the TV movies Brink! and Replacing Dad (both 1998), as well as recurring roles on the series So Weird and ABC's short-lived "TGIF" sitcom Odd Man Out, in which he played the only male in a house full of women (including matriarch Markie Post). Von Detten's most widely seen role came in 2001, when he played the shallow hunk whom Anne Hathaway's character covets in the Disney hit The Princess Diaries.

Carmine Caridi (Actor) .. Lou Swanson

Born: January 23, 1934

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Trivia: A gruff character actor, Caridi has been onscreen from the '70s.

Herta Ware (Actor) .. Jake's Mother

Born: January 01, 1917
Died: August 15, 2005

Trivia: Character actress, onscreen from the '80s. She was married to actor Will Geer.

Kai Wulff (Actor) .. Otto Dietrich

Francesco Quinn (Actor) .. Mark Curtains

Born: March 22, 1963
Died: August 05, 2011

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Trivia: Supporting actor, onscreen from Platoon (1986). He is the son of actor Anthony Quinn.

Timothy Bottoms (Actor) .. Nelson Houseman

Born: August 30, 1951
Birthplace: Santa Barbara, California

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Trivia: The oldest of three sons of a high school art teacher, Timothy Bottoms was 17 when he toured Europe as a member of the Santa Monica Madrigal Society. Enjoying the "rush" of appearing before live audiences, Bottoms pursued a theatrical career. While playing the lead in a stage production of Romeo and Juliet, he was selected by writer/director Dalton Trumbo to play the blind, deaf, armless, and legless protagonist in the 1971 film version of Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun. That same year, Bottoms was tapped by Peter Bogdanovich to star as Texas teenager Sonny Crawford in the award-winning The Last Picture Show (1971), which featured Tim's younger brother Samuel. Bottoms followed these triumphs by creating the role of harried first-year law student Hart in the 1973 sleeper The Paper Chase. Thereafter, his film roles seemed haphazardly selected. On TV, Bottoms was given an opportunity to age nearly 30 years as Adam Trask in the 1981 miniseries version of East of Eden; he also co-starred with brothers Joseph and Sam in the feature-length TV pilot Favorite Son (1987). Again appearing opposite younger sibling Joseph, Tim made his Broadway bow in The 5th of July (1951). Bottoms surprised no one when he balked at the opportunity of re-creating his Sonny Crawford characterization in Texasville, the 1991 sequel to Last Picture Show. Eventually he not only agreed to co-star in Texasville, but also served as executive producer of a documentary on the making of that film, Picture This (1990).

Ron Johnson (Actor) .. Detective #1

Born: June 08, 1956

Hank Baumert (Actor) .. Masked Firefighter/Border Patrol Officer

Linda Castro (Actor) .. Paramedic

John Sistrunk (Actor) .. Driver at Border

Kent Rizley (Actor) .. Immigration Officer

Eric Norris (Actor) .. Border Patrol Officer

Born: May 20, 1965

Karalee Austin (Actor) .. Callahan's Wife

Jack Banning (Actor) .. Hot Dog Vender

Bill Dunnam (Actor) .. Interrogating Detective

Michelangelo Kowalski (Actor) .. Sleazy Man

Carey Scott (Actor) .. Supervisor Charlie

Born: June 21, 1965

Noah Michael Levine (Actor) .. Young Officer

Fred Bailey (Actor) .. TV Repairman

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