Trivia: When James Brolin was 15, his parents invited Hollywood producer/director William Castle to dinner. Impressed by Brolin's self-confidence and teen-idol looks, Castle invited him to audition for a film role at Columbia Pictures. When he failed to land the part, Brolin decided to "show 'em" by studying diligently for an acting career, eventually logging 5,000 hours of class time. While still attending U.C.L.A., he landed a small role on the Bus Stop TV series, which led to a 20th Century Fox contract. For the next five years, he marked time with bits and minor roles in such Fox features as Take Her, She's Mine (1963), Goodbye Charlie (1964), Von Ryan's Express (1965), Our Man Flint (1966), and Fantastic Voyage (1966). His first real break came with a peripheral but noticeable recurring role on the 1966 TV Western The Monroes. In 1968, Brolin finally attained stardom with his Emmy-winning characterization of Dr. Steve Kiley on the popular TV medical series Marcus Welby, M.D. During his five years with Welby, Brolin returned to films to play such choice roles as the unbalanced Vietnam vet in Skyjacked (1972) and ill-fated vacationer John Blaine in Westworld (1973). The most conspicuous of his post-Welby film assignments was 1976's Gable and Lombard, a cinematic atrocity redeemed only slightly by Brolin's earnest portrayal of Clark Gable. His most endearing screen assignment was his extended cameo as P.W. in Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985), and in 1992 he had one of his strongest roles to date as a wayward father in Allison Anders' Gas Food Lodging. Periodically returning to television, Brolin has starred on the weekly series Hotel (1983), Angel Falls (1993), and Extremities (1995). James Brolin is the father of actor Josh Brolin, who co-starred with his dad in the made-for-cable Finish Line (1989). In 1998, Brolin assumed one of his most high-profile real-life roles to date as the husband of Barbra Streisand, whom he married in July of that year.He remained one of the most respected actors of his generation and continued to work steadily for directors all over the world. In 2002 he was cast in Martin Scorsese's epic historical drama Gangs of New York. In 2003 he took a cameo part in Bright Young Things. In 2004 he returned for the Bridget Jones sequel, and took a bit part in Mike Leigh's Vera Drake. He worked in a number o animated films including Doogal, Valiant, and Robots. In 2007 he had the title role in Longford, a historical drama about the infamous Moor Murders, and the next year he was part of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls.He became part of the Harry Potter family with Half-Blood Prince, and played King William in the costume drama The Young Victoria, all in 2009. In 2010 he reunited with Mike Leigh and earned excellent reviews yet again for Another Year, and the next year he helped support Meryl Streep to an Oscar play the dutiful husband to The Iron Lady.

Trivia: Made his television debut in an episode of the sci-fi mystery series ReGenesis titled "The Truth" in 2008.Made his feature film debut playing Dougie in the 2008 comedy Coopers' Camera.Provided the voice of Marshall for the first season of PAW Patrol.Often lends his voice to animated series, such as Justin Time and Hotel Transylvania: The Series.

Trivia: With credits that include TV guest shots, B-movies, and one soft-core title (Desire [1989]), Josie Bissett was perhaps ideally prepared for the outrageous fictional world of Fox's 1990s prime-time soap opera Melrose Place. Born on October 5th, 1970, in Seattle, WA, Bissett began appearing on TV sitcoms while in her late teens. Though she played a bit part as one of the bandmembers' girlfriends in Oliver Stone's biopic The Doors (1991), Bissett mainly worked in B-films as well as TV, including 1950s teen comedy Book of Love (1991), the Playboy model tale Posing: Inspired By Three Real Stories (1991), and the Danielle Steel adaptation Secrets (1992). Bissett became a TV star, though, when she was cast as put-upon wife Jane Mancini in Melrose Place in 1992. With its roundelay of affairs and no-holds-barred theatrics (often involving Jane's vile husband Michael and nefarious sister Sydney), Melrose Place attracted a devoted following for most of its seven-year run. Bissett left the series in 1997 and starred as an alluring nanny in the B-thriller Baby Monitor: Sound of Fear (1997) before returning for Melrose Place's final season in 1998-1999. The actress continued to be active through the 2000s, appearing in films such as The Sky is On Fire and Obituary. Bissett could be seen in a supporting role on the first two seasons of The Secret Life of the American Teenager, and co-starred in the Lifetime drama The Other Woman (both in 2008).

Trivia: For the first several decades of her career, which commenced in the early '70s, actress Barbara Gordon essayed a string of roles in her native Canada -- typically supporting parts in theatrical programmers. These included such outings as Christina (1974), Wild Horse Hank (1979), and If You Could See What I Hear (1982). She ascended to much higher billing (and worked on a film of greater prestige and critical merit) with her turn as Danuta in David Cronenberg's Dead Ringers (1988), and from the early '90s onward placed a greater emphasis on Hollywood work, usually in long form. Memorable examples include a characterization as the late Audra Lindley in Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Three's Company (2003) and Jenny Francom in the telemovie The Elizabeth Smart Story, about the abduction and rescue of young Smart. In 2007, Gordon played Nana in the supernatural horror picture Skinwalkers, about a young boy (Matthew Knight) endangered by two packs of ravenous werewolves.