Trivia: The son of actress Nan Kelly Yorke, Jack Kelly was the younger brother of stage and film star Nancy Kelly. Like Nancy, Jack was a professional from an early age, acting in radio and on stage before the age of 10, and in films from 1937 (he is quite prominent in a brace of 1939 20th Century-Fox films, Young Mr. Lincoln and The Story of Alexander Graham Bell). He reemerged as a leading man in the early 1950s, appearing in such films as Forbidden Planet (1956, as the ill-fated Lieutenant Farnam). Signed by Warner Bros. in 1955, Kelly starred as Dr. Paris Mitchell in the weekly TV version of the 1942 film King's Row. He went on to play gamblin' man Bart Maverick on the longer-running Warners western series Maverick. Though his popularity never matched that of his co-star James Garner, Kelly still developed a fan following as Bart; he remained with the series from 1957 until its cancellation in 1962, appearing opposite such Garner successors as Roger Moore and Robert Colbert. Kelly dabbled in a little bit of everything after that: hosting the anthology series NBC Comedy Playhouse (1973), emceeing the game show Sale of the Century (1969-71), and playing hard-nosed Lt. Ryan on the Teresa Graves series Get Christie Love (1974) and Harry Hammond on The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977-79). He revived the Bart Maverick character on 1978's The New Maverick and the 1990 TV movie The Gambler Returns: Luck of the Draw. Chances are that, had he lived, Jack Kelly would have been invited to co-star again with Garner in the 1994 Mel Gibson theatrical-feature version of Maverick.

Trivia: Character actor Gage Clarke came to television (and then movies) after spending considerable time on-stage during the 1930s and 1940s. In addition to anthology series including Lux Video Theatre and Kraft Theatre, his list of small-screen credits included roles on Mr. Peepers and appearances in multiple episodes of Maverick and Gunsmoke (where he had the recurring role of Mr. Botkin). With his heavyset build, graying hair, and dignified bearing and diction, he was often cast as judges and clergymen later in his career, including a meaty role in Paul Landres' underrated horror opus The Return of Dracula (1958), in which he played the reverend who helps identify the threat of vampirism that has descended on a small California town. He also cut a memorable dramatic figure in the Twilight Zone episode "One More Pallbearer", as the minister who refuses to be cowed into abandoning his principles by megalomaniac millionaire Joseph Wiseman. Clarke stood in well with the Disney organization, which used him in Pollyanna (1960), The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) and The Monkey's Uncle (1965), the latter released the year after his death. His other feature film work included major roles in Mervyn LeRoy's The Bad Seed (1956) and Robert Wise's I Want to Live.

Trivia: Stockbroker-turned-big screen hero, Kem Dibbs is best-remembered for playing Buck Rogers in the 1950s serial. He also appeared in a few major feature films, including High Society (1955), The Ten Commandments (1956), and How the West Was Won (1962). Occasionally, Dibbs appeared on television in such dramatic series as Playhouse 90 and Hallmark Hall of Fame.

Trivia: Model-turned-actress Dolores Donlon attracted the attention of producers from the mid-1940s to the early 1960s, but they seldom looked past her admittedly considerable physical attributes, to see if there was an actress there. Most of her film appearances were bits, however, which mostly focused on her exceptionally voluptuous figure. Born Patricia Vaniver in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she first began working as a model in the mid-1940s, working as Pat Van Iver. Her early screen work consisted of uncredited walk-on parts, in movies ranging from Dough Girls (1948) to Easter Parade (1948) -- Donlon was more set decoration than actress at that point. By 1954, however, she had moved up to credited roles in movies such as The Long Wait, Security Risk, and Flight To Hong Kong. She began doing television around this time as well, including appearances on The Jack Benny Program and westerns and adventure series such as The Texan and Richard Diamond, Private Detective. But Donlon's most prominent (and enduring, thanks to decades of reruns) small-screen appearance came on I Love Lucy in the episode "Don Juan And The Starlets," as herself -- introducing herself under her own name, she plays one of a bevy of young actresses assigned to surround Desi Arnaz's Ricky Ricardo in a photo shoot, during his sojourn to Hollywood in search of movie stardom. In August of 1957, Donlon achieved the height of her fame as a model when she was the Playmate of the Month in that issue of Playboy magazine. During the early 1960s, she also made a brief splash in Europe as the star of the drama Nude Odyssey (1961). Donlon gave up acting in 1962, following her marriage to New York Philharmonic violinist (and fellow Philadelphian) Robert de Pasquale.

Trivia: Character actor, onscreen from the '50s.

Trivia: American actor Ken Mayer played character roles in feature films of the '50s and '60s (primarily Westerns). He also worked in summer stock and was a regular on the television series Space Patrol. Occasionally, Mayer also worked in TV commercials.

Trivia: In films from 1939, character actor Dan White trafficked in small-town blowhards and rustic constables. Often unbilled in bit roles, White was occasionally afforded such larger roles as Deputy Elmer in Voodoo Man (1944), Millwheel in The Yearling (1946) and Abel Hatfield in Roseanna McCoy (1949). He remained active until the early 1960s. The "Dan White" who appeared in 1977's Alien Factor is a different person.