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As the brash and bruising tough guy with wide, flaring nostrils, compact features and boorish, bullying personality, you could have placed bets that anyone who had the guts to go nose-to-nose against crew cut-wearing badger Frank Sutton had better be one tough order. Nope. Far from it. Sutton's most feared, ulcer-inducing on-camera nemesis would be none other than one of TV's gentlest souls ever--Mayberry's own lovable gas station attendant Gomer Pyle.

As the antagonistic, in-your-face Sgt. Vince Carter, whose outer bluster occasionally revealed a softer inner core, the 41-year-old Sutton finally found himself front and center co-starring in one of sitcomdom's most successful spin-offs--Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964), the offspring of The Andy Griffith Show (1960). Fans really took to Sutton's volatile character whose hilarious slow burn meshed perfectly with Jim Nabors' awkward guile. The gimmick of watching Carter's devious but ultimately failed plans to transfer Pyle out of his unit each week worked for five seasons. Off-stage Nabors and Sutton shared a mutual respect for each other. After the show's demise, in fact, Sutton went on to become a part of Jim's roster of regulars on The Jim Nabors Hour (1968), a variety show that had a very short run.

Frank Spencer Sutton was born in Clarksville, Tennessee. Although some sources list the year of his birth as 1922, his grave marker indicates 1923. An only child, both his parents had jobs working for the local newspaper. When he was eight, the family moved to Nashville, his father dying some time later of an intestinal ailment. Belonging to the drama club and appearing in high school plays sparked his early interest in acting, and he majored in Dramatic Arts at Columbia University, graduating cum laude. Gaining experience on the local stages, he eventually found a job as a radio announcer. Following WWII military service, he returned to acting and in the 1950s segued into TV, appearing on a couple of the more popular children's adventure series -- Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1949) and Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1950). Based in New York, Sutton also found work on the soaps The Edge of Night (1956) and The Secret Storm (1954).

Sutton's imposing mug and hothead countenance proved quite suitable for playing both good guys and bad guys and he became a steady, reliable fixture in rugged surroundings. With work on such series as "Gunsmoke", "Maverick", "The Fugitive", "Combat!", and "The Untouchables" he could be counted on to play everything from a crass, outspoken blue-collar buddy to a menacing henchman. Film appearances were sporadic, with only a few secondary roles offered. His best chances were in Four Boys and a Gun (1957), Town Without Pity (1961) (a very good performance as one of a trio of American GIs accused of raping a young German girl) and The Satan Bug (1965).

In the early 1970s, after the success of the "Gomer Pyle" series, Sutton was seen in TV guest spots while performing in small-scale stock plays all over the US. His stage work would include comedic roles in "The Odd Couple," "Anything Goes" and "No Hard Feelings." In fact, he died suddenly of a heart attack on June 28, 1974, while in rehearsals for a show at a Louisiana dinner theater. The 50-year-old actor was survived by his wife of 25 years, daytime soap writer Toby Igler, and children Joseph and Amanda. He was buried in his home town.

Charles Watts was born on 30 October 1912 in Clarksville, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for An Affair to Remember (1957), Giant (1956) and Lover Come Back (1961). He died on 13 December 1966 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Jill Harris (she/her) is a queer actor who specializes in voice over. Some career highlights include:

• Voicing Charlie Magne in Hazbin Hotel, an animated pilot that has been picked up by A24 Films and is in production.
• Reprising her role as Noelle Silva in the movie Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King. The TV series ran on Adult Swim's Toonami block for four years and the movie held the spot as the number one most viewed film on Netflix for several days after its premiere.
• Acting alongside industry veterans such as Ashly Burch in Gearbox Software's Battleborn.

Ron Nyswaner was born on 5 October 1956 in Clarksville, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Philadelphia (1993), The Painted Veil (2006) and Fellow Travelers (2023).

Vanna Bonta is an American writer and actress known for her cameo as the superhero's mother (Zed's queen) in the fantasy classic The Beastmaster (1982), and for her work on Beauty and the Beast (1991), An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991), and The Universe (2007). She grew up in Bangkok, Thailand, Florence, Italy and the USA. She was born in the South and speaks fluent Italian, some French, and some Thai. She began her schooling in Thailand where she attended a British missionary school.

Clay Jeter was born in Clarksville, Tennessee, USA. He is known for Jess + Moss (2011), IO (2019) and Five Dollars (2010).

Justin L. Wilson was born on 8 November 1977 in Clarksville, Maryland, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Pose (2018), Welcome to Chippendales (2022) and Madam Secretary (2014).

Brunette Dorothy Jordan was a graduate of Southwestern University and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Trained as a ballerina, she first graced the stage as a chorus girl in top flight musicals, like "Funny Face" (1927), with Fred Astaire, and "Treasure Girl" (1928), with Gertrude Lawrence and Clifton Webb. This led to what turned out to be a fairly short and desultory movie career, beginning with a run-of-the-mill thriller, Black Magic (1929). Dorothy was soon cast as assorted sultry dames in Devil-May-Care (1929) and Call of the Flesh (1930), opposite Latin star Ramon Novarro. Rather more demure was her Bianca, the overtly obedient (but deceptively cunning) younger sister of Kate (Mary Pickford) in The Taming of the Shrew (1929). Contemporary critics were frequently unimpressed with Dorothy's acting, whether it was speaking her lines too quickly (Hell Bound (1931)) or delivering them as a 'memory citation' (The Beloved Bachelor (1931)). She gave rather better account of herself in more downtrodden waif-like roles, notably as Marie Dressler's daughter in Min and Bill (1930), as an unwed mother in Bondage (1933) and as simple-minded Southern girl Betty Wright in The Cabin in the Cotton (1932).

After her marriage to famed producer Merian C. Cooper in 1933 -- and finding decent roles ever harder to come by -- Dorothy gave up acting to raise a family. She emerged from retirement in 1937, unsuccessfully screen testing for the role of Melanie in Gone with the Wind (1939). She made a second comeback upon her husband's successful entreaties to a long-term friend and collaborator, the director John Ford. Dorothy appeared in supporting roles in three of Ford's films, before leaving the screen for the final time. In her later years, she became somewhat reticent about discussing her career as a movie actress.

Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23, 1940 - November 12, 1994) was an American track and field sprinter, who competed in the 100 and 200 meters dash. Rudolph was considered the fastest woman in the world in the 1960s and competed in two Olympic Games, in 1956 and in 1960.

In the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Rudolph became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field during a single Olympic Games. A track and field champion, she elevated women's track to a major presence in the United States. As a member of the black community, she is also regarded as a civil rights and women's rights pioneer. Along with other 1960 Olympic athletes such as Cassius Clay (who later became Muhammad Ali), Rudolph became an international star due to the first international television coverage of the Olympics that year.

The powerful sprinter emerged from the 1960 Rome Olympics as "The Tornado, the fastest woman on earth". The Italians nicknamed her La Gazzella Nera ("The Black Gazelle"); to the French she was La Perle Noire ("The Black Pearl").

Ellis E. Fowler is an award-winning television and film actor whose credits include Tyler Perry's Sistas, Grownish, All American: Homecoming, #Anniversary, and more.

Ellis is also a writer and has written a highly-rated novel series, The Dead Man Chronicles, as well as television pilots, award-winning short screenplays, and an acclaimed book on goal setting: Realize your Resolutions.

An alum of the University of Memphis, Ellis moved to Los Angeles from Tennessee in early 2013. He holds bachelor's degrees in film and broadcast journalism.

In addition to acting and writing, Ellis is a video editor/motion graphics specialist and a Director of Photography.

A true creative polymath who prides himself on achieving a level of mastery in all that he does, Ellis has a passion for storytelling through the pen, the lens, or through his own expression of character.

Johnny Wickham was born on 30 June 1982 in Clarksville, Tennessee, USA. Johnny is a writer and director, known for The Invisible Raptor (2023), Proof of Concept (2022) and The Science of Mortal Kombat (2019).

Pat Summitt was born on 12 June 1952 in Clarksville, Tennessee, USA. She was married to R. B. Summitt. She died on 28 June 2016 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.

Tara Copeland was born on 26 October 1976 in Clarksville, Arkansas, USA. She is an actress, known for Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000), GLOW (2017) and The Campaign (2012). She has been married to Andrew Eastwick since 10 July 2010.

John Edward Williams was born on 29 August 1922 in Clarksville, Texas, USA. John Edward was a writer, known for Stoner and Butcher's Crossing (2022). John Edward died on 3 March 1994 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA.

Helen Wood was born on 4 June 1917 in Clarksville, Tennessee, USA. She was an actress, known for Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936), The Pilgrimage Play (1949) and Crack-Up (1936). She died on 8 February 1988 in Burbank, California, USA.

Jordan Karst was born on 16 February 1995 in Clarksville, Tennessee, USA. He is an actor, known for Easy's Waltz, What Happened in That Cabin and Mourning Sacrifice.

Euell Gibbons was born on 8 September 1911 in Clarksville, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Bicentennial Minutes (1974), The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Michael Landon (1975) and The Mike Douglas Show (1961). He was married to Freda Fryer. He died on 29 December 1975 in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA.

J.D. Tippit was born on 18 September 1924 in Clarksville, Texas, USA. He was married to Marie Gasaway. He died on 22 November 1963 in Dallas, Texas, USA.

Michael Alexander Moreno is an aspiring actor and a senior at Fern Creek High School. He was born in 1998 to mother Deirdre Plemons and father Alberto Moreno in Clarksville, Indiana. He soon moved to Miami, Florida, where he spent some of his childhood in kindergarten, before going with his mother to Louisville, Kentucky after she divorced with his father. As a child, he was diagnosed with a mild form of autism known as Asperger's Syndrome, which made life difficult for him growing up. But overtime, he became better at communicating with others and understanding certain emotions. In middle school, he discovered things such as music and sports, which would make a positive impact on his life as he transitioned into high school. When he did, he immediately went into the performing arts field and joined the Fern Creek Chamber Choir and the theatre program. He went on to star in 3 of the schools major stage plays: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton in November of 2013, War of the Worlds by Orson Wells in 2014, and Aladdin: The Musical in 2015. In 2017, he made his short film debut with Eight-Teen, directed by TShombi Basemore and written by Rebecca Ricks.

Joe E. Elwood was born on 22 September 1968 in Clarksville, Indiana, USA. He is an editor and actor, known for The Ant Bully (2006), Star Wars: Rebels (2014) and Quantum of Solace (2008). He has been married to Julie Elwood since 10 April 1999. They have one child.

Travis Spicer was born on 9 August 1995 in Clarksville, Tennessee. Travis is a producer, known for American Underdog (2024), Room Six (2024) and Reporting for Christmas (2023).

Justin was born on July 6th 1989 in Maryland. Growing up watching his sister act in play after play, musical after musical he got inspired to act himself at an early age. By enrolling in the Drama Learning Center he began learning techniques and skills of acting which have proven to help him now that he's making a name for himself. As an aspiring actor from Maryland he is learning many tricks of the trade from fellow accomplished actors in the business and hopes that many more feature roles will come his way to establish himself among the best. Justin attended James Madison University where he obtained a B.A. in Theatre while consistently traveling back and forth from New York for auditions. He currently (2011) resides in New York making strides every day and achieving his dream.

Jeremy David Lee was born on 31 December 1980 in Clarksville, Tennessee, USA. He is known for Super 8 (2011), Fast X (2023) and Leave the World Behind (2023). He has been married to Kaitlyn Browning Lee since 20 May 2022. He was previously married to Crystal Marie Lee.

Mickie Knuckles was born on 16 May 1984 in Clarksville, Indiana, USA. She is an actress, known for TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004), Resistance/Girl Fight Chapter III: Death Becomes Her Female Deathmatch Tournament (2018) and CZW: Tournament of Death 21 (2024).

Leon Buck was born on 15 April 1913 in Clarksville, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for Harlem on the Prairie (1937), Campus Capers (1942) and Satchel Mouth Baby (1946). He died on 27 April 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA.