Basil Radford/Naughton Wayne – two actors who worked together, usually playing British upper class twits (long before Monty Python). The characters are based on those they played in THE LADY VANISHES.
Bernard Punsley – one of the Dead End kids, though I don’t know which one.
James Finlayson – Silent comic, usually a foil for Laurel and Hardy. Tall and bald.
Andrew Robinson – Didn’t he play the Cardassian tailor in DS9?
Jack Elam – Many westerns, first a villain, later as comic relief. Most memorable in SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF, and starred in the TV series THE TEXAS WHEELERS.
Dan Duryea – song and dance man, later starred in TV’s THE GOVERNOR AND JJ.
Sheldon Leonard – the architypal gangster henchman, later a TV producer (I SPY). Probably best known in IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, where he’s the owner of the bar in the world where George was never born.
Jeff Morrow – action actor of the 50s. Also star of TV’s COMBAT (or was it THE GALLANT MEN? I get them confused).
Dean Jagger – various roles. Won a supporting actor Oscar.
Edmund O’Brien – Heavy-set type. Best film role was probably the FBI agent in WHITE HEAT.
Gloria Graham – Blonde actress. Got a pot of hot water in the face in a gangster film whose name escapes me. Ado Annie in OKLAHOMA
Mercedes McCambridge – the voice of the demon in THE EXORCIST. Made various westerns in the 50s.
Jane Darwell – British matronly type. Last role was the woman feeding the birds in MARY POPPINS.
Lee Grant – Top actress of the 50s. Can’t think of a film just now.
Nancy Kulp – Robert Culp’s sister. Best known role was the banker’s secretary in TV’s THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES.
Carolyn Jones – Morticia in the original Addams family TV show. Had various movie roles, including a bit part in THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH.
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) in THE MALTESE FALCON, and also in THE BIG SLEEP.