Richardson’s second TV role was in 1985, when she appeared as Violet Hunter in the Sherlock Holmes adventure “The Copper Beeches” with Jeremy Brett.
British actor Jeremy Northam, most noted for Gosford Park and Emma is the son of the late John Northam, hailed as Britain’s preeminent expert on the works of the playwright Henrik Ibsen.
Henry Gibson, famous for his appearances as “The Poet” on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, was originally known as James Bateman before adopting his stage name as a play on “Henrik Ibsen”.
Henry Gibson returned to fame as the country singer running for governor of Tennessee in Robert Altman’s “Nashville”.
I hate Illinois Nazis quoth Jake Blues in the first Blues Brothers movie.
At the time of its release, Blues Brothers held the record for most cars destoryed in one movie.
(They were '70’s Dodges. They needed to be destroyed. 
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Although you would never predict it from watching “Blues Brothers”, Dan Ackroyd went on to win an Oscar for laying on a Georgia accent in “Driving Miss Daisy”.
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(They were '70’s Dodges. They needed to be destroyed. )
Although you would never predict it from watching “Blues Brothers”, Dan Ackroyd went on to win an Oscar for laying on a Georgia accent in “Driving Miss Daisy”.[/Q]
Former showgirl Georgia Frontiere became owner of the Los Angeles Rams upon the mysterious drowning death of her husband, Carroll Rosenbloom.
After the 1971 season, Carroll Rosenbloom (then the owner of the Baltimore Colts) traded franchises with Jim Irsay (who had recently become owner of the Los Angeles Rams).
Ironically, both franchises would later change cities, as well (the Colts moving to Indianapolis, then, years later, the Rams moving to St. Louis).
Los Angeles-class boats were the mainstays of the U.S. attack submarine fleet through the 1980s, and were featured in several Tom Clancy novels including *The Hunt for *Red October.
Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers sang “No Irish Need Apply” for Irish-American President John F. Kennedy at the White House in 1963.
John F. Kennedy was the only Catholic person ever elected President. Joe Biden, also a Democrat, is the first-ever Catholic to serve as Vice President.
Al Smith, the first Catholic to get a major party nomination for president, later became the president of the management company that built and ran the Empire State Building.
According to the Doctor Who episode Daleks in Manhattan, the Daleks are responsible for the construction of the Empire State Building.
He did not win. He was nominated, but lost to Denzel Washington for Glory.
The construction materials for the Empire State Building were provided by General Builders Supply Corporation, which was headed by James Farley, who later became Postmaster General under Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Chris Farley named his most popular “SNL” character, a hapless motivational speaker, “Matt Foley,” in honor of a buddy of his at Marquette University. The real-life Matt Foley became a Catholic priest, and presided at Chris Farley’s funeral Mass.
The famous marching band of Ohio State University is affectionately known to its fans as TBDBITL (pronounced “tabiddle”), for “The best damn band in the land.”
In order to convince Kansas City Chiefs coach Herm Edwards - who disapproves of profanity - to appear as a guest, Fox Sports changed the name of their marquee late night program to “The Best *Darn *Sports Show” for one day on October 30, 2007.
Some fan counted and determined that the word ‘fuck’ was used 43 times in the first episode of HBO’s DEADWOOD, 2,980 times during the course of the series, and an average of 1.56 times per minute.