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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 1,774 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Sebastien: Quote: I'm certainly not complaining about your great effort. You saved me a lot of time and you can add all the BY you want in your database. The point is, the undocumented and accepted BY amount is so huge (in the main database), I'm asking myself if the process is still worth the effort. No offence taken... I just wanted to clarify that I knew about the unneccessary birthyears and warned people which were interested in my headshot database. Maybe I find some time to clean them up this weekend, but I myself prefer contributing new headshots instead of deleting birthyears. And since last week I started to keep track of all my newly added headshots so that I can offer people small database files only containing new added/improved headshots without birthyears. (see headshot-thread) The real problem is that we don't have the possibility of deleting unneccessary birthyears from the online database. Way too many slipped through by contributions before the rules for birthyears were clear. Unfortunately Ken gives DVD Profiler new functions before clarifying the rules for them (see the distributor/media company disaster). While I obey the rules for only contributing neccessary bithyears I think it would be a better solution to allow birthyears for every actor, as long as is documented. Sure, not for every actor it is known, but it would save this trouble of dividing neccessary/unneccessary birthyears and is IMHO a valuable information. (Yes I know, it's "DVD Profiler", not "Actor Profiler"... ) | | | Last edited: by SpaceFreakMicha |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 3,480 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Unicus69: Quote: Robin Williams (1951) Actor, Patch Adams, Goodwill Hunting, Mork & Mindy. Interview with Robin, bottom of the page...http://www.robin-williams.net/RWFinterview.php
Robin Williams (1947) Folk Singer, Prairie Home Companion http://www.folklib.net/index/birth/birth_w.shtml#Williams,_R
Thanks for the info Giga. I didn't see this post before I emailed the folk singer Robin Williams at his official website. He confirmed the year noted above: Quote: James, 1947 is the year which is a few years before the "famous" Robin Williams. Luckily, I've escaped heart trouble.
Robin Williams I thought I'd post it here in case that other link goes dead or something. | | | ...James
"People fake a lot of human interactions, but I feel like I fake them all, and I fake them very well. That’s my burden, I guess." ~ Dexter Morgan |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Posts: 2,366 |
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Registered: April 13, 2007 | Posts: 651 |
| Posted: | | | | David Arnold (David A. Arnold)???? David Arnold 1962
Added BY to David Arnold to differ him from sound department David Arnold.(sound department David Arnold): http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0036407/ He's listed here as David A. Arnold, but in Gone in 60 seconds and Enemy of the State, he's credited just as David Arnold, so therefore I'm providing BY for the composer.
Composer David Arnold: http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/articles/biography_david_arnold.php3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Arnold http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003417/ http://www.last.fm/music/David+Arnold/+wiki
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| T!M | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 8,735 |
| Posted: | | | | Actress Mandy Moore (1984), 'American Dreamz', 'Because I Said So', 'License to Wed':
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0601553/ - http://www.mandymoore.com/ - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandy_Moore - http://www.filmreference.com/film/21/Mandy-Moore.html
Choreographer/Dancer Mandy Moore (????), 'Austin Powers in Goldmember', 'Bubble Boy', nominated for an "Outstanding Choreography" Emmy Award for 'So You Think You Can Dance':
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1121431/ - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandy_Moore_(choreographer) - http://www.fansofrealitytv.com/forums/so-you-think-you-can-dance/74703-mandy-moore-judge-choreographer.html |
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| T!M | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 8,735 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting bentyman: Quote: He's listed here as David A. Arnold, but in Gone in 60 seconds and Enemy of the State, he's credited just as David Arnold, so therefore I'm providing BY for the composer. Use of a birth year is, per the rules, only allowed if it's really necessary. If the "sound department David Arnold" is mostly credited as "David A. Arnold", then it doesn't matter that he's listed as "David Arnold" in 'Gone in 60 Seconds' and 'Enemy of the State'. That in itself doesn't warrant a birth year for the other David Arnold - it might just as well mean that those 'Gone in 60 Seconds' and 'Enemy of the State' all need the addition of the proper common name. Only if sound guy David A. Arnold is actually mostly credited as "David Arnold" too, then we're going to need birth years. FYI: I haven't checked up on this any further yet - I'm just saying that the fact that he's credited as "David Arnold" in two films is, in itself, not enough reason to start adding birth years to the other David Arnold. There may well be a dozen "David A. Arnold" credits against those two you mentioned... So we need a little bit more to be sure. | | | Last edited: by T!M |
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| T!M | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
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| T!M | Profiling since Dec. 2000 |
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| Posted: | | | | Singer/actor Paul Simon (1941), 'Annie Hall':
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800328/ - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Simon - http://www.filmreference.com/film/74/Paul-Simon.html - http://www.paulsimon.com/ - http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/90396
And then there are many other people named Paul Simon. One other one that appears in my database is the one appearing in 'Die Hard with a Vengeance', 'The Thomas Crown Affair', 'Panic Room' and 'Bedazzled':
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800329/ - http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/865512 |
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Registered: May 28, 2007 | Posts: 270 |
| Posted: | | | | Director/Writter Paul Verhoeven (Netherlands) born 1938 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000682/ http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Verhoeven_(Niederlande)
Actor/Director/Writer Paul Verhoeven (Germany) born 1901 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0894204/ http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Verhoeven_(Deutschland) | | | Raphael |
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Registered: May 28, 2007 | Posts: 270 |
| Posted: | | | | UK Actor Brian Peck (1930): http://www.tv.com/brian-peck/person/34738/appearances.html http://www.citwf.com/person335232.htm http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0669632/
US Actor Brian Peck (1960): http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=13579 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0669631/ | | | Raphael |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Posts: 21,610 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting T!M: Quote: Quoting bentyman:
Quote: He's listed here as David A. Arnold, but in Gone in 60 seconds and Enemy of the State, he's credited just as David Arnold, so therefore I'm providing BY for the composer. Use of a birth year is, per the rules, only allowed if it's really necessary. If the "sound department David Arnold" is mostly credited as "David A. Arnold", then it doesn't matter that he's listed as "David Arnold" in 'Gone in 60 Seconds' and 'Enemy of the State'. That in itself doesn't warrant a birth year for the other David Arnold - it might just as well mean that those 'Gone in 60 Seconds' and 'Enemy of the State' all need the addition of the proper common name. Only if sound guy David A. Arnold is actually mostly credited as "David Arnold" too, then we're going to need birth years. FYI: I haven't checked up on this any further yet - I'm just saying that the fact that he's credited as "David Arnold" in two films is, in itself, not enough reason to start adding birth years to the other David Arnold. There may well be a dozen "David A. Arnold" credits against those two you mentioned... So we need a little bit more to be sure. Tim is correct BY data is totally unnecessary when a Common Name can be established, and against the Rule as well. If David A. Arnold=David Arnold that is all that is needed. But they may be two separate people. Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!! CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it. Outta here
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| Posted: | | | | Steve McQueen (1930) (actor: Bullitt, Junior Bonner, The Getaway) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_mcqueen http://www.imdb.com/name/nm537/ http://stevemcqueen.com/biography
Steve McQueen (1969) (director: Hunger) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_McQueen_(artist) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2588606/ http://www.re-title.com/artists/cv/Steve-McQueen.asp | | | Last edited: by marcelb7 |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 13,201 |
| Posted: | | | | I just noticed that I can edit the posts again. While I am not sure when it happened, my PM was never opened, I am glad to see that it did. It will take me a little bit to get caught up, so bear with me. | | | No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against this power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand. The Centauri learned this lesson once. We will teach it to them again. Though it take a thousand years, we will be free. - Citizen G'Kar |
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Registered: May 28, 2007 | Posts: 270 |
| Posted: | | | | Actor David Jensen (1947) - e.g. Species, Halloween 4
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0421397/ http://divxplanet.com/kisiler/David-Jensen-k93761.html
Actor David Jensen (1952) - e.g. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Deja Vu http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003861/ http://www.cinemagia.ro/actori/david-jensen-27744/ | | | Raphael |
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Registered: April 3, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 1,998 |
| Posted: | | | | Quoting Unicus69: Quote: I just noticed that I can edit the posts again. While I am not sure when it happened, my PM was never opened, I am glad to see that it did. It will take me a little bit to get caught up, so bear with me. Just checked my post on page 3 (Posted: February 24, 2008 10:40 PM) I'm able to edit it to |
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Registered: June 12, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,665 |
| Posted: | | | | Tony Todd: already approved in the DB but not documented here that i could find.
Tony Todd (1954): Kurn from Star Trek:TNG; Candyman; The Rock http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Tony_Todd http://www.myspace.com/theofficialtonytodd http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0865302/
Tony Todd (????): Truman Show (Policeman at ~53:00 is his one acting credit) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1219786/
Tony Todd (????): Cinematographer (one film) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1546878/ | | | Bad movie? You're soaking in it! |
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