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List of Accepted Birth Years with Documentation.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorSpaceFreakMicha
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Quoting Sebastien:
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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"...  )
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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:

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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

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Quoting Sebastien:
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Quoting Astrakan:
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This submission was just accepted and released:

Ron Taylor (1952)
Actor appearing in movies and lots of TV shows.
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0853103/
- http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F06E6DA173AF935A15752C0A9649C8B63
- http://www.tv.com/ron-taylor/person/3369/summary.html
- http://www.answers.com/topic/ron-taylor-1
- http://www.astrotheme.fr/en/heights/7
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Taylor_%28actor%29
- http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Ron_Taylor

Ron Taylor (????)
Has appeared in only one movie: The Truman Show.
NOTE: IMDb has his BY as 1947, but that was the only source I could find so I didn't contribute it.
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0853105/

KM


I found another source that confirms the BY for the second Ron Taylor (1947)
http://www.gazillionmovies.com/Actor/R/Ro/RonTaylor.htm

The second Ron Taylor has a twin brother named Don and both play in The Truman Show:
Truman Show News Clipping
Martin Zuidervliet

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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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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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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.
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American actor Gary Collins (1938), 'Airport':

- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004833/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Collins_(actor)
- http://www.filmreference.com/film/57/Gary-Collins.html

British actor Gary Collins (????), appearing in an episode of 'The Book Group' (in the database under EAN 6-867441-001799):

- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1791224/
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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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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)
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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/
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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.

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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
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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/
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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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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/
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