Over the years, Wireds writers have included Jorn Barger, John Perry Barlow, John Battelle, Paul Boutin, Stewart Brand, Gareth Branwyn, Po Bronson, Scott Carney, Michael Chorost, Douglas Coupland, James Daly, Joshua Davis, J. Bradford DeLong, Mark Dery, David Diamond, Patrick Di Justo, Cory Doctorow, Esther Dyson, Mark Frauenfelder, Simson Garfinkel, William Gibson, Dan Gillmor Mike Godwin, George Gilder, Lou Ann Hammond, Danny Hillis, Steven Johnson, Bill Joy, Jon Katz, Leander Kahney, Richard Kadrey, Jaron Lanier, Lawrence Lessig, Paul Levinson, Steven Levy, John Markoff, Wil McCarthy, Glyn Moody, Charles Platt, Josh Quittner, Spencer Reiss, Howard Rheingold, Rudy Rucker, Paul Saffo, Evan Schwartz, Peter Schwartz, Alex Steffen, Neal Stephenson, Bruce Sterling, Chris Hardwick, John Hodgman, Kevin Warwick, Dave Winer, Belinda Parmar and Gary Wolf.

The romance theme was later given lyrics, and became the pop standard " Smile ", first recorded by Nat King Cole and later covered by artists as Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Tony Bennett, Trini Lopez, Eric Clapton, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Michael Bublé, Petula Clark, Liberace, Judy Garland, Madeleine Peyroux, Plácido Domingo and Dionne Warwick, Michael Jackson and Robert Downey, Jr. ( included on the soundtrack for the film Chaplin ).

The show included entertainers such as Frankie Lymon, The Supremes, Marian Anderson, Louis Armstrong, Pearl Bailey, LaVern Baker, Harry Belafonte, James Brown, Godfrey Cambridge, Diahann Carroll, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, Bill Cosby, Count Basie, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis, Jr., Bo Diddley, Rocío Dúrcal, Duke Ellington, Lola Falana, The 5th Dimension, Ella Fitzgerald, The Four Tops, Aretha Franklin, Dick Gregory, W. C. Handy, Lena Horne, The Jackson 5, Mahalia Jackson, Eartha Kitt, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Little Anthony & The Imperials, Moms Mabley, Johnny Mathis, The Miracles ( later known as Smokey Robinson & the Miracles ), Melba Moore, The Platters, Leontyne Price, Richard Pryor, Lou Rawls, Della Reese, Nipsey Russell, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, The Temptations, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Tina Turner ( at the time known as " The Ike & Tina Turner Revue "), Leslie Uggams, William Warfield, Dionne Warwick, Dinah Washington, Ethel Waters, Flip Wilson, Jackie Wilson, Nancy Wilson, and Stevie Wonder.

He was originally going to play Wicket, but he fell ill and that role was handed over to Warwick Davis.

International stars have included Laura Pausini, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Amália Rodrigues, Björk, Abdel Halim Hafez, Dave Matthews Band, Lara Fabian, Willy DeVille, Amália Rodrigues, Lou Reed, Josephine Baker, Annie Cordy, Majida El Roumi, Linda de Suza, The Animals, Petula Clark, Bülent Ersoy, Can, Ewa Demarczyk, Celine Dion, Cher, Deep Purple, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Sammy Davis Jr., Diana Krall, Dir En Grey, The Doors, Elis Regina, Eric Burdon, War, Fairuz, Dave Gahan, Jeff Buckley, Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation, Jimi Hendrix, Judy Garland, Kraftwerk, Nana Mouskouri, Haris Alexiou, Olivera Vuco, Mika, Wings, Paul McCartney, Oliver Dragojevic, Paul Simon, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Sarit Hadad, Bob Dylan, Black Sabbath, PJ Harvey, Tori Amos, Lady Gaga, The Corrs, Lola Beltrán, Luciano Pavarotti, Mariza, Maysa, Liza Minnelli, Morrissey, The Shadows, My Bloody Valentine, Nelly Furtado, New Order, Nick Cave, Nina Simone, Patti Smith, Phil Collins, Pet Shop Boys, Roger Hodgson, Primal Scream, Stevie Nicks, KISS, Sabah, Scorpions, Simple Minds, Frank Sinatra, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Tereza Kesovija, The Beatles, The Cure, The Jackson 5, Barry Manilow, The Mars Volta, Stephen Stills, Yolandita Monge, Otis Redding, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Rolling Stones, Tin Machine, Mika, Björk, Umm Kulthum, Zohar Argov, Dionne Warwick, Violetta Villas, The Velvet Underground, Leon Redbone, Leonard Cohen, Manu Dibango, Katy Perry, Christina Aguilera, Sid Vicious, James Brown, Alla Pugacheva, Lili Ivanova, Queens of the Stone Age, Arctic Monkeys, Miles Kane and Arcade Fire, Zdravko Čolić & Tangerine Dream among many others.

David Learner operated his body on television, having previously played and voiced the part for the stage version, and Warwick Davis wore the Marvin costume for the feature film.

Warwick Davis played Marvin in the 2005 film.

At Arista, Davis signed Patti Smith, The Outlaws, Eric Carmen, Exposé, Ace of Base, Air Supply, Dionne Warwick, Ray Parker and Raydio, Aretha Franklin, and Alicia Keys, and he brought to the label Carly Simon, The Grateful Dead, The Kinks and Lou Reed.

Warwick had been personally signed and guided by the label's founder Clive Davis, who stated to Dionne " You may be ready to give the business up, but the business is not ready to give you up.

Notable people who were born in Epsom include television personalities Jeremy Vine, Mel Giedroyc and Michaela Strachan ( born in Ewell ) as well as artist Simon Starling, actors Tom Felton, Warwick Davis, actress Alex Kingston, and the current Ambassador of the European Union to the United Nations, Thomas Mayr-Harting.

* Warwick Davis as Goblin Corps

The Blu-ray release featured one new special feature, a picture-in-picture track that lasts the length of the film and features interviews with the crew and several minor cast members including Warwick Davis.

Willow is a 1988 American fantasy film directed by Ron Howard, produced and with a story by George Lucas, and starring Warwick Davis, Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Jean Marsh, and Billy Barty.

The child washes up on shore near a village inhabited by a race of dwarf-like people called Nelwyns ( derisively called " pecks " by humans ) and is found by the children of Willow Ufgood ( Warwick Davis ), a farmer and amateur conjurer.

* Warwick Davis as Willow Ufgood: A reluctant Nelwyn dwarf and aspiring sorcerer who plays a critical role in protecting infant Elora Danan from the evil queen Bavmorda.

During the production of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi in 1982, Lucas approached Warwick Davis, who was portraying Wicket the Ewok, about playing Willow Ufgood.

The film won Best Costume Design at the Saturn Awards, where it was also nominated for Warwick Davis for Best Performance by a Younger Actor ( lost to Fred Savage for Vice Versa ) and Jean Marsh for Best Supporting Actress ( lost to Sylvia Sidney for Beetlejuice ).

The release included an audio commentary by Warwick Davis and two " making of " featurettes.

The film ( and its reputed commercial failure ) is widely referenced in the 2011 BBC Two TV comedy, Life's Too Short, which also stars Warwick Davis.

In the TV series Life's Too Short with Warwick Davis at the beginning of episode 3 a variety of dwarf tossing, dwarf bowling is shown using a greased up little person, a slip-and-slide mat and over sized bowling pins.

Warwick Ashley Davis ( born 3 February 1970 ) is an English actor.

Warwick Davis was born in Epsom, Surrey, to an insurance broker and his wife.

In April 2010 Davis published his autobiography, Size Matters Not: The Extraordinary Life and Career of Warwick Davis, with a foreword by George Lucas.

* June 6 – Robert Warwick, American actor ( b. 1878 )

* October 9 – Robert Warwick, American stage & screen actor ( d. 1964 )

* Warbeck was portrayed by British actor Richard Warwick in the 1972 BBC television series The Shadow of the Tower.

* James Warwick ( actor ), English actor

* Richard Warwick, English actor

Warwick, for years an aficionado of psychic phenomena, was advised by astrologer Linda Goodman in 1971 to add a small " e " to her last name, making Warwick " WARWICKe " for good luck and to recognize her married name and her spouse, actor and drummer William " Bill " Elliott.

Dionne Warwick married actor and drummer William David Elliott 1934-1983 (" http :// www. imdb. com / name / nm0254670 /") ( CBS's Bridget Loves Bernie-1972 – 73 ) in 1966 ; they divorced in May 1967.

Warwick has been connected romantically with Philadelphia Eagles great Timmy Brown, French singer-songwriter Sacha Distel, actor Philip Michael Thomas ( Miami Vice ), Seagram heir and CEO Edgar Bronfman, Jr., and Las Vegas restaurateur and actor Gianni Russo ( The Godfather ).

* Robert Warwick ( 1878 – 1964 ), actor

' Allo ' Allo actor Arthur Bostrom was born in Rugby and attended Lawrence Sheriff School, where he was a contemporary with Kevin Warwick the Cyborg scientist ..

* Return of the Ewok ( 1982 )-Shot during production of Return of the Jedi, this film deals with actor Warwick Davis ' transformation into Wicket, as he decides to become an actor.

Dix has a second violent outburst when a young director bad-mouths Dix's friend Charlie ( Robert Warwick ), a washed-up actor.

David Warwick ( born 15 January 1948 ) is a British stage and television actor known for his recurring role in the BBC television sitcom, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, and for his theatre work, most notably with the writer and director Ray Cooney.

Dunn was born in Warwick, New York, and was a child actor at radio station WAAT in Newark, New Jersey.

Robert Warwick ( 9 October 1878 – 6 June 1964 ) was an American stage, film and television actor with over 200 film appearances.

Two films, Alias Jimmy Valentine and A Girl's Folly, both directed by Maurice Tourneur have been preserved, and showcase Warwick as a silent actor, as well as Tourneur's directing talent, and both are available on home video.

* 1981 – Jamie Davis, English actor

* 1942 – Don S. Davis, American actor and painter ( d. 2008 )

* 1925 – Sammy Davis Jr., American actor and singer ( d. 1990 )

* 2002 – Davis Cleveland, American actor

* 2005 – Ossie Davis, American actor, activist ( b. 1917 )

singer / actor Sammy Davis, Jr.,

* 1938 – William B. Davis, Canadian actor

* 1978 – Matthew Davis, American actor

* 1949 – Brad Davis, American actor ( d. 1991 )

* 1945 – Clifton Davis, American actor

* Adam Pascal ( born 1970 ), American actor and singer, best known for his role of Roger Davis in the Broadway musical Rent

* October 4 – Clifton Davis, American actor

** Daniel Davis, American actor

** Brad Davis, American actor ( b. 1949 )

** Jim Davis, American actor ( b. 1909 )

* December 8 – Sammy Davis Jr., American singer, dancer, musician, and actor ( d. 1990 )

* February 5 – Davis Cleveland, American child actor

Rutherford married character actor Stringer Davis in 1945 and the couple appeared in many productions together.

While making June Bride ( 1948 ), Davis clashed with co-star Robert Montgomery, later describing him as " a male Miriam Hopkins ... an excellent actor, but addicted to scene-stealing ".

* A holodeck simulation of Professor Moriarty, played by actor Daniel Davis, appeared in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes " Elementary, Dear Data " and " Ship in a Bottle ", accidentally achieving sentience when Geordi LaForge asks the holodeck to create an opponent able to defeat Data ( rather than Sherlock Holmes ).

German productions of Herb Gardner's " I'm Not Rappaport " almost always cast the role of Midge Carter, the black character, famously portrayed in the U. S. by Ossie Davis, with a white actor in black makeup.

Clinch County is the birthplace of actor Ossie Davis, Jonathan Smith ( football player ), politician W. Benjamin Gibbs, and politician William Chester Lankford.

Marion is also noted for being the birthplace of legendary actor James Dean and famed cartoonist Jim Davis, though both were raised in nearby Fairmount.

* Don S. Davis, actor, best known for playing General George S. Hammond on Stargate SG-1