Actors sometimes alternate between theater, television and film or even branch into other occupations within the entertainment industry such as becoming a singer, comedian, producer, or a television host in order to be monetarily diversified, as doing one gig pays comparatively very little.

In the U. S. many professional dancers are members of unions such as the American Guild of Musical Artists, the Screen Actors Guild and Actors ' Equity Association.

Actors such as Lino Banfi, Diego Abatantuono, Alvaro Vitali, Gloria Guida, Barbara Bouchet and Edwige Fenech owe much of their popularity to these films.

: The Director is responsible for overseeing the creative aspects of a film, including controlling the content and flow of the film's plot, directing the performances of Actors, organizing and selecting the locations in which the film will be shot, and managing technical details such as the positioning of cameras, the use of lighting, and the timing and content of the film's soundtrack.

While the low volume of business conducted by Universal in Germany made such threats largely hollow, the State Department, under pressure from the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League and the Screen Actors Guild, stepped in and the German government backed down.

Actors from the 1950s and 1960s such as John Wayne, Steve McQueen and Lee Marvin passed the torch in the 1970s to actors such as martial artist Bruce Lee, Tom Laughlin, Charles Bronson, Chuck Norris, Clint Eastwood and Sonny Chiba.

Guilds and associations that represent actors, such as the Screen Actors Guild ( SAG ) in the United States and British Actors ' Equity Association in the United Kingdom, stipulate that no two members may have identical working names.

Actors and dancers in blackface appeared in music videos such Grace Jones's " Slave to the Rhythm " ( 1980, also part of her touring piece A One Man Show ) and Taco's " Puttin ' on the Ritz " ( 1984 ).

Actors such as Mickey Rooney, Vincent Price, Alan Alda, Ann Miller, Ben Affleck, Don Ameche, Betty Grable, John Carradine, Leonard Nimoy, Forrest Tucker, Stubby Kaye and Ann B. Davis have done shows there.

By this time, his popularity was such that he was able to lend his prestige to the cause of Mexican labor, representing the National Association of Actors in talks with President Manuel Ávila Camacho.

At first however, the company first needs to get a waiver from The Screen Actors Guild which ruled at the time that talent agencies such as MCA were prohibited from producing TV shows or films.

Other notable roles include Mary Elizabeth ( O ' Brien ) Sims on the Lifetime Television drama series Any Day Now ( 1998 – 2002 ), for which she was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series, the voice of Little Bo Peep in the first two Toy Story films, a supporting role in the John Hughes's Pretty in Pink as well as guest-starring roles on such CBS's television series as Magnum, P. I., Joan of Arcadia, Close to Home, Two and a Half Men and ABC ' Men in Trees, Ugly Betty and Boston Legal.

Actors who were relegated to such a hectic schedule appeared, as Young did, in some six to eight movies per year.

The 1930s led to a rise of labor unions in motion pictures as in other industries such as The Screen Actors Guild which was formed in 1933.

The challenge of rooting out Communists from labor unions and the Democratic party was successfully undertaken by liberals, such as Walter Reuther of the autoworkers union and Ronald Reagan of the Screen Actors Guild ( Reagan was a liberal Democrat at the time ).

He has also been nominated and won many awards from film organizations such as Screen Actors Guild, Cannes Film Festival, Golden Globes and others.

Actors such as Helen Hunt and Jimmy Smits have quoted him as a source of inspiration.

The channel still airs the few arts-related series aired by Bravo USA ( such as Inside the Actors Studio and Work of Art ), but due to Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC ) regulations which require the channel to still air programming related to arts, Bravo Canada does not air the vast majority of the U. S. channel's reality seriesmost of them have been picked up by other Canadian specialty channels.

Actors such as James Earl Jones, Tim Curry, Gilbert Gottfried, Selma Diamond and Julie Kavner have been able to turn this to their advantage, often in voice-over work.

LORT acts on behalf of its members in matters pertaining, but not limited to ; collective bargaining with unions such as Actors ’ Equity Association, United Scenic Artists, and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, representation before government agencies on problems of labor relations, and the handling of disputes between members and their employees or union representatives .< ref > League of Resident Theatres, < www. lort. org ></ ref >

He was a member of the Actors Studio and would later go on to train such actors as Debra Winger, Henry Silva and Tony Sirico.

Aside from still airing programming such as Inside the Actors Studio, a 2012 re-branding effectively separated the Canadian Bravo from its American counterpart.

Actors known for their early support of SAG ( besides the founders ) include Edward Arnold, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Dudley Digges, Porter Hall, Paul Harvey, Jean Hersholt, Russell Hicks, Murray Kinnell, Gene Lockhart, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, Chester Morris, Jean Muir, George Murphy, Erin O ' Brien-Moore, Irving Pichel, Dick Powell, Edward G. Robinson, Edwin Stanley, Gloria Stuart, Lyle Talbot, Franchot Tone, Warren William, and Robert Young.

Actors who had earlier played Marlowe in feature-length films include Dick Powell ( 1944 ), Humphrey Bogart ( 1946 ), Robert Montgomery ( 1947 ), George Montgomery ( 1947 ), James Garner ( 1969 ) and Elliott Gould ( 1973 ).

Her debut on television was two and a half seasons as a cast member of the New Zealand sketch comedy series " Funny Business " – after which she studied drama at the William Davis Centre for Actors Study in Vancouver.

* William Ross ( theatrical producer ) ( 1915 – 1994 ), State Managers Association, Actors ' Equity Association

Actors on the series included Elvia Allman, Eleanor Audley, Parley Baer, Michael Ann Barrett, Tony Barrett, Harry Bartell, Ted Bliss, Lillian Buyeff, Ken Christy, William Conrad, Ted deCorsia, John Dehner, Don Diamond, Paul Dubov, Sam Edwards, Virginia Gregg, Lou Merrill, Howard McNear, Jess Kirkpatrick, B. J.

William David Daniels ( born March 31, 1927 ) is an American actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild ( 1999 to 2001 ).

Actors who appeared in episodes included Phyllis Avery, Ida Lupino, Sam Peckinpah, Peter Falk, Hugh O ' Brian, Shelley Winters, Cliff Robertson, John Cassavetes, Jack Lord, William Shatner, Angie Dickinson, Suzanne Pleshette, Robert Stack, Dina Merrill, Darren McGavin, Broderick Crawford, Robert Wagner, Robert Young and Stuart Whitman.

Besides appearing in many TV programs and movies, Davis founded his own acting school the William Davis Centre for Actors Study.

While his time at the Vancouver Playhouse was short-lived, he remained in Vancouver where he founded his own acting school, The William Davis Centre for Actors Study, a training ground for several future stars including Lucy Lawless.

The William Davis Centre for Actors Study is an acting school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

* William Davis Centre for Actors Study Official Website

Upon her graduation from the College of William and Mary, she had already received her Actors ' Equity Association card.

In the 1980s, while a member of the Actors ' Touring Company, he used the stage name Russell Enoch ; on leaving the company he reverted to the name William Russell.

According to William Archer in Eminent Actors, “ at his death, Macklin was believed to be 97, but his biographers have endeavored to show that he was at least 107.

Thomas Kirkman and William Cooke, in Eminent Actors, assert that “ William MacLochlainn, father of Charles Macklin, had a daughter and a son, who were born two months previous to the Battle of Boyne, which took place in 1690 ”.

In fact, The Monthly Mirror of February 1796, a year before his death, stated that: " Macklin, according to this statement, must be in his hundred and sixth year, or thereabouts, whereas he is in fact no more than ninety-seven ". According to William Archer, author of Eminent Actors, there “ were no registers of births, deaths, and marriages kept in Ireland in 1690 ”.

* William Greaves at the University of Wisconsin's Actors Studio audio collection

Actors Billy Bevan and William Desmond appear as themselves.

A portrait of William Terriss hangs in the stairwell of Denville Hall, the home for retired Actors and Actresses in Northwood, London, England.

Actors: Frank Lovejoy, William Talman, and Edmond O ' Brien.

He studied at Canada's famed William Davis Center for Actors Study.

Picnic by William Inge, Actors Theater Of Louisville, Louisville, KY. ( 1993 )

** Brian Bedford – Two Shakespearean Actors as William Charles Macready

Warren stated in a reply to the Los Angeles Times report of Ackerman ’ s death, “ When director William Asher requested that I growl during my brief sequence, my ever-protective agent, ' Uncle ' Forry quickly reminded him that said role had now become a ' speaking part ' and, as such, I was entitled to a cast credit as well as the Screen Actors Guild pay standard of an additional 250 bucks.