Bruce Campbell began acting as a teenager and soon began making short Super 8 movies with friends.

He had first come up with the idea when he developed a wish to see his paintings move, and he subsequently began discussing the idea of creating an animation with an artist named Bruce Samuelson.

Meanwhile, the Scottish leader Robert Bruce began retaking all the territory conquered by Edward I.

James is supposed to have remarked in Scots that " it cam wi a lass, it will gang wi a lass " – referring to the House of Stewart which began with Walter Stewart's marriage to the daughter of Robert the Bruce.

Regardless, for Bruce the ' die was cast ' at the moment in Greyfriars and he had no alternative except to become king or a fugitive, Bruce asserted his claim to the Scottish crown and began his campaign by force for the independence of Scotland.

One, led by Bruce and his brother Edward landed at Turnberry Castle and began a guerrilla war in south-west Scotland.

Raimi became fascinated with making films when his father brought a movie camera home one day and he began to make Super 8 movies with childhood friend Bruce Campbell.

Ditko began professionally illustrating comic books in early 1953, drawing writer Bruce Hamilton's science-fiction story " Stretching Things " for the Key Publications imprint Stanmor Publications, which sold the story to Ajax / Farrell, where it finally found publication in Fantastic Fears # 5 ( cover-dated Feb. 1954 ).

After he decided to settle on the origin story aspect of his outline, Shyamalan began to write the screenplay as a spec script with Bruce Willis already set to star in the film and Samuel L. Jackson in mind to portray Elijah Price.

This began in the early 1970s with the martial arts movies of Bruce Lee, which led to a wave of Bruceploitation movies that eventually gave way to the comedy kung fu films of Jackie Chan by the end of the decade.

Around Lent of 1314, Edward Bruce, brother of the Scottish King, began the siege of Stirling Castle, which was commanded by Sir Philip Mowbray.

After some time they moved to the side of Douglas's division and began shooting into its left, but upon the command of Robert the Bruce who foresaw this, the Scottish 500-horse light cavalry under the Marischal Sir Robert Keith dispersed them.

During the fifth season, with Paramount executives having gained greater control, new producer Bruce Lansbury began to phase out the international missions.

At the age of 28, her modeling career began, when she was photographed by Bruce Weber for British Vogue and by Bill King for American Vogue.

Tension between the rival cities began to abate in 1968, when Hilltop mayor Vivian Caesar and Columbia Heights mayor Bruce Nawrocki met alongside their respective city councils to discuss mutual issues.

Regardless, for Bruce the die was cast at the moment in Greyfriars and so began his campaign by force for the independence of Scotland.

Bruce Nichols of The Dallas Morning News said that " Several people familiar with the town said troubles began in Patton Village after founding father H. L.

The Bruce resistance to Balliol may have been verging on collapse in 1335 but a turn-round in its fortunes began with the appearance of Sir Andrew Murray of Bothwell as a potent war leader at the Battle of Culblean.

Balliol lost many of his major supporters to the Bruce side and the main English garrisons began to fall to the Scots — Cupar in the spring or summer of 1339, Perth taken by Robert also in 1339 and Edinburgh by William, Earl of Douglas in April 1341

Bruce Artwick began the development of the Flight Simulator in 1977.

Microsoft Flight Simulator began as a set of articles written by Bruce Artwick in 1976 about a 3D computer graphics program.

When the magazine editor said that subscribers wanted to buy the program, Bruce Artwick set to work to create it and incorporated a company called subLOGIC Corporation in 1977. subLOGIC began selling flight simulators for several computer platforms including the 8080, Altair 8800 and IMSAI 8080.

Bruce Lee realized that in every situation, whether in fighting or in everyday life scenarios, they are varied and one must remain fluid in order to obtain victory.

Corben's collaborations are varied, ranging from Rip in Time with Bruce Jones, to Harlan Ellison for Vic and Blood, to the Den Saga, the Mutant World titles, Jeremy Brood, and The Arabian Nights with Jan Strnad.

The Sunset Music Festival began in 1997 in Newport and has included performances by acts as varied as Saves the Day, Jason Mraz, Paula Cole, moe., Little Feat, Jack's Mannequin, Peter Frampton, Bo Bice, Bruce Hornsby, Guster, Something Corporate, Ben Folds ( who has played at several festival ), Better Than Ezra, Cheap Trick, Gin Blossoms and Anna Nalick and also local artists like Becky Chace, Zox and Monty Are I.

Bruce ’ s varied career includes credits for the live episodes of American Idol ( 2001 – 2010 ) which he has directed from the start, and awards shows including the Emmys, The MTV Awards, the Billboard Awards and the American Music Awards, event specials including Live Earth, Live 8 and President Bill Clinton ’ s Inaugural Concert at the Lincoln Memorial and music specials for Michael Jackson and The Jacksons, The Rolling Stones, Ray Charles, Paul McCartney, Rod Stewart and Britney Spears.

With the approval of both Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell, a musical version of the film was staged, enjoying a successful workshop in Toronto and performances at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal in 2004.

Melcher ( who had worked with The Byrds and The Beach Boys and had rejected producing an unknown singer / songwriter by the name of Charles Manson ) was a member of the successful duo Bruce & Terry, also known as The Rip Chords.

The 1970s and 80s are regarded by many as a ' golden age ' of Australian cinema, with many successful films, from the dark science fiction of Mad Max ( George Miller, 1979 ) to the romantic comedy of Crocodile Dundee ( Peter Faiman, 1986 ) and the emergence of such film directing auteurs as Gillian Armstrong, Phillip Noyce and Bruce Beresford.

The show had a successful spin-off, Xena: Warrior Princess, with which it shared recurring characters such as Ares ( Kevin Smith ), Autolycus ( Bruce Campbell ), Salmoneus ( Robert Trebor ), Aphrodite ( Alexandra Tydings ), Deimos ( Joel Tobeck ) and Callisto ( Hudson Leick ).

A 1982 project, Everybody Needs It, was also successful, and featured Jack Bruce, an artist who influenced her strongly and whose songs she has covered on several of her albums.

As Bruce Smith remarks in The History of Little Orphan Annie, " Gray was smart enough never to let get too successful.

* 1981: First successful heart / lung transplant by Bruce Reitz ( Stanford, U. S. A .)

This embarrassment, which included a total collapse of team chemistry and leadership, led to the firing of manager Steve Sampson and the hiring of Bruce Arena, who had won the first two MLS Cups in Major League Soccer history, and who went on to become the most successful United States men's national team manager in history.

Bruce Gary became a respected producer ( archive recordings of Jimi Hendrix and new recordings of The Ventures ) and a very successful sideman performing live and on studio sessions with artists such as Jack Bruce, Mick Taylor, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Cherie Currie, Robby Krieger, Spencer Davis, Stephen Stills, Rod Stewart, Emmett Chapman, and Sheryl Crow.

As well as his successful career on Friends, Perry has appeared in films such as Fools Rush In ( alongside father John Bennett Perry and Salma Hayek ), Almost Heroes, Three to Tango, The Whole Nine Yards ( alongside Bruce Willis ) and its sequel The Whole Ten Yards, and Serving Sara.

Their follow up album, The Big Prize, produced by Bruce Fairbairn, was equally successful in Canada, with four more hits: " Bad Attitude ," " Feel It Again ," " What Does It Take ," and " All Along You Knew.

Bruce Arena's 71 wins as national coach from 1998-2006 are by far the most in U. S. history, making him arguably the most successful Men's US National Team Coach in history.

In the late 1980s the running track was removed and re-located to the warm up stadium at the AIS site and in 1990 the Canberra Raiders Rugby league team started playing their home games at Bruce in 1990 after they became more successful.

Starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd as private detectives, the show was a mixture of drama, comedy, and romance, and was considered to be one of the first successful and influential examples of comedy-drama, or " dramedy ", emerging as a distinct television genre.

Adams produced or co-produced other features including the critically panned but hugely popular film adaptation of Barry Humphries ' The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, directed by Bruce Beresford, which became the most successful Australian film ever made up to that time.

Together with Bruce Edgar of Wellington, he formed what was arguably New Zealand's most successful and reliable opening partnership.

* Dr. Bruce Reitz performs the first successful heart – lung transplant on Mary Gohlke at Stanford Hospital.

Bruce Katz, vice president and founding director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institute, said at a July 14, 2009 event there that HOPE VI is generally considered to be one of the most successful urban regeneration initiatives in the past half century.

This prominence led to a successful 1975 challenge to LCL parliamentary leader Bruce Eastick for the party leadership.

During its three-season run, many familiar or up-and-coming actors who guest-starred on the show went on to become successful stars, among those appearing in Courtship episodes: Jodie Foster, Sally Struthers, Bruce Kirby, Pat Harrington, Jr., Diana Muldaur, Willie Aames, Warren Berlinger, Suzanne Pleshette, Yvonne Craig, Cicely Tyson, Richard X. Slattery, Tippi Hedren, Trisha Noble, John Fiedler, Alan Oppenheimer, Lou Jacobi, Will Geer, Bill Dana, Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, Ronny Graham, Ann Prentiss, Ron Ely, Carol Lawrence, and George Takei.

Building on his research at Stanford, Dr. Bruce Reitz performed the first successful heart – lung transplant on Mary Gohlke in 1981 at Stanford Hospital.

As he does, the narrator ( Bruce Willis ) explains that North is having difficulties with his parents, putting a damper on what is otherwise a successful life ; North is a child prodigy who is admired by many, but constantly ignored by his own parents.

Some of the more popular members included vocalist Harry Babbitt, cornetist Merwyn Bogue ( aka Ish Kabibble ), trombonist Bruce King, saxophonist Jack Martin ( who sang lead vocal on the number one hit, " Strip Polka "), Ginny Simms ( who had her own successful acting and singing career after leaving Kyser ’ s band ), Sully Mason, Mike Douglas ( years before he became a popular TV talk show host ) and Georgia Carroll.