* 1911 – Jackie Ormes, American cartoonist ( d. 1985 )

William " Bill " Boyd Watterson II ( born July 5, 1958 ) is an American cartoonist and the author of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, which was syndicated from 1985 to 1995.

Jan Berglin ( born March 24, 1960 ) is a Swedish cartoonist who made his debut in the Uppsala student newspaper Ergo in 1985.

* Chester Gould ( 1900 – 1985 ), American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip

Editorial cartoonist Dick Locher won the award in 1983, and editorial cartoonist Jeff MacNelly won one in 1985.

Chester Gould ( November 20, 1900 – May 11, 1985 ) was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip, which he wrote and drew from 1931 to 1977, incorporating numerous colorful and monstrous villains.

Some famous residents of Sebastopol include: The horticulturist Luther Burbank who established an Gold Ridge Environmental Farm in the township in the late 19th century ; Johnny Otis, Rhythm and Blues pioneer ; Willard Libby, inventor of carbon dating went to Analy High School ; the cartoonist Charles Schulz ; rapper Smoov-E ; actress Karen Valentine of the television show Room 222 ; actress Schuyler Grant of the 1985 adaptation of Anne of Green Gables ; and the musicians Les Claypool of Primus, singer / songwriters Nick Gravenites, and both Jerry Garcia and Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead ; novelist Francine Rivers ; actor Peter Krause.

* George Sixta, cartoonist of the syndicated Rivets ( 1953 – 1985 )

He was the first cartoonist inducted into the UNC School of Journalism Hall of Fame in 1985.

In 1985, he was hired as an editorial cartoonist at the San Francisco Examiner.

Robbins began his acting career in 1984, appearing in two episodes of Prisoner, and in 1985 Robbins appeared on the sketch show The Eleventh Hour.

In 1985, he won the LA Weekly Theater Award for music with Methusalem, directed by Tim Robbins.

Formed in 1985 as The Ikons, the band consisted of four York University students — vocalist John Critchley, guitarist Mike Robbins, bassist Jim Hughes and drummer Grant Ethier.

Five years later, in 1985, Robbins returned to Case Western Reserve as Dean Emeritus and distinguished University professor Emeritus.

The following year, she had a lead with Tim Robbins in the comedy Fraternity Vacation, and also appeared in the 1985 CBS television miniseries Kane & Abel, with Peter Strauss.

The Legend of Billie Jean is a 1985 American drama film, directed by Matthew Robbins.

Fraternity Vacation is a 1985 low-budget American sex comedy starring Stephen Geoffreys as a nerdy pledge to the Theta Pi Gamma fraternity at Iowa State, with Tim Robbins and Cameron Dye as Theta Pi Gamma frat boys ( or, as they are known to their Iowa State frat rivals, " Theta Pigs ").

* Morons from Outer Space ( 1985 )-Bernard ; also co-wrote the script with Griff Rhys Jones

In 1985, Brown co-wrote " Material Girl ", which became one of Madonna's biggest hits and signature song.

In 1985 he co-wrote, with SF author Dean Ing, a popularization of this and other unconventional propulsion concepts in " The Future of Flight ", published by Baen.

He also co-wrote " The Show ", the theme song to the 1985 ITV drama series Connie, which became a top 30 hit for vocalist Rebecca Storm.

* Connie ( TV series, co-wrote theme tune " The Show " 1985 )

She later co-wrote the book Cats of Shambala ( 1985 ) about the experience.

Other features quickly followed and, in 1981, he co-wrote ( with Michael Bakewell ) BBC Radio 4's adaptation of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, and has also adapted C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia and Mervyn Peake's Titus Groan and Gormenghast for Radio 4, for which he received a Sony Radio Award in 1985.

Between 1985 and 1987, he co-wrote what is perhaps his best-known song, " Fairytale of New York ", which he performed with Kirsty MacColl.

He wrote and produced a 1985 cabaret show for Whiting which featured Mercer's music, and in 1996 co-wrote and produced Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: The Jazz Concert ( inspired by the Mercer music used in the film, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil ).

Ten years earlier, Rolf Løvland also co-wrote the song " La det swinge " ( Let it swing ) that secured Norway its first Eurovision Song Contest victory in 1985.

Into 1984, his various talents were employed on recordings as diverse as James Young's ( Styx ) first solo album, City Slicker for which he co-wrote and produced ; John Abercrombie's Night ; Mick Jagger's first solo album, She's the Boss ; and Jeff Beck's Flash which included Hammer's song " Escape ", winner of the 1985 Grammy award for " Best Rock Instrumental Performance ".

) In 1985 he directed his one film, Return to Oz, which he co-wrote with Gill Dennis.

In 1985 he co-wrote ( along with Scott Van Duyne ) and published the workbook Preliminary Studies in the Virtual Pitch Continuum.

His first professional theatre production was a musical version of Charles Dicken ’ s Hard Times which he co-wrote and directed at the Belgrade Theatre Coventry, since then occasional theatre work includes in 1985 The Seagull ( also co-translator ) with Vanessa Redgrave, Natasha Richardson and Jonathan Pryce and Samuel Beckett's Endgame ( 2006 ) with Kenneth Cranham and Peter Dinklage which opened at the Gate Theatre, Dublin on Samuel Beckett's 100th birthday and later transferred to the Barbican.

In the fallow period of the late seventies / early eighties as the various Beach Boys diverted talents to other projects, Jardine's voice remained central in their irregular shared work and he can be heard prominently on songs like 1979's " It's a Beautiful Day ," which he co-wrote with Mike Love and which later appeared on 1981's " Ten Years of Harmony " compilation assembled by James William Guercio for Caribou CBS, and one-off movie-featured songs like "" Happy Endings "" ( 1985 ) and " Problem Child " ( 1990 ).

* George Perdikis ( 1985 – 1987, 1989 – 1990 ) Left the band before their first album, but co-wrote most of the songs on it.

To Live and Die in L. A. is a 1985 American thriller film directed by William Friedkin and based on the novel by former U. S. Secret Service agent Gerald Petievich, who co-wrote the screenplay with Friedkin.

In 1985, Holder co-wrote, and sang backing vocals on, the single " Citizen Kane " which Lea released under his own name.

After a jam session in 1985, Michaeli and Tempest co-wrote the ballad " Carrie ".

Terry Glaze co-wrote " Down Below ", with an earlier recording of the song appearing on Pantera's third album I Am the Night ( 1985 ).

He co-wrote most of the songs for the band, which achieved two of its biggest hits with the ballads " Waiting for a Girl Like You ", which spent ten weeks at # 2 on the 1981-82 American Hot 100, and " I Want to Know What Love Is ", which was a # 1 hit internationally ( US & UK ) in 1985.

He joined the band in 1985, two years after their formation, and co-wrote their number one album, Spartacus.

In 1985 he produced three songs on Jennifer Holliday's album " Say you love me ", the biggest hit being " No frills love ", a song he co-wrote, co-produced, arranged and remixed.

In documentary television, in 2010 Murray co-wrote and presented the BBC Two documentary Davis v Taylor: The ' 85 Black Ball Final, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 1985 World Snooker Championship final.