At the height of Hauer's fame, he was even set to be cast as RoboCop in the film directed by old friend Verhoeven, although the role ultimately went to American everyman method actor Peter Weller.

After shooting Kurz Weller tried to escape, but was surrounded by police on the campus, whereupon he killed himself with a shot in the chest.

A Canadian film, based on " Second Variety ", titled Screamers, was made in 1995, featuring Peter Weller.

Weller, a Washington graduate, was the guest yell-king during the Huskies ' homecoming football game against the Stanford University Cardinal ( led by junior quarterback John Elway ).

Weller claimed to have done this at games when he was yell king.

When that was met with limited interest, Weller then came up with the idea to move the wave from top to bottom.

Longtime UW band director Bill Bissell also claimed co-creator credit with Weller, suggesting that the wave was devised by both of them prior to the game.

Osage was originally organized in 1855 as Weller County, and was renamed in 1859 after the Osage River that runs through it.

In the first half of the 20th century, King City was the heart of a Kentucky bluegrass seed harvesting region stretching from Kearney, Missouri through King City to Maitland, Missouri, which claimed to harvest more bluegrass seeds than the entire state of Kentucky with King City resident John Weller claiming to the be the " King of Blue Grass Raisers .".

John Q. Weller was to claim that the of seed produced on his farm was more than the harvested seed output of the entire state of Kentucky.

Originally the town was on a two lane road that Steve Weller of the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel said was a " road going nowhere ".

The 1994 award winner was Elegant Slumming by the pop act M People, a controversial decision considering the shortlist included popular albums from Britpop figureheads Paul Weller, Blur and Pulp, and electronica band The Prodigy.

Like Weller, he was not sure about the character but Richter convinced him by " claiming what a real feast for an actor this wonderful Jekyll and Hyde character was ", the actor said.

Tony Hadley, of Spandau Ballet, was the first to record his vocal, while a section sung by Status Quo was deemed unusable, and replaced with section comprising Paul Weller, Sting, and Glenn Gregory.

The first automobile from what would eventually become AC was presented at the Crystal Palace motor show in 1903 ; it was a 20 HP touring car and was displayed under the Weller name.

Weller did so, called it the Auto-Carrier, and a new company was founded and named Autocars and Accessories ; production started in 1904.

In 1878 he built an Eastlake style house in Richmond, which was eventually sold to Harold and Mabelle Weller and ultimately was recognized as an historic building by the State of Michigan.

** Thomas Huckle Weller, American virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ( d. 2008 )

In February 2006 it was announced that Weller would be the latest recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BRIT Awards.

In 2009 Weller guested on Dot Allison's 2009 album, Room 7½, co-writing " Love's Got Me Crazy ".

On 24 April 2009, John Weller, Paul Weller's father and long-time manager since the days of the Jam, died from pneumonia at the age of 77.

In 2009, Shields contributed guitar to the Paul Weller song “ 7 + 3 Is The Striker's Name ” from the album, Wake Up the Nation.

Past winners have included Fleet Foxes ( 2008 ), Tinariwen ( 2009 ), Paul Weller ( 2010 ) and P. J.

Kobasew was traded by the Bruins to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for Craig Weller, a second round pick in 2011, and the rights to prospect Alexander Fallstromon October 18, 2009.

* The Australian / Vogel Literary Award: Inaugural award to Archie Weller, The Day Of The Dog, after the award was initially given to Paul Radley, who was disqualified after admitting his manuscript was actually written by his uncle.

Despite a tendency to shun such occasions, Weller accepted the award in person, and performed four songs at the ceremony, including the Jam classic " Town Called Malice ".

In May 2010 Weller was presented with the Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement award, saying " I've enjoyed the last 33 years I've been writing songs and hopefully, with God's good grace, I'll do some more.

He has shared screen time with Brenda Fricker and Miranda Richardson in Swann ( for which McCann received a Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Genie nomination ), Nicolas Cage in Trapped in Paradise, Kevin Bacon in The Air Up There, Sam Waterston in A House Divided, Peter Weller and Judy Davis in Naked Lunch ( which garnered a National Film Critics Society award ), Brooke Shields and the late Al Waxman in What Makes a Family, and Kurt Russell in Miracle.

In Charles Dickens's Pickwick Papers ( 1836 / 7 ), the servant Sam Weller says that a pieman used cats " for beefsteak, veal and kidney, ' cording to the demand ", and recommends that people should buy pies only " when you know the lady as made it, and is quite sure it ain't kitten.

At the Austrian Court in Vienna in the late 17th century ( 1698 ) ladies were conducted around the room to the tune of a 2-beat measure, which then became the 3 / 4 of the Nach Tanz ( After Dance ), upon which couples got into the position for the Weller and waltzed around the room with gliding steps as in an engraving of the Wirtschaft ( Inn Festival ) given for Peter the Great.

* December 7 – George Russell Weller, retired salesman known for the Santa Monica Farmer's Market incident ( d. 2010 )

American actor Peter Weller, whom Antonioni directed in Beyond the Clouds, explained in a 1996 interview: " There is no director living except maybe Kurosawa, Bergman, or Antonioni that I would fall down and do anything for.

* Philip Weller, executive secretary of the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River

No mention of Euchre is made in the treatise by Samuel Weller Singer, entitled Researches into the History of Playing Cards, 4to., London, 1816 ; nor in any of the English editions of Hoyle's Games ; nor in Captain Crawley's Handy Book of Games for Gentlemen, 12mo., London, 1860.

Evidently one of these manuscripts fell into William Shakespeare's hands, for that poet made use of it in his Henry VIII, and Samuel Weller Singer even said that Shakespeare " merely put Cavendish's language into verse.

In 1929 Gerrard Weller sold the brewery and 133 tied public houses to Benskins of Watford for £ 360, 000, a move that led to the end of brewing in Amersham.

After Groves ' fourteen years ' tenure as principal conductor, each of his three successors remained in post for much shorter periods ; Walter Weller from 1977 to 1980, David Atherton from 1980 to 1983 and Marek Janowski from 1983 to 1987.

Fronted by Billy Bragg ( whose 1985 Jobs for Youth tour had been a prototype of sorts for Red Wedge ), Paul Weller and The Communards lead singer Jimmy Somerville, they put on concert tours and appeared in the media, adding their support to the Labour Party campaign.

In 2005, he was involved in a feature titled British Rule for GQ, charting the British influence on rock and roll, photographing several musicians including Paul Weller, Jarvis Cocker, Razorlight, Brian Eno, M. I. A., Ian Brown, The Futureheads, Belle & Sebastian, Damon Albarn, Dizzee Rascal, Kaiser Chiefs, Robyn Hitchcock, Super Furry Animals, and Colin Blunstone.

In 1995, Noel performed on a cover of " Come Together " with Paul McCartney and Paul Weller under the guise of the Smokin ' Mojo Filters, recorded at Abbey Road for release on The Help Album.

He is also a regular on the digital radio sports show, " TalkSPORT " Other notable friends of his are, Mani of The Stone Roses, Richard Ashcroft of The Verve – for whom he dedicated a song, " Cast No Shadow ", the band members of the Chemical Brothers ,-Sex Pistols members John Lydon and Steve Jones the members of the rock band Kasabian, Andy Nicholson, boxer Ricky Hatton, Paul McCartney, Liverpool F. C footballer Jamie Carragher, Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Johnny Marr, Paul Weller, Ian Brown, John Squire, Lee Mavers, Jack Dee, Craig Cash, Kelly Jones and Johnny Depp ( who played slide guitar on the Oasis song Fade In-Out ).

* The towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, Italy, for example, were famously engulfed by pyroclastic surges in 79 AD with many lives lost .< ref > Weller, Roger.

In the same year he was present at the consecration of Reginald Heber Weller as bishop coadjutor for the Episcopal Diocese of Fond du Lac, though he was not one of the consecrating bishops.

Small Faces have been cited as a major influence on musicians for the past 35 years, including Paul Weller and Noel Gallagher.

On 14 April 2001 he featured in both of the backing bands for the Steve Marriott Tribute Concert, appearing with others including Humble Pie, Rick Wills, Rabbit Bundrick, Bobby Tench, Noel Gallagher and Paul Weller.

However some established players like Bub Weller, an all-American from Nebraska and Dick King, an all-American from Harvard, did play for the team.

On November 20, 2004, Ríos Montt had to ask permission to travel to his country home for the wedding of his daughter Zury Ríos Montt, to U. S. Representative Jerry Weller ( a Republican from Illinois ).

* George Weller, novelist, playwright, Pulitzer prize winning journalist for The New York Times and The Chicago Daily News

In December 1984, Weller put together his own charity ensemble, the Council Collective, to make a record, " Soul Deep ", to raise money for striking miners.

In 1989, Weller found himself for the first time since he was 17 without a band and without a recording deal.