Alexander Scourby (1913–1985) was a stage and screen actor. He distinguished himself as narrator of
many television specials, most notably The
Body Human, and recorded more than five hundred books for the blind for the
Library of Congress, including the Bible.
Norman Rose (1917–2004) was an American actor, film narrator, and radio announcer known for his velvety baritone voice. He was an accomplished stage actor appearing on Broadway. During World War II, he was recruited by the United States Office of War Information to work as a radio newscaster. After the war, he lent his distinctive voice to radio programs such as Dimension X and CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Nicknamed “The Voice of God” by colleagues because of his deep, recognizable voice, he had numerous film roles, including the voice of “Death” in Woody Allen’s comedy Love and Death. His other film work includes Woody Allen’s Radio Days and the opening narration for Message from Space, narrating the English dub of the 1968 Soviet Union production of War and Peace, and as a newsreel announcer in Biloxi Blues. He stepped in front of the camera to portray psychiatrist Dr. Marcus Polk in television’s One Life to Live and All My Children. He also appeared in The Edge of Night and Search for Tomorrow.
Ernest Kinoy (1925–2014) was an American writer, screenwriter, and playwright. He was a five-time nominee for the Primetime Emmy Award, winning twice, and winner of two Writers Guild of America Awards.
Ernest Kinoy (1925–2014) was an American writer, screenwriter, and playwright. He was a five-time nominee for the Primetime Emmy Award, winning twice, and winner of two Writers Guild of America Awards.
George Lefferts is a writer, producer, playwright, poet, and director of television dramas, motion pictures, radio dramas, and socially conscious documentaries, whose original plays and films for television have won the Emmy Award six times and the Golden Globe twice.
Robert Silverberg’s first published story appeared in 1954 when he was a sophomore at Columbia University. Since then, he has won the prestigious Nebula Award five times and the Hugo Award five times. He has been nominated for both awards more times than any other writer. In 1999 he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, and in 2004 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America gave him their Grand Master Award for career achievement. He remains one of the most imaginative and versatile writers in science fiction.
Frederik
Pohl (1919–2013) won the National Book Award in 1980 for his novel Jem. From
about 1959 until 1969, he edited Galaxy magazine and its sister
magazine, If, winning the Hugo Award for it three years in a row. His
writing also won him four Hugos and multiple Nebula Awards. He became a Nebula
Grand Master in 1993. In 2010 he won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer, based
on the writing on his blog, “The Way the Future Blogs.”