Bob Nolan
American singer-songwriter who appeared in a number of low-budget Westerns, but was most renowned as the leader of the singing group, The Sons of the Pioneers. The son of an Army officer, Nolan attended the University of Arizona after his father retired to that state. He studied music and poetry in college, then drifted around the country writing songs. He took a lifeguard job in Los Angeles in 1929, then joined Tim Spencer and Leonard Slye (the future Roy Rogers) in a singing group called "The Rocky Mountaineers". The group evolved into "The Pioneer Trio" and then The Sons of the Pioneers. When Rogers left the group to become a singing cowboy in Westerns, Nolan became the de facto leader of "The Sons of Pioneers". The group became very popular on radio, due not only to its innovative western harmonizing, but also to the numerous songs Nolan composed for the group. Several of them, including "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "Cool Water", became not only standards but classics of the style. The Sons of the Pioneers appeared in many B-Westerns, often performing in musical numbers, but just as often playing sidekicks to the stars, particularly Rogers. Nolan left the group in 1949 and concentrated on writing songs. He continued to record with the group, intermittently, through the 1950s. In 1979, he recorded his last album, "The Sound of a Pioneer". It was his first recording in nearly two decades. A friendly but introverted man who liked to keep to himself, Nolan had the looks, the charm, and the voice to compete with Rogers for stardom in musical Westerns, but chose rather to remain on the screen periphery as the amiable friend of the hero, devoting his energies to writing and singing some of the most memorable songs of the era. Nolan died in 1980.
Bob O'Brien
Bob O'Brien is an actor, known for A Nightmare Wakes (2020), Garrow (2018) and The Common Reactor (2018).
Bob Odenkirk
Robert John Odenkirk was born in Berwyn, Illinois, to Barbara (Baier) and Walter Odenkirk, who worked in printing. His ancestry includes German and Irish. He grew up in Naperville, IL, the second of seven children. He worked as a DJ for WIDB, his college radio station at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Three credits shy of graduation, he moved to Chicago. He began work there in local improv workshops. He also did open-mic stand-up comedy for several years. In Chicago, he became friends with Robert Smigel, who would later help him become a writer for Saturday Night Live (1975). In 1987, Bob was hired as a writer for Saturday Night Live (1975) and in 1989 he went on to win an Emmy for his writing work. He worked on the show from season 13 to 20 (1987-1995). However, he had trouble getting his work on the air, so he began work as a writer for Get a Life (1990) starring Chris Elliott. The show was quickly canceled, but he was soon hired as writer for The Dennis Miller Show (1992). On that show he made his acting debut and was noticed by Ben Stiller, who later hired him as a writer and actor for The Ben Stiller Show (1992). The show only lasted for 13 episodes, but Bob won another Emmy for his writing. After The Ben Stiller Show (1992) was canceled, Bob made recurring appearances (1993-1998) on The Larry Sanders Show (1992) as Stevie Grant, Larry's hyperactive agent. He also wrote for Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) during 1993-94. During this time Bob hooked up with fellow The Ben Stiller Show (1992) writer David Cross, also a stand-up comedian. They started doing sketch-comedy shows together in Los Angeles. In 1995, they got their own show on HBO (Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995)). The show lasted for four seasons and 30 episodes. After Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995) ended, Bob wrote Run Ronnie Run (2002) and directed three feature films (Melvin Goes to Dinner (2003), Let's Go to Prison (2006) and The Brothers Solomon (2007)), and appeared in . After 1998, he also made many guest appearances on TV shows like Just Shoot Me! (1997), 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996), Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000), Ed (2000), Everybody Loves Raymond (1996), Less Than Perfect (2002), Arrested Development (2003), How I Met Your Mother (2005) and Weeds (2005). From 2009 to 2013, he appeared on 43 episodes of Breaking Bad (2008) as Saul Goodman, a shyster lawyer, and, starting in 2015, he reprised that role as the main character in Better Call Saul (2015).
Bob Olin
Bob was born and raised in and around Albany, Oregon. He began acting at the age of 7 in school productions, and continued working for the next 30 years both on school plays and at the 2 local community theaters in the area. In that time he built a resume of over 75 stage plays as both an actor and director, and winning multiple acting awards. He grew up as a fan of many film genres and acting styles. Some of his biggest influences were the television comedians of the 50's through the 70's including Jackie Gleason, Carol Burnett, as well as more dramatic actors like Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, and Jack Lemmon. In 1999 he got his first chance on a film set as an extra on "The Postman" and a little while later on "Bandits". From then on his focus was the film industry and living out the dream of becoming a working actor. He started with small roles in independent short films, industrial projects, student films, and low budget horror features such as "No Request", "Caged Animals", Inbred Redneck Vampires", and "Deadly Premonitions". A few years later he was cast as an ensemble member on the Portland, OR. based web-series "The Free Box" and began working in larger roles and feature films like "All American Bully", "C.O.G.", and "Drifter". In 2013 he was cast as newspaper editor John Cockerill in "10 Days In a Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story" and since then has been working steadily on short films like "Half Moon Bay" and "Discard" feature films "Any Bullet Will Do" and just recently co-starred as Steven Gallagher on the NBC television show "Grimm". He continues to take acting classes, do good work on set and off, and help other actors in the area to become better performers and hopefully move their careers toward success.
Bob Oran
Bob Oran was born on July 21, 1916 in New York, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Girl from S.I.N. (1966), My Brothers Wife (1966) and Another Day, Another Man (1966). He died on July 7, 1996 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Bob Orr
Bob Orr is known for 48 Hours (1988), CBS This Morning (1992) and Captive (2016).
Bob Owczarek
Bob Owczarek is an actor, known for Complex World (1991) and American Playhouse (1980).
Bob Paisley
Bob Paisley was born on January 23, 1919 in Hetton-le-Hole, County Durham, England. He was a director and actor, known for First Division Liverpool FC versus Derby County (1978), First Division 42. Matchday Liverpool FC versus Southampton FC (1979) and First Division 22. Matchday Stoke City vs Liverpool FC (1982). He died on February 14, 1996 in Liverpool, England.
Bob Pauley
Bob Pauley is known for Toy Story 4 (2019), Inside Out (2015) and The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993).
Bob Peck
British actor Bob Peck was born in Leeds in north England on August 23, 1945. He attended Leeds Modern School and then graduated from Leeds College of Art before starting professional stage acting. Peck acted for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. He also starred in more than 20 television dramas. In Britain, he was best known for his role in the 1985 television series, Edge of Darkness (1985). Internationally, he made his mark as "Robert Muldoon", a game warden in Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park (1993). Peck was known as a highly adaptable actor and garnered wide respect from his colleagues. Actor Sir Ian McKellen has credited Peck as being the actor from whom he has learned the most. Peck died in London of cancer at age 53. He had fought the disease for several years. He was survived by his wife, Jill Baker, two daughters and a son.
