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Actress

Laughton, Charles
Actor

Loftin, Lennie
Actor

Loftin, William Carey
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Lofting, John Hugh
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Lofting, Maude
Actress

Lofting, Morgan
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Olivier, Lawrence Kerr
Actor

Goble, George Leslie
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Celebrity Relative Connections                                                             The truth is that we're actually related to EVERYONE if you go back far enough - and have a good computer!   Using Family Tree Maker and Ancesty.com I found the following celebrity connections.  It was fun doing the research and just to realize that even though the following are not our "direct ancestors" we do have "common" ancestors.       The celebrities listed on this page have been involved in Television and Film, as well as literature, during their lifetime and appear to connect to the Loftin, Setzer, Goble or Johnson Families.     LOFTIN         Christie, Agatha Born: 15 September 1890, Torquay, Devon, England Died: 12 January 1976, Oxfordshire, England Relation to Loftins: 13th Cousin to Alonzo Lester Loftin Notable Achievement: Authoress of Mystery Novels         Agatha Christie was an English crime writer of novels, short stories and plays. She is best remembered for her 80 detective novels and her successful theatre plays.   To check out the family tree that includes Agatha Christie's lineage [Research From Ancestry.com] Click Here               Garland, Judy Frances Ethel Gumm Loftin/Sherrill Ancestry Line Born: 10 Jun 1922, Grand Rapids Michigan Died: 22 Jun 1969 (aged 47), London England Actress & Film Star [Research From Ancestry.com]   Born Frances Ethel Gumm in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, Judy Garland was the youngest child of Francis Avent "Frank" Gumm (March 20, 1886–November 17, 1935) and Ethel Marion Milne (November 17, 1893–January 5, 1953). Garland's parents were vaudevillians who settled in Grand Rapids to run a movie theatre that featured vaudeville acts.  Best known for her role of Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz.   Movie and TV Credits for Judy Garland Movie/TV Title Year "Episode" (Character) Contribution Star Star I Could Go on Singing 1963 (Jenny Bowman) Actor Dirk Bogarde Jack Klugman A Child is Waiting 1963 (Jean Hansen) Actor Burt Lancaster Billy Mumy Gay Purr-ee 1962 (Mewsette - voice) Actor Robert Goulet Red Buttons Judgment at Nuremberg 1961 (Irene Hoffman) Actor Spencer Tracy Burt Lancaster A Star is Born 1954 (Vicki Lester / Esther Blodgett) Actor James Mason Jack Carson Summer Stock 1950 (Jane Falbury) Actor Gene Kelly Marjorie Main In the Good Old Summertime 1949 (Veronica Fisher) Actor Van Johnson Spring Byington Easter Parade 1948 (Hannah Brown) Actor Fred Astair Peter Lawford The Pirate 1948 (Manuela) Actor Gene Kelly Walter Slezak Till the Clouds Roll By 1946 (Marilyn Miller) Actor June Allison Van Johnson The Harvey Girls 1946 (Susan Bradley) Actor Ray Bolger Angela Lansbury Ziegfeld Follies 1945   Actor Fred Astaire Lucille Ball The Clock 1945 (Alice Maybery) Actor Robert Walker Keenan Wynn Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 (Esther Smith) Actor Margaret O'Brien June Lockhart Girl Crazy 1943 (Ginger Gray) Actor Mickey Rooney June Allison Presenting Lily Mars 1943 (Lily Mars) Actor Van Heflin Spring Byington For Me & My Gal 1942 (Jo Hayden) Actor Gene Kelly George Murphy Babes on Broadway 1941 (Penny Morris) Actor Mickey Rooney Fay Bainter Life Begins For Andy Hardy 1941 (Miss Betsy Booth) Actor Mickey Rooney Ann Rutherford Ziegfeld Girl 1941 (Susan Gallagher) Actor James Stewart Hedy Lamarr Little Nellie Kelly 1940 (Nellie Kelly) Actor George Murphy Charles Winninger Strike Up the Band 1940 (Mary Holden) Actor Mickey Rooney June Preisser Andy Hardy Meets Debutante 1940 (Betsy Booth) Actor Mickey Rooney Ann Rutherford Babes in Arms 1939 (Patsy Barton) Actor Mickey Rooney Johnny Sheffield The Wizard of Oz 1939 (Dorothy Gale) Actor Ray Bolger Jack Haley Bert Lahr Margaret Hamilton Listen Darling 1938 (Pinkie Wingate) Actor Freddie Bartholomew Mary Astor Walter Pidgeon Scotty Beckett Love Finds Andy Hardy 1938 (Betsy Booth) Actor Mickey Rooney Lana Turner Everybody Sing 1938 (Judy Bellaire) Actor Allan Jones Fanny Brice Thoroughbreds Don't Cry 1937 (Cricket West) Actor Mickey Rooney C. Aubrey Smith Broadway Melody of 1938 1937 (Betty Clayton) Actor Robert Taylor Buddy Ebsen Eleanor Powell Sophie Tucker Pigskin Parade 1936 (Sairy Dodd) Actor Jack Haley Betty Grable Every Sunday (short) 1936 (Judy) Actor Judy Garland Deanna Durbin   ... and many, many, many more             Laughton, Charles Loftin Family                               Born: 01 Jul 1899, Scarborough, Yorkshire, ENGLAND Died: 15 Dec 1962 (aged 63) Hollywood, Los Angeles, California Father: Robert Laughton Mother: Elizabeth (Eliza) Conlon Wife: Elsa Lanchester Notable Achievement: Oscar Winning Actor [Research From Ancestry.com]   Charles Laughton was an English-American stage and film actor, screenwriter, producer and two-time director.         Charles was born 01 July, 1899 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, the son of Robert Laughton by his wife Elizabeth/Eliza (Conlon), four years after his birth, his brother, Robert Thomas was born, followed by Francis, four years later. All three sons were born at the Victoria Hotel (Scarborough, N. Yorkshire), where their parents were the proprietors. In 1908, the family purchased the more upscale and grander, Pavilion Hotel, which was located right across the street from the Victoria Hotel.   Movie and TV Credits for Judy Garland Movie/TV Title Year "Episode" (Character) Contribution Star Star Wagon Train (TV) 1960 "Albert Farnsworth Story" (Col. Albert Farnsworth) Actor Ward Bond Robert Horton Spartacus 1960 (Sempronius Gracchus) Actor Kirk Douglas Tony Curtis Laurence Olivier Jean Simmons Under Ten Flags 1960 (Admiral Russell) Actor Van Heflin Mylene Demongeot Witness For the Prosecution 1957 (Sir Wilfrid) Actor Tyrone Power Marlene Dietrich Hobson's Choice 1954 (Henry Horatio Hobson) Actor John Mills Derek Blomfield This is Charles Laughton (TV) 1953 (Host) Actor Charles Laughton   Young Bess 1953 (King Henry VIII) Actor Stewart Granger Jean Simmons Salome 1953 (King Herod) Actor Stewart Granger Rita Hayworth Abbott & Costello Meet Captain Kidd 1952 (Captain Wm. Kidd) Actor Bud Abbott Lou Costello The Stage Door 1951 (Sir Alain de Maletroit) Actor Boris Karloff Sally Forrest The Blue Veil 1951 (Fred Begley) Actor Jane Wyman Agnes Moorehead The Bribe 1949 (J. J. Bealer) Actor Robert Taylor Ava Gardner The Girl From Manhattan 1948 (The Bishop) Actor Dorothy Lamour George Montgomery The Big Clock 1948 (Earl Janoth) Actor Ray Milland Maureen O'Sullivan Arch of Triumph 1948 (Ivon Haake) Actor Ingrid Bergman Charles Boyer The Paradine Case 1947 (Judge Hornfield) Actor Gregory Peck Charles Coburn Because of Him 1946 (John Sheridan) Actor Deanna Durbin Franchot Tone Captain Kidd 1945 (Capt. Wm. Kidd) Actor Randolph Scott John Carradine The Canterville Ghost 1944 (Sir Simon/Ghost) Actor Robert Young Margaret O'Brien The Man From Down Under 1943 (Jocko Wilson) Actor Donna Reed Binnie Barnes This Land is Mine 1943 (Albert Lory) Actor Maureen O'Hara George Sanders Stand By For Action 1942 (Adm. Stephen Thomas) Actor Robert Taylor Walter Brennan Tales of Manhattan 1942 (Charles Smith) Actor Ginger Rogers Charles Boyer The Tuttles of Tahiti 1942 (Jonas Tuttle) Actor Jon Hall Peggy Drake It Started With Eve 1941 (Jonathan Reynolds) Actor Deanna Durbin Robert Cummings They Knew What They Wanted 1940 (Tony Patucci) Actor Carole Lombard Karl Malden The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939 (Quasimodo) Actor Maureen O'Hara Cedrick Hardwicke Jamaica Inn 1939 (Sir Humphrey Pengallan) Actor Maureen O'Hara Horace Hodges Sidewalks of London 1938 (Charles Staggers) Actor Vivien Leigh Rex Harrison I, Claudius 1937 (Claudius) Actor Merle Oberon Flora Robson Rembrandt 1936 (Rembrandt) Actor Elsa Lanchester Gewrtrude Lawrence Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 (Bligh) Actor Clark Gable Franchot Tone Les Miserables 1935 (Inspector Javert) Actor Frederic March Cedric Hardwicke The Private Life of Henry VIII 1933 (Henry VIII) Actor Merle Oberon Robert Donat   ... and many, many, many more                 Loftin, Lennie Loftin Family Born: Kinston, North Carolina Died: * Occupation: Actor   Lennie Loftin is an actor, born in Kinston, North Carolina. Lennie's acting career has spanned over 25 years and includes numerous film and television credits.  He lives in California with his fiance DeLane Matthews and her son. Lennie is currently working on several scripts, some are with production partner Jason Grey-Stanford.     KINSTON - Leonard Warren Loftin, 88, of Kinston, a classical singer, passed away peacefully in his sleep on October 29, 2008, in Wallace, N.C.  Survivors include a son, J. K. Loftin and his wife Cathy, and their children, Alex and Logan; a daughter, Alice Loftin Long and her husband Dan; and a son, Lennie Loftin and his family, DeLane Matthews and T.K. Power.  A private family burial was held at Westview Cemetery in Kinston on November 2, 2008.     3:10 To Yuma (2007) (From left) Alan Tudyk , Christian Bale, Russell Crowe, Peter Fonda and Lennie Loftin   Ben Wade (Russell Crowe, front left), Kane (Chad Brummett, front right), Marshal Weathers (Luce Rains, middle left), Bryon McElroy (Peter Fonda, back left), Dan Evans (Christian Bale, back right), and Glen Hollander (Lennie Loftin, back center) in 3:10 TO YUMA. Photo credit: Richard Foreman / Lionsgate     Movie and TV Credits for Lennie Loftin Movie/TV Title Year "Episode" (Character) Contribution Star Star Criminal Minds (TV) 2011 "Out of Light" (Don Owens) Actor Thomas Gibson Shemar Moore Knight and Day 2010 (Braces) Actor Tom Cruise Cameron Diaz 3:10 to Yuma 2007 (Glen Hollander) Actor Russell Crowe Christian Bale Reno 911! Miami 2007 (Chief of Police) Actor Lennie Loftin Danny DeVito Flags of Our Fathers 2006 (Justice of the Peace) Actor Ryan Phillippe Jesse Bradford Monk (TV) 2005 "Mr. Monk Stays in Bed" (John DeLancy) Actor Tony Shalhoub Traylor Howard The Shield (TV) 2005 "A Thousand Deaths" (Tom) "Back in the Hole" (Tom) Actor Michael Chiklis Catherine Dent Without A Trace (TV) 2005 "Volcano" (John Larabee/Sewall) Actor Anthony LaPaglia Eric Close CSI:  (TV) Crime Scene Investigation 2005 2004 "Spark of Life" (Chief Rick Dysart) "Down the Drain" (Bomb Squad Leader) Actor William Petersen Marg Helgenberger NYPD Blue (TV) 2004 "In Goddess We Trussed" (Kenneth Welkos) Actor Dennis Franz Mark-Paul Gosselaar Catch That Kid 2004 (Flagler) Actor Kristen Stewart Corbin Bleu Blowing Smoke 2004 (Phil) Actor Estella Warren Eyal Podell Daredevil 2003 (Nick Manolis) Actor Ben Affleck Jennifer Garner Touched By An Angel (TV) 2003 "And A Nightingale Sang" (Ben) Actor Roma Downey Della Reese The Sum of All Fears 2002 (Aircraft Carrier Duty Officer) Actor Ben Affleck Morgan Freeman Path to War 2002 (NSC Officer # 2) Actor Michael Gambon Alec Baldwin The Time Machine 2002 (Soldier # 1) Actor Guy Pearce Jeremy Irons Gideon's Crossing (TV) 2001 "The Crash" (Alex Peterborough) Actor Andre Braugher Rhona Mitra The Princess & the Marine 2001   Actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar Marisol Nichols Seven Days (TV) 2000 "Deloris Demands" (Deloris - voice) Actor Jonathan LaPaglia Justina Vail From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter 1999 (John Newlie) Actor Mark Leonardi Rebecca Gayheart Mercy Point (TV) 1999 "Persistence of Vision" Actor Joe Morton Maria del Mar The X-Files (TV) 1999 "The Unnatural" (Coranado) Actor David Duchovny Gillian Anderson JAG (TV) 1999 1997 "Silent Service" (XO Eustis) "Trinity" (Lab Technician) Actor David James Elliott Catherine Bell Profiler (TV) 1998 "Die Beautiful" (Ernst Galloway) Actor Robert Davi Julian McMahon The Truth About Juliet 1998 (Ralph) Actor Karl Wiedergott Samantha Smith The Practice (TV) 1997 "Spirit of America" (Guard with Meal) Actor Sylan McDermott Steve Harris Brooklyn South (TV) 1997 "Life Under Castro" (Dale) Actor Jon Tenney Dylan Walsh L. A. Confidential 1997 (Photographer at Hollywood Station) Actor Kevin Spacey Kim Basinger Nightwatch 1997 (Man in Theater) Actor Ewan McGregor Patricia Arquette Melrose Place 1996 "Sole Sister" (Salesperson) Actor Thomas Calabro Heather Locklear ABC Afterschool Special 1996 "Me & My Hormones" (Jeff) Actor Lance Kerwin Jodie Foster Sleepers 1996 (Adam Styler) Actor Brad Pitt Robert De Niro Roseanne (TV) 1995 "The Last Date" (The Waiter) Actor Roseanne Barr John Goodman Se7en 1995 (Policeman) Actor Brad Pitt Gwyneth Paltrow No Way Back 1995 (Terry) Actor Russell Crowe Helen Slater The Quick & the Dead 1995 (Foy) Actor Gene Hackman Sharon Stone Amateur 1994 (Taxi Driver) Actor Isabelle Huppert Erica Gimpel Law & Order (TV) 1991 "Life Choice" (Fogarty) Actor Sam Waterston Chris Noth Underground 1989 (Boris Pinscher Actor Doc Dougherty B. J. Geordan   ... and many, many, many more             "Duel" (1971)   Loftin, William Carey Loftin Family Born: 31 Jan 1914, Blountstown, Calhoun Co, Florida Died: 04 Mar 1997, Huntington Beach, Orange Co, California Occupation: Stuntman & Actor   Carey Loftin (also credited as Cary Loftin) was an American actor and stuntman.  His amazing driving and stunt skills were utilized in dozens of Hollywood productions over a period of nearly fifty years.  Carey broke into movie stunt work in the late 1930s.  His expertise with motor vehicles, including cars, trucks & motorcycles, saw him involved in contributing his skill to numerous cult films.   One of his most famous roles was as the truck driver in Steven Spielberg's "Duel", although his face was never seen.  He also performed some stunts for Steve McQueen in "Bullitt", especially during the film's famous car chase.  Carey also drove the truck that killed Edith Keeler in the "Star Trek" episode, "The City on the Edge of Forever".   A notable demonstration of stunt driving that Carey performed was the car chase scene in "Against All Odds" (1984).  He was the driver of the black Ferrari.  According to the movie's director, Taylor Hackford, Carey was sixty-eight when he did the stunt.  At first Hackford was reluctant to hire the aging stuntman but stunt coordinator Gary Davis convinced Hackfort that even at sixty-eight, Carey was by far the best car man in the business at that time.   Carey also appeared in front of the camera as an actor in over 70 minor roles during his long career.   He was inducted into the motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2011.   Carey died of natural causes in Huntington Beach, California, on 04 Mar 1997.     Movie and TV Credits for William Carey Loftin Movie/TV Title Year Contribution Star Star The Rookie 1990 Stunts Clint Eastwood Charlie Sheen Days of Thunder 1990 Stunts Tom Cruise Nicole Kidman License to Drive 1988 Stunts Corey Haim Corey Feldman Harry & the Hendersons 1987 Stunts John Lithgow Don Ameche The Goonies 1985 Stunts Sean Astin Josh Brolin Fletch 1985 Stunts Chevy Chase Tim Matheson Against All Odds 1984 Stunt Driver: Ferrari Jeff Bridges James Woods Rachel Ward Swoosie Kurtz Sudden Impact 1983 Stunts Clint Eastwood Sondra Locke The Fall Guy (TV) 1982 Stunt Driver Lee Majors Heather Thomas The China Syndrome 1979 Stunt Coordinator Jane Fonda Jack Lemon The Deer Hunter 1978 Stunt Coordinator Robert De Niro Meryl Streep John Savage Christopher Walken Steel Cowboy 1978 Stunt Coordinator James Brolin Melanie Griggith Stingray 1978 Stunt Christopher Mitchum Sherry Jackson The Cat From Outer Space 1978 Stunt Player Ken Berry Sandy Duncan Harry Morgan Roddy McDowall Return From Witch Mountain 1978 Stunt Player Bette Davis Christopher Lee Kim Richards Ike Eisenmann Walking Tall, Pt 2 1975 Stunts Bo Svenson Leif Garrett Thunderbolt and Lightfoot 1974 Stunts Clint Eastwood Jeff Bridges Magnum Force 1973 Stunts Clint Eastwood Tim Matheson Walking Tall 1973 Stunt Coordinator Joe Don Baker Leif Garrett The Hot Rock 1972 Stunt Coordinator Robert Redford Charlotte Rae Diamonds Are Forever 1971 Stunt Driver Sean Connery Jill St. John Lana Wood Jimmy Dean The French Connection 1971 Stunts Gene Hackman Roy Scheider Duel 1971 Stunts (Truck Driver) Dennis Weaver Eddie Firestone Vanishing Point 1971 Stunt Coordinator, Stunt Double, Stunt Driver Barry Newman Dean Jagger Patton 1970 Stunts (Gen. Bradley's Driver) George C. Scott Karl Malden The Great Bank Robbery 1969 Stunts Clint Walker Kim Novak Claude Akins Larry Storch The Love Bug 1968 Stunts, Stunt Driver Dean Jones Michele Lee David Tomlinson Buddy Hackett Bullitt 1968 Stunts Steve McQueen Jacqueline Bisset Robert Vaughn Robert Duvall Spinout 1966 Stunts Elvis Presley Una Merkel Shelley Fabares Deborah Walley Munster Go Home 1966 Stunt Coordinator Fred Gwynne Al Lewis Yvonne De Carlo Butch Patrick The Great Race 1965 Stunts Tony Curtis Jack Lemon Natalie Wood Vivian Vance Goodbye Charlie 1964 Stunts Tony Curtis Debbie Reynolds Pat Boone Joanna Barnes Viva Las Vegas 1964 Stunts Elvis Presley Cesare Danova Ann Margaret William Demarest It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World 1963 Stunt Double (Terry Thomas), Stunt Driver, Stunt Supervisor Spencer Tracy Milton Berle Buddy Hackett Mickey Rooney Phil Silvers Terry Thomas Edie Adams Ethel Merman The Fugitive (TV) 1963 Stunt Driver David Janssen William Conrad Hatari 1962 Stunts John Wayne Red Buttons Spartacus 1960 Stunts Kirk Douglas Laurence Olivier Charles Laughton John Gavin Tony Curtis Jean Simmons John Gavin Joanna Barnes On the Beach 1959 Stunts Gregory Peck Fred Astaire Ava Gardner Tony Perkins Some Like It Hot 1959 Stunt Driver Tony Curtis Jack Lemmon Marilyn Monroe George Raft The Perfect Furlough 1958 Stunts Tony Curtis Janet Leigh Keenan Wynn Linda Cristal Thunder Road 1958 Stunt Driver Robert Mitchum James Mitchum Gene Barry Sandra Knight The Young Lions 1958 Stunt Driver Marlon Brando Monty Clift DeanMartin Hope Lange Barbara Rush Maximillian Schell Rebel Without a Cause 1955 Stunts James Dean Sal Mineo Natalie Wood Jim Backus Abbott & Costello Meet the Keystone Kops 1955 Stunts Bud Abbott Lou Costello Fred Clark Lynn Bari 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954 Stunt Coordinator, Stunts Kirk Douglas James Mason A Star is Born 1954 Stunt Coordinator Judy Garland James Mason Adventures of Superman (TV) 1952-54 Stunts George Reeves Noel Neill Mighty Joe Young 1949 Stunts Terry Moore Ben Johnson Adventure of Frank & Jesse James 1948 Stunts Clayton Moore Noel Neill Jesse James Rides Again 1947 Stunts Clayton Moorre Linda Stirling House of Dracula 1946 Stunt Double (Oslow Stevens) Lon Chaney Jr. John Carradine Jungle Queen 1945 Stunt Double (Edward Norris) Edward Norris Ruth Roman The Mummy's Curse 1944 Stunts Lon Chaney Jr. Virginia Christine House of Frankenstein 1944 Stunts Boris Karlott Lon Chaney Jr. J. Carrol Naish John Carradine Tucson Raiders 1944 Stunts Bill Elliott George Gaggy Hayes Robert Blake Alice Fleming   ... and many, many, many more           Lofting, John Hugh Born: 14 Jan 1886, Maidenhead, ENGLAND Died: 26 Sep 1947 Father: John Brien Lofting Mother: Elizabeth Agnes Gannon Notable Achievement: Author of children's classic, "Doctor Dolittle"   Hugh John Lofting was a British author, trained as a civil engineer, who created the character of Doctor Dolittle — one of the classics of children's literature.   Hugh (the tall boy in the back) with his mother and siblings   Hugh (in the center) with his parents and siblings   Hugh Lofting was born in Maidenhead, England, to English and Irish parents. His early education was at Mount St Mary's College in Sheffield, after which he went to the United States, completing a degree in civil engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.     Hugh traveled widely as a civil engineer before enlisting in the Irish Guards to serve in World War I. Not wishing to write to his children of the brutality of the war, he wrote imaginative letters that were the foundation of the successful Doctor Dolittle novels for children.       Hugh's doctor from Puddleby-on-the-Marsh, could speak to animals. The stories were set in early Victorian England, (in and around the 1840s, according to a date given in The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle). The Story of Doctor Dolittle: Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts Never Before Printed (1920) began the series. The sequel, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (1922), won Hugh the prestigious Newbery Medal. Eight more books followed.   Seriously wounded in the war, he moved with his family to Connecticut in the United States. Hugh was married three times and had three children, one of whom, his son Christopher, is the executor of his literary estate   After his death two more volumes, composed of short unpublished pieces, appeared. The series has been adapted for film and television many times, for stage twice, and for radio.   Source: http://puddleby.tripod.com/author.html       Lofting, Morgan Born: Unknown Relation to Loftins: Notable Achievement: Actress & Voice for Animated TV Series "G. I. Joe"        Morgan Lofting was an American actress and is best know as the voice of Baroness Mona Marshall in the G. I. Joe Animated Cartoon Series in the 1980s and 1990s.  She is voiced with a European accent, which tends to waver between Germanic and Slavic in both series.  Morgan, Ed Gilbert (General Hawk) and the late Chris Latta (Cobra Commander) were the only actors to work on both the 1980s and the 1990s series.   Morgan Loftin, "The Baroness"   She worked throughout the 70's and 80's performing various media voice-overs including cartoons, narrations, and commercials. On-camera there were a few good old TV series and Movies of the Week-- plus plays in New York and L A.  In '89 Morgan returned to college to finish her Bachelor's Degree, stayed for an MA in history.  As of June 2011, Morgan has found a new love, "bartending with books" as she calls it at her city library -- a job that leaves her plenty of time to travel, do yoga and read, read and read.   Movie and TV Credits for Morgan Lofting Movie/TV Title Year "Episode" (Character) Contribution Star Star G. I. Joe 1990s   "The Greatest Evil" (Baroness) Animated Voice Chris Latta Morgan Lofting Total Recall 1990 Additional Voice Voice Arnold Schwarzenegger Sharon Stone G. I. Joe Operation Dragonfire 1989 Parts 1 - 5 (Baroness) Animated Voice   Chris Latta Morgan Lofting The Night Before 1988 (Mom) Actress Keanu Reeves Lori Loughlin G. I. Joe The Movie 1987 (Baroness) Animated Voice Chris Latta Morgan Lofting Hotel (TV) 1987 "Glass People" (Roberta James) Actress James Brolin Connie Sellecca Jem (TV) 1986 "The Princess & the Singer" (Lex) Animated Voice Samantha Newark Cathianne Blore G. I. Joe (TV) 1985 "The Golden Fleece" (Baroness) Animated Voice Chris Latta Morgan Lofting Knots Landing (TV) 1986 "For Appearance's Sake" "Slow Burn" "Past Tense" (Mrs. Whitehead) Actress Ted Shackelford Michelle Lee G. I. Joe Arise, Serpentor, Arise (TV) 1986 (Baroness) Animated Voice Chris Latta Morgan Lofting The Transformers (TV) 1985 "Prime Target" "The Search for Alpha Trion" "City of Steel" ... and more Animated Voice Frank Welker Chris Latta Command 5 (TV Movie) 1985 (Nancy Danelli) Actress Stephen Parr Wings Hauser Street Hawk (TV) 1985 "The Unsinkable 453" (Judge Hanover) Actress Rex Smith Jeannie Wilson The Turkey Caper (TV Movie) 1985 (Bridgette) Animated Voice Barbara Goodson Kathy Ritter Finders of Lost Loves (TV) 1984 "Maxwell Ltd: Pilot" (Osborne's Secretary) Actress Anthony Franciosa Deborah Adair G. I. Joe The Revenge of Cobra 1984 (Baroness) Animated Voice Chris Latta Morgan Lofting Amazons (TV Movie) 1984 (Marge Webster) Actress Jack Scalia Peter Scolari Stella Stevens Madeleine Stowe Which Witch is Which (TV Movie) 1984 (Bridgette) Animated Voice Kathy Ritter Morgan Lofting Trapper John M.D. (TV) 1983 "Mother Load" (Mrs. Harper) Actress Pernell Roberts Gregory Harrison Carpool (TV Movie) 1983 (Evelyn Cook) Actress Harvey Korman Peter Scolari G. I. Joe A Real American Hero 1983 (Baroness) Animated Voice Chris Latta Morgan Lofting Joysticks 1983 (Mrs. Rutter) Actress Joe Don Baker Leif Green The Christmas Tree Train (TV Movie) 1983 (Bridgette) Animated Voice Barbara Goodson Kathy Ritter Meatballs & Spaghetti (TV) 1982   Animated Voice Barry Gordon Frank Welker The Junkman 1982 (Police Dispatcher 2) Actress Christopher Stone Lynda Day George Spider Man (TV Series) 1981 "Curiosity Killed the Spider Man" (Black Cat) Animated Voice Ted Schwartz William Woodson Star Blazers (TV Series) 1979 (Princess Invidia) Animated Voice Eddie Allen Michael Bertolini                     Olivier, Laurence Kerr Loftin/Lanier/Washington Ancestry Line Born: 22 May 1907, Dorking, Surrey, England Died: 11 Jul 1989 Actor & Film Star [Research From Ancestry.com]   Laurence Kerr Olivier was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered British actors of the 20th century. Laurence was born on 22 May 1907 in Dorking, Surrey, England. He was raised in a severe, strict, and religious household, ruled over by his father, Gerard Kerr Olivier (1869–1939), a High Anglican priest whose father was Henry Arnold Olivier, a rector. Olivier took solace in the care of his mother, Agnes Louis. Best known for roles in such films as Wuithering Heights, Fire Over England, That Hamilton Woman  and Spartacus.   Laurence Kerr Olivier Johnson/Sherrill/Hamilton Ancestry Line     Movie and TV Credits for Laurence Kerr Olivier Movie/TV Title Year Contribution Star Star The Last Days of Pompeii (TV) 1984 (Gaius) Nicholas Clay Duncan Regehr Olivia Hussey Linda Purl The Bounty 1984 (Admiral Hood) Mel Gibson Liam Neeson Anthony Hopkins Daniel Day Lewis A Talent For Murder 1984 (Dr. Anthony Wainwright) Angela Lansbury Charles Keating Wanger (TV) 1983 (Pfeuffer) Richard Burton Vanessa Redgrave Brideshed Revisited 1981 (Lord Marchmain) Anthony Andrews Jeremy Irons Clash of the Titans 1981 (Zeus) Harry Hamlin Ursula Andress Inchon 1981 (Gen. Douglas MacArthur) Ben Gazzara Jacqueline Bisset The Jazz Singer 1980 (Cantor Rabinovitch) Neil Diamond Lucie Arnaz Dracula 1979 (Prof. Abraham Van Helsing) Frank Langella Donald Pleasence A Little Romance 1979 (Julius) Sally Kellerman Diane Lane The Boys From Brazil 1978 (Ezra Lieberman) Gregory Peck James Mason Saturday, Sunday, Monday 1978 (Antonio) Nicholas Clay Joan Plowright Jesus of Nazareth 1977 (Nicodemus) Robert Powell Christopher Plummer Michael York Olivia Hussey Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1976 (Big Daddy) Robert Wagner Natalie Wood Maureen Stapelton The Seven-Per-Cent Solution 1876 (Professor James Moriarty) Alan Arkin Robert Duval Vanessa Redgrave Marathon Man 1976 (Szell) Dustin Hoffman Roy Scheider The Merchant of Venice 1973 (Shylock) Jeremy Brett Joan Plowright Sleuth 1972 (Andrew Wyke) Michael Caine Alec Cawthorne Three Sisters 1970 (Dr. Ivan Chebutikin) Alan Bates Joan Plowright David Copperfield 1969 (Mr. Creakle) Richard Attenborough Edith Evans Battle of Britain 1969 (Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding) Michael Caine Christopher Plummer Male of the Species 1969 (Narrator) Sean Connery Michael Caine Othello 1965 (Othello) Derek Jacobi Maggie Smith Spartacus 1960 (Marcus Licinius Crassus) Kirk Douglas Tony Curtis The Entertainer 1960 (Archie Rice) Albert Finney Alan Bates Joan Plowright The Devil's Discipline 1959 (Gen. Burgoyne) Burt Lancaster Kirk Douglas The Prince and the Showgirl 1957 (The Regent) Marilyn Monroe Sybil Thorndike Carrie 1952 (George Hurstwood) Eddie Albert Jennifer Jones That Hamilton Woman 1941 (Lord Horatio Nelson) Vivien Leigh Henry Wilcoxon Pride & Prejudice 1940 (Mr. Darcy) Greer Garson Maureen O'Sullivan Edmund Gwenn Ann Rutherford Rebecca 1940 (Maxim de Winter) Joan Fontaine George Sanders 21 Days Together 1940 (Larry Durrant) Vivien Leigh Leslie Banks Wuthering Heights 1939 (Heathcliff) Merle Oberon David Niven The Divorce of Lady X 1938 (Everard Logan) Merle Oberon Ralph Richardson Fire Over England 1937 (Michael Ingolby) Vivien Leigh James Mason Friends & Lovers 1931 (Lt. Ned Nichols) Adolph Menjou Hugh Herbert Potiphar's Wife 1931 (Straker) Elsa Lanchester Nora Swinburne   ... and many, many, many more       GOBLE         Goble, George Leslie Goble Family Ancestry Line   Birth: 20 May 1919 Died: 24 Feb 1991 Relation Not-Verified Notable Achievement: American Actor & Comedian           George Leslie Gobel was an American comedian and actor, best known as the star of his own weekly NBC television show, "The George Gobel Show", from 1954 to 1960 - the last season on CBS, alternating with "The Jack Benny Show".  His father was Herman Goebel from Austria and his mother was Lillian MacDonald born in Illinois.  Gobel described himself as "Lonesome George," and the nickname stuck for the rest of his career.  He was born in Chicago, Illinois and graduated from Chicago's Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1937. He was to the former Alice Humecki, with whom he had three children.     Movie and TV Credits for George Leslie Goble Movie/TV Title Year Contribution "Episode" (Character) Star Star Alice Through the Looking Glass 1987 Actor (Humpty Dumpty - voice) Jonathan Winters Phyllis Diller Alice in Wonderland 1985 Actor (Gnat) Donald O'Connor Red Buttons The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins 1984 Actor (Bergman Jason Bateman Gary Coleman Ellie 1984 Actor (Preacher Shelley Winters Edward Albert The Invisible Woman 1983 Actor (Dr. Farrington) Bob Denver Harvey Korman Harper Valley (TV) 1981 Actor (Mayor Otis Harper, Jr.) Barbara Eden Fannie Flagg The Love Boat (TV) 1981 Actor "Trigamist, The/Jealousy/From Here to Maternity" (Harrison Harper) Gavin MacLeod Berney Kopell Better Late Than Never 1979 Actor (Captain Taylor) Harold Gould Tyne Daly The Day it Came to Earth 1979 Actor  (Prof. Bartholemew) Rita Wilson Wink Roberts Flying High (TV) 1978 Actor "The Great Escape" (Beamis) Connie Sellecca Pat Klous A Guide For the Married Woman 1978 Actor (Hallway Man) Cybil Shepherd Mary Crosby Sam (TV) 1978 Actor "Episode 1.6" Mark Harmon Len Wayland Twas the Night Before Christmas 1977 Actor   Paul Lynde Alice Ghostley Chico & The Man (TV) 1977 Actor "Louie's Can-Can" (Joe Tubbs) Jack Albertson Freddie Prinze Lanigan's Rabbi (TV) 1977 Actor "The Cadaver in the Clutter" Art Carney Janis Paige The Red Skelton Hour (TV) 1962 - 1971 Actor Comedian "Humperdoo's Magic Tire" (Tom Treadwell) "Be it Ever So Crumbles...No Place Like Home" "Singing Waiters, Hillbilly Songwriters" "Episode 18.6" "Episode 17.14" Red Skelton Art Gilmore Love American Style (TV) 1969 Actor "Love & The Medium" (Albert Berry) George Tobias Vivian Vance Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in (TV) 1968 - 1969 Actor Comedian "Episodes 3.15, 2.26, 2.9, 2.8" Dan Rowan Dick Martin The Bob Hope Show (TV) 1969 Actor Comedian "Episode dated 22 Sep 1969" Bob Hope Red Buttons F Troop (TV) 1966 Actor "Go For Broke" (Henry Terkel) Forrest Tucker Ken Berry Daniel Boone (TV) 1965 Actor "Four-Leaf Clover" (Francis Clover) Fess Parker Patricia Blair The Bing Crosby Show (TV) 1965 Actor Comedian "The Image" (Jabowski) Bing Crosby Beverly Garland Valentine's Day (TV) 1964 Actor "The Hottest Game in Town" (Dr. Link) Anthony Franciosa Jack Soo Summer Playhouse (TV) 1964 Actor "The Apartment House" (Wally) Fred MacMurray Steve Allen Death Valley Days (TV) 1963 Actor "Thar She Blows" (Baylor Thomas) Ronald Reagan Leonard York G.E. True Theater (TV) 1961 1960 Actor "A Friendly Tribe" (Elroy Morgan) "They Like Me Fine" (Eddie Miller) Ronald Reagan Billy Mumy Candid Camera (TV) 1961 Actor Comedian "Episode Dated 22 Jan 1961" Allen Funt Durward Kirby Wagon Train (TV) 1960 Actor "The Horace Best Story" (Horace Best) Ward Bond Robert Horton Startime (TV) 1959 Actor "Cindy's Fella" (Drifter) Dean Martin John F. Kennedy I Married A Woman 1958 Actor (Marshall Mickey Briggs) Adolphe Menjou Angie Dickinson The Birds & the Bees 1956 Actor (George Hamilton II) David Niven Mitzi Gaynor The George Goble Show (TV) 1954 - 1960 Host   George Goble     ... and many, many, many more