Crane Wilbur
Actor, screenwriter and director Crane Wilbur was born Erwin Crane Wilbur on November 17, 1886, in Athens, NY. The nephew of the great stage actor Tyrone Power Sr., Wilbur first took to the boards as an actor, making his Broadway debut billed as Erwin Crane Wilbur on June 3, 1903, in a trilogy of William Butler Yeats plays, "A Pot of Broth" / "Kathleen ni Houlihan" / "The Land of Heart's Desire", put on by the Irish Literary Society at the Carnegie Lyceum. He began appearing in films in 1910, but he made his name as a cinema actor as the male lead in The Perils of Pauline (1914), the enormously popular serial starring Pearl White. A star during the 1910s, Wilbur's career as a movie actor began petering out after he appeared as the eponymous hero of Breezy Jim (1919). As the Roaring Twenties made their debut, Wilbur went back to the stage. Between 1920-34 he had seven plays presented on Broadway: "The Ouija Board" (1920); "The Monster" (1922; revived 1933); "Easy Terms" (1925); "The Song Wtiter" (1928); "Border-Land" (1932); "Halfway to Hell" (1933); and "Are You Decent" (1934). He also staged "Halfway to Hell" and directed Donald Kirkley and Howard Burman's "Happily Ever After" in 1945. Crane also performed in "The Ouija Board", "Easy Terms" and nine other Broadway shows from 1927-32, including "A Farewell to Arms" (1930) and "Mourning Becomes Electra" (1932). Wilbur had directed several silent pictures, but he made his sound debut as a director with the controversial Tomorrow's Children (1934), touted as "The Most Daring, Sensational Drama Ever Filmed!" The movie is an expose of the "science" of eugenics, tied to a story about the attempted forced sterilization of a married couple by the Welfare Bureau. "Tomorrow's Children" exposed the fact that many people were sterilized against their will and even without recourse to due process of law. The movie was banned in New York state on the grounds that it was "immoral", that it would "tend to corrupt morals" and that it was an incitement to crime. The ban was challenged but was upheld in the courts and on appeal as it was found to disseminate information about birth control, which was illegal at the time. After this controversy Wilbur went on to a long and productive career, particularly in the mystery-thriller genre, as both a director and a screenwriter. He had a hand in the production of such genre classics as House of Wax (1953), The Bat (1959) (which he also directed) and Mysterious Island (1961). Wilbur died on October 18, 1973, in Toluca Lake, CA, of complications following a stroke.
Cranstan Cumberbatch
Cranstan Cumberbatch is known for Art in the City (2017), AX2: Quarantine and Agent X the movie (2019).
Cranston Johnson
Cranston Johnson was born the youngest of three children in Gastonia, NC. After graduating from Ashbrook Senior High School, he received a football scholarship from Western Carolina University. He went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Sport Management while finishing his collegiate football career with All Southern Conference honors. His athletic ability and football experience led to him being hired for his first job in the film industry in 2010; a featured extra in The 5th Quarter: starring Andie MacDowell, Aidan Quinn, and Ryan Merriman. During this time, Cranston took an interest in acting and decided to pursue it as a career. He enrolled in a local acting workshop and eventually gained representation. It was not until he began method acting training in 2011 with Burgess Jenkins and the Actor's Group that he saw his skills on camera start to blossom. With his versatility and new found skill set, he was cast for numerous independent film and television projects. His first SAG booking came when cast as Shawn Griffin in the Jerry Rees directed film Susie's Hope during the summer of 2012. His performance was both powerful and chilling as he portrayed a man standing trial for animal cruelty. In December of the same year Cranston was cast in the Tyler Perry directed film The Single Moms Club starring; Nia Long, Tyler Perry, Wendy McLendon-Covey and Amy Smart. Cranston is building an impressive resume with episodic television credits that include a recurring role on the critically acclaimed comedy Atlanta starring Donald Glover. He also made appearances on Secrets and Lies, Constantine, Game of Silence, Survivor's Remorse and Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell all in a two year span. Other film credits include: For The Love of Ruth, A Way Back Home and Term Life starring Vince Vaughn, Bill Paxton and Hailee Steinfeld. Cranston's passion for the craft and his commitment to excellence were celebrated when he was awarded Best Actor in a Short Film at the Rahway International Film Festival in 2015 for his work on the gripping A Letter To My Son. The short film was selected to over 20 film festivals highlighted by the Riverrun International Film Festival; which is one of the premier film festivals in the Southeast. His breakthrough role came in the fall of 2016 when cast as series regular Detective Marvin Hanson for the second season of SundanceTV's darkly comic swamp noir Hap and Leonard starring James Purefoy and Michael K. Williams. He continues to study method acting in Winston Salem, NC and has credited the class and instructor as an invaluable resource to his growth as an actor and human being. With his ability to be funny, angry, loving, menacing, vulnerable, ruthless or caring he has proved that not only can he play a wide range of characters, but that he truly is a student of his craft and dedicated to becoming a future leading man in the film industry.
Cranston Komuro
Cranston Komuro had just earned his MA from UCLA's Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning and was Lead Investigator for the City of Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Unit when filmmaker Amir Shervan spotted him walking down First Street in Little Tokyo. Shervan asked Komuro if he would be in his movie and Komuro declined. But after Mr. Shervan's persistence, gave him his business card. After Shervan repeatedly called him, Komuro agreed to play Fujiyama in Samurai Cop. He had not seen the movie in its entirety until 2014, when he learned it had obtained a cult following. In fact, he was not even properly credited for his role until Director Gregory Hatanaka discovered the connection in 2014. Following production of the movie, he continued his career in housing policy as a Community Builder at HUD under then-Secretary Andrew Cuomo, leaving that to complete projects in Chinatown and the 1st Council District for LA City Councilman Mike Hernandez. Komuro played minor roles in other movies, including When Hell Was in Session and Bobby Z. He served as a Military Police officer escorting conveys in Vietnam in 1969-70. He married his wife, Natalie, in 1999 and they live in Pasadena with their son.
Crash Buist
Crash Buist is an actor and editor, known for The Most Hated Woman in America (2017), Dynasty Warriors 9 (2018) and ReWrite (2017).
Crasy Benny
Crasy Benny is an actor, known for Amy George (2011).
Crawford Germaine
Crawford Germaine is known for Cain and Abel (2021).
Crawford Hazelwood
Crawford Hazelwood is known for The Set Up (2016), Bitch Lover (2020) and The Yaku and the Undefeated (2017).
Crawford Jeremiah
Crawford Jeremiah is known for Cain and Abel (2021).
Crawford MacCallum
Crawford MacCallum is an actor, known for Track of the Moon Beast (1976) and Nakia (1974).