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Burt Hirschfield
Burt is a given name and also a shortened form of other names, such as Burton and Herbert, or a place name. Burt may refer to: People *Burt Alvord (1866–after 1910), American Old West lawman and outlaw *Burt Bacharach (born 1928), American composer, music producer and pianist *Burt Baskin (1913–1967), co-founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlor chain *Burt Caesar, British actor, broadcaster and director *Burt Grossman (born 1967), National Football League player *Burt Hooton (born 1950), American former Major League Baseball pitcher and coach *Burt Kennedy (1922–2001), American screenwriter and director *Burt Kwouk (born 1930–2016), English actor best known for playing Cato in the Pink Panther films *Burt Lancaster (1913–1994), American film actor *Burt Munro (1899–1978), New Zealand motorcycle racer *Burt Mustin (1884–1977), American character actor *Burt Reynolds (1936–2018), American actor and director *Burt Rutan (born 1943), American aerospace engineer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Given Name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname. The term ''given name'' refers to a name usually bestowed at or close to the time of birth, usually by the parents of the newborn. A ''Christian name'' is the first name which is given at baptism, in Christian custom. In informal situations, given names are often used in a familiar and friendly manner. In more formal situations, a person's surname is more commonly used. The idioms 'on a first-name basis' and 'being on first-name terms' refer to the familiarity inherent in addressing someone by their given name. By contrast, a surname (also known as a family name, last name, or ''gentile name, gentile'' name) is normally inherited and shared with other members of one's immediate family. Regnal names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burt Shotton
Burton Edwin Shotton (October 18, 1884 – July 29, 1962) was an American player, manager, coach and scout in Major League Baseball. As manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers (1947; 1948–50), he won two National League pennants and served as Jackie Robinson's first permanent Major League manager. Playing career Shotton was born in Brownhelm, a township in Lorain County, Ohio. In his playing days, he was a speedy outfielder — he was nicknamed "Barney" after race car driver Barney Oldfield — who batted left-handed and threw right-handed. The , Shotton compiled a .271 batting average with 1,338 hits in 1,387 Major League games played for the St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators and St. Louis Cardinals (1909; 1911–23). Although he stole over 40 bases in four consecutive seasons (1913–16), he was also caught stealing over 26 times in each of those seasons. In an American League dominated by speedsters such as Ty Cobb and Clyde Milan, Shotton was never among the top five base ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birt (other)
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Birt is a surname. Birt may also refer to: * Birt Acres (1854–1918), photographer and film pioneer * Birt (crater), a lunar impact crater named after William Radcliffe Birt * Birt, a member of the flatfish family Scophthalmidae, related to the turbot and brill See also * BIRT (other) * Bert (other) * Burt (other) Burt is a male first name. Burt may also refer to: Surname *Burt (surname) Places ;United States *Burt, Iowa, a city *Burt, Michigan, a census-designated place *Burt, New York, an unincorporated hamlet *Burt, North Dakota, an unincorporated commu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert (other)
Bert or BERT may refer to: Persons, characters, or animals known as Bert *Bert (name), commonly an abbreviated forename and sometimes a surname *Bert, a character in the poem "Bert the Wombat" by The Wiggles; from their 1992 album Here Comes a Song *Bert (Sesame Street), fictional character on the TV series ''Sesame Street'' *Bert (horse), foaled 1934 *Bert (Mary Poppins), a Cockney chimney sweep in the book series & Disney film ''Mary Poppins'' * Iron Bert (one half of the two yellow diesels 'Arry and Bert), also in ''Thomas and Friends'' Places * Berd, Armenia, also known as Bert *Bert, Allier, a commune in the French of Allier *Bert, West Virginia Electronics & computing *Bit error rate test, a testing method for digital communication circuits *Bit error rate tester, a test equipment used for testing the bit error rate of digital communication circuits *HP Bert, a CPU in certain Hewlett-Packard programmable calculators *BERT (language model) (Bidirectional Encoder Representati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hogan Family
''The Hogan Family'' (originally titled ''Valerie'' and later ''Valerie's Family'') is an American sitcom television series that began airing on NBC on March 1, 1986, and finished its run on CBS on July 20, 1991, for a total of six seasons. It was produced in association with Lorimar Productions (1986), Lorimar-Telepictures (1986–1988), and Lorimar Television (1988–1991). Under the title "''Valerie''" the show originally centered around Valerie Harper in the titular role as a mother trying to juggle her career and raising three sons with an absent airline pilot husband. After the first two seasons, Harper was replaced, following contractual disputes over salary and disputes about the direction her character was going. Her character was killed off at the start of season three and Sandy Duncan joined the cast as Valerie's sister-in-law and the boys' aunt. The series was initially retitled ''Valerie's Family'', but for season four the series was again retitled ''The Hogan Fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burt Hummel
Burt Hummel is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series ''Glee''. The character is portrayed by actor Mike O'Malley, and first appeared on ''Glee'' in the fourth episode of the first season, "Preggers". Burt was developed by ''Glee'' creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan. He is the father of gay glee club member Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer), and works as a mechanic in Lima, Ohio, where the series is set. He eventually begins a relationship with Carole Hudson (Romy Rosemont), the mother of another glee club member, Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith), and the two marry in the second season episode "Furt". In the third season, Burt runs in a special congressional election and wins. O'Malley was a recurring cast member during the first season, and was upgraded to a series regular for the second season of the show, but returned to the recurring cast for the third season onward. The character has been well received by critics, particularly for his total, l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burt Gummer
''Tremors'' is a 1990 American monster horror comedy film directed by Ron Underwood, produced by Brent Maddock and S. S. Wilson, written by Maddock, Wilson, and Underwood and starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross, and Reba McEntire. In the film, handymen Val McKee (Bacon) and Earl Bassett (Ward) wish to leave the small desert town of Perfection, Nevada, as they are tired of their dull lives. However, they happen upon a series of mysterious deaths and a concerned seismologist Rhonda (Carter) studying unnatural readings below the ground. With the help of eccentric survivalist couple Burt and Heather Gummer (Gross and McEntire), the group fights for survival against giant, prehistoric, worm-like monsters hungry for human flesh. Released by Universal Pictures, the film is the first installment of the ''Tremors'' franchise and was followed by five direct-to-video sequels and one prequel: '' Tremors 2: Aftershocks'' (1996), '' Tremors 3: Back to Perfectio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Characters From The Sopranos In The Soprano Crime Family
This is a list of fictional characters from the HBO series ''The Sopranos'', its video game '' The Sopranos: Road to Respect'' and its prequel film ''The Many Saints of Newark.'' Main characters Cast table Main character biographies Tony Soprano Jennifer Melfi Carmela Soprano Christopher Moltisanti Corrado "Junior" Soprano Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero is played by Vincent Pastore. Big Pussy was a longtime close friend and mob enforcer for Tony Soprano, and was also shown to be close friends with fellow DiMeo crime family mobsters Paulie "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri, Silvio Dante, and was once a close friend to Tony's uncle Corrado "Junior" Soprano. In the tie-in video game it is revealed he has an illegitimate son named Joey LaRocca. Samson Moeakiola portrays a young Bonpensiero in the 2021 prequel film, ''The Many Saints of Newark''. The son of Lino Bonpensiero, Salvatore Bonpensiero started out as a cat burglar, and was affect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burt Chance
''Raising Hope'' is an American sitcom that aired from September 21, 2010, to April 4, 2014, on Fox. Following its first season, the show received two nominations at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards. Martha Plimpton was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, and Cloris Leachman was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series. Plimpton also won the 2011 Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series. The fourth season premiered Friday, November 15, 2013, at 9:00 pm Eastern/8:00 pm Central with back-to-back episodes. On March 10, 2014, Fox canceled ''Raising Hope'', and the series finale aired April 4, 2014. Premise James "Jimmy" Chance is a 23-year-old living in the quirky fictional town of Natesville, who impregnates a serial killer during a one-night stand. Earning custody of his unexpected daughter, Hope, after the mother is sentenced to death, Jimmy relies on his unorthodox but well-intentioned family for support in raising her. Cast a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burt Young
Gerald Tommaso DeLouise (born April 30, 1940), known professionally as Burt Young, is an American actor, author and painter. He played Rocky Balboa's brother-in-law and best friend Paulie Pennino in the ''Rocky'' film series. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in the first film. He has also appeared in ''Chinatown'' (1974), '' The Gambler'' (1974), ''The Killer Elite'' (1975), ''Convoy'' (1978), '' Uncle Joe Shannon'' (1978), ''Once Upon a Time in America'' (1984), ''The Pope of Greenwich Village'' (1984), ''A Summer to Remember'' (1985), ''Back to School'' (1986), ''Last Exit to Brooklyn'' (1990), ''Mickey Blue Eyes'' (1999), '' Transamerica'' (2005), ''Win Win'' (2011), '' Bottom of the 9th'' (2019), ''Beckman'' (2020) and the documentary film '' Stallone: Frank, That Is'' (2021) and had a guest appearance on ''The Sopranos'' in 2001. Early life, family and education Young was born in Queens, New York City, New York, the son of Josep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burt Ward
Burt Ward (born Bert John Gervis Jr. , July 6, 1945) is an American actor, animal welfare activist and businessman. He played Dick Grayson's Robin, the sidekick of Batman (played by Adam West), in the television series ''Batman'' (1966–1968), its theatrical feature film, the Saturday morning animated series ''The New Adventures of Batman'' (1977), the two-episode pilot ''Legends of the Superheroes'' (1979), the animated reunion films '' Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders'' (2016) and '' Batman vs. Two-Face'' (2017), and the live-action television event ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'' (2019). Early life Ward was born Bert John Gervis Jr., on July 6, 1945, in Los Angeles, California. His father, Bert Sr., was the owner of a traveling ice show called "Rhapsody On Ice". At age two, Ward was listed in the magazine ''Strange as It Seems'' as a professional ice skater. Growing up, he was an avid reader of comic books such as ''Superman'' and ''Superboy'', and enjoyed the action-adv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burt Van Horn
Burt Van Horn (October 28, 1823 – April 1, 1896) was a United States representative from New York during the American Civil War. He served New York's 31st District from 1861 to 1863, and the 29th District from 1865 to 1869. He was a staunch supporter of President Abraham Lincoln and the Union. Biography Born in Newfane, New York, on October 28, 1823, to James Augustus Van Horn and Abigail Van Horn (née Carpenter). He attended the common schools, Yates Academy in Orleans County, and Hamilton Literary and Theological Institution (predecessor of Colgate University) in Hamilton. He engaged in agricultural pursuits in Niagara County and later in the manufacture of cloth. Van Horn was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1858 to 1860. On January 15, 1860, standing before the Assembly, Burt delivered the speech, "Liberty and The Union". Van Horn was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh Congress, holding office from March 4, 1861, to March 3, 1863. He was el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
