Today's Birthday: 22 April
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Rademacher, Ingo
Ingo Rademacher was born in the small village of Iserlohn-Letmathe,
West Germany. Ingo lived on the European continent until his parents
moved to New South Wales, Australia, in 1981. His sister, Anne, and he
helped his parents work a 400-acre cattle and Angora goat station
there. "I played rugby and worked the ranch, " he details. "We didn't
have a television for three and a half years there." In 1984, the
family took up vegetable farming in Queensland where Ingo drove
tractors and did other necessary jobs while attending high school.
After graduation, Ingo moved to the metropolis of Sydney. He started
out doing school plays, modeling, and acting classes. His first role
was on an Australian soap '"Paradise Beach" (1993)' . Ingo was cast as the lead character,
Sean Hayden, an 18 year old surfer. Ingo moved to Los Angeles in 1994.
He was almost on "Model's Inc.", but he couldn't get his working papers
fast enough. His latest role is on '"General Hospital" (1963)' , as Jasper "Jax" Jacks. He
compared Jax to Sean and says "Jax is more educated and a savvy
businessman.....Sean was just a typical young surfer." Ingo says that
he is a lot like Jax but just doesn't have as much money. Gregarious,
thrill-seeking and devilishly handsome, the man known simply as Jax is
internationally known for his unique ability to dismantle huge
corporations as well as break hearts. The Jacks family, globe-trotting
eccentrics of nearly inestimable wealth, never take "no" for an answer
and refuse to think any objective is unachievable. Jax has taken this
heritage to the extreme. Ingo embodies the spirit of Jax, having lived
on three continents, excelled in several professional sports, and
carving careers in areas as diverse as farming, ranching, modeling and
television. "Jax has a 'why not?' attitude that is very similar to my
own." Ingo remarks. "My parents saw things and places that interested
them, went for it, and then moved on. I inherited their spirit of
adventure which has landed me here in Port Charles." he jokes. As an
athlete, Ingo has amassed an extraordinary list of accomplishments. He
was a West German ski champion at the age of eight. He was a
professional equestrian in jumping, dressage and cross country from age
10 to 14. In Australia, Ingo was a professio nal beach volleyball
player and an Ironman triathlete. On the personal side, Ingo says he is
very romantic, loves the beach at night and bonfires. One day he wants
to be completely involved in the film industry....acting and directing.
He says that "Vanessa (Marcil) is fantasic." Ingo is SINGLE....he says
he never gets out because he is too busy. The beach life of Southern
California presently fulfills Ingo's spare time where he surfs, trains
for ocean Ironman races, and mountain bikes in the Santa Monica
mountains. He lives in the Pacific Palisades community of Los Angeles.
On the note of his family, Ingo says they are all supportive and
wonderful.....especially his mother who always told him "Do whatever
you want and I'll support you!". - Author: Jennifer O'Dea
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Hatton, Rondo
Only child, born to Stewart and Emily Hatton in Hagerstown, Maryland.
Family moved to Tampa, Florida, in 1912, when he was a highschool
senior and his father joined a family-owned business there. He was
apparently popular and a good athlete, especially in football. After
leaving highschool, he joined the Florida National Guard to pursue a
military career, fought in the Mexican Border War and then in France in
World War I. Here, he was exposed to poison gas, was hospitalized with
lung injury and was subsequently medically discharged from service and
consigned to a pension. Returning to Tampa, he took employment as a
reporter for the Tampa Tribune where he worked until 1936, when he
moved to Hollywood. At some point after his exposure to the poison gas,
he also developed acromegaly, a slowly progressive deforming of bones
in the head, hands and feet, and internal and external soft tissues,
caused by disease of the pituitary gland which onsets after the
individual has reached his full genetic height (under normal pituitary
influence) and production of growth hormone resumes but the bone
structure can no longer produce symmetric growth (as in giantism).
According to all authors, his acromegaly was a result of the poison
gas, though typically it is caused by a tumor on the pituitary. In any
event, his worsening disfigurement is thought to have led to his first
divorce, and certainly was responsible for his being noticed by
director Henry King, who was shooting a movie, Hell's Harbor, near
Tampa. Reporter Hatton was covering the filming, and King offered him a
role. Hatton remained a reporter however until after his second
marriage in 1934; in 1936, he and his new, more faithful wife moved to
Hollywood. Thereafter, Hatton appears to have subsisted primarily on
bit or extra roles, with an occasional role substantial enough to earn
him cast acknowledgment, until being cast for the role of the "Hoxton
Creeper" in Universal's Pearl of Death in 1944. Universal thereafter
attempted to promote Hatton to horror film stardom because of his
acromegalic appearance, including a burgeoning series about a
spine-breaking maniac called "The Creeper". However, around Christmas,
1945, he had a mild heart attack (heart weakness, along with diabetes
and blindness being common complications of acromegaly) and, seemingly
recovered, a fatal one just over a month later. He was returned to
Tampa for burial. In 1988, filmmaker Fred Olen Ray extensively
researched Hatton's life, producing the sensitive article "Rondo
Hatton: Monster Man" (referenced below). - Author: Rich Wannen
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Stiles, Ryan
It's not surprising that Ryan Stiles would feel comfortable doing a
comedic turn in the role of Lewis, one of Drew Carey's ever-present
friends in the new comedy, "The Drew Carey Show." After all, the first
job Stiles ever had was that of a stand-up comedian. Although he was a
good student, Stiles admits that "being a high-school senior gave me
too much freedom." He got so carried away with his flexible schedule
that he quit school a few months shy of graduation and got a job doing
stand-up comedy in Vancouver. In spite of his parents' objections, he
was able to support himself for several years, but "I got out of
stand-up when everybody else started doing it," he says. He didn't
stray too far from the world of comedy. In 1986, he joined the highly
acclaimed Second City comedy ensemble in Toronto, where he honed his
improvisational skills. In 1990, Stiles moved to Los Angeles to perform
with the Los Angeles Second City group. Film and television roles soon
followed, including roles in "Hot Shots" and "Hot Shots, Part Deux."
Stiles' television credits include "Parker Lewis Can't Lose," "Mad
About You" and cable's "The Hitchhiker." He's currently a series
regular on the British improvisational series, "Whose Line Is It,
Anyway?," which has been nominated for three CableACE awards. During
the 1994-95 baseball strike, Stiles and acclaimed director Joe Pytka
made some memorable commercials for Nike. That's Stiles in the empty
baseball stadium doing the wave solo. When he's not at work, Stiles
spends his time thinking about work. - Author: GLLee90298@yahoo.com
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