History of West Virginia
A Few Actors from West Virginia as well as movies filmed in or about
West Virginia.
Actors
Eddie Baker
November 17, 1897 – February 4, 1968
Born In: Davis, WV
Bacon Grabbers 1929
Near Dublin 1924
Brothers Under the Chin 1924
Zeb vs. Paprika 1924
Postage Due 1924
Smithy 1924
The Soilers 1923
A Man About Town 1923
Short Orders 1923
Oranges and Lemons 1923
Her Dangerous Path 1923
Gas and Air 1923
Kill or Cure 1923
Collars and Cuffs 1923
Under Two Jags 1923
Samuel Ball
June 29, 1973
Born in: Bunker Hill, WV
13 Going on 30 2004
Net Games 2003
Pumpkin 2002
The Last Castle 2002
Charmed 2002
Urbania 2000
On the QT 1999
One Life to Live 1998
John Corbett
May 9, 1961
Born In: Wheeling, WV
Street Kings 2008
Montana Sky 2007
The Messengers 2007
Dreamland 2005
Bigger Than the Sky 2005
Hunt for Justice 2005
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D 2005
Raise Your 2004
Elvis Has Left the Building 2004
Raising Helen 2004
Lucky [TV Series] 2003
My Dinner with Jimi 2003
Sex and the City: Season 5 2002
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2002
Serendipity 2001
Prancer Returns 2001
Sex and the City: Season 04 2001
Sex and the City: Season 03 2000
Private Lies 2000
The Sky's On Fire 2000
Elephant Journey 2000
Dinner Rush 2000
On Hostile Ground 2000
Desperate but Not Serious 1999
Love Chronicles [TV Documentary Series] 1999
Countdown: The Sky's on Fire1998
Volcano1997
Innocent Victims1996
Wedding Bell Blues1996
The Morrison Murders 1996
Don't Look Back 1996
Northern Exposure: Season 06 1994
Northern Exposure: Season 05 1993
Tombstone 1993
Northern Exposure: Season 04 1992
Northern Exposure: Season 02 1991
Northern Exposure: Season 03 1991
The Flight of the Intruder 1990
Northern Exposure: Season 01 1990
Joanne Dru
January 31, 1922 – September 10, 1996
Born In: Logan, WV
Abie's Irish Rose 1946
Red River 1948
All the King's Men 1949
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1949
Wagon Master 1950
711 Ocean Drive 1950
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell 1951
The Pride of St. Louis 1952
My Pal Gus 1952
Thunder Bay 1953
3 Ring Circus 1954
The Light in the Forest 1958
Sylvia 1965
Conchata Galen Ferrell
March 28, 1943
Born In: Charleston, WV
Kabluey 2007
Surviving Eden 2006
Your Mother Wears Combat Boots 2003
Mr. Deeds 2002
Amy & Isabelle 2001
K-Pax 2001
Stranger Inside 2001
Crime and Punishment in Suburbia 2000
Erin Brockovich 2000
Touch 1997
Freeway 1996
My Fellow Americans 1996
Family Prayers 1993
Heaven and Earth 1993
True Romance 1993
Backfield in Motion 1991
Chains of Gold 1991
Edward Scissorhands 1990
Eye on the Sparrow 1988
For Keeps 1988
Mystic Pizza 1988
Samaritan - The Mitch Snyder Story 1986
Where the River Runs Black 1986
To Love Again 1980
Heartland 1979
Lost Legacy - A Girl Called Hatter Fox 1977
Deadly Hero 1976
Network 1976
Jennifer Anne Garner
April 17, 1972
Born In: Houston, TX
Relocated: Princeton, WV 1976
Juno 2007
The Kingdom 2007
Catch and Release 2006
Elektra 2005
13 Going On 30 2004
Daredevil 2003
Catch Me If You Can 2002
Rennie's Landing 2001
Pearl Harbour 2001
Dude, Where's My Car? 2000
In Harm's Way 1997
Mr Magoo 1997
Washington Square 1997
Deconstructing Harry 1997
Jesse Donald Knotts
July 21, 1924 – February 24, 2006
Born In: Morgantown, WV
Film:
No Time for Sergeants 1958
Wake Me When It's Over 1960
The Last Time I Saw Archie 1961
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963
Move Over, Darling 1963
The Incredible Mr. Limpet 1964
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken 1966
The Reluctant Astronaut 1967
Rowan & Martin at the Movies 1968
The Shakiest Gun in the West 1968
The Love God? 1969
How to Frame a Figg 1971
The Apple Dumpling Gang 1975
No Deposit, No Return 1976
Gus 1976
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo 1977
Hot Lead and Cold Feet 1978
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again 1979
The Prize Fighter 1979
The Private Eyes 1981 film 1981
Cannonball Run II 1984
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night 1987
Big Bully 1996
Cats Don't Dance 1997
Pleasantville 1998
Tom Sawyer 2000
Chicken Little 2005
Air Buddies 2006
Television:
Search for Tomorrow 1953-1955
The Steve Allen Show 1956-1960
The Andy Griffith Show 1960-1965
The New Steve Allen Show 1961-1963
The Don Knotts Show 1970-1971
The Man Who Came to Dinner 1972
The New Scooby-Doo Movies 1972
I Love a Mystery 1973
Fantasy Island 1978-1979
Three's Company 1979-1984
The Little Troll Prince 1985
Return to Mayberry 1986
Matlock 1987-1995
What a Country 1987
Timmy's Gift: A Precious Moments Christmas 1991
Jingle Bells 1999
Quints 2000
Hermie: A Common Caterpillar 2003
Odd Job Jack 2003
8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter 2003
Hermie and Friends Series 2004
Robot Chicken 2005
That 70's Show 2005
Ann Magnuson
January 4, 1956
Born In: Charleston, WV
Open House 2004
Ghostlight 2003
All Grown Up! 2003
The United States of Leland 2003
Night at the Golden Eagle 2002
Panic Room 2002
Glitter 2001
The Caveman's Valentine 2001
Housebound 2000
Love & Sex 2000
Friends and Lovers 1999
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died 1998
Small Soldiers 1998
Hugo Pool 1997
Still Breathing 1997
Levitation 1997
Before and After 1996
Tank Girl 1995
Clear and Present Danger 1994
Cabin Boy 1994
Love at Large 1990
Checking Out 1989
Tequila Sunrise 1988
Mondo New York 1988
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon 1988
"Macaroni & Me" 1988
Making Mr. Right 1987
The Critical Years 1987
Sleepwalk 1986
Desperately Seeking Susan 1985
Perfect Strangers
The Hunger 1983
Vortex 1982
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