Bakersfield California Entertainment Industry Current & Alumni.
by Creech66 | created - 22 May 2013 | updated - 24 Oct 2019 | PublicPeople from Bakersfield, CA who have worked in the entertainment industry, no particular order some I have known or know personally.
1. Di Quon
Actress | Grown Ups
Di Quon made her big screen debut as "Lily Kim" in the Columbia Pictures blockbuster Maid in Manhattan (2002) starring Jennifer Lopez.
Before becoming an actor, Di Quon modeled in New York City. She appeared on the album cover of Aerosmith's Young Lust album and modeled for streetwear brands Ecko ...
2. Derek Mears
Actor | Swamp Thing
Derek Mears was born on April 29, 1972 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He has numerous credits as both an actor and a stuntman, and he got his breakthrough lead role in the 2009 Friday the 13th film. He is known for his work on Sleepy Hollow (2013-2017), Predators (2010) and Men in Black II (2002).
3. Selah Victor
Actress | Modern Family
Selah Victor (say-la) was born in Bakersfield, California, one of eight children. She studied Theater at The University of California, Irvine and at The University of Birmingham, England. In addition to her film and television work, Selah has been seen in theaters around Los Angeles, including ...
4. Charles Napier
Actor | The Silence of the Lambs
Charles Napier was born in the tiny community of Mt. Union, near Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky, to Linus Pitts Napier, a tobacco farmer and postman, and his wife, Sara, on April 12, 1936. He attended public school in Scottsville. After graduating high school, he enlisted in the Army in 1954. ...
5. Frank Gifford
Actor | Jerry Maguire
Frank Gifford was born on August 16, 1930 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Jerry Maguire (1996), Viva Knievel! (1977) and Spin City (1996). He was married to Kathie Lee Gifford, Astrid Gifford and Maxine Avis Ewart. He died on August 9, 2015 in Riverside, Connecticut, ...
6. Merle Haggard
Soundtrack | Wag the Dog
Merle Haggard was born on April 6, 1937 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He was a music artist and actor, known for Wag the Dog (1997), The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981) and Jack Reacher (2012). He was married to Theresa Ann Lane, Debora J Parret, Leona Bell Williams, Bonnie Owens and Billie ...
7. Buck Owens
Soundtrack | Ford v Ferrari
Buck Owens is a true legend in country music. Along with fellow performers Merle Haggard and Wynn Stewart, Buck helped popularize the Bakersfield Sound, or honky-tonk infused with electric instrumentation and rock influences. Growing up in Arizona, Buck picked cotton and learned to play the ...
8. Jonathan Davis
Soundtrack | Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Jonathan Howsmon Davis was born and raised in Bakersfield, California. He recorded demos in his father's studio during his teenage years. Then he later joined a band called Sex Art, which also included Ryan Shuck (now he is the guitarist for Orgy). Sex Art only ever released one song, entitled "...
9. James 'Munky' Shaffer
Soundtrack | The Collector
James "Munky" Shaffer may be best known as a founding member of the two-time Grammy award-winning legendary band Korn, who have sold over 40 million records worldwide and created a new genre of heavy music in the process, but that's just one aspect of the guitarist's storied musical career. Shaffer...
10. Reginald 'Fieldy' Arvizu
Soundtrack | Charlie's Angels
Reginald 'Fieldy' Arvizu was born on November 2, 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Charlie's Angels (2000), End of Days (1999) and Dope (2015). He has been married to Deena Beber since May 16, 2006. He was previously married to Shela Arvizu.
11. Brian 'Head' Welch
Soundtrack | The Collector
Brian 'Head' Welch was born on June 19, 1970 in Torrance, California, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for The Collector (2009), Charlie's Angels (2000) and End of Days (1999). He was previously married to Rebekkah Welch.
12. Robert Beltran
Actor | Star Trek: Voyager
Robert Adame Beltran was born in Bakersfield, California. He is the seventh of ten children, of Mexican-Native American ancestry, though Robert describes his heritage as Latindio. After finishing high school, he attended Fresno State College, where he graduated with a degree in theater arts. ...
13. Noah Beery Jr.
Actor | The Rockford Files
Familiar and well-liked character actor of very different persona than either his father, Noah Beery, or his uncle, Wallace Beery. He attended Harvard Military Academy but managed to make a number of appearances on film and on stage with his father before adulthood. At age 19, he began playing ...
14. Joanne Linville
Actress | Star Trek
Joanne Linville made her mark on television from the 1950s-1980s, appearing in such respected anthology series as Studio One (1948), Kraft Theatre (1947) and Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), among others. While her film work consisted mainly of smaller character roles and she never had regular ...
15. Guy Madison
Actor | The Beast of Hollow Mountain
Handsome American leading man Guy Madison stumbled into a film career and became a television star and hero to the Baby Boom generation. As a young man he worked as a telephone lineman, but entered the Coast Guard at the beginning of the Second World War. While on liberty one weekend in Hollywood, ...
16. George McArthur
Actor | Big Fish
George "The Giant" has been performing professionally since 1991. To date, he has been seen in amusement parks such as Universal Studios and Knott's Berry Farm, publications ranging from "The Globe" and "The National Enquirer" to "Esquire Magazine," and television shows including "Touched By An ...
17. Brian Hooks
Actor | Fool's Gold
Brian Hooks was born in Bakersfield, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Fool's Gold (2008), Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) and Bulworth (1998).
18. Garland Testa
Producer | King of the Hill
Garland Testa was born on January 13, 1973 in San Diego, California, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for King of the Hill (1997), Roseanne (1988) and Caroline in the City (1995).
19. David Benoit
Music_department | The Peanuts Movie
David Benoit was born on August 17, 1953 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for The Peanuts Movie (2015), Island Prey (2001) and CBS Summer Playhouse (1987). He has been married to Kei Sasaki since April 6, 1985. They have one child.
20. Brandon Cruz
Actor | The Bad News Bears
Brandon Cruz was born on May 28, 1962 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He is an actor and editor, known for The Bad News Bears (1976), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) and The Lords of Salem (2012). He has been married to Elizabeth Finkelstein since June 26, 1994. They have two children.
21. Marc Davis
Animation_department | Sleeping Beauty
Marc Davis was an American animator from Bakersfield, California. He was a member of Disney's Nine Old Men, a group of senior animators who supervised the Walt Disney Animation Studios from c. 1945 to 1977. Davis was nicknamed as "Disney's Ladies' Man", because he was often asked to design and/or ...
22. Dirty Denny
Actor | Angels Hard as They Come
Dirty Denny was born on January 5, 1945 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Angels Hard as They Come (1971), Best Laid Plans (1999) and Hart to Hart (1979). He was previously married to Anne Smith.
23. Kelli Garner
Actress | Lars and the Real Girl
A California native, Kelli Garner made her film debut at age sixteen in director Mike Mills' short film Architecture of Reassurance. Her performance captured the attention of director Larry Clark who cast her in her first feature film, as the drug-addicted teen, Heather Swallers, in the ...
24. Fay Helm
Actress | The Wolf Man
Hollywood exerted an early fascination for brunette Fay Helm. She had done some acting as a child in school plays and then at regional theatres. In 1934, Fay made her way from Bakersfield to Paramount Studios, where she was signed by (then) independent producer B.P. Schulberg. Unfortunately for her,...
25. Lawrence Kimble
Writer | Big Town
Lawrence Kimble was born on September 21, 1904 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He was a writer, known for Big Town (1950), State Trooper (1956) and Public Enemies (1941). He died on September 3, 1977 in Hollywood, California, USA.
26. Sigrid Valdis
Actress | Our Man Flint
A native Californian of Swedish descent, Sigrid Valdis (the professional stage name of Patricia Annette Olson) was raised in the Westwood and Brentwood neighborhoods of Los Angeles, and attended exclusive private schools, including Marymount High School. Upon graduation, she moved to Europe, then ...
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