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Richard Cook, the chairman of The Walt Disney Studios, is a Bakersfield native. He began his career with the company as a ride operator at Disneyland in 1970. Read his online bio.

If there’s one thing Eydie Gibson can’t resist, it’s a handsome man in a yellow suit.  It was 30 years ago that Gary Gibson met Eydie and their lives have never been the same – all for the better, of...

Writer-producer for Room 9 Entertainment, the Los Angeles independent production company that brought Christopher Buckley's "Thank You for Smoking" to the screen. Newman is from Bakersfield.

 Actor-poet-artist lived on a ranch in Stallion Springs for 40 years. Won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in the 1991 comedy "City Slickers;" Oscar nominations for "Shane" (1953) and "Sudden...

One of the finest draftsmen ever to work at the Walt Disney Studio, Marc Davis has become a legend in our time. Born in 1913 in Bakersfield, California, he was one of the "Nine Old Men" whom Walt Disney gathered around him in...

Bakersfield-bred pitcher signed by the Yankees, Culver struck out 18 batters in one of his first big-league games. A starter with the Reds in 1968, he no-hit Philadelphia on July 29, walking five, to win 6-1. From 1970 on, he was a...

Frank Bidart was born in Bakersfield from Basque stock in 1939. The renowned poet is a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle finalist. He has received the Academy of American Poet's Wallace Stevens Award, the Lila...

This opera start from the turn of the century to the 1920s, Winters was known as Bakersfield's "Golden Throated Contralto." One of Bakersfield's most prominent black women in her day. Winters died in 1957.

Robert Beltran is Bakersfield-bred stage, film and television actor has appeared in Luis Valdez's "Zoot Suit" (1981), Paul Bartel's "Eating Raoul" (1982, as Raoul) and "Star Trek: Voyager" (as Commander...

Casey Mears was born and raised in Bakersfield. He is the driver of the #25 National Guard/GMAC Chevrolet in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series for Hendrick Motorsports. He also drives the #24 National Guard Chevrolet in the...

Bakersfield's own Blues Rocker Monty Byrom, may be best known as the talented, former lead singer for MCA Records phenomenon Big House. The sultry country rock and blues band dazzled the industry with gold sales of their self-titled...

Monday, Jul 9 2007 It has a good sound -- any way you slice it: Whether you mean green U.S. crispies or that small, fragrant miracle that comes out of the oven, it's hard to criticize either bread or bread. Courtney and Kari Harrison...

You could say that running a business is in Lori Malkin’s blood. Her parents, Christine and Keith Patterson, owned three stores locally, so Lori grew up talking shop around the dinner table. Her father ran the business end of...