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007 Actors

Amy Adams

Hywel Bennett

The Primetimer Guide to Streaming TV (2022) by Aaron Barnhart (PROMOTION)
TV Review Books (2010s) by Charlie Brooker

Michael Caine

The Real Diana Dors (2021) by Anna Cale (PROMOTION)
A Guide to Video Game Movies (2022) by Christopher Carton (PROMOTION)
– The Ultimate Book of Movie Monsters (2022) by Christopher Carton (PROMOTION)
Elizabeth and Monty: The Untold Story of Their Intimate Friendship (2021) by Charles Casillo (PROMOTION)
Old School Evil by Brian Cave (2018 and 2022) (PROMOTION)
– Old School Evil: The Rejects by Brian Cave (2022) (PROMOTION)
Cars on Film, A Celebration of Cars at the Movies (2020) (PROMOTION)

Doris Day

Dallas Annuals
Ethel of the Barrymores (2021) by Michael B Druxman (PROMOTION)
Another Me: The Doppelganger in 21st Century Fiction, Television and Film (2021)
Deceptions (1985) TV mini series adaptation of Judith Michaels’s book of the same name (LISTS… Book Adaptations)

Linda Evans

Claire Foy

Mad About the Boy (2013) by Helen Fielding
Carry On Regardless Getting to the Bottom of Britain’s Favourite Comedy Films (2022) by Caroline Frost (PROMOTION)
Supper with the Stars with your Host Vincent Price (2021) by Peter Fuller and Jenny Hammerton (PROMOTION)

Lee Grant

A Doctor For All Seasons (2021) by Dr John Gayner (PROMOTION)

Larry Hagman

Cooking with Columbo Suppers with the Shambling Sleuth (2018) by Jenny Hammerton (PROMOTION)
Murder, She Cooked: A Cabot Cove Cookbook (2018) by Jenny Hammerton (PROMOTION)
Dark Excursions : The Complete Set (2015) by John L Harmon
The Golden Age of Disaster Cinema: A Guide to the Films, 1950 – 1979 (2019) by Nik Havert (PROMOTION)
FilmQuake The Most Disruptive Films in Cinema (2022) by Ian Haydn Smith (PROMOTION)

Michael Ironside

If Tomorrow Comes (1986) TV mini series adaptation of Sidney Sheldon’s book of the same name (LISTS… Book Adaptations)

Clive James

TV and Film Review Books by Clive James (LISTS… Influences)
– TV and Film Review Books by Clive James (LISTS… Remembrance for Clive James)

Scott Kyle

Christopher Lee

The Mysterious Romance of Murder (2022) by David Lehman (PROMOTION)
True Story What Reality TV Says About Us (2022) by Danielle J Lindemann, PhD (PROMOTION)

Judy Matheson

Stan Lee How Marvel Changed The World (2021) by Adrian Mackinder (PROMOTION)
Starstruck My Unlikely Road to Hollywood (2021) by Leonard Maltin (PROMOTION)
Billy Wilder : Dancing on the Edge (2021) by Joseph McBride (PROMOTION)
The Midwich Cuckoos (2022) recommended with The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham (LISTS… Recommended Relevant Books)
2000 AD Encyclopedia (2022) by Scott Montgomery (PROMOTION)

Jack Nicholson

The Coppolas, A Movie Dynasty (2021) by Ian Nathan (PROMOTION)
– Guillermo del Toro The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work (2021) by Ian Nathan (PROMOTION)
Straight from the Horse’s Mouth: Ronald Neame, an Autobiography (2003) by Ronald Neame with Barbara Roisman Cooper (PROMOTION)
Nightmare Fuel, The Science of Horror Films (2022) by Nina Nesseth (PROMOTION)
Film Review Books by Barry Norman (LISTS… Barry Norman)

Laurence Olivier

The Offer (2022) recommended with The Kid Stays in the Picture by Robert Evans (LISTS… Recommended Relevant Books)

Valerie Perrine

Aileen Quinn

Kurt Russell

The Unofficial Simpsons Cookbook From Krusty Burgers to Marge’s Pretzels, Famous Recipes from Your Favorite Cartoon Family (2021) by Laurel Randolph (PROMOTION)
Betty White: 100 Remarkable Moments in an Extraordinary Life (2021) by Ray Richmond (PROMOTION)
Paperback Celluloid: Elmore Leonard on Film (2023) by Andy Rohmer (PROMOTION)
Great Britons of Stage and Screen: In Conversation (2015) by Barbara Roisman Cooper (PROMOTION)
– Great Britons of Stage and Screen: Volume II: Directors in Conversation (2019) by Barbara Roisman Cooper (PROMOTION)
Women of Science and Fantasy Television (2019) by Karen A Romanko (PROMOTION)
– Television’s Female Spies and Crimefighters (2016) by Karen A Romanko (PROMOTION)
Moonlighting An Oral History (2021) by Scott Ryan (PROMOTION)

How to Marry a Finnish Girl (2012) by Phil Schwarzmann
Lugosi: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood’s Dracula (2021) by Koren Shadmi (PROMOTION)
Patricia Neal: An Unquiet Life (2021, Audiobook) by Stephen Michael Shearer (PROMOTION)
A Guide to Manga, Anime and Video Game Cosplay (2022) by Holly Swinyard (PROMOTION)

Verne Troyer

Tales of the Unexpected (1979-88) recommended with Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected (LISTS… Recommended Relevant Books)
And It’s A Beautiful Day, A Fargo Companion (2021) by Nige Tassell (PROMOTION)
Disaster Mon Amour (2022) by David Thomson (PROMOTION)
The Thorn Birds (1983) TV mini series adaptation of Colleen McCollough’s book of the same name (LISTS… Book adaptations)
The Binge Watcher’s Guide to The Twilight Zone, An Unofficial Journey by Jacob Trussell (2021) (PROMOTION)

Peter Ustinov

Herve Villechaize

Robin Williams

Anvils, Mallets & Dynamite: The Unauthorized Biography of Looney Tunes (2021) by Jaime Weinman (PROMOTION)
Norman Jewison: A Director’s Life (2021) by Ira Wells (PROMOTION)
Rebecca (2021) by Patricia White (PROMOTION)

Charles “Professor X” Xavier

Gig Young

Renee Zellweger

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