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Jax Taylor was born on 11 July 1979 in Shelby Township, Michigan, EUA. He is a producer and actor, known for Savage Salvation (2022), Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016) and Vanderpump Rules (2013). He has been married to Brittany Cartwright since 29 June 2019. They have one child.

Henry B. Walthall was a respected stage actor who became a favorite of pioneering film director D.W. Griffith. Born in 1878 in Alabama, Walthall was initially interested in pursuing a law career but he quit law school in 1898 to enlist in the US Army in order to fight in the Spanish-American War. Returning from the war he decided to take up an acting career instead of continuing with his education in law, so he traveled to New York City hoping to make his mark on Broadway. He debuted on the Great White Way in 1901. His friend and fellow actor James Kirkwood introduced him to Griffith, who was also a southerner and who already knew of Walthall's reputation as a stage actor. He hired Walthall to appear in his A Convict's Sacrifice (1909), the first of many films they would make together.

Shortly afterward Walthall left Biograph and Griffith for Balboa Pictures in Long Beach, CA. In 1917 he and his wife formed their own production company, but after a few films he went back to work for Griffith at Biograph. However, his career went on a downward spiral, and by the 1920s he was appearing in mostly low-budget "B" fare, with only a few side journeys into more quality "A" pictures--Tod Browning's London After Midnight (1927) among them.

The sound period rejuvenated Walthall's career somewhat. He had a distinguished bearing and his voice, unlike those of many bigger silent-screen stars, was perfectly acceptable for talkies. He appeared in such productions as John Ford's Judge Priest (1934) and Browning's The Devil-Doll (1936). He was hired by director Frank Capra to play the High Lama in Capra's production of Lost Horizon (1937), but before the film began production he died of influenza, on June 7, 1936.

Nina Repeta was born on 10 September 1967 in Shelby, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress, known for The Black Phone (2021), Bloodmoon (1997) and Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002). She has been married to Mike Repeta since 30 June 1990. They have one child.

Melinda Cordell was born on 26 February 1941 in Shelby, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Greenwich Village Story (1963), Lou Grant (1977) and Quantum Leap (1989). She was married to Nicholas Pryor. She died on 7 April 2015 in Fresno, California, USA.

Earl Scruggs was born on 6 January 1924 in near Shelby, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Bonnie and Clyde (1967), The Love Guru (2008) and Penguins of Madagascar (2014). He was married to Louise Scruggs. He died on 28 March 2012 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

James Grady was born on 30 April 1949 in Shelby, Montana, USA. He is a writer, known for Three Days of the Condor (1975), Condor (2018) and Mad Dogs. He has been married to Bonnie Joy Goldstein since 31 March 1985. They have one child.

Don Gibson was born on 3 April 1928 in Shelby, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Blood Simple (1984), The Departed (2006) and Casino (1995). He was married to Bobbi Patterson. He died on 17 November 2003 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

American novelist, writer and minister Thomas Dixon was born in Shelby, NC. His father was a Baptist minister and, by inheritance, a slave-owner. As a young boy Dixon helped out on the farms the family owned; although he would later say he detested farm labor, he admitted that it helped him to better understand the life of the working class Southerner after the Civil War. He came to despise what he saw as the collaboration among corrupt local politicians, occupying Union troops and an oppressive federal government that worked to keep down the defeated South. While still a young boy he became aware of the Ku Klux Klan when a local Confederate widow had accused a freed slave of raping her daughter. Getting no help from the authorities, the woman turned to Dixon's family--his uncle commanded the unit the widow's husband served in during the Civil War. The Klan found the accused rapist and dragged him to the town square, where they hanged and shot him. The incident made a deep impression on the young Dixon, who believed that the Klan's actions were justified since the woman--and, by extension, all Southerners--could not trust the governing authorities to protect them. Dixon's uncle and father were both Klan members, who joined because they saw the Klan as the only way to bring order to a South still embroiled in violence and outlawry after the war. However, they saw the Klan eventually turn into the kind of corrupt and brutal gang it was supposed to be protecting people against, and they soon left it.

Young Dixon entered the Shelby Academy in 1877, getting his diploma two years later, at which time he enrolled in Wake Forest University. An excellent student, it took him just four years to earn his masters degree in history and political science. After graduation he received a scholarship to Johns Hopkins University, where he befriended another student who went on to great success--future US President Woodrow Wilson (I).

In 1884 Dixon left Johns Hopkins for New York City, where he intended to have a career as a journalist and also act on the Broadway stage. His acting career was a bust, however, and he soon returned to North Carolina. He enrolled in Greensboro (NC) Law School, and in 1885 obtained his law degree. He then became involved in local politics, and was elected to the North Carolina legislature. However, he declined to run for re-election when his term was up, saying he was shocked and disgusted by the corruption and shady dealings he saw. He then became an advocate for the rights of Confederate veterans, and that gained him a following all through the South. After a short time practicing law, Dixon left the profession to become a minister. In 1886 he was ordained as a Baptist minister and moved to Greensboro, NC, then to Goldsboro. A year later he took over the Second Baptist Church in Raleigh, NC, then later was hired to take over a church in Boston, MA. In 1889 he took a position at a church in New York City. It was there that he ran into the "big time", associating with such well-known figures as John D. Rockefeller and Theodore Roosevelt (who he helped in Roosevelt's campaign for Governor of New York). However, Dixon eventually tired of what he saw as the corruption of the church, business and politics, and in 1895 he resigned from the Baptist ministry altogether, preferring to preach at nondenominational churches. He began preaching and lecturing all over the country, gaining an even bigger following, especially in the South. At one point he attended a production of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel of the pre-Civil War South, "Uncle Tom's Cabin". Infuriated at what he considered the distortions, misrepresentations and falsehoods about the South in the play, he wrote his first novel, "The Leopard's Spots" (1902), which was meant as a refutation of Stowe's novel, and actually incorporated several of that novel's characters, including Simon Legree.

If there is one thing Dixon is famous for, however, it is his novel "The Clansman", a heavily romanticized fictional accounting of life in the post-Civil War South, in the period known as Reconstruction. It portrayed the Ku Klux Klan as the protectors of Southern womanhood against the ravages of newly freed black slaves and a force for law and order, instead of the murderous terrorist gang they actually were. The book was turned into a film by famed director D.W. Griffith (I)--the controversial The Birth of a Nation (1915).

Thomas Dixon died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Raleigh, NC, on April 3, 1946, at 82 years of age.

Tor Ramsey graduated from North Carolina State University, lettering as a Manager in Men's Varsity Basketball under legendary coach Jim Valvano before discovering his true passion of writing for the entertainment media.

"Ramsey in Reality" hit the airwaves on WKNC in Raleigh, featuring outlandish sketch comedy and parody in the vein of Stan Freberg and "Saturday Night Live". Ramsey received a Certificate in Filmmaking from New York University before signing with several literary agents in the process of writing screenplays that never sold. In 1995, Ramsey threw out the rule book and wrote a movie after his own heart and personality, _Urban Mythology (1999)_. After moving to Los Angeles shortly after production of the film, Ramsey gathered the resources to shoot a 30 minute episodic, which eventually became the series pilot for "The White Chick and The Haole Crew". Ramsey later found work as a script doctor for several projects such as the kid's caper movie Snoopers, then returned to familiar territory directing and producing outrageous comedy sketches for E!'s Talk Soup (1991). In 2000, Ramsey earned his second gig as director, for the feature _Children of the Living Dead (2001)_ in which he learned how to survive under the worst of all possible conditions while still delivering a completed film. 'Children' was released by Artisan Entertainment in October 2001. Ramsey considers himself to be first a writer, then an Editor and then a Director --- in that order. He is currently developing a series concept called "Dead Michigan" and a new feature about con artists called Gypies Tramps And Bail-Jumpers.

Lauren Price was born on 6 May 1986 in Shelby, Ohio, USA. She is an actress, known for The Stool: The Good, The Bad, and The Crappy (2020) and Munsons at the Movies Podcast (2020).

Fred Barnett was born on 17 June 1966 in Shelby, Mississippi, USA. He is an actor, known for Leaf (2008), The NFL on NBC (1965) and NFL Monday Night Football (1970).

Chris was born in Shelby, North Carolina and started performing in theatre in the early 1980s. Since then he has lived in several parts of the country and performed in many TV shows, movies, commercials, radio and plays as well as numerous print modeling jobs. He is a former college football/track athlete at North Carolina State Univ. He has spent several years working as a firefighter and emergency medical technician. He has a vast amount of talent in the area of video production and computer graphics and actually spent many years working for several television studios such as ABC, UPN, and FOX. Chris loves martial arts and still actively fights in competitions. He also competes in power lifting events. Chris was also a contestant on NBC's "Fear Factor". He was the morning show comedian on Radio's 98.7 Simon's Wicker In The Morning Show. Having lived in both urban and rural America makes Chris an extremely versatile performer with a lot of range and diversity.

Flo Clements was born in May 1892 in Shelby County, Tennessee, USA. She is known for Within Our Gates (1920) and The Brute (1920).

R.J. Burns was born on 29 November 1950 in Shelby, Montana, USA. He is an actor, known for Two Eyes (2020) and Buster's Mal Heart (2016).

Pendrant Netherly was born on 16 January 1951 in Shelby County, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Bill Cosby Show (1969) and Room 222 (1969). He died on 10 December 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Jodiviah Stepp was born on 23 December 1965 in Shelby, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Asylum of Darkness (2013) and Dead of Night (2013). He died on 23 March 2021 in Marion, Ohio, USA.

Mel Phillips was born on 6 January 1942 in Shelby, North Carolina, USA.

Tripp grew up in Shelby, NC and graduated from The University of North Carolina in 1993. He moved to Wilmington, North Carolina in 1999 to open a boutique production company and pursue filmmaking. While in Wilmington Tripp wrote and directed several commercials, industrials and cable television episodes.

In 2006 Tripp made the move to Los Angeles to further pursue writing and directing. He is a partner at LA Grip Productions and spends his mornings trading options. He is an avid comic book collector and loves a good pick up basketball game.

Tripp lives in Sherman Oaks, CA with his wife, Holland, a Casting Director for Reality Television.

Jerry Fletcher was born on 1 January 1902 in Shelby, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Forgotten Faces (1936) and Free, Blonde and 21 (1940). He died on 21 December 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Parker Gee was born on 14 October 1904 in Shelby, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for Rogues Gallery (1944), Black Market Babies (1945) and Delinquent Daughters (1944). He died on 28 July 1984 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

Alan J. Van Dyke was born on 9 December 1983 in Shelby, North Carolina, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for The People in Andy (2004), In the Pines (2016) and Avoiding Awkward Eye Contact (2014).

Lydia Lane was born on 28 May 1903 in Shelby County, Tennessee, USA. She is known for Here's Hollywood (1960) and The Merv Griffin Show (1962). She was married to Austin W. Young. She died on 27 March 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Madison T. Shockley Sr. was born on 4 February 1923 in Shelby County, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor. He died on 31 July 2011 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Willard Robison was born on 19 September 1894 in Shelbina, Shelby County, Missouri, USA. He died on 24 June 1968 in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, USA.

Dave Whitsell was born on 14 June 1936 in Shelby, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Number One (1969), The NFL on CBS (1956) and 1968 East-West Pro Bowl (1968). He died on 7 October 1999 in Kenner, Louisiana, USA.