Big Apple Con!

[Kenny Guido]

Celebrities Appearing
If you would like to get an autograph or take a picture with your favorite stars of film, TV and more, come down to the next Big Apple Con, where the lines are short and the time well spent.




Rowdy" Roddy Piper​

• Roddy Piper has been a professional wrestler since the age of 15.
• He was the youngest wrestler in the history of professional wrestling.
• He won the Golden Gloves boxing championship.
• He was awarded a Black Belt from the world-renowned Judo Gene Label.
• He has held more than 38 professional wrestling titles.
• He has won over 7,000 professional matches.

Having joined the WWE in 1984, Roddy hosted his own interview segment – Piper's Pit. Piper's Pit made Roddy Piper one of the WWE's most talked about performers. In 1985, he first crossed paths with Hulk Hogan – and the rest is history. They became the two biggest box office superstars in the WWE's history. It was WrestleMania 1, with the main event of Piper and Paul Orndorff teamed against Hogan and Mr. T that put the WWE on the map. In 2005, Piper is still headlining. This time it was Wrestlemania 21 on April 3, 2005 in Hollywood, when he presented his infamous Piper's Pit with Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Roddy Piper has starred in many movies including John Carpenter's much-acclaimed, "They Live," which was a number one box office hit. In 2003, the fight scene in John Carpenter's THEY LIVE was awarded one of the top ten fight scenes in cinema history. The scene is featured on the DVD, "Ultimate Fights in the Movies." Roddy's long list of Film and T.V. credits continue to grow.

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Tank Abbott​

David Lee "Tank" Abbott is a Mixed martial arts fighter whose fighting style is self-described as "Pit fighting", a style he developed fighting on the streets of Huntington Beach, California. He was also a professional wrestler for a short time. Early in the history of MMA competitions, he was one of the most feared strikers to have participated. Abbott also has a university degree in History. Abbott was a frequent participant in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of 2005 he had a record of 8-10 in that promotion. Abbott made his Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) debut in 1995 at UFC 6 Clash of the Titans in Casper, Wyoming. In his opening fight, he knocked out John Matua, who weighed 400 lb, in 20 seconds. Later that night he fought Oleg Taktarov for over 17 minutes before succumbing to a rear naked choke.

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Rocky Johnson and Tony Atlas​

WWF Tag Team Champions with Rocky Johnson and Tony Atlas. Johnson and Atlas were notable not only for their popularity, but for being the first Black WWF Tag Team Champions. Together, Rocky Johnson and Tony Atlas were known as the "Soul Patrol".
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Lar Park-Lincoln​

From "Knots Landing" to "Beverly Hills 90210," starring roles in feature films, and television and currently a celebrity guest host on the QVC Shopping Channel, Lar is an actor, speaker, author, career coach and a mighty proud mother of two! Her deliciously titillating three-year role on "Knots Landing" offered her the opportunity to work with such luminaries as Michelle Lee and William Devane.
Following her award winning role as a young prostitute on CBS's "Children of the Night," Lar played an Arian terrorist, in "Hunter" and the psychic and telekinetic girl who defeats Jason in "Friday the Thirteenth Part VII." The innocent girl opposite Eva Gabor in "Princess Academy" and a sexy vamp in "Fatal Charm" to name a few.

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Brian Joseph Harnois​

Brian Joseph Harnois is one of the stars of the Sci-Fi Channel hit reality show 'Ghost Hunters', which as of October, 2006 will begin airing its 3rd season. Harnois originated? the catch phrase "Dude, Run!" for Ghost Hunters when? he and a camera man ran out of the Eastern State Penitentiary after witnessing an apparition. Brian was born and raised an only child in Woonsocket, RI, and is a former Security Police Officer for the United States Air Force. He became interested in the paranormal at the age of 11, when he witnessed a full body apparition while sleeping over at a childhood friend's home. He has studied the paranormal ever since, including the technical and scientific aspects, and has participated in well over 300 paranormal investigations. Harnois is an avid reader of fantasy, science fiction, and horror books, as well as a diehard fan of film, specifically horror and Science-Fiction genres. He is a Star Wars fanatic and a collector of Darth Vader memorabilia. He is an aspiring writer with a few articles to his name, including his latest venture as a feature reporter for "SCARS", a brand new cutting-edge horror magazine, and is currently in the process of writing his first book. Brian's fiancée just gave birth to their new baby girl; Mackenzie.

Warrington Gillette​

Warrington Gillette is a stuntman and actor. He is the second actor to portray Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th Part 2, albeit only in the scene towards the end of the film where we see Jason's face. While under the hood, Jason was portrayed by Steve Daskawisz. Pages 62-64 of Peter Bracke's Crystal Lake Memories and David Grove's Making Friday the 13th: The Legend of Camp Blood and the cast confirm this. Ellen Lutter (the opening scene) and Jerry Wallace also filled in for some POV and hands and feet shots. Warrington Gillette also briefly appeared as Stanley in the 1982 film Time Walker, and as Donald Acquin in the 2005 short film Penny Dreadful, co-starring Betsy Palmer, who was the on-screen mother of Jason Voorhees.

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Kevin "Blair" Spirtas ​

Kevin Spirtas is probably best known and recognized for his recurring role on the soap Days of Our Lives. In the summer of 1997, he was cast as Salem's resident bad boy doctor, Craig Wesley. He has performed on the daytime drama, on and off, for seven-and-a-half years. Since Dr. Wesley has not met an untimely end, it is possible that Spirtas may turn up in Salem again. Prior to joining DOOL, Kevin starred as Hollywood agent Tim Burke in the syndicated mini-soap opera, "Valley of the Dolls," based on Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel. He also appeared as Tom Gallagher in the late-night series, "Rituals." On television, he has had guest starring roles in shows such as Facts of Life, Married With Children, Silk Stalkings, Quantum Leap, Pamela Anderson's V.I.P., and Friends. In addition, he was cast in Showtime's "Dark Love" and the television movie "A Match Made in Heaven" (opposite Olympia Dukakis). Then there's his film career. Maybe you saw him - sometimes billed as Kevin Blair, Kein Spirtas and, at other times, as Kevin Spirtas (he has been using the name Kevin Spirtas exclusively since 1995) - in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (yes, there really were more than a dozen "Parts" in that film series), The Hills Have Eyes Part II, Bloodstone: Subspecies II-III-IV or Horror High (do we see a theme going on here?). Stephen King's Apt Pupil, with Sir Ian McKellen and Brad Renfro, and Daredevil, starring Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner and Colin Farrell, are also on Kevin's resume.
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David Faustino​

Before he was 20, David Faustino already had 150 TV, film and TV commercial credits. Best known as Bud Bundy, in the top-rated Fox network comedy series "Married...With Children" (1987-97), the series became one of the longest-running sitcoms in TV history. Faustino had an every-teen quality which served him well.
David made his television debut at age three months in "The Lily Tomlin Special." Since then, the 21-year-old actor has guest-starred on numerous TV series. As early as 1979, he was acting on an episode of "Little House on the Prairie". In 1982, he played Ann-Margret's son in the feature film "I Ought to Be in Pictures" and, the following year, he was Michael Douglas' son in "The Star Chamber". Faustino first began working on a regular TV series in 1985, playing Victor Garber's son on "I Had Three Wives", a short-lived CBS summer effort. Some of his other credits include: "Love, Mary," with Kristy McNichol and a starring role in "The Bride of Boogedy," parts one & two. He has also performed in several films for television including "Perfect Harmony" for the Disney Channel, "Summer Girl" with Barry Bostwick and Kim Darby for CBS, the television special "Toma: the Drug Knot," and "To Sleep with Danger" opposite John Stamos and Cynthia Gibbs. He has also been seen in over 50 television commercials.
When he's not acting, Faustino's interests stretch to music and business. He has been featured in a rap album entitled "Balistyx." On the business side, he managed a night club for several years also named Balistyx. Faustino resides in Los Angeles. Among the charitable institutions to which he has donated his time and energy are the Variety Children's Charity, Athletes and Entertainers for Kids and Comic Relief.​

 

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Carmel Macklin​

Macklin debuted in WCW in 1999 as a member of the Nitro Girls dance squad, under the name Chameleon. She occasionally accompanied Chris Kanyon (during his "Champagne" Chris Kanyon gimmick) to the ring as his valet with Nitro Girl Baby.

In 2000, she left the Nitro Girls and became the valet for Ernest Miller as Ms. Jones. She would dance along with Miller in his post match dance routine. She also acted as Miller's assistant when he was WCW Commissioner. Herself and Miller defeated Major Gunns and Lance Storm in a mixed tag team match in her only wrestling match on the December 18th edition of "Nitro." She was last seen taking a "Buff Blockbuster" from Buff Bagwell and then she disappeared, as were most of the WCW women at the time.

After leaving WCW she became an actress and appeared in her first movie, Love & Orgasms, in 2003.​

 

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Iran Barkley​

Iran Barkley was born on May 6, 1960 in the Bronx, New York. He had an illustrious boxing career, holding five different title belts in four weight divisions, including three World Title belts. He is the only fighter to win twice against Tommy Hearns for World Titles. After his retirement, he formed ‘Boxers for Boxers’ to attempt to reform the sport. He is active also in his Foundation Blade, where he speaks to children to attempt to help them deal with various problems in their lives. Iran also fought any man that came to the table like Michael Olajide – Roberto Duran – Micheal Nunn – Nigel Benn – Darrin Van Horn – James Toney. Win or loses he can ready and always gave you your money worth in the ring and always was a true gentlemen

Chazz "The Gentlemen" Witherspoon​

Born September 16 1981. The oldest of three children. Cousin to Terrible Tim Witherspoon. with a record of 17 - 0 w/ 11 ko. He took 2nd place at the 2004 U.S Championship with qualifying him for the Olympic trials and after making the Olympic team he was the first person in the U.S history to make the team for boxing the short time he boxed. Well chazz is now after the pro's in the heavy weights and he is looking to bring all the belts to one person instead of so many so called champions. also the last few fights he was predicted to go the 10 rounds and Patrick Smith fell in the 2nd round and Charles Davis in the 7th round . Now Chazz wants the people in the top 10 to show the world he is the true champion and will do it the way of a gentlemen.​

 

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Suzi Lorraine​

Suzi Lorraine, an actor, writer and model from NYC, has appeared in GQ, FHM, Modern Bride Magazine, Filmmaker Magazine, Marquis Magazine, and Varla Magazine, and has done extensive print work including ads for Nike, Mercedes, Electric Lingerie, Tosca Olive Oil, Floodline Clubwear, All the Rage jewelry, and numerous swimsuit catalogs and music videos. She's starred in many indie films, and is drawn in particular to the horror genre. "I've always been attracted to that kind of stuff - I grew up on horror movies and to this day it remains one of my favorite film genres. And I love roles where I play the antagonist, and have the opportunity to be totally over the top and larger than life." Check her out in "The Night They Returned", "She Demons of the Black Sun" and "Purple Glow" all which premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal and other festivals around the country.​

Kenny Kramer​

Kenny Kramer, the real Kramer, is the model for Cosmo Kramer, the unpredictable and affable bachelor who has trouble staying on his feet. Prior to serving as Cosmo's model, Kenny had a long career as a stand-up comedian and was the manager of a British reggae band. During the disco years Kenny created an electronic jewelry item that sold so well that Kramer was able to live comfortably long after disco died. For six years Larry David lived across the hall from Kenny. One day Jerry Seinfeld asked Larry for help creating a TV show. Jerry became famous, Larry became George and Kramer became Kramer. For the past ten years, Kenny has been the host of Kramer's Reality Tour and Kramer's Reality Road Show. Here Kenny relies on his stand-up experience to entertain people from all over the world with the behind-the-scenes Seinfeld story. In New York the tour has a bus portion that goes to sites made famous on the show. Seinfeld even did an episode spoofing Kenny's tour when Cosmo Kramer started The Peterman's Reality Tour in "The Muffin Tops" episode.
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Cochise from the cult film The Warriors. David has starred in a number of movies and TV shows. These include Dish Dogs, Fatal Beauty and Purple Hearts. Catch him as Dreamy Solo in TV movie South Pacific (2001). David's voice is used for The Warriors video game (2005).



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Gary Lewis​

As the eldest son of comedian Jerry Lewis, Gary was no stranger to the entertainment business and at a young age proceded to make a name for himself. He appeared movies, singing and acting before the age of 13. As he entered his teens however, his ambition turned more towards Rock & Roll. He formed a band, called them the Playboys and proceded to play gigs around Los Angeles.
Their first big break came when they landed a steady job playing at Disneyland. It was the summer of 1964 when they were discovered by producer Snuff Garrett. With the producer/arranger team of Garrett and Leon Russell behind them, they took their first single, "This Diamond Ring" to #1. In 1965 Gary was Cash Box magazine's "Male Vocalist of the Year", winning over nominees Elvis and Frank Sinatra. On New Years Day, 1967, one month after his fifth appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, Gary was drafted into the Army.
Gary continued recording during his two years in the Army and scored two more Top 20 hits in England. After leaving the Army, he resumed his career and enjoyed more success through the 70's and early 80's. In 1985 he joined the highly successful "Happy Together Tour" which also featured The Turtles,The Grass Roots, and The Buckinghams. The tour was consistently one of the Top 10 grossing tours in BillBoard that year and acted as a springboard for Gary and the other acts.
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Juliet Mills​

Juliet Mills (born Juliet Maryon Mills on November 21, 1941 in London) is an English character actress, most famous for her roles on shows such as Nanny and the Professor and Passions. In both series, she plays characters who possess magical powers, but her character in the former series was presented as friendly and magical while the latter is a witch who wishes harm on many people (in an ironic twist, her Passions alter ego brought a doll that resembles her Nanny alter ego to life in a 2005 episode). She also starred in Avanti!, a notable 1972 film directed by Billy Wilder. Mills is the daughter of the late actor Sir John Mills, and the late playwright Mary Hayley Bell. She is the older sister of actress Hayley Mills and of director Jonathan Mills. Mills won an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Special" for the miniseries adaptation of QB VII (1974). She had previously received Golden Globe Award nominations in 1971 and 1973 for Nanny and the Professor and Avanti!, respectively. In 2005, Mills was nominated for her first Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Lead Actress" for Passions.
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Mally Lewis​

As the daughter of beloved children’s entertainer, SHARI LEWIS (and Lamb Chop) Mallory Lewis has been deeply involved in the television and book publishing industries for her entire life! Multiple Emmy Nominee and winner an Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series, Lewis has an extensive background in all aspects of production, including writing and producing and performing. Mallory Lewis began her career working with her mother, Shari Lewis, at age 12 when she began ghostwriting for Shari’s newspaper column. After writing and producing for the “Lamb Chop’s Play-Along” show, Lewis assumed the responsibilities of her mother’s three prime time variety specials, and served as executive story editor and producer of “The Charlie Horse Music Pizza.” Following her mother’s death, Emmy Award Winning writer/producer, Lewis began appearing with Lamb Chop at live and televised events, performing in more than 200 shows in such venues as The Magic Castle and aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2. Mallory is currently touring with the USO entertaining our troops and their families around the world. Author of 20 children’s novels (Starring Mom, Adventurers Inc Series, Zoey and Me Series), Mallory is thrilled to be honoring her mother’s work for children with her newest series, Phonics 4 Babies, unleashing the genius in your child!​

 

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Butch Patrick​

Butch was born on August 2, 1953, in Los Angeles. He made his acting debut in 1961, at age eight, opposite Eddie Albert in the film The Two Bears. While living in Illinois with his grandmother, Butch was flown to Los Angeles to test for the role of Eddie Munster at CBS Studios. "I went in and an hour later I came out with the job," he recalls. Besides his two-year stint as a wolf boy with pointed ears in The Munsters, he was a regular on TV's The Real McCoys, General Hospital, and My Three Sons. In between, he appeared in numerous commercials and guest spots on many situation comedies throughout the sixties. In 1971, Butch starred in the Saturday morning kid's series about a strange world populated by living hats, Lidsville, opposite Charles Nelson Reilly. This show lasted until 1973 and zoomed Patrick into a teen-idol phase of his career, with his face gleaming on the covers of several teen magazines of the early 1970s. In recent years, he formed his own band, Eddie and the Monsters, and put out a single, "Whatever Happened to Eddie?" which brought him some notoriety from his role on The Munsters. It was because of that single in 1983 Butch is proud that MTV created the `Basement Tapes', which gave exposure to unsigned bands.
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Jasmine St Claire​

Jasmin St. Claire is a former pornographic actress who is best known for her mainstream appearances in the world of professional wrestling and such motion pictures as the Richard O'Sullivan-directed Communication Breakdown and the Lionsgate-released National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2. Jasmin saw a brief stint in ECW, where she engaged in a "war of words" with the "Queen of Extreme" Francine. She also made appearances for XPW. She made a few appearances for the XWF, under the name Jazzy and managed The Public Enemy. Jasmin also bankrolled and helped to run the Pro-Pain-Pro Wrestling (3PW) promotion with her then longtime boyfriend Brian Heffron, also known as former ECW star "The Blue Meanie". She has said that she was trained by Heffron for about a year prior to stepping into the ring.[3] By 2005, she and Heffron had a falling out as she had stopped financially supporting the company, and as a result was removed from future operations as well as the relationship ending. She instead associated with NWA Cyberspace, where she is now the Commissioner. St. Claire is currently acting in independent (non-pornographic) films. Since 2003 she has acted in four films along with Brian Heffron: Blood! Broads! And Brawls, Recipe for Disaster, Communication Breakdown (2004) and Swamp Zombies (2005). Also Running MetalDarkside a DVDzine.​

 

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First East Coast Appearance !
Erik Estrada​

In 1974, Estrada landed a big break in the successful disaster film, Airport 1975, where he played a featured role as the flight engineer on a Boeing 747. His character was killed in a midair collision. Two years later, he was a featured player in the military historical epic Midway, as a fictional airman Ens. "Chili Bean" Ramos. In 1977, Estrada began playing the role of Francis "Ponch" Poncherello, a California Highway Patrol officer on the 1977–1983 US television series CHiPs. Estrada became a teen idol, appearing on the cover of Tiger Beat and other publications. In the 1980s, after CHiPs was cancelled, Estrada had few television or movies roles. In 1995, he made a special guest appearance as Ponch in punk rock band Bad Religion's music video Infected as well as in the video for the Butthole Surfer's video for Pepper. In 1998, he returned as the character in the TNT made-for-tv movie CHiPs '99, along with the rest of the original cast. In 2002 he played an Hispanic game show host on the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire with Hilary Duff. He has also had a regular role doing voiceovers for the Cartoon Network show Sealab 2021, which also gave him the opportunity to parody himself. The show has featured several CHiPs homages and his character, First Mate Marco Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar Gabriel Garcia Marquez, is played as a stereotypical Latin macho character. Estrada has also guest-starred on the children's cartoon Maya and Miguel. Estrada has appeared in recent years in a number of reality television shows. In 2004 he starred in both the second season of The Surreal Life and in Discovery Health Body Challenge. He also starred in the short-lived CBS reality show, Armed & Famous. Estrada was the Grand Marshall for the Krewe of Rio in Mardi Gras 2007 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 19th, 2007.
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Captain Lou Albano​

Captain Lou, is an Italian-American professional wrestler and manager. With an over-the-top personality and a penchant for making boisterous declarations, Albano was the epitome of the antagonistic manager that raised the ire of wrestlers and incited the anger of spectators. Throughout his forty year career, Albano guided 15 different tag teams and 4 singles competitors to championship gold. A unique showman, with an elongated beard, rubberband facial piercings, and loud outfits, he was the forefather of the 1980s Rock 'n' Wrestling explosion. Collaborating with Cyndi Lauper, Albano helped usher in wrestling's crossover success with a mainstream audience. Capitalizing on his success, the Hall of Famer later ventured into Hollywood with various television, film, and music projects.​

 

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woo hoo! eric estrda!

 

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Larry Storch​

Best known for his comedic television roles, including voiceover work for cartoons, and his live-action role the bumbling Corporal Randolph Agarn on F Troop. He has also made guest appearances on dozens of different television shows, including Get Smart, Bewitched, That Girl, I Dream of Jeannie, Married... with Children, and The Love Boat. In 2005, he appeared with dozens of other comedians in the documentary feature The Aristocrats, about a famous dirty joke
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Paul Le Mat​

Best known for the 1973 film American Graffiti . He starred in Floyd Mutrux's 1975 crime spree film "Aloha Boby and Rose." In 1977, he starred in Jonathan Demme's acclaimed comedy, Handle With Care, which was later re-titled Citizens Band. In 1979, he reprised his role of John Milner in More American Graffiti. Le Mat teamed up again with Jonathan Demme to play Melvin Dummar in Melvin and Howard. Based upon the true story of a gas station attendant who claimed to be an heir of eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes, "Melvin and Howard" won two Academy Awards, and received rave reviews from Pauline Kael and other top film critics. Le Mat also appeared in 1982's Death Valley, and played an abusive husband in the TV-movie "The Burning Bed." He was Omar's speaking voice in the animated film Rock and Rule, and later had a role in American History X. He portrayed Yale Professor Alex Whitaker in Puppet Master, and starred in the 1984 holiday flop The Night They Saved Christmas. He won Golden Globe awards for his work in American Graffiti and The Burning Bed.

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Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka​

James Reiher, professional wrestler, better known by his ring name of Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka. Originally from the Fiji Islands, Snuka wrestled for several wrestling promotions in the 1970s and 1980s. He is best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation in the early- to mid-'80s, and is credited with introducing the high-flyer style of wrestling to the WWF. A distant relative of the Samoan Anoa'i family, his son James Jr. is also a professional wrestler, currently wrestling on WWE Friday Night SmackDown! as Deuce.​