Frank Langella Frank Langella Frank A. Langella Jr. (; born January 1, 1938) is an American stage and film actor. He has won four Tony Awards, two for Best Leading Actor in a Play for his performances as Richard Nixon in the play "Frost/Nixon" and as André in "The Father" and two for Best Featured Actor in a Play for the roles of Leslie in Edward Albee's "Seascape" and Flegont Alexandrovitch Tropatchov in Ivan Turgenev's "Fortune's Fool". Additionally, Langella has won two Obie Awards. His notable film roles include George Prager in "Diary of a Mad Housewife" (1970), Count Dracula in "Dracula"
Ron Howard 1980, Howard made his directing debut with the 1977 low-budget comedy/action film "Grand Theft Auto". This came after cutting a deal with Roger Corman, wherein Corman let Howard direct a film in exchange for Howard starring in "Eat My Dust!", with Christopher Norris. Howard went on to direct several TV movies. His big theatrical break came in 1982, with "Night Shift", featuring Michael Keaton, Shelley Long, and Henry Winkler. He has since directed a number of high-visibility films, including "Splash", "Cocoon", "Willow", "Parenthood", "Backdraft", "Apollo 13", "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", "A Beautiful Mind" (for which he won the Academy