Robert Blake is an American actor active since 1939. He started as a child actor, appearing in numerous OUR GANG shorts and the RED RYDER Western series of films. As an adult he became a prolific television actor, most notably as the title character of the series BARETTA. His film credits include THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD, THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED, IN COLD BLOOD, TELL THEM WILLIE BOY IS HERE, and LOST HIGHWAY.

Art Buchwald was an American writer active from 1949 to 2006. He began his career as a correspondent for “Variety” and “The New York Herald Tribune” before becoming a columnist for “The Washington Post,” where his column was eventually syndicated in hundreds of newspapers. He also wrote dozens of books and contributed English dialogue to Jacques Tati’s PLAYTIME. In 1988, Buchwald and Alain Bernheim successfully sued Paramount Pictures over the claim that the studio had stolen Buchwald’s script treatment for COMING TO AMERICA.

Robert D. Wachs was an American entertainment lawyer, manager, and nightclub founder active from 1964 until his death in 2013. He co-founded the comedy club The Comic Strip in 1975, where comedians such as Chris Rock, Billy Crystal, Adam Sandler, and Eddie Murphy performed early in their careers. Wachs also acted as Murphy’s manager from 1979 until the mid-1990s and produced several of Murphy’s projects, including BEVERLY HILLS COP II and COMING TO AMERICA.

Lew Wasserman was an American talent agent and studio executive active from 1936 until his death in 2002. He was president of MCA for many years, where he helped establish such practices as film packaging, backend deals, and purchasing studios’ back catalogs for television syndication. He also purchased Universal Studios and Decca Records to merge with MCA, eventually developing the Universal Studios amusement park and Universal City Walk.