Sarah Purcell of Real People (Richmond), Marjorie Main - Ma Kettle (Shelbyville), Betsy Palmer (East Chicago), Lew Wood (Today newscaster in the 70's), Jane Pauley (Indy), Peter Reckell (Elkhart) and Drake Hogestyn (Fort Wayne)of Days of Our Lives, Scatman Crothers (Terre Haute), Chad Everett (South Bend), Will Geer (Frankfort), Richard Hatcher (Michigan City), Framk Inn (Camby),Ken Kercheval (Wolcottville), Denny Miller (Bloomington), and me.

a little trip to wikipedia set me straight...

"Roy Neary lives in Muncie, Indiana and there were plans to actually film on location, but those plans were changed and no filming took place in Muncie".

Thanks for bringing that to my attention Drinky McG. I guess i should make sure i am going by facts and not hearsay when i post!

How could I forget Jane Pauley? My grandparents actually bought her bed from her parents.

Seriously. For a minute I thought this post had been renamed "not so famous people from Indiana".

Who are these people?

It's just your age, son, just your age. There were people born before 1970.

Don't forget John Hiatt! His songs have been covered by a variety of artists in multiple genres, including Bob Dylan, Willy DeVille, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Willie Nelson, Jesse Brand, Joan Baez, Paula Abdul, Buddy Guy, the Desert Rose Band, Jimmy Buffett, Mandy Moore, Iggy Pop, Emmylou Harris, Kathy Chiavola, Rodney Crowell, Nick Lowe, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and Rosanne Cash.

I'll admit that some of them I've not heard of, but there are some that our generation (well, my generation, I guess, which isn't too far from Randy's) should definitely know.

Betsy Palmer for one was Mrs. Voorhees in the original Friday the 13th.

Scatman Crothers= Mr. Halloran from "The Shining" (aka the guy Jack Nicholson killed with an ax). A quick search on imdb confirms he was also the voice of Jazz in the Transformers cartoon series in the 80s.

Jane Pauley was famous for being on the Today show in the 80s. Katie Couric took her spot (with a brief interlude of Deborah Norville who I believe is on Access Hollywood or some such nonsense today).

Ken Kercheval was Cliff Barnes from "Dallas," one of the great TV villains of all time.

I don't think he is from Indiana, but their lead shredder, Kyle Cook is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyl...