Na Na Bob Balaban (Colgate University 1964), actor, director, author Richard Barsam (University of Southern California 1956), author and film historian John Beradino (University of Southern California 1936), actor, General Hospital (played Dr. Steve Hardy) (also see sports) Shelley Berman (University of Southern California Hon. 2005), actor and comedian Ned Brooks (Ohio State University 1922), moderator of NBC's Meet the Press, 1953–1965 Marc Butan (Ohio State University 1992), film producer and founder of MadRiver Pictures Joseph W. Clokey (Miami University 1910), composer Jerry Clower (Mississippi State University 1949), comedian and member of the Grand Ole Opry Robert Dalva (Colgate University 1961), Academy Award-nominated film editor Frank Dungan (Bowling Green State University 1964), Emmy Award-winning TV writer/producer John Dykstra (Cal State-Long Beach 1966), winner of Academy Awards for visual effects and special effects Rick Evans (Nebraska Wesleyan University 1961), writer of In the Year 2525 as part of the group Zager and Evans Lew Hunter (Nebraska Wesleyan University 1952), screenwriter; chair emeritus of UCLA screenwriting program Fred Knoth (University of Colorado 1927), special effects head at Universal Studios; 1954 Academy Award for Technical Achievement John McCallum (Washington State University 1946), writer Paul Newman (Ohio University 1943), actor, philanthropist, director, race car driver, founder of Newman's Own Patton Oswalt (College of William & Mary 1989), actor, comedian Basil Poledouris (University of Southern California 1964), composer and conductor Stephen Sommers (University of Southern California 1983), movie director. producer and screenwriter John Stirratt (University of Mississippi 1986), bassist with the band Wilco Bruce Sussman (Franklin and Marshall College 1971), songwriter and librettist Ernest Vajda (University of Southern California 1938), playwright, novelist and screenwriter Kitt Wakeley (East Central Oklahoma 1987), Grammy Award-winning composer, songwriter, musician, and music producer Jackie Walker, (University of California Los Angeles 1957), singer and songwriter Chad Warrix, Eastern Kentucky University 2012 (honorary), musician and songwriter Guy Williams, (Mississippi State University 1989), 3-time Academy Award nominee for visual effects Matthew Yuricich (Miami University 1946), Academy Award winner for visual effects Religion O. Frederick Nolde (Muhlenberg College 1918), dean of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia; first director of the World Council of Churches Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA); contributor to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Charles Lynn Pyatt (Transylvania University 1921), dean of the College of the Bible Martin Scott Field (Bethany College 1975) Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri Business and philanthropy Ewing T. Boles (Centre College