List of Theta Chi members
Table:
Name

Original chapter

Notability

References

Charles Addams

Iota/Colgate

Cartoonist for The New Yorker, creator of The Addams Family

Edward Andrews

Xi/Virginia

Actor, appeared in over 50 films including Sixteen Candles and Gremlins

Matt Austin

Actor, Date Movie

Edgar Buchanan

Alpha Sigma / Oregon

Actor, starred on Petticoat Junction TV series

Phil Buckman

Gamma Theta / San Diego State

Actor, musician

Steve Buckingham

Omicron/Richmond

Grammy Award-winning music producer

Rob Corddry

Theta/UMass

Screen actor and "Senior Correspondent" on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Jack "CourageJD" Dunlop

Iota Sigma/Towson

YouTuber and Twitch Streamer, former Shoutcaster

Sammy Kaye

Alpha Tau / Ohio

Big Band leader and songwriter

Dr. Tait J. Martin

Eta Omicron / Northwestern State

Emmy winner and Managing Partner at the Taproot Agency

Joel McHale

Alpha Rho/Washington

Actor, Community and The Soup

Gregory Nicotero

Zeta Lambda / Westminster

Executive producer of The Walking Dead

Dan Resin

Alpha Iota / Indiana

Dr. Beeper in the movie Caddyshack

Martin Rubeo

Gamma Eta / Bucknell

Musician and founding member of alternative rock band Gramsci Melodic

Ben Silverman

Co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios

Steven Spielberg

Zeta Epsilon / CSU-Long Beach

Movie producer, writer, Academy Award-winning director

Francis H. Striker

Gamma Pi / Buffalo

Writer, co-creator of the Lone Ranger and the Green Hornet

Phil Vassar

Eta Kappa / James Madison

Country music star

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Charles Samuel Addams ( January 7 , 1912 - September 29 , 1988 ) was an American cartoonist known for his darkly humorous and macabre characters . He signed his cartoons Chas Addams . Some of the recurring characters , who became known as the Addams Family , have been the basis for spin-offs in several other forms of media .
The New Yorker is an American weekly magazine featuring journalism , commentary , criticism , essays , fiction , satire , cartoons , and poetry . Started as a weekly in 1925 , the magazine is now published 47 times annually , with five of these issues covering two-week spans . Although its reviews and events listings often focus on the cultural life of New York City , The New Yorker has a wide audience outside New York and is read internationally . It is well known for its illustrated and often topical covers , its commentaries on popular culture and eccentric Americana , its attention to modern fiction by the inclusion of short stories and literary reviews , its rigorous fact checking and copy editing , its journalism on politics and social issues , and its single-panel cartoons sprinkled throughout each issue .
The Addams Family is a fictional household created by American cartoonist Charles Addams in 1938 . The Addams Family originally included Gomez and Morticia Addams , their children Wednesday and Pugsley , close family members Uncle Fester [ a ] and Grandmama , [ b ] their butler Lurch , and Pugsley 's pet octopus Aristotle . The dimly seen Thing ( later a disembodied hand ) was introduced in 1954 , and Gomez 's Cousin Itt and Mortica 's pet lion , Kitty Kat in 1964 . [ c ] The Addamses are a satirical inversion of the ideal 20th-century American family : an odd wealthy aristocratic clan who delight in the macabre and are seemingly unaware or unconcerned that other people find them bizarre or frightening . They originally appeared as an unrelated group of 150 single-panel cartoons , about half of which were originally published in The New Yorker between their debut in 1938 and Charles Addams ' death in 1988 . They have since been adapted to other media . In 1964 , a live-action television series , starring John Astin and Carolyn Jones , premiered on ABC and subsequently inspired a 1977 television film and cameos from the cast in other shows . An unrelated animated series aired in 1973 . The franchise was revived in the 1990s with a feature film series consisting of The Addams Family ( 1991 ) and Addams Family Values ( 1993 ) . Both received nominations for Academy Awards , BAFTA Awards , and Hugo Awards . For her role as Morticia , Anjelica Huston was twice nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress , and Raul Julia ( as Gomez ) , Christina Ricci ( as Wednesday ) , Christopher Lloyd ( as Fester ) , and Joan Cusack ( as Fester 's wife , Debbie Jellinsky , in the sequel ) received multiple Saturn Award and American Comedy Award nominations for their portrayals . The films inspired a second animated series ( 1992-1993 ) which is set in the same fictional universe but with Astin reprising his role as the voice of Gomez .
Edward Andrews ( October 9 , 1914 - March 8 , 1985 ) was an American stage , film and television actor . Andrews was one of the most recognizable character actors on television and films from the 1950s into the 1980s . His stark white hair , imposing build and horn-rimmed glasses added to the type of roles he received , as he was often cast as an ornery boss , a cagey businessman , or other officious types .
Sixteen Candles is a 1984 American coming-of-age comedy film starring Molly Ringwald , Michael Schoeffling , and Anthony Michael Hall . It was written and directed by John Hughes .
Gremlins is a 1984 American comedy horror film written by Chris Columbus and directed by Joe Dante . The story follows a young man who receives a strange creature called a mogwai as a pet , which then spawns other creatures who transform into small , destructive , evil monsters . It draws on legends of folkloric mischievous creatures that caused malfunctions - gremlins - in the British Royal Air Force going back to World War II . The film stars Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates , with Howie Mandel providing the voice of Gizmo , the main mogwai character . Steven Spielberg was the film 's executive producer , with the film being produced by Michael Finnell and released by Warner Bros . It was followed by a sequel , Gremlins 2 : The New Batch , released in 1990 . Unlike the more satirical tone of the sequel ( which parodies Hollywood sequels ) , Gremlins opts for more black comedy , balanced against a Christmastime setting . Both films were the center of large merchandising campaigns . Despite being a critical and commercial success , the film was heavily criticized for some of its more violent sequences . In response to this and to similar complaints about Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom , Spielberg suggested that the Motion Picture Association of America ( MPAA ) alter its rating system , which it did within two months of the film 's release , creating a new PG-13 rating .
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William Edgar Buchanan II ( March 20 , 1903 - April 4 , 1979 ) was an American actor with a long career in both film and television , most familiar today as Uncle Joe Carson from the Petticoat Junction , Green Acres , and The Beverly Hillbillies television sitcoms of the 1960s . On Petticoat Junction , he took over as proprietor of the Shady Rest Hotel following the 1968 death of show star Bea Benaderet , who had played Kate Bradley ; Buchanan had starred as second lead since the series ' inception . In 1969 , in the episode Kathy Jo 's First Birthday Party , he appeared with his real-life son , Buck ( who had a cameo as an ice cream vendor ) . Edgar Buchanan is also particularly noted for a key supporting role almost three decades earlier in Penny Serenade ( 1941 ) starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant .
Petticoat Junction is an American sitcom that originally aired on CBS from September 1963 to April 1970 . The series takes place at the Shady Rest Hotel , which is run by Kate Bradley , her three daughters Billie Jo , Bobbie Jo , and Betty Jo , and her uncle Joe Carson . The series is one of three interrelated shows about rural characters produced by Paul Henning . Petticoat Junction was created upon the success of Henning 's previous rural/urban-themed sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies ( 1962-1971 ) . The success of Petticoat Junction led to a spin-off , Green Acres ( 1965-1971 ) . Petticoat Junction was produced by Wayfilms ( a joint venture of Filmways Television and Pen-Ten Productions ) .
Phil Buckman ( born November 18 , 1969 ) is a musician , voiceover artist , and actor . He was the bassist for the rock band Filter from 2010 to 2013 and is the current bassist for the rock band Fuel .
Stephen Craig Buckingham is an American record producer and musician working in Nashville , Tennessee . Buckingham is a music producer and guitarist whose work has generated at least 20 gold and 12 platinum record albums and earned him four Grammy Awards . Working as a young studio guitarist in 1977 he was given his first chance to produce a recording for an artist - it was called I Love the Nightlife ( Disco 'Round ) , by Alicia Bridges . The song became an enduring world-wide hit and a signature song of the disco era , giving Buckingham virtually instant stature in the recording industry . As his career took off , he produced records by Dionne Warwick , Melissa Manchester , Ricky Van Shelton , Mary Chapin Carpenter , Dolly Parton , Tammy Wynette , Shania Twain , Sweethearts of the Rodeo , Garth Brooks and Linda Ronstadt , and is credited on over 350 albums during his career . Buckingham has produced music for four feature films , including a Grammy win for the Muppets recording Follow That Bird ( The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ) He was vice-president of A & R ( artists and repertory ) at Columbia Records for ten years , and Senior Vice-President of Vanguard Records and Sugar Hill Records . Later in his career , he became an adjunct instructor of Music History at Vanderbilt University 's Blair School of Music in Nashville .
Robert William Corddry ( born February 4 , 1971 ) is an American actor and comedian . He is known for his work as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart ( 2002-2006 ) and for his starring role in the film Hot Tub Time Machine . He is the creator and star of Adult Swim 's Childrens Hospital and has been awarded four Primetime Emmy Awards . He previously stars in the HBO series Ballers and currently stars in the CBS comedy The Unicorn .
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Gregory Nicotero ( born March 15 , 1963 ) is an American special make-up effects creator , television producer , and director . His first major job in special effects makeup was on the George A. Romero film Day of the Dead ( 1985 ) , under the tutelage of Romero and make-up effects veteran Tom Savini . In 1988 , along with Robert Kurtzman and Howard Berger , he formed KNB EFX Group , a special make-up effects studio which has gone on to work on over 400 film and television projects . KNB has won numerous awards , including an Emmy Award in 2001 for their work on the 2000 Sci Fi Channel miniseries Frank Herbert 's Dune and an Academy Award in 2006 for achievement in makeup for The Chronicles of Narnia : The Lion , the Witch and the Wardrobe . He is currently working as an executive producer , special make-up effects supervisor , and primary director on the AMC TV series The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead . Nicotero has directed 28 episodes of The Walking Dead and is the creator of the webseries The Walking Dead : Webisodes .
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Gramsci Melodic is an alternative rock band based in Pittsburgh , PA .
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Universal Television LLC is an American television production subsidiary of NBCUniversal Content Studios and , by extension , the production arm of the NBC television network ( since a majority of the company 's shows air on NBC , and accounts for most of that network 's prime time programming ) . [ vague ] It was formerly known as Revue Studios , MCA/Universal , NBC Productions , NBC Studios , NBC Universal Television Studio , and Universal Media Studios . Both NBC Studios and Universal Network Television are predecessors of Universal Media Studios .
Steven Allan Spielberg ( /ˈspiːlbɜːrɡ/ ; born December 18 , 1946 ) is an American filmmaker . He is considered one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era and one of the most popular directors and producers in film history . Spielberg started in Hollywood directing television and several minor theatrical releases . He became a household name as the director of Jaws ( 1975 ) , which was critically and commercially successful and is considered the first summer blockbuster . His subsequent releases focused typically on science fiction/adventure films such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind ( 1977 ) , Raiders of the Lost Ark ( 1981 ) , E.T . the Extra-Terrestrial ( 1982 ) , and Jurassic Park ( 1993 ) , which became archetypes of modern Hollywood escapist filmmaking . Spielberg transitioned into addressing serious issues in his later work with The Color Purple ( 1985 ) , Empire of the Sun ( 1987 ) , Schindler 's List ( 1993 ) , Amistad ( 1997 ) , and Saving Private Ryan ( 1998 ) . He has largely adhered to this practice during the 21st century , with Munich ( 2005 ) , Lincoln ( 2012 ) , Bridge of Spies ( 2015 ) , and The Post ( 2017 ) . He co-founded Amblin Entertainment and DreamWorks Studios , where he has also served as a producer or executive producer for several successful film trilogies , tetralogies and more including the Gremlins , Back to the Future , Men in Black , and the Transformers series . He later transitioned into producing several video games . Spielberg is one of the American film industry 's most critically successful filmmakers , with praise for his directing talent and versatility , and he has won the Academy Award for Best Director twice . Some of his movies are also among the highest-grossing films , while his total work makes him the highest-grossing film director in history .
The Academy Awards , more popularly known as the Oscars , are awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry . Given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , the awards are an international recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy 's voting membership . The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette , officially called the Academy Award of Merit , although more commonly referred to by its nickname , the Oscar . The statuette depicts a knight rendered in the Art Deco style . The award was originally sculpted by George Stanley from a design sketch by Cedric Gibbons . AMPAS first presented it in 1929 at a private dinner hosted by Douglas Fairbanks in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in what would become known as the 1st Academy Awards . The Academy Awards ceremony was first broadcast by radio in 1930 and was televised for the first time in 1953 . It is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards ceremony and is now televised live worldwide . It is also the oldest of the four major annual American entertainment awards ; its other three equivalents - the Emmy Awards for television , the Tony Awards for theater , and the Grammy Awards for music - are modeled after the Academy Awards . The 91st Academy Awards ceremony , honoring the best films of 2018 , was held on February 24 , 2019 , at the Dolby Theatre , in Los Angeles , California . The ceremony was broadcast on ABC . A total of 3,096 Oscar statuettes have been awarded from the inception of the award through the 91st ceremony .
Francis Hamilton Fran Striker ( August 19 , 1903 - September 4 , 1962 ) was an American writer for radio and comics , best known for creating the Lone Ranger , Green Hornet , and Sgt . Preston of the Yukon characters .
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The Green Hornet is a fictional masked crime-fighting superhero created in 1936 by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker , with input from radio director James Jewell . Since his 1930s radio debut , the character has appeared in numerous serialized dramas in a wide variety of media . The Green Hornet appeared in film serials in the 1940s , a television show in the 1960s ( which costarred Bruce Lee in his first major adult role ) , multiple comic book series from the 1940s on , and a feature film in January 2011 . The franchise is owned by Green Hornet , Inc. , who license the property across a wide variety of media that includes comics , films , TV shows , radio and books . As of the 2010s , the comic-book rights are licensed to Dynamite Entertainment .
Phillip George Vassar Jr. ( born May 28 , 1964 ) is an American country music artist . Vassar made his debut on the country music scene in the late 1990s , co-writing singles for several country artists , including Tim McGraw ( For a Little While , My Next Thirty Years ) , Jo Dee Messina ( Bye , Bye , I 'm Alright ) , Collin Raye ( Little Red Rodeo ) , and Alan Jackson ( Right on the Money ) . In 1999 , he was named by American Society of Composers , Authors , and Publishers ( ASCAP ) as Country Songwriter of the Year . Later that same year , Vassar was signed to Arista Nashville as a recording artist . His debut album , Phil Vassar , was released in early 2000 , producing five hits on the U.S . Billboard country singles charts and earning a gold certification in the United States . He followed it in 2002 with American Child , Shaken Not Stirred in 2004 , and finally Greatest Hits , Vol . 1 in 2006 before Vassar left the label for Universal South Records ( now Show Dog-Universal Music ) . His first album for that label , Prayer of a Common Man , was released in early 2008 . He has charted nineteen singles on Billboard 's Hot Country Songs , including two which peaked at No . 1 : 2000 's Just Another Day in Paradise and 2004 's In a Real Love .