Birch Johnson
Birch" Crimson Slide" Johnson is an American trombonist.
He is a first call studio trombonist, Emmy nominated composer, producer and songwriter based in New York City.
For 10 years, Birch was a member of the" Blues Brothers Band" and appeared, as an actor, in the movie" Blues Brothers 2000".
He graduated from the University of Alabama, receiving the Bachelor of Music degree.
At Alabama, he studied with noted jazz educator, Steve Sample, Sr. He subsequently attended Eastman School of Music, receiving the Master of Music degree, majoring in jazz performance.
John Landis
John David Landis( born August 3, 1950) is an American film director, comedian, screenwriter, actor, and producer.
He is best known for the comedy films that he has directed, such as" National Lampoon's Animal House"( 1978)," The Blues Brothers"( 1980)," An American Werewolf in London"( 1981)," Trading Places"( 1983)," Three Amigos"( 1986)," Coming to America"( 1988) and" Beverly Hills Cop III"( 1994), and for directing Michael Jackson's music videos for" Thriller"( 1983) and" Black or White"( 1991).
The Armchair Detective
The Armchair Detective is a 1952 British mystery film directed by Brendan J. Stafford and starring Ernest Dudley, Hartley Power, and Sally Newton.
It was made at Viking Studios.
According to Stephen Chibnall" critics thought it better heard than seen."
Wale Adebanwi
Wale Adebanwi( born 1969) is a Nigerian- born first Black Rhodes Professor at St Antony's College, Oxford.
Murphy Dunne
Murphy Dunne( born June 22, 1942) is an American actor and musician.
He is best known for being the keyboardist/ pianist for the Blues Brothers in the 1980 film" The Blues Brothers", a role he reprised in the sequel," Blues Brothers 2000".
His father was Chicago politician George Dunne.
Dunne won the role in" The Blues Brothers" after their original pianist, Paul Shaffer, could not accept the part due to his contractual obligations with" Saturday Night Live", as well as his choice to take part in" Gilda Live".
Dunne played himself in both of the two Blues Brothers films, with a fictional storyline: Murphy" Murph" Dunne was an original member of the Blues Brothers until" Joliet" Jake went to prison in the 1970s.
He then started his own band called" Murph and the MagicTones" along with four other ex-Blues Brothers Band members; Donald" Duck" Dunn, Steve" The Colonel" Cropper, Willie" Too Big" Hall and Tom" Bones" Malone.
While performing a regular set at the Armada Room in a Chicago area Holiday Inn, Jake and Elwood Blues again approached the band to reform the Blues Brothers band.
After a brief tour, Murph was sent to prison with the rest of the Blues Brothers Band.
When the real- life Blues Brothers toured in 1980 to promote the film, Dunne performed live with the band along with Shaffer.
His work can be heard on their 1980 album," Made in America".
Dunne also appeared in" Chesty Anderson, USN"( 1976), the disaster spoof" The Big Bus"( 1976), Mel Brooks's" High Anxiety"( 1977), three commercial parody films;" Tunnel Vision"( 1976)," American Raspberry"( 1977) and" Loose Shoes"( 1980), and the teen comedy" Bad Manners"( aka:" Growing Pains")( 1984).
He played a court stenographer in the movie" Oh, God!"( 1977).
Later films include" The Main Event"( 1979)," The Last Married Couple in America"( 1980)," Honky Tonk Freeway"( 1981)," Perfect"( 1985)," Hero and the Terror"( 1988)," Phoenix"( 1998) and" The Mothman Prophecies"( 2002).
He has also acted in numerous television shows including" Night Court" as well as working as a voice actor, and can be heard in, and in the game,.
Brendan J. Stafford
Brendan James Stafford BSC( 1 February 1915 – 16 July 1991) was an Irish cinematographer known for his work on British films and television.
He also directed three films.
Blues Brothers 2000
Blues Brothers 2000 is a 1998 American musical comedy film that is a sequel to the 1980 film" The Blues Brothers", written and produced by John Landis and Dan Aykroyd.
Directed by Landis, the film stars Aykroyd and John Goodman, with cameo appearances by various musicians.
The film is dedicated to John Belushi, Cab Calloway, and John Candy, cast members from the original film who had died prior to the sequel's production, as well as Junior Wells, who died one month before it was released.
Cyril Davies
Cyril Davies( 23 January 1932 – 7 January 1964) was an English blues musician, and one of the first blues harmonica players in England.
Henry Moore (cricketer)
Henry Walter Moore( 1849 – 20 August 1916) was an English- born first- class cricketer who spent most of his life in New Zealand.
Jeff Morris (actor)
Jeff Morris
( September 20, 1934 – July 12, 2004) was an American film and television actor.
Among his roles was" Bob", the owner of Bob's Country Bunker, in" The Blues Brothers".
He later reprised his role in" Blues Brothers 2000".
Born in the Missouri city of St. Joseph, he was raised in Lubbock, Texas.
After high school, he went to Hollywood and worked his way into the movies.
He had roles in many war films, including Private Cowboy in" Kelly's Heroes" and in television westerns," Death Valley Days"( including the role of Morgan Earp), and" Bonanza".
Morris appeared in a number of films starring Jack Nicholson, among them" Goin' South The BorderIronweed The Two Jakes The Crossing Guard" and" Anger Management".

Question: Which film has the director who was born first, Blues Brothers 2000 or The Armchair Detective?
Answer: The Armchair Detective