Granville |
Abbott |
Owner of the hula mugs and other Hawaiian tableware. |
Sol |
Abrams |
A Palisades publicist. |
John |
Albanese |
An operator of a waffle stand. |
Lou |
Ambers |
American World Lightweight boxing champion. |
Albert |
Anastacia |
An Italian-American mobster |
Lillian Hardin |
Armstrong |
An American jazz pianist. Second wife of Louis Armstrong. |
Louis Daniel |
Armstrong |
An American trumpeter. aka: Satchmo. |
Frankie |
Avalon |
An American actor and singer. |
Mr. |
Bandino |
An English teacher. |
Vilma |
Banky |
A Hungarian-Amarican film actress. |
Chuck |
Barris |
An American game show creator |
Philip |
Basile |
A barbershop owner. |
Dick |
Bennett |
Chief Borrell's business partner at the park. aka: Lightning. |
Jack |
Benny |
An American entertainer. |
Edgar |
Bergen |
An American ventriloquist |
Victor |
Bergeron |
Trader Vic's owner. |
Milton |
Berle |
American actor and comedian. |
August |
Berni |
An old-timer who ran the Penny Arcade. |
Leonard |
Bernstein |
American conductor |
Harry |
Blackstone Sr. |
A famed stage magician and illusionist. |
Jackie |
Bloom |
A veteran grind man. |
Frank |
Borrell |
Police chief in Cliffside Park. |
Cliff |
Bowles |
A cannonballer. |
William J. |
Brady |
An American soldier |
Arlene |
bratton |
One of Toni's classmates. |
Arthur |
Bruns |
A patrolman of Fort Lee. |
Margie |
Cadien |
Bobsled manager's wife. |
Jimmy |
Cagney |
American actor. |
Cabell |
Calloway |
American singer-songwriter and bandleader. aka: Cal. |
John |
Cameron |
An American film producer |
Freddy |
Cannon |
An American rock and roll singer. |
Tony |
Canzoneri |
American professional boxer. |
John |
Carafa |
John DeNoia's given name. |
Miss |
Carleton |
A history teacher. |
Ella |
Carver |
A world-class lady high-diver. |
Spurgeon F. |
Chandler |
An American professional baseball player. aka: Spud. |
Lon |
Chaney |
An American author and makeup artist. |
Perry |
Charles |
A park's publicist. |
Chubby |
Checker |
American singer who became the nation's leading dance specialist |
Yuan |
Chen |
Ran the chop suey place. |
George |
Clarke |
An English architect. |
Waltah |
Clarke |
A manager of the bar. |
Steve |
Clayton |
A vocalist and songwriter. |
Joe |
Cleary |
Manager at the Big Scenic Railway. |
Curly |
Clifford |
One of a concessionaires. |
Ty |
Cobb |
An American Major League Baseball center fielder. |
George M. |
Cohan |
An American entertainer |
Clay |
Cole |
A juvenile stage and radio actor then a TV host and producer. |
Nat King |
Cole |
An American singer |
Jerry |
Colonna |
American musician |
Lehua |
Concepcion |
A musician at Eddie's Polynesia. |
Mary |
Concepcion |
One of Lehua's daughters. |
Virginia |
Concepcion |
One of Lehua's daughters. aka: Ginny. |
Fred |
Cook |
Anna Halpin's husband. |
|
Cooper |
A nurse. |
Mike |
Corrado |
Palisades Park's head gardener. |
Amelia Gade |
Corson |
A Danish-born American long-distance swimmer. aka: Millie. |
Frank |
Costello |
An Italian-American crime boss of the Luciano crime family. |
Agent |
Crais |
Special agent from the U.S. Secret Service. |
Ward Lloyd |
Cuff |
American football player. |
Bridget |
Cullen |
One of Toni's classmates. |
Helen |
Cuny |
One of a concessionaires. |
John Charles |
Daly |
A newsman. |
Ruth Elizabeth |
Davis |
An American actress. aka: Bette. |
Dennis |
Day |
An American actor |
Maria |
DeCastro |
Slim's girl friend. |
Thomas |
DeCecio |
Franklin's physician. |
Rick |
DeJulio |
Jack's high school buddy. |
John |
DeNoia |
One of the lifeguards at Palisades Park. aka: Johnny Duke. |
Marie |
DeVere |
One of a sideshow performers. |
Charles E. |
Dobson |
Minette's grandfather. |
Minette |
Dobson |
Adele's friend. |
Celia |
Dolinski |
Toni's classmate. |
Tommy |
Dorsey |
An American big band leader and musician. |
Joseph |
Doto |
An Italian-American mobster. aka: Joe Adonis. |
Vicki |
Draves |
A Filipino-American competitive diver. |
Hank |
Dubois |
Cliff's acquaintance. |
Joseph |
Dunninger |
A professional magician and mentalist. |
Harry |
Dyer |
Co-owner of many park restaurants. |
Gertrude C. |
Ederle |
An American competition swimmer. aka: Trudy. |
Thomas |
Edison |
An American inventor and businessman. |
Gus |
Edson |
An American cartoonist. |
Mary |
Egidi |
Michael's wife. |
Michael |
Egidi |
A cottage owner. |
Dwight D. |
Eisenhower |
American military officer served as the 34th president of the U.S. |
Edward Kennedy |
Ellington |
American jazz pianist |
Frank |
Erickson |
An American mobster and bookmaker. |
Douglas |
Fairbanks |
An American actor and filmmaker. |
Fabian |
Forte |
An American singer and actor. |
Georgiana |
Frances |
Minette's sister. aka: Frannie. |
Valentine C. |
Franke |
A Cliffside Park judge. |
Mahatma |
Gandhi |
An Indian nationalist leader and nonviolence advocate. |
Joe |
Gans |
An Office staff at Palisades Park. |
Greta |
Garbo |
A Swedish-American actress. |
John |
Gilbert |
American actor |
Toby |
Gilcrist |
Toni's outside talker. |
Harold |
Goldgraben |
The assistant park manager. |
Bernard |
Goldschein |
Lorenzo's agent. |
Bill |
Gomez |
Managed the Casino Bar. |
Lefty |
Gomez |
An American baseball player. |
Lesley |
Gore |
An American recording artist |
Fred |
Grabbe |
Ella's first husband. |
John |
Green-wald |
The Palisades park manager. |
Plato |
Guimes |
Operated the shooting galleries and soda stands at the park. |
Jack |
Gwynne |
An American illusionist |
Jesse |
Haines |
A right-handed pitcher in for the Cincinnati Reds. |
Bill |
Haley |
An American rock and roll music pioneer. |
Anna |
Halpin |
Rosenthal's niece. Manager of park's operation. |
George A. |
Hamid Jr. |
A man who made a contribution to America's outdoor amusement. |
Jimmy |
Hannan |
A variety show host |
Sadie |
Harris |
An old concessionaire. |
Bob |
Haymes |
An American singer |
Gabriel |
Heatter |
American commentator. |
Hamhock |
Hill |
Jack's colleague. |
Heinrich |
Himmler |
Leader of the German SS and main architect of the Holocaust. |
Adolf |
Hitler |
Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany. |
Bill |
Holahan |
Eddie's old boss. |
Arthur |
Holden |
A high diver champion. aka: Art. |
Jane |
Holly |
A model. |
Herbert |
Hoover |
31st U.S. President. |
Bob |
Hope |
American comedian |
John Hill |
Hubschman |
A coach swimmer. aka: Bunty. |
Brian |
Hyland |
An American pop singer. |
Harold L. |
Ickes |
Former U.S. Secretary of Interior. |
Zoe Ann Olsen |
Jensen |
An American diver. |
Paul |
Jones |
An English singer |
Miss |
Kaplan |
A first-grade teacher. |
Murray |
Kaufman |
A former New York disk jockey. aka: "Murray the K". |
Estes |
Kefauver |
An American politician from Tennessee. |
George |
Kellinger |
A man who maintained the pool's machinery. |
Emmett |
Kelly |
An American circus performer |
Joan |
Kenley |
A radio talk show host |
Jackie |
Kennedy |
Former First Lady of the United States. |
Erna |
Keuhnel |
A magician. |
Frank Manning |
Kinard Sr. |
American football player |
Carole |
King |
An American singer |
Jack |
Kirby |
An American comic book artist |
Koma |
Komatsu |
A Japanese person who operated the string game at Palisades. |
Beatrice |
Kyle |
A world famous American high diver. aka: Bee Kyle. |
Johnny |
Lamar |
Jack's friend from grade school. |
Dorothy |
Lamour |
An American actress and singer. |
Canada |
Lee |
American professional boxer. |
Alphonse Emil |
Leemans |
American professional football player. aka: Tuffy. |
Ron |
LeRon |
One of the magicians. |
Gus |
Lesnevich |
A lifeguard. |
Tom |
Li |
A young Chinese-American cook. |
Charles |
Lindbergh |
American aviator. |
Mary |
Livingstone |
An American radio comedienne and actress. |
Guy |
Lombardo |
A Canadian-American violinist. |
Jim |
Lubbock |
Adele's helper at Palisades. |
Tommy |
Lucchese |
Italian-American gangster. Founding member of the Mafia in U.S. |
Flo |
Lyons |
A Grandview Restaurant's manager. |
Douglas |
MacArthur |
United States Army general in WWI |
Barbara Ann |
Mack |
A young singer. |
Eddie |
Mannix |
Franklin's acquaintance. |
Father |
Manz |
A priest. |
Farmer Don |
Marlin |
A wrestler. |
Lorenzo |
Marquess |
A magnificent magician. |
Harpo |
Marx |
American comedian |
Tami |
Mauriello |
American professional boxer and actor of Italian descent. |
Phil |
Mazzocchi |
Berni's colleague. |
Maie |
McAskill |
Managed the Freak Animal show. |
Charlie |
McCarthy |
A singer. |
Captain |
McDermott |
A chief fireman. |
Al |
McKee |
An amusement veteran served as gen. superintendent at the park. |
Joseph |
McKee |
Al's brother. Supervise the operation of the park's ride. aka: Joe. |
Hugh |
McKenna |
A chief lifeguard at the pool |
Bob |
Meusel |
A baseball outfielder and third baseman. |
Tommy |
Meyers |
A lifeguard at Palisades. |
Glenn |
Miller |
American conductor. |
Vaughn |
Monroe |
American baritone singer |
Guarino |
Moretti |
A notorious underboss of the Genovese crime family. aka: Willie. |
Salvatore |
Moretti |
Willie Moretti's brother. |
Albert |
Morris |
A photographer. |
Charles Doc |
Morris |
The author of The War of Two Worlds. |
Jackie |
Morris |
A British writer and illustrator. |
Bruce |
Morrow |
An American DJ. |
W. |
Moser |
Managed the Central States Shows. aka: Scobey. |
Wolfgang A. |
Mozart |
A composer of the Classical period. |
Edward R. |
Murrow |
American broadcaster. |
Benito |
Mussolini |
An Italian dictator and journalist. |
Bert |
Nevins |
A PR man. |
Hugh |
O'Neill |
One of the lifeguards. |
Billy |
Outten |
A last one who dive in a flaming tank. |
Harry Robert |
Owens |
An American composer |
George S. |
Patton |
A United States Army General. |
Bob |
Paulson |
A park's announcer. |
Jim |
Peck |
A park's guard. |
Jack |
Pitkof |
Served as a local Air Raid Warden. |
Paul Jackson |
Pollock |
An American painter. |
Alex |
Raymond |
An American comic strip artist and creator of Flash Gordon. |
Joe |
Rinaldi |
Managed the Water Scooter rides at Palisades. |
John |
Rinaldi |
Joe Rinaldi's son. |
Peejay |
Ringens |
A German Acrobat air cyclist diver. |
Swan |
Ringens |
Peejay's first wife. |
Edward G. |
Robinson |
A Romanian-American actor of stage and screen. |
James |
Robinson |
A member of an organization called The CORE. |
Ginger |
Rogers |
American actress |
Vivien |
Roodenko |
One of the protesters. |
Franklin D. |
Roosevelt |
The 32nd president of the United States. |
Irving |
Rosenthal |
Jack Rosenthal's brother. A dentist. |
Jack |
Rosenthal |
A concert violinist. |
Paul |
Rosini |
One of those rare magicians. |
James Robert |
Russo |
A bank employee. |
Babe |
Ruth |
An American professional baseball player. |
Bobby |
Rydell |
An American singer and teen idol. |
William |
Sach |
An American film director/producer and writer. aka: Bill |
Peter |
Santanello |
Norma's husband. |
Nicholas M. |
Schenck |
A Russian-American film studio executive and businessman. |
Max |
Schmeling |
A German boxer. |
Adolph |
Schwartz |
The sideshow manager at Palisades. |
Dorothy |
Schwarz |
One of Eddie's close friends. |
Roscoe |
Schwarz |
One who managed the Funhouse. |
Roscoe |
Schwarz Jr. |
One of Roscoe Sr.' son. |
Neil |
Sedaka |
An American singer-songwriter and pianist. |
Gladys |
Shelley |
Rosenthal's wife. |
Harry |
Shepherd |
A bar manager. |
Amanda |
Siebert |
A sideshow performer. Aka: Jolly Irene. |
Frank |
Sinatra |
An American singer and actor. |
Phil |
Smith |
A pool manager at Palisades. |
Mortimer |
Snerd |
Cliff's dummy. aka: Mort. |
Sol |
Solomon |
A diver. |
Al |
Soyaty |
One of the lifeguards. |
George Henry |
Stirnweiss |
An American professional baseball second baseman. aka: Snuffy. |
Antoinette |
Stopka |
Eddie and Adele's daughter. aka: Toni. |
Edward |
Stopka |
A concessionaire at Palisades Park. aka: Eddie; Ten Foot. |
Jack 1 |
Stopka |
Eddie's father. |
Jack 2 |
Stopka |
Antoinette's brother. aka: Jackie. |
Fred |
Strengel |
A police officer of Fort Lee. |
Blanche |
Sweet |
American film actress. |
Helen |
Swift |
A vaudeville dancer. |
Mae |
Swift |
A vaudeville dancer. Helen's sister. |
Ventura |
Tenario |
American professional wrestler. aka: Chief Little Wolf. |
Lou |
Thesz |
An American professional wrestler. |
Walter Clarence |
Thornton |
An American model and modeling agent. |
Hideki |
Tojo |
A Japanese prime minister and general |
Harry S. |
Truman |
The 33rd president of the United States. |
Melba |
Valle |
One of the customer at Palisades. |
Frankie |
Valli |
An American singer. |
Vicky |
Vaughn |
A woman who had a vintage fashion brand. |
Frank |
Vita |
A Palisades Park's medic. |
Charlotte |
Vogers |
One of a performers. aka: Susie Lee Elephant Skin Girl. |
Minnie |
Wallace |
Charles Dobson's wife. |
Johnny |
Weissmuller |
American olympic swimmer. |
Slim |
Welker |
One of a softball team's regular player. |
George Orson |
Welles |
An American director |
Clem |
White |
A ballroom manager. |
Paul |
Whiteman |
American bandleader |
Theodore S. |
Williams |
An American professional baseball player and manager. aka: Ted. |
Ivey |
Wingo |
An American baseball player and manager. |
Adele |
Worth |
One of a concession agents. Eddie's wife. |
Ed |
Worth |
Fake name of Eddie. |
Franklin |
Worth |
Adele's father. |
John |
Wrinkler |
Assistant manager at the Big Scenic Railway. |
Loretta |
Young |
An American actress. |
Victoria |
Zacchini |
A human cannonball. Worked for the Ringling Bros. Barnum Circus. |
Chester |
Zaneski |
Special patrolman of Clifford Park. |
Agnes |
|
Toni's new acquaintance. |
Anne |
|
Ringens' adopted daughter. |
Arch |
|
Maie's husband. |
Arlan |
|
A former sideshow strongman. |
Betty |
|
John Hubschman's cousin. |
Carl |
|
One of a sideshow performers. |
Daisy |
|
Ralph's wife. |
Dale |
|
Bunty's friend. |
Dave |
|
Toni's next-door neighbor. |
Dawn |
|
Toni's daughter. |
Debussy |
|
Rosenthal's dog. |
Dominguez |
|
Eddie's buddy. |
Doris |
|
One of Toni's friends. |
Dorothy |
|
Roscoe's daughter. |
Ernie |
|
One of Eddie's new acquaintances. |
Florence |
|
Art Holden's wife. |
George |
|
Amanda's husband. |
Goldie |
|
Adele's new helper. |
Grace |
|
Jimmy Russo's sister. |
Great Rudolpho |
|
One of the magicians. |
Guy |
|
Toni's classmate. |
Habib |
|
One of a sideshow performers. |
Happy |
|
A lifeguard. |
Harold |
|
Viola's husband. aka: Hal. |
Hazel |
|
Roscoe's wife. |
Hirohito |
|
Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989. |
Inez |
|
Lorenzo's wife. |
James |
|
One of Adele's brothers. |
Jay |
|
Minette's boss. |
Jay Jr. |
|
Son of Minette's ex-boyfriend. |
Jeffrey |
|
Toni's son. aka: Jeff. |
Jenny |
|
Sal's girl. |
Johnny |
|
One of Toni's friends. |
Julius |
|
Charlotte's manager. |
Kamal |
|
An elderly Jewish shopkeeper. |
Kamehameha I |
|
King of Hawaii. |
Kate |
|
Dick Bennett's wife. |
Lamarr |
|
One of Toni's friends. |
Laurent |
|
Roscoe's son. |
Lena |
|
One of a performers. aka: The Leopard Girl. |
Lentini |
|
One of a sideshow performers. |
Lew |
|
One of the concession agents. |
Lewis |
|
Ella's son. |
Lillian |
|
Eddie's grandmother. aka: Lil. |
Lois |
|
One of a concession agents. |
Lorena |
|
Doc Carver's daughter. |
Louis |
|
Jack and Irving's uncle. |
Lucy |
|
Ernie's girl. |
Marie |
|
Adele's mother. |
Marion |
|
One of the protesters. |
Mary |
|
Minette's sister. |
Miriam |
|
Jack Pitkof's niece. |
Norma |
|
Helen Cuny's daughter. |
Opal |
|
A fortune teller. |
Oscar |
|
A tour guide. |
Patsy |
|
Chief Borrell's cousin. |
Phil |
|
Cliff's assistant. |
Population Charlie |
|
One of a sideshow performers. |
Prince Samara |
|
A magician. |
Rachel |
|
Pitkof's wife. |
Ralph |
|
One of Adele's brothers. |
Renie |
|
Ringens' wife. |
Rose |
|
Eddie's mother. |
Sal |
|
One of Eddie's new acquaintances. |
Sarah |
|
Minette's mother. |
Sergei |
|
Eddie's stepfather. |
Sharon |
|
A waitress. |
Sonora |
|
Ella's sister-in-law. |
Tim |
|
Jimmy's brother. |
Viola |
|
Eddie's sister. aka: Vi. |
Wilkowski |
|
A machinist. |
Will |
|
Bee's husband. |
Wilno |
|
One of the best cannonballers. |