| 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. |
