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Diminutive beauty Christine Larsen (also credited as 'Larson' in some of her early films) had a minor Hollywood career, spanning a mere seven years, from 1948 to 1955. On the rare occasions she was not cast as the perfunctory love interest in B-westerns, opposite the likes of Johnny Mack Brown, she co-starred in long-forgotten potboilers (Last Train from Bombay (1952)) and 'Jungle Jim' adventures (Valley of Head Hunters (1953)). The multi-talented redhead (whose real name was Marjorie Goss) studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and gained her entry to Hollywood in the mid 1940's via a spell with the Western Costume Company, as a designer of men's garments for 20th Century Fox musicals and period dramas. She also dabbled in theatrical set design and was a champion equestrian and rodeo queen, whose greatest ambition in life was to own a Lipizzaner stallion.

Ironically, it was to be Christine's private life which made the headlines, rather than her all-too-brief tenure as a second feature lead in Hollywood. A 1992 unauthorized biography of Nancy Reagan by sensationalist author Kitty Kelley alleged an affair between her and future president Ronald Reagan -- though she had spurned his proposal of marriage in 1951 -- which endured at least a year into his marriage to Nancy. In 1952, Christine hit the news again, when she made a claim to police, accusing her 57-year old neighbor of spying on her by means of a spotlight and a periscope after she had refused his advances. The authorities, apparently, did not seriously pursue the matter, insisting that periscopes were not covered by city ordinances.

There were a few more TV appearances before Christine's career had run its course and it became quiet about her for the remaining years of her life. She died on February 13, 1973 at the premature age of 47 due to complications from cancer in Los Angeles. A memorial service was held four days later at Westwood Memorial Park Chapel.

Aaron Jaeger was born on 10 April 1988 in Durand, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor, known for NCIS (2003), 90210 (2008) and Rizzoli & Isles (2010).

Clare Fischer was born on 22 October 1928 in Durand, Michigan, USA. He is known for Do the Right Thing (1989), Under the Cherry Moon (1986) and Girl 6 (1996). He was married to Donna Van Ringelesteyn and Zoe Ann Routsos. He died on 26 January 2012 in Burbank, California, USA.

Richard's diverse ancestry includes Romanized Celts from the Rheinland, Ice Age mammoth hunters in Germany, mounted Medieval knights in service to the Duke of Cleves, Jewish fruit peddlers, Sergeant on board ships of the Dutch West India Company, coal miners, bricklayers, blacksmiths, school superintendents, Vaudeville singers, railroad workers, the last person to be executed in England by being burned at the stake, and a myriad of other professions. His parents hoped for a girl when he was born, but when he disappointed them by being a boy they didn't have a name for him. What to do? They named him after the doctor who delivered him, that's what.

Richard's life since then has followed a by-the-seat-of-his-pants existence. His eclectic résumé includes jobs as an airborne spy against the Soviet Union, GTW Railroad switch-man, car checker and teletype operator, teacher on the high school and college levels in the United States, PRC, and the Russian Federation, assistant on several motion pictures since 1986, assembly line worker building Buicks, page in a state library, song writer, graduate teaching assistant, writer of history-related books and articles, history museum director and curator, president of a tourist railroad, television salesman, and car rental agent. He loves writing, history, geography, collecting unique types of antiques, including the world's largest collection of Sun Records, daguerreotypes, CDVs and ambrotypes, Lionel trains, documents, maps, atlases, and genealogy. Founded and became President of Richard Welch Collections, LLC, an AZ Corporation (since 2012), formerly a NM corporation, 2005-12. Guest teacher and curator at schools and museums in China, Russia and Poland. Adjunct college instructor in New Mexico and Arizona.

His ancestors and relatives, as well as his own life experiences, give him hundreds of script ideas. He moved to working on movies in the 1980s and has assisted on several award winning productions. He spent a lifetime writing books, magazine and newspaper articles and then in the new century he challenged himself to write movie and TV scripts with remarkable results. His efforts have met with outstanding reviews and one of his screenplays, "Baby Harry's Hollywood", is currently in pre-production.