Marshall Bell
Marshall Bell worked for years as a consultant, teaching businessmen to improve their speaking skills. Bell’s wife, Milena Canonero, is a three-time Academy Award-winning costume designer for film. This connection led Bell to try out acting in movies, and he earned his cinematic debut at age 42 in the 1984 film “Birdy.” From there, Bell went on to appear in movies such as “Stand By Me,” “Total Recall” and “Starship Troopers.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien worked for his entire professional life as an academic, teaching English and linguistics at the Universities of Leeds and Oxford. Tolkein came up with fantasy stories to amuse his children. That led to the creation of his first novel, “The Hobbit,” which was first published when Tolkein was 45 years old.