Patrick Swayze

. Sadly, both his decline as an actor and eventually his death of a heart attack in 1984 were caused by many years of excessive drinking. His best-known horse was the late Tammen, a chestnut Arabian stallion. Werner also played the murderer opposite Peter Falk in an episode of the Columbo TV series entitled "Playback" (1975). Patrick Swayze has also bred Arabian horses. Other starring roles were in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Fahrenheit 451, and The Shoes of the Fisherman. He is married to actress Lisa Niemi. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1965 for Ship of Fools.

A sequel to Dirty Dancing, called Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004), had him reprising the role of Johnny Castle. In 1961 he starred in François Truffaut's Jules et Jim, and became an international star as a result. Patrick Swayze has received Golden Globe Award nominations for his roles in Dirty Dancing, Ghost and To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995). In 1951 he starred in the English language movie Decision Before Dawn, in which he played a German prisoner of war who spies for his captors. His first professional appearance was as a dancer for Disney on Parade, then in the Broadway production of Grease, before his debut film role as Ace in Skatetown, U.S.A. (1979). Born Oskar Josef Bschliessmayer in Vienna, he was an Austrian stage actor, starring in the William Shakespeare repertoire, until his film debut in Der Engel mit der Posaune in 1948. He formally trained at the Harkness and Joffrey Ballet Schools in New York City. Oskar Werner (November 13, 1922 - October 23, 1984) was an Austrian actor.

The son of choreographer Patsy Swayze, he was born in Houston, Texas, United States. He also famous for the North and South miniseries. Patrick Wayne Swayze, (born 18 August 1952), is a dancer, actor and singer, memorable for his roles in the films Dirty Dancing (1987), Ghost (1990) and Donnie Darko (2001).