Some interesting things you may not have known...

Movies and television shows filmed in Mingo Junction and the Valley

The Deer Hunter - (Filmed in Mingo Junction) Robert DeNiro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep "Academy Award for Best Picture of the Year in 1978". A couple of Mingo citizens who appeared in the movie, John Buchmelter and Frank DeVore.

All The Marbles - (Scene filmed in Mingo Junction) Peter Falk

Heart Of Steel - (Filmed in Mingo Junction) 1980s ABC Movie of the Week, starred Peter Strauss

Reckless - (Filmed in Weirton, WV and Mingo Junction) Adian Quinn, Daryl Hannah

The Night of the Hunter - (Filmed in Moundsville, WV) Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, Peter Graves

Fool's Parade - (Filmed in Moundsville, WV) Jimmy Stewart, George Kennedy, Anne Baxter, Kurt Russell

The Silence of the Lambs - (Scenes filmed in Bellaire, OH) Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins

OHMS - (Scenes filmed in New Philadelphia, OH) Leslie Nielson (TV 1980)

From the Valley to Hollywood...Famous Actors and Actresses

Clark Gable - Cadiz, Ohio b.1901 d.1960 (Movies - "Gone With The Wind")

Robert Urich - Toronto, Ohio b.1946 (Television - "Vegas", "Spenser for Hire")

Traci Lords - Steubenville, Ohio b.1968 (Movies)

John Corbett - Wheeling, West Virginia (Television - "Northern Exposure")

Joyce DeWitt - Wheeling, West Virginia b.1949 (Television - "Three's Company")

Charles Ogle - Steubenville, Ohio Starred in Thomas Alva Edison's "Frankenstein".

Musicians and Singers from Mingo Junction and the Valley

Dean Martin - Steubenville, Ohio b.1917 d.1996 (Movies, Television, Singer)

Wild Cherry - Rob Parise - Mingo Jct, Ohio - number two song of the year in 1976 (Billboard Charts) "Play That Funky Music".

Michael Fracasso - Mingo Jct, Ohio - Singer - songwriter.

Dottie Sloop - Steubenville, Ohio - She was the inspiration for the song "Sloopy" written by Bert Russell and Wes Farrell. The song was later renamed "Hang on Sloopy" and in 1965 the McCoys took it to number one. It is the State of Ohio's official rock song and the Ohio State University's signature song. And now back to the countdown...

Noted people and events that occurred in the Valley.

George Washington - Surveyed the Valley for the British in 1750s.

Edwin M. Stanton - U.S. Secretary of War, under Lincoln and Johnson. Born in Steubenville, Ohio.

Pretty Boy Floyd - Famous bank robber during the 1920s and 1930s was killed between Wellsville and East Liverpool.

James Wright - Won Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Born in Martins Ferry, Ohio.

Dr. Larry Smith - Mingo Jct, Ohio - Wrote "Beyond Rust". It is a novella about growing up in the Valley.

Famous sports personalities from Mingo Junction and the Ohio Valley.

Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder - Steubenville, Ohio (Oddsmaker, NFL Today on CBS)

John Havlicek - Martins Ferry, Ohio (Ohio State University, Boston Celtics)

Joey Galloway - Bellaire, Ohio (Ohio State University football, Seattle Seahawks)

Dan Abramowicz - Steubenville, Ohio (New Orleans Saints, Offensive Coordinator New Orleans Saints)

Joe Fortunato - Mingo Jct, Ohio (Chicago Bears)

Lou Groza - (Cleveland Browns)

Thomas Frankhauser - Steubenville, Ohio (Purdue University, Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings)

Calvin Jones - Steubenville, Ohio (Canadian Football League)

Rich Donnelly - Steubenville, Ohio (Florida Marlins Coaching Staff)

Tom Perko - Steubenville, Ohio (University of Pittsburgh, Green Bay Packers)

Lance Mehl - Martins Ferry, Ohio (New York Jets)

Bill Mazeroski - (Rush Run) Rayland, Ohio (Pittsburgh Pirates, should be in the Hall Of Fame.)

Joe Niekro - Bridgeport, Ohio (Major League Baseball)

Phil Niekro - Bridgeport, Ohio (Major League Baseball)

Lou Holtz - East Liverpool, Ohio (Head Coach of the University of Notre Dame Football)

Clarke Hinkle - Toronto, Ohio (Green Bay Packers, Hall Of Fame)

Chuck Howley - Warwood, WV (West Virginia University, Dallas Cowboys)

Woody Hayes - Born elsewhere but first football coaching position was at Mingo High School.

Wally Pesuitt - Wintersville, Ohio - (Miami Dolphins)

Tim Spencer - St. Clairsville, Ohio - (Ohio State University, San Diego Chargers, Ohio State Running Backs Coach)

Allen Hornyak - Bellaire, Ohio - (Ohio State University, Cleveland Cavaliers)

Eric Piatkowski - Steubenville, Ohio (University of Nebraska basketball, Los Angeles Clippers NBA)

Mike Gulan- Steubenville, Ohio (St. Louis Cardinals baseball)

Buster Tilman - Steubenville, Ohio - (Ohio State University Football) St. Louis Rams

Andrea DeShong - Mingo Jct, Ohio (Women's Boxing)

Joe Pettini - Windsor Heights, WV - (San Francisco Giants)

Others from the Valley who left to make a name on the collegiate level.

Otis Winston - Toronto, Ohio - (Ohio State University Basketball)

Ken Mannie - Steubenville, Ohio - (Michigan State Football Strength Coach)

Robert Hagerty - Mingo Junction, Ohio - (Notre Dame Football)

Joe Canestraro - Steubenville, Ohio - (Ohio State Football)

Pete Burke - Mingo Junction, Ohio - (Louisville University Football)

Chris Pashke - Mingo Jct, Ohio - (Bethany College)

Matt Gaudio - Follansbee, WV - (Penn State University Basketball)

Clyde Archer - Parkersburg, WV - (Notre Dame Football)

Jim Harris - Bellaire, Ohio - (Notre Dame Football)

Bud Bonar - Bellaire, Ohio - (Notre Dame Football)

Jim Dailer - Wheeling, WV - (Notre Dame Football)

Joe DeFranco - Weirton, WV - (Notre Dame Football)

Bill Earley - Parkersburg, WV - (Notre Dame Football)

Fred Earley - Parkersburg, WV - (Notre Dame Football)

Wally Fromhart - Moundsville, WV - (Notre Dame Football)

Bob Joseph - Martins Ferry, Ohio - (Notre Dame Football)

Pete Lamantia - Toronto, Ohio - (Notre Dame Football)

John Lautar - Moundsville, WV - (Notre Dame Football)

John Leon - Wellsburg, WV - (Notre Dame Football)

George Murrin - Parkersburg, WV - (Notre Dame Football)

Jim Musuraca - East Liverpool, Ohio - (Notre Dame Football)

John Niemiec - Bellaire, Ohio - (Notre Dame Football)

John Bull Polisky - Bellaire, Ohio - (Notre Dame Football)

John Welday - Toronto, Ohio - (Penn State)(Pittsburgh Penguins Strength Coach)

Jeff Woofter - Oak Glen - (Penn State)

Dan Morgan - St. Clairsville, Ohio (Penn State Football)

George Kidwell - Brooke High School - (Penn State)

Creed Peters - Mingo Jct, Ohio - (Wheeling Jesuit Basketball)

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