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Riley Griffiths was born on 14 May 1997 in Cedar City, Utah, USA. He is an actor, known for Super 8 (2011), R.L. Stine's the Haunting Hour (2010) and Retro Podcast (2022).

David Howard was born in Cedar City, Utah, USA. He is known for Galaxy Quest (1999), Trek: The Movie (2018) and Galaxy Quest.

Jack Fife was born on 6 July 1923 in Cedar City, Utah, USA. He was an actor, known for I Dream of Jeannie (1965), Vacation Playhouse (1963) and Perry Mason (1957). He died on 29 May 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Roy Allen Smith was born on 12 December 1954 in Cedar City, Utah, USA. He is a producer, known for Silver Surfer (1998), The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991) and Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. (2013).

Ashlee Lauren was born on 1 February 1987 in Cedar City, Utah, USA. She is an actress, known for Jack (1996), ER (1994) and What Love Sees (1996).

John Preston was born on 4 September 1968 in Cedar City, Utah, USA. He is an actor, known for General Hospital (1963) and Corey Feldman Artist: The Man Behind the Love (2021). He has been married to Shelly Kirwood Preston since 2015. They have one child. He was previously married to Patrice Jennings.

Douglas D. Coppin was born on 26 April 1922 in Cedar City, Utah, USA. He was an actor. He died on 13 October 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

After Howard Hughes died, an intensive search began for his Last Will and Testament. Speculation became rampant that Hughes may have written a holographic will, which was recognized in the states in which he had holdings. Two weeks after his death, an envelope containing 3 handwritten pages dated March 19, 1968 and signed "Howard R. Hughes" was discovered on the desk of an official at the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City. Along with The Church, Rice University, the University of California, the University of Texas, the University of Nevada, and the Boy Scouts of America, the "Mormon Will" granted gas station owner Melvin Dummar a 1/16th share of Hughes's $2 billion fortune. Dummar recounted to reporters that in December 1967, he found a man wandering along U.S. Highway 95. The man asked for a ride to Las Vegas. When Dummar dropped him off at the Sands Hotel, the man told him that he was Howard Hughes, but Dummar didn't believe him.

Rife with misspellings, the "Mormon Will" contained many discrepancies: it referred to the H-4 - the massive military transport plane Hughes flew in Long Beach Harbor on November 2, 1947 - as "The Spruce Goose", a moniker Hughes was known to detest; it named ex-wives Ella Rice and Jean Peters beneficiaries, even though their divorce settlements barred them from laying claim to his estate; it named Hughes's cousin, William Lummis, a beneficiary, even though Hughes was known to have nothing to do with his relatives; it named Noah Dietrich, whom he had fired in 1957, executor. Lastly, written on the envelope was a request that David O. McKay, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, deliver the "Will" to the Clark County (Nevada) District Court upon Hughes's death; McKay died in 1970. Despite the errors, The Church filed the "Will" for probate with the Clark County District Court on April 29, 1976.

After the FBI found his thumb print on the envelope containing the "Will", Dummar, who initially denied any prior knowledge of the "Will", said that a "mysterious man" had dropped the envelope off at Dummar's gas station after badgering Dummar with questions about Hughes. Although he said the encounter had left him "scared to death", Dummar steam-opened the envelope, read the "Will", then delivered it to The Church. The "mysterious man" - identified by Dummar's attorney Roger Dutson as LeVane Forsythe - claimed in a deposition to have been Hughes's "secret courier" for years. On June 8, 1978, after deliberating for just 11 hours, a jury found the "Will" to be a forgery.

In 2004, Guido Deiro, son of Guido Deiro, said that he flew Hughes to the Cottontail Ranch brothel, 150 miles north of Las Vegas, on December 29, 1967. He said he napped while Hughes enjoyed himself. After Deiro awoke, he said the madam, Beverly Harrell, told him that Hughes had left; Dummar said he found Hughes 7 miles south of the Ranch. Inexplicably, Deiro did not search for Hughes, but flew back to Las Vegas. Upon his return, he said that a subordinate of Hughes executive Frank Gay ordered Deiro to surrender his flight log to erase any evidence of the trip.

Bolstered by Deiro's story and a book by Gary Magnesen, Dummar sued Lummis, and Gay's estate for fraud and conspiracy to conceal evidence which proved that the "Mormon Will" was genuine. On January 9, 2007, the United States District Court for the District of Utah dismissed the suit.

Dummar's tale was the basis for Melvin and Howard (1980). He died on December 9, 2018 at a hospice in Pahrump, Nevada.

LaMar Clark was born on 1 December 1934 in Cedar City, Utah, USA. He was married to Brenda. He died on 5 November 2006.

Brock Bentley was born on 24 March 1981 in Cedar City, Utah, United States of America. He is known for BiKheppi (2019).

Michael Leavitt was born on 11 February 1951 in Cedar City, Utah, USA.

Jackie Rife was born on 12 August 1933 in Cedar City, Utah, USA. Jackie is known for The Yellow Tomahawk (1954) and The Attic Door (2009). Jackie died on 29 October 2013 in Kanab, Utah, USA.

Weston Woodbury was born on 14 May 1987 in Cedar City, Utah, USA. He is an editor and cinematographer, known for The Pail (2010), Artifice (2016) and As Long as You Love Me So (2020).

Richard LeVon Griffiths, a.k.a. Groovin' Gary and the Beaver Kid, was born on October 29, 1958 in Cedar City, Utah. His parents were Louis LaVon and Wanda Jane Yardley Griffiths. Richard had three sisters: Vicki, Nancy and Laurie. He attended Minersville Elementary School through the 8th grade. Griffiths was active in track, shop and student government at Beaver High School. Richard graduated from Beaver High School in 1977. Griffiths achieved local celebrity status for his incredible impression of Olivia Newton-John singing "Please Don't Keep Me Waiting" at an amateur talent show. He was also well known for his equally wicked impressions of Stevie Nicks and Barry Manilow. Richard was the subject of the segment "The Beaver Kid" in the movie "The Beaver Trilogy" by director Trent Harris. Moreover, both Sean Penn and Crispin Clover played characters based on Griffiths in short movies directed by Harris. Richard worked for Union Pacific Railroad and Commercial Business Radio in Delta, Utah. He owned his own electronics business in Beaver, Utah. For the last fourteen years of his life Griffiths worked as a truck driver for Circle 4 Farms. He married Mary Jo Sant on October 10, 1992 in Beaver, Utah. Richard died at age 50 at the Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah on February 2, 2009. Although he's sadly no longer with us, Richard LeVon Griffiths will continue to keep on groovin' on in the hearts and memories of everyone who knew and loved him.

Carl Nelson was born on 3 November 1972 in Cedar City, Utah, USA. He is an actor, known for Saving Sarah Cain (2007), Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder (2000) and Downhill Domination (2003).

Jenny Matthews was born on 11 January 1986 in Cedar City, Utah, USA. She is an actress, known for Haywired (2009) and The Bachelor (2002). She has been married to Kenneth L. Matthews Jr since 24 June 2005.

Fred Cruikshank Adams was born in Cedar City in 1931, and spent his early years in Parowan, Delta, and Montpelier, Idaho. He served at the Pentagon during the Korean War, in charge of entertainment and morale-bringing his joy and brilliance to the officers who served with him. Fred touched the lives of countless students as a professor at SUU for thirty-eight years. He was a devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints, and served a three-year mission in Finland.

In 1961, Fred and his beloved wife Barbara Barbara dreamed up their craziest scheme to date: a Shakespearean festival in the hot Utah desert. With blood, sweat, tears, and glitter, they built the Utah Shakespearean Festival into the renowned institution it is today. Throughout his career, Fred received a myriad of prestigious awards and recognitions, including the coveted Tony Award.

After forty-four years as executive producer, Fred retired from an active role at USF-though you wouldn't know it from looking at him. Not a day went by that he wasn't seen at the festival: directing shows, acting onstage, raising funds, or even pulling weeds in the statue garden. Fred loved his work and his work-family dearly, and cherished them all his life.

In the early morning of February 6, 2020, Fred finally lost a twenty-two year long battle with cancer.

Jeff Campbell was born on 14 October 1978 in Cedar City, Utah, USA. Jeff is a director and writer, known for Haywired (2009) and The Usual Stuff (2007). Jeff has been married to Katryna McDermott Campbell since 13 February 2004. They have two children.