Richard Beymer | 02/20/1983 | 83

Richard Beymer has successfully made a name in the entertainment world since the late ’50s. The movie adaptation of the famous stage play West Side Story, Peter in the iconic The Diary of Anne Frank, and Ben Horne in the fan-favorite Twin Peaks. He even reprised his role on Twin Peaks: The Return and Twin Peaks: A Limited Event Series in 2017, 26 years after the show ended.

Though many have known him as an actor, Beymer is also a filmmaker and an artist in general. He started using his investment money in making documentaries in the early 2000s. One of his projects was a docu that centered on his obsession with photography. He then did several docus more and directed, produced, wrote, and edited the avant-garde movie The Innerview. Beymer even worked with David Lynch, chronicling his trip to India in a film called It’s a Beautiful World.