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==Notable people== {{Category see also|People from Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey}} People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Woodcliff Lake include: * [[Jack Antonoff]] (born 1984), singer, musician, songwriter and record producer known for his work with the bands [[fun (band)|Fun]] and [[Bleachers (band)|Bleachers]]<ref>Aberback, Brian. [http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/music/182132301_Pop-rock_band_Fun_playing_at_Jingle_Ball.html "Pop-rock band Fun playing at Jingle Ball"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', December 5, 2012. Accessed January 3, 2012. "'The past year has been crazy in so many ways,' said guitarist Jack Antonoff, who grew up in New Milford and Woodcliff Lake."</ref> * [[Bruce Beresford-Redman]] (born 1971), co-creator and executive producer of [[MTV]]'s ''[[Pimp My Ride]]''<ref name=NYTPimp>Meisel, Melissa. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/26/automobiles/26njPIMP.html "MTV's Tangerine-Flake, Streamline Baby, via New Jersey"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 26, 2005. Accessed June 12, 2012. "MTV's popular (and radical) car makeover show, which is just starting its second full season, was created by two Woodcliff Lake natives who never got over the culture of the high school parking lot. In 1989, Beresford-Redman drove a Cadillac hearse, while his buddy Rick Hurvitz piloted a 1972 lime-green Oldsmobile Delta 88. 'As far as we know, everybody appreciated the irony,' Beresford-Redman said of his Pascack Hills classmates in a recent e-mail exchange."</ref> * [[Mark Denbeaux]] (born 1943), law professor at [[Seton Hall University School of Law]] and the director of its [[Center for Policy and Research]]<ref>Di Ionno, mark. [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2015/03/seton_hall_law_professor_recalls_selma_di_ionno.html "The Selma march and the fascinating story behind an iconic photo"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', March 4, 2015. Accessed November 23, 2017. "The historic photo is a little grainy, produced in black-and-white. That was not by choice, as some artistic metaphor; color photography in 1965 was expensive to print. The picture was part of Ebony magazine's coverage of the third Alabama voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, which began on March 21, 1965.... 'My father was a combat chaplain with (Gen. George) Patton's 3rd Army,' Denbeaux said during an interview at his home in Woodcliff Lake."</ref> * [[Jon Doscher]] (born 1971), film producer, actor, director and writer<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/pascack-valley-community-life-jon-dosche/143785572/ "Local entrepreneur turned filmmaker"], ''Pascack Valley Community Life'', February 23, 2005. Accessed March 20, 2024, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Jon Doscher, who grew up in Woodcliff Lake, is fresh off the making of the independent film, ''Remedy,'' and now has two more in the works. Doscher grew up in Woodcliff Lake and graduated from Pascack Hills High School in 1989."</ref> * [[Steven M. Goldman]], Commissioner of the [[New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance]] from 2006 to 2009<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201754/http://www.njdobi.org/commishbio.htm Steven M. Goldman, Commissioner], [[New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of September 27, 2007. Accessed June 12, 2012. "He lives in Woodcliff Lake with his wife and they have three children. "</ref> * [[Kerri Green]] (born 1967), actress who appeared in ''[[The Goonies]]''<ref>Staff. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB29AB5A226C5D0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "At The Movies For A First-Time Star, Life Is Sunny Side Up"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', March 30, 1986. Accessed September 18, 2011. "During the summer of 1984, would-be movie actress Kerri Green, now 19, was frying up poultry parts at the local Roy's near her Woodcliff Lake, N.J., home and commuting into New York for auditions."</ref> * [[Rick Hurvitz]], co-creator and executive producer of [[MTV]]'s ''[[Pimp My Ride]]''<ref name=NYTPimp/> * [[Murder of Andrew Kissel|Andrew Kissel]] (1959β2006), real estate developer who was found murdered at his rented [[Greenwich, Connecticut]], estate<ref>Hsu, Eric and Kim, Yung. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140610170956/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-121608976.html "Family mourns real estate broker fatally stabbed in Conn."], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', April 8, 2006. Accessed December 23, 2013. "William Kissel, a chemist, was a manager for Sun Chemical Corp., before starting his own copier toner company in 1972. He moved the family to a small house in Woodcliff Lake from Manhattan before settling in Saddle River."</ref> * [[Joe Oriolo]] (1913β1985), producer of the [[Felix the Cat]] cartoons made in the 1960s, and co-creator of [[Casper the Friendly Ghost]]<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gA0iAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zKYFAAAAIBAJ&dq=oriolo%20woodcliff-lake&pg=2658%2C5386712 "Joseph Oriolo dies; creator of 'Casper'"], ''[[Reading Eagle]]'', December 27, 1985. Accessed February 1, 2011. "Oriolo, of Woodcliff Lake, died Wednesday at Hackensack Medical Center after a brief illness, his family said."</ref> * [[Tom Papa]] (born 1968), comedian, actor and host of ''[[The Marriage Ref (U.S. TV series)|The Marriage Ref]]''<ref>Staff. [http://www.bergen.com/Celebrity_Sighting_Comedian_Tom_Papa_performs_at_Bananas_Comedy_Club_in_Hasbrouck_Heights.html "Celebrity Sighting: Comedian Tom Papa performs at Bananas Comedy Club in Hasbrouck Heights"], Bergen.com, January 21, 2012. Accessed November 25, 2013. "Tom Papa, originally from Park Ridge and one-time Woodcliff Lake resident, performed at Bananas Comedy Club in Hasbrouck Heights last night."</ref> * [[Randolph Perkins]] (1871β1936), represented [[New Jersey's 6th congressional district]] from 1921 to 1936<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000237 Randolph Perkins biography], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed July 8, 2007.</ref> * [[Gene Perla]] (born 1940), jazz bassist<ref>Staff. [http://jemwriting.com/interviews/10-questions-jazz-bassist-george-perla "10 Questions For Jazz Bassist George Perla"], JEM Freelance Writing, November 26, 2007. Accessed December 23, 2013. "In the world of jazz, Gene Perla is a living legend, having recorded and shared the stage with such icons as Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Sarah Vaughan, Chick Corea, Nina Simone, Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Sinatra, Joni Mitchell, Buddy Rich, Elvin Jones and Jack DeJohnette. Originally from Woodcliff Lake, NJ, Perla first studied classical piano for ten years."</ref>
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