New York, John Jacob Astor IV lived a privileged life from the start. He was the great-grandson of John Jacob Astor, an immigrant from modern-day Germany who’d made his fortune in the fur trade ...

John Jacob Astor IV went down with the Titanic, but his Stanford White-designed estate in Rhinebeck, New York survives him. Stanford White's great-grandson Sam White has fully restored the place.

The actor played John Jacob Astor IV in the film and told TV Insider that he always knew the movie would be a hit, even when others were doubtful. “I’m the only one who did,” he admitted.