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- Robert Barrat pursued a stage career on Broadway from 1918 to 1932. He did sample a scant three silent movies starting in 1915, but returned to stage work. Barrat had a distinguished enough visage but also a well knit physique that would foretell a busy career in films with many featured character roles which he turned to in 1932. He therefore portrayed lawyers, business owners, and officials of all sorts, as well as, detectives, hardened sailors, and various desperate characters. Barrat had a deep guttural voice which he could roll around in his mouth to pitch out some unique variations. Such was his Wolverstone in Captain Blood (1935), and his Lord Morton with a brogue in Mary of Scotland (1936). Barrat was a dedicated physical fitness devotee and showed off a still manly form as Chingachgook in The Last of the Mohicans (1936).
Barrat was probably grateful to slow down a bit after 1936, for up to then he was much in demand with an average of twenty films a year. As it was he continued with a usual ten films per year to 1940. He did several movies with James Cagney in the 1930s, and they became good friends. Cagney described his friend as having "a solid forearm the size of the average man's thigh." Barrat continued a rich and varied character role career through the 1940s and early 1950s. The roles were more of the dignified variety-fatherly figures, a few Indian chiefs and military men - and several generals. He had the non-speaking role of General Douglas MacArthur-his hawk of a nose needing little enhancement (he was shot from side angles and distance) - in They Were Expendable (1945). By 1954 he turned to TV playhouse roles off and on until 1964. He loved challenging himself with doing accents and certainly succeeded in this and in turning out memorable roles in over 150 films. - Writer
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Jack Natteford was born on 27 November 1894 in Wahoo, Nebraska, USA. He was a writer and editor, known for The Flying Marine (1929), The Midnight Limited (1926) and Paradise Express (1937). He was married to Luci Ward. He died on 7 January 1970 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.- He started his career as a singer in a little theatrical company in Asakusa. After years of going from a company to another in the same Asakusa, he slowly changes his performing style until to be better known as a comedy revue actor. Finally he creates his own theatrical company in 1932. He debuted in the film industry with "Foreign Daughter" (1927). After a couple of films more, he signs an important contract with the PCL movie company in 1934, which converted in Toho Company from 1937, and became the company's most famous comedy player. At that time he begins to parody all kind of genres, but specially jidai-geki and chanbara films, playing "Isamu Kondo" and "Ryoma Sakamoto" in 1934, "Sasuke Sarutobi" in 1937, "Tengu Kurama" in 1939, "Mori no Ishimatsu" in 1939, "Kitahachi" (from "Hizakurige") in 1939, "Son Goku" in 1940, "Tasuke Isshin" in 1945, and so on. Some of his films were written by later famous director Akira Kurosawa. In 1947 he quits Toho to work with Shin Toho Company, but finally he will come back to Toho in the 50s. In 1953 he begins to work in TV and in 1955 he returns to Theatre, but he never quits the film industry. From 1950 he suffers gangrene, he must withdraw from performing in 1963 and finally lose his foot. With one artificial leg he came back to show business in 1969 and appears in two films more until his premature death.
- Leona Powers was born on 13 March 1896 in Salida, Colorado, USA. She was an actress, known for Robert Montgomery Presents (1950), Sweet Surrender (1935) and Deep Waters (1948). She was married to Howard Miller (actor). She died on 7 January 1970 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Feliks Kalinowski was born on 6 August 1901 in Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Skarb (1949) and Dzwony wieczorne. Róze i kolce zakazanej milosci (1927). He died on 7 January 1970 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
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Bengt Palm was born on 4 March 1917 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was a director and assistant director, known for Åsa-Nisse slår till (1965), Vara eller inte vara (1952) and Jagad (1945). He died on 7 January 1970 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.