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Birmingham-born Raymond Huntley was one of those instantly recognisable, mannered types that popped up in classic British films of the 1940's and 50's. Tall and austere, he had a somewhat mean, sour-faced look, accentuated whenever staring with icy disdain from behind horn-rimmed spectacles. This, and his trademark dry delivery, made Huntley such perfect casting for an extensive array of ever-so-superior, humourless civil servants, mean-spirited bank managers, dullish clubroom snobs, smug business types, dour undertakers or sinister cold war spooks. Earlier in his career, Huntley essayed rather more overtly menacing characters, effectively typecast during the war years as Nazi officers ('Pimpernel' Smith (1941)) or German spies (Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It (1941)). It is hard to pick out two outstanding performances above all others, but he was arguably at his best as the local bank manager Wix in Passport to Pimlico (1949), emphatic in his greed to reap whatever benefits from the Burgundian declaration of independence; as the irascible boffin Laxton-Jones in Secret Flight (1946); and as Henry Chester, made resentful by his illness, in the Sanatorium segment of Trio (1950). Towards the end of his career, Huntley achieved his greatest popularity when he was cast as the grumpy family solicitor, Sir Geoffrey Dillon, in TV's Upstairs, Downstairs (1971).
Educated at King Edward's School, Raymond Huntley made his theatrical debut with the Birmingham Repertory Company in 1922. By the age of twenty-one, he played a septuagenarian farm labourer and was consequently hired as a comedian by a North Country revue for a starting salary of ten pounds a week. Huntley was reputedly the first actor to play Dracula on stage (in Hamilton Deane's hit 1927 London adaptation of the original novel), though it is fair to point out that an earlier reading of the play took place on May 18th, 1897, at the Lyceum Theatre, arranged by none other than the author Bram Stoker himself. In any event, Huntley's superb handling of the character established the direction his future career would take.- Actor
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Leonard Sachs was born on 26 September 1909 in Roodeport, Transvaal, South Africa. He was an actor and director, known for Thunderball (1965), The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954) and John Wesley (1954). He was married to Eleanor Summerfield. He died on 15 June 1990 in Westminster, London, England, UK.- Ryszard Cieslak was born on 9 March 1937 in Kalisz, Wielkopolskie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Peter Brook's the Mahabharata (1989), Rekolekcje (1978) and The Mahabharata (1989). He died on 15 June 1990 in Houston, Texas, USA.
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Cho-Cho Lai was born in 1906 in Zhongshan, Guangdong, China. She was an actress, known for Chun (1953), Wang ming lang zi (1973) and Chungi San Feng (1941). She died on 15 June 1990 in Hong Kong.- Composer
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Composer, author, conductor, violinist and arranger, educated at Juilliard (on a fellowship) with Rubin Goldmark. He composed and arranged for films, radio, television, recordings, theater, ballet and publishers, and was on the CBS staff. Also, a NY Fellow, International Institute of Arts and Letters in 1962. He was a member of the NAACC, and joined ASCAP in 1952.- Amelia Shankelton was born on 4 June 1902 in Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 15 June 1990 in Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.