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Dennis Christopher George Potter was born 17 May 1935 in Berry Hill, a small village in the Forest of Dean, where his grandfather and father were coal miners. Through books, the young Potter found that "words were chariots". He attended school in London and spent two years in the Army. During his three years at Oxford, he wrote The Glittering Coffin (1960), a bitter attack on England.
As a BBC trainee, he wrote/hosted Between Two Rivers (1960), a documentary about the Forest of Dean. In 1961 he joined the Daily Herald, where he was TV critic (1962-64). In 1964 he learned he had psoriatic arthropathy, a disease which plagued him for decades, less so after new drugs/treatments turned up. He lost the 1964 election as a Labour candidate, ending his planned political career. That same year, The Wednesday Play (1964) began on the BBC, and he submitted a novel-in-progress, which became his first TV play, The Confidence Course (1965), about motivational seminar swindlers.
Over three decades, he wrote novels, essays, stage plays, and movies but mainly focused on TV, where his semi-autobiographical explorations into consciousness and memory led to innovations in drama, often acclaimed. His masterpiece is The Singing Detective (1986), regarded by some as the best original work ever created for television. Only near the end of his life did he move into directing with Blackeyes (1989) and Secret Friends (1991). Steven Bochco's Cop Rock (1990) is just one example of Potter's widening influence.
Few Potter plays aired on USA TV, but retrospectives were at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts and NYC's Museum of Television & Radio. His plays and interviews are part of the MT&R's permanent collection, available for viewing in NYC and also at the MT&R in Los Angeles.- Actor
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William Marshall was born on 12 October 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Phantom Planet (1961), State Fair (1945) and Calendar Girl (1947). He was married to Corinne Aboyneau, Ginger Rogers, Micheline Presle and Michèle Morgan. He died on 7 June 1994 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Stunts
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Orwin C. Harvey was born on 7 January 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Colors (1988), In the Line of Fire (1993) and The Goonies (1985). He died on 7 June 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
George Oscar Heath was born in 1906 in Chelsea, I.T. in what is now Rogers County Oklahoma. He knew growing up actor Ben Johnson from nearby Osage County and Will Rogers and the Rogers/McSpadden Clan. Rode the rail like many Okies during the depression from Oklahoma. Returning home to work the Oil Field until retirement from the Texas Company(Texaco) in 1971. One year later local Ardmore Little Theatre Director Lil Williams was tasked by Director John Milius to find local actors for his movie Dillinger. In discussion with Ben Johnson he asked about George who he knew lived here and saw regularly during rodeo competitions. He told Mrs. Williams he would make the perfect John Dillinger, Sr.- Tadeusz Siejak was born on 22 September 1949 in Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland. Tadeusz was a writer, known for Po upadku (1990). Tadeusz died on 7 June 1994 in Pila, Wielkopolskie, Poland.
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Gertrude Ross Marks was born on 15 April 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for Walls of Fire (1971) and Liquid Space (1973). She died on 7 June 1994 in Westwood, California, USA.- Verlon Biggs was born on 16 March 1943 in Moss Point, Mississippi, USA. He died on 7 June 1994 in Moss Point, Mississippi, USA.
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Harry Saz was born on 27 December 1910 in Manhattan, New York, USA. He was an actor. He died on 7 June 1994 in San Diego, California, USA.- Anna Pavlova was born on 7 December 1909 in Vladivostok, Russia. She was an actress, known for Po tonkomu ldu (1966), Ya shagayu po Moskve (1964) and The Lucky Bride (1947). She died on 7 June 1994 in Moscow, Russia.