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- Director
Alan Young was born in Northern England in 1919, but his Scots father moved the family to Edinburgh, Scotland, when Young was a toddler and then to Canada when Young was about 6 years old. As a boy, he suffered from severe asthma, which kept him bedridden for long periods of time but encouraged his love of radio. By age 13, Young had become a radio performer, and by age 17, he was writing and performing in his own radio show for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The show was broadcast in the U.S. and led to an invitation to New York, initiating Young's career as an "All-American boy," despite his non-American origins and a vestigial Scots accent. He became popular on American radio from 1944 to 1949 with his "Alan Young Radio Show," but when radio began to lose its popularity and his show was canceled, Young decided to put together a comedy act and tour the U.S. theater circuit. After this experience, he wrote a television pilot for CBS in 1950, which resulted in The Alan Young Show (1950). The show was a well-received live revue that ran for 3 years, earned a couple of Emmy Awards, and garnered Young a star on the "Walk of Fame." However, the strain of writing and performing a weekly show got to Young, and the quality of the show declined, leading to his departure from the show and its cancellation. In the meantime, based on his popularity on radio and television, Young had established a film career, starting with his debut in Margie (1946) followed by Chicken Every Sunday (1949), Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949), Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952), Androcles and the Lion (1952), Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955), Tom Thumb (1958), and The Time Machine (1960).
In the early 1960s, Young landed his best-known role, Wilbur Post, in the popular television series Mister Ed (1961), which ran for 5 years. Since then, Young has made a number of television and film appearances but is known primarily for his voice characterizations in cartoons, especially as Scrooge McDuck in DuckTales (1987).- Actor
- Writer
Morley Safer was born on November 8, 1931 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an news anchor, known for 60 Minutes (1968).. He played himself in Morning Glory (2010) and A Man Without a Country (2012). He was married to Jane Fearer, and had a daughter, Sarah. He died on May 19, 2016 in New York City, New York, USA.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Born in Paris on July 13th 1923, Alexandre Astruc is the son of a couple of journalists. Very good at school, he attended a preparatory school for Polytechnique but finally became both a law and an arts graduate. First a literary critic, he soon specialized as a film critic and worked for various papers and magazines such as "Combat", "La Gazette du Cinéma", "L'Ecran français", "La Nef", "Ciné-Digest", "Les Cahiers du Cinéma". He was instrumental in the creation of the film club "Objectif 49" and of the "Festival du Film Maudit" in Biarritz (circa 1949/50). His first two works were sixteen millimeter films characteristic of the Saint Germain des Prés" era. In the fifties and early sixties he directed very personal, elegant, literary movies but found it harder and harder to find producers interested in his style. He turned to television and novel writing instead.- Cook was an actor, known for Aquí no hay quien viva (2003) and Millionaire Dog (2014). He died on 19 May 2016.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Irving Benson was born on 31 January 1914 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Scanty Panties (1961), The Milton Berle Show (1948) and Here's Lucy (1968). He was married to Lillian Benson. He died on 19 May 2016 in Port Jefferson, New York, USA.- Rosemary Gernette was born on 25 April 1935 in Wausau, Wisconsin, USA. She was married to Howard Gernette. She died on 19 May 2016 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
- Marco Pannella was born on 2 May 1930 in Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy. He was an actor, known for La lettera (2004), Milano-Roma (1997) and L'erba proibita (2002). He died on 19 May 2016 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Amal Taha was born on 19 September 1956 in Nasiriyah, Iraq. She was an actress, known for Oru Jaathi Oru Jaathakam, Motaw'ie and Bahiya (1982) and Building No. 13 (1987). She died on 19 May 2016 in Baghdad, Iraq.
- Director
- Set Decorator
- Writer
Miguel Lluch was born on 23 October 1922 in Sète, Hérault, France. He was a director and set decorator, known for Sitiados en la ciudad (1957), Botón de ancla (1961) and Estudio 1 (1965). He was married to Maria Gustafsson. He died on 19 May 2016 in Alicante, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain.- Stanislawa Lopuszanska was born on 20 April 1921 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. She was an actress, known for The Mole (2011), Diabel (2005) and Warsaw 44 (2014). She died on 19 May 2016 in Katowice, Slaskie, Poland.
- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Armando Romeo was born on 18 February 1924 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He was an actor, known for Crazy Desire (1962), This Angry Age (1958) and Carovana di canzoni (1955). He died on 19 May 2016 in Sanremo, Liguria, Italy.- Andrey Maltsev was born on 9 March 1973. He was an actor, known for Doktor Tyrsa (2011). He died on 19 May 2016 in Electrogorsk, Moskovskaya oblast, Russia.
- Jim Ray Hart was born on 30 October 1941 in Hookerton, North Carolina, USA. He was married to Janet Hart-Ayala. He died on 19 May 2016 in Acampo, California, USA.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
Dario Jozic was born on 10 April 1968. He was a cinematographer, known for (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 (2004), Aazaan (2011) and Joy: The Real Love Story (2007). He died on 19 May 2016.- Carla Ottolenghi CGT. Gonzo was Italian theatrical actress who was also active in film and television from the fifties and the eighties.She was the sister of the famous TV journalist and dance critic Vittoria Ottolenghi. She worked in the theater with Luchino Visconti. She has also worked in television, participating in 1962 to cultural transmission Books for all, where she read selected works of writers interviewed by Luigi Silori.
- John Berry died on 19 May 2016 in Danvers, Massachusetts, USA.
- Production Designer
Jerzy Moskal was born on 8 June 1930 in Drohobycz, Lwowskie, Poland [now Drohobych, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]. She was a production designer, known for Television Theater (1953). She died on 19 May 2016 in Katowice, Slaskie, Poland.