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- Sam Patrello was an American nightclub and movie comedian best known as a Jerry Lewis imitator. Born in The Bronx to a show-business family, he began working on stage by the age of six. Petrillo went on to perform comedy on The Colgate Comedy Hour, NBC's Four Star Revue, Texaco Star Theater, ABC's Stop the Music; and several local New York City quiz shows and variety shows.
Petrillo relocated to Los Angeles, California, where he eventually teamed with singer Duke Mitchell for a successful nightclub act approximating the popular Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis team. In addition to impersonating Martin & Lewis, Petrillo mimicked other film stars and cartoon characters, and Mitchell would sing in the styles of Frankie Laine, Vaughn Monroe, and Billy Daniels, among others. For the climax of the show, they would announce to the audience that they would now do their impression of Martin and Lewis - followed by Petrillo playing Martin and Mitchell playing Lewis, inverting expectations.
In 1952, Mitchell and Petrillo starred opposite aged screen legend Bela Lugosi and the latest incarnation of the Tarzan film-series chimpanzee Cheeta in a low-budget, jungle-themed comedy, Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (also known as The Boys From Brooklyn).
By 1991, Petrillo was living in Pittsburgh, where he ran a family-oriented comedy club, The Nut House. Petrillo, who remained active performing standup comedy, mentored young comics including Richard Pryor and Dennis Miller, the latter a native of Petrillo's adopted home, Pittsburgh. On August 15, 2009, Petrillo died of colon cancer at age 74. - Actor
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Paul Mann was born on 2 December 1913 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Fiddler on the Roof (1971), America America (1963) and No Greater Love (1943). He was married to Lenore Harris. He died on 24 September 1985 in Bronxville, New York, USA.- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Joe Raposo was born on 8 February 1937 in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Sesame Street (1969), The Great Muppet Caper (1981) and The Incredible Hulk (2008). He was married to Pat Collins. He died on 5 February 1989 in Bronxville, New York, USA.- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Tom Collins (1913-73): Born in Chicago, Collins was also a well-known radio actor known for his appearances as "Chandu the Magician." He was a favorite of Carlton Morse and played Reggie Yorke in "I Love Adventure and Nick Lacey" in "One Man's Family." He also provided the voice for Frank Race in the program "The Adventures of Frank Race" for 22 episodes.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Anitra Walsh was born on 6 April 1948 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Mark of the Witch (1970) and Dealing: Or The Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972). She died on 1 May 1980 in Bronxville, New York, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Ron Richardson was born on 27 January 1952 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for 227 (1985), The 39th Annual Tony Awards (1985) and Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1966). He died on 5 April 1995 in Bronxville, New York, USA.- Director
- Producer
Hal Tulchin was born on 23 December 1926 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Black Woodstock (1969), The Philco Television Playhouse (1948) and The Bobby Goldsboro Show (1973). He was married to Janine Scarola, Doreen Soraci and Billie Jean Holt. He died on 29 August 2017 in Bronxville, New York, USA.- Producer
- Music Department
- Composer
Academy Award-winning producer, songwriter ("Everybody Loves Somebody", "My Old Flame", "Sing You Sinners", "Cocktails for Two"), composer, publisher and author, educated at Erasmus Hall High School. He co-founded Spier & Coslow, Inc.
His Broadway stage credits include the score for "Artists and Models". He co-founded the "Soundie" industry, and produced many of the Soundies films. He was also associate producer and songwriter for the MGM short Heavenly Music (1943) which was awarded an Oscar for best short subject of 1943. Traveling to London in 1954, he wrote for film and stage musicals. He joined ASCAP in 1923. (One of his non-musical publications was "Technical Stock Reports".) His chief musical collaborators included Sammy Fain, Arthur Johnston, Ralph Rainger, Sigmund Romberg, Jimmy Van Heusen, Richard A. Whiting, Harry M. Woods, Burton Lane, Hoagy Carmichael, Friedrich Hollaender, Irving Taylor and J. Fred Coots.
His other popular-song compositions include "True Blue Lou", "Just One More Chance", "Thanks", "Down the Old Ox Road", "Moon Song", "Learn to Croon", "The Day You Came Along", "This Little Piggie Went to Market", "Make Believe Island", "Have You Forgotten So Soon?", "Ebony Rhapsody", "Black Moonlight", "Blue Mirage", "Moonstruck", "Troubled Waters", "I Want a New Romance", "Kinda Lonesome", "True Confession", "Sweeping the Clouds Away", "A Little White Gardenia", "Mr. Paganini", "Dreaming Out Loud", "I'm In Love With the Honorable Mr. So-and-So", "It's Love Again", "Kitten on the Keys", "Was It A Dream", "Texas Ranger", "One Kiss Away From Heaven", "Live and Love Tonight", "Good Morning", "Grieving For You", "Our Dream Waltz", "Animal Crackers", "In the Middle of a Kiss", "Beware My Heart", "Bebe, Be Mine", "Je Vous Aime", "Tomorrow Night" and "Heavenly Music".- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Songwriter ("Bye, Bye Blackbird", "That Old Gang of Mine", "The Lady in Red", "I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover"), and author, educated at DeWitt Clinton High School. He was a vaudeville actor, and served in the US Army during World War I, directing the Army show "Whiz Bang", with which he toured Europe after the war. He wrote the Broadway scores for "Laugh Parade", and wrote songs for "Sweet and Low" and "Crazy Quilt". Joining ASCAP in 1924, his musical collaborators included Bily Rose, Ray Henderson, Harry Warren, Harry Woods, and Allie Wrubel. His other popular-song compositions include "If I Had a Girl Like You", "Just Like a Butterfly that's Caught in the Rain", "River, Stay 'Way from My Door", "Marching Along Together", "My Old Man", "Nagasaki", "You're My Everything", "Would You Like to Take a Walk?", "Ooh, That Kiss", "I Found a Million Dollar Baby in a Five and Ten Cent Store", "Pop Goes Your Heart", "Happiness Ahead", "Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name", "Flirtation Walk", "Fare Thee Well, Annabelle", and "I See Two Lovers".- Make-Up Department
Lee Halls was born on 3 August 1923 in Scotland, UK. Lee is known for Three Men and a Little Lady (1990), Heartburn (1986) and September (1987). Lee died on 14 December 2005 in Bronxville, New York, USA.- Actor, comic and award-winning playwright ("And May God Have Mercy" [May 8, 1937] ), Charles Mendick of Brooklyn, New York was the son of Joe and Celia Mendick and a 1937 graduate of Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences, the president of the Cornell Dramatic Club and a member of Cornell's University Theatre during his four years there as a drama and theatre major. He was a student of Prof. A. M. Drummond's "Public Speaking 49" group, a director of the Cornell Radio Guild and a member of Cornell's Savage Club, a group modeled after the famous London club by that same name.
- William Norris was born on 15 June 1870 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922), The Go-Getter (1923) and My Man (1924). He was married to Mabel Mordaunt. He died on 20 March 1929 in West Bronxville, New York, USA.
- Scott Vincent was born on 20 December 1922 in Port Chester, New York, USA. He was married to Anne Cassell. He died on 31 May 1979 in Bronxville, New York, USA.
- Director
- Writer
Marie Hubert Frohman was born on 19 August 1858 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Marie Hubert was a director and writer, known for The Fairy and the Waif (1915). Marie Hubert was married to Gustave Frohman. Marie Hubert died on 4 July 1939 in Bronxville, New York, USA.- Art Director
- Set Decorator
- Art Department
Otis Riggs Jr. was born on 20 January 1914 in the USA. He was an art director and set decorator, known for Producers' Showcase (1954), Another World (1964) and Playwrights '56 (1955). He died on 4 May 1977 in Bronxville, New York, USA.- Music Department
The Gregg Smith Singers was born on 21 August 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is known for Whither Weather (1977). He was married to Rosalind Rees. He died on 12 July 2016 in Bronxville, New York, USA.- Felix Riesenberg was born on 9 April 1879 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He was a writer, known for East Side, West Side (1927) and Skyline (1931). He died on 19 November 1939 in Bronxville, New York, USA.
- Bessie Schonberg was born on 27 December 1906 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. She died on 14 May 1997 in Bronxville, New York, USA.
- Ford Frick was born on 19 December 1894 in Wawaka, Indiana, USA. He was married to Eleanor Cowing. He died on 8 April 1978 in Bronxville, New York, USA.
- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
Jack Roche was born on 27 October 1904 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Highway Patrol (1955), Kraft Theatre (1947) and The Millionaire (1955). He died on 13 March 1991 in Bronxville, New York, USA.- John Mack Carter was born on 28 February 1928 in Murray, Kentucky, USA. He was married to Sharlyn and Sharlyn Reaves. He died on 26 September 2014 in Bronxville, New York, USA.
- Sound Department
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Beginning his career at AT&T-Bell Laboratories, Al Protzman became one of the first radio broadcast engineers at age twenty in 1922, working with the AT&T stations WEAF and WJZ, and with the National Broadcasting Company after its founding in 1926.
From 1930 to 1936 Protzman worked in Hollywood as a sound engineer for Fox Film and its successor 20th Century-Fox. Among his screen credits were several "Charlie Chan" films and "The Power and the Glory", starring Spencer Tracy.
In 1936 NBC, then beginning television program tests, approached Protzman to become their first TV cameraman. He accepted and eventually became one of TV's earliest Technical Directors (TDs). In 1939, Protzman presented a paper, "Television Studio Technic," to the Society of Motion Picture Engineers which described NBC's TV experiments in great detail.
Al Protzman retired in 1966 as Director of Technical Operations for NBC. He died in 1981 in Bronxville, New York, aged 79.- William Howard was born on 13 July 1950 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He died on 22 February 2000 in Bronxville, New York, USA.
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
George Blake was born on 14 July 1917 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Kid Galahad (1937), Girl on the Spot (1946) and Film Novelty Series: Aren't We All (1947). He died on 7 October 1955 in Bronxville, New York, USA.- Producer
- Cinematographer
- Director
Julien Bryan was born on 23 May 1899 in Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a producer and cinematographer, known for Israel: The Story of the Jewish People (1965), Rural Women (1950) and Paraguay (1943). He died on 20 October 1974 in Bronxville, New York, USA.