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Kenneth Hawks, younger brother of director Howard Hawks by two years, and producer William Hawks by one year, was born in 1898 in Goshen, Indiana.
A veteran of World War I in the United States Army Air Service and, later, graduating from Yale University, he began directing films for Fox Film Corporation in 1929, three years after older brother Howard began his directorial career.
Kenneth Hawks married actress and future Oscar-winner Mary Astor in 1928. Astor was widowed upon his death.
On January 2, 1930, with two films to his credit, Hawks and nine other crew members died in the collision of two camera planes over the Pacific Ocean off Southern California while he was directing the film Such Men are Dangerous.- Director
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Max Gold was born on 18 December 1898 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and assistant director, known for Officer of the Day (1926), Hello Lafayette (1927) and Neptune's Stepdaughter (1925). He was married to Rosa Lee Mayer. He died on 2 January 1930 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Cinematographer
George Eastman was born on 6 June 1900 in Jacksonville, Illinois, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for The Sin Sister (1929) and Cameo Kirby (1930). He died on 2 January 1930 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Cinematographer
Born Abraham Fried in 1900, he was a cinematographer in early Hollywood specializing in outdoor and early western cinema. He died tragically along with 9 others while filming Such Men Are Dangerous (1930) off the coast near Santa Monica, the plane he was filming on collided with another plane. Both planes burst into flames before crashing into the ocean. Among the dead were the director, Kenneth Hawks and three other cameramen George Eastman, Otho Jordan, Ben Frankel and Max Gold, the Assistant Director, two property men and the two pilots.- Actor
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Ross Cooke was born on 4 September 1898 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor. He died on 2 January 1930 in Santa Monica, California, USA.