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- Rudy Solari was born on 21 December 1934 in Modesto, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Star Trek (1966), The Bionic Woman (1976) and Toma (1973). He was married to Patricia J Helwig and Shirley Ann Mough. He died on 23 April 1991 in Indio, California, USA.
- Producer
- Actor
- Writer
William Dozier was an American TV and movie producer who made it to the top of the TV heap briefly in the mid-1960s with his show Batman (1966). Born on February 13, 1908 in Omaha, Nebraska, Dozier was also known for his wives. After divorcing his first wife, he was married to Oscar-winner Joan Fontaine from 1946 to 1951 and to movie star Ann Rutherford from 1953 to his death on April 23, 1991.
In 1948, he and Fontaine launched Rampart Productions, which produced Max Ophüls' Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) starring his wife, and You Gotta Stay Happy (1948), which starred Fontaine and James Stewart. He served as executive producer on both pictures.
Turning to TV as the new decade of the Fifties dawned, Dozier produced the series Danger (1950), which ran for five years from 1950-55. In the Fifties and Sixties, he continued his career as a TV producer, bringing to the tube the short-lived TV series Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers (1953) (1953), The Loner (1965) (1965).
In 1966, he achieved the height of TV success with "Batman" which ran for three seasons and was a cultural sensation. The TV show spun off a Batman: The Movie (1966) feature film. That same year, he also launched , a modest success, and The Tammy Grimes Show (1966), a notorious flop that shot five episodes and was canceled after four.
Dozier retired as a producer after the 1969 movie _The Big Bounce (1969) flopped, though he enjoyed a modest second career as an actor in the Seventies and early Eighties.- Actor
- Composer
- Music Department
Born in Queens, NY, Thunders is best known as the lead guitarist for the New York Dolls in the early 1970s and unintentionally helped inspire the Punk movements in New York City and London. He later formed The Heartbreakers and went on to a solo career. His career was often interrupted by issues related to drug addiction, and he died under suspicious circumstances in a New Orleans, LA, hotel room at 38 years old.- Paul Brickhill was born on 20 December 1916 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was a writer, known for The Great Escape (1963), The Dam Busters (1955) and Reach for the Sky (1956). He was married to Margaret (Margot) Olive Slater. He died on 23 April 1991 in Victoria, Australia.
- Frank Williams was born on 20 February 1940 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Spectrum Wrestling (1977), WWF Championship Wrestling (1972) and WWF All-Star Wrestling (1972). He died on 23 April 1991.
- Tove Wisborg was born on 15 December 1936 in Denmark. She was an actress, known for Flagermusen (1968), Frøken Nitouche (1963) and Tine (1964). She was married to Ole Wisborg. She died on 23 April 1991 in Denmark.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Producer
Lokman Hossain Fakir was born on 27 December 1934 in Tangail, Bengal Presidency, British India [now in Tangail, Bangladesh]. He was a composer and producer, known for Choritrohin (1975) and Molua (1969). He died on 23 April 1991 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.- Robert Kovich was born on 17 January 1950 in California, United States. He died on 23 April 1991 in New York City, New York, USA.