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Handsome American leading man Guy Madison stumbled into a film career and became a television star and hero to the Baby Boom generation. As a young man he worked as a telephone lineman, but entered the Coast Guard at the beginning of the Second World War. While on liberty one weekend in Hollywood, he attended a Lux Radio Theatre broadcast and was spotted in the audience by an assistant to Henry Willson, an executive for David O. Selznick. Selznick wanted an unknown sailor to play a small but prominent part in Since You Went Away (1944), and promptly signed Robert Moseley to a contract. Selznick and Willson concocted the screen name Guy Madison (the "guy" girls would like to meet, and Madison from a passing Dolly Madison cake wagon). Madison filmed his one scene on a weekend pass and returned to duty. The film's release brought thousands of fan letters for Madison's lonely, strikingly handsome young sailor, and at war's end he returned to find himself a star-in-the-making. Despite an initial amateurishness to his acting, Madison grew as a performer, studying and working in theatre. He played leads in a series of programmers before being cast as legendary lawman Wild Bill Hickok in the TV series Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951). He played Hickok on TV and radio for much of the 1950s, and many of the TV episodes were strung together and released as feature films. Madison managed to squeeze in some more adult-oriented roles during his off-time from the series, but much of this work was also in westerns. After the Hickok series ended Madison found work scarce in the U.S. and traveled to Europe, where he became a popular star of Italian westerns and German adventure films. In the 1970s he returned to the U.S., but appeared mainly in cameo roles. Physical ailments limited his work in later years, and he died from emphysema in 1996. His first wife was actress Gail Russell.- Patsy Smart was born on 14 August 1918 in Chingford, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), The Elephant Man (1980) and Electric Dreams (1984). She died on 6 February 1996 in Denville Hall, Northwood, Hillingdon, London, England, UK.
- Renee Roberts was born on 24 September 1908 in England, UK. She was an actress, known for Fawlty Towers (1975), Only Fools and Horses (1981) and What Became of Jack and Jill? (1972). She was married to Eric P. Pattison and Ronald Frankau. She died on 6 February 1996 in England, UK.
- Katherine 'Kitty' Spiegel LeRoy was born on 14 May 1904 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. She was married to Mervyn LeRoy, Sidney Marcus Spiegel Jr., Ernie Byfield and William Paul Rend II. She died on 6 February 1996 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
- Writer
- Producer
- Script and Continuity Department
Gerald Savory was born on 17 November 1909 in London, England, UK. He was a writer and producer, known for Young and Innocent (1937), Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) and Romance (1977). He was married to Sheila Brennan, Annette Carell, Althea Murphy and Teo Dunbar. He died on 6 February 1996 in Middlesex, England, UK.- Max Bournstein was born on 11 November 1911 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Hollywood Junior Circus (1951). He was married to Minnie Noveson Bournstein. He died on 6 February 1996 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
- Ronald Fletcher was born on 10 July 1910 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Gnomes of Dulwich (1969), My Pal Bob (1957) and Twice a Fortnight (1967). He died on 6 February 1996 in Roehampton, London, England, UK.
- Nadezhda Generalova was born on 6 June 1916. She was an actress, known for Gorod na zare (1959), Povest o molodykh suprugakh (1964) and Kuryer Kremlya (1967). She died on 6 February 1996 in Moscow, Russia.
- Riccardo Paladini was born on 7 March 1926 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for Hercules in the Valley of Woe (1961), Vacanze in Argentina (1960) and Salome '73 (1965). He died on 6 February 1996 in Formello, Lazio, Italy.