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- Augusta Dabney was born on 23 October 1916 in Berkeley, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Running on Empty (1988), That Night! (1957) and The Paper (1994). She was married to William Prince and Kevin McCarthy. She died on 4 February 2008 in Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA.
- Bertha Moss was born on 7 August 1919 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for The Exterminating Angel (1962), No se mande, profe (1969) and Corazón salvaje (1977). She died on 4 February 2008 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Otto Lackovic was born on 5 April 1927 in Hlohovec, Czechoslovakia [now Slovak Republic]. He was an actor, known for Poslední výstrel Davida Sandela (1972), I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970) and Rodná zem (1954). He died on 4 February 2008 in Prague, Czech Republic.
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Producer
Ralph Bradshaw White enjoyed a very distinguished professional career as an award-winning cinematographer, video cameraman and editor, with over 30 years of production experience and hundreds of motion picture and television credits to his name.
Ralph was one of the few people experienced in the methodology and technology required to safely reach the deep ocean depths in order to acquire images. In 1985, he documented the expedition that found the Wreck of the RMS Titanic, and in 1987 and 2000, he co-directed the salvage operation and photography during the recovery of over 5,000 artifacts from Titanic's debris field. He was the submersible cameraman for the 1991 IMAX feature film Titanica, and in 1995-96, he was the expedition leader and second unit cameraman for James Cameron's Academy Award winning feature film Titanic. In all, White made 11 expeditions and 35 dives to the -12,000 foot deep wreck of the Titanic, and qualified as a copilot on the French Nautile and Russian Mir submersibles. He was operations supervisor of the Medusa ROV for James Cameron's 3D IMAX film Ghosts Of The Abyss and technologies coordinator for James Cameron's live broadcast from the deck of the ship for the Discovery Channel's Last Mysteries of Titanic. Ralph was also the deep sea imaging and guest wreck expert for the History Channel's Titanic's Last Moments.
For more than 25 years, Ralph served as a contract cameraman for the National Geographic Society, where he and staff photographer Emory Kristof pioneered the development of advanced remote cameras, 3D Video, HDTV, and deep ocean imaging and lighting systems. Those assignments included the Discovery of Active Volcanic Vents along with their unique biological colonies in the deep waters of the east Pacific rise and Mid-Atlantic ridges; and the first multinational Exploration of Lake Baykal, in remote Siberia. He filmed the world's whales and sharks, including the largest ever seen flesh eating shark, a 30' Somniosus Pacificus. He visited both poles, and filmed the 153-year-old wreck of the HMS Breadalbane under the Arctic ice cap. Other NGS credits include Loch Ness, Suruga Bay, Wild Horses, Reptiles, Sharks, The Beebe Project, and The Great Whales, which won the coveted Emmy for Best Documentary. His cinematography won the Grenoble Film Festival Gold Medal, Golden Eagle, Cindy, and Golden Halo awards.
White was one of the field producers and cameramen for the Alan Landsburg television series Those Amazing Animals and That's Incredible, as well as Bill Burrud's Animal World, Challenging Sea, Treasure, Islands In The Sun, True Adventures, The Wonderful World of Women, and Wanderlust. White was one of the innovators in documenting the behind-the-scenes makings of a major motion picture with Columbia's The Deep, 20th Century Fox's Tora-Tora-Tora, and The Valley Of The Dolls. He co-hosted and was a segment producer and cameraman for Jack Douglas' Adventure and Journey series. He covered the thrills of victory for ABC's Wide World of Sports, NBC's Sports In Action, and CBS' Sports Spectacular. His commercial credits included D.B. Needham, J. Walter Thompson, D.J.M.C., and the Honig, Cooper and Harrington advertising agencies.
Ralph was a highly qualified helicopter and astrovision aerial specialist, and a former member of the United States Parachute Team. He co-invented the Bell camera helmet which he used in filming free fall skydiving sequences for Ivan Tors' Ripcord series.
Ralph White was knighted into the Order of Saint Lazarus and the Order of Constantine for his filming and conservation accomplishments. His extensive field experience had been rewarded by his peers as: Fellow, The Royal Geographical Society; Fellow and recipient, the Lowell Thomas Award for life achievements from The Explorers Club; Fellow and Chairman of the Board, The Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences, and Past President of the Adventurers Club. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a Force Reconnaissance Team Leader, and was a highly decorated Reserve Forces Captain, who commanded the elite and award-winning Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Photographic Unit.
Ralph passed away February 4, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.- Sound Department
- Editorial Department
- Actress
Maggie Ostroff was born on 17 January 1935 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA. She was an actress, known for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), Armageddon (1998) and The Rock (1996). She died on 4 February 2008 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Actor
- Production Manager
- Camera and Electrical Department
Chuck Alford was born on 11 January 1921 in Tye, Texas, USA. He was an actor and production manager, known for Divorce Las Vegas Style (1970), Dracula (the Dirty Old Man) (1969) and The Mummy and the Curse of the Jackals (1969). He was married to Elaine Harris. He died on 4 February 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.- Alexei Okunev was born on 10 October 1947 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He was an actor, known for Temné slunce (1980), Jezdec formule risk (1973) and Rodeo (1973). He died on 4 February 2008 in Prague, Czech Republic.
- Additional Crew
Stefan Meller was born on 4 July 1942 in Lyon, Rhône, France. He is known for Danton (1983) and Europa da sie lubic (2003). He died on 4 February 2008 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Aagot Støkken was born on 13 July 1923 in Oslo, Norway. She was an actress, known for Ut av mørket (1958), Vi vil leve (1946) and Hjemme hos oss - Husmorfilmen 1957 (1957). She died on 4 February 2008 in Oslo, Norway.
- Composer
- Soundtrack
The King of the Congas Tata Guines real name was Federico Aristides Soto. He was born in the early 1930's in a poor black neighbourhood in the town of Guines, just east of Havana, and made his first bongo drums from sausage and condensed milk cans. He became a legend playing the conga, a tall and narrow drum of Congolese origin brought to Cuba by African slaves. He performed with the top names in Cuban music like Arsenio Rodriguez, Chano Pozo, Bebo Valdes and Israel "Cachao" Lopez. Tata shared the stage with some of the world's most renowned performers during a career spanning more than six decades including Josephine Baker, Dizzy Gillespie, Maynard Ferguson, Miles Davis and Frank Sinatra. Despite Tata's success in the United States, he returned to Cuba after Fidel Castro's communist revolution in 1959, saying he had never been able to get used to the racial segregation in the US at the time. Tata enjoyed renewed success in 2004 when he performed on the Grammy nominated hit album, Lagrimas Negras - Black Tears after spending years away from the public eye.- Vilma Kurer was born on 6 October 1914 in Melk, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for Shadow of the Cloak (1951), Walk East on Beacon! (1952) and Roxy und das Wunderteam (1938). She was married to Michael Lewis and Robert Barron. She died on 4 February 2008 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA.
- Rose Hacker was born on 3 March 1906 in London, England, UK. She died on 4 February 2008 in London, England, UK.