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A 1960s pioneer of Asian-American theatre, Soon Tek Oh (aka Sun-Taek Oh, Soon-Tek Oh or Soon-Taik Oh) was born on June 29, 1932, in Mokpo, Korea at the time the country was under Imperial Japanese rule. He attended high school at Gwangju, South Korea, and went on to study at Yonsei University in Seoul. His family (including one sister) moved to the United States in 1959, where they settled in Southern California.
Oh studied at USC before attending UCLA and receiving his Masters of Fine Arts in acting and playwriting. Trained in performance at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse, his mounting of a California production of "Rashomon" led to his co-founding (along with fellow actors Mako, James Hong , Beulah Quo and five others) of the renowned Los Angeles' East West Players theatre company in 1965.
Breaking into TV that same year with a minor role on "I Spy," Oh resolved to work against the restrictive servile Asian stereotypes he found himself playing on such 60s TV programs as "The Wild, Wild West," "The Invaders" and "It Takes a Thief." Via the stage, he strove to broaden the types of roles available, which included other theatre troupes he founded or guided (i.e., Korean American Theatre Ensemble). As such, his companies went on to produce a variety of plays from Ibsen ("A Doll's House") and Shakespeare ("Twelfth Night") to Tony-winning vehicles ("Pippin," "Equus, "Sweeney Todd") to original contemporary pieces, several written by Oh himself.
Following unbilled parts as secret agent types in such films as Murderers' Row (1966) and The President's Analyst (1967), he achieve a degree of notoriety in the James Bond feature The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) as Lt. Hip, an intelligence operative. He continued sporadically in films with featured parts in Good Guys Wear Black (1978), The Final Countdown (1980), Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985), Steele Justice (1987), Bialy smok (1987), Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987), Collision Course (1989), A Home of Our Own (1993), Red Sun Rising (1994), Beverly Hills Ninja (1997), Yellow (1997) (the first film by and featuring Korean-Americans) and gave voice to Fa Zhou, the father, in the Disney animated classic Mulan (1998). TV roles continued to come his way with several episodes of "Kung Fu," "Hawaii Five-0," "M*A*S*H" and "Magnum P.I.,, as well as a recurring part as a lieutenant on Charlie's Angels (1976) and the quality mini-series East of Eden (1981) and Marco Polo (1982).
Oh and Mako both made their Broadway debuts in Stephen Sondheim's "Pacific Overtures" in 1976. His later stage performances include "The Woman Warrior (1994) and "The Square" (2000). He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008 by the San Diego Asian Film Festival.
Making his last on-camera appearance featured in the action film Les formidables (2006), Oh was later diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and forced to retire. He died of complications in Los Angeles, on April 4, 2018, at age 85.- Ron White was born on 9 June 1953 in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada. He was an actor, known for Screamers (1995), Unforgiven (1992) and Defendor (2009). He was married to Lisa Robertson. He died on 4 April 2018 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Make-Up Department
Shandra Page was born on 8 December 1971. She is known for The Neon Demon (2016), 20th Century Women (2016) and The Beguiled (2017). She died on 4 April 2018 in the USA.- Stephen 'Cajun' Del Bagno was born on 30 April 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Captain Marvel (2019). He died on 4 April 2018 in Nellis Air Force Base, near Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- Making his name in the tag team division, Johnny Valiant lived up to his family name along with his brothers, Jimmy and Jerry. After retiring from being an active wrestler, Johnny then became a manager by leading the team of Greg "The Hammer" Valentine (Greg Valentine) and Brutus Beefcake, known as the Dream Team, leading them to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now called World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)) World Tag Team Titles and the team of Wayne Bloom and Mike Enos, calling themselves the Destructive Crew, to the American Wrestling Assocation (AWA).
Valiant not only worked in the WWE and AWA, but as well as World Wrestling Association (WWA) and National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). - Actor
- Additional Crew
José Antonio Ceinos was an actor, known for Jugando con la muerte (1982), Cold Fear (2005) and Triangle of Lust (1978). He died on 4 April 2018.- Ray Wilkins was born on 14 September 1956 in Hillingdon, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Best (2000), Super Ally (1991) and The Big Match (1968). He was married to Jackie Bygraves. He died on 4 April 2018.
- Actress
- Producer
Gertrude Jeannette was born on 28 November 1914 in Urbana, Arkansas, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Shaft (1971), Nothing But a Man (1964) and Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970). She was married to Joe Jeanette. She died on 4 April 2018 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Don Cherry was born on 11 January 1924 in Wichita Falls, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Will Penny (1967), Atlanta (2016) and Lipstick on Your Collar (1993). He was married to Francine Smith, Joy Blaine and Sharon Ritchie. He died on 4 April 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Guido Lublinsky was born in 1973. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Historias Breves 3 (1999), Historias Breves 3 (1995) and Yo me adapto (2002). He died on 4 April 2018.- Trond Woxen was an actor, known for Murphy Brown (1988). He died on 4 April 2018.
- Barbara Bittnerówna was born on 4 September 1924 in Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Television Theater (1953) and Zaczarowane podwórko (1974). She died on 4 April 2018 in Skolimów, Konstancin-Jeziorna, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Inge-Brigitte Herrmann was born on 9 April 1921 in Berlin, Germany. She died on 4 April 2018 in Preetz, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
- Jack Naughton was born on 30 December 1928 in Paterson, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for The United States Steel Hour (1953), The Most Deadly Game (1970) and Bewitched (1964). He was married to Patience Jarvis. He died on 4 April 2018.
- Burt Boyar was born on 30 November 1927 in New York, New York, USA. He was married to Jane Feinstein and Betty Bloomingdale. He died on 4 April 2018 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Willy de la Bye was born on 1 June 1934 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for Die Falle (1964). She was married to Jaap Flier. She died on 4 April 2018.
- Ferry Ahrlé was a writer, known for Die Kleinen der Großen (1986), Nur keine Hemmungen (1989) and Offen gesagt (1985). He died on 4 April 2018 in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany.
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Alfred Payrleitner was born on 10 March 1935 in Vienna, Austria. He was a producer and director, known for Dinosaur! (1991), Interview mit der Zeit (1964) and Die Habsburger - Eine europäische Familiengeschichte (1992). He died on 4 April 2018 in Austria.