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- The younger brother of matinee idol Donald Houston attended elementary school in Wales but was largely self-educated with a love of sports and a strong leaning towards the arts and humanities. Glyn's working life began on his grandmother's milk round in Tonypandy. After leaving the Rhondda Valley he held down a variety of short-lived jobs and war-time appointments: with the Bristol Aeroplane Company, as a gunner with the Fleet Air Arm, a labourer on the docks at Cardiff and with the Military Police. Eventually posted to Singapore, Glyn served with the Royal Signals Regiment where his comedic potential was first recognised. Having joined the Entertainments National Service Association (and being promoted to Acting Sergeant) he put together a variety show for serving troops which toured India.
Following demobilisation at war's end, brother Donald helped him secure a position as assistant stage manager with the Guildford Repertory Theatre. On-the-job training in touring plays was to provide the foundation for a screen career which began when the director Basil Dearden created a part specifically for him in the Ealing production of The Blue Lamp (1950). Over the next six years, Glyn would appear regularly in films playing assorted working class types, sailors and soldiers (frequently Cockneys) in dramas with a crime, naval or military theme. These included classic productions like The Clouded Yellow (1950), The Cruel Sea (1953), Turn the Key Softly (1953) (famously, as Joan Collins's first onscreen lover) and The One That Got Away (1957). Many were small parts or even cameos, but occasional leads eventually followed. In Solo for Sparrow (1962), Glyn enjoyed a rare starring turn as a Scotland Yard Inspector turned private eye who brings down a gang of villains (one of them a young Michael Caine). He had a further leading role as yet another policeman in Emergency (1962), surfaced in a couple of Hammer horrors and played the comic foil in four Norman Wisdom farces, beginning with A Stitch in Time (1963). From 1958 Glyn also appeared in a staple of TV shows, live broadcasts, anthologies, soap operas and classic adaptations (notably, Lord Peter Wimsey's impeccable manservant Mervyn Bunter in Clouds of Witness (1972)) and Rosa Bud's guardian Grewgious in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1993) .
His most consistent stock-in-trade characters continued to be serious professionals, generally in uniformed garb as officers (Colonel Wolsey in Doctor Who (1963) "The Awakening"), or, most frequently, police inspectors and superintendents (Outbreak of Murder (1962), Gideon C.I.D. (1964), Z Cars (1962), Softly Softly (1966)). Though he maintained a prolific career on stage in plays by Chekov, Shaw, Miller and others, his one self-confessed regret was not having become a leading light on the Shakespearean stage. Glyn Houston became recipient of a Bafta Cymru special award in 2008 for outstanding contribution to film and television. His autobiography, "Glyn Houston, A Black and White Actor", appeared the following year. - Director
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Sebastián Alarcón was born on 14 January 1949 in Valparaiso, Chile. He was a director and writer, known for Noch nad Chili (1977), El fotógrafo (2002) and The Oppositionist (2019). He was married to Svetlana Kochetova and Vitalyevna Yakovleva. He died on 30 June 2019.- Keshab Rout was a producer, known for Suna Chadhei (1988), Suna Harini (1999) and Bhisma Pratigyan (1992). He died on 30 June 2019 in Shankarpur, Cuttack, Odisha, India.
- Barry Kowalski was born on 26 August 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. He was married to Lynn Gardner Heffron and Katie Zimmerman. He died on 30 June 2019 in Arlington, Virginia, USA.
- Carlin Dunne was born on 16 May 1983 in the USA. He died on 30 June 2019 in California, USA.
- Monte Levine was born on 12 September 1928 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Vega$ (1978). He died on 30 June 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- Lew Resseguie was born on 3 May 1932 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Mystic Pizza (1988), The Edge of Night (1956) and Law & Order (1990). He died on 30 June 2019 in Sun City Center, Florida, USA.
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Rachel Miller was born in 1974 in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, USA. She was a director and actress, known for Arte Factum (2017) and Old Man of the Rooks (2018). She died on 30 June 2019 in Augusta, Georgia, USA.- Lorenzo Muzzi was an actor, known for Verdi: La Traviata (2005), Les contes d'Hoffmann (2004) and La Traviata (2009). He died on 30 June 2019 in Vermiglio, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.
- DeeJay Perplex was born on 26 June 1974 in France. He died on 30 June 2019 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
- Anne Vanderlove was born on 11 December 1943 in Scheveningen, Netherlands. She was a composer, known for Sexologos (1973), Stances à Véronique (1967) and Tilt (1966). She died on 30 June 2019 in Finistère, France.
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Borka Pavicevic was born on 5 June 1947 in Kotor, Montenegro, Yugoslavia. She is known for TV teatar (1956), The Weight of Chains 2 (2014) and Laus (2014). She was married to Nikola Barovic. She died on 30 June 2019 in Belgrade, Serbia.- André Jobin was born in 1938 in Québec, Québec, Canada. He died on 30 June 2019 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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Arthur Joel Katz was born on 21 January 1928 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a producer and production manager, known for Norman Corwin Presents (1971), For the People (1965) and Rafferty (1977). He died on 30 June 2019 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA.- John Villella was born on 29 April 1935 in San Diego, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Born in East L.A. (1987). He died on 30 June 2019 in Prescott Valley, Arizona., USA.
- Dale Petrucci was born on 23 August 1945 in Charles Town, West Virginia, USA. He died on 30 June 2019 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
- Nihat Uysal died on 30 June 2019.
- Momir Bulatovic was born on 21 September 1956 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He died on 30 June 2019 in Podgorica, Montenegro.
- David Binder was born on 22 February 1931 in London, England, UK. He was married to Helga Wagner. He died on 30 June 2019 in Evanston, Illinois, USA.