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- Wilhelm Von Homburg (A.K.A. Norbert Grupe) was born in Berlin, Germany. He started out his career as a wrestler during the fifties in Germany where he earned his fame. He also toured the States. Homburg's stage name was Prinz Wilhelm Von Homburg. In the early sixties, he shifted from wrestling to boxing. Between 1962 and 1970, he was in the light heavyweight and the heavyweight class.
In Hollywood, he made his debut on the popular television show "Gunsmoke", as "Otto". The director Andrew V. McLaglen, had writer John Meston write the episode inspired by Wilhelm's life as a boxer. The production flew Wilhelm in from Germany to the U.S. for a special appearance of the "Gunsmoke" episode "The Promoter". Later, Wilhelm had a recurring role on Television show "The Wild Wild West".
Wilhelm is best known for playing "Vigo the Carpathian" in the big hit movie "Ghostbusters ll". His other movies includes, to name a few, "Die Hard", "Diggstown", "The Package", "Eye of The Storm", "In The Mouth of Madness", "The Devil's Brigade", "The Wrecking Crew", and "Stroszek".
Wilhelm made headlines after his controversial appearance on German T.V. at the Z.D.F. Sport Studio, after the reporter Rainer Günzler had made some rude, snide remarks about his boxing career and his private life.
In 2000, German film-maker Gerd Kroske produced a prize-winning documentary on Wilhelm's life called Der Boxprinz (2002).
In his later years, Wilhelm lived in the beautiful Malibu/Santa Monica Mountains, together with his dog 'Kiss'. Wilhelm Von Homburg died of prostate cancer in March, 2004 on the Villa Estate of his close friend in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. - An alumnus of the Pasadena Playhouse, Louise Allbritton's beauty and talent quickly got her jobs in the film industry, and she spent several years at Universal, where she played leads in mainly second features. She married CBS news reporter Charles Collingwood in 1946, and retired from the screen a few years later.
- Joan Felt was born on January 18, 1931, in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Her mother was quite a famous piano player in the 1930s. Six-year-old Joan made her film debut in Walking Down Broadway (1938). She played the role of Sunny, and changed her name from Felt to Carroll. A role in Two Sisters (1938) followed, and the next year she had supporting roles in Barricade (1939) and Tower of London (1939). It wasn't until 1940 when Joan had her breakthrough. She had important parts in Anne of Windy Poplars (1940) and especially Primrose Path (1940), as Ginger Rogers' younger sister. In 1941, she won her first lead role in Obliging Young Lady (1942) as Bridget Potter, a young girl stuck in the middle of her parents' divorce case. The film costarred Ruth Warrick.
In 1942, she was the first child star from Hollywood to appear in a Broadway play.This play, "Panama Hattie", garnered Carroll national fame, and she was featured in many magazine articles and newspapers. In 1943, she won her second lead role in Petticoat Larceny (1943), in which she played Joan Mitchell, a radio star who goes undercover to get a better feel of her roles. That film reunited Joan with Warrick.
In 1944, she played Agnes, the middle sister between Judy Garland and Margaret O'Brien in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944). In 1945, she had an important supporting role in The Bells of St. Mary's (1945), which starred Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman. That same year she appeared in Tomorrow, the World! (1944), after which she retired. - Producer
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Ash Christian was an Emmy Award-winning producer, director, and actor, with more than 15 feature films and television series to his credit.
Most recently, he produced the SXSW hit film 1985 (2018), which was released. Ash recently produced the thriller Burn (2019), released by eOne in 2019. He also executive produced After Everything (2018) (written and directed by Hannah Marks and Joey Power), which premiered at SXSW. Other productions include Southern Pride (2018), Little Sister (2016), Miles (2016), Hello Again (2017), Coin Heist (2017), Stranger in the House (2015), Petunia (2012), Mangus! (2011), Addiction: A 60's Love Story (2015), Nate & Margaret (2012), and Fat Girls (2006). In 2019, Coyote Lake (2019), was released. Other films released in 2019 included Kindred Spirits (2019) (directed by Lucky McKee) and Milkwater (2020). In 2018, he produced Social Animals (2018), which will be released in theaters from Paramount Pictures. He also produced Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate (2018) (the sequel to Hurricane Bianca (2016)), released theatrically in 2018.
Through his company, Cranium Entertainment, he is developing several feature film projects. Titles include "Untitled Timothy McVeigh Project" (directed by Mike Ott), "As Sick As They Made Us" (directed by Mayim Bialik), "Platonic" (directed by Cameron Fay and written by Sono Patel), and "Nightfall" (written and directed by Addison McQuigg).
Ash Christian died on August 13, 2020, aged 35, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Rubén Aguirre was a Mexican actor. He is best remembered for his characterization of Profesor Jirafales in the Televisa's television show El Chavo. Aguirre also participated in another well known television show of the era, El Chapulín Colorado, albeit less frequently.
Aguirre died on 17 June 2016, from complications of pneumonia, two days after his 82nd birthday.- Actor
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Actor Roger Pryor was considered the "poor man's Clark Gable" at Universal and Columbia studios where he held long-term contracts during the 30s and 40s. The son of the popular composer/band leader Arthur Pryor (1869-1942) and his wife Maude Russell, the mustachioed leading man used his slick, roguish looks to good effect, enabling him to become a durable co-star of breezy "B" level musicals and stylish dramas.
Born in New York City (Manhattan) close to the turn of the 20th century on August 27, 1901, Roger made his stage debut at 18 in a New Jersey stock play called "Adam and Eva." He went on to also work with the Myskle-Harder Stock Company in Connecticut. After years of touring in repertory companies, he finally hit the Broadway lights in 1925 with a production of "The Back Slapper" and went on to appear with Ruth Gordon in "Paid (1926), as well as "Saturday's Children" (1927), "The Royal Family" (1927), "See Naples and Die" (1929), "Up Pops the Devil" (1930) and "Here Goes the Bride" (1931). While he did a fine job replacing Lee Tracy in the popular classic "The Front Page," it was his role in the 1932 play "Blessed Event" that got the Universal New York movie studio paying special attention.
Taking his initial film bow opposite lovely Mary Brian in the second-string Universal musical Moonlight and Pretzels (1933) , Roger was sent straight to Hollywood where he starred in the musical I Like It That Way (1934) and the sparkling comedy I'll Tell the World (1934) both paired with equally lovely Gloria Stuart. Roger was also Heather Angel's leading man in the light comedy Romance in the Rain (1934) before appearing in his biggest pre-Code picture as one of Mae West's paramours, the prizefighting Tiger Kid, in her bawdy vehicle Belle of the Nineties (1934).
Roger continued on the "B" Hollywood romantic path for the next several years. He was part of a vaudeville trio act in the musical Wake Up and Dream (1934) with ill-fated Russ Columbo and pert blonde June Knight; appeared in Lady by Choice (1934) opposite Carole Lombard; starred in Strange Wives (1934) with June Clayworth; headlined both Straight from the Heart (1935) and Dinky (1935) opposite Mary Astor; appeared in The Headline Woman (1935) again with Heather Angel; starred in $1000 a Minute (1935) with Leila Hyams; and was front and center in To Beat the Band (1935) co-starring Helen Broderick.
Married in 1926 to Priscilla Mitchell, the mother of his only child, Roger fell in love with his co-star Ann Sothern of the romantic musical comedy The Girl Friend (1935). They were wed the following year (1936) months after his divorce was finalized. Experiencing the height of his cinematic career, Roger went on to play reporters in both The Return of Jimmy Valentine (1936) and Missing Girls (1936), an amnesiac in the comedy Ticket to Paradise (1936) and a songwriter in Sitting on the Moon (1936).
As he began to decline into second leads and support roles (often as a heavy), Roger turned more and more to radio hosting, possessing a perfectly rich voice that suited the medium quite well. He also carried on the family tradition as a dance band leader and trombonist. At one time, wife Ann Sothern briefly toured with Pryor's band but the union began to crumble and they divorced in 1943.
Roger's film career continued throughout WWII with secondary roles in such secondary films as I Live on Danger (1942), A Man's World (1942), Smart Alecks (1942), Submarine Alert (1943) and High Powered (1945). Occasional leads still came his way occasionally with Gambling Daughters (1941) and The Kid Sister (1945). The actor made his last appearance on film with the Roy Rogers/Dale Evans oater Man from Oklahoma (1945).
Though his work as a bandleader was personally satisfying, it wasn't profitable and it drove Roger into bankruptcy. In 1947, he retired from show business altogether and turned to business, finding a comfortable niche as an ad executive and vice president in charge of broadcasting at Foote, Cone and Belding advertising agency.
Roger remarried a third time and the couple settled comfortably in Florida. He died of cardiac arrest at age 72 on January 31, 1974, while in Puerta Valarta, Mexico. His elder brother, Arthur Pryor, Jr. (1897-1954) was a radio pioneer who ran a prime agency in the 1930s and 1940s.- Charles Evans was born on 25 April 1885 in London, Middlesex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954), Cyborg 2087 (1966) and New York Confidential (1955). He died on 2 March 1974 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
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- Director
London-born of Irish parents, Geraldine Brianne Murphy was educated in English and American schools before she set her sights on an acting career and attended the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City.
In order to become "more American," she worked as a trick rider with a rodeo for a season, and later "crashed" the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus at Madison Square Garden on opening night, in 1954, performing the entire evening as a clown. The resulting publicity helped her land a job as a still photographer with the traveling circus and eventually led to her arrival in Hollywood, where she began working with low-budget filmmakers Jerry Warren and Ralph Brooke (both of whom she married).
She was the first-ever woman director of photography on a major studio, union picture (Fatso (1980)) and has had several Emmy nominations (and one win) for cinematography. She also won a 1982 "Scientific and Engineering" Academy Award.- Rex Corley was born on 14 May 1959 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for Where the Red Fern Grows (1974), The Magical World of Disney (1954) and Dreams + Memories: Where the Red Fern Grows (2018). He died on 20 December 2020 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
- Jorge Berry was born on 21 March 1951 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He died on 13 July 2023 in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico.
- Ralph J. Rose was born on 26 April 1927 in Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964), Love Me Like I Do (1970) and Gunsmoke (1955). He died on 10 May 1997 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
- Terry Maguire was an actor, known for RED 2 (2013). Terry died on 6 February 2017 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
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David Wimbury was born in April 1947 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. He was a producer and assistant director, known for The Life of David Gale (2003), The Commitments (1991) and Evita (1996). He died on 4 October 2009 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Patrick Askin was an actor and director, known for Nick and Nicky, Bikini Summer (1990) and Adam & Steve (2005). He died on 26 January 2024 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.- Ron Spencer was born on 18 November 1942 in McCordsville, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Twice Under (1989). He died on 14 September 2020 in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico.
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Louis Duffy was born on 21 August 1961 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. Louis is known for The Resurrected (1991). Louis died on 17 January 2011 in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico.- Philip Charlot was born on 1 July 1910 in Paris, France. He was an editor, known for Continental Express (1939), Lady in Distress (1940) and The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936). He was married to Mary Aileen Musgrave and Juli Lynne. He died on 11 November 1966 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
- Cashetta - The Queen of magic was born Scott Weston in Paterson, New Jersey. Growing up near Manhattan, and attending summer camp at Stage Door Manor in Loch Sheldrake, NY, he had no other desire but to be in show business.
His lifelong dream was to have his own show in Vegas. His dream came to fruition. He had always expected to be on Broadway, but after a few auditions and experiencing the reality of it, the idea became less desirable. While he continued to make the rounds and hone his skills,
He tried a string of hopeless professions from advertising to automobile sales but held fast to his dream of becoming a professional entertainer. In the mid-'90s, he got his big break landed a job working at Lips, a Manhattan restaurant that featured drag entertainment. He became a female impersonator, a stand-up comedian and a jazz singer.
Always interested in magic, Scott spent a summer in Las Vegas working as a makeup artist and attending magic shows and studying the magicians. When he returned to New York he began studying magic himself, and three months later landed a gig at the Fez jazz club in NYC as a drag magician.
H/She's been featured on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Today Show, Outlaugh Festival-Wisecrack on Logo with Margaret Cho and Law and Order among many others. He also starred in "Magic's a Drag" at the Harmon Theater in Las Vegas. - Jake MacDonald was born in 1949 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was a writer, known for Juliana & the Medicine Fish (2017), Juliana and the Medicine Fish (2007) and Paul Quarrington: Life in Music (2010). He died on 30 January 2020 in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico.
- Rebecca Tarbotton was born on 30 July 1973 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was married to Mateo Williford. She died on 26 December 2012 in near Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico.