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Robert Altman was born on February 20th, 1925 in Kansas City, Missouri, to B.C. (an insurance salesman) and Helen Altman. He entered St. Peters Catholic school at the age six, and spent a short time at a Catholic high school. From there, he went to Rockhurst High School. It was then that he started exploring the art of exploring sound with the cheap tape recorders available at the time. He was then sent to Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, Missouri where he attended through Junior College. In 1945, he enlisted in the US Army Air Forces and became a copilot of a B-24. After his discharge from the military, he became fascinated by movies and he and his first wife, LaVonne Elmer, moved to Hollywood, where Altman tried acting (appearing in the film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)), songwriting (he wrote a musical intended for Broadway, "The Rumors are Flying"), and screen-writing (he co-wrote the screenplay for the film Bodyguard (1948) and wrote the story (uncredited) for Christmas Eve (1947)), but he could not get a foot hold in Tinseltown. After a brief fling as publicity director with a company in the business of tattooing dogs, Altman finally gave up and returned to his hometown of Kansas City, where he decided he wanted to do some serious work in filmmaking. An old friend of his recommended him to a film production company in Kansas City, the Calvin Co., who hired him in 1950. After a few months of work in writing scripts and editing films, Altman began directing films at Calvin. It was here (while working on documentaries, employee training films, industrial and educational films and advertisements) that he learned much about film making. All in all, Altman pieced together sixty to sixty-five short films for Calvin on every subject imaginable, from football to car crashes, but he kept grasping for more challenging projects. He wrote the screenplay for the Kansas City-produced feature film Corn's-A-Poppin' (1955), he produced and directed several television commercials including one with the Eileen Ford Agency, he co-created and directed the TV series The Pulse of the City (1953) which ran for one season on the independent Dumont network, and he even had a formative crack at directing local community theater. His big-screen directorial debut came while still at Calvin with The Delinquents (1957) and, by 1956, he left the Calvin Co., and went to Hollywood to direct Alfred Hitchcock's TV show. From here, he went on to direct a large number of television shows, until he was offered the script for M*A*S*H (1970) in 1969. He was hardly the producer's first choice - more than fifteen other directors had already turned it down. This wasn't his first movie, but it was his first success. After that, he had his share of hits and misses, but The Player (1992) and, more recently, Gosford Park (2001) were particularly well-received.- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Sound Department
Kevin McClory was born on 8 June 1924 in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland. He was a producer, known for Thunderball (1965), Never Say Never Again (1983) and The Boy and the Bridge (1959). He was married to Fredericka (Bo) Sigrist and Elizabeth O'Brien. He died on 20 November 2006 in Loughlinstown, County Dublin, Ireland.- Born in Sweden, the son of a Swedish count (who renounced his title when he emigrated to the U.S.) Donald Hamilton graduated from the University of Chicago and served in the Navy during the second World War. He has published 27 novels in the Matt Helm Series, from 1960-1992, as well as several other novels and magazine articles. Hamilton lived aboard his motor-yacht, the "Kathleen", in the waters of Connecticut, for a number of years before finally returning to his native Sweden. Once there he bought and lived about a surplus patrol boat, which he christened the 'Maagen' or 'Seagull' (in Danish,) until sustaining a fall that required his being placed in a nursing home, where he died in his sleep on November 20, 2006.
One of the last truly "American" suspense series writers, his Matt Helm series, translated to the screen for Columbia Pictures, starring Dean Martin, ranks up there with John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee, as the quintessential American anti-hero.
Hamilton was working on the manuscript of the 28th Matt Helm novel at the time of his death, tentatively titled "The Dominators." Visitors to the UCLA library can find an early draft of this work there among his papers. - Zoia Ceausescu was born on 1 March 1949 in Romania. She was married to Mircea Oprean. She died on 20 November 2006 in Bucharest, Romania.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Producer
Chris Hayward was born on 19 June 1925 in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Get Smart (1965), Barney Miller (1975) and He & She (1967). He was married to Linda K. Simmons and Geraldine Patricia Kulcher. He died on 20 November 2006 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Make-Up Department
- Transportation Department
Ray Brooks was born on 14 August 1929 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for Wyatt Earp (1994), White Men Can't Jump (1992) and Coffy (1973). He was married to Myrna. He died on 20 November 2006 in Orange, California, USA.- Angelo D'Agostino was born on 26 January 1926 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He died on 20 November 2006 in Nairobi, Kenya.
- Willard Dewveall was born on 29 April 1936 in Springtown, Texas, USA. He died on 20 November 2006 in Houston, Texas, USA.
- Actor
Bud McCreery was born on 17 May 1921 in Benton, Illinois, USA. He was an actor. He died on 20 November 2006 in Santa Barbara, California, USA(undisclosed).- Andre Waters was born on 10 March 1962 in Belle Glade, Florida, USA. He was an actor, known for Low Blow (1986), Short Eyes (1977) and Fingers (1978). He was married to Shakiyra Slocum. He died on 20 November 2006 in Tampa, Florida, USA.
- Dirk B.G. Driksen was born on 25 August 1937 in Braunschweig, Germany. He was a director, known for Dead Kennedys: DMPO's on Broadway (1985). He died on 20 November 2006 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Andrew Waters was born on 10 March 1962 in Belle Glade, Florida, USA. He died on 20 November 2006 in Tampa, Florida, USA.
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Costume Designer
Arne Walentin was born on 16 September 1915. He was a costume designer, known for Godvakker-Maren (1940) and Den fjerde nattevakt (1960). He died on 20 November 2006 in Oslo, Norway.- Edílson Buba was born on 11 December 1971 in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. He died on 20 November 2006 in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
- Lidiya Belaya was born in 1923. She was an actress, known for Zimnee utro (1967), Obychnyy mesyats (1976) and Zhivyot na svete zhenshchina (1959). She died on 20 November 2006.