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- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Sam Shepard was born Samuel Shepard Rogers in Fort Sheridan, IL, to Jane Elaine (Schook), a teacher, and Samuel Shepard Rogers, a teacher and farmer who was also in the army. As the eldest son of a US Army officer (and WWII bomber pilot), Shepard spent his early childhood moving from base to base around the US until finally settling in Duarte, CA. While at high school he began acting and writing and worked as a ranch hand in Chino. He graduated high school in 1961 and then spent a year studying agriculture at Mount San Antonio Junior College, intending to become a vet.
In 1962, though, a touring theater company, the Bishop's Company Repertory Players, visited the town and he joined up and left home to tour with them. He spent nearly two years with the company and eventually settled in New York where he began writing plays, first performing with an obscure off-off-Broadway group but eventually gaining recognition for his writing and winning prestigious OBIE awards (Off-Broadway) three years running. He flirted with the world of rock, playing drums for the Holy Modal Rounders, then moved to London in 1971, where he continued writing.
Back in the US by 1974, he became playwright in residence at San Francisco's Magic Theater and continued to work as an increasingly well respected playwright throughout the 1970s and into the '80s. Throughout this time he had been dabbling with Hollywood, having most notably in the early days worked as one of the writers on Zabriskie Point (1970), but it was his role as Chuck Yeager in 1983's The Right Stuff (1983) (co-starring Fred Ward and Dennis Quaid) that brought him to the attention of the wider, non-theater audience. Since then he has continued to write, act and direct, both on screen and in the theater.
He died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis--commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease--in Kentucky on July 27, 2017.- Actor
- Cinematographer
- Producer
Robert Dunlap was born on 29 November 1942 and is an actor and producer.
His family is of Scottish/Czech descent. He studied at Lincoln High School in San Jose, and graduated in 1960. Upon graduation, Robert was accepted at the young age of 17 to train as an actor at Pasadena Playhouse. He became a contract player for Warner Brothers Studios in 1961. Robert Dunlap is often recognized because of his appearances in the media. His breakthrough roles include They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), and is also known for Dance 'Til Dawn (1988) and The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976) He has guest starred in many television shows, including: The Rockford Files, Joe Forrester, The Voyagers, Future Cop, My Three Sons, Peyton Place, and Wonder Woman. In 1970, he starred as 'Chester' in the play Chimes at Midnight which was aired live on the Australian Broadcasting Commission. He was first cast as Dr. Scott in an Educational Science series, and then went on to appear in 6 additional TV series including Delta, and sang in the opera "La Rondine" by Puccini. During his long acting career, Robert has worked with Gene Hackman, James Garner, George Kennedy, Tony Scott, Ernest Borgnine, Lloyd Bridges and Robin Williams on the Richard Prior series. His filmmaking career started in 1971, when he attended Los Angeles Valley College, and received an AA Degree and Technicians Certificate. He won Student Filmmaker of the Year and received an Emmy Citation for the Documentary "Grandpa." In 1982, he formed RED Productions, and produced "Anton," the story of a famous gay interior decorator in West Hollywood. The film received awards from numerous film festivals that include Aspen, Sinking Creek, the "Special Jury Gold Award" at the Houston International Film Festival and "Directors Fortnight" at Cannes. The film aired on Showtime and was selected to be included in "Since Stonewall," a retrospective of classic gay films of the 80s. He has worked on over 45 films as a producer, editor and writer and his work has been aired on the Discovery Channel including "Impact: Earth"; "Alaska: The Great Land"; and on PBS, "Dinosaur: The Arctic Expedition" and "Mass Extinctions" which also aired on Canal Plus and in the Middle East. In 2002, he produced the groundbreaking, award-winning documentary, "Beyond Vanilla: An unforgettable Journey into the Wilder Side of Sex", which documents the kink and fetish scene. In 2008, he produced "Xaviera Hollander, the Happy Hooker: Portrait of a Sexual Revolutionary." After shooting "Beyond Vanilla", he studied at the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality (IASHS) in San Francisco, earned his Phd in 2005, and is a now a Clinical Sexologist and Certified Sex Coach. He is the author of Aphrodisiacs 101, from which he based his doctoral dissertation for IASHS. Dunlap hosts a monthly radio show, The Boom Doctors, with his partner (Dr. Patti Britton), which is aimed at the baby boomer generation (people born between 1946 and 1964) and discusses and explores all aspects of boomer life.- Marty Sklar was born on 6 February 1934 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer, known for EPCOT (1967), The Magical World of Disney (1954) and After the Fair: The Legacy of the 1964-65 New York World's Fair (2014). He was married to Leah. He died on 27 July 2017 in Hollywood Hills, California, USA.
- Editor
- Additional Crew
Éva Palotai was born on 10 May 1946 in Deggendorf, Bavaria, Germany. She was an editor, known for Béketárgyalás, avagy az évszázad csütörtökig tart (1989), Cha-Cha-Cha (1982) and Délibábok országa (1983). She died on 27 July 2017.- Michel Durafour was born on 11 April 1920 in Saint-Étienne, Loire, France. He was a writer, known for Wild Fruit (1954), Les jupons de la révolution (1989) and Les 4 vérités (1987). He was married to Maryse. He died on 27 July 2017 in Saint-Étienne, Loire, France.
- Stan Hart was born on 12 September 1928. He was a writer, known for The Carol Burnett Show (1967), Eat and Run (1986) and The Magical World of Disney (1954). He was married to Joan Shorin and Jane A. (Steinberg) Marks. He died on 27 July 2017.
- Soundtrack
D.L. Menard was born on 14 April 1932 in Erath, Louisiana, USA. He was married to Lou Ella Abshire. He died on 27 July 2017 in Scott, Louisiana, USA.- Eugen Cristian Motriuc was born on 10 July 1949 in Hunedoara, Romania. He was an actor, known for Diplomatic Siege (1999), Amen. (2002) and Fiul muntilor (1981). He died on 27 July 2017 in Bucuresti, Romania.
- Chris Carlsen was born in 1927 in Southwark, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Boyd Q.C. (1956), BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960) and The Marriage Lines (1961). He died on 27 July 2017 in Ramsgate, Kent, England, UK.
- Martin Sklar died on 27 July 2017 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Actress
Hélène Jeanbrau was born on 20 May 2021 in Montpellier, Hérault, France. She was an actress, known for The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), Nick Carter et le trèfle rouge (1965) and L'eau à la bouche (1960). She died on 27 July 2017 in Paris, France.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Vladimir Papyan was born on 29 January 1937. He was a cinematographer, known for Anna Karenina (1975), Zhenskiy den (1990) and Svidaniye s molodostyu (1982). He died on 27 July 2017.- Gilles Tremblay was born on 6 September 1932 in Arvida, Quebec, Canada. He was a composer, known for L'eau + (1967) and Journal de voyage (1961). He died on 27 July 2017 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.