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John Hoyt was born on 5 October 1905 in Bronxville, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for When Worlds Collide (1951), Spartacus (1960) and Brute Force (1947). He was married to Dorothy Marion Oltman and Marion Virginia Burns. He died on 15 September 1991 in Santa Cruz, California, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
John Beal was born James Andrew Bliedung on August 13, 1909, in Joplin, Missouri. The son of a department store owner and concert pianist, he began acting in school and church plays and decided to pursue it as a career following his B.S. degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. The more marquee-friendly stage moniker of "John Beal" came from the names of two close college friends that same year.
Following repertory theatre work, he began his Broadway run as an understudy and walk-on before earning his first lead in the short-lived play "Wild Waves" in 1932. Following excellent notices in the hit play "Another Language," John repeated his showcase role in the film version of Another Language (1933) opposite Helen Hayes. Declining a Hollywood contract at the time, he returned to Broadway in 1933 for "She Loves Me Not". It wasn't long, however, before he was front-and-center again in films and showing great promise in RKO movie parts opposite Katharine Hepburn in both The Little Minister (1934) and Break of Hearts (1935), the title role in Laddie (1935) co-starring Gloria Stuart, and in the prime role of Marius in the Charles Laughton/Fredric March version of Les Misérables (1935).
Briefly signed by MGM, in which his best role was as Gladys George's son in the studio's classic, tear-stained drama Madame X (1937), WWII took the wind out of his career sails, serving as a staff sergeant in the motion picture unit of the Army Air Force. Theatre, radio and film would take up much of his time in the post-WWII years. Prestigious stage productions over time included "The Voice of the Turtle," "Lend an Ear," "The Teahouse of the August Moon," "Our Town," "The Long Christmas Dinner," "The Front Page," "To Be Young Gifted and Black" and "The Little Foxes". Excellent performances on TV in "A Trip to Bountiful," "Twelve Angry Men" and "The Long Way Home" added flavor and distinction to his later career.
Sporadic film roles included I Am the Law (1938), The Cat and the Canary (1939), One Thrilling Night (1942), My Six Convicts (1952), The Vampire (1957), The Sound and the Fury (1959), The Bride (1973), Amityville 3-D (1983), and his last, The Firm (1993), in which he played a bearded villain. He was never able again to achieve his early cinematic prowess of the early 1930s. In the 1960s Beal made a dent in daytime soap dramas, in particular his Judge Vail in the cult vampire series Dark Shadows (1966).
Long married (1934-1986) to actress Helen Craig and the father of two daughters, he focused on his passion for portrait painting in later years. Beal died in 1997 at age 87 in Santa Cruz, California, from the lingering effects of a stroke.- The son of an Army officer, Walter Reed was born in Washington and grew up in Honolulu and Los Angeles, where he attended school with the children of movie stars. After his parents' divorce, and, during the darkest days of the Depression, 17-year-old Reed decided to try acting as a career and made a two-week trip to New York (via hitched rides on railroad freight cars, amidst hobos and tramps) to look for work on the stage. He worked in stock and on Broadway and, with an assist from actor Joel McCrea, broke into pictures in the early 1940s.
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- Additional Crew
Ty Crowley was born on 8 July 1953 in San Jose, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Great Outdoors (1988), American Graffiti (1973) and The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987). He was married to Lise Lang. He died on 22 September 2020 in Santa Cruz, California, USA.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Doris Davenport was born in Moline, IL, but grew up in Hollywood. Samuel Goldwyn gave her the part of Eddie Cantor's sweetheart in his musical Kid Millions (1934) after seeing her work as a Goldwyn Girl. As Doris Jordan, she tested for the part of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and was one of the finalists. That test interested Goldwyn enough to cast her opposite Gary Cooper in The Westerner (1940) where she did good work. But Goldwyn wasn't as impressed and her career ended soon after. She died on June 18, 1980 at age 63.- Joe Haworth came from a theatrical family. His father William Haworth was a famous playwright; his uncle, Joe Haworth, was a top actor of the American stage in the last century, working with such greats as Edwin Booth. His brother-in-law was character actor Wallace Ford, and a brother, Ted Haworth, was an Academy Award-winning Art Director.
Joe made his first stage appearance as "Tiny Tim" in his grammar school play of "A Christmas Carol", and later appeared on the New York stage, as well as operating his own theatre in Nyack, New York. He came to Hollywood and made his film debut in 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders (1943). When actor Jack Randall was killed on the first day of filming The Royal Mounted Rides Again (1945), it was Joe who replaced him. Joe was also a photographer in Hollywood, noted for publicity shots. - Ralph Peduto was born on 9 March 1942 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), The Rock (1996) and Patch Adams (1998). He was married to Laura. He died on 12 May 2014 in Santa Cruz, California, USA.
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Born to James Upshaw Crenshaw (a gentleman farmer and city clerk) and his wife, Mozelle Gillentine (a nurse), Brevard graduated from high school and college in Tennessee and later hitchhiked to San Francisco, California, becoming a headline performer at the famous "drag club", Finnocios, performing as Marilyn Monroe live. Monroe reportedly came to see one of Brevard's shows due to the rave reviews. Brevard died of pulmonary fibrosis after a short period in hospice care. Brevard's only immediate survivor was a sister.- Animation Department
- Additional Crew
- Director
Bob Carlson was born Robert Wilhelm Moritz Reinhold Carlson, Jr. was an animator who worked for more than 20 years for the Walt Disney Studios. After finishing art school, Carlson worked as a commercial artist for a while. He began his career in animation with the Disney Studio in 1937 by answering an ad in the "Chicago Tribune" newspaper. By year's end he was elevated to animation status. He was proud of being Bill Tytla's assistant on "Fantasia". Other Disney credits included "The Three Caballeros", "Alice in Wonderland" and "Lady and the Tramp", as well as "Donald in Mathmagic Land".
He left Disney in 1958 and founded a short lived Bob Carlson Studio. He then went on to work for a number other studios around town including UPA, Filmation, MGM and Hanna-Barbera. Carlson later worked on Bakshi films like "Coonskin" and "Hey Good Lookin'" as well as working briefly on the character of Weehawk in "Wizards" but his primary energies in 1977 was focused on the Sanrio animated feature "Metamorphoses".- Cullen Crabbe was born on 4 September 1944 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion (1955) and The 30th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1956). He died on 20 December 2021 in Patagonia, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Donald Chaffin's entire life was spent working in motion pictures. He started out as juvenile actor in the 1930s playing kids and newsboys. It was through this he really started to establish a lot of connections with various casting directors at MGM studios.
Like many extras of the day, Chaffin faced a unique problem. His natural appearance wasn't considered dignified enough to appear as a dress extra in socialite scenes but he also didn't really have an appearance that would lend himself to be cast in westerns. Through his connections with MGM, he was able to receive work as a stand-in which meant he was constantly working and he would usually be allowed to appear in the production as an extra or occasionally upgraded to a speaking role.
Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Chaffin's appearance led him to appear in various bartender type roles but usually he stayed attached to a production where he'd be standing in for a start. By the mid 1960s, he caught a break and became the stand-in for Gary Collins in Iron Horse. Unlike most shows, Iron Horse had a reputation for giving their stand-ins credited roles when they could as long as it wasn't too frequent where they became noticeable. Chaffin would appear in various roles during the show's run.
It wasn't until the 1970s that Chaffin caught a real break. He became the stand-in for Telly Savalas on the hit series Kojak. He also became one of the regular detectives that were usually seen around the squad room and was given the character name Det. Tracy. This not only meant that Chaffin worked steadily but that he actually became an established figure on set so he was occasionally given dialog or at the very least upgraded to a "silent bit" where he interacted with a primary character and got a large increase in pay.
After Kojak ended, Chaffin spent several more years appearing as a stand-in on various shows but he finally called it quits by the late 1980s leaving behind more than 50 years' worth of various roles and occupations throughout most of what are considered by many the golden ages of film and television.- Director
- Actor
- Producer
Norval MacGregor was born on 3 April 1862 in River Falls, Wisconsin, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Colorado (1915), Children of Banishment (1919) and Impulse (1922). He died on 21 November 1933 in Santa Cruz, California, USA.- Composer
- Actor
- Music Department
Probably the most important musician to be born in Cuba, Ernesto Lecuona was already playing piano at age 5. He obtained his master in piano with a gold medal at the National Conservatory when he was barely 17 years old. Among his teachers were Antonio Saavedra (a disciple of Ignacio Cervantes), Joaquin Nin and the Dutch composer Hubert de Blanck who resided in Havana. When his father died, young Lecuona was forced to work playing piano in silent-movie bistros in order to help the family finances. As he became known as a concert pianist he also started composing. In spite of being a classical pianist, early on Lecuona showed interest in popular music and composed "La Comparsita" and other dance pieces which defined Cuban music by uniting the Spanish-European musical tradition with African rhythms. In 1917 he made his first recordings in New York, where he settled for a while, but in 1918 he was back in Cuba to found the Instituto Musical de La Habana. He composed his first operetta in 1919 and became wildly successful in this genre, turning out more than 50 staged musicals. In 1927 he unveiled his "Malaguena" at the Roxy Theater in New York with enormous success (fellow composer Ravel exclaimed, "It is more beautiful and melodic than my 'Bolero!'").
The hit parade success in 1929 of "Siboney" marked another milestone in Lecuona's career and he became known as the "Cuban Gershwin." This encouraged him to form the "Orquestra Cubana", which quickly became a favorite ensemble worldwide. During a tour of Spain, the composer had to leave the orchestra for health reasons and went back to Cuba for a needed rest. The group, now under the direction of Armando Orechife, change its name to "Lecuona Cuban Boys" and continued touring the world for many years, even appearing in films.
In the late 1930s and 1940s Lecuona wrote several soundtracks for films at MGM, 20th Century-Fox and Warner Bros. The love theme for Always in My Heart (1942) became a huge hit, with more than 1,000 versions recorded by vocalists and orchestras. By the end of World War II Lecuona had built an impressive catalog of music, which included 400 songs, 176 pieces for piano, 52 operettas, zarzuelas and musical revues, 31 orchestral works, 11 soundtracks for the cinema, 5 ballets, one trio and an opera. It was obviously time to relax and enjoy the fruit of his labors, so he spaced out his musical commitments and dedicated himself to gardening and the breeding of tropical birds. Although quite wealthy, Lecuona preferred a simple lifestyle and was very proud of his roses and fruit trees. He detested politics but was notoriously generous: he financed, with his own money, various artists' associations including, with maestro Gonzalo Roig, the founding of Sociedad Nacional de Autores, devoted to protecting the copyrights of Cuban musicians.
When 'Fidel Castro (I)' (v) came to power, Lecuona, along with hundreds of thousands of Cubans, went into exile. He settled in Tampa, Florida, and it's possible that he later moved to New York, where he led a quiet life hoping for the end of the communist dictatorship on his beloved island. In 1963 he traveled to the Canary Islands off the coast of Spain to attend a tribute being held in his honor and died there on November 23rd. His body was claimed by the government of Malaga, Spain, which wanted to bury the immortal composer of "Malaguena" in their land; it was also claimed by the Cuban government, which hoped to cover up the fact that its most prestigious artist was in exile. Cuban organizations in Miami protested the move and Lecuona's body rests today at the Westchester Cemetery in New York.- Joe Bassett was born on 8 November 1910 in Rochester, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Down Three Dark Streets (1954), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Have Gun - Will Travel (1957). He died on 12 March 1997 in Santa Cruz, California, USA.
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- Editor
- Editorial Department
Samuel E. Beetley was born on 23 November 1913 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He was a production manager and editor, known for The Longest Day (1962), Soylent Green (1973) and Out of the Past (1947). He died on 15 September 1988 in Santa Cruz, California, USA.- Ross Sullivan was born on 28 July 1941 in Syracuse, New York, USA. He died on 29 September 1977 in Santa Cruz, California, USA.
- Anneliese Uhlig was born on 27 August 1918 in Essen, Germany. She was an actress, known for Der Monddiamant (1974), Der Vorhang fällt (1939) and La primadonna (1943). She was married to Douglas Byron Tucker and Kurt Waitzmann. She died on 17 June 2017 in Santa Cruz, California, USA.
- Animation Department
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- Producer
Preston Blair was born on 24 October 1908 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Bambi (1942), Pinocchio (1940) and Fantasia (1940). He died on 19 April 1995 in Santa Cruz, California, USA.- Kirchner was the son of immigrants -his father was a swiss postal worker and his mother a Chilean Corats daughter. Néstor Kirchner stood out in politics and became a governor of his native province (1991-2003), founding the FTV (Frente para la Victoria, roots political party Peronist), and 54th president of Argentina between May 25, 2003 and December 10, 2007.
On May 4, 2010 he was elected General Secretary of the Unasur and presided at the Justicialista Party. During his government, the most important transformations of last 60 years in economics, education, health, social services, justice, standing out his politics on recognition of original cultures and peoples (natives). His efforts--continued by his wife Cristina Fernández from 2007--remained focused on the recovery of the economic, financial and monetary autarchy -at national and international level-, the judgment to the genocidal military men of the dictatorship (1976-1983), the reaffirmation of civil freedom, the autonomy and independence of 3 powers of the State and the promotion of freedom of the press.
As a young man, Kirchner worked as an extra in an emblematic Argentine movie, "The Rebellious Patagonia" (La Patagonia rebelde); an indicative title for a personal and political trajectory, sealed by the defense of the rights of man, the recovery of dignity and the love of his country. - Actress
Cornelia Thaw was born on 18 November 1908 in Texas, USA. She was an actress. She was married to Fredrick N. Clark. She died on 1 March 1981 in Santa Cruz, California, USA.- Andrés Resino was born on 6 November 1940 in Velada, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. He was an actor, known for Estudio 1 (1965), Black Commando (1982) and Días de viejo color (1968). He was married to Eva León and María Julia González Cárcoba. He died on 13 March 2011 in Santa Cruz de Bezana, Cantabria, Spain.
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Les Goldman was born on 2 July 1913 in New York, USA. He was a production manager and producer, known for The Hangman (1964), The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics (1965) and The Phantom Tollbooth (1970). He died on 27 May 1983 in Santa Cruz, California, USA.- Aiko Koo was born on 25 May 1957 in San Francisco, California, USA. She died on 14 September 1972 in Santa Cruz County, California, USA.
- Gene Benton was born on 11 June 1921 in the USA. He was an actor, known for Mission: Impossible (1966), I Spy (1965) and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964). He died on 21 January 2002 in Santa Cruz, California, USA.
- Eduardo Rózsa Flores was born on 31 March 1960 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. He was an actor, known for Chico (2001), Bolse vita (1996) and Kisváros (1993). He died on 16 April 2009 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.