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- Actor
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Oklahoma-bred John Ashley got his start in the movie business while on a vacation in California. A friend from Oklahoma State University got him onto the set of the John Wayne movie The Conqueror (1956), and Wayne in turn steered him toward a job in television in the William Castle series Men of Annapolis (1957). One day, Ashley was at the offices of American International Pictures to pick up his girlfriend, who was auditioning for a part in the company's Dragstrip Girl (1957). AIP house writer Lou Rusoff saw Ashley waiting in the hall and decided the young man was the type AIP was looking for to play the Dragstrip Girl (1957) male lead. Ashley acted in a long line of "kids-in-trouble" melodramas, monster movies and in the Beach Party series before carving a lucrative niche for himself as producer-star of a series of Filipino exploitation pictures. He was also producer of several TV series, including The A-Team (1983) and Werewolf (1987).- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Hadn't it been for his school teacher, who managed to get him money for a theater education, he would probably never had become an actor. After two failed attempts at becoming a student at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school he succeeded at the age of 19. During these years in the beginning of the 1950s he played against Inga Tidblad in the world premiere of 'Eugene O'Neill's 'Long Days Journey Into Night'. 32 years later he was in the same play again, this time directed by Ingmar Bergman. His capacity for work was truly amazing, some years he made several leading roles both in plays and films. He was also successful as Professor Higgins in Alan Jay Lerner's and Frederick Loewe's play 'My Fair Lady' 1959-1961. He became well known to the public with Lars-Magnus Lindgren's Love Mates (1961). During the 1960s he was busy with making movies and he himself directed Bokhandlaren som slutade bada (1969) and Good-Bye Nana (1970). His work with Ingmar Bergman began in 1952 with Secrets of Women (1952), continuing with Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) and with a grand finale in Fanny and Alexander (1982). He returned to the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1982 and plays like William Shakespeare's 'King Lear', Hjalmar Bergman's 'Markurells i Wadköping' and Molière's 'Tartuffe'.- Elisabeth Welz was born in 1924 in Germany. She was an actress, known for Die glückliche Familie (1987), Kehraus (1983) and Man spricht deutsh (1988). She died on 3 October 1997 in Germany.
- Composer
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Composer, conductor, jazz musician (he played both piano and trombone), and arranger Walter Ernst Baumgartner was born on November 16, 1904 in Sevelen, Kanton St. Gallen, Switzerland. Walter founded the swing band the Magnolians in 1934. Baumgartner worked for a while as an arranger and was the conductor of an orchestra prior to composing the score for his first film in 1952. A furiously prolific composer in the late 1960's and throughout the 1970's, Walter frequently worked for producer/director Erwin C. Dietrich and provided some especially groovy scores for a handful of exploitation movies made by legendary Spanish maverick Jesús Franco. Baumgartner was married to actress and singer Helen Vita. Walter died at age 92 on October 3, 1997. He was survived by his wife and two sons.- Writer
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- Producer
Millard Lampell was born on 23 January 1919 in Paterson, New Jersey, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1976), Saturday's Hero (1951) and Chance Meeting (1959). He was married to Ramona Love Estep and Elizabeth Wright Whipple. He died on 3 October 1997 in Ashburn, Virginia, USA.- Additional Crew
- Producer
Michael Bender was born on 6 February 1946 in Jefferson County, Texas, USA. He was a producer, known for Beetlejuice (1988) and Beetlejuice (1989). He died on 3 October 1997 in Encino, California, USA.- Additional Crew
A.L. Rowse was born on 4 December 1903 in Tregonissey, Cornwall, England, UK. He is known for ABC Afterschool Specials (1972), The England of Elizabeth (1957) and Network (1974). He died on 3 October 1997 in St Austell, Cornwall, England, UK.- Jo Daly was born on 6 June 1946 in Washington, D.C., USA. She died on 3 October 1997 in San Francisco, California, USA.