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Quiet, soft-spoken Robert grew up in California and had some stage experience with the Pasadena Playhouse before entering films in 1931. His movie career consisted of playing characters who were charming, good-looking--and bland. In fact, his screen image was such that he usually never got the girl. Louis B. Mayer would say, "He has no sex appeal," but he had a work ethic that prepared him for every role that he played. And he did play in as many as eleven films per year for a decade starting with The Black Camel (1931). He was notable as the spy in Alfred Hitchcock's Secret Agent (1936), but the '40s was the decade in which he was to have most of his best roles. These included Northwest Passage (1940); Western Union (1941); and H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941). Good roles followed, from the husband of Dorothy McGuirein Claudia (1943) to the detective in Crossfire (1947), but they were becoming scarce. In 1949, Robert started a radio show called "Father Knows Best" wherein he played Jim Anderson, an average father with average situations--a role which was tailor-made for him. Basically retiring from films, he starred in this program for five years on radio before it went to television in 1954. After a slight falter in the ratings and a switch from CBS to NBC, it became a mainstay of television until it was canceled in 1960. He continued making guest appearances on various television shows and working in television movies. In 1969, he starred as Dr. Marcus Welby in the TV movie A Matter of Humanities (1969). The Marcus Welby series that followed ran from 1969 through 1976 and featured James Brolin as his assistant, Dr. Steven Kiley--the doc with the bike. After the series ended, Robert, now in his seventies, finally licked his 30-year battle with alcohol and occasionally appeared in television movies through the 1980s.- Kenneth Watson was born on 16 November 1931 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), Rough Justice (1977) and Doctor Who (1963). He was married to Joan Foxall. He died on 21 July 1998 in London, England, UK.
- Bob McAllister was born on 2 June 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Tuned In (1981), The $10,000 Pyramid (1973) and Wonderama (1955). He died on 21 July 1998 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Alan Shepherd was the first American in space and the only one of the original Mercury astronauts to walk on the moon. Born in Derry, New Hampshire on November 18, 1923, he attended the U.S. Naval Academy after graduating from the Pinkerton Academy in 1940. After his graduation from Annapolis in 1944, he served in the Pacific Ocean during the rest of World War II.
After the war, he earned his naval aviator wings in 1947 and served several tours aboard aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean. He became a test pilot in 1950 and served as an instructor in the Test Pilot School. Upon graduating from the Naval War College with an M.S. degree in military science in 1958, he was was assigned to be a staff office with the Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet, serving as an aircraft readiness officer.
A year later, he became one of 11 military test pilots invited by the NASA to try out for the manned space flight program. By that time, he had logged over 8,000 hours flying time. He passed the physical and psychological tests and became one of the original group of seven Mercury astronauts.
Shepherd should have been the first man in space, but NASA postponed his flight from March 6, 1961 to May 5th. This allowed the Soviet Union the opportunity to put cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into space on April 12, 1961. As well as being the first human being in space, Gagarin also became the first person to orbit the Earth; Shepherd's flight on Freedom 7 on May 5th was a sub-orbital mission.
In 1963, Shepherd subsequently was chosen as the command pilot for the first manned Project Gemini mission and was designated as the chief of the Astronaut Office, overseeing all activities involving NASA astronauts, including training. In early 1964, he was grounded after he developed Ménière's disease. The disease is marked by the build-up of fluid in the inner-ear and causes disorientation and dizziness. His spot in Project Gemini was given to Gus Grissom.
After undergoing an innovative surgery to treat his Ménière's disease, he was put back on flight status in Mary 1969. Originally assigned to command the ill-fated Apollo 13 (1995), he swapped missions with the Apollo 14 crew as as it was felt he and his crew needed more time to train. When he made the Apollo 14 flight to the moon between January 31 and February 9, 1971, the 47-year-old Shepard was the oldest astronaut in the NASA space program.
The Apollo 14 mission was the first moon mission broadcast entirely in color, and part of the broadcast was Shepherd golfing on the moon, using a Wilson six-iron head attached to a lunar sample scoop handle. He managed to drive two golf balls with a one-handed swing. He was criticized by some for his playful action, including on an episode of All in the Family (1971).
Shepard was reinstated as Chief of the Astronaut Office in June 1971 but the following month, President Richard Nixon appointed him as a delegate to the United Nations General Assembly, where he served from September to December. Nixon also promoted him to the rank of rear admiral that year. He retired from the Navy and NASA on August 1, 1974 and went on to a successful business career, allegedly becoming the first astronaut to become a millionaire.
Alan Shepherd lived out the end of his life in Pebble Beach, California. He died of leukemia in a Monterey hospital on July 21, 1998. He was 74 years old. - Actor
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Antonio Saura was born on 22 September 1930 in Huesca, Spain. He was an actor, known for The Valley of Gwangi (1969), Llanto por un bandido (1964) and Nocturno 29 (1969). He was married to Gunhild Madeleine Augot and Mercedes Beldarraín Jiménez. He died on 21 July 1998 in Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.- Zhivko Margaritov Garvanov is Bulgarian actor . He was born Harmanli, Bulgaria on June 20, 1934. He graduated National Academy for Theatre and Film Art, Sofia, Bulgaria in 1959 with a degree in "acting in the class of Professor Filip Filipov. After the Academy, along with classmates Violeta Bahchevanova, Lily Raynova, Assen Kisimov, Vulcho Kamarashev and Vasil Stoychev he was appointed in the troupe of the Burgas Drama Theater "Adriana Budevska." It was a legendary period of this theater. Garvanov had a possibility to work with such directors as Leon Daniel, Vili Tzankov, Yuliya Ognyanova. Then he has moved to Sofia Drama Theater "Tears and Laughter", in which he has stayed until the end of his life. He has taken part in many Bulgarian movies. Garvanov died on July 21, 1998 in Sofia, Bulgaria.