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- Catherine Parr Traill was born on 9 January 1802 in London, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill (2004). She was married to Thomas Traill. She died on 29 August 1899 in Lakefield, Ontario, Canada.
- Lajos Abonyi was born on 9 January 1833 in Kisterenye, Kaiserthum Oesterreich [now Hungary]. Lajos was a writer, known for Éjféli találkozás (1915). Lajos died on 28 April 1898 in Abony, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary].
- Jakub Seifert was born on 9 January 1846 in Prague, Cechy, Austrian Empire [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for The Cathedral Builder (1920). He died on 20 October 1919 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Writer
Luis Coloma was born on 9 January 1851 in Jerez de la Frontera, Andalucía, Spain. He was a writer, known for Boy (1926), Boy (1940) and Pequeñeces... (1950). He died on 10 June 1915 in Madrid, Spain.- Jan Buderman was born on 9 January 1851 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for De bannelingen (1911), Oorlog en vrede - 1914 (1918) and 999 + 1 (1909). He died on 24 March 1920 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Elith Reumert was born on 9 January 1855 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was an actor and director, known for Lille Klaus og store Klaus (1913), Nøddebo præstegaard (1974) and Grænsefolket (1927). He died on 20 June 1934 in Copenhagen, Denmark.- Actor
- Soundtrack
William Parry was born on 9 January 1856 in Manchester, England, UK. He is known for The Indian Love Lyrics (1923), The Mirage (1920) and A Cigarette Maker's Romance (1920).- J. Franklin Bell was born on 9 January 1856 in Shelbyville, Kentucky, USA. He died on 8 January 1919.
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Stevan Stojanovic Mokranjac was born on 9 January 1856 in Negotin, Serbia. Stevan Stojanovic is known for Cabaret Balkan (1998), Kad svane dan (2012) and Manor House (2020). Stevan Stojanovic died on 29 September 1914 in Skopje, Macedonia.- Charles Foley was born on 9 January 1861 in Paris, France. Charles was a writer, known for Le drame des eaux mortes (1921), The Lonely Villa (1909) and La chambre au judas (1912). Charles died on 27 February 1956.
- Carrie Clark Ward was born on 9 January 1862 in Virginia City, Nevada, USA. She was an actress, known for Daddy-Long-Legs (1919), A Fool and His Money (1925) and Old Lady 31 (1920). She was married to Sedley Brown. She died on 6 February 1926 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tom Walsh was born on 9 January 1863 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor and assistant director, known for From Now On (1920), The Bandbox (1919) and The Trey o' Hearts (1914). He died on 25 April 1925 in New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
John Lawson was born on 9 January 1865 in Hollingwood, Derbyshire, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for Humanity; or, Only a Jew (1913), The Monkey's Paw (1915) and The King of Crime (1914). He died on 25 November 1920 in Charing Cross Hospital, London, England, UK.- Actor
- Director
Robert Leffler was born on 9 January 1866 in Aschersleben, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Der Mann im Monde (1918), Der Taktstock Richard Wagners (1918) and Der Fall Tolstikoff (1919). He died on 15 March 1940 in Berlin, Germany.- Oskar Fuchs was born on 9 January 1866 in Germany. He was an actor, known for Der Pokal der Fürstin (1920), Die Mauritiusmarke (1912) and Der Doppelgänger (1913). He died on 19 October 1927.
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Composer, songwriter ("Dearie"), playwright Plays: "and author, educated at the Packer Institute and in private music study. She wrote the Broadway stage scores for "90 in the Shade", "One Kiss", "Annie Dear", "Madame Pompadour", and "The Three Waltzes". Joining ASCAP in 1934, her chief musical collaborators included Sigmund Romberg and Jerome Kern, and her other popular-song compositions include "Egypt", "Other Eyes", "Blushing June Roses", "Somebody's Eyes", "Thro' All the World", "Only With You", "The Bluebird", "Garden of Dreams", "Sunset", "The Road to Yesterday", "Today", and "Lover of Mine".- John Nicholson was born on 9 January 1873 in Charleston, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Kidnapped (1917), The Spendthrift (1915) and The Lurking Peril (1919). He was married to Letitia Lawrence Vance. He died on 24 June 1934 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Haim Nahman Bialik was born on 9 January 1873 in Radi, near Zhitomir (Volhynia), Ukraine. He was a writer, known for Shabbat Hamalka (1965) and Behind the Fence (1974). He was married to Mania Averbuch. He died on 4 July 1934 in Vienna, Austria.
- Walter Turszinsky was born on 9 January 1874 in Danzig, Pomerania, Germany [now Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland]. He was a writer and director, known for Der springende Hirsch oder Die Diebe von Günstersburg (1915), The Dawn of Freedom (1914) and Die Firma heiratet (1931). He died on 21 May 1915 in Berlin, Germany.
- Robert Koppel was born on 9 January 1874 in Bochum, Germany. He was an actor, known for Jettchen Gebert's Story (1918) and Henriette Jacoby (1918). He died on 21 August 1966 in Zurich, Switzerland.
- William A. Carroll was born on 9 January 1875 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Blue Bonnet (1919), Bill Henry (1919) and Danger Within (1918). He died on 26 January 1928 in Glendale, California, USA.
- Oliver Madox Hueffer was born on 9 January 1876 in Merton, Surrey, England, UK. Oliver Madox was a writer, known for His Lordship (1932). Oliver Madox died on 21 June 1931 in West Lavington, Sussex, England, UK.
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Harry Rowson was born on 9 January 1876 in Manchester, England, UK. He was a producer, known for Maria Marten (1928), Mrs. Dane's Defence (1933) and The Veteran of Waterloo (1933). He died on 17 August 1951 in Edgware, London, England, UK.- Mila Dimitrijevic was born on 9 January 1877 in Kragujevac, Serbia. She was an actress, known for Dani (1963), Sofka (1948) and Sreca dolazi u 9 (1961). She was married to Mihajlo "Mia" Dimitrijevic. She died on 12 January 1972 in Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia [now Croatia].
- Edgar Pauly was born on 9 January 1880 in Verden, Province of Hanover, Prussia [now Lower Saxony], Germany. He was an actor, known for Woman in the Moon (1929), Destiny (1921) and Wer war es? (1921). He was married to Anneliese Würtz. He died in November 1951 in Berlin, Germany.
- Lidiya Genel-Ablova was born on 9 January 1880. She was an actress, known for Veseley nas net (1940). She died on 19 June 1972.
- Orie Robertson was born on 9 January 1881 in Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Bucking the Truth (1926). He died on 14 April 1964 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Production Designer
- Art Director
- Costume Designer
Otto Hunte qualified with a degree from the Kunstgewerbeschule in Hamburg. He first came to notice as a stage designer in Berlin around the turn of the century. When he entered films in 1919 as a set decorator and costume designer, he joined a highly skilled team (usually working in tandem with top craftsmen like Erich Kettelhut and Karl Vollbrecht), frequently for the director Fritz Lang. As production designer/art director, Hunte was especially renowned for the darkly sinister, gothic sets he created for Lang's mammoth "Nibelungen" saga. In perfect contrast to these were his stylised futuristic designs for the underground Metropolis (1927); the monumental and richly ornate architecture for the sacrificial temple of Eschnapur in the two-part epic "Das Indische Grabmal" (and, similarly, for the city of Ophir in the fifth instalment of "Die Herrin der Welt").
With the advent of sound, Hunte's work adapted to more contemporary requirements, such as the seedy night club setting for The Blue Angel (1930). An atomic reactor designed for the film Gold (1934) was apparently so convincing, that the Allies confiscated all prints of the film after the war. During the mid-1930's, Hunte sadly blotted his copy book by working on several notorious Nazi propaganda films. Ironically, his penultimate contribution was the anti-Nazi drama Murderers Among Us (1946). This, the first so-called 'Trümmer-film', was an immensely effective evocation of devastated post-war Germany.- Bertrand W. Sinclair was born on 9 January 1881 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He was a writer, known for The Raiders (1921), Big Timber (1917) and The Peculiar Nature of the White Man's Burden (1912). He was married to Bertha Muzzy Sinclair. He died on 20 October 1972 in Canada.
- Harry Belmour was born on 9 January 1882 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Perils of the Jungle (1927), Payable on Demand (1924) and The Western Musketeer (1922). He died on 8 September 1936.
- Virginia Howell was born on 9 January 1883 in Timmonsville, South Carolina, USA. She was an actress, known for Tomorrow at Seven (1933), St. Louis Blues (1939) and They Just Had to Get Married (1932). She died on 31 December 1941 in Houston, Texas, USA.
- Johnson Clarke was born on 9 January 1883 in Ripley, Derbyshire, England, UK. He died on 21 December 1956 in Workington, Cumbria, England, UK.
- Max Leeds was born on 9 January 1883 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Vogelvrij (1916) and It's in the Blood (1938). He was married to Grace Lilian Potter and Iris Hoey. He died on 11 November 1937 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Frank B. Elser was born on 9 January 1885 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. He was a writer, known for The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953), The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935) and The Ford Theatre Hour (1948). He was married to Rebecca Elsbry Mix. He died on 31 January 1935 in St. George's, Granada.
- Director
- Cinematographer
- Producer
Bengt Berg was born on 9 January 1885 in Kalmar, Kalmar län, Sweden. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Sagan om de sista örnarna (1923), Abu Markúb och de hundrade elefanter (1925) and Den duktiga ejderhonan (1922). He died on 30 July 1967 in Halltorp, Kalmar län, Sweden.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Bernard Gorcey was born in Russia. He immigrated to the United States with his family and was raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan attending school at The Educational Alliance where he performed in the Children's Educational Theatre. He was mentored by Mark Twain who introduced him to producers and impresarios on Broadway who subsequently cast him in his first role in the show Tom Jones in 1907 and toured with the show in the U.S. and Canada through April 1908.
Thereafter, Bernard found no work as a character actor and was forced to join his family in Long Branch New Jersey where he partnered with his father to run a tailoring business for four years. He returned to the Broadway stage in 1912 starring in several prominent roles produced by notable figures such as Arthur Hammerstein. He toured around the nation with these shows returning to New York to marry Josephine Condon of Boston
Bernard enjoyed continued successes on Broadway and toured several times around the country with these shows. He and Josephine had three sons, Fred in 1915, Leo in 1917 and David in 1921. In 1922, Bernard enjoyed his greatest hit on Broadway in Abie's Irish Rose, a show that broke records, running some 2,327 performances. Popular lore has Bernard participating over the entire run. But he left the show and joined Arthur Hammerstein and other theatrical notables for a long stretch of successes through 1928.
In 1928, Bernard enjoyed his first screen success, traveling to Hollywood to film Abie's Irish Rose. Hollywood was slow to recognize his value. During this time, he was in demand on the Vaudeville circuits as well as in radio. He returned to the stage in several efforts in New York and around the country (meeting a young Archie Leach/Cary Grant in summer stock in St. Louis) while continuing to experiment with film. He shot several shorts across the Hudson River with the budding Fleischer Brothers organization between 1931 and 1934.
It was only in 1940 that Bernard saw his breakthrough into major filmdom when he took a significant role in the Charles Chaplin film The Great Dictator. Thereafter he relocated to Hollywood, finding sporadic work with major studios and stars as he developed his reputation as a unique character actor. He can be seen along-side his son, Leo and with Ida Lupino and John Garfield, in Out of the Fog, with Paul Henreid, Thomas Mitchell and Laird Cregar in Joan of Paris, and with Bela Lugosi in Black Dragons.
He became associated with the efforts of his son Leo Gorcey's film franchise that morphed from the Dead End Kids into the East Side Kids at Monogram Studios in 1943. But he did not begin his signature role of Louie, the Sweetshop owner in the Bowery Boys series until the second of those, In Fast Company, in 1943. Joining sons Leo and David, he completed forty of the films in the series, interspersing these with cameos in major studio pictures and appearances in television with Joan Davis in her I Married Joan series with Jim Backus.
Bernard was the victim of a traffic accident in August 1955 and died at age 69 on September 11th of that year.- Arthur 'Bugs' Baer was born on 9 January 1886 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and editor, known for They Learned About Women (1930), Headin' Home (1920) and Battle Royal (1932). He was married to Louise Allcut Andrews and Marjorie Cassidy. He died on 17 May 1969 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Walter R. Brooks was born on 9 January 1886 in Rome, New York, USA. Walter R. was a writer, known for Mr. Ed, Mister Ed (1961) and Goodyear Playhouse (1951). Walter R. was married to Dorothy Carmen Collins and Anne Shephard. Walter R. died on 17 August 1958 in Roxbury, New York, USA.
- Actor
Joe Varga was born on 9 January 1887. He was an actor. He died on 14 October 1968 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Patrick J. Noonan was born on 9 January 1887 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Do Unto Others (1915). He died on 19 May 1962 in Wokingham, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Pat Noonan was born on 9 January 1887 in Dublin, Ireland, UK. He was an actor, known for Mutiny on the Elsinore (1937), Kathleen (1937) and D'Ye Ken John Peel? (1935). He died on 19 May 1962 in Wokingham, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Additional Crew
- Producer
- Production Manager
Harry M. Goetz was born on 9 January 1888 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and production manager, known for The Melody Lingers On (1935), The Last of the Mohicans (1936) and Delta Kappa Alpha Silver Anniversary Banquet (1963). He was married to Catherine Rouse Conner and Beatrice Haymen. He died on 19 December 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Constance Backner was born on 9 January 1889 in Highbury, Middlesex, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Hamlet (1910), Two Little Wooden Shoes (1920) and Married for Money (1915). She was married to Bryan Webster. She died on 23 March 1969 in Kentish Town, Camden, London, England, UK.
- Janina Ordezanka was born on 9 January 1889 in Szczypiorno, Poland, Russian Empire [now Szczypiorno, Kalisz, Wielkopolskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Adolphe, ou l'âge tendre (1968), The Third Part of the Night (1971) and Provincial Actors (1979). She died on 24 July 1981 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
- Writer
Karel Capek, born January 9, 1890, in Male Svatonovice, Austria-Hungary (today Czech Republic) was a writer, playwright, novelist, journalist, children's author, biographer, essayist, illustrator, photographer and translator. For most people he is best known for the science fiction play "R.U.R. (Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti (Rossum's Universal Robots)", published in 1920. The word "robot," was coined by his brother Josef. "R.U.R." quickly became famous and was influential early in the history of its publication. By 1923, it had been translated into thirty languages. In this drama about man abusing technology, the Rossum factory R.U.R. makes robots on an island. The robots revolt and murder all humans except for one man whom they order to find the secret formula of their existence, without which they can longer live. "R.U.R." premiered in Prague on 25 January, 1921. It was translated into English by Paul Selver and staged in London, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles during 1922-1923. Spencer Tracy played robot in the New York version (1922) at the Garrick Theater on Broadway. Karel Capek was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times, but he was never awarded one. He died of pneumonia, on December 25, 1938. The Gestapo, not aware of his death, arrived at the Capek family house in Prague in order to arrest him.- Ray Flynn was born on 9 January 1890 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He is known for Cheyenne (1955).
- Muriel Minty was born on 9 January 1890 in Fort William, West Bengal, India. She was an actress, known for A Woman in the Night (1928), The Upper Hand (1921) and The Jar (1937). She died on 25 June 1975 in Saint-Hélier, Jersey, Channel Islands, UK.
- Tucholsky was born of Jewish parents in Berlin. Studied law. His Jewish origin and left-wing conviction soon brought him into conflict with the right wing German movements and caused him to leave Germany as early as 1924. Writer for the famous German literary and political periodical Die Weltbühne (1918-1933). Published various short stories, literary criticism and pamphlets using various pseudonyms, including "Peter Panter", "Theobald Tiger", "Ignaz Wrobel" and "Kaspar Hauser". In 1930 he moved to Hindås, near Gothenburg, Sweden, where he committed suicide in 1935.
- Barbara Euphan Todd was born on 9 January 1890 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Worzel Gummidge (2019), Worzel Gummidge (1979) and Worzel Gummidge Turns Detective (1953). She was married to John Graham Bower. She died on 2 February 1976.
- Eumenio Blanco was born on 9 January 1891 in Manzaneda, Ourense, Galicia, Spain. He was an actor, known for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Machine Gun Mama (1944) and El precio de un beso (1930). He died on 9 March 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.