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- Gregório de Mattos was born on 7 April 1636 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. He was a writer, known for Gregório de Mattos (2003). He died on 26 November 1696 in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
- Prince Leopold of Duke of Albany was born on 7 April 1853 in Buckingham Palace, Westminster, London, England, UK. He was married to Duchess of Albany Princess Helena. He died on 28 March 1884 in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
- Henry Pettitt was born on 7 April 1848 in Smethwick, Sandwell, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Harbour Lights (1914), In the Ranks (1914) and The Harbour Lights (1923). He was married to Annette Eliza Read (first) and Elizabeth Ann Finch. He died on 24 December 1893 in London, England, UK.
- John C. Rice was born on 7 April 1857 in Beaverkill, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Kiss (1896) and The Kleptomaniacs (1900). He was married to Sally Cohen. He died on 5 June 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Arnold Christensen was born on 7 April 1864 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Anförtrodda Medel (1911), Spionen (1911) and Den röde hanen (1912). He died on 12 August 1918.
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William Allen Pinkerton was born on 7 April 1846 in Dundee, Illinois, USA. William Allen is known for Voices of the City (1921). William Allen died on 11 December 1923 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Leonhard Haskel was born on 7 April 1872 in Seelow, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Irrende Seelen (1921), Die weiße Maus (1919) and Fürst Sally (1918). He died on 30 December 1923 in Berlin, Germany.- Norman Cheyne was born on 7 April 1881 in Bloomsbury, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Girl Who Loves a Soldier (1916). He died on 11 April 1924 in Chantilly, Oise, France.
- Jake Daubert was born on 7 April 1884 in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 9 October 1924 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
- Frank Bond was born on 7 April 1886 in Salina, Kansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Midnight Secrets (1924), Hogan's Alley (1925) and The Wildcat (1925). He died on 4 October 1929 in New York City, New York, USA.
- George Kuwa was born on 7 April 1885 in Japan. He was an actor, known for The House Without a Key (1926), Moran of the Lady Letty (1922) and The Bottle Imp (1917). He died on 13 October 1931 in Japan.
- Herman Schurch was born on 7 April 1903 in Sumiswald, Switzerland. He died on 8 November 1931 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Writer
John J. McGraw was born on 7 April 1873 in Truxton, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Detective Swift (1914), Play Ball (1925) and Breaking Into the Big League (1913). He was married to Blanche Sindall and Minnie Doyle. He died on 24 February 1934 in New York City, New York, USA.- German Army Gen. Kurt von Schleicher was born in 1882 in Brandenburg, Germany (then Prussia), the son of an officer in the Prussian army. He himself enlisted in the Prussian army, soon graduating from officer training school with the rank of lieutenant. In 1909 he attended the Prussian Military Academy, where he made the acquaintance of future political leader Franz von Papen. Schleicher subsequently was assigned to the Railway Department of the Prussian General Staff.
When World War I broke out Schleicher, now a captain, was attached to the General Staff at Supreme Army Command. During the year-long battle of Verdun--in which more than one million men died--Schleicher suspected that the reason many of the German artillery shells, for example, didn't explode on contact was because of shoddy workmanship due to defense contractors' greed for profits, and he wrote a blistering paper attacking war profiteering. That earned him a reputation as a liberal--not the best thing to be known as in an organization as fanatically conservative as the Prussian officer corps--and he spent the rest of the war on the General Staff. After the war he became assistant to Gen. Wilhelm Groener, who was placed in charge of the German army. In November of 1918 Germany was torn by political turmoil, much of it coming from a militant, armed leftist group known as the Spartacist League. Schleicher was used by the army as the negotiator between the civilian government and army, which wanted to enter Berlin and crush the Spartacist revolution once and for all. Schleicher managed to persuade the government to accede to the army's wishes, which caused his stock to rise in the halls of power within Germany. It was Schleicher's efforts that led to the government allowing the army to remain basically autonomous, without civilian oversight or control, in exchange for the army's promise to protect the government against any further revolutionary attacks.
One problem the army had was that, due to the Treaty of Versailles' restrictions on the size of the newly re-formed German army, many of the troops left in the army couldn't be counted on to remain completely loyal. Schleicher solved that problem by helping to form "freikorps", or paramilitary-type militia units, which consisted mainly of disaffected German veterans, in addition to street toughs, ex-convicts and convicted criminals. These units, while not officially part of the German army, were used to crush political opposition--the Spartacist League, for example, was effectively destroyed by the freikorps--in either street battles or straight-out assassinations, often in close cooperation with army officials. Adolf Hitler's feared "Storm Troopers", and later his even more feared SS, originally consisted mostly of former or current freikorps members. The German army did not consider the Weimar Republic, the elected government at the time, to be legitimate, and did everything it could to sabotage and undermine it. Schleicher's main function was to ensure that the army stayed independent of the government and got what it wanted without giving anything up, a task at which he succeeded admirably.
Schleicher rose quickly through the ladders of power in the German army and government, gaining a reputation for ambition and ruthlessness combined with a knack for ingratiating himself with the powers-that-be and a mastery of the intricacies and intrigues of the cutthroat--and lethal--politics of the time. He became a proponent of the philosophy of "total war" against Germany's real and perceived enemies and found ways around the disarmament clauses of the Treaty of Versailles, meant to ensure that Germany would never re-arm itself to the point where it would pose another threat to peace in Europe. He used the freikorps to crush street protests against the government and even to assassinate political opponents. He became a close confidant and adviser to German President Paul von Hindenburg through his friendship with Hindenburg's son, a fellow army officer. In that capacity he exercised immense power and used that power to undermine the democratic process in Germany--he believed that only a military dictatorship, with him as head, could "make Germany great again"--and decided to use the ever-increasing power of Adolf Hitler's Nazi movement to accomplish that. He believed that he could use the Nazis to crush all domestic opposition and put them in power, then destroy them himself. However, Nazi officials knew Schleicher better than he thought they did--Herman Goering once quipped that "any Chancellor who has Herr von Schleicher on his side must expect sooner or later to be sunk by the Schleicher torpedo"--and they had no illusions as to what he had in store for them.
Schleicher's rise to power eventually resulted in his being appointed Chancellor. However, his term turned out to be a disaster. His relations with the Cabinet were frosty at best, and his once solid friendship with President Hindenburg's son evaporated over some sort of personal affront--it's never been made clear exactly what happened--but it also resulted in the loss of his access to President von Hindenburg himself. Schleicher's skills at political intrigue didn't translate into skills at governing, and he alienated practically every level of the German government and society itself. Matters finally came to a head when the army leadership demanded that Hindenburg fire Schleicher as Chancellor and install Hitler, which Hindenburg did on January 30, 1933.
Schleicher tried to ingratiate himself with the new Hitler government, but with little success. Hearing of the growing rift between Hitler and SA (Storm Trooper) leader Ernst Röhm, Schleicher decided to throw in with Rohm against Hitler. That proved to be his undoing. Hitler, fearing that Rohm was organizing a coup against him by the SA, moved against Rohm on June 30, 1934, thereafter known as "The Night of the Long Knives". Rohm and the top SA leadership and their associates were arrested and imprisoned--many, including Rohm, were murdered in their cells by SS executioners--and many more were simply shot as soon as they were found. Unfortunately for Schleicher, he was one of them. SS assassins burst into his house that night and shot and killed Schleicher and his wife. - Art Director
Arthur Gruenberger was born on 7 April 1882 in Fulnek, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an art director, known for Central Park (1932) and Traveling Saleslady (1935). He died on 21 August 1935 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- The body of twenty-eight year old screenwriter Carl Erickson was found in the Hollywood Hills along Mulholland Drive in an area commonly called "Lovers Lane". The Los Angeles Police Department later determined he died from a self-inflicted gun shot wound after receiving a letter from his estranged wife asking for a divorce.
Erickson was the son of Swedish immigrants, Albert and Ellen Erickson. He was raised in New Haven, Connecticut where his father was an employee of the New Haven Wire Mill company.
Though neither writer appears in the final credits, it had been widely reported in April of 1935 that Erickson and Abem Finkel were working on the script for the new Paul Muni film Dr. Socrates (1935). - Nelson Keys was born on 7 April 1886 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Scarlet Daredevil (1928), Tiptoes (1927) and When Knights Were Bold (1929). He was married to Hazel Eileen Saqui. He died on 26 April 1939 in London, England, UK.
- Writer
- Actor
- Music Department
Fritz Grünbaum was born on 7 April 1880 in Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Brno, Czech Republic]. He was a writer and actor, known for Die Csikosbaroneß (1930), 1. April 2000 (1952) and Liebeskommando (1931). He was married to Lilly Herzl, Mizzi Dressl and Karolina Nagelmüller. He died on 14 January 1941 in Dachau concentration camp, Bavaria, Germany.- Annie Vivanti was born on 7 April 1866 in London, England, UK. Annie was a writer, known for Astrid (1917), Marion, artista di caffè-concerto (1920) and Guai ai vinti (1954). Annie died on 20 February 1942 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy.
- Bert Swor was born on 7 April 1878 in Paris, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for Why Bring That Up? (1929), The New Half Back (1929) and A Colorful Sermon (1928). He died on 30 November 1943 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
- Friedrich Kayßler was born on 7 April 1874 in Neurode, Lower Silesia, Germany [now Nowa Ruda, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Bismarck (1940), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937) and Gold (1934). He was married to Helene Fehdmer and Luise. He died on 30 April 1945 in Kleinmachnow, Potsdam-Mittelmark, Brandenburg, Germany.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Actor
Born NYC 1874 of German parents, father was investment banker, Carl Eduard( Charles Edward), mother Gertrud Wiebe, died London 1945. was graduated from Harvard, lived in Paris and London for most of his life. Changed spelling of last name in London, during the First World War. Became British subject 1916, served as Captain in the British Secret Service. See his 1939 autobiography, "Round the Room" for further details.- Producer
- Actor
Jules Brulatour was born on 7 April 1870 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for Saved from the Titanic (1912), Marionettes (1925) and Kodachrome Two-Color Test Shots No. III (1922). He was married to Hope Hampton, Dorothy Gibson and Clara Isabelle Blouin. He died on 26 October 1946 in New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
- Writer
Benny Leonard was a Jewish American professional boxer who held the world lightweight championship for eight years, from 1917 to 1925. Widely considered one of the all-time greats, he was ranked 8th on The Ring magazine's list of the "80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years" and placed 7th in ESPN's "50 Greatest Boxers of All-Time". In 2005, the International Boxing Research Organization ranked Leonard as the #1 lightweight, and #8 best pound-for-pound fighter of all time. Statistical website BoxRec rates Leonard as the 2nd best lightweight ever, while The Ring magazine founder Nat Fleischer placed him at #2. Boxing historian Bert Sugar placed him 6th in his Top 100 Fighters cataloger.- American-born Lloyd Osbourne (1868-1947) was the son of Fanny Osbourne Stevenson and the stepson of author Robert Louis Stevenson, with whom he collaborated on three novels: "The Wrong Box" (1889), "The Wrecker" (1892) and "The Ebb-Tide" (1894) ("The Wrong Box" and "The Ebb-Tide" have been adapted for film). Stevenson's most famous work, "Treasure Island", grew out of his efforts to entertain Lloyd on a rainy day in 1881, when he drew a map for the boy that evolved into the pirate story. Osbourne followed his mother and Stevenson on their journeys and settled with them in Samoa. Later he traveled a great deal and lived in France and the US. Osbourne was twice married and divorced, first to Katherine Durham and then to his mother's friend, Ethel Head. The author of various novels and short stories, he continually pursued literary fame, which, except for the works he co-authored with his stepfather, eluded him.
- Ilona Kökény was born on 7 April 1891 in Gyula, Hungary. She was an actress, known for A 2000 pengös férfi (1942), Sportszerelem (1938) and Jómadár (1943). She was married to Andor Gábor. She died on 1 July 1947 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Actor
- Art Department
Ted Billings was born on 7 April 1880 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Bride of Frankenstein (1935), The Babes in the Woods (1917) and The Flaming Hour (1922). He was married to Margaret Hennessey Ludwick. He died on 5 July 1947 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Neal Hart was born on 7 April 1879 in Staten Island, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Butterfly Range (1922), Lure of Gold (1922) and South of Northern Lights (1922). He was married to Lula Gertrude Pielstick. He died on 2 April 1949 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Writer
Davy Burnaby was born on 7 April 1881 in Buckland, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Shot in the Dark (1933), On the Air (1934) and The Co-Optimists (1929). He was married to Mabel Grace Woof and Vera Maud Lambert Turner. He died on 18 April 1949 in Angmering, Sussex, England, UK.- Willard Blackmore was born on 7 April 1870 in Calloway County, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for The Old Sweetheart (1912), A Country Girl (1912) and King the Detective and the Smugglers (1912). He died on 20 November 1949 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
- W.T. Ellwanger was born on 7 April 1869 in Henrietta, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Come Out of the Pantry (1935), The Fall of a Saint (1920) and In His Grip (1921). He died on 26 December 1949 in Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Actor
Erik Bergvall was born on 7 April 1880 in Västerfärnebo, Västmanland, Sweden. He was an actor. He died on 4 February 1950 in Stockholm, Sweden.- Thomas G. Lingham was born on 7 April 1874 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The Lone Star Ranger (1923), The Fatal Warning (1929) and Two Sisters (1929). He was married to Katherine Goodrich. He died on 19 February 1950 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Emberry Cannon Gray was born on April 7, 1885 in Leon, Chickasaw Nation in present day Oklahoma. His family moved to Cache, Indian Territory within two years. The small town of Cache was near Fort Sill. Emberry's mother was 1/4 Chickasaw. His father had been a Texas Ranger in the Trinity Division and later served in the Confederate Army.
Emberry grew up among the Apache, Comanche and Kiowa as Cache was the commercial center of their territories. He and his brothers played with the children of Comanche Chief Quanah Parker. His parents became good friends with the Parker family. By the time Emberry was seven years old, he had started going by the name "Bee Ho". Quanah Parker gave him this name, which means "Brother of the Cripple" since Bee Ho's brother, Emmet Gray, was stricken with polio as a small boy and walked with a crutch for the remainder of his life. In about 1902, Bee Ho and his younger brother, Weaver, rode sixty miles on one horse to the town of Chickasha. They made the journey to view the Pawnee Bill Wild West exhibition. They were very impressed with the trick ropers and began teaching themselves rope tricks using clothesline and anything else they could spin. Within two years, both were performing with Wild West shows. Both brothers would enjoy amazing fifty-year careers in western performance.
Bee Ho's skills included extremely intricate rope tricks, horse riding tricks, knife throwing, whip tricks, banjo and comedy.
He joined several major Wild West shows including Colonel Cummins' Wild West Indian Congress and Rough Riders of the World, Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West (which later featured Buffalo Bill and carried his name in the title), California Frank's All-Star Wild West, and The Irwin Brothers Cheyenne Frontier Days Wild West Show. He operated his own Wild West show called Bee Ho Gray's Wild West for a few years starting in 1919. He also performed with various circuses including the Shriner's and Ringling Brothers.
In about 1912, Bee Ho accompanied Sioux Chief Iron Tail to Washington D.C. and New York where he modeled for artist James Earle Fraser as he worked on designs for the new Buffalo Nickel. He supposedly traveled with Iron Tail to act as an interpreter.
Bee Ho won the World Champion Trick and Fancy Roper title at The Winnipeg Stampede in 1913 and held that title until 1916 when he lost it to Chester Byers.
Bee Ho and his wife, Broadway actress, equestrienne and horse trainer Ada Sommerville, spent many years as Vaudeville performers with both the B.F. Keith, Orpheum and Western circuits. Their show usually received top billing and was sought after across the country. They maintained a packed schedule of performances and literally played thousands of venues and shows during their career.
Bee Ho performed in Erich von Strohiem's "Greed" in 1924. Bee Ho's performance was apparently cut from the film when the length was reduced by about 80%. According to a 1926 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Republican newspaper article, Bee Ho displayed his skill with knife throwing in the film.
Bee Ho also performed in a number of more obscure, early western films from the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Bison Films and The Vitaphone Corporation including "Hey! Hey! Westerner".
In May and June 1922, Bee Ho and Ada Sommerville were featured in a Broadway musical called "Red Pepper". The stars of the show were the famous minstrel duo, McIntyre and Heath. The show then went on the road for one year, closing in North Dakota in June 1923.
Bee Ho added a trained coyote to his act in the early 1930s and began making radio appearances with his witty Oklahoma comedy. He appeared on stage and on the radio with personalities such as Bing Crosby, Will Rogers, Fred Stone, Joe E. Brown, Mary Beth Hughes, Eddie Nugent, Tom Mix, Hoot Gibson, Ken Maynard and many others. Many of the western stars who performed in the first half of the 1900s got their start with him at the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West as they saw their way of life on the open range disappearing.
Ada Sommerville died in 1940 at the age of sixty-eight. Bee Ho continued with his act using other assistants to fill her role, but the days of Vaudeville were over and his career was relegated to county fairs, small corporate events and school benefits. He died in Pueblo, Colorado on August 3, 1951 at the age of sixty-six while visiting his sisters. Many of his friends and family members never knew what became of him. He is buried at the Mountain View Cemetery in Pueblo, Colorado. - Actress
- Writer
Blanche Earle was born on 7 April 1882 in Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for The Dancer of the Nile (1923), Within the Law (1917) and The Battle Cry of Peace (1915). She was married to William P.S. Earle. She died on 22 January 1952 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Fala was born on 7 April 1940 in the USA. He died on 5 April 1952 in the USA.
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- Art Department
Howard Winterbottom was born on 7 April 1893 in Vermont, USA. He was a set decorator, known for The Unsuspected (1947), Romance on the High Seas (1948) and Deep Valley (1947). He died on 9 June 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Elsa Soini was born on 7 April 1893 in Helsinki, Finland. She was a writer, known for Se alkoi sateessa (1953), Poretta eli Keisarin uudet pisteet (1941) and Poikani pääkonsuli (1940). She died on 12 July 1952 in Helsinki, Finland.
- Elsie Shelton was born on 7 April 1886 in Islington, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for A Sister to Assist 'Er (1938) and Prison Without Bars (1938). She died on 11 August 1952 in Watersfield, West Sussex, England, UK.
- Script and Continuity Department
Eve Bessette was born on 7 April 1897 in Montana, USA. She died on 8 September 1952 in San Francisco, California, USA.- John L. McCutcheon was born on 7 April 1883 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was a director, known for The Law and the Lady (1924), Man and Wife (1923) and The Inventors (1926). He died on 31 March 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Florence Crawford was born on 7 April 1880 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for The Little Mother (1915), The Man Inside (1916) and The Path of Happiness (1916). She died on 15 March 1954 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Gyula Bartos was born on 7 April 1872 in Szeged, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. He was an actor, known for A 111-es (1920), Ave Caesar! (1919) and Faun (1918). He died on 21 May 1954 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Georg Berthelsen was born on 7 April 1867 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was an actor, known for The Blue Blood (1912) and Haanden, der griber (1913). He died on 2 August 1954.
- Actor
Boone Hazlett was born on 7 April 1902 in Fort Cobb, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor. He died on 16 December 1954 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Mansi Fahmi was born on 7 April 1890 in Asiot, Egypt. He was an actor, known for Wedad (1936), Taht dow el kamar (1930) and Muguezat el hub (1931). He died on 5 May 1955 in Egypt.
- Gustave Gallet was born on 7 April 1875 in Nantes, France. He was an actor, known for Les hommes nouveaux (1936), François Villon (1945) and Justice Is Done (1950). He died on 20 November 1955 in Paris, France.
- W. Strange Hall was born on 7 April 1869 in Ince-in-Makerfield, Lancashire, England, UK. W. Strange was a writer, known for Spinner o' Dreams (1918). W. Strange died on 2 January 1956 in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
- Angelo Dibona was born on 7 April 1879 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Veneto, Italy. He died on 21 April 1956 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Veneto, Italy.
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- Music Department
- Actor
Michio Miyagi was born on 7 April 1894 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. He was a composer and actor, known for Princess Kaguya (1935), Sumida River (1942) and The Loves of a Kabuki Actor (1938). He died on 25 June 1956 in near Tokyo, Japan.