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- George III was born on 4 June 1738 in Westminster, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Kings and Queens (2002), Eight Songs for a Mad King (2012) and History Extra podcast (2007). He was married to Queen Charlotte. He died on 29 January 1820 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Garnet Joseph Wolseley was born on 4 June 1833 in Golden Bridge, Ireland. He was married to Louisa Erskine. He died on 26 March 1913 in Menton, France.
- John C. Coble was born on 4 June 1859 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA. She died on 4 December 1914 in Elko, Nevada, USA.
- Actor
- Production Designer
Christian Hansen was born on 4 June 1858 in Kolding, Denmark. He was an actor and production designer, known for Peder Tordenskjold (1910). He died on 29 November 1919.- Director
- Actor
Harry Harvey was born on 4 June 1873 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and actor, known for The Lion's Claws (1918), The Mystery Ship (1917) and Feet of Clay (1917). He was married to Beatrice ?. He died on 5 April 1929 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Barbara Baynton was born on 4 June 1857 in Scone, New South Wales, Australia. Barbara was a writer, known for Squeaker's Mate (1973). Barbara was married to Rowland George Allanson-Winn, Thomas Baynton and Alexander Frater Jr.. Barbara died on 28 May 1929 in Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Henry Jewett was born on 4 June 1862 in Yackandandah, Victoria, Australia. He was an actor, known for Sir Highwayman (1913). He was married to Maggie Knight (actress) and Frances H.. He died on 24 June 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
- Geli Raubal born Angela Maria Raubal, June 4, 1908 in Linz, Upper Austria, Austria-Hungary, was rumoured to be Adolf Hitler's mistress. Geli and her young sister Elfriede accompanied their mother, Angela Raubal, half sister of Adolf Hitler, when she became Hitler's housekeeper in 1925. Raubal was 17 at the time and spent the next six years in close contact with her half-uncle, who was 19 years her senior. Her mother was given a position as housekeeper at the Berghof villa near Berchtesgaden in 1928. Geli Raubal moved into Hitler's Munich, Prinzregentenplatz apartment in 1929, when she enrolled in medicine at Ludwig Maximillian University. She did not complete her medical studies. On the morning of Sept 19,1931, members of Hitler's staff found Geli Raubal dead from a gunshot wound to the lung in her room in Hitler's Munich apartment, Prinzregentenplatz 16 second floor. Hermann Göring would later tell attorneys at the Nuremberg trials that Geli Raubal's death (1931) had devastated Hitler to such an extent that it changed his views and relationships with all other people.
- Writer
- Actor
- Director
Earle Rodney was born on 4 June 1888 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a writer and actor, known for Uppercut O'Brien (1929), The College Kiddo (1927) and Clancy at the Bat (1929). He was married to Leona Adelle Domke. He died on 16 December 1932 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Harley Knoles was born on 4 June 1880 in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Oh, Baby! (1926), The Bohemian Girl (1922) and Miss Petticoats (1916). He was married to Rosina Henley. He died on 6 January 1936 in London, England, UK.- E.S. Warrilow was born on 4 June 1878 in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Last Tide (1931). He died on 29 November 1936 in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England, UK.
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Francis Powers was born on 4 June 1865 in Marner, Virginia, USA. He was a director and writer, known for As No Man Has Loved (1925), Hearts of Oak (1924) and From Headquarters (1929). He died on 10 May 1940 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- William M.L. "Billy" Fiske from Brooklyn, New York, was an American socialite who dabbled in banking and movie production, producing White Heat (1934). However, he was more famous for the two gold medals he won at consecutive Winter Olympics in 1928 and 1932, as the leader of the bobsled team. When World War Two began, he was living in England, married to a British society beauty. Thanks to his contacts he was able to pull strings to join the Royal Air Force, in defiance of the US Neutrality Act, by posing as a Canadian. He flew Hurricane fighters with the auxiliary 601 Squadron in the Battle of Britain, before being shot down on 16 August 1940. He was burned and died from shock two days later.
Fiske is commemorated with a plaque in the crypt of St.Paul's Cathedral, London. His life will be the subject of a forthcoming film, The Few (2006) and American Warrior: Billy Fiske (2005). - Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marshall Hageman was born on 4 June 1891 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an assistant director, known for Torchy Gets Her Man (1938). He died on 26 October 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- M.J. Hagerman was born on 4 June 1891 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for An Academy Romance (1914) and The Social Slave (1916). He died on 26 October 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Soundtrack
Mary-Rose-Anne Travers was born 4 June 1894 in Newport, Gaspésie in Québec. Born into a large family of Irish (Lawrence Travers) and French Canadian (Adéline Cyr) descent, he left home at 13 to earn her living in Montreal. A gifted child, she had learned easily to play the violin, the harmonica, the button accordion, and the jew's-harp. To pay for her trip to Montreal she played the violin in the main street of Newport while selling Red Pills - a patent medicine. In Montreal she worked at first as a domestic, then married Édouard Bolduc, a plumber, on 17 Aug 1914 and raised a large family. She began to perform publicly out of economic necessity.
After she accompanied the singer Ovila Légaré in a recording session, she was recommended to Conrad Gauthier, organizerof the Veillées du bon vieux temps at the Monument National. She was engaged at first as a violoneuse, but in 1927 Gauthier encouraged her to sing for the first time in public. Such was her success that Gauthier suggested that she compose some songs. Though she was scarcely known, her recordings of 'La Cuisinière' and 'La Servante,' issued on a Starr 78, quickly sold some 12,000 copies - a success unprecedented in Quebec at the time. There followed other songs and recordings which enjoyed great popularity because of their humour, frankness, and inimitable style of embellishment, with 'turlutages' or comic ritornelles produced by clicking the tongue against the palate. She performed tirelessly in Canada and the USA and continued to record, completing 85 songs on 43 78s for the Starr label before her death. Apex and MCA Coral have reissued many of her songs.
This likeable, joyous, and dynamic woman, composed her songs as she lived, wilfully, intuitively, guided by an uncommon sense of observation. She was Canada's first chansonnière in the true sense of the word, in that her verses deal with real life and, seen as a whole, reflect vividly the particular climate of the 1930s in Quebec. The daily problems and the material difficulties of ordinary people are reflected in her songs: 'Le Commerçant des rues,' 'L'Enfant volé,' 'Les Cinq Jumelles,' 'Les Colons canadiens,''La Grocerie du coin,' 'Les Agents d'assurance,' 'Les Conducteurs de chars,' and others.
In 1937, Mary and her troop members were victims of a car accident in the parish of Sacré-Coeur, near Rimouski. The singer survives with a double fracture of the right leg, broken nose, strong bruises and a concussion. She cancels the current tour, but decides to honor the contracts of the actors. As for the rest, she will suffer from aphasia and loss of memory for two long years, which affects her career. She died on February 20, 1941 at the age of 46 following cancer.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Richard Tucker was born on 4 June 1884 in Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Jazz Singer (1927), The Squall (1929) and Wings (1927). He was married to Ruth Mitchell and Mabel Reed. He died on 5 December 1942 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- William T. Horne was born on 4 June 1869 in Batavia, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Western Firebrands (1921), The Iron Man (1924) and The Social Buccaneer (1923). He was married to Mary Evelyn Mossman. He died on 15 December 1942 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
- John Peere Miles was born on 4 June 1896 in St. Gyr, Belgium. John Peere was a writer, known for The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938). John Peere was married to Sarah June Brubaker, Katherine Crawford and Dorothy Arden. John Peere died on 8 April 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Music Department
Arnold Kraushaar was born on 4 June 1880 in Bucharest, Romania. Arnold died on 13 September 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- May Beatty was born on 4 June 1880 in Christchurch, New Zealand. She was an actress, known for I Wake Up Screaming (1941), Pride and Prejudice (1940) and Mad Love (1935). She was married to Edward Lauri (born Edward James Lowe) actor). She died on 1 April 1945 in Covina, California, USA.
- Actor
- Writer
Colin Ross was born on 4 June 1885 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor and writer, known for Secrets of a Soul (1926). He died on 29 April 1945 in Urfeld am Walchensee, Bavaria, Germany.- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Erno Rapee was born on 4 June 1891 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a composer, known for The Island (2005), The Green Mile (1999) and Matchstick Men (2003). He was married to Mariska ?. He died on 26 June 1945 in New York City, New York, USA.- Irene Phillips was born on 4 June 1891 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for Listening In (1927). She was married to Norman Dewitt Phillips. She died on 28 February 1946 in North Hollywood, California, USA.
- Joseph Manning was born on 4 June 1870 in New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Screaming Shadow (1920), The Man Who Disappeared (1914) and Little Pal (1915). He died on 31 July 1946 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- Brady Kline was born on 4 June 1892 in Tilton, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for The Phantom Express (1932), The Fourth Commandment (1927) and Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935). He died on 18 November 1946 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Karl Valentin, whose real name is Valentin Ludwig Fey, began an apprenticeship as a carpenter in 1897 after attending a private school. Two years later he met Gisela Royes, his future wife. Two daughters were born from this union. Between 1899 and 1901, Valentin worked as a journeyman carpenter. The following year he attended the Strebel comedy school in Munich. He made his first appearance on October 1, 1901 under his stage name Karl Valentin. His father died during this performance. Valentin then ran the Falk und Fey shipping business together with his mother, which was sold as a bankrupt company in 1906.
In the same year, Valentin moved with his family to Zittau in Saxony, his mother's hometown. In 1907 he started a tour. But success with the self-built musical device "Living Orchestrion" failed to materialize and Valentin returned to Munich. There he initially worked in an inn. From 1908 onward he had success with his monologues "The Aquarium" and was hired by the Volkssängerbühne in the "Frankfurter Hof". Valentin's comedy was based on the grotesque language of his long body, on funny puns and slapstick. His jokes often hit the audience or himself. The pessimism and tragic character of his comedy had a real background.
Valentin often chafed against reality, against official or social circumstances or against his fellow human beings. In 1911 he met Elisabeth Wellano, his later stage partner as Lisl Karlstadt. During this time he married Gisela Royes. In 1912/13, the first silent film that has survived to this day was released with the title "Karl Valentin's Wedding", in which he exposed the marriage institution to satire. In his enthusiasm for the medium of film, Karl Valentin made around 40 films, which were often based on his stage jokes. In 1914 the first works on the program "Tingeltangel" were created, which also contains the well-known sketch "The Orchestra Rehearsal". Exempt from military service for health reasons, Karl Valentin gave almost 120 performances in hospitals during the First World War.
From 1915 he directed the Munich cabaret "Wien-München". Together with Berthold Brecht, Valentin parodied his play "Drumming in the Night" at the Munich Kammerspiele. In 1922/23 the comedian appeared alongside Brecht, Erich Engel, Lisl Karlstadt and Blandine Ebinger in the surrealist film "Mysteries of a Hairdressing Salon". During this time Valentin performed abroad for the first time. His first guest appearance in Berlin in 1923 was enthusiastically received by Alfred Kerr and Kurt Tucholsky. He was called a "word picker" because of his linguistic acrobatics. Valentin's last known silent film, "Der Sonderling", was made in 1929. Two years later he opened his own theater in the Goethe Hall on Leopoldstrasse in Munich.
Clashes with the police arose because of fire safety requirements. In 1932 he took part in his first sound film "The Bartered Bride". He adopted a skeptical attitude towards the Nazi regime, but made no political statements. In 1934, Karl Valentin opened his "Panoptikum" as an exhibition of horror and nonsense items such as a glass of Berlin air. But the project initially failed until it was reopened the following year - but with the same failure. After the Nazi henchmen banned the film "The Inheritance", in which Valentin took part, because of "miserable tendencies", he rarely received film offers. From 1939 onward, the comedian and his new partner and lover Annemarie Fischer had success with the "Ritterspelunke" project, a mixture of panopticon, pub and theater.
Disputes with Nazi authorities were one reason for the closure of the economically successful "Ritterspelunke". The room was supposed to become an air raid shelter. From 1940 to 1947 he did not appear in public, but wrote many dialogue pieces and poems. His last play, "Family Sorrows," was written in 1943. Due to economic hardship, he became a journalist for the Munich Feldpost. After the war, Valentin tried to stay afloat by selling home-made household items. The radio series on Bavarian Radio "It's about Karl Valentin" was discontinued because listeners complained about the excessive pessimism.
Radio and record recordings followed in 1946 and a joint appearance with Lisl Karlstadt the following year.
Karl Valentin died on February 9, 1948 in Planegg near Munich of a cold caused by malnutrition.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Sam Landers was born on 4 June 1884 in New York City, New York, USA. Sam was a cinematographer, known for The River's End (1920), Sealed Lips (1925) and The Fate of a Flirt (1925). Sam died on 5 August 1948 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Editor
Christian Chamborant was born on 4 June 1892 in Paris, France. Christian was a director and assistant director, known for Patrouille blanche (1942), Rouletabille joue et gagne (1947) and Signé illisible (1942). Christian died on 10 December 1948 in Paris, France.- Ed La Niece was born on 4 June 1876 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Thundering Thompson (1929), His Last Bullet (1928) and Sell 'Em Cowboy (1924). He died on 25 September 1949 in West Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Alfred Beierle was born on 4 June 1885 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der Schuß im Tonfilmatelier (1930), The Heath Is Green (1932) and Der Tiger (1930). He died on 16 March 1950.
- Gustaf Mannerheim was born on 4 June 1867 in Askainen, Finland. He was married to Anastasia Arapova. He died on 27 January 1951 in Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland.
- Writer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Robert B. Smith was born on 4 June 1875 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for Sweethearts (1938). He was married to Marguerite Wright. He died on 6 November 1951 in New York City, New York, USA.- Miina Sillanpää was born on 4 June 1866 in Jokioinen, Finland. She died on 3 April 1952 in Helsinki, Finland.
- Ida Millais was born on 4 June 1872 in Kensington, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Lady Audley's Secret (1920). She died on 8 May 1952 in Kenton, London, England, UK.
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William Postance was born on 4 June 1874 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Sherlock Holmes (1916) and The Iron Woman (1916). He was married to Sybil Campbell. He died on 14 April 1953 in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA.- Juan de la Cruz was born on 4 June 1881 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was an actor, known for The Flirt (1916), Wolfe and Montcalm (1924) and Miss V from Moscow (1942). He died on 12 November 1953 in Orange County, California, USA.
- Robert Cain was born on 4 June 1886 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Kidnapped (1917), Male and Female (1919) and The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1915). He died on 27 April 1954 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Actor
Gabriel Pascal was born on 4 June 1894 in Arad, Transilvania, Austria-Hungary [now Arad, Arad, Romania]. He was a producer and actor, known for Major Barbara (1941), Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) and The Living Dead (1932). He was married to Valéria Hidvéghy. He died on 6 July 1954 in New York City, New York, USA.- Joseph Jefferson Farjeon was born on 4 June 1883 in London, England, UK. Joseph Jefferson was a writer, known for The Ghost Camera (1933), Number 17 (1932) and The Phantom Light (1935). Joseph Jefferson was married to Frances Antoinette Wood. Joseph Jefferson died on 6 June 1955 in Hove, East Sussex, England, UK.
- Actress
- Writer
Helen Blizzard was born on 4 June 1872 in Manchester, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for The Key of the World (1918) and The Beetle (1919). She died on 23 October 1956 in Chichester, England, UK.- Actor
- Writer
Tall, distinguished-looking Russell Hicks appeared in almost 300 films in his more than 40-year career (although his first known screen appearance was in 1915, he has screenwriting credits as early as 1913, so it's possible his screen debut was earlier than credited). His cultured bearing, grandfatherly appearance and soothing, resonant voice were perfect for the many military officers, attorneys, judges and business executives he excelled at playing. He was especially memorable in an atypical role as oily, fast-talking phony-stock salesman J. Frothington Waterbury in the W.C. Fields classic The Bank Dick (1940). Hicks made his last film in 1956, and died the next year.- Topi Kankainen was born on 4 June 1912 in Jyväskylä, Finland. He was an actor, known for The Unknown Soldier (1955) and Elokuu (1956). He was married to Martta Annikki Sirén. He died on 22 December 1957.
- Additional Crew
- Actor
Freddie Fralick was born on 4 June 1888 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for The Price of Art (1912), Badly Wanted (1913) and Si's Wonderful Mineral Spring (1914). He died on 13 May 1958 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Frank Goldsmith was born on 4 June 1876 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Clemenceau Case (1915), A Fool and His Money (1920) and The Mystery of the Dancing Men (1923). He died on 9 June 1958 in Folkestone, Kent, England, UK.
- Pal the dog (a Rough Collie) was born on June 8, 1940 in North Hollywood, California, USA. He is best known and remembered for Lassie Come Home (1943) and Courage of Lassie (1946), The Painted Hills (1951). Though he was a male, he received notoriety for playing the famous character Lassie. He was retired from acting in 1954, and died in 1958. His life and memories of him live on in his movies and T.V. appearances.
- Robert Earl Hughes was born on 4 June 1926 in Monticello, Missouri, USA. He died on 10 July 1958 in Bremen, Indiana, USA.
- Additional Crew
- Producer
- Cinematographer
Pioneering film producer and studio executive Albert E. Smith was born in Favershem, County Kent, England, on June 4, 1875, the son of a gardener. There were nine children in the Smith family--Albert, seven brothers and a sister--and when he was three years old the entire family emigrated to the US, eventually settling in Santa Barbara, CA. After a series of uneventful jobs, he took up a career as an illusionist, calling himself "The King of Entertainers". He eventually hooked up with another expatriate Brit, J. Stuart Blackton, and they formed an act and took it on the road. It was somewhat successful, but didn't offer quite the rewards they had envisioned. He and Blackton saw the potential in the burgeoning motion-picture business, and together with William T. Rock they formed the Vitagraph Company of America to produce and distribute films. While Blackton was the production head--involving himself in casting, writing, producing, directing, and pretty much every aspect of filmmaking--Smith largely confined himself to the financial end of the company, although he did on occasion assist Blackton in the actual filmmaking process. It was as a financial wizard that Smith was of greatest help to Vitagraph, however, and he developed a reputation as a savvy--some even described him as ruthless--businessman (Mary Pickford once met with Smith to discuss the possibility of her signing with Vitagraph, but she took such a dislike to him that she stormed out of the meeting shortly after it began). Smith's foresight and business acumen helped build Vitagraph into the premier motion-picture studio of the early silent era.
In 1925 Vitagraph was sold to Warner Brothers and, for all practical purposes, Smith retired. Married three times--the last to Jean Paige--Smith died in Hollywood on August 1, 1958.- Composer
- Soundtrack
René de Buxeuil was born on 4 June 1881 in Buxeuil, Vienne, France. He was a composer, known for Le premier mot d'amour (1932), Couturier de mon coeur (1935) and Dix minutes de café-concert (1931). He died on 16 July 1959 in Paris, France.- Wladyslaw Walter was born on 4 June 1887 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Mocny czlowiek (1929), Szlakiem hanby (1929) and Carska faworyta (1918). He died on 4 November 1959 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.