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- Marshall P. Wilder was born on 19 September 1859 in Geneva, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Widow's Might (1913), Professor Optimo (1912) and Marshall P. Wilder (1897). He was married to Mrs. Marshall P. Wilder. He died on 10 January 1915 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
- Ernest Lacy was born on 19 September 1863 in Warren, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for The Ragged Earl (1914). He was married to Hattie C. Dugan. He died on 17 June 1916 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Silent film actor and director, son of Sidney Drew and his first wife, Mrs. Sidney Drew, and first cousin of actors John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, and Ethel Barrymore. Although his famous parents had hoped for him to choose another career than the theatre and sent him to military school, the draw of the family tradition was too strong. He toured in plays with his parents and his cousin Lionel, who encouraged him to enter motion pictures. He had a brief but prominent career as a film actor, followed by an equally brief but more prominent period as a director. In 1915, he volunteered for service with the Lafayette Escadrille flying corps, in which he served with future director William A. Wellman. He was shot down and killed by the Germans in the last year of the World War. His father never got over the tragedy and himself died less than a year later at the age of 54.- Kenneth S. Goodman was born on 19 September 1883 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Kenneth S. was a writer, known for Cousin Jim (1916), Lux Video Theatre (1950) and Shoestring Theatre (1959). Kenneth S. was married to Marjorie Robbins. Kenneth S. died on 30 November 1918 in Naval Station Great Lakes, Illinois, USA.
- Bobby Franks was born on 19 September 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He died on 22 May 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- William Bates was born on 19 September 1852 in Harrisburg, Indiana, USA. William was a writer, known for Loin du foyer (1917). William was married to Clara Nixon. William died on 29 October 1924 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
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Robert Saidreau was born on 19 September 1875 in Valence, Drôme, France. He was a director and actor, known for Bonheur conjugal (1923), L'idée de Françoise (1923) and Méfiez-vous de votre bonne (1920). He died on 5 December 1925 in Paris, France.- Otyan Yervand, an Armenian satiric writer, journalist, publicist. He studied at Perperyan Gymnasium of Constantinople. His works were published in press starting from 1887. By the invitation of A. Arpiaryan he became the editor's assistant (1892-95), then the editor of (1896) "Hayreniq" (Moterland) daily. He was in the "unreliable persons" list of authorities in Turkey. In August 1896 Otyan secretly moved from Constantinople. After the Young Turks revolution (1908) he came back. During the "Mets Eghern" (the Armenian Genocide) he was exiled to the desert of Deir ez-Zor. Miraculously saved he returned to Constantinople again in 1918, in 1922 he moved to Bucharest, in 1924 to Tripoli (Lebanon) and in 1925 he moved to Cairo. He published number of satirical periodicals ("Azat Khosk" (Free Speech), "Azat Bem" (Free Stage), 1903-06, "Krak" (Fire), 1905, in Alexandria, "Karaptnat" 1910, "Sev Katu" (Black Cat), 1912, "Manana", 1913-14, "Ignat Agha" 1919-20, "Yergitsakan Taretsuts" (Satirical Annual), 1921-22, in Constantinople). Otyan's feuilletons and pamphlets were a new in the Armenian classical prose: the short stories of "Parasites of Revolution" (1898-99), novellas "War and Peace" (1911), "The Propagandist" (1901) and trilogy "Comrade B. Panjuni". He mocked those national figures that pretend to be patriots but in reality, they violate, abuse the sacred ideas. Otyan greatly contributed to the development of the Armenian social satire. In the short stories "Money-lender" (1893), "Good Executioner" (1899), "Hambardzum Agha" (1904), in the novellas "The National Benefactor" (1905), "Love Affair of Mikey" (1906), "The Letters of the Merchant or the art of being a Perfect Man" (1914) and in the novels "Intermediary Daddy" (1895-1920), "Family, Honour, Morality" (1910) Otyan mocked the social-moral, family and everyday vices of the society. Otyan depicted the struggle against the Hamidian dictatorship in the historical-adventurous novel "Abdul Hamid and Sherlock Holmes" (1911). His "feuilleton" novels and chronicles are of cognitive and artistic value. He considered repatriation to be a guarantee for national preservation. Otyan is the author of comedies, memoirs and satirical portraits. He translated the novels "Resurrection" and "Anna Karenina" by L. Tolstoy (1911), the works of Emile Zola, F. Dostoyevsky, M. Gorky, M. Twain, etc.
- Ted McNamara was born on 19 September 1894 in Melbourne, Australia. He was an actor, known for Why Sailors Go Wrong (1928), Shore Leave (1925) and Rich But Honest (1927). He died on 3 February 1928 in Ventura, California, USA.
- Henry Arthur Jones was born on 19 September 1851 in Grandborough, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. Henry Arthur was a writer, known for The Middleman (1915), The Silver King (1929) and Beyond (1921). Henry Arthur died on 7 January 1929 in London, England, UK.
- Hjalmar Bergman was born on 19 September 1883 in Örebro, Örebro län, Sweden. He was a writer, known for The Hell Ship (1923), Hans nåds testamente (1919) and Flickan i frack (1926). He was married to Stina Bergman. He died on 1 January 1931 in Berlin, Germany.
- Fritzi Fern was born Fritzi Fern Blower in Akron, Ohio. After her parents divorced she moved to Los Angeles with her mother and brother. Fritzi began her career as a child actress and made films for the Greyhound Motion Picture Company. In 1922 producer Harry Burns cast her in a series of shorts starring Little Napoleon. She spent the next several years dancing in vaudeville. Fritzi signed a contract with Universal Studios in 1928. Unfortunately the only movie she made at the studio was The Charlaton. She was supposed to costar with Reginald Denny in Clear In The Decks but she was replaced before filming began. In 1929 she appeared on stage in Earl Carroll's Revue. Fritzi had a small part in the 1932 Western serial The Last Frontier. It would be her last acting role. In the Fall of 1932 she was diagnosed with a brain tumor and had surgery to remove it. Tragically she never recovered and died on September 20, 1932. Fritzi was only twenty-five years old.
- American novelist Louis Joseph Vance was born in Washington, DC, in 1879. He was educated at New York University's Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He began writing at age 22, first short stories and poems, and then novels. His most famous works are the "Lone Wolf" series of detective thrillers, featuring the mysterious Michael Lanyard, aka "The Lone Wolf". The series of eight books was wildly successful, and was made into a radio series, a television series and more than 20 films.
He died under somewhat mysterious circumstances in his New York City apartment in 1933. A heavy drinker, he had been depressed over the break-up of his marriage (he and his wife of more than 30 years were separated, though not yet divorced) and, intoxicated (according to the coroner), he fell asleep with a lit cigarette on a stuffed chair in his living room. The cigarette apparently fell into a can of benzene, which was used to clean the chair (another story is that it was to lessen the pain he was suffering from a broken jaw). The benzene ignited, the chair caught fire and he was burned (some sources say asphyxiated) to death. The authorities ruled the death as accidental, but suspicions persisted that it was actually a suicide. - Composer
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José Gomes de Abreu (nickname "Zequinha"), popular piano player and composer, was born in Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, a small town in the Sao Paulo State, in September 19 of 1880. He started his piano studies at age of 6. José de Abreu was owner of a drugstore, mayor of Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, piano teacher. Also he played in the theatre, on silent movies. He is author of numerous waltz and "choros": "Sururú na Cidade", "Branca", "Tardes em Lindóia", etc. But his most famous work is "Tico-Tico no Fubá", played by the American organist Ethel Smith and sang by Carmen Miranda in Copacabana (1947). Zequinha de Abreu died in São Paulo, SP, on January 22, 1935.- George W. Wickersham was born on 19 September 1858 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Mildred Wendell. He died on 26 January 1936 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Kazimierz Justian was born on 19 September 1888 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Ziemia obiecana (1927), Dziesieciu z Pawiaka (1931) and O czym sie nie mówi (1924). He died on 24 February 1936 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
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Malcolm Strauss was born on 19 September 1879 in New York, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Into the Net (1924), Salome (1923) and The Twice Born Woman (1921). He died on 10 April 1936 in New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
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Ernst Reicher was born on 19 September 1885 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and producer, known for George Bully (1920), Der Sprung ins Dunkle (1920) and Camera obscura (1921). He was married to Stella Harf. He died on 1 May 1936 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.- Harold Everett Porter, who often wrote under the pen name Holworthy Hall, was a once popular author of light fiction. He was, at the height of his popularity, a frequent contributor of short stories and serials to The Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, Harper's, American Magazine and Colliers.
Porter was the son of New York publisher, Albert de Lance Porter. His mother, the former Louella Root, was born in Ohio and raised in Massachusetts. She was the daughter of a minister who had served as an officer with the Union army during the American Civil War.
A 1909 graduate of Harvard (the home of Holworthy Hall), Porter's best remembered works are probably "The Six Best Cellars" (1919) with Hugh McNair Kahler and "The Valiant" a one-act play, published in 1921, that he co-wrote with Harvard classmate, Robert Middlemass. His last book "Colossus" was released in 1930, with a dedication to his friend and literary agent, Harold Ober.
After graduating from Harvard, Porter worked for his father's publishing firm, A. D. Porter Company, serving as president from 1910 to 1916.
Porter served with the US Army Air Corp during the First World War and was assigned to military intelligence where he rose to the rank of captain. During much of the 1920s, Porter, along with his wife and children, lived on the French Riviera, where his love of golf seemed to replace his love of writing.
Harold Everett Porter died of pneumonia on June 21, 1936, at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington, Connecticut. He was survived by his wife, a daughter and two sons. - Actor
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Rudolf Hoch was born on 19 September 1880 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden [now Baden-Württemberg], Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Er weiß was er will (1935), Aus Liebe gesündigt (1919) and Die nicht sterben dürfen (1919). He died on 17 July 1936 in Fischen, Bavaria, Germany.- Antonio Maiori was born on 19 September 1870 in Italy. He was an actor, known for Poor Little Peppina (1916). He died on 30 July 1938 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
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Hal Carney was born on 19 September 1893 in Illinois, USA. Hal died on 16 November 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.- Animation Department
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Arthur Rackham was born on 19 September 1867 in 2 St James's Terrace, Lambeth, London, England, UK. Arthur is known for The Wild Hunt (2009) and Between Earth and the End of Time (1995). Arthur was married to Edyth Harriet Gertrude Gabrieth Starkie. Arthur died on 6 September 1939 in Limpsfield, Surrey, England, UK.- Actor
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First of all, the cross-eyed comedian of silent days was not born that way. Supposedly his right eye slipped out of alignment while playing the role of the similarly afflicted Happy Hooligan in vaudeville and it never adjusted. Ironically, it was this disability that would enhance his comic value and make him a top name.
Ben Turpin was born in New Orleans in 1869, the son of a French-born confectionery store owner. When 7 years old, his father moved to New York's lower East Side. A wanderlust fellow by nature, Turpin lived the life of a hobo in his early adult years. He started up his career by chance while bumming in Chicago where he drew laughs at parties. An ad in a newspaper looking for comedy acts caught his eye and he successfully booked shows along with a partner. Going solo, he performed on the burlesque circuit as well as under circus tents and invariably entertained his audiences by doing tricks, vigorous pratfalls and, of course, crossing his eyes. One of his more familiar sight gags was a backwards tumble he called the "108." He happened upon the Happy Hooligan persona while playing on the road and kept the hapless character as part of routine for 17 years.
He started in films at age 38 in 1907, joining Essanay Studios shortly after the company began operating in Chicago. He also became their resident janitor for a spell. He stayed with the company for two years but remained on the edges of obscurity. Appearing sporadically in silent comedy shorts, he typically played dorky characters who always did something wrong. His big break came when he returned to Essanay and was introduced to Charles Chaplin, who immediately took to him and set him up with Mack Sennett. By 1917 Sennett had turned Turpin into a top comedy draw. With his trademark crossed eyes and thick mustache, he made scores of slapstick films alongside the likes of Mabel Normand and 'Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle', among others. Most notable were his films that parodied hit movies of the day such as his The Shriek of Araby (1923), in which his character lampooned Rudolph Valentino. Turpin's true forte was impersonating the most dashingly romantic and sophisticated stars of the day and turning them into clumsy oafs.
Turpin retired from full time acting in 1924 to care for his ailing wife Canadian comedy actress Carrie Turpin (nee LeMieux). After her death the following year he returned but his marquee value had slipped drastically. The advent of sound pretty much marked the end to his special brand of physical comedy. He was only glimpsed from then on, mostly in comic cameos for other top stars such as a bit as a plumber with Laurel & Hardy in Saps at Sea (1940), his last. He died of heart disease that same year.- Writer
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Rachel Field was born on 19 September 1894 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for Fantasia (1940), Time Out of Mind (1947) and All This, and Heaven Too (1940). She was married to Arthur Siegfried Pederson. She died on 15 March 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Malcolm Duncan was born on 19 September 1881 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor and editor, known for The Spendthrift (1915), Wild Oats (1916) and The Scarlet Road (1916). He was married to Edith Barker (actress). He died on 2 May 1942 in Bay Shore, Long Island, New York, USA.- Sound Department
Neil Jack was born on 19 September 1896 in Wisconsin, USA. He is known for Defenders of the Law (1931), The Phantom in the House (1929) and Second Honeymoon (1930). He died on 13 October 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
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Dolph Singer was born on 19 September 1900 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for His First Flame (1935), Dizzy & Daffy (1934) and Corn on the Cop (1934). He died on 8 December 1942 in Milford, Connecticut, USA.- Agis Winding was born on 19 September 1875 in Århus, Denmark. She was an actress, known for Nøddebo præstegaard (1934), Naar bønder elsker (1942) and Love in Exile (1923). She was married to Erik Schall Holberg, Andreas Winding and Andreas Bertram Ludvig Camillo Larssen. She died on 31 January 1943.
- Henri Richard was born on 19 September 1883 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was an actor, known for Le diable en bouteille (1935), Liliom (1934) and À minuit, le 7 (1937). He died on 9 February 1943 in Berlin, Germany.
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Lynne Overman was born on 19 September 1887 in Maryville, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Union Pacific (1939), Reap the Wild Wind (1942) and She Loves Me Not (1934). He was married to Emily Helen Drange and Sylvia Antoinette Hazette. He died on 19 February 1943 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Writer
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Walter Wassermann was born on 19 September 1883 in Berlin, Germany. He was a writer and actor, known for Ein Walzer im Schlafcoupé (1930), Der Schrein der Medici (1921) and Das Rheinlandmädel (1930). He died on 4 October 1944 in Salzburg, Austria.- Franklin Sousley was born on 19 September 1925 in Hilltop, Kentucky, USA. He died on 21 March 1945 in Iwo Jima, Japan.
- Percy Moore was born on 19 September 1877 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Shock Punch (1925). He was married to Helen Stewart (actress). He died on 8 April 1945 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Werner Scharf was born on 19 September 1905 in Leipzig, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Madame Bovary (1937), An Ideal Spouse (1935) and Fronttheater (1942). He died on 30 April 1945 in Rathenow, Germany.- Paul Everton was born on 19 September 1868 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Merrily We Live (1938), They Won't Forget (1937) and The Conquest of Canaan (1921). He died on 26 February 1948 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Rosita Marstini was born on 19 September 1887 in Nancy, France. She was an actress, known for Blood and Sand (1922), The Red Lily (1924) and A Tale of Two Cities (1917). She was married to Paul Sablon. She died on 24 April 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Philipp Lothar Mayring was born on 19 September 1879 in Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany. He was a writer and director, known for A Certain Mr. Gran (1933), Alarm auf Station III (1939) and The Battle of Bademuende (1931). He died on 6 July 1948 in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.- Actor
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Robert Storm Petersen was born on 19 September 1882 in Valby, Copenhagen, Denmark. He was an actor and director, known for A Modern Naval Hero (1907), The Lady with the Camellias (1907) and Jernmixturen (1920). He was married to Ellen Margrethe Jacobsen and Lydia Clementine Angelica Sorensen. He died on 6 March 1949 in Frederiksberg, Denmark.- Ruth Findlay was born on 19 September 1896 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for The Moonstone (1915), The Salamander (1916) and The Scar (1919). She was married to Donald W. Lamb. She died on 13 July 1949 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Hanns Bingang was born on 19 September 1894 in Germany. He was a composer, known for Två hjärtan och en skuta (1932), Charlotte Löwensköld (1930) and Halta Lena och vindögde Per (1933). He died on 25 March 1950 in Stockholm, Sweden.- Leonard Craske was born on 19 September 1880 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Lessons in Love (1915) and The Ace of Death (1915). He died on 29 August 1950 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Fred Gabourie was born on 19 September 1881 in Tweed, Ontario, Canada. He was an art director, known for The General (1926), Sherlock Jr. (1924) and The Navigator (1924). He was married to Evelyn Kurtz. He died on 1 March 1951 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Actor
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Weldon Heyburn was born on 19 September 1903 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was an actor, known for Chandu the Magician (1932), Fugitive at Large (1939) and The 13th Man (1937). He was married to Virginia Frances Maggard, Jane Eichelberger, Greta Nissen and Phyllis Connard Williams. He died on 18 May 1951 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Árpád id. Latabár was born on 19 September 1878 in Miskolc, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. He was an actor, known for Magas diplomácia (1918), Jön a rozson át! (1919) and Az ötödik osztály (1920). He died on 22 August 1951 in Budapest, Hungary.
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Douglas Bacon was born on 19 September 1908 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was an art director, known for Lightning Strikes Twice (1951), Tea for Two (1950) and Lullaby of Broadway (1951). He died on 23 January 1952 in Glendale, California, USA.- Scott Sunderland was born on 19 September 1883 in Rock Ferry, Cheshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Pygmalion (1938) and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939). He died on 12 December 1952 in Malvern, Worcestershire, England, UK.
- For over two decades, Porter Hall made a career out of playing villains and pompous, unpleasant people. His movie career was not a mirror of his real life, however. Mr. Hall was well known as a generous and outgoing person who was well-liked by almost everybody he knew. It is ironic that the role he is most often seen in today is that of an atheist in Going My Way (1944) - ironic because Hall was a deacon in his church. Hall, who didn't make his first movie until he was 43, remained active until his death in 1953.
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He was educated at Townsend Harris Hall, at City College of New York and at Fordham University Law School. He began arranging for Waterson, Berlin and Snyder, and wrote special material for vaudeville. He did the first arrangements for the new Fred Waring Glee Club. Joining ASCAP in 1920, he served as a director for 20 years, between 1933 and 1953, and as its president from 1948 to 1950. His chief musical collaborators included Roy Turk, Sam Lewis, Joe Young, Harry Richman, Bing Crosby, and Edgar Leslie. His popular songs include "I'll Get By"; "The Moon Was Yellow"; "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter"; "Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day" (the Bing Crosby theme); "Mean to Me"; "Walkin' My Baby Back Home"; "I'd Love to Fall Asleep and Wake Up in My Mammy's Arms"; You Oughta See My Baby"; "I Gave You Up Before You Threw Me Down"; "There's a Cradle in Caroline"; "Love, You Funny Thing"; "Sing an Old-Fashioned Song"; "Life is a Song"; "The Image of You"; "Take My Heart"; I Don't Know Why"; and "I Wake Up Smiling".- Art Department
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Leo H. Braun was born on 19 September 1890 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. Leo H. was a writer, known for The Sea Lion (1921), The Leopard Woman (1920) and The Jailbird (1920). Leo H. died on 12 November 1954 in Flushing, New York, USA.