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- Louis-Nicolas Clérambault was born on 19 December 1676 in Paris, Île-de-France, Kingdom of France [now France]. Louis-Nicolas died on 26 October 1749 in Paris, Île-de-France, Kingdom of France [now France].
- Soundtrack
Giuseppe Giordani was born on 19 December 1751 in Naples, Campania, Italy. Giuseppe died on 4 January 1798 in Fermo, Marche, Italy.- Edwin McMasters Stanton was an American lawyer and politician who served as Secretary of War under the Lincoln Administration during most of the American Civil War. Stanton's management helped organize the massive military resources of the North and guide the Union to victory. However, he was criticized by many Union generals, who perceived him as overcautious and micromanaging.He also organized the manhunt for Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth. After Lincoln's assassination, Stanton remained as the Secretary of War under the new US president, Andrew Johnson, during the first years of Reconstruction. He opposed the lenient policies of Johnson towards the former Confederate States. Johnson's attempt to dismiss Stanton ultimately led to Johnson being impeached by the Radical Republicans in the House of Representatives. Stanton returned to law after he retired as Secretary of War. In 1869, he was nominated as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court by Johnson's successor, Ulysses S. Grant, but Stanton died four days after his nomination was confirmed by the Senate.
- George L. Aiken was born on 19 December 1830 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for Uncle Tom's Cabin (1914). He was married to Cannelyte or Carmelyte ?. He died on 27 April 1876 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Giulio Ricordi was born on 19 December 1840 in Milan, Lombardy-Venetia, Austrian Empire [now Lombardy, Italy]. He was a writer, known for Beautiful But Dangerous (1955), The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006) and The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977). He died on 6 June 1912 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.- Guido Gozzano was born on 19 December 1883 in Turin, Italy. He was a writer, known for La vita delle farfalle (1911). He died on 9 August 1916 in Turin, Italy.
- G. Gozzano was born on 19 December 1883 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. G. was a writer, known for Cento anni d'amore (1954). G. died on 9 August 1916 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy.
- Director
- Actor
Marshall Farnum was born on 19 December 1879 in Natick, Massachusetts, USA. He was a director and actor, known for The House of Mirrors (1916), Wormwood (1915) and Lady Audley's Secret (1915). He was married to Helena M. Scott and Louise A. Lewis. He died on 19 February 1917 in Prescott, Arizona, USA.- J.G. Harper was born on 19 December 1854 in Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The Squaw Man (1914) and The Death Web (1915). He died on 2 January 1919 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Eleanor H. Porter was born on 19 December 1868 in Littleton, New Hampshire, USA. She was a writer, known for Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952), Dawn (1919) and Pollyanna (1920). She died on 21 May 1920 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
- Director
- Actor
Dalton Somers was born on 19 December 1856 in Pancras, London, England, UK. He was a director and actor, known for The Girl and the Gold Mine (1914), A Modern Highwayman (1914) and The Sentence Is Death (1914). He died on 5 April 1924 in Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK.- Svevo worked as a bank clerk, and, after marrying Lidia Veneziani, he directed her father's factory, which supplied a special naval paint. He was much more successful as a businessman than as a writer at the time, his scripts being totally neglected. His fame came when he was over sixty, thanks to the interest of his English teacher, a young James Joyce.
- Giovanni Grasso Sr. was born on 19 December 1873 in Catania, Sicily, Italy. He was an actor, known for Vautrin (1919), Cavalleria rusticana (1924) and Sperduti nel buio (1914). He died on 14 October 1930 in Catania, Sicily, Italy.
- Wladyslaw Jaminski was born on 19 December 1858 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austrian Empire [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Syn szatana (1923). He died on 17 February 1931 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Enrico Rastelli was born on 19 December 1896 in Samara, Russian Empire. He was an actor, known for Variety (1925). He was married to Harriet. He died on 13 December 1931 in Bergamo, Italy.
- Minnie Maddern Fiske was born on 19 December 1865 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She was an actress, known for Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1913) and Vanity Fair (1915). She was married to Harrison Grey Fiske and LeGrand White. She died on 15 February 1932 in Queens, New York, USA.
- Although somewhat forgotten these days, Max Adalbert was a great name of the German theater at he beginning of the twentieth century. Born Max Kampf in Danzig (now Gdansk in Poland) Max Adalbert worked in Lübeck, St. Gallen (Switzerland), Vienna and Berlin (Kleines Theater, Reinhardt-Bühnen). During the silent period he appeared in two masterpieces by Fritz Lang 'Der müde Tod' and 'Dr. Mabuse der Spieler'. After a few years solely devoted to the boards Adalbert successfully returned to the cinema. He was very good in 'Mein Leopold' but it is 'Der Hauptmann von Köpenick' that earned him most acclaim. A heart attack brutally broke this virtuous circle.
- Helene De Svanenskjold was born on 19 December 1876 in Frederiksberg, Denmark. She was an actress, known for Detektivens barnepige (1914). She died on 2 May 1936.
- Soundtrack
Joe Oliver was born on 19 December 1885 in Abend, Louisiana, USA. Joe was married to Estella. Joe died on 10 April 1938 in Savannah, Georgia, USA.- Semmy Henriques-Nielsen was born on 19 December 1880 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was married to Anna Henriques-Nielsen. He died on 11 September 1938.
- Richard Wirth was born on 19 December 1857 in Germany. He was an actor, known for Falsche Scham - Vier Episoden aus dem Leben eines Arztes (1926), Im Schützengraben (1914) and Goldene Herzen in eiserner Zeit (1914). He died on 13 December 1938 in Berlin, Germany.
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Louis Davids was born on 19 December 1883 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor and writer, known for Amerikaansche meisjes (1918), Bleeke Bet (1934) and Rooie Sien (1975). He died on 1 July 1939 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Otto Jacobsen was born on 19 December 1870 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Ormen (1912), Husband by Proxy (1927) and Den Rette (1913). He died on 8 December 1939.
- Louis Schneider was born on 19 December 1901 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He died on 22 September 1942 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
- Valborg Bagger was born on 19 December 1868 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was an actress, known for Jens Langkniv (1940). She was married to Alfred Bagger. She died on 19 January 1943.
- Actor
- Stunts
Worth Crouch was born on 19 December 1915 in Texas, USA. He was an actor. He died on 6 February 1943 in Calabasas, California, USA.- Ada Kosmowska was born on 19 December 1871 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Huragan (1928). She died on 27 July 1944 in Wieliczka, Malopolskie, Poland.
- Producer
Matti Schreck was born on 19 December 1897. Matti was a producer, known for VMV 6 (1936), Jumalan myrsky (1940) and Kyökin puolella (1940). Matti died on 19 October 1946.- Josef Cikán was born on 19 December 1872 in Horany u Kutné Hory, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Jindra, hrabenka Ostrovínová (1934), Turbina (1941) and Trhani (1936). He died on 7 December 1946 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Bronislaw Huberman was born on 19 December 1882 in Czestochowa, Poland. He is known for Orchestra of Exiles (2012). He was married to Elsa Galafrés. He died on 16 June 1947 in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland.- C.W. Bachman was born on 19 December 1863 in New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Graft (1915), The Weird Nemesis (1915) and The L. X. Clew (1917). He died on 7 November 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Jeanne Delvair was born on 19 December 1877 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Marie Tudor (1917), Mysteries of Paris (1912) and Blessée au coeur (1917). She was married to Georges Le Roy. She died on 13 January 1949 in Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Tess Gardella was born on 19 December 1894 in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Show Boat (1929), Stand Up and Cheer! (1934) and Honey (1930). She died on 3 January 1950 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.- Director
- Producer
Alfred Clark was a pioneering film director who was mostly known for directing several films for the Edison Manufacturing Company. Originally, Edison had begun his film company with making shorts of vaudeville acts; but Clark, who joined the company in 1895, was the first to introduce Edison to new ideas. His The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1895), using the world's first film edit, is a basic example of his work. Clark also introduced Edison to films using trained actors and actual plots.
Educated at the Franklin School in Washington and the City College of New York, Clark took an early interest in electricity and joined the North American Phonograph Company at the age of sixteen. However, he was forced to leave the company in 1894 after it collapsed, and in search of a new job, began making short films with the Edison Manufacturing Company in Edison's Black Maria studio, using Edison's film camera, the Kinetograph, in 1895.
A year later, Clark quit the company and instead began work with Edison's Phonograph Company. He also worked at the Cooper Institute, with Emile Berliner and Eldridge Johnson, on a new device for recording sound, the Gramophone. The Gramophone was a success, and Clark traveled to France, founding the Compagnie de Gramophone Francaise. Then, in 1904, Clark sold his French holdings. In 1907, he helped establish the Musée de la Voix. A year later he moved to Britain and became the managing director of the Gramophone Company in Hayes. After the first World War, he developed companionship with Eldridge Johnson's Victor Talking Machine Company, which was merged with the Columbia Graphophone Company in 1931, which then formed the EMI. Clark was the chairman and at times the managing director while working with the company, and retired in 1946.
He then died for years later, in 1950.- Actress
Else Skouboe was born on 19 December 1898 in Denmark. She was an actress, known for Tango (1933) and Grønkøbings glade gavtyve (1925). She died on 12 December 1950 in Denmark.- Nicholas Bogomoletz was born on 19 December 1871 in Russia. He was an actor, known for Into Her Kingdom (1926). He died on 6 June 1951 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Writer
Horace Hodges was born on 19 December 1863 in Falmouth, Cornwall, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Jamaica Inn (1939), After Dark (1932) and Summer Lightning (1933). He died on 6 July 1951 in Petersfield, Hampshire, England, UK.- Cinematographer
H. Kinley Martin was born on 19 December 1898 in New Hampshire, USA. H. Kinley was a cinematographer, known for One Wild Week (1921), Hands Up! (1926) and It (1927). H. Kinley was married to Ruth. H. Kinley died on 19 October 1952 in San Bernardino, California, USA.- Writer
- Actor
John B. Hymer was born on 19 December 1875 in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Scarlet Pages (1930), Alias the Deacon (1927) and Alias the Deacon (1940). He was married to Eleanor Kent. He died on 17 June 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Stunts
- Additional Crew
Beefy, lantern-jawed Hollywood bit part actor and stuntman who had been a professional boxer in the early 1920's. Dundee was an expert in automobile and motorcycle crashes, high falls and work with explosives. He led a crack team of stuntmen at Paramount, collectively known as the 'Suicide Squad'. Reputedly fearless, Dundee would overturn a car at 60 miles per hour merely to see if it could be done. Arguably Hollywood's most prolific stunt performer of the period, this guy lived a surprisingly charmed life: whether blown up in a truck (Wake Island (1942)), tumbling from a great height (The Glass Key (1942)) or exiting the flaming wreckage of a burning motor, he invariably walked away without a scratch. Dundee's lucky charm became a white piece of marble chipped off the Lincoln Memorial while overturning a taxi cab in My Son John (1952). A favorite of legendary directors Preston Sturges and Cecil B. DeMille, Dundee appeared on rare occasions in 'straight' roles (for instance as a no-nonsense marine in Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)). At other times, he was utilised as a double for some of the burlier screen stars, especially George Brent and William Bendix. Given his profession and the extent of his filmography, it may seem ironic that Jimmie Dundee died peacefully in bed after a two year-long bout with leukemia. He is an inductee into the Stuntmen's Hall of Fame.- Mabel Paige was born on 19 December 1880 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Someone to Remember (1943), Johnny O'Clock (1947) and Johnny Belinda (1948). She was married to C.W. Ritchie. She died on 9 February 1954 in Van Nuys, California, USA.
- Composer
- Writer
- Music Department
Walter Braunfels was born on 19 December 1882 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. He was a composer and writer, known for Braunfels: Die Vögel - The Birds (2010), The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1955) and The Music Survives! Music Suppressed by the Third Reich (1996). He was married to Bertel von Hildebrand. He died on 19 March 1954 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Onofre Marimón was born on 19 December 1923 in Zárate, Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina. He died on 31 July 1954 in Nürburgring, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Serif Içli was born on 19 December 1899 in Besiktas, Istanbul. He was an actor, known for Istanbul geceleri (1950). He died on 3 February 1956 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Ralph De Palma was born on 19 December 1882 in Troia, Italy. He was an actor, known for Racing for Life (1924), High Speed (1920) and 1914 French Grand Prix (1914). He died on 31 March 1956 in South Pasadena, California, USA.
- Hugh Miller was born on 19 December 1904 in St. Louis, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for The Love of Sunya (1927) and Blind Alleys (1927). He died on 11 May 1956 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Edmund Willard was born on 19 December 1884 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Phantom Ship (1935), The Iron Duke (1934) and Cardboard Cavalier (1949). He died on 6 October 1956 in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England, UK.
- Charlotte Shelby was born on 19 December 1877 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA. She was an actress, known for Dimples (1916), Always in the Way (1915) and The Fairy and the Waif (1915). She was married to J. Homer Reilly. She died on 13 March 1957 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- Ellen Tegner was born on 19 December 1878. She was an actress, known for Arveprinsen (1914), The Isle of the Dead (1913) and The War Correspondents (1913). She died on 15 May 1957.
- Anton Dunaysky was born on 19 December 1895 in village Vasilevka, Lebedin uyezd, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Lebedyn Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for The Rainbow (1944), Shumi, gorodok (1940) and Bountiful Summer (1951). He died on 24 June 1957 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].