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- Mac Barnes was born on 2 June 1863 in Bedford, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The Understudy (1913), The Haunted House (1917) and The Food Gamblers (1917). He was married to Louisa Barnes. He died on 10 January 1923 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Frank Du Frane was born on 30 August 1892 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Larceny on the Air (1937) and The Unbroken Road (1915). He died on 20 September 1938 in Valley Stream, Long Island, New York, USA.
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Widgey R. Newman was born on 30 September 1900 in Bedford, England, UK. Widgey R. was a director and producer, known for The Immortal Gentleman (1935), Castle Sinister (1932) and The Unholy Quest (1934). Widgey R. was married to Elsie ? and Joan Newman (II). Widgey R. died on 15 July 1944 in England, UK.- Additional Crew
George H. Sistare Jr. was born on 14 March 1887 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. George H. died on 2 July 1947 in the USA.- Writer
- Director
Oliver H. P. Garrett was born on March 6, 1894 in New Bedford, Massachusetts to Legh Osborn and Alice Palmer Garrett. His father was an efficiency expert who passed away in 1899. His mother once operated a business that imported goods from India and the Far East and served with the YMCA in France during the First World War.
Garrett worked on newspapers in Boston and New York and wrote stories for magazines before coming to Hollywood in 1927. He would later share an Oscar with Joseph L. Mankiewicz for best screenplay for Manhattan Melodrama (1934) and became a founding member and two term vice president of the Screen Writers Guild.
On February 22, 1952, whilst visiting New York City, Garrett suffered fatal heart during a shopping trip. He was survived by his wife and three sons.- Lon Poff was born on 8 February 1870 in Bedford, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The Three Musketeers (1921), Main Street (1923) and The Iron Mask (1929). He died on 8 August 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Apsley Cherry-Garrard was born on 2 January 1886 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Worst Journey in the World (2007), The Undying Story of Captain Scott and Animal Life in the Antarctic (1914) and 90° South. He died on 18 May 1959 in Piccadilly, London, England, UK.
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- Actress
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She was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts and went to New Bedford High School. Even before graduating in 1942, she had opened a dance studio where she taught dancing. Dancing was in her blood from an early age, and she performed often at high school festivities, the Mexican Hat Dance being one of her favorites. During the WWII years, she came to Hollywood and became the protégé of Gene Kelly, whom she admired a great deal. She had fine timing and was indefatigable. Unfortunately, she was a diabetic, and this may have been the cause of her demise. She married Larry Blyden in Hollywood (purportedly on the stage of a theatre), and had two children. After her death, her husband took the children to Texas, where they had relatives, and was soon, thereafter, killed in an auto accident.- Edward Steel was born on 21 August 1897 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for ITV Sunday Night Drama (1959), The Boy Cried Murder (1966) and Maupassant (1963). He was married to Kathleen Lucy Invicta Laing. He died on 18 October 1965 in Worthing, West Sussex, England, UK.
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Paul Clayton was born on 3 March 1931 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 30 March 1967 in New York, New York, USA.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Madge Brindley was born on 15 October 1901 in Bedford Park, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Hobson's Choice (1954), The End of the Beginning (1938) and The Spider and the Fly (1949). She died on 28 August 1968 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.- Florence Curtis was born on 7 August 1896 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Spooks and Spasms (1917), Rough Toughs and Roof Tops (1917) and Noisy Naggers and Nosey Neighbors (1917). She was married to William Francis Hooley. She died on 1 October 1972 in La Jolla, California, USA.
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Knox Laing was born on 31 July 1913 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK. He was an assistant director and producer, known for The Facts of Love (1945), Hotel Reserve (1944) and Don't Take It to Heart! (1944). He died on 9 November 1974 in Penpol, Lerryn, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England, UK.- Gillie Potter was born on 14 September 1887 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Death at a Broadcast (1934), Kaleidoscope (1946) and Starlight (1936). He was married to Beatrice Fanny Scott. He died on 4 March 1975 in Bournemouth, England, UK.
- Raymond Lawrence was born on 8 December 1888 in Bedford Square, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Alibi for Murder (1936), Drums of Tahiti (1953) and Within Our Gates (1915). He was married to Zillah Tancred. He died on 28 March 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Maude Tull was born on 3 February 1872 in Bedford, Iowa, USA. She died on 10 July 1976 in Inglewood, California, USA.
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Peter Watts was born on 16 January 1946 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK. He is known for Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (1972). He was married to Miv Watts and Puddie Watts. He died on 2 August 1976 in London, England, UK.- Jennie Mai McQuiddy was born on 3 October 1885 in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA. She was an actress, known for Sam Davis, the Hero of Tennessee (1915). She died on 18 September 1976 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
- Harold Abrahams was born on 15 December 1899 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK. He was married to Sybil Marjorie Evers. He died on 14 January 1978 in Enfield, London, England, UK.
- Actor
Harold Tilton was born in 1900 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor. He died on 26 June 1978 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA.- Henry Longhurst was born on 18 March 1909 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK. He died on 21 July 1978 in Cuckfield, Sussex, England, UK.
- Actor
Austin C. Gorham was born on 5 March 1901 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor. He died on 19 December 1978 in Broward, Florida, USA.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Michael Macowan was born on 18 April 1906 in Bedford Park, London, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for Dickens of London (1976), ITV Play of the Week (1955) and Music at Night (1952). He was married to Alexis France. He died on 21 August 1980 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.- Davina Craig was born on 20 April 1914 in Bedford Park, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Ghost Camera (1933), Girl in the Street (1937) and The Black Abbot (1934). She died on 19 July 1983 in Opotiki, New Zealand.
- Ian Nairn was born on 24 August 1930 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK. He was married to Janette Geraldine (Judy) Perry and Joan Elisabeth Parsons. He died on 14 August 1983 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Peter Germano was born on 17 May 1913 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for The Fugitive (1963), The Time Tunnel (1966) and Battle of the Planets (1978). He was married to Muriel Clara Garant. He died on 20 September 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Vivian Palmer was born on 28 August 1898 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The River of Light (1921) and Unmarried (1920). He died on 31 October 1983 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
The son of a solicitor, British character actor John Le Mesurier attended public school in Dorset, England, before embarking on a career in law. However, acting was his true calling, and at age 20, with his parents' approval, he began his acting career by studying drama at the Fay Compton School of Acting, where one of his classmates was Alec Guinness.
After acting school he performed in repertory until World War II, when he served as a captain in the Northwest Indian Frontier.
After the war, he returned to the stage and made his film debut in Death in the Hand (1948). By the late 1950s Le Mesurier had made appearances in numerous films, especially those made by the Boulting Brothers, and also on television, particularly on Hancock's Half Hour (1956). In 1968 he landed arguably his most popular role, that of Sgt. Wilson in the long-running television series Dad's Army (1968). Although preferring comedy, Le Mesurier also excelled in drama, winning a BAFTA award for Best Actor of the Year in 1971 for his performance in Dennis Potter's "Traitor (1971) (TV)".
In 1977, during "Dad's Army", he had become very ill, but he recovered and continued acting until his death six years later.- Dan Stowell was born on 26 November 1912 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for I Was a Criminal (1945) and Reg'lar Fellers (1941). He died on 5 January 1985 in Alameda, California, USA.
- Una Venning was born on 12 November 1892 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), The Happiest Days of Your Life (1949) and The Happiest Days of Your Life (1947). She was married to Malcolm Cherry and G. Hamilton Gay. She died on 9 March 1985 in Datchet, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Ruth Carson was born on 10 July 1901 in Bedford, Iowa, USA. She was married to Homer Carson. She died on 13 October 1985 in Paradise Valley, Arizona, USA.
- Cheryl Araujo was born on 28 March 1961 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. She died on 14 December 1986 in Miami, Florida, USA.
- Sound Department
- Editor
- Producer
Ronald V. Ashcroft was born on 16 February 1923 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. He was an editor and producer, known for Like Wow! (1961), The Astounding She-Monster (1957) and Girl with an Itch (1958). He was married to Lorraine Ashcroft. He died on 14 December 1988 in Sylmar, California, USA.- Richard Alfredo was born on 13 August 1928 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 21 January 1990 in Westport, Massachusetts, USA.
- American story writer and author of novels which chronicle the settling of the American West from 1830. With the exception of These Thousand Hills (1959), Guthrie depicted a rugged, generally unromanticised West, his works often filled with accurate historical detail. He attended the University of Washington (1919-20) and graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of Montana in 1923. A former journalist and executive editor of the Lexington Reader (1926-47), he won the Pulitzer Prize for his 1950 novel 'The Way West'. His best-known filmed works are The Big Sky (1952) (written in 1947, about a 19th century beaver trapper) and his Oscar-nominated screenplay for Shane (1953). Guthrie later became a staunch environmentalist, donating 80 acres to the Nature Conservancy's Pine Butte Swamp Preserve a year prior to his death.
- Elizabeth Foley was born on 3 November 1917 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for The Silent Command (1923). She died on 12 February 1992 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
- Bill Britto was born on 12 September 1917 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Q for Quest (1961) and Quest (1961). He died on 22 January 1993 in Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA.
- Director
- Actor
- Producer
An an actor, producer, director, writer, teacher and lecturer who covered all of the important mediums in one way or another during his lifetime, Ezra Stone will still be forever known for introducing quintessential late 30s and 40s teen Henry Aldrich to both radio and the stage. Stone's pitchy, cracking voice would become a familiar sound in living rooms for well over a decade.
He was born Ezra Chaim Feinstone on December 2, 1917, in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The son of Solomon Feinstone, a chemist, teacher and philanthropist, and the former Rose Meadow, Stone made his debut at age 6 in a play entitled "Phosphorus and Suppressed Desires" for the YMHA players in Philadelphia. He later went on to tour with the National Junior Theatre of Washington, DC, in 1931-1932 before graduating from the Oak Lane Country Day School of Temple University in 1934.
Stone studied for the stage at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and made his New York debut playing seven roles in the musical revue "Parade" in 1935. Although the ebullient teen built up his young marquee name with such popular comedies as "Room Service," "Three Men on a Horse" and "Brother Rat," he found his pot of gold winning the stage role of Henry Aldrich in "What a Life" in 1938. More riches came his way on Broadway with the role of Dromio in "The Boys from Syracuse" and as Arthur Lee in "See My Lawyer."
Twenty years old at the time he started playing the teenage Henry on radio, Stone enjoyed a healthy 13 years (1939-1953) as the disaster-prone youth who was summoned into millions of homes to the eternal lament of his long-suffering mother: "Hen-reeee! Henry Aldrich!" -- which was invariably followed by Henry's anguished reply: "Coming Mother!" By 1941 "The Aldrich Family" was rated among the "top ten" programs alongside Jack Benny and Bob Hope's popular shows.
As for films, Stone never got it into gear. He can only be witnessed in a support role in the "B" movie Those Were the Days! (1940) as Allie Bang. He also played a cameo as himself, Sgt. Ezra Stone, in This Is the Army (1943), the feature film version of the hit Broadway play he appeared in the year before.
WWII intervened in 1942 but Stone managed to incorporate his life's passion into his military duties by directing and appearing in a number of US Army Special Services productions. On October 5, 1942, Ezra married actress/director/teacher Sara Seegar. They went on to have two children, Josef and Francine.
Following the war Stone focused on writing and directing. During TV's "Golden Age" he not only wrote sketches for the sitcom The Aldrich Family (1949), which ran for four seasons, but also for shows that starred some of TV's funniest: Danny Thomas, Milton Berle, Fred Allen and Martha Raye. At around the same time he directed a number of Broadway productions including "Me and Molly," the farcical "At War with the Army," which also featured wife Sara, and "Wake Up, Darling." In the 1960s Stone started directed TV sitcoms and adventures, making the rounds on such sets as Petticoat Junction (1963), The Munsters (1964), Lost in Space (1965) and The Flying Nun (1967).
Ezra and Sara were married for 48 years until her death in 1990. Four years later, the icon of "old-time" radio was fatally injured in a one-vehicle road accident in New Jersey at age 76.- Music Department
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Cyril Gell was born on 5 June 1909 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK. Cyril is known for Madam Butterfly (1957), Il trovatore (1957) and The Little Beggars (1958). Cyril died on 4 September 1994 in Sandy, Bedfordshire, England, UK.- Producer
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Brian Benlifer was an independent filmmaker and writer. In 1973, he joined Robert Geller to found a private, non-profit film production company, Learning in Focus Inc. With his partner he created the American Short Story Series, a dramatization of Classic American short stories, including works by William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Willa Cather, and others. A total of 17 episodes aired on PBS from 1974 to 1980. Benlifer was also the director of the Media Educators Association of New York and was on the staff of Adelphi College, where he taught film producing.- Delage was born on 8 April 1914 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Swift Show (1948), To Tell the Truth (1956) and The Ed Sullivan Show (1948). He was married to Margaret and Shirley. He died on 14 January 1998 in Johnson City, Tennessee, USA.
- John Alexis Howard was born on 1 November 1908 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Hawaii Five-O (1968). He died on 25 April 1998 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
- Naomi Plaskitt was born on 30 November 1913 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Wrath of Jealousy (1936), Highland Fling (1936) and Best of British (1998). She was married to Alastair Sim. She died on 3 August 1999 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
- Norman Wexler was born in New Bedford Mass and attended Harvard University. In addition to his acclaim as the writer of Saturday Night Fever, he also suffered from manic depression, and in 1972 was arrested by the FBI for saying he was planning to shoot then-president Nixon.
- Jose Andrews was born on 2 November 1951 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Crocodile Dundee II (1988), To Sleep with a Vampire (1992) and The Equalizer (1985). He died on 30 August 2001 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Diane Hart was born on 20 July 1926 in Bedford, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Pickwick Papers (1952), One Jump Ahead (1955) and My Wife's Family (1956). She was married to Kenneth MacLeod. She died on 7 February 2002 in London, England, UK.
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David John was born on 15 March 1945 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK. He is known for GoldenEye (1995), The Haunting (1999) and The Saint (1997). He was married to Ros. He died on 11 March 2002 in London, England, UK.- Billy Hayes was born on 12 June 1923 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Batter Up! (1931), One Good Deed (1931) and Snakes Alive (1931). He died on 3 May 2002 in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
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Taylor Alves was born on 9 November 1982 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. She was a director and actress, known for 30 by 30: Kid Flicks (2001). She died on 1 June 2002 in East Freetown, Massachusetts, USA.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Helen Ramsay was born on 25 April 1931 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Lawrence Welk and His Champagne Music (1950) and Lawrence Welk: Milestones & Memories - A Musical Family Reunion (2001). She was married to Johnny Haluko and Russ Lawson. She died on 1 April 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.