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- Soundtrack
Philip P. Bliss was born on 9 July 1838 in Hollywood, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 29 December 1876 in Ashtabula, Ohio, USA.- Helen Carlyle was born on 18 October 1892 in Hollywood, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Hard Cider (1914), The Home Breakers (1915) and Gussle's Wayward Path (1915). She was married to Hampton Del Ruth. She died on 30 June 1933 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Edouard Trebaol was born on 20 May 1905 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Oliver Twist (1922), Jinx (1919) and The Haunted Valley (1923). He died on 11 October 1935 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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- Additional Crew
- Actor
Earle Browne was born on 7 September 1872 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Love of Sunya (1927), Headin' Home (1920) and Sherlock Holmes (1922). He was married to Edith Taliaferro. He died on 28 November 1944 in Hollywood, California, USA.- 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.
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- Director
- Writer
Billy Gilbert was born on 15 September 1891 in Hollywood [now in Los Angeles], California, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Comrades (1928), Rob 'Em Good (1923) and The Tip (1918). He was married to Norma Felicia. He died on 29 April 1961 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
John Close was born on 1 June 1921 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Sudden Danger (1955), The Girl on the Bridge (1951) and Whirlybirds (1957). He was married to Paula Teagarden. He died on 21 December 1963 in Palm Springs, California, USA.- Judith Arlen was born on 18 March 1914 in Hollywood, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Kiss and Make-Up (1934), Young and Beautiful (1934) and Hollywood on Parade No. B-13 (1934). She died on 5 June 1968 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.
- Harley Earl was born on 22 November 1893 in Hollywood, California, USA. He died on 10 April 1969 in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
- Margaret Beaudine was born on 23 March 1918 in Hollywood, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Two Weeks Off (1929) and Hard to Get (1929). She was married to Edwin Carl Borg. She died on 16 September 1970 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- June Wilkins was born on 2 June 1918 in Hollywood, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Bachelor Mother (1939), The Boys from Syracuse (1940) and Pioneer Days (1940). She was married to William N. Robson. She died on 16 March 1972 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Adalyn Doyle was born on 27 September 1913 in Hollywood, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Finishing School (1934). She died on 19 September 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Paul Richards was born on 23 November 1924 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), Monkey on My Back (1957) and The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967). He was married to Monica Keating. He died on 10 December 1974 in Culver City, California, USA.- Actor
- Stunts
Bill Chaney was born on 22 July 1921 in North Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Badman's Gold (1951), The Lawless Rider (1954) and Block Busters (1944). He was married to Grace I. Pickerel. He died on 16 August 1975 in Anaheim, California, USA.- Dorothy Gray was born on 23 October 1922 in Hollywood, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Wrecker (1933), As the Earth Turns (1934) and Princess O'Hara (1935). She was married to Harry Joe Brown, Robert Breed and Gene Stanley Ruggiero. She died on 9 May 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
George Mann was born on 2 December 1905 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933), Neptune's Daughter (1949) and The Fat Black Pussycat (1963). He was married to Barbara Bradford. He died on 23 November 1977 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- John Futch was born on 15 October 1960 in Hollywood, Florida, USA. He died on 5 January 1978 in Boca Raton, Florida, USA.
- Adam Walsh was born on 14 November 1974 in Hollywood, Florida, USA. He died on 27 July 1981 in Hollywood, Florida, USA.
- Brenda Benet, born Brenda Ann Nelson in Los Angeles, California, on August 14, 1945, was a classic example of the modern-day Hollywood tragedy. As a television actress with good dramatic scope, she managed to piece together a wide and impressive portfolio of guest shots in a career spanning just over 16 years before taking her life at the age of 36. She spent her childhood and early teenage years feeling awkward and self-conscious because her complexion was darker than those of her siblings. Because of this, she felt that she did not fit in with her family, and often fantasized about being adopted.
Brenda attended UCLA for a brief time, majoring in languages. In 1962 she entered show business; her breakthrough role came in 1964 when she was selected to play the part of Jill McComb in The Young Marrieds (1964). After that came stints on various comedy and drama series in the '60s and '70s, usually playing ethnic, exotic types. She was probably best known for her role as the kind-hearted prostitute in Walking Tall (1973). During this time she married and divorced actor Paul Petersen. She began a relationship with Bill Bixby and moved in with him in 1969, and they married in 1971. By the late '70s, however, they were divorced.
Brenda retired from the business in the mid-'70s to raise a family, and in late 1974 she gave birth to a boy, Christopher Sean Bixby. Tragically, Christopher died in 1981 during a winter ski vacation in California. It was believed that this and her divorce from Bixby were the events which caused Brenda's life to spin out of control. On April 7, 1982, Brenda went into the bathroom of her West Los Angeles home, lit and arranged some candles in a circle on the floor and lay down. She then placed a Colt .38-cal. revolver into her mouth and pulled the trigger. She died instantly. - Mia Kovacs was the daughter of comedian Ernie Kovacs and singer/comedienne Edie Adams. Was just beginning a career as an actress when she was killed in a vehicle accident on Mulhullond Drive. She was driving when she lost control and the car went off the road and rolled. She was ejected through the sunroof and was killed instantly; her passenger received minor injuries. What makes the story eerie is that her father was killed in almost the same way. He lost control of his vehicle on Santa Monica Blvd. at Beverly Glen, hit a telephone pole and was killed 20 years earlier. Mia is buried next to her father and sister Kippie at Forest Lawn Glendale.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Actress Barbara Lang was a beautiful, brassy "B"-level blonde of the 50s in the Barbara Payton mold. Lang's life was certainly not as reckless as that of Payton, who also flourished during the 1950s, but it did have its share of roller coaster rides. She also did not make as many films as Payton -- three to be exact.
Born Barbara Jean Bly on March 2, 1928, Barbara was the daughter of a silent movie dancer, Esther Kaufman, who went by the name Maureen Knight, and a non-professional father, Leonidis Bly. Born in Pasadena, California, she was raised in the Los Angeles area and started out her teen years toiling as a jewelry sales girl and used her nubile features and curvy figure to her advantage as a part-time model. She also earned tips as a cocktail lounge singer and piano player but avoided nightclubs per se because of the propositioning male clientèle that frequented them.
Out of nowhere Lang woke up one day in late 1953 unable to move. Stricken by polio, her speech was affected and her legs and facial muscles paralyzed. Told that she might never walk again, she miraculously recovered after months and months of treatment but the lingering effects of her illness robbed her of much of her stamina and she would tire easily for the rest of her life.
After her recovery she pursued an acting career, and one of Barbara's earliest acting jobs was on a few episodes of "Death Valley Days" in 1955 and 1956. Barbara met her first husband, actor and co-star Alan Wells, on one of those episodes. The couple married in 1956. A talent scout happened to catch Barbara's appearance on the show and MGM took an interest. As a result, she signed with the studio and began taking dramatic lessons. The starlet's first role was a bit part in Hot Summer Night (1957). She then progressed to the lead role in the prison noir House of Numbers (1957) as the wife of jailbird Jack Palance, which was actually filmed inside the walls of Folsom Prison. It seemed Barbara was on her way.
A huge disappointment then for Barbara was when she lost out on the co-starring role opposite Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock (1957). After being initially named by the studio for the part, Judy Tyler was given the coveted role instead. Tragically, Ms. Tyler was killed in a car crash shortly after the filming. Instead Barbara went on to play the supporting role of Ginger D'Amour, a 30's gangster-styled showgirl in the film noir Party Girl (1958) starring veteran MGM stars 'Robert Taylor' and Cyd Charisse
In the meantime Barbara tried to keep on track with TV guest roles playing sexy foils in both crime drama ("Maverick," "77 Sunset Strip") and comedy ("The Bob Cummings Show," "Car 54, Where Are You?") but things soon slowed down to a halt. With her annulment from Wells finalized in 1958 and a career going into an abrupt tailspin, Barbara attempted suicide in 1959 with an overdose of sleeping pills.
She recovered but her career did not. She later married and divorced a second time. Little was heard from Barbara until her reported death from pneumonia at the relatively young age of 54 in Los Angeles.- Bill Severn spent his brief career at MGM as a child actor, known as Little Billy Severn. His brother Christopher was also a child actor. As an adult, he was a world-known evangelist, based in Ventura, California. His ministry took him and his family to far-flung places such as Indonesia during the 1965 revolution, Israel, the UK and also every corner of the USA by way of the Trinity Broadcasting Network. He was a devoted husband and father. He was in the midst of a busy schedule in 1983 when he died suddenly - he was exercising in his weight room when he was stricken by a massive heart attack. This was a dreadful shock because he seemed to be the in the peak of health. He was only 45 years old. He was laid to rest in Pierce Brothers-Valley Oaks Memorial Park, in Westlake Village, California, beside his mother.
- Art Department
Solly Martino was born on 4 September 1907 in Hollywood, California, USA. Solly is known for The Thrill of It All (1963). Solly died on 17 March 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Soundtrack
Willie Mabon was born on 24 October 1925 in Hollywood, Tennessee, USA. He died on 19 April 1985 in Paris, France.- Actress
Elaine Naish was born on 24 January 1931 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress. She was married to Jack Rockwell Sheridan. She died on 15 February 1987 in Palo Alto, California, USA.- Stunts
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stuntman and stunt coordinator Alan Robert Gibbs was born on November 24, 1940 in Hollywood, Florida. Gibbs worked as a bartender at the restaurant Edna Earle's Fog Cutter in Los Angeles, California prior to deciding to pursue a career as a stuntman in the mid-1960's after striking up a friendship with neighbor and fellow stuntman Charles Bail. Among the notable actors that Alan doubled for are Burt Reynolds, Dustin Hoffman, Charles Bronson, and Jack Nicholson. Moreover, Gibbs founded the fraternal organization the International Stunt Association in 1980. Alan died of cancer at age 47 on March 18, 1988 in Los Angeles, California.- Actor
Rudy Frohlich (also known as Rudy Frolich) was born Gustav Rudolf Froehlich Jr. on November 28, 1928 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was a child actor, known for Ninotchka (1939), The Man I Married (1940) and Four Sons (1940). He married Minnie Schoening on June 2, 1950 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He died on January 10, 1989, in Santa Barbara, California, USA, and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Lompoc, California, USA.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
James Kirkwood Jr. was born on 22 August 1924 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for A Chorus Line (1985), Some Kind of Hero (1982) and P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! (2002). He died on 21 April 1989 in New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
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- Additional Crew
Ritchie Ginther was one of only three American drivers to win a Formula 1 race in the 1960s. The Californian began his driving career in 1951, racing sports cars. He then raced in several different formulas before competing in the glamorous world of Formula 1, in 1960 with Ferrari. He was a regular for the next six years, racing for Ferrari, BRM, Cooper, Eagle and Honda, where he gave the manufacturer it's first-ever win (and tire maker Goodyear) in F1 at the Mexican Grand Prix, in 1965. It was also his only F1 win. He died of a heart attack while on holiday in France.- Actor
- Producer
Bill Burrud was born on 12 January 1925 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Idol of the Crowds (1937), Girl Overboard (1937) and Devil's Squadron (1936). He died on 12 July 1990 in Sunset Beach, California, USA.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Michael Scott Gregory was born on 13 March 1962 in Hollywood, Florida, USA. He was an actor, known for A Chorus Line (1985), The Rum Tum Tugger (1984) and The Karate Rap (1986). He died on 15 February 1992 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.- Patty Desautels was born on 10 April 1928 in Hollywood, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Peter Gunn (1958), Dear Brat (1951) and Tate (1960). She died on 15 March 1992 in Riverside, California, USA.
- Patrick Angus was born on 3 December 1953 in North Hollywood, California, USA. He died on 13 May 1992 in the USA.
- Additional Crew
Russell Lewis was born on 19 July 1908 in Hollywood, California, USA. He is known for Dancing Pirate (1936), Becky Sharp (1935) and La Cucaracha (1934). He was married to Kay Van Riper. He died on 9 December 1992 in Malibu, California, USA.- Lynn Arden was born on 10 June 1929 in Hollywood, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Brother John (1971), The Competition (1980) and Partners in Crime (1984). She died on 1 July 1993 in Multnomah, Oregon, USA.
- Janice Carroll was born on 19 February 1932 in Hollywood, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Shane (1953), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967) and Simon & Simon (1981). She died on 10 September 1993 in San Fernando Valley, California, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Jane Nigh was born on 25 February 1925 in Hollywood, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Blue Grass of Kentucky (1950), Whistle Stop (1946) and Big Town (1950). She was married to Norman Davidson Jr., John Edwin Baker and Victor Cutler. She died on 5 October 1993 in Bakersfield, California, USA.- Sally Belfrage was born on 4 October 1936 in Hollywood, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Un alma pura (1965), Pamyat serdtsa (1958) and The Mike Wallace Interview (1957). She was married to Bernard Pomerance. She died on 14 March 1994 in Fitzrovia, Westminster, London, England, UK.
- Mark Dempsey was born on 29 January 1936 in West Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Palm Springs Weekend (1963), Star Trek (1966) and Valley of the Dragons (1961). He died on 5 April 1994 in Seattle, Washington, USA.
- Arthur Lake Jr. was born on 1 March 1943 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Meet the Family (1954). He died on 6 April 1994 in Blythe, Riverside County, California, USA.
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Location Management
Although uncredited for many, Suzanna worked small jobs for many films and commercials produced in Wilmington, North Carolina. She was also employed by the Cape Fear Filmmaker's Accord, and various equipment rental houses in the Wilmington area.
She was the daughter of Irving Taylor, composer/songwriter who wrote "Swing, Mr. Charlie" for Judy Garland, "Everybody Loves Somebody" for Frank Sinatra (later, Dean Martin) and "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb" for Edd Byrnes. He also wrote for Bob Newhart, Jonathan Winters, and Merv Griffin's TV shows.
Also the daughter of Katharine Snell, who played the Cowardly Lion's Emerald City manicurist in "The Wizard of Oz."- Actress
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- Soundtrack
Elizabeth Montgomery was born into show business. Her parents were screen actor Robert Montgomery and Broadway actress Elizabeth Allen. Elizabeth graduated from the Spence School in New York City and attended the Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. After three years' intensive training, she made her TV debut in her father's 1950s playhouse series Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) and appeared in more than 200 live programs over the next decade. She once remarked, "I guess you could say I'm a TV baby." Notable early film roles included The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955) and Johnny Cool (1963). However, she is best remembered for her leading role as the witch Samantha in the top-rated ABC sitcom Bewitched (1964). Her family - mother Endora (Agnes Moorehead), look-alike cousin Serena (Montgomery, wearing a dark wig) and advertising executive husband Darrin (first Dick York then Dick Sargent) - tried to suppress her supernatural skills but often turned to her tricks to solve problems. The signal of impending witchcraft was a twitch of Samantha's nose. After her first and only TV series ended she turned to made-for-TV movies, many of which won critical praise: A Case of Rape (1974), The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975), Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story (1993). She narrated the movie The Panama Deception (1992) which won an Academy Award in 1993. Reference works showed her as 62 when she died though the family said she was 57. The family did not disclose the type of cancer which caused her death.- Director
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- Actor
Although it is very unlikely that his admittedly cheap-'n'-cheesy films will ever be acknowledged as true works of cinematic art, producer/director/screenwriter Al Adamson did, nonetheless, make a slew of entertainingly trashy low-budget exploitation features for the drive-in market throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
He was born on July 25, 1929, in Hollywood, California, the son of actress Dolores Booth and actor/director Victor Adamson who, appropriately enough, specialized in shoddy B-grade - and lower - Westerns in the 1920s and 1930s, both as an actor and especially as a director. Adamson's first foray into filmmaking was helping his father as director and producer on the film Halfway to Hell (1953). In the mid-1960s, he founded the prolific grindhouse outfit Independent-International Pictures with fellow producer/distributor Samuel M. Sherman. Adamson cranked out flicks in every conceivable genre: scuzzy biker items (Satan's Sadists (1969), Hell's Bloody Devils (1970), Angels' Wild Women (1971)), grungy Westerns (Five Bloody Graves (1969), Jessi's Girls (1975)), smarmy softcore porn sex comedies (The Naughty Stewardesses (1973), Blazing Stewardesses (1975)), funky blaxploitation films (Mean Mother (1973), Black Heat (1976)), ridiculous science fiction dross (the gloriously ghastly Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970)), two Jim Kelly martial arts/action outings (Black Samurai (1976) and Death Dimension (1978)), lurid horror fare (Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971), Brain of Blood (1971), Nurse Sherri (1977)) and even a tongue-in-cheek softcore porn science fiction musical (Cinderella 2000 (1977)). Moreover, Adamson served as producer for both the exciting Fred Williamson blaxploitation vehicle Hammer (1972) and the acclaimed made-for-TV drama Cry Rape (1973). The casts of Adamson's films were made up of oddball but enthusiastic amateurs and faded professional thespians whose careers were on the wane, including Kent Taylor, Russ Tamblyn, Lon Chaney Jr. and the ubiquitous John Carradine. Adamson frequently gave his wife, Regina Carrol, sizable parts in his films. Moreover, he was a mentor for future schlock feature directors Greydon Clark and John 'Bud' Cardos. He was also instrumental in launching the career of ace cinematographer Gary Graver. In addition, Adamson kept fellow top cinematographers László Kovács and Vilmos Zsigmond employed in the early days of their careers.
Al Adamson's life came to a brutal and untimely end at 66 when he was murdered by his live-in contractor, Fred Fulford, on August 2, 1995.- Donnah Winger was born on 10 November 1963 in Hollywood, Florida, USA. She died on 29 August 1995 in Springfield, Illinois, USA.
- Marti Barris was born on 6 April 1937 in Hollywood, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Get Yourself a College Girl (1964), The Howdy Doody Show (1947) and Talent Scouts (1948). She died on 13 December 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Lita Grey began working for Charles Chaplin at his Hollywood studio when she was 12, doing bit parts in a couple of his movies. Three years later, at 15, she met him again and became pregnant by him by the time she was 16; they married in 1924 when she was still 16 and he was 35. They had two sons before their three-year marriage ended in a bitter divorce. Ms. Grey played clubs in Europe and the US and spent eight years touring with the Radio Keith Orpheum theater circuit before retiring from show business in 1947.- Rod Sabbe was born on 4 April 1923 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Golden Girls (1985). He died on 13 February 1996 in Litchfield, Montgomery County, Illinois, USA.
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- Stunts
- Location Management
Don Nagel was born on 13 December 1926 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Jail Bait (1954), Suburbia Confidential (1966) and Swamp Girl (1971). He was married to Velma Rose Cottle. He died on 28 December 1996 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Daisy Keith was born on 26 June 1969 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Heartland (1989). She was married to Scott Sampson. She died on 16 April 1997 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Don Steele was born on 1 April 1936 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Death Race 2000 (1975), Gremlins (1984) and Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979). He was married to Shaune McNamara Steele. He died on 5 August 1997 in Hollywood, California, USA.