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- Stella LeSaint (born Stella Razeto) started on the stage with the Florence Roberts company in San Francisco. She then moved on to vaudeville in New York City and formed the "Stella Razeto and Company" group. Due to illness she left the stage, eventually joining the Majestic Company where she played with Mabel Trunnelle and Herbert Prior for many months. She then moved to the Selig Polyscope Company where she worked with her future husband, Edward LeSaint.
- Tall in the saddle, and dark and handsome to boot, he may be little remembered today when compared to a William S. Hart, Tom Mix or Hoot Gibson, but cowboy hero Roy Stewart was arguably one of the best known of the silent screen back then. While touring with the famous Floradora Girls, Stewart entered films in the early 1910s in support roles until signing with Triangle in 1916 and emerging as a star. Known for his engaging, dimpled grin, he proved a solid and rugged hero and churned out during the course of his career hundreds of two-fisted two-reelers such as The Learnin' of Jim Benton (1917), Cactus Crandall (1918), which he co-wrote, and The Sagebrusher (1920), not to mention reenacting a number of tales from the Old West and portraying such legendary figures as Buffalo Bill and Daniel Boone. Out of the saddle Stewart was quite at home in plush drama and served as a perfect leading man for the likes of Lillian Gish in __House Built Upon Sand, The (1916), Bessie Love in A Daughter of the Poor (1917) and Mary Pickford in her classic silent Sparrows (1926). Come the advent of sound, Stewart lost his footing and was relegated to support roles as a character actor. He continued working until his sudden death in 1933 of a heart attack in his Los Angeles home at the age of 49.
- Bebe Eltinge was born on 17 April 1886 in San Diego, California, USA. She was married to Charley Chase. She died on 10 March 1948 in Riverside, California, USA.
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Joe Cabrillas was born on 28 December 1887 in San Diego, California, USA. He was an actor. He died on 23 September 1975 in San Diego, California, USA.- Actress
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Bessie Learn was born on 30 August 1888 in San Diego, California, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for In the Shadow of Death (1915), Her Grandmother's Wedding Dress (1914) and The Ploughshare (1915). She was married to Art Robbins and J. Roy Prosser. She died on 5 February 1987 in Burbank, California, USA.- Director
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For the better part of his career, Woodbridge Strong Van Dyke lived up to his sobriquet "One-Take Woody" by steadfastly adhering to his credo of shooting each scene as quickly and efficiently as possible. Over his 25-year career, he economically directed over 90 diverse entertainments, which not only saved the studios vast amounts of money but turned out to be some of the most interesting motion pictures created during this period.
Van Dyke's father, a lawyer, died within days of his birth. By the time he was three Woody and his mother were forced to tread the boards of repertory theatre to make a living. When he hit his teens he had a succession of outdoor jobs, including lumberjack, gold prospector, railroad man and even mercenary. In 1916 he was hired by the legendary D.W. Griffith as one of a group of "assistants" (others included Erich von Stroheim and Tod Browning) to work on the picture Intolerance (1916). After that, his rise was truly meteoric. Within a year Woody was directing his own films, beginning with The Land of Long Shadows (1917). A later western, The Lady of the Dugout (1918), featured a 'genuine' former Wild West outlaw, the self-promoting teller of tall tales, Al J. Jennings. After enlistment in World War I, Woody returned to Hollywood in the 1920s to direct further westerns, beginning with some Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson features at Essanay and later Tim McCoy programmers (once, in 1926, he directed two features simultaneously). Woody was perhaps the first filmmaker to make westerns that strayed from the stereotypical jaundiced pro-white man view in favor of a more sympathetic portrayal of the American Indian on screen.
Woody's "One-Take" nickname came about as a result of filming world heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey in Daredevil Jack (1920). Dempsey invariably flattened his opponents with the first punch, so it became imperative to have the scene "in the can" on the first take. As a result, Woody was much in demand throughout the decade for "quota quickie" westerns and serials. Under contract to MGM in 1928, he accompanied documentary filmmaker Robert J. Flaherty to Polynesia to collaborate on the feature White Shadows in the South Seas (1928), taking over direction entirely when Flaherty fell ill. The success of the picture led to the thematically similar The Pagan (1929), shot in Tahiti with Ramon Novarro. This was in turn followed by the epic Trader Horn (1931), filmed on location in remote parts of Kenya and Tanganyika. Driven to the point of physical exhaustion by the swashbuckling director, the 200-strong crew virtually transformed the wilderness, creating, as it were, a live set, replete with exotic animals and plant life to capture unprecedented footage. In fact, there was so much excess footage after release of "Trader Horn" that much of it was incorporated into Woody's next project, the seminal Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), which set the bar for later entries into the Edgar Rice Burroughs cycle. After another flirt with danger, filming Eskimo (1933) in the remote Bering Strait, Woody settled down to less life-threatening assignments.
During the next few years, Woody Van Dyke showed his remarkable flair and versatility. After being Oscar-nominated for The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933), he directed William Powell and Myrna Loy in their first outing together in Manhattan Melodrama (1934) (most famous as the film seen by infamous bank robber and killer John Dillinger just before he was shot to death by the FBIl). He followed this with the stylish and witty thriller The Thin Man (1934) (filmed in true Woody-style in 16 days) and its three sequels, teaming Powell and Loy in one of Hollywood's most successful partnerships. After these hugely popular movies, Woody proved to be equally adept at musicals, directing yet another dynamic duo, Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, in the operettas Rose-Marie (1936), Sweethearts (1938) and Naughty Marietta (1935). Never turning down an assignment, he also handled family fare (Andy Hardy, Dr.Kildare), social (The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)) and historical dramas (the lavish Marie Antoinette (1938) with Norma Shearer).
Unquestionably, one of the highlights of Van Dyke's career as a director was the first true "disaster movie", San Francisco (1936), for which he elicited rich, natural characterizations from his cast for 97 minutes. He then re-created the 1906 earthquake in the remaining 20-minute finale, achieving a realism that has rarely been matched and never surpassed. He was nominated for Academy Awards for both "The Thin Man" and "San Francisco", but lost out on both occasions.
A colorful, larger-than-life character, his "shoot-from-the-hip" camera style was at times criticized by his peers. Conversely, he was much respected by actors, frequently giving breaks to unemployed performers by using them in his films, and appreciated by the studios by consistently coming in on or under budget. In addition, he was known as a "film doctor", who would be called upon to re-shoot individual scenes with which the studio was dissatisfied (a noted example being for The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)), or, alternatively, to shoot additional scenes that were deemed necessary for continuity.
Like some of his peers, Woody could be an autocrat who rarely brooked arguments and was known to greet the mighty Louis B. Mayer himself with "Hi, kid". He became ill during the filming of Dragon Seed (1944). Diagnosed with heart disease and cancer, he committed suicide in February 1943.- James Hagan was born on 25 June 1889 in San Diego, California, USA. He was a writer, known for The Strawberry Blonde (1941), One Sunday Afternoon (1933) and One Sunday Afternoon (1948). He was married to Sadie M.. He died on 1 September 1947 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
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Ray Grey was born on 19 February 1890 in San Diego, California, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Down on the Farm (1920), Loose Change (1922) and Stand Pat (1922). He was married to Florence Anna Pauly. He died on 18 April 1925 in Glendale, California, USA.- Actor
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Tom O'Brien was born on 25 July 1890 in San Diego, California, USA. He was an actor and assistant director, known for The Big Parade (1925), Moby Dick (1930) and The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927). He was married to Ina Mae Morehouse. He died on 8 June 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Ethel Ritchie was born on 22 October 1890 in San Diego, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Understudy (1917), Who Is Number One? (1917) and The Weaker Vessel (1919). She died on 28 December 1926 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- May Williams was born on 8 May 1891 in San Diego, Texas, USA. She was married to Samuel Williams. She died on 27 August 1961 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.
- Fred Behrle was born on 8 July 1891 in San Diego, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Midnight Alarm (1923), Through Thick and Thin (1926) and Big News (1929). He died on 20 May 1941 in San Fernando Valley, California, USA.
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Harry B. Johnson was born on 24 December 1892 in San Diego, California, USA. He is known for Merry-Go-Round (1923).- Gene Marsh was born on 3 August 1893 in San Diego, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Luke, the Candy Cut-Up (1916), Giving Them Fits (1915) and Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury (1916). She died on 23 February 1957 in Singapore.
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Joseph Kane's career as a professional cellist ended when he became a film editor in 1926. His directing career started with co-directing serials for Mascot and Republic, and he soon became Republic's top western director. He handled many of John Wayne's Republic westerns of the 1940s, and piloted numerous Roy Rogers and Gene Autry films (he was once asked in an interview why he did so many westerns. He replied, "I like the outdoors. The horses. The cowboys. I like that."). Unlike most Republic house directors, Kane was credited as associate producer on many of his films. He stayed at Republic until the studio's demise in 1959, and after freelancing for mostly independent production companies, he turned to directing TV series.- Actor
H.W. Stroele was born on 28 April 1895 in San Diego, California, USA. He was an actor. He died on 29 May 1964 in San Diego, California, USA.- Don Likes was born on 1 July 1895 in San Diego, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Sandy (1918), A Phantom Husband (1917) and Wooden Shoes (1917). He died on 22 December 1923 in California, USA.
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Betty Burbridge was born on 7 December 1895 in San Diego, California, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for In the Clutches of the Gangsters (1914), Anybody's Blonde (1931) and Paradise Express (1937). She died on 19 September 1987 in Tarzana, California, USA.- Actor
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Songwriter ("The Strawberry Roan," "When the Bloom Is on the Sage"), composer, author, singer, radio actor, writer, producer and director, educated in college and then an Army officer in World War I. He appeared in musical comedies and tab shows, and also directed and produced in Portland, Oregon; San Francisco; Oakland; Long Beach; San Diego; and Honolulu. He toured in vaudeville and was a member of the radio and recording team The Happie Chappies, with Nat Vincent. Also he wrote for acts, including the original Beverly Hillbillies. For twelve years, he acted in the "Ma Perkins" radio series, as well as in many other radio shows. In addition, he wrote scripts for radio series ("Mystery Is My Hobby," "Deadline") and extras. Joining ASCAP in 1957, his chief musical collaborator was Nat Vincent, and other examples of his popular-song compositions include "Mellow Mountain Moon," "Little Girl Dressed in Blue," "At the End of the Lane," "Sitting on the Bank by the River," "It's Great to Love Someone Who Loves You Too," "My Pretty Quadroon," "Me and My Burro," "Old Black Mountain Trail," "My Dear Old Arizona Home," and "It's Time to Say Aloha."- Ivy Crosthwaite was born on 1 December 1897 in San Diego, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Surf Girl (1916), A Game Old Knight (1915) and The Beauty Bunglers (1915). She was married to Adolph Linkof. She died on 8 November 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Lawrence Goldtree Blochman was born on 17 February, 1900 in San Diego, California, the son of Lucien A. and Haidee Goldtree Blochman. His father, who was born in San Francisco in 1865, was a successful and well respected businessman in the San Diego area.
Remembered as a writer of around thirty mystery and detective novels, Lawrence Blochman also worked as a foreign correspondent and had authored several hundred short stories, novelettes, articles and a number of scripts for radio and television shows. He served as president of Mystery Writers of America and as an officer of the Overseas Press Club. In 1950 Blochman won the Edgar Allan Poe award for short story writing.
Lawrence Goldtree Blochman died on 22 January, 1975 at St. Luke's Hospital in New York City. - Director
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Anthony Mann was born on 30 June 1906 in San Diego, California, USA. He was a director and writer, known for El Cid (1961), Men in War (1957) and The Glenn Miller Story (1954). He was married to Anna, Sara Montiel and Mildred Mann. He died on 29 April 1967 in London, England.- Griffing Bancroft was born on 18 February 1907 in San Diego, California, USA. He died on 5 February 1999 in Fort Myers, Florida, USA.
- Robert 'Buddy' Shaw was born on 29 March 1907 in San Diego, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Twisted Rails (1934), China Slaver (1929) and Old Age Handicap (1926). He died on 29 August 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Jack Pollexfen began his professional life in the newspaper business, working his way up from copyboy at the "Los Angeles Express" to reporter on several other dailies. During this period he also found time to write and produce three plays that he once said could be classified as "off-Broadway--a LONG way off!" He found himself in the movie business when MGM offered him a contract to turn one of his magazine articles into a screenplay. Four years in the Air Force writing training films and manuals during World War II interrupted his movie career, which then got back on track with a series of screenplays for adventure pictures like Treasure of Monte Cristo (1949) and The Desert Hawk (1950). A short time later Pollexfen's producing career got started, in collaboration with co-writer Aubrey Wisberg, and they turned out a string of low-budget sci-fi films in the 1950s.- Actor
Carl Knowles was born on 24 February 1910 in San Diego, California, USA. He was an actor. He died on 4 September 1981 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
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Mary Loos was born on 6 May 1910 in San Diego, California, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950), Yancy Derringer (1958) and Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955). She was married to Carl Von Saltza and Richard Sale. She died on 11 October 2004 in Monterey, California, USA.- Thelma Burns was born on 30 May 1910 in San Diego, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Cheerful Givers (1917), Macbeth (1916) and A Man of Sorrow (1916). She died on 4 March 2004 in Woodland, California, USA.
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Cotton Warburton is the great great uncle of author and filmmaker Dustin Warburton. Irvine "Cotton" Warburton (born October 8, 1911 in San Diego and died April 21, 1982 in Culver City, CA) was an All-American college quarterback (1933) who became a film editor; he won an Academy Award for his work on Mary Poppins in 1964. Warburton attended San Diego High School, and won the California high school quarter mile in 1930. He brought his speed to the USC Trojans football team, and was chosen as an All-American quarterback in 1933. Cotton was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975.- Dona Hardy was born on 3 December 1912 in San Diego, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Superbad (2007), The Running Man (1987) and Universal Soldier (1992). She died on 13 February 2011 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
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Joe Preninger was born on 19 March 1913 in San Diego, California, USA. He was an actor. He died on 21 August 1989 in Ventura, California, USA.- Director
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Born in San Diego, California, the young Robert Clampett was monumentally moved as a child by the film The Lost World (1925), inspiring him to create a sea-serpent sock-puppet that he used in puppet shows to entertain the neighborhood kids. This led him to create a stuffed Mickey Mouse toy, which became a prototype for the first mass-produced Mickey Mouse doll.
Between 1931 and 1947 Clampett was an animator and later director for the legendary Leon Schlesinger Productions (later Warner Brothers Animation) where alongside his one time boss Tex Avery he became known as the wackiest and most archetypally cartoonish of all the directors.
During this time he also developed a test for a animated adaptation of 'John Carter of Mars' however, despite the support of the author Edgar Rice Burroughs it failed to materialize.
Amongst his famous fare was the Dalí inspired Porky in Wackyland (1938), his loving adaption of the Dr. Seuss book Horton Hatches the Egg (1942), the controversial all-black cast musical Snow White parody Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943), the Fantasia (1940) parody A Corny Concerto (1943) and John Kricfalusis's favorite cartoon The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946) featuring the acerbic irreverence of Daffy Duck -- easily the most Clampett-esque of all his characters.
Clampett, at the time the longest serving employee at the animation studio, finally left in 1947. After a brief stint at Columbia, and a one-off cartoon at Republic It's a Grand Old Nag (1947) he was inspired by the new innovation of television to resurrect his old sea-serpent puppet, and created the phenomenally successful Time for Beany (1949)_ puppet television show, which was acclaimed by the likes of Albert Einstein and Groucho Marx, and even inspired the AC/DC line "Dirty Deeds, Done Dirt Cheap".
Clampett later returned to animation as a supervising producer on a cartoon series based on the characters of his puppet show Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil (1959).- Actress
Rena Case was born on 26 May 1913 in San Diego, California, USA. She was an actress. She was married to Van Hubbard. She died on 2 February 2010 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.- Director
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Ford Beebe Jr. was born on 20 August 1913 in San Diego, California, USA. He was a director and assistant director, known for Wilderness Journey (1969), Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar (1967) and DTV: Rock, Rhythm & Blues (1984). He was married to Bessie Lee Yarnell. He died on 22 February 2006 in Kurtistown, Hawaii, USA.- Costume Designer
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Distinguished American costume designer, who worked with some of the biggest names in Hollywood, including John Huston, William Wyler, Cecil B. DeMille and Robert Wise. Abandoned by her parents at an early age, Dorothy Jeakins was educated at schools in San Diego and Los Angeles. Early in her childhood, she demonstrated an aptitude for drawing, which won her a State of California Scholarship at the Otis Art Institute. She supplemented her studies by working as a live-in servant with local families. After submitting some very good illustrations to the Los Angeles City Planning Commission, she was taken on by the Southern California Arts Project. In 1936, Dorothy held a job in the colour department at Walt Disney studios, painting animated cells of 'Mickey Mouse' for $16 a week. Her first work in fashion design was doing layouts for Magnin's Department Store, which attracted the attention of 20th Century Fox art director Richard Day. Day then brought her to the attention of film director Victor Fleming. Before long, Dorothy was seconded to the studio wardrobe department as an illustrator under Ernest Dryden.
Her big break came when she was hired by Fleming as sketch artist for Joan of Arc (1948). Fleming liked her work so much that he promoted her to design the costumes for the picture, effectively replacing the previously designated Barbara Karinska (though both ended up sharing the Academy Award in 1949). Dorothy won her second Oscar, back-to-back, for Samson and Delilah (1949), along with the legendary Edith Head. Within a very short time, Dorothy established a reputation for sense of style and an eye for colour. She had a notable penchant for period and/or ethnic themes. She was also said to design to the specific requirement of each individual picture and director, rather than asserting her own personal stamp over the project. Throughout her subsequent career, she remained doggedly free-lance, never under long-term contract to any individual studio. Her work also encompassed theatrical costume design, notably for the Shakespearean festival in Stratford, Connecticut, and, for John Houseman on Broadway.
Dorothy Jeakins was nominated for a total of 12 Academy Awards, winning her third for The Night of the Iguana (1964). Among her best showcases are Niagara (1953) (who could ever forget Marilyn Monroes sexy red dress ?), Friendly Persuasion (1956), Elmer Gantry (1960), The Music Man (1962), The Way We Were (1973) and Young Frankenstein (1974). Her last film was John Huston's The Dead (1987), for which she used mud colours to convey the oppressive atmosphere of social life in Dublin in 1904. From 1967 to 1970, she held the position of curator of textiles at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.- Steve Steventon was born on 25 March 1914 in San Diego, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Hawaiian Nights (1954) and Jake and the Fatman (1987). He died on 15 November 1992 in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA.
- Jack Hupp was born on 19 June 1914 in San Diego, California, USA. He was an actor, known for War Drums (1957) and The Merv Griffin Show (1962). He was married to Marie Windsor and Katherine Maria Williams. He died on 12 July 2001 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
- Jefferson Searles was born on 22 June 1914 in San Diego County, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Invisible Boy (1957), The Delicate Delinquent (1957) and Matinee Theatre (1955). He died on 6 September 2000 in California, USA.
- Merle Weaver was born on 2 February 1915 in San Diego, California, USA. He was an actor, known for I Led 3 Lives (1953). He died on 31 January 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Anna Mae Bilson was born on 29 July 1915 in San Diego, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Our Gang (1922) and Now or Never (1921). She died on 21 April 2005 in Brentwood, California, USA.
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Robert Forward was born on 3 December 1915 in San Diego, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Champagne for Caesar (1950), Adam-12 (1968) and Stars in the Eye (1952). He died on 30 January 2001 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Larry Lund was born on 18 March 1916 in San Diego, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Wedtime Stories (1943). He died on 4 December 2008 in Palm Desert, California, USA.
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Eldred Gregory Peck was born on April 5, 1916 in La Jolla, California, to Bernice Mae (Ayres) and Gregory Pearl Peck, a chemist and druggist in San Diego. He had Irish (from his paternal grandmother), English, and some German, ancestry. His parents divorced when he was five years old. An only child, he was sent to live with his grandmother. He never felt he had a stable childhood. His fondest memories are of his grandmother taking him to the movies every week and of his dog, which followed him everywhere. He studied pre-med at UC-Berkeley and, while there, got bitten by the acting bug and decided to change the focus of his studies. He enrolled in the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York and debuted on Broadway after graduation. His debut was in Emlyn Williams' play "The Morning Star" (1942). By 1943, he was in Hollywood, where he debuted in the RKO film Days of Glory (1944).
Stardom came with his next film, The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. Peck's screen presence displayed the qualities for which he became well known. He was tall, rugged and heroic, with a basic decency that transcended his roles. He appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Spellbound (1945) as an amnesia victim accused of murder. In The Yearling (1946), he was again nominated for an Academy Award and won the Golden Globe. He was especially effective in westerns and appeared in such varied fare as David O. Selznick's critically blasted Duel in the Sun (1946), the somewhat better received Yellow Sky (1948) and the acclaimed The Gunfighter (1950). He was nominated again for the Academy Award for his roles in Gentleman's Agreement (1947), which dealt with anti-Semitism, and Twelve O'Clock High (1949), a story of high-level stress in an Air Force bomber unit in World War II.
With a string of hits to his credit, Peck made the decision to only work in films that interested him. He continued to appear as the heroic, larger-than-life figures in such films as Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951) and Moby Dick (1956). He worked with Audrey Hepburn in her debut film, Roman Holiday (1953). Peck finally won the Oscar, after four nominations, for his performance as lawyer Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). In the early 1960s, he appeared in two darker films than he usually made, Cape Fear (1962) and Captain Newman, M.D. (1963), which dealt with the way people live. He also gave a powerful performance as Captain Keith Mallory in The Guns of Navarone (1961), one of the biggest box-office hits of that year.
In the early 1970s, he produced two films, The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1972) and The Dove (1974), when his film career stalled. He made a comeback playing, somewhat woodenly, Robert Thorn in the horror film The Omen (1976). After that, he returned to the bigger-than-life roles he was best known for, such as MacArthur (1977) and the monstrous Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele in the huge hit The Boys from Brazil (1978). In the 1980s, he moved into television with the miniseries The Blue and the Gray (1982) and The Scarlet and the Black (1983). In 1991, he appeared in the remake of his 1962 film, playing a different role, in Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear (1991). He was also cast as the progressive-thinking owner of a wire and cable business in Other People's Money (1991).
In 1967, Peck received the Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. He was also been awarded the US Presidential Medal of Freedom. Always politically progressive, he was active in such causes as anti-war protests, workers' rights and civil rights. In 2003, his Peck's portrayal of Atticus Finch was named the greatest film hero of the past 100 years by the American Film Institute. Gregory Peck died at age 87 on June 12, 2003 in Los Angeles, California.- Barbara Maier was born on 11 February 1917 in San Diego, California, USA. She was an actress, known for A Doll's House (1922), The Speed Girl (1921) and The Bachelor Daddy (1922). She was married to Sylvester Eugene Strand. She died on 11 May 2007 in San Diego, California, USA.
- Tony Johnson was born on 10 February 1918 in San Diego, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Screaming Skull (1958) and Crime & Punishment, USA (1959). She was married to Lamont Johnson. She died on 21 April 2009 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Cordiner Nelson was born on 6 August 1918 in San Diego, California, USA. He died on 26 October 2009 in Carmel, California, USA.
- Theodore Samuel Williams was born in San Diego, California, on August 30, 1918. He signed a contract at the age of 18 in 1936 with the Boston Red Sox baseball team. He was assigned to their farm team in San Diego. In 1939 he made his Major League Baseball debut, where he set the record for most runs batted in by a rookie with 145. Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941, placing him with baseball's all-time elite. In 1942 Ted won the American League Triple Crown and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he would serve through 1945. In 1946, on his return to baseball, lead the Red Sox to the American League Pennant. The next year he won his 2nd Triple Crown. In 1957 he became the oldest player in history to win a batting crown. Ted retired as a player in 1960, amd hit a homerun in his last at bat. 6 years later he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He became the manager of the Washington Senators in 1969, and resigned three years later in 1972. He is considered by many to be the best hitter in baseball history.
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Frances E. Nealy was born on 14 October 1918 in San Diego, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Ghostbusters (1984), WarGames (1983) and Colors (1988). She died on 23 May 1997 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Actress
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Silent moppet star Jackie Coogan, immortalized as Charles Chaplin's The Kid (1921), had only one screen rival during the early 1920s, and that was none other than Baby Peggy. She was "discovered" while visiting the Century Studios lot on Sunset Boulevard with her mother when she was a mere 19 months old and went on to appear in nearly 150 shorts (between 1920 and 1923) and nine feature films during her silent heyday. Often considered a precursor to Shirley Temple, Baby Peggy's most popular film vehicle was the child classic Captain January (1924), which would be made a decade later as a vehicle for Temple.
She was born Peggy-Jean Montgomery in 1918 in San Diego, California, of acting stock. She was the daughter of Marian (Baxter), from Wisconsin, and Jack Montgomery, a Nebraska-born cowboy for years all over the western states. He ended up in the movies as a stuntman and extra, driving stagecoaches and buckboards. He supported himself as Tom Mix's double, but never achieved the rugged stardom he yearned for. In fact, his daughter was the one who became the celebrity and chief breadwinner for the family.
Many of Baby Peggy's popular comedies were parodies of movies that grown-up stars had made, and she delightfully imitated such legends as Rudolph Valentino, Pola Negri, Mary Pickford and Mae Murray. Her first feature-length film was Penrod (1922); her first film with Universal, The Darling of New York (1923), shot when she was 3-1/2 years old, was a solid hit. A few more, including Helen's Babies (1924), were also certifiable winners. However, by the age of 8, she was finished.
Her fortune reportedly was depleted by her father Jack's stepfather, a banker to whom she had entrusted all her money. Within a short time, she was forced to turn to the vaudeville circuit for survival. A comeback in early talkies with the new moniker Peggy Montgomery was very short-lived. Her credits, as a result, are often mixed up with another actress named Peggy Montgomery, who was a western ingénue for many years.
The former child star lived in dire straits and suffered from nervous breakdowns and near poverty for many years until she found a new and unexpectedly successful career as a book publisher and writer, using the pseudonym "Diana Serra Cary". As the author of "Hollywood Posse" (1975) and (later) "Hollywood's Children", she wrote about her youthful career, post-stardom years, child stars in general, and Hollywood history in all its fascinating glory. Her own autobiography, "Whatever Happened to Baby Peggy?", was released in 1996.
In 2016, Diana was inducted into the Classic Film Hall of Fame at the Rheem Theater in Moraga, CA. Diana was present, at age 98, to receive the honor and answer questions. She is considered to have been the last living star of the silent film era. Per Robert Garfinkle, a board member of the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum in Fremont, CA, Diana now has the longest acting career of all time, from 1920 to 2015. Her last film was a silent film she made at the above-referenced museum. The film was actually made using one of their antique hand-cranked cameras!
Baby Peggy died on February 24, 2020 in Gustine, California. She was 101.- Florence Chadwick was born on 9 November 1918 in San Diego, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Channel Swimmer (1951), All Star Revue (1950) and Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951). She died on 15 March 1995 in San Diego, California, USA.