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- Howard Pyle was born on 5 April 1853 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. He was a writer, known for The Black Shield of Falworth (1954), World Fairy Tale (1994) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (2018). He died on 9 November 1911 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
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John W. Bratton was born on 21 January 1867 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. John W. is known for The 6th Day (2000), Open Season (2006) and Killing Eve (2018). John W. was married to Dorothy Zimmerman. John W. died on 7 February 1947 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.- Louis Dean was born on 3 May 1874 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. He was an actor, known for The Birth of a Race (1918), The Darling of Paris (1917) and Kaiser's Finish (1918). He was married to Virginia Duncan. He died on 8 April 1933 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
- Stanton Heck was born on 8 January 1877 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. He was an actor, known for The Bad Man (1923), The Lone Star Ranger (1923) and The Fighting Demon (1925). He was married to Mary Josephine Clark. He died on 16 December 1929 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Olga Roderick, Madame Olga, was born Jane Barnell in Wilmington, NC on January 3, 1871 (or February 28, 1877, depending on the source). Her father was a Russian Jew and her mother Catawba Indian. According to historians, she was growing hair by the age of two and was bearded at four. Her deformity caused her mother to believe that Jane was bewitched, so she sold her to the Great Orient Family Circus when her husband was away on business. Jane would later comment, "I have never been able to find out if Mamma got any money for me, or just gave me away to get rid of me. She hated me, I know that. Daddy told me years later that he gave her a good beating when he got home from Baltimore and found out what had happened."
The circus later merged with a larger circus and successfully toured Europe, eventually traveling to Germany. In Berlin, Jane contracted typhoid fever and taken to a local hospital, where she was not expected to live. Allegedly, after her recovery, she found that the circus had left without her, and she was placed in an orphanage. Her father finally tracked her down and brought her back to the United States, where she worked on her grandmother's farm in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Her neighbor, a circus strongman, invited her to join John Robinson's Circus, and at the age of 21, after trying several stage names (including Madame Olga), she settling on Lady Olga Roderick. At the time, her beard was 13 inches long, "the longest in the world."
During her lifetime, Lady Olga worked for more than 25 circuses, including Ringling Brothers, Forepaugh-Sells, Dreamland Circus Sideshow and Hubert's Dime Museum, earning between $20 and $100 per week. It was stated that she seemed to have an overtly inflated view of herself, and was not a terribly happy or friendly person to be around. She was a socialist and very political, expressing her opinions in no uncertain terms.
Lady Olga appeared in Tod Browning's Freaks (1932) as the wife of Pete Robinson, the Skeleton Man, celebrating the birth of their child (who also has a beard). After the film was released (and in later years), she was the most vocal about being very unhappy with the overall portrayal of the sideshow performers in the film, vowing never to work in Hollywood again. She said it was "an insult to all freaks everywhere" and "if the truth be known, we're all freaks together."
Barnell was married four times and had two children by her first husband. Her last marriage was to her "alleged" manager Thomas O'Boyle, who was an ex-clown and a sideshow talker at the gate of Hubert's Museum on 42nd Street. Her last circus performance was in 1938 with Ringling Brothers in New York City, although she continued making public appearances until her death.
Jane Barnell died on October 26, 1951 in Los Angeles, CA. - Actor
- Soundtrack
John Larkin was born on 25 November 1877 in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for The Wet Parade (1932), Sporting Blood (1931) and The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936). He died on 18 March 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Charmian London was born on 27 November 1877 in Wilmington, California, USA. She was a writer, known for The Brute Master (1920) and Jack London (1943). She was married to Jack London. She died on 13 January 1955 in Glen Ellen, California, USA.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Hans Lobert was born on 18 October 1881 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. He is known for Big Leaguer (1953), The Giants-White Sox Tour (1914) and The Glory of Their Times (1970).- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Russell Janney was born on 14 April 1884 in Wilmington, Ohio, USA. Russell was a writer, known for The Miracle of the Bells (1948) and The Vagabond King (1956). Russell was married to Edith Huldah Cramer. Russell died on 14 July 1963 in New York City, New York, USA.- George Cutshaw was born on 29 July 1886 in Wilmington, Illinois, USA. He died on 22 August 1973 in San Diego, California, USA.
- John P. Marquand was born on 10 November 1893 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. He was a writer, known for Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937), Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1938) and The Late George Apley (1947). He was married to Adelaide Hooker and Christina Davenport Sedgwick. He died on 16 July 1960 in Newburyport, Kent's Island, Massachusetts, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Ann Pennington was born in Wilmington, Delaware. Her family, who were Quakers, moved to Camden, New Jersey when she was a child. She took dancing lessons from ballerina Catherine Littlefield. At the age of seventeen she made her Broadway debut in the musical. She joined the Ziegfeld Follies in 1913. With her long, red hair and great legs she quickly became one of the show's most popular dancers. Her nickname was "The Girl With The Dimpled Knees." Ann became best friends with fellow dancer Fanny Brice. In 1916 she had a starring role in the silent movie Susie Snowflake. Then she appeared in the films The Rainbow Princess, The Antics of Ann, and Sunshine Nan. After six years with the Follies she left to join George's White's Scandals. She began a romance with the show's producer George White. Ann also dated actor Buster West and boxer Jack Dempsey.
While performing in the Scandals she introduced the Black Bottom Dance to Broadway audiences. She returned to the Ziegfeld Follies in 1923. By this time the petite dancer was earning more than $1000 a week. Off stage she was known for her great wit and her generosity. Her biggest vice was betting at the racetrack. In 1929 she appeared in five films including Tanned Legs and Gold Diggers Of Broadway. During the 1930s her popularity started to wane and she performed in vaudeville. Ann had bit parts in the films Unholy Partners and China Girl. Her final stage appearance was a 1946 benefit show for the Armed Forces. After retiring she moved into a modest New York hotel and stayed out of the spotlight. She turned down most interview requests saying "I'd rather be thought of as the way I used to be." Ann spent most of her time socializing with friends and doing charity work. On November 4, 1971 she died from a stroke at the age of seventy-seven. She was buried at Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.- Actress
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A former typist, Estelle Taylor married a banker at age 14 and, after leaving him, moved to New York to study dramatic acting. She also modeled for artists and appeared in the chorus of a couple of Broadway shows. In the early 1920s she came to Hollywood and was noted as one of the film state's most beautiful women. In 1925 she married 1920s heavyweight champion boxer Jack Dempsey. On the night of December 4, 1944, she spent an evening of dinner and drinks with actress Lupe Velez and was the last person to see Lupe before she committed suicide. Taylor was founder and president of the California Pet Owners' Protective League and was widely known for her devotion to pets. In 1953 she served on the Los Angeles City Animal Regulation Commission.- Harry Butcher was born on 21 March 1895 in Wilmington, Illinois, USA. He died on 18 June 1942 in Wilmington, Illinois, USA.
- Bill McGowan was born on 18 January 1896 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. He was married to Magdaline McGowan. He died on 9 December 1954 in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
- Helen Taylor was born on 19 May 1898 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. She was an actress, known for The Sagebrush Lady (1925). She died on 22 December 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Sammy Davis Sr. was born on 12 December 1900 in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for 77 Sunset Strip (1958), The Benny Goodman Story (1956) and Sweet and Low (1947). He was married to Elvera Davis. He died on 21 May 1988 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
- Producer
- Actor
Jack Gallagher was born on 2 May 1901 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. He is known for The Devil Bat (1940), Dos noches (1933) and Mr. Sheldon Goes to Town (1939). He was previously married to Fanchon Royer.- Director
- Producer
- Editorial Department
James L. Wolcott was born on 19 September 1907 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Wild Women of Wongo (1959), The Best of Laurel and Hardy (1968) and The Ramparts We Watch (1940). He died on 23 February 1995 in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA.- Phillip Huston was born on 14 March 1908 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. He was an actor, known for Behind the Headlines (1937), Close-Up (1948) and Kraft Theatre (1947). He died on 25 July 1980 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Actress
Rosa Milano was born on 24 March 1912 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. She was an actress. She died on 4 July 2007 in California, USA.- Bill Neff was born on 30 June 1913 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. He was an actor, known for A Foreign Affair (1948), I Was a Male War Bride (1949) and Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948). He died on 27 December 1999 in Paoli, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Actor
- Producer
John Reed King was born on 25 October 1914 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Anniversary Game (1969), Have a Heart (1955) and Gunsmoke (1955). He was married to Jean Elizabeth Abbot. He died on 8 July 1979 in Woodstown, New Jersey, USA.- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Robert C. Ruark was born on 29 December 1915 in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Something of Value (1957), Africa Adventure (1954) and Playhouse 90 (1956). He was married to Virginia Ruark. He died on 1 July 1965 in London, England, UK.- Walter McCrone was born on 9 June 1916 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. He was married to Lucy Beman. He died on 10 July 2002 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- The meek, gamin, child-like aura and unassuming tiny frame of this veteran character lady belied a surprising survivor instinct and strong, liberal fortitude. Herta Ware Schwartz was born on June 9, 1917 in Wilmington, Delaware, to Helen (Ware), a musician and violin teacher, and Laszlo Schwartz, an actor. Her father was a Hungarian Jewish immigrant from Budapest, and her mother, a violinist was a many-generations American of colonial stock. Her maternal grandfather was a union activist who joined the Socialist Party in America during the early 1900s, her maternal grandmother was labor organizer and socialist Ella Reeve Bloor, and her uncle was activist Harold Ware. .
A guitarist and folk singer in the Washington D.C. area, she moved to New York City and began acting in the early 1930s. She made her Broadway debut in the 1935 leftist play "Let Freedom Ring" co-starring future husband Will Geer, whom she married in 1938. The couple appeared together in other New York plays as well, including "Bury the Dead" (1936), "Prelude" (1936), "200 Were Chosen" (1936) and "Journeyman (1938). The politically-minded couple relocated to Los Angeles in the early 1940s and settled in Santa Monica where Geer pursued a movie career.
The couple had three children -- all future actors Kate Geer, Ellen Geer and Thad Geer. In 1951, the passionately liberal Geer was blacklisted by Hollywood during the McCarthy era for taking the Fifth Amendment and refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Financially strapped and with his film career destroyed, they eventually lost their Los Angeles home. Herta fortunately had bought five acres of land in Topanga Canyon in preparation for the fallout of their political activism. Thanks to Geer's degree in botany, the couple was adept in cultivating their land and subsisted by selling vegetables, fruit, and herbs.
Years later, Geer and Ware co-founded the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum on their Topanga Canyon property. The theater became an outdoor performance space for politically-targeted writers, singers and actors to continue to hone and indulge their creative skills. Outspoken friends and performers such as Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger frequently came to their aid and often promoted/performed in their outside productions. The burgeoning theater officially opened as a summer theater in 1973. Although Will and Herta divorced back in 1954, the two remained steadfast friends personally and professionally. She was, in fact, at Geer's bedside when he passed away of a respiratory ailment in 1978. After his death, Ware, her family, and a small troupe of dedicated actors tirelessly dedicated their energies to transforming the Theatricum into a professional repertory theatre, with educational programs and musical events incorporated into its programs. The theatre's artistic directorship was turned over to actress/daughter Ellen Geer.
Herta remarried near the end of 1954. She and actor/singer David Marshall had one child, actress Melora Marshall, before divorcing in 1978. In the 1970's, the veteran actress had a surprising career resurgence and made her on-camera debut in the film The Memory of Us (1974) that starred ex-husband Will and daughter Ellen. A sprinkling of silver-haired, sweet old lady characters followed, including those in The Black Marble (1980), Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype (1980), 2010 (1984), Slam Dance (1987), Promised Land (1987), Dirty Laundry (1987), Critters 2: The Main Course (1988), Dakota (1988), Soapdish (1991), Lonely Hearts (1991), Top Dog (1995), Species (1995), St. Patrick's Day (1997), Practical Magic (1998), The Politics of Desire (1998), Cruel Intentions (1999), Held Up (1999), Beautiful (2000), and Desperate But Not Serious (1999). Her best remembered role was as the altruistic wife of grouchy oldster Jack Gilford in the popular senior citizen film Cocoon (1985), directed by Ron Howard, and its sequel, Cocoon: The Return (1988), directed by Daniel Petrie.
Herta also moved into TV roles. Among those credits, she played Capt. Jean Luc Picard's mother in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), as well as appearing on such established programs as "Knot's Landing," "Highway to Heaven," "Scarecrow and Mrs. King," "Amazing Stories," "Beauty and the Beast," "Cagney & Lacey," "The Golden Girls," " The Munsters Today" and "Tracy Takes On... ."
The veteran actress published her own memoir "Fantastic Journey, My Life with Will Geer" in 2000 and continued performing for a time at the Botanicum as the "Matriarch of the Topanga Community." Many of her children and grandchildren have gone on to becoming steady performers at the Botanicum. Diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, she died of complications in Topanga on August 15, 2005. Her ashes, as those of ex-husband Geer, were spread at the outdoor theatre. - Actress
Bonnie Blair was born on 4 October 1917 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. She was an actress. She was married to Harry S. Parker. She died on 28 June 2011 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.- James E. Wall was born on 12 December 1917 in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Studio One (1948), The Big Story (1949) and Captain Kangaroo (1955). He was married to Dolly Wall. He died on 27 October 2010 in New York City, New York, USA.
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- Soundtrack
Betty Roche was born on 9 January 1918 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. She was an actress, known for Reveille with Beverly (1943), The Incurable (2009) and Stars of Jazz (1956). She died on 16 February 1999 in Pleasantville, New Jersey, USA.- Music Department
- Actress
Doris Johnson was born on 26 November 1918 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. She was an actress, known for Romper Room (1953), The Big Payoff (1951) and Lights Out (1946). She was married to Arlo and Arlo Hults. She died on 2 November 2010 in Cary, North Carolina, USA.- Actor
- Stunts
Character actor, Edgar Latimer Hinton, Jr. was one of three persons killed when a single engine amphibious plane hit a cliff and plunged into Toyon Bay, Santa Catalina Island. The plane took off from the bay, circled once, and hit a 40-foot cliff in front of the exclusive Toyon Bay Boat Club. Hinton was a guest at the club with his wife, Marilynn and their three children. He had been summoned abruptly to the mainland and was due in Utah the next day to begin a movie. The crash occurred in full view of Hinton's family who had come down to the boat club pier to wave goodbye.
The aircraft, a Republic Seabee, had taken off about 4 p.m. from Orange County Airport. The pilot, Vince Pardue, had been trying to organize a charter air service from Orange County Airport to Santa Catalina Island. Toyon Bay Boat Club manager Bob Robb said that Pardue had contacted the club about the charter and when Hinton heard that Pardue was returning to the mainland he arranged for a ride. The single engine amphibian headed out to sea, then apparently returned at low altitude so that Hinton could wave to his wife and three children standing on the dock. The plane suddenly lost altitude, smashed into a cliff and fell to the rocky beach.- Henry Heimlich was born on 3 February 1920 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. He is known for H.E.L.P! - Dr. Henry's Emergency Lessons for People (1979), The John Davidson Show (1980) and The Heimlich Maneuver: How to Save a Choking Victim: 2nd Edition (1983). He was married to Jane Murray. He died on 17 December 2016 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Brinkley hosted This Week with David Brinkley from 1982 until his retirement in 1997. In 1992, he won a Peabody Award for his report on the 50th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. As a news analyst, Brinkley was known for his terse, biting comments and his dry wit.- Ken Sprunt was born on 2 October 1920 in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Raw Deal (1986) and Lovejoy (1986). He was married to Elizabeth McCaw Long. He died on 22 October 2011 in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Percy Heath is an American jazz bassist, brother of saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Albert Tootie Heath, with whom he formed the Heath Brothers in 1975. Heath played with the Modern Jazz Quartet throughout their long history and also worked with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Wes Montgomery, and Thelonious Monk. As a sideman, Percy performed on approximately 300 recording dates in a career of over 57 years. In 1989, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music.- Composer
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Pat Best was born on 6 June 1923 in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. He was a composer, known for Driving Miss Daisy (1989), As Good as It Gets (1997) and The Parent Trap (1998). He was married to Zenobia Maud Robinson. He died on 14 October 2004 in Roseville, California, USA.- Paul Minner was born on 30 July 1923 in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 28 March 2006 in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Larry Perron was born on 11 August 1923 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. He was an actor, known for The Rifleman (1958), Mike Hammer (1958) and Highway Patrol (1955). He died on 1 October 1986 in Santa Ana, California, USA.
- Bill Bailey was born on 22 August 1923 in Wilmington, Ohio, USA. He died on 18 June 2005 in La Jolla, California, USA.
- Raymond Olivere was born on 31 August 1924 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. He died on 26 September 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Harry McGirt was born on 28 February 1925 in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for On Camera (1954) and Encounter (1952). He died on 11 July 2015 in Simpsonville, South Carolina, USA.
- Jean was born on December 11, 1925 to Melvin Clark McBride Sr., a Post Office Mail Supervisor from Wilmington Delaware, USA and Killyleagh, North Ireland, and Evelyn McBride (nee O'Byrne) of Wilmington Delaware. Jean was one of three children, having an older brother, Melvin Clark McBride Jr., and a younger sister Evelyn Louise McBride.
Jean had been a professional actress since she was sixteen, during the summer of that year she worked at the Hedgerow Theater, near Philadelphia. Jean was eighteen and Evelyn seventeen when they finally reached New York, filled modeling for a while, Evelyn to become a model and Jean pursued her acting career, getting opportunities to be in summer stock, touring with a Shubert musical, "My Romance." and other small roles before landing the part of Meg Dale on the Soap Opera "Love of Life" (1951-1980). Jean chose not to renew her contract in 1958, instead focusing on her marriage to New York Supreme Court Judge Saul Streit. They had one child, Saul Streit Jr. on January 23rd, 1966 in New York.
Her husband passed away while Saul Jr. was still a child and Jean never remarried. Saul Jr. passed away on December 10th, 2003.
Jean remained in New York through the remainder of her live, and was active in her local theatre club. Always graceful and elegant she charmed everyone she met.
Jean McBride-Streit passed away on January 25th, 2016 in her home due to complications from a long illness. - Actress
- Soundtrack
Gloria Warren was briefly touted as a potential rival to Deanna Durbin. As a singer (soprano), she was noted for her rendition of "Always in My Heart', a song adapted from Ernesto Lecuona's Siempre en mi corazón and first popularized by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. Despite a strong build-up, enduring fame, however, was not to be hers. A personable brunette, Gloria was born in Wilmington, Delaware, to jeweler and watchmaker Herman Weiman, a Russian-Jewish immigrant, and his wife Julia Weiss, who was a Hungarian Jewish émigré. She was regarded as a child prodigy, tutored by Budapest-born concert pianist Agnes Laszlo and adept at the instrument by the tender age of nine. In addition, she took singing, dancing and acting lessons. Gloria's musical talents may not have attracted more than local attention if not for her ambitious mother. In 1940, Julia managed to finagle a five minute interview with a local radio producer, who became so impressed by the 14-year old that he arranged for a Hollywood talent scout to come out and assess her abilities. Two years later, Gloria signed a seven-year deal with Warner Brothers. For the usual marquee reasons, the studio changed her surname to Warren and this moniker was also adopted by her parents.
Gloria's brief motion picture career was launched (and almost instantly scuttled) with Always in My Heart (1942), a domestic melodrama with music, in which she played the teenage daughter of Kay Francis. The hackneyed and contrived screenplay did the cast no favours. Bosley Crowther, reviewing for The New York Times, wrote "virtually everything else that is antique was done to her in this film. Miss Warren is a pleasing little lady - a bit mature for her reported fifteen years- and she has a reedy voice which she handles rather well. So you would think the Warners could have managed to provide for her debut a tale just a shade more refreshing..." Apparently not, since she was loaned out to RKO for her next picture, Cinderella Swings It (1943). The last of the increasingly out-of-favour 'Scattergood Baines' comedy series with Guy Kibbee, this too failed on every level and was panned by critics and audiences alike, though co-star Gloria was generally regarded as the film's sole bright spot. After two pictures considered box-office poison, an unsurprising three year long hiatus followed. She was cast as female leads on three more occasions: not in musicals (which would have made sense) but in forgettable quota quickies for Poverty Row studios, including a lesser entry in the Charlie Chan series.
By 1948, Gloria had given up on film acting to raise a family, having married businessman Peter Gold (eventually CEO and chairman of the Price Pfister Brass Manufacturing Company) two years earlier. They had two children. Gloria Warren died in Los Angeles on September 11 2021 at the age of 95.- Actress
- Writer
Margaret Gwenver was born on 10 October 1926 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Hit List (1989), One Life to Live (1968) and Guiding Light (1952). She was married to John Sedwick. She died on 18 October 2010 in New York City, New York, USA.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Patricia Hammerlee was born on 9 January 1929 in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress, known for Producers' Showcase (1954), Stanley (1956) and New Faces (1954).- Writer
- Producer
- Script and Continuity Department
Parke Perine was born on 25 May 1930 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Fame (1982), Starsky and Hutch (1975) and Our House (1986). He died on 3 February 2016 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.- Joe Talarowski was born on 17 September 1930 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. He was an actor, known for Student Bodies (1981) and Sanford (1980). He died on 2 June 1999 in Hillsborough, North Carolina, USA.
- Clifford Brown was born on 30 October 1930 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. He was married to LaRue Anderson. He died on 26 June 1956 in Pennsylvania, USA.
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- Actor
- Music Department
Papa Dee Allen was born on 18 July 1931 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Colors (1988), A Knight's Tale (2001) and Barb Wire (1996). He died on 30 August 1988 in Solano County, California, USA.- Wally Williams was born on 28 December 1931 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. He was married to Sarah "Sally" Williams. He died on 27 December 2022 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA.