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- Luigi Almirante was born on 30 September 1886 in Tunis, French Protectorate of Tunisia [now Tunisia]. He was an actor, known for The Dream of Butterfly (1939), The Affairs of Messalina (1951) and Amami, Alfredo! (1940). He was married to Ebe Brigliadori. He died on 6 May 1963 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Blanche Albane was born on 14 October 1886 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for L'illusion des yeux (1911), A Bald Lie (1911) and Soeurs de lait (1910). She was married to Georges Duhamel. She died on 4 May 1975 in Hérouville, Île-de-France, France.
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Sergio Tofano was born on 20 August 1886 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor and writer, known for Princess Cinderella (1941), Il re di Poggioreale (1961) and Le inchieste del commissario Maigret (1964). He was married to Rosetta Tofano. He died on 28 October 1973 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Actor
- Writer
Olin Downes was born on 27 June 1886 in Evanston, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Carnegie Hall (1947), First Opera Film Festival (1948) and Trzy etiudy Chopina (1944). He was married to Marion Davenport and Irene Miles. He died on 22 August 1955 in New York City, New York, USA.- Jaroslav Durych was born on 2 December 1886 in Hradec Králové, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. Jaroslav was a writer, known for Kurýr (1994) and Bozí duha (2008). Jaroslav died on 7 April 1962 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Syd Walker was born on 22 March 1886 in Salford, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Over She Goes (1937), Sweet Devil (1938) and Old Bill Through the Ages (1924). He died on 13 January 1945 in Hove, East Sussex, England, UK.- Enoch O. Van Pelt was born on 3 July 1886 in Lawrence, Kansas, USA. He was a writer, known for Dynamite Dan (1924) and Behind Two Guns (1924). He died on 18 April 1946 in Norwalk, California, USA.
- Actor
Robert Jewett was born on 18 July 1886 in Rhode Island, USA. He was an actor. He died on 10 November 1970 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Jacques Guilhène was born on 6 January 1886 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Ce cochon de Morin (1924), Fanfan-la-Tulipe (1925) and La bouquetière des innocents (1923). He died on 27 January 1936 in Paris, France.
- 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.
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Cesare Sodero was born on 2 August 1886 in Naples, Italy. He was a composer, known for Isn't Life Wonderful (1924). He died on 16 December 1947 in New York City, New York, USA.- Marcel Arnac was born on 10 October 1886 in Paris, France. He was a writer, known for Circonstances atténuantes (1939), Steppin' in Society (1945) and Heinz im Mond (1934). He died on 25 August 1931 in Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Harry Berber was born on 11 December 1886 in Celle, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Knautsch und Stange (1920), Der Anti-Detektiv (1920) and Nihil Nemo Kakadu (1920). He died on 28 April 1972 in Berlin, Germany.- Writer
- Soundtrack
Manuel Bandeira was born on 19 April 1886 in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. He was a writer, known for Crônica da Cidade Amada (1965), Aquarius (2016) and Innocence (1983). He died on 13 October 1968 in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.- Ethel Leginska was born on 13 April 1886 in Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK. She was married to Emerson Whithorne. She died on 26 January 1970 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Additional Crew
Clara Cottrell was born on 6 February 1886 in California. Clara died on 11 October 1972 in Banning, California, USA.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Eizô Tanaka was born on 3 November 1886 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Kyôya erimise (1922), Hashimoto Sanai (1938) and Namiko (1932). He died on 13 June 1968 in Tokyo, Japan.- Eduard Sevcík was born on 18 March 1886 in Tomice, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for O velkou cenu (1922), Hríchy lásky (1929) and Lesetínský kovár (1925). He died on 9 June 1943 in Prague, Protektorát Cechy a Morava [now Czech Republic].
- Aladár Ihász was born on 27 June 1886 in Kiskunfélegyháza, Hungary. He was an actor, known for A kölcsönkért csecsemök (1915), Dracula's Death (1921) and Soldiers of the Emperor (1918). He was married to Elvira Poór and Emma Dom. He died on 24 July 1960 in Oradea, Romania.
- Daan Van Olleffen was born on 18 July 1886. He was an actor, known for De laatste dagen van een eiland (1942), Rubber (1936) and Willem van Oranje (1934). He died on 12 November 1959.
- Camera and Electrical Department
Charles Ferguson was born on 8 April 1886 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.- Joseph Opatoshu was born on 1 January 1886 in Mlawa, Poland, Russian Empire. He was a writer, known for In die poylishe velder (1929) and Romance of a Horsethief (1971). He died on 7 October 1954 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Andela Novotná was born on 9 April 1886 in Prague, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Pepánek nezdara (1925), Tri knoflíky (1945) and Nevera (1956). She died on 26 January 1960 in Brno, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Arnold Jensen was born on 24 January 1886 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Livets baal (1912), En mand af betydning (1941) and Under Vampyrens Kløer (1914). He died on 6 June 1959.
- Producer
- Editorial Department
Julius Stern (March 22, 1886 - April 1977) was an American film producer. He produced 541 films between 1917 and 1929. He was a co-founder of Universal Studios. He was born in Hintersteinau, Germany, and died in New York, NY. He was the brother of producer Abe Stern and the brother-in-law of Universal Studios co-founder Carl Laemmle.
Stern arrived in the United States in 1903 and soon thereafter worked for Carl Laemmle at Continental Clothing (which was owned by Julius' uncle Salomon "Sam" Stern). After Laemmle left Continental in 1905 , Julius went to work for Laemmle as an Assistant Manager (1906), then as a Manager (1908) of Laemmle's White Front Theater (1908) and was named Carl Laemmle's personal assistant. As such, he was instrumental in the founding and operation of the Laemmle Film Exchange and the Independent Moving Picture Company (IMP), where he was General Manager, until the founding of Universal. Stern was integral to Laemmle's acquisition of control at Universal. Julius was briefly a Director (1912) . and an officer (1912-1929) of Universal Studios and President of L-KO Studios (1916-1919) . and Century Comedies (1917-1926) , which released under Universal. While at Universal, Stern was a guiding force in the development of new film-making techniques, which he learned from his many trips abroad and was a key figure in Universal's expansion in the US and Europe.
Many silent film stars were "discovered" by Julius and his brother Abe, who served as General Manager, under L-KO, Century and Rainbow, including Baby Peggy. Under Julius' leadership, Century Comedies and later Stern Brothers often featured animals in comedic roles including "Brownie", a dog, several lions and "Joe Martin" an orangutan. In 1926, Century Comedies was dissolved and Stern Brothers Comedy was founded. Stern Brothers continued to release under Universal until 1929 and introduced the world to film series featuring Tarzan, Buster Brown, Mike and Ike and Baby Snookums. In 1929, the Sterns' relationship with Universal was abruptly discontinued with a telegram from Carl Laemmle and by April, 1929 Stern Brothers was laying plans to produce sound feature films as well as continuing their comedy shorts and series at their newly formed National Sound Recording Studio. In 1933, Max and Arthur Alexander, nephews of Julius and Abe Stern, who had been operating National Studios, renamed the operation Alexander Brothers Studio and commenced production. By 1935 Julius Stern retired from active participation in the motion picture business to manage the real estate he had acquired over the years. The successor firms managed by the Alexander brothers and other relatives of Julius and Abe Stern continued producing movies and even films for television into the 1970s. Julius Stern died at his home in New York on April 26, 1977 at the age of 91.- Kersti Bergroth was born on 24 January 1886 in Viipuri, Finland. She was a writer, known for Anu ja Mikko (1940), Tositarkoituksella (1943) and Anu ja Mikko (1956). She was married to Alexander Matson and Samuel Hagelin. She died on 24 January 1975 in Helsinki, Finland.
- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Jay Whidden was born on 19 July 1886 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Woman to Woman (1929), Song of Soho (1930) and Raise the Roof (1930). He died on 17 February 1968 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Sumako Matsui was born on 1 November 1886 in Nagano, Nagano, Japan. She was an actress, known for Katyusha no uta (1914). She died on 5 January 1919 in Japan.
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Famous in the early 20th Century as the composer of a number of light Italian operettas, dances and popular Italian songs (and later the former Somalian national anthem), Giovanni Blanc studied with Bolzoni in Turin and became best known for his composition "Giovinezza" ("Youth", with lyrics by Salvatore Gotta, which was adopted as the martial anthem of fascist Italy.- Arthur Currier was born on 17 September 1886 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He is known for That's My Daddy (1927), A Girl of the Limberlost (1924) and Call of the Night (1926).
- Inez Millholland was born on 6 August 1886 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was married to Eugen Jan Boissevain. She died on 25 November 1916 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actress
- Special Effects
Tenkatsu Shôkyokusai was born on 21 May 1886 in Kanda, Tokyo, Japan. She was an actress, known for Majutsu no joô (1936), The Water Magician (1933) and Seiki wa warau (1941). She died on 11 November 1944.- Frank Crayne was born on 4 October 1886 in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Girl Philippa (1916), Arsene Lupin (1917) and The Grell Mystery (1917). He died on 4 February 1957 in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Ward was primarily a stage and radio actor. He was the nephew of Baseball Hall of Famer John Montgomery Ward, who in the 1880s founded the first union for athletes, and fought to bring blacks and Hispanics into major league baseball. John Ward's wife Helen Dauvray was an actress and producer. A 19th Century version of the World Series, was named for her (The Dauvray Cup).
- Art Department
Heorhiy Narbut was born on 3 March 1886 in Narbutivka, Glukhovsky Uyezd, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Narbutivka, Hlukhiv Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine]. Heorhiy died on 23 May 1920 in Kyiv, Ukrainian National Republic [now Kyiv, Ukraine].- Charles Gay was born on 9 March 1886 in France. He died on 23 February 1950 in Orange, California, USA.
- Tsuguharu Fujita was born on 27 November 1886 in Tokyo, Japan. He was a director, known for Gendai Nippon: Kodomo-hen (1937). He died on 29 January 1968 in Zürich, Switzerland.
- Karel Vetter founded the tradition of amateur theatre at Jan Neruda grammar school in Prague. The descendant of the Old Prague family, Vetter learned French in his older sister's French nursery for young children from better Prague circles. He translated, edited books and taught French and German between the two wars at various grammar schools, where he also directed student performances. His pupils allegedly included Bozena Pulpánová, Vlasta Fabianová and Jirí Krejcík. Vetter is listed as an art consultant on Krejcík's directorial debut, the film A week in the quiet house (1947) and it is likely that the perfect portrayal of the old Prague milieu is to his credit. Vetter was already retired when Ota Pokladník, the schoolmaster at Jan Neruda grammar school, invited him in 1948 to start and lead a dramatic society. In collaboration with professor of descriptive geometry and drawing, academic painter Jaroslav Divísek, he gradually built a real school theatre. The school chapel became an auditorium with a stage, a complete lighting park and a cloakroom in an adjoining classroom. Thanks to all this, it was possible to handle even the technically demanding titles of the world repertoire. The opening production was Antigona by Sofokles in 1949, followed by Molière's School for husbands, Shakespeare's As you like it, two short very old plays (Rohovín Ctverrohý by Klicpera and The Farce of Master Pierre Pathelin), Molière's The hypochondriac and The broken jug by Heinrich von Kleist, all directed by Vetter. At the same time, Vetter also cultivated recitation competitions and literary evenings, namely Jan Neruda, Bozena Nemcová, Old Chinese poetry (presented at Jiráskuv Hronov in 1954), Russian classics etc. The most famous became Comenius' school play Diogenes. The evening was included in the program of Comenius international celebrations run by UNESCO. Vetter's approach was both artistic and educational at the same time, cultivating talents, but refusing nobody. Veter strictly paid attention to the correct pronunciation, verse and meter, and above all he was able to transmit his own refinement to his students. Among them were Czech famous actors Milan Nedela and Jan Tríska, as well as actor, publicist and historian Jaroslav Somes.
- Jean Déré was born on 23 June 1886 in Niort, Deux-Sèvres, France. Jean was a composer, known for The Secret Spring (1923). Jean died on 6 December 1970 in Sainte-Suzanne, Mayenne, France.
- C.H. Middleton was born on 22 February 1886 in Northamptonshire, England, UK. He was married to Rosa Annie Jenkins. He died on 18 September 1945 in Surbiton, Surrey, England, UK.
- Franz Lichtenauer was born on 25 November 1886 in Augsburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der Schimmelkrieg in der Holledau (1937), Revolutionshochzeit (1938) and Über alles in der Welt (1941). He died on 4 January 1955 in West Berlin, West Germany.
- Tarva Penna was born on 19 May 1886 in Wimbledon, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Show Goes On (1936), The Face Behind the Scar (1937) and Pastor Hall (1940). He died on 27 May 1960 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- William Pardue was born on 17 April 1886 in Clerkenwell, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for One Colombo Night (1926), The Flight Commander (1927) and The Woman in Command (1933). He died in 1962 in Worthing, Sussex, England, UK.
- Harmon MacGregor was born on 21 March 1886 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Dancing Cheat (1924), Bondwomen (1915) and Slave of Desire (1923). He was married to Eleanor ?. He died on 4 December 1948 in Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA.
- Nadezhda Petipa was born on 15 February 1886 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. She was an actress, known for An Ordinary Trip (1958). She died on 21 February 1977 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Helena Boguszewska was born on 30 October 1886 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. She was a writer, known for Ludzie Wisly (1938). She died on 11 November 1978 in Poland.
- Oskar Jelinek was born on 22 January 1886 in Brünn, Austria-Hungary. He was a writer, known for Thy Neighbor's Wife (1953) and Valnocha, der Koch (1962). He was married to Hedwig Müller. He died on 12 October 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Del Gainer was born on 10 November 1886 in Montrose, West Virginia, USA. He died on 29 January 1947 in Elkins, West Virginia, USA.
- Actress
Mrs. M.M. Deaderick was born on 8 July 1886 in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. She was an actress. She was married to M.M. Deaderick. She died on 26 May 1963 in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.- Stanley Ketchel was born on 14 September 1886 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. He died on 15 October 1910 in Conway, Missouri, USA.