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- A. Viruly was born on 5 January 1905 in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. He was a writer, known for Vliegtuig in gevaar (1963) and Nederlands in zeven lessen (1948). He was married to Mary Dresselhuys, Henderika Groenhout and Dina Maria Tobia van Hattum. He died on 13 August 1986 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
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Abe Siegel was born on 1 November 1905 in Nebraska, USA. Abe died on 21 December 1986 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Abraham Galán was born on 15 March 1905 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor, known for The Mystery of the Ghastly Face (1935), Cantaclaro (1946) and Godfather Mendoza (1934). He was married to Ana María Ramírez Suárez. He died on 3 December 1971 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
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Abraham Zapruder was born on 15 May 1905 in Kowel, Poland, Russian Empire [now Kovel, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Dispatches (1987). He was married to Lillian Zapruder. He died on 30 August 1970 in Dallas, Texas, USA.- Production Designer
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Abram Veksler was born on 22 January 1905 in Gorki, Gorki uyezd, Mogilev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Horki, Horki Raion, Mahilyow Region, Belarus]. He was a production designer and art director, known for Mussorgsky (1950), Mister Iks (1958) and Spring Song (1941). He died in 1974 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].- Additional Crew
- Actor
Ace Hudkins was born in Nebraska in 1905 and began boxing at 12. He began fighting professionally in 1921 and boxed until he was 27, and was never knocked out. His nicknames were "The Wildcat" and "The Nebraska Wildcat". In the years around 1925-1926, Hudkins and Clever Sencio were the top drawing cards at Los Angeles'Olympic Auditorium. One of his most famous fights was a 1927 fight in New York, a knockout of hot prospect Ruby Goldstein. One writer wrote of Hudkins' win over Goldstein as "the fight that broke the Jewish banks."
It was Hudkins' toughness that most impressed his faithful fans; his fight against Sammy Baker was described as "the bloodiest fight ever seen;even the referee was drenched in ruby red;" Fighting from lightweight to light-heavyweight, he won several California State Heavyweight Titles and was Southern California's biggest boxing drawing card in the 1920s.
In 1930 he lived with his extended family at 2302 Observatory Avenue in L.A.; his brothers Clyde and Art served as his managers. As his boxing career wound down in the early 1930s his personal life was a mess as he battled alcoholism and went on extended benders. On January 10, 1932 he was charged with Assault with a Deadly Weapon in L.A. for punching T. Leonard Park in the head with his bare fist and fracturing his skull. Hudkins claimed that he and a friend, Ellen Dorsey, were standing at an intersection when Park and another man approached and insulted the woman. The charges were later dropped but Park sued Hudkins for $50,000 and was awarded $1. On March 24, 1932, his live-in girlfriend Rhea Hill sued for $160,000; $100,000 for breach of a promise to marry, and $60,000 for beating her. After winning the lawsuit on April 2nd, Ace went out, got drunk, and was arrested for public drunkenness and fighting with the police.
On July 16th he was arrested for drunk driving and speeding near Fresno. Released from jail the next morning he went to a nearby bar and when he left, drove his car directly into a service station building, destroying both car and building and landing back in jail charged with drunk driving again. In December, 1932 he was arrested and convicted twice more in Fresno on the same charges. In March, 1933, Hudkins spent a month in Hawaii and was arrested twice for disorderly conduct following fights in hotel bars and spent a week in jail. On August 7, 1933, a drunk Hudkins started a brawl in a Hollywood café and pulled (what turned out to be an unloaded) gun on the bar's owner Richard Harris, who pulled his own (loaded) gun and shot Hudkins twice in the chest. He lingered near death for two weeks at a Glendale hospital while receiving two blood transfusions, but somehow survived. On November 9th Hudkins was yet again arrested after a drunken early-morning brawl when his friend David Chalmers' father-in-law - a huge San Pedro longshoreman - took the gun he was still carrying and knocked him unconscious with it. Leaving the fight, he and Chalmers tried to drive away without paying for 8 gallons of gas and were arrested for petty theft. Just two weeks later on November 21st he was arrested when police found both he and Chalmers passed out drunk and asleep in his car at a stoplight at Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street. By the time of his December 2nd arrest a drunken rampage at his 416 South Burlington Avenue apartment building, his problem was public knowledge. The judge sent him to the county jail for five days.
In the late 1930s, Hudkins married and after operating a bar in Hollywood moved to Toluca Lake and bought a stable where he and his brother Art ran a string of race-horses. He lived there with his wife Mildred and their adopted son Robert D. Herron and rented horses, wagons, and cowboy gear to studios for westerns and his land for filming. His Hudkins Brothers Movie Ranch was a favorite of dozens of cowboy stars who boarded horses at the ranch (the property is now part of Forest Lawn Glendale), and among Ace's friends were Smiley Burnette, Guinn Wilson, Fred Kennedy, Gene Autry, and John Wayne. Ace was soon doing stunt work in their movies and his horses appearing in dozens of Republic Studio movies. In 1938, Republic rented one of his horses - whom Ace had named `Hi Yo Silver' - for a movie version of The Lone Ranger. The horse's name became The Lone Ranger's trademark yell. Ace's favorite horse was used as Olivia de Havilland's mount in the 1938 classic The Adventures of Robin Hood. When filming was done, cowboy actor Roy Rogers came looking for a horse to ride in his first starring vehicle, Under the Western Sky, and took de Havilland's horse for a ride around the ranch. After the lengthy ride Rogers and the horse had become instantly attached, and although Rogers was only making $75 a week at the time, he agreed to pay Ace $2,500 for the horse. It took him several years to pay for his new partner, whom Ace had named "Trigger." Trigger co-starred in all 82 movies made by Rogers between 1938 and 1952 and also appeared in all 100 TV episodes of 'The Roy Rogers Show.'
In the 1954-57 television series 'Annie Oakley,' both horses used to play the role of Oakley's horse Target were Ace's horses.
In Ace's trophy room, among other things, was a document from the Governor of Kentucky stating that he had made Ace a Kentucky Colonel. He died April 8, 1973 in Los Angeles and was posthumously inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1995. His adopted son Robert Herron had a long career as a stuntman, stunt director, and actor and was one of the founding members of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures and served on the board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild.- Actress
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Ada Falcon was born on 17 August 1905 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Idols of the Radio (1934), Tu cuna fue un conventillo (1925) and Innocent Lies (1995). She died on 4 January 2002 in Salsipuedes, Córdoba, Argentina.- Actress
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Adamae Vaughn was born on November 8, 1905 in Ashland, Kentucky. Her older sister Alberta had been born in 1904. After their parents divorced their mother remarried and the family moved to California. Both sisters decided to pursue show business careers. Adamae made her film debut in the 1921 comedy short Stop Kidding. Then she had a role in the drama The Courtship Of Myles Standish (she was sometimes billed as Ada Mae Vaugn). FBO signed her to a long term contract in 1926 and she was cast as Tom Tyler's leading lady in The Arizona Streak. She married Albert Hindman, a contractor, in May of 1926. They were divorced a year later with Adamae claiming he drank too much and abused her. The couple reconciled in 1927 but they broke up soon after. She was chosen to be one of the 1927 WAMPAS baby stars. The beautiful blonde was so excited that she fainted at the ceremony.
Unhappy with the way her nose looked she decided to have plastic surgery. On June 17, 1934 she married her longtime boyfriend, automobile executive Val D'Auvray. The couple had been engaged for more than five years. While her sister Alberta Vaughn had became a successful actress Adamae's career never took off. Her final role was a bit part in the 1936 Carole Lombard film Love Before Breakfast. For a while she worked as a stand-in for actress Gertrude Michael. She divorced her husband and moved in with her mother, Martha, in Studio City. In April of 1937 she underwent abdominal surgery which left her with multiple adhesion's. This eventually caused an intestinal blockage and she was hospitalized in 1943. Tragically on September 11, 1943 she died at the young age of thirty-seven. Adamae was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.- Ada Pääkkönen-Koponen was born on 8 May 1905 in Vesanto, Finland. She was an actress, known for Huijarien huvittavat huiputtajat (1945), Aatamin puvussa... ...ja vähän Eevankin (1971) and Tehtaan varjossa (1969). She was married to Paavo Ilmari Koponen. She died on 16 March 1981 in Joensuu, Finland.
- Ada Voytsik was born on 1 August 1905 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]. She was an actress, known for Sorok pervyy (1927), The Day the Earth Froze (1959) and Anna (1936). She died on 2 September 1982 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Adam Matejka was born on 21 November 1905 in Paludza, austria-Hungary. He was an actor, known for Szent Péter esernyöje (1958), Orlie pierko (1972) and The Shop on Main Street (1965). He was married to Alzbeta Matejkova. He died on 21 April 1988 in Liptovský Mikulás, Czechoslovakia.
- Adam Wazyk was born on 29 October 1905 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a writer, known for Niedaleko Warszawy (1954) and Domek z kart (1954). He died on 13 August 1982 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Addie McPhail was born on 15 July 1905 in White Plains, Kentucky, USA. She was an actress, known for Corsair (1931), Aloha (1931) and Midnight Daddies (1930). She was married to Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle and Lindsay McPhail. She died on 14 April 2003 in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Adelaide Hawley Cumming was born on 6 March 1905 in Willet, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Teen Togs (1945), Betty Crocker Show (1951) and Betty Crocker Star Matinee (1951). She was married to Mark Hawley. She died on 21 December 1998 in Bremerton, Washington, USA.
- Adelaide Lawrence was born on 30 April 1905 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Queen of Hearts (1918), The Ransom (1916) and The Missing Jewels (1914). She was married to William Eugene Bourne. She died on 18 October 1989 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
- Adelina Campos was born on 11 April 1905 in Vila Flor, Portugal. She was an actress, known for José do Telhado (1945), Uma Vontade Maior (1967) and Histórias Simples da Gente Cá do Meu Bairro (1961). She was married to Samuel Dinis. She died on 21 April 2008 in Lisbon, Portugal.
- Adolf Ehrnrooth was born on 9 February 1905 in Helsinki, Finland. He died on 26 February 2004 in Turku, Finland.
- Adolf Horalek was born on 17 March 1905 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Prague, Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Morská panna (1939), Song of the Lark (1933) and Anna proletárka (1953). He died on 8 December 1982 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Prague, Czech Republic].
- Adolfo Mejía was born on 5 February 1905 in San Luis Sincé, Sucre, Colombia. He was a composer, known for ...Viajero de mí mismo (2005) and Historias musicales de Colombia (2004). He died on 6 July 1973 in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
- Adrien Mares was born on 14 November 1905 in Dunkerque, Nord, France. Adrien died on 2 May 1990 in Créteil, Val-de-Marne, France.
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Aggie Auld was born on 3 March 1905 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. She was an actress, known for Hawaii Calls (1938) and The Moon of Mona Koora (1945). She was married to Prince Leilani and Norman Hendershot. She died on 1 November 1983 in Orange County, California, USA.- Agnes Lauchlan was born on 10 February 1905 in Putney, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Young Mr. Pitt (1942), Ann Veronica (1964) and Persuasion (1960). She died on 28 August 1993 in Surrey, England, UK.
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- Actress
- Music Department
Agnes de Mille was born on 18 September 1905 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Oklahoma! (1955), The Ragamuffin (1916) and Carousel (1956). She was married to Walter Foy Prude. She died on 7 October 1993 in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Aidan Roark was born on 23 October 1905 in County Carlow, Ireland. He was an actor and writer, known for Stormy, the Thoroughbred (1954). He was married to Helen Wills and Esther Foss Moore. He died on 27 March 1984 in Santa Cruz, California, USA.
- Akiko Tamura was born on 8 October 1905 in Tokyo, Japan. She was an actress, known for Boyhood (1951), Jiyû gakkô (1951) and Nigorie (1953). She was married to Kyosuke Tomoda. She died on 3 February 1983.
- Akil Öztuna was born on 10 January 1905 in Ankara, Turkey. He is known for The Chaos Class Is on Vacation (1978), The Chaos Class Is Waking Up (1976) and The Chaos Class Failed the Class (1975).
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- Actress
- Art Director
Aksella Luts was born on 10 October 1905 in Moscow, Russia. She was a writer and actress, known for The Young Eagles (1927), Varjoja Kannaksella (1943) and Salainen ase (1943). She was married to Theodor Luts. She died on 8 January 2005 in Pärnu, Estonia.- Make-Up Department
- Editorial Department
- Producer
Al Bonner was born on 24 June 1905 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He is known for Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1956), Official Detective (1957) and The Persuader (1957).- Writer
- Soundtrack
Al Dexter was born on 4 May 1905 in Jacksonville, Texas, USA. He was a writer, known for Radio Days (1987), Pistol Packin' Mama (1943) and 12 Monkeys (2015). He died on 28 January 1984 in Denton, Texas, USA.- Actor
Al Gold was born on 4 June 1905. He was an actor. He was married to Lola Cordell. He died on 7 January 1988 in City of London, London, England, UK.- Music Department
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Songwriter ("I Apologize", "Serenade of the Bells"), composer, pianist and agent, educated at DeWitt Clinton High School and then a radio announcer, vaudeville pianist, and writer of special material. He performed on radio as part of a two-member piano eam, and also owned a theatrical agency. While in England between 1934 and 1937, he wrote the London stage scores for "This'll Make You Whistle", "Going Greek", and "Hide and Seek". Joining ASCAP in 1932, his chief musical collaborators included Mann Curtis, Maurice Sigler, Ed Nelson, Kay Twomey, Allan Roberts, Sammy Lerner and Al Hoffman. His other popular-song compositions include "Auf Wiedersehn, My Dear", "Fit as a Fiddle", "Black-Eyed Susan Brown", "Jimmy Had a Nickel", "Who Walks In When I Walk Out?", "I Saw Stars", "Why Don't You Practise What You Preach?", "Roll Up the Carpet", "I'm In a Dancing Mood", "Without Rhythm", "There Isn't Any Limit to My Love", "Everything Stops for ea", "From One Minute to Another", "I Can Wiggle My Ears", "Say the Word", "Everything's In Rhythm With My Heart", "Let's Put Some People to Work", "Gangway", "Lord and Lady Whoozis", "She Shall Have Music", "Romance Runs in the Family", "I Must Have One More Kiss Kiss Kiss", "I Ups to Her and She Ups to Me", and "Johnny Doughboy Found a Rose in Ireland".- Additional Crew
Al Horwits was born on 20 September 1905 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for The Shootist (1976), In Cold Blood (1967) and Bite the Bullet (1975). He died on 24 February 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Writer
Al King was born on 28 June 1905 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Tales of Adventure (1952), Encounter (1952) and Playbill (1953). He died on 5 January 1974 in Wairarapa, New Zealand.- Actor
Al Rice was born on 20 January 1905 in Bloomfield, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor. He was married to Margaret McKay. He died on 11 February 2001 in Maitland, Florida, USA.- Al Taliaferro was born on 29 August 1905 in Montrose, Colorado, USA. He was a writer, known for DuckTales: Remastered (2013) and Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990). He died on 3 February 1969 in Glendale, California, USA.
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Alain Antik was born on 25 January 1905 in Baku, Caucasus, Russia. He was an assistant director, known for L'émigrante (1940) and Coups de feu (1939). He died on 17 March 1983 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.- Composer
- Actor
- Music Department
Polish-born pianist and composer, noted for his improvisational skills. A child prodigy, Romans studied at the conservatories of Leipzig and Berlin. He settled in Paris and completed his training under the tutelage of Vincent Indy. Then followed a brief, but successful, touring career as a soloist. Though trained in the classical tradition, Romans eventually specialised in jazz. He often worked with famous artists like Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli, Josephine Baker and the Egyptian-born singer Dalida. Romans is best remembered for his film music, famously associated with Jacques Tati as co-composer (with Franck Barcellini) of the quirky theme for My Uncle (1958). His finest work was the delightful 'Quel Temps Fait-il a Paris' which heralds each sunrise in Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953). Despite his movie work and the release of several popular 'soft music' albums, Romans ended up falling on hard times. The end of the 1950's saw him heavily indebted and almost penniless. Nonetheless, he somehow managed to get financial backing for his own restaurant, the Chez Alain Romains, which opened near the Champs-Élysées, with himself as resident pianist. The venture was relatively short-lived and Romans spent his remaining years in relative obscurity.
An interesting footnote to his life exists in the form of a memoir which details his exploits as a member of the French Resistance during World War II. Romans was wounded in action on several occasions, escaped from German captivity near Treblinka and was subsequently involved in various clandestine operations. Multilingual, he was eventually appointed liaison officer/interpreter to General Alphonse Juin commanding the French Expeditionary Corps during the Italian Campaign.- Additional Crew
- Writer
Alan Dent was born on 7 January 1905 in Ayrshire, Scotland, UK. He was a writer, known for Hamlet (1948), The First 400 Years (1964) and Henry V (1944). He died on 19 December 1978 in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.- Alan Drady was born on 23 December 1905 in the USA. He was a writer, known for The Bride Wore Crutches (1940). He died in November 1973 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Composer
- Music Department
Alan Rawsthorne was born on 2 May 1905 in Haslingden, Lancashire, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Floods of Fear (1958), The Inheritance (1947) and Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951). He was married to Isabel Nicholas and Jessie Hinchcliffe. He died on 24 July 1971 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.- Albert Aldred was born on 22 September 1905 in Morley, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He died on 25 March 1980 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK.
- Actor
- Writer
Albert Bessler was born on 15 February 1905 in Hamburg, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Melissa (1966), Frozen Alive (1964) and The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961). He was married to Else Reuss. He died on 3 December 1975 in West Berlin, West Germany.- Albert D'Arno was born on 8 December 1905 in Barr, Bas-Rhin, France. He was an actor, known for Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963), Alaska Seas (1954) and The Rat Patrol (1966). He died on 19 December 1977 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- A stage actor from 1927, Albert Dekker was an established Broadway star when he made his film debut ten years later. Tall and with rugged good looks, he often played aggressive character roles, a prime example being his double-crossing gang leader in the classic The Killers (1946). From 1944-46 he served a term in the California legislature representing the Hollywood district. As he got older Dekker, unlike many actors, turned to the stage rather than television, and achieved great success there and on the college lecture circuit. His last role, in The Wild Bunch (1969), was one of his most memorable: the tough railroad detective Harrigan, who hires a murderous group of bounty hunters to track down and kill a gang of outlaws who've been robbing his company's trains.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Albert E. Brumley was born on 29 October 1905 in Spiro, Oklahoma, USA. He was a composer, known for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) and Elvis (2022). He was married to Goldie Edith Schell. He died on 15 November 1977 in Powell, Missouri, USA.- Albert G. Miller was born on 28 December 1905 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for The Murder Clinic (1966), The Vise (1954) and The Spider's Web (1960). He was married to Mary Sue Miller. He died on 25 June 1982 in Manhattan, New York, USA.
- Albert Karnatz was born on 9 February 1905 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He died on 15 July 1934 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Visual Effects
- Editorial Department
Albert Myers was born on 15 February 1905 in London, England, UK. He is known for The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), The Defiant Ones (1958) and Carmen Jones (1954). He died on 13 September 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Additional Crew
Albert Pierrepoint was often called the official Chief Executioner of the United Kingdom. The Home Office called him the most efficient executioner. Despite the US release title of the 2005 movie about him he was not the last hangman, executions continued for over eight years after his resignation.
Between 1932 and 1955 he conducted or assisted at about 450 hangings, following in the footsteps of his father Henry and uncle Thomas who were also executioners. Albert gained a reputation as a swift and efficient executioner, and he aimed to minimise the length of time the condemned person had to suffer fear - his record for removing the condemned prisoner from his cell until "the drop" was seven and a half seconds.
He resigned in January 1956 over a row about his fees (he was paid a fixed rate per hanging, rather than a salary), and his reputation was such that the government wrote to him to beg him to reconsider his resignation.
Pierrepoint appeared as himself in the 1961 BBC documentary, "The Death Penalty" (ironically, he had come to believe that the death penalty was not a deterrent to crime, as most murders were committed in the heat of the moment rather than premeditated; however, he kept his opinion to himself until the 1974 publication of his autobiography, "Executioner: Pierrepoint"). Pierrepoint was first portrayed by Clive Revill in "Let Him Have It" (1991), and later by Timothy Spall in the 2005 TV biopic, "The Last Hangman".- Writer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Albert Simonin was born on 18 April 1905 in Paris, France. He was a writer and actor, known for Any Number Can Win (1963), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) and An Officer and a Gentleman (1982). He was married to Marie-Hélène Bourquin and Marie Bondor. He died on 15 February 1980 in Paris, France.