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- 'Big Walter' Price was born on 2 August 1914 in Gonzales, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Sugar Hill (1974). He died on 7 March 2012 in Houston, Texas, USA.
- 'Hi Pockets' Busse was born on 6 August 1914 in Roseau, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for The Joey Bishop Show (1961). He died on 13 July 1997 in Tome, New Mexico, USA.
- His childhood was spent in Peshawar, where he had performed in theater for some major roles. However, his primary occupation for the early part of his life was that of a tailor. He was an active participant in the Indian freedom struggle. Following his father's retirement, the family moved from Peshawar to Karachi. He moved to Bombay after the Partition of India in 1949 after 3 years in prison in Pakistan. He was involved with the theater group IPTA along with Balraj Sahni and Kaifi Azmi, both of whom had Marxist leanings.
He started his Hindi film career at the very late age of 30 with Basu Bhattacharya's Teesri Kasam in 1946, and went on to play the quintessential meek and oppressed old man in innumerable Hindi movies. His own favorites are the roles he played in Sholay and Shaukeen. In movies he has played a very large number of character roles, mostly positive. He has acted in more than 125 films so far. - Director
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Aage Jessen was born on 10 July 1914 in Denmark. He is a director and writer, known for 'Den vide verden's billedbog nr. 1 (1938), Jeg gik mig ud en sommerdag (1943) and Det haster (1943).- Writer
- Producer
- Composer
Aage Stentoft was born on 1 May 1914 in Holbæk, Denmark. He was a writer and producer, known for We Are Altogether Crazy (1959), Formula for Love (1959) and Laan mig din kone (1957). He died on 8 July 1990 in Spain.- Writer
- Producer
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Aaron Ruben was born on 1 March 1914 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Andy Griffith Show (1960), Sanford and Son (1972) and Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964). He was married to Maureen Arthur and Sandy Roth Ruben. He died on 30 January 2010 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.- Aase Othlo Barfod Clausen was the daughter of music director Henrik Clausen (1888-1956) and Valborg A. Jørgensen. She took singing and ballet lessons before becoming Miss Denmark in a beauty contest in 1932. That same year she was chosen as Miss Europe at a contest held at the Hotel Negresco in Nice. A You Tube video shows her accepting the title in both English and Danish.
A large parade was held in Copenhagen in celebration of her title. This opened the door to a career in the movies, with roles in Københavnere (1933), Med fuld musik (1933) and Ud i den kolde sne (1934) and in a Swedish comedy "Ungkarlspappan "in 1935 where she worked with actress Birgit Tengroth. She later appeared in live theater productions.
In 1934, Aase Clausen married Hans Carl Preben Holten (1911-1967) who was, at the time, junior manager of Copenhagen's famous family-operated clothing store, English House. He was known more as a playboy than as a businessman. They had three children together.
In 1944, during the Second World War, she and her husband fled to Sweden. Though approached by film producers in 1942, Aase Clausen never again appeared before a camera. - Aasta Voss was born on 26 October 1914 in Norway. She was an actress, known for Boer Boerson Jr. (1938), Ungen (1974) and Tørres Snørtevold (1940). She died in 1994 in Oslo, Norway.
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Abdel Aziz Mahmoud was born on 11 January 1914 in Egypt. He was an actor and composer. He died on 14 April 1991 in Egypt.- Abdias do Nascimento was born on 14 March 1914 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Terra da Perdição (1962), O Homem do Sputnik (1959) and Cinco vezes Favela (1962). He died on 23 May 2011 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Abner Kneitel was born on 30 August 1914. He was a casting director and director, known for Gulliver's Travels (1939), Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941) and Lost and Foundry (1937). He died on 11 June 1980 in Dade County, Florida, USA.- Art Director
- Art Department
Abraham Grossman was born on 23 March 1914 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an art director, known for Slave Girl (1947), House of Horrors (1946) and Patrick the Great (1944). He died on 13 August 2006 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
- Producer
Abram S. Ginnes was born on 24 December 1914 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Gaily, Gaily (1969), Treasury Men in Action (1950) and Route 66 (1960). He was married to Dionne Didier, Patricia Beatty Quisenberry and Judith Siegel. He died on 20 May 2006 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Achille Compagnoni was born on 26 September 1914 in Santa Caterina di Valfurva, Lombardy, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Great War (1959), Everybody Go Home! (1960) and Italia K2 (1955). He died on 12 May 2009 in Aosta, Aosta Valley, Italy.
- Achim Oster was born on 20 February 1914 in Dresden.
- Adolf Bjerke was born on 27 April 1914 in Orkanger, Norway. He was an actor, known for A Young Woman Missing (1953), Selkvinnen (1953) and Den røde pimpernell (1968). He died on 11 June 2001.
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Adolf Dygacz was born on 23 July 1914 in Gross-Droniowitz, Upper Silesia, Germany [now Droniowice, Slaskie, Poland]. He is known for Perla w koronie (1972), Grzeszny zywot Franciszka Buly (1980) and Salt of the Black Earth (1970). He died on 6 April 2004 in Katowice, Slaskie, Poland.- Adolfo Bioy Casares was born on 15 September 1914 in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina. He was a writer, known for Invasion (1969), Bajo el agua and L'invenzione di Morel (1974). He was married to Silvina Ocampo. He died on 8 March 1999 in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina.
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- Actor
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Songwriter ("New York, New York", "The Party's Over", "Just in Time", "Make Someone Happy"), author and actor, educated at City College of New York. While he was a student, he acted with the Washington Square Players and had a part in the road company of "Having a Wonderful Time". A member of The Revuers with Betty Comden (with whom he also appeared on stage in "A Party" and on TV") and Judy Holliday, he appeared with the troupe in night clubs. His Broadway stage score for "Wonderful Town" won Drama Critics and Tony awards in 1953. His other stage scores included "Peter Pan" and "Do Re Mi", and he was the co-librettist for "On the Town", "Billion Dollar Baby", "Two on the Aisle", "Bells Are Ringing", "Subways Are For Sleeping", and "Fade Out - Fade In". His chief collaborator in lyrics, libretto and screenplay work was Betty Comden, and his chief musical collaborators included Leonard Bernstein, Jule Styne, André Previn and Morton Gould. His popular-song compositions also included "I Get Carried Away", "I Can Cook, Too", "Some Other Time", "Lonely Town", "Lucky to Be Me", "Bad Timing", "Ohio", "A Little Bit in Love", "It's Love", "A Quiet Girl", "The French Lesson", "If You Hadn't But You Did", "Give a Little, Get a Little", "There Never Was a Baby Like My Baby", "Long Before I Knew You", "Never-Never Land", "Something's Always Happening on the River", "Dance Only With Me", "Adventure", "Fireworks", "Ride Through the Night", "Comes Once in a Lifetime", "I'm Just Taking My Time", "Now", "Fade Out - Fade In", and "Get Acquainted".- Adrian Gendot was born on 21 January 1914 in New York, New York, USA. Adrian was a writer, known for Dangerous Assignment (1950), Perry Mason (1957) and The Whistler (1954). Adrian died on 17 March 1981 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actress
Adrienne Matzenauer was born on 20 January 1914 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress. She died on 10 June 2010 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Afonsinho was born on 8 March 1914 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He died on 20 February 1997 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Actor
Agha was born on 21 March 1914 in Poona, Bombay Presidency, British India. He was an actor, known for Amber (1952), Hum Kisise Kum Naheen (1977) and Adhi Raat Ke Baad (1965). He died on 30 April 1995 in Pune, Maharashtra, India.- Ahmad Hassan al-Bakr was born on 1 July 1914 in Tikrit, Iraq. He died on 4 October 1982 in Baghdad, Iraq.
- Ahti Lampi was born on 9 April 1914. He died on 3 October 1969.
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Ahti Sonninen was born on 11 July 1914 in Kuopion mlk, Finland. He was a composer, known for Elokuu (1956), Maija löytää sävelen (1950) and Radio tekee murron (1951). He died on 28 July 1984 in Helsinki, Finland.- Aileen Burke was born on 23 September 1914. She was a writer, known for Bless 'Em All (1949), Farewell Performance (1963) and Skimpy in the Navy (1949). She died in March 1992 in Surrey, England, UK.
- Prolific and ubiquitous British bit player Aileen Lewis was born Aileen Mary Halsey on April 9, 1914 in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland. Nicknamed the Duchess because of her regal bearing, Lewis first began appearing in uncredited minor roles in films in the late 1940's and soon started working profusely from the early 1950's onward. Aileen could be frequently spotted looking elegant in a fancy evening gown as a guest at parties, dancing on the floor at a ballroom, or in the audience at either a concert or ballet. Moreover, her trademark aristocratic manner also led to Lewis being often cast as various upper-class ladies holding court with British royalty or as patrons in posh casinos, nightclubs, or restaurants. Her husband Lewis Alexander was a fairly prolific background player in his own right who occasionally popped up in movies with her. Aileen died at age 99 on February 12, 2014 in Felpham, West Sussex, England.
- Actress
Aina Constant was born on 11 September 1914 in London, England, UK. She was an actress. She died on 25 June 2009 in New York City, New York, USA.- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Aino Lehtimäki was born on 20 May 1914 in Vaasa, Finland. She was an actress and director, known for Solveigin laulu (1974), Katupeilin takana (1949) and Totuus on armoton (1963). She was married to Martti Romppanen. She died on 13 January 2004 in Helsinki, Finland.- Director
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Ajoy Kar was born on 27 March 1914 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Saptapadi (1961), Harano Sur (1957) and Jighansa (1951). He died on 25 January 1985 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India.- Actress
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Akhtari Faizabadi or Begum Akhtar was a renowned ghazal singer of both India and Pakistan. She was born on 7 October 1914 at Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh, India and died on 30 October 1974 at age 60. She had a uniquely melodious voice for singing ghazals and semi-classical songs in both Urdu and Hindi languages. She was fond of singing from her early childhood and this was noticed by her immediate family and relatives. She was tutored by many classical musicians of her time including Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan of Lahore, Pakistan. After she became famous for singing ghazals, she also became a film actress in the 1940s and acted in a few films. But she is mainly known for her Urdu ghazal singing and received many top awards both in India and Pakistan.- Composer
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Akira Ifukube was born on May 31, 1914 in Hokkaido, Japan. He was the third son of a chief constable (his grandfather was a priest of Shin-to) and spent a majority of his childhood in areas with a mixed Japanese and Ainu population. Therefore, Ifukube was strongly influenced by their musical traditions and styles. As a result, he studied the violin. Later, he attended secondary school in Sapporo, and decided to become a composer at the age of 14 after hearing a radio performance of Igor Stravinsky's the Rite of Spring.
Ifukube studied forestry at Hokkaido University and composed music in his spare time. His first piece was the piano solo "Piano Suite" and his big break came in 1935, when his first orchestral piece, "Japanese Rhapsody," won first prize in an international contest for young composers promoted by Alexander Tcherepnin. In 1936, Ifukube studied modern Western composition while Tcherepnin was visiting Japan, and in 1938, Ifukube's piano suite obtained an honorable mention at the I.C.S.M. Festival in Venice, Italy. In the late 1930s his music, including "Japanese Rhapsody," was performed in areas throughout Europe.
After completing his studies, Ifukube worked as a forestry officer and lumber processor. Towards the end of World War II, he was appointed by the Japanese Imperial Army to study the elasticity and vibratory strength of wood. He suffered radiation exposure after carrying out x-rays without protection. As a result, Ifukube left forestry work and ultimately became a full-time professional music composer and teacher. From 1946 to 1953, he taught at the Nihon University College of Art. In 1947, after encouragement from a friend, Ifukube came to the Big Screen, and composed the music score for Toho Studio's Snow Trail (1947). Ifukube continued to compose music scores for many drama and comedy movies, many of them produced by Toho. However, classical music remained Ifukube's greatest passion. But yet, the world would probably remember him mostly as the man who brought music and soul to the King of the Monsters: Godzilla.
When producer Tomoyuki Tanaka, director Ishirô Honda and special effects man Eiji Tsuburaya of Toho Studios decided to make a movie about a gigantic monster brought to life by nuclear bomb testing, Godzilla was born. Having placed together all the elements for the intriguing and haunting monster film, Godzilla (1954), only one element was left: the music score. Thus, Akira Ifukube came into the picture. He created a somber and masterful score to match the on-screen drama. He went on to score eight Godzilla films in Toho's "Showa" Godzilla series. In addition to Godzilla, Ifukube also scored a number of other sci-fi films produced by Toho including "Rodan," "The Mysterians," "Atragon" and "Frankenstein Conquers the World."
A number of the Godzilla films contains the "Godzilla Theme," which will forever etch in fans' minds that this is Godzilla's musical cue, and the "Monster Battle Theme," which occur in several Godzilla films whenever monster attacks and battles erupt. Probably Ifukube's most memorable work in these sci-fi films is his "monster marches," which are militaristic and rousing. The film Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) (Godzilla vs. Monster Zero) was once screened in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo, and the audience was stomping to its feet and clapping their hands to the rhythm - most of these were children who have not seen a Godzilla film in their lives.
Ifukube returned to teaching at the Tokyo College of Music in 1974, becoming president in 1976. In 1978, Ifukube retired from film work and in 1985, he became president of the college's ethnomusicology department. He trained younger generation composers such as Toshiro Mayuzumi, Yasushi Akutagawa and Kaoru Wada. He also published "Orchestration," a 1,000-page book on theory. The Japanese government awarded him the Order of Culture and the Order of the Sacred Treasures.
In 1984, after a nine-year hiatus, Toho revived the Godzilla series, and released Godzilla 1985 (1985), thus marked the beginning of the Godzilla "Heisei" series. Five years later, Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) was released. The composer of the film, Kôichi Sugiyama asked Ifukube if he could use some of his Godzilla themes. He said yes, as long as he doesn't change it into "pop music," which Ifukube dislikes. So, his themes were used, but unfortunately, to the contrary of what Ifukube wished. His daughter told him that no matter how much he stays away from scoring another Godzilla film, his themes will always be heard. So, she suggested that he score the next Godzilla film. Taking his daughter's suggestion into consideration, and after Toho came knocking on his door again, Ifukube came out of retirement; he scored the next three Godzilla films. He brought his classic Godzilla themes with him, utilizing the recognizable "Godzilla Theme" and "Monster Battle Theme" where appropriate, and backed with larger orchestras and enhanced with modern-day digital recording techniques.
Ifukube was usually only given a short amount of time to score a movie. He was given only three days to score Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993). After that film was completed, Ifukube said that he couldn't possibly score any more Godzilla films, especially at his advanced age. Therefore, fellow composer Takayuki Hattori scored the next film, Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994). He was going to take over the reins, but producer Tanaka decided to make one last Godzilla movie. And, what would be more appropriate than to have Akira Ifukube provide Godzilla's final musical bow? Ifukube agreed, and scored Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995). The score for this film is a blending of haunting music, rousing marches and a heartbreaking requiem. Ifukube stated that he regarded this film score as his best work. The rushed job that Ifukube experienced while writing these monster film scores became his magnum opus. Godzilla was a huge part of his life, and Ifukube stated that writing music for the monster was like writing music for his own. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) was not only the last Godzilla film of the "Heisei" series and the last Godzilla film Tanaka produced, but was Ifukube's last musical work in films. After the film was completed, Ifukube resumed retirement, this time for good.
Ifukube was known as the "John Williams" of Japan, and became one of cinema's finest composers. He passed away in Tokyo on February 8, 2006 at age 91.- Music Department
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Al Avola was born on 27 January 1914 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is known for Dancing Co-Ed (1939). He died on 20 January 2000 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Al Torrieri was born on 19 September 1914 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Lucy Show (1962). He died on 8 December 1979 in Kenwood, California, USA.
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Alan Bullock was born on 13 December 1914 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, UK. He is known for Tyranny: The Years of Adolf Hitler (1959), Thinking Aloud (1984) and Portraits of Power (1957). He was married to Hilda Handy. He died on 2 February 2004 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK.- Englishman Alan Lyle-Smythe was born in 1914. The future film and TV writer-actor trained as an actor before serving for four years with the Palestine Police in the 1930s. At the outbreak of World War II, he joined the British Army; part of their Intelligence Corps, he operated behind enemy lines in Libya and Tunisia, escaped a firing squad execution, and worked with guerrillas in Yugoslavia. ("Alan Caillou" was one of Lyle-Smythe's many wartime aliases; thinking it lucky, he took it in real life.) After the war, he was a police chief in Ethiopia, a district officer in Somalia, and the founder of a theatrical company in Africa. Returning to the old professions of acting and writing, Caillou worked in Canadian TV in the 1950s and later relocated to Hollywood, where he became a familiar name in the credits of movies and TV series.
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Alan Cranston was born on 19 June 1914 in Palo Alto, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Candidate (1972), On the Edge (1998) and Bicentennial Minutes (1974). He was married to Norma Weintraub and Geneva McMath. He died on 31 December 2000 in Los Altos, California, USA.- Actor
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Unlike a lot of eras, Alan Marston came from an affluent family where his grandfather owned wool mills. Through hard work and dedication, he was able to get accepted to and to graduate from Harvard. He drifted into work as a publicist for a branch of RKO studios in New England. It wasn't until he appeared in a season of summer stock that Marston developed an interest in acting.
By the mid-1940s, Marston came to California to follow his dreams of becoming an actor. He turned down work as an illustrator for Walt Disney studios because he wanted to follow his dream of acting. Like a lot of people of the studio era, Marston's good looks earned him a contract through Fox studios and later Warner Brothers where they tried to put him in bit roles. He worked regularly for Fox but he never quite achieved the success that he had hoped for.
During the 1950s, Marston decided to work regularly as a stand-in and as an extra for studios. This allowed him to pay his bills while also allowing him to pursue another career as a freelance writer. Marston quickly developed a reputation as a person who could be depended on to do whatever the director asked of him. Marston was regularly used on location as a stand-in for Warner Brothers where he could be seen in such films as The Cool Ones. Marston was taken to Palm Springs during the filming of the tram scenes and could easily be spotted during some of the movie's biggest musical numbers.
In 1975, he decided to retire from films and concentrate on writing articles for various magazines. By 2003, he was able to achieve his dream of being able to publish a novel called "Yesterday's Dream." While Alan Marston passed away in 2010, he leaves behind a legacy of a hard-working actor who was able to gain a reputation for being very dependable among his coworkers.- Alan Moore was born on 1 August 1914 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was married to Alison and Maria. He died on 24 September 2015 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
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Alan Osbiston was born on 7 May 1914 in Sydney, Australia. He was an editor and director, known for The Guns of Navarone (1961), These Are the Men (1943) and Zarak (1956). He was married to Lyla Cranston. He died in 1971 in Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK.- Writer
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- Actor
Alan Reeve-Jones was born on 22 September 1914 in Bergen, Norway. He was a writer and actor, known for Make Mine a Double (1959), No Man's Island (1960) and The Alma Cogan Show (1957). He died in 1982 in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK.- Alan Reid was born on 10 May 1914 in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), Ten Minute Alibi (1946) and The Beggar's Opera (1948). He died in 1983 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
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- Soundtrack
Alan Wilson was born on 20 January 1914 in North Hempstead, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Sweet Shoe (1938), Salt Shakers (1938) and Stars in Stripes (1938). He died on 15 September 1986 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.- Actor
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Alastair Bannerman was born on 15 September 1914 in Kettering, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Twelfth Night (1939), An Inspector Calls (1948) and Trapped by the Terror (1949). He died on 6 February 2009 in England, UK.- Albert Malbert was born on 27 February 1914 in Bordeaux, France. He was an actor, known for Les disparus de St. Agil (1938), I Accuse (1938) and Un sourire dans la tempête (1950). He died on 10 August 1972 in Bergerac, Dordogne, France.
- Albert Pratz was born on 13 May 1914 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a composer, known for Festival (1960). He died on 28 March 1995 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
- Albert Rieux was born on 6 October 1914 in Albi, Tarn, France. He was an actor, known for Andorra ou les hommes d'Airain (1942), Le brigand gentilhomme (1943) and Piédalu au centre d'accueil (1950). He died on 15 April 1983 in Argelès-Gazost, Hautes-Pyrénées, France.
- Albert Welch was born on 4 May 1914 in Strood, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Meaning of Life (1983), Charters & Caldicott (1985) and A Chance to Sit Down (1981). He was married to Michaela Welch. He died in May 1997 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.
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- Composer
Alberto Castillo was born on 7 December 1914 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and composer, known for Vivir así (1988), Alma de bohemio (1949) and Un tropezón cualquiera da en la vida (1949). He was married to Ofelia Onetto. He died on 23 July 2002 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.