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- Beth Amos was born on 1 January 1916 in St Catharines, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for Police Academy (1984), Bullies (1986) and Prom Night (1980). She was married to Robert Bruce Amos. She died on 31 January 1996 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Bill Bradley was born on 1 January 1916 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for The Goonies (1985), Time After Time (1979) and The Lost Missile (1958). He died on 4 July 1997 in Riverside, California, USA.
- Art Director
- Art Department
- Set Decorator
Russell C. Menzer was born on 1 January 1916 in the USA. Russell C. was an art director and set decorator, known for Cherry 2000 (1987), When Time Ran Out... (1980) and Love and Bullets (1979). Russell C. died on 21 February 1999 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- She worked with Jose' Quintero for three productions in Chicago at the Academy Playhouse, The Orchestra by Jean Anouilh, two by Tennessee Williams, 'Hello from Bertha, Lady of Larkspur Lotion. Included in the cast were Jeanie Columbo, Janet Dowd, Betty Miller, Nancy Wickwire, Ralph Williams. She appeared on Broadway with Katherine Hepburn in A Matter of Gravity.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Giuseppe Aquari was born on 1 January 1916 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a cinematographer, known for Il tempo dell'inizio (1974), Mallory Must Not Die! (1971) and The Killer Reserved Nine Seats (1974). He died on 30 December 1982.- Klavdiya Korobova was born on 1 January 1916. She was an actress, known for Veseley nas net (1940), Lenin in October (1937) and Lenin in 1918 (1939). She died in 1969.
- Mitsuhiko Kozuka was born on 1 January 1916 in Nagoya, Japan. He died on 26 July 2011 in Nagoya, Japan.
- Director
Nell Cobar was born on 1 January 1916 in Bucharest, Romania. She was a director, known for Mihaela (1968), Mitica (1963) and Baietelul care facea totul pe jumatate (1964). She died on 26 July 1993.- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Earl Wrightson was born on 1 January 1916 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was an actor, known for The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue (1949), The Swift Show (1948) and The Robert Q. Lewis Show (1954). He died on 7 March 1993 in East Norwich, Connecticut, USA.- Tauno Sorvisto was born on 1 January 1916 in Ylivieska, Finland. He was an actor, known for Tapahtui kaukana (1950), Siunattu hulluus (1975) and Puutarhuri Pohjantähti (1962). He was married to Kerttu Esteri Tuoma and Rauha Annikki Laukkanen. He died on 12 June 1979.
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Camera and Electrical Department
Fred Gamage was born on 1 January 1916 in Camberwell, London, England, UK. Fred was a cinematographer and director, known for Life in Her Hands (1951), The Great Hold-Up (1955) and Chemistry for the Nuclear Age (1962). Fred died in 2013.- Additional Crew
- Actor
Arturo Dominici was born on 2 January 1916 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy. He was an actor, known for Hercules (1958), Seven Seas to Calais (1962) and Conquest of Mycene (1963). He was married to Liana Dodoja and Irene Quattrini. He died on 7 September 1992 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Paul Micale was born on 2 January 1916 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Rocky II (1979), Police Story (1973) and The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970). He died on 16 January 1999 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Raymond Joob was born on 2 January 1916 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was an actor, known for Cliff Dexter (1966), Intercontinental Express (1964) and Stahlnetz (1958). He died in 1983.
- Bob Ingarao was born on 2 January 1916 in Tunis, French Protectorate Tunisia [now Tunisia]. He was an actor, known for Opération Magali (1953), Adios (1976) and Le dernier saut (1970). He died on 10 September 1998 in Paris, France.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Ingemar Holde was born on 2 January 1916 in Norrköping, Östergötlands län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Striden går vidare (1941), Landstormens lilla argbigga (1941) and Flicka i kasern (1955). He died on 22 March 1982 in Sweden.- Edmund L. de Rothschild was born on 2 January 1916 in London, England, UK. He was married to Anne Kitching-Harrison and Elizabeth Lentner. He died on 17 January 2009 in London, England, UK.
- Zypora Spaisman was born on 2 January 1916 in Lublin, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lublin, Lubelskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Enemies, A Love Story (1989) and Yiddish Theater: A Love Story (2005). She was married to Joseph Spaisman. She died on 18 May 2002 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Elizabeth Mary Furness was born on January 3, 1916 in New York City. She was a teenage model with the Powers agency and appeared in secondary roles in more than 35 movies. She is best remembered as the highly paid television spokesperson for Westinghouse Electric Corporation. She later moved on to consumer affairs and appeared as the consumer affairs expert on NBC's Today (1952) for 16 years. Betty Furness died at age 78 of stomach cancer on April 2, 1994 in New York City.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Ms. Andrews and her sisters, Patty and Laverne, were one of the most successful women's singing groups, with 19 gold records and sales of nearly 100 million copies. The sisters began performing in the early 1930's when the Depression wiped out their father's business. In 1937, the trio of sisters scored their first big hit with 'Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen'. In addition to 'Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, ' their best-known songs included 'Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree' and 'Rum and Coca Cola'. The trio officially broke up after the death of Laverne in 1967, but temporarily interrupted their feud to star in the 1974 Broadway musical "Over Here!". Ms. Andrews began a solo career in 1979. Her album and its title, were released in 1990, 'Maxene: An Andrews Sister'. Her last performance was on Sunday, October 8th, 1995, in the show 'Swing Time Canteen', at New York City's Blue Angel Theater.- Mag Bodard was born on 3 January 1916 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. She was a producer, known for The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967) and L'homme au cerveau greffé (1972). She was married to Lucien Bodard. She died on 26 February 2019 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
- Script and Continuity Department
Ettore Maria Fizzarotti was born on 3 January 1916 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He was an assistant director and director, known for Il suo nome è Donna Rosa (1969), Mezzanotte d'amore (1970) and So in Love (1964). He died on 10 September 1985 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Additional Crew
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Producer
Lou Debney was born on 3 January 1916 in Wisconsin, USA. He was an assistant director and producer, known for The Magical World of Disney (1954), Zorro (1957) and The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967). He died on 8 April 1986 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Peggy Bryan was born on 3 January 1916 in Aston, Birmingham, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Dead of Night (1945), L'Arlésienne (1950) and Turned Out Nice Again (1941). She was married to Wilkie Cooper. She died on 12 January 1996 in Worthing, Sussex, England, UK.
- Ludovít Gresso was born on 3 January 1916 in Zólyom, Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Zvolen, Slovak Republic]. He was an actor, known for Havrania cesta (1962), Pozor, vizita! (1982) and Stopy na Sitne (1969). He died on 8 February 1982 in Nitra, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia].
- Ed Wilson was born on 3 January 1916. He was an actor, known for The Flaming Frontier (1926), Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (1957) and Outlaws (1960). He died on 6 February 1975.
- Production Manager
Ingpen [née Williams], Joan Mary Eileen (1916-2007), musicians' agent and opera administrator, was born on 3 January 1916 at 5 Beverley Gardens, Golders Green, London, the daughter of John Hamilton Williams, civil engineer, and his wife, Daisy, née Howe. In 1919 her father was sent to Russia, reputedly to try to help the tsar and his family, but he disappeared without trace and was presumed dead.
Joan Williams studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, becoming an excellent pianist, but she did not feel good enough for a professional career. Instead she learned to type and worked in marine insurance. During the Second World War, however, she became assistant to Walter Legge, the classical music director of ENSA, which provided entertainment for British troops. On 7 March 1942 she married Noman Edward Ingpen (1918-1961), a lieutenant in the Royal Horse Artillery (and son of Norman Cecil Ingpen, also an army officer). After the end of the war she helped Legge found the Philharmonia Orchestra, then in 1946 she founded her own concert agency, Ingpen and Williams. She divorced Ingpen (but kept his name professionally) and on 5 February 1948 she married Erich Alfred Diez (b. 1895/6), also a concert agent (and son of Friedrich Leo Diez, master tailor). The great German bass-baritone Hans Hotter was a witness at their wedding. This marriage also ended in divorce, and in 1958 Ingpen began a relationship with the actor Sebastian Lewis Shaw (1905-1994), son of Geoffrey Shaw, music teacher, which lasted until his death. She had no children.
Ingpen worked very hard to build a strong list at her agency. The singers she represented included Joan Sutherland and Geraint Evans, as well as Hotter, while among the conductors were Rudolf Kempe and Georg Solti. In 1961 Solti became music director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and asked Ingpen to join him as controller of opera planning. She accepted, sold her agency to Howard Hartog, and in 1962 moved to Covent Garden, where her knowledge of singers and their roles was soon put to good use. The tenor Giuseppe di Stefano was due to give six performances as Rodolfo in Puccini's La Bohème in 1963; as he was not in good health she engaged as cover the then unknown tenor Luciano Pavarotti, whom she had heard in Dublin; in the event di Stefano sang one performance, Pavarotti the other five, and she was credited with launching the latter's rise to fame.
Ingpen worked very closely with Solti during the decade he was at Covent Garden, and when he left so did she, taking up a new post as director of planning at the Paris Opéra in July 1971. As always, she began planning the season two years ahead, but though Ingpen got on well with the new managing director, the composer Rolf Liebermann, she found the bureaucracy of the state-funded Opéra extremely difficult to deal with. When, therefore, in 1978 she received a summons from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, she accepted immediately. In New York she had to work exceptionally hard, as the Met, unlike Covent Garden or the Paris Opéra, performed opera seven nights a week, with no evenings of ballet. She calculated that she had to cast 3000 singing roles a season, as well as covers of sufficient stature to go on in an emergency. She had a good working relationship with James Levine, the Met's musical director, but her insistence on planning so far ahead and her sometimes abrasive manner made her unpopular with the management. She stayed in New York for three seasons, until 1981.
For several years after her return, Ingpen became a talent spotter for the Met in Britain and continental Europe. She lived latterly in Hove and until his death with Sebastian Shaw, taking his name. She died at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, on 29 December 2007, of bronchopneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.- Kerstin Berger was born on 3 January 1916 in Norrköping, Östergötlands län, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Det går som en dans... (1943), Lasse Maja (1941) and Pinocchio (1967). She died on 23 May 2003.
- Yves Gibeau was born on 3 January 1916 in Bouzy, Marne, France. He was a writer, known for The Boy Soldier (1981), Allô police (1966) and La meule (1963). He died on 14 October 1994 in Roucy, Aisne, France.
- Actor
- Director
- Editor
Robert Parrish was an Academy Award-winning film editor who also directed and acted in movies. As a child he appeared in films during the early 1930s, such as City Lights (1931) by Charles Chaplin and Lewis Milestone's All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). As an editor he won an Academy Award for Body and Soul (1947), the 1947 Robert Rossen film that starred John Garfield as a money-grubbing, two-timing boxer on the make. Parrish also worked on All the King's Men (1949), an account of the rise and fall of a Louisiana politician that won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Parrish then moved on to direct films during the 1950s and 1960s. Among his best received works was the brooding western Saddle the Wind (1958).- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Lionel Newman was the youngest of a triumvirate of accomplished virtuosos, composers and conductors, who dominated the music department at 20th Century Fox for more than four decades. Already a highly regarded pianist by the age of 15, Lionel went on the national vaudeville circuit as accompanist for Mae West, before joining his siblings, Alfred and Emil, on the West Coast. He completed his music studies under Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco in Los Angeles and, by 1934, fronted his own musical ensemble, 'Newman's Society Orchestra', aboard the luxury cruise ship SS Rotterdam on the Holland-America Line.
Under the tutelage of older brother Alfred (who headed the music department at 20th Century Fox from 1939-60), Lionel gradually broke into the movie business. He was first commissioned to write the title song for the modern western, The Cowboy and the Lady (1938). For this, he shared an Oscar-nomination for Best Song with lyricist Arthur Quenzer. In 1942, Lionel was hired by Fox as rehearsal pianist and songwriter. He scored his first major hit in 1948 with the standard "Again" (written for the movie Road House (1948)), which rode high in the Hit Parade, and was covered by many top stars of the day, including Mel Tormé, Doris Day, Vera Lynn and Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra.
By the early 50's, Lionel was receiving more prestigious assignments, both as musical director and as composer. From the time they first worked together on Don't Bother to Knock (1952), he struck up a close working relationship (and subsequent friendship) with fellow Fox contract player Marilyn Monroe. He became her favorite conductor on some of her best films, including Niagara (1953) and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953). He also wrote the title song for River of No Return (1954) (with lyrics by Ken Darby), plus another piece from the movie, "Down in the Meadow" - both sung by Marilyn. Other notable films he worked on over the years, include North to Alaska (1960), Cleopatra (1963), The Sand Pebbles (1966) and Alien (1979). Among his compositions are the theme for The Proud Ones (1956) (with pre-Spaghetti western whistling) and (as co-writer with brother Alfred) the stirring opening theme for the gritty revenge western The Bravados (1958), starring Gregory Peck.
Following Alfred's departure from Fox in 1959, Lionel was promoted to music director, then to vice president in charge of feature and television music. During the following decade, he supervised the majority of musical segments at the studio, in addition to composing some classic TV music, such as the jazz-tinged theme from The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959). In 1969, Lionel won an Oscar (shared with Lennie Hayton) for Best Score of a Musical Picture for Hello, Dolly! (1969). The following year, Alfred died and Lionel took over the mantle of general director of music at Fox, a position he held until his own departure in 1985. He subsequently joined MGM/United Artists in a similar executive capacity for the remaining years of his life.
Known for his consummate perfectionism, as well as his often raucous sense of humor, Lionel was greatly respected by his peers and appreciated by up-and -coming film composers. A scholarship for young classical conductors is named in his honor.- Actress
Eleanor Bayley was born on 4 January 1916 in Atchison, Kansas, USA. She was an actress. She was married to Phil Duboski and Eddie Foy Jr.. She died on 29 June 1976 in Porterville, California, USA.- Arthur Pierce Middleton was born on 4 January 1916 in the USA. He was an actor, known for Alice's Restaurant (1969). He was married to Lucy Corbett. He died on 18 October 2009 in Sykesville, Maryland, USA.
- Roy Fransen was born on 4 January 1916 in Tottenham, North London, England, UK. He died on 5 July 1985 in Northolt, London, England, UK.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Willy Mattes was born on 4 January 1916 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a composer and actor, known for Madame X (1966), Never Look Away (2018) and Liebe ist ja nur ein Märchen (1955). He was married to Christel Schaack and Margit Symo. He died on 30 July 2002 in Salzburg, Austria.- Winfred "Weenie" Bynum Was a professional American football player who played for the New York Giants in the NFL in the 1940's. He was also a boxer and a pilot in the Air Force.
He was inducted into the centenary college Hall of Fame in the 1990s.
He is the father of Lil Cory, a famous American actor, rapper and YouTube Star who was born on September 12, 1991 in Columbus, Georgia. - Actor
- Director
- Writer
Alfred Ryder, the veteran actor who appeared on radio and Broadway and in the movies and TV and who also was a renowned stage director, was born Alfred Jacob Corn on January 5, 1916, in New York City. He made his professional debut as an actor at the age of eight and attended New York City's Professional Children's School. His Broadway debut came in 1929, when the 13-year-old Ryder played a "lost boy" in Eva Le Gallienne's production of J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan". Ryder studied acting with Benno Schneider, Robert Lewis and Lee Strasberg. He appeared in the 1938 Broadway production of "Our Town" - his Broadway debut as an adult performer - as well as numerous Broadway productions before World War II, including the 1939 revival of Clifford Odets's "Awake and Sing!". For many years he was the voice of Sammy in the radio serial "Rise of the Goldbergs" Ryder joined the Army Air Force during World War II, eventually appearing in the U.S. Army Air Force's gala Broadway stage show "Winged Victory" in 1943. The following year, he made his movie debut as "PFC Alfred Ryder" in the film version of the show Winged Victory (1944)). After the war he made more films, including director Anthony Mann's classic 1947 film noir T-Men (1947). On Broadway, he appeared as Oswald in the 1948 revival of Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts" and as Mark Antony in the 1950 production of "Julius Caesar". Also that year, he appeared as Orestes in the Broadway play "The Tower Beyond Tragedy".
Ryder had the singular honor of being cast as the understudy for Laurence Olivier in one of the legendary actor's greatest roles, that of Archie Rice, in the 1958 Broadway production of John Osborne's "The Entertainer". Olivier's Archie Rice is considered one of the greatest performances of the 20th century, and Ryder was chosen to keep the Broadway patrons in their seats in the event the great British theatrical knight couldn't go on. Ryder also appeared in the original Broadway production of Eugène Ionesco's absurdist masterpiece "Rhinoceros" in 1960.
A noted theatrical stage director with such companies as Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage, Ryder made his Broadway directorial debut with the play "A Far Country" in 1961. He subsequently directed two more Broadway productions, "The Exercise" in 1968 and the 1971 revival of August Strindberg's "Dance of Death."
Despite his achievements on the stage, film and radio, Ryder is mostly remembered as a prolific and versatile TV character actor. He made over 100 appearances on TV, including memorable turns on Star Trek (1966) (he appeared as Prof. Robert Crater in the series' very first aired episode, "The Man Trap"), Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964) (two appearances as the ghost of Nazi U-boat commander Capt. Gerhardt Krueger), and The Invaders (1967) (appearing as The Alien Leader). Ryder retired from screen acting in 1976 to concentrate on the stage, both as an actor and director. He died on April 16, 1995 in Englewood, NJ, at the age of 79. He was married to actress Kim Stanley, with whom he had a child, from 1957 until 1964, and he was the brother of actress Olive Deering.- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
- Producer
Harry W. Junkin was born on 5 January 1916 in Canada. He was a writer and producer, known for Department S (1969), The Saint (1962) and Vendetta for the Saint (1969). He died on 1 April 1978 in Orange, California, USA.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Production Manager
Vaughn Paul was born on 5 January 1916. He was an assistant director and production manager, known for Armored Car (1937), Hired Wife (1940) and Black Diamonds (1940). He was married to Deanna Durbin and Dorthy Jane Douglas. He died on 9 June 1999 in Riverside, California, USA.- Actor
- Visual Effects
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nicholas Bruce was born on 5 January 1916 in Russia. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Othello (1951), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1956) and Conspirator (1949). He died on 9 January 2002 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.- Actor
Jacques Carrier was born on 5 January 1916 in Rognonas, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was an actor. He was married to Sabine Govare-Rouhièr. He died on 30 October 2010 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Set Decorator
- Art Department
James Cane was born on 5 January 1916 in Toronto, Canada. He is a set decorator, known for Harold and Maude (1971), Hill Street Blues (1981) and The Waltons (1972).- Jimmy Kane was born on 5 January 1916 in Canada. He was an actor, known for Casey Jones (1927), Beyond the Law (1930) and Mystery Valley (1928). He died on 31 January 1997 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Jim Couton was born on 5 January 1916 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Kraft Music Hall Presents: The Des O'Connor Show (1970), The Ken Dodd Show (1959) and The Good Old Days (1953). He died on 13 November 1978 in Huyton, Merseyside, England, UK.
- Additional Crew
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Wilhelm Szewczyk was born on 5 January 1916 in Czuchów, Zablocie, Slaskie, Poland. He was a writer, known for The Tree of Life (2011), Ptaki, ptakom... (1977) and Salt of the Black Earth (1970). He died on 8 June 1991 in Katowice, Slaskie, Poland.- Actor
- Soundtrack
David Bruce was born on 6 January 1916 in Kankakee, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Mad Ghoul (1943), Sergeant York (1941) and Lady on a Train (1945). He was married to Cynthia Sory. He died on 3 May 1976 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Clement Brace was born on 6 January 1916 in Syracuse, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for A Woman for All Men (1975) and The Loretta Young Show (1953). He died on 3 November 1996 in Medford, Oregon, USA.
- Mario Cabre started his career as a torero. Banking on his popularity he started his career in cinema. He also authored several books of poetry. During the 1950s he lived mostly in Argentina, but in the 1960s he returned to Spain where he hosted the popular show TV "Reina por un día". He also unsuccessfully attempted a comeback in cinema working with director Pedro Portabella.
- Mieczyslaw Loza was born on 6 January 1916 in Lublin, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lublin, Lubelskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Ashes and Diamonds (1958), Trad (1971) and Skok (1969). He was married to Halina Buyno-Loza. He died on 21 May 1982 in Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Rolf Kutschera was born on 6 January 1916 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor and director, known for Die Fledermaus (1962), Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs (1955) and Die unentschuldigte Stunde (1957). He was married to Susanne von Almassy. He died on 22 January 2012 in Vienna, Austria.