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- Frank Ward was born on 1 January 1931 in Mobile, Alabama, USA. He was an actor, known for A Quiet Fourth (1941), Benjamin Franklin, Jr. (1943) and Melodies Old and New (1942). He died on 10 March 1944 in Lake Placid, New York, USA.
- Eva Hayman was born on 13 February 1931 in Oradea, Romania. She died on 17 October 1944 in Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Poland.
- Julia Koschka was born on 6 November 1931 in Bremen, Germany. She was an actress, known for Alraune (1952). She died on 1 September 1952 in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
- Pat Williams was born on 12 February 1931 in Boise, Idaho, USA. She was an actress, known for Grounds for Marriage (1951). She was married to Danny Stein. She died on 21 September 1955 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
James Byron Dean was born February 8, 1931 in Marion, Indiana, to Mildred Marie (Wilson) and Winton A. Dean, a farmer turned dental technician. His mother died when Dean was nine, and he was subsequently raised on a farm by his aunt and uncle in Fairmount, Indiana. After grade school, he moved to New York to pursue his dream of acting. He received rave reviews for his work as the blackmailing Arab boy in the New York production of Gide's "The Immoralist", good enough to earn him a trip to Hollywood. His early film efforts were strictly small roles: a sailor in the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis overly frantic musical comedy Sailor Beware (1952); a GI in Samuel Fuller's moody study of a platoon in the Korean War, Fixed Bayonets! (1951) and a youth in the Piper Laurie-Rock Hudson comedy Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952).
He had major roles in only three movies. In the Elia Kazan production of John Steinbeck's East of Eden (1955) he played Cal Trask, the bad brother who could not force affection from his stiff-necked father. His true starring role, the one which fixed his image forever in American culture, was that of the brooding red-jacketed teenager Jim Stark in Nicholas Ray's Rebel Without a Cause (1955). George Stevens' filming of Edna Ferber's Giant (1956), in which he played the non-conforming cowhand Jett Rink who strikes it rich when he discovers oil, was just coming to a close when Dean, driving his Porsche Spyder race car, collided with another car while on the road near Cholame, California on September 30, 1955. He had received a speeding ticket just two hours before. At age 24, James Dean was killed almost immediately from the impact from a broken neck. His very brief career, violent death and highly publicized funeral transformed him into a cult object of apparently timeless fascination.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Skoglund grew up in Gothenburg. She started working in an office but took acting classes in her spare time. Discovered by director Schamyl Bauman who gave her a role in his Vingslag i natten (1953). Her acting interest took her to the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school in 1951, and after graduation in 1954, she worked at the city theatre in Hälsingborg for one year and at the city theatre in Uppsala for more than a year when she was killed in a tragic accident when she was crossing the railroad. At the stage she was noticed for her title role in 'Anne Frank's diary' and in John Osborne's play 'Look back in anger'. An aspiring young actress, she only had time to make a few movies before her untimely death. Of particular interest are Swing it, fröken (1956) and Flickan i regnet (1955)- Keith Campbell was born on 2 October 1931 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He died on 13 July 1958 in Laréole, Haute-Garonne, France.
- Peter Collins was born on 6 November 1931 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England, UK. He died on 3 August 1958 in Bonn, West Germany.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Sam Buffington was born on 12 October 1931 in Swansea, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957), Unwed Mother (1958) and Damn Citizen (1958). He was married to Patsy Ann Whitehouse. He died on 15 May 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Frances Zucco was born on 30 May 1931 in Hampton Court, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Ellis in Freedomland (1952), Schlitz Playhouse (1951) and The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953). She was married to James Richard Maguire and Emanuel R Canto. She died on 14 March 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Hélio Colonna was born on 5 April 1931 in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Pintando o Sete (1960), As Sete Evas (1962) and O Batedor de Carteiras (1958). He died on 25 May 1962 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Clarence Anglin was born on 11 May 1931 in Donaldsonville, Georgia, USA. He died on 11 June 1962 in Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, California, USA.
- Virginia Munshin was born on 27 November 1931 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Caretakers (1963). She was married to Sidney Munshin. She died on 8 July 1962 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Sonny Clark was born on 21 July 1931 in Herminie, Pennsylvania, USA. Sonny died on 13 January 1963 in New York, USA.
- Director
- Writer
Walter Henn was born on 10 December 1931 in Berlin, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Die Spieler (1963), Der Mantel (1961) and Dr. Knock (1960). He died on 22 March 1963 in Basel, Switzerland.- Gene 'Big Daddy' Lipscomb was born on 9 August 1931 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He died on 10 May 1963 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
- Gene Holland was born on 9 September 1931 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Song of the South (1946). He died on 20 May 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Director
- Writer
Giacomo Vaccari was born on 21 February 1931 in Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy. He was a director and writer, known for Mastro Don Gesualdo (1964), L'idiota (1959) and La pisana (1960). He died on 2 July 1963 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Susan Petrone was born on 26 June 1931. She was an actress, known for The Bob Cummings Show (1961), Gunsmoke (1955) and Dr. Kildare (1961). She died on 26 August 1963 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA.
- Production Manager
Milos Bergl was born on 24 October 1931 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Milos was a production manager, known for Kdyby tisíc klarinetu (1965), Ledoví muzi (1961) and Joseph Kilian (1963). Milos died on 27 May 1964 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.- Music Artist
- Music Department
- Actor
Sam Cooke was born January 22, 1931 in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He was one of eight children of Charles Cook Sr., a Baptist minister. When Sam sang as a little boy in church, everyone made note that his voice had "something special". He sang in church and in local gospel choirs until a group called the Highway Q.C.'s asked him to sing with them at various venues. By the time he reached 20, Sam's voice was a finely honed instrument and he was noted for bringing the spirit up in churchgoers.
When Sam replaced R.H. Harris, the legendary lead singer for the extremely popular gospel group The Soul Stirrers, it was the beginning of his meteoric rise. Cooke sang with the group for six years, traveling back and forth across the country and gaining a wealth of knowledge regarding how black people were treated. His refusal to sing at a segregated concert led to what many have described as one of the first real efforts in civil disobedience and helped usher in the new Civil Rights Movement.
After several gospel albums, Sam decided it was time to cross over from gospel (against almost everyone's advice) to record some soul and rhythm & blues. His hypnotically smooth voice, not to mention his finely chiseled good looks, brought him almost instant success. His first single released in 1957 was "You Send Me", which sold over a million copies and made Sam an "overnight success" in the business. He was on his way to becoming the biggest voice on the radio. Record producers vied to sign him to a contract. In 1960 he became the first major black artist to sign with RCA Records. Sam was not happy with the deal and when the time was right decided to start his own publishing company (KAGS Music) to keep control over his music and his own record company (SAR/Derby) to keep control of his money.
Sam married his high school sweetheart, Barbara Campbell, in 1959 and they had three children. Tragically, their youngest child, Vincent, drowned in their swimming pool at age four in June 1964.
On the night of December 11, 1964, Sam had withdrawn some money to buy Christmas presents. The manager of the motel he was staying in, Bertha Franklin, who had shot and killed a man six months previously at the same motel, made arrangements with a local prostitute named Elisa Boyer to pick up Sam at a local bar and bring him back to the motel. As he and the woman entered the motel room Sam was struck on the head and momentarily knocked out. Boyer, who was known as a "drunk roller" who would rob her clients, took Sam's money and met Franklin at the motel office.
When Cooke regained consciousness he was disoriented, in addition to being without his pants and his wallet. He stumbled to the motel office and saw Boyer and Franklin counting his money ($2,500 - a considerable amount of money at the time) through the window. He demanded his pants, money and wallet back. When they didn't open the door, Cooke knocked on it as hard as he could and it came off the hinges. When he got up off the floor Mrs. Franklin shot him and then instructed Boyer to run down the street and call police from a phone booth. Boyer told them a phony story about a rape and left the scene and subsequently disappeared. Sam was dead when the police arrived and, since Boyer had stolen his wallet, they had no idea who it was and took it as a routine justified homicide in the ghetto.
The coroner's inquest should have been a slam-dunk, but not one pertinent question was asked by an investigator, nor was a background check made that would have revealed Bertha Franklin's deadly past. The authorities simply took her made-up story as "gospel". Sam's murder was chalked up as just another unidentified "rapist" killed in Watts. It wasn't until the following Monday morning that a reporter found out Sam Cooke was signed in to the motel registry as himself and that one of the world's greatest talents and a true human being was dead, under shady circumstances that might never have been covered by the media.- Gene Anderson was born on 28 March 1931 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961), The Gay Cavalier (1957) and The Long Haul (1957). She was married to Edward Judd. She died on 5 May 1965 in London, England, UK.
- Manfred Raasch was born on 13 July 1931 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Liebe postlagernd (1963) and Tresorknacker (1964). He died on 8 June 1965 in near Delitzsch, East Germany.
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stefan Briestensky was born on 19 November 1931 in Vráble, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He was an assistant director, known for Szent Péter esernyöje (1958), Zemianska cest (1958) and Posledná bosorka (1957). He died on 8 August 1965 in Senec, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia].- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Odd Borg was born on 26 May 1931 in Oslo, Norway. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Kvinnens plass (1956), Elskere (1963) and Operasjon sjøsprøyt (1964). He was married to Anne Borg. He died on 13 November 1965 in Oslo, Norway.- Music Artist
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Javier Solis was the third child of a poor family. His mother sent him to live with his aunt and uncle Sra. Angela Lopez Martinez and Sr. Valentin Levario Plata, whom Gabriel felt great love and affection for as if they were his real parents. Because of their poverty, he had to drop out of school and never had the opportunity to attend High School. He was blessed with a very beautiful voice, and entered many singing contests as a child and won most all of them. He worked at many different jobs in order to help his family. When he was 16 years old, he traveled to Puebla in order to sing with a group known as Mariachi Metepec. And then, approximately a couple of years later, two tremendously famous men named Alfredo Gil and Julito Rodriguez (from the Trio De Los Panchos) discovered him and aided him in securing a contract in the year 1950 with the CBS Recording Company in Mexico City. At the same time, he was under contract and singing at a very famous Teatro Lirico, also in downtown Mexico City. That same year, he met a very beautiful dancer by the name of Srta. Blanca Estela Saenz, whom he later married. With his first successful recording hit, he began to use his new "Stage name" of Javier Solis. Then, he began performing in other countries in Central and South-America, and also in the United States too. This man with one of the most beautiful voices in all of Latin-America, made over thirty movies during his short life-time. But his talented genius was cut short at the age of only 34 years by complications from Gall- bladder surgery, and he died on April 19th, 1966. His music has not died, nor has he been forgotten, and his fantastic singing is still available in many countries.- Ann Stephens was born on 21 May 1931 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Franchise Affair (1951), In Which We Serve (1942) and Dear Octopus (1943). She died on 15 July 1966 in England.
- Writer
- Director
Lars Görling, born Aug 23 1931 in Stockholm, Sweden, was a writer and director. An odd figure among artists, students and bohemians in the early 60's in Stockholm. His father was a prominent jazz musician. Lars left home early, lived in community homes and identified with troubled youth. In 1961 he published his first novel, "Triptyk". Already one year later came his breakthrough with "491". A socially critical novel and harsh study of forgiveness and oppression. A world he knew far too well. Ingmar Bergman was deeply touched by the story and involved director Vilgot Sjöman in a possible film project. Lars Görling wrote the screenplay himself, Sjöman directed and SF - Svensk Filmindustri produced in 1963. Besides literature and film, Lars was fascinated by racing. He directed a short "Konfrontationer" about the famous sports car race, Le Mans. In 1965 he wrote and directed "Guilt: Together with Gunilla". After a car accident, in the spring of 66, he was seriously injured and never really recovered. Alone in a summer cottage he ended his life at 34, Aug 1st 1966.- Frank Pilo was born on 18 May 1931 in Gentofte, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Jetpiloter (1961), Karen, Maren og Mette (1954) and Utro (1966). He died on 28 December 1966 in Denmark.
- Mario Vega was born on 9 April 1931 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Neutron Traps the Invisible Killers (1965) and Tres caras de mujer (1963). He died on 31 January 1967 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
- Soundtrack
Paul Clayton was born on 3 March 1931 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 30 March 1967 in New York, New York, USA.- Jean-Claude Rolland was born on 31 August 1931 in Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France. He was an actor, known for Objective 500 Million (1966), The Wise Guys (1965) and The Second Twin (1966). He died on 10 April 1967 in Paris, France.
- John Macchia was born on 30 October 1931 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) and The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966). He died on 30 July 1967 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Bob Anderson was born on 19 May 1931 in Hendon, London, England, United Kingdom. He died on 14 August 1967 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom.
- June Thorburn was born on 8 June 1931 in Karachi, India. She was an actress, known for The Pickwick Papers (1952), Orders Are Orders (1954) and Fast and Loose (1954). She was married to Morten Smith-Petersen and Aldon Richard Bryse-Harvey. She died on 4 November 1967 in West Sussex, England, UK.
- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Nick Adams, best known to audiences as Johnny Yuma of the TV series The Rebel (1959), played leads and supporting parts in many films of the 1950s, often cast in the same "troubled young man" mold as his good friend, James Dean. He was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in Twilight of Honor (1963). He died in 1968 due to an overdose of drugs he was taking for a nervous disorder.- Composer
- Music Department
Paul De Margerie was born on 15 September 1931 in Vonda, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was a composer, known for The Merry World of Leopold Z (1965) and Le Sel de la semaine (1965). He died on 12 April 1968 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.- Preben Uglebjerg was born on 16 January 1931 in Glostrup, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Call Girls (1957), Laan mig din kone (1957) and Op med lille Martha (1946). He was married to Puk Schaufuss and Kate Mundt. He died on 31 May 1968 in Isterød, Denmark.
- Ringolds Ore was born on 13 January 1931 in Jelgava, Latvia. Ringolds was a composer, known for Rita migla (1966), Hipokrata zverests (1966) and Kapteina Enriko pulkstenis (1967). Ringolds died on 7 June 1968 in Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Jan Johansson was born on the 16th of September 1931 in Söderhamn, Sweden, and began to play the piano at age 11. He moved to Gothenburg, Sweden to study electro engineering. It was during this period he met Stan Getz, who was living in Copenhagen, Denmark at the time. It didn't take long until Jan had to end his studies to move to Copenhagen to play with Getz. Jan played with a lot of different American jazz greats, and was the first European ever to join "Jazz at the Philharmonic". In 1957 he married his wife Else. In 1961-68 he lived in Stockholm, where he was very productive. He recorded about 20 records under his own name, wrote music for the Swedish Radio and TV (the Pippi Longstocking theme music, for example) and had two sons, Jens and Anders who both have become world wide known musicians themselves. Some of the more famous records are: Jazz på svenska ("Jazz in Swedish"), which has sold platinum many times over, Jazz på ryska ("Jazz in Russian"), Musik genom fyra sekler ("Music through four centuries"), 8 bitar Johansson ("8 pieces Johansson") and Innertrio. Jan was honoured with a lot of gold records, Grammies and other awards. On November 9th 1968 Jan Johansson was killed in a car crash on his way to a church concert in Jönköping, Sweden. After all these years since his death he is still the best selling and most well respected jazz piano player in Scandinavia.- Composer
- Soundtrack
Ian Johansson was born on 16 September 1931 in Söderhamn, Sweden. Ian was a composer, known for Forbrydelsen (2007), Rich Kids (2007) and Deadline (1999). Ian died on 9 November 1968.- Tessie Quintana was born on 17 July 1931 in Santa Rosa, Laguna, Philippines. She was an actress, known for Alaala kita (1961), Batas ng puso (1958) and Sa Tokyo ikinasal (1948). She died on 25 February 1969 in Manila, Philippines.
- Production Designer
Nikolay Valkov was born on 26 October 1931 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He was a production designer, known for Posledniyat rund (1961). He died on 17 March 1969.- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Krzysztof Komeda was born on 27 April 1931 in Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland. He was a composer and actor, known for Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) and Knife in the Water (1962). He was married to Zofia von Tittenbrun. He died on 23 April 1969 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Actor
- Writer
Bogumil Kobiela was born on 31 May 1931 in Katowice, Slaskie, Poland. He was an actor and writer, known for Lalka (1968), Goodbye, See You Tomorrow (1960) and Przeprowadzka (1982). He was married to Malgorzata Nowakowska. He died on 10 July 1969 in Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland.- Raizô Ichikawa was born on August 29, 1931 in Kyoto, Japan as Akio Kamezaki, at the age of 6 months was adopted by his uncle Kazo Takeuchi (kabuki actor Kudanji Ichikawa III) as Yoshio Takeuchi. Started his kabuki career in 1946 as Enzo Ichikawa II. In 1951 he was both re-adopted by Shôzô Ôta (actor Jukai Ichikawa III) as Yoshiya Ôta and changed his stage name to Raizô Ichikawa VIII. He is known in cinema for Conflagration (1958), Ninja, a Band of Assassins (1962) and The Outcast (1962). Raizô Ichikawa died on July 17, 1969 in Tokyo, Japan from hepatic metastases of colon cancer.
- Patricia Lloyd was born on 7 June 1931. She was an actress, known for Bourbon Street Beat (1959). She died on 1 August 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Philip Carr was born on 16 March 1931 in Southwark, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Sky Larks (1958), The Money Man (1958) and Hancock's Half Hour (1956). He died on 7 September 1969 in Greenwich, London, England, UK.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Wlodzimierz Kmicik was born on 26 January 1931 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Dotkniecie nocy (1962), Przygody psa Cywila (1971) and Television Theater (1953). He died on 7 December 1970 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Kazumi Takahashi was born on 31 August 1931 in Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan. He was a writer, known for Nippon no akuryo (1970). He was married to Takako Okamoto. He died on 3 May 1971 in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan.