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- Heide Goebbels was born on 20 October 1940 in Berlin, Germany. She died on 1 May 1945 in Berlin, Germany.
- Fala was born on 7 April 1940 in the USA. He died on 5 April 1952 in the USA.
- Sandra Hayden was born on 11 July 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Judge Roy Bean (1955). She died on 22 September 1956 in Van Nuys, California, USA.
- Actor
William Schub was born on 23 March 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor. He died on 13 December 1957 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.- Pal the dog (a Rough Collie) was born on June 8, 1940 in North Hollywood, California, USA. He is best known and remembered for Lassie Come Home (1943) and Courage of Lassie (1946), The Painted Hills (1951). Though he was a male, he received notoriety for playing the famous character Lassie. He was retired from acting in 1954, and died in 1958. His life and memories of him live on in his movies and T.V. appearances.
- Luis Calan died very young. We know almost nothing about his life. Certainly we can assure that he began to approach the movie world since a very early age. His filmography was, like his life,very short: Catita es una dama (1956) El rufián (1961) Rebelde con causa (1961) Quinto año nacional (1961) Nevertheless, one could reach to admire his acting career possibilities, broken down by fate.
He attended the premier of "Quinto año Nacional" in La Plata, provincia de Buenos Aires on November 18th. 1961. When returning to Buenos Aires the car collided with a bus and he died at once. There were also in the car the director of the film, Rodolfo Blasco, another young actor, 'Gaston Marchetto', and a member of the film team. All of them died immediately. He left this world at age 21 and is buried at San Isidro Cemetery (Buenos Aires). - Stuart Sutcliffe was born on 23 June 1940 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He died on 10 April 1962 in Hamburg, Germany.
- Peter Ryan was born on 10 June 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 2 August 1962 in Paris, France.
- Dunja Movar was born on 30 March 1940 in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. She was an actress, known for O Wildnis (1959), Die kleinen Füchse (1962) and Hamlet (1960). She died on 30 March 1963 in Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany.
- One of the most promising actresses of her generation. She studied acting in Kraków and Warsaw. The turning point of her career was the remarkable performance in "Nikt nie wola" (1960). This role, as well as other film and theatre roles that followed, made her a star in Poland. Unfortunately, in 1963, after an argument with her boyfriend, actor Zbigniew Wójcik, she committed suicide by turning the gas on. They were found dead together. Marcinkowska was only 23 years old.
- Barbi Henneberger was born on 4 October 1940 in Oberstaufen, Bavaria, Germany. She died on 12 April 1964 in Val Selin, St. Moritz, Graubünden, Switzerland.
- Actor
Bing Davidson was born on 17 December 1940 in Hastings, Nebraska, USA. He was an actor. He died on 18 July 1965 in San Francisco, California, USA.- Mack Lee Hill was born on 17 August 1940 in Quincy, Florida, USA. He died on 14 December 1965 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
- Actor
Peter Sachse was born on 29 March 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor. He was married to Salli Sachse. He died on 12 July 1966 in La Jolla, California, USA.- Joe Gilbert was born on 7 November 1940 in Louisiana, USA. He died on 6 August 1966 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Writer
Pekka Haukinen was born on 14 September 1940 in Ylivieska, Finland. He was an actor and writer, known for Kielletty kirja (1965), Onnelliset leikit (1964) and Rakas... (1961). He was married to Eeva-Maija Haukinen. He died on 1 October 1966 in Huittinen, Finland.- Benno Ohnesorg was born on 15 October 1940 in Hanover, Germany. He was married to Christa Ohnesorg. He died on 2 June 1967 in West Berlin, West Germany.
- Nanni Bertorelli was born on 6 June 1940 in Barge, Piedmont, Italy. He was an actor, known for Il mondo senza gamberi (1964). He was married to Luisa Bertorelli. He died on 29 July 1967 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
- Mike McKeever was born on 1 January 1940 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA. He was an actor, known for The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962), The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) and You Bet Your Life (1950). He died on 24 August 1967 in Montebello, California, USA.
- Monica Proietti was born on 25 February 1940 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was married to Anthony Smith. She died on 19 September 1967 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
- Maelcum Soul was born on 22 September 1940 in the USA. She was an actress, known for Dorothy, the Kansas City Pot Head (1968), Eat Your Makeup (1968) and Roman Candles (1967). She died on 5 April 1968 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
- Vladimir Buyanovsky was born on 15 December 1940 in Uglich, Russia, USSR. He was an actor, known for 49 Days (1962), A Hard Little Nut (1968) and Zelyonyy patrul (1961). He died on 9 April 1968 in the USSR.
- Wojciech Zasadzinski was born on 22 February 1940 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Kontrybucja (1967). He died on 19 March 1969 in Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Shorty Long was born on 20 May 1940 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He was an actor, known for The Fan (1996), The Butler (2013) and Coneheads (1993). He died on 29 June 1969 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.- Mary Jo Kopechne was born on 26 July 1940 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. She died on 18 July 1969 in Chappaquiddick Island, Edgartown, Massachusetts, USA.
- Annie Anderson was born on 20 March 1940 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for OSS 117: Mission for a Killer (1965), Le Bossu (1959) and The Miracle of the Wolves (1961). She died on 5 March 1970 in Paris, France.
- Arline Woods was born on 22 November 1940 in New York City, New York, USA. She died on 30 May 1970 in Vienna, Austria.
- Actor
Donald Clement was born on 11 November 1940 in Wantagh, New York, USA. He was an actor. He died on 28 July 1970 in New York City, New York, USA.- Talitha Pol was born on 18 October 1940 in Java, Dutch East Indies [now Indonesia]. She was an actress, known for Return from the Ashes (1965), Village of Daughters (1962) and We Shall See (1964). She was married to Paul Getty. She died on 11 July 1971 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Transportation Department
Pedro Rodríguez was born on 18 January 1940 in Mexico City, Mexico. He is known for Muchachas que trabajan (1961), Formula 1 (1950) and The Ringmasters (1967). He died on 11 July 1971 in Nuremberg, Bavaria, West Germany.- Vinko Hrastelj was born on 22 January 1940 in Zenje pri Krskem, Slovenia. He was an actor, known for The Sunny Whirlpool (1968), Zgodba ki je ni (1967) and Grajski biki (1967). He died on 18 October 1971 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- Born on 24 February 1940 in Rochester, New York, Pete Duel moved to West Hollywood in 1963 following a tour with the National Road Company's "Take Her, She's Mine". After landing small guest spots on various TV series, Pete was cast in a recurring role alongside Sally Field on Gidget (1965) in 1965. The series only lasted one season but Pete was immediately cast in another Columbia Screen Gems comedy series Love on a Rooftop (1966) with Judy Carne. The series gained good reviews but was once again canceled after one season. Pete then signed a seven-year contract with Universal Studios in July 1967. Guest spots and movie roles followed and, in 1970, he was offered the part of Hannibal Heyes on a comedy Western pilot Alias Smith and Jones (1971), loosely based on the 1969 hit movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). The pilot was sold to the ABC network and a series was commissioned. The series was a big hit with the youth audience and Duel became subject matter for teen magazines, gaining a loyal following. When news of his sudden death by an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound was reported on TV and radio on December 31st 1971, it came as a shock to his family and friends. Early suspicion of foul play soon gave way to evidence pointing to death by suicide with depression and serious alcohol problems seen as contributing factors. Following a memorial service at the Self-Realization Temple in California on January 2nd 1972, Pete's body was flown to Penfield, New York. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery following a memorial service at Penfield Baptist Church.
- Zovek was born on 13 April 1940 in Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico. He was an actor, known for The Invasion of the Dead (1973), El increíble profesor Zovek (1972) and Domingos espectaculares (1969). He died on 10 March 1972 in Cuautitlan, Mexico.
- Additional Crew
Frank Ward was born on 20 May 1940 in Alabama, USA. He is known for The Mack (1973). He died on 9 October 1972 in Oakland, California, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
Leonardo Henrichsen was born on 29 May 1940 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on 29 June 1973 in Santiago de Chile, Chile.- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Bruce Lee remains the greatest icon of martial arts cinema and a key figure of modern popular media. Had it not been for Bruce Lee and his movies in the early 1970s, it's arguable whether or not the martial arts film genre would have ever penetrated and influenced mainstream North American and European cinema and audiences the way it has over the past four decades. The influence of East Asian martial arts cinema can be seen today in so many other film genres including comedies, action, drama, science fiction, horror and animation... and they all have their roots in the phenomenon that was Bruce Lee.
Lee was born Lee Jun Fan November 27, 1940 in San Francisco, the son of Lee Hoi Chuen, a singer with the Cantonese Opera. Approximately one year later, the family returned to Kowloon in Hong Kong and at the age of five, a young Bruce begins appearing in children's roles in minor films including The Birth of Mankind (1946) and Fu gui fu yun (1948). At the age of 12, Bruce commenced attending La Salle College. Bruce was later beaten up by a street gang, which inspired him to take up martial arts training under the tutelage of Sifu Yip Man who schooled Bruce in wing chun kung fu for a period of approximately five years. This was the only formalized martial arts training ever undertaken by Lee. The talented and athletic Bruce also took up cha-cha dancing and, at age 18, won a major dance championship in Hong Kong.
However, his temper and quick fists got him in trouble with the Hong Kong police on numerous occasions. His parents suggested that he head off to the United States. Lee landed in San Francisco's Chinatown in 1959 and worked in a close relative's restaurant. He eventually made his way to Seattle, Washington, where he enrolled at university to study philosophy and found the time to practice his beloved kung fu techniques. In 1963, Lee met Linda Lee Cadwell (aka Linda Emery) (later his wife) and also opened his first kung fu school at 4750 University Way. During the early half of the 1960s, Lee became associated with many key martial arts figures in the United States, including kenpo karate expert Ed Parker and tae kwon do master Jhoon Rhee. He made guest appearances at notable martial arts events including the Long Beach Nationals. Through one of these tournaments Bruce met Hollywood hair-stylist Jay Sebring who introduced him to television producer William Dozier. Based on the runaway success of Batman (1966), Dozier was keen to bring the cartoon character the Green Hornet to television and was on the lookout for an East Asian actor to play the Green Hornet's sidekick, Kato. Around this time Bruce also opened a second kung fu school in Oakland, California and relocated to Oakland to be closer to Hollywood.
Bruce's screen test was successful, and The Green Hornet (1966) starring Van Williams aired in 1966-1967 with mixed success. His fight scenes were sometimes obscured by unrevealing camera angles, but his dedication was such that he insisted his character behave like a perfect bodyguard, keeping his eyes on whoever might be a threat to his employer except when the script made this impossible. The show was canceled after only one season (twenty-six episodes), but by this time Lee was receiving more fan mail than the series' nominal star. He then opened a third branch of his kung fu school in Los Angeles and began providing personalized martial arts training to celebrities including film stars Steve McQueen and James Coburn as well as screenwriter Stirling Silliphant. In addition he refined his prior knowledge of wing chun and incorporated aspects of other fighting styles such as traditional boxing and Okinawan karate. He also developed his own unique style Jeet Kune Do (Way of the Intercepting Fist). Another film opportunity then came his way as he landed the small role of a stand over man named Winslow Wong who intimidates private eye James Garner in Marlowe (1969). Wong pays a visit to Garner and proceeds to demolish the investigator's office with his fists and feet, finishing off with a spectacular high kick that shatters the light fixture. With this further exposure of his talents, Bruce then scored several guest appearances as a martial arts instructor to blind private eye James Franciscus on the television series Longstreet (1971).
With his minor success in Hollywood and money in his pocket, Bruce returned for a visit to Hong Kong and was approached by film producer Raymond Chow who had recently started Golden Harvest productions. Chow was keen to utilize Lee's strong popularity amongst young Chinese fans, and offered him the lead role in The Big Boss (1971). In it, Lee plays a distant cousin coming to join relatives working at an ice house, where murder, corruption, and drug-running lead to his character's adventures and display of Kung-Fu expertise. The film was directed by Wei Lo, shot in Thailand on a very low budget and in terrible living conditions for cast and crew. However, when it opened in Hong Kong the film was an enormous hit. Chow knew he had struck box office gold with Lee and quickly assembled another script entitled Fist of Fury (1972). The second film (with a slightly bigger budget) was again directed by Wei Lo and was set in Shanghai in the year 1900, with Lee returning to his school to find that his beloved master has been poisoned by the local Japanese karate school. Once again he uncovers the evildoers and sets about seeking revenge on those responsible for murdering his teacher and intimidating his school. The film features several superb fight sequences and, at the film's conclusion, Lee refuses to surrender to the Japanese police and seemingly leaps to his death in a hail of police bullets.
Once more, Hong Kong streets were jammed with thousands of fervent Chinese movie fans who could not get enough of the fearless Bruce Lee, and his second film went on to break the box office records set by the first! Lee then set up his own production company, Concord Productions, and set about guiding his film career personally by writing, directing and acting in his next film, The Way of the Dragon (1972). A bigger budget meant better locations and opponents, with the new film set in Rome, Italy and additionally starring hapkido expert In-shik Hwang, karate legend Robert Wall and seven-time U.S. karate champion Chuck Norris. Bruce plays a seemingly simple country boy sent to assist at a cousin's restaurant in Rome and finds his cousins are being bullied by local thugs for protection.
By now, Lee's remarkable success in East Asia had come to the attention of Hollywood film executives and a script was hastily written pitching him as a secret agent penetrating an island fortress. Warner Bros. financed the film and also insisted on B-movie tough guy John Saxon starring alongside Lee to give the film wider appeal. The film culminates with another show-stopping fight sequence between Lee and the key villain, Han, in a maze of mirrors. Shooting was completed in and around Hong Kong in early 1973 and in the subsequent weeks Bruce was involved in completing overdubs and looping for the final cut. Various reports from friends and co-workers cite that he was not feeling well during this period and on July 20, 1973 he lay down at the apartment of actress Betty Ting Pei after taking a headache medicine called Equagesic and was later unable to be revived. A doctor was called and Lee was taken to hospital by ambulance and pronounced dead that evening. The official finding was death due to a cerebral edema, caused by a reaction to the headache tablet Equagesic.
Fans worldwide were shattered that their virile idol had passed at such a young age, and nearly thirty thousand fans filed past his coffin in Hong Kong. A second, much smaller ceremony was held in Seattle, Washington and Bruce was laid to rest at Lake View Cemetary in Seattle with pall bearers including Steve McQueen, James Coburn and Dan Inosanto. Enter the Dragon (1973) was later released in the mainland United States, and was a huge hit with audiences there, which then prompted National General films to actively distribute his three prior movies to U.S. theatres... each was a box office smash.
Fans throughout the world were still hungry for more Bruce Lee films and thus remaining footage (completed before his death) of Lee fighting several opponents including Dan Inosanto, Hugh O'Brian and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was crafted into another film titled Game of Death (1978). The film used a lookalike and shadowy camera work to be substituted for the real Lee in numerous scenes. The film is a poor addition to the line-up and is only saved by the final twenty minutes and the footage of the real Bruce Lee battling his way up the tower. Amazingly, this same shoddy process was used to create Game of Death II (1980), with a lookalike and more stunt doubles interwoven with a few brief minutes of footage of the real Bruce Lee.
Tragically, his son Brandon Lee, an actor and martial artist like his father, was killed in a freak accident on the set of The Crow (1994). Bruce Lee was not only an amazing athlete and martial artist but he possessed genuine superstar charisma and through a handful of films he left behind an indelible impression on the tapestry of modern cinema.- Julie Otero was born on 31 January 1940 in Puerto Rico. She was married to Joseph Otero. She died on 14 January 1974 in Wichita, Kansas, USA.
- Aleksander Iwaniec was born on 16 March 1940 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Agent nr 1 (1972), Pulapka (1971) and Zywot Mateusza (1968). He died on 9 March 1974 in Seroki-Parcela, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Dennis Azzarella was born on 6 January 1940 in New Jersey, USA. Dennis was a writer and director, known for The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope (1972), National Geographic Specials (1965) and Come Together (1971). Dennis died on 13 March 1974 in Bishop, California, USA.- Writer
- Music Department
Tatyana Makarova was born on 27 September 1940 in the USSR. She was a writer, known for Cherished Dream (1972), Snow Is Falling... (1991) and On the Road with Clouds (1984). She died on 14 March 1974 in the USSR.- Bobbie Arnstein was born on 2 May 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She died on 20 January 1975 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Rolf Dieter Brinkmann was born on 16 April 1940 in Vechta, Lower Saxony, Germany. He died on 23 April 1975 in London, England, UK.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Phil Ochs was born on 19 December 1940 in El Paso, Texas, USA. He was a composer, known for Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (2010), The Terminal List (2022) and Made in U.S.A. (1987). He was married to Alice Ochs. He died on 9 April 1976 in Far Rockaway, New York, USA.- He came, saw and conquered, this was Munawar Zareef. He was not only the younger brother of Zareef he was also a great fan and follower of his brother. His showbiz journey was started with film Dandian (1961).
Almost 300 films are on his credit, each and every one has excellent performance and it is very hard to tell which one is better. Out of 300 some of them are Mooj Mela, Pupli Saab, Bharia Mela, Hamrahi, Chakar Baaz, Banarsi Thug, Dou Putran Anarada, Manjhi Khitay Dhanwa, Bad Tameez, Shukan Melay Dee, Shararat, Daman Aur Chingari, Ishaq Deewana, Baharo Phool Barsao, Zeenath, Mastana Mahi, Heer Ranjaha etc.
He was awarded three times with the Nigar Award on his out-standing performance in Bharo Phool Barsao, Zeenath and Ishaq Deewana. - Paulo Pontes was born on 8 November 1940 in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil. He was a writer, known for Um Edifício Chamado 200 (1973), A Grande Família (1973) and Big Family (2001). He died on 27 December 1976 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Yury Solovyov was born on 10 August 1940 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. He was an actor, known for The Sleeping Beauty (1964). He died on 12 January 1977 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].
- Gary Gilmore was born on 4 December 1940 in Texas, USA. He died on 17 January 1977 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
- Additional Crew
Climber and Mountaineer. Born in Currie, Edinburgh. Rose to prominence in the British rock climbing scene with the first ascent of "The Bat", Carn Dearg, Ben Nevis in September 1959 with Robin Smith. At the time this was the hardest rock climb in Britain. Haston went on to make his name as mountaineer in the Alps and greater ranges. In 1966 he was part of the team that made the first winter ascent of the infamous Eiger Nordwand. With Don Whillans he reached the summit of Annapurna by the South Face (27 May 1970) as part of an expedition led by Chris Bonington. Along with Doug Scott he he achieved the first ascent of the South West face of Mount Everest (24 September 1975) after bivouaking at 8760 m, again as part of an expedition led by Bonnington. Haston was Director of the International School of Mountaineering at Leysin, Switzerland from 1967 until his death in 1977. He was killed in an avalanche while skiing a steep couloir near his home. He is remembered by a plaque on the railway bridge at Currie, where he practiced climbing in his youth.- Sherman Garnes was born on 8 June 1940 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Mister Rock and Roll (1957). He died on 26 February 1977 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Patrecia Wynand was born on 23 January 1940 in Toronto, Canada. She was an actress, known for Mannix (1967), Hawaii Five-O (1968) and Khan! (1975). She was married to Nathaniel Branden and Lawrence Scott. She died on 31 March 1977 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.