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- A.L. Camp was born on 9 December 1891 in Monroe, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for The Getaway (1972), The Sugarland Express (1974) and Honeysuckle Rose (1980). He died on 6 April 1984 in San Marcos, Texas, USA.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Producer
A.R. Rawlinson was born on 9 August 1894 in London, England, UK. He was a writer and producer, known for Stock Car (1955), Operation Conspiracy (1956) and The Black Rider (1954). He died on 20 April 1984.- Abe Lastfogel was born on 17 May 1898 in New York, New York, USA. He was married to Frances Armhaus and Gussie Snow. He died on 25 August 1984 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Abe Olman was born on 20 December 1888 in Ohio, USA. He is known for 1941 (1979), Jack and Jill (2011) and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005). He died on 4 January 1984 in Riverside, California, USA.- Abel Pina was born on 30 July 1920 in Sonora, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Hollywood Varieties (1950). He died on 24 October 1984 in Monterey Park, California, USA.
- Music Department
Abid Hasan was born on 11 June 1911 in Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, British India. Abid is known for Gumnaami (2019). Abid died on 5 April 1984 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.- Ada Deal was born in 1932. She died on 10 October 1984 in Pasadena, California, USA.
- Ada Passeri was born on 20 April 1896 in Rome, Italy. She was an actress, known for Marco Polo (1962), ...and the Wild Wild Women (1959) and La viaccia (1961). She died on 31 August 1984 in Rome, Italy.
- Adam Daniewicz was born on 7 October 1906 in Boryslaw, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Boryslav, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for It Will Never Happen Again (1951), The Ashes (1965) and Nikodem Dyzma (1956). He died on 29 October 1984 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.
- Adam Hollander was born on 14 October 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Halloween (1978), Welcome Back, Kotter (1975) and Hotel (1983). He died on 24 September 1984 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
- Actor
- Production Manager
- Producer
Adolf Fischer was born on 18 November 1900 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire. He was an actor and production manager, known for Murderers Among Us (1946), Das Mädchen vom Moorhof (1958) and Verwirrung der Liebe (1959). He died on 21 October 1984 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic.- Adrienne Moore was an actress, known for Days of Our Lives (1965), Half a House (1975) and Naked City (1958). She died on 29 November 1984.
- Actress
Agda Helin was born on 27 October 1894 in Bjärka-Säby, Östergötland, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Shame (1968), Nattliga toner (1918) and Onkel Vanja (1967). She died on 10 February 1984 in Södermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Aglaë was born on 13 May 1933 in L'Épiphanie, Québec, Canada. She was an actress, known for À la manière de Sherlock Holmes (1956), Les nuits de Montmartre (1955) and Y'a toujours moyen de moyenner! (1973). She was married to Pierre Roche. She died on 19 April 1984 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.- Agnes Thomé was born on 1 June 1896 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was an actress, known for Baron Olson (1920). She died on 20 October 1984.
- Agness Underwood was born on 17 December 1902 in San Francisco, California, USA. She died on 3 July 1984 in Greeley, Colorado, USA.
- Sekou Toure, longtime ruler of the African nation of Guinea, was born Ahmed Sékou Touré in Faranah, Guinea (which, at the time, was a colony called French Guinea) on Jan. 9, 1922. A member of the Mandinka tribe, Toure came from a line of warriors, and in fact his great-grandfather Samory Toure was a national hero who had led resistance against the French until he was finally captured.
In order to pay for his education, Toure took a job with the national postal service, and soon became involved in the labor-union movement. He helped to found the Postal Workers Union in 1945, and became deeply involved in Guinean nationalist politics. He became the leader of the Guinean Democratic Party, which advocated the independence of Guinea and the departure of all colonial powers from Africa. In 1956 he was elected as Guinea's representative to the French National Assembly and became mayor of Conakry, Guinea's capital. He used both positions to work against French occupation of the country.
In 1958 France held a referendum in its African colonies to determine if they wanted to stay in the French Union. Toure's influence in Guinean politics resulted in the colony voting to leave the French Union, the only one to do so. The French government, which was caught off guard by Guinea's voting to leave, had no choice but to grant the country its independence and grudgingly did so in 1958. Toure was made President, and set about consolidating his power. In 1960 he declared his political party, the PDG, the only legal one in the country.
Toure governed Guinea from a decidedly Marxist point of view, a philosophy he had come to believe in while involved in the labor-union movement. He nationalized businesses and industries controlled by foreign governments and/or companies and developed an economic strategy for the country based on a strong central-planning authority. He also jailed or exiled any and all opponents. While personally popular among Guineans, his economic and governing policies were beginning to disappoint large numbers of them, who saw little if any improvement in their economic and political situations. By the late 1960s there was growing resentment of and opposition to his rule, and his government became more repressive, with more opponents being jailed or fleeing into exile. Toure's relations with France soured, and in 1965 he severed all ties with the country, moving closer to the Soviet Union. However, by 1978 his relationship with that country had deteriorated, and when France's Valéry Giscard d'Estaing approached Toure with a plan for a state visit by the French president to his country to repair relations, Toure accepted. Realistically, he had little choice: his main ally among Africa's leaders, Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah, was overthrown in 1966 in a military coup, and other than the president of Mali and a few others, most African leaders were decidedly cold to him. Toure not only offered Nkrumah asylum but made him co-president of the country. Both he and Nkrumah helped form the All-African Peoples Revolutionary Party to help free the remaining African colonies from their European owners. The group funded and gave support to a rebel group fighting Portuguese forces in the neighboring colony of Portuguese Guinea. The Portuguese did not take that lying down, so to speak, and in 1970 the Portuguese military mounted an attack on Conakry, ostensibly to rescue Portuguese POWs who had been turned over to Toure by the guerrillas, but in reality the main objective was to overthrow Toure's regime and capture or kill him. They did manage to rescue their POWs, but their other objective remained unaccomplished.
Toure's relations with the US were rocky, but when US President John F. Kennedy came to power in 1960, Toure was impressed with his outlook on Africa, what he considered a refreshing change from the policies of his predecessor, and his policies on civil rights in the US, and relations warmed considerably. A spate of labor troubles in Guinea in 1962 gave Toure the opportunity he was looking for: he blamed the troubles on Soviet meddling, broke relations with them and began to adopt a more pro-American policy.
However, after Kennedy's assassination in 1963, relations with the US took a turn for the worse. He came to the belief that the American CIA was plotting his overthrow and execution, and when a Guinean delegation to the new government in Ghana was thrown in prison, Toure took that to mean that the CIA's "plot" against him had begun. His regime retreated into a state of paranoia, with mass arrests and imprisonment of opponents, both real and imagined, in detention camps, where many were tortured and killed (estimates are as high as 50,000). Tens of thousands of Guineans fled to neighboring countries. Eventually he came to his senses, and in 1978 he formally renounced Marxism as the official state policy and forged closer ties to the West.
Toure was "re-elected" as President in 1982, in an election in which his party was the only one allowed and in which he ran unopposed, and the country adopted a new constitution. Toure visited the US in the summer of 1982 seeking political and economic aid, and announced a program of economic reforms toward a more free-market economy.
On March 26, 1984, Toure died while undergoing treatment for heart problems at a clinic in Cleveland, OH. His Prime Minister, Louis Lansana Beavogui, was appointed to replace him, but less than a month later he was overthrown in an army coup. - Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
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.- Aidan Roark was born on 23 October 1905 in County Carlow, Ireland. He was an actor and writer, known for Stormy, the Thoroughbred (1954). He was married to Helen Wills and Esther Foss Moore. He died on 27 March 1984 in Santa Cruz, California, USA.
- Aileen Carlyle was born on 5 March 1906 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Meet the Wife (1931), The Country Doctor (1936) and Dragstrip Riot (1958). She died on 3 May 1984 in San Fernando, California, USA.
- Ailsa Grahame was born on 6 May 1896 in Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for Sense and Sensibility (1971), Sherlock Holmes (1964) and Vanity Fair (1967). She died on 24 March 1984 in Primrose Hill, London, England, UK.
- Art Director
- Art Department
- Production Designer
Aimo Pöyhönen was born on 8 January 1933 in Jämsänkoski, Finland. He was an art director and production designer, known for Ryydinkeksijät (1976), Noin 7 veljestä (1968) and Pähkähullu Suomi (1967). He died on 7 November 1984 in Helsinki, Finland.- He had an unusual background for an actor: his formal education began in a kindergarten founded by the wartime-era Japanese Imperial Army, and continued in a military academy which was Tokyo's answer to West Point. Upon graduating from Tokyo University (Japan's most prestigious), Hirata confounded many family expectations of him by pursuing a career in acting. His first roles in Tetsuwan namida ari (1953) and The Last Embrace (1953) brought him to the attention of director Ishirô Honda, who promptly cast Hirata first in his WW2 romance Farewell Rabaul Saraba Rabauru (1954) and then, later that year, in the role that would come to define Hirata's career: the tormented, one-eyed scientist Daisuke Serizawa, who alone has figured out a way to destroy the monster Gojira Godzilla (1954). That movie made stars out of all of the younger actors who were fortunate enough to star in it, though Hirata tended more towards second leads and character parts. He was often called the best-known of all actors to appear in Gojira movies (he would turn up in six of the sequels), but this was due as much to his popularity with directors as with his exposure through the monster movies. He was a favorite of directors Ishiro Honda, Jun Fukuda, Hiroshi Inagaki, and much beloved by virtually all the actors who knew him: honest and humorous, highly intellectual but never pretentious. He appeared in literally every kind of movie Toho Studios made, from the monster pictures to samurai dramas (including his one movie for Akira Kurosawa, Sanjuro (1962)) to war dramas to comedies. Still, he remained identified most directly in the public's mind with the original Gojira; his character Serizawa is among the best remembered and most admired in all Japanese films, both inside Japan and out. Hirata was chosen by Toho to announce the monster's return in Godzilla 1985 (1985), and was tapped for a major role; but he died tragically of lung cancer before he could begin shooting.
- Akio Chiba was born on 29 January 1943 in Shenyang, Manchukuo, China. Akio was a writer, known for Kyaputen (1983). Akio died on 13 September 1984 in Tokyo, Japan.
- Al Avison was born on 7 July 1920 in Connecticut, USA. Al died on 30 December 1984 in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA.
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Al Dexter was born on 4 May 1905 in Jacksonville, Texas, USA. He was a writer, known for Radio Days (1987), Pistol Packin' Mama (1943) and 12 Monkeys (2015). He died on 28 January 1984 in Denton, Texas, USA.- Additional Crew
Al Horwits was born on 20 September 1905 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for The Shootist (1976), In Cold Blood (1967) and Bite the Bullet (1975). He died on 24 February 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
Al Lipsey was born on 2 July 1900 in Los Angeles. Al died on 8 October 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Al Mardo was born on 27 December 1893 in Roccamonfina, Caserta, Italy. He was an actor, known for That's My Baby! (1944), Varieties on Parade (1951) and Hits and Bits (1946). He died on 23 August 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Music Department
Al Marineau was born on 18 August 1902 in Minnesota, USA. Al died on 8 August 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Writer
Al Ramsen was born on 7 February 1926 in New York, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Island of Terror (1966), Shadow of the Cloak (1951) and Jimmy Hughes, Rookie Cop (1953). He died on 12 March 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Al Schacht was born on 11 November 1892 in The Bronx, New York, USA. He died on 14 July 1984 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
- Al Thomas was born in 1915 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Wake in Fright (1971), Eureka Stockade (1949) and The Clairvoyant (1982). He died on 19 December 1984 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Sound Department
Al Yaylian was born on 17 November 1923 in Fresno, California, USA. He is known for The Last Starfighter (1984), Funny Girl (1968) and Stroker Ace (1983). He died on 30 July 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Alan Berg was born in Chicago in January of 1934, the son of Dr. Joseph Berg and Ruth Berg. Alan had one older sister, Norma. At 17, he attended college at the University of Colorado in Denver. After two years, he transferred to the University of Denver. He graduated in 1957, and became one of the youngest people to pass the bar exam in the history of Illinois (at 22). He first met his wife, Judith Halpern in 1951, and the two were married in 1958. Berg began his career as a law clerk before finally becoming a lawyer. Because he was overworked (and because he was suffering from seizures), he became an alcoholic. The pressure finally became too great, and he left his law practice in Chicago and moved to Denver with his wife. He entered St. Joseph's Hospital to quit drinking, and never took another in his life. He then became a shoe salesman. He later opened his own clothing store, The Shirt Broker. It was there that he met Laurence Gross, a Talk Show host with KGMC. He admired the fact that Berg could talk spontaneously on any subject, and invited him to be on his show several times. After Gross moved to San Diego, Berg was given his show. he soon began to hang up on people, insult them over the air, and generally be outrageous. In 1976, he suffered a seizure that he was unable to come out of. It was discovered that he had a large brain tumor. He had surgery to remove it, and soon recovered and was back on the radio. He left KGMC (now called KWBZ), and got a job at KHOW, where he reached the apex of hanging up. He and Judith were divorced in 1978. While at KHOW, Berg became both the most popular (and most disliked) radio personality in Denver. After refusing to conform to the station, he was fired from KHOW in August of 1979. He returned to KWBZ. After they changed their format to music, Berg was again out of a job. KTOK, an Oklahoma City based station, became interested in Berg. before he accepted the job, he was offered to fill in at Denver's most powerful station, KOA. About half the callers wanted him hired, and the other half did not. He signed a contract with Detroit's WXYZ, but later dropped out of it when KOA offered him a show. He began on February 23, 1981. He than began to change, his rudeness waning. After receiving a flap from former Secretary of State Ellen Kaplan, he invited her on the show and berated her. KOA, fearing a lawsuit, gave Berg a few days vacation. Berg was never blatantly abusive to another guest. After criticizing Roderick Elliot and Frank "Bud" Farell, who wrote "The Death of the White Race" and "Open Letter to the Gentiles," the white supremacist group known as "The Order" began to view him as a threat. After harassing Colonel Jack Mohr, a member of the Christian Patriots Defense League, Berg became a target. While most of his friends and associates said he was mellowing out, sadly we will never know. Alan Berg was shot 12 times in the face and body while exiting his Volkswagen. He was officially pronounced dead at 9:45 p.m. on June 18th, 1984.
- Alan Lake was born on 24 November 1940 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Growing Summer (1968), Department S (1969) and The Avengers (1961). He was married to Diana Dors. He died on 10 October 1984 in Sunningdale, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
Alan Marshall was born on 2 May 1902 in Noorat, Victoria, Australia. He was a writer, known for The Singer and the Dancer (1977), Hammers Over the Anvil (1993) and Jumping Over Puddles (1971). He died on 21 January 1984 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Additional Crew
Born in Russia, stage director Alan Schneider worked primarily in the U.S., and was best known for interpreting the plays of Samuel Beckett. Schneider made very infrequent ventures into cinema, the best-known being Film (1965), an experimental silent movie written by Beckett, made in 1964 with Buster Keaton. Schneider corresponded with Samuel Beckett for many years; ironically, and tragically, he was struck and killed by a motorcycle in London while crossing the street to post a letter to Beckett.- Sound Department
Albert D. Cuesta was born on 29 February 1912 in Spain. He is known for McCloud (1970), McMillan & Wife (1971) and Black Sheep Squadron (1976). He died on 21 October 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Albert Halper was born on 3 August 1904 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Albert was a writer, known for Kraft Theatre (1947). Albert died on 19 January 1984 in Pawling, New York, USA.
- Producer
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Albert J. Cohen was born on 30 June 1903 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Moonlight Murder (1936), The Lady Pays Off (1951) and Unknown Island (1948). He was married to Jeanne Sorel and Estelle R. Albus. He died on 4 October 1984 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Writer
Albert Wetzel was born on 27 July 1896 in Pennsylvania, USA. He was a cinematographer and writer, known for The Adventurous Sex (1925), The Fourth Commandment (1927) and Stepping Along (1926). He died on 5 February 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Music Department
- Actress
- Composer
Composer, songwriter ("Down Hearted Blues"), author and singer who was a singer on early recordings after high school, later appearing in the London production of 'Showboat' and at the Palladium and throughout Europe and Egypt. She had a radio program over NBC, and toured Europe and the Pacific entertaining troops during World War II, and later, Korea and Japan. On Broadway she appeared in the stage productions of 'Mamba's Daughters' and 'Mrs. Patterson'. She was also a practical nurse, working at New York's Goldwater Memorial Hospital. Joining ASCAP in 1952, her other popular-song compositions include "Down South Blues", "Chirping the Blues", "My Castle's Rocking", "I Want to Thank You, Lord", "You Got to Reap Just Reap What You Sow", "Will the Day Ever Come When I Can Rest", "Kind Treatment", and "What's the Matter, Baby?".- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Alberto Lupo was born on 19 December 1924 in Genoa, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Lion of Thebes (1964), Le avventure di Nicola Nickleby (1958) and The Giant of Marathon (1959). He was married to Lyla Rocco. He died on 13 August 1984 in San Felice Circeo, Italy.- Aldo Bonamano was born on 28 November 1924 in Civitavecchia, Italy. He was an actor, known for Deep Red (1975), Fantabulous Inc. (1968) and Per una manciata d'oro (1965). He died on 17 January 1984 in Rome, Italy.
- Aldo Sandulli was born on 22 November 1915 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He died on 11 February 1984 in Torgiano, Umbria, Italy.
- Alec Finlay was born in Scotland, UK. He died on 2 June 1984.
- Director
- Writer
Aleksandr Ivanov was born on 12 August 1898 in Davydovo, Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire [now Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for Transport of Fire (1930), Tri soldata (1932) and Soviet Border (1938). He was married to Kseniya Klyaro. He died on 20 August 1984 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].- Aleksandr Oganesyan was born on 4 December 1912. He was an actor, known for Tango of Our Childhood (1985). He died on 4 May 1984 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR [now Armenia].
- Aleksandra Shults was born on 23 August 1915. Aleksandra was an editor, known for Griboedovis sachukari (1965), Kvevri (1970) and Memanqanis sachuqari (1966). Aleksandra died on 1 September 1984.