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Broderick Crawford is best remembered for two roles: his Oscar-winning turn as Willie Stark in All the King's Men (1949) and as Chief Dan Mathews on the syndicated TV series Highway Patrol (1955). He was also memorable as Judy Holliday's vulgar partner in Born Yesterday (1950), roles both actors had originated on Broadway to great acclaim.
He was born William Broderick Crawford on December 9, 1911, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to vaudeville performers Lester Crawford and Helen Broderick. His mother had a brief movie career acting in Hollywood comedies. Broderick Crawford, large and burly, was no one's idea of a leading man due to his rough-and-tumble looks, but he broke through playing John Steinbeck's simple-minded giant Lenny in the Broadway adaptation of Steinbeck's novella "Of Mice and Men". After this Broadway success, Crawford moved to Hollywood and made his cinema debut in the comedy Woman Chases Man (1937), in a supporting role to stars Joel McCrea and Miriam Hopkins. When producer-director Lewis Milestone was casting the movie version of Steinbeck's classic (Of Mice and Men (1939)), he passed over Crawford and selected Lon Chaney Jr. to play Lenny.
After many supporting roles (including a memorable turn as a big but kindhearted lug in the comedy Larceny, Inc (1942)) and a stint in the military during World War II, Crawford had his breakthrough role in Robert Rossen's adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "All the King's Men". Crawford gave a masterly performance as the southern U.S. politician based on Louisiana's Huey Long. In addition to the Oscar, he also won the New York Film Critics' Award for Best Actor. All the King's Men (1949) was a hit, as was Born Yesterday (1950). (Crawford had also played the role on Broadway, succeeding Paul Douglas, who originated the role.) However, Crawford soon after became typecast as crude or brutish.
Five years after copping the Academy Award, TV producer Frederick W. Ziv hired Crawford to play the lead role in his syndicated police drama "Highway Patrol". The show ran for four seasons. Crawford's career, moribund in the early 1950s, revived, but he generally eschewed the big screen, preferring television, for the remainder of his career. He continued to act almost up until his death in Rancho Mirage, California, on April 26, 1986, at age 74, following a series of strokes.- Actress
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Bessie Love was born in Texas. Her cowboy father moved the family to Hollywood, where he became a chiropractor. As the family needed money, Bessie's mother sent her to Biograph Studios, hoping she would become an actress. D.W. Griffith saw she was pretty and had some acting talent, and put her in several of his films, also giving her a small part in Intolerance (1916). Bessie became popular with audiences and worked with Douglas Fairbanks in Reggie Mixes In (1916) and William S. Hart in The Aryan (1916). She then moved to Vitagraph and starred in a number of comedy-dramas. In the 1920s she began to act in more mature roles, such as Those Who Dance (1924), and also began working on the stage. She performed the first screen "Charleston" dance in The King on Main Street (1925), and gave one of her best performances in Dress Parade (1927). When sound movies came into vogue, she made a number of them and received an Academy Award nomination for The Broadway Melody (1929). By 1931, however, her career was over. She moved to England in 1935 and entertained the troops during World War II. By the 1950s she started playing small roles in movies such as No Highway in the Sky (1951). She played in a handful of low-budget films from the 1950s through the 1970s. In the 1980s she appeared in the big-budget Ragtime (1981) which starred James Cagney, and later that year in Reds (1981) which starred Warren Beatty.- Actor
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Lou van Burg was born on 25 August 1917 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor and director, known for De muziekkampioen (1959), Clivia (1954) and Das Paradies der flotten Sünder (1968). He was married to Marianne Krems and Juliane. He died on 26 April 1986 in Munich, Germany.- Hermann Gmeiner was born on 23 June 1919 in Alberschwende, Vorarlberg, Austria. He died on 26 April 1986 in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria.
- Edmund Ogrodzinski was born on 14 October 1932 in Slomniki, Malopolskie, Poland. He was an actor, known for The Boxer and Death (1963) and Blisko, coraz blizej (1983). He died on 26 April 1986 in Katowice, Slaskie, Poland.
- Günter Karau was born on 20 April 1929 in Berlin, Germany. He was a writer, known for Chiffriert an Chef - Ausfall Nr. 5 (1979), Der Mensch neben dir (1966) and Der lange Ritt zur Schule (1982). He died on 26 April 1986 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Sibyl Bowman was born on 31 January 1900 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for An Indian Nemesis (1913). She died on 26 April 1986 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Kåre Wicklund was born on 22 September 1914 in Vågan, Norway. He was an actor, known for Om kjærligheten synger de (1946), Norge for folket (1936) and Det drønner gjennom dalen (1938). He died on 26 April 1986 in Norway.