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- Born in Norristown, Pennsylvania the younger of two sons on June 15, 1917, tall (6'2"), light-haired stage and second lead film actor Richard Derr was highly intelligent and graduated from his local high school at age 16. Having appeared in school plays and pageants, he also developed a strong interest in acting and joined a theatre group (The Dramateurs) in town and appeared in amateur shows he helped produced. All the while he supported himself as a bank clerk. He later became involved in a Pennsylvania theatre group (Hedgerow Theatre) and was discovered by New York agent Maynard Morris and brought to New York.
He joined the Actor's Studio once there and became a lifelong member. After appearing in a few plays he was screen-tested by 20th Century-Fox and approved to a seven-year contract by Darryl F. Zanuck. Derr made his youthful debut at age 23 as one of many suspects in Charlie Chan in Rio (1941). A second Chan film role followed with Castle in the Desert (1942). With his handsomely staid, square-jawed good looks, he showed promise among the many other war-era hopefuls of the time, appearing typically in such WWII-themed "B" films as Man at Large (1941) (as a German spy), The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942), Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942), Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942), Cry 'Havoc' (1943) and Tonight We Raid Calais (1943). Unhappy with the last film and the direction of his career, he broke his Fox contract.
Following military duty with the U.S. Army Air Corps where he flew with the Army Transport Command, Richard briefly worked for MGM occasionally taking on "other man" roles. He appeared in competition with Van Johnson over June Allyson in the fluffy comedy The Bride Goes Wild (1948) and with Thomas E. Breen over Jane Powell in the minor shipboard musical Luxury Liner (1948). He also went on to have a small role as a French knight in Joan of Arc (1948) starring Ingrid Bergman in the title role.
Richard made his Broadway debut in 1949 with "The Traitor" playing a lieutenant. He followed this with roles in "The Closing Door" (1949), A Phoenix Too Frequent" (1950) and "The Grand Tour" (1951). He portrayed Halliday in the Broadway production of "Dial 'M' for Murder" (1952), later played by Robert Cummings in the 1954 film, and took on the musical lead in "Plain and Fancy" (1955).
Derr moved into TV character work in the 1950's but did take a lead pilot role opposite Barbara Rush in the sci-fi classic When Worlds Collide (1951). He appeared in a number of 50's anthology series including "Studio One in Hollywood," "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse," "Hallmark Hall of Fame," "Kraft Theatre," Goodyear Playhouse" and several episodes of "Robert Montgomery Presents." He subsequently spent the remainder of his career essaying gray-haired authoritarians on such 60's, 70's and early 80's programs as "Perry Mason," "The Outer Limits," "The Magical World of Disney," "Mannix," "Here's Lucy," "The F.B.I.," "Cannon," "Marcus Welby," "Charlie's Angels," "Starsky and Hutch," "Barnaby Jones," "Dallas" and in 1983 made his final camera appearances in episodes of "Trauma Center" and "Automan."
In between all his TV work, a few films sprang about here and there, including leads in the action crime drama Invisible Avenger (1958) and sci-fi horror Terror Is a Man (1959), plus white-collar featured parts in Rosie! (1967), Three in the Attic (1968), Adam at Six A.M. (1970), The Drowning Pool (1975), American Gigolo (1980) and Firefox (1982).
Following retirement from acting, Richard earned a license as a realtor. He died on May 8, 1992 of pancreatic cancer. - Actor
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Otto Simánek was born on 28 April 1925 in Trest', Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Pan Tau (1970), Roky prelomu (1989) and Nena: Du bist überall (1990). He was married to Ludmila Muchová-Simánková and Hermina Jaresová-Simánková. He died on 8 May 1992 in Prague, Czech Republic.- Writer
- Actor
Joseph A. Kramm was born on 30 September 1907 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Shrike (1955), Out There (1951) and Jeudi-théâtre (1962). He was married to Janet Chandler and Isabel Bonner. He died on 8 May 1992 in Far Rockaway, New York, USA.- Romualdo Quiroga was born in 1926 in Argentina. He was an actor. He died on 8 May 1992 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Fritz Bachschmidt was born on 10 September 1928 in Kehl, Baden [now Baden-Württemberg], Germany. He was an actor, known for Köberle kommt (1983), Unternehmen Rentnerkommune (1978) and The Black Forest Hospital (1985). He was married to Anne Wehner-Bachschmidt. He died on 8 May 1992 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.- Bartholomew Miro Jr. was born on 21 April 1948 in Queens, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Life Study (1973). He died on 8 May 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Transportation Department
Brian Moore was born on 15 June 1933 in Wyoming, USA. He was an actor, known for Blue Thunder (1984), Simon & Simon (1981) and Dallas (1978). He died on 8 May 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Ruth Saabye was born on 28 April 1915 in Denmark. She was an actress, known for Alle gaar rundt og forelsker sig (1941), En lille tilfældighed (1939) and Den stjaalne minister (1949). She was married to Emanuel Gregers. She died on 8 May 1992.
- Composer
- Music Department
José Berghmans was born on 15 July 1921 in Moulins, France. He was a composer, known for To Commit a Murder (1967) and Le canard en fer blanc (1967). He died on 8 May 1992.- Vakhid Kadyrov was born on 1 October 1925 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, USSR. He was an actor, known for The Mischievous Boy (1978), Vozdushnye peshekhody (1980) and Khorezmiyskaya legenda (1978). He died on 8 May 1992 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Sergey Obraztsov is a Soviet actor, puppet theater director, publicist, writer.
He was born in Moscow. His father, Vladimir Nikolaevich Obraztsov, was an academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1939), a famous scientist, a specialist in the operation of railway transport, one of the central streets of Moscow is named after him. His mother Anna von Rehbinder was a teacher.
In 1918 Sergey Obraztsov becomes a student at the Higher Art and Theater Workshops, but a few years later he entered the Music Studio of the Moscow Art Theater, and since 1922, he, an actor of the Moscow Art Theater-2, comprehends the secrets of the acting profession and directing, playing next to Ivan Bersenev, Sofiya Giatsintova, Serafima Birman. Since the mid-1930s, he has gained fame as a pop artist and creator of the parody genre of "romances with dolls."
In 1931 Obraztsov created a unique puppet theater and was its permanent director for more than sixty years. He did a lot to develop the theory and methodology of puppet theater, determine its genre features, invent new puppet systems, raised and educated several generations of brilliant actors, directors, stage designers, artists and playwrights of the puppet theater, who today work in hundreds of theaters in dozens of countries around the world.
Since 1956, he also worked in cinema as a screenwriter and director, creator of the documentary monologue genre. In the same year, at the Soyuzmultfilm film studio, together with Georgi Natanson, he created the full-length puppet cartoon Nebesnoe sozdanie (1956).