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- Stocky, general purpose actor, a prolific face on the small screen during the 1960s and 1970s. Batanides got into acting after performing stand-up routines in front of fellow GI's in Europe during World War II. His training in dramatic art at the Actors Lab in Los Angeles was followed by extensive stage experience. He was more recently noted as "Mr. Kirkland" in four instalments of the popular "Police Academy" franchise but is remembered by older viewers chiefly as the ill-fated U.S.S. Enterprise geologist Lieutenant D'Amato who died rather badly (cellular disruption) in the Star Trek (1966) episode, That Which Survives (1969). Other notable appearances include one of dictator Clemente's (Peter Falk) henchmen in The Twilight Zone (1959) episode, The Mirror (1961); and the Mongol leader "Batu" in The Time Tunnel (1966) episode, Attack of the Barbarians (1967). Batanides regularly played heavies in shows like I Spy (1965) and Mission: Impossible (1966), or spoofed them (for instance, as a KAOS agent in Get Smart (1965)). He retired from acting in 1989.
- Director
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- Producer
Tall, dignified-looking Newland began in show business as a song-and-dance man with a vaudeville troupe ('The Vikings'), whose trade-mark was wearing gold capes. He acted in stock with the Stuart Walker Company, then found work on the New York stage in tandem with Milton Berle at the Roxy, Capitol and Loew's State Theatres. He also acted in radio and resumed touring nationally on the vaudeville circuit, as well as performing on the legitimate stage in such respected plays as "The Petrified Forest". After wartime service in the Army Air Corps, Newland embarked on a short film career under contract to Warner Brothers, which -- by his own account -- was an 'immediate failure'.
He instead turned his hand to directing early television and became best known for his paranormal anthology series One Step Beyond (1959), which he also hosted in his distinctively mellifluous voice and deadpan fashion. This was a good (though rather less well-known) contemporary of The Twilight Zone (1959). It was shot on the MGM lot with full access to the studio's wardrobe department and with a respectable budget of $30,000 to $50,000 per episode. In addition to high production values, the series consistently boasted good actors, including a young Warren Beatty, William Shatner and Suzanne Pleshette. An attempt to resurrect the franchise (The Next Step Beyond (1978)) nearly twenty years later with the same production team failed to re-ignite public interest.
Though he considered his work on 'One Step Beyond' as the highlight of his career, Newland continued to be in demand for many more years as a busy television director in a variety of other genres: from soap opera (Peyton Place (1964)), to espionage (The Man Who Never Was (1966)); from westerns (Daniel Boone (1964)) to cop shows (Police Woman (1974)). Until the mid-70's, his sonorous voice also continued to resound on radio's CBS Mystery Theater.- Maxine Elliott Hicks' parents were George W. & Margaret Hicks. They are listed in the 1910 Colorado census and then show up in 1920, 1930 and 1940 census records in California. On George W. Hicks' death certificate is shows his mother's maiden name as Joslyn. Maxine was married several times, one being a Dodge.
- Olga Ozeretskovskaya was born on 15 September 1968. She was an actress, known for V moey smerti proshu vinit Klavu K. (1980), Podslushannyy razgovor (1984) and Shapka Monomakha (1982). She died on 10 January 2000.
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Sam Jaffe was born on 21 May 1901 in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. Sam was a producer and writer, known for Flaming Gold (1932), Emergency Call (1933) and Theater of Blood (1973). Sam died on 10 January 2000 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- David Trevena was born on 28 June 1930 in Birmingham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for 1984 (1984), Robin Hood (1984) and The Invisible Man (1984). He died on 10 January 2000 in Bristol, England, UK.
- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Milan Nikolic was born in 1930 in Stalac, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was a writer and director, known for Taiwan Canasta (1985), Montenegro (1991) and Variola Vera (1982). He died on 10 January 2000 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia.- Camera and Electrical Department
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- Writer
William E. Hines was born on 2 April 1923. He was a cinematographer and writer, known for Mag Wheels (1978), Stoney (1969) and MacGyver (1985). He was married to Zenia Katz. He died on 10 January 2000.- C. Jack Robinson was born on 28 September 1945 in Dallas County, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Outbreak (1995), Body Shot (1994) and Paramedics (1988). He died on 10 January 2000 in Grapevine, Texas, USA.
- Aleksey Kuznetsov was born on 10 July 1959 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Accessories (1984), Venok sonetov (1977) and Gorod nad golovoy (1985). He died on 10 January 2000 in Moscow, Russia.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Antonio La Raina was born on 21 October 1922 in Napoli, Campania, Italy. He was an actor, known for Emergency Squad (1974), Tarantella napoletana (1953) and ...e Napoli canta! (1953). He died on 10 January 2000 in Napoli, Campania, Italy.- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Vadim Gnedkov was born on 9 May 1932 in Guryevsk, Kemerovo Oblast, RSFSR, USSR. He was a director and actor, known for U nas yest deti (1966), Ne poteryayte znamya (1968) and Passazhir (1975). He died on 10 January 2000.