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- African American actress Juanita Moore entered films in the early 1950s, a time in which few black people were given an opportunity to act in major studio films. Fortunately Moore's roles began improving as Hollywood developed a social consciousness toward the end of the decade. In 1959 she received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Imitation of Life (1959), a glossy updating of a once controversial Fannie Hurst novel about racism. Within the next decade Hollywood underwent several sociological upheavals, and Juanita was one of the beneficiaries. She became a fixture in black-oriented films of the 1960s and 1970s, appearing in such films as Uptight (1968), Thomasine & Bushrod (1974) and Abby (1974). She also appeared in Walt Disney Pictures' The Kid (2000), and was in a total of more than 50 films. Moore retired in 2001 and passed away New Year's Day 2014 . She was 99.
- Billy McColl was born on 15 November 1951 in Hamilton, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Death Defying Acts (2007), Ordeal by Innocence (1984) and Jute City (1991). He died on 1 January 2014 in London, England, UK.
- Jeannette Vicioso was an actress, known for Que viva el merengue y la lambada (1989), Ná e' Ná (1997) and Titirimundaty (2000). She died on 1 January 2014 in Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic.
- Robert Chico Mora was born on 18 October 1955 in Panama. He was an actor, known for Dead in 5 Heartbeats (2013). He died on 1 January 2014 in Arizona, USA.
- Elaine Usher was born on 8 June 1932 in Bournemouth, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Nom-de-Plume (1956), As Others See Us (1955) and Boyd Q.C. (1956). She was married to Peter Sallis. She died on 1 January 2014 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK.
- Producer
- Writer
- Production Manager
Paul Pumpian was born in 1941 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Watcher (2000), Swimming Upstream (2003) and Resurrection (1999). He died on 1 January 2014 in Duarte, California, USA.- Quint Benedetti was born on 21 April 1926 in Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Doomsday Voyage (1972). He died on 1 January 2014 in Oceanside, California, USA.
- Lore Strack was born on 21 July 1936 in Germany. She was married to Günter Strack. She died on 1 January 2014 in Münchsteinach, Germany.
- Additional Crew
Jim Muldoon was a Scottish filmmaker based in Ayr. Originally a train driver for many years, Muldoon came into filmmaking in later life and took part in various film competitions and clubs in and around Ayrshire. In addition to this, he also use to provide his filmmaking services to local football teams. In 2012, he was a financial contributor to the short Scottish film The Greyness of Autumn (2012). Muldoon passed away peacefully on 1 January 2014 at the Ayrshire Hospice.- Nikola Jurin was born on 7 October 1935. He was an actor, known for Wartime (1987), Zvezde su oci ratnika (1972) and Moj brat Aleksa (1991). He died on 1 January 2014.
- Josep Seguer was born on 6 May 1923 in Parets, Barcelona, Spain. He died on 1 January 2014 in Reus, Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant, Tarragona, Spain.
- Dirk Sager was born on 13 August 1940 in Hamburg, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Russlands Ströme - Russlands Schicksal (2001), Berlin - Saigon (2007) and Momentaufnahmen (1976). He died on 1 January 2014 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.
- Writer
- Actor
John Walsh was born on 24 May 1965 in New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Free Stuff! (2007), Oddville, MTV (1997) and Attack of the Show! (2005). He died on 1 January 2014 in California, USA.- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Milan Horvat was born on 28 July 1919 in Pakrac, Croatia, Yugoslavia. He is known for The Flag (1949). He died on 1 January 2014 in Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria.- Additional Crew
Dennis Sippings was born on 13 November 1922 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK. Dennis is known for Chelmsford 123 (1988) and Who Dares Wins (1983). Dennis died on 1 January 2014 in Tring, Hertfordshire, England, UK.- Production Designer
Igor Popov was born on 16 October 1937 in Novosibirsk, RSFSR, USSR. Igor was a production designer, known for Vzroslaya doch' molodogo cheloveka (1990), Solo dlya chasov s boyem (1974) and Zasedaniye partkoma (1977). Igor died on 1 January 2014 in Moscow, Russia.- Writer
- Actor
- Music Department
Herman Pieter de Boer was born on 9 February 1928 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was a writer and actor, known for Hadimassa (1967), Zuivere Koffie (1980) and Sven Ratzke & Band - Laat me (2014). He died on 1 January 2014 in Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands.- Jeffrey Disick was born on 10 February 1950. He was married to Bonnie Disick. He died on 2 January 2014 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Additional Crew
- Producer
- Writer
Mike Vraney first fell in love with exploitation cinema while working various jobs at several drive-in movie theaters and porno theaters as a teenager. The high school dropout ran a comic book shop and produced concerts and film conventions prior to launching the video distributor Something Weird Video (SWV) in 1990. SWV specializes in releasing a rich array of low-grade trashy out-of-the-mainstream independent fare on both VHS and DVD alike that runs the gamut from horror features to softcore flicks to vintage classroom scare items to TV commercials to hardcore X-rated smut to theatrical trailers to collections of nudie loops and burlesque clips.
Among the notable schlock cult cinema figures whose pictures have been issued on the SWV label are Herschell Gordon Lewis, David F. Friedman, Harry H. Novak, Joseph W. Sarno, Doris Wishman, William Grefé, Bethel Buckalew and Barry Mahon. Vraney was an associate producer on the belated sequel Blood Feast 2: All U Can Eat (2002) and appeared as himself in the documentaries Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films (2003), Mau Mau Sex Sex (2001) and Hype! (1996). In addition to his cinema-related business, he also managed the punk band 'DEK'; his son Mark Vraney was a member of the group.
Vraney lived in Seatle, Washington, with his artist wife, Lisa Petrucci. He died at age 56 from lung cancer on January 2, 2014.- Writer
- Actress
Elizabeth Jane Howard was born on 26 March 1923 in London, England, UK. She was a writer and actress, known for Getting It Right (1989), The Very Edge (1963) and Dark of the Night (1984). She was married to Kingsley Amis, Jim Douglas Henry and Peter Scott. She died on 2 January 2014 in Bungay, Suffolk, England, UK.- Ron Ray was an actor, known for Homicide (1964), Rising Shores (2007) and Erotique (1994). He died on 2 January 2014 in Encinitas, California, USA.
- Producer
- Director
- Actor
Chicago-born Bernard Glasser grew up in what he calls "the movie generation" and fell in love with pictures at the ripe old age of four. In the late 1940s, while working as a teacher at Beverly Hills High School, he got his feet wet in the film industry by working as a production assistant. In 1950 he invested in an old motion picture studio and turned it into a rental lot, Keywest Studios. Glasser leased his facility to producers like Roger Corman (The Fast and the Furious (1954)), Burt Lancaster (Apache (1954)) and others as well as using the facilities to make a five-day, $50,000 film of his own--The Three Stooges' Gold Raiders (1951), directed by Glasser's friend Edward Bernds. When Glasser's studio lease expired in 1955, he and Bernds combined forces on a series of budget features for Robert L. Lippert's Regal Films.
Working overseas during the 1960s, often in collaboration with producer/writer Philip Yordan, Glasser added to his filmography such well-remembered films as Battle of the Bulge (1965), The Day of the Triffids (1963) and Crack in the World (1965).- Producer
- Additional Crew
Ming Li was born in 1966 in China. He was a producer, known for Reign of Assassins (2010), Beauty on Duty (2010) and Fleet of Time (2014). He died on 2 January 2014 in Beijing, China.- Additional Crew
- Actress
Jeanne Brabants was born on 25 January 1920 in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium. She was an actress, known for Floraliënshow (1965), De TV maakt muziek (1955) and De theaterdirecteur (1965). She was married to Bert Van Kerkhoven. She died on 2 January 2014 in Antwerp, Belgium.- Mel Richardson was a captive wild animal health consultant and had over 40 years of experience from zookeeper to veterinarian. He cared for animals in zoos, circuses, drive-thru wildlife parks, and private animal owners. He was Mountain Gorilla Veterinarian from September 1992 until March 1993 when war forced an evacuation from Rwanda. He was Project Director for the Brazzaville Gorilla Orphanage in the Republic of the Congo from December 1995 until July 1996. He was veterinarian with Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) in San Andreas, CA. He acted as Project Veterinarian for Animal Defenders International's Bolivian Circus Lion Rescue from December 2009 through February 2011, working to inform and educate the public to the reality of the suffering endured by captive wildlife. He assisted groups and like minded individuals by reviewing records, site visits, and expert testimony where needed.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Tai-Hsiang Li was born on 20 February 1941 in Taichung, Taiwan. He was a composer, known for Your Smiling Face (1979), Ming jian feng liu (1981) and The Unsinkable Miss Calabash (1981). He died on 2 January 2014 in Xindian, Taiwan.- Sam Ulano was born on 8 August 1920 in New York City, New York, USA. He died on 2 January 2014 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Casting Department
Claudia Speicher was born on 24 April 1948 in Huntington, Indiana, USA. Claudia is known for The Dangerous (1995). Claudia died on 2 January 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.- Producer
- Sound Department
- Additional Crew
Saul Zaentz learned gambling as a youth in Passaic, New Jersey, playing a card game called briscola. Later, in his twenties, he earned a full-time living as a gambler.
Saul settled in San Francisco after WWII, at first working for a local record distributor and eventually joining the jazz record label Fantasy Records. Working as a salesman and manager for years at Fantasy taught him the value of good relationships with vendors and distributors. This approach greatly affected his approach to the movie business.
Saul and a group of partners bought Fantasy Records in 1967. Fantasy was a successful independent record label, but Saul wanted to expand, to make films. He and his partners worked very hard to cultivate deals with film distribution houses all over the world. Many of these distributors invested in or helped secure funding for his films, in light of the success of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). As a result, Saul was able to remain independent of Hollywood, making the films he wanted to make.- Actor
- Composer
- Music Department
Phil Everly was born on 19 January 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Tequila Sunrise (1988), Flipped (2010) and Bull Durham (1988). He was married to Patrice Yvonne Arnold, Patricia Mickey and Jacqueline Alice Ertel. He died on 3 January 2014 in Burbank, California, USA.- Alicia Rhett was born on 1 February 1915 in Savannah, Georgia, USA. She was an actress, known for Gone with the Wind (1939). She died on 3 January 2014 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
- Nik Zaran was born on 19 January 1933 in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He was an actor, known for Department S (1969), Hine (1971) and It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974). He died on 3 January 2014 in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
- Ann Schuyler was born on 9 February 1938 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress, known for It's a Man's World (1962). She was married to Peter Tewksbury. She died on 3 January 2014 in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA.
- George J.W. Goodman was born on 10 August 1930 in Clayton, Missouri, USA. He was a writer, known for The Wheeler Dealers (1963), Wall Street: Where the Money Is (1966) and Adam Smith's Money World (1984). He was married to Sallie Brophy. He died on 3 January 2014 in Miami, Florida, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
László Helyey was born on 21 May 1948 in Újpest, Hungary [now in Budapest, Hungary]. He was an actor, known for Hungarian Vagabond (2004), Tanmesék a szexröl (1989) and Glamour (1999). He died on 3 January 2014 in Budapest, Hungary.- Claude Sainlouis was born on 8 November 1933 in Les Essarts-le-Roi, Seine-et-Oise [now Yvelines], France. He was an actor, known for Chaleurs d'été (1959), The Green Mare (1959) and Heures chaudes (1959). He died on 3 January 2014 in Paris, France.
- Writer
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kurt Barthel was born on 30 January 1931 in Berlin, Germany. He was a writer and director, known for Fräulein Schmetterling (1966), Die Nacht im Grenzwald (1968) and The Divided Heaven (1964). He was married to Petra Barthel and ???. He died on 3 January 2014 in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany.- Andries Yansson was born on 1 June 1983. He was an actor, known for Prestuplenie budet raskryto (2008). He died on 3 January 2014.
- Yasuki Hamano died on 3 January 2014 in Tokyo, Japan.
- Yelena Kaplinskaya was born on 17 October 1928 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR. She was a writer, known for Ryadom s vami (1967), Den, kogda ispolnyaetsya 30 let (1962) and Ne otdavay korolevu (1975). She died on 3 January 2014 in Moscow, Russia.
- Actress
- Costume Designer
Lúcia Rocha was an actress and costume designer, known for The Red Light Bandit (1968), As Aventuras Amorosas de Um Padeiro (1975) and Abry (2003). She died on 3 January 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Takajin Yashiki was married to unknown. He died on 3 January 2014 in Osaka, Japan.
- John M. Freeman was married to Elaine Kaplan Freeman. He died on 3 January 2014 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Grigoriy Kokhan was born on 23 June 1931 in Bortków, Tarnopolskie, Poland [now Bortkiv, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Yaroslav Mudry (1982), Stambulskiy tranzit (1993) and Tsyganka Aza (1987). He died on 3 January 2014 in Ukraine.- Bobby Schmidt was born in 1923 in Berlin, Germany. He was a composer, known for Unsere Pauker gehen in die Luft (1970), ...Programmänderung vorbehalten! - 100-120 Minuten Unterhaltung (1956) and Dall-As (1985). He died on 3 January 2014 in Hamburg, Germany.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Producer
Frank Slaten was born in Los Angeles, the third generation of a show biz family, his mother was an actress and stunt woman. Frank got his break when he got the TV series M*A*S*H in 1975 and stayed all the way to the end in 1983. He has had over 25 TV roles and 15 feature roles. In 1996, he was accepted into the NYU Film department advanced program and has been making short film subjects ever since. He received his certificate in 1998. He has also worked as a Set Production Assistant on many Films and Television series in New York City and Los Angeles
As of 2010, Frank has now Produced, Directed and Wrote more than Ten Short films including "Night Crew (1999)"Editor's Choice award" at Crackle.com "Winter Chill (2002)" "Meal Ticket (2004)" which were both screened at Arlene's Grocery Picture Show in 2005 and his latest "The Living Room" in(2008) Which is a remake of his 1998 Version with added scenes and better quality and received an Editor's choice award from Crackle.com. After two years in LA, Frank is now back home in NYC.
"The Doctor Is In" (2006) was screened at The Lower East side Film Festival in November of 2006 and was accepted to the Long Island Wine Country Film Festival in July of 2007. As of 2012, Four feature films "One Last Gasp" "Meal Ticket-The Movie and "Surviving Soul" are being represented by Attorney Adam Davids, in New York City. Frank is also pursuing offers on the feature film "The Elusive Chef" to be shot in New York City. As for Acting, Frank has found a new audience with the Release of "Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012)" in a hilarious scene with Jeff Goldblum. This is after doing three episodes for "The Boys" in their Episodic Television show "Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job"
He has also been in talks with a few of his former classmates at NYU about collaborating on a slate of feature films to be shot in New York and Europe.- Topsy Jane was born on 2 December 1938 in Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Mix Me a Person (1962) and A Chance of Thunder (1961). She was married to Tony Garnett. She died on 4 January 2014 in Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK.
- John Czeslaw was born on 25 July 1928 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Walter (1982), Walter & June (1983) and World of Sport (1964). He died on 4 January 2014 in Bristol, England, UK.
- Kunal Padhy was an actor, known for Kahaani (2012), Memories in March (2010) and Abar Byomkesh (2012). He died on 4 January 2014 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
- Václav Petrus was born on 14 April 1937 in Plzen, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Ohlédnutí (1969). He died on 4 January 2014 in Weiden, Lindenthal, Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.