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- Eloy Phil Casados was hired out of the state employment office as an extra in The Lawyer (1970), directed by Sidney J. Furie. He then was hired full time as stand-in for the leading man. This lucky break started his film making career. While studying Art at the University of New Mexico, he worked in front of and behind the camera on dozens of Hollywood movies shooting in New Mexico. His first SAG role, opposite Robert Forster, came from a walk on audition with the director on the film set of Pieces of Dreams (1970).
Casados was in Albuquerque rehearsing with Anthony Quinn when a SAG rep from Hollywood caught up with him. The SAG rep stopped the rehearsal and said Eloy had to join SAG or get off the set. Casados had no idea what SAG was. Quinn found this amusing and arranged for the producers to pay Eloy's SAG initiation fee so they could continue filming. Casados later helped co-found the first New Mexico SAG local. Casados moved to Hollywood in 1975 with the dream of working on a film written by his favorite screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. In 1977, he played the title role in Trumbo's final screenplay, Ishi: The Last of His Tribe (1978). He teamed with Academy Award winning composer Maurice Jarre to narrate an album of the Ishi soundtrack for the American Congress of Indians; for which effort Casados was inducted into the American Cowboy Hall of Fame.
Highlights of Casados's career include: was being hired by Universal Studios to read for the part of Tony Montana to audition actors with Brian De Palma for Scarface (1983). Casados played singer Louis Prima in Ron Shelton's film Cobb (1994) and appeared in eight Shelton films. Working internationally in England, he played Squanto in the BBC production of the pilgrim story The New World. He narrated at the Disney Concert Hall with conductor Victor Veneer and the California Philharmonic.
A writer, director, editor, camera operator, and artist, he was married with three daughters until his death in 2016. - Actress
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Born in Beershaba in 1964, Ronit was an awkward child who felt she was different from others, but when she became an actress (more or less by chance at the age of 26) with a star role in Daniel Wachsmann's 'Hameyu'ad' ['The Appointed (1990)'], this complex became an asset. This beautiful brunette realized she could relate to the rest of the world by expressing her inner emotions. Since then she has made few films, but many of major importance such as Late Marriage (2001) (by Dover Koshashvili), Alila (2003) (by Amos Gitai and Or (My Treasure) (2004) (by Keren Yedaya), in which she embodies wives, prostitutes or dope fiends marked by life. She has even co-scripted and co-directed the excellent 'Ve'lakahta Lekha Isha' ['To Take a Wife (2004)'] with her brother Schlomi. Both are preparing the second part due to be filmed in 2008, 'Seven Days' [Shiva (2008)]. She was wonderful in the recent The Band's Visit (2007) ('The Band's Visit') as a kind-hearted lonely heart refusing to wilt in her desert town.- Cliff Rakerd was born on 25 October 1954 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Fargo (1996) and Star Wars: Crimson Empire (1999). He died on 19 April 2016 in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, USA.
- Karl-Heinz von Hassel was born on 8 February 1939 in Hamburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Faust (1960) and Wie eine Träne im Ozean (1970). He was married to Karin von Hassel. He died on 19 April 2016 in Hamburg, Germany.
- Patricio Aylwin was a Chilean politician, lawyer, author, professor and former senator. He was the first democratically-elect president of Chile after the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990).
He played himself in Pablo Larrain's movie "No", telling the story of the Chilean referendum of 1988, which ousted Pinochet from power. The movie was nominated for a foreign language film at the 2013 Academy Awards. - Graeme Eton was born on 28 September 1936 in New Zealand. He was an actor, known for Warship (1973), Doctor Who (1963) and EastEnders (1985). He died on 19 April 2016 in London, England, UK.
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Pete Zorn was born on 29 May 1950 in Somerset, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for These Foolish Things (2006), Top of the Pops (1964) and Tunde's Film (1973). He died on 19 April 2016 in London, England, UK.- Walter Kohn was born on 9 March 1923 in Vienna. He was a producer, known for The Power of the Sun (2005), Eviction of Intellect: Four World Stars of Science (2011) and Life Is Strange (2012). He died on 19 April 2016 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.
- Richard Lyons was born on 19 April 1959 in Castro Valley, California, USA. He died on 19 April 2016 in the USA.
- Silkirtis Nichols was born on 23 June 1923 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for Unter Geiern (1967), Winnetou II (1966) and Die Felsenburg (1969). He was married to Liselotte Wegner-Nichols. He died on 19 April 2016 in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany.
- Pavel Usanov was born on 11 August 1975 in Novocheboksarsk, USSR. He died on 19 April 2016 in Moscow, Russia.
- Estelle Balet was born on 19 December 1994 in Sion, Valais, Switzerland. She was an actress, known for Freeride World Tour (2013) and Exploring the Known (2015). She died on 19 April 2016 in Orsières, Valais, Switzerland.
- Moyses Blas was born on 24 March 1937 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He died on 19 April 2016 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Milt Pappas was born on 11 May 1939 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was married to Judi Bloome and Carole Tragge. He died on 19 April 2016 in Beecher, Illinois, USA.
- Fulvio Roiter was born on 1 November 1926 in Meolo, Veneto, Italy. He died on 19 April 2016 in Venice, Veneto, Italy.