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- Nicholas Amer was born Thomas Harold Amer in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England in 1923. At the age of 18, he enlisted in the Royal Navy and served as a wireless officer for four years during World War II. He saw plenty of action, serving mainly on Motor Torpedo Boats, at first in North Africa. He was wounded in action during the Allied Invasion of Sicily in 1943.
Following demobilisation in 1945 he became an actor, studying at the Webber-Douglas Academy Drama School from 1946 to 1948 and winning, in his final year, their Best Actor Award, presented to him by Sir Donald Wolfit. Thereafter he devoted himself to the plays of William Shakespeare and performed with The Old Vic Company, The Oxford Playhouse Company and others in 31 different countries, and winning the Best Foreign Actor Award in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Amer's big break came in 1953 when John Gielgud asked him to play 'Green' in his production of Richard II, starring Paul Scofield. After the London run he made his first overseas tour by going with Sir John and the Company to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). His most recent tour overseas was to the USA with the Old Vic Company in 1996, playing Duncan in Macbeth. In between he played many of Shakespeare's juveniles, including Romeo, Laertes (three times), Ferdinand in The Tempest (twice) and finally, in 1958, Hamlet at the Wimbledon Theatre. Other West End appearances include The Wolf with Judi Dench and Leo McKern, Captain Brassbound's Conversion with Penelope Keith, and A Man for All Seasons with Charlton Heston.
In 1960, with The Oxford Playhouse Company, he toured India, Pakistan and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) playing Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night. Three years later, in 1963, he formed, along with fellow actors Harold Lang and Greville Hallam, their own company, Voyage Theatre. They produced the play Macbeth in Camera, which they wrote themselves to demonstrate the various techniques that actors use to bring Shakespeare's printed words to life. This they offered to the British Council who liked it so much that they sent them, eventually, on three long world tours.
Nicholas Amer's TV career began in the early days of television with the first medical soap, Emergency-Ward 10 (1957). Among many appearances since then are Messalina's lover Mnester in I, Claudius (1976), The Aedile in The Tragedy of Coriolanus (1984) (part of the BBC's complete TV cycle) and Fortunes of War (1987) with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thomson. In 2011 he appeared in an episode of Borgia (2011), filmed in Prague, playing the rich and evil Prospero Santacroce on his death bed trying desperately to persuade Cesare Borgia to grant him absolution, so that, free of his wicked life, he might enter Paradise.
The following year he travelled to Thailand to play the role of returning veteran Jack Jennings in Heroes Return (2012), a TV short directed by John Hillcoat that was part of Camelot UK's campaign to provide Lottery funding to help World War II veterans take part in commemorative visits to mark the anniversary of events that led to the end of the war.
His first film role was as a pot boy in The Mudlark (1950) (uncredited) with Irene Dunne and Alec Guinness. Other films include The Message (1976) with Anthony Quinn, The Prince and the Pauper (1976) with Rex Harrison, Nelson's Touch (1979), in which he played the great Admiral himself, Peter Greenaway's The Draughtsman's Contract (1982), The Whipping Boy (1994) for Disney studios, a remake of A Man for All Seasons (1988) with Charlton Heston and Vanessa Redgrave, Treasure Island (1990), in which he played Ben Gunn, also with Charlton Heston, The Awakening (2011) with Rebecca Hall, Terence Davies's The Deep Blue Sea (2011), as the grandfather in Segment "G is for Grandad" of ABCs of Death 2 (2014) and as Oggie in Tim Burton's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016).
Nicholas Amer has been a teacher at many of the London drama schools, including the Central School in Swiss Cottage, the Webber-Douglas School in South Kensington and also the Rose Bruford School and Drama Centre. In Australia, the Drama Academy N.I.D.A. in Sydney asked him to give classes to their students, and in Egypt too he was asked to do the same. While filming The Message (1976) in Libya, he was delighted when a fellow actor, appearing in a leading part in the Arabic version of the film, surprised him by reminding him that he been taught by Nicholas in Cairo. - Yildiz Kenter was born on 11 October 1928 in Istanbul, Turkey. She was an actress, known for Agaçlar Ayakta Ölür (1964), Hanim (1989) and Kizim Ayse (1974). She was married to Sükran Güngör and Nihat Akçan. She died on 17 November 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Laure Killing was born on 9 June 1959 in Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She was an actress, known for Paris Criminal Investigations (2007), New Wave (1990) and Dolmen (2005). She died on 17 November 2019 in Paris, France.
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- Script and Continuity Department
Phil Hahn was born on 21 August 1932 in Tilden, Kansas, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967), The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971) and Get Smart (1965). He was married to Joanne Dalsass and Kathleen Hahn. He died on 17 November 2019 in Coos Bay, Oregon, USA.- Maria Urban was born on 27 April 1930 in Vienna, Austria. She was an actress, known for The Journey (1959), Tatort (1970) and Hallo - Hotel Sacher... Portier! (1973). She was married to Paul Blaha. She died on 17 November 2019 in Vienna, Austria.
- Adnan Pachachi was born on 14 May 1923 in Baghdad, Iraq. He died on 17 November 2019 in Abu Dhabi.
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- Sound Department
Arsenio Corsellas was born on 17 September 1933 in Figueres, Girona, Catalonia, Spain. He was an actor, known for Jugando con la muerte (1982), Los últimos golpes de 'El Torete' (1980) and El último viaje (1974). He died on 17 November 2019 in Madrid, Spain.- Dorothy Seymour Mills was born on 5 July 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She was married to Roy Elburt Mills and Harold Seymour . She died on 17 November 2019 in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
- Lorna Mason was a producer, known for ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969), For Maddie with Love (1980) and Crime of Passion (1970). She was married to Dennis Vance. She died on 17 November 2019 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK.
- Bill Lyon was born on 10 February 1938 in Champaign, Illinois, USA. He was married to Ethel Cooper. He died on 17 November 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Viktor Fyodorov-Vishnyakov was born on 10 December 1941. He was an actor, known for Segodnya ili nikogda (1978), Morskie dyavoly (2005) and Tayny sledstviya (2000). He died on 17 November 2019.
- Vladimir Lopukhov was born on 27 November 1943 in Chkalov, USSR. He was an actor, known for The Sleeping Beauty (1982). He died on 17 November 2019.
- Actress
Fredda Lee was born on 20 March 1945 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She was an actress. She died on 17 November 2019 in Lebanon, Tennessee, USA.- Actor
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Gustav Peichl was born on 18 March 1928 in Vienna, Austria. He was an actor, known for Ein junger Mann aus dem Innviertel - Adolf Hitler (1973), Ein neuer Frühling - Die Sozialdemokratie in der 2. Republik (1989) and Dalli Dalli (1971). He was married to Elfriede Weinmayer. He died on 17 November 2019 in Vienna, Austria.- Helga Dancberga was born on 18 November 1941 in Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR. She was an actress, known for Redundant (1976), Verba seraya tsyetyot (1961) and Davanas pa telefonu (1977). She died on 17 November 2019 in Riga, Latvia.
- John Wegner was born in 1950 in Germany. He was an actor, known for Tosca (2014), Les huguenots (1990) and Hamlet (1982). He was married to Mignon. He died on 17 November 2019 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Actor
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Per Flygare was born on 16 November 1945. He was an actor, known for Hamilton (2001), Hamilton (1998) and Fallet Paragon (1994). He died on 17 November 2019 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.- Detria Ward was born on 8 August 1962 in Harris County, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for Lillian (2019). She died on 17 November 2019 in Texas, USA.