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- Tully Marshall intended to pursue a legal career, until he tried a dramatic course at Santa Clara University. He started stage work in San Francisco in 1883 and moved to New York in 1887, where he played in various roles on Broadway and on the road. After a few small parts in films he was given the role of the High Priest of Babylon in the D.W. Griffith classic, Intolerance (1916). One of his finest roles in silents was that of an old frontiersman in another classic, The Covered Wagon (1923).
When sound arrived Marshall was very much in demand and worked for nearly every major studio. His last film was Behind Prison Walls (1943). He died on March 10, 1943, after a 60-year career in entertainment. - Jack Gardner was born on 30 September 1873 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He was an actor, known for Bluff (1924) and Hollywood (1923). He was married to Louise Dresser. He died on 30 September 1950 in Encino, California, USA.
- Writer
- Producer
His father had been a major in the Union army during the Civil War. Edgar Rice Burroughs attended the Brown School then, due to a diphtheria epidemic, Miss Coolie's Maplehurst School for Girls, then the Harvard School, Phillips Andover and the Michigan Military Academy. He was a mediocre student and flunked his examination for West Point. He worked a variety of jobs all over the country: a cowboy in Idaho, a gold miner in Oregon, a railroad policeman in Utah, a department manager for Sears Roebuck in Chicago. He published "A Princess of Mars" under the title "Under the Moons of Mars" in six parts between February and July of 1912. The same "All-Story Magazine" put out his immediately successful "Tarzan of the Apes" in October of that year. Two years later the hardback book appeared, and on January 27, 1918, the movie opened on Broadway starring Elmo Lincoln as Tarzan. It was one of the first movies to gross over $1,000,000. Burroughs was able to move his family to the San Fernando Valley in 1919, converting a huge estate into Tarzana Ranch. He was in Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 and remained in Hawaii as a war correspondent. Afterward he returned home with a heart condition. On March 19, 1950, alone in his home after reading the Sunday comics in bed, he died. By then he had written 91 novels, 26 of which were about Tarzan. The man whose books have sold hundreds of millions of copies in over thirty languages once said "I write to escape ... to escape poverty".- Additional Crew
- Production Manager
William R. Fraser was born on 13 December 1879 in Central City, Colorado, USA. He was a production manager, known for For Heaven's Sake (1926), Girl Shy (1924) and Speedy (1928). He died on 5 November 1952 in Encino, California, USA.- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Producer
Jack Jungmeyer was born on 21 March 1883 in Iowa, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for His First Command (1929), High School (1940) and The Tender Years (1948). He was married to Ruth C. Jungmeyer. He died on 27 June 1961 in Encino, California, USA.- Claire Meade was born on 2 April 1883 in West Orange, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for Daughter of Don Q (1946), The Unfaithful (1947) and Peter Gunn (1958). She died on 14 January 1968 in Encino, California, USA.
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Al Piantadosi was born on 18 July 1884 in New York City, New York, USA. He is known for The Passing (1983), Cruisin' Down the River (1953) and Nearly Eighteen (1943). He died on 8 April 1955 in Encino, California, USA.- A.M. Botsford was born on 9 August 1884 in Rockford, Illinois, USA. He was a producer, known for The Accusing Finger (1936), Border Flight (1936) and Arizona Mahoney (1936). He died on 15 May 1967 in Encino, California, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Jimmy Conlin was born on 14 October 1884 in Camden, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Sullivan's Travels (1941), Calling Philo Vance (1940) and The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947). He was married to Dorothy Julia Ryan, Myrtle Glass and Lillian Grace Steel (actress). He died on 7 May 1962 in Encino, California, USA.- Roy Wells Gordon was the third of four sons born to John W. Gordon and Nancy Ellen Wells Gordon. He was born October 18, 1884 in Beaver Village, Pike County, Ohio. The family soon moved to Portsmouth, Ohio, where Roy grew up. He was always interested in the theater and acting, and decided to make it his profession. In the 1910s, 20s, and early 30s, he performed in dramas and musicals (he was a tenor) in Portsmouth, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Baltimore, Maryland; Chicago, Illinois, and on Broadway in New York City. In the late 1930s, Roy moved to Los Angeles, California to become a motion-picture actor; this was his profession for the rest of his life. He performed as a supporting actor in a wide variety of credited and uncredited roles; in his later years, he often played bankers, businessmen, judges, senior military officers and other men of authority. He also performed in numerous TV series. He died at the age of 87 on July 23, 1972 in Encino, Los Angeles County, California.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
It seemed like Edward Everett Horton appeared in just about every Hollywood comedy made in the 1930s. He was always the perfect counterpart to the great gentlemen and protagonists of the films. Horton was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to Isabella S. (Diack) and Edward Everett Horton, a compositor for the NY Times. His maternal grandparents were Scottish and his father was of English and German ancestry. Like many of his contemporaries, Horton came to the movies from the theatre, where he debuted in 1906. He made his film debut in 1922. Unlike many of his silent-film colleagues, however, Horton had no problems in adapting to the sound, despite--or perhaps because of--his crackling voice. From 1932 to 1938 he worked often with Ernst Lubitsch, and later with Frank Capra. He has appeared in more than 120 films, in addition to a large body of work on TV, among which was the befuddled Hekawi medicine man Roaring Chicken on the western comedy F Troop (1965).- Actor
- Soundtrack
Edward Arnold was born as Gunther Edward Arnold Schneider in 1890, on the Lower East Side of New York City, the son of German immigrants, Elizabeth (Ohse) and Carl Schneider. Arnold began his acting career on the New York stage and became a film actor in 1916. A burly man with a commanding style and superb baritone voice, he was a popular screen personality for decades, and was the star of such film classics as Diamond Jim (1935) (a role he reprised in Lillian Russell (1940)) Arnold appeared in over 150 films and was President of The Screen Actors Guild shortly before his death in 1956.- Agnes Fowler was born on 10 March 1890 in Renick, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for The Red Skelton Hour (1951). She was married to Gene Fowler. She died on 28 August 1970 in Encino, California, USA.
- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
After growing up in a small Arkansas town, Bob Burns qualified as a civil engineer, but also worked as a salesman, farmed peanuts, and in World War I was a Marine sergeant and champion rifleman. His great interest from boyhood was music, and from 1911 his main career was in entertainment. He played musical instruments including his trademark "bazooka", led bands, and did blackface comedy in vaudeville, carnivals, and appeared in early talking films. In 1931 he began a long career in radio, his first real success in 1935 leading to a six year stint on Bing Crosby's Kraft Music Hall show and ultimately (1941-47) his own program, playing the bazooka and telling tall tales about mythical hillbilly relatives like Uncle Fud and Aunt Doody. His association with Crosby led to a long-term movie contract at Paramount, for 12 popular films beginning with Rhythm on the Range (1936). His film character was a slow talking, philosophical, bazooka-playing hillbilly or bumpkin who may have looked gullible, but eventually outwitted the city slickers. Despite this stereotyped character, Bob did draw the line somewhere; he and Paramount parted ways after he refused to appear in a proposed 1941 film which he felt would ridicule "the people of his native hills". He made a few films for other studios, then retired from the entertainment field in 1947. Land investment had made Bob rich, and he spent his last years on his 200-acre model farm in Canoga Park, California.- Director
- Actor
Joseph J. Barry was born on 1 March 1891 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a director and actor, known for When Big Dan Rides (1919), The Heart of Big Dan (1920) and Spike Speaks (1930). He died on 28 April 1975 in Encino, California, USA.- Music Department
- Actor
- Composer
Songwriter ("Some Sunday Morning"), composer and publisher, educated in high school and in private music study. While in high school, he was a vaudeville pianist and accompanist in film theatres, then became a staff pianist for Waterson, Berlin and Snyder. He came to Hollywood in 1929, and wrote theme songs for early film musicals, staying under contract to Warner Brothers for eighteen years. In 1911 he founded his own music publishing firm in New York. Joining ASCAP in 1920, his chief musical collaborators included Ted Koehler, Joe Young, Sam Lewis and Jack Scholl, and his other popular-song compositions include "Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight", "Old Pal Why Don't You Answer Me?", "San Antonio", "Bright Eyes", "Dream Kisses", "Thru the Courtesy of Love", "My Little Buckaroo", "The Old Apple Tree", "You, You Darlin", "Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart", "The Wish That I Wish Tonight", "Would You Believe Me?", "Bombardier Song", "Mary Dear", and "It's Victory Day" (awarded a Treasury Department Silver Medal).- Carlos De Valdez was born on 19 March 1894 in Arica, Peru. He was an actor, known for Lancer Spy (1937), Little Man, What Now? (1934) and Romance in the Dark (1938). He died on 30 October 1939 in Encino, California, USA.
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Writer
Willard Van der Veer was born on 23 August 1894 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a cinematographer and director, known for With Byrd at the South Pole (1930), Maintain the Right (1940) and The Crawling Hand (1963). He died on 16 June 1963 in Encino, California, USA.- Isabel Campbell was born on 31 October 1894 in Brocton, New York, USA. She was married to Douglas Colin Campbell. She died on 3 March 1991 in Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Additional Crew
- Director
- Music Department
Bobby Connolly was born on 4 July 1897 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director, known for The Wizard of Oz (1939), Cain and Mabel (1936) and Go Into Your Dance (1935). He was married to Blanche. He died on 29 February 1944 in Encino, California, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Jerome Cowan was one of Hollywood's most prolific and instantly recognizable character actors. His trademark pencil-thin mustache and slicked back hair, immaculate suits and sophisticated manner were his stock-in-trade for impersonating an assortment of rejected husbands, shifty politicians, lawyers and shady detectives. He also excelled at delivering snappy repartee and witty or barbed one-liners which were typical of the gritty Warner Brothers films of the 1930's and 40's.
Straight out of high school, Jerome began to work his way up through stock companies and burlesque, making his debut on Broadway in the 1923 comedy 'We've Got to Have Money'. On the strength of his most successful stage performance in 'Boy Meets Girl' (1935-37), he was contracted by producer Samuel Goldwyn to appear in Beloved Enemy (1936) as an Irish patriot. Several films later, he found his niche as the dapper sophisticate with attitude, in films like There's Always a Woman (1938), as Nick Shane, Torrid Zone (1940), Crime by Night (1944) - a rare leading role as private eye Sam Campbell; and Mr. Skeffington (1944), as Bette Davis's ex. He was the short-lived partner, Miles Archer, to Humphrey Bogart's Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon (1941), a nervous informer in Riffraff (1947) and the district attorney who fails to indict Kris Kringle in Miracle on 34th Street (1947). Add to that several well-acted gangsters (Frisco Lil (1942), Fog Island (1945), Deadline for Murder (1946), to mention a few) and some unexpected comedy, particularly as Dagwood's boss George Radcliffe in the Blondie (1957) series. In the 1950's and 1960's, Cowan adapted perfectly to the medium of television and became a regular on several shows, alternating drama with comedy, from Perry Mason (1957)to The Munsters (1964). He gave a short, but poignant performance opposite Ida Lupino in 'The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine', a 1959 episode of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone (1959), as an unrecognizable aged former matinee idol.- Tom Gallery was born on 27 November 1897 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Limited Mail (1925), One-Round Hogan (1927) and Dinty (1920). He was married to Lillian Anna Fette and Zasu Pitts. He died on 25 August 1993 in Encino, California, USA.
- Vincent G. Perry was born on 7 January 1898 in Canada. He was an actor, known for Hart to Hart (1979). He died on 22 February 1985 in Encino, California, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
The daughter of a coal miner, Marian was born to Daniel and Anna Driscoll in Peoria, Illinois. As a young adult, Marian gave music lessons and sang in the choir at her Catholic church. She married her childhood sweetheart Jim Jordan on August 31, 1918. They were to have two children, Kathryn and James. Marian's greatest professional success was during America's golden age of radio. As "Molly McGee" she played opposite her husband's character "Fibber" in the popular radio comedy "Fibber McGee and Molly", which ran from 1935 to 1959. Her movie roles were based upon the "Molly" character.- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
D.R.O. Hatswell was born on 3 July 1898 in Norwood, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Wolf Man (1923), The Court Jester (1955) and Beau Geste (1966). He was married to Constance Victorine Meeker. He died on 29 June 1976 in Encino, California, USA.- Esther Michelson was born on 2 September 1898 in Flushing, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Great Dictator (1940). She died on 24 December 1965 in Encino, California, USA.
- Janice Wilson was born on 28 October 1900 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The White Circle (1920), The Mask (1921) and Pitfalls of a Big City (1919). She died on 5 November 1982 in Encino, California, USA.
- Charles Goren was born on 4 March 1901 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 3 April 1991 in Encino, California, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Buster West was born on 31 March 1901 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Hurray for Hooligan (1937), Beautiful, But Dummies (1938) and Fresh from the Fleet (1936). He was married to Lucille Page. He died on 19 March 1966 in Encino, California, USA.- Tom Breneman was born on 18 June 1901 in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Breakfast in Hollywood (1946). He was married to Billie Dunn. He died on 28 April 1948 in Encino, California, USA.
- Ina Anson was born on 19 February 1902 in Utah, USA. She was an actress, known for Jimmie's Millions (1925), The Great Jewel Robbery (1925) and Gigolo (1926). She died on 10 April 1987 in Encino, California, USA.
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- Additional Crew
Don Post was born on 14 March 1902 in Connecticut, USA. He is known for Dune (1984), Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) and Halloween II (1981). He died on 17 November 1979 in Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Former vaudevillian, who acquired a solid reputation as a practical joker and master of insult, second only to the great Groucho Marx. Celebrity hosts would often hire Vince to perform gags and put-on jokes at their lavish parties, where he would insult the guests and create mayhem in his wake. He often posed as heavily-accented journalists with names like 'Timothy Glutzspiegel'. Among the many victims of his pranks were such luminaries as Winston Churchill, Charles Lindbergh, Henry Ford and the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen. Clark Gable nearly punched him out during a party given by Joan Crawford. Vince greeted Greta Garbo with "Good Morning, Miss Hepburn", and, as 'sound expert' Dr. Hoffman, instructed star Richard Barthelmess to take voice lessons from Texas Guinan or quit acting. During a trip to New York, he even cornered Mae West, posing as a member of the vice squad and threatening to close down her show ('Diamond Lil') unless she cut some of her bawdy dialogue. When the star acquiesced, the phoney inspector ordered her to burn the whole play and take the next train out of town. Not even Jack L. Warner was immune, being told by 'foreign producer' Barnett to learn the basics of film-making.
Roly-poly, moustachioed, bald-pated Barnett followed in the footsteps of his father Luke, who had made a name for himself for playing similar pranks on people for thirty years in his home town of Pittsburgh. After studying at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Vince, who was an avid amateur pilot, flew mail planes for a couple of years before making his stage debut with "Earl Carroll's Vanities" in 1926. The following year, he acted on Broadway in "George White's Scandals". Movie roles soon followed.
From 1930, Vince appeared, usually as comedy relief, in films and on television in a career spanning 45 years. Among his best-regarded early roles were Scarface (1932),as a dumb gangster; The Big Cage (1933), Thirty Day Princess (1934) and, in a perfectly-suited Runyonesque part, Princess O'Hara (1935). In later years, Vince often relinquished his comedy image and was seen in innumerable small roles, often as careworn little men, undertakers, janitors, bartenders and drunks in pictures ranging from films noir like The Killers (1946), to westerns such as Springfield Rifle (1952).
In one of his last public appearances, Vince showcased his unique brand of humour with a monologue, delivered at Madison Square Garden in the vaudeville revue 'The Big Show of 1936'. It was to his ever-lasting regret that he never got the chance to match wits (and insults) with his illustrious Irish contemporary George Bernard Shaw.- Writer
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Bruce Manning was born on 15 July 1902 in Cuddebackville, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for So Goes My Love (1946), First Love (1939) and The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943). He died on 3 August 1965 in Encino, California, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Colorful character actor of American Westerns. Named "Chill" as an ironic comment on his birth date being the hottest day of 1902. A musician from his youth, he performed from the age of 12 with tent shows, in vaudeville, and with stock companies. While performing in vaudeville in Kansas City, he married ballet dancer Betty Chappelle, with whom he had two children. He formed a musical group, Chill Wills and His Avalon Boys. During an appearance at the Trocadero in Hollywood, they were spotted by an RKO executive, subsequently appearing as a group in several low-budget Westerns. After a prominent appearance with The Avalon Boys as both himself and the bass-singing voice of Stan Laurel in Way Out West (1937), Wills disbanded the group and began a solo career as a usually jovial (but occasionally sinister) character actor, primarily in Westerns. His delightful portrayal of Beekeeper in The Alamo (1960) won him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, but his blatant and embarrassing campaign for the Oscar cost him the award and subjected him to a great deal of humiliation -- and probably cost the film a number of awards as well. His wife died in 1971, and he remarried, to Novadeen Googe, in 1973. He continued to work in films and television, usually in roguishly lovable good-ol'-boy parts, up until his death in 1978.- Producer
- Actor
- Stunts
Older brother of film comic Lou Costello. A stuntman and actor, he often doubled for Lou in many Abbott and Costello films. His biggest onscreen role came as a plain-clothes policeman in the Abbott and Costello film Mexican Hayride (1948). Outlived his younger brother by over thirty years.- Fred Niblo Jr. was born on 23 January 1903 in New York City, New York, USA. Fred was a writer, known for The Criminal Code (1930), You May Be Next! (1936) and Motor Madness (1937). Fred was married to Patricia Henry. Fred died on 18 February 1973 in Encino, California, USA.
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Agnes Imes was born on 31 March 1903 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She died on 24 March 1977 in Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Producer
- Director
- Actor
Earl Eby was born on 25 June 1903 in Hollister, California, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Lux Video Theatre (1950), Mission: Impossible (1966) and Romance in the Rain (1934). He died on 24 January 1973 in Encino, California, USA.- Clara Horton was born on 29 July 1904 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Girl from Outside (1919), Tom Sawyer (1917) and Huck and Tom (1918). She was married to Hyman Brand. She died on 4 December 1976 in Encino, California, USA.
- Grandon Rhodes was born on 7 August 1904 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956), Born Yesterday (1950) and Tripoli (1950). He was married to Ruth Lee and Eveta (Knudsen) Bryant. He died on 9 June 1987 in Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Otto Reichow was born on 4 December 1904 in Tempelburg, Pomerania, Germany [now Czaplinek, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Ulzana's Raid (1972), Paris Calling (1941) and Rogues' Regiment (1948). He died on 20 October 2000 in Encino, California, USA.
- Helen Dodge was born on 15 September 1905 in Sibley, Iowa, USA. She was an actress, known for The Bard of Broadway (1930). She was married to Jerome Cowan. She died on 29 December 1980 in Encino, California, USA.
- A big, brawny villain of many 1940s and 1950s films, Ted de Corsia was an actor in touring companies and on radio before making a memorable film debut as the killer in The Lady from Shanghai (1947). Although he occasionally played such sympathetic roles as a judge or prison warden, de Corsia's imposing size, tough New York street demeanor - he was born and raised in Brooklyn - and gravelly voice assured him steady work playing murderous street thugs, outlaw gang leaders or organized-crime bosses. One of his best-remembered roles was as the head of a murder-for-hire gang who turns state's evidence in the Humphrey Bogart crime thriller The Enforcer (1951).
- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Director
Irving Allen started his film career in 1929 as an editor. He turned to directing in the 1940s, and two shorts he directed, Forty Boys and a Song (1941) and Climbing the Matterhorn (1947), won Academy Awards. His feature film output, however, was not particularly successful, and in the 1950s he and producer Albert R. Broccoli formed Warwick Films in Great Britain to produce films there.- Music Department
- Actor
Rafael Mendez was considered by many in the music world to be the greatest trumpet player of all time. He was known for his brilliant tone, legendary range, articulation and vibrato. He could make his trumpet sing. Mendez was a master of technique including double-tonguing and triple-tonguing. His repertoire included classical compositions, popular arrangements, favorite songs, and Mexican folk music.
Although he began playing the trumpet at age five, it was 30 years before he became widely known. Mendez was born on March 26, 1906, in Jiquilpan, Mexico, into a musical family. His father taught him to play trumpet, and he joined his father's family orchestra that performed at festivals and private functions. In 1926, Mendez moved to the United States. He first played in the company bands where he worked at steel and automobile plants in Indiana and Michigan. He met and married his wife, Amor Rodriguez, while playing in orchestras in the Detroit area.
By the mid-1930s, Mendez was playing full time professionally. He played with the Rudy Vallee band in New York and then moved to California in 1937. His twin sons, who would later perform with him, were born shortly thereafter. From 1939 to 1949, Mendez headed the brass section for the MGM Studio Orchestra. He played trumpet solos for several films and performed concerts and began recordings. He began his solo career in 1950 and for 25 years toured the U.S. and Europe. He played with symphonies and popular orchestras and performed for heads of state. During this time he made several records, including a dozen with Decca; and he composed and wrote arrangements.
When asthma led to his retirement from performing in 1975, Mendez continued to compose and write music until his death in 1981. He died at age 75 in his home at Encino, California. He was survived by his wife, two sons and five grandchildren. Arizona State University houses a huge Mendez library that includes more than a thousand works.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Veteran Polish-born character actor Ned Glass grew up in New York. After working in vaudeville he started acting in small parts on Broadway from the early 1930s. He gained further experience in the capacity of theatrical production supervisor before entering motion pictures in 1937 as an MGM contract player. Until the mid-1950s he was seen primarily in tiny supporting roles as clerks, reporters, bank tellers and small-time managers. His career was briefly put on hold after being blacklisted during the McCarthy era, but, with help from friends like John Houseman and Moe Howard (of The Three Stooges fame) he managed to get enough film work to make ends meet.
By 1953, Ned began to find a new lease of life in television where his roles were more varied and substantial. This afforded him the opportunity to fully develop his screen persona: that of the balding, weedy, perpetually nervy conman or weaselly stooge, often delivering barbed repartee or wisecracks in a heavy Brooklyn accent. Ned was at his best in comedy, put to good use in several episodes of Jackie Gleason's The Honeymooners (1955), and adapting well to anything else with a New York theme, from Kojak (1973) to Barney Miller (1975). He had many other good guest-starring roles on television, including several shifty characters in The Untouchables (1959), and as Freddie the Forger in Get Smart (1965) ('Do I Hear a Vaults?',1970). He was twice nominated for Emmy Awards, first for an episode of Julia (1968) (as Sol Cooper); the second time for Bridget Loves Bernie (1972) (Uncle Moe Plotnick).
From the time he played Doc in West Side Story (1961), Ned also began to land some meatier roles on the big screen, including the character of Popcorn in Experiment in Terror (1962), and as Doc Schindler, in one of the funniest 60's comedies, The Fortune Cookie (1966), directed by Billy Wilder. His best portrayal was that of the wily Leonard Gideon, sharpest of the villainous trio (the others being James Coburn and George Kennedy) on the trail of a quarter of a million dollar loot in gold, in the Hitchcockian thriller Charade (1963).
Ned continued playing crusty reprobates in films and on television, his last being a small-time thief in an episode of Cagney & Lacey (1981). He died two years later in Encino, California, at the age of 78.- Zachary Berger was born on 15 September 1906. He was an actor, known for CBS Summer Playhouse (1987), Vice Girls (1997) and The Frisco Kid (1979). He died on 14 September 1999 in Encino, California, USA.
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- Director
- Editor
Sam White was born on 16 October 1906 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a producer and director, known for The Officer and the Lady (1941), People Are Funny (1946) and Underground Agent (1942). He was married to Claretta Ellis. He died on 5 August 2006 in Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Teru Shimada was born on 17 November 1906 in Mito, Ibaraki, Japan. He was an actor, known for You Only Live Twice (1967), Tokyo Joe (1949) and Battle of the Coral Sea (1959). He died on 19 June 1988 in Encino, California, USA.