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- Prolific character actor Don Harvey started his career playing in tent shows, repertory companies and radio with his wife Jean Harvey. While in Hollywood he starred on a radio show with Hedda Hopper. Harvey signed a contract with Columbia Pictures in 1949 and played in a several serials of the era: Atom Man vs. Superman (1950), The Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949) and Batman and Robin (1949). He also played in a few "B" pictures and a handful of sci-fi films. He died of a heart attack.
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Budapest-born director Paul Fejos first called attention to himself in Kecskemét, Hungary, as a student actor. During World War I he was a soldier in the army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and after the war he became a student of chemistry. His artistic inclination, however, drew him to the scenery workshop of the local opera house. In 1919 he organized the film-scenic affairs of the Government of the Commune. Later he became scenic director of Orient Film and in 1920 he was the leading director for the Mobil Film Co., and also wrote the scripts for his films. His early works are adventure sketches, but even they show his growing reputation for demanding high standards. He still kept his hand in stage work, though, and tried to establish a folklorist passion play in the Hungarian city of Mikófalva.
In 1923, after the failure of his film Egri csillagok (1923), he left Hungary. Arriving in Vienna, Austria, he worked with the legendary Max Reinhardt, then traveled to Berlin to study with Fritz Lang. He later went to the US, working at the Rockefeller Institute for Chemistry as an assistant chemist, eventually becoming a medical bacteriologist. His passion for film never left him, though, and in 1927 he used his own money to produce and direct an avant-garde piece called "Az utolsó pillanat", which told the story of a suicide victim. The film was critically and financially successful, and Universal Pictures put him under contract. His next film was Lonesome (1928), a sweet film about two lonely people who meet at an amusement park, enjoy a wonderful day together but lose each other in the crowd and frantically search for each other. In 1932 he returned to Hungary to shoot two films for a French production company: Ítél a Balaton (1933) and Spring Shower (1932), a tale of a servant girl for a wealthy family who is fired and driven from her village when she gets pregnant by the fiance of the family's daughter.
He stayed in Europe for a while, shooting films in Austria and Denmark, then traveled to Asia and spent several years shooting documentaries. He made his last film in 1941 and switched careers to archaeological and anthropological research. He led an archaeological expedition to ancient Inca towns in South America, and published several scientific papers. He was President of the Wenner-Green Foundation and spent time lecturing on archaeology. He died in New York City in 1963.- Art Director
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Rudolph Sternad was born on 6 October 1906 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an art director and production designer, known for Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) and High Noon (1952). He died on 23 April 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Frederick Peters was born on 30 June 1884 in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927), A Mother's Sin (1918) and Miracles of the Jungle (1921). He was married to Lillian B. Filer Stephens. He died on 23 April 1963 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Victor Zimmerman was born on 12 November 1900 in Bloomington, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940), Junior G-Men (1940) and Highway West (1941). He died on 23 April 1963 in Richmond County, Georgia, USA.
- Farrell Pelly was born on 1 March 1891 in Galway, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959), Play of the Week (1959) and The Magical World of Disney (1954). He died on 23 April 1963 in New York City, New York, USA.
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Ferruccio Cerio was born on 25 September 1904 in Savona, Liguria, Italy. He was a writer and director, known for Posto di blocco (1945), La prigione (1944) and L'ultimo addio (1942). He died on 23 April 1963 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Erzsébet Medgyesy was born on 19 November 1871 in Debrecen, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. She was an actress, known for Gül Baba (1940), Egy tál lencse (1941) and Magyar kívánsághangverseny (1944). She died on 23 April 1963 in Budapest, Hungary.