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- Veteran character actor Kurt Richards was known in Hollywood as Jonathan Kidd after a producer suggested he change his name.
Under the name Richards, he appeared in 16 Broadway productions, including ''Anastasia,'' ''Come Back Little Sheba,'' ''My Sister Eileen,'' ''King Lear,'' ''A Streetcar Named Desire,'' ''Hamlet,'' ''Julius Caesar'' and ''Burlesque.''
When he came to Hollywood, he changed his name and had roles in ''Wink of an Eye,'' ''Macabre,'' ''Can Can,'' ''The One and Only Genuine, Original Family Band'' and ''Operation Eichmann.''
He also was billed as Kidd in such TV series as ''Perry Mason,'' ''Sea Hunt,'' ''Mannix,'' ''Rawhide,'' ''Dr. Kildare'' and ''General Hospital.''
He died after surgery for an aorta aneurysm. Richards was age 73 when he died Dec. 15 at Good Samaritan Hospital. - Ángel Infante was born on 1 October 1914 in Acaponeta, Nayarit, Mexico. He was an actor, known for La justicia del gavilán vengador (1957), Los tres vivales (1958) and El desconocido (1974). He died on 15 December 1987 in Mexico City, Mexico.
- Bohumil Ríha was born on 22 February 1907 in Vysetice, Sebírov, Tábor District, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Dým bramborové nate (1977), Prázdniny v oblacích (1960) and Dva kluci v palbe (1985). He died on 15 December 1987 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Viktor Malchevskiy was born on 2 February 1921 in Khmelnoye, Mosarskiy rayon, Kievskaya oblast, USSR. He was an actor, known for Pod sozvezdiem bliznetsov (1979) and Marshal revolyutsii (1978). He died on 15 December 1987.
- Ray Malavasi was born on 8 November 1930 in Passaic, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Fantasy Island (1977), NFL Monday Night Football (1970) and The NFL on NBC (1965). He died on 15 December 1987 in Santa Ana, California, USA.
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Francine Claudel was born on 15 February 1921 in Pont-à-Celles, Belgium. She was an assistant director and actress, known for Fièvres (1942), Tierce à coeur (1947) and Marchandes d'illusions (1954). She was married to Robert Dalban. She died on 15 December 1987 in Courcelles, Hainaut, Belgique.- Robert Chapin was born on 1 May 1907 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He was a writer, known for Bowery Boy (1940), Isle of Missing Men (1942) and The Jones Family in Borrowing Trouble (1937). He died on 15 December 1987 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
- Actor
Lee Otis Jr. was born on 22 December 1922 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor. He died on 15 December 1987 in Newport Beach, California, USA.