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John Wells was born on 17 November 1936 in Ashford, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Casino Royale (1967), For Your Eyes Only (1981) and Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984). He was married to Teresa Chancellor. He died on 11 January 1998 in Sussex, England, UK.- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Director
Ellis Rabb was born on 20 June 1930 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Great Performances (1971), The Dain Curse (1978) and The Royal Family (1977). He was married to Rosemary Harris. He died on 11 January 1998 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.- Actor
- Music Department
Shahid Bijnori was an actor, known for Charas (1976), Goraa (1987) and Hatyara (1977). He died on 11 January 1998 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.- Producer
- Director
- Actor
John Warrington was born on 8 July 1916 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for The Sky Larks (1958), Silent Evidence (1962) and The Men from Room 13 (1959). He died on 11 January 1998 in Hounslow, London, England, UK.- Director
- Producer
- Actor
Keith Beckett was one of Britain's leading light entertainment television producers and for over thirty years succeeded in attracting a host of star name to both Thames TV and London Weekend Television (LWT).
Born in 1929 he originally trained as a classical dancer and went on to appear in lead roles with the Festival Ballet. Comedy, however, was his first love and he gave up dancing to become a variety artiste. One of Beckett's early mentors was the variety producer Alfred Black.
Beckett's first work in television was at Tyne Tees TV where he produced The One O'Clock Show (hosted by Sheila Mathews) but it was as the producer of the talent show Opportunity Knocks! that he made his mark. The programme, which was the television successor to stage shows such as both Bryan Michie's and Carrol Levis's Discoveries, proved enormously popular with audiences and remained top of the TV ratings for over twenty years. Hosted by Hughie Green and featuring a variety of light entertainment acts (some good, some awful) it became one of TV's most enduring programmes.
When Opportunity Knocks! was axed by Thames TV, Green was said to have been devastated but Beckett went on to direct some of television's biggest variety specials. He produced six one-hour specials with Bruce Forsyth as well as one-off shows with Janet Brown, Mike Yarwood, Shirley Bassey and Freddie Starr.
He also produced Hollywood or Bust, Name That Tune and he was a guest producer for several of the Benny Hill shows, for which he had a particular affection.
An inspiration to many younger performers working in television, Beckett was an acknowledged master of the variety medium.- Denis Gajzágó was born on 26 May 1920 in Nyitra, Hungary. She was an actress, known for Machita (1944). She died on 11 January 1998 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Mieczyslaw Mierzejewski was born on 10 November 1905 in Posen, Prussia, Germany [now Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland]. He was a composer, known for Stalowe serca (1948) and Nawrócony (1947). He died on 11 January 1998 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
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Jean Serge was born on 16 September 1916 in Le Mesnil-Esnard, Seine-Maritime, France. He was a writer and cinematographer, known for Elena and Her Men (1956), Le jeu de la vérité (1961) and Pierrot la tendresse (1960). He was married to Jacqueline Morane. He died on 11 January 1998 in Paris, France.- Writer
Winslow Mortimer was born on 1 May 1919 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Winslow was a writer. Winslow died on 11 January 1998 in Carmel, New York, USA.- Seiichi Yashiro was born on 10 April 1927 in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan. He was a writer, known for Waga mune ni niji wa kiezu (1957), Kaze no aru michi (1959) and Miyagino (2010). He died on 11 January 1998.
- Leszek Mikulowski was born on 28 December 1923 in Sosnowiec, Slaskie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Celuloza (1954), Pani Bovary to ja (1977) and ... gdziekolwiek jestes, panie prezydencie... (1978). He died on 11 January 1998 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.