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- Robert Durst was born on 12 April 1943 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Debrah Lee Charatan and Kathie Durst. He died on 10 January 2022 in Stockton, California, USA.
- Actor
- Director
At his best playing blue-collared tough guys, curly dark-haired Irish-American actor Kevin Patrick Dobson was born in Queens, New York, on March 18, 1943, and raised in the Jackson Heights area of that borough. One of seven children born to a school janitor father and a homemaker mother, the future actor worked as a trainman, brakeman and conductor for the LIRR (Long Island Rail Road) before deciding to pursue his acting interests.
Toiling as a waiter/bartender at a restaurant owned by relatives, Dobson's first on-camera viewings began in 1969 on a daytime soap opera, playing various bit parts as cops, orderlies and intern types on The Doctors (1963). Following an unbilled bit in the detective film Klute (1971), he gravitated more and more towards TV. In the early 1970's he was spotted here and there on such popular crime shows as "The Mod Squad", "The Rookies", "Ironside", "Cannon", and "Police Story". This led to his pivotal role as young, eager Det. Bobby Crocker on Kojak (1973). He remained with the series throughout its five seasons. In between, he landed a featured role in the film Midway (1976), and earned a top-billed role in the TV movie Stranded (1976) as one of a group of airplane passengers marooned on a deserted island following a crash.
A revolving series of starring roles in TV movies came Dobson's way following Kojak (1973), including Transplant (1979) (starring as a workaholic exec risking a major heart operation); Orphan Train (1979) (with Jill Eikenberry, as a couple involved in the titled NYC movement and welfare program in the 1850s); Hardhat and Legs (1980) (a Gordon/Kanin romantic comedy co-starring Sharon Gless); Reunion (1980) (as a married man tempted at a high school reunion); Mark, I Love You (1980) (as a widower having to fight his late wife's parents for child custody); and Margin for Murder (1981) (a Mike Hammer noirish mystery). He was also unsympathetically featured as Barbra Streisand's abusive husband in All Night Long (1981).
Kevin found another crimes series in the early 1980s to star in as the title San Francisco police officer in the short-lived Shannon (1981), which was immediately followed by a second best-remembered series, as federal prosecutor Mack McKenzie, who marries Michele Lee's Karen Fairgate, on the popular night-time soap opera Knots Landing (1979). Dobson copped five Soap Opera Digest Awards for his work on this series. In between the eleven seasons was a reunion Kojak TV movie as (now) Asst. D.A. Bobby Crocker in Kojak: It's Always Something (1990); plus other mini-movie leads in Money, Power, Murder. (1989), A House of Secrets and Lies (1992) and The Conviction of Kitty Dodds (1993), as well as another detective role in the first season of F/X: The Series (1996)
Dobson began his career on stage, first with the 1968 national tour of "The Impossible Years". He later served on the board of Lonny Chapman's Group Repertory Theatre company in North Hollywood, where he often directed and acted. Live theatre highlights include Chicago's Royal George Theatre production of the Tony Award-winning play "Art," as well as originating the role of Steve Gallop in the world premiere mounting of the 2000 play, "If It was Easy" in Atlanta. He co-starred with Richard Thomas in Roundabout Theatre Company's 2009 national tour of "12 Angry Men".
Into the millennium, Dobson returned full circle to his daytime soap opera roots with roles as Governor Harrison Brooks on One Life to Live (1968) and Judge Devin Owens on The Bold and the Beautiful (1987). He would also be the fourth actor taking over the role of Mickey Horton on Days of Our Lives (1965). Parts in independent films also came to be with leads in the thriller She's No Angel (2002) opposite Tracey Gold and the mystery drama The Representative (2011), plus featured roles in Crash Landing (2005), 1408 (2007), April Moon (2007) and Dark Power (2013). He later guested on such Tv series as "Nash Bridges", "Cold Case", "CSI", "Hawaii Five-0", and "Anger Management".
A U.S. Army military policeman and proud veteran, Dobson served twice as chairman of the National Salute To Hospitalized Veterans. Married to wife Susan since 1968 and the father of three children (Sean, Patrick and Mariah), Dobson died on September 6, 2020, aged 77, after suffering a heart attack.- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Casting Department
Glen Chin was born on January 27, 1948 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is known for his work on 50 First Dates (2004), Natural Born Killers (1994) and The Art of War (2000). Glen was a wonderfully accomplished Bass Violin virtuoso while living in Stockton, California. He was gifted in that profession with the Stockton Symphony and very well respected in his craft. He attended Grover Cleveland Grammar School, Stockton Junior High School, and Amos Alonso Stagg High School predating his entry into the movie industry.- Actor
Larry Ward was born on 2 October 1944 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. He was an actor. He died on 15 October 2007 in Stockton, California, USA.- Brunette leading lady of Czech, Austrian and German ancestry. Signed by Paramount in 1936. She was introduced with a famous publicity campaign, which instructed prospective American audiences to pronounce her first name 'O-lamp'. She was born on a Parisian backstage, in between a matinée and evening performance to vaudevillians Joseph and Jeanne Bradna. Their dog act headlined at the Olympia Theatre -- hence her first name. The Bradnas had been in show business for generations. Her father had been a circus rider and former ringmaster for Ringling Brothers. Likewise, her uncle Fred had been ringmaster for Barnum & Bailey. Her mother was a former operatic singer. Trained by her dad, Olympe soon joined the family business as a singer and dancer. Even before reaching her teens, she performed as an acrobatic dancer (costumed as a sailor) in a Parisian production of the Broadway musical "Hit the Deck", billed as the "tiniest sailor in France". Olympe became noted for her poise and for her ballet taps, later joining an American company of the Folies Bergere as an acrobatic dancer for Chicago's World Fair. She then performed for eight months at the French Casino in New York, where she was 'discovered' by Paramount talent scouts and discreetly signed under contract.
For three months, Olympe was tutored in English, tap dancing and horse riding. She was then launched in a minor musical, Three Cheers for Love (1936). In the same year, she also made College Holiday (1936), but her tiny role was totally submerged by the antics of star comedians Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen and Martha Raye. Her first leading role was opposite Gene Raymond in Stolen Heaven (1938), a forgettable second-string programmer about a couple of jewel thieves on the run. This was followed by the Ray Milland comedy Say It in French (1938) and a sentimental theatrical drama, The Night of Nights (1939), which flopped, despite a script by Donald Ogden Stewart and direction by Lewis Milestone.
On loan to Warners, Olympe made three more films, the last being International Squadron (1941), an aviation drama about a cocky American pilot in the RAF, starring Ronald Reagan. In the majority of her films as the perfunctory love interest to sporting champs or war heroes, she had little else to do but be ornamental. Unsurprisingly, Olympe gave it all up in 1941 upon her marriage to Santa Barbara socialite Douglass Wood Wilhoit Sr., devoting the rest of her life to family and to various charities. - J.P. Miller was born on 18 December 1919 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He was a writer, known for Helter Skelter (1976), CBS Playhouse (1967) and Playhouse 90 (1956). He was married to Julianne Nicolaus. He died on 1 November 2001 in Stockton, New Jersey, USA.
- Additional Crew
- Actor
Johnny Jacobs was born on 22 June 1916 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for Full Circle (1960), Deep Adventure (1957) and My Favorite Martian (1963). He died on 6 February 1982 in Stockton, California, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Nicholas Caldwell was born on 5 April 1944 in Loma Linda, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005), The Whispers: A Song for Donny (1979) and The Whispers: Can't Do Without Love (1979). He was married to Alberta. He died on 5 January 2016 in Stockton, California, USA.- Herbert Mullin was born on 18 April 1947 in Salinas, California, USA. He died on 18 August 2022 in Stockton, California, USA.
- Writer
- Producer
- Costume Designer
Chris March was born on 25 February 1963 in Alameda, California, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Mad Fashion (2011), Russian Broadway Shut Down (2014) and The Maltese Holiday (2021). He died on 5 September 2019 in Stockton, California, USA.- Scutter was born in Stockton California, where 1945, his parents owned the Sunset Cafe; and in 1949-52 the Oak Park Inn. In 1953 the family moved to Palo Alto, California and until 1976 owned both "Palo Alto and Peninsula Feed and Fuel Co." and in 1959 "The Straw Man" imports, located in Palo Alto's Town and Country Village.
Is remembered warmly by friends on a memorial page for him on the Palo Alto High (California), Class of 1961 website. Friends remember him as a nice guy who performed magic for fun and at private events. He was a high school cheerleader, and remembered as a great tumbler and gymnast who could do an iron-cross on the rings. On February 5, 1966 he married. - Eli Woods was born on 11 January 1923 in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Mr. H Is Late (1988), Little Dorrit (1987) and Spender (1991). He was married to Pamela. He died on 1 May 2014 in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England, UK.
- Edward Corbett was born on 20 March 1932 in Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Village of the Damned (1995), Near Dark (1987) and The Right Stuff (1983). He died on 13 April 2006 in Stockton, California, USA.
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
D.W. Landingham was born on 23 August 1949 in Fort Ord, California, USA. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Karate Cop (1991), Omega Cop (1990) and Bad Faith (2010). He died on 5 June 2010 in Stockton, California, USA.- Jesse Duffy Jr. was born on 22 May 1920 in San Joaquin, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Mickey's Big Business (1932). He died on 25 September 2009 in Stockton, California, USA.
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Production Manager
- Additional Crew
Ivan Volkman was born on 4 December 1916 in Evansville, Indiana, USA. He was an assistant director and production manager, known for It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) and Around the World in 80 Days (1956). He was married to Betty Clark. He died on 17 October 1972 in Stockton, California, USA.- Carl D. Parker was born on 23 February 1930 in Amarillo, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Phenomenon (1996), Mathnet (1987) and Square One Television (1987). He died on 6 February 2004 in Stockton, California, USA.
- Curtis Whitley was born on 10 May 1969 in Smithfield, North Carolina, USA. He died on 11 May 2008 in Fort Stockton, Texas, USA.
- George Formby was born James Booth in 1875 in Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire. He began his career, as a singer, in 1899 as one half of the Brothers Glenray. Three years later when his voice was changing, he added comedy to the act. While waiting for a train to an engagement, he noticed a passing freight with a number of cars labelled Formby, the name of a small town for which they were bound. Booth liked the sound of the name, added George & became George Formby star of the British Music Halls. The same year that he began his career, he met & married Eliza Hoy who bore him a son in 1904 who took the name of George Hoy. Formby made his first recordings in 1907 but, unlike other Music Hall stars of the day, he found no trouble in performing for just the microphone & no audience. He even conversed with the microphone as if it were a living person.
In 1914, he made his only screen appearance in 'No Fool Like an Old Fool' & the following years his son made his screen début in 'By the Shortest of Heads' as George Formby Jnr. Formby was plagued with ill health early in life which led to one of his opening lines, 'I'm coughing better today' & 'It's not the coughin' that carries you off, it's the coffin they carry you off in!' Few people were aware that he had been stricken with consumption. In 1920, while performing in a Xmas pantomime in Newcastle, George Formby collapsed. He was taken to his hôme in Warrington where he died on February 8, 1921. He was survived by his wife & son. - Producer
- Production Manager
Beth Howard was born in 1965 in New York City, New York, USA. Beth was a producer and production manager, known for Sydney 2000: Games of the XXVII Olympiad (2000), Beijing 2008: Games of the XXIX Olympiad (2008) and Granite Flats (2013). Beth was married to Bruce Beffa. Beth died on 8 August 2017 in Stockton, New Jersey, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Robert Allen was born on 17 June 1913 in Allendale, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for She Gets Her Man (1945), Drawing Account (1941) and Hal Kemp and His Orchestra (1938). He died on 24 April 1989 in Stockton, California, USA.- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Pauline Lawrence was born in 1901 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Pauline is known for The Moor's Pavane (1951). Pauline was married to José Limon. Pauline died on 16 July 1971 in Stockton, New Jersey, USA.- Set Decorator
- Visual Effects
- Additional Crew
John Franco Jr. was born on 21 December 1932 in Blue Island, Illinois, USA. He was a set decorator, known for Spaceballs (1987), King Kong (1976) and Absence of Malice (1981). He died on 16 June 2001 in Stockton, California, USA.- Purita Sta. Maria was born on 21 March 1916 in Manila, Philippines. She was an actress, known for Binatang bukid (1938), Ruisenor (1939) and Lakambini (1938). She was married to Carlos M Jose. She died on 17 June 2003 in Stockton, California, USA.
- Amos Alonzo Stagg was born on 16 August 1862 in West Orange, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Knute Rockne All American (1940), Miracles of Sport (1938) and We, the People (1948). He died on 17 March 1965 in Stockton, California, USA.