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The British classical actor/producer/director Douglas Seale enjoyed a 65-year transatlantic career that included stage, films and television. Born in 1913 the son of Robert Henry Seale and his wife Margaret Law Seale, he was educated at Rutlish, a boys' comprehensive school in West Wimbledon. He displayed an early penchant and skill for art but leaned toward the theatre after receiving encouragement by a teacher who saw his performance in a school play. He studied for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and took his first professional curtain bow at London's Embassy Theatre in a production of "The Drums Begin" in 1934. He then appeared in repertory until the outbreak of WWII. He served with the British Army in 1940 and was commissioned in the Royal Signals.
Following demobilization in 1946, Seale joined the Shakespeare Memorial Theater Company for two seasons at Stratford-on-Avon. He extended his noble talents to include stage producing, which included "Caesar and Cleopatra" at the Birmingham Repertory Theater; Shakespeare's "King John" at Stratford-on-Avon and Stratford, Ontario; "Henry V" in Stratford, Connecticut, and "King Lear" at the Old Vic. As a noted director, he helmed such plays as "King Lear" for the Marin Shakespeare Festival in San Francisco; "A Doll's House" and "Look Back in Anger" in Cleveland, and "The Winslow Boy" in New York.
In later years Seale focused again on performing. He made his Broadway acting debut at age 60 with "Emperor Henry IV" in 1973, followed by "Frankenstein," "The Dresser," and "The Madwoman of Chaillot." Among his other roles included Oliver Seaton in "A Family and a Fortune" and Reverend Shannon in "The Night of the Iguana. He is (arguably) best remembered for his 1983 Broadway performance as Selsdon Mowbray, the inebriated thespian who consistently misses his cues in the deft stage-within-a-stage comedy "Noises Off." His hilarious performance earned him a Tony Award nomination for "featured actor" in a play. Denholm Elliott played the role in the 1992 film. An occasional on-camera performer blessed with booming, mellifluous tones, Seale was had a featured role in the film Amadeus (1984) and provided the voice of the Sultan in Disney's animated feature Aladdin (1992). In addition, he offered "old man" appearances in such popular film fluff as Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) (as Santa Claus), Ghostbusters II (1989), Almost an Angel (1990), Mr. Destiny (1990), For Love or Money (1993), and, his last, Palookaville (1995). Over the years he occasionally played spry gents on such TV shows as "Cheers" and "The Golden Girls." One of his final stage roles was as aging vaudevillian Billy Rice in the 1996 revival of John Osborne's play "The Entertainer."
Seale was divorced from Elaine Wodson and Joan Geary, his third wife was stage actress and three-time Tony Award nominee Louise Troy, who died of breast cancer in 1994. A Manhattanite at the time of his death, he died at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City at age 85 and was survived by two sons, Jonathan and Timothy.- Arzu Aycan was born in 1958 in Turkey. She was an actress, known for Kizi da Anasi Gibi (1980), Beklenen Kadin (1979) and Kader Gülmeyince (1979). She died on 13 June 1999 in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Katherine Stanley was born on 22 December 1907 in Indiana, USA. She was an actress. She died on 13 June 1999 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Janet Burnell was born on 4 September 1909 in Hersham, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Henry V (1944), Lillie (1978) and The Winslow Boy (1958). She died on 13 June 1999 in Fulham, London, England, UK.
- Carlos Kroeber was born on 20 September 1934 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He was an actor, known for The Murdered House (1971), Bonitinha Mas Ordinária ou Otto Lara Rezende (1981) and Roda de Fogo (1986). He died on 13 June 1999 in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
- Sudheer was an actor, known for Golibar (1993), Ranadheera (1988) and Deva (1989). He died on 13 June 1999 in Bangalore, India.
- Arthur Sydney Pugsley Jr. was born in Massachusetts, USA. He was married to Harriet E. Manning. He died on 13 June 1999 in Massachusetts, USA.
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Yoshiki Iwama was born on 31 October 1929 in Fukushima, Japan. He was a writer, known for Railroad Man (1999), Lost in the Wilderness (1986) and Tuesday Suspense Theater (1981). He died on 13 June 1999.- Additional Crew
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Henry Lawes was born in 1960 in Kingston, Jamaica. Henry is known for You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008), Be Kind Rewind (2008) and Boogie (2021). Henry died on 13 June 1999 in London, England, UK.- Mukhtar Bakhtygereyev was born on 15 June 1933 in Kazakh SSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Jamilya (1969), Nash milyy doktor (1958) and Odnazhdy nochyu (1960). He died on 13 June 1999 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.