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- Actor
- Soundtrack
Jimmy Dean, the musician, actor and entrepreneur, was instrumental in the mainstreaming of country music, a genre that now enjoys popularity in some regions of the United States but which, back in the 1960s, was accorded little respect by mass media. Jimmy Dean had a #1 hit in the US and England with his song "Big Bad John," which established his fame, fame that continues to this day due to his long stint as a spokesman for "Jimmy Dean Pure Pork Sausage," a company he founded and then sold to Consolidated Foods in 1984. He continued as the pitchman for the eponymous brand for 20 years.
Jimmy Dean, a distant cousin of the actor James Dean, was born Jimmy Ray Dean on August 10, 1928 in Plainview, Texas. He took to the life of a professional singer after serving in the U.S. Air Force during the late 1940s. Dean began building his reputation as a musician touring with his band, The Texas Wildcats, which featured Roy Clark as lead guitarist. In 1953, he scored his first hit, "Bummin' Around."
Dean landed a gig as the host of a TV program in the Washington D.C. market, "Town and Country Time." (The District of Columbia has in many ways always been a Southern town.) Dean was a promoter of rising country acts, and such top country singers as Clark and Patsy Cline got their starts with Dean. (He eventually fired Clark but later promoted his career.) Dean subsequently moved to New York after signing with Columbia Records, where he hosted a TV variety show for the CBS network.
In 1961, his song "Big Bad John" went to No. 1 on the Billboard charts and won him the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording. Several of his subsequent songs charted in the Top 40, and he scored a Top 10 hit in 1962 with a song commemorating President John F. Kennedy's patrol torpedo boat, "PT 109." Because of his affability and his burgeoning popularity, he occasionally was booked to guest-host "The Tonight Show." ABC offered him a variety show in the mid-1960s, and Dean used it as a forum to present country music on his terms, as a mainstream entertainment. His show offered the first major TV exposure to a number of country singers, including George Jones, Charlie Rich, and Buck Owens. His show also introduced the first Muppet, Jim Henson's Rowlf the Dog.
Aside from a featured part as a Howard Hughes-like billionaire in the James Bond movie Diamonds Are Forever (1971) (Dean said he was offered the role on the basis of his having had a #1 hit with "Big John" in Britain, which surprised him as it had been a decade before), Dean has mostly stuck to his music and the business he founded in 1969, "Jimmy Dean Pure Pork Sausage." The TV commercials featuring the very likable Dean were the best advertising the new brand could have had, and it became #1 in its product category.
In the fall of 2004, Jimmy Dean published his autobiography, "30 Years of Sausage, 50 Years of Ham." He semi-retired and lived with his second wife, the former singer Donna Meade Dean until his death in 2010.- Producer
- Production Manager
- Actor
Pawel Rakowski was born on 6 November 1952 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was a producer and production manager, known for Czarne slonca (1992), Nocne graffiti (1997) and Mala Moskwa (2008). He died on 13 June 2010 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Tim Cowgill was born on 19 November 1957 in Maywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Desert Fox (2009), Satisfy Me (2007) and The Michael Jackson Trial (2005). He died on 13 June 2010 in Auburn Township, Ohio, USA.
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Børge Høst was born on 17 April 1926 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was a director and writer, known for En ny virkelighed (1963), Meninger i tiden (1955) and Vikingeskibene i Roskilde Fjord (1964). He died on 13 June 2010 in Denmark.- Additional Crew
- Writer
- Music Department
Klára Huszár was born on 29 May 1919 in Budapest, Hungary. Klára was a writer, known for Musical TV Theater (1970), Csalóka Péter (1979) and A furfangos csecsemö (1985). Klára was married to Gábor Devecseri. Klára died on 13 June 2010 in Budapest, Hungary.- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Actor
Tedd Dunn was born on 29 October 1937 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was an actor, known for Breakfast-a-Go-Go (1969), The Box (1974) and The Magic Circle Club (1965). He died on 13 June 2010 in Ringwood East, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Rod Padmos was born on 4 November 1949 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was an actor, known for Heartland (2007), Stone Coats (1996) and The Keeper (1976). He died on 13 June 2010 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.- Kimiyuki Matsuoka was an actor, known for The Forest (2011). He died on 13 June 2010 in Tottori, Japan.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Additional Crew
- Editorial Department
Ron Stutzman was born on 14 September 1946. He is known for Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976), One Day at a Time (1975) and Have Faith (1989). He died on 13 June 2010.- Thomas S. Buechner was born on 25 September 1926 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He died on 13 June 2010 in Corning, New York, USA.
- Carmelo Di Mazzarelli was born on 13 September 1918 in Mazzarelli, Italy. He was an actor, known for The Star Maker (1995), Lamerica (1994) and Oltremare (1999). He died on 13 June 2010 in Marina di Ragusa, Italy.
- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Ernest Fleischmann was born on 7 December 1924 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He was an actor, known for Interlude (1968), This Is Your Life (1955) and Sunday Night (1965). He died on 13 June 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Music Department
- Additional Crew
Jonathan Wolken was born on 12 July 1949 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for Where the Wild Things Are (1984), Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) and Last Dance (2002). He was married to JoAnne Torti. He died on 13 June 2010 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Argentinita Vélez was born in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Buenas noches, Buenos Aires (1964), Reportaje en el infierno (1959) and Las modelos (1963). She died on 13 June 2010 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.