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British 60s leading lady and latterly producer, born Hilary Dwyer in Liverpool, the daughter of an orthopaedic surgeon. She studied ballet and piano as a child and in her teens embarked on an acting career on the repertory stage. On screen from 1965, she became best known for three horror films made for American International Pictures, all starring Vincent Price: Witchfinder General (1968) (as Price's mistress), The Oblong Box (1969) (as his fiancée) and Cry of the Banshee (1970) (as his daughter). In the course of their work together, Price and Dwyer formed a close personal friendship. Arguably the best of the trio was Witchfinder General, an early example of grindhouse. Though controversial at the time because of its excessive onscreen elements of torture and sadism, it pulled $ 1.5 million at the box office and over the years became a cult classic. Peter Hutchings, in his book Hammer and Beyond, described Dwyer's performance as "articulate and sensitive".
Dwyer also appeared opposite George Sanders in a little-known science fiction release, The Body Stealers (1969) (an inferior attempt at reworking Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)) and in an unsuccessful remake of Wuthering Heights (1970) (again for AIP), as Isabella Linton. On the small screen, she was glimpsed as an ill-fated fellow resident of 'the village' in an episode of The Prisoner (1967), portrayed a thief purloining secret documents in Special Branch (1969) and expired at the hands of a murderous spectre in Space: 1999 (1975) (her screen acting swansong). She also had a leading role in the TV series Hadleigh (1969) as the independently wealthy middle-class wife of a suave Yorkshire country squire. On the stage, she acted at the Theatre Royal in Bath and (in The Importance of Being Earnest) at the Bristol Old Vic.
In 1973, she married the talent agent Duncan Heath. The following year they set up Duncan Heath Associates Agency, eventually sold to ICM Partners in 1984. Abandoning her acting career in 1976, Hilary Heath became an executive producer, primarily of episodic TV as well as adaptations of literary classics by Daphne Du Maurier (Frenchman's Creek (1998), Jamaica Inn (2014)) and Tennessee Williams (The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003)). Fast forward to 2004 and Hilary attracted unhappier news headlines after being confronted by a knife-wielding assailant at her Barbados home and forced to jump from a second storey bedroom window onto rocks, sustaining injuries hospitalising her for nine days. She retired from screen work in 2014 and passed away on April 10 2020 at the age of 74 as a result of complications from coronavirus .- Hans Meyer was born in South Africa, into a German farming family. He spent his childhood in Natal and Zululand. He also became a farmer, but then he decided to travel to Europe. A friend in Germany working in an advertising agency helped him get his first acting job, in a popular television advert for Puschkin Vodka. He helped the vodka become Germany's leading brand and he became well known and his acting career took off!
He quickly became very successful, working with many of the top directors in both films and television in Europe. He is fluent in English, German, French and Zulu. He is highly respected by fellow actors, a very cultured man who is both reserved and modest about his long and distinguished career. - Actress
- Casting Department
Dorothy Dells was born on July 16, 1928 in Medford Oregon. Her career began when she was discovered while working at a drive in restaurant on Sunset Blvd. She was immediately signed for the TV series Have Gun - Will Travel (1957). She went on to appear in many television series, including Rawhide (1959), My Three Sons (1960), The Richard Boone Show (1963), Hollywood Wives (1985), Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969), Bachelor Father (1957), Highway to Heaven (1984), L.A. Law (1986), Sledge Hammer! (1986), and Lou Grant (1977). She also appeared in such made-for-television movies and feature films as Eleanor, First Lady of the World (1982), Death Warrant (1990), Another Woman's Child (1983), and Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys (1990). Dells died on April 3, 2020, aged 91, in San Luis Obispo, California.- Mike Tokars was born on 20 April 1988 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He died on 3 April 2020 in Newport Beach, California, USA.
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- Script and Continuity Department
Brian Degas was born on 2 October 1935 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a writer and producer, known for Barbarella (1968), The Saint (1962) and Virtual Murder (1992). He was married to Juliet. He died on 3 April 2020 in Broadstairs, Kent, England, UK.- Additional Crew
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Actor
Timothy Pickles was born on 15 June 1953 in Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Last of the Mohicans (1992), The Beguiled (2017) and Free State of Jones (2016). He died on 3 April 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.- Born in 1940, Ira Einhorn was a political activist in the 1960s and 1970s, mainly in the ecological and anti-Vietnam war areas. He was a friend and associate of famous 1960s activists Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman . Einhorn was instrumental in creating ecological awareness in the public during the 1970s, and was one of the driving forces behind the formation of what has come to be known as Earth Day. During his studies at the University of Pennsylvnia, Einhorn began a relationship with a fellow student, Holly Maddux. It lasted five years, until 1977, when she broke up with him and moved to New York City. When he found out where she was, he called and persuaded her to move back to Philadelphia with him. She did, on September 9, but shortly thereafter disappeared. Einhorn said she left to make a phone call and never returned, but police didn't believe him and began an investigation to determine his involvement in her disappearance. Eighteen months later, neighbors in Einhorn's building called police to complain about a foul stench coming from his apartment. After a short search, they found Holly Maddux's decomposing body stuffed in a trunk and hidden in a closet. Einhorn was arrested and charged with her murder. In 1981, only a few days before his trial was to start, he jumped bail and fled to Europe, where he stayed for the next 16 years. Meanwhile, the state of Pennsylvania convicted him in absentia of Holly Maddux's murder and sentenced him to life in prison with no parole. He was eventually found in the town of Champagne-Mouton, France, where he had married and was living under the name of Eugene Mallon. In 2001 he was extradited to the U.S. and is serving his sentence in Houtzdale State Penitentiary in Pennsylvania.
- Cinematographer
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Joseph Delos Reyes was born on 19 May 1987 in the Philippines. Joseph was a cinematographer, known for Bambanti (2015), Wagas (2013) and TODA One I Love (2019). Joseph died on 3 April 2020 in the Philippines.- Giacinto Gorga was born on 15 September 1943 in Sala Consilina, Salerno, Italy. He was married to Antonia Gorga. He died on 3 April 2020 in Wayne, New Jersey, USA.
- Marcelle Ranson-Hervé was born on 10 October 1929 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. She was an actress, known for Au théâtre ce soir (1966), Macbeth (1959) and Mais où est donc passée la 7ème compagnie (1973). She died on 3 April 2020 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.
- Robert Armstrong was born on 30 March 1927 in Headington, Oxford, England, UK. He was married to Mary Patricia Carlow and Serena Mary Benedicta Chance. He died on 3 April 2020 in the UK.
- James King was born on 2 June 1970 in Elmhurst, Illinois, USA. He died on 3 April 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
- Robert Manzari was born on 20 May 1947 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for True Blood (1989) and Agent on Ice (1985). He died on 3 April 2020 in the USA.
- Tim Robinson was born on 26 March 1935 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Tim Robinson: Connemara (2011). He was married to Margaret Máiréad Fitzgibbon. He died on 3 April 2020 in London, England, UK.
- Andrzej Mrozek was born on 8 June 1940 in Tarnopol, Tarnopolskie, Poland [now Ternopil, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Zuzanna i chlopcy (1961), Prywatne sledztwo (1987) and Konsul (1989). He died on 3 April 2020.
- C.W. Nicole was born on 17 July 1940 in Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Boy Who Saw the Wind (2000) and Matasaburo the Wind Boy (1988). He was married to Mariko Nicol and ???. He died on 3 April 2020 in Nagano, Japan.
- Albert K. Webster was born on 14 October 1937 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. Albert K. was married to Sara (Sally) Beyer. Albert K. died on 3 April 2020 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Yutokutaishi Akiyama was born in 1935 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Yûheisha - terorisuto (2007), Nokezori genba: Inzetsu joyû (1977) and Shufu baishun: Otoko-suki no onna (1977). He died on 3 April 2020 in Zama, Kanagawa, Japan.
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- Production Manager
- Additional Crew
Tommaso Caporrimo was an actor and production manager, known for Toto Who Lived Twice (1998), Lo zio di Brooklyn (1995) and Il cacciatore (2018). He died on 3 April 2020 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy.- Zdenek Sychra was born on 12 March 1936 in Holasice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Kým sa skoncí táto noc (1966), Skleníková Venusa (1986) and Prípad krásnej nerestnice (1974). He died on 3 April 2020 in Bratislava, Slovakia.
- Frederick Raymond Edwards II was born on 24 January 1949 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. He was an actor, known for Detour to Terror (1980). He died on 3 April 2020 in Seguin, Texas, USA.
- Nina Hazuchová was born on 24 May 1926 in Brno, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Rodná zem (1954). She died on 3 April 2020 in Bratislava, Slovakia.