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- Born in Birmingham, England, Hazel Court carried on a love affair with the world of movies and make-believe that made her a leading student at her hometown's School of Drama and later helped her land a contract with the J. Arthur Rank Organisation. Graduating from bits to supporting roles to leads, Court worked in English films from the mid-'40s until the early 1960s, when she relocated to Hollywood. The flame-haired Court was married to Irish actor Dermot Walsh before she married American actor-director Don Taylor.
- Michael Nader was born on 19 February 1945 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Dynasty (1981), Pajama Party (1964) and Beach Blanket Bingo (1965). He was married to Jody Lister, Beth Windsor and Robin Weiss. He died on 23 August 2021 in Lake Tahoe, California, USA.
- Actor
- Composer
- Writer
Sonny Bono was born on 16 February 1935 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for The Sonny and Cher Show (1976), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and Hairspray (1988). He was married to Mary Bono, Susie Coelho, Cher and Donna Rankin. He died on 5 January 1998 in South Lake Tahoe, California, USA.- Boyish Lon McCallister started his career as a teenage bit actor in such wholesome, folksy tales as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) and Judge Hardy's Children (1938). As an adult, he found the strength of his career riding on that same homespun sentiment.
Lon McCallister was born Herbert Alonzo McCallister, Jr. in Los Angeles on April 17, 1923, but was almost immediately called "Buddy" to those closest to him. He attended high school at Marken Professional School, a training ground for Hollywood hopefuls, and eventually managed to secure unbilled parts, starting with the plush Norma Shearer-Leslie Howard film vehicle Romeo and Juliet (1936).
Lon became close friends with the film's director, George Cukor, and attributed his biggest break to Cukor when he earned a supporting role as a pilot in Winged Victory (1944) after toiling in obscurity for nearly six years. Lon also stood out in the film Stage Door Canteen (1943), as the unassuming soldier who falls for canteen hostess Marjorie Riordan, and in the warm and winning horse-racing tale Home in Indiana (1944), opposite rising star Jeanne Crain.
Lon's WWII induction into the Army put a direct hit on his career momentum, but he managed to recover and pick up where he left off. For starters, Lon won a solid role in the melodramatic thriller The Red House (1947), starring Edward G. Robinson and Judith Anderson. The film also co-starred Allene Roberts, who became a lifelong friend.
Although he starred in the down-home comedy romance Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948), along with June Haver, the movie is barely remembered today except for featuring an unbilled Marilyn Monroe rowing a canoe. Lead roles for Lon in the serviceable adventures The Story of Seabiscuit (1949) with Shirley Temple, The Big Cat (1949), The Boy from Indiana (1950) and Montana Territory (1952) also came and went.
Lon ended his film career with the "B" Korean War drama Combat Squad (1953). Some reports state he lost interest and sought satisfaction elsewhere; others claim that his perennially boyish good looks and diminutive stature hurt his adult career (although it did not seem to hurt the equally short and youthful-looking Alan Ladd). In any event, Lon quit the business in the late 1950s and pursued lucrative ventures in real estate and property investment.
Never married, Lon had an off-and-on romantic relationship with fellow actor William Eythe until Eythe's untimely death in 1957. Having been in declining health for some time, he was living in the Lake Tahoe area, where he had recently bought some property, when he died on June 11, 2005, of congestive heart failure. The 82-year-old McCallister was survived by his brother Lynn and sister Kathleen. - Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Music producer, arranger, and songwriter Norman Jessie Whitfield was born on May 12, 1941 in New York City. A native of Harlem, Whitfield spent his early teen years hanging out in local pool halls. Norman moved with his family to Detroit, Michigan when he was in his late teens. At age 18 he wrote and produced songs for Detroit's Thelma Records. Whitfield began hanging around Motown's Hitsville U.S.A. offices at age 19. Motown record label founder Berry Gordy Jr. gave Norman a job in the quality control department that determined which songs would or would not be released as singles. Whitfield eventually joined Motown's in-house songwriting staff. His early successes for Motown included such songs as Marvin Gaye's "Pride and Joy," "Too Many Fish in the Sea" by the Marvelettes, and both "He Was Really Saying Something" and "Needle in a Haystack" by the Velvelettes. From 1966 to 1974 Norman produced numerous enormously successful records for the Temptations. Among the many soul classic songs Whitfield co-wrote, produced, and/or arranged are "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," "Ain't Too Proud to Beg," "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)," "(I Know) I'm Losing You," "Cloud Nine," "War," "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone," "I Can't Get Next to You," and "Smiling Faces Sometimes." Norman's work at Motown not only beget substantial record sales and various Grammy Awards, but also helped create the whole lowdown funky Motown sound. Moreover, Whitfield was a major instrumental figure in the late 60s psychedelic soul sub-genre. However, Norman became increasingly dissatisfied working with Gordy and left Motown to form his own label Whitfield Records in the mid 70s. Whitfield scored a massive #1 hit smash with the supremely rousing and syncopated "Car Wash" by Rose Royce in 1976. In the early 80s Norman started working again with Motown; he produced the 1983 hit single "Sailing Away" by the Temptations and produced the soundtrack for the movie "The Last Dragon" in 1985. Whitfield and frequent songwriting collaborator Barrett Strong were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004. In 2005 Norman plead guilty to income tax evasion charges and was placed under house arrest. Whitfield died at age 67 from complications of diabetes on September 16, 2008 in Lake Tahoe, California.- Music Department
- Actor
- Composer
Ken Lane was born on 20 December 1912 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for True Romance (1993), Casualties of War (1989) and OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009). He died on 23 November 1996 in Lake Tahoe, California, USA.- Zan Barker was born on 25 March 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He died on 2 October 2012 in Marla Bay, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.
- Cecilia Meagher was born on 10 May 1919 in New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Cover Girl (1944). She was married to Robert Preston Heasley. She died on 11 July 1998 in South Lake Tahoe, California, USA.
- Kristall Eklund was born on 20 July 1961 in Long Beach, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Murder, She Wrote (1984) and Blacke's Magic (1986). She died on 7 August 2020 in Crystal Bay, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Actor
Charles Sanford was born on 17 June 1905. He was a composer and actor, known for Let It Be Me (1995), Producers' Showcase (1954) and Sunday Showcase (1959). He died on 22 April 1977 in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.- Actor
- Stunts
- Additional Crew
Victor Magnussen was an actor, known for Deep Rising (1998), Mask of Death (1996) and The Resurrected (1991). He died on 16 March 2013 in Lake Tahoe, California, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Kenneth McKellar was born on 23 June 1927 in Paisley, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Dear Frankie (2004), The Beggar's Opera (1963) and The Great Waltz (1972). He was married to Hedy. He died on 9 April 2010 in Lake Tahoe, California, USA.- F. Frederick Duey was born on 25 March 1908 in Nebraska, USA. He was an actor. He died on 11 June 1986 in Lake Tahoe, California, USA.
- Actor
- Casting Director
- Producer
Lewis Lucky Carrillo III was born on 19 November 1968 in Patuxent River, Maryland, USA. He was an actor and casting director, known for Walk a Fine Line (2016), Nocturnal Killers and E.V.P. (2017). He died on 27 December 2017 in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA.- Composer
- Soundtrack
Eduard Ingris was born on 11 February 1905 in Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. He was a composer, known for Hubert the Smart Boy (1985), The Gallant One (1964) and Muj prítel d'Artagnan (1991). He died on 12 January 1991 in Lake Tahoe, California, USA.- Gene Upshaw was born on 15 August 1945 in Robstown, Texas, USA. He was married to Teresa Buich and Jimmye Hill. He died on 20 August 2008 in Lake Tahoe, California, USA.
- Actor
Harold Hoff was born on 11 January 1906 in Waldo, Kansas, USA. He was an actor. He died on 6 July 1998 in South Lake Tahoe, California, USA.- Clifford Nass was born on 3 April 1958 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He died on 2 November 2013 in Stanford Sierra Camp near South Lake Tahoe, California, USA.
- Additional Crew
Henry Cowl was born on 14 October 1925 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. He is known for Night of the Lepus (1972), The Million Dollar Duck (1971) and The Biscuit Eater (1972). He died on 13 January 2019 in South Lake Tahoe, California, USA.