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- Actor
- Soundtrack
Oscar-winning actor Paul Lukas was born in Hungary and graduated from the School for Dramatic Arts. In 1916 he went to Kosice (Kassa) to be an actor; in 1918 he became an actor specializing in comedy. For ten years he was the most popular character player and romantic lead of the company. In 1918 he began making movies in Budapest and in the 1920s he began appearing in films in Austria as well. He journeyed to Hollywood in 1927, where he finally settled down. He wasn't untrue to the stage--he played Dr. Rank to Ruth Gordon's Nora in Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" in the Morosco Theatre in New York in 1937--but concentrated on films until 1948. In the '50s he started appearing on stage more and more, and worked in films and on TV only sporadically.- Paul Danquah was born on 25 May 1925 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Taste of Honey (1961), The Avengers (1961) and Secret Agent (1964). He died on 13 August 2015 in Tangier, Morocco.
- Writer
- Composer
- Actor
Composer and author, educated at the University of Virginia, he studied with Aaron Copland and Virgil Thomson, and received Guggenheim and Rockefeller grants. Paul Bowles joined ASCAP in 1945, and he researched folk music in Spain, North Africa, the Antilles, and South and Central America. He lived 52 years in Tangier, Morocco as an expatriate writer. Bowles was married to the writer and playwright Jane Bowles.- Actress
- Composer
Doria March aka Katharine Hamilton Ewing was born in Montreal in 1893. Her parents, Samuel William Ewing and Ethel Rosina (nee Vickers), were members of Montreal's elite merchant class. In fact, her mother was related to the famous Canadian author Susanna Moodie ("Roughing It in the Bush" (1852). "Doria" married another member of a prominent Montreal family, Henry Bernard Davis, in 1914. Following her divorce from Henry Davis, she married Donald Deeks in 1923 and settled in England where she began her film career. She had two children, Patrick (b. 1915) and Pamela (b. 1917) and passed away in 1974.- David Herbert was born on 3 October 1908 in Marylebone, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Knowing Men (1930), African Footsteps (1995) and Let It Come Down: The Life of Paul Bowles (1998). He died on 3 April 1995 in Tangier, Morocco.
- Art Department
Christopher Gibbs was born on 29 July 1938 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK. He is known for Performance (1970), Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013) and Hi Society: The Wonderful World of Nicky Haslam (2009). He died on 28 July 2018 in Tangier, Morocco.- JRM Chapman was born in the UK and studied in Cambridge. He loved to travel, and in the 50s he settled first in Tangier and then in Casablanca where he worked as a travel agent in Olive Branch Tours. He took care of very rich tourists. Chapman loved acting and was president of the amateur dramatic society in Churchill Club in Casablanca. He participated in many films shot in Morocco since his beginning as an extra in the film "Lawrence of Arabia" where he was also a travel agent for the film. Chapman retired in Tangiers where he died from a heart attack while he was watching his television.
- Director
R.A. Hopwood was born on 5 July 1903 in Marylebone, London, England, UK. He was a director, known for Full Steam (1936), Windmill Revels (1937) and Song in Soho (1937). He died on 3 June 1969 in Tangier, Morocco.