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Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2010 by

HARRIS M. LENTZ III

McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Jefferson, North Carolina, and London

Front cover, clockwise from top left: Barbara Billingsley, Tom Bosley, Peter Graves, Tony Curtis

ISSN 1087-9617

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ISBN-13: 978-0-7864-4175-4

softcover : 50# alkaline paper

©2011 Harris M. Lentz, III. All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Manufactured in the United States of America

McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Box 611, Jefferson, North Carolina 28640 www.mcfarlandpub.com

This book is dedicated to my mother Helene Zollo Lentz (1923–2010), and to the memory of those other friends and family lost during 2010— Eanes Lobianco, William Cockroft, Rose Robilio, Barbara Yomtob, Ken Wilburn, Louise Robilio LaFont and Richard Devon, Helen Talbot, Charles B. Pierce, Bob Hoy, Glenn Shadix, Kevin McCarthy, Danny Morton, Johnny Shefﬁeld, James MacArthur, Fred Foy

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Britt, Jordan Lacina, Brett Fleming, John Beck, Polly Sharp, Zia Lane, Tammy Lambdin, Scotty Scheno, Pierre, Jennifer Millsap, Chad Green, Verlinda Hennings, Michael Huggins, Rebecca Crook, Emily Kraninger, Jason Kennedy, Steve Tines, Josh Cleary, Sean and Amber Hart, Kira Christensen, Heather Rich, Steve Montgomery, Keith Prince, Laura Crofcheck, Richie Cohen and my friends at Bubba’s Ale House & Grille, Ali Meyer, Clint Isenhower, Kristen Williams, Kristen Persons, Kayla Marie Hugel, Christina Hogan, Rachel Warf, Stephanie Godman, Cassie Bizzle, Jamie Bromley, Cindy Weaver, Brad Jackson, Jim Stafford, Glenna Scott, Bill Marchese, Devon Barnes, Traci C. Bowles, Rebecca Mitchell, Erin Smith, Mike and Lynn Gehl, Katelyn Pearce, Ashley Essary, Jason “the Doctor” Heath, Angelia Daniels, Rick Filka, Louise Roberts, the ﬁne folks at J. Alexanders, Hadley’s, and Old Whitten Tavern, Mike Robilio and my friends at Sidecar, the Memphis Film Festival, Ray Grier of the Ellendale Post Ofﬁce, my friends with the Memphis Team Trivia Leagues at Hooters Wolfchase and East End Grill, the gang at Classic Horror Film Board, Tommy Gattas, James Gattas, Emma Brown, the University of Memphis Library and the Memphis, Shelby County, and Bartlett public libraries.

I greatly appreciate the invaluable assistance of my friend and co-conspirator Carla Clark. Special thanks also go to my sister, Nikki Walker, and to Bob King at Classic Images, for granting permission to use information from my columns. Also, thanks to Tom Weaver, Fred Davis, John Beifuss, Ray Neilson, John Whyborn, Boyd Magers at Western Clippings, Larry Tauber, Andrew “Captain Comics” Smith, Jimmy Walker, Tony Pruitt, Greg Bridges, Bobby Mathews, Kent Nelson, George and Leona Alsup, Betty Alsup, Toni Cerritto, Lois Donnelly, Tina Motroni, Dale Warren, Andrew Clark, Aarin Prichard, Dr. Mark Hefﬁngton, Timmy Bell, Anne Taylor, Andy Branham, John Nelson, Richard Allynwood, Frank de Azpillaga, Irv Jacobs, Bill Warren, Bob Cuneo, Alun Jones, Marty Baumann, Joe Caviolo, John Hiestand, Rusty White, Russ Blatt of Life in Legacy, the folks at VoyForums: Celebrity Obits (especially Chronicler, Peggy, Rocket, Loren, Greg, Buckeye, Danny, Doc Rock, Darren, Francesca, Geazer, Teller, Kathy, Ed Tracey, James, John, Kristian, Loretta, Micki, Davis S., and Missy-Jo), Joy Martin, Denise Tansil, Blaine Lester, Louis and Carol Baird, Carlin and Renee Stuart, Maggie Hernandez, Dia Barbee, Dave Ramsey, Ray and Judy Herring, Don and Elaine Kerley, Wally Traylor, Jennifer Eggleston, Lance Freemon, Darryl and Amy Wheeler, Grace Garcia Dixon, Daniel Dixon, Kevin

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments vi Author’s Note viii Introduction ix Reference Bibliography xiii The 2010 Obituaries

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AUTHOR’S NOTE HELENE ZOLLO LENTZ , accordionist, toe dancer, businesswoman, ﬁlm fan, and my mother, died of pneumonia and complications from surgery at a Memphis, Tennessee, hospital on June 7, 2010. She was 86. Helene was born in Memphis on August 7, 1923, the daughter of Dominic and Mary Zollo. She studied dance and accordion as a child, and performed frequently on the local stage and radio in the 1930s. She was a graduate of St. Agnes Academy in Memphis in 1940. Helene worked at her family’s Diamond Ice Cream Company during World War II while her husband Harris Lentz, Jr., served as a paratrooper in Europe. After the war, she and her husband continued to operate the ice cream company and raise a family. Helene began working as a bookkeeper with the Fred P. Gattas Company following the death of her husband and sale of the ice cream factory in 1974. She continued to work with the Gattas family, serving as an accountant and ofﬁce manager with James Gattas Jewelry until her death. She was an elegant and wonderful lady who never met a stranger, and could make a trek to the post ofﬁce or the grocery store a festive event. She reveled in watching old ﬁlms and television shows (which weren’t so old when she ﬁrst saw them). She was an avid attendee of the Memphis Film Festival and the MidSouthCon for over 20 years, where she delighted in hobnobbing with old cowboy stars and Klingons alike. She left an indelible impression on

Helene Lentz (right, with Shorty the Werewolf )

the ﬁlm stars and fellow fans she met. On several occasions at ﬁlm fests, while taking a rare moment to rest in a convenient chair, she would look up to see a small line forming around her, with fans thumbing through 8 ¥ 10s and wondering which of the stars she was. When I ﬁrst began writing for the original Famous Monsters of Filmland in the 1970s, Forry Ackerman would frequently call to discuss a story. Most of the time, his call would come when I wasn’t home, and he and my mother would have long conversations. I came to believe Forry was intentionally calling when I wasn’t there so he could talk to my mom. I largely owe whatever success I have achieved as a writer and a human being to her guidance, inspiration, and support.

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INTRODUCTION This book provides a single source that notes the deaths of all major, and many minor, ﬁgures in the ﬁelds of ﬁlm, television, cartoons, theatre, music and popular literature throughout the world. The obituaries contain pertinent details of deaths including date, place and cause, of more than 1250 celebrities. Biographical information and career highlights and achievements are also provided. I have also included a complete- as-possible ﬁlmography for U.S. ﬁlm and television performers. Both print and online resources used are listed below and in the bibliography. A photograph has been included for the majority of the individuals included. The year 2010 saw the passing of such notable celebrities as Airplane! and Naked Gun star Leslie Nielsen; Easy Rider director and star Dennis Hopper; Diff ’rent Stokes diminutive star Gary Coleman; leading man Tony Curtis; television talk show icon Art Linkletter; Oscar-winning actress Patricia Neal; and Oscar nominees Jill Clayburgh and Jean Simmons. Many familiar faces from television passed on including Leave It to Beaver matriarch Barbara Billingsley; Happy Days patriarch Tom Bosley; I Spy star Robert Culp; Designing Women star Dixie Carter; Charlie’s Angels voice and Dynasty star John Forsythe; Mission: Impossible star Peter Graves; Bonanza’s Adam Cartwright, Pernell Roberts; TV’s Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett, Fess Parker; The Golden Girls’ Blanche Devereaux, Rue McClanahan; Hawaii 5-0’s Danno, James MacArthur; Growing Pains sidekick Andrew Koenig; Maude’s husband Harold Gould; Manimal star Simon MacCorkindale; Benson’s secretary Caroline McWilliams; Barney Miller’s Sgt. Arthur Dietrich, Steve Landesberg; and The Roaring 20s femme fatale Dorothy Provine. The silver screen lost such luminaries as British

actress Lynn Redgrave and her older brother, Corin Redgrave; Invasion of the Body Snatchers star Kevin McCarthy; Tarzan’s Boy Johnny Shefﬁeld; Poltergeist’s diminutive psychic Zelda Rubinstein; Beetlejuice’s Otho, Glenn Shadix; Hammer horror ﬁlms leading lady Ingrid Pitt; and Gloria Stuart, whose career spanned from leading lady in 1933’s The Invisible Man, to an Oscar nomination as old Rose in 1997’s Titanic. The world of music lost legendary singers Eddie Fisher and Lena Horne; soul singers Solomon Burke and Teddy Pendergrass; heavy metal rocker Ronnie James Dio; vocalist Kathryn Grayson; jazz singer and actress Abbey Lincoln; Sing Along with Mitch host Mitch Miller; country music star Jimmy Dean; opera singers Cesare Siepi, Joan Sutherland, and Blanche Thebom; gospel singer Albertina Walker; Kiss manager Bill Aucoin; iconoclast musician Captain Beefheart; and Agathe von Trapp, the real life eldest daughter from The Sound of Music. The voices were also stilled of singer and songwriter Bobby Charles (“See You Later, Alligator”), Box Tops lead singer Alex Chilton (“The Letter”), country singer Hank Cochran (“I Fall to Pieces”), rockabilly singer Dale Hawkins (“Susie-Q”), Little Feat drummer Richie Hayward (“Dixie Chicken”), songwriter Bobby Hebb (“Sunny”), and soul singer Teena Marie (“Lovergirl”). Other passings of 2010 include literary lions J.D. Salinger of Catcher in the Rye fame and Love Story scribe Erich Segal; composer Jerry Bock and playwright Joseph Stein, who shared a Pulitzer Prize for the Tony Award–winning musical Fiddler on the Roof and who died in quick succession; soap opera stars Helen Wagner (As the World Turns’ Nancy Hughes), James Mitchell (All My Children’s Palmer

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Obituaries • 2010 Cortlandt), and Frances Reid (Days of Our Lives’ Alice Horton); silent screen stars Doris Eaton, Dorothy Janis, and Baby Marie Osborne; Wizard of Oz Munchkins Meinhardt Raabe (the coroner) and Olga Nardone (of the Lullaby League); New York Yankees colorful owner George Steinbrenner and fractal geometrician Benoit Mandelbrot; television journalists Edwin Newman and Daniel Schorr; ATeam and The Rockford Files creator Stephen J. Cannell and Police Story and Police Woman creator David Gerber; Lone Ranger announcer Fred Foy and Hopalong Cassidy’s widow Grace Bradley Boyd; football player turned sportscaster Don Meredith and football player turned actor Merlin Olsen from Little House on the Prairie; Enter the Dragon leading lady Ahna Capri and An Ofﬁcer and a Gentleman femme fatale Lisa Blount; Errol Flynn’s teenage lover Beverly Aadland and John Wayne’s leading lady Adele Mara; Penthouse founder Bob Guccione, Playboy Playmates Jennifer Lyn Jackson and Allison Parks, and adult ﬁlm performers Juliet “Aunt Peg” Anderson, Jamie Gillis, and John Leslie; Bonanza creator David Dortort and Twilight Zone logo designer Joseph Messerli; Goldﬁnger gangster Martin Benson and James Bond ﬁlm scriptwriter Tom Mankewicz; comedian Greg Giraldo and mime Lorene Yarnell; Eddie Carroll, the voice of Jiminy Crickett, and Peter Fernandez, the voice of Speed Racer; Rebel Without a Cause alumni Corey Allen and Stefﬁ Sidney; England’s 1949 Alice in Wonderland Carol Marsh; British mystery writer Dick Francis and the creators of Father Dowling (Ralph McInerny), Spenser (Robert B. Parker), Modesty Blaise (Peter O’Donnell), and The Wombles (Elisabeth Beresford). The Howdy Doody Show lost its creator, Edward Kean, and frequent voice performer Allen Swift. Other passings include Pokey and Gumby creator Art Clokey, and voice performers Billie Mae Richards (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer), Christopher Shea (Linus in the Charlie Brown animated specials), and Pat Stevens (Scooby-Doo’s Velma). Two young actresses who starred as Rhett Butler and Scarlett O’Hara’s child, Bonnie Blue, in the 1939 classic Gone with the Wind died — Phyllis Douglas, who portrayed Bonnie at 3, and Cammie King, who was the slightly older incarnation of the Butlers’ daughter. Other child stars who passed on include Gypsy Rose Lee’s sister, June Havoc, who went from vaudeville as Baby June to a ﬁlm career

x as an adult; Shirley Bell, radio’s Little Orphan Annie; 1980s juvenile star Corey Haim; Shirley Mills, who starred as Ruthie Joad in 1940’s The Grapes of Wrath; Sky King’s niece Penny (Gloria Winters); TV’s National Velvet Lori Martin; Our Gang star Dorothy de Borba; James Aubrey, who starred as Ralph in 1963’s Lord of the Flies; and Polish child actor Lech Kaczynski, who rose to become his country’s president. Other passings include veteran character actors Graham Crowden, James Gammon, Richard Devon, Maury Chaykin, Christopher Cazenove, John Crawford, Joe Mantell, Lionel Jeffries, Robert Ellenstein, Bill Erwin, Bruno Cremer, George DiCenzo, Peter Haskell, Bernard Kates, Sandy Kenyon, Neva Patterson, Per Oscarsson, Johnny Seven, and EuroWestern stars Angelo Infanti, Peter Martell, Aldo Sambrell, and Virgilio Teixeira. Leading ﬁgures from behind the camera are also found within, including Pink Panther director Blake Edwards; Bonnie and Clyde director Arthur Penn; Hammer horror ﬁlm director Roy Ward Baker; Italian ﬁlm producer Dino de Laurentiis; The Empire Strikes Back director Irvin Kershner; The Poseidon Adventure director Ronald Neame; documentary ﬁlmmaker David L. Wolper; Oscarnominated screenwriter Irving Ravetch; British director Clive Donner; and French New Wave pioneers Claude Chabrol and Eric Rohmer. Cult ﬁlmdom’s losses include Grave of the Vampire and Dracula’s Dog star Michael Pataki; French horror ﬁlm pioneer Jean Rollin of Les Grapes de la Mort; I Drink Your Blood director David Durston; Blacula’s leading lady, Vonetta McGee; Carnival of Souls screenwriter John Clifford; Legend of Bogg y Creek ﬁlmmaker Charles B. Pierce; Chris Udvarnoky, one of the twins from 1972’s The Other; The Hideous Sun Demon producer Robin Kirkman; The Fiend and Nightbeast star Don Leifert; Chucky puppeteer Van Snowden from the early Child’s Play ﬁlms; From Beyond ’s Dr. Pretorius, Ted Sorel; British model and Peeping Tom victim Pamela Green; Freddy Kreuger’s mom, Nan Martin; Braindead ’s Mum, Elizabeth Moody; and I Dismember Mama screenwriter William Norton. Veteran fantasy artist Frank Frazetta, Flash Gordon artist Al Williamson, Anthro creator Howard Post, comic book artist and editor Dick Giordano, Harvey Pekar, creator of the autobiographical comic series American Splendor, and science ﬁction writers James Hogan, William Tenn, and Dumarest of Terra creator E.C. Tubb are also found within.

xi Reality television saw the passing of Deadliest Catch captain Phil Harris, The Bachelorette’s unsuccessful suitor Julien Hug, and anorexic model Isabelle Caro. Sports entertainment lost wrestling champs Jack Brisco, Edouard Carpentier, and Gene Kiniski, and other ring heroes and villains including Lance Cade, Chris Kanyon, Mike “Bastion Booger” Shaw, Luna Vachon, Giant Gonzalez, Tony “Ludvig Borga” Halme, King Curtis Iaukea, Angelo Poffo, and Jerry Valiant. We also lost four-legged friends Enzo, who took over from his father to portray the Crane family Jack Russell Terrier Eddie from Frasier and Miss Ellie, who had the dubious honor of being crowned 2009’s World’s Ugliest Dog; and the eight-tentacled celebrity Paul, the World Cup predicting octopus. I have been writing obituaries of ﬁlm personalities for more than 30 years, beginning with a column in Forry Ackerman’s Famous Monsters of Filmland in the late 1970s. Many of the ﬁlm obituaries in this work are taken from my monthly column in Classic Images (P.O. Box 809, Muscatine, IA

2010 • Obituaries 52761), a newspaper devoted to classic ﬁlms and their performers. I have also been writing obituaries for the Famous Monsters of Filmland website since mid–2009 (http://www.famousmonstersofﬁlm land.com/category/obits-by-harris-lentz-iii/). Information on the passing of the individuals found in this volume has been gathered from a myriad of sources. Primary sources include The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Times (of London), The Washington Post, Variety, Time, People, TV Guide and Newsweek. Other sources include Boyd Mager’s Western Clippings, The Memphis Commercial Appeal, The Hollywood Reporter, The (Manchester) Guardian, The Comics Buyer’s Guide, Locus, Pro Wrestling Torch, Psychotronic Video, The Comics Journal and Facts on File. Several sources on the Internet have also been helpful, including Voyager Forums Barbara’s Obits and Memorials (hosted by Chronicler) (http://www.voy.com/221392/), Life in Legacy (http://www.lifeinlegacy.com/), Entertainment Insiders (http://www.einsiders.com/), and the Internet Movie Database, Ltd. (http://www.imdb. com/ ).

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_____. Feature Films, 1950 –1959: A United States Filmography. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1999. _____. Sound Films, 1927–1939: A United States Filmography. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1992. Finch, Yolande. Finchy. New York: Wyndham, 1981. Fischer, Dennis. Horror Films Directors, 1931–1990. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1991. Hunter, Allan, ed. Chambers Concise Encyclopedia of Film and Television. New York: W&R Chambers, 1991. Katz, Ephraim. The Film Encyclopedia, 2d ed. New York: HarperPerennial, 1994. Malloy, Alex G., ed. Comic Book Artists. Radnor, PA: Wallace-Homestead, 1993. Maltin, Leonard, ed. Movie and Video Guide 1995. New York: Signet, 1994. Marill, Alvin H. Movies Made for Television. Westport, CT: Arlington House, 1980. Mathis, Jack. Republican Conﬁdential, Vol. 2: The Players. Barrington, IL: Jack Mathis Advertising, 1992. McNeil, Alex. Total Television. New York : Penguin, 1996. Monaco, James. Who’s Who in American Film Now. New York: Zoetrope, 1988. Nash, Jay Robert, and Stanley Ralph Ross. The Motion Picture Guide. 10 vols. Chicago: Cinebooks, 1985. Nowlan, Robert A., and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan. The Films of the Eighties: A Complete, Qualitative Filmography to Over 3400 Feature-Length English Language Films, Theatrical and Video-Only, Released Between January 1, 1980, and December 31, 1989. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1991. Oliviero, Jeffrey. Motion Picture Players’ Credits: Worldwide Performers of 1967 Through 1980 with Filmographies of Their Entire Careers, 1905 –1983. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1991. Parish, James Robert. Actors’ Television Credits 1950 – 1972. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1973. _____. Film Actors Guide: Western Europe. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1977. Ragan, David. Who’s Who in Hollywood, 1900 –1976. New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1976.

Obituaries • 2010 Rovin, Jeff. The Fabulous Fantasy Films. South Brunswick, NJ: A.S. Barnes, 1977. Terrace, Vincent. Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials, 1937–1973. New York: Zoetrope, 1986. _____. Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials, 1974 –1984. New York: Zoetrope, 1986. Walker, John, ed. Halliwell’s Filmgoer’s and Video Viewer’s Companion, 10th ed. New York: HarperPerennial, 1993. Watson, Elena M. Television Horror Movie Hosts: 68 Vampires, Mad Scientists and Other Denizens of the Late Night Airwaves Examined and Interviewed. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1991. Weaver, Tom. Attack of the Monster Movie Makers: Interviews with 20 Genre Giants. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1994. _____. Eye on Science Fiction: 20 Interviews with Classic SF and Horror Filmmakers. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2003. _____. I Was a Monster Movie Maker: Conversations with 22 SF and Horror Filmmakers. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2001. _____. Interviews with B Science Fiction and Horror Movie Makers: Writers, Producers, Directors, Actors, Moguls and Makeup. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1988. _____. It Came from Weaver Five: Interviews with 20 Zany, Glib and Earnest Moviemakers in the SF and Horror Traditions of the Thirties, Forties, Fifties and Sixties. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1994. _____. Monsters, Mutants and Heavenly Creatures: Confessions of 14 Classic Sci-Fi/Horrormeisters. Baltimore: Midnight Marquee Press, 1996. _____. Science Fiction and Fantasy Film Flashbacks: Conversations with 24 Actors, Writers, Producers and Directors from the Golden Age. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1998. _____. Science Fiction Stars and Horror Heroes: Interviews with Actors, Directors, Producers and Writers of the 1940s Through the 1960s. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1991. _____. They Fought in the Creature Features: Interviews with 23 Classic Horror, Science Fiction and Serial Stars. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1994. Who’s Who in the World. Chicago: Marquis Who’s Who, various editions. Willis, John, ed. Screen World. New York: Crown, 1958– 2001.

Internet NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS Arizona Central: www.azcentral.com/ BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/ Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN): www.commercial appeal.com/ Guardian Unlimited: www.guardian.co.uk/ Hollywood Reporter: www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/ index.jsp The Independent: http://news.independent.co.uk/ International Herald Tribune: www.iht.com/

xiv Los Angeles Times: www.latimes.com/ The Nation: www.nationmultimedia.com/ New York Times: www.nytimes.com/ Online Newspapers: www.onlinenewspapers.com/ Playbill: www.playbill.com/news/ La Repubblica: http://www.repubblica.it/ RTE Entertainment: www.rte.ie/ Seattle Post-Intelligencer: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/ The Stage: www.thestage.co.uk/ Der Standard: http://derstandard.at/ Star Tribune (Minneapolis–St. Paul, MN): www.startri bune.com/ Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/ Time: www.time.com/ Times of India: http://timesoﬁndia.indiatimes.com/ TimesOnline: www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/ Variety: www.variety.com/ Xinhua News: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/ Yonhap News: http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/

OTHER SITES alt.obituaries: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.obit uaries/ Barbara’s Obits & Memorials (Chronicler): www.voy. com/221392/ Bruisermania: http://bruisermania.com/ Caratteristi e Protagonisti Della Commedia Italina Anni ’70 e ’80: www.caratteristi.it/ Caskets on Parade: http://daggy.name/cop/index.htm Cauliﬂower Alley Club: www.cauliﬂoweralleyclub.org/ Celebrity Deathwatch: http://slick.org/deathwatch/ mailarchive/maillist.html Celebrity Remembrances (Peggy): www.voy.com/221 475/ Classic Horror Film Board: http://monsterkidclassichor rorforum.yuku.com/ Dead People Server: http://dpsinfo.com/dps/ Dead Porn Stars: www.rame.net/faq/deadporn/ Dead Rock Stars Club: http://thedeadrock starsclub. com/ Entertainment Insiders: www.einsiders.com/ Famous Monsters: www.famousmonstersofﬁlmland. com/ Find a Grave: www.ﬁndagrave.com/ Gary Will: Deceased Pro Wrestlers: www.garywill.com/ wrestling/decwres.htm Internet Movie Database: www.imdb.com/ Last Link on the Left — http://lastlinkontheleft.com/ ﬁnalcredits.html Legacy.com: http://legacy.com/NS/ Life in Legacy: www.lifeinlegacy.com/ Memphis Film Festival: www.memphis ﬁlmfestival. com/ 1WrestlingLegends: www.1wrestlinglegends.com/ Outpost Gallifrey: http://gallifreyone.com/ Shadow Cabaret: www.shadowcabaret.com/ Social Security Death Index: http://ssdi.rootsweb.an cestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi Toonopedia: www.toonopedia.com/index.htm Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/ Young Hollywood Hall of Fame: www.younghollywood hof.com/

OBITUARIES IN THE PERFORMING ARTS, 2010 AADLAND, BEVERLY Beverly Aadland, the teen-age girl-friend and Cuban Rebel Girls leading lady of actor Errol Flynn, died of complications from diabetes and congestive heart failure in Lancaster, California, on January 5, 2010. She was 67. Aadland was born in Hollywood on September 16, 1942. She began her career in show business as a child and appeared in a small role in the 1951 ﬁlm version of Death of a Salesman. She was also featured as a dancer in the ﬁlms South Paciﬁc (1958), Too Much, Too Soon (1958), and Marjorie Morningstar (1958). Swashbuckling ﬁlm star and notorious womanizer Errol Flynn met Aadland on the Warner Bros. lot in 1957 and began a torrid affair with her when she was 15. They traveled around the globe together for Aron Abrams

working in ﬁlms with his brother, Ian, for Dino De Laurentiis. He was soon writing for television scripting episodes of the series Fired Up, Maggie, and Big Wolf on Campus. He also wrote the tele-ﬁlms Bunk Bed Brothers (1996) and I’m in Hell (2007). Abrams served as a writer and producer for the sitcoms 3rd Rock from the Sun, Grounded for Life, the animated King of the Hill, Everybody Hates Chris, and Glenn Martin DDS. He was a consulting producer on the upcoming Fox sitcom Bob’s Burger.

ABRAMSON, BERNIE Cinematographer Bernie Abramson died in California on August 14, 2010. He was 86. Abramson was born in Los Angeles on November 3, 1923, and studied photography in his youth. He served in the U.S. Navy as an aerial cameraman during World War II and began working as a still photographer in ﬁlms after the war. He shot stills for the 1959 Marilyn Monroe comedy Some Like It Hot and became a favored photographer for Frank Sinatra’s “Rat Pack” on the ﬁlms Ocean’s Eleven (1960) and Sergeants 3 (1962). Abramson

Beverly Aadland

the next two years, and she appeared with him in his ﬁnal ﬁlm, Cuban Rebel Girls, in 1959. She was also seen on television in episodes of You Bet Your Life and The Red Skelton Show. Her relationship with Flynn became widely known when he died of a heart attack in her company in Vancouver, Canada, in 1959. The following year Aadland was again in the news when her latest boyfriend was shot to death at her home when the two struggled over a gun. Only 17, she spent the next year as a ward of the court. She subsequently resumed her career as a dancer and singer on the East Coast. Her mother, Florence Aadland, wrote a 1961 book about the affair with Flynn entitled The Big Love. Beverly returned to California by the mid–1960s and had two unsuccessful marriages. She was working as a cocktail waitress when she met auto parts salesman Ronald Risher. The two married later in the decade and settled in Palmdale in the early 1970s.

ABRAMS, ARON Television writer and producer Aron Abrams died suddenly while vacationing on Hawaii’s Big Island on December 25, 2010. He was 50. Abrams was raised in Emerson, New Jersey, and began

Bernie Abramson

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Obituaries • 2010 was also still photographer for such ﬁlms as The Alamo (1960), Donovan’s Reef (1963), Cleopatra (1963), The Sandpipers (1965), Deathwatch (1966), The Last of the Secret Agents? (1966), The War Wagon (1967), In Cold Blood (1967), The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968), The Killing of Sister George (1968), The Wild Bunch (1969), The Great Bank Robbery (1969), Which Way to the Front? (1970), Five Easy Pieces (1970), There Was a Crooked Man… (1970), Flap (1970), George Lucas’ THX 1138 (1971), Drive, He Said (1971), The Steagle (1971), The Omega Man (1971), Dirty Harry (1971), Play It Again, Sam (1972), Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1972), Up the Sandbox (1972), and McQ (1974). He served as an uncredited second unit photographer on the ﬁlms Against a Crooked Sky (1975), All the President’s Men (1976), and Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). Abramson was cinematographer on the ﬁlms Pony Express Rider (1976), Mikey and Nicky (1976), and Baker’s Hawk (1976), and the tele-ﬁlms It Happened at Lakewood Manor (1977) and What Really Happened to the Class of ’65? (1977). He also worked on the television series Sierra and Mobile One, and the 1975 tele-ﬁlm The Art of the Crime. He was director of photography for the 1988 television mini-series War and Remembrance, and the ﬁlms One Eyed Faces (1997), Deadly Delusions (1999), Ghost Rock (2004), and Lethal (2005).

ACHARYA, MANISH Indian ﬁlmmaker Manish Acharya died of a brain hemorrhage after falling from a horse in Matheran, India, on December 4, 2010. He was

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Trent Acid

Boyz. He and Kashmere debuted with the Ring of Honor in 2002, where they held the tag team championship. Acid feuded with Homicide in ROH and Pro Wrestling Unplugged in 2004. He also competed with Juggalo Championship Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Syndicate. He was arrested for possession of heroin and other drug charges in April of 2010 and was facing a prison sentence at the time of his death.

ADA THE DOG Ada the Dog, the Miniature Schnauzer who starred as Colin in the British television series Spaced, died in Essex, England, on April 22, 2010.

Ada the Dog Manish Acharya

40. Acharya studied ﬁlm at New York University and produced, directed and scripted the comedy ﬁlm Loins of Punjab Presents for his graduation piece in 2007. Acharya also did voiceover work for the 2008 puppet ﬁlm Sita Sings the Blues and was featured in 2009’s Luck by Chance.

ACID, TRENT Wrestler Michael Verdi, who competed in Ring of Honor (ROH) and independent promotions as Trent Acid, was found dead at his home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of a suspected drug overdose on June 18, 2010. He was 29. Verdi was born Philadelphia on November 12, 1980. He began his ring career with Combat Zone Wrestling in 1999 where he soon teamed with Johnny Kashmere as The Backseat

She was 13. Ada was owned and trained by Barbara Gash. She appeared with Simon Pegg, Jessica Stevenson, and Nick Frost in the sit-com Spaced from 1999 to 2001.

ADAMS, MIKE Stuntman Mike Adams died of complications from a stroke in a Newhall, California, hospital on April 18, 2010. He was 60. Adams was born on March 22, 1950. He was raised on a cattle ranch and performed on the rodeo circuit in his youth. He began working in ﬁlms and television as a stuntman in the mid–1970s. Adams performed stunt work and occasionally appeared in small roles in such ﬁlms as The Manitou (1978), Prophecy (1979), The Concorde … Airport ’79 (1979), Borderline (1980), Under the Rainbow (1981), The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981) as Ranger Palmer, The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982), Norman Loves Rose (1982),

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2010 • Obituaries ADAMS, SHEILA K. Actress and playwright Sheila K. Adams died of leukemia in a Manhattan, New York, hospital on April 18, 2010. She was 59. Adams was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on June 24, 1950. She began her career on stage as Fredrika Armfeldt in the original Broadway production of A Little Night Music in 1973. She also starred as Milly Owens in William Inge’s Summer Brave on Broadway in 1975. She was featured in the 1981 tele-ﬁlm The Gentleman Bandit (1981) and appeared as a deputy in the 1983 sequel Psycho II. She was also seen in the 2006 ﬁlm Fast Track. Adams also published several plays, including Dog Story and Force Majeure.

Mike Adams

WarGames (1983), Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983), Bachelor Party (1984), Roadhouse 66 (1984), Rhinestone (1984), Commando (1985), Pale Rider (1985), Mask (1985), Year of the Dragon (1985), My Science Project (1985), Avenging Angel (1985), Blue City (1986), Nobody’s Fool (1986), Ratboy (1986), A Fine Mess (1986), Raw Deal (1986), Disorderlies (1987), No Way Out (1987), Barﬂy (1987), Shy People (1987), Nadine (1987), P.K. and the Kid (1987), Little Nikita (1988), Red Heat (1988), The Dead Pool (1988), Split Decisions (1988), K-9 (1989), Blind Fury (1989), Big Man on Campus (1989), Mr. Destiny (1990), Problem Child (1990), RoboCop 2 (1990), Bloodmoon (1990), David Lynch’s Wild at Heart (1990), Cold Dog Soup (1990), City Slickers (1991), Out for Justice (1991), Under Siege (1992), Sneakers (1992), Out on a Limb (1992), Deep Cover (1992), Thunderheart (1992), Redheads (1992), Wayne’s World (1992), Coneheads (1993), In the Line of Fire (1993), House of Cards (1993), RoboCop 3 (1993), Geronimo: An American Legend (1993), The Program (1993), Lassie (1994), Separate Lives (1995), Major Payne (1995), Cover Me (1995), Wild Bill (1995) Set It Off (1996), Fox Hunt (1996), Kansas City (1996), Chameleon (1996), Best Men (1997), Vegas Vacation (1997), Mighty Joe Young (1998), The Waterboy (1998), The Gingerbread Man (1998), The Replacement Killers (1998), Magnolia (1999), The Replacements (2000), The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000), What Planet Are You From? (2000), Ocean’s Eleven (2001), Stealing Harvard (2002), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), Shattered Lies (2002), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Bad Santa (2003), Timeline (2003), 50 First Dates (2004), Black Dawn (2005), Herbie Fully Loaded (2005), Kicking & Screaming (2005), The Astronaut Farmer (2006), Pineapple Express (2008), and Dark Moon Rising (2009). He worked as stunt coordinator for the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives for more than twenty years from the mid–1980s. Adams also worked on the tele-ﬁlms Charleston (1979), The Last Innocent Man (1987), Percy & Thunder (1993), Favorite Deadly Sins (1995), The Bachelor’s Baby (1996), Louis L’Amour’s Shaughnessy the Iron Marshal (1996), and Live from Baghdad (2002), and the series Shelley Duvall’s Tall Tales & Legends, Magnum, P.I., and Highway to Heaven. He was a past president of the Stuntmen’s Association of Motion Pictures.

ADAMS, TONI Wrestling valet and manager Toni Adams, who worked with her husband Gentleman Chris Adams in an in-ring feud with Steve Austin and Adams’ former wife Jeannie Clark, died of complications from surgery after a long illness in a Louisville, Kentucky, hospital on June 24, 2010. She was 45. She was born Toni Lea Collins in Freer, Texas, on August 19, 1964. She began working in wrestling as a production assistant at Fritz Von Erich’s World Class promotion in 1984. She married wrestling star Chris Adams several years later and made occasional appearances with World Class. She was her husband’s manager with World Class and Global in the late 1980s. She became a leading ﬁgure in the clash between Adams, his protege Steve Austin, and ex-wife Jeannie Clark in the USWA in 1990. The two couples participated in numerous mixed-tag battles throughout the year. Toni and Chris’ homelife proved as

Toni Adams

volatile as their ring feuds, and they divorced soon after their clashes with Austin-Clarke ended. Toni returned to the USWA in 1993 as Brian Christopher’s manager, Nanny Simpson, where she feuded with Rockin’ Robin, Miss Texas, and Dirty White Girl. She brieﬂy resurfaced as valet to Iceman King Parsons during his feud with Chris Adams in Global Wrestling before retiring from the ring in 1994.

ADKINS, GUY Stage actor Guy Adkins died of colon cancer at his apartment in Chicago on May 12, 2010. He was 41. Adkins was born in Lansing, Michigan, on October 3, 1968. He moved to Chicago in the early 1990s after graduating from the University of Wisconsin. He became a leading performer on the local stage

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4 Mary Poppins (1964), and My Fair Lady (1964). He performed frequently on the cruise ship circuit from the 1950s and appeared with pop orchestras in Florida later in his career. Adler wrote his autobiography, Living from Hand to Mouth, in 2005.

AGUABELLA, FRANCISCO Afro-Cuban percussionist Francisco Aguabella died of cancer in Los Angeles on May 7, 2010. He was 84. Aguabella was born in Matanzas, Cuba, on October 10, 1925. He left Cuba in the 1950s to tour with Katherine Dunham’s dance troupe and appeared in the band in the 1954 ﬁlm Mambo with Shelley Winters. He performed Latin jazz and salsa in Guy Adkins

there, starring in productions of A Funny Thing Happened…, Oklahoma!, The Taming of the Shrew, The Return of Martin Guerre, and the national tour of the revival of Sweet Charity with Molly Ringwald. Adkins also appeared on television in episodes of Kings and 30 Rock, and was featured in the forthcoming independent ﬁlm The David Dance (2010).

ADLER, JERRY Harmonica player Jerry Adler died of prostate cancer in Ellenton, Florida, on March 13, 2010. He was 91. He was born Hilliard Gerald Adler in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 30, 1918. He followed in the footsteps of his older brother Larry, also a harmonica virtuoso. He won a local talent competition at age 13 and was soon with Paul Whiteman’s orchestra. He served in the Army Air Corps entertainment unit during World War II. Adler appeared in Moss Hart’s Broadway musical Winged Victory and was featured in the 1944 ﬁlm version. He also toured the Paciﬁc with a small entertainment unit during the war. He worked frequently in Hollywood from the early 1940s and instructed Jimmy Stewart on how to play the harmonica for the 1941 ﬁlm Pot o’ Gold. He also worked with Van Johnson on 1947’s The Romance of Rosy Ridge and was featured onscreen for a solo in the campﬁre scene in the 1953 ﬁlm The Juggler with Kirk Douglas. Adler was also featured on the soundtracks of such ﬁlms as High Noon (1952), Shane (1953), The James Dean Story (1957), The Alamo (1960),

Jerry Adler

Francisco Aguabella

the United States in the 1940s and 1950s and toured throughout Europe and South America. He played with the Jorge Santana Latin rock band Malo in the 1970s and taught Afro-Cuban drumming at UCLA. Aguabella was featured in the 1995 documentary Sworn to the Drum and another documentary about his life and music was in production at the time of his death.

AIELLO, DANNY, III Stuntman Danny Aiello III, the son of character actor Danny Aiello, died of pancreatic cancer in Hillsdale, New Jersey, on May 1, 2010. He was 53. He was born in The Bronx, New York, on January 27, 1957. The younger Aiello began his career in ﬁlms in the late 1970s, appearing in the small role of Baldie in the 1979 cult classic The Wanderers. He worked on numerous ﬁlms as a stuntman and stunt coordinator over the next 30 years. His many credits include the ﬁlms Fighting Back (1982), Amityville II: The Possession (1982), Splash (1984), The Natural (1984), Rappin’ (1985), Key Exchange (1985), Legal Eagles (1986), Playing for Keeps (1986), The Squeeze (1987), Outrageous Fortune (1987), The Secret of My Succe$s (1987), Matewan (1987), Return to Salem’s Lot (1987), China Girl (1987), Orphans (1987), Deadly Illusion (1987), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), The In Crowd (1988), Shakedown (1988), White Hot (1988), Big Business (1988), Spike of Bensonhurst (1988), Last Rites (1988), The January Man (1989), New York Stories (1989), The Dream Team (1989), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989), Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989), Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing (1989) as his father’s stunt double, The Lemon Sisters (1989), Blue Steel (1989), Ghostbusters II (1989), Lock Up (1989), Heart of Dixie (1989), Family

5 Business (1989), State of Grace (1990), Loose Cannons (1990), Miller’s Crossing (1990), Tune in Tomorrow (1990), Jacob’s Ladder (1990), New Jack City (1991), The Hard Way (1991), Hudson Hawk (1991), Ricochet (1991), 29th Street (1991), The Last Boy Scout (1991), Ruby (1992), Mac (1992), Whispers in the Dark (1992), Scent of a Woman (1992), Hoffa (1992), The Pickle (1993), The Saint of Fort Washington (1993), Mr. Wonderful (1993), Nell (1994), Just Cause (1995), Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995), Jaded (1996), The Spitﬁre Grill (1996), Diabolique (1996), Jungle 2 Jungle (1997), A Simple Wish (1997), Cop Land (1997), Two Girls and a Guy (1997), Lolita (1997), Woo (1998), Coyote Ugly (2000), Dinner Rush (2000), Double Whammy (2001), What’s the Worst That Could Happen? (2001), Kate & Leopold (2001), Empire (2002), Bad Company (2002), Igby Goes Down (2002), Stuart Little 2 (2002), Swimf@n (2002), I’m with Lucy (2002), City by the Sea (2002), In America (2002), Catch Me if You Can (2002), The Hours (2002), Nola (2003), Uptown Girls (2003), 21 Grams (2003), The Warrior Class (2004), Spartan (2004), Stateside (2004), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), 13 Going on 30 (2004), New York Minute (2004), Ladder 49 (2004), The Forgotten (2004), The Paw (2005), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Shooter (2007), Reign Over Me (2007), The Invasion (2007), Death in Love (2008), Meet Dave (2008), Sex and the City (2008), Laylat El-Baby Doll (2008), Burn After Reading (2008), Duplicity (2009), 12 Rounds (2009), The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009), Rob Zombie’s Halloween II (2009), The Box (2009), Sex and the City 2 (2010), and Salt (2010). He also did stunt work on the tele-ﬁlms Hostage (1988), True Blue (1989), Perfect Witness (1989), The Bride in Black (1990), Tribeca Stories (1992), Citizen Cohn (1992), Denis Leary’s Merry F#%$in’ Christmas (2005), and Fort Pit (2007), and the series H.E.L.P., Stephen King’s Golden Years, Crime Story, The Untouchables, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Job, Sex and the City, Angels in America, Tribeca, Falcone, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Six Degrees, Dirty Sexy Money, Dirty Dancing: The Time of Your Life, Cashmere Maﬁa, the soap operas One Life to Live and All My Children, Life on Mars, Castle, Cupid, Royal Pains, Rescue Me, The Beautiful Life: TBL, and How to Make It in America. Aiello also directed episodes of the television series The Untouchables and Dellaventura, and was sec-

Danny Aiello, III

2010 • Obituaries ond unit director for H.E.L.P., The Watcher, Sex and the City, and Rescue Me. He directed his father in the 1999 ﬁlm 18 Shades of Dust, about the ﬁnal hours in the life of a hitman.

AKBAR, SKANDOR Jim Wehba, who was better known as villainous pro wrestler and manager Skandor Akbar, died of cancer in Garland, Texas, on August 19, 2010. He was 75. Jimmy Saied Wehba was born in Vernon, Texas, on September 29, 1934. He began his career in the ring in 1963 wrestling under such names as Wildman Wehba, Mighty Jim, and Prince Emir. He

Skandor Akbar

changed his name to Skandor Akbar several years later and made his mark both teaming and feuding with Danny Hodge. He held regional NWA tag team titles with Hodge on several occasions and also teamed for tag championships with Ox Baker, Buddy Colt, and Rocket Monroe. He also had a notable feud with Armand Hussein, competing for the NWA Mid-American Heavyweight Championship in the mid–1970s. He was best known for his role as the turban clad General Skandor Akbar, the leader of the villainous wrestling faction Devastation, Inc., in Fritz Von Erich’s World Class Wrestling and Global Wrestling and Bill Watts’ Universal Wrestling Federation in the 1980s. He managed such wrestlers as Steve Austin, Mick “Cactus Jack” Foley, Kamala the Ugandan Giant, Abdullah the Butcher, One Man Gang, Brickhouse Brown, King Kong Bundy, and Greg Valentine in Devastation’s battles against the Von Erichs, Eric Embry, and others. Though he largely retired in the 1990s, he continued to make frequent appearances on the independent circuit, trained aspiring wrestlers, and was a popular guest at wrestling fan gatherings.

ALAN, RAY English ventriloquist Ray Alan, who was best known for his monocled puppet Lord Charles on the BBC television program The Good Old Days in the 1960s, died suddenly in Reigate, Surrey, England, on May 24, 2010. He was 79. Alan was born in Greenwich, London, England, on September 18, 1930. He began his stage career at an early age doing magic acts and ventriloquism. He created the upper-crust puppet Lord Charles in the 1960s, and the duo became a popular act on British television. Alan had his own television show, Tich and Quackers, in the late 1960s and

Obituaries • 2010 early 1970s, with the dummies Tich, a young schoolboy, and his pet duck, Quackers. He also created the puppet Ali Cat for the 1977 HTV series Magic Circle. He wrote for other television series including Morecambe and Wise,

Ray Alan (with his dummy, Lord Charles)

6 ﬁlm Heaven’s Gate, which proved a costly disaster, largely ended Albeck’s career at United Artists. He was brieﬂy bumped from president to chairman, before resigning from the company in early 1981. He retired from the ﬁlm industry to raise blue spruce trees on the Albeck Family Christmas Tree Farm in New Jersey.

ALEXANDRE, MANUEL Spanish actor Manuel Alexandre died in Madrid, Spain, on October 12, 2010. He was 92. Alexandre was born in Madrid on November 11, 1917. He studied law before embarking on a career as an actor and made his theatrical debut in 1945. He soon began appearing in such ﬁlms as Love Charm (1947), Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953), Nobody Will Know (1953), Comicos (1954), Happy Easter (1954), Age of Inﬁdelity (1955), The Rocket from Calabuch (1956), El Malvado Carabel (1956), The Lovemaker (1956), Honeymoon (1956), The Tenant (1957), Miracles of Thursday (1957), La Venganza (1958), La Vida por Delante (1958), The Inveterate Bachelor (1958), Sonatas (1959), There Is Someone Behind the Door (1960), Amor Bajo Cero (1960), Solo para Hombres (1960), 091 Policía al Habla (1960), Placido

The Two Ronnies, and Bootsie and Snudge. He was a guest on numerous variety and game show including Celebrity Squares, Give Us a Clue, Family Fortunes, 3 –2-1, Bullseye, The Bob Monkhouse Show, The Des O’Connor Show, and Blue Peter. He continued to perform on the variety stage until shortly before his death.

ALBECK, ANDY Film executive Andreas “Andy” Albeck, who served as president of United Artist Studios in the late 1970s, died of heart failure in a New York City hospital on September 29, 2010. He was 89. Albeck was born in Vladivsotok, Russia, on September 25, 1921, and was raised in Japan. He began working in ﬁlms as a sales representative for Columbia Pictures in the Dutch East Indies in 1939, and later worked for EagleLion Films. He joined United Artists in 1951 when they acquired Eagle-Lion. He rose through the ranks to become president of the broadcasting division and senior vice president of operations. Albeck was chosen to head the studio in 1979 and oversaw production of such hits as The French Lieutenant’s Woman, Woody Allen’s Manhattan, Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull, and ﬁlms in the Rocky and James Bond series. The 1980 Michael Cimino

Andy Albeck

Manuel Alexandre

(1961), Zorro the Avenger (1962), Vampiresas 1930 (1962), Accidente 703 (1962), Three Fables of Love (1962), Atraco a las Tres (1962), The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus (1962), El Senor de La Salle (1964), Los Palomos (1964), El Salario del Crimen (1964), Crucero de Verano (1964), La Muerte Silba un Blues (1964), Assassination in Rome (1965), Un Beso en el Puerto (1966), I’ll Kill Him and Return Alone (1967), Love in Flight (1967), Un Adulterio Decente (1969), Cuatro Noches de Boda (1969), Furnished Studio 2.P. (1969), Long Live the Bride and Groom (1970), The Wind’s Fierce (1970), Ligue Story (1972), El Vikingo (1972), Don Quixote Rides Again (1973), Jenaro el de los 14 (1974), Tocata y Fuga de Lolita (1974), The New Spaniards (1974), Ambiciosa (1976), Vote for Gundisalvo (1977), Foul Play (1977), The Days of the Past (1978), La Boda del Senor Cura (1979), Children’s War (1980), The Black Hand (1980), …And the Third Year, He Resuscitated (1980), La Segunda Guerra de los Ninos (1981), Black Jack (1981), Hooray for Divorce! (1982), El Cabezota (1982), Parchís Entra en Accion (1983), Year of Enlightment (1986), El Bosque Animado (1987), Sinatra (1988), The Sea and the Weather (1989), La Fuente de la Edad (1991), Off-

7 sides (1991), Una Mujer Bajo la Lluvia (1992), Tocando Fondo (1993), Madregilda (1993), On Earth as It Is in Heaven (1995), Adios, Tiburon (1996), El Angel de la Guarda (1996), La Duquesa Roja (1997), The Return of El Coyote (1998), Paris-Timbuktu (1999), Miserable Life (2000), Lazaro de Tormes (2001), Don Quixote, Knight Errant (2002), Two Tough Guys (2003), Franky Banderas (2004), Swindled (2004), Elsa y Fred (2005), Doghead (2006), Do I Know You? (2007), Pretextos (2008), and Campamento Flipy (2010). Alexandre also appeared frequently on Spanish television from the 1950s, with notable roles in Las Palmeras de Carton as Dionisio on 1977, and 1980’s Fortunata y Jacinta as Estupina. He also appeared in the series Curro Jimenez, Sonatas, Brigada Central, Don Quijote de la Mancha, Farmacia de Guardia, Serie Negra, La Regenta, 7 Vidas, Raquel Busca su Sitio, Hospital Central, and Herederos. He starred as Arsenio “El Anticuario” in the television series Los Ladrones van a la Oﬁcina from 1993 to 1996 and was Don Guillermo in the series Senor Alcalde in 1998. He was featured as Francisco Franco in the 2008 television production of 20-N: Los Ultimos Dias de Franco.

ALF, JOHNNY Brazilian musician and composer Alfredo Jos da Silva, who was known as Johnny Alf, died of prostate cancer in Santo Andre, Brazil, on

Johnny Alf

March 4, 2010. He was 80. He was born in Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 19, 1929. He began playing the piano from an early age and was performing in nightclubs in Rio while in his teens. He was considered one of the fathers of the bossa nova and recorded his ﬁrst single, “Falsetto,” in 1952. He also recorded such hits as “Eu e a Brisa” (“Me and the Breeze”), “Ilusao a Toa” (“Carefree Illusion”), “Ceu e Mar” (“Sky and Sea”), “O Tempo e o Vento” (“Time and the Wind”), and “Rapaz de Bem” (“Well-Intentioned Guy”). He left Rio in the 1960s to teach music as a conservator in Sao Paulo, but continued to record on occasion. He released the CD Olhos Negros (Black Eyes) in 1990.

ALLEN, COREY Actor and director Corey Allen, who starred as the ill-fated Buzz Gunderson, who perishes in a chicken race against James Dean’s character in the 1955 ﬁlm classic Rebel Without a Cause, died in Hollywood on June 27, 2010. He was 75. Allen was

2010 • Obituaries

Corey Allen (from Rebel Without a Cause)

born in Cleveland, Ohio, on June 29, 1934. He attended UCLA, where he studied ﬁlm and appeared in the Oscar-winning short A Time Out of War in 1954. He appeared frequently on the Los Angeles stage, appeared in small roles in the ﬁlms The Mad Magician (1954) with Vincent Price, The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954), and The Night of the Hunter (1955). His role in Rebel Without a Cause led to such subsequent ﬁlms as The Shadow on the Window (1957), The Big Caper (1957), Darby’s Rangers (1958), Juvenile Jungle (1958), Party Girl (1958), Private Property (1960), Key Witness (1960), Sweet Bird of Youth (1962), and The Chapman Report (1962). Allen was also seen frequently on television in the 1950s and 1960s, appearing in episodes of Medic, Dragnet, Stories of the Century, The Loretta Young Show, Casablanca, Crusader, Telephone Time, Studio 57, The Millionaire, West Point, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Restless Gun, Gunsmoke, Trackdown, State Trooper, Have Gun—Will Travel, Studio One, Behind Closed Doors, Rawhide, Men into Space, Lock Up, Dan Raven, Hawaiian Eye, Sea Hunt, The Rebel, Lawman, 87th Precinct, Perry Mason, The Dakotas, Bonanza, Suspense, Dr. Kildare, Combat!, The Loner, My Friend Tony, and Police Woman. He also was a founder and director for the Freeway Circuit Theater and helmed numerous productions on the Los Angeles stage. He was directing for television by the late 1960s and largely abandoned his onscreen career for a role behind the camera. He directed several ﬁlms including The Erotic Adventures of Pinoc-

Corey Allen (older)

Obituaries • 2010 chio (1971), Thunder and Lightning (1977), and Avalanche (1978). He worked frequently in television, helming the tele-ﬁlms See the Man Run (1971), Cry Rape (1973), Yesterday’s Child (1977), Stone (1979), The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979), The Return of Frank Cannon (1980), The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (1984), Brass (1985), Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues (1985), I-Man (1986), The Last Fling (1987), Destination America (1987), The Ann Jillian Story (1988), Moment of Truth: Stalking Back (1993), The Visit (1994), The Search (1994), Men Who Hate Women & the Women Who Love Them (1994), The Journey (1994), and The Hero (1994). His numerous television credits also include episodes of The New People, Then Came Bronson, Mannix, The High Chaparral, Ironside, Hawaii Five-0, Cannon, The Streets of San Francisco, Barnaby Jones, The Family Holvak, Kate McShane, Bronk, Executive Suite, The Quest, Police Woman, Police Story, Quincy, Trapper John, M.D., The Rockford Files, Stone, Lobo, McClain’s Law, Capitol, Chicago Story, Tucker’s Witch, Gavilan, T.J. Hooker, Simon & Simon, The Powers of Matthew Star, Whiz Kids, Matt Houston, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Leg Men, Hill Street Blues which earned him an Emmy Award in 1983, The Paper Chase, Jessie, Murder, She Wrote, Code Name: Foxﬁre, Otherworld, Dallas, J.J. Starbuck, Magnum, P.I., Sonny Spoon, Supercarrier, The New Lassie, Unsub, CBS Summer Playhouse, Hunter, FBI: The Untold Stories, Star Trek: The Next Generation including the 1987 pilot episode “Encounter at Farpoint,” Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and The Cosby Mysteries. Allen also taught acting and directing courses at the Actors Workshop, Margie Haber Studio, and Columbia University.

8 Allen edited Robert Wise’s 1959 ﬁlm noir classic Odds Against Tomorrow. She continued to cut such ﬁlms as The Fisherman and His Soul (1961), The Hustler (1961), America, America (1963), Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Rachel, Rachel (1968), Alice’s Restaurant (1969), Little Big Man (1970), Slaughterhouse-Five (1972), Visions of Eight (1973), Serpico (1973), and Night Moves (1975). She was nominated for an Oscar for editing 1975’s Dog Day Afternoon. Allen also served as an editor on The Missouri Breaks (1976), Slap Shot (1977), The Wiz (1978), Warren Beatty’s Reds (1981) which earned her another Academy Award nomination, Harry & Son (1984), Mike’s Murder (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), Off Beat (1986), Robert Redford’s The Milagro Beanﬁeld War (1988), Let It Ride (1989), Henry & June (1990), and The Addams Family (1991). She worked as an executive at Warner Bros. during much of the 1990s, overseeing pre- and post-production for numerous ﬁlms. She returned to editing with Wonder Boys in 2000, earning another Oscar nod. Her later ﬁlm credits include John Q (2002), The Final Cut (2004), Have Dreams, Will Travel (2007), and Fireﬂies in the Garden (2008). Allen appeared onscreen in the documentaries Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock ’n’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003) and The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004). Survivors include her husband of 63 years, documentary producer and writer Stephen Fleischman.

ALLEN, DEDE Film editor Dede Allen, who earned Academy Award nominations for her work on the ﬁlms Dog Day Afternoon, Reds, and Wonder Boys, died of complications from a stroke at her home in Los Angeles on April 18, 2010. She was 86. She was born Dorothea Corothers Allen in Cincinnati, Ohio, on December 3, 1923. She began working at Columbia Pictures as a messenger and was soon working as an assistant sound effects editor. She trained under Carl Lerner as an editor in the 1940s and cut commercials in New York. She served as an editor on the 1948 ﬁlm Because of Eve and the 1958 sci-ﬁ ﬁlm Terror from the Year 5000.

ALLEN, “NIGHTMARE” TED Professional wrestler Ted Allen, who was best known as one of the masked Nightmares in the early 1980s, died of a heart attack in Cartersville, Georgia, on August 19, 2010. He was 54. He was born Ted Lipscomb in Cartersville, Georgia, on November 17, 1955. He began working in wrestling as a ring announcer while in his teens and was competing in the ring by the mid–1970s. He wrestled with the Georgia promotion under the names Ted Atlas and Ted Allen before teaming with Danny Davis as the hooded heel duo The Nightmares in 1981. Davis left Atlanta after several months and paired with Ken Wayne as The Nightmares in other promotions. Allen continued to compete under a mask, becoming MX-1 for Stampede Wrestling in Canada and the Power Ranger for Jim Cornette’s Smoky Mountain Wrestling. He later toured the independent circuit as Nightmare Ted Allen. He ran

Dede Allen

Nightmare Ted Allen

9 the Peach State Wrestling promotion in Rome, Georgia, from 1989 to 1991, and was also instrumental in training such future stars as Arn Anderson, Ray “the Big Bossman” Traylor, Scotty Riggs, and Bull Buchanan.

ALPHA, JENNY French Martinique actress and singer Jenny Alpha died in Paris on September 8, 2010. She was 100. She was born in Fort-de-France, Martinique, on April 22, 1910. She moved to Paris in 1929 where she embarked on a career in theater. She became

Jenny Alpha

2010 • Obituaries mermelodie (1944), Heidesommer (1945), and Die Andere (aka The Other) (1949). She was featured as Nicoline Pratt in the 1954 ﬁlm Meines Vaters Pferde. She appeared on television in productions of Der Ungebetene Gast (1954), Die Gerechten (1959), Das Abschiedsgeschenk (1962), Amouren (1964), Karl Sand (1964), Die Brucke von Estaban (1964), Die Schlussel (1965), Der Sudenbock (1965), Olivia (1965), Pontius Pilatus (1966), Quadrille (1966), Tagebucher (1967), Lord Arthur Saviles Verbrechen (1967), Bel Ami (1968), Ein Charleston fur Lady Mac’Beth (1969), Bischof Ketteler (1969), Kommissariat IX (1974), Die Pressische Heirat (1974), Gedankenketten (1979), and Scharf aufs Leben (2000), and episodes of Onkel Silas, Schicht in Weiss, and Tatort. She was best known as a leading dubbing performer, providing the German voice for Ingrid Bergman in Murder on the Orient Express, Lily Tomlin in All of Me, Janet Leigh in The Fog, and Angela Lansbury in television’s Murder, She Wrote.

AMANDOLA, VITTORIO Italian actor Vittorio Amandola died in Rome, Italy, on July 22, 2010. He was 57. Amandola was born in Perugia, Italy, on November 4, 1952. He began his career in ﬁlms in the late 1970s and was featured in Belli e Brutti Ridono Tutti (1979), Farewell Moscow (1987), Il Volpone (1988), Appuntamento a Liverpool (1988), Queen of Hearts (1989), Tempo di Uc-

a popular performer on the French stage, appearing in hundreds of productions. She also appeared in several ﬁlms later in her career including En l’Autre Bord (1978), Le Fils Puni (1980), Reveillon Chez Bob (1984), Folie Ordinaire d’une Fille de Cham (1986), La Vieille Quimboiseuse et le Majordome (1987), Karukera au Bout de la Nuit (1988), The Secret of Sarah Tombelaine (1991), The Absence (1993), Black for Remembrance (1995), Le Bleu des Villes (1999), and Monsieur Etienne (2005). She performed on television in productions of Bolivar et le Congres de Panama (1979), Le Voleur d’Enfants (1981), and Mountain of Diamonds (1991).

ALTRICHTER, DAGMAR German actress Dagmar Altrichter died in Ludersdorf, Germany, on July 20, 2010. She was 85. Altrichter was born in Berlin on September 20, 1924. She trained as an actress in Berlin, where she performed on stage. She began her ﬁlm career in the early 1940s, appearing in Eine Kleine Som-

Dagmar Altrichter

Vittorio Amandola

cidere (1989), Il Branco (1994), The Monster (1994), Acquario (1996), Vite Strozzate (1996), Farfalle (1997), Il Prezzo (2000), Gioco con la Morte (2001), The Last Kiss (2001), Witches to the North (2001), Ciao America (2002), Involtini Primavera (2002), La Rivincita (2002), Tartarughe sul Dorso (2005), Three on the Road (2006), and Napoleon and Me (2006). He also appeared frequently on Italian television in such productions as Mino (1986), La Piovra 4 (1989), Requiem for Voice and Piano (1991), A Season of Giants (1991), Jute City (1991), Agatha Christie’s Poirot (1993), La Voce del Cuore (1995), Un Giorno Fortunato (1997), Ama il Tuo Nemico (1999), Mary Magdalene (2000), Meucci (2005), Rome (2005), Le Ragazze di San Frediano (2007), Ho Sposato Uno Sbirro (2008), Pane e Liberta (2009), and Il Commissario Rex (2010). He was also noted as a leading dubbing actor, providing the Italian voice to The Simpsons’ Mr. Smithers and Disney’s Goofy.

Obituaries • 2010 AMOS, SHEILA Television editor Sheila Amos died of leukemia in a Kingston, New York, hospital on July 11, 2010. She was 63. Amos was born in Merrick, New York, on July 27, 1946. She moved to Los Angeles

Sheila Amos

in the mid–1970s and embarked on a career as an editor. She earned Emmy Award nominations for her work on Cheers in 1991 and Mad About You in 1995. She also edited episodes of such series as Roc, Hearts Aﬁre, Ladies Man, The Fighting Fitzgeralds, and Frasier. Amos edited the 2005 feature The Thing About My Folks starring Paul Reiser and Peter Falk, before moving to Woodstock, New York, where she reviewed ﬁlms for the Woodstock Film Festival.

ANDERSON, ALEX Alex Anderson, co-creator of the popular Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons, died at his home in Carmel, California, on October 22, 2010. He was 90. Anderson was born in Berkeley, California, in 1910. He attended the University of California at Berkeley and the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. He began working in cartoons for his uncle, Paul Terry, at Terrytoons in 1938. Anderson served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and returned to Terrytoons after the war. He left the studio to team with Jay Ward to produce cartoons for television in the late 1940s. They formed Television Arts Productions and created the ﬁrst cartoon series for television, Crusader Rabbit. Filmed in

Alex Anderson

10 black and white with limited animation, nearly 200 episodes aired on NBC and in syndication in the early 1950s. Anderson also created the cartoons Dudley-DoRight, about a well-intentioned Canadian Mountie, and Rocky and Bullwinkle, featuring an erudite ﬂying squirrel and his moose buddy. He later worked in advertising for such clients as Berkeley Farms, Skippy Peanut Butter, and Smucker’s.

ANDERSON, JULIET Adult ﬁlm actress Juliet Anderson, who was frequently known as Aunt Peg because of her mature roles in porn, died of complications from Crohn’s disease at her home in Berkeley, California, on January 11, 2010. She was 71. She was born Judith Carr in Burbank, California, on July 23, 1938. She traveled the world during her youth, working in various occupations. She appeared in small roles in the exploitation ﬁlms International Smorgas-Broad (1965) and The Beast That Killed Women (1965). She began appearing in adult features a decade later and was billed under such names as Judy Carr, Judy Callin, Judy Fallbrook, Ruby Sapphire, and Alice Rigby. She was best known as Juliet Anderson and as her onscreen persona of a sexually insa-

Juliet Anderson

tiable older woman, Aunt Peg. Her ﬁlm credits include KSEX (1976), Hot Lunch (1978), Bad Company (1978), The Tender Trap (1978), Caught in the Act (1978), Pretty Peaches (1978), Tangerine (1979), The Perfect Gift (1979), Summer Heat (1979), Shoppe of Temptations (1979), Inside Desiree Cousteau (1979), The Gypsy Ball (1980), Carnal Highways (1980), Randy (1980), Body Candy (1980), Taboo (1980), Aunt Peg (1980), Co-Ed Fever (1980), Talk Dirty to Me (1980), A Girl’s Best Friend (1981), the Swedish Erotica series (1981), Undulations (1981), All the King’s Ladies (1981) which she also directed, Physical (1981), Outlaw Ladies (1981), Skin on Skin (1981), Beyond Your Wildest Dreams (1981), Vista Valley P.T.A. (1981), Aunt Peg’s Fulﬁllment (1981), Manhattan Mistress (1981), 8 to 4 (1981), Aunt Peg Goes Hollywood (1981), Object of Desire (1982), Purely Physical (1972), The Mistress (1982), Dixie Ray Hollywood Star (1983), Coffee, Tea or Me (1983), San Fernando Valley Girls (1983), Fox Holes (1983) as Dr. Honeybottoms, Fantasex Island (1984), Real People (1984), Insatiable II (aka Hell on Heels) (1984), and Hot Ones (1984). She directed the 1984 feature Educating

11 Nina starring Nina Hartley and left the adult ﬁlm business soon after over a dispute with the producers on editing the ﬁlm. She was later seen on the 1988 video release Tattoo Vampire (1988). She worked as a relationship counselor, massage therapist, and operated a bed and breakfast before returning to adult ﬁlms in the mid– 1990s. She produced and directed Ageless Desire (1999) and appeared on screen with her current partner in a hardcore video about the sex-life of several over–50 couples.

ANDERSON, PAUL Film and television editor Paul Anderson died of cancer in Saugus, California, on March 8, 2010. He was 49. Anderson was born on April 19, 1960. He began his career in the early 1980s as an assistant editor on the television productions This Is Elvis (1981), Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982), Act of Vengeance (1986), Chance of Lifetime (1991), Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart (1994), and Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is (1994). He was also an assistant editor on the 1985 ﬁlm Commando, and the series Buffalo Bill and The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd. He worked as an editor from the early 1990s on such series as Love Street, Cybil, The Larry Sanders Show which earned him two Emmy Award nominations, Work with Me, The Job, Watching Ellie, Just Shoot Me which gained him another Emmy nod, The Bernie Mac Show, Saving Grace, Rescue Me, and Notes from the Underbelly. Anderson also edited the ﬁlms The Mosaic Project (1994) and Finding Amanda (2008), and the tele-ﬁlms The End of Steve (2008) and Pulling (2009). ANDERSON, SPARKY George “Sparky” Anderson, a baseball player turned manager who led the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers to World Series championships, died of complications from dementia at his home in Thousand Oaks, California, on November 4, 2010. He was 76. Anderson was born in Bridgewater, South Dakota, on February 22, 1934, and moved to Los Angeles with his family at an early age. He played baseball in high school and was signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers’ minor league team in Santa Barbara 1953. He spent the next several years playing in Fort Worth, Montreal, and Los Angeles before being traded to the Philadelphia Phillies in 1958. He brieﬂy made it to the majors the following year, before returning to the minors

2010 • Obituaries with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the early 1960s. He became the Maple Leafs’ manager in 1964 and managed in the minors for the next ﬁve seasons. He returned to the majors as coach for the San Diego Padres in 1969 and was named manager of the Cincinnati Reds later in the year. He led the team to the National League Pennant in 1970 and 1972 and took the team to World Series championship in 1975 and 1976. He was ﬁred by Cincinnati’s new manager Dick Wagner in 1978 over a coaching dispute and was hired by the Detroit Tigers as manager the following year. He led the team to the American League championship and the World Series title in 1984. Anderson remained with the Tigers over the next decade, leaving in 1995 over a dispute with the club owners when they brought in replacement players during a strike of major leaguers. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager in 2000. Anderson was featured as himself in a 1979 episode of the sit-com WKRP in Cincinnati as a radio talk show host who got ﬁred from the station. He also had cameo roles in an episode of The White Shadow in 1980 and the 1983 Disney tele-ﬁlm Tiger Town.

ANGELL, CALLIE Callie Angell, a leading authority and curator of the ﬁlms of Andy Warhol, was found dead of an apparent suicide at her Manhattan, New York, apartment on May 5, 2010. She was 62. Angell was born in Manhattan on January 6, 1948. She attended Goucher College and New York University and

Callie Angell

began her career with the Anthology Film Archives in Manhattan. She was a curator of the Andy Warhol Film Project at the Whitney Museum of American Art and a consultant to the Museum of Modern Art on the preservation of Warhol’s ﬁlms. Angell spent nearly two decades researching, cataloging and restoring such Warhol ﬁlms as The Chelsea Girls and Empire, and wrote the ﬁrst volume of a catalogue raisonne on the short interview ﬁlms Andy Warhol Screen Tests. She was working on a second volume at the time of her death.

Sparky Anderson

APPLEBY, JAMES S. Aviator James S. Appleby, who worked as a stunt pilot and coordinator in ﬁlms and television, died in Palm Springs, California, of complications from a broken hip on August 23, 2010. He was 86. Appleby was a pilot with the Army Air Corps and the

Obituaries • 2010 U.S. Air Force from the mid–1940s through the early 1960s. He subsequently worked with Talmantz Aviation (a stunt ﬂying operation founded by Paul Mantz and Frank Tallman), ﬂying the B-25 in the 1970 ﬁlm Catch22. He and his wife Zona formed Antique Aero Ltd. in

12 Lancelot from 1956 to 1957. Argent began working with the BBC as a ﬂoor manager in the late 1950s and was working as a producer and director on such series as Dixon of Dock Green and Till Death Us Do Part by the mid–1960s. He was also involved in the production of episodes of such series as That’s Your Funeral, Fawlty Towers, Steptoe and Son, The Liver Birds, and The Growing Pains of Sergeant Penrose. He retired from the BBC in the early 1980s, but continued to direct freelance for ITV’s That Beryl Marston and Channel 4’s Lady Is a Tramp. He returned to the BBC in 1991, directing several episodes of EastEnders.

ARI UP Ariane Forster, the lead singer for the 1970s British punk rock group The Slits, died on October 20, 2010. She was 48. Forster was born in Munich, Germany, on January 1, 1962. Her mother, Nora, was a punk music supporter who later married Sex Pistols lead singer John Lydon. Ari began performing in her teens, joining with drummer Palmolive to form The Slits in James S. Appleby

1972 at Flatbob Airport in Riverside, California. The couple worked on numerous ﬁlms and television productions as stunt pilots and technical consultants. Appleby’s credits include the ﬁlms The Great Waldo Pepper (1975), Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell (1978), The Stunt Man (1980), The World According to Garp (1982), and Three Amigos! (1986), and the 1985 television episode “The Mission” for Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories.

ARGENT, DOUGLAS British actor turned television director Douglas Argent died in London on October 30, 2010. He was 89. Argent was born in Bexleyheath, Kent, England, on May 21, 1921. He served as a navigator with the Royal Air Force in the Paciﬁc during World War II and spent three years as a POW in Japan. He began performing on stage in repertory after the war. He appeared in several ﬁlms in the 1950s including The Colditz Story (1955), Women Without Men (1956), Blonde Bait (1956), and Pursuit of the Graf Spree (1956). He also appeared on television in the 1955 series Sixpenny Corner and portrayed several roles in The Adventures of Sir

Douglas Argent

Ari Up

1976. She was a ﬂamboyant stage presence, with wild costumes and wilder hair. They recorded the albums Cut (1979), The Slits (1980), and Return of the Giant Slits (1981) before disbanding. Ari traveled the world and continued her music career with the New Age Steppers and in solo recordings as Baby Ari, Madussa, and Ari Up. She teamed with former bandmate, bass player Tessa Pollitt, to reform The Slits in 2006, to tour Europe, Japan, and the United States. They released the album Trapped Animal in 2009.

ARKHIPOVA, IRINA Russian opera singer Irina Konstantinovna Arkhipova died of cardiac arrest in a Moscow hospital on February 11, 2010. She was 85. Arkhipova was born in Moscow on January 2, 1925. She studied at the Moscow Conservatory and made her operatic debut with the Sverdlovsk Opera in 1954. She began performing with the Bolshoi Theatre in 1956, where she was leading mezzo-soprano for 20 years. She was noted for such roles as Carmen in Bizet’s Carmen, Amneris in Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida, Marina in Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov, Marfa in Khovanshchina and Sonja in Prokoﬁev’s War and Peace. She performed throughout Europe in the 1960s and made her U.S. debut in a production of Aida in San Francisco in 1972.

13 She was featured as the old Countess with the Kirov’s production of The Queen of Spades at the Metropolitan

Irina Arkhipova

2010 • Obituaries Quinn Martin’s science ﬁction series The Invaders starring Roy Thinnes from 1967 to 1968 and the western series Lancer from 1968 to 1971. He produced the ﬁrst season of the detective series Cannon starring William Conrad in 1971 and the adventure series The Magician, starring Bill Bixby, from 1973 to 1974. He also produced the tele-ﬁlms Birds of Prey (1973) and The Stranger (1973). Armer largely retired from television in the 1970s and became a lecturer, and later professor, with the Department of Cinema and Television Arts at Cal State Northridge. He also wrote several books including Directing Television and Film and Writing the Screenplay: TV and Film before his retirement in 2000.

ARNOLD, MARCELLE French actress Marcelle Arnold died in Monosque, France, on March 31, 2010. She was 92. Arnold was born in Thonon-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, France, on May 4, 1917. She appeared frequently in ﬁlms from the late 1940s with roles in Dedee d’Anvers (1948), All Roads Lead to Rome (1949), Occupe-

Opera in 1992 and made her ofﬁcial Met debut as Filippyevna in Robert Carsen’s staging of Eugene Onegin in 1997.

ARMER, ALAN Emmy Award–winning television producer Alan Armer, who worked on such series as My Friend Flicka, The Untouchables, and The Fugitive, died of colon cancer at his home in Century City, California, on December 5, 2010. He was 88. Armer was born in Los Angeles on July 7, 1922. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was an announcer for the Armed Forces Radio in India and Ceylon. He earned a degree in speech and drama at Stanford University after the war and continued to work in radio as an announcer in San Jose. He returned to Los Angeles later in the decade, where he worked for an advertising agency on early television commercials. He teamed with Walter Grauman to created the live television talent show Lights, Camera, Action, which aired in Hollywood from 1949 to 1951. He was soon producing such 1950s television series as My Friend Flicka, Broken Arrow, and Man Without a Gun. He served as executive producer for the crime show The Untouchables from 1960 to 1963 and produced the Emmy Award–winning drama The Fugitive for Quinn Martin from 1963 to 1966. He also produced

Alan Armer

Marcelle Arnold

toi d’Amelie! (1949), …Sans Laisser d’Adresse (1951), Mr. Peek-a-Boo (1951), Juliette, or Key of Dreams (1951), Miracles Only Happen Once (1951), The Night Is My Kingdom (1951), Mr. Peek-A-Boo (1951), Poison (1951), Three Women (1952), The Forest of Farewell (1952), Trois Vieilles Filles en Folie (1952), Matrimonial Agency (1952), Adieu Paris (1952), The Drunkard (1953), Companions of the Night (1953), Children of Love (1953), Mon Frangin du Senegal (1953), Service Entrance (1954), People of No Importance (1956), Shadow of the Guillotine (1956), Her Bridal Night (1956), The Suspects (1957), This Pretty World (1957), Secrets of a French Nurse (1958), Sins of Youth (1958), Lovers on a Tightrope (1960), The Seven Deadly Sins (1962), A Monkey in Winter (1962), Carom Shots (1963), The Reluctant Spy (1963), Killer Spy (1965), Faites donc Plaisir aux Amis (1969), The Things of Life (1970), Na! (1973), A Sea Urchin in the Pocket (1977), and Est-ce Bien Raisonnable? (1981). Arnold was also featured in television productions of Le Mariage de Figaro (1961), Chateau en Suede (1964), Les Irasibles (1965), Nanou (1970), La Possedee (1971), La Bonne Nouvelle (1972), Joseph Balsamo (1973), L’Alphomega (1973), Lucien Leuwen (1973), Malaventure (1974), Messieurs les Jures (1975), and Les Dossiers Eclates (1980).

Obituaries • 2010 ARROW Caribbean soca musician Alphonsus Celestine Edmund Cassell, who was known as Arrow, died of complications from brain cancer at his home on the West Indies island of Montserrat on September 15, 2010. He was 60. Cassell was born on Montserrat on November 16, 1949. He began performing in the 1970s and was crowned four times as Calypso King at Montserrat’s annual Christmas carnival, and released the albums

14 at the 1941 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. She signed with John H. Harris’ Ice Capades in 1941 and soon became its star performer. She provided the ﬁgure model for Thumper in Disney’s 1942 animated ﬁlm Bambi. She appeared on screen in the 1942 ﬁlm Ice-Capades Revue. She was married to Harris in 1949 and continued to headline his shows until retiring in 1956. She appeared on television in the 1950s in episodes of The Colgate Comedy Hour, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, and Perry Mason. She and Harris were divorced in 1959.

AUBREY, CECILE French actress Cecile Aubrey died of lung cancer in Dourdan, France, on July 19, 2010. She was 81. She was born Anne-Marie Benard in Paris on August 3, 1928. She trained as a dancer and made her ﬁlm debut as the star of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Manon (1949). She went to Hollywood under contract to 20th Century–Fox the following year to make The Black Rose (1950) opposite Tyrone Power and Orson Welles. She also starred in Christian-Jacque’s 1952 ﬁlm Bluebeard. Aubrey appeared in several other ﬁlms during the decade Arrow

The Mighty Arrow (1974) and The Arrow Strikes Again (1975). He was soon playing and recording a mixture of Jamaican reggae, Cuban salsa, African tribal music, and American hip-hop, rock, and country in a dance style that became known as soca. The fusion was exempliﬁed by the 1982 hit song “Hot Hot Hot,” written and performed by Arrow, and later a major hit by Buster Poindexter. Arrow had further success with the albums Heat (1983), Soca Salvage (1984) which included the popular single “Long Time,” Heavy Energ y (1986), and Knock Dem Dead (1988). He remained a popular performer in the Caribbean throughout his life.

ATWOOD, DONNA Ice skater Donna Atwood died of respiratory problems at the Motion Picture and Television Country House in Woodland Hills, California, on December 20, 2010. She was 85. Atwood was born in Newton, Kansas, on February 14, 1925. She trained herself to ice skate as a teen and won two medals

Donna Atwood

Cecile Aubrey

including Piovuto dal Cielo (1953), Tanz in der Sonne (1954), La Ironia del Dinero (1959), and L’Espionne sera a Noumea (1960). She was married to Si Brahim El Glaoui, son of the pasha of Marrakesh, in the 1950s, and their son, Mehdi El Glaoui, was born in 1956. Aubrey retired from the screen by the end of the decade and became a successful writer of children’s books. She soon starred in television adaptations of her books Poly (1961), Belle et Sebastien (1965), and Le Jeune Fabre (1973), with Aubrey also serving as director.

AUBREY, JAMES British actor James Aubrey, who made his ﬁlm debut as a child in 1963’s Lord of the Flies, died of a heart attack at his home in Cranwell Village, Sleaford, England, on April 8, 2010. He was 62. He was born James Aubrey Tregidgo in Klagenfurt, Austria, on August 28, 1947, the son of a British Army ofﬁcer. He began his career on stage in a production of Isle of Children in 1962 and appeared in the play on Broadway later in the year. He starred as Ralph in the 1963 ﬁlm version of Lord of the Flies. He continued to study at the Drama Centre London from 1967 to 1970. He returned to the screen in the early 1970s and appeared in a hand-

15 ful of ﬁlms including The Sex Thief (1973), Galileo (1975), Terror (1978), Home Before Midnight (1979), The Great Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle (1980), Forever Young (1983), The Hunger (1983), The American Way (1986), Cry Free-

2010 • Obituaries AUCHINCLOSS, LOUIS Novelist Louis Auchincloss died of complications from a stroke in a Manhattan, New York, hospital on January 26, 2010. He was 92. Auchincloss was born in Lawrence, New York, on September 27, 1917. He attended Yale and earned a law degree from the University of Virginia in 1941. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and returned to a position as an associate at the Sullivan & Cromwell law ﬁrm after the war. His ﬁrst novel, The Indifferent Children, was published in 1947. He spent several years working as a writer in the early 1950s before resuming his law practice with the New York City ﬁrm of Hawkins, Delaﬁeld and Wood. He continued to produce novels and short stories, many based on his patrician upbringing in New England. His 1956 novel The Great World and Timothy Colt was adapted for television as an episode of the CBS drama series Climax! in 1958. He balanced a career as a lawyer and novelist over the next three decades, producing Venus in Sparta (1958), Pursuit of the Prodigal (1959), The House of Five Talents (1960), Por-

James Aubrey (as a child)

dom (1987), The Rift (1990), A Demon in My View (1991), Buddy’s Song (1991), and Spy Game (2002). He was best known for his work in television, and he starred as Gavin Sorenson in the 1976 television series Bouquet of a Barbed Wire. He reprised his role in the 1977 sequel Another Bouquet. Aubrey was also seen in episodes of such series as Z Cars, Murder, The Sweeney, Van der Valk, Return of the Saint, Minder, Emmerdale Farm, Tales of the Unexpected, The Cleopatras, BBC Play of the Month, The Last Place on Earth, Lytton’s Diary, Lovejoy, World’s Beyond, The Modern World: Ten Great Writers, Rockliffe’s Folly in the recurring role of Detective Inspector Derek Hoskins, Louis Auchincloss

James Aubrey (older)

Mission: Eureka, Selling Hitler, Inspector Morse, A Fatal Inversion, Casualty, Full Stretch, Silent Witness, The Bill, The Cazalets, Heartbeat, Dalziel & Pascoe, Doctors, and Brief Encounters. His other television credits include productions of Mistral’s Daughter (1984), Shadow in a Landscape (1987), Thin Air (1988), The Final Frame (1990), The Men’s Room (1991), The Choir (1995), Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs (1996), Robert Ludlum’s The Apocalypse Watch (1997), and The Government Inspector (2005).

trait in Brownstone (1962), The Rector of Justin (1964), The Embezzler (1966), A World of Proﬁt (1968), I Come as a Thief (1972), The Dark Lady (1977), The Country Cousin (1978), The House of the Prophet (1980), The Cat and the King (1981), Watchﬁres (1982), Exit Lady Masham (1983), and The Book Class (1984). He continued to write after retiring from his career in law in the mid–1980s, producing numerous essays, short stories, and the novels Honourable Men (1986), Diary of a Yuppie (1987), The Golden Calves (1988), Fellow Passengers: A Novel in Portraits (1989), The Lady of Situations (1990), Three Lives (1993), The Education of Oscar Fairfax (1995), Her Inﬁnite Variety (2000), The Scarlet Letters (2003), East Side Story (2004). The Headmaster’s Dilemma (2007), and Last of the Old Guard (2008).

AUCOIN, BILL Bill Aucoin, who managed and promoted the rock band Kiss, died of surgical complications from prostate cancer in Aventura, Florida, on June 28, 2010. He was 66. Aucoin was born on December 29, 1943, and was raised in Ayer, Massachusetts. He worked as a cinematographer for the PBS afﬁliate in Boston in the 1960s and was a creator and producer of the game show Supermarket Sweep. He became the man-

Obituaries • 2010 ager of Kiss in 1973 and was instrumental in the release of their debut album with Neil Bogart’s Casablanca label in February of 1974. The group had already been experimenting with makeup, but Aucoin helped reﬁne the deﬁnitions of lead singer Gene Simmons as the Demon,

Bill Aucoin (right, with Gene Simmons of Kiss)

rhythm guitarist Paul Stanley as the Starchild, lead guitarist Ace Frehley as the Spaceman, and drummer Peter Criss as the Catman. The band scored a No. 1 hit with the 1975 single “Rock and Roll All Night,” which was also featured on their ﬁrst live album Alive! The group became one of the leading rock acts of the decade with such albums as Destroyer (1976), Rock and Roll Over (1976) and Love Gun (1977). Aucoin produced the 1976 Paul Lynde Halloween Special, which featured Kiss singing several songs. The band also starred in the NBC tele-ﬁlm Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park in 1978. The band broke with Aucoin in the early 1980s, and he went on to manage Billy Squier and Billy Idol.

AVEY, DAN Radio reporter and broadcaster Dan Avey died of complications from prostate cancer in a Los Angeles hospital on August 15, 2010. He was 69. Avey was born in Spokane, Washington, on April 26, 1941. He began his career in radio as a disc jockey in Spokane in the early 1960s. He served in the U.S. Army as a Green Beret in Vietnam from 1966 to 1968. The following year he became an analyst for the Los Angeles

Dan Avey

16 Kings hockey team radio broadcasts, which he continued through 1976. He continued to work in radio at various Southern California stations as a news and sports reporter and anchor for more than 30 years. He was also featured as an announcer on episodes of Trapper John, M.D. and One Night Stand, and in the tele-ﬁlms Ring of Passion (1978), Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops, and Stuff (1990), and Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story (1996). Avey was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in radio in 2006.

AYLESWORTH, JOHN Canadian-born television writer and producer John Aylesworth, who co-created the rural music-comedy series Hee Haw, died of complications from pneumonia in a Rancho Mirage, California, hospital on July 28, 2010. He was 81. Aylesworth was born in Toronto, Canada, on August 18, 1928. He began his career on Canadian radio on the series Penny’s Diary and was narrator for the daily show High Newsreel. He began working with Frank Peppiatt in the early 1950s while working as a copywriter and staff announcer at MacLaren Advertising in Toronto. The two wrote and performed on After Hours, The Big Revue, and On Stage. Aylesworth also created the popular Canadian quiz program Front Page Challenge. He began working in

John Aylesworth

television in Canada in the sketch comedy series After Hours in 1953 and moved to the U.S. ﬁve years later to write for the CBS television series Your Hit Parade. He soon reunited with Peppiatt, writing for such series as The Gisele MacKenzie Show, The Andy Williams Show, Perry Como’s Kraft Music Hall, The Judy Garland Show, Hullabaloo, the 1965 special Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music, The Jonathan Winters Show, John Wayne’s 1970 patriotic special Swing Out, Sweet Land, The Julie Andrews Hour, and The ABC Comedy Hour. They shared Emmy Award nominations for their work on The Julie Andrews Hour in 1973 and The Sonny and Cher Show in 1976. He and Peppiatt had their biggest success creating the country music-themed comedy variety series Hee Haw in 1969. The series was hosted by country stars Buck Owens and Roy Clark and showcased such entertainers as Grandpa Jones, Junior Samples, and Minnie Pearl. Hee Haw was canceled by CBS in 1971, but Aylesworth, Peppiatt, and Nick Vanoff syndicated the

17 program, where it remained a popular television staple for more than 20 years before ending in 1993. Aylesworth and Peppiatt also co-wrote the stage musical Durante and worked on the television variety series The Jud Strunk Show, The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine, and Shields and Yarnell. Aylesworth’s memoir The Corn Was Green: The Inside Story of “Hee Haw,” which was published by McFarland earlier in 2010.

AZUMA, EMIKO Japanese actress Emiko Azuma died of heart failure at her home in Itabashi, Tokyo, on January 8, 2010. She was 106. Azuma was born in Ushigome, Tokyo, on March 15, 1903. She began her career on stage in the late 1940s, joining the Gekidan Haiyuza in 1948. She was a founding member of the Geikdan Seinenza in 1954. She also appeared frequently in ﬁlms from the 1950s with such credits as Night Drum (1958), Clandestine Zero Line (1960), Bushido (1963), School for Sex (1965), Shirotori (1965), Kimi ni Shiawase O — Sentimental Boy (1967), Funeral Parade of Roses (1969), Rika the Mixed-Blood Girl (1972), My Way (1974), Yakuza War: The Japanese Don (1977), Japanese Godfather: Ambition (1977), The Godfather: Resolution (1978) as Yukie Sakura, Heat Shimmer Theater (1981), Trafﬁc Jam (1991), Sada (1998), and Across a Gold Prairie (1999). Azuma also appeared on television in such productions as Shiroi Kyoto (1978), Genji Monogatari (1980), Hi No Ataru Basho (1982), Shin Yumechiyo Nikki (1984), Himeta Kizuna (1998), and Kaseifu ha Mita! 17 (1999). BABAJA, ANTE Croatian ﬁlm director Ante Babaja died in Zagreb, Croatia, on January 14, 2010. He was 82. Babaja was born in Imotski, Hrvatska, Yugoslavia, on October 6, 1927. He began working in ﬁlms in the late 1940s, and served as assistant director on Kresimir Golik’s 1950 ﬁlm Plavi 9. Babaja made his directorial debut with the documentary short Jedan dan u Rijeci in 1955. His ﬁrst feature ﬁlm, The King’s New Clothes, was released in 1961. He earned acclaim for his 1967 fea-

2010 • Obituaries BABAJEE, VIVEKA Mauritian-Indian actress and model Viveka Babajee was found dead, hanging from a ceiling fan in her apartment in Mumbai, India, in an apparent suicide on June 25, 2010. She was 37.

Viveka Babajee

Babajee was born in Mauritius on May 23, 1973. A model, she reigned as Miss Mauritius World in 1993 and Miss Mauritius Universe in 1994. She appeared frequently in television commercials in India, and starred in the 2002 ﬁlm Yeh Kaisi Mohabbat.

BACON, JAMES Hollywood reporter, columnist, and occasional actor James Bacon died of congestive heart failure at his home in Northridge, California, on September 18, 2010. He was 96. Bacon was born in Buffalo, New York, on May 12, 1914. He attended Notre Dame and Syracuse University, where he earned a degree in journalism in 1943. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and began working for the Associated Press after his discharge. He was transferred to the AP desk in Los Angeles in 1948, where he specialized in covering news from Hollywood. He left AP in 1966 to write a column for The Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. Bacon’s association with the ﬁlm industry led to his appearance in small roles in numerous features and television programs, often cast as a reporter. He was seen in the ﬁlms Black Tuesday (1954), The Boss (1956), Teacher’s Pet (1958), Al Capone (1959), The Big Circus (1959), College

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ture The Birch Tree, and continued to make documentaries and features including Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh (1971), Can You Hear Me Now? (1978), Lost Homeland (1980), and The Stone Gate (1992). Babaja also taught at the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Arts for many years.

James Bacon

Obituaries • 2010 Conﬁdential (1960), Pay or Die (1960), Pepe (1960), Cry for Happy (1961), Underworld U.S.A. (1961), The Oscar (1966), and Way … Way Out (1966). Bacon was featured as an ape in 1968’s Planet of the Apes, and the 1970 sequel Beneath the Planet of the Apes. He was a human, General Faulkner, in 1971’s Escape from the Planet of the Apes, and was again under ape make-up for the ﬁnal two ﬁlms in the series, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) and Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973). He was also seen in the ﬁlms 80 Steps to Jonah (1969), Skullduggery (1970), The Seven Minutes (1971), The Outﬁt (1973), Tunnel Vision (1976), The Last Hard Men (1976), High Velocity (1976), The Legend of Frank Woods (1977), Capricorn One (1977), Cat in the Cage (1978), Sextette (1978), Mean Dog Blues (1978), Good Guys Wear Black (1978), The One Man Jury (1978), Half a House (1979), Meteor (1979), The Man with Bogart’s Face (1980), Underground Aces (1981), Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981), The Longshot (1986), and Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter (1986). He also appeared on television in episodes of 77 Sunset Strip, The Rebel, The Roaring 20’s, Run for Your Life, Here’s Lucy, The Big Valley, The Bold Ones: The Lawyers, The Virginian, That Girl, Adam-12, Hee Haw, Night Gallery, and Flying High. His other television credits include the productions Planet Earth (1974), The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977), More Wild Wild West (1980), The Patricia Neal Story (1981), The Day the Bubble Burst (1982), The Rules of Marriage (1982), My Wicked, Wicked Ways… The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985), Hollywood Wives (1985), John Wayne Standing Tall (1989), Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993), and Frank Sinatra: The Very Good Years (1998). He also authored several popular books including Hollywood Is a Four Letter Town (1977) and Made in Hollywood (1978), and co-authored Jackie Gleason’s autobiography How Sweet It Is (1985). He continued to write a weekly column for Beverly Hills 213 from 1996 until his death. He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work as a Hollywood columnist in 2007.

BAILEY, J.C. Professional wrestler J.C. Bailey, who was noted for his high-ﬂying hardcore style, died in his sleep of a brain aneurysm caused by multiple concussions at his home in Louisville, Kentucky, on August 30, 2010. He was 27. He was born Joseph Carl Bailey, Jr., the

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18 son of promoter Joe Bailey, on August 23, 1983. He began wrestling professionally in 2001, and competed frequently with Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) and Ian Rotten’s IWA Mid-South. He was the ﬁrst Ultraviolent Underground Champion with CZW, and had won the King of the Death Match tournament in the IWA.

BAILEY, MAUREEN Actress, singer and songwriter Maureen Bailey died of heart failure in Lancaster, California, on June 15, 2010. She was 71. Bailey was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1938. She began her career at the age of three, performing on Detroit’s WXYZ’s Radio Schoolhouse. She was soon appearing on radio’s The Lone Ranger, and was featured on WJR’s Make Way for Youth series in the 1950s. She created and performed the character of Christmas Carol, one of Santa’s helpers, for the

Maureen Bailey

Detroit market from 1953 to 1955. She subsequently moved to New York, where she appeared on Broadway with Dick Van Dyke in 1959’s The Girls Against the Boys. She was featured as Wendy Darling in a 1960 NBC television production of Peter Pan, starring Mary Martin in the title role. She also appeared with Martin on Broadway in The Sound of Music in the early 1960s, taking over the role of Liesl von Trapp. Bailey was also seen on television in such series as The Soupy Sales Show, The Steve Allen Playhouse, and Play of the Week. She relocated to Hollywood later in the decade, where she performed frequently on stage and appeared in the television series Occasional Wife with Michael Callan. She also wrote and recorded with Specialty Records before joining Motown, where she also did arrangements and production work for over a decade. She co-wrote Jermaine Jackson’s hit album Let’s Get Serious, and also worked with such artists as Fifth Dimension, George Benson, Syreeta, Thelma Houston, and DeBarge.

BAILLARGEON, CHARLES Canadian wrestler Charles Baillargeon, the last of the six wrestling Baillargeon Brothers, died of complications from a stroke in Quebec City, Canada, on February 10, 2010. He was 92. Charles was born in St. Magloire-de-Bellchasse, Quebec, on July 8, 1917. He was the second oldest of the brothers, who included Jean, Adrien, Lionel, Paul, and Tony, and they began their career performing in a strongman act in Canada and the U.S. They began competing as

19 wrestlers in the 1940s, and had success in single and tagteam competition. Charles ring career ended in 1955 after being injured in an automobile accident. He later

2010 • Obituaries BAIRD, ROY British ﬁlm producer Roy Baird died in England on April 26, 2010. He was 76. Baird was born in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, on September 3, 1933. He began working in ﬁlms at Elstree Studios in the early 1960s as an assistant director on such features as Girl on Approval (1961), The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961), Band of Thieves (1962), The Quare Fellow (1962), The Break (1963), 80,000 Suspects (1963), The Leather Boys (1964), The Beauty Jungle (1964), Devils of Darkness (1965), The Collector (1965), Rotten to the Core (1965), The Sandwich Man (1966), and Casino Royale (1966). He also served as a production manager on the ﬁlms Sing and Swing (1963), Morgan! (1966), and Island of Terror (1966). Baird was working as a producer by the end of the decade with such credits as Our Mother’s House (1967), Lindsay Anderson’s If… (1968), Ken Rus-

Charles Baillargeon (left, with his brothers)

worked with brother Paul in the hotel industry in Quebec City.

BAINBRIDGE, BERYL British novelist Beryl Bainbridge died of cancer in a London hospital on July 2, 2010. She was 78. Bainbridge was born in Liverpool, England, on November 21, 1932. She began performing as an actress in the 1950s, appearing in a 1953 television production of Rookery Nook, and in episodes of Coronation Street and Doomwatch. She began writing novels in the 1960s, publishing A Weekend with Claud (1967), Another Part of the Wood (1968), Harriet Said… (1972), The Dressmaker (aka The Secret Glass) (1973), The Bottle Factory Outing (1974), Sweet William (1975), A Quiet Life (1976), Injury Time (1977), Young Adolf (1978), Winter Garden (1980), Watson’s Apolog y (1984), An Awfully Big Adventure (1989), The Birthday Boys (1991), Every Man for Himself (1996), Master Georgie (1998), and According to Queeney (2001). Bainbridge adapted her novel Sweet William as a 1979 ﬁlm starring Sam Waterston. The Dressmaker was adapted for ﬁlm in 1988, and An Awfully Big Adventure was ﬁlmed in 1995 starring Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman. Her grandson, Charlie Russell, produced a documentary about her life, Beryl’s Last Year, in 2007.

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Roy Baird

sell’s Women in Love (1969) the ﬁrst of several collaborations with the director, Spring and Port Wine (1970), The Music Lovers (1970), The Devils (1971), Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972), That’ll Be the Day (1973), The Last Days of Man on Earth (aka The Final Programme) (1973), Radio Wonderful (1974), Radio Wonderful (1974), Mahler (1974), Stardust (1974), Lisztomania (1975), Quadrophenia (1979) with the Who, and McVicar (1980).

BAKER, KAGE Science ﬁction and fantasy writer Kage Baker, who was best known for her timetraveling tales of The Company, died of uterine cancer

Kage Baker

Obituaries • 2010 in Pismo Beach, California, on January 31, 2010. She was 57. Baker was born in Hollywood, California, on June 10, 1952. She was active in local theater before becoming a professional writer in the pages of Asimov’s Science Fiction in 1997. Her ﬁrst novel, In the Garden of Iden, which introduced The Company, was also published in 1997. The adventures of Dr. Zeus’ time-traveling cyborgs continued in Sky Coyote (1999), Mendoza in Hollywood (2000), The Graveyard Game (2001), The Empress of Mars (2003) which was nominated for both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novella, The Life of the World to Come (2004), The Children of the Company (2005), The Machine’s Child (2006), The Sons of Heaven (2007), and Not Less Than Gods (2010). Short stories in the series were collected in Black Projects, White Knights: The Company Dossiers (2002) and Gods and Pawns (2007). She also wrote the novels The Anvil of the World (2003) and The House of the Stag (2008), which was nominated for a World Fantasy Award.

BAKER, MARILYN CANTOR Performer and writer Marilyn Cantor Baker, the daughter of singer Eddie Cantor, died at her home in New York City on September 17, 2010. She was 89. Cantor was born in New York City on September 16, 1921. She was featured in a small role in the silent ﬁlm Special Delivery as a child.

Marilyn Baker (second from right, with her parents and sisters)

She graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in the early 1940s, and became one of New York’s ﬁrst female disc jockeys. She appeared frequently with her father on television in the 1950s, and was a guest on such series as This Is Your Life, The Colgate Comedy Hour, What’s My Line?, The Jack Paar Tonight Show, and Girl Talk. She also created the character of Sidney Shorr, which served as the basis for the 1981 television sit-com starring Tony Randall.

BAKER, ROY WARD British ﬁlm and television director Roy Ward Baker, who helmed the 1958 Titanic ﬁlm A Night to Remember, and was noted for directing numerous horror ﬁlms for Hammer and Amicus in the 1960s and 1970s, died in a London hospital on October 5, 2010. He was 93. He was born Roy Horace Baker in London on December 19, 1916. He began working in ﬁlms at Gainsborough Pictures in 1934, running

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errands for crew members. He soon graduated to assistant director, working on such ﬁlms as Windbag the Sailor (1936), Oh, Mr. Porter! (1937), Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes (1938), A Girl Must Live (1939), and Night Train to Munich (1940). He served in the British Army during World War II, working with the ﬁlm unit to produce documentaries and training ﬁlms for the troops. He returned to ﬁlms after the war, and directed his ﬁrst feature, The October Man, in 1947. He became a leading director in England over the next several years with such ﬁlms as The Weaker Sex (1948), Paper Orchid (1949), Morning Departure (aka Operation Disaster) (1950) starring John Mills, Highly Dangerous (1950), and the 1951 fantasy I’ll Never Forget You starring Tyrone Power. Baker subsequently headed to Hollywood, where he directed Marilyn Monroe in 1952’s Don’t Bother to Knock. He also directed the 1952 thriller Night Without Sleep and the 1953 3-D ﬁlm noir Inferno starring Robert Ryan before returning to England. He continued to helm such ﬁlms as Passage Home (1955), Jacqueline (1956), Tiger in the Smoke (1956), The One That Got Away (1957), the 1958 account of the sinking of the Titanic A Night to Remember (1958), The Singer Not the Song (1961) starring John Mills and Dirk Bogarde, Flame in the Streets (1961), The Valiant (1962), and Two Left Feet (1962). Baker worked frequently in television from the early 1960s, helming episodes of Zero One, The Human Jungle, Gideon C.I.D., The Baron, The Avengers, The Saint, Department S, The Champions, Journey to the Unknown, My Partner the Ghost, Spyder’s Web, The Persuaders!, Jason King, The Protectors, Return of the Saint, and Danger UXB. He returned to ﬁlms directing the 1967 Hammer science ﬁction classic Five Million Years to Earth (aka Quatermass and the Pit) and the 1968 psychological thriller The Nanny starring Bette Davis. He also helmed the Hammer sci-ﬁ Moon Zero Two (1969), and the espionage tele-ﬁlms The Spy Killer (1969) and Foreign Exchange (1970) starring Robert Horton. He was noted for his horror ﬁlms in the 1970s, directing The Vampire Lovers (1970) with Ingrid Pitt, Scars of Dracula (1970) with Christopher Lee, Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971), and The Seven Brothers Meet Dracula (1974) for Hammer, and Asylum (1972), The Vault of Horror (1973), …And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973), and The Monster Club (1980) for Amicus. He worked primarily in television

21 from the 1980s, directing for such series as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, The Flame Trees of Thika, Q.E.D., the 1984 television production of Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death, The Irish R.M., Fairly Secret Army, Minder, Saracen, and The Good Guys. Baker published his memoirs, Director’s Cut: A Memoir of 60 Years in Film, in 2000, and participated in several documentaries and DVD extras about his ﬁlm and television work.

BAKER, TAB Actor Tab Baker died of a heart attack in Chicago, Illinois, on August 9, 2010. He was 50. He was born Terrence Alonzo Baker in Gary, Indiana, on November 15, 1959. He was a popular performer on the

2010 • Obituaries (1943) with Ethel Waters, Stormy Weather (1943) with Lena Horne, and Broadway Rhythm (1944). She served as a stand-in for Horne in several ﬁlms, and also worked as a fashion model in Europe. She was also a leading ﬁgure on the social scene during Los Angeles’ Harlem Renaissance, and married Harlem Globetrotter, Bill “Rookie” Brown in 1953.

BANFFY, GYORGY Hungarian actor Gyorgy Banffy died in Corfu, Greece, on September 2, 2010. He was 83. Banffy was born in Budapest, Hungary, on June 19, 1927. He trained as an actor from the late 1940s, and appeared frequently on the Hungarian stage from the early 1950s. He was seen in numerous ﬁlms from the mid–1960s with such credits as Ketten Haltak Meg (1966), Eine Handvoll Helden (1967), Forbidden Ground (1968), Sirokko (1969), Face (1970), Magasiskola (1970), Erik a Feny (1970), Tuzolto utca 25. (1973), Soldaty Svobody (1977), Toredek az Eletrol (1980), Mephisto (1981), Kettevalt Mennyezet (1982), Visszaesok (1983), Colonel Redl (1985), Lutra (1986), Tuskle a Korom Alatt (1988),

Tab Baker

Chicago stage from the early 1980s. He was also featured in several ﬁlms including Gladiator (1992), Hoodlum (1997), Save the Last Dance (2001), Just Visiting (2001), The Ice Harvest (2005), Stranger Than Fiction (2006), and Death of a President (2006). Baker was also seen on television in episodes of Due South, Cupid, ER, and Prison Break.

BALL, JULIETTE Actress and dancer Juliette Ball, who was featured in several ﬁlms in the 1940s, died in Los Angeles on June 7, 2010. She was 87. Ball was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on March 4, 1923. She began performing on stage and ﬁlms in the early 1940s, and appeared onscreen as a dancer in Cabin in the Sky

Juliette Ball

Gyorgy Banffy

Nincs Mese (2004), and Rokonok (2006). Banffy also appeared on television in productions of Es Megis Mozog a Fold (1973), Uraim, Beszeljenek! (1974), Mesek az Erereg yejszakarol (1978), Az Elefant (1978), Mig uj a Szerelem (1986), Zsarumelo (1986), A Probababak Balja (1991), Devictus Vincit (1994), and A Morcogi (2008). His other television credits include episodes of Bors, Zrinyi, Daniel, Mag yar Nepmesek, Petoﬁ, Kemeri, Linda, and Ang yali Tortenetek.

BANG-HANSEN, PAL Norwegian ﬁlm director, actor, and television personality Pal Bang-Hansen died in Norway on March 25, 2010. He was 72. He was born in Oslo, Norway, on July 29, 1937, the son of writer Odd Bang-Hansen. He began his career as a child actor in the late 1940s, appearing in Arne Skouen’s Gategutter (1949), the children’s ﬁlm Tom og Mette pa Sporet (1952) as Tom, Kvinnens Plass (1956), and Trost i Taklampa (1955). He began working behind the camera in the mid–1960s, and served as an assistant director on the ﬁlms Daddy’s Success (1964) and The Guards (1965). He helmed his ﬁrst feature, Script in the Snow in 1966. He also directed the ﬁlms Douglas (1970), Norske Byggeklosser (1972), Kanarifuglen (1973), Bortreist pa Ubestemt

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Tid (1974), and The Crown Prince (1979). Bang-Hansen was also noted as a leading ﬁlm critic for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation from 1967 to 2007.

Lucia Banti

Gli Scontenti (1961). She abandoned ﬁlms in the early 1960s to marry and raise a family. Pal Bang-Hansen

BANKS, RON Soul singer Ron Banks, a founding member of the soul group The Dramatics, died of a heart attack in a Detroit, Michigan, hospital on March 4, 2010. He was 58. Banks was born in Detroit on May 10, 1951. He teamed with other Detroit-based singers and musicians in the early 1960s. Originally known as the

BARCLAY, VALERIE Valerie Barclay, a pioneer female comic illustrator in the 1930s and 1940s, died after a long illness on February 26, 2010. She was 87. She was born Violet Barclay in Manhattan, New York,

Valerie Barclay (portrait from 1940s comic)

Ron Banks

Sensations and the Dynamics, they had become The Dramatics by the time they signed with Stax-Volt Records in 1968. They had a major hit with the 1971 single “Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get.” Banks remained with the group as the line-up frequently changed, and was heard on such subsequent hits as “In the Rain,” “Toast to the Fool,” “Me and Mrs. Jones,” “I’m Going By the Stars in Your Eyes,” and “Be My Girl.”

BANTI, LUCIA Italian actress Lucia Banti died in Jesi, Ancona, Italy, on September 30, 2010. She was 77. Banti was born in Rome on January 19, 1933. She began her career in ﬁlm in the early 1950s, with roles in Se Vincessi Cento Milioni (1953), Hano Rubato un Tramam (1954), The Country of the Campanelli (1954), Lacrime di Sposa (1955), Onore e Sangue (1957), Head of a Tyrant (1959), The Woman of Ice (1960), Toro Bravo (1960), and

on November 5, 1922. Artist Mike Sekowsky helped her get a job at Timely Comics, which later became Marvel, as an inker in the late 1930s. Barclay worked on features as the funny animals Super Rabbit and Zigg y Pig and Silly Seal, and in the teen-humor titles Jeanie, Rusty, Willie, and Georgie during the decade. She left Timely in 1949, but remained in comics as a freelance inker. Over the next several years she worked primarily in the romance genre for such publishers as D.S. Publishing, Standard, D.C., St. John, and Ace. Barclay left the industry in the mid–1950s, and had a brief stint as a fashion model. She later worked as a fashion illustrator for such retail outlets as Lane Bryant and Abraham & Straus.

BARKER, IRWIN Canadian comedian Irwin Barker died of cancer in a Toronto, Ontario, Canada, hospital on June 21, 2010. He was 57. Barker was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on June 12, 1952. He began performing comedy routines in the late 1980s, and made stand-up comedy his full-time career in the early 1990s. Noted for his erudite manner, he earned the nick-

23 name the Professor. He appeared frequently on Canadian television in such shows as Point Blank, Ed Byrne’s Just for Laughs, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, The Ha!ifax Comedy Fest, and Rick Mercer’s Monday Report. Barker was diagnosed with cancer in 2007, and told he had

2010 • Obituaries Barshai was also noted as an interpreter and arranger of the works of Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokoﬁev.

BARSTOW, ROBBINS Robbins Barstow, who elevated home movies to an art form and saw his family vacation ﬁlm, Disneyland Dream (1956), included in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2008, died at his home in Hartford, Connecticut, on November 7, 2010. He was 91. Barstow was born in Woodstock, Vermont, on October 24, 1919. He began making home movies after getting his ﬁrst movie camera at the age of 10. He recorded family events and created his own jungle drama, Tarzan and the Rocky Gorge (1936) while in his teens. He graduated from Dartmouth, and earned a master’s in education and history from New York University and a doctorate in educational admin-

Irwin Barker

about a year to live. He made his diagnosis part of his comedy routine, and recorded the documentary That’s My Time. He also ﬁlmed the comedy special Can’t Stop Laughing, and was nominated for two Canadian Comedy Awards shortly before his death.

BARSHAI, RUDOLF Russian violist and conductor Rudolf Barshai, who was a founding member of the Borodin Quartet in the mid–1940s, died in Basel, Switzerland, on November 2, 2010. He was 86. Barshai was born in Stanitsa Lobinskaya, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, on September 28, 1924. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory, where he teamed with Valentin Berlinsky, Rostislav Dubinsky, and Nina Barshai to form the ac-

Rudolf Barshai

claimed Borodin Quartet in 1945. Barshai remained with the quartet as violist until 1953, and founded the Moscow Chamber Orchestra in 1955. He left Russia in 1977, and became artistic director of the Israeli Chamber Orchestra from 1976 to 1981. He also led the Vancouver Symphony, the Orchestre National de France, and the Bournemouth Symphony over the next several years.

Robbins Barstow

istration from the University of Connecticut. He married Margaret Vanderbeek in 1942, and they had two sons, David and Don, and a daughter, Mary. Barstow worked with the Connecticut Education Association for many years. He continued his love of ﬁlmmaking in his off hours, making numerous movies of family and friends that he would narrate for neighborhood screenings. His best known work, Disneyland Dream, began when the family won a vacation to Disneyland in 1956. His chronicling of the experience became one of the few amateur ﬁlms selected for inclusion for the National Film Registry. He remained an avid home movie-maker throughout his life, creating Family Camping Through 48 States (1957–61) and Touring Paris with Two Grandchildren (1992). He posted many of his ﬁlms on the internet repository archive.org in recent years.

BARTH, EDDIE Veteran character actor Eddie Barth died of heart failure at his home in Los Angeles on May 28, 2010. He was 78. Barth was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 29, 1931. He began appearing on television in the early 1960s, with roles in episodes of The Twilight Zone, Cimarron Strip, The F.B.I., The Invaders, Then Came Bronson, Mannix, The Streets of San Francisco, Cannon, Barney Miller, Baretta, Matt Helm, Kojak, Joe and Sons, Popi, The Bionic Woman, Kingston: Conﬁdential, Husbands, Wives & Lovers, C.P.O. Sharkey, Alice, Stone, Number 96, The Incredible Hulk, Hill Street Blues, T.J. Hooker, The Paper Chase, Whiz Kids, Silver Spoons, Lottery!, The Love Boat, Mike Hammer,

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Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Magnum, P.I., Perfect Strangers, ABC Weekend Specials, Full House, Doctor Doctor, The Outsiders, Night Court, Civil Wars, Murder, She Wrote, Ink, and As Told by Ginger. Barth co-starred as Lt. Al Rossi in the short-lived television version of Shaft starring Richard Roundtree, and appeared in the recurring role of Myron Fowler, a rival private detective, in the series Simon & Simon from 1981 to 1988. He was also seen

Tom Basham

zona. He performed on the local stage and made his ﬁnal ﬁlm performance in the 2008 thriller The Appearance of a Man.

Eddie Barth

in the tele-ﬁlms It Couldn’t Happen to a Nicer Guy (1974), The Orphan and the Dude (1975), Rich Man, Poor Man (1976), Amelia Earhart (1976), Final Warning (1977), The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979), Jimmy B. & Andre (1980), Ethel Is an Elephant (1980), The Red-Light Sting (1984), The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (1984), An Eight Is Enough Wedding (1989), and Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan (1995). He was also noted as a voice actor in such ﬁlms as Rover Dangerﬁeld (1991), Babe: Pig in the City (1998), and Osmosis Jones (2001), and in the animated television series Challenge of the GoBots, James Bond Jr., Biker Mice from Mars, Superman, and Men in Black: The Series. He appeared in a handful of ﬁlms during his career including Woody Allen’s Bananas (1971), Shaft (1971), Made for Each Other (1977), The Amityville Horror (1979), Boardwalk (1979), Fame (1980), Born in East L.A. (1987), Twenty Dollar Star (1991), Killing Obsession (1994), and Mr. Write (1994). His raspy voice was also heard closing beer commercials in the 1980s with the tagline “Miller Lite, everything you always wanted in a beer, and less.”

BASHAM, TOM Actor Tom Basham died in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 29, 2010. He was 68. Basham was born on May 16, 1942. He began appearing on television in the late 1960s, with roles in episodes of such series as Adam-12, It Takes a Thief, The Bold Ones: The New Doctors, Ironside, Night Gallery, The Name of the Game, Dragnet 1967, The Virginian, and Bonanza. He appeared on screen in the ﬁlms Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970), Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970), the gay biker ﬁlm Pink Angels (1971), and Squares (1972). He starred in the 1975 cult horror ﬁlm The Psychopath as Mr. Rabbey, who took a strong stand against child abuse by slaughtering the perpetrators. He largely retired from the screen in the mid–1970s, and settled in Phoenix, Ari-

BASWANI, RAVI Indian actor Ravi Baswani died of a heart attack in Haldwani, while on route from Nainital to Delhi, India, after scouting ﬁlm locations for his planned directorial debut on July 27, 2010. He was 63. Baswani was born in Delhi on September 26, 1946. He began his ﬁlm career in the early 1980s, and

Ravi Baswani

was seen in such ﬁlms as Chashme Buddoor (1981), Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983), Dhat Tere … Ki (1983), Tum Laut Aao (1983), Ab Ayega Mazaa (1984), Peechha Karro (1986), Ghar Sansar (1986), Love 86 (1986), Main Balwan (1986), Zevar (1987), Jaan Tere Naam (1992), Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa (1993), Raunaq (1993), Laadla (1994), Return of Jewel Thief (1996), Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai (1998), Chhota Chetan (1998), Ghar Bazar (1998), Come On, My Brother (2000), Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya… (2001), The Film (2005), Bunty Aur Babli (2005), Lucky: No Time for Love (2005), It Could Be You (2005), Monsoon (2006), Anthony Kaun Hai? (2006), Yun Hota Toh Kya Hota: What If…? (2006), and Mastang Mama (2010). He also appeared frequently on Indian television in comic and character roles.

BATTISE, REGGIE LEON Singer and choreographer Reggie Leon Battise died of prostate cancer in

25 Los Angeles on October 8, 2010. He was 55. Battise was born in Chicago in 1955. He began his career on local television, hosting the series Dancing with Robyn and Reggie. He joined the rock band Bus Boys as Reggie Leon in the 1980s, and settled in Los Angeles. He danced in the 1983 ﬁlm Stayin’ Alive with John Travolta, and had small

2010 • Obituaries Sidney Poitier in the 1963 ﬁlm Lilies of the Field. He was president of ABC Pictures from 1968 to 1971, where he oversaw production of the ﬁlms They Shoot Horses Don’t They? (1969) which earned his client Gig Young an Academy Award as supporting actor, Straw Dogs (1971), and Cabaret (1972). Baum served as producer for several ﬁlms in the 1970s including The Last Valley (1971), Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974), The Wilby Conspiracy (1975), and The Killer Elite (1975). He brought his distinguished clients list to the newly formed Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in 1977. Baum remained one of Hollywood’s leading agents and an elder statesman at CAA until his death.

BAUMBAUER, ERNA German talent agent Erna Baumbauer died in Munich, Germany, on January 30, 2010. She was 91. Baumbauer was born in Munich on January 8, 1919. She became Germany’s leading

Reggie Leon Battise

roles in the ﬁlms Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984), Kidnapped (1986), and White Men Can’t Jump (1992). He was also featured on television in an episode of Moonlighting. Battise joined Sha Na Na in 1989, replacing Guerin Barry as bass singer. He continued to perform with the group until his death.

BAUM, MARTIN Talent agent and ﬁlm producer Martin Baum, who represented such talent as Julie Andrews, Sidney Poitier, Gene Wilder, and Bo Derek, died at his home in Beverly Hills, California, on November 5, 2010. He was 86. Baum was born in New York City on March 2, 1924. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He returned to New York after the war to work as a stage manager, and began working as an agent in the late 1940s. He teamed with Abe Newborn in the Baum-Newborn Agency in 1948, which they later sold to General Artists Corp. Baum moved to Los Angeles with GAC in 1960 to work in ﬁlms. He subsequently worked with Ashley Famous Agency before forming his own ﬁrm, and was instrumental in casting

agent for actors, representing such performers as Maximilian Schell, Heinz Bennent, Susanne Lothar, and Bruno Ganz. Baumbauer received an honorary German Film Award in 2006 for her long career as an agent.

Martin Baum

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BAYONAS, LYNN Australian television producer Lynn Bayonas died of cancer in Daylesford, Victoria, Australia, on January 25, 2010. She was 66. She was born Lynnette Margaret Bower in Australia on April 11, 1943. She toured Europe with the Australian

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Ballet at the age of 18, when she settled in London. She became an assistant to Orson Welles in the late 1960s, and met her husband, artist and screenwriter Luis Bayonas, while working with Welles in Spain. She subsequently returned to Australia, where she worked as a writer and script editor on such television series as Homicide, Division 4, The Box, Skyways, Holiday Island, Willing and Abel, Chances, The Sullivans, and A Country Practice. She went to Los Angeles in 1994 to write for Paramount, where she worked on the television shows Sunset Beach and Prime Time. She returned to Australia in 2000, where she produced such series as The Saddle Club, Guinevere Jones, and The Secret Life of Us.

BAZ, BEATRIZ Mexican actress Beatriz Baz died in El Paso, Texas, on January 5, 2010. She was 86. Baz was born in Mexico City on August 21, 1923. She was featured in over a dozen Mexican ﬁlms in the 1960s and early 1970s including Las dos Elenas (1965), House of Evil (1968) with Boris Karloff, Corazon Salvaje (1968), La

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BEDDOW, MARGERY Actress and dancer Margery Beddow died at her home in Manhattan, New York, on January 3, 2010. She was 78. Beddow was born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, on December 13, 1931. She began her career as a dancer, performing with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and the Metropolitan Opera Ballet. She made her Broadway debut in the early 1950s,

Beatriz Baz

Puerta y la Mujer del Carnicero (1968), A Wedding Night Essay (1968), La Gran Ventura (1969), Santa (1969), Trampas de Amor (1969), El Despertar del Lobo (1970), La Amante Perfecta (1970), Las Bestias Jovenes (1970), Las Chicas Malas del Padre Mendez (1970), and Siempre Hay una Primera Vez (1971). She was also seen in such television series as Ellas (1967), La Casa de las Fieras (1967), Pueblo sin Esperanza (1968), Destino la Gloria (1968), Puente de Amor (1969), and Mi Amor por Ti (1969).

BEAVER New Zealand jazz singer and actress Beverley Jean Morrison, who was known professionally as Beaver, died of cancer in Auckland, New Zealand, on May 23, 2010. She was 59. She was born in Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand, in 1950. She began performing in the early 1970s, and became a singer with the musical theatrical troupes Blerta and Red Mole. She often worked as a session musician and backup vocalist during the 1970s, and released the single “Skin Deep” with Beaver and the Flyers in 1978. She was featured as Julie Patterson in the 1985 New Zealand ﬁlm Should I Be Good?, and performed the theme for the television soap opera Gloss in the late 1980s. Beaver released the album Live at Ronnie Scott’s in 1987.

Margery Beddow

and was featured in productions of Two on the Aisle (1951), Redhead (1959), The Conquering Hero (1961), Little Me (1962), Ulysses in Nighttown (1974), and Wind in the Willows (1985). Beddow was also seen in small roles in several ﬁlms including The Producers (2005), Waltzing Anna (2006), Enchanted (2007), and Doubt (2008).

BEEN, MICHAEL Musician Michael Been died of a heart attack while attending the Pukkelpop music festival in Hasselt, Belgium, on August 19, 2010. He was 60. Been was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on March 17, 1950. He began his music career in Chicago in the late 1960s, and performed with the band Aorta on their second album in 1970. He also played with the bands Lovecraft, Fine Wine, and the Original Haze in the 1970s. He later formed the band The Call, and they released an album in 1982. They had a hit with the song “When the Walls Came Down” from their second album, Modern Romans, in 1983. Been composed and performed music for Paul Schrader’s 1992 ﬁlm Light

27 Sleeper, and recorded a solo album, On the Verge of a Nervous Breakthrough, in 1994. Been was featured on-

2010 • Obituaries Marines (1975) and Cyrano (1990). He also composed numerous orchestral and chamber works during his career.

BEHR, MICHAEL British actor Michael Behr died in England on February 22, 2010. He was 82. Behr was born in Godalming, Surrey, England, in 1927. He performed with the Oxford University Dramatic Society, and appeared in repertory from the late 1940s. He continued his studies at the Royal Academy of Dramatic

Michael Been

screen as John the Apostle in Martin Scorsese’s 1988 ﬁlm The Last Temptation of Christ. He later worked as a sound engineer for the band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, led by his son, Robert Levon Been.

BEESON, JACK Composer Jack Beeson, who

Michael Behr

was best known for his opera Lizzie Borden, based on the notorious ax-murder case, died of congestive heart failure in a New York City hospital on June 6, 2010. He was 88. Beeson was born in Muncie, Indiana, on July 15, 1921. He trained as a pianist as a child, and became interested in opera from an early age. He trained under Bela Bartok in New York City in the mid–1940s, and composed his ﬁrst opera, Jonah, while living in Rome later in the decade. He returned to the United States in the early 1950s, where he taught at Columbia University. He adapted William Saroyan’s play Hello Out There for an opera in 1953, and teamed with Kenward Elmslie for the opera The Sweet Bye and Bye (1956). He also worked with Elmslie on the 1965 opera Lizzie Borden, a tale of a spinster accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an axe in 1892. It was produced for television for NET in 1967. Beeson teamed with lyricist Sheldon Harnick for the operas Captain Jinks of the Horse

BELL, SHIRLEY Shirley Bell Cole, who starred as radio’s Little Orphan Annie in the 1930s, died in Arizona on January 12, 2010. She was 89. Bell was born in Chicago, Illinois, on February 21, 1920. She began singing as a small child, and was performing on local radio at the age of 6. She was hired to star as Harold Gray’s comic strip heroine Little Orphan Annie in 1930. The series was originally aired on WGN-AM, and was soon broadcast by the NBC network, with Ovaltine as sponsor. Little Orphan Annie opened with the theme song, “Who’s that little chatterbox, the one with pretty auburn locks? Whom do you see? It’s Little Orphan

Jack Beeson

Shirley Bell

Art in the early 1950s. He was featured in the 1960 ﬁlm Piccadilly Third Stop, and on television in episodes of Pride and Prejudice and Crossroads. He later worked as a journalist, writing about the arts for such publications as the Times, the Telegraph Magazine, and the Guardian.

Obituaries • 2010 Annie.” Bell’s Annie was broadcast out of Chicago and heard on the East Coast. Another version, with the same scripts, was broadcast from San Francisco, with Floy Hughes as the adventurous urchin. Bell and the Chicago cast took over when the program went coast-to-coast in 1933. She was brieﬂy replaced by Bobbe Dean during a contract dispute on 1934, but otherwise continued to voice Annie throughout the decade. She was assisted by her young friend, Joe Corntassel, her wealthy mentor, Daddy Warbucks, and his henchmen Punjab and the Asp. Ovaltine dropped its sponsorship of the show in 1940 in favor of Captain Midnight. Quaker Puffed Wheat Sparkies picked up Annie on Mutual radio in 1940, but Bell had departed and Janice Gilbert took over for the programs ﬁnal two years. She later married Chicago businessman Irwin Cole, and they raised three daughters together. Cole died in 1998, and Bell authored her autobiography Acting Her Age: My Ten Years as a Ten-YearOld, in 2005.

BENSON, MARTIN British character actor Martin Benson died in his sleep in Buckinghamshire, England, on March 3, 2010. He was 91. Benson was born in London on August 10, 1918. He served in the military during World War II before embarking on a career as an actor on stage and screen in the late 1940s. The grimfaced performer appeared in numerous ﬁlms over the next 50 years. His many credits include The Blind Goddess (1948), But Not in Vain (1948), Trapped By the Terror (1949), The Adventures of P.C. 49: The Case of the Guardian Angel (1948), Under Capricorn (1949), I’ll Get You for This (1950), Night Without Stars (1951), The Dark Light (1951), Assassin for Hire (1951), Mystery Junction (1951), Judgment Deferred (1952), The Frightened Man (1952), Ivanhoe (1952), The Gambler and the Lady (1952), Wide Boy (1952), Top of the Form (1953), Wheel of Fate (1953), Always a Bride (1953), Recoil (1953), Black 13 (1953), Escape By Night (1953), You Know What Sailors Are (1954), West of Zanzibar (1954), Lovers, Happy Lovers! (1954), Passage Home (1955), Doctor at Sea (1955), Soho Incident (1956), 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956), the musical The King and I (1956) as Siam’s duplicitous Kralahome (or Prime Minister), Istanbul (1957), Doctor at Large (1957), Interpol (1957), The Flesh Is Weak (1957), Thunder Over Tangier (1957), Windom’s Way (1957), The

Martin Benson

28 Cosmic Monster (aka The Strange World of Planet X (1958) as a benevolent alien, The Two-Headed Spy (1958), Make Mine a Million (1959), Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959), The Gentle Trap (1960), Once More, with Feeling! (1960), Oscar Wilde (1960), Sands of the Desert (1960), Oscar Preminger’s epic Exodus (1960), the fantasy classic The Three Worlds of Gulliver (1960), The Pure Hell of St. Trinian’s (1960), A Matter of WHO (1961), Five Golden Hours (1961), Gorgo (1961) as the circus ringmaster Dorkin who attempts to exploit the giant prehistoric reptile, I Tre Nemici (1962), The Silent Invasion (1962), Satan Never Sleeps (1962), Village of Daughters (1962), Hammer’s Night Creatures (aka Captain Clegg) (1962) as Mr. Rash the innkeeper, The Fur Collar (1962), Cleopatra (1963) with Elizabeth Taylor, The Secret Door (1964), Shot in the Dark (1964), and Behold a Pale Horse (1964). Benson was featured as American gangster Solo in the 1964 James Bond ﬁlm Goldﬁnger. His refusal to take part in Goldﬁnger’s plot to rob Fort Knox resulted in his murder by henchman Oddjob, who then had him crushed along with his luxury car and gold bullion in a junk yard metal compactor. Benson’s other ﬁlms credits include Mozambique (1965), The Secret of My Success (1965), A Man Could Get Killed (1966), The Magniﬁcent Two (1967), Battle Beneath the Earth (1967) as the villainous Gen. Chan Lu, Pope Joan (1972), Tiffany Jones (1973), Mohammad: Messenger of God (1976), the horror classic The Omen (1976) as Father Spiletto, Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979), The Human Factor (1979), The Sea Wolves (1980), Sphinx (1981), Young Toscanini (1988), and Angela’s Ashes (1999). Benson appeared frequently on television from the early 1950s, appearing in such series as The Passing Show, The Vise, Colonel March of Scotland Yard, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents, 1957’s Sword of Freedom as Duke de Medici, The New Adventures of Martin Kane, Assignment Foreign Legion, The Adventures of Aggie, The Jack Benny Program, The Adventures of Sir Lancelot, Overseas Press Club — Exclusive!, Sailor of Fortune, O.S.S., White Hunter, The New Adventures of Charlie Chan, Dial 999, Invisible Man, The Third Man, Interpol Calling, The Four Just Men, On Trial, One Step Beyond, Silent Evidence, Richard the Lionheart, ITV Television Playhouse, Ghost Squad, Suspense, Danger Man, No Hiding Place, The Wednesday Play, Court Martial, The Man Who Never Was, The Saint, Theatre 625, The Troubleshooters, The Champions, The Protectors, The Adventurer, The Onedin Line, The Professionals, The Many Wives of Patrick, Return of the Saint, BBC2 Playhouse, Tales of the Unexpected, Schoolgirl Churns, The Hello Goodbye Man, Wyatt’s Watchdogs, Campion, The Bill, and Last of the Summer Wine. He was featured in the 1976 Thriller tele-ﬁlm The Last Victim, and appeared in television productions of Jesus of Nazareth (1977) as Pharisee, Telford’s Change (1979) as Jacques Dupont, The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981) as the Vogon Captain, and Arch of Triumph (1984). He made his ﬁnal appearance in a 2005 episode of the Casualty television series in 2005.

BERAMBOI, DIN Malaysian radio and television personality Mior Ahmad Fuad Mior Badri, who was known as Din Beramboi, died of complications from dengue hemorrhagic fever in a Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,

29 hospital on April 2, 2010. He was 43. He was born Mior Ahmad Fuad Mior Badri in Malaysia on December 22, 1966. The comedian was the co-host of the popular

2010 • Obituaries Beresford was born in Paris, France, on August 6, 1926, the daughter of British novelist J.D. Beresford. She began her career ghost writing speeches for British politicians before joining the BBC as a radio reporter. She married BBC sports commentator Max Robinson in 1949. Beresford began writing children’s novels in the late 1950s with The Television Mystery (1957) and The Flying Doctor (1958). She began a series about magic with 1964’s The Magic World, and included eight further entries including The Vanishing Garden (1965), Dangerous Magic (1972), Secret Magic (1978), Curious Magic (1980), and Strange Magic (1986). Beresford created the Wombles, fantasy creatures who pick up litter left by humans, in the 1968 children’s book The Wombles of Wimbledon Common, which introduced such characters as Great Uncle

Din Beramboi

Malaysian morning radio show Pagi Di Era with Aznil Nawawi. Din was also featured in several ﬁlms including Duhai si Pari-Pari (2009) and Sifu & Tongga (2009).

BERAS GOICO, FREDDY Dominican actor and comedian Freddy Beras Goico died of complications of pancreatic cancer in a New York City hospital on November 18, 2010. He was 69. He was born in Santa Cruz del Seibo, El Seibo, Dominican Republic, on November 24, 1940. He was involved in the turbulent politics Elisabeth Beresford (with The Wombles’ Great Uncle Bulgaria)

Bulgaria, Tobermory, Orinoco, and Madame Cholet. They made their television debut in a short series on Jackanory in 1969, and were made into a series of shorts from BBC in 1973. Ivor Wood created the puppet characters, and Bernard Cribbins gave them voice. A live action feature ﬁlm, Wombling Free, was released in 1977. Beresford penned over 20 Wombles books, and wrote the novels The Happy Ghost (1979), Jack and the Magic Stove (1982), The Ghosts of Lupus Street School (1986), and Emily and the Haunted Castle (1987). She also created the children’s television series Bertie the Bat (1990) and The Adventures of Dawdle the Donkey (1996). Freddy Beras Goico

of his country, and spent years in exile with his family during the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo. He began working in television in the Dominican Republic in the early 1960s as a cameraman, and was soon writing and performing comedy sketches. He became host of the popular variety series El Gordo de la Semana, which aired for 30 years. He later co-hosted the nightly series Con Freddy y Punto. He was featured as Don Eligio in the 2005 ﬁlm The Curse of Father Cardona.

BERESFORD, ELISABETH English children’s book writer Elisabeth Beresford, who was best known for creating the Wombles, died in Alderney, Guernsey, Channel Islands, on December 24, 2010. She was 84.

BERISTAIN, DOLORES Mexican actress Dolores Beristain died of respiratory complications in Mexico City on April 26, 2010. She was 83. She was born Dolores Bravo Mancera in Mexico City on May 10, 1926. She began her career on stage in the late 1940s, and became a leading performer in theatrical productions. She appeared frequently in ﬁlms and television from the early 1970s. Her ﬁlm credits include They Call Him Marcado (1971), Nest of Virgins (1972), El Premio Nobel del Amor (1973), La Palomilla al Rescate (1976), Life Changes (1976), Chin Chin the Drunken Bum (1976), Espejismo de la Ciudad (1976), Mil Caminos Tiene la Muerte (1977), El Moro de Cumpas (1977), Las Noches de Paloma (1978), Mary My Dearest (1979), La Hermana Enemiga (1979), Un Dia, una Familia, una Equis (1986), Romelia’s Secret

Obituaries • 2010 (1988), Cuento de Navidad (1989), Principio y Fin (1993), ’Til Death (1994), El Tesoro de Clotilde (1994), Besame en la Boca (1995), Adios Mama (1997), and The Magic Hour (1999). Beristain was also featured in the television series El Dios de Barro (1970), Las Fieras (1972),

Dolores Beristain

30 Long Live the Bride and Groom (1970), and Grandeur Nature (1974). He remained a leading ﬁgure in Spanish cinema in the post–Franco era, helming the trilogy La Escopeta Nacional (1978), Patrimonio Nacional (1981), and National III (1982). Berlanga also directed the ﬁlms The Heifer (1985), Moors and Christians (1987), Todos a las Carcel (1993), Blasco Ibanez (1997), Paris-Timbuktu (1999), and El Sueno de la Maestra (2002).

BERN, MINA Actress Mina Bern, who was a leading performer in Yiddish theatre in New York, died of heart failure in Manhattan on January 10, 2010. She was 98. She was born Mina Bernholtz in Bielsk Podlaski, Poland, on May 5, 1911. She began her career on the stage in the Ararat Yiddish cabaret in Lodz in the 1930s, before ﬂeeing Poland when the Nazis invaded Poland in 1939. She ﬂed to Russia, where she continued to perform in Yiddish theatre, and moved to Palestine in 1947, where she joined the Li-La-Lo revue theater. Bern came to New York with the revue Shalom, Tel Aviv in 1949. She married fellow performer Ben Bonus, and the couple became leading performers of the Yiddish theater in

Anoranza (1979), Toda una Vida (1981), Te Amo (1984), La Gloria y el Inﬁerno (1986), El Padre Gallo (1986), Tiempo de Amar (1987), La Fuerza del Amor (1990), Un Rostro en mi Pasado (1990), Clarisa (1993), La Sombra del Otro (1996), and Sentimientos Ajenos (1996). She was married to actor Luis Beristain until his death in 1962.

BERLANGA, LUIS GARCIA Spanish ﬁlm director Luis Garcia Berlanga died at his home in Madrid, Spain, on November 13, 2010. He was 89. Berlanga was born in Valencia, Spain, on June 12, 1921. He studied at the Institute of Cinematographic Research and Experiences in Madrid from the late 1940s, and made several short ﬁlms. He became one of the leading ﬁlmmakers in post–Civil War Spain in the early 1950s, teaming with Juan Antonio Bardem to direct his feature ﬁlm debut, That Happy Couple (1953). Though he frequently ran afoul of the censors in Franco’s Spain, Berlanga’s ﬁlm credits include Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953), Boyfriend in Sight (1954), The Rocket from Calabuch (1956), Miracles of Thursday (1957), Placido (1961), Three Fables of Love (1962), The Executioner (1963), The Piranhas (1967),

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Mina Bern

New York. They also toured in productions throughout North and South America. They also brought several musicals to Broadway including Let’s Sing Yiddish (1966), Sing Israel, Sing (1967), and Light, Lively and Yiddish (1970) before Bonus’ death in 1984. Bern was also seen in character roles in over a dozen ﬁlms including Tenement (1985), Crossing Delancey (1988), Avalon (1990), Pressure Drop (1994), It Could Happen to You (1994), Little Odessa (1994), Everything Relative (1996), I’m Not Rappaport (1996), Celebrity (1998), the tele-ﬁlm The First Seven Years (1998), Flawless (1999), The Komediant (2000), and Brooklyn Babylon (2001). She returned to the Broadway stage in the 1990 musical Those Were the Days, and earned an Obie Award for her performance in The Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre’s Off-Broadway production of Sweet Dreams in 1999. She also performed in a one-woman show about her life, Mina Bern: A Life on the Stage, a Personal Memoir Told in Song and Story, in 2005.

BERTI, ALDO Italian actor Aldo Berti died of brain cancer in Florence, Italy, on December 26, 2010. He was 74. Berti was born in Florence on February 29,

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1936. He appeared in numerous ﬁlms from the mid– 1950s through the early 1970s, including many Eurowesterns. His ﬁlms include Time of Vacation (1956), White Slave Ship (1961), The Myth (1963), Imperial Venus (1963), Why Go on Killing? (1965), A Stranger in Sacramento (1965), Night of Violence (1965), Ramon the Mexican (1966), Django, a Bullet for You (1966), Go with God, Gringo (1966), The Dirty Outlaws (1967), A Stranger in Town (1967), How to Win a Billion … and Get Away with It (1967), An Angel for Satan (1967), Born to Kill (1967),

Raoul Billerey

Aldo Berti

Fifteen Scaffolds for the Killer (1968), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), El Puro (1969), Defeat of the Maﬁa (1970), Sartana in the Valley of Death (1970), Hey Amigo! A Toast to Your Death (1970), My Name Is Mallory … M Means Death (1971), Heads I Kill You, Tails You’re Dead! They Call Me Hallalujah (1971), Have a Good Funeral, My Friend … Sartana Will Pay (1971), A Gunman Called Dakota (1972), Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman (1972), Spirito Santo e le Cinque Magniﬁche Canaglie (1972), and Bada Alla tua Pelle, Spirito Santo! (1972). Berti retired from the screen in the early 1970s to travel the world, settling in Morocco in the mid–1980s.

BILLEREY, RAOUL French actor and stuntman Raoul Billerey died in Limoux, France, on July 28, 2010. He was 89. Billerey was born in Nice, France, on October 12, 1920. A fencing master and armorer, he performed stunts and was seen onscreen in such ﬁlms as The Three Musketeers (1953), Cadet Rousselle (1954), The Impossible Mr. Pipelet (1955), Fernand Cow-Boy (1956), To Catch a Spy (1957), Back to the Wall (1958), The Hunchback of Paris (1959), The Battle of Austerlitz (1960), Captain Blood (1960), Captain Fracasse (1961), Blood on His Sword (1961, Cartouche (1962), Devil of Paris (1962), The Knight from Pardaillan (1962), The Iron Mask (1962), The Reluctant Spy (1963), Your Turn, Darling (1963), Panic in Bangkok (1964), L’Enfance Nue (1968), Mr. Freedom (1969), The French Calvinists (1972), The Eyes Closed (1974), Les Loulous (1977). Perceval le Gallois (1978), Outlaws (1985), L’Effrontee (1985), My Brother-in-Law Killed My Sister (1986), Betty Blue (1986), Widow’s Walk (1987), The Grand Highway (1987), Sorceress (1987), If the Sun Never Returns (1987), The House on the Dune (1988), Chouans! (1988), The Little Thief (1988), The War Is Over

(1989), The Handsome Priest (1989), La Mort d’Une Vache (1990), Un Type Bien (1991), Dien Bien Phu (1992), Grosse Fatigue (1994), Revenge of the Musketeers (1994) as Porthos, Unpredictable Nature of the River (1996), Oranges Ameres (1997), Jet Lag (2002), Ripoux 3 (2003), and A Ton Image (2004). He also worked frequently in television on such series as Rocambole, Thierry la Fronde, Lagardere, Allo Police, Fortune, D’Aretagnan, Schulmeister, Espion de l’Empereur, Les Cinq Dernieres Minutes, Manege, Louis Page, Quai n° 1 as Camille, and 1999’s Tramontane as Jose. His other television credits include productions of Les Trois Mousquetaires ou L’Escrime ne Paie Pas (1979), Alcyon (1990), Le Second Voyage (1991), La Fille du Roi (1994), L’île aux Momes (1994), Le mas Theotime (1995), La Riviere Esperance (1995), Pour une Vie ou Deux (1995), L’Esprit des Flots (1997), Le Serre aux Truffes (1997), Retour a Locmaria (2003), La Cliente (2004), La Tete Haute (2005), and Les Courriers de la Mort (2006). He made his ﬁnal stage appearance in a production of Jesus II as Joseph Delteil in 2009.

BILLINGSLEY, BARBARA Actress Barbara Billingsley, who became a television icon with her role as the quintessential mom, June Cleaver, in the late 1950s television series Leave It to Beaver, died in Santa Monica, California, on October 16, 2010. She was 94. She was born Barbara Lillian Combes in Los Angeles on December 22, 1915. She performed in school plays as a child, and went to New York shortly after graduating high school. She was featured in the short-lived Broadway review Straw Hat, and worked as a fashion model. She began appearing in ﬁlms in the mid–1940s, with small roles in Adventure (1945), the short So You Think You’re Allergic (1945), Up Goes Maisie (1946), Two Sisters from Boston (1946), Faithful in My Fashion (1946), Three Wise Fools (1946), Undercurrent (1946), The Secret Heart (1946), The Arnelo Affair (1947), The Sea of Grass (1947), Living in a Big Way (1947), The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947), The Unﬁnished Dance (1947), The Arg yle Secrets (1948), the short Souvenirs of Death (1948), The Saxon Charm (1948), The Valiant Hombre (1948), Act of Violence (1948), The Sun Comes Up (1949), Caught (1949), I Cheated the Law (1949), Air Hostess (1949), Any Number Can Play (1949), Prejudice (1949), A Kiss for Corliss (1949), Shadow on the Wall (1950), Trial Without Jury

Obituaries • 2010 (1950), Pretty Baby (1950), Dial 1119 (1950), Three Guys Named Mike (1951), Inside Straight (1951), Oh! Susanna (1951), The Tall Target (1951), Two Dollar Bettor (1951), Angels in the Outﬁeld (1951), Invitation (1952), Young Man with Ideas (1952), Woman in the Dark (1952), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), The Lady Wants Mink (1953), Invaders from Mars (1953), Day of Triumph (1954), and The Careless Years (1957). She also appeared

32 tele-ﬁlms High School U.S.A. (1984), Bay Coven (1987), and Secret Santa (2003). She was married to restaurateur Glenn Billingsley from 1941 until their divorce in 1947. They had two children, Glenn Jr. and Drew, who also found success in the restaurant business. She was married to British ﬁlm director Roy Kellino from 1953 until his death in 1956, and to Dr. William Mortensen from 1959 until his death in 1981.

BILLINGSLEY, JO JO Deborah Jo Billingsley, who was a backup singer for the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd in the mid–1970s, died of cancer in Cullman, Alabama, on June 24, 2010. She was 58. Billingsley was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on May 28, 1952. She joined Skynyrd as a backup singer in December of 1975. The trio, that also included Cassie Gaines and Leslie Hawkins, were dubbed “The Honkettes,” and toured and recorded with the group for the next two

Barbara Billingsley

frequently on television from the early 1950s in episodes of such series as The Abbott and Costello Show, Rebound, The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse, The Lone Wolf, City Detective, The Pride of the Family, Four Star Playhouse, Schlitz Playhouse, You Are There, The Loretta Young Show, The Danny Thomas Show, Cavalcade of America, Panic!, and Mr. Adams and Eve. She also starred as Helen Wilson in the short-lived sit-com Professional Father in 1955, and was featured in the recurring role of Barbara in The Brothers in 1956. She was best known for her role as June Cleaver in the popular CBS sit-com Leave It to Beaver, which premiered in 1957. She and husband Ward, played by Hugh Beaumont, and children Wally and Theodore (aka “The Beaver”), played by Tony Dow and Jerry Mathers, moved to ABC after a mediocre ﬁrst season. The series became a popular hit over the next ﬁve seasons before ending in 1963. Her role as June Cleaver left her largely type-cast, and other than a guest spot on The F.B.I. in 1971, she was largely off camera for nearly two decades. She returned to the screen in a cameo role in the 1980 comedy spoof Airplane!, as the elderly passenger who could “speak jive.” She also guest-starred in an episode of Mork and Mindy in 1982, and was the voice of Nanny and the Little Train on the animated series Muppet Babies from 1984 to 1991. She returned to the role of June Cleaver in the 1983 reunion tele-ﬁlm Still the Beaver, and reunited with Mathers, Dow, and other cast members for the subsequent revival series The New Leave It to Beaver from 1985 to 1989 on Disney and TBS. She also made cameo roles as June Cleaver in episodes of Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories, Hi Honey, I’m Home, and Roseanne, and guest-starred in episodes of Silver Spoons, The New Mike Hammer, The Love Boat, Parker Lewis, Empty Nurse, Murphy Brown, The Mommies, and Mysterious Ways. She also had small roles in the ﬁlms Back to the Beach (1987) and Going to the Chapel (1988), and the

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years. She was the only member of the band not onboard when their plane crashed in October of 1977, killing lead singer Ronnie Van Zandt and several band and road crew members. Billingsley subsequently left the music industry to become an evangelist. She occasionally reunited with other Skynyrd survivors for charity events, and at the band’s induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.

BINI, ALFREDO Italian ﬁlm producer Alfredo Bini died in a hospital in Tarquinia, Viterbo, Italy, on October 16, 2010. He was 83. Bini was born in Livorno, Italy, on December 12, 1926. He began producing ﬁlms in the late 1950s with The Law Is the Law (1958), and formed the production company Arco Film to produce Mauro Bolognini’s Bell’ Antonio in 1960. He became best known for producing the works of Pier Paolo Pasolini, including Accattone! (1961), Mamma Roma (1962), RoGoPaG (1963), The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964), Comizi d’Amore (1965), Sopralluoghi in Palestina per il Vangelo Secondo Matteo (1965), The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966), and Oedipus Rex (1967). He ran afoul of Italy’s obscenity laws as producer of Gian Luigi Polidoro’s Satyricon in 1968. Bini was married to Italian sex symbol Rosanna Schiafﬁno from 1963 to 1977, and was producer of her ﬁlms Comizi d’Amore (1965), La Mandragola (1965), A Witch in Love (1966), El Greco (1966)

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with Mel Ferrer, Terence Young’s The Rover (1967) with Anthony Quinn, In Love, Every Pleasure Has Its Pain (1971), and The Heroes (1973) with Rod Steiger. He also

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Alfredo Bini

produced the ﬁlms The Black Decameron (1972), The Survivors of the Bounty (1974), Robert Bresson’s Lancelot du Lac (1974), and Banana Republic (1979).

BINIAK, BOB Pioneer skate boarder Bob Biniak, who was one of the original Dogtown Z-Boys, died of complications from a heart attack in a Jacksonville Beach, Florida, hospital, on February 25, 2010. He was 51. Biniak was born in Chicago on June 2, 1958,

Bob Biniak

and moved to Santa Monica, California, with his mother as a child. He was a surfer from an early age, and began skateboarding in the early 1970s. He joined the Z-Boys, sponsored by the Zephyr skate shop in 1975. The team revolutionized the sport, and Biniak pioneered vertical skateboarding. He was later featured in the 2001 documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys. He appeared in a small role as a restaurant manager in the 2005 ﬁctionalized ﬁlm account, Lords of Dogtown. Biniak later competed as a professional golfer.

BIRKETT, JACK British dancer, actor and mime Jack Birkett, who was often billed as the Incredible Orlando, died in London on May 10, 2010. He was 75. Birkett was born in Leeds, England, on June 11, 1934.

He studied dance and worked as an actor’s model while in his teens. He moved to London in the early 1950s, where he performed in musicals and touring productions. He made his West End debut in the musical Bye Bye Birdie in 1961, and worked with Lindsay Kemp’s dance and mime company from the early 1960s. Birkett began losing his vision in the mid–1960s, and was blind by the end of the decade. He continued to perform on stage and was featured as Blackbird in Kemp’s production of Jean Genet’s Flowers, which made its way to Broadway in 1974. He was featured as the Harlequin in the 1970 television production of Pierrot in Turquoise or The Looking Glass Murders (1970), and was Borgia Ginz in Derek Jarman’s 1978 ﬁlm Jubilee. He portrayed Caliban in Jarman’s version of The Tempest in 1979, and was Thersites in Jonathan Miller’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida for the BBC in 1981. He was featured as the Blind Man in 1985’s The Bride, with Sting as Dr. Frankenstein and Jennifer Beals in the title role. Birkett was also seen as the Pope in Jarman’s Caravaggio and Titania in a 1985 television production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. His other ﬁlm credits include the Spanish ﬁlms El Vent de l’Illa (1988) and El Nino de la Luna (1989).

BISCIGLIA, PAUL French character actor Paul Bisciglia died in Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, France, on April 18, 2010. He was 81. Bisciglia was born in Algiers, Algeria, on July 30, 1928. He began his acting career in France in the late 1940s. He appeared in numerous ﬁlms over the next ﬁve decades including Paris Incident (1950), Under the Paris Sky (1951), The Beautiful Image (1951), The Turkey (1951), The High Life (1951), Le Desir et l’Amour (1951), Clara de Montargis (1951), Papa, Mama, the Maid and I (1954), Quai des Blondes (1954), Before the Deluge (1954), The Doctors (1955), M’sieur la Caille (1955), The River of Three Junks (1956), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956) with Anthony Quinn as Quasimodo, Les Lumieres du Soir (1956), Photo Finish (1956), Pardonnez nos Offenses (1956), The Seventh Commandment (1957), Crazy in the Noodle (1957), Funny Face (1957), Provisional Liberty (1958), Les Copains du Dimanche (1958), Night Dance Hall (1959), Witness in the City (1959), Checkerboard (1959), Twelve Hours by the Clock (1959), The Cousins (1959), Le Signe du Lion

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(1959), Les Vieux de la Vieille (1960), Les Mordus (1960), The Wretches (1960), Lovers on a Tightrope (1960), Paris Belongs to Us (1961), Tout l’or du Monde (1961), La Belle Americaine (1961), Arsene Lupin vs. Arsene Lupin (1962), Le Coup de Bambou (1963), Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964), Cherchez l’Idole (1964), Pas de Caviar pour Tante Olga (1965), The Big Swag (1965), Is Paris Burning? (1966), L’or et le Plomb (1966), The Boss of Champignol (1966), Action Man (1969), and Hibernatus (1969). He was featured as the Butler in Jean Rollin’s 1970 erotic horror ﬁlm La Vampire Nue (aka The Nude Vampire (1970), and was also seen in Rollin’s Vierges et Vampires (aka Caged Virgins) (1971), Les Demoniaques (Curse of the Living Dead) (1974), Levres de Sang (aka Lips of Blood) (1975), and Les Raisins de la Mort (The Raisins of Death) (1978). His numerous ﬁlm credits also include Pollux et le Chat Bleu (1970), Only the Cool (1970), Le Cinema de Papa (1970), Who Cares: Anatomy of a Delivery Boy (1971),

such productions as L’Equipage au Complet (1957), Gargantua (1962), Les Hommes (1964), Saturnin Belloir (1967), L’Homme du ’Picardie (1968), La Cravache d’Or (1969), Fortune (1969), The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir (1970), Les Fiances de Loches (1970), Pont Dormant (1972), La Tuile a Loups (1972), Figaro-ci, Figaro-la (1972), L’Equipe ou Le Roman des Fortifs (1973), La Folie des Betes (1974), Monsieur Barnett (1975), Les Zingari (1975), La Preuve par Treize (1975), Le Peril Bleu (1975), MiniChroniques (1976), Adios (1976), Allez la Rafale! (1977), La Mer Promise (1977), IClaudine a Paris (1978), La Grace (1978), Le Dernier Train (1979), Mont-Oriol (1980), Petit Dejeuner Compris (1980), Le Tour du Monde en 80 Jours (1980), Arsene Lupin Joue et Perd (1980), Le Moustique (1980), Le Surmale (1980), Legitime Defense (1980), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1980), Le Grand Fosse (1980), L’Antichambre (1981), An Orphan’s Tale (1981), La Nonne Sanglante (1981), Jupiter 81 (1982), La Demobilisation Generale (1982), Panurge (1982), Non Recuperables (1982), La Nuit du General Boulanger (1982), L’Epingle Noire (1982), La Veuve Rouge (1983), Liebe Lasst alle Blumen Bluhen (1983), L’Homme des Couloirs (1985), Leon Blum a l’Echelle Humaine (1986), La Ruelle au Clair de Lune (1988), Crimes et Jardins (1991), La Venus a Lulu (1991), and Accalmies Passageres (1998). His other television credits include episodes of Rocambole, Les Saintes Cheries, Tang, Le Pain Noir, Les Brigades du Tigre, De Memoire d’Homme, Les Cinq Dernieres Minutes, Les Heritiers, Desire Lafarge, L’Etrange Monsieur Duvallier, Brigade des Mineurs, Commissaire Moulin, Medecins de Nuit, Le Mythomane, La Vie des Autres, Les Enquetes du Commissaire Maigret, Les Bargeot, Hotel de Police, Julien Fontanes, Magistrat, and Puissance 4.

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BISUTTI, MARIA AURELIA Argentine actress Marie Aurelia Bisutti died in the town of Ingeniero Maschwitz, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, on April 12, 2010. She was 79. Bisutti was born in Buenos Aires on June 20, 1930. She began her career in ﬁlms in the late 1940s appearing in La Serpiente de Cascabel (1948), White Horse Inn (1948), Los Ojos llenos de Amor (1954), Sangre y Acero (1956), Historia de una Carta (1957), Alto Parana (1958), Culpable (1960), Los de la Mesa 10 (1960), Plaza Huincul (Pozo Uno) (1960), Libertad Bajo Palabra (1961), Amorina (1961), A Puerta Cerrada

The Egg (1972), Murder Is a Murder (1972), Cobblestones (1972), The Annuity (1972), Fusil Charge (1972), Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get To? (1973), La Derniere Bourree a Paris (1973), The Mad Adventures of “Rabbi” Jacob (1973), The Crazy Capo Affair (1973), Lust and Desire (1973), Don Juan (Or If Don Juan Were a Woman) (1973), The Suburbs Are Everywhere (1973), Les Voraces (1973), Young Casanova (1974), La Giﬂe (1974), La Kermesse Erotique (1974), Like a Pot of Strawberries (1974), Verdict (1974), How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby (1974), We Were Mistaken About a Love Story (1974), Bloody Murder (1974), House of 1000 Pleasures (1974), The Seventh Company Has Been Found (1975), That Most Important Thing: Love (1975), The Cold Soup (1975), The Wing and the Thigh (1976), Lumiere (1976), L’Animal (1977), Brigade Call-Girls (1977), Delectations (1977), The Small Timers (1978), Les Deux Mains (1980), Anthracite (1980), Les Contes de La Fontaine (1980), Belles, Blondes et Bronzees (1981), La Baraka (1982), Family Rock (1982), Lucie sur Seine (1982), La Derniere Image (1986), Grain de Ciel (1988), Love Without Pity (1989), Proﬁl bas (1993), Montana Blues (1995), Le Voisin (1997), and Jacynthe, Tu as un Cul de Feu (1999). He was also a voice actor in several of the Asterix ﬁlms in the 1980s. Bisciglia also appeared frequently on French television from the late 1950s, with roles in

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35 (1962), La Calesita (1963), Canuto Canete, Detective Privado (1965), Hotel Alojamiento (1966), Forbidden Things Are in Fashion (1968), El Derecho a la Felicidad (1968), Martin Fierro (1968), Kuma Ching (1969), Con Alma y Vida (1970), Nino (1972), The Inquisitor (1975), Where the Wind Dies (1976), La Nueva Cigarra (1977), De Cara al Cielo (1979), Diablo Metio la Pata (1980), and Six Tickets to Hell (1981). She was also a popular performer on Argentine television from the late 1950s, with roles in such series and productions as Mas alla del Color: La Vida de Gauguin y Degas (1958), El Cielo es Para Todos (1962), El Satiro (1963), Show Standard Electric (1965), Su Comedia Favorita (1965), Nostalgias del Tiempo Lindo (1966), Tres Destinos (1966), Mujeres en Presidio (1967), La Pulpera de Santa Lucia (1968), Trampa Para un Play Boy (1969), Nino, las Cosas Simples de la Vida (1971), El Exterminador (1972), Alta Comedia (1972), Maleva (1972), Con Odio y con Amor (1974), La Pesadilla (1974), Mi Hijo Damian (1974), Donde Empezo la Tristeza (1977), El Hombre que yo Invente (1977), El Leon y la Rosa (1979), Coraje Mama (1985), and Inolvidable (1992). She also worked frequently on radio, starring in the series, Las dos Caratulas, from 2002.

BLAIR, BARRY Comic book illustrator Barry Blair, who was founder of the Aircel comic line in the mid–1980s, died of a brain aneurysm on January 3, 2010. He was 50. Blair was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in 1959. He began his career as an animator, working on

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was born in McAlester, Oklahoma, in 1924. She was active as a commercial actress for radio and television in Arizona, where she helped organize the Arizona branch of the Screen Actors Guild. She was also featured in the 1979 ﬁlm The Emmett Smith Story, and the tele-ﬁlms The Child Stealer (1979) and To Find My Son (1980).

BLANCHARD, NINA Leading talent and modeling agent Nina Blanchard died of cardiac arrest in a Burbank, California, hospital on February 7, 2010. She was 81. Blanchard was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, on July 21, 1928. She worked as a television makeup artist and casting director before forming the Nina Blanchard

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the children’s television series You Can’t Do That on Television and Let Me Prove It. He founded the independent comic line Aircel in 1985, and wrote and illustrated several titles including Elﬂord, Dragonring, and Samurai. Aircel also published Warlock 5, Team Nippon, Gun Fury, Leather and Lace, and Men in Black. Aircel was acquired by Malibu Comics in the early 1990s and Blair drew adaptations of the Logan’s Run and Logan’s World science ﬁction novels. He left the company in 1992 to work for the Elfquest series, and later teamed with Colin Chan to revive the Elﬂord and Samurai series at WaRP Graphics. They also worked together on the erotic Sapphire and Nymphettes series.

BLANCETT, MELVA Actress Melva Blancett died in Mesa, Arizona, on March 2, 2010. She was 85. She

Agency in 1961. She specialized in representing models for television and print advertising and runway modeling. She helped guide the career of such supermodels as Cheryl Tiegs, Christie Brinkley, Shari Belafonte, and Cristina Ferrare before selling her agency to Ford Models in 1995. Blanchard was featured in a cameo role as a judge in the 1998 Burt Reynolds’ ﬁlm Hard Time.

BLANCHET, SEVERIN French documentary ﬁlmmaker Severin Blanchet was killed in a suicide bombing attack on a hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, on February 26, 2010. He was 66. Blanchet was born in France on April 27, 1943. He traveled the world making documentary ﬁlms, and helped form ﬁlmmaking courses in several Third World countries. He co-wrote the 1991

Obituaries • 2010 feature Tinpis Run. Blanchet went to Afghanistan in 2006, where he taught classes for aspiring young Afghan

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36 ence-Fiction and Supernatural Fiction in 1978. Bleiler was the recipient of the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1988. His only work of ﬁction, the fantasy Firegang: A Mythic Fantasy, was published in 2006.

BLEWITT, DAVID EDWARD Film and television editor David Edward Blewitt died of complications from Parkinson’s disease at his home in Sherman Oaks, California, on July 8, 2010. He was 81. Blewitt was born in Los Angeles on August 7, 1928. He served as an aerial reconnaissance photographer for the Air Force in World War II. He pursued a career in ﬁlm after the war, working as a cameraman and cinematographer. He ﬁlmed segments of the television documentary series Hollywood and the Stars in the early 1960s. He was soon working as an editor on such series as Time-Life Specials: The March of Time, Men in Crisis, The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau, The World of Animals, Untamed Frontier, and National Geographic Specials. Blewitt

ﬁlmmakers. He was also featured as Vincent in Otar Iosselani’s 2006 ﬁlm Gardens in Autumn.

BLEILER, E.F. Science ﬁction and fantasy editor and bibliographer Everett Franklin Bleiler died in Ithaca, New York, on June 13, 2010. He was 90. Bleiler was born in Massachusetts on April 30, 1920. He graduated from Harvard with a degree in anthropology in 1942, and earned a degree in the history of culture from the University of Chicago after World War II. He was best known as the compiler of The Checklist of Fantastic Literature: A Bibliography of Fantasy, Weird and Science Fiction Books Published in the English Language in 1948, which was the ﬁrst noted bibliographic work in the ﬁeld. Bleiler teamed with T.E. Dikty to produce the ﬁrst bestof-the-year anthologies in science ﬁction in 1949, with the annual Best Science Fiction Stories appearing through 1954. He began working for Dover Publications in 1955, and rose to the position of vice-president in 1967. He was instrumental in editing a series of anthologies of such writers of the fantastic as Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, Robert W. Chambers, Arthur Conan Doyle, Lord Dunsany, Sheridan Le Fanu, H.P. Lovecraft, and H.G. Wells. He also edited Three Gothic Novels: And a Fragment of a Novel by Lord Byron (1966), Five Victorian Ghost Novels (1971), and Three Supernatural Novels of the Victorian Period (1975), before retiring from Dover in 1977. His later extensive bibliographic works include The Guide to Supernatural Fiction: A Full Description of 1,775 Books from 1750 to 1960, Including Ghost Stories, Weird Fiction, Stories of Supernatural Horror, Fantasy, Gothic Novels, Occult Fiction, and Similar Literature, with Author, Title and Motif Indexes (1983), Science Fiction: The Early Years: A Full Description of More Than 3,000 Science-Fiction Stories from Earliest Times to the Appearance of the Genre Magazines in 1930 with Author, Title, and Motif Indexes (1990), and Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years: A Complete Coverage of the Genre Magazines Amazing, Astounding, Wonder, and Others from 1926 Through 1936 (1998), the latter two with the assistance of his son, Richard Bleiler. His original work was reprinted by Shasta Publishers as The Checklist of Sci-

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worked frequently as a ﬁlm editor from the early 1970s, with such credits as The Love Machine (1971), Hammersmith Is Out (1972), Butterﬂies Are Free (1972), the concert ﬁlm Wattstax (1973), 40 Carats (1973), the MGM tribute to Hollywood’s Golden Age of musicals, That’s Entertainment! (1974) and the sequel That’s Entertainment, Part II (1976), Report to the Commissioner (1975), Life Goes to War: Hollywood and the Home Front (1977), The Buddy Holly Story (1978), Steel (1979), The Competition (1980) which earned him an Academy Award nomination, In God We Tru$t (1980), Under the Rainbow (1981), Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983), D.C. Cab (1983), Ghost Busters (1984), Fast Forward (1985), Hell Hunters (1986), Psycho III (1986), and Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker (1988). He also continued to work in television, earning an Emmy Award for the variety special Bob Hope: The First 90 Years in 1993. He also served as an editor for the series Key West and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.

BLITZER, BARRY Veteran television writer Barry Blitzer died of complications from abdominal surgery in Santa Monica, California, on January 27, 2010. He was 80. Blitzer was born on April 29, 1929, and attended the University of Georgia. He served in the Army during the Korean War, and began writing for television

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in the mid–1950s. He shared an Emmy Award for comedy writing for his work on The Phil Silvers Show on 1956. Blitzer wrote for numerous comedy series over the next four decades, often collaborating with Raymond Brenner. His television credits include the series The Ann Sothern Show, I’m Dickens, He’s Fenster, Broadside, McHale’s Navy, The Andy Grifﬁth Show, Get Smart, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Barefoot in the Park, The Paul Lynde Show, Land of the Lost, Good Times, Hot L Baltimore, The Lost Saucer, The Love Boat, California Fever,

Lisa Blount

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Filthy Rich, Too Close for Comfort, and Small Wonder. Blitzer also scripted episodes of numerous animated series including The Flintstones, The Roman Holidays, Goober and the Ghost Chasers, Partridge Family 2200 AD, Uncle Croc’s Block, Wacky and Packy, Jokebook, The Jetsons, The Flintstone Kids, Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cat, Foofur, The New Yogi Bear Show, and Tom & Jerry Kids Show.

BLOUNT, LISA Actress Lisa Blount, who was featured in the 1982 ﬁlm An Ofﬁcer and a Gentleman, and earned an Academy Award for producing the 2001 short ﬁlm The Accountant, was found dead at her home in Little Rock, Arkansas, on October 27, 2010. She was 53. The coroner reported that she had likely been dead for two days from natural causes. Blount was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on July 1, 1957. She made her ﬁlm debut opposite Richard Thomas in 1977’s September 30, 1955, about the effect of James Dean’s death on a small Arkansas town. She was also featured in 1979’s The Swap and the 1981 horror ﬁlm Dead & Buried. She was best known for her role as Lynette Pomeroy, the love interest of David Keith in the 1982 ﬁlm An Ofﬁcer and an Gentleman, with Richard Gere and Debra Winger. She was an attractive presence in several cult ﬁlms of the 1980s including What Waits Below (1984), Radioactive Dreams (1985), Cut and Run (1985), Cease Fire (1985), Nightﬂyers (1987), John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness (1987), South of Reno (1988), Out Cold (1989), and Blind Fury (1989). She was featured in the 1989 Jerry Lee Lewis biopic Great Balls of Fire! starring Dennis Quaid, and appeared in Femme Fatale (1991), Needful Things (1993), Judicial Consent (1994), Box of Moon Light (1996), If … Dog … Rabbit (1999), and Birdseye (2002). Blount ap-

peared frequently on television from the 1980s, with roles in episodes of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Moonlighting, The Hitchhiker, Starman, Magnum, P.I., CBS Summer Playhouse, Murder, She Wrote, Sons and Daughters, Picket Fences, The Client, Cracker: Mind Over Murder, and Judging Amy. She was also seen in the tele-ﬁlms Murder Me, Murder You (1983), Stormin’ Home (1985), Annihilator (1986), Unholy Matrimony (1988), In Sickness and in Health (1992), An American Story (1992), Murder Between Friends (1994), Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story (1997) as Mary Mandrell, Trafﬁc (1999), and Trash (2003). She also starred as step-mother Bobbi Stakowski in the short-lived television series Proﬁt from 1996 to 1997. She married actor and director Ray McKinnon in 1998, and she served as executive producer for his 2001 Oscar-winning short The Accountant. She also co-starred with her husband in the ﬁlms Chrystal (2004) and Randy and the Mob (2007), which McKinnon also wrote and directed.

BLYTH, GAVIN British television producer Gavin Blyth, who worked on the ITV Yorkshire soap opera Emmerdale Farm in the 2000s, died after a brief battle with cancer in a Leeds, England, hospital on November 26, 2010. He was 41. Blythe was born in Southport, Lancashire, England, on October 27, 1969. He began working with Emmerdale as senior publicist in 2002, and soon was serving as script editor for the series.

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He moved to the ITV soap Coronation Street as a story associate and assistant producer in 2005. Blyth returned to Emmerdale Farm as producer in 2009.

BLYTHE, DOMINI British actress Domini Blythe, who spent most of her career in Canada, died of cancer in Montreal, Canada, on December 15, 2010. She was 63. Blythe was born in Cheshire, England, on August 28, 1947. She studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama, and performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company. She made her West End stage debut in a production of Oh, Calcutta! in 1970, and was featured as Anna Mueller in the 1972 Hammer horror ﬁlm Vampire Circus. She subsequently moved to Canada, where she performed on stage with the Shaw Festival from 1973 to 1975. She spent ﬁve seasons with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario, and starred as Katherine Valeur in the short-lived Canadian primetime television soap opera Mount Royal in 1988. Blythe

Domini Blythe

was also seen on television in episodes of Search for Tomorrow, Street Legal, Formula I, Urban Angel, and Avonlea. She appeared in the television productions Million Dollar Babies (1994), Danielle Steel’s Vanished (1995), More Tales of the City (1998), and Criminal Instincts: Deadly Appearances (2000). She was also featured in a handful of ﬁlms during her career including The Wars (1983), Montreal vu Par (1991), Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994), Voices (1995), Afterglow (1997), When I Will Be Gone (1998), External Affairs (1999), and Stardom (2000). She returned to Stratford in 2000, and was noted for her performance in King Lear as Goneril opposite Christopher Plummer in 2004. She made her ﬁnal stage performance at Stratford in the one-woman show Fanny Kemble in 2006. Her later ﬁlm credits include Savage Messiah (2002), Afﬁnity (2008), The Trotsky (2009), and the tele-ﬁlm Ties That Bind (2010).

BOCK, JERRY Composer Jerry Bock, who teamed with lyricist Sheldon Harnick to create the Tony Award winning Broadway musicals Fiorello! and Fiddler on the Roof, died of heart failure in a Mount Kisco, New York, hospital on November 3, 2010. He was 81. Jerrold Lewis Bock was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on November 23, 1928, and was raised in Queens, New York. He began writing musicals while attending the

Jerry Bock

University of Wisconsin in Madison, teaming with Larry Holofcener on Big as Life, about Paul Bunyan. He and Holofcener went to New York after graduation, where they wrote songs for The Admiral Broadway Revue, which later became Sid Caesar’s Your Show of Shows. They also worked on the unsuccessful Broadway musical Catch a Star in 1955. They also wrote for the Sammy Davis, Jr., musical Mr. Wonderful in 1956. Bock soon began teaming with lyricist Sheldon Harnick, though their ﬁrst effort, 1958’s The Body Beautiful, had little success. Their next collaboration, Fiorello!, directed by George Abbott and starring Tom Bosley as New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, was a major hit in 1959, earning a Tony Award and a Pulitzer Prize. They also wrote music and lyrics for the Broadway productions Tenderloin (1960) and She Loves Me (1963), and scored another major hit with 1964’s Fiddler on the Roof. The musical about the poor Russian Jewish milkman Tevye and his family included such popular songs as “If I Were a Rich Man,” “Tradition,” “Matchmaker, Matchmaker,” and “Sunrise, Sunset.” The show earned nine Tony Awards and had an extraordinary eight-year run on Broadway, and was adapted for an Oscar-nominated ﬁlm in 1971. Bock and Harnick also earned Tony nominations for their work on the musicals The Apple Tree (1966) and The Rothschilds (1970), which proved their last production together after they had an artistic dispute about the play’s director. Bock was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. He also wrote numerous children’s songs and won an Emmy Award in 2010 for the song “A Fiddler Crab Am I” from the show The Wonder Pets!

BON, CHELA Chilean actress Chela Bon died of cancer in Los Angeles, California, on January 23, 2010. She was 79. She was born Graciela Bon in Santiago, Chile, in 1930. She became a leading actress in the emerging Chilean cinema in the 1940s, with roles in such ﬁlms as La Casa esta Vacia (aka The House Is Empty) (1945), Bitter Truth (1945), Suena mi Amor (1946), El Padre Pitilo (1946), El Diamante del Maharaja (1946), Si Mis Campos Hablaran (1947), Yo Vendo Unos Ojos Negros (1948), and El Paso Maldito (1949). She came to the United States in the late 1940s, where she performed with the Columbia Workshop Theatre. Bon’s earlier performance in La Casa esta Vacia was combined with an-

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other Chilean ﬁlm (La Dama de la Muerte, an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Suicide Club), and additional U.S.-shot footage featuring John Carradine to form Jerry Warren’s notorious 1964 release Curse of the Stone Hand. She was credited as the female lead under the name Sheila Bon. She occasionally returned to Chile to

Caterina Boratto

Chela Bon

perform in ﬁlms made there, including the low-budget action ﬁlms Land Without Law (1987) and The Secret of the Ice Cave (1988). She again returned to Chile with director James Beckett to appear in the 1999 ﬁlm Southern Cross with Malcolm McDowell. Bon was also involved in production, and had been promoting a ﬁlm version of The Quintrala about accused 17th century murderer Catalina de los Rios y Lisperguer.

BONYNGE, LETA Actress Leta Bonynge died in Kensington, Connecticut, on March 1, 2010. She was 92. Bonynge was born in Los Angeles on May 11, 1917. She appeared on the New York stage in the 1940s, and was featured in Broadway productions of Strange Bedfellows (1948), The Ivy Green (1949), My Fair Lady (1956), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1961), The Miser (1969), The Time of Your Life (1969), and Camino Real (1970). She was also seen on television in episodes of Lux Video Theatre, Jamie, Decoy, and Naked City, and was Mrs. Prothero in the 1966 ﬁlm The Group. BORATTO, CATERINA Italian actress Caterina Boratto, whose long ﬁlm career was highlighted in the 1960s with her work with Federico Fellini, died in Rome on September 14, 2010. She was 95. Boratto was born in Turin, Italy, on March 15, 1915. She made her ﬁlm debut in Guido Brignone’s To Live in 1937 opposite Tito Schipa, and continued her career in the features Marcella (1937), Who Is Happier Than I? (1938), They’ve Kidnapped a Man (1938), and I Figli del Marchese Lucera (1939). She went to Hollywood in the late 1930s after being offered a contract by Louis B. Mayer. She was groomed as a singing star, but no ﬁlms developed and Boratto returned to Italy during World War II. She resumed her ﬁlm career in Romanzo di un Giovane Povero (1942), Measure for Measure (1943), and Peddler and the Lady (1943). She experienced tragedy during the war when her lover, the Romanian Count Guidi, was killed in an air crash. She married Armando Ceratto, a doctor

at a Turin clinic, and helped him care for the many victims of the World War II. She returned to Rome after the war, and was featured in the 1951 ﬁlm Double Cross. Her ﬁlm career was revitalized in the early 1960s when she appeared in Federico Fellini’s surreal classic 8 1⁄2 as La Signora Misteriosa. She also starred in Fellini’s Juliet of the Spirits (1965) as Juliet’s mother. She remained a familiar face in ﬁlms over the next three decades with roles in Me, Me, Me … and the Others (1966), Pardon, Are You for or Against? (1966), Stasera mi Butto (1967), Non Stuzzicate la Zanzara (1967), Pronto … c’e una Certa Giuliana per te (1967), The Tiger and the Pussycat (1967), Danger: Diabolik (1968), Una Storia d’Amore (1969), The Lady of Monza (1969), Sydney Pollack’s bizarre World War II drama Castle Keep (1969) as the Red Queen, Angeli Senza Paradiso (1970), Lady Caroline Lamb (1972), Hector the Mighty (1972), The House of the Doves (1972), La Ragazza Fuoristrada (1973), Unholy Convent (1973), Summer to Remember (1974), Footprints on the Moon (1975), Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975), Per Questa Notte (1977), First Love (1978), Enzo Castellari’s 1979 horror ﬁlm The House by the Edge of the Lake as the witch Kira, Uno Contro l’Altro, Pratiocamente Amici (1980), Ehrengard (1982), The Night of Varennes (1982), Claretta Petacci (1984), All My Friends Part 3 (1985), 32a Dicembre (1988), Un Delitto Poco Comune (1988), and Lo Zio Indegno (1989). Boratto appeared in an episode of the television series I Spy in 1966, and was also featured in television productions of Anna Karenina (1974), Bel Ami (1979), La Donna in Bianco (1980), Il Giovane Dottor Freud (1980), La Freccia nel Fianco (1983), The Far Pavilions (1984), Lulu (1986), Villa Arzilla (1990), and Bride of Violence 2 (1993). She made her ﬁnal ﬁlm appearance in the 1992 comedy caper ﬁlm Once Upon a Crime starring John Candy and James Belushi.

BORETZ, ALVIN Veteran television writer Alvin Boretz died in New York City on July 22, 2010. He was 91. Boretz was born in New York City on June 15, 1919. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He began writing for radio and television in the late 1940s. Boretz scripted hundreds of radio programs, and penned episodes of such television series as The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse, The Ford Theatre Hour, Treasury Men in Action, The Man Behind the

Obituaries • 2010 Badge, The Alcoa Hour, The Big Story, Matinee Theatre, Kraft Theatre, Playhouse 90, Diagnosis: Unknown, The Asphalt Jungle, G.E. True Theater, Alcoa Premiere, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Breaking Point, Brenner, The Doctors and the Nurses, The Defenders, The Virginian, Felony Squad, Laredo, The Danny Thomas Hour, N.Y.P.D., The Mod Squad, Medical Center, Ironside, Cade’s County, The Rookies, and Kojak. He scripted the 1972 tele-ﬁlm Lights Out, based on the earlier radio series, and the pilot ﬁlm for the short-lived 1977 series The Amazing Spider-Man, starring Nicholas Hammond as the Marvel super hero. Boretz also wrote the tele-ﬁlms Chelsea D.H.O (1973), Corey: For the People (1977), Crisis in Sun Valley (1978), The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1983), Master of the Game (1984), and Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies (1987). He wrote the 1975 ﬁlm My Pleasure Is My Business, and 1978’s Brass Target starring Sophia Loren.

BORINO-QUINN, DENISE Denise BorinoQuinn, who starred as Ginny Sack on the television series The Sopranos, died of liver cancer in a Morristown,

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New Jersey, hospital on October 27, 2010. She was 46. Borino had no previous acting experience when she tried out for the role of Ginny Sacrimoni, the Maﬁa wife with weight problems, for The Sopranos in 2000. She was featured in the recurring role through 2007.

BOSCO, GIAN FABIO Italian actor Gian Fabio Bosco died of an aneurysm in a hospital in Lavagna, Genoa, Italy, on February 14, 2010. He was 73. Bosco was born in Florence, Italy, on July 30, 1936. He began his career in ﬁlms in the mid–1960s as half of the comedy duo Ric and Gian with Riccardo Miniggio. They were featured in such ﬁlms as Ischia Love Operation (1966), Ric e Gian alla Conquista del West (1967), Lisa Dagli occhi Blu (1969), Quelli Belli … Siamo Noi (1970), Italian Sex (1974), La Banca di Monate (1975), and Kakkientruppen (1977). Bosco continued to appear in ﬁlms and television, with roles in Joan Lui — Ma un Giorno nel Paese Arrivo io di Lunedi (1985), Fratelli d’Italia (1989), Le Comiche (1990), Gli Inafﬁdabili (1997), Libero Burro (1999), Ho Visto le Stelle (2003), and InvaXon — Alieni in Liguria (2004). His television credits include I Cinque del Quinto Piano (1986), Gran Casino

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(1995), Ladri si Nasce (1997), Anni ’60 (1999), Tre Stelle (1999), Ma il Portiere non c’e Mai? (2002), Le Ragazze di Miss Italia (2002), and Di che Peccato Sei? (2007).

BOSLEY, TOM Actor Tom Bosley, who was best known for his role as Happy Days patriarch Howard Cunningham, died of heart failure and complications from lung cancer in a Palm Springs, California, hospital on October 19, 2010. He was 83. Bosley was born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 1, 1927. He served in the U.S. Navy before attending Chicago’s DePaul University, where he made his stage debut in 1947. He performed in productions at the Woodstock Opera House in Woodstock, Illinois, later in the decade. He appeared on the New York stage in the 1950s, with roles in several OffBroadway productions. He was also featured as the Knave of Hearts in a 1955 television adaptation of Alice in Wonderland for Hallmark Hall of Fame. Bosley earned a Tony Award for his performance as New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia in the popular Broadway musical Fiorello! in 1959. He became a familiar face on television in the early 1960s, appearing episodes of Diagnosis: Unknown, The Law and Mr. Jones, Hallmark’s 1962 production of Arsenic and Old Lace as Teddy Brewster, Car 54, Where Are You?, Naked City, Route 66, The DuPont Show of the Week, The Doctors and the Nurses, Dr. Kildare, Proﬁles in Courage, Ben Casey, The Defenders, Jericho, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., The F.B.I., Get Smart, The Vir-

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41 ginian, The Mod Squad, Bonanza, Marcus Welby, M.D., The Bill Cosby Show, The Most Deadly Game, The Silent Force, Night Gallery, The Name of the Game, Bewitched, Mission: Impossible, Funny Face, Sarge, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Me and the Chimp, Banyon, The Sixth Sense, Me and the Chimp, The New Temperatures Rising Show, Medical Center, The Paul Lynde Show, Maude, A Touch of Grace, Chase, Love, American Style, Tenaﬂy, McMillan and Wife, Insight, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Ellery Queen, Mobile One, The Love Boat, and The Streets of San Francisco. Bosley was seen in several ﬁlms in the 1960s and 1970s including Love with the Proper Stranger (1963), The World of Henry Orient (1964), Divorce American Style (1967), The Bang-Bang Kid (1967), The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968), Yours, Mine and Ours (1968), To Find a Man (1972), Mixed Company (1974), and Gus (1976). He also appeared in the tele-ﬁlms A Step Out of Line (1971), Vanished (1971), Congratulations, It’s a Boy! (1971), Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (1971), Bobby Jo and the Good Time Band (1972), No Place to Run (1972), the 1973 television remake of Miracle on 34th Street as Judge Henry X. Harper, The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (1974), Death Cruise (1974), Who Is the Black Dahlia? (1975), The Last Survivors (1975), and The Night That Panicked America (1975). Bosley starred as Bob Landers in the short-lived sit-com The Debbie Reynolds Show from 1969 to 1970, and was Bert Quinn in 1972’s The Sandy Duncan Show. He was the voice of Harry Boyle in the animated series Wait Till Your Father Gets Home from 1972 to 1974. He starred as Howard Cunningham in the 1950s-set hit sit-com Happy Days from 1974 to 1984, with Marion Ross as his wife, Ron Howard and Erin Moran as children Richie and Joanie, and Henry Winkler as Arthur “The Fonz” Fonzarelli. Bosley reprised his role in several episodes of the 1982 spin-off series Joanie Loves Chachi. Bosley was featured in the recurring role of Sheriff Amos Tupper in Angela Lansbury’s mystery series Murder, She Wrote from 1984 to 1988, and was detective-priest Father Frank Dowling in Father Dowling Mysteries from 1987 to 1991. He also guest-starred in episodes of Here’s Boomer, Finder of Lost Loves, Glitter, Hotel, The Love Boat, Out of This World, ABC Weekend Specials, Burke’s Law, The Drew Carey Show, Early Edition, Maggie, Jack & Jill, Walker, Texas Ranger, ER, Family Law, Touched by an Angel, It’s All Relative, Still Standing, One Tree Hill, and That ’70s Show. Bosley was featured in the tele-ﬁlms Black Market Baby (1977), Testimony of Two Men (1977), With This Ring (1978), The Bastard (1978), The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (1979), The Castaways on Gilligan’s Island (1979), The Rebels (1979), The Return of Mod Squad (1979), For the Love of It (1980), The Jesse Owens Story (1984), Private Sessions (1985), Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun (1986), Fire and Rain (1989), The Love Boat: A Valentine Voyage (1990), Mary Christmas (2002), Christmas at Water’s Edge (2004), The Fallen Ones (2005), Hidden Places (2006), and Charlie & Me (2008). He was a voice actor in animated productions of The Stingiest Man in Town (1978) as B.A.H. Humbug, The Gnomes’ Great Adventure (1987), Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987) as Geppetto, Legend of the Candy Cane (2001), and Geppetto’s Secret (2005), and episodes of Rugrats Johnny Bravo, Family Guy, and Betsy’s

2010 • Obituaries Kindergarten Adventures. Bosley’s later ﬁlm credits include O’Hara’s Wife (1982), Million Dollar Mystery (1987), Wicked Stepmother (1989) starring Bette Davis in her ﬁnal role, Little Bigfoot 2: The Journey Home (1997), Mothers and Daughters (2002), Returning Mickey Stern (2002), Confession (2005), and Popstar (2005). He made his ﬁnal ﬁlm appearance in the 2010 ﬁlm The BackUp Plan starring Jennifer Lopez.

BOSTON, JOE Television producer Joe Boston died in Torrance, California, on July 14, 2010. He was 74. Boston was born on January 20, 1936. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina. He began working in television in the late 1960s as an assistant director on episodes of such series as Ironside, Marcus Welby, M.D., Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law, and Columbo. He was also assistant director on the 1969 ﬁlm Death of a Gunﬁghter. He worked as a production manager on the series Quincy, The Master, and Dirty Dozen: The Series, and produced episodes of The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, Sword of Justice, Lobo, B.J. and the Bear, The Master, and The Equalizer. Boston also produced the tele-ﬁlms A Double Life (1978) and Broken Promise (1981), and was unit production manager for Everybody’s Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989), A Mother’s Courage: The Mary Thomas Story (1989), Fourth Story (1991), Child of Darkness, Child of Light (1991), and Lady Against the Odds (1992). He was line producer for the series Erotic Confessions from 1994 to 1996. BOTTCHER, URSULA Circus performer Ursula Bottcher, who was noted for her Polar Bear act in Europe and the United States, died at her home in Dresden, Germany, on March 3, 2010. She was 82. She was born Ursula Blutchen in Dresden on June 6, 1927. She joined the Circus Roland Busch in 1952 where she worked in menial jobs and learned various circus acts. She met and married animal trainer Erich Bottcher in 1955, and was soon training big cats. She took over the brown bear act the following year, and polar bears were added to the mix later in the decade. She became one of the most popular circus acts in East Germany in the 1960s and 1970s, where she was known as the Brilliant Baroness of Bears. She and her bears came to the United States in 1976, where they performed with Ringling Brothers for several years. Divorced from Erich, she was assisted by

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Manfred Horn in her act until he died after an attack by a Kodiak Bear in 1990. Ursula continued to tour with various circuses in Europe until retiring to Dresden in the late 1990s.

BOURJAILY, VANCE Novelist and playwright Vance Bourjaily died in Greenbrae, California, on August 31, 2010. He was 87. Bourjaily was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 17, 1922. He volunteered as an ambulance driver during World War II, and served in the army from 1944 to 1946. His ﬁrst novel, The End of My Life (1947), borrowed from his wartime experiences, and his next, The Hound of Earth, depicted the United States during the Cold War from the viewpoint of a scientist who had developed the atomic bomb. He also Marjorie Bowman

Vance Bourjaily

wrote tele-plays for various television anthology series in the 1950s including The Philco Television Playhouse, The DuPont Show of the Month, Kraft Theatre, Armstrong Circle Theatre, and The Robert Herridge Theater. He continued his writing career with the books The Violated (1958), Confessions of a Spent Youth (1960), The Unnatural Enemy: Essays on Hunting (1963), The Man Who Knew Kennedy (1967), Brill Among the Ruins (1970), Now Playing at Canterbury (1976), A Game Men Play (1980), The Great Fake Book (1986), and Old Soldier: A Novel (1990). He also taught creative writing at the University of Iowa from 1957 to 1980.

worked frequently with such directors as Alfred Hitchcock and Norman Jewison, died in a Los Angeles hospital on August 2, 2010. He was 100. Boyle was born in Los Angeles on October 10, 1909. He graduated from the University of Southern California’s School of Architecture in 1933, and began working in the art department at Paramount Studios as a sketch artist and assistant designer. He later moved to Universal, where he was art director for the classic horror ﬁlm The Wolf Man (1941) starring Lon Chaney, Jr., and Hitchcock’s Saboteur (1942). He continued to work on such ﬁlms as Private Buckaroo (1942), Invisible Agent (1942), Give Out, Sister (1942), Don Winslow of the Navy (1942), Who Done It? (1942), It Comes Up Love (1943), Shadow of a Doubt (1943), White Savage (1943), Good Morning, Judge (1943), Two Tickets to London (1943), Gals, Incorporated (1943), Corvette K-225 (1943), and Flesh and Fantasy (1943). He served in the Army Signal Corps as a combat photographer in Europe during World War II. He resumed his career in Hollywood after his discharge as an art director on such ﬁlms as Nocturne (1946), They Won’t Believe Me (1947), Ride the Pink Horse (1947), Another Part of the Forest (1948), For the Love of Mary (1948), An Act of Murder (1948), Arctic Manhunt (1949), The Gal Who Took the West (1949), Abandoned (1949), Buccaneer’s Girl (1950), Louisa (1950), Sierra (1950), The Milkman (1950), Mystery Submarine (1950), Mark of the Renegade (1951), Iron Man (1951), The Lady Pays Off (1951), Week-End

BOWMAN, MARJORIE Actress Marjorie Bowman Lambie died of complications from a congenital heart defect in an Aberdeen, Scotland, hospital on March 13, 2010. She was 51. Bowman was born on October 14, 1958. She began training for the stage as a child at the Cheltenham Playhouse, where her mother was a producer. She came to the United States in the 1980s, and performed with the national touring company of Grease. She worked frequently with the San Luis Obispo Little Theatre as an actress and director. Bowman was seen on television in episodes of the series Princesses, The Secret World of Alex Mack, Becker, Bull, Secret Lives of Men, and Living Single. She taught drama at Paso Robles High School in the 2000s. BOYLE, ROBERT F. Oscar-nominated art director and production designer Robert F. Boyle, who

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43 with Father (1951), Bronco Buster (1952), Lost in Alaska (1952), Yankee Buccaneer (1952), Girls in the Night (1953), Gunsmoke (1953), Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953), Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953), the sci-ﬁ classic It Came from Outer Space (1953), East of Sumatra (1953), Ride of Clear of Diablo (1954), Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954), Johnny Dark (1954), Chief Crazy Horse (1955), The Private War of Major Benson (1955), Kiss of Fire (1955), Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955), Running Wild (1955), Never Say Goodbye (1956), A Day of Fury (1956), Congo Crossing (1956), Operation Mad Ball (1959), The Brothers Rico (1957), Buchanan Rides Alone (1958), Wild Heritage (1958), and The Crimson Kimono (1959). Boyle also worked in television in the 1950s on episodes of such series as The Web, Casey Jones, The Donna Reed Show, and Alcoa Theatre. He worked again with Hitchcock as production designer for the 1959 thriller North by Northwest, providing the backdrop for the climax on Mount Rushmore. He received an Academy Award nomination for his efforts, and also earned Oscar nods for his work on Gaily, Gaily (1969), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), and The Shootist (1976). Boyle’s other ﬁlm credits include Cape Fear (1962), The Thrill of It All (1963), Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963) and Marnie (1964), The Reward (1965), Do Not Disturb (1965), The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967), In Cold Blood (1967), Fitzwilly (1967), The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), The Landlord (1970), Portnoy’s Complaint (1972), Mame (1974), Bite the Bullet (1975), W.C. Fields and Me (1976), Leadbelly (1976), The Big Fix (1978), and Winter Kills (1979) which also featured him in a rare onscreen appearance as a desk clerk. He earned an Emmy Award nomination as art director for the 1973 tele-ﬁlm The Red Pony, and also worked on the television production Incident on a Dark Street (1973). Boyle continued to work as a production designer through the 1980s on such ﬁlms as Private Benjamin (1980), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), Lookin’ to Get Out (1982), Table for Five (1983), Staying Alive (1983), Rhinestone (1984), No Small Affair (1984), Explorers (1985), Jumpin’ Jack Flash (1986), Dragnet (1987), and Troop Beverly Hills (1989). Boyle was the subject of the 2000 documentary The Man on Lincoln’s Nose, which showcased his work in North by Northwest. He was given a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Art Director’s Guild in 1997, and received an Honorary Academy Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2008.

BOYNE, GIL Leading hypnotherapist Gil Boyne, who was an advisor for ﬁlms and television from the late 1950s including the cult classic The Hypnotic Eye, died at his home in London on May 5, 2010. He was 85. Boyne was technical advisor on the gruesome 1960 horror ﬁlm The Hypnotic Eye, which was advertised as introducing the “NEW AUDIENCE-PARTICIPATION THRILL HYPNOMAGIC — It makes YOU part of the show!” He also served as an advisor on several television series including The Eleventh Hour and Above and Beyond in the early 1960s. Boyne remained a leading hypnotherapist, frequently lecturing at London’s Hypnotherapy Training Institute, until shortly before his death.

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BRADLEY, GRACE Actress Grace Bradley, the widow of William “Hopalong Cassidy” Boyd, who appeared in numerous ﬁlms in the 1930s and early 1940s, died in Dana Point, California, on her 97th birthday on September 21, 2010. She was 97. Bradley was born in Brooklyn, New York, on September 21, 1913. She trained as a pianist and dancer from an early age, and began appearing on the New York stage while in her teens. She performed on Broadway in the 1930 musical Ballyhoo, and had a small role in the 1932 ﬁlm Tip Tap Toe (1932). Bradley signed with Paramount and starred in the 1933 ﬁlm Too Much Harmony with Bing Crosby. She appeared in numerous ﬁlms over the next decade, often cast as the femme fatale in musicals. Girl Without a Room (1933), The Way to Love (1933), Redhead (1934), The Cat’s-Paw (1934), She Made Her Bed (1934), Come on Marines (1934), Wharf Angel (1934), Six of a Kind (1934), TwoFisted (1935), Old Man Rhythm (1935), Stolen Harmony (1935), The Gilded Lily (1935), Don’t Turn ’Em Loose (1936), Sitting on the Moon (1936), Three Cheers for Love (1936), F-Man (1936), Thirteen Hours by Air (1936), Dangerous Waters (1936), Anything Goes (1936), Rose of the Rancho (1936), Wake Up and Live (1937), It’s All Yours (1937), Roaring Timber (1937), Larceny on the Air (1937), You’re in the Army Now (1937), Romance on the Run (1938), The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938), The Invisible Killer (1939), The Hard-Boiled Canary (1941), Sign of the Wolf (1941), Two Mugs from Brooklyn (1942), Brooklyn

Grace Bradley

Obituaries • 2010 Orchid (1942), and Taxi, Mister (1943). Bradley met actor William Boyd on a blind date and the two were married three weeks later in June of 1937. Despite a 20-year age difference, their marriage (Boyd’s ﬁfth), proved a success, and Grace abandoned her ﬁlm career in the early 1940s to travel around the country promoting her husband’s career as a Western hero. Boyd formed his own production company in 1946 after securing the rights to the character of Hopalong Cassidy. Hopalong became one of the ﬁrst cowboy stars to make the transition to television, with the old ﬁlms being aired, and Boyd starred in a new series of Cassidy’s episodes for television. Bradley continued to keep Boyd’s memory alive after her husband’s death in September of 1972, and kept a vigilant eye on how Boyd and Hoppy’s image was portrayed throughout her life. She also served as a volunteer at the Laguna Beach hospital where Boyd spent his ﬁnal days.

BRANCHEAU, DAWN Dawn Brancheau, a veteran trainer at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida, perished when the killer whale Tillikum grabbed her by her ponytail during a performance and dragged her underwater on February 24, 2010. She was 40. Brancheau reportedly

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the late 1960s including Made in Sweden (1969), Ture Sventon — Privatdetektiv (1972), A Handful of Love (1974), The White Wall (1975), The American Dream (1976), Manrape (1978), Dens Frusna Leoparden (1986), Tryggare kan Ingen Vara… (1993), Mannen pa Balkongen (1993), Sommarmord (1994), The Lake (1999), A Little Christmas Story (1999), Moreno & Tystnaden (2006), Keillers Park (2006), Wellkamm to Verona (2006), and Fire Checking Grandpa (2007). His ﬁnal ﬁlm appearance was as Harald Vanger in the 2009 adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

BREWER, NORMAN Television commentator Norman Brewer died of cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, on December 19, 2010. He was 76. Brewer was born in

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died of drowning and blunt force trauma as the ﬁve-ton orca throttled her. Brancheau worked with SeaWorld from the mid–1990s. She had completed a performance with Tillikum in front of an audience when she was pulled back into the tank and thrashed about before her death.

BREDEFELDT, GOSTA Swedish actor Gosta Bredefeldt died in Stockholm, Sweden, on January 9, 2010. He was 74. Bredefeldt was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, on December 19, 1935. He appeared frequently in television productions throughout his career, with roles in Huset vid Landsvagen (1961), Ordet (1962), Daniel Hjort (1962), Greve Oderland (1963), Galenpannan (1961), Fangarnas Natt (1967), Badjavlar (1971), Kunglig Toalette (1986), Don Juan (1987), Fiendens Fiende (1990), Tre Karlekar (1989), Blueprint (1992), Kejsarn av Portugallien (1992), Hassel — De Giriga (1992), Kvallspressen (1992), Fallet Paragon (1994), Den Vite Riddaren (1994), The Tattooed Widow (1994), Freundschaft mit Herz (1995), Ivar Kreuger (1998), Call of Death (1999), and Rederiet (2000). He was featured in numerous ﬁlms from

Norman Brewer

Memphis on February 4, 1934. He began his career as a radio disc jockey for WMPS-AM in the mid–1950s. He began working for local WMC television in 1958, serving as reporter, anchorman, and news director. His support of striking Memphis sanitation workers during the 1968 labor conﬂict that culminated in the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, made him a leading spokesman for equality in the New South. He left WMC in 1975, and subsequently served as leader of the local Downtown Council, editorial writer for the Commercial Appeal newspaper, and head of a public relations agency over the next two decades. He returned to tele-

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BRIQUET, SACHA French character actor Sacha Briquet died in Deauville, France, on July 10, 2010. He was 80. Briquet was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, on April 16, 1930. He began his ﬁlm career in the early 1950s with roles in Under the Paris Sky (1951), Tower of Nesle (1955), Shadow of the Guillotine (1956), Senechal the Magniﬁcent (1957), Mademoiselle et son Gang (1957), Premier Mai (1958), Miss Pigalle (1958), Archimede, le Clochard (1959), The Indestructible (1959), Witness in the City (1959), The Enigma of the Folies-Bergere (1959), Match Contre la Mort (1959), Thank You, Natercia (1960), The Good Time Girls (1960), The Gigolo (1960), Wise Guys (1961), Amelie or The Time to Love (1961), The Seven Deadly Sins (1962), The Elusive Corporal (1962), Clementine Cherie (1963), Bluebeard (1963), Ophelia (1963), Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964), Male Companion (1964), Rasputin (1967), Benjamin: The Diary of an Innocent Young Boy (1968), Spray of the Days (1968), Le Concierge (1973), La Gueule de l’Emploi (1974),

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Gross Paris (1974), Le Portrait de Dorian Gray (1977), The Paradise of Riches (1978), First Name: Carmen (1983), Ave Maria (1984), La Vengeance du Serpent a Plumes (1984, Hotel du Paradis (1986), Follow My Gaze (1986), L’Auscultation (1989), Eye of the Widow (1989), Un Weekend sur Deux (1990), The Accompanist (1992), Le Roi de Paris (1995), Pedale Douce (1996), Beautiful Mother (1999), Monsieur Naphtali (1999), My Wife’s Name Is Maurice (2002), Les Irreductibles (2006), and Just the Three of Us (2010). He was also seen in television in productions of Mouche (1968), Les Saintes Cheries as Noel Verjus from 1968 to 1970, La Visite de la Vieille Dame (1971), Mozart (1975), La Nuit des Cent Millions (1975), L’Ile aux Enfants as Albert Travling from 1976 to 1982, Les Folies Offenbach (1977), Au Plaisir de Dieu (1977), Arsene Lupin joue et Perd (1980), Le Systeme du Docteur Goudron et du Professeur Plume (1981), Nana (1981), Arcole ou la Terre Promise (1981), Mistral’s Daughter (1984), A Corps et a Cris (1989), If the Shoe Fits (1990), Strangers dans la Nuit (1991), Eugenie Grandet (1994), La Nourrice (2004), and La Reine Sylvie (2006). He also guested in episodes

2010 • Obituaries of The Tiger Brigades, Le Retour d’Arsene Lupin, Avocat d’Ofﬁce, and Maigret.

BRISCO, JACK Wrestler Jack Brisco, who was NWA heavyweight champion twice in the mid–1970s, died of complications from open heart surgery in Tampa, Florida, on February 1, 2010. He was 68. He was born Freddie Joe Brisco in Blackwell, Oklahoma, on September 21, 1941. He attended Oklahoma State where he was an All-American wrestling champion in 1964 and 1965. He began wrestling professionally in 1965, and traded the NWA Missouri Junior Heavyweight Championship with Don Kent several times later in the year. He was soon wrestling for NWA Tri-State, holding titles in Oklahoma and Arkansas and teaming with Haystacks Calhoun and Gorgeous George, Jr., for tag belts. He moved to Florida in the late 1960s, where he competed with Championship Wrestling, where he was a frequent singles and tag title champ. His younger brother, Gerald, followed him into the wrestling business, and the duo had several runs as tag team champions. Brisco also continued a singles career against such opponents as Dory Funk, Jr., Terry Funk, Dick Murdoch, and Paul Jones. He defeated Harley Race for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship title in July of 1973. He brieﬂy lost the title to Giant Baba in December of 1974, and was NWA champ for another year before losing to Terry Funk in December of 1975. The Brisco and Funk brothers continued their long-standing feud, and Jack also competed in singles and tag matches against Jerry Lawler, Bob Backlund, Ox Baker, Billy Graham, Ivan Koloff, Steve Keirn, Austin Idol, and numerous others to hold a succession of titles in Florida, Georgia, and on the independent circuit. Jack wrestled in Puerto Rico for the World Wrestling Council in the early 1980s, and captured the NWA Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship from Roddy Piper in 1982. He traded the belt several times with Piper and Paul Jones before reteaming with his brother to defeat Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood for the NWA World Tag Titles in June of 1983. The Briscos were instrumental in Vince McMahon’s WWF (now WWE) taking over Georgia Championship Wrestling in 1984. Jack retired from the business the following year, Gerald worked in various capacities with the WWE over the next 25 years. He also operated

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the Brisco Body Shop in Florida for many years. He was inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2005 and the WWE Hall of Fame in 2008.

BROCKETTE, GARY Actor turned assistant director Gary “Tex” Brockette died of complications from cancer in Los Angeles on January 1, 2010. He was 62. Brockette was born in Denton, Texas, on September 13, 1947. He began his career as an actor on the New York stage, and was featured in such ﬁlms as Mark of the Witch (1970), The Last Picture Show (1971), Encounter with the Unknown (1973), The Ice Pirates (1984) as Percy the Robot, The Philadelphia Experiment (1984), Mac and Me (1988), Adjustments (2001), Streets of Legend (2003), Adam and Eve (2005), and Three (2005). He also appeared on television in episodes of Joe Forrester, Charlie’s Angels, and Trapper John, M.D. He worked as a teacher

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vocalist. Brodie decided he was done with touring, and returned to Philadelphia to work in the garment industry.

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and director at the American Theatre Arts conservatory in Hollywood. He served as a script supervisor on several ﬁlms including Mannequin: On the Move (1991), Lost in Africa (1994), and A Month of Sundays (2001), and was writer and associate producer for the 1994 feature Tammy and the T-Rex. Brockette was an assistant director on the ﬁlms and shorts America So Beautiful (2001), Red (2001), Adjustments (2001), Swatters (2002), While You Were Waiting (2002), Devil’s Knight (2003), Truth and Dare (2003), Streets of Legend (2003), Nursie (2004), Larcen (2004), Adam and Eve (2005), Three (2005), Unbeatable Harold (2006), The Haunting Hour: Don’t Think About It (2007), and Mysterious (2007). He was also director for Shut Up and Kiss Me! (2004) and Deceit (2009).

BRODIE, ROOSEVELT Singer Roosevelt Brodie, who was a founding member of the soul group Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, died of complications of diabetes on July 13, 2010. He was 75. Brodie began performing with Harold Melvin in the early 1950s with the vocal group The Charlemagnes. They evolved into the group Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes in 1954, with Brodie signing second tenor. He performed on such recordings as “If You Love Me,” “There Is Something in Your Eyes, Eloise,” “Retribution Blues,” and “Wagon Wheels.” He left the group in the early 1970s, shortly before Teddy Pendergrass put them on the charts as lead

BROWN, DAVID Film executive David Brown, who earned Oscar nominations for producing the ﬁlms Jaws (1975), The Verdict (1982), A Few Good Men (1992), and Chocolat (2000), died at his home in Manhattan, New York, of kidney failure after a long illness on February 1, 2010. He was 93. Brown was born in New York on July 28, 1916. He graduated from Stanford University and Columbia University’s school of journalism, and was hired as night editor and assistant drama critic at Women’s Wear Daily in 1937. Over the next decade he wrote articles for such magazines as The Saturday Evening Post, Harper’s and Collier’s, and was non-ﬁction editor at Liberty magazine before being drafted into the Army in 1943. He returned to Liberty after the war as ﬁction editor, rising to the position of editor-and-chief. He subsequently served as managing editor for Cosmopolitan magazine, before joining 20th Century–Fox as head of the story department in 1951. Brown met advertising copywriter Helen Gurley in Los Angeles, and they married in 1959. She became the best-selling author of the novel Sex and the Single Girl in 1962, and revitalized the fortunes of a new Cosmopolitan as editor-and-chief in 1965. Brown was deeply involved in his wife’s endeavor, editing articles and writing cover blurbs for the magazine.

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47 He also returned to Fox in the early 1960s, where he worked closely with Richard Zanuck on such ﬁlms as The Sound of Music (1965), Doctor Dolittle (1967), Hello, Dolly! (1969), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), and Patton (1970). Brown and Zanuck were terminated by Fox in 1970, but they continued their partnership as ﬁlm producers, with the schlock horror ﬁlm Sssssss (1973) and the Blaxploitation feature Willie Dynamite (1974). They produced Steven Spielberg’s ﬁrst theatrical ﬁlm, The Sugarland Express (1974), and earned Oscar nominations for Spielberg’s 1975 box-ofﬁce blockbuster Jaws. Brown and Zanuck also produced the ﬁlms The Black Windmill (1974), The Girl from Petrovka (1974), The Eiger Sanction (1975), MacArthur (1977), Jaws 2 (1978), The Island (1980), Neighbors (1981), The Verdict (1982), Cocoon (1985), Target (1985), Cocoon: The Return (1988), and Driving Miss Daisy (1989). Brown and Zanuck were given the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1991 for their body of work, and received the David O. Selznick Lifetime Achievement Award from the Producers Guild of America in 1993. Brown became a theatrical producer after acquiring the rights to Aaron Sorkin’s play A Few Good Men, which premiered on Broadway in 1989. He also produced the subsequent ﬁlm adaptation starring Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson in 1992. Brown produced the 1989 one-man play Tru about author Truman Capote, starring Robert Morse, and the 1990 Broadway comedy The Cemetery Club. He produced Robert Altman’s 1992 ﬁlm The Player, and the 1993 ﬁlm adaptation of The Cemetery Club. Brown’s other ﬁlm credits, many under his Manhattan Project Ltd. banner include Rich in Love (1993), Watch It (1993), Canadian Bacon (1995), The Saint (1997), Kiss the Girls (1997), Deep Impact (1998), Angela’s Ashes (1999), Chocolat (2000), Along Came a Spider (2001), and the 2002 tele-ﬁlm Framed. He also produced the Broadway musicals Sweet Smell of Success (2002) and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (2005).

BROWN, HIMAN Pioneer radio producer Himan Brown died in New York on June 4, 2010. He was 99. Brown was born on July 21, 1910, the son of Russian immigrants from the Ukraine. He began working in radio in the late 1920s, reading newspapers with a Yiddish dialect for New York station WEAF. He soon joined Gertrude Berg on the radio for a stint as her husband. He continued to work as a radio actor, and also began producing programs. Brown oversaw over 30,000 radio programs during his eight decade career including The Adventures of the Thin Man, Inner Sanctum, The Affairs of Peter Salem, Bulldog Drummond, Captain Tom’s Log, City Desk, Dick Tracy, Flash Gordon, Grand Central Station, Green Valley, USA, The Gumps, Joyce Jordan, M.D., John’s Other Wife, Marie, the Little French Princess, The NBC Radio Theater, The Private Files of Rex Saunders, Terry and the Pirates, Barrie Craig, Conﬁdential Investigator and many soap operas. He also served as director for episodes of many of the shows he produced. He moved into television in the late 1940s, producing the syndicated series Lights Out, Inner Sanctum, His Honor, Homer Bell, and The Chevy Mystery Show. He also produced sev-

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eral ﬁlms with director John Newland including That Night! (1957) and The Violators (1957), and the television production Summer of Decision (1959). His popular series, CBS Radio Mystery Theater, debuted in 1974, and ran seven days a week for nine years. He created the children’s program The General Mills Adventure Theater in 1977, and dramatized biographies of famous Americans for Voice of America. Brown also taught audio drama at Brooklyn College and the School of Visual Arts. He was inducted into Emerson Radio Hall of Fame in 1988, and the Museum of Broadcast Communication’s Radio Hall of Fame in 1995.

BROWN, JACKIE Canadian actress and comedian Jackie Brown died Brampton, Ontario, Canada, on February 21, 2010. She was 44. Brown was born in Brampton on June 18, 1965. She performed on the local stage and was featured in the independent ﬁlms Snow Cake (2006), The Tracey Fragments (2007), and Blindness

Jackie Brown

(2008). She was also seen in the tele-ﬁlms Samantha: An American Girl Holiday (2004), The Gathering (2007), Accidental Friendship (2008), and Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2008). Brown was also featured in an episode of The Border.

BROWN, KEN British guitarist Ken Brown, who played several shows with the proto–Beatles group The Quarrymen in 1959, was found dead at his apart-

Obituaries • 2010 ment in Essex, England, on June 14, 2010. He was 70. He had been suffering from emphysema and reports indicate that he may have been dead for ﬁve days before his body was found. Brown was born in Enﬁeld, Middlesex, England, in 1940. He was part of the Les Stewart Quartet

Ken Brown (center, with Paul McCartney and John Lennon)

with George Harrison in 1958, and was part of the ﬁrst teaming of Harrison, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney when they played the Casbah Coffee Club in Liverpool in August of 1959. After a ﬁnancial disagreement, Brown split with the others and continued to play at the club with The Blackjacks, which included future Beatle drummer Pete Best. Brown’s music career largely ended by the early 1960s, though he later wrote a memoir of his experiences entitled Some Other Guy.

BRUBAKER, ROBERT Veteran character actor Robert Brubaker, who was seen regularly as stagecoach driver Jim Buck in early episodes of Gunsmoke and returned in the recurring role of Floyd the bartender in the series’ later years, died on April 15, 2010. He was 93. Brubaker was born in Robinson, Illinois, on October 9, 1916. He became interested in acting while in high school, and headed to New York in 1935 to work in theater. His ﬁrst professional role was in a 1936 production of Oh Say Can You Sing, Dance or Act for the Federal Theater. He headed to Hollywood later in the decade,

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48 where he continued his studies at the Bards acting school. He spent several years there before becoming a member of the faculty. Brubaker appeared in local theatrical productions and was featured in numerous radio programs. He joined the U.S. Army Air Force at the start of World War II, where he served as an aircraft commander of B-24s. He was discharged in December of 1945, and made his ﬁlm debut in a small role in 1946’s Blonde Alibi. Brubaker was recalled to duty in 1949 to participate in the Berlin Airlift, and was assigned to the Strategic Air Command during the Korean War. He resumed his acting career after his ﬁnal discharge in 1954. He played supporting roles in such ﬁlms as The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955) as Major Hap Arnold, Pardners (1956), The Girl He Left Behind (1956), Written on the Wind (1956), Battle Hymn (1957), Mister Cory (1957), the 1957 Lon Chaney bio-pic Man of a Thousand Faces as director Jack Conway, My Man Godfrey (1957), The Female Animal (1958), The Gift of Love (1958), The Walking Target (1960), the Disney sci-ﬁ comedy Moon Pilot (1962), Apache Riﬂes (1964), Mirage (1965), Seconds (1966) with Rock Hudson, 40 Guns to Apache Pass (1967), Airport (1970), and The Bus Is Coming (1971). Brubaker was a familiar face on television from the mid–1950s, appearing in hundreds of episodes of such series as Hallmark Hall of Fame, The Public Defender, I Love Lucy, It’s a Great Life, Noah’s Ark, Sheriff of Cochise, Navy Log, Highway Patrol, Ofﬁcial Detective, The Millionaire, Panic!, Broken Arrow, The Ford Television Theatre, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Goodyear Theatre, Harbor Command, The Walter Winchell File, Flight, Sally, State Trooper, Tombstone Territory, Dragnet, Tales of Wells Fargo, Decision, The Rough Riders, Steve Canyon, The Thin Man, Frontier Doctor, and Border Patrol. Brubaker was featured in the recurring role of stagecoach driver Jim Buck in the long-running western series Gunsmoke from 1955 to 1962, and co-starred with John Bromﬁeld in U.S. Marshal as Deputy Blake from 1958 to 1959. He returned to Gunsmoke as a guest star in several episodes in the 1960s, and replaced Glenn Strange as bartender at the Long Branch Saloon from 1974 to 1975. His many television credits also include episodes of Whirlybirds, The Loretta Young Show, Tightrope, Phillip Marlowe, Five Fingers, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Men into Space, The Texan, Pony Express, Perry Mason, The Man from Blackhawk, Mr. Lucky, Tate, Bronco, Assignment: Underwater, The Rebel, The Case of the Dangerous Robin, The Deputy, The Untouchables, Two Faces West, The Asphalt Jungle, The Twilight Zone, Hawaiian Eye, The Jack Benny Program, Checkmate, The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor, 87th Precinct, 77 Sunset Strip, Saints and Sinners, Cheyenne, The Wide Country, G.E. True, The Dakotas, The Outer Limits, Kraft Suspense Theatre, The Eleventh Hour, Dr. Kildare, This Is the Life, 12 O’Clock High, The Andy Grifﬁth Show, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., I Spy, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Fugitive, Insight, Daniel Boone, the soap opera Days of Our Lives as John Martin from 1966 to 1971, Tarzan, The Invaders, Bonanza, Lassie, The Virginian, Storefront Lawyers, The F.B.I., The Smith Family, My Three Sons, Marcus Welby, M.D., The Sixth Sense, Search, Kojak, Ironside, Barnaby Jones, Cannon,

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The Streets of San Francisco, and Quincy. Brubaker also appeared in the tele-ﬁlms The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970) and A Cry in the Wilderness (1974). He largely retired from acting in the early 1970s, and subsequently worked in sales for Forest Lawn cemetery.

BRYANT, PAMELA Playboy centerfold and actress Pamela Jean Bryant died in Hawaii on December 4, 2010. She was 51. Bryant was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on February 8, 1959. She ﬁrst appeared in the pages of Playboy in a “Girls of the Big Ten” pictorial in September of 1977, and returned to become Playboy Playmate of the Month in April of 1978. The buxom blonde soon embarked on an acting career, with roles in such ﬁlms as H.O.T.S. (1979), the psycho thriller Don’t Slim Bryant

were soon hosting the local television program Duquesne Showtime, and also appeared on ABC’s Jubilee U.S.A. in the early 1950s. The local shows ended a decade later, and Slim subsequently opened a gift and card shop, and taught guitar on the side.

Pamela Bryant

Answer the Phone! (1980), Lovely but Deadly (1981), Separate Ways (1981), Private Lessons (1981), Lunch Wagon (1981), Looker (1981), Rigged (1986), Scorpion (1986), Tigershark (1989), Legal Briefs (1993), Road to Revenge (1993), The Killing Jar (1994), and After Dark: Love and Desire (1995). Bryant was also seen on television in episodes of Fantasy Island, B.J. and the Bear, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, Barnaby Jones, The Dukes of Hazzard, Lobo, The Incredible Hulk, The Love Boat, 1st and Ten, T.J. Hooker, Magnum, P.I., She’s the Sheriff, and the tele-ﬁlm The Return of the Six-Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987).

BRYANT, SLIM Country singer and musician Slim Bryant died in Dormont, Pennsylvania, on May 28, 2010. He was 101. He was born Thomas Hoyt Bryant in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 7, 1908. He began playing the guitar while in his teens and joined Clayton McMichen’s band, the Melody Men, in 1931. He wrote the song “Mother, the Queen of My Heart,” which was recorded by Jimmy Rodgers in 1932, and accompanied Rodgers on the guitar for several other recordings. He remained part of McMichen’s newly-named Georgia Wildcats band throughout the 1930s. Bryant took over the band in 1940, relocating to Pittsburgh to perform on the local KDKA morning radio show Farm Hour. The band became known as Slim Bryant and the Wildcats, and they played and recorded numerous songs over the next decade. Bryant’s “Eeny Meeny Dixie Deeny,” became a popular hit on regional charts. He and the band

BURDINE, BRIGITTE Brigitte Burdine, an actress turned video game director, died in a Los Angeles hospital of injuries she received in a hit-and-run accident in Marina del Rey on December 28, 2010. She was 48. Burdine began her career as an actress in the early 1980s, appearing on television in episodes of CHiPs, The New Mike Hammer, and Hill Street Blues. She was also featured in several ﬁlms including The Killing Game (1988), Trust Me (1989), Fred Olen Ray’s Beverly Hills Vamp (1989), Instant Karma (1990), and Roots of Evil (1992). She worked in dubbing as an ADR (automated dialogue replacement) supervisor for ﬁlms and television in the 1990s, and was casting voice talent for video games by the end of the decade. Burdine worked on numerous video game productions through the 2000s, often directing the voice talent, for such games as Spider-Man (2000), X2 — Wolverine’s Revenge (2003), SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs (2003), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Dark Motives (2004), SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs (2005), Justice League Heroes: The Flash (2006), Happy Feet (2006), Guitar Hero: On Tour (2008), Blitz: The League 2 (2008) World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

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(2008), Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (2008), ModNation Racers (2010), and the forthcoming Mortal Kombat (2011).

BURGESS, JOHN British character actor John Burgess died in England on November 15, 2010. He was 77. Burgess was born in London on February 2, 1933. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and performed in repertory for several years. He abandoned the stage during the 1960s to work in menswear and academia. He returned to the stage in the early 1970s and spent over a decade performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He also appeared frequently on British television from the mid–1970s, with roles in such productions as I, Claudius (1976) as one of Julia’s lovers, The Tragedy of Coriolanus (1984), Sakharov (1984), Love’s Labour’s Lost (1985), Cristabel (1988), Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (1989), The Green Man (1990), Adam Bede (1991), and The Jazz Detective (1992).

John Burgess

He was featured Dr. Len Crocker in the series Ruth Rendell Mysteries from 1988 to 1992, and was Poppy on Lovejoy from 1991 to 1993. He was also seen as David “Bing” Crosby on Brookside from 1992 to 1998. His other television credits include the series Against the Crowd, Together, From the Top, The Bill, EastEnders as Gerald Ludlow, Boon, Mystery!: Campion, Casualty, 4 Play, Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Grange Hill, Van der Valk, Sam Saturday, The House of Eliott, Holby City, My Family, Doctors, Pulling, and Midsomer Murders. Burgess also appeared in a handful of ﬁlms during his career including Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984), Miss Firecracker (1989), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990), The Great Indoors (2000), and The 10th Man (2006).

BURGON, GEOFFREY British composer Geoffrey Burgon, who scored the television productions of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Brideshead Revisited, died in London on September 21, 2010. He was 69. Burgon was born in Hambledon, Hampshire, England, on July 15, 1941. He played the trumpet from an early age, and studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He subsequently turned to composing, and achieved critical success with his 1976 Requiem at the Three Choirs Festival. Burgon composed frequently for television from the early 1970s, scoring several episodes of the

Geoffrey Burgon

cult sci-ﬁ series Doctor Who and productions of Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974), As You Like It (1978), Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979), Testament of Youth (1979), Brideshead Revisited (1981), How Many Miles to Babylon? (1982), Objects of Affection (1982), Bewitched (1983), Z for Zachariah (1984), The Death of a Heart (1985), Bleak House (1985), The Happy Valley (1987), The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1988), Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989), The Silver Chair (1990), Robin Hood (1991), Martin Chuzzlewit (1994), Turning World (1996), Silent Witness (1996), When Trumpets Fade (1998), Cider and Rosie (1998), Longitude (2000), Ghost Stories for Christmas (2000), The Forsyte Saga (2002), and Island at War (2004). He also scored several ﬁlms including the 1979 Monty Python comedy Life of Brian, The Dogs of War (1980), and Turtle Diary (1985).

BURKE, SOLOMON Soul singer Solomon Burke died suddenly at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport en route to a performance after landing from a ﬂight out of Los Angeles on October 10, 2010. He was 70. Burke was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 21, 1940. His grandmother was a preacher and founder of Solomon’s Temple: The House of God for All People in 1924, and his mother was also a preacher with the church. Solomon was pronounced a bishop with the church at his birth and began preaching sermons by the age of 7. He was frequently heard preaching and singing

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51 on gospel radio. He began recording gospel music tracks for Apollo in the mid–1950s, but soon began expanding his repertoire to blues and soul. He recorded such hits as “Cry to Me” (1962), “You Can Make It If You Try” (1963), and “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love” (1964). He was noted for his ﬂamboyant style, which became more pronounced in the mid–1960s after a radio DJ dubbed him the King of Rock and Soul. Burke began performing in regal attire, with crown, robe and scepter, and often sat in a golden throne while on stage. His career was revived in the 1980s when his song “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love” was featured in the ﬁlm The Blues Brothers (1980), and “Cry to Me” was featured in Dirty Dancing (1987). Burke was also featured onscreen in several ﬁlms including The Big Easy (1986), Body & Soul (1988), The Little Death (1996), and Time of Fear (2002). He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, and released the album Don’t Give Up on Me the following year.

BURKS, WILLIS, II Character actor Willis Burks, II, died in Los Angeles on November 21, 2010. He was 75. Burks was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on October 25, 1935. He began appearing in ﬁlms and television in the early 1990s. He was featured in episodes of

Willis Burks, II

Law & Order, NYPD Blue, New York Undercover, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, ER, Everybody Hates Chris, Without a Trace, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Burks was also seen in the ﬁlms Equinox (1992), Sunday (1997), Fall (1997), Everything’s Jake (2000), Trigger Happy (2001), Gift for the Living (2005), Sarang Song (2006), and King of California (2007).

BURNET, SUSAN British actress Susan Burnet died in London on January 17, 2010. She was 71. Burnet was born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe), on November 25, 1938. She went to London in her teens where she trained as an actress. She made her West End debut in the play Flowering Cherry in the late 1950s, where she met and soon married her husband, actor Andrew Ray. She appeared in a handful of ﬁlms over the next several years including Expresso Bongo (1959), Skywatch (1960), This Is My Street (1964), and The Girl-Getters (1964). She also appeared on television in productions of The Younger Generation (1959),

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Black Limelight (1962), Stamboul Train (1962), and The Offence (1964). Her other television credits include episodes of Maigret, The Human Jungle, and Public Eye. She retired from acting in the mid–1960s after the birth of her ﬁrst child. She and Ray separated in the 1970s but never divorced, and he died in 2003.

BURROUGHS, JACKIE Canadian actress Jackie Burroughs died of complications from stomach cancer at her home in Toronto, Canada, on September 22, 2010. She was 71. Burroughs was born in Lancashire, England, on February 2, 1939. She moved to Canada with her family in the early 1950s, and graduated from the University of Toronto. She was married to Zal Yanovsky, the co-founder of the band The Lovin’ Spoonful, and lived with him in New York until their divorce in 1968. She subsequently returned to Canada where she became a popular performer on stage, ﬁlm, and television. Her numerous ﬁlm credits include 125 Rooms of Comfort (1974), Monkeys in the Attic (1974), Running Time (1974), My Pleasure Is My Business (1975), Twelve and a Half Cents (1977), The Kidnapping of the President (1980), the animated anthology ﬁlm Heavy Metal (1981), The Intruder (1981), The Grey Fox (1982), the off-beat science ﬁction ﬁlm Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (1983) as Emmaline Ozmondo Fingal in the Mystery Science 3000 favorite, Gentle Sinners (1983), Chautaqua Girl (1983), The Wars (1983), the 1983 adaptation of Stephen King’s

Jackie Burroughs

Obituaries • 2010 The Dead Zone as Vera Smith, All the Years (1984), The Surrogate (1984), The Care Bears Movie (1985) as the voice of the Spirit, A Judgment in Stone (1986), and John and the Missus (1987). Burroughs produced, directed, scripted, and starred in the 1987 ﬁlm A Winter Tan, adapted from Maryse Holder’s book Give Sorrow Words. Her other ﬁlm credits include The Midday Sun (1989), Food of the Gods II (1989), Whispers (1990), Elizabeth Smart: On the Side of the Angels (1991), Careful (1992), Bleeders (1997), Last Night (1998), Have Mercy (1999), Washed Up (2000), Lost and Delirious (2001), On Their Knees (2001), Night’s Noontime (2002), A Guy Thing (2003), the 2003 remake of Willard as Crispin Glover’s mother, Mrs. Stiles, Rhinoceros Eyes (2003), The Republic of Love (2003), Cavedweller (2004), National Lampoon’s Going the Distance (2004), Re-Generation (2004), Bailey’s Billion$ (2005), Fever Pitch (2005), King’s Ransom (2005), Leo (2005), The Sentinel (2006), First Snow (2006), Deck the Halls (2006), Into the Labyrinth (2008), and Small Town Murder Songs (2010). She was also featured in the tele-ﬁlms The Undergrads (1985), Seduced (1985), Evergreen (1985), Anne of Green Gables (1985) as Mrs. Amelia Evans, Taking Care of Terriﬁc (1987), I Vant to be Alone (1988), Carnival of Shadows (1989), Final Notice (1989), Night Owl (1993), Elvis Meets Nixon (1997), Platinum (1997), Evidence of Blood (1998), Happy Christmas, Miss King (1998), Cover Me (1999), Angela Anaconda (1999), The Pilot’s Wife (2002), The Winning Season (2004), Snow (2004), Martha Behind Bars (2005), and Skip Tracer (2008). She starred as Hetty King in the series Avonlea from 1990 to 1996, and was Mona “Mother Mucca” Ramsey in Armistead Mapin’s More Tales from the City and Further Tales of the City in the late 1990s. Her other television credits include episodes of Wojeck, The Psychiatrist, Chairman of the Board, the animated Star Wars spin-off The All New Ewoks as the voice of Morag and Tulgah Witch, the new Twilight Zone, Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years, Due South, Heritage Minute, Smallville, Just Cause, The Industry, Mystery Ink, Dead Like Me, The Eleventh Hour, Walter Ego, Slings and Arrows, and Sophie.

BURTON, PHILIP, JR. Documentary ﬁlmmaker Philip Burton, Jr., died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease in Santa Barbara, California, on De-

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52 cember 24, 2010. He was 76. Burton was born in Manhattan on December 9, 1934. He earned a degree in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1956, and returned to New York to work in documentary ﬁlmmaking several years later. He worked on Richard Drew’s 1963 documentary of desegregation in Alabama, Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment, in 1963. He earned an Emmy Award for his work on the National Educational Television program Black Journal in 1970. He also created the Emmy-winning CBS documentary Blacks in America: With All Deliberate Speed in 1979, and proﬁled exiled journalist Jacobo Timerman in PBS’s 1984 documentary Timerman: The News from Argentina. He also directed a series of reports on American health care for NBC’s C. Everett Koop, M.D. in 1991.

BURTON, TOM Wrestler Tom Burton, who was best known for teaming with Tony Anthony as the Dirty White Boys in the early 1990s, died on March 29, 2010. He was 46. He made his ring debut in the mid– 1980s, and competed in several televised matches on WWF’s Superstars of Wrestling show later in the decade.

Tom Burton

He also wrestled on the independent circuit before settling in Memphis in 1990. He teamed with Tony Anthony as the Dirty White Boys to capture the USWA tag titles several times in the early 1990s. He subsequently teamed with Mike Davis as the Dirty Davis Brothers in Global Wrestling where they frequently feuded with Terry Garvin, Tug Taylor, and Chaz. He spent the next few years competing in Japan with UWF International. He also wrestled several bouts in world Championship Wrestling (WCW) in the mid–1990s, before retiring from the ring.

BUSCHHOFF, WALTER German actor Walter Buschhoff died in Munich, Germany, on December 7, 2010. He was 87. Buschhoff was born in Worms, Germany, on July 8, 1923. He began his career on stage, appearing in productions in Munich and Berlin. He appeared in numerous ﬁlms from the mid–1950s including IA in Oberbayern (1956), Vater, Unser Bestes Stuck (1957), Zwei Beyern in Harem (1957), Duel in the Forest (1958), Two Times Adam, One Times Eve (1959), The Miracle of Father Malachia (1961), Life Begins at Eight (1962), Dicke Luft (1962), Die Endlose Nacht (1963), The Fountain of

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Love (1965), The House in Karp Lane (1965), Daisy Chain (1965), Adrian, der Tulpendieb (1966), Once Upon a Greek (1966), The Brazen Women of Balzac (1969), Help, I Love Twins (1969), Swedish Wife Exchange Club (1969), Der Pfarrer of St. Pauli (1970), Das Studenhotel von St. Pauli (1970), David and the Ice Age (1971), Bloody Friday (1972), The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of (1972), Vortex (1976), The Education in Love of Valentin (1976), Das Schweigen im Walde (1976), Didi auf Vollen Touren (1986), Non Stop Trouble with the Experts (1988), Plaze Real (1988), Wer Zweimal Lugt (1993), and Rudy, the Racing Pig (1995).

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Buschhoff also appeared frequently on German television, appearing in productions of Der Versteinerte Wald (1957), Der Dank der Unterwelt (1958), Johnny Belinda (1961), Schritte in der Nacht (1961), Affare Blum (1962), Reporter (1963), Der Grotte (1963), Portrat eines Helden (1966), Zuchthaus (1967), Graf Oderland (1968), Der Grosse Projekt (1971), Der Lift (1972), Das Geheimnis der Mary Celeste (1972), Les Nouvelles Aventures de Vidocq as the Doctor, The Golden Years —The Bitter Years (1984), Peter the Great (1986), and Babes in Toyland (1986). His other television credits include episodes of Der Kommissar, Ein Fall fur Stein, Ein Mann will Nach Oben, Orient-Express, Liebt diese Erde as Alberti, Tatort, Eurocops, A Case for Two, Regina auf den Stufen, SOKO 5113, Zwei Halbe sind noch Lange kein Ganzes as Bromberg, Hessische Geschichten, and Stubbe — Von Fall zu Fall. Buschhoff starred as Vinzenz Bieler in the television series Forsthaus Falkenau from 1989 to 2006.

BUSS, FRANCES Frances Buss Buch, a pioneering female television director who began her career at CBS in 1941, died in a rest home near Hendersonville, North Carolina, on January 19, 2010. She was 92. Buss was born on June 3, 1917, and was raised in St. Louis, Missouri. She attended Washington University, and performed on the New York stage in the late 1930s. She was hired by CBS as a receptionist in 1941, shortly after commercial television was licensed in the United States by the Federal Communications Commission. She was soon appearing in front of the camera for various programs, including a stint as scorekeeper for the ﬁrst television game show, The CBS Television Quiz. Buss was also involved in the network’s coverage of the bombing of Pearl Har-

bor. She worked with the U.S. Navy, producing and directing training ﬁlms in Florida during World War II. She rejoined CBS in 1944 and was soon directing programs ranging from musicals to Brooklyn Dodgers games. She also helmed the ﬁrst television talk show, Mike and Buff, which starred newsman Mike Wallace and his then-wife, Buff Cobb, from 1951 to 1953. She also worked on such early series as Missus Goes A-Shopping (1944), It’s a Gift (1946), Sorry, Wrong Number (1946), King’s Party Line (1946), Hold It Please (1949), Winner Take All (1951), The Whistling Wizard (1951), and Wheel of Fortune (1952). Buss married Bill Buch in 1949 and resigned from CBS to raise a family in 1954. She and her husband retired to Hendersonville in 1985, where they remained until Buch’s death in 1998.

BYRD, CARUTH C. Film producer Caruth C. Byrd died at his home in Van, Texas, on December 16, 2010. He was 69. Byrd was born in Dallas, Texas, on March 25, 1941. He produced and appeared in small roles in the ﬁlms Comanche Crossing (1968), Santee (1973), and Murph the Surf (1975). He was also featured

Caruth C. Byrd

in an episode of the television series Black Sheep Squadron in 1977, and was a producer for the ﬁlms Sudden Death and The Great Monkey Rip-Off (1979). He produced, directed, and scripted the 1981 ﬁlm Hollywood High Part II, and produced the 1982 horror ﬁlm Trick or Treats (1982).

Obituaries • 2010 CABLE, STUART Welsh rock drummer Stuart Cable, who performed with The Stereophonics from the mid–1990s, choked to death at his home in Llwydcoed, Wales, after an evening of drinking on June 7, 2010. He was 40. Cable was born in Cwmaman, Wales, on May 19, 1970. He formed a band with childhood friends Kelly Jones and Richard Jones in the early 1990s called Tragic Love Company, which soon evolved into The Stereo-

54 March 2, 1981. He began training as a wrestler with Shawn Michaels in Texas in the late 1990s, and made his ring debut as Lance Cade in Japan’s FMW promotion in 1999. He spent several years wrestling in the WWE developmental territories in Memphis and Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), and made his WWE debut with RAW as Garrison Cade, teaming with Mark Jindrak, in 2003. He spent a year with the OVW recuperating from a knee injury before returning to the WWE as Lance Cade. He teamed with Trevor Murdoch to hold the WWE World Tag Team Title several times. He also partnered with Chris Jericho before leaving the company in late 2008.

CALLAHAN, JOHN Cartoonist John Callahan, a quadriplegic who was known for his black humor cartoons depicting the plight of the handicapped, died of complications from his condition in a Portland, Oregon, hospital on July 24, 2010. He was 59. Callahan was born on February 5, 1951, and was adopted from a Portland orphanage by David and Mary Callahan as an infant. He became a quadriplegic as the result of a spinal cord injury in an automobile accident in 1972, when he was a Stuart Cable

phonics. They were signed by Richard Branson’s V2 record company in 1996 and released the popular albums Word Gets Around (1997), Performance and Cocktails (1999), Just Enough Education to Perform (2001), and You Gotta Go There to Come Back (2003). Cable became the band’s most recognized member, with his unkempt hair and out-going demeanor, and began hosting his own television show, Cable TV, for BBC Wales in 2002. He was replaced in the Stereophonics by Javier Weyler on drums in September of 2003. He subsequently hosted several local radio programs, and headlined the BBC Radio Wales show Saturday Night Cable from Spring of 2010.

CADE, LANCE Professional wrestler Lance McNaught, who was best known in the ring as WWE tag team champ Lance Cade, died of an accidental drug overdose in San Antonio, Texas, on August 13, 2010. He was 29. McNaught was born in Carroll, Iowa, on

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passenger in a car driven by a fellow bar-hopper. Callahan dealt with his paralysis and alcoholism and began drawing cartoons as a form of therapy. With a pen clutched between his hands, his simple drawings broke barriers, poking fun at those with physical disabilities. He created a semi-autobiographical work Will the Real John Callahan Please Stand Up?, and his cartoons served as the basis for the Nickelodeon cartoon Pelswick and the Canadian-Australian co-production Quads.

CAMACHO, CORINNE Actress Corinne Camacho, who appeared frequently on television in the 1970s and 1980s, died of cancer in Beaverton, Oregon, on September 15, 2010. She was 68. She was born Gloria Angelina Katharina Alletto in New Jersey on March 2, 1942, and moved with her family to Los Angeles as a child. She began her career as a model in the 1960s and made her television debut in an episode of Wild Wild West in 1967. She was soon appearing in episodes of Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, Mayberry R.F.D., The Flying Nun, Love, American Style, Sarge, The F.B.I., Mannix, The Sixth Sense, Banyon, Jigsaw, The

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Rookies, Barnaby Jones, The Girl with Something Extra, M*A*S*H, Griff, The New Temperatures Rising Show, Amy Prentiss, and Cannon. Camacho starred as Dr. Jeanne Bartlett in the series Medical Center from 1969 to 1972. She was also seen in the 1969 detective ﬁlm Marlowe with James Garner, and the tele-ﬁlms The Mask of Sheba (1970), Gidget Gets Married (1972), What Are Best Friends For? (1973), Planet Earth (1974), and The Specialists (1975). She continued her acting career over the

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next decade under the name Corinne Michaels, guesting in episodes of Kolchak: The Night Stalker, S.W.A.T., City of Angels, The Bionic Woman, The Six Million Dollar Man, Wonder Woman, The Rockford Files, Charlie’s Angels, The Waltons, Magnum, P.I., Lou Grant, Little House on the Prairie, Trapper John, M.D., Flamingo Road, Capitol, Lottery!, Airwolf, T.J. Hooker, Cagney & Lacey, and Hunter. She appeared as Joanne Barnes in the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives from 1979 to 1980, and was seen in the tele-ﬁlms Killing Stone (1978) and Consenting Adult (1985). She was also featured in the ﬁlms Born Again (1978) and Laboratory (1980), and had a small role in 1997’s Lewis & Clark & George. Camacho moved to New Mexico to run a hospice center in the mid–1990s, and became a life coach in Oregon in 2001. She also composed and sang children’s music, releasing the album Love Notes & Lullabies in 2006.

CAMPBELL, CAROLE ANN Former child actress Carole Ann Campbell died of cancer in Laguna Woods, California, on March 6, 2010. She was 65. Campbell was born in Sherman Oaks, California, on March 27, 1944. She began her acting career in the mid–1950s and was best known for her role as Iola Morton, the wannabe girlfriend of Joe Hardy, played by Tommy Kirk, in The Hardy Boys segments of The Mickey Mouse Club. She also appeared in small roles in the ﬁlms I’ll Cry Tomorrow (1955) and Bernardine (1957) and in television episodes of Willy and 26 Men. She abandoned her acting career in 1958 and left show business in the early 1960s after recording three singles for Kangaroo Records. CAMPBELL-BADIANE, JAMES Senegalese actor James Campbell-Badiane died in Dakar, Senegal, on April 7, 2010. He was 78. He was born in Senegal on

August 5, 1931. He began appearing in ﬁlms in the mid–1950s, with such credits as Heroes and Sinners (1955), Dangerous Love Affairs (1959), One Does Not Bury Sunday (1960), Jack of Spades (1960), Please, Not Now! (1961), The Big Gamble (1961), The Deadly Decoy (1962), Play Time (1967), Cry of the Cormoran (1970), Boubou Cravate (1972), Don Juan (Or If Don Juan Were a Woman) (1973), La Grande Bouffe (1973), The Passenger (1975), Ashakara (1991), Karim and Sala (1991), Simeon (1992), Pressions (1995), Watani, un Monde sans Mal (1998), Life on Earth (1998), Abdel a Rendez-vous (2000), The Price of Forgiveness (2001), The Pleasure Is All Mine (2004), Un Parfum de Caraibes (2004), Le Sifﬂet (2005), and Ahmed (2006).

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CANNELL, STEPHEN J. Television writer and producer Stephen J. Cannell, who co-created such hit shows as The Rockford Files and The A-Team, died of complications from melanoma at his home in Pasadena, California, on September 30, 2010. He was 69. Cannell was born in Los Angeles, California, on February 5, 1941. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 1964 and worked in his father’s furniture store for several years. He made his ﬁrst television script sale for Universal’s It Takes a Thief series in 1968, and was soon writing episodes of such series as Ironside, The D.A., and Columbo. He served as story editor for the police series Adam-12 from 1971 to 1972. Over the next four decades he was a creator

Obituaries • 2010 of nearly 40 television series and formed his own production company in the late 1970s. The many series Cannell created, wrote and produced include Chase, Toma, Switch, City of Angels, Black Sheep Squadron, Baretta, The Duke, The Rockford Files, Stone, Richie Brockelman, Private Eye, Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, The Quest, The Greatest American Hero, The Rousters, Hunter, The New Mike Hammer, Hardcastle and McCormick, Riptide, The ATeam, Stingray, The Last Precinct, J.J. Starbuck, Sonny Spoon, Unsub, Booker, Wiseguy, Broken Badges, Disney Presents the 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage, 21 Jump Street, Street Justice, Palace Guard, Traps, The Hat Squad, Cobra, Missing Persons, Marker, The Commish, Renegade, Two, Silk Stalkings, and Proﬁt. He was also writer or producer for the tele-ﬁlms The November Plan (1976), Scott Free (1976), Dr. Scorpion (1978), The Gypsy Warriors (1978), The Jordan Chance (1978), The Chinese Typewriter (1979), Stone (1979), The Night Rider (1979), Nightside (1980), Midnight Offerings (1981), Brothers-in-Law (1985), The Great Pretender (1991), The Belles of Bleeker Street (1991), Greyhounds (1994), Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou (1995), The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise (1995), A Child Is Missing (1995), The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play (1996), Them (1996), Hawaii-Five O (1997), The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds … It Leads (1999), Hunter: Return to Justice (2002), and Hunter: Back in Force (2003). Cannell also produced the ﬁlms Bad Boy (2002) and The Poker House (2008), and was producer and sometimes writer for the horror ﬁlms Dead Above Ground (2002), It Waits (2005), Demon Hunter (2005), The Tooth Fairy (2006), The Garden (2006), and Left in Darkness (2006). Cannell made occasional appearances onscreen, with roles in the ﬁlms Identity Crisis (1989), Posse (1993), The Contract (2002), Dead Above Ground (2002), and Half Past Dead (2002). He was featured in the regular role of Lt. Donald “Dutch” Dixon in his Renegade action series with Lorenzo Lamas from 1992 to 1997, and appeared in episodes of Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, Magnum, P.I., Santa Barbara, Silk Stalkings, V.I.P., Diagnosis Murder in the recurring role of Jackson Burley, and Paciﬁc Blue. He also hosted the 1995 syndicated documentary series U.S. Customs Classiﬁed. He was also seen in the tele-ﬁlms Charley Hannah (1986), CHiPs ’99 (1998), Threshold (2003), and the schlocktastic 2007 Sci-Fi Channel offering Ice Spiders. He also penned over

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56 a dozen novels, many of which featured the character of LAPD detective Shane Scully. Cannell appeared as himself as one of Nathan Filion’s poker buddies, along with several other leading crime novelists, in episodes of the 2009 mystery series Castle. He was featured in the 2009 documentary Dislecksia: The Movie, where he discussed how his struggle with dyslexia affected his career as a writer. He also served as a producer and creative consultant for the 2010 feature ﬁlm adaptation of his series The A-Team.

CAPALBO, CARMEN Theatrical director and producer Carmen Capalbo, who guided a revival of The Threepenny Opera for a major Off-Broadway success in the mid–1950s, died of emphysema in Manhattan on March 14, 2010. He was 84. Capalbo was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on November 1, 1925. He began performing in local productions on stage and radio from

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his youth. He served with distinction in the Army during World War II, and began pursuing a career in theater in New York in the mid–1940s. He co-produced several plays in New York, and was a story editor for the CBS drama series Studio One in the early 1950s. He teamed with Stanley Chase to stage a revival of Kurt Weill’s Threepenny Opera at the Theater de Lys in 1954, starring Weill’s widow, Lotte Lenya. Capalbo directed the musical to rave reviews, and it became one of the ﬁrst Off-Broadway productions to receive a special Tony Award in 1956. Capalbo also helmed the Broadway productions The Potting Shed (1957), A Moon for the Misbegotten (1957), William Saroyan’s The Cave Dwellers (1957), and Seidman and Son (1962). His production of the Bertold Brecht–Kurt Weill opera The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahogonny proved a disaster in 1970. Subsequent efforts to revive Cole Porter’s Nymph Errant and direct a musical adaptation of Chaim Potok’s The Chosen also proved unsuccessful.

CAPRI, AHNA Actress Ahna Capri died on August 19, 2010, in a Los Angeles hospital of injuries she received when her car was struck by a truck ten days earlier. She was 66. She was born Anna Marie Nanasi in Budapest, Hungary, on July 6, 1944. She came to the United States in the 1950s and began her ﬁlm career as a child. She had small roles in such ﬁlms as The Oppo-

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site Sex (1956), Outlaw’s Son (1957), and The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959). She was also featured frequently on television in such series as The Walter Winchell File, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, Telephone Time, Father Knows Best, The Danny Thomas Show, Sugarfoot, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Circus Boy, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Trackdown, Buckskin, Cheyenne, Maverick, Bronco, 77 Sunset Strip, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, The Jack Benny Program, and Leave It to Beaver. She was featured as Mary Rose in the short-lived sit-com Room for One More starring Andrew Duggan in 1962. The buxom blonde soon graduated to more mature

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roles in the ﬁlms Critic’s Choice (1963), The Girls in the Beach (1965), Target: Harry (1969), and Darker Than Amber (1970). She also continued to appear on television in episodes of Branded, Laredo, I Spy, 12 O’Clock High, The Felony Squad, The Monroes, The Wild Wild West, The Iron Horse, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Invaders, The Guns of Will Sonnett, Run for Your Life, The Name of the Game, The Outsiders, and Adam-12. She continued her ﬁlm and television career through the 1970s with roles in such ﬁlms as the cult horror The Brotherhood of Satan (1971), Piranha, Piranha! (1972) with William Smith, Payday (1973), the Bruce Lee kung fu classic Enter the Dragon (1973) as Mr. Hans’ secretary Tania, The Specialist (1975), and The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings (1976). She also starred in the tele-ﬁlms Double Jeopardy (1970), Company of Killers (1970), and Nowhere to Run (1978). Capri’s other television credits include episodes of To Rome with Love, It Takes a Thief, The F.B.I., Ironside, Dan August, The Smith Family, O’Hara, U.S. Treasury, Mannix, Banacek, Banyon, Love, American Style, The Mod Squad, Search, Cannon, Police Story, Kojak, Matt Helm, Baretta, Man from Atlantis, and Mrs. Columbo. Capri retired from the screen in the late 1970s.

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART Don Van Vliet, who created the artistic persona of Captain Beefheart for his music career with the Magic Band from the late 1960s through the early 1980s, died after a long battle with multiple sclerosis on December 7, 2010. He was 69. He was born Don Glen Vliet in Glendale, California on January 15, 1941. He was a friend of fellow music iconoclast

Frank Zappa from high school. He originated Captain Beefheart in 1964 and formed the original Magic Band the following year. They recorded their ﬁrst album, Safe as Milk, in 1967. Van Vliet subsequently signed with Zappa’s Straight Records label to release the 1969 album Trout Mask Replica. The recordings were a surreal blend of free style jazz and blues, psychedelia, and experimental rock, with Van Vliet on vocals, harmonica, and saxophone. The original Magic Band left in 1974 over a contract dispute, and after a brief solo career, Beefheart resurrected a new Magic Band for the albums Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978), Doc at the Radar Station (1980), and Ice Cream for Crow (1982). He abandoned music to become a sculptor and artist in the early 1980s. He was featured in Anton Corbijn’s short documentary Some Yo Yo Stuff in 1993.

CARMICHAEL, IAN British comedy actor Ian Carmichael actor died at his home in the Esk Valley on the North Yorkshire Moors, England, on February 5, 2010. He was 89. Carmichael was born in KnigstonUpon-Hull, East Riding, Yorkshire, on June 19, 1920. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and made his stage debut in 1930 as a mute robot in a production of RUR. He continued to perform on stage in the early 1940s, until his career was interrupted by World War II. He served as an ofﬁcer with the Royal Armored Corps throughout the war and returned to the stage in

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Obituaries • 2010 1947. He became a popular performer in comedy plays and music hall revues. Carmichael made his ﬁlm debut in a small role in 1948’s Bond Street and continued to appear on stage, ﬁlm, and television over the next 60 years. He was featured in such ﬁlms as Trottie True (1949), Dear Mr. Prohack (1949), Time, Gentlemen, Please! (1952), Ghost Ship (1952), Miss Robin Hood (1952), Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953), Betrayed (1954), The Colditz Story (1955), Simon and Laura (1955) reprising his stage role as David Prentice, Storm Over the Nile (1955), Private’s Progress (1956) and the sequel I’m All Right Jack (1959) as Stanley Windrush, Lucky Jim (1957), Brothers in Law (1957), Happy Is the Bride (1958), The Big Money (1958), Left Right and Centre (1959), Light Up the Sky! (1960), School for Scoundrels (1960), Double Bunk (1961), The Amorous Mr. Prawn (1962), Heavens Above! (1963) with Peter Sellers, Hide and Seek (1964), Case of the 44’s (1965), Smashing Time (1967), The Magniﬁcent Seven Deadly Sins (1971), From Beyond the Grave (1973), The Lady Vanishes (1979), and Diamond Skulls (1989). He appeared frequently on television from the mid–1950s, with roles in such series as Here and Now, BBC SundayNight Theatre, ITV Play of the Week, Compact, Armchair Theatre, Thursday Theatre, and Theatre 625. He starred as jovial idiot Bertie Wooster in the television adaptation of P.G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves stories, The World of Wooster, from 1965 to 1967, with Dennis Price as his multi-talented valet. He was also featured in episode of The Root of All Evil?, Play for Today, and Father Dear Father, and was Peter Lamb in the series Bachelor Father from 1970 to 1971. He starred as bon vivant sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey in a series of mini-series featuring Dorothy L. Sayers’ detective, including Clouds of Witness (1972), The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1973), Murder Must Advertise (1973), The Nine Tailors (1974), and Five Red Herrings (1975). Carmichael was also seen in the television productions Three More Men in a Boat (1983), A Day in Summer (1989), Obituaries (1990), The Great Kandinsky (1995), and Wives and Daughters (1999). He narrated the animated series The Wind in the Willows from 1984 to 1988, and Oh! Mr. Toad in 1990. He also appeared in the series All for Love, The Mind of David Bergalis, Under the Hammer, Bramwell, and Heartbeat. He starred as Sir James Menzies in Strahthblair from 1992 to 1993, and was T.J. Middleditch in The Royal from 2003 to 2009. His autobiography, Will the Real Ian Carmichael?…, was published in 1979.

CARO, ISABELLE French model Isabelle Caro, who became best known for her emaciated appearance in a 2007 ad campaign against anorexia, died of acute respiratory disease in a hospital on November 17, 2010. She was 28. Caro was born in Marseille, France, on September 12, 1982. She studied acting and aspired to be a model from an early age. She developed the eating disorder anorexia nervosa when she was 13, and while standing 5’5,” she weighed less than 60 pounds while in her teens. Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani’s 2007 ad campaign promoting “No Anorexia,” featured a nude Caro in billboard and print ads. She wrote the 2008 book The Little Girl Who Didn’t Want to Get Fat, and was featured on the television reality series Supersize vs Superskinny

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(2008) and Jessica Simpson’s The Price of Beauty (2010). She also appeared in a small role in the 2010 ﬁlm The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec.

CARPENTIER, EDOUARD French-Canadian wrestler Edouard Carpentier, who was noted for his acrobatic style, died of a heart attack at his home in Montreal, Canada, on October 30, 2010. He was 84. He was born Edouard Weiczorkiewicz in Roanne, France, on July 17, 1926. He trained as a gymnast in his youth and began wrestling in the mid–1950s. He took the name Carpentier when he began his ring career in Montreal in 1956. He was a dynamic and popular performer known as the Flying Frenchman, who feuded with such ring villains as Killer Kowalski and Mad Dog Vachon. He captured the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) World Heavyweight Championship in a match against Lou Thesz in June of 1957 in a disputed decision. Carpentier was only recognized by some promotions as champ, which led to a schism in the NWA and the creation of the American Wrestling Association (AWA). He was proclaimed the ﬁrst champion of the Omaha AWA title, and held the belt until a loss to Verne Gagne in August of 1958. He held numerous other single and tag titles in the United States and Canada during his career, frequently teaming with Bobo Brazil, Antonino Rocca, and Argentine Apollo. He retired from the ring in the early 1980s and continued to train younger wrestlers. He also

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CARR, NEIL Canadian wrestler Neil Carr died of cancer in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, on December 18, 2010. He was 51. Carr was born in Brantford on February 16, 1959. He began his career as a wrestler in Toronto in the mid–1980s, and held the Canadian Junior Heavyweight Championship in Ontario. Often billed

2010 • Obituaries Laurie, French and Saunders, and Absolutely Fabulous. He was soon directing episodes of such series as Pilgrim’s Rest, Goodness Gracious Me, Keeping Mum, This Morning with Richard Not Judy, The Vicar of Dibley, Rhona, Important Astrology Experiment, Mad About Alice, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, The Smoking Room, Grownups, Little Miss Jocelyn, Marc Wootton Exposed, and Beautiful People. He made his feature ﬁlm debut with the 2009 BBC/HBO sci-ﬁ co-production Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel.

CARROLL, EDDIE Canadian actor Eddie Carroll, who was best known as the voice of Disney’s Jiminy Cricket from the early 1970s, died of a brain tumor at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, on April 6, 2010. He was 66. Carroll was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on September 5, 1933. He began his career performing on the local stage and writing for Canadian radio and television. He came to California in the 1960s, where he appeared on

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as Mad Dog Rex, he competed throughout Canada and overseas in Puerto Rico and Singapore. He wrestled for the WWF under a hood as Mr. X in the 1980s, but his U.S. appearances were limited as he frequently neglected to get a work visa and was deported on several occasions. He retired from the ring in the late 1990s, and later worked in the construction business.

CARRIVICK, GARETH British television comedy director Gareth Carrivick died of complications from leukemia and a stem-cell transplant in Runnymede, Surrey, England, on March 16, 2010. He was 52. Carrivick was born in Plymouth, Devon, England, on November 16, 1957. He became involved in local theatre in his youth and moved to London to work on the West End as a stage manager. He began working with the BBC in the late 1980s as an assistant ﬂoor manager and was promoted to production manager in the mid–1990s. He worked on the comedy shows Bottom, A Bit of Fry and

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television in episodes of such series as The Lieutenant, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Mission: Impossible, and The Andy Grifﬁth Show. He was also featured in a small role in the 1966 ﬁlm The Last of the Secret Agents? He formed Carroll-Farr Productions with actor Jamie Farr, writing such projects as Hanna-Barbera’s animated The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan. He continued to appear on television in episodes of Mary Tyler Moore, One Day at a Time, All in the Family, Life with Lucy, Fantasy Island, Love, American Style, Maude, and Alice. He was hired by the Walt Disney Company to take over the voice role of Pinocchio’s pal Jiminy Cricket in 1973, two years after the death of the original Jiminy, Cliff “Ukuele Ike” Edwards. He voiced the role in numerous Disney animated specials and cartoons over the next three decades. Carroll also appeared on television in episodes of Frasier and SpyTV, and was also noted for his one-man stage show, Jack Benny — Laughter in Bloom.

CARROLL, JEAN Jean Carroll, a pioneer female comedienne, died in a White Plains, New York, hospital on January 1, 2010. She was 98. She was born Celine Zeigman in Paris, France, on January 6, 1911. She came to the United States with her family at an early age and was raised in the Bronx, New York. She began her career

Obituaries • 2010 as a dancer on the vaudeville circuit while in her early teens. She met acrobatic dancer Buddy Howe in the early 1930s and they soon formed the comedy dance team Carroll and Howe. The two married in 1936 and toured England and the United States. Carroll performed as a solo act when Howe was drafted into the Army during World War II. He became a talent agent after his discharge, and she continued her career as a comedienne. She was one of the ﬁrst females to headline a solo act on the

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nightclub circuit. She also wrote for the CBS radio serial Our Gal Sunday from 1945 to 1959. She was seen frequently on television in the 1950s on such variety series as This Is Show Business, Frankie Laine Time, Cavalcade of Stars, The Tony Bennett Show, The Garry Moore Show, and The Ed Sullivan Show. She also starred in the short-lived comedy series The Jean Carroll Show in 1953 and released the comedy album Girl in a Hot Steam Bath in 1960. Carroll guest starred in an episode of Boris Karloff ’s horror anthology series Thriller in 1962 and was featured in the 1968 ﬁlm The Legend of Lylah Clare. Her husband became chairman of the Creative Management Agency before his death in 1981.

CARTER, DIXIE Actress Dixie Carter, who was best known for her role as formidable southern belle and businesswoman Julia Sugarbaker in the television sitcom Designing Women, died of complications from endometrial cancer in a Houston, Texas, hospital on April 10, 2010. She was 70. Carter was born in McLemoresville, Tennessee, on May 29, 1939, and graduated from Memphis State University with a degree in English. She was runner-up in the Miss Tennessee pageant in 1959 and began her acting career on stage in Memphis in a 1960 production of Carousel. She moved to New York several years later, where she was featured in a production of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. She subsequently abandoned her career to marry businessman Arthur Carter, and raise a family. She returned to acting a decade later, ﬁlling in as Dorian Cramer on the daytime soap-opera One Life to Live while actress Nancy Pinkerton was on maternity leave in 1974. She was also featured in the short-lived Broadway musical Sextet in 1974. Carter was subsequently cast as Assistant District Attorney Brandy Henderson in the crime soap The Edge

60 of Night, where she remained until 1976. She appeared in the 1976 Broadway revival of Pal Joey in 1976 before heading to Hollywood. She was featured as April Baxter in the short-lived sit-com On Our Own from 1977 to 1978. She was Aunt Marion Richards in the shorter-lived fantasy comedy Out of the Blue in 1979, starring comedian Jimmy Brogan as the angel Random, out to earn his wings. She was also seen in episodes of The Andros Targets, Cassie & Co., Bret Maverick, Best of the West, The Greatest American Hero, Quincy, Lou Grant, and Crazy Like a Fox. Carter was featured in the tele-ﬁlms OHMS (1980) and The Killing of Randy Webster (1981) with Hal Holbrook, and made her ﬁlm debut in David Steinberg’s 1983 comedy Going Berserk. She starred as Carlotta Beck on the comedy series Filthy Rich from 1982 to 1983 and joined the cast of the popular sit-com Diff ’rent Strokes as Maggie McKinney, the love interest of Philip Drummond (Conrad Bain), in the series’ sixth season in 1984. The characters soon married, but Carter departed Diff ’rent Strokes the following year, with Mary Ann Mobley taking over the role. She was best known for her role as Atlanta-based interior designer Julia Sugarbaker in the series Designing Women from 1986 to 1993. She was also seen in the tele-ﬁlms A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle (1994), Gambler V: Playing for Keeps (1994), Judith Krantz’s “Dazzle” (1995), Gone in the Night (1996), Comfort and Joy (2003), Sudbury (2004), and Our First Christmas (2008), and in episodes of Christy, Diagnosis Murder, Fired Up, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Hope & Faith. She was featured in the recurring role of Peaches in the television series Ladies Man from 1999 to 2000, and was Randi King on the drama series Family Law from 1999 to 2002. Carter was seen in the ﬁlm The Big Day in 2001, and returned to the Broadway stage as Mrs. Meers in Thoroughly Modern Millie in 2004. She appeared in the recurring role of Gloria Hodge in the television series Desperate Housewives from 2006 to 2007, which earned her an Emmy nomination. Her memoir, Trying to Get to Heaven, was published in 1996, and she soon returned part-time to Tennessee to restore her family home. She and her father, Halbert Carter (who died in 2007), appeared in a series of commercials in the South for the Yellow Pages during the process. She continued to perform on stage as a singer and entertainer throughout the country. Carter was brieﬂy married to

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Broadway actor George Hearn from 1977 to 1979. She married actor Hal Holbrook in 1984, who was an occasional guest-star on her series, Designing Women, as her boyfriend, Reese Watson. She made her ﬁnal ﬁlm appearance with him in 2009’s That Evening Sun. She is also survived by two daughters from her ﬁrst marriage, actress Ginna Carter, and screenwriter Mary Dixie Carter.

CARY, CLAIBORNE Actress and cabaret performer Claiborne Cary died of complications from Parkinson’s disease in Costa Mesa, California, on March 20, 2010. She was 78. She was born Claiborne Leachman in Lone Tree, Iowa, on February 17, 1932, the younger sister of actress Cloris Leachman. She began performing Isabelle Caubere

Claiborne Cary

as a dancer from an early age and moved to New York City to pursue an acting career. She was featured in the Broadway touring production of Silk Stockings in 1956 and appeared on Broadway in the musicals New Girl in Town (1957) and Beg, Borrow or Steal (1960). She was also featured in a small role in the 1971 ﬁlm The Sporting Club, and the tele-ﬁlms Crime Club (1973), Hitchhike! (1974), Doctor Franken (1980), and Nurse (1980). Her other television credits include episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show, Young Dr. Kildare, Law & Order, and Boston Common. Cary starred in numerous regional theater productions during her career and was a popular cabaret performer until her retirement in the early 2000s.

CAZENOVE, CHRISTOPHER British actor Christopher Cazenove died in England of septicemia on April 7, 2010. He was 64. Cazenove was born in Winchester, Hampshire, England, in December 17, 1945. He trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in the 1960s and made his stage debut in a production of Man and Superman in 1967. He remained a frequent performer on the British stage, and made his ﬁlm debut in a small role in a 1970 production of Julius Caesar starring Charlton Heston. He appeared in numerous ﬁlms over the next forty years including There’s a Girl in My Soup (1970), Royal Flash (1975), East of Elephant Rock (1977), Little Girl in Blue Velvet (1978), Zulu Dawn (1979) as Lt. Coghill, The Eye of the Needle (1981), From a Far Country (1981), Heat and Dust (1983), Until September (1984), Mata Hari (1985), The Fantasist (1986), Blind Justice (1988), Souvenir (1989), Three Men and a Little Lady (1990), Aces: Iron Eagle III (1992), The Proprietor (1996), Shadow Run (1998), Contaminated Man (2001), A Knight’s Tale (2001) as John Thatcher, Beginner’s Luck (2001), Lost and Found (2003), Vernic (2005) in the title role, Young Alexander the Great (2007) as Aristotle, and Bloodline (2008). Cazenove was a familiar face on television from the early 1970s. He starred as Lt. Richard Gaunt in the series The Regiment from 1972 to 1973 and was Charles Haselmere in The Duchess of Duke Street from 1976 to 1977. He was also featured in episodes of The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, The Pathﬁnders, Affairs

CAUBERE, ISABELLE French actress Isabelle Caubere died in France on April 13, 2010. She was 55. Caubere was born in Marseille, France, on June 5, 1954. She studied dance from an early age and began performing on stage in the 1970s. She appeared in numerous theatrical productions during her career. Caubere made her ﬁlm debut in 1985’s Hell Train and was also seen in the ﬁlms L’Etudiante (1988), Read My Lips (2001), Adolphe (2002), A Ton Image (2004), Ole! (2005), Ma Vie en l’Air (2005), Brice de Nice (2005), Murderers (2006), Moliere (2007), and Leur Morale … et la Notre (2008). She was featured in television productions of L’Enfant de la Honte (2000), Lagardere (2003), and Securite Interieure (2007). Her other television credits include episodes of Crimes en Serie, Josephine, ange Gardien, P.J., Avocats & Associes, Chez Maupassant, and Les Bougon. Christopher Cazenove

Obituaries • 2010 of the Heart, Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill, Lady Killers, Lou Grant, and The Agatha Christie Hour. Cazenove was best known in the United States for his role as Ben Carrington, the scheming brother of Blake Carrington, played by John Forsythe, on the primetime soap opera Dynasty from 1986 to 1987. He was also seen in television productions of K Is for Killing (1974), East Lynne (1976), Children of the Full Moon (1980) on Hammer House of Horror, Treasure Island (1982) as Captain Smollett, The Letter (1982), the Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense episode In Possession (1985), Lace II (1985), Jenny’s War (1985), Kane & Abel (1985), Shades of Love: The Man Who Guards the Greenhouse (1988), Windmills of the Gods (1988), Tears in the Rain (1988), The Lady and the Highwayman (1988), To Be the Best (1992), The Way to Dusty Death (1995), Dead Man’s Island (1996), Home Song (1996), Fun at the Funeral Parlour (2001), Trance (2001), Johnson County War (2002), and La Femme Musketeer (2004) as Athos. He starred Michael Trent in the 1989 series A Fine Romance and was assistant deputy police commissioner Row Colemore on Judge John Deed from 2001 to 2003. His other television credits include episodes of Strangers, Tales from the Crypt, Nash Bridges, Charmed, Dalziel and Pascoe, Diamond Geezer, and Hotel Babylon. Cazenove was married to actress Angharad Rees from 1973 until their divorce in 1994.

CECCHI D’AMICO, SUSO Italian screenwriter Suso Cecchi d’Amico, one of the leading female scripters in post-war Italy who worked with such directors as Vittorio De Sica, Michelangelo Antonioni, Luchino Visconti, and Mario Monicelli, died in Rome on July 31, 2010. She was 96. She was born Giovanna Cecchi in Rome on July 21, 1914, the daughter of literary critic and screenwriter Emilio Cecchi. She was raised in Florence, Italy, and studied in Switzerland and England. She worked as a secretary for the government trade department in the late 1930s. She married music critic and leftist writer Fedele d’Amico in 1938, who spent most of World War II in hiding. Cecchi worked as a literary translator after the war, and soon began writing for ﬁlms. She made her screenwriting debut with Professor, My Son (1946) and continued to write such ﬁlms Rome: Free City (1946), Vivere in Pace (1947), Flesh Will Surrender (1947), Angelina: Member of Parliament (1947), and Hey Boy (1948). She earned acclaim for co-writing Vittorio De Sica’s 1948 ﬁlm The Bicycle Thief and became an early exemplar of the storytelling style that became known as neorealism. She also scripted Fabiola (1949), The Walls of Malapaga (1949), Heaven Over the Marshes (1949), Due Mogli Sono Troppe (1950), It’s Forever Springtime (1950), Father’s Dilemma (1950), Twelve Hours to Live (1950), All for Love (1950), and Miracle in Milan (1951). She collaborated frequently with director Luchino Visconti scripting nearly all of his ﬁlms from Bellissima in 1951, including the acclaimed Rocco and His Brothers (1960). Her many screenplay credits also include Times Gone By (1952), Anita Garibaldi (1952), Hello Elephant (1952), The City Stands Trial (1952), Of Life and Love (1953), I Vinti (1953), Il Mondo le Condanna (1953), The Lady Without Camelias (1953), Empty Eyes (1953), Eager

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to Live (1953), The Cheerful Squadron (1954), The Anatomy of Love (1954), 100 Years of Love (1954), Graziella (1954), The Wanton Contessa (1954), Too Bad She’s Bad (1954), Forbidden (1954), The Girlfriends (1955), Kean: Genius or Scoundrel (1956), Lucky to Be a Woman (1956), Defend My Love (1956), The Window to Luna Park (1957), White Nights (1957), Husbands in the City (1957), Mario Monicelli’s Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958), La Sﬁda (1958), Wild Wild Women (1959), Estate Violenta (1959), Risate di Gioia (1960), the Paramount ﬁlm It Started in Naples (1960) starring Clark Gable and Sophia Loren, La Contessa Azzurra (1960), The Wastrel (1961), The Best of Enemies (1961), Boccaccio ’70 (1962), Salvatore Giuliano (1962), Three Fables of Love (1962), The Leopard (1963), Time of Indifference (1964), Casanova 70 (1965) which earned her an Academy Award nomination for the script, Sandra of a Thousand Delights (1965), The Queens (1966), Me, Me, Me … and the Others (1966), Shoot Loud, Louder … I Don’t Understand (1966), Franco Zefﬁrelli’s 1967 production of The Taming of the Shrew, The Stranger (1967), Pride and Vengeance (1968), Infanzia, Vocazione e Prime Esperienze di Giacomo Casanova, Veneziano (1969), Senza Sapere Niente di Lei (1969), Metello (1970), Lady Liberty (1971), Ludwig: The Mad King of Bavaria (1972), Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972), I Figli Chiedono Perche (1972), Il Diavolo nel Cervello (1972), Amore e Ginnastica (1973), Bitter Love (1974), Conversation Piece (1974), Prete, Fai un Miracolo (1975), Dimmi che fai Tutto per Me (1976), The Innocent (1976), Caro Michele (1976), Les Mots pour le Dire (1983), Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cascacenno (1984), Big Deal After 20 Years (1985), The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal (1985), The Inquiry (1986), Caravaggio (1986), Speriamo che sia Femmina (1986), Dark Eyes (1987), Private Affair (1987), I Picari (1988), Stradivari (1989), Dark Illness (1990), Rossini! Rossini! (1991), Parenti Serpenti (1992), La Fine e Nota (1993), Cari Fottutissimi Amici (1994), Looking for Paradise (1995), Bruno Is Waiting on the Car (1996), The Room of the Scirocco (1998),The Last Summers: If You Do Not Want (1998), Dirty Linen (1999), the documentary One Magical Friend: Master Nino Rota (1999), Martin Scorsese’s documentary on Italian cinema My Voyage to Italy (1999), The Sky Will Fall (2000), Raul: Straight to Kill (2005), The Roses of the Desert (2006), and The Final Inquiry (2006). Cecchi d’Amico

63 also worked in television, scripting such productions as Vita col Padre e con la Madre (1960), Giovanni ed Elviruccia (1970), The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972), Zefﬁrelli’s Jesus of Nazareth (1977), La Velia (1980), Vita di Antonio Gramsci (1981), Heart (1984), History (1986), Marco e Laura Dieci Anni Fa (1989), The Ingenuous Moglie and the Sick Husband (1989), and Come Quando Fuori Piove (2000). She received a lifetime achievement award at the Venice Film Festival in 1994.

CHABROL, CLAUDE French ﬁlm director Claude Chabrol, who was a leading ﬁgure in the French New Wave cinema in the late 1950s and 1960s, died in Paris on September 12, 2010. He was 80. Chabrol was born in Paris on June 24, 1930. The son of a pharmacist, he was raised in the village of Sardent. He was fascinated by ﬁlms from childhood and though he studied pharmacology at the Sorbonne in Paris, he soon embarked on a career in cinema. He brieﬂy served as the head of publicity for Twentieth Century–Fox in Paris in 1955. He wrote frequently for the ﬁlm journal Cahiers du Cinéma, where he associated with such future New Wave auteurs as Eric Rohmer, Jacques Rivette, Jean-Luc Godard, and Francois Truffaut. Chabrol and Rohmer wrote the book Hitchcock in 1957, one of the ﬁrst studies of the works of Alfred Hitchcock. Chabrol was the ﬁrst of the New Wave directors to helm a ﬁlm with Le Beau Serge in 1958, which was partially ﬁnanced by his ﬁrst wife, Agnes Goute. The ﬁlm proved a critical success, and was followed by A Double Tour (aka Leda) and The Cousins in 1959. Chabrol became recognized as a leading director of thrillers and mysteries in the 1960s, directing and writing the ﬁlms The Good Time Girls (1960), Wise Guys (1961), The Seven Deadly Sins (1962), The Third Lover (1962), Bluebeard (1963), Ophelia (1963), Code Name: Tiger (1964), Marie-Chantal vs. Doctor Kha (aka Blue Panther) (1965), Our Agent Tiger (1965), Line of Demarcation (1966), The Champagne Murders (1967), Who’s Got the Black Box? (1965), Les Biches (1968), The Unfaithful Wife (1969), and The Beast Must Die (1969). He remained a proliﬁc and popular ﬁlmmaker throughout his life, helming The Butcher (1970), The Breach (1970), Just Before Nightfall (1971), Ten Days Wonder (1971), High Heels (1972), Wedding in Blood (1973), The Nada Gang (1974), Pleasure Party (1975), Dirty Hands (1975), Death

Claude Chabrol

2010 • Obituaries Rite (1976), The Twist (1976), Alice, or the Last Escapade (1977), Blood Relatives (1978), Violette (1978), The Horse of Pride (1980), The Hatter’s Ghost (1982), The Blood of Others (1984), Chicken with Vinegar (1985), Inspecteur Lavardin (1986), Masks (1987), The Cry of the Owl (1987), Story of Women (1988), Jours Tranquilles a Clichy (1990), Club Extinction (aka Dr. M) (1990), Madame Bovary (1991), Betty (1992), The Eyes of Vichy (1993), Hell (1994), La Ceremonie (1995), The Swindle (1997), The Color of Lies (1999), Nightcap (2000), The Flower of Evil (2003), The Bridesmaid (2004), The Comedy of Power (2006), The Girl Cut in Two (2007), and Inspector Bellamy (2009). Chabrol also worked in television, directing segments of Nouvelles de Henry James, Madame le Juge, Histoires Insolites, Il Etait un Musicien, and Les Dossiers Secrets de l’Inspecteur Lavardin. His other television credits include the productions Fantomas (1980), Le Systeme du Docteur Goudron et du Professeur Plume (1981), La Danse de Mort (1982), M. le Maudit (1982), Les Afﬁnites Electives (1982), and Cyprien Katsaris (1996). Chabrol also appeared frequently in cameo roles in many of his ﬁlms during his career, and was also seen in small parts of the ﬁlms of others including Paris Belongs to Us (1961), A Touch of Treason (1962), Hard Boiled Ones (1964), Brigitte and Brigitte (1966), A Little Virtuous (1968), The Bitch Wants Blood (1969), As Far as Love Can Go (1971), The Other Side of the Wind (1972), Murder Is a Murder (1972), La Bonne Nouvelle (1974), Le Permis de Conduire (1974), L’Animal (1977), Les Folies d’Elodie (1981), Homicide by Night (1984), Les Voleurs de la Nuit (1984), Polar (1984), Follow My Gaze (1986), Je Hais les Acteurs (1986), Rotten Fate! (1987), Jeux d’Artiﬁces (1987), L’Ete en Pente Douce (1987), Alouette (1988), Sam Sufﬁt (1992), Avida (2006), Lucifer et Moi (2008), A Bicyclette (2009), and Gainsbourg (2010). His ﬁnal directorial efforts were several adaptations of the works of Guy de Maupassant on French television in 2009 and 2010. Chabrol was married to Agnes Goute from 1956 to 1962, and their son, Matthieu Chabrol, scored many of his father’s ﬁlms from the 1980s. He was married to actress Stephane Audran from 1964 to 1978, and later married script supervisor Aurore Paquiss.

CHALLIS, BARBARA Actress Barbara Challis Koch, who had a brief career in Hollywood in the late

Barbara Challis

Obituaries • 2010 1940s, died of cancer in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, on December 29, 2010. She was 81. Challis was born in Sewickley on August 8, 1929. Challis went to Hollywood in 1947 under contract to Universal and appeared in the ﬁlm Alice with Elizabeth Taylor. She appeared in three other ﬁlms, Larceny (1948), The Saxon Charm (1948), and Family Honeymoon (1949), before abandoning her career and returning to Pennsylvania. She married and raised a family, and later wrote two volumes of poetry and a mystery novel.

CHANDLER, JOHN DAVIS Character actor John Davis Chandler died in Toluca Lake, California, on February 16, 2010. He was 73. Chandler was born in Hinton, West Virginia, on January 28, 1937. He made his ﬁlm debut as the sniveling psychotic gangster in the title role of 1967’s Mad Dog Coll. Over the next three decades, he appeared in numerous ﬁlms and television productions, often typecast as weasely villains in western and crime productions. His ﬁlm credits include The Young Savages (1961), Sam Peckinpah’s Ride the High Country (1962) as Jimmy Hammond, Those Calloways (1965), Major Dundee (1965), Once a Thief (1965), Return of the Gunﬁghter (1967), The Hooked Generation (1968) as the crazed Acid, The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969), Barquero (1970), Drag Racer (1971), Shoot Out (1971), Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973), The Take (1974), The Ultimate Thrill (1974), Capone (1974) as gangster Hymie Weiss, Walking Tall Part II (1975), Doc Hooker’s Bunch (1976), The Outlaw Josie Wales (1976) with Clint Eastwood, Mako: The Jaws of Death (1976) as a shark poacher, Scorchy (1976), Chesty Anderson, USN (1976), the horror western The Shadow of Chikara (1977), Whiskey Mountain (1977) as a vicious pot farmer, The Little Dragons (1979), Triumphs of a Man Called Horse (1982), The Sword and the Sorcerer (1983), Adventures in Babysitting (1987), Double Revenge (1990), Crash and Burn (1990), Only the Lonely (1991), Trancers II (1991), Inside Out II (1992), Body of Evidence (1993), Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994), and Carnosaur 2 (1995). Chandler was seen frequently on television from the early 1960s in episodes of such series as The Untouchables, The Asphalt Jungle, The Dick Powell Show, The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor, The Riﬂeman, Route 66, The Virginian, Combat!, Empire, The Travels of Jamie McPheeters, A

John Davis Chandler

64 Man Called Shenandoah, Run for Your Life, The Fugitive, Felony Squad, The High Chaparral, Judd for the Defense, The Partners, Adam-12, Toma, Cannon, The Rookies, Columbo, Gunsmoke, Lincoln, Quincy, Police Woman, O’Hara, U.S. Treasury, Lucan, Switch, The Incredible Hulk, B.J. and the Bear, Flamingo Road, Fantasy Island, T.J. Hooker, Airwolf, Hill Street Blues, Matt Houston, Murder, She Wrote, Hunter, Simon & Simon, Dragnet, Renegade, In the Heat of the Night, E.R., Chicago Hope, Walker, Texas Ranger, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Chandler’s other television credits include the tele-ﬁlms Hitched (1971), Moon of the Wolf (1972), Chase (1973), The Desperate Miles (1975), and Love Among Thieves (1987).

CHARLES, BOBBY Singer and songwriter Bobby Charles, who pioneered Louisiana swamp pop with the song “See You Later, Alligator,” died at his home near Abbeville, Louisiana, on January 14, 2010. He was 71. He was born Robert Charles Guidry in Abbeville on February 21, 1938. He was interested in music in his youth and led a local band, the Cardinals, in his early teens. He wrote and performed the song “Hey Alligator” at the age of 14, and was signed by Chess

Bobby Charles

Records in 1955. The song became a major hit when Bill Haley & His Comets recorded a cover as “See You Later, Alligator.” He also co-wrote the song “Walking to New Orleans,” which was a major hit for Fats Domino in 1960. Charles had less success with his own recordings and disappeared from the music scene in the mid–1960s. He returned to release a self-titled album in 1972 that included the songs “Before I Grow Too Old” and “Small Town Talk.” He also performed as a guest singer on The Band’s farewell concert tour, The Last Waltz, in 1976. He recorded sporadically over the years, releasing You Were Here Right Now (1995), Secrets of the Heart (1998), and Homemade Songs (2008).

CHASEN, RONNI Leading Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen was shot to death in Beverly Hills the early hours of November 16, 2010, while driving home from a ﬁlm premiere. She received ﬁve gunshot wounds before crashing her car into a light pole, and was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. She was 64. Chasen was born in New York City in 1946. She began her career as a pub-

65 licist in the early 1970s, working at American International Pictures. She was an executive vice president at the prestigious Rogers & Cowan Agency for over a decade. She became a leading Hollywood publicist and was responsible for numerous Academy Award publicity campaigns. She was particularly noted for orchestrating Oscar campaigns in music categories for such clients as Sony Pictures. She also worked publicity for composer

Ronni Chasen

2010 • Obituaries tures of Goopy and Bagha. He was also seen in the ﬁlms Dhanyee Meye (1971) and Sangini (The Companion) (1974). He reprised his role as Goopy in Ray’s Heerak Rajar Deshe (The Kingdom of Diamonds) in 1980, and again in Sandip Ray’s Goopy Bagha Phire Elo in 1991.

CHAYKIN, MAURY Canadian character actor Maury Chaykin died in Toronto, Canada, on July 27, 2010. He was 61. Chaykin was born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 27, 1949. He studied drama at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He subsequently moved to Toronto, Ontario, where he embarked on a career on stage, screen, and television. He appeared in numerous ﬁlms during his career in Canada and the United States from the mid–1970s. His ﬁlm credits include Me (1975), Double Negative (1980), Nothing Personal (1980), The Kidnapping of the President (1980), Death Hunt (1981), Soup for One (1982), Highpoint (1982), Curtains (1983), WarGames (1983) as computer programmer Jim Sting, Of Unknown Origin (1983), Harry & Son (1984), Mrs. Soffel (1984), Turk 182! (1985), Death-Con 4 (1985), Canada’s Sweetheart: The Saga Hal C. Banks (1985), Meatballs III: Summer Job (1986), The Vindicator (1986), Higher Education (1987), Future Block (1987), The Bedroom Window (1987), Wild Thing (1987), Nowhere to

Hans Zimmer, songwriter Diane Warren, and producers Richard and Lili Zanuck and Irwin Winkler. She was named senior vice president for worldwide publicity at MGM in 1993 and owned the public relations ﬁrm Chasen & Co. Her efforts contributed to over 150 Oscar nominations during her career, including such Best Picture winners as Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Shakespeare in Love (1998), Chicago (2002), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), No Country for Old Men (2007), Slumdog Millionaire (2008), and The Hurt Locker (2009). Her survivors include her brother, exploitation ﬁlm director Larry Cohen.

CHATTERJEE, TAPEN Indian actor Tapen Chatterjee, who appeared in several Bengali features by director Satyajit Ray, died of a heart attack at his home in Kolkata, India, on May 24, 2010. He was 72. Chatterjee worked as an engineer before being cast as singer Goopy Gyne in Satyajit Ray’s musical fantasy The Adven-

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Hide (1987), Hearts of Fire (1987), Caribe (1987), Stars and Bars (1988), Iron Eagle II (1988), Twins (1988), Cold Comfort (1989), George’s Island (1989), Millennium (1989), Breaking In (1989), Where the Heart Is (1990), Mr. Destiny (1990), Kevin Costner’s Dances with Wolves (1990) as Major Fambrough, The Pianist (1991), The Adjuster (1991), My Cousin Vinnie (1992) as prosecution witness Sam Tipton, Leaving Normal (1992), Buried on Sunday (1992), Hero (1992), Sommersby (1993), Money for Nothing (1993), Josh and S.A.M. (1993), Beethoven’s 2nd (1993), Transplant (1994), Exotica (1994), Whale Music (1994) as burned out rocker Desmond Howel, Camilla (1994), Unstrung Heroes (1995), Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), Cutthroat Island (1995), Harriet the Spy (1996), Love and Death on Long Island (1997), The Sweet Hereafter (1997), Gone Fishin’ (1997), Strip Search (1997), Pale Saints (1997), A Life Less Ordinary (1997), Mousehunt (1997), Death by Dawn (1998), Jerry and Tom (1998), The Mask of Zorro (1998), Let the Devil Black (1999), En-

Obituaries • 2010 trapment (1999), Touched (1999), Mystery, Alaska (1999), Jacob Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1999), What’s Cooking? (2000), The Art of War (2000), Bartleby (2001), Plan B (2001), On Their Knees (2001), Past Perfect (2002), The Wet Season (2002), Hostage (2002), Owning Mahowny (2003) as bookie Frank Perlin, Intern Academy (2004), Sugar (2004), Being Julia (2004), Wilby Wonderful (2004), Where the Truth Lies (2005), Heavens Fall (2006), It’s a Boy Girl Thing (2006), Hooked on Speedman (2008), Production Ofﬁce (2008), The Grift (2008), Blindness (2008), Adoration (2008), Bull (2008), Cooking with Stella (2009), Casino Jack (2010), and Conduct Unbecoming (2010). Chaykin was also a familiar face on television from the late 1970s, appearing in such productions as Riel (1979), Jimmy B. & Andre (1980), The July Group (1981), Just Jessie (1981), Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (1981), The Guardian (1984), Hockey Night (1984), The Suicide Murders (1985), In Like Flynn (1985), Act of Vengeance (1986), Race for the Bomb (1987) as General Leslie Groves, Hot Paint (1988), Labor of Love (1990), Conspiracy of Silence (1991), Split Images (1992), Sugartime (1995), Keeping the Promise (1997), Northern Lights (1997), Joan of Arc (1999), Varian’s War (2001), Bleacher Bums (2001), Crossed Over (2002), Tracy Ullman in the Trailer Tales (2003), Sex Trafﬁc (2004), The Hunt for the BTK Killer (2005), Superstorm (2007), Elijah (2007), Glitch (2008), Of Murder and Memory (2008), and Abroad (2010). His other television credits include episodes of King of Kensington, ABC Weekend Specials, Seeing Things in the recurring role of Randall Jackson, Philip Marlowe, Private Eye, Adderley, Night Heat, Diamonds, The Twilight Zone, Street Legal, Matrix, La Femme Nikita, Tracey Takes On…, Emily of New Moon, Lexx in the recurring role of Pa Gollean, Due South, PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal, The Industry, Andromeda, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Eleventh Hour, Boston Legal, At the Hotel, Trailer Park Boys, and Eureka. Chaykin starred as gourmand detective Nero Wolfe in the 2000 tele-ﬁlm The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery, with Timothy Hutton as his assistant Archie Goodwin. They reprised their role in the subsequent series A Nero Wolfe Mystery from 2001 to 2002. He also appeared as intergalactic gourmand Nerus in several episodes of the sci-ﬁ television series Stargate SG-1 from 2005 to 2006. He was featured as producer Harvey Weingard in the cable series Entourage from 2005 to 2007, and was Sam Blecher in Less Than Kind from 2008 to 2010.

CHEBOTARYOV, VLADIMIR Russian ﬁlm director Vladimir Chebotaryov, who was best known for co-directing the 1961 science-ﬁction/fantasy classic The Amphibian Man, died in Moscow on March 4, 2010. He was 88. Chebotaryov was born in Karachev, Russia, on August 16, 1921. He co-directed The Amphibian Man (aka Chelovek-Amﬁbiya) with Gennadi Kazansky in 1961. The tale of a doctor who performed surgery on his son to create a gilled mutant who could live on land and under the water was one of the most popular Russian ﬁlms of the decade. Chebotaryov also helmed over a dozen action ﬁlms during his career including How to Name You Now? (1965), Wild Honey (1966), Crash (1968), Tsena Bystrykh Sekund (1971), Vystrel v Spinu (1980), Ring

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of Amsterdam (1981), Trevozhnyy Vylet (1983), Batallions Ask for Fire (1985), Neizvestrye Stranitsky iz Zhizni Razvedchika (1990), and Why Would an Honest Man Need an Alibi? (1993).

CHEESEMAN, PETER British stage director Peter Cheeseman, who pioneered the concept of “theatre in the round,” died of complications from Parkinson’s disease in London on April 27, 2010. He was 78. Cheeseman was born in Portsmouth, England, on January 27, 1932. He became involved in theatre while in his teens, and made his directorial debut in the late 1950s.

Peter Cheeseman

He opened the Victoria Theatre, at Stoke-on-Trent, in 1962, which presented a novel approach to traditional stagings. He remained the Victoria’s sole artistic director for the next 36 years, staging over 140 productions. He staged 11 musical documentaries incorporating local folk musicians, including The Fight for Shelton Bar. Another popular production was The Knotty, about the North Staffordshire Railway. He relocated to Newcastle-under-Lyme with the New Vic Theatre in 1986, where he remained until his retirement in 1998.

CHENAULT, GENE Radio executive Gene Chenault, who teamed with Bill Drake to revolutionize radio programming in the 1960s with the “Boss Radio” format, died of non–Hodgkin’s lymphoma in a Tarzana, California, hospital on February 23, 2010. He was 90.

67 Chenault was born in Eldorado, Oklahoma, on June 12, 1919. He moved to California with his family as a child, and became involved with radio while in his teens. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was co-founder of the Fresno station KYNO in 1947. Chenault hired Bill Drake as programming director in 1962 and soon introduced a new style of disc jockey for

Gene Chenault

2010 • Obituaries mand. Chercover joined the newly formed private network CFTO-TV in 1960, which evolved into CTV Network the following year. He became president and managing director of CTV in 1968. He also served as producer for the television productions Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall (1969), Black Water Gold (1970), The Trouble with Tracy (1971), and Half the George Kirby Comedy Hour (1972). Chercover was named president and CEO of CTV in 1986. He retired in 1990 but continued as a special consultant for the network.

CHI, CHAO-LI Chinese-American actor, dancer and Tai Chi master Chao-Li Chi, who was featured regularly in the prime-time soap opera Falcon Crest from 1981 to 1990, died in Granada Hills, California, on October 16, 2010. He was 83. Chi was born in Shanxi Province, China, on April 5, 1927, and came to the United States with his family in 1939. He performed with the Maya Deren dance company from the late 1940s, and appeared in Deren’s 1948 ﬁlm Meditation on Violence. He remained with the company through the 1960s and became dance director for the Dayton, Ohio, Living Arts Program in 1967. He also performed with the national touring production of Rodgers and Ham-

the rock era. Concentrating of Top 40 hits, with a minimum of DJ patter, Drake created a template for stations around the country, and Chenault put it in syndication. The format took the country my storm, and “boss radio” was serving nearly 350 stations by the mid–1970s. Drake-Chenault Enterprises also produced the ’50s documentary The History of Rock ’n’ Roll for radio in 1979.

CHERCOVER, MURRAY Canadian television producer and executive Murray Chercover died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on July 3, 2010. He was 80. Chercover was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on August 18, 1929. He began working at a local radio station in Port Arthur at the age of 15 and was soon involved in the production of plays in Toronto and New York City. He returned to Canada in 1952 to work with CBC Television, where he was a producer on such series as General Motors Presents, Procter & Gamble’s On Camera, The Ford Motor Company’s Playbill, and Space Com-

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Chao-Li Chi

merstein’s Flower Drum Song. He appeared frequently in character roles in ﬁlm and television from the 1970s, with roles in episodes of S.W.A.T., ABC Afterschool Specials, Rosetti and Ryan, Quincy M.E., The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, Husbands, Wives & Lovers, Fantasy Island, How the West Was Won, Hello, Larry, Trapper John, M.D., CHiPs, Barney Miller, M*A*S*H, Faerie Tale Theatre’s 1983 production of The Nightingale, Civil Wars, NYPD Blue , High Incident, The Single Guy, Martial Law, Party of Five, Providence, Robbery Homicide Division, and Pushing Daisies. He was ChaoLi, loyal servant of Jane Wyman’s matriarchal character Angela Channing, on Falcon Crest from 1981 to 1990. He was also featured in the tele-ﬁlms The Dream Merchants (1980), The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire (1981), Seeds of Tragedy (1991), Extralarge: Lord of the Sun (1993), and The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood (2000). Chi appeared in a handful of ﬁlms during his career including The Big Brawl (1980), First Family (1980), Eyewitness (1981), John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little

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China (1986) as Uncle Chu, Eye of the Stranger (1993), Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993), The Joy Luck Club (1993), Eddie Murphy’s The Nutty Professor (1996), Warriors of Virtue (1997), Still Breathing (1997), What’s Cooking? (2000), Now Chinatown (2000), Extreme Days (2001), The Master of Disguise (2002), Blood Work (2002), Hold the Rice (2004), Wedding Crashers (2005), American Dreamz (2006), and The Prestige (2006).

CHILLY B Rapper Bob Crafton, who was a founding member of the early hip hop group Newcleus in the late 1970s, died of complications from a stroke on February 23, 2010. He was 47. Crafton was born in Alex Chilton

Chilly B

Brooklyn in 1962. He began performing in his teens with Jam-On Productions in 1977, which became Newcleus in 1979. The core group included Chilly B, his wife Monique Angevin, Ben “Cozmo D” Cenac, and his wife, Yvette “Lady E” Cook. The group released the albums Jam-On’s Revenge in 1983 and Space Is the Place in 1984. He was singer, keyboardist, bass player, and writer for Newcleus, and continued to tour and record with them throughout his life.

CHILTON, ALEX Singer, musician and songwriter Alex Chilton, who was lead singer for the bands the Box Tops and Big Star, died of a heart attack in a New Orleans hospital on March 17, 2010. He was 59. Chilton was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on December 28, 1950, the son of jazz musician Sidney Chilton. He began performing as a teenager and joined the local band The Devilles as lead singer in 1966. They soon became known as the Box Tops, and recorded such hit songs as “The Letter,” “Cry Like a Baby,” “Soul Deep,” and “Sweet Cream Ladies, Forward March.” The group disbanded by the end of the decade, and Chilton spent the next several years learning the guitar and reﬁning his music. He formed the pop group Big Star in 1971, and their single “In the Street” became a hit years later as the theme for the television sit-com That ’70s Show in 1998. Big Star recorded the albums #1 Record (1972) and Radio City (1974) for Ardent/Stax, and 1978’s Third/Sister Lovers for PVC. Chilton moved to New York City in the late 1970s, where he became involved with the early punk scene. He produced and performed with the Cramps on their album Song the Lord Taught Us, and recorded a lim-

ited edition album Like Flies on Sherbert in 1979. Chilton relocated to New Orleans in the early 1980s, touring with Panther Burns and recording the solo album Love in London in 1982. He was the subject of the song “Alex Chilton” by the rock band The Replacements in 1987, and played guitar on their song “Can’t Hardly Wait.” He continued recording solo with the albums High Priest (1987), Cliches (1994), and A Man Called Destruction (1995). He frequently performed and recorded cover versions of blues songs and jazz standards and reunited with versions of the Box Tops and Big Star in the 1990s. He recorded the album Tear Off with the Box Tops in 1997 and In Space with Big Star in 2005.

CHOI JIN-YOUNG South Korean actor and singer Choi Jin-young was found dead of an apparent suicide by hanging at his apartment in Seoul, South Korea, on March 29, 2010. He was 39. Choi was born in Seoul on February 27, 1971. He began his acting career in 1993, appearing in the popular drama Our Heaven.

Choi Jin-young

He began singing later in the decade under the name Sky and released his ﬁrst album, Final Fantasy, in 1999. He recorded two other albums and returned to the screen in the drama It’s Okay to Love in 2007. His sister, actress Choi Jin-sil, hung herself in October of 2008.

CHRISTIE, SHANNON Actress Shannon Christie, who appeared in a handful of ﬁlms and television

69 productions in the 1970s, died in California on October 12, 2010. She was 76. Christie was born on September 21, 1934. She was featured in small roles in the ﬁlms Those Mad, Mad, Movie Makers (1974), Roger Corman’s

Shannon Christie

Big Bad Mama (1974), Earthquake (1974), and Smile (1975). She was also seen in episodes of Alias Smith and Jones, Bonanza, Adam-12, Barney Miller, Baretta, and Executive Suite.

CHULA, BABZ American-Canadian actress Babz Chula died of cancer in Vancouver, Canada, on May 7, 2010. She was 63. She was born Barbara Ellen Zuckerman in Springﬁeld, Massachusetts, on March 12, 1947, and was raised in Jamaica, New York. She moved to British Columbia, Canada, with her ﬁrst husband in the early 1970s. She performed as a folksinger in Hawaii and California later in the decade. She turned to acting after returning to Canada, and appeared frequently in ﬁlms and television from the early 1980s. Chula was seen in the ﬁlms Runaway (1984), My American Cousin (1985) as Dolly Walker, Immediate Family (1989), American Boyfriends (1989), Beyond the Stars (1989), Cousins (1989), The Accused (1988), Crooked Hearts (1991), Run (1991), North of Pittsburgh (1992), Kanada (1993), The Rafﬂe (1994), Valentine’s Day (1994), A Pyromaniac’s Love Story (1995), Live Bait (1995), Power of Attorney (1995), Away (1996), Barbecue: A Love Story (1997), The Ex (1997),

Babz Chula

2010 • Obituaries Silent Cradle (1997), Dirty (1998), Noroc (1999), Double Jeopardy (1999), Late Night Sessions (1999), No More Monkeys Jumpin’ on the Bed (2000), Last Wedding (2001), Cheats (2002), Bitten (2002), Tilt (2003), Moving Malcolm (2003), Little Brother of War (2003), 21st Century Scott (2003), Cellmates (2003), Kaufman’s Care (2004), Connie and Carla (2004), Seven Times Lucky (2004), The French Guy (2005), After Tomorrow (2005), The Saddest Boy in the World (2006), The Secret (2007), Power Lunch (2007), The Green Chain (2007), The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008), Mothers & Daughters (2008), and Fathers & Sons (2010). Chula was also featured in the tele-ﬁlms Into Thin Air (1985), Mrs. Delaﬁeld Wants to Marry (1986), The Penthouse (1989), A Killer Among Friends (1992), When a Stranger Calls Back (1993), Without a Kiss Goodbye (1993), Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (1993), Dying to Remember (1993), Roommates (1994), My Name Is Kate (1994), For Hope (1996), Echo (1997), Dean Koontz’s Intensity (1997), Jitters (1997), Out of Nowhere (1997), Seduction in a Small Town (1997), Sweetwater: A True Rock Story (1999), Becoming Dick (2000), The Wednesday Woman (2000), Croon (2002), Baby for Sale (2004), When Angels Come to Town (2004), Cantata for the King (2005), Criminal Intent (2005), Home by Christmas (2006), and Living Out Loud (2009). Her other television credits include episodes of Wiseguy, The New Adventures of Beans Baxter, MacGyver, Mom P.I., Neon Rider, 21 Jump Street, The Commish in the recurring role of Helen Stags, M.A.N.T.I.S., Side Effects, the teen soap opera Madison in the recurring role of Eileen Lemieux, Cold Squad, the 1999 drama-comedy series These Arms of Mine as Esme Price, Bliss, John Doe, The L Word, The Days as Dr. Brugano, jPod, and Sanctuary. Chula was also a voice actor in such animated productions as Captain N: The Game Master (1989), G.I. Joe (1990), Heidi (1991), Alice in Wonderland (1991), Captain N & the Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990), Legend of the Hawaiian Slammers (1991), Madeline (1993), Double Dragon (1993), The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (1993), Christopher the Christmas Tree (1994), Action Man (1995), Littlest Pet Shop (1995), Little Witch (1999), and Yvon of the Yukon (2000).

CIRKER, IRA Television director Ira Cirker died in New York City on February 10, 2010. He was 86. He

Ira Cirker

Obituaries • 2010 began his career as an actor and was featured in the Broadway production of Moss Hart’s Winged Victory during World War II. He also was featured in the Broadway plays Christopher Blake (1946) and Sundown Beach (1948). He began directing for television in the 1950s, helming broadcasts of such live anthology series as Robert Montgomery Presents, Nash Airﬂyte Theatre, and Kaiser Aluminum Hour. He also directed the daytime soap operas Valiant Lady, Search for Tomorrow, and Somerset, and earned 6 Emmy nominations for his work on the soap Another World during his 17 years with the program.

CLARE, INA British actress Ina Clare, who was featured in a background role in the long-running British soap opera EastEnders for the past several years, died on October 30, 2010. She was 77. She began her career as a dancer, and had small roles in the ﬁlms The Slipper and

Ina Claire

the Rose (1976) and Evita (1996). She also appeared on television in episodes of Blakes 7, Tales of the Unexpected, French and Saunders, and In Sickness and in Health. She was seen in EastEnders as ﬂower stall vendor Ina Foot from 2008 until her death.

CLAYBURGH, JILL Actress Jill Clayburgh, who earned Academy Award nominations for her roles in the ﬁlms An Unmarried Woman (1978) and Starting Over (1979), died after a long battle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia at her home in Lakeville, Connecticut, on November 5, 2010. She was 66. Clayburgh was born in New York City on April 30, 1944. She studied theater at Sarah Lawrence College, graduating in 1966. She soon began performing on stage, and made her Broadway debut the short-lived 1968 production of The Sudden & Accidental Re-Education of Horse Johnson. She went on to star in the hit musicals The Rothschilds (1970) with Hal Linden, and Pippin (1972). Clayburgh made her ﬁlm debut in Brian DePalma’s ﬁrst feature, The Wedding Party, in 1969, and was also seen in the ﬁlms The Telephone Book (1971), Portnoy’s Complaint (1972), The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973), and The Terminal Man (1974). She starred as screen legend Carole Lombard in the 1976 bio-ﬁlm Gable and Lombard opposite James Brolin, and co-starred with Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor in the comedy Silver Streak (1976). She starred opposite Burt Reynolds and Kris Kristofferson in the 1977

70 football comedy Semi-Tough. She was nominated for an Oscar for her leading role in Paul Mazursky’s An Unmarried Woman (1978), and another opposite Burt Reynolds in Starting Over (1979). Clayburgh also starred in such ﬁlms as Bernardo Bertolucci’s Luna (1979), It’s My Turn (1980) with Michael Douglas, First Monday in October (1981) opposite Walter Matthau, I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982), Hanna K. (1983), Where Are the Children? (1986), Shy People (1987), Beyond the Ocean (1990), Pretty Hattie’s Baby (1991), Whispers in the Dark (1992), Rich in Love (1992), Le Grand Pardon II (1992), Naked in New York (1993), Going All the Way (1997), Fools Rush In (1997) as Matthew Perry’s Mother, Never Again (2001), Falling (2001), and Running with Scissors (2006). Clayburgh appeared frequently on television from the late 1960s, with small roles in the series N.Y.P.D. and the soap opera Search for Tomorrow. She was featured in the 1972 pilot for The Snoop Sisters with Helen Hayes and Mildred Natwick, and appeared in episodes of Medical Center, Maude, and The Rockford Files. She also starred in television productions of Going Places (1973), Tiger on a Chain (1974), Hustling (1974) which earned her an Emmy nomination, The Art of Crime (1975), Grifﬁn and Phoenix: A Love Story (1976) opposite Peter Falk, Miles to Go… (1986), Who Gets the Friends? (1988), Fear Stalk (1989), Unspeakable Acts (1990), Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story (1991), Trial: The Price of Passion (1992), the 1992 documentary Lincoln as the voice of Emilie Todd Helm, Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland (1993), Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders (1994) as Kitty Menendez, For the Love of Nancy (1994), The Face on the Milk Carton (1995), When Innocence Is Lost (1997), Sins of the Mind (1997), Crowned and Dangerous (1997), My Little Assassin (1999), The Only Living Boy in New York (2000), and Phenomenon II (2003). She appeared in an episode of Law & Order and had voice cameo in Frasier. Clayburgh was featured as Eileen McCallister in the short-lived drama series Trinity in 1998, and co-starred as Mickey Gorelick with Jeffrey Tambor in the shorter-lived sit-com Everything’s Relative in 1999. She was featured in the recurring role of Jeannie McBeal, Calista Flockhart’s mom, in the series Ally McBeal from 1999 to 2001. She starred as Cricket Wardwell in another short-lived comedy series, Leap of Faith, in 2002, and was featured as Victo-

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71 ria Stewart in several episodes of The Practice in 2004. Clayburgh guest-starred as Bobbi Broderick in Nip/Tuck in 2004, earning another Emmy nomination, and starred as Letitia “Tish” Darling in the ABC series Dirty Sexy Money from 2007 to 2009. She continued to perform on stage throughout her career, appearing on Broadway in a 1984 revival of Noel Coward’s Design for Living, and a 2006 revival of Barefoot in the Park. Her ﬁnal ﬁlm roles featured her as Jake Gyllenhaal’s mother in the 2010 romantic dramady Love and Other Drugs with Anne Hathaway, and in Judd Apatow’s forthcoming comedy Bridesmaid. Clayburgh was romantically involved with Al Pacino in the early 1970s. She married playwright David Rabe in 1979, and they had two children, son Michael and daughter Lily, an actress.

CLAYTOR, JAMES, SR. Film and television art director James Claytor died in Gresham, Oregon, on August 29, 2010. He was 76. Claytor worked as an art director on the television productions Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977), The Plant Family (1978), and Perfect Gentlemen (1978), and the 1982 ﬁlm Pandemonium. He was also art director on the series Working Stiffs, Mork and Mindy, Family Ties, and American Dreamer. He was a set designer on the second season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in 1994, and for the ﬁlms Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993), The Nutty Professor (1996), Metro (1997), Contact (1997), and Species II (1998). CLECH, YVONNE French actress Yvonne Clech died in Paris on February 25, 2010. She was 89. Clech was born in Guingamp, France, on June 3, 1920. She began her career on stage, and was featured in numerous ﬁlms from the early 1950s including The Strange Madame X (1951), Men Think Only of That (1954), This Pretty World (1957), Why Women Sin (1958), Gangster Boss (1959), Zazie Dans le Metro (1960), Saint Tropez Blues (1961), Kes Livreurs (1961), The Busybody (1961), Arsene Lupin vs. Arsene Lupin (1962), Moonlight in Maubeuge (1962), The Murderer Knows the Score (1963), People in Luck (1963), The Reluctant Spy (1963), The Fire Within (1963), The Blockhead Fair (1963), Les Gros Bras (1964), Rob the Bank (1964), Coplan Prend des Risques (1964), Relaxe-toi Cherie (1964), Life Upside Down (1964), When the Peasants Pass (1965), Killer Spy (1965), L’Or et le Plomb (1966), The Big Softie (1967), The Gazebo (1971), Le Rempart des Be-

Yvonne Clech

2010 • Obituaries guines (1972), Q (1974), Soldat Duroc, ca va Etre ta Fete! (1975), Le Maestro (1977), Au Bout du Bout du Banc (1979), Mireille and the Others (1979), Comme une Femme (1980), Y a-t-il un Pirate sur l’Antenne? (1983), Le Hasard Mene le Jeu (1985), A Deux Minutes Pres (1989), and Suivez cet Avion (1989). She was also seen frequently on television, with roles in such productions as Les Femmes de Bonne Humeur (1961), Les Aventures de Monsieur Pickwick (1964), A Saint-Lazare (1967), Le Bouton de Rose (1971), La Bonne Nouvelle (1972), Joyeux Chagrins (1972), Les Ecrivains (1973), Aurore et Victorien (1975), Le Peril Bleu (1975), Chantecler (1977), Les Incorrigibles (1980), George Dandin (1982), Jules et Georgia (1982), Le Reve d’Icare (1982), Le Herisson (1989), Madame Dubois — Hotel Bellevue (1997), and Nora (1999). Her other television credits include episodes of Allo Police, Minouche, Bonsoir Chef, La Pendule, Les Enquetes du Commissaire Maigret, and Une Femme d’Honneur.

CLIFFORD, JOHN Screenwriter John Clifford, who was best known for scripting the 1962 cult classic horror ﬁlm Carnival of Souls, died of a heart attack on March 2, 2010. He was 91. Clifford was born in Springﬁeld, Illinois, on October 19, 1918, and was raised by relatives in Chicago after the death of his parents. He began his career writing jokes for radio comedian Ken

John Clifford

Murray. He served in the military during World War II, and studied screenwriting after his discharge. He began writing industrial and educational ﬁlms at Centron Films in Lawrence, Kansas. He worked on numerous productions there from the 1950s through the 1980s. He teamed with director Herk Harvey to write Carnival of Souls in the early 1960s. Filmed on a low budget ($30,000), the feature became a creepy cult classic, and spawned a remake in 1998. Clifford also penned the western novel The Shooting of Storey James, and teamed with composer Angelo Badalamenti, he wrote lyrics for such songs as “Another Spring” and “I Hold No Grudge,” that were recorded by singer Nina Simone.

CLINTON, MILDRED Character actress Mildred Clinton died in New York on December 18, 2010. She made her ﬁlm debut in the late 1950s in The Trapp Family in America (1958), A New Leaf (1971), Serpico

Obituaries • 2010 (1973), the cult horror classic Alice Sweet Alice (1976) as Mrs. Tredoni, For Those I Loved (1983), Seize the Day (1986), Spike Lee’s Crooklyn (1994), Summer of Sam

Mildred Clinton

(1999), and Bamboozled (2000). She was also seen on television episodes of Armstrong Circle Theatre, Car 54, Where Are You?, The Edge of Night, and Kate & Allie.

CLOKEY, ART Art Clokey, a pioneer in clay animation who created the iconic green character Gumby, died of complications from a bladder infection at his home in Los Osos, California, on January 8, 2010. He was 88. He was born Arthur Farrington in Detroit, Michigan, on October 12, 1921. His father was killed in an automobile accident in the late 1920s, and his mother and her new husband abandoned him to a halfway house after moving to California. He was adopted by composer and music teacher Joseph W. Clokey in 1932, who trained him in art and photography. He served in the military during World War II, performing photo reconnaissance missions over France and North Africa. After his discharge he met Ruth Parkander while studying to be an Episcopal minister. The two married and began working together in ﬁlms. Clokey studied under Slavko Vorkapich. He created the 1953 clay-animation ﬁlm Gumbasia, with objects of different sizes, shapes, and colors reshaping themselves to a jazz score. Sam Engel, 20th Century–Fox president, was instrumental in the

Art Clokey (right, with Gumby)

72 Clokeys producing The Gumby Show after as debuting on The Howdy Doody Show. The green clay ﬁgure was based on the shape of a gingerbread man, and his legs were spaced apart to balance the ﬁgure during stop-motion animation photography. Gumby was usually accompanied by his brown pony, Pokey. He was voiced by several female performers, including Ginny Tyler and Nancy Wible, in his original run in the late 1950s. Dallas McKinnon became the voice of Gumby when the series returned in the early 1960s. The Clokeys also created the claymation series Davey and Goliath, produced by the Lutheran Church in America, in the early 1960s. He also created animation for the opening titles for the AIP ﬁlms Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965) and How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965). Art and Ruth divorced in 1966, and he married Gloria Clokey in 1976. Gumby and Pokey became popular bendable toys in the 1960s, and reentered popular culture in the 1980s, when Eddie Murphy parodied the green-hued ﬁgure on Saturday Night Live with the catchphrase “I’m Gumby Dammit.”

COBB, BUFF Buff Cobb, who teamed with then-husband Mike Wallace to host the early television talk show Buff and Mike, died in a Lebanon, New Hampshire, nursing home on July 12, 2010. She was 82. She was born Patrizia Cobb Chapman in Florence, Italy,

Buff Cobb

on October 19, 1927. Her father was an opera singer and her mother was a dramatist. She was raised in New York City and Santa Monica, California, and began performing on stage after graduating high school in the mid–1940s. She was featured in a touring production of Noel Coward’s Private Lives starring Tallulah Bankhead from 1946 to 1948. She also appeared in small roles in several ﬁlms including Anna and the King of Siam (1946) as one of Rex Harrison’s wives. She married future 60 Minutes correspondent Mike Wallace in 1949, and they hosted a radio program in Chicago together. They became hosts of one of televisions ﬁrst talk shows, Mike and Buff, on CBS in the early 1950s. They also hosted All Around the Town for CBS in New York from 1951 to 1952. Cobb was a panelist on the ABC game show Masquerade Party, which aired from 1953 to 1955. She and Wallace divorced in 1957. Cobb produced several Broad-

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way productions in the 1970s including a revival of George Bernard Shaw’s Too Good to Be True.

COCHRAN, HANK Singer and songwriter Hank Cochran, who co-wrote Patsy Cline’s hit country song “I Fall to Pieces,” died of cancer at his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee, on July 15, 2010. He was 74. He was born Garland Perry Cochran in Isola, Mississippi, on August 2, 1935. He began singing and playing guitar from an early age and, after a troubled childhood, he moved to California at 15. He teamed with fellow performer Eddie Cochran (no relation) as the Cochran Brothers. They made several rockabilly recordings in the Guido Coen

Hank Cochran

mid–1950s and performed on such local programs as California Hayride and Town Hall Party. After disbanding Eddie became a leading rock ’n’ roll performer before a car crash in 1960 ended his career and life. Hank moved to Nashville in 1960, where he began writing songs for Pamper Music. He teamed with Harlan Howard to pen the 1961 Patsy Cline hit “I Fall to Pieces.” He also wrote the Cline hits “She’s Got You” and “Why Can’t He Be You.” His song “Make the World Go Away” was a hit for Ray Price and Eddy Arnold. Cochran also wrote several popular songs for Burl Ives, including “A Little Bitty Tear,” “It’s Just My Funny Way of Laughin’,” and “The Same Old Hurt.” He also wrote the hits “The Chair” and “Ocean Front Property” for George Strait, “It’s Not Love (But It’s Not Bad)” and “Don’t You Ever Get Tired (of Hurting Me)” for Merle Haggard, and Mickey Gilley’s “That’s All That Matters.” Cochran was featured in Willie Nelson’s 1980 ﬁlm Honeysuckle Rose, and in 2000’s Radical Jack with Billy Ray Cyrus. He also recorded several albums during his career including 2002’s Livin’ for a Song: A Songwriter’s Autobiography.

COEN, GUIDO Italian-British ﬁlm executive Guido Coen, who headed Twickenham Film Studios from the late 1950s, died in England on October 19, 2010. He was 95. Coen was born in Milan, Italy, in 1915, and came to England with his family in 1929. He began working in ﬁlms as an assistant to producer Filippo Del Giudice in the late 1930s. His career was interrupted during World War II, when he was interned on the Isle of Man because he was an Italian. He resumed his career after the war, serving as secretary for Del Giudice’s Two

Cities Films production company from 1947 to 1949. He subsequently began working as an independent producer on such ﬁlms as She Shall Have Murder (1950), Meet Mr. Callaghan (1954), The Golden Link (1954), One Jump Ahead (1955), The Hornet’s Nest (1955), Behind the Headlines (1956), The Man Without a Body (1957), There’s Always a Thursday (1957), Date with Disaster (1957), The End of the Line (1957), Kill Her Gently (1957), The Woman Eater (1958), Murder Reported (1958), Strictly Conﬁdential (1959), and The Pleasure Lovers (1959) which he also wrote. Coen joined Twickenham Film Studios in 1959, serving as studio and production controller and executive director. He continued to produce, and occasionally write, such ﬁlms as Operation Cupid (1960), Jungle Street Girls (1961), Dangerous Afternoon (1961), Strongroom (1962), Panic (1963), The Penthouse (1967), Baby Love (1968), One Brief Summer (1970), Burke & Hare (1972), Au Pair Girls (1972), and Intimate Games (1976). Coen remained at Twickenham until his retirement in January of 1999.

COHAN, MARTIN Television writer and producer Martin Cohan, who was co-creator of the sit-coms Who’s the Boss? and Silver Spoons, died of complications from large cell lymphoma in Paciﬁc Palisades, California, on May 19, 2010. He was 77. Cohan was born on July 4, 1932. He graduated from Stanford University, and began his career working as an assistant director and stage man-

Martin Cohan

Obituaries • 2010 ager at ABC-TV. He was second assistant director under Mike Nicholls on the 1970 ﬁlm Catch-22, and an assistant director for episodes of such series as The Big Valley, Gunsmoke, and Mary Tyler Moore. He also worked on the documentaries The Children of Paris, Let My People Go, and Hollywood and the Stars. He worked primarily in sitcoms from the early 1970s, writing and directing episodes of Mary Tyler Moore, and serving as a producer, director and writer for The Bob Newhart Show. He also directed episodes of Rhoda and Doc, and produced and scripted the 1978 series Flying High. He wrote and produced numerous episodes of Diff ’rent Strokes, and scripted episodes of The Odd Couple, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, The Partridge Family, All in the Family, The Bob Crane Show, The Love Boat, Hello, Larry, and the tele-ﬁlm The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins (1984) starring Gary Coleman. He created the sit-com Silver Spoons and scripted numerous episodes of the Rick Schoeder starrer from 1982 to 1987. Cohan teamed with partner Blake Hunter to create the comedy series Who’s the Boss? starring Tony Danza and Judith Light, which they produced and wrote from 1984 to 1992.

74 COLE, JAMES Actor James Cole died of lung disease in Raleigh, North Carolina, on January 25, 2010. He was 84. Cole was born in Porum, Oklahoma, on August 7, 1925. He was a dentist in Norman, Oklahoma, before retiring in the late 1980s to embark on a career as an actor and model. He was featured in the ﬁlms

James Cole

COLE, CLAY Disc jockey Clay Cole, who was a ﬁxture on New York City radio and television from the late 1950s, died on December 18, 2010. He was 72. He was born Albert Rucker, Jr., in Youngstown, Ohio, on January 1, 1938, and began hosting his own local teen television music show in 1953. He moved to New York City later in the decade, and where he changed his name

R.O.T.O.R. (1988) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), and appeared on television in episodes of the soap opera One Life to Live and the crime drama Law & Order. He also performed frequently with the OffBroadway interactive mystery troupe, Murder Mystery Inc., and was featured in numerous print advertising campaigns.

COLEMAN, GARY Former child star Gary Coleman, who starred as the endearingly diminutive Arnold Jackson on the hit sitcom Diff ’rent Strokes from 1978 to 1986, died of a Provo, Utah, hospital on May 28, 2010. He was 42. He had been hospitalized for a head injury from a fall, and was removed from life support after suffering a brain hemorrhage. Coleman suffered from congenital kidney disease as a child, and health problems plagued him throughout his life. He had undergone kidney transplants at the age of ﬁve and again at 16, and had been hospitalized twice with seizures over the past year. Coleman was born in Zion, Illinois, on February 8, 1968, and was adopted as an infant. He apClay Cole

to Clay Cole in 1959. He hosted the television dance program The Clay Cole Show on WNTA and WPIX from 1959 through 1968. He also appeared in a cameo role in the 1961 ﬁlm Twist Around the Clock. He remained in television, hosting the 1974 music special Clay Cole’s 20 Years of Rock and Roll. He was also co-creator of the CBS primetime entertainment series People in 1979, and produced such specials as The Discovery of Marilyn Monroe, Play Bridge with Omar Sharif, and the daily segments This Day in Hollywood. His ﬁnal credit was producing and directing the television broadcast of the Sanremo Music Festival in Italy in 2002. He was also the author the memoir-music history Sh-Boom!: The Explosion of Rock ’n’ Roll (1953 –1968), published in 2009.

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75 peared in local commercials as a child, and his on screen chemistry brought him to Hollywood. He was originally cast by television producer Norman Lear for a proposed new version of the Our Gang comedies, but the project was never completed. Instead, he became the young star of the sitcom Diff ’rent Strokes in 1978. He played Arnold Jackson, who along with his older brother Willis (Todd Bridges), were orphaned black children adopted by the wealthy white businessman Phillip Drummond (Conrad Bain). Dana Plato was featured as Drummond’s daughter, who became older sister to the two boys. The series ran from 1978 until 1986, and Coleman became a cultural icon. Off screen the three young stars of the show all led turbulent private lives. Bridges was arrested several times, including an acquittal on charges of attempted murder in 1990. Plato also encountered legal difﬁculties resulting from drug use, and died of an overdose in 1999. Coleman sued his parents and business manager in 1989 for misuse of his trust fund, and was forced to ﬁle for bankruptcy protection 10 years later. He was arrested on charges of assault and disorderly conduct in the 1990s, and again on domestic violence charges in 2009. He was unable to parlay his success in Diff ’rent Strokes to other projects, though he did appear frequently on television, guesting in such series as Medical Center, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, The Facts of Life, The Alan Thicke Show, The John Davidson Show, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Silver Spoons, Amazing Stories, The Hollywood Squares, Simon & Simon, 227, Married … With Children, The Jackie Thomas Show, Saturday Night Live, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Homeboys in Outer Space, The Parent ’Hood, The Keenan Ivory Wayans Show, The Naked Truth, MADtv, The Wayans Bros., the animated series Waynehead as the voice of Kevin, Shasta McNasty, The Simpsons, Electric Playground, The Jamie Foxx Show, The Drew Carey Show, My Wife and Kids, The Hughleys, Baby Bob, The Rerun Show, Son of the Beach, The Parkers, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and The Surreal Life. Coleman was also featured in several tele-ﬁlms including The Kid from Left Field (1979), Lucy Moves to NBC (1980), Scout’s Honor (1980), Anson and Lorrie (1981), The Kid with the Broken Halo (1982) and its animated spin-off The Gary Coleman Show (1982) as Andy LeBeau, The Kid with the 200 I.Q. (1983), The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins (1984), Playing with Fire (1985), Like Father, Like Santa (1988), and A Christmas Carol (2003) as the Ghost of Christmas Past. He appeared in a handful of feature ﬁlms during his career including On the Right Track (1981), Jimmy the Kid (1982), S.F.W. (1994), Party (1994) which he also produced, Fox Hunt (1996), Dirty Work (1998), Shafted! (1999), The Flunky (2000), Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002), Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003), Chasing the Edge (2004), Save Virgil. (2004), Church Ball (2006), An American Carol (2008), The Great Buck Howard (2008), and Midgets vs. Mascots (2009). He was one of more than 100 candidates for governor of California in a special election in October of 2003 following the recall of Gray Davis. He placed 8th in the large ﬁeld that was won by fellow actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Coleman married Shannon Price in 2007, and their tumultuous relation-

2010 • Obituaries ship resulted in appearances on the television reality series Divorce Court in 2008.

COLEMAN, KING Rhythm and blues singer King Coleman, who was best known for the 1959 hit “(Do the) Mashed Potatoes,” died in Miami, Florida, on September 11, 2010. He was 78. He was born Carlton Coleman in Tampa, Florida, on January 20, 1932. He

King Coleman

was a popular disc jockey in Tampa and Miami in the 1950s. He sang vocals on the hit single “(Do the) Mashed Potatoes” with James Brown’s band in 1959. He also recorded the novelty singles “Mashed Potato Man” and “The Boo Boo Song.” He was also featured in several ﬁlms including Claudine (1974) and Up the Academy (1980), and guest-starred in an episode of television’s Welcome Back, Kotter.

COLITTI, RIK Stage, screen and television actor Rik Colitti died in a Southampton, New York, hospital on January 30, 2010. He was 75. Colitti was born in New York City on February 1, 1934. He began his career on stage in the late 1950s, and performed frequently in local productions and touring companies. He toured with the ﬁrst national company of The Odd Couple in 1965, and made his Broadway debut in Terrence McNally’s The Ritz in 1975. He also performed in the New York Shakespeare Festival productions of The Threepenny Opera (1976) and Macbeth (1982), and the Off-Broadway

Rik Colitti

Obituaries • 2010 production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Colitti made his ﬁlm debut in Murder, Inc. (1960), and was also seen in the ﬁlms Terror in the City (1964), My Brother Anastasia (1973), Road Movie (1974), Love and Bullets (1979), Voices (1979), Fort Apache the Bronx (1981), Billions for Boris (1984), The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984), Fast Forward (1985), Crocodile Dundee (1986), Barﬂy (1987), She’s Back (1989), A Shock to the System (1990), Car 54, Where Are You? (1994), Dead Presidents (1995), and Two Bits (1995). Colitti also appeared on television in several episodes of the sit-com version of Car 54, Where Are You? in the early 1960s. His other television credits include the tele-ﬁlm Almost Partners (1987), and episodes of Taxi, The George Carlin Show, The Cosby Mysteries, and Law & Order.

COLLETTE, BUDDY Jazz saxophonist and band leader Buddy Collette died of a respiratory ailment in a Los Angeles hospital on September 19, 2010. He was 89. He was born William Marcel Collette in Los Angeles on August 6, 1921. He began performing on the alto sax as a child and formed his ﬁrst band, which included Charlie Mingus, at the age of 12. Collette served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and played with dance bands in the Los Angeles area. He also worked as a stu-

Buddy Collette

dio musician, and played with the band on Groucho Marx’s television show, You Bet Your Life. He teamed with Benny Carter to ﬁght segregation in the American Federation of Musicians in the early 1950s, and succeeded in merging the black and white union locals. He was ﬂutist for drummer Chico Hamilton’s quintet in 1955, and performed with such artists as Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Thelonious Monk, Stan Kenton, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, and Louie Bellson during his career. He was forced to retire from performing in 1998 after suffering a stroke.

COLLETTI, BOB Stuntman and actor Bob Colletti died in Long Beach, New York, on March 9, 2010. He was 39. Colletti was born on November 11, 1970. He began working in television in the late 1980s, performing stunts for such series as America’s Most Wanted, Law & Order, Spin City, Saturday Night Live, Homicide: Life on the Street, Oz, Third Watch, The Beat, Young Ameri-

76 cans, Sex and the City, 100 Centre Street, The Wire, Hack, The Sopranos, Queens Supreme, The Jury, Prison Break, All My Children, One Life to Live, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Kidnapped, 30 Rock, Rescue Me, New Amsterdam, Life on Mars, Kings, Bored to Death, and Boardwalk Empire. He also worked on the tele-ﬁlm Empire

Bob Colletti

Falls in 2005. Colletti performed stunts and appeared in small roles in numerous ﬁlms during his career including The Basketball Diaries (1995), Sleepers (1996), The Associate (1996), Conspiracy Theory (1997), The Object of My Affection (1998), The Last Days of Disco (1998), Girl, Interrupted (1999), Animal Factory (2000), Frequency (2000), Prince of Central Park (2000), Little Nicky (2000), Prison Song (2001), Pootie Tang (2001), Tuck Everlasting (2002), Gangs of New York (2002), Daredevil (2003), Anger Management (2003), The School of Rock (2003), Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004), New York Minute (2004), The Stepford Wives (2004), Spider-Man 2 (2004), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), Ladder 49 (2004), Alﬁe (2004), xXx: State of the Union (2005), War of the Worlds (2005), Brooklyn Lobster (2005), Stay (2005), Rent (2005), The Producers (2005), The Pink Panther (2006), Freedomland (2006), 16 Blocks (2006), The Sentinel (2006), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006), All the King’s Men (2006), The Departed (2006), School for Scoundrels (2006), Kings (2007), We Own the Night (2007), I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Underdog (2007), The Invasion (2007), The Nanny Diaries (2007), Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007), The Brave One (2007), Across the Universe (2007), August Rush (2007), American Gangster (2007), Enchanted (2007), I Am Legend (2007), Be Kind Rewind (2008), Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008), Leatherheads (2008), Two Lovers (2008), You Don’t Mess with the Zohan (2008), The Dark Knight (2008), Body of Lies (2008), Cadillac Records (2008), Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009), Little New York (2009), Old Dogs (2009), Edge of Darkness (2010), Remember Me (2010), The Bounty Hunter (2010), The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010), and The Other Guys (2010).

COLLINS, CATFISH Funk guitarist Phelps “Catﬁsh” Collins died of cancer in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 6, 2010. He was 66. Collins was born in Cincin-

77 nati in 1944. He teamed with his younger brother, Bootsy, and Kash Waddy and Philippe Wynne to form the group The Pacemakers in 1968. They accompanied James Brown as The J.B.’s, and were heard on his recordings of “Super Bad,” “Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine,” “Soul Power,” and “Give It Up or Turnit a

2010 • Obituaries aspiring model Aveline Boswell in the Liverpool-based sit-com Bread from 1986 to 1989. She was also seen as Carol Jones in the series Children’s Ward from 1990 to 1991, and was Denise in Brookside in 1992. She starred as Liz Freeman in Springhill from 1996 to 1997. Coman was featured in several ﬁlms during her career including A Private Function (1984), The Higher Mortals (1993), and Priest (1994). She retired from acting to raise her family in 2000.

CONDON, CHRIS Cinematographer and 3D optical pioneer Chris Condon died of complications from a stroke in Encino, California, on December 19, 2010. He was 87. He was born Christo Dimitri Koudounis in North Chicago, Illinois, in 1923. He served in the Army Air Force in the Paciﬁc during World War II. He worked for Douglas Aircraft after leaving the military, before joining Century Precision Optics as a photo-optical designer. He helped develop the Tele-Athenar tele-

Catﬁsh Collins

Loose.” They left Brown in the early 1970s, and the Collins brothers joined Parliament-Funkadelic for the album America Eats Its Young. Catﬁsh also performed with his brother in Bootsy’s Rubber Band in the mid–1970s. He largely retired from the music scene in the mid–1980s.

COMAN, GILLY British actress Gilly Coman, who starred as Aveline Boswell in the sit-com Bread in the late 1980s, died of a heart attack in Wirral, Merseyside, England, on July 13, 2010. She was 54. Coman was born in Liverpool, England, on September 13, 1955. She trained in drama and dance as a child, and began appearing on British television in the late 1970s. She was featured in episodes of Scene, Coronation Street, Chintz, Boys from the Blackstuff, The Gathering Seed, Scully as Marie Morgan, Weekend Playhouse, Give Us a Break, Emmerdale Farm, Summer Season, Open All Hours, The Practice, Stay Lucky, Take Off with T-Bag, Inspector Morse, Against All Odds, The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous, Casualty, A Touch of Frost, and Nature Boy. She starred as

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photo lens that cinematographers for Walt Disney’s True Life Adventures series frequently used in the 1950s. He also developed a 3D camera lens that allowed the use of a single camera to ﬁlm the effects. Condon formed Magnavision (later renamed StereoVision Entertainment) in 1969, and produced and photographed the 1971 3D exploitation ﬁlm The Stewardesses (1971). The company supplied 3D camera lens for over 50 features around the world. Condon served as cinematographer on the ﬁlms The Capitol Hill Girls (1977), Surfer Girls (1978), Parasite (1983), Jaws 3-D (1983), and Evil Spawn (1987).

CONRAD, SID Character actor Sid Conrad died at his home in Williamsburg, Virginia, on April 16, 2010. He was 86. Conrad was born on August 10, 1923, and raised in Otsego, Michigan. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and earned a bachelors degree in history and a masters in journalism from Columbia University after his discharge. He embarked on a career as an actor, performing on stages throughout the country. He also began appearing in ﬁlms and television in the 1960s. He was featured in episodes of such series as Judd for the Defense, The Doris Day Show, Police Woman, All in the Family, Charlie’s Angels, The Waltons, Supertrain, Little House on the Prairie, Father Murphy, Voyagers!, Archie Bunker’s Place, Simon & Simon, Lottery!,

Obituaries • 2010 Airwolf, Who’s the Boss?, Dallas, Moonlighting, The Paper Chase, Knots Landing, Brothers, The Young and the Restless in the recurring role of Judge Patrick Sullivan, CBS Schoolbreak Special, Cheers, My Two Dads, My Sister Sam, General Hospital, Homefront, The Marshal, Sisters, Chicago Hope, The Michael Richards Show, ER, The West Wing, and JAG. Conrad was also seen in the tele-ﬁlms

78 seidon Explosion (1973), Toate Pinzele Sus (1976), The Billion Dollar Fire (1976), Gloria nu Cinta (1976), Impuscaturi sub Clar de Luna (1977), Revansa (1978), Actiunea Autobuzul (1978), Duelul (1981), Uncle Marin, the Billionaire (1981), The Mysteries of Bucharest (1983), The Secret of Bacchus (1984), Secretul lui Nemesis (1985), Cucoana Chirita (1986), Miss Litoral (1990), Cry of Redemption (1996), Sexy Harem Ada-Kaleh (2001), How I Celebrated the End of the World (2006), Pacala se Intoarce (2006), Roming (2007), Supravietuitorul (2008), and Poker (2010).

CORNEAU, ALAIN French ﬁlm director Alain Corneau died of cancer in Paris on August 30, 2010. He was 67. Corneau was born in Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret, France, on August 7, 1943. He began working in ﬁlms in the late 1960s as an assistant director for Target: Harry (1969), Time to Live (1969), The Confession (1970), Elise, or Real Life (1970), A Savage Summer (1970), Atlantic Wall (1970), and It Only Happens to Others (1971). He

Sid Conrad

The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977), The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (1979), Nightside (1980), Best Kept Secrets (1984), Casebusters (1986), Police Story: Gladiator School (1988), and The Burkittsville 7 (2000). He appeared in a handful of ﬁlms during his career including King Kong (1976), A Different Story (1978), The Annihilators (1985), Wisdom (1986), Caddyshack II (1988), The Glimmer Man (1996), and Welcome to Paradox (2009).

CONSTANTIN, JEAN Romanian actor Jean Constantin died in Constanta, Romania, on May 26, 2010. He was 81. Constantin was born in Techirghiol, Romania, on August 21, 1928. He made his ﬁlm debut in the early 1960s, and appeared frequently on stage, ﬁlm, and television over the next 50 years. His ﬁlm credits, which often cast him in comic roles, include The Baron of the Locks (1960), Candide (1960), Haiducii (1966), The Boss of Champignol (1966), Zile de Vara (1968), The Axe (1969), Haiducii lus Saptecai (1970), B.D. in Alerta (1970), Stejar, Extrema Urgenta (1973), The Po-

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Alain Corneau

began writing and directing ﬁlms in the early 1970s, and was best known for his crime dramas. His directorial credits include France Inc. (1974), Police Python 357 (1976) starring Yves Montand, La Menace (1977), Serie Noire (1979), Choice of Arms (1981), Fort Saganne (1984), Extreme Justice (1986), Nocturne Indien (1989), Tous les Matins du Monde (1991), New World (1995), Les Enfants de Lumiere (1995), Le Cousin (1997), The Prince of the Paciﬁc (2000), Fear and Trembling (2003), Le Deuxieme Soufﬂe (2007), and Love Crime (2010) starring Kristin Scott Thomas.

CORS, MIQUEL Spanish actor Miquel Cors died of a heart attack in Valldoreix, Catalonia, Spain, on May 27, 2010. He was 62. Cors was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1948. He appeared on stage, screen, and television from the mid–1970s. He was featured in various roles in episodes of Festa amb Rosa Maria Sarda on television in 1979, and was Amadeu Hurtado in Telegaseta de Catalunya in 1984. He starred as Antonio Aiguader in the Catalan soap opera Poble Nou in 1994, and was Eloi Blanc in the series Laberint d’Ombres in 1999. Cors also appeared in several ﬁlms during his career including My Soul Brother (1994), Con dos Cojones (2001), and The One-Handed Truck (2008).

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CORSICA JOE Wrestler Francois Miquet, who better known in the ring as Corsica Joe, died in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 14, 2010. He was 90. Miquet was born in Bonbillett, France, on January 17, 1920, the younger brother of wrestler Felix Miquet. He was a leading amateur wrestler before turning pro in 1948. He

Richards on Guiding Light from 1980 to 1983, and was Mary Georgia on All My Children in 1987. She was also featured in the 1990 ﬁlm Love Hurts, and an episode of the television sit-com Kate & Allie.

COURTNEY, BOB South African radio broadcaster and actor Bob Courtney died in South Africa on October 23, 2010. He was 86. Courtney was born in Dorset, England, on October 25, 1923. He served with the RAF Entertainment section during World War II.

Corsica Joe

competed throughout the United States and Canada, and soon teamed with Jean-Louis Roy (Corsica Jean) as the pirate-inspired Corsica Brothers. They were a formidable pairing, and held tag titles in Florida, Alabama, and Tennessee on numerous occasions. The duo continued to tag together through the early 1960s, and Joe retired from the ring in the 1970s. He was married to wrestler Sara Lee for over 45 years until her death in 2008. The two were active behind the scenes in the Jarrett’s TNA wrestling promotion in Nashville in the early 1990s.

He settled in South Africa in 1946 where he hosted such radio programs as Greet the Bride, Welcome Little Stranger, Stop the Music, and Eyegene Jackpot. He was also featured in a handful of South African ﬁlms in the 1960s including Jamie Uys’ All the Way to Paris (1965), Dingaka (1965), The Jackals (1967) with Vincent Price, and The Cape Town Affair (1967) with James Brolin and Jacqueline Bisset.

COURT, GERALDINE Actress Geraldine Court died at her home in Warwick, New York, on November 20, 2010. She was 71. She was born Geraldine Ann Oldenboom in Binghampton, New York, on July 28, 1939. She began her career on stage in New York in the 1960s. Court was best known for her work in soap operas, starring as Nurse Jennifer Sullivan on As the World Turns from 1971 to 1972, and as Dr. Ann Larimer on The Doctors from 1973 to 1977. She starred as Jennifer

COURTNEY, JACQUELINE Actress Jacqueline Courtney, who was best known for her role as Alice Matthews Frame on the daytime soap opera Another World from 1964 to 1975, died of metastatic melanoma on December 20, 2010. She was 64. She was born Sharon Courtney in East Orange, New Jersey, on September 24, 1946. She was featured in small roles in several soap operas from the early 1960s including Our Five Daughters, The Doctors, and The Edge of Night. She also appeared in

Bob Courtney

Obituaries • 2010 two episodes of the prime-time adventure series Route 66. She was Alice Matthews on the NBC soap Another World from its inception in May of 1964. Her romance and eventual marriage to Steve Frame, played by George Reinholt, became a major storyline before the actors were dismissed in 1975. Courtney subsequently joined the

Jacqueline Courtney

cast of ABC’s One Life to Live as Pat Kendall, where she remained through 1983. She reprised her role as Alice on Another World from 1984 to 1985, and made a cameo on the soap’s 25th anniversary in 1989. She was also featured as Diane Winston in the soap Loving in 1987, before retiring from the screen.

COWGILL, TIM Actor Tim Cowgill died in a road mishap when he was thrown from his motorcycle after striking a deer, and was hit by another vehicle in Auburn Township, Ohio, on June 13, 2010. He was 52. Cowgill was born in Maywood, California, on November 19, 1957. He worked with the Ventura County Sher-

80 on televisions in episodes of ER, Guilty or Innocent?, and Mystery ER.

COWLING, BRENDA British comic character actress Brenda Cowling died in Deville Hall, the retirement home for British actors in Northwood, London Borough of Hillingdon, on October 2, 2010. She was 85. Cowling was born in London in 1925, and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in the 1940s. She made her ﬁlm debut in a small role in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1950 thriller Stage Fright and was seen in The Silken Affair in 1956. She became a familiar face on British television from the mid–1950s, appearing in episodes of The Other Man, The Budds of Paragon Row, ITV Play of the Week, Suspense, Outbreak of Murder, Maigret, The Avengers, Sergeant Cork, The Wednesday Play, The Forsyte Saga as Mrs. Perren, Champion House, Nicholas Nickleby, The Root of All Evil?, Special Branch, Dixon of Dock Green, The Goodies, Budgie, All Gas and Gaiters, Armchair Theatre, The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, Tom Brown’s Schooldays, Six Days of Justice, Follyfoot, Scott On…, Dad’s Army, My Wife Next Door, Love Story, Oh, Father!, Romany Jones, The Pallisers as Mrs. Bunce, Good Girl as Gwen Botley, No Strings, Z Cars, Fawlty Towers, Shadows, Angels, The Emigrants, Rafﬂes, Happy Ever After, The Duchess of Duke Street, Grange Hill, The Famous Five, Sykes, The Old Curiosity Shop, Only When I Laugh, How’s Your Father?, Shoestring, Nanny, Are You Being Served?, You’re Only Young Twice, It Ain’t Half Hot Mum, Sink or Swim, Stalky & Co., Q.E.D., The Agatha Christie Hour, Jackanory Playhouse, Potter as Jane from 1979 to 1983, Sharon and Elsie, Murder Not Proven?, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4, Lytton’s Diary, T-Bag Strikes Again, A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery, The Charmer, In Sickness and in Health, Hi-de-Hi!, The Upper Hand, The Legacy of Reginald Perrin, The Detectives, Casualty, Goodnight Sweetheart, Get Real, Babes in the Wood, Where the Heart Is, Barbara, The Bill, The Last Detective, Doctors and Nurses, Jonathan Creek, Murder in Suburbia, Holby City, Doctors, French and Saunders, and According to Bex. She starred as Mrs. Blanche Lipton in the comedy series You Rang, M’Lord? from 1988 to 1993. Her other television credits include productions of Crime Story (1979), We, the Accused (1980), Hammer House of Horror’s The Two Faces of Evil (1980), Oliver Twist (1982), The Ghost Downstairs

Tim Cowgill

iff ’s Department as a deputy from 1980 to 2001. He also began appearing in small roles in ﬁlms in the late 1990s, with roles in Happy, Texas (1999), Pros & Cons (1999), The Perfect Storm (2000), Hot Parts (2003), Believers Among Us (2005), White Nights (2005), Rose (2006), Satisfy Me (2007), Crystal Hearing (2009), Identity Theft (2009), Amulett (2009), and Desert Fox (2009). He also appeared

Brenda Cowling

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(1982), The Rainbow Coloured Disco Dancer (1983), London’s Burning: The Movie (1986), They Do It with Mirrors (1991), Aka Albert Walker (2002), and The Legend of the Tamworth Two (2004). Cowling continued to make occasional ﬁlm appearances throughout her career, with roles in Bindle (1966), Up in the Air (1969), The Railway Children (1970), Please Sir! (1971), The Man and the Snake (1972), Young Winston (1972), Carry on Girls (1973), The Black Windmill (1974), Carry on Behind (1975), The Black Panther (1977), Terry Gilliam’s Jabberwocky (1977) as Mrs. Fishﬁnger, International Velvet (1978), Pink Floyd The Wall (1982) as a teacher, the 1983 James Bond ﬁlm Octopussy (1983) with Roger Moore, Dream Lover (1986), Greenﬁngers (2000), and Room to Rent (2000).

CRAIG, DONALD Character actor Donald Craig died in Round Rock, Texas, on April 20, 2010. He was 68. Craig was born in Abilene, Texas, on August 14, 1941. He appeared frequently in ﬁlms and television from the early 1980s. His ﬁlm credits include Frances (1982), Dragnet (1987), Shag (1989), The White Girl (1990), Gang Related (1997), Living in Fear (2001), and Skinwalker: Curse of the Shaman (2005). He also appeared in the tele-

Vincent Craig

CRAMSEY, DENISE Television reality show producer Denise Cramsey, who shared two Emmy Awards for her work on the ABC series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, collapsed from a brain aneurysm after a workout at a Hollywood ﬁtness center on November 23, 2010, and died at Cedars-Sinai Hospital soon after. She was 41. She began working in television in the

Donald Craig

ﬁlms Bare Essence (1982), Amazons (1984), Space (1985), The Revenge of Al Capone (1989) as FDR, Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North (1989), The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990), The Heart of Justice (1992), and The Ultimate Lie (1996). Craig’s other television credits include episodes of Charlie’s Angels, Father Murphy, General Hospital, Remington Steele, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Knots Landing, Dallas, Knight Rider, Comedy Factory, You Again?, Dynasty, Simon & Simon, Santa Barbara, Dear John, Small Wonder in the recurring role of Robert Jennings, Murder, She Wrote, MacGyver, Columbo, Baywatch Nights, and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch.

CRAIG, VINCENT Navajo comedian, singer and actor Vincent Craig died of cancer in Scottsdale, Arizona, on May 15, 2010. He was 59. Craig was born in Crownpoint, New Mexico, on June 6, 1950. He was creator of the comic strip super hero Mutton Man, and was a popular performer at live venues. Craig was also featured in the ﬁlm drama Turquoise Rose (2007), and starred in the 2008 comedy Blue Gap Boy’z with comedians James Junes and Ernie Tsosie.

Denise Cramsey

early 2000s as an executive producer on the reality series Medical Detectives, A Baby Story, Trading Spaces, House Wars, and Manhunt: The Search for America’s Most Gorgeous Male Model. She was executive producer of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition from 2006 to 2008, and of ABC’s True Beauty from 2009 to 2010. Cramsey was also executive producer for the 2010 documentary Expedition Inspiration with her ﬁancé, ﬁlmmaker Scott Farquharson, and the NBC reality series School Pride.

CRAWFORD, JOHN Actor John Crawford, who appeared in ﬁlms from the 1940s and was a familiar face on television for over three decades, died of a stroke in Newbury Park, California, on September 21, 2010. He was 90. He was born Cleve Richardson in Colfax, Washington, on September 13, 1920. He studied drama at the University of Washington, and began his career in ﬁlms working as a laborer at RKO Studios. He also helped construct sets at Los Angeles’ Circle Theater, where he occasionally appeared on stage. He began ap-

Obituaries • 2010 pearing onscreen in small roles in ﬁlms and serials in the mid–1940s including Thoroughbreds (1944), The Phantom of 42nd Street (1945), Without Reservations (1946), The Time of Their Lives (1946), G-Men Never Forget (1948), Dangers of the Canadian Mounted (1948), Sons of Adventure (1948), Adventures of Frank and Jesse James (1948), Ghost of Zorro (1949), The James Brothers of Missouri (1949), Radar Patrol vs. Spy King (1949), Chain Lightning (1950), The Invisible Monster (1950), Mystery Street (1950), Lonely Heart Bandits (1950), A Life of Her Own (1950), Union Station (1950), Right Cross (1950), Cyrano de Bergerac (1950), Cuban Fireball (1951), The Red Badge of Courage (1951), Raton Pass (1951), I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951), Hollywood Story (1951), Show Boat (1951), Honeychile (1951), Man in the Saddle (1951), Northwest Territory (1951), A Star Shall Rise (1952), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), Scaramouche (1952), Actors and Sin (1952), Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952), the 1952 serial Blackhawk as Chuck, Old Oklahoma Plains (1952), The Ring (1952), Son of Geronimo (1952), Stop, You’re Killing Me (1952), Invasion USA (1952), Star of Texas (1953), Marshal of Cedar Rock (1953), Salome (1953), Serpent of the Nile (1953), Rebel City (1953), Mission Over Korea (1953), the Columbia serial The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953) as Captain Kidd, Conquest of Cochise (1953), The Big Heat (1953), Slaves of Babylon (1953), Prisoners of the Casbah (1953), Three Sailors and a Girl (1953), Man Crazy (1953), Trader Tom of the China Seas (1954), Battle of Rogue River (1954), Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954), John Paul Jones (1959) as George Washington, and Solomon and Sheba (1959) as Joab. Crawford was featured in a handful of ﬁlms in England in the late 1950s, occasionally playing the lead, in such ﬁlms as The Key (1958), Intent to Kill (1958), Orders to Kill (1958), Floods of Fear (1959), The Impersonator (1960), The Man Who Was Nobody (1960), Hell Is the City (1960), and Piccadilly Third Stop (1960). He continued in supporting roles in ﬁlms and television in Hollywood, appearing as Dr. Bosco in 1960’s I Aim at the Stars and Captain Hank Schlosberg in Exodus (1960). His other ﬁlm credits include The Long Shadow (1961), The 300 Spartans (1962), The Longest Day (1962), Come Fly with Me (1963), Captain Sinbad (1963), Jason and the Argonauts (1963) as Polydeuces, The Victors (1963), The Americanization of Emily (1964), The Greatest Story Every

John Crawford

82 Told (1965), William Castle’s thriller I Saw What You Did (1965), Duel at Diablo (1966), Return of the Gunﬁghter (1967) as Butch Cassidy, Miss Jessica Is Pregnant (1967), The Ravine (1969), J.W. Coop (1971), Napoleon and Samantha (1972), Trouble Man (1972), The Poseidon Adventure (1972), The Severed Arm (1973), The Towering Inferno (1974), Night Moves (1975), The Enforcer (1976), Outlaw Blues (1977), Dreamer (1979), Hard Knocks (1979), Tilt (1979), The Appling Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979), and The Boogens (1981). Crawford was a proliﬁc television actor from the early 1950s, with roles in episodes of such series as The Roy Rogers Show, Boston Blackie, Family Theatre, The Lone Ranger, Hopalong Cassidy, Superman, The Cisco Kid, I Spy, Commando Cody, Matinee Theatre, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, State Trooper, Sheriff of Cochise, Telephone Time, Playhouse 90, The Loretta Young Show, Circus Boy, The Ford Television Theatre, The Silent Service, White Hunter, O.S.S., Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, 13 Demon Street, Interpol Calling, The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre, Danger Man, Twilight Zone, The Untouchables, Wagon Train, The Pursuers, Ghost Squad, Zero One, The Third Man, Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, Combat!, Proﬁles in Courage, The Fugitive, My Favorite Martian, The F.B.I., Batman as henchman to Roddy McDowall’s bat-villain The Bookworm, Daniel Boone, Star Trek as Commissioner Ferris in the 1967 episode “The Galileo Seven,” The Time Tunnel, Hondo, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Mannix, Tarzan, Lost in Space as Dr. Chronos in “The Time Merchant” episode, The Wild Wild West, The Big Valley, The Guns of Will Sonnett, Bonanza, Medical Center, Land of the Giants, Hogan’s Heroes, Cade’s County, Nichols, Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, Banacek, Petrocelli, The Rockford Files, Rhoda, Harry O, The Invisible Man, Swiss Family Robinson, The Blue Knight, Police Story, The Bionic Woman, The Bob Newhart Show, Charlie’s Angels, The Tony Randall Show, Police Woman, The Incredible Hulk, The Amazing Spider-Man, Kaz, How the West Was Won, Salvage 1, Friends, Trapper John, M.D., Eight Is Enough, Alice, Dallas, Lou Grant, The Dukes of Hazzard, The Powers of Matthew Star, Dynasty in the recurring role of Dan Cassidy, The Mississippi, Matt Houston, Knight Rider, and Hardcastle and McCormick. Crawford was featured in the recurring role of Sherrif Ep Bridges in The Waltons from 1972 to 1981. His other television credits include the tele-ﬁlms Killer by Night (1972), Message to My Daughter (1973), Strange Homecoming (1974), Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case (1975), The Macahans (1976), The Two-Five (1978), Wheels (1978), Desperate Women (1978), From Here to Eternity (1979), The Sky Trap (1979), Lawman Without a Gun (1979), Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981) as Vernon Presley, and The Other Victim (1981). He retired from the screen in the early 1980s.

CREMER, BRUNO French actor Bruno Cremer, who starred in the television detective series Maigret in the 1990s, died of cancer in a Paris hospital on August 6, 2010. He was 80. Cremer was born in SaintMande, France, on October 6, 1929. He studied at the Paris Conservatory, and began his career on the French stage in the early 1950s. He created the role of Thomas

83 Beckett in the 1959 premiere of Jean Anouilh’s Beckett. Cremer also appeared in numerous ﬁlms from the 1950s including The Long Teeth (1952), When a Woman Meddles (1957), Mourir d’Amour (1961), Le Tout pour le Tout (1963), La 317e Section (1965), Marco the Magniﬁcent (1965), Objective 500 Million (1966), the World War II drama Is Paris Burning? (1966) as Colonel Rol Tanguy, If I Were a Spy (1967), Un Homme de Trop (1967), The Stranger (1967), Le Viol (1967), Un Killer per sua Maesta (1968), Bye, Barbara (1968), Les Gauloises Bleues (1968), Bonnot’s Gang (1969), The Time to Die (1970), Pour un Sourire (1970), Safety Catch (1970), Biribi (1971), The Assassination (1972), L’Amante dell’orsa Maggiore (1972), Without Appeal (1973), The Suspects (1974), The Protector (1974), Section Speciale (1975), Flesh of the Orchid (1975), Hunter Will Get You (1976), The Good and the

2010 • Obituaries Tango Bar (1991), and La Piovra 6 — L’Ultimo Secreto (1992). He became best known for his role as the pipesmoking Belgian detective Jules Maigret in the Maigret television series from 1991 to 2005. Cremer published his autobiography, Un Certaine Jeune Homme, in 2003.

CROCITTI, VINCENZO Italian comic character actor Vincenzo Crocitti died in Rome after a long illness on September 29, 2010. He was 61. Crocitti was born in Rome on July 16, 1949. Crocitti began his ﬁlm career in the late 1960s, and was seen in such features as The World’s Gold (1967), Mario Bava’s spaghetti western Roy Colt and Winchester Jack (1970), L’Uccello Migratore (1972), The Bodies Presented Traces of Carnal Violence (aka Torso) (1973), Giovannona Long-Thigh (1973), The Gamecock (1974), Come Home and Meet My Wife (1974), Il Trafﬁcone (1974), Il Giustiziere di Mezzogiorno (1975), The Human Factor (1975), The Cop in Blue Jeans (1976), La Madama (1976), Au-Pair Girl (1976), Melodrammore (1977), An Average Little Man (1977), Being Twenty (1978), American Fever (1978), Polvos Magicos (1979), Midnight Blue (1979), La Supplente va in Citta (1979), Ciao Cialtroni! (1979), The Precarious Bank Teller (1980), Girls Will Be Girls (1981), Casta e Pura (1981), La Settimaba al Mare (1981), Help Me Dream (1981), C’e un Fantasma nel mio Letto (1981), Una Vacanza del Cactus (1981), Desirable Teacher (1981), Pierino il Fichissimo (1981), The Odd Squad (1982), Il Sommergibile piu Pazzo del Mondo (1982), Carabinieri si Nasce (1985), Odipussi (1988), Le Finte Bionde (1989), Magniﬁcat (1993), Italia

Bruno Cremer

Bad (1976), William Friedkin’s Sorcerer (1977) as embezzler Victor Manzon, one of the doomed nitroglycerine truck drivers, Drummer-Crab (1977), A Simple Story (1978), Last In, First Out (1978), We Forget Everything! (1979), Anthracite (1980), Meme les Momes ont du Vague a l’ame (1980), Operation Leopard (1980), Aimee (1981), La Puce et le Prive (1981), Une Robe Noire pour un Tueur (1981), Josepha (1982), Espion, Leve-toi (1982), Un jeu Brutal (1983), Effraction (1983), Le Prix du Danger (1983), Le Matelot 512 (1984), Fanny Pelopaja (1984), The Book of Mary (1984), Le Transfuge (1985), Derborence (1985), Menage (1986), Falsch (1987), De Bruit et de Fureur (1988), Adieu je t’aime (1988), Noce Blanche (1989), Brothers in Arms (1989), Tumultes (1990), Act of Sorrow (1991), Money (1991), the comedy-horror Un Vampire au Paradis (1992) as Antoine Belfond, Taxi de Nuit (1993), Under the Sand (2000), My Father Saved My Life (2001), and Above the Clouds (2003). Cremer also appeared on French television in such productions as Cet Homme-la (1979), Orient-Express (1980), Une Page d’Amour (1980), La Traque (1980), Ce Fut un Bel Ete (1982), Un Fait d’Hiver (1982), Donatien-Francois, Marquis de Sade (1985) as the Marquis, Le Regard dans le Miroir (1985), L’Enigme Blanche (1985), L’Ile (1987), Operation Ypsilon (1987), Sueurs Froides (1988), Medecins de Hommes (1988), La Piovra 4 (1989), L’Ete de la Revolution (1989), Ceux de la Soif (1989), Les Dossiers Secrets de l’Inspecteur Lavardin (1989), La Piovra 5 — Il Cuore del Problema (1990), Coma Depasse (1990),

Vincenzo Crocitti

Village (1994), Beniamino Gad — Alle Soglie dell’Incubo (1994), Uomini sull’Orlo di una Crisi di Nirvi (1995), Out of Hand (1997), Il Peso dell’Aria (2007), and La Vita e una Cosa Meravigliosa (2010). He also appeared frequently on Italian television in such productions as Orzowei, il Figlio della Savana (1977), Illa: Punto d’Osservazione (1981), Morte di Una Strega (1995), Pazza Famiglia 2 (1996), Anni ’60 (1999), Indizio Fatale (1999), and La Casa Delle Beffe (2000). He starred as Dr. Mariano in the television series Un Medico in Famiglia from 1998 to 2004, and was Vittorio Bordi in Carabinieri from 2002 to 2007.

CRONIN, RICH Singer and songwriter Rich Cronin, who was lead singer for the pop group Lyte

Obituaries • 2010 Funky Ones (LFO), died of complications from leukemia and a stroke in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 8, 2010. He was 36. Cronin was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, on August 30, 1974. He was a founding member of the LFO group in the late 1990s, and they released the singles “Sex U Up (The Way You Like It)”

Rich Cronin

and “Can’t Have You.” They had a hit with the single “Summer Girls” in 1999, from their album LFO, and released the album Life Is Good before disbanding in 2002. Cronin was one of the former pop stars to star in the VH1 reality show, Mission: Man Band in 2007. He recorded the solo album, Billion Dollar Sound, in 2008.

CROWDEN, GRAHAM Scottish character actor Graham Crowden, who appeared as eccentric characters in ﬁlms and television for over 60 years, died on October 19, 2010. He was 87. Crowden was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on November 30, 1922. He joined the Royal Scots Youth Battalion in 1940, but his career in the military ended abruptly several months later when he was seriously injured after being accidentally shot by his platoon sergeant. He decided to pursue a career in acting, despite being discouraged for his ungainly height (6' 3") and off-kilter looks. He worked in repertory both on and off stage through the early 1950s, before making his West End debut in a production of Major Barbara. He was soon playing a succession of off-beat roles on

Graham Crowden

84 stage, ﬁlm, and television. He made his ﬁlm debut in a small role in The Bridal Path in 1959, and was seen in the ﬁlms Why Bother to Knock (1961), We Are in the Navy Now (1962), One Way Pendulum (1964), Dead Man’s Chest (1965), Morgan! (1966), The File of the Golden Goose (1969), The Virgin Soldiers (1969), Leo the Last (1970), The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970), Up the Chastity Belt (1971), Percy (1971), The Night Digger (1971), Something to Hide (1972), and The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972). Crowden notably brought what he called his “quality of madness” to roles in a trio of ﬁlms from director Lindsay Anderson, If… (1968) as the History Master, O Lucky Man! (1973), and Britannia Hospital (1982). He was Truscott, the Master of Lunacy, in 1972’s The Ruling Class with Peter O’Toole, Mr. Clutterbug in fantasy The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972), and Dr. Smiles in the 1973 adaptation of Michael Moorcock’s sci-ﬁ novel The Final Programme (aka The Last Days of Man on Earth). Crowden’s other ﬁlm credits include Romance with a Double Bass (1974), The Abdication (1974), The Little Prince (1974) as the General, Three Dangerous Ladies (1977), Terry Gilliam’s Jabberwocky (1977), Fiona (1977), Out of Order (1981), the James Bond ﬁlm For Your Eyes Only (1981), The Missionary (1982), the dark fantasy The Company of Wolves (1984), Code Name: Emerald (1985), Out of Africa (1985), A Handful of Dust (1988), The Innocent Sleep (1996), The Sea Change (1998), I Want You (1998), Possession (2002), and Calendar Girls (2003). Crowden was a familiar face on British television from the mid–1950s, appearing in productions of David Copperﬁeld (1956), Destination Downing Street (1957), Nicholas Nickleby (1957), Women in Love (1959), Trilby (1959), The Eustace Diamonds (1959), Nil Carborundum (1962), She’s a Free Country (1963), Much Ado About Nothing (1967), The Soldier’s Tale (1968) as The Devil, Salve Regina (1969), Trelawny of the Wells (1972), Bellamira (1974), The Sun Trap (1980), Cymbeline (1982), Much Ado About Nothing (1984), Bleak House (1985), All Passion Spent (1986), Monsignor Quixote (1987), Thacker (1992), Gulliver’s Travels (1996) with Ted Danson, Richard II (1997), Vanity Fair (1998) as Lord Bareacres, The 10th Kingdom (2000) as an Elderly Elf, Don Quixote (2000), Attila (2001), The Lost Prince (2003), and The Planman (2003). He was also featured in episodes of Dixon of Dock Green, Fair Game, Charlesworth at Large, The Life and Death of Sir John Falstaff, On Trial, The Citadel, Doctor Knock, Armchair Theatre, Harpers West One, No Hiding Place, Espionage, Detective, First Night, Marriage Lines, The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling, Love Story, Dave’s Kingdom, HMS Paradise as Commander Shaw, Secret Agent, Redcap, Public Eye, The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre, The Wednesday Play, Dr. Finlay’s Casebook, Fraud Squad, Jackanory’s 1969 production of Over Sea, Under Stone as Uncle Merry, Happy Every After, the 1970 Mystery and Imagination episode The Curse of the Mummy, Two in Clover, Callan, W. Somerset Maugham, The Adventures of Don Quick, Catweazle The Misﬁt, The Ten Commandments, The Guardians, the 1971 Hallmark Hall of Fame production of The Snow Goose, Casanova, His and Hers, Now Look Here, The Adventures of Black Beauty, Zodiac, Crown Court, Father Brown, Rooms, Bill Dainty, Esq., Porridge, Shades of Greene, Star Maidens,

85 Rafﬂes, 1990, The Camerons as Henry Selkirk, The Brack Report, and The Professionals. He declined an offer to take over as the fourth Doctor Who when Jon Pertwee left the series in 1974, but later appeared as Soldeed in the 1979 episode “The Horns of Nimon” with Tom Baker. He was Theodotus in the 1983 series The Cleopatras, and continued to guest-star in such series as Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime, C.A.T.S. Eyes, Chance in a Million, My Husband and I, Bulman, Ten Great Writers of the Modern World, A Very Peculiar Practice as Dr. Jock McCannon from 1986 to 1988, The Return of Shelley, Rumpole of the Bailey, Alleyn Mysteries, Delta Wave, Love on a Branch Line as Professor Pollux, Brotherly Love, the horror spoof series Dr. Terrible’s House of Horrible in the 2001 episode “Curse of the Blood of the Lizard of Doom,” The Way We Live Now as Marquis of Auld Reekie, Mr Charity, Midsomer Murders, Waking the Dead, and Foyle’s War. He starred as Tom Ballard in the popular comedy series Waiting for God from 1990 to 1994.

CRUZON, VIRGINIA Actress and model Virginia Cruzon, who was featured in a handful of ﬁlms as an MGM Goldwyn Girl in the 1940s, died at her home in Laramie, Wyoming, on August 21, 2010. She was 89. She was born Virginia Kirkpatrick in San Francisco on May 25, 1921. A dancer and model, she was contracted by MGM in the early 1940s, using her step-father’s last

Virginia Cruzon

name for billing. She was featured in the ﬁlms Ziegfeld Girl (1941) and Up in Arms (1944). She also decorated the screen for Columbia and RKO during the 1940s in Having a Wonderful Crime (1945), A Thousand and One Nights (1945), George White’s Scandals (1945), Shadowed (1946), One Sunday Afternoon (1948), and Emergency Wedding (1950). She made her ﬁnal screen appearance in a small role in the 1969 Elvis Presley ﬁlm Charro! Cruzon also worked for many years with Chevron USA until retiring to Wyoming in 1988.

CUENOD, HUGUES Swiss operatic tenor Hugues Cuenod died in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland, on December 3, 2010. He was 108. Cuenod was born in Corseaux-sur-Vevey, Switzerland, on June 26, 1902. He trained as a singer in Geneva and Vienna, and began his career as a concert singer. He made his debut in the United States in a production of Noel Coward’s Bitter

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Hugues Cuenod

Sweet in 1929. He performed in Geneva and Paris during the 1930s, and taught at the Geneva Conservatory during the early 1940s. He also resumed his opera career in Geneva, and appeared in productions with Milan’s La Scala and London’s Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in the 1950s. He was noted for his performances as the Astrologer in the Rimsky-Korsakov opera The Golden Cockerel and as Basilio in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro. He was the oldest person to make his debut with the Metropolitan Opera, performing the role of Emperor Altoum in Puccini’s Turandot in 1987 at the age of 84. He made his ﬁnal stage appearances in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin in Mezieres, Switzerland, in 1994.

CUFF, BOB British ﬁlm matte artist Bob Cuff died in England in early April 2010. He was 87. Cuff was born in Ilford, Essex, England, in 1922. He began working in ﬁlms in the early 1950s at Shepperton Studios, where he often teamed with visual effects artist John Mackey. His work was featured in such ﬁlms as Hobson’s Choice (1953), Richard III (1955), Big Time Operators (1957), A King in New York (1957), The Silent Enemy (1958), The Guns of Navarone (1961), The Day of the Trifﬁds (1962), Dr. Strangelove (1964), First Men in the Moon (1964), One Million Years B.C. (1966), Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968), The Vengeance of She (1968), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Mackenna’s Gold (1969),

Bob Cuff

Obituaries • 2010 Young Winston (1972), Life of Brian (1979), The Princess Bride (1987), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), and Erik the Viking (1989).

CULP, ROBERT Leading actor Robert Culp, who starred in the television series I Spy and The Greatest American Hero, died of a heart attack after collapsing outside his home in Los Angeles on March 24, 2010. He was 79. Culp was born in Oakland, California, on August 16, 1930, the son of lawyer Crozier Culp and Bethel Collins. He began his career on stage in New York City in 1951, appearing in the Off-Broadway production of He Who Gets Slapped and several other plays. He also appeared in such television series as You Are There, Star Tonight, The United States Steel Hour, and Playwrights ’56. He made his Broadway debut in 1957’s production of A Clearing in the Woods. He went to Hollywood in 1957 to star for two seasons as Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman in the western series Trackdown. He also guest starred in various series including Kraft Television Theater, Zane Grey Theater, Robert Montgomery Presents, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Jack Benny Program, The Ed Sullivan Show, The DuPont Show with June Allyson, The Riﬂeman, General Electric Theater, Tate, Johnny Ringo, The Chevy Mystery Show, Outlaws, The Westerner, the 1960 Shirley Temple’s Storybook production of “The House of the Seven Gables,” Rawhide, The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor, Hennesey, The Barbara Stanwyck Show, The Americans, 87th Precinct, Death Valley Days, Bonanza, Target: The Corruptors, Cain’s Hundred, Wagon Train, Empire, Naked City, Dr. Kildare, Insight, Combat!, several episodes of the science ﬁction anthology The Outer Limits including the acclaimed “The Architects of Fear” and “Demon with a Glass Hand,” The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Great Adventure, Ben Casey, Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, The Virginian, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Gunsmoke, Dr. Kildare, and Mr. Novak. Culp was best known for starring as Kelly Robinson in the popular espionage series I Spy with Bill Cosby from 1965 to 1968. He earned three Emmy Award nominations for his acting on the series and one for scripting an episode. Culp had also written episodes of Trackdown, The Riﬂeman, and Cain’s Hundred, and made his debut as a director on an episode of I Spy. He also appeared in episodes of Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, Get Smart, and The Name of the Game. Culp starred in the 1962 television production of Disney’s Sammy the Way Out Seal, and in such ﬁlms as PT 109 (1963), Sunday in New York (1963), The Raiders (1963) as Wild Bill Hickok, Rhino! (1964), and sex comedy Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969) as Bob Sanders. He remained a popular performer on television and in ﬁlms in the 1970s, appearing in the tele-ﬁlms Married Alive (1970), Columbo: Death Lends a Hand (1971), See the Man Run (1971), Columbo: The Most Crucial Game (1972), The Chill Factor (1973), Outrage (1973), Columbo: Double Exposure (1973), Houston, We’ve Got a Problem (1974), Strange Homecoming (1974), A Cry for Help (1975), Flood! (1976), Spectre (1977), Last of the Good Guys (1978), Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978) as Joshua, Women in White (1979), Roots: The Next Generations (1979), Kate Loves a Mystery (1979), Hot Rod (1979), The Dream Merchants (1978), and The Night the

86 City Screamed (1980). He also starred in several features including Hannie Caulder (1971), Hickey & Boggs (1972) which co-starred Bill Cosby and was directed by Culp, A Name for Evil (1973), The Castaway Cowboy (1974), Inside Out (1975), Sky Riders (1976), Breaking Point (1976), Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday (1976), Cry for Justice (1977), and Goldengirl (1979). Culp starred as government agent Bill Maxwell in the super-hero adventure series The Greatest American Hero with William Katt from 1981 to 1983. He also appeared in the ﬁlms National Lampoon Goes to the Movies (1983), Turk 182! (1985), Big Bad Mama II (1987), Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (1989), Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog (1990), Timebomb (1991), John Grisham’s The Pelican Brief (1993) as the President of the United States, Xtro 3: Watch the Skies (1995), Panther (1995), Spy Hard (1996), Most Wanted (1997), Wanted (1999), Unconditional Love (1999), Dark Summer (1999), NewsBreak (2000), Hunger (2001), Farewell, My Love (2001), Blind Eye (2004), The Almost Guys (2004), and Santa’s Slay (2005). Culp continued to star in numerous tele-ﬁlms including Killjoy (1981), Thou Shalt Not Kill (1982), Her Life as a Man (1984), The Calendar Girl Murders (1984), The Key to Rebecca (1985), Brothers-in-Law (1985), The Gladiator (1986), The Blue Lightning (1986), Combat High (1986), Matlock: The Power Brokers (1987), What Price Victory (1988), Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (1990), Perry Mason: The Case of the Deﬁant Daughter (1990), Columbo: Columbo Goes to College (1990), Murderous Vision (1991), I Spy Returns (1994) reuniting with Bill Cosby, Favorite Deadly Sins (1995), Mercenary (1997), and Running Mates (2000). Culp was a voice actor in the 1994 animated series Gargoyles. His other television credits include episodes of Police Story, Shaft, Mrs. Columbo, A Man Called Sloane, The Love Boat, Hardcastle and McCormick, Murder, She Wrote, Hotel, Highway to Heaven, The Cosby Show as Cliff Huxtable’s old friend Scott Kelly, Jake and the Fatman, Matlock, The Famous Teddy Z, Doctor Doctor, Who’s The Boss?, The Golden Girls, The Ray Bradbury Theater, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, The Nanny, Wings, Walker, Texas Ranger, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman in the recurring role of Mr. Darryl, Burke’s Law, Spy Game, Law & Order, Viper, Diagnosis Murder, Conan as King Vog in the “Red Sonja” episode, Holding the

Robert Culp

87 Baby, Cosby, Chicago Hope, and The Dead Zone. He was featured in the recurring role of Raymond’s father-inlaw, Warren Whalen, in episodes of the popular sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond from 1996 to 2004. Culp was married several times, and had four children by his second wife, Nancy Wilner Ashe, including sons Joseph, Joshua, and Jason, and daughter Rachel. He was married to actress France Nuyen from 1967 to 1969, and to Sheila Sullivan from 1972 to 1981. He married Candace Faulkner in 1981, and they had a daughter, Samantha, the following year.

CUMMINS, JAMES Special effects designer James Cummins died of complications from hardening of the arteries on December 1, 2010. He was 51. Cummins was born in Wichita Falls, Texas, on May 22, 1959. He began working in ﬁlms in the early 1980s as a lab tech and special effects designer for such ﬁlms as The Exterminator (1980), The Intruder Within (1981), Dead & Buried

James Cummins

(1981), Heartbeeps (1981), The Beast Within (1982), Cat People (1982), The Thing (1982), Strange Invaders (1983), Jaws 3-D (1983), Cocoon (1985), Enemy Mine (1985), House (1986), Alien Predator (1987), Slumber Party Massacre II (1987), The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987), DeepStar Six (1989), and Speak of the Devil (1991). He also provided effects for episodes of television’s The Hitchhiker, and 1985’s Twilight Zone. Cummins wrote and directed several ﬁlms including The Boneyard (1991), Dark:30 (1993), and Harbinger (1996).

CURTIS, TONY Leading actor Tony Curtis died of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in a Las Vegas hospital after collapsing from an asthma attack during a book signing in Henderson, Nevada, on July 8, 2010. He was 85. He was born Bernard Schwartz in the Bronx, New York, on June 3, 1925, to a family of Hungarian Jewish immigrants. He experienced a difﬁcult childhood and spent time in an orphanage when his parents could not afford to feed him. He served as a signalman in the U.S. Navy during World War II aboard the submarine tender USS Proteus. After his discharge he attended the City College of New York and studied drama under Erwin Piscator at the New School for Social Research. He began performing on stage in the Catskills before being discovered by Holly-

2010 • Obituaries wood talent agent Joyce Selznick. He made his ﬁlm debut in the small role of a gigolo rumba dancer in 1948’s Criss Cross. He appeared in small supporting roles over the next two years in such ﬁlms as City Across the River (1949), The Lady Gambles (1949), Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949), Woman in Hiding (1950), Francis (1950), I Was a Shoplifter (1950), Sierra (1950), Kansas Raiders (1950), and the Anthony Mann western Winchester ’73 (1950). He had his ﬁrst starring role in 1951’s The Prince Who Was a Thief as Julna, opposite Piper Laurie, and continued in the Arabian Nights milieu as Kashma Baba in 1952’s Son of Ali Baba. He also starred in the ﬁlms Flesh and Fury (1952), the comedy No Room for the Groom (1952) again with Laurie, The All American (1953), and Forbidden (1953). Curtis married actress Janet Leigh in 1951, and they starred together in the bio-ﬁlm of master magician Harry Houdini, Houdini, in 1953. He starred in the Universal costume drama The Black Shield of Falworth with Leigh in 1954, and continued his career in the ﬁlms Johnny Dark (1954), Six Bridges to Cross (1955), So This Is Paris (1955), The Purple Mask (1955), The Rawhide Years (1955), and The Square Jungle (1955). He co-starred with Burt Lancaster in 1956 circus drama Trapeze, and starred in 1957’s Mister Cory. Curtis proved his prowess as an actor as hustler and press agent Sidney Falco opposite Lancaster’s venomous Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker in 1957’s Sweet Smell of Success. He also starred in the ﬁlms The Midnight Story (1957), Kings Go Forth (1958), and The Perfect Furlough (1958). He teamed with Kirk Douglas in the 1958 action ﬁlm The Vikings, and earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his role as Joker Jackson, a bigoted escaped convict chained to Sidney Poitier, in The Deﬁant Ones (1958). He and Jack Lemmon dressed in drag for the 1959 comedy Some Like It Hot with Marilyn Monroe, and Curtis continued in light fare with Operation Petticoat (1959) with Cary Grant, Who Was That Lady? (1960), and The Rat Race (1960). He was featured as Antoninus the slave in Stanley Kubrick’s 1960 epic Spartacus starring Kirk Douglas, and starred as Ferdinand Waldo Demara, Jr., The Great Impostor, in the 1961 bio-ﬁlm. He was Native American World War II hero Ira Hayes in 1961’s The Outsider, and co-starred as Yul Brynner’s son in 1962’s costume actioner Taras Bulba. Curtis’ career was damaged by his 1962 divorce from Janet Leigh, and subsequent

Tony Curtis

Obituaries • 2010 marriage to his Taras Bulba ingénue, the young German actress Christine Kaufmann. He starred opposite Suzanne Pleshette in the 1962 comedy 40 Pounds of Trouble, and with Gregory Peck in 1963’s Captain Newman, M.D. He was also featured in cameo roles in the ﬁlms Pepe (1960), The List of Adrian Messenger (1963), Paris—When It Sizzles (1964), and Chamber of Horrors (1966). He spent most of the decade in romantic comedies, with such credits as Wild and Wonderful (1964), Goodbye Charlie (1964), Sex and the Single Girl (1964) with Natalie Wood, Blake Edwards’ The Great Race (1965), Boeing Boeing (1965), Not with My Wife, You Don’t! (1966), Arrivederci, Baby! (1966), Don’t Make Waves (1967), On My Way to the Crusades, I Met a Girl Who… (1968), Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969), You Can’t Win ’Em All (1970), and Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (1970). He had a cameo voice role in Roman Polanski’s 1968 Satanic thriller Rosemary’s Baby, and played against type in starring roles in The Boston Strangler (1968) as Albert DeSalvo and Lepke (1975) as gangster Louis “Lepke” Buchalter. Curtis had made occasional appearances on television from the 1950s, with guest roles in Schlitz Playhouse, The Colgate Comedy Hour, The George Gobel Show, G.E. True Theater, The Rosemary Clooney Show, The Ed Sullivan Show, Startime, and Bracken’s World. He also voiced Stony Curtis in an episode of the animated series The Flintstones in 1965. He starred as Danny Wilde in the action series The Persuaders! from 1971 to 1972, and was McCoy in the short-lived McCoy series in 1975. He also appeared in the tele-ﬁlms The Third Girl from the Left (1973), The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975), The Big Rip-Off (1975), The Users (1978), The Scarlett O’Hara War (1980) as David O. Selznick, Inmates: A Love Story (1981), The Million Dollar Face (1981), Portrait of a Showgirl (1982), Maﬁa Princess (1986) as Sam Giancana, Charlie (1989), Tarzan in Manhattan (1989) as Archimedes Porter, Thanksgiving Day (1990), the 1992 remake of Christmas in Connecticut as Alexander Yardley, Bandit: Beauty and the Bandit (1994), and A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor (1994). His other television credits include episodes of The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, Shaft, Vega$ in the recurring role of Philip Roth, The Fall Guy, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as Dr. Isaac Mamba, Roseanne, Suddenly Susan, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Hope & Faith. His later ﬁlm credits include The Last Tycoon (1976), Some Like It Cool (1977), Mae West’s Sextette (1978), the horror ﬁlm The Manitou (1978), The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978), Title Shot (1979), Little Miss Marker (1980), It Rained All Night the Day I Left (1980), the Agatha Christie mystery The Mirror Crack’d (1980), Black Commando (1982), Where Is Parsifal? (1983), BrainWaves (1983), Insigniﬁcance (1985), Balboa (1986), Club Life (1986), The Last of Philip Banter (1986), Welcome to Germany (1988), Lobster Man from Mars (1989), Midnight (1989), Walter & Carlo i Amerika (1989), Prime Target (1991), Center of the Web (1992), The Mummy Lives (1993), Naked in New York (1993), The Immortals (1995), Brittle Glory (1997), Hardball (1997), Stargames (1998), Louis & Frank (1998), Play It to the Bone (1999), and Reﬂections of Evil (2002). Curtis

88 also achieved renown as an artist from the early 1980s, which he professed to prefer to acting in his later years. His ﬁnal credits were as the voice of God in the 2007 comedy The Blackmith and the Carpenter, and as an elderly Jewish man in the 2008 Arab-Israeli romance David & Fatima (2008). His autobiography, Tony Curtis: The Autobiography, was published in 1993, and his American Prince: A Memoir came out in 2008. Curtis had two daughters with Janet Leigh, actresses Kelly Curtis and Jamie Lee Curtis. He also had two daughters with Christine Kaufmann, Alexandra and Allegra. He married model Leslie Allen in 1983, the year after his divorce from Kaufmann. They had two sons before their divorce in 1982, including Nicholas, who died of a heroin overdose in 1994. Curtis was married to actress Andrea Savio from 1983 to 1992, and to Lisa Deutsch from 1993 to 1994. He was married to Jill Vandenberg from 1998 until his death. They were featured together in the 2008 documentary The Jill & Tony Curtis Story about their efforts to rescue horses from slaughterhouses.

CZYZEWSKA, ELZIBIETA Polish actress Elzibieta Czyzewska, who was a leading ﬁlm star in her home country until her marriage to U.S. journalist David Halberstam in the mid–1960s, died of esophageal cancer in a Manhattan, New York, hospital on June 17, 2010. She was 72. Czyzewska was born in Warsaw, Poland, on May 14, 1938. She studied theater in Warsaw and began her career in ﬁlm in the 1960 short Erotique. She and director Jerzy Skolimowski paired on and off screen (they were rumored to be married), with Czyzewska starring in his short, Little Hamlet (1960), and the features Rysopis (1964) and Walkover (1965). She became one of Poland’s leading screen stars in the early 1960s, starring in the ﬁlms Maz Swojej Zony (1961), Zuzanna i Chlopcy (1961), Dziewczyna z dobrego Domu (1962), Zloto (1962), Dom bez Okien (1962), Zaduszki (1962), Godzina Pasowej Rozy (1963), The Passenger (1963), Milczenie (1963), The First Day of Freedom (1964), Przerwany Lot (1964), Giuseppe w Warszawie (1964), Zona dla Australijczyka (1964), Gdzie jest General? (1964), Wojciech Has’ surreal supernatural classic The Saragossa Manuscript (1965), Swieta wojna (1965), Obok Prawdy (1965), Niekochana (1966), and Malzenstwo z Rozsadku (1967). She starred on the

Elzibieta Czyzewska

89 Warsaw stage in a production of Arthur Miller’s play After the Fall in 1965, and met U.S. journalist David Halberstam when he interviewed her about her performance. The two married soon after, and Halberstam was expelled from Poland several months later after writing an article exposing anti–Semitism in the country. Czyzewska’s career there also suffered and she soon joined her husband in New York. She brieﬂy returned to Poland to appear in Andrzej Wajda’s 1968 ﬁlm Everything for Sale, but was forced to spend the next decade in exile. She performed on the New York stage and was featured in character roles in the ﬁlms Putney Swope (1968) and 1973 adaptation of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s The First Circle. She and Halberstam divorced later in the 1970s, and she was allowed to return and work in Poland following the rise of the Solidarity Movement there in the early 1980s. She was featured in the ﬁlms Debiutantka (1982), Daimler-Benz Limousine (1982), Odwet (1983), Kocham Kino (1988), Szczur (1995), Charms Zwischenfalle (1996), and Smotnosc w Sieci (2006). The 1987 ﬁlm Anna, which earned Sally Kirkland an Oscar nomination, was largely based on Czyzewska’s experiences in the United States. She also continued to appear in character roles in U.S. ﬁlms including Running on Empty (1988), Rude Awakening (1989), Misplaced (1989), Music Box (1989), Cadillac Man (1990), A Kiss Before Dying (1991), I Love You, I Love You Not (1996), O.K. Garage (1998), Coming Soon (1999), Hunters in the Snow (2000), the shorts Happiness (2006) and June Weddings (2007), and The Hungry Ghost (2009). Czyzewska was also seen on television in episodes of Sex and the City, Third Watch, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Damages.

DACQMINE, JACQUES French actor Jacques Dacqmine died in Periers-en-Auge, France, on March 29, 2010. He was 86. Dacqmine was born in La Madeleine, France, on November 30, 1923. He performed frequently on the French stage and screen from the early 1940s. His many ﬁlm credits include Her First Affair (1941), Queen’s Necklace (1946), Back Streets of Paris (1946), Julie de Carneilhan (1950), Caroline Cherie (1951), The Aristocrats (1955), It Happened in Aden (1956), Michael Strogoff (1956), To Catch a Spy (1957), Too Many Lovers (1957), Leda (1959), The Big Risk (1960), Ravishing (1960), Quai Notre-Dame (1961), The Nina B. Affair

Jacques Dacqmine

2010 • Obituaries (1961), Where the Truth Lies (1962), Knights of Terror (1964), FX 18, Secret Agent (1964), Phedre (1968), Vice Squad (1978), Cover Up (1983), L’Operacion Corned-Beef (1991), Germinal (1993), OcchioPinocchio (1994), White Lies (1998), The Ninth Gate (1999), A Crime in Paradise (2001), Happy Victor (2003), Don’t Worry, Be Happy (2003), and Adieu (2003). Dacqmine also appeared frequently on television from the 1950s, with roles in such series as The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes with Ronald Howard, L’Inspecteur Leclerc Enquete, Treasure Island, Les Brigades du Tigre, Les Enquetes du Commissaire Maigret, Commissaire Moulin, and Maigret. His other television credits include such productions as Siegfried (1963), Le Mutant (1978), Louix XI ou Le Pouvoir Central (1979), Arsene Lupin Joue et Perd (1980), The Fall of the House of Usher (1981), La Mystere de Saint Chrolu (1981), Arcole ou la Terre Promise (1981), L’Affaire Saint-Romans (1988), Medee (1996), L’Algerie des Chimeres (2001), La Bataille d’Hernani (2002), and Mata Hari, la Vraie Historie (2003).

DADDY Pitbull terrier Daddy, who was featured on trainer Cesar Millan’s television series Dog Whisperer, died in Santa Clarita, California, on February 19, 2010. He was 16. Millan acquired Daddy from the rapper Red-

Daddy (with Cesar Millan)

man, and he became top dog on Millan’s National Geographic television series Dog Whisperer. He was a partner in Millan’s canine rehabilitation service, using his calm temperament to train more aggressive dogs.

D’AGOSTINO, JON Veteran comic books artist Jon D’Agostino died at his home in Ansonia, Connecticut, on November 29, 2010. He was 81. D’Agostino was born on June 13, 1929. He began working in comics as a colorist at Timely in the 1940s, and was penciling and inking stories by the early 1950s. He worked frequently for Charlton during his career, illustrating tales for such titles as Fightin’ Army, Attack, Sweethearts, Pudg y Pig, Freddy, My Little Margie, and Timmy the Timid Ghost. He was sometimes credited as Johnny Dee and John Duffy during his career. He was a letterer at Marvel Comics on the ﬁrst three issues of the landmark series The Amazing Spider-Man in the early 1960s. He worked for Archie, Charlton, and Gold Key during the 1960s and 1970s as an artist and letterer. He served as inker on Marvel’s chil-

Obituaries • 2010 dren’s imprint Star Comics in the 1980s and continued to work on such Archie titles as Archie’s Pals and Gals, Jug-

90 screen in Giorgos Panousopoulos’ surreal sex comedy Testosterone.

DALIANIDIS, GIANNIS Greek ﬁlm director and writer Giannis Dalianidis died in Athens, Greece, on October 16, 2010. He was 86. Dalianidis was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, on December 31, 1923. He began writing for ﬁlms in the late 1950s, and made his directorial debut with 1959’s Moussitsa. He remained a leading director over the next 40 years with such credits as An Imbecile and a Half (1959), West Side and East Side (1959), The Boy I Love (1960), The Young Lady’s Fool (1960), The Tough Guy (1961), Liar Wanted (1961), Some

Jon D’Agostino

head’s Time Police, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles through the 2000s.

DALI, GISELA Greek actress Gisela Dali died of cancer in Naxos, Greece, on September 10, 2010. She was 73. Dali was born in Megara, Greece, on August 27, 1937. She was a popular Greek actress and model from the early 1960s. Known as the Greek Brigitte Bardot, she was seen in such ﬁlms as Rendez-Vous in Venice (1960), I Betty Pantrevetai (1961), Tou Koutrouli o Gamos (1962), I Ellinida kai o Erotas (1962), To Gelio Vgike ap’ ton Pa-

Giannis Dalianidis

Gisela Dali

Like It Cool (1962), The Master’s Lady (1962), Law 4000 (1962), The Wise Guy (1962), A Girl for Two (1963), The Heirs (1964), Egoism (1964), Kiss the Girls (1965), A Smart Guy (1965), Rendezvous in the Air (1966), Stefania (1966), Wedding Night (1967), The Blue Beads from Greece (1968), Mermaids and Rascals (1968), A Knight for Vasoula (1968), Naked in the Street (1969), When the City Dies (1969), The Parisian (1969), Wake Up Vasili (1969), Marijuana Stop! (1971), The Dodger (1971), A Greek Woman in the Harem (1971), An Enemy of the Society (1972), O Magas Me to Trikyklo (1972), Twenty Women and I (1973), Under the Sign of Virgo (1973), Lovers of Dreams (1974), Vasika … Kalispera Sas (1982), Kamikazi, Agapi Mou (1983), Peraste … Filiste … Teleiosate! (1986), and Epikindynos Erotas (1989). Dalianidis worked frequently in television from the 1970s, producing and directing such series as Luna Park and To Retire. He was recognized as a national ﬁlm hero at Greece’s International Thessaloniki Film Festival in 2002.

radeiso (1963), Skandala sto Nisi tou Erota (1963), Diestrammenoi (1963), Otan i Moira Prostazei (1964), Ftohos Ekatommyriouhos (1965), Ou klepseis (1965), Daphnis and Chloe (1969), and The Wild Pussycat (1969). She became noted for her roles in adult erotic features in the 1970s, appearing in The Executioner (1970), Enas Vengos gia oles tis Douleies (1970), Erotas Dihos Synora (1970), O Lipotaktis (1970), Oso Yparhei Erotas (1970), O Kyklos tis Anomalias (1971), Image of Love (1972), Passion Beach (1973), The Sexy Mirella (1973), Aimilia, the Psychopath (1974), and Fountains of Lust (1976). Dali largely retired from the screen in the mid–1970s, but returned to the

DALL, EVELYN Singer and actress Evelyn Dall died in Phoenix, Arizona, after a long illness on March 10, 2010. She was 92. She was born Evelyn Mildred Fuss in the Bronx, New York, on January 8, 1918. She began her career in the mid–1930s with small roles in the short ﬁlms The Inventors (1934) and Tickets, Please (1935), and the Broadway musical Parade (1935). She joined Bert Ambrose and His Orchestra in England as lead singer and was billed as the “original blonde bombshell.” She was featured in a handful of British ﬁlms including the revue Soft Lights and Sweet Music (1936), Calling All Stars (1937), Sing as You Swing (1937), Kicking the Moon

91 Around (1938), He Found a Star (1941), King Arthur Was a Gentleman (1942) with Arthur Askey, Miss London Ltd. (1943), and the sci-ﬁ comedy Time Flies (1944). Dall also

2010 • Obituaries (1971), L’Eloignement (1973), Un Amour de Quartier (1984), and Si la Tendance se Maintient (2001). Dalmain was also seen in a handful of ﬁlms during his career including Comme tu me Veux (1962), Tight Skirts, Loose Pleasures (1965), The Act of the Heart (1970), Violette Noziere (1978), Girls (1980), and Le Vent du Wyoming (1994).

DANIELS, DANNY Guyanese actor Danny Daniels died of lung cancer in Yarrokabra, Guyana, on December 6, 2010. He was 83. Daniels was born in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana), on November 1, 1927. He began appearing in television in England in the mid–1950s, with roles in episodes of Fast and Loose, White Hunter, No Hiding Place, Armchair Theatre, Secret Agent, The Saint, Man in a Suitcase, The Power Game, Up Pompeii, Mogul, and Scoop. Daniels also appeared in a handful of ﬁlms during his career, including Evelyn Dall

performed in London stage productions of Present Arms (1940), Something for the Boys (1944), and Follow the Girls (1945). She returned to the United States in 1946, where she married and raised a family.

DALMAIN, JEAN French Canadian actor Jean Dalmain died in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on March 28, 2010. He was 94. He was born Jean Gironnay in France on June 25, 1915. He began studying under Louis Jouvet at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art in 1934. He graduated from the Academy in 1945, and remained there for the remainder of the decade as an Danny Daniels

Storm Over Jamaica (1958), Woman of Straw (1964), Jemina & Johnny (1965), Curse of the Voodoo (1965), Prehistoric Women (1967), Dark of the Sun (1968), Sympathy For the Devil (1968), the horror ﬁlm The Oblong Box (1969) starring Vincent Price and Christopher Lee, Carry On Up the Jungle (1970), and The Body (1970). Daniels resumed his ﬁlm career in Hollywood in the mid–1980s in such ﬁlms as Thunder Run (1986), Retribution (1987), The Outing (1987), Naked Gun 33 1 ⁄ 3: The Final Insult (1994), and Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995). He subsequently retired to Guyana.

Jean Dalmain

assistant to Jouvet. Dalmain went to Canada in 1952, where he was instrumental in the formation of Quebec’s New World Theater. He appeared in numerous theatrical productions and was an instructor at the School of Theatre at St. Hyacinthe from 1979 to 2006. Dalmain was seen on television from the mid–1950s, with roles in such series as Enigmes de l’Histoire, La Camera Explore le Temps, Sous le Signe du Lion, Les Cinq Dernieres Minutes, The Aeronauts, and Les Nouvelles Aventures de Vidocq. He also appeared in the television productions of La Cerisale (1961), La Balsamine (1962), Mesure pour Mesure

DANIELS, LISA British actress Lisa Daniels died in a Los Angeles retirement village on February 12, 2010. She was 79. She was born Gladys Morgan in Birmingham, England, on December 31, 1930. She was crowned Miss Birmingham at the age of 13, and she performed on the local stage. She was performing in London’s West End by the early 1950s under the stage name Lisbeth Kearns. She was known as Lisa Daniels when she came to Hollywood several years later. She was featured in the ﬁlms Man in the Attic (1953) with Jack Palance as Jack the Ripper, Princess of the Nile (1954), The Gambler from Natchez (1954), The Glass Slipper (1955), and The Virgin Queen (1955) with Bette Davis. She also appeared frequently on television in episodes of Stories of the Century, Soldiers of Fortune, Topper, Lux Video Theatre,

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Casablanca, Star Tonight, Climax!, Matinee Theatre in productions of Dracula (1956) starring John Carradine and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1957) starring Douglass

original theme for the cult spy television series The Avengers. He also composed for the 1959 series The Voodoo Factor, and for such ﬁlms as Concrete Jungle (1960), Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960), The Servant (1963) which also featured him onscreen as a jazz band leader, Scruggs (1965), Darling (1965), Return to the Ashes (1965), Sands of the Kalahari (1965), Morgan! (1966, Modesty Blaise (1966), The Idol (1966), Accident (1967), The Last Safari (1967), Fathom (1967), Salt and Pepper (1968), I Love You, I Hate You (1968), The Magus (1968), The Last Grenade (1970), Perfect Friday (1970), 10 Rillington Place (1971), The Kingﬁsh Caper (1976), Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang ) (2000), and Gangster No. 1 (2000). He also served as musical director for the British tours of such artists as Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Sophie Tucker, and Oscar Peterson. He founded the London Symphony Orchestra’s pops program in 1985 and became its musical director. He continued to perform and record throughout his life.

Lisa Daniels

DAS, HEMANTA Indian actor Hemanta Das, who was a leading ﬁgure in the Oriya ﬁlm industry, died in Khamaranga, Cuttack, Orissa, India, on April 27, 2010. He was 76. Das was born in Khuranga, Cuttack, India, in 1934. Das appeared in over 40 ﬁlms from the 1970s including Jajabar (1975), Shesha Shrabana (1976), Eternal Love (1976), Sandhya Tara (1977), the 1979 Hindi

Montgomery, The U.S. Steel Hour, Shirley Temple Theatre, The Millionaire, Kraft Theatre, and G.E. True Theater. She was the voice of Perdita in the Walt Disney animated classic One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1962), and was featured in small roles in the ﬁlms The Swimmer (1968) produced by husband Roger Hill Lewis, The Andromeda Strain (1971), and Swashbuckler (1976). She was also seen in the tele-ﬁlms Act of Separation (1970) and Hustling (1975).

DANKWORTH, JOHNNY British jazz saxophonist and composer Johnny Dankworth died in Marylebone, London, England, on February 6, 2010. He was 82. Dankworth was born in Woodford, Essex, England, on September 20, 1927. He trained on the piano and violin as a child before changing to the clarinet and saxophone in his teens. He trained at the Royal Academy of Music in London and embarked on a career as a jazz musician in the late 1940s. He formed his own group in 1950s and was leading a big band by 1953. He was a popular performer and recording artist throughout the decade, and he married singer Cleo Laine in 1957. Dankworth worked frequently in ﬁlms and television from the late 1950s, and was best known for composing the

Johnny Dankworth

Hemanta Das

ﬁlm Shodh, The Street Loafer (1980), Winter Night (1981), Pooja (1981), Troubled Planet (1982), Bhakta Salabega (1983), Kalyani (1983), The Silent Storm (1984), Pratidhwani (1984), Chaka Bhaunri (1985), Samay Bada Balwan (1985), Sanskara (1985), Kasturi (1987), Kichu Smruti Kichu Anubhuti (1988), Mamata Ra Dori (1989), Sasti (1989), Agni Veena (1990), The Unspeakable Story (1994), and The Words of Silence (1998).

DAVAO, CHARLIE Filipino actor Charlie Davao died of cancer in a Manila, the Philippines, hospital on August 8, 2010. He was 75. Davao was born in Iloilo City, the Philippines in 1935. He began his career in Manila in the late 1950s as a commercial model, and had an early ﬁlm role in 1959’s Isinumpa (Cursed). He was a familiar face in ﬁlms and television over the next 50 years, often cast as villainous characters. His numerous ﬁlm credits include Double Cross (1960), The Laws of So-

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ciety (1961), We Who Are Sexy (1962), Sabina (1963), Tomorrow Is Mine (1963), Mr. Wong vs. Mistico (1964), 7 Mata Hari (1965), Dugo ng Vampira (1969), Women in Cages (1971), Roulette (1972), The Panther (1973), The Dragon Force Connection (1974), Nino Valiente (1975), Supercock (aka A Fistful of Feathers) (1975), Gorgonya (1978), Blind Rage (1978), Last Target (1978), Ninja Nightmare (1980), Palengke Queen (1982), Bad Boy from Dadiangas (1982), the horror fantasy The Killing of Satan

Metring David

trang Kabayo at ang Pilyang Kuting (1988), Rosenda (1989), Balbakwa: The Invisible Man (1989), Tootsie Wootsie: Ang Bandang Walang Atrasan (1990), Papa’s Girl (1990), Chickboys (1994), Abrakadabra (1994), Kailangan ko’y Ikaw (2000), and Burles King (Daw O…)! (2002). Charlie Davao

(1983) as Satan, Over My Dead Body (1983), To Love Again (1983), Bed Sins (1985), Zuma (1985), Get Victor Corpus: The Rebel Soldier (1987), Boy Tornado (1987), Ready! … Aim! … Fire!… (1987), Afuang: Bounty Hunter (1988), Sgt. Ernesto Boy Ibanez: Tirtir Gang (1988), Carnap King: The Randy Padilla Story (1989), Here Comes the Bride (1989), Virginia P. (1989), Wanted: Pamilya Banal (1989), Sgt. Patalinhug: CIS Special Operations Group (1990), Sgt. Miguel Carpio: Multiple Murder (1990), Once Upon a Time in Manila (1994), Alfredo Lim: Batas ng Maynila (1995), Bridesmaids (1997), Dugo ng Birhen: El Kapitan (1999), Pangako… Ikaw Iang (2001), Batas ng Lansangan (2002), Walang Kapalit (2003), and Desperadas: All They Need Is Love (2008).

DAVID, METRING Filipino actress and comedian Metring David died in the Philippines on October 7, 2010. She was 90. David was born in the Philippines on June 20, 1920. She began her ﬁlm career with Lebran Pictures, appearing in the 1953 dramas Malapit sa Diyos (Near to God) and Walang Hanggang. She soon turned to comedy, and had a lengthy career in such ﬁlms as Babaing Kalbo (1953), Galawgaw (1954), Sapagka’t Mahal Kita (1955), Puro Labis Puro Kulang (1962), Pitong Atsay (1962), Si Romeo at si Julieta (1968), The Jukebox King (1969), Oh, Delilah (1969), Faciﬁca Falayfay (1969), Signos Trece (1971), Make Laugh, Not War (1971), Love Pinoy Style (1972), Edgar Loves Vilma (1972), Because You Are Mine (1973), Asiong Aksaya (1977), Buhay Artista Ngayon (1979), Roberta (1979), Why Is the Sky Blue? (1981), Cross My Heart (1982), My Juan en Only (1982), Bagets 2 (1984), Inday-Inday sa Balitaw (1986), Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (1986), Jack en Poy: Hale-Hale Hoy! (1987), Forward March (1987), Family Tree (1987), Shoot That Ball (1987), Maria Went to Town! (1988), Pe-

DAVIDSE, BOB Belgian television personality Bob Davidse died in Antwerpen, Belgium, on February 16, 2010. He was 89. Davidse was born in Berchern, Flanders, Belgium, on July 26, 1920. He began his career as a singer in the early 1940s, sometimes performing in

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the streets of Belgium during World War II. He married Annie Vermeulen in 1944, and they formed a singing duo. As Nonkel Bob (Uncle Bob) he served as the host of a long-running series of youth talent showcases on Flemish television from the mid–1950s. He remained a popular ﬁgure on Belgian television for the next three decades, retiring in 1985.

DAVIES, ROBIN British actor Robin Davies died of lung cancer in Norwich, Norfolk, England, on February 22, 2010. He was 56. Davies was born in Merionetshire, North Wales, on January 16, 1954. He trained as an actor at the Aida Foster Stage School, and began his career as a child, starring as Steve in the children’s ﬁlm series The Magniﬁcent 6 and 1 ⁄ 2 in the late 1960s. He was featured as Machin in If… (1968), Lindsay Anderson’s

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anarchic depiction of a English private school, and was Carrot in the children’s magical television series Catweazle from 1969 to 1970. Davies appeared as Mark Vespers, one of the bewitched youngsters, in Tigon’s 1971 horror ﬁlm Blood on Satan’s Claw (aka Satan’s Skin). He starred

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as Simon, with Wendy Craig as his mother, in the British television comedy series And Mother Makes Three from 1971 to 1973, and And Mother Makes Five from 1974 to 1976. He was also featured in episodes of Doomwatch, Play for Today, A Moment in Time, Secret Army, Escape, Split Ends, The Bill, Trainer as Neil Johnson, The Lifeboat, and One Foot in the Grave. Davies starred as Corporal Box in the series Spearhead, about a British army regiment stationed in Northern Ireland, from 1978 to 1981. He was featured in a small role in Lindsay Anderson’s 1982 satire Britannia Hospital, and starred in the 1991 thriller A Mind to Kill. He made his ﬁnal screen performance as Master Plum in 1998’s Shakespeare in Love.

DAVIS, SYLVIA Actress Sylvia Davis, who was featured as Arlo Guthrie’s mother in the 1969 ﬁlm Alice’s Restaurant, died at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, New Jersey, on November 3, 2010. She was 100. Davis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 10, 1910. She appeared on television during the 1950s and 1960s in episodes of Danger, Goodyear Playhouse, the 1960 Play of the Week production of The Dybbuk, Naked City, and The Defenders. She was seen in a small role in the 1961 ﬁlm The Third Alibi, and was Marjorie Guthrie in 1969’s Alice’s Restaurant. Davis was featured as Lillian in the daytime soap opera Edge of Night in 1979, and appeared in Woody Allen’s Stardust Memories (1980) and the 1988 ﬁlm Tiger Warsaw. DAVIS, WILLIE Baseball player Willie Davis, the long-time center ﬁelder for the Los Angeles Dodgers who also appeared in ﬁlms and television, was found dead at his home in Burbank, California, on March 8, 2010. He was 69. Davis was born in Mineral Springs, Arkansas, on April 15, 1940. He moved to Los Angeles with his family as a child, and was a high school track star. He signed with the Dodgers after graduating from high school in 1958, and made his debut with the team in 1960 after a stint in the minor leagues. He played 14 sea-

sons with the Dodgers, including the World Series Championships in 1963 and 1965. During his career in Los Angeles he also appeared on television in episodes of Mister Ed, The Flying Nun and Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law. He was also seen in the ﬁlms Which Way to the Front? (1970) with Jerry Lewis, and The Love Machine (1971). He left the Dodgers in 1973, but continued to play with such teams as the Montreal Expos, Texas Rangers, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres, and California Angels throughout the decade.

DAWSON, DANA Actress and singer Dana Dawson died of colon cancer on August 10, 2010. She was 36. Dawson was born in New York City on August 7, 1974. She began her stage career at the age of 7, performing on the national tour of Annie. She was also

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featured in the 1988 ﬁlm Starlight: A Musical Movie. She made her recording debut in 1988 with the single “Ready to Follow You,” and had success in France with the subsequent album Paris, New York and Me. She recorded her second album, Black Butterﬂy, in England in 1995, which included the popular songs “3 Is Family,” “Got to Give Me Love,” and “Show Me.” Dawson was understudy for the characters Mimi and Joanne for the musical Rent in the early 2000s.

DEADY, MOIRA Irish actress Moira Deady Hoey, who starred as Mary Riordan on the popular tel-

95 evision series The Riordans, died in a Dublin hospital on November 15, 2010. She was 88. She starred as the matriarch of The Riordans from 1965 to 1979, and was also

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seen in the series Bracken, Glenroe, The Irish R.M., and Legend. Deady was also featured in several ﬁlms including 35 Aside (1996), The Nephew (1998), This Is My Father (1998), Angela’s Ashes (1999), Headrush (2003), Aroma (2005), and The Tiger’s Tail (2006).

2010 • Obituaries 1962 song “PT 109,” honoring President John F. Kennedy. He became a frequent guest host on The Tonight Show, and hosted the ABC variety series The Jimmy Dean Show in the mid–1960s. The very ﬁrst Muppet, Jim Henson’s Rowlf the dog, was introduced on his show. Dean continued to appear on such series as The Patty Duke Show, Hippodrome Show, The Andy Williams Show, The Porter Wagner Show, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Hollywood Palace, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, The Joey Bishop Show, The Mike Douglas Show, The David Frost Show, The Dick Cavett Show, The Hollywood Squares, Dinah!, and The Merv Grifﬁn Show. He made his ﬁlm debut as reclusive millionaire Willard Whyte in the 1971 James Bond ﬁlm Diamonds Are Forever with Sean Connery. He was also featured in the recurring role of Josh Clements in the frontier television series Daniel Boone with Fess Parker from 1967 to 1970. Dean was featured in the tele-ﬁlms The Ballad of Andy Crocker (1969), Rolling Man (1972), and The City (1977), and guest starred in episodes of Fantasy Island and Murder, She Wrote. He starred as Charlie Bullets in the television series J.J. Starbuck from 1987 to 1988, and was Cletus Morgan in the 1990 ﬁlm version of Big Bad John. He went into the sausage business in 1969, founding the Jimmy Dean Meat Co. His Jimmy Dean Pure Pork sausage became a breakfast favorite, with Dean as the commercial spokesperson. He sold the company to the Sara Lee Corp. in 1984. He remained the company spokesman until Sara Lee terminated him in 2003. His autobiography, 30 Years of Sausage, 50 Years of Ham, was published in 2004. Dean was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame earlier in 2010.

DEAN, JIMMY Jimmy Dean, country music legend turned sausage magnate, died at his home in Henrico County, Virginia, on June 13, 2010. He was 81. Dean was born in Plainview, Texas, on August 10, 1928. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the late 1940s and embarked upon a singing career after his discharge. He toured with his band, The Texas Wildcats, and scored a hit with the 1953 song “Bummin’ Around.” He was soon hosting a local Washington, D.C., television variety series, Town and Country Time, which helped popularize such country singers as Roy Clark and Patsy Cline. He became the host of The Jimmy Dean Show at CBS in 1957. He also performed on such variety series as The Perry Como Show, The Steve Allen Show, The Pat Boone–Chevy Showroom, The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, and The Tonight Show. He scored a major hit with his 1961 song “Big Bad John,” which earned him a Grammy Award the following year. He had another hit with the

DE ANDA, RODOLFO Mexican actor Rodolfo de Anda, who starred as masked swordsman Zorro in the 1976 ﬁlm La Gran Aventura del Zorro, died in Aguascalientes, Mexico, on February 1, 2010. He was 66. De Anda was born in Mexico City on July 6, 1943. He began his ﬁlm career in his youth, appearing in 1955’s La Venganza del Diablo. He appeared in more than 150 ﬁlms over the next ﬁve decades including Echenme al Gato (1958), Red Sky (1962), Alias El Alacran (1963), Smiles of the City (1963), La Mascara de Jade (1963), Los Hermanos Barragan (1964), Dos Caballeros de Espada (1964), Los Novios de Mis Hijas (1964), Shadow of the Black Hand

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(1964), La Duquesa Diabolica (1964), El Texano (1965), Ghost Town (1965), El Zurdo (1965), Outside the Law (1966), Acapulco a Go-Go (1967), La Muerte en Bikini (1967), Vagabundo en la Lluvia (1968), El Caudillo (1968), Una Horca para el Texano (1969), El Hombre de Negro (1969), La Marcha de Zacatecas (1969), El Cinico (1970), Su Precio … Unos Dolares (1970) as William Bonney, Juegos de Alcoba (1971), Siete Evas Para un Adan (1971), La Mula de Cullen Baker (1971), Manuel Saldivar, el Texano (1972), Indio (1972) which also marked his directorial debut, Los Hombres no Lloran (1973), Qujiero Vivir mi Vida! (1973), La Gran Aventura del Zorro (1976) as Diego de Vega and his masked alter ego El Zorro, Santo vs. las Lobas (1976), The Dynasty of Death (1977), Los Hermanos del Viento (1977), El Rey de los Tahures (1980), Toy Soldiers (1984), Abriendo Fuego (1985), City Rats (1986), Policia de Narcoticos (1986), El Hijo de Pedro Navaja (1986), Matanza de Judiciales (1987), Operacion Condor (1989), Secuestro y Muerte (1989), El Hombre que Volvio de la Muerte (1990), Death on the Beach (1991), Pecado Original (1991), Kino (1993), The Steel Horseman (1994), Felix, Como el Gato (1995), Doble Indemnizacion (1996), El Rey del Cristal (1999), One Man’s Hero (1999), 80 Kilos Suicidas (2000), Deaths at Midnight (2001), En la Mira de mi Gatillo (2001), Los Higos del Odio (2003), and Morelia de mis Amores (2003). He appeared on Mexican television in Tres Destinos (1993), La Casa del Naranjo (1998), Tres Veces Soﬁa (1998), and El Pantera (2008).

He worked on over 100 ﬁlms with writer Leonardo Benvenuti, amassing such credits as The Girls of San Frediano (1955), Destination Piovarolo (1956), Camping (1957), The Awakening (1957), Holiday Island (1957), A Man of Straw (1958), The Mine (1958), You’re on Your Own (1959), Girl in a Suitcase (1961), The Joy of Living (1961), Don Camillo: Monsignor (1961), Mad Sea (1963), KaliYug, Goddess of Vengeance (1963), Il Mistero del Tempio Indiano (1963), Imperial Venus (1963), Countersex (1964), Summer Frenzy (1964), Marriage Italian-Style (1964) star-

DE BEL, LYNNE Celine Belanger Deschamps,

ring Sophia Loren, Woman Is a Wonderful Thing (1964), The Camp Followers (1965), Don Camillo in Moscow (1965), The Almost Perfect Crime (1966), Soldier’s Girl (1966), Me, Me, Me … and the Others (1966), Ghosts — Italian Style (1967), Italian Secret Service (1968), A Pocketful of Chestnuts (1970), Let’s Have a Riot (1970), In Love, Every Pleasure Has Its Pain (1971), Between Miracles (1971), Alfredo, Alfredo (1972), While There’s War, There’s Hope (1974), Black Is Beautiful (1974), White Collar Blues (1975), My Friends (1975), The Flower in His Mouth (1975), Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976), The Bishop’s Bedroom (1977), Dottor Jekyll e Gentile Signora (1979), Fantozzi Against the Wind (1980), Fun Is Beautiful (1980), Bianco, Rosso e Verdone (1981), Verdi (1982), All My Friends Part 2 (1982), Petomaniac (1983), Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cascacenno (1984), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), I Due Carabinieri (1984), All My Friends Part 3 (1985), Speriamo che sia Femmina (1986), Fantozzi va in Pensione (1988), La Cintura (1989), I Won the New Year’s Lottery (1989), Lo Zio Indegno (1989), Le Comiche (1990), I Wanted Pants (1990), Fantozzi Strikes Back (1990), Piedipiatti (1991), Parenti Serpenti (1992), Ciao, Professore! (1992), Al Lupo, al Lupo (1992), Ricky e Barabba (1992), Caino e Caino (1993), Cari Fottutissimi Amici (1994), Looking for Paradise (1995), The Blue Collar Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirl of Sex and Politics (1996), Fantozzi—Il Ritorno (1996), Finally Alone (1997), The Last Stop (1998), Bagnomaria (1999), Coconut Heads (2000) and Every Dumped Boyfriend Is Lost (2001). He continued to write for ﬁlms after Benvenuti’s death in 2000, and his later credits include What Fault Is It of Ours? (2003), In Questo Mondo di Ladri (2004), Il Ritorno del Monnezza (2005), Grande, Grosso e Verdone (2008), and My House Is Full of Mirrors (2010).

who performed under the name Lynne De Bel, died in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on February 11, 2010. She was 91. A singer and actress, she was featured in small roles in the ﬁlms Time at the Top (1999), The Day After

Lynne De Bel

Tomorrow (2004), and Punisher: War Zone (2008) as Micro’s Mother. She was also seen in an episode of the television series Sophie in 2008.

DE BERNARDI, PIERO Italian screenwriter Piero De Bernardi, who helped script Sergio Leone’s 1984 feature Once Upon a Time in America, died in Milan, Italy, on January 8, 2010. He was 83. De Bernardi was born in Prato, Tuscany, Italy, on April 12, 1926. He began writing for ﬁlms in the early 1950s, scripting Il Tesore del Bengala (1953) and Black Devils of Kali (1954).

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DE BORBA, DOROTHY Dorothy de Borba, who starred as Dorothy in the Our Gang comedy shorts in the early 1930s, died of emphysema in a Walnut Creek, California, hospital on June 2, 2010. She was 85. De Borba was born in Los Angeles on March 28, 1925. She was cast as Norman “Chubby” Chaney’s kid sister in several early Our Gang comedies, and her habit of repeating him gave her the nickname Echo. With lightbrown hair in ringlet curls, topped with a big bow, de Borba was seen in Pups Is Pups (1930), Teacher’s Pet (1930), School’s Out (1930), Helping Grandma (1931),

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Dorothy de Borba

Love Business (1931), Little Daddy (1931), The Slippery Pearls (1931), Bargain Day (1931), Dogs Is Dogs (1931), Shiver My Timbers (1931), Big Ears (1931), Fly My Kite (1931), A Lad an’ a Lamp (1932), Birthday Blues (1932), Free Wheeling (1932), Hook and Ladder (1932), The Pooch (1932), Spanky (1932), Choo-Choo! (1932), Free Eats (1932), Readin’ and Writin’ (1932), Mush and Milk (1933), The Kid from Borneo (1933), Forgotten Babies (1933), and Fish Hooky (1933). She was also featured in the 1931 short Blood and Thunder with Mickey Daniels, and appeared in small roles in the ﬁlms A Royal Romance (1930), Men of the North (1930), and Bombshell (1933) with Jean Harlow. Her ﬁlm career ended in 1933, though she later worked at Republic Pictures as a secretary. She was a senior clerk at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism from the 1960s. De Borba was a popular guest at Sons of the Desert conventions honoring comedians Laurel and Hardy.

DE CARMINE, RENATO Italian actor Renato De Carmine died of complications from anemia in Rome on July 18, 2010. He was 87. De Carmine was born in Rome on February 23, 1923. He studied at the National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome and began his career on radio in the 1940s. He made his ﬁlm debut later in the decade, and was seen in such features as Fantasmi del Mare (1948), William Tell (1949), Man of Death (1949), Mistress of the Mountains (1949), Capitan Demonio (1950), Milady and the Musketeers (1952), The Merchant of Venice (1953), Charge of the Black Lancers (1962), No Man’s Land (1962), Torpedo Bay (1963), Untamable Angelique (1967), Angelique and the Sultan (1968), Possibility Zero (1969), Yellow: Le Cugine (1969), Io non

Scappo … Fuggo (1970), Seven Shawls of Yellow Silk (1972), No More Time (1973), Allonsanfan (1974), Challenge to White Fang (1974) as Lt. Charles LeClerq, In Nome del Papa Re (1977), La Guerra sul Fronte Est (1981), La Monaca di Monza (1986), L’Ingranaggio (1987), Un Uomo di Razza (1989), Per Amore, Solo per Amore (1993), Romanzo di un Giovane Povero (1995), Ultimo Bersaglio (1997), Word and Utopia (2000), February, 30th (2006), Il Nostro Messia (2008), and La Paciﬁcazione (2009). De Carmine also appeared frequently on television from the late 1950s, appearing in productions of Sette Piccole Croci (1957), Scacco Matto (1959), Il Malato Immaginario (1963), Il Ventaglio di Lady Windermere (1966), Quinta Colonna (1967), Una Corsa in Moto (1968), Processi a Porte Aperte: Io Accuso, tu Accusi (1968), Le Terre del Sacramento (1970), Come un Uragano (1971), Ho Incontrato un’Ombra (1972), Puccini (1973), Lungo il Fiume e Sulla’Acqua (1973), L’Armadietto Cinese (1975), Lo Scandalo della Banca Romana (1977), Trafﬁco d’Armi nel Golfo (1977), Re Lear (1979), L’Altro Simenon (1979), La Donna in Bianco (1980), Tre Anni (1983), Olga e i Suoi Figli (1985), Strada Senza Uscita (1986), Il Boss (1986), Treasure Island in Outer Space (1987), La Piovra 7 — Indagine Sulla Morte del Commissario Cattani (1995), La Donna del Treno (1998), and Una Sola Debole Voce (1999). His other television credits include episodes of Aprite Polizi, Tenente Sheridan, Sheridan: Squadra Omicidi, Nero Wolfe, Double Identity, The Octopus, and Linda e il Brigadiere as Inspector Piperno in 1997. De Carmine was also noted as a dubbing actor, providing John Merivale’s Italian voice in the 1959 horror ﬁlm Caltiki, the Immortal Monster, and dubbing Rod Taylor for the 1960 sci-ﬁ classic The Time Machine.

DECASTRO, CHERIE Cherie DeCastro, the last survivor of the singing DeCastro Sisters, died of pneumonia in a Las Vegas hospital on March 14, 2010. She was 87. She was born in New York City on September 1, 1922. She and her sisters Peggy and Babette began their show business careers in Cuba. She came with her family to Florida in 1945. The sisters provided many bird and animal voices in the 1946 Disney ﬁlm Song of the South, and sang background vocals on the song “ZipA-Dee-Doo-Dah.” They appeared with Carmen Miranda in the 1947 ﬁlm Copacabana, and were featured in

Obituaries • 2010 the ﬁlm Over the Santa Fe Trail (1947) and the short Rhythms with Rusty (1956). They had a major hit with their 1954 recording of the song “Teach Me Tonight.” They also appeared in the ﬁlm The Helen Morgan Story

98 DE GOLDSCHMIDT, GILBERT French ﬁlm producer Gilbert de Goldschmidt died in Switzerland on January 1, 2010. He was 84. De Goldschmidt was born in Berlin, Germany, on April 26, 1925. He was raised in France and left before the German occupation during World War II. He returned to France with the U.S. Army in 1944 and began working in ﬁlms after the war. He founded Madeleine Films in 1951, and was a leading ﬁlm producer in France over the next 40 years.

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in 1957. The sisters remained popular performers in Las Vegas through the 1990s. Babette died in 1992 and Peggy died in 2004. Olgita, a cousin who sometimes ﬁlled in for one of the sisters, died in 2000.

DEDRICK, DAVE Dave Dedrick, who was Captain 11, host of the longest running U.S. children’s television program on South Dakota station KELO, died in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on January 25, 2010. He was 81. Dedrick was born in Marshalltown, Iowa, on

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De Goldschmidt produced such ﬁlms as A Double Life (1954), Special Delivery (1955), Girl in His Pocket (1957), The Wolves in the Sheepfold (1960), The Girl with the Golden Eyes (1961), Three Fables of Love (1962), The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), The Wanderer (1967), Hoa Binh (aka The Bamboo Incident) (1970), Servant and Mistress (1977), Trocadero Lemon Blue (1978), Les Turlupins (1980), Signe Furax (1981), Bankers Also Have Souls (1982), P.R.O.F.S. (1985), Les Oreilles entre les Dents (1987), and Suivez cet Avion (1989).

DEJMEK, PIOTR Polish actor Piotr Dejmek died in Warsaw, Poland, of cancer on April 20, 2010. He was 56. Dejmek was born in Lodz, Poland, on April 25, 1953. He attended the Lodz Film School, and made his ﬁlm debut in the 1978 war drama Akcja pod Arsenalem. He performed on stage, ﬁlm, and television over the next 20 years. His other ﬁlm credits include Szpital Przemie-

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March 29, 1928, and was raised in Sioux Falls. He served in the Marine Corps in the late 1940s and was called back into duty during the Korean War. He was weatherman at KELO from the station’s inaugural airing May of 1953. Dedrick made his debut as the futuristic hero Captain 11 in March of 1955, hosting Popeye and HannaBarbera cartoons with his live studio audience of children until his retirement in December of 1996. He published his autobiography, It Ain’t All Cartoons: Memoirs of the Captain, in 1989. Piotr Dejmek

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nienia (1979), W Bialy Dzien (1981), Komediantka (1987), Pulapka (1997), and Unser Fremdes Kind (1998).

Mariposa (1986), El Color Escondido (1988), Funes, un Gran Amor (1993), and Peperina (1995).

DE LA FUENTE, VICTOR Spanish comic artist Victor de la Fuente, who was noted for his western and fantasy art, died in Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, France, on July 2, 2010. He was 83. De La Fuente was born in Riocaliente, Asturias, Spain, in 1927. He began drawing comics in Spain while in his teens, and worked as an ad-

DE LAURENTIIS, DINO Italian ﬁlm producer Dino de Laurentiis, who produced nearly 150 ﬁlms during a career that lasted over 60 years, died at his home in Beverly Hills, California, on November 10, 2010. He was 91. He was born Agostino de Laurentiis in Torre Annunziata, Campania, Italy, on August 8, 1919. He worked in Rome selling spaghetti for his father before enrolling at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematograﬁa. He initially was interested in becoming an actor, and appeared onscreen in small roles in the ﬁlms L’Orologio a Cucu (1938), Heartbeat (1939), Department Store (1939), Small Hotel (1939), I Met You Too Late (1940), Boccaccio (1940), and The Last Fight (1941). He soon realized his talents were more suited behind the scenes, and was a production supervisor for several ﬁlms in the early 1940s. He produced his ﬁrst ﬁlm L’Amore Canta (Love Song) in 1941. De Laurentiis’ ﬁlm career was sidetracked during World War II when he served in the Italian Army. He resumed his career after the war, working as a producer for the ﬁlm company Lux on Return of the Black Eagle (1946), The Bandit (1946), La Figlia del Capitano (1947), The Mysterious Rider (1948), The Fireman of Viggiu (1949), Adam and Eve (1949), Lure of the Sila (1949), and Giuseppe De Santis’ Bitter Rice (1949). De Laurentiis teamed with Carlo Ponti in 1950 to form their own company, Ponti–De Laurentiis Cinematograﬁca. They produced a string of comedies, romances and action ﬁlms over the next ﬁve years including Napoli Milionaria (Side Street Story) (1950), Outlaw Girl (1950), Accidents to the Taxes!! (1951), Toto the Third Man (1951), Last Meeting (1951), Anna (1951), Toto in Color (1952), Jolanda, the Daughter of the Black Corsair (1952), The Eleven Musketeers (1952), Roberto Rossellini’s No Greater Love (aka Europa ’51) (1952), Girls Marked Danger (1952), Three Corsairs (1952), Brothers of Italy (1952), Hell Raiders of the Deep (1953), The Unfaithfuls (1953), The Devil Is a Woman (1953), Easy Years (1953), Poverty and Nobility (1954), Federico Fellini’s La Strada (1954) which earned the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Feature in 1957, Mambo (1954), Ulysses (1954) starring Kirk Douglas, Woman of Rome (1954), The Gold of Naples (1954), An American in Rome (1954), Attila (1954), The River Girl (1954), Girls of Today (1955), Eighteen Year Olds (1955), and King Vidor’s adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s novel War and Peace (1956) starring Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, and Mel Ferrer. De Laurentiis split from Ponti to form his own production company in the mid–1950s and continued to produce such ﬁlms as The Miller’s Beautiful Wife (1955), Guendalina (1957), Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria (1957), Maid, Thief and Guard (1958), This Angry Age (1958), Fortunella (1958), Tempest (1958), The Great War (1959), I Love, You Love (1960), Il Gobbo (1960), 5 Branded Women (1960), Under Ten Flags (1960), Everybody Go Home (1960), …And Suddenly It’s Murder! (1961), The Fascist (1961), Goliath and the Vampires (1961), Black City (1961), The Best of Enemies (1961), The Last Judgment (1961), A Difﬁcult Life (1961), Barabbas (1961) starring Anthony Quinn, The Police Commissioner (1962), Maﬁoso (1962), The Teacher from Vigevano (1963), The

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vertising artist in South America in the 1950s. He returned to Europe by the end of the decade, where he illustrated war and western comics for British publishers Fleetways and D.C. Thompson. He created the Sunday western series with writer Victor Mora in 1968, and drew several tales for Warren’s Eerie and Creepy magazines. He was best known for his art on such western series as Amargo, Mortimer, Los Gringos, and Tex Willer, and the heroic fantasy Haggarth. DE LA TORRE, RAUL Argentine ﬁlm director Raul de la Torre died in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 19, 2010. He was 72. De la Torre was born in Zarate, Argentina, on February 19, 1938. He directed over a dozen ﬁlms from the late 1960s including Juan Lamaglia y Senora (1970), Cronica de una Senora (1971), Heroina (1972), La Revolucion (1973), Sola (1976), El Inﬁerno tan Temido (1980), Pubis Angelical (1982), Pobre

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Thursday (1963), The Hours of Love (1963), To Bed or Not to Bed (1963), Corpse for the Lady (1964), My Wife (1964), The Flying Saucer (1964), Thrilling (1965), Menage Italian Style (1965), Our Agent Tiger (1965), Battle of the Bulge (1965), Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966), The Bible: In the Beginning… (1966), Navajo Joe (1966), Vietnam Guerra Senza Fronte (1967), The Witches (1967), Matchless (1967), The Stranger (1967), Danger: Diabolik (1968), The Adventures of Ulysses (1968), The Violent Four (1968), Anzio (1968), Roger Vadim’s Barbarella (1968) starring Jane Fonda, Bandits in Rome (1968), Fraulein Doktor (1969), The Bandit (1969), Attraction (1969), Barbagia (1969), A Brief Season (1969), Waterloo (1970), A Man Called Sledge (1970), The Deserter (1971), Liberation (1971), The Valachi Papers (1972), Cause of Divorce (1972), Boccaccio (1972), The Scopone Game (1972), and Chino (1973). De Laurentiis frequently utilized American actors and directors in his European productions, and he moved his studios to the United States by the mid–1970s. He produced several successful crime dramas and thrillers during the decade with such credits as Serpico (1973), Crazy Joe (1974), Death Wish (1974) starring Charles Bronson, Turn the Other Cheek (1974), Mandingo (1975), Three Days of the Condor (1975), Lipstick (1976), Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976), and Drum (1976). De Laurentiis produced a big budget remake of the classic ﬁlm King Kong in 1976, starring Jessica Lange and Jeff Bridges, and dealt with larger than life creatures in the 1977 mystical western The White Buffalo and the Jaws-inspired killer whale epic Orca (1977) starring Richard Harris and a young Bo Derek. He also produced the ﬁlms The Serpent’s Egg (1977) The Brink’s Job (1978), King of the Gypsies (1978), the disaster ﬁlm Hurricane (1979), the bright and ﬂashy 1980 remake of the Flash Gordon serials starring Sam Jones, Ragtime (1981), Conan the Barbarian (1982) starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Amityville II: The Possession (1982), 1984’s The Bounty starring Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins, the sequel Conan the Destroyer (1984), David Lynch’s 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert’s science ﬁction classic Dune, Year of the Dragon (1985), Lynch’s Blue Velvet (1986), Tai-Pan (1986), and the ill-fated sequel King Kong Lives (1986). De Laurentiis began a long association with horror writer Stephen King as executive producer for 1983’s The Dead Zone, that continued

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with such King ﬁlm adaptations as Cat’s Eye (1985), Silver Bullet (1985), Maximum Overdrive (1986) which marked King’s foray as a director, and the tele-ﬁlm Sometimes They Come Back (1991). De Laurentiis’ 1986 ﬁlm Manhunter, based on Thomas Harris’ novel Red Dragon, introduced Hannibal Lecktor to the annals of ﬁlm villainy as portrayed by Brian Cox. His other production credits include the ﬁlms Desperate Hours (1990), Once Upon a Crime… (1992), the cult horror classic Army of Darkness (1992) starring Bruce Campbell, Body of Evidence (1993) starring Madonna, the tele-ﬁlm Solomon & Sheba (1995), Assassins (1995), Slave of Dreams (1995), Unforgettable (1996), Breakdown (1997), and U-571 (2000). He returned to everyone’s favorite cannibal, producing the 2001 sequel to Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, starring Anthony Hopkins, who reprised the role in the 2002 remake of Red Dragon. De Laurentiis also produced 2007 ﬁlm about the young Dr. Lecktor, Hannibal Rising, and the historical epics The Last Legion (2007) and Virgin Territory (2007). He was awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award at the Academy Awards in 2001. He was married to actress Silvana Mangano from 1949 until shortly before her death in 1989, and to producer Martha Schumacher from 1990 until his death. His son, Federico de Laurentiis, worked with his father as a producer on several ﬁlms before his death in a plane crash in 1981. He also had three daughters with Mangano, actress Veronica, and producers Raffaella and Francesca. He had two daughters with his second wife, Carolyna and Dina, who were featured onscreen in the 2000 ﬁlm U-571.

DELONG, THOMAS Thomas A. DeLong II, who penned several books on ﬁlm, television, and music, died of a stroke in Florida on July 12, 2010. He was 75. DeLong was born in Freeport, New York, in 1935. He was a corporate communications ofﬁcer for such businesses as Olin Corp. and Pﬁzer. He was the author of ten books, including biographies of bandleader Paul Whiteman, singer Frank Munn, actor turned politician John Davis Lodge, and Chinese ﬁrst lady Madame Chiang Kai-shek. He served as chairman of the board of trustees for the Westport, Connecticut, School of Music, and wrote Stars in Our Eyes, a compendium of stage and screen ﬁgures from Westport. DeLong also provided in depth articles on such actors as Dolores Hart, Alan Baxter, and Peter Chong for Classic Images. DEL POGGIO, CARLA Italian actress Carla Del Poggio died in Rome on October 14, 2010. She was 84. She was born Maria Luisa Attanasio in Naples, Italy, on December 2, 1925. She trained in modern dance and drama in Rome while in her teens, and she made her ﬁlm debut as the star of Vittorio De Sica’s 1940 ﬁlm Maddalena, Zero in Condotta (1940). She continued to star in such ﬁlms as La Boca Sulla Strada (1941), La Scuola dei Timidi (1941), C’e Sempre un Ma! (1942), Un Garibaldino al Convento (1942), Signorinette (1942), Incontri di Notte (1943), Tre Ragazze Cercano Marito (1944), Humanity (1946), Angel and the Devil (1946), The Bandit (1946), Lost Youth (1947), Caccia Tragica (1947), Senza Pieta (1948), The Mill on the Po (1949), Sigillo Rosso (1950), and Cavalcata d’Eroi (1950). She married direc-

101 tor Alberto Lattuada in 1945, and performed frequently on stage. She starred as Liliana Antonelli in Federico Fellini’s feature ﬁlm debut Variety Lights (Luci del Va-

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rieta) in 1950, and appeared in the ﬁlms The Naked and the Wicked (1951), Wolves Hunt at Night (1952), Rome 11:00 (1952), Tormento del Passato (1952), Melodie Immortali — Mascagni (1953), Bufere (1953), Les Revoltes de Lomanach (1954), The Secret of Helene Marimon (1954), and I Girovaghi (1956). She retired from the screen by the end of the decade, to raise a family with her husband. She and Lattuada remained married until his death in 2005.

DELVY, RICHARD Surf-rock musician and composer Richard Delvy died after a long illness in a West Hills, California, hospital on February 6, 2010. He was 67. He was born Richard Delvecchio in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on April 20, 1942. He moved to Southern California in the late 1950s, where he was a drummer for the early surf-rock band the Bel-Airs. They had a minor hit with the instrumental “Mr. Moto” in the early 1960s. Delvy subsequently formed the Challengers, and produced their 1963 debut album Surf beat. He also acquired the rights to such popular songs as “Wipe Out” and “Chick-A-Boom (Don’t Ya Jes’ Love It).” He produced albums for the Outsiders and the Chamber Brothers later in the decade. Delvy

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composed the theme song for the 1968 cult sci-ﬁ ﬁlm The Green Slime. He also contributed music for such animated series as Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, My Favorite Martian, The Archies, and The Groovy Ghoulies. Delvy later served as an executive at such recording companies as MGM Music and Carousel Records, and was musical director and arranger for tours by Tony Orlando and Dawn and David Cassidy.

D ENAULT, E DWARD Television executive Edward Denault, who was a production manager at CBS and Lorimar, died of complications from Alzheimers disease and heart failure in Mission Viejo, California, on August 21, 2010. He was 86. He worked as a ﬂight instructor in Santa Monica, California, before breaking into ﬁlms and television as an assistant director in the early 1950s. He worked on the ﬁlms Teenage Thunder (1957), The Bachelor Party (1957), and Kings Go Forth (1958). He also served as assistant director for episodes of such series as State Trooper, Yancy Derringer also directing several episodes, Mike Hammer, Twilight Zone also directing many of Rod Serling’s introductions and closings, Johnny Ringo, Dante, Michael Shayne, The Riﬂeman, Zane Grey Theater, Wanted: Dead or Alive, and The Dick Powell Theatre. Denault served as production manager on the series The Wild Wild West, Gilligan’s Island, Gunsmoke, Flamingo Road, Eight Is Enough, Hawaii 5 –0, The Waltons, Dallas, Valerie’s Family, She’s the Sheriff, Our House, Max Headroom, Perfect Strangers, Knots Landing, and Falcon Crest. He also worked on the tele-ﬁlms Sole Survivor (1970), Hunters Are for Killing (1970), The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970), Night Chase (1970), A Step Out of Line (1971), Goodbye, Raggedy Ann (1971), A Death of Innocence (1971), Mongo’s Back in Town (1971), Killer by Night (1972), Something Evil (1972), Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol (1972), Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973), I Want to Keep My Baby! (1976), Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith (1979), Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case (1980), A Matter of Life and Death (1981), Our Family Business (1981), Killjoy (1981), Desperate Lives (1982), Two of a Kind (1982), One Shoe Makes It Murder (1982), The Winter of Our Discontent (1983), Spraggue (1984), Master Harold … and the Boys (1985), Gulag (1985), A Death in California (1985), Our Family Honor (1985), Blood and Orchids (1986), The Deliberate Stranger (1986), Warm Hearts, Cold Feet (1987), and The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987). D ENNISON, MICHAEL Film costume designer Michael Dennison died of a brain aneurysm in a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, hospital while on location for the ﬁlm One for the Money, on September 2, 2010. He was 58. Dennison was born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on March 21, 1952. He moved to New York City after graduating from the University of Houston and began his career designing costumes and jewelry for the New York stage. He was working in ﬁlms by the late 1970s as a costume designer or supervisor. His ﬁlm credits include The Wanderers (1979), Cruising (1980), Oh Heavenly Dog (1980), Rollover (1981), Grease 2 (1982), The World According to Garp (1982), Sophie’s Choice (1982), The Survivors (1983), Moscow on the

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Hudson (1984), The Falcon and the Snowman (1985), Turk 182! (1985), Jagged Edge (1985), Maxie (1985), Heartburn (1986), The Mosquito Coast (1986), The Morning After (1986), Moon Over Parador (1988), Beaches (1988), Immediate Family (1988), Immediate

Escape (2006). She starred in the short ﬁlm Allison (2006), and was featured on television in episodes of Shark, Entourage, and My So Called Life. She also appeared in various commercials and music videos.

D ERRICK, D EWEY Film collector Dewey Derrick, whose love of B western ﬁlms from the 1940s and 1950s helped keep them alive for later generations, died after a long illness in North Little Rock, Arkansas, on February 3, 2010. He was 84. Derrick was born in Scott, Arkansas, on March 20, 1925. He served in the

Michael Dennison

Family (1989), the tele-ﬁlm Trenchcoat in Paradise (1989), Jacob’s Ladder (1990), Basic Instinct (1992), Chaplin (1992), the 1997 television production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Starship Troopers (1997), Snow Falling on Cedars (1999), Almost Famous (2000), What Women Want (2000), America’s Sweethearts (2001), Rat Race (2001), Unfaithful (2002), Auto Focus (2002), Mona Lisa Smile (2003), The Chronicles of Riddick (2005), World Trade Center (2006), King of California (2007), Married Life (2007), Martian Child (2007), The Eye (2008), Mirrors (2008), Oliver Stone’s W. (2008), The Spirit (2008), the television production Georgia O’Keeffe (2009) which earned him an Emmy Award nomination, The Book of Eli (2010), Eat Pray Love (2010), and One for the Money (2011).

DE ROGATIS, TARA Actress Tara De Rogatis died suddenly at her home in Hollywood, California, on March 23, 2010. She was 30. De Rogatis was born in Livingston, New Jersey, on June 4, 1979, and was raised in Paciﬁc Palisades, California. She trained as an actress and appeared in a small role in the 2006 ﬁlm

Tara De Rogatis

Dewey Derrick

Paciﬁc with the U.S. Navy during World War II and served with the Arkansas Air National Guard. He was an avid collector of 16mm ﬁlms featuring such cowboy stars as Bob Steele, Ken Maynard, and Tim McCoy. He hosted monthly gatherings at his home where he would screen ﬁlms in his converted garage, complete with theater seats and cowboy movie posters papering the walls. He was active in the Memphis Film Festival from the early 1980s, and loaned many of his ﬁlms for screenings at the annual gathering.

DERRINGER, BILL Actor William Derringer died of lung cancer in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on June 7, 2010. He was 69. Derringer was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 30, 1940. He began his career on the local stage in the early 1960s, and was soon appearing in Off-Broadway productions. He moved to Los Angeles later in the decade, where he wrote, directed, and appeared in numerous plays. He also appeared in small roles in several ﬁlms including Barefoot in the Park (1967), Rosemary’s Baby (1968), Goodbye, Columbus (1969), and The Dark (1979). Derringer later settled in Albuquerque, where he remained a leading ﬁgure in local theater. DE SELA, LHASA Singer Lhasa de Sela died of breast cancer at her home in Montreal, Canada, on January 1, 2010. She was 37. De Sela was born in Big Indian, New York, on September 27, 1972, the daughter of a Mexican father, Spanish teacher Alex Sela, and Jewish-American mother, photographer and actress Alexandra Karam. She spent her early life traveling across the United States and Mexico in a converted school bus. She began singing in San Francisco in a

103 Greek cafe at the age of 13. She moved to Montreal in the early 1990s, where she continued to perform at local nightclubs. She recorded her ﬁrst album, La Llorona, in Canada in 1997, and toured North America and Europe over the next two years. She went to France in

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(1967), The Gendarme Gets Married (1968), The Spat (1978), and The Other One’s Mug (1979). He was also seen on television in productions of La Drame de Sainte-Helene (1961), Vincent Scotto (1962), Garantua (1962), Thierry la Fronde (1964), L’Amour en Papier (1966), and Sacre Farceur (1978).

DEUTER, JAMES Actor James Deuter, who was a ﬁxture on the Chicago stage for many years, died of congestive heart failure and circulatory disease at his home in Edgewater, Chicago, on August 28, 2010. He was 71. Deuter was born in Chicago on March 19, 1939. He studied drama in college and worked at various odd jobs before gaining attention for a comic rendition of Hamlet’s soliloquy at a local comic hangout in the 1970s. He soon became a popular performer on the local stage, and appeared in television productions of

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1999, joining her sister in a theatrical circus company. She resumed writing songs in Marseille in the early 2000s, and returned to Montreal to record The Living Road in 2003. The album included songs in Spanish, English, and French. Lhasa spent the next several years in concert tours, and was a guest artist on songs with Stuart Staples and Tindersticks. She also composed music for the ﬁlms The Fatalist (2005) and The House (2007). Her last album, Lhasa, was released in April of 2009.

DESTAIN , ROBERT French actor Robert Destain died in France on December 20, 2010. He was 93. Destain was featured in such ﬁlms as Crazy Show (1949), We Will All Go to Paris (1950), Bernard and the Lion (1951), His Father’s Portrait (1953), Les Deux Font la Paire (1954), Peek-a-Boo (1954), My Seven Little Sins (1954), La Madelon (1955), Fernandel the Dressmaker (1956), Vines of the Lord (1958), Arretez le Massacre (1959), Tete Folle (1960), La Belle Americaine (1961), The Counterfeit Constable (1964), The Gorillas (1964), What’s Cooking in Paris (1966), The Exchange Student

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James Deuter

Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy (1982), Vital Signs (1986), Under the Biltmore Clock (1986), Charley Hannah (1986), and Mario and the Mob (1992). He was also featured in episodes of the series Missing Persons and Cupid, and played the recurring role of Boswell in Early Edition from 1996 to 1997. Deuter had small roles in several ﬁlms during his career including Weeds (1987), A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988) with River Phoenix, Major League (1989), Only the Lonely (1991), The Babe (1992), Mo’ Money (1992), The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), With Honors (1994), Richie Rich (1994), and Payback (1999).

DEVI , SANTHA Veteran Indian Malayalam actress Santha Devi died after a long illness in a private hospital in Kozhikode, Kerala, India, on November 20, 2010. She was 82. She was born in Kozhikode in 1927 and began performing on stage in the mid–1950s. She made her ﬁlm debut several years later in 1957’s Minnaminungu. She remained a leading actress for over 50 years, and was featured in nearly 500 ﬁlms. Her numerous ﬁlm credits include Awal (1967), Ithu Bhoomiyanu (1978), Inquilabinte Makkal (1978), Thakara (1980), Chaakara (1980), Angaadi (1980), Anu Bandham (1985), Wandering Wind (1987), Dhinarathrangal (1988), Chanakyan (1989), Aakasha Kottayile Sultan (1991), Yamanam (1992), Magrib (1993), Aagneyam (1993), Madamma (1996), Suvarna Simhaasanam

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(1997), Irattakuttikalude Achan (1997), Mizhi Randilum (2003), Ammakilikkoodu (2003), Freedom (2004),

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Ullam (2005), Thalappavu (2008), Vilapangalkkappuram (2008), and Kerala Cafe (2009).

DEVON, RICHARD Character actor Richard Devon died of vascular disease on February 26, 2010. He was 83. Devon was born in Glendale, California, on December 11, 1926. Devon worked his way through drama school in Los Angeles performing chores in lieu of paying tuition. He also worked in early local television in Los Angeles and played a recurring character in the juvenile science ﬁction program Space Patrol. He made his ﬁlm debut in the early 1950s and, with his dark hair and piercing eyes, was a menacing screen presence in two dozen ﬁlms. Devon was seen in Scorching Fury (1952), The Prodigal (1955), Roger Corman’s The Undead (1957) as Satan, The Buckskin Lady (1957), 3:10 to Yuma (1957), Teenage Doll (1957), Escape from San Quentin (1957), Blood of Dracula (1957) as Det. Sgt. Stewart, Corman’s The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957) as King Stark of the Grimolts and, War of the Satellites (1958) as Dr. Pol Van Ponder, Machine-Gun Kelly (1958), Badman’s Country (1958), The Badlanders (1958), Money, Women and Guns (1959), Gunﬁghters of Abilene (1960), Battle of Blood Island (1960), The Co-

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mancheros (1961), Kid Galahad (1962) with Elvis Presley, Cattle King (1963), The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze (1966) as the Maharajah, The Silencers (1966), Three Guns for Texas (1968), and Magnum Force (1973) with Clint Eastwood. Devon was off-screen for over a decade before he made his ﬁnal ﬁlm appearance as a Cardinal in the horror feature The Seventh Sign in 1988. He was also a proliﬁc television actor from the mid–1950s, appearing in episodes of Space Patrol, Highway Patrol, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, Frontier, Noah’s Ark, The George Sanders Mystery Theater, Navy Log, The Ford Television Theatre, Dragnet, Zane Grey Theater, The 20th Century–Fox Hour, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Wagon Train, Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, M Squad, Boots and Saddles, State Trooper, Tales of Wells Fargo, Trackdown, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Peter Gunn, The Loretta Young Show, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Zorro, 77 Sunset Strip, One Step Beyond, The D.A.’s Man, Yancy Derringer in the recurring role of Jody Barker, The Rough Riders, The Riﬂeman, Law of the Plainsman, Johnny Ringo, Colt .45, The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor, The Texan in the recurring role of Tim Craven, Mr. Lucky, Riverboat, The Rebel, Hotel de Paree, Bonanza, Sugarfoot, Philip Marlowe, Target: The Corruptors, Laramie, Overland Trail, The Tall Man, The Islanders, Stagecoach West, The Untouchables, The Twilight Zone, Death Valley Days, Gunsmoke, The Virginian, Perry Mason, Destry, Breaking Point, Burke’s Law, Daniel Boone, The Fugitive, A Man Called Shenandoah, Ben Caesy, The Big Valley, Laredo, Lassie in the recurring role of Merle Dixon, Mission: Impossible, The Iron Horse, The Monkees, The F.B.I., The High Chaparral, Mannix, The Guns of Will Sonnett, Get Smart, Lancer, Planet of the Apes, Quark, Matt Houston, and Midnight Caller. Devon was largely retired by the early 1990s.

DEVRIM, IHSAN Veteran Turkish actor Ihsan Devrim died in Istanbul on January 6, 2010. He was 95. Devrim was born in Istanbul on January 1, 1915. He began his career on stage in the late 1930s. He was featured in the 1961 ﬁlm Gonulden Gonule, and appeared on television in productions of Donemec (1988), Yeni Hayat (2001), Zeybek Atesi (2002), and Seytam Ayrintida Gizlidir (2004). Devrim starred as grandfather

Ihsan Devrim

105 Yakup Cavus on the television series Super Baba from 1993 to 1997.

DEXTER, ROSEMARY British actress Rosemary Dexter, who starred in numerous European ﬁlms in the 1960s and 1970s, died after a long illness in Via Leopardi, Recanati, Italy, on September 8, 2010. She was 66. Dexter was born to British parents in Quetta, Pakistan, on July 19, 1944. She moved to Italy in the

Rosemary Dexter

late 1950s, where she soon embarked on a career as an actress. She made her ﬁlm debut in the 1963 sci-ﬁ/comedy Omicron. She was also featured in the ﬁlms Desideri d’Estate (1964), Riccardo Freda’s 1964 production of Romeo and Juliet as Juliet, All the Other Girls Do! (1964), Male Companion (1964), Casanova 70 (1965), Highest Pressure (1965), Sergio Leone’s spaghetti western classic For a Few Dollars More (1965) starring Clint Eastwood, Un Uomo a Meta (1966), Gente d’Onore (1967), Big Ripoff (1967), For Love … for Magic (1967), The Sex of Angels (1968), House of Cards (1968), Partner (1968), The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968), Ruggero Deodato’s spaghetti western In the Name of the Father (1969), Deadly Sanctuary (1969), Blow Hot, Blow Cold (1969), My Mao (1970), Mazzabubu … Quante Corna Stanno Quaggiu? (1971), Come Together (1971), I Figli Chiedono Perche (1972), Sarah’s Last Man (1972), Lui per Lei (1972), Eye in the Labyrinth (1972), Sette Ore di Violenza per una Soluzione Imprevista (1973), Catene (1974), La Minorenne (1974), Mio Dio Come Sono Caduto in Basso! (1974), and Povero Cristo (1975). Dexter also appeared on British television in episodes of The Man Who Never Was and The Saint before retiring from acting in the mid–1970s.

DICENZO, GEORGE Character actor George DiCenzo died after a long illness in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on August 9, 2010. He was 70. DiCenzo was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on April 21, 1940. He began his career in television as an associate producer for the Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows in the late 1960s. He also served as an assistant to the producer for the 1970 feature ﬁlm House of Dark Shadows, and made his onscreen debut in the small role of a deputy. He soon began working primarily in front of the cameras, appearing in the ﬁlms Going Home (1971),

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Across 110th Street (1972), Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue (1974), Las Vegas Lady (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) as Major Benchley, The Choirboys (1977), The Frisco Kid (1979), The Ninth Conﬁguration (1980), Gangster Wars (1981) as Arnold Rothstein, Breach of Contract (1982), Back to the Future (1985) as Sam Baines, The Longshot (1986), About Last Night… (1986), Walk Like a Man (1987), 18 Again! (1988), The New Adventures of Pippi Longstockings (1988), Face of the Enemy (1989), Sing (1989), The Exorcist III (1990), Gypsy Eyes (1992), Lesser Prophets (1997), Illuminata (1998), It Had to Be You (2000), Tempted (2001), Hotel (2001), Stateside (2004), and A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006). He was a familiar face on television from the early 1970s, with roles in such tele-ﬁlms as The Invasion of Carol Enders (1973), The Night Strangler (1973), The Norliss Tapes (1973), The Blue Knight (1973), Last Hours Before Morning (1975), Helter Skelter (1976) as Manson prosecutor Vince Bugliosi, The Hostage Heart (1977), Aspen (1977), To Kill a Cop (1978), The Jordan Chance (1978), High Midnight (1979), Reunion (1980), The Night the City Screamed (1980), The Gangster Chronicles (1981), Rivkin: Bounty Hunter (1981), Killing at Hell’s Gate (1981), Starﬂight: The Plane That Couldn’t Land (1983), Cowboy (1983), The Tom Swift and Linda Craig Mystery Hour (1983), If Tomorrow Comes (1986), Warm Hearts, Cold Feet (1987), Memories of Mannon (1988), Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion (1991), Down, Out & Dangerous (1995), and Hustle (2004) as baseball commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti. He was featured as Lt. DeNisco in the television series McClain’s Law from 1981 to 1982, and was Charles Dalton in the prime-time soap opera Dynasty from 1984 to 1985. DiCenzo also starred as D.A. Arnold Bach on Equal Justice from 1990 to 1991, and was Stan on Joe’s Life in 1993. His other television credits include roles in such series as The Delphi Bureau, Chase, Doc Elliot, Ironside, The F.B.I., The Rockford Files, Kung Fu, The Manhunter, Gunsmoke, Cannon, Baretta, Swiss Family Robinson, S.W.A.T., Kojak, The Streets of San Francisco, Most Wanted, Hunter, Space Academy, Police Story, How the West Was Won, The Waltons, Hawaii 5 –0, Magnum, P.I., E/R, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Wildﬁre, Spenser: For Hire, The Equalizer, Matlock, Guns of Paradise, In the Heat of the Night, Jake

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and the Fatman, Bodys of Evidence, M.A.N.T.I.S., Murder, She Wrote, Courthouse, NYPD Blue, Law & Order, New York Undercover, Wonderland, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Judging Amy. He was a featured as a voice actor in numerous commercials, books on tape, and animated productions including the ﬁlm The Secret of the Sword (1985). He also voice characters in such television cartoon series as Space Sentinels, SpiderMan and His Amazing Friends as Captain America, Blackstar as John Blackstar, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and She-Ra: Princess of Power as Bow and Hordak, Galtar and the Golden Lance, Rock ’n’ Wrestling as Captain Lou Albano, Duck Tales, Animaniacs, and Batman: The Animated Adventures. DiCenzo was also a leading acting coach in New York City.

DIETL, ROBERT Austrian actor Robert Dietl died on October 5, 2010. He was 78. Dietl was born in Salzburg, Austria, on August 7, 1932. He trained as an actor in Salzburg and began his stage career with the Schauspielhaus Dusseldorf in the late 1940s. He made his ﬁlm debut several years later and was seen in such features as Der Engel mit dem Flammenschwert (1954), The High Life (1960), Miracle of the White Stallions (1963), Liselotte von der Pfalz (1966), Ich bin ein Elefant, Madame (1969), Diary of a Lover (1976), Egon Schiele — Exzesse (1981), Five Days One Summer (1982), Viadukt (1983), Forbidden (1984), Singing the Blues in Red (1986), Reunion (1989), The Seventh Continent (1989), Abrahams Gold (1990), and Harry and Harriet (1990). He also appeared frequently on television from the 1950s, with roles in such productions as Die Fee (1957), Mein Sohn, der Herr Minister (1958), Die Chinesische Mauer (1958), Alpenkonig und Menschenfeind (1962), Das Marchen (1966), Die Begnadigung (1968), Der Auftrag (1968), Berliner Antigone (1968), Der Senator (1968), Bend Sinister (1970), Doppelganger (1971) as Dr. Werner Kaiser, Die Abenteuer des Braven Soldaten Schwejk (1972), The Devil’s Lieutenant (1983), and Via Mala (1985). Dietl’s other television credits include episodes of Oberinspektor Marek, Das Kriminalmuseum, John Klings Abenteuer, Sprungbrett, Dem Tater auf der Spur, Sonderdezernat K1, Hamburg Transit, Ein Fall fur Stein, Ich Heirate eine Familie, The Adventures of Dr. Bayer, Detektivburo Roth, Tatort, Liebling Kreuzberg,

Robert Dietl

Coplan, Drei Damen vom Grill, Der Hausgeist, Kommissar Rex, and Im Namen des Gesetzes.

DI FOLCO, MARCELLO Italian actor Marcello Di Folco died at a hospice in Bentivoglio, near Bologna, Italy, after a long illness on September 7, 2010. He was 67. Di Folco was born in Rome on March 7, 1943. He made his ﬁlm debut in Federico Fellini’s Satyricon (1969) and was also featured as Prince Umberto of Savoy in Fellini’s Amarcord (1973). His other

Marcello Di Folco

ﬁlm credits include In the Name of the Italian People (1971), The Lusty Wives of Canterbury (1972), Decameron No. 2 — Le Altre Novelle di Boccaccio (1972), Shoot First, Die Later (1974), While There Is War There’s Hope (1974), Mondo Candido (1975), Todo Modo (1976), Squadra Antigangsters (1979), Fellini’s City of Women (1980), and I Carabbinieri (1981). Di Folco starred as Cosimo de Medici in Robert Rossellini’s 1973 tele-ﬁlm The Age of the Medici, and was featured in the television productions Cartesius (1974) and Josephine ou la Comedie des Ambitions (1979). He was active in the Italian Transsexual Movement from the early 1980s, becoming known as Marcella Di Folco. She served on the municipal council in Bologna, Italy, and was a candidate the Italian Parliament.

D IGBY, KRISTIAN British television host Kristian Digby was found dead at his home in

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107 Newham, East London, with a plastic bag over his head on March 1, 2010. He was 32. There was no evidence of foul play or intentional suicide, and his death was ruled a death by misadventure, presuming he accidentally suffocated while attempting auto-erotic asphyxiation. Digby was born in Torquay, Devon, England, on June 24, 1977. He directed several short ﬁlms in the late 1990s including Words of Deception (1997) and Double Agents, Living in the Sun (1998). He worked with the BBC from the early 2000s, and hosted That Gay Show in 2001. He was best known for his hosting the BBC real estate reality shows Open House, Buy It, Sell It, Bank It, and 2008’s To Build or Not to Build, with Digby designing and contracting the building of his own house. He was also featured in Simon Fanshawe’s 2006 documentary The Trouble with Gay Men.

DIO, RONNIE JAMES Heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio, who was best known for replacing Ozzy Osbourne on vocals for Black Sabbath in 1979, died of complications from stomach cancer in Houston, Texas, on May 16, 2010. He was 67. He was born Ronald James Padavona in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on July 10, 1942. He began his musical career at an early age, and was performing with local band The Vegas Kings in his teens. He soon became lead singer of the band that had become Ronnie and the Redcaps when they recorded their ﬁrst single in 1958. He took the name Ronnie Dio leading the Prophets in 1961, and the group released several singles before disbanding in 1967. He continued his association with Prophets guitarist Nick Pantas, forming the band the Electric Elves, which became Elf in 1969. He joined with Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in the band Rainbow in 1975, and they recorded the albums Rising and Long Live Rock ’n’ Roll. Dio was brought in to Black Sabbath to replace Ozzy Osbourne in 1979, and they recorded the albums Heaven and Hell (1980) and Mob Rules (1981). Dio and Black Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice formed the band Dio in 1982, and recorded the hit album Holy Diver the following year. The band continued to record and perform over the next two decades with numerous changes in its lineup, and Dio himself being the only constant. Their other albums include The Last in Line (1984), Sacred Heart (1985), Dream

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Evil (1987), Lock Up the Wolves (1990), Strange Highways (1994), Angry Machines (1996), Magica (2000), Killing the Dragon (2002), and Master of the Moon (2004). Dio brieﬂy reunited with Black Sabbath in the early 1990s to record the album Dehumanizer, and they recorded the album The Devil You Know as Heaven and Hell in 2009. A concert tour was scrapped when Dio was diagnosed with stomach cancer.

DJIJI, EITAN Young New Zealand actor Eitan Djiji died in a Los Angeles hospital on August 13, 2010, of injuries he received in a ﬁre at his home in Sherman Oaks, California, three days earlier. He was 14. Djiji

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was raised in Christchurch, New Zealand, on June 26, 1996. He came to the United States with his parents at the age of 10 to pursue a career as an actor and singer. He was featured as Teddy in the 2009 ﬁlm My Homework Ate My Dog.

DLOUHY, VLADIMIR Czech actor Vladimir Dlouhy died after a brief illness in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 20, 2010. He was 52. Dlouhy was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, on January 10, 1958. He began his ﬁlm career at the age of 12 in 1970’s Jumping Over Puddles. He was seen in numerous ﬁlms over the next 40 years including Die Gestohlene Schlacht (1972), Pockam, az Zabijes (1973), Kvocny a Kral (1974), Na Startu je Delfín (1974), Osud jmenem Kamila (1974), Robinsonka (1974), Plaveni Hribat (1976), Anna, Sestra Jany (1976), Sestapadesat Neomluvenych Hodin (1977), Konecne si Rozumime (1977), Hop … and There Is Anthropoid (1978), Indiani z Vetrova (1979), Neco je ve Vzduchu (1980), Posledni Vlak (1982), Laska z Pasaze (1984), Give the Devil His Due (1984), An Uncertain Season (1988), Faithfulness We Pledge (1989), Babochki (1991), Malostranske Humoresky (1996), Edgar (1996), Boomerang (1997), Wonderful Years That Sucked (1997), The Button-Pushers (1997), Zitra Vystoupim v Trondheimu (1998), A Time of Debts (1998), The Conception of My Younger Brother (2000), One Hand Can’t Clap (2003), Lovers & Murderers (2004), Maly Svet (2004), Non Plus Ultras (2004), Shadows of the Deceased (2005), Guard No. 47 (2008), and My Husband’s Women (2009). He was also featured in television productions of Island of the Silver Herons (1976), Vyhoda (1980),

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Mezicas (1981), Bylo nas Sest (1985), Zla Krev (1986), Zalety Konskeho Handlire (1991), Stribrny a Rysavec (1998), Ex Offo (1999), Jistota (1999), O Princezne z Rimini (1999), Obeti: Prepadeni (2000), Cestujici bez Zavazadel (2000), Prizraky mezi Nami (2001), Elixir a Halibela (2001), Den, Kdy Nevyslo Slunce (2002), Ta

the University of Oregon, before pursuing a career in ﬁlmmaking. Her ﬁrst major documentary was 1993’s Cuba Va: The Challenge of the Next Generation, and she also made the 2007 documentary Summer of Love, about San Francisco in 1967.

DOLMAN, NANCY Canadian actress Nancy Dolman, the wife of comedian Martin Short, died of cancer in Paciﬁc Palisades, California, on August 23, 2010. She was 58. Dolman was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 26, 1951. She began her career on stage in the early 1970s, touring with the Canadian Rock Theatre’s production of Jesus Christ Superstar. She met actor Martin Short while performing in a Toronto production of Godspell in 1972 and they were married in 1980. Dolman was featured in the re-

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Treti (2002), Pohadka o Houslich a Viole (2005), Rana z Milosti (2005), Hranice (2006), Swingtime (2007), Vlna (2008), and Aljona (2009). He was Libor in the series Dobra Voda in 1982, and was Dr. Holoubek in Sanitka in 1984. He also starred as Petr on Arabela se Vraci in 1994. His other television credits include episodes of Arabela, Doktor z Vejminku, Slavne Historky Zbojnicke, Druhy Dech, Adventure of Criminalistics, Hrichy pro Patera Knoxe, Cerni Andele, O Ztracene Lasce, and Hrabenky. Dlouhy had completed ﬁlming the 2010 ﬁlm Kajinek before his death.

DOLGIN, GAIL Documentary ﬁlmmaker Gail Dolgin, who earned an Academy Award nomination for her 2002 ﬁlm Daughter from Danang reuniting a mother and daughter separated at the end of the Vietnam War, died of breast cancer in Berkeley, California, on October 7, 2010. She was 65. Dolgin was born on Great Neck, Long Island, New York, on April 4, 1945. She earned a bachelor’s in art history from the University of Pennsylvania, and a master’s in education from

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Nancy Dolman (with husband Martin Short)

curring role of Annie Selig in the television sit-com Soap from 1980 to 1981. She was also featured in an episode of Making a Living and the 1982 tele-ﬁlm Family in Blue. She performed in the SCTV Channel variety series in 1984, and appeared with her husband in the 1985 comedy special Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas. She subsequently retired from acting to raise a family.

DONNADIEU, BERNARD-PIERRE French actor Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu died of cancer in Versailles, France, on December 27, 2010. He was 61. Donnadieu was born in Paris on July 2, 1949. He began his ﬁlm career in the mid–1970s, appearing in small roles in the thrillers Body of My Enemy (1976), Joseph Losey’s Mr. Klein (1976), and Roman Polanski’s The Tenant (1976). His numerous ﬁlm credits also include Mon Premier Amour (1978), Judith Therpauve (1978), Coup de Tete (1979), Such a Lovely Town (1979), Twice a Woman (1979), Bolero (1981), The Professional (1981), The Return of Martin Guerre (1982) in the title role, L’Indic (1983), Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983), La Mort de Mario Ricci (1983), Liberty Belle (1983), Barbarous Street (1984), Urgence (1985), Max My Love (1986), Trade Secrets (1986), L’Intruse (1986), Les Fous de Bassan (1987), Beatrice (1987), the original Dutch version of the thriller The Vanishing (1988) as the killer Raymond Lemorne, Christian (1989), Una Vita Scellerata (1990), Connemara (1990), Miracle of Marcellino (1991), Blanc

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d’Ebene (1992), Szwadron (1992), Shadow of the Wolf (1992), Rosenemil (1993), Justinien Trouve, ou le Batard de Dieu (1993), Mauvais Garcon (1993), Caboose (1996), BTK — Born to Kast (2000), The Gaul (2001), Antonio Vivaldi, un Prince a Venise (2006), and Paris 36 (2008). Donnadieu was also a proliﬁc television actor, appearing in productions of Nick Verlaine ou Comment voler la Tour Eiffel (1976), Douze Heures pour Mourir (1978),

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Gaston Phoebus (1978), Le Temps des As (1978), Les Uns et les Autres (1981), L’Ennemi de la Mort (1981), Le France de Josephine (1982), Il n’y a Plus d’Innocents (1982), Machinations (1984), Double Face (1985), Mariage Blanc (1986), L’Argent du Mur (1988), Les Lutteurs Immobiles (1988), Les Jupons de la Revolution (1989), Mary de Cork (1989), Mit den Clowns Kamen die Tranen (1990), L’Alerte Rouge (1991), La Scene Finale (1992), L’Affaire Dreyfus (1995), Le Poteau d’Aldo (1996), La Fine Equipe (1997), Le Pantalon (1997), The Sands of Time (1998), Jeanne et le Loup (1998), Le Causse d’Aspignac (2000), Jean Moulin (2002), Orages (2003), Les Passeurs (2004), Clochemerle (2004), Un Petit Garcon Silencieux (2004), Jusqu’au bout (2005), Allons Petits Enfants (2005), Beau Masque (2006), Austerlitz, la Victoire en Marchant (2006), How Much We Hated Each Other (2007), A Droite Toute (2008), L’Affaire Salengro (2009), Du Cristal a la Fumee (2010), and Jeanne Devere (2010). His other television credits include episodes of A Dossiers Ouverts, Commissaire Moulin, Les Cinq Dernieres Minutes, Les Heritiers, Medcins de Nuit, Le Juge est une Femme, Vertiges, and S.O.S. 18.

The Mind of Mr. Soames (1970), and Waterloo (1970). He appeared on television in productions of This Day in Fear (1958), Rest in Violence (1958), The Iron Harp (1958), Playboy of the Western World (1958), Sergeant Musgrave’s Dance (1961), A Lily in Little India (1962), Application Form (1965), The Retreat (1966), The Drummer and the Bloke (1968), and The Venetian Twins (1976). He was also seen in episodes of The New Adventures of Charlie Chan, International Detective, The Avengers, The Sentimental Agent, Espionage, First Night, No Hiding Place, Out of the Unknown, Department S, Z Cars, and Great Mysteries. He starred as Matthew Browne in the series Yes, Honestly from 1976 to 1977. Donnelly made his Broadway debut in the 1966 production of Brian Friel’s Philadelphia, Here I Come!, earning an Emmy Award nomination for his performance. He continued his career on Broadway in replacement roles in such plays as A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, Sleuth, and The Elephant Man. He also appeared in productions of Friel’s Faith Healer (1979), Dancing at Lughnasa (1991), and Translations (1995). He largely settled in the United States in the 1980s, and was featured in John Huston’s ﬁlm adaptation of James Joyce’s The Dead (1987) as Freddy Malins. His other ﬁlm credits include Twister (1989), The Godfather: Part III (1990) as Archbishop Gildey, Red Riding Hood (1992) as the narrator, Words Upon the Window Pane (1994), Mesmer (1994), Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale (1994), Korea (1995), Love and Rage (1998), and This Is My Father (1998). He also appeared on television in episodes of Spenser: For Hire, Love & Order, and DDU.

DONNELLY, DONAL Irish actor Donal Donnelly died of cancer in Chicago on January 4, 2010. He was 78. Donnelly was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, on July 6, 1931, and was raised in Dublin, Ireland. He began his career on stage in Dublin at the Gate Theater. He also appeared on London’s West End stages in productions of J.M. Synge’s Playboy of the Western World and Sean O’Casey’s Shadow of a Gunman in the 1950s. Donnelly was also seen in the ﬁlms The Rising of the Moon (1957), Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958), Shake Hands with the Devil (1959), I’m All Right Jack (1959), The Informers (1963), Up Jumped a Swagman (1965), The Knack … and How to Get It (1965),

DONNER, CLIVE British ﬁlm director Clive Donner died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease in London on September 6, 2010. He was 84. Donner was born in London on January 21, 1926. He began making short ﬁlms while in school, and found work as an assistant editor at Denham Studios after graduation. He was soon editing ﬁlms at Denham and, later, Pinewood, working on such features as Oliver Twist (1948), One Woman’s Story (1949), Madeleine (1950), Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951), A Christmas Carol (1951), The Promoter (1952), Tonight at 8:30 (1952), Genevieve (1953), Man with a Million (1954), The Purple Plain (1954), and I Am a Camera (1955). He

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made his directorial debut with 1957’s The Secret Place, and also helmed the ﬁlms Heart of a Child (1958) and Some People (1962). Donner worked in television, directing episodes of Danger Man, The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre, and Sir Francis Drake. He scored a major hit with his 1963 ﬁlm adaptation of Harold Pinter’s play The Caretaker, starring Alan Bates, and followed with the successful satire Nothing but the Best (1964). His next ﬁlm was the hit comedy What’s New Pussycat? (1965), starring Peter Sellers, Peter O’Toole, and Woody Allen. He stayed in Hollywood to helm the comedy Luv (1967) starring Jack Lemmon and Peter Falk. Donner returned to England, where he directed Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush (1968). His 1969 Daisy d’Ora

Verschwundene Testamant (1929), Der Mann der Nicht Liebt (1929), Hungarian Nights (1929), Die Halbwuchsigen (1929), Freiheit in Fesseln (1930), and Nur am Rhein (1930). She was Miss Germany of 1931, and modeled during the 1930s. She soon married diplomat Otto Schlitter, and they remained together until his death in 1970.

Clive Donner

historical epic Alfred the Great, starring David Hemmings and Michael York, was a commercial misﬁre and his directing career suffered in its wake. He directed television commercials and stage plays over the next several years before returning to the screen with the 1974 horror comedy Old Dracula (aka Vampira) starring David Niven. His later ﬁlms included the 1980 Get Smart feature The Nude Bomb, Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981), Stealing Heaven (1988), and Arrivederci Roma (1990). He worked frequently in television from the late 1970s, helming such productions as Rogue Male (1976), Spectre (1977), The Three Hostages (1977), She Fell Among Thieves (1978), The Thief of Baghdad (1978), Oliver Twist (1982), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982), To Catch a King (1984), A Christmas Carol (1984), Arthur the King (1985), Agatha Christie’s Dead Man’s Folly (1986), Babes in Toyland (1986), Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less (1990), Terror Stalks the Class Reunion (1992), and Charlemagne (1993). Donner was married to costume designer Jocelyn Rickards until her death in 2005. D’ORA, DAISY German actress Daisy d’Ora, who was featured in the 1929 ﬁlm classic Pandora’s Box, died in a Munich, Germany, retirement home on June 12, 2010. She was 97. Daisy, Baroness von Freyberg, was born in Potsdam, Germany, on February 2, 1913. She began her career in silent ﬁlms in the late 1920s, appearing in G.W. Pabst’s Pandora’s Box (1929) with Louise Brooks. Her other ﬁlm credits include Das

D ORTORT, D AVID Television producer David Dortort, who created the hit 1960s western series Bonanza, died at his apartment in Westwood, California, on September 5, 2010. He was 93. Dortort was born on October 23, 1916. He attended New York’s City College and began his career working at the public radio station WNYC. He served in the military during World War II. He wrote the popular juvenile delinquency novel Burial of the Fruit in 1947, and he also wrote the 1949 novel The Post of Honor. He began writing for ﬁlm and television in the early 1950s, co-scripting Nicholas Ray’s western The Lusty Men and Fritz Lang’s melodrama Clash by Night in 1952. He also penned episodes of such television series as Racket Squad, The Public Defender, Fireside Theatre, Screen Directors Playhouse, Lassie, Panic!, and Studio 57. He earned Emmy Award nominations for his script for a 1954 episode of Climax! and the 1956 television adaptation of The Ox-Bow Incident for The 20th Century– Fox Hour. He also wrote the ﬁlms A Cry in the Night

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111 (1956), Reprisal! (1956), The Big Land (1957), and A Gift for Heidi (1958). Dortort was a writer and producer for the western series The Restless Gun starring John Payne from 1957 to 1959. He was head writer and producer for the popular NBC western series Bonanza from 1959 through 1970s. The saga of the Cartwright family was one of television’s most popular shows throughout the 1960s. He also produced the western The High Chaparral from 1967 to 1971 and was executive producer for the series The Cowboy in 1974 and the mini-series The Chisholms in 1979. Dortort was also executive producer for the 1987 comedy ﬁlm Going Bananas starring Dom DeLuise. He returned to the Cartwright family as a producer for the sequel teleﬁlms Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988), Bonanza: The Return (1993), and Bonanza: Under Attack (1995). He also was executive producer for the short-lived 2001 prequel series of Cartwright’s early days, Ponderosa, for PAX TV.

DOUGLAS, PHYLLIS Actress Phyllis Douglas, who was featured as a child in the ﬁlm classic Gone with the Wind, died in Palm Springs, California, on May 12, 2010. She was 73. She was born Phyllis Callow in Hollywood on July 24, 1936, the daughter of leading second unit director Ridgeway Callow and Ziegfeld showgirl Margaret Watts. She made her screen

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debut as a child, playing Bonnie Blue Butler, the daughter of Rhett and Scarlett, in the classic Gone with the Wind in 1939. She was featured onscreen atop a horse in a scene with Clark Gable. She returned to the screen in the 1948 western Canon City, and appeared in small roles in the features The Joker Is Wild (1957), Raintree County (1957), Until They Sail (1957), Handle with Care (1958), Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958), Night of the Quarter Moon (1959), The Beat Generation (1959), Girls Town (1959), Cimarron (1960), and Atlantis, the Lost Continent (1961). Douglas was featured on television as Josie Miller in a 1967 episode of Batman with the Joker. She was Yeoman Mears in the 1967 Star Trek episode “The Galileo Seven,” and appeared in a small role in the 1969 episode “The Way to Eden.” She largely retired from the screen by the early 1970s, with her ﬁnal ﬁlm appearance in 1971’s Wild Rovers.

DOUKISSA Greek singer Doukissa Fotara died after a long battle with cancer in Athens, Greece, on September 30, 2010. She was 69. She was born in Piraeus, Greece, on February 8, 1941. She began her career as a dancer at the age of 12, and she was a leading

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Phyllis Douglas (as a baby with Clark Gable from Gone with the Wind )

Phyllis Douglas (from Star Trek)

singer by the 1960s. She was also featured in over 20 ﬁlms including Thysiastika gia to Paidi Mou (1960), Kosmos kai Kosmakis (1964), Kathe Kaimos kai Dakry (1964), I Modistroula (1964), Thyella se Paidiki Kardia (1965), Exileosi (1965), The Siblings (1966), Syntrimia ta Oneira Mas (1967), Tha Kano petra tin Kardia Mou (1968), Katarameni Ora (1968), Elpides pou Navagisan (1968), Dakrya kai Diplopennies (1969), Enas Hippys me Filotimo (1970), and Pou pas Horis Agapi (1970). She remained a leading recording artist and performer of Greek folk music and popular songs.

DOW, HAROLD Television news correspondent Harold Dow, who frequently contributed to the CBS-TV investigative news series 48 Hours, died of complications from asthma in a Ridgewood, New Jersey, hospital on August 21, 2010. He was 62. Dow was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, on September 24, 1947. He graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and began his career as a local news reporter for stations in Omaha, Paterson, New Jersey, Santa Monica, California, and Los Angeles. He began working

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with CBS News as a correspondent in Los Angeles in the early 1970s. He reported for the CBS Evening News and CBS News Sunday Morning. He was a contributing correspondent for the 1986 television documentary 48 Hours on Crack Street, which evolved into the weekly

Roscoe, Brother, Cry for Me (1970), The Red, White, and Black (1970), Swamp Girl (1971), and Superchick (1973). He also appeared on television in episodes of Highway Patrol, World of Giants, Lock Up, Colt .45, Assignment: Underwater, Miami Undercover, Emergency!, and The Six Million Dollar Man.

D RIVER, S TEVE Stephen Clancy Hill, an adult ﬁlm actor under the name of Steve Driver, died when he fell from a cliff in Los Angeles after being tasered by a SWAT team on June 5, 2010. He was 34. Hill had killed fellow porn actor Herbert Wong with a sword after being ﬁred from a project with Ultima DVD. He was located by police several days later, and was still brandishing a sword when he was tasered. Hill was born in Riverdale, Maryland, on May 8, 1976. He had been charged with assault with a deadly weapon while a student at the University of Maryland in 1998.

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series 48 Hours in 1988. Dow became a leading contributor to the series, and was the ﬁrst network journalist to interview O.J. Simpson after the murder of his wife. He also covered the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 2003, and narrowly escaped being killed in the collapse of the towers.

DREXEL, STEVE Actor Steve Drexel died of lung and bone cancer in Quartz Hill, Lancaster, California, on April 17, 2010. He was 78. He was born Ernest Joseph Caringi in Mechanicville, New York, on December 23, 1931. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He and his parents owned and operated the Hollywood supper club Panzas Lazy Susan in the 1950s and 1960s. He began appearing in ﬁlms and television in the late 1950s as Steve Drexel. He was featured in such ﬁlms as the Lon Chaney bio-pic Man of a Thousand Faces (1957), The Tarnished Angels (1958), Badman’s Country (1958), Hot Rod Gang (1958), The Big Beat (1958), All the Young Men (1960), the horror ﬁlm Terriﬁed (1963) with Rod Lauren, Movie Star, American Style or; LSD, I Hate You (1966) as Dr. Oscar

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Steve Driver

He began working in adult ﬁlms in the mid–2000s, with roles in the ﬁlms series 5 Guy Cream Pie (2007), 10 Man Cum Slam (2007), and She Is Half My Age (2008). He was living at the Ultima DVD warehouse when he was asked to leave and subsequently assaulted three employees with a sword, with Wong perishing in the attack.

DUBAY, BILL Bill DuBay, the longtime writer and editor of Warren Publishing’s comic magazine line and co-creator of the time-traveling series The Rook, died of colon cancer in Portland, Oregon, on April 15, 2010. He was 62. DuBay was born in San Francisco, California, on January 11, 1948. He became interested in comics at an early age and was contributing art to fanzines by the early 1960s. He was illustrating satiric stories for Charlton Comics’ Go-Go and Marvel’s Not Brand Echh later in the decade. DuBay was hired by Warren in 1970, writing and drawing tales for the titles Creepy, Eerie, and Vampirella. He became editor of the Warren comic titles in 1972, a position he retained with several intermissions until the line folded in 1983. DuBay co-created time-traveling adventurer Restin Dane, known as the Rook, in a story for Eerie in 1978, and oversaw the character’s short-lived solo series. He joined Archie Comics after the demise of Warren and presided over an unsuccessful attempt to resurrect their

113 super-hero line. He also edited several issues of Western Publishing’s Bold Adventures, utilizing many of the artists he had worked with during his tenure at Warren. DuBay was hired by Stan Lee as senior writer and

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C. Scott and Obsessed (1992) with William Devane. He served as co-executive producer for the 2010 Hallmark tele-ﬁlm When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story, starring Winona Ryder and Barry Pepper.

D UFFIN, SHAY Irish-born character actor Shay Dufﬁn died of complications from heart surgery in a Los Angeles hospital on April 23, 2010. He was 79. Dufﬁn was born in Dublin, Ireland, on February 26, 1931. He began performing while in his teens, singing in a local dance hall. He moved to Toronto, Canada, in 1960, where he sang with the Irish Players. Dufﬁn also wrote and starred in the one-man play Confessions of an Irish Rebel, about acclaimed Irish poet and drunkard Brendan Behan, in the late 1960s. He did more than 5,000 performances of the play over the next three decades. He also appeared in stage productions of James Joyce’s The Dead and The Importance of Being Irish. He made his ﬁlm debut in 1977’s The White Buffalo and was seen in such features as Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979), The Main Event (1979),

studio art director for Marvel Productions animation department in 1984. He left Marvel to work for 20th Century–Fox’s Fox Kids programming.

DUBE, RANI Indian actress and producer Rani Dube, who worked in ﬁlms and television in England from the 1960s, died on April 18, 2010. She was 72. Dube was born in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, on October 21, 1937, the daughter of writer and Indian independence activist Ram Saran Sharma. Rani began performing on radio as a child with All India Radio and Voice of America. She came to England in 1957 and began working for the BBC Hindi Service in the early 1960s. She was soon appearing on television in episodes of The Archers, Mogul and The Doctors. She was seen as a swimmer in the opening credits of the 1964 James Bond ﬁlm Thunderball. She worked as a script editor for the BBC drama series Theatre 625 in the 1960s and moved into production in the 1970s. She oversaw the architectural documentary series Heritage of Danger. Dube was instrumental in securing the initial ﬁnancing in India for Richard Attenborough’s Oscar-winning bio-ﬁlm Gandhi in 1982. She was credited as coproducer of the ﬁlm and was actively involved during the production. She also served as producer for the television productions Q.E.D. (1984) and Man-Eaters of India (1986). DUCHOW, PETER Television producer Peter K. Duchow died of complications from emphysema in Santa Monica, California, on June 23, 2010. He was 82. Duchow was born on September 7, 1927. He worked in sales promotion for Capitol Records and was an executive with Revue Studios before moving into ﬁlms. Duchow teamed with actor James Garner to produce the Emmy Award–winning 1986 Hallmark Hall of Fame production Promise, which starred Garner and James Woods. He also produced the 1989 Hallmark production of My Name Is Bill W, with Garner and Woods starring. Duchow was also producer for the television productions Finding a Way Home (1991) starring George

Shay Dufﬁn

The Frisco Kid (1979), The Baltimore Bullet (1980), Raging Bull (1980), 10 to Midnight (1983), Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992), Newsies (1992), The Public Eye (1992), Leprechaun (1993) as Dan O’Grady, Number One Fan (1995), Precious Find (1996), Head Above Water (1996), Titanic (1997), Seabiscuit (2003) as horse trainer Sunny Fitzsimmons, The Departed (2006), Still Life (2007), and Beowulf (2007). He was also featured in the tele-ﬁlms Law and Order (1976), The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977), Captains Courageous (1977), The Other Side of Hell (1978), Mother, Juggs & Speed (1978), Marciano (1979), Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith (1979), Three Sovereigns for Sarah (1985), and J. Edgar Hoover (1987). His other television credits include episodes of Switch, Dynasty, Cagney & Lacey, Murder, She Wrote, and Star Trek: The Next Generation as Ned Quint in the 1994 episode “Sub Rosa.” He was featured in the recurring role of Sean in the 1990 series City and was Father Behan in several episodes of Due South in 1995.

DUFFY, BRIAN British photographer Brian Duffy died of degenerative lung disease in England on May 31, 2010. He was 76. Duffy was born in London on June 15, 1933. He began working as a fashion de-

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signer on the early 1950s and worked as a fashion artist for Harper’s Bazaar from 1955. He soon began training as a photographer’s assistant and joined British Vogue in 1957. He worked with some of the top models of the period over the next several years including Jean Shrimpton, Joy Weston, and Paulene Stone. He was instrumental in creating the image of Swinging London in the 1960s, with his images appearing in such publications as Glamour, Esquire, and Queen Magazine. He was also a contract photographer for French Elle from 1963 to 1968 and from 1971 to 1979. He also created the

a stroke in a Los Angeles hospital on July 2, 2010. He was 59. Duffy was born in Springﬁeld, Pennsylvania, on August 29, 1950. He studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City in the late 1960s and moved to Los Angeles in 1970. He appeared on television in episodes of such series as Bonanza, The Virginian, The Bold One: The Senator, Barnaby Jones, and A Time for Love, and was featured in the 1973 ﬁlm The Mad Bomber. Duffy worked frequently on stage productions in Los Angeles as actor and director. He began working with art director Richard Amend in the early 1980s, becoming assistant art director on numerous productions.

DUFORT, JOSHUA Aspiring actor and comedian Joshua Dufort was found beaten to death on a roadside in Henderson, Nevada, on November 8, 2010. He was 23. A native of Dansville, Michigan, he moved

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artwork for several David Bowie album covers and photographed advertising campaigns for Smirnoff and Benson & Hedges. He teamed with author Len Deighton to form the Deighton Duffy ﬁlm production company in 1967, and they produced the 1968 adaptation of Deighton’s Only When I Larf. They also produced the 1969 musical Oh! What a Lovely War. Duffy abandoned photography in the late 1970s, burning many of his negatives. He returned to photography 30 years later with an exhibition in 2009, taking current pictures of those he had ﬁlmed in the 1960s and 1970s. His return to the photographic scene was documented in the 2010 documentary The Man Who Shot the 60s.

Joshua Dufort

to Nevada three years earlier to pursue a career as an actor and improv comic. He had a small role in an episode of the television series Scoundrels, and was featured as a teenager in Ted V. Mikels’ sci-ﬁ/horror ﬁlm Astro Zombies: M3 — Cloned (2010).

DUFFY, JAMES STUART Actor and art director James Stuart Duffy died of complications from

D UKE, D EBORAH CALLOWAY Actress Deborah Calloway Duke died in Atlanta, Georgia, on October 12, 2010. She was 59. She was born in Albany, Georgia, on October 26, 1950. She appeared frequently

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Deborah Calloway Duke

115 in ﬁlms and television from the 1990s, with roles in the tele-ﬁlms Web of Deceit (1990), Nightjohn (1996), The Price of Heaven (1997), The Wedding (1998), Freedom Song (2000), Boycott (2001), a modern updating of Frankenstein (2004), and Warm Springs (2005). She was also seen in episodes of such series as In the Heat of the Night, I’ll Fly Away, and Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns. Duke was featured in character roles in over a dozen ﬁlms including A Simple Twist of Fate (1994), Nandi (1998), We Three Kings (2001), Nowhere Road (2002), The Kudzu Christmas (2002), Juwanna Mann (2002), Sweet Home Alabama (2002), The Fighting Temptations (2003), Black Aura on an Angel (2004), Venom (2005), Give Us This Day (2006), 20 Years After (2008), Crystal River (2008), Grilling Bobby Hicks (2009), and Dear Willie (2010).

DUNCAN, LESLEY English singer and songwriter Lesley Duncan died of cerebrovascular disease in Salen, Isle of Mull, Scotland, on March 12, 2010. She was 66. Duncan was born in Stockton-on-Teas, Durham, England, on August 12, 1943. She began her career in the early 1960s, and was featured in the 1963 ﬁlm

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What a Crazy World. She was best known for her songs “Everything Changes,” “Sing Children Sing,” and “Love Song,” which she recorded and performed with Elton John. She was a backing vocalist for Dusty Springﬁeld and Pink Floyd and sang lead on the Alan Parsons Project recording “If I Could Change Your Mind” in 1979.

DUNLAP, PAUL Composer Paul Dunlap, who was best known for scoring numerous horror ﬁlms and westerns in the 1950s and 1960s, died in Palm Springs, California, on March 11, 2010. He was 90. Dunlap was born in Springﬁeld, Ohio, on July 19, 1919. He began working in ﬁlms in the early 1950s, composing scores for over 200 features and television productions over the next 20 years. His numerous ﬁlm credits include The Baron of Arizona (1950), Hi-Jacked (1950), All That I Have (1951), The Steel Helmet (1951), Cry Danger (1951), Little Big Horn (1951), Lost Continent (1951), Journey into Light (1951), The Living Bible (1952), The San Francisco Story (1952), Breakdown (1952), Park Row (1952), Big Jim McLain (1952), Hellgate (1952), Fort

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Vengeance (1953), Hannah Lee: An American Primitive (aka Outlaw Territory) (1953), The Royal African Riﬂes (1953), Combat Squad (1953), Jack Slade (1953), Duffy of San Quentin (1954), Dragonﬂy Squadron (1954), Loophole (1954), The Gambler from Natchez (1954), Fangs of the Wild (1954), Ring of Fear (1954), Return from the Sea (1954), Shield for Murder (1954), Cry Vengeance (1954), Black Tuesday (1954), Big House, U.S.A. (1955), Stranger on Horseback (1955), Finger Man (1955), Robbers’ Roost (1955), Desert Sands (1955), The Return of Jack Slade (1955), Fort Yuma (1955), Last of the Desperados (1955), Shack Out on 101 (1955), The Deserter (1956), Walk the Dark Street (1956), Three Bad Sisters (1956), The Wild Dakotas (1956), Crime Against Joe (1956), Ghost Town (1956), The Come On (1956), The Broken Star (1956), The Three Outlaws (1956), Frontier Gambler (1956), Magniﬁcent Roughnecks (1956), Stranger Intruder (1956), The Cruel Tower (1956), Emergency Hospital (1956), Stagecoach to Fury (1956), Abbott & Costello’s Dance with Me, Henry (1956), The Brass Legend (1956), The Women of Pitcairn Island (1956), The Quiet Gun (1957), Guns Don’t Argue (1957), Crime of Passion (1957), Curfew Breakers (1957), Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957), Lure of the Swamp (1957), God Is My Partner (1957), Apache Warrior (1957), Portland Expose (1957), Under Fire (1957), Rockabilly Baby (1957), Young and Dangerous (1957), Oregon Passage (1957), Gun Fever (1958), Toughest Gun in Tombstone (1958), Gang War (1958), Wolf Larsen (1958), Frontier Gun (1958), Stump Run (1959), Lone Texan (1959), The Rebel Set (1959), Here Come the Jets (1959), The Oregon Trail (1959), Five Gates to Hell (1959), The Purple Gang (1959), The Rookie (1959), Gunﬁghters of Abilene (1960), Twelve Hours to Kill (1960), Walk Like a Dragon (1960), Desire in the Dust (1960), The Crowning Experience (1960), Seven Women from Hell (1961), Decision at Midnight (1963), Law of the Lawless (1964), Stage to Thunder Rock (1964), Naked Kiss (1964), Young Fury (1965), Operation C.I.A. (1965), The Sweet and the Bitter (1967), and The Money Jungle (1967). Dunlap was likely best known for scoring horror and science ﬁction ﬁlms for Allied Artists, United Artists, and American International Pictures including Target Earth (1954), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957), Blood of Dracula (1957), How to Make a Mon-

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ster (1958), Frankenstein —1970 (1958), Invisible Invaders (1959), The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959), Angry Red Planet (1959), Shock Corridor (1963), and Black Zoo (1963). He also scored several of the Three Stooges ﬁnal ﬁlms including The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962), The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962), The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze (1963), and The Outlaws Is Coming (1965). Dunlap also worked in television on such series as This Is the Life, The Man Behind the Badge, Mike Hammer, Soldiers of Fortune, The Millionaire, Studio 57, Crusader, Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, The Gray Ghost, Tales of Wells Fargo, The Restless Gun, Cimarron City, Gunsmoke, and Have Gun — Will Travel. He provided music for a handful of United ﬁlm sci-ﬁ/horror thrillers in the 1960s including Cyborg 2087 (1966), Destination Inner Space (1966), Dimension 5 (1966), Castle of Evil (1966), The Destructors (1968), and Panic in the City (1968). He also scored the 1977 documentary Bruce Lee, the Legend, and the 1980 television documentary Sharks: The Death Machine. His ﬁnal ﬁlm credit was the off-beat comedy ﬁlm GORP in 1980. Dunlap’s other musical compositions include a piano concerto and the choral piece, Celebration.

DUNN , R ICHARD Richard Dunn, who starred as a talk show host on the off-beat comedy series Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, died of complications from a stroke in a Hollywood, California, hospital on June 4, 2010. He was 74. Dunn was born on December 18, 1935. He was featured as the

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tional programs as the early science ﬁction series Tales of Tomorrow, Kraft Theater, Studio One, Rheingold Playhouse, Danger, Studio One, and Navy Log. He wrote and directed the ﬁlms Felicia (1964), The Love Statue (aka The Love Drug) (1966), and Blue Sextet (aka Leap into Hell ) (1970). He directed segments added to the 1964 Turkish ﬁlm Susuz Yaz (aka Dry Summer) for its U.S. release as Reﬂections in 1971. Durston was best known as the auteur behind 1970’s I Drink Your Blood, about a Manson-esque gang of Satanic hippies who become bloodthirsty maniacs after being fed rabiestainted meat pies. He was also featured onscreen as Dr. Oakes. He produced, directed, and scripted 1972’s Stigma and the 1975 adult ﬁlm Boy-napped under the names Spencer Logan and David Ransom. Durston was also involved in providing commentary for the recent DVD releases of I Drink Your Blood and Stigma.

EATON, DORIS Silent screen actress Doris Eaton Travis, who was believed to be the youngest and last surviving Ziegfeld Girl, died of an aneurysm in Commerce, Michigan, on May 11, 2010. She was 106. Eaton was born in Norfolk, Virginia, on March 14, 1904. She made her professional debut in a performance of The Blue Bird at the age of ﬁve. She and her sisters, Mary and Pearl, were soon appearing on stage. Doris and Mary toured with a later production of The Blue Bird in starring roles in 1915 and appeared with Richard Dunn

often erratic talk show host on Tim and Eric from 2007 to 2010. He also appeared on television in episodes of Derek and Simon: The Show as Sir, The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and Parks and Recreation as 100-year-old man. Dunn was seen in several ﬁlms including Love Chronicles (2003), The Hunted: Terms of Extermination (2009), and Robbin’ in da Hood (2009).

DURSTON , DAVID Filmmaker David E. Durston, who wrote and directed the 1970 cult horror ﬁlm I Drink Your Blood, died on May 6, 2010. He was 88. Durston was born in Pennsylvania on September 10, 1921. He began working in local television in Chicago in the late 1940s. He was soon scripting for such na-

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117 the Eaton family on Broadway in Mother Carey’s Chickens. Older sister Pearl assisted Doris’ entrance into the Follies as a chorus girl in 1918 (under the name Doris Levant), shortly after she had completed eighth grade. She appeared in numerous Ziegfeld productions over the next two years, becoming a solo performer before leaving the stage to pursue a career in silent ﬁlms. Eaton was featured in the ﬁlms At the Stage Door (1921), The Call of the East (1922), Tell Your Children (1922), His Supreme Sacriﬁce (1922), The Broadway Peacock (1922), High Kickers (1923), Fashion Follies (1923), Taking the Count (1928), Street Girl (1929), The Very Idea (1929), and Reckless Decision (1933). She became a dance instructor with Arthur Murray after her performing career was over in the mid–1930s, and became manager

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of many of Murray’s dance schools over the next three decades. She later married one of her students, wealthy Ford automotive engineer Paul Travis, and they moved to Norman, Oklahoma, where they established a horse ranch before Travis’ death in 2000. Eaton returned to Broadway in 1998 to participate in the beneﬁt for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. She was also featured in a small role in the 1999 Andy Kaufman bioﬁlm Man on the Moon, starring Jim Carrey. She was also seen in several documentaries about the Ziegfeld Follies, the Eaton family, and her work in ﬁlms in her later years.

EDWARDS, BLAKE Film producer, director and writer Blake Edwards died of complications from pneumonia in a Santa Monica, California, on December 15, 2010. He was 88. He was born William Blake Crump in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on July 26, 1922. He worked as a writer in radio in the late 1930s, with such credits as Orson Welles’ acclaimed 1932 production of The War of the Worlds. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II. He began working in ﬁlms as an actor in a small role in 1942’s Ten Gentlemen from West Point. He was also seen in the ﬁlms Lucky Legs (1942), A Guy Named Joe (1943), Ladies Courageous (1944), See Here, Private Hargrove (1944), The Eve of St. Mark (1944), Marine Raiders (1944), Marshal of Reno (1944), Wing and a Prayer (1944), In the Meantime, Darling (1944), My Buddy (1944), The Unwritten Code

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(1944), Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), She’s a Sweetheart (1944), This Man’s Navy (1945), A Guy, a Gal and a Pal (1945), Gangs of the Waterfront (1945), What Next, Corporal Hargrove (1945), They Were Expendable (1945), Strangler of the Swamp (1946), Tokyo Rose (1946), From This Day Forward (1946), Till the End of Time (1946), The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), The Beginning or the End (1947), Big Town (1947), and Leather Gloves (1948). He teamed with John Champion to co-write and co-produce the 1948 western Panhandle, also appearing on screen as Floyd Schoﬁeld. He continued to script such ﬁlms as Stampede (1949), Rainbow ’Round My Shoulder (1952), All Ashore (1953), Cruisin’ Down the River (1953), Drive a Crooked Road (1954), The Atomic Kid (1954), and My Sister Eileen (1955). Edwards worked frequently in television during the 1950s, producing, directing and writing for the series Mr. Lucky and Peter Gunn. He also wrote and directed for Four Star Playhouse and The Dick Powell Theatre and scripted episodes of The Mickey Rooney Show, Chevron Hall of Stars, The Ford Television Theatre, Meet McGraw, and Richard Diamond, Private Detective. He wrote and directed the ﬁlms Bring Your Smile Along (1955), He Laughed Last (1956), Mister Cory (1957), and This Happy Feeling (1958). He also directed The Perfect Furlough (1958), Operation Petticoat (1959), and High Time (1960), and he scripted Operation Mad Ball (1957), The Couch (1962), The Notorious Landlady (1962), Soldier in the Rain (1963), and The Tamarind Seed (1974). He helmed the 1961 romantic comedy Breakfast at Tiffany’s starring Audrey Hepburn and the 1962 thriller Experiment in Terror starring Glenn Ford and Lee Remick. He also directed The Days of Wine and Roses, starring Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick, in 1962. Edwards was best known for his creation of the bumbling French detective, Inspector Clouseau, portrayed by Peter Sellers in the 1963 crime caper comedy The Pink Panther. The ﬁlm also introduced the animated Pink Panther in the opening title sequence. Edwards also directed the sequels A Shot in the Dark (1964), The Return of the Pink Panther (1975), The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), and Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978). Sellers died before the completion of Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) and Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), which included numerous clips from previous ﬁlms and Roger Moore in a cameo as Clouseau. Edwards resurrected the character for 1993’s Son of the Pink Panther, starring Robert Begnini as Clouseau’s son. Inspector Clouseau returned in the guise of Steve Martin in a 2006 ﬁlm The Pink Panther, though Edwards was not directly involved in the production. He also directed the popular ﬁlms The Great Race (1965) starring Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966), Gunn (1967), the farce The Party (1968) starring Peter Sellers, and Darling Lili (1970), starring Julie Andrews, who Edward had married in 1969 and worked with frequently for the remainder of his career. He continued to helm such ﬁlms as Wild Rovers (1971), The Carey Treatment (1972), 10 (1979) starring Dudley Moore and Bo Derek in her breakthrough role, the Hollywood satire S.O.B. (1981), 1982’s Victor Victoria which earned him an Academy

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Award nomination for best screenplay, The Man Who Loved Women (1983), Micki + Maude (1984), A Fine Mess (1986), That’s Life! (1986), Blind Date (1987), Skin Deep (1989) starring John Ritter, and Switch (1991). He also wrote and directed the tele-ﬁlms Justin Case (1988)

dhist, changing his name to Pramada. He later accompanied stage shows and performed with the Devon Baroque Orchestra.

EILER, JIM Jim Eiler, who crafted musicals for young audiences as the founder of the Prince Street Players in the mid–1960s, died at his home in Boca Raton, Florida, on July 20, 2010. He was 83. Eiler was born in Granite City, Illinois, on April 6, 1927. He appeared in stock and touring productions of such plays

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and Peter Gunn (1989) starring Peter Strauss, and produced and directed the short-lived 1992 sit-com Julie, starring wife Julie Andrews. He adapted his earlier ﬁlm Victor/Victoria as a Broadway musical in 1995, which was also ﬁlmed for television, with Andrews reprising her starring role.

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as Kismet, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Finian’s Rainbow as Og the leprechaun. He began creating musical productions for young people in 1965 with the Prince Street Players. Several of his works were aired on CBS television as Emmy Award–winning specials including Pinocchio (1965), Jack and the Beanstalk (1965), The Emperor’s New Clothes (1967) for which he also performed the role of Emperor Maximillian the Most, and Aladdin (1967). Eiler also wrote and scored musical productions of Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, A Pocketful of Rhymes, Snow White Goes West, Treasure Island, and The Wizard of Oz, which have been performed in venues throughout the world.

EDWARDS, MIKE British cellist Mike Edwards, who was a member of Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) in the early 1970s, was killed when a huge cylindrical hay bale rolled out of a ﬁeld and crashed on the roof of his van while he was driving in Devon, England, on September 3, 2010. He was 62. Edwards was born in Ealing, London, England, on May 31, 1948. He trained at the Royal Academy of Music, and began performing with ELO from their ﬁrst concert in 1972. His unorthodox style, which included bizarre costumes and using grapefruits or oranges to play the cello, made him a popular performer at live events. Edwards performed with ELO on the albums ELO II, On the Third Day, The Night the Light Went On (In Long Beach), and Eldorado. He left the group in 1975 to become a Bud-

EJMONT, BOHDAN Polish actor Bohdan Ejmont died in Warsaw, Poland, on February 28, 2010. He was 82. Ejmont was born in Dolhinowie, Poland, on January 18, 1928. He trained at the Academy of Dra-

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119 matic Arts in Warsaw and began his career on stage in the late 1940s. He appeared in numerous ﬁlms from the early 1950s including Unvanquished City (1950), The Crew (1952), The Epopee of Warsaw (1953), Career (1955), The Hours of Hope (1955), The Case of Pilot Maresz (1956), Shadow (1956), Two Gentlemen ’N’ (1962), Manhunter (1964), Adam’s Two Ribs (1964), The Unknown (1964), Three Steps on Earth (1965), Westerplatte (1967), How I Unleashed World War II (1970), Polish Album (1970), It’s Spring, Sergeant (1974), Pictures from Life (1975), Leaves Have Fallen (1975), The Scar (1976), The Gorgon Case (1977), Passion (1978), Coup d’Etat (1980), Salty Rose (1983), Sins of the Childhood (1984), Soccer Poker (1989), A Tale of Adam Mickiewicz’s “Forefathers’ Eve” (1989), The Night Time Guest (1989), and Europa Europe (1990). He also appeared on Polish television as Oberst Balkownik in the 1980 series Archiv des Todes.

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revivals of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and Hedda Gabler in the early 1970s. He also produced the ﬁlms A New Leaf (1971) starring Walter Matthau, A Doll’s House (1973) starring wife Bloom, Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979), and An Evening with Quentin Crisp (1981). He was featured onscreen as Hilly Burr in the 1983 teleﬁlm Princess Daisy. Elkins also produced ﬁlms and documentaries for television including Deadly Game (1972), The Meeting (1989), Father & Son: Dangerous Relations (1993), Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice (1993), A Father for Charlie (1995), Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder (1995), Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story (1996), Inside (1996), the Emmy Award–winning In His Father’s Shoes (1997), Stander (2003), Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (2005), and Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (2007).

ELKINS, HILLARD Talent manager and producer Hillard Elkins, who produced the counterculture hits Oh! Calcutta! for the Broadway stage and Alice’s Restaurant for ﬁlm, died of a heart attack in a Los Angeles hospital on December 1, 2010. He was 81. Elkins was born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 18, 1929. He began his career working at the William Morris talent agency as an ofﬁce boy in 1950. He opened his own management ﬁrm several years later, where he represented such stars as Sammy Davis, Jr., James Coburn, Robert Culp, Steve McQueen, and Mel Brooks. He produced the 1962 Broadway production of Garson Kanin’s Come on Strong and the 1964 Broadway musical Golden Boy, starring Sammy Davis, Jr. He was best known for bringing the 1969 comedy Oh! Calcutta! to Broadway, which broke barriers with its frequent nudity and profanity. The play ran on Broadway for 20 years and was adapted for a ﬁlm co-produced by Elkins in 1972. He also produced the 1969 ﬁlm based on Arlo Guthrie’s semi-autobiographical anti-war song Alice’s Restaurant, directed by Arthur Penn. His other Broadway credits include The Rothschilds (1970), An Evening with Richard Nixon and His Friends (1972), and Sizwe Banzi Is Dead (1974). He was married six times, including one with actress Claire Bloom from 1969 to 1974, and he produced her starring roles in Broadway

E LLENSTEIN, R OBERT Veteran character actor Robert Ellenstein died in a nursing home near his home in Culver City, California, on October 28, 2010. He was 87. Ellenstein was born in Newark, New Jersey, on June 18, 1923, where his father served as mayor during the 1930s. Robert attended New York University and the University of Iowa, where he earned a degree in theater. He served in the military during World War II and earned a Purple Heart in the Netherlands. He embarked on an acting career after his discharge and was appearing frequently on television by the early 1950s. He was featured in the 1954 pilot for a Mandrake the Magician series starring Coe Norton and Woody Strode. His numerous television credits include episodes of The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse, Soldiers of Fortune, The Whistler, The Philco-Goodyear Playhouse, Crusader, Omnibus, Robert Montgomery Presents including a two-part version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Quasimodo in 1954, The Big Story, Gunsmoke, Telephone Time, The United States Steel Hour, Lux Video Theatre, The Walter Winchell File, Climax!, The Californians, The Court of Last Resort, The Adventures of Jim Bowie, Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, Zane Grey Theater, Man with a Camera, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Alcoa Theatre, The Riﬂeman, Behind Closed Doors, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Steve Canyon, Mike Hammer, The D.A.’s Man, Rawhide, The Man from Blackhawk, Captain David Grief, One Step Beyond, The Lineup,

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Peter Gunn, Perry Mason, Riverboat, Michael Shayne, The Islanders, Boris Karloff ’s Thriller, The Lawless Years, Assignment: Underwater, Hawaiian Eye, Ben Casey, Cain’s Hundred, Checkmate, The Beachcomber, Tales of Wells Fargo, The Law and Mr. Jones, 77 Sunset Strip, G.E. True, The Dakotas, Alcoa Premiere, The Untouchables, Channing, The Defenders, Kraft Suspense Theatre, The Rogues, The Donna Reed Show, Get Smart, Combat!, Bonanza, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Virginian, Hallmark Hall of Fame’s 1967 production of A Bell for Adano, The Wild Wild West, Death Valley Days, Mannix, It Takes a Thief, Paris 7000, Ironside, Mission: Impossible, Columbo, Marcus Welby, M.D., The Rookies, The Rockford Files, S.W.A.T., McCloud, The Bionic Woman, Switch, Quincy, Hawaii Five-0, A Man Called Sloane, CHiPs, Magnum, P.I., Lottery!, V, Moonlighting, Murder, She Wrote, Hooperman, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and CBS Summer Playhouse. Ellenstein also appeared in the tele-ﬁlms Wheeler and Murdoch (1973), Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (1979), and Run Till You Fall (1988). Ellenstein was featured in a handful of ﬁlms during his long career including Rogue Cop (1954), Illegal (1955), The Garment Jungle (1957), 3:10 to Yuma (1957), The Young Lions (1958), Too Much, Too Soon (1958), Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest (1959), The Gazebo (1959), Pay or Die (1960), King of the Roaring 20’s: The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961), Deathwatch (1966), The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968), Love at First Bite (1979), and Brewster’s Millions (1985). He was featured as the Federation Council President in the 1986 ﬁlm Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and had a small role in an episode of television’s ER in 1998. He worked frequently on stage throughout his career and was the ﬁrst artistic director of the Los Angeles troupe Company of Angels, co-founder and artistic director for the Los Angeles Repertory Company and a founding member of Theatre West in Hollywood. Ellenstein worked on stage productions with his son, Peter, who was artistic director for the William Inge Center for the Arts in Kansas, and son David, artistic director for the North Coast Repertory Theater in Solana Beach. He is also survived by his wife of 58 years, the former Lois Stang, and their daughter.

ELLIS, HERB Jazz guitarist Herb Ellis died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease at his home in Los Angeles on March 28, 2010. He was 88. Ellis was born in Farmersville, Texas, on August 4, 1921. He began playing musical instruments as a child and was proﬁcient with the guitar by his teens. He studied music at North Texas State Teachers College before joining Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra in 1943. He was soon touring and recording with Jimmy Dorsey’s band before joining with violinist Johnny Frigo and pianist Lou Carter as the Soft Winds trio in 1947. Ellis was best known for his time with the Oscar Peterson Trio from 1953 to 1958. They served as Verve Records’ house band, recording with such artists as Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge, and Ben Webster. Ellis toured and recorded with vocalist Ella Fitzgerald from 1958 to 1962. He settled in Los Angeles in the 1960s, where he performed in house bands for such television

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stars as Steve Allen, Regis Philbin, Red Skelton, Merv Grifﬁn, Della Reese, and Joey Bishop. Ellis teamed with guitarists Barney Kessel and Charlie Byrd as the Great Guitars in 1973 and performed and recorded with them over the next two decades.

ELLIS-TROY, SANDRA Actress Sandra EllisTroy died suddenly while visiting family in Pleasanton, California, on December 4, 2010. She was 68. She was born in Joplin, Missouri, on February 14, 1942, and studied drama and dance at Oklahoma State University. She moved to California in the late 1960s, settling

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in Vista by 1990. She began her acting career late in life and became a popular ﬁgure on the local stage in Vista. She was also featured in several ﬁlms including 29th and Gay (2005) and Ready? OK! (2008).

ELLISON, DAVID British actor David Ellison died in Beer, Devon, England, on June 20, 2010. He was 71. Ellison was born in Stalybridge, Lancashire, England, in 1939. He appeared frequently on British television from the late 1950s, with roles in such series as War of the Roses, You Can’t Win, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Wednesday Play, ITV Playhouse, Champion House, The First Lady, The Gold Robbers, Catweazle, Doctor in Charge, Public Eye, The Pearcross Girls, Z Cars, Shoulder to Shoulder, You’re on Your Own, Space: 1999, The Onedin Line, Star Maidens, Out, The Sweeney, The

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Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Ripping Yarns, The Enigma Files, Goodbye, Mr. Kent, Last of the Summer Wine, Boon, Casualty, All Creatures Great and Small, The Darling Buds of May, Coronation Street, Waiting for God, The Bill, Wycliffe, and Heartbeat. Ellison starred as Sergeant Joseph Beck in the television series Juliet

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Bravo from 1980 to 1985 and was featured in television productions of Big Day at Dream Acres (1987) and The Franchise Affair (1988). He also appeared in several ﬁlms during his career including Work Is a 4-Letter Word (1968), Roman Polanski’s Macbeth (1971), and Stanley’s Dragon (1994). Ellison retired from the screen in the mid–1990s.

ELLSWORTH , D AVID Actor David H. Ellsworth died of cancer at his home in Osterville, Massachusetts, on August 8, 2010. He was 80. Ellsworth was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, on June 25, 1930. He appeared frequently on the local stage and starred as the voice of Captain Waverly Underhill on the Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theater. He was also featured on the daytime soap operas As the World Turns and All My Children. Ellsworth appeared in a handful of ﬁlms including Fingers (1978), Rollover (1981), the tele-ﬁlm Concealed Enemies (1984), Unconditional Love (1994), and Badge of Fear (1997). ELMORE, RICHARD Stuntman Richard Elmore was killed in a single-car accident in Oceanside, California, on January 22, 2010. He was 95. Elmore was born on Staten Island, New York, on December 10, 1914. He began traveling the country on railroad cars while in his teens. He began working in ﬁlms while in Los Angeles in 1937, when he appeared as a background skater in the 1937 Sonja Henie feature Thin Ice. He was featured in small roles in several other ﬁlms including Thunder Aﬂoat (1939) and Reap the Wild Wind (1942). Elmore served as a paratrooper during World War II, but his refusal to carry a weapon or kill led to his discharge. He returned to Hollywood after the war, where he continued to work in ﬁlms as a stuntman and bit player. Elmore’s ﬁlm credits include O.S.S. (1946), Unconquered (1947), Force of Evil (1948), The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951), Around the World in Eighty Days (1956), The Enemy Below (1957), In Love

and War (1958), The Buccaneer (1958), Spartacus (1960), and Hell Is for Heroes (1962). He also worked in television on such series as Highway Patrol, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Bonanza, Get Smart, Green Acres, and Wagon Train. Elmore continued to perform stuntwork in ﬁlm through the early 1980s, with his later credits including The Concorde … Airport ’79 (1979), How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (1980), and Dreamscape (1984).

EMMONS, WAYNE Wayne Emmons, a minister, lawyer, stand-up comic, and occasional actor, died of complications from pneumonia in a Memphis, Tennessee, hospital on September 10, 2010. He was 72. Emmons was born in Shefﬁeld, Alabama, on November 26, 1937, and claimed to be raised in Ash Flat, Arkansas. He was a Church of Christ minister before becoming a lawyer. He was district attorney for Lake and Dyer counties in Tennessee from 1978 to 1980 and subsequently became a leading defense lawyer. His massive girth and gregarious personality made him a larger than life personality in the courtroom and on the stage, when he turned to stand-up comedy in the 1990s as country comedian Cousin Bubba. Emmons was cast as topless club owner Prince Thomas in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1997 ﬁlm adaptation of John Grisham’s bestseller The Rainmaker. He was also featured as a judge in Billy Bob Thornton’s 2001 black comedy Daddy and

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Them. He ﬁlmed an unsold pilot as Judge Bubba for a proposed reality series, Justice for Y’All, which was described as a combination of People’s Court and HeeHaw.

Rapid Fire (1992), Nemesis (1992), Robot Wars (1993), Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993), Last Action Hero (1993), Demolition Man (1993), The Criminal Mind (1993), Point of No Return (1993), The Getaway (1993), the tele-ﬁlm Full Eclipse (1993), On Deadly Ground (1994), Chasers (1994), Baby’s Day Out (1994), Pentathlon (1994), The Shadow (1994), True Lies (1994), Clear and Present Danger (1994), In the Army Now (1994), The Puppet Masters (1994), A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994), Deadly Target (1994), Grumpier Old Men (1995), Se7en (1995), Waterworld (1995), Bad Boys (1995), Just Cause (1995), Heat (1995), Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), Fled (1996), Executive Decision (1996), Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996), The Richman’s Wife (1996), D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), My Fellow Americans (1996), Red Corner (1997), Most Wanted (1997), Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997), Batman & Robin (1997), Dante’s Peak (1997), Enemy of the State (1998), Blade (1998), The Negotiator (1998), Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), Armageddon (1998), Godzilla (1998), The Odd Couple II (1998), The Mod Squad (1999), Payback (1999), Blue Streak (1999), Charlie’s Angels (2000), Partners (2000), Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000), The Kid (2000), The Cell (2000), Brother (2000), Town & Country (2001), The Fast and the Furious (2001), Rush Hour 2 (2001), The Last Castle (2001), Beat the Devil (2002), Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), Showtime (2002), Slackers (2002), The Mothman Prophecies (2002), The Cat in the Hat (2003), Daredevil (2003), Paparazzi (2004), Collateral (2004), Criminal (2004), Deja Vu (2006), The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), and The Shagg y Dog (2006). He also worked on television in the series Run for Your Life, Daniel Boone, Here’s Lucy, Kung Fu, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, The Fall Guy, Bring ’Em Back Alive, Simon & Simon, Jake & the Fatman, and Paciﬁc Blue. His other television credits include the tele-ﬁlms Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979), Girls of the White Orchard (1983), and K-900 (1991), and the 1988 miniseries War and Remembrance.

ENDOSO, KENNY Stuntman and actor Kenny Endoso died of cancer in Los Angeles on August 10, 2010. He was 70. Endoso was born in Hilo, Hawaii, on July 22, 1940. He began his career in Hollywood in the late 1960s, performing stunts and appearing in small roles in ﬁlm and television productions. His many ﬁlm credits include The President’s Analyst (1967), Project X (1968), The Great Bank Robbery (1969), Che! (1969), Earthquake (1974), Blazing Saddles (1974), Freebie and the Bean (1974), Gone with the West (1975), Zebra Force (1976), The Gumball Rally (1976), Go Tell the Spartans (1978), The Electric Horseman (1979), The Last Word (1979), Meteor (1979), Angels’ Brigade (1979), The Exterminator (1980), Herbie Goes Bananas (1980), Serial (1980), In God We Tru$t (1980), Alligator (1980), The Stunt Man (1980), The Blues Brothers (1980), Windwalker (1981), The Entity (1981), Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981), Demonoid: Messenger of Death (1981), A Time to Die (1982), TAG: The Assassination Game (1982), The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982), Blue Thunder (1983), Fire and Ice (1983), Private Schools (1983), The Star Chamber (1983), Uncommon Valor (1983), The Ice Pirates (1984), Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Joy of Sex (1984), Cloak & Dagger (1984), The Wild Life (1984), Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Into the Night (1985), Warning Sign (1985), To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), Kidnapped (1986), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Modern Girls (1986), Streets of Gold (1986), No Man’s Land (1987), The Hanoi Hilton (1987), Real Men (1987), The Presidio (1988), Die Hard (1988), I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (1988), Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989), Out Cold (1989), Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Black Rain (1989), Vietnam, Texas (1990), Total Recall (1990), Ghost Dad (1990), Die Hard 2 (1990), The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990), Death Warrant (1990), The Rookie (1990), The Perfect Weapon (1991), Thelma & Louise (1991), Mobsters (1991), Dead Again (1991), Ricochet (1991), The Last Boy Scout (1991), Nervous Ticks (1992), Kuffs (1992), Patriot Games (1992),

ENZO Enzo, the Jack Russell terrier who replaced his father, Moose, as the Crane family’s beloved Eddie on the sit-com Frasier, died on June 23, 2010. He

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123 was 14. Enzo was born in July of 1995 and was trained as his father’s possible replacement from an early age. He performed as a stunt double as Moose grew older and replaced him as Eddie in 2000. He continued in the role through the end of the series in 2004. He also starred in the title role of the 2000 ﬁlm My Dog Skip and was featured as Boodles in 2001’s See Spot Run.

EPPER, ANDREW Stuntman and actor Andrew Epper died in California on June 9, 2010. He was 66. He was born on December 9, 1943, the son of stuntman John Epper. His siblings Margo, Tony, Jeannie, Gary, and Stephanie also did stunt work in ﬁlms and television. Andrew began his career in the late 1960s, performing stunts and appearing in small roles in such ﬁlms as Coogan’s Bluff (1968), Blazing Saddles (1974), Phantom of the Paradise (1974), The Killer Elite (1975), Bound for Glory (1976), Eaten Alive (1977), Every Which Way But Loose (1978), Tilt (1979), Wholly Moses (1980), Smokey and the Bandit II (1980), Cutter’s Way (1981), The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981), Deathtrap (1982), The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982), Fighting Back (1982), Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985), Choke Canyon (1986), Never Too Young to Die (1986), A Fine Mess (1986), Heat (1986), Million Dollar Mystery (1987), Survival Game (1987), The Hidden (1987), Action Jackson (1988), Big Business (1988), Bulletproof (1988), Dead Heat (1988), Rambo III (1988), Die Hard (1988), Vibes (1988), Why Me? (1990), The Perfect Weapon (1991), Deep Cover (1992), Boris and Natasha (1992), Toys (1992), Last Action Hero (1993), Striking Distance (1993), The Mask (1994), The Glimmer Man (1996), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), and Panic Room (2002). He also worked on television in such series as Vega$, Knight Rider, Riptide, Hunter, and The A-Team. ERWIN , B ILL Veteran character actor Bill Erwin died at his home in Studio City, California, on December 29, 2010. He was 96. Erwin was born in Honey Grove, Texas, on December 2, 1914. He trained as an actor at the Pasadena Playhouse in the late 1930s and began his career on stage with the Laguna Beach Playhouse and La Jolla Playhouse in 1940. He toured the country as a stage manager with ventriloquist Edgar Bergen in 1941. He served as a captain in the Army Air Force during World War II. He resumed his acting career after the war and was appearing regularly in ﬁlms by the end of the decade. His numerous ﬁlm credits include The Velvet Touch (1948), Easy Living (1949), Battleground (1949), Double Dynamite (1951), Holiday for Sinners (1952), Man from Del Rio (1956), Fight for the Title (1957), The Shadow on the Window (1957), The Night Runner (1957), House of Numbers (1957), Jet Pilot (1957), Gun Fever (1958), The Cry Baby Killer (1958), The Buccaneer (1958), Terror at Black Falls (1962), Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963), The Brass Bottle (1964), and Counterpoint (1967). Erwin was a proliﬁc television actor from the early 1950s, appearing in episodes of The Silver Theatre, The Stu Erwin Show, Fireside Theatre, Lux Video Theatre, Hallmark Hall of Fame, The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse, Studio 57, Highway Patrol, Sheriff of Cochise, Alfred Hitchcock Presents,

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Cheyenne, Screen Directors Playhouse, Science Fiction Theatre, Big Town, Crusader, The Man Called X, I Love Lucy, Telephone Time, Panic!, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Whirlybirds, State Trooper, Code 3, Colt .45, Trackdown, The Danny Thomas Show, The Walter Winchell File, Sea Hunt, Colgate Theatre, Man with a Camera, Sugarfoot, Lawman, The Riﬂeman, Wagon Train, Tales of Wells Fargo, G.E. True Theater, Leave It to Beaver, The David Niven Show, Bat Masterson, Black Saddle, Markham, Johnny Ringo, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, Bachelor Father, M Squad, Law of the Plainsman, Rescue 8, The Texan, COronado 9, Have Gun — Will Travel, The Andy Grifﬁth Show, Michael Shayne, Rawhide, Mister Ed, Outlaws, Zane Grey Theater, Maverick, Follow the Sun, 87th Precinct, Lassie, Ben Casey, My Three Sons, Twilight Zone, The Untouchables, The Dakotas, Burke’s Law, The Virginian, Kraft Suspense Theatre, Death Valley Days, The Big Valley, Perry Mason, Laredo, The Fugitive, The Invaders, The Guns of Will Sonnett, The Wild Wild West, Get Smart, Mannix, Here Come the Brides, Mayberry R.F.D., Dan August, The F.B.I., Barnaby Jones, Cannon, Gunsmoke, The Rookies, Lou Grant, the short-lived horror comedy Struck by Lightning as Glenn Diamond, Eight Is Enough, The Waltons, The Dukes of Hazzard, Dallas, The Jeffersons, The Optimist, Voyagers!, Hart to Hart, Falcon Crest, E/R, ABC Weekend Specials, Silver Spoons, Roxie, Punky Brewster, Who’s the Boss, Highway to Heaven, Married … with Children, Moonlighting, Just the Ten of Us, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Uncle Buck, Growing Pains, Quantum Leap, Full House, Knots Landing, The Golden Girls, Seinfeld earning an Emmy Award for his guest role as Sid Fields, Fallen Angels, The John Larroquette Show, Against the Grain, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, The Mommies, Pig Sty, Living Single, High Sierra Search and Rescue, Live Shot, The Jeff Foxworthy Show, The Louie Show, Cybil, Suddenly Susan, Grace Under Fire, The Drew Carey Show, The Naked Truth, Mad About You, The Michael Richards Show, Just Shoot Me!, The West Wing, So Little Time, Monk, The King of Queens, Everwood, and My Name Is Earl. His television credits include the tele-ﬁlms How Awful About Allan (1970), Hunter (1973), Huckleberry Finn (1975), Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo (1975), The Brady Girls Get Married (1981), Moonlight (1982), Drop-

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Out Father (1982), Lone Star (1983), Ghost Dancing (1983), Hard Knox (1984), Invitation to Hell (1985), Generation (1985), On Fire (1987), The Entertainers (1991), The Webbers (1993), Search and Rescue (1994), Boycott (2001), and the 2002 comedy special Comedy Central Thanxgiveaway: Turkey vs. Pilgrims. Erwin also continued to appear frequently in ﬁlms throughout his career with roles The Christine Jorgensen Story (1970), Candy Stripe Nurses (1974), Sixth and Main (1977), the romantic science ﬁction feature Somewhere in Time (1980) as hotel porter Arthur Biehl, with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour, Dream On! (1981), The Taming of the Shrew (1983), The Bear (1984), Stewardess School (1986), Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987), She’s Having a Baby (1988), Silent Assassins (1988), Home Alone (1990), The Willies (1990), Night of the Warrior (1991), Unbecoming Age (1992), Dennis the Menace (1993), The Color of Evening (1994), Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994), Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (1995), Just Your Luck (1996), Menno’s Mind (1997), Art House (1998), Chairman of the Board (1998), Forces of Nature (1999), Inferno (1999), Down ’n Dirty (2000), A Crack in the Floor (2000), Stanley’s Gig (2000), and Cahoots (2001).

Papa, and starred as Matias in the series Makinavaja from 1995 to 1997.

ESCARCELLER, LLATZER Spanish character actor Llatzer Escarceller died in Barcelona, Spain, on October 26, 2010. He was 96. Escarceller was born in Ribes de Freser, Catalonia, Spain, on September 30, 1914. He settled in Barcelona, where he ran a small candy stand for over 40 years. He was hired by director Francesc Betriu for a small role in the 1974 ﬁlm Furia Espanola. He appeared frequently in character roles in ﬁlm and television over the next three decades. His ﬁlm credits include Los Bingueros (1979), Stigma (1980), Los Fieles Sirvientes (1980), Going to Spain (1980), La Cripta (1981), La Rebelion de los Pajaros (1982), Asalto al Banco Central (1983), Un Genio en Apuros (1983), La Senyora (1987), Scent of a Crime (1988), El Nino de la Luna (1989), Makinavaja —‘El Ultimo Choriso’ (1992), Don Jaume, el Conquistador (1994), Adios, Tiburon (1996), and Los Porretas (1996). He appeared on television in episodes of Galeria Oberta, Filiprim, El Bigote de Babel, 13 ¥ 13, Miguel Servet, la Sangre y la Ceniza, Olimpicament Mort, and

Mike Esposito

ESTADELLA, JORDI Spanish television personality and voice actor Jordi Estadella died of liver cancer in a Barcelona, Spain, hospital on April 30, 2010. He was 61. Estadella was born in Barcelona on November 11, 1948. He began his career on radio, creating such characters as Tato Ganduxer and Tito B. Diagonal. He served as host of the popular television gameshow Un, Dos, Tres … Responda Otra Vez from 1991 to 1993 and hosted Esto no es lo que Parece from 1994 to 1995. He also hosted El Semaforo from 1995 to 1997. His other television credits include Grand Slam

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ESPOSITO, MIKE Comic book artist Mike Esposito died in Long Island, New York, on October 24, 2010. He was 83. Esposito began working at Fox Periodicals after World War II as an artist. He later worked for Timely and DC Comics, often inking longtime friend Ross Andru’s pencils. He worked as an

inker on numerous titles at DC from the 1950s including Robin Hood, Showcase, Star Spangled War Stories, Wonder Woman, Flash, Metal Men, and Rip Hunter, Time Master. He also worked at Marvel from the 1960s, inking Tales of Suspense, Tales to Astonish, Thor, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Avengers, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Sub Mariner, and Marvel Team-Up.

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(1994), 39 Premis Sant Jordi de Cinematograﬁa (1995), Perdona Nuestros Pecados (1998), and La Rentadora (2006). He was the frequent Spanish dubbing voice for such actors as Groucho Marx and Jerry Lewis. He also provided the Spanish voice for Inspector Gadget and Captain Needa in The Empire Strikes Back, and dubbed such ﬁlms as Airplane, Taxi Driver, Rocky II, and Gosford Park.

EVANS, BARBARA British actress and dancer Barbara Evans died at her home in Martin Hussingtree, Worcestershire, England, after a long illness on July 4, 2010. She was 78. Evans was born in Birmingham, England, in 1932, and trained as a dancer from an early age. She began touring on stage at the age of 16 and Shirley Evans

EVERITT, DAVID Author David S. Everitt, who was an editor of the horror ﬁlm magazine Fangoria in the early 1980s, died of complications from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in Huntington, New York, on May 7, 2010. He was 57. Everitt was born on December 19, 1952. He joined Bob Martin as co-editor on Fangoria in 1981 and was responsible for numerous movie reviews (often under the pseudonym Dr.

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made her ﬁlm debut as a dancer in Gene Kelly’s 1956 ﬁlm Invitation to the Dance. She danced with Tony Hancock and Sid James on television in Hancock’s Half Hour’s production of The Ladies’ Man in 1960. She was also featured in the 1968 ﬁlm Carry On… Up the Khyber, and on television in episodes of Ghost Squad, The Third Man, Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life with David Frost, The Man in Room 17, Thirty Minutes Worth, and Reg Varney. Evans later moved to Worcester, where she founded a leading dance academy.

EVANS, SHIRLEY British accordionist Shirley Evans, who appeared with the Beatles in the 1967 ﬁlm Magical Mystery Tour, died of breast cancer in a South Florida hospital on July 10, 2010. She was 78. Evans was born in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England, on January 29, 1932. She played the piano and accordion from an early age and was performing at Butlin holiday camps in the 1950s. She toured the world over the next decade and was photographed playing “On Top of Old Smokey” while clad in a bikini atop Japan’s Mount Fuji. She accompanied such artists as Cliff Richard, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Liberace, and starred as Mabel the barmaid in television commercials for Carling Black Label. She was featured in the Beatles’ 1967 ﬁlm Magical Mystery Tour, leading a sing-a-long on the bus. Lennon also wrote an instrumental for her, “Shirley’s Wild Accordion,” which was cut from the ﬁnal ﬁlm. She continued to perform and tour, settling in the United States in the mid–1970s.

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Cyclops), editorials, photo captions, and interviews (with such genre legends as Dick Smith, Richard Gordon, Anthony Perkins, and Dick Miller). He left the magazine in 1985. Everitt was also the co-author of several books including A Shadow of Red: Communism and the Blacklist in Radio and Television, Legends: The Story of Wyatt Earp, Human Monsters: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World’s Most Vicious Murderers, Film Tricks, and The Manly Handbook.

EVISON, PAT New Zealand actress Pat Evison died in Wellington, New Zealand, on May 30, 2010. She was 85. She was born Patricia Blamires in Masterton, New Zealand, on June 2, 1924. She studied theater in New Zealand and at the Old Vic Theatre School in London. She became a popular stage performer with the Downstage Theatre in Wellington. She also appeared on television in New Zealand and Australia and was featured as storekeeper Phyllis Telford in the drama

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series Pukemanu from 1971 to 1972. She was also featured in episodes of Division 4, Matlock Police, Solo One, The Emigrants, Pig in a Poke, Close to Home, Carson’s Law, and The Ray Bradbury Theater. Evison also appeared in several ﬁlms during her career including Landfall (1975), Caddie (1976), Tim (1979) as the mother of the title character played by Mel Gibson, The Earthling (1980), Bad Blood (1981), Starstruck

& Abilities (2004) and By the Throat (2009). He also contributed to the albums This Is Where We Were (2006) by Face Candy and The Some of All Things or: The Healing Power of Scab Picking (2007) by Carbon Carousel.

FALKENSTEIN, GLENN Magician and mentalist Glenn Falkenstein died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease in an assisted living facility in San Antonio, Texas, on July 4, 2010. He was 78. Falkenstein was born on February 3, 1932. He became noted for his blindfold mind-reading act, and performed frequently at Hollywood’s Magic Castle. He was featured as the opening act for such stars as Marty Robbins and AnnMargret, and appeared on television’s That’s Incredible!,

Pat Evison

(1982), The Clinic (1982), The Silent One (1984), A Street to Die (1985), Emma’s War (1986), What the Moon Saw (1990), and My Grandpa Is a Vampire (1991). She was also seen in the television productions A Town Like Alice (1981) and Hanging Together (1985). She starred as Violet Carnegie in the Australian series The Flying Doctors from 1985 to 1991 and was Jessie Windom in Prisoner in 1986.

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The Merv Grifﬁn Show, and The Tonight Show. He and his wife, Frances Willard, daughter of magician Harry “Willard the Wizard” Willard, teamed in the late 1970s for the “Spirit Cabinet” act that Frances’ father and mother and performed for many years.

EYEDEA Rapper Micheal Larsen, who was known on stage as Eyedea, was found dead at his home in St. Paul, Minnesota, on October 17, 2010. He was 28. Larsen was born in St. Paul on November 9, 1981. He began touring the rap and hip hop circuit as a battle emcee in 1997 and won the HBO Blaze Battle that aired on cable in 2000. He frequently teamed with his friend DJ Abilities, releasing First Born in 2001. He recorded the 2002 album The Many Faces of Oliver Hart and reteamed with DJ Abilities on the albums Eyedea

FANNING, GENE Actor Eugene L. Fanning died in Holbrook, Massachusetts, on November 25, 2010. He was 82. Fanning was featured as Leo Kurtz in the daytime soap opera Somerset from 1972 to 1973, and was Professor Gene Connolly in Another World in 1976. He was also seen in the ﬁlms The Yum-Yum Girls (1976) and Model Behavior (1984).

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127 FANSHAWE, DAVID British composer and ethnomusicologist David Fanshawe died of complications from a stroke in a Swindon, England, hospital on July 5, 2010. He was 68. Fanshawe was born in Paignton, Devon, England, on April 19, 1942. He began working as a musician and ﬁlm editor for documentary ﬁlms in the late 1950s. He toured throughout Europe

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Came Back (1951), Talk About a Stranger (1952), Scandal at Scourie (1953), and Yankee Pasha (1954). The brothers also excelled at track and ﬁeld in high school and college, and Warren coached the track program at Kennedy High School in Granada Hills, California, from 1971 through the mid–1990s.

FARRELL, BOBBY Aruban dancer and singer Bobby Farrell, who was the ﬂamboyant lead male singer for the European pop group Boney M., was found dead from heart failure in his hotel room in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on December 30, 2010. He was 61. Farrell was born on the island of Aruba, in the Netherlands Antilles, on October 6, 1949. He moved to northern Europe while in his teens and worked as a disc jockey in the Netherlands and Germany. German record producer Frank Farian cast him in the disco group Boney M. in 1975. Farian sang much of the group’s ﬁrst album, Take the Heat Off Me (1976), himself, with Farrell and a trio of females fronting for television and live

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and the Middle East in the 1960s, and began recording the traditional music he heard during his travels. He was best known for his 1972 composition African Sanctus, which incorporated Latin hymns with Sudanese war drums and a Ugandan dance number. His tribal compositions were heard on numerous ﬁlm and television soundtracks, including 1990’s Mountains of the Moon. He began a quest to record the music and oral histories of the Paciﬁc islands of Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia in the late 1970s, which he incorporated in his Paciﬁc Odyssey.

FARLOW, WARREN Former child actor Warren Farlow died of cancer at a Van Nuys, California, hospital on March 12, 2010. He was 69. Farlow was born in California on July 24, 1940. He appeared in a handful of ﬁlms as a child, frequently with his twin brother, Wayne Farlow. His ﬁlm credits include the short Movies Are Adventures (1948), Father Is a Bachelor (1950), Her First Romance (1951), The Guy Who

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performances. The group had such hits as “Daddy Cool” and “Sunny” from the album, and Farrell did sing with the group in concerts and on television. Farrell continued with Boney M. with the albums Love for Sale (1977), Nightﬂight to Venus (1978), Oceans of Fantasy (1979), and Boonoonoonoos (1981). He left the group the following year, though he fronted several later versions of the group in concert tours over the past three decades.

FAULKNER, MAX British actor and stuntman Max Faulkner, who worked frequently in the Doctor Who series in the 1970s, died in England on February 13, 2010. He was 78. Faulkner was born in England in 1931. He appeared in small roles and worked as a stuntman for numerous ﬁlms and television productions from the late 1950s. His ﬁlm credits include I Was Monty’s Double (1958), Breakout (1959), The Giant Behemoth (1959), The Third Alibi (1961), Dr. Crippen (1962), Crosstrap (1962), Gang War (1962), The Silent Invasion (1962), From Russia with Love (1963), That Kind of Girl (1963), The Ipcress File (1963), Far from the Madding Crowd (1967), Bedazzled (1967), Salt and Pepper (1968), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Perfect Friday (1970), See No Evil (1971), The Day of the Jackal (1973),

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Carry on Dick (1974), A Dirty Knight’s Work (1976), The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976), Krull (1983), Willow (1988), Clive Barker’s Nightbreed (1990), Far and Away (1992), and GoldenEye (1995). Faulkner also worked on such British television series as The Adventures of Sir Lancelot, The Buccaneers, The Vise, White Hunter, O.S.S., Ivanhoe, ITV Play of the Week, Rendezvous, Dial 999, Private Investigator, International

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Detective, The Four Just Men, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Deadline Midnight, The Saint, Richard the Lionheart, Court Martial, The Prisoner, My Partner the Ghost, The First Churchills, Manhunt, Colditz, New Scotland Yard, Arthur of the Britons, The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, The Adventures of Black Beauty, The Protectors, Poldark, The Prince and the Pauper, Space: 1999, Lorna Doone, The Expert, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Warship, Survivors, Z Cars, Treasure Island, The Goodies, Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic, Robin’s Nest, Secret Army, Enemy at the Door, Blakes 7, God’s Wonderful Railway, the 1981 mini-series The Day of the Trifﬁds, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and Robin of Sherwood. Faulkner worked frequently on the Doctor Who series during the 1970s, appearing with the 3rd Doctor, Jon Pertwee, in the episodes “The Ambassador of Death,” “The Monster of Peladon,” and “Planet of the Spiders.” He was also seen in episodes with the 4th Doctor, Tom Baker, including “Genesis of the Daleks,” “The Hand of Fear,” “The Android Invasion,” and “The Invasion of Time.”

FEATHER, JIM Canadian actor Jim Feather died in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, on August 6, 2010. He was 90. He was born Frederick James Feather in Accrington, Lancashire, England, on June 21, 1920. He served in the British military during World War II before immigrating to Canada in 1948. He worked as an engineer in the aircraft industry on the Avro Arrow and the Canada Space Arm. He also performed on the local stage, and began appearing in character roles in ﬁlms and television in the 1990s. He was seen in episodes of such television series as Avonlea, Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop, Street Legal, Due South, Wind at My Back, and Monk. He also appeared in the tele-ﬁlms Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance (1996), Salem Witch Trials (2002), and Com-

fort and Joy (2003). Feather was also featured in a handful of ﬁlms during his career including Boulevard (1994), Mrs. Winterbourne (1996), Johnny Shortwave (1996), Angel Eyes (2001), Welcome to Mooseport (2004), and Aurora Borealis (2005) as Mr. Gunderson.

F EHMIU, B EKIM Kosovar Albanian actor Bekim Fehmiu, who starred as Dax Xenos in the 1969 ﬁlm version of Harold Robbins’ best-seller The Adventurers, committed suicide at his apartment in Belgrade, Serbia, on June 15, 2010. He was 74. Fehmiu was born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina) on June 1, 1936. He studied theater in Belgrade and began performing on stage with the Pristina Theatre in 1955. Fehmiu became a leading actor in Yugoslavian ﬁlms, and was also featured in several international productions. His ﬁlm credits include Sasa (1962), Under the Same Sky (1964), The Enemy (1965), Klakson (1965), The Girl (1965), Roj (1966), Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966), Feverish Years (1966), and Protest (1967). He starred in the 1967 ﬁlm I Even Met Happy Gypsies, which was nominated for an Academy Award for best foreign-language ﬁlm. He starred in The Adventurers in 1969, which despite an all-star cast that included Olivia de Havilland, Candice Bergen, Ernest Borgnine, and Rossano Brazzi, proved a critical and ﬁnancial failure. Fehmiu’s other ﬁlm credits include Do Not Mention the Cause of Death (1968), Klopka za Generala (1971), The Deserter (1971), The Last Snows of Spring (1973), Cagliostro (1974) in the title role, Deps (1974), Silence the Witness (1974), The Wind (1974), Pavle Pavlovic (1975), Libera, My Love (1975), Permission to Kill (1975), Salon Kitty (1976), Ready for Anything (1977), John Frankenheimer’s Black Sunday (1977) as the terrorist Fasil, Special Education (1977), Arrive Before Daybreak (1978), The Partisan Squadron (1979), Siroko je Lisce (1981), Sarab (1982), Pavilon Seliem (1982), The Voice (1982), Crveni i Crni (1985), and Balkan Island: The Last Story of the Century (1997). Fehmiu starred as Ulysses in the 1968 Italian television mini-series adaptation of The Odyssey. He also starred in television productions of I Vecchi e i Giovani (1979), A Child Called Jesus (1987) as Joseph, Poslednja Prica (1987), Disperatamente Giulia (1989), and Heart and Sword (1998).

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FELDNER, SHELDON Actor and playwright Sheldon Feldner died in San Francisco, California, on August 11, 2010. He was 74. Feldner was born in Chicago, Illinois, on March 16, 1936, and raised in San Francisco. He was a popular performer on the local stage, and was featured in small roles in several ﬁlms including The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973), Escape from Alcatraz (1979), Cardiac Arrest (1980), Second Thoughts (1983), The Star Chamber (1983), The Woman in Red (1984), Light Blast (1985), Monster in the Closet (1986),

Allyn Ferguson

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Howard the Duck (1986), and Murder in the First (1995). Feldner guest-starred on television in episodes of Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, Soap in the recurring role of Deputy Perkins, Three’s Company, Too Close for Comfort, CHiPs, Hill Street Blues, Father Murphy, Falcon Crest, Partners in Crime, Hunter, and Midnight Caller He was also seen in the tele-ﬁlms Revenge of the Stepford Wives (1980), Prime Suspect (1982), The Day the Bubble Burst (1982), The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick (1988), and From the Dead of Night (1989). He starred as Raoul in the television comedy series Good Grief from 1990 to 1991.

FERGUSON, ALLYN Emmy Award–winning composer Allyn Ferguson, who co-wrote the theme songs for the hit television series Charlie’s Angels and Barney Miller, died at his home in Westlake Village, California, on June 23, 2010. He was 85. Ferguson was born in San Jose, California, on October 18, 1924. He studied music at San Jose State University, and trained under Nadia Boulanger and Aaron Copland. He moved to Hollywood in the late 1950s and was an arranger for such artists as Sarah Vaughan, Stan Kenton, and Andy Williams. He scored a handful of low budget ﬁlms in the early 1960s including The Devil’s Hand (1962), The Magic Tide (1962), Terror at Black Falls (1962), Airborne (1962), and Soﬁ (1968). He frequently teamed with composer Jack Elliott during the 1970s, creating the themes to the series Charlie’s Angels, Barney Miller, Lotsa Luck, and Big Hawaii. He was orchestrator for the 1970 cult classic ﬁlm Myra Breckinridge, and worked in the ﬁlms Support Your Local Gunﬁghter (1971), Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972), The Legend of Earl Durand (1974), Avalanche Express (1979), Little Lord Fauntleroy

(1980), Dune (1984) providing additional orchestration, and Back to the Secret Garden (2001). Ferguson was best known for his work in television, earning an Emmy Award for scoring the 1984 Hallmark Hall of Fame production of Camille. He also earned Emmy nominations for his work on such productions as Ivanoe (1982), The American Movie Awards (1982), Master of the Game (1984), The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1985), The Last Days of Patton (1986), Hallmark’s April Morning (1988), and Pancho Barnes (1988). He also scored episodes of such television series as Bewitched, The Monkees, The Everly Brothers Show, The Funny Side, The Good Life, Banacek, The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour, Get Christie Love!, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine, Big Eddie, The Rookies, Starsky and Hutch, Gibbsville, Busting Loose, Fish, A.E.S. Hudson Street, Big Hawaii, The Comedy Shop, Husband, Wives & Lovers, Free Country, Turnabout, Diagnosis Murder, and Murder, She Wrote. His numerous television credits also include such tele-ﬁlms and mini-series as Three for Tahiti (1970), The Feminist and the Fuzz (1971), Playmates (1972), Every Man Needs One (1972), Birds of Prey (1973), The Bait (1973), Jarrett (1973), The Man Without a Country (1973), Hijack (1973), What Are Best Friends For? (1973), The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (1974), Bobby Parker and Company (1974), Ann in Blue (1974), Only with Married Men (1974), Roll, Freddy, Roll! (1974), The Count of Monte Cristo (1975), The Four Feathers (1977), The Man in the Iron Mask (1977), Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target (1977), Danger in Paradise (1977), Delta County, U.S.A. (1977), The Magniﬁcent Magical Magnet of Santa Mesa (1977), Captains Courageous (1977), A Guide for the Married Woman (1978), Les Miserables (1978), The New Adventures of Heidi (1978), All Quiet on the Western Front (1979), Sanctuary of Fear (1979), The Gossip Columnist (1980), Cry of the Innocent (1980), Beulah Land (1980), Pleasure Palace (1980), A Tale of Two Cities (1980), The Night the City Screamed (1980), Terror Among Us (1981), Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981), Peter and Paul (1981), Big Bend Country (1981), Red Flag: The Ultimate Game (1981), Computercide (1982), Romance on the Orient Express (1985), The Corsican Brothers (1985), The Christmas Gift (1986), Stone Fox (1987),

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Angel in Green (1987), The Woman He Loved (1988), The Lookalike (1990), Ironclads (1991), Shadow of a Doubt (1991), Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (1992), Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Maﬁa Marriage (1993), While Justice Sleeps (1994), Trick of the Eye (1994), The Haunting of Helen Walker (1995), What Love Sees (1996), Best Friends for Life (1998), and High Noon (2000). Ferguson also taught a ﬁlm music composition course at the Grove School of Music in Van Nuys from the late 1980s through the early 1990s.

FERNANDES, ARY Brazilian actor and ﬁlmmaker Ary Fernandes died of complication from a stroke in a Sao Paulo, Brazil, hospital on August 29, 2010. He was 79. Fernandes was born in Sao Paulo on March 31, 1931. He began working in ﬁlms in the early 1950s as a production assistant on Song of the Sea (1952), A Real Woman (1954), O Grande Desconhecido (1957), and Die Windrose (1957). He also appeared onscreen in the ﬁlms Quem Matou Anabela? (1956), Aguias em Patrulha (1969), Sentinelas do Espaco (1969), O Super-

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manso (1974), and O Leito da Mulher Amada (1975). He was a writer, director, and producer for the television series Vigilante Rodoviario and Aguias de Fogo in the early 1960s. He also directed, and frequently wrote and produced, the ﬁlms O Vigilante e os Cinco Valentes (1964), O Misterio do Taurus (1965), Aguias em Patrulha (1969), Uma Pistola para Djeca (1969), Sentinelas do Espaço (1969), Marcado Para o Perigo (1970), Panico no Imperio do Crime (1972), O Supermanso (1974), Sexo Selvagem (1979), Essas Deliciosas Mulheres (1979), Orgia das Libertinas (1980), Cassino das Bacanais (1981), As Vigaristas do Sexo (1982), A Fabrica das Camisinhas (1982), Taras Eroticas (1983), and Elas So Transam no Disco (1983). He largely retired from ﬁlm and television in the early 1980s.

F ERNANDEZ, F ERNANDO Spanish comic book artist Fernando Fernandez died in Barcelona, Spain, on August 9, 2010. He was 70. Fernandez was born in Barcelona on February 7, 1940. He began drawing for French and British comic book publishers in the 1950s and was illustrating numerous war tales for Fleetway by the end of the decade. He concentrated on advertising illustrations and painting in the 1960s, before

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returning to comics in 1970. He drew the Mosca comic strip from 1970 to 1973 and wrote and illustrated numerous stories for Warren’s Vampirella comic magazine from 1973 to 1975. He later drew educational comics for French and Spanish publishers, and his work on the series Circulos and Zora y los Hibernatas were reprinted in Heavy Metal magazine in the early 1980s. He also illustrated a comic version of Dracula for the Spanish edition of Creepy in 1982, and adapted several of Isaac Asimov’s stories to comics.

FERNANDEZ, PETER Peter Fernandez, who provided the voice for the U.S. version of the classic anime character Speed Racer, died of complications from lung cancer at his home in Pomona, New York, on July 15, 2010. He was 83. Fernandez was born in New York City on January 29, 1927. He was a model for the John Robert Powers Agency from the age of 7, and appeared on the Broadway stage in the play Whiteoaks in 1938. He also performed on a local children’s radio program and was heard on episodes of The Sea Hound as Jerry, The Aldrich Family as George Bigelow, Mr. District Attorney, Let’s Pretend, Gangbusters, My Best Girls, Superman, Suspense, and numerous soap operas. After serving in the U.S. Army, he returned to radio in 1946, writing for Suspense and When a Girl Marries. He was featured in the 1949 ﬁlm City Across the River, and appeared on television in episodes of Captain Video and His Video Rangers, Suspense, Leave It to Papa, Kraft Theatre, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Joseph Schildkraut Presents, Hallmark Hall of Fame as Donalbain in a 1954 production of Macbeth, and Crunch and Des. Fernandez began directing the dubbing of U.S. releases of foreign-language ﬁlms in the late 1950s. He began working in anime in the early 1960s when he was hired to write English dialogue for the Japanese cartoon series Astro Boy. He was soon writing and dubbing for such imports as Gigantor and Space Giants. He worked in dubbing as a voice and director for U.S. releases on such ﬁlms as Alakazam the Great (1960), Mothra (1961), Buddha (1961), Apache Gold (1963), Last of the Renegades (1964), That Man from Rio (1964), Assassination in Rome (1965), Kidnapped to Mystery Island (1965), The Dirty Girls (1965), Godzilla Versus the Sea Monster (1966), and The Killing Bottle (1967).

131 He was best known for his work on the Speed Racer cartoon series (known in Japan as Mach Go Go Go). Fernandez wrote and directed the dubbing for many of the episodes, and provided the voice of Speed Race, the mysterious Racer X, and other characters. He also provided the American lyrics for the theme song —“Go Speed Racer, Go!” He continued to work as a voice/dialogue director on such ﬁlm and television imports and home-grown productions as The Aeronauts (1967), Marine Boy (1968), Ultraman (1972), Love and Anarchy (1973), All Screwed Up (1974), Return of the Street Fighter (1974), Stravinsky… (1974), Sister Street Fighter (1974), L’Anticristo (aka The Tempter) (1974), InfraMan (1975), Fear Over the City (1975), Flatfoot in Hong Kong (1975), House of Pleasure for Women (1976), Puss ’N Boots Travels Around the World (1976), The Black Corsair (1976), In a Wild Moment (1977), A Simple Story (1978), Lupin the 3rd: The Movie —The Secret of Mamo (1978), Star Blazers (1979) also voicing the role of Mark

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FERRARO, JOHN Actor and director John A. Ferraro died of colon cancer in a Los Angeles hospital on December 7, 2010. He was 64. Ferraro was born in Patterson, New Jersey, on April 5, 1946. He began his theatrical career in New York, performing with the

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Shakespeare Festival. He directed episodes of the PBS children’s series Sesame Street and Shining Time Station. He directed the Off-Broadway comedy Saved from Obscurity (1988), and the 1992 Broadway production of Crazy He Calls Me. Ferraro helmed episodes of The Higgins Boys and Gruber from Comedy Central, and Smart Guy and Reno: In Rage and Rehab for WB. He also taught at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts from 2003.

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Venture, Choice of Arms (1981), Hit the Bank (1981), Clean Slate (1981), Skokie (1981), Dogs of Hell (1982), Thunderbirds 2086 (1982), Grand Pardon (1982), A Question of Silence (1982), Blood Link (1982), The Tin Flute (1983), For Those I Loved (1983), 2019: After the Fall of New York (1983), Swann in Love (1984), The Enchanted Journey (1984), Ciske the Rat (1984), Dangerous Moves (1984), Silent Madness (1984), The Elm Chanted Forest (1986), Castle in the Sky Laputa (1986) as the Narrator, The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (1986), Gandahar (aka Light Years) (1988), Cinema Paradiso (1988), Al Andalus (1989), Woof! (1989), Tokyo Decadence (1992), What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), The Gods Must Be Crazy V (1994), Jalna (1994), Princess Guinevere and the Jewel Riders (1995), Christmas in Cartoontown (1996), Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1996), The Amazing Feats of Young Hercules (1997), The Secret of Anastasia (1997), The Secret of Mulan (1998), Moses: Eg ypt’s Great Prince (1998), Angel of the Night (1998), Cradle Will Rock (1999), Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999), Obie and Bingie (2002), and Kenny the Shark (2003). He was a local race announcer in the 2008 live action Speed Racer ﬁlm, and voiced Spritle in episodes of 2009’s Speed Racer: The Next Generation.

FERRAZ, BUZA Brazilian actor Buza Ferraz died of heart failure in a Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, hospital on April 3, 2010. He was 59. Ferraz was born in Rio de Janeiro on May 1, 1950. He appeared frequently on Brazilian television from the early 1970s, appearing in episodes of Selva de Pedra, O Rebu, Brilhante, Voce Decide, and O Amor E Nosso. He was also featured in television productions of Romeu e Julieta (1980), Quem Ama Nao Mata (1982), Final Feliz (1982), Marquesa de Santos (1984), Santa Marta Fabril (1984), De Quina pra Lua (1985), Helena (1987), Kananga do Japao (1989), Republica (1989), Meu Marido (1991), Pedra Sobre Pedra

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(1992), Despedida de Solteiro (1992), Historia de Amor (1995), and Labirinto (1998). He was featured as Ivan in the series Paginas da Vida from 2006 to 2007, and guest-starred in episodes of Casos e Acasos and Faca Sua Historia. Ferraz was also seen in several ﬁlms during his career including Beloved Country Brazil (1984), O Pais dos Tenentes (1987), the comedy For All: Springboard to Victory (1997) which he also wrote and directed, Vox Populi (1998), Brave New Land (2000), Viva Sapato! (2002), Vestido de Noiva (2006), and Elvis & Madona (2008).

FIALKOVA, DRAHOMIRA Czech character actress Drahomira Fialkova died on November 11, 2010. She was 87. Fialkova was born in Susice, Czechoslovakia, on November 8, 1923. She performed on stage and screen from the late 1940s, appearing in the 1949 ﬁlm The Green Notebook. She also appeared in the ﬁlms Morgiana (1972) and A Girl Fit to Be Killed (1976), and

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Pilz & Dreizehn Stuhle, Hoopers Letzte Jagd, Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi, PS — Geschichten ums Auto, and Der Landarzt.

FIEGER, DOUG Doug Fieger, the lead singer of the band the Knack and co-writer of the 1979 hit “My Sharona,” died of cancer at his home in Woodland Hills, California, on February 14, 2010. He was 57. Fieger was born in Oak Park, Michigan, on August 20, 1952. He played bass and sang with the band Sky in the early 1970s. He moved to Los Angeles later in the decade, where he teamed with lead guitarist and key-

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was Sister Libertine in the 1979 television Hallmark Hall of Fame production of All Quiet on the Western Front. She also starred as the Fremen’s Reverend Mother Ramallo in the 2000 television mini-series adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-ﬁ classic Dune. Her other ﬁlm credits include An Uncertain Season (1988), The Last Butterﬂy (1991), Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace (2000), The Zookeeper (2001), Love on the Tram (2003), and The Brothers Grimm (2005) as the Grandmother.

F IEDLER, G ERLACH German voice actor Gerlach Fiedler died in Hamburg, Germany, on September 15, 2010. He was 85. Fiedler was born in Mannheim, Germany, on June 27, 1925. He began working in radio in Germany in the late 1940s as a director, and was soon lending his deep voice to radio dramas. He was also the German dubbing voice for numerous ﬁlms and television productions, including Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster in the early 1970s. Fiedler appeared onscreen in several ﬁlms during his career including By a Nose (1949), Das Gluck Lauft Hinterher (1963), Destination Death (1964), St. Pauli Nachrichten: Thema Nr. 1 (1971), and Jagger und Spaghetti (1984). He was also featured on German television in episodes of such series as Gestatten — Mein Name ist Cox, Intercontinental Express, Gertrud Stranitzki, Rabe,

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boardist Berton Averre, bassist Prescott Niles and drummer Bruce Gary to form the Knack. Their ﬁrst album, Get the Knack, was a hit in 1979, and the albums …But the Little Girls Understand (1980) and Round Trip (1981) soon followed. The group disbanded at the end of 1981, but reunited several years later. They continued to tour and perform until Fieger was diagnosed with brain tumors and lung cancer in 2007.

FIERA, LA Arturo Casco Hernandez, who was a leading professional wrestler in Mexico over the past two decades, died in a hospital in Mexico on September 12, 2010, of injuries he received in an assault the previous day when he was stabbed ﬁve times. He was 49. Casco was born in a small town in Puebla, Mexico, on March 17, 1961. He was the son of wrestler Her-

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cules Poblano, and began his career in the ring in 1977. He was a leading competitor by the early 1980s under the name La Fiera (The Wild Animal), holding the NWA welterweight and middleweight championship

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while wrestling with EMLL. He continued to compete through the 1990s, holding the CMLL World Trios Championship with Dos Caras and Hector Garza in 1996. La Fiera was involved with drugs later in his career and spent some time in prison. He was largely retired from the ring by the early 2000s.

F INNELL , MAURICE Leading vocal coach Maurice Finnell, who taught such stars as Tony Bennett and Bette Midler, died of complications from a fall in New York City on January 5, 2010. He was 93. Finnell was born in Trenton, New Jersey, on July 16, 1916, and began began singing as a child. He performed on the radio in New York and Philadelphian the 1930s,

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and sang with the Trenton Opera Company in 1941. He served as a music instructor for the Army during World War II. He began teaching voice and music at the American Theatre Wing in 1947, and continued until his death. His notable students also include Warren Beatty, Paul Sorvino, and Tyne Daly.

FISHER, DAVE Dave Fisher, the lead singer of the 1960s folk group the Highwaymen, died of com-

plications from the blood disease myelofibrosis at his home in Rye, New York, on May 7, 2010. He was 69. Fisher was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on July 19, 1940. He began singing while in high school, and formed the group that became the Highwaymen in 1958 while attending Wesleyan University. The folk group included Bob Burnett, Steve Butts, Chan Daniels, and Steve Trott, and they scored a hit with their recording of “Michael, Row the Boat Ashore.” They recorded eight albums and were featured on The Ed Sullivan Show before breaking up in 1964. Fisher continued the group with a new line-up for several more years. The original Highwaymen reunited in 1987 (without Daniels, who died in 1975), and continued to perform a handful of concerts over the next 20 years. They also recorded the album When the Village Was Green in 2007.

FISHER, EDDIE Singer Eddie Fisher died of complications from a recent hip surgery in Berkeley, California, on September 22, 2010. He was 82. Fisher was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 10, 1928. He began singing from an early age, and was performing regularly on local radio by his teens. He soon began touring with the bands of Buddy Morrow and Charlie Ventura. He was given national exposure on Eddie Cantor’s radio program in 1949, and was soon signed to a recording contract by RCA. He joined the U.S. Army during in 1951, and entertained the troops on armed forces radio during the Korean War. He also appeared in recruitment ﬁlms, and was the ofﬁcial vocal soloist for the United States Army Band. He also recorded such hit songs as “Any Time,” “Tell Me Why,” “I’m Yours,” “Wish You Were Here,” and “I’m Walking Behind You” while in the army. He starred in the NBC television variety series Coke Time with Eddie Fisher from 1953 to 1957, and hosted NBC’s The Eddie Fisher Show from 1957 to 1959. He also guested on such television series as The Perry Como Show, The Chesterﬁeld Supper Club, The George Jessel Show, The Colgate Comedy Hour, The Gisele MacKenzie Show, The Jackie Gleason Show, The Steve Allen Plymouth Show, and The George Gobel Show. He also recorded such hit songs as “Oh, My Pa-pa,” “Lady of Spain,” and “Count Your Blessings,” before rock ’n’ roll took over the charts.

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Fisher married actress Debbie Reynolds in September of 1955, and the couple starred together in the 1956 comedy ﬁlm Bundle of Joy. He and Reynolds were close friends of producer Mike Todd, and his wife, actress Elizabeth Taylor. When Todd was killed in an airplane crash in 1958, Fisher’s consolation of Todd’s widow led to an affair that ended his marriage to Reynolds. He

surgery in Los Angeles on October 1, 2010. He was 85. Flaum was born in Brooklyn, New York, on September 13, 1925. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and studied acting at the University of Iowa after his discharge. He performed on the Broadway stage in productions of Romeo and Julie (1950) and Julius Caesar (1951) while studying under Lee Strasberg. He began working as a story editor and writer for the CBS television documentary series Twentieth Century in 1957, hosted by Walter Cronkite, and shared an Emmy Award for his work. He moved to Los Angeles in the early 1960s where he joined David Wolper’s production company. His documentary features The Yanks Are Coming (1963) and Let My People Go: The Story of Israel (1965) earned Academy Award nominations. Flaum also helmed the documentaries Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963), Escape to Freedom (1963), December 7th —The Day of Infamy (1963), Ten Seconds That Shook the World (1963), The American Woman in the 20th Century (1963), The Rise and Fall of American Communism (1964), Berlin — Kaiser to Khrushchev (1964), The

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married Elizabeth Taylor in May of 1959 shortly after the divorce from Reynolds was ﬁnal. The resultant scandal took a heavy toll on his career, losing his television show and recording contract. He appeared with Taylor in the 1960 ﬁlm BUtterﬁeld 8, but she soon became enamored with Richard Burton while ﬁlming Cleopatra. Their subsequent divorce in March of 1964 garnered him little sympathy, as public opinion still felt he had betrayed Reynolds. Fisher continued to perform in nightclubs from New York to Las Vegas, and had a minor hit with is 1966 album Games That Lovers Play. He was also married to actress and singer Connie Stevens from 1967 to 1969, and appeared on television in The Ed Sullivan Show, The Hollywood Palace, The Andy Williams Show, and The Dean Martin Comedy Hour. Fisher later acknowledged that he had a longstanding addiction to drugs and gambling that siderailed any attempt at a comeback and resulted in a bankruptcy in 1972. After another failed marriage to beauty queen Terry Richards from 1975 to 1976, Fisher entered rehab in the late 1980s. He subsequently resumed his singing career with a concert at the Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs in 1990, and soon became a familiar face on television talk shows, recounting his addictions. Ex-wives Reynolds and Taylor resumed their friendship in a 2001 tele-ﬁlm These Old Broads (co-written by Fisher and Reynolds’ daughter Carrie of Star Wars fame), with their shared ex-husband being the brunt of much of the humor. Fisher penned an autobiography, Eddie: My Life, My Loves, in 1981, and published a revised, and more salacious, version in 1999, Been There, Done That. His ﬁnal marriage was in 1993 to Chinese-born businesswoman Betty Lin, who died in 2001.

F LAUM, MARSHALL Documentary ﬁlmmaker Marshall Flaum died of complications from hip

Marshall Flaum

Battle of Britain (1964), Trial at Nuremberg (1964), the National Geographic Special Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees (1965), Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969), Tribute to Bogart (1972), Bing Crosby: The Untold Story (1978), Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story (1985), A Yabba-Dabba-Doo Celebration!: 50 Years of Hanna-Barbera (1989), and The Desilu Story (2003). Flaum also earned Emmy nominations for producing Jane Goodall and the World of Animal Behavior: The Wild Dogs of Africa (1973), and several segments of The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau in the early 1970s.

FLEISCHMAN , SID Novelist and children’s writer Sid Fleischman died of cancer at his home in Santa Monica, California, on March 17, 2010. He was 90. He was born Albert Sidney Fleischman in Brooklyn, New York, on March 16, 1920. He was fascinated with magic as a child, and his ﬁrst book was a collection of magic tricks published in 1939. He served in the Navy Reserves aboard a destroyer escort during World War II. He attended San Diego State University after his discharge, graduating in 1949. He worked as a journalist before becoming a full-time ﬁction writer in the

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early 1950s. He adapted his novel Blood Alley for the screen in 1955, and also penned the ﬁlms Good-bye, My Lady (1956) and Lafayette Escadrille (1958). His Cold War thriller Counterspy Express (1954) was adapted for the 1958 ﬁlm Spy in the Sky, and he also wrote the 1961 feature The Deadly Companions. He wrote his ﬁrst children’s story, Mr. Mysterious and Company, about a magician traveling the Old West with his family, in 1962. Another western tale, By the Great Horn Spoon! (1963), was adapted for the 1967 ﬁlm The Adventures of Bullwhip Grifﬁn. His 1965 book, Ghost in the Noonday Sun,

Tom Fleming

Age of Kings (1960) as King Henry IV, Rob Roy (1961) in the title role, Weir of Hermiston (1973), and Reith (1983). Fleming also appeared in the ﬁlms King Lear (1971), Mary, Queen of Scots (1971), and Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979). He served as a commentator for numerous BBC telecasts including the broadcasts of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo from 1966 until 2008.

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was ﬁlmed in 1973, and Fleischman co-scripted the 1973 ﬁlm Scalawag, starring Kirk Douglas. He wrote over thirty children’s books, including the McBroom and Bloodhound Gang series, and earned a Newberry Medal for his 1987 work The Whipping Boy. He also scripted the 1995 tele-ﬁlm version under the name Max Brindle. Fleischman wrote a 1993 collections of magic tricks, The Charlatan’s Handbook, for professional magicians, and penned his autobiography for younger readers The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer’s Life, in 1996. His later works include several biographies for a young audience, The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West, Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini, and the forthcoming Sir Charlie, about comedian Charles Chaplin. His survivors include his son, poet and author Paul Fleischman, who was also a Newberry Medal winner in 1989 for Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices.

FLEMING, TOM Scottish actor Tom Fleming died in an Edinburgh, Scotland, hospital after a long illness on April 18, 2010. He was 82. Fleming was born in Edinburgh on June 29, 1927. He began his career on stage in 1945, and was co-founder of the Gateway Theatre in Edinburgh in 1953. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1962, and formed the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh in 1965. He was featured in television productions of Black Eye (1952), Jesus of Nazareth (1953) as Jesus, It Is Midnight, Doctor Schweitzer (1953), Witch Wood (1954), Little Women (1958), The Other Dear Charmer (1959), The Highlander (1959), Spindrift (1959), Redgauntlet (1959), MacAdam and Eve (1960), Glorious Morning (1960), An

FLOYD, ROXANNA Celebrity makeup artist Roxanna Floyd died in her sleep at her home in Manhattan, New York, on January 28, 2010. She was 49. Floyd was born in Brooklyn on September 23, 1960. She was a consultant for such beauty products as Fashion Fair Cosmetics, Avon, Mary Kay, and CoverGirl Queen Collection. She was makeup artist for such stars as Whitney Houston, Ashanti, Mary J. Blige, Lauryn

Roxanna Floyd

Hill, Angela Bassett, Halle Berry, and Queen Latifah. Floyd worked on such ﬁlms as Waiting to Exhale (1995), Contact (1997), The Score (2001), Brown Sugar (2002), Masked and Anonymous (2003), Scary Movie 3 (2003), Beauty Shop (2005), Last Holiday (2006), Life Support (2007), and Hairspray (2007).

FOOT, GEOFFREY British ﬁlm editor Geoffrey Foot died in London on September 9, 2010. He was 95. Foot was born in Putney, South-West London, on May 19, 1915. He began working in ﬁlm at Ealing Studios in 1934, and was soon serving as an assistant

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editor on such ﬁlms as Sing as We Go (1934), Topaze (1935), The Beloved Vagabond (1936), Whom the Gods Love (1936), The Divorce of Lady X (1938), St. Martin’s Lane (1938), and Alfred Hitchcock’s Jamaica Inn (1939). Foot served in the Crown Film Unit during World War II, working on documentary and training ﬁlms. He returned to features after the war, and made his editing debut with 1947’s Take My Life. He was considered one of England’s ﬁnest editors over the next 30 years, working on productions for David Lean, Walt Disney, and Peter Sellers. His ﬁlm credits include One Woman’s Story (1949), Madeleine (1950), The Galloping Major (1951), Lean’s acclaimed 1952 ﬁlm Breaking the Sound Barrier, Innocents in Paris (1953), Disney’s Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue (1953), Trouble in Store (1953), One Good Turn (1955), Value for Money (1955), She Played with Fire (1957), Blue Murder at St. Trinian’s (1957), Another Time, Another Place (1958), The Bridal Path (1959), Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959), Jazz Boat (1960), The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960), In the Nick (1960), Mr. Topaze (1961) directed by Peter Sellers, Johnny Nobody (1961), Postman’s Knock (1962), The Main Attraction (1962), Summer Flight (1963), The Long Ships (1964), Genghis Khan (1965), The Great St. Trinian’s Train Robbery (1966), The Yellow Hat (1966), Hammerhead (1968), The Desperados (1969), Run Wild, Run Free (1969), Sudden Terror (1970), Man in the Wilderness (1971), Raw Meat (1972), The Legend of Hell House (1973), Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975), Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976), Confessions of a Summer Camp Councillor (1977), Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers (1977), Rosie Dixon — Night Nurse (1978), Sunburn (1979), and The Watcher in the Woods (1980). Foot also edited episodes of the 1956 television series Colonel March of Scotland Yard and Patrick McGoohan’s landmark 1967 series The Prisoner, and the tele-ﬁlm The Sign of Four (1983) and Black Arrow (1985).

peared as a bald inhabitant of a repressive future society in George Lucas’ ﬁrst ﬁlm, THX 1138, in 1971. She was also seen in the ﬁlms The Limit (1972), Henry Jaglom’s Sitting Ducks (1980), Heartbeeps (1981) as the party maid robot, National Lampoon’s Movie Madness (1982), Communion (1989), Bride of the Re-Animator (1990), Ricochet (1991), Dangerous Touch (1994), Babyfever (1994), and Wolf (1994). She was also seen on television in the tele-ﬁlm Intimate Strangers (1977), and episodes of Fame, Life Goes On, L.A. Law, Dead by Sunset, and Temporarily Yours. She was casting director for the 1989 sci-ﬁ television series Alien Nation, and the subsequent tele-ﬁlm sequels Alien Nation: Dark Horizon (1994), Alien Nation: Body and Soul (1995), Alien Nation: The Enemy Within (1996), Alien Nation: Millennium (1996) also appearing as a Wacko Human, and Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy (1997). She also cast the tele-ﬁlms Night Walk (1989), Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash (1993), Another Midnight Run (1994), Midnight Runaround (1994), Midnight Run for Your Life (1994) also appearing in a small role, A Wrinkle in Time (2003), Stephen King’s Kingdom Hospital (2004), and Inseparable (2008). Forrest served as casting director on several feature ﬁlms including Pulse (1988), Meet the Hollowheads (1989), Playing by Heart (1998), Without Charlie (2001), Masked and Anonymous (2003), and Light and the Sufferer (2004) for which she was also an executive producer.

FORRESTER, MAUREEN Canadian operatic contralto Maureen Forrester died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease in Toronto, Canada, on June 16, 2010. She was 79. Forrester was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on July 25, 1930. She trained as a singer and was performing in concert in the early 1950s. She toured throughout Canada, and made her New York

FORREST, IRENE Actress turned casting director Irene Forrest died of a brain tumor in Providence, Rhode Island, on July 25, 2010. She was 65. Forrest was born on December 15, 1944. She began her acting career in the 1960s, and performed on stage in New York and Los Angeles. She was featured in an episode of Felony Squad on television in 1968, and ap-

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debut in 1956. She performed with the New York City Opera in Handel’s Giulio Cesare in 1966, and sang with the Metropolitan Opera in productions of Das Rheingold and Siegfried in the mid–1970s. She also starred in television productions of The Medium (1977) and Iolanthe (1984), and was the voice of Bianca Castaﬁore in the English-language version of the animated series The Adventures of Tintin in the early 1990s.

137 FORSELIUS, EMIL Swedish actor Emil Forselius was found dead at his apartment in Stockholm, Sweden, of an apparent suicide on March 1, 2010. He was 35. Forselius was born in Vastgervik, Sweden, on November 23, 1974. He made his ﬁlm debut as Lasse the Skinhead in 1997’s Tic Tac. He was also seen in the

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ﬁlms The Last Contract (1998), White Water Fury (2000), Naked (2000), The Bomber (2001), Make Believe (2003), and Virus (2006). He was also seen frequently on Swedish television in episodes of Beck, St Mikael, Brottsvag, Belinder Auktioner, and Hombres, and productions of Stora Teatern (2002) and Deadline Torp (2005).

FORSYTHE, JOHN Leading actor John Forsythe, who starred as oil tycoon Blake Carrington on the 1980s prime-time soap opera Dynasty and was the voice of Charlie in Charlie’s Angels, died of complications from pneumonia after a long bout with cancer at his home in Santa Ynez, California, on April 1, 2010. He was 92. He was born John Lincoln Freund in Penn’s Grove, New Jersey, on January 28, 1918, and was raised in Brooklyn, New York. He attended the University of North Carolina on an athletic scholarship, and worked as the public address announcer for Brooklyn Dodgers games at Ebbets Field in 1936. He began performing on stage later in the decade, and toured the country with a children’s theatre troupe. He also worked in radio, and made his Broadway debut in a small role in the 1942 play Yankee Point. He also had small roles in the Warner Bros. ﬁlms Northern Pursuit (1943) and Destination Tokyo (1943). Forsythe served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, and appeared in Moss Hart’s Broadway production, Winged Victory, from 1943. He also worked with injured soldiers who had developed speech problems during the war. He studied at the Actors Studio after his discharge, and continued to perform on stage and early television. He was featured in the Broadway productions of Yellow Jack (1944), It Takes Two (1947), and The Teahouse of the August Moon. He also took over from Henry Fonda for the touring production of Mister Roberts. He was featured in a 1948 television production of Wuthering Heights for Kraft Television Theatre, and was seen in

2010 • Obituaries episodes of Actor’s Studio, NBC Presents, The Ford Theatre Hour, Robert Montgomery Presents, Starlight Theatre, Cosmopolitan Theatre, Lights Out, Pulitzer Prize Playhouse, Curtain Call, Suspense, The Philco Television Playhouse, Danger, The U.S. Steel Hour, The Elgin Hour, Studio One, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Playwrights ’56, Goodyear Television Playhouse, Zane Grey Theatre, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Jack Benny Program, General Electric Theater, Climax!, Schlitz Playhouse of the Stars, The Bell Telephone Hour, Lux Playhouse, and Sunday Showcase. Forsythe also starred in a handful of ﬁlms during the 1950s including The Captive City (1952), It Happens Every Thursday (1953), The Glass Web (1953), John Sturges’ western Escape from Fort Bravo (1953) with William Holden, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1955 dark comedy about a missing body, The Trouble with Harry, opposite Shirley MacLaine, The Ambassador’s Daughter (1956), Everything but the Truth (1956), and Dubrowsky (1959). He starred as Bentley Gregg, a Hollywood lawyer who becomes guardian of his teenage niece, in the television comedy Bachelor Father. The series debuted on CBS in 1957, and was aired on NBC and ABC before ending in 1962. He was also featured in episodes of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Alcoa Premiere, The Dick Powell Show, Kraft Mystery Theater, Kraft Suspense Theatre, ABC Stage 67, Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, Insight, Run for Your Life, and The Red Skelton Show. He starred with Ann-Margret in the 1964 ﬁlm Kitten with a Whip, and appeared opposite Lana Turner in the 1966 melodrama Madame X. He starred as Alvin Dewey, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation detective investigating the brutal murders in the 1967 ﬁlm adaptation of Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood. Forsythe also appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1969 espionage thriller Topaz, and Richard Brooks’ drama The Happing Ending (1969) opposite Jean Simmons. He starred as retired Air Force Major John Foster, who inherits an exclusive San Francisco girls’ school in the short-lived television sit-com The John Forsythe Show from 1965 to 1966, and was widower Michael Endicott, who takes his three daughters to Italy after taking a teaching assignment there in the series To Rome with Love from 1969 to 1971. He also appeared in numerous tele-ﬁlms including A Bell for Adano (1967), the nearfuture political drama Shadow in the Land (1968), Mur-

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der Once Removed (1971), The Letters (1973), Lisa, Bright and Dark (1973), Cry Panic (1974), The Healers (1974), Terror on the 40th Floor (1974), The Deadly Tower (1975), Amelia Earhart (1976), Tail Gunner Joe (1977), Never Con a Killer (1977), Emily, Emily (1977), Cruise into Terror (1978), With This Ring (1978), The Users (1978), A Time for Miracles (1980), Sizzle (1981), Mysterious Two (1982), On Fire (1987), and Opposites Attract (1990). His other television credits include episodes of Police Story, Medical Story, Hallmark Hall of Fame, The Feather and Father Gang, and The Love Boat. He also served as narrator for the classic documentary wildlife series The World of Survival from 1971 to 1977. Forsythe also lent his distinctive voice to the role of never-seen Charles Townsend, who sent an array of lovely agents on various cases in the Charlie’s Angels television series from 1976 to 1981. The Angels originally included Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson, and Jaclyn Smith, and were later joined by Cheryl Ladd, Shelley Hack, and Tanya Roberts. He reprised his role for feature ﬁlm adaptations twenty years later, Charlie’s Angels (2000) and Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (2003), starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu as a new generation of beautiful detectives. He appeared in the 1977 Italian ﬁlm thriller Goodbye and Amen as the American Ambassador, and was Judge Henry T. Fleming in the courtroom drama …And Justice for All (1979) with Al Pacino. Forsythe became a silver-haired sex symbol in his sixties, when he starred as ruthless oil tycoon Blake Carrington in the ABC prime-time soap opera Dynasty from 1981 to 1989. He frequently found himself at the center of a romantic triangle with scheming ex-wife Alexis, played with relish by Joan Collins, and his new wife, Krystle, portrayed by Linda Evans. He also appeared in several episodes of the short-lived spin-off series The Colbys in 1985, and returned for the 1991 tele-ﬁlm Dynasty: The Reunion. The cast was again reunited in the 2006 television special Dynasty Reunion: Catﬁghts & Caviar. Forsythe had a small role in the 1988 comic retelling of A Christmas Carol, Scrooged, starring Bill Murray, and was featured in the 1992 ﬁlm Stan and George’s New Life. He starred as Senator William Franklin Powers in the short-lived political sit-com The Powers That Be from 1992 to 1993, and hosted the NBC reality series I Witness Video from 1993 to 1994. He also supplied the voice to animated characters in episodes of the cartoon series Gargoyles and Adventures from the Book of Virtues. Forsythe married actress Parker McCormick in 1939, and they had a son, Dall, before divorcing in 1943. He married actress Julie Warren in 1943, and they had two daughters together, Page and Brooke. The remained together until Warren’s death in 1994. Forsythe married Nicole Carter in 2002, and is survived by her and his three children.

FOUNTAS, GIORGOS Greek actor Giorgos Fountas, who was featured as Tonio in the 1960 comedy ﬁlm Never on Sunday, died in Athens, Greece, in November 28, 2010. He was 86. Fountas was born in Mavrolithari, Fokida, Greece, in 1924. He trained in drama in Athens and began his stage career in the early

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1940s. He made his ﬁlm debut in Heirokrotimata in 1944, and continued his career over the next ﬁfty years. His other ﬁlm credits include The Raid of the Aegean (1946), Dead City (1951), Mavri Gi (1952), Open Sea (1954), The Magic City (1954), Women Without Men (1954), The Girl in the Neighbourhood (1954), Wind of Hate (1954), The Shepherdess’ Lover (1955), Stella (1955), A Girl in Black (1956), Gerakina (1958), Galini (1958), I Zavoliara (1959), Antio Zoi (1960), Take Me Away, My Love (1960), Jules Dassin’s international hit Never on Sunday (1960) with Dassin and Melina Mercouri, The Promise (1961), Betrayed Love (1962), Dawn on the Third Day (1962), Zileia (1963), Katharma (1963), Anemostrovilos (1964), I Krahtis (1964), Kravgi (1964), Zorba the Greek (1964) with Anthony Quinn, O Espanastatis (1965), With Glittering Eyes (1966), Fish-Kettle John (1966), Touba ’67 (1967), The Asphalt Fever (1967), O Prosfygas (1969), O Antartis tou Valtou (1969), I Leoforos tis Prodosias (1969), Exodos Kindynou (1980), 17 Bullegts for an Angel (1981), and To Koritsi tis Manis (1986). Fountas also appeared on Greek television in the series O Hristos Xanastavronetaqi (1975), Galini (1976), and Gova Stileto (1993).

F OX, N ORMAN C HANDLER Television writer Norman Chandler Fox died of complications from Parkinson’s disease in Los Angeles on July 13, 2010. He was 71. Fox was born on September 22, 1938.

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139 He began his career as an advertising copywriter in New York City, before moving to Los Angeles to work for Universal Television. He was an associate producer for the tele-ﬁlms Tail Gunner Joe (1977), Black Beauty (1978), and Once Upon a Family (1980). He also wrote episodes of several television series include Fame, Three’s a Crowd, Cagney & Lacey, and The Quiz Kids Challenge. Fox later wrote travel columns for Los Angeles Magazine and Copley News Service, and penned articles for such publications as The Hollywood Reporter, Travel & Leisure, and Bon Appetit. He also worked in radio, hosting Travel Talk on KTMS-AM in Santa Barbara, and the call-in show Traveling with Norm Fox, for KABC-AM.

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in the 1950s, and joined the announcing staff at ABC in New York in 1960. He also served as announcer and commercial spokesman for The Dick Cavett Show, and several gameshows. He was narrator for the ABC radio series Voices in the Headlines and Theatre 5, and various documentary specials before retiring in the early 1980s. He published his autobiography, Fred Foy from XYZ to ABC: A Fond Recollection, in 1986. Foy was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2000, and received the Golden Boot Award for his work in westerns in 2004.

FOY, FRED Radio announcer Fred Foy, who provided the classic opening narration for the popular western series The Lone Ranger, died at his home in Massachusetts on December 22, 2010. He was 89. Foy was born in Detroit, Michigan, on March 27, 1921, and began working in local radio in the late 1930s. He served in the armed forces during World War II with the 14th Special Service Company, and delivered news and programming to Allied Forces in Cairo with the Egyptian State Broadcasting. He also served as announcer for numerous USO shows, and created entertainment programs for servicemen throughout the war. He returned to Detroit radio after his discharge. He was best known for his long association with The Lone Ranger, providing the opening narration on radio from 1948 through 1954. Foy’s recitation of the lead-in, which generations of listeners and viewers could recite from memory opened with “Hi-Yo, Silver! A ﬁery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty ‘Hi-Yo Silver’ … The Lone Ranger! With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains led the ﬁght for law and order in the early West. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering hoof-beats of the great horse Silver. The Lone Ranger rides again!” Foy also ﬁlled in for the title role once when voice actor Brace Beemer was ill. He was also heard on such radio programs as Challenge of the Yukon and The Green Hornet. Foy reprised his opening narration for The Lone Ranger television series

F RAKER, WILLIAM A. Cinematographer William A. Fraker, who earned six Academy Award nominations for his work on such ﬁlms as Heaven Can Wait and Looking for Mr. Goodbar, died of cancer in a Los Angeles hospital on May 31, 2010. He was 86. Fraker was born in Los Angeles on September 29, 1923. He served in the U.S. Navy in the Paciﬁc during World War II. He studied at the USC School of Cinema and worked as a photographer’s assistant. He began working as a camera operator for television in the early 1960s on the sit-com The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. He served as a cinematographer for the obscure television production The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre (aka The Haunted ) (1964) for director Joseph Stefano, and for Leslie Stevens’ off-beat Esperanto-language horror ﬁlm Incubus (1965) starring William Shatner. He also worked as a camera operator on the ﬁlms Father Goose (1964), Wild Seed (1965), Morituri (1965), and The Professionals (1966). He was cinematographer on the ﬁlms Games (1967), The Fox (1967), The President’s Analyst (1967), Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby (1968), Bullitt (1968), and Paint Your Wagon (1969). He also photographed the 1960s television series Daktari, and the 1968 tele-ﬁlm Fade-In. He also directed several ﬁlms including the western Monte Walsh (1970) with Lee Marvin, the psychological horror ﬁlm A Reﬂection of Fear (1973), and The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981) starring Klinton Spilsbury. Fraker also helmed episodes of such television series as J.J. Starbuck, Unsub, B.L. Stryker, Wiseguy, The Flash, and Walker, Texas Ranger. He continued to work primarily as a cinematographer, shooting such ﬁlms as Dusty and Sweets McGee (1971) for which he also appeared onscreen in a small roles as

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the cellist, The Day of the Dolphin (1973), Rancho Deluxe (1975), Aloha Bobby and Rose (1975), Coonskin (1975), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) providing additional photography, Gator (1976), Lipstick (1976), The Killer Inside Me (1976), Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), and Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) shooting additional photography. He received an Academy Award nomination for 1977’s Looking for Mr. Goodbar, and earned subsequent nominations for Heaven Can Wait (1978), Steven Spielberg’s 1941 (1979), WarGames (1983), and Murphy’s Romance (1985). His numerous ﬁlm credits also include American Hot Wax (1978), Old Boyfriends (1979), The Hollywood Knights (1980), Divine Madness (1980), Sharky’s Machine (1981), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), Irreconcilable Differences (1984) also appearing onscreen in a small role, Protocol (1984), Fever Pitch (1985), SpaceCamp (1986), Burglar (1987), Baby Boom (1987), Chances Are (1989), An Innocent Man (1989), The Freshman (1990), Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992), Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), Tombstone (1993) for which he was also an associate producer, There Goes My Baby (1994), Street Fighter (1994), the tele-ﬁlm Death in Small Doses (1995), Father of the Bride Part II (1995), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), Vegas Vacation (1997), Rules of Engagement (2000), Town & Country (2001), and Waking Up in Reno (2002). He served as president of the American Society of Cinematographers between 1979 and 1992.

F RANCHETTI, R INA Italian actress Rina Franchetti died in Formello, Italy, on August 18, 2010. She was 102. She was born Ester Girgenti in Naples, Italy, on December 23, 1907. She made her ﬁlm debut in 1932’s Due Cuori Felici, and appeared in numerous ﬁlms over the next 60 years. Her numerous ﬁlm credits include Frontier (1934), A Night in May (1938), Peddler and the Lady (1943), Heart and Soul (1948), The King’s Guerrillas (1950), The Wayward Wife (1953), I Always Loved You (1953), These Phantoms (1954), Magic Village (1955), L’Angelo Bianco (1955), L’Ultime Amante (1955), Blood Feud (1960), The Itchy Palm (1960), La Dolce Vita (1960), Atom Age Vampire (1960), Gioventu di Notte (1961), Barabbas (1961), Il Treno del Sabato (1964), Tre Notti d’Amore (1964), Massacre Time (1966),

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The Head of the Family (1967), Gunman Sent by God (1968), Mother’s Heart (1969), Cross Current (1971), Italian Grafﬁti (1973), When Love Is Lust (1973), Ricco (1973), Unholy Convent (1973), Delitto d’Amore (1974), Le Sauvage (1975), La Verginella (1977), Adelmo (1988), and Basta! Adesso Tocca a Noi (1990). She also performed frequently on stage, television, and radio, and was a dubbing voice for imported ﬁlms.

FRANCIS, DICK British mystery writer Dick Francis, who was noted for his numerous thrillers set in the world of horse racing, died at his home in George Town, the Cayman Islands, on February 14, 2010. He was 89. Francis was born in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, on October 31, 1920, the son of a steeplechase rider and stable manager. Francis served in the Royal Air Force as a ﬁghter pilot during World War II. He became one of England’s premiere jockeys after the war, winning over 350 races. He spent four seasons as a jockey to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, from 1953 through 1957. Francis rode in eight Grand National Steeplechases, and was close to victory in 1956 when his horse, the Queen Mother’s Devon

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Loch, suddenly collapsed on the track. Francis, who had suffered numerous injuries during his long career as a jockey, retired from the track the following year. He subsequently joined the staff of the Sunday Express of London as a racing correspondent. He wrote his autobiography, The Sport of Queens, which was published in 1957. He soon began work on his ﬁrst novel, Dead Cert, which was released in 1962, and adapted for ﬁlm by Tony Richardson in 1974. Francis wrote over 40 novels during his career, most centered in the world of horse racing, with a jockey or former jockey as the main protagonist. His works were often noted for their frequent episodes of violence against both man and beast. He earned the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America three times, and was made a grand master in 1996. He also received the Diamond Dagger Award, the highest honor of the Crime Writers Association of Great Britain, in 1990. His many novels include Nerve (1964), For Kicks (1965), Odds Against (1965) which introduced ex-jockey turned private investigator Sid Halley, Flying Finish (1966), Blood Sport (1967), Forfeit

141 (1968) which earned him his ﬁrst Edgar Award, Enquiry (1969), Bonecrack (1971), Rat Race (1972), Smokescreen (1972), Slay Ride (1973), Knockdown (1974), High Stakes (1975), In the Frame (1976), Risk (1977), Trial Run (1978), Whip Hand (1979) which received a second Edgar Award, Reﬂex (1980), Twice Shy (1981), Banker (1982), The Danger (1983), Proof (1984), Breakin (1985), Bolt (1987), Hot Money (1987), The Edge (1988), Straight (1989), Longshot (1990), Comeback (1991), Driving Force (1992), Decider (1993), Wild Horses (1994), Come to Grief (1995) which garnered him another Edgar, To the Hilt (1996), 10-lb. Penalty, Second Wind (1999), and Shattered (2000). Francis also wrote the 1986 biography Jockey’s Life: The Biography of Lester Piggott, and numerous short stories, many of which were collected in 1998’s Field of Thirteen. Several of his novels featuring Sid Halley were adapted for the British television series The Dick Francis Thriller: The Racing Game, starring Mike Gwilym in 1979, and were aired in the United States as part of the PBS Mystery! series. Ian McShane starred as Jockey Club security director David Cleveland in the tele-ﬁlm adaptations of In the Frame (1989), Blood Sport (1989), and Twice Shy (1989). Francis’ wife, Mary, frequently assisted him with his writings until their 53 years of marriage ended with her death in 2000. He expressed doubts that he would pen another novel, but returned with Under Orders in 2006. He subsequently teamed with his son, Felix Francis, on the novels Dead Heat (2007), Silks (2008), Even Money (2009), and the forthcoming Crossﬁre.

F RANCMAN, R YSZARD Polish stuntman Ryszard Francman was killed when he was struck by a train while standing on the track in Wroclaw, Poland, on January 4, 2010. He had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. He was 66. Francman began working in ﬁlms in the late 1960s, performing stuntwork and appearing in small roles in such ﬁlms as Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969), The Nest (1974), Nights and Days (1975), Casimir the Great (1976), The Curve (1977), Valley of Happiness (1985), Tumor Witkacego (1985), Pan Samochodzik i Niesamowity Dwor (1987), New York, 4 A.M. (1988), Swan Song (1988), Kiler (1997), The Spring to Come (2001), The Hexer (2001), and The Pianist (2002).

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FRAZETTA, FRANK Legendary fantasy artist Frank Frazetta, whose illustrations graced comic books, magazines, movie posters, and paperback editions of Conan and Tarzan, died of complications from a stroke in Fort Myers, Florida, on May 10, 2010. He was 82. Frazetta was born in Brooklyn, New York, on February 9, 1928. He trained at the Brooklyn Academy of Fine Art from an early age, and was illustrating comic books stories by the mid–1940s. He worked at Bernard Bailey’s studio as an assistant for science ﬁction artist John Giunta, and his ﬁrst published work was a Man in Black story for Tally Ho comics in 1944. He worked brieﬂy at Fiction House, cleaning the work of such artists as Graham Ingels and George Evans. He worked primarily on funny animal stories for such titles as Coo Coo, Barnyard, and Supermouse for Standard for the remainder of the decade. He also supplied art for comics from Prize Publications, D.S. Publishing, and Magazine Enterprises’ A-1 line. Frazetta drew a handful of Shining Knight tales in DC’s Adventure Comics in 1950 and 1951, and worked on the Blackhawk and Tomahawk

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titles. He created Thun’da, King of the Congo for Magazine Enterprises in 1952, and subsequently was ghost artist on Dan Barry’s Flash Gordon newspaper strip. He also worked for EC, Toby Press, and Prize Publications, and was cover artist for the Buck Rogers features in Famous Funnies. He began working for Al Capp on the Li’l Abner comic strip in 1954, and assisted on the title through 1961. He also assisted on the Harvey Kurtzman Little Annie Fannie strip in Playboy, and provided cover art for such Warren magazines as Creepy and Eerie. Frazetta became best known in the 1960s for providing heroic fantasy cover art for Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian paperbacks and Edgar Rice Burrough’s Tarzan and John Carter of Mars novels. He was soon providing poster art for such ﬁlms as What’s New Pussycat? (1965), The Secret of My Success (1965), After the Fox (1966), Hotel Paradiso (1966), The Busy Body (1967), The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967), Who’s Minding The Mint (1967), Yours, Mine and Ours (1968), Mad Monster Party (1969), The Night They Raided Minsky’s (1969), Mrs. Pollifax — Spy (1971), Luana (1973), and Clint Eastwood’s The Gauntlet (1977). He also painted several albums covers for such rock groups as Molly

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Hatchet and Nazareth. He was co-producer with Ralph Bakshi for the 1983 animated ﬁlm Fire and Ice, which featured such Frazetta characters as Darkwolf, Nekron, and Teegra. He was the subject of the 2003 documentary feature Frank Frazetta: Painting with Fire. He had suffered several strokes in recent years that limited his artistic abilities. Eleanor Kelly “Ellie” Frazetta, his wife, partner and muse for 53 years died of cancer in July of 2009. The couple’s four children subsequently engaged in a legal struggle over their father’s estate which reportedly ended amicably shortly before their father’s death.

FREEDMAN, NANCY Novelist Nancy Freedman, who was best known for writing the best-seller Mrs. Mike, died of temporal arteritis in Greenbrae, California, on August 10, 2010. She was 90. She was born Nancy Mars in Evanston, Illinois, on July 4, 1920. Mrs. Mike (1947) was her ﬁrst novel, which she co-wrote with her husband, Benedict Freedman. The popular

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book was adapted for ﬁlm in 1949 starring Dick Powell and Evelyn Keyes. She also co-wrote The Apprentice Bastard (1966) with her husband, and penned the novels Mary, Mary Quite Contrary (1968), Joshua Son of None (1973) about a plan to clone President John Kennedy, The Immortals (1977), and Sappho: The Tenth Muse (1998). she and her husband collaborated with two later sequels to Mrs. Mike, The Search for Joyful (2002) and Kathy Little Bird (2003).

FREEMAN, JOHN Animator John H. Freeman died in Burbank, California, on January 1, 2010. He was 93. Freeman was born in Spokane, Washington, on December 14, 1916. He began his career at Walt Disney Productions in the late 1930s, and worked as an inbetweener on Fantasia (1940). He worked on numerous shorts at Disney over the next 16 years, and was a character animator for the 1955 animated feature Lady and the Tramp. He worked as an animator for television commercials from 1956, and was a story director for television episodes of Hanna-Barbera’s The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Yogi Bear Show, and Quick Draw McGraw in the early 1960s. He was an animator for such series as Super President, Bailey’s Comets, The Oddball Couple, The Kwicky Koala Show, Trollkins, Smurfs, The Plastic Man Comedy-Adventure Show, and

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Fang Face, and directed episodes of Hot Wheels, Inhumanoids, The Pink Panther, My Little Pony ’n Friends, The Glo Friends, Moondreamers, G.I. Joe, Transformers, and Jem. He also worked on the television specials It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966), Dr. Seuss On The Loose (1973), The Incredible, Indelible, Magical, Physical Mystery Trip (1973), The Puppy’s Great Adventure (1979), The Puppy’s Amazing Rescue (1980), and The Trouble with Miss Switch (1980), and the ﬁlms The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (1974) and Heidi’s Song (1982).

FREEMAN, LEE Lee Freeman, rhythm guitarist and vocalist for the 1960s pop group Strawberry Alarm Clock, died of complications from cancer in a San Bruno, California, hospice on February 14, 2010. He was 60. Freeman was born in Burbank, California, on November 8, 1949. He was a founding member of the group, originally known as Thee Sixpence, in 1966. Their ﬁrst single, “Incense and Peppermints,” became their biggest hit in 1967. It also was the title of their debut album, and Wake Up … It’s Tomorrow (1968) and The World in a Sea Shell (1968) soon followed. Freeman was featured with the Strawberry Alarm Clock in the ﬁlms Psych-Out (1968) and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970). They were also seen on television in episodes of American Bandstand, Happening ’68, The Jonathan Winters Show, The Steve Allen Show, and Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In. He remained with the band through several line-up changes before the group

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F REEMAN, MICKEY Veteran comedian Mickey Freeman, who was best known for his role as Private Zimmerman in the 1950s television sit-com The Phil Silvers Show, died in New York City on September 28, 2010. He was 93. Freeman was born on February 12, 1917. He performed frequently in the Catskills during his career. He was Pvt. Fielding Zimmerman in

Mickey Freeman

The Phil Silvers Show (aka You’ll Never Get Rich) from 1955 to 1959. He was also featured on television in episodes of Inner Sanctum, The Lloyd Bridges Show, Naked City, Lancer, and The Equalizer. He also appeared in small roles in the 1982 tele-ﬁlm Born Beautiful, and the features Shamus (1973) and Karaoke Knight (1998). Freeman was a member of the New York comedy society The Friars Club from 1987.

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peared in several ﬁlms in Switzerland including Bieder der Fliger (1941), Liebe ist Zollfrei (1941), and Wilder Urlaub (1943). He continued his ﬁlm career after the war with such credits as Weisses Gold (1949), Decision Before Dawn (1951), Das Dorf unterm Himmel (1953), Circus of Love (1954), Macumba (1954), Der Schweigende Engel (1954), The Plot to Assassinate Hitler (1955), Magic Fire (1955), Der Erste Fruhlingstag (1956), The Perjured Farmer (1956), Heisse Ernte (1956), The Big Chance (1957), Auferstehung (1958), SOS Glacier Pilot (1959), William Tell (1960) in the title role, The Last Chapter (1961), The Longest Day (1962), The Great Escape (1963) as Captain Posen, Nea: The Young Emmanuelle (1976), and Wild Geese II (1985). Freitag appeared frequently on German television from the 1950s with roles in such productions as Jean (1957), Waldchausstrasse 20 (1960), Die Kollektion (1962), Der Fall Sacco und Vanzetti (1963), In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer (1964), Wahn Oder Der Teufel in Boston (1965), Der Kreidegarten (1967), Das Hohere Leben (1968), Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981), A Song for Europe (1985), Der Schiedsrichter (1985), Der Goldene Schnitt (1991), Donauprinzessin (2992), Der Clan der Anna Voss (1995), and Die Liebenden vom Alexanderplatz (2001). His other television credits include episodes of Der Kommissar, Der Millionenbauer, and Tatort. He was married to actress Maria Becker from 1945 until their divorce in 1966, and to actress Maria Sebaldt from 1966 until his death.

FREIWALD, ERIC Film and television writer Eric Freiwald died in Prescott, Arizona, on January 29, 2010. He was 82. Freiwald was born in Detroit, Michigan, on September 24, 1927. He served in the Navy during World War II, and began his career as a writer after the war. He began writing for television in the

F REITAG , ROBERT Austrian actor Robert Freitag died in Munich, Germany, on July 8, 2010. He was 94. He was born Robert Peter Freytag in Vienna, Austria, on April 7, 1916, the son of Swiss opera singer Otto Freitag. He trained as an actor at Vienna’s Max Reinhardt Studio, and performed on stage in Switzerland after the Nazi occupation of Austria. He also ap-

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early 1950s, often teaming with partner Robert Schaefer. He scripted the 1950 ﬁlm Raiders of Tomahawk Creek and the 1958 feature version of The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold. He also penned episodes of The Range Rider, The Adventures of Kit Carson, Hopalong Cassidy, The Gene Autry Show, The Millionaire, Buffalo Bill, Jr., Sgt. Preston of the Yukon, The Adventures of Champion, Science Fiction Theatre, Tales of the Texas Rangers, Annie Oakley, Whirlybirds, Conﬂict, The

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Lone Ranger, Colt .45, Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, Maverick, The Man from Blackhawk, Wichita Town, Straightaway, The Beverly Hillbillies, Lassie, and Salty. Freiwald also wrote numerous comic book stories for Western Publishing’s Dell and Gold Key imprints including such titles as Magnus, Robot Fighter, Aliens, 77 Sunset Strip, and Disney’s The Legend of Lobo. He began writing scripts for the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless in 1980 and remained connected with the show until his death.

FRENCH, LARRY Actor Larry French died of a heart attack at his home in New York City on May 28, 2010. He was 58. French was born in Dallas, Texas, on November 4, 1951. He was featured in several ﬁlms including The Daring Dobermans (1973), Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes (1974), From Noon Till

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the dance band Beatﬁsh in the early 1990s, and led the band Moondog in 1996. Freud’s problems with alcohol damaged his career, as he recounted in his 2002 memoir I Am the Voice Left from Drinking, and the sequel I Am the Voice Left from Rehab (2007). His sons, Jackson and Harrison, led the band Attack of the Mannequins in the 2000s, and Freud assisted as their manager.

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Three (1976), the tele-ﬁlm Intimate Strangers (1977), and Every Girl Should Have One (1978). He also appeared on television in episodes of The Invisible Man, The Bionic Woman, Quark, Dallas, and The Incredible Hulk. He moved to New York in the late 1970s to pursue his acting career on stage, and appeared on Broadway in the 1980 revival of Brigadoon, and The Pirates of Penzance in 1981. He also performed in touring and regional productions throughout the country, often with his wife of thirty years, actress Jeanne Lehman French, who survives him.

FREUD, JAMES Australian rock musician and songwriter, who was a member of the 1980s band the Models, committed suicide at his home in Melbourne, Australia, on November 4, 2010, after a long battle with alcohol addiction. He was 51. He was born Colin Joseph McGlinchey in Melbourne on June 29, 1959. He began his music career at the age of 16 with the band Sabre with guitarist Sean Kelly, and led Teenage Radio Stars in 1977. He recorded his ﬁrst album Breaking Silence, with James Freud & the Radio Stars in 1980. He reteamed with Kelly in 1982 with the Models as bass guitarist, and sometimes vocalist and songwriter. His songs “Barbados” and “Out of Mind, Out of Sight,” topped the charts in Australia. Freud resumed his solo career after the Models disbanded in 1988, and released the 1989 album Step into the Heat. He recorded with

FROELICK, ANNE Screenwriter Anne Froelick Taylor died in a nursing home in Los Angeles on January 26, 2010. She was 97. Froelick was born in Hinsdale, Massachusetts, on December 8, 1912, and was raised in Princeton, New Jersey. She moved to New York in the early 1930s to embark on a career as an actress and model. She began working as a secretary for writer Howard Koch in 1938. She assisted him in writing his scripts for Orson Welles’ landmark radio program The Mercury Theatre on the Air, including his adaptation of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds, which entered radio history with its Halloween broadcast in 1938. She accompanied Koch to Hollywood, where she assisted him in scripting the 1940 crime drama The Letter, starring Bette Davis. Froelick was soon signed by Warner as a screenwriter, and co-wrote Shining Victory with Koch in 1941. She also scripted the ﬁlms The Master Race (1944), Miss Susie Slagle’s (1946), and Easy Come, Easy Go (1947). She co-scripted Harriet Craig,

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the 1950 ﬁlm adaptation of George Kelly’s play Craig’s Wife, starring Joan Crawford. Froelick’s opposition to fascism and support of such issues as unionization and desegregation led her to join the Communist Party in the 1940s. That decision cost her greatly in the 1950s, when her husband, Philip Taylor, lost his job at Lockheed, and writing assignments became scarce as a result of the McCarthy era blacklist. She wrote several locally produced plays and co-wrote the 1956 comic novel Press On Regardless. She later worked as anonymously as a writer and editor on television soap operas.

FROLAND, DAG Norwegian entertainer Dag Froland died at his home in Oslo, Norway, on January 26, 2010. He was 64. Froland was born in Volda, Norway, on September 16, 1945. He performed on

David Froman

Froman appeared regularly as Lt. Bob Brooks in the television Matlock with Andy Grifﬁth from 1986 through 1994.

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radio at the age of seven, and made his stage debut in his teens. He became a leading performer on the Norwegian cabaret circuit. He also appeared in several ﬁlms including Norske Byggeklosser (1972), Einar Schankes Gledeshus (1975), and Pa Stigende Kurs (1987). Froland also performed often on Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK).

FROMAN, DAVID Character actor David Froman, who starred as Gunther Wagner on the daytime soap opera The Edge of Night in the early 1980s, died of cancer in Miami, Oklahoma, on February 8, 2010. He was 71. Froman was born in Miami, Oklahoma, on December 31, 1938. He served on the faculty of Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College as a speech and drama teacher in the 1960s. He was also active in local theater, particularly the Miami Little Theatre. He joined the cast of The Edge of Night as burley Gunther Wagner in 1980. His character was killed in 1981, but was resurrected as a kinder twin brother from 1982 to 1984. Froman appeared in small roles in the ﬁlms Hanky Panky (1982) and Steele Justice (1987), and the tele-ﬁlm Blind Justice (1986). His other television credits include episodes of Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Cover Up, Hill Street Blues, Foley Square, Stingray, Trapper John, M.D., Our House, Werewolf, Simon & Simon, Star Trek: The Next Generation as Klingon Captain K’Nera in the 1988 episode “Heart of Glory,” Supercarrier, 21 Jump Street, Hunter, Generations, Cheers, and Diagnosis Murder.

F UJITA, M AKOTO Japanese actor Makoto Fujita died of a ruptured artery and complications from esophageal cancer at Osaka University Hospital in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, on February 17, 2010. He was 76. He was born Makoto Harada in Tokyo on April 13, 1933, the son of silent ﬁlm actor Rintaro Fujima. Makoto starred as a traveling yakuza in the popular television comedy series Tenamonya Sandogasa from 1962 to 1968. He also appeared in numerous ﬁlms from the early 1960s including Shin Meoto Zenzai (1963), Akumyo Hatoba (1963), Tenya Wanya Jirocho Docho (1963), Akumyo Ichiba (1963), Jirocho Sangokushi Daiichibu (1963), Horafuki Taikoki (1964), Geisha Gakko (1964), Nishi no Osho, Higashi no Taisho (1964), Akai Daiya (1964), Tale of a Carpenter (1965), Nippon ichi no Goma Suri Otoko (1965), Kigeki Ekimae Keiba (1966), Tenamonya Tokaido (1966), Un ga Yokerya (1966), Nippon ichi no Gorigan Otoko (1966), Monsieur Zivaco (1967), Ghost Story of Two Travelers at Tenamonya (1967), Zatoichi’s Cane-Sword (1967), Bakumatsu: Tenamonya Daizodo (1967), Hymn to a Tired Man (1968), Mexican Free-for-All (1968), Kigeki Ekimae Kaiun (1968), Imaginary Paradise (1968), Hi! London (1969), Kureji no Daibakuhatsu (1969), Ai no Kizuna

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(1969), Nippon ichi no Yakuza Otoko (1970), Kigeki Dorobo Daikazoku: Tenka o Toru (1972), Crest of the Wolf (1973), Osho (1973), Okinawa ju-nen Senso (1978), Hunter in the Dark (1979), Ana no Kiba (1979), My Son! My Son! (1979), The Wicked (1980), Mayonaka no Shotaijo (1981), Yaju-deka (1982), Tsumiki Kuzushi (1983), Hissatsu!: Sure Death! (1984), Sure Death! Brown, You Bounder! (1985), Sure-Fire Death 4: We Will Avenge You (1987), Hagure Keiji: Junjoha (1989), Sure Fire 5 (1991), Spain Kara no Tegami — Benposta no Kodomotachi (1993), Onihei’s Detective Records (1995), Totsunyuseyo! Asama Sanso Jiken (2002), O-oku: The Movie (2006), Best Wishes for Tomorrow (2007), Tsubaki Sanjuro (2007), and Rasuto Gemu: Saigo no Sokeisen (2008). Fujita also remained a popular performer on Japanese television throughout his career, appearing in such productions as Hissatsu Shiokinin (1973), Fufu Tabi Nikki Saraba Ronin (1976), Hissatsu Shigotonin V (1985), Hagure Keiji: Junjoha (1988), Shigotonin VS Shigotonin (1989), Kyoto Satsujin Annai 16: Fukushu no Gyakuten Hotei (1990), Jirocho Sangokushi (1991), Hagure Keiji: Australia (1999), Musashi (2003), Yakusha Damashii! (2006), Oitsumeru (2006), Hotei Arashi Bengoshi Inukai Bunsuke (2007), Kenkyaku Shobai: Haru no Arashi (2008), and Damashie Utamaro (2009).

FULLILOVE, ERIC Australian television producer and director Eric Fullilove died in Naremburn, Australia, on October 24, 2010. He was 85. Fullilove was born in London, England, on February 5, 1925. He served in the British army during World War II, and worked as an editor and assistant director with the Crown Film Unit at Denham Studios after the war. He

Leona Gage

Miss USA in 1957, died in Los Angeles on October 5, 2010. She was 71. Gage was born in Longview, Texas, on April 8, 1939. She represented the state of Maryland when she won the Miss USA pageant in 1957, but was stripped of the title after a day when it was learned that she was married with two children and had lied about her age. She subsequently appeared on television’s The Ed Sullivan Show, and attempted a career in ﬁlms. She was featured in Bells Are Ringing (1960), the 1962 horror ﬁlm Tales of Terror as Morella in the segment of the Edgar Allan Poe story of the same name, A House Is Not a Home (1964), Scream of the Butterﬂy (1965), and The Oscar (1966). Gage also performed as a showgirl at the Hotel Tropicana in Las Vegas, worked as a model, and appeared in television commercials.

GALKIN, VLADISLAV Russian actor Vladislav Galkin died of a heart failure at his home in Moscow on February 25, 2010. He was 38. He was born Vladislav Sukhachev in Leningrad, Soviet Union (now St. Petersburg, Russia), on December 25, 1971. He was featured in several ﬁlms as a child including Neznayka s Nashego Dvora (1983), Etot Negodyay Sidorov (1983), Gruz bez Markirovki (1984), Zolotaya Tsep (1986), Aborigin (1987), and Na Svoey Zemle (1987). He studied acting at the Shchukin School from 1988 to 1992, and trained as a director at the Russian State Film Institute in Moscow in the 1990s. Galkin was also seen in the

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worked frequently in documentaries over the next decade and ﬁlmed the ﬁrst British atomic bomb detonation with the Royal Navy off the West Australian Coast in 1952. Fullilove settled in Australia in the early 1960s, where he became active in the ﬁlm and television industry. He was best known for his work on the popular television series Skippy, the Bush Kangaroo in the 1960s. He also worked on the series Barrier Reef, Boney, Catch Kandy, Song for Melbourne, and The Evil Touch.

GAGE, LEONA Actress and beauty pageant contestant Mary Leona Gage, who brieﬂy served as

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147 ﬁlms 22 Iyunya, Rovno v 4 Chasa (1992), Igra (1994), The Riﬂeman of the Voroshilov Regiment (1999), In August of 1944 (2001), 72 Meters (2004), A Hot November (2006), Dikari (2006), and An Imperfect Woman (2008). He starred as Senior Lieutenant Urmanov on the television series Spetsnaz (2002) and Spetsnaz II (2003), and was featured in television productions of Kamenskaya: Igra na Chuzhom Pole (2000), Rostov-Papa (2001), Dalnoboyshchiki (2001), Po Tu Storonu Volkov (2002), Nevestka (2003), and The Slky and the Earth (2004). He was Grigori Kaltygin in the 2004 mini-series Diversant, and the 2007 sequel Diversant 2: Konets Voyny. He also starred in the mini-series Kazaroza (2005), The Fall of the Empire (2005), and The Master and Margarita (2005) as Ivan Bezdomny. Galkin broke his leg while ﬁlming for television in the mid–2000s, and underwent several surgeries. He subsequently became dependant on painkillers, and suffered from depression and problems with alcohol. He was arrested after drawing a weapon during a ﬁght in a Moscow bar, but avoided a prison sentence. He was hospitalized in December of 2009 for pancreatic disease and other ailments.

GALLOWAY, MICHAEL Actor Michael Galloway, who starred as Lt. Russ McDonald in the television series The Blue Angels in the early 1960s, died in Los Angeles on October 12, 2010. He was 85. Galloway was born in Boise, Idaho, on May 7, 1925. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II, and became interested in acting while attending the University of Idaho and USC. He began appearing on television in the early 1950s in episodes of such series as

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Madrid, Spain, hospital on July 26, 2010. He was 76. Gamero was born in Madrid on March 2, 1934. He began a career in ﬁlms in the late 1960s, after studying law and working for Spain’s telephone company. He made his ﬁlm debut in 1969’s History of the Life of Snow White, and appeared in more than 100 ﬁlms over the next forty years. His many ﬁlm credits include Labelecialalacio (1970), Loco por Machin (1971), The Lonely Heart (1973) Speak, Little Mute Girl (1974), La Mortaja (1974), Country, S.A. (1975), The Power of Desire (1975), El Love Feroz (1975), Poachers (1975), A Dog Called… Vengeance (1976), Quiero ser Mayor (1976), Vuelve, Querida Nati (1976), And They Lived Happily Ever After (1976), Foul Play (1977), Los Placeres Ocultos (1977), Unﬁnished Business (1977), Chely (1977), Wifemistress (1977), Gusanos de Seda (1977), The Creature (1977), El Hombre que yo Quiero (1978), Red Gold (1978), Casa de Citas (1978), Trout (1978), A Man Called Autumn Flower (1978), The Priest (1978), Fury (1978), Tigers in Lipstick (1979), Tic Tac Toe (1979), El Dia del Presidente (1979), Everybody Calls Me The Cat (1980), El Poderoso Inﬂujo de la Luna (1980), Their Golden Years (1980), La Vida, el Amor y la Muerte (1980), The Prick (1980), The Semester We Loved Kim Novak (1980), Me Olvide de Vivir (1980), Cronicas del Bromuro (1980), Los Liantes (1981), Gay Club (1981), Kargus (1981), La Mujer del Ministro (1981), Tragala, Perro (1981), Que Vienen los Socialistas! (1982), Las Locuras de Parchís (1982), El Cabezota (1982), El Gran Mogollon (1982), En Busca del Huevo Perdido (1982), Cristobal Colon, de Oﬁcio… Descubridor (1982), Buscando a Perico (1982), La Cancion de los Ninos (1982), Geminis (1982), Los Caraduros (1983), Percusion (1983), Y del Seguro… Libranos Senor! (1983), Vivir Manana (1983), Truhanes (1983), Operacion Mantis (1984), La Lola nos Lleva al Huerto (1984), La Mujer del Juez (1984), A Tope (1984), Crimen en Familia (1984), Cafe, Coca y Puro (1985), The Heifer (1985), Bohemian Nights (1985), La Corte de Faraon (1985), The Bastard Brother of God (1986), Futuro Perfecto (1986), Hay que Deshacer la Casa (1986), Voyage to Nowhere (1986), El Bosque Animado (1987), La Estranquera de Vallecas (1987), Madrid (1987), Suffer, You Prick (1987), Divine Words (1987), Jarrapellejos (1988), Contra la Pared (1988), Pasodoble (1988), Soldadito Espanol (1988), Scent of a Crime

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Suspense, Medic, Telephone Time, Zane Grey Theater, Dragnet, The 20th Century–Fox Hour, Broken Arrow, Steve Canyon, Maverick, Frontier Doctor, The Texan, and Men into Space. He was also featured in several ﬁlms including With a Song in My Heart (1952), Battle Circus (1953), House of Numbers (1957), and In Love and War (1958). He starred in the syndicated television series The Blue Angels, about the U.S. Navy’s group of precision ﬂyers, from 1960 to 1961.

GAMERO, ANTONIO Spanish actor Antonio Gamero died after a long respiratory illness in a

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(1988), Amanece, Que no es Poco (1989), Loco Veneno (1989), El Rio que nos Lleva (1989), Ni se te Ocurra… (1990), Don Juan, My Dear Ghost (1990), Yo soy Esa (1990), La Taberna Fantastica (1991), Offsides (1991), La Marrana (1992), Madregilda (1993), Todos a la Carcel (1993), Dos Hombres y una Mujer (1994), How to Be Miserable and Enjoy It (1994), Alone, at Last! (1994), Suspiros de Espana (y Portugal) (1995), On Earth As It Is in Heaven (1995), La Ley de la Frontera (1995), Manolito Four Eyes (1999), Pidele Cuentas al Rey (1999), The Green March (2002), First and Last Love (2002), Hotel Danubio (2003), Moscow Gold (2003), Two Tough Guys (2003), Trileros (2003), Desede que Amanece Apetece (2005), and Born to Suffer (2009). Gamero also appeared frequently on Spanish television, appearing in such productions as Plinio (1971), Earthquake in Chile (1975), El Camino (1978) as Don Jose, Cosas de Dos (1984) as Padre de Lola, La Huella del Crimen: Jarabo (1985), El Rey y la Reina (1986), La Mujer de tu Vida: La Mujer Inﬁel (1990), Don Quijote de la Mancha (1991), and La Mujer de tu Vida 2: La Mujer Cualquiera (1994). He was also seen in such series as El Quinto Jinete, Los Libros, Curro Jimenez, Teatro Estudio, Teatro Breve, La Mascara Negra, Estudio 1, Un Encargo Original, El Eden, Escrito Para TV, Pagina de Sucesos, Tarde de Teatro, Sara y Punto, Tercera Planta, Inspeccion Fiscal, Farmacia de Guardia, Truhanes, Los Ladrones Van a la Oﬁcina as Ramirez, Hermanos de Leche, Colegio Mayor, La Casa de los Líos, La Banda de Perez as Eulogio, Jacinto Durante, Representante, Manos a la Obra, Manolito Gafotas, and Martes de Carnaval.

GAMMON, J AMES Character actor James Gammon, who was known for his gravelly voice and weather-beaten features, died of cancer at his daughter’s home in Costa Mesa, California, on July 16, 2010. He was 70. Gammon was born in Newman, Illinois, on April 20, 1940. He made his ﬁlm debut in 1967’s Cool Hand Luke. He appeared in numerous ﬁlms over the next forty years including Journey to Shiloh (1968), The Thousand Plane Raid (1969), A Man Called Horse (1970), Macho Callahan (1970), Cry for Me, Billy (1972), Zandy’s Bride (1974), Macon County Line (1974), The Wild McCullochs (1975), Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw (1976), The Pom Pom Girls (1976), Black Oak

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Conspiracy (1977), The Greatest (1977), On the Nickel (1980), Urban Cowboy (1980) as Steve Strange, It’s My Turn (1980), Clint Eastwood’s Any Which Way You Can (1980), Below the Belt (1980), Vision Quest (1985), Sylvester (1985), Silverado (1985), Steven King’s Silver Bullet (1985), Hard Traveling (1986), Stacking (1987), Made in Heaven (1987), Ironweed (1987), The Milagro Beanﬁeld War (1988), Major League (1989) as Coach Lou Brown, Revenge (1990), Coupe de Ville (1990), I Love You to Death (1990), Leaving Normal (1992), Criss Cross (1992), Running Cool (1993), Painted Desert (1993), The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993), Cabin Boy (1994), Major League II (1994), Hard Vice (1994), Wyatt Earp (1994), Natural Born Killers (1994), Wild Bill (1995), Traveller (1997), The Apostle (1997), The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), Point Blank (1998), Love from Ground Zero (1998), The Hi-Lo Country (1998), One Man’s Hero (1999), The Cell (2000), Life or Something Like It (2002), Cold Mountain (2003) as Esco Swanger, Silver City (2004), Don’t Come Knocking (2005), Outlaw Trail: The Treasure of Butch Cassidy (2006), The Far Side of Jericho (2006), Altered (2006), The Final Season (2007), Appaloosa (2008), In the Electric Mist (2009), Otis E. (2009), and The New Daughter (2009). He was also a familiar face and voice in television from the mid–1960s, often cast in westerns. Gammon was seen in episodes of such series as The Wild Wild West, The Monroes, Captain Nice, Bonanza, The Road West, The Invaders, Batman, Felony Squad, The Virginian, Lancer, The High Chaparral, Dusty’s Trail, Gunsmoke, The F.B.I., Kung Fu, The Streets of San Francisco, Barnaby Jones, Cannon, Petrocelli, Monster Squad, Most Wanted, Charlie’s Angels, Lou Grant, The Master, Cagney & Lacey, Murder, She Wrote, The Equalizer, Crime Story, In the Heat of the Night, Midnight Caller, The Young Riders, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Middle Ages, L.A. Law, Tracey Takes On…, LAX, Crossing Jordan, Monk, and Grey’s Anatomy. Gammon was featured as recurring character Zack Rosswell in The Waltons from 1973 to 1975, and was Rudy in comedy series Bagdad Cafe from 1990 to 1991. He was Coach Zelnick in Homefront from 1992 to 1993, and was Nick Bridges, the father of Don Johnson’s character, in Nash Bridges from 1996 to 2001. He also appeared in the tele-ﬁlms Intruders (1970), The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974), The Kansas City Massacre (1975), The Sacketts (1979), Rage! (1980), The Big Black Pill (1981), The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982), Deadly Encounter (1982), M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (1983), Women of San Quentin (1983), Noon Wine (1985), Hell Town (1985), The Long Hot Summer (1985), Laguna Heat (1987), Lincoln (1988) as General Ulysses S. Grant, Roe vs. Wade (1989), Conagher (1991), Stranger at My Door (1991), Criminal Behavior (1992), Men Don’t Tell (1993), Truman (1995) as Sam Rayburn, Streets of Laredo (1995), Two Mothers for Zachary (1996), Logan’s War: Bound By Honor (1998), You Know My Name (1999), Monty Walsh (2003), Paradise (2004), What I Did for Love (2006), and Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007). He was a voice performer in the animated ﬁlms The Iron Giant (1999) and The Country Bears (2002), and the television cartoon

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series Fillmore! Gammon also appeared on stage, and was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance in the 1996 Broadway revival of Buried Child.

GANS, RONALD Actor Ronald Gans, who was best known for his voice roles in animated productions, died of complications from pneumonia in Los Angeles on June 29, 2010. He was 79. Gans was born in Chicago on August 9, 1931, and moved to California with his family in his early teens. He began his career as an actor after serving in the U.S. Navy. He worked in ﬁlm and television from the early 1960s, appearing in small roles in the ﬁlms The Raw Ones (1965), Mondo Keyhole (1966), The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (1967), The Wild Racers (1968), Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (1968), The Gay Deceivers (1969), The Curious Female (1970), The Student Nurses (1970), Runaway, Runaway

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(1971), Sexual Liberty Now (1971), Night Call Nurses (1972), Bonnie’s Kids (1973), Group Marriage (1973), Coffy (1973), Delinquent School Girls (1975), Revenge of the Cheerleaders (1976), The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), Hell Night (1981), Heartbeeps (1981), and Not of This Earth (1988). Gans was featured in various alien voice roles in the television science ﬁction series Lost in Space in the mid–1960s. He was also seen on episodes of It Takes a Thief and Quincy, and had a voice role in a 1988 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. He performed voice work in numerous animated productions including Meatballs and Spaghetti, Welcome to Pooh Corner as Kanga and Roo, Dumbo’s Circus, Rock ’n’ Wrestling as Nikolai Volkov, The Transformers as Dragstrip, and Captain Planet and the Planeteers. He was also featured in the 1976 animated ﬁlm The Smurfs and the Magic Flute, and was the voice of Magneto in the 1989 tele-ﬁlm Pryde of the X-Men.

GARBUGLIA, MARIO Italian production designer Mario Garbuglia died after a long illness in Civitano Marche, Italy, on March 30, 2010. He was 82. Garbuglia was born in Fontespina, Italy, on May 27, 1927. He began his career in the early 1950s, and worked on numerous features with such directors as Luchino Visconti and Nikita Mikhalkovy. His many ﬁlm credits include Women Without Names (1950), Too Bad She’s Bad (1954), Desert Warrior (1957), The Great

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War (1959), Under Ten Flags (1960), Rocco and His Brothers (1960), The Best of Enemies (1961), Boccaccio ’70 (1962), The Leopard (1963), The Organizer (1963), Casanova 70 (1965), Sandra of a Thousand Delights (1965), After the Fox (1966), Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966), The Witches (1967), The Stranger (1967), Barbarella (1968), Waterloo (1970), Brancaleone at the Crusades (1970), Lady Liberty (1971), The Valachi Papers (1972), The Battle of Stujeska (1973), Chino (1973), Conversation Piece (1974), End of the Game (1975), The Innocent (1976), Orca (1977), Wifemistress (1977), La Cage aux Folles (1978), Lady of the Camelias (1981), Lion of the Desert (1981), The World of Don Camillo (1983), Woman of Wonders (1985), Mussolini and I (1985), Beethoven’s Nephew (1985), Julia and Julia (1987), Dark Eyes (1987), The Siege of Venice (1991), The Night Before Christmas (1994), and The Sky Is Falling (2000).

GARCIN, GINETTE French actress and singer Ginette Garcin died of cancer in Nanterre, France, on June 10, 2010. She was 82. Garcin was born in Marseille, France, on January 4, 1928. She began her career on stage in 1946, performing in musicals and revues. She was featured in numerous ﬁlms from the early 1970s including The Black Flag Waves Over the Scow (1971), Killer (1972), Le Gang des Otages (1973), Me, I Want to Have Dough (1973), Juliette and Juliette (1974),

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How to Make Good When One Is a Jerk and a Crybaby (1974), The Common Man (1975), Cousin Cousine (1975), Forget Me, Mandoline (1976), Le Pays Bleu (1977), Don’t Cry (1978), Charles and Lucie (1979), Bolero (1981), La Gueule du Loup (1981), Edith and Marcel (1983), American Dreamer (1984), Slices of Life (1985), Partir, Revenir (1985), Paris Minuit (1986), Rouget le Braconnier (1989), The Professional Secrets of Dr. Apfelgluck (1991), Mother (1992), L’Homme de ma Vie (1992), My Man (1996), Les Bidochon (1996), Deuxieme Vie (2000), Entre Deux Rails (2001), Transﬁxed (2001), The Dope (2003), Les Dalton (2004), Terre de Sang (2005), The Invisible Woman (2009), and Tresor (2009). She appeared frequently on television in such productions as Pierrot My Friend (1979), Docteur Teyran (1980), Ce Fut un Bel Ete (1982), Lace (1984), Un Garcon de France (1985), Sins (1986), Le Louﬁat (1988), Le Negre (1989), La Bonne Adresse (1990), Mother (1993), Dans un Grand Vent de Fleurs (1996), Mistinguett, la Derniere Revue (2001), Le Don Fait a Catchaires (2003), La Tete Haute (2005), Concours de Danse a Piriac (2006), La Boite a Images (2007), and Famille Decomposee (2010). She was also featured in episodes of Messieurs les Jures, Maigret, Les Amours Romantiques, L’Heure Simenon, Imogene, L’Instit, Pere et Maire, Marc Eliot, and Camping Paradis. She starred as Jeanne Ferriere in the series Famille d’Accueil from 2001 until her death.

GARDNER , JIMMY British actor Jimmy Gardner died in England on May 3, 2010. He was 85. Gardner was born in Newmarket, Suffolk, England, on August 24, 1924. He had a long career on stage, screen and television. He was featured in such ﬁlms as The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (1964), He Who Rides the Tiger (1965), The Murder Game (1965), The Specialist (1966), The Committee (1968), Take a Girl Like You (1970), Up the Chastity Belt (1971), Say Hello to Yesterday (1971), 10 Rillington Place (1971), The Magniﬁcent Six and 1 ⁄ 2: Up for the Cup (1971), Ooh … You Are Awful (1972), Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy (1972), Take Me High (1973), 11 Harrowhouse (1974), Flame (1975), Short Ends (1976), Tess (1979), The Company of Wolves (1984), Mountains of the Moon (1990), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Thin Ice (1995), and Gunslinger’s Re-

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venge (1998). Gardner was a familiar face on British television from the early 1960s, appearing in such series as Stranger in the City, Boyd Q.C., The Villains, Crossroads, The Human Jungle, The Saint, Thursday Theatre, ITV Play of the Week, Orlando, No Hiding Place, King of the River, The Forsyte Saga, Theatre 625, Man in a Suitcase, Doctor Who, Z Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Spindoe, The Gamblers, Detective, The Avengers, The Jazz Age, The First Lady, The Expert, The Wednesday Play, Here Come the Double Deckers!, Paul Temple, Softly Softly, Albert!, New Scotland Yard, Fish in the recurring role of Mr, Barnes, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1973), Menace, Thirty-Minute Theatre, Spring and Autumn, Play for Today, Crown Court, Churchill’s People, Village Hall, The XYY Man, The Devil’s Crown, Coronation Street, The Onedin Line, Cribb, The Bill, Casualty, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, London’s Burning, EastEnders, My Hero, Down to Earth, Doc Martin, and Eyes Down. He was featured as Mr. Beaver in the 1967 television production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. His other television credits include such productions as The Elusive Pimpernel (1969) as Robespierre, the 1974 Thriller segment Sign It Death, A Moment Time (1979), The Dick Francis Thriller: The Racing Game (1979), The Old Curiousity Shop (1979), Antony & Cleopatra (1981), Cyrano de Bergerac (1985), Agatha Christie’s Dead Man’s Folly (1986), Martin Chuzzlewit (1994), Lord of Misrule (1996), Norman Ormal: A Very Political Turtle (1998), Births, Marriages and Deaths (1999), and The Sleeper (2000). He continued to appear on screen in his later years, and was Ernie Prang, the bespectacled driver of the double decker bus in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. He was also seen in Finding Neverland (2004) and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005).

GARRETT, EDDIE Actor Eddie Garrett died in Palm Desert, California, on May 13, 2010. He was 82. Garrett was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on November 19, 1927. He was raised in Hollywood by relatives after the death of his parents at the age of 13. He began his career as an entertainer in nightclubs, working as an impressionist. He appeared in supporting roles in episodes of various television series from the 1960s including Batman, The Fugitive, The Man from

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151 U.N.C.L.E., Ironside, Medical Center, Man from Atlantis, and You Again. He appeared in several episodes of the comedy series The Odd Couple in 1974, and was featured in the regular role of Ed in the series Quincy with Jack Klugman from 1973 to 1983. Garrett also appeared in several ﬁlms during his career including Speedway (1968), Dirty Harry (1971), Once Is Not Enough (1975), New York, New York (1977), and Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) as the bartender.

GARY, ROBERT Television script supervisor Robert Gary, who worked on most of the Star Trek series, died in Los Angeles on May 3, 2010. He was 90. Gary was born in Illinois in 1920. He was an aspiring actor before taking a job as a script supervisor on John Ford’s 1956 western classic The Searchers. He worked on set continuity on the ﬁlms Friendly Persuasion (1956) and Quantrill’s Raiders (1958). Gary served as script supervisor on The Magic Sword (1962), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), 4 for Texas (1963), The Strangler (1964), Hush … Hush … Sweet Charlotte (1964), The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), Big Daddy (1969), and The Grissom Gang (1971). He also worked frequently in television from the 1960s on such shows as Perry Mason, The Outer Limits, Star Trek, Lassie, The Waltons, Trapper John, M.D., Falcon Crest, Dynasty, CHiPs, Square Pegs, Fame, Highway to Heaven, Matlock, ER, and the 1987 mini-series Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder. Gary also taught a course in script supervision at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television from the late 1980s until a stroke forced his retirement several years before his death. GATES, DARYL F. Daryl F. Gates, the sometimes-controversial chief of the Los Angeles Police Department from 1978 to 1992, died of complications from bladder cancer at his home in Dana Point, California, on April 16, 2010. He was 83. Gates was born in Glendale, California, on August 30, 1926. He joined the U.S. Navy during World War II, and saw action in the Paciﬁc. He attended Pasadena City College and the University of Southern California after his discharge, and joined the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) in 1949. He was mentored by Chief William Parker and rose through the departments ranks. He was an inspector by the time of the Watts riots in 1965. Gates

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also oversaw such high proﬁle investigations as the Tate/LaBianc murders by the Manson family and the Hillside Strangler case. He became Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department on March of 1979. Gates was considered a guiding force behind the creation of SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics), designed to deal with hostage situations and stand-offs with heavily armed assailants. He was instrumental in insuring the safety of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, and created the LAPD’s popular Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program for youth. Though well-liked by his men, the out-spoken chief also became the target of the ire of Black and Hispanic activists, who viewed the LAPD’s policies as biased. Gates’ department came under criticism in the wake of the Rodney King incident in March of 1991, when LAPD ofﬁcers were videotaped beating a suspect after a car chase. The ofﬁcers involved in the beating where tried and acquitted on charges of brutality in April of 1992, sparking the Los Angeles riots. Gates, under heavy ﬁre by the press and the administration of Mayor Tom Bradley, resigned on June 28, 1992. His autobiography, Chief: My Life in the LAPD, was published in 1992. He joined with the video game company Sierra Entertainment, Inc. to create the adventure game Daryl F. Gates’ Police Quest: Open Season (1993) and the tactical simulator Daryl F. Gates’ Police Quest: SWAT (1995). He was also brieﬂy a radio talk show host. Gates was featured as himself in several episodes of the television police series Hunter from 1989 to 1991, and hosted episodes of the Behind Bars series in 1994. He also had small roles in the ﬁlms The Secret Wish (2007) and Street Kings (2008).

GAZE , GWEN Actress Gwen Gaze died in Seattle, Washington, on August 29, 2010. She was 94. Gaze was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on August 30, 1915. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and Pasadena College in California, and settled in the United States. She appeared on the New York stage in The Women, and began her ﬁlm career in the late 1930s. Gaze was featured in the ﬁlms I Cover the War (1937), Partners of the Plains (1938), The Secret of Treasure Island (1938), Bar 20 Justice (1938), Women in War (1940), West of Pinto Basin

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(1940), Wrangler’s Roost (1941), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) with Spencer Tracy, Underground Rustlers (1941), House of Errors (1942), Two Fisted Justice (1943), Thumbs Up (1943), and Appointment in Berlin (1943). She largely retired in the early 1940s to marry and raise a family.

GEAS, T HOMAS Character actor Thomas Geas died in Los Angeles on April 8, 2010. He was 75. Geas was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, on November 25, 1934. He served in the military during the Korean War and headed to Los Angeles after his discharge to become an actor. He was featured on television in episodes of such series as Perry Mason, The Flying Nun, Wild Wild West, Mannix, The D.A., Mission: Impossible, O’Hara, U.S. Treasury, Cannon, Ironside, Medical Center, The Magician, Adam-12, The Invisible Man, The Blue Knight, CHiPs, The Rockford Files, Simon & Simon, and Hunter. Geas was also featured in a cameo role in the 1992 ﬁlm Lethal Weapon 3. He owned and operated the popular hamburger stand Bud’s Red Hots until the early 1990s. GEESINK , ANTON Dutch judo champion Anton Geesink died in a Utrecht, the Netherlands, hospital after a long illness on August 27, 2010. He was 76. Geesink was born in Utrecht on April 6, 1934. He trained in judo and began competing for the European Championship in 1951. He won his ﬁrst European title the following year and earned 20 more championships through 1967. He became the ﬁrst non–Japanese to win the World Championship in 1961, and held the world title again in 1964 and 1965. He also earned a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964. Geesink also appeared in several European ﬁlms in the early 1960s including Riﬁﬁ in Amsterdam (1962) and Great Leaders

1978. Geesink was a member of the International Olympic Committee from 1987 until his death.

GERBER, DAVID Television producer David Gerber, who brought such series as Police Story and Police Woman to prime time in the 1970s, died of heart failure in Los Angeles on January 2, 2010. He was 86. Gerber was born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 25, 1923. He served in the military as a radio gunner during World War II, and was a prisoner of war after his airplane was shot down over Germany. After his release and discharge, he graduated from the University of the Paciﬁc in Stockton, California. He worked in advertising and as a talent agent before becoming a television producer in the late 1960s. He was executive producer for the 1969 supernatural romance series The Ghost Mrs. Muir, and also served as producer for the series Cade’s County, Nanny and the Professor, and Born Free. Gerber formed his own production company, and was also a production executive at Columbia Pictures and MGM. He was executive producer for numerous tele-ﬁlms over the next three decades, including Prudence and the Chief (1970), The Night the Animals Talked (1970), Oh, Nurse! (1972), Incident on a Dark Street (1973), Jarrett (1973), The Police Story (1973), The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974), Nakia (1974), To Sir, with Love (1974), Ernie, Madge and Artie (1974), The Turning Point of Jim Malloy (1975), Medical Story (1975), The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976), Cry for Justice (1977), Cover Girls (1977), The Magniﬁcent Magical Magnet of Santa Mesa (1977), A Killing Affair (1977), Keifer (1978), Doctors’ Private Lives (1978), To Kill a Cop (1978), The Courage and the Passion (1978), Pleasure Cove (1979), The Billion Dollar Threat (1979), Power (1980), Once Upon a Spy (1980), Beulah Land (1980), The Night the City Screamed (1980), Revenge of the Gray Gang (1981), Terror Among Us (1981), Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981), Cry for the Strangers (1982), The Neighborhood (1982), Women of San Quentin (1983), The Last Days of Pompeii (1984), George Washington (1984), Lady Blue (1985), George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation (1985), Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987), Police Story: The Freeway Killings (1987), The Man Who Fell to Earth (1987), The Heat (1989), Royce (1994), Nothing Lasts Forever (1995), The Run-

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of the Bible (1965) as Samson. Some sources credit him as star of the 1965 spaghetti western The Man from Oklahoma under the pseudonym Rick Horn, but there remains some doubt. Geesink later worked as a wrestler for Giant Baba’s All Japan Pro Wrestling from 1973 to 1978, competing against such leading wrestlers as Bruno Sammartino, Dick Murdock, Dory Funk, Jr., and Gorilla Monsoon. He appeared on Dutch television as Kletser in the series Pipo en de Noorderzon in

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153 aways (1995), The Price of Love (1995), We the Jury (1996), On the Line (1997), The Sky’s on Fire (1998), The Lost Battalion (2001), Probable Cause: The Human Factor (2003), Probably Cause: Mechanic of Failure (2003), and Flight 93 (2006). Gerber was also involved in the production of several landmark police drama series for television including Police Story (1974), Police Woman (1974), and Joe Forrester (1975). He was also executive producer for such series as Gibbsville, The Quest, Quark, David Cassidy — Man Undercover, Eischied, Riker, Walking Tall, Today’s F.B.I., Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Jessie, The Adventures of Sinbad, Tarzan, and Kids Are in Charge: Family Vacation. Gerber’s survivors include his wife of 39 years, actress Laraine Stephens.

GIERING, FRANK German actor Frank Giering, who starred in the 1997 psychological thriller Funny Games, was found dead at his apartment in Berlin, Germany, on June 23, 2010. He was 38. Giering was born in Magdeburg, East Germany, on November 23, 1971. He studied acting in Bochum and Potsdam, and began his career on stage. He began his ﬁlm career in the early 1990s, making his debut in 1993’s Ebbies Bluff. He was best known for his work with director Michael Haneke, starring in his 1997 adaptation of Kafka’s The Castle, and portraying murderous sociopath Peter in Funny Games. Giering’s other ﬁlms credits include Sentimental Education (1998), Hundred Years of Brecht (1998), Caipiranha — Vorsicht, Bissiger Nachbar! (1998), The Strange Behaviour of Sexually Mature City Slickers at Mating Season (1998), Love Your Female Neighbor! (1998), Absolute Giganten (1999), Ebene 9 (2000), Bloody Weekend (2000), Marmor, Stein & Eisen (2000), Exit to Heaven (2000), Die Aufschneider (2000), Gran Paradiso (2000), Baader (2002) in the title role of the ﬁctionalized account of the West German terrorist Andreas Baader, Gangster (2002), Dirty Sky (2003), Grossglocknerliebe (2003), The Curve (2003), Anatomy 2 (2003), Hierankl (2003), Die Nacht Singt ihre Lieder (2004), Black Sheep (2006), Esperanza (2006), Bittersusses Nichts (2007), Free to Leave (2007), and Jerry Cotton (2010). Giering was also a familiar face on German television, appearing in productions of Die Halbstarken (1996), Opera Ball (1998), Und Alles Wegen Mama (1998), Der Gerechte Richter (2000), Ein

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Morderischer Plan (2001), Clowns (2001), Hannas Baby (2002), Dienstreise —Was fur eine Nacht (2002), Der Fall Gehring (2003), Klassentreffen (2004), Die Kirschenkonigin (2004), Die Rosenzuterin (2004), Erinnere Dich, Wenn du Kannst! (2005), Die Spielerin (2005), Stortebeker (2006), Tod Einer Freundin (2006), Der Tote in der Mauer (2008), Keine Angst (2009), and Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten (2009). He was also featured in episodes of Der Konig, Sophie — Schlauer als die Polizei Erlaubt, Sardsch, Wolffs Revier, Der Alte, Der Letzte Zeuge, Zwei Brüder, Siska, Die Cleveren, Rosa Roth, Im Visier der Zielfahnder, Ein starkes Team, Ein Fall fur Zwei, Die Kommissarin, Blond: Eva Blond! as Dr. Smek, Die ProSieben Marchenstunde, SOKO Leipzig, Polizeiruf 110, Tatort, and Lasko — Die Faust Gottes. Giering starred as Kriminalkommissar Henry Weber in the series Der Kriminalist from 2006 until 2010.

GILBERT, STEPHEN Northern Irish novelist Stephen Gilbert, who was best known for his 1968 book Ratman’s Notebook, which was immortalized on screen several years later as the cult classic Willard, died in Whiteabbey, Northern Ireland, on June 23, 2010. He was 97. Gilbert was born in Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland, on July 22, 1912. He worked as a newspaper reporter in the early 1930s, before taking a position with his family’s business, McCausland’s tea and seed company. He also became a friend of established writer Forrest Reid, who encouraged him to pursue his talents as a writer. Gilbert’s ﬁrst novel was the mythical tale of talking dragons, The Landslide, published in 1943. His military service during World War II, which centered in France and ended with Dunkirk, inspired his 1944 novel Bombardier. He also penned Monkeyface (1948), about an ape-boy relocated from the jungle to Belfast, and The Burnaby Experiments, about psychic translocation. Gilbert spent the next two decades primarily working at McCausland’s, leading it to become Great Britain’s premier seed company. His ﬁnal novel, Ratman’s Notebook (1968), about a repressed young man who becomes the leader of a horde of rats, was adapted for a 1971 horror ﬁlm, Willard, starring Bruce Davison. A sequel, Ben, was released the following year, and a remake starring Crispin Glover emerged in 2003.

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GILES, DAVID British television director David Giles died in London on January 6, 2010. He was 83. Giles was born in Shipley, Yorkshire, England, on October 18, 1926. He began directing for British television in the early 1960s, helming productions of The Old Wives’ Table (1964), Vanity Fair (1967), Diary of an Encounter (1968), Resurrection (1968), The Dance of Death (1969), The First Churchills (1969), Thursday’s Child (1970), Hamlet (1970), Sense and Sensibility (1971), The Strauss Family (1972), The Recruiting Ofﬁcer

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(1973), Twelfth Night (1974), The Captain of Kopenick (1975), When We Are Married (1975), The Winslow Boy (1977), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1978), King Richard II (1978), Henry IV, Part I (1979), Henry IV, Part II (1979), Henry V (1979), Airport Chaplain (1980), Fame Is the Spur (1982), The Barchester Chronicles (1982), Mansﬁeld Park (1983), The Life and Death of King John (1984), Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985), The Fools on the Hill (1986), Dummonds (1987), Forever Green (1989), and Night of the Golden Brain (1993). Giles also directed episodes of such series as Compact, The Forsyte Saga, A Family at War, Country Matters, The Emigrants, London Embassy, Hannay, The Bill, The Darling Buds of May, Just William, and Hetty Wainthropp Investigates.

GILLIS, JACKSON Radio and television writer Jackson Gillis died of pneumonia in Moscow, Idaho, on August 19, 2010. He was 93. Gillis was born in Kalama, Washington, on August 21, 1916, and moved to California with his family while in his teens. He performed on stage from the late 1930s, and served as a U.S. Army intelligence ofﬁcer in the Paciﬁc during World War II. He began writing for radio after the war, penning episodes of such series as The Whistler and Let George Do It. He moved to television in the early 1950s, writing for the series Racket Squad, I’m the Law, The Millionaire, Lassie, and numerous episodes of The Adventures of Superman. Gillis also wrote segments of The Adventures of Spin and Marty, The Hardy Boys and Zorro for Walt Disney. His other television credits include episodes of Bronco, Sugarfoot, The Four Just Men, Perry Mason, The Fugitive, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., Tarzan, I Spy, Irwin Allen’s Lost

in Space, The Wild Wild West, Mannix, The Mod Squad, Bonanza, Ironside, My Friend Tony, Land of the Giants, Hawaii Five-0, Cade’s County, O’Hara, U.S. Treasury, Medical Center, Mission: Impossible, Longstreet, The F.B.I., Barnaby Jones, The Snoop Sisters, Cannon, Caribe, Police Woman, Starsky and Hutch, Wonder Woman, Big Shamus, Little Shamus, Jason of Star Command, Paris, Columbo which earned him an Emmy Award nomination in 1971, Code Red, Knight Rider, and Murder, She Wrote. Gillis also penned the tele-ﬁlms Assault on the Wayne (1971), The Man Who Died Twice (1973), Time Travelers (1976), and A Stoning in Fulham County (1988). He retired to Idaho in the early 1990s. He was married to stage actress Patricia Cassidy from 1941 until her death in 2003.

GILLIS, JAMIE Adult ﬁlm actor Jamie Gillis, who starred as Count Dracula in the soft-core classic Dracula Sucks in 1979, died of cancer in New York City on February 19, 2010. He was 66. Gillis was born in New York on April 20, 1943. He trained as a stage actor in the late 1960s, and found himself involved as a performer in pornographic ﬁlms by the early 1970s after answering an ad for a nude model. He was a popular and proliﬁc performer in the industry for over 30 years. He also appeared in smaller roles in several mainstream ﬁlms during his career, including Night of the Zombies (1981), Nighthawks (1981) with Sylvester Stallone, and

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155 Alien Space Avenger (1989). During his long career he was credited under many pseudonyms including Al Cianelli, Derald Delancey, Peter Frederick, Jamey Gurman, Buster Hymen, James Kleeman, Ronny Morgan, Gil Muncy, Dorian Patch, and Jamie Rugman. His numerous adult ﬁlms include Sexual Customs in Scandinavia (1972), Rosebud (1972), Forbidden Under Censorship of the King (1972), Dynamite (1972), The Trials of Chickie Tetrazzini (1972), Deep Sleep (1972), Fongaluli (1973), It Happened in Hollywood (1973), High Rise (1973), Devil’s Due (1973), Over Sexposure (1973), Joe Rock Superstar (1973), Street Girls of New York (1973), New Comers (1973), Hypnorotica (1973), Road Service (1973), Come and Be Puriﬁed (1973) as Father Sexus, Sleepy Head (1973), Prurient Interest (1973), Linda Can’t Stop (1973), Like Mother … Like Daughter (1973), All in the Sex Family (1973), Madame Zenobia (1973), Wild Girls (1974), Barbie’s Fantasy (1974), Sweet & Sour (1974), Illusions of a Lady (1974), Deep Throat Part II (1974), Teenage Cheerleader (1974), Lady on the Couch (1974), The Likes of Louise (1974), Teenage Nurses (1974), Come Fly with Us (1974), The Birthday Bail (1974), The Seduction Lyn Carter (1974), Teenage StepMother (1974), The Love Bus (1974), Fantasy Girls (1974), Portrait (1974), Angel Number 9 (1974), The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann (1974), Wild Pussycats (1975), Keep on Truckin’ (1975), The Deﬁance of Good (1975), Two Senoritas (1975), Sometime Sweet Susan (1975), The Big Con (1975), Boy-napped (1975), The Hot Oven (1975), Night After Night (1975), The Passions of Carol (1975), Slip Up (1975) as Dr. Charles Cherrypopper, To Man, from Woman (1975), Heavy Load (1975), Sex Fantasies (1975), When a Woman Calls (1975), Sixteen (1975), The Mount of Venus (1975) as Jupiter, The Fireworks Woman (1975), Oriental Blue (1975), Every Inch a Lady (1975), The Secret Garden (1975), Illusion of Love (1975), Baby Oil (1975) as the Sexalviania Ambassador, Wet Rocks (1975), Couples (1975), Too Many Pieces (1975), The Story of Joanna (1975), Kathy’s Graduation Present (1975), One Last Fling (1976), Los Banditos (1976), Patty (1976), Midnight Desires (1976), Seduction (1976), The Opening of Misty Beethoven (1976) as Dr. Seymour Love, Dominatrix Without Mercy (1976), Winter Heat (1976), Through the Looking Glass (1976), The Lady from Reno (1976), The Double Exposure of Holly (1976), Saturday Night Special (1976), Misty (1976), Blowdry (1976), The Vixens of Kung Fu (A Tale of Yin Yang ) (1976), The Enema Bandit (1977) in the title role, Obsessed (1977), Little Orphan Sammy (1977), Captain Lust (1977) as Captain Surecock, Sharon (1977), The Violation of Claudia (1977), Sweet Wet Lips (1977), Teenage Bikers (1977), Lustful Feelings (1977), Big Thumbs (1977), Barbara Broadcast (1977), A Coming of Angels (1977), the sci-ﬁ porn Invasion of the Love Drones (1977) the Drone Mass Leader, The Ganja Express (1978), The Final Test (1978), People (1978), Manhole (1978), Hot Honey (1978), Carnal Encounters of the Barest Kind (1978), Slave of Pleasure (1978), Skin-Flicks (1978), Fiona on Fire (1978), The Sensuous Detective (1979), The Ecstasy Girls (1979), Serena, an Adult Fairy Tale (1979), Sensual Fire (1979), Screwples (1979), Fulﬁlling Young Cups (1979), and For

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the Love of Pleasure (1979). Gilles starred as the vampire count in the 1979 cult classic Dracula Sucks, which was also released in a hard core version under the title as Dracula’s Bride. He continued to perform in such releases as Bound (1979), 800 Fantasy Lane (1979), Summer Heat (1979), The Little Blue Box (1979), Heavenly Desire (1979), More Than Sisters (1979), Pleasure Palace (1979), N.Y. Babes (1979), Bang Bash (1979), Taxi Girls (1979), Extreme Close-Up (1979), All About Gloria Leonard (1980), Ultra Flesh (1980), The Seduction of Cindy (1980), Night Flight (1980), Midnight Blue 2 (1980), Hot Love (1980), High School Memories (1980), Chained (1980), Submission of Serena (1980), Blue Ecstasy (1980), A Woman’s Dream (1980), Aunt Peg (1980), Co-Ed Fever (1980), Dracula Exotica (1980) again as Count Dracula, Undulations (1981), Tara Tara Tara Tara (1981), the Swedish Erotica series from 1981, Sexual Heights (1981), Roommates (1981), Pandora’s Mirror (1981), Beauty (1981), Amanda By Night (1981), Blonde Ambition (1981), Vista Valley PTA (1981), Neon Nights (1981), Marathon (1982), Wanda Whips Wall Street (1982), The Starmaker (1982), All About Annette (1982), Captives (1983), Blue Voodoo (1983), A Taste of Money (1983), Virginia (1983), The Dark Angel (1983), That’s Outrageous (1983), San Fernando Valley Girls (1983), Pleasure Zone (1983), Naughty Girls Need Love Too (1983), My Sinful Life (1983), Girlfriends (1983), Feels Like Silk (1983), Corruption (1983), Coffee, Tea or Me (1983), Midnight Heat (1983), Flesh and Laces (1983), Hot Dreams (1983), Up and Away (1984), Running Wild (1984), On Golden Blonde (1984), Night of Loving Dangerously (1984), Hot Ones (1984), Cherry-ettes for Hire (1984), Breaking It … A Story About Virgins (1984), Talk Dirty to Me Part III (1984), Trinity Brown (1984), Soft as Silk Sweet as Honey (1984), Samurai Dick (1984), Oriental Temptations (1984), One Night at a Time (1984), Nasty Lady (1984), L’Amour (1984), Golden Girls: The Movie (1984), For Your Thighs Only (1984), Dirty Girls (1984), Chocolate Cream (1984), Ball Busters (1984), Insatiable II (1984), Fooling Around (1984), Girls on Fire (1984), Working Girls (1985), With Love, Loni (1985), With Love, Annette (1985), Wild Things (1985), Thought You’d Never Ask (1985), The Erotic World of Crystal Lake (1985), Thrill St. Blues (1985), The Lusty Adventurer (1985), Nasty (1985), Illusions of Ecstasy (1985) as Merlin, Hot Wire (1985), Golden Gate Girls (1985), Erotic Zone (1985), Ten Little Maidens (1985), Squalor Motel (1985), Slip into Silk (1985), Showdown (1985), Private Practice (1975), New Wave Hookers (1985), Hot Nights at the Blue Note Cafe (1985), Diary of a Bad Girl (1985), Debbie Does ’Em All (1985), Corporate Assets (1985), Cock-Tales (1985), Blue Ice (1985), Awesome Assets (1985), A Coming of Angels: The Sequel (1985), Too Naughty to Say No (1985), Young Nurses in Love (1986), Turkish Delight (1986), The Bigger the Better (1986), Terms of Endowment (1986), Sweet Revenge (1986), Street Heat (1986), Sexy Delights (1986), Secret Loves (1986), Lust on the Orient Xpress (1986), If Looks Could Kill (1986), Erotic City (1986), Ecstasy Girls II (1986), Beverly Hills Cox (1986), Baby Face 2 (1986), A Thousand and One Erotic Nights Part II: The Forbidden Tales (1986), 52 Pick-Up (1986), W-PINK II (1986),

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Women in Uniform (1986), Taxi Girls Part II: In Search of Toni (1986), Sweat (1986), Sex Asylum II (1986), Please Don’t Stop (1986), Getting L.A.’d (1986), DreamGirls (1986), Blame It on Ginger (1986), Behind Blue Eyes (1986), Porn in the U.S.A. II (1987), Dangerous Women (1987), Afro Erotica 17 (1987), Ginger & Spice (1987), Raw Talent II (1987), Pure Honey (1987), Let’s Get It On (1987), Honey Buns (1987), Deep Throat II (1987) as Senator Liplock, Bad Attitude (1987), Too Hot to Touch (1987), Deranged (1987), Who Dun Who (1988), Sex and the Secretary (1988), Rhine Waltz (1988), Mrs. Robbins (1988), Dy-nasty (1988), Cab-o-lay (1988), The Hottest Ticket (1988), Romeo and Juliet Part II (1988), Robo Fox II: The Collector (1988), Black Widow (1988), Trouble (1989), The Bitter End (1989), Tales of Taija Rae (1989), Slick Honey (1989), More Dirty Debutantes (1989), Leather and Lace (1989), Dirty Lingerie (1989), Tran Europe Express (1989), The Whore (1989), The Phantom of the Cabaret (1989) as the Phantom, The Adventures of Buttman (1989), Second Skin (1989), Phantom X (1989), Midnight Baller (1989), Loose Ends VI (1989), Last Rumba in Paris (1989), Journey into Bondage (1989), Hot Scalding (1989), Head Lock (1989), Enrapture (1989), Diaries of Fire & Ice (1989), Clinique (1989), Blackman (1989), All the Pornies (1989), The Naked Truth (1990), The Casting Whip (1990), Playin’ Dirty (1990), Mummy Dearest (1990), Midnight Woman (1990), Meltdown (1990), Live Bi Me (1990), Juicy Lucy (1990), Abused Husband (1990), Walking Toilet Bowl (1990), Vogue (1990), The Last Resort (1990), Silver Tongue and Hot Rod (1990), Princess of the Night (1990), Pretty Peaches and the Quest (1990), Ginger Then and Now (1990), Fantasy Nights (1990), The Tasting (1991), She Had It Coming (1991), On the Prowl Again (1991), Dr. Butts (1991), Dances with Foxes (1991), Bad (1991), Anal Starlet (1991), Postcards from Abroad (1991), Fixation (1991), Curse of the Cat Woman (1991), Anal Madness (1992), Teaching Her a Lesson (1992), Sin City: The Movie (1992), Leather Belt, Red Cheeks (1992), Hardline Sessions (1992), Domestic Training (1992), Captain Butt’s Beach (1992), Bruised Buns (1992), Blue Angel (1992), Angels (1992), Anal Inferno (1992), The Rehearsal (1993), Slave to Love (1993), Dog Walker (1994), Kink: Police Chronicle (1995), Hot Crotch Coochies (1995), Fresh Meat (1995), Virgin Dreams (1996), Golden Rod (1996), Dirty Bob’s Xcellent Adventures 27 (1996), Bobby Sox (1996), Forever Night (1998), Back on the Prowl (1998), Freak (1998), Torment 1 (1999), Secrets of the Flesh (1999), Devious Old Gilles (1999), Dark Garden (1999), Humiliation of Heidi (2000), Edge Play (2001), and Sunset Stripped (2002). Gilles also ﬁlled in as an assistant director on some of the ﬁlms he appeared in from the late 1970s, including Dracula Sucks. He was helming adult features by the late 1980s, with such credits as On the Prowl (1989), Take Out Torture (1990), Punished Sex Offenders (1990), Nothing But Contempt (1990), Daddy Gets Punished (1990), Abused Husband (1990), On the Prowl Again (1991), On the Prowl in Paris (1992), Back on the Prowl (1998), and Devious Old Gilles (1999). Gilles was featured as Stavros in Caleb Emerson’s 2005 ﬁlm Die You Zombie Bastards!, which was touted as “The World’s First EVER Serial

Killer Superhero Rock ’n’ Roll Zombie Road Movie Romance!”

GILMORE, ART Art Gilmore, a leading announcer and voice actor in radio, television and ﬁlms from the 1930s, died in Irvine, California, on September 25, 2010. He was 98. Gilmore was born in Tacoma, Washington, on March 18, 1912. He began working in radio as a staff announcer for Warner Brothers’ Hollywood station KFWB in 1936, and soon became a news reader at CBS’s KNX. He served in the Navy aboard an aircraft carrier in the Paciﬁc during World War II. He was a familiar voice on radio as an announcer for such programs as Amos ’n Andy, The Adventures of Frank Race, Dr. Christian, and The Sears Radio Theater. He continued his announcing duties on television , where he was narrator for such 1950s series as Highway Patrol, Mackenzie’s Raiders, and Men of Annapolis. He was also announcer for numerous variety series including The George Gobel Show, The Red Skelton Show, and An Evening with Fred Astaire. He was the voice of Franklin Roosevelt in the ﬁlms Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) and Action in the North Atlantic (1943). He was the narrator for the popular 1940s George O’Hanlon comedy shorts that included So You Want to Give Up Smoking (1942), So You’re Going to Be a Father (1947), and So You Want to Be a Detective (1948), and was a voice performer in the ﬁlms The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941), Saboteur (1942), Mission to Moscow (1943), Rendezvous 24 (1946), Deadline for Murder (1946), The Man Who Dared (1946), Blue Skies (1946), Backlash (1947), The Unsuspected (1947), The Big Clock (1948), The Strange Mrs. Crane (1948), Jungle Man Killers (1948), Treachery Rides the Trail (1949), My Dream Is Yours (1949), the serial King of the Rocket Men (1949), The Girl from Jones Beach (1949), Montana (1950), Tea for Two (1950), Valentino (1951), A Place in the Sun (1951), When Worlds Collide (1951), Sunny Side of the Street (1951), The Winning Team (1952), The Story of Will Rogers (1952), Barbed Wire (1952), It Should Happen to You (1954), Susan Slept Here (1954), Rear Window (1954), Dragnet (1954), Tobor the Great (1954), Silver Blades (1955), Unchained (1955), The Eternal Sea (1955), City of Shadows (1955), Francis in the Navy (1955), Three Stripes in the Sun (1955), The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955),

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157 The Killing (1956), A Cry in the Night (1956), Around the World in Eighty Days (1956), The Boss (1956), the Japanese monster ﬁlm Rodan (1956) as the narrator of the U.S. version, Fear Strikes Out (1957), The Narcotics Story (1958), Suicide Battalion (1958), Who Was That Lady? (1960), The Gallant Hours (1960), The Nutty Professor (1963), and Johnny Cool (1963). Gilmore was the announcer for Herbert and Garner Ted Armstrong’s religious television program The World Tomorrow for many years. His other television credits include episodes of Boston Blackie, Waterfront, Captain Midnight, The Whistler, Dragnet in the recurring role of Captain Harry Didion, The Adventures of Fu Manchu, Shower of Stars, Climax!, The New Breed, Dragnet 1967, The Red Skelton Hour, Mary Tyler Moore, Emergency, Adam-12, The Waltons, and the 1977 tele-ﬁlm The Amazing Howard Hughes. Gilmore was also the voice for numerous documentaries, movie trailers, and advertising promotions during his long career.

GINSBERG , F RANCES Operatic soprano Frances Ginsberg, who performed frequently with the New York City Opera in the 1980s, died of brain and spinal cancer in the Riverdale, New York, on December 24, 2010. She was 55. Ginsberg was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on March 11, 1955. She trained at the

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University of Kansas and the Center for American Artists in Chicago. She made her debut with the City Opera in 1986, and sang in such productions as Meﬁstofele as Margherita and Elena, Puccini’s Boheme as Mimi, Mozart’s Don Giovanni, and Verdi’s Traviata as Violetta. She also appeared with opera companies in San Diego, Pittsburgh, Houston, Cincinnati, and Fresno.

GIORDANO, DICK Comic book artist and editor Dick Giordano, who worked at Charlton and DC Comics during his long career, died of complications of pneumonia while being treated for leukemia at a Daytona Beach, Florida, hospital on March 27, 2010. He was 77. Giordano was born in Lower East Side of Manhattan on July 20, 1932. He became fascinated with comics from an early age, and studied at the School of Industrial Art in Manhattan in his teens. He joined Charlton Comics as a freelance artist in 1952,

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drawing numerous covers and working as an inker. He rose to the position of editor-in-chief by 1965, where he oversaw the creation or revitalization such characters as Captain Atom, Blue Beetle, the Question, Thunderbolt, and the Peacemaker as part of the company’s Action Hero line. He moved to DC in 1967, where he worked as an editor and artist. He edited such titles as Secret Six, Beware the Creeper, Bomba the Jungle Boy, Deadman, The Spectre, Blackhawk, The Witching Hour, Hot Wheels, and The Hawk and the Dove, and helped revamp Teen Titans, Aquaman, House of Secrets, and All-Star Western. Though most of the titles had only marginal success, Giordano was admired for his ability to put together a team of creative talents that included Neal Adams, Alex Toth, Rick Estrada, Nick Cardy, Len Wein, Steve Skeates, and Jim Aparo. He also continued to work as an artist, penciling Adams’ acclaimed Green Lantern/Green Arrow series. Giordano left DC in 1971 to work with Neal Adams’ Continuity Associates studios, providing art for such publishers as Charlton and Marvel. He also continued to freelance, inking numerous Batman and Wonder Woman stories for DC, and illustrating the Sons of the Tiger series for the Marvel comic magazine The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu. He also inked the ﬁrst DC/Marvel crossover Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man in 1976, and the special Superman vs. Muhammad Ali in 1978. He returned to DC full-time as editor of the Batman titles in 1980, and became managing editor the following year. He was promoted to Vice President and Executive Editor in 1983. Giordano was instrumental in overseeing the development of such landmark series as George Perez’s reboot of the DC comic universe in Crisis on Inﬁnite Earths, John Byrne’s revamp of Superman in The Man of Steel, Frank Miller’s depiction of an aging Batman in a futuristic world in The Dark Knight Returns, and Alan Moore’s Watchmen, a tale of ﬂawed heroes (based on many of Giordano’s Charlton characters) in a dystopian world on the brink of nuclear disaster. He also penned a monthly news and information column, “Meanwhile…,” which appeared in most DC titles. He retired from DC in 1993, though continued to work as an occasional artist and inker. He adapted Peter O’Donnell’s Modesty Blaise for a graphic novel from DC in 1994, and worked with Bob Layton on the short-lived Future

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Comics line in 2002. He also wrote and illustrated the 2005 book Drawing Comics with Dick Giordano, and provided cover and interior art for an issue of Jonah Hex in 2010.

GIRALDO, GREG Comedian Greg Giraldo, who was noted for his insults and tirades at celebrity roasts, died in a New Brunswick, New Jersey, hospital from an accidental overdose of prescription medication on September 28, 2010. He was 44. He had been found in a coma in his hotel room after missing a performance, and spent ﬁve days in a coma before his family agreed to remove him from life support. Giraldo was born in the Bronx, New York, on December 10, 1965. He graduated from Columbia University and earned a Bernard Giraudeau

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degree in law from Harvard University. After a year practicing law, he embarked on a career as a stand-up comic, performing regularly at Manhattan’s Comedy Cellar. He starred as John Alvarez in the short-lived comedy series Common Law in 1996. He was a regular guest on The Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and The Howard Stern Show. He was a regular panelist and writer for Colin Quinn’s Tough Crowd television series in the early 2000s, and had several comedy specials on Comedy Central. He hosted Friday Night Stand-Up with Greg Giraldo with the network from 2005 to 2006. He also released the comedy CD Good Day to Cross the River in 2006. Giraldo also appeared frequently on Comedy Central’s roasts of such celebrities as William Shatner, Pam Anderson, Jeff Foxworthy, Joan Rivers, and David Hasselhoff. He was a regular guest on Lewis Black’s Root of All Evil in 2008, and a judge for the seventh season of the NBC reality series Last Comic Standing in 2010. Giraldo was also featured in small roles in several ﬁlms including Game Day (1999) and Eventual Wife (2000).

GIRAUDEAU, BERNARD French actor Bernard Giraudeau died of cancer in a Paris hospital on July 17, 2010. He was 63. Giraudeau was born in La Rochelle, France, on June 18, 1947. He began his career as an actor in the mid–1960s after serving in the French navy. He appeared frequently in ﬁlms and television from the early 1970s, with roles in such ﬁlms as Blood in the Streets (1973), Two Men in Town (1973),

La Petite Gare (1975), The Gypsy (1975), Nevermore, Forever (1976), Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff (1977), Moi, Fleur Bleue (1977), Bilitis (1977), Et la Tendresse? (1979), The Medic (1979), The Party (1980), Croque la Vie (1981), Passione d’Amore (1981), Viens chez moi, j’Habite chez une Copine (1981), Meurtres a Domicile (1982), Hecate (1982), Le Grand Pardon (1982), Gramps Is in the Resistance (1983), Le Rufﬁan (1983), Barbarous Street (1984), L’Anee des Meduses (1984), Les Specialistes (1985), Bras de Fer (1985), Moi Vouloir Toi (1985), Les Loups entre Eux (1985), Jeux de Societe (1986), Les Longs Manteaux (1986), Killing Time (1987), L’Homme Voile (1987), Vent de Paniqaue (1987), The White Queen (1991), Le Coup Supreme (1991), Apres l’Amour (1992), Droles d’Oiseaux (1993), A New Life (1993), Elles ne Pensent au’a Ca (1994), Le Fils Prefere (1994), Unpredictable Nature of the River (1996) which he also directed, Ridicule (1996), Marianna Ucria (1997), Marquise (1997), Marthe (1997), TGV (1998), Le Double de la Moitie (1999), A Matter of Taste (2000), Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000), International (2003), Little Lili (2003), That Day (2003), Lost Seamen (2003), The Hook (2004), and Chok-Dee (2005). Giraudeau also appeared on television in productions of La Porteuse de Pain (1973), L’Eloignement (1973), Les Mohicans de Paris (1973), Arsene Lupin (1973), Les Oisaux de Meiji Jingu (1974), Pourquoi la Robe d’Anna ne Veut pas Redescendre (1975), Histoire de Rire (1976), L’Equipage (1978), Louis XI ou Le Pouvoir Central (1979), Blanc, Bleu, Rouge (1981), La Face de l’Ogre (1988), La Grande Cabriole (1989), Confession Secrete (1995), Saint-Exupery: La Derniere Mission (1996) as Antoine de SaintExupery, L’Ex (1996), Si Je t’Oublie Sarajevo (1997), La Poursuite du Vent (1998), Nana (1999), Une Fille dans l’Azur (2001), La Mort est Rousse (2002), Mata Hari, la Vraie Histoire (2003), Leclerc, un Rewve d’Indochine (2003), Dans la Tete du Tueur (2004), and L’Empire du Tigre (2005). His survivors include his wife, actress Anny Duperey, and daughter, actress Sara Giraudeau.

GIUFFRE, ALDO Italian actor Aldo Giuffre, who was best known in the U.S. for his role as the alcoholic Union Army ofﬁcer in Sergio Leone’s spaghetti western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, died of peritonitis in Rome on June 26, 2010. He was 86. Giuffre

159 was born in Naples on April 10, 1924. He began his ﬁlm career in the late 1940s with roles in Scarred (1948), The Emperor of Capri (1949), Side Street Story (1950), Toto Tarzan (1950), Filumena Marturano (1951), Toto the Third Man (1951), Guardie e Ladri (1951), Il Padrone del Vapore (1951), The Lucky Five (1952), Captain Phantom (1953), Neapolitan Turk (1953), I Always Loved You (1953), It Happened in the Park (1953), Il Medico dei Pazzi (1954), Le Signorine dello 04 (1955), Toto al’Inferno (1955), Roman Tales (1955), Malafemmena (1957), Rascel Marine (1958), The Magliari (1959), Juke Box Urli d’Amore (1959), Pleasures of Saturday Night (1960), Il Carabiniere a Cavallo (1961), Black City (1961), The Best of Enemies (1961), The Four Days of Naples (1962), I Cuori Infranti (1963), The Shortest Day (1963), Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963), Hercules, Samson and Ulysses (1963), Toto vs. the Black Pirate (1964), I Marziani Hanno Dodici Mani (1965), Two Gangsters in the Wild West (1964), Love and Marriage (1964), Latin Lovers (1965), Made in Italy (1965), Spiaggia Libera

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GLATZER, ROBERT Film critic Robert Glatzer, who reviewed ﬁlms for NPR for many years, died of complications from a stroke in Spokane, Washington, on October 15, 2010. He was 78. Glatzer was born in New York City in 1932. He formed his own production company in 1964 to create television commercials and industrial ﬁlms. He also directed the 1968 episode

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(1966), Les Combinards (1966), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), No Diamonds for Ursula (1967), Ghosts — Italian Style (1967), La Pou Bella Coppia del Mondo (1968), Certain, Very Certain, As a Matter of Fact … Probable (1969), Check to the Queen (1969), When Women Had Tails (1970), When Women Played Ding Dong (1961), Ettore the Trunk (1972), La Violenza: Quinto Potere (1972), The Heroes (1973), My Pleasure Is Your Pleasure (1973), Il Brigadiere Pasquale Zagaria ama la Mamma e la Polizia (1973), Pasqualino Cammarata … Capitano di Fregata (1974), Il Testimone deve Tacere (1974), Italian Sex (1974), Love Angels (1974), Colpo in Canna (1975), The Flower in His Mouth (1975), Chi Dice Donna, Dice Donna (1976), Sweet Teen (1976), La Prima Notte di Nozze (1976), Oh, Seraﬁna! (1976), Tre Sotto il Lenzuolo (1979), Ciao Marziano (1980), Zappatore (1980), Carcerato (1981), Per Favore, Occupati di Amelia (1982), Mi Manda Picone (1984), L’Ultima Scena (1988), Mortacci (1989), and Street Kids (1989). He was also seen frequently on Italian television, starring as Steni in the 1965 series La Avventure di Laura Storm, and appearing in episodes of La Figlia del Capitano, Nero Wolfe, and International Airport. Largely retired by the late 1980s, he returned to appear in the tele-ﬁlms

“Inquisition” of the television science ﬁction series The Invaders. Glatzer moved to Spokane, Washington, in the early 1970s, where he served as director of the Expo 74 Folklife Festival and World’s Fair. He subsequently formed an advertising agency, and was ﬁlm critic for Spokane Public Radio KPBX. Glatzer was also the author of several books including The New Advertising: The Great Campaigns from Avis to Volkswagen and Beyond Popcorn: A Critic’s Guide to Looking at Films, and hosted the website “Movies101.com.”

GODEMANN, W ERNER German actor Werner Godemann died in Leipzig, Germany, on November 28, 2010. He was 86. Godemann was born in Satow, Germany, on March 25, 1924. Godemann appeared frequently in ﬁlms from the 1960s, with roles in Schwarzer Samt (1964), Nelken in Aspik (1976), The Incorrigible Barbara (1977), Anton the Magician (1978),

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Schatzsucher (1979), Addio, Piccola Mia (1979), P.S. (1979), Until Death Do Us Part (1979), Einfach Blumen Aufs Dach (1979), Fariaho (1983), Wo Andere Schweigen (1984), My Wife Inge and My Mistress Schmidt (1985), The House on the River (1986), Wengler & Sons (1987), Mit Leib und Seele (1987), Interrogating the Witness (1987), Fallada: The Last Chapter (1988), Last Jack (1988), Ruckwarts Laufen Kann ich Auch (1990), Farssmann or on Food up a Blind Alley (1991), Trillertrine (1991), and Vaterland (1992). He was also featured on television in productions of Jugendweihe (1978), Familie Rechlin (1982), Heisse Ware in Berlin (1984), and Sachsens Glanz und Preussens Gloria: Graﬁn Cosel (1985). He starred in the recurring role of Major Jager in the series Polizeiruf 110 from 1988 to 1990, and guest starred in episodes of Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort and Tatort.

(1988) and The Incident (1990), and the features Summerspell (1983), Drugstore Cowboy (1989), After Dark, My Sweet (1990), December (1991), and A Dangerous Woman (1993).

GONZALEZ, CARMELITA Mexican actress Carmelita Gonzalez died of complications from pneumonia in a Mexico City hospital on April 30, 2010. She was 81. Gonzalez was born in Mexico City on July 11, 1928. She made her ﬁlm debut in the mid–1940s, and appeared in more than 100 ﬁlms during her 60 year career. Her many ﬁlm credits include Camino de Sacramento (1945), Marina (1945), El Ropavejero (1947), Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947), May God Forgive Me

GOLDEN , MIRIAM Ballet dancer Miriam Golden died in Los Angeles on September 30, 2010. She was 90. She was born Miriam Goldstein in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on January 5, 1920. She trained as a dancer while in her teens, and performed with the local Littleﬁeld Ballet, and danced with Lincoln Kirstein’s Ballet Caravan in the late 1930s. She was a principal dancer with the newly formed American Ballet Theatre in 1940, performing in productions of Anthony Tudor’s Dark Elegies (1940) and Romeo and Juliet

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(1943). She moved to Los Angeles in the mid–1940s, where she played a dancer in Republic’s ballet-set murder mystery Specter of the Rose (1946). She also became one of MGM’s Goldwyn Girls, dancing in the musical Show Boat (1951), and serving as a rehearsal partner for such dancers as Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, and Cyd Charisse. She was later the co-founder of the Los Angeles Junior Ballet.

GOLDSMITH, MARGARET Film set decorator Margaret Goldsmith died of ovarian cancer in Los Angeles on August 11, 2010. She was 55. Goldsmith was born in Los Angeles on April 30, 1955. She began working in ﬁlms as a production assistant on the ﬁlms The Entity (1981), Private Lessons (1981), and Wavelength (1983). She worked as a set dresser in music videos in the mid–1980s, and on the 1987 ﬁlm Less Than Zero. Goldsmith was set decorator for the tele-ﬁlms Glitz

(1948), Casbah (1948), Se la Llevo el Remington (1948), El Charro Negro en el Norte (1949), La Trinca del Aire (1951), The Insanities of Tin Tan (1952), Mexican Bus Ride (1952), The Children of Maria Morales (1952), the lucha libra classic Huracan Ramirez (1953), Cradle Song (1953), Two Careful Fellows (1953), La Ladrona (1954), El Hombre que Quiso ser Pobre (1956), Michael Todd’s all-star classic Around the World in Eighty Days (1956), S.O.S. Abuelita (1959), The Man Who Lost the Train (1960), Espiritismo (1962), The Misterio de Huracan Ramirez (1962), El Senor Doctor (1965), El Hijo de Huracan Ramirez (1966), La Venganza de Huracan Ramirez (1967), Lotacao Esgotada (1962), Just Peter (1972), Lerpar (1975), Love Letters of a Nun (1978), La Pachanga (1981), El Torito de Tepito (1982), El Judicial (1984), La Divina Lola (1984), Motel (1984), El Cachas de Oro (1986), El Vergonzoso (1988), Terror, Sexo y Brujeria (1989), Noche de Panico (1990), Bestia Nocturna (1990), Pedro Infante Vive? (1991), Las Paradas de los Choferes (1991), AR-15: Comando Implacable (1992), Amor que Mata (1994), and Reclusorio III (1999). She was also seen in numerous television productions, with roles in such series as El Ojo de Vidrio (1969), Los Hermanos Coraje (1972), Rosalia (1978), El Medio Pelo (1980), Angeles Blancos (1989), Cuando Ilega el Amor (1990), Volver a Empezar (1994), La Sombra del Otro (1996), El Secreto de Alejandro (1997), Navidad sin Fin (2001), and Mujer Casos de la Vida Real (2004).

GONZALEZ, JORGE “GIANT” Professional wrestler Jorge “Giant” Gonzalez died of died of com-

161 plications from diabetes and other health issues in San Martin, Argentina, on September 22, 2010. He was 44. Gonzalez was born in El Colorado, Argentina, on January 31, 1966. He was over 7 feet tall by his early teens, and soon became a leading basketball star in Argentina. He was drafted for the Atlanta Hawks basketball team in 1988, but was physically unable to compete with the NBA. Hawks’ owner Ted Turner subsequently offered

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vember 3, 2010. He was 69. GoodKnight was born in Los Angeles on October 1, 1941. He became a fan of the works of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis in high school, and formed the Mythopoeic Society while a history major at Cal State L.A. in 1967. He founded the society’s journal, Mythlore, in 1969, and served as editor through the late 1990s.

GOODMAN, AL R&B singer Al Goodman, whose vocals helped elevate the Moments’ “Love on a Two-Way Street” to the top of the charts, died of heart failure and complications from surgery in a Hackensack, New Jersey, hospital on July 26, 2010. He was 67. Goodman was born in Jackson, Mississippi, on March 30, 1943. He sang while in high school, and went to New York in the early 1960s to work as a sound mixer

Jorge “Giant” Gonzalez

Gonzalez a job with his wrestling promotion, World Championship Wrestling (WCW), and he competed as El Gigante in the WCW in the early 1990s. He entered the World Wrestling Federation (WWF/now WWE) as the Giant Gonzalez, clad in a furry airbrushed body suit, in 1993’s Royal Rumble. Managed by Harvey Wippleman, Gonzalez spent the next year feuding with the Undertaker. He also wrestled in Japan with the New Japan and WAR promotions, before retiring from the ring in 1995. He appeared on television in episodes of Baywatch, Swamp Thing, and Hulk Hogan’s action series Thunder in Paradise. Gonzalez was also featured as Eryz the Boxer in the 1994 tele-ﬁlm Hercules in the Underworld with Kevin Sorbo.

GOODKNIGHT, GLEN Glen GoodKnight, the founder of the Mythopoeic Society dedicated to the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other fantasy literature, died at his home in Monterey Park, California, on No-

Glen GoodKnight

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at All Platinum Studios. He caught the attention of singer and producer Sylvia Robinson, who teamed him with Billy Brown and Johnny Moore as The Moments. The trio had a major hit with “Love on a Two-Way Street” in 1970. Moore was soon replaced by Harry Ray, and the new lineup recorded the hits “All I Have” and “Sexy Mama” under the Stang recording label. They left Stang in 1979, and continued to record and perform under the name Ray, Goodman & Brown. They soon had another hit with “Special Lady,” from Polydor Records. The trio performed and recorded together over the next decade, and Harry Ray was replaced by Kevin “Ray” Owens after his death in 1992.

GORDON, CARL Actor Carl Gordon, who was best known for his role as Andrew Emerson, Charles S. Dutton’s father, in the 1990s Fox sit-com Roc, died of non–Hodgkin’s lymphoma in Richmond, Virginia, on July 20, 2010. He was 78. Gordon was born in Richland, Virginia, on January 20, 1932. He graduated from New York’s Brooklyn College, and studied at the Gene Frankel Theatre Workshop. He performed frequently on the New York stage, and was featured in Broadway productions of The Great White Hope (1969) and Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death (1971). Gordon appeared as Mr. Robinson in the children’s television series Sesame Street in the late 1960. He was featured as Luther the Pimp in the 1973 ﬁlm Gordon’s War, and was a thug in The Bingo Long Traveling

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All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976). He was also seen in the ﬁlms Violated (1984), The Brother from Another Planet (1984), No Mercy (1986), and Better Than Ever (1997). Gordon was featured in the tele-ﬁlms Disaster on the Coastliner (1979), The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988), The Piano Lesson (1995) reprising his role as Doaker

Carl Gordon

from the Broadway production, The Wedding (1998), and Love Songs (1999). He reunited with The Piano Lesson star Charles S. Dutton for the television comedy series Roc from 1991 to 1994. Gordon was also seen in episodes of such series as Due South, Burke’s Law, New York News, Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, Malcolm & Eddie, The Practice, Felicity, ER, Nash Bridges, JAG, Law & Order, and Whoopie. He returned to Broadway in the 2003 revival of the musical Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.

GORDON, MARK Veteran actor Mark Gordon, who was featured as Chuckles the Clown in an episode of Mary Tyler Moore, died of lung cancer in New York City on August 12, 2010. He was 84. Gordon was born in New York on May 19, 1926. He appeared frequently on the Broadway stage from the early 1950s with roles in such productions as Desire Under the Elms (1952), Compulsion (1957), The Devils (1965), and the 1974 revival of Of Mice and Men with James Earl Jones. He also was seen in numerous regional and touring productions, and acted in and directed plays

Mark Gordon

Off-Broadway. He was a frequent member of Chicago’s Compass Players, which became Second City, for many years. Gordon appeared often on television from the early 1960s, with roles in episodes of such series as East Side/West Side, Hawk, Hallmark Hall of Fame’s production of A Christmas Masque, the soap operas The Edge of Night and Where the Heart Is, The F.B.I., Mary Tyler Moore as one of the actors who played the illfated Chuckles the Clown, Kojak, Lotsa Luck, Hawaii Five-0, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Cannon, McCoy, Petrocelli, Most Wanted, The Andros Targets, Starsky and Hutch, Dear Detective, Day by Day, I’ll Fly Away, the soap All My Children, and Ed. Gordon was featured in a handful of ﬁlms during his career including the Woody Allen comedy Take the Money and Run (1969), Don’t Drink the Water (1969), Allen’s Sleeper (1973), The Nickel Ride (1974), Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane (aka The Ninth Conﬁguration) (1980), the tele-ﬁlm Dreams Don’t Die (1982), Dogs of Hell (1982), Static (1985), Looping (1991), Freejack (1992), and Alien Force (1996).

GORDON, PHIL Actor Phil Gordon died in Mobile, Alabama, on June 15, 2010. He was 94. He was born Phil Gulley in Meridian, Mississippi, on May 5, 1916. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and performed with the USO to entertain the troops. He toured as a jazz musician in the 1940s and 1950s, before settling in California to work in ﬁlm and television later in the decade. Gordon worked with Jack Webb on the series Dragnet and Pete Kelly’s Blues, and appeared in small roles in the ﬁlms -30- (1959) and The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961). He was also seen on television in episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Mona McCluskey, and The Honeymooners. Throughout the 1960s, he worked frequently on Paul Henning’s rural sitcoms The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, and Green Acres as a dialog coach and actor. He was best known for his recurring role of Jasper “Jazzbo” Depew, the ukulele-strumming beau of Hooterville’s Jethrine Bodine, Jethro’s twin sister, also played by Max Baer, Jr. Gordon later hosted children’s variety series in New Orleans and Mobile in the 1960s. GORI, DAISUKE Japanese anime voice actor Daisuke Gori was found dead in a Nakano, Tokyo,

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163 street, having slit his wrists in an apparent suicide, on January 17, 2010. He was 57. He was born Yoshio Nagahori in Koto, Japan, on February 8, 1952. He was a leading voice actor in anime ﬁlms, television, and video games, from the 1970s, noted for his deep voice. His best known roles include Umigame, Gyuumao and Mister Satan in the Dragon Ball series, Robin Mask in Kinnikuman, Dozle Sabi and Bask Om in Gundam, Edge Master in Soulcalibur, Hiromi Yamazaki in Patlabor, and Heihachi Mishima in Tekken. He also provided the Japanese dubbing voice for numerous imported ﬁlms and television productions.

GORING, H ELGA German actress Helga Goring died of heart failure in a Berlin hospital on October 3, 2010. She was 88. She was born Helga Bonett in Meissen, Germany, on January 14, 1922. She studied drama at the Academy of Music and Theatre in Dresden in the late 1930s, and performed on stage in Frankfurt, Stendal, and Dresden over the next decade. She was featured in over sixty ﬁlms from the early 1950s including Das Verurteilte Dorf (1952), Castles and Cottages (1957), Barenburger Schnurre (1957), Sheriff Teddy (1957), Die Premiere Fallt Aus (1959), Erich Kubak (1959), Hochmut Kommt vor dem Knall (1960), Minna von Barnhelm (1962), Just Don’t Think I’ll Cry (1965), The Adventures of Werner Holt (1965), The Trace of Stones (1966), Bread and Roses (1967), The Shield and the Sword (1968), Mord am Montag (1968), Netzwerk (1970), Wolf-Life and Illusion of a German Anarchist (1974), Eine Handvoll Hoffnung (1978), Jorg Ratgeb — Painter (1978), Scenes of Fires (1978), Marta, Marta (1979), Nicht Verzagen, Trudchen Fragen (1980), Der Hut des Brigadiers (1986), Danke fur die Blumen (1988), Linda (1991), Edgar (1997), K (1997), No Place to Go (2000), Karamuk (2002), Gregor’s Greatest Invention (2001), Fragile (2003), and Der Dolch des Batu Khan (2004). Goring was also seen in television productions of Gerichtet bei Nacht (1960), Die Rote Kamille (1963), Die Mutter und das Schweigen (1965), Irrlicht und Feuer (1966), Emilia Galotti (1967), Die Pferdekur (1969), Jeder Stirbt fur sich Allein (1970), Die Regentrude (1976), Das Rad (1980), Die Gaste der Mathilde Lautenschlager (1981), Das Wirkliche Blau (1986), Konig Karl (1986), Weihnachtsgeschichten (1986), Maxe Baumann aus Berlin

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(1987), Die Glucke (1988), Die Hunde sind Schuld (2001), Der Fremde Gast (2007), and Einmal Dieb, immer Dieb (2007). Her other television credits include episodes of Blaulicht, Eva und Adam, Das Unsichtbare Visier as Mutter Bredebusch, Rentner haben Niemals Zeit as Anna Schmidt, Ferienheim Bergkristall, Treffpunkt Flughafen, Der Staatsanwalt hat das Wort, Drei Reizende Schwestern as Mathilde Lehmberg, Spreewaldfamilie, A.S., St. Angela, Wolff ’s Turf, Unser Charly, SOKO Leipzig, Tatort, Polizeiruf 110, Kanzleramt, and Der Landarzt.

GORINTIN , ESTHER Polish actress Esther Gorintin died in Paris, France, on January 11, 2010. She was 96. Gorintin was born in Sokolka, Poland, on January 24, 1913. She settled in Paris in the late 1940s. She made her acting debut as Vera in Emmanuel Finkiel’s ﬁlm Voyages in 1999. She continued appearing in ﬁlms

Esther Gorintin

over the next decade, with such credits as Wimbledon Stage (2001), Imago (2001), Carnage (2002), L’Ombre des Fleurs (2003), Depuis qu’Otar est Parti… (2003), The Grand Role (2004), Some Kind of Blue (2005), Roots (2005), Hell (2005), Call Me Agostino (2006), L’Homme qui Revait d’un Enfant (2006), Resistance aux Tremblements (2007), and Drole de Noel! (2008).

GORMAN, BUDDY Actor Charles J. “Buddy” Gorman, who was best known for his role as Butch in a handful of Bowery Boys ﬁlm in the early 1950s, died in Webster, New York, on April 1, 2010. He was 88. Gorman was born in Manhattan, New York, on September 2, 1921. He went to Hollywood in the early 1940 to pursue a career in ﬁlm. He was seen in numerous features, often cast as a newsboy or messenger. His many ﬁlm credits include Hi Diddle Diddle (1943), Mr. Muggs Steps Out (1943), Whistling in Brooklyn (1943), Higher and Higher (1943), Million Dollar Kid (1944), The Heavenly Body (1945), And the Angels Sing (1944), Meet the People (1944), Follow the Leader (1944), Since You Went Away (1944), I Love a Soldier (1944), Till We Meet Again (1944), The Very Thought of You (1944), Bowery Champs (aka Mr. Muggs Meets a Deadline) (1944), Thoroughbreds (1944), Roughly Speaking (1945), Docks of New York (1945), It’s a Pleasure (1945), The Master Key (1945), Mr. Muggs Rides Again (1945), Come

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Out Fighting (1945), Meet Me on Broadway (1946), Cinderella Jones (1946), The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1946), Night and Day (1946), Bowery Bombshell (1946), Sing While You Dance (1946), The Jolson Story (1946), Wife Wanted (1946), The Perils of Pauline (1947), News Hounds (1947), Key Witness (1947), Her Husband’s Affairs (1947), The Babe Ruth Story (1948), Angels’ Alley (1948), Smugglers’ Cove (1948), Trouble Makers (1948),

Buddy Gorman

Fighting Fools (1949), Hold That Baby! (1949), It’s a Great Feeling (1949), White Heat (1949) with James Cagney, The Reckless Moment (1949), and A Modern Marriage (1950). Gorman appeared in several Dead End Kids and Bowery Boys ﬁlms in small roles, but graduated to one of the leads when he replaced Bennie Bartlett as Butch in 1950. His Bowery Boys credits include Blonde Dynamite (1950), Lucky Losers (1950), Tripple Trouble (1950), Blues Busters (1950), Bowery Battalion (1951), Ghost Chasers (1951), and Let’s Go Navy (1951). Gorman retired from the screen after Bartlett resumed his role as Butch in 1951. He subsequently opened a novelty and magic store Fun-N-Stuff in Los Angeles, California, which he operated until retiring in 1991.

GOULD, HAROLD Veteran character actor Harold Gould died of complications from prostate cancer in Woodland Hills, California, on September 11, 2010. He was 86. He was born Harold Goldstein in Schenectady, New York, on December 10, 1923. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and resumed his education after the war to earn a degree from Albany’s Teacher’s College. He earned a master’s in drama from Cornell University, and a doctorate in 1953. He spent the next several years as a drama teacher at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in Lynchburg, Virginia. He joined the drama department of the University of California, Riverside, as a professor in 1956. He abandoned academia for an acting career in 1960. He was soon appearing on television in episodes of such series as Cain’s Hundred, Shannon, Follow the Sun, National Velvet, The Donna Reed Show, Empire, The Untouchables, Dennis the Menace, The Lieutenant, Route 66, Twilight Zone, The Eleventh Hour, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Arrest and Trial, Channing, The Man from

U.N.C.L.E., Perry Mason, The Jack Benny Program, Dr. Kildare, Mister Ed, Hazel, 12 O’Clock High, The Virginian, The Farmer’s Daughter, Convoy, That Girl originating the role of Marlo Thomas’ father in the pilot, The Long, Hot Summer in the recurring role of Bowman Chamberlain, Love on a Rooftop, Get Smart, The Green Hornet, The Fugitive, Run for Your Life, Felony Squad, The Red Skelton Show, The Invaders, Garrison’s Gorillas, Daktari, Daniel Boone, He & She, The Flying Nun, Judd for the Defense, The Wild Wild West, The Big Valley, The Debbie Reynolds Show, Mission: Impossible, I Dream of Jeannie, Here Come the Brides, Lancer, The Mod Squad, Hogan’s Heroes, The High Chaparral, Columbo, The F.B.I., Love, American Style (as Howard Cunningham, the father of Richie [Ron Howard], in a Happy Days pilot), The Delphi Bureau, Mannix, and The Partridge Family. Gould also began appearing in small roles in ﬁlms from the early 1960s including The Couch (1962), Two for the Seesaw (1962), The Yellow Canary (1963), The Satan Bug (1965), and Inside Daisy Clover (1965). He soon moved up to supporting roles, often playing authority ﬁgures in such ﬁlms as Harper (1966), An American Dream (1966), Project X (1968), The Arrangement (1969), The Lawyer (1970), Mrs. Pollifax-Spy (1971), and Where Does It Hurt? (1972). He was also seen in the tele-ﬁlms A Death of Innocence (1971), Murdock’s Gang (1973), and Bachelor-at-Law (1973), Gould was featured as Kid Twist in George Roy Hill’s 1973 caper ﬁlm The Sting, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. His performance led to other character parts in the ﬁlms The Front Page (1974), The Strongest Man in the World (1975), Love and Death (1975), Silent Movie (1976), The Big Bus (1976), Gus (1976), and The One and Only (1978). He also gueststarred in episodes of The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Ironside, Lotsa Luck, Needles and Pins, Chase, The Streets of San Francisco, Dirty Sally, Gunsmoke as Colonel Lucius Shindrow in “The Guns of Cibola Blanca” twopart episode, Cannon, The Bob Crane Show, Medical Story, Insight, Hawaii Five-0 as Honore Vashon in a 1972 trilogy, The Rookies, Petrocelli, and Police Story which earned him an Emmy Award nomination. He was also featured in the tele-ﬁlms Double Solitaire (1974), Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (1974), Flannery and Quilt (1976), and How to

Harold Gould

165 Break Up a Happy Divorce (1976). He starred as Martin Morgenstern, Rhoda’s father, in several episodes of Mary Tyler Moore from 1972, and was a regular in Valerie Harper’s subsequent spin-off series from 1974 to 1978, garnering another Emmy nomination. He starred as con-man Harry Danton, with Stefanie Powers as his lawyer daughter, in the 1976 tele-ﬁlm Never Con a Killer, and the subsequent short-lived series The Feather and Father Gang from 1976 to 1977. Gould played Barney Gerber on several episodes of the comedy series Soap in 1977, and guested on Family, Grandpa Goes to Washington, The Rockford Files, Lobo, Lou Grant, and Park Place in the recurring role of David Ross. He was featured in the 1977 mini-series Washington: Behind Closed Doors and the television productions Have I Got a Christmas for You (1977) on Hallmark’s Hall of Fame, Actor, the Paul Muni Story (1978), Better Late Than Never (1979), 11th Victim (1979), Hallmark’s Aunt Mary (1979), The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979), King Crab (1980), and Kenny Rogers as The Gambler (1980). Gould earned another Emmy nomination for his role as studio head Louis B. Mayer in 1980’s Moviola: The Scarlett O’Hara War. He was also seen in the tele-ﬁlms Born to Be Sold (1981), Help Wanted: Male (1982), The Skin of Our Teeth (1983) as Mr. Antrobus, Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues (1983), The Red-Light Sting (1984), The Fourth Wise Man (1985), Mrs. Delaﬁeld Wants to Marry (1986) earning another Emmy nomination, Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Closed Set (1988), Get Smart, Again! (1989), the American Playhouse production of The Sunset Gang (1991), For Hope (1996), The Love Bug (1997), and McBride: Anybody Here Murder Marty? (2005). He starred as Jonah Foot in the short-lived television series Foot in the Door in 1983, and was Ben Sprague in Spencer in 1985. He also guest-starred in episodes of Webster, Finders of Lost Love, St. Elsewhere, Trapper John, M.D., Scarecrow and Mrs. King, L.A. Law, Night Court, CBS Summer Playhouse, Empty Nest, Midnight Caller, Dallas, the short-lived sit-com Singer & Sons as Nathan Singer in 1990, and Dinosaurs as the voice of the Dinosaur Chief. He was featured in the recurring role of Miles Webber, Betty White’s boyfriend, in episodes of The Golden Girls and The Golden Palace in the early 1990s, and earned another Emmy nod for his role in the 1992 episode of The Ray Bradbury Theater, “Colonel Stonesteel and the Desperate Empties.” He also guested in episodes of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as the Prankster’s father, The Outer Limits, Felicity, Paciﬁc Blue, The King of Queens, The Fearing Mind, Touched by an Angel, Judging Amy, Cold Case, and Nip/Tuck. Gould remained a popular character on the silver screen with roles in Seems Like Old Times (1980), The Dream Chasers (1982), Playing for Keeps (1986), Romero (1989), Birch Street Gym (1991), Lover’s Knot (1996), My Giant (1998), Beloved (1998), Patch Adams (1998), Brown’s Requiem (1998), Stuart Little (1999) as Grandpa Little, Dying on the Edge (2001), The Master of Disguise (2002) as Grandfather Disguisey, Loyalties (2003), Freaky Friday (2003) with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, the animated Brother Bear (2003) as the voice of Old Denahi, En-

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GOWLAND, PETER Glamour photographer Peter Gowland, whose photographs pin-ups and stars graced over 1,000 magazine covers, died of complications from a fall in Los Angeles on March 17, 2010. He was 93. Gowland was born in Los Angeles on April 3, 1916, the son of silent screen star Gibson Gowland and actress Sylvia Andrew. The younger Gowland made his screen debut at the age of six weeks in the 1916 ﬁlm The Small Magnetic Hand, scripted by his mother. He was

Peter Gowland

fascinated by photography from his youth, and learned his technique by watching his father’s movies being ﬁlmed. Peter was featured onscreen in small roles or as a stand-in in such ﬁlms as The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936), The Great Ziegfeld (1936), Cain and Mabel (1936), These Three (1936), Dodsworth (1936), Born to Dance (1936), The Road Back (1937), Hot Water (1937), Wuthering Heights (1939), Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane (1941), 13 Rue Madeleine (1947), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947), Joan of Arc (1948), and You’re My Everything (1949). He was best known for his pin-up photography from the 1950s and 1960s, whose subject included Jayne Mansﬁeld, Yvette Mimieux, Julie Newmar, Raquel Welch, and Ann-Margret. He also created innovative photographic techniques and designed the twin-lens Gowlandﬂex camera, which used 4-by-5 inch ﬁlm for high-quality pictures. He authored over two dozen books including How to Photograph Women (1953) and Figure Photography (1954), and his photos graced covers of such magazines as Playboy, Modern Photography, and Rolling Stone. He was also featured onscreen as a photographer in the 1966 ﬁlm The Swinger.

GRABBERT, GUNTHER German actor Gunther Grabbert died of a heart attack in a Leipzig, Germany, hospital on December 15, 2010. He was 79. Grabbert was born in Schwerin, Germany, on January 15, 1931. He appeared frequently in ﬁlms and television from the 1950s. His many ﬁlm credits include Der Teufelskreis (1956), Das Lied der Matrosen (1958), Im Sonderauftrag (1959), Einer von Uns (1960), Arzte (1961), Der Fremde (1961), Professor Mamlock (1961),

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Beschreibung eines Sommers (1963), The Divided Heaven (1964), The Girl on the Board (1967), Weil ich dich Liebe (1970), Hut ab, Wenn du Kusst! (1971), …Verdammt, ich bin Erwachsen (1974), Johannes Kepler (1974), Requiem fur Hans Grundig (1975), Graureiher (1977), Achillesferse (1978), Die Stunde der Tochter (1981), Victory (1985), and The Cloud Sheep (1993). Grabbert also appeared in television productions of Das Risiko (1965),

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Gunther Grabbert

Dr. Schluter (1965), Columbus 64 (1966), Ein Sonderbares Madchen (1967), Kein Mann fur Camp Detrick (1970), Die Verschworenen (1971), Der Regimentskommandeur (1972), Anfang am Ende der Welt (1972), Die Lindstedts (1976), Glucksperlen (1978), Tull (1979), Fruher Sommer (1980), Ernst Thalmann (1986), Rapunzel oder Der Zauber der Tranen (1988), Die Glaserne Fackel (1989), Eine Frau wird Gejagt (1995), Das Geheimnis meiner Mutter (2002), and Sehnsucht nach Liebe (2004). He starred as Major Walter Reinhardt in the 1969 series Drei von der K, and was Kundschafter Dohmke in Das Unsichtbare Visier in 1973. His other television credits include episodes of Polizeiruf 110, Zahn um Zahn — Die Praktiken des Dr. Wittkugel, Hotel Elﬁe, Bella Block, Freundschaft mit Herz as Dr. Konig, and In aller Freundschaft.

GRACE, MARTIN British stuntman Martin Grace, who was Roger Moore’s stunt double on the James Bond ﬁlms, died of an aneurysm at a hospital in Spain on January 27, 2010. He had been hospitalized with a fractured pelvis in November of 2009 after a cycling accident, and was readmitted to the hospital after developing breathing problems shortly before his death. He was 67. Grace was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, on September 12, 1942. He began working in ﬁlms in the mid–1960s, playing a Thal in the 1965 feature Dr. Who and the Daleks with Peter Cushing. He worked on all of Roger Moore’s James Bond outings, and doubled the actor in his non–Bond ﬁlms as well. Grace worked on numerous features, performing stunts, and occasionally appearing in small roles. His many credits include You Only Live Twice (1967), Inadmissible Evidence (1968), Moon Zero Two (1969), Horror Hospital (1973), Live at Let Die (1973), The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), The Wild Geese

(1978), Superman (1978), ffolkes (1979), Escape to Athena (1979), Moonraker (1979), The Sea Wolves (1980), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Victor/Victoria (1982), Who Dare Wins (1982), Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), Octopussy (1983) and was badly injured while ﬁlming an action sequence aboard a train, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Top Secret! (1984), The Naked Face (1984), Ordeal by Innocence (1985), Brazil (1985), A View to a Kill (1985), Enemy Mine (1985), A Prayer for the Dying (1987), Pathﬁnder (1987), Willow (1988), High Spirits (1988), The Littlest Viking (1989), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Erik the Viking (1989), A Handful of Time (1989), Nuns on the Run (1990), Shipwrecked (1990), The Neverending Story II: The Last Chapter (1990), A Kiss Before Dying (1991), Under Suspicion (1991), Afraid of the Dark (1991), Lethal Lies (1992), Patriot Games (1992), Head Above Water (1993), Map of the Human Heart (1993), A Man of No Importance (1994), Circle of Friends (1995), An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), North Star (1996), Chasing the Kidneystone (1996), The MatchMaker (1997), Robinson Crusoe (1997), The Boxer (1997), The Truman Show (1998), Dancing at Lughnasa (1998), Anna and the King (1999), Shallow Hal (2001), King Arthur (2004), and The Number 23 (2007). Grace also worked in television on the series The Onedin Line, The Fenn Street Gang, Special Branch, The Protectors, Space: 1999, Agatha Christie: Poirot, Boon, Between the Lines, and New Tricks. He also did stuntwork on the tele-ﬁlms and mini-series Badger By Owl-Light (1982), War and Remembrance (1988), Robin Hood (1991), and The Bombmaker (2001).

GRAHAM, RANALD British television writer Ranald Graham, who scripted for such series as The Sweeney and The Professionals, died of motor neurone disease in England on August 29, 2010. He was 69. Graham was born to Scottish parents in Sandokan, North Borneo, on January 3, 1941. He and his family were interned there by the Japanese during World War II. He was educated in Scotland and at Trinity College in Dublin. He began working in television as a writer and researcher for the ITV documentary series Sports Arena. He wrote William Castle’s macabre fantasy ﬁlm Shanks (1974), which starred mime artist Marcel Marceau in a

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dual role. He also scripted the 1975 tele-ﬁlm Strange New World, and the 1980 Hammer House of Horror episode The Two Faces of Evil. He was best known for

Strange Adventures and House of Mystery. He became best known for his work on DC war comics including Star Spangled War Stories, G.I. Combat, Our Army at War, Our Fighting Forces, and All-American Men of War. He co-created the French resistance heroine Mlle. Marie with Robert Kanigher, and drew many of the Gunner and Sarge adventures. He was also noted for his wash-tone cover art, which gave a painted effect to various DC covers. Grandenetti also illustrated stories for Warren’s black-and-white comic magazines Creepy and Eerie from the mid–1960s through the early 1970s. He also continued his work at DC, drawing The Spectre, The Phantom Stranger, and Champion Sports, and co-creating the sword-and-sorcery character Nightmaster with Denny O’Neil, and Prez, the ﬁrst U.S. teen president, with Joe Simon. He left comics in 1990 to work as art director at the Young & Rubicam advertising agency.

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GRANDENETTI , JERRY Comic artist Jerry Grandenetti died of cardiopulmonary arrest and complications from cancer in a Bellport, New York, hospital on February 19, 2010. He was 83. He was born Charles J. Grandenetti in Bronxville, New York, on April 15, 1926. He trained as an artist at the Cartoonists and Illustrators School in Manhattan. She served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and continued to train as an artist after leaving the service. He began working in comics as an art assistant for Will Eisner on The Spirit strip in the late 1940s. Grandenetti was largely illustrating the comic in the early 1950s. He was also drawing stories for Fiction House’s Ranger Comics and Fight Comics, and illustrated occasional tales for Lev Gleason, Prize Comics, and American Comics Group. He began a long career at DC Comics in 1951, drawing westerns for All-Star Western and Western Comics, crime thrillers for Gang Busters and Mr. District Attorney, and science ﬁction and horror tales for

GRANT, CY British West Indian actor Cy Grant, who was one of the ﬁrst black performers to appear regularly on British television, died in London on February 13, 2010. He was 90. Grant was born in Beterverwagting, Demerara, British Guiana (now Guyana), on November 8, 1919. He one of the ﬁrst West Indian recruits to serve with the Royal Air Force during World War II. He was serving as a navigator on a bombing mission when his aircraft was shot down over Holland in June of 1943. He spent the remainder of the war as a German POW until being liberated by Russian troops in 1945. Grant trained as a lawyer after the war, and passed the bar in 1950. He also began performing on stage, with roles in productions in London’s West End and New York City’s Zeigfeld Theatre. He became a popular cabaret artist when he began singing calypso tunes and playing the guitar. Grant was soon appearing on British television, with roles in productions of Trouble in the Sun (1953), A Man from the Sun (1956), and Home of the Brave (1957), and episodes of White Hunter and They Met in a City. He was also seen in small roles in several ﬁlms including Safari (1956) and Sea Wife (1957), and starred in Calypso (1958), an Italian-French co-production ﬁlmed in Jamaica. He joined the BBC’s satirical current events program Tonight in 1957, where he gave a calypso rendition of the news

Jerry Grandenetti (self portrait)

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writing for television crime dramas as The Sweeney, The Professionals, Special Squad, and Dempsey and Makepeace. He also produced the 1990 crime series Yellowthread Street.

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events of the day. Grant left the popular program after three years, fearing he was being typecast. He recorded ﬁve albums in the 1960s including Cool Folk, Cy Grant, Cy & I, with Bill LeSage, Ballads, Birds & Blues, and Cy Grant Sings. He continued to perform on stage, and was featured as the voice of Lieutenant Green, the black defender of Earth, in Gerry Anderson’s ITV marionette series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons from 1967 to 1968. He was also seen in several more ﬁlms including the science ﬁction feature Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (aka Doppelganger) (1969), Shaft in Africa (1973) as Emir Ramila, and the 1976 adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ At the Earth’s Core as Ra. He was featured on television in episodes of ITV Play of the Week, The Persuaders!, Softly Softly, and Blakes 7. Gray founded England’s ﬁrst black arts centre, Drum, in 1974, and directed the Concord Multicultural Festivals of the 1980s. He starred as Mr. Young in the 1981 children’s sci-ﬁ television series Metal Mikey, about a magical robot who battled aliens, traveled through time, and performed household chores. He also wrote the memoirs A Member of the Royal Air Force of Indeterminate Race (2006) and Blackness and the Dreaming Soul: Race, Identity and the Materialistic Paradigm (2007).

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ter-known Gorgeous George Wagner, entering the ring as a curly-haired peroxide blonde in fancy robes and a cloud of perfume. Grant retired from the ring in 1963 and soon embarked on a second career as an evangelist out of York, South Carolina, and led revivals throughout the South for many years.

Grant died of complications from pancreatic cancer in Melbourne, Australia, on January 24, 2010. He was 50. Grant was a popular performer at local comedy clubs.

GRASSIA , NINI Italian ﬁlm director Nini Grassia died in Castel Volturno, Caserta, Italy, on February 28, 2010. He was 65. Grassia was born in Naples, Italy, on March 31, 1944. He directed over 40 ﬁlms from the early 1980s, which he also frequently wrote

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He also appeared frequently on television on such programs as Rove, Hey, Hey, It’s Saturday, The Footy Show, Stingers, Eagle & Evans, and Neighbours. Grant also starred in the 2008 short ﬁlm The Un-Australian.

and composed music for. His ﬁlm credits include Celebrita (1981), Lo Studernte (1983), The Motorcycle Murders (1984), Una Tenera Follia (1986), Act of Revenge (1989), Italian Gigolo (1989), Bambola (1990), Talent Agency (1993), First Action Hero (1994), Innamorata (1995), Annare (1998), Cient’ Anne (1999), and Il Latitante (2003).

GRANT, D AVE Australian comedian Dave

GRANT, G ORGEOUS GEORGE Wrestler turned evangelist Gorgeous George Grant, who was a popular ring villain in the 1950s, died in Columbia, South Carolina, on April 21, 2010. He was 85. Grant was born in Honey Grove, Texas, on August 14, 1924, and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He began his wrestling career after his discharge and originally competed as a bearded long-haired villain. While working for promoter Jack Pfeifer in Georgia in the early 1950s he lost a beard vs. mask match to the Green Hornet. He soon adopted the ring persona of the bet-

GRASSILLI, RAOUL Italian actor Raoul Grassilli, who was noted for his authoritative roles on stage, ﬁlm, and television, died in Bologna, Italy, on July 24, 2010. He was 85. Grassilli was born in Bologna on October 25, 1924. He studied at the National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome, and became a leading ﬁgure on the stage in Bologna in the 1950s. He was also seen in a handful of ﬁlms during his career including Lion

169 of Corsica (1961), Desert War (1962), Scorched Skin (1962), The Myth (1963), Catherine of Russia (1963) as Czar Peter III, Invasion 1700 (1963), The Head of the Family (1967), Infanzia, Vocazione e Prime Esperienze di Giacomo Casanova, Veneziano (1969), and Povero Cristo (1975). Grassilli also appeared on Italian television in

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productions of Il Caso Maurizius (1961), Il Mondo e una Prigione (1962), Demetrio Pianelli (1963), Il Mulino del Po (1963), I Grandi Camaleonti (1964), Quinta Colonna (1966), Le Mie Prigioni (1968), La Fine dell’Avventura (1969), Delitto di Regime (1973), Sotto il Placido Don (1974), Murat— Generale Napoleonico (1975) as Napoleon Bonaparte, Rosso Veneziano (1976), Dopo un Lungo Silenzio (1978), Paura sul Mondo (1979), Bel Ami (1979), and Delitto di Stato (1982).

GRAVE, A LEKSANDR Russian actor Aleksandr Grave died in Moscow on March 5, 2010. He was 89. Grave was born in Moscow on September 8, 1920. He trained for the stage at the Shchukin Theatrical School at the Vakhtangov Theatre in the late 1930s. He served in the entertainment unit of the Red Army during World War II. He continued a career as an actor after the war, He appeared in numerous ﬁlms during his career including Trouble Business (1946), They Were the First (1956), And Quiet Flows the Don (1957), Bessonnaya Noch (1960), Wind of Freedom (1961), Silence

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(1964), Druzya i Gody (1965), Babe Tsarstvo (1967), Goal! Another Goal! (1968), Gold (1969), Moya Sudba (1970), Zemlya, do Vostrebovaniya (1973), U Opasnoy Cherty (1983), Konets Operatsil Rezident (1986), Koroli Rossiykogo syska: Ubiystva Buturlina (1994), Igra v Brasletakh (1998), Dva Tovarishcha (2001), and Smert v Pensne ili nash Chekhov (2010).

GRAVES, P ETER Actor Peter Graves, who starred as Jim Phelps, head of the top-secret Impossible Mission Force, in the television series Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973, died of a heart attack outside his home in Los Angeles on March 14, 2010. He was 83. He was born Peter Aurness in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on March 18, 1926. He worked as a radio announcer in Minneapolis while in his teens. Graves served in the U.S. Army Air Force toward the end of World War II. After his discharge he studied drama at the University of Minnesota, and performed on stage in summer stock productions. He followed his older brother, actor Jim Arness, to Hollywood in the early 1950s. Changing his name, he began his ﬁlm career in a small role in the 1951 military comedy Up Front. He was also featured in the westerns Rogue River (1951) and Fort Deﬁance (1951), the baseball fantasy Angels in the Outﬁeld (1951), and The Congregation (1952). He starred as Chris Cronyn in 1952’s Red Planet Mars, an earnest attempt to blend Cold War hysteria and Christian concepts into a science ﬁction feature. Graves was Price, the clean-cut all–American Nazi spy in the 1953 World War II prison camp drama Stalag 17 starring William Holden. He also appeared in the ﬁlms War Paint (1953), East of Sumatra (1953), Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953), Black Tuesday (1954), The Yellow Tomahawk (1954), The Raid (1954), The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955), Fort Yuma (1955), The Naked Street (1955), The Night of the Hunter (1955) , Wichita (1955), Robbers’ Roost (1955), The Long Gray Line (1955), Canyon River (1956), and Hold Back the Night (1956). Graves also battled such menaces as bug-eyed aliens in Killers from Space (1954), fanged teepee-shaped Venusians in It Conquered the World (1956), and gigantic grasshoppers in Beginning of the End (1957). He starred in the 1957 feature Bayou, which was later released under the title Poor White Trash. He was also seen in the ﬁlms Death in Small Doses (1957), Wolf Larsen (1958) with Barry Sullivan, and A Stranger in My Arms (1959). Graves was also a familiar face on television from the 1950s, guest-starring in episodes of Gruen Guild Playhouse, Where’s Raymond, Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse, Biff Baker, U.S.A., Studio 57, TV Reader’s Digest, Hallmark Hall of Fame, The Ed Sullivan Show, Fireside Theater, Studio One, Celebrity Playhouse, Matinee Theatre, Cavalcade of America, The Millionaire, Lux Video Theatre, Climax!, and Cimarron City. Graves starred as Jim Newton, owner of the Broken Wheel Ranch, in the juvenile western series about a boy and his horse, Fury, from 1955 to 1960. He also starred as stagecoach owner Christopher Cobb in the Australian-set western series Whiplash from 1960 to 1961. He was also featured in episodes of Route 66, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Farmer’s Daughter, The

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Virginian, The Great Adventure as Daniel Boone, Disney’s Gallegher Goes West, Laredo, Branded, Run for Your Life, Daniel Boone, 12 O’Clock High, The F.B.I., The Invaders, The Red Skelton Show, The Jonathan Winters Show, Funny Face, The Sonny and Cher Show, Dinah!, The Mike Douglas Show, and The Dean Martin Show. He also directed his brother in a 1966 episode of Gunsmoke. Graves starred as Major Frank Whittaker in the 1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre two-part episode The Case Against Paul Ryker, and remained in the role with the subsequent World War II military crime drama Court Martial from 1965 to 1966. He replaced Steven Hill as leader of the Impossible Mission Force after the ﬁrst season of Mission: Impossible in 1967, and continued with the series as Jim Phelps through 1973. The covert operations would begin with a hidden tape recorder containing the message “Good Morning Mr. Phelps. Your mission, should you decide to accept it….” After the particular mission was explained the tape would end with “as always, should you or any of your IM force be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions.” The tape would then self-destruct in a cloud of smoke. He also directed an episode of the series in 1972. He reprised his role as Jim Phelps when Mission: Impossible returned to the air from 1988 to 1990 as a replacement series during a writer’s strike. Graves also starred in the tele-ﬁlms Valley of Mystery (1967), Call to Danger (1968), Call to Danger (1973), The President’s Plane Is Missing (1973), Scream of the Wolf (1974), The Underground Man (1974), Where Have All the People Gone? (1974), Dead Man on the Run (1975), SST: Death Flight (1977), The Gift of the Mind (1978), The Rebels (1979) as George Washington, The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980), the comedy special Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty (1980), Three Hundred Miles for Stephanie (1981), Best of Friends (1981), the Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense ghost story Tennis Court (1985), If It’s Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium (1987), Three Old Broads (2001), and With You in Spirit (2003). Graves starred as Palmer “Fred” Kirby in the television mini-series The Winds of War in 1983, and the sequel War and Remembrance in 1988. He also appeared in the recurring role of John “the Colonel” Camden in the series 7th Heaven from 1997 to 2007. Graves hosted the A&E Network cable channel’s

documentary series Biography from 1987 through the early 2000s. His other television credits include episodes of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Matt and Jenny, Simon & Simon, Fantasy Island, Murder, She Wrote, Life with Lucy, The Love Boat, The Golden Girls, Burke’s Law, Diagnosis Murder, House, Minoriteam, and Cold Case. He was also a voice actor on episodes of the animated series Mickey Mouse Works, House of Mouse, The Angry Beavers, and American Dad. Graves continued to appear in the occasional ﬁlm throughout his career, with roles in A Rage to Live (1965), The Ballad of Josie (1967), Sergeant Ryker (1968), The Five Man Army (1969), Sidecar Racers (1975), the Bigfoot documentary The Mysterious Monsters (1976) as the narrator, Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident (1978), High Seas Hijack (1978), Survival Run (1979), and the sci-ﬁ ﬁlm Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979). He spoofed his often stolid screen persona as Captain Clarence Oveur in the 1980 farce Airplane! and 1982’s Airplane II: The Sequel. He was also seen in The Guns and the Fury (1981), Savannah Smiles (1982), Mad Mission III: Our Man from Bond Street (1984), and Number One with a Bullet (1987). He also had cameo roles in the ﬁlms Addams Family Values (1993), House on Haunted Hill (1999), Men in Black II (2002), and Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003). Graves was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in October of 2009. He was married to Joan Endress from 1950, and she and their three daughters survive him.

GRAY, P AUL Bassist Paul Gray, who was a founding member of the heavy metal band Slipknot, died of an accidental drug overdose in an Urbandale, Iowa, motel room on May 24, 2010. He was 38. Gray was born in Los Angeles on April 8, 1972, and moved

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to Des Moines, Iowa, with his family in his youth. He was a founding member of Slipknot in 1995, and soon began playing under a pig mask as #2. He played on the band hit recordings Wait and Bleed (2001), Left Behind (2002), My Plague (2003), Duality (2005), Vermilion (2005), the Grammy-winning Before I Forget (2006), and Psychosocial (2009). Peter Graves

GRAYSMARK, JOHN British ﬁlm production designer and art director John Graysmark died in Santa

171 Monica, California, on October 10, 2010. He was 75. Graysmark was born in London, England, on March 26, 1935. He began his career in England in the mid–1950s, working on Anatole Litvak’s Anastasia (1956). He was a draughtsman over the next decade on such ﬁlms as Lucky Jim (1957), Concrete Jungle (1960), Gorgo (1961), The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961), David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Summer Holiday (1963), The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964), The Liquidator (1965), Half a Sixpence (1967), and Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). He also served as an art director for the British television series The Champions and Department S in the late 1960s. He was art director for the ﬁlms The Walking Stick (1970) and The Devil’s Widow (1970), and earned an Academy Award nomination for his work on 1972’s Young Winston. He also worked on the ﬁlms The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), The Big Sleep (1978), Escape to Athena (1979), and Flash Gordon (1980). He earned a second Oscar nomination as production designer for the 1981 ﬁlm Ragtime. His other ﬁlm credits include Firefox (1982), The Lords of Discipline (1983), The Bounty (1984), Lifeforce (1985), Club Paradise (1986), Duet for One (1986), Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987), Honor Bound (1988), Gorillas in the Mist (1988), the tele-ﬁlm Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990), White Hunter Black Heart (1990), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), White Sands (1992), So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993), Blown Away (1994), Courage Under Fire (1996), Down (2001), and Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005).

GRAYSON , KATHRYN Singer and actress Kathryn Grayson, who starred in MGM musicals in the 1940s and 1950s, died at her home in Los Angeles on February 17, 2010. She was 88. She was born Zelma Kathryn Hedrick in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on February 9, 1922. She trained as a singer from an early age, and moved to Los Angeles with her family while in her teens. Though she aspired to be an opera singer, she was persuaded to sign a contract at MGM by Louis B. Mayer. She made her ﬁlm debut starring opposite Mickey Rooney in 1941’s Andy Hardy’s Private Secretary. She was also seen in the ﬁlms The Vanishing Virginian (1942), Rio Rita (1942) with Abbott and

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Costello, Seven Sweethearts (1942), and the wartime revue Thousands Cheer (1943). Grayson was established as a star in the 1945 hit Anchors Aweigh, with Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra. Over the next decade, she costarred with such leading men as Howard Keel, Mario Lanza, and Gordon MacRae. She was seen in the musicals and operettas as Ziegfeld Follies (1945), Two Sisters from Boston (1946), Till the Clouds Roll By (1946), It Happened in Brooklyn (1947), The Kissing Bandit (1948), That Midnight Kiss (1949), Some of the Best (1949), The Toast of New Orleans (1950), Grounds for Marriage (1951), Show Boat (1951), Lovely to Look At (1952), The Desert Song (1953), So This Is Love (1953), and Kiss Me Kate (1953). Grayson left MGM in 1953, returned to the screen at Paramount for 1956’s The Vagabond King. She abandoned ﬁlms to concentrate on stage productions, touring in such musicals as The Merry Widow, Rosalinda, Naughty Marietta, Man of La Mancha, and Camelot. She was featured on television in the variety series The Bob Hope Show, The Bob Crosby Show, What’s My Line?, The Pat Boone–Chevy Showroom, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Perry Como Show, and The Dean Martin Show. Grayson was also featured on television in dramatic roles in the series General Electric Theater, Playhouse 90, Lux Playhouse, Baretta, and Murder, She Wrote in the recurring role of Ideal Molloy. Grayson was married to actor John Shelton from 1941 to 1946, and to actor Johnny Johnston from 1947 to 1951. She is survived by her only child, daughter Patricia Towers.

GREEN, A LEX Canadian stuntman Alex Green, who was noted for his prowess spinning guns and cracking bullwhips, died of liver cancer in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on June 20, 2010. He was 68. Green was born in Australia on January 19, 1942, and moved to Vancouver in the 1960s. He worked in numerous ﬁlm and television productions from the early 1970s. He performed stunt work and appeared in small roles in such ﬁlms as Little Big Man (1970), The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972), Christina (1974), Russian Roulette (1975), Shadow of the Hawk (1976), Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976), Prophecy (1979), Bear Island (1979), The Change ling (1980), Stir Crazy (1980), Death Hunt (1981), Firebird 2015 AD (1981), Mother Load (1982), First Blood (1982), Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983), Superman III (1983), Certain Fury (1985), The Journey of Natty Gann (1985), Rainbow War (1985), Fire with Fire (1986), Malone (1987), Stakeout (1987), Shoot to Kill (1988), Watchers (1988), The Experts (1989), Who’s Harry Crumb? (1989), The Fly II (1989), Dead Bang (1989), Renegades (1989), Short Time (1990), Run (1991), Bingo (1991), Mystery Date (1991), Unforgiven (1992), Stay Tuned (1992), Jennifer Eight (1992), White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf (1994), Timecop (1994), Strange and Rich (1994), Power of Attorney (1995), Malicious (1995), Man of the House (1995), The Scarlet Letter (1995), Bounty Hunters (1996), Happy Gilmore (1996), Homeward Bound 2: Lost in San Francisco (1996), Carpool (1996), Romeo + Juliet (1996), Masterminds (1997), The Edge (1997), 2 Into 1 (1997),

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Hardball (1997), The Mask of Zorro (1998) as Anthony Hopkin’s stunt double, Wrongfully Accused (1998), Instinct (1999), Dudley Do-Right (1999), Final Destination (2000), Screwed (2000), The Last Stop (2000), Shanghai Noon (2000), Scary Movie (2000), Duets (2000), Chain of Fools (2000), Camouﬂage (2001), See Spot Run (2001), 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001), Exit Wounds (2001), Freddy Got Fingered (2001), Children of the Corn: Revelation (2001), Thir13en Ghosts (2001), D-Tox (2002), Lone Hero (2002), Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002), Trapped (2002), Deadly Little Secrets (2002), Slap Shot

GREEN, P AMELA British model Pamela Green, whose brief ﬁlm career was most noted for her role as a scantily clad victim of the a homicidal photographer in Michael Powell’s classic 1960 thriller Peeping Tom, died of leukemia at her home on the Isle of Wight on May 7, 2010. She was 81. Green was born in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England, on March 28, 1929. She began posing as a nude model while in her teens, and performed as a chorus dancer in West End show. She met theatrical photographer George Harrison Marks while working as a model in 1953. They soon teamed professionally and personally, producing provocative postcards for sale in shops in Soho. They published the racy magazine Kamera, which usually featured Green in various stages of undress. She and Marks also produced a series of 8mm ﬁlms, with the blonde bombshell Green usually starring. She would sometimes change her look and name to become the raven-tressed Princess Sonmar and red-headed siren Rita Landre. Director Michael Powell cast her as the illfated Milly, a model for psychopathic photographer Karl Boehm, who used his camera tripod as a murder weapon to capture his subjects terror as he impaled them in the controversial thriller Peeping Tom (1960).

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2: Breaking the Ice (2002), I Spy (2002), X-Men 2 (2003), Paycheck (2003), Freddy vs. Jason (2003), The Delicate Art of Parking (2003), Scooby Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed (2004), Catwoman (2004) as Haile Barry’s whip coach, The Perfect Score (2004), Underclassman (2005), Chaos (2005), Fido (2006), Deck the Halls (2006), Night at the Museum (2006), In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007), AVPR: Aliens vs. Predator — Requiem (2007), Whisper (2007), Postal (2007), The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), BloodRayne: Deliverance (2007), Honeymoon (2007), Defunct (2008), Messages Deleted (2009), The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009), Stan Helsing (2009), Rampage (2009), and Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010). Green worked frequently in television on such series as Airwolf, Bordertown, 21 Jumpstreet, Lonesome Dove: The Series, No Adults Allowed, Poltergeist: The Legacy, First Wave, Dark Angel, Freedom, Andromeda, Just Cause, Peacemakers, Battlestar Galactica, Smallville, Dead Zone, and Psych. He also worked on the tele-ﬁlms Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987), The Gunﬁghters (1987), Silent Motive (1991), Double, Double, Toil and Trouble (1993), The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space (1995), Deadlocked: Escape From Zone 14 (1995), The Limbic Region (1996), The Escape (1997), The Spree (1998), Heaven’s Fire (1999), The Man Who Used to Be Me (2000), Becoming Dick (2000), Death Train to the Paciﬁc (2001), Class Warfare (2001), Monte Walsh (2003), The Cult (2005), Painkiller Jane (2005), Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep (2006), The Andromeda Strain (2008), Kiss Me Deadly (2008), Stargate: Continuum (2008), and The Gambler, The Girl and the Gunslinger (2009).

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Green was featured in a small role in the 1961 sci-ﬁ disaster ﬁlm The Day the Earth Caught Fire, and in 1963’s The Chimney Sweeps. She was also on display in the nudie ﬁlms Naked as Nature Intended (1961) and The Naked World of Harrison Marks (1965). She split with Marks in 1967, and soon began working with photographer Douglas Webb. She assisted him as a still photograph assistant on several ﬁlms over the next decade, and had a small role in the 1975 Tyburn horror ﬁlm Legend of the Werewolf. She and Webb retired to the Isle of Wight in the mid–1980s, where he died in 1996.

GREENING, JACK Actor Jack Greening died in Toledo, Ohio, on September 29, 2010. He was 88. Greening was born in London, England, on April 7, 1922. He served with the British Royal Marines during World War II, and settled in Canada in 1949. He performed on stage and live television in Toronto, and continued his acting career after moving to Los Angeles in the early 1960s. He appeared in small roles in the

173 ﬁlms The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze (1963), What a Way to Go! (1964), Quick Before It Melts (1964), My Fair Lady (1964), and Where Love Has Gone

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(1964). Greening was also seen on television in episodes of Encounter, Alcoa Premiere, King of Diamonds, Thriller, The Gallant Men, and 12 O’Clock High. He left acting to take a job with the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.

2010 • Obituaries the 1977 television docu-drama Wilma, starring Shirley Jo Finney as Olympic medalist Wilma Rudolph and featuring Denzel Washington in an early role. He created a series of short vignettes highlighting sports events in history with This Day in Sports, Olympic Moments, and Olympic Events. He also crafted documentary compilations of many of the Summer and Winter Olympic competitions of the 1980s and 1990s.

GREYTAK, GENE Gene Greytak, a retired real estate broker whose resemblance to Pope John Paul II gave him a career as a papal impersonator in ﬁlms, television, and public appearances, died of cancer at his home in North Tustin, California, on February 28, 2010. He was 84. Greytak was born in Trumbull, Connecticut, in November 14, 1925. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and was wounded in action during the Battle of the Bulge. He and his family moved to California in 1958, where he embarked on a career in real estate. His remarkable likeness to the new pontiff, John Paul II, who took ofﬁce in 1978, brought him offers as a celebrity impersonator. Greytak, who

GREENSPAN, BUD Documentary ﬁlmmaker Jonah “Bud” Greenspan died of complications from Parkinson’s disease at his home in New York City on December 25, 2010. He was 84. Greenspan was born in New York City on September 18, 1926. He began his career in radio as a sportscaster with New York’s station WMGM in 1947. He produced the 1952 documentary short, The Strongest Man in the World, about weightlifter John Davis. He also wrote magazine artiGene Greytak

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cles and produced television commercials in the 1950s. He achieved recognition with his television documentary Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin, about the legendary Olympic runner’s return visit to the scene of the triumphs at the 1936 Olympics. Greenspan continued to produce documentaries about Olympic athletes, and earned an Emmy Award in 1976 for his series of specials, The Olympiad. He also produced and directed

was a devout Catholic, debated for several years whether he wished to pursue the opportunity, wanting to insure that he did nothing inappropriate while playing his famous look-alike. He impersonated the Pope on latenight television shows with Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, and Arsenio Hall. He was also featured in episodes of such series as Night Court, ALF, Just the Ten of Us, The Golden Girls, Murphy Brown, Picket Fences, The Wayans Bros., and Ally McBeal. He also played John Paul II in such ﬁlms as Wishful Thinking (1990), Repossessed (1990), Hot Shots! (1991), Sister Act (1992), Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994), Just the Ticket (1999), and Miss Cast Away (2004).

GRIFFITHS, CHUCK Vice Admiral Charles Henry Grifﬁths, who was featured in the 1955 sci-ﬁ ﬁlm It Came from Beneath the Sea, died of cancer in Annapolis, Maryland, on April 1, 2010. He was 88. Grifﬁths was born in Franklin, Pennsylvania, on March 15, 1922. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy during World War II, graduating in 1946. He joined the submarine corps, serving on the USS Cochino, USS Sableﬁsh, USS Hammerhead, and the USS Tang. He

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was executive ofﬁcer aboard the Hammerhead when he was asked to play Lt. Griff, Kenneth Tobey’s executive ofﬁcer, in the 1955 classic It Came from Beneath the Sea. He subsequently took command of the USS Wahoo.

It Rich, The Big Payoff, Wheel of Fortune, Choose Up Sides, To Tell the Truth, Two for the Money, Supermarket Sweep, Fractured Phrases, What’s My Line?, and I’ve Got a Secret.

GROSSMANN, S UZANNE Stage actress Suzanne Grossmann died of complications from chronic obstructed pulmonary disorder (COPD) in Los Angeles on August 19, 2010. She was 72. Grossmann was born in Basel, Switzerland, on December 21, 1937. She was featured as the French Princess Alais in the original Broadway production of A Lion in Winter in 1966. Her other Broadway credits include the 1968 revival of Cyrano de Bergerac as Roxane, The Show Off (1968), and Private Lives (1969). She was also featured in a 1967 television version of The Diary of Anne Frank, and the 1967 Canadian ﬁlm Don’t Let It Kill You. She was Cleopatra in the documentary short subjects Shaw vs. Shakespeare in 1970. Grossmann was also a noted Chuck Grifﬁths

Grifﬁths was soon trained to serve on nuclear submarines, becoming commander of the US Simon Bolivar in 1964. He continued to rise through the ranks, becoming Rear Admiral in 1971. He held numerous positions with the navy and was a Vice Admiral and Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Submarine Warfare in Washington, D.C., when he retired in 1980.

GROSS, L LOYD Television director Lloyd Gross, who directed numerous gameshows from the 1950s through the 1980s, died in an Anderson, South Carolina, hospice on October 16, 2010, Gross was born in Weehawken, New Jersey, and was raised in Pittsﬁeld, Massachusetts. He served with distinction in the U.S. Army during World War II, earning a Silver Star during the Battle of the Bulge. He began working for CBS television after the war, where he was soon directing such series as The Perry Como Show, The Mel Torme Show, Tonight on Broadway, and I Remember Mama. He also directed early television productions of The Miss America Pageants and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parades. He was best known as director for numerous television gameshows including Beat the Clock, Strike

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playwright, adapting There’s One in Every Marriage (1972) and Chermin de Fer (1973) for the Broadway stage. She also wrote adaptations of such plays as A Flea in Her Ear, La Vie Parisienne, Alpha and Omega, and Number Our Days, which were staged in New York and Los Angeles. She also penned several tele-plays for the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. including Nellie, Showstopper, and Sarah, and wrote for the daytime soap opera Ryan’s Hope.

GROVES, H ERMAN Television writer Herman Groves died in Laguna Woods, California, on December 5, 2010. He was 73. Groves was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on September 21, 1927. He began working in television in the late 1950s as a production assistant on the series The Thin Man. He was soon scripting episodes of such series as The Restless Gun, Hotel de Paree, Tate, Bonanza, The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor, Have Gun —Will Travel, Surfside 6, The Riﬂeman, The Gallant Men, The Untouchables, The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, The Lieutenant, The Greatest Show on Earth, Temple Houston, The Virginian, Mr. Novak, Rawhide, Daniel Boone, Lost in Space, Mister Roberts, Bewitched, The F.B.I., The Iron Horse, The Name of the Game, Bearcats!, O’Hara U.S. Treasury, Longstreet, Gunsmoke, Harry O, The Blue Knight, The

175 Fitzpatricks, The Bionic Woman, Battlestar Galactica, The Dukes of Hazzard, 240-Robert, Vega$, Fantasy Island, Airwolf, and Hunter. Groves also served as a producer on the series Daniel Boone, Hawaii Five-0, and Sword of Justice, and scripted numerous television productions for Disney. His tele-ﬁlm credits include The Mystery of Edward Sims (1968), Secrets of the Pirates’ Inn

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(1969), The Secret of Boyne Castle (1969), Ride a Northbound Horse (1969), Strange Monster of Strawberry Cove (1971), Alvin the Magniﬁcent (1973), The Whiz Kid and the Mystery of Riverton (1974), Return of the Big Cat (1974), and The Whiz Kid and the Carnival Caper (1976). He also wrote the 1975 Disney feature The Strongest Man in the World starring Kurt Russell.

GUCCIONE, B OB Bob Guccione, the erotique entrepreneur who founded Penthouse magazine, and produced the 1979 big-budget X-rated Roman Empire ﬁlm epic Caligula, died of complications from lung cancer in a Plano, Texas, hospital on October 20, 2010. He was 79. Guccione was born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 17, 1930. He went to Europe in the 1950s, where he worked as a painter and greeting-card cartoonist. He began publishing Penthouse in England in 1965 as a low-brow competitor to Hugh Hefner’s Playboy. Guccione often photographed the nude models, or “Penthouse Pets,” in the early years himself, using

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a diffused, soft focus-look that became the magazine’s trademark look. He also crafted a more exploitational editorial content, including the popular Penthouse Forum with purported letters from readers. Penthouse began being published in the United States in 1969, and Guccione challenged Hefner, offering more explicit photo layouts and content. The magazine’s publication of nude photos of the new Miss America, Vanessa Williams, in 1984, led to sold out issues, but resulted in Ms. Williams relinquishing her title. Forming General Media Inc., Guccione moved into ﬁlms as producer of the multi-million dollar epic about Rome’s most infamous ruler, Caligula. The ﬁlm boasted an impressive case, with Malcolm McDowell in the title role, Peter O’Toole as the Emperor Tiberius, and John Gielgud and Helen Mirren in leading roles. Gore Vidal wrote the screenplay and Italian director Tinto Brass was chosen to direct, but both men later disavowed their involvement. After three years of production, Guccione edited in more explicit footage of Penthouse models before the ﬁlm’s release in 1979. It took a critical and ﬁnancial drubbing, and an ill-fated Atlantic City casino project further depleted his revenue. Guccione was publisher of the digest Dear Penthouse featuring letters from readers, Viva with male nudes, and the racy comic book Penthouse Comix. He and his third-wife, long-time collaborator Kathy Keeton, also published the health magazine Longevity and the popular science fact/ﬁction publication Omni before her death from cancer in 1997. His ﬁnancial empire crumbled in the 1980s and 1990s, as the internet supplanted the print media for adult content, and General Media ﬁled for bankruptcy in 2003.

GUEST, DON Film production manager and producer Don Guest died in Tours, France, on April 23, 2010. He was 75. Guest was born in Oklahoma on July 16, 1934, and moved to Los Angeles with his family as a child. He began his career working with ZivTV, and early television syndication company, in the late 1950s. He worked in television as a production manager for the time-traveling comedy series It’s About Time in 1966. He also served as production manager for the ﬁlms Michelangelo Antonioni’s Zabriskie Point (1970), Peter Bogdanovich’s The Last Picture Show (1971), Sam Peckinpah’s The Getaway (1972), Breakheart Pass (1975), Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977), Second Thoughts (1983), The Osterman Weekend (1983), and At Close Range (1986). He was an associate producer for the 1974 ﬁlm The White Dawn, and produced the ﬁlms Blue Collar (1978), Hammett (1982), The Osterman Weekend (1983), Paris, Texas (1984), At Close Range (1986), and Shadow of China (1990). GUFFROY, PIERRE French art director Pierre Guffroy, who won an Academy Award for his work on Roman Polanski’s 1979 ﬁlm Tess, died in Burgundy, France, on September 27, 2010. He was 84. Guffroy was born in Paris on April 22, 1926. He began working in ﬁlms as an assistant art director in the late 1950s on such ﬁlms as The Adventures of Arsene Lupin (1957), Louis Malle’s Frantic (1958), Tabarin (1958), Serenade of Texas (1958), The Hunchback of Paris (1959), Pick-

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pocket (1959), The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962), and Devil of Paris (1962). He served as production designer for Marcel Camus’ Oscar-winning ﬁlm Black Orpheus, and Jean Cocteau’s experimental The Testament of Orpheus (1960). Guffroy worked on ﬁlms for many of Europe’s leading directors of the 1960s with such credits as Robert Hossein’s The Vampire of Dusseldorf (1965), Jean Luc Godard’s Alphaville (1965) and Pierrot le Fou (1965), Raoul Levy’s The Defector (1966), Francois Truffaut’s The Bride Wore Black (1968), John Berry’s A Tout Casser (1968), Luis Bunuel’s The Milky Way (1969), Marc Allegret’s The Ball of Count Orgel (1970), and Marcel Camus’ Atlantic Wall (1970). His other ﬁlm credits include Is Paris Burning? (1966), The Big Softie Don Guidice

York (1976), Tilt (1979), and Hard to Hold (1984). He was an assistant editor for the ﬁlms Jeremiah Johnson (1972), Freebie and the Bean (1974), Bobby Deerﬁeld (1977), Promises in the Dark (1979), Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985), and Spirit of the Eagle (1991). He also worked on the tele-ﬁlms I Take These Men (1983), The House of God (1984), Club Med (1986), Second Serve (1986), The Neon Empire (1989), The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990), Menu for Murder (1991), and Stranger in the Family (1991).

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(1967), Rider on the Rain (1970), Who Cares: Anatomy of a Delivery Boy (1971), Love Me Strangely (1971), Cesare and Rosalie (1972), The Burned Barns (1973), Paul and Michelle (1974), Creezy (1974), La Giﬂe (1974), Bertrand Tavernier’s Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975), and Mado (1976). He was production designer for several more Bunuel ﬁlms including The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), The Phantom of Liberty (1974), and That Obscure Object of Desire (1977). He worked frequently with director Roman Polanski, teaming in The Tenant (1976), Tess (1979) which earned him another Oscar nomination, Pirates (1986), Frantic (1988), and Death and the Maiden (1994). Guffroy’s other ﬁlm credits include Je Vous Aime (1980), Jamais Avant le Mariage (1982), L’Argent (1983), Costa-Gavras’ Hanna K. (1983), Max My Love (1986), Twist Again in Moscow (1986), The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), Milos Forman’s Valmont (1989), Henri Venreuil’s Mother (1991), Giorgino (1994), Portraits Chinois (1996), and Pop Corn (1998).

GUIDICE, DON Film and television editor Don Guidice died in Newport Beach, California, on March 11, 2010. He was 77. Guidice was born in Los Angeles on October 14, 1932. He worked as an assistant editor on the ﬁlms It Happened at the World’s Fair (1963), The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), and They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969). He served as editor on the ﬁlms A New Leaf (1971), The Yakuza (1974), Three Days of the Condor (1975), Harry and Walter Go to New

GUIOMAR , JULIEN French actor Julien Guiomar, who was featured as the police colonel in Costa-Gavras’ 1969 Greek political thriller Z, died in Monpazier, France, on November 22, 2010. He was 82. Guiomar was born in Morlaix, France, on May 3, 1928. He began his career on stage in the early 1950s and made his television debut later in the decade. He was featured in such television productions as Misere et Noblesse (1958), Quatre-Vingt-Treize (1962), Mon Oncle Benjamin (1963), Le Chavalier de Maison Rouge (1963), Woyzeck (1964), Les Cabinets Particuliers (1964), Une Nuit Sans Lendemain (1965), La Malade Imaginaire (1971), Bouvard et Pecuchet (1971), On l’Appelait Tamerlan (1973), La Famille Grossfelder (1974), Les Borgia ou le Sang Dore (1977), Le Sang des Atrides (1981), Le Secret des Andrones (1982), Les Joies de la Famille Pinelli (1982), Les Tribulations de Manuel (1982), Les Beaux

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177 Quartiers (1983), La Metamorphose (1983), Un Homme va Etre Assassine (1984), Stradivarius (1985), Commissaire Chabert: Le Tueur du Zodiaque (1991) as Chabert, Martineau … et le Portrait de Femme (1993), Si le Loup y Etait (1993), Cheques en Boite (1994), Commissaire Chabert: Mort d’Une Fugitive (1994), Le Malingot (1995), L’Audace d’y Croire (1995), Le Secret de Julia (1996), La Bastide Blanche (1997), Qui Mange Qui? (1998) as Rene, Ca Commence a bien Faire! (1998), La Nuit des Hulottes (1999), Le Secret de la Belle de Mai (2002), Qui Mange Quoi? (2002), Lagardere (2003), and Qui Mange Quand? (2004). Guiomar starred as Monseigneur Marguerite in Philippe de Broca’s 1966 anti-war surreal comedy ﬁlm King of Hearts with Alan Bates and Genevieve Bujold. He also appeared in the ﬁlms The Thief of Paris (1967), All Mad About Him (1967), Pour un Amour Lointain (1968), The Golden Claws of the Cat Girl (1968), Ballad for a Dog (1969), Z (1969), The Milky Way (1969), L’Auvergnant et l’Autobus (1969), A Very Curious Girl (1969), The Horse (1970), Borsalino (1970), The Married Couple, Year II (1971), Easy Down There! (1971), Decembre (1972), La Violenza: Quinto Potere (1972), The Strangler (1972), The Right of the Maddest (1973), Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973), The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot (1973), A Whale That Had a Toothache (1974), Tender Dracula (1974), Say It with Flowers (1974), Lucky Pierre (1974), Kisses Till Monday (1974), Aloise (1975), Section Speciale (1975), French Provincial (1975), Incorrigible (1975), The French Detective (1975), The Wing and the Thigh (1976), Mado (1976), Barocco (1976), L’Animal (1977), The Twisted Detective (1977), The Spat (1978), These Sorcerers Are Mad (1978), The Small Timers (1978), Je Vous Ferai Aimer la Vie (1979), Caro Papa (1979), Milo-Milo (1979), I’m Photogenic (1980), The Telephone Bar (1980), Inspector Blunder (1980), Est-ce Bien Raisonnable? (1981), Un Chien dans un Jeu de Quilles (1983), Equateur (1983), Gramps Is in the Resistance (1983), Carmen (1984), My New Partner (1984), L’Arbre sous la Mer (1985), Le Matou (1985), The Debutante (1986), Jubiaba (1987), Last Summer in Tangiers (1987), Flag (1987), The Two Crocodiles (1987), Terre Sacree (1985), Lucifer et l’Horloger (1989), African Timber (1989), Plein Fer (1990), Leolo (1992), Je m’Appelle Victor (1993), Violetta, the Motorcycle Queen (1997), Let There Be Light (1998), Smarten Up! (1999), J’ai Faim!!! (2001), Reptil (2002), and Clandestino (2003).

GUMMADI Indian character actor Gummadi, who was featured in over 500 Teluga language ﬁlms during his 60 year career, died in Hyderabad, India, of complications from diabetes and heart disease on January 26, 2010. He was 84. He was born Gummadi Venkateswara Rao in Ravikampadu, Guntur, India, on July 9, 1925. He made his ﬁlm debut in the early 1950s, and was best known for his depiction of Bheeshma, Dashratha and Balram in numerous mythological ﬁlms, often co-starring with N.T. Rama Rao. His many ﬁlm credits include Adrushta Deepudu (1950), Pitchi Pullaiah (1953), Thodu Dongalu (1954), Kanyasulkam (1955), M.L.A. (1957), Where Woman Rule (1958), Sabhash Ramudu (1959), The Loyal Servant (1959), Lord

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Balaji (1960), The Story of Goddess Renuka (1960), Two Friends (1961), Mahamantri Timmarusu (1962), Kula Gothralu (1962), Light and Shadows (1964), Pandava Vanavasam (1965), Gopanna the Herdsman (1968), Bhale Rangudu (1969), The Truth of Lord Krishna (1971), Changed Times (1972), Jeevana Tarangalu (1973), Sita’s Wedding (1976), Jyothy (1977), Kalpana (1977), Nelavanka (1981), Maro Malupu (1982), Ekalavya (1982), Ee Charitra Ye Siraatho? (1982), Gaaju Bommalu (1983), Pelli Pusthakam (1991), Rajendrudru Gajendrudru (1993), Mutamestri (1993), Govindha Govindha (1993), Dharma Chakram (1995), and Repallelo Radjha (2001).

GURU Keith Edward Elam, who was known as the rap artist Guru when he teamed with DJ Premier as the hip-hop duo Gang Starr, died of cancer on April 19, 2010. He was 48. Elam was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, on July 17, 1961. He began his career in rap under the name MC Keithy E, but became Guru when

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he formed Gang Starr in 1987. He and DJ Premier recorded six popular albums over the next 15 years, including Moment of Truth (1998) and Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr (1999). Guru also released a series of four solo albums, Jazzmatazz, from 1993 through 2007. His ﬁnal album, Guru 8.0: Lost and Found, was released in 2009.

GWENVER, MARGARET Actress Margaret Gwenver, who was featured in the recurring role of Dr.

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Margaret Sedgwick in the daytime soap opera The Guiding Light from 1982 through 1997, died in New York on October 18, 2010. She was 83. Gwenver was born on October 10, 1926. She began performing with the Margaret Webster Shakespeare Touring Company in the 1940s. She performed on the New York Stage and founded the Tanglewood Theater with her husband, John Sedwick. Billed as Margaret Gwenver, she was featured on The Guiding Light for more than 25 years. She also appeared in episodes of the soaps One Life to Live and Santa Barbara, and a 1987 episode of the sitcom Amen.

HADDON, C HARLES British pop singer Charles Haddon, the lead singer of the pop trio Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, died during the Belgian Pukkelpop rock festival in Hasselt, Belgium, when he climbed a telecommunications tower behind the main stage and leaped to his death in an apparent suicide, on August 20, 2010. He was 22. Haddon was born in Northamptonshire, England, in 1988. He moved to Camden,

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North London, in 2008, where he teamed with Joe Hutchinson and Caan Capan to form the electro-pop group Ou Est Le Swimming Pool. They released their debut single, “Dance the Way I Feel” in 2009, and “These New Knights” and “Jackson’s Last Stand” in 2010. They also opened for the band La Roux on their United Kingdom tour. Their debut album, Christ Died for Our Synths, was scheduled for release in October of 2010.

HAGOPIAN, J. MICHAEL Armenian-American documentary ﬁlmmaker J. Michael Hagopian died at his home in Thousand Oaks, California, on December 10, 2010. He was 97. Hagopian was born in Kharpert, Western Armenia, on October 20, 1913. He survived a purge of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire that commenced in 1915 and reportedly resulted in the death of over a million of his countrymen. He came to the United States with his family in 1922. He graduated from UC Berkeley in 1937, and earned a master’s in political science the following year. He received a doctorate in international relations from Harvard in 1943. He served in the Army Air Force during World War II, and taught at various universities after his dis-

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charge. He began working in ﬁlms as a documenatarian in the early 1950s, forming his own production company, Atlantis Films. He helmed over 70 educational ﬁlms and documentaries during his career, including many that dealt with his Armenian heritage. He recorded the memories of many survivors of the era in Where Are My People? (1965) and the Emmy-nominated The Forgotten Genocide (1975). Many of his interviews were included in the trilogy Voices from the Lake (2000), Germany and the Secret Genocide (2003), and The River Ran Red (2008). Hagopian was also the founder of the Armenian Film Foundation in 1979, to preserve Armenian culture and heritage.

HAIM, COREY Actor Corey Haim, whose career peaked as a teen star in the 1980s, died of a likely drug overdose in a Burbank, California, hospital on March 10, 2010. He was 38. Haim was born in Toronto, Canada, on December 23, 1971. He began working in television commercials at the age of 10, and made his ﬁlm debut in Firstborn in 1984. He starred as Larry in the television series The Edison Twins from 1984 to 1985, and was featured in the 1985 tele-ﬁlm A Time to Live. He also starred as Matthew Wiggins in the shortlived comedy series Roomies in 1987. Haim was also seen in the ﬁlms Secret Admirer (1985), the 1985 adaptation of Stephen King’s Silver Bullet, and Murphy’s Romance (1985). He starred in the title role in 1986’s Lucas

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179 with Charlie Sheen, and battled vampires with Corey Feldman in 1987’s The Lost Boys. He ﬁnished out the decade appearing in the popular features License to Drive (1988), Watchers (1988), Dream a Little Dream (1989), and Prayer of the Rollerboys (1990). Haim’s career was damaged by drug abuse, and many of his subsequent ﬁlms were released straight to video. He continued to appear in such ﬁlms as Fast Getaway (1991), Dream Machine (1991), Blown Away (1992), Oh, What a Night (1992), The Double-O Kid (1992), Anything for Love (1993), National Lampoon’s Last Resort (1994), Fast Getaway II (1994), Dream a Little Dream 2 (1995), Life 101 (1995), Demolition High (1996), Shooter on the Side (1996), Snowboard Academy (1996), Fever Lake (1996), Demolition University (1997), Busted (1997), Never Too Late (1997), and The Back Lot Murders (2002). He also appeared in the tele-ﬁlms Merlin (1998) as Wilf, and Without Malice (2000). He guested on television episodes of PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal and Big Wolf on Campus. He was also a voice actor in an episode of Robot Chicken. Haim appeared in a cameo role in the 2003 comedy ﬁlm Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star. He joined with longtime friend and frequent co-star Corey Feldman for the A&E reality show The Two Coreys, which aired for two seasons. Haim acknowledged that his dependence on drugs had damaged his career and life in numerous interviews in the 2000s. He had remained active in recent years, appearing in the ﬁlms Universal Groove (2007), Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008) reprising his role as Sam Emerson, Crank: High Voltage (2009), and Shark City (2009). He had reportedly ﬁnished ﬁlming New Terminal Hotel, American Sunset, and Decisions, before his death.

HAINEY, BETTY JEAN Betty Turnbull, who appeared on stage and screen as child actress Betty Jean Hainey in the 1930s and 1940s, died in Corona del Mar, California, on October 20, 2010. She was 86. Hainey was born in Los Angeles on August 4, 1924, to a vaudeville family. She performed on stage from an early age, working with such comedy stars as Olsen and Johnson. She was featured in over a dozen ﬁlms during her career including Mary Jane’s Pa (1935) with Guy Kibbee, Dinky (1935) with Jackie Cooper, I Live My Life (1935), Little Miss Nobody (1936) with Jane

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Withers, Dimples (1936) with Shirley Temple, Billy the Kid Returns (1938) with Roy Rogers, Everybody’s Hobby (1939), High School (1940), Star Dust (1940), All This, and Heaven Too (1940), The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942) with Mickey Rooney, The Postman Didn’t Ring (1942), Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942), and Nobody’s Darling (1943). She left ﬁlms during World War II to marry and raise a family. She studied art, and became noted for creating art exhibitions in the Newport Beach area from the late 1960s through the early 1980s. She was also co-owner of the TLK Gallery from 1982 to 1985.

HAISMAN, MERVYN British television writer Mervyn Haisman died in England on October 29, 2010. He was 82. Haisman was born in Woolwich, south London, England, on March 15, 1928. He began his career as an actor in the early 1960s, appearing in an episode of the television series No Hiding Place. He was best known for co-writing the three story arcs for the popular British science ﬁction series Doctor Who in 1967 and 1968, when Patrick Troughton starred as the Doctor. Haisman and Henry Lincoln (Henry Sosman) created the Yeti for the 1967 episode “The Abominable Snowmen.” They also scripted the Yeti’s return for the 1968 episode “The Web of Fear,” which also introduced

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the recurring character Alistair Gordon LethbridgeStewart, frequently referred to as The Brigadier. Haisman and Lincoln’s ﬁnal outing with Doctor Who was 1968’s “The Dominators,” which featured the alien villains the Quarks, though disagreements with the producers led to the episode being credited to the pseudonym Norman Ashby. The duo also scripted an episode of Emergency Ward 10, and co-wrote the 1968 horror ﬁlm The Crimson Cult (aka Curse of the Crimson Altar), one of Boris Karloff ’s ﬁnal ﬁlms. Haisman also wrote episodes of such series as Dr. Finlay’s Casebook, The Inside Man, The Expert, Codename, Ryan International, Hadleigh, The Intruder, Crown Court, The Carnforth Practice, Warship, Oil Strike North, Jubilee, The Onedin Line, Squadron, Jane which was adapted for the 1987 adventure ﬁlm Jane and the Lost City, The Pyrates, Howards’ Way, and A Twist in the Tale.

HALLBERG, NILS Swedish actor Nils Hallberg, whose ﬁlm career began as a child in the 1930s

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and continued through character roles in the 1970s, died in Sweden on October 8, 2010. He was 89. Hallberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on September 18, 1921. He began his career as a child actor in such ﬁlms as Anderssonskans Kalle (1934), The Girls’ Alfred (1935), Alla tiders Karlsson (1936), and We at Solglantan (1939). He graduated to supporting roles in the 1940s, with roles in Froken Kyrkratta (1941), Sun Over Klara (1942), My People Are Not Yours (1944), The People of Hemso (1944), Jagad (1945), You Who Are About to Enter (1945), The Girls in Smaland (1945), Harald Handfaste (1946), Lazy Lena and Blue Eyed Per (1947), The People

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from Simlangs Valley (1947), Dynamite (1947), Maria (1947), Soldier’s Reminder (1947), Two Women (1947), Port of Call (1948), Private Bom (1948), The Street (1949), Father Bom (1949), Customes Ofﬁcer Bom (1951), One Summer of Happiness (1951), Bom the Flyer (1952), Cafe Lunchrasten (1954), Storm over Tjuro (1954), Salka Valka (1954), Time of Desire (1954), The People of Hemso (1955), Nattbarn (1956), Lille Fridolf och Jag (1956), The Master Detective Lives Dangerously (1957), Mannequin in Red (1958), Lend Me Your Wife (1959), Ryttare i Blatt (1959), Ticket to Paradise (1962), Lady in White (1962), The Yellow Car (1963), Wild West Story (1964), Sailors (1964), Tofﬂan (1967), Firmafesten (1972), Brollopet (1973), and The Last Adventure (1974).

HALME, TONY Finnish boxer, actor, politician and professional wrestler Tony Halme, who was known as Ludvig Borga when he competed in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF/WWE), was found dead of a self-inﬂicted gunshot wound at his apartment in Helsinki, Finland, on January 10, 2010. He was 47. The coroner report indicated that he had been dead for two days before his body was discovered. Halme was born in Helsinki, on January 6, 1963. He was trained as a wrestler by Verne Gagne, and made his pro debut as The Viking with the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) in 1990. He spent the next several years competing in Japan, where he often teamed with Scott Norton. He was also featured as the Viking (Viikinki) in the Finnish version of the television series American Gladiators (Gladiaattorit) in the early 1990s. He joined the WWF in July of 1993 as Ludvig Borga,

where he battled such superstars as Lex Luger, Tatanka, and Razor Ramon. He suffered an ankle injury in early 1994, and left the WWE soon after. He subsequently competed with the Catch Wrestling Association, where he brieﬂy held the World Heavyweight Championship. Halme shifted from wrestling to Mixed Martial Arts, where he had the distinction of being the ﬁrst opponent to lose to Ultimate Fighting Championship legend Randy Couture in 1997. He also appeared in small roles a handful of action ﬁlms including Death Match (1994), Fist of the North Star (1995), Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995), American Tigers (1996), Whatever It Takes (1998), and Ponterosa (2001). He turned to politics in the early 2000s, where his right-wing libertarian views earned him a seat in the Finnish Parliament in 2003 as a candidate of the True Finns party. His controversial politics were compounded by his frequent legal difﬁculties resulting from drug and alcohol abuse. His mental and physical health continued to deteriorate and he was committed to a mental hospital in March of 2006. He completed his term with the Finnish Parliament later in the year and was granted a disability pension.

HAMER, JOSEPH Actor Joseph Hamer died in East Hampton, New York, on October 15, 2010. He was 78. Hamer was born in Dayton, Ohio, on July 29, 1932. He studied acting while in college, and was fea-

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tured in numerous radio and television commercials. He appeared frequently on the New York stage from the early 1960s, and made his Broadway debut in The Great White Hope in 1968. He also appeared on television in episodes of The Corner Bar, the soap opera Ryan’s Hope as a private detective in 1977, ABC Afterschool Specials, and Split Ends. Hamer was also featured in small roles in the ﬁlms The Sentinel (1977), It’s My Turn (1980), Paternity (1981), *batteries not included (1987), and Driving Me Crazy (1988).

HAMPLE , STUART Cartoonist and playwright Stuart Hample died of cancer at his home in Manhattan, New York, on September 19, 2010. He was 84. Hample was born in Binghamton, New York, on January 6, 1926. He served in the Submarine Service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, and began working in advertising after the war. He developed a routine as a musical cartoonist, sketching cartoons to music for children’s programs for symphony orchestras. He was soon hosting the Buffalo, New York, children’s television programs Cartoon Capers and Junior Jamboree. He became a regular performer on the CBS

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children’s program Captain Kangaroo as Mister Artist in the mid–1950s. He subsequently served as an assistant to cartoonist Al Capp from 1955 to 1956 before embarking on a career in advertising. He began illustrating the syndicated comic strip Rich and Famous in the mid–1970s. Hample created the comic strip Inside Woody Allen with the support and approval of the Oscar-winning comedian, which ran from 1976 to 1984. He soon began writing plays, with his Alms for the Middle Class premiering in Pittsburgh and Ro chester, New York. His ﬁnal work, All the Sincerity in Hollywood, about radio comedian Fred Allen, was completed shortly before his death.

HANEEFA, C OCHIN Indian Malayalam comic character actor Cochin Haneefa died of complications from kidney and liver related ailments in a Chennai, India, hospital in February 2, 2010. He was 58. He was born Saleem Ahmed Ghoush in Kochi, Kerala, India, on April 22, 1951. He began his ﬁlm career in the late 1970s, and soon became a leading comic actor in Malayalam ﬁlms. He also appeared in Tamil

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and Hindi features, and directed a handful as well. He appeared in nearly 400 ﬁlm during his forty year career including Aavesham (1979), Mamangam (1979), Sakthi (1980), Raktham (1981), Bhookambam (1983), Piriyilla Naam (1984), Ente Upasana (1984), Inakkilly (1984), Makan Ente Makan (1985), Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu (1986), Aankiliyude Tharattu (1987), Oru Sindoora Pottinte Ormaykku (1987), Cheppu (1987), Devasuram (1993), Mahanadi (1993), Bheesmacharya (1994), Mannar Mathai Speaking (1995), Thacholi Varghese Chekavar (1995), Hitler (1996), Azhakiya Ravanan (1996), Kala Pani (1996), Kaliveedu (1996), Aaram Thamburan (1997), Aniyathi Pravu (1997), Lelam (1997), Nagarapuranam (1997), Newspaper Boy (1997), Superman (1997), The Truth (1998), Harikrishnans (1998), Mangalya Pallakku (1998), Punjabi House (1998), Crime File (1999), Friends (1999), Njangal Santhushtaranu (1999), Udayapuram Sulthan (1999), Mr. Butler (2000), Citizen (2001), One Man Show (2001), Soothradharan (2001), Bamboo Boys (2002), Pranyamanithooval (2002), C.I.D. Moosa (2003), Satyaghath: Crime Never Pays (2003), Youth Festival (2004), Runway (2004), Anandabhadram (2005), Nerariyan CBI (2005), Ben Johnson (2005), Vacation (2005), Red Salute (2006), Janmam (2007), Paradesi (2007), Kichamani M.B.A. (2007), Mission 90 Days (2007), July 4 (2007), Sivaji (2007), Detective (2007), Inspector Garud (2007), Romeoo (2007), Bullet (2008), Twenty:20 (2008), He Who Is Victorious (2008), Parunthu (2008), Cycle (2008), Colors (2009), Madrasapattinam (2010), Loud Speaker (2009), and Ee Pattanathil Bhootham (2009).

HANNA, JAKE Drummer Jake Hanna, who was best known for playing with the Merv Grifﬁn television band in the 1960s and early 1970s, died of complications from bone marrow disease in a Los Angeles hospital on February 12, 2010. He was 78. Hanna was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, on April 4, 1931. He began playing the drums while in his teens. He served in the Air Force in the early 1950s, and joined Woody Herman’s band later in the decade. Hanna became drummer for Merv Grifﬁn’s television band in the early 1960s, and remained with the show until 1975. He continued to play with various groups during his career,

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including stints with Duke Ellington, Maynard Ferguson, Count Basie, Harry James, and the Marian McPartland Trio. Hanna also led a group with trombon-

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pa Christianshavn, Matador, Anthonsen, Kirsebaerhaven 89, and Alletiders Julemand. She starred as Karen in the series Morten Korch — Ved stillebaekken from 1999 to 2000.

H ARDING, R ICHMOND British television director Richmond Harding died in England on October 21, 2010. He was 87. Harding was born in Isleworth, London, in 1923. He served in the British military in Burma during World War II. He worked in ﬁlms from the late 1940s and was an assistant director on Scott of the Antarctic (1948), Passport to Pimlico (1949), Tight Little Island (aka Whisky Galore!) (1949), The Great Game (1953), and Appointment in London (1953). He produced and directed the 1961 television series The World of Tim Frazer, and helmed many of the early episodes of The Avengers, starring Patrick MacNee as John Steed and Honor Blackman as his ﬁrst female partner, Cathy Gale. Harding also directed episodes of Out of This World, Detective, Z Cars, and Coronation Street in the 1960s.

HANSEN, GYDA Danish actress Gyda Hansen died in Copenhagen, Denmark, on August 20, 2010. She was 72. Hansen was born in Denmark on February 7, 1938. She began her career in ﬁlm in the early 1960s and was seen in Et Dogn uden Logn (1963), Stov for alle Pengene (1963), Summer in Tyrol (1964), Fem Mand og Rosa (1964), It’s Nifty in the Navy (1965), Gys og Gaeve Tanter (1966), Soskende (1966), I Belong to Me (1967), In the Green of the Woods (1968), Think of a Number (1969), The Goldcabbage Family (1975), That Brief Summer (1976), The Marksman (1977), Krigernes Born (1979), Olsen-banden over alle Bjerge (1981), Koks i Kulissen (1983), The Man Who Wanted to Be Guilty (1990), Carlo & Ester (1994), Groovy Days (1996), Pusher (1996), Off Track (2000), and Above the Street, Below the Water (2009). Hansen also appeared on Danish television in productions of Enhver (1964), Vaegteren (1969), and Rundt pa Gulvet—Tendenser i Dansk Politik (1974). She was also seen in episodes of En by i Provinsen, Huset

HARLEY, GRAHAM Canadian actor Graham Harley died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 23, 2010. He was 68. Harley was born in England in 1942. He moved to the United States to teach before settling in Canada in the mid–1970s. He was a founder and artistic director of the Phoenix Theatre in Toronto and performed frequently on stage. Harley was seen frequently on television with roles in episodes in such series as Hangin’ In, Diamonds, Check it Out, Street Legal, Beyond Reality, Matrix, RoboCop, The Hardy Boys, Traders, Relic Hunter, The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, Leap Year, The Zack Files, Monk, Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye, Mutant X, Starhunter in the recurring role of Caravaggio, The Murdoch Mysteries, This Is Wonderland, Slings and Arrows as Cyril from 2003 to 2006, The Trojan Horse, Testees, Being Erica, and Wingin’ It. Harley was also the voice of Jarvis the butler in the 1999 animated version of Marvel’s The Avengers. He was also seen in the tele-ﬁlms Hot Paint (1993), My Breast (1994), Rich Deceiver (1995), Sugartime (1995), Daydream Believers: The Monkees’ Story (2000) as Davy’s dad, I Was a Rat (2001), Anne Rice’s The Feast of All Saints (2001), Eloise at the Plaza (2003), The Piano Man’s Daughter (2003), Shattered City: The Halifax Ex-

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ist Carl Fontana, and performed frequently with the group Supersax. He appeared in a cameo role in an episode of the television detective series Mike Hammer, Private Eye in 1998.

183 plosion (2003), Crimes of Fashion (2004), Four Minutes (2005), The Wives He Forgot (2006), and Nureyev (2009). Harley also appeared in several ﬁlms in his career including Perfectly Normal (1991), The Cutting Edge (1992), and First Degree (1996).

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he was an early collector and trader of recordings from the era. He also created his own radio programs, which were both broadcast and released on audio tapes under the banner Radio Rides Again. He served as West Coast editor for Marvel Comics’ Curtis magazine Monsters of the Movies, a short-lived rival to Warren’s Famous Monsters of Filmland, which ran for nine issues, including an annual, from 1973 to 1974. Many of his earlier short stories were reprinted in the 2004 collection Harmon’s Galaxy, and his sci-ﬁ novel, The Contested Earth, which he had originally written in 1959, saw print with several of his short stories in a volume in 2007. He was also an editor and writer for the anthology series It’s That Time Again in the early 2000s, which collected short ﬁction featuring old-time radio heroes in new adventures. Harmon contributed the tales Tom Mix and the Mystery of the Bodiless Horseman, Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Duplicate Daughter, The Avenger and the Maker of Werewolves, and Jack Armstrong and the Horde of Montezuma.

HARMON, JIM Author Jim Harmon, who was best known for his books on classic radio programs, died of a heart attack in Manhattan, New York, on February 16, 2010. He was 76. Harmon was born in Mount Carmel, Illinois, on April 21, 1933. He began writing science ﬁction tales in the early 1950s, and many of his stories were published in the pages of such digests as Amazing Stories, Galaxy Science Fiction, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and If. His horror novel, The Man Who Made Maniacs, was published by Epic Books in 1961. Represented by Forry Ackerman as his agent, he also penned western and mystery tales, and began writing adult erotica in the early 1960s, sometimes under the names Jamieson Harvey, Judson Grey, Jim Harvey, Jeff King, and Don Sheppard. He penned over 30 such titles, often with Ron Haydock, including Vixen Hollow (1961), The Man Who Made Maniacs (1961), The Celluloid Scandal (1961), …And Sudden Lust (1961), Wanton Witch (1961), Harlot Master (1961), Twilight Girls (1962), The Flesh Peddlers (1962), Abortion Mill (1962), Silent Siren (1962), Twist Session (1962), Passion Strip (1963), Lust for Lace (1963), Sex Burns Like Fire (1964), Sin Unlimited (1964), and Ape Rape (1964). Harmon and Haydock scripted and appeared in Ray Dennis Steckler’s cult ﬁlm The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters. He also wrote articles and ﬁction for Paul Blaisdell, Bob Burns, and Haydock’s magazine Fantastic Monsters of the Movies in the early 1960s. Harmon became best known as a pioneer radio historian with his 1967 volume The Great Radio Heroes. His other books on radio and popular culture include The Great Radio Comedians (1970), Jim Harmon’s Nostalgia Catalogue (1973), The Great Movie Serials (1973) with Don Glut, The Godzilla Book (1986), Radio & TV Premiums: A Guide to the History and Value of Radio and TV Premiums (1997), and Radio Mystery and Adventure and Its Appearances in Film, Television and Other Media (2003). Harmon’s interest in the Golden Age of radio continued throughout his life, and

HARO, VICENTE Veteran Spanish character actor Vicente Haro died in Madrid on April 16, 2010. He was 79. Haro was born in Madrid on November 1, 1930. He began his career on stage in the 1950s, and was a popular performer in ﬁlms and television in the 1960s and 1970s. Haro’s ﬁlm credits include Boton de Ancla (1961), Vampiresas 1930 (1962), Llovidos del Cielo (1962), Cerrado por Asesinato (1964), El Salario del Crimen (1964), Relaciones Casi Publicas (1968), Un Adulterio Decente (1969), Experiencia Prematrimonial (1972), Las Colocadas (1972), The Crimes of Petiot (1973), El Burlador de Sevilla (1976), The Anchorite (1976), El Senor esta Servido (1976), Pepito Piscina (1978), El Dia del Presidente (1979), Orquesta Club Virginia (1992), Expreso (1994), Tradicion Familiar — Soliloquios (1994), La Mujer de tu Vida 2: La Mujer Vacia (1994), Earth (1996), El Angel de la Guarda (1996), Corsarios del Chip (1996), El Tiempo de la Felicidad (1997), El Nacimiento de un Imperio (1998), Pepe Guindo (1999), Maestros (2000), The Mischievous Holidays (2001), Clara y Elena (2001), Snow Bordes (2003), 20 Centimeters (2005), and Welcome Home (2006). He also appeared frequently on Spanish television from the early 1960s, appearing in episodes of such series as Equipo de Vuelo, Primera Fila,

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Tengo un Libro en las Manos, Teatro de Familia, Estudio 3, Los Encuentros, Dichoso Mundo, Y al Final Esperanza, Historias de Hoy, El Tercer Rombo, Novela, Al Filo de lo Imposible, Teatro de Siempre, Pequeno Estudio, Hora Once, Cuentos y Leyendas, Primera Funcion, Los Ladrones van a la Oﬁcina, Pepa y Pepe, Farmacia de Guardia, La Casa de los Lios, Medico de Familia, Raquel Busca su Sitio, El Comisario, Hospital Central, Hermanos & Detectives, and U.C.O. He also starred as Felipe in the series Colegio Mayor from 1994 to 1996, and was Alfonso Medina in Al Salir de Clase from 1997 to 1999. Haro also appeared as Arsenio in Robles, Investigador from 2000 to 2001.

HARRIS, PHIL Phil Harris, the captain of the Cornelia Marie featured on the Discovery Channel’s reality series Deadliest Catch, died of a stroke in an Anchorage, Alaska, hospital on February 9, 2010. He was 53. Harris was born on December 21, 1956. His father was a ﬁsherman, and he began working on ﬁshing boats as a child. He owned and operated the ﬁshing boat

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Cornelia Marie out of Seattle from the mid–1990s. Harris and his sons, Josh and Jake, were featured frequently on the popular reality series Deadliest Catch, about the perilous voyages of a ﬂeet of crab-ﬁshing boats off Alaska’s coast, from 2006. He had suffered a stroke aboard his boat in the Alaskan port at St. Paul Island on January 29, 2010.

HASEGAWA, YUMIKO Japanese actress Yumiko Hasegawa died of metastic lung cancer in a Kanagawa, Japan, hospital on July 27, 2010. She was 85. Hasegawa was born in Tokyo on December 8, 1924. She began her ﬁlm career in the early 1950s, with roles in Genji Monogatari (1951), Suttobi Kago (1952), Yokubo (1953), The Crescent Moon (1955), Ghost Ship (1957), Daibosatsu Toge (1957), Yureisen: Zempen (1957), Yureisen: Kohen (1957), The Traveling Rufﬁan (1958), Drenched Swallow Gonpachi (1958), Kaze to Onna to Tabigarasu (1958), Daibosatsu Toge — Dai ni Bu (1958), Daibosatsu Toge — Kanketsu-hen (1959), Arega Minato no hi Da (1961), and Ako Roshi (1961). Hasegawa married actor Eiji Funakoshi in 1958, and she managed an inn in Yugawara, Kanagawa, Japan, after her ﬁlm career ended in the early 1960s. She was widowed in

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2007, and is survived by her son, actor Eiichiro Funakoshiu.

HASKELL, PETER Actor Peter Haskell, who appeared frequently on television from the 1960s, died at his home in Northridge, California, on April 12, 2010. He was 75. Haskell was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 15, 1934, the son of geophysicist Norman Haskell. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard, and spent two years in the U.S. Army from 1954 to 1956. He was soon performing on stage in Boston, Canada, and New York, where he appeared in the short-lived Off-Broadway play The Love Nest. Haskell began his long career on television in an episode of Death Valley Days in 1964, and was featured as Peter Jellicoe in the “Wolf 359” episode of The Outer Limits later in the year. He was also seen in episodes of Dr. Kildare, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Fugitive, 12 O’Clock High, Rawhide, Ben Casey, The Green Hornet, Combat!, The Iron Horse, Lassie in the recurring role of Chuck Conroy, Garrison’s Gorillas, Judd for the Defense, The Big Valley, Land of the Giants, Julia, The Interns, McCloud, Longstreet, Mary Tyler Moore, Mission: Impossible, Assignment Vienna, Mannix, Hawaii Five0, The F.B.I., Firehouse, Dr, Simon Locke, The Manhunter, Amy Prentiss, Cannon, The Streets of San Francisco, Khan!, Caribe, and Medical Center. Haskell starred as Kevin Grant in the ﬁlm industry-based television

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185 drama Bracken’s World from 1969 to 1970. He was Hollis Kirkland III in the daytime soap opera Ryan’s Hope from 1982 to 1983, and was Lloyd Kendall in Search for Tomorrow from 1983 to 1985. He was also seen in the tele-ﬁlms The Ballad of Andy Crocker (1969), Love Hate Love (1971), The Eyes of Charles Sand (1972), the 1972 Hallmark Hall of Fame production of The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Phantom of Hollywood (1974), The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer (1974), The Suicide Club (1974), Risko (1976), Rich Man, Poor Man — Book II (1976), The Night They Took Miss Beautiful (1977), Superdome (1978), The Jordan Chance (1978), Mandrake (1979), Disney’s Shadow of Fear (1979), The Cracker Factory (1979), The Fantastic Seven (1979), Maid for Each Other (1992), A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story (1992), Once You Meet a Stranger (1996), and Sex and Lies in Sin City (2008). His other television credits include episodes of The Bionic Woman, Charlie’s Angels, Fantasy Island, This Is the Life, The Duke, B.J. and the Bear, Shirley, Barnaby Jones, Insight, The Love Boat, Hart to Hart, Vega$, The Fall Guy, Code Red, Father Murphy, The A-Team, Rituals, Blacke’s Magic, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Too Close for Comfort, MacGyver, Hunter, The Colbys, The Law and Harry McGraw, Murder, She Wrote, Jake and the Fatman, Christine Cromwell, Booker, Columbo, Babes, Matlock, Room for Two, Dark Justice, Danger Theatre, Diagnosis Murder, Frasier, Philly, JAG, The Closer, Cold Case, and ER. Haskell appeared in a handful of feature ﬁlms during his career including Christina (1974), The Legend of Earl Durand (1974), 40 Days of Musa Dagh (1982), and Riding the Edge (1989). He starred as Mr. Sullivan in the 1990 horror ﬁlm Child’s Play 2 and the 1991 sequel Child’s Play 3, and was Rooney in the 1993 sci-ﬁ ﬁlm Robot Wars.

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Das Lied vom Trompeter (1964), Mohr und die Raben von London (1968), Die Hosen des Ritters Bredow (1973), Scenes of Fires (1978), Achilles Heel (1978), Bei Mir Liegen Sie Richtig (1990), Sun Alley (1999), NVA (2005), Im Schwitzkasten (2005), and Dinosaurier (2009). Haussmann also performed frequently on Germany television in such productions as Drei Kriege (1963), Keine Hochzeit Ohne Ernst (1976), Das Unsichtbare Visier (1977), Scharnhorst (1978), Hunted (1979), Abschied vom Frieden (1979), Martin Luther (1983), Die Lieben Luder (1983), Aussenseiter (1985), Sachsens Glanz und Preussens Gloria: Bruhl (1985), Die Glaserne Fackel (1989), Pension Corona (1990), Birkenhof & Lerchenau (1994), Amerika (1996), Die Konkurrentin (1997), Deutschlandspiel (2000), Liebe Pur (2000), and John Gabriel Borkman (2000). His other television credits include episodes of Polizeiruf 110, Abenteuer Airport as Carsten Wolf, Praxis Bulowbogen, Harry & Sunny, Adelheid und ihre Morder, Im Names des Gesetzes, Unser Charly, In Aller Freundschaft, Abschnitt 40, and The Last Cop.

HAVOC, JUNE Actress June Havoc, who began her career as a child vaudeville star, died at her home in Stamford, Connecticut, on March 28, 2010. She was 97. She was born Ellen Evangeline Hovick in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on November 8, 1912. She and her older sister, Louise, began performing on the vaudeville circuit at an early age, pushed by their overbearing mother, Rose Thompson Hovick. Havoc was originally billed as Baby June, and became a singing and dancing sensation on the vaudeville stage.

HAUSSMANN, EZARD German actor Ezard Haussmann died in Berlin, Germany, on November 6, 2010. He was 75. Haussmann was born in Potsdam, Germany, on February 10, 1935. He began working on stage with the State Theater in Detmold, Germany, in the 1950s, and studied acting in Berlin. He became one of the leading theatrical performers on the Berlin stage. He was featured in several ﬁlms during his long career including Eine alte Liebe (1959), Five Cartridges (1960), June Havoc (as Baby June)

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She appeared in Hal Roach ﬁlm shorts with Harold Lloyd, and headlined her own act as Dainty June and Her Newsboys. She eloped with one of her chorus dancers in her teens and abandoned the vaudeville stage. Her sister had become the famed burlesque stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, and the two girls’ early life was loosely recounted in Louise’s memoirs. The hit Broadway musical, Gypsy, and subsequent ﬁlm soon followed, though June felt she was unfairly treated by her depiction. Her early marriage to Bobby Reed did not last long, but they continued to work together on the dance marathon circuit during the Great Depression. She also began working as a model in New York, and performed

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on the local stage. She made her Broadway debut in a small role in the short-lived musical Forbidden Melody in 1936. She starred with Van Johnson and Gene Kelly in the Broadway hit Pal Joey in 1940, and soon had a ﬁlm contract with RKO. She continued to work in ﬁlms over the next decade, usually in supporting roles. She was seen in Four Jacks and a Jill (1942), Sing Your Worries Away (1942), Powder Town (1942), My Sister Eileen (1942), No Time for Love (1943), Hello Frisco, Hello (1943), Hi Diddle Diddle (1943), Timber Queen (1944), Casanova in Burlesque (1944), Brewster’s Millions (1945), Gentleman’s Agreement (1947) as Gregory Peck’s secretary, Intrigue (1947) with George Raft, The Iron Curtain (1948), When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948), Red, Hot and Blue (1949), Chicago Deadline (1949), The Story of Molly X (1949), Mother Didn’t Tell Me (1950), Once a Thief (1950), Follow the Sun (1951), Lady Possessed (1952), and Three for Jamie Dawn (1956). She also remained active on stage, replacing Ethel Merman in the 1944 Broadway production of Sadie Thompson, and starring in the 1945 drama The Ryan Girl. Havoc also appeared frequently on television from the early 1950s with roles in such series as The Milton Berle Show, The Fred Waring Show, Four Star Revue, The Colgate Comedy Hour, The NBC Comedy Hour, Cavalcade of Stars, Somerset Maugham TV Theatre, Cameo Theatre, Celanese Theatre, Pulitzer Prize Playhouse, Hollywood Opening Night, Medallion Theatre, General Electric Theater, Fireside Theatre, The Errol Flynn Theatre, Willy as Wilma “Willy” Dodger, Robert Montgomery Presents, Lux Video Theatre, Producers’ Showcase, Studio One, Panic!, Kraft Television Theatre, The United States Steel Hour, The Untouchables, Burke’s Law, and The Outer Limits. Havoc received a Tony Award nomination for directing the 1963 Broadway play Marathon 33, based on her memoir on the era of dance marathons. She also hosted her own television series, The June Havoc Show, in 1964, and returned to Broadway in a revival of Dinner at Eight in 1966. She was featured in the tele-ﬁlms The Boy Who Stole the Elephant (1970) and Nightside (1973), and appeared in episodes of McMillan & Wife, The Paper Chase, Search for Tomorrow, General Hospital, and Murder, She Wrote. She was also seen in the occasional ﬁlm including The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977) as Hoover’s mother, Can’t Stop the Music

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(1980), and the horror ﬁlm A Return to Salem’s Lot (1987) as Aunt Clara. She made her ﬁnal Broadway appearance in 1982, taking over the role of Miss Hannigan in the original production of Annie. She toured with the stage show An Unexpected Evening with June Havoc in the early 1980s, and starred in the 1995 Off Broadway comedy The Old Lady’s Guide to Survival. Havoc married aspiring writer Donald Stanley Gibbs after her teenage elopement, but they divorced before she went to Hollywood in the early 1940s. She was married to radio and television producer William Spier from 1947 until his death in 1973. She had one child, a daughter, who appeared in several ﬁlms in the 1950s under the name April Kent including The Incredible Shrinking Man, and died in 1998. Havoc wrote a memoir, Early Havoc, in 1959, and a follow-up, More Havoc, in 1980.

H AWKINS, D ALE Rockabilly singer Dale Hawkins, who was best known for his 1957 hit “SusieQ,” died of colon cancer in a Little Rock, Arkansas, hospital on February 13, 2010. He was 73. Hawkins was born in Goldmine, Louisiana, on August 22, 1936. He signed with Chess Records in 1956, and also recorded the singles “My Babe,” “La-Do-Dada,” and “Tornado,” though none had the success of “Susie-Q.”

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He became a record producer in the 1960s, overseeing the Five Americans’ “Western Union” and John Fred & the Playboy Band’s “Judy in Disguise (With Glasses). He overcame a battle with drug addiction, and left music for awhile to tour as a motivational speaker. He returned to open a recording studio in Little Rock in the mid–1980s, and soon began performing again. He released the album Wildcat Trainer in 1999.

HAWKINS, WALTER Gospel singer Walter Hawkins died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Ripon, California, on July 11, 2010. He was 61. Hawkins was born in Oakland, California, on May 18, 1949. He began singing gospel as a child, and performed with his brother’s Edwin Hawkins Singers on such hits as “Oh Happy Day.” Walter left the Edwin Hawkins Singers in the early 1970s to create the Love Center Church in Oakland, California. He and the choir had numerous hits and earned a Grammy Award for their rendition

187 of “The Lord’s Prayer” in 1980. Hawkins also had success with his Love Alive series of recordings from the 1980s through his death.

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Checkmate, Laramie, Ben Casey, Rawhide, The Defenders, Breaking Point, The Great Adventure, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and The High Chaparral. He also scripted several ﬁlms including Reprisal! (1956), No Time to Be Young (1957), the Three Stooges comedy Have Rocket—Will Travel (1959), and Hey Boy! Hey Girl! (1959). He shared an Academy Award nomination for writing the 1964 ﬁlm One Potato, Two Potato. He also scripted over a dozen episodes of the television series Daniel Boone before retiring in the late 1960s.

HAYWARD, RICHIE Rock drummer Richie Hayward, who was a founding member of the Little Feat band, died of complications from liver cancer and respiratory problems in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, on August 12, 2010. He was 64. Hayward was born in Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 6, 1946. He moved to Southern California in the mid–1960s, where Walter Hawkins

HAYES, LUCKY Actress Lucky Hayes died in Scottsdale, Arizona, on April 9, 2010. She was 72. Hayes was born in Houston, Texas, on October 27, 1937. She began her acting career after raising a family in the 1970s. She was featured in the ﬁlms Speedtrap (1977) and Legend of the Wild (1981). She also appeared

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on television in an episode of The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, and in several tele-ﬁlms including Young Pioneers (1976), The Oregon Trail (1976), Shattered Innocence (1988), The Gifted One (1989), and The Truth About Jane (2000). Hayes was a leader in the Arizona branch of the Screen Actors Guild from the early 1990s.

HAYES, RAPHAEL Film and television writer Raphael Hayes died in Arlington, Virginia, on August 14, 2010. He was 95. Hayes was born on March 2, 1915. He began writing for television in the early 1950s and penned episodes of such series as Fireside Theatre, Cameo Theatre, The Adventures of Ellery Queen, Crime Photographer, Out There, Lights Out, Danger Lux Video Theatre, The U.S. Steel Hour, Suspense, The Kate Smith Hour, Studio One, Steve Canyon, Sugarfoot, Zane Grey Theater, Pony Express, Big Story, Deadline, The Alaskans,

he was a member of the bands The Fraternity of Man and The Factory. He played with vocalist and guitarist Lowell George in the latter group, and they were featured as an old–West version of the Beatles, the Bedbugs, in a 1967 episode of the western sit-com F Troop. Hayward reunited with George in 1969 in Little Feat, which also included keyboardist Bill Payne and bassist Roy Estrada. The band had several line-up changes before scoring major hits with the albums Dixie Chicken (1973) and Feats Don’t Fail Me Now (1974). Hayward remained with the group until Lowell George’s death in 1979, and completed the album Down on the Farm. He continued to record and perform with numerous artists including Robert Plant, Warren Zevon, Taj Mahal, Bob Seger, and Carly Simon. Little Feat reformed in 1987 with Craig Fuller as lead vocalist, with Hayward back on drums, and scored a major hit with the album Let It Roll. Fuller left in 1993, and the band continued with Shaun Murphy fronting the group for the 1995 album Ain’t Had Enough Fun. Hayward remained a ﬁxture with Little Feat until he was sidelined with liver disease in August of 2009.

HE PING PING Chinese primordial dwarf He Ping Ping, who was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s shortest man at 2'5", died of heart complications in a Rome, Italy, hospital

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on March 15, 2010. He was 21. He was born in Wulanchabu, in northern China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on July 13, 1988. He was diagnosed with the bone deformity osteogenesis imperfecta, a form of primordial dwarﬁsm, as a child. He was recognized by Guinness as the World’s Shortest Man after appearing on a television program in Tokyo, Japan, in January of 2007. He met Bao Xishun, the world’s tallest man, in

and the Marigolds. His brother was killed in a knife ﬁght outside a Nashville nightclub on November 23, 1963. Bobby went on to write the song “Sunny,” which was a major hit for him in the mid–1960s and was later recorded by such artists as Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Cher, Wilson Pickett, Dusty Springﬁeld, and many others. Hebb also had minor hits with the songs “A Satisﬁed Mind” and “Love Me,” and penned Lou Rawls’ 1971 hit “A Natural Man.” He recorded “Love Games” in 1970, and returned to the studio 35 years later for 2005’s “That’s All I Wanna Know.”

HENCZ, JAN Polish actor Jan Hencz died in Lodz, Poland, on September 25, 2010. He was 64. Hencz was born in Lodz on August 13, 1946. He trained in theater in Krakow, and made his stage debut in the early 1970s. He began his ﬁlm career in the early 1980s, with such credits as Hit the Bank (1981), Austeria (1982),

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a media event the following July. He was featured on the British television documentary The World’s Smallest Man and Me with Mark Dolan on May of 2008. He appeared in London with Svetlana Pankratova, the world’s longest-legged woman, in September of 2008, to publicize the release of the 2009 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records. He was in Rome ﬁlming an episode of The Record Show when he was stricken with chest pains. He was featured in an episode of television reality series The Amazing Race shortly after his death.

HEBB, BOBBY Singer and songwriter Bobby Hebb, who wrote and recorded the 1960s hit “Sunny,” died of lung cancer in a Nashville, Tennessee, hospital on August 3, 2010. He was 72. Hebb was born in Nashville on July 26, 1938. He began performing with his older brother Harold when they were children. He later played with Roy Acuff ’s band and Johnny Bragg

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Alabama (1985), Cudowne Dziecko (1987), And the Violins Stopped Playing (1988), Patarej (1988), To Kill at the End (1990), Flying Machines Against Mr. Motor Car (1991), The Junction (1999), Inland Empire (2006), The Little Moscow (2008), Little Rose (2010), and Fenomen (2010). He appeared frequently on Polish television in recent years, starring as the Judge in Magda M. from 2005 to 2007 and as Fryderyk Struzik in Barwy Szczescia in 2007.

HERZOG, ARTHUR, III Writer Arthur Herzog, III, who was best known for his killer bee thriller The Swarm, died of complications of a stroke in Southampton, New York, on May 26, 2010. He was 83. Herzog was born in Manhattan, New York, on April 6, 1927, the son of songwriter Arthur Herzog, Jr., who cowrote the song “God Bless the Child” with Billie Holiday. The younger Herzog attended Stanford and Columbia, where he earned a master’s degree in English literature. He began writing articles for various magazines, and was noted for 1966 book The War-Peace Establishment concerning nuclear disarmament. His best known novel was 1974’s The Swarm, about a killer bee invasion of the United States. An all-star cast that included Henry Fonda, Michael Caine, and Fred MacMurray populated the 1978 ﬁlm version. Herzog’s other

189 works include the sci-ﬁ thriller IQ 83 (1978), the biography Vesco (1987), and the true crime book A Murder in Our Town (2007).

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man, Quantum Leap, Burke’s Law, Matlock, Diagnosis Murder, Deadly Games, Weird Science, Beverly Hills, 90210, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Hibler also directed the 2002 tele-ﬁlm A Town Without Pity.

H ICKENLOOPER, GEORGE Film director George Hickenlooper, who earned an Emmy Award for 1991’s Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse, about the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, died in his sleep of a heart attack in Denver, Colorado, on October 29, 2010. He was 47. Hickenlooper was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on May 25, 1963. He earned a degree in history and ﬁlm studies from Yale University in 1986, and worked as an intern for Roger Corman. He made his directorial debut with the 1988 documentary Art, Acting, and the Suicide Chair: Dennis Hopper. He went on to direct the ﬁlm-themed Arthur Herzog, III

HIBLER, CHRISTOPHER Film and television director Christopher Hibler died in Los Angeles on December 8, 2010. He was 68. Hibler was born in Los Angeles on August 2, 1942, the son of Disney director Winston Hibler. Christopher followed in his father’s footsteps when he was hired by Disney Studios in the 1960s. He served as an assistant director on such productions as The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968), The Love Bug (1968), Rascal (1969), Secrets of the Pirate’s Inn (1969), The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969), The Boatniks (1970), The Million Dollar Duck (1971), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), Now You See Him, Now You Don’t (1972), Snowball Express (1972), and Charlie and The Angel (1973). Hibler was associate producer and second unit director for The Castaway Cowboy (1974) and Return of the Big Cat (1974). He was also a producer for the ﬁlms Gus (1976) and Hot Lead and Cold Feet (1978). He served as assistant director of the tele-ﬁlms Evita Peron (1981) and World War III (1982), and episodes of The Greatest American Hero. Hibler was a proliﬁc television director from the mid–1980s, helming episodes of Cover Up, Moonlighting, Remington Steele, A Different World, Max Monroe, Father Dowling Mysteries, Sisters, Tequila and Bonetti, Jake and the Fat-

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documentaries Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991) and Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas (1991). He made his feature ﬁlm debut with the Civil War era supernatural thriller The Killing Box (aka Ghost Brigade) starring Martin Sheen and Corbin Bernsen. He also helmed the 1994 short ﬁlm Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade, starring Billy Bob Thornton, who adapted it for the feature, Sling Blade, two years later. He directed the dramas Dogtown (1997) and The Man from Elysian Fields (2001), and Factory Girl (2006), starring Sienna Miller as ill-fated Andy Warhol starlet Edie Sedgwick. He also helmed the documentaries Crosstown Trafﬁc (1995), The Low Life (1995), Persons Unknown (1996), The Big Brass Ring (1997), Monte Hellman: American Auteur (1997), Mayor of Sunset Strip (2003), Bizarre Love Triangle (2005), Speechless (2008), Out in the City (2009), and “Hick” Town (2009). His ﬁnal ﬁlm was 2010’s Casino Jack, starring Kevin Spacey as disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

H ICKLENTON , JOHN British comic artist John Hicklenton, who was best known for his work on the Judge Dredd series, died of complications from multiple sclerosis at an assisted suicide clinic in Schwerzenbach, Switzerland, on March 19, 2010. He was 42. Hicklenton was born in Brighton, East Sussex, England, on May 8, 1967. He began working with Pat Mills on

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Judge Dredd and Nemesis the Warlock in the comic magazine 2000 AD in the late 1980s. He also drew the ZombieWorld comic for Dark Horse under the name John Deadstock. Hicklenton was diagnosed with multiple

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sclerosis in 2000, and a documentary about his battle with the disease, Here’s Johnny, debuted in 2008. His ﬁnal graphic novel, 100 Months, was published in 2010.

HIGH, MAURY Wrestler Maury High, who was best known as Rocket Monroe, younger brother of Sputnik Monroe, in tag teams in the late 1960s, died of a blood infection at his home on June 7, 2010. He was 69. High was born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1941. He began his career in wrestling under the name Rocky Montez in 1960, and was soon Arkansas State champion. Several years later he became the second wrestler to compete as Sputnik Monroe’s “brother,” Rocket,

a mask as El Hijo de Cien Caras, was shot to death with a female companion while sitting in a car in Coyoacan, Mexico City, on November 29, 2010. He was 32. Jimenez was born in Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico, on February 24, 1978. The younger brother of wrestler Adolfo Tapia, the ﬁrst La Parka, began wrestling in Mexico as the masked Suplex in 2001. He began competing as El Hijo de Cien Caras (“the son of Cien Caras”) in 2005, after purchasing the rights to the name from the original Cien Caras despite not being related. He soon teamed with Cien Caras, Jr., who was also no relation, as Los Junior Dinamitas, and they made a successful tag team. They wrestled with the International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG) from 2007, where they frequently teamed with Mascara Ano 2000 Jr. and El Hijo de Masscara Ano 2000 (who were both, actually, nephews of Cien Caras). Jimenez continued to team frequently with Mascara Ano 2000 Jr., holding tag team championships until shortly before his death.

HINES, MAURICE, SR. Drummer Maurice Hines, Sr., who toured with his tap-dancing sons Maurice Jr. and Gregory as Hines, Hines and Dad, died in a hospice-care facility in Las Vegas on July 27, 2010. He was 88. Hines was born in North Carolina on February 9, 1922. He served in the Merchant Marine during World War II, and settled in Harlem after the war. His sons began performing as the Hines Kids at Harlem’s

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following Bill Fletcher. Sputnik and Rocket were a leading tag team in the late 1960s, holding championships in Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi. He later teamed with Gene Dundee, who wrestled as Flash Monroe, in the Gulf Coast promotion in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He also reunited with Sputnik and Norvell Austin in the early 1970s.

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Apollo Theater in the 1950s. When they decided to sing as well as dance in their act, they added their father as Hines, Hines and Dad in 1963. The trio performed in nightclubs in New York and Las Vegas, and were frequently featured on such television variety shows as The Hollywood Palace, The Pearl Bailey Show, The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show, and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. After the group split in 1973, the elder Hines ran a gourmet restaurant in Las Vegas’ Thunderbird Hotel. He served as a consultant on Francis Ford Coppola’s 1984 ﬁlm The Cotton Club, which also featured his sons. Gregory Hines died in 2003, and Maurice Jr. continues to perform and choreograph on Broadway.

HITO, MR. Japanese wrestler Katsuji Adachi, who was best known in the ring as Mr. Hito, died of complications from diabetes in Osaka, Japan, on April 20, 2010. He was 67. Adachi was born in Osaka on April 25, 1942. He began wrestling in Japan in the mid–1950s while still in his teens, and was a leading competitor with the Japan Wrestling Association in the

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Vantage Point (2008), The Uninvited (2009), Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts (2009), Case 39 (2009), Hot Tub Time Machine (2010), Charlie St. Cloud (2010), Frankie and Alice (2010), and Death Race: Frankenstein Lives (2011). He also worked on the television productions The Magician’s House (2000), The Collector (2005), Impact (2008), The L Word (2009), and The Lost Future (2010). He was working on the forthcoming series Camelot at the time of his death.

HOEHN, TOMMY Musician and songwriter Tommy Hoehn died of cancer in Memphis, Tennessee, on June 24, 2010. He was 57. Hoehn was the son of a leading Memphis businessman abandoned the family auto dealership to pursue a career in music in the 1960s. He recorded the single “Blow Yourself Up” in 1975, and released the albums Spacebreak (1977), Losing You

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1960s. He came to the United States where he competed as Tokyo Joe in a tag team with Kung Fu Lee in the NWA Central States region in 1973. He wrestled frequently with Stampede Wrestling in Canada as Mr. Hito, where he held the tag titles several times with such partners as Gil Hayes, Michel Martel, and Mr. Sakurada. He and Sakurada were also tag champions in Florida’s Championship Wrestling and Texas’ World Class Wrestling in 1979 and 1980. He held several singles titles with Stampede before retiring in 1986.

HODGSON, STEVEN Special effects supervisor Steven Hodgson died in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on June 16, 2010 on the set of the television series Camelot after a long battle with cancer. He was 50. Hodgson was born in Bellshill, Scotland, on October 6, 1959. He began working in ﬁlms and television as a visual effects supervisor in the late 1990s. He was based primarily out of Vancouver for his work on such ﬁlms as Air Bud 3 (2000), MVP: Valuable Primate (2000), MVP: Most Vertical Primate (2001), Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch (2002), Devour (2005), Firewall (2006), Shattered (2007), Married Life (2007),

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to Sleep (1978), and I Do Love the Light (1981). He sang background with Big Star’s Third/Sister Lovers album, and performed with band founders Alex Chilton and Chris Bell, co-writing the song “Cuba” with Bell. His recordings received more notoriety in Europe than they did locally, promoting Hoehn to near cult status overseas. He was largely inactive musically during the 1980s while living in Nashville, but began recording again after returning to Memphis in the mid–1990s. He released several albums on the Frankenstein label includ-

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ing Of Moons & Fools (1997), Hailstone Holiday (1997), Turning Dance (1997), and Blue Orange (2002) with Val Duren.

HOFMANN, PETER German operatic tenor Peter Hofmann died of complications from Parkinson’s disease in a Selb, Bavaria, Germany, hospital on November 30, 2010. He was 66. Hoffman was born in Marienbad, Germany (now Marianske Lazne, Czech Republic), on August 22, 1944. He began singing in a rock band in the 1960s before training for opera. He made his operatic debut in Lubeck in 1972, and performed frequently at the Bayreuth Festival from 1976. James P. Hogan

Martian Knightlife (2001), The Anguished Dawn (2003), Mission to Minerva (2005), The Two Moons (2006), The Two Worlds (2006), Echoes of an Alien Sky (2007), Moon Flower (2008), and Migration (2010).

HOLCH, ARTHUR Documentary ﬁlmmaker Arthur Holch died of heart failure in a Greenwich, Connecticut, hospital on September 23, 2010. He was 86. Holch was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on March 13, 1924. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, and began working as a news reporter after his Peter Hofmann

He was best known for his roles in the works of Wagner, starring in productions of Siegmund in Der Ring des Nibelungen and in the title role in Lohengrin. He performed at venues throughout Europe and the United States, including the Metropolitan Opera from 1980 until 1989. He also starred in a Hamburg production of the musical The Phantom of the Opera from 1990 to 1991. Hofmann retired from performing in 1999.

HOGAN , J AMES P. British science ﬁction author James P. Hogan died at his home in Ireland on July 12, 2010. He was 69. Hogan was born in London on June 27, 1941, and trained as engineer in his teens. He worked in sales and engineering for several companies in Europe before moving to Massachusetts with Digital Equipment Corporation in 1977. He published his ﬁrst novel, Inherit the Stars, later that year, and left DEC to work as a full-time writer in 1979. He was noted for incorporating hard science in his ﬁction, which often took on an anti-authoritarian or anarchist point of view. His early novels include The Gentle Giants of Ganymede (1978), The Genesis Machine (1978), The Two Faces of Tomorrow (1979), Thrice Upon a Time (1980), Giants’ Star (1981), The Minervan Experiment (1981), Voyage from Yesteryear (1982), Code of the Lifemaker (1983), The Proteus Operation (1985), Endgame Enigma (1987), The Mirror Maze (1989), The Inﬁnity Gambit (1991), Entroverse (1991), The Multiplex Man (1992), Realtime Interrupt (1995), The Immortality Option (1995), Paths to Otherwhere (1996), Bug Park (1997), Star Child (1998), Cradle of Saturn (1999), Outward Bound (1999), The Legend That Was Earth (2000),

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discharge. He worked for CBS radio and NBC television in the 1950s before forming Round Hill Productions. He scripted the Emmy-nominated documentary Walk in My Shoes which aired on ABC in 1961. He also produced the documentaries The Beautiful Blue and Red Danube (1967), Chile: Experiment in Red (1972), Cuba: The Castro Generation (1977), Warlords: Rommel —The Strange Death of the Desert Fox (1981), and The Warlords — Hitler’s Master Race —The Mad Dream of the S.S. (1981). He earned an Emmy for the 1992 HBO documentary Heil Hitler! Confessions of a Hitler Youth.

HOLCOMBE, BILL Composer Wilford “Bill” L. Holcombe, Jr., who scored the 1960s horror ﬁlms Horror of Party Beach and Curse of the Living Corpse, died in Trenton, New Jersey, on April 25, 2010. He was

193 85. Holcombe was born in Trenton, New Jersey, on November 9, 1924. He studied the ﬂute at New York’s Juilliard School, and earned a degree in musicology from the University of Pennsylvania. He worked as a composer and arranger for such artists as Tommy

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Dorsey, Tex Beneke, and Peter Nero, and with numerous symphony orchestras around the world. He composed the scores for several low-budget ﬁlms in the 1960s including Wild Is My Love (1963), Violent Midnight (1963), Curse of the Living Corpse (1964), and The Horror of Party Beach (1964), for which he also wrote the songs “Joy Ride,” “You Are Not a Summer Love,” and “The Zombie Stomp.” He founded Musicians Publications, a leading distributor of sheet music, in the mid–1970s.

HOPPER, D ENNIS Actor Dennis Hopper, who directed and starred in the 1969 counterculture anthem Easy Rider in 1969 and became a respected character actor later in his career, died of complications from prostate cancer at his home in Venice, California, on May 29, 2010. He was 74. Hopper was born in Dodge City, Kansas, on May 17, 1936. He moved to San Diego, California, with his family in the late 1940s. He began studying at the local Old Globe Theater while attending high school. He soon signed with Warner Brothers, and was featured in a small role in the 1955 youth classic Rebel Without a Cause (1955) with James Dean. He appeared in the ﬁlm I Died a Thousand Times (1955) and starred as Jordan Benedict III, the son of Rock Hudson’s wealthy rancher, in 1956’s Giant. Hopper was outlaw Billy Clanton in Gunﬁght at the O.K. Corral (1957), and was Napoleon Bonaparte in 1957’s The Story of Mankind. He was also seen in the ﬁlms From Hell to Texas (1958), The Young Land (1959), and Key Witness (1960). Hopper starred as Johnny Drake in Curtis Harrington’s 1961 cult psychological horror ﬁlm Night Tide. He appeared frequently on television from the 1950s, with roles in such series as Cavalcade of America, The Public Defender, Medic, The Loretta Young Show, Kings Row, Screen Directors Playhouse, The Kaiser Aluminum Hour, Cheyenne, Conﬂict, Sugarfoot, Studio One, Pursuit, Zane Grey Theater, The Riﬂeman, The Lineup, The Betty Hutton Show, The Mil-

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lionaire, The Barbara Stanwyck Show, Naked City, 87th Precinct, The Investigators, General Electric Theater, Surfside 6, The Twilight Zone, The Dakotas, Wagon Train, Espionage, The Defenders, The Greatest Show on Earth, Petticoat Junction, Arrest and Trial, Bonanza, The Lieutenant, Gunsmoke, Convoy, The Legend of Jesse James, The Time Tunnel, Combat!, The Guns of Will Sonnett, and The Big Valley. He went to New York in the early 1960s, where he studied under Lee Strasberg. A friend of pop artist Andy Warhol, Hopper appeared in several of his off beat ﬁlms including Tarzan and Jane Regained … Sort of (1964) and The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys (1964). He returned to Hollywood to appear in the 1965 western The Sons of Katie Elder with John Wayne, and co-starred in the sci-ﬁ/horror Queen of Blood (1966). He was featured in Roger Corman’s cult drug classic The Trip with Peter Fonda in 1967, and was seen in the ﬁlms Cool Hand Luke (1967) with Paul Newman, The Glory Stompers (1968), Hang ’Em High (1968) with Clint Eastwood, Panic in the City (1968), and True Grit (1969) with John Wayne. Hopper had become close friends with Peter Fonda, and they teamed with Terry Southern to script Easy Rider (1969), about two counterculture bikers who go on a road trip from Los Angeles to New Orleans in search of America (and good drugs). Hopper also directed, and costarred with Fonda and Jack Nicholson. He shared an Academy Award nomination for co-writing the screenplay. His next project was 1971’s The Last Movie, a hallucinogenic epic shot with a band of hippies in Peru about the making of a ﬁlm. It was panned by critics and proved a box-ofﬁce ﬂop. Hopper’s own increasing drug use made it difﬁcult for him to ﬁnd work in Hollywood. He was featured in Orson Welles’ unﬁnished 1972 ﬁlm The Other Side of the Wind, and in Crush Proof (1972) and Kid Blue (1973). He starred in the title role of the Australian western crime drama Mad Dog Morgan (1976), and was 1st Sgt. Jack Falen in Henry Jaglom’s Tracks (1977). Hopper was featured in several European ﬁlms toward the end of the decade including The American Friend (1977), The Sorceror’s Apprentice (1977), Flesh Color (1978), Last In, First Out (1978), and Bloodbath (1979). He returned to prominence as a manic photojournalist in Francis Ford Coppola’s Vietnam War magnum opus Apocalypse Now. Hopper di-

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rected and starred in the 1981 drama Out of the Blue, and was Rev. Tom Hartley in the 1981 fantasy thriller Reborn. He was also seen in the ﬁlms King of the Mountain (1981), Neil Young’s Human Highway (1982), Coppola’s Rumble Fish (1983), Sam Peckinpah’s The Osterman Weekend (1983), the German punk rock ﬁlm White Star (1983), Jungle Warriors (1984), and The Inside Man (1984). Hopper entered a drug rehabilitation program in 1983, and continued his ﬁlm career with roles in My Science Project (1985), O.C. and Stiggs (1985), A Hero of Our Time (1985), Riders of the Storm (1986), and the 1986 sequel The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 as Lt. Lefty Enright. He earned acclaim for his performance as a drug dealer in the 1986 slacker crime drama River’s Edge and as the drug-addicted obscenity spouting Frank Black in David Lynch’s off-beat thriller Blue Velvet (1986). He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as alcoholic former small-town basketball star Wilbur “Shooter” Flatch in 1986’s Hoosiers. He provided the voice of The Storyteller in the late 1980s animated series of Rabbit Ears children’s ﬁlms based upon the works of Hans Christian Andersen, and hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live in 1987. He returned to directing with the 1988 cop drama Colors starring Sean Penn and Robert Duvall. Hopper continued to appear in onscreen in character roles in such ﬁlms as The Pickup Artist (1987), Straight to Hell (1987), Black Widow (1987), Running Out of Luck (1987), Chattahoochee (1989), Blood Red (1989), Flashback (1990), Catchﬁre (1990) which he also directed under the pseudonym Alan Smithee, Eye of the Storm (1991), The Indian Runner (1991), Sunset Heat (1992), Red Rock West (1993), the 1993 screen adaptation of the video game Super Mario Bros. as the villainous King Koopa, and Boiling Point (1993). He shared a memorable scene opposite Christopher Walken in the crime drama True Romance (1993), and was crazed bomber Howard Payne in the 1994 action thriller Speed with Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. Hopper’s other ﬁlms include Chasers (1994) which he also directed, the off-beat Search and Destroy (1995), Kevin Costner’s soggy post-apocalyptical saga Waterworld (1995) as the villainous Deacon, The Last Days of Frankie the Fly (1996), Basquiat (1996), Space Truckers (1996), Carried Away (1996), Road Ends (1997), The Blackout (1997), The Good Life (1997), Lured Innocence (1999), Meet the Deedles (1998), Top of the World (1998), Bad City Blues (1999), The Venice Project (1999), Jesus’ Son (1999), Straight Shooter (1999), Ed TV (1999), The Prophet’s Game (1999), Held for Ransom (2000), Luck of the Draw (2000), The Spreading Ground (2000), Michael Angel (2000), L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve (2001), Knockaround Guys (2001), Choke (2001), Ticker (2001), The Piano Player (2002), Leo (2002), Unspeakable (2002), The Night We Called It a Day (2003) as Frank Sinatra, Out of Season (2004), The Keeper (2004), Legacy (2004), Hoboken Hollow (2005), George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead (2005) as Kaufman, The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005), Americano (2005), House of 9 (2005), Memory (2006), 10th & Wolf (2006), An American Carol (2008), Palermo Shooting (2008), Swing Vote (2008), Eleg y (2008), Sleepwalking (2008), and Hell Ride (2008). Hopper was also featured on televi-

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sion in such tele-ﬁlms and mini-series as Wild Times (1980) as Doc Holliday, Stark (1985) and the sequel Stark: Mirror Image (1986) as Lt. Ron Bliss, Doublecrossed (1991), Paris Trout (1991) earning an Emmy Award nomination for his performance in the title role, the crime drama Nails (1992) as Harry “Nails” Niles, The Heart of Justice (1992), the supernatural thriller Witch Hunt (1994) as private detective H. Phillip Lovecraft, Samson and Delilah (1996) as General Tariq, the mythological adventure Jason and the Argonauts (2000) as Pelias, Firestarter 2: Rekindled (2002), and The Last Ride (2004). He starred as the evil Mr. Smith in the short-lived sci-ﬁ television series Flatland in 2002, and was Victor Drazen, a former Balkan warlord whose machinations were the catalyst behind the action in the ﬁrst season of 24 in 2002. He also guest starred in episodes of Las Vegas and Entourage, and was Col. Eli McNulty in the military action drama E-Ring from 2005 to 2006. He starred as Ben Cendars in the Starz drama series Crash from 2008 to 2009. The often-wed Hopper was married to actress Brooke Hayward, daughter of theatrical producer Leland Hayward and actress Margaret Sullavan, from 1961 to 1969. His marriage to The Mamas & the Papas singer Michelle Phillips lasted a little over a week in November of 1970. He was married to actress Daria Halprin from 1972 to 1976 and to actress Katherine LaNasa from 1989 to 1992. He married actress Victoria Duffy in 1996, and was in the process of a divorce at the time of his death. Hopper had been diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in the fall of 2009. He made his last public appearance when he attended the addition of his star to the Hollywood Walk of Fame in March of 2010.

H ORKAY, J ANOS Hungarian actor Janos Horkay died in Hungary on June 19, 2010. He was 86. Horkay was born in Keszthely, Hungary, on April 11, 1924. He appeared in numerous ﬁlms from the early 1950s including Goose Boy (1950), Two Confessions (1957), Pillar of Salt (1958), Three Stars (1960), Young Noszty and Mary Toth (1960), Twenty Hours (1965), Bondage (1968), The Girl Who Liked Purple Flowers (1973), Het Tonna Dollar (1974), Duborgo Csend (1978), Tunder Lala (1981), Harom Szabolegenyek (1982), and Csere Rudi (1988). He was also featured in numerous

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Gyalogbeka (1985), Einstein (1985), Devictus Vincit (1994), and Abel Amerikaban (1998). He also starred as Uncle Janos in the series Szomszedok from 1987 to 1997.

HORKHEIMER, JACK Astronomer Jack Horkheimer, who hosted the PBS astronomy program Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer from the mid–1970s, died of a respiratory ailment in Miami, Florida, on August 20, 2010. He was 72. Horkheimer was born on June 11, 1938. The director of Miami’s Space Transit Planetarium, his ﬁve-minute astronomy show began as Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler on PBS stations in Florida in 1976. The weekly program went national in 1985,

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chorus girl at New York’s Cotton Club at the age of 16, and was soon touring the country with Noble Sissle’s orchestra under the name Helena Horne. She brieﬂy left the stage in 1937 to marry Louis Jones, and they had two children before separating in 1940. Horne made her ﬁlm debut in the all-black feature The Duke Is Tops (aka The Bronze Venus) in 1938, and was featured on Broadway in the revue Blackbirds of 1939. She toured with Charlie Barnet’s orchestra from the early 1940s, becoming one of the ﬁrst black vocalists to perform with a leading white band. She recorded the popular songs “Good for Nothing Joe” and “Haunted Town” with Barnet. She was soon a leading nightclub and radio performer in New York. Horne was offered a contract with MGM in 1942 after appearing at Hollywood’s Little Troc nightclub. She was featured in a small role in Cole Porter’s Panama Hattie in 1942, and starred as Georgia Brown in the all black musical Cabin in the Sky (1943). Horne was Selina Rogers in the 1943 drama Stormy Weather, and her rendition of the title song became her theme. She was primarily featured as a singer in such ﬁlms as Thousands Cheer (1943), I Dood It (1943), Swing Fever (1943), the short Boogie-Woogie Dream (1944), Broadway Rhythm (1944), Two Girls and a Sailor (1944), Ziegfeld Follies (1945), Till the Clouds Roll By (1946), Words and Music (1948), and Duchess of Idaho (1950). Most of her musical numbers were ﬁlmed as stand-alone segments, so they could be easily edited out of the ﬁlm for release in some areas in the South, where black artists were still unappreciated. Horne was largely disenchanted with Hollywood by the 1950s, and concentrated primarily on her career as a nightclub performer. Her leftist politics and friendship with such ﬁgures as Paul Robeson and W.E.B. DuBois also affected her ability to get work on screen during the era of McCarthyism and the Blacklist. She was also very active in the early years of the civil rights movement. She had a small role in the 1956 ﬁlm Meet Me in Las Vegas, and earned a Tony Award nomination for her role in the 1957 Calypso musical Jamaica. She performed frequently on television from the early 1950s, and was seen in such series as The Colgate Comedy Hour, Your Show of Shows, The Frank Sinatra Show, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Steve Allen Show, The Jack Paar Show, The Judy Garland Show, The Bell Telephone Hour, The

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and Horkheimer helped popularize naked-eye astronomy by instructing viewers where to look in the night skies for celestial events. The program became Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer in 1997. He was also featured in the 1978 pseudo-documentary The Force Beyond.

HORNE, LENA Actress and singer Lena Horne, who was the ﬁrst black artist to sign a long-term contract with a leading ﬁlm studio in the 1940s, died in a New York City hospital on May 9, 2010. She was 92. She was born Lena Calhoun Horney in Brooklyn, New York, on June 30, 1917. She began her career as a

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Mike Douglas Show, The Perry Como Show, The Andy Williams Show, The Merv Grifﬁn Show, The Hollywood Palace, The Dean Martin Show, The London Palladium Show, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, The Englebert Humberdinck Show, The Kraft Music Hall, Sesame Street, The Flip Wilson Show, The Muppet Show, and The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. She co-starred with Richard Widmark in the 1969 western ﬁlm Death of a Gunﬁghter, and appeared in cameo roles in the television sitcoms Sanford and Son, The Cosby Show, and A Different World. She also headlined several television specials, including duets with Harry Belafonte and Tony Bennett. She starred as Glinda the Good Witch in the 1978 ﬁlm adaptation of the hit Broadway musical The Wiz. She returned to Broadway in 1981 with the onewoman show Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, which earned a special Tony Award and two Grammys. She was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 1984, and was featured in the 1985 television documentary Brown Sugar. She received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1989, and was a co-host and narrator for the 1994 musical compilation ﬁlm That’s Entertainment III. Horne largely retired from performing and recording after the release of her 1998 album Being Myself.

HOWARD, JOYCE British actress Joyce Howard, who was James Mason’s leading lady in such 1940s thrillers as The Night Has Eyes and They Met in the Dark, died in Santa Monica, California, on November 23, 2010. She was 88. Howard was born in London on February 28, 1922. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts while in her teens and began her acting career on stage in the late 1930s. She made her ﬁlm debut in Anthony Asquith’s A Voice in the Night in 1941. She starred in a handful of ﬁlms during the 1940s including Love on the Dole (1941), The Common Touch (1941), Back-Room Boy (1942), The Night Has Eyes (aka Terror House) (1942), Talk About Jacqueline (1942), The Gentle Sex (1943), They Met in the Dark (1943), They Knew Mr. Knight (1946), Woman to Woman (1946), Appointment with Crime (1946), Mrs. Fitzherbert (1947), and Shadow of the Past (1950). Howard married actor Basil Sydney in the 1940s, and largely retired from the screen by the end of the decade.

Joyce Howard

She made occasional appearances on British television in productions of Guest in the House (1957) for ITV Television Playhouse, Hot Summer Night (1959) for Armchair Theatre, In Trial, and The Young Generation. She also wrote the play Broken Silence, and the novels Two Persons Singular and A Private View. Divorced from Sydney, she remarried and came to the United States in the early 1960s. She resumed working in ﬁlms as a story analyst, and became executive assistant to Paramount executives Peter Bart and Bob Evans. Howard became an executive story editor for Paramount TV, overseeing property acquisition and development.

H OWELL, Y VONNE Silent screen actress Yvonne Howell Stevens died of heart failure in Hollywood on May 27, 2010. She was 104. She was born Julia Rose Shevlin in Chicago, Illinois, on July 31, 1905, the daughter of silent star and producer Alice Howell. Yvonne appeared onscreen as a Mack Sennett Bathing Beauty in the 1920s, and was featured in several ﬁlms including Harem Follies (1924), Fashions for Women

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(1927), the western Somewhere in Sonora (1927) with Ken Maynard, Great Mail Robbery (1927), Hop Off (1928), Take Me Home (1928), and Working Girls (1931). She met cameraman George Stevens in 1928 and they married two years later. Stevens became a leading ﬁlm director in Hollywood, earning two Academy Awards. The couple had three sons and a daughter before divorcing in the late 1940s. Stevens died in 1975. Yvonne served as a nurse’s aide at Army hospitals in Southern California during World War II. Her oldest son, George Stevens Jr., is founding director of the American Film Institute and co-founder and producer of the Kennedy Center Honors.

HOY, ROBERT Film and television stuntman and actor Robert F. Hoy died of cancer in a Los Angeles hospital on February 8, 2010. He was 82. Hoy was born in New York on April 3, 1927. He began his career in ﬁlms in the early 1950s, working as a stuntman and appearing in small roles. Hoy’s numerous ﬁlm credits include Ambush (1950), Wings of the Hawk (1953), War Arrow (1953), The Lawless Breed (1953), The Man from the Alamo (1953), Border River (1954), Taza, Son of Cochise (1954), The Black Shield of

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Farnsworth (1954), A Star Is Born (1954), Four Guns to the Border (1954), Saskatchewan (1954). River of No Return (1954), Destry (1954) as Audie Murphy’s stunt double, The Silver Chalice (1954), To Hell and Back (1955), The Long Gray Line (1955), Revenge of the Creature (1955), One Desire (1955), To Hell and Back (1955), Kiss of Fire (1955), Raw Edge (1956), Away All Boats (1956), The Mole People (1956), Behind the High Wall (1956), Walk the Proud Land (1956), Battle Hymn (1957), Four Girls in Town (1957), Gun for a Coward (1957), Tammy and the Bachelor (1957), Man of a Thousand Faces (1957), Lafayette Escadrille (1958), Live Fast, Die Young (1958), No Time for Sergeants (1958), Twilight for the Gods (1958), The Deﬁant Ones (1958) as Tony Curtis’ stunt double, North by Northwest (1959), Operation Petticoat (1959), Spartacus (1960), The Spiral Road (1962), The Ugly American (1963), It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963), Quick Before It Melts (1964), Shenandoah (1965), The Great Race (1965), The Slender Thread (1965), Harlow (1965), Tickle Me (1965), Assault on a Queen (1966), Nevada Smith (1966), What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966), First to Fight (1967), Tobruk (1967), Rogues’ Gallery (1968), 5 Card Stud (1968), The Love Bug (1968), Che! (1969), Scream Blacula Scream (1973), The Don Is Dead (1973), Bank Shot (1974), Bite the Bullet! (1975), The Master Gunﬁghter (1975), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976). The Enforcer (1976), The Gauntlet (1977), Bronco Billy (1980), Seems Like Old Times (1980), The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981), Fighting Back (1982), They Call Me Bruce? (1982), Jimmy the Kid (1982), Legal Eagles (1986), Choke Canyon (1986), A Fine Mess (1986), Deadly Stranger (1988), W.B., Blue and the Bean (1989), Heaven Sent (1994), and Big Chuck, Little Chuck (2004). Hoy also worked frequently in television from the early 1950s, with roles in such series as Sea Hunt, Death Valley Days, Have Gun —Will Travel, Steve Canyon, December Bride, Texas John Slaughter, Elfego Baca, U.S. Marshal, Law of the Plainsman, Laramie, Johnny Ringo, M Squad, Zane Grey Theater, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Peter Gunn, The Tall Man, Dante, Bat Masterson, The Dick Powell Show, The Jack Benny Program, The Untouchables, The Riﬂeman, Branded, Combat!, The Virginian, Shane, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Felony Squad, The Green Hornet, Laredo, Star Trek, Bo-

HUG, JULIEN Julien Hug, who was an unsuccessful contestant on the ABC reality television show The Bachelorette in 2009, was found dead in a remote area of the San Bernardino National Forest near Pinyon Pines, California, on November 3, 2010. He was 35. Hug, a San Diego resident, had reportedly been suf-

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nanza, The Iron Horse, The Guns of Will Sonnett, The Outcasts, The Mod Squad, Night Gallery, Bearcats!, The F.B.I., Cade’s County, Hec Ramsey, Mission: Impossible, Search, Kung Fu, Barnaby Jones, Love, American Style, The Magician, The Cowboys, Lotsa Luck, Mannix, The Streets of San Francisco, Barbary Coast, Matt Helm, The Rockford Files, Cannon, Bronk, City of Angels, The Blue Knight, The Quest, Bert D’Angelo/Superstar, McMillan & Wife, Future Cop, The Six Million Dollar Man, Fantasy Island, Switch, Sword of Justice, Wonder Woman, Salvage-1, B.J. and the Bear, The Dukes of Hazzard, 240Robert, Hawaii Five-0, Vega$, Quincy, Little House on the Prairie, Dallas in the recurring role of Detective Howard, Father Murphy, The Master, Simon & Simon, The Fall Guy, Crazy Like a Fox, Airwolf, Magnum, P.I., Dirty Dozen: The Series, Beauty and the Beast, Our House in the recurring role of Cliff, The Young Riders, Zorro, and Walker, Texas Ranger. Hoy starred as Joe Butler in the western series The High Chaparral from 1967 to 1971. His other television credits include the tele-ﬁlms The Over-the-Hill Gang (1969), Earth II (1971), A Man for Hanging (1973), A Cry in the Wilderness (1974), Helter Skelter (1976), Flight to Holocaust (1977), The Other Side of Hell (1978), Desperate Women (1978), Steel Cowboys (1978), Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980), Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues (1983), Last of the Great Survivors (1984), North and South (1985), Promises to Keep (1985), Assassin (1986), Houston: The Legend of Texas (1986), Desperado (1987), The Return of the Six-Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987), Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988), and Detective (2005). Hoy was a founding member of The Stuntman’s Association of Motion Pictures in 1961, and was recognized with their Lifetime Achievement Award in August of 2009. He was also presented with the Golden Boot Award for his contributions to western ﬁlms and television in his hospital room shortly before his death.

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fering from depression, and had last contacted his family two days earlier. He died from a self-inﬂicted gunshot wound. Hug was one of the aspiring bachelors on The Bachelorette television program in May of 2009, and was rejected by Jillian Harris in the second episode. His family owned several leading restaurants in San Diego and Rancho Santa Fe, where Julien served as host of Mille Fleurs.

HUGHES, MATT Matt Hughes, the star of television’s Storm Chasers on the Discovery Channel, died in a Wichita, Kansas, hospital on May 26, 2010, of injuries he received several days earlier while attempting suicide by hanging. He had reportedly been

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suffering from depression. He was 30. Hughes was a meteorologist for Wichita’s ABC afﬁliate KAKE-TV, and a tornado chaser for the Discovery Channel series Storm Chasers. His ﬁnal episode aired in November of 2010.

numerous ﬁlm and television productions over the next three decades. His ﬁlm credits include Head (1968) starring the Monkees, Model Shop (1969), The April Fools (1969), Number One (1969), The Phynx (1970), R.P.M. (1970), Cover Me Babe (1970), Fools (1970), Bless the Beasts and Children (1971), Two Is a Happy Number (1972), Lapin 360 (1972), Trouble Man (1972), They Only Kills Their Masters (1972), The Spook Who Sat By the Door (1973), Bug (1975), Murph the Surf (1975), Ode to Billy Joe (1976), The Manitou (1978), Gorp (1980), The Mountain Men (1980), The Octagon (1980), Pandemonium (1980), and Primo (2008). He also photographed the tele-ﬁlms The Forgotten Man (1971), A Tattered Web (1971), Thief (1971), Earth II (1971), The Night Stalker (1972), Climb an Angry Mountain (1972), Shirts/Skins (1973), Mrs. Sundance (1974), The Morning After (1974), Death Stalk (1975), Journey from Darkness (1975), The Last Survivors (1975), Sky Heist (1975), A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1978), The Awakening Land (1978), The Bastard (1978), The Word (1978), Terror Out of the Sky (1978), Silent Victory: The Kitty O’Neil Story (1979), Jennifer: A Woman’s Story (1979), The Cracker Factory (1979), Fun and Games (1980), The Night the City Screamed (1980), When the Circus Came to Town (1981), Dial M for Murder (1981), Advice to the Lovelorn (1981), The Rules of Marriage (1982), Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983), Chiefs (1983), High Desert Kill (1989), and Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon (1989). His other television credits include episodes of the series Shaft, The Streets of San Francisco, Tales of the Unexpected, Matt Houston, Hotel, Hart to Hart, The Master, and Dynasty.

HUGO, MICHEL Franco-American cinematographer Michel Hugo died of lung cancer in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 12, 2010. He was 79. Hugo was born in France in 1930. He worked with the camera department with the French Army in the 1950s, before coming to the United States the following decade. He worked as a cinematographer for the television series Mission: Impossible from 1967. He photographed

HULD, PALLE Danish actor Palle Huld, who achieved fame as a teenager in an around the world jaunt that inspired the popular Belgian comic strip character Tintin, died in Copenhagen, Denmark, on November 26, 2010. He was 98. Huld was born in Denmark on August 2, 1912. He was 15 years old when he accepted a challenge from a Danish newspaper to recreate Phileas Fogg’s journey from Around the World in Eighty Days in honor of the centennial of author Jules Verne in 1928. Unaccompanied, he completed the task by rail and steamship to great acclaim in 44 days, and recounted his adventures in the 1929 book A Boy Scout

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199 Around the World. He was widely thought to be the inspiration for Belgian cartoonist Herge’s popular comic character Tintin. Huld began performing onstage as an actor with the Royal Danish Theater in 1934. He was featured in numerous ﬁlms over the next sixty years including Children of Divorce (1939), Elverhoj (1939), Det Bodes der For (1944), Thorkild Roose (1949), Jan gar til Filmen (1954), Fy og Bi pa Eventyr (1955), The Young Have No time (1956), Eventryrrejsen (1960), Mine Tossede Drenge (1961), Poeten og Lillemor i Forashumor (1961), Circus Buster (1961), Rikki og Maendene (1962), Der Brander en Ild (1962), School for Suicide (1964), Tine (1964), Premiere i Helvede (1964), Kampen om Naesbygard (1964), Three Men in Search of a Troll (1967), Mig og min Lillebror (1967), Det er sa Synd for Farmand (1968), Magic in Town (1968), Jazz All Around (1969), The Man from Swan Farm (1972), The Olsen Gang Sees Red (1976), and Manden som ikke Ville Do (1999). Huld also appeared in television productions of Tony Tegner en Hest (1963), Eurydike (1964), Enhver (1964), Affaeren (1964), En Spurv i Tranedans (1968), Hjemme hos William (1971), Den Stundeslose (1973), Seks Roller Soger en Forfatter (1973), Johansens Sidste Ugudelige Dage (1988), and Kaos i Opangen (1997).

HUME, ALAN British cinematographer Alan Hume died in England on July 13, 2010. He was 85. Hume was born in London on October 16, 1924. He began his career at Denham Film Studios in the early 1940s as a clapper board loader. Hume started out as a clapper board loader at Denham Film Studios during World War II, working on the ﬁlms Thunder Rock (1942), In Which We Serve (1942), and Spitﬁre (1942). He soon served as focus puller on the ﬁlms Yellow Canary (1943), They Came to a City (1944), Tawny Pipit (1944), Oliver Twist (1948), and Poet’s Pub (1949). He continued to work in ﬁlms as a camera operator throughout the 1950s, with such credits as The Clouded Yellow (1950), Prelude to Fame (1950), Madeleine (1950), Hotel Sahara (1951), The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952), The Adventures of Sadie (1953), Svengali (1954), Dance Little Lady (1954), Wee Geordie (1955), The End of the Affair (1955), Postmark for Danger (1955), Three Men in a Boat (1956), Loser Takes All (1956), The Green Man (1956), The Secret Tent (1956),

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The Extra Day (1956), The Truth About Women (1957), The Vicious Circle (1957), Chain of Events (1958), Carry on Sergeant (1958), The Duke Wore Jeans (1958), The Silent Enemy (1958), Carry on Teacher (1959), Carry on Nurse (1959), This Other Eden (1959), Please Turn Over (1959), Tarzan the Magniﬁcent (1960), Kidnapped (1960), Carry on Constable (1960), and Watch Your Stern (1960). Hume graduated to director of photography or cinematographer in the early 1960s, working on numerous ﬁlm and television projects over the next forty years. He ﬁlmed numerous Carry On comedies, Edgar Rice Burroughs fantasies, and James Bond spy adventures. His many ﬁlm credits include Beware of Children (1960), Roommates (1961), Carry on Regardless (1961), In the Doghouse (1961), Carry on Cruising (1962), Twice Round the Daffodils (1962), The Swinging Maiden (1962), Carry on Jack (1963), The Kiss of the Vampire (1963), Carry on Cabby (1963), Nurse on Wheels (1963), Carry on Cleo (1964), Carry on Spying (1964), This Is My Street (1964), The Big Job (1965), Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965), Three Hats for Lisa (1965), Carry on Pimpernel (1966), Finders Keepers (1966), Carry on Screaming! (1966), Carry on Cowboy (1966), Carry on Doctor (1967), Carry on in the Legion (1967), The Violent Enemy (1967), The Bofors Gun (1968), Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969), Perfect Friday (1970), Zeppelin (1971), Carry on Henry VIII (1971), The Last Grenade (1970), Carry on Abroad (1972), For the Love of Ada (1972), Bless This House (1972), Carry on Girls (1973), The Legend of Hell House (1973), Father Dear Father (1973), Visions of Eight (1973), Not Now Darling (1973), From Beyond the Grave (1973), The Bunny Caper (1974), The Land That Time Forgot (1975), Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975), Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975), At the Earth’s Core (1976), Shout at the Devil (1976), A Dirty Knight’s Work (1976), The Amsterdam Kill (1977), The People That Time Forgot (1977), Checkered Flag or Crash (1977), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Gulliver’s Travels (1977), Wombling Free (1977), Carry on Emmannuelle (1978), The Legacy (1978), Warlords of Atlantis (1978), Bear Island (1979), Birth of the Beatles (1979), Arabian Adventure (1979), Disney’s The Watcher in the Woods (1980), Eye of the Needle (1981), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Caveman (1981), Octopussy (1983), the 1983 Star Wars sequel Return of the Jedi, Supergirl (1984), Runaway Train (1985), Lifeforce (aka Space Vampires) (1985), A View to a Kill (1985), The Second Victory (1986), Hearts of Fire (1987), A Fish Called Wanda (1988), Without a Clue (1988), Shirley Valentine (1989), Stepping Out (1991), Eve of Destruction (1991), Carry on Columbus (1992), and Just Like a Woman (1992). Hume photographed 26 episodes of the cult television series The Avengers in the mid– 1960s, and also ﬁlm episodes of The Third Man, Father Dear Father, For the Love of Ada, Star Maidens, Shirley’s World, Covington Cross, Acapulco H.E.A.T, Space Precinct, and Tales from the Crypt. He also returned to the Carry On series with the television series Carry on Laughing, What a Carry On, and Laugh with the Carry Ons. Hume also photographed the television productions Mister Jerico (1969), The Adventures of Little Lord Fauntleroy (1982), The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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(1982), John and Yoko: A Love Story (1985), Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987), Jack the Ripper (1988), The Tenth Man (1988), Judith Krantz’s “Till We Meet Again” (1989), Secret Weapon (1990), The Return of the Native (1994), Annie: A Royal Adventure! (1995), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997), and What’s a Carry On? (1998).

HUMMEL, ANDY Bassist Andy Hummel, who was a founding member of the 1960s rock band Big Star, died of cancer at his home in Fort Worth, Texas, on July 19, 2010. He was 59. He was born in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, on January 26, 1951, and was raised in Memphis, Tennessee. He was the oldest child of Dr. John Hummel and his wife, Barbara Jo Walker, who had been crowned as Miss America in 1947. Andy began playing with several garage bands in the mid– 1960s, and soon began teaming with Chris Bell and

Andy Hummel (2nd from right, with Chris Bell, Jody Stephens and Alex Chilton)

Jody Stephens with the groups Rock City and Icewater. Box Tops singer Alex Chilton came aboard in 1971 and the group became known as Big Star. They recorded their ﬁrst album, #1 Record, with Stax in 1972, and Hummel left the group after recording the followup album, Radio City (1974). He subsequently moved to Texas where he worked for Lockheed Martin Aeronautical. Hummel declined to participate in the Big Star reformation in 1993, but he frequently appeared at events celebrating the band. He made his ﬁnal appearances at an event in Austin, Texas, in March of 2010, that was marred by the death of Chilton on opening day.

HUNTER, RUBY Australian Aboriginal singer and actress Ruby Hunter died at her home in Central Victoria, Australia, on February 17, 2010. She was 54. She was born near Murray Bridge, South Australia, to the Ngarrindjeri Aboriginal tribe on October 31, 1955. She began performing while in her teens, and frequently teamed with Archie Roach. They wrote and performed the concert Ruby’s Story, which told her life story through song. She earned awards for her albums Thoughts With (1995) and Feeling Good (2000). She was featured in a small role in the 1988 ﬁlm Evil Angels, and appeared in an episode of Correlli in 1995. She also appeared in the ﬁlm One Night the Moon in 2001.

Ruby Hunter

HUTCHINGS, GEOFFREY British actor Geoffrey Hutchings died in a London hospital on July 1, 2010. He was 71. Hutchings was born in Dorchester, Dorset, England, on June 8, 1939. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1960s. He was a familiar face on British television with roles in such series as The Scarlet and the Black, Clayhanger, The Squirrels, Rafﬂes, Strangers, Juliet Bravo, Widows, Charlie, Lytton’s Diary, Hot Metal, Home James!, Bergerac, Saracen, Perfect Scoundrels, Minder, A Year in Provence, Screen One, Cracker, Drop the Dead Donkey, The Famous Five, Accused as Dan Chapman, Peak Practice, Mortimer’s Law, Kavanagh QC, Casualty, Doctors, Holby City, Where the Heart Is, Foyle’s War, Down to Earth, Bad Girls in the recurring role of Bobby Hollamby, The Bill, The Royal, Heartbeat, Funland, Wild at Heart, The Whistleblowers, Sunshine, and Midsomer Murders. Hutchings starred as George Farchild in Brass in 1990, and was Sgt. Lucas in the Maigret series from 1992 to 1993. He was also featured as Malcolm “Sarge” White in the 1998 series Duck Patrol, and was Roger in EastEnders in 2009. He was also featured in the television productions Antony and Cleopatra (1974), Made in Britain (1982), Goodnight, Mister Tom (1998), The Bench (1999), Longitude (2000), Monsignor Renard (2000) as Louis Cavailles, Cor, Blimey! (2000), The Safe House (2002), Derailed (2005), Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988),

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Traitors (1990), The Gravy Train (1990), Pirate Prince (1991), Heart of Darkness (1993), Degrees of Error (1995) as Professor Marshall, Henry IV (1995), Our Friends in the North (1996) as John Edwards, Witness Against Hitler (1996), Hogfather (2006), Maxwell (2007), and Terry Pratchett’s The Colour of Magic (2008). Hutchings appeared in a handful of ﬁlms during his career including Clockwise (1986), On the Black Hill (1987), Wish You Were Here (1987), Henry V (1989), White Hunter Black Heart (1990), Topsy-Turvy (1999), Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001), The Affair of the Necklace (2001), It’s All About Love (2003), Cheeky (2003), The Thief Lord (2006), and She, a Chinese (2009). He starred as Mel Harvey in the television series Benidorm from 2008 to 2009.

HUTCHINS, COLLEEN KAY Colleen Kay Hutchins, who was Miss America of 1952, died at her home in Newport Beach, California, on March 24, 2010. She was 83. Hutchins was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on May 23, 1926. She was Homecoming Queen at Brigham Young University in 1947. She represented the state of Utah in the Miss America pageant in 1952,

Colleen Kay Hutchins

and was crowned the winner. She studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse and had a small role in a Broadway revue in 1953, but abandoned her career to marry and raise a family. She is survived by her husband and four children, including son Kiki Vandeweghe, former National Basketball Association player and interim coach and general manager of the New Jersey Nets.

IAUKEA, KING CURTIS Hawaiian wrestler Curtis Iaukea, who was frequently billed as King Curtis, died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease in Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 4, 2010. He was 73. Iaukea was born in Hawaii in 1937. He played football while attending college, and was a radio disc jockey in Hawaii known as “Da Bull” in the early 1960s. He was featured as Itchi Kitchi in the 1963 comedy ﬁlm “The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze.” He also began his career as a professional wrestler, winning numerous single and tag team titles in Hawaii. He also wrestled in the New Zealand, Australia, Japan, the Paciﬁc Northwest, and San Francisco, and teamed with Baron Mikel Scicluna to capture the WWWF (now

King Curtis Iaukea

WWE) tag belts for several months in early 1972. He largely retired from the ring in the mid–1980s to work as a manager. He appeared as a crazed cult leader in the ICW, where his stable included Kevin Sullivan and Mark Lewin. He also brieﬂy managed Kamala and Sika in the WWE in the late 1980s, and was reunited with Sullivan as The Master in his Dungeon of Doom stable in the mid–1990s. His son, Rocky Iaukea, also wrestled, sometimes under the name Abbuda Dein.

IKEBE, RYO Japanese actor Ryo Ikebe, who was a leading star in Japanese cinema from the 1940s through the 2000s, died of sepsis in Tokyo on October 8, 2010. He was 92. Ikebe was born in Tokyo on February 11, 1918. He began working at Toho Studios in the early 1940s with aspirations of being a writer and director. He instead made his debut as an actor in 1941’s Fighting Fish. He spent the next four years serving in the Japanese military, and returned to the screen after World War II. He became one of the leading star’s in Japan’s post-war cinema, appearing in such ﬁlms as War and Peace (1947), Haru no Kyoen (1947), Apostasy (1948), Blue Mountains (1949), Repatriation (1949), Desertion at Dawn (1950), River Solo Flows (1951), Young People (1952), Ashi ni Sawatta Onna (1952), Botchan (1953), Saraba Rabauru (1954), Geisha Konatsu (1954), The Lone Journey (1955), Early Spring (1956), Madame White Snake (1956), Yukiguni (1957), A Holiday in

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Tokyo (1958), The Happy Pilgrimage (1958), The College Hero (1958), Theater of Life (1958), An Echo Calls You (1959), Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender (1959), Anyakoro (1959), Three Dolls from Hong Kong (1959), the Toho sci-ﬁ classic Battle in Outer Space (1959) as Maj. Ichiro Katsumiya, I Bombed Pearl Harbor (1960), Otoko tai Otoko (1960), Structure of Hate (1961), Gorath (1962), 47 Samurai (1962), Attack Squadron! (1963), Radishes and Carrots (1964), Beast Alley ((1965), Brutal Tales of Chivalry (1965), Dragon Tattoo: Full of Blood (1967), Rikugun Choho 33 (1968), Father of the Kamikaze (1974), Executioner (1974), The Executioner II: Karate Inferno (1974), Jun Fukuda’s Wakusei Daisenso (Battle in Outer Space 02) (1977), Tarao Bannai (1978), Kaicho-on (1980), Eki Station (1981), Shosetsu Yoshida Gakko (1983), Izakaya Choji (1983), Mishima (1985), Flakes of Snow (1985), Lost in the Wilderness (1986), See You (1988), and Aoi Sanmyaku ’88 (1988). Ikebe also performed frequently on the Japanese stage and television. He penned his autobiography, A Light Breeze and Sometimes a Whirlwind, in 1991, and wrote essays for various magazines through 2009. His ﬁnal appearance on screen was in the 2002 television drama series Love on a Summer Day.

IKEDA, SHUNSUKE Japanese actor Shunsuke Ikeda, who starred on television as Ichiro, the human identity of combat android Kikaida 01, in the early 1970s, died of complications from diabetes in Japan on June 11, 2010. He was 69. He was born Norio Ikeda in Tokyo, Japan, on November 11, 1940, the son of swordﬁght choreographer Tatsuo Ouchi. He trained as an actor at the Bunka-za Theater, and was signed by Toei Studios in 1961. He made his ﬁlm debut in 1962’s Hibari’s Guitar of Motherly Love, and was featured on television as Akanuma in Special Mobile Investigation Unit in 1963. He continued to work in television, gueststarring in such series as Fastball, Comrades, Story of Coming Wind, Aboard with 27 People, Onihei Hankachi, Zero Fighters: Black Cloud Squadron, Mr. Detective, Lone Wolf, Santaro Fuji, Tokyo Bypass Command, Mito Komon, My Dad Is a Freshman, Heartless License, Run, Secret Samurai, Zatochi, Fight! Dragon, and The Gorilla 7. He became best known for his roles in science ﬁction series, starring as Monster Attack Team ofﬁcer

Shunsuke Ikeda

Takeshi Minami in Return of Ultraman from 1971 to 1972, and as Ichiro in Kikaida 01 from 1973 to 1974. He was also featured in episodes of Operation Mystery, Silver Mask, Emergency Command, Secret Task Force: Goranger, Pro Wrestling Star: Aztekaizer, Vigilante Zubat, Condorman: Symbol of Justice, and Starwolf. Ikeda also worked as a model and commercial spokesman. He became a popular guest at nostalgia festivals in Japan and Hawaii in the 2000s, and reprised his earlier role in the 2006 theatrical ﬁlm Ultraman Moebius and the Ultra Brothers. He was also featured in a small role in the 2009 horror ﬁlm The Oni-Gara.

IKEUCHI , JUNKO Japanese actress Junko Ikeuchi, who was leading lady for the Starman/Super Giant science ﬁction ﬁlms from Japan in the mid– 1960s, died of lung cancer in a Tokyo hospital on September 26, 2010. She was 76. She was born Sumiko Nakazawa in Tokyo on November 4, 1933. She began her ﬁlm career with Shintoho Pictures Co. in the mid–1950s, debuting in 1955’s The Crown Prince’s

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Bride. She was best known as Ken Utsui’s leading lady in the Super Giant/Starman series of short science ﬁction ﬁlms in the late 1950s, which were later spliced together and dubbed by Walter Manley Enterprises for television release in the United States as Attack from Space (1965), Atomic Rulers of the World (1965), Invaders from Space (1965), and Evil Brain from Outer Space (1965). She was also seen in the ﬁlms The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959), Black Breasts (1960), Sexy Line (1961), Procurer of Hell (1961), Till Tomorrow Comes (1962), Doburoku no Tatsu (1962), 47 Samurai (1962), Born in Sin (1962), Sensation Seekers (1963), The Miad Story (1963), Hiken (1963), A Company President’s Gentleman’s Story (1964), Ghost Story of Funny Act in Front of Train Station (1964), Sweet Sweat (1964), Comedy-Finance in Front of the Train (1965), Yotsuya Ghost Story (1965), Typhoon Pomegranate (1967), Kigeki ekimae Sanbashi (1969), Futari no Koibito (1969), Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor (1969), Tora-san’s Love Call (1971), and Rainbow Bridge (1993). She was a popular performer on Japanese television in recent years, with roles in such productions as Shigotonin vs Shigotonin (1989), Hatsu Tsubomi (2003), Shiroi Kyoto (2003), Kaseifu ha Mita!

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IMI, TONY British cinematographer Tony Imi died in England on March 8, 2010. He was 72. Imi was born in London on March 27, 1937. He began working in television as a camera operator in the early 1960s on such series as The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling, Adam Adamant Lives!, Doctor Who, The Wednesday Play, and the BBC Play of the Month. He teamed with Ken Hodges as cinematographer for the 1968 drama Inadmissible Evidence, and photographed the documentary art ﬁlm The Body (1970) and the juvenile sci-ﬁ production Junket 89. He continued to work frequently in ﬁlm and television over the next forty years. His ﬁlm credits include Universal Soldier (1971), The Raging Moon (1971), Dulcima (1971), the Rudolph Nureyev documentary I Am a Dancer (1972), The Love Ban (1973), The Zoo Robbery (1973), Percy’s Progress (1974), Robin Hood Junior (1975), The Fireﬁghters (1975), The Likely Lads (1976), The Slipper and the Rose (1976), That’s Carry On (1977), International Velvet (1978), Brass Target (1978), ffolkes (1979), Breakthrough (1979), The Sea Wolves (1980), Night Crossing (1981), Nate and Hayes (1983), Not Quite Paradise (1985), Enemy Mine (1985), Empire State (1997), American Roulette (1988), Buster (1988), Options (1989), Wired (1989), Fire Birds (1990), Shopping (1994), Downtime (1997), Aimee & Jaguar (1999), Splat! (1999), Lighthouse (1999), Rancid Aluminum (2000), The Testimony of Taliesin Jones (2000), Goodbye Charlie Bright (2001), Silent Cry (2002), Chaos and Cadavers (2003), Lighthouse Hill (2004), School for Seduction (2004), and Three (2005). Imi’s numerous television credits include Elephant Boy (1973), Edward the Seventh (1975), The Professionals (1978), Death Penalty (1980), A Tale of Two Cities (1980), For Ladies Only (1981), My Body, My Child (1982), Inside the Third Reich (1982), Dreams Don’t Die (1982), Little Gloria… Happy at Last (1982), The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982), Princess Daisy (1983), Pope John Paul II (1984), Sakharov (1984), A Christmas Carol (1984), Reunion at Fairborough (1985), The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986), Oceans of Fire (1986), The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987), Queenie (1987), Babycakes (1989), The Old Man

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and the Sea (1990), Coins in the Fountain (1990), Fourth Story (1991), The Last to Go (1991), Our Sons (1991), Carolina Skeletons (1991), Against Her Will: And Incident in Baltimore (1992), Child of Rage (1992), Poisoned by Love: The Kern County Murders (1993), For the Love of My Child: The Anissa Ayala Story (1993), Scarlett (1994), The Sunshine Boys (1995), The Haunting of Helen Walker (1995), Dalva (1996), The Abduction (1996), Her Desperate Choice (1996), Only Love (1998), Victoria and Albert (2001), The Blackwater Lightship (2004), Candles on Bay Street (2006), The Shell Seekers (2006), and Starting Over (2007). Imi also worked in the 2008 television series Four Seasons, and was cinematographer for the 2010 ﬁlm Perfect Life.

INFANTI, ANGELO Italian actor Angelo Infanti died of a heart attack in a Tivoli, Italy, hospital on October 12, 2010. He was 71. Infanti was born in Zagarolo, Italy, on February 16, 1939. He began appearing in ﬁlms in the early 1960s, with roles in Io Bacio … tu Baci (1961), The Love Factory (1965), La Ragazzola (1965), the spaghetti western Four Dollars for Vengeance (1966), New York Calling Superdragon (1966), Ischia Love Operation (1966), Tiffany Memorandum (1967),

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Pistoleros (1967), Gungala, the Black Panther Girl (1968), Only the Cool (1970), Claude Chabrol’s The Breach (1970), the British thriller Fragment of Fear (1970), the western A Man Called Sledge (1970) with James Garner, A Girl in Australia (1971), Judge Roy Bean (1971), Le Mans (1971) with Steve McQueen, and Questa Specie d’Amore (1972). He was featured as Lucky Luciano in the 1972 crime drama The Valachi Papers with Charles Bronson, and was Fabrizio, the turncoat Sicilian bodyguard who orchestrated the murder of Michael Corleone’s wife Apollonia in The Godfather (1972). Infanti was also seen in the ﬁlms The Girl in 2A (1973), The Knock Out Cop (1973), And Now My Love (1974), Black Emanuelle (1975), As of Tomorrow (1976), The Black Corsair (1976), Poliziotto Sprint (1977), The Squeeze (1978), Piedone d’Egitto (1980), Savage Breed (1980), Carlo Verdone’s Bianco, Rosso e Verdone (1981), In Viaggio don Papa (1982), The Dirty Seven (1982), Borotalco (1982), Attila Flagelo di Dio (1982), Storia di Piera (1983), The Black Stallion Returns (1983), The As-

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sisi Underground (1985), A Thorn in the Heart (1986), Blood Ties (1986), The Inquiry (1986), Below Zero (1987), Money (1991), Alto Rischio (1993), La Scorta (1993), La Vengeance d’Une Blonde (1994), Carogne (1995), Diapason (2001), The Next (2003), The Cruelest Day (2003), Silenzio (2006), Il Punto Rosso (2006), Senza Ombra di Dubbio (2008), Il Seme della Discordia (2008), Ex (2009), and Backward (2010). He also appeared frequently on television from the late 1960s, with roles in such productions as La Felicita (1969), The Count of Monte Cristo (1975), The Scarlet and the Black (1983), The Octopus (1984), Uomo contro Uomo (1987), A Season of Giants (1991), La Scalata (1993), Maximum Exposure (1993), Donna (1995), Femme de Passions (1995), David (1997), Vite Blindate (1998), Fallen Angel (1999), A Casa di Anna (2004), Father Hope (2005), and La Ragazze di San Frediano (2007). He was also featured in an episode of the British science ﬁction series Doomwatch in 1972, and was Franco Leonetti in the 2007 Italian series Gente di Mare. Infanti made one of his ﬁnal ﬁlm appearances in the 2010 romantic comedy Letters to Juliet starring Amanda Seyfried and Vanessa Redgrave.

INGLIS, MARGARET South African actress Margaret Inglis died at her home in South Africa on April 16, 2010. She was 97. Inglis teamed with Nan Munro to form the semi-professional touring troupe, the Munro-Inglis Company, in 1943. She remained a

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jima (The Madcap Island ), which aired from 1964 to 1969. He wrote numerous productions for Toei Animation including Fables from Hans Christian Andersen (1968), The Wonderful World of Puss ’n Boots (1969), and Akko’s Secret (1969). Many of his stories and plays were adapted for ﬁlm including Aoba Shigereru (1974), Nihonjin no Heso (1977), Kinema no Tenchi (1986), DonMatsugoro no Daiboken (1988), and The Face of Jizo (2004). Inoue also wrote the 1972 novel Tegusari Shinju (Handcuffed Double Suicide), and the 1981 science ﬁction Kirikirijin (The People of Kirikiri). He formed his own theatrical troupe, Komatsuza, to perform his plays, in 1984. These included the 1988 historical comic trilogy Kirameku Seiza, Yami ni Saku Hana, and Yuki ya Kon Kon.

INOUE, UMETSUGU Japanese ﬁlm director Umetsugu Inoue, who helmed over 100 Japanese action ﬁlms and Hong Kong musicals, died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Tokyo on February 11, 2009. He was 86. Inoue was born in Kyoto, Japan, on May 31, 1923. He began working in ﬁlms at Shintoho Studio in 1947, and made his directorial debut with Head Cheerleader of Love on 1952. He moved to Nikkatsu Studio several years later, where he directed, and frequently scripted, such ﬁlms as Mittsu no Kao (aka Three Faces) (1955), Hi no Tori (1956), Nikoyon Monogatari (1956), Shi no Jujiro (1956), The Man Who Causes a Storm (1957), Sho-

leading theatrical actress and director from the 1940s through the 1960s. She was also featured in the 1973 South African horror ﬁlm House of the Living Dead. Inglis appeared on television in a production of The Little Minister on BBC Play of the Month in 1975, and was Mirella in the 1976 “The Exiles” episode of the British sci-ﬁ series Space: 1999.

INOUE, HISASHI Japanese author and playwright Hisashi Inoue died of lung cancer in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan on April 9, 2010. He was 75. Inoue was born in the northern Japanese prefecture of Yamagata on November 16, 1934. He studied at Sophia University and began writing scripts with Tokyo’s Franceza theatrical troupe in the 1950s. He wrote for radio and scripted the television puppet show Hyokkori Hyoutan-

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205 risha (1957), Washi to Taka (1957), A Friendship That Causes a Storm (1959), Ashita wa Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku (1958), Subarashiki Dansei (1958), Yoru no Kiba (1958), Arashi o Yobu Gakudan (1960), The Poem of the Blue Star (1960), Sho-ri to Haiboku (1960), and Six Suspects (1960). Inoue left Nikkatsu to direct freelance in the early 1960s, with such credits as Gonin no Totsugeki Tai (1961), The Man from the East (1961), Closing Time (1962), Hell’s Kitchen (1962), Hoseki Dorobo (1962), Black Lizard (1962), Duel of the Underworld (1963), Bury Me Deep (1963), The Third Shadow (1963), The Night I Want to Dance (1963), Yakuza no Kunsho (1963), Ankokugai Odori (1964), Modae (1964), Operation Lipstick (1965), Kuroi Yuwaku (1965), Yoru no Nettaig yo (1965), Koi to Namida no Taiyo (1966), and Gekijo no Chibusa (1967). Inoue also began helming musicals in Hong Kong for the Shaw Brothers from 1967, directing the ﬁlms Hong Kong Nocturne (1967), King Drummer (1967), The Brain-Stealers (1968), Hong Kong Rhapsody (1968), Kushiro no Yoru (1968), Long Live Youth! (1969), The Millionaire Chase (1969), Apartment for Ladies (1970), The Five Million Dollar Legacy (1970), The Performers (1970), Whose Baby Is in the Classroom? (1970), Young Lovers (1970), The Yellow Mufﬂer (1971), Lilly, My Darling Witch (1971), Sunset (1971), We Love Millionaires (1971), and The Venus Tear Diamond (1971). He worked largely in television from the mid–1970s, but continued to direct the occasional feature including Ikare Doku Hebi: Moku Gekisha o Kese (1976), Utareru Mae ni Ute! (1976), Aitsu to Lullaby (1983), Man Who Causes a Storm (1983), and Code Name Black Cat (1987).

IRRAZABA, PAZ Chilean actress Paz Irrazaba died in Santiago, Chile, on April 11, 2010. She was 78. Irrazaba was born in Santiago on May 16, 1931. She ap-

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hall School of Music and Drama in London in the late 1940s, and began her career on stage in Belfast with Hubert Wilmot’s Arts Studio Theatre in the early 1950s. She was soon appearing on stage with the Dublin’s Gate Theatre and the Globe Theatre in London. Irvine scripted several Irish ﬁlms in the late 1950s including Sally’s Irish Rogue (1958), This Other Eden (1959), and Broth of a Boy (1959). She appeared onscreen in a small role in the 1964 adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s Of Human Bondage, and starred as Lady Agnes in the television mini-series Island of the Great Yellow Ox in 1972. She remained a leading performer on the Irish stage over the next decade. She also appeared on television in episodes of The Irish R.M. and Father Ted, and was seen in the 1994 ﬁlm Ailsa.

ISAACS, GREGORY Jamaican reggae singer Gregory Isaacs died of lung cancer at his home in London, England, on October 25, 2010. He was 59. Isaacs was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on July 15, 1951. He was

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peared in numerous television series from the early 1970s including La Sal del Desierto, La Colorina, La Madrastra, Morir de Amor, Mi Nombre di Lara, Sor Teresa de los Andes, Rompecorazon, and Oro Verde.

IRVINE, BLANAID Irish actress Blanaid Irvine died in Dublin, Ireland, on January 17, 2010. She was 87. Irvine was born in Moneyglass, Antrim, Northern Ireland, on March 26, 1922. She studied at the Guild-

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a leading reggae singer from the 1970s who became known as Cool Ruler. He had a hit with 1982’s “Night Nurse,” and worked with such artists as Freddie McGregor, Sugar Minott, King Tubby, and Errol Holt. His career was marred by drug abuse problems and over 50 arrests in Jamaica. He continued to perform and record, releasing his ﬁnal album, Brand New Me, in 2008.

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ISLEY, M ARVIN Marvin Isley, who played bass guitar with his family in the Isley Brothers, died of complications from diabetes in a Chicago hospital on June 6, 2010. He was 56. Isley was born in Englewood, New Jersey, on August 18, 1953. His older brothers O’Kelly, Rudolph, Ronald, and Vernon formed a singing group in the mid–1950s, which continued de-

ﬁnance student at Kent State University before posing for Playboy in 1989. The lovely redhead was also a ﬁnalist for Playboy’s 35th Anniversary pictorial, and was pictured in several Playboy Special Editions. She had been arrested several times for theft and drug and alcohol related charges from the mid–2005s.

JACKSON, JILL Jill Jackson, the pioneering female sportscaster turned Hollywood gossip columnist, died at the Beverly Hills Rehabilitation Center on September 8, 2010. She was 97. She was born Alice Schwartz in Independence, Missouri, on July 25, 1913.

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spite Vernon’s death when he was struck by a car in 1955. Marvin teamed with brother Ernie and brotherin-law Chris Jasper as a trio in the late 1960s. They soon joined with their older siblings as instrumentalists for the Isley Brothers. The played on the band’s 1973 hit album 3 + 3. They remained together until 1984, when they split into two groups. with Marvin and his original trio becoming Isley-Jasper-Isley. They released several albums and had a hit with the song “Caravan of Love.” He and Ernie reteamed with Ronald as the Isley Brothers in 1991, and continued to perform until developing diabetes in 1997. He and his brothers were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.

She began her career as a sportscaster on New Orleans radio. She moved to Hollywood in 1960, where she produced a popular gossip column for many years. Jackson was also featured in small roles in several ﬁlms including Tammy and the Doctor (1963), I’d Rather Be Rich (1964), Madame X (1966), and Airport (1970). She was also seen on television in episodes of The Christophers, The Jack Benny Program, and The Dick Powell Theatre.

JACKSON, JENNIFER LYN Jennifer Lyn Jackson, who was the Playboy Playmate of the Month for April of 1989, was found dead of an apparent drug overdose at her home in Westlake, Ohio, on January 22, 2010. She was 40. Jackson was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 21, 1969. She was a business and

JACOBY , C OLEMAN Television comedy writer Coleman Jacoby died of pancreatic cancer in East Meadow, New York, on October 20, 2010. He was 95. He was born Coleman Jacobs in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on April 16, 1915. He went to New York in his teens where he began writing jokes for stand-up

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207 comics. He was soon writing for such comedians as Bob Hope and Fred Allen on the radio. He moved to television with Sid Caesar’s Your Show of Shows. He teamed with Arnie Rosen in 1950 to write for Jackie Gleason’s Cavalcade of Stars. They created many of Gleason’s popular characters and introduced him to comic Art Carney. Jacoby and Rosen also wrote numerous episodes of Phil Silvers’ You’ll Never Get Rich featuring the character Sergeant Bilko. They wrote for The Garry Moore Show and The Alan King Show before parting ways in 1967. Jacoby and his second wife, dancer Gaby Monet, formed Jacoby-Monet Productions to make television specials, and he penned the 1979 teleﬁlm The Halloween That Almost Wasn’t.

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JANIS, DOROTHY Dorothy Janis, one of the last surviving stars of the silent ﬁlm era, died in Phoenix, Arizona, on March 10, 2010. She was 100. Janis was born in Dallas, Texas, on February 19, 1910. She began her ﬁlm career in the late 1920s, when her exotic beauty caught the notice of Fox executives while she was visiting her cousin on the ﬁlm lot. She was featured as Indian maiden Sings-in-the-Clouds in the 1928 silent western Kit Carson and was Thurya in the desert adventure Fleetwing in 1928. She starred opposite early cowboy star Tim McCoy in 1929’s The Overland Telegraph. Janis was best known for her role as the sultry

JAMISON, PETER Production designer Peter M. Jamison died of complications from heart disease in Venice, California, on October 15, 2010. He was 66. Jamison was born in Oregon in 1944. He began working in ﬁlms as an assistant to production designer Jack Fisk on the 1974 ﬁlm Phantom of the Paradise. He served as art director for Roger Corman’s 1974 cult classic Big Bad Mama, and worked as art director or production designer for numerous ﬁlms over the next three decades. Jamison’s ﬁlm credits include Crazy Mama (1975), Darktown Strutters (1975), Eat My Dust (1976), Moonshine County Express (1977), Death Game (1977), I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), The Evil (1978), Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979), Used Cars (1980), The Big Red One (1980), All Night Long (1981), Continental Divide (1981), Missing (1982), Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), Mike’s Murder (1984), Swing Shift (1984), Best Defense (1984), At Close Range (1986), Violets Are Blue… (1986), Howard the Duck (1976), Tin Men (1987), Far North (1988), Weekend at Bernie’s (1989), RoboCop 2 (1990), Point Break (1991), Body Snatchers (1993), The Beverly Hillbillies (1993), Exit to Eden (1994), Empire Records (1995), Black Sheep (1996), House Arrest (1996), Senseless (1998), The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999), Bait (2000), Mulholland Dr. (2001), Cowboy Up (2001), Kaante (2002), Jeepers Creepers II (2003), and The Darwin Awards (2006). Jamison was also productions designer on the tele-ﬁlms The Tenth Month (1979), Cold Sassy Tree (1989), Sudie and Simpson (1990), Wild Texas Wind (1991), Tidal Wave: No Escape

JARVIS, FRANK British actor Frank Jarvis died in London on September 15, 2010. He was 69. Jarvis was born in Stockton-on-Tees, England, on May 13,

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South Sea Islander, Tito, in MGM’s The Pagan opposite Ramon Novarro in 1929. She made her only talkie with 1930’s Lummox in a supporting role. She ﬁlmed The White Captive for Universal on location in Southeast Asia in 1930, but the ﬁlm was never released. She subsequently met bandleader Wayne King, and they married in 1932. Janis retired from the screen and the couple had two children before King’s death in July of 1985.

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1941. He began performing in plays as a child and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in the late 1950s. He appeared frequently on British television from the early 1960s, with roles in such series as The Human Jungle, Love Story, The Saint, First Night, The Plane Makers, ITV Play of the Week, Londoners, Adam Adamant Lives!, Z Cars, Freewheelers, The Wednesday Play, Galton and Simpson Comedy, Detective, Happy Ever After, The Doctors, Manhunt, Diamond Crack Diamond, Budgie, Softly Softly, Callan, New Scotland Yard, Special Branch, And Mother Makes Three, A Pin to See the Peepshow, The Brothers, And Other Makes Five, Spring and Autumn, Late Call, Dixon of Dock Green, The Sweeney, Sadie, It’s Cold Outside, Doctor on the Go, Poldark, Holding On, 1976’s Warship as MAA Burnett, A Roof Over My Head, Target, several episodes of Doctor Who including 1978’s “The Power of Kroll” as Skart, Graham’s Gang, My Son, My Son, The Professionals, Secret Army, Escape, A Spy at Evening, Juliet Bravo, The Fourth Arm, The Nation’s Health, One by One, Hideaway, The Bill, Lovejoy, Bodyguards, Madson, and Catterick. He was also featured in television productions of The Knowledge (1979), Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective (1981), Jenny’s War (1985), Jack the Ripper (1988), and Lady Audley’s Secret (2000). Jarvis was also seen onscreen in the ﬁlms Mix Me a Person (1962), That Kind of Girl (1963), Rotten to the Core (1965), The Italian Job (1969), Nobody Ordered Love (1972), Out of Season (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), A Horse Called Jester (1979), The Second Victory (1986), A Star Too Far (1993), The Tea Party (2002), Ages of Hunting (2003), Let Go (2004), Welsh Whelks (2006), The Penalty King (2006), and Looking Out for George (2007).

gether, with Jayne writing many of the songs. The quartet became best known as The Andy Grifﬁth Show’s Darling Family, led by patriarch and jug player Briscoe Darling, played by Denver Pyle, and accompanied by their sister Charlene Darling, played by Maggie Peterson. Jayne was featured in a half-dozen episodes in the 1960s, and reprised his role as Mitch Darling in the 1986 reunion tele-ﬁlm Return to Mayberry. Jayne was also featured as a performer on such television variety shows as The Judy Garland Show, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show, Playboy After Dark, Shindig, Hullabaloo, The Merv Grifﬁn Show, and The Smothers Brothers Show. Jayne was also an author, whose 1970 novel Old Fish Hawk, was adapted for a 1979 ﬁlm starring Will Sampson. His last book, Fiddler’s Ghost, was published in 2007.

JAYWANT , NAILINI Indian actress Nailini Jaywant died at her home in Mumbai, India, on December 24, 2010. She was 84. Jaywant was born in Bombay (now Mumbai), India, in 1926. She made her ﬁlm debut in the early 1940s with Mehboob Khan’s Bahen (My Sister) (1941). She was also seen in the ﬁlms Radhika (1941), Nirdosh (1941), Thank You (1943), and the love-triangle Anokha Pyar (1948). Jaywant was married to director Virendra Desai in the 1940s, and later wed actor Prabhu Dayal, whom she appeared with in several ﬁlms. Her other ﬁlm credits include Sangram (1950), Samadhi (1950), The Eyes (1950), Naujawan (1951), Jadoo (1951), The Mermaid (1952), Shikast (1953), Rahi (1953), Nastik (1954), Baap Beti (1954), Railway Platform (1955), Munimji (1955), Justice (1956), Fifty Fifty (1956), Aawaz (1956), Sheroo (1957),

JAYNE, MITCH Mitch Jayne, bass player for The Dillards featured as a member of the ﬁctional hillbilly Darling Family band on The Andy Grifﬁth Show in the 1950s, died of cancer on August 2, 2010. He was 80. Jayne was born in Hammond, Indiana, on July 5, 1930. Jayne was the host of the bluegrass radio show Hickory Hollow in Salem, Missouri, in the late 1950s, when he met Doug and Rodney Dillard, then performing as the Ozark Mountain Boys. The brothers and bandmate Dean Webb asked Jayne to join them as bass player and emcee. They recorded ﬁfteen albums to-

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the Invisible Man sci-ﬁ ﬁlm Mr. X (1957), Life Sentence (1958), Amar Rahe Yeh Pyaar (1963), and Bombay Race Course (1965). She largely retired from the screen in the 1960s, but returned to the screen two decades later in Bandish (1980) and Nastik (1983). Jaywant lived largely as a recluse in a small bungalow in Mumbai in her later years.

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JEFFERIES, JOHN Art director and production designer John Jefferies, Sr., died of complications from lung cancer in Sherman Oaks, California, on March 25, 2010. He was 74. Jefferies was born in Rich-

209 mond, Virginia, on February 8, 1936. He served in the U.S. Air Force before moving to the West coast to join his brothers, Matthew and Philip, as art directors in the ﬁlm industry. John began his career as a set designer for 1963’s The Chase. He also worked on the ﬁlms Cat Ballou (1965), The Happiest Millionaire (1967), Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967), Funny Girl (1968), and Hello, Dolly! (1969). He worked with his brothers on the original Star Trek series in the 1960s, and did the ﬁnal construction design for the USS Enterprise. John also was a production designer for the series Love, American Style, Black Sheep Squadron, Operation Petticoat, B.J.

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and the Bear, The Greatest American Hero, Misﬁts of Science, Matlock, and JAG. His other credits include the tele-ﬁlms The New Maverick (1978), The Jordan Chance (1978), The Night Rider (1979), Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981), Midnight Offerings (1981), Flight 90 (1984), Malice in Wonderland (1985), and Island Sons (1987). Jefferies’ other ﬁlm credits include The Gypsy Warriors (1978), BASEketball (1998), I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998), Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), Black Knight (2001), and Just Visiting (2001).

JEFFRIES, LIONEL British character actor Lionel Jeffries, who frequently lent a comic presence to ﬁlm and television productions during his long career, died in a nursing home in Poole, Dorset, England, on February 19, 2010. He was 83. Jeffries was born in Forest Hill, London, England, on June 10, 1926. He served with the British Light Infantry in Burma towards the end of World War II, and was awarded the Burma Star for his service. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art after his military service, and performed in repertory. He made his London stage debut in a production of Carrington V.C. in 1949, and was featured in the plays Blood Wedding (1952), Brouhaha (1952), and The Enchanted (1952). Jeffries made his ﬁlm debut in a small role in Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller Stage Fright in 1950. Bald, and frequently mustachioed, Jeffries became a familiar face in ﬁlms and television over the next three decades. His numerous ﬁlm credits include Will Any Gentleman…? (1953), The Black Rider (1954), Windfall (1955), The Colditz Story (1955), the Hammer

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sci-ﬁ classic The Creeping Unknown (aka The Quatermass Xperiment) (1955), No Smoking (1955), All for Mary (1955), Jumping for Joy (1956), Bhowani Junction (1956), The Baby and the Battleship (1956), Eyewitness (1956), Lust for Life (1956), Up in the Wind (1956), High Terrace (1956), The Man in the Sky (1957), Doctor at Large (1957), Hour of Decision (1957), The Vicious Circle (1957), Barnacle Bill (1957), Blue Murder at St. Trinian’s (1957), Girls at Sea (1958), Dunkirk (1958), Up the Creek (1958), The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) with Peter Cushing, Law and Disorder (1958), Orders to Kill (1958), Behind the Mask (1958), Further Up the Creek (1958), Nowhere to Go (1958), Life Is a Circus (1958) as a Genie in the last ﬁlm outing for the legendary comedy team, the Crazy Gang, Please Turn Over (1959), Idol on Parade (1959), The Nun’s Story (1959), Bobbikins (1959), Two Way Stretch (1960), Jazz Boat (1960), Let’s Get Married (1960), The Trial of Oscar Wilde (1960) as the Marquis of Queensbury, Tarzan the Magniﬁcent (1960) with Gordon Scott, Fanny (1961), The Hellions (1961), The Notorious Landlady (1961), Mrs. Gibbons’ Boys (1961), Operation Snatch (1962), Kill or Cure (1962), The Crimson Blade (1963), The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963), Call Me Bwana (1963) with Bob Hope, The Long Ships (1964), and Murder Ahoy (1964) with Margaret Rutherford as Agatha Christie’s spinster detective Miss Marple. Jeffries starred as scientist Joseph Cavor, whose gravity-repelling element Cavorite launched Edward Judd, Martha Hyer, and himself to the moon in the 1964 ﬁlm adaptation of H.G. Wells’ First Men in the Moon, with special effects from Ray Harryhausen. He continued to appear in such ﬁlms as The Truth About Spring (1965) with Hayley Mills, You Must Be Joking! (1965), The Secret of My Success (1965), The Spy with the Cold Nose (1966), Arrivederci, Baby! (1966), Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feeling So Sad (1967), and Those Fantastic Flying Fools (aka Rocket to the Moon) (1967). Jeffries was featured as King Pellinore in the 1967 ﬁlm version of the hit Broadway musical Camelot, with Richard Harris as King Arthur, and was Grandpa Potts in the 1968 adaptation of Ian Fleming’s classic fantasy Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. He played the father of Dick Van Dyke’s character, eccentric inventor Caracatus Potts, despite being several months younger than his onscreen

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son. He continued his ﬁlm career in The 13 Chairs (aka 12 + 2) (1969), Twinky (1970), Sudden Terror (aka Eyewitness) (1970), and the psycho-thriller Who Slew Auntie Roo? (1971) with Shelley Winters. He made his directorial debut with the 1970 children’s adventure ﬁlm The Railway Children, which he also scripted. He directed several more fantasy ﬁlms including Antonia Barber’s ghost story The Amazing Mr. Bluden (1972), Baxter! (1973), 1977’s Wombling Free, the ﬁlm version of the popular animated television series adapted from Elisabeth Beresford’s tales of short and furry critters who sang, danced and picked up litter, and The Water Babies (1978). He also continued to appear onscreen in such features as What Changed Charley Farthing? (1974), Royal Flash (1975) with Malcolm McDowell as Captain Harry Flashman, The Prisoner of Zenda (1979), Better Late Than Never (1982), and A Chorus of Disapproval (1988). Jeffries also appeared frequently on British television from the early 1950s, with roles in such series as BBC Sunday-Night Theatre, London Playhouse, ITV Television Playhouse, Assignment Foreign Legion, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Tales from Dickens, Dick and the Duchess, The Four Just Men, Rendezvous, Room at the Bottom, the short-lived Shillingbury Tales as Major Langton, 1982’s Father Charlie in the title role, All for Love, the 1983 comedy series Tom, Dick and Harriet as Thomas Maddison, Minder, The Comic Strip Presents…, The Collectors, C.A.T.S. Eyes, Inspector Morse, Boon, Rich Tea and Sympathy as Grandpa Rudge, The Mixer, Casualty, Lovejoy, the children’s series Woof! as Grandad in 1993, Performance, Holby City, The Canterbury Tales, and the sci-ﬁ series Lexx. He was also featured on television in productions of Cream in My Coffee (1980) with Peggy Ashcroft, Ending Up (1989), First and Last (1989), Roald Dahl’s Danny the Champion of the World (1989), Jekyll & Hyde (1990) as Jekyll’s father with Michael Caine in the title roles, and Heaven on Earth (1998). He also continued his career on the West End stage with roles in Hello, Dolly! (1984) as Horace Vandergelder, Rookery Nook (1986) and The Wild Duck (1990).

JENSEN , G AIL Actress Gail Jensen died of complications from a fall in a Fresno, California, hospital on April 23, 2010. She was 60. Jensen was born

in Sanger, California, on October 5, 1949. She appeared on television from the early 1970s, in episodes of McCloud, The Amazing Spider-Man, and The Fall Guy. She also composed the theme music for The Fall Guy in the early 1980s. Jensen appeared in the 1980 slasher ﬁlm Don’t Answer the Phone! and the 1982 teleﬁlm Massarati and the Brain. She was married to actor David Carradine from 1988 to 1997. She was associate producer for his ﬁlms Future Force (1989) and Future Zone (1990), and was featured in the latter ﬁlm.

JIA HONGSHENG Chinese actor Jia Hongsheng died of injuries he received after jumping from an apartment building in the Chaoyang District of Beijing, China, on July 5, 2010. He was 43. He was born Jilin Sipin near Beijing on March 19, 1967, the son of retired stage actors. Jia began his acting career in the late 1980s after graduating from Beijing’s Central Academy of Drama. He was soon starring in such ﬁlms as The Case of the Silver Snake (1988), Samsara (1988), Good Morning, Beijing! (1991), A Woman from North

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Shaanxi (1993), Hei huo, Zhao Meng yu (1993), Suicides (1994), Weekend Lover (1995), and Frozen (1997). Problems with drug abuse and a short stay in a mental institution largely ended his career in the mid–1990s. He returned to the screen in the ﬁlm Suzhou River in 2000. He also starred as himself in the 2001 drama Quitting, which depicted his struggle to overcome drug and alcohol addiction.

JOGI, SANTHOSH Indian actor Santhosh Jogi was found dead at a friend’s apartment in Thrissur, India, on April 13, 2010, having hung himself from a ceiling fan. He was 35. Jogi was born in Eravimangalam, India, in 1974. He began his career as a singer and performer on the local stage. He made his ﬁlm debut in the 2004 Malayalam movie Two Wheeler. His other ﬁlm credits include Rajamanikyam (2005), Achanurangatha Veedu (2006), Keerthi Chakra (2006), Big B (2007), Mulla (2008), and Malabar Wedding (2008). (See photograph on page 211.)

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JOHN, TAYLOR Actor and singer Taylor John, who performed in the Broadway musical Les Miserables, died of a seizure brought on by an accidental

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Bully, died after a long illness in a Los Angeles hospital on August 7, 2010. He was 43. Johns was born in Roseville, California, on August 23, 1966. His grandfather was Steve Cochran, a leading actor from the late 1940s. Johns began working in ﬁlms in the late 1980s colorizing black and white classics. He joined The Ren & Stimpy Show as a production coordinator in the early 1990s. He was also a production manager for the 1993 animated ﬁlm We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story, and was a voice casting manager for the Spawn series. He worked with creator Matt Groening as a co-producer for the cartoon series Futurama from 1999 to 2003, and produced the 1999 animated tele-ﬁlm Olive, the Other Reindeer. Johns served as co-executive producer for the 2006 ﬁlm The Ant Bully. Santhosh Jogi

overdose of prescription drugs, in a Skokie, Illinois, hospital on March 9, 2010. He was 28. John was born in New York City on November 25, 1981. He began performing on stage as a child, Appearing as Gavroche in the national touring company of Les Miserables. He also performed the role on Broadway in the early 1990s.

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JOHNS, ALEX Alex Johns, who co-produced the popular animated television series Futurama and was a producer for the 2006 animated feature The Ant

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JOHNSON , BERNARD “B UNCHY” New Orleans musician and actor Bernard “Bunchy” Johnson died of a heart attack on March 21, 2010. He was 57. Johnson was born in New Orleans on September 30, 1952. He played drums with numerous local acts and toured with such artists as Billy Preston, Johnnie Taylor, and Will Porter. He was featured in the

Bernard “Bunchy” Johnson

Off-Broadway musical Staggerlee in 1987, and appeared in several ﬁlms including Manhunter (1986), The Lunch Date (1989), Da Game of Life (1998), Monsters Ball (2001) as Deputy Jones, A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004), My Soul For (2008), and The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call — New Orleans (2009). He was also seen in the 2001 tele-ﬁlm The Ponder Heart, and episodes of Miracle Run and K-Ville. Johnson had recently completed ﬁlming scenes for the HBO series Treme before his death.

JOHNSON, CASEY Socialite and heiress Casey Johnson was found dead at a friend’s home in Los Angeles on January 4, 2010. She had not been heard from since early in the morning of December 29, 2009. She was 30. She was born Sale Trotter Case Johnson in New York City on September 24, 1979, the daughter of Johnson & Johnson heir and New York Jets owner Robert Wood Johnson IV and model Nancy Sale Frey. Casey was diagnosed with diabetes as a child and she and her father were both active with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. They also co-wrote the

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book Managing Your Child’s Diabetes in 1993. She was featured in a small role in Sharon Stone’s 1999 ﬁlm Gloria, and the 2002 fashion documentary It Girls. Johnson declined an invitation to co-star with childhood friend Paris Hilton on the television reality show The Simple Life, with Nicole Richie instead becoming Hilton’s cohort in rural comedy. Johnson was also featured as socialite Mimi von Lusting in the unaired television comedy The Tinsley Bumble Show. She adopted

the Middle, Monk, ER, Without a Trace, Girlfriends, Criminal Minds, Huff, Day Break in the recurring role of Neesha, Cold Case, Brothers, Big Love, ’Til Death, and The Middle. She starred as Tanika in the shortlived drama series LAX in 2004, and was Agent Liz Ray in the 2009 series Life. She also appeared in the teleﬁlms Subs (2007), Hackett (2008), Ernesto (2008), and Dan’s Detour of Life (2008). Johnson was also seen in a handful of ﬁlms over the past decade including Sticky Fingers (2003), Miracle Mile (2004), A One Time Thing (2004), Down Dog (2005), Stress, Orgasms, and Salvation (2005), The Ring Two (2005), Love for Rent (2005), Wake (2009), Jelly (2001), Nurses Who Kill (2010), Walk a Mile in My Pradas (2010), and The Chicago 8 (2011). She also produced the 2007 short-ﬁlm First.

JOHNSON , CHRISTINE Singer Christine Johnson, who starred as Nettie Fowler in the original Broadway musical Carousel in 1945, died at her home in Owenboro, Kentucky, on June 6, 2010. She was 98. She was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on September 8, 1911. She trained as a singer and moved to New

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a Kazakhistan orphan, Ava Monroe, in 2007. She had a series of volatile romances with both men and women and lost the ﬁnancial support of her family when she refused to seek treatment for substance abuse. She was arrested on charges of stealing personal items from a romantic rival in November of 2009. Johnson announced her engagement to television reality star Tila Tequila soon after.

JOHNSON, CHANE’T Actress Chane’t Johnson died of a heart attack in Hollywood on December 2, 2010. She was 34. She was born A’Drewana Chane’t Johnson in Dallas, Texas, on August 21, 1976. She earned a master’s degree in theater arts from the University of California in San Diego in 2001. She was soon appearing on stage, ﬁlm and television. She was featured in episodes of The Division, The District, The Guardian, Boomtown, Boston Public, Angel, Malcolm in

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York in 1937. She made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in 1943. She created the role of Nettie in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical Carousel and sang the song “You’ll Walk Alone.” She retired from the stage several years later to marry and raise a family.

JOHNSON , G ENERAL General Norman Johnson died of complications from lung cancer in Atlanta, Georgia, on October 13, 2010. He was 69. Johnson was born in Norfolk, Virginia, On May 23, 1941. He began singing in church choir as a child, and formed the group the Humdingers at the age of 12. The group became known as the Showmen by 1961, when they recorded the single “It Will Stand.” They continued to perform and record until splitting in 1968. Johnson and band member Danny Woods soon teamed with Harrison Kennedy and Eddie Curtis to form the Chairmen of the Board, and had a major hit with their 1970 debut song “Give Me Just a Little More Time.” They also had hits with “(You’ve Got Me) Dangling on a String” and “Everything’s Tuesday.” Johnson also became a leading songwriter with such hits as “Pay the Piper,” “Patches,” “One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show,”

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and “Bring the Boys Home.” Johnson and Woods became the Chairmen later in the decade, and Johnson

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recorded a solo album in 1979. He and Wood made frequent performances together in the 1980s, and recorded the 1993 album What Does Around Comes Around.

JOHNSON, JASON Aspiring actor Jason Johnson died after a long battle with cancer in Ventura, California, on April 29, 2010. He was 40. Johnson was born in Denver, Colorado, on October 15, 1969, and moved to Ventura with his family as a child. He made

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Pictures Production Company and worked on such projects as Martin Scorsese’s The Last Waltz (1978), Bob Dylan’s Renoldo and Clara (1978), Rust Never Sleeps (1979), Joni Mitchell’s Shadows and Light (1980), Human Highway (1982), Year of the Horse (1997), Neil Young: Silver and Gold (2000), Greendale (2003), and Neil Young Trunk Show (2009). Johnson’s most recent collaboration was the Grammy nominated Neil Young Archives: Volume 1 in 2010.

JOHNSON, L AMONT Lamont Johnson, an actor turned Emmy Award–winning television director, died of congestive heart failure at his home in Monterey, California, on October 24, 2010. He was 88. Johnson was born in Stockton, California, on September 30, 1922. He attended UCLA in the early 1940s, and trained in drama at Pasadena City College. He performed with the USO entertaining troops during World War II when a hip injury left him ineligible for active duty. Hd also performed on stage, and his booming voice led to a starring role as Tarzan in the early 1950’s radio series. He also began appearing in ﬁlms, with small roles in Up Front (1951), Retreat, Hell! (1952), Sally and Saint Anne (1952), The Glory Brigade (1953), The Human Jungle (1954), Please Murder Me (1956), The Brothers Rico (1957), and Jet Pilot (1957). He was also seen on television in episodes of The Lone Wolf, The Loretta Young Show, Justice, Schlitz Playhouse, Climax!,

his ﬁlm debut as a zombie in Disney’s 2003 comedy horror ﬁlm The Haunted Mansion starring Eddie Murphy. Johnson was also a zombie in the 2004 remake Dawn of the Dead, and was featured in the 2006 independent horror ﬁlm The Gravedancers.

JOHNSON , L.A. Filmmaker Larry “L.A.” Johnson died in Redwood City, California, on January 21, 2010. He was 62. Johnson was born in Fort Benning, Georgia, on June 11, 1947. He began working in ﬁlms in the late 1960s and earned an Academy Award nomination for sound editing for the 1970 music documentary Woodstock. Johnson met musician Neil Young while ﬁlming the concert and the two worked together frequently on ﬁlm and multimedia projects over the next forty years. He became part of Young’s Shakey

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Norby, The Millionaire, Hallmark Hall of Fame in productions of Aesop and Rhodope (1953), Moby Dick (1954), and The Promise (1955), Stage 7, The Ford Television Theatre, Treasury Men in Action, Goodyear Playhouse, Cavalcade of America, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, TV Reader’s Digest, Matinee Theatre, Crusader, Steve Canyon, Alcoa Theatre, Angel, Proﬁles in Courage, Blue Light, The Big Valley, Felony Squad, and Gunsmoke. Johnson also segued into directing in the mid–1950s, helming episodes of Matinee Theatre, Decision, Steve Canyon, Have Gun —Will Travel, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, Johnny Ringo, Five Fingers, Mr. Lucky, Peter Gunn, Naked City, Angel, The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor, The Riﬂeman, The Americans, The Law and Mr. Jones, Bus Stop, Sam Benedict, and Dr. Kildare. Johnson worked frequently on Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone in the early 1960s, directing the episodes “The Shelter,” “Five Characters in Search of an Exit,” “Nothing in the Dark,” “One More Pallbearer, “Kick the Can,” “Four O’Clock,” “Hocus-Pocus and Frisby,” and “Passage on the Lady Anne.” He also helmed episodes of The Richard Boone Show, Destry, The Defenders, The Doctors and the Nurses, Slattery’s People, Proﬁles in Courage, The Trials of O’Brien, Coronet Blue, Cimarron Strip, The Danny Thomas Hour, The Name of the Game, Judd for the Defense, The Bold Ones: The Protectors, Insight, CBS Afternoon Playhouse, and Faerie Tale Theatre 1983 production of Jack and the Beanstalk. He was also an early director of tele-ﬁlms, with such credits as A Covenant with Death (1967), Kona Coast (1968), Call to Danger (1968), My Sweet Charlie (1970) which earned him his ﬁrst Emmy Award nomination, Birdbath (1971), You’ll Like My Mother (1972), That Certain Summer (1972), The Execution of Private Slovik (1974) which he also scripted, Fear on Trial (1975), Paul’s Case (1980), Off the Minnesota Strip (1980), Crisis at Central High (1981), Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper (1981), Wallenberg: A Hero’s Story (1985) which garnered him an Emmy Award, Unnatural Causes (1986), Gore Vidal’s Lincoln (1988) which earned him another Emmy, The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990, Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase (1990), Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 (1992), The Broken Chain (1993), The Man Next Door (1996), and All the Winters That Have Been (1997). Johnson also directed a handful of feature ﬁlms during his career including The McKenzie Break (1970), A Gunﬁght (1971) with Kirk Douglas and Johnny Cash, the sci-spy thriller The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972), The Last American Hero (1973), Visit to a Chief ’s Son (1974) Lipstick (1976), One on One (1977) also appearing onscreen as Barry Brunz, Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978), Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1981), and the sci-ﬁ actioner Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983).

JOHNSON , MONICA Film and television writer Monica Johnson, who worked on several ﬁlms with Albert Brooks, died of esophageal cancer in a Los Angeles hospital on November 1, 2010. She was 64. Johnson was born in Colorado on February 21, 1946, and was raised in El Centro, California. Her brother, Jerry Belson, was a leading television writer and pro-

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ducer, and Monica began her career typing scripts for his series The Odd Couple. Belson was instrumental in Monica writing a script for Mary Tyler Moore. She went on write for such series as The Paul Lynde Show, Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers, and Laverne & Shirley. She also scripted the tele-ﬁlms The Cheerleaders (1976) and The Plant Family (1978), and co-wrote the ﬁlms Americathon (1979) and Jekyll and Hyde … Together Again (1982) directed by her brother. She began working with Albert Brooks on the 1979 comedy Real Life, his directorial debut, and continued their collaboration on the ﬁlms Modern Romance (1981), Lost in America (1985), The Scout (1994), Mother (1996), and The Muse (1999). She was also a writer and story editor for televisions It’s Garry Shandling’s Show in 1990, and was writer and supervising producer for Good Sports in 1991.

JONES, HANK Jazz pianist Hank Jones died in a hospice in the Bronx, New York, on May 16, 2010. He was 91. Jones was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on July 31, 1918, and was raised in Pontiac, Michigan. He studied the piano from an early age and was performing professionally by the age of 13. He played with regional bands before joining Hot Lips Page’s band in New York in 1944. He was soon performing with such artists as Billy Eckstine and Coleman Hawks. He became Ella Fitzgerald’s accompanist in 1947, and remained with her until 1953. He also began a long-

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215 standing association with Benny Goodman’s band and joined CBS as a staff musician in 1959. He was the piano accompaniment to Marilyn Monroe’s rendition of “Happy Birthday” to President John Kennedy in Madison Square Garden in May of 1962. He continued with the music department at CBS until the mid– 1970s, and teamed with bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams to form the Great Jazz Trio in 1976. He served as musical director and pianist for the Broadway revue Ain’t Misbehavin’ from 1978, and he recorded numerous albums with his frequently changing trio for over 20 years. He was given a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement in 2009.

JONES, MARK British actor Mark Jones died in Shropshire, England, on January 14, 2010. He was 70. Jones was born in England on April 22, 1939. He appeared frequently on the British stage, screen, and television from the 1960s. His ﬁlm credits include Marat/Sade (1967) as Mother, Tell Me Lives (1968), Connecting Rooms (1970), Layout for 5 Models (1972), Under Milk Wood (1972), Keep It Up, Jack (1973), The Sexplorer (aka Girl from Starship Venus) (1975), Secrets of a Superstud (1976), The Medusa Touch (1978), Can I

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JONES, MARVIN Marvin Jones, a child actor from the 1930s, died in San Antonio, Texas, on July 30, 2010. He was 88. Jones was born in Los Angeles on March 21, 1922. His sister Marcia Mae Jones was a child star, and siblings Margaret and Macon also appeared in ﬁlms as children. Marvin appeared in small roles in the ﬁlms Mothers Cry (1930), My American Wife (1936),

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Vivacious Lady (1938), Sweethearts (1938), Let’s Go Collegiate (1941), Wake Island (1942), and Thunder Birds (1942). He served in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II. Jones brieﬂy resumed his ﬁlm career after his discharge in 1946, with small roles in Undercover Maisie (1947), The Reformer and the Redhead (1950), Where Danger Lives (1950), Force of Arms (1951), Jumping Jacks (1952), Fearless Fagan (1952), and Angel Face (1952). He left ﬁlms in the early 1950s, and later worked in insurance, publishing, and hotel management before retiring to San Antonio in 1997.

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Come Too? (1979), Bear Island (1979), the Stars Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back (1980) as an Imperial ofﬁcer, 4D Special Agents (1981), Don’t Open Till Christmas (1984), and Invitation to the Wedding (1985). Jones was seen on television in episodes of Theatre 625, ITV Playhouse, Judge Dee, Tom Grattan’s War, Confession, Biography, The Adventurer, New Scotland Yard, Van der Valk, The Protectors, Crown Court, Doctor Who as Arnold Keeler in the 1976 serial The Seeds of Doom, The New Avengers, Z Cars, The Onedin Line, Target, Secret Army, Tales of the Unexpected, Escape, Lady Killers, Blott on the Landscape, Dempsey and Makepeace, Call Me Mister, Casualty, The Comic Strip Presents…, and Red Dwarf. Jones starred as Etienne Lantier in the series Germinal in 1970, and was Michael Armstong in A Family at War from 1970 to 1972. He also starred as Ray Mason in the 1980 adventure series Buccaneer. His other television credits include productions of A.D.A.M. (1973), The Knowledge (1979), and Pride of Our Alley (1983).

JORDAN, AMI Ami Jordan, who was featured in adult ﬁlms, died of an accidental drug overdose in Decatur, Tennessee, on June 11, 2010. She was 19. She was born in Decatur on August 8, 1990. She began

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working in adult ﬁlms in 2008. Her credits include Who’s That Girl 8 (2009), The Naughty Cheerleaders Club 2 (2009), Naughty Book Worms 15 (2009), Bounce

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2 (2009), 100% Natural 18 (2009), and Boobaholics Anonymous 5 (2009).

JUHLIN, BENNY Danish actor Benny Juhlin died in Denmark on January 7, 2010. He was 84. Juhlin was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on September 9, 1925. He was featured in the 1946 ﬁlm I Love Another before training for an acting career at the Royal

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Theatre in the early 1950s. He appeared frequently on stage, screen, and television over the next 50 years. Juhlin’s ﬁlm credits include Far til Fire i Byen (1956), Tag til Marked i Fjordby (1957), the cult monster movie classic Reptilicus (1961) as a Danish soldier, I, a Lover (1966), Nu Stiger Den (1966), People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart (1967), Det var en Lordag Aften (1968), Magic in Town (1968), Take a Little Sunshine (1969), Between the Sheets (1973), Mirror, Mirror (1978), and Birds of Passage (2001). He was also featured on television in episodes of En by i Provinsen, The Village, and At the Faber.

Yossa (1961), “Ei se Mitaan!” Sanoi Eemeli (1962), Day of Wind (1962), Villin Pohjolan Kulta (1963), Kahdeksas Veljes (1971), Tuntematon Ystava (1978), Screws on the Loose (1989), Vaapeli Kormy —Taisteluni (1994), and Vaapeli Kormy ja Kahtesti Laukeava (1997). Juurela was a familiar face on Finnish television from the early 1960s, appearing in such programs as Sellaista Rakkautta (1963), Teatterituokio (1963), Jaakaappivarkaat (1963), Joululegenda (1963), Maan Parhaat (1963), Kahden Kiukku (1963), Puoluesihteeri (1963), Tanneriana (1963), Gustaf III (1964), Veljen Varjo (1964), Meidan Herramme Muurahaisia (1964), Mikumardissa on Kesa (1964), Anna Christie (1964), Miten Haluatte (1964), Eversti Chabert (1964), Lemmen ja Sattuman Leikki (1964), Ruma Elsa (1965), Cul-de-Sac (1965), Lahimmainen (1965), Purasen Haat (1965), Viipurilaisen Iltapaiva (1965), Pikakaynti (1965), Apulaisjohtaja (1965), Ruohojen Harppu (1965), Huone Vuokrattavana (1965), Pilkahdus Merta (1965), Osteri ja Helmi (1965), Lapikaytava (1965), Loistokaupunki (1966), Etienne (1966), Kilpakosijat (1966), Autojen Hautausmaa (1966), Juudas (1966), Ihmisvihaaja (1966), Jatkoaika (1967) Saituri (1967), Poistui Kotoaan (1967), Paiva Lepokodissa (1967), Paha Kulkee (1967), Rikos ja Rangaistus (1967), Vaimoni Kummittelee (1968), Murheenlaakso (1968), Hanski (1969), Tirlittan (1969), Ilokylan Hammaslaakariseikkailu (1970), Mustapartainen Mies (1990), Oho, Sano Brysseli (1994), Totta Mooses! (1995), Team Ahma (1998), Putkinotko (1998), Elama on Naytelma (1999), and Hovimaki (1999). He made his ﬁnal screen appearance in the 2007 television production Hopeanuolet.

JUURELA, KAARLO Finnish actor and singer Kaarlo Juurela died of a heart attack while vacationing in Thailand on February 2, 2010. He was 80. Juurela was born in Mustasaari, Finland, on March 30, 1929. He was a popular comic actor on stage, ﬁlm and television from the late 1950s. He was featured in the ﬁlms Red Line (1959), Justus Jarjestaa Kaiken (1960), Hetkia

K ABEL, H EIDI German actress and singer Heidi Kabel died in Hamburg, Germany, on June 15, 2010. She was 95. Kabel was born in Hamburg on August 27, 1914. She began her professional career as a singer and stage performer in the early 1930s. She married theatrical director Hans Mahler in 1937, and the two worked frequently together with the Ohnsorg Theatre until his death in 1970. She was featured in several ﬁlms during her career including Das Madchen mit den Katzenaugen (1958), Wenn die Heide Bluht (1960), Otto und die Nackte Welle (1968), Shock Treatment (1969), Klein Erna auf dem Jungfernstieg (1969), Twenty Girls and the Teachers (1971), The Heath Is Green (1972), and

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217 Hands Off Mississippi (2007). Kabel was seen in numerous television productions including Das Herrschaftskind (1959), Ein Mann mit Charakter (1961), Vater Philipp (1963), Das Schlechte Gewissen (1965), Peter Pink (1967), Verteufelte Zeiten (1968), Die Lieben Verwandten (1968), Schneider Norig (1969), Ein Mann mit Charakter (1969), Der Moblierte Herr (1971), Zwei Engel (1972), Rund um Kap Horn (1973), Fur die Katz (1974), Die Cheﬁn (1976), Die Venus von Muggensack (1977), Kollege Generaldirektor (1971), Der Lorbeerkranz (1983), Der Sonne Entgegen (1985) as Meckelfeld’s Mother-inLaw, Tante Tilly (1986), Wenn du Geld Hast (1988), Ein Mann Ist Kein Mann (1989), Mutter und Sohne (1992), Theaterdonner (1995), and Frau Sperlings Raritatenladen (1997). She starred as Heidi Kaslinger in the 1990 series Heidi und Erni, and guested in episodes of Tatort and Heimatgeschichten.

KACZYNSKI, LECH Lech Kaczynski, a former child actor to become the President of Poland, died along with other Polish dignitaries when their plane crashed while trying to land in heavy fog at the Smolensk, Russia, airport on April 10, 2010. He was 60. Kaczynski was born in Warsaw, Poland, on June 18, 1949. He and his twin brother, Jaroslaw, starred in the 1962 ﬁlm The Two Who Stole the Moon. He studied labor law and became a leading advisor to the prodemocracy Solidarity movement and its found Lech Walesa. Kaczynski was elected to the Polish senate in 1989, and served in several governments over the next

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decade. He was elected Mayor of Warsaw in November of 2002, and became Poland’s president after elections in October of 2005. His twin, Jaroslaw, took the position of Prime Minister the following year. Kaczynski remained head of state until his death in the plane crash that killed 96 people including his wife, members of his government, and other leading military and political ﬁgures while on route from Warsaw for a ceremony commemorating the Katyn massacre.

KALLAI , FERENC Hungarian actor Ferenc Kallai died of complications from diabetes in Hungary of July 11, 2010. He was 84. Kallai was born in Gyoma, Hungary, on October 4, 1925. He trained for the stage and made his debut in the mid–1940s. He became a

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leading ﬁlm star in the early 1950s, appearing in Elso Facskek (1952), Under the City (1953), Az Elet Hidja (1956), Dani (1957), Pillars of Salt (1958), La Belle et le Tzigane (1959), Three Stars (1960), Katonazene (1961), The Obsessed Ones (1962), Why Hungarian Films Are Bad (1964), Red Letter Days (1967), Three Nights of Love (1967), Sparrows Are Birds Too (1968), Elsietett Hazassag (1968), The Witness (1969), Do You Know SundayMonday (1969), Az Alvilag Professzora (1969), A Crazy Night (1970), Trip Around My Cranium (1980), Temperate Zone (1970), Breakout (1971), Hekus Lettem (1972), Riddance (1973), A Pendragon Legenda (1974), Tuzgombok (1975), Mrs. Derry Where Are You? (1975), Bread and Cigarettes (1975), The Phantom on Horseback (1976), A Piano in Mid Air (1976), Labyrinth (1976), On the Sideline (1976), The Sword (1977), Housewarming (1983), A Voros Grofno (1985), Season of Monsters (1987), A Legenyanya (1989), Megint Tanu (1995), Let’s Love One Another (1996), A Miniszter Felrelep (1997), Professor Albeit (1998), 6:3, Pay It Again Tutti (1999), Werckmeister Harmonies (2000), Glass Tiger (2001), Smouldering Cigarette (2001), Rose’s Songs (2003), Four Seasons in Space (2005), Rokonok (2006), and Noah’s Ark (2007). Kallai also appeared frequently on Hungarian television from the 1960s, with roles in such productions as Tuskevar (1967), Halasz Doktor (1968), Eg y Ore Mulva Itt Vog yok (1971), Az 1001. Kilometer (1972), Volpone (1974), Rejtekhely (1978), Vendegseg (1980), Bolondok Balja (1984), Kulonos Hazassag (1984), Bank Ban (1987), Nyolc Evszak (1987), Eszmelet (1989), Devictus Vincit (1994), Hello Doki (1996), Zsaruver es Csigaver: A Kiralyne Nyakeke (2001), Mikor Siel az Oroszland? (2001), and Micimacko (2005) as the voice of Winnie the Pooh.

K ALOUTA, A NNA Greek actress Anna Kalouta died in Greece on April 17, 2010. She was 91. Kalouta was born in Athens, Greece, on September 29, 1918. She and her sister, Maria, began performing on stage as children. Anna also appeared in a handful of ﬁlms throughout her long career including Doktor Epameinondas (1937), When the Husband Travels (1938), Kapetan Skorpios (1943), Apaches of Athens (1950), Ekeines pou den Prepei n’ Agapoun (1951), Tsiganiko Aima (1956), Prepei na zisis Timia (1962), O Emiris kai

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o Kakomoiris (1964), Kai oi… 14 itan Yperohoi! (1965), Kalos ilthe to Dollario (1967), I Smyrnia (1969), Eleft-

Nefarious (2008), Prima Primavera (2009), The Blue Horse (2009), Budapest (2009), and Spanish Walk (2010). He was also seen on Dutch television in productions of Baantjer (1997), Saint Amour (2001), All Stars — De Serie (1999), HannaHannaH (2007), and Voetbalvrouwen (2008).

K ANYON , C HRIS Christopher Klucsarits, who wrestled in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as Mortis and Kanyon, was found dead from a drug overdose in an apparent suicide at his apartment in Sunnyside, Queens, New York, on April 2, 2010. He was 40. Klucsarits was born in Sunnyside on January 4, 1970. He began training as a wrestler in the early 1990s, and made his debut with the WCW in 1995 as the tag team Men at Work with Mark Starr. He donned a mask to become the monster villain Mortis in 1997, where he was managed by James Vandenberg Anna Kalouta

herios Venizelos: 1910 –1927 (1980), O Zigolo tis Athinas (1982), Meidiaste, sas Parakalo (1988), and O Kontos kai oi Mnistires (1988).

KAMERLING, A NTONIE Dutch actor Antonie Kamerling committed suicide in Zevenhoven, Netherlands, on October 6, 2010. He was 44. Kamerling was born in Arnhem, Netherlands, on August 25, 1966. He was studying law when he was cast as Peter Kelder in the Dutch television soap opera Good Times, Bad Times in 1990. He made his ﬁlm debut in 1993’s De Kleine Blonde Dood. He continued his ﬁlm career in Suite 16 (1994), KOEKOEK! (1995), Darling (1995), De Orde Der Dingen (1996), Lisa (1996), and Hot Dogs (1997). He starred in the 1997 ﬁlm All Star, and performed the theme song which became a major hit in the Netherlands. He was also seen in the ﬁlms Het 14e Kippetje (1998), Left Luggage (1998), Sentimental Education (1998), The Runner (2000), I Love You Too (2001), Soul Assassin (2001), Love Trap (2004), and Mindhunters (2004). Kamerling was featured as Lieutenant Kessel in the dueling Exorcist prequel ﬁlms, Renny Harlin’s Exorcist: The Beginning (2004) and Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005). He continued to star in the ﬁlms Five Fingers (2006), Horizonica (2006),

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in his feud with Glacier. He abandoned the mask to wrestle as Kanyon the following year, and teamed and feuded with Raven and Perry Saturn. He formed the Jersey Triad with Diamond Dallas Page and Bam Bam Bigelow in 1999, and held the WCW tag belts for several months. He also served as technical advisor on the 1999 tele-ﬁlm The Jesse Ventura Story and the 2000 feature Ready to Rumble, where he was also Oliver Platt’s stunt double. He continued to wrestle with WCW, feuding with Page, Buff Bagwell, and Ernest “the Cat” Miller until the company was purchased by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF/WWE) in 2001. He subsequently worked in the WWE, and brieﬂy teamed with Page to hold tag titles, during the WCW Invasion storyline. He was plagued by injuries over the next several years and was released from the WWE in February of 2004. He continued to compete on the independent circuit with short runs in Total Nonstop Action (TNA) and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. He reportedly had been suffering from bipolar depression before his death.

KAPISODA, FILIP Montenegrin model and television reality show personality Filip Kapisoda was found dead at the Belgrade, Serbia, apartment of his girlfriend, pop singer Kseniji Pajcin, on March 16, 2010. He was 22. He and Pajcin both had gunshot wounds to the head, in what is believed to have been a murder-

219 suicide with Kapisoda as the assailant. He was born in Cetinje, Montenegro, on April 3, 1987. He was a lead-

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ing male model and participated in the Serbian version of Big Brother, Veliki Brat VIP All Stars, placing third in the contest in 2009.

KAPOR, LJUBO Croatian actor Ljubo Kapor died of cancer in Zagreb, Croatia, on March 13, 2010. He was 77. Kapor was born on Korcula, Croatia, on September 21, 1932. He began his career in the late 1950s, appearing in such productions as Svemirska Patrola (1958), Vucjak (1961), Cuvaj se Senjske Ruke (1964), Tvrdica (1967), Lenjin u Africi (1973), Psihopati (1974), Bombaski Proces (1978), Kraljevo (1981), Poglavlje iz Zivota Augusta Senoe (1981), Pet Mrtvih Adresa (1984), Evo ti ga, Mister Flips! (1984), Bunda (1987), Proljece Janka Potlaceka (1988), Obecana Zemlja (2002), Novo Doba (2002), U Sjeni Green Hilla (2002), and Ne Pitaj Kako! (2006). His other television credits include such series as Prosjaci i Sinovi, Ca smo na Ovom Svitu…, U Registraturi, Macak pod Sljemom, Velo Misto, Nepokoreni Grad, Ptice Nebeske, Operacija Kajman, Odmori se, Zasluzio si, Stipe u Gostima, and Mamutica. Kapor was also seen in numerous ﬁlms during his career including Monday or Tuesday (1966), Ljubav i Poneka Psovka (1969), Lov na Jelene (1972), Court Martial (1978), That’s the Way the Cookie Crumbles (1979), Ambasador

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(1984), Dreaming the Rose (1986), Obecana Zemlja (1986), My Uncle’s Legacy (1988), Luka (1992), Papa Sixto V (1992), Zagreb: Open City (1992), Gospa (1995), Sedma Kronika (1996), Christmas in Vienna (1997), The Third Woman (1997), Rusko Meso (1997), When the Dead Start Singing (1999), Marshal Tito’s Spirit (1999), Cetverored (1999), Ko ziv ko Mrtav (2005), and Kenjac (aka Donkey) (2009). He was also a voice actor in the animated ﬁlms The Elm Chanted Forest (1986) and The Magician’s Hat (1990). Kapor starred as Djuro Pletikosa in the television series Luda Kuca from 2005 until his death.

K ARRAS , ATHAN Greek actor and dancer Athan Karras, who helped popularize Greek dancing in the United States, died of complications from coronary bypass surgery in a Tarzana, California, hospital on February 12, 2010. He was 82. Karras was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, on September 27, 1927, and came to the United States in the late 1930s. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard, and studied theater and dance at New York University. He performed with the Greek National Theater, and was a leading exemplar of Greek folk dancing. Karras choreographed and starred in the

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1957 drama ﬁlm Dark Odyssey, and was also seen on television in episodes of such series as The Dick Powell Show, The Lloyd Bridges Show, Death Valley Days, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Combat!, T.H.E. Cat, Run for Your Life, Garrison’s Gorillas, Knots Landing, General Hospital, and The Young and the Restless. He was also featured in the 1981 tele-ﬁlm The Stark Maker, and appeared in the ﬁlms Crime Killer (1985) and Nomads (1986). Karras operated the Intersection, a nightclub in Silver Lake, near Los Angeles, which featured Greek folk dancing from the mid–1960s through the mid– 1980s. He also toured the country, presenting folk festivals and conducting seminars at colleges and universities including UC Berkeley, UCLA, and Loyola Marymount University.

KASTNER, ELLIOTT Film producer Elliott Kastner died of cancer in London, England, on June 30, 2010. He was 80. Kastner was born on New York City on January 7, 1930. He began his career as a talent agent at Music Corporation of America (MCA), and began

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producing ﬁlms in the mid–1960s. His ﬁrst ﬁlm credit was 1965’s Bus Riley’s Back in Town. He subsequently teamed with Jerry Gershwin to form Winkast Film Productions Ltd. in England, where he produced the 1966 ﬁlm version of Ross Macdonald’s private eye novel Harper, starring Paul Newman. He and Gershwin also produced the ﬁlms Kaleidoscope (1966) starring Warren Beatty, The Bobo (1967), Sol Madrid (1968), Sweet November (1968), and Night of the Following Day (1968) starring Marlon Brando, and the 1970 horror ﬁlm The Devil’s Widow with Ava Gardner. They also produced several popular ﬁlm adaptations of Alistair MacLean thrillers including Where Eagles Dare (1968), When Eight Bells Toll (1971), and Breakheart Pass (1975). Kastner also teamed with Alan Ladd Jr. and Jay Kanter to

KATES, BERNARD Character actor Bernard Kates died of complications from sepsis and pneumonia at a Lake Havasu City, Arizona, hospital on February 2, 2010. He was 87. Kates was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 26, 1922. He studied acting in New York and began his career on radio. He served in the military during World War II, and resumed acting after his discharge. He performed on the New York stage, including roles in such Broadway productions as At War with the Army and The Disenchanted. He was featured on television in a production of The Magic Cottage in 1949. Kates was seen in episodes of numerous other television series including Suspense, Starlight Theatre, The Philco Television Playhouse, Captain Video and His Video Rangers, The Kaiser Aluminum Hour, Decoy, Naked City, Mr. Lucky, Johnny Staccato, Sea Hunt, Playhouse 90, One Step Beyond, King of Diamonds, Charlie Angelo, The Untouchables, The Asphalt Jungle in the recurring role of Lalley, Angel, Michael Shayne, Two Faces West, Cain’s Hundred, Hennesey, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Bus Stop, Ben Casey, Sam Benedict, Don’t Call Me Charlie, The Dick Powell Show, Glynis, Dr. Kildare, The Outer Limits, Kraft Suspense Theatre, The Greatest Show on Earth, Combat!, The Fugitive, and Hawk. He was featured as Ben Scott in the daytime soap opera The Guiding Light from 1965 to 1968, and was Arthur Saxton in the soap Where the Heart Is from 1969 to 1971. He was featured in the 1990 tele-ﬁlm Angel of Death, and appeared in episodes

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produce ﬁlms in the early 1970s. Kastner’s many ﬁlm credits include Laughter in the Dark (1969), The Walking Stick (1970), Iris Murdoch’s A Severed Head (1970), Villain (1971), the supernatural thriller The Nightcomers (1971) with Brando, Fear Is the Key (1972), X Y and Zee (1972), Cry for Me, Billy (1972), Jeremy (1973), and 11 Harrowhouse (1973). He also produced the 1973 ﬁlm The Long Goodbye, featuring Elliott Gould as Raymond Chandler’s iconic private eye Philip Marlowe. Kastner later produced two more Marlowe ﬁlms, Farewell, My Lovely (1975) and The Big Sleep (1978), starring Robert Mitchum. His other ﬁlms include Dogpund Shufﬂe (1975), Rancho Deluxe (1975), Russian Roulette (1975), 92 in the Shade (1975), The Missouri Breaks (1976), Swashbuckler (1996), The Stick-Up (1977), Black Joy (1977), A Little Night Music (1977), Equus (1977), Absolution (1978), ffolkes (1979), the 1979 tele-ﬁlm Mr. Horn, Goldengirl (1979), Yesterday’s Hero (1979), The First Deadly Sin (1980) starring Frank Sinatra, Death Valley (1982), Man, Woman and Child (1983), Oxford Blues (1984), Garbo Talks (1984), Nomads (1986), Heat (1986), Angel Heart (1987), White of the Eye (1987), Zombie High (1987), Zits (1988), Never on Tuesday (1988), A Chorus of Disapproval (1988), Jack’s Back (1988), the 1988 remake of The Blob, Homeboy (1988), The Last Party (1993), Frank & Jesse (1995), Love Is All There Is (1996), Sweet November (2001), and Opa! (2005).

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Gabriel’s Fire, Star Trek: The Next Generation as Dr. Sigmund Freud in the 1993 episode “Phantasms,” NYPD Blue, Picket Fences, and 3rd Rock from the Sun. Kates was seen in a handful of feature ﬁlms during his career including You’re in the Navy Now (1951), Twelve Hours to Kill (1960), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), The Super Cops (1974), The Babe (1992), Seed People (1992), The Phantom (1996) as Falkmoore the Butler, and Robo Warriors (1996). Kates was also active on the local stage in California, appearing in several productions at the Paciﬁc Conservatory of the Performing Arts from the 1980s.

K AUFFMANN, GOTZ Austrian actor Gotz Kauffmann died after a long illness in Vienna, Austria,

221 on January 26, 2010. He was 61. Kauffmann was born in Vienna on January 15, 1949. He trained as an actor from the late 1960s, and appeared on stage and television from the early 1970s. He was featured in episodes of Tatort, Alpensaga, and Kottan Ermittelt. He starred as Kurt Blahovec in the series Ein Echtet Wiener geht Nicht Unter from 1975 to 1980, and was Harry Meiusel

Gotz Kauffmann

in Mozart and Meisel in 1987. He starred as Rudi Gneisser in Kaisermuhlen Blues from 1992 to 2002, and was Franz Zotter in Dolce Vita & Co. from 2001 to 2002. He was also seen in several ﬁlms including Tales from the Vienna Woods (1979), Non-Stop Trouble with My Double (1984), Verlassen Sie Bitte Ihren Mann! (1993), “El Chicko”— der Verdacht (1995), Deadly Love (1995), Der See (1996), and Ene Mene Muh — Und Tot Bist Du (2001).

KAVADIA, TASSO Greek actress Tasso Kavadia died in Athens, Greece, on December 18, 2010. She was 89. Kavadia was born in Patra, Greece, on January 10, 1921. She trained as an actress, and appeared frequently on stage, screen and television from the early 1950s. She was often cast in villainous roles and was seen in the ﬁlms Windfall in Athens (1954), Condemned Even by Her Own Son (1955), Stella (1955), Vacations in Aegina (1958), The Big Trick (1960), The Underdog (1960), Our Last Spring (1960), Phaedra (1961), A Great

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Love (1964), Angels Without Wings (1965), I de Gyni na Fovitai ton Andra (1965), Aharisti (1966), Koinonia, ora Miden (1966), Stefania (1966), Olga My Love (1968). Kapetan Fandis Bastouni (1968), Wake Up Vasili (1969), Mia Trelli … Trelli … Sarantara (1970), The Unvanquished (1971), I Amartia tis Omorﬁas (1972), Anazitisis… (1972), O Gios Mou, o Stefanos (1975), Memories of a Sunday (1975), Horis Prova (1985), Donusa (1992), Nights, Gambled Away (1997), Patagonia (1998), Female Company (1999), Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns (2000), Alexander and Aishe (2002), and The Will of Father Jean Meslier (2009). Kavadia also appeared on television in productions of Apo tin alli Ohthi (1973), Gigas Motel (1993), Eroica (1999), Pappoudes en Drasei (2000) as Evangelia, and Gia Mia Gynaika ki ena Aftokinito (2001). She also worked as a journalist for radio, television and newspapers in the 1950s and 1960s.

KAWAMOTO, KIHACHIRO Japanese animator and ﬁlmmaker Kihachiro Kawamoto died in Tokyo on August 23, 2010. He was 85. Kawamoto was born in Tokyo on January 11, 1925. He began working in ﬁlms in post-war Japan in 1946 as an assistant to production designer So Matsuyama at Toho Studio. He teamed with Tadasu Iizawa to illustrate children’s books in 1950, and began training in stop motion animation.

Kihachiro Kawamoto

He worked with puppet animator Tadahito Mochinaga in the 1950s, and co-founded Shiba Productions in 1958. He became noted for his stop motion animated short ﬁlms including Hanaori: Breaking of Branches Is Forbidden (1968), Anthropo-Cynical Farce (1970), Oni (1972), The Trip (1973), A Poet’s Life (1974), Dojoji Temple (1976), House of Flame (1979), Rennyo and His Mother (1981), Self Portrait (1988), Briar-Rose or the Sleeping Beauty (1990), Winter Days (2003), and The Book of the Dead (2005).

KEAN , EDWARD Television writer Edward Kean, who was a leading creative force behind The Howdy Doody Show in the late 1940s, died of complications from emphysema in a West Bloomﬁeld Township, Michigan, health care facility on August 13, 2010. He was 85. Kean was born in Manhattan, New York, on October 28, 1924. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and earned degrees from Columbia

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and Cornell. He began working with Buffalo Bob Smith in radio in 1947, and soon created the NBC children’s television program Puppet Playhouse. The show evolved into The Howdy Doody Show in 1948, and became one of the most popular children’s programs in television history. Kean was principal writer for the series, penning the lyrics for the opening theme “It’s

Voltron. He also wrote an episode of the television anthology horror series Tales from the Darkside in 1987, and created the French-U.S. animated co-production Denver, the Last Dinosaur in 1988. He teamed with Brian Lacey to form Zodiac Entertainment in 1989, and created and produced such animated series as Widget, the World Watcher, The Mr. Bogus Show, and Twinkle, the Dream Being. He also produced the 2005 animated holiday special Nine Dog Christmas. He was developing the animated action series Z-Force (Zodiac Force), at the time of his death.

KEIM, BETTY LOU Actress Betty Lou Keim died of lung cancer at her home in Chatsworth, California, on January 27, 2010. She was 71. Keim was born in Malden, Massachusetts, on September 27, 1938. She made her Broadway debut in the 1947 play Strange Fruit, and was also featured in Broadway productions of Crime and Punishment (1949), Texas, Li’l Darlin’ (1953), and A Roomful of Roses (1955). She was seen in the 1949 short ﬁlm Doorway to Death, and made her feature debut in These Wilder Years (1956) with Barbara Stanwyck. She starred as Ginger Roger’s difﬁcult Edward Kean

Howdy Doody Time,” and creating the characters Clarabell the Clown, Princess Summerfall Winterspring, and Flub-a-Dub. Kean also coined the word “kowabunga” as a greeting for the character Chief Thunderthud, which became a popular expression for surfers, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Bart Simpson. He left television in 1955 to work in public relations. He later returned to entertainment as a lounge pianist in hotels in Miami and Detroit.

KEEFE, PETER Animation producer Peter Keefe, who created the U.S. version of the animated series Voltron: Defender of the Universe, died of throat cancer in Rochester, New York, on May 27, 2010. He was 57. Keefe was born in Rochester on November 6, 1952. He began his career in St. Louis, Missouri, as an on-air ﬁlm critic for the local PBS outlet. He began working in animation in the mid–1980s, adapting the Japanese anime series Go Lion and Dierugger for the United States audiences as popular syndicated series

Peter Keefe

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daughter Dodie in 1956’s Teenage Rebel, and was Frank Sinatra’s rebellious niece Dawn Hirsh in Some Came Running (1958). She also had a small role in the 1957 ﬁlm The Wayward Bus. Keim appeared frequently on television during the 1950s, and starred as Peggy Allison in the series My Son Jeep in 1953. She was also seen in such series as Armstrong Circle Theatre, Lights Out, Hallmark Hall of Fame, The Philco Television Playhouse, The Alcoa Hour, Goodyear Television Playhouse, Robert Montgomery Presents, The United States Steel Hour, Matinee Theatre, Yancy Derringer, General Electric Theatre, and Riverboat. She co-starred as Fran McCord in the western television series The Deputy from 1959 to 1960. Keim married actor Warren Berlinger in 1959 and abandoned her career to raise a family.

KEITH, LARRY Larry Keith, who appeared as Nick Davis on the daytime soap opera All My Children for over two decades, died of cancer on July 18, 2010. He was 79. Keith was born in New York City on March 1, 1931. He began his career on stage, and had small roles in such Broadway musicals as My Fair Lady,

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High Spirits, and I Had a Ball in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He was featured in a production of An Enemy of the People for NET Playhouse in 1966. Keith was featured as Lefty Burns in the soap opera Another World in the late 1960s. He joined All My Children with its premiere in January of 1970, and earned two Daytime Emmy nominations before leaving in 1978. He continued to make guest appearances on the soap

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and in the ﬁlms Take It or Leave It (1981), Blind Date (1984), Ae Fond Kiss (2004), and The Barn (2004).

Larry Keith

through his ﬁnal cameo appearance in 2005. Keith starred as Fred Baxter in the comedy/talk show series The Baxters in 1979, and was featured in television productions of Make Believe Marriage (1979) for ABC Afterschool Specials, The Wave (1981), Kennedy (1983) as Stanley Levison, Kane & Abel (1985), The Littlest Victims (1989), Nothing Upstairs (1990), and Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore (1992). His other television credits include episodes of Tales of the Unexpected, Stingray, The Equalizer, Kate & Allie, The American Experience, and Law & Order. He also appeared as Isidor Straus in the Broadway musical Titanic in the late 1990s, and was Herr Schultz in the revival of Cabaret in the early 2000s. He was featured as Mr. Stopnick in the Broadway musical drama Caroline, or Change in 2004. Keith appeared in the recurring role of Dr. Karl Brandt in the cable series Damages in 2010.

KELLY, GERARD Scottish comic actor Gerard Kelly died of a brain aneurysm in a London hospital on October 28, 2010. He was 51. Kelly was born in Glasgow, Scotland, on May 27, 1959. He was a popular comic performer on the Glasgow stage and appeared frequently on television from the late 1970s. He was seen in episodes of The Camerons (1979) as Andrew Cameron, Play for Today, God’s Wonderful Railway, the 1980 Hammer House of Horror segment The Thirteenth Reunion, Shoestring, Going Out, Juliet Bravo in the recurring of PC David Gallagher, Nanny, Play for Tomorrow, The Young Ones, Metal Mickey, Murder Not Proven?, Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV, The Comic Strip Presents, City Lights as Willie Melvin from 1984 to 1991, Rab C. Nesbitt, EastEnders, Dalziel and Pascoe, Hamish Macbeth, Brookside, Taggart, Casualty, and Extras. He was also seen in television productions of The Holy City (1986), Brat Farrar (1986), and No Holds Bard (2009),

KENNEDY, PEGGY Television casting director Peggy Kennedy died of cancer in Los Angeles on December 3, 2010. She was 65. She began her career as an associate with Pagano-Manwiller Casting in 1995. She was a casting associate or director on the series L.A.

Peggy Kennedy

Law, The Jeff Foxworthy Show, Chicago Hope, Level 9, and Wolf Lake. Kennedy earned an Emmy Award in 2004 for her work on the action series 24. She was involved in casting the series Human Target at the time of her death.

KENWORTHY, PAUL Cinematographer N. Paul Kenworthy, Jr., who was best known for his work on the Disney True-Life Adventures documentaries in the 1950s, died in Ventura, California, on October 15, 2010. He was 85. Kenworthy was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 14, 1925. He served in the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II. After his discharge he attended Cornell University, and studied cinematography at UCLA, where he earned a master’s degree. His master’s thesis evolved into the Academy Award–winning nature documentary The Living Desert (1953). He was also cinematographer for the Oscarwinning follow-up, The Vanishing Prairie (1954), and directed and photographed the 1957 ﬁlm Perri, about

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a female squirrel. He also worked on the Disney television productions of Adventure in Wildwood Heart and Rusty and the Falcon in the 1950s. Kenworthy was instrumental in developing the snorkel camera with Bob Nettman, which was utilized in such ﬁlms as The Neptune Factory (1973), Tilt (1979), One from the Heart

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(1982), and Jaws 3-D (1983). Kenworthy received an Academy of Motion Pictures Technical Award in 1977, and an Outstanding Achievement Award from the American Society of Cinematographers in 1994. He was honored as a Disney Legend in 1998, and received the Academy of Motion Pictures John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation in 2001.

KENYON, SANDY Veteran character actor Sandy Kenyon died at his home in Los Angeles, California, on February 20, 2010. He was 87. He was born Sanford Klein in the Bronx, New York, on August 5, 1922. He served in the Army Air Corps as a pilot during World War II. He returned to New York after the war to pursue a career as an actor. After several years on the New York stage, he moved to Los Angeles to further his career. He was a familiar face on television from the early 1950s, appearing in episodes of The Doctor and Producers’ Showcase. He starred as Des Smith in the television adventure series Crunch and Des with Forrest Tucker from 1955 to 1956. His numerous tele-

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vision credits also include episodes of The Phil Silvers Show, Northwest Passage, Yancy Derringer, Steve Canyon, Rawhide, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Colt .45, The Thin Man, One Step Beyond, Alcoa Theatre, Playhouse 90, Tightrope, The Riﬂeman, Peter Gunn, The Chevy Mystery Show, The Riverboat as Abraham Lincoln, The Americans, The Gunslinger, The Tall Man, Cain’s Hundred, Boris Karloff ’s Thriller, Dr. Kildare, Room for One More, Checkmate, The Wide Country, Twilight Zone, Have Gun —Will Travel, The Great Adventure, and The Eleventh Hour. He was featured as Shep Baggott in the western series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters from 1963 to 1964. He was also seen in episodes of The Outer Limits, Proﬁles in Courage, The Fugitive, The Wild Wild West, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Convoy, The Dick Van Dyke Show, A Man Called Shenandoah, The Donna Reed Show, Gidget, Love on a Rooftop, I Spy, The Invaders, The Andy Grifﬁth Show, Gunsmoke, Judd for the Defense, That Girl, The Virginian, Bonanza, The Name of the Game, The Bold Ones: The New Doctors, The Most Deadly Game, Bracken’s World, Ironside, Hogan’s Heroes, The Partridge Family, The Mod Squad, Me and the Chimp, The Doris Day Show, Insight, Kung Fu, The New Dick Van Dyke, The Streets of San Francisco, The Delphi Bureau, Mannix, Columbo, Cannon, Dusty’s Trail, Apple’s Way, Adam-12, The Rookies, Barbary Coast, Happy Days, Maude, Barnaby Jones, The Rockford Files, M*A*S*H, Wonderbug, Hallmark Hall of Fame, The Bionic Woman, Police Woman, What’s Happening!!, The Waltons, All in the Family, Lou Grant, Eight Is Enough, Meeting of Minds, Quincy, Hart to Hart, Airwolf, Knot’s Landing in the recurring role of Reverend Kathrun from 1984 to 1985, Crazy Like a Fox, Designing Women, and Good Grief. He also directed an episode of the sit-com One Day at a Time in 1976. Kenyon was also featured in the teleﬁlms Something for Lonely Man (1968), Travis Logan, D.A. (1971), A Case of Rape (1974), and Honky Tonk (1974). He was the voice of Jon Arbuckle in the 1982 animated tele-ﬁlm Here Comes Garﬁeld, and was also a voice actor in 1985’s The Romance of Betty Boop. He was also featured in the 1988 mini-series War and Remembrance. Kenyon appeared in a handful of ﬁlms during his career including Al Capone (1959) as Bones Corelli, Nevada Smith (1966), Easy Come, Easy Go (1967), Sweet Kill (1973), Tom Sawyer (1973), Breezy (1973), Rancho Deluxe (1975), MacArthur (1977) as Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, Lifepod (1980), When Time Ran Out… (1980), The Loch Ness Horror (1981), Larry Buchanan’s Down on Us (aka Beyond the Doors) (1984) as assassin Alex Stanley, who kills Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix for the government, Blame It on the Night (1984), and The Scottish Tale (1996). Kenyon also performed frequently on stage throughout his career, and was appearing in regional productions in the Los Angeles area until shortly before his death.

KERSHNER, IRVIN Film director Irvin Kershner, who was best known for helming The Empire Strikes Back (1980), the ﬁrst sequel to George Lucas’ Star Wars, died of lung cancer at his home in Los Angeles on November 29, 2010. He was 87. Kershner was

225 born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 29, 1923. He served as a ﬂight engineer on B-24 bombers for the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. He trained in photography and ﬁlms after the war, and was directing and ﬁlming documentaries overseas for the United States Information Agency by the 1950s. He was instrumental in creating the television documentary series Conﬁdential File, which aired from 1953 to 1955. He made his featured debut as director and writer of the 1958 Roger Corman crime drama Stakeout on Dope Street, which he followed with The Young Captives (1959) and The Hoodlum Priest (1961). He directed frequently for television in the early 1960s for episodes of such series as The Rebel, Cain’s Hundred, Ben Casey, Naked City, and Kraft Suspense Theatre. He also helmed such acclaimed ﬁlms as Face in the Rain (1963), The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964) starring Robert Shaw and

Irvin Kershner (holding Yoda’s head)

Mary Ure, A Fine Madness (1964) starring Sean Connery as a slightly-mad poet, The Flim-Flam Man starring George C. Scott as a charming rogue, Loving (1970), Up the Sandbox (1972) starring Barbra Streisand, and S*P*Y*S (1974). He also directed the 1976 sequel The Return of a Man Called Horse starring Richard Harris, the tele-ﬁlm Raid on Entebbe (1976), and the psychological slasher ﬁlm Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) starring Faye Dunaway. He was selected by George Lucas to direct the sequel for the 1977 mega-hit Star Wars, and The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and found both commercial and critical success. Kershner helmed Sean Connery’s return to the James Bond franchise with 1983’s Never Say Never Again, and directed the “Hell Toupee” episode of Steven Spielberg’s television series Amazing Stories in 1986. He also directed the tele-ﬁlm Traveling Man (1989) and the 1990 sequel RoboCop 2, and an episode of the undersea sci-ﬁ series SeaQuest DSV in 1993. He served as producer for Paul Chart’s 1997 independent ﬁlm American Perfekt. Kershner appeared onscreen as Zebedee in Martin Scorsese’s 1988 ﬁlm The Last Temptation of Christ, and was also featured in the ﬁlms On Deadly Ground (1994), Angus (1995), Manhood (2003), and Berkeley (2005).

KERST, ALEXANDER Austrian actor Alexander Kerst died in Munich, Germany, on December 9,

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Alexander Kerst

2010. He was 86. Kerst was born in Kralupy u Chomutova, Czechoslovakia, on February 23, 1924. He appeared frequently in ﬁlms and television from the early 1950s. His ﬁlm credits include Adventures in Vienna (1952), Brutality (1953), Morgengrauen (1954), Ciske — Ein Kind Braucht Liebe (1955), Suchkind 312 (1955), Corinna Darling (1956), The Star of Africa (1957), Naked in the Night (1958), Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? (1959), Glucke und Liebe in Monaco (1959), My School Chum (1960), Jack und Jenny (1963), The Last Tomahawk (1965), Enter Inspector Maigret (1966), 48 Stunden bis Acapulco (1967), Why the UFOs Steal Our Lettuce (1980), S.A.S. a San Salvador (1983), Marie Ward — Zwischen Galgen und Glorie (1985), and The Holcroft Covenant (1985). Kerst was seen in numerous television productions including Falsch Verbunden (1955), Der Morder Kommt um Elf (1956), Ein Sommernachtstraum (1958), Land, das Meine Sprache Spricht (1959), Der Mann, der Donnerstag War (1960), Fahrten (1960), Die Eiskalte Nacht (1960), Der Hauptmann von Kopenick (1960), Erinnerst du Dich? (1961), Prinze Friedrich von Homburg (1961), Die Marquise von Arcis (1961), Letzter Punkt der Tagesordnung (1962), Die Flucht (1962), Heroische Komodie (1962), Haus der Schonheit (1963), Minna von Barnhelm (1964), In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer (1964) as Dr. Edward Teller, Katharina Knie — Ein Seiltanzerstuck (1964), Der Protest (1964), Sechs Stunden Angst (1964), Herodes und Marianne (1965), Mademoiselle Lowenzorn (1965), Sudsee-Affaire (1965), My Ideal Husband (1966), Das Lacheln der Gioconda (1966), Die Rote Rosa (1966), Nobile — Sieben Wochen auf dem Eis (1967), Das Arrangement (1967), Der Heldenmantel (1967), Verrater (1967), Odysseus auf Og ygia (1968), Ein Ehrenwerter Herr (1968), Affare Dreyfuss (1968), Der Dall Liebknecht-Luxemburg (1969), Zehn Kleine Negerlein (1969), Friedrich Ebert und Gustav Stresemann, Schicksalsjahre der Republik (1969), Ceasar and Cleopatra (1969), Das Vermachtnis (1969), Onkel Wanja — Bilder aus dem Landleben (1971), Das Messer (1971), Wie Starb Dag Hammerskjold? (1975), Zahnschmerzen (1975), Der Privatsekretar (1977), Richelieu (1977), Die Erbin (1982), Der Schwarze Bumerang (1982), Mozart (1982), the 1983 mini-series adaptation of Herman Wouk’s The Winds of War as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, Der

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Schatz des Kaisers (1987), Geheime Reichssache (1987), Der Meister des Jungsten Tages (1990), Young Catherine (1991), Ring of Darkness (1992), Clara (1993), Anna — Im Banne des Bosen (1995), Der Fall Lebach (1996), The Sands of Time (1998), Padre Papa (1998), and Silberhochzeit (2006). He starred as Dr. Severin in the television series Gewagtes Spiel from 1964 to 1967, and was featured in episodes of Kommissar Freytag, Das Kriminalmuseum, Tatort, Der Alte, Krimistunde, Detektivburo Roth, Juncal, Roda Roda, Der Erbe der Guldenburgs, Derrick, Hallo, Onkel ADoc!, SOKO 5113, and Rosamunde Pilcher. Kerst starred as Gorm Vandenberg in the 2005 series Die Patriarchin.

KHANDAN, REZA Iranian stage and screen actor Reza Khandan died of cardiac arrest after a long illness with renal disease in Tehran, Iran, on October 3, 2010. He was 77. Khandan was born in Shoushtar, in southern Iran, in 1933. He studied drama at the

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University of Tehran and began his career in ﬁlms in the late 1960s. He made his ﬁlm debut in Gomshodegan (Lost) in 1968. He also appeared in the ﬁlms Majnoon (1990), Dandan-e-Mar (1990), Safar be Chazabeh (1995), and Two Women (1999). He was also featured in the recent Iranian television series Mokhtarnameh.

KHEIRABADI, HAMIDEH Veteran Iranian actress Hamideh Kheirabadi died at her home in Tehran, Iran, on April 18, 2010. She was 85. Kheirabadi was born in Rasht, Iran, on December 20, 1924. She began her career on stage in the late 1940s, and soon became one of the leading stars of the early Iranian cinema. She was frequently billed as Nadereh, and made her ﬁlm debut in Patriot in 1953. Her numerous ﬁlm credits include The Hand of Fate (1959), The Daughters of Eve (1961), The Nouveau Rich (1961), Talker Out of Turn (1961), Fire and Ashes (1961), The Neighborhood Kids (1961), An Angel in My House (1963), Mr. Chameleon (1964), Three Private Detectives (1965), Hossein Kord Shabestari (1966), The Night of the Angels (1968), Reza, the Motorcyclist (1970), Yours Sincerely, Azrael (1970), Hasan Kachal (1970), The Thief and the Cop (1970), Baba Shamal (1971), Kako (1971), Mehdi Meshki va Shalvarak-e Dagh (1972), Shahr-e Aftab (1972),

Hamideh Kheirabadi

Hamsafar (1975), Mamal Amricayi (1975), Shahrag (1975), Honeymoon (1976), The Sunny Night (1977), Mofsedin (1979), Madrak-e Jorm (1985), The Tenants (1986), Hey Joe! (1988), Zard-e Ghanari (1988), Children of Divorce (1989), Shab-e Bist o Nohom (1989), Ali va Ghool-e Jangal (1990), Mother (1991), Tamas-e Sheytani (1992), Maryam and Mitil (1993), Jib-Borha Be Behesht Nemiravand (1993), Redhat and Cousin (1994), Bon Voyage! (1994), A Man, a Bear (1994), Born Loser (1995), Reyhaneh (1995), Ruz-e Vagh’e (1995), and The Lady (1999). She was also featured in such Iranian television series as Patriarch, Sweet and Sour, Green Home, and Godfather.

KIM, TWIST South Korean actor Kim Hanseop, who was known onscreen as Twist Kim, died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Seoul, South Korea, on November 30, 2010. He was 74. He had been an invalid since incurring a head injury in a fall in 2006. Kim began his career onscreen in the early 1960s, and gained his nickname as the ﬁrst perform the dance “the twist” onscreen in Korea in the 1964 ﬁlm Barefoot Youth. He was frequently cast in comic supporting roles, and was seen in the ﬁlms A Man from Tokyo (1962), Pickled Radishes (1964), The Apron (1964), Marines Special Attack Squad (1965), Speak to Me, Yellow River (1965), An Early Rain (1966), Nilniri (1966), Youth College (1966), Miryeon (1967), Full Danger (1967), A Loving

Twist Kim

227 Heart (1969), Housekeeper’s Legacy (1969), Starting from Scratch (1970), The Venus Tear Diamond (1971), Thieves in Love (1971), Friendship (1973), Sunshine on My Face (1973), and No Violence (1975). He performed frequently on South Korean television as a singer, dancer, and comic performer. He returned to the screen in 2000’s Picture Diary, and was featured in the 2005 television series The Barefooted Young.

KIMURA, RUSHER Japanese wrestler Masao “Rusher” Kimura, who was known as the master of the steel cage match, died of complications from pneumonia in Japan on May 24, 2010. He was 68. Kimura was born in Hokkaido, Japan, on June 30, 1941. He began his career in sumo with the Miyaginobeya stable in 1958. He left sumo for professional wrestling in 1964, joining the Japanese Wrestling Association. He moved to Antonio Inoki’s Tokyo Pro in 1966, and became a leading performer with International Wrestling Enterprise (IWE) the following year. He made his U.S. debut in 1968, where he challenged Dory Funk, Jr., for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship several times. He returned to Japan in 1970, where he became

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champion of the steel cage matches. He held the IWA tag titles with the Great Kusatsu, and captured the IWA heavyweight title in 1975. He remained with the IWE until the promotion closed in 1981, and was soon headlining as a top villain in New Japan. He made occasional returns to the U.S., and captured the NWA Americas Tag Team Championship in Las Vegas, wrestling as Mr. Toyo, with Go Ryuma in 1982. He was a founding member of the Universal Wrestling Federation in 1984 before moving to the All Japan promotion. He was part a team of villains from the IWE, and frequently feuded with Giant Baba. Kimura later formed a tag team with Baba, which competed often until Giant’s death in 1999. He joined the newly-formed Pro-Wrestling NOAH in 2000, where he retired because of health problems in 2004.

KIMURA, TAKEO Japanese ﬁlm production designer and art director Takeo Kimura died in Tokyo, Japan, on March 21, 2010. He was 91. Kimura was born in Tokyo on April 1, 1918. He began working in ﬁlms in the late 1940s, and teamed frequently with ﬁlm di-

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rector Seijun Suzuki at Nikkatsu Studio. His many ﬁlm credits include Kenji to Onnakanshu (1949), Koi no Oranda-Zaka (1951), Gan (1953), Aru Onna (1954), Shunkin Monogatari (1954), Tsuki wa Noborinu (1955), Keisatsu Nikki (1955), Ofukuro (1955), The Maid’s Kid (1955), Tsukiyo no Kasa (1955), Zoku Keisatsu Nikki (1955), Iro Zange (1956), The Baby Carriage (1956), Kamisaka Shiro no Hanzai (1956), Kyo no Inochi (1957), Muteki ga Ore o Yondeiru (1960), Yakuza Sensei (1960), Kurenai no Kenju (1961), Arashi o Tsukkiru Jetto-ki (1961), Ue o Muite Aruko (1962), Attack Squadron! (1963), Itsudemo Yume O (1963), The Bastard (1963), Kanto Mushuku (1963), Hana to Doto (1964), Nikutai no Mon (1964), Oretachi no Chi ga Yurusanai (1964), Shunpu den (1965), Akutaroden: Waruihoshi no Shita Demo (1965), White Tiger Tattoo (1965), Tokyo Drifter (1966), Kawachi Karumen (1966), Fighting Eleg y (1966), Crimson Comet (1967), Gangster VIP (1968), Monument to the Girl’s Corps (1968), Stormy Era (1968), The Cleanup (1969), Exiled to Hell (1969), Proﬁle of a Boss’s Son (1970), Swirling Butterﬂies (1970), Rising Dragon’s Iron Flesh (1970), Furyo Shojo Mako (1971), Shinob Ugawa (1972), Sandakan 8 (1974), Wakga Seishun no Toki (1975), Preparation for the Festival (1975), Cape of North (1976), The Youth Killer (1976), Love and Faith: Lady Ogin (1978), Tempyo no Iraka (1980), Tsigoineruwaizen (1980), Naru Kanaru Soro (1980), Za Uman (1980), Nihon no Atsui Hibi Bosatsu: Shimoyama Jiken (1981), Namidabashi (1983), Seiteki Hanzai (1983), Kapone oi ni Naku (1985), Hinatsuri (1985), To Sleep so As to Dream (1986), Beyond the Shining Sea (1986), The Sea and the Poison (1986), Whooh! Exploration Unit (1986), Shinran: Path to Purity (1987), Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (1988), Teito Taisen (1989), Circus Boys (1989), Death of a Tea Master (1989), Takeshi: Childhood Days (1990), Jipangu (1990), Hong Kong Paradise (1990), Shikibu Monogatari (1990), Shiny Moss (1992), Ai Ni Tsuite, Tokyo (1992), Yumi no Onna (1993), Waga Jinsei Saiakyu no Toki (1994), Zenshin Shosetsuka (1994), Harukana Jidai no Kaidan O (1995), Fukai Kawa (1995), The Last Bullet (1995), Fuyu no Kappa (1995), Aisuru (1997), Pickpocket (2000), Kurenai no Kenju yo Eien Ni (2000), Closed Ward (2000), Darkness in the Light (2001), Pistol Opera (2001) which he also scripted, The Sea Is Watching (2002), Johatsu Tabinikki (2003),

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The Face of Jizo (2004), Portrait of the Wind (2005), The Youth of Kamiya Etsuko (2006), Faces of a Fig Tree (2006), Don’t Laugh at My Romance (2007), The Clone Returns Home (2008), and Serial Dad (2008). Kimura was 90 years old when he made his directorial debut, helming Yume no Mani Mani (2008) and Ogonka: Hosureba Hana, Shisureba Cho (2009).

KINCAID, DAVID British actor David Kincaid died in England on May 12, 2010. He was 70. The son of poet John Kincaid, he trained as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He performed on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company

David Kincaid

and the Nation Theatre. He appeared often on television from the late 1960s, with roles in episodes of such series as Dr. Finlay’s Casebook, Spy Trap, Dixon of Dock Green, Churchill’s People, King of Kensington, Warship, Rooms, The Bill, Doctor Who, Taggart, The New Adventures of Robin Hood, and Baddiel’s Syndrome. He was also seen in television productions of the Shakespeare plays The Taming of the Shrew (1980), Timon of Athens (1981), and Antony and Cleopatra (1981). Kincaid starred in the 1995 short horror ﬁlm The Black Cat, and had a small role in the 2001 tele-ﬁlm Back Home.

in Fort Bragg, California, on September 1, 2010. She was 76. She was born Eleanore Cammack King in Los Angeles on August 5, 1934. She was cast as the daughter of Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) and Scarlett O’Hara Butler (Vivien Leigh) in the epic ﬁlm Gone with the Wind (1939), playing Bonnie Blue at age 5. She was also featured in a small role in the 1939 comedy ﬁlm Blondie Meets the Boss, and was the voice of the young doe Faline in the Disney animated classic Bambi in 1942. Her ﬁlm career ended as a child, though she was a popular guest at nostalgia shows in her later years.

KING, KIP Actor and comedian Kip King, an early member of the Los Angeles comedy troupe The Groundings and voice of Tailor Smurf in the popular cartoon series The Smurfs, died after a long illness on July 15, 2010. He was 72. He was born Jerome Kattan in Chicago, Illinois, on August 11, 1937. He began working in television in the mid–1950s, appearing in episodes of such series as Medic, Big Town, The Walter Winchell File, Dragnet, Man with a Camera, The Riﬂeman, The DuPont Show with June Allyson, M Squad, Bachelor Father, Mister Ed, Going My Way, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Eleventh Hour, My Favorite Martian, Amos Burke, Secret Agent, The Beverly Hillbillies, 12 O’Clock High, My Living Doll, My Three Sons, Ben Casey, Mister Roberts, The Smothers Brothers Show, Batman as one of the Joker’s henchmen in a 1966 episode, Captain Nice, Love, American Style, The Partridge Family, Longstreet, and Mannix. King also appeared in small roles in the ﬁlms Tea and Sympathy

KING, CAMMIE Cammie King, the former child actress who was featured as Bonnie Blue Butler in Gone with the Wind, died of lung cancer at her home Kip King

Cammie King

(1956), Dino (1957), Johnny Trouble (1957), Kiss Them for Me (1957), Peyton Place (1957), The Proper Time (1960), Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1962), Kid Galahad (1962), and Thunder Alley (1967). King joined the legendary comedy troupe The Groundlings in the early 1970s, where he honed his comedic talents. He continued to appear in such ﬁlms as Westworld (1973) as a technician, Black Starlet (1974), Murph the Surf (1975), and Slumber Party ’57 (1976), and was featured in the tele-ﬁlms Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women (1977), More Than Friends (1978), and Handsome Harry’s (1985). He began voicing the role of Tailor Smurf in the popular animated series The Smurfs in the

229 early 1980s, and was also a voice actor for Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979), The Biskitts (1983), and Tom & Jerry Kids Show (1992). His other television credits include episodes of America 2-Night, Barney Miller, Diff ’rent Strokes, Bosom Buddies, One Day at a Time, The Facts of Life, The Jeffersons, Cagney & Lacey, The Fall Guy, Small Wonder, The Bronx Zoo, Out of This World, The Munsters Today, Dragnet, Jack’s Place, High Sierra Search and Rescue, EZ Streets, Saturday Night Live, and Half way Home. King’s later ﬁlm credits include Student Conﬁdential (1987), Cyber-C.H.I.C. (1989), Breast Men (1997), A Night at the Roxbury (1998), the tele-ﬁlm Babylon 5: Thirdspace (1998), Perfumed Garden (2000), Corky Romano (2001), Call Me Claus (2001), A Light in the Forest (2002), and Scout’s Honor (2009). King’s survivors include his son, comic actor Chris Kattan, a second generation Groundling and regular on Saturday Night Live.

KINISKI, GENE Canadian wrestler Gene Kiniski, who held numerous championships during his long career, died of cancer in Blaine, Washington, on April 14, 2010. He was 81. Kiniski was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on November 23, 1928. He was a pro football player with Edmonton in the Canadian League before he began wrestling professionally in Arizona in the early 1950s. He teamed with John Tolos to capture the International TV Tag Team belts in Los Angeles in 1955. He also challenged Lou Thesz for the NWA World Championship several times. He also held the NWA World Tag team belts with Lord James Blears in San Francisco, and brieﬂy wrestled under the name Gene Kelly to hold the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship in 1956. He teamed with Fritz Von Erich to hold the Canadian Open Tag Team Title in Toronto in 1957, and held the British Empire Title in Toronto several times in the late 1950s. He joined the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in 1960, and defeated champion Verne Gagne for the belt the following year. He soon lost a rematch to Gagne, but captured the AWA tag titles with Hard-Boiled Haggerty. He unsuccessfully challenged Buddy Rogers for the NWA World Championship in 1962, and lost a title match to World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) champion Bruno Sammartino in 1964. He defeated

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Lou Thesz for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in January of 1966, and was challenged for the belt by such wrestlers as Bobo Brazil, Bill Watts, Edouard Carpentier, Dick the Bruiser, Terry Funk, and Dory Funk, Jr. He lost the belt to Dory Funk, Jr., in February of 1969. He remained a leading competitor in Canada and the United States over the next decade. His sons Kelly and Nick Kiniski also became professional wrestlers, and Gene occasionally teamed with them in the early 1980s. He was also featured in several ﬁlms including Paradise Alley (1978) starring Sylvester Stallone, Terminal City Ricochet (1990), and Double Happiness (1994).

K IRKMAN, R OBIN Robin Kirkman, who achieved cinematic immortality as the associate producer for Robert Clarke’s 1959 cult classic The Hideous Sun Demon, died after a long illness in Clackamas, Oregon, on September 23, 2010. He was 80. Kirkman was born on July 6, 1930. He was a student at the University of Southern California in the late 1950s, where he

Robin Kirkman

met actor Robert Clarke in a screenwriting class. Kirkman teamed with Clarke and Tom Boutross to produce the cult sci-ﬁ classic The Hideous Sun Demon. He helped ﬁnance the completion of the ﬁlm from a family inheritance, and many of the interior scenes were ﬁlmed at his home. He also appeared onscreen as a cop run down by a ﬂeeing Robert Clarke.

KITABAYASHI, TANIE Japanese actress Tanie Kitabayashi died of pneumonia in a Tokyo hospital on April 27, 2010. She was 98. She was born Reiko Ando in Tokyo on May 21, 1911. She began her career on stage, and was noted for her portrayal of older women from an early age. She was a founding member of the Mingei Theatre in 1950. She was featured on over 100 ﬁlms during her long career including Les Miserables: Gods and Demons (1950), Scandal (1950), Shiroi Yajuu (1950), Mesu Inu (1951), Bijo to Touzoku (1952), Gembaku no Ko (1952), Onna no Issho (1953), Yokubo (1953), Shukuzu (1953), Onna Hitori Daichi o Yuku (1953), Okuman Choja (1954), The Valley Between Love and Death (1954), Dorodarake no Seishun (1954), Kakute Yume Ari (1954), The Street Without Sun (1954), Tomoshibi (1954), Zoku Keisatsu Nikki (1955), A Hole of

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My Own Making (1955), Okami (1955), Seishun Kaidan (1955), Kokoro (1955), Joyu (1956), Waga Machi (1956), Shiawase wa Doko Ni (1956), Darkness at Noon (1956), Gin Shinju (1956), The Burmese Harp (1956), Bitoku no Yoromeki (1957), Ana (1957), The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (1958), The Chase (1958), Yurakucho de Aimasho (1958), Daughter’s Adventure (1958), Ningen no Kabe (1959), Kagi (1959), Sono Kabe o Kudake (1959), Yoru no Tog yo (1959), Kiku to Isamu (1959), Nianchan (1959), Yakuza Sensei (1960), The Sun’s Burial (1960), Buddha (1961), Midaregami (1961), Matsukawa-Jiken (1961), The Age of Marriage (1961), Ko Jin ko Jitsu (1961), Akai Tsubomi to Shiroi Hana (1962), Foundry Town (1962), Kigeki: Nippon no Oba-Chan (1962), Nippon Konchuki (1963), Nyokei Kazoku (1963), Hiko Shojo (1963), Minna Waga Ko (1963), Aoi Sanmyaku (1963),

Tanie Kitabayashi

The Crest of Man (1964), Murderous Instincts (1964), Echigo Tsutsuishi Oyashirazu (1964), Getsuyobi no Yuka (1964), Kon’nichiwa Akachan (1964), Nippon Dorobo Monogatari (1965), Nihon Retto (1965), Teppo Inu (1965), The Last Lady (1967), Kitaguni no Ryojo (1967), Nikudan (1968), Chikado no Taiyo Made (1968), Dare no Isu? (1968), Heat Wave Island (1969), Senba Zuru (1969), Boku wa Gosai (1970), Oh My Comrade (1970), Terror in the Streets (1970), Apart from Life (1970), Kigeki: Inochi no Nedan (1971), En Toiu Onna (1971), Ogon Batto ga Yattekuru (1972), Umarekawatta Tamegoro (1972), Aa Koe Naki Tomo (1972), The Family (1974), The Possessed (1976), Ningen no Shomei (1977), Nogiku no Haka (1977), Never Give Up (1978), Branch School Diary (1978), Oh! The Nomugi Pass (1979), Kanpaku Sengen (1979), Writhing Tongue (1980), Station (1981), Mayonaka no Shotaijo (1981), Suspicion (1982), Hakujasho (1983), Tora-san’s Song of Love (1983), Amagi Goe (1983), Biruma no Tatekoto (1985), Dangerous Women (1985), Twilight of the Cockroaches (1987), Yamadamura Waltz (1988), Rikyu (1989), Daiyukai (1991), Yomigaeri (2002), and Letter from the Mountain (2002). Kitabayashi was also noted for her role as the voice of grandmother Kanta no Obasan in the 1988 animated ﬁlm My Neighbor Totoro (Tonari No Totoro).

KO, HSIANG TING Veteran Chinese actor Hsiang Ting Ko, who appeared in more than 100 ﬁlms

in Hong Kong and Taiwan, died at his home in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 16, 2010. He was 93. Hsiang was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, on August 8, 1916. He served in the Chinese military during World War II, and performed with the entertainment corps. He continued to work as an entertainer when he settled in Taiwan in the late 1940s. He was seen in numerous ﬁlms from the early 1960s, including Those Oyster Girls (1963), Beautiful Duckling (1965), Fire Bulls (1966), Many Enchanting Nights Part I (1966), Orchids and My Love (1966), Lonely Seventeen (1967), The Last Day of Hsianyang (1968), Three Swordsman and the Dragon Door (1968), Qing Long Zhen (1968), Tigress Is Coming (1968), Like Father, Like Son (1968), Jiang Hu Ke (1969), The Avenger (1969), Ren Gui Hu (1969), The Ace of Swordsman (1969), Axing of the Cofﬁn (1969), Black Invitation (1969), Accidental Trio (1969), Joy Anger Sadness Happiness (1970), The Evergreen Mountains (1970), Unforgotten Ones (1970), Home Sweet Home (1970), The Thunderstorm Sword (1970), The Enchanting Ghost (1970), Eighteen Disciples of Buddha (1970), The Bravest Revenge (1970), The Fairy Love (1970), Love Can Forgive and Forget (1971), Esquire Hotel (1971), Redbeard (1971), Happiness and Joy (1971), The Ungrateful One (1971), The Eight Immortals (1971), The Sword (1971), The Decisive Battle (1971), Blood Fingers (1972), Fury of King Boxer (1972), It All Started with a Bed (1972), Execution in Autumn (1972), Gecko Kung Fu (1972), The Dark Alley (1972), Heroine in the Dust (1972), A Girl Fighter (1972), The Tormentor (1973), Na Cha and the Seven Devils (1973), Deadly China Doll (1973), Village on Fire (1973), Shanghai Lil and the Sun Luck Kid (1973), 60 Minutes to Terror (1973), Fist of Shaolin (1973), Hurricane (1973), The Chivalric Guts (1973), The Tournament (1974), The Big Raid (1974), Where the Seagull Flies (1974), Crazy Nuts of Kung Fu (1974), The Marriage (1974), The Little Man, Ah Fook (1974), The Wind of Ghost (1974), The Joy of Life (1974), Nu quan bu Gao (1974), The Dauntless Bumpkin (1974), Big Brother (1974), The Cantonese (1974), Heroes Behind the Enemy Lines (1975), A Cookbook of Birth Control (1975), The Youngest Sister (1975), Gui Ji (1975), Ji Gong Huo Fo (1975), The Unforgettable Lake Dream (1975), Chinese Amazons (1975), The Legend of Mother Goddess (1975), Xiang xia bi ye Sheng (1975), Lady Karate (1976),

Hsiang Ting Ko

231 Morning Date (1976), Everlasting Glory (1976), Boxer Rebellion (1976), Swift Shaolin Boxer (1976), Eight Hundred Heroes (1977), Cloud of Romance (1977), Confused Love (1977), The Sea God and the Ghosts (1977), Huang Bu Jun Hun (1978), Everywhere Birds Are Singing (1978), Lu Dong Bin san xi Bai Mu Dan (1978), Return of the Dead (1979), Gone with Honor (1979), Iron Swallow (1979), He Never Gives Up (1979), Mantis in the Monkey’s Shadow (1979), Deadly Confrontation (1979), My Native Land (1980), Guningtou da Zhan (1980), The Imperious Princess (1980), The Story of a Small Town (1980), Yan er Gui (1980), The Magniﬁcent 72 (1980), The Merry Couple (1981), A Centennial of Railways of ROC (1981), The Crooked Proﬂigates (1982), Godfathers of Fury (1982), The Sexy Lady Driver (1982), Shi ye Yun ye Ming ye (1982), Story of the Heroic Pioneers (1986), Feng Yue (1996), and The Opium War (1997).

KOBAYASHI, KEIJU Japanese character actor Keiju Kobayashi died of heart failure in Tokyo on September 16, 2010. He was 86. Kobayashi was born in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, on November 23, 1923. He began working in ﬁlms in the early 1940s at Nikkatsu, and remained a popular performer for over sixty years. He was frequently cast in comic roles as an average working man, but also played prime ministers and police detectives in his long career in ﬁlm and television. His many ﬁlm credits include Daigoretsu no Kyofu (1942), The Tiger of Malaya (1943), Malaysia (1943), Mado Kara Tobidase (1950), Fukkatsu (1950), A Married Life (1951), Third Class Executives (1952), Dimple of Tokyo (1952), Fufu (1953), Mr. Pu (1953), Adolescence Part II (1953), Operation Kamikaze (1953), TakeChan Shacho (1954), Saturday Angel (1954), Seifuku no Otome Tachi (1955), Kuchizuke (1955), Aoi Hate (1955), Sudden Rain (1956), Night School (1956), Okashi-na Yatsu (1956), Daigaku no Samurai Tachi (1957), Makeraremasen Katsumadewa (1958), A Holiday in Tokyo (1958), The Happy Pilgrimage (1958), Little Peach (1958), Iwashigumo (1958), New Third Grade Executive (1959), Nippon Tanjo (1959), I Bombed Pearl Harbor (1960), Wanton Journey (1960), Master Fencer Sees the World (1960), Happiness of Us Alone (1961), Playboy President (1961), The End of Summer (1961), Sanjuro (1962), The Bridge Between (1962), 47 Samurai (1962),

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Burari Burabura Monogatari (1962), Born in Sin (1962), Attack Squadron! (1963), Shiro to Kuro (1963), The Elegant Life of Mr. Everyman (1963), A Company President’s Gentleman’s Story (1964), Ken (1964), Could I But Live (1964), Dark the Mountain Snow (1965), Samurai (1965), Five Gents Trick Book (1965), Tameki no Taisho (1965), Beast Alley (1965), Five Gents on the Spot (1966), The Daphne (1966), Japan’s Longest Day (1967), Shinsengumi: Assassins of Honor (1969), Bakumatsu (1970), Turning Point of Showa History: The Militarists (1970) as Premier Hideki Tojo, Tidal Wave (1973), Waga Seishun no Toki (1975), Tora-san, the Intellectual (1975), White Love (1979), The Imperial Navy (1981), High Teen Boogie (1982). Chichi to Ko (1983), Okinawa no Shonen (1983), Loving (1983), Godzilla 1985 (1984) as Prime Minister Mitamura, For Business (1986), Tree Without Leaves (1986), Shinshi Domei (1986), A Taxing Woman (1987), Yawara! (1989), Tasmania Story (1990), Whisper of the Heart (1995) as the voice of Shiro Nishi, Aisuru (1997), Ano Natsu no Hi (1999), Kokubetsu (2001), Vengeance for Sale (2001), Denen no Yuutsu (2001), Tegami (2001), Take the “A” Train, Someday (2003), Haha no iru Basho (2005), and Switching — Goodbye Me (2007).

KOENIG, ANDREW Actor Andrew Koenig, who was best known for his recurring role as Richard “Boner” Stabone on the 1980’s sitcom Growing Pains, was found dead of an apparent suicide in Stanley Park, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on February 25, 2010. He was 41. He was last seen in Vancou-

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Keiju Kobayashi

ver on February 14, and had missed his ﬂight back to the United States two days later. He had reportedly been suffering from depression before his disappearance. Joshua Andrew Koenig was born in Los Angeles, California, on August 17, 1968. His father was actor Walter Koenig, who starred as Pavel Chekov in the original Star Trek series. Andrew appeared in a small role in a 1973 episode of Adam-12 as a child. He was featured as Kirk Cameron’s best friend, “Boner,” in the ABC comedy series Growing Pains from 1985 to 1989. He also guest starred in episodes of My Sister Sam, 21 Jump Street, and My Two Dads. He provided the voices for the characters Ambush and Night Creeper Leader

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for the animated G.I. Joe series in the early 1990s. He was also featured as Tumak in the “Sanctuary” episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in 1993. He worked mainly in independent ﬁlms from the early 2000’s, and starred as the Joker in the fan-ﬁlm Batman: Dead End, which debuted at the San Diego Comic-Con International in 2003. Koenig directed the independent shorts Good Boy (2003), Instinct vs. Reason (2004), and Woman in a Green Dress (2004). He also served as editor for the shorts White Space (2005), Gonzo Utopia (2006), Jukebox: From Edison to Ipod (2007), Rock n Roll Made in Mexico: From Evolution to Revolution (2007), Keepsake (2008), Winthrop Rising: A Basketball Story (2009), and Living the Blues: The Story of Canned Heat (2009). He also appeared in the shorts The Theory of Everything (2006), InAlienable (2010), and DaZe: Vol. Too (sic)— NonSeNse (2010).

KOHOUT, SHAYNE Actress Shayne Kohout died suddenly in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 13, 2010. She was 33. Kohout was born in Midland, Texas, on June 9, 1976. She graduated from Texas Tech University, and moved to Atlanta in 2001 to work in theatre. She appeared frequently in local stage productions, and was featured in the ﬁlms The Axe Man (2006), Manhattan Crack’r (2008), and Ms. Leading (2009). She

Satoshi Kon

helmed the award-winning Millennium Actress in 2001. He also wrote and directed the ﬁlms Tokyo Godfathers (2003), Paranoia Agent (2004), and Paprika (2006). He was in pre-production on The Dreaming Machine at the time of his death.

KOUTOUKAS, H.M. Absurdist playwright H.M. Koutoukas died of complications from diabetes at his home in Manhattan, New York, on March 5, 2010. He was 72. He was born ‘Haralambos Monroe Koutoukas in Endicott, New York, on June 4, 1937. He moved to Manhattan in the early 1960s to work in theater. He became noted for writing such surreal

Shayne Kahout

was also seen on television in a 2008 episode of Army Wives, and the 2010 tele-ﬁlm The Wronged Man. Kohout starred as Gaynelle Snow in the ﬁlm adaptations of the popular children’s books Mandie and the Secret Tunnel (2009) and Mandie and the Cherokee Treasure (2010). She was also featured in the 2010 ﬁlm Life as We Know It.

KON, SATOSHI Japanese ﬁlm and anime director Satoshi Kon died in Japan on August 23, 2010. He was 46. Kon was born in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan, on October 12, 1963. He graduated from the Musashino College of Arts, and worked as a manga artist and editor for Young Magazine. He began working in ﬁlms on Katsuhiro Otomo’s World Apartment Horror in 1991. He was also a designer for the 1991 anime Roujin Z. He scripted the Magnetic Rose segment for the 1995 anthology ﬁlm Memories. Kon made his directorial debut with 1997’s Perfect Blue from Studio Madhouse, and

H.M. Koutoukas

plays as Medea in the Laundromat, Awful People Are Coming Over So We Must Be Pretending to Be Hard at Work and Hope They Will Go Away, Afamis Notes, The Brown Book, Butterﬂy Encounter, and Turtles Don’t Dream for various off-off Broadway venues. He received an Obie Award in 1966 for the play Assaulting Established Tradition. Koutoukas also ran a theatrical workshop known as the School for Gargoyles and acted in many productions of Charles Ludlam’s Ridiculous Theatrical Company. He was featured in the small role of Walter Lobello in the 1993 ﬁlm Naked in New York. His most recent production was a 2004 performance of The Ring of Death in Greenwich Village.

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KOUYATE, SOTIGUI West African actor Sotigui Kouyate died on Paris, France, on April 17, 2010. He was 73. Kouyate was born in Bamako, Mali, on July 19, 1936, of Gambian parents of the Mandinka ethnic group. He was adopted and raised in Burkino Faso, where he played soccer with the national team. He began his acting career on stage in the mid–1960s. He formed his own theatrical company in 1966, and produced his own play, The Crocodile’s Lament. He appeared frequently in ﬁlms from the early 1970s, with roles in FVVA: Femme, Villa, Voiture, Argent (1972), Toula ou Le Genie des Eaux (1974), The Courage of Others (1982), Jours de Tourmentes (1983), Le Medecin de Gaﬁre (1986), Descente aux Enfers (1986), Black Mic Mac (1986), How Good the Whites Are (1988), Eden Miseria (1988), Boulevards d’Afrique (1989), Mamy Wata (1990), L’Africana (1990), Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Sheltering Sky (1990), Golem, l’Esprit de l’Exil (1992), IP5: L’ile aux Pachydermes (1992), Lost in Transit (1993), Rupture(s) (1993), Keita! L’Heritage du Griot (1994) directed by his son Dani Kouyate, Le Maitre des Elephants (1995), Bad Boy (1995), A Cran (1995), Apres la Pluie (1995), Rainbow pour Rimbaud (1996), Le dur Metier de Policier (1996), Saraka Bo (1997), Genesis (1999), A Civilized People (1999), Rachid Bouchareb’s Little Senegal (2001), his son’s Sia, the Dream of the Python (2001), Stephen Frear’s Dirty Pretty Things (2002), Jonathan Demme’s The Truth About Charlie (2002), Gate to Heaven (2003), L’Annulaire (2005), Housewarming (2005), and Faro: Goddess of the Waters (2007). Kouyate also appeared in television productions of Qui c’est ce Garcon? (1987), Cantara (1990), Mira la Magniﬁque (1997), and Jim, la Nuit (2002), and in episodes of the series Les Cinq Dernieres Minutes, Le Lyonnais, Le Juge est une Remme, P.J., Highlander, and Chere Marianne. He began a long collaboration with ﬁlm and theatrical director Peter Brook in the mid–1980s, appearing on stage as Bhisma in his adaptation of the epic Indian poem The Mahabharata, and in the 1989 television mini-series. He also appeared in Brook’s stagings of The Tempest as Prospero and The Man Who. Kouyate toured the United States and Europe in the early 1990s with the storytelling theatrical show La Voix du Griot (Voice of the Griot). He co-starred with Brenda Blethyn in Rachid Bouchareb’s 2009 ﬁlm

(1976), Tredowata (1976), Pani Bovary to Ja (1977), Szarada (1977), Rebus (1977), Ukryty w Sloncu (1980), The Birthday (1980), Dziecinne Pytania (1981), Zaglowiec (1985), Nadzor (1985), Kronika Wypadkow Milosnych (1986), Niezwykla Podroz Baltazara Kobera (1988), Kapital, Czyli jaz Zrobic Pieniadze w Polsce (1990), Zwolnieni z Zycia (1992), Kilerow 2-och (1999), Fuks (1999), Pas de Deux (2002), Powiedz to, Gabi (2003), and Facing Up (2006). Kownacka was also featured in television productions of Blind Man’s Buff (1977), Bo Oszalalem dla Niej (1980), Sauna (1992), Smaczenego, Telewizorku (1993), and Matki, Zony i Kochanki (1996). She starred as Anka Kwiat kow ska in the 1999 television series Rodzina Zastepcza, and was Jolanta Sysocka in the 2007 series Dwie Strony Medalu.

Sotigui Kouyate

KOZLOWSKI, MACIEJ Polish actor Maciej Kozlowski died of complications from cirrhosis of the liver and hepatitis C in Warsaw, Poland, on May 11, 2010. He was 52. Kozlowski was born in Kargowa, Poland, on September 8, 1957. He trained at the National Film School in Lodz, and began his ﬁlm career in the mid–1980s. He was featured in the ﬁlms Mgla (1984), Kingsajz (1988), Piggate (1990), Mow mi Rockefeller (1990), Kroll (1991), Szwadron (1992), Superwizja (1993), Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List (1993) as an SS Guard, Jonssonligans Storsta Kupp (1995), Poznan 56 (1996), With Fire and Sword (1999), Ajlawju (1999), It’s Me, the Thief (2000), The Hexer (2001), E-mc2 (2002), Your Name Is Justine (2005), Ode to Joy (2005), The Skylights (2007), The Perfect Guy for My Girlfriend (2009), Love and Dance (2009), General Nil (2009),

London River, about two parents from different backgrounds searching for their children after a terrorist attack on London.

KOWNACKA, GABRIELA Polish actress Gabriela Kownacka died of complications from breast cancer in Warsaw, Poland, on November 30, 2010. She was 58. She was born Gabriela Kwasz in Wroclaw, Poland, on May 25, 1952. She made her ﬁlm debut in Andrzej Wajda’s Wesele in 1972, and was appearing frequently on stage and television from the mid–1970s. Her other ﬁlm credits include The Eleventh Hour (1974), Skazany

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and Janosik: A True Story (2009). Kozlowski also appeared on Polish television in productions of Polski Crash (1993), Tu Stoje… (1994), Drugi Brzeg (1998),

KRIZAN, JIRI Czech screenwriter Jiri Krizan, who was instrumental in drafting Vaclav Havel’s 1989 petition on human rights that brought down Czechoslovakia’s Communist regime, died suddenly of a heart attack in Branky, Czech Republic, on October 13, 2010. He was 68. Krizan was born in Valasske Mezirici, Czechoslovakia (known as the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia during World War II) on October 26, 1941. His father’s conﬂict with the ruling regime resulted in his execution in 1951, and Jiri was blacklisted

Maciej Kozlowski

Ekstradycja 3 (1999), Dom (2000), Wiedzmin (2002), Hamlet (2004), Pogoda na Piatek (2006), Oﬁcerowie (2006), Odwroceni (2007), 39 i Pol (2008), M Jak Milosc (2010), and Szpilki na Giewoncie (2010).

KRAMER, OSCAR Argentine ﬁlm producer Oscar Kramer died in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after a long illness on April 7, 2010. He was 74. Kramer was born in Buenos Aires on May 25, 1935. He worked on the production of Luis Puenzo’s 1985 Academy Award– winning ﬁlm The Ofﬁcial Story. He produced Carlos

Oscar Kramer

Sorin’s ﬁlm Eversmile, New Jersey in 1989, and cofounded the independent label Kramer & Sigman Films. Kramer’s ﬁlm credits include Barbed Wire (1991), The Plague (1992), I Don’t Want to Talk About It (1993), Foolish Heart (1996), The Impostor (1997), The Tange Lesson (1997), Marcelo Pineyro’s Burnt Money (2000), The Last Train (1992), the Oscar-nominated Kamchatka (2002), Carandiru (2003), Bombon: El Perro (2004), On Probation (2005), Chronicle of an Escape (2006), The Road to San Diego (2006), and Lucky Luke (2009). He was involved in the production of Ana Katz’s Los Marziano (2010) at the time of his death.

Jiri Krizan

from college. He began writing for stage and ﬁlm in the 1960s, and scripted the ﬁlms Horky Vzduch (1965), Sedm Havranu (1967), A Canyon Full of Gold (1972), The Claim at the Deaf Creek (1972), David Sandel’s Last Shot (1972), Hrozba (1978), Shadows of a Hot Summer (1978), Paragraf 224 (1980), The Medal (1980), Mrtvi ucia Zivych (1983), Prodlouzeny Cas (1984), Ina Laska (1985), Outsider (1987), Cesta na Jihozapad (1989), and Ticha Bolest (1991). He assisted Vaclav Havel in writing the 1989 petition known as A Few Sentences, that called on the Communist leaders to recognize democratic ideals. The Communist regime soon collapsed and Havel became Czechoslovakia’s president in 1989. Krizan served as one of his leading advisers, and was deputy minister of the interior from 1992 to 1994. He returned to ﬁlms later in the decade, scripting Je Treba Zabit Sekala (1998), the 2003 television series Zachranari, Lovec a Datel (2004), Of Parent and Children (2008), and Soul at Peace (2009).

K RONE, F RED Actor and stuntman Fred Krone died of cancer in a Santa Paula hospital on January 12, 2010. He was 79. Krone was born in Kentucky on June 19, 1930. He was working as a rodeo photographer when Jock Mahoney introduced him to the stunt business. He performed stunts and appeared in small roles in numerous ﬁlms and television productions from the early 1950s through the early 1970s. His ﬁlm credits include The Steel Fist (1952), Hondo (1953), Hot Rod Girl (1956), The Houston Story (1956), Reprisal! (1956), Man from God’s Country (1958), Bad Man’s Country (1958), Apache Territory (1958), Three Blondes in His Life (1961), Hand of Death (1962), The Firebrand (1962), Young Guns of Texas (1962), Apache Riﬂes (1964),

235 Arizona Raiders (1965), Convict Stage (1965), Young Fury (1965), War Party (1965), Fort Courageous (1965), The Rare Breed (1966), Not with My Wife, You Don’t! (1966), 40 Guns for Apache Pass (1967), The Love Bug (1968), The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968), Hell’s Belles (1969), The Great Bank Robbery (1969), The Limit (1972), and The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972). Krone

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also featured over a dozen ﬁlms from the mid–1950s through the early 1970s including Only the French Can (1954), Thank You, Natercia! (1960), Le Bel Age (1960), La Morte Saison de Amours (1961), A Very Private Affair (1962), Love on a Pillow (1962), Vice and Virtue (1963), The Fire Within (1963), The Creatures (1966), Spray of the Days (1968), Strange Game (1968), Klann — Grand Guignol (1969), Rum Runners (1971), and The Suns of Easter Island (1972).

KUMAR, SUJITH Indian actor Sujith Kumar, who appeared in over 150 Hindi ﬁlms during his career, died in Mumbai, India, on February 5, 2010. He was 75. He was a popular character actor from the early 1960s, and became a major star in the Bhojpuri cinema. He appeared in such productions as Honeymoon (1960), China Town (1962), Ganga Maiyya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo (1962), Raaz Ki Baat (1962), Bidesiya (1963), Mere Arman Mere Sapne (1963), Kohraa (1964), Ek Saal Pehle (1965), Ladka Ladki (1966), Pati Patni (1966), The Net (1967), The Eyes (1968), Aulad (1968), Lahu Pukarega (1968), Coincidence (1969), Aradhana (1969), Gustakhi Maaf (1969), Aan Milo Sajna (1970), Maa Aur Mamta (1970), The Song (1970), Man Ki Aankhen (1970), The

worked on numerous television series, primarily westerns, during his career including Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, The Range Rider, Captain Midnight, Buffalo Bill, Jr., The Adventures of Jim Bowie, Sky King, Boots and Saddles, The Texan, State Trooper, The Riﬂeman, Yancy Derringer, Johnny Ringo, Adventures in Paradise, Zane Grey Theater, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Maverick, Peter Gunn, Burke’s Law, Perry Mason, The Green Hornet, I Dream of Jeannie, Laredo, Lost in Space, The Rat Patrol, The High Chaparral, The F.B.I., Mission: Impossible, Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law, Search, and Mannix.

KUBLER, URSULA Swiss dancer and actress Ursula Kubler died in Eus, France, on January 18, 2010. She was 84. Kubler was born in Zurich, Switzerland, on July 30, 1925. She began her career as a dancer with the Zurich Opera, and also performed with the Paris Ballet. She was married to French poet and composer Boris Vian from 1954 until his death in 1959. She was

Ursula Kubler

Sujith Kumar

New Road (1970), Pardesi (1970), Immortal Love (1971), Bikhare Moti (1971), Haathi Mere Saathi (1971), Haseenon Ka Devata (1971), This Garden Is Ours (1972), My Life Partner (1972), Parchhaiyan (1972), Shararat (1972), Tangewala (1972), Lalkar (The Challenge) (1972), Jaanwar Aur Insaan (1972), Jwar Bhata (1973), Jugnu (1973), The Glow Worm (1973), Raja Rani (1973), Chhalia (1973), Jalte Badan (1973), Naag Mere Saathi (1973), Suraj Aur Chanda (1973), Vishnu Puran (1973), Yauwan (1973), Roti (1974), The Silk Thread (1974), Amir Garib (1974), Albeli (1974), Badla (1974), Characterless (1974), Do Nambar Ke Amir (1974), Hamrahi (1974), Hum Rahi (1974), Insaaniyat (1974), Aakraman (1975), Warrant (1975), Badnaam (1975), Lafange (1975), Dhongee (1976), Mehbooba (1976), Charas (1976), Aadalat (1976), The Court of Law (1976), Aap Beati (1976), Bairaag (1976), Barood (1976), Dynamite (1976), Dharam Veer (1977), Large-Hearted (1977), Do Sholay (1977), Dream Girl (1977), Kasum Khoon Ki (1977), Ram Bharose (1977), Trishna (1978), Aakhri

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Daku (1978), Des Pardes (1978), At Home and Abroad (1978), Jindri Yar Di (1978), Nalayak (1978), Ladke Baap Se Badke (1979), The Great Gambler (1979), Aatish (1979), Khandaan (1979), The Family (1979), Shaan (1980), The Scales of Justice (1980), Agreement (1980), Unees-Bees (1980), The Burning Train (1980), Khwab (1980), Abdullah (1980), Guest House (1980), Patita (1980), Ram and Belram (1980), The Confrontation (1980), Terror (1981), Barsaat Ki Ek Raat (1981), Bhula Na Dena (1981), Raaz (1981), Kaamchor (1982), Troyee (1982), Ayaash (1982), The Rebellion (1982), Mahaan (1983), Arpan (1983), Ganga Meri Maa (1983), Avtaar (1983), Lal Chunariyaa (1983), The Call (1983), Shubh Kaamna (1983), The Three Idols (1984), Yaadgaar (1984), Bhemaa (1984), Boxer (1984), All Rounder (1984), Hum Rahe Na Hum (1984), Jaag Utha Insan (1984), Paan khaye Saiyan Hamaar (1984) which he also wrote and directed, Qaidi (1984), Aakhir Kyon? (1985), Reality (1985), The Mansion (1985), Kali Basti (1985), Mera Saathi (1985), Salma (1985), Anubhav (1986), Amrit (1986), Bhagwaan Dada (1986), Authority (1986), Avinash (1986), Singhasan (1986), Hiraasat (1987), Rest House (1987), Rukhsat (1988), Faisla (1988), Dost (1989), Na-Insaaﬁ (1989), Aakhri Baazi (1989), Bade Ghar Ki Beti (1989), Asmaan Se Ooncha (1989), Black Market (1989), Tujhe Nahin Chhodunga (1989), Amba (1990), Kishen Kanhaiya (1990), Maa O Maa (1990), The Final Scream (1991), Khel (1991), Tirangaa (1992), Dosti Ki Saugandh (1993), Krantiveer (1994), and Inteqam (2001).

KUNZE, A NDREAS German actor Andreas Kunze died of complications from heart surgery in Essen, Germany, in April 8, 2010. He was 57. Kunze was born in Bremen, Germany, on August 22, 1952. He began his ﬁlm career in the mid–1980s, frequently appearing in comic roles as a female. His ﬁlm credits include Johnny Flash (1986), Die Schlacht der Idioten (1986), Mutters Maske (1988), 100 Years of Adolph Hitler (1989) as Martin Bormann, Texas — Doc Snyder Halt die Welt in Atem (1993), 00 Schneider — Jagd auf Nihil Baxter (1994), Voll Normaaal (1994), Die Sturzﬂieger (1995), Rudy, the Racing Pig (1995), Two Days Grey (1996), Dumm Gelaufen (1997), Praxis Dr. Hasenbein (1997), Hotel (1997), Drei Herren (1998), Freundinnen

Andreas Kunze

und andere Monster (1998), 4 Geschichten Uber 5 Tote (1998), Fett Weg! (1998), Late Show (1999), Now or Never (2000), Der Zufall und das Ende (2000), Meine Polnische Jungfrau (2001), Jazzclub — Der Fruhe Vogel Fangt den Wurm (2004), and Agnes and His Brothers (2004). He was also featured in the 1999 tele-ﬁlm Ich Liebe Meine Familie, Ehrlich (1999), and episodes of Adelheid und ihre Morder and Polizeiruf 110.

KUPFERBERG, TULI Poet and singer Naphtali “Tuli” Kupferberg, who was a founder of the underground rock band The Fugs in the 1960s, died of kidney failure and sepsis in a New York City hospital on July 12, 2010. He was 86. Kupferberg was born in New York City on September 28, 1923. He wrote poetry and humor articles for various publications including The Village Voice. He teamed with poet Ed Sanders to create the satirical rock group in 1964, and The Fugs

Tuli Kupferberg

performed at numerous peace rallies. Their ﬁrst album, The Village Fugs Sing Ballads of Contemporary Protest, Points of View and General Dissatisfaction, was released in 1965. He penned many of the bands songs including “Morning, Morning,” “Kill for Peace,” “CIA Man,” and “Supergirl.” The Fugs disbanded in 1969, and Kupferberg subsequently performed with the groups the Revolting Theater and the Fuxxons. He was featured as a soldier in the 1971 ﬁlm W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism. He also performed in occasional reunions with the Fugs from the 1980s.

KUSUHARA, EIJI Japanese actor Eiji Kusuhara, who worked frequently in England from the 1970s, died in England on April 23, 2010. He was 63. Kusuhara was born in Tokyo, Japan, on January 2, 1947. He studied acting at the Tama Art University in Tokyo, and performed with the underground theatrical troupe, Tokyo Kid Brothers. He settled in England in the early 1970s, where he performed on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Oxford Playhouse, Bristol Old Vic, and other companies. He was also seen frequently in ﬁlms and television, and starred as Lt. Sato, the sadistic deputy commandant of a Japanese internment camp during World War II, in the series Tenko from 1981 to 1984. His other television credits include episodes of A Family Affair, The Gentle Touch,

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Terry and June, Doctor Who, Q.E.D., Third Time Lucky, Shelley, Are You Being Served?, Sharing Time, All at Number 20, A Very Peculiar Practice, Screen Two, Small World, Inspector Morse, Hot Metal, Sorry!, CBS Summer Playhouse, Last of the Summer Wine, Omnibus, KYTV, Lovejoy, Alas, Smith & Jones, Drop the Dead Donkey, Harry Hill, Underworld, Dinnerladies, Dalziel and Pascoe, Armstrong and Miller, Casualty, World of Pub, Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), Hotel Babylon, Emmerdale Farm in the recurring role of Mr. Tashiro, and Hustle.

Wilfried Labmeier

Bulle von Tolz, SOKO 5113, and Die Rosenheim-Cops. He starred as Hubert Gassner in the series Forsthaus Falkenau from 2006 to 2010. Labmeier was also seen in several ﬁlms during his career including And Nobody Weeps for Me (1996), Our Island in the South Paciﬁc (1999), and Die Wittelsbacher (2005).

Eiji Kusuhara

He was also seen in television productions of Star Trap (1988), Somewhere to Run (1989), Gummed Labels (1992), Matt’s Million (1996), Combat Sheep (2001), and Confessions of a Diary Secretary (2007). He was popular voice actor in commercials and radio, and was the narrator of the off-beat gameshow Banzai in the early 2000s. He was also the voice of the evil genius Dr. Kamikazi in the animated Robotboy in 2005. Kusuhara was featured in over a dozen ﬁlm during his career including North Sea Hijack (aka ffolkes) (1979), License to Love and Kill (1979), The Elephant Man (1980), Sir Henry at Rawlnson End (1980), The Man Who Shot Christmas (1984), Big Mac (1985), Restless Natives (1985), Half Moon Street (1986), Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987), Diamond Skulls (1989), Souvenir (1994), Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut (1999), TopsyTurvy (1999), The Parole Ofﬁcer (2001), Stratosphere Girl (2004), Bushido: The Way of the Warrior (2004), Welsh Whelks (2006), and Tokyo Jim (2006).

LABMEIER, WILFRIED German actor Wilfried Labmeier died in Munich, Germany, on May 23, 2010. He was 56. Labmeier was born in Munich on August 27, 1953. He began his career on stage in the 1970s, performing in Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt, and Cologne. He appeared on television in productions of Das Haus im Park (1981), Die Zeiten Andern Sich (1983), Velorenes Land (2002), Schuld und Rache (2006), Das Letzte Stuck Himmel (2007), and Das Geheimnis des Konigssees (2008). He was also featured in episodes of A Case for Two, Russige Zeiten, Die Wache, Aus Heiterem Himmel, Anwalt Abel, Un Himmels Willen, Cafe Meineid, Munchen 7, Tatort, Polizeiruf 110, Der Alte, Sex & More, Der Kaiser von Schexing, Der

LALLY, MICK Irish actor Mick Lally died of heart failure and complications from emphysema in a Dublin, Ireland, hospital on August 31, 2010. He was 64. Lally was born in Tourmakeady, County Mayo, Ireland, on November 10, 1945. He graduated from University College in Galway in the late 1960s, and worked as a history teacher for several years before pursuing a career as an actor. He was a founding member of the Druid Theatre Company in the 1970s, and performed in numerous theatrical productions. He be-

Mick Lally

came best known for his long-running role as Miley Byrne in the RTE television soap operas Bracken and Glenroe from the late 1970s. He was also featured in episodes of Strumpet City and The Irish R.M., and television productions of The Year of the French (1982), The Painful Case (1984), and the 1994 Gone with the Wind mini-series sequel Scarlett as a horse trainer. Lally starred as Louis Dargan in the series Ballykissangel in 2001. He was also featured onscreen in such ﬁlms as

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Our Boys (1981), The Outcasts (1982), Angel (1982), The Fantasist (1986), Fools of Fortune (1990), Horse (1993), Misteach Baile Ath Cliath (1994), A Man of No Importance (1994), The Secret of Roan Inish (1994), Circle of Friends (1995), How to Cheat in the Leaving Certiﬁcate (1997), The Halo Effect (2004), Oliver Stone’s Alexander (2004) as a horse seller, Middletown (2006), Victory (2007), the animated The Secret of the Kells (2009) as the voice of Brother Aidan, Passing (2010), and Cairdeas (2010).

LAMBERT, EUGENE Irish puppeteer and ventriloquist Eugene Lambert died at his home in Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland, on February 22, 2010. He was 82. Lambert was born in Sligo, Ireland, in 1928. He was a leading puppeteer, and created the series Steve Landesberg

Eugene Lambert

Murphy and His Friends for Irish television in the early 1960s. He also worked with his family on the children’s television program Wanderly Wagon from 1967 to 1982. He was featured as Costello in the 1967 ﬁlm adaptation of James Joyce’s Ulysses. He was also founder and director of the Lambert Puppet Theatre from 1972, and helped created the popular children’s character Bosco for Irish television in the 1980s.

LANDESBERG, STEVE Actor Steve Landesberg, who starred as Detective Sgt. Arthur Dietrich on the television comedy series Barney Miller from 1975 to 1982, died of cancer on December 20, 2010. He was 74. Landesberg was born in New York City on November 23, 1936. He began his career as a comedian, and performed with the improv group New York Stickball Team. He made his ﬁlm debut in the 1971 comedy You’ve Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You’ll Lose That Beat, and was featured in a small role in the 1973 serial killer thriller Blade. Landesberg starred as Fred Meyerbach in the television sit-com Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers from 1974 to 1975, and was Arthur Dietrich in the police station sit-com Barney Miller from 1975 to 1982 starring Hal Linden. He also gueststarred as Dietrich in the short-lived spin-off Fish with Abe Vigoda in 1977. He was featured in the 1975 teleﬁlm Black Bart, and guested in episodes of When Things Were Rotten, On the Rocks, The Rockford Files, Insight, Mr. President, Nine to Five, Harry and the Hendersons,

Seinfeld, The Golden Girls in the recurring role of Dr. Halperin, Capitol Critters, Pearl, Tracey Takes On…, Dave’s World, Law & Order, Cosby, Conrad Bloom, Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place, Twice in a Lifetime, Ghost Whisperer, That ’70s Show, Just Jordan, and The Cleaner. He also voiced roles in the animated series Dinosaurs, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, and American Dad! He was also seen in the tele-ﬁlms Final Notice (1989), Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (1991), Sodbusters (1994), and Best Defense (1995). Landesberg appeared in a handful of ﬁlms later in his career including Leader of the Band (1988), Ladybugs (1992), Little Miss Millions (1993), The Crazysitter (1995), Puppet (1999), Paul Riegert’s King of the Corner (2004) in a voice role, A Lousy 10 Grand (2004), and Wild Hogs (2007). He starred as Dr. Myron Finkelstein in the cable comedy series Head Case from 2007 to 2009, and was featured as Dr. Rosenbaum, the pediatrician, in the 2008 ﬁlm Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

LANDINGHAM, D.W. Actor D.W. Landingham died in Stockton, California, after a long illness on June 5, 2010. He was 60. Landingham was born in Fort Ord, California, on August 23, 1949. He began his professional acting career in local theater, and portrayed a gunﬁghter for the Pollardville Ghost Town tourist attraction. He was featured in a handful of ﬁlms from the late 1980s including Return Fire (1988), Omega

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239 Cop (1990), and Karate Cop (1991). Landingham was second unit director for the 2009 ﬁlm Bad Faith, which also featured him onscreen as Captain Donovan.

LANGOVA, SILVA Czech-British actress Silva Langova died in London on January 15, 2010. She was 88. Langova was born in Pizen, Czechoslovakia, on August 31, 1921. She trained for the stage in Prague in the early 1940s, and performed frequently on stage. She was also featured in several ﬁlms including Divka v

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Music in London and performed with orchestras till the mid–1960s. He subsequently trained as a singer and made his operatic debut in a small part in Strauss’ Capriccio at Glyndebourne. He performed with the English National Opera for many years where he became noted for his interpretation of the works of Benjamin Britten. He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1985, and starred in productions of Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte, Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov, and Britten’s Billy Budd and Peter Grimes. He also performed at the Royal Opera House and the Salzburg Festival. He also created roles in operas by Harrison Birtwistle including The Mask of Orpheus (1986), The Second Mrs. Kong (1994), and The Minotaur (2008).

LANZENER, SONJA Actress Sonja Lanzener, who appeared on stage in venues throughout the United States, died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2010. Lanzener performed frequently on the Chicago stage from the 1970s, starring as the disembodied Mouth in a 1973 production of Samuel Beckett’s Not I. She was also featured in Chicago productions of

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Modrem (1940), Panna (1940), Hrdinove Mici (1946), and The Antlers (1947). Langova left Czechoslovakia in 1948 and settled in England. She continued her acting career there with roles in the ﬁlms The Woman’s Angle (1952), The Case of the Red Monkey (1955), The Looking Glass War (1969), Avalanche Express (1979), Follow Me (1989), and Chicken Talk (1994). She was also seen on television in episodes of Destination Downing Street, Maigret, International Detective, The Avengers, The Edgar Wallace Theatre, Contract to Kill, Spy Trap, Dial M for Murder, and Secret Army. She returned to Czechoslovakia to appear in Oskar Reif ’s 1998 ﬁlm Postel.

LANGRIDGE, PHILIP English operatic tenor Philip Langridge died of cancer in Guildford, Surrey, England, on March 5, 2010. He was 70. Langridge was born in Hawkhurst, Kent, England, on December 16, 1939. He studied the violin at the Royal Academy of

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Sonja Lanzener

the play Porch (1979) and the musical The Curse of the Aching Heart (1979). She appeared on the tele-ﬁlms The Awakening Land (1978), The Children Nobody Wanted (1981), I Never Sang for My Father (1988), and A Promise Kept: The Oksana Baiul Story (1994). She was also featured in an episode of Law & Order, and in the ﬁlms Bleeding Hearts (1994) and Jacob’s Birthday (2009).

LAPOINTE, PAULINE Canadian actress Pauline Lapointe died of complications from breast cancer in a Montreal, Quebec, Canada, hospital on August 30, 2010. She was 60. Lapointe was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec, on May 12, 1950. She and her sisters, twin Louise Portal, Priscilla, and Genevieve, were all performers from an early age. Pauline made her ﬁlm debut in the late 1970s, and appeared in such features as Une Amie d’Enfance (1978), The Handyman (1980), Sonatine (1984), Cochez Oui, Cochez Non (1985), The Alley Cat (1985), Cruising Bar (1989), The Comic Book Christmas Caper (1990), La Florida (1993), Entangled (1993), The Ideal Man (1996), It’s Your Turn, Laura (1998), Laura Cadieux II (1999), and Magasin (2005). Lapointe was

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also a popular television performer in Canada with roles in the series Les Machos, Watatow as Louise Gi-

Pauline Lapointe

rard from 1997 to 2005, and Emma as Mireille Dagenais in 2001.

LARA, JEAN Veteran French actor Jean Lara died in France on September 25, 2010. He was 88. He was born Juan Usnadivaras in Dijon, France, on September 20, 1922. He made his ﬁlm debut under the name Jean Varas in Rene Clement’s Mr. Orchid (1946), and retained that billing for the subsequent ﬁlms Devil in the Flesh (1947), Les Bienfaits de Monsieur Ganure (1948), and The Last Vacation (1948). He became known as Jean Lara by the early 1950s, and continued his career in such ﬁlms as The Damned Lovers (1952), Les Revoltes du Danae (1952), L’Estrange Amazone (1953), Minuit, Champ-Elysees (1954), L’Aventuriere des Champs-Elysees (1957), Too Many Lovers (1957), King on Horseback (1958), Police Judiciare (1958), A Legitimate Defense (1958), That Night (1958), This Desired Body (1959), Witness in the City (1959), Two Men in Manhattan (1959), Every Minute Counts (1960), The Iron Mask (1962), Requiem pour un Caid (1964), Relaxe-toi Cherie (1964), The Gorillas (1964), Operation Double Cross (1965), Three Disordered Children (1966), Le Paria (1969), La Situation Est Grave … Mais pas Desespereee (1976), The Margin (1976), and Paris Minuit (1986).

Jean Lara

Lara also embarked on a career behind the camera in the early 1960s, serving as assistant director for the 1963 dark comedy The Murderer Knows the Score. He was production manager on such ﬁlms as Diamond Safari (1966), Risky Business (1967), The Milky Way (1969), The Pleasure Pit (1969), Rider on the Rain (1970), The Blood Letting (1971), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), Hope to Die (1972), Profession: Adventurers (1973), Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others (1974), Let’s Get Those English Girls (1976), Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977), Demons of the South (1979), Das Boot (1982), Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983), American Dreamer (1984), A Suspended Life (1985), Sauve-Toi, Lola (1986), Jeniec Europy (1989), and Stan the Flash (1990).

LARRIVA, RUDY Animator Rudy Larriva died in Irvine, California, on February 19, 2010. He was 94. Larriva was born in El Paso, Texas, on February 12, 1916. He began his career in the early 1940s, working with Chuck Jones at Warner. He also worked on Mr. Magoo cartoons at UPA in the 1950s, and directed animated shorts starring Road Runner, Daffy Duck, and

Rudy Larriva (on left)

Speedy Gonzales in the 1960s. He directed episodes of numerous television cartoon series including Fangface, The Alvin Show, The Lone Ranger, Goldie Gold and Action Jack, Thudarr the Barbarian, The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show, Alvin and the Chipmunks, and Mister T. Larriva was also the animation director for the opening title sequence for The Twilight Zone television series in 1959.

LARSON, HERB Wrestler Herb Larson died in Madison, Tennessee, on September 6, 2010. He was 83. Larson was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, in 1927. His older brother, George, wrestled as Irish Tom Collins in the 1930s, and Herb began wrestling professionally in Canada in 1946. He competed frequently in the United States from the 1950s, with long runs in Tennessee and the Gulf Coast areas, sometimes as the masked Proud Rebel. He also teamed with Don Lortie as one of the original masked Medics. His ring career last through the 1970s, and he also became the owner and manager of the Nashville bar, the Flamingo Lounge. (See photograph on page 241.)

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LATTIN, ROBERT Film hair stylist Robert Lattin died at his home in Henderson, Nevada, on February 9, 2010. He was 71. Lattin was born in Lumberton, New Mexico, on November 3, 1938. He began working as a hair stylist for the stars in the 1960s, and

Herb Larson

LASKAWY, HARRIS Character actor Harris Laskawy died at his home in Valley Village, California, on July 4, 2010. He was 67. Laskawy was born in the Bronx, New York, on February 12, 1943. He began his career on the New York stage, and was a founder of the CSC Repertory Theatre. He earned an Obie Award for a starring role in Uncle Vanya, and appeared in productions on and Off-Broadway. He made his ﬁlm debut in a small role in 1978’s King of the Gypsies. He was also seen in the ﬁlms The World According to Garp (1982), Forty Deuce (1982), Grace Quigley (1984), Compromising Positions (1985), Dead On (1993), Stuart Saves His Family (1985), Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (1995), Father of the Bride Part II (1995), The Glimmer Man (1996), Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), Soft Toilet Seats (1999), The Girl Next Door (2004), and Ascension Day (2007). Laskawy was featured as the man in the green hat in over a dozen episodes of the soap opera Ryan’s Hope from 1979 to 1980, and was Frankie Cavallo in Another World in 1981. He was also seen in episodes of Search for Tomorrow, What’s Happening Now!, Hill Street Blues, Amen, Once a Hero, Matlock, Hunter, Baywatch, They Came from Outer Space, The Flash, Who’s the Boss?, NYPD Blue, The Marshal, Frasier, ER, The Pretender, L.A. Doctors, Action, The West Wing, Boston Public, Without a Trace, and Jack & Bobby. Laskawy was also seen in the tele-ﬁlms Hardhat and Legs (1980), Big Blonde (1980), Dream House (1981),

LAURENT, AGNES French actress Agnes Laurent, who starred in the 1957 sci-ﬁ sex comedy Girl in His Pocket, died in Grenoble, France, on February 16, 2010. She was 74. She was born Josette Chouleur in Lyon, France, on January 28, 1936. She made her ﬁlm debut in a small role in the 1956 feature Mannequins of Paris, and continued her career in Club of Women (1956), The Twilight Girls (1967), Girl Merchants (1957), Girl in His Pocket (1957) as the sexy lab assistant Monette who becomes the title character when she

Harris Laskawy

Agnes Laurent

Robert Lattin

toured with Pearl Bailey and the Hello Dolly cast. He also worked frequently with actress Betty Grable. He was a stylist on such ﬁlms and television productions as Heat (1986), Dead Man’s Walk (1996), Rough Riders (1997), Hard Time (1998), Time Share (2000), and Wishcraft (2002).

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is shrinks to 3" tall, Mademoiselle Strip-tease (1957), Die Grunen Teufel von Monte Cassino (1958), Sins of Youth (1958), Nina (1959), Soft Skin on Black Silk (1959), The Big Show (1960), The Night of the Great Attack (1960), and Famous Love Affairs (1961). Laurent also appeared in several British sex comedies, A French Mistress (1960) and Mary Had a Little… (1961), before largely retiring from the screen in the early 1960s.

LAVIE, AMOS Israeli actor Amos Lavie died of lung cancer in a Tel Aviv, Israel, hospital on November 9, 2010. He was 59. Lavie appeared in numerous ﬁlms from the early 1980s including Ma’agalim Shel Shi-Shabbat (1980), Green (1983), Banot (1985), Goodbye, New York (1985), Witness in the War Zone (1987), Unsettled Land (1987), Torn Apart (1990), Blink of an Eye (1992), The Mummy Lives (1993), Driks’ Brother

Ricardo Lavie

Great Adventure (1974), La Obertura (1977), La Rabona (1979), Todo o Nada (1984), Mujer — Mujer (1987), La Clinica Loca (1988), Pasaje al Paraiso (2003), and La Increible Historia de Asterion y Clotilda (2003). Lavie also appeared in such television productions and series as El Ultimo Pecado (1962), Ellos dos y Alguien Mas (1962), Porcelandia (1974), Andrea Celeste (1979), El Rafa (1981), Historia de un Trepador (1984), Momento de Incertidumbre (1985), El Hombre que Amo (1986), Brigada Cola (1990), Chiquilina Mia (1991), Como pan Caliente (1996), and Chiquititas (1998).

Amos Lavie

(1994), Nashim (1996), Dangerous Acts (1998), Zirkus Palestina (1998), Frank Sinatra Is Dead (1999), Alila (2003), God’s Sandbox (2004), Promised Land (2004), Schwartz Dynasty (2005), Steven Spielberg’s Munich (2005) as General Aharon Yariv, Days of Love (2005), A Wedding Film (2006), Janem Janem (2006), A Dangerous Dance (2007), King of Beggars (2007), Only Dogs Run Free (2007), The Piter Shmychel Project (2008), Lemon Tree (2008), On the Road to Tel Aviv (2008), Maftir (2008), Carmel (2009), Kavod (Honor) (2010), and Blank Bullet (2010). He also appeared frequently on Israeli television in productions of Line 300 (1997), Escape: Human Cargo (1998), Isha Beafur (1999), HaChatzer (2003), Our Song (2004), and Meorav Yerushalmi (2009) as Yona Hadad.

LAVIE, RICARDO Argentine actor Ricardo Lavie died in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on April 6, 2010. He was 87. He was born Ricardo Machado in Buenos Aires on October 5, 1922. He performed frequently on stage, ﬁlm, and television, sometimes with his brother, actor Rodolfo Machado. Lavie was seen in numerous ﬁlms from the late 1940s including Juan Globo (1949), Captura Recomendada (1950), La Comedia Inmortal (1951), The Tunnel (1952), Isla Hechizada (1955), Dos Basuras (1958), El Mago de las Finanzas (1962), Pepper (1966), Pepper and Red Pepper (1970), El Picnic de los Campanelli (1972), Estoy Hecho un Demonio (1972), The

LAWRENCE, JODEAN Actress Jodean Lawrence, who was originally billed as Jodean Russo, died in Santa Rosa, California, on March 18, 2010. She was 77. Lawrence was born on November 12, 1932. She trained at the Pasadena Playhouse and performed frequently on stage at Los Angeles’ Theater West and the Cellar, Cast and Nomads Theaters. She was also featured in the 1969 Broadway production of But Seriously, Folks. She was also seen frequently on television from the late 1960s in episodes of such series as The Outsider, Adam-12, Cannon, Marcus Welby, M.D., S.W.A.T., the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless as Regina Henderson from 1975 to 1976, Serpico, Emergency!, The Streets of San Francisco, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Rockford Files, Little House on the Prairie, Father Murphy, Archie Bunker’s Place, Trapper John, M.D. and Falcon Crest. She was also featured in the tele-ﬁlms Doctors’ Private Lives (1978) and Ruby and Oswald (1978). Russo was seen in a handful of ﬁlms in the 1970s including Airport (1970), Johnny Got His Gun (1971), Harrad Summer (1974), Funny Lady (1975), and Gable and Lombard (1976). L EAHY, T OM, J R. Tom Leahy, Jr., who starred as Kansas children’s television host Captain Astro, died of complications from open heart surgery in Wichita, Kansas, on June 18, 2010. He was 87. Leahy was born in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, on September 13, 1922. He attended the University of Wichita, and served in the U.S. Army in the Philippines during World War II. He began his 60-year career on Wichita radio and television stations as an announcer at KAKE in the late 1940s. He was the horror host known as the Host for KAKE’s Nightmare horror ﬁlm airings in the

243 late 1950s, assisted by a mute sidekick known as Rodney (originally Lee Parsons, and later Jim Herring). Leahy continued this role sporadically through the 1960s, often under the title The Host and Rodney. He became best known as space-suited children’s host Major Astro on KARD from 1962 to 1973, greeting his

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Todo sea Para Bien (1957), Historia de una Carta (1957), El Ultimo Piso (1962), A Puerta Cerrada (1962), El Perseguidor (1965), Los Dias que me Diste (1975), Where the Wind Dies (1976), Six Tickets to Hell (1981), Days in June (1985), Flop (1990), Laura: The Rebel Years (1996), Astortango (1997), Un Amor de Borges (2000), and Ciudad Invisible (2008).

LEE, ALTA Actress Alta Lee, who was a leading lady in a handful of western ﬁlms in the 1940s opposite her husband Cal Strum, died on June 6, 2010. She was 85. Lee was born in Spalding, Illinois, in 1925. She began her career as a cabaret singer, and met Shrum while ﬁlming 1940’s Scatterbrain. Shrum was a yodeling and singing cowboy who led the Rhythm Rangers.

Tom Leahy, Jr. (as Captain Astro)

audience with, “Happy Orbits, boys and girls… Everything will be A-Okay and all systems will be go.” Leahy also starred in the obscure 1965 local ﬁlm production The Beast from the Beginning of Time, and utilized his impression of John Wayne to star in the low-budget 1976 ﬁlm King Kung Fu, a comedy mishmash combining King Kong with Kung Fu. He reprised Major Astro for station KSAS in 1985, and returned as the Host in the early 1990s. Leahy was inducted into the Kansas Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2001.

LEDESMA , I NDA Argentine actress Inda Ledesma died of cardiopulmonary failure in a Buenos Aires nursing home on January 26, 2010. She was 83. She was born Margarita Rodriguez in Coronel Suarez, Argentina, on March 29, 1926. She made her stage debut with the Argentine National Comedy Theatre in 1945. She remained a leading stage performer throughout her career. She also starred in occasional ﬁlms including The Three Musketeers (1945), El Hombre de las Sorpresas (1949), Section des Disparus (1956),

Inda Ledesma

Alta Lee (with husband Cal Shrum)

Lee became his leading lady in several ﬁlms including Swing, Cowboy, Swing (1946) and Trouble at Melody Mesa (1949). The Shrums later retired to Central Illinois, where Cal died in 1996.

LEE, FRAN Pioneer television consumer advocate Fran Lee died at her home in Jerusalem, Israel, on February 13, 2010. She was 99. She was born Frances Lederman in Manhattan, New York, on September 28, 1910, and married Samuel Weiss in 1929. She performed on the New York stage, appearing in several Off-Broadway plays. She was featured in a 1946 television production of Little Women, and had a small role in the

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1947 holiday ﬁlm classic Miracle on 34th Street. She also appeared on television in episodes of Lux Video Theatre, Major Dell Conway of the Flying Tigers, The Patty Duke Show, and Here’s Lucy. She became noted as a radio and television advisor on consumer issues and household tips under such names as Mrs. Fix-It and Mrs. Consumer. Lee was also a regular ﬁxture on local New York television, and guested on such national programs as The Steve Allen Playhouse, The Mike Douglas Show, The Tonight Show, and The David Frost Show. She was also featured in a small role in the 1975 ﬁlm At Long Last Love. Lee was noted for her campaign against dog waste on New York sidewalks, which resulted in the 1978 pooper-scooper law. She was widowed in 1991, and settled in Israel several years before her death.

LEIFERT, DON Actor Don Leifert, who starred in several of Don Dohler’s Baltimore-based horror ﬁlms in the 1970s and 1980s, died on October 23, 2010. He was 59. Leifert studied at the Douglas-Webber Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and performed frequently on stage. He ﬁrst teamed with Don Dohler as the star of the 1978 low-budget ﬁlm The

Don Leifert (on the poster from “Fiend”)

Alien Factor, about an intergalactic zoo crashing near a small town and unleashing otherworldly beasts from the wreckage. He starred as reanimated corpse Eric Longfellow, the title character in Dohler’s 1980 horror ﬂick Fiend, and was the biker Drago in 1982’s Nightbeast, with alien critters again running rampant. He was Frank Custor in the hillbillies versus aliens opus The Galaxy Invader in 1985, and was featured in a cameo role in Joe Ripper’s Crawler in 2004. Leifert was also a proliﬁc writer in the pages of such genre magazines as Midnight Marquee, Video Times, and Movie Club. He was a frequent panelist at ﬁlm conventions and was featured in the 2007 documentary about Dohler’s ﬁlms, Blood, Boobs & Beast.

LEMAIRE, JACK Comedian and actor Jack LeMaire died in Los Angeles on October 18, 2010. He was 99. LeMaire was born on July 1, 1911, the son of vaudeville comic George LeMaire. Jack began his career as a small child with his father in The Ziegfeld Follies, and was featured in numerous comedy ﬁlm shorts

Jack LeMaire (left, with Big Bird)

from Pathé in the 1920s. He later trained in music, playing jazz guitar on radio and recordings before an early onset of arthritis ended his musical career. He turned to stand-up comedy and acting, and toured with Johnny Grant and Bob Hope for their USO shows. He appeared on television in the 1950s in episodes of Sky King, The Lawless Years, Bat Masterson, and The Farmer’s Daughter. He was also featured as Colonel Sanders in several Kentucky Fried Chicken television commercials. LeMaire continued his career into his 90s, appearing in a comedy sketch on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2009.

L EROUX, MAXIME French actor Maxime Leroux died in Paris after a long illness on January 21, 2010. He was 58. Leroux was born in Sainte-Adresse, Seine-Maritime, France, on March 26, 1951. He began his acting career on stage in Rouen in the early 1980s. He appeared in numerous ﬁlms during his career including Effraction (1983), Disorder (1986), Levy and Goliath (1987), Cross (1987), The Passion of Beatrice (1987), The Field Agent (1987), The Man Who Loved Zoos (1987), Jeanne’s House (1988), Chouans! (1988), Camille Claudel (1988) as Claude Debussy, Baxter (1989) as the voice of Baxter, Mama, There’s a Man in Your Bed (1989), Winter of ’54: Father Pierre (1989), Mister Frost (1990), Jean Galmot, Adventurer (1990), Simon Courage (1991), The Lover (1991), Netchalev Is Back (1991), A

Maxime Leroux

245 Day to Remember (1991), The Tribe (1991), Dien Bien Phu (1992), Tango (1993), A Crime (1993), Justinien Trouve, or God’s Bastard (1993), Should Mathilde Be Loved? (1993), The Son of the Shark (1993), Montparnasse-Pondichery (1994), Colonel Chabert (1994), Ship of Dreams (1996), Excentric Paradise (1996), Fallait pas!… (1996), Apres le Combat (2003), Pop Up (2004), Burnt Out (2005), Un Printemps a Paris (2006), and The Easy Way (2008). Leroux was a familiar face of French television from the 1980s, with roles in such productions as Les Copains de la Marne (1985), La Garconne (1988), Les Carnassiers (1991), Interdit d’Amour (1992), Princesse Alexandra (1992), L’Affaire Seznec (1993), Les Noces de Lolita (1993), Une Femme dans la Tourmente (1995), Un Etrange Heritage (1997), Tania Borealis ou L’Etoile d’un Ete (2001), La Bete du Gevaudan (2003), Ange de Feu (2006), La Mort dans l’Ile (2008), L’Affaire Salengro (2009), and Adieu de Gaulle Adieu (2009). He starred as Paul in the series Le Refuge from 1996 to 1999, and was Sebastien Collioure in Madame le Proviseur from 1999 to 2003. He was also featured as Gaspard in Sauvetage in 2002, and was Joel Vanderwalk in Greco in 2007.

LEROUX, YVON Canadian actor Yvon Leroux died in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on February 13, 2010. He was 80. Leroux was born in Saint-Eustache, Quebec, on April 22, 1929. He began performing on stage in amateur productions in the late 1940s. He worked with Radio-Canada from 1952, performing in the radio drama series Metropole and La Famille Plouffe. He starred as Bidou Laloge in the television series Les Belles Histories des Pays-d’en-Haut from 1956 to 1970. He also appeared in such television productions as Rue des Pignons (1966), La P’Tite Semaine (1974), Quinze ans Plus Tard (1976), Bye-Bye (1976), Les As (1977), Monsieur Zero (1977), L’Agent Fait le Bonheur (1985), La Maison Deschenes (1988), and Virginie (2001). Leroux was also seen in a handful of ﬁlms during his career including Il Etait une Guerre (1959), The Promised Land (1959), Amanita Pestilens (1963), The Christmas Martian (1971), Kamouraska (1973), O.K…. Laliberte (1973), The Winner (1975), J.A. Martin Photographer (1977), One Man (1977), Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1978), and Windigo (1994).

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LESLIE, ALEEN Screenwriter and playwright Aleen Leslie died in Beverly Hills, California, on February 2, 2010. She was 101. She was born Aleen Wetstein in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1908. She began writing for the Pittsburgh Press while in her teens. She moved to Hollywood in the 1930s, and began writing comedy shorts for the Three Stooges. She was one of the few female screenwriters when she joined the Screenwriters Guild in 1938. She created the radio show A Date with Judy starring Helen Mack in the 1940s. It was adapted for a 1948 ﬁlm starring Elizabeth Taylor. Leslie’s other ﬁlm credits include The

Aleen Leslie

Doctor Takes a Wife (1940), Affectionately Yours (1941), The Stork Pays Off (1941), It Comes Up Love (1943), Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943), Rosie the Riveter (1944), Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid (1944), Henry Aldrich’s Little Secret (1944), Go Chase Yourself (1948), Father Was a Fullback (1949), Father Is a Bachelor (1950), and The Living North (1956). Leslie was also the author of the novels The Scent of the Roses and The Windfall, and penned numerous plays for the Pasadena Playhouse.

LESLIE, JOHN Adult ﬁlm star John Leslie died of a heart attack at his home in Mill Valley, California, on December 5, 2010. He was 65. He was born John Leslie Nunzo in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on January 25, 1945. He moved to New York in the early 1960s, where he worked as an illustrator in the underground magazine scene. He also played the harmonica and sang with the group The Brooklyn Blues Busters in the early 1970s, accompanying such artists as John Lee Hooker and Victoria Spivey. Leslie moved to San Francisco in 1974, where he began working in the adult ﬁlm industry. He appeared in over 300 ﬁlms during his career, sometimes under the names Louis T. Beagle, John Leslie Dupre, and Frederick Watson. Usually cast as the sophisticated older man, he co-starred with such porn icons as Seka, Juliet “Aunt Peg” Anderson, Veronica Hart, Traci Lords, Kay Parker, and Christy Canyon. His numerous ﬁlm credits include Carnal Haven (1975), Venture into the Bizarre (1976), Night Pleasures (1976), Black Widow’s Nest (1976), Dixie (1976), Femmes de Sade (1976), Cry for Cindy (1976), Temptations

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(1976), Judgement Day (1976), Baby Rosemary (1976), The Autobiography of a Flea (1976), Mary, Mary (1977), Overnight Sensation (1977), Babyface (1977), The Starlets (1977), Confessions of a Woman (1977), The Legend of Lady Blue (1978), Telefantasy (1978), Boiling Point (1978), Black Silk Stockings (1978), The Ecstasy Girls (1979), Dracula Sucks (1979) as Dr. Arthur Seward, Blonds Have More Fun (1979), Summer Heat (1979), China Sisters (1979), Star of the Orient (1979), Urban Cowgirls (1980), The Treasure Box (1980), Hotline (1980), Champagne for Breakfast (1980), Sensual Encounters of Every Kind (1980), The Dancers (1981), Outlaw Ladies (1981), Nothing to Hide (1981), Vista Valley PTA (1981), Love Dreams (1981), Sexloose (1982), Oriental Hawaii (1982), A Thousand and One Erotic Nights (1982), the non-porn adventure comedy Safari 3000 (1982), Pleasure Zone (1983), Young Doctors in Lust (1983), Never Sleep Alone (1983), Fleshdance (1983), Fantasex Island (1983), Trinity Brown (1984), Spitﬁre (1984), Reel People (1984), Las Vegas Hustle (1984), Golden Girls: The Movie (1984), Frisky Business (1984), Firestorm (1984), the slasher horror ﬁlm The Prey (1984), One Night in Bangkok (1985), Cinderella (1985), Wild Things (1985), Sex Dreams on Maple Street (1985), Dames (1985), Tower of Power (1985), Lust on the Orient Express (1986), Miami Spice (1986), 10 1 ⁄ 2 Weeks (1986), Woman in the Window (1986), The Lust Potion of Doctor F (1986), Lust at Sea (1986), The Bitches of Westwood (1987), The Best Little Whorehouse in Hong Kong (1987), Sinset Boulevard (1987), Moonlusting (1987), Lust Italian Style (1987), Guess Who Came at Dinner (1987), L.A. Raw (1987), Diamondhead (1987), Friday the 13th: A Nude Beginning (1987), The Final Taboo (1988), Once Upon a Temptation (1988), Debbie Goes to Hawaii (1988), Debbie for President (1988), Black Satin Nights (1988), The Cat Woman (1988), Beauty and the Beast (1988) as Lord Beastington, Sheer Haven (1989), Blue Movie (1989), Tricks of the Trade (1988), Making Ends Meet (1988), Good Evening Vietnam (1988), Fatal Erection (1988), Angel of the Island (1989), Lethal Passion (1991), Postcards from Abroad (1991), Play Again Again … Samantha (1992), Amber Waves (1992), The Rehearsal (1993), Sexophrenia (1993), and Dog Walker (1994). Leslie became one of the ﬁrst adult ﬁlm stars to turn directing in the early 1980s,

John Leslie

helming many of the ﬁlms he appeared during that period. He also directed The Voyeur, Fresh Meat, and Crack Her Jack series from the 1990s, and the ﬁlms Curse of the Catwoman (1991), Laying the Ghost (1991), Bare Market (1993), Drop Sex (1997), Gobble the Goop (2004), Jet Fuel (2008), and Inter-Racial Payload (2008). He also made occasional appearances in his later ﬁlms, directing and acting in Naomi … There’s Only One (2006) and Brianna Love: Her Fine Sexy Self (2007). His interest in jazz and blues also continued, and he released the John Leslie Blues Band CD In the Kitchen in 1999.

LESSER, GERALD S. Gerald S. Lesser, a leading developmental psychologist who headed the Children’s Television Workshop and was instrumental in creating the format for Sesame Street, died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Burlington, Massachusetts, on September 23, 2010. He was 84. Lesser was born in Queens, New York, on August 22, 1926. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and completed a master’s degree at Columbia University after the war. He earned a doctorate in child development and psychology from

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Yale in 1952, and taught at Adelphi University and Hunter College. He joined Harvard Graduate School of Education as a professor of Educational and Developmental Psychology in 1963, where he remained until his retirement in 1986. He became chairman of the board of advisers for the Children’s Television Workshop when it was formed in 1969, and helped the producers of Sesame Street to bring educational skills to young viewers. He was the author of the 1974 book Children and Television: Lessons from Sesame Street. He remained chairman of the Children’s Television Workshop board of advisors through 1996.

L ESTER, ROBERT “SQUIRREL ” Singer Robert “Squirrel” Lester, who was a founding member of the 1960s singing group The Chi-Lites, died of cancer in Chicago, Illinois, on January 21, 2010. He was 67. Lester was born in McComb, Mississippi, on August 16, 1942. He began singing in Chicago with The Chantours in the late 1950s, and his group joined with The Desideros in 1960 to form The Hi-Lites. They soon became The Chi-Lites over a name dispute with

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another group. The group scored several hits over the next decade including “(For God’s Sake) Give More

Donn Lewin (left, with brother Ted) Robert “Squirrel” Lester

Power to the People,” “Have You Seen Her,” and “Oh Girl.” The Chi-Lites underwent several line-up changes, but Lester continued to perform as second tenor with the group until his death.

LEVESQUE, MICHEL Film director and production designer Michel Levesque died of cancer at his home in Los Angeles on May 14, 2010. He was 66. Levesque was born in Pennsville, New Jersey, on August 22, 1943. He moved to Los Angeles in the early 1960s, and began working in ﬁlms as an assistant on Roger Corman’s 1967 cult classic The Trip. He was a production assistant on Tom O’Horgan’s 1969 sexual satire Futz!, and was art director for the biker ﬁlm Naked Angels (1969). He was credited as visual consultant on Corman’s Bloody Mama (1970) starring Shelley Winters as Depression Era crime matriarch Ma Barker. He teamed with David M. Kaufman to write and direct the 1971 biker horror ﬁlm Werewolves on Wheels. He also directed the 1972 women’s prison exploitation ﬁlm Sweet Sugar, and co-scripted 1973’s Girls on the Road. He worked as art director on several ﬁlms for Russ Meyer in the mid–1970s including Supervixens (1975), Up! (1976), and Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens (1979). Levesque was also art director or production designer on the ﬁlms Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw (1976), Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks (1976), Cannonball! (1976), The Incredible Melting Man (1977), Foxes (1980), Borderline (1980), Barbarosa (1982), Plain Clothes (1988), The Night Before (1988), Permanent Record (1988), Homer and Eddie (1989), and The Package (1989). He worked in television on the tele-ﬁlms The Day the Loving Stopped (1981), Savage Journey (1983), Bad Attitudes (1991), Greyhounds (1994), and The Pentagon Wars (1998), and the series Hunter and Renegade. He reteamed with David Kaufman in the 1990s to form Digital Video Theatre. They produced a series of digital video shorts including 2001’s The Blind Date with Levesque’s long-time companion Colleen Kennedy. LEWIN , DONN Wrestler Donn Lewin, the eldest of the trio of wrestling Lewin brothers with Ted

and Mark, died in Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 18, 2010. He was 84. Lewin was born in Buffalo, New York, on April 1, 1926. He served in the Marines during World War II, earning three Purple Hearts while serving in the Paciﬁc. He returned to New York after the war and became involved in bodybuilding. He soon began wrestling in promotions on the East Coast, and was joined by his brothers in the ring in the 1950s. Donn teamed with brother Mark to hold the Capitol Wrestling tag titles twice in the mid–1950s, and brieﬂy held the NWA International Tag Team Title in Georgia in 1957. He remained a popular competitor over the next decade, and donned a hood to wrestle as The Executioner in the National Wrestling Federation in New York in 1969. Lewin also began a sideline raising and selling tropical ﬁsh, and retired to Hawaii in the early 1970s.

L EWIS, A RTHUR BERNARD Television writer and producer Arthur Bernard Lewis, who served as story editor and supervising producer for the prime time soap opera Dallas in the late 1970s and early 1980s, died of complications from pneumonia following a long illness in Sherman Oaks, California, on October 30, 2010. He was 84. Lewis was born on January 15, 1926. He began working in television in the early 1960s as a producer for The Doctors and the Nurses. He was soon scripting episodes of such series as The Streets of San

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Francisco, Barnaby Jones, Baretta, Hawaii Five-0, Our Family Honor, The Wizard, and In the Heat of the Night. He joined the crew of Dallas as a story editor in 1978, and scripted nearly 70 episodes of the series over the next thirteen years. He also wrote the subsequent teleﬁlms Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996) and Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998).

LEWIS, M ARCIA Comedienne and actress Marcia Lewis died of cancer in Brentwood, Tennessee, on December 21, 2010. She was 72. She was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, on August 8, 1938, and was raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She worked as a registered nurse in New York City before becoming an actress. She made her Broadway debut in the musical Hello, Dolly! in the 1960s, and was also seen in productions of The Time of Your Life (1969), the musical Annie as Miss Hannigan in 1981, Rags (1986), Roza (1987), Orpheus Descending (1989), and Fiddler on the Roof (1990). She earned Tony Award nominations for her role as Miss Lynch in the revival of Grease in 1994, and as Matron Momma Morton in the revival of Chicago in 1997. Lewis also appeared in the ﬁlms Night Warning (1983) and The Ice Pirates (1984) as the Frog Lady. She was fre-

L INCOLN , ABBEY Jazz singer and actress Abbey Lincoln died in New York City on August 14, 2010. She was 80. She was born Anna Marie Wooldridge in Chicago on August 3, 1930, and was raised in rural Michigan. She moved to Los Angeles in the late 1940s to pursue a career as a singer. She performed under the name Anne Marie in Honolulu from 1952 to 1954, and was known as Gaby Lee when she returned

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quently on television from the early 1970, appearing in the tele-ﬁlms The Great Ice Ripe-Off (1974), The Night They Took Miss Beautiful (1977), When She Was Bad… (1979), and Money, Power, Murder. (1989). She starred as Mitzi Logan in the television sitcom How’s Watching the Kids from 1978–1979, and guest starred in episodes of The Bob Newhart Show, Rich Man, Poor Man, Baretta, The Bionic Woman, Working Stiffs, Out of the Blue, Happy Days, Mr. Belvedere, and Kate & Allie. She was also a popular cabaret performer.

LIGHT , ERVILLE Character actress Erville Light died in a Bronx, New York, nursing home on March 25, 2010. She was 77. She was born Erville Silverstein in Brooklyn, New York, on October 19, 1932. She worked as a school teacher and retail clerk in New York, and also appeared in extra roles in ﬁlm and television productions. She had small parts in the ﬁlms Bad Girls in the Movies (1986), Wall Street (1987), Cemetery High (1989), and Scarlet Moon (2006). She was also featured on television in a 2000 episode of Now and Again.

to Los Angeles. She adopted the stage name Abbey Lincoln in 1956, and was featured in the ﬁlm The Girl Can’t Help It (1956) starring Jayne Mansﬁeld, in which she performed the song “Spread the Word.” She met jazz drummer Max Roach in the late 1950s, and they worked together on the early civil rights protest album We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite. She costarred with Ivan Dixon in the 1964 Michael Roemer ﬁlm Nothing But a Man, and earned a Golden Globe nomination for her role as Ivy Moore in 1968’s For the Love of Ivy opposite Sidney Poitier. She was also featured on television in episodes of The Name of the Game, Mission: Impossible, On Being Black, Marcus Welby, M.D., and All in the Family, and the 1972 teleﬁlm Short Walk to Daylight. Lincoln largely abandoned her career after her divorce from Roach in 1970 to care for her mother in Los Angeles. She spent the next decade writing songs and teaching acting before returning to performing in New York in the early 1980s. She returned to the screen as matriarch Lillian Gilliam in Spike Lee’s 1990 ﬁlm Mo’ Better Blues. Lincoln also recorded the albums The World Is Falling Down (1990), You Gotta Pay the Band (1991), Devil’s Got Your Tongue (1993), A Turtle’s Dream (1995), and Who Used to Dance (1996). Her ﬁnal album, Abbey Sings Abbey, was released in 2007.

LINDER, LESLIE British actor turned talent agent Leslie Linder died of leukemia in London on January 16, 2010. He was 85. Linder was born in Highgate, London, on August 31, 1924. He served in the Royal Armoured Corps during World War II. He embarked on a career on stage after the war, and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He appeared in a handful of ﬁlms during the 1950s, including State Secret (1950), Star of India (1954), The Men of Sherwood

249 Forest (1954) as Little John, A Prize of Gold (1955), The Dark Avenger (1955), The Green Carnation (1955), and The Moonraker (1958). He also appeared on television

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in episodes of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents and The Vise. He abandoned acting to join the John Redway Associates as a talent agent in 1961. Linder later produced several ﬁlms, including 1969’s Hamlet, 10 Rillington Place (1971), and See No Evil (1971). He also produced the 1987 BBC television production Mandela.

LINKLETTER , ART Art Linkletter, who hosted the popular television shows People Are Funny and House Party, in the 1950s and 1960s, died at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles on May 26, 2010. He was 97. He was born Gordon Arthur Kelly in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, on July 17, 1912. He was abandoned by his natural parents as an infant and was raised by adoptive parents, Fulton and Mary Linkletter, in San Diego, California. He left home after completing high school and traveled the country performing odd jobs. He returned to California to attend San Diego State Teachers College, graduating in 1934. His plans to become a teacher were sidelined after gaining a job as a spot announcer for the local radio station, KGB. He was soon doing other radio work, announcing from state fairs around the country. He became an accomplished interviewer of average folks in

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attendance, while trying to ﬁll airtime between events. He became a popular personality on local radio in San Francisco, and gained a national audience as host of the NBC radio program People Are Funny in 1942. The popular audience participation show continued on radio through 1960, and Linkletter also hosted a television version from 1954 to 1961. His House Party program had a similar format, and included segments where Linkletter would interview a group of small children to often humorous effect. House Party ran daily in the radio from 1945 to 1957, and on television from 1952 to 1969. He compiled some of the funnier interviews in the books Kids Say the Darndest Things!, with illustrations by Charles Schulz, and Kids Still Say the Darndest Things. Linkletter had a cameo role in the 1946 ﬁlm People Are Funny, and was featured as Happy Hogan in the 1950 comedy ﬁlm Champagne for Caesar with Ronald Colman, Celeste Holm, and Vincent Price. He also hosted a series of short ﬁlms about Hollywood, Screen Snapshots, and the television series Life with Linkletter from 1950 to 1952. He was also featured in episodes of Startime, Zane Grey Theater, General Electric Theater, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Jack Benny Program, Wagon Train, The Red Skelton Show, The Gisele MacKenzie Show, The Steve Allen Show, The Bob Cummings Show, The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, The Tonight Show, I’ve Got a Secret, What’s My Line?, The Lucy Show, Batman, Here’s Lucy, The Dean Martin Show, Hollywood Squares, The Alan Thicke Show, and Small Wonder. He penned his autobiography, Confessions of a Happy Man, in 1960. He hosted Hollywood Talent Scouts from 1965 to 1966, and co-hosted the debut episode of the new Kids Say the Darndest Things with Bill Cosby in 1998. Linkletter was named a Disney Legend in 2006 for having commentated on the opening day of Disneyland in 1955, and for opening the Happiest Homecoming on Earth celebrations for the 50th Anniversary of Disneyland in 2005. Linkletter married Lois Foerster in 1936, and she survives him. They had ﬁve children including Jack, who also worked in television and died of lymphoma in 2007, son Robert, who was killed in an automobile accident in 1980, and daughter Diane, whose drug use led to suicide in 1969. Daughters Dawn and Sharon also survive him.

L INKOUS, M ARK Singer and songwriter Mark Linkous, who led the band Sparklehorse, committed suicide by shooting himself in the heart in an alley outside of a friend’s home in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 6, 2010. He was 47. Linkous was born in Arlington, Virginia, on September 9, 1962. He began the band Dancing Hoods after graduating high school, but met with little success in New York and Los Angeles. He began recording as Sparklehorse in 1995, and released four albums over the next decade, including Good Morning Spider (1999) and It’s a Wonderful Life (2001), and Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain (2006). His ﬁnal album, Dark Night of the Soul, was released posthumously in 2010. (See photograph on page 250.) LISK, NEIL Cinematographer Neil Lisk, who photographed the 2010 remake of the controversial

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1978 cult classic I Spit on Your Grave, died suddenly at his home in Los Angeles on September 22, 2010. Lisk was born in England and moved to the United States in 1991 to pursue a career in ﬁlm. He was soon working in Nashville as a cinematographer on music videos and commercials. He worked in ﬁlms from the early 2000s on such independent features as The Bill Collector (2002), Last Hand Standing (2005), A Couple of Days and Nights (2005), Kettle of Fish (2006) starring Matthew Modine, Broken Angel (2008), God’s Ears (2008), David and Fatima (2008), and The Experimental Witch (2009). Lisk also served as director of photography for a handful of horror ﬁlms that were primarily seen on the Syf y Channel including Sasquatch Mountain (2006), War Wolves (2009), and Steven R.

his father’s band. He joined Welk’s Champagne music makers shortly after their television debut in 1955. He remained with Welk until 1959, and continued to tour and perform. He made appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Dinah Shore Chevy Show in the early 1960s. He later toured and recorded with other Lawrence Welk alumni, and performed on the 2001 PBS special Lawrence Welk: Milestones and Memories.

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Monroe’s Mongolian Death Worm (2010). Lisk also teamed with Monroe on the 2010 drama Complacent and the remake of Meir Zarchi’s rape-revenge saga I Spit on Your Grave.

LITTLE, BIG TINY Pianist Dudley “Tiny” Little, Jr., who performed on The Lawrence Welk Show in the late 1950s, died in Carson City, Nevada, on March 3, 2010. He was 79. Little was born in Worthington, Minnesota, on August 31, 1930, the son of bandleader Tiny Little, Sr. The younger Little began playing the piano at an early age, and performed with

LITTLE, GLEN Glen Little, who was known as Frosty the Clown during his long career with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, died in Kimberly, Idaho, on October 26, 2010. He was 84. Little was born in Genoa, Nebraska, on December 5, 1925. He began his clown career with the Joe King Cir-

cus in Colorado in 1956, and became known as Frosty the Clown. He graduated from the Ringling Brothers’ Clown College in Venice, Florida, in 1968. He became Ringling’s boss clown in 1970, and was executive director of the clowns from 1980 until his retirement in 1991. He also performed frequently at the White House during his career. Little became the fourth circus entertainer to be designated as a Master Clown in 1983, and was inducted into the International Clown Hall of Fame in 1991.

L ITTLEJOHN, BILL Veteran animator Bill Littlejohn died in Malibu, California, on September 17,

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2010. He was 96. Littlejohn was born in Newark, New Jersey, on January 27, 1914. He began his career in the early 1930s at Van Beuren Studio in New York, working his way up through the animation ranks. He subsequently moved to Los Angeles and earned a degree in aeronautical engineering. He spent a short time working at Lockheed before returning to animation, working on Toonerville Trolley cartoons at MGM and Van Beuren’s Parrotville and early Tom & Jerry series. He served as an army test pilot during World War II, and worked primarily in advertising during the 1950s. He

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had a long association with John and Faith Hubley, serving as chief animator on their Oscar-winning short The Hole (1962), and on productions of Of Stars and Men (1964), The Hat (1964), Zuckerkandl (1968), Everybody Rides the Carousel (1975), People, People, People (1976), The Doonesbury Special (1977) which earned an Academy Award nomination, Sky Dance (1980), Enter Life (1981), The Big Bang and Other Creation Myths (1981), The Cosmic Eye (1986), Cloudland (1998), Rainbows of Hawai’i (1998), and Our Spirited Earth (2000). He also worked as an animator on many of the animated television specials based on Charles Schulz’s Peanuts cartoons including A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969), It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown (1974), Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (1975), You’re the Greatest, Charlie Brown (1979), Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown (1980), It’s Magic, Charlie Brown (1981), A Charlie Brown Celebration (1982), Snoopy’s Getting Married, Charlie Brown (1985), and Why, Charlie Brown, Why? (1990). Littlejohn also worked on animation for such diverse projects as The Phantom Tollbooth (1970), The 2000 Year Old Man (1975), Watership Down (1978), Heavy Metal (1981), Here Comes Garﬁeld (1982), The Soldier’s Tale (1984), The Romance of Betty Boop (1985), Cathy (1987), Cathy’s Last Resort (1988), Frosty Returns (1992), and Mrs. Doubtﬁre (1993).

LJUNG, MARTIN Swedish actor and entertainer Martin Ljung died in Stockholm, Sweden, on September 30, 2010. He was 93. Ljung was born in Lulea, Norrbottens, Sweden, on August 15, 1917. He became a popular comic and singer in Povel Ramel’s revues, and began performing in ﬁlms in the late 1940s.

His ﬁlm credits include Railroad Workers (1947), Here We Are Coming (1947), Kronblom (1947), Poor Little Sven (1947), Ragens Rike (1950), Miss Julie (1951), Kalle Karlsson fran Jularbo (1952), I rok och Dans (1954), Ratataa (1956), Far till sol och Var (1957), Den Store Amatoren (1958), Swedish Portraits (1964), Pippi in the South Seas (1970), The Apple War (1971), Niklas och Figuren (1971), A Man with a Maid (1975), and Sweden for the Swedes (1980). He remained a popular stage performer throughout his career, and also appeared on television in productions of Spader, Madame! (1969), Farbror Frippes Skafferi (1976), Semlons Grona Dalar (1977), and Affaren Ramel (1985).

LLOYD, BEVERLY Actress Beverly Lloyd, who was a leading lady for Republic Pictures in the 1940s, died in Brentwood, California, on October 21, 2010. She was 88. The niece of musical impresario Earl Carroll, she began her career as a dancer in his revues. She signed with Republic in the early 1940s and appeared in the ﬁlms Pistol Packin’ Mama (1943), The Fighting Seabees (1944), Silent Partner (1944) with Grant Withers, Sing, Neighbor, Sing (1944), Utah (1945) with Roy Rogers, the thriller The Tiger Woman (1945), and the fantasy An Angel Comes to Brooklyn (1945). Billed as Beverly Loyd, she was featured in the 1945 musical Earl Carroll Vanities, and the 1948 comedy Here Comes Trouble. She made her ﬁnal screen appearance in a small role

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in 1948’s Joan of Arc with Ingrid Bergman. She married Lionel Newman, a composer and arranger who she met while both were working for her uncle, in 1947 and retired from show business. They raised three daughters before Newman’s death in 1989.

LOBATO DE FARIA, ROSA Portuguese actress and writer Lobato de Faria died of complications from anemia in a Lisbon, Portugal, hospital on February 2, 2010. She was 77. Lobato de Faria was born in Lisbon on April 20, 1932. She began acting later in life, appearing as Beatriz Marques Vila in the series Vila Faia in 1982. Her other television credits include the series Humor de Perdicao (1987), Nem o Pai Morre Nem a Gente Almoca (1990), Cronica do Tempo (1992), A Minha Sogra E uma Bruxa (2002), So Gosto De Ti (2004), and Ninguem Como Tu (2005). She starred as Conceicao in the series Aqui Nao Ha Quem Viva from

Lolita

Isola Bella (1961), Im Schwarzen Rossl (1961), Schlagerrevue 1962 (1961), Unsere tollen Nichten (1962), Der Verkaufte Grossvater (1962), Wenn die Musik Spielt am Worthersee (1962), and Romy und Julius (1963). Her later recordings often included Austrian folk songs and yodeling.

LONGARINI, RENEE Italian model and actress Renee Longarini died in Milan, Italy, on March 13, 2010. She was 78. Longarini was born in Pordenone, Italy, on April 24, 1931. She worked as a fashion model in the 1950s, and was featured in a small role in Federico Fellini’s 1960 ﬁlm La Dolce Vita. She also appeared as Giulia Masini in Pietro Germi’s L’Immorale

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2006 to 2008. Lobato de Faria also wrote for many series and tele-novelas in the 1980s and 1990s including Humor de Perdicao, Pisca Pisca, Eronico, Nem o Pai Morre Nem a Gente Almoca, Tudo ao Molho e Fe em Deus, Telhados de Vidro, and Malta Gira. She was featured in several ﬁlms during her career including Paisagem Sem Barcos (1983), Jogo de Mao (1984), O Vestido Cor de Fogo (1986), Traﬁco (1998), and The Woman Who Believed She Was President of the United States (2003). She also began writing novels with Os Passaros de Seda in 1995, and penned eleven subsequent titles include the award-winning O Prenuncio das Aguas (2000).

LOLITA Austrian pop singer Ditta Zusa Einzinger, who performed under the name Lolita, died of cancer in Salzburg, Austria, on June 30, 2010. She was 79. She was born Edith Zuser in St. Polten, Austria, on January 17, 1931. She began her career as a singer in the mid–1950s, and her songs often had exotic Latin or South Sea Island themes. She was best known for her 1959 recording “Seemann, deine Haimat is das Meer” (“Sailor, Your Home Is the Sea”), which was a major hit in Europe and the United States. Lolita was featured in several ﬁlms during her career including Weisser Holunder (1957), Seamen (1957), Mein Schatz ist aus Tirol (1958), Do Not Send Your Wife to Italy (1960), SchlagerRaketen (1960), Eine Hubscher als die Andere (1961),

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(Climax) (1967). Longarini headed the telephone bank for Enzo Tortora on the popular Italian antique appraisal television series Portabella from 1977 to 1983, and brieﬂy in 1987 after Tortora’s acquittal on charges of involvement with organized crime.

LONGLEY, VICTORIA Australian actress Victoria Longley died in St. Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, on August 30, 2010. She was 49. Longley was born in Sydney, Australia, on September 24, 1960. She appeared frequently in ﬁlms and television from the mid–1980s, with roles in the ﬁlms I Can’t Get Started (1985), The More Things Change (1986), Celia: Child of Terror (1989), Turtle Beach (1992), Talk (1994), Dallas

253 Doll (1994), Hayride to Hell (1995), and Diana & Me (1997). She was best known for her numerous television roles, starring as Kate McBride in The Dirtwater Dynasty in 1988. She was also seen in the television productions Land of Hope (1986), Edens Lost (1988), The Alien Years (1988), Corrupt Justice (1993), Finding Hope (2001), and BlackJack (2003). She was featured as

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baloo, and Shindig. Lopez left the group on tour while opening for the Beatles in 1965, and the Headhunters disbanded two years later. He reunited with Garcia and the Jaramillo brothers in 1996, and continued with a revised version of Cannibal and the Headhunters over the next decade. Garcia died in 1996, and Joe Jaramillo died in 2000.

LUBTCHANSKY, WILLIAM French cinematographer William Lubtchansky died of heart disease in Paris on May 4, 2010. He was 72. Lubtchansky was born in Paris on October 26, 1937. He trained in ﬁlm at l’Ecole Nationale Superieure Louis-Lumiere and worked as an assistant camera operator on HenriGeorges Clouzot’s uncompleted 1964 ﬁlm L’Enfre. He ﬁlmed Agnes Varda’s short Elsa la Rose in 1965. He worked with many of Europe’s leading directors during his career including Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut, Marcel Camus, and Daniele Huillet. His many ﬁlm credits include The Creatures (1966), Klann — Grand Guignol (1969), Time to Live (1969), A Savage Summer (1970), It Only Happens to Others (1971), Israel, Why (1972), Handsome Face (1972), Juliette? (1973), The Year 01 (1973), Defense de Savoir (1973), The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan (1975), Parlez-Moi d’Amour

Georgi Singer in the 1996 series Mercury, and was Inspector Virginia King in Wildside in 1998. Her other television credits include episodes of G.P., Murder Call, Water Rats, Farscape, Young Lions as a police psychiatrist, and All Saints in the recurring role of Margaret O’Brien.

LOPEZ, RICHARD “SCAR” Richard “Scar” Lopez, who was a founding member of the 1960s band Cannibal and the Headhunters, died of lung cancer in a Garden Grove, California, hospital on July 30, 2010. He was 65. Lopez was born in Los Angeles on May 18, 1945. He teamed with fellow high school students Frankie “Cannibal” Garcia, Robert “Rabbit” Jaramillo, and Joe “Yo Yo” Jaramillo to form Cannibal and the Headhunter. They were discovered by producer Eddie Davis, who recorded them on his East L.A. Rampart label. They scored a hit with their 1965 version of “Land of a Thousand Dances,” and were featured on such television shows as American Bandstand, Hulla-

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(1975), Duelle (Une Quarantaine) (1976), 350 (1977), Last Exit Before Roissy (1977), La Memoire Courte (1979), The Games of Countess Dolingen (1980), First Voyage (1980), Every Man for Himself (1980), The Woman Next Door (1981), Cap Canaille (1983), Frankenstein 90 (1984), Love on the Ground (1984), After Darkness (1985), Shoah (1985), The Temptation of Isabelle (1985), I Love You (1986), La Puritaine (1986), Nice Is Nice (1987), Frequent Death (1988), The House of Jade (1988), The Mahabharata (1989), Black Sin (1990), La Belle Noiseuse (1991), Walking a Tightrope (1992), La Chasse aux Papillons (1992), Poor George (1993), Jeanne la Pucelle (1994), New World (1995), Belle Epoque (1995), The Scream of Silk (1996), Brigands — Chapter VII (1996), The Good Life (1996), A Visitor from the Living (1996), From Today Until Tomorrow (1997), Farewell, Home Sweet Home (1999), A Mort la Mort! (1999), Sicily! (1999), Hard Off (1999), Everything’s Fine, We’re Leaving (2000), Va Savoir (Who

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Knows?) (2001), Il Viandante (2001), Monday Morning (2002), Small Cuts (2003), The Story of Marie and Julien (2003), Une Visite au Louvre (2004), Genesis (2004), Regular Lovers (2004), Gardens in Autumn (2006), The Duchess of Langeais (2007), Itineraire de Jean Bricard (2008), and Frontier of Dawn (2008).

LUDVIGSEN Norwegian singer and songwriter Gustav Lorentzen, who was known on stage as Ludvigsen, half of the singing duo Knutsen & Ludvigsen, collapsed and died from cardiac arrest on stage near Bergen, Norway, on April 21, 2010. He was 62. Lorentzen was born in Trondheim, Norway, on September 28, 1947. He teamed with Oystein “Knutsen” Dolmen to form the popular singing duo Knutsen &

began performing as a child, and competed as Miss Idaho in the Miss America contest in 1955. She served as a co-host for the ﬁrst Grand Ole Opry national network telecast in 1957, and was a frequent guest on Jimmy Dean’s television variety series. She began a career as a recording artist in 1957, and had several hits including “Footsteps of a Fool” (1962) and “My Secret” (1963). She hosted her own syndicated television series in the early 1960s, and became a frequent performer on the Las Vegas circuit. She continued to perform and record through the 1970s, with later hits including “Married to a Memory” (1971) and “Padre” (1975).

L YNN, L ENI Actress Leni Hoffer, who appeared in ﬁlms as Leni Lynn in the 1940s, died of complications from a stroke in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, on January 1, 2010. She was 86. She was born Angelina Ciofani in Waterbury, Connecticut, on May 3, 1923. She signed with MGM in the late 1930s and was

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Ludvigsen in the early 1970s. They released seven albums, with much of their work geared toward children. He embarked on a solo career from the mid– 1980s, releasing ﬁve albums. He reteamed with Knutsen in the late 1990s and continued to perform throughout Norway. Lorentzen was also involved with creating a musical therapeutic program for children traumatized by war.

LYNN, JUDY Country singer Judy Lynn died of congestive heart failure at her home in Jeffersonville, Indiana, on May 26, 2010. She was 74. She was born Judi Lynn Voiten in Boise, Idaho, on April 12, 1936. She

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featured in the ﬁlms The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939), The Woman (1939), Babes in Arms (1939), Hullabaloo (1940). and Angel with Broken Wings (1941). She subsequently went to England where she continued her career on Heaven Is Round the Corner (1944), Give Me the Stars (1945), Gaiety George (1946), and Spring Song (1946). She also performed with the Royal Opera in London’s Covent Garden before returning to the United States in the late 1940s. She is survived by her fourth husband, composer Bernard Hoffer.

LYON, JENN Jennifer Lyon, who was a contestant in Survivor: Palau in 2005, died of complications from breast cancer in Oregon on January 19, 2010. She was 37. Lyon was born in Boulder City, Nevada, on February 27, 1972. She was working as a nanny when she was appeared on Survivor. She made it to the ﬁnal four before being eliminated in a ﬁre-building challenge after a tied vote in tribal council. She was subsequently diagnosed with breast cancer, and underwent a double mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Lyon was featured in the ﬁlms Daddy Day Camp (2007) and Long Pig (2008), a horror ﬁlm about cannibalism. (See photograph on page 255.) Judy Lynn

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MACARTHUR, JAMES Actor James MacArthur, who went from the young star of such Disney films as Swiss Family Robinson in the early 1960s to Jack Lord’s second-in-command, Detective Dan Williams, on the television series Hawaii Five-0, and recipient of the series frequent catchphrase “Book ’em, Danno,” died in Florida on October 28, 2010. He was 72. MacArthur was born in Los Angeles on December 8, 1937, and was the adoptive son of actress Helen Hayes and playwright Charles MacArthur. He made his acting debut in a small role in a 1948 radio production on Theatre Guild of the Air with his mother. He excelled in sports and drama in high school, and was appearing in summer stock productions while in his teens. He first appeared on television as Hal Ditmer in 1955 in the tele-play Deal a Blow, directed by John Frankenheimer for Climax!, and reprised the role in 1957 for the film version The Young Stranger. He was the young lead in a quartet of films from Disney over the next few years including The Light in the Forest (1958), Third Man on the Mountain (1959) as Rudi Matt, with Michael Rennie in a dramatization of the ascent of the Matterhorn, Kidnapped (1960) as David Balfour, and the adventure classic Swiss Family Robinson (1960), as Fritz Robinson, the oldest son of the shipwrecked Robinson clan. He made his only Broadway appearance opposite Jane Fonda in 1960’s Invitation to a March. He was featured on television in episodes of G.E. True Theater, Studio

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One, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, the 1960 Play of the Week production of Night of the Auk, The Untouchables, Bus Stop, Wagon Train, The Dick Powell Theatre, Sam Benedict, Arrest and Trial, Burke’s Law, The Eleventh Hour, The Great Adventure, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Virginian, Branded, 12 O’Clock High, Gunsmoke, Combat!, Insight, Hondo, Tarzan, Walt Disney’s Willie and the Yank, Bonanza, Death Valley Days, and the 1968 pilot for the unsuccessful western series Lassiter. He co-starred with Henry Fonda and Maureen O’Hara as oldest son Clayboy Spencer in the 1963 film Spencer’s Mountain (1963), based on Earl Hamner, Jr.’s remembrances that became better known a decade later as The Waltons. MacArthur continued to appear onscreen during the 1960s in such films as The Interns (1962), Cry of Battle (1963), The Truth About Spring (1965), The Bedford Incident (1965), Battle of the Bulge (1965), Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966), The Love-Ins (1967), The Angry Breed (1968), and Clint Eastwood’s Hang ’Em High (1968) as a traveling preacher. He costarred with Jack Lord’s Steve McGarrett in the popular tropical police series Hawaii Five-0 from 1968 to 1979. Over the next decade in the role he had the opportunity to work with his mother in the 1975 episode “Retire in Sunny Hawaii Forever,” with Helen Hayes playing his character’s Aunt Clara. He left the series in 1979, and continued to appear on television in episodes of Time Express, Fantasy Island, Vega$, Walking Tall, The Littlest Hobo, Murder, She Wrote, The Love Boat, and The Adventures of Superboy. He also starred in the tele-films Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980), The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1983), and Storm Chasers: Revenge of the Twister (1998). He reprised his role as Dan Williams in the 1997 tele-film Hawaii Five-0, an unsuccessful attempt to reboot the series, MacArthur having advanced from detective to governor. He was married to actress Joyce Bulifant from 1958 to 1967, and to actress Melody Patterson from 1970 to 1975. He married Helen Beth Duntz in 1984, who survives him.

MAC CORKINDALE , S IMON British actor Simon MacCorkindale died of bowel cancer in a London hospital on October 14, 2010. He was 58. MacCorkindale was born in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, on February 12, 1952. He studied drama and performed in repertory as a young man, and made his West End debut in a production of Pygmalion with Diana Rigg in 1974. He was soon appearing on British television in productions of Hawkeye, the Pathfinder (1973), The Skin Game (1974), Romeo and Juliet (1976), I, Claudius (1976), Jesus of Nazareth (1977), and the 1980 Hammer House of Horror episode Visitor from the Grave. He was also featured in episodes of Sutherland’s Law, Hunter’s Walk, Beasts, Romance, Just William, Within These Walls, The Doombolt Chase, and Life of Shakespeare. He was also featured in the films Juggernaut (1974), Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile (1978), The Quatermass Conclusion (1979) as Joe Kapp, and The Riddle of the Sands (1979). MacCorkindale came to the United States in the late 1970s, where he was seen in the films Cabo Blanco (1980), The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982), An

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Outpost of Progress (1982), and Jaws 3-D (1983). He spent the 1980s in Hollywood, starring as Prof. Jonathon Chase in the short-lived sci-fi series Manimal in 1983, and was Greg Reardon in Falcon Crest from 1984 to 1986. He also appeared in productions of The Manions of America (1981), Falcon’s Gold (1982), Obsessive Love (1984), and Twist of Fate (1989), and episodes of The Dukes of Hazzard, Fantasy Island, Hart to Hart, Dynasty also directing an episode, and Matt Houston. He returned to England later in the decade, and formed his own production company, Amy International Artists. He starred as Peter Sinclair in the cable action

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series Counterstrike from 1990 to 1993. He wrote and directed the 1995 tele-film thriller The House That Mary Bought. He was also seen in the tele-films The Way to Dusty Death (1995), At the Midnight Hour (1995), Family of Cops (1995), Danielle Steel’s No Great Love (1996), Mary Higgins Clark’s While My Pretty One Sleeps (1997), Sands of Eden (1998), Running Wild (1998), The Girl Next Door (1999), and The Dinosaur Hunter (2000). He was also featured in episodes of E.N.G., La Femme Nikita, Night Man reprising his Manimal role in 1998, Mentors, Earth: Final Conflict, Dark Realm, Queen of Swords, Relic Hunter as Fabrice De Viega, and New Tricks. He was also co-producer for the 2002 series Adventure Inc., and narrated the 2006 documentary series Blizzard: Race to the Pole. He was featured in the recurring role of Reed Horton in the supernatural series Poltergeist: The Legacy in 1999, and as Dr. Harry Harper in the BBC medical series Casualty from 2002 to 2008, and several crossovers with Holby City. He was featured in supporting roles in the 1999 sci-fi film Wing Commander, and the thrillers A Closed Book (2010) and 13Hrs (2010). MacCorkindale was married to actress Fiona Fullerton from 1976 until their divorce in 1982. He married actress Susan George in 1984, and she survives him.

MACEK, CARL Anime creator Carl Macek, who was best known as the producer and story editor of the Robotech saga, died of a heart attack in Topanga Canyon, California, on April 17, 2010. He was 58. Macek was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 21, 1951. He worked at California State Univer-

sity Fullerton as a librarian of popular culture, and coeditor of 1979’s McGill’s Survey of the Cinema and Film Noir-An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style (1979). He also wrote the book The Art of Heavy Metal: Animation for the Eighties. He became involved with anime in 1985 when he revised and edited three separate Japanese anime series, The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber MOSPEADA, into a three-generation Robotech Wars storyline. The popular series was produced in 1985 by Harmony Gold in association with Tatsunoko Prod. Co., Ltd. Macek also produced Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years (which combined Space Pirate Captain Harlock and Queen Millennia) for Harmony Gold. He planned the sequel Robotech II: The Sentinels, which was ultimately cancelled, though he later produced the book Robotech Art 3: The Sentinels about the ill-fated project. Macek co-founded Streamline Pictures with Jerry Beck in 1988, which brought much Japanese animation to the United States. Such titles as Lensman, Robot Carnival, Doomed Megalopolis, Twilight of the Cockroaches, Crying Freeman, Wicked City, Hayao Miyazaki’s Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Fist of the North Star, Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture — Prince of Darkness, Vampire Hunter D, Akira, Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro, and Lupin III: Mystery of Mamo were released through Steamline. Macek was also a writer for the 1988 animated C.O.P.S. series and served as executive consultant for the animated film Heavy Metal 2000. He wrote an animated adaptation of Brian Pulido’s comic series Lady Death in 2004, served as a consultant for Harmony Gold’s Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles in 2006. Macek adapted a treatment of Merian C. Cooper’s unproduced film War Eagles for a novel in 2008. He had recently worked on the English-language adaptation of the popular anime series Bleach and Naruto.

MACKERRAS, CHARLES Australian conductor Charles Mackerras died of cancer in London, England, on July 14, 2010. He was 84. Mackerras was born in Schenectady, New York, on November 17, 1925, and was raised in Australia. He trained at the Sydney Conservatorium and was oboist with the local symphony before moving to London in 1947. He joined the

257 Sadler’s Wells Opera orchestra, and trained as a conductor in Poland under Vaclav Talich. He was instrumental in bringing Leos Janacek’s operas to Sadler’s Wells in the early 1950s. He was also noted for conducting the works of Handel, Gluck, Bach, and Donizetti. Mackerras served as principal conductor for the BBC Concert Orchestra from 1954 to 1956. He was director for the Hamburg State Opera from 1965 to 1969, and the

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English National Opera from 1970 to 1977. He returned to Australia to serve as chief conductor for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra from 1982 to 1985, and directed the Welsh National Opera from 1987 to 1992. He also conducted regularly with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the San Francisco Opera in the 1990s. He was guest conductor for Czech Philharmonic, the Royal Opera, and the Vienna Philharmonic in the 2000s, and made his last public performance at Glyndebourne in summer of 2010.

MACLACHLAN, JANET Actress Janet MacLachlan, who was noted for her role as Camille, the teacher, in the 1972 film Sounder, died of complications from a heart disorder in a Los Angeles hospital on October 11, 2010. She was 77. MacLachlan was born in New York City on August 27, 1933. She earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from New York’s Hunter College in 1955, and worked as a secretary before em-

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barking on a career in acting. She began performing on stage in small roles, and spent several years with the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. She appeared frequently on television from the mid–1960s, with roles in Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour including the 1965 episode “The Monkey’s Paw — A Retelling,” The Fugitive, Run for Your Life, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., Star Trek as Charlene Masters in the 1967 episode “The Alternative Factor,” I Spy as Bill Cosby’s love interest Laya, The Invaders, The F.B.I., Ironside, My Friend Tony, The Mod Squad, The Bill Cosby Show, The Name of the Game, Longstreet, Mary Tyler Moore, Circle of Fear, Love Thy Neighbor, Love Story, Griff, Police Story, The Streets of San Francisco, Medical Center, The Manhunter, S.W.A.T., The Rockford Files, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Blue Knight, Ellery Queen, Insight, Barney Miller, Baretta, What’s Happening!!, Wonder Woman, Most Wanted, Rafferty, Good Times, All in the Family, 1979’s Friends as Jane Summerfield, Archie Bunker’s Place in the recurring role of housekeeper Polly Swanson, ABC Weekend Specials, Quincy, Hallmark Hall of Fame, Fantasy Island, Hill Street Blues, Trapper John, M.D., the soap opera Santa Barbara as Dr. Montclair in 1985, Punky Brewster, L.A. Law, Our House, Cagney & Lacey in the recurring role of Lynne Sutter, Who’s the Boss?, The Golden Girls, Moonlighting, Beauty and the Beast, Murphy Brown, Free Spirit, Knots Landing, Midnight Caller, Amen, Father Dowling Mysteries, Gabriel’s Fire, Reasonable Doubts, Murder, She Wrote, In the Heat of the Night, ER, NYPD Blue, Murder One, Family Law, and Alias. She was also featured in the tele-films Cutter (1972), The Man (1972), Trouble Comes to Town (1973), Louis Armstrong — Chicago Style (1976) as Lil Hardin Armstrong, Dark Victory (1976), Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978), She’s in the Army Now (1981), The Sophisticated Gents (1981), Jacqueline Susann’s Valley of the Dolls (1981), The Other Victim (1981), The Kid from Nowhere (1982), For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story (1983), Toughlove (1985), Baby Girl Scott (1987), Killer Instinct (1988), Wild Jack (1989), A Family for Joe (1990), Runaway Father (1991), Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992), Tracks of Glory (1992), The Tuskegee Airmen (1995), My Last Love (1999), and A Private Affair (2000). MacLachlan was also seen in over a dozen features during her long career including Up Tight! (1968), Change of Mind (1969), ..tick … tick … tick… (1970), Halls of Anger (1970), Darker Than Amber (1970), Sounder (1972), Maurie (1973), Tightrope (1984), Murphy’s Law (1986), The Boy Who Could Fly (1986), Big Shots (1987), For Keeps? (1988), Heart and Souls (1993), There Goes My Baby (1994), Criminal Passion (1994), Covenant (1995), Pinocchio’s Revenge (1996), The Big Squeeze (1996), The Thirteenth Floor (1999), and Black Listed (2003).

MACLEOD, ROLAND British actor Roland MacLeod died in England on April 3, 2010. He was 74. MacLeod was born in London on September 9, 1935. He was a prolific performer on British television from the mid–1960s, appearing in episodes of Monitor, On the Margin, Softly Softly, A Series of Bird’s, Till Death

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Us Do Part, and The Wednesday Play. He was featured as Pyke in the 1968 television production of Nicholas Nickleby. He also performed in the comedy sketch shows Marty with Marty Feldman, from 1968 to 1969, Broaden Your Mind in 1969, and The Goodies throughout the 1970s. He also appeared in episodes of Please Sir!, Queenie’s Castle, Keep It in the Family, The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine, Comedy Playhouse, Clochemerle as Machevoigne in 1972, The Two Ronnies, The Fenn Street Gang, All Our Saturdays, Some Mothers Do

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nia, on April 30, 2010. She was 88. Maddox was born on December 6, 1921. She began her career on stage in the late 1940s, and made her film debut in a small role in 1950’s The Men starring Marlon Brando. She was also featured in the films M (1951) with David Wayne, Emergency Wedding (1950), The Blue Veil (1951), and

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’Ave ’Em, Zodiac, Funny Ha-Ha, Sykes, Clayhanger, The Howerd Confessions, Well Anyway, Ripping Yarns, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Hazell, Target, The Other One, Grange Hill, Angels, Emery Presents: Legacy of Murder, The Kenny Everett Television Show, Watching, The Boot Street Band, Doctors, and Misfits. He was featured in the tele-films Lost in London (1985) and Porterhouse Blue (1987), and was Dudley Potter in the sit-com Mr. Majeika from 1988 to 1990. MacLeod starred as Bernard Morten in the long-running soap opera Coronation Street from 1993 to 1995, and was Potter in the 1998 television production of Berkeley Square. He was featured as Dr. Warren in the tele-film Pollyanna in 2003. MacLeod was featured in several films during his career including Charleston (1977), The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1988), Le Petomane (1979), A Horse Called Jester (1979), and A Fish Called Wanda (1988) as the Vicar.

MADDEN, CHUCK Los Angeles radio sportscaster Chuck Madden died of complications from strokes and leukemia in Los Angeles on July 16, 2010. He was 61. Madden was born in Rochester in 1949, and began his broadcasting career in Dallas. He also worked for stations in San Jose and Monterey before settling in Southern California. He did sports and features for KABC-AM and KMPC-AM before moving to KNX in 1999. Madden was a voice actor in the 2008 animated short Pink Champagne, and was featured as President Flower in the 2010 short The Three-Body Solution. He was also seen on television in a small role in an episode of Criminal Minds. M ADDOX , M URIEL Actress and writer Muriel Maddox died at her home in Bel Air, Califor-

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Red Snow (1952). She subsequently married actor Bert Arnold, who she met on the set of Red Snow, and retired from the screen. Maddox was also the author of several novels including Llantarnam, Love and Betrayal, Captain from Corfu, Noela, That Man in Rio, and Myra’s Daughters.

MADISON, ASHLEE T. Singer and actress Ashlee T. Madison was killed in an automobile accident in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on April 17, 2010. She was 24. Madison was born in Norman, Oklahoma, on February 27, 1986. She was a popular performer on the local stage, singing neo-soul and hip-hop. She performed with Cami Stinson and Shorttdogg, and was featured on a track for Jabee’s 2008 album, Blood Is the New Black. Madison also starred in the 2010 independent film Lucy Is the Sunshine. (See photograph on page 259.) MAES, TOVE Danish actress Tove Maes died at her home in Gentofte, Denmark, on December 31, 2010. She was 89. Maes was born in Copenhagen, Den-

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in Cape Coral, Florida, on March 24, 2010. He was 70. He was born John Peter Mastrangelo in Manhattan’s Lower East Side on May 7, 1939. He began his singing career as lead with The Crests in 1957, and they recorded the popular songs “Sixteen Candles,” “The Angels Listened In,” and “Trouble in Paradise.” Maestro embarked on a solo career several years later, recording the hits “Model Girl” and “What a Surprise” in 1961. He became lead singer for the vocal group the Del-Satins in 1968, who soon joined forces with the instrumental group The Rhythm Method. The amalgamation became known as Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge. They recorded the hits “Welcome My Love,” “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” and “The Worst That Could Happen,” which they performed on The Ashlee T. Madison

mark, on April 30, 1921. She began her career in the early 1940s on the Danish stage. She made her film debut in the acclaimed 1946 drama Ditte Minneskebarn. She appeared often on stage, screen, and television over the next fifty years, with roles in such films as Billet Mrk. (1946), I Love Another (1946), De Pokkers Unger (1948), Thorkild Roose (1949), The Red Horses (1950), Nalen (1951), Det Gamle Guld (1951), Himlen er Blaa (1954), Sorte Shara (1961), Bussen (1963), I, a Woman (1965), I, a Lover (1966), The Reluctant Sadist (1967), The Man Who Thought Life (1969), I’ll Take Happiness (1969), The Daughter: I, a Woman Part III (1970), Amourous Headmaster (1970), Daddy, Darling (1970), Curtains for Mrs. Knudsen (1971), The Vicar of Vejlby (1972), Take It Like a Man, Madam (1975), The Gangster’s Apprentice (1976), The Story of a Mother (1979), Felix (1982), Hip Hip Hurrah! (1987), Isolde (1969), The Man Who Wanted to Be Guilty (1990), and Bryllupsfotografen (1994). Maes was also featured on television in productions of Betta (1970), Frisorinden (1971), Troubadouren (1977), Matador (1979) as Lilli Lund, Dr. Dip (1990), and Onde Ar (1995). She was married to Reptilicus star Carl Ottosen during the 1940s.

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Ed Sullivan Show. Maestro and the band were featured in the films It’s your Thing (1970) and The Daredevil (1972), and he performed in the 1979 film version of the counter-culture musical Hair. Maestro remained with Brooklyn Bridge during various line-up changes until shortly before his death.

MAGNOLIA SHORTY Renatta Lowe, who was a popular New Orleans rapper under the name Magnolia Shorty, was shot to death in a car at the gates of an apartment complex in New Orleans on December 20, 2010. She was 28. Lowe began her career with

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MAESTRO, JOHNNY Singer Johnny Maestro, who recorded such hits as “Sixteen Candles” and “The Worst That Could Happen,” died of cancer at his home

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Cash Money Records in the early 1990s, and released her first CD in 1995. She remained a popular local club performer and recording artist, and often collaborated with Cash Money artist Ms Tee.

1983, and was Archibald Pessac in The Tide of Life from 1999 to 2000. He was featured in episodes of Les Bleus: Premiers pas dans la Police and Au Siecle de Maupassant in 2009.

M AGUELON, P IERRE French actor Pierre Maguelon died of a cerebral hemorrhage in a hospital in Perignan, France, where he was attending the Festival of St. Andrew, on July 10, 2010. He was 76. He was born Maurice Couzin in Labruguiere, France, on September 3, 1933. He began his career in the early 1950s on stage and cabaret productions under the name Petit Bobo. He appeared frequently in films from the early 1960s including The Army Game (1960), The President (1961), Cartouche (1962), Le Roi du Village (1963), Bebert and the Train (1963), Monnaie de Singe (1966), Pillaged (1967), Alexander (1968), Love in the Night (1968), The Tattooed One (1968), The Milky Way (1969), Elise, or Real Life (1970), Domicile Conjugal (1970), Law Breakers (1971), The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), Handsome Face (1972), France Inc. (1974), The Phantom of Liberty (1974), Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others (1974), Le Telephone Rose (1975), Boomerang (1976), Le Pays Bleu (1977), And Long Live Liberty (1978), The Red Sweater (1979), His Master’s Eye (1980), A Bad Son (1980), The Grilling (1981), Cap Canaille (1983), The Debutante (1986), Three Places for the 26th (1988), The Little Thief (1988), Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), My Father’s Glory (1990), My Mother’s Castle (1990), Triplex (1991), Alice and Martin (1998), Fin d’Ete (1999), Naturellement (2001), Toujours Tout Droit (2003), and Noli me Tangere (2004). He was also featured in television productions of Le Regret de Pierre Guilhem (1968), Le Temps d’un Ete (1972), L’Auberge de l’Abime (1974), Cine-Roman (1978), Le Roi qui Vient du Sud (1979), Le Facteur de Fontcabrette (1979), L’Age Bete (1980), Les Folies du Samedi Soir (1980), L’Australienne (1982), Potiche (1983), Insomnies de Monsieur Plude (1984), Les Temps Difficiles (1984), Fantomes en Heritage (1992), Imogene (1992), Maigret (1992), Une Folie (1995), Le Comedien (1996), Le Mystere Parasuram (2000), Une Autre Vie (2004), Le Temps des Secrets (2007), and Les Temps des Amours (2007). Maguelon starred as Inspector Marcel Terrasson in the series Les Brigades du Tigre (The Tiger Brigades) from 1974 to

MAILER, NORRIS CHURCH Model and actress Norris Church Mailer, who became the sixth and final wife of legendary author Norman Mailer, died after a long battle with cancer at her home in Brooklyn, New York, on November 20, 2010. She was 61. She was born Barbara Jean Davis in Washington State on January 31, 1949, where her father was working in construction. She was raised in her parents’ home town of Atkins, Arkansas, and was selected as Little Miss Little Rock at the age of three. She married her high school sweetheart, Larry Norris, in 1969. They had a child two years later, and divorced in 1974. She first met

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Norman Mailer at a cocktail reception in Arkansas in 1975, and the two soon became romantically involved. She moved to New York, where she took the name Norris Church while working as a Wilhelmina Model. She continued her relationship with Mailer, and they married in 1980, two years after the birth of their son, John Buffalo Mailer. The marriage placed Norris at the center of social and literary circles, and she became the consummate hostess to such celebrities as Jacqueline Kennedy, Woody Allen, and Bob Dylan. She was featured in a small role in the 1981 film Jet Lag, and appeared in a cameo opposite Mailer’s Stanford White in Ragtime (1981). She was seen as Lu-Ann in the 1982 tele-film adaptation of her husband’s book The Executioner’s Song, and appeared in the 1983 film Exposed. She weathered the storm of her husband’s infidelities, nearly leaving him in the early 1990s. She described him in a television interview with Sam Donaldson as “one day Norman is a lion, the next day he’s a monkey. Occasionally he’s a lamb, and a large part of the time he’s a jackass.” Nevertheless, she remained by his side, acknowledging that there was no one else she would rather be with. She was also instrumental in handling Mailer’s complicated family life (with 8 children from 5 previous marriages), allowing him to spend more of his time writing. Norris’ own literary career began with

261 the 2000 coming-of-age novel Windchill Summer— she had shown her husband the first 100 pages decades earlier and he had given her his own brand of encouragement with the response, “It’s not as bad as I thought it would be.” A sequel, Cheap Diamonds, was published in 2007. She remained with Mailer until his death following lung surgery in November of 2007. Her memoir, A Ticket to the Circus, the title of which she felt described her relationship with Mailer, was published in 2010.

M ALCOLM , M ARY British television announcer Mary Malcolm died in England on October 13, 2010. She was 92. She was born in Poltalloch, Argyll, Scotland, on March 15, 1918. She was the granddaughter of stage actress Lily Langtry. Malcolm worked in radio during World War II, and became one of the first female television announcers with the BBC in 1948. She was featured as the announcer in the 1953 sci-

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cameraman after his discharge. He advanced to become a cinematographer, and worked as a staff cameraman for the newsreel company Warner-Pathé News until it folded in 1956. Malkames served as second unit cinematographer for the car chase sequences for the 1958 Robert Mitchum film Thunder Road, and worked on the television series Rendezvous. His greatest contribution to films was as a film restorer and preservationist. His interest in early cinema and his ability to design and operate the necessary equipment resulted in hundreds of films too fragile to be handled by conventional means being rescued from oblivion by his methods. Malkames was able to preserve many of the films produced by The Biograph Company, including the early works of D.W. Griffith, for the Museum of Modern Art. He also rescued the 1930 Fox epic The Big Trail featuring a young John Wayne. He teamed with film historian Paul Killiam to restore many silent film classics for the PBS television series The Silent Years in the 1970s. Malkames also wrote and produced the 1979 documentary The Motion Picture Camera, a tribute to the equipment used to make films in the silent era.

MANDELBROT , B ENOIT Mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot, who is best known as the father of fractal geometry, died of pancreatic cancer in a Cambridge, Massachusetts, hospice on October 14, 2010. He was 85. Mandelbrot was born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 20, 1924, and moved to France with his family as a child. He studied, and later taught, at universities in France and the United States. He began working in research at the IBM Thomas J. Watson ReMary Malcolm

fi mini-series The Quatermass Experiment. She left the BBC in 1956, though she made frequent appearances as a guest over the next 20 years.

M ALKAMES, KARL Cinematographer and film preservationist Karl Malkames died at his home in Scarsdale, New York, on March 8, 2010. He was 83. Malkames was born in Hazelton, Pennsylvania, on May 6, 1926, the son of veteran cameraman Don Malkames. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and began working with his father as an assistant

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search Center in New York in 1958, where he remained for the next 35 years. He wrote papers on numerous fields with applied mathematics including information theory, economics, cosmology, and fluid dynamics. Mandelbrot began working studying fractals in the late 1960s, and published his first paper on the theory in 1975. He posited that fractals are geometric shapes that can be broken down into smaller part, which each resemble the whole — whether they be a bolt of lightning, the terrain of the earth, broccoli florets, or visualizations of the human heartbeat. He expanded on his work with the 1982 publication The Fractal Geometry

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of Nature, which introduced fractals to the general public. Mandelbrot left IBM in 1987, and became a professor of mathematics at Yale. He was featured in a handful of documentary films including The Revenge of the Dead Indians (1993) about composer John Cage, The Alphabet of Shapes (1994), The Colours of Infinity (1995) hosted by Arthur C. Clarke, and The Man Who Saved Geometry (2009).

MANINGS, ALLAN Television comedy writer and producer Allan Manings, who co-created the sitcom One Day at a Time, died of complications from esophageal cancer surgery at his doctor’s office in Beverly Hills, California, on May 12, 2010. He was 86. Manings was born in Newark, New Jersey, on March 28, 1924. He served in the U.S. Army in the Pacific during World War II. He began writing for television in the 1950s, and penned episodes of such series as Leave It to Beaver, Petticoat Junction, McHale’s Navy, Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, and The Mothers-in-Law. Manings shared an Emmy Award for his work on the comedy series Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In in 1968. He began

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working with Norman Lear in the early 1970s, and was writer and executive producer on the sitcom Good Times starring Esther Rolle and Jimmie Walker. Manings teamed with his wife, actress Whitney Blake, to create the comedy series One Day at a Time in 1975. He also produced the series which starred Bonnie Franklin as a single mom raising teenage daughters Mackenzie Phillips and Valerie Bertinelli. He was also executive producer of the 1983 tele-film Starflight: The Plane That Couldn’t Land. Manings and Blake were married for 34 years before her death in 2002. He had recently written the comedy drama play Goodbye Louie … Hello, which was scheduled for production later in the year.

M ANKIEWICZ , TOM Screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz, who was best known for co-scripting several James Bond films in the early 1970s, died of cancer on July 31, 2010. He was 68. He was born in Los Angeles, California, on June 1, 1942, the son of Oscarwinning screenwriter Joseph Mankiewicz. Tom began working in films in the early 1960s as a production assistant on The Comancheros (1961) and The Best Man

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(1964). He was soon writing for television, scripting an episode of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, and the variety specials Movin’ with Nancy (1967) and The Beat of the Brass (1968). He also wrote the 1968 film The Sweet Ride. Mankiewicz was a scripter on several James Bond films including Diamonds Are Forever (1971) starring Sean Connery as 007, and Live and Let Die (1973) and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), with Roger Moore taking over as the British super-spy. He wrote and produced the 1976 film Mother, Jugs & Speed starring Bill Cosby and Raquel Welch, and scripted the films The Cassandra Crossing (1976), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), and Ladyhawke (1985). He was credited as a creative consultant on the films Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980), having worked as a script doctor on the films. He was also a creative consultant on the television series Hart to Hart from 1979 to 1984, and wrote and directed several episodes. He wrote an early version of the script for what eventually became Tim Burton’s Batman film later in the decade, and also worked uncredited on WarGames (1983), Gremlins (1984), The Goonies (1985), and Legal Eagles (1986). Mankiewicz produced the 1987 film Hot Pursuit, and scripted and directed the 1987 comedy updating of Dragnet (1987). He helmed the 1991 film Delirious and the 1993 tele-film Taking the Heat. He also directed the 1996 reunion tele-film Hart to Hart: Till Death Do Us Hart.

MANN, RODERICK Entertainment columnist Roderick Mann died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease at an assisted-living facility in Studio City, California, on September 17, 2010. He was 87. Mann was born in Birmingham, England, on December 10, 1922, and was raised in Glasgow, Scotland. He served in the Royal Air Force as a fighter pilot during World War II, and began his career in journalism in Birmingham after the war. He served as a syndicated entertainment writer for London’s Sunday Express from 1950. He joined the Los Angeles Times to write the column “Mann About Town” from 1978 through 1988. During his career he became close friends with many of the stars he interviewed including Richard Burton, Cary Grant, William Holden, and David Niven. Mann also wrote four novels, Nothing to Declare (1957), The

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Headliner (1968), Foreign Body (1973) which was adapted for film in 1986, and The Account (1994). He

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scripted an episode of television’s Hart to Hart in 1984, and wrote the 1992 film The Sheltering Desert.

MANOLE, MADALINA Romanian folk singer and musician Madalina Manole was found dead at her home in Otopeni, Romania, of an apparent suicide by poisoning on July 14, 2010. She was 43. She was born Magdalena-Anca Manole in Valenii de Munte, Romanita, on July 14, 1967. She learned to play the guitar and performed with a folk group while in her teens.

Children’s Theatre. He was also featured on radio in episodes of Let’s Pretend and The Catholic Hour, and performed on the Broadway stage. He moved to California in the mid–1950s, where he continued to perform on stage and in night clubs. He was featured in the films The Naked Kiss (1964) and The Secret Life of an American Wife (1968), and guest-starred on television in episodes of The Big Valley, Mission: Impossible, and Get Smart.

MANSI, JOHN LOUIS British character actor John Louis Mansi died of lung cancer and complications from Parkinson’s disease in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, on August 6, 2010. He was 83. He was born John Patrick Adams in London on November 8, 1926. Mansi appeared frequently on stage from the early 1950s, and was seen in the films The Secret People (1952) and Hammer the Toft (1952). He was featured on television in episodes of Gideon C.I.D., The Mask of Janus, The Ugliest Girl in Town, Department S, The Adventures of Don Quick, and From a Bird’s Eye View. He was Professor Pesca in the 1966 television production of The Woman in White, and was Tom Turtle in Orlando in 1967. Mansi also appeared in the films Heavens Above! (1963) with Peter Sellers, Joey Boy (1965), the 1965 Beatles film Help!, The Italian Job (1969), Get Charlie Tully (1972), and the Amicus horror anthology Tales from the Crypt (1972) as a blind man. He was Fingers Fish in the

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She recorded “For Us There Cannot Be Another Heaven” in 1980, which was featured in the 1988 film Nelu. She was a popular recording artist in the 1990s with such hits as “Lovely Girl,” and the albums So What? (1993), Smooth, Smooth Madalina (1997), and Sweetest of All (2000). She remained a popular performed in Romania, and her final album, 09 Madalina Manole, was released earlier in 2010.

MANSFIELD, MONTE Actor and entertainer Monte Mansfield died in Rancho Mirage, California, on February 1, 2010. He was 80. He was born on December 8, 1929. An orphan, he became Edward J. Monaghan when he was adopted in 1933. He began performing on stage as a child with the Horn and Hardart

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television comedy Tottering Towers in 1972, and was Desmond in Chico the Rainmaker in 1974. He was also featured in episodes of Doctor in Charge, Whoops Baghdad!, 7 of 1, The Fenn Street Gang, Thirty Minutes Worth, Don’t Drink the Water, Ripping Yarns, and Robin’s Nest. Mansi’s other television credits include productions of Harry (1976), Spaghetti Two-Step (1977), Edward and Mrs. Simpson (1978), A Hole in Babylon (1979), and the 1980 Hammer House of Horror episode The Thirteenth Reunion as Luciano Rossi. His later film credits include Hard Road (1988) and Play Me Something (1989). Mansi starred as Herr Engelbert von Smallhausen in the comedy series ’Allo ’Allo from 1985 to 1992.

lor, Pete and Gladys in the recurring role of Ernie Briggs, Cain’s Hundred, Alcoa Premiere, Combat!, Sam Benedict, Don’t Call Me Charlie, The Defenders, The Doctors and the Nurses, The Twilight Zone, Arrest and Trial, The Travels of Jamie McPheeters, My Three Sons, Dr. Kildare, Kraft Suspense Theatre, The Virginian, The Loner, Mission: Impossible, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Judd for the Defense, Mannix in the recurring role of Albie Luce, The F.B.I., Ironside, Petrocelli, All in the Family, Maude, Lou Grant, Fantasy Island, Hart to Hart, and Barney Miller. He was also seen in the 1975 tele-film They Only Come Out at Night (1975) and the mini-series Blind Ambition (1979). He also continued to appear in the occasional film including roles in Storm Center (1956), Beau James (1957), The Sad Sack (1957), Onionhead (1958), The Crowded Sky (1960), Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963) as the traveling salesman in the diner, Mister Buddwing (1966), Kelly’s Heroes (1970), Blame It on the Night (1984), and Movers & Shakers (1985). Mantell was featured as Walsh, an associate of private eye Jake Gittes, played by Jack Nicholson, in Roman Polanski’s noirish classic Chinatown in 1974. He ends the film with the line of dialogue, “Forget It, Jake. It’s Chinatown.” Mantell reprised his roles as Walsh in his final film, the 1990 sequel The Two Jakes.

MANTELL, JOE Character actor Joe Mantell, who earned an Oscar nomination for his supporting role in the 1955 film Marty and gave the final line in 1974’s Chinatown, died of complications from pneumonia in a Tarzana, California, hospital on September 29, 2010. He was 94. Mantell was born in the Bronx, New York, to Polish immigrants on December 21, 1915. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. After his discharge, he performed on the New York stage and studied at the Actors Lab in Hollywood. He made his film debut as a newsboy in 1949’s The Undercover Man, and appeared in the films And Baby Makes Three (1949), Port of New York (1949), and Barbary Pirate (1949). He was featured as Ernest Borgnine’s best friend Angie in 1955’s Marty, reprising the role he had played on television two years earlier with Rod Steiger. He earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance where he often queried his pal “Well, what do you feel like doin’ tonight?,” and earned the response from Borgnine, “I don’t know, Ange. What do you feel like doin’?” Mantell appeared frequently on television from the early 1950s, with roles in such series as Out There, Suspense, Lights Out, Mister Peepers, The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse, Inner Sanctum, The Elgin Hour, Studio One, Goodyear Playhouse, Justice, Armstrong Circle Theatre, The 20th Century–Fox Hour, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Web, Climax, Wanted: Dead or Alive, The Millionaire, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, Alcoa Theatre, One Step Beyond, The Man from Blackhawk, Goodyear Theatre, The Untouchables, The Roaring 20’s, Checkmate, The Detectives Starring Robert Tay-

MARA, ADELE Actress Adele Mara, who was John Wayne’s leading lady in the films Wake of the Red Witch and Sands of Iwo Jima, died at her home in Pacific Palisades, California, on May 7, 2010. She was 87. She was born Adelaide Delgado in Highland Park, Michigan, on April 28, 1923. She began her career in her teens as a singer and dancer with Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra in Detroit. She traveled to New York with Cugat, where she signed a contract with Columbia Pictures in 1942. She appeared in a handful of films over the next several years including Blondie Goes to College (1942), Shut My Big Mouth (1942), Alias Boston Blackie (1942) with Chester Morris, Vengeance of the West (1942) with Tex Ritter, Lucky Legs (1942), You Were Never Lovelier (1942), Reveille with Beverly (1943), Riders of the Northwest Mounted (1943), Redhead from Manhattan (1943), and Good Luck Mr. Yates (1943). She was also featured in several shorts with Bill Henry, including The Great Glover (1942), Socks Appeal (1943),

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265 and His Girl’s Worst Friend (1943). Her other shorts included Kiss and Wake Up (1942), I Can Hardly Wait (1943 with The Three Stooges, Farmer for a Day (1943) with Andy Clyde, and A Rookie’s Cookie (1943) with El Brendel. She was also featured in the 1943 film Crime Doctor before signing with Republic Studios. She had a small role in the 1944 John Wayne film The Fighting Seabees. Her other films include Call of the South Seas (1944), Atlantic City (1944), Faces in the Fog (1944), Thoroughbreds (1944), Grissly’s Millions (1945), Earl Carroll Vanities (1945), The Vampire’s Ghost (1945) with John Abbott, Flame of Barbary Coast (1945), Bells of Rosarita (1945) with Roy Rogers, Girls of the Big House (1945), The Tiger Woman (1945), Song of Mexico (1945), A Guy Could Change (1946), The Catman of Paris (1946), Passkey to Danger (1946), Traffic in Crime (1946), Night Train to Memphis (1946), The Inner Circle (1946), The Last Crooked Mile (1946), The Invisible Informer (1946), The Magnificent Rogue (1946), I’ve Always Loved You (1946), Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947) with Gene Autry, Web of Danger (1947), The Trespasser (1947), Robin Hood of Texas (1947), Blackmail (1947), Exposed (1947), The Main Street Kid (1948), Campus Honeymoon (1948), The Gallant Legion (1948), I, Jane Doe (1948), Angel in Exile (1948), Night Time in Nevada (1948), Wake of the Red Witch (1948) and Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) with John Wayne, Rick Island Trail (1950), The Avengers (1950), California Passage (1950), and The Sea Hornet (1951). She married writer and producer Roy Huggins in 1953 and continued her film career throughout the decade. She appeared in the films Count the Hours (1953), Back from Eternity (1956), The Black Whip (1956), the cult horror film Curse of the Faceless Man (1958) with Richard Anderson, and The Big Circus (1959) with Victor Mature. She also appeared frequently on television from the 1950s, with roles in such series as The Adventure of Falcon, The Lone Wolf, Big Town, Studio 57, Soldiers of Fortune, The Millionaire, The Aventures of Rin Tin Tin, Conflict, Meet McGraw, The Saga of Andy Burnett on Disneyland, Casey Jones, Cheyenne, Bat Masterson, Tales of Wells Fargo, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, 77 Sunset Strip, Maverick, Laramie, Markham, Stagecoach West, Dante, The Red Skelton Show, Lock Up, Bachelor Father, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Boris Karloff ’s Thriller, The Tall Man, and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. Mara was largely retired by the early 1960s, but returned to television for an episode of Cool Million in 1972, and the mini-series Wheels in 1978. She and Huggins raised three sons before his death in 2002.

MARI, ESTHER Actress Esther Mari died after a long illness in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on November 28, 2010. She was 80. Mari was born in Vieques, Puerto Rico, on November 14, 1930, and moved to New York City in her teens. She made her stage debut in a New York production of La Hacienda de los Cuatro Vientos (The Four Winds Estate). She appeared in several Off-Broadway plays in the 1950s, and worked frequently in commercials. She returned to Puerto Rico in 1960, where she continued her acting career on the local stage. She was featured in the 1975 horror film

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Seeds of Evil (aka Garden of Death), and was also seen in the films La Gran Fiesta (1975), A Show of Force (1990), A Flight of Hope (1993), and Bitter Sweet (2003). She also worked in television on the soap operas Preciosa, Donde Anidan las Gaviotas, Al Son del Amor, and the mini-series Flores de la Noche (Flowers of the Night) (1995). she remained a leading performer on the Puerto Rican stage throughout her life. Her survivors include her daughter, actress Angela Mari.

MARIE, TEENA Singer and songwriter Teena Marie, who recorded such funky R&B hits as “Lovergirl” and “I Need Your Lovin’” in the 1980s, was found dead at her home in Pasadena, California, on December 26, 2010. She was 54. She was born Mary Christine Brockert in Santa Monica, California, on March 5, 1956. She began singing and performing from an early age and was featured as a child, tap dancing for Jed Clampett on a 1964 episode of The Beverly Hillbillies under the name Tina Marie Brockert. She sang R&B and soul in her teens, and was signed by Motown Records in 1976. Funk artist Rick James became her mentor, and produced her 1979 debut album Wild and Peaceful. The duo had a long and tempestuous relationship both professionally and personally until James’ death in 2004. Her first album produced the hit single “I’m Just a Sucker for Your Love” and earned her an appearance on Soul Train. The albums Lady T (1980),

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Irons in the Fire (1980), and It Must Be Magic (1981) soon followed. She broke with Motown in 1982 in a landmark legal battle that gave artists the right to leave a label when the company was not producing their new material. She subsequently signed with Epic Records, and released the album Robbery in 1983. The album Starchild, released in 1984, contained her hit single “Lovergirl,” and she also recorded the albums Emerald City (1986), Naked to the World (1988), and Ivory (1990) for Epic. She released 1994’s Passion Play on her independent Sarrai label before largely retiring from the music world to raise her daughter. She returned to the spotlight a decade later, appearing on in cameo roles in the television sit-coms The Parkers and The Steve Harvey Show. Her later albums include La Dona (2004) which earned her a Grammy nomination, Sapphire (2006), and Congo Square (2009).

Donnellys in 2007. Marino was also the owner of a local health food store.

MARION, MADELEINE French actress Madeleine Marion died in France on March 10, 2010. She was 80. She was born Beatrix Dussane in France on April 23, 1929. She studied at the Paris Conservatory in the early 1950s, and performed frequently on stage over the next fifty years. She was featured in a handful of films during her career including the 1959 horror film The Testament of Doctor Cordelier, Declic et des

MARILL, ALVIN Film and television historian Alvin H. Marill died of complications from a stroke in Brockton, Massachusetts, on December 25, 2010. He was 76. Marill wrote the definitive five-volume set Movies Made for Television, 1964 –2004, and was a contributing editor for Leonard Maltin’s annual

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Claques (1965), The Satin Slipper (1985), State of Grace (1986), Poker (1988), and Cyrano de Bergerac (1990). She was the second witch in a 1959 television production of Macbeth. Marion also appeared on television in La Vie de Marianne (1994) and Papa Est Monte au Ciel (1998). She performed often with the Comedie-Francais under director Antoine Vitez, and was an instructor there from 1988 to 1995.

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Movie and Video Guide. His other books include More Theatre: Stage to Screen to Television, The Complete Films of Edward G. Robinson, Robert Mitchum on the Screen, Samuel Goldwyn Presents, Karloff, The Films of Sidney Poitier, Mickey Rooney: His Films, Television Appearances, Radio Work, Stage Shows, and Recordings, The Ultimate John Wayne Trivia Book, Katharine Hepburn, The Films of Anthony Quinn, Keeping Score: Film and Television Music, 1988 –1997, and The Films of Tommy Lee Jones.

MARINO, KENNY Actor Kenny Marino died at his home in Jersey City, New Jersey, on September 27, 2010. He was 66. Marino was born in Jersey City on December 29, 1943. He began working part time as an actor in the early 1980s, appearing as Dom Bando in 1981’s Prince of the City. He was also seen in the films Alphabet City (1984), Exterminator 2 (1984), Death Wish 3 (1985), Forever, Lulu (1987), The Florentine (1999), and A Clown in Babylon (1999). He was also featured in an episode of the television series The Black

MARISCAL, A LBERTO Mexican actor and film director Alberto Mariscal died in Los Angeles on April 24, 2010. He was 84. Mariscal was born in Zacatecas, Mexico (some sources say Chicago, Illinois), on March 10, 1926. He began his career as an actor on stage, and was appearing in films by the mid–1940s. His film credits include The Last Adventure (1946), La Mancornadora (1949), Ventarron (1949), Tramp (1950), The

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267 Martyr of Calvary (1952), Angelica (1952), The Revived Monster (1953), Misericordia (1953), Sierra Baron (1958), The Wonderful Country (1959), Cazadores de Cabezas (1962), Santo Contra el Rey del Crimen (1962), El Tesore del Rey Salomon (1963), Aventuras de las Hermanas X (1963), Neutron vs. the Maniac (1964), El Hijo de Gabino Barrera (1965), Aventuras de Juliancito (1969), Tivoli (1975), The Return of the Man Called Horse(1976) as Red Cloud, Chicano (1976), and El Ultimo Disparo (1985). He was also working behind the camera as an assistant director in the early 1960s on such films as Neutron, el Enmascarado Negro (1960), The Curse of Nostradamus (1961), Nostradamus and the Destroyer of Monsters (1962), The Hooded Men from Hell (1962), Servicio Secreto (1962), Dinamita Kid (1962), Neutron vs. the Death Robots (1962), Santo Contra el Rey del Crimen (1962), Neutron Contra el Dr. Caronte (1963), The Incredible Face of Dr. B (1963), Santo Contra el Cerebro Diabolico (1963), Bring Me the Vampire (1963), La Huella Macabra (1963), House of Frights (1963), Narcotics Division (1963), Tin-Tan el Hombre Mono (1963), Neutron vs. the Maniac (1964), Las Chivas Rayadas (1964), Shadow of the Black Hand (1964), The Black Ghost (1964), and Neutron Battles the Karate Assassins (1965). He was directing films by the middle of the decade, helming numerous westerns and action features. His credits include Los dos Cuatreros (1965), Pistoleros de la Frontera (1967), Jinetes de la Llanura (1966), El Silencioso (1967), Aventuras de Juliancito (1969), Everything in Vain (1969), Primera Comunion (1969), Sexo y Crimen (1970), El Tunco Maclovio (1970), Eye for an Eye (1971), Los Marcados (1971), Kaliman, el Hombre Increible (1972), Los Indominables (1972), El Juez de la Soga (1973), Una Para la Horca (1974), La Bestia Acorralada (1975), La Muerta va con las Mariposas (1976), Kaliman en el Siniestro Mundo de Humanon (1976), La Ley del Monte (1976), Xoxontla (1978), El Arracadas (1978), La Blanco, lo Rojo y lo Negro (1979), Bloody Marlene (1979), El Cara Parchada (1980), Las Tres Tumbas (1980), Con la Muerte en Ancas (1980), La Combi Asesina (1982), San Miguel el Alto (1982), Las Pobres Ilegales (1982), La India Blanca (1982), Forajidos en la Mira (1985), Mauro el Mojado (1986), Mente Asesina (1987), Los Ojos del Muerto (1987), Ratas de Vecindad (1988), La Tumba de Matias (1988), La Corneta Vengadora (1989), El Loco Bronco (1989), Funerales del Terror (1990), The Reporter (1990), Escuela para Brujas (1990), A Golpe de Hacha (1991), El Gorra Prieta (1993), Danik, el Viajero del Tiempo (1996), El Bronko Negro (1998), Doc Cruces (1999), No Mataras … Y Yo He Matado (2000), and La Camioneta Gris 2 (2000).

MARKER, RUSS Hirom Monroe Kennamer, who appeared in films under the screen name Russ Marker, died in Dallas, Texas, on February 22, 2010. He was 83. Kennamer was born in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, on October 11, 1926. He made his film debut as Col. Curtis in Edgar Ulmer’s 1960 science fiction film Beyond the Time Barrier. He produced, directed, and scripted the obscure 1963 sci-fi film The Yesterday Machine starring Tim Holt, about a Nazi scientist who invents a time machine to travel back to World War II to

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change the outcome. Marker also co-wrote and directed the unfinished early 1960s horror film Demon from Devil’s Lake. It was remade several years later starring John Agar under the title Night Fright (aka E.T.N.: The Extraterrestrial Nastie) (1968), and featured Marker in a small role. Marker was featured in small roles in the films Bonnie and Clyde (1967) as a bank guard, Dust to Dust (1994), and Finding North (1998). He was also seen in various roles in several episodes of the television series Walker, Texas Ranger.

MARKOVIC, RADE Serbian actor Rade Markovic died in Zabok, Croatia, on September 10, 2010. He was 88. Markovic was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, on October 14, 1921. He began performing on stage in the mid–1940s at the Academy Theatre in post-war Belgrade. He was featured in several films later in the decade including Immortal Youth (1948), Sof ka (1948), and The Magic Sword (1950). He became a leading member of the Belgrade Drama Theater in the early 1950s. He remained a leading stage actor with the National Theatre and the Yugoslav Drama Theatre, He also starred in numerous film during his career including Daleko je Sunce (1953), Sumnjivo Lice (1954), Lazni Car (1955), Solaja (1955), Zenica (1957), Te Noci (1958), Tri Prani (1958), Mali Covek (1957), Leto je Krivo za Sve (1961), Prvi Gradjanin Male Varosi (1961), The Prem (1961), Sasa (1962), Radopolje (1963), Operacija Ticijan

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(1963), The Peach Thief (1964), Back of the Medal (1965), The Girl (1965), Kako su se Voleli Romeo i Julija? (1966), The Climber (1966), Roj (1966), The Soldier (1966), Bomb at 10:10 (1967), The Demolition Squad (1967), The Tough Ones (1968), Comandamenti per un Gangster (1968), Goli Covjek (1968), Adrift (1969), The Cyclists (1970), Klopka za Generala (1971) as General Draza Mihajlovic, Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972), The Battle of Sutjeska (1973), The House (1975), The Written Off Return (1976), Special Education (1977), Occupation in 26 Pictures (1978), National Class Category Up to 785 ccm (1979), Trophy (1979), Petrijin Venac (1980), All That Jack’s (1980), The Promising Boy (1981), Variola Vera (1982), How I Was Systematically Destroyed by an Idiot (1983), The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud (1984), The Meeting Point (1989), Last Waltz in Sarajevo (1990), Tito and Me (1992), Full Moon Over Belgrade (1993), Premeditated Murder (1995), Land of Truth, Love & Freedom (2000), A Small World (2003), and Mi Nismo Andjeli 2 (2005). Markovic continued to appear frequently on stage throughout his career, and also seen on television in productions of Slucaj Openhajmer (1970), Covek Koji je Bacio Atomsku Bombu na Hirosimu (1972), Piknik na Frontu (1973), Otpisani (1974), Zivot je Lep (1975), 67. Sastanak Skupstine Knezevine Srbije (1977), Povratak Otpisanih (1978), Cardak ni na Nebu ni na Zemlji (1978), Jelenko (1978), Svegtozar Markovic (1981), Mikelandjelo (1982), Sudbina Umetnika-Djura Jaksic (1985), and Simpatija i Antipatija (1995). He also taught acting at the Novi Sad Academy of Arts from 1981 and at the Braca Karic Academy in Belgrade from 1997.

MARKS, LOUIS British television writer and producer Louis Marks died in England on September 19, 2010. He was 82. Marks was born in London on March 23, 1928. He began working for the BBC in the late 1950s as a script writer and editor for such series as The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Four Just Men, Skyport, Deadline, Midnight, Ghost Squad, Tempo, Love Story, Secret Agent, No Hiding Place, Market in Honey Lane, Special Branch, The Main Chance, No Exit, The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder, Doomwatch, Dead of Night, Sporting Scenes, Bedtime Stories, BBC2 Playhouse, and Orde Wingate. Marks scripted four Doctor Who

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episodes between 1964 and 1976, including “Planet of Giants,” “Day of the Daleks,” “Planet of Evil,” and “The Masque of Mandragora.” He was also a script editor for Nigel Kneale’s 1972 ghost story The Stone Tape. Marks was frequently a producer from the late 1970s with such credits as Eleanore Marx: Eleanore (1977), Fearless Frank (1978), Dark and Sinister Man (1978), The Crucible (1980), The Dybbuk (1980), The Ghost Sonata (1980), The Man of Destiny (1981), Baal (1982), The Captain’s Doll (1983), Oedipus at Colonus (1984), Antigone (1984), Oedipus the King (1984), The Testament of John (1984), Time and the Conways (1985), Silas Marner (1985), The Day After the Fair (1987), Little Sweetheart (1989), Precious Bane (1989), Memento Mori (1991), The Trial (1993), Middlemarch (1994), Loving (1997), and Daniel Deronda (2002).

MARKSON, DAVID Novelist David Markson was found dead at his apartment in New York City on June 4, 2010. He was 82. Markson was born in Albany, New York, on December 20, 1927. He began his career as a book editor and journalist, before writing several

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detective novels from the late 1950s. He penned Epitaph for a Tramp (1959), Epitaph for a Dead Beat (1961), and Miss Doll, Go Home (1965). His 1965 off beat western, The Ballad of Dingus Magee, was adapted for the 1970 film Dirty Dingus Magee starring Frank Sinatra. The 1972 film, Cry for Me, Billy, was also based on Markson’s work. His other novels include Springer’s Progress (1977), Wittgenstein’s Mistress (1988), This Is Not a Novel (2001), and the aptly named The Last Novel (2007).

MARLOWE , KATHRYN Actress Kathryn Marlowe died in Tampa, Florida, on January 2, 2010. She was 95. She was born Kathryn Rea in Eastland, Texas, on May 25, 1914, and was raised in Iowa. She came to Hollywood in the mid–1930s to join Fred Astaire at RKO Studios. She starred as Emily Dodsworth in the 1936 film Dodsworth. She had small role in several other films including Sea Devils (1937), You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man (1939), Girls of the Road (1940), and Ride ’Em Cowboy (1942). She subsequently returned to the stage and appeared on Broadway under the name Kay Kimber in a production of Two for the Show. She

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left show business and returned to Iowa to raise a family. As Kay Rea she was a production manager at a local

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television station. She married Jim O’Keefe and retired to Tampa.

M ARSDEN, M ARGERY Model and actress Margery Marsden died in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on April 21, 2010. She was 93. She was born Margery Sue Fife in Westchester, New York, on November 10, 1916. She began her career as a model with the Powers Modeling Agency, representing such products as Pepsi Cola,

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starred in the title role of Dallas Bowers’ 1949 screen adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, acting opposite puppets performing the roles of Wonderland’s colorful denizens. She was also seen in the films Marry Me (1949), Helter Skelter (1949), The Romantic Age (1949), and Private Information (1951). She was featured as Fan Scrooge, Ebenezer’s sister, in 1951’s Scrooge (aka A Christmas Carol ) starring Alastair Sim. Her other films include Salute the Toff (aka Brighthaven Express) (1952), The Mysterious Bullet (1955), and Man Accused (1959). She was also seen as Lucy, Christopher Lee’s ill-fated victim, in the 1958 Hammer horror classic Horror of Dracula directed by Terence Fisher. Marsh also appeared frequently on British television from the early 1950s, appearing in productions of The Lady’s Not for Burning (1950), Time and the Conways (1950), and The Little Foxes (1951) on BBC Sunday-Night Theatre. She was also seen in episodes of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents, The Adventures of Sir Lancelot, The Royalty, The Vice, The Eustace Diamonds as Augusta Fawn, Dixon of Dock Green, and Lord Raingo. She largely retired from the screen in the 1960s, but returned to television as Mrs. Clare in several episodes of the series Marked Personal in 1974.

MARSHALL, JERRY Radio disc jockey Jerry Marshall, who was a leading voice on New York radio in the 1940s and 1950s, died in a hospice near his home

Kodak, and Hires Root Beer. She was also featured on the cover of Life magazine in the early 1940s. She had a screen test for Warner Bros. Studios, and was cast as an Amazon woman in the 1945 film Tarzan and the Amazons starring Johnny Weissmuller. She abandoned an acting career after her marriage to Walter Steckler the following year.

MARSH, CAROL British actress Carol Marsh died in England on March 6, 2010. She was 83. Marsh was born in Southgate, London, England, on May 10, 1926. She studied drama at the Academy of Music and trained with the J. Arthur Rank Company of Youth. She appeared on stage in repertory before winning the role of Rose Brown in the British film noir classic Brighton Rock with Richard Attenborough in 1947. She

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in Delray Beach, Florida, on October 13, 2010. He was 91. He was born Jerome Saul Jaffe in Far Rockaway, New York, on April 15, 1919. He graduated from Cornell in 1942, where he worked on the campus radio station. He worked on New York radio in Ithaca and Kingston before making his way to New York City. He was instrumental in promoting Nat King Cole’s “Nature Boy,” when he debuted it on Music Hall on WNEW in 1948. Marshall took over as host of the popular radio program Make Believe Ballroom in 1954, relinquishing his role to William B. Williams three years later. Marshall later hosted Record Room, and had his own syndicated program, The Jerry Marshall Show, on the East Coast in the 1950s and 1960s.

romantic drama A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon starring River Phoenix.

MARSTON, ALAN Actor Alan Marston died at his home in Palm Springs, California, on April 14, 2010. He was 95. Marston was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, on July 30, 1914. He attended Harvard University before working as a publicist for RKO theaters in the New England area. He also became a jazz columnist for Boston newspapers and performed on

MARSHALL, NOEL Noel Marshall, who produced several films starring his wife Tippi Hedren, died in Santa Monica, California, on June 27, 2010. He was 79. Marshall was born in Chicago, Illinois, on April 18, 1931. He moved to Los Angeles in the early 1950s, where he worked as a talent agent. He was agent and manager for actress Tippi Hedren, who starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds and Marnie, and he married his client in 1964. He was a producer on his wife’s films Mister Kingstreet’s War (1973) and The Harrad Experiment (1973) which also starred her daughter, Melanie Griffith. Marshall also represented writer William Peter Blatty, and served as executive producer for the 1973 blockbuster film adaptation of his supernatural thriller The Exorcist. A trip to Africa left Marshall and Hedren fascinated about lions and other big cats. A film project, Roar, evolved, starring Marshall as zoologist Hank, who invites his family to Africa to study animals up close and personal. Hedren, Griffin, and two of Marshall’s sons from a previous marriage, John and Jerry, also starred in the film. Another son, Joey, served as art director. The film, released in 1981, took over a decade to make, and left cast and crew scratched, bitten and battered. The box office receipts also failed to recoup much of the money invested in the project. The couple divorced the following year, and Hedren continued to maintain their ranch, the Shambala Preserve, as a shelter for the feline co-stars, their descendants, and other unwanted and mistreated big cats. Marshall returned to films as an executive producer for the 1988

MARSTON, BEVERLY Beverly Marston, who was known to a generation of children in the Chicago area as Romper Room’s Miss Beverly, died of cancer in Glenview, Illinois, on May 12, 2010. She was 79. She was born Beverly Mendelson in Chicago in 1930. She was an elementary school teacher before becoming host of the Chicago version of the children’s television program Romper Room on WGN on 1962. She married

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stage in summer stock on the East Coast. He went to Hollywood in the early 1940s, and appeared in small roles in a handful of films including Night and Day (1946), Sunset Boulevard (1950), You Never Can Tell (1951), Titanic (1953), and Untamed (1955). He retired to Palm Springs in the 1970s, where he continued writing feature articles on such stars as Benny Goodman, Bing Crosby, and Rudy Vallee for the Los Angeles Sunday Times.

271 Robert Braun in 1965 and left Romper Room to raise her own family two years later.

MARTELL, PETER Italian actor Peter Martell, who was featured in numerous Spaghetti Westerns and Euro-thrillers in the 1960s and 1970s, died in Bolzano, Italy, on February 4, 2010. He was 71. He was born Pietro Martellanza in Bolzano on September 30, 1938. He went to Rome in the early 1960s to work in films. He was featured in such movies as The Myth (1963), The Commandant (1963), I Kill, You Kill (1965), My Name Is Pecos (1966), One Hundred Thousand Dollars for Lassiter (1966), War Between the Planets (aka Planet

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MARTIN, FRED S. Fred S. Martin, who was lead singer and accordion player for the western band The Cass County Boys, died in Concord, California, on November 26, 2010. He was 94. Martin was born in Linden, Texas, on June 22, 1916. He teamed with Bert Dodson and Jerry Scoggins in the 1930s, and they were originally known as the Cass County Kids. They performed frequently on radio in the Texas area, and joined Gene Autry on the Melody Ranch show in 1945.

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on the Prowl ) (1966), Long Days of Hate (1967), Death Rides Along (1967), Fury of Johnny Kid (1967), The Cobra (1967), Two Crosses at Danger Pass (1967), Mission Phantom (1967), Date for a Murder (1967), Lola Colt (1967), May God Forgive You … but I Won’t (1968), Ringo the Lone Rider (1968), Bandits in Milan (1968), God Made Them … I Kill Them (1968), The Long Day of the Massacre (1968), Heroes Never Die (1969), Barbagia (1969), Gunman of Ave Maria (1969), Jess Franco’s Night of the Blood Monster (1970) with Christopher Lee, Chuck Moll (1970), Ringo, It’s Massacre Time (1970), His Name Was Sam Walbash, But They Call Him Amen (1971), Desert of Fire (1971), His Name Was Pot … but They Called Him Allegria (1971), The French Sex Murders (1972), Death Walks at Midnight (1972), Die Stossburg (1973), Liebesgrusse aus der Lederhose 2: Zwei Kumpel auf der Alm (1973), Patience Has a Limit, We Don’t (1974), Safari Express (1976), and The Executioner (1976). His film career largely ended in the mid–1970s, though he had a small role in the 1986 juvenile science fiction film Momo. He was the subject of the 1999 documentary film Starring Peter Martell, which brought attention to his desperate circumstances. He had attempted suicide and was living in a Volkswagen van. Arrangements were made for him to receive a state pension and he was relocated to an apartment. He returned to the screen as Dracula in Jess Franco’s horror spoof Killer Barbys vs. Dracula (2002), and was also featured in the German horror films Tears of Kali (2004) and The Angels’ Melancholia (2009).

They remained with Melody Ranch for the duration of the show through 1956, and were also featured frequently on Autry’s television series The Gene Autry Show in the 1950s. The trio were also featured in numerous films with Autry and other B-Western stars including Sioux City Sue (1946), Trail to San Antone (1947), Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947), Saddle Pals (1947), Robin Hood of Texas (1947), Buckaroo from Powder River (1947), Last Days of Boot Hill (1947), Trail to Laredo (1948), Loaded Pistols (1948), Riders of the Whistling Pines (1949), Tuscon (1949), Beyond the Purple Hills (1950), Indian Territory (1950), Holiday Rhythm (1950), The Kid from Amarillo (1951), Valley of Fire (1951), Apache County (1952), Barbed Wire (1952), Wagon Team (1952), Blue Canadian Rockies (1952), and On Top of Old Smokey (1953). Martin was the last survivor of the group, with Dodson having died in 1994 and Scoggins in 2004.

MARTIN, G EORGE Actor George Martin died on June 1, 2010. He was 80. Martin was born on August 15, 1929. He performed frequently with the Rhode Island Trinity Rep Company from 1969 to 1982. He spent the next decade performing on the Broadway stage, earning a Tony Award nomination for his role in the 1983 play Plenty. He was also seen in Broadway productions as Total Abandon (1983), Pack of Lies (1985), the musical The Mystery of Drood (1985), M. Butterfly (1988), the 1991 revival of The Crucible, A Little Hotel on the Side (1992), Broken Glass (1994), On the Waterfront (1995), and Racing Demon (1995). He appeared frequently on television from the mid–1970s, with roles in productions of Feasting with Panthers (1974), Brother to Dragons (1975), The Scarlet Letter (1979) as the Rev. Mr. Wilson, The House of Mirth

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(1981), The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana (1982) as Earl Spencer, Kennedy (1983) as Dean Acheson, License to Kill (1984), Heartbreak House (1984), We’re Puttin’ on the Ritz (1986), Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994) as Pres.

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Rutherford B. Hayes, She Led Two Lives (1994), and Vendetta (1999). His other television credits include episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man, Spenser: For Hire, Hothouse, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. He was featured as Emery Dobosh in the 1990 series Hull High. Martin also appeared numerous films during his career including The Dark End of the Street (1981), C.H.U.D. (1984), Falling in Love (1984), The Beniker Gang (1985), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), The Man with One Red Shoe (1985), Crossing Delancey (1988), Rocket Gibraltar (1988), Dead Poets Society (1989), Awakenings (1990), He Said, She Said (1991), Dying Young (1991), Dave (1993), The Man Without a Face (1993), The Professional (1994), Quiz Show (1994), Drunks (1995), The Associate (1996), One Fine Day (1996), and Outside Providence (1999).

MARTIN, JACQUES French comic writer and artist Jacques Martin, who was best known as the creator of the series Alix, died in Brussels, Belgium, on January 21, 2010. He was 88. Martin was born in Stras-

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bourg, France, on September 25, 1921. He began drawing comics in the early 1940s, and he moved to Belgium after World War II. He met Georges “Herge” Remi, and they worked together on several of Herge’s The Adventures of Tintin albums. Martin created the historical comic Alix, set in ancient Rome, in 1948, and he appeared in the Tintin magazine for many years. He created the comic Lefranc, about a contemporary journalist, in 1952, and was co-creator of Jhen, about a medieval architect, in 1978. His other creations include the French revolutionary officer Arno in 1984, Orion the Athenian in 1990, the Egyptian Keos in 1992, and Lois, set in the court of French King Louis XIV, in 2004. He continued to work in comics until his death, though failing eyesight required him to transfer art chores to Rafael Morales in the late 1990s.

MARTIN, L ORI Former child actress Lori Martin, who was best known for her starring role as Velvet Brown in the National Velvet television series in the 1960s, died in Oakhurst, California, on April 4, 2010. She was 62. She was born Dawn Catherine Menzer in Glendale, California, on April 18, 1947. She began auditioning for roles at the age of six, and was featured in the films Machine-Gun Kelly (1958) and

Lori Martin

The FBI Story (1959). She was chosen from over 900 young actresses to star in the television series National Velvet from 1960 to 1962. She was also featured as Nancy Bowden in the 1962 thriller Cape Fear with Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum. Her other television credits include episodes of On Trial, Sam Benedict, The Donna Reed Show, Leave It to Beaver, Breaking Point, Mickey, Slattery’s People, Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, NBC Children’s Theatre, Family Affair, My Three Sons, and Days of Our Lives. Martin appeared in the films The Chase (1966) and The Angry Breed (1968) before retiring from acting later in the decade.

MARTIN, NAN Veteran character actress Nan Martin, who performed on stage, screen and television for over fifty years, died of complications from emphysema at her home in Malibu, California, on March 4, 2010. She was 82. Martin was born in Decatur, Illinois, on July 15, 1927, and was raised in Santa Monica, California. She attended UCLA in the late 1940s, and ap-

273 peared on stage in campus productions. She worked as a fashion model for designer Adrian before moving to New York, where she made her Broadway debut in the short-lived play A Story for a Sunday Evening in 1950. She was also featured in the 1951 revival of the comedy The Constant Wife. Martin remained active on stage for most of her career, and her other Broadway roles include Archibald MacLeish’s J.B. (1958) which earned her a Tony Award nomination for supporting actress, The Great God Brown (1959), Under the Yum Yum Tree (1960), Come Live with Me (1967), Summer Brave (1975), and Tennessee Williams’ The Eccentricities of a Nightingale (1976). She also worked frequently in Joseph Papp’s Shakespeare in the Park productions in the early 1960s. Martin was a familiar face on television from the mid–1950s, guest-starring in episodes of such series as Studio 57, Robert Montgomery Presents, Sunday Showcase, Play of the Week, The New Breed, Ben

Nan Martin

Casey, The Untouchables, The Eleventh Hour, The Twilight Zone as Laura Ford in the 1963 episode “The Incredible World of Horace Ford,” The Defenders, The Reporter, The Fugitive, Perry Mason, The Trials of O’Brien, The Invaders, The Mod Squad, Mannix, Medical Center, Mission: Impossible, Lancer, Bewitched, The Young Lawyers, Longstreet, The F.B.I.. The Sixth Sense, Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law, Room 222, The Streets of San Francisco, Ellery Queen, Visions, Family, Hart to Hart, Insight, St. Elsewhere, the 1983 Hallmark Hall of Fame production of The Winter of Our Discontent, the new Twilight Zone, Valerie, Buck James, Star Trek: The Next Generation as Victoria Miller in the 1987 “Haven” episode, My Sister Sam in the recurring role of Aunt Elsie, L.A. Law, CBS Summer Playhouse, Columbo, The Golden Girls, Major Dad, Father Dowling Mysteries, Over My Dead Body, Charlie Hoover, Baywatch, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., Harts of the West, Monty, The 5 Mrs. Buchanans, Sisters, ER, Chicago Hope, The Practice, Maximum Bob, Suddenly Susan as Jack’s Grandma Richmond, Profiler, Gideon’s Crossing, The Invisible Man, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Michael Richards Show, Crossing Jordan, The Agency, Six Feet Under, Strong Medicine, Nip/Tuck, NYPD Blue, CSI: Crime Scene Investigations, and Las Vegas. She starred as Grace D’Angelo in the short-lived comedy series Mr.

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Sunshine in 1986, and was Abigail Beckwithe in the daytime soap opera Santa Barbara in 1992. She was featured as Mrs. Louder, the ruthless CEO of the company that owns the Winfred-Lauder department store central to The Drew Carey Show from 1995 to 1999. Martin was also seen in the tele-films Remember When (1974), The War Widow (1976), A Circle of Children (1977), Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold (1978), Outside Chance (1978), Mrs. R’s Daughter (1979), The Golden Honeymoon (1980), Dear Teacher (1981), Prime Suspect (1982), I Take These Men (1983), The Thorn Birds (1983), Home Fires (1987), Proud Men (1987), Matters of the Heart (1990), A Woman Named Jackie (1991) as Diana Vreeland, Child of Rage (1992), Mother of the Bride (1993), Terror in the Family (1996), Murder in the Mirror (2000), The Song of the Lark (2001), Dancing at the Harvest Moon (2002), Thicker Than Water (2005), and Mrs. Harris (2005). Martin was also seen in over two dozen films during her long career, with roles in The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956), The Buster Keaton Story (1957), The Mugger (1958), Toys in the Attic (1963), Bus Riley’s Back in Town (1965), The Art of Love (1965), For Love of Ivy (1968), Three in the Attic (1968), Goodbye, Columbus (1969) as Ali MacGraw’s overbearing mother Mrs. Ben Patimkin, The Young Nurses (1973), The Other Side of the Mountain (1975), Jackson County Jail (1976), Number One (1976), The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2 (1978), A Small Circle of Friends (1980), Loving Couples (1980), Doctor Detroit (1983) with Dan Aykroyd, and the 1984 fantasy All of Me with Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin. Martin starred as Amanda Krueger (aka Sister Mary Helena), the mother of supernatural serial killer Freddy Krueger, in 1987’s A Nightmare in Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors with Robert Englund as Freddy. Her later films include Animal Behavior (1989), Last Gasp (1995), Big Eden (2000), Forever Lulu (2000), Cast Away (2000), Shallow Hal (2001), and Greener Mountain (2005). Martin also performed frequently on the Southern California stage for several decades. She earned the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for her role in the South Coast Repertory production of Odd Jobs in 1992. She married film composer and conductor Robert Emmett Dolan in 1948. They had a son, Casey Dolan, before divorcing. She married architect Harry Gesner in 1970, and is the mother of actor Zen Gesner, the star of the 1996 television series The Adventures of Sinbad.

MARTIN, QUINNIE, JR. Film and television editor Quinnie Martin, Jr. died of cancer in Henderson, Nevada, on July 8, 2010. He was 65. Martin was born on June 8, 1945. He began his career at Warner Bros. in the late 1960s, working in the janitorial department. He worked his way up to become an editor, and was one of the first African Americans to join the Film Editors local 776. Martin edited episodes of such series as Nero Wolfe, The Greatest American Hero, Simon & Simon, Hunter, Wonder Woman, The Cosby Mysteries, Palmerstown, U.S.A., and Women of Brewster Place. He earned an Emmy nomination for his work in L.A. Law in 1986. Martin also edited the films After Midnight (1989), The Inkwell (1994), and Spirit Lost (1997).

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MARTINELLI, VINCENT Cinematographer Vincent A. Martinelli died in Bend, Oregon, on March 5, 2010. He was 76. Martinelli was born in Los Angeles on May 22, 1933. He worked frequently in television in the 1970s and 1980s, photographing episodes of such series as Quincy, The Bionic Woman, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, Enos, Gavilan, Amazing Stories, Simon & Simon, and Major Dad. Martinelli was also director of photography for the telefilms Riding with Death (1976), Mandrake (1979), Samurai (1979), The Ultimate Impostor (1979), Captain America II (1979), The Seekers (1979), Riding for the Pony Express (1980), To Race the Wind (1980), and Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981). MARTINEZ, IDA MAE Professional wrestler Ida Mae Martinez died in Maryland on January 19, 2010. She was 78. She was born Ida Marilyn St. Laurent in New London, Connecticut, on September 9, 1931. She left home in her early teens and performed in country shows as a singer. She began her career as a

Marzieh

disease in a Rome hospital on March 23, 2010. She was 80. Masiero was born in Venice, Italy, on October 25, 1929. She was a leading actress on stage and screen from the early 1950s. Her film credits include the early Italian western Il Bandolero Stanco (1952), Canzoni di Mezzo Secolo (1952), Siamo Tutti Milanesi (1953), Baracca e Burattini (1954), Great Vaudeville (1954), Accadde al Commissariato (1954), Toto in Paris (1958), Vento di Primavera (1958), Marinai, Donne e Guai (1958), The Woman’s Confidant (1959), Lui, Lei e il Nonno (1959), Pensione Edelweiss (1959), Tipi da Spiaggia (1959), Ferragosto in Bikini (1960), Caravan Petrol

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wrestler with promoter Billy Wolfe in the early 1950s. She competed against many of the top female wrestlers of the era before retiring in 1960 to marry and raise a family. She later trained as a nurse, and also was noted as a yodeler. She released the CD The Yodeling Lady Ms. Ida in 2004. She was also featured in the 2004 women’s wrestling documentary film, Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling.

MARZIEH Iranian singer Marzieh died of cancer in Paris on October 13, 2010. She was 86. She was born Ashraf o-Sadat Mortezaie in Tehran, Iran, in 1924. She began her career in the 1940s, singing on Radio Tehran. She was considered one of the finest singers of traditional Persian music. She and other female singers were banned from public performances and broadcasts of their songs following the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Marzieh left Iran in 1994 to settle in Paris, and performed in venues in Europe and the United States. She was an outspoken critic of the repressive regime of Ayatollah Khomeini and his successor.

MASIERO, LAURETTA Italian actress Lauretta Masiero died of complications from Alzheimer’s

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(1960), Cacciatori di Dote (1961), Sua Eccellenza si Fermo a Mangiare (1961), and Napoleone a Firenze (1964). She also appeared on Italian television in productions of Biblioteca di Studio Uno: Il Fornaretto di Venezia (1964) and Addio Giovinezza (1965). She starred in the series Le Avventure di Laura Storm from 1965 to 1966. She largely retired from the screen in the mid–1960s, but returned to appear in the films Sins in the Country (1976), The Voyage of Captain Fracassa (1990), and Ostinato Destino (1992).

MASINI, ALFRED Television producer Alfred Masini, who created such syndicated programs as Entertainment Tonight and Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, died of complications from melanoma in Hon-

275 olulu, Hawaii, on November 29, 2010. He was 80. Masini was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, on January 5, 1930. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War, and began working in television as an editor at the CBS-TV library in New York in 1954. He began working in advertising several years later, and

Alfred Masini, left, with Ed McMahon

began TeleRep, to sell advertisements for television stations, in 1968. He was soon producing first-run syndicated programming for local stations. He created the celebrity news program Entertainment Tonight which began its long run in 1980. His Operation Prime Time productions included such popular mini-series as A Woman Called Golda (1982) and Sadat (1983). He was also involved in production of the 1980s musical hit countdown Solid Gold, the Star Search talent competition from 1983 to 1995, and Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, hosted by Robin Leach from 1984 to 1996. Masini left TeleRep in 1993, and retired to a mountaintop home in Hawaii.

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She joined the Union Repertory Theatre Company, later known as the Melbourne Theatre Company, in 1957, and appeared in numerous stage productions throughout her career. She also appeared frequently on Australian television from the early 1960s, with roles in such series as Consider Your Verdict, First Night, Homicide, Matlock Police, Glenview High, Cop Shop, Young Ramsay, Skyways, Special Squad, A Country Practice, Small Tales & True, Good Guys Bad Guys, Blue Heelers, MDA, Stories from the Golf, Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King, and The Librarians. She was featured as secretary Jean Ford in the first season of The Box in 1974, and was Pat O’Connell in the women’s prison series Prisoner: Cell Block H from 1979 to 1980. She was Monica McHugh in the series The Damnation of Harvey McHugh in 1994, and was Miss Mossop in The Genie from Down Under in 1996. Maughan also appeared in television productions of Loss of innocence (1978), Burn the Butterflies (1979), All the Green Years (1980), The Patchwork Hero (1981), The Flying Doctors (1985), Emerging (1985), Handle with Care (1986), The Gillies Republic (1986), Col’n Carpenter (1990), Come in Spinner (1990), The Importance of Being Earnest (1992), Halifax f.p.: Someone You Know (1997), Noah’s Ark (1999), Pigs Breakfast (1999), Finding Hope (2001), Halifax f.p: Takes Two (2002), and The King: The Story of Graham Kennedy (2007). Maughan was also seen in numerous films during her career including The Winter’s Tale (1967), A City’s Child (1972), The Getting of Wisdom (1978), Desolation Angels (1982), Annie’s Coming Out (1984), Cactus (1986), Bachelor Girl (1988), Golden Braid (1990), A Woman’s Tale (1991), Mrs. Craddock’s Complaint (1997), Road to Nhill (1997), Bowl Me Over (2001), Crackerjack (2002), Strange Bedfellows (2004), Night (2004), Noise (2007), Salvation (2008), and Blessed (2009).

Monica Maughan died in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on January 8, 2010. She was 76. She was born Monica Cresswell Wood in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, on September 15, 1933, to Australian missionaries, and was raised in Melbourne. She studied drama and made her stage debut in a production of The Front Page in 1954.

MAUNG, KHIN-KYAW Burmese-born actor Khin-Kyaw Maung died of an aortic dissection in Los Angeles on September 28, 2010. He was 62. Maung was born in Burma (now Myanmar) on July 12, 1948. He performed on stage in Los Angeles and New York, and appeared on Broadway in productions of musical comedy Pacific Overtures (1976) and the 1977 revival of The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel. He was featured

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Khin-Kyaw Maung

M AUGHAN , MONICA Australian actress

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on television in small roles in episodes of Dynasty, Falcon Crest, Tour of Duty, Columbo, and Babylon 5. He was also seen in the tele-films One Special Victory (1991) and Alien Nation: Dark Horizon (1994), and the features The Third Society (2002) and Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (2003).

MAURER, VIKTOR Czech actor Viktor Maurer died in Prague, Czech Republic, on December 27, 2010. He was 78. Maurer was born in Prague on April 6, 1932. He trained as an actor and began his career on stage in the early 1960s. He was also seen in numerous films during his career including The Death of Tarzan (1962), The Treasure of a Byzantine Merchant (1967), The Nights of Prague (1969), Men About Town (1969), Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970), Case for a Rookie Hangman (1970), The Key (1971), Straw Hat (1972), Zla Noc (1973), Akce v Istanbulu (1975), The

Viktor Maurer

Day the World Shook (1975), One Silver Piece (1976), Wine Working (1976), Quiet American in Prague (1977), Our Gang (1977), A Bet on Thirteen (1978), Princ a Vecernice (1979), Fandy, O Fandy (1982), Fesak Hubert (1984), Forbidden Dreams (1986), and Nesmrtelna Teta (1993). Maurer also appeared on television in productions of Alfons Karasek v Laznich (1971), Bratranec Pons (1973), Youngest of the Hamr’s Family (1975), Lakomec (1978), Inzenyrska Odysea (1979), Okres na Severu (1981), Pofoukej mi Jahody (1991), Drakuluv Svagr (1996), Rumplcimprcampr (1997), and Doktor Mopnory a Jini Lide (1997).

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MAYERS, BERNARD Musician and film orchestrator Bernard Mayers died in Marina del Rey, California, on August 17, 2010. He was 102. Mayers was born in Lakewood, New Jersey, on January 6, 1908. He began playing musical instruments in high school, excelling on the saxophone and clarinet. He performed with numerous big bands in New York during the 1930s including The Dorsey Brothers, Benny Goodman, and Paul Whiteman. He also began working as an orchestrator with the NBC radio program Lucky Strike Hit Parade. Mayers served with the Navy band during World War II, and went to California after his discharge. He worked as an orchestrator on numerous films for 20th Century–Fox during the 1950s including Night and the City (1950), Under My Skin (1950), The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951), Let’s Make It Legal (1951), Love Nest (1951), The Guy Who Came Back (1951), The Secret of Convict Lake (1951), The Frogmen (1951), The House on Telegraph Hill (1951), Follow the Sun (1951), I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951), You’re in the Navy Now (1951), Call Me Mister (1951), Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952), Something for the Birds (1952), Way of a Gaucho (1952), My Wife’s Best Friend (1952), Monkey Business (1952), Dreamboat (1952), Don’t Bother to Knock (1952), We’re Not Married! (1952), The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952), Belles on Their Toes (1952), Deadline — U.S.A. (1952), Phone Call from a Stranger (1952), Red Skies of Montana (1952), How to

MAXWELL, PAISLEY Canadian actress Paisley Maxwell died in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, on August 9, 2010. She was 79. Maxwell was born in Toronto, Ontario, on March 13, 1931. She trained at Lorne Greene’s acting school in the 1940s, and worked frequently on stage, radio, and television. She was featured in a handful of films during her career including Now That April’s Here (1958), Flaming Frontier (1958), The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaaldar (1968), and The Sloane Affair (1972). She starred as Elizabeth Maxwell in the Gothic horror soap opera Strange Paradise in 1969, and was seen in episodes of Wojeck and Paul Bernard, Psychiatrist. Bernard Mayers

277 Marry a Millionaire (1953), City of Bad Men (1953), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953), Pickup on South Street (1953), The I Don’t Care Girl (1953) There’s No Business Like Show Business (1954), Black Widow (1954), White Christmas (1954), Woman’s World (1954), Siege at Red River (1954), Night People (1954), Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955), The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955), How to Be Very, Very Popular (1955), Daddy Long Legs (1955), The Racers (1955), The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956), The Last Wagon (1956), The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956), The King and I (1956), On the Threshold of Space (1956), The Killer Is Loose (1956), Carousel (1956), The Bottom of the Bottle (1956), The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956), The Sun Also Rises (1957), Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957), Bernardine (1957), An Affair to Remember (1957), Rally ’Round the Flag, Boys! (1958), Mardi Gras (1958), In Love and War (1958), The Big Country (1958), The Proud Rebel (1958), South Pacific (1958), HoundDog Man (1959), The Blue Angel (1959), Holiday for Lovers (1959), Compulsion (1959), North to Alaska (1960), and All Hands on Deck (1961). He retired from film in the early 1960s to pursue his dream of fishing around the world.

M AYNE, W ILLIAM British writer William Mayne, who was best known for his children’s science fiction and fantasy novels, was found dead at his home in Thornton Rust, North Yorkshire, England, on March 24, 2010. He was 82. Mayne was born in Hull, England, on March 16, 1928. He penned his first novel, Follow the Footprints, in 1953. His 1955 novel A Swarm in May was adapted for film by the Children’s Film Unit in 1983, and the 1966 novel Earthfasts became a BBC mini-series in 1994. His other novels include Member of the Marsh (1956), A Grass Rope (1957) which earned a Carnegie Medal for children’s fiction, Underground Alley (1958), A Parcel of Trees (1963), Pig in the Middle (1965), Skiff y (1972), While the Bells Ring (1979), Drift (1985), Kelpie (1987), Cuddy (1994), Cradlefasts (1995), Candlefasts (2000), and Emily Goes to Market (2004). Mayne was arrested in 2004 on charges of indecent assault on young girls from 1960 to 1975, and was sentenced to 21 ⁄ 2 years in prison. Most of his books were removed from the market during his incar-

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ceration and he was unable to find a publisher for new works. He created his own imprint, Starrabeck, which released his book Every Dog shortly before his death.

MCCALL, ROBERT Space artist Robert T. McCall, whose works appeared on postage stamps, NASA mission patches, and film posters, died of a heart attack in Scottsdale, Arizona, on February 26, 2010. He was 90. McCall was born in Columbus, Ohio, in December 23, 1919. He was an artist for Life magazine in the 1960s, and illustrated a series of articles on the future of space travel. He was selected by Stanley Kubrick to paint the posters associated with the landmark 1968 science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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McCall also designed over 20 U.S. postage stamps with space themes, including those honoring the lunar landings, the Apollo-Soyuz mission, and the first space shuttle flight. His designs went into space as patches for several NASA missions. He painted the six-story Space Mural — A Cosmic View for the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., in 1976. He also provided art for the films Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), and Disney’s The Black Hole (1979).

MCCALLUM, JOHN Australian actor and television producer John McCallum died in Sydney, Australia, on February 3, 2010. He was 91. McCallum was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, on March 14, 1918. He began training in theater in the early 1930s, and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London for two years. He performed on stage in repertory, before returning to Australia during World War II. He served in the military during the war, before resuming his acting career in England. McCallum was featured in such films as A Son Is Born (1946), Root of All Evil (1947), The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947), It Always Rains on Sunday (1947), Miranda (1948), Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948), The Calendar (1948), Travellers Joy (1949), A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949), The Woman in Question (1950), Valley of Eagles (1951), Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951), The Long Memory (1952), The Magic Box (1952), Derby Day (1952), Trent’s Last Case (1952), Melba (1953), Devil on Horseback (1954), Trouble in the Glen (1954), Port of Escape (1956),

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and Smiley (1956). McCallum married his frequent costar, British actress Googie Withers in 1948, and they later settled in Australia. He became noted as a television producer, and co-produced the popular series Skippy, about a kangaroo, from 1966 to 1968. He also

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produced episodes of the series Barrier Reef, Boney, Shannon’s Mob, and Bailey’s Bird. He made occasional acting appearances in episodes of Barrier Reef, Elephant Boy, Boney, Skyways, and the 1987 mini-series Melba. He was also executive producer for the films Attack Force Z (1982) and The Highest Honor (1982). He is survived by his wife, his son Nicholas, a production designer, and daughter Joanna, an actress.

M CC ARTHY, KEVIN Veteran actor Kevin McCarthy, who was best known for his starring role in the 1956 science-fiction classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers, died at the Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Massachusetts, on September 11, 2010. He was 96. McCarthy was born in Seattle, Washington, on February 15, 1914. He and his two brothers and sister were orphaned as children when their parents died in the 1918 flu epidemic. His sister, Mary McCarthy, later became the best-selling novelist of The Group. Kevin began his career as an actor with a small role in Henry IV, Part 1 while attending the University of Minnesota. He moved to New York in the late 1930s and made his Broadway debut in Abe Lincoln in Illinois with Raymond Massey. McCarthy served in the Army Air Forces during World War II, and was featured in Moss Hart’s Broadway and film tribute to the military Winged Victory. He returned to Broadway after the war, and was a founding member of the Actors Studio. He also starred in Broadway productions of Truckline Cafe (1946), Joan of Lorraine (1946), The Survivors (1948), and the 1952 revival of Anna Christie. He starred as Biff Loman in a 1949 London production of Death of a Salesman, and reprised the role in the 1951 film version with Fredric March, earning an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor. He also appeared frequently in television dramas from the late 1940s with roles in such series as Actor’s Studio, The Ford Theatre Hour, The Prudential Family Playhouse, Pulitzer Prize Playhouse, Lights Out, The Philco Television Playhouse,

Studio One productions of Jane Eyre and The King in Yellow, Danger, Ponds Theater, Inner Sanctum, Campbell Summer Soundstage, the 1954 production of Satins and Spurs, Goodyear Playhouse, Omnibus, Star Tonight, Matinee Theatre, Star Stage, Front Row Center, Telephone Time, The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial, The 20th Century–Fox Hour, Crossroads, Cavalcade of America, Kraft Theatre, G.E. True Theater, The Ford Television Theatre, Climax!, Schlitz Playhouse of the Stars, The DuPont Show with June Allyson, and the 1959 production of Murder and the Android on Sunday Showcase. He also continued his career in films in the 1950s with roles in Drive a Crooked Road (1954), The Gambler from Natchez (1954), Stranger on Horseback (1955), and An Annapolis Story (1955). He starred as Dr. Miles Bennell in Don Siegel’s 1956 sci-fi thriller Invasion of the Body Snatchers, battling alien pod people who have taken over a small California town. He continued to star in numerous films over the next decade including Nightmare (1956), Diamond Safari (1958), The Misfits (1961) in a small role as the soon-to-be ex-husband of Marilyn Monroe’s character, 40 Pounds of Trouble (1962), A Gathering of Eagles (1963), An Affair of the Skin (1963), The Prize (1963), The Best Man (1964), Mirage (1965), The Three Sisters (1966), A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966), Hotel (1967), The Hell with Heroes (1968), If He Hollers, Let Him Go! (1968), and Ace High (1968). He returned frequently to the stage, and other Broadway credits include Red Roses for Me (1955), Advice and Consent (1960), The Three Sisters (1964), Cactus Flower (1967), Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1970), Poor Murderer (1976), and All Alone (1984). McCarthy also starred on television in the classic 1960 Twilight Zone episode “Long Live Walter Jameson,” and appeared in episodes of Way Out, Great Ghost Tales, Ben Casey, The U.S. Steel Hour, Target: The Corruptors, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Going My Way, The Rifleman, The Defenders, Look Up and Live, Breaking Point, The Eleventh Hour, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Mr. Novak, The Doctors and the Nurses, Dr. Kildare, Honey West, The Fugitive, Burke’s Law, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Legend of Jesse James, 12 O’Clock High, Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, The Road West, the 1967 pilot Ghostbreakers, The Invaders, Garrison’s Gorillas, Felony Squad, Judd for the Defense, The Wild Wild West, The

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279 Name of the Game, The High Chaparral, The Guns of Will Sonnett, The F.B.I., Julia, Bearcats!, Mission: Impossible, Banacek, Columbo, Great Performances, Cannon, The Manhunter, Hawaii Five-0, Amanda’s in the recurring role of Zack Cartwright, Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Bay City Blues in the recurring role of George Hayward, Dynasty, Finders of Lost Loves, Scarecrow and Mrs, King, Hotel, The A-Team, The Golden Girls, Fame, Mathnet, The Colbys in the recurring role of Lucas Carter, Head of the Class, In the Heat of the Night, Simon & Simon, China Beach, Matlock, Father Dowling Mysteries, Charlie Hoover, Murder, She Wrote, Human Target, Batman: The Animated Series as a voice performer, Tales from the Crypt, Rebel Highway, Dream On, Boston Common, Early Edition, The Weird Al Show, The District, and Eyes. He starred as Philip Hastings in the 1969 drama series The Survivors, and was Claude Weldon in the prime-time soap opera Flamingo Road from 1980 to 1982. He was also featured in the tele-films U.M.C. (1969), Between Time and Timbuktu (1972), A Great American Tragedy (1972), The Seagull (1975), Exo-Man (1977), Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night (1977), Portrait of an Escort (1980), Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story (1982), Making of a Male Model (1983), Invitation to Hell (1984), The Ratings Game (1984), Deadly Intentions (1985), The Midnight Hour (1985), A Masterpiece of Murder (1986), Home (1987), LBJ: The Early Years (1987) as Joseph Kennedy, Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987), The Long Journey Home (1987), Once Upon a Texas Train (1988), Channel 99 (1988), Passion and Paradise (1989), The Rose and the Jackal (1990), Dead on the Money (1991), Duplicates (1992), Roadracers (1994), Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story (1995), The Sister-in-Law (1995), The Second Civil War (1997), and Elvis Meets Nixon (1997). McCarthy also continued his film career in such features as Richard (1972), Kansas City Bomber (1972), Alien Thunder (1974), Order to Assassinate (1975), Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976), Roger Corman’s cult horror classic Piranha (1978) as Dr. Robert Hoak, the 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers in a cameo role, Hero at Large (1980), Those Lips, Those Eyes (1980), The Howling (1981), My Tutor (1983), Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), Dark Tower (1987), Innerspace (1987), Hostage (1987), Fast Food (1989), UHF (1989), Love or Money (1990), The Sleeping Car (1990), Eve of Destruction (1991), Final Approach (1991), Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College (1991), The Distinguished Gentleman (1992), Matinee (1993), Judicial Consent (1994), Greedy (1994), Just Cause (1995), Steal Big Steal Little (1995), Mommy (1995), Addams Family Reunion (1998) as Grandpa Addams, The Legend of Razorback (2002), Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), Loving Annabelle (2006), Fallen Angels (2006), Slipstream (2007), Trail of the Screaming Forehead (2007), Her Morbid Desires (2008), Wesley (2009), I Do (2009), and Drawback (2010). McCarthy toured for many years as President Harry Truman in the oneman show Give ’Em Hell, Harry. He was also a frequent guest at nostalgia conventions and autograph shows in his later years. He was married to actress Augusta Dabney from 1941 until their divorce in 1961.

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MCCLANAHAN, RUE Actress Rue McClanahan, who was best known for her role as lusty Southern belle Blanche Devereaux on the 1980s television sit-com The Golden Girls, died of complications from a stroke and a brain hemorrhage in a New York City hospital on June 3, 2010. She was 76. She was born was born Eddi-Rue McClanahan in Healdton, Oklahoma, on February 21, 1934. She studied theater at the University of Tulsa and made her professional stage debut in a production of Inherit the Wind at the Erie Playhouse in Pennsylvania in 1957. She was soon performing in Off-Broadway plays in New York. McClanahan began appearing in films in the early 1960s, with roles in several low-budget exploitation films including Five Minutes to Live (aka Door-to-Door Maniac) (1961) starring Johnny Cash, The Grass Eater (1961), Five Minutes to Love (1963), How to Succeed with Girls (1964), Angel’s Flight (1965), and Walk the Angry Beach (1968). She made her Broadway debut in the shortlived comedy The Best Laid Plans in 1965, and was featured in productions of Jimmy Shine (1968) with Dustin Hoffman, Father’s Day (1971), Sticks and Bones (1972), and California Suite (1976). She received an Obie Award for her performance in the Off-Broadway production of Who’s Happy Now? in 1970. She was also seen frequently on television from the 1960s, gueststarring in an episode of Burke’s Law in 1964. She was featured as Caroline Johnson in the daytime soap opera Another World from 1970 to 1971, and Margaret Jardin in Where the Heart Is from 1971 to 1972. She also appeared in the 1970 television production of Hogan’s Goat, and was half of a swinging couple in an episode of All in the Family in 1972. McClanahan continued her film career in such features as The People Next Door (1970), The Pursuit of Happiness (1971), They Might Be Giants (1971) with George C. Scott, Some of My Best Friends Are (1971), and Blade (1973). She was also seen on television in episodes of The ABC Afternoon Playbreak, Great Performances, Mannix, and Insight. She starred as Vivian Cavender Harmon, Bea Arthur’s title character’s best friend, in the sit-com Maude from 1972 to 1978. She starred as Ginger-Nell Hollyhock in the short-lived comedy series Apple Pie in 1978, and gueststarred in episodes of Grandpa Goes to Washington, $weepstake$, The Hollywood Squares, Supertrain, Lou

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Grant, Here’s Boomer, Darkroom, Trapper John, M.D., Fantasy Island, Newhart, Gimme a Break!, The Love Boat, and Small & Frye. Her other television credits include the tele-films Having Babies III (1978), Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force (1978), Rainbow (1978), Topper (1979), The Great American Traffic Jam (aka Gridlock) (1980), Word of Honor (1981), And They All Lived Happily After (1981), The Day the Bubble Burst (1982), and The Skin of Our Teeth (1983). She starred in the recurring role of Aunt Fran Crowley in the sitcom Mama’s Family from 1983 to 1984. She rejoined Bea Arthur in the hit sit-com The Golden Girls in 1985, which also starred Betty White and Estelle Getty as a quartet of senior citizens sharing a home in Miami. McClanahan earned several Emmy nominations and won the award for Outstanding Lead Actress for her performance as Blanche Devereaux in 1987. The series continued through 1992, and she guest-starred as Blanche in episodes of Nurses and Empty Nest. She also reprised the role in the short-lived spin-off Golden Palace from 1992 to 1993. McClanahan was also seen in the tele-films Picnic (1986), The Little Match Girl (1987), Liberace (1988) as Frances Liberace, Take My Daughters, Please (1988), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1989) on Nightmare Classics, The Man in the Brown Suit (1989), The Wickedest Witch (1989), Let Me Hear You Whisper (1990) on American Playwrights Theater: The One-Acts, The Dreamer of Oz (1990) as L. Frank Baum’s mother-in-law, To My Daughter (1990), Children of the Bride (1990), After the Shock (1990), Baby of the Bride (1991), Nunsense (1993) as Rev. Mother Mary Regina, Mother of the Bride (1993), Message from Nam (1993), Days Like This (1994), Nunsense 2: The Sequel (1994), A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story (1994), Blackbird Hall (1995), A Holiday to Remember (1995), Innocent Victims (1996), Dads (1997), Nunsense Jamboree (1998), A Saintly Switch (1999), The Moving of Sophia Myles (2000), Stage on Screen: The Women (2002), Miracle Dogs (2003), Back to You and Me (2005), and Generation Gap (2008). She starred as Grandma Loring in the 1999 television series Safe Harbor, and was Peggy Ingram in Sordid Lives: The Series in 2008. Her other television credits include episodes of Alice, Cover Up, Crazy Like a Fox, Charles in Charge, Murder, She Wrote, Boy Meets World, Burke’s Law, The Mommies, the animated Spider-Man, Remember WENN, Promised Land, Murphy Brown, Columbo, The Love Boat: The Next Wave, The Lot, Ladies Man, Touched by an Angel, Wonderfalls, Whoopi, Hope & Faith, the animated King of the Hill as the voice of Bunny, Law & Order, and Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns. McClanahan also continued to appear on films later in her career, with roles in Modern Love (1990), Biosphere 2 (1991), Dear God (1996), This World, Then the Fireworks (1997), the animated Christmas classic Annabelle’s Wish (1997), Starship Troopers (1997), Out to Sea (1997), Rusty: A Dog’s Tale (1998), Border to Border (1998), Blue’s Big Treasure Hunt (1999) as Grandma, Nuncrackers (2001), The Fighting Temptations (2003), and Wit’s End (2005). She returned to Broadway in April of 2005, taking over the role of Madame Morrible in the musical Wicked for the re-

mainder of the year. Her autobiography, My First Five Husbands … and the Ones Who Got Away, was published in 2007. She had suffered from several health problems in recent years. She was treated for breast cancer in 1997 and had heart bypass surgery in 2009.

MCCONNELL, PETER Canadian actor Peter McConnell died of lung cancer in Brighton, Ontario, Canada, on February 10, 2010. He was 72. He began his career on stage in Toronto in the 1960s. He was a

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founding member of the Canadian Playwrights Union and the Toronto Smile Theatre Company. He also appeared frequently in films and television with roles in the features My Pleasure Is My Business (1975) and Spasms (1983). He was also seen in the 1984 tele-film Peep and in an episode of Street Legal.

MCCUNE , GRANT Visual effect designer Grant McCune, who shared an Academy Award for his work on the original Star Trek film in 1977, died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Hidden Hills, near Los Angeles, California, on December 27, 2010. He was 67. He began working in films designing a shark model for Steven Spielberg’s 1975 classic Jaws. He worked with John Dykstra’s ILM miniature and optical effects unit on George Lucas’ first Star Wars film, and had a small onscreen role as a Death Star gunner. He earned an Oscar for his work on the film and joined Dykstra to

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281 form the special effects studio Apogee, Inc. in 1978. He was chief model maker for the pilot for the science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica in 1978, and earned another Oscar nomination for his work on Star Trek: The Motion Picture in 1979. He also designed miniature effects for the films Avalanche Effects (1979), Caddyshack (1980), Firefox (1982), the tele-film Starflight: The Plane That Couldn’t Land (1983), Never Say Never Again (1983), Lifeforce (1985), Jackals (1986), Spaceballs (1987), the 1987 Hallmark Hall of Fame production of Foxfire, Big (1988), My Mother Is an Alien (1988), Die Hard (1988), Ghostbusters II (1989), Speed (1994), Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1994), Batman Forever (1996), Daylight (1996), Executive Decision (1996), Sphere (1998), U.S. Marshals (1998), Thirteen Days (2000), U571 (2000), Red Planet (2000), Spider-Man (2002), Serenity (2005), and Rambo (2008).

MCDOUGALL, IAN Canadian television producer Ian McDougall died of heart failure in Pennsylvania on August 24, 2010. He was 65. McDougall was born on May 2, 1945. He began his career working in production on the English stage. He worked in films and television from the mid–1970s, and served as head of English language production for the Canadian Film Development Corporation in the early 1980s. He served as an assistant director on the films 125 Rooms of Comfort (1974), Who Has Seen the Wind (1977), and Three Card Monte (1978), and several episodes of the television series The New Avengers. He was a production manager on the films Death Weekend (1976) and Search and Destroy (1979), and associate producer for 1979’s Search and Destroy. McDougall served as a producer on the television series :20 Minute Workout, The Edison Twins, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, Whistler, and The Best Years. He was also producer of the tele-films Anne of Green Gables (1985), Courage (1986), The Right of the People (1986), Fight for Life (1987), Passion and Paradise (1989), At the Lake (1991), Clearcut (1991), Trial & Error (1993), Women on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story (1993), Treacherous Beauties (1994), Another Woman (1994), Shock Treatment (1995), Gridlock (1996), Joan of Arc (1999), Nuremberg (2000), Haven (2001), Crossed Over (2002), Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay (2002), Hitler:

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The Rise of Evil (2003), The Good Witch (2008), and Bridal Fever (2008). McDougall was supervising producer for the crime drama series Shattered at the time of his death.

MCDOWELL, CHARLES Columnist Charles McDowell, who was a regular panelist on the PBS television program Washington Week in Review, died of complications from a stroke in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on November 5, 2010. He was 84. McDowell was born in Danville, Kentucky, on June 24, 1926. He was a reporter for The Richmond Times-Dispatch from 1949, covering state and local issues. He also began writing a nationally syndicated column in 1954, and

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became Washington correspondent for the Richmond paper in 1965. He wrote several books including Campaign Fever, about the 1964 presidential election. He began appearing on Washington Week in Review in 1978, and his folksy demeanor made him a familiar face on PBS. He was an onscreen commentator on Ken Burns’ mini-series The Civil War (1990), and was the voice of Confederate soldier Samuel Watkins, reading excerpts from his letters. McDowell was also featured in the Burns’ documentaries The Congress (1988) and Baseball (1994).

MCGARR, JOHN Actor and producer John McGarr was killed on the morning of March 25, 2010,

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when he was struck by a car driven by a drunk driver while attending a horror film convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was 45. McGarr was born in Queens, New York, on September 25, 1964. He appeared in a handful of films and television productions from the mid–1990s. He was seen in the 1996 tele-film Back to Back, and the films Wonderland (1997), Night All Day (2000), The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down (2006), Your Name Here (2008), and Hotel California (2008). He also appeared in episodes of Lonelygir115, Gene Simmons: Family Jewels, and Talkshow with Spike Feresten. McGarr was executive producer and star in the 2007 independent horror film Sick Girl. He was supervising executive producer for House of the Wolf Man, and was featured as Barlow, the servant of Ron Chaney’s Dr. Bela Reinhardt.

McGee appeared frequently on television from the early 1970s, with roles in the tele-films The Norliss Tapes (1974), Superdome (1978), and Scruples (1981). She was also seen in episodes of Police Woman, Starsky and Hutch, A Man Called Sloane, Diff ’rent Strokes, Whiz Kids, Magnum, P.I., The Yellow Rose, Amen, and EZ Streets. She was featured in the recurring role of Claudia Petrie in the police drama Cagney & Lacey from 1984 to 1986, and starred as Sister Indigo in the shortlived series Hell Town with Robert Blake in 1985. She co-starred with comic Jimmie Walker in the sit-com Bustin’ Loose from 1987 to 1988, and was Jackie Williams in L.A. Law from 1989 to 1990. She reprised the role of Claudia Petrie in the 1994 reunion tele-film Cagney & Lacey: The Return.

who was leading lady in such 1970s Blaxploitation films as Blacula and Shaft in Africa, died of cardiac arrest in a Berkeley, California, hospital on July 9, 2010. She was 65. McGee was born in San Francisco on January 14, 1945. She began performing on stage while attending college, and made her film debut in Italy in the late 1960s. She starred in the title role in the 1968 comedy Faustina, and was a widow seeking vengeance against bounty hunter Klaus Kinski in the spaghetti western The Great Silence (1968). She returned to the United States for bit part in 1968’s Guess Whose Coming to Dinner, and had a supporting role in Sidney Poitier’s The Lost Man in 1969. She also had small roles in the films The Kremlin Letter (1970) and The Big Bust Out (1972). McGee starred in the 1972 horror film Blacula, opposite William Marshall as the vampiric African prince Mamuwalde, playing his long-dead consort and her modern-day reincarnation. She also starred in the films Melinda (1972), Hammer (1972) with Fred Williamson, and Detroit 9000 (1973). She was Richard Roundtree’s leading lady in 1973’s Shaft in Africa, and Thomasina in Gordon Parks, Jr.’s western Thomasina and Bushrod. She broke Hollywood’s racial barrier as Jemima Brown opposite Clint Eastwood in 1975’s thriller The Eiger Sanction. She also appeared in the films Foxbat (1977), Brothers (1977), Repo Man (1984), To Sleep with Anger (1990), and Johnny B. Good (1998).

MCGREEVEY, JOHN Television writer John McGreevey died on November 24, 2010. He was 87. McGreevey was born on December 21, 1922. He began writing for television in the early 1950s, penning hundreds of episodes over his fifty year career. He wrote for such series as Studio One, Lights Out, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Danger, Studio 57, Screen Directors Playhouse, Lassie, Lux Video Theatre, Tombstone Territory, Broken Arrow, Colt .45, Schlitz Playhouse, Trackdown, Climax!, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, Zane Grey Theater, G.E. True Theater, Adventures in Paradise, Black Saddle, Chevy Mystery Show, Bat Masterson, Window on Main Street, Checkmate, Laramie, Route 66, Grindl, Arrest and Trial, The Farmer’s Daughter, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, 12 O’Clock High, Wagon Train, Kraft Suspense Theatre, Hazel, Gidget, Court Martial, The F.B.I., Laredo, Love on a Rooftop, My Three Sons, The Flying Nun, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Here Come the Brides, That Girl, The Doris Day Show, I Dream of Jeannie, To Rome with Love, Family Affair, Mayberry R.F.D., The Smith Family, Ironside, Nanny and the Professor, Circle of Fear, Lucas Tanner, Room 222, Doc Elliot, Hallmark Hall of Fame’s 1976 production of The Disappearance of Aimee, Insight, and The American Experience. McGreevey penned numerous episodes of the television family drama The Waltons from 1972 to 1978. His other television credits include productions of Gidget Grows Up (1969), Crowhaven Farm (1970), Gidget Get Married (1972), The Woman I Love (1972), Portrait: A Man

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283 Whose Name Was John (1973), A Dream for Christmas (1973), The Fess Parker Show (1974), Punch and Jody (1974), The Runaways (1975), Returning Home (1975), Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys (1976), The Death of Richie (1977), Ruby and Oswald (1978), Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force (1978), Little Mo (1978), Rainbow (1978), The New Adventures of Heidi (1978), The Millionaire (1978), Roots: The Next Generation (1979), Christmas Lilies of the Field (1979), Murder in Texas (1981), Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982), American Caesar (1983) which he also directed, Aurora (1984), Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac (1984), Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues (1984), Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. (1984), Consenting Adult (1985), Embassy (1985), A Time to Live (1985), The Fortunate Pilgrim (1988), Unholy Matrimony (1988), Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes (1990), Call Me Anna (1990), Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland (1993), A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (1995), Captains Courageous (1996), Born Free: A New Adventure (1996), Unabomber: The True Story (1996), and Ms. Scrooge (1997). McGreevey also wrote several films during his career including Hot Rod Girl (1956), Death in Small Doses (1957), The Beast of Budapest (1958), Cast a Long Shadow (1959), Hello Down There (1969), and Night Crossing (1982).

MCINERNY, RALPH Roman Catholic scholar and mystery writer Ralph McInerny, who wrote the Father Dowling mystery series, died of complications from esophageal cancer in Mishawanka, Indiana, on January 29, 2010. He was 80. McInerny was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on February 24, 1929. He studied at the St. Paul Seminary and served in the Marines before earning a master’s degree in philosophy from the University of Minnesota. He joined the faculty of Notre Dame in 1955, where he taught philosophy and Medieval studies. He also became noted as an expert on 13th-Century theologian Thomas Aquinas, and wrote several volumes on the subject. His scholarly writings also included works on the philosophers Boethius, Cardinal Newman, Kierkegaard, Descartes, and Averroes. McInerny created the character of Father Roger Dowling, a former church legal scholar whose career was sidelined by a battle with alcohol, in

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the 1977 novel Her Death of Cold. Settling in the small Midwestern town of Fox River as a parish priest, Dowling became adept at investigating the large number of murders in his vicinity with the subsequent novels Bishop as Pawn (1978), The Seventh Station (1977), Lying Three (1979), The Second Vespers (1980), Thicker Than Water (1981), A Loss of Patients (1982), The Grass Widow (1983), Getting a Way with Murder (1984), Rest in Pieces (1985), The Basket Case (1987), Slight of Body (aka Abracadaver) (1989), Four on the Floor (1989), Judas Priest (1991), Desert Sinner (1992), Seed of Doubt (1993), A Cardinal Offense (1994), The Tears of Things (1996), Grave Undertakings (2000), Triple Pursuit (2001), Prodigal Father (2002), Last Things (2003), Requiem for a Realtor (2004), Blood Ties (2005), The Prudence of Flesh (2006), The Widow’s Mate (2007), Ash Wednesday (2008), The Wisdom of Father Dowling (2009), and Stained Glass (2009). His priestly detective also served as the basis for the television series The Father Dowling Mysteries, starring Tom Bosley, from 1989 to 1991, though his first name became Frank and his parish was relocated to Chicago. McInerny also created Sister Mary Teresa, a crime-solving nun, in the 1981 novel Not a Blessed Thing. He wrote the good sister’s tales under the pseudonym Monica Quill, including Let Us Pray (1982), And Then There Was Nun (1984), Nun of the Above (1985), Sine Qua Nun (1986), The Veil of Ignorance (1988), Sister Hood (1991), Nun Plussed (1993), Half Past Nun (1997), Death Takes the Veil (2001). Another mystery series featured lawyer Andrew Bloom, and included the novels Cause and Effect (1987), Body and Soil (1989), Savings and Loam (1990), Mom and Dead (1994), Law and Ardor (1995), and Heirs and Parents (2000). He also penned a series of tales set on the familiar grounds of Notre Dame campus the included On This Rockne (1997), Lack of the Irish (1998), Irish Tenure (1999), The Book of Kills (2000), Emerald Aisle (2001), Celt and Pepper (2002), Irish Coffee (2003), Green Thumb (2004), Irish Gilt (2005), The Letter Killeth (2006), Irish Alibi (2007), The Green Revolution (2008), and Sham Rock (2010). His other novels include Jolly Rogerson (1967), A Narrow Time (1969), The Priest (1973), The Gate of Heaven (1975), Rogerson at Bay (1976), Romanesque (1977), Spinnaker (1978), Quick as a Dodo (1978), The Noonday Devil (1985), Leave of Absence (1986), Frigor Mortis (1989), The Nominative Case (1990) under the pen name Edward Mackin, Easeful Death (1991), The Search Committee (1991), Infra Dig (1992), The Red Hat (1998), As Good As Dead (2002), The Ablative Case (2003), and Slattery (2004). McInerny also wrote two novels featuring Ohio detective Egidio Manfredi, Still Life (2000) and Sub Rosa (2001), and had recently began the Rosary Chronicles, with The Third Revelation (2009) and Relic of Time (2009).

MCINTOSH, BOB Veteran animation artist Bob McIntosh died on June 17, 2010. He was 94. McIntosh was born in Vallejo, California, on March 11, 1916. He moved to Los Angeles in 1934 to study at the Art Center. He began working for Disney later in the decade, where he painted multiplane backgrounds on

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glass for the films The Reluctant Dragon (1941) and Bambi (1942). He served in the military with the First Motion Picture Unit during World War II. After his discharge he joined Paul J. Fennell’s Cartoon Films Ltd., where he worked in commercial animation. He

the Darkside, ALF, Newhart, and Murphy Brown. He was seen in the recurring role of Billy Joe Bates in the series Dallas from 1989 to 1990. McIntyre was also featured in the 1986 mini-series Fresno, and the tele-films Promised a Miracle (1988), The Knife and Gun Club (1990) and Last Wish (1992). He appeared in several films during his career including Marie (1985), Walk Like a Man (1987), Surrender (1987), The Ice Storm (1997), and Lifebreath (1997).

MCLAREN, MALCOLM British music producer Malcolm McLaren, who was manager of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols, died of mesothelioma in Switzerland on April 8, 2010. He was 64. McLaren was born in Stoke Newington, London, England, on January 22, 1946. He trained as an artist and worked as a fashion designer in the early 1970s, operating a London boutique. He briefly managed the New York Dolls in New York before helping form the British Bob McIntosh

began working with UPA in the early 1950s, where he painted backgrounds for the Mister Magoo series throughout the decade. He later worked on Format’s The Alvin Show and The Lone Ranger, Jay Ward’s George of the Jungle, and Chuck Jones’ The Phantom Tollbooth before his retirement in the early 1980s.

MCINTYRE, BILL Actor William “Bill” McIntyre died at the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey, on March 19, 2010. He was 80. McIntyre was born in Rochester, New York, on September 2, 1929, and was raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He began his career on the local stage, and performed frequently in Off-Broadway and regional productions. He made his Broadway debut in The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild with Maureen Stapleton in 1972. He was also seen in the short-lived Broadway comedy Legend in 1976, and the revival of The Inspector General in 1978. McIntyre was also part of the long-running OffBroadway musical The Fantasticks. He appeared on television in episodes of such series as The Jeffersons, Charlie’s Angels, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Hotel, Tales from

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punk pioneers the Sex Pistols in 1975. He helped orchestrate the look and attitude of the group, that had hits with the songs “Anarchy in the U.K.” and “God Save the Queen.” The band recorded the album Never Mind the Bollocks: Here’s the Sex Pistols in 1978 before breaking up the following year. McLaren later managed Adam and the Ants and the spin-off group Bow Wow Wow. He also recorded several albums of his own including Duck Rock (1983), Fans (1984), Waltz Darling (1989), and Paris (1994).

MCWILLIAMS, CAROLINE Actress Caroline McWilliams, who starred in the television sitcom Benson as Marcy Hill, died at her home in Los Angeles on February 11, 2010. She was 64. McWilliams was born in Seattle, Washington, on April 4, 1945, and was raised in Barrington, Rhode Island. She studied drama at Carnegie Mellon and at the Pasadena Playhouse. She began her career on stage in the late 1960s, and was featured in Broadway productions of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and The Rothschilds. She was featured as Janet Mason Norris on the daytime soap opera The Guiding Light from 1969 to 1975. McWilliams also appeared on television in episodes of Dundee and the Culhane, the soap Another World as Tracy DeWitt in 1975, Kojak, Quincy, The Andros Targets, Barney Miller, The Incred-

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ible Hulk, Richie Brockelman, Private Eye, and Project U.F.O. She was featured as Sally on the quirky sitcom Soap from 1978 to 1979, and starred as Marcy Hill, the Governor’s secretary, on Benson from 1979 to 1981. McWilliams was also seen as Claire Pritchard on the short-lived comedy series Nearly Departed in 1989, and appeared in the recurring role of LuAnn Pruit on Beverly Hills, 90210 from 1994 to 1995. She also guest-

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starred in episodes of Hill Street Blues, Night Court, Maximum Security, St. Elsewhere, Comedy Factory, The Cavanaughs, Cagney & Lacey, Sisters, Home Improvement, Suddenly Susan, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, and Murphy Brown. Her other television credits include the tele-films The Many Loves of Arthur (1978), The Death of Ocean View Park (1979), The Aliens Are Coming (1980), Rage! (1980), The Day the Bubble Burst (1982), The Gift of Life (1982), Shattered Vows (1984), Into Thin Air (1985), The Richest Cat in the World (1986), Pigeon Feathers (1987), Sworn to Silence (1987), Stop at Nothing (1991), and Switched at Birth (1991). McWilliams appeared in several films during her career, including Jake’s M.O. (1987), White Water Summer (1987), and Mermaids (1990). She ended her career on television in the recurring role of Helene Steele in the drama series Judging Amy. She remained involved in theatrical productions as an actor and director for most of her life.

M ENCHINE, RON Radio sportscaster Ron Menchine died of a heart attack at his home in Glen Arm, Maryland, on September 10, 2010. He was 76. Menchine was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 24, 1934. He began working as a sports broadcaster in the late 1950s hosting pre- and post-game shows for the Baltimore Orioles. He was play-by-play announcer for the Washington Senators baseball team for WWDC radio. Menchine also appeared in cameo roles in the films All the President’s Men (1976) and The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979).

MENKE, SALLY Film editor Sally Menke, who worked on all of Quentin Tarantino’s films and earned Oscar nominations for cutting Pulp Fiction and Inglourious Basterds, was found dead in a ravine near Los Angeles’ Griffith Park on September 28, 2010. She was 56.

She had been hiking with her dog the previous day, and the authorities had been notified when she failed to return home that evening. There was no evidence of foul play, and her death was thought to be related to the 113° heat in the area. Menke was born in Mineola, New York, on December 17, 1953. She began her career editing documentaries for CBS in the 1980s. She edited the 1983 comedy film Cold Feet and the 1988 television documentary The Congress (1988). She also edited the 1990 life-action film version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Lily Tomlin’s 1991 comedy The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe. She

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began her long association with Quentin Tarantino as editor for his 1992 dark caper film Reservoir Dogs, and was nominated for an Academy Award for cutting Pulp Fiction in 1994. She also edited Tarantino’s segment of 1995’s Four Rooms, 1997’s Jackie Brown, and Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004). Menke also edited Tarantino’s Death Proof half of 2007’s Grindhouse, and earned another Oscar nod for her work on 2009’s Inglourious Basterds. She also cut Oliver Stone’s 1993 film Heaven and Earth, and the thrillers Mulholland Falls (1996) and Nightwatch (1997). She worked with Billy Bob Thornton on the films All the Pretty Horses (2000) and Daddy and Them (2001). She had recently completed work on Michael Lander’s 2010 psychological thriller Peacock.

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MENNING, SAM Character actor Sam Menning died of complications from emphysema in a Burbank, California, hospital on March 29, 2010. He was 84. Menning was born on January 7, 1926. He served in the Merchant Marine for fifteen years, and was a professional photographer in New York from the mid– 1950s. He was the last photographer to shoot photos of legendary pin-up Bettie Page. He appeared onscreen in the 1965 exploitation film Watch the Birdie. He continued to work in films as a still photographer, gaffer, key grip, or lighting technician on such adult fare as Submission (1969), The Eyes of Eddie Mars (1984), Intimate Couples (1984), Inside Candy Samples (1984), Hot Touch (1984), Chocolate Cherries (1984), Dial “F” for Fantasy (1984), A Taste of Candy (1985), A Taste of Cherry (1985), Looking for Love (1985), Marina Heat (1985), Portrait of Lust (1985), Lessons with My Aunt

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Northern Illinois University, and began appearing in films in the mid–2000s. He starred in the short films Gotham, IL (2004) and At the Still Point (2005). He was also seen in the features Roll Bounce (2005), Palo Alto, CA (2007), ’77 (2007), and G-Force (2009). He starred as Garrett Wells in the ABC television series Boston Legal from 2005 to 2006.

MERCANTE, ARTHUR Boxing referee Arthur Mercante died in Westbury, New York, on April 10, 2010. He was 90. Mercante was born in Brockton, Massachusetts, on January 27, 1920. He fought as an amateur boxer in the 1930s, and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He began working professionally as a referee in 1954. During his career he refereed over Sam Menning

(1986), and Up All Night (1986). He also began appearing in character roles, often as a wino or homeless person, with such film credits as Fantasm Comes Again (1977), Ballgame (1980), Daughters of Emmanuelle (1983), Bachelorette Party (1984), Evil Spirits (1990), The Runestone (1990), Life Stinks (1991), Dutch (1991), The Butcher’s Wife (1991), Roots of Evil (1992), A Delicatessen Story (1996), Persons Unknown (1996), Speedway Junky (1999), Tex, the Passive-Aggresive Gunslinger (2000), Whatever It Takes (2000), Messiah (2004), Late Night Grub (2004), The Prestige (2006), and The Onion Movie (2008). He was also seen in the television productions Hammer, Slammer & Slade (1990), Motorcycle Gang (1994) as the old geezer, and The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies (1994). His other television credits include episodes of Red Shoe Diaries, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Profiler, ER, Scrubs, Carnivale, Gilmore Girls, and My Name Is Earl as the Pickled-Egg Guy.

MENTELL, JUSTIN Actor Justin Mentell, who was featured in the television series Boston Legal, died of injuries he received when his Jeep left the highway near Mineral Point, Wisconsin, went down an embankment and struck two trees on February 1, 2010. He was 27. Mentell was born in Austin, Texas, on December 16, 1982. He earned a degree in fine arts from

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120 championship bouts. He served as a technical advisor and appeared as a referee in the 1962 film Requiem for a Heavyweight. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1995, and retired from the ring in 2001. He was seen onscreen as a referee in the 2003 tele-film Undefeated, the 2007 feature American Gangster (2007), and an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent in 2008.

MERCURIO, G US Gus Mercurio, a boxer turned actor who was a familiar face and voice in Australian films and television in the 1970s and 1980s, died during heart surgery in a Sydney, Australia, hospital

287 on December 7, 2010. He was 82. He was born Augustion Eugenio Mercurio in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. on August 10, 1928. He served in the U.S. Marines, and became a professional boxer after his discharge. He went to Melbourne, Australia, with the U.S. Olympic boxing team in 1956, and soon settled there. He remained involved in boxing as a referee and official after suffering several injuries in the ring. His raspy voice also garnered him roles in films and television productions in Australia. He was featured various roles in episodes

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Football and an occasional actor, died of a brain hemorrhage in a Santa Fe, New Mexico, hospital on December 5, 2010. He was 72. Meredith was born in Mount Vernon, Texas, on April 10, 1938. He was a leading football star in high school, and played college ball at Southern Methodist University (SMU) as starting quarterback in the late 1950s. He became one of the original Dallas Cowboys, joining the team in its first season in 1960, and became starting quarterback in 1963. He was a popular star with the franchise, and was named NFL Player of the Year in 1966. Meredith retired from the Cowboys before the start of the 1969 season. He joined ABC’s Monday Night Football as a color commentator in 1970, where he frequently traded quips with Howard Cosell. He was known as “Dandy Don” for his fun-loving antics on the field and in the broadcast booth, and was noted for singing “Turn out the lights, the party’s over,” when a game appeared to be decided. He moved to NBC for three years from 1974 to 1977, before returning to Monday Night Football, and remained color commentator until retiring in 1984. Meredith also guest-starred on television in episodes of Police Woman, McCloud, The Dean Martin Comedy Hour, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Sonny and Cher Show, Dinah!, The Quest, Supertrain, and Midnight Caller. He starred in the recurring role of Detective Bert Jameson in the series Police

of Matlock Police, The Long Arm, Homicide, and Division 4. He starred as Joe Brady in the series Cash and Company in 1975 and Tandarra in 1976, and was Ben Jones in Five Mile Creek from 1983 to 1985. He also appeared in episodes of such series as Frank and Francesca, Boney, Ryan, McCloud, Power Without Glory, Solo One, The Sullivans, Catspaw, Skyways, Special Squad, the 1988 pilot Badlands 2005: Brides of Lizard Gulch, Mission: Impossible, Time Trax, All Together Now, Stark, Neighbours, Flipper, Tales of the South Seas, Blue Heelers, and The Saddle Club. He was also featured in the television productions All the Rivers Run (1983), The Challenge (1986), The Heroes (1988), The Lancaster Miller Affair (1990), The Great Air Race (1990), Survive the Savage Sea (1992), Stark (1993), Official Denial (1994), and Curse of the Talisman (2001). Mercurio also appeared in such films as Alvin Rides Again (1974), Eliza Fraser (1976), Raw Deal (1977), High Rolling in a Hot Corvette (1977), Dead Man’s Float (1980), Harlequin (1980), The Blue Lagoon (1980), the frontier classic The Man from Snowy River (1982) starring Kirk Douglas, the sci-fi thriller Escape 2000 (1982), the super-hero spoof The Return of Captain Invincible with Alan Arkin and Christopher Lee, I Live with Me Dad (1985), Running from the Guns (1987), Crocodile Dundee II (1988), Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991), Lightning Jack (1994), and Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997). His final screen role was Enzo Petroni’s 2001 comedy-drama Dalkeith, about a group of elderly retirement home residents who take on a greyhound as a pet, and become revitalized while watching her in action on the race track.

Story from 1973 to 1975, and was featured in the telefilms Terror on the 40th Floor (1974), Sky Heist (1975), Banjo Hackett: Roamin’ Free (1976) in the title role, Mayday at 40,000 Feet! (1976), Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (1978), The Courage and the Passion (1978), Undercover with the KKK (1979), The Night the City Screamed (1980), Terror Among Us (1981), and Police Story: The Freeway Killings (1987), and Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone (1994) with Hugh O’Brian. He also starred in a series of Lipton Tea commercials in the 1980s, and voiced a cameo role in the 1999 animated series King of the Hill. He was also featured in the 2002 film Three Days of Rain, directed and scripted by his son Michael Meredith.

MEREDITH, DON Football player Don Meredith, who was later a sportscaster with Monday Night

MERKURYEV, PYOTR Russian actor Pyotr Merkuryev died in Moscow on September 27, 2010.

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He was 67. He was born in Kolpashevo, Tomsk Province, Russia, on June 17, 1943, the son of leading stage actor Vasili Merkuryev. Pyotr began performing as a child, and was appearing in such films as The Cranes Are Flying (1957) and Nevskiye Melodee (1958) in his teens. He had a distinguished career on stage, in film and television for the next 50 years. Merkuryev’s film credits also include Ne Zabud (1966), Prince Igor (1970), Shutite? (1971), Dostoyanie Respubliki (1971), Chipollino (1972), Moskva-Kassiopeya (1973), The Only One (1975), They Fought for Their Country (1975), Orlov’s

North Carolina, on July 10, 1942. He began his career on stage in the 1960s, and made his Broadway debut in a revival of Porg y and Bess in 1976. A theatrical baritone, he was also featured in Broadway productions of Ain’t Misbehavin’ and Big River. He starred as John Utterson in the Broadway run of the musical Jekyll & Hyde from 1997 to 2001, and reprised the role in the 2001 television production of Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical starring David Hasselhoff in the title role. Merritt was also featured in a 2000 episode of Third Watch, and was Chaplain Eugene Scott in the 2007 film Spinning into Butter.

MESSERLI, JOSEPH Cartoonist and illustrator Joseph Messerli, who designed the distinctive title logo for Rod Serling’s classic television series The Twilight Zone, died of cancer at his home in Fairfield, Connecticut, on June 23, 2010. He was 79. Messerli was born in Texas on November 18, 1930. He began working as an assistant to cartoonist Charlie Plumb on the comic strip Ella Cinders in the late 1940s. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War in the early 1950s, and was subsequently ghost artist on the comic strip Napoleon and Uncle Elby. He worked with Al Wiseman as an inker on the Dennis the Menace comic books from 1955 to 1957. Messerli was an animator and background artist at UPA Studios later in the Pyotr Merkuryev

Wives (1978), Forget the Word “Death” (1979), During a Beautiful Childhood (1979), Ya — Aktrisa (1980), Jazzman (1983), Mikhailo Lomonosov (1984), Come and See (1985), Zashchitnik Sedov (1988), The Dreamer (1988), A Forgotten Tune for the Flute (1988), Sny (1993), The Road to Paradise (1993), What a Mess! (1995), Revizor (1996), Why Wouldn’t We Send a Messenger? (1998), and The Last Train (2003). He also starred in such television productions as Duenya (1978), Dead Souls (1984), Philipp Traum (1989), Brigada (2002), Esenin (2005), To Hunt an Elk (2005), Likvidatsiya (2007), and Zastava Zhilina (2009).

MERRITT, GEORGE Actor and singer George Merritt died in Hawthorne, New Jersey, on February 15, 2010. He was 67. Merritt was born in Raleigh,

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decade, where he designed The Twilight Zone title graphics. He was also creator of the credits illustrations for the western series Bonanza throughout the 1960s, and was staff artist at Cambria Studios during the production of the animated series Clutch Cargo, Space Angel, and Captain Fathom. He also inked the Flintstones and Yogi Bear comic strips, and the Western Publishing/Gold Key comic book titles The Three Stooges, Cave Kids, Flintstones, Robin Hood, Andy Panda, Woody Woodpecker, Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Pink Panther, Daffy Duck, Baby Snoots, and Yosemite Sam. Messerli worked at Marvel Comics in the 1990s on such Disney comic books titles as Aladdin, Darkwing Duck, Chip ’n Dale Rescue Rangers, and Talespin.

METCALF, BETTY Model and actress Betty Metcalf died in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on July 11, 2010. She was 92. Metcalf was born in Seattle, Wash-

289 ington, on September 25, 1917. She attended the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, and performed concerts on the piano while in her teens. She began modeling in Chicago in the early 1940s, and worked with the Robert Powers Agency for several years. She was featured in such magazines as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Ladies Home Journal, and Sports Illustrated, appearing on a swimsuit cover in 1955. She moved to Paris after marrying Albert Glowe in 1946, and opened a modeling agency there. After their divorce, she moved to

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Rome where she married the Marquis Carlo Alfred Copece Minutolo Di Bugnano. She was featured in several films while there, including The Pagans (1953) and The Anatomy of Love (1954). She returned to the United States later in the decade, where she worked as a fashion consultant. She moved to Palm Beach in the early 1980s, where she was an active in civic affairs and supported causes related to animals.

M ICHEL , WERNER Television producer Werner Michel died in New York City on August 27, 2010. He was 100. Michel was born in Detmold, Germany, on March 5, 1910. He came to the United States with his family shortly before the outbreak of World War II. He soon began working on radio for CBS and Voice of America, becoming director of the broadcast bureau during World War II. He began working in television as the producer for DuMont’s Captain Video in the early 1950s. He was a creator and producer for the CBS courtroom based soap opera The Edge of Night in 1951. He subsequently produced the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite. He left television to work in advertising in the 1960s, and was a supervisor for The Lucy Show. He also served as a consultant for ABC in th 1970s, where was involved in the development of the series Fame and CHiPs. Michel returned to advertising in New York, until his retirement in the late 1990s. M IDDLETON, T HOMAS H. Actor and acrostic puzzle creator Thomas H. Middleton died in Santa Monica, California, on September 19, 2010. He was 84. Middleton was born on February 22, 1926. He created acrostic puzzles for the New York Times from 1967 through 1999, many of which were compiled in

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paperback collections. He also appeared in small roles in episodes of such television series as Black Sheep Squadron, McMillan and Wife, All in the Family, Lou Grant, The Incredible Hulk, Enos, MacGyver, Hotel, Beauty and the Beast, and Murder, She Wrote. He was also seen in the tele-films Fatal Judgement (1988), The Diamond Trap (1988), Turn Back the Clock (1989), and Shadow of Obsession (1994).

MILLER, M ITCH Record producer Mitch Miller, who starred in the popular Sing Along with Mitch television series in the early 1960s, died in a Manhattan, New York, hospital on July 31, 2010. He was 99. Miller was born in Rochester, New York, on July 4, 1911. He performed as an oboist with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra while in high school and graduated with honors from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, in 1932. He moved to New York City where he performed with such artists as Andre Kostelanetz and George Gershwin, and played on radio with the CBS Symphony. He served as a classical music producer at Mercury records, becoming head of artists and repertoire in the late 1940s. He moved to Columbia Records in 1950, where he signed and produced such artists as Patti Page, Frankie Laine, Johnnie Ray, Ray Conniff, Johnny Mathis, Tony Bennett, Guy Mitchell, and Aretha Franklin. He also worked with such established artists as Frank Sinatra, Dinah Shore, Jo Stafford, Doris Day, and Rosemary Clooney. He was noted for his novelty hits including Clooney’s “Come On-a My House,” Laine’s “Mule Train,” and Jimmy Boyd’s “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,” and was a pioneer in such studio effects as overdubbing and the echo chamber. His attempts to provide a novelty hit for Sinatra, teaming him with Dagmar for “Mama Will Bark,” proved a nadir for both men’s careers. Despite his antipathy towards rock ’n’ roll, he tried to sign Elvis Presley for Columbia, but was overbid by RCA, and he turned down a contract with Buddy Holly. Miller was himself a popular recording artist for Columbia in the 1950s, leading a male chorale billed as Mitch Miller and the Gang, on numerous albums and singles. He had hits with recordings of the Israeli folk song “Tzena, Tzena, Tzena,” the #1 hit “The Yellow Rose of Texas,” and the “Colonel Bogey March”

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from the film The Bridge on the River Kwai. He first began the sing-along concept on albums in the late 1950s. He was also featured in a cameo role in the 1958 film Senior Prom. Mitch Miller and the Gang were also heard on the soundtrack for the 1961 film The Guns of Navarone, and sang the theme for 1962’s The Longest Day over the end credits. They also sang the theme for the 1965 western film Major Dundee. Miller became best known as the host of the popular NBC television series Sing Along with Mitch from 1961 to 1964 (and in reruns through 1966). Changing musical trends ended Miller’s television show, and he left Columbia in 1965. He would lead his chorale in song while the words appeared on screen, encouraging the audience to join in. Miller would continue the sing-along tradition later in his career in live performances. He also hosted the PBS television specials Keep America Singing (1994) and Voices in Harmony (1996), and was a frequent guest conductor for regional orchestras and the Boston Pops.

MILLS, DAVID Television writer David Mills, who scripted episodes of such drama series as Homicide and The Wire, died of a brain aneurysm in New Orleans after collapsing on the set of the new series Treme on March 30, 2010. He was 48. Mills was born in Washington, D.C., on November 20, 1961. He attended the University of Maryland, where he met future television producer and writing partner David Simon. Mills worked for the Wall Street Journal in Chicago after graduating, and subsequently wrote for

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The Washington Times and The Washington Post. He began writing for television in 1994 when he assisted Simon on a script for an episode of Homicide: Life in the Street. He briefly worked as a story editor for David Kelley’s series Picket Fences from 1994 to 1995. Mills earned two Emmy Award nominations for scripting episodes of NYPD Blue from 1995 to 1997. He was also a writer and producer for the series ER, The Corner, Kingpin, and Conviction. Mills also wrote for Simon’s HBO series The Wire, and was on the set as writer and supervising producer for the forthcoming New Orleans-based series Treme at the time of his death.

MILLS, SHIRLEY Former child actress Shirley Mills Hanson, who was featured as Ruthie Joad in the

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1940 film classic The Grapes of Wrath, died of complications from pneumonia in an Arcadia, California, hospital on March 31, 2010. She was 83. Mills was born in Tacoma, Washington, on April 8, 1926, and moved to southern California with her family as a child. She made her film debut starring in the infamous 1938 exploitation feature Child Bride, produced by Kroger Babb. She was featured in the musical The Under-Pup in 1939 before John Ford cast her in his adaptation of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath (1940) as Ruthie, the youngest of the Joad daughters. She continued her career as an actress and dancer over the next decade, frequently performing with Universal’s Jivin’ Jacks and Jills dance troupe. She was seen in such films as Virginia City (1940), Young People (1940) with Shirley Temple, Five Little Peppers in Trouble (1940), Diamond Frontier (1940), Miss Annie Rooney (1942), Alfred Hitchcock’s Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Reveille with Beverly (1943), Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943), Mister Big (1943), Top Man (1943), Always a Bridesmaid (1943), True to Life (1943), Chip Off the Old Block (1944), None Shall Escape (1944), Nine Girls (1944), Patrick the Great (1945), Snafu (1945), Blondie’s Lucky Day (1946), Betty Co-Ed (1946), That Brennan Girl (1946), An Old-Fashioned Girl (1949), It’s a Small World (1950), the short What Happened to Jo Jo? (1950), The Family Secret (1951), The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951), and My Six Convicts (1952). Mills also appeared on television in episodes of My Little Margie and Ford Star Jubilee. She subsequently worked as a fashion model and performed in nightclubs. She became involved with the data processing industry in the 1960s, and also worked as a wedding planner. Mills was married to Mel Hanson from 1977 until his death in an automobile accident in 1995.

MINAMI, YOSHIE Japanese character actress Yoshie Minami died of pneumonia in a Yokohama, Japan, hospital on August 6, 2010. She was 94. She was born Fusae Nanba in Hiroshima, Japan, on October 5, 1915. She began her career on the Japanese stage with the Takarazuka Revue in 1933. She became a featured performer with the Bungakuza theatrical company in 1942. Minami also appeared in numerous films during her career including Sekirei no Kyoku (1951), Wedding

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March (1951), Ikiru (1952), Young People (1952), An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953), Gate of Hell (1953), So Young, So Bright (1955), Meshiro Sanpei Monogatari (1957), Anyakoro (1959), Joen (1959), Late Autumn

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(1960), Midaregami (1961), The Human Condition III (1961), Happiness of Us Alone (1961), Ryoju (1961), Onnakeizu (1962), Otoko Girai (1964), The Face of Another (1966), The Affair (1967), Live Your Own Way (1967), Onna Ikitemasu: Sakariba Wataridori (1972), The Rendezvous (1972), Permanent Blue: Manatsu no koi (1976), W’s Tragedy (1984), Nakibokuro (1991), Happy Wedding (1991), The Operating Room (1992), Many Happy Returns (1993), Tenshu Monogatari (1995), and Firefly Dreams (2001).

M ISS ELLIE Miss Ellie, a blind Chinese crested hairless dog who won the 2009 World’s Ugliest Dog Contest, died on June 1, 2010. She was 17. Miss Ellie performed on stage in shows at the Comedy Barn

Zealand, on May 31, 2010. She was 67. Mita was born in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, on June 19, 1942. She began working on documentaries in the late 1970s. She produced and directed the documentary feature Patu! in 1983, and produced, directed, and wrote Mauri (1988) and Hotere (2001). She was executive producer for 2004’s The Land Has Eyes. She also produced Spooked (2004), and appeared onscreen as Fred’s wife. Mita produced 2008’s Keao, and was co-producer of the 2010 film Boy.

MITCHELL, JAMES Actor and dancer James Mitchell, who starred as wealthy villain Palmer Cortlandt on the soap opera All My Children for three decades, died of complications from pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a Los Angeles hospital on January 22, 2010. He was 89. Mitchell was born in Sacramento, California, on February 29, 1920. He began studying modern dance under choreographer Lester Horton in the early 1940s, and was featured in small roles in the films Moonlight in Havana (1942), Valley of Hunted Men (1942), Rhythm of the Islands (1943), White Savage (1943), Coney Island (1943), Bordertown Gun Fighters (1943), Phantom of the Opera (1943), and Stagecoach to Monterey (1944). Mitchell went to New York in 1944, where he joined the Agnes de Mille dance company. He danced the lead and served as assistant choreographer in the Broadway

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in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, where she was noted for her bug-eyed stare and lolling tongue. She was also featured on the cable television program Dogs 101 on the Animal Planet.

MITA, MERATA New Zealand Maori documentary filmmaker Merata Mita collapsed and died outside the Maori Television studios in Auckland, New

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production of Bloomer Girl (1944). He also danced in the Broadway musicals Billion Dollar Baby (1945), Brigadoon (1947) and Paint Your Wagon (1951). He also appeared in supporting roles in the films California Gold Rush (1946), Raoul Walsh’s Colorado Territory (1949), The House Across the Street (1949), Border Incident (1949), Stars in My Crown (1950), The Toast of New Orleans (1950), Vincente Minnelli’s The Band Wagon (1953), Deep in My Heart (1954), The Prodigal (1955), Oklahoma! (1955) dancing as the dream Curly, The Peacemaker (1956), and the General Motors-sponsored 1961 film A Touch of Magic. Mitchell also performed on Broadway in productions of Livin’ the Life (1957), the 1957 revival of Carousel, First Impressions (1959), Carnival! (1961), The Deputy (1964), and Mack & Mabel (1974). He appeared frequently on television from the early 1950s, with roles in such series as Gruen Guild Playhouse, Omnibus, Startime, Studio 57, Producers’ Showcase, Casablanca, Camera Three, The Seven Lively Arts, Shirley Temple’s Storybook, Kraft Television Theater, Rendezvous in a 1958 adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, Decoy, Armstrong Circle Theatre as Commander William Anderson in a 1958 depiction of the voyage of the first nuclear powered submarine in The Nautilus, Blue Light, and Hawk. He also appeared in television productions of The Man in the Moon (1960), Rashomon (1960), The Enchanted (1960), and Bitter Weed (1964). Mitchell was featured as corrupt police captain Lloyd Griffin in the daytime soap opera The Edge of Night in 1964, and was Julian Hathaway in Where the Heart Is from 1969 to 1973. He appeared as Michael in the 1977 ballet film The Turning Point, and was in the tele-films The Silence (1975) and Women at West Point (1979). He also guest-starred in episodes of Charlie’s Angels, Lou Grant, and Home and Away. Mitchell became best known for his role as ruthless businessman Palmer Cortlandt on the soap opera All My Children, in a 30-year run from 1979. He is survived by his long-time partner, Oscar award-winning costume designer Albert Wolsky.

MITCHELL, JUDITH PAIGE Novelist and television writer Judith Paige Mitchell died of cancer in Los Angeles on February 10, 2010. She was 77. She was born in New Orleans on November 24, 1932. She lived in Jackson, Mississippi, in the early 1960s, where she was an active member of the civil rights movement. She moved to Los Angeles after the publication of her 1965 novel A Wilderness of Monkeys. She also wrote the novels Love Is Not a Safe Country (1968), The Mayfly (1971), The Covenant, a Novel (1973), Act of Love, and Wild Seed (1982). She worked frequently in television from the early 1980s as a television writer and producer. She wrote the tele-films Act of Love (1980), Club Med (1986), and American Geisha (1986). She was instrumental in bringing John Grisham’s The Client to television as a short-lived series in 1995, serving as executive producer. Mitchell was also involved as producer and writer on such television productions as Roses Are for the Rich (1987), Desperate for Love (1989), Burning Bridges (1990), Bloodlines: Murder in the Family (1993), Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore

Story (1993), Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg (1994), Beyond Betrayal (1994), Young at Heart (1995), Dalva (1996), Glory, Glory (1998), For the People (2002), Sex & the Single Mom (2003), and More Sex & the Single Mom (2005).

MITCHELL , WILLIE Musician and music producer Willie Mitchell died of cardiac arrest in Memphis, Tennessee, on January 5, 2010. He was 81. Mitchell was born in Ashland, Mississippi, on March 1, 1928. He played in local bands from an early age, performing frequently in Memphis from the mid–1950s. He was signed by Hi Records in 1961, and had several hits

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including “Soul Serenade” and “30-60-90” during the decade. He also became a producer for such artists as Bobby Bland and Al Green. Mitchell became co-owner of Hi Records in 1970, and bought Royal Studio after Hi was sold in the late 1970s. He recorded works by Buddy Guy, Rod Stewart, and John Mayer. He reunited with Al Green in the 2000s to record the albums I Can’t Stop and Everything’s OK.

MIYAWAKI, SHINTARO Japanese manga creator Shintaro Miyawaki died of a heart attack on October 9, 2010. He was 67. Miyawaki was born in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, in 1943. He was best known for creating the satirical adult series The Rapeman in 1985, which he wrote and illustrated. The writer was original credited as a female, Keiko Aisaki, who was another fictional creation of Miyawaki he used to blunt criticism of his highly controversial work. Rapeman was a high school teacher by day, and a dispenser of “justice by penetration” by night in this highly misogynistic manga comic that appeared in thirteen volumes from 1985 to 1992. Hiroyoki Okita starred in the title role in a series of six live-action films devolved from the manga from 1993 to 1996. Okita hung himself in 1999, but Rapeman lived on in an anime version. Miyawaki’s other works include the manga’s Heart Collection, Hatsukoi Album, and Pai no Oto Stories. MIZUTORI, TETSUO Japanese actor Tetsuo Mizutori, who was best known for his voice roles in anime productions, died on July 14, 2010. He was 71. Mizutori was born in Tokyo, Japan, on December 25,

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tations of Yudetamago’s Kinnikuman wrestling comedy manga. He also played roles in such anime as Mobile Suit Gundam, Dragon Ball Z, The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, and Slayers Evolution-R.

MOHAN, MAC Indian character actor Mac Mohan, who appeared in nearly 200 Hindi language films during his career, died of lung cancer in an Andheri, Mumbai, India, hospital on May 10, 2010. He was 72. He was born Mohan Makijany in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, in 1938. He trained as an actor in Mumbai, and began his career on stage. He made his film debut in Haqeeqat in 1964, and continued to appear in such features as Cha Cha Cha (1964), Shagird (1967), Suhana Safar (1970), Man Mandir (1971), Heera Panna (1973), Anhonee (1973), Zanjeer (1973), Kasauti (1974), Ramesh Sippy’s Sholay (1975) as Sambha, the comic sidekick of Gabbar Singh, Hera Pheri (1976), Chhailla Babu (1977), Ganga Ki Saugand (1978), Beloved Enemy (1979), Coal Mine (1979), Hum Tere Ashiq Hain (1979), Takkar (1980), Patita (1980), Bombay 405 Miles (1980), The Burning Train (1980), Karz (1980), Buddies (1980), Nakhuda (1981), Daulat (1982), Aamne Samne (1982), The Question (1982), Mahaan (1983), Awaaz (1984), Baazi (1984), Andar Baahar

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(1984), Jagir (1984), The Mansion (1985), Jawab (1985), Zabardast (1985), The Living Corpse (1986), Palay Khan (1986), Begaana (1986), Khudgarz (1987), Loha (1987), Insaf Ki Pukar (1987), Sagar Sangam (1988), Akhri Muqabla (1988), Commando (1988), Mohabagt Ka Paigham (1989), Main Tera Dushman (1989), Guru (1989), Farz Ki Jung (1989), Ilaaka (1989), Daata (1989), Awwal Number (1990), Zimmedaaar (1990), Trinetra (1991). Khel (1991), Jeene Ki Sazaa (1991), Ajooba (1991), Adharm (1992), Mr. Bond (1992), Zakhmi Rooh (1993), Aankhen (1993), Police Wala (1993), Sainik (1993), Aadmi (1993), Dulaara (1994), Sarhad: The Border of Crime (1995), Rock Dancer (1995), Maahir (1996), Mr. & Mrs. Khiladi (1997), Kabhi Na Kabhi (1998), ZulmO-Sitam (1998), Lal Baadshah (1999), Glamour Girl (2000), Aakhri Inteqam (2002), Stumped (2003), Patli Kamar Lambe Baal (2004), Pehchaan: The Face of Truth (2005), Vidhyaarthi: The Power of Students (2006), and Journey Bombay to Goa: Laughter Unlimited (2007).

MONDAINI, SANDRA Italian actress and television hostess Sandra Mondaini died in Milan, Italy, on September 21, 2010. She was 79. Mondaini was born in Milan on September 1, 1931. She began her career in films in the early 1950s, with roles in Attanasio Cavallo Vanesio (1953), Ridere! Ridere! Ridere! (1954), Io Piaccio (1955), Il Campanile d’Oro (1955), Susanna tutta Panna (1957), Le Dritte (1958), Caccia al Marito (1960), Noi Siamo due Evasi (1960), Le Olimpiadi dei Mariti (1960), Un Mandarino per Teo (1960), Le Magnifiche Sette (1961), Hercules in the Valley of Woe (1961), Beauty

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on the Beach (1961), Girl Under the Sheet (1961), Scandali al Mare (1961), Le Motorizzate (1963), The Shortest Day (1963), The Maniacs (1964), Corpse for a Lady (1964), Mi Vedrai Tornare (1966), Veneri in Collegio (1966), and Spiaggia Libera (1966). She married actor Raimondo Vianello in 1962, and the couple became leading television personalities, hosting such variety series as Tante Scuse, Di Nuovo Tante Scuse, Attenti a Noi Due, Sandra e Raimondo Show, and Stasera Niente di Nuovo. She starred in the popular comedy series Casa Vianello from 1988 through 2000. Mac Mohan

MONICELLI , M ARIO Italian film director Mario Monicelli, who was noted for his many come-

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dies during his 70 year career, died after leaping from a window in a Rome hospital where he was undergoing treatment for prostate cancer on November 29, 2010. He was 95. Monicelli was born in Viareggio, Tuscany, Italy, on May 15, 1915. He was interested in films from the early 1930s, and created his first short in 1934. He directed the 1935 silent film The Boys of Via Paul, and the 1937 feature Summer Rain. He worked as an assistant director and occasional scripter on the films Lo Squadrone Bianco (1936), Ballerine (1936), The Castiglioni Brothers (1937), Nobody’s Land (1939), La Granduchessa si Diverte (1940), Marco Visconti (1941), Finalmente Soli (1942), Pazzo d’Amore (1942), Cortocircuito (1943), The Testimony (1946), Lost Youth (1947), Furia (1947), and Fatalita (1947). Monicelli also wrote the films The Children Are Watching Us (1944), Fear No Evil (1945), Down with Misery (1945), Angel and the Devil (1946), Return of the Black Eagle (1946), Peddlin’ in Society (1946), Lo Sciopero dei Milioni (1947), La Figlia del Capitano (1947), Il Corriere del Re (1947), I Miserabili (1948), L’Eroe della Strada (1948), The Mysterious Rider (1948), Fifa e Arena (1948), and Accidenti alla Guerra!… (1948). He teamed with Stefano “Steno” Vanzina to direct the 1949 comedy Toto Cerca Casa. The duo worked together on several more films including Guardie e Ladri (1951) and Toto a Colori (1952). Monicelli continued to direct and write such films as The Unfaithfuls (1953), Forbidden (1954), A Hero of Our Times (1955), Toto and Carolina (1955), Donatella (1956), Doctor and the Healer (1957), A Tailor’s Maid (1957), Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958), Lettere dei Condannati a Morte (1959), The Great War (1959) which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Boccaccio ’70 (1962), Risate di Gioia (1962), The Organizer (1963) earning an Academy Award nomination for the screenplay in 1966, High Infidelity (1964), Casanova 70 (1965) sharing another Oscar screenplay nomination, The Queens (1966), For Love and Gold (1966), Capriccio all’Italiana (1968), The Girl with a Pistol (1968) starring Monica Vitti in another Oscar-nominated foreign language film, Oh, Grandmother’s Dead (1969), Man and Wife (1970), Brancaleone at the Crusades (1970), Lady Liberty (1971), Vogliamo i Colonnelli (1973), Come Home and Meet My Wife (1974), My Friends (1975) starring Ugo Tognazzi

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and Philippe Noiret, Caro Michele (1976), Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976), An Average Little Man (1977), Viva Italia! (1977), Viaggio con Anita (1979), Temporale Rosy (1980), Camera d’Albergo (1981), Il Marchese del Grillo (1981), All My Friends Part 2 (1982), Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cascacenno (1984), The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal (1985), Speriamo che sia Femmina (1986), I Picari (1988), The Ingenuous Moglie and the Sick Husband (1989), 12 Registi per 12 Citta (1989), Dark Illness (1990), Rossini! Rossini! (1991), Parenti Serpenti (1992), Cari Fottutissimi Amici (1994), The Royal Affair (1995), Looking for Paradise (1995), Esercizi di Stile (1996), Topi di Appartamento (1997), I Corti Italiani (1997), Dirty Linen (1999), Another World Is Possible (2001), Letters from Palestine (2002), Firenze, il Nostro Domani (2003), The Roses of the Desert (2006), and Vicino al Colosseo c’e Monti (2008). Monicelli also made occasional appearances on screen, with roles in Street of the Crane’s Foot (1979), Under the Tuscan Sun (2003), and SoloMetro (2007).

MONJACK, SIMON British film director and writer Simon Monjack, who was the widower of actress Brittany Murphy, was found dead at his home in Los Angeles on May 23, 2010. He was 39. Monjack was born in Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, on August 5, 1970. He produced, directed, and scripted the low-

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budget 2001 film Two Days, Nine Lives, and was given a story and executive producer credit for the 2006 film Factory Girl, about Andy Warhol starlet Edie Sedgwick. Monjack married actress Brittany Murphy in April of 2007. Murphy died suddenly after suffering from respiratory problems in December of 2009.

MONROE, JET Gary Brumbaugh, the real-life brother of Roscoe “Sputnik Monroe” Brumbaugh, who briefly teamed with his brother as Jet Monroe in the early 1960s, died in Guadalajara, Mexico, on May 12, 2010. He was 70. Brumbaugh was born in Dodge City, Kansas, on September 16, 1939. He joined Sputnik and in-ring “brother” Rocket (Bill Fletcher) as their manager during their New York run in the early 1960s. Sputnik and Jet subsequently formed a tag team in Atlanta and Arizona, and Jet briefly competed in singles matches in Mobile, Alabama. He later traveled the

295 rodeo and state fair circuit as a western hat salesman before retiring to Mexico in 2002.

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MOODY, ELIZABETH New Zealand actress Elizabeth Moody, who starred as Mum in Peter Jackson’s 1992 horror-comedy Dead Alive, died in Christchurch, New Zealand, on January 12, 2010. She was 70. She was daughter of Yvette Bromley, a founder of the Court Theatre, and began performing on stage as a full-time actress in 1976. She starred as Vera Cosgrave, Lionel’s domineering mum, who became a flesheating fiend after being bitten by a rabid Sumatran RatMonkey in 1992’s Dead Alive (aka Braindead ). She was

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MONTEZ, RICARDO Gilbraltarian actor Ricardo Montez, who appeared frequently in British films and television from the 1960s, died on October 26, 2010. He was 86. He was born Levy Attias in Gibraltar in 1924, and began his career on stage while in his teens. He moved to London in the early 1960s, where he seen in the films Pirates of Blood River (1962), The Girl Hunters (1963) with Mickey Spillane as Mike Hammer, 633 Squadron (1964), Maroc 7 (1967), Carry on in the Legion (1967), Don’t Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968), and 11 Harrowhouse (1974). He was featured frequently on television in episodes of Man of the World, Crane, The Plane Makers, ITV Play of the Week, No Hiding Place, Detective, The Rat Catchers, The

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featured in several films including The Scarecrow (1982), Undercover Gang (1986), Turn of the Blade (1992), and Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures (1994). Moody also hosted a talk radio show in the late 1980s, and appeared on television in Beauty and the Beast, Antiques for Love or Money, and The Fire-Raiser. She was featured as Lobella Sackville-Baggins in the extended edition of the 2001 fantasy classic The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

MOODY, G ARY Actor Gary Moody was found dead at his home in Granbury, Texas, on August 29, 2010. He was 63. Moody was born in Waco, Texas, on December 18, 1946. He performed on the

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Avengers, Man in a Suitcase, The Saint, The Champions, From a Bird’s Eye View, UFO, The Persuaders!, Jason King, Barlow at Large, Doctor at Sea, The Likes of Sykes, The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs, Don’t Drink the Water, The Onedin Line, Doctor on the Go, Duty Free, Never the Twain, Casualty, and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. He also wrote for the popular action series The Freewheelers in the early 1970s. He was featured as Spanish bartender Juan Cervantes in the ITV comedy series Mind Your Language from 1977 to 1986, and was Miguel on

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local stage for many years, appearing in productions with the Granbury Opera House, the Lyric Stage, and the Dallas Theater Center. He also served as area liaison for the Actors’ Equity Association in Dallas. Moody was featured in small roles in several films including Cloak & Dagger (1984), Mississippi Burning (1988), Hexed (1993), A Perfect World (1993), and The Newton Boys (1998). He was also seen in the tele-films Adam (1983), The Sky’s No Limit (1984), The Jesse Owens Story (1984), With Intent to Kill (1984), Right to Kill? (1985), Lone Star Kid (1986), The George McKenna Story (1986), Fire and Rain (1989), Bonnie & Clyde: The True Story (1992) as Sheriff Coffey, Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack (1998), and Sex and Lies in Sin City (2008). His other television credits include episodes of Dallas, Wishbone, and Walker, Texas Ranger.

MORE , J ULIAN Lyricist and writer Julian More died of cancer in Marseilles, France, on January 15, 2010. He was 81. More was born in Llanelli, Wales, on June 15, 1928.He made his professional debut on stage in pantomime in the mid–1950s, and co-wrote the book and lyrics for the 1958 musical Expresso Bongo, which was filmed in 1959. He also adapted the book for Peter Brooks’ 1958 production of Irma La Douce, which earned him a Tony Award nomination in 1961. He

M OODY, JAMES Jazz saxophonist James Moody died of complications from pancreatic cancer in San Diego, California, on December 9, 2010. He was 85. Moody was born in Savannah, Georgia, on March 16, 1925, and was raised in New Jersey. He learned to play the saxophone and flute during his youth, and played with an all-black Army Air Forces band during World War II. He joined Dizzy Gillespie’s band after his discharge in 1946. Problems with alcohol led him to leave the band in 1948, and he spent several years in Paris while he recuperated. He composed his signature piece “Moody’s Mood for Love” while overseas, and it became a jazz standard when Eddie Jefferson added lyrics several years later. Moody returned to the U.S. in 1951, and formed his own band. He had another battle with alcoholism after the band’s equipment was destroyed in a fire at a Philadelphia nightclub in 1958. He subsequently composed the song “Last Train from Overbrook” while in recovery. He reunited with Gillespie in 1963, and toured and recorded with the band over the next six years. Moody led his own band for several years before going to Las Vegas to work in hotel orchestras. He returned to jazz in the early 1980s, leading small jazz bands and occasionally playing with Gillespie. He was featured onscreen in Clint Eastwood’s 1997 film Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, and appeared on television in an episode of the sit-com Soul Food in 2001.

MORTIER , HANS Jacob Grobbe, who was best known in wrestling rings as the Germanic villain Hans Mortier, died after a long illness in Leiden, the Netherlands, on December 15, 2010. He was 86. Grobbe was born in Leiden on January 28, 1924. He came to the United States after World War II, were he began bodybuilding and wrestling. He made his ring debut in 1946 in Tacoma, Washington. He spent sev-

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adapted the English version of the 1967 film The Young Girls of Rochefort, and wrote additional material for the 1969 creature feature The Valley of Gwangi. He also wrote the films Bloodsuckers (1972), The Catamount Killing (1974), and Chanel Solitaire (1981). He earned another Tony nomination in 1981 for co-writing the book for the musical The Moony Shapiro Songbook. More settled in France in 1976 and worked as a travel writer.

297 eral years working overseas before returning to the United States later in the decade. He was frequently billed as Dutch Howlett early in his career, but became best known as the Teutonic heel Hans Mortier. Wearing a gold World War I German aviator’s helmet, he was frequently managed by Wild Red Berry. He battled Bruno Sammartino for the WWWF (now WWE) World Championship in the early 1960s. He was noted in the ring for his imposing physique and full nelson hold, which he dubbed the guillotine. He also battled such wrestling legends as Edouard Carpentier, Bobo Brazil, and Eddie Graham during his career. He wrestled as the masked Dr. X in Montreal, and took the name Tarzan Zorra after being unmasked in 1971. He was known as Lord Charles Montague when he teamed with Prof. Boris Malenko in Texas in the early 1970s before retiring from the ring.

M ORTON, D ANNY Danny Morton, who starred in the title role in the 1951 Republic Western The Dakota Kid died in California on July 19, 2010. He was 95. Morton was born in Brooklyn, New York, on February 5, 1915. He began performing as a singer in his youth and made his film debut in the mid–1940s. He appeared in a handful of films and serials over the

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Paul Morton (right, handing the title to Jerry Lawler)

and the Mid South, where he was sometimes known as the Bald Eagle. Paul trained his son, Ricky, in the business and the younger Morton made his ring debut in 1978. Ricky went on to be half of the Rock ’n’ Roll Express with Robert Gibson, and Paul was frequently involved with their ring storylines when they competed in the Memphis area.

MOTYL, V LADIMIR Russian film director Vladimir Motyl died of complications from pneumonia and a seizure in a Moscow hospital on February 21, 2010. He was 82. Motyl was born in Leipel, Belarus (then part of the Soviet Union), on June 26, 1927. He

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next decade including The Royal Mounted Rides Again (1945), Crime, Inc. (1945), The Crimson Canary (1945), An Angel Comes to Brooklyn (1945), The Scarlet Horseman (1946), Smooth as Silk (1946), The Mysterious Mr. M (1946), Gunman’s Code (1946), Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947), Money Madness (1948), Eyes of Texas (1948), Post Office Investigator (1949), and Destination Big House (1950). He co-starred with Rough Ridin’ Kids Michael Chapin and Eilene Janssen in the 1951 Republic western The Dakota Kid as an outlaw who the kids help reform. He was also featured in the 1953 film Off Limits and an episode of The Abbott and Costello Show before retiring from the screen.

MORTON, PAUL Wrestling referee Paul Morton, who was the father of Rock ’n’ Roll Express wrestler Ricky Morton, died on December 17, 2010. He was 89. Morton served in the Merchant Marine during World War II. He was a leading referee for the Gulus and Jarrett wrestling promotions in Memphis

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studied the theater from an early age, and became chief director of Sverdlovsk Young Spectator’s Theatre in the 1950s. He began directing films in the early 1960s, with the acclaimed Children of Pamirs (1963). He also helmed the films Zhenya, Zhenechka i Katyusha (1967), White Sun of the Desert (1970), The Captivating Star of Happiness (1975), Incredible Bet, or True Event That Ended Happily Hundred Years Ago (1984), Veliky Vanya (1987), Les (1987), Rasstanemsya, Poka Khoroshiye (1991), and Gone with the Horses (1996).

MSRYAN, VLADIMIR Armenian actor Vladimir Msryan died in Yerevan, Armenia, on August 24, 2010. He was 72. Msryan was born in Vladikavkaz, Russia, on March 12, 1938. He trained as an actor in

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Yerevan, and performed frequently on stage with the Yerevan Drama Theater from the early 1960s. He was best known for his starring role in the 1982 television

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mini-series Niccolo Paganini. He also appeared in the films The Fortress (1978), Apple Garden (1985), Whirlwind (1988), Wind of Oblivion (1990), Ancient Gods (1993), Pierlequin (2001), Khent Hreshtak (2001), Herostratus (2001), and Symphony of Silence (2001).

MUIR, DOMONIC Domonic Muir, who coscripted the 1986 sci-fi/horror film Critters, died of cancer in a Norwalk, California, hospital on September 19, 2010. He was 48. Muir was born on January 20, 1962. He began working in films with New World in the early 1980s, and was a production assistant and aided with special effects for Android (1982), Sorceress (1982), Time Walker (1982), and Space Raiders (1983). He was best known for co-writing the cult classic Critters (1986). Muir also worked as an assistant editor on the films City Limits (1984), Twice Dead (1988), and Book of Love (1990). He appeared on screen in small roles in the horror films Hard to Die (aka Sorority House Massacre 3) (1990), Mom (1991), and Scream of the Sasquatch (2006). Muir also co-scripted the English-language dubs for the Hong Kong films The Prisoner (1990), Legend of the Red Dragon (1994), Meltdown (1995), and Contract Killer (1998). M ULHOLLAND , GORDON British actor Gordon Mulholland, who spent much of his career in films and television in South Africa, died of complications from a stroke after a long illness in East London, South Africa, on June 30, 2010. He was 89. Mulholland was born in England on April 30, 1921. He began his career entertaining the troops as a stand-up comic in England during World War II. He made his film debut in the early 1950s, appearing in The Lady Craved Excitement (1950), Disney’s Treasure Island (1950) as Durgin, Cheer the Brave (1951), and Coast of Skeletons (1964). He settled in South Africa in the mid–1960s, where he continued his career in such films as The Cape Town Affair (1967), The Professor and the Beauty Queen (1968), Accidents (1988), The Sandgrass People (1989), The Endangered (1989), Rising Storm (1989), River of Death (1989), Brutal Glory (1989), The Evil Below

(1989), Headhunter (1989), Act of Piracy (1990), Cold Harvest (1999), and Traitor’s Heart (1999). He also performed frequently on the South African stage, radio, and television. He was noted for his roles in the television series The Villagers as mining boss Hilton McRae, and Westgate as Warren Bartlett.

MULLIKIN, BILL Actor Bill Mullikin died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease in Santa Cruz, California, on April 3, 2010. He was 83. Mullikin was born in Lutherville, Maryland, on April 19, 1926. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and began his career on stage in a touring production of South Pacific. He made his Broadway debut in the mu-

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sical revue New Faces of 1952, and was featured in the subsequent film version of New Faces in 1954. He was also featured in the films Wake Me When It’s Over (1960) and Hell Is for Heroes (1962). He appeared on television in episodes of The Twilight Zone, The Andy Griffith Show, Hennesey, National Velvet, Stoney Burke, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Brady Bunch, The Mod Squad, Lassie, Little House on the Prairie, and Father Murphy. Mullikin replaced Charles Nelson Reilly as Cornelius Hackle in the Broadway production of the hit musical Hello, Dolly! in the late 1960s, and performed with the touring company with such stars as Ginger Rogers, Phyllis Diller, and Dorothy Lamour.

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MURALI Indian actor Murali died of complications from diabetes and a heart attack in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, on August 6, 2010. He was 56. Murali was born in Kollam, Kerala, India, on May 25, 1954. He appeared in over 100 Malayalam and Tamil films from the early 1980s including Mandi (1983), Midsummer Sun (1985), Panchagni (1986), Ezhutghapurangal (1987), Moonnam Mura (1988), Varavelppu (1989), Dasharatham (1989), Ardham (1989), Maala

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Yogam (1990), Appu (1990), Kuttettan (1990), Keli (1991), Aakasha Kottayile Sultan (1991), Inspector Balram (1991), My Dear Muthachan (1992), Mahanagaram (1992), Janam (1993), Enchantment (1994), Adharmam (1994), The King (1995), Guru (1997), Kaiku dunna Nilavu (1998), The Godman (1999), Pathram (1999), Dada Sahib (2000), Sivam (2002), Neythukaran (2002), Shadow Kill (2002), Maratha Nadu (2004), Kochi Rajavu (2005), Maja (2005), Vadakkum Nathan (2006), Pulijanman (2006), Vasthavam (2006), Vinodayathra (2007), Swarnam (2008), Sound of Boot (2008), Manjadikuru (2008), Malayali (2009), and Aadhavan (2009).

M URGIA, TIBERIO Italian actor Tiberio Murgia died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease at a nursing home in Tolfa, Italy, on August 20, 2010. He was 81. Murgia was born in Oristano, Sardinia, Italy, on February 5, 1929. He was an active member of the Young Communist League in Italy after World War II, selling the party newspaper Unity. After several years working in a Belgian coal mine, he returned to Italy to work as a dishwasher in a Rome restaurant. Director Mario Monicelli discovered him there, and he made his film debut as a Sicilian in the 1958 comedy Big Deal on Madonna Street. Despite being Sardinian by birth, he became typecast in Sicilian roles during his career. His numerous film credits include Juke Box Urli d’Amore (1959), Terror of Oklahoma (1959), The Great War (1959), Riff Raff Girls (1959), Men and Noblemen (1959), La Cento Chilometri (1959), Costa Azzurra (1959), Le Cameriere (1959), Tu che ne Dici? (1960), Tiberius (1960), I Genitori in Blue-Jeans (1960), A Qualcuna Piace Calvo (1960), I Teddy Boys della Canzone (1960), Colossus and the Amazons (1960), Fountain of

Trevi (1960), The Two Rivals (1960), Le Svedesi (1960), Farragosto in Bikini (1960), Mariti a Congresso (1961), Mina… Fuori la Guardia (1961), L’Onorata Societa (1961), Rocco e le Sorelle (1961), Cacciatori di Dote (1961), Che Femmina… E Che Dollari! (1961), Girl Under the Sheet (1961), Le Ambiziose (1961), Beauty on the Beach (1961), Pesci d’Oro e Bikini d’Argento (1961), Beach Casanova (1962), Damon and Pythias (1962), Il mio Amico Benito (1962), Canzoni a Tempo di Twist (1962), Nerone ’71 (1962), Follie d’Estate (1963), The Shortest Day (1963), The Evil Eye (1963), Canzoni in … Bikini (1963), Tre Notti d’Amore (1964), Il Treno del Sabato (1964), The Gendarme in New York (1965), Cadavere a Spasso (1965), The Saint Lies in Wait (1966), After the Fox (1966), L’Homme de Marrakech (1966), Rick and John, Conquerors of the West (1967), The Girl with a Pistol (1968), Colpo di Sole (1968), Mercanti di Vergini (1969), Una Ragazza di Praga (1969), The One Man Band (1970), I Due Maghi del Pallone (1970), Judge Roy Bean (1971), I Due Assi del Guantone (1971), Touch and Go (1971), Violentata sulla Sabbia (1971), Anche se Volessi Lavorare, che Faccio? (1972), I Giochi Proibiti dell’Aretino Pietro (1973), Il Figlioccio del Padrino (1973), I sette Magnifici Cornuti (1974), Il Gatto Mammone (1975), La Commessa (1975), Taxi Love, Servizio per Signora (1976), La Sposina (1976), Per Amore di Poppea (1977), The Vigo, the Taurus and the Capricorn (1977), Quando C’Era lui… Caro Lei! (1977), La Soldatessa alla Grandi Manovre (1978), La Liceale, il Diavolo e l’Acquasanta (1979), Umbrella Coup (1980), Madly in Love (1981), Attila Flagello di Dio (1982), Grand Hotel Excelsior (1982), Biancaneve & Co. (1982), Vigili e Vigilesse (1982), Pierino la Peste alla Riscossa (1982), Stesso mare Stessa Spiaggia (1983), Il Turno (1984), Big Deal After 20 Years (1985), Il Ragazzo del Pony Express (1986), Operazione Pappagallo (1988), La Tempesta (1988), Breath of Life (1990), Honey Sweet Love (1994), Out of Hand (1997), I Volontari (1998), Outsider (2000), Una Milanese a Roma (2001), Ribelli per Caso (2001), Leone e Giampiero (2006), E Guardo il Mondo da un Oblo (2007), Chi Nasce Tondo (2008), and Holy Money (2009).

MURPHY, MAURICE British musician Maurice Murphy, who played principal trumpet with the

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London Symphony Orchestra and was heard on numerous film soundtracks, died in London on October 28, 2010. He was 75. Murphy was born in Hammersmith, London, on August 7, 1935. He began his career playing with brass bands in Yorkshire, and was lead cornet with the Black Dyke Mills Band from 1956 to 1961. He performed with several orchestras in the 1960s including the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and

1950s, where she appeared on stage and became part of the BBC repertory company. She starred in numerous radio productions including The Archers, and made occasional forays into television, with roles in The Teckman Biography (1954), Dixon of Dock Green (1961), A Climate of Fear (1962), Brett (1971), and Armchair Theatre: The Folk Singer (1972). She was also featured in a small role in the 1973 horror film Psychomania.

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MUSSON, BERNARD French character actor Bernard Musson, who appeared in small roles in over 200 films during his long career, died in Paris on October 29, 2010. He was 85. Musson was born in Cormeilles-en-parisis, France, on February 22, 1925. He performed frequently on stage, and began his film career in the early 1950s. His numerous film credits include The Real Guilty (1951), The Long Teeth (1952), Forbidden Games (1952), Beauties of the Night (1952), It Happened in Paris (1952), Le Temoin de Minuit (1953), Caroline Cherie (1953), The Slave (1953), The Three Musketeers (1953), Virgile (1953), Le Guerisseur (1953), Felix and the Woman (1953), Mam’zelle Nitouche (1954), On Trial (1954), The Count of Monte Cristo (1954), Men Think Only of That (1954), Nights of Shame (1954), Service Entrance (1954), Peek-a-Boo (1954),

the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra. He joined the London Symphony as principal trumpet in 1977. He was featured on the soundtrack of George Lucas’ Star Wars (1977), and the five sequels and prequels. He was also heard on the scores for Superman: The Movie (1978), Alien (1979), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988), Mr. Holland’s Opus (1995), Summer of Sam (1999), Gladiator (2000), Reign of Fire (2002), The Astronaut Farmer (2006), The Golden Compass (2007), The Dark Knight (2008), and Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009). He retired from the London Symphony in 2007.

MURRAY, ANN British actress Ann Murray died in London on October 19, 2010. She was 81. Murray was born in London on April 14, 1929. Her father, Bill Gladstone Murray, was a founder of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in the 1930s, and Ann was raised in Canada. She returned to London in the early

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Human Cargo (1954), Papa, Mama, the Maid and I (1954), Huis Clos (1954), The Infiltrator (1955), Caroline and the Rebels (1955), The Fugitives (1955), The Lowest Crime (1955), The Impossible Mr. Pipelet (1955), Pleasure and Vices (1955), Papa, Mama, My Woman and Me (1955), Lola Montes (1955), Marguerite of the Night (1955), The Gangsters (1956), Memories of a Cop (1956), Bonjour Sourire! (1956), Shadow of the Guillotine (1956), Life Is Beautiful (1956), Photo Finish (1956), Paris, Palace Hotel (1956), The Seventh Commandment (1957), The Man in the Raincoat (1957), Crazy in the Noodle (1957), On Foot, on Horse, and on Wheels (1957), It Happened on the 36 Candles (1957), Seventh Heaven (1958), Les Miserables (1958), Hardboiled Egg Time (1958), Be Beautiful But Shut Up (1958), Gigi (1958), A Dog, a Mouse, and a Sputnik (1958), Love Is My Profession (1958), Taxi, Roulotte et Corrida (1958), Maxime (1958), Vines of the Lord (1958), Clara et les Merchants (1958), Houla-Houla (1959), The Little Professor (1959),

301 Archimede, le Clochard (1959), The Gendarme of Champignol (1959), The Bureaucrats (1959), Rue de Paris (1959), The Cow and I (1959), The Baron of the Locks (1960), Meurtre en 45 Tours (1960), It Happened All Night (1960), Tomorrow Is My Turn (1960), Captain Blood (1960), The President (1961), Blood on His Sword (1961), The Lions Are Loose (1961), Devil of Paris (1962), How to Succeed in Love (1962), Five Miles to Midnight (1962), Any Number Can Win (1963), Don’t Tempt the Devil (1963), People in Luck (1963), The Bread Peddler (1963), Charade (1963), Diary of a Chambermaid (1964), Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent (1964), A Mouse with the Men (1964), This Special Friendship (1964), Male Companion (1964), Fantomas (1964), Weekend at Dunkirk (1964), Me and the Forty Year Old Man (1965), Up from the Beach (1965), How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (1965), The Boss of Champignol (1966), Brigade Anti Gangs (1966), The Gardener of Argenteuil (1966), Qui Etes-Vous, Polly Maggoo? (1966), Belle de Jour (1967), Action Man (1967), The Return of Monte Cristo (1968), the animated Tintin and the Temple of the Sun (1969) as the voice of Nestor, The Milky Way (1969), A Golden Widow (1969), The Sicilian Clan (1969), Cry of the Cormoran (1970), Le Cinema de Papa (1970), Last Known Address (1970), Give Her the Moon (1970), The Nude Vampire (1970), Only the Cool (1970), Donkey Skin (1970), Macedoine (1971), Papa the Little Boats (1971), Max and the Junkman (1971), One Is Always Good to Women (1971), The Lion’s Share (1971), She No Longer Talks She Shoots (1972), Luis Bunuel’s The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), Deadly Sting (1973), The Day of the Jackal (1973), Two Men in Town (1973), Le Magnifique (1973), Don’t Know Anything But I’ll Tell All (1973), The Down-in-the-Hole Gang (1974), The Four Charlots Musketeers (1974), OK Patron (1974), Like a Pit of Strawberries (1974), The Phantom of Liberty (1974), Impossible Is Not French (1974), Operation Lady Marlene (1975), Incorrigible (1975), Catherine & Co. (1975), Hard Love (1975), Perversions (1976), Silence… we’re Shooting (1976), Les Nuits Chaudes de Justine (1976), Love Play (1976), Maxim’s Porter (1976), Le Maestro (1977), That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), One Two (1978), The Pawn (1978), Grandison (1979), La Donneuse (1979), Le Gagnant (1979), Retour en Force (1980), Emanuele 3 (1980), Cherchez l’Erreur (1980), Petrole! Petrole! (1981), Belles, Blondes et Bronzees (1981), Les Diplomes du Dernier Rang (1982), Y a-t-il un Pirate sur l’Antenne? (1983), Rebelote (1983), Le Fou du Roi (1984), Vive le Fric (1985), Pirates (1986), L’Invite Surprise (1989), Mother (1992), The Children’s Rebellion (1992), Lucie Aubrac (1997), Kings for a Day (1997), Jean Rollin’s Fiancee of Dracula (2002), Les Jours ou je n’Existe Pas (2002), and Pellis (2004). Musson also appeared frequently on French television from the 1950s with roles in such productions as Les Trois Mousquetaires (1959), Les Maris de Leontine (1959), Les Celibataires (1962), Mademoiselle de la Ferte (1965), Les Grandes Esperances (1968), Alice au Pays des Merveilles (1970), Figaro-ci, Figaro-la (1972), Joseph Baslsamo (1973), Les Malheurs de la Comtesse (1973), La Derniere Carte (1974), Paul Gauguin (1975), Le Secret des Dieux (1975), Le Mystere Frontenac (1975), Marie-Antoinette

2010 • Obituaries (1975), La Filiere (1978), Emile Zola ou La Conscience Humaine (1978), Comme Chien et Chat (1980), L’Age Bete (1980), Le Moustique (1980), Nana (1981), Ubu Cocu ou l’Archeopteryx (1981), Jupiter 81 (1982), Orpheus (1983), L’Affaire Marie Besnard (1986), Les Memes Sanglantes (1987), Hemingway (1988), Duo (1990), Quiproquos! (1991), Mother (1993), Les Caprices de Marianne (1994), The Comet (1996), and La Grande Brasserie (2002). His other television credits include episodes of Rouletabille, Vidocq, D’Artagnan, The Tiger Brigades, Merci Sylvestre, Medecins de Nuit, L’Ami Maupassant, Les Enquetes du Commissaire Maigret, Le Gorille, and Louis la Brocante.

MYERSCOUGH-JONES, DAVID Stage and television set designer David Myerscough-Jones died of cancer in St. Omer, France, on April 21, 2010. He was 75. Myerscough-Jones was born in Southport, Lancashire, England, on September 15, 1934. He studied stage design at the Central School of Art in London, and worked as a stage designer for several years before joining the BBC in the mid–1960s. He was noted for his work in the Doctor Who series, creating a replica of

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the London Underground for the 1968 serial “The Web of Fear” starring Patrick Troughton. He also designed sets for Jon Pertwee’s Doctor in “The Ambassadors of Death” and “Day of the Daleks” in the early 1970s. His other work for BBC included Benjamin Britten’s opera Peter Grimes (1969), Don Shaw’s Orde Wingate trilogy in 1976, Wagner’s opera The Flying Dutchman (1976), Emile Zola’s Theresa Raquin (1980), the Shakespearean productions All’s Well That Ends Well and A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Jonathan Miller in 1981, and productions of Sophocles’ Theban Plays in the 1980s. He left the BBC in 1990, and designed sets for theatrical productions of La Boheme, La Traviata, and The Turn of the Screw.

NAESSENS, JET Belgian Flemish actress Jet Naessens died in Antwerp, Belgium, on June 25, 2010. She was 94. Naessens was born in Brecknock, England, on September 4, 1915. She trained as an actress at the Royal Conservatory in Antwerp and joined the Royal Theatre there in the late 1930s. She remained a leading stage actress in Belgium over the next 40 years.

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Naessens was also seen in a handful of films during her career including Uilenspiegel Still Lives (1935), De Wonderdokter (1936), Anton, the Village Casanova (1942), Wenn die Sonne Wieder Scheint (1943), Soldiers Without Uniform (1945), and Barak 1 (1945). She performed primarily on stage for the next two decades, before appearing on television in productions of Tartuffe (1965),

Honjitsu Kyushin (1952), Tokyo Story (1953), An Inlet of Muddy Water (1953), The Thunder of the Mountain (1954), Kuchizuke (1955), The Path Under the Plane Trees (1959), Yasujiro Ozu’s Good Morning (1959), Aruhi Watashi Wa (1959), Anyakoro (1959), Bokuto Kidan (1960), Radishes and Carrots (1964), and Onna no Naka ni iru Tanin (1966).

NAGAVALLY, VENU Indian Malayalam language actor and director Venu Nagavally died in a hospital in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, on September 9, 2010. He was 61. He was born in Ramankary, Kerala, on April 16, 1949, the son of playwright Nagavally R.S. Kurup. He began his acting career as an announcer and singer in the mid–1970s, and was soon appearing in such films as Ulkatal (1978), Shalini Ente Koottukari (1978), Aniyatha Valakkal (1980), Caricatures (1981), The Curtain Falls (1982), Chillu (1982), Lekha’s Death: A Flashback (1983), Arante Mulla Kochu Malla (1984), Midsummer Sun (1985), Adhyayan Onnu Muthal (1985), Moonnam Pakkam (1988), Davadas (1989), Harikrishnans (1998), Wanted (2004), Sathyam Jet Naessens

Stopseltje (1965), The Heritage (1967), De Meeuw (1968), Warenar (1968), Twelfth Night (1972), and The Day After the Fair (1974). Naessens was featured as Eleonora in Harry Kumel’s surreal horror classic Malpertuis (aka The Legend of Doom House) (1971) with Orson Welles, and appeared in the 1972 film Louisa, eend Woord van Leifde (1972). She was married to actor Jos Gevers until his death in 1977.

NAGAOKA, TERUKO Japanese actress Teruko Nagaoka, who produced and starred in stage productions in the 1930s, died in Tokyo on October 18, 2010. She was 102. She was born Teruko Shinohara in Morioka, Iwate, Japan, on January 5, 1908. She studied drama in Paris before returning to Japan in the 1930s to form a theatrical troupe. She brought modern French plays to the Japanese stage as producer and actor, and joined the theatrical troupe Bungakuza in 1939. Nagaoka was also featured in a handful of films in post-war Japan including A Married Life (1951),

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(2004), Kaazhca (2004), Deepangal Sakshi (2005), Pathaka (2006), Baba Kalyani (2006), Anchil Oral Arjunan (2007), Roudram (2008), and Bhag yadevatha (2009). He also began writing and directing films in the mid–1980s, helming such features as Sughamodevi (1986), Sarvakalasala (1987), Ayithamn (1987), Swagatham (1989), Lal Salam (1990), Aye Auto (1990), Kizhakkunarum Pakshi (1991), Kalippattam (1993), Aayirappara (1993), Agni Devan (1995), and Rektha Sakshikal Zindabad (1998). His final film was 2009’s Bharya Swantham Suhruthu.

N ARANG, S OURABH Indian film director Sourabh Narang died of stomach cancer while undergoing treatment in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 26, 2010. He was 37. Narang was best known for directing the 2004 horror film Vaastu Shastra. He also worked in television, directing for such series as Haqeeqat, Shhh. Koi Hai, and Kagaar. (See photograph on page 303.)

Teruko Nagaoka

NARDONE, OLGA Olga Nardone, who was one of the few surviving little people featured as Munchkins in the 1939 fantasy classic The Wizard of

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ries in the 1970s, died in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, on January 1, 2010. He was 65. Narikawa was born in Tokyo on April 15, 1944. He began his acting career in the late 1960s and was best known for starring as Jouji Gamou, the alter-ego of the super-hero Spectreman in the early 1970s. Narikawa was also a karate and judo expert, and was founder and president of the International Karate League of Japan.

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Oz, died in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 24, 2010. She was 89. Nardone was born on June 8, 1921. She was one of the smallest Munchkins, standing slightly over 3 feet tall. She was the center member of the Lullaby League who greeted Dorothy, and was one of the Sleepyhead Munchkins in the big nest. Nardone was somewhat reclusive and did not appear at Oz nostalgia festivals with other members of the cast.

NATTIER, NATHALIE French actress Nathalie Nattier, who was a popular film star in the 1940s and early 1950s, died in a hospital in Lagny-sur-Marne, France, on June 19, 2010. She was 86. She was born Nathalie Belaieff in Paris on May 19, 1924. She began her career on screen in the early 1940s, and was seen in such films as Secrets of a Ballerina (1943), Seul dans la Nuit (1945), Special Mission (1946), Strange Fate (1946), L’Idiot (1946), Nuits d’Alerte (1946), Patrie (1946), Marcel Carne’s Gates of the Night (1946), Le Chateau de la

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NARIKAWA, TETSUO Japanese actor Tetsuo Narikawa, who starred in the Spectreman television se-

Tetsuo Narikawa

Derniere Chance (1947), Le Mystere Barton (1949), Secret Document Vienna (1950), Mon Ami le Cambrioleur (1950), Street Without a King (1950), Oriental Port (1951), Piedalu a Paris (1951), Moumou (1951), Monsieur Taxi (1952), Full House (1952), and La Famille Cucuroux (1953). She largely retired following her role in 1960’s The Price of Flesh. Nattier returned to the screen in the late 1990s, appearing on television in episodes of Nestor Burma, Commissariat Bastille, and Josephine, Ange Gardien, She was also featured in the 2003 film Love Me If You Dare.

NEAL, PATRICIA Oscar-winning leading actress Patricia Neal died of lung cancer at her home in Edgartown, Massachusetts, on August 8, 2010. She was 84. She was born Patsy Lou Neal in Packard, Kentucky, on January 20, 1926, and was raised in Knoxville, Tennessee. She became interested in drama at an early age, and performed with the Barter Theater in Virginia while in high school. She continued to study drama at Northwestern University for two years before heading to New York. She was hired as an understudy for the Broadway production Voice of the Turtle, and starred in the road company version. She earned a Tony Award for her role in Lillian Hellman’s 1946 Broadway play Another Part of the Forest in the first presentation of the

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prestigious theatrical honor. She made her film debut opposite Ronald Reagan in the 1949 film John and Mary. She subsequently starred in the 1949 film adaptation of Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead with Gary Cooper. Neal and Cooper, who was married and 25 years her senior, embarked on an affair during filming that lasted for three years. She also continued to star in such films as The Hasty Heart (1949), Bright Leaf (1950), The Breaking Point (1950) opposite John Garfield, Three Secrets (1950), Operation Pacific (1951) with John Wayne, Raton Pass (1951), the science fiction classic The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) with Michael Rennie, Week-End with Father (1951), Diplomatic Courier (1952), Washington Story (1952), and Something for the Birds (1952). In her autobiography Neal recounted becoming pregnant and getting an abortion after Cooper broke off their affair to remain with his wife and family. She returned to the Broadway stage, appearing in the dramas The Children’s Hour (1952), A Roomful of Roses (1955), and The Miracle Worker (1959). She married British author Roald Dahl, who noted for his macabre short stories and such children’s tales as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, in 1953. She traveled to Europe to star in the 1954 Italian film La tua Donna, and appeared opposite Helmut Dantine in the British science fiction film Stranger from Venus (aka Immediate Disaster), a low-budget drawing room version of Day the Earth Stood Still. She returned to Hollywood to star in Elia Kazan’s A Face in the Crowd, with Andy Griffith as populist radio demagogue Lonesome Rhodes. She was featured as Audrey Hepburn’s rival for George Peppard’s affection in 1961’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Neal earned an Academy Award for her role as Alma Brown in 1963’s Hud opposite Paul Newman, and starred in the films Psyche 59 (1964) and In Harm’s Way (1965) with John Wayne. She performed frequently on television from the 1950s, with roles in such series as Goodyear Playhouse, Omnibus, Matinee Theatre, Suspicion, Playhouse 90, Studio One, Pursuit, Rendezvous, Play of the Week’s 1960 production of Strindberg in Love, Checkmate, The Untouchables, Westinghouse Presents, Zero One, Ben Casey, and Espionage. Neal suffered three cerebral aneurysm while pregnant with her fifth child in 1965. She survived surgery and spent three weeks in a coma before beginning her long road to recovery. She

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gave birth to a healthy daughter later in the year, and her husband embarked on a relentless effort to help restore her mental faculties. She turned down the role of Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate (1967), but returned to the screen the following year in The Subject Was Roses, earning an Oscar nomination for her role as Nettie Cleary. She also starred in the 1971 film version of Joy Cowley’s psycho-thriller The Night Digger, scripted by her husband, Roald Dahl. Neal created the role of matriarch Olivia Walton in the 1971 pilot tele-film The Homecoming: A Christmas Story, though Michael Learned took over the part for the subsequent series The Waltons. She was featured in episodes of Circle of Fear, Kung Fu, Little House on the Prairie, Movin’ On, Glitter, and Murder, She Wrote. She starred in the 1973 film Baxter! as a speech therapist for a distraught teen, She was seen as Ron Howard’s eccentric aunt in the 1973 psycho-thriller Happy Mother’s Day, Love George, directed by Darren McGavin, and featuring daughter Tessa Dahl as her troubled on-screen daughter. She was also featured in the films B Must Die (1975), Widows’ Nest (1977), and The Passage (1979). She was Stella Hawthorne, the wife of Fred Astaire’s character, in the 1981 film adaptation of Peter Straub’s supernatural drama Ghost Story, also starring John Houseman, Melvyn Douglas, and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. She narrated the 1976 television documentary The American Woman: Portraits of Courage, and was featured in television productions of Tail Gunner Joe (1977) as Senator Margaret Chase Smith, A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1978), The Bastard (1978), Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984), Shattered Vows (1984), A Mother’s Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story (1992), and Heidi (1993). Neal’s later film credits include An Unremarkable Life (1989) with Shelley Winters, Robert Altman’s Cookie’s Fortune (1999) in the short-lived title role, and the short film For the Love of May (2000) as Grammy May. Her final film performance was in 2009’s Flying By with Billy Ray Cyrus. Neal’s illness and recovery were depicted in the 1981 tele-film The Patricia Neal Story, starring Glenda Jackson as Neal, and Dirk Bogarde as Roald Dahl. The couple’s marriage ended two year’s later, over an affair between her husband and a close friend, and Dahl died in 1990. Neal penned her autobiography, As I Am, which was published in 1988. She is survived by her children Tessa, Theo, Ophelia, and Lucy.

NEAME, RONALD British film director Ronald Neame, who helmed such films as The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and The Poseidon Adventure, died in a Los Angeles hospital on June 16, 2010, of complications from a fall at his home a month earlier. He was 99. Neame was born in London on April 23, 1911, the son of cinematographer Elwin Neame and the actress Ivy Close. He began working in films as a messenger with Elstree Studios in the mid–1920s. He served as an assistant cameraman for the first British talkie, Blackmail (1929), directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Neame soon graduated to cinematographer, photographing such programmers as Happy (1933), Girls Will Be Boys (1934), Give Her a Ring (1934), Honours Easy (1935),

305 Joy Ride (1935), Drake the Pirate (1935), Invitation to the Waltz (1935), Music Hath Charms (1935), Weekend Millionaire (1935), Radio Lover (1936), A Star Fell from Heaven (1936), The Crimes of Stephen Hawke (1936), King of the Castle (1936), The Improper Duchess (1936), Brief Ecstasy (1937), Catch As Catch Can (1937), Against the Tide (1937), Feather Your Nest (1937), Variety Hour (1937), Danger in Paris (1937), Keep Fit (1937), Member of the Jury (1937), Strange Experiment (1937), The Ware Case (1938), George Takes the Air (1938), The Phantom Strikes (1938), Penny Paradise (1938), Who Goes Next? (1938), Murder in the Family (1938), I See Ice (1938), Second Thoughts (1938), Come on George! (1939), Cheer Boys Cheer (1939), The Secret Four (1939),

2010 • Obituaries David Niven. Maggie Smith earned an Academy Award for her title role in Neame’s 1969 film version of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. He also directed the 1970 musical version of Scrooge starring Albert Finney. He teamed with Irwin Allen to direct the all-star disaster epic The Poseidon Adventure (1972), and helmed the 1974 adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s novel of postwar Nazism, The Odessa File. He returned to bigbudget disaster epics with 1979’s Meteor, starring Sean Connery and Natalie Wood, and which featured Neame onscreen as a British United Nations representative. He also directed Hopscotch (1980), First Monday in October (1981), Foreign Body (1986), and the children’s short film The Magic Balloon (1990). His survivors include his son, actor and producer Christopher Neame.

NECHAYEV, LEONID Russian children’s film director Leonid Nechayev died of complications from a stroke in Russia on January 24, 2010. He was 70. Nechayev was born in Moscow, Russia, on May 3, 1939.

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Let’s Be Famous (1939), Trouble Brewing (1939), Saloon Bar (1940), To Hell with Hitler (1940), Return to Yesterday (1940), Young Man’s Fancy (1940), Major Barbara (1941), and In Which We Serve (1942). He shared an Academy Award nomination for best special effects for his photography on the 1942 film One of Our Aircraft Is Missing. He subsequently teamed with David Lean and Anthony Havelock-Allan to form the Cineguild production company. He co-wrote the screen adaptation for the 1944 film This Happy Breed, also serving as an associate producer. He was also co-scripter and cinematographer for the 1945 adaptation of Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit. He earned Oscar nominations for coscripting Brief Encounter (1945) and Great Expectations (1946) with Lean and Havelock-Allan, before Cineguild folded in 1947. Neame soon turned to directing with the 1947 feature Take My Life. Over the next forty years he helmed a wide array of films including Golden Salamander (1950), The Promoter (1952), Man with a Million (1954), The Man Who Never Was (1956), The Seventh Sin (1957), Windom’s Way (1957), The Horse’s Mouth (1958), the dark military drama Tunes of Glory (1960) starring Alec Guinness and John Mills, Escape from Zahrain (1962) which he also produced, I Could Go on Singing (1963), The Chalk Garden (1964) starring Deborah Kerr and Hayley Mills, Mister Moses (1965) with Robert Mitchum, A Man Could Get Killed (1966), the 1966 caper film Gambit (1966) with Michael Caine and Shirley MacLaine, and the sex-themed comedy Prudence and the Pill (1968), starring Deborah Kerr and

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He began his career as a director with the 1974 film The Adventure in a Little Town That Doesn’t Exist. He also directed such musical fairy tales as The Adventures of Buratino (1975) and About the Little Red Riding Hood (1977). His films and television productions also include Primite Telegrammu v Dolg (1979), The Imaginary Invalid (1980), Sold Laughter (1981), Skazka o Zvezdnom Malchike (1983), Ryzhiy Chestnyy Vlyublyonnyy (1984), Piter Pan (1987), Ne Pokiday… (1989), Bezumnaya Lori (1991), Sverchok za Ochagom (2001), and Dyuymovochka (2007).

NELSON, MARJORIE Actress Marjorie Nelson died of cancer in Seattle, Washington, on February 13, 2010. She was 86. Nelson was born in Seattle in 1923. She studied acting in Seattle and at the Actor’s Laboratory in Los Angeles. She married fellow actor Howard Da Silva in 1949, and their political activism led to the couple being blacklisted from films in the 1950s. They went to New York where they toured in the play The World of Sholom Aleichem. After her divorce from Da Silva in 1963, she returned to Seattle where she was active on the local stage for many years. She was also featured in small roles in the films The Slender Thread (1965), The Beans of Eg ypt, Maine (1994), Eden

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(1996), Under Heaven (1998), Joyful Partaking (2002), and Inheritance (2004). Nelson also appeared in the 1990 pilot for the cult television series Twin Peaks, and

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the tele-films Crazy in Love (1992) and Love Is Strange (1999). Her other television credits include an episode of Northern Exposure.

NELSON, SHIRLEY COLLIE Shirley Collie Nelson, the second wife of singer Willie Nelson who had three hit records in the early 1960s, died in Chillicothe, Missouri, on January 27, 2010. She was 78. She was born Shirley Simpson in Chillicothe on March 16, 1931. She was married to pioneer country music disc

an Empress (1957), Brandenburg Division (1960), Until Hell Is Frozen (1961), Mann im Schatten (1961), Forever My Love (1962), Legend of a Gunfighter (1964), Is Paris Burning? (1966), Angels of Terror (1971), The Spy Who Never Was (1973), Parapsycho — Spektrum der Angst (1975), and African Timber (1989). Neusser was also a popular television actor, appearing in episodes of Freytag, Intercontinental Express, Das Kriminalmuseum, Cliff Dexter, Babeck, Der Kommissar, Oberinspektor Marek, Der Kurier der Kaiserin, Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne, Tatort, St. Pauli Landungsbrucken, Der Fuchs von Ovelgonne, Der Alte, Ein Fall fur Zwei, Der Millionenerbe, Derrick, and Wolffs Revier. He was featured as a border guard in the 1978 television mini-series Holocaust. Neusser was featured as District Attorney Rolf Bogner in the German television series Grosstadtrevier from 1986 through 2003. He was also a leading dubbing actor, providing the voice for James Arness’ Marshal Dillon in Gunsmoke for German viewers.

N EVINS, NATALIE Singer Natalie Nevins, who appeared regularly on The Lawrence Welk Show in the late 1960s, died of complications from hip surgery in a Langhorne, Pennsylvania, hospital on August 23, 2010. She was 85. Nevins was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 15, 1925. She began singing as a child and was performing on local television by the 1950s. She was a featured singer with The Lawrence Shirley Collie Nelson

jockey Biff Collie in the 1950s. She was a regular cast member of the ABC television country music show Ozark Jubilee in the late 1950s. She recorded the hit country songs “Dime a Dozen” and “Why Baby Why” with Warren Smith in 1961, and had a hit duet with Willie Nelson, “Willingly,” in 1962. She divorced Collie to marry Nelson in 1963. They also divorced in 1971.

NEUSSER, PETER German actor Peter Neusser died after a long illness at his home in Berlin on January 10, 2010. He was 77. Neusser was born in Vienna, Austria, on June 30, 1932. He trained as an actor in Vienna, and made his film debut in Kaiserjager in 1956. He was also seen in the films Sissi: The Fateful Years of

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Welk Show from 1965 to 1969. She also recorded the album Natalie Nevins Sings I Believe & Other Inspiration Songs in 1968.

NEW, BARBARA British character actress Barbara New, who was best known for her role as scullery maid Mabel Wheeler in the television comedy series You Rang, M’Lord?, died in London on May 24, 2010. She was 87. New was born in Hammersmith, England, in 1923. She appeared frequently on British television from the early 1960s, appearing in episodes of Amelia, Z Cars, Friday Night, Dr. Finlay’s Casebook, The Expert, The Wednesday Play, Armchair Theatre, BBC Play of the Month, Parkin’s Patch, Budgie, Softly Softly, 7 of 1, Sir Steve New

came known as Stella Nova, as composer and musician with Beastellabeast with singer Beatrice Brown. He reunited with Rich Kids for a benefit concert for his family in January of 2010 after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.

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Yellow, And Mother Makes Five, Seven Faces of Woman, Play for Today, Within These Walls, Public Eye, The Rough and the Smooth, Porridge, The Two Ronnies, Ripping Yarns, The Good Companions, ITV Playhouse, Screenplay, The Agatha Christie Hour, Shine on Harvey Moon, Juliet Bravo, The Bill, Lytton’s Diary, Bread, Hide-Hi!, Split Ends, and Beast. She was also seen in television productions of The Picnic (1975), Flickers (1980), Witness for the Prosecution (1982) on Hallmark Hall of Fame, Anna Karenina (1985), Tales from Hollywood (1992), and The Unknown Soldier (1998). She starred as Mabel on You Rang, M’Lord? from 1988 to 1993, and was Vera Plumtree on the comedy series Oh, Doctor Beeching! from 1995 to 1997. She was also featured in a handful of films including The Black Panther (1977), By the Sea (1982), We Think the World of You (1988), Buddy’s Song (1991), Edward II (1991), Thin Ice (1995), and Ali G Indahouse (2002). New was married to actor Michael Barrington until his death in 1988.

NEW, STEVE British punk rock guitarist and singer Steve New died of cancer in London on May 24, 2010. He was 50. He was born in London on May 16, 1960. He briefly joined the Sex Pistols as second guitarist in 1976. The following year he teamed with Sex Pistols’ bassist Glenn Matlock, drummer Rusty Egan, and singer, guitarist, and keyboard player Midge Ure to form the punk band Rich Kids. They recorded the album Ghosts of Princes in Towers in 1978. New also performed with such artists as Sid Vicious, Public Image Ltd, Iggy Pop, and Chrissie Hynde. He later be-

N EWMAN, EDWIN Veteran journalist and television newscaster Edwin Newman died of pneumonia in Oxford, England, on August 13, 2010. He was 91. Newman was born in New York City on January 25, 1919. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1940, and began working as a copy boy for the International News Service. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and joined United Press as a reporter after the war. He served as an assistant to Eric Sevareid at CBS News radio from 1947 to 1949, and subsequently joined NBC News. He covered stories in Europe as bureau chief in Rome and Paris during the 1950s. He was a fixture on NBC from the early 1960s, serving as news anchor for the Today show, and serving as panelist and sometimes moderator for Meet the Press. He covered the Democratic and Republican national conventions from 1960 to 1984, and announced the death of President John F. Kennedy on NBC radio in 1963. Newman also anchored coverage of such historical events as the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy in 1968, the Vietnam Ceasefire in 1973, and the shooting of President Ronald Rea-

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gan in 1981. He also hosted the syndicated interview program Speaking Freely from 1967 to 1976, and was moderator for presidential debates between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter in 1976, and Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale in 1984. He worked on numerous NBC documentaries including Japan: East Is West (1961), A Golden Prison: The Louvre (1964), Who Shall Live? (1965), Pensions: The Broken Promise (1972), Violence in America (1977), Spying for Uncle Sam (1978), Reading, Writing and Reefer (1978), Oil and American Power (1979), and The Billionaire Hunts (1981). He left NBC in 1984, but continued to work as an interviewer and moderator on cable and PBS. He also served as a public guardian of English grammar and usage, penning the best-sellers Strictly Speaking: Will America Be the Death of English? (1974) and A Civil Tongue (1976). He also wrote the comic novel Sunday Punch (1979), and I Must Say (1988), a collection of his syndicated columns. He was twice host of Saturday Night Live in 1984, and was featured in cameo roles in several films including Spies Like Us (1985), The Pelican Brief (1993), and My Fellow Americans (1996). He was also seen in episodes of Newhart, Mr. Belvedere, The Golden Girls, Wings, and Murphy Brown.

N EWMAN, ROGER Actor and soap opera scripter Roger Newman died of cancer at his home in New York City on March 4, 2010. He was 69. Newman was born in England on August 31, 1940, and performed on stage and radio in London as a child. He moved to Montreal, Canada, with his family after World War II. He later settled in the United States, where he became a naturalized citizen after serving in the U.S. Army. He returned to acting after attending Columbia University. He appeared in the 1968 telefilm Operation Greasepaint, and in a handful of films from the late 1960s including Marlowe (1969), Too Late the Hero (1970), Woody Allen’s Annie Hall (1977), Coma (1978), and My Therapist (1984). He was also seen on television in episodes of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Edge of Night, CBS Playhouse, McCloud, Lou Grant, and Bring ’Em Back Alive. Newman had a supporting role in the 1972 Broadway production of Butley. He starred as Ken Norris on the daytime soap opera The Guiding Light from 1970 to 1975. He mar-

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ried his co-star, actress Frances Myers, who played Peggy Scott Fletcher, in 1975. They both began writing for the daytime dramas, with Newman scripting episodes of One Life to Live, Another World, and Passions. He shared an Emmy Award for his work as a writer on The Guiding Light in 1993.

N GAKANE, S AM South African singer and actor Sam Ngakane died of a heart attack and complications from a stroke in a Johannesburg, South Africa, hospital on June 26, 2010. He was 86. Ngakane was a popular performer on stage, film, and television. He sang with the jazz group Skylarks, who were early backup singers for Miriam Makeba, and the Boston

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Brothers. He was also featured in the popular television dramas Mopheme, Lesiba, and Inkinsela yaseMgungundlovu. Ngakane was seen in a handful of films during his career including Sweet n’ Short (1991), Sarafina! (1992), Cry, the Beloved Country (1995), Danger Zone (1996), U’bejani (1997), In My Country (2004), and Duma (2005).

NICASTRO, MICHELLE Actress and singer Michelle Nicastro died of breast cancer on November 5, 2010. She was 50. Nicastro was born in Washington, D.C., on March 31, 1960. She made her Broadway debut as Ariadne in the 1983 musical Merlin, and toured as Eponine in Les Miserables in 1988. She was featured in the films Body Rock (1984) and Bad Guys (1986), and was Amanda in the 1989 comedy When Harry Met Sally with Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal. She provided the voice of Prince Odette for the 1994 animated film The Swan Princess, and reprised her role in the sequels The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain (1997), and The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom (1998). Nicastro appeared on television in episodes of such series as Airwolf, Suzanne Pleshette Is Maggie Briggs, Cover Up, Charles in Charge, Who’s the Boss?, Knight Rider, Murder, She Wrote, Simon & Simon, Full House, Days of Our Lives, It’s Garry Shandling’s Show as Shandingland Nancy, Santa Barbara, A Peaceable Kingdom, Dragnet, Beverly Hills, 90210, Bodies of Evidence, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Hart to Hart, Wings, Coach, and The Tony Danza Show. She was a voice actor in the animated series Johnny Bravo,

309 Duckman, and The Angry Beavers. She was also the singing voice of Callisto in “The Bitter Suite,” a 1998

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musical episode of Xena: Warrior Princess. She recorded several albums for Varese Saraba that featured songs from animated musicals.

N ICKLAS, W AYNE Canadian actor Wayne Nicklas died of esophageal cancer in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada, on May 25, 2010. He was 59. Nicklas was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on April 20, 1951. He was a leading figure on the local stage in Winnipeg from the 1970s. He was also seen on television in productions of The Challengers (1989), Tracks of Glory (1992), The Diviners (1993), Heads (1993), Spirit Rider (1993), Heck’s Way Home (1996), The Arrow (1997), Children of My Heart (2000), Inside the Osmonds (2001), The Many Trials of One Jane Doe (2002), Framed (2002), We Were the Mulvaneys (2002), Scared Silent (2002), Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay (2002), The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron (2003), Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong (2003), What If God Were the Sun? (2007), and Elijah (2007). He also appeared in episodes of My Life As a Dog and The Murdoch Mysteries. Nicklas was also featured in small roles in several films shot in the Winnipeg area including The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988), The Last Winter

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(1990), Heater (1999), Edge of Madness (2002), The Saddest Music in the World (2003), Seven Times Lucky (2004), Capote (2005), The Stone Angel (2007), and New in Town (2009) with Renee Zellwegger.

NIELSEN, LESLIE Canadian-American actor Leslie Nielsen, who began his career in dramas in the 1950s, but became best known for his comic turns in such films as Airplane! and The Naked Gun series later in his career, died of complications from pneumonia at a hospital near his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on November 28, 2010. He was 84. Nielsen was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Florida, on February 11, 1926. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, and worked as a disc jockey at a radio station in Calgary after the war. He trained at an acting school run by Lorne Greene before heading to New York City to study at the Neighborhood Playhouse. He was soon performing in repertory theater and live television. Nielsen appeared in hundreds of television episodes during his career, including episodes of Actor’s Studio, Stage 13, The Trap, The Clock, The Magnavox Theatre, Sure As Fate, Starlight Theatre, Out There, The PhilcoGoodyear Television Playhouse, Lights Out, Short Short Dramas, Goodyear Playhouse, Suspense, Tales of Tomorrow including as 2-part production of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea in 1952, Hallmark Hall of Fame, The Web, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Medallion Theatre, Kraft Theatre, The Man Behind the Badge, Love Story, Danger, Justice, Studio One, Robert Montgomery Presents, Playhouse 90, Rawhide, Goodyear Theatre, The Untouchables, Moment of Fear, Thriller, G.E. True Theater, Naked City, The Islanders, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Playdate, and Route 66. Nielsen made his film debut as Thibault d’Aussigny in Michael Curtiz’s 1956 production of the musical The Vagabond King. He subsequently starred as Commander Adams in the 1956 science fiction classic Forbidden Planet with Walter Pidgeon and Anne Frances. He was also featured in the

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films Ransom! (1956), The Opposite Sex (1956), Hot Summer Night (1957), Tammy and the Bachelor (1957) opposite Debbie Reynolds, and The Sheepman (1958) with Glenn Ford and Shirley MacLaine. He starred on television as Colonel Francis Marion in the Disney

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Revolutionary War era series The Swamp Fox in the late 1950s, and was Lt. Price Adams in the police drama The New Breed from 1961 to 1962. He also guest-starred in episodes of Channing, The Doctors and the Nurses, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour’s 1964 production of The Magic Shop, The Fugitive, Wagon Train, Daniel Boone, The Defenders, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Kraft Suspense Theatre, Peyton Place in the recurring roles of Vincent and Kenneth Markham in 1965, Ben Casey, The Loner, Convoy, The Wild Wild West, The Farmer’s Daughter, Dr. Kildare in the recurring role of Dr. Harry Kleber, Run for Your Life, Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre’s 1967 production of Code Name: Heraclitus, Bonanza, Judd for the Defense, Cimarron Strip, It Takes a Thief, Gunsmoke, The Big Valley, The Virginian, and The Name of the Game. He continued his film career in such features as Night Train to Paris (1964), Harlow (1965), the supernatural thriller Dark Intruder (1965), The Plainsman (1966) as Col. George Armstrong Custer, Beau Geste (1966), Gunfight in Abilene (1967), the sci-fi comedy The Reluctant Astronaut (1967) with Don Knotts, Counterpoint (1967), Rosie! (1967), Dayton’s Devils (1968), How to Commit Marriage (1969), Change of Mind (1969), and Four Rode Out (1970). Nielsen was featured as General Maximilian Harmon in the 1968 two-part Man from U.N.C.L.E. episode “The Seven Wonders of the World Affair,” which was re-edited for theatrical release under the title How to Steal the World. He also starred as Deputy Police Chief Sam Danforth on The Protectors segments of The Bold Ones from 1969 to 1970, and was John Bracken in the short-lived Hollywood-based drama series Bracken’s World in 1970. He also starred in the tele-films Shadow Over Elveron (1968), Companions in Nightmare (1968), Trial Run (1969), Night Slaves (1970), The Aquarians (1970), Hauser’s Memory (1970), Incident in San Francisco (1971), They Call It Murder (1971), Snatched (1973), The Letters (1973), The Return of Charlie Chan (1973) starring Ross Martin, Can Ellen Be Saved? (1974), Brinks: The Great Robbery (1976), Little Mo (1978), Institute for Revenge (1979), The Albertans (1979), Riel (1979), and OHMS (1980). His other television credits include episodes of The Red Skelton Hour, Monty Nash, Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, Sarge, Bearcats!, Medical Center, The Mod Squad, Assignment Vienna, M*A*S*H, The Bold Ones: The New Doctors, The F.B.I., Barnaby Jones, The Evil Touch, The Streets of San Francisco, Hawaii Five-0, The Manhunter, Ironside, Kojak, The Rookies, Lucas Tanner, Kung Fu in the recurring role of Vincent Corbino, Cannon, Columbo, Swiss Family Robinson, S.W.A.T., Lucan, What Really Happened to the Class of ’65?, the 1978 mini-series Backstairs at the White House as Chief Usher Ike Hoover, Vega$, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, The Chisholms, The Littlest Hobo, and Aloha Paradise. He was also featured in a handful of films during the 1970s including The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler (1971), the all-star disaster epic The Poseidon Adventure (1972) as the Captain, And Millions Will Die! (1973), Grand Jury (1976), Project: Kill (1976), Sixth and Main (1977), the environmental horror thriller Day of the Animals (1977), Viva Knievel! (1977), The Amsterdam Kill (1977), and City on Fire

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(1979). Nielsen went from dramatic lead to comedy icon with his role as Dr. Rumack in Jim Abrahams and David and Jerry Zucker’s 1980 disaster film farce Airplane!, spoofing his staid film image with deadpan slapstick. He was part of a classic piece of dialogue with Robert Hayes (as shell-shocked former pilot Ted Striker), asking “Can you fly this plane, and land it?” Hayes replied, “Surely you can’t be serious,” and Nielsen retorted “I am serious … and don’t call me Shirley.” He had a mixture of dramatic and comedy roles in films during the 1980s including Prom Night (1980), Foxfire Light (1982), Wrong Is Right (1982), the Stephen King and George Romero collaboration Creepshow (1982), the sci-fi farce The Creature Wasn’t Nice (1983), The Patriot (1986), Soul Man (1986), Nuts (1987) with Barbra Streisand, Home Is Where the Hart Is (1987), and Dangerous Curves (1988). Nielsen solidified his comedy credentials starring as Detective Frank Drebin in Abraham and the Zucker’s television crime series spoof Police Squad! in 1982. Though the original series last for only six episodes, he earned an Emmy Award nomination the role. Nielsen and the creative crew resurrected Drebin for the 1988 film The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! and the sequels The Naked Gun 2 1 ⁄2: The Smell of Fear (1991) and Naked Gun 33 1 ⁄ 3: The Final Insult (1994). Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, and O.J. Simpson co-starred in all, and Kennedy joined Nielsen on a segment of World Wrestling Entertainment’s RAW series in 1994 on a search for a missing wrestler, the Undertaker. He also appeared in the 1982 television comedy special Steve Martin’s Twilight Theater, and was Buddy Fox in the short-lived 1984 series Shaping Up. He was featured in the tele-films The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1983), Cave In! (1983), Murder Among Friends (1985), Reckless Disregard (1985), Blade in Hong Kong (1985), Striker’s Mountain (1985), Nightstick (1987), Chance of a Lifetime (1991), Rent-a-Kid (1995), Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree (1995), Harvey (1996) as Dr. Chumley, Safety Patrol (1998), and Santa Who? (2000) as Santa Claus. He was also seen on television in episodes of Hotel, Finders of Lost Love, The Ray Bradbury Theater, 227, Murder, She Wrote, the 1987 miniseries Race for the Bomb as Lewis Strauss, Highway to Heaven, Father Dowling Mysteries, Who’s the Boss?, Day by Day, Flesh ’n’ Blood, The Golden Girls, Herman’s Head

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as God, Evening Shade, Due South in the recurring role of Sgt. Buck Frobisher, Chilly Beach, and Odd Job Jack. He created and starred in three comedic instructional golf videos in the 1990s, Bad Golf Made Easier (1993), Bad Golf My Way (1994), and Stupid Little Golf Video (1997). He also wrote a fictional autobiography, The Naked Truth, in 1993, which lampooned his career. His other film credits include the Exorcist parody Repossessed (1990) as Father Jebedaiah Mayii, All I Want for Christmas (1991) as Santa, Surf Ninjas (1993), the Italian comedy S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago (1994), Digger (1994), Mel Brooks’ spoof Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) as Count Dracula, Spy Hard (1996), Family Plan (1997), Mr. Magoo (1997) as a live-action version of the cartoon character, Wrongfully Accused (1998), Pirates: 3D Show (1999), 2001: A Space Travesty (2000), Camouflage (2001), Kevin of the North (2001), Men With Brooms (2002), Scary Movie 3 (2003) and Scary Movie 4 (2006) as President Baxter Harris, Music Within (2007), Slap Shot 3: The Junior League (2008), An American Carol (2008), Superhero Movie (2008) as Uncle Albert, Stan Helsing (2009), Spanish Movie (2009), and Stonerville (2010). Nielsen was hearing impaired for most of his life, using hearing aids throughout his career. His marriages to Monica Boyer (1950– 1956), Alisande Ullman (1958–1973), and Brooks Oliver (1981–1983) ended in divorce. He is survived by daughters Maura and Thea from his second marriage, and wife Barbaree Earl, whom he married in 2001.

Leiji Matsumoto to create the sci-fi anime Space Cruiser Yamato in 1973, about a group of heroes traveling the cosmos in a spaceship built from the wreckage of a World War II battleship. The series proved popular and was released overseas as Star Blazers, and was edited for a feature film version in 1977. A sequel anime film, Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato: In the Name of Love, was released in 1978, and the tele-film Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage aired in 1979. He also designed the 1979 anime series Uchu Kubo Blue Noah, and was production supervisor for the 1979 film Umi no Triton. He returned to the popular Yamato series as producer of Be Forever Yamato in 1980 and Final Yamato (1983). Nishizaki formed the Japan Audio Visual Network film company in 1984, which produced the anime films Odin — Starlight Mutiny (1986) and the erotic horror anime Legend of the Overfiend (1989). Nishizaki company declared bankruptcy in 1991 and his attempts to resurrect the Yamato franchise resulted in protracted legal battle with Matsumoto over creator rights to the series. His legal difficulties spiraled in the 1990s with another bankruptcy, and an arrest and conviction on drug possession charges. While already facing nearly three years in prison, Nishizaki was again arrested in 1999 on charges of possessing firearms. He was released from prison in 2007 and opened Yamato Studios to produce the final chapter of the saga, Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection, which was released in 2009.

NISHIZAKI, YOSHINOBU Japanese film producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki, who was co-creator of the popular anime series Space Battleship Yamato, drowned after falling from the research ship Yamato off Chichijim, in the Ogasawara islands, Japan, on November 7, 2010. He was 75. He was born Hirofumi Nishizaki in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan, on December 18, 1934. He graduated from Nippon University in 1957, and worked in music production in the early 1960s. He began his career in anime working with Osamu Tezuka’s Mushi Productions, and was thought responsible by many for the subsequent collapse of the studio. He subsequently formed the Anime Staff Room, and produced Tezuka’s anime Wansa-Kun and Triton of the Sea with little success. He joined with manga artist

NOLTE, CHARLES Actor Charles Nolte, who appeared in films, television, and on Broadway, died of prostate cancer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 14, 2010. He was 86. Nolte was born in Duluth, Minnesota, on November 3, 1923. He began performing on stage in the early 1940s, and attended the University of Minnesota for two years. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 through 1945, and earned a degree in English from Yale University after his discharge. Nolte made his Broadway debut in a production on Antony and Cleopatra in 1947, and appeared in a shortlived production of Design for a Stained Glass Window in 1950. He starred in the title role Billy Budd in 1952, and was featured in the 1954 production of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial. Nolte also appeared in several

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films in the 1950s and early 1960s including War Paint (1953), The Steel Cage (1954), Ten Seconds to Hell (1959), Under Ten Flags (1960), and Armored Command (1961). He was also seen frequently on television in the 1950s in episodes of such series as Cosmopolitan Theatre, Schlitz Playhouse of the Stars, Tales of Tomorrow, Hallmark Hall of Fame, Studio One, Campbell Playhouse, Cavalcade of America, Janet Dean, Registered Nurse, Ford Star Jubilee, Private Secretary, 13 Demon Street, and Tales of the Vikings. He began writing plays in the 1960s, and his Do Not Pass Go was produced Off-Broadway. Nolte was a professor at the University of Minnesota from the mid–1960s through the late 1990s. His survivors include his partner, actor Terry Kilburn.

NOOSE, TED Ted Noose, a Chicago police officer turned character actor, died of complications from lung cancer in a Barrington, Illinois, hospital on April 26, 2010. He was 79. Noose was born in Pilsen, Illinois, on December 24, 1930. He was working as a traffic cop in Chicago in the mid–1960s when an advertising executive for the Leo Burnett Agency thought he would make an ideal character in a beer commercial. Noose was happy to oblige, and was soon appearing in other print and television commercials and industrial films. He left the police department in the mid–1970s and moved to Burbank, California, to pursue an acting career. He was soon appearing on television in episodes of such series as Barney Miller, Wonderbug, Switch, The Rockford Files, Lucan, Battlestar Galactica, CHiPs, Eischied, Eight Is Enough, The Waltons, Lou Grant, Fame, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Broth-

Scissors (1991). He largely retired from the screen and returned to Chicago in the mid–1990s.

NORTON, WILLIAM Screenwriter William Norton, who scripted such 1970s cult classics as I Dismember Mama and Big Bad Mama, died of a heart attack in Santa Barbara, California, on October 1, 2010. He was 85. Norton was born in Ogden, Utah, on September 24, 1925. He served in the military during World War II, and later worked as a park ranger and construction worker. He began writing for small literary magazines in the 1950s, and wrote several plays for Los Angeles little theaters. He wrote and produced several low-budget exploitation films in the early 1960s including The Grass Eaters (1961), Five Minutes to Love (1963), How to Succeed with Girls (1964), and The Farmer’s Other Daughter (1965). He scripted Sydney Pollack’s 1968 western The Scalphunter starring Burt

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ers, Hill Street Blues, Remington Steele, Highway to Heaven, Matlock, Punky Brewster, Still the Beaver, Homefront, The Untouchables, and Walker, Texas Ranger. He was also featured in the tele-films Something for Joey (1977), Panic in Echo Park (1977), Deadly Game (1977), Rage! (1980), Inmates: A Love Story (1981), The Monkey Mission (1981), and The Children Nobody Wanted (1981). Noose also appeared in a handful of films during his career including Return from Witch Mountain (1978), The Devil and Max Devlin (1981), In the Mood (1987), A Return to Salem’s Lot (1987), Major League (1989), and

Lancaster and Ossie Davis, and 1969’s Sam Whiskey starring Burt Reynolds. He also wrote several episodes of the television western series The Big Valley in the late 1960s. Norton also scripted the films Marigold Man (1970), The McKenzie Break (1970), The Hunting Party (1971), Paul Leder’s I Dismember Mama (1972), Trader Horn (1973), White Lightning (1973), Roger Corman’s Big Bad Mama (1974) starring Angie Dickinson, Brannigan (1975) starring John Wayne, A Small Town in Texas (1976), Moving Violation (1976), Burt Reynolds’ Gator (1976), Day of the Animals (1977), September Gun (1983), and Body Count (1987). Norton was frequently involved in social issues of the day, participating on the early years of the civil rights movement and served time in prison in France in the 1980s for attempting to run guns to Ireland. He also spent several years in Nicaragua and Cuba before returning to the United States and retiring to Santa Barbara.

NOZAWA, NACHI Japanese actor Nachi Nozawa, who was best known as a dubber and anime voice actor, died of lung cancer in a Tokyo hospital on October 30, 2010. He was 72. Nozawa was born in Tokyo on January 13, 1938. He began his career on stage and was a founding member of the Bara-za theatrical troupe. He began working as a dubbing actor in the early 1960s, supplying the Japanese voice for David

313 McCallum’s Illya Kuryakin in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. He also dubbed such actors as Bruce Willis, Dennis Hopper, Bruce Willis, Al Pacino, Robert Redford, Alain Delon, and Star Wars robot C-3PO. He was also a voice actor in numerous anime productions includ-

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ing Lupin III: The Secret Files (1969) as Arsene Lupin III, The Rose of Versailles (1978), Space Battleship Yamato Forever! (1980), Space Adventure Cobra (1982), Millennial Queen (1982), SF Shinseiki Lensman (1984) Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil’s Castle (1987), Lupin III: Voyage to Danger (1993), Reign: The Conqueror (1997) as Aristotle, Hellsing (2001), Macross Zero (2002) as Professor Hasford, Space Pirate Captain Harlock: The Endless Odyssey (2002) as Doctor Zero, Last Order: Final Fantasy VII (2005), Naruto the Movie 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel (2005), and Kekkaishi (2006).

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gente (1973), El Juicio de Martin Cortes (1974), Actas de Marusia (1976), Life Changes (1976), La Guerra Santa (1979), Adriana del Rio, Actriz (1979), Pedro Paramo (1971), The Oil Conspiracy (1981), Salvador Alvarado (1983), Terror and Black Lace (1985), Historias Violentas (1985), The Other Crime (1988), El Mutilador (1991), The Steel Horseman (1994), The Alley of Miracles (1995) with Selma Hayak, Confesiones de un Asesinp en Serie (1997), Doble Muerte (1997), De Noche Vienes. Esmeralda (1997), Rizo (1999), and La Zona (2007). Obregon also worked frequently in television from the 1970s, appearing in such series as Encrucijada (1970), El Amor Tiene Cara de Mujer (1971), El Carruaje (1972), Los Que Ayudan a Dios (1973), Marina (1974), Mundo de Juguete (1974), Nosotras las Mujeres (1981), La Casa al Final de la Calle (1988), Cuando Illega el Amor (1990), Valeria y Maximiliano (1991), Nada Personal (1996), Yacaranday (1998), and El Candidato (1999).

O’BRIEN, V INCE Character actor Vince O’Brien died in Haworth, New Jersey, on June 19, 2010. He was 91. O’Brien was born on January 11, 1919. A New York stage actor, he was featured on Broadway in the 1960 adaptation of Allen Drury’s political novel Advice and Consent. He was seen in several films including Hoodlum Priest (1961) and The Cross and the Switchblade (1970), and appeared on television in episodes of True Story, Armstrong Circle Theatre, The Edge of Night, The Defenders, and N.Y.P.D. He also played philandering businessman Mr. Eichelberger in the Broadway

OBREGON, CLAUDIO Mexican actor Claudio Obregon died of respiratory failure in Mexico City on November 13, 2010. He was 75. Obregon was born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, on July 11, 1935. He began his career working in radio as an announcer in the late 1950s. A film career followed in the early 1960s, with roles in Tajimara (1965), Pedro Paramo (1967), Memories of the Future (1969), Las Bestias Jovenes (1970), Zapata (1970), Los Corrompidos (1971) Reed, Mexico InsurVince O’Brien

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musical comedy Promises, Promises from 1968 to 1972. O’Brien was also seen frequently as the Shell Answer Man in television and print ads for Shell Oil. He appeared on the Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows as Sheriff George Patterson from 1967 to 1969, and was Woody Allen’s hotel doctor in the 1977 comedy film Annie Hall. He was also featured in the 1976 tele-film First Ladies Diaries: Edith Wilson, and was Judge Wallach in several episodes of the soap opera Ryan’s Hope in 1976. He was featured as Pops Cooper in the soap Guiding Light from 1989 to 1990, and guest-starred in an episode of The Cosby Mysteries. O’Brien’s later film credits include Six Degrees of Separation (1993) and Quiz Show (1994). He was also featured as Judge Phillip

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Franks in a handful of episodes of Law & Order from 1993 to 1995.

O CAMPO, MILA Filipino actress Mila Ocampo died of complications from emphysema in Makati City, Luzon, the Philippines, on January 6, 2010. She was 67. Ocampo was born in Iriga City, Philippines, on March 14, 1942. She was a beauty queen and model who appeared in a handful of films from the early 1950s. Her film credits include Romansa sa Nayon (1952), Walang Takot (1958), Blessings of the Land (1959), Juan Tamad Goes to Society (1960), Alyas Palos (1961), Palos Kontra Gagamba (1963), Carioca (1963), Dugo sa Pantalan (1965), and Adriana (1969). She was

England on September 22, 2010. She was 49. O’Connor was born in Harrow, London, England, on January 18, 1961. Her first short-stories were published in the early 1990s and were collected in the volumes Here Comes John (1993) and Tell Her You Love Her (1997). Several of her stories were broadcast on BBC Radio 4, which also aired her radio plays Becoming the Rose, The Centurions, and States of Mind. She also penned the award-winning play The Flags in 2001. She worked with her husband, Peter Straughan, on writing the films Sixty Six (2006) and Mrs. Ratcliffe’s Revolution (2007). They also scripted an adaptation of The Three Musketeers and John Le Carre’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, which was in production at the time of her death.

O’DARE, KATHY Kathy O’Dare, who appeared in films and television in the 1970s, died at her home in Riverside, California, on July 18, 2010. She was 52. She was born Kathleen Rose D’Orazi in Eagle Rock, California, on August 27, 1957. She trained in acting and dancing from childhood, and was featured as one of the Sour Grapes Bunch in the children’s series The Banana Splits Adventure Hour in the late 1960s.

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married to actor Von Serna, and their daughter, Snooky Serna, became a leading child actress in the early 1980s. Ocampo served as her daughter’s manager, and frequently appeared with her in such films as Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (1971), The Golden Child (1971), Living Doll (1971), Bulilit Cinderella (1971), Sweethearts (1972), Under-Age (1980), Where Love Has Gone (1982), Summer Holiday (1982), Story of Three Loves (1982), Diary of Cristina Gaston (1982), Santa Claus Is Coming to Town! (1982), Strangers in Paradise (1983), Tender Age (1984), Experience (1984), Zuma (1985), Sinungaling Mong Puso (1992), and Paano Kung Wala Ka Na (1997).

O’CONNOR, BRIDGET British playwright and screenwriter Bridget O’Connor died of cancer in

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She appeared in an episode of The Brady Bunch, and was Mary Lou Milligan in the first episode of Happy Days in 1974. O’Dare was also seen in the tele-film The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1977), and the features Eat My Dust (1976) and Texas Detour (1978).

O’D ONNELL, CHARLIE Television announcer Charlie O’Donnell, who was the longtime announcer for the gameshow Wheel of Fortune, died of heart failure at his home in Sherman Oaks, California, on November 1, 2010. He was 78. O’Donnell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 12, 1932. He began his career in the late 1950s working as an announcer with Dick Clark on American Bandstand. He also worked as a radio disc jockey and was a news anchorman for Los Angeles television station KCOP. He began working as an announcer for game shows in the late 1960s, and spent the next two decades on such series as Everybody’s Talking, The Wizard of Odds, The Cheap Show, The New Card Sharks, The Joker’s Wild, The New Tic Tac Dough, Press Your Luck, The All-New Dating Game, The $20,000 Pyramid, The New Newly-

315 wed Game, and The Gong Show. He was also featured as an announcer for a 1967 episode of Batman. O’Donnell served as announcer for the Academy Awards,

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Emmy Awards, and American Music Awards. O’Donnell was best known for his long stint as an announcer with Wheel of Fortune from 1975 to 1980, and from 1988 until his death.

O’DONNELL, P ETER British writer Peter O’Donnell, who created the comic strip female spy Modesty Blaise, died of complications of a stroke and Parkinson’s disease, in Brighton, England, on May 3, 2010. He was 90. O’Donnell was born in Lewisham, London, England, on April 11, 1920. He served in the Royal Signals Corps during World War II, working with the mobile radio detachment in North Africa and southern Europe. He began writing comic strips after the war, including an adaptation of the James Bond novel Dr. No for the Daily Express. He also scripted the popular adventure strips Garth from 1953 to 1966 and Romeo Brown from 1956 to 1962. O’Donnell teamed with artist Jim Holdaway to create the Modesty Blaise strip in 1963, featuring a wealthy female spy with a criminal past. The popular comic led to a film version in 1966, starring Monica Vitti as Modesty and Terence Stamp as her frequent companion Willie Garvin. He provided the original script for the film, but director

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Joseph Losey’s comedy thriller varied greatly from its source. O’Donnell wrote a novelization of his largely unused screenplay for the film, and penned the subsequent Modesty novels Sabre-Tooth (1966), I, Lucifer (1967), A Taste for Death (1969), The Impossible Virgin (1971), the short-story collection Pieces of Modesty (1972), The Silver Mistress (1973), Last Day in Limbo (1976), Dragon’s Claw (1978), The Xanadu Talisman (1981), The Night of Morningstar (1982), and Dead Man’s Handle (1985). He also penned a handful of historical romance novels under the name Madeleine Brent, including Tregaron’s Daughter (1971), Moonraker’s Bride (1973), Kirkby’s Changeling (1975), Merlin’s Keep (1977), The Capricorn Stone (1979), The Long Masquerade (1981), A Heritage of Shadows (1983), Stormswift (1984), and Golden Urchin (1986). Ann Turkel starred in an ABC television pilot for an unsold Modesty Blaise series in 1982, and Alexandra Staden starred in the 2004 film My Name Is Modesty, based on the character. O’Donnell retired from writing the Modesty Blaise strips (which had been illustrated by the Spanish artist Enrique Romero for nearly three decades) in 2001, but penned introductions for Titan Books reprint collections from 2004 to 2009.

OHNO, KAZUO Japanese dancer and choreographer Kazuo Ohno, who was a founder of the Butoh dance form, died in a Yokohama, Japan, hospital on June 1, 2010. He was 103. Ohno was born in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, on October 27, 1906. He became in-

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volved in dance and choreography while in high school, and trained in the style of German Expressionist Mary Wigman. Ohno was drafted into the Japanese Army in 1938, serving throughout World War II. His experiences during the war helped frame the often dark imagery that inspired his dance. He made his debut as a dancer in 1949, and he soon began working with Butoh co-founder Tatsumi Hijikata. Ohno’s major dance works include My Mother, Water Lilies, and The Road in Heaven, the Road in Earth. He starred in Chiaki Nagano’s 1969 film A Portrait of Mr. O and Katsumi Hirano’s The Scene of the Soul (1991). He was also featured in the documentary Kazuo Ohno in 1995. Despite being unable to walk in his later years, he continued to

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perform, creating a dance with the use of his hands in the works of his son, Yoshito Ohno. He made his final public appearance in 2007 in his son’s Hyakkaryoran, celebrating Kazuo’s 100th birthday.

OLSEN, MERLIN Pro football player turned actor Merlin Olsen died of complications from mesothelioma in Logan, Utah, on March 11, 2010. He was 69. Olsen was born in Logan on September 15, 1940. He played football in college at Utah State, and earned the Outland Trophy as the country’s best lineman as a senior in 1961. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the NFL, and the Denver Broncos for the AFL. Olsen opted for the Rams after a bidding war for his contract. He was named Rookie of the Year in 1962, and continued to play for the Rams throughout his entire career. He retired in 1976, and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1982. After his retirement as a player, Olsen became a color commentator for NBC, teaming with Dick Enberg on coverage of the AFC throughout the 1980s. He and Enberg also covered the Rose Bowl Game broadcasts from 1980 to 1988. Olsen began appearing in films in the late 1960s, with roles in The Undefeated (1969) with John Wayne, One More Train to Rob (1971), Something Big (1971),

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and Mitchell (1975). He also guest-starred on television in episodes of Petticoat Junction, The Brian Keith Show, Kung Fu, CHiPs, and Walking Tall. Olsen was featured in several tele-films including A Fire in the Sky (1978), A Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story (1980), The Juggler of Notre Dame (1984), and Time Bomb (1984). He starred as Jonathan Garvey in Michael Landon’s Little House on the Prairie from 1977 to 1981. His character was a lumber man who became a neighbor of the Ingalls family after moving to Walnut Grove. Landon created the subsequent series Father Murphy for Olsen, who starred as John Michael Murphy, who disguised himself as a clergyman to help a group of orphans find a home. The series aired on NBC from 1981 to 1983. He was featured as Buddy Lanau in the short-lived series Father and Sons in 1986, and starred as Aaron Miller in Aaron’s Way in 1988.

O’NEIL, P ADDIE British actress Paddie O’Neil died in a North London hospice on January 31,

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2010. She was 83. She was born Adalena Lillian Nail in a fairground trailer in Leominster, England, on May 1, 1926, where her father performed as an animal trainer as Professor Nail. She was sent to London to study at a stage school and began performing at the London Palladium in the early 1940s. She soon signed with the BBC and entertained as a featured artist throughout the war. She made her film debut in 1951’s Penny Points to Paradise. She married fellow actor Alfred Marks in 1952, and the couple performed frequently together on stage and television. Paddie was also a writer and producer for the new Independent Television, and worked with her husband on the series Alfred Marks Time in the late 1950s. She largely retired to raise a family, but returned to the screen to appear in the films The Early Bird (1965) and The Adding Machine (1969). She appeared frequently on television in the 1980s, with roles in such series as Rentaghost, Hallelujah!, Woof !, and Virtual Murder. She was also featured in the television productions Flickers (1980) and Mrs. Capper’s Birthday (1985). Her later film credits include Fanny Hill (1983) and The Little Match Girl (1987). She also continued to tour with her husband, performing around the world before his death in 1996.

OREMOVIC, MIA Croatian actress Mia Oremovic died in Krizevci, Croatia, on July 24, 2010. She was 91. Oremovic was born in Slovanoska, Pozega, Aus-

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317 tria-Hungary, on July 31, 1918. She studied acting in Zagreb in the early 1940s, and became a leading performer on the Yugoslav stage. She was also seen in numerous films from the early 1950s including U Oluji (1952), I’ll Be Back (1957), It Was Not Useless (1957), H-8… (1958), Le Gout de la Violence (1961), Sreca Dolazi u 9 (1961), I Have Two Mothers and Two Fathers (1968), Nedjelja (1969), One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away (1970), To Live on Love (1973), Pollen Dust (1974), Operation Stadium (1977) Violet (1978), Slow Motion (1979), Visoki Napon (1981), Nemir (1982), Tajna Starog Tavana (1984), Anticasanova (1985), Vecernja Zvona (1986), Treca Zena (1997), Cetverored (1999), Queen of the Night (2001), Remembrance of Georgia (2002), Here (2003), Sleep Sweet, My Darling (2005), and Slow Days (2006). Oremovic was also seen in television productions of Ljubov Jarovaja (1957), Na Taraci (1960), Cuvaj se Senjske Ruke (1964), Slijepi Kolosijek (1964), Paradoks (1965), Ladanjska Sekta (1967), Skorpion u Znaku Vage (1967), Ljubav (1968), Dnevnik Ocenaseka (1968), Overnjonski Senatori (1970), Luda Kuca (1972), Ljubica (1979), Poglavlje iz Zivota Augusta Senoe (1981), Leo i Brigita (1989), Doktorova Noc (1990), Sidney Sheldon’s Memories of Midnight (1991) as Madame Piris, Each Time We Part Away (1994), Mrtva Tocka (1995), Ne Zaboravi Me (1996), and Living with Cockroaches (2000). Her other television credits include episodes of such series as Pod novim Krovovima, Fiskal, Ca smo na ovon Svitu…, Kapelski Kresovi, Pozoriste u Kuci 2, Velo Misto, Smogovci as Uciteljica, Stahlkammer Zurich, Vecernja Zvona, Kad Zvoni?, Luda Kuca, Bitange i Princeze, Ljubav u Zaledju, and Obicni Ljudi.

ORGAN, SAM British television producer Sam Organ died of cancer in Bristol, England, on April 14, 2010. He was 52. Organ was born in Colchester, Essex, England, on April 5, 1958. He began working for the BBC in 1982, where he produced hundreds of documentaries over the next 25 years. He helmed Diary of a Frontliner (1988) and London Lighthouse (1989), and worked on the BBC1 series Crimewatch. He also produced the 2002 series Lost Worlds, and the television documentaries Britain’s Lost Roman Wonder (2003), Everest: Getting to the Bottom of the Mountain (2003), Strange World of Barry Who (2004), China’s Terracotta

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Army (2007), Soviet War Scare 1983 (2007), Charles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas (2007), Hadrian (2008), Last Chance to See (2009), and Halcyon River Diaries (2010).

OSBORNE, BABY MARIE Marie Osborne, who starred in silent films as Baby Marie, died in San Clemente, California, on November 11, 2010. She was 99. She was born Helen Alice Myres in Denver, Colorado, on November 5, 1911. She moved to Long Beach, California, with her foster parents in 1914 and began appearing in films at Balboa Studios. She appeared in small roles in the silents Kidnapped in New York (1914), The Maid of the Wild (1915), and Should a Wife Forgive? (1915). She became a child star with the 1916 film Lit-

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tle Mary Sunshine from director Henry King. Baby Marie starred in numerous films over the next five years including Shadows and Sunshine (1916), Joy and the Dragon (1916), Twin Kiddies (1917), Told at Twilight (1917), Sunshine and Gold (1917), When Baby Forgot (1917), Captain Kiddo (1917), Tears and Smiles (1917), The Little Patriot (1917), Milady o’ the Beanstalk (1918), Daddy’s Girl (1918), Dolly Does Her Bit (1918), A Daughter of the West (1918), The Voice of Destiny (1918), The Locked Heart (1918), Cupid by Proxy (1918), Winning Grandma (1918), Dolly’s Vacation (1918), Child of M’sieu (1919), The Old Maid’s Baby (1919), The Sawdust Doll (1919), The Little Diplomat (1919), Baby Marie’s RoundUp (1919), Daddy Number Two (1919), and Miss Gingersnap (1919). Her career as Baby Marie largely ended by the end of the decade. She returned to the screen in the 1930s, appearing in small roles and as a stand-in for Ginger Rogers and Deanna Durbin. Her film credits include Carolina (1934), The Gay Divorcee (1934), Roberta (1935), The Last Days of Pompeii (1935), We’re Only Human (1935), Swing Time (1936), Stage Door (1937), Shall We Dance (1937), Wise Girl (1937), Having a Wonderful Time (1938), Citizen Kane (1941), His Butler’s Sister (1943), Follow the Boys (1944), Here Come the Co-Eds (1945), Arch of Triumph (1948), My Own True Love (1949), and Bunco Squad (1950). She began a second career as a film costumer in the early 1950s with Western Costume Company, and worked on such films as Guys and Dolls (1955), Around the World in

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Eighty Days (1956), This Earth Is Mine (1959), Spartacus (1960), The Great Impostor (1961), Cleopatra (1963), Circus World (1964), How to Murder Your Wife (1965), The Chase (1966), The Killing of Sister George (1968), The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968), the tele-film Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate (1971), The Way We Were (1973), Mame (1974), The Godfather: Part II (1974), and Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976). Marie was married to Frank J. Dempsey from 1931 until their divorce in 1937, and to actor Murray F. Yeats from 1945 until his death in 1975. She is survived by her daughter, Joan Dempsey Young.

OSCARSSON, PER Swedish actor Per Oscarsson died in a fire at his home outside the small town of Skara in south-west Sweden during the night of December 30, 2010. He was 83. He and his wife, Kia Ostling, were believed to have perished when the house burned to the ground. Oscarsson was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on January 28, 1927. He was a leading performer on the Scandinavian stage and screen from the mid–1940s. His numerous film credits include Ornungar (1944), Kristin Commands (1946), Youths in Danger (1946), The Most Beautiful on the Earth (1947), The Street (1949), Son of the Sea (1949), Leva pa “Hoppet” (1951), Trots (1952), Barabbas (1953), We Three Debutantes (1953), Karin Mansdotter (1954), Wild Birds (1955), Miss April (1958), Ticket to Paradise (1962), The Doll (1962), Adam and Eve (1963), Hunger (1966), The D.T.’s (1966), Here’s Your Life (1966), A Dandy in the Aspic (1968), Doctor Glas (1968), Vindingevals (1968), An-Magritt (1969), Between Us (1969), Honeycomb (1969), Miss and Mrs. Sweden (1969), Love Is War (1970), The Last Valley (1971), the psychological thriller The Night Visitor (1971) with Max von Sydow and Liv Ullman, Secrets (1971), The New Land (1972), the British thriller Endless Night (1972) with Hayley Mills, Ebon Lundin (1973) which he also wrote and directed, The Blockhouse (1973), Dream City (1973), the 1976 adaptation of Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis, Victor Frankenstein (1977) as the Monster, Dagny (1977), The Assignment (1977), Broderna Lejonhjarta (1977), The Adventures of Picasso (1978) as Apollinaire, Chez Nous (1978), Kristoffers Hus (1979), Charlotte Lowenskold (1979), Tvingad att Leva (1980), Outrage (1980), Swe-

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den for the Swedes (1980) again writing and directing, Montenegro (1981), The Sleep of Death (1981), Who Pulled the Plug? (1981), Henrietta (1983), Ronja Robbersdaughter (1984), Da Capo (1985), Vilde, the Wild One (1986), Nattseilere (1986), Venus 90 (1988), 1939 (1989), Bulan (1990), House of Angels (1992), Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (1994), Harry och Sonja (1996), Juloratoriet (1996), Germans (1996), Ogginoggen (1997), The Last Viking (1997), Fika Barn Leka Bast (1997), White Water Fury (2000), Send More Candy (2001), Midsummer (2003), The Bouncer (2003), and Young Andersen (2005). Oscarsson starred as Holger Palmgren, guardian of Lisbeth Salander’s character in the Swedish film versions of Stieg Larsson’s novels The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (2009). He also starred in numerous television productions including Bodelin (1965), Asmodeus (1966), Patrasket (1966), Noon Wine (1966), Gengangare (1967), Inferno (1973), Das Blaue Hotel (1973), Kallocain (1981), Master Olof (1983), Vargen (1984), Stjarnsmallar och Julpussar (1986), Bodeln och Skokan (1986), Ovader (1988), Krasnalen (1988), Fasadklattraren (1991), Polisen och Domarmordet (1993), Polisen och Pyromanen (1996), Vita Logner (1998) as Odd Behrman, Lukas 8:18 (1999), Herr von Hancken (2000), Anderssons Alskarinna (2001), Kaspar i Nudadaleb (2001) as Kaspar’s grandfather, Dieselrattor och Sjomansmoss (2002), Those Who Whisper (2006), and Millennium (2010).

OUANG SHA FEI Chinese character actress Ouang Sha Fei died of complications of injuries she received in a fall in Salt Lake City, Utah, on August 3, 2010. She was 85. Ouang was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, in September 9, 1924. She studied acting in Shanghai in the early 1940s and was soon appearing in such films as Dream of the Red Mansions (1944), The Broken Dream (1948), and Female Prisoner No. 13 (1949). She relocated to Hong Kong by the end of the decade, where she appeared in hundreds of films during her career. Her many film credits include To See the Clouds Roll (1950), The Thirteen Grand Tutors (1951), Modern Wives (1951), The Open Road (1951), Missing Document (1951), Modern Red Chamber Dream (1952), Woman’s Heart (1952), Demon of Lust (1952), Fatal At-

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319 traction (1952), A Woman’s Stifled Desires (1952), The World Turned Upside Down (1952), A Double-Faced Man (1952), The Troubled Love of Wang Kui and Gui Ying (1952), Don’t Tell My Husband (1952), Portrait of a Lady (1952), The Closer the Better (1952), Gone to the Dogs (1952), Bloodbath (1952), Angelo (1952), Do Not Forget Tonight (1953), Beauty in Disguise (1953), Little Couple (1953), Love’s Eleg y (1956), The Flame of Love (1956), Little Angel of the Streets (1957), Return of the Prodigal Youth (1958), Dawn of New Hopes (1958), All in the Family (1959), Girl with a Thousand Guises (1959), Mischievous Girl (1959), The Wild, Wild Rose (1960), Tragic Melody (1960), Devotion (1960), Death Traps (1960), Secret Affairs (1960), Swindler’s Delight (1960), The Lady Musketeer (1960), Sun, Moon and Star (1961), The Search of Loved One (1961), Lily of the Valley (1962), A Gratitude as Weighty as the Mountain (1962), Tears of a Lute Player (1962), A Playful Women (1962), The Love Eterne (1963), The Lady and the Thief (1963), The Adulteress (1963), Stepmother (1963), The Second Spring (1963), The Story of Sue San (1964), Between Tears and Laughter (1964), Comedy of Mismatches (1964), Beyond the Great Wall (1964), The Warlord and the Actress (1964), The Dancing Millionairess (1964), The Shepherd Girl (1964), Squadron 77 (1965), Inside the Forbidden City (1965), Call of the Sea (1965), The Mermaid (1965), Pink Tears (1965), Bridge (1966), Till the End of Time (1966), The Treacherous Lady Killer (1966), The Blue and the Black (1966), The Joy of Spring (1966), Madame Slender Plum (1967), Four Sisters (1967), The King with My Face (1967), Hong Kong Nocturne (1967), Sweet Is Revenge (1967), Swan Song (1967), The Goddess of Mercy (1967), The Mirror and the Lichee (1967), The Midnight Murder (1967), The Rainbow (1968), The Sword of Swords (1968), Mist Over Dream Lake (1968), When the Clouds Roll By (1968), That Fiery Girl (1968), Double Trouble (1968), Killers Five (1969), Temptress of a Thousand Faces (1969), Raw Courage (1969), Tropicana Interlude (1969), Unfinished Melody (1969), Torrent of Desire (1969), Dear Murderer (1969), Whose Baby’s in the Classroom? (1970), Love Song Over the Sea (1970), The Swift Knight (1971), The Eunuch (1971), Lady with a Sword (1971), The Man with Two Wives (1971), The Fourteen Amazons (1972), Finger of Doom (1972), The Fugitive (1972), The Lizard (1972), Of Wives and Mistresses (1972), The House of 72 Tenants (1973), River of Fury (1973), The Bastard (1973), Tales of Larceny (1973), Blood Reincarnation (1974), The Rat Catcher (1974), Sex, Love and Hate (1974), One Year’s Fantasy (1974), Farewell Dearest (1974), Gossip Street (1974), Sorrow of the Gentry (1974), The Splendid Love in Winter (1974), Supremo (1974), The Playboy (1974), The Big Holdup (1975), The Empress Dowager (1975), Bald-Headed Betty (1975), Hong Kong Superman (1975), The Bedevilled (1975), Enjoy Longevity-300 Years (1975), Moon and Stars (1975), Kissed by the Wolves (1975), Shantung Man in Hong Kong (1975), Gambling Syndicate (1975), Mutiny on the High Sea (1975), My Wacky, Wacky World (1975), Black Alice (1975), Sup Sap Bup Dup (1975), The Miserable Girl (1975), The Nutty Crook (1975), The Bloody Escape (1975), Lady of the Law (1975), The Last Tempest (1976), Fierce Fist (1976), The

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Prodigal Son (1976), King Gambler (1976), The Web of Death (1976). The Dragon Missile (1976), The Dream of the Red Chamber (1977), Hong Kong Emmanuelle (1977), Judgement of an Assassin (1977), The Diary of Di-Di (1977), He Has Nothing But Kung Fu (1977), Starlets for Sale (1977), The Battle Wizard (1977), Death Duel (1977), Shaolin Deadly Kicks (1977), The Fatal Flying Guillotines (1977), Golden Nun (1977), The Mad Monk (1977), Clan of Amazons (1978), Three Minutes Past Nine (1978), Duel at Tiger Village (1978), Delinquent Teenagers (1978), The Cunning Hustler (1978), The Avenging Eagle (1978), Heroes of the East (1978), Invincible Enforcer (1979), The Forbidden Past (1979), Dragon Fist (1979), Spiritual Boxer, Part II (1979), Spring in the Palace (1979), Haunted Tales (1980), The Women Soldiers (1981), Devil Returns (1982), Godfathers of Fury (1982), Kung Fu from Beyond the Grave (1982), In Out Time (1982), Strange Skill (1982), Devil Fetus (1983), Calamity of Snakes (1983), The Enchantress (1983), Take Care, Your Majesty! (1983), Seeding of a Ghost (1983), Law with Two Phases (1984), Prince Charming (1984), Why Me? (1985), Fatal Love (1988), Flirting (1988), A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990), Rebel from China (1990), The Fun, the Luck and the Tycoon (1990), and Gambling Ghost (1991). She retired from the screen and settled in the United States in the 1990s.

OWENS, DEIRDRE Actress Deirdre Owens died in New York City on November 16, 2010. She was 82. Owens was born in New York City on July 2, 1928. She began her career on stage, and appeared on Broadway in a production of Much Ado About Nothing in 1952. She appeared frequently on television in the 1950s and early 1960s, with roles in episodes of G.E. True Theater, Ford Star Jubilee, Star Tonight, Studio One, One Step Beyond, the 1959 Twilight Zone episode “Judgment Night,” Hallmark Hall of Fame, Route 66, Thriller, and Hazel. O WSLEY, W ILL Singer and guitarist Will Owsley, who played guitar with such artists as Amy Grant and Shania Twain, died of an apparent suicide in a Franklin, Tennessee, hospital on April 30, 2010. He was 44. Owsley was born in Anniston, Alabama, on March 6, 1966. He settled in Nashville in the mid– 1980s, and formed the band the Semantics. They

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recorded the album Powerbill in 1993, but were dropped from their record label before it was released. He joined Amy Grant’s touring band the following year, and he co-wrote and recorded with her on songs over the next 16 years. He also toured frequently with Shania Twain as guitarist and harmony singer. He recorded the solo album Owsley in 1999, and followed with The Hard Way in 2004. He also worked with such artists as Michael W. Smith, Faith Hill, the Jonas Brothers, and Vince Gill during his career.

OZORES, ANTONIO Spanish actor Antonio Ozores died after a long illness in Madrid, Spain, on May 12, 2010. He was 81. Ozores was born in Burjasot, Valencia, Spain, on August 24, 1928, the son of actors Mariano Ozores and Luisa Pochol. He appeared in numerous films from the early 1950s including The Last Horse (1950), Cerca de la Ciudad (1952), Sister San Sulpicio (1952), The Happy Couple (1953), Amor Sobre Ruedas (1954), Un Caballero Andaluz (1954), Happy Easter (1954), La Lupa (1955), Los Ladrones Somos Gente Honrada (1956), Honeymoon (1956), The Girls in Blue (1957), Tremolina (1957), El Aprendiz de Malo (1958), El Puente de la Paz (1958), 15 Bajo la Lona (1959), We Are 18 Years Old (1959), Poison at 2:30 (1959), El Cerro de los Locos (1960), Salto Mortal (1961), Vampiresas 1930 (1962), Cupido Contrabandista (1962), La Hora Incognita (1963), The Daughters of Helena (1963), A Girl for Everything (1963), Historias de la Television (1965), Honeymoons Will Kill You (1966), Hoy Como Ayer (1966), Operacion Cabaretera (1967), Operation Mata Hari (1968), Susana (1969), El Taxi de los Conflictos (1969), Matrimonios Separados (1969), Las Siete Vidas del Gato (1970), Una Senora Llamada Andres (1970), El Astronauta (1970), La Graduada (1971), Como Casarse en 7 Dias (1971), La Red de mi Cancion. (1971), Dos Chicas de Revista (1972), Manolo by Night (1973), La Llamaban La Madrina (1973), The Timid Bachelor (1974), Uncle, Are You Really Coming to Paris? (1975), Mayordomo para Todo (1976), Tales of the White Sheets (1977), Estoy Hecho un Chaval (1977), Los Bingueros (1979), The Prick (1980), El Erotico Enmascarado (1980), Yo Hice a Roque III (1980), El Liguero Magico (1980), Los Liantes (1981), Brujas Magicas (1981), Las Chicas del Bingo (1982), Los Autonomicos (1982), Cristobal Colon,

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de Oficio … Descubridor (1982), El Hijo del Cura (1982), The Worker (1983), Agitese Antes de Usarla (1983), Los Caraduros (1983), La Loca Historias de los Tres Mosqueteros (1983) as Cardinal Richelieu, El Pan Debajo del Brazo (1984), El Cura ya Tiene Hijo (1984), El Rollo de Septiembre (1985), Que Tia la C.I.A.! (1985), El Recomendado (1985), Los Presuntos (1986), No, Hija, No! (1987), Los Obsexos (1989), Cancion Triste de… (1989), Tahiti Girl (1990), Jet Marbella Set (1991), and Pelotazo Nacional (1993).

PACHECO , D ENER Brazilian actor Dener Pacheco died of cancer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 6, 2010. He was 28. Pacheco was born in Tubarao em Santa Catarina in 1981. He decided to become an actor at an early age and moved to Sao Paula

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at the age of 14 to perform on stage. He subsequently worked as a model in Rio de Janeiro. He starred as Renan in the tele-novela Caras & Bocas from 2009,

PADMANABHAM Indian comic actor Padmanabham, who appeared in numerous Telugu films, died of a heart attack in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, on February 19, 2010. He was 78. Padmanabham was born in Simhadripuram, Andhra Pradesh, India, on August 20, 1931. He began appearing in films at the age of 12 in the early 1940s, and was featured in nearly 400 over the next 60 years. His many film credits include

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Magic World (1945), Queen of the Vindhiyas (1948), The Goddess from Below the Earth (1951), Santanam (1955), Kutumba Gauravam (1957), Vagdanam (1961), Two Friends (1961), Family Name (1962), Atma Bandhuvu (1962), Light and Shadow (1964), Pandava Vanavasam (1965), Tender Hearts (1966), Lakshmi of the Home (1967), Bhakta Prahlada (1967), Bagdad Gajadonga (1968), The Good Boy (1969), Aatmiyulu (1969), Kathanayika Molla (1970), Vichitra Bandham (1972), Bhale Dongalu (1976), The Rainbow (1977), Mayalodu (1993), Bhairava Dweepam (1994), Subhamasthu (1995), Bhadra (2005), and Tata Birla Madhyalo Laila (2009).

PADMOS, ROD Canadian actor Rod Padmos died in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, after a long illness on June 13, 2010. He was 60. Padmos was born in Calgary on November 4, 1949. He was active on the local stage, and appeared in a handful of films including The Keeper (1976), Rad (1986), Stone Coats (1996), and Rat Race

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(2001). He was also featured in the tele-films Body of Evidence (1988), Angel Flight Down (1996), A Father’s Choice (2000), and Dear Prudence (2008). His other television credits include episodes of Stingray, The Marshal, Lonesome Dove: The Series, and Heartland.

PAGNANI, GINO Italian comic actor Gino Pagnani died in Magliano Sabina, Rieti, Italy, on April 10, 2010. He was 82. He was born Luigi Pagnani Fusconi in Rome on July 31, 1927. He began his career in films in the late 1960s, appearing in Il Professor Matusa e i Suoi Hippies (1968), Let’s Have a Riot (1970), Due Bianchi nell’Africa Nera (1970), Armiamoci e Partite! (1971), Mazzabubu … Quante Corna Stanno Quaggiu? (1971), Ma che Musica Maestro (1971), Il Clan dei due Borsalini (1971), Ubalda, All Naked and Warm (1972), Canterbury Proibito (1972), Continuavano a Chiamarli i due Piloti piu Pazzi del Mondo (1972), Continuavano a Chiamarli … er Piu e er Meno (1972), The Lady Has Been Raped (1972), Il Magnate (1973), Ku Fu? Dalla Sicilia con Furore (1973), Bella, Ricca, Lieve Difetto Fisico Cerca Anima Gemella (1973), Il Sergente Rompiglioni (1973), Giovannona Long-Thigh (1973), In the West There Was a Man Named Invincible (1973), Hospitals: The White Mafia (1973), The Rich Uncle (1974), Piedino il Questurino (1974), Farfallon (1974),

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Amore Mio Non Farmi Male (1974), Di Tresette ce n’e Uno, Tutti gli Altri Son Nessuno (1974), The Flower in His Mouth (1975), Il Giustiziere di Mezzogiorno (1975), Due Cuori, una Cappella (1975), L’Educanda (1975), Amore mio Spogliati … Che Poi ti Spiego! (1975), La Poliziotta fa Carriera (1975), Cuginetta … Amore Mio! (1976), The Black Maid (1976), Coeds (1976), La Clinica dell’Amore (1976), School Days (1976), Uomini si Nasce Poliziotti si Muore (1976), Meet Him and Die (1976), Who’s Afraid of Zorro (1976), L’Avvocato della Mala (1977), Il Marito in Collegio (1977), L’Ultimo Sapore dell’Aria (1978), Scherzi da Prete (1978), The Nurse in the Military Madhouse (1979), Saturday, Sunday and Friday (1979), L’Insegnante al Mare con Tutta la Classe (1979), L’Albero della Maldicenza (1979), Tutti a Squola (1979), L’Imbranato (1979), Ciao Marziano (1980), Con la Zia non e Peccato (1980), Sugar, Honey and Pepper (1980), La Dottoressa Preferisce i Marinai (1981), La Dottoressa di Campagna (1981), and L’Allenatore nel Pallone (1984). Pagnani also featured in a 1973 episode of the Dario Argento horror television series Door into Darkness. He was also a leading voice actor, noted for providing the Italian voice of Papa Smurf for the cartoon series.

PAJCIN, KSENIJI Serbian pop singer Kseniji Pajcin was found dead at her apartment in Belgrade, Serbia, of a gunshot wound to the head on March 16,

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2010. It was believed that her boyfriend, Montenegrin male model Filip Kapisoda, had shot and killed her and then killed himself. She was 32. Pajcin was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia), on December 3, 1977. She began her career as a background dancer in Serbian discos with the band Beat Street before joining the pop group The Duck. She soon embarked on a solo career, and was noted for her dancing and costumes. Sometimes known as Xenia, her tabloid exploits often overshadowed her musical career. She recorded several albums including Too Hot to Handle (1997), Extreme (2001), Magije (2004), and The Best Of… (2006).

PALEVSKY, MAX Computer pioneer, art patron, and film producer Max Palevsky died of heart failure at his home in Los Angeles on May 5, 2010. He was 85. Palevsky was born in Chicago, Illinois, on July 24, 1924. He served in the U.S. Army in the Philippines as a meteorologist during World War II. He earned degrees in philosophy and mathematics at the University of Chicago and the Universities of California, Berkeley and Los Angeles. He worked in the computer industry in the 1950s, and founded Scientific

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Data Systems, Inc., in 1961. Xerox acquired the company in 1969, and Palevsky remained as an executive there until retiring in 1972. He was a leading philanthropist to the arts in Los Angeles from the 1950s, and was a director of the American Civil Liberties Union. He was active in politics, supporting the presidential bids of Robert F. Kennedy and George McGovern. He was also instrumental in saving Rolling Stone magazine in 1970, become a director and board chairman. He also produced several films in the 1970s including Costa-Gavras’ State of Siege (1972), Marjoe (1973), Marcel Ophul’s documentary The Memory of Justice (1976), Fun with Dick and Jane (1977), and Islands in the Stream (1977).

PALITO Filipino comic actor Palito died of complications from lung disease in a Manila, the Philippines, hospital on April 12, 2010. He was 75. He was born Reynaldo Hipoilito in Calamba, the Philippines, on September 4, 1934. He began his film career in the early 1960s, and appeared in the film Pitong Zapata (1965). He became known as Palito, and with his gaunt

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appearance and sunken eyes, he was noted for his spoofs of such action heroes as James Bond and Rambo. His major film credits include Revenge of the Lady Fighter (1973), Mang Kepweng (1979), A Man Called “Tolongges” (1981), Johnny Rambo Tango (1984), Barok Goes to Hong Kong (1984), Super 1, 2, 3 (1985), Ride on Baby (1985), John & Marsha ’85 (1985), Mama Said Papa Said I Love You (1985), Mga Kwento ni Loka Basyang (1985) as Zambo the Zombie, Inday Bote (1985), Working Boys (1986), Super Islaw and the Flying Kids (1986), Rocky Four-Ma (1986), No Blood, No Surrender (1986), Horsey-Horsey: Tigidig-Tigidig (1986), BoboCop (1987), Love Letters (1988), Kambal Tuko (1988), Super Inday and the Golden Bibe (1988), Sheman: Mistress of the Universe (1988) as Skeleton, M & M: The Incredible Twins (1989), Twist (1990), Kabayo Kids (1990), Pempe ni Sara at Pen (1992), Hataw Tatay Hataw (1994), Wow … Multo! (1997), Tik Tak Toys: My Kololotoys (1999), Home Alone da Riber (2002), and M.O.N.A.Y. (Misteyks Obda Neyson Adres Yata) ni Mr, Shooli (2007).

PANCRAS, NIEK Dutch actor Niek Pancras died in The Hague, the Netherlands, on June 27, 2010. He was 72. Pancras was born in Waarland, the Netherlands, on June 20, 1938. He studied drama in the 1960s, and was soon working regularly on stage, film and television. He was featured in such films as De Mannet-

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jesmaker (1983), Ciske the Rat (1984), In de Schaduw van de Overwinning (1986), The Good Hope (1986), De Marionettenwereld (1993), and De Man in de Linnenkast (2003). He was also seen in the television productions Arnhem: The Story of an Escape (1976), Nestwarmte (1981), De Brug (1990), Kink in de Kabel (1995), and Suzy Q (1999). Pancras also appeared in the series Transport, Schoppentroef, Het Wassende water, Laat maar Zitten as Peer Tol from 1988 to 1991, Oppassen!!!, Kats & Co, Kees & Co., Westenwind, Onderweg naar Morgen, and Grijpstra & de Gier.

PANDEY, N IRMAL Indian actor Nirmal Pandey died of a heart attack in Mumbai, India, on February 18, 2010. He was 48. Pandey was born in Mumbai in 1961, and studied at India’s National School of Drama. He began his film career in the early 1990s in such films as Great Target (1991) and Sardar (1993), and starred in Shekhar Kapur’s 1994 action film Bandit Queen. He starred as a transvestite in the 1996 film Daayra (aka The Square Circle), which earned him the

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co-best actress award at France’s Valenciennes Film Festival with leading lady Sonali Kulkarni. The film was viewed as too controversial by India’s censor board and was never released there. Pandey’s other film credits include Is Raat Ki Sabah Nahin (1996), Auzaar (1997), Train to Pakistan (1998), Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998), Hum Tum Pe Marte Hain (1999), Jahan Tum Le Chalo (1999), Godmother (1999), Shikari (2000), Hadh Kar Di Aapne (2000), One 2 Ka 4 (2001), Dubai (2001), Deewangee (aka Obsession) (2002), Pyaar Ki Dhun (aka The Song of Love) (2002), Kaaboo (2002), Patth (2003), Aanch (2003), Inspector Kiran (2004), Mirchi: It’s Hot (2004), Bazaar: Market of Love, Lust and Desire (2004), Laila (2005), Desh Drohi (2008), Lahore (2010), and Kedi (2010).

PANIZZA , NELLY Argentine actress Nelly Panizza died in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after a long illness on March 30, 2010. She was 81. Panizza was born in Buenos Aires on March 17, 1929. She began her career in films in the late 1940s with small roles in such productions as El que Recibe las Bofetadas (1947), Los Pulpos (1948), Novio, Marido y Amante (1948), El Zorro Pierde el Pelo (1950), La Mujer del Leon (1951), Emer-

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gency Ward (1952), El Vampiro Negro (1953), and Mercado Negro (1953). Panizza was noted for her performance in the 1953 film Dock Sud (1953), and was frequently seen as femme fatales in subsequent films, including Mujeres Casadas (1954), Sucedio en Buenos Aires (1954), The Human Clay (1955), El Hombre que Debia una Muerte (1955), Ensayo Final (1955), El Ultimo Perro (1956), La Muerte Flota en el Rio (1956), Surcos en el Mar (1956), El Diablo de Vacaciones (1957), Un Centavo de Mujer (1958), El Hombre que Hizo el Milagro (1958), Campo Arado (1959), El Octavo Infierno (1964), Las Mujeres los Prefieren Tontos (1964), Bicho Raro (1965), The Gaucho (1965), Esta Noche Mejor No (1965), Del Brazo con la Muerte (1966), Maternidad sin Hombres (1968), Los Mochileros (1970), Asi es Buenos Aires (1971), Este Loco, Loco, Buenos Aires (1973), Do What You Want (1973), Where the Wind Dies (1976), I Need You So Much, Love (1976), El Divorcio esta de Moda — de Comun Acuerdo (1978), Buenos Aires Tango (1982), and Mujer — Mujer (1987). Panizza also appeared frequently on Argentine television from the early 1960s in such productions as Ceremonia Secreta (1960), Manana Puede ser Verdad (1962), Mate para Cuatro (1966), El Gato (1976), Una Escalera al Cielo (1979), Black Octopus (1985), Dulce Ana (1995), and Panadería los Felipe (2004).

PANKAJAM, ADOOR Indian Malayalam actress Adoor Pankajam died at her son’s home in Adoor,

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Kerala, India, on June 26, 2010. She was 85. She was best known for her role as Nalla Pennu in the 1965 film Chemmeen. She appeared primarily in supporting roles during her career, with roles in such films as Acharam Ammini Osaram Omana (1977), Anantaram (1987), Aye Auto (1990), Alanchery Thambrakal (1995), and Kathapurushan (1996). Her survivors include her sister, actress Adoor Bhavani.

PANOPIO, FRED Filipino actor and singer Fred Panopio died of cardiac arrest in a Quezon City, Philippines, hospital on April 22, 2010. He was 71. Panopio was born in Nueva Ecija, Philippines, on February 2, 1939. He began his career in the mid– 1950s and became a popular performer and recording artist with such hits as Pitong Gatang, Markado, and Tatlong Baraha. He was also featured in over a dozen films during his career including Markado (1960), Teen-

vin the Tap-Dancing Horse (2000), and The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas! (2000).

PARK, RUTH New Zealand–born Australian author Ruth Park died in Sydney, Australia, on December 16, 2010. She was 93. Park was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on August 24, 1917. She began her career working as a journalist for an Auckland newspaper before moving to Australia in 1942. She wrote the ABC Children’s radio series The Wide-Awake Bunyip

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Age Crush (1960), Tres Mosqueteros (1960), Tatlong Baraha (1961), Hugo, the Sidewalk Vendor (1962), Capitain Pepe (1969), Songs and Lovers (1970), Omar Cassidy and the Sandalyas Kid (1970), My Pledge of Love (1970), From the Bottom of My Heart (1970), Sweet Caroline (1971), Gangsters Daw Kami! (1971), Baldo Is Coming (1971), When the Crow Turns White, When the Heron Turns Black (1978), Dito sa Pitong Gatang (1992), and Manila Boy (1993). Panopio teamed with Victor Wood to record the album Certified Jukebox Kings in 1999.

PARASKEVAS, BETTY Betty Paraskevas, who teamed with her son to create the children’s television series Maggie and the Ferocious Beast, died of complications from pancreatic cancer in Southampton, New York, on April 7, 2010. She was 80. She was born in Linden, New Jersey, on April 8, 1929. She worked on Broadway with producer Harry Rigby on such productions as Sugar Babies and No, No, Nanette. Her son, Michael, was working as an illustrator when they began teaming together in the early 1980s. Their first collaboration, written by Betty and drawn by Michael, On the Edge of the Sea, was published in 1982. Their 1993 book Junior Kroll, spawned a popular series. Their books soon spread to television, and the pair wrote and produced Maggie and the Ferocious Beast (2000), Mar-

which ran from 1942 to 1951, and subsequently created the series The Muddle-Headed Wombat, continued through 1970. Park also wrote a successful series of children’s books based on the character from 1962 to 1982. She penned her first novel, The Harp of the South, in 1948, which she followed with Poor Man’s Orange in 1949. Both novels were adapted for television mini-series in 1987. Her 1980 fantasy novel Playing Beatie Bow was adapted for a film in 1986. Park also wrote the autobiographies A Fence Around the Cuckoo (1992) and Fishing in the Styx (1993).

PARKER, FESS Actor Fess Parker, who starred as iconic frontier heroes Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone in the 1950s and 1960s, died after a long illness at his home in Santa Ynez, California, on March 18, 2010. He was 85. Parker was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on August 26, 1924, and was raised on a small farm near San Angelo. He served in the Marine Corps towards the end of World War II, but his height (6' 6") disqualified him as a pilot. He attended the University of Texas after his discharge, and graduated with a degree in history in 1950. He subsequently studied drama at the University of Southern California, and made his stage debut in a production of Mister Roberts in 1951. He soon signed with Warner Bros. and appeared in the films No Room for the Groom (1952), Untamed Frontier (1952), Springfield Rifle (1952), Take Me to Town (1953), The Kid from Left Field (1953), Island in the Sky (1953), Thunder Over the Plains (1953), Dragonfly Squadron (1954), The Bounty Hunter (1954), and Battle Cry (1955). He also appeared on television in episodes of Dragnet, Stories of the Century, Annie Oakley, and City Detective. Parker was featured in the 1954 sci-fi classic Them! as pilot Alan Crotty, whose encounter with giant

325 flying ants placed him in a psychiatric ward. His performance in Them! was instrumental in his being cast as the great frontier hero Davy Crockett for Walt Disney’s Disneyland television series in the mid–1950s. Parker starred in a trilogy of episodes from December of 1954 to February of 1955, Davy Crockett: Indian Fighter, Davy Crockett Goes to Congress and Davy Crockett at the Alamo. The lyrics “Da-vyyyyy! Daaaa-vy Crockett! King of the Wild Frontieeeerrr…!!” opened the show, which also featured Buddy Ebsen as Crockett’s comrade-in-arms George Russel. The coonskincapped frontiersman became an iconic hero for youngsters in the 1950s, and Disney again showcased Parker as Crockett in two pre–Alamo episodes later in 1955, Davy Crockett’s Keelboat Race and Davy Crockett and the River Pirates. He remained under contract to Disney for the next several years, maintaining his heroic stature in the western films The Great Locomotive Chase (1956), Westward Ho the Wagons! (1956), Old Yeller (1957), and The Light in the Forest (1958). He left Disney in the late

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1950s, and appeared in the films The Hangman (1959), Alias Jesse James (1959), The Jayhawkers! (1959), Hell Is for Heroes (1962), and Smoky (1966). He was also seen on television in episodes of Playhouse 90, Schlitz Playhouse of the Stars, General Electric Theater, Death Valley Days, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Destry, Burke’s Law, The George Gobel Show, The Ed Sullivan Show, Startime, The Danny Kaye Show, The Jonathan Winters Show, The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show, The Andy Williams Show, and The Red Skelton Show. He starred in the short-lived ABC political comedy series Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Senator Eugene Smith from 1962 to 1963. Parker subsequently returned to the role of historical frontier heroes, starring in the NBC series Daniel Boone from 1964 to 1970. He also produced and directed several episodes of the series. He was featured in the 1972 tele-film Climb an Angry Mountain, and in the unsuccessful sit-com pilot The Fess Parker Show in 1974. He retired from the screen soon after, and became successful in real estate and development in the Santa Barbara area. Fess Parker’s Red Lion Inn was built in 1985. He purchased land in the 1990s for what became the successful Fess Parker Family Winery and Vineyards in Los Olivos, California.

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Parker is survived by his wife, the former Marcella Belle Rinehart, who he married in January of 1960, and their two children.

PARKER, ROBERT B. Crime novelist Robert B. Parker, who wrote the popular Spenser detective novels, died of a heart attack at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 18, 2010. He was 77. Parker was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on September 17, 1932. He graduated from Colby College in Waterville, Maine, and served in the Army in Korea from 1954 to 1956. He subsequently earned a master’s degree and doctorate from Boston University. He was teaching English at Boston’s Northeastern University when he began writing his first Spenser novel in the early 1970s. The hard-boiled private eye made his debut in 1973’s The Godwulf Manuscript. Parker continued penning the detective’s adventures throughout his life, and was at his desk working on a new novel when he suffered his fatal heart attack. The numerous Spenser novels include God Save the Child (1974), Mortal Stakes (1975), Promised Land (1976) which earned him the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America, The Judas Goat (1978), Looking for Rachel Wallace (1980), Early Autumn (1980), A Savage Place (1981), Ceremony (1982), The Widening Gyre (1983), Valediction (1984), A Catskill Eagle (1985), Taming a Sea Horse (1986), Pale Kings and Princes (1987), Crimson Joy (1988), Playmates (1989), Stardust (1990), Pastime (1991), Double Deuce (1992), Paper Doll (1993), Walking Shadow (1994), Thin Air (1995), Chance (1996), Small Vices (1997), Sudden Mischief (1998), Hush Money (1999), Hugger Mugger (2000), Potshot (2001), Widow’s Walk (2002), Back Story (2003), Bad Business (2004), Cold Service (2005), School Days (2005), Hundred-Dollar Baby (2006), Now and Then (2007), Rough Weather (2008), Chasing the Bear: A Young Spenser Novel (2009), The Professional (2009), and Painted Ladies (2010). Parker served as a consultant on the Spenser: For Hire ABC television series that starred Robert Urich from 1985 to 1988, and the 1989 spin-off series A Man Called Hawk starring Avery Brooks. Urich and Brooks reprised their respective roles in several tele-films including Spenser: Ceremony (1993), Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes (1994), Spenser: The Judas Goat (1994), and

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Spenser: A Savage Place (1995). Joe Mantegna took over the role of Spenser for several tele-films on A&E including Spenser: Small Vices (1999), Thin Air (2000), and Walking Shadow (2001), all of which featured Parker on screen in small roles. He and his wife, Joan, shared an Emmy Award nomination for their script for a B.L. Stryker episode in 1989, He created New England police chief Jesse Stone in the 1997 novel Night Passage, and continued his adventures in Trouble in Paradise (1998), Death in Paradise (2001), Stone Cold (2003), Sea Change (2006), High Profile (2007), Stranger in Paradise (2008), Night and Days (2009), and Split Image (2010). Tom Selleck, who starred in the title role of Parker’s 2003 television adaptation of Jack Schaefer’s western novel Monte Walsh, also played Jesse Stone in a series of tele-films including Stone Cold (2005), Jesse Stone: Night Passage (2006), Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (2006), Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007), and Jesse Stone: Thin Ice (2009). Parker was chosen by the Raymond Chandler estate to complete his unfinished novel, Poodle Springs, in 1989. James Caan starred as Philip Marlowe in the 1998 tele-film adaptation. Parker also wrote the novel Perchance to Dream, a 1991 sequel to the Chandler’s The Big Sleep. He also created female detective Sunny Randall, who starred in the novels Family Honor (1999), Perish Twice (2000), Shrink Rap (2002), Melancholy Baby (2004), Blue Screen (2006), and Spare Change (2007). Parker wrote several western novels including Appaloosa (2005) which was adapted for a feature film in 2008, Resolution (2008), Brimstone (2009), and Blue-Eyed Devil (2010). He collaborated with Japanese photographer Kasho Kumagai to produce the 1994 coffee table book Spenser’s Boston, which included excerpts from his Spencer novels. His other novels include Wilderness (1979), Love and Glory (1980), All Our Yesterdays (1994), Gunman’s Rhapsody (2001), Double Play (2004), Edenville Owls (2007), and The Boxer and the Spy (2008). Parker was given the Grand Masters Award Edgar for his lifetime achievement by the Mystery Writers of America in 2002.

32. Park was born in South Korea on August 12, 1977. He began his career as a singer in the late 1990s. He became a popular performer in Japan, where he held several concerts and released eight CD albums. He starred as Sang-Hyuk Kim in the 2002 television series Winter Sonata, and was featured in the 2002 film Again. He also appeared in the television series Tokyo Wankei: Destiny of Love in 2004. Park was featured in the film The Scam in 2009.

PARKS, ALLISON Playboy Playmate Allison Parks died of heart failure on a Hawaiian beach on June 21, 2010. She was 68. She was born Gloria Waldron in Glendale, California, on October 18, 1941. She was selected as Playboy’s Playmate of the Month for October of 1965, and was Playmate of the Year for 1966.

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She had a successful modeling career and appeared in numerous commercials after her Playboy exposure. She was later featured in the films Munchie Strikes Back (1994) and High Road (1996).

PARK YONG- HA South Korean actor and singer Park Yong-ha committed suicide by hanging himself with the electric cord from his camcorder at his home in Seoul, South Korea, on June 30, 2010. He was

PARNELL, JACK English musician and bandleader Jack Parnell died of cancer in Southwold, Suffolk, England, on August 8, 2010. He was 87. Parnell was born in London On August 6, 1923. He studied piano and drums from an early age, and performed with bands in the late 1930s. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II, and continued his ca-

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327 reer in music after the war. He performed with Ted Heath’s big band from 1945 until the early 1950s, when he formed his own orchestra. He served as a music arranger and composer for the films Dance Hall (1950) and The Blue Lamp (1950). He became musical director for ATV in 1956, where he led the orchestra for the hit variety series Sunday Night at the London Palladium. He also worked on such series as The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine, The Des O’Connor Show, Reg Varney, and This Is Tom Jones. He earned an Emmy Award for musical director for the 1973 special Barbra Streisand … and Other Musical Instruments. Parnell conducted the orchestra for Jim Henson’s The Muppet Show throughout its run, and retired from ATV in the early 1980s. He continued to perform with the group The Best of British Jazz through the 1990s.

PARVO, ELLI Italian actress Elli Parvo died in Rome on February 19, 2010. She was 94. She was born Elvira Gobbo in Milan, Italy, on October 17, 1915. She began her career in films in the mid–1930s, with roles in Loyalty of Love (1934), Leave All Hope (1937), Il Feroce Saladino (1937), Gatta ci Cova (1937), Departure (1938), I Want to Live with Joy (1938), Mia Moglie si Diverte (1938), Il Marchese di Ruvolito (1939), La Notte Delle Beffe (1939), Arditi Civili (1940), Miseria e Nobilta (1940), La Donna Perduta (1940), Il Ponte dei Sospiri (1940), The King’s Jester (1941), Beatrice Cenci (1941), L’Allegro Fantasma (1941), Ridi Pagliaccio! (1941), Il Fanciullo del West (1942), Sette Anni di Felicita (1942), I Due Foscari (1942), M.A.S. (1942), Man of the Sea (1942), and Sieben Jahre Gluck (1942). She starred as femme fatale Paola Previtali in the film Desiderio (aka Desire), which began filming in 1943 under Roberto Rossellini, and was eventually completed by Marcello Pagliero in 1946. Parvo was also seen in the films Carmen (1945), La Porta del Cielo (1945), and Un Americano in Vacanza (1946). She starred in the 1946 film Il Sole Sorge Ancora (aka Outcry) directed by her then husband Aldo Vergano, and was Gruscenka in Giacomo Gentilomo’s 1947 production of The Brothers Karamazov. Her other films include Legge di Sangue (1948), L’Urlo (1948), Ways of Love (1948), The Mysterious Rider (1948), and Vertigine d’Amore (1949). Parvo continued her film career in the 1950s, often in supporting roles,

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in such features as Santo Disonore (1950), His Last Twelve Hours (1950), the comedy Toto the Third Man (1951), Rosalba, la Fanciulla di Pompei (1952), Voto di Marinaio (1953), Loves of Three Queens (1954), La Luciana (1954), La Campana di San Giusto (1954), The Art of Getting Along (1955), L’Ultimo Amante (1955), Giuramento d’Amore (1955), Mi Permette, Babbo! (1956), Michelangelo Antonioni’s Il Grido (aka The Cry) (1957), Goddess of Love (1957), and Word of Miracles (1959). Parvo made her final screen appearance in Domenico Paolella’s Madri Pericolose in 1960.

PATAKI, MICHAEL Character actor Michael Pataki, who was noted for his roles in such cult horror films as Grave of the Vampire and Dracula’s Dog, died of cancer in North Hollywood, California, on April 15, 2010. He was 72. Pataki was born in Youngstown, Ohio, on January 16, 1938. He studied drama and political science at the University of Southern California. He made his film debut in the late 1950s, with small roles in Ten North Frederick (1958) and The Young Lions (1958). He appeared frequently on television from the late 1950s, often in villainous roles. He was featured in episodes of M Squad, The Loretta Young Show, Not for Hire, Hawaiian Eye, Ripcord, The Case of the Dangerous Robin, The Twilight Zone, Combat!, Rawhide, Slattery’s People, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, My Favorite Martian, Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, Ben

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Casey, Batman as bat-villain King Tut’s henchman Amenophis Tewfik, Felony Squad, Run for Your Life, Mission: Impossible, Mr. Terrific, Garrison’s Gorillas, Dundee and the Culhane, and Mannix. He starred as Korax, the Klingon, in the classic Star Trek episode “The Trouble with Tribbles,” in 1967. Pataki earned acclaim for his stage performances in summer stock productions of Zoo Story in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1966. He was featured in the recurring role of Roberto in the fantasy comedy series The Flying Nun with Sally Field from 1967 to 1970. Pataki appeared as Charlie Dreyfuss in the sit-com Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers from 1974 to 1975, and was Captain Barbera in the short-lived live-action The Amazing Spider-Man in 1978. He starred as Vladimir Gimenko in the sit-com Phyl & Mikhy in 1980. He was also seen in numerous

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tele-films including They Call It Murder (1971), A Man for Hanging (1973), Indict and Convict (1974), The Call of the Wild (1976), Benny and Barney: Las Vegas Undercover (1977), Superdome (1978), Ruby and Oswald (1978), When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (1978), Harold Robbins’ The Pirate (1978), Survival of Dana (1979), Samurai (1979), Disaster on the Coastliner (1979), Marciano (1979), High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane (1980), Terror at Alcatraz (1982), Cowboy (1983), The Cowboy and the Ballerina (1984), R.S.V.P. (1984), and The Making of a Hollywood Madam (1996). Pataki’s numerous television credits also include episodes of The Silent Force, Dan August, Cade’s County, Bonanza, The Sixth Sense, Columbo, The Bold Ones: The New Doctors, The Rookies, Cannon, Search, Shaft, Kung Fu, Amy Prentiss, The Invisible Man, Get Christie Love!, Harry O, Ellery Queen, Baretta, McCloud, Good Heavens, Happy Days as Count Mallachi, All in the Family, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, The Tony Randall Show, Barney Miller, Alice, The White Shadow, Little House on the Prairie, Eischied, A Man Called Sloane, Beyond Westworld, B.J. and the Bear, Charlie’s Angels, Nero Wolfe, Insight, Father Murphy, WKRP in Cincinnati, One Day at a Time, T.J. Hooker, Maggie, Laverne & Shirley, The Jeffersons, Automan, The Fall Guy, Lottery!, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Heart of the City, Airwolf, Cagney & Lacey, St. Elsewhere, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and The Highwayman. Pataki’s film career also continued from the late 1960s with a small role as a mime in the 1969 youth anthem Easy Rider. He became a familiar face in horror and exploitation films with roles in Five the Hard Way (1969), Dream No Evil (1970), The Return of Count Yorga (1971) with Robert Quarry, The Andromeda Strain (1971), Pink Angels (1971), The Dirt Gang (1972), Brute Corps (1972), the diminutive crime thriller Little Cigars (1973), Sweet Jesus, Preacherman (1973), the wildly perverse The Baby (1973), The Black Bunch (1973), The Last Porno Flick (1974), The Bat People (1974), Delinquent School Girls (1975), All-American Hustler (1976), Jailbait Babysitter (1977), and The Glove (1979). Pataki starred as Caleb Croft, a vicious vampire rapist whose offspring (William Smith) seeks his destruction in 1974’s Grave of the Vampire, and was Count Dracula and his modern-day descendant Michael Drake in Albert Band’s cult classic Dracula’s Dog (aka Zoltan, Hound of Dracula). He also directed the 1976 horror film Mansion of the Doomed starring Richard Basehart, and the off-beat 1977 soft-core musical adaptation of Cinderella starring Cheryl Smith. Pataki continued to appear onscreen in character roles in such films as Airport ’77 (1977) The Last Word (1979), The Onion Field (1979) as District Attorney Dino Fulgoni, Love at First Bite (1979), Raise the Titanic (1980), Dead & Buried (1981), Graduation Day (1981), Night Shift (1982), Sweet Sixteen (1983), One More Chance (1983), Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985), Rocky IV (1985) as Russian sports official Nicoli Koloff, American Anthem (1986), The Underachievers (1987), Death House (1987), Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) as Dr. Hoffman, and Hollywood Hot Tubs 2: Educating Crystal (1990). Pataki was the voice of the Cow in Ralph Bakshi’s animated

Mighty Mouse, the New Adventures in 1987, and voiced George Liquor in The Ren & Stimpy Show in 1992. He was also a voice actor in Batman: The Animated Series as the Sewer King, Dexter’s Laboratory, Extreme Ghostbusters, and several John Kricfalusi Yogi Bear cartoons.

PATTERSON, NEVA Actress Neva Patterson, who starred as alien collaborator Eleanor Dupres in the original version of the cult sci-fi television series V in the early 1980s, died of complications from a broken hip at her home in Brentwood, California, on December 14, 2010. She was 90. Patterson was born in Nevada, Iowa, on February 10, 1920. She moved to New York City in 1938, and embarked on a career as an actress. She performed on the New York stage and made her Broadway debut in 1947’s The Druid Circle. She was featured in a handful of Broadway plays over the next decade including The Ivy Green (1949), I Know My Love (1949), Ring Round the Moon (1950), The Long Days (1951), Lace on Her Petticoats (1951), The Seven Year Itch (1952) originating the role of Helen Sherman, Double in Hearts (1956), Speaking of Murder (1956), and Make a Million (1958). Patterson made her film debut in the early 1950s, and was featured in Taxi (1953), The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956), Desk Set (1957) as Spencer Tracy’s assistant Miss Warriner, An Affair to Remember (1957) as Cary Grant’s jilted fiancée, Too Much, Too Soon (1958), The Spiral Road (1962), David and Lisa (1962), Dear Heart (1964), Counterpoint (1967), Skin Game (1971), All the President’s Men (1976), The Domino Principle (1977), The Buddy Holly Story (1978) as Buddy’s mother, Star 80 (1983), and All of Me (1984). She was also a familiar face on television from the late 1940s, appearing in episodes of Colgate Theatre, NBC Presents, Lights Out, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre, The Web, Suspense, The Doctor, Hallmark Hall of Fame’s 1953 production of Hamlet, The Plymouth Playhouse, Omnibus, The Elgin Hour, The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse, Danger, You Are There, G.E. True, Appointment with Adventure, Studio One, The Alcoa Hour, Star Tonight, Kraft Theatre, Playhouse 90, Moment of Fear, Ben Casey, The U.S. Steel Hour, Naked City, The Defenders, The Lieutenant, The Doctors and the Nurses, For the People, The Patty Duke Show, Coronet Blue, Felony Squad, Cannon, The Paul

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329 Lynde Show, Circle of Fear, Ironside, Doc Elliot, Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law, The New Temperatures Rising Show, The Snoop Sisters, Apple’s Way, The Manhunter, Archer, The Rockford Files, S.W.A.T., Maude, All in the Family, Charlie’s Angels, Family, Tales of the Unexpected, Logan’s Run, Rosetti and Ryan, Barnaby Jones, Quincy, The Waltons, The Dukes of Hazzard, Hawaii Five-0, The Two of Us, Bret Maverick, and Cagney & Lacey. She starred as Maggie McLeod, the secretary to Dan Dailey’s character in the television sit-com The Governor & J.J. from 1969 to 1970, and was Ma Ketchum, the town matriarch, in the James Garner western series Nichols from 1971 to 1972. Patterson was also featured in the tele-films The Police (1971), Message to My Daughter (1973), The Stranger Who Looks Like Me (1974), The Runaways (1975), Ladies of the Corridor (1975), The Big Black Pill (aka Joe Dancer) (1981), The Rules of Marriage (1982), and Something So Right (1982). She starred as alien collaborator Eleanor Dupres in the sci-fi mini-series V (1983) and V: The Final Battle (1984). She was also featured in the recurring role of Ilene in the short-lived 1985 series Berrenger’s, and was Emily Calder-Young in several episodes of the sit-com Webster from 1984 to 1985. Patterson appeared in the television productions Women of Valor (1986), Tales from the Hollywood Hills: A Table at Ciro’s (1987), and Deadline: Madrid (1988). She was also seen in episodes of Dynasty, Remington Steele, Hotel, Amen, St. Elsewhere in the recurring role of Marguerite Spooner, and In the Heat of the Night.

PAUL, THE PSYCHIC OCTOPUS Paul, the octopus who successfully predicted seven consecutive World Cup soccer games involving Germany in summer of 2010, died suddenly of heart (all three of them) failure, in his tank at a Sea Life Centre in Oberhausen, Germany, on October 26, 2010. He was 2 1 ⁄ 2. Paul was hatched at the Sea Life Centre in Weymouth, England, in January of 2008. He was raised as a larva in Weymouth before being transferred to Germany. Paul’s prognosticating fame came from his ability to select mussels from a box marked with the flag of the winning soccer team. He correctly predicted Germany’s victory in six matches, as well as their loss to Spain in the World Cup final. The oracular cephalopod was cel-

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ebrated on items from t-shirts to mobile apps. Paul was unmarried and reportedly left no larvae.

PAUL, EUGENIA Actress Eugenia Paul died in a West Palm Beach, Florida, hospital on May 24, 2010. She was 75. She was born Eugenia Popoff in Dearborn, Michigan, on March 3, 1935. She trained as a dancer with Bronislava Nijinska and performed with the New York Ballet. She settled in Hollywood in the early 1950s, and soon signed with 20th Century–Fox. Paul appeared on small roles in a handful of films in the 1950s including Lost in Alaska (1952) with Abbott and Costello, The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954), The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956), Bigger Than Life (1956), The Ten Commandments (1956), Apache Warrior (1957), the 1957 voodoo horror film The Disembodied with Allison Hayes, Man on the Prowl (1957), and Gunfighters of Abilene (1960). Paul was better known for her work in television, starring as Senorita Elena Torres opposite

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Guy Williams in early episodes of Disney’s Zorro in 1957. Her other television credits include episodes of Schlitz Playhouse of the Stars, Death Valley Days, Cavalcade of America, Waterfront, The Gene Autry Show, Brave Eagle, Sky King, Medic, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Circus Boy, Soldiers of Fortune, The Lineup, The Lone Ranger, Boots and Saddles, Broken Arrow, The Adventures of Jim Bowie as Ursula de Veramendi, The Thin Man, 26 Men, and The Rough Riders. She retired from the screen in the late 1950s after her marriage to Robert Strauss, the heir to the Pep Boys auto store empire. They settled in Palm Beach in the mid–1980s, where Eugenia was an active supporter of the arts.

PAYNTER, ROBERT British cinematographer Robert Paynter, who worked with director John Landis on Michael Jackson’s 1983 music video Thriller, died in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, on October 20, 2010. He was 82. Paynter was born in London on March 12, 1928. He began working as a cameraman for England’s Colonial Film Unit in the early 1950s, and trained with British Transport Films. He made several short films for the BTF including East Anglian Holiday (1954), The Heart of England (1954), Snowdrift at Bleath Gill (1955), and Any Man’s Kingdom (1956). He worked as a cinematographer for commercials for ITV from the late

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1950s through the 1960s, and made his feature film debut on Michael Winner’s 1969 film Hannibal Brooks. He continued to work with Winner on the films Lawman (1971), The Nightcomers (1971), Scorpio (1973), and The Big Sleep (1978). Paynter also photographed the films The Games (1970), Chato’s Land (1972), The Mechanic (1972), High Velocity (1976), Firepower (1979), Richard Lester’s Superman II (1980), Saturn 3 (1980), and Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981). He began his

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projects over the next several years, and launched a webcomic shortly before his death.

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long collaboration with director John Landis with An American Werewolf in London (1981), and they worked together on Trading Places (1983), Jackson’s music video Thriller (1983), Into the Night (1984) with Paynter also appearing onscreen in a small role as a security guard, and Spies Like Us (1995) also appearing as Dr. Gill. His other film credits include Curtains (1983), Superman III (1983), The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984), Scream for Help (1984), European Vacation (1985), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), the 1987 television production of The Secret Garden, When the Whales Came (1989), Strike It Rich (1990), Rock-A-Doodle (1991), and Get Back (1991). Paynter largely retired in the early 1990s, but returned to appear in front of the cameras as a doctor in Landis’ forthcoming film Burke and Hare.

PEKAR, HARVEY Comic book writer Harvey Pekar, who was best known for the autobiographical American Splendor series, was found dead of an accidental overdose of anti-depressants at his home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, on July 12, 2010. He was 70. Pekar was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 8, 1939. He became friends with comic artist Robert Crumb in the mid–1960s, who encouraged him to write for underground comics. Pekar created the story Crazy Ed for Crumb’s The People’s Comics. His long running serialized autobiography, American Splendor, first appeared in 1976 and was illustrated by Crumb. The success of the series led to many appearances on televisions Late Night with David Letterman in the late 1980s. He collaborated with numerous artists over the next thirty years, and American Splendor was adapted for film in 2003, starring Paul Giamatti as Pekar. His autobiographical graphic novel, The Quitter, was published by DC’s Vertigo imprint in 2005. He worked on various

PELLAR , RUDOLF Czech actor and singer Rudolf Pellar died in Prague, Czech Republic, on September 4, 2010. He was 87. Pellar was born in Puchov, Serbia, on February 28, 1923. He studied acting at the Brno Conservatory, where he graduated in 1946. He remained a leading stage performer for over fifty years. He was featured in a handful of films during his career including Posel Usvitu (1951), The Magical Hat (1953), Music from Mars (1955), Against All (1957), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1959), Pohadka o Stare Tramvaji (1961), The Death of Tarzan (1962), The Marathon (1968), Opera ve Vinici (1981), Vinobrani (1972), The Last Butterfly (1991), Hat-Trick (1992), The Way Through Hell

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(1995), Olda (1997), Love Lies Bleeding (1999), and Kousek Nebe (2005). He was also featured on Czech television in productions of The Phantom of Operette (1970), Adventures of Criminalistics (1990), Drakuluv Svagr (1996), Doctor Zhivago (2002), and La Bete du Gevaudan (2003). Pellar also appeared in the 2003 television mini-series Children of Dune (2003), and the films Love Lies Bleeding (1999), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) as Draper, and Close to Heaven (2005).

PELUSO, TONY Musician Tony Peluso, who was lead guitarist for the pop duo The Carpenters in

331 the 1970s, died of heart disease in Los Angeles on June 5, 2010. He was 60. Peluso was born on March 28, 1950. He formed the short-lived band The Abstracts in 1968, and recorded an album. He also played with Paul Revere & the Raiders and Bobby Sherman before joining Karen and Richard Carpenter on the song “Goodbye to Love” in 1972. He toured and recorded with the siblings until Karen’s death in 1983. Peluso subsequently worked as a record producer at Motown for

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as “If You Don’t Know Me by Now,” “Wake Up Everybody,” and “Don’t Leave Me This Way.” Pendergrass left the Blue Notes in 1977 and embarked upon a solo career. He had five consecutive platinum albums between 1977 and 1981, that included such hits singles as “Close the Door,” “Love TKO,” “Turn Off the Lights,” and “Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose.” He suffered a spinal cord injury in an automobile accident in Philadelphia in March 1982, and remained paralyzed from the waist down. He returned to the recording studio in 1984 with the album Love Language. He continued to record through the 1990s, and starred in the touring gospel musical Your Arms Too Short to Box with God in 1996. His autobiography, Truly Blessed, was released in 1998. He made occasional concert appearances with other artists over the next decade. He was hospitalized for colon cancer surgery in June of 2009, and subsequent respiratory problems lead to his death.

PENN, ARTHUR Director Arthur Penn, who helmed the 1967 classic Bonnie and Clyde, died of congestive heart failure at his home in Manhattan, New York, on September 28, 2010. He was 88. Penn was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 22, 1922. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and

such artists as Smokey Robinson, Michael Jackson, the Four Tops, and the Temptations. He worked frequently with producer Gustavo Santaolalla from the early 1990s, producing the Latin pop of Ricky Martin and the bands Cafe Tacuba and Molotov.

PENDERGRASS, TEDDY Soul singer Teddy Pendergrass, whose solo career largely ended after being paralyzed in an auto accident in 1982, died of complications from respiratory failure in a Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, hospital on January 13, 2010. He was 59. Pendergrass was born in Philadelphia on March 26, 1950. He sang in the church choir in his youth, and began recording and performing professionally while in high school. He played drums for several Philly groups, including The Cadillacs in the late 1960s. He joined Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes in 1970, and soon became lead singer of the group. They released such hits

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served as a stage manager for Joshua Logan’s Army shows in Paris during the war. He remained in Paris after the war to direct plays for the troops. He returned to the United States in 1947 to continue his education at Black Mountain College in North Carolina. He also studied acting in Hollywood with Michael Chekhov. Penn began working in television as a floor manager with NBC in 1951, and was soon serving as an assistant director for The Colgate Comedy Hour. NBC executive Fred Coe, who Penn had worked with during the war, helped secure him a directorial assignment with the network and Penn was soon helming episodes of such variety series as First Person Playhouse, Justice, Goodyear Playhouse, Producers’ Showcase, The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse, Playwrights ’56, and Playhouse 90. He made his Broadway debut helming the short-lived play The Lovers in 1956, and scored a hit with Two for the Seesaw starring Henry Fonda and Anne Bancroft in

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1958. Penn directed William Gibson’s script for The Miracle Worker, about a young Helen Keller, for a segment of Playhouse 90 in 1957, with Patty McCormack as Helen and Teresa Wright as her teacher, Annie Sullivan. He stayed on when the play went to Broadway in 1959, and earned a Tony Award for his direction, with Patty Duke and Anne Bancroft in the lead roles. He received an Academy Award nomination for helming the 1962 film version of The Miracle Worker, with Bancroft and Duke earning Oscars for their performances. He continued to work on the New York stage, directing such short-lived productions as Toys in the Attic (1960), A Evening with Mike Nichols and Elaine May (1960), All the Way Home (1960), In the Counting House (1962), and Lorenzo (1963). He returned to the screen with the allegorical drama Mickey One (1965), starring Warren Beatty, and the melodrama The Chase (1966) with Robert Redford and Marlon Brando. He earned another Oscar nomination for his next film, the 1967 crime drama Bonnie and Clyde, starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as the ill-fated Depression Era bank robbers. Penn received another Academy Award nomination for directing the counter-culture comedy Alice’s Restaurant (1969), loosely based on Arlo Guthrie’s anti–Vietnam War song. He scored another hit with 1971’s Little Big Man, a western satire starring Dustin Hoffman. He directed a segment of the 1973 film, Visions of Eight, honoring the Munich Olympics, and the 1975 film noir Night Moves starring Gene Hackman. He had little success with his later films which include The Missouri Breaks, and campy western starring Jack Nicholson and Marlon Brando, Four Friends (1981), Target (1985) again working with Hackman, the psychological thriller Dead of Winter (1987), and Penn and Teller Get Killed (1989) starring the comic magicians. He also directed the tele-films The Portrait (1993) starring Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall, and Inside (1996) with Eric Stoltz and Louis Gossett, Jr. He also served as executive producer for several episodes of Law & Order in the early 2000s, and directed an episode of 100 Centre Street. He returned to Broadway with the 2002 Tony Award winning play Fortune’s Fool, and the 2004 revival of Sly Fox. Penn is survived by his wife of 55 years, actress Peggy Maurer.

PENSOTTI, GEORGE British actor George Pensotti died in London on October 22, 2010. He was 73. Pensotti was born in Brighton, East Sussex, England, on April 6, 1937. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in the late 1950s, and soon began his career on stage. He was also seen frequently on British television from the early 1960, appearing in a production of Fortune’s Fools in 1962. He was also featured in episodes of No Hiding Place, Thirty-Minute Theatre, The Wednesday Play, Public Eye, Big Brother, Ryan International, Grange Hill, Lady Killers, Sorry!, Love Soup, Holby Blue, and Doctors. He was featured as Judge Geoffrey Winfield in the series Law & Retribution from 1997 until 2005. His other television credits include the productions Caught in the Act (1997), Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003), Peter Warlock: Some Little Joy (2005), Margaret (2009), and U Be Dead (2009).

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PERRY, STEVE Steve Perry, who wrote for comic books and the animated Thundercats television series, was last seen at his apartment in Zephyrhills, Florida, on May 9, 2010. He was 55. His van was recovered near a Tampa Bay hotel on May 16, 2010, with his dismembered arm found inside. Local police confirmed that Perry was a victim of a homicide later in the month. Perry was born on December 12, 1954. He became interested in writing at an early age, and was penning science fiction tales for publication by the early 1970s. He soon teamed with artist Steve Bissette, and the duo produced comic stories for the independent anthology Abyss in 1976. Perry wrote for the Marvel titles Epic Illustrated and Bizarre Adventures later in the

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decade. He and artist Tom Yeates created the Native American science fiction comic book series Timespirits for Marvel’s Epic imprint in the early 1980s. Perry also wrote for the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents revival and the Blackthorne Comics jungle adventure Salimba. He was one of the original writers for the cartoon adventure series Thundercats in 1985, and contributed to the Rankin/Bass animated production Silverhawks. Perry also wrote comic book adaptations for both series for Marvel. He had numerous difficulties in recent years, having left comics in the late 1980s. He had been diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2008 and had undergone several surgeries. The HERO Initiative, an or-

333 ganization dedicated to assisting comic book veterans had recently stepped in to help defray his medical expenses.

PESCI-T OWNSEND, J ANE Actress and singer Jane Pesci-Townsend, who was a leading stage actress in the Washington, D.C., area, died of cancer in Wheaton, Maryland, on August 6, 2010. She was 51. Pesci was born in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 1959. She taught voice and musical theater at the Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington from the mid–1990s, and oversaw numerous acting workshops

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l’Amore … Si (2006), Benvenuti in Amore (2008), and Cenci in Cina (2009).

PETERS, GREGG Gregg Peters, who served as assistant director and production manager for the original Star Trek series, died of complications from Parkinson’s disease at his home in Pacific Palisades, California, on March 27, 2010. He was 84. Peters was born in Los Angeles on August 2, 1925. He served in the United States Air Force during World War II, and began working in television after his discharge. He was involved in the production for such series as The Milton Berle Show, The Bob Hope Show, The Tonight Show, This Is Your Life, and several Emmy and Academy Award broadcasts. He also worked on the films Gypsy (1962) and The Music Man (1962). He served as an assistant director for thirteen episodes of the original Star Trek series from 1966 to 1967. He was unit production manager for Star Trek from 1967 to 1969, and an associate producer from 1968 to 1969. Peters was assistant director for the 1965 film Harlow, and for episodes of The

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with local theaters. She became chairman of CUA’s musical theater department in 2004, where she directed productions of Sweeney Todd, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Evita. She also starred in many local productions, and was nominated four times for the Helen Hayes Award, the Washington area’s leading stage honor. She was featured onscreen in the 2004 short film Jargon.

PESTELLINI, LAURA Italian character actress Laura Pestellini died in Rome on November 23, 2010. She was 91. Pestellini was born in Florence, Italy, on April 27, 1919. She was a popular character actress over the past decade with roles in such films as Tea with Mussolini (1999), The Prince and the Pirate (2001), Roundtrip (2003), Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) as the Contessa, La Mia Vita a Stelle e Strisce (2003), Ma

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Outer Limits, The Lucy Show, Mission: Impossible, Here’s Lucy, Mary Tyler Moore, The Bob Newhart Show, and Taxi. He served as associate producer for the series Love, American Style and The Immortal. He was also unit production manager for The Associates and Taxi, until retiring in the early 1980s.

PETOK, TED Cartoonist and illustrator Ted Petok, who won an Academy Award for his 1971 animated short film The Crunch Bird, died of coronary artery disease in Rockville, Maryland, on April 20, 2010. He was 93. Petok was born in Detroit, Michigan, on April 4, 1917. He worked as a cartoon illustrator from the mid–1930s. He served in the Army Signal Corps during World War II, occasionally contributing to Stars and Stripes newspaper. He worked as a commercial artist after his discharge, and created animated television advertising for such clients as Faygo soft drinks, Speedway gasoline, and General Motors. His 1971 animated short about a cranky bird with a huge appetite, The Crunch Bird, earned him an Oscar. He subsequently formed a distribution company and made such further animated shorts as The Mad Baker (1974) and The Golfer (1976). He also provided animation for

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the children’s television series Sesame Street and The Electric Company, and did artwork promoting the Detroit Lions and the Detroit Pistons.

PETRONI, GIULIO Italian film director Giulio Petroni, who helmed a handful of Euro-westerns from the late 1960s, died in Rome on January 31, 2010. He was 92. Petroni was born in Rome on September 21, 1917. He began his career in films directing documentaries in the early 1950s. He was directing features by the end of the decade, and helmed over a dozen films over the next 20 years. His film credits include La

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mare at 43 Hillcrest (1974), Killer Bees (1974), Death Sentence (1974), The Kansas City Massacre (1975), The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (1979), The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983), and Love Thy Neighbor (1984). Pierce made his feature film debut as director, producer, and cinematographer for the 1972 docu-drama The Legend of Bogg y Creek. The low-budget film dramatized the legend of a Sasquatch-like creature known as the Fouke Monster, that was reputed to terrorize the small town in Arkansas near Texarkana. Bogg y Creek became a major hit on the drive-in circuit. He also made the 1974 rural comedy Bootleggers, and appeared onscreen in the role of Othar Pruitt. His other films include the westerns Winterhawk (1975) starring Michael Dante, The Winds of Autumn (1976) with Jack Elam and Jeanette Nolan, and Grayeagle (1977) with Ben Johnson and Iron Eyes Cody. He produced and directed the 1977 thriller The Town That Dreaded Sundown, starring Ben Johnson as a Texas Ranger hunting a hooded serial killer in Texarkana in 1946. Pierce again appeared onscreen in a small role as a local policeman. The Viking action film The Norsemen (1978) starring Lee Majors, and the low-key horror thriller The Evictors (1979) starring Vic Morrow and Michael Parks, soon followed. He returned to westerns with 1983’s Sacred Ground with Tim McIntyre as a mountain man who accidentally violates a Native American burial mound. Pierce also supplied the original story for the 1983 film Sudden Impact, starring

Cento Chilometri (1959), I Soliti Rapinatori a Milano (1961), Always on Sunday (1962), Death Rides a Horse (1967), Love Live the Revolution (aka Blood and Guns) (1968) starring Orson Welles, A Sky Full of Stars for a Roof (1968), Night of the Serpent (1969), Life Is Tough, Eh Providence? (1972) starring Gregg Palmer, Crescete de Moltiplicatevi (1973), Labbra di Lurido Blu (1975), and Obscene Desire (1978).

PIERCE , CHARLES B. Independent filmmaker Charles B. Pierce, who was best known for the 1972 cult classic The Legend of Bogg y Creek, died in a Dover, Tennessee, nursing home on March 5, 2010. He was 71. Pierce was born in Hammond, Indiana, on June 16, 1938, and moved to Hampton, Arkansas, with his family as a child. He operated an advertising agency in Texarkana, and began working in films as a set decorator in the mid–1960s. Pierce worked on the films Waco (1966), An Eye for an Eye (1966), The Sterile Cuckoo (1969), 80 Steps to Jonah (1969), The Strawberry Statement (1970), Chuck Jones’ animated feature The Phantom Tollbooth (1970), Dirty Dingus Magee (1970), Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971), Skyjacked (1972), Shadow of Fear (1973), Wicked, Wicked (1973), Coffy (1973), Dillinger (1973), Black Belt Jones (1974), Our Times (1974), Black Eye (1974), Act of Vengeance (1974), Hearts of the West (1975), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), Casey’s Shadow (1978), The Cheap Detective (1978), and Carny (1980). He was also a set decorator on the television series T.H.E. Cat, Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, Pistols ’n’ Petticoats, and Hondo, and the tele-films Earth II (1971), Goodnight, My Love (1972), The Invasion of Carol Enders (1973), The Night Strangler (1973), Night-

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Clint Eastwood in his fourth outing as “Dirty” Harry Callahan. Pierce directed and wrote a 1985 pseudo-sequel The Barbaric Beast of Bogg y Creek, Part II, and appeared in the role of Professor Brian C. “Doc” Lockart. He was featured in the role of the Preacher in Jim McCullough’s sci-fi western The Aurora Encounter (1986), and wrote and directed 1987’s Hawken’s Breed starring Peter Fonda and Jack Elam. Pierce also continued to work in as a set decorator in television for the series The Ellen Burstyn Show, the new Twilight Zone, Fresno, Remington Steele, MacGyver, and The Bonnie Hunt Show. His final directorial credit was 1997’s Chasing the Wind. His survivors include his son, Charles Pierce, Jr., who was also featured in many of his father’s films.

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PIERITZ, KURD German actor Kurd Pieritz died in Hamburg, Germany, on December 25, 2010. He was 92. Pieritz was born in Greifswald, Germany, on June 26, 1918. He appeared in numerous films from the late 1950s including Einmal eine Grosse Dame Sein (1957), Geschwader Fledermaus (1958), Punishment Battalion (1960), Division Brandenburg (1960), Destination Death (1961), Blind Justice (1961), Auf Wiedersehen (1961), The Invisible Dr. Mabuse (1962), The Black Abbot (1963), Room 13 (1964), Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964), The Monster of London City (1964), Countdown

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Manhattan (1965), The Sinister Monk (1965), Liebesnachte in der Taiga (1967), The Monster of Blackwood Castle (1968), The Man with the Glass Eye (1969), Dr. Fabian: Laughing Is the Best Medicine (1969), Gentlemen in White Vests (1970), and Hurray We Are Bachelors Again (1971). He was a familiar face on German television from the early 1960s, appearing in productions of Die Wolfe (1963), Rasputin (1966), Ivar Kreuger der Zundholzkonig (1967), Slatin Pascha (1967), Anastasia (1967), Kidnap — Die Entfuhrung des Lindbergh-Babys (1968), Sir Roger Casement (1968), Freidrich Ebert— Geburt Einer Repubkik (1969) as Ebert, Sir Basil Zaharoff — Makler des Todes (1969), Marinemeuterei 1917 (1969), Maximilian von Mexiko (1970), General Oster — Verrater oder Patriot? (1970), Flucht— Der Fall Munzenberg (1971), Die Unfreiwilligen Reisen des Moritz August Benjowski (1975), and Diener und andere Herren (1978). His other television credits include episodes of Tatort, Polizeistation, Hamburg Transit, Gesucht Wird…, Kreisbrandmeister Felix Martin, and Der Fuchs von Ovelgonne, starring as Admiral Stehle in 1981.

PIERRE, ROGER French actor Roger Pierre died of cancer in Paris on January 23, 2010. He was 86. Pierre was born in Paris on August 30, 1923. He frequently teamed with Jean-Marc Thibault in comedy acts. Pierre appeared in numerous films from the mid– 1940s including Mr. Orchid (1946), Crazy for Love (1952), Wonderful Mentality (1953), Women of Paris (1953), His Father’s Portrait (1953), Une vie de Garcon (1954), M’sieur la Caille (1955), La Madelon (1955), Maid in Paris (1956), Life Is Beautiful (1956), Vive les Vacances (1958), The Adventures of Remi (1958), The

Motorcycle Cops (1959), The Gendarme of Champignol (1959), The Heirs (1960), Love and the Frenchwoman (1960), La Belle Americaine (1961), A Horse for Two (1962), Virginie (1962), How to Succeed in Love (1962), Tartarin de Tarascon (1962), We Will Go to Deauville (1962), Hard Boiled Ones (1964), Les Baratineurs (1965), Faites donc Plaisir aux Amis (1969), Hurrah for Adventure! (1970), En Grandes Pompes (1974), Gross Paris (1974), Mon Oncle d’Amerique (1980), Camera d’Albergo (1981), and Le Braconnier de Dieu (1983). He often appeared frequently on French television during his career, guesting in episodes of Maguy, Eurocops, and Maigret. He was featured in occasional films later in his career including Bingo! (1998) and Ole! (2005).

PINKERTON, NANCY Actress Nancy Pinkerton, who appeared frequently on television soap operas from the 1960s, died of heart failure in Westhampton, New York, on March 4, 2010. She was 69. Pinkerton was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 7, 1940. She was featured as Beth Moon Anderson on the soap opera

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Edge of Night from 1963 to 1967, and was Karen MacMillan on Somerset from 1970 to 1972. She was best known for starring as Dr. Dorian Lord on the ABC soap One Life to Live from 1973 to 1977. She was also featured as Viveca Strand on The Doctors from 1979 until 1981, and as Dorothy Connors on As the World

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Turns from 1983 to 1984. Pinkerton portrayed Helen Kennedy in The Guiding Light in 1985.

PITRE, LOULAN, SR. Louisiana raconteur and actor Loulan Pitre, Sr., died on October 17, 2010. He was 89. Pitre was born in Cut Off, Louisiana, on March 2, 1921, and spoke only Cajun French as a child. He served in the Marine Corps during World War II, and fought on islands throughout the Pacific. He re-

Where Eagles Dare starring Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood. She was best known for her roles in a pair of sexually-themed Hammer horror films in the early 1970s. Pitt starred in 1970’s The Vampire Lovers, an adaptation of Sheridan Le Fanu’s classic female vampire tale Carmilla, with horror legend Peter Cushing, and was the buxom lead in Countess Dracula (1971), based on the blood-thirsty exploits of Countess Elisabeth Bathory, opposite Nigel Green and Sandor Eles. She starred in Robert Hartford-Davis’ lost film about filmmaking in England, Nobody Ordered Love (1972), and was the librarian in the 1973 supernatural classic The Wicker Man, starring Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee. Pitt also appeared on television in the United States and England from the late 1960s, with roles in episodes of such series as Dundee and the Culhane, Ironside, Jason King, The Adventurer, The Zoo Gang, the Doctor Who serials “The Time Monster” as Queen Galleia and “Warriors of the Deep” as Dr. Solow, the 1975 Thriller tele-film Where the Action Is, and Bullman. She also appeared in television productions of Unity (1981), Artemis 81 (1981), Smiley’s People (1982), The Comedy of Errors (1983), and The House (1984). Pitt continued her film career in the 1980s, with

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turned to Louisiana after the war where he worked as a commercial fisherman and boat captain. He was also noted as an outstanding storyteller, telling stories to small groups or large forums, including the New Orleans Jazz Fest. He was also a frequent contributor to Jerry Gisclair’s Larose radio program The Rajun’ Cajun. He was featured as the sheriff in the 1986 film Belizaire the Cajun, starring Robert Duvall, which was written and directed by his son, Glen.

PITT, INGRID Ingrid Pitt, the leading British female horror star of Hammer Films in the 1970s, collapsed on route to a birthday dinner celebration in London after a long illness, and died in a hospital there several days later on November 23, 2010. She was 73. She was born Ingoushka Petrov to a German father and Polish Jewish mother in Poland on November 21, 1937. She survived a Nazi concentration camp as a child during World War II, and began her acting career with the Berliner Ensemble after the war. She later escaped from Communist police in East Berlin by swimming across the River Spree, and married the American soldier who helped her escape to the West. She moved to the United States with her husband, but returned to Europe when the marriage failed. She began her film career in Spain in the early 1960s where she was seen in the 1964 horror film Sound of Horror (1964), where the producers saved a bundle in special effects by making the menacing prehistoric creature invisible, Chimes at Midnight (1965) with Orson Welles, David Lean’s Doctor Zhivago (1965) as an extra, and Un Beso en el Puerto (1966). She was featured in a small role in the 1966 film version of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and starred in the bizarre 1968 sci-fi feature The Omegans. Pitt’s film career took a major boost with her supporting role as Heidi in the 1968 World War II thriller

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small roles in The Final Option (1982), Bones (1984), Wild Geese II (1985), Underworld (aka Transmutations) (1985), and Hanna’s War (1988). She was a popular guest at horror film conventions around the world from the 1980s, and authored the 1999 autobiography Life’s a Scream (which was rereleased in an expanded edition, Ingrid Pitt: Darkness Before Dawn in 2004). She also compiled the books The Bedside Companion for Vampire Lovers (1998), The Bedside Companion for Ghosthunters (1999), and 2000’s The Ingrid Pitt Book of Murder, Torture and Depravity. Her later film credits include roles in The Asylum (2000), Green Fingers (2000), Dominator (2003), Minotaur (2006), and Sea of Dust (2008). She posted frequently on her fan website “The Pitt of Horror,” and was a regular columnist for several genre magazines. She had numerous writing and film projects in the works at the time of her death. She his survived by her second husband, writer Tony Rudlin, and daughter, actress Steffanie Pitt.

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PLAIN, BELVA Novelist Belva Plain, who was known for her strong-willed female characters beginning with the 1978 best-seller, Evergreen, died at her home in Millburn, New Jersey, on October 12, 2010. She was 95. She was born Belva Offenberg in Manhattan, New York, on October 9, 1915. She graduated from Barnard College, where she earned a degree in history, before marrying Irving Plain in the late 1930s. She largely supported the family by writing articles and short romance stories for such magazines as Cosmopolitan, McCall’s and Ladies’ Home Journal. She rested her pen for over three decades after her husband earned his doctorate in opthalmology, and she had raised their Alan Plater

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three children. She returned to writing with the bestseller Evergreen (1978), which was adapted as an Emmy Award–winning mini-series starring Joan Allen and Armand Assante in 1985. Plain continued her saga of the Werner Family in the novels Golden Cup (1986), Tapestry (1988), and Harvest (1990). Her other novels include Random Winds (1980), Eden Burning (1982), Crescent City (1984), Blessings (1989), Treasures (1992), Whispers (1993), Daybreak (1994), The Carousel (1995), Promises (1996), Secrecy (1997), Homecoming (1997), Legacy of Silence (1998), Fortune’s Hand (1999), After the Fire (2000), Looking Back (2001), Her Father’s House (2002), The Sight of the Stars (2003), and Crossroads (2004)

PLATER, ALAN British screenwriter and dramatist Alan Plater died of cancer in London on June 25, 2010. He was 75. Plater was born in Jarrow, County Durham, England, on April 15, 1935. He was educated at King’s College, Newcastle, where he trained as an architect. He turned to writing in the early 1960s after the broadcast of his radio play Smoke Zone. He was soon writing frequently for television beginning with A Smashing Day in 1962. Other tele-plays soon followed, including So Long, Charlie (1963), See the Pretty Lights (1963), Ted’s Cathedral (1964), and The Nutter (1965). He also penned numerous episodes of the popular television series Z Cars and Softly Softly. Plater also wrote for such series as Crane, ITV Play of the Week, Front Page Story, Armchair Theatre, Theatre 625, The First Lady, The Wednesday Play, The Edwardians, Play

for Today, Oranges and Lemons, Sporting Scenes, Bedtime Stories, Shoulder to Shoulder, The Loner, The Stars Look Down, Trinity Tales, Middlemen, ITV Playhouse, Here I Stand…, Oh No, It’s Selwyn Froggitt, Selwyn, Flambards, Cribb, The Good Companions, Get Lost!, The Consultant, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Beiderbecke Affair, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, Tales of Sherwood Forest, Fortunes of War, The Beiderbecke Tapes, The Beiderbecke Connection, Campion, Maigret, Frank Stubbs Promotes, Ruth Rendell Mysteries, Dalziel and Pascoe, Midsomer Murders, and Inspector Lewis. He also wrote the television productions Land of Green Ginger (1973), Willow Cabins (1975), Practical Experience (1976), Curriculee Curricula (1978), Night People (1978), The Barchester Chronicles (1982), the Shades of Darkness ghost stories Feet Foremost (1983) and Bewitched (1983), The Intercessor (1983), Pride of Our Alley (1983), Coming Through (1985), On Your Way Riley (1985), A Murder Is Announced (1985), Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura (1985), Death Is Part of the Process (1986), A Day in Summer (1989), Misterioso (1991), Selected Exits (1993), Doggin’ Around (1994), Oliver’s Travels (1995), The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000), Belonging (2004), and Joe Maddison’s War (2010). Plater scripted several films during his career including the 1970 adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s The Virgin and the Gypsy, Terror on the Britannic (1974), It Shouldn’t Happen to a Vet (1975), Priest of Live (1981), The Inside Man (1984), and Keep the Aspidistra Flying (aka A Merry War) (1997). He continued to write frequently for radio and the stage, and several of his plays were performed in London, including the musical documentary Close the Coalhouse Door (1968) with composer Alex Glasgow, On Your Way, Riley! (1982), and Pegg y for You (1999).

PLUMMER , B ARBARA Barbara Plummer, who was Miss Barbara on the Cleveland, Ohio, version of Romper Room in the 1960s, died of pneumonia and cancer in a Cleveland hospital on March 20, 2010. She was 80. She was born Barbara Bowen in Norwalk, Ohio, on February 8, 1930. She married Gordon C. Plummer in 1951 and graduated from Wellesley College the following year. She began a family and studied education at Clark University before answering an advertisement to host the local edition of the popular

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children’s syndicated series Romper Room in 1958. The series returned to WEWS-TV Channel 5 after a brief hiatus in 1960, where Plummer continued as host until 1971. Geared towards kindergarten age children, the series was aired live with the participation of a handful of local children. Plummer read stories, led games,

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and served snacks to her young guests. A well remembered segment of the show taught manners with the assistance of Mr. Do-Bee and Mr. Don’t Bee. Romper Room would end with Miss Barbara chanting into her magic mirror, “Romper, bomper, stomper, boo. Tell me, tell me, tell me do. Magic Mirror, tell me today. Did all my friends have fun today? Did all my friends have fun with me today?” Plummer remained involved in civic affairs after leaving the show in the early 1970s.

POE, C ONRAD Filipino actor Conrad Poe died of heart disease and a stroke at his home in Meycauayan City, Bulancan, the Philippines, on June 26, 2010. He was 62. He was born in Manila, the Philippines, on April 11, 1948, the son of actor Fernando Poe, Sr. and actress Patricia Mijares. Though he never achieved the stardom of his older half-brother, Fernando Jr., Conrad appeared in numerous films from the mid–1960s including Buenavista (1966), Si Romeo at Si Julieta (1968), Ibilanggo Si … Cavite Boy (1974), Ikaw … Ako Laban sa Mundo! (1976), Beragdo: Terror

of Cavite (1976), Sudden Death (1977), Tatak Angustia (1980), Aguila (1980), Hulihin si Boy Negro (1980), Alex San Diego: Wanted (1983), Gintong Araw ni … Boy Madrigal (1984), Karanasan: The Claudia Zobel Story (1986), Dongalo Massacre (1986), Violent Zone (1989), Joe Pring: Homicide Manila Police (1989), Kapitan Jaylo: Batas sa Batas (1989), Sgt. Gabo: Walang Patawad Kung Pumatay (1990), Walang Piring Ang Katarungan (1990), Kidlat ng Maynila: Joe Pring 2 (1990), Mahal … Saan Ka Natulog Kagabi? (1992), Manila Boy (1993), Masahol Pa Sa Hayop (1993), Sgt. Alvarez: Ex-Marine (1993), Oo Na, Sige Na! (1994), Nagkataon … Nagkatagpo (1994), Alfredo Lim: Batas ng Maynila (1995), Bocaue Pagoda Tragedy (1995), Kristo (1996), Epimaco Velasco: NBI (1997), Babangon Ang Huling Patak ng Dugo (1997), Kalaro (1999), Tumbador (2000), Parehas Ang Laban (2001), Lapu-Lapu (2002), Anak ng Kumander (2008), and Salat (2009).

POFFO, ANGELO Professional wrestler Angelo Poffo, who was the father of wrestlers Macho Man Randy Savage and Leaping Lanny Poffo, died at his home in Sarasota, Florida, on March 4, 2010. He was 84. Poffo was born in Downers Grove, Illinois, on April 10, 1925. He began wrestling in the late 1940s, and frequently teamed with Bronco Lubich in the early 1950s. They held the Midwest Tag Team belts in Chicago and the NWA U.S. Title during the decade. He

Angelo Poffo

teamed with Nicolai Volkoff to hold the WWA Tag Team Title in 1964, and partnered with Chris Markoff as the Devil’s Duo to win the belts in 1966. Poffo was promoter for the ICW out of Kentucky from 1979 to 1983. He was an occasional wrestler and manager with the ICW as the masked Miser. Poffo retired from the ring in the early 1990s, but made a few appearances in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as manager for his son, Randy Savage, in 1995.

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POGATS, CHRISTIAN Austrian actor Christian Pogats was found dead at his home in Eisenstadt, Austria, on July 30, 2010. He was 43. Pogats was born in Vienna, Austria, on April 9, 1967. He performed frequently in musicals on the Austrian and German stage, and was the lead singer of a rock band in the 1990s. Pogats was a popular film and television actor

339 for the past decade, appearing in the films Helden in Tirol (1998), Space Zoo (2001), Jump! (2007), and The Bone Man (2009). He starred as Sebastian Frank in the television series Schlosshotel Orth from 2001 to

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Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978) and Gangster Wars (1982). Polito also worked frequently in television as a cinematographer for the tele-films The Sound of Anger (1968), My Sweet Charlie (1970), Sam Hill: Who Killed Mr. Foster? (1971), Set This Town on Fire (1973), Drive Hard, Drive Fast (1973), The Phantom of Hollywood (1974), All the Kind Strangers (1974), Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders (1974), All Together Now (1975), Last Hours Before Morning (1975), Death Scream (1975), and Bunco (1977). He also photographed episodes of such series as The Loretta Young Show, Zane Grey Theater, 12 O’Clock High, Lost in Space, Mannix, It Takes a Thief, The Bold Ones: The Lawyers, Alias Smith and Jones, Eight Is Enough, and Flying High.

POLLITT , DEREK British character actor Derek Pollitt died in a Surrey, England, hospital on July 11, 2010. He was 83. Pollitt was born in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, in 1927. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and performed frequently on stage in repertory. He formed the Galleon Theatre Company in the mid–1950s, which staged productions

2006, and was seen in productions of Doppelter Einsatz München —Trennung ist der Tod (2001), Tom und die Biberbande (2001), Die Geschworene (2007), and Half a Life (2009). His other television credits include episodes of SOKO Donau, Die Rosenheim-Cops, Vier Frauen und ein Todesfall, Die Lottosieger, and Tatort.

POLITO, G ENE Cinematographer Eugene Polito died of esophageal cancer at his home in Irvine, California, on November 28, 2010. He was 92. Polito was born in Brooklyn, New York, on September 13, 1918. He moved to California as an infant, where his father, Sol, was a cinematographer for Warner Brothers, He worked as an aircraft engineer during World War II, and followed in his father’s footsteps in films after the war. He served as director of photography on such films as The Plunderers (1960), Portrait of a Mobster (1961), The Continental Twist (1961), Ride to Hangman’s Tree (1967), Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970), Prime Cut (1972), Five on the Black Hand Side (1973), Westworld (1973), That’s Entertainment! (1974), Trackdown (1976), Futureworld (1976), Up in Smoke (1978), The

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in Wales and northern England over the next decade. Pollitt continued to perform on stage, and was also featured in radio and television productions. He costarred in several Doctor Who serials including 1968’s “The Web of Fear” as Driver Evans with Patrick Troughton as the second Doctor, 1970’s “Doctor Who and the Silurians” as Private Wright with Jon Pertwee’s third Doctor, and the unaired 1980 episode “Shada” as A. St John D. Caldera with Tom Baker starring as the fourth Doctor. Pollitt also appeared in episodes of Coronation Street, Z Cars, and The Onedin Line, and had small roles in the films Thin Air (aka The Body Stealers) (1969) and Bread (1971).

POLUYAN, ALEKSEI Russian actor Aleksei Poluyan died in St. Petersburg, Russia, on January 8, 2010. He was 44. Poluyan was born in Russia on April 4, 1965. He began his film career while still in his teens, appearing in such films as Tough Kids (1983), Hear-Say (1984), The Guard (1989), The Chekist (1992), The Act (1993), Brother (1997), The Garden Was Full of Moon (2000), Cargo 200 (2007), A Woman in Berlin (2008), Strangers (2008), and Ya (2009). Poluyan was

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also featured in the 1996 television production Operation Happy New Year.

Battle of the Planets, Scooby’s Laff-A-Lympics, and Thundercats in the 1960s and 1970. He created the shortlived prehistoric comic Anthro for DC in the late 1960s, and produced the comic strip The Dropouts for United Features Syndicate from 1968 to 1981. He later served as an instructor at New York’s School of Visual Arts.

POWELL, ADDISON Actor Addison Powell, who starred as the evil Dr. Lang on television’s Dark Shadows in the 1960s, died in Shelburne, Vermont, on November 8, 2010. He was 89. Powell was born in Belmont, Massachusetts, on February 23, 1921. He served in the Army Air Force during World War II as a navigator on a B-17. He embarked on a career as an actor after the war, and made his Broadway debut in The Fragile Fox in 1954. He earned an Obie Award for his Aleksei Poluyan

POST, HOWARD Comic artist and animator Howard Post, who was best known for his syndicated newspaper strip The Dropouts, died in a Hackensack, New Jersey, hospital on May 22, 2010. He was 83. Post was born in New York City on November 2, 1926. He trained at New York’s Hastings School of Animation in his teens, and was soon working as an in-betweener at Paramount’s animation house, Famous Studios. He also began drawing for comic books, with his illustrations appearing in such DC comics as More Fun Comics, Comic Cavalcade, and Western Comics from the mid– 1940s. He frequently worked on satirical humor comics in the 1950s, and illustrated horror tales for such early Addison Powell

Howard Post

Atlas/Marvel comics as Journey into Mystery and Mystery Tales. He also drew the Atlas humor title The Monkey and the Bear. He joined Harvey Comics in the early 1960s, where he drew illustrated their popular characters Casper the Friendly Ghost, Hot Stuff the Little Devil, Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost, and Wendy the Good Little Witch. He also worked as a key director for Paramount Cartoon Studios in the mid–1960s, and wrote episodes of such cartoon series as Beetle Bailey, Krazy Kat, Snuffy Smith and Barney Google, Shari Lewis’ Honey Half witch, Archie’s TV Funnies, The Skatebirds,

performance as Willie Oban in the Off-Broadway production of The Iceman Cometh in 1956. His other Broadway credits include productions of Big Fish, Little Fish (1961), The Enemy Is Dead (1973), and Coastal Disturbances (1987). Powell appeared frequently on television from the early 1950s with roles in episodes of Lights Out, Goodyear Playhouse, The Way of the World, Appointment with Adventure, Omnibus, Navy Log, Studio One, The Alcoa Hour, Gunsmoke, Diagnosis: Unknown, Armstrong Circle Theatre, The DuPont Show of the Week, The Doctors and the Nurses, The Defenders, Coronet Blue, The F.B.I., The Mod Squad, You Are There, Gibbsville, The Bob Newhart Show, The Andros Targets, Another World, and Law & Order. He starred as Dr. Eric Lang, the mad scientist who tried to cure Barnabbas Collins of his vampirism on the Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows from 1967 to 1970. He was also seen in the tele-films Pueblo (1973), The Man Without a Country (1973), After the Fall (1974), The Adams Chronicles (1976), Tail Gunner Joe (1977), Contract on Cherry Street (1977), Doctor Franken (1980), Threesome (1984), and War and Remembrance (1988) as Admiral Harold Stark. Powell was featured in a handful of films during his career including The Mating Game (1959), The Young Doctors (1961), In the French Style (1964), The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975), Three Days of the Condor (1975),

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MacArthur (1977) as Admiral Chester Nimitz, Curse of Kilimanjaro (1978), and The Rosary Murders (1987).

PRATT, CARROLL Emmy Award–winning sound engineer Carroll Pratt, who assisted the inventor of the television laugh track in the 1950s, died in a Santa Rosa, California, hospital on November 11, 2010. He was 89. Pratt was born in Hollywood on April 19, 1921, where his father worked as a sound engineer in radio and film. The younger Pratt joined his father at MGM Studios in 1939. He served in the Army Air

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Supermen of the West (1974), Italian Sex (1974), That Malicious Age (1975), S.S. Experiment (1976), Crazy, Crazy Love (1976), The Seventh Woman (1978), White Cannibal Queen (1978), Summer in the Country (1980), Il Medium (1980), and Gunan, King of the Barbarians (1982). Pregadio worked frequently for the Italian variety television series La Corrida from 1968 until 2008.

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Forces during World War II, and spent nearly two years as a POW after his B-24 bomber was shot down over Austria. He returned to MGM after the war where he worked as a re-recording mixer. He began working with Charles Rolland Douglass in the early 1950s on his Laff Box, which provided pre-taped laughs for television comedies. He worked with Douglass through the early 1970s, and subsequently formed his own company with an updated laugh machine, Sound One. Pratt shared six prime-time Emmy Awards for sound mixing, including Sheena Easton … Act One (1983) Winter Carnival in Quebec (1984), Motown Returns to the Apollo (1985), The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1987, Dolly (1987), and the 1989 production of The Grammy Awards.

PREGADIO, ROBERTO Italian film and television musician and composer Roberto Pregadio died in Rome on November 15, 2010. He was 81. Pregadio was born in Catania, Sicily, Italy, on December 6, 1928. He studied piano at the Naples Conservatory and performed with the orchestra for the Italian state television network (RAI) in the early 1960s. He worked frequently in films in the 1960s and 1970s, scoring such features as Our Men in Bagdad (1966), The Last Killer (1967), The Glass Sphinx (1967), Hole in the Forehead (1968), Ciccio Forgives, I Don’t (1968), King of Kong Island (1968), Paths of War (1969), Raiders of the Bloody Beach (1969), Island of Lost Girls (1969), No Man’s Island (1969), Forgotten Pistolero (1969), The Underground (1970), My Name Is Mallory … M Means Death (1971), Erika (1971), Four Gunmen of the Holy Trinity (1971), A Soldier Named Joe (1971), Ivanhoe, the Norman Swordsman (1972), Smile Before Death (1972), Three

PRENTISS , A NN Actress Ann Prentiss, the younger sister of Paula Prentiss who starred as Sgt. Candy Cane in the 1960s television super-hero spoof series Captain Nice died on January 12, 2010. She was 70. She was born Ann Ragusa in San Antonio, Texas, on November 27, 1939. She followed her sister into show business in the mid–1950s, and appeared in several films including Any Wednesday (1966), If He Hollers, Let Him Go! (1968), the tele-film In Name Only (1969), The Out of Towners (1970), and California Split (1974). She was Sgt. Candy Kane, the object of affection of William Daniel’s Carter Nash, the secret iden-

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tity of Captain Nice, in the short-lived 1967 television series. She was also featured in episodes of Bewitched, Mannix, Get Smart, Hogan’s Heroes, The Virginian, It Takes a Thief, Hawaii Five-0, The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, The Name of the Game, The Bold Ones: The New Doctors, McCloud, Bonanza, Love, American Style, Emergency!, Baretta, Switch, Starsky and Hutch, and Mas-

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querade. Her final film credit was the voice of Kim Basinger’s extra-terrestrial purse in the 1988 sci-fi-comedy My Stepmother Is an Alien. Prentiss reportedly experienced mental and emotional problems in her later years, culminating in threats of violence against her family. She was convicted on charges of assault, battery, and solicitation to commit murder against her father and brother-in-law, actor Richard Benjamin, in 1997, and was given a 19 year prison sentence.

Fast, Die Young (1958) and Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959), and starred as Emmy Lou Rossiter, the title character, in 1959’s The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock, opposite Lou Costello in his final film role. She was featured in the comedy ensemble It’s a Mad Mad Mad

PROBOSZ, MARIA Polish actress Maria Probosz died in Lodz, Poland, on September 14, 2010. She was 49. She was born Maria Zydorek in Lodz on February 7, 1961. She began performing on Polish television while still in high school. She was noted for her roles as naive young women in films in the 1980s, including Karabiny (1982), Niech cie Odleci Mara (1982), Przekleta Ziemia (1983), Czas Dojrzewania (1984),

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Junge Leute in der Stadt (1985), Alabama (1985), Zaproszenie (1986), The Price of Courage (1986), Luk Erosa (1987), Zycie Wewnetrzne (1987), Dziewczynka z Hotelu Excelsior (1988), Trojkat Bermudzki (1988), Zabij Mnie, Glino (1988), Powrot Wabiszczura (1989), Triumph of the Spirit (1989), Stworzenie (1989), Porno (1990), and Siwa Legenda (1993). She also performed on Polish television in the 1980s in such productions as Zeniac (1983), Wylap (1984), Tulipan (1986), 07 Zyglos Sie (1987), Cesarskie Ciecie (1988), and Dondula (1989). She largely retired from the screen in the early 1990s, but later returned for small roles in Sniezynka (2000) and Ja Jestem Jurek (2000).

PROVINE, DOROTHY Actress Dorothy Provine, who starred in such 1960s television series as The Alaskans and The Roaring 20s, died of emphysema at a hospice near Bremerton, Washington, on April 25, 2010. She was 75. Provine was born in Deadwood, South Dakota, on January 20, 1935. She earned a degree in theater arts at the University of Washington before embarking on a career in Hollywood in the late 1950s. The shapely blonde made her film debut as legendary outlaw Bonnie Parker in AIP’s The Bonnie Parker Story (1958), with Jack Hogan as Guy Darrow (in an odd name change for Bonnie’s partner in crime Clyde Barrows). Provine was also seen in the films Live

Mad World (1963) as Emeline Marcus-Finch, wife of Milton Berle and daughter of Ethel Merman. Her other film credits include Wall of Noise (1963), Good Neighbor Sam (1964) with Jack Lemmon, Blake Edwards’ The Great Race (1965) with Lemmon and Tony Curtis, Disney’s That Darn Cat! (1965) with Hayley Mills and Dean Jones, the European sci-fi spy thriller Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die with Mike Connors, Who’s Minding the Mint? (1967), Never a Dull Moment (1968) with Dick Van Dyke, and the 1968 tele-film The Sound of Anger. Provine appeared frequently on television from the late 1950s, guest-starring in episodes of Man Without a Gun, The Millionaire, Lawman, Mike Hammer, Cimarron City, The Real McCoys, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Rough Riders, Wagon Train, The Texan, Colt .45, Sugarfoot, and Bronco. She starred as entertainer Rocky Shaw in the Warner Bros. series The Alaskans from 1959 to 1960. Set during the Yukon gold rush of the 1890s, the light adventure series also starred Roger Moore and Jeff York as con-men Silky Harris and Reno McKee. Provine was beautiful flapper Pinky Pinkham, the singer at the Charleston Club, on the ABC drama series The Roaring 20s, from 1960 to 1962. Her other television credits include episodes of The Red Skelton Show, 77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye, The Gallant Men, The Jerry Lewis Show, The Garry Moore Show, The Tennessee Ernie Ford Hour, The Hollywood Palace, The Dean Martin Show, Dr. Kildare, Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. in a two-part episode that was later released theatrically as One Spy Too Many (1966), The Danny Thomas Hour, The F.B.I., Love, American Style, Police Story, and Police Woman. Provine largely retired from acting in the late 1960s after her marriage to director Robert Day, who survives her.

PUNTTI , RAUHA Finnish actress Rauha Puntti died in Helsinki, Finland, on March 21, 2010. She was 83. Puntti was born in Finland on Decem-

343 ber 1, 1926. She began her film career in the early 1940s with roles in White Roses (1943), Hunting Shadows (1945), Soot and Gold (1945), The Shadow from the Past (1946), Youth in Fog (1946), Golden Light (1946), Devastation (1947), Kultamitalivaimo (1947), Toukokuun Taika (1948), Kilroy sen Teki (1948), Prinsessa Ruusunen (1949), Ruma Elsa (1949), Professori Masa (1950), Kesaillan Valssi (1951), The Bridal Wreath (1954), Villi Pohjola (1955), Rintamalotta (1956), Ratkaisun Paivat (1956), Turkasen Tenava! (1963), Vodka, Mr. Palmu (1969), It’s Up to Us (1973), The Love Movie (1984), The Tug of Home: The Famous Niskavuori Saga (1984), Goodbye, Mr. President (1987), The Glory and Misery of Human Life (1988), Rolli — Hirmuisia Kertomuksia (1991), Matokuningas (1993), Armon Aika (1998), and Fire-Eater (1998). Puntti was also seen on television in such productions as Kustaa Vaasa (1969), Sjuk eller Skyldig? (1969), Sakea Veri (1977), Salaisen Agentin Aiti (1987), Little Piece of God (1999), Partanen (2003), Here Lies Aino Koski (2007), Lacrimosa (2008), and Joulukuusivarkaat (2009). Her other television credits include episodes of Kaverukset, Elamanmeno, Hyvat Neuvot Kalliit, Seitseman, Benner & Benner, Tukka Auki, and Ihmebantu.

QIRJAGI, AGIM Albanian actor Agim Qirjagi died in Tirana, Albania, on March 28, 2010. He was 59. Qirjagi was born in Albania on March 27, 1951. He was a leading film actor from the 1970s, with roles in White Roads (1974), Red Poppies on the Wall (1976), The Last Winter (1976), Radiostacioni (1979), Sketerre 43

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emy lines in the Pacific during World War II. He worked in commercial cinematography after the war, filming early television commercials. He filmed the 1961 Academy Award winning documentary Project Hope, and the 1964 cult classic feature Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. He was also cinematographer for the films The Swimmer (1968), Pretty Poison (1968), Jenny (1970), Cops and Robbers (1973), and A Night in Heaven (1983). He was a second unit camera operator for the 1977 film Exorcist II: The Heretic, and provided additional photography for 1981’s Arthur. He was also cinematographer for the tele-film Gold of the Amazon Women (1979) and the 1984 Emmy Award–winning mini-series Concealed Enemies. He later taught classes in cinematography for such institutions as Boston University, New York University, and the School of Visual Arts.

QUAIFE, PETE British musician Peter Quaife, who played bass guitar with The Kinks in the 1960s, died of kidney failure in Herlev, Denmark, on June 23, 2010. He was 66. Quaife was born in Tavistock, Devon, England, on December 31, 1943. He teamed with brothers Ray and Dave Davies in 1963 in the band The Ravens, who soon became known as The Kinks after bringing drummer Mick Avory aboard. They recorded many popular hits in the 1960s including “You Really Got Me,” “All Day and All of the Night,” “Sunny Afternoon,” and “The Village Green Preservation SociAgim Qirjagi

(1980), Ne Prag te Lirise (1981), Apasionata (1983), Tela per Violine (1987), The Circle of Memory (1987), Stolat ne Park (1988), Misioni Pertej Detit (1988), Kolonel Bunker (1998), Dasma e Sakos (1998), Slogans (2001), and Dear Enemy (2004). Qirjagi also directed several productions for television.

QUAID, DAVID L. David L. Quaid, a World War II combat photographer who later worked in films as a cinematographer, died in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on August 19, 2010. He was 90. Quaid was born in Glendale, New York, on March 27, 1920. He became interested in photography at an early age and filmed combat footage with Merrill’s Marauders behind en-

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ety.” Quaife left The Kinks in 1969, and briefly fronted the band Mapleoak. He largely abandoned music in the early 1970s, moving to Denmark and later Canada to work as a graphic artist. He reunited with The Kinks in 1990 with their induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Quaife suffered from renal failure in 1998, and created a series of cartoons about his experiences that were published in 2004 as The Lighter Side of Dialysis.

QUARRINGTON, P AUL Canadian novelist and musician Paul Quarrington, who was best known for his 1989 rock ’n’ roll novel Whale Music, died of lung cancer in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 21, 2010. He was 56. Quarrington was born in Toronto on July 22, 1953. He was involved in music from childhood, and played bass with several bands. He became noted for his literary endeavors in the 1980s with his novels King Leary (1988) and Whale Music

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(1989). He worked with Eugene Lipinski on the script for the 1991 film Perfectly Normal, and co-scripted 1992’s Giant Steps. He helped adapted Whale Music to the screen in 1994, and appeared onscreen as the bartender. Quarrington also wrote episodes of the television series Due South, Power Play, Tom Stone, 1-800Missing, Chilly Beach, and Moose TV. His later works include the 2004 novel Galveston, and 2008’s The Ravine, a semi-autobiographical novel that he adapted as a short film, Pavane.

Q UINTON, D OLORES Actress Dolores Quinton died in New York City on March 31, 2010. She was 83. Quinton was born on December 20, 1926. She appeared frequently on television from the early 1960s, with roles in episodes of Mister Ed, Checkmate, The Gallant Men, Gunsmoke, My Three Sons, Banacek, Chase, The Magician, Serpico, Quincy, and The Rockford Files. She was also featured in small roles in the 1968 film For Pete’s Sake, and the tele-films The Specialists (1975), Crime Club (1975), and The Patricia Neal Story (1981). RAABE , M EINHARDT Diminutive actor Meinhardt Raabe, who was featured as the Munchkin coroner in the 1939 fantasy classic The Wizard of Oz,

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died in Orange Park, Florida, on April 9, 2010. He was 94. Raabe was born in Watertown, Wisconsin, on September 2, 1915. He was 18 years old before he realized there were other people in the world of small size when visiting the Midget Village at the Chicago’s World Fair in 1933. He returned to work there as a barker the following summer. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1937, and was hired as a salesman for the Oscar Mayer company. He was soon being promoted as Little Oscar, the World’s Smallest Chef, and toured the country in the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile for the next three decades. He took a leave to head to Hollywood when he heard MGM was hiring little people for the film The Wizard of Oz. He was one of the few given a speaking role as the Munchkin coroner who proclaims the Wicked Witch of the East is officially deceased after being crushed by a Kansas farmhouse. His dialogue consisted of the lines “As coroner, I must aver — I thoroughly examined her.— And she’s not only merely dead,— She’s really most sincerely dead.” Raabe became one of the smallest pilots in uniform, serving in the Civil Air Patrol during World War II. He continued his career behind the wheel of the Wienermobile through the late 1960s. He also made numerous appearances as a motivational speaker at various schools, clubs, and conventions for the remainder of his life. He was married to Marie Hartline, who had performed in a midget vaudeville act, until her death in 1997. His autobiography Memories of a Munchkin was published in 2005. Raabe was one of the few surviving Munchkins who appeared on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007 when they were collectively honored with a star.

RABIN , ARTHUR Television writer Arthur Rabin died at the Lillian Booth Actor’s Home in Englewood, New Jersey, on July 17, 2010. He was 83. Rabin was born on February 5, 1927. He began his career as a broadcast journalist with CBS after serving in the Army’s 65th Signal Battalion in 1945 and 1946. He also adapted the tragedy of Heloise and Abelard for a tele-play, Dark Lovers, starring Rod Steiger and Claire Bloom, on the 1950s. Rabin produced the award-winning nine-part documentary series History of the Negro People, starring Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, in 1964. He

345 scripted episodes for several television series in the 1970s including Phyllis, Alice, Fish, and Flying High.

RADNITZ, ROBERT Film producer Robert B. Radnitz, whose credits include the Oscar nominated film Sounder, died of complications from a stroke at his home in Malibu, California, on June 6, 2010. He was 85. Radnitz was born in Great Neck, New York, on August 9, 1924. He earned a degree in English from the University of Virginia, where he remained to teach English Literature for several years. He began working as

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Mateo, California, on June 25, 1930. He studied broadcasting at the University of Oregon in Eugene, and became a leading figure in local theater. He also became a radio and television voice actor, working with The Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, National Geographic, and The History Channel. Ragozzino directed the 1977 docu-drama Sasquatch, the Legend of Bigfoot. He also appeared onscreen in the 1989 telefilm Finish Line, and was the minister in the 2005 feature The Sisters.

RAMIREZ, P RISCILLA Filipino actress Priscilla Ramirez died of congestive heart failure in Perris, California, on June 4, 2010. She was 98. She was born Eufrosena Asperas in the Philippines on January 1, 1912. She began working in films as a supporting actress with LVN Pictures in the early 1950s. She was seen in such films as Ligaw Tingin (1953), Hiyasmin (1953), Galawgaw (1954), Talusaling (1955), Malvarosa (1958), Blessings of the Land (1959), Tuko sa Madre Kakaw (1959), Kundiman ng Lahi (1959) Emily (1960), Alyas Palos (1961) Anting-anting Daw (1962), Carioca (1963), The Macapagal Story (1963), Bandana (1968), My Darling Eddie (1969), Operetang Putol-Putol! (1970),

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a stage producer in the 1950s, overseeing the Frogs of Spring and The Young and the Beautiful. He produced his first film, A Dog of Flanders, in 1959, and became noted for his family-friendly films. Many of his productions were based on children’s literature that include For the Love of Mike (1960), Misty (1961), Island of the Blue Dolphins (1964), And Now Miguel (1966), My Side of the Mountain (1969), The Little Ark (1972), Sounder (1972) which earned him an Oscar nomination, Where the Lilies Bloom (1974), Birch Interval (1976), the tele-film Mary White (1977), Cross Creek (1983), and the tele-film Never Forget (1991).

RAGOZZINO, ED Ed Ragozzino, the director of the 1977 cult classic film Sasquatch, Legend of Bigfoot, died of cancer in Springfield, Oregon, on January 30, 2010. He was 79. Ragozzino was born in San

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Nora, Mahal Kita (1970), What Am I Living For (1970), Alaala ng Pag-ibig (1971), Gintong Pangarap (1971), Neneng (1971), Signos Trece (1971), Dama de Noche (1972), Little Darling (1972), Aking Maria Clara (1973), Ako’y Paru-Paro, Bulaklak Naman Ako (1973), and Florinda (1973). She retired from the screen in the 1970s, and opened a store in Southern California.

RAMMELLZEE Graffiti and performance artist Rammellzee died after a long illness in Manhattan, New York, on June 28, 2010. He was 49. He was featured in Charlie Ahearn’s 1983 hip-hop graffiti film Wild Style. He legally changed his name to Rammellzee, which he described as not a name but a mathematical equation, in his youth. He recorded the early hip-hop single “Beat Box,” which was heard on the soundtrack of the 1983 documentary Style Wars. He was also seen in a small role in Jim Jarmusch’s 1984 feature Stranger Than Paradise. His philosophy of Gothic Futurism, about warfare between letters and their role in the standardization of the alphabet gave me

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a headache. He was usually photographed in his selfstyled science fiction-inspired masks and costumes. He later concentrated on his art and sculpture, filling his

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apartment with armored variations of the alphabet. He released the album Bi-Conicals of the Rammellzee in 2004.

RANDALL , R EBEL Actress Rebel Randall, who appeared in numerous films in the 1940s, died in Riverside, California, after a long illness on July 22, 2010. She was 88. She was born Alaine C. Brandes in Chicago, Illinois, on January 22, 1922. She worked as a model before moving to Hollywood to study at the Max Reinhardt Workshop in the early 1940s. She soon began appearing in films under her own name before becoming Rebel Randall. Her film credits include The Boys from Syracuse (1940), Hold That Woman! (1940), Turnabout (1940), Pacific Blackout (1941), Louisiana Purchase (1941), The Lone Rider in Ghost Town (1941), Ziegfeld Girl (1941), Nice Girl? (1941), The Fired Man (1941), Arabian Nights (1942), Fall In (1942), Sin Town (1942), Holiday Inn (1942), About Face (1942), The Fleet’s In (1942), In Old Oklahoma (1943) with John Wayne, Hi’ya, Sailor (1943), Fired Wife (1943), Gals, Incorporated (1943), Hit the Ice (1943), Good Morning, Judge (1943), Hi, Buddy (1943), It Comes Up Love (1943), The Powers Girl (1943), Happy Go Lucky (1943),

The Suspect (1944), She Snoops to Conquer (1944), the western Dead or Alive (1944) with Tex Ritter, Atlantic City (1944), Seven Doors to Death (1944), Adventure (1945), the Three Stooges short Booby Dupes (1945), Where the Pest Begins (1945), A Thousand and One Nights (1945), Wife Decoy (1945), Here Come the Co-eds (1945), the Harry Langdon short Snooper Service (1945), Society Mugs (1946), Hot Water (1946), Night and Day (1946), The Stranger (1946), Her Kind of Man (1946), Tangier (1946), The Shadow Returns (1946) with Kane Richmond as Lamont Cranston, Because of Him (1946), The Case of the Baby Sitter (1947), That’s My Gal (1947), The Homestretch (1947), The Bride Goes Wild (1948), Fun on the Run (1951), Roaring City (1951), and Come on Seven (1956). Randall retired from the screen in the early 1950s.

RAPPAPORT, ROBERT Television production designer Robert Rappaport died of cardiac arrest in Lakeland, Florida, on January 28, 2010. He was 67. Rappaport was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 10, 1942. He earned a masters degree in theater design from New York University. He worked frequently in television from the 1960s on such programs as Let’s Make a Deal, Split Second, Scrabble, and PM Magazine. He was art director for The Mike Douglas show for ten years. Rappaport was also a production designer for the daytime soap operas Santa Barbara and Days of Our Lives, and for the Miss Universe, Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA pageants. RARDIN, JENNIFER Author Jennifer Rardin, who was best known for her contemporary vampire series Jaz Parks, died suddenly on September 20, 2010. She was 45. Rardin was born in Evansville, Indiana, on April 28, 1965. Her first novel in the Jaz Park urban

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fantasy series, Once Bitten, Twice Shy, was published in 2007, and subsequent volumes include Another One Bites the Dust (2007), Biting the Bullet (2008), Bitten to Death (2008), One More Bite (2009), Bite Marks (2010), and Bitten in Two (2010).

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RAVETCH, IRVING Screenwriter Irving Ravetch, who shared Oscar nominations with his wife, Harriet Frank, Jr., for the films Hud and Norma Rae,

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died in Los Angeles on September 19, 2010. He was 89. Ravetch was born in Newark, New Jersey, on November 14, 1920. He joined MGM’s young writers training program after graduating from UCLA in the early 1940s. He met Harriet Frank, Jr., there, who became his wife and frequent writing partner in 1946. He wrote several westerns over the next decade including Silver River (1949), Whiplash (1948), Ten Wanted Men (1955), and Run for Cover (1955). He and Frank teamed to script a film adaptation of William Faulkner’s The Long, Hot Summer (1958), and worked with director Martin

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Ritt on seven more films. He and his wife continued to work together over the next thirty years, penning scripts for The Sound and the Fury (1959), Home from the Hills (1960), The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960), Hud (1963) earning their first Oscar nomination, Baby Makes Three (1966), Hombre (1967) which he also produced, House of Cards (1968), The Reivers (1969) again producing, the John Wayne western The Cowboys (1972), The Carey Treatment (1972), Conrack (1974), The Spikes Gang (1974), Norma Rae (1979) garnering another Academy Award nomination, Murphy’s Romance (1985) which featured Ravetch onscreen in a cameo role, and Stanley & Iris (1989). He is survived by his wife.

RAY, TOM Animator Tom Ray died in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on April 6, 2010. He was 90. Ray was born in Williams, Arizona, on August 2, 1919. He began working as a junior animator at Warner Bros. in 1937, and joined MGM after World War II. He worked with John Sutherland Productions and UPA in the 1950s. He earned his first onscreen credit for the 1956 Sutherland sci-fi propaganda cartoon Destination Earth. Returning to Warner later in the decade, he worked on numerous productions with Robert McKimson and Chuck Jones. He helped animate cartoons starring Bugs Bunny, Tom & Jerry, Road Runner, Pepe Le Pew, Speedy Gonzalez, and Foghorn Leghorn. Ray was one of the animators involved with the 1966 television special The Grinch Who Stole Christmas! He also helped animate such series as Super President (1967), The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour (1968), The Pink Panther Show (1969), Josie and the Pussycats (1970), Help! … It’s the Hair Bear Bunch! (1971), The Roman

Holidays (1972), Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972), Hong Kong Phooey (1974), The Mumbly Cartoon Show (1976), Jabberjaw (1976), The Sylvester & Tweety Show (1976), The All-New Super Friends Hour (1977), Scooby’s All Star Laff-A-Lympics (1977), The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show (1978), Challenge of the SuperFriends (1978), Godzilla (1978), The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle (1979), Spider-Woman (1979), Flash Gordon (1979), The Richie Rich/ScoobyDoo Show (1980), and Meatballs and Spaghetti (1982). He worked on Ralph Bakshi’s animated feature films Heavy Traffic (1972) and Coonskin (1975). Ray was an animation director for The Incredible Hulk (1982), Dungeons & Dragons (1983), Muppet Babies (1984), Defenders of the Earth (1986), RoboCop (1988), and DinoRiders (1988). He was a sequence director for G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1983), Transformers (1984), Robotix (1985), G.I. Joe (1985), Jem (1985), and The Little Wizards (1987), and also helmed episodes of The Glo Friends (1986), Potato Head Kids (1986), InHumanoids (1986), Moon Dreamers (1986), My Little Pony ’n Friends (1986), Fraggle Rock (1987), and Garfield and Friends (1989). He continued to work in animation through the 1990s on such series as Tiny Toon Adventures, Darkwing Duck, Animaniacs, Hey Arnold!, and The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest. After his retirement from the Los Angeles animation business in 1998, Ray moved to the East Coast, where he taught and founded his own animation studio, Tomstone Animation. His wife, inker and painter Anna Lois Ray, died in 1994. He his survived by his son, Greg Ray, and daughter, Donna Mouliot, who were also involved in the animation business.

RAYE, MICHAEL Actor Michael Raye died of complications from pneumonia in Los Angeles on April 14, 2010. He was 64. Raye was born in Bristol, England, on September 2, 1945. He was the star of the Los Angeles cable access spoof talkshow Tea with Michael Raye from 1985. He was featured in the recurring role of Bradbury in the television sit-com Nine to Five in the mid–1980s. Raye worked frequently on the Los Angeles stage, co-writing, producing and starring in the musical Who Killed Mrs. Bitzer, The Grand Finale, and Angel’s Delight. He was also featured in the

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348 Claire Rayner’s Casebook, dealing with viewers’ problems face to face in the pre–Oprah era, where she’d often tell her guests, “Done it myself, lovey.” She left the Mirror in 1988, and spent the next several years with an advice column at Today and Woman. She remained a popular novelist, penning numerous books including entries in the Performer, Poppy Chronicles, and George Barnabas series. She also continued to appear frequently on television, and was an outspoken advocate of care of the sick and elderly. Diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002, and later suffering intestinal ailments, she told relatives that she wanted her last words to be “Tell David Cameron that if he screws up my beloved NHS (National Health Service) I’ll come back and bloody haunt him.”

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films Red Nights (1988), Until the Night (2004), Mad Cowgirl (2006), and The Morgue (2008).

RAYNER, CLAIRE British advice columnist and television personality Claire Rayner died of complications from intestinal surgery in a London hospital on October 11, 2010. She was 79. She was born Claire Berenice Chetwyn in London on January 22, 1931. She claimed an abusive childhood for being “fat and ugly,” and spent over a year in a psychiatric hospital for a “thyroid defect” after the family moved to Canada in the late 1940s. she returned to England in 1951 and trained as a nurse. She began writing romance novels after her marriage to actor Desmond Rayner in 1957, and published such popular works as The House on the Fen (1967), Lady Mislaid (1968), Death on the Table (1969), and The Meddlers (1970). She also penned several nursing care related books in the 1960s, and became one of England’s first sex manual authors with People in Love: Modern Guide to Sex in Marriage (1968) and Parent’s Guide to Sex Education (1968). She became a regular advice columnist (or “agony aunt”) in the early 1970s, with a regular column in Woman’s Own. She also wrote a column for teen girls in Petticoat, and began appearing on BBC’s lunchtime chat show Pebble Mill at One. She subsequently moved her advice column to The Sun in 1973, and joined the Sunday Mirror in 1980. She also hosted the television series

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REATARD, JAY Rock singer and musician Jay Reatard died of an accidental overdose of drugs and alcohol at his home in Memphis, Tennessee, on January 13, 2010. He was 29. He was born Jimmy Lee Lindsey, Jr., in Memphis on May 1, 1980. He began performing and recording while in his early teens, and formed the band The Reatards. He signed with Goner Records for the 1998 album Teenage Hate, and recorded Grown Up, Fucked Up in 1999. He also formed the band Lost Sounds in the early 2000s, and performed and

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recorded with the group Angry Angles in 2006. He released the solo album Blood Visions (In the Red) in 2006. Reatard signed with Matador Records in 2008 and released several singles which were compiled on a CD in 2008. His solo album, Watch Me Fall, was released by Matador in 2009.

REBACK, KATHERINE Screenwriter Katherine Reback died of complications from cancer in Los Angeles on May 24, 2010. She was 59. Reback was born in Connecticut on August 12, 1950. She graduated from Columbia University in New York City in the early 1970s, and began working for comedy-producer Alan King. She moved to California in 1980, where she wrote for the television sitcom One Day at a Time. She wrote the production draft for the 1983 film Flashdance, and penned the 1987 tele-film The Line. Reback wrote the story and screenplay for the 1997 film Fools Rush In. (See photograph on page 349.)

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REDGRAVE, CORIN British actor Corin Redgrave, a member of the illustrious Redgrave theatrical dynasty, died in Tooting, London, England, on April 6, 2010. He was 70. He was born in Maryleborne, London, on July 16, 1939, the son of actors Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. The middle child, between sisters Vanessa and Lynn, Corin was educated at King’s College at the University of Cambridge. He made his London stage debut as Lysander in a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by his brother-inlaw, Tony Richardson. He made his film debut in 1964’s Crooks in Cloisters, and appeared in a small role in the 1965 Sherlock Holmes thriller A Study in Terror. He was featured with younger sister Lynn in 1966’s The Deadly Affair, and supported older sister Vanessa in A Man for All Seasons (1966), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968), and Oh! What a Lovely War! (1969). Corin’s other film credits include The Magus (1968), La Ragazza con la Pistola (1968), When Eight Bells Toll (1971), Von Richthofen and Brown (1971), La Vacanza (1971), Between Wars (1974), Serail (1976), John Borman’s Arthurian feature Excalibur (1981) as Cornwall, Eureka (1983), The Fool (1990), and In the Name of the Father (1993). He was featured as Hamish, the betrothed of Carrie (Andie MacDowell), whose nuptials in Scotland represented the third wedding the 1994 comedy Four Weddings and a Funeral with Hugh Grant. He was also seen in the films England, My England (1995) as

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William of Orange, Persuasion (1995), Honest (2000), Enigma (2001) as Admiral Trowbridge, Gypsy Woman (2001), Doctor Sleep (2002), To Kill a King (2003), Enduring Love (2004), The Trial of the King Killers (2005), La Rabbia (2008), The Calling (2009), and Eva (2009). Redgrave also appeared frequently on television from the early 1960s, with roles in such series as The Avengers, The Big Spender, The Gambler, Theatre 625, The Wednesday Play, Callan, Paul Temple, Dangerfield, Ultraviolet as Dr. Paul Hoyle (aka John Doe), The Vice, Kavanagh QC, Waking the Dead, Trials & Retribution in the recurring role of Robert Rylands, Shameless, Spooks, and Foyle’s War. He was featured as Jonathan Harker in the 1968 production of Dracula on Mystery and Imagination, and was Arthur Huntingdon in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall in 1969. Redgrave’s other television credits include productions of Tower of London: The Innocent (1969), Canterbury Tales (1969), David Copperfield (1969) as James Steerforth, Hassan (1971), Thick as Thieves (1972), Antony and Cleopatra (1974) as Augustus Caesar, L’Hombre sur la Plage (1982), Wagner (1973), Measure for Measure (1995), Henry IV (1995) as the Earl of Worcester, Circles of Deceit: Dark Secrets (1995), The Woman in White (1997), The Ice House (1997), Shackleton (2002) as Lord Curzon, Sunday (2002) as Edward Heath, Bertie and Elizabeth (2002) as General Montgomery, The Forsyte Saga (2002) as Jolyon Forsyte, Sr., The Girl in the Cafe (2005), The Relief of Belsen (2007), and The Turn of the Screw (2009). He also remained a leading figure on the British stage throughout his career, and co-founded the Moving Theater company with sister Vanessa in 1993, where they both frequently acted and directed. Corin also wrote several plays including Bluntly Speaking, and penned a biographical memoir about his father, Michael Redgrave: My Father, in 1995. He was also active in leftist politics, joining Vanessa in the Workers’ Revolutionary Party, which frequently cost him acting roles. Redgrave was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2000, and suffered a severe heart attack in 2005. He returned to the London stage in a production of Trumbo in March of 2009, which he dedicated to his niece, actress Natasha Richardson, who had recently died following a skiing accident. He was married to model Deirdre Hamilton-Hill from 1962 to 1981, and they had two children, son Luke and daughter Jemma, an actress. Redgrave married actress Kika Markham in 1985, and they had sons Harvey and Arden. He is survived by his wife and four children.

REDGRAVE, LYNN British actress Lynn Redgrave died of breast cancer at her home in Kent, Connecticut, on May 2, 2010. She was 67. She was born in London on March 8, 1943, the youngest child of leading British actors Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson. Her older siblings, sister Vanessa and brother Corin, also became acclaimed actor on stage and screen. Lynn studied the Central School of Speech and Drama, and made her professional debut in a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Royal Court in 1962. She was a founding member of the National Theatre in 1963. She made her film debut in a small role in

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1963’s Tom Jones, which also featured her mother. Lynn also co-starred with Rita Tushingham and Peter Finch in the 1964 film Girl with Green Eyes. She earned an Academy Award nomination for her starring role in the 1966 film Georg y Girl. She continued to appear in such

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films as The Deadly Affair (1966), Smashing Time (1967), The Virgin Soldiers (1969), Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970), the 1971 spaghetti western Don’t Turn the Other Cheek, Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972), Woody Allen’s Every Thing You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972) as the Queen, The National Health (1973), The Happy Hooker (1975) as Xaviera Hollander, The Big Bus (1976), and Sunday Lovers (1980). She was featured in the 1965 British television production Sunday Out of Season, and appeared in episodes of Comedy Playhouse, Armchair Theatre, Love Story, A Touch of Venus, and Vienna 1900. She was also seen in television productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1971), Pygmalion (1973) as Eliza Doolittle, The Shape of Things (1973), and the supernatural thriller The Turn of the Screw (1974) as Miss Jane Cubberly. Redgrave made her Broadway debut in Black Comedy with Michael Crawford in 1967. She also performed on the London stage in productions of Michael Frayn’s The Two of Us, David Hare’s Slag, and Born Yesterday (1973), directed by Tom Stoppard. She continued to perform frequently on stage throughout her career, and further Broadway appearances include My Fat Friend (1974), the 1976 revival of Mrs. Warren’s Profession which earned her a Tony Award nomination for best actress, Knock Knock (1976), Saint Joan (1977), Aren’t We All? (1985), Sweet Sue (1987), Love Letters (1989), A Little Hotel on the Side (1992), The Master Builder (1992), her autobiographical play Shakespeare for My Father (1993) earning another Tony nomination for best actress, Moon Over Buffalo (1995), and the 2005 revival of W. Somerset Maugham’s The Constant Wife for another Tony nomination. Redgrave became a familiar face on U.S. television from the mid–1970s, appearing in an episode of Kojak, and starring as Charlotte Buckland Seccombe in the series Centennial from 1978 to 1979. She was also featured in such television productions as Beggarman, Thief (1979), Sooner or Later (1979), Gauguin the Savage (1980), Linda in Wonder-

land (1980) with Linda Lavin, The Seduction of Miss Leona (1980), Sylvia Fine Kaye’s Musical Comedy Tonight II (1981), The Shooting (1982), Rehearsal for Murder (1982), and Antony and Cleopatra (1983) as Cleopatra. Redgrave starred as hospital administrator Ann Anderson in the CBS sit-com House Calls with Wayne Rogers from 1979 until 1981. She subsequently filed a lawsuit against Universal Television, alleging she was fired for planning to breast-feed her newborn daughter in her dressing room while filming the series. The multi-million dollar suit lingered for years until 1987, when an out-of-court agreement was reached by both parties. Redgrave starred as Diana Swanson in the short-lived NBC sit-com Teachers Only from 1982 to 1983, and served as a commercials spokeswoman for Weight Watchers from 1983 to 1991. She continued to appear frequently on television, with guest roles in episodes of The Muppet Show, The Hollywood Squares, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Murder, She Wrote, Hotel, and Screen Two. She was also featured in the tele-films The Bad Seed (1985) as Monica Breedlove, My Two Loves (1986), Walking on Air (1986), A Woman Alone (1988), and Tales from the Hollywood Hills: The Old Reliable (1988). Redgrave’s film career also continued with Morgan Stewart’s Coming Home (1987), Getting It Right (1989), Midnight (1989) as an aging television horror hostess, Shine (1996) opposite Geoffrey Rush, Gods and Monsters (1998) earning an Oscar nomination for her role as James Whale’s German housekeeper Helga, Strike! (1998), Touched (1999), The Annihilation of Fish (1999), the animated Lion of Oz (2000) as the voice of the Wicked Witch of the East, The Simian Line (2000), How to Kill Your Neighbor’s Dog (2000), Deeply (2000), The Next Best Thing (2000), Venus and Mars (2001), My Kingdom (2001), David Cronenberg’s Spider with Ralph Fiennes and her niece Natasha Richardson, Unconditional Love (2002), The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) as the voice of Cordelia Thornberry, Hansel & Gretel (2002) as the Witch, Anita and Me (2002), Charlie’s War (2003), Peter Pan (2003), Kinsey (2004), The White Countess (2005) with sister Vanessa and niece Natasha Richardson, The Jane Austen Book Club (2007), the animated My Dog Tulip (2009) as the voice of Nancy, and Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009). She starred as Maddie Pearce in the short-lived 1989 tele-

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351 vision sit-com Chicken Soup with Jackie Mason, and was featured in the television productions Jury Duty: The Comedy (1990), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1991) in the title role of Jane Hudson with sister Vanessa co-starring as Blanche Hudson, Calling the Shots (1993), Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan (1997), Toothless (1997), White Lies (1998), A Season for Miracles (1999), Different (1999), Varian’s War (2001), My Sister’s Keeper (2002), and Nurses (2007). She starred as Trudy Frank, mother of Sherilyn Fenn’s character Billie Frank, in the Showtime cable series Rude Awakening from 1998 to 2001, and was the voice of Nanny in the animated series Me, Eloise from 2006 to 2007. Her later television credits include guest roles in The Nanny, Desperate Housewives, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and a 2009 episode of Ugly Betty. Redgrave was married to actor and director John Clark from 1967 until their divorce in 2000. She is survived by their children, Ben, Kelly, and Annabel Clark, and her sister Vanessa.

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to perform and direct Gilbert and Sullivan productions at venues around the world before retiring to Halifax in the early 1990s.

REED, SUSAN Musician and folk singer Susan Reed died in a Greenport, New York, nursing home on April 25, 2010. She was 84. Reed was born in Columbia, South Carolina, on January 11, 1926, the son of actor and playwright Daniel Reed. She became interested in Irish folk music as a child and became noted for her playing of the Irish harp and zither. She was a popular performer at New York clubs from the mid– 1940s, singing such traditional numbers as “Danny

REED, J OHN British baritone singer John Reed, who was noted for his roles in numerous Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, died of complications from a stroke in a Halifax, England, hospital on February 13, 2010. He was 94. Reed was born in Close House, near Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England, on February 13, 1916. He studied singing and theater as a child, and began appearing in plays from an early age. He embarked on a theatrical career in repertory after World War II. He joined the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1951, performing in small roles in Gilbert and Sullivan works, and serving as an understudy to Peter Pratt. Reed became the principal comedian baritone when Pratt left the company in 1959. During his 20 years with D’Oyly Carte he performed such roles as Sir Joseph Porter in H.M.S. Pinafore, Ko-Ko in The Mikado, Major-General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance, Bunthorne in Patience, Jack Point in The Yeoman of the Guard, King Gama in Princess Ida, and Robin Oakapple/Sir Ruthven in Ruddigore. He also voiced the leads in the 1966 animated version of Ruddigore, and starred in the 1967 film version of The Mikado. Reed also starred in a 1973 television production of H.M.S. Pinafore. He left D’Oyle Carte in 1979, but continued

REEVE, GEOFFREY British producer and director Geoffrey Reeve died in England on January 3, 2010, at age 77. Reeve was born in England on October 28, 1932. He began his career making promotional films and commercials in the 1960s. He directed his first feature, an adaptation of Alistair Maclean’s thriller Puppet on a Chain, in 1971. He also served as producer

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Boy” and “Greensleeves.” She starred as backwoods folk singer Jennie Higgins in the 1948 film Glamour Girl with Benny Goodman’s Orchestra. She performed on television in episodes of Penthouse Party and Goodyear Playhouse in the early 1950s. Reed was married to actor James Karen from 1958 until their divorce in 1967, and is survived by their son, Reed Karen.

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and director on Maclean’s Caravan to Vaccares in 1974. He served as a producer on the 1984 television miniseries The Far Pavilions, and the 1985 film The Shooting Party. He had long association with actor Michael Caine, producing his films Half Moon Street (1986), The Whistle Blower (1987), Shadow Run (1998) which he also directed, Shiner (2000), and Quicksand (2003).

REID, FRANCES Veteran actress Frances Reid, who starred as Alice Horton in the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives for the past 45 years, died in Wichita Falls, Texas, on February 3, 2010. She was 95. Reid was born in Wichita Falls on December 9, 1914, and was raised in Berkeley, California. She studied acting at the Pasadena Community Playhouse, and was soon featured in the films Stage Door (1937) and Man-Proof (1938). She performed as a dancer on Broadway in several productions, and was featured as Juliette Lecour-

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tois in the 1939 revival of the comedy play Where There’s a Will. She performed frequently on stage during the 1940s, and appeared on Broadway in such productions as The Rivals (1942), Bird in Hand (1942), The Patriots (1943), Listen, Professor (1943), A Highland Fling (1944), Little Women (1944), Star-Spangled Family (1945), The Wind Is Ninety (1945), Hamlet (1945) as Ophelia, Cyrano de Bergerac (1946), King Richard III (1949), and Twelfth Night (1949). Reid was also heard frequently on radio with roles in such productions as Prologue to Glory, Mrs. Moonlight, and Charlotte Corday. She appeared on television in an early adaptation of Little Women in 1939, and reprised her Broadway role as Roxane in a 1949 television version of Cyrano de Bergerac. She was also seen in episodes of Actor’s Studio, Lights Out, The Ford Theatre Hour, The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre, The Philco Television Playhouse, You Are There, Danger, Kraft Television Theatre, Matinee Theatre, Studio One, Lux Video Theatre, Hallmark Hall of Fame including a 1959 adaptation of Berkeley Square, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, General Electric Theater, Armstrong Circle Theatre, The Eleventh Hour, Channing, Perry Mason, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Mr. Novak, Wagon Train, Dr. Kildare, The F.B.I., The Magician, S.W.A.T., Matt Helm, and Project U.F.O. She briefly starred as Portia in the television soap opera Portia Faces

Life, but left the series because she felt work on a daily series was too exhausting. She returned to the genre as Grace Baker in As the World Turns from 1959 to 1962, and was Rose Pollack in Edge of Night in 1964. She was featured in a minor voice role in the 1956 drama film The Wrong Man, and was Emily Hamilton on John Frankenheimer’s 1966 science fiction Seconds with Rock Hudson. She was also seen in the 1971 sci-fi thriller The Andromeda Strain. She was also seen on the tele-films The Affair (1973) and Mercy or Murder? (1987). Reid began starring as loveable matriarch Alice Horton with the premiere of the Days of Our Lives soap opera in 1965, and played the role for over forty years. She was also featured as Alice on the 1992 tele-film spin-off Days of Our Lives: One Stormy Night. She was seen in a small role in a 2004 episode of American Dreams, and continued on Days of Our Lives for the remainder of her career. Reid was married to actor Philip Bourneuf from 1940 until his death in 1979.

REIS, DARY Brazilian actor Dary Reis died in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 26, 2010. He was 84. Reis was born in Formigueiro, Sao Sepe, Brazil, on February 12, 1926. He moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1945, where he embarked on a career as an actor on stage. He also soon began appearing in such films as Mae (1948), O Falso Detetive (1951), Maria da Praia (1951), Tres Recrutas (1953), Rua Sem Sol (1954), E Eles Nao Voltaram (1960), O Homem Que Roubou a Copa do Mundo (1961), 22 –2000 Cidadde Aberta (1965), Papai Trapalhao (1968), A Um Pulo da Morte (1969), Vale do Canaa (1971), Tormento (1972), Leao do Norte (1974), Eu Matei Lucio Flavio (1979), Os Paspalhoes em Pinoquio (2000), Os Trapalhoes na Serra Pelada (1982), O Trapalhao na Arca de Noe (1983), A Longa Noite do Prazer (1983), Os Trapalhoes e o Magico de Oroz (1984), and Not Two, but

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Four (1984). He also appeared frequently on Brazilian tele-novelas, with roles in O Falcao Negro (1957), Anastacia, A Mulher Sem Destino (1967), A Ponte dos Suspiros (1969), Irmaos Coragem (1970), O Honem Que Deve Morrer (1971), Bicho do Mato (1972), Cuca Legal (1975), Escrava Isaura (1976), Duas Vidas (1976), Memorias de Amor (1979), Agua Viva (1980), Jogo da Vida (1981), Irmaos Coragem (1995), Hilda Furacao (1998),

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RENARD, COLETTE French actress and singer Colette Renard died in Yvelines, France, on October 6, 2010. She was 85. She was born Colette Raget in Ermont, France, on November 1, 1924. She began her career on stage as a singer in the 1940s, and recorded over 50 albums during her career. She starred in the musical Irma La Douce on stage from 1956 to 1967. She

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Bend, Indiana, on February 22, 1931. He studied theatre at Indiana University, and performed on the New York stage in the 1960s. His Broadway credits include the musicals Once Upon a Mattress (1960), The Young Abe Lincoln (1961), Fade Out— Fade In (1964), On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1965), and Don’t Drink the Water (1966). He was also featured in a handful of films from the early 1970s including Deadhead Miles (1972), Richard (1972), Hail (1973) as the President, Crazy Joe (1974), The Happy Hooker (1975), The Sunshine Boys (1975), God Told Me To (1976), The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977), Sogg y Bottom, U.S.A. (1980), Caddyshack (1980), The Man with One Red Shoe (1985), Wise Guys (1986), and That’s Adequate (1989). Resin starred as Charles Boatwright in the short-lived television comedy series On Our Own from 1977 to 1978, and guest starred in episodes of Till We Meet Again, New York Undercover, and Remember WENN. He was also noted for his long-running commercial appearances as the Ty-D-Bol toilet cleaning man.

REUTHER, STEVEN Film executive and producer Steven Reuther died from cancer at his home in Santa Monica, California, on June 5, 2010. He was 58. Reuther was born in St. Petersburg, Florida, on September 2, 1951. He began working at the William Mor-

was featured in several films during her career including Back to the Wall (1958), Business (1960), A King Without Distraction (1963), Les Pieds dans la Platre (1965), Clodo (1970), and IP5: L’Ile aux Pachydermes (1992). She was also featured in television productions of Pierrots des Alouettes (1964), Les Dossiers de Me Robineau: Les Cagnards (1972), La Vie Revee de Vincent Scotto (1973), La Chanson de Tiber (1980), Mon Petit Ane, ma Mere (1982), Vichy Dancing (1983), and Le Triporteur de Belleville (2005). She was also seen in episodes of Justice, Maigret, and Docteur Dassin, Generaliste, and starred as Rachel Levy in the series Plus Belle la Vie from 2004 to 2009.

RESIN, DAN Character actor Dan Resin, who was featured as Dr. Beeper in the classic 1980 comedy film Caddyshack, died in Secaucus, New Jersey, on July 30, 2010. He was 79. Resin was born in South

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ris talent agency in the late 1970s, and worked up to become an agent. He worked in film production from the mid–1980s, serving as a producer on such films as Nine 1 ⁄ 2 Weeks (1986), Dirty Dancing (1987), China Girl (1987), Promised Land (1987), And God Created Woman (1988), Call Me (1988), Paramedics (1988), Parents (1989), Big Man on Campus (1989), Hider in the House (1989), Pretty Woman (1990), Catchfire (1990), Love Hurts (1990), Guilty by Suspicion (1991), The Mambo Kings (1992), The Power of One (1992), Under Siege (1992), That Night (1992), Sommersby (1993), Made in America (1993), Striking Distance (1993), The Client (1994), and Boys on the Side (1995). Reuther teamed with Michael Douglas to form Douglas/Reuther Productions in the mid–1990s. He continued to produce such films as The Ghost and the Darkness (1996), Face/ Off (1997), The Rainmaker (1997), Ready to Rumble (2000), The Replacements (2000), Chain of Fools

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(2000), Pay It Forward (2000), Proof of Life (2000), Sweet November (2001), Rock Star (2001), Collateral Damage (2002), Man of the House (2005), and The Ugly Truth (2009).

REYNOLDS , CHARLES Magician Charles Reynolds, who created illusions for other magicians, Broadway plays, and film and television productions, died of liver cancer at his home in Manhattan, New York, on November 4, 2010. He was 78. Reynolds was born in Toledo, Ohio, on September 9, 1932. He became fascinated by magic after seeing Harry Blackstone, Sr., perform at an early age. He studied magic from magazines and worked at a magic shop while in his teens. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in theater from the University of Michigan, and later worked as a television cameraman and photographer. He wrote books and articles on the history of magic and served as a consultant for magician Doug Henning

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from the early 1970s, working on all of his network television specials. Reynolds also helped Harry Blackstone, Jr., create the buzz saw trick seen in the 1980 Broadway show Blackstone!, and provided magic acts for Henning for the Broadway musical Merlin in 1983. He also created illusions for Woody Allen and Jim Henson, Saturday Night Live, and the Metropolitan Opera. Though largely unknown by the general public, Reynolds was selected at Magician of the Year in 2004, and was named one of the 100 most influential figures of 20th century magic in a poll in Magic magazine.

RHODES, JOAN British strongwoman and entertainer Joan Rhodes died in London on May 30, 2010. She was 89. She was born Josie Terena in London on April 13, 1921. She ran away from home at the age of 15 and worked in a traveling fair. She became noted for her strongwoman act in the late 1940s, where she would rip telephone books in half and bend steel bars and nails. Her slender figure and showgirl attire seemed incongruous to her feats of strength. She appeared on television in The Ed Sullivan Show and The Bob Hope Show and was featured in the 1956 film Johnny You’re Wanted. She was featured in character roles in film and television from the early 1970s. Her film credits include Burke and Hare (1972), The Pink

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Panther Strikes Again (1976), and The Elephant Man (1980). She was seen in the 1981 tele-film Adventure, and was Big Nell in the television series Dick Turpin from 1979 to 1982. Her other television credits include episodes of Churchill’s People, Victorian Scandals, Duty Free, and The Bill. She published her autobiography, Coming on Strong, in 2007.

RHODES, MICHAEL Television producer and writer Michael Rhodes died of cancer in a Los Angeles hospital on October 7, 2010. He was 74. Rhodes was born in Los Angeles on November 9, 1935. He began working in television in the early 1970s, and produced the crime series Ellery Queen starring Jim Hutton from 1975 to 1976. He was also produced, and occasionally wrote for, the series Delvecchio, Operation Petticoat, Cutter to Houston, and Mariah. Rhodes was also producer for the tele-films The Law (1974), Loose Change (1978), The Return of Frank Cannon (1980), Bay Coven (1987), and Captive (1991). RICHARDS, BILLIE MAE Canadian voice actress Billie Mae Richards, who was best known for providing the voice of the animated Rudolph the RedNosed Reindeer on television in the 1960s, died of complications from a stroke in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, on September 10, 2010. She was 88. She was born Billy Mae Dinsmore in Toronto on November 21, 1921, and began performing in stage revues at the age of ﬁve.

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355 She entertained troops while serving in the Canadian Navy during World War II. She trained at the Lorne Greene Academy of Radio Arts in Toronto after the war, and was soon performing on radio with the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. She was heard in numerous radio dramas, often voicing young male characters including the Kid on the popular series Jake and the Kid. Billed as Billy Richards, she became the voice of Rudolph in the 1964 Rankin-Bass stop motion animated television Christmas special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, with Burl Ives as narrator Sam the Snowman. She also performed in the Rankin/Bass animated productions Willy McBean and His Magic Machine (1965) as Willy, The Daydreamer (1966), The King Kong Show (1966), and The Smokey Bear Show (1969). She reprised her role as Rudolph in the television specials Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (1976) and Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July (1979). Richards also voiced roles in the an-

Billie Mae Richards (voice of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer)

imated Spider-Man series in the late 1960s, and 1974’s The Undersea Adventures of Captain Nemo. She was the voice of Tender Heart Bear and Bright Heart Raccoon in several Care Bear animated productions from the 1980s. She also performed onscreen in character roles in the television series War of the Worlds, My Secret Identity, The Hidden Room, and Maniac Mansion. Richards was also featured in the films The Big Slice (1991), Melanie Darrow (1998), the Bram Stoker horror Shadow Builder (1998), and the 2001 short Bluehair.

RICHARDSON, ARNOLD Arnold Richardson, who was featured in Robert Redford’s 1992 film A River Runs Through It, died in Townsend, Montana, on December 6, 2010. He was 96. Richardson was born in Maine in 1914, and worked in construction much of his life. He learned to fly fish in Montana in the 1940s, and his prowess led to commissions as a fishing guide. He returned to Montana in the 1970s, where he operated a health care facility with his wife. He answered an open casting call for A River Runs Through It, and appeared in the role as the older Norman Maclean, played by Craig Sheffer, at the film’s close. His casting abilities, despite struggling and shaking with age while tying a knot, led to an iconic scene in the film. Richard-

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son remained an avid fisherman and frequent spokesman for Montana’s lakes and rivers well into his 80s.

RICKS, SHAWN Adult film actor Shawn Ricks died of self-inflicted wounds in Los Angeles on June 26, 2010. He was 47. Ricks was born on August 3, 1963. He began working in adult films with Alex Jordan’s First Timers 1 in 1993. He appeared in nearly 200 films over the next decade, and directed over 80 through the mid– 2000s. He was featured in such films as Up Against It (1993), The Other Side of Chelsea (1993), The Org y (1993), The Bootieguard (1993), Steal This Heart (1993), Starbangers (1993), Mindsex (1993), Hot Pie Delivery (1993), Dick at Nite (1993), Designer Bodies (1993), Crime Doesn’t Pay (1993), ButtWatch 2 (1993), Back to Melrose Place (1993), Anus the Menus (1993), The Search for Canadian Beaver (1994), Spread the Wealth (1994), Real TIckeTS 1 (1994), Hollywood in Your Face (1994), Bad Girls: Strip Search (1994), The Seduction of Marilyn Star (1995), The Bottom Dweller 331 ⁄ 3 (1995), Patent Leather (1995), Malibu Heat (1995), Beverly Hills Blondes (1995), Yin Yang Oriental Love Bang (1996), The Other Woman (1996), Roller Babes (1996), Double Decadence (1996), Night Tales (1996), GoldenRod (1996), Cousin Philmore Butts on the Prowl (1996), Cafe Fantasy (1996), Buttman’s Bubble Butt Babes (1996), Erotic Confusion (1998), Dreams of Your Bod (1997), 18 and Anal (1997), In Your Dreams (1999), Absolute Private (2000), Paparazzi! (2000), and I Love Tits! (2003). He directed several of his films during the 1990s, and

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worked primarily as a director in the 2000s on the films Nasty Tease (2000), Video Dames (2003), Search for the Pipe Peach (2003), Not Far from Heaven (2003), Loose Morals (2003), Italian Sausage (2003), House of Whores (2003), Bizarre Peroxide Tales (2003), Layover (2003), Crazed (2004), Loose Morals: International (2005), and Poke-Her for Idiots (2005).

RIO, ROSA Organist Rosa Rio, whose career spanned silent films, radio, and television soap operas, died at her home in Sun City Center, Florida, on May 13, 2010. She was 107. She was born on June 2, 1902, and was raised in New Orleans. She learned to play the piano as a child, and trained on the organ as a silent film accompanist. She played at movie theaters around the country in the 1920s before signing with Fox Theater in Brooklyn. The advent of talkies later in the decade led her to become a vocal coach, whose clients included a young Mary Martin. She joined NBC

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radio in the 1930s, where she provided background music for over a dozen shows a week including The Shadow, Ethel and Albert, Front Page Farrell, Lorenzo Jones, and My True Story. She segued into television in the 1950s, playing the organ during breaks on soap operas. She provided organ scores for hundreds of silent films that were released by Video Yesteryear in the 1980s. Rosa remained active in her later years, giving live accompaniment for nostalgic showings of silent films in a restored movie house in Tampa, Florida, until shortly before her death.

RISSO, ROBERTO Italian actor Roberto Risso died in Milan, Italy, on November 16, 2010. He was 84. He was born Pietro Roberto Strub in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 22, 1925. He began his film career in the early 1950s, making his onscreen debut in Pietro Francisci’s The Lion of Amalfi. He was a popular film star for the next decade, appearing in The Black Captain (1951), Revenge of the Pirates (1951), Rosalba, la Fanciulla di Pompei (1952), Three Forbidden Stories (1952), La Figlia del Diavolo (1952), Balocchi e Profumi (1953), Luxury Girls (1953), I Piombi di Venezia (1953), and La Valigia dei Sogni (1953). He starred as policeman Pietro Stelluti, in love with Gina Lollobrigida, in Luigi Comencini’s films Pane, Amore e Fantasia (1953)

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and Pane, Amore e Gelosia (1954). His other film credits include Una Pelliccia di Visone (1954), Angels of Darkness (1954), One Step to Eternity (1954), The Desperate Women (1955), The Rival (1955), Il Campanile d’Oro (1955), Le Signorine della 04 (1955), Paris, Palace Hotel (1956), Sergente d’Ispezione (1958), E Permesso Maresciallo (1958), Angel in a Taxi (1958), Adorable and a Liar (1958), Si la Roi Savait Ca (1958), Caterina Sforza, La Leonessa di Romagna (1959), A Breath of Scandal (1960), Pleasures of Saturday Night (1960), Un Figlio d’Oggio (1961), Cocagne (1961), Conquered City (1962), Gladiator of Rome (1962), Fury of Achilles (1962), Revenge of the Musketeers (1963), Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963) with Gordon Scott, The Shortest Day (1963), Rocambole (1963), and the spaghetti western Hate Thy Neighbor (1968) under the pseudonym Robert Rice. Risso worked primarily in television from the late 1960s, appearing in the series Quelli della Domenica and several soap operas.

RIVAS , M ARIA TERESA Mexican actress Maria Teresa Rivas died in a Santa Elena, Mexico, hospital on July 23, 2010. She was 77. She was born María Teresa Orozco Moreno in Union de San Antonio, Jalisco, Mexico, on May 6, 1933. She was featured in numerous films from the mid–1950s, with roles in Tierra de Hombres (1956), El Diario de mi Madre (1958), Ash Wednesday (1958), El Derecho a la Vida

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357 (1959), Las Senoritas Vivanco (1959), Simitrio (1960), Ellas Tambien son Rebeldes (1961), The Illiterate One (1961), Cri Cri el Grillito Cantor (1963), He Matado a un Hombre (1964), El Proceso de Cristo (1966), The Two Rivals (1966), Ven a Cantar Conmigo (1966), Fando and Lis (1968), Paula (1969), La Guerra de las Monjas (1970), Remolino de Pasiones (1970), La Viuda Blanca (1970), Siempre Hay una Primera Vez (1971), El Esperado amor Desesperado (1976), Visita al Pasado (1981), Una Leyenda de Amor (1982), and El Maleficio II (1986). Rivas also appeared in numerous television productions including Gutierritos (1958), Gabriela (1960), La Herencia (1962), Marina Lavalle (1965), Cruz de Amor (1968), Magdalena (1970), Nosotros los Pobres (1973), Pobre Clara (1975), Barata de Primavera (1975), Pacto de Amor (1977), Los Ricos Tambien Lloran (1979), Veronica (1979), Colorina (1980), Los Pardaillan (1981), Amalia Batista (1983), Bianca Vidal (1985), El Precio de la Fama (1987), Balada por un Amor (1990), Capricho (1991), Agujetas de Color de Rosa (1994), La Jaula de Oro (1997), and Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real (2001).

RIVERA, MARIKA Actress Marika Rivera died in Charlton Down, Dorset, England, on January 14, 2010. She was 90. She was born in Paris on November 13, 1919, the daughter of Mexican muralist Diego Rivera and his mistress, Russian painter Marevna Vorobieff. She trained as a dancer and performed on stage in London from the early 1950s. She was also featured

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on stage in the 1960s, and appeared in several films including Come Play with Me (1968), Mother’s Heart (1969), Indian Summer (1972), and The Last Desperate Hours (1974). She was a popular television performer, starring in productions of Jekyll (1969), Nero Wolfe: Sfida al Cioccolato (1971), Un Affare Editoriale (1971), Giallo di Sera (1971), I Nicotera (1972), A for Andromeda (1972) as the mysterious alien, the science fiction series Gamma (1975), and Astuzias per Astuzia (1979). She retired from the screen in the late 1970s.

ROBB, DON “COWBOY” Actor Donald E. “Cowboy” Robb died in Robinson, Texas, on February 3, 2010. He was 66. Robb was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, on September 24, 1943, and was raised in El

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in over a dozen films from the early 1960s including Darling (1965), The Girl on a Motorcycle (1968), Fiddler on the Roof (1971) as Rifka, Percy’s Progress (1974), Fellini’s Casanova (1976), Voyage of the Damned (1976), Hussy (1980), The Supergrass (1985), Hotel du Paradis (1986), Eat the Rich (1987), and Vincent (1987). She was seen on television in episodes of The Saint and Home Tonight, and productions of Lee Oswald: Assassin (1966), Star Quality (1968), The Changeling (1974), and Grand Slam (1978).

RIZZI, NICOLETTA Italian actress Nicoletta Rizzi, who starred in the 1972 Italian television version of the science fiction novel A for Andromeda, died in Milan, Italy, on January 17, 2010. She was 70. Rizzi was born in Milan on January 1, 1940. She began her career

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Paso, Texas. He worked as a stunt coordinator on several western films in the 1960s. He was also featured in small roles in the films Action U.S.A. (1989), Smooth Operator (1995), An American Vampire Story (1997), and Big Guns (2006).

ROBBIN, IRVING Television composer Irving Robbin died at his home in Chester, New York, on December 30, 2010. He was 92. He was born Irving Rabinowitz in Manhattan on February 1, 1918. He studied music composition at the Julliard School of Music, and served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II. He worked in radio after the war, and

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was a composer and music director in the early days of television. He produced music for the series Captain

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Video and His Video Rangers, Tales of Tomorrow, Crime with Father, and Colonel Humphrey Flack in the early 1950s. He continued to work in television for nearly 40 years, composing the theme for ABC’s Wide World of Sports, and music for the soap operas All My Children and Ryan’s Hope.

ROBERTS, PENNANT British television director Pennant Roberts, who helmed episodes of such popular television sci-fi series as Doctor Who and Blakes 7, died in England on June 22, 2010. He was 69. Roberts was born in Wales on December 15, 1940. He began working as a director with the BBC in the early 1970s. He directed for such series as Doomwatch, Softly Softly, The Regiment, Sutherland’s Law, Oil Strike North, Survivors, Angels, The Mackinnons, The Professionals, The Onedin Line, Juliet Bravo, Tenko, Dramarama, Cold Warrior, Howards’ Way, and Crime Story. He helmed several Doctor Who serials in the 1970s and 1980s including “The Face of Evil,” “The Sun Makers,” “The Pirate Planet,” “Warriors of the Deep,” “Timelash,” and the uncompleted “Shada.” Roberts also directed the children’s fantasy mini-series The Snow Spider (1988), The Bubblegum Brigade (1989), Emlyn’s Moon (1990), and The Chestnut Soldier (1991).

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ROBERTS, PERNELL Actor Pernell Roberts, who was best known for his role as Adam, the eldest Cartwright son, on the television western Bonanza, died of cancer at his home in Malibu, California, on January 24, 2010. He was 81. Roberts was born Waycross, Georgia, on May 18, 1928. He began his work on stage in 1950 in Washington, D.C., with the Arena Stage. He moved to New York City in 1952, where he performed with the North American Lyric Theater. He won a Drama Desk Award for his performance in an Off-Broadway production of Macbeth in 1955. He also made his Broadway debut in 1955 in a production of Tonight in Samarkind. His other Broadway credits include The Lovers (1956) with Joanne Woodward, A Clearing in the Woods (1957), The Taming of the Shrew (1957), The Duchess of Malfi (1957), and Captain Brassbound’s Conversion (1972) with Ingrid Bergman. Roberts went to Hollywood in 1957, where he appeared in the films Desire Under the Elms (1958), The Sheepman (1958), and Ride Lonesome (1959). He also guest starred in several television series, before being cast as Adam Cartwright in the hit western Bonanza, in 1959. Lorne Greene played the Cartwright patriarch Ben, and

Pernell Roberts (from Bonanza)

Dan Blocker and Michael Landon were younger brothers, Hoss and Little Joe. Despite the series popularity, Roberts was unsatisfied with his role and left after six seasons in 1965. His many television credits also include roles in episodes of Whirlybirds, Trackdown, Sugarfoot, Have Gun —Will Travel, Tombstone Territory, Matinee Theatre, Northwest Passage, Shirley Temple’s Storybook, Zane Grey Theater, General Electric Theater, Lawman, Cimarron City, Bronco, One Step Beyond, 77 Sunset Strip, Buckskin, The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., The Wild Wild West, Gunsmoke, CBS Playhouse, The Big Valley, Lancer, The Bold Ones: The New Doctors, The Name of the Game, Hawaii Five-0, The Virginian, Night Gallery, Alias Smith and Jones, Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law, The Sixth Sense, Banacek, Marcus Welby, M.D., Mission: Impossible, Mannix, Hawkins, The Odd Couple, Nakia, Ironside, Police Story, Medical Story, Ellery Queen, Bronk, Cannon, The Six Million Dollar Man, Jigsaw John, Bert D’Angelo/Superstar, The Quest, Barnaby Jones, Switch, Baretta, Most Wanted, Police

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Woman, The Streets of San Francisco, The Feather and Father Gang, West Side Medical, Man from Atlantis, The Rockford Files, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, Quincy, Centennial, The Paper Chase, Vega$, The Love Boat, Hotel, The Young Riders, and Diagnosis Murder. Roberts starred as Dr. John Francis Xavier McIntyre, the older version of the Trapper John character from M*A*S*H, in the television series Trapper John, M.D.

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in economics. He worked as a banker until retiring to Whatcom County, Washington, in 2005.

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from 1979 to 1986. His other television credits include the tele-films Carousel (1967), The Silent Gun (1969), San Francisco International (1970), The Bravos (1972), Adventures of Nick Carter (1972), Assignment: Munich (1972), Dead Man on the Run (1975), The Deadly Tower (1975), The Lives of Jenny Dolan (1975), Alien Lover (1975), Captains and the Kings (1976), Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging (1977), The Immigrants (1978), The Night Rider (1979), Hot Rod (1979), High Noon Part II: The Return of Will Kane (1980), Incident at Crestridge (1981), Desperado (1987), The Night Train to Kathmandu (1988), Around the World in 80 Days (1989), Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin (1989), and Donor (1990). Roberts appeared in several feature films during his career including The Errand Boy (1961), The Kashmiri Run (1970), Four Rode Out (1970), Paco (1976), The Magic of Lassie (1978), and Checkered Flag (1990). He also hosted the short-lived 1991 television series FBI: The Untold Stories.

ROBIE, EARL Earl H. Settlemyer, who was known as Earl Robie when he appeared as a child actor in films and television in the 1950s, died at his home in Sudden Valley, Washington, on May 14, 2010. He was 63. Settlemyer was born in Wyandotte, Michigan, on August 29, 1946. He was raised in Southern California, and began appearing on stage at the age of four. He was featured in several films including My Cousin Rachel (1952) with Olivia de Havilland, The Lady Wants Mink (1953) and Santa Fe Passage (1955). Robie also appeared on television in episodes of The Public Defender, The 20th Century–Fox Hour, The Ford Television Theatre, The Loretta Young Show, Death Valley Days, Lassie, and Tales of Wells Fargo. He retired from acting in the early 1960s, and graduated from college with a degree

ROBINSON, D OUGLAS Character actor Douglas Robinson died of lung cancer in Los Angeles on November 20, 2010. He was 81. Robinson was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1929. He was featured on television in episodes of Trial, All in the Family, Mary Tyler Moore, Dallas, and Hill Street Blues. He was best known for his recurring role as Doug, a customer at Mel’s Diner, on the sit-com Alice from 1980 to 1985. He was also featured in the tele-films Stand By Your Man (1981) and Isabel’s Choice (1981). Robinson was also seen in a handful of films during his career including Waiting to Act (1985), Curfew (1989) as Judge Collins, The Walter Ego (1991), The School (1994), Valerie Flake (1999), and Intrepid (2000). ROBINSON, JEANNE Dancer and science fiction writer Jeanne Robinson died of biliary tract cancer on May 30, 2010. She was 62. She was born Jeanne Rubbicco in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 30, 1948. She began dancing from an early age and studied at the Boston Conservatory, the schools of Martha Graham, Alvin Ailey, and Erick Hawkins. She moved to Nova Scotia, Canada, in the 1960s, where she continued to dance and founded the DancExchange Studio in Halifax in 1979. She was choreographer and director of the Nova Dance Theatre from 1980 to 1987.

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She married science fiction author Spider Robinson in 1975, and they co-wrote the 1979 novel Stardance, about a zero gravity dancer and choreographer. They penned two sequels, Starseed (1991) and Starmind (1995), and Jeanne was involved in adapting a film version of Stardance at the time of her death.

RODRIGUES, ARNAUD Brazilian comic actor and entertainer Arnaud Rodrigues drowned when the boat he was sailing in capsized on the lake of Usina de Lajeado near Palmas, the Tocantins, Brazil, on February 16, 2010. He was 67. Rodrigues was born in Serra Talhada, Pernambuco, Brazil, on December 6, 1942. Raymond Roe

Arnaud Rodrigues

He began working as an actor and writer for television productions in the early 1970s. He starred as Bililico in the 1975 series Azambuja & Cia, and was featured in the mini-series Lampiao e Maria Bonita (1982) and Bandidos da Falange (1983). He also appeared in the tele-novelas Pao Pao, Beijo Beijo (1983), Partido Alto (1984), and Roque Santeiro (1985). Rodriques was featured in several films during his career including O Doce Esporte do Sexo (1971), Uma Negra Chamada Tereza (1973), A Filha dos Trapalhoes (1984), and Os Trapalhoes e o Magico de Oroz (1984). He performed frequently with the comedy group A Praca e Nossa from the 1980s. He settled with his family in the Tocantins in 1999, where he continued to perform comedy routines on the local stage and television.

ROE, RAYMOND Child actor Raymond Roe, who appeared on the Broadway stage and in films in the 1930s and 1940s, died of complications from surgery in San Leandro, California, on July 2, 2010. He was 84. Roe was born in New York City on September 15, 1925. He made his Broadway debut in the 1934 drama House of Remsen, and remained a popular child stage performer in such productions as Jubilee (1935), Seen But Not Heard (1936), the original staging of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town (1938) as Joe Crowell, the longrunning comedy Life with Father (1939), and the shortlived Little Dark Horse (1941) and All in Favor (1942). He made his film debut in 1939’s Back Door to Heaven, and moved with his family to Los Angeles to further his career. He was also seen in the film The Major and the Minor (1942), It Comes Up Love (1943), The Youngest

Profession (1943), Paris After Dark (1943), True to Life (1943), and Wing and a Prayer (1944). He served in the military as a radio operator in the South Pacific during World War II. Roe resumed his acting career after the war, appearing in the films June Bride (1948), Strange Bargain (1949), Dear Wife (1949) with William Holden, Always Leave Them Laughing (1949), Shocking Affair (1949), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Pretty Baby (1950), The West Point Story (1950), and Carrie (1952). He subsequently embarked on a career in law enforcement, serving as a deputy sheriff with Los Angeles County for nearly thirty years.

ROGERS, IVAN Action film actor and director Ivan Rogers died in Indianapolis, Indiana, on August 22, 2010. He was 55. Rogers was born in Indianapolis on September 20, 1954. He began studying karate while in college, and later became a professional kickboxer. He began working in films as writer, producer and star of a 1985 video on basic karate and selfdefense techniques. He went on to produce, write, and star in the action films One Way Out (1986), Two Wrongs Make a Right (1987), and Ballbuster (1989). He also appeared in the 1989 tele-film, and scripted the 1989 feature Tigershark. Rogers was also seen onscreen in The Runner (1992), Karate Commando: Jungle Wolf 3 (1993), Striking Point (1995), and Karate Raider (1995). He directed the 1996 action thriller Caged

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Women II, which he also wrote, produced, and starred in. He was featured in the films Laserhawk (1997) and Down ’n Dirty (2000), and produced, directed, scripted, and starred in Forgive Me Father (2001) and The Payback Man (2010).

ROHMER , E RIC French film director Eric Rohmer, who was leading figure in cinema’s New Wave movement in the 1960s, died in Paris on January 11, 2010. He was 89. He was born Jean-Marie Maurice Scherer in Nancy, France, on March 20, 1920. He worked as a teacher and journalist before publishing the novel Elisabeth under the name Gilbert Cordier. He took the name Eric Rohmer while writing film criticism for La Gazette du Cinema and Cahiers du Cinema in the 1950s. He scripted Jean-Luc Godard’s first film, All the Boys Are Named Patrick, in 1959. He worked with Claude Chabrol on a study of Alfred Hitchcock, and Chabrol produced Rohmer’s first film as director, The Sign of Leo, in 1959. Barbet Schroeder formed the production company Les Films du Losange in 1963, which

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produced most of Rohmer’s subsequent works. He soon embarked on a cycle of films known as Six Moral Tales which included The Bakery Girl of Monceau (1963), Suzanne’s Career (1963), My Night at Maud’s (1969) which was nominated for an Academy Award for best foreign film and earned Rohmer an Oscar nomination for screenplay, and the international hit Claire’s Knee (1972). He also crafted such films as Chloe in the Afternoon (1972), The Marquise of O (1976), Perceval le Gallois (1978), The Aviator’s Wife (1981), A Good Marriage (1982), Pauline at the Beach (1983), Full Moon in Paris (1984), The Green Ray (1986), Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle (1987), My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend (1987), A Tale of Springtime (1990), A Tale of Winter (1992), The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque (1993), Rendezvous in Paris (1995), A Summer’s Tale (1996), The Lady and the Duke (2001), Triple Agent (2004), Le Canape Rouge (2005), and Romance of Astree and Celadon (2007).

ROLLIN, JEAN French erotic horror filmmaker Jean Rollin died after a long illness in Paris on December 15, 2010. He was 72. He was born Jean Michel Rollin Le Gentil in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine,

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France, on November 3, 1938. His father was a stage director and actor and Rollin became fascinated with film from an early age. He began working at Le Films des Saturne while in his teens. He worked with Claude Lelouch making training films while serving in the French Army. Rollin directed a handful of shorts and documentaries in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He wrote and directed his first horror film, The Rape of the Vampire, in 1968. Rollin gained a cult following for directing, scripting, and occasionally acting in such erotic horror films as The Nude Vampire (1970), Caged Virgins (1971), Strange Things Happen at Night (1971), The Iron Rose (1973), A Virgin Among the Living Dead (1973) teaming with Jesus Franco, Curse of the Living Dead (1974), Lips of Blood (1975), The Grapes of Death (1978), Fascination (1979), Night of the Hunted (1980), Zombie Lake (1981), and The Living Dead Girl (1982). He also helmed, sometimes under the pseudonyms Michel Gentil and Robert Xavier, such erotica as Schoolgirl Hitchhikers (1973), Fly Me the French Way (1974), The Seduction of Amy (1975), Douces Penetrations (1976), La Cometesse Ixe (1976), Hard Penetration (1977), Vibrations Sexuelles (1977), Petites Pensionnaires Impudiques (1978), Discosex (1978), Gamines en Chaleur (1979), The Runaways (1981), Sodomanie (1983), Sidewalks of Bangkok (1984), Emmanuelle 6 (1988), Lost in New York (1989), The Claw of Horus (1990), A la Poursuite de Barbara (1991), Killing Car (1993), and The Scent of Mathilda (1994). Rollin returned to the realm of vampires and the supernatural with his later films including Two Orphan Vampires (1997), Fiancee of Dracula (2002), La Nuit des Horloges (2007), and Le Masque de la Meduse (2010).

ROMALIO, TITO Tito Romalio, a black Russian actor of Brazilian descent, died in a Saint Petersburg, Russia, hospital of injuries he received in a racist attack and beating in the city streets on May 11, 2010. He was 58. Romalio was born in the Soviet Union on July 19, 1951. He began his career as a child actor, starring as Pol in the 1962 film Zdravsnvuite, Deti! (Hello, Children). His brother Lol, and father, also Tito Romalio, where also featured in the film. Romalio also appeared in such films as Prikliucheniia Artemki (1956), The Amphibian Man (Chelovek-Amfibiia) (1962), Chief

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Chukotky (1967), The Testament of Professor Dowell (1984), Jack Vosmerkin — Amerikanets (1987), Ostrov

Legend of the Seven Seas (2003), Shrek 2 (2004), and Madagascar (2005). He went to Spain in 2007, where he helped found the Enne animation studio and directed the short film The Old Chair. He returned to the United States after being diagnosed with leukemia. His final animator work was seen in Disney’s The Princess and the Frog (2009) and DreamWorks Shrek Forever After (2010).

ROMAY, LINA Mexican-American actress and singer Lina Romay died in a Pasadena, California, hospital on December 17, 2010. She was 88. She was born Maria Elena Romay in New York City on January 16, 1922, the daughter of Mexican diplomat Porfirio Romay. She began performing with Xavier Cugat’s orchestra in the early 1940s, and was featured with the band in the films You Were Never Lovelier (1942) and Stage Door Canteen (1943). She appeared in over a Tito Romalio

Pogibshikh Korablei (1987), and the serial Sea Patrol (2009). He also performed as a singer in local restaurants.

ROMANILLOS, PRES Filipino animator Priscillano “Pres” Romanillos, who created the villain Shan-Yu for the Disney film Mulan, died of complications from leukemia at his home in Tujunga, California, on July 17, 2010. He was 47. Romanillos was born in Zamboanga, the Philippines, on January 11, 1963, and came to the United States with his family in 1971. He attended the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, and began his career in animation as a trainee at Walt Disney Studios for The Little Mermaid in 1989. He served as an assistant animator on the films The Rescuers Down Under (1990), Beauty and the Beast (1991), and Aladdin (1992). He graduated to animator for the 1995 film Pocahontas, working on the title character, and provided additional animation for The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996). He designed the brutal Hun leader, Shan-Yu, for Disney’s Mulan in 1998. Romanillos worked for DreamWorks in the late 1990s, where he animated characters for such films as The Road to El Dorado (2000), Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) creating the young Lakota Indian Little Creek, Sinbad:

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dozen films during the next decade including The Heat’s On (1943), Week-End at Waldorf (1945), Adventure (1945), Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946), Honeymoon (1947), This Time for Keeps (1947), Embraceable You (1949), Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (1949) opposite James Kirkwood, The Big Wheel (1949), and The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949). Romay starred with singing cowboy Tex Williams in the westerns Six-Gun Music (1949) and Cheyenne Cowboy (1949). She made her final film appearance in 1953’s The Man Behind the Gun with Randolph Scott. She was featured on television in the variety series The Paul Whiteman’s Goodyear Revue in the early 1950s, and guested in episodes of Passport to Danger, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, and The Red Skelton Hour. Romay later served as a Spanish-language radio announcer for the Hollywood Park Racetrack from the late 1970s through early 1980s.

RONEY, ROBERTO Brazilian actor Roberto Roney died in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 3, 2010. He was 70. Roney was born in Rio on January 13, 1939. He appeared in films and television from the early 1970s. He was featured in the films Mais ou Menos Virgem (1973), As Mocas Daquela Hora (1973), Onanias o Poderoso Machao (1974), As Loucuras de um Sedutor (1975), Secas e Molhadas (1977), Double Trouble (1984), and Massacre in Dinosaur Valley (1985). Roney was also

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Penn State University and began working for the William Morris Agency as mail clerk in New York in 1957. He moved to Los Angeles to work as a talent agent later in the decade. He represented Rita Moreno and George Chakiris in attaining their Oscar-winning roles in the 1961 musical West Side Story. His many clients also included Marlo Thomas, Dyan Cannon, Joanne Woodward, Eva Marie Saint, and Ann-Margret. Rosenfeld was one of the agents who left William Morris to form Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in 1975. He was instrumental in putting together the creative teams for the 1976 television mini-series Rich Man, Poor Man,

Roberto Roney

ROSELL, EARL Rancher Earl Rosell, who promoted his Montana ranch as a Hollywood film location and scored a small part in the 1970 classic Little Big Man, died on July 12, 2010. He was 85. Rosell was born in San Diego, California, on August 18, 1924. He settled in Montana, where he and his wife owned the ET Ranch. He promoted his land in Hollywood for film Michael S. Rosenfeld

and the 1980 film Fame. He left CAA in the early 1980s to produce film and television productions. He was executive producer for the films Out of Bounds (1986), Thrashin’ (1986), and Flowers in the Attic (1987), and the tele-films Fatal Vision (1984) and The Case of the Hillside Stranglers (1989). He subsequently opened the Dragonfly Aviation flying school in Santa Rosa, California.

Earl Rosell (top, battling Dustin Hoffman in Little Big Man)

ROSS, HAL Talent agent and producer Hal Ross died at his home in Los Angeles on July 30, 2010. He was 86. Ross was born in Los Angeles on February 20, 1924. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and became a pioneer in television packaging as co-founder of the Ziegler-Ross Agency in 1960. Ross

location shooting, and Arthur Penn’s Little Big Man shot footage there in the late 1960s. Rosell appeared onscreen in the role of the Giant Trooper, who spares Dustin Hoffman’s life in battle. Scenes from other films and television productions was also filmed at his ranch including The Missouri Breaks (1976), The Legend of Walks Far Woman (1982), Son of the Morning Star (1991), Far and Away (1992), and The Return to Lonesome Dove (1993). Rosell was also a leading force in promoting local theater in Billings.

ROSENFELD, MICHAEL S. Talent agent and film producer Michael S. Rosenfeld died of respiratory failure after a long illness at a Los Angeles hospital on March 25, 2010. He was 75. Rosenfeld was born in Pennsylvania on June 28, 1934. He graduated from

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was instrumental in putting together the deals on such popular television series as The Daniel Boone Show, Medical Center, and M*A*S*H. He joined the William Morris Agency in 1980, where he was a senior vice president until his retirement in 1997. He later produced the 2005 film version of The Honeymooners starring Bernie Mac and Ashton Kutcher.

ROSTEN, I RWIN Documentary filmmaker Irwin Rosten died in Hollywood after a brief illness on May 23, 2010. He was 85. Rosten was born in Brooklyn, New York, on September 10, 1924. He began working in television with the DuMont Network in New York before moving to Los Angeles in 1954. He joined the CBS affiliate KNXT, where he wrote and produced news broadcasts and specials, including the 1958 documentary Thou Shalt Not Kill, about capital punishment. He worked frequently with partner Nick Noxon

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from the early 1960s, writing and producing Hollywood and the Stars for television. He also directed the documentaries Korea: The 38th Parallel (1965), Japan: A New Dawn Over Asia — Japan in the 20th Century (1965), Grizzly (1967) for National Geographic, and Kifaru … The Black Rhino (1970). Rosten was nominated for an Academy Award for feature documentary for producing 1969’s The Wolf Men, about the hunting of timber wolves in North America. He earned a second Oscar nomination as writer, director, and producer of the 1975 National Geographic special The Incredible Machine, which showed footage from cameras within the human body. He also wrote and produced the 1982 documentary The Thames.

ROTH, SILVANA Argentine actress Silvana Roth, who was a leading star in Argentine films in the 1940s, died of complications from hip surgery in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on April 3, 2010. She was 86. Roth was born in Buenos Aires in 1924. She began her film career in the early 1940s, appearing in Fragata Sarmiento (1940), Volver a Vivir (1941), Sweethearts for the Girls (1941), Melodies of America (1941), On Tuesdays, Orchids (1941), El Tesoro de la Isla Maciel (1941), The Journey (1942), Daughter of the Minister (1943), Siete Mujeres (1944), Villa Rica del Espiritu Santo (1945), Rigoberto (1945), Alla en el Setenta y Tantos (1945), El

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Diablo Andabas en los Choclos (1946), Inspiracion (1946), Siete Para un Secreto (1947), Esperanza (1949), Edicion Extra (1949), Mirad los Lirios del Campo (1949), Escuela de Campeones (1950), and De Turno don la Muerte (1951). She also performed on stage and in radio plays. She became a close friend of Argentina’s First Lady, Eva Peron, and served as vice-president of her Cultural Association after Peron’s death in 1952. She remained politically active as a Peronist, and served in the Argentine Congress as a national deputy from 1973 to 1976 until being removed from office after a military coup.

ROTHENBERGER, ANNELISE German operatic lyric soprano Annelise Rothenberger died in a Munsterlingen, Switzerland, hospital on May 24, 2010. She was 83. Rothenberger was born in Mannheim, Germany, on June 19, 1926. She began her career in Koblenz in 1943, and performed with the Hamburg Opera House from 1947. She debuted with the Salzburg Festival in 1954, and was soon appearing as a guest singer with the Vienna State Opera. She was featured in several films in the early 1950s including The Veiled Lady (1951), Der Bunte Traum (1952), and Clivia (1954). She starred as Adele in the 1955 film Oh … Rosalinda! with Anthony Quayle and Mel Ferrer. She performed Zdenka in Richard Strauss’ Arabella at the Metropolitan Opera in 1960, and also starred in pro-

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ductions of The Marriage of Figaro, Ballo in Maschera, and La Boheme at the Met over the next five years. She was best known for her role as Sophie in Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, and starred in a 1962 film version of the opera. Rothenberger was a popular television performer in Germany in the 1970s, and retired from the stage in 1983. Her autobiography, Melodie Meines Lebens, was published in 1973.

ROWLAND, ROBERT British bit actor Robert Rowland died in East Sussex, England, on August 20, 2010. He was 82. Rowland was born in London on February 1, 1928. He was an amateur boxer, hotel bartender, and taxi cab driver before becoming a film extra in the early 1960s. He had small roles in episodes of the television series Doctor Who and Gideon C.I.D., and in the films Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966), Arabesque (1966), The Deadly Affair (1966), Casino Royale (1966), and Berserk (1967). ROY, ADRIENNE Comic book colorist Adrienne Roy died after a long battle with cancer in Austin, Texas, on December 14, 2010. She was 57. Roy was born in Verona, New Jersey, on June 28, 1953. She graduated from William Patterson University with a major in fine art, and was active in science fiction and comic fandom before turning pro. She began working

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as a colorist in comics at DC as an assistant to her thenhusband, Anthony Tollin in the late 1970s. She soon became one of the industry’s leading colorists, working on such titles as Batman, Detective Comics, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The New Teen Titans, and many others. She was credited as a colorist on over 600 comics featuring the Batman character during her career.

ROY, DILIP Indian actor and director Dilip Roy died of cancer in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, on September 2, 2010. He was 78. Roy was born in Chittagong, British India (now Bangladesh), on December 17, 1931. He began his film career in West Bengal in 1956 with a role in Parivar. He also starred in the films Kshudista Pashan (1960), Sorry Madam (1962), Folk Tales of the River Bend (1962), The Ascent (1965), Aasmaan Mahal (1965), Emerald, Diamonds and Ruby

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(1969), The Unknown (1969), Arog ya Niketan (1969), Shasti (1970), Khunjey Berai (1971), Chorus (1974), Dui Purush (1978), Tusi (1978), Preyasi (1982), Ashlilatar Daye (1983), Surya Trishna (1984), Urbashi (1986), Debika (1987), Asha (1989), Debata (1990), Abhagini (1991), Maya Mamata (1993), Nati Binodini (1994), Frozen Homes (1996), and Mon Mane Na (2008). Roy also directed several films from the late 1970s including Debdas (1979), Amrita Kumbher Sandhaney (1982), and Neelkantha (1985).

RUBEN , AARON Television producer and writer Aaron Ruben, who produced the first five seasons of The Andy Griffith Show and created the spinoff series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., died of complications from pneumonia at his home in Beverly Hills, California, on January 30, 2010. He was 95. Ruben was born in Chicago, Illinois, on March 1, 1914. He served in the Army during World War II, and began his career writing for radio after his discharge. He wrote material for such radio comics as George Burns and Gracie Allen, Fred Allen, Milton Berle, and Henry Morgan. He worked in television from the early 1950s, writing for The Milton Berle Show, Caesar’s Hour, and The Phil Silvers Show, for which he also made his directorial debut. He produced The Andy Griffith Show from 1960 to 1965, and also wrote and directed several episodes. Ruben created the spin-off series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

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starring Jim Nabors, and was executive producer from 1964 to 1970. He also wrote and produced 1967’s The Don Knotts Special. He teamed with Carl Reiner to write and produce the 1969 film The Comic starring Dick Van Dyke. He was writer and producer for the early seasons of Redd Foxx’s Sanford and Son from 1972 to 1974, and was also a producer and writer for such series as The Headmaster, C.P.O Sharkey, Teachers Only, Too Close for Comfort, and The Stockard Channing Show. His other television credits include the tele-films Cat Ballou (1971), Grandpa Max (1975), Charo and the Sergeant (1976), and Piece of Cake (1990). Ruben worked for many years as an advocate and volunteer to help troubled and needy children. His survivors include his wife, actress Maureen Arthur.

RUBINSTEIN , Z ELDA Character actress Zelda Rubinstein, who was featured as the diminutive psychic in the 1982 horror film Poltergeist, died of complications from a heart attack and other health issues in a Los Angeles hospital on January 27, 2010. She was 76. Rubinstein was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on May 28, 1933. She worked as a medical technician, before embarking upon an acting career in the early 1980s. The 4' 3" actress was cast in the 1981 film Under the Rainbow, and she became an outspoken critic of the way little people portraying Munchkins in the film were depicted. She soon formed the Michael Dunn Memorial Repertory Theater Company in Los Angeles to give acting opportunities to other little people. Rubinstein started as psychic Tangina Barrons, whose small stature and childlike voice added a creepy element to the 1982 horror film about demonic forces at a suburban home Poltergeist. She reprised her role in the two sequels Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) and Poltergeist III (1988). Though of small size, she also made a large impression in the films Frances (1982), A Chip of Glass Ruby (1983), Sixteen Candles (1984), Anguish (1987), Teen Witch (1989), Guilty As Charged (1991), Last Resort (1994), Timemaster (1995), Lover’s Knot (1996), Little Witches (1996), Critics and Other Freaks (1997), Mama Dolly (1997), Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights (1998), Frank in Five (1999), Maria & Jose (2000), Wishcraft (2002), The Wild Card (2004), Cages (2005), Angels with Angles (2005), Unbeatable

Harold (2006), Southland Tales (2006), and Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006). Rubinstein was an early activist in the fight against AIDS/HIV, appearing in some of the first advertisements promoting safe sex for gay men. She starred as police dispatcher Ginny Weeden on the quirky television series Picket Fences from 1992 until 1994, when her character perished after falling into her freezer. She was also seen in the tele-films The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991), Stormy Weathers (1992), Acting on Impulse (1993), and the Swedish short Chock 2 — Kott (1997). Her other television credits include episodes of Jennifer Slept Here, Matt Houston, Whiz Kids, Santa Barbara, The Tortellis, the Faerie Tale Theatre production of The Dancing Princesses, Sable, Mr. Belvedere, Tales from the Crypt, Poltergeist: The Legacy, Martin, Caroline in the City, and The Pretender. Rubinstein was a voice performer in The Flintstone Comedy Show, ABC Weekend Specials, Darkwing Duck, and Hey Arnold!. She also narrated Fox’s The Scariest Places on Earth in the early 2000s.

RUDAROV, NIKOLA Bulgarian actor and director Nikola Rudarov died in Sofia, Bulgaria, on March 26, 2010. He was 82. Rudarov was born in Sofia on December 6, 1927, and studied at the State Cinematography School. He worked as an assistant director on several films including The Inspector and the Night (1963), Knight Without Armour (1966), Don’t

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Turn Back (1971), and The Indispensable Sinner (1971). He also appeared onscreen as an actor in the films Swedish Kings (1968), A Shooting Day (1969), and Confession (1969). His career was damaged when his singer brother defected to West Germany, but he was later allowed to direct such films as To Eat the Apple (1976), People from Afar (1977), Something Out of Nothing (1979), The Racket (1982), Cry for Help (1986), and The Bronze Vixen (1991). He also continued his career as an actor in the films Yesterday (1988) as mathematics teacher Baramov, Adio, Rio (1989), The Carnival (1990), Eight Per Cent of Love (1990), Shortage (1990), Lagerat (1990), Fast, Punctual, Final (1990), A Silence (1991), The Bronze Vixen (1991), Pantudi (1993), La Donna e Mobile (1993), The Tragic Burlesque (1995), Tap Tap

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(1996), After the End of the World (1998), Dunav Most (1999), Tuvalu (1999), The Gain (2001), …And the Train Goes to the Sky (2001), The Assistant (2002), I Am David (2003), and Time for Women (2006).

RUDD, PAUL Actor Paul Rudd died of complications from pancreatic cancer at his home in Greenwich, Connecticut on August 12, 2010. (He was no relation to the current actor Paul Rudd who starred in Knocked Up and other Judd Apatow films). He was 70. Rudd was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 15, 1940. He graduated from Connecticut’s Fairfield University, and worked in New York for an advertising agency in the 1960s. He decided to embark on an acting career later in the decade. He was a frequent performer on the New York stage from the late 1960s, and was featured in Broadway productions of King Lear (1968), A Cry of Players (1969), In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer (1974), The National Health (1974), the 1975 revival of Ah, Wilderness!, the revival of The Glass Menagerie (1975), David Rabe’s Streamers (1976) as Billy Watson, Romeo and Juliet (1977) as Romeo, and Bosoms and Neglect (1979). He starred as the scheming chauffeur Brian Mallory in the short-lived television

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Mystic Force, died of complications from a brain tumor in New Zealand, on July 21, 2010. She was 51. Rutter made her film debut in a small role in the 1981 sci-fi thriller Strange Behavior (aka Dead Kids). She also appeared in the films The Footstep Man (1992) and This Is Not a Love Story (2002). She was featured on television in episodes of Away Laughing, Young Hercules, and Xena: Warrior Princess.

S., BRUNO German actor Bruno Schleinstein, who was better known as Bruno S., the star of Werner Herzog’s 1974 film The Engima of Kaspar Hauser, died of heart problems in Berlin on August 11, 2010. He was 78. Schleinstein was born in Berlin on June 2, 1932. He was badly beaten as a child and spent much of his youth in mental institutions, jails, and homeless shelters. A self taught musician, he sang and performed on the

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drama series Beacon Hill in 1975, and was John F. Kennedy in the 1977 tele-film Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye. Rudd was featured as Loren Hardeman Jr. in the 1978 film The Besty. He was Hank/Sir Boss in a 1978 production of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court for Once Upon a Classic, and appeared as Leon Kendrick in the 1980 mini-series Beulah Land. He was also seen in the tele-films The Last Song (1980), Family Reunion (1981), and Kung Fu: The Movie (1986). His other television credits include episodes of Knots Landing in the recurring role of Earl Trent, Hart to Hart, Quincy, Murder, She Wrote, and Moonlighting. Rudd retired from acting in the mid–1980s to help raise his children in Greenwich, Connecticut. He also began developing language and theater workshops, and taught theater at Sarah Lawrence College and the New School for Drama in New York in recent years.

RUTTER, P ETA New Zealand actress Peta Rutter, who starred as Udonna, the White Mystic Ranger, in the 2006 television series Power Rangers

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streets of Berlin in the 1960s. He was featured in the 1970 documentary about street musicians, Bruno der Schwarz — Es Bleibt ein Jager Wohl in Sein Horn. Werner Herzog cast him in the title role of his 1974 film The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, and he also starred in Herzog’s Stroszek (1977), which was largely biographical of Schleinstein’s life. He later abandoned films to take up painting and music. He returned to the screen in Jan Ralske’s Long-Lost and Lay Me Down in 1993, and the documentary about his art, Seeing Things. Schleinstein

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was also the subject of the 2003 documentary Bruno S.— Estrangement Is Death.

SAFRON , VALERIE Actress Valerie Safron died in a St. Louis, Missouri, nursing facility on July 13, 2010. She was 90. She was born Valerie Brinkman in St. Louis on Oct. 25, 1919. She earned a degree in theater from Washington University in 1941. She returned

Follow Me was released in 1967, and Simply followed in 1970. St. Peters wrote numerous songs and continued to perform and record until poor health forced his retirement in the late 1990s.

S ALANI, CORSO Italian actor and director Corso Salani died of cardiac arrest in Rome on June 16, 2010. He was 48. Salani was born in Florence, Italy, on September 9, 1961. He began his career in film directing the 1989 feature documentary The Voice of Europe. He made his acting debut in Marco Risi’s Il Muro di

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to St. Louis, where she became a leading performer on the local stage. She was also featured on television in an episode of the NBC series, Unsolved Mysteries, and was the Widow Douglas in the 1990 tele-film Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. She also appeared in a small role in the 1996 film Marvin’s Room.

ST. PETERS, CRISPIAN English singer and songwriter Crispian St. Peters, who was best known for his 1966 hit “The Pied Piper,” died after a long illness at his home in Swanley, Kent, England, on June 8, 2010. He was born Robin Peter Smith in Swanley on April 5, 1939. He was 71. He performed with several bands in the late 1950s and early 1960s including The Country Gentlemen, Beat Formula Three, and Peter & The Wolves. He embarked on a solo career in 1965, and had a hit the following year with his recording of “You Were on My Mind.” His subsequent release of “The Pied Piper” became his most successful song. His album

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Gomma (1991). Salani also appeared in the films Cinecitta … Cinecitta (1992), Gli Ultimi Giorni (1992) which he also directed, Nel Continente Nero (1993), La Fine e Nota (1993), Cuori al Verde (1996), The Other’s Life (2000), West (2000) again directing, Personal Mail (2003), L’Ospite Segregto (2003), The Wind in the Evening (2004), Piano, Solo (2007), Andres and Me (2007), La Rabbia (2008), Black Sea (2008), and L’Amore Bulo (2010).

S ALINGER, J.D. Legendary author J.D. Salinger, who achieved fame for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye, and spent the remainder of his life avoiding the trappings of celebrity, died at his home in Cornish, New Hampshire, on January 27, 2010. He was 91. Jerome David Salinger was born in New York City on January 1, 1919. His father was a successful importer of ham and cheeses. The younger Salinger spent two years at New York’s McBurney School before being sent to the Valley Forge Military Academy in 1934 because of failing grades. He later declined to enter the family business and took little interest in several abortive attempts at a higher education. An evening class at Columbia University under writer Whit Burnett led to Salinger’s first story sale, The Young Folks, for Burnett’s Story magazine, in 1939. He continued to write stories for such magazines as Esquire, Saturday Evening Post, Collier’s, and, eventually, The New Yorker. Salinger was drafted during World War II, and served with the Fourth Infantry Division’s Counter Intelligence Corps. He later saw action on D-Day, landing on Utah Beach in June of 1944. He also participated in the Battle of the Bulge, and was hospitalized for “battle fatigue” in 1945. He returned to New York after the war, where he

369 resumed his writing career. His acclaimed short story, A Perfect Day for Bananafish, which introduced the fictional Glass family who populated many of his later stories, was published in The New Yorker in 1948. His short story Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut was adapted for the 1949 film My Foolish Heart, starring Dana Andrews and Susan Hayward. Salinger reportedly despised the film and refused to allow the filming of any of his other works. His best-selling novel, The Catcher in the Rye, was published in 1951 and introduced prep school dropout Holden Caulfield to the reading public. The book became required reading for subsequent generations of high school and college students. The acclaim that Catcher generated for Salinger soon became a burden for the author, and he grew increasingly reclusive. He ordered his photograph removed for the dust jackets of future editions, and ordered the burning of any fan mail he received. His collection, Nine Stories, which included the previously published stories A Perfect Day for Bananafish (1948), Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut (1948), Just Before the War with the Eskimos (1948), The Laughing Man (1949), Down at the Dinghy (1949), For Esme — with Love and Squalor (1950), Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes (1951), De Daumier-Smith’s Blue Period (1952), and Teddy (1953), was published in 1953. Salinger subsequently left Manhattan to settle in a remote 90-acre estate in Cornish, New Hampshire. The novella compilations Franny and Zooey (1961) and Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (1963), which featured stories about the Glass family, followed. His final story to see print, Hapworth 16, 1924, appeared in The New Yorker in 1968. Whether Salinger continued to write remained a mystery, but he never again sought publication in his lifetime. He maintained an isolated existence, dismissing requests for interviews and communicating only with family members and close friends, including long-time New Yorker editor William Shawn. His attempts to avoid fame added to his mystique, culminating in a Time magazine cover story in 1961. Salinger had been briefly married to a German woman during World War II, and married Claire Douglas in 1955. They had two children, Margaret and Matthew, before divorcing in 1966. He sued and successfully scuttled the 1986 publication of Ian Hamilton’s In Search of J.D. Salinger: A

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Writing Life (1935 –65), which included excerpts from letters he had written to friends and fellow writers. A 1973 affair with a young Yale student, Joyce Maynard, resulted in a violation of his privacy in 1999 when she auctioned letters he had written to her during their 10month relationship, and published At Home in the World: A Memoir. Salinger’s daughter revealed further details of his life in 2000’s Dream Catcher: A Memoir. He had a relationship with television actress Elaine Joyce for several years in the 1980s, before marrying Colleen O’Neill, a 29-year-old nurse and quiltmaker, in 1988. She survives him, as do daughter Margaret and son Matthew, an actor who starred in the 1990 Captain America film.

SALSBERG, GERRY Actor Gerry Salsberg died in a single-car accident in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, after suffering a heart attack and losing control of his car on June 23, 2010. He was 61. He was born Binyamin Lazer Ben Shimon in Canada in 1949. He began his career on stage in the late 1960s and was performing with The Second City troupe in the early 1970s. He also appeared in a handful of films during his career including The Last Detail (1973), Breaking Point (1976),

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Outrageous! (1977), Phobia (1980), Goof balls (1987), Double Take (1998), Short of Nothing (1998), Triggermen (2002), Looking for Angelina (2005), and Shiva (2009). Salsberg was also seen frequently on television, with roles in episodes of such series of The Littlest Hobo, Seeing Things, Night Heat, The Twilight Zone, Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop, Friday the 13th, Maniac Mansion, Side Effects, La Femme Nikita, Street Time, Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye, ReGenesis, The Border, Kevin Hill, and G-Spot. His other television credits include the tele-films A Far Cry from Home (1981), The Trial of Red Riding Hood (1992), The Shamrock Conspiracy (1995), Mary Higgins Clark’s Let Me Call You Sweetheart (1997), Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001) as Charles Bickford, Gilda Radner: It’s Always Something (2002), and Obituary (2006).

SAMBRELL, ALDO Spanish actor Aldo Sambrell, who was featured in numerous spaghetti westerns by Sergio Leone and others, died of complications from a series of strokes in an Alicante, Spain, hospital on

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July 10, 2010. He was 79. He was born Alfredo Sanchez Brell in Madrid, Spain, on February 23, 1931. He was featured in over a hundred films from the early 1960, appearing in King of Kings (1961), Gunfight at High Noon (1963), Implacable Three (1963), Gunfight at Red Sands (1963), Cavalry Charge (1964), Gunfighters of Casa Grande (1964), Fuerea de la Ley (1964), Sergio Leone’s classic A Fistful of Dollars (1964) starring Clint Eastwood, Apache Fury (1964), Texas Ranger (1964), Tomb of the Pistolero (1964), Adventures of the Bengal Lancers (1964), I Cento Cavalieri (1964), Saul e David (1964), Finger on the Trigger (1965), Doomed Fort (1965), A Place Called Glory (1965), Son of a Gunfighter (1965), La Magnifica Sfida (1965), All’Ombra di una Colt (1965), For a Few Dollars More (1965), Doctor Zhivago (1965), One Hundred Thousand Dollars for Lassiter (1966), Lost Command (1966), Dynamite Jim (1966), The Sea Pirate (1966), The Texican (1966), Navajo’s Land (1966), Il Grande Colpo di Surcouf (1966), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), A Bullet for the General (1966), Devilman Story (1967), Hellbenders (1967), Faccia a Faccia (1967), Fifteen Scaffolds for the Killer (1968), Crime Story (1968), Un Treno per Durango (1968), L’Invincibile Superman (1968), A Long Ride from Hell (1968), A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (1968), Requiem para el Gringo (1968), Commando Attack (1968), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), Rio Hondo (1968), 100 Rifles (1969) with Burt Reynolds, Jim Brown and Raquel Welch, La Legione dei Dannati (1969), Tristana (1970), Awkward Hands (1970), Arizona (1970), Cannon for Cordoba (1970), When Heroes Die (1970), Rain for a Dusty Summer (1971), Kill Django … Kill First (1971), The Last Run (1971), A Town Called Hell (1971), The Light at the Edge of the World (1971), Duck, You Sucker (1971), Hannie Caulder (1971), Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! (1971), Raise Your Hands, Dead Man, You’re Under Arrest (1971), Hunt the Man Down (1971), Amigo, Stay Away (1972), Antony and Cleopatra (1972), Treasure Island (1972), Travels with My Aunt (1972), Voodoo Black Exorcist (1973), Charley One-Eye (1973), Shaft in Africa (1973), The Man Called Noon (1973), Bloody Sun (1974), The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974), La Loba y la Paloma (1974), John Milius’ The Wind and the Lion (1975), Last Chance (1975), A Dog Called … Vengeance (1976), Dynamite and Blue Jeans (1976),

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The Black Pearl (1977), Missile X: The Bomb Incident (1978), L’Infermiera di Campagna (1978), They Died with Their Boots On (1978), Monstroid (1979), 3 Supermen Against Godfather (1979), Savana Violenza Carnale (1979), Matar para Vivir (1980) which he also directed and scripted, Cuatro Locos Buscan Manicomio (1980), Capoblanco (1980), Kapax del Amazonas (1981) again directing and writing, L’Ultimo Harem (1971), Las Munecas del King Kong (1981), Black Commando (1982), Los Diablos del Mar (1982), Biancaneve & Co. (1982), La Leyenda del Tambor (1982), A Girl for Satan (1982), El Hombre del Gran Rio (1982) which he also directed, Al Oeste de Rio Grande (1983), Conqueror of the World (1983), Orgies of Caligula (1984), Tuareg: The Desert Warrior (1984), Killing Machine (1984), Hector, el Estigma del Miedo (1984), Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold (1984), Hierro Dulce (1985), Tex e il Signore Degli Abissi (1985), Flavia (1986), Ahora mis Pistolas Hablan (1986) which he also directed, Blood Hunt (1986), El Orden Comico (1986), Instant Justice (1986), Ladron de Chatarra (1987), Beaks: The Movie (1987), Femmine (1988), Abat-Jour (1988), I Picari (1988), Al Andalus (1989), The Return of the Musketeers (1989), Blood and Sand (1989), El Rio aque nos Lleva (1989), Commando Terrorista (1990), La Cruz de Iberia (1990), Superagentes en Mallorca (1990), Hot Blood (1990), Fleshy Doll (1991), Operation Condor (1991), Narcos (1992), Caged Women in Purgatory (1992), Men of War (1994), Unknown Soldier (1995), Dis-Moi Oui... (1995), Jesus Franco’s Killer Barbys (1996) as the villain Arkan, Pasajes (1996), Aquí llega Condemor, el Pecador de la Pradera (1996), Tender Flesh (1998), Killer Barbys vs. Dracula (2002), Flesh for the Beast (2003), Legami Sporchi (2004), El Masticar de los Muertos en sus Tumbas (2005), and Rio Seco (2006) which he also produced. Sambrell was featured on television in episodes of such series as The Rat Patrol, The Man Who Never Was, The Protectors, Jo Gaillard, Curro Jimenez, Brigada Central, El C.I.D. as Roberto, Forca de Um Desejo, and El Comisario. His other television credits include roles in such productions as Don Quixote (1965), Kara Ben Nemsi Effendi (1975) as Manach el Barscha, Runaway Island (1982), Black Arrow (1985), Return to Treasure Island (1986), Hemingway (1986), Ocean (1989), The Man in the Brown Suit (1989), Drug Wars: The Camarena Story (1990), and The Long Kill (1999).

S AMOKHINA , ANNA Russian actress Anna Samokhina died of stomach cancer in St. Petersburg, Russia, on February 8, 2010. She was 47. Samokhina was born in Guryevsk, Soviet Union, on January 14, 1963. She began her career in films in the late 1980s and was seen onscreen in Vory v Zakone (1988), The Count of Monte Cristo (1988), Tsarskaya Okhota (1990), Dura (1990), Semyanin (1991), Gangstery v Okeane (1991), Detonator (1992), Volchitsky (1993), Strasti po Anzhelike (1993), The Wheel of Love (1994), Bulvarnyy Roman (1994), Train to Brooklyn (1996), Sdelay mne Bolno (1997), and Chinese Tea-Set (1999). She also appeared on television in productions of Don Cesar de Bazan (1989), Russkiy Tranzit (1994), Chyornyy Voron (2001), Banditskiy Peterburg (2003) as Ekaterina Zvantseva,

371 Gaishniki (2008), and Lyobov — Ne to, chto Kazhetsya (2009).

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SANDERS, WILROY Blues musician Wilroy Sanders, who led the group the Fieldstones, died of complications from lung cancer at his home in Memphis, Tennessee, on February 16, 2010. He was 76. Sanders was born in Byhalia, Mississippi, in 1933. He began playing the guitar in his youth, and began performing professionally after completing his Army service in 1955. He performed with the Binghampton Blues Anna Samokhina

SANCHEZ, BLANCA Mexican actress Blanca Sanchez died in Mexico City on January 7, 2010. She was 63. Sanchez was born in Mexico City on March 2, 1946. She appeared in numerous films from the early 1960s including Yo, el Mujeriego (1963), La Sombra de los Hijos (1964), Los Novios de mis Hijas (1964), Canta mi Corazon (1965), Cargando con el Muerto (1965), Time to Die (1966), To Kill Is Easy (1966), Los Jinetes de la Bruja (1966), Los Perversos (1967), 4 Contra el Crimen (1968), Hellish Spiders (1968), When the Children Leave (1969), La Mentira (1970), Juan el Desalmado (1970), La Vida de Chucho el Roto (1967), Yo Soy Chucho el Roto (1970), El Inolvidable Chucho el Roto (1971), Mama Dolores (1971), Adios, New York, Adios (1973), En Busca de un Muro (1974), El Karateca Azteca (1976), Maria de mi Corazon (1979), El Amor de mi Vida (1979), Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls Like Mom (1980), The Oil Conspiracy (1981), La Dama Solitaria (1985), A Place in the Sun (1989), Y tu ... Quien Eres? (1990), Contigo en la Distancia (1991), Green Stones (2001), Acosada (2002), Enemigos Intimos (2008), and No Eres Tu, Soy Yo (2010). She also starred in numerous tele-novelas during her long career, including productions of Lo Imperdonable (1963), La Tormenta (1967), Chucho el Roto (1968), El Retrato de Dorian Gray (1969), Extrano en su Pueblo

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Boys before founding the Fieldstones. They performed frequently at local venues including Green’s Lounge, a South Memphis club that Sanders owned in the 1990s. He was the subject of a 1999 video documentary The Last Living Bluesman. He continued to play at local clubs during most of the 2000s.

SANDRO Argentine singer Roberto Julio Sanchez, who was known on stage as Sandro, died of complications from heart and lung transplant surgery in a

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hospital in Mendoza, Argentina, on January 4, 2010. He was 64. Sanchez was born in Buenos Aires on August 19, 1945. He began playing the guitar from an early age and formed several rock bands in his teens. He became the lead singer of the group Los de Fuego in the early 1960s, and became known as the Argentine Elvis with his vocals and stage persona. He recorded two albums with Los de Fuego before going solo later in the decade. He recorded the hit “Quiero Llenarme de Ti” (“I Want to Fill Myself with You”) in 1969, and also starred in the film of the same name. Sandro’s other film credits include Tacuara y Chamorro, Pichones de Hombres (1967), La Vida Continua (1969), Gitano (1970), Muchacho (1970), Siempre te Amare (1971), Embrujo de Amor (1971), Destino de un Capricho (1972), El Deseo de Vivir (1973), Operation Rosa (1974), Tu Me Enloquences (1976), Subi qui t Llevo (1980), and Eden Miseria (1988). He also starred in the popular Puerto Rican tele-novela I Didn’t Mean to Do It in the early 1980s. He continued to perform frequently in Argentina until the late 1990s, when he was diagnosed with emphysema.

SANSOM, MARY English opera singer Mary Sansom died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease in Bath, Somerset, England, on April 13, 2010. She was 74. Sansom was born in Taunton, Somerset, on May 26, 1935. She began her career performing in local opera productions, and joined the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1956. She advanced to principal soprano in 1959, and was noted for her performances as Phyllis in Iolanthe, the title role of Patience, Yum-Yum in

SANDULESCU, JACQUES Character actor Jacques Sandulescu died at his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on November 19, 2010. He was 82. Sandulescu was born in Romania on February 21, 1928. He was taken prisoner by the Red Army in Romania in 1945, and sent to work in the Donbas coal in the Ukraine. He escaped from captivity after two years and eventually settled in the United States. He owned a coffee house and jazz-bar in Greenwich Village in the 1950s. Sandulescu became a student and close friend of Japanese karate master Mas Oyama in the early 1960s, and rose to the rank of 6th dan. He also embarked in an acting career in the early 1970s, appearing in character roles in the films The Owl and the Pussycat (1970), They Might Be Giant (1971), Russian Roulette (1975), Born in Flames (1983), Trading Places (1983), Moscow on the Hudson (1984), The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984), Vampire’s Kiss (1988), and Paranoia (1998). He was also seen in the tele-films Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside (1973), Enemies (1974), and Murder by the Book (1987), and episodes of Spenser: For Hire, Tales from the Darkside, Law & Order, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

SANTA CROCE, ANTHONY Television producer Anthony Santa Croce, who oversaw production of the USA series Monk, died of a heart attack in Cleveland, Ohio, on December 11, 2010. He was 63. Santa Croce attended the American Film Institute, and worked as an assistant director on the 1979 film H.O.T.S. He also worked as a boom operator or sound mixer on the films Piranha (1978), She Came to the Valley (1979), The Lady in Red (1979), Bloody Birthday

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The Mikado, and Rose Maybud in Ruddigore. She retired from performing in the early 1960s, but went on to a career as director of Gilbert and Sullivan productions a decade later. She and her husband, Alan Barrett, also managed Barretts of Bath, an operatic costume house, for 25 years. Sansom was also featured in small roles in British television productions of Casualty, House of Eliott, and The Mayor of Casterbridge.

373 (1981), Just Before Dawn (1981), Eating Raoul (1982), The Beastmaster (1982), and The Bear (1984). He served as an associate producer on the 1988 film You Can’t Hurry Love, also appearing onscreen in a small role. Santa Croce produced numerous episodes of the television horror series Tales from the Darkside and Monsters, directing an episode of each. He was a producer on the films C.H.U.D. II — Bud the Chud (1989) and Martians Go Home (1989), and the tele-films Getting Up and Going Home (1992), Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story (1993), Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash (1993), The Conviction of Kitty Dodds (1993), White Mile (1994), Saved By The Bell: Wedding in Los Vegas (1994), Lily in Winter (1994), Problem Child 3: Junior in Love (1995), Her Hidden Truth (1995), A Case for Life (1996), The Ultimate Lie (1996), Blackout Effect (1998), Scattering Dad (1998), Thirst (1998), Mutiny (1999), Sealed with a Kiss (1999), The Expendables (2000), Trapped (2001), Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001), Surviving Gilligan’s Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History (2001), Maybe It’s In the Water (2006), and Underfunded (2006). Santa Croce also produced episodes of Veronica Claire, Profiler, Felicity, the new Twilight Zone, and Carnivale. He produced Monk for USA from 2004 to 2009.

SAOTOME, AI Japanese actress Ai Saotome died of multiple organ failure at a Seattle, Washington, hospital on July 20, 2010. She was 51. She was born Satomi Setoguchi in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, in 1959. She made her film debut as the star of the 1974

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87. Saramago was born in Azinhaga, Portugal, on November 16, 1922. His first novel was published in the mid–1950s. He worked at various jobs over the next 30 years, and achieved international recognition with his 1982 novel Memoir of the Convent, which was also known as Baltasar and Blimunda in a translation by Giovanni Pontiero in 1988. His other works include The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (1986), The Stone Raft (1986), The History of the Siege of Lisbon (1986), and The Gospel According to Jesus Christ (1991). His 1995 novel Ensaio Sobre a Cegueira was adapted for Fernando Meirelles’ 2008 film Blindness starring Julianna Moore and Mark Ruffalo. Saramago was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature with the Nobel committee citing that he “with parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality.” His later works include The Cave (2001), Seeing (2004), Death with Interruptions (2005), The Elephant’s Journey (2008), and Cain (2009).

SARCEY, MARTINE French actress Martine Sarcey died in Paris on June 12, 2010. She was 81. Sarcey was born in Paris on September 28, 1928. She made her debut on stage in the late 1940s, and was featured in numerous productions over the next 60 years. She appeared frequently in films from the early 1950s with such credits as Leathernose (1952), Matrimonial Agency (1952), Nest of Spies (1956), The Creation of the World Ai Saotome

film adaptation of Ikki Kajiwara’s manga Ai to Makota for Shochiku Film Studio. She was also seen in the films Orenji Rodo Kyuko (1978) and the mystery Meiso Chizu (1983), and starred as Mineko Kagami in the 1983 Nikkatsui Roman Porno film Female Cats (aka Mesu Neko). She played femme fatales in several more films including Fireflies in the North (1984), Seburi Monogatari (1985), Shabu Gokudo (1996), and Face (2000). She retired from films in 2000 and settled in Seattle to raise a family.

SARAMAGO, JOSE Nobel Prize–winning Portuguese writer Jose Saramago died after a long illness in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, on June 18, 2010. He was

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(1958) as the narrator, Mefiez-Vous, Mesdames! (1963), Circus Angel (1965), The Boss of Champignol (1966), The Thief of Paris (1967), Salut Berthe! (1968), Clerambard (1969), Tender Moment (1969), Eyes Full of Sun (1970), the sci-fi/horror Man with the Transplanted Brain (1971), Appointment in Bray (1971), As Far As Love Can Go (1971), No Pockets in a Shroud (1974), Pardon Mon Affaire (1976), Parisian Life (1977), In a Wild Moment (1977), Holiday Hotel (1978), Trocadero Lemon Blue (1978), Ciao, les Mecs (1979), Certaines Nouvelles (1980), Two Lions in the Sun (1980), P.R.O.F.S. (1985), Etats d’Ame (1986), La Maison Assassinee (1988), Dernier Sgtade (1994), Jefferson in Paris (1995), La Maladie de Sachs (1999), Une Belle Journee (2001), Au Milieu de la Nuit (2002), Un 14 Juillet (2004), The Light (2004), Le Chant de la Baleine (2007), and Millefeuille (2009). She was also seen in numerous television productions including Un Mariage Sous Louis XV (1961), Obession (1966), Don Juan Revient de Guerre (1968), Yvette (1971), Splendeurs et Miseres des Courtisanes (1975), La Mort d’un Touriste (1975), Le Voyage a l’Etranger (1976), Mazarin (1978), Le Facteur de Fontcabrette (1979), La Sourde Oreille (1980), Arcole ou la Terre Promise (1981), L’Esprit de Famille (1982), Fou Comme l’Oiseau (1983), Les Temps Difficiles (1985), Le Grand Secret (1989), Alcyon (1990), Princesse Alexandra (1992), Les Maitres du Pain (1993), Le Fils du Cordonnier (1994), Le Derniere Lettre (1995), L’Enfant Sage (1996), Une Femme en Blanc (1997), Que Reste-t-il… (2000), Un Fils de Notre Temps (2003), Dolmen (2005), Les Mensonges (2010), and Engrenages (2010). Sarcey also served as the dubbing voice for Audrey Hepburn for the French versions of many of her films, and voiced Elizabeth Montgomery in French for the television sit-com Bewitched.

SARCHIELLI, MASSIMO Italian actor Massimo Sarchielli died in Rome on May 11, 2010. He was 79. Sarchielli was born in Florence, Italy, on April 9, 1931. He trained as a mime and performed on stage throughout Italy from the 1950s. He made his film in Federico Fellini’s 1965 feature Juliet of the Spirits. He was seen in numerous films during his career including The Majordomo (1965), The Almost Perfect Crime (1966), K.O. va e Uccidi (1966), the spaghetti western Ten Thousand Dollars for a Massacre (1967), Kill and

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Pray (1967), The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967). Kill Me Quick, I’m Cold (1967), Bandidos (1967), Thank You Aunt (1968), The Protagonists (1968), A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (1968), Beatrice Cenci (1969), Reluctant Virgin (1970), The Conformist (1970), the thriller Fragment of Fear (1970), Policeman (1971) Imputazione di Omicidio per uno Studente (1972), Baciamo le Mani (1973), No More Time (1973), Massacre in Rome (1973), Shoot First, Die Later (1974), Mussolini: The Last Four Days (1974), One Woman’s Lover (1974), From Corleone to Brooklyn (1979), Porca Vacca (1982), Madonna che Silenzio c’e Stasera (1982), Death in the Vatican (1982) with Terence Stamp, Viuuulentemente Mia (1982), Night of the Shooting Stars (1982), Il Petomane (1983), The Taxi Driver (1983), Trenchcoat (1983), A Proper Scandal (1984), Woman of Wonders (1985), Liberte, Egalite, Choucroute (1985), Desiring Julia (1985), the fantasy Ladyhawke (1985) with Rutger Hauer and Michelle Pfeiffer, King David (1985), The Assisi Underground (1985), Mamma Ebe (1985), National Lampoon’s European Vacation (1985), Devils of Monza (1986), Salome (1986), Il Tenente dei Carabinieri (1986), Saving Grace (1986), The Last Minute (1987), The Sicilian (1987), The Story of Boys and Girls (1989), Torrents of Spring (1989), Courage Mountain: Heidi’s New Adventure (1990), A Paradise Without Billiards (1991), Un Amore Sconosciuto (1991), To Want to Fly (1991), Nessuno (1992), Bonus Malus (1993), Magnificat (1993), The Room Next Door (1994), Voll Normaaal (1994), With Closed Eyes (1994), Empoli 1921: Film in Rosso e Nero (1995), Stuart Gordon’s 1995 horror film Castle Freak starring Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton, The Mysterious Enchanter (1996), Terra di Mezzo (1996), Albergo Roma (1996), Il Decisionista (1997), Something to Believe In (1998), Dario Argento’s The Phantom of the Opera (1998) with Julian Sands as the Phantom, La Via Degli Angeli (1999), The Luzhin Defence (2000), Sleepless (2001), Vajont— La Diga del Disonore (2001), ThreeStep Dance (2003), Good Morning, Night (2003), Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) with Diane Lane, People of Rome (2003), Mai Dove Dovremmo Essere (2005), The Final Inquiry (2006), Argento’s Mother of Tears: The Third Mother (2007), The Hideout (2007), Il Rabdomante (2007), Wild Blood (2008), Miracle at St. Anna (2008), Cenci in Cina (2009), and Wedding Fever in Campobello (2009). Sarchielli also appeared frequently on television, with roles in such productions as Correva l’Anno di Grazia 1870 (1971), Gnicche (1981), Quer Pasticciaccio Brutto de via Merulana (1983), Atto d’Amore (1985), Fun Jump (1988), Vincere per Vincere (1988), Umberto Lenzi’s House of Lost Souls (1989), Lucio Fulci’s The House of Clocks (1989), Il Colpo (1989), I Figli del Vento (1989), Death Has a Bad Reputation (1990), A Season of Giants (1991), Killer Rules (1993), A Place in the Sun (1996), Torino Boys (1997), Tre Addii (1999), Paul the Apostle (2000), In Love and War (2001), The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII (2003), Ferrari (2003), Imperium: Augustus (2003), Callas e Onassis (2005), La Buona Battaglia — Don Pietro Pappagallo (2006), and Il Mostro di Firenze (2009). He was also featured in episodes of Origins of the Mafia, Return of the Saint, Screen Two, Serie Noire, A Fine Romance, Les Dossiers Secrets de l’Inspecteur

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SARNO, JOSEPH Film director Joseph Sarno, who was best known for his exploitation films of the 1960s, died in New York City on April 26, 2010. He was 89. Sarno was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March 15, 1921. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He began working in films in the early 1960s, where he became noted for his low-budget exploitation films. He became one of the few directors of his genre to gain critical attention with such titles as Nude in Charcoal (1961), Lash of Lust (1962), Sin, You Sinners (1963), Sin in the Suburbs (1964), Warm Night and Hot Pleasures (1964), Pandora and the Magic Box (1965), Naked Fog (1965), Flesh and Lace (1965), The Love Merchant (1966), Step Out of Your Mind (1966), Skin Deep in Love (1966), Red Roses of Passion (1966), The Swap and How They Make It (1966), Moonlighting Wives (1966), The Bed and How to Make It! (1966), Scarf of Mist Thigh of Satin (1967), My Body Hungers (1967), The Sex Cycle (1967), Anything for Money (1967), Come Ride the Wild Pink Horse (1967), Bed of Violence (1967), The Love Rebellion (1967), Vibrations (1968), Odd Triangle (1968), Desire Under the Palms (1968), Inga (1968), All the Sins of Sodom (1968), To Ingrid, My Love, Lisa (1968), Wall of Flesh (1968), The Layout (1969), The Indelicate Balance (1969), Marcy (1969), Karla (1969), Passion in Hot Hollows (1969), Horn-a-Plenty (1970), Daddy, Darling (1970), The Seduction of Inga (1971), The Young, Erotic Fanny Hill (1971), Siv, Anne & Sven (1971), Young Playthings (1972), Every Afternoon (1973), The Curse of the Black Sisters (1973), Bibi (1974), A Touch of Genie (1974), and Confessions of a Young American Housewife (1974). Sarno was directing more adult films by the 1970, including the 1974 sequel Deep Throat Part II. He used a variety of pseudonyms for his later works, including Karl Andersson, John Parkham, Otis Hamlin, Hammond Thomas, Lawrence Henning, Peter Verlon, Erik Anderson, Kenneth Morse, Jeff La Touch, Louis Roman, Francis X. Bush, Dick Kuzman, Monica Fitta, Charles Knox, Joan Fairley, and Irving Weiss. His other film credits include Abigail Lesley Is Back in Town (1975), Slippery When Wet (1976), Misty (1976), The Honey Cup (1976), The Trouble with Young

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Stuff (1977), Inside Jennifer Welles (1977), Tigresses and Other Man-Eaters (1980), Inside Little Oral Annie (1984), A Tight Delight (1985), A Taste of Pink (1985), The Hot Tip (1986), Seven Minutes in Heaven (1986), Porked! (1986), Dirty Blonde (1986), Sex Tips for Modern Women (1987), The Honeymooners (1988), The Girls of the B.L.O. (1988), Suzie Creamcheese (1988), Raging Hormones (1988), Princess of Penetration (1988), Panting at the Opera (1988), Ball in the Family (1988), The Erotic Adventures of Bedman and Throbbin (1989), Red Head (1989), Hyperkink (1989), Hung Jury (1989), Coming on America (1989), and Screw the Right Thing (1990). He is survived by his wife and production partner of 40 years, Peggy Steffans.

SARRAI, CATHY Cathy Sarrai, the Tunisianborn star of the French television series Super Nanny, died of lung cancer on January 20, 2010. She was 47. Sarrai was born in Tunis, Tunisia, on September 25, 1962. She came to France in 1979, where she earned a

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degree in early childhood development. She also worked as an auxiliary nursery nurse. Sarrai was chosen to star in the French version of the television reality series Super Nanny in 2005. She became a popular celebrity, appearing on records and advertisements for Wii.

SATO , KEI Japanese actor Kei Sato died of pneumonia in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, on May 2, 2010. He was 81. Sato was born in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan, on December 21, 1928. He worked as a municipal government official in Fukushima before moving to Tokyo to study acting in 1950. He trained at the Haiyuza Theater there, and made his film debut in Masaki Kobayashi’s 1959 epic The Human Condition. He worked frequently with New Wave director Nagisa Oshima from the early 1960s, appearing in such films as Cruel Story of Youth (1960) and Night and Fog in Japan (1960). He was best known for his roles as screen villains and for starring in Kaneto Shindo’s 1964 horror film Onibaba. His many screen credits also include The Sun’s Burial (1960), Procurer of Hell (1961), Bitter End of a Sweet Night (1961), Shiro Amakusa, the Christian Rebel (1962), The Pitfall (1962), Ningen (1962), Harakiri (1962), Futari Dake no Toride (1963), Shinsengumi Ketsufu Roku— Kondo Isami (1963), Bushido: The

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Cruel Code of the Samurai (1963), Gang Domei (1963), Mother (1963), Brand of Evil (1964), the supernatural Kwaidan (1964) as a ghost samurai, Ken Ki (1965), Pleasures of the Flesh (1965), Akumyo Nobori (1965), Hiya-meshi to Osan to Chan (1965), Waka Oyabun (1965), Samurai Spy (1965), Rikugun Nakano Gakko: Kumoichigo Shirei (1966), Violence at Noon (1966), Captive’s Island (1966), Zatoichi #13: Zatoichi’s Vengeance (1966), The Sword of Doom (1966), Irezumi (1966), Juichinin no Samurai (1966), Clouds at Sunset (1967), Band of Ninja (1967), Japanese Summer: Unreasonable Double Suicide (1967), Hymn to a Tired Man (1968), Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968), Yabu no Naka no Kuroneko (1968), Dai Akuto (1968), Death by Hanging (1968), Onna to Misoshiru (1968), Bullet Wound (1969), Oni no Sumu Yakata (1969), Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969), Yakuza Bangaichi (1969), Yotsuya Kaidan — Oiwa no Borei (aka The Ghost of Yotsuya) (1969), Evil Spirits of Japan (1970), Live Today, Die Tomorrow! (1970), Inochi bo ni Furo (1971), The Ceremony (1971), Kuro no Honryu (1972), Dear Summer Sister (1972), Gyangu tai Gyangu: Aka to Kuro no Burusu (1972), A Japanese Demon (1973), Hanzo the Razor: The Snare (1973), Shin Zatoichi Monogatari: Kasama no Chimatsuri (1973), My Way (1974), Oniwaban (aka Demon Spies) (1974), Okyo-wan Enjo (1975), Bodo Shimane Keimusho (1975), Hissatsu Shikakenin Baian Ari-Jigoku (1975), Japanese Godfather: Ambition (1977), Nihon no Jingi (1977), The Life of Chikuzan (1977), Satsujin Yugi (1978), Japanese Don: Conclusion (1978), Genshiryoku Senso (1978), Shokei Yugi (1979), The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979), Supa Gun Redei Wani Bunsho (1979), The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf (1979), Golden Partners (1979), Hakuchyu no Shikaku (1979), The Beast to Die (1980), Bara no Hyoteki (1980), Doran (1980), Station (1981), Day Dream (1981), Izakaya Choji (1983), Mosquito on the Tenth Floor (1983), Jo no Mai (1984), Godzilla 1985 (1984) as Chief Editor Gondo, Let Him Rest in Peace (1985), The Yakuza Wives (1986), Shiroi Yabo (1986), Guriin Rekuiemu (1988), A Festival of Dreams (1989), Ronin-Gai (1990), Shushoku Sensen Ijonashi (1991), Erotikkuna Kankei (1992), Shorishatachi (1992), Kacho Shima Kosaku (1992), The Strange Tale of Oyuki (1992), Sakana Kara Daiokishin!! (1992), Magnitude (1997), Jubaku: Spellbound (1999), The Per-

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fect Education (1999), Sensen Fukoku (2002), Azumi (2003), The Whispering of the Gods (2005), Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji (2009), and Love Letters at Sixty (2009). He was featured on Japanese television in such series and productions as Lone Wolf & Cub (1976), Daitokai —Tatakai no Hibi (1976), The Water Margin (1977), Amagi Goe (1978), Kokugo Gannen (1985), Kinyoubi no Shokutaku (1991), The Visas That Saved Lives (1992), Hachidai Shogun Yoshimune (1995), Hiroshima (1995), Yureru Omoi (1995), Kenpo wa Mada Ka (1996), Kaseifu ha Mita (1997), Chiisana Eki de Oriru (2000), Aoi Tokugawa Sandai (2000), and Itan no Natsu (2003).

SAUVION, SERGE French actor Serge Sauvion died in Asnieres, Hauts-de-Seine, France, on February 13, 2010. He was 81. Sauvion was born in Paris on February 18, 1928. He appeared frequently on stage and screen from the early 1950s. His numerous film credits include Autant en Emporte le Gang (1953), Queen Margot (1954), The Wicked Go to Hell (1955), If Paris Were Told to Us (1956), Why Women Sin (1958), Way of the Wicked (1959), Thank You, Natercia (1960), Towards Ecstasy (1960), Naked Autumn (1961), Double Verdict (1961), Law of Men (1962), Le Dernier Quart d’Heure (1962), Three Girls in Paris (1963), Let’s Not Get Angry (1966), Shock Troops (1967), Pasha (1968), The Mad

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Heart (1970), La Liberte en Croupe (1970), Franz (1971), Circle of Vengeance (1971), Law Breakers (1971), A Pain in the A… (1973), The Pocket Lover (1978), Fifty-Fifty (1981), Dead Certain (1981), L’Ete de nos 15 Ans (1983), Signes Exterieurs de Richesse (1983), Glamour (1985), La Valse des Pigeons (1991), and Black Light (1994). He was also the voice of Caesar in several animated Asterix features including Asterix and Cleopatra (1968), The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976), Asterix Versus Caesar (1985), and Asterix in Britain (1986). Sauvion was also noted for providing the French dubbing for Peter Falk’s popular detective character Columbo. He also dubbed such performers as Jack Nicholson, Richard Burton, Montgomery Clift, Marcello Mastroianni, Mickey Rourke, Charles Bronson, Burt Reynolds, and Sidney Poitier. He appeared in numerous television productions from the late 1950s including Twelfth Night (1957), Helene

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(1962), Les Trois Henry (1962), Le Secret des Dieux (1975), Marie-Antoinette (1975), Le Cadran Solaire (1979), Les 400 Coups de Virginie (1979), Irene et sa Folie (1980), Speciale Derniere (1982), Le Secret des Andrones (1982), Emportez-la Avec Vous (1984), Helas, Alice est Lasse (1984), Le Pantin Immobile (1985), Mademoiselle B (1986), Les Anneaux de la Gloire (1996), and Campagnes (2001). His other television credits include episodes of L’Inspecteur Leclerc Enquete, Cecilia, Medecin de Campagne, Allo Police, Erreurs Judiciaires , Au Theatre ce Soir, Histoires Insolites, Pause-Cafe, Salut Champion, Julien Fontanes, Magistrat, Messieurs les Jures, Les Cinq Dernieres Minutes, Les Brigades du Tigre, Commissaire Moulin, Navarro, Le Gang des Tractions, Avacats & Associes, and Boulevard du Palais.

SAYERS, M ICHAEL Irish author and playwright Michael Sayers, who was also a scripter on the 1966 James Bond spoof film Casino Royale, died in New York City on May 2, 2010. He was 98. Sayers was born in Dublin, Ireland, on December 19, 1911. He began his career as a drama critic for T.S. Eliot’s literary magazine The Criterion in the early 1930s, and also reviewed plays for The New English Weekly. Sayers also had success writing poems and short-stories, and went to New York in 1936 to write plays. He also became involved in anti–Fascist causes, and wrote several books about

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Nazi influence in the United States. He began writing tele-plays after the war for NBC drama anthologies. His Communist sympathies landed him on the McCarthy-era blacklist, and he returned to Europe to continue his career. He scripted tele-plays for the anthology series Armchair Theatre and On Camera. He also scripted episodes of the series Robin Hood, Sword of Freedom, Invisible Man, The Four Just Men, and William Tell under the pseudonym Michael Connor. He also was one of the writers on the 1966 spy spoof Casino Royale. He continued to write plays and also taught screenwriting in New York until shortly before his death.

SCARDAMAGLIA, F RANCESCO Italian screenwriter Francesco Scardamaglia died in Rome on October 17, 2010. He was 65. He was born in Varese, Italy, on February 23, 1945, the son of film producer

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Elio Scardamaglia. Francesco began scripting films for his father in the early 1960s with such credits as Goliath and the Sins of Babylon (1963), Seven Rebel Gladiators (1965), Johnny Hamlet (1968), Kill Them All and Come Back Alone (1968), Delitto al Circolo del Tennis (1969), The Moment to Kill (1970), Watch Out, We’re Made (1974), The Immortal Bachelor (1975), Charleston (1977), and They Call Him Bulldozer (1978). He wrote and produced the 1979 sci-fi/comedy E.T. and the Sheriff, and continued to script, and frequently produce, the film and television productions Bomber (1982), Quo Vadis? (1985), Un Bambino di Nome Gesu (1987), In Fondo al Cuore (1997), Lourdes (2001), La Memoria e il Perdono (2001), Pope John XXIII (2002), Mother Teresa of Calcutta (2003), Renzo e Lucia (2004), Virginia, la Monaca di Monza (2004), Maigret: La Trappola (2004), Maigret: L’Ombre Cinese (2004), Papa Luciani: Il Sorriso di Dio (2006), Puccini (2009), and Eroi per Caso (2011).

SCARPELLI, FURIO Italian screenwriter Furio Scarpelli, who teamed with Agenore Incrocci to form the writing team of Age & Scarpelli and scripted numerous comedy films and Sergio Leone’s classic spaghetti western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, died in Rome on April 28, 2010. He was 90. Scarpelli was born in Rome on December 16, 1919. He worked as an illustrator for humor magazines during World War II, and

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began his long partnership with Agenore Incrocci in 1949, writing films for the comedian Toto. The duo scripted over 120 films through the early 1980s, with such credits as Toto Cerca Casa (1949), Vivere a Sbafo (1949), 47 Morto che Parla (1950), I Cadetti di Guascogna (1950), Figaro qua, Figaro ka (1950), Toto Tarzan (1950), Toto Sceicco (1950), Rome-Paris-Rome (1951), Arrivano i Mastri (1951), Toto le Moko (1951), Toto the Third Man (1951), Position Wanted (1951), O.K. Nero (1951), Toto and the Women (1952), Secret of Three Points (1952), Don Lorenzo (1952), Ragazze de Marito (1952), At Sword’s Edge (1952), Three Corsairs (1952), What Rascals Men Are (1953), The Road to Happiness (1953), Neapolitans in Milan (1953), Ivan, Son of the White Devil (1953), It Happened in the Park (1953), Ridere! Ridere! Ridere! (1954), Sinfonia d’Amore (1954), The Anatomy of Love (1954), House of Ricordi (1954), Toto and Carolina (1955), Don Camillo e l’on Peppone (1955), Bravissimo (1955), Roman Tales (1955), Peccato di Castita (1956), Time of Vacation (1956), The Bigamist (1956), Doctor and the Healer (1957), A Tailor’s Maid (1957), It Happened in Rome (1957), March’s Child (1958), The Band of Honest Men (1958), Hercules (1958), Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958), The Law Is the Law (1958), Policarpo (1959), The Great War (1959), Love and Larceny (1960), Toto, Peppino and the Fanatics (1960), Everybody Go Home (1960), The Best of Enemies (1961), On the Tiger’s Back (1961), The Police Commissioner (1962), Mafioso (1962), March on Rome (1962), The Teacher from Vigevano (1963), The Organizer (1963) which earned him an Academy Award nomination for the screenplay, I Mostri (1963), Seduced and Abandoned (1964), Summer Frenzy (1964), Toto and Peppino Divided in Berlin (1964), Mario Monicelli’s Casanova 70 (1965) earning another Oscar nomination, The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966), Me, Me, Me … and the Others (1966), For Love and Gold (1966), Sergio Leone’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), The Witches (1967), The Tiger and the Pussycat (1967), Torture Me but Kill Me with Kisses (1968), the 1970 television production FBI — Francesco Bertolazzi Investigatore, Brancaleone at the Crusades (1970), In the Name of the Italian People (1971), Without Family (1972), Teresa la Ladra (1973), Come Home and Meet My Wife (1974), We All Love Each Other So Much (1974), The Sunday Woman (1974), Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976), Double Murder (1977), Where Are You Going on Holiday? (1979), Temporale Rosy (1980), La Terrazza (1980), Camera d’Albergo (1981), Nudo di Donna (1981), and Spaghetti House (1982). He and Age (who died in 2005) parted ways in the early 1980s, and Scarpelli continued to script such films as Le Bal (1983), Cuori Nella Tormenta (1984), Madman at War (1985), Macaroni (1985), The Family (1987), Briganti (1990), The Voyage of Captain Fracassa (1990), The Wicked (1991), the Academy Award–nominated Il Pistino (The Postman) (1994), Celluloid (1995), An Eyewitness Account (1996), Porzus (1997), Altri Uomini (1997), Hardboiled Egg (1997), La Missione (1998), Unfair Competition (2001), Opopomoz (2003), Three on the Road (2006), Napoleon and Me (2006), and Christine Cristina (2009).

S CARPELLI, H ENRY Comic artist Henry Scarpelli died after a long illness on April 4, 2010. He was 79. Scarpelli trained at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He began his career his advertising, and created the cartoon panel TV Tee-Hees, which was syndicated in more than 100 newspapers in the 1960s and 1970s. He began illustrating comic books in the 1960s, drawing Dell adaptations of such television se-

Henry Scarpelli (self portrait)

ries as The Beverly Hillbillies, Get Smart, Hogan’s Heroes, and Bewitched. He illustrated teen humor comics for DC in the 1970s including Leave It to Binky and Date with Debbi. He also worked frequently for Archie Comics, and drew the daily Archie comic strip in the 1990s and 2000s.

SCATTINI, LUIGI Italian film director Luigi Scattini died in Rome on July 12, 2010. He was 83. Scattini was born in Turin, Italy, on May 17, 1927. He began his career making industrial films in the early 1960s, before directing the mondo documentaries Sexy Magico (1963), Primitive Love (1964), Ring Around the World (1966), Sweden: Heaven and Hell (1968), and Witchcraft ’70 (1970). He also directed the features Due Marines e un Generale (1966) starring Buster Keaton, The Glas Sphinx (1967) with Robert Taylor, The Body (1975) with Carroll Baker, Blue Nude (1977), and Twilight of Love (1977).

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SCHIMMEL, BOB Comedian Bob Schimmel was seriously injured in an automobile accident in Phoenix, Arizona, on August 26, 2010, when his daughter lost control of the car she was driving while swerving to avoid an accident in her lane. He was hospitalized in Phoenix, where he died of his injuries on September 3, 2010. He was 60. Schimmel was born in the Bronx, New York, on January 16, 1950. He began his career at local comedy clubs in Scottsdale, Arizona, before moving to Los Angeles. Rodney Dangerfield invited him to perform on his HBO Young Comedians

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Special. Schimmel also began writing comedy material for the television series In Living Color, and for comedians Yakov Smirnoff and Jimmie Walker. His own stand-up routines were noted for raunchy and sexually explicit material, though he was occasionally featured on episodes of Late Night with Conan O’Brien and The Hollywood Squares. His comedy style was better suited for The Howard Stern Show, where he was a popular guest. He also starred in several cable comedy specials including Hard Core in the Big Apple (1990), Guilty as Charged (1994), and Robert Schimmel: Unprotected (1999). He was featured in cameo roles in the films Blankman (1994), A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994), and Scary Movie 2 (2001). He guested on television in episodes of The Bobby & Larry Show, Crank Yankers, and The Pitts, and was a voice performer on Dr, Katz, Professional Therapist and The Simpsons. Schimmel suffered from major health problems from the late 1990s, when he suffered a heart attack. He was diagnosed with non–Hodgkins lymphoma in 2000, and was suffering from cirrhosis of the liver at the time of his death.

SCHLEIBLICH , JENS German actor Jens Schleiblich died after a long illness in Hamburg, Germany, on December 25, 2010. He was 68. Schleiblich was born in Hamburg on November 2, 1942. He began training as an actor after serving in the army in the mid–1960s. He was soon appearing frequently on stage and television, and had a lengthy run with Hamburg’s Ohnsorg Theater. His numerous television credits include the productions Der Funkenpuster (1972), Familienanschluss (1973), Liebe Verwandtschaft (1975), Petrus gibt Urlaub (1977), Der Etappenhase (1978), Das Natur-

talent (1990), Kollege Generaldirektor (1981), Doktur Puust (1972), Schmuggelbruder (1983), Die Graue Maus (1998), Morgen Wird alles Anders (2000), Eine Gute Partie (2002), Lustfahrt ins Paradies (2002), Das Geld Liegt auf der Bank (2004), Der Zweite Fruhling (2005), and Das Horrohr (2006). He was also featured in episodes of St. Pauli Landungsbrucken, Finkenwerder Geschichten (1986), Detektivburo Roth, Die Manner vom K3, Freunde furs Leben, Die Ohnsorgs, Pumuckls Abrenteuer, Grosstadtrevier, and Die Rettungsflieger. Schleiblich starred as Karl Heitmann in the television series Der Landarzt from 1987 through 2004.

S CHLINGENSIEF, CHRISTOPH German actor and filmmaker Christoph Schlingensief died of lung cancer in Berlin, Germany, on August 21, 2010. He was 49. Schlingensief was born in Oberhausen, Germany, on October 24, 1960. He began making short films as a child, and created stage productions before making his feature debut with Tunguska —The Boxes Have Arrived! in 1984. He was best known for his off-

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beat German Trilog y, which included A Hundred Years of Adolf Hitler (1989) about the last hours of the dictator’s life, The German Chainsaw-Massacre (1990) a satirical horror film about East-West German reunification, and Terror 2000 (1992) about urban terrorism. He staged Richard Wagner’s Parsifal for the Bayreuth

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Festival in 2004. Schlingensief ’s other films include 00 Schneider — Jagd auf Nihil Baxter (1994), The Slit (1996), The 120 Days of Bottrop (1997), and Freakstars 3000 (2004).

SCHMEER, KAREN Documentary film editor Karen Schmeer was killed while crossing a New York City street when she was struck by a getaway car fleeing police after the robbery of a pharmacy on January 29, 2010. She was in New York working on a film at the time of her death. She was 39. Schmeer was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 20, 1970. She began her career as a film editor in the late 1990s, working on such documentaries as Errol Morris’ Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997), Theme: Murder (1998), Mr. Death: The Rose and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999), Always a Bridesmaid (2000), Well-Founded Fear (2000), My Father, the Genius (2002), A Brilliant Madness (2002), The Same River Twice (2003), the Academy Award–winning The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the

Karen Schmeer

Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003), Sketches of Frank Gehry (2005), The Outsider (2005), Following Sean (2005), Revolution: Five Visions (2006), Standard Operating Prodecure (2008), and American Son (2008). Schmeer won an award for best editing at the Sundance Film Festival for the 2009 documentary Sergio, about United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio de Mello, who was killed by a bomb explosion at UN headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq.

SCHMIDT, PEER German actor Peer Schmidt died in Berlin, Germany, on May 8, 2010. He was 84. Schmidt was born in Erfurt, Germany, on March 11, 1926. He appeared in numerous films from the early 1950s including Arlette Erobert Paris (1953), Ich und Du (1953), The Gypsy Baron (1954), Happy Voyage (1954), My Leopold (1955), Alibi (1955), Die Rosel vom Schwarzwald (1956), Santa Lucia (1956), Kitty and the Great Big World (1956), Die Winzerin von Langenlois (1957), Confessions of Felix Krull (1957), The Family Schimek (1957), The Star of Africa (1957), Junger Mann, der Alles Kann (1957), The Heart of St. Pauli (1957), Rendezvous in Wien (1958), Die Nacht vor der Premiere (1959), Bezaubernde Arabella (1959), Boomerang (1960), Ich Schwore und Gelobe (1960), Schlager-Raketen (1960),

Peer Schmidt

Bankraub in der Rue Latour (1961), Musik ist Trumpf (1961), The Gypsy Baron (1962), His Best Friend (1962), The Monster of London City (1964), FBI Operation Yellow Viper (1966), Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969), Hurray We Are Bachelors Again (1971), and Schwarzer Lohn und Weisse Weste (1985). Schmidt also appeared in the television productions Der Rote Hahn (1962), Amphitryon 38 (1963), Diamanten sind Gefahrlich (1965), Fruhling in Baden-Baden (1967), Die Keusche Susanne (1972), The Little Doctor (1974) as Dr. Jean Dollent, Sanfter Schrecken (1977), Manni, der Libero (1982) as President Hohmann, and Love Jogging (1987). His other television credits include episodes of Tage der Rache, Der Kommissar, Sonderdezernat K1, Das Traumschiff, Berliner Weisse mit Schuss, and Peter Strohm.

S CHMIEDER, H EINRICH German actor Heinrich Schmieder was found dead in a Livigno, Italy, hotel room, where he was planning to take part in a marathon bike race, on July 21, 2010. He was 40. Schmieder was born in Schwabisch Hall, Germany, on February 14, 1970. He studied acting in Munich, and began his career in stage in the early 1990s. He appeared in a several films during his career including Wir Eneklkinder (1992), Ein Held (1997), Babes’ Petrol (1998), The Tunnel (2001), Extreme Ops (2002), Agujero (2004), The Downfall: Hitler and the End of the

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381 Third Reich (2004) as Rochus Misch, Warchild (2006), Suspect (2006), The Reason Why (2008), and Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar (2008). Schmieder was also a familiar face on German television in the 1990s and 2000s, with roles in such series as Die Kommissarin, Solo fur Sudmann, Wildbach, Die Wache, Die Cleveren, Donna Leon, Beauty Queen, Der Fahnder, Stubbe — Von Fall zu Fall, Der Letzte Zeuge, Doppelter Einsatz in the recurring role of Soren Baumann, Um Himmels Willen, Ein Starkes Team, Polizeiruf 110, Unter Verdacht, SOKO Kitzbuhel, LadyLand, Die Rosenheim-Cops, SOKO 5113, Wilsberg, Im Namen des Gesetzes, Ihr Auftrag, Peter Castell, SOKO Koln, SOKO Stuttgart, and Kommissarin Lucas. Schmieder was featured as Boje in the series Gedgen den Wind from 1995 to 1996, and was Crime Commissioner Tobias von Sachsen in Tatort from 1999 to 2001. His other television credits include such productions as Patricias Geheimnis (1995), Die Bubi Scholz Story (1998), Aantrag vom Ex (1999), Ms. Cupid (2000), Jahrestage (2000), Zartliche Sterne (2000), Something to Remind Me (2001), Messerscharf —Todliche Wege der Liebe (2002), Hochzeit auf Raten (2002), Liebe Schwester (2002), Nur Anfanger Heiraten (2003), Manner Happchenweise (2003), Verruckt ist auch Normal (2003), D.I.K.— Jagd auf Virus X (2003), Hunger auf Leben (2004), Margarete Steiff (2005), Ein Geschenk des Himmels (2005), Die Letzte Schlacht (2005), Die Leibwachterin (2005), Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution (2005) as Adolf Eichmann, Hunde haben kurze Beine (2006), Solo fur Schwarz —Todliche Blicke (2007), Prager Botschaft (2007), Flug in die Nacht— Das Ungluck von Uberlingen (2009), and Hitler vor Gericht (2009). Schmieder starred as Bertram Birkenstock in the television series Ein Fall fur B.A.R.Z. from 2005 to 2008.

SCHOEPEN, B OBBEJAAN Belgian singer, musician and comedian Bobbejaan Schoepen died from cardiac arrest in Turnhout, Flanders, Belgium, on May 17, 2010. He was 85. He was born Modest Schoepen in Boom, Flanders, on May 16, 1925. He began his career in the late 1930s, performing on the vaudeville stage with his sister. He became a popular folk singer and musician in postwar Europe, and entertained U.S. troops in Germany during the occupation. He had a

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major hit in the Netherlands with his 1948 recording of “De Jodelende Fluiter” (“The Yodeling Whistler”), and recorded the popular Belgian song “De Lichtjes van de Schelde” (“The Lights of the Scheldt”) in 1952. He performed in several films in the early 1950s including Oh! It’s So Good to Be Home (1950) and Ah! Qu’il Fait bon Chez Nous (1951). He toured throughout Europe, and became one of the first Europeans to perform with the Grand Ole Opry in 1953. He also appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show later in the decade. He represented Belgium in The Eurovision Song Contest in 1957, and soon appeared in several more films including O Sole Mio (1960), Davon Traumen alle Madchen (1961), and At the Drop of a Head (1962). He created the Bobbejaanland amusement park in Lichtaart, Belgium, in the early 1960s where he performed on a regular basis. Bobbejaanland became one of Europe’s most popular theme parks by the early 1970s. Schoepen remained a popular performer until failing health curtailed his activities in the 1980s. He and his family sold Bobbejaanland in 2004. He recorded his final album, and his first in 35 years, Bobbejaan, in 2008.

S CHOREN, NICK Actor Nick Schoren was killed of injuries he received during a fight with a longtime friend at his home in Cleveland, Ohio, on June 6, 2010. He was 28. Schoren was born in Parma, Ohio, on May 7, 1982. He performed on the local stage from

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his teens, and also competed with a local wrestling organization as Vassago in the early 2000s. He attended the Ohio Center for Broadcasting, and worked briefly as a disc jockey. He was featured in several independent films including Tomorrow for a Dollar (2007), Put Out the Light (2009), and The Slasher (2009).

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S CHORR, D ANIEL Veteran journalist and newscaster Daniel Schorr died in a Washington, D.C., hospital on July 23, 2010. He was 93. He was born in the Bronx, New York, on August 31, 1916. He graduated from City College of New York in 1939, and began working as a journalist with the Jewish Daily Bulletin. He served in Army Intelligence during World War II, and resumed his career after the war with the Dutch news agency Aneta. He joined CBS News in 1953 as a protege of Edward R. Murrow, and opened the net-

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work’s Moscow bureau in 1955. He continued his career with CBS over the next twenty years, broadcasting stories on the Berlin Wall, the Great Society programs of President Lyndon Johnson, and the Watergate scandal. He was a frequent contributor to the political interview program Face the Nation, and his criticism of the Nixon administration earned him a place on the President’s “enemies list.” He earned Emmy Awards for news reporting in 1972, 1973, and 1974. His controversial airing of a report on illegal CIA and FBI activities

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many, on April 12, 2010. He was 65. Schroeter was born in Georgenthal, Germany, on April 7, 1945. He began his film career in the late 1960s with such films as Verona (1967), Virginian’s Death (1968), Paula — Je Reviens (1968), Mona Lisa (1968), Maria Callas Portrat (1968), La Morte d’Isotta (1968), Himmel Hoch (1968), Grotesk — Burlesk — Pittoresk (1968), Faces (1968), Aggressionen (1968), Nicaragua (1969), Neurasia (1969), Argila (1969), Eika Katappa (1969), Anglia (1970), Der Tod der Zmaria Malibran (1972), Willow Springs (1973), Goldflocken (1976), Palermo oder Wolfsburg (1980), Die Generalprobe (1980), Tag der Idioten (1981), Liebeskonzil (1982), Der Lachende Stern (1983), De l’Argentine (1986), Der Rosenkonig (1986), Malina (1991), Die Konigin — Marianne Hoppe (2000), Deux (2002), and Nuit de Chien (2008). He also appeared onscreen in several films including Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Beware of a Holy Whore (1971) and The Ghost (1982).

SCHURMANN, PETRA German actress and model Petra Schurmann died at her home in Stamberg, Germany, after a long illness on January 14, 2010. She was 76. Schurmann was born in Munchen Gladbach, Germany, on September 15, 1933. A model, she represented West Germany in the Miss World contest in 1956, and captured the title. She appeared in a handful of films from the 1960s including The Magnificent Rogue (1960), Uxmal (1968), School of Fear (1969), The

in 1976 and refusal to name his sources to a Congressional committee forced his resignation from CBS in September of 1976. He worked for the next two years as a White House correspondent for the Independent Television News Association, and became the first oncamera hire for Cable News Network (CNN) in 1979. He left CNN in 1985, and became senior new analyst for National Public Radio. He contributed commentary to the programs All Things Considered and Weekend Update. He also served as narrator for the 1994 television mini-series Watergate, and appeared in cameo roles in the films The Net (1995), The Game (1997), and The Siege (1998). He continued to provide commentary to NPR until shortly before his death.

SCHROETER, WERNER German film director and writer Werner Schroeter died in Kassel, Ger-

Petra Schurmann

Dead One in the Thames River (1971), and Seven BloodStained Orchids (1972). She also worked on television as an announcer for several series. She largely retired after her marriage to Gerhard Freund in 1973. Their daughter, actress Alexandra Freund, was killed in an automobile accident in 2001.

Werner Schroeter

S CICLUNA, B ARON MIKEL Baron Mikel Scicluna, who was a leading professional wrestler in the 1960s and 1970s, died of cancer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on March 20, 2010. He was 80. Scicluna was born in Malta on July 29, 1929. He began his career as a wrestler in the 1950s under the name Mike Valentino. He won the NWA World Tag Team Championship in San Francisco with Gene Dubuque in 1958. He wrestled in Canada in the early 1960s before joining the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) as Baron

383 Mikel Scicluna. He competed as an arrogant ring villain, and held the WWWF tag team belts with Smasher Sloan in 1966 and with King Curtis Iaukea in 1972. He

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lost several championship matches against Bruno Sammartino and Pedro Morales. Scicluna retired from the ring in 1984 and was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame in 1996.

SCOONES, IAN British special effects designer Ian Scoones, who worked on Hammer horror films and the Doctor Who television series, died of liver cancer in Spain on January 20, 2010. He was 69. Scoones was born in London on 1940, and studied painting, photography and set design at the Medway College of Art. He began working in films in the early 1960s, joining Les Bowie’s effects team at Hammer. He was an assistant effects artist on such films as Scream of Fear (1961), Shadow of the Cat (1961), Night Creatures (aka Captain Clegg) (1962), These Are the Damned (aka The Damned ) (1963), Kiss of the Vampire (1963), She (1965), Frankenstein Created Woman (1967), The Mummy’s Shroud (1967), and Five Million Years to Earth (aka Quatermass and the Pit) (1967). He began working in television with the BBC later in the decade, where he created a model effects unit for their special effects department. He worked on such television productions as Doomwatch, Crackerjack, It Ain’t Half Hot Mum, Rebecca,

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Wuthering Heights, Arena, The Goodies, and Ripping Yarns. He was also frequently involved with the longrunning Doctor Who series, supplying effects for the episodes “Curse of Peladon,” “Frontier in Space,” “Planet of the Spiders,” “Pyramids of Mars,” “The Invisible Enemy,” and “City of Death.” He supervised the effects for the first season of the sci-fi series Blakes 7 in 1978, and worked on the anthology series Hammer House of Horror and Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense in the early 1980s. Scoones also designed effects for the series Max Headroom, G.B.H., and Peak Practice, and the films Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984), Car Trouble (1985), Haunted Honeymoon (1986), A Prayer for the Dying (1987), and The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1993). He subsequently retired to Spain. Scoones continued to sell his art and appeared at several British film and television conventions.

SCOREDOS, SANDAE Visual effects supervisor Sandae Scoredos died in Santa Monica, California, on August 14, 2010. She was 63. Scoredos was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on April 15, 1947. She was a training manager at Wavefront Technologies, an early innovator of computer animation software. She later headed training at Rhythm & Hues before joining Imageworks in 1996. She oversaw more than 50

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courses there including life drawing, sculpting, acting, animation, effects, color and lighting, compositing and production management techniques. She assisted on the visual effects of such films as Hollow Man (2000), Spider-Man (2002), Stuart Little 2 (2002), I Spy (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004), The Polar Express (2004), Open Season (2006), Spider-Man 3 (2007), Surf ’s Up (2007), and Beowulf (2007). Scoredos was also associate producer for the 2003 animated short Early Bloomer.

SCOTT, NATHAN Film and television composer Nathan Scott died at his home in Sherman Oaks, California, on February 27, 2010. He was 94. Scott was born in Salinas, California, on May 11, 1915. He earned a degree in music at the University of California at Berkeley in 1939, and began working in radio in the early 1940s. He conducted and arranged for the Armed Forces Radio Service during World War II, and became a staff composer for Republic Pictures after his

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384 S COTT, S ANDY Canadian wrestler Sandy Scott died of pancreatic cancer in Roanoke, Virginia, on March 11, 2010. He was 75. He was born Angus Mackay Scott in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, on May 27, 1934. He followed his older brother, George, into the wrestling business in 1954, and they soon won the NWA Canadian Tag Team Championship with Stampede Wrestling. They were known as The Flying Scotts, and captured the Stampede International Tag

discharge. He worked on numerous films and serials over the next decade including The Magnificent Rogue (1946), Affairs of Geraldine (1946), Out California Way (1946), It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), Saddle Pals (1947), Robin Hood of Texas (1947), The Black Widow (1947), Calendar Girl (1947), Wyoming (1947), Driftwood (1947), Campus Honeymoon (1948), The Inside Story (1948), Angel in Exile (1948), Angel on the Amazon (1948), Grand Canyon Trail (1948), Wake of the Red Witch (1948), The Timber Trail (1948), Sons of Adventure (1948), Daughter of the Jungle (1949), Duke of Chicago (1949), Ghost of Zorro (1949), Susannah Pass (1949), King of the Rocket Man (1949), Flame of Youth (1949), Alias the Champ (1949), Radar Patrol vs. Spy King (1949), The Red Menace (1949), Brimstone (1949), The Kid from Cleveland (1949), The Golden Stallion (1949), Singing Guns (1950), The Avengers (1950), Surrender (1950), California Passage (1950), Trail of Robin Hood (1950), Unmasked (1950), Tarnished (1950), The Arizona Cowboy (1950), The Invisible Monster (1950), Covered Wagon Raid (1950), Trial Without Jury (1950), Lonely Heart Bandits (1950), Prisoners in Petticoats (1950), Flying Disc Man from Mars (1950), Rough Riders of Durango (1951), Night Riders of Montana (1951), Insurance Investigator (1951), Thunder in God’s Country (1951), Government Agents vs. Phantom Legion (1951), Lost Planet Airmen (1951), Arizona Manhunt (1951), Heart of the Rockies (1951), Wild Horse Ambush (1952), Lady Possessed (1952), The Last Musketeer (1952), Oklahoma Annie (1952), Hoodlum Empire (1952), Montana Belle (1952), Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952), Jungle Drums of Africa (1953), Trader Tom of the China Seas (1954), Bait (1954), Pushover (1954), Dragnet (1954), Panther Girl of the Kongo (1955), The Fighting Chance (1955), When Gangland Strikes (1956), The Gene Krupa Story (1959), Hell to Eternity (1960), and X-15 (1961). Scott worked frequently in television from the 1950s, scoring episodes of such series Steve Canyon, Dragnet, The Twilight Zone, Laramie, The Virginian, Have Gun —Will Travel, Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Slattery’s People, Family Affair, Lassie, Battlestar Galactica, and Knight Rider. He returned to films as an orchestrator later in his career, working on High Anxiety (1977), Hanky Panky (1982) with his son Tom Scott, and The Color Purple (1985) with Quincy Jones.

S CRATCH, D ERF Musician Derf Scratch, who was bass guitarist for the punk rock band Fear, died after a long illness at his home in Camarillo, California, on July 28, 2010. He was 58. He was born Frederick Milner III in Ft. Monmoth, New Jersey, on October 30, 1951. He played with various West Coast bands before becoming a founding member of Fear with Lee Ving in 1977. His friendship with John Belushi led to the band performing on Saturday Night Live in 1981. They were featured in Penelope Spheeris’

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Team belts in 1958. They remained a popular team through the 1960s, wrestling in Canada, the Carolinas, and Indiana, where they were AWA tag team champs. Sandy worked as an executive for Jim Crockett Promotions and World Championship Wrestling in the 1980s, and helped Jim Cornette form Smoky Mountain Wrestling in 1991.

385 documentary The Decline of Western Civilization (1981), and released their first album, The Record, in 1982. Scratch left Fear soon after following a disagreement with Ving, and the band broke up several years later. Scratch later formed his own group, and was performing with the Werewolfs in recent years until suffering major injuries in an automobile accident in 2006.

SEGAL, ERICH Writer Erich Segal, who was best known for penning the 1970 best-seller Love Story, died of a heart attack and complications from Parkinson’s disease at his home in London on January 17, 2010. He was 72. Segal was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 16, 1937. He attended Harvard, where he was class poet and Latin orator. He later earned his master’s and doctorate degrees from Harvard. He taught the classics at Yale from the 1960s through the 1980s. Segal was one of the writers who worked on the script for the Beatles’ 1968 animated film Yellow Submarine, and scripted the films The Games (1970) and R.P.M. (1970). His novel Love Story, about the ill-fated love affair between

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patrician Oliver Barrett IV and working-class co-ed Jennifer Cavilleri, became a best seller. It also spawned a popular film starring Ryan O’Neal and Ali McGraw, and brought forth the iconic quote, “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” Segal’s screenplay for the film earned him an Academy Award nomination. He also wrote the 1971 film Jennifer on My Mind, and appeared onscreen in a cameo role as a gondolier. He wrote a sequel to Love Story, Oliver’s Story, in 1977, which was also adapted for film in 1978. He also scripted the films A Change of Season (1980) and Man, Woman and Child (1983), and wrote the novels The Class (1985), Doctors (1988), and Acts of Faith (1992). His 1997 novel Only Love was adapted for a tele-film in 1998. Segal’s other works include such fare as Greek Tragedy! Modern Essays in Criticism (1983), Oxford Readings in Aristophanes (1996), Oxford Readings in Menander, Plautus, and Terence (2001), and The Death of Comedy (2001).

SELF, WILLIAM William Self, an actor turned television producer and executive, died of a heart attack in a Los Angeles hospital on November 15, 2010. He was 89. Self was born in Dayton, Ohio, on June 21,

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1921. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1943, and briefly worked in advertising before embarking on an acting career in 1944. He was featured in such films as Story of G.I. Joe (1945), Decoy (1946), Charlie Chaplin’s Monsieur Verdoux (1947), A Likely Story (1947), Kilroy Was Here (1947), Marshal of Cripple Creek (1957), Homecoming (1948), A Foreign Affair (1948), Red River (1948), The Great Gatsby (1949), I Was a Male War Bride (1949), Father Was a Fullback (1949), Battleground (1949), Adam’s Rib (1949), Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), Malaya (1949), A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950), Three Secrets (1950), Breakthrough (1950), Operation Pacific (1951), the sci-fi classic The Thing (1951) as Corporal Barnes, The People Against O’Hara (1951), Deadline — U.S.A. (1952), Pat and Mike (1952), Washington Story (1952), The Big Sky (1952), Plymouth Adventure (1952), Battle Circus (1953), and Destination Gobi (1953). He began working as a producer for television in the early 1950s, serving as an assistant producer for the series China Smith in 1952. He was producer and occasional director for the anthology drama series Schlitz Playhouse of the Stars from 1952 to 1956. He produced The Frank Sinatra Show for ABC in 1957, and produced the pilot for the CBS series The Twilight Zone. He began working as an executive producer at 20th Century–Fox in 1958, and rose to position of president of 20th Century–Fox Television over the next 15 years. He was instrumental in the production of such series as Hotel de Paree, Hong Kong, Follow the Sun, Adventures in Paradise, 12 O’Clock High, Blue Light, The Tammy Grimes Show, The Monroes, Lost in Space, The Time Tunnel, Batman, Custer, The Green Hornet, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Daniel Boone, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Land of the Giants, Lancer, Peyton Place, Room 222, and Julia. He left Fox to form Frankovich/ Self Productions with Mike Frankovich in 1975, producing the 1976 John Wayne film The Shootist, and the western From Noon Till Three (1976) starring Charles Bronson. He subsequently returned to CBS, where he served as vice-president of movies and mini-series, and became President of the CBS Theatrical Film Division in 1982. He formed his own production company in 1985, and produced the 1988 Hallmark Hall of Fame production of The Tenth Man. Self teamed with Glenn Close to produce the tele-films Sarah, Plain and Tall

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(1991), Skylark (1993), and Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter’s End (1999).

SENDINO, BLANCA Spanish actress Blanca Sendino died in a Madrid, Spain, hospital on March 15, 2010. She was 83. Sendino was born in Madrid in 1927. She trained as an actress at the Teatro Espanol Universitario, and appeared in hundreds of stage productions during her career. Sendino appeared in several films including The Miracle of Marcelino (1955), The House That Screamed (1969), Melodrama Infernal (1969), The

aviation editor from 1960 to 1966. Serling assisted his brother as an aviation advisor on the 1956 Studio One episode “The Arena” and the 1961 Twilight Zone outing “The Odyssey of Flight 33.” He also penned the 1967 best-selling novel The President’s Plane Is Missing, which was adapted as a 1973 tele-film starring Buddy Ebsen and Peter Graves. His other novels include She’ll Never Get Off the Ground (1971), Air Force One Is Haunted (1985), and Something’s Alive on the Titanic (1990). He was co-author with astronaut Frank Borman on the 1988 book Countdown: An Autobiography of Frank Borman. Serling also wrote numerous nonfiction books including Howard Hughes’ Airline: An Informal History of TWA (1983), Eagle: The Story of American Airlines (1985), and Legend and Legacy: The Story of Boeing and Its People (1992).

S ETHI, H ARVIN Indian comedian Harvin Sethi died in an apparent suicide in Los Angeles on May 5, 2010. He was 25. Sethi was born in Jammu, India, on November 1, 1984. He began his career as a stand-up comic, frequently teaming with Pari Mathur, while in college. He became a regular performer at the

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House of the Doves (1972), La Mortaja (1974), Los Caballeros del Boton de Ancla (1974), and Redondela (1987). She was seen frequently on Spanish television from the 1960s with roles in such series as Primera Fila, Teatro de Siempre, Obra Completa, Hora Once, Juan y Manuela, El Quinto Jinete, Las Viudas, Estudio 1, Nunca es Tarde, and Gatos en el Tejedo.

SERLING, ROBERT J. Novelist and aviation writer Robert J. Serling, the older brother of Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling, died in Tucson, Arizona, on May 6, 2010. He was 92. Serling was born in Cortland, New York, on March 28, 1918. He first served as an aircraft identification instructor during World War II. He worked with United Press International in Washington, D.C., as a reporter and managed the Radio News Division from 1945 to 1960. He served as UPI’s

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Laugh Factory in Hollywood, and co-created the South Asian comedy website PariAndHarvin.com. He was featured in several films including Blink (2005), Sinners (2007), and The Ode (2008). He was also seen in the television specials Forbes Celebrity 100: Who Made Bank? (2006), Not Another High School Show (2007), and Mixed Nutz (2008).

S EVEN , JOHNNY Veteran character actor Johnny Seven died of lung cancer in a Mission Hills, California, hospital on January 22, 2010. He was 83. He was born John Anthony Fetto II in Brooklyn, New York, on February 23, 1926. He served in the U.S. Army in the Philippines during World War II, and also performed in USO shows during the war. He returned to New York after his discharge, where he appeared on stage and in early television productions. He made his film debut in a small role as a longshoreman in 1954’s On the Waterfront. Seven went on to appear in such films as Johnny Gunman (1957), Cop Hater (1958), Never Steal Anything Small (1959), The Last Mile (1959), That Kind of Woman (1959), Guns of the Timberland

387 (1960), The Apartment (1960), The Music Box Kid (1960), Boy Who Caught a Crook (1961), Navajo Run (1964) which he also produced and directed, The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966), Gunfight in Abilene (1967), The Destructors (1968), and The Love God? (1969). Seven was a familiar face on television from the mid–1950s, appearing in episodes of such series as Inner Sanctum, The Phil Silvers Show, The D.A.’s Man, Mike Hammer, Peter Gunn, The Lawless Years, The Lineup, Tightrope, Man with a Camera, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, The Deputy, Rescue 8, Not for Hire, The Man from Blackhawk, Lock Up, One Step Beyond, Hennesey, Michael

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Shayne, Route 66, Bat Masterson, Surfside 6, The Roaring 20’s, The Loretta Young Show, The Case of the Dangerous Robin, Two Faces West, Everglades, 87th Precinct, Adventures in Paradise, The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor, Death Valley Days, Ripcord, The Untouchables, Naked City, Temple Houston, Breaking Point, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Batman, Get Smart, Jericho, The Wild Wild West, The Virginian, The F.B.I., Lancer, Here Come the Brides, Marcus Welby, M.D., and The Rookies. He starred as Lt. Carl Reese in the detective series Ironside with Raymond Burr from 1968 to 1975, and was Detective Contreras in several episodes of Amy Prentiss from 1974 to 1975. He continued to appear in such series as Barbary Coast, Switch, The Rockford Files, Police Woman, Charlie’s Angels, Vega$, Today’s F.B.I., CHiPs, Trapper John, M.D., The Master, Murder, She Wrote, and Can’t Hurry Love. He was also featured in the telefilms Murder at the World Series (1977) and Gina & Me (1980), which he also produced, directed, and scripted. Seven also produced and directed the television documentaries Inhale-Exhale … The New Terror (1965) and Uncle Joe’s Garden (1997).

SHADIX , GLENN Character actor Glenn Shadix, who was noted for his roles as such deepvoiced, portly and fey characters as the interior decorator Otho in Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice, died of injuries he received after falling from his wheelchair and striking his head in his kitchen at his condo in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 7, 2010. He was 58. Shadix was born in Bessemer, Alabama, on April 15, 1952. He

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was interested in performing from an early age, and appeared frequently in local stage productions. He made his film debut in a small role in 1981’s The Postman Always Rings Twice. He was best known for his role as the pretentious interior designer Otho in the 1988 comedy horror Beetlejuice and as Father Ripper in 1989’s Heathers. He was also featured in the films Sunset (1988), Meet the Applegates (1990), Bingo (1991), Stephen King’s Sleepwalkers as Mr. Fallows, the 1993 Sylvester Stallone sci-fi actioner Demolition Man as Associate Bob, and Tim Burton’s animated The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) as the voice of the Mayor. Shadix also appeared on television in episodes of The Golden Girls, Roseanne, Seinfeld, Empty Next, Night Court, Cheers, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The John Larroquette Show, Dave’s World, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys in the recurring role of Typhon, Tracey Takes On…, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Thanks as Dr. Addington, Ladies Man, ER, and Carnivale in the recurring role of Councilman Van Templeton. He was featured in the tele-films Student Exchange (1987), Nightlife (1989), Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon (1989), and Locals (1994). He was a voice actor in the series Dinosaurs, Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills as Nimbar, Life with Louie, The Mask as Lonnie the Shark, Quack Pack, Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man, Cow and Chicken, Time Squad, Jackie Chan Adventures, Lilo & Stitch: The Series, Batman as the Cluemaster, Tim Burton’s Stainboy, Xiaolin Showdown, Justice League Unlimited, and was the voice of the villainous Monsieur Mallah and the Brain in the animated Teen Titans from 2005 to 2006. Shadix also con-

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tinued his film career in such movies as Dark Side of Genius (1994), It Runs in the Family (1994), Love Affair (1994), Dunston Checks In (1996), Multiplicity (1996), The Empty Mirror (1996), Men (1997), Sparkler (1997), Chairman of the Board (1998), Red Dirt (2000), More Dogs Than Bones (2000), Sol Goode (2001), Fast Sofa (2001), Burton’s 2001 remake of Plane of the Apes as the orangutan Senator Nado, Shut Yer Dirty Little Mouth (2002), Confessions of a Florist (2003), the 2005 short Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal’s Caligula (2005) as Claudius, The Final Curtain (2007), and Tom Cool (2009). Shadix, who had relied on a wheelchair in re-

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cent years, returned to Alabama in the mid–2000s to be closer to his family.

SHARVELL-MARTIN, MICHAEL British comedian Michael Sharvell-Martin died of cancer in Somerset, England, on October 28, 2010. He was 65. Sharvell-Martin was born in Herne Bay, Kent, England, in 1944. He appeared frequently on the British stage as a pantomime dame from the late 1960s, and was also a regular performer on television comedy series. He was a regular performer on the variety series The Benny Hill Show, Dave Allen at Large, Mike Yarwood in Persons, and The Kenny Everett Television Show. He also Anabel Shaw

(1950), Six Bridges to Cross (1955), To Hell and Back (1955), and At Gunpoint (1955). She appeared on television in the 1950s in episodes of The Bigelow Theatre, The Revlon Mirror Theater, The Lone Wolf, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Real McCoys, and 26 Men. She largely retired from acting in to marry and raise a family in the mid–1950s, but briefly returned to the screen in a small role in the 1971 film The Mephisto Waltz.

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guested on the comedy series Up Pompeii, Here Come the Double Deckers, And Mother Makes Five, Dad’s Army, Space: 1999 as a robot in the “Brian the Brain” episode, Happy Ever After, It Ain’t Half Hot Mum, Ripping Yarns, Potter, Oh Happy Band, Shine on Harvey Moon, Yes Minister, Are You Being Served?, No Place Like Home as neighbor Trevor Botting from 1983 to 1984, Terry and June, Murder Most Horrid, Covington Cross, A Prince Among Men, Close Relations, Out of Sight, Casualty, and Doctors. He was featured in small roles in several films during his career including Quest for Love (1971), Rentadick (1972), Get Charlie Tully (1972), Kadoyng (1972), That’s Your Funeral (1972), The Love Ban (1973), Love Thy Neighbour (1973), Frightmare (1974), Not Now, Comrade (1976), and WaterMelon (2005).

SHAW, ANABEL Actress Anabel Shaw, who appeared in films and television in the 1940s and 1950s, died of complications from breast cancer in Los Angeles on April 16, 2010. She was 88. She was born Marjorie Henshaw in Oakland, California, on June 24, 1921. She began appearing in films after graduating from the University of California in 1943. Her film credits include Here Come the Waves (1944), the Jack Benny comedy The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945), Shock (1946) with Vincent Price, Strange Triangle (1946), Home, Sweet Homicide (1946), Killer at Large (1947), Mother Wore Tights (1947), Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947), High Tide (1947), Dangerous Years (1947), Secret Beyond the Door (1947), In This Corner (1949), Hold That Baby! (1949), Deadly Is the Female

SHAW, MIKE Mike Shaw, who wrestled professionally as Norman the Lunatic and Bastion Booger, died of a heart attack in Skandia, Michigan, on September 11, 2010. He was 53. Shaw was born in Skandia on May 9, 1957. He began wrestling in Vancouver, Canada, under the name of Klondike Mike. He began wrestling for Stampede Wrestling in Calgary in 1982,

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and became known as Makhan Singh. He teamed with Gama and Akam Singh as the team Karachi Vice. He joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as Norman the Lunatic in 1989, where he was managed by Theodore Long. He had several championship battles with Ric Flair while with WCW. He again became Makhan Singh in Global Wrestling in 1991, where he teamed with Cactus Jack, Rip Rogers, and Scott Anthony as The Cartel. He entered the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as Friar Ferguson in 1993, but was soon repackaged as the corpulent Bastion Booger. He

389 had a notable feud with Bam Bam Bigelow over valet Luna Vachon. He left the WWF in early 1994, and largely retired from the ring.

SHAW , RICHARD British character actor Richard Shaw died in England on April 9, 2010. He was 90. Shaw began his career on stage in the 1940s, and was soon appearing in small roles in such films as Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946), Three Little Girls in Blue (1946), and The Razor’s Edge (1946). His numerous film credits also include High Treason (1951), The Hour of 13 (1952) as the Terror, The Gambler and the Lady (1952), Black Orchid (1953), Paratrooper (1953), Late Night Final (1954), The Hideout (1956), The Big Chance (1957), The Fighting Wildcats (1957), The Crooked Sky (1957), Hour of Decision (1957), High Tide at Noon (1957), Date with Disaster (1957), Booby Trap (1957), A King in New York (1957), Thunder Over Tangier (1957), The Safecracker (1958), A Night to Remember (1958), Missiles from Hell (1958), Man with a Gun (1958), Hidden Homicide (1959), First Man into Space (1959), No Trees in the Street (1959), The House of the Seven Hawks (1959), Concrete Jungle (1960), Man Who Couldn’t Walk (1960), Bottoms Up (1960), It Takes a Thief (1960), The Malpas Mystery (1960), A Circle of Deception (1960), Compelled (1960), Partners in Crime (1961), The Pot Carriers (1962), Fog for a Killer (1962), 633 Squadron (1964), Carry on Pimpernel (1966), The Dirty Dozen (1967), Attack on the Iron Coast (1968), I Am a Groupie (1970), and Give Us Tomorrow (1978). He was a familiar face on British television from the mid– 1950s. He was featured as Sladden in the 1959 sci-fi mini-series Quatermass and the Pit, and was seen in three segments of the Doctor Who series from 1965 to 1978. His numerous television credits also include episodes of The Adventures of the Big Man, ITV Play of the Week, Overseas Press Club — Exclusive!, The Schirmer Inheritance, O.S.S., The Vise, The Flying Doctor, Behind Closed Doors, William Tell, BBC Sunday Night Theatre, Ask for King Billy, Man from Interpol, One Step Beyond, Ghost Squad, Sir Francis Drake, Silent Evidence, Z Cars, Suspense, Steptoe and Son, Richard the Lionheart, Detective, Syles and A…, Crossroads, No Hiding Place, King of the River, The Saint, Mogul, Escape, The Wednesday Play, The Informer, The Devil in the Fog, The Gamblers,

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Market in Honey Lane, ITV Sunday Night Theatre, Please Sir!, The Pathfinders, Dixon of Dock Green, Bowler, The Capone Investment, Softly Softly, Marlow at Large, The Hanged Man, And Mother Makes Five, The Onedin Line, It’s Childsplay, The Wilde Alliance, The Famous Five, Robin’s Nest, The Sandbaggers, and George & Mildred. Shaw starred as Ryan in the 1971 series Freewheelers, and was Eugene Fadet in 1972’s Clochemerle. He was featured as Dan Johnson in the long-running soap opera Coronation Street in 1980.

S HAY, J OHN Actor John Shay died at his home in Irvine, California, on February 21, 2010. He was 94. Shay was born in Chicago, Illinois, on July 21, 1915. He began his career on stage in the late 1930s, and appeared in a handful of films in the early 1940s including Canal Zone (1942), Men of San Quentin (1942), Submarine Raider (1942), Flight Lieutenant (1942), Bad Men of the Hills (1942), Star Spangled Rhythm (1942), The Valley of Vanishing Men (1942), The Human Comedy (1943), and Law of the Northwest (1943). He served with the 491st Bombardment Group during World War II, and saw over 30 missions in a B-24 over Germany during the war. He resumed his screen career

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after his discharge, appearing in The Missing Corpse (1945), Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946), Girl on the Spot (1946), Because of Him (1946), Decoy (1946), Angel and the Badman (1947), The Iron Curtain (1948), I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes (1948), Hazard (1948), A Foreign Affair (1948), Canon City (1948), Shanghai Chest (1948), Incident (1948), Alias Nick Beal (1949), Sorrowful Jones (1949), The Cry Baby Killer (1958), Roadracers (1959), The Last Sunset (1961), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), and Brothers (1977). Shay was featured on television in the 1949 Actor’s Studio adaptation of The Canterville Ghost. He was also seen in episodes of such series as The Clock, The Web, Captain Video and His Video Rangers, Studio One, Robert Montgomery Presents, Navy Log, Jefferson Drum, One Step Beyond, Sea Hunt, The Real McCoys, M Squad, 77 Sunset Strip, Combat!, The Eleventh Hour, The Rogues, Baretta, The Blue Knight, and Police Story.

SHEA, CHRISTOPHER Child actor Christopher Shea, who was the voice of Linus in the early

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Charlie Brown animated television specials, died at his home in Honeydew, California, on August 19, 2010. He was 52. Shea was born in Los Angeles on February 5, 1958. He performed the role of Linus Van Pelt in the popular television specials based on Charles Schulz’s Peanuts cartoon strip from the mid–1960s including A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1965), A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), Charlie Brown’s All Stars! (1966), It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966),

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began appearing in films in the early 1940s, and was featured in Knute Rockne All American in 1940 as Rockne at age four. His other film credits include Eagle Squadron (1942), The Great Moment (1944), A Boy and His Dog (1946), King of the Wild Horses (1947), Best Man Wins (1948), and The Boy with Green Hair (1948). He was also featured in an episode of The Unexpected on television in 1952 before retiring from the screen. He died two months after his better known brother, Johnny.

S HEFFIELD, JOHNNY Child actor Johnny Sheffield, who was noted for his jungle roles as Tarzan’s son, Boy, and Bomba, the Jungle Boy, died of a heart attack at his home in Chula Vista, California, several hours after falling from a from a ladder while pruning a palm tree, on October 15, 2010. He was 79. He was born in Pasadena, California, on April 11, 1931, the son of veteran actor Reginald Sheffield. He made his stage debut in the West Coast production of On Borrowed Time in 1938, and was featured as Napoleon’s son in the 1937 MGM short film The Man on the Rock. He was chosen from numerous aspirants by star Johnny Weissmuller to star as Boy in MGM’s Tarzan Finds a Son in 1939. He became the surrogate son to Edgar Rice Burroughs’ legendary ape-man and his mate, Jane (origi-

You’re in Love, Charlie Brown (1967), and He’s Your Dog, Charlie Brown (1968). Shea starred as Joey Starett in the short-lived 1966 western series Shane with David Carradine. He also guest-starred in episodes of That Girl, The Second Hundred Years, Bonanza, The Invaders, Green Acres, Here Come the Brides, and The Odd Couple in the recurring role of Phillip. He was featured in several films during his career including Firecreek (1968), Smith! (1969), Angel in My Pocket (1969), and the tele-film A Little Game (1971). His brother, Eric Shea, was also a popular child actor in the 1960s and 1970s.

SHEFFIELD, BILLY Former child actor Billy Sheffield died in Webster Graves, Missouri, on December 10, 2010. He was 75. He was born in Los Angeles on July 15, 1935, the son of actor Reginald Sheffield and younger brother of Tarzan’s Boy, Johnny Sheffield. Billy

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Johnny Shefﬁeld (right, with Cheetah)

nally played by Maureen O’Hara). He continued with the series in Tarzan’s Secret Treasure (1941) and Tarzan’s New York Adventure (1942). Sheffield was also seen in small roles in the films Babes in Arms (1939) with Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, Lucky Cisco Kid (1940), Knute Rockne All American (1940) as Knute at age seven, and Million Dollar Baby (1941). He remained with the Tarzan series when the productions shifted to RKO, starring as Boy in Tarzan Triumphs (1943), Tarzan’s Desert Mystery (1943), Tarzan and the Amazons (1945), and Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946). He made his final appearance as Boy in 1947’s Tarzan and the Huntress with Weissmuller and Brenda Joyce (who had taken over the role of Jane several years earlier). Sheffield became the star of his own jungle series in 1949 with Monogram’s Bomba, the Jungle Boy. He starred in ten more Bomba films over the next five years including The Lost Volcano (1950), Bomba and the Hid-

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den City (1950), The Lion Hunters (1951), Elephant Stampede (1951), African Treasure (1952), Bomba and the Jungle Girl (1952), Safari Drums (1953), The Golden Idol (1954), Killer Leopard (1954), and Lord of the Jungle (1955). He left film when the Bomba series ended, and later worked in real estate and other businesses, including importing lobsters for a seafood company. He remained an iconic character with fans and was a popular guest at nostalgia festivals in later years.

SHERRILL , JOYA Jazz singer and television personality Joya Sherrill died of complications from leukemia at her home in Great Neck, New York, on June 28, 2010. She was 85. Sherrill was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, on August 20, 1924. She began her career performing with Duke Ellington in 1942, and was a member of his orchestra from 1944 to 1946. She had a popular recording with Ellington on “I’m Beginning to See the Light,” and frequently performed as a

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Takumi Shibano

the name Rei Kozumi —Superhuman ’Plus X (1969), Operation Moonjet (1969), and Revolt in North Pole City (1977). Shibano became a full-time writer and translator in the late-1970s, bringing works by such authors as Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, E.E. “Doc” Smith, Hal Clement, and Larry Niven to Japanese readers. Shibano was a frequent figure at the World Science Fiction Conventions from the 1970s. He was the Fan Guest of Honor at the Worldcons in 1996 and 2007. He was also a consultant with Tatsunoko Productions on such anime science-fiction classics as Tekkaman, Gatchaman F, and Casshan.

S HIBUYA, K ENJI Robert “Kinji” Shibuya, who was a leading Japanese wrestling villain in California in the 1960s and 1970s, died at his home in Hayward, California, on May 3, 2010. He was 88. Shibuya was born in Utah on May 16, 1921. He attended college at the University of Hawaii, where he was a lead-

solo artist in the 1950s. She reunited with Ellington for the 1957 television special A Drum Is a Woman, and was featured on Broadway in the 1959 musical The Long Dream. She joined Benny Goodman’s orchestra for a tour of the Soviet Union in 1962, and continued to make occasional appearances with Ellington. She had hosted her own children’s television show, Time for Joya!, in 1970 for New York station WPIX. It soon became known as Joya’s Fun School, and continued to air in reruns through 1982.

SHIBANO, TAKUMI Japanese science fiction author and translator Takumi Shibano, who was a leading figure in sci-fi fandom in Japan from the 1950s, died of complications from pneumonia in Japan on January 16, 2010. He was 83. Takumi was born in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa, on October 27, 1926. A high school mathematics teacher, he was cofounder and editor of Japan’s first science fiction fanzine Uchu-jin (Cosmic Dust) in 1957. Many of the fanzines’ contributors went on to become leading writers in the genre, including Ryu Mitsuse, Yasutaka Tastsui, Sakyo Komatsu, and Shin’ichi Hoshi. Shibano hosted Japan’s first science fiction convention in 1962, and was a founder of the Federation of SF Fan Groups of Japan in 1965. He also wrote three juvenile sci-fi novels under

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ing football star in the 1940s. He began his wrestling career in the early 1950s, and frequently held tag titles with such partners as Mr. Moto, Mitsu Arakawa, and Masa Saito. He also held several singles belts in the Los Angeles area in the early 1970s. Shibuya was featured on television in two episodes of Kung Fu in 1973 and 1974, and guest-starred in an episode of the 1976 sitcom Mr. T and Tina. He was also seen in small roles

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in the films Hammett (1972) and Days of a Bawdy Ballad (1983).

SHIDER, GARRY Musician Garry Shider, who performed with the Parliament-Funkadelic All-Stars, died of cancer in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, on June 16, 2010. He was 56. Shider was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, on July 24, 1953. He began singing with gospel acts as a child, and moved to Canada in his teens to form the funk rock band United Soul. George Clinton produced several of the group’s singles in the early 1970s, and Shider joined Clinton’s band in 1972. He

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Charlotte, with occasional detours to Raleigh, before moving to Winston-Salem in 2008. A host of B-Western stars mingled with fans during the three decades Short oversaw the Fair, including Lash LaRue, Sunset Carson, Yakima Canutt, Charles Starrett, Peggy Stewart, Kirby Grant, and numerous others. Despite failing health and wheelchair-bound, Short was able to attend the latest Film Fair several days before his death.

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was frequently clad in a diaper onstage while performing such songs as “Cosmic Slop,” “One Nation Under Grove,” and “Getting to Know You,” and became known as “diaperman.” He remained with Clinton’s P-Funk All-Stars from the 1980s, writing many of the group’s songs over the next 30 years. Shider also appeared onscreen with the band in the films The Night Before (1988) and PCU (1994). He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the group in 1997. He also produced the solo albums Diaper Man, The Second Coming (2002) and Diaperman Goes Starchild (2002).

SHIFFRIN, CHRISTOPHER Actor and agent Christopher Shiffrin died of heart failure in Los Angeles on June 16, 2010. He was 65. Shiffrin was born on September 24, 1944. He appeared in small roles in the 2003 film Seabiscuit, and on television in episodes of ER and The West Wing. He was also an agent who represented such clients as Robert Blake and West Wing’s John Spencer. SHORT , ROBERT WAYNE Robert Wayne Short, the long-time leader of North Carolina’s Western Film Fair, died after a long illness at his home in Morven, North Carolina, on July 20, 2010. He was 72. Short was born in Morven on May 23, 1938. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he was a long-time fan of western films. Short was instrumental in bringing the Western Film Fair from St. Louis, Missouri, to North Carolina in 1980, becoming president of the non-profit organization, The Western Film Preservation Society, that put on the show. The Fair was general held in

S HUDO, TAKESHI Japanese anime writer Takeshi Shudo, who was a leading contributor to the Pokemon series, died of complications from a subarachnoid hemorrhage after collapsing in a Nara, Japan, train station and undergoing surgery at a local hospital on October 29, 2010. He was 61. Shudo was born in Japan on August 18, 1949. He began writing for anime in the mid–1970s with an episode of Cartoon Folktales of the World. He became a leading writer for such series as Idiot Ninja and I’ll Make a Habit of It! over the next decade. He was awarded the first Anime Grand Prix Screenwriting Award in 1983. He also created the series Fairy Princess Minky Momo, and worked on Legend of the Galactic Heroes and Martian Successor Nadesico. Shudo also wrote novelization of several anime series including Goshogun and Eternal Filena. He was best known for his work on the popular Pokemon anime, serving as chief writer for the Kanto, Orange Islands, and Johto story arcs. He also scripted the first three Pokemon films and contributed to other storylines. SIDNEY , STEFFI Actress Steffi Sidney, who was featured with James Dean and Natalie Wood in the 1955 teen angst classic Rebel Without a Cause, died of kidney failure in a Seattle, Washington, hospital on February 22, 2010. She was 74. She was born in Los Angeles, California, on April 16, 1935, the daughter of Hollywood columnist Sidney Skolksky. She studied at the Actors Lab in Los Angeles and made her film debut in 1953’s The Eddie Cantor Story, produced by her father. She was featured as Mil, one of the gang of teenagers who torment James Dean’s character in Nicholas Ray’s Rebel Without a Cause, in 1955. She was seen in a handful of subsequent films over the next several years including A Man Called Peter (1955), Hold Back Tomorrow (1955), The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956), Loving You (1957), Peyton Place (1957), The Green-Eyed

393 Blonde (1957), Teacher’s Pet (1958), The Party Crashers (1958), and The Hot Angel (1958). She left acting to write for such teen magazines as Tiger Beat and Date-

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2010, of injuries he received in an automobile accident in Ruszki three days earlier. He was 81. Siemion was born in Krzczonow, Poland, on July 30, 1928. He studied drama in Warsaw in the early 1950s, and began his career on stage in theatres and cabarets. He appeared in numerous films during his career including Gromada (1952), Zaloga (1952), Adventure in Warsaw (1954), Trudna Milosc (1954), Blekitny Krzyz (1955), Eroica (1958), Zamach (1958), Bialy Niedzwiedz (1959), Zezowate Szczescie (1960), Swiadectwo Urodzenia (1961), Marysia i Krasnoludki (1961), Zloto (1962), Jutro Premiera (1962), Mord ohne Suhne (1962), Szpital (1962), Czarne Skrzydla (1963), Zerwany Most (1963), Barwy Walki (1964), Skapani w Ogniu (1964), Salto (1965), Pieklo i Niebo (1966), Sposob Bycia (1966), Kierunek Berlin — Ostatnie Dni (1969), Ostatnie Dni (1969), Prom (1970), Klopotliwy Gosc (1971), Poszukiwany — Poszukiwana (1973), Nie ma Rozy bez Ognia (1974),

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book. She also worked in television as a production assistant, and produced television commercials. She married Rick Splaver in 1985, and formed the public relations agency, Splaver Associates before retiring in 2003.

SIEGEL, LEAH Leah Siegel, one of the first women to serve as a producer for the cable sports network ESPN, died in a Dallas, Texas, hospital after a long battle with breast cancer on July 26, 2010. She was 43. Siegel was born in Washington, D.C., on September 2, 1966. She began her career in 1989 as a journalist with the local Washington, D.C., NBC affiliate Wojciech Siemion

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WRC in 1989. She relocated to Charlotte later in 1989 to work as a sports reporter for the NBC affiliate there. She began working for ESPN in Dallas in 1996. Siegel became one of the first women to become a producer with ESPN, covering major sporting events around the country. She earned three Emmy Awards for her work as a member of the production teams for the network’s SportsCenter and NFL Sunday Countdown.

SIEMION, WOJCIECH Polish actor Wojciech Siemion died in a Warsaw, Poland, hospital on April 24,

The Promised Land (1975), Legenda a Nyulpaprikasrol (1975), Co mi Zrobisz, jak Mnie Zlapiesz (1978), Rodzina Lesniewskich (1980), Filip z Konopi (1983), Departure (1992), Kolejnosc Uczuc (1993), Germans (1998), The Hidden Treasure (2000), The Spring to Come (2001), Ubu, the King (2003), Sukces (2003), Taxi A (2007), Niezawodny System (2008), and The Last Action (2009). He was featured as the teacher in the 1965 television series Wojna Domowa, and appeared in the series Czterej Pancerni i Pies. Siemion also appeared in television productions of Wolna Sobota (1977), Alternatywy 4 (1983), La Treizieme Voiture (1993), Zlotopolscy (1998), and Przedwiosnie (2003). He was active in politics from the 1980s, and was a member of the Sejm (Congress) for the Polish United Workers’ Party from 1985 to 1989. He joined the Polish People’s Party after the establishment of a democratic government in Poland, and served as a member of the regional legislature of the Masovian Voivodeship.

S IEPI , CESARE Italian opera singer Cesare Siepi died of complications from a stroke in an Atlanta, Georgia, hospital on July 5, 2010. He was 87. Siepi was born in Milan, Italy, on February 10, 1923. He made his stage debut in 1941, but his career was interrupted by World War II when he left Italy for Switzerland be-

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cause of his opposition to the Mussolini regime. He became a leading operatic bass in Italy after the war, performing in Venice and at La Scala in Milan. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut as King Philip II in Don Carlos in 1950, and continued performing with the Met for the next 24 years. He starred in a filmed production of Don Giovanni in 1955, and again for NBC Television Opera Theatre in 1960. He also performed on

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television in episodes of the variety series The Ed Sullivan Show, The George Jessel Show, and The Bell Telephone Hour. He sang in productions of Don Giovanni, Mefistofele, La Boheme, I Puritani, Parsifal, and Boris Godunov at venues around the world including London’s Covent Garden, the Salzburg Festival, and the Vienna State Opera before retiring in the early 1990s.

SIEVEY, C HRIS British comedian Chris Sievey, who was better known as his alter ego, the papier-mâché headed performer Frank Sidebottom, died of cancer in Hale, Cheshire, England, on June 21, 2010. He was 54. Sievey was born in Ashton-on-Mersey, England, on August 25, 1955. He began performing and recording in the early 1970s, and was lead singer with the Freshies later in the decade. Their biggest hits were “I’m in Love with the Girl on a Certain Manchester Megastore Checkout Desk,” “I Can’t Get Bouncing Babies by the Teardrop Explodes,” and “If You Really

Chris Sievey (as Frank Sidebottom)

Love Me, Buy Me a Shirt.” He created the Frank Sidebottom character, in an outsized head and dark suit, in 1983 as a promotional gimmick. Sidebottom’s career soon exceeded Sievey’s own, becoming a popular character on stage and television. He hosted his own television series for ITV, Frank Sidebottom’s Fantastic Shed Show, and recorded several popular singles. The Sidebottom character petered out by the mid–1990s, and Sievey later worked as an art director on the children’s television series Bob the Builder and Pingu.

SIHVON, BRAD Canadian actor Brad Sihvon died in Toronto, Canada, on April 7, 2010. He was 39. Sihvon was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, on January 29, 1971. He appeared in films and television from the late 1990s, with roles in the films Hostage Negotiator (2001), Seeking Winonas (2001), My Face: The Liam Penny Story (2002), Pressure (2002), Halloween: Resurrection (2002) as one of Michael Myers victims, Swimming Upstream (2002), Firefight (2003), The Snow Walker (2003), White Noise (2005), The Long Weekend (2005), Severed: Forest of the Dead (2005), Scary Movie 4 (2006), and Whisper (2007). He was also seen in the tele-films The Man Who Used to Be Me (2000), Christy: The Movie (2000), The Miracle of the Cards (2001), Dead in a Heartbeat (2002), Stealing Christmas (2003), Clean Fight (2006), and My Baby Is Missing (2007).

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His other television credits include episodes of These Arms of Mine, Hollywood Off-Ramp, Cold Squad, Freedom, Special Unit 2, The Chris Isaak Show, My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star, Taken, The Twilight Zone, Rockpoint P.D., Dead Like Me, Stargate SG-1, and Huff.

SILLITOE, ALAN British novelist Alan Sillitoe, who was best known as the writer of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, died of lung cancer in a London hospital on April 25, 2010. He was 82. Sillitoe was born in Nottingham, England, on March 4, 1928. He served in the Royal Air Force in Malaya as a radio operator, and began writing while recuperating from tuberculosis. His first novel, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, was published in 1955, and he scripted the film version starring Albert Finney in 1960. He also adapted his short story, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, for film in 1962. His novel, The General, became

395 the 1967 film Counterpoint, and The Ragman’s Daughter (1972) was also filmed. Sillitoe penned the 1995 au-

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tobiography Life Without Armour, and the memoir Gadfly in Russia in 2007.

SILVER, VERONIQUE French actress Veronique Silver died in France on July 24, 2010. She was 78. She was born in Amiens, France, on September 2, 1931. She made her film debut in the mid–1950s and appeared in numerous films in a career that lasted over fifty years. Her film credits include Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954), Young Girls Beware (1957), Modigliani of Montparnasse (1958), Premiere Brigade Criminelle (1960), Panurge’s Sheep (1961), Me and the Forty Year Old Man (1965), Don’t Deliver Us from Evil (1971), This Sweet Sickness (1977), Solemn Communion (1977), Like a Turtle on Its Back (1978), Dirty Dishes (1978), Fire’s Share (1978), Mon Oncle d’Amerique (1980), The Woman Next Door (1981), Et Pourtant elle Tourne… (1981), A Whole Night (1982), La Passante du Sans-Souci (1982), Le Destin de Juliette (1983), Ballade a Blanc (1983), Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983), Archipel des Amours (1983), Stress (1984), Alexina (1985), Blanche and Marie (1985), Le Chien (1986), Ou que tu Sois (1987), Killing Time (1987), The House of Jade (1988), Noce Blanche (1989), There Were Days … and Moons (1990), Final (1990), Aujourd’hui Peut-Etre… (1991), Les Enfants du

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Naufrageur (1992), The Mirage (1992), Attitudes (1993), Du Fond du Coeur (1994), The Phantom Heart (1996), Les Freres Gravet (1996), The Passengers (1999), You Are So Beautiful (2005), and Let’s Dance (2007). She appeared frequently on French television from the early 1960s, appearing in such productions as Les Mysteres de Paris (1961), Les Deux Orphelines (1961), La Reine Margot (1961), Madame Sans Gene (1963), Blaise (1966), L’Ami Fritz (1967), Fortune (1969), La Mort d’un Champion (1972), Le Masque aux Yeux d’Or (1973), La Colonie (1974), Tous les Jours de la Vie (1975), Le Mystere Frontenac (1975), Un ete Albigeois (1977), Rossel et la Commune de Paris (1977), Le Passion (1978), Le Dernier Train (1979), La Ville Noire (1981) as George Sand, Non-Lieu (1981), L’Epingle Noire (1982), Le Canard Sauvage (1982), Venise en Hiver (1982), Le Seul Temoin (1985), Colette (1985), L’Affaire Marie Besnard (1986), La Grande Cabriole (1989), Le Chasseur de la Nuit (1993), Terres Gelees (1995), Les Vacances de l’Inspecteur Lester (1995), Le Tuteur (1996), Un Homme (1997), Bonjour Antoine (1997), Le Garcon d’Orage (1997), Le Blance et le Rouge (2000), Le Secret de la Belle de Mai (2002), and La Femme Coqauelicot (2005). Silver also was seen as Marie Charron in the 1973 television series Le Pain Noir, and appeared in episodes of De Memoire d’Homme, L’Inspecteur Mene l’Enquete, Messieurs les Jures, Les Amours Romantiques, Medecins de Nuit, Les Enquetes du Commissaire Maigret, Un Prive au Soliel, L’Instit, L’Avocate, Julie Lescaut, Anne Le Guen, and Famille d’Accueil. She was married to actor Henry Virlojeux until his death in 1995.

S ILVEY , SHIRLEY Animator Shirley Silvey died of heart failure in Fresno, California, on July 17, 2010. She was 82. Silvey was born in Los Angeles in 1928. She began working in animation in the late 1950s

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was UPA, becoming one of the first women to work in storyboard, layout, and character design. She contributed to such animated productions as Gerald McBoing-Boing Show and Mr. Magoo. She was best known for her work with Jay Ward’s animation studio, where she drew numerous storyboards for Rocky and Bullwinkle and Hoppity and Hooper. She also drew for the cartoons Dudley Do-Right, George of the Jungle, and Frac-

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tured Fairy Tales. Silvey also worked at ChurchillWexler, TV Spots, Warner Bros., where she was a layout artist for several Bugs Bunny and Road Runner cartoons.

SIMIONATO , G IULIETTA Italian opera singer Giulietta Simionato died at her home in Rome on May 5, 2010. She was 99. Simionato was born in Forli, Italy, on May 12, 1910. She began her operatic career in the late 1920s, and joined La Scala in 1936. She

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performed in supporting roles until becoming a star in the title role of Mignon in 1947. She performed frequently with the Lyric Opera of Chicago in the 1950s, and starred in 28 productions with the Metropolitan Opera from 1959 to 1965. She retired in 1966, but was later featured in the documentary films Tosca’s Kiss (1984) and Opera Fanatic (1999).

SIMMONS , JEAN British actress Jean Simmons, who earned an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Ophelia in Laurence Olivier’s 1948 production of Hamlet, died of lung cancer at her home in Santa Monica, California, on January 22, 2010. She was 80. Simmons was born in Crouch Hill, London, England, on January 31, 1929. She had begun studying at the Aida Foster School of Dance when she was cast as Margaret Lockwood’s younger sister in the 1944 film Give Us the Moon. She also appeared in the short film Sports Day (1944), and the features Mr. Emmanuel (1944), Meet Sexton Blake (1945), Kiss the Bride Goodbye (1945), The Way to the Stars (1945), and Caesar and Cleopatra (1945). She made an impression as Estella, the spoiled young lady, in David Lean’s 1946 film adaptation of Dickens’ Great Expectations, and her performance in Hamlet (1948) established her as a star. Simmons also starred as the passionate slave girl Kanchi in 1947’s Black Narcissus, and was Caroline Ruthyn in the 1947 Gothic horror Uncle Silas (aka The Inheritance). She also appeared in the English films Hungry Hill (1947), The Woman in the Hall (1947), The Blue Lagoon (1949), So Long at the Fair (1950), Trio (1950), Cage of Gold (1950), and The Clouded Yellow (1950). Simmons starred opposite Stewart Granger in the 1949 film Adam and Evalyn. She joined him in Hollywood the following year, and they were married in December of 1950.

She starred in the 1952 screen adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s Androcles and the Lion with Alan Young and Victor Mature, and appeared with Robert Mitchum in Angel Face (1952). She starred as a young Queen Elizabeth I in MGM’s Young Bess (1953), with Granger as Thomas Seymour, and again co-starred with Mature in Affair with a Stranger (1953). She starred with Richard Burton in The Robe (1953), an epic of ancient Rome at the dawn of Christianity, and was The Actress (1953) in Ruth Gordon’s autobiographical account of her early career as directed by George Cukor, with Spencer Tracy and Teresa Wright as her parents. She continued her film career in She Couldn’t Say No (1954), the costume epic The Eg yptian (1954) with Edmund Purdom, and the western A Bullet Is Waiting (1954) with Rory Calhoun. Simmons starred in the title role in 1954’s Desiree with Marlon Brando as a young Napoleon Bonaparte, and the two stars reunited for the 1955 musical Guys and Dolls. She returned to England to star with husband Granger on the melodrama Footsteps in the Fog (1955), and closed the decade in the films Hilda Crane (1956), This Could Be the Night (1957), Until They Sail (1957) with Paul Newman, the 1958 western The Big Country with Gregory Peck and Charlton Heston, Home Before Dark (1958), and This Earth Is Mine (1959) with Rock Hudson. She starred as fanatical evangelist Sister Sharon Falconer opposite Burt Lancaster’s Elmer Gantry (1960), and was the slave girl in love with the rebel gladiator in Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus (1960) starring Kirk Douglas. Simmons and Granger divorced in 1960, and she soon married her Elmer Gantry director Richard Brooks. She starred in Stanley Donen’s comedy The Grass Is Greener in 1960, before taking a year off to tend to her family. She returned to the screen in occasional films, but her star had diminished with roles in All the Way Home (1963), Life at the Top (1966), Mister Buddwing (1966), Divorce American Style (1967), and the western Rough Night in Jericho (1967) with Dean Martin and George Peppard. She earned another Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the 1969 film A Happy Ending. The film was written and directed by husband Richard Brooks, whose depiction of an alcoholic wife reflected his concerns for his own spouse. They divorced in 1977, and Simmons underwent treatment for alcoholism at

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397 the Betty Ford Clinic a decade later. Her other film credits include Say Hello to Yesterday (1971), the offbeat fantasy Mr. Sycamore (1975) as the librarian who helps Jason Robards in his desire to transform into a tree, the 1978 supernatural thriller Dominique with Cliff Robertson, The Dawning (1988), Yellow Pages (1988), and How to Make an American Quilt (1995). Simmons also appeared on television frequently from the mid–1960s, with roles in such productions as Hallmark Hall of Fame’s Soldier in Love (1967) as Sarah Churchill, Heidi (1968), Decisions! Decisions! (1972), The Easter Promise (1975), the mini-series thriller The Dain Curse (1978), Beggarman, Thief (1979), Golden Gate (1981), Jacqueline Susann’s Valley of the Dolls (1981), A Small Killing (1981), the 1983 mini-series The Thorn Birds which earned her an Emmy Award as Outstanding Supporting Actress, December Flower (1984), Midas Valley (1985), the mini-series North and South (1985) and North and South, Book II (1986) as Clarissa Main, Perry Mason: The Case of the Lost Love (1987), Inherit the Wind (1988), the 1989 mini-series Great Expectations as Miss Haversham, Sensibility and Sense (1990), Laker Girls (1990), People Like Us (1990), They Do It with Mirrors (1991), One More Mountain (1994), Daisies in December (1995), Her Own Rules (1998), and Winter Solstice (2003). She also guest-starred in episodes of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater, The Odd Couple, Hawaii Five-0, All for Love, Hotel, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Murder, She Wrote, Star Trek: The Next Generation as Admiral Satie in the 1987 episode “The Drumhead,” and In the Heat of the Night. Simmons starred as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard in the short-lived 1991 prime-time reboot of the Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows, and was Irene Larson in 1993’s Angel Falls. She lent her voice to the animated features Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) and Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle as Aunt Sophie. Simmons made her final film appearance in 2009’s Shadows in the Sun.

SIMONSON, SI Special effects artist Thol “Si” Simonson, who orchestrated the flying effects for George Reeves on The Adventures of Superman in the 1950s, died on October 9, 2010. He was 98. Simonson was born on July 28, 1912. He worked at Paramount and RKO for years before he joined the Superman crew

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after the first season. He was responsible for most of the special effects for the remainder of the series, including giving flight to the Man of Steel. Simonson also worked on the films The Bonnie Parker Story (1958), Earth vs. the Spider (1958), Escape from Hell Island (1963), Voice of the Hurricane (1964), The Grasshopper (1969), and The Klansman (1974). His other television credits include effects work for the series Men into Space, The Outer Limits, and The Fugitive.

SIMPSON, DENIS Canadian actor and singer Denis Simpson died of a brain hemorrhage in Toronto, Canada, on October 22, 2010. He was 59. Simpson was born in Jamaica in 1951. He moved to Toronto with his family at the age of 10, and was performing on stage in New York City in the original production of Jesus Christ Superstar in his early 20s. He returned to Toronto to appear in the musical Hair, and was the original bass vocalist for the band The Nylons. He be-

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came the long-time host of the Ontario, Canada, children’s program Polka Dot Door. He was also seen on television in episodes of The Littlest Hobo, Comedy Factory, Sharon, Lois & Bram’s Elephant Show, Seeing Things, MacGyver, These Arms of Mine, Night Visions, Soul Food, Flash Gordon, and Robson Arms. Simpson was featured in the tele-films The Park Is Mine (1986), And the Sea Will Tell (1991), Born Too Soon (1993), and the sci-fi mini-series Final Days of Planet Earth (2006). He was featured in several films during his career including Utilities (1981), Spasms (1983), The Vindicator (1986), Flying (1986), and Get Your Stuff (2000).

S KARUCH, W ITOLD Polish actor Witold Skaruch died in Konstancin-Jeziorna, Poland, on February 17, 2010. He was 80. Skaruch was born in Ciechanow, Poland, on January 11, 1930. He studied acting and directing at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Warsaw, and began his career on stage in Szczecin and Warsaw in the early 1950s. Skaruch appeared frequently on screen from the mid–1950s with roles in Three Starts (1955), Charcoal Sketches (1957), Lydia Ate the Apple (1958), Partisan Mission (1959), Baltic Express (1959), Bad Luck (1960), Lucky Anthony (1961), Reality (1961), Silent Trances (1961), Men in the Island (1962), The Art of Loving (1963), New Year Eve Adventure

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(1963), Rendezvous with a Spy (1964), A Lady from the Window (1964), Back to Life Again (1965), Broiled Squabs (1966), Hell and Heaven (1966), Whoever May Know (1967), Love the Mermaids (1967), Dreaming Tablet (1968), Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969), Polish Album (1970), Dancing Party in Hitler’s Headquarters (1971), I Hate Mondays (1971), Troublesome Visitor

born in Jacksonville, Florida, on March 6, 1958. A diver and explorer, he founded Karst Productions in 1985 and worked frequently on film projects for National Geographic. He served as director on the television documentaries Florida: Window to a Hidden World (1991), Predators of the North (1992), Pearson Island: Mischief & Mayhem (1994), The Most Dangerous Science (1995), and Adventures of the Quest: Hidden Deep (1996). He also worked on episodes of the series Expedition Journal, Oceans, Time Warp, and Nova. He directed the underwater film unit for the 2005 horror film The Cave. Skiles was director and cinematographer for the PBS Water’s Journey series in the early 2000s.

S KINNER, L EONARD Leonard Skinner, a Jacksonville, Florida, high school gym teacher who was immortalized when a group of former students named their Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynryd, died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease in a Jacksonville nursing home on September 20, 2010. He was 77. Skinner was born in Jacksonville on January 11, 1933. He was gym teacher and basketball coach at the Robert Witold Skaruch

(1971), On the Edge (1973), Passion (1978), Tears Won’t Help (1985), Woman in a Hat (1985), The House of Fools (1985), Masquerade (1987), Three Steps from Love (1988), The Possessed (1988), Les Enfants du Vent (1991), Yes, Yes, Yes (1993), Two Moons (1993), Nic Smiesznego (1995), Fall Out (1996), Allawju (1999), The Black Beach (2001), A Few People, a Little Time (2005), We’re All Christs (2006), Before Twilight (2008), and The Last Action (2009). He was also featured in television productions of Najlepszy Kolega (1970), Trip for One Smile (1972), Kaprysy Lazarza (1973), Passion (1978), Strachy (1979), Funeral Ceremony (1985), Marion du Faouet (1997), and Jutro Idziemy do Kina (2007). His other television credits include episodes of Czterej Pancerni i Pies, W Labiryncie, Paziowie, Pogranicze w Ogniu, Le Retour d’Arsene Lupin, 39 i Pol, Ojciec Mateusz, and Siostry. Skaruch also remained active on stage as an actor and director throughout his career.

SKILES, WESLEY Underwater cinematographer Wesley Skiles died while diving off Boynton Beach, Florida, on July 21, 2010, at age 52. Skiles was

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E. Lee High School in Jacksonville from the late 1950s until retiring to go into real estate in 1970. During his tenure future bandmates Ronnie Van Zant, Garry Rosington, and Bob Burns were students at his school. His objection to the boys’ long hair led the group to name their band after him, changing the spelling to avoid a lawsuit. He was initially annoyed by the honor, but later came to accept it, and allowed a picture of a Leonard Skinner Realty sign to be used on the inside front cover of the 1975 album Nuthin’ Fancy.

SKUTCH, IRA Television producer and director Ira Skutch, who worked frequently on game shows during his long career, died of lymphoma at his daughter’s home in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles on March 16, 2010. He was 88. Skutch was born in New York City on September 12, 1921. He began working in television in the early 1940s as a page at NBC in New York. He subsequently worked as a stage manager and was producing and directing segments of The Philco Television Playhouse by the end of the decade. He produced or directed episodes of numerous game shows

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from the 1950s through the early 1980s, working with Mark Goodson and Bill Todman Productions. Skutch credits include Beat the Clock, I’ve Got a Secret, Two for the Money, Play Your Hunch, Snap Judgment, Tattletales,

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The Match Game, What’s My Line?, Beat the Clock, He Said, She Said, Concentration, Mindreaders, The Better Sex, Blockbusters, and Child’s Play. He also produced the 1972 comedy tele-film Getting Away from It All starring Larry Hagman. Skutch was also the author of several books on television including The Days of Live and The Du Mont Television Network: What Happened?

SLATER, JACK Actor and television weatherman Jack Slater died at his home in Florida on July 25, 2010. He was 76. Slater was born on June 10, 1934. He began his career on local television in Syracuse, New York, serving as weatherman for station WTVH for

a lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis in Bodega Bay, California, on January 1, 2010. He was 40. Slay was born in New Orleans on May 10, 1969. He joined the Birmingham, Alabama, based band Remy Zemo in the 1990s, and accompanied them on their concert tour with Radiohead. He played on the band’s three albums, which included the hit singles “Prophecy” in 1998 and “Save Me” in 2001. Remy Zemo also composed the Smallville series theme song and appeared in a cameo role in a 2002 episode. The group disbanded in 2003, and Slay continued to work on his own music as Sleepwell. He earned an Emmy Award nomination for his work on the theme song for the Nip/Tuck series.

SLOAN, MELVIN Film editor Melvin Sloan, who taught film courses at the University of Southern California (USC) for over fifty years, died of pneumonia at his home in Van Nuys, California, on January 12, 2010. He was 86. Sloan was born in the Bronx, New York, on May 29, 1923, and went to Los Angeles to study filmmaking at USC in 1940. His education was interrupted by military service during World War II, and he served in a film production unit under director Pare Lorentz. Sloan was involved in editing aerial briefing films. He resumed his studies after the war, and joined USC’s faculty in 1946. He was also an editor on documentaries and ethnographic films from the late 1940s, including 1948’s Mokil, about natives on a

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many years. Slater was also featured in the films Sweet Dreams (1985), Remote Control (1988), Patty Hearst (1988), and Bare Exposure (1993), and the tele-films Two Kinds of Love (1983), Fuzz Bucket (1986), and Intimate Stranger (1991). His other television credits include episodes of Hunter, Stingray, Amazing Stories, Dynasty, and Jake and the Fatman.

SLAY , GREGORY Rock drummer Gregory Slay, who played with the band Remy Zemo, died after

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Micronesian atoll. Sloan also served as editor on several feature films including Roger Corman’s Stake Out on Dope Street (1958), Hoodlum Priest (1961), Face in the Rain (1963), and Lonnie (1963). He was instrumental in creating USC’s production curriculum and taught numerous future filmmakers there before his retirement in 1997.

SMITH, C ARL Country music singer Carl Smith died of complications from a stroke at his home in Franklin, Tennessee, on January 16, 2010. He was 72. Smith was born in Maynardville, Tennessee, on March 15, 1927. He began playing the guitar while in his teens, and served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1947. He began his career in music after his discharge, working at a Knoxville radio station. He signed a recording contract with Columbia in 1950, and began performing regularly with the Grand Ole Opry. He had a hit with “Let’s Live a Little” in 1951, and topped the charts with the songs “Hey Joe!,” “Loose Talk,” “Wicked Lies,” and “Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way.” Smith married fellow Opry star June Carter in

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1952, and had a daughter, Rebecca, in 1956. She later became a leading country singer under the name Carlene Carter. Smith quit the Grand Ole Opry to move to California in 1956, and he and Carter divorced the following year. He appeared in a handful of films including The Badge of Marshal Brennan (1957), Buffalo Guns (1961), Country Music Caravan (1964), and From Nashville with Music (1969). He was also one of the hosts for the NBC television variety series Five Star Jubilee, and guested on episodes of The Porter Wagoner Show and The Jimmy Dean Show. He remained a popular recording artist in the 1960s and early 1970s, with the songs “Air Mail to Heaven,” “Take My Ring Off Your Finger,” and “Deep Water.” He largely retired from the music industry in 1978 to own and operate a horse farm in Franklin. He was married to singer Goldie Hill from 1957 until her death in 2005.

SMITH, GRIZZLY Wrestler Aurelian “Grizzly” Smith, who was the father of wrestlers Jake “the Snake” Roberts, Sam Houston, and Rockin’ Robin, died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease at his home in Amarillo, Texas, on June 12, 2010. He was 77.

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Smith was born in Grayson County, Texas, on August 6, 1932. He began wrestling in Texas in the 1950s, and was soon teaming with Luke Brown as the Kentuckians. They held the NWA Southern Tag Team belts in Georgia in 1962, and captured the World Wrestling Association belts in Los Angeles in 1965. They frequently feuded with the masked Assassins during the 1960s. Smith, using the name Ski Hi Jones, also partnered with Don Leo Jonathan. He wrestled frequently in Texas in the late 1960s, feuding with the Spoiler over the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship. He also held the NWA American Tag Team titles in Texas with Fritz Von Erich. He reunited with Brown as the Kentuckians in the early 1970s in the NWA Tri-State territory, and held the tag belts several times. He subsequently retired from the ring, but continued to work in the business as a trainer and promoter. Three of his children also became wrestlers; Aurelian Jr. as Jack “the Snake” Roberts, Michael as Sam Houston, and Robin as Rockin’ Robin.

SMITH, MYRNA Singer Myrna Smith, who was an original member of the vocal group Sweet Inspirations, died of pneumonia and complications from a stroke in a Los Angeles hospital on December 24, 2010. She was 69. Smith was born in Newark, New Jersey, on May 28, 1941. She joined Cissy Houston in the Sweet Inspirations in 1965, and they provided back-

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ground vocals for Van Morrison’s 1967 hit “Brown Eyed Girl.” They also recorded the 1968 hit “Sweet Inspiration,” and were soon singing background on Elvis Presley’s live comeback shows. Smith was featured in the musical documentaries Elvis: That’s the Way It Is (1970), Elvis on Tour (1972), and Elvis: Alhoa from Hawaii (1973). She worked primarily as a songwriter from the 1970s, and was featured in a 1983 episode of T.J. Hooker.

SMOLJAK, LADISLAV Czech actor and director Ladislav Smoljak died in Kladno, Czech Republic, on June 6, 2010. He was 78. Smoljak was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, on December 9, 1931. He worked as a journalist and writer, and was co-founder of the Theater of Jara Cimrman in Prague. He appeared in films from the late 1960s, with such credits as Crime in a Music Hall (1968), Homolka a Tobolka (1972), Na Samote u Lesa (1976), Maracek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976),

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The Hit (1981), What’s Up Doc? (1984), Accumulator 1 (1994), Kolya (1996), and Empties (2007). He was also director and writer for the films Ball Lightning (1979), Waiter, Scarper! (1981), Dissolved and Effused (1985), and An Uncertain Season (1988). Smoljak directed and occasionally performed in the films Jara Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983), the television mini-series The Student of Prague (1990), Butterfly on the Antenna (1991), Zaskok (1997), Murder in a Parlor Car Compartment (1997), Posel z Liptakova (1997), Dumb Bobes, or Czech Tarzan (1997), Lijavec (1997), Dlouhy, Siroky a Kratkozraky (1997), Akt (1997), Blanik (1998), and The Plum Tree (2002).

SNOWDEN, VAN Puppeteer Van Snowden, who starred in Sid and Marty Krofft’s television productions and animated the homicidal Chucky doll in the first three Child’s Play films, died of cancer in a Burbank, California, hospital on September 22, 2010. He was 71. Snowden was born in San Francisco, California, on February 19, 1939. He began working with Sid and Marty Krofft with the 1970 film Pufnstuf, bringing the helpful dragon H.R. Pufnstuf to life. He remained with the Kroffts for the subsequent children’s television series The Bugaloos, Lidville, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters as Sweet Mama Ooze, Land of the Lost, and

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The Bay City Rollers Show. He was the 266-pound chicken named Henrietta for the 1984 television production The Hoboken Chicken Emergency, and worked on PeeWee Herman’s television show. He provided puppetry for the films Beetle Juice (1988), Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992), Casper (1995), and the 1998 The XFiles movie. Snowden animated the Crypt Keeper for the HBO television series Tales from the Crypt, and the films Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995) and Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood (1996). He shared an Emmy Award nomination in 1989 for his puppetry work on D.C. Follies.

SOLOMON, ALAN M. Film producer Alan M. Solomon died in Los Angeles on March 18, 2010. He was 74. Solomon was born in London, England, on June 6, 1935. He came to the United States in the late 1950s, where he attended UCLA. He soon began working in the entertainment industry for such businesses as Capitol Records, Warner Brothers Music, United Western Recorders, Cinema Center Films, and CBS. He was a founding partner of Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment, and later served as president of Amsell Entertainment. He was executive producer for numerous films including City of Shadows (1987), Shakedown (1988), Lethal Pursuit (1988), Moontrap (1989), Talons of the Eagle (1992), The Outfit (1993), Slaughter of the Innocents (1993), Ring of Steel (1994), Cyber Vengeance

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(1995), Tough and Deadly (1995), Timemaster (1995), Absolute Aggression (1996), Balance of Power (1996), Airboss (1997), Expect to Die (1997), Hostile Environment (1998), Airboss II: Preemptive Strike (1998), Airboss III: The Payback (1999), Scooter Kidz (2001), The Circuit (2002), Black Friday (2002), The Circuit 2: The Final Punch (2002), Creepies (2005), and Psychon Invaders (2006).

SOMERS , EVAN Television writer Evan Somers died in California on October 11, 2010. He was 52. Somers became a quadriplegic after suffering a spinal cord injury diving into a swimming pool and hitting his head at the age of 16. Despite his injury, he earned a degree from Santa Monica College in 1982, and later taught screenwriting there for over a decade.

reer as a singer in the late 1940s, and was a popular performer in revues over the next decade. She appeared frequently in Danish films from the early 1960s, with roles in The Greeneyed Elephant (1960), Don Naboerne (1966), Days in My Father’s House (1968), The Olsen Gang (1968), Jazz All Around (1969), Prince Piwi (1974), The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank (1976), The Crumbs (1991), Roser og Persille (1993), When the Sun Goes Down (2000), and The Crumbs — A Very Crumby Christmas (2006). She also starred in the television series Een Stor Familie as Viola Jorgensen from 1982 to 1983, and appeared in episodes of Tango for Tre and Bryggeren.

S ONGE , CYNTHIA Actress Cynthia Songe, who was best known for her voice-over work in animated television productions, died in Arroyo Grande, California, after a brief illness on May 19, 2010. She was 58. Songe was born in Hollywood on September 26, 1951. She earned a degree in theater arts from UCLA, and performed with the Ensemble Studio Theater in the early 1970s. She was featured in a handful of films during the decade including Caged Heat (1974), Crazy Mama (1975), Brothers (1977), and Steel (1979). She also appeared on television in the tele-films Gridlock (1980), The Promise of Love (1980), and Warm Hearts, Cold Feet (1988), and episodes of The Bionic Woman, Cheers, and Married … with Children. She studied

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He also wrote for television, scripting episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Baywatch, Space Cases, and Beast Wars. Somers invented a motorcycle for the handicapped that he rode to the Sturges, North Dakota, motorcycle rally and documented in the 2005 film The Seeker, that he produced, directed, and wrote.

SONCK, GRETA Danish actress Greta Sonck died in Rageleje, Denmark, on February 12, 2010. She was 80. She was born Grethe Ingeborg Nielsen Hald in Hjerm, Denmark, on July 16, 1929. She began her ca-

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voiceover work under Susan Blu, and her distinctive deep voice led her to roles in such animated productions as The Tick, Jackie Chan Adventures, Ben and Izzy, Clifford, Stuart Little, Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles, The Mummy: The Animated Series, Extreme Ghostbusters, Jumanji, Men in Black: The Series, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!, The Life and Times of Juniper Lee, Superman: Braniac Attacks, and Special Agent Oso. She also teamed with Blu to teach voice work at Blupka Prods., and co-authored the texts Word of Mouth, a Guide to Commercial and Animation Voice Over Excellence and Word of Mouth: A Guide to Voiceover Excellence, Volume 3. Greta Sonck

SOREL, TED Character actor Ted Sorel, who was best known for his role as Dr. Edward Pretorius in

403 Stuart Gordon’s 1986 H.P. Lovecraft–inspired horror film From Beyond, died of complications from Lyme disease at the Actors’ Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey, on November 30, 2010. He was 74. He was born Theodore Eliopoulos in San Francisco on November 14, 1936. He appeared in films from the early 1970s including Jeremy (1973), Lenny (1974), Network (1976), The Clairvoyant (aka The Killing Hour) (1982), Without a Trace (1983), The Tempest (1983), From Beyond

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2010. She was 72. She appeared frequently on Argentine television from the early 1960s, with roles in such series as Senoritas Alumnas (1962), Asi Amaban los Heroes (1971), Nacido para Odiarte (1971), Un Extrano en Nuestras Vidas (1972), Juana Rebelde (1978), Andrea Celeste (1979), El Rafa (1971), La Familia Benvenuto (1989), and Campeones de la Vida (1999). She also performed on stage and screen, and was featured in the films Este Cura (1968), The Naked Beast (1971), Crimen en el Hotel Alojamiento (1974), Los Chantas (1975), Juan que Reia (1976), What’s Autumn? (1977), Esperame Mucho (1983), Complices (1998), Merry Christmas (2000), El Despertar de L (2001), and Tatuado (2005).

SPIKINGS, REBECCA Film producer Rebecca Spikings died of a heart attack on July 6, 2010. She was 42. She earned a degree in English literature from London University. She was an associate producer for the 1991 film Pyrates, and was a production associate on

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(1986), the cult horror film Basket Case 2 (1990), Diego Rivera: I Paint What I See (1992), and Who Do I Gotta Kill? (1994). Sorel also performed frequently on the New York stage, including Broadway productions of Horowitz and Mrs. Washington (1980), A Little Family Business (1982), and The School for Scandal (1995). He was seen in the tele-films Doctor Franken (1980), Antony and Cleopatra (1983), and Sins of the Father (1985). He was Alfred Taft in the daytime soap opera Ryan’s Hope in 1981, and was Eric Luvanoczek in Guiding Light from 1991 to 1992. Sorel’s other television credits include episodes of Falcon Crest, Riptide, Scarecrow and Mrs, King, Hardcastle and McCormick, Fame, I Had Three Wives, Matlock, St. Elsewhere, Wings, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Law & Order, and Mad About You.

SPERONI, CATALINA Argentine actress Catalina Speroni died in Buenos Aires on December 21,

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Renny Harlin’s Speechless (1994) and Cutthroat Island (1995). She continued to work with Harlin’s Midnight Sun Pictures as a producer on the films Deep Blue Sea (1999), Driven (2001), and Mindhunters (2004). She was also co-producer of the 1996 HBO tele-film Mistrial. Survivors include her husband, producer and writer Akiva Goldsman.

S PILLANE , B OBBY Actor and playwright Bobby Spillane died after falling through a window in his sixth floor apartment in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen on July 10, 2010. He was 45. Spillane was born in New York City on September 21, 1964. His father was IrishAmerican mobster Mickey Spillane (no relation to the famed mystery writer of the same name), who was shot to death at his home in 1977. Bobby began his career as an actor in the late 1990s. He was featured in the recurring role of Bobby in the television series EZ Street from 1996 to 1997. He was also seen in several episodes of Law & Order, and episodes of NYPD Blue and Rescue Me. Spillane was also seen in the 1998 tele-film Exiled. He was featured in a small role in the 1999 film remake The Thomas Crown Affair, and in the films Remedy (2005) and The Queen of Greenwich Village (2009). He was a friend of comedian Colin Quinn,

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and occasionally appeared on The Colin Quinn Show. Spillane’s play, All Dolled Up, debuted in 2006.

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SPRINGFORD, RUTH Canadian actress Ruth Springford died in a Toronto, Ontario, Canada, hospital on November 20, 2010. She was 89. She was active in Canadian radio and television from the 1950s, and was featured in such series as On Camera, Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans, Encounter, R.C.M.P., The Wednesday Play, Seaway, Wojeck, The Mystery Maker, Corwin, The Frankie Howerd Show, A Gift to the Last, King of Kensington, The Littlest Hobo, Trying Times, and Friday the 13th. She was also featured in the 1969 television production of Jim Henson’s The Cube, and starred as Doris Webster in the series Hangin’ In from 1981 to 1987. Her other television credits include the produc-

Kerala, India, with his wrists slashed in a possible suicide on April 23, 2010. He was 53. He had been shooting the film Shikar in Kothamangalam at the time of his death. Sreenath was born on August 26, 1956. He began his film career in the late 1970, and appearing in such features as Shalini Ente Kootukari (1978), Attimari (1981), Oothikachiya Ponnu (1982), Sagaram Santham (1983), Rains Are Here (1984), Pinyilla Naam (1984), Itha Innu Muthal (1984), Koodum Thedi (1985), Vrutham (1987), Sarvakalasala (1987), Jaalakam (1987), Ezhuthapurangal (1987), Dance, Raja, Dance (1987), Moonnam Mura (1988), Kudumba Puranam (1988), August 1 (1988), Innale (1989), Adikkurippu (1989), Mathilukal (1990), Malootty (1992), Karulina Koogu (1993), Devasuram (1993), Sadaram (1995), Thooval Kottaram (1996), Vazhunnor (1999), Vamnakazhchakal (2000), Vasanthamallika (2003), Sethurama Iyer CBI (2004), and Kerala Cafe (2009). Sreenath also appeared frequently on Indian television.

STANLEE, STEVE Steve Zygowicz, who wrestled professionally as Steve Stanlee, died in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, on July 2, 2010. He was 90. Zygowicz was born in Chicago, Illinois, on February 29, 1920. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and began wrestling with his older brother, Gene Stanlee, after the war. Steve competed with Georgia Championship Wrestling, where he battled Lou Thesz for the

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tions The July Group (1981), Biographies: The Enigma of Bobby Bittman (1988), and Hot Paint (1988). Springford also appeared in several films during her career including the western 5 Card Stud (1968) as saloon owner Mama Malone opposite Dean Martin and Robert Mitchum, Sunday in the Country (1974), Voice of the Fugitive (1978), the 1980 supernatural thriller The Changeling with George C. Scott, and Improper Channels (1981).

SREENATH Indian Malayalam actor Sreenath was found dead in a hotel room in Kothamangalam,

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405 NWA World Heavyweight Championship. He wrestled in Canada, California, and New York during the 1950s. He teamed with Bob Merrill, who wrestled as Bob Stanlee, as the tag team the Stanlee Steamers in the early 1960s. He also wrestled with the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) from 1964 to 1966 against such competitors as Baron Mikel Scicluna and Arnold Skaaland. He retired from the ring later in the decade.

STAPLEY , RICHARD British actor Richard Stapley, who was also billed in films and television as Richard Wyler, died of kidney failure in a Palm Springs, California, hospital on March 6, 2010. He was 86. Stapley was born in Westcliff, Essex, England, on June 20, 1923. He moved to Hollywood in the late 1940s, where he appeared in the films The Challenge (1948), The Three Musketeers (1948) with Gene Kelly and Lana Turner, and Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (1949) with June Allyson and Elizabeth Taylor. He starred as French nobleman Denis de Beaulieu, who becomes a pawn in Charles Laughton’s revenge plot in the 1951 horror thriller The Strange Door, with Boris Karloff as

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(1967) in the title role, The Ugly Ones (1967), Rattler Kid (1967), If One Is Born a Swine (1967), and Gunmen Sent by God (1968). He starred as Jeff Sutton in the 1969 film Rio 70 (aka The Seven Secrets of Sumuru, Future Women), opposite Shirley Eaton as the ultimate feminist, aspiring world-conqueror Sumuru. Wyler was also seen in small roles in the films Connecting Rooms (1970) and Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy (1972).

S TARKIE , MARTIN British actor Martin Starkie died in London on November 5, 2010. He was 87. Starkie was born in Burnley, Lancashire, England, on November 25, 1922. He studied acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He appeared

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the menacing manservant Voltan, King of the Khyber Rifles (1953), Charge of the Lancers (1954), The Iron Glove (1954), Jungle Man-Eater (1954), Target Zero (1955), and D-Day the Sixth of June (1956). Stapley was also seen on television in episodes of Cavalcade of America, General Electric Theater, and Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers. He returned to England in the late 1950s, where he continued his career in films and television under the name Richard Wyler. He starred as Interpol Agent Anthony Smith in the television series Man from Interpol from 1960 to 1961. He also appeared in episodes of ITV Television Playhouse, The Saint, The Baron, The Troubleshooters, The Main Chance, Z Cars, Brett, Jason King, The Befrienders, and Return of the Saint. Wyler was noted as a motorcycle road racer in the early 1960s, and opened one of England’s first coffee bars. He was also seen in the films High Jump (1958), Identity Unknown (1960), The Barbarians (1960), and Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961). He starred in a handful of Eurothrillers and spaghetti westerns in the 1960s including FX-18 Superspy (1968) as Coplan, Dick Smart 2007

frequently on British television in the 1950s in such series as Sherlock Holmes and Dixon of Dock Green, and productions of The Insect Play (1950), A Time to Be Born (1951), Saint Joan (1951), Arrow to the Heart (1952), A Woman of Property (1957), and The Claverdon Road Job (1957). He wrote and starred in the 1965 ITV television mini-series Mysteries and Miracles. Starkie adapted Nevill Coghill’s translation of Canterbury Tales for the stage in Oxford, and later for productions on Broadway and television in 1969.

STAWINSKI, JERZY STEFAN Polish screenwriter and director Jerzy Stefan Stawinski died in Warsaw, Poland, on June 12, 2010. He was 88. Stawinski was

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born in Zakret, Poland, on July 1, 1921. He served in the Polish Home Army during World War II, and participated in the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. He was best known for writing Andrezj Wajda’s 1957 film Kanal, which was largely based on his own experiences in the Warsaw sewers during the war. He also wrote the films Man on the Tracks (1957), Eroica (1958), Dezerter (1958), Black Cross (1960), It Started Yesterday (1961), and Rozwodow nie Bedzie (1964). He also directed a handful of films including Pingwin (1965), Przedswiateczny Wieczor (1966), The Eleventh Hour (1974), and Urodziny Matyldy (1975). He returned to writing films in the mid–1970s, and scripted Godzina “W” (1980), Obywatel Piszczyk (1989), Pulkownik Kwiatkowski (1995). His final film, Tomorrow We Are Going to the Movies, was produced for television in 2007.

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Robert Steadman died in Calabasas, California, on November 22, 2010. He was 65. Steadman was born on December 6, 1944. He began working in films and television as a director of photography in the early 1970s. He worked on the films Hammer (1972), Executive Action (1973), Dogs (1976), Acapulco Gold (1978), Good Guys Wear Black (1978), Raise the Titanic (1980), Never Say Never Again (1983), Above the Law (1988), Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991), Taking Liberty (1993), What Lies Beneath (2000), Well Met in Osaka (2000), and Hollywood Homicide (2003). He worked frequently in television, photographing episodes of Hart to Hart, ABC Afterschool Specials, Supercarrier, Space Rangers, Early Edition, and Providence. His other television credits include the tele-films Victims (1982), Women of San Quentin (1983), Calendar Girl Murders (1984), Secrets of a Married Man (1984), Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985), On Wings of Eagles (1986), Fresno (1986), Police Story: The Freeway Killings (1987), Killer Instinct (1988), Those She Left Behind (1989), Treasure Island (1990), Switched at Birth (1991), Fonda on Fonda (1992), She Woke Up (1992), Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story (1993), Lifepod (1993), Murder Between Friends (1994), A Friend to Die For (1994), Betrayed: The Story of Three Women (1995), The Face on the Milk Carton (1995), Terror in the Shadows (1995), The Making of a Hollywood Madam (1996), Bermuda Triangle (1996), Unabomber: The True Story (1996), The Man Who Captured Eichmann (1996), Dying to Belong (1997), Sleeping With the Devil (1997), Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story (1998), Life in a Day (1999), Roswell: The Aliens Attack (1999), A Face to Kill For (1999), Sacrifice (2000), At Any Cost (2000), The Luck of the Irish (2001), Blood Crime (2002) which also featured him onscreen in a small role, and Dancing in Twilight (2005).

STEAKLEY, JOHN Author John Steakley, who was best known for his horror novel Vampire$, died after a long battle with liver disease at his home in McKinny, Texas, on November 27, 2010. He was 59. Steakley was born Cleburne, Texas, on July 26, 1951. He was featured in a small role in the 1975 horror film Don’t Open the Door!, and began writing science fiction short stories in the early 1980s. His novel, Armor, was published in 1984, and Vampire$ followed in 1990. The

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latter was adapted for a 1998 horror film by John Carpenter. Steakley also wrote the 1997 film Scary Texas Movie, and appeared in a bit part in it and in the 2000 film Playing Dead.

STEELE , PETER Singer and musician Peter Steele, who led the gothic metal band Type O Negative, died of heart failure in New York City on April 14, 2010. He was 48. He was born Petrus T. Ratajczyk in Brooklyn, New York, on January 4, 1962. He began performing with the heavy metal band Fallout in 1979 with keyboardist Josh Silver, guitarist John Campos, and drummer Louie Beateaux. When Fallout broke up in 1982, he and Beateaux formed the thrash band Carnivore. The group recorded two albums, Carnivore (1986) and Retaliation (1987). Steele rejoined with Silver, and brought in drummer Sal Abruscato and guitarist Kenny Hickey to form a new band in 1989. Originally called Sub-Zero, they soon changed their name to Type O Negative. They were signed by Roadrunner Records, and released their first album, Slow Deep and Hard in 1991. The towering Steele was frontman and frequent composer for the group. Their 1993 album Bloody Kisses was a major success and the group embarked on a two-year world tour, with Johnny Kelly taking over for Abruscato on drums. Steele posed for a centerfold shoot for Playgirl magazine in 1995. Subsequent albums include October Rust (1996), World Com-

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407 ing Down (1999), and Life Is Killing Me (2003). Steele spent a brief time in prison for possession of narcotics in the early 2000s and also spent some time in a drug rehabilitation facility. Type O left the Roadrunner label in 2005, and recorded Dead Again for SPV Records in 2007. Several of the bands songs were featured on film soundtracks including “Blood and Fire (Out of the Ashes Remix)” for Mortal Kombat (1995), “Summer Breeze” in I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), “Love You to Death” in Bride of Chucky (1998), and “(We Were) Electrocute” in Freddy vs. Jason (2003). Arrow Videos used numerous tracks from Type O’s albums for the soundtrack of their 1998 release of the 1922 German silent horror film classic Nosferatu. Steele was also featured onscreen in the 2005 horror comedy Bad Acid.

STEFANIDOU, SMARO Greek actress Smaro Stefanidou died in Athens, Greece, on November 7, 2010. She was 97. Stefanidou was born in Athens on September 4, 1913. She graduated from Athens University and soon embarked on a career in the theater. She

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made her film debut in 1951’s The Fourth Stairs. She appeared in a handful of films over the next twenty years including The Tower of Knights (1952), Santa Chikita (1953), Mademoiselle: Age 39 (1954), The Lovers Arrive (1956), The Skirtchaser (1957), Three Dolls and I (1960), Madalena (1960), Alloimono Stous Neous (1961), O Aristeidis kaik ta Koritsia Tou (1964), Marriage … Greek Style (1964), Mias Pentaras Neiata (1967), O Trellos Tahei 400 (1968), Douliko Amesou Draseos (1972), and Twenty Women and I (1973). She appeared on television later in her career in the series Oi Teleftaioi Eggonoi (1990) and Kai oi Tesseris itan Yperohes (1992).

STEFFEN, PAUL Dancer and choreographer Paul Steffen died in Calcata, Italy, on March 22, 2010. He was 87. He was born Leon Rappaport in Chicago, Illinois, on September 18, 1922. He moved to Los Angeles with his family as a child, and was soon performing as a tap dancer. He also became a student of modern dance at Los Angeles City College. His career began in the 1940s with the Lester Horton Dance Group, and performed in the films White Savage (1943), Rhythm of the Islands (1943), Presenting Lily Mars (1943), and The

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Yellow Rose of Texas (1944). He spent several years working with Jack Cole’s dance troupe with such film credits as Tonight and Every Night (1945) with Rita Hayworth, Eadie Was a Lady (1945), Tars and Spars (1946), The Jolson Story (1946), Down to Earth (1947), and Up in Central Park (1948) as Rip Van Winkle. He formed the Paul Steffen Dancers by the end of the decade. Steffen settled in Rome following a European tour in the early 1950s. He worked as a choreographer for stage, film and television productions. He choreographed dance numbers in the films Lo Scapolo (1955), Toto, Lascia o Raddoppia? (1956), Arrivederci Roma (1957), Lui, Lei e il Nonno (1959), the 1961 remake of the classic fantasy The Thief of Baghdad, and Pesci d’Oro e Bikini d’Argento (1961). Steffen continued to train and teach dancers in Rome over the next three decades, before retiring to Calcata, Italy, in the early 1990s.

STEIN, JOSEPH Playwright Joseph Stein, who wrote the book for such hit musicals as Fiddler on the Roof and Zorba, died in New York City on October 24, 2010. He was 98. Stein was born in New York on May 30, 1912. He earned a masters’ degree in social work from Columbia University in 1937, and worked in the field while writing comedy skits on the side. He wrote radio material for such stars as Henry Morgan. Phil Silvers, Tallulah Bankhead, and Jackie Gleason. He and writing partner Will Glickman made their

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Broadway debut writing for the 1948 revue Lend an Ear. He also wrote the book for the hit Broadway musical Plain and Fancy in 1955. Stein also worked in television in the 1950s as part of Sid Caesar’s legendary team working on Your Show of Shows. His other Broadway credits include the musical comedies Mr. Wonderful (1956), The Body Beautiful (1958), Juno (1959), and Take Me Along (1959), and the 1963 comedy play Enter Laughing, co-scripting the 1967 film version with Carl Reiner. He was best known for writing the book for the 1964 Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof, which earned him two Tony Awards. He also scripted the 1971 film version. Stein produced the 1968 production of Joseph Heller’s satire We Bombed in New Haven, and wrote the book for the 1968 musical version of Zorba. He wrote the 1973 revival of the musical comedy Irene, and adapted Enter Laughing as the musical So Long, 174th Street in 1976. He also wrote the 1978 musical comedy King of Hearts, and the musicals Carmelina (1979), Take Me Along (1985), and Rags (1986).

STEINBERG, DAVID David Steinberg, the diminutive actor who was featured as Meegosh in the 1988 fantasy film Willow, died in Valencia, California, on March 15, 2010. He was 45. Steinberg was born in Los Angeles on February 12, 1965, and was raised by his adoptive parents in Queens, New York. He began performing on stage while attending college, and was soon

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in 1957, and helped revitalize the firm. He soon purchased the company, and also took over American Shipbuilding in the 1960s, become chairman and chief executive officer. He had poor luck with his first sports franchise, the Cleveland Pipers, an American Basketball League (ABL) team, which he purchased in 1960. The ABL folded in 1962, losing a large amount of money. He bankrolled a handful of Broadway productions including The Ninety Day Mistress (1967), the 1974 Tony nominee Seesaw, and Legs Diamond (1988). Steinbrenner led a group of investors who purchased the New York Yankees from CBS in January of 1973. He became a colorful figure in the baseball world, hiring and firing managers and other personnel on a regular basis. During his ownership, which lasted for a record 37 years, the team won 7 World Series titles and 11 pennants. Steinbrenner hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live in October of 1990, and appeared in a cameo as himself in Albert Brooks 1994 comedy film The Scout. He parodied himself in commercials for Miller Lite beer and Visa, and was seen on television in episodes of Good Sports, Arli$$, and The Apprentice.

S TEPANEK , MARTIN Czech actor, radio journalist, and politician Martin Stepanek was found dead at his apartment in Prague, Czech Republic, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on September 16, 2010. He was 63. He was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, on

performing professionally. He appeared in Baz Luhrmann’s production of La Boheme in New York and Los Angeles, and toured with The Wizard of Oz. The 3'1" actor was featured as Meegosh in Ron Howard’s 1988 fantasy Willow, and was seen in the films Love & Sex (2000), Prometheus and the Butcher (2006), Epic Movie (2007) as an Oompa Loompa, Agent One-Half (2008), and Transylmania (2009). He also appeared on television in episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? as a leprechaun, Ugly Betty, and Zoey 101.

STEINBRENNER , G EORGE George Steinbrenner, the long-time owner of baseball’s New York Yankees, died of a heart attack in Tampa, Florida, on July 13, 2010. He was 80. Steinbrenner was born in Rocky River, Ohio, on July 4, 1930. He began working for his family’s company, Kinsman Marine Transit,

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409 January 11, 1947, the son of actor Zdenek Stepanek. He performed frequently on stage, joining the Prague National Theatre in the late 1960s. He also appeared in the films Alibi on the Lake (1965), The Detour (1968), Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970), Days of Betrayal (1973), Sokolovo (1974), Why Not Believe in Miracles? (1978), and Rukojmi v Bella Vista (1980). Stepanek moved to Austria in 1981, where he continued his career on the Vienna stage. He settled in Munich, Germany, two years later, where he was a commentator for Radio Free Europe. He returned to Prague, Czechoslovakia, in the early 1990s after the collapse of the Communist regime. He appeared in several more films including O Spanile Jasince (1997), Pasaz (1997), and Jmenem Krale (2009). Stepanek also served as the Minister of Culture for the Czech Republic from September of 2006 through January of 2007.

STEPANOV, YURI Russian actor Yuri Stepanov died in Moscow on March 3, 2010. He was 42. Stepanov was born in Rysyevo, Soviet Union, on June 7, 1967. He began his film career in the mid–1990s, appearing in such features as Heads and Tails (1995), Time

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Doo cartoons from 1974 to 1979, died in Rutland, Massachusetts, on May 26, 2010. She was 64. She was born in Linden, New Jersey, on September 16, 1945. She aspired to a career in show business from an early age, and performed as an actress and dancer on the New York stage. Stevens also appeared on television in episodes of such series as The Girl with Something Extra, Police Woman, ABC Afternoon Special, Karen, We’ve Got Each Other, and The Bob Newhart Show. She was featured in the recurring role of Nurse Baker in M*A*S*H from 1974 to 1978. Stevens replaced Nicole Jaffe as the voice

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of the Dancer (1998), Moscow (1999), War (2002), Spartacus and Kalashnikov (2002), And in the Morning They Woke Up (2003), The Stroll (2003), Blind Man’s Bluff (2005), The First After God (2005), Freight 200 (2007), Artiska (2007), Igra (2008), Wild Field (2008), and Probka (2009). Stepanov also starred in the 2004 television mini-series The Penal Battalion.

STEPHENS, ALISON English mandolin player Alison Stephens died of cervical cancer in a Cambridge, England, hospital on October 10, 2010. She was 40. Stephens was born in Bickley, London, England, on March 1, 1970. She trained on the mandolin at Trinity College of Music in London and made her public debut in a concert in 1987. She performed in recitals around the world, and was heard on the soundtracks of such films as Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (2001), The Queen (2006), The Golden Compass (2007), Little Ashes (2008), and Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009). STEVENS, PAT Actress Pat Stevens, who was best known for her role as the voice of Velma in Scooby-

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of the Velma Dinkley, the brilliant researcher of the Scooby gang, in Scooby-Doo cartoons in 1975. She voiced the roles in segments of The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour, Scooby’s All-Star Laff-A-Lympics, Scooby’s All-Stars, and early episodes of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo before leaving the series in 1979. Stevens later worked as an acting teacher.

STEVENS, WENDELLE Wendelle C. Stevens, a retired Air Force officer who researched and wrote about UFOs, died of respiratory failure in Tucson, Arizona, on September 7, 2010. He was 87. Stevens was born in Round Prairie, Minnesota, on January 18, 1923. He served with the U.S. Army Air Corps in the Pacific during World War II. He remained with the Air Force after the war, and was stationed in Alaska, where he was involved in the mapping and photographing of the land and sea area of the Arctic. He also became interested

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in Unidentified Flying Objects before leaving the Air Force in 1963. He amassed a huge collection of photographs and reports on the subject. He wrote articles for various magazines about UFOs, and served as director of the Arizona based Aerial Phenomena Research

sion appearances in the 2000s, and did voice-over work for numerous commercials. He also performed in many theatrical productions throughout his career.

STINE, JAN Actor Jan Stine, who appeared in youthful supporting roles in films and television in the early 1960s, died at his home in La Verne, California, on November 13, 2010. He was 72. Stine was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on April 29, 1938. He began his career in the late 1950s, appearing in the films The Horse Soldiers (1959), Claudelle Inglish (1961), and Disney’s Summer Magic (1963). Stine also appeared frequently on television during the 1960s, appearing in episodes of Black Saddle, Zane Grey Theater, The Real McCoys, Wichita Town, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Wanted:

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Organization (APRO). He was particularly interested in UFO contact cases in his later years, and was featured in the documentaries Flying Saucers Are Real! (1979), Where Are All the UFO’s? (1996), RODS: Mysterious Objects Among Us! (1997), and Revelation: The End of Times (1999)

STEWARDSON, MATTHEW South African actor Matthew Stewardson collapsed and died of a heart attack on the beach of Jeffrey’s Bay, South Africa, on December 10, 2010. He was 35. He was born in South Africa on December 11, 1974, the son of actor Joe Stewardson and actress Diane Appleby. The younger Stewardson began performing on stage and radio as a child. He also appeared in several films from his teens including It’s Murphy’s Fault (1988), Act of Piracy (1990), and Kickboxer 5 (1995). He was a television presenter for KTV, and was co-host of the South African edition of Idols on M-Net for the first season in 2002, before being replaced mid-way through the season. Stewardson had a long history of drug and substance abuse, which damaged his career. He made occasional televi-

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Dead or Alive, Klondike, The Americans, Gunslinger, The Donna Reed Show in the recurring role of Roger, The Rifleman, Perry Mason, Lassie, Lawman, Target: The Corruptors, Alcoa Premiere, The Virginian, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, McKeever and the Colonel, Temple Houston, The Lieutenant, The Farmer’s Daughter, and Hank. He largely retired from the screen by mid-decade to work as a teacher.

STIRTON, APRIL Stuntwoman April Stirton was killed on April 6, 2010, while riding her motorcycle to work in Los Angeles. She was 28. She fell from her bike while attempting to pass a tow truck, and was

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411 crushed by the back wheels of the truck. Stirton was born in North Carolina on April 3, 1982. She was an accomplished athlete trained in martial arts and stage combat. She worked in films and television as a stunt performer for the past several years. She did stunt work on the series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and True Blood, and the films The Dead Undead (2009), Manure (2009), and Circle of Eight (2009). Stirton was also involved in the production of the forthcoming films Hereafter (2010), Kill Katie Malone (2010), See How They Run (2010), and Groupie (2010).

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S TORK, L EE Animated film producer Lee Stork died in England on April 16, 2010. He was 97. Stork was born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on April 8, 1913, the son of Dutch rubber planters. He went to London in the early 1930s where he soon married actress Natalie Benisch. They went to New York several years later where he worked as an artist. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, but was unable to find work in his field after the war. He returned to

STOCK, DENNIS Photographer Dennis Stock, who was noted for his iconic photos of such Hollywood legends as James Dean and Audrey Hepburn, died of complications from pneumonia and liver cancer in a Sarasota, Florida, hospital on January 11, 2010. He was 81. Stock was born in New York City on July 24, 1928. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1947 to 1951, and worked as an apprentice to Life magazine

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photographer Gjon Mili. He became an associate of Magnum Photos in the early 1950s after winning an amateur photographer contest at Life. Stock first met James Dean in 1954, and became close friends with the actor. He took numerous photos of Dean before his death in a car crash in 1955, some of which appeared in the pages of Life magazine. Stock published the photos in the collection James Dean: Fifty Years Ago in 2005. He also took photos of such luminaries as Audrey Hepburn, John Wayne, and Marilyn Monroe, and was still photographer for the 1961 film The Misfits. He also served as second unit director for Stanley Kubrick’s 1962 film Lolita, and appeared onscreen as a photographer in the 1971 film The Last Man. Stock became noted for his photographs of jazz musicians in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and documented hippie communes in the West later in the decade. He left Magnum to create the documentary film production company Visual Objectives in 1968. He returned the following year to serve as vice president for new media and film. Stock concentrated on nature photography in the 1970s and 1980s, and trained his camera on modern architecture in large cities in the 1990s. His later work consisted of photographs of flower abstractions.

London, where he wrote and directed hundreds of televisions commercials. He worked for the SH Benson advertising agency before joining Wyatt Cattaneo animation studios in the early 1970s. He also assisted Alison de Vere on her short films Cafe Bar (1975) and Mr. Pascal (1979). Stork began working as an independent animation producer in the early 1980s, overseeing De Vere’s The Black Dog (1987) for Channel 4. He subsequently produced Erica Russell’s Feet of Song (1988) and Triangle (1994), which was nominated for an Academy Award for best animated short. Stork also produced Psyche and Eros (1994), Many Happy Returns (1996), and Moses and the Passover Meal (1998), which marked his only work in computer animation.

STORMOEN, KJELL Norwegian actor Kjell Stormoen died in Grimstad, Norway, on October 22, 2010. He was 89. Stormoen was born in Norway on

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March 24, 1921. He began working in theater as a scenic designer in the mid–1940s. He began performing on stage at the Rogaland Theater later in the decade. He was a leading figure on the Norwegian stage as actor and director over the next forty years. Stormoen was also featured in such films as Exit (1970), Douglas (1970), One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1970), Rape (1971), Brannen (1973), Bobby’s War (1974), The Seed (1974), Streik! (1975), Varnatt (1976), Martin (1981), Krypskyttere (1982), Paper Bird (1984), Feldmann Saken (1987), Shipwrecked (1990), Kalle och Anglarna (1993), The Cinema Ticket (1995), and Pa (1995). He was also featured on Norwegian television in productions of Den Stundeslose (1963), Helten pa den Grone Oya (1971), Byggmester Solness (1981), Peer Gynt (1993), and Familjen (2002).

STOVALL, JAMES Stage actor James Stovall died in New York City on September 26, 2010. He was 52. Stovall was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 16, 1958. He began his career on Broadway in 1986, and moved from understudy to star as Big Daddy in Bob Fosse’s revival of Sweet Charity. He also was featured in

James Stovall

Broadway productions of Once on This Island, The Rocky Horror Show, and Finian’s Rainbow, and assumed the lead role of Coalhouse Walker, Jr., in the original production of Ragtime in 1998. Stovall also appeared Off-Broadway in Dessa Rose, Sugar Hill, Stars in Your Eyes, and Romance in Hard Times. He was featured on television in an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent in 2002.

STRICK, JOSEPH Academy Award–winning documentary filmmaker Joseph Strick died of congestive heart failure in a Paris, France, hospital on June 2, 2010. He was 86. Strick was born in Braddock, Pennsylvania, on July 6, 1923. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II, where he learned filmmaking as a cameraman. He teamed with Irving Lerner to produce and direct the 1948 documentary short Muscle Beach about Southern California bodybuilders. He also directed the documentaries American Homes (1949), The Big Break (1953), and The Savage Eye (1960). He adapted Jean Genet’s novel The Balcony for a 1963 film starring Shelley Winters and Peter Falk. He

Joseph Strick

also adapted and directed a film version of James Joyce’s Ulysses in 1967, earning an Oscar nomination for the adapted screenplay. He was hired to direct a film version of Lawrence Durrell’s Justine in 1969 but was replaced by George Cukor after filming began. He directed and adapted Henry Miller’s controversial novel Tropic of Cancer for the screen in 1970. Strick won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short for his 1971 work Interviews with My Lai Veterans. He also produced and directed the films Road Movie (1974) and James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977). He was producer for 1983’s Never Cry Wolf and the 1992 tele-film Survive the Savage Sea. His final film was the 1996 documentary Criminals.

STRINGER, TIPPY Tippy Stringer, who was a leading television personality in the Washington, D.C., area as a weather girl in the 1950s, died of a brain tumor at her home in Los Angeles on October 1, 2010. She was 80. She was born Lewis Tipton Stringer in Evanston, Illinois, on July 15, 1930. She began her career on radio and television in Washington in the early 1950s, hosting cooking and homemaking shows. She became the weather girl for the local NBC affiliate in 1953. She married newscaster Chet Huntley in 1959, and they lived in New York before Huntley retired to Montana in 1970 to create the Big Sky Resort. Huntley died in 1974, and Tippy sold the ski resort two years later. She

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STUART, GLORIA Actress Gloria Stuart, whose long career ran from leading roles in James Whale’s Universal thrillers The Old Dark House and The Invisible Man in the early 1930s, to an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress in James Cameron’s Titanic in 1997, died of respiratory failure at her home in Los Angeles on September 26, 2010. She was 100. She was born Gloria Stewart in Santa Monica, California,

on July 4, 1910. She began performing on stage while attending the University of California at Berkeley. She continued to perform in local theatre, and made her film debut in 1932’s Street of Women. She was signed by Universal who cast the lovely blonde in several films from director James Whale including the horror comedy The Old Dark House (1932) with Boris Karloff, The Invisible Man (1933) as Claude Rains’ leading lady, and The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933). She was also seen in the film Back Street (1932), The All-American (1932), Air Mail (1932), Laughter in Hell (1933), Sweepings (1933), Private Jones (1933), The Girl in 419 (1933), It’s Great to Be Alive (1933), Secret of the Blue Room (1933), Roman Scandals (1933), Beloved (1934), I Like It That Way (1934), I’ll Tell the World (1934), The Love Captive (1934), Here Comes the Navy (1934), Gift of Gab (1934), Maybe It’s Love (1935), Busby Berkeley’s Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935), Laddie (1935), Professional Soldier (1935), The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936), The Crime of Dr. Forbes (1936), Poor Little Rich Girl (1936), 36 Hours to Kill (1936), The Girl on the Front Page (1936), Wanted: Jane Turner (1936), Girl Overboard (1937), The Lady Escapes (1937), Life Begins in College (1937), Change of Heart (1938), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) with Shirley Temple, Island in the Sky (1938), Keep Smiling (1938), Time Out for Murder (1938), The Lady Objects (1938), The Three Musketeers (1939) as Queen Anne, Winner Take All (1939), It Could Happen to You (1939), Here Comes Elmer (1943), The Whistler (1944), Enemy of Women (1944), and She Wrote the Book (1946). She left Hollywood in the mid–1940s and returned to the stage for awhile before retiring from acting. She was married to screenwriter Arthur Sheekman from 1934 until his death in 1978. Stuart resumed her acting career in the mid–1970s, with small character roles in such tele-films as The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975), Adventures of the Queen (1975), Flood! (1976), In the Glitter Palace (1977), The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (1979), The Best Place to Be (1979), The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan (1979), Fun and Games (1980), The Violation of Sarah McDavid (1981), Merlene of the Movies (1981), There Were Times, Dear (1985), Shootdown (1988), She Knows Too Much (1989), and My Mother, the Spy (2000). She was also seen in episodes of the series The Waltons, Enos, Manimal, Murder, She

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was an unsuccessful candidate for Congress in Montana in 1978. She married actor William Conrad in 1980, and moved to Los Angeles to help manage her husband’s career. She was again widowed when Conrad died in 1994.

STRONG, KENNETH Actor Kenneth P. Strong died of cancer in Durham, North Carolina, on January 12, 2010. He was 52. Strong was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on January 3, 1958. He served as professor of dramatic art at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and appeared frequently on stage with the local PlayMakers Repertory Company.

Kenneth Strong

He was featured in the 1995 Broadway revival of Inherit the Wind, and appeared Off-Broadway in productions of Easter and Sin. Strong was also featured in the short films Why I Live at the P.O. (1998) and Wirey Spindell (2000), and in episodes of Matlock, In the Heat of the Night, Spin City, Law & Order, and All My Children.

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Wrote, The Invisible Man, Touched by an Angel, General Hospital, and Miracles. She returned to feature films with a small role dancing with Peter O’Toole in 1982’s My Favorite Year, and also appeared in Mass Appeal (1984) and Wildcats (1986). She became a star for a new generation when James Cameron cast her as the older version of Kate Winslet’s character Rose in the megahit Titanic (1997). She earned an Academy Award nomination for her performance. Stuart later films include The Love Letter (1999), The Million Dollar Hotel (2000), and Wim Winders’ Land of Plenty (2004). Stuart’s autobiography, I Just Kept Hoping, was published in 1999, and she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2000.

SUAREZ, BOBBY A. Filipino film producer and director Roberto A. Suarez died of complications from heart attacks and kidney surgery at a Manila, the Philippines, hospital on February 8, 2010. He was 67. Suarez was born in Manila on November 27, 1942. He began working in films in the early 1970s, producing,

Bobby A. Suarez

directing and scripting 1973’s Cosa Nostra Asia. He continued to produce and write such action films as Master Samurai (1974), They Call Him Chop-Suey (1975), Scotch on the Rocks to Remember, Black Coffee to Forget (1976), and Bionic Boy (1977). He was also director for The Return of the Bionic Boy (1978), They Call Her Cleopatra Wong (1978), Mean Business (1979), The OneArmed Executioner (1983), American Commandos (1985), Warriors of the Apocalypse (aka Searchers of the Voodoo Mountains) (1985), Red Roses for a Callgirl (1988), and Obsessed (1997). He also served as an executive producer for the 2003 film Crying Ladies.

SUBAIR Indian Malayalam actor P.P. Subair died of cardiac arrest in a Kochi, India, hospital on August 18, 2010. He was 48. Subair was born in Panoor, Kerala, India, on May 25, 1962. He was a popular film actor from the early 1990s, with roles in such films as First Bell (1992), Maanthrika Cheppu (1992), Akashadoothu (1993), Gandharvam (1993), Aaram Thamburan (1997), Lelam (1997), Elavamkodu Desam (1998), Crime File (1999), Pranaya Nilavu (1999), The Godman (1999), Valliettan (2000), Saivar Thirumeni (2001), Sivam (2002), Melvilasam Sariyanu (2003), Choonda

Subair

(2003), A Little Better Person (2005), Police (2005), Bharathchandran I.P.S. (2005), The Tiger (2005), Balram vs, Tharadas (2006), Pathka (2006), Palunku (20060, The Night Nadiya Was Murdered (2007), Gulmohar (2008), Roudram (2008), Screenplay (2008), Pazhassi Raja (2009), Kayam (2010), and Chekavar (2010).

SUMMERS, BUNNY Character actress Bunny Summers died Woodland Hills, California, on September 9, 2010. She was 86. She was born Bernice Siegel in Brooklyn, New York, on February 23, 1924. She moved to California after her marriage to Benjamin Sussman in the 1940s, where they raised three daughters. Bunny embarked on an acting career in the early 1960s, and appeared frequently on television in episodes of such series as Petticoat Junction, Laredo, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, That Girl, The Doris Day Show, Baretta, Starsky and Hutch, Quincy, One Day at a Time, The Facts of Life, Cagney & Lacey, Gimme a Break!, Night Court, Alice, Family Ties, Moonlighting, ALF, Easy Street, Who’s the Boss?, Starting from Scratch, Married with Children, Saved by the Bell, Knots Landing, Empty Nest, Newhart, Singer & Sons, True Colors, Maybe This Time, Seinfeld, Alright Already, Ellen, Norm, That’s Life, FreakyLinks, Virtually Casey, and Kristin. She was also seen in the tele-films Stand By Your Man (1981), Skeezer (1982), The Kid with the 200 I.Q. (1983), Second Serve

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(1986), Favorite Son (1988), and Audrey’s Rain (2003). Summers was also featured in character roles in the films Doctors’ Wives (1971), Fuzz (1972), The World’s Greatest Lover (1977), Jokes My Folks Never Told Me (1978), H.O.T.S. (1979), Choices (1981), Independence Day (1983), Weekend Pass (1984), The Last Starfighter (1984), Re-Animator (1985), The Ladies Club (1986), From Beyond (1986), The Underachievers (1987), Outrageous Fortune (1987), The Wrong Guys (1988), Big Top Pee-wee (1988), Skinheads (1989), Russian Holiday (1992), Fatal Instinct (1993), Merlin’s Shop of Mystical Wonders (1996), Sparkler (1997), Denial (1998), Big Wind on Campus, Killer Bud (2001), and Night at the Golden Eagle (2001).

SUNDARAM, P.N. Indian film director and cinematographer died of a heart condition in Chennai, India, on March 22, 2010. He was 82. He worked as a cinematographer from the early 1960s, photographing films in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, and Hindi. He was cinematographer on over 200 films during his career including Pelli Kaanuka (1960), The Heart

P.M. Sundaram

Is a Temple (1963), Bhargavi Nilayam (1964), Truth Is Stronger Than Fiction (1967), Nadhi (1969), Aansoo Aur Muskan (1970), Ka Raaja (1972), Ardhangi (1977), Dildaar (1977), The Heart and the Wall (1978), Saradaa Ramudu (1980), Ek Hi Bhool (1981), Jeevan Dhaara (1982), Main Intequam Loonga (1982), and Prathigna (1983). He also directed a handful of Malayalam film from the 1970s including Ayodhya (1975), Agnipushpam (1976), Aayiram Janmangal (1976), Aparadhi (1977), Kolilakkam (1981), Kakka (1982), and Prathigna (1983).

EL SUPREMO Mexican wrestler Salvador Cuevas Ramirez, who was better known in the ring as the masked luchador El Supremo, died of a heart attack in Tijuana, Mexico, on May 3, 2010. He was 67. Cuevas was born in Tijuana on July 8, 1942. He began training as a body builder in his teens and participated in numerous competitions in the 1960s and 1970s. He began competing as a wrestler in 1976 under the names Power Man and El Magnifico. He soon became known as the golden-masked El Supremo, and frequently competed in mask-versus-mask bouts. He defeated Kato

El Supremo

Kung Lee for the NWA World Welterweight Championship in 1980, and held the Mexican National Welterweight title for over a year in 1981. He remained a leading competitor over the next decade before losing his mask in a bout against Pierroth Jr. in the early 1990s. He continued in the ring for several more years, teaming with his son, El Supremo, Jr., until retiring in 1995.

SUTHERLAND, DAME JOAN Australian dramatic coloratura soprano Dame Joan Sutherland, who was considered to be one of the finest voices of the 20th century, died after a long illness in Montreux, Switzerland, on October 10, 2010. She was 83. Sutherland was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on November 7, 1926. She studied voice and piano as a child and made her concert debut in Sydney in 1947. She performed her first opera, singing the title role of Sir Eugene Goossen’s Judith, in 1951. She joined the London Royal Opera in 1952, where she starred in Mozart’s The Magic Flute. She achieved acclaim for her starring role in Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor at London’s Covent Garden in 1959, and reprised the role for the Metropolitan Opera and La Scala in 1961. She recorded the album The Art of the Prima Donna in 1960, which earned her a Grammy Award. She performed on the television variety series The Ed Sullivan Show, The Bell Telephone Hour, and The Dinah Shore Chevy Show,

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and sang in numerous televised operas in the 1970s and 1980s. She shared another Grammy Award with Luciano Pavarotti and Marilyn Horne for Live from Lincoln Center: Sutherland, Horne, Pavarotti, in 1981. Sutherland performed in over 200 productions with the Met from 1961 through a concert in 1989. She sang in venues around the world with roles in nearly 50 different operas before her retirement in 1990. She starred as Mother Rudd in the comedy film Dad and Dave: On Our Selection (1995) with Leo McKern and Geoffrey Rush. The Autobiography of Joan Sutherland: A Prima Donna’s Progress was published in 1997. She was created a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1979, and was recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004. Sutherland was married to Australian conductor and pianist Richard Bonynge from 1954, who worked with her throughout her career, and survives her.

SWIFT, ALLEN Veteran voice actor Ira Stadlen, who was known professionally as Allen Swift, died on April 18, 2010. He was 86. Stadlen was born in New York City on January 16, 1924. He began supplying most of the voices for the supporting characters in NBC’s The Howdy Doody Show in 1952, and took over the voice of the lead puppet himself when Buffalo Bob Smith suffered a heart attack in 1954. He hosted cartoons as Captain Allen on The Popeye Show for station WPIX in New York in the late 1950s. He voiced the lead roles in the Gaston and Clint Clobber cartoons, and worked on the Tom and Jerry cartoons in the early 1960s. He was the voice of such cartoon characters as Odie Colognie, Itchy Brother, and Tooter Turtle for television’s King Leonardo and His Short Subjects in 1960, and voiced the fishes Finley Haddock, Georgie Porgy, Doc Sturgeon, Baron Barracuda, Trigger, and others for Diver Dan in 1961. He also provided the voice of the villainous Simon Bar-Sinister on the Underdog cartoon series from 1964, and was many of the voices in the 1967 feature Mad Monster Party? Swift also worked on such animated productions as The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963), Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales (1963), The Beagles (1966), Alice of Wonderland in Paris (1966), The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor’s New Clothes (1972), The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters (1972), Where the Wild Things Are (1973) as

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the narrator, The Mad Magazine TV Special (1974), ’Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974), The Little Drummer Boy Book II (1976), The Easter Bunny Is Comin’ to Town (1977), A Family Circus Christmas (1979), Pinocchio’s Christmas (1980), The Bluffers (1986), Barpappa (1990), and Courage the Cowardly Dog (2000). Swift was also featured in numerous theatrical productions including the Broadway plays How to Make a Man (1961), The Student Gypsy (1963), Checking Out (1976), My Old Friends (1979), and the 1985 revival of The Iceman Cometh. He also appeared in characters roles in the films Seize the Day (1986), A Price Above Rubies (1998), and Safe Men, and in episodes of such series as The Equalizer, Kate & Allie, Crime Story, and Law & Order. His survivors include his wife, actress Lenore Loveman, and son, character actor Lewis J. Stadlen.

SYDOW, JACK Playwright, director and actor Jack Sydow died in Los Angeles on May 28, 2010. He was 88. Sydow was born in Rockford, Illinois, on October 7, 1921. He earned an Obie Award for his 1958 Off-Broadway production of The Brothers Karamazov.

Jack Sydow

He directed the national touring production of Once Upon a Mattress in the early 1960s, and Broadway productions of Sophie (1963), The Crucible (1964), and The Imaginary Invalid (1967). He was nominated for a Tony Award for the 1967 revival of Annie Get Your Gun starring Ethel Merman. Sydow also was featured in several films during his career including Forsaken (1994), What Planet Are You From? (2000), and Thank Heaven (2001). He appeared on television in the tele-film On the Line (1998), and episodes of Frasier, Touched by an Angel, Movie Stars, and Brothers & Sisters.

TADDEI, GIUSEPPE Italian opera singer Giuseppe Taddei died at his home in Rome on June 2, 2010. He was 93. Taddei was born in Genoa, Italy, on June 26, 1916. He trained as a singer in Rome and made his operatic debut there in a production of Lohengrin in 1936. He performed with the Rome Opera until his career was interrupted by army service during World War II. He resumed his career after the war, and performed with the Vienna State Opera, London’s Cambridge Theatre, La Scala in Milan, and the Salzburg

417 Festival in the late 1940s. He made his U.S. debut with the San Francisco opera in 1957, and performed with Chicago’s Lyric Opera in 1959. He also performed frequently with the London Royal Opera during the 1960s. He was best known for his interpretations of the works of Mozart and Verdi, starring in productions of

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The Marriage of Figaro, The Barber of Seville, Don Giovanni, Falstaff, and Rigoletto. He made his debut with the Metropolitan Opera at the age of 69 in a 1985 production of Falstaff. He made over 20 performances with the Met during the next several years.

TAFFET, AL Cinematographer and camera operator Al Taffet died in San Rafael, California, on August 22, 2010. He was 92. Taffet was born on August 21, 1918. He worked on numerous notable films as

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TAKAMINE, HIDEKO Veteran Japanese actress Hideko Takamine, whose career began as a child in the late 1920s and continued through her retirement in the late 1970s, died of lung cancer in Tokyo on December 28, 2010. She was 86. Takamine was born in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, on March 27, 1924. She made her film debut in the 1929 film Mother (HaHa), and her popularity soon led her to be billed as the Japanese Shirley Temple. Her numerous film credits include Sisters in the Revue (1930), Father (1930), A Beauty (1930), Mother: The Sequel (1930), My Pop Loves My Mom (1931), Beautiful Love (1931), Smile of Beauty (1931), Women Will Be Women (1931), Hey Ichitaro (1931), Rose in the Storm (1931), Love with Its Life (1931), Sisters (1931), Tokyo Chorus (1931), Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter (1931), Passion (1932), Seven Seas: Frigidity Chapter (1932), Merry Young Lady (1932), Ideal Husband (1933), Trumpet and a Girl (1933), Cheek to Cheek (1933), First Love in Spring (1933), Walking on Tiptoe (1934), Song of the Japanese Women (1934), Woman of That Night (1934), Mother Love (1934), Eternal Love (1935), Shindo: Zempen Akemi no Maki (1936), White Roses (1937), Wealthy Woman (1937), Stern Father (1937), A Husband’s Chastity: Fall Once Again (1937), Tsuzurikata Kyoshitsu (1938), Chocolate and Soldiers (1938), Our Instructor (1939), Professor Hojiro (1939), Her Only Wish (1939), Chushingura: Zenpen (1939), Higuchi Ichiyo (1939), and Sono Zenya (1939). Takamine had moved from Shochiku studio to Toho in the late 1930s and had graduated to more mature roles. She continued to appear in such films as Bellflower (1940), Hideko no Oendancho (1940), My Sister Goes to War (1940), The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday (1941), Horse (1941), Hideko, the Bus Conductress (1941), Man Who Returned from the South (1942), Musashibo Benkei (1942), The Man Who Was Waiting (1942), Onna Keizu (1942), World of Love (1943), Grandmother (1944), SanJaku Sagohei (1944), Four Marriages (1944), Three Women of the North (1945), Merry Woman (1946), Those Who Make Tomorrow (1946), Love and Stars (1947), A Thousand and One Nights with Toho (1947), Oedo no Oni (1947), Girl with a Rainbow (1948), A Flower Blooms (1948), Goodbye (1949), and Ginza Kankan Musume (1949). Takamine left Toho Studio to become a freelance actress in the early 1950s, and starred in nu-

Al Taffet

a camera operator in the 1960s and 1970s including Parrish (1961), Something Wild (1961), Long Day’s Journey into Night (1962), The World of Henry Orient (1964), Fail-Safe (1964), A Thousand Clowns (1965), Enter Laughing (1967), Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970), Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970), Plaza Suite (1971), I Never Sang for My Father (1970), The Anderson Tapes (1971), The Way We Were (1973), Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973), and Report to the Commissioner (1975).

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merous films for director Mikio Naruse. She remained a popular actress over the next two decades with roles in such films as Shojo Takara (1950), The Munekata Sisters (1950), Sasameyuki (1950), Karumen Kokyo ni Kaeru (1951), Dimple of Tokyo (1952), Lightning (1952), Castle Named Woman (1953), Second Kiss (1954), TwentyFour Eyes (1954), Toi Kumo (1955), Ukigumo (1955), House of Many Pleasures (1955), Kuchizuke (1955), Eyes of Children (1956), Nagareru (1956),. Untamed Woman (1957), Times of Joy and Sorrow (1957), The Chase (1958), The Rickshaw Man (1958), When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960), Daughters, Wives and Mother (1960), Fuefukigawa (1960), Poignant Story (1961), Happiness of Us Alone (1961), The Human Condition III (1961), Ballad of a Worker (1962), The Bridge Between (1962), Hourou-ki (1962), Midareru (1964), Could I but Live (1964), Dark the Mountain Snow (1964), Hikinige (1966), The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka (1967), and Oni no Sumu Yakata (1969). Takamine appeared in a handful of films in 1970s including Senile Person (1973), Two Iida (1976), Nakinagara Warau Hi (1977), and My Son! My Son! (1979) before retiring by the end of the decade.

TALANKIN, IGOR Russian film director and screenwriter Igor Talankin died in Russia on July 24, 2010. He was 82. Talankin was born in Noginsk, Moscow Province, Soviet Union, on October 3, 1927. He began working in films in the 1950s, and wrote and directed 1960’s Splendid Days. He also helmed the films Introduction (1962) and The Stars of the Day (1968).

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His 1969 bio-film on the great composer Tchaikovsky was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He also directed the films Vybor Tseli (1974), Father Sergius (1978), Zvezdopad (1981), Vremya Otdykha s Subboty do Ponedelnika (1984), Osen, Chertanovo (1988), Besy (1992), and Nezrimyy Puteshestvennik (1999).

TALBOT, HELEN Actress Helen Talbot, who starred in films and serials in the mid–1940s, died in La Jolla, California, on January 28, 2010. She was 85. She was born Helen Darling in Concordia, Kansas, on April 7, 1924. She moved to Los Angeles in the early 1940s and was discovered by fashion designer Don Loper. She began her screen career as a Goldwyn Girl

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in a small role in the 1944 film Up in Arms with Danny Kaye. She soon signed a contract with Republic Studios, appearing in Pistol Packin’ Mama in 1943. She was Don “Red” Barry’s leading lady in the Republic westerns Canyon City (1943), California Joe (1943), and Outlaws of Santa Fe (1944). She was seen in small roles in several films with Roy Rogers, including Song of Nevada (1944), San Fernando Valley (1944), Bells of Rosarita (1945), and Don’t Fence Me In (1945). She also appeared with Allan “Rocky” Lane in Corpus Christi Bandits (1945), Trail of Kit Carson (1945), and Song of Mexico (1945), and with Bill Elliott in the 1945 Red Ryder film Lone Texas Ranger. Her other film credits include Rosie the Riveter (1944), The Lady and the Monster (1944), Faces in the Fog (1944), Swingin’ on a Rainbow (1945), Gay Blades (1946), The Last Crooked Miles (1946), Affairs of Geraldine (1946), and I’ve Always Loved You (1946). Talbot starred as Joyce Kingston, who faced constant peril in the 1945 Republic serial Federal Operator 99. The lovely blonde actress was Marion Brennan in 1946’s King of the Forest Rangers, helping Larry Thompson (as Forest Ranger Steve King) thwart an evil plot to steal an ancient treasure. Talbot abandoned her film career after her marriage to veteran Navy flier Dick Hearn in 1945, and moved to South Bend, Indiana, where he attended Notre Dame University. They returned to California and had a daughter before his death in the mid–1960s. She married Northridge, California, bakery owner Larry Bailey later in the decade, and was again widowed in the early 1980s.

TANCHEL , LEIGH South African assistant film director Leigh Tanchel died in South Africa after a long illness on March 28, 2010. He was 39. He studied journalism at Rhodes University and soon began working in the film industry. He rose to the position of first assistant director in the early 1990s, working on South African and international productions. His numerous film and television credits include Bonjour Tristesse (1995), Cape of Good Hope (1998), Tarzan and the Lost City (1998), Running Wild (1998), High Explosive (2000), Kidnapped in Rio (2000), Second Skin (2000), Diamond Cut Diamond (2001), What Boys Like (2001), Styx (2001), Promised Land (2002), The Piano Player (2002), Pavement (2002), Consequence (2003),

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Eijiro no Mito Komon (1978), Lonely Heart (1981), Loving (1983), and Kaisha Monogatari: Memories of You (1988). He was featured as Sasaki in the popular film comedy series Free and Easy (Tsuribaka Nisshi), appearing in most of the series from 1988 through Free and Easy 20 (2009). His other film credits include Tokyo Heaven (1990), Taro! Tokyo Makai Taisen (1991), Gimu to Engi (1997), Moon Over Tao: Makaraga (1997), After Life (1998), Samurai Fiction (1998), Manuke Sensei (1998), Waterboys (2001), Red Shadow: Akakage (2001), Stereo Future (2001), Fukumimi (2003), Swing Girls (2004), Smile (2007), Kitaro (2007), Chameleon (2008), and Postman (2008).

TANONAKA , I SAMU Japanese anime voice actor Isamu Tanonaka was found dead of heart failure at his home in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, on January 13, 2010. He was 77. Tanonaka was born in Taito, Tokyo, Japan, on July 19, 1932. He provided voices from numerous anime characters from the early 1960s. His best Leigh Tanchel

(2008), The Scorpion King: Rise of a Warrior (2008), Crusoe (2008), The Last House on the Left (2009), Free Willy: Escape from Pirate’s Cove (2010), and Lost Boys: The Thirst (2010).

TANI, KEI Japanese comedian and actor Kei Tani died of injuries he received to his head following an accident at his home in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan, on September 11, 2010. He was 78. He was born Yasuo Watanabe in Tokyo on February 22, 1932. He began his career in the 1950s as a trombonist in the comedy jazz band the Crazy Cats, who appeared frequently on Japanese television. Tani was also seen in numerous films during his career including The Woman Who Touched the Legs (1960), Nippon Musekinin Yaro (1962), Double Trouble (1963), Two-Sword Fencing Is Born (1963), Miyamoto Musashi: The Duel at Ichijoji (1964), The Sandal Keeper (1964), Crazy Adventure (1965), The Boss of Pick-Pocket Bay (1966), Industrial Spy Free for All (1967), Ghost Story of Two Travelers at Tenamonya (1967), Monsieur Zivaco (1967), Imaginary Paradise (1968), Mexican Free-for-All (1968), Naniga Nandemo Tamegoro (1970), Kigeki Damashi no Jingi (1974), Tono

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known roles include Honkan-san in Tensai Bakabon, Mucha in Mazinger Z, Medama Oyaji in GeGeGe no Kitaro, Sindbook in Maho no Princess Minky Momo, Youaltepuztli in Akuma-kun, Gara and Toriyama in Dr. Skump and Arafe-chan, and Igor in Persona.

TARICONE, PIETRO Italian actor Pietro Taricone, who participated in the first season of the Italian

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version of the television reality series Big Brother in 2000, died in a Terni, Italy, hospital after a long surgery from injuries he received in a parachute jump mishap on June 28, 2010. He was 35. Taricone was born in Frosinone, Italy, on February 4, 1975. The muscular extreme sports enthusiast was known as The Warrior when he appeared on Italian television’s Grande Fratello (Big Brother), placing third in that year’s competition. He subsequently embarked on an acting career, appearing in the films Radio West (2003), Remember Me, My Love (2003), Don Gnocchi — L’Angelo dei Bimbi (2004). Maradona, the Hand of God (2007), and Faceboom (2009). He also appeared on television in episodes of Distretto di Polizia, Saturday Night Live from Milan, La Squadra, and Crimini. He was featured as Ermanno Russo in the television series Tutti Pazzi per Amore from 2009 to 2010.

TARTAN, JAMES Actor James Tartan died in Los Angeles on November 26, 2010. He was 79. Tartan was born in Youngstown, Ohio, on September 11, 1931. He studied film at UCLA and appeared in small roles in several episodes of Bonanza in the early 1960s. He was also featured on television in episodes of The Fugitive, Cimarron Strip, Hotel, Hill Street Blues in the

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Three Hours to Loves (1968), The Written Off Return (1976), Foolish Years (1978), Tit for Tat (1978), A Great Guy at Heart (1981), Tesna Koza (1982), The Illusive Summer of ’68 (1984), Terrace on the Roof (1995), Cabaret Balkan (1998), Ranjena Zemlja (1999), and Zve je za Ljude (2001). Tasovic also appeared frequently on television in such productions as Hedda Gabler (1961), Sektor D (1962), Tergovci (1967), Jelena Cetkovic (1967), Preko Mrtvih (1969), Milojeva Smrt (1973), Crna Lista (1974), Pozoriste u Kuci (1975), Nevidljivi Covek (1976), Slom (1979), Mister Dolar (1989), Heaven (1993), Kraj Dinastije Obrenovic (1995), Lift (2004), and U Ordinaciji (2005).

TATE, ERNIE Actor Ernie Tate, who led the Screen Extras Guild in the 1980s, died of cardiac arrest in Henderson, Nevada, on October 9, 2010. He was 84. Tate served as first vice president for the Guild for four years, and was interim president for six months in 1987. He had minor roles in an episode of the television series Medical Center in 1974, and the film Flashdance (1983). James Tartan

recurring role of the coroner, Remington Steele, L.A. Law, Guns of Paradise, Doogie Howser, M.D., Gabriel’s Fire, The Flash, Matlock, Women of the House, and Spy Games. Tartan was also featured in the films Marigold Man (1970), I Dismember Mama (1972), and Rage (1995), and the tele-films Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981), The Day the Bubble Burst (1982), and Not in Front of the Children (1982). He also produced and directed numerous short films and public service announcements.

TASOVIC, PREDRAG Serbian actor Predrag Tasovic died in Belgrade, Serbia, on September 22, 2010. He was 88. Tasovic was born in Samac, Bosnia, on August 9, 1922. He performed for many years with the National Theatre in Belgrade, and on stages throughout the former Yugoslavia. He made his film debut in the early 1950s, and appeared in such features as All to the Seaside (1952), Mars na Drinu (1964), The Climber (1966), Noz (1967), Operacija Beograd (1968),

TAVAREZ, SHANNON Actress Shannon Tavarez, the young star of Broadway’s The Lion King, died of leukemia at Long Island’s Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New York on November 11, 2010. She was 11. Tavarez was born on January 20, 1999, and was raised in Queens, New York. She joined the Broadway cast of

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Disney’s The Lion King as the young cub Nala in September of 2009. She was forced to leave the production several months later when she was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia, an aggressive form of the disease. When her condition became public, entertainers including Alicia Keys, Rihanna, and 50 Cent became involved in an attempt to find a bone marrow donor. Though their efforts proved unsuccessful, Tavarez and her supporters raised awareness for the need for such donors, particularly for minority patients.

TAYLOR, BILLY Jazz pianist Billy Taylor died of a heart attack at his home in Brooklyn, New York, on December 28, 2010. He was 89. Taylor was born in Greenville, North Carolina, on July 24, 1921, and moved to Washington, D.C., at an early age. He studied music at Virginia State College and the University of Massachusetts–Amhert, where he later earned a Ph.D. in music education. He began playing piano professionally with Ben Webster’s Quartet in New York in 1944. He subsequently served as house pianist at the nightclub Birdland, where he accompanied such artists as Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and Dizzy Gillespie. He was music director for the NBC series The Subject Was Jazz in 1958, and was a radio disc jockey in New York in the early 1960s. He was featured in Shirley Clarke’s 1964 semi-documentary film The Cool World.

Billy Taylor

He formed the Billy Taylor Trio and led the house band for The David Frost Show syndicated television talk show from 1969 to 1972. He also served as cultural correspondent for the CBS News program Sunday Morning for many more years, conducting nearly 300 interviews for the program. His numerous compositions include the gospel tune “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free,” that he wrote in 1954, and 1973’s “Suite for Jazz Piano and Orchestra” (1973). He formed his own record label, Taylor Made, in the mid–1980s, which released his later albums including You Tempt Me (1985), White Nights and Jazz in Leningrad (1988), and Solo (1992).

TAYLOR, MACKENZIE British stand-up comedian Mackenzie Taylor died of a drug overdose in Guldford, Surrey, England, on November 18, 2010. He was 32. Taylor was born in Crewe, Cheshire, England,

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on September 8, 1978. He began performing with the improvisational comedy group Wayward Council in 2001, and was soon touring as a solo performer. Taylor had been diagnosed with bipolar schizoaffective disorder while in his teens, which he tried to keep in check with medication. After a suicide attempt in 2008, he began incorporating his mental problems in his act, with his No Straightjacket Required comedy routine at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He also participated in the comedy project, Warning: May Contain Nuts, designed to increase awareness of mental illness. Taylor had recently debuted in the new show, Joy.

TAYLOR, NOEL Stage and screen costume designer Noel Taylor died in a Los Angeles hospital on November 4, 2010. He was 97. He was born Harold Alexander Taylor, Jr., in Youngstown, Ohio, on January 17, 1913. He began his career as an actor in the early 1930s, and appeared in the Broadway production of Cross Ruff in 1935. He soon turned to painting and design, and served as Marc Chagall’s assistant costume designer at the New York City Ballet in the early 1940s. Taylor designed costumes for the 1946 Broadway play The Haven, and worked on more than 70 productions over the next 50 years. His numerous Broadway credits include Stalag 17 (1951), Bernardine (1952), Dial M for Murder (1952), The Teahouse of the August Moon (1953), No Time for Sergeants (1955), Auntie Mame

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(1956), The Body Beautiful (1958), Tall Story (1959), Write Me a Murder (1961), The Night of the Iguana (1961), Great Day in the Morning (1962), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1963), What Makes Sammy Run? (1964), Hughie (1964), Slapstick Tragedy (1966), Lovers (1968), The Last of Mrs. Lincoln (1972), the revival A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1972), The Norman Conquests (1975), and Chapter Two (1977). His later Broadway credits include revivals of The Glass Menagerie (1994), The Gin Game (1997), and The Sunshine Boys (1997). He also worked frequently in television from the 1950s, designing costumes for such Hallmark Hall of Fame productions as Alice in Wonderland (1955), The Good Fairy (1956), Little Moon of Alban (1958), Arsenic and Old Lace (1962), The Fantasticks (1964), and The Magnificent Yankee (1964), which earned him his first Emmy Award nomination. He also worked on the television productions Pinocchio (1957), What Makes Sammy Run? (1959), The Turn of the Screw (1959), Gian Carlo Menotti’s opera Labyrinth (1962), An Enemy of the People (1966), Ten Blocks on the Camino Real (1966), Damn Yankees! (1967), Generation (1969), The Man Without a Country (1973), Steambath (1973), Incident at Vichy (1973), The First Woman President (1974), Once Upon a Scoundrel (1974), Sandburg’s Lincoln (1974), The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond (1975), the television series Family (1976), Actor, the Paul Muni Story (1978) earning an Emmy Award, The People vs. Jean Harris (1978), A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982), Eleanor, First Lady of the World (1982) for another Emmy nomination, Antony and Cleopatra (1983), Right of Way (1983), Grace Kelly (1983), Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986), Second Serve (1986), Laura Lansing Slept Here (1988), Ironclads (1991) garnering another Emmy nomination, The Habitation of Dragons (1992), The Man Upstairs (1992), This Can’t Be Love (1994), and Truman Capote’s One Christmas (1994). He also designed for several films including Mrs. PollifaxSpy (1971), Rhinoceros (1974), An Enemy of the People (1978), The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981), Vultures (1983), Frankenstein’s Great Aunt Tillie (1984), Drug Runners (1988), and The Life of Reilly (2006).

TONY TAYLOR Tony Taylor, the lead singer of the heavy metal band Twisted Tower Dire, was killed

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when he crashed his Harley-Davidson near his home in Naples, Florida, on February 6, 2010. He was 42. Taylor was born in West Virginia in 1967. He began playing with local bands in Washington, D.C., after serving in the U.S. Air Force in the late 1980s. He became lead singer of Twisted Tower Dire in 1995, recording three albums with the band over the next nine years. He moved to Florida in 2006, where he played with the bands Down South Rockers and Sickwicked.

TE WEI Chinese animator Te Wei died of respiratory failure in Shanghai, China, on February 4, 2010. He was 94. Te Wei was born Sheng Song in Shanghai on August 22, 1915. He was noted for his animation style that was based on traditional Chinese painting, and he was best known for the 1956 animated short The Conceited General. His other works include

Te Wei

The Little Tadpoles Search for Mama (1960) and The Cowboy’s Flute (1963). Te was a victim of the repression of the Cultural Revolution in China in the 1960s, but reestablished himself as a leading animator in the late 1970s. One of his later works was 1988’s Feelings of Mountains and Waters (1988).

TEIXEIRA, VIRGILIO Portuguese actor Virgilio Teixeira, who starred in films in Europe and the United States from the early 1940s, died of respiratory problems in Funchal, Portugal, on December 5, 2010. He was 93. Teixeira was born in Funchal on October 26, 1917. He became fascinated with film in the late 1930s, and made his debut as an extra in O Costa do Castelo in 1943. He became a popular star in Portugal and, later, Spain over the next decade, with roles in Ave de Arribacao (1943), Un Homem as Direitas (1943), A Noiva do Brasil (1945), Jose do Telhado (1945), Cero en Conducta (1945), Cais do Sodre (1946), Ladrao, Precisase! (1946), La Mantilla de Beatriz (1946), Reina Santa (1947), Fado, Historia d’Uma Cantadeira (1948), I’m Not Mata Hari (1949), Uma Vida Para Dois (1949), Herois do Mar (1949), the 1949 British film The Bad Lord Byron starring Dennis Price, On the Tagis Border (1949), A Volta de Jose do Telhado (1949), Torturados (1950). The Siege (1950), La Noche del Sabado (1950), The Lioness of Castille (1951), Dawn of America (1951),

423 Lola, the Coal Girl (1952), Nazare (1952), Un Dia Perdido (1954), Canas y Barro (1954), Zalacain el Aventurero (1955), El Padre Pitillo (1955), Summer’s Clouds (1955), Perdeu-se um Marido (1957), Dois Dias no Paraiso (1957), La Estrella del Rey (1957), Habanera (1958), La Tirana (1958), and The Redeemer (1959). Teixeira was Ptolemy in the 1956 epic Alexander the Great starring Richard Burton, and was Ali in the Ray

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Harryhausen fantasy classic The 7th Voyage of Sinbad in 1958. His other film credits include Solomon and Sheba (1959), Tommy the Toreador (1959), The Boy Who Stole a Million (1960), Julia y el Celacanto (1961), El Cid (1961), The Happy Thieves (1962), the horror film Face of Terror (1962), El Balcon de la Luna (1962), the Eurowestern Duel at the Rio Grande (1963), Balboa (1963), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), Saul and David (1964), Passagem de Nivel (1965), David Lean’s Doctor Zhivago (1965), A Voz do Sangue (1966), A Man Could Get Killed (1966), The Sea Pirate (1966), the western Return of the Seven (1966) with Yul Brynner and Robert Fuller, Il Grande Colpo di Surcouf (1966), and The Magnificent Two (1967). He largely retired from the screen in the mid–1960s, but later made occasional appearances in such films as Fox Hunt (1976), Tricheurs (1984), O Crime de Simao Bolandas (1984), A Mulher do Priximo (1988), Vertigem (1992), Eternidade (1995), and Endless Memories (2009). He was also featured on television in such productions as Chuva na Areia (1984), Hotel Bon Sejour (1998), and Casa da Saudade (2000).

TENN, WILLIAM Science fiction writer Philip Klass, who wrote numerous short stories under the name William Tenn, died of congestive heart failure at his home near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on February 7, 2010. He was 89. Klass was born in London, England, on May 9, 1920, and moved to New York City with his family as an infant. He served as a combat engineer in Europe with the U.S. Army during World War II, and worked as a technical writer and editor after his discharge in 1945. He submitted stories under numerous pen names, and achieved fame with the pseudonym William Tenn. His first science fiction story, “Alexander the Bait,” saw print in the pages of the Astounding Science Fiction pulp magazine in 1946, while he was

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employed by Bell Labs. Astounding also published his next story, the satirical tale of a futuristic Christmas gift gone wrong, “Child’s Play,” in 1947. Over the next two decades Tenn wrote numerous short stories that blended science fiction and whimsy including “Errand Boy” (1947), “Me, Myself, and I” (1947) as Kenneth Putnam, “Brooklyn Project” (1948), “Gotham Joins the Gold Rush” (1948), “The Human Angle” (1948), “The Ionian Cycle” (1948), “Dud” (1948), “Venus and the Seven Sexes” (1949), “The Puzzle of Priipiirii” (1950), “7 Out of 10 Astrogators Choose Venus!” (1951), “Betelgeuse Bridge” (1951), “Everybody Loves Irving Bommer” (1951), “Generation of Noah” (aka “The Quick and the Bomb”), “The Jester” (1951), “A Lamp for Medusa” (1951), “Null-P” (1951), “Venus Is a Man’s World” (1951), “Firewater” (1952), “Ricardo’s Virus” (1953), “Down Among the Dead Men” (1954), “The Tenants” (1954), “The Discovery of Morniel Mathaway” (1955), “The Flat-Eyed Monster” (1955), “Flirgleflip” (1955), “Murdering Myra” (1955), “The Servant Problem” (1955), “She Only Goes Out at Night” (1956), “Time in Advance” (1956), “Wednesday’s Child” (1956), “The Dark Star” (1957), “Winthrop Was Stubborn” (aka “Time Waits for Winthrop”) (1957), “Eastward Ho!” (1958), “Lisbon Cubed” (1958), “The Malted Milk Monster” (1959), “Bernie the Faust” (1963), “The Masculinist Revolt” (1965), “The LemonGreen Spaghetti-Loud Dynamite-Dribble Day” (1967), “On Venus, Have We Got a Rabbi” (1974), “There Were People on Bikini, There Were People on Attu” (1983), “The Enormous Toothache” (1985), “The Girl with Some Kind of Past. And George.” (1993), and “The Ghost Standard” (1994). Tenn also wrote two novels, Of Men and Monsters (1968) based on his shortstory “The Men in the Walls,” and A Lamp for Medusa (1968), which expanded his earlier tale “Medusa Was a Lady” (1951). He served on the faculty of Penn State from the mid–1960s, where his student included the writer David Morrell, who dedicated his debut novel, First Blood, which introduced the character of Rambo, to Klass. His science fiction tales were collected in two volumes in the early 2000s, Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume I (2000), and Here Comes Civilization: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume II (2001). Many

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of his non-fiction essays were collected in the 2004 volume Dancing Naked, the Unexpurgated William Tenn, which earned a Hugo Award nomination. He is survived by his wife, author Fruma Klass, and their daughter Adina.

TERRA, RENATO Italian actor Renato Terra Caizi died in Rome on November 28, 2010. He was 88. Terra was born in Naples, Italy, on July 26, 1922. He attended film school in Rome and began his career on screen in the late 1940s. He appeared in such films as Torna a Napoli (1949), Path of Hope (1950), The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo (1952), A Husand for Anna (1953), The Wanton Contessa (1954), The Bachelor (1955), Nero’s Mistress (1956), White Nights (1957), The Man Who Wagged His Tail (1957), E Permesso Maresciallo (1958), Carmela e una Bambola (1958), Giovane Canaglia (1958), Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958), The Law Is the Law (1958), Pia of Ptolomey (1958), Piece of the Sky (1959), Goliath and the Barbarians (1959), The Facts of Murder (1959), David and Goliath (1960) with Orson Welles, Carthage in Flames (1960), The Angel Wore Red (1960), Mario Bava’s horror classic Black Sunday (1960) starring Barbara Steele, I’ll See You in Hell (1960), Robin Hood and the Pirates (1960), Luchino Visconti’s Rocco and His Brothers (1960), The Brigand (1961), The Seven Revenges (1961), Goliath and the Vampires (1961) with Gordon Scott, Accattone! (1961), Black City (1961), The Giant of Metropolis (1961) with Gordon Mitchell, The Italian Brigands (1961), The Two Marshals (1961), Madame (1961), Agostino (1962), Constantine and the Cross (1962), The Four Monks (1962), Alone Against Rome (1962), The Last Days of Somom and Gomorrah (1962), Il Monaco di Monza (1963), The Myth (1963), The Fall of Rome (1963), Carmen di Trastevere (1963), The Scapegoat (1963), Le Mani Sulla Citta (1963), Hercules Against the Mongols (1963) and Hercules Against the Barbarians (1964) starring Mark Forest, Intrigue in Los Angeles (1964), Gentlemen of the Night (1964), Love in Four Dimensions (1964), Edgar Ulmer’s The Cavern (1964), I Due Evasi di Sing Sing (1964), Pier Paolo Pasolini’s The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964), Toto and Peppino Divided in Berlin (1964), None but the Lonely Spy (1964), and the horror film Castle of the Living Dead (1964) starring Christopher Lee. He was fea-

tured in a handful of Euro-westerns including Grand Canyon Massacre (1964), Three Dollars of Lead (1965), The Man from Canyon City (1965), Kill or Be Killed (1966), Seven Dollars on the Red (1966), Savage Gringo (aka Gunman Called Nebraska), and Kill and Pray (1967). He fell from a horse and badly broke his nose while filming a western, and felt it damaged his film career. He continued to appear in such films as The Revenge of Ivanhoe (1965), The Secret Agents (1965), Il Morbidone (1965), Seven Golden Men Strike Again (1965), Operation Atlantis (1965), I Knew Her Well (1965), Made in Italy (1965), L’Ombrellone (1965), Eroe Vagabondo (1966), Me, Me, Me … and the Others (1966), The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen (1966), I Coltelli del Vendicatore (1966), The Drums of Tabu (1966), Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966), Delitto a Posillipo (1967), How to Win a Billion … and Get Away with It (1967), Satyricon (1968), Violentata Sulla Sabbia (1971), and Paolo il Freddo (1974). He was featured in Franco Zeffirelli’s television mini-series Jesus of Nazareth in 1977 before retiring from acting. He later wrote poetry, which was collected in the book Che Strano Paese.

TERZIEFF, LAURENT French actor Laurent Terzieff died of pulmonary complications in Paris on July 2, 2010. He was 75. Terzieff was born in Toulouse, France, on June 27, 1935, the son of a Russian emigre sculptor. He became interested in theatre in his youth, and made his stage debut with the Theatre of Babylon in 1953. He formed a theatrical company in 1961 with

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his wife, Pascale Boysson, and continued to perform frequently on stage throughout his career. He was cast in the lead in Marcel Carne’s 1958 film Les Tricheurs (The Cheaters). Over the next fifty years he worked with such leading film directors as Claude Autant-Lara, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jean-Luc Godard, Luis Bunuel, and Pier Paolo Pasolini. His numerous film credits include Premier Mai (1958), The Big Night (1959), Twelve Hours by the Clock (1959), Kapo (1959), Lovers Woods (1960), Les Regates de San Francisco (1960), Vanina Vanini (1961), Tu ne Tueras Point (1961), The Seven Deadly Sins (1962), Red Culottes (1962), Ballad for a Hoodlum (1963), Death Where Is Your Victory? (1964), L’Affaire Dreyfus (1965), Le Horla (1966), Father’s Trip

425 (1966), Bitter Fruit (1967), Two Weeks in September (1967), Woman in Chains (1968), The Milky Way (1969), Medea (1969), Ostia (1970), Brother Carl (1971), Les Hautes Solitudes (1974), Un Ange Passe (1975), Jeu (1975), Blood Wedding (1976), Rain Over Santiago (1976), Il Deserto dei Tartari (1976), Maladie Mortelle (1977), Utopia (1978), Flesh Color (1978), La Flambeuse (1981), La Ragazza dei Lilla (1985), Love Sin (1985), Detective (1985), Diesel (1985), Red Kiss (1985), Don Bosco (1988), Etoile (1988), Winter of ’54: Father Pierre (1989), Germinal (1993), The Raft of Medusa (1994), Fiesta (1995), El Pianista (1998), War in the Highlands (1999), The Prince’s Manuscript (2000), On the Beach Beyond the Pier (2000), Territori d’Ombra (2001), Once Upon an Angel (2002), Rien, Voila l’Ordre (2003), Pontormo: A Heretical Love (2004), I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster (2007), and Le Ombre Rosse (2009). Terzieff also appeared on television in such productions as Hedda Gabler (1967), Zoo Story (1968), Moses the Lawgiver (1974) as Pharaoh Memelta, Beau-François (1974), Berenice (1975), Christophe Colimb (1976), L’Apprentissage de la Ville (1982), La Freccia nel Fianco (1983), Delitti Privati (1993), and The Venitian (2010).

THABETHE, MANDLA South African actor Mandla Thabethe was killed in a motorcycle accident near the Emerald Casino, south of Johannesburg, South Africa, on January 30, 2010. Thabethe was best

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title role. Thebom appeared onscreen singing “Mother Machree” in the 1944 film Irish Eyes Are Smiling about songwriter Ernest Ball, and was featured in the 1951 bio-film The Great Caruso. She toured Europe in the late 1950s, performing Berlioz’s Les Troyens at London’s Covent Garden, and singing Carmen for the Bolshoi Opera in Moscow. She retired from the Metropolitan Opera in 1967, but continued to work in music as a trainer for young singers.

THIESS, URSULA Actress Ursula Thiess, who was the widow of leading actor Robert Taylor, died at an assisted living facility in Burbank, California, on June 19, 2010. She was 86. She was born Ursula Schmidt in Hamburg, Germany, on May 15, 1924. She began her acting career on the Hamburg stage during World War II, and married film producer George Thiess in 1942. Their marriage ended in divorce in 1947, and she embarked on a modeling career the following year. She was featured in a small role in the 1949 German film Keepers of the Night. She signed a contract with RKO and came to Hollywood in the early 1950s, where she starred with George Nader in 1952’s Monsoon. She appeared in several more films including The Iron Glove (1954) with Robert Stack, Bengal Brigade (1954) with Robert Taylor, The Americano (1955) with Glenn Ford, and Bandido (1956) opposite Robert Mitchum. She married Taylor in 1954, and re-

known for his role as Bongo in the popular television sit-com Family Bonds from 2007 to 2009. He also starred in the comedy film Nothing for Mahala Gazi from Durban in 2009.

THEBOM, B LANCHE American operatic mezzo-soprano Blanche Thebom died of heart failure at her home in San Francisco on March 23, 2010. She was 94. Thebom was born in Monessen, Pennsylvania, on September 19, 1915, and was raised in Canton, Ohio. She sang in church choir as a child, and trained as a singer in New York in the 1930s. She made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in 1944 in a production of Tristan and Isolde. She remained a leading performer with the Met for nearly 20 years, appearing in over 350 productions including Wagner’s Lohengrin as Ortrud, Verdi’s Trovatore as Azucena, and Bizet’s Carmen in the

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tired from the screen to raise a family. She was featured as police reporter Lisa Bonay in several episodes of her husband’s television series The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor in the early 1960s, and guest-starred in an episode of 77 Sunset Strip. Thiess was widowed when Taylor died of lung cancer in June of 1969.

THIGPEN , E D Jazz drummer Ed Thigpen died in a Copenhagen, Denmark, hospital on January 13, 2010. He was 79. Thigpen was born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 28, 1930, and was raised in Los Angeles. He began working professionally as a musician in New York in the early 1950s at the Savoy Ballroom. He worked with such artists as Dinah Washington, Ernie Wilkins, Jutta Hipp, Billy Taylor, Gil

in the late 1960s, and became one of the first Chinese actresses to appear in a nude scene in Li Han-hsiang’s The Warlord in 1972. Her other film credits include The Crimson Rose (1968), Darling, Stay at Home (1968), Magic Bow (1968), No Time for Love (1968), Unicorn Fortress (1968), Wise Wives and Foolish Husbands (1969), Diary of a Lady-Killer (1969), A Big Mess (1969), One Day at a Time (1969), Dark Rendezvous (1969), A Stomach of Crazy Tricks (1970), King of Swindlers (1970), Lucky 7 (1970), Lucky Seven Strike Again (1970), Magic Feeding (1970), The Ghost’s Revenge (1971), The Crazy Group (1975), and The Boss (1979). Ti largely retired from the screen in the early 1970s. She is survived by a son, Michael Ma, who reportedly underwent a sex change 10 years ago to become a man in order to protect his single mother.

TIFFIN, JOHN Television news producer John Tiffin, who worked frequently with 60 Minutes, died in Rusper, England, on March 4, 2010. He was 80. Tif-

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Melle, and Oscar Pettiford. He joined the Oscar Peterson Trio in 1959, and performed with the Teddy Edwards–Howard McGee Quintet in the early 1960s. Thigpen recorded the 1966 album Out of the Storm, and toured with Ella Fitzgerald from 1967 to 1972. He settled in Copenhagen in 1974, where he continued to perform with Danish musicians and other American expatriates.

TI, TINA Hong Kong actress Tina Ti, who was a leading sex symbol in the 1960s and 1970s, died of complications from cervical cancer in Hong Kong on March 31, 2010. She was 65. She began her film career

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fin was born in England in 1929, and joined the CBS News London bureau as a cameraman in 1954. He rose to producer over the next decade, and worked with Morley Safer on The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite and 60 Minutes. He produced several Emmy Award–winning segments with Safer during their four decades of working together.

TINERINO , DENNIS Bodybuilder Dennis Tinerino, a former Mr. Universe who had a later career as a Christian evangelist, died of stomach cancer at a Northridge, California, hospital on May 7, 2010. He was 64. Tinerino was born in Manhattan, New York, on December 23, 1945. He began training as a bodybuilder from an early age, and won his first title as Mr. Brooklyn in 1964. He was Mr. New York City and Mr. America in 1967, but placed second to Arnold Schwarzenegger in that year’s Mr. Universe competition. He took the Mr. Universe title in 1968 and again in 1975, 1980, and 1981. He also competed frequently in the Mr. Olympia contests in the late 1970s, and appeared on the cover of such magazines as Muscle & Fitness, Iron Man, and Strength & Health. He was featured as Atlas in the 1970 comedy fantasy Hercules in New York with Schwarzenegger in the title role. Tinerino

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was also seen in the films Pumping Iron (1977) and The Comeback (1980). He became a Christian evangelist in

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1979 and toured the world with the Dennis Tinerino Ministries. His autobiography, Super Size Your Faith, was published in 2006.

TINY TIM Jean-Jacques Girard, who was a leading midget wrestler in the 1950s and 1960s under the name Tiny Tim and Little Brutus, died of complications from surgery in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on April 1, 2010. He was 73. Girard was born in Lacolle, Quebec, in 1937. He joined Jack Britton’s wrestling troupe in 1954, and soon became a popular performer

burgh, Scotland, on June 4, 1937. She began performing on stage as a child, and appeared in a production of A Girl Called Jo in London’s West End at the age of 16. Todd was featured in the pop music film The 6.5 Special (1958) and Two Guys Abroad (1962). She appeared on television in episodes of O.S.S., Dixon of Dock Green, The Dickie Henderson Half-Hour, and the 1958 production of Castle Dangerous. Todd starred as Eliza in the touring production of the hit Broadway musical My Fair Lady. She traveled to South Africa for a performance in 1962, and soon settled there. She starred in a West End production of The Great Waltz in 1970, and starred in numerous musicals at theaters and opera houses throughout South Africa over the next four decades. She made her last stage appearance as the Mother Superior in The Sound of Music in Port Elizabeth Gilbert and Sullivan society production in 2004. She retired to England in 2007.

TODD, NOAH Canadian actor and producer Noah Todd died in Scottsdale, Arizona, on May 12, 2010. He was 28. Todd was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, on April 30, 1982. He worked as a production assistant and appeared in a small role in the 2002 horror film Groom Lake with William Shatner. He graduated from the University of Arizona in 2005, and continued to work in films. He was a producer for the films No Room for Groceries (2006) and The FuriTiny Tim

under the name Tiny Tim. The 3'5" Girard competed with and learned from such ring veterans as Sky Low Low, Little Beaver, and Pee Wee James. He changed his ring persona to that of a villain in the early 1960s, becoming known as Little Brutus. He toured throughout North America and Europe during his two decade career, before retiring from the ring in the early 1970s. Girard later worked as a police dispatcher in Quebec, but continued to make occasional appearances in the ring through the 1990s.

TODD, D IANE British actress Diane Todd died of leukemia at a retirement home in London on April 18, 2010. She was 72. Todd was born in Edin-

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ous Tiger: Fist of Rage (2008), which he also appeared in. He was a producer and actor in the shorts Violet & Company (2009), I Am but a Fool (2009), and To Wander in Pandemonium (2009). He also appeared in the films The Death Factory Bloodletting (2008), Trade In (2009), Lightbulb (2009), The Prometheus Project (2010), Sickle (2010), and King’s Man (2010). Todd was also featured on television in episodes of Hung and America’s Most Wanted.

TOKLUNOVA, VALENTINA Russian singer Valentina Toklunova became ill during a concert in Belarus on February 16, 2010, and was taken to a local hospital where she was diagnosed with a brain tumor. She was transferred to a Moscow hospital where she went into a coma and died on March 22, 2010. She was 63. Toklunova was born in Armavir, Russia, on July 12, 1946. She studied at Moscow State University, and performed as a jazz singer in the late 1960s. She was featured in the 1971 film Day After Day, singing several popular songs, and had cameo singing roles in the films

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Eto Silnee Menya (1973), Chyornyy Prints (1973), and Romans o Vlyublyonnykh (1974). She was a leading singer in Russia, with thirteen albums to her credits, and such popular songs as “Silver Weddings,” “Talk to Me, Mama,” “I Can’t Do Otherwise,” “The Old Words,” and “I Stay at the Railway Station.”

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as a child and made her professional debut as Mustard Seed in a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Old Vic in 1929. She soon joined the Young Vic– Wells Ballet, where she was a featured dancer for several years. She also toured with the Dolin/Markova Company in the mid–1930s, and performed in the films Dance Pretty Lady (1932) and Invitation to the Waltz (1935). Toye was featured in an early television production of Karel Capek’s The Insect Play (1939) as Mrs. Cricket. She worked as a choreographer on several films including Southern Roses (1936), Pagliacci (1936), the fantasy classic The Thief of Bagdad (1940) creating the mechanical doll dance, South American George (1941), The Young Mr. Pitt (1942), I’ll Be Your Sweetheart (1945), and Picadilly Incident (1946). She achieved success as a stage choreographer on such productions as Cole Porter’s Panama Hattie (1943), Noel Coward’s Sign No More (1945), and Big Ben (1946), which she also directed. She returned to performing with the 1947 London production of Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun. She led her own ballet company, Ballet-Hoo de Wendy Toye, in 1948, and directed a 1950 production of Peter Pan on Broadway. She remained a successful director on the London stage throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Toye also directed a handful of films during her career after her feature debut All for Mary in 1951. She helmed the 1952 short film The Stranger Left No Card, and the 1954 television production The Golden Toy.

TOPALOFF , PATRICK French comic actor Patrick Topaloff died of a heart attack in Paris on March 7, 2010. He was 65. Topaloff was born in France on December 30, 1944. He became a leading comic actor in films directed by Philippe Clair in the late 1960s and early 1970s. His film credits include The Ponies (1967), Erotissimo (1968), La Brigade en Folie (1973), Le Lit … Ze Bawdy Bed (1974), The Fuhrer Runs Amok (1974), Par Ici la Monnaie (1974) as Wolfgang Amadeus Bozard, Too Much Is Too Much (1975), and Droles de Zebres (1977). TOYE , W ENDY British dancer, choreographer, and director Wendy Toye died in a Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, hospital on February 27, 2010. She was 92. She was born Beryl May Jessie Toye in London on May 1, 1917. She began training as a dancer

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Her other films as directed include The Teckman Mystery (1954), On the Twelfth Day… (1955) which also featured her onscreen as Miss Tilly the Mime and received an Oscar nomination for Best Short Subject, Raising a Riot (1955), a segment of the anthology film Three Cases of Murder (1955), True as a Turtle (1957), the television adaptation of Orpheus in the Underworld (1961), We Joined the Navy (1962), and The King’s Breakfast (1963). She directed the television productions Follow the Star (1979) and Trial by Jury (1982), and a 1982 episode of Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected. Toye continued to direct for the stage through the mid– 1990s, staging the Flanders and Swann revue Under Their Hats in 1996.

TRAPP, AGATHE VON Agathe von Trapp, the oldest daughter of the Trapp Family Singers whose lives inspired the musical The Sound of Music, died in Towson, Maryland, on December 28, 2010. She was 97. She was born in Pola, Austria-Hungary, on March 12, 1913, the daughter of Baron Georg von Trapp and his first wife, Agathe Whitehead. She began performing with her father, step-mother Maria Franziska von Trapp, and six siblings and became noted performers in Europe. They fled Austria after the German annexation in 1938, and settled in the United States. Agathe continued to tour and perform with her fam-

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ily until the death of her father in 1947. The family’s story served as the basis for the 1959 Broadway musical, The Sound of Music, and the Oscar-winning 1965 film starring Julie Andrews. Agathe was named Liesl in the film, and was portrayed by Charmian Carr. She later moved to Maryland, where she operated a private kindergarten for a Catholic church for four decades. She was predeceased by five siblings, Rupert (1911–92), Werner (1915–07), Hedwig (1917–72), Johanna (1919– 94), and Martina (1921–51). She is survived by her sister Maria, and step-siblings Rosemarie, Eleonore and Johannes.

TRAVERS, PATRICIA Concert violinist Patricia Travers died of cancer in a Montclair, New Jersey, nursing home on February 9, 2010. She was 72. Travers was born in Clifton, New Jersey, on December 5, 1927. She trained on the violin from an early age, and

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made her public debut at the age of six. She was soon performing on the CBS radio program Ford Sunday Hour. She soloed with the New York Philharmonic and the National Orchestral Association at Carnegie Hall over the next several years. Travers was featured in the 1941 Paramount film The Hard-Boiled Canary (aka There’s Magic in Music) starring Allan Jones and Susanna Foster. She continued to perform throughout the 1940s and early 1950s, with the Pittsburgh Symphony under child conductor Lorin Maazel, and the Boston Symphony. Travers also recorded Charles Ives’ Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano for Columbia Records shortly before vanishing from the musical map and retiring to her family home in New Jersey.

TRIGGER , I AN British character actor Ian Trigger died after a long illness in a London hospital on January 6, 2010. He was 71. Trigger was born in Plymouth, England, on September 30, 1938. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and began his career on stage on the late 1950s. He performed frequently on the London stage, and appeared on television in episodes of such series as The Dark Island, Dixon of Dock Green, Dr. Finlay’s Casebook, Story Parade, The Big Noise, A Slight Case of…, Theatre 625, Frankie Howerd, The Wednesday Play, The Forsyte Saga, Kenilworth, Knock Three Times, Tales of Unease, That’s Your Funeral, and Napoleon and Love. He was featured as

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Lupo in the 1971 episode “Seven Serpents: Sulphur and Salt” of the fantasy series Ace of Wands, and was Gnat in the 1974 television production of Alice Through the Looking Glass. Trigger also appeared on Broadway in productions of Scapino (1974), Habeas Corpus (1975), and 13 Rue de l’Amour (1978). He was seen in several films during his career including Diamonds Are Forever (1968), Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970), Up Pompeii (1971), Up the Chastity Belt (1971), the Hammer horror film Countess Dracula (1971), Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1972), and All I Want Is You … and You … and You… (1974). He also continued his career on stage in England. Trigger was featured as the villainous Jeweler, leader of a gang of street vagrants, in the 1994 film version of Marvel Comics’ The Fantastic Four, with Roger Corman as executive producer. Though the film was never officially released, it is reportedly the largest selling video/DVD bootleg.

TROWE, G ISELA German actress Gisela Trowe died in Hamburg, Germany, on April 5, 2010. She was 87. Trowe was born in Dortmund, Germany, on September 5, 1922. She began her career on stage, appearing in productions in Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna, Munich, and Bremen. She appeared frequently in films from the late 1940s, with roles in Street Acquaintances (1948), Grube Morgenrot (1948), The Affair Blum (1948), Die Zeit mit Dir (1948), Der Verlorene (1951), Unter den Tausend Laternen (1952), Der Mann Meines Lebens (1954), Ein Leben fur Do (1954), Furlough on Word of Honor (1955), Damals in Paris (1956), Auf Wiedersehen, Franziska! (1957), Wo Du hin Gehst (1957), Majestat auf Abwegen (1958), Das Grosse Liebesspiel (1963), Eika Katappa (1969), Argila (1969), The Bordello (1971), …But Johnny! (1972), Alles im Eimer (1981), Hard Days, Hard Nights (1989), Babes’ Petrol (1997), Cold Is the Breath of Evening (2000), Himmelfahrt (2003), Beloved Berlin Wall (2009), and Endlich Jetzt (2010). Trowe was a prolific television actress from the 1950s, appearing in productions of Das Streichholz unterm Bett (1955), Der Weg ist Dunkel (1956), Der Nobelpreis (1959), Parkstrasse 13 (1960), Das Jubilaum (1962), Was soll Werden, Harry? (1963), Das Todliche Patent (1963), Die Mondvogel (1963), Die Zofen (1964), Der Protest (1964), Mit Zwei Fussen im Grab

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(1964), Die Schelme im Paradies (1965), Exil (1965), Dr. Murkes Gesammelte Nachrufe (1965), Der Krake (1965), Der Kirschgarten (1966), Jens Claasen und seine Tiere (1966), Palme im Rosengarten (1967), Ist er Gut?— Ist er Bose? (1967), Dieser Mann und Deutschland (1967), Wirb oder Stirb (1968), Die Reisegesellschaft (1968), Die Ratten (1969), Der Lauf des Bosen (1969), Oliver (1971), Stuckgut (1971), Auguste Bolte (1974), Das Anhangsel (1975), Der Schneesturm (1976), Charleys Tante (1976), Alexander Marz (1976), Die Erzahlungen Bjelkins (1976), Der Doppelte Moritz (1977), Schwule Tage (1978), Der Floh im Ohr (1980), Goldene Zeiten (1981), Das Kleine Hotel (1981), Goldene Zeiten — Bittere Zeiten (1984), Heute und Damals (1984), Was zu Beweisen War (1986), Lieber Arthur (1986), Die Bertinis (1988), Pension Corona (1990), Ewald — Rund um die Uhr (1990), Babyfon — Morder im Kinderzimmer (1995), Tanz auf dem Vulkan (1996), Hilfe, Meine Frau Heiratet (1997), Scharf aufs Leben (2000), Schutzengel Gesucht (2001), Liebe ist die Halbe Miete (2002), Dann Kamst Du (2003), Ehespiele (2003), Gestern Gibt es Nicht (2003), Meine grosse Liebe (2005), Mutter Vater Kinder (2007), Fur immer Venedig (2009), Ein Sommer mit Paul (2009), and Der Duft von Holunder (2010). Her other television credits include episodes of Wie ein Blitz, Salto Mortale, Motiv Liebe, Okay S.I.R., Sonderdezernat K1, Medienklinik, Ausgerissen! Was Nun?, Direktion City, St. Pauli Landungsbrucken, Alte Gauner, Hallo Oma as Oma Zielow, Ein Heikler Fall, Die Nervensage, Derrick, Justitias Kleine Fische, Kommissar Klefisch, Anwalt Abel, 1992’s Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht as Pia Kleinholz, Der Millionenerbe, Immer Wieder Sonntag, Blankenese, Ein Mann steht seine Frau, Ein Bayer auf Rugen, Sperling, Das Traumschiff, Klinik unter Palmen, Nikola, Grosstadtrevier, Tatort, Donna Leon, Unser Charly, Jetzt erst Recht!, Adelheid und ihre Morder, SOKO Koln, Notruf Hafenkante, SOKO Leipzig, Die Anwalte, and Herman & Tietjen. Trowe starred in the recurring role of Bea Grafin von Kurschheim in the series Der Landarzt from 1987 to 2008.

TUBB, E.C. British science fiction writer E.C. Tubb, who wrote hundred of novels, novellas, and short stories during his career including the long-running Dumarest of Terra series, died in London on September 10, 2010. He was 90. Edwin Charles Tubb was born in London on October 15, 1919. Tubb’s long running Dumarest saga about a man traveling the universe while trying to return to the planet of his birth — the now fabled “Earth”— began with the novel The Winds of Gath in 1967. He produced nearly two novels annually in this series alone over the next 15 years, many named after the exotic alien women Dumarest encountered during his voyages. The series was originally published by Ace, but became a staple of DAW paperbacks during the 1970s. The Dumarest series included Derai (1968), Toyman (1969), Kalin (1969), The Jester at Scar (1970), Lallia (1971), Technos (1972), Veruchia (1973), Mayenne (1973), Jondelle (1973), Zenya (1974), Eloise (1975), Eye of the Zodiac (1975), Jack of Swords (1976), Spectrum of a Forgotten Sun (1976), Haven of Darkness (1977), Prison of Night (1977), Incident on Ath (1978),

431 The Quillian Sector (1978), Web of Sand (1979), Iduna’s Universe (1979), The Terra Data (1980), World of Promise (1980), Nectar of Heaven (1981), The Terridae (1981), The Coming Event (1982), Earth Is Heaven (1982), Melome (1983), Angado (1984), Symbol of Terra (1984), and The Temple of Truth (1985). He resurrected Dumarest for his return to Earth in The Return, and made

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his final foray with the character in 2008’s Child of Earth. Tubb also penned 17 novels in the Cap Kennedy series, under the pseudonym Gregory Kern, most of which were published by DAW from 1973 to 1983. He adapted and expanded on Gerry Anderson’s Space: 1999 television series with the novels Breakaway (1975), Collision Course (1975), Alien Seed (1976), Rogue Planet (1976), Earthfall (1977), and Earthbound (2003). Many of Tubb’s stories were also published under such pseudonyms as Charles Grey, Carl Maddox, Alan Guthrie, Eric Storm, George Holt, Volsted Gridban, Gill Hunt, King Lang, Roy Sheldon, and Brian Shaw.

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seen on television in the early 1960s in episodes of The Untouchables, Naked City, and East Side/West Side. She was best known for her 1979 novel The Butterfly Secret, which exposed the racier side of Providence, Rhode Island. She was an outspoken proponent of older women involving themselves romantically with younger men, noting the hypocricy of the obverse.

TUCK, DONALD H. Australian science fiction bibliographer Donald H. Tuck died in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on October 13, 2010. He was 87. Tuck was born in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, on December 3, 1922. He began compiling extensive bibliographic material on science fiction and fantasy in the 1940s, continuing the pioneering work of Everett F. Bleiler. Tuck’s first book, A Handbook of Science Fiction and Fantasy, was published in 1954. The 1959 revised edition earned a Special Hugo Award at the 1962 Worldcon. His best known work was the landmark The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1968: A Bibliographic Survey of the Fields of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction through 1968. It was released in three volumes, Volume 1: Who’s Who, A–L (1974), Volume 2: Who’s Who, M–Z (1978), and Volume 3: Miscellaneous (1982). He was the recipient of the World Fantasy Award in 1979 and earned the Hugo Award for volume three in 1984. TUGLU, HULYA Turkish actress Hulya Tuglu died in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 18, 2010. She was 63. Tuglu was born in Izmir, Turkey, on August 27, 1946. She was a leading film star for a decade from the late 1960s, appearing in such films as Multeci Memet (1969), Sevimli Kabadayi (1969), Uc Namus Bekcisi (1969), Bela

TUCCI, TONI Actress and writer Antoinette Tucci Pansey, who penned the 1979 scandalous Roman a Clef novel The Butterfly Secret, died in Melbourne Beach, Florida, on December 7, 2010. She was 91. Tucci was born on October 1, 1919, and was raised in Syracuse, New York. She worked as a model and appeared on Broadway in the 1949 play The Rat Race. She was

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Cicekleri (1970), Damarimda Kanimsin (1970), Dusen bir Yaprak Gibi (1970), Kucuk Sevgilim (1971), Newyorklu Kiz (1971), Saraylar Melegi (1971), Ay Aman Of (1972), Bal Kiz (Senlik Var) (1974), Tatli Cadi (1975), Hatasiz Kul Olmaz (1977), and The Girl with the Red Scarf (1978). She largely retired from the screen in the early 1980s after appearing in Adile Teyze (1983) and Bir Sevgi Istiyorum (1984). Toni Tucci

TUMANISHVILI, MIKHAIL Russian director Mikhail Tumanishvili died of heart failure in Moscow

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on December 23, 2010. He was 75. Tumanishvili was born in Moscow on June 19, 1935, the son of Bolshoi Theatre stage director Iosif Tumanishvili. Mikhail studied acting in the 1950s, and began his career performing on stage later in the decade. He continued his studies in the early 1960s to train as a director. He began

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working in films as second unit director on Igor Talankin’s 1969 feature Tshaikovsky, and made his directorial debut with 1981’s Otvetnyy Khod (1981). He served as a staff director at Mosfilm Studios in Moscow during the 1980s, where he helmed Sluchay v Kvadrate 36 –80 (1982), Polosa Prepyatstviy (1984), Odinochnoye Plavanye (1985), Svobodnoye Padeniye (1987), Avariya — Doch Menta (1989), and Volkodav (1991). He worked primarily in television over the past decade, directing the Marsh Turetskogo series and productions of Room with a View on Lights (2007), Doroga, Vdushaya k Schastyu (2009), and Sivyy Merin (2010).

Sins (1964), Agnes 1946 (1964), The Island of Delinquents (1965), Three Steps to Earth (1965), Unloved (1966), Hell and Heaven (1966), Whoever May Know (1966), Barrier (1966), Big Beat (1967), Paris-Warsaw Without Visa (1967), Women’s Republic (1969), The Day of Purification (1970), Facing the Truth (1970), The Legend (1971), Epilogue at Nurnberg (1971), A Million for Laura (1971), I Hate Mondays (1971), Yanosik (1974), Take It Easy (1974), Promotion (1975), Palace Hotel (1977), Partita for a Wooden Instrument (1978), Polonia Restituta (1981), Teddy Bear (1981), Yokohama (1982), Indebted to Death (1986), The Faithful River (1987), And the Violins Stopped Playing (1988), Hotch-Potch (1988), Topsy Turvy, or Hotch-Potch II (1989), Swedes in Warsaw (1991), and Controlled Conversations (1991). Turek was also featured on television in productions of Piwo (1965), Ja Gore (1967), Trip for One Smile (1972), Niespotykanie Spokojny Czlowiek (1975), The Password (1977), Soldiers of Fortune (1977), Lalka (1978), The Road (1981), Trzy Mlyny (1984), Popielec (1984), The Crane and the Heron (1988), Janka (1989), Paziowie (1990), Zlodziej (1990), Pokoj 107 (1997), Wszystkie Pieniadze Swiata (1999), and As (2002). His other television credits include episodes of Kapitan Sowa na Tropie, Barbara i Jan, Czterej Pancerni i Pies as Jozek Szawello, Wakacje z Duchami, Alternatywy 4, Ballada o Januszku, Dekalog, Sukces, Dom as Henryk’s Uncle, and Zlotopolscy.

TZANETAKOS, ALEKOS Greek actor Alekos Tzanetakos died in Athens, Greece, on April 11, 2010. He was 73. Tzanetakos was born in Athens in 1937. He began performing on stage and screen in the late 1950s. He was best known for his comic roles, and appeared in such films include Arpagi tis Persefonis (1956), The

TUREK, JERZY Polish actor Jerzy Turek died in Warsaw, Poland, on February 14, 2010. He was 76. Turek was born in Tchorzowa, Poland, on January 17, 1934. He appeared in numerous films from the late 1950s including Heroism (1958), Cross of Valor (1959), Spring (1961), Night Train (1961), Wild Horses (1962), Gold Dreams (1962), Far Is the Road (1963), Teenager (1963), Three and the Forest (1963), I Count on Your

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Policeman of the 16th Precinct (1959), Law 4000 (1962), Some Like It Cool (1962), Iligos (1963), A Girl for Two (1963), A Great Love (1964), Egoism (1964), Girls in Kisses (1965), A Smart Guy (1965), A Crazy Family (1965), The Ruthless (1965), Five Thousand Lies (1966), O Kosmos Trellathike… (1967), Kalos ilthe to Dollario (1967), The Victim (1969), O Blofatzis (1969), Oi 4 Assoi (1970), Vacation in Vietnam (1971), Ahtypita … Kamakia!! (1983), Racky no 0, to Noumero! (1985), and Sapounopetra —To Hrima sto Kaimo Sas (1995).

433 UDVARNOKY, CHRIS Chris Udvarnoky, who starred with his twin brother Marty in the 1972 film The Other, died in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on October 25, 2010. He was 49. Udvarnoky was born in Michigan on May 23, 1961. The twins played the roles of Niles and Holland Perry in the 1972 film version of

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Tom Tryon’s best-selling horror novel. Directed by Robert Mulligan, and co-starring Uta Hagen and Diana Muldaur, the Udvarnoky brothers left a chilling impression in their one and only film appearance. Chris later worked as an x-ray technician and EMT in New Jersey.

VACEK, KAREL Czech production designer Karel Vacek died in Prague on April 2, 2010. He was 72. Vacek was born in Czechoslovakia on August 4, 1937. He began working in films at Barrandov Studios in the late 1950s. He was an assistant art director for the films The Chintamani Carpet and a Swindler (1964), Hvezda Zvana Pelynek (1964), and Nejlepsí Zenska Meho Zivota (1968). He also worked on the television series F.L. Vek in the early 1970s. Vacek soon advanced to art director and production designer, with such film credits as Maturita za Skolou (1973), Znamost Sestry Aleny (1973), Adam a Otka (1974), Pripad Mrtveho Muze (1974), Circus in the Circus (1976), The Bartered Bride (1976), Maiden’s War (1977), Pripad Mrtvych Spoluzaku

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(1977), Cekani na Dest (1977), The Death of a Fly (1977), Good-for-Nothing (1978), Sen Noci… (1986), Zurivy Reporter (1987), Lovec Senzaci (1988), Blauaugig (1989), Das Spinnennetz (1989), The Frog Prince (1991), Martha et Moi (1991), Utz (1992), Kaspar Hauser (1993), Order (1994), Bach’s Fight for Freedom (1995), Fany (1995), The Melancholy Chicken (1999), Lover’s Prayer (2000), The Poets Never Lose Hope (2004), Lovers & Murderers (2004), Sametovi Vrazi (2005), Goblins and Good Luck 2 (2001), Andelska Tvar (2002), The Loveliest Riddle (2008), and Bathory (2008). He also worked on such television productions as Theodor Chindler — Die Geschichte einer Deutschen Familie (1979), Die Barrikade (1982), Die Wiesingers (1984), Die Bertinis (1988), By Way of the Stars (1992), Die Winterreise (1994), Deutschlandlied (1996), Romeo and Juliet (2002), Lost Love (2002), Malovany Deti (2003), Expozitura (2007), and The God’s Rainbow (2008). Vacek earned an Emmy Award nomination for art direction for the 1979 Hallmark Hall of Fame television production of All Quiet on the Western Front. He was production designer for the 1985 horror film Howling II: … Your Sister Is a Werewolf starring Christopher Lee and Sybil Danning, and for the 1999 period thriller Ravenous. Vacek also worked on the television series The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones in the 1990s.

VACHON, LUNA Gertrude “Luna” Vachon, a leading female professional wrestler who was noted for her mohawk hair style and bizarre ring persona, was found dead at her home in Florida of an accidental drug overdose on August 27, 2010. She was 48. She was

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born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 12, 1962, and was adopted by wrestler Butcher Vachon when he married her mother in 1966. Her adoptive family also included uncle Mad Dog Vachon and aunt Vivian Vachon. She was trained by her aunt and the Fabulous Moolah while in her teens, and made her ring debut as the blonde bombshell Angelle Vachon. She became Luna with Florida Championship Wrestling in 1985, when she became part of Kevin Sullivan’s Army of Darkness stable. Shaving half of her head, and covering her face in bodypaint, she became one of the ring’s most flamboyant female villains. She also competed in Puerto Rico and

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Japan, and with the Powerful Women of Wrestling promotion later in the decade. She began managing the masked tag team The Blackhearts in the early 1990s, with Tom Nash as Apocalypse and David Heath as Destruction. She was married to Nash at the time, and later married Heath. She joined the WWF (now WWE) in April of 1993, and soon engaged in a feud with Sherri Martel. She also became manager and tagteam partner of Bam Bam Bigelow, and competed against Madusa Micelli (under the name Alundra Blayze) for the women’s championship. Luna left the WWF later in the year and returned to the independent circuit. She also teamed with Tommy Dreamer in ECW in his feuds against Raven and Stevie Richards. She renewed her feud with Madusa in the WCW in 1997, and returned to the WWF later in the year as manager for Goldust. Luna also engaged in lengthy feuds with Sable and Ivory, and began managing her husband, David Heath, when he wrestled in the promotion as Gangrel. She left the WWF in early 2000, and continued to make appearances with independent promotions around the globe. Luna announced her retirement from the ring in December of 2007 after a stint as ladies champion of the Great Lakes Championship Wrestling promotion.

VALERE , SIMONE French actress Simone Valere died in Roinville-sous-Dourdan, Essonnes, France, on November 10, 2010. She was 89. She was born Simone Jeannine Gondolf in Paris on August 2, 1921, in Paris. She was a leading performer on the French stage from the 1940s. She also appeared frequently in films during her career, with roles in The First Affair (1941), The Last One of the Six (1941), Miss Bonaparte (1942), Annette and the Blonde Woman (1942), Pontcarral, Colonel d’Empire (1942), Le Voyageur de la Toussaint (1943), Les Roquevillard (1943), La Fiancee des Tenebres (1945), The Queer Assignment (1945), La Route du Bagne (1945), The Revenge of Roger (1946), The Loves of Colette (1947), Le Cavalier de Croix-Mort (1948), Two Loves (1949), Manon (1949), Barry (1949), Beauty and the Devil (1950), The Night Is My Kingdom (1951), My Wife Is Formidable (1951), Jocelyn (1952), Violetas Imperiales (1952), The Grand Maneuver (1955), Vines of the Lord (1958), The Great Deception (1959), Le

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Triomphe de Michel Strogoff (1961), Germinal (1963), Graduation Year (1964), The Two Orphans (1965), The Game Is Over (1966), Franciscan of Bourges (1968), The Comeuppance (1970), The Assassination of Trotsky (1972), Dirty Money (1972), and Equipe de Nuit (1990). Valere was also featured on television in productions of La Repetition on l’Amour Puni (1958), Le Double Inconstance (1964), La Cerisaie (1966), Les Sous-Locs (1972), Un Ennemi du People (1978), Les Menteurs (1980), Le Memoire Courte (1981), Siegfried (1982), La Dixieme de Beethoven (1985), La Reveillon, c’Est a Quel Etage? (1992), and La Cavaliere (1993). She was partners with actor Jean Desailly from 1948, and they were married from 1998 until his death in 2008.

V ALIANT, J ERRY Canadian wrestler John Steele Hill, who was best known in the ring as Gentleman Jerry Valiant, died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease in Indianapolis, Indiana, on March 11, 2010. He was 68. Hill was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, on July 8, 1941. He began wrestling in Canada in 1959, and came to the United States the following year. He competed with Georgia Championship Wrestling under the names Guy Hill and Guy Mitchell, and briefly held the NWA Southern Heavyweight title in

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1961. He also competed in successful tag teams with Bob Rasmussen and Joe Tomasso. He and Tomasso held the WWA World Team Championship in Indiana several times from 1965 to 1966 with Bobby Heenan as their manager. He subsequently wrestled in Australia as the masked Destroyer, as the Assassin in Canada, and the Stomper in Detroit. He and Ben Justice won the Detroit NWA tag titles in the early 1970s, and he also held the belts with Bobo Brazil in 1973. He spent the next several years wrestling in Vancouver, Canada, before entering the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF/now WWE) in 1979. He was billed as Gentleman Jerry Valiant, brother of Johnny and Jimmy, when Jimmy was sidelined with an illness. He held the WWWF tag belts with Johnny, and later competed with both Valiants in six-man tags. He left the WWWF later in the year, and continued to compete on the independent circuit through the early 1980s.

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VAN DELDEN , LEX Dutch actor Lex van Delden died in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on October 6, 2010. He was 63. Van Delden was born in Amsterdam on June 21, 1947. He began his career on Dutch television from the late 1960s, appearing as Addy in De Keine Zielen in 1969 and as Philips II in Uilenspiegel in 1971. He also starred in the Dutch series De Stille Kracht and Hollands Glorie later in the decade. He appeared

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frequently on British television from the early 1980s, guesting in such series as Square Mile of Murder, Coronation Street, The Fourth Arm, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, The Odd Job Man, Bluebell, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Lovejoy, The Chief, and Ruth Rendell Mysteries. He also appeared in the tele-films To Catch a King (1984) and Operation Julie (1984). He was featured in a handful of films during his career including The Hiding Place (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Soldier of Orange (1977) as Nico, Knut Hamsun’s Mysteries (1978), Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980), Phoenix (1997), Incognito (1997), The Reckoning (2003), and Helix (2007). Van Delden starred as the Chief in the Dutch series Grijpstra & de Gier from 2004 to 2007, and was featured as a Dutch banker in the 2008 mini-series John Adams starring Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney. He starred as Prime Minister Willem Drees in 2009 mini-series about Queen Juliana of the Netherlands.

VANECK, PIERRE French actor Pierre Vaneck died in Paris on January 31, 2010. He was 78. Vaneck was born in Langson, Tonkin, Vietnam, the son of a Belgian army officer, on April 15, 1931. He settled in France in the late 1940s, where he soon trained for the stage. He appeared in numerous theatrical productions during his career, and was also seen in the films No Exit (1954), Marianne of My Youth (1955), If Paris Were Told To Us (1956) as Francois Villon, He Who Must Die (1957), Therese Etienne (1958), Why Women Sin (1958), A Bullet in the Gun Barrel (1958), Thank You, Natercia (1960), The End of Belle (1961), The Season for Love (1961), Famous Love Affairs (1961), A Man Named Rocca (1961), Portuguese Vacation (1963), The Heat of a Thousand Suns (1965), Enchanted Isles (1965), Is Paris Burning? (1966), Misdeal (1968), Sin with a Stranger (1968),

Potatoes (1969), Biribi (1971), Threshold of the Void (1974), The Irony of Chance (1974), Operation Leopard (1980), Face to the Sun (1980), Erendira (1983), L’Annee des Meduses (1984), Sweet Country (1987), The Novice (1988), Les Enfants du Vent (1991), As in Heaven (1992), East Wind (1993), Othello (1995), The Proprietor (1996), Furia (1999), Return to Algiers (2000), The Science of Sleep (2006), and Love Me No More (2008). Vaneck also starred in television productions of Le Dossier de Chelsea Street (1962), Heloise et Abelard (1973), Aux Frontieres du Possible (1974) as Yan Thomas, Macbeth (1974), L’Homme d’Amsterdam (1976) as Pierre Vermeer, La Fin du Marquisat d’Aurel (1980), CinqMars (1981) as Louis XIII, Je Tue Il (1982), Rubis (1984), The Collectors (1986) as Charles Thieron, Burnt Hearts (1992), Berjac: Coup de Maitre (1996), Art (1998), Le Secret d’Alice (2001), Garonne (2002), Imperium: Nero (2004) as Paul of Tarsus, and A.D.A.: L’Argent des Autres (2009). He also appeared as Andre Cosma in the series Fabien Cosma from 2001 to 2007.

VANLINT , DEREK Canadian cinematographer Derek Vanlint, who photographed Ridley Scott’s science fiction classic Alien, died in Toronto, Canada, after a brief illness on February 23, 2010. He was 77. Vanlint was born in London, England, on November 7, 1932. He was a leading television commercial director, helming spots for such international clients as

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Guinness, Pepsi, Levi’s, and British Airways. He was also director of photography for the 1970 short comedy film Simon Simon. Ridley Scott chose Vanlint to handle the cinematography of the darkly brooding 1979 sci-fi/horror film Alien. He subsequently served as director of photography for the 1981 fantasy film Dragonslayer. Vanlint directed miniature photography for the 2000 X-Men film. He also directed and photographed 2000 crime thriller The Spreading Ground starring Dennis Hopper.

VASQUEZ, PAUL JAMES Actor Paul James Vasquez died of kidney cancer in New York City on March 26, 2010. He was 55. Vasquez was born in Passaic, New Jersey, on August 25, 1954. He was featured in the 1989 television mini-series Lonesome Dove as a

duction of The Druid’s Rest in 1944. He was soon receiving notices for his singing abilities and, after a stint in National Service in the late 1940s, he returned to the stage. He became Malcolm Vaughan when teaming with comedian Kenneth Earle in the early 1950s as Earle and Vaughan. He recorded his first hit song, “Ev’ry Day of My Life,” in 1955, and “St. Therese of the Roses” (1956), “My Special Angel” (1957), and “More Than Ever (Come Prima)” (1958) soon followed. He continued to work with Earle with appearances on ITV’s Sunday Night at the London Palladium, and revues throughout Britain until splitting in 1972. Vaughan’s musical career had been largely eclipsed by rock ’n’ roll in the 1960s, though remained a frequent performer in stage musicals until retiring in 1982.

VAUGHN, MINA Actress Mina Vaughn died at her home in Grover Beach, California, on June 29, 2010. She was 76. She was born in Houston, Texas, on April 23, 1934. She went to New York City in the early 1950s to work as a dancer, and performed with the Rockettes and the June Taylor Dancers. She appeared

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buffalo hunter. He also appeared in the films Blind Fury (1989), Night Game (1989), Neurotic Cabaret (1990), Vicissitude (2005), JailCity (2006), and The Local (2008). He had finished shooting the 2010 film Prayer to a Vengeful God before his death.

VAUGHAN, M ALCOLM Welsh singer and actor Malcolm Vaughan died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, on February 9, 2010, at age 80. He was born Malcolm James Thomas in Abercynon, South Wales, on March 22, 1929. He began his career on stage in a pro-

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in several films later in the decade including King Creole (1958) with Elvis Presley, and Lover Come Back (1961). She was also seen on television in episodes of The D.A.’s Man, Peter Gunn, Lawman, and Route 66. She abandoned show business to raise a family, and later earned a doctorate in Organizational Communications from the University of Utah in 1984.

VAUGHN, REES Actor Rees Vaughn, who appeared in such series as Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Star Trek on television in the 1960s, died at his home in San Diego, California, on February 6, 2010. He was 74. Vaughn was born in Berwick, Pennsylvania, on February 23, 1935. He studied acting in New York after graduating from college in the 1950s, where he appeared on stage. He made his television debut in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents in 1962, and was featured in several episodes of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. He was also seen on Gunsmoke, Wagon Train, Arrest and Trial, The Virginian, and 12 O’Clock High. Vaughn appeared in the 1965 film The Playground, and the 1970 tele-film House on Greenapple Road. He was best known as Lt. Latimer, the ill-fated shuttle captain,

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in the 1967 Star Trek episode “The Galileo Seven.” He left acting in the late 1960s to earn a degree in educa-

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tion. He worked as a teacher and also performed in local stage productions in California.

VAZQUEZ, TUTU Spanish actor Tutu Vazquez died in Galicia, Spain, on April 29, 2010. He was 63. He was born Jose Manuel Vazquez Martínez in Ribeira, Galicia, Spain, on March 21, 1947. He was a leading actor on the Spanish stage, and appeared frequently on television in Spain and Portugal. Vazquez was seen in the Os Outros Feirantes (1989), Pesquisas: O

on June 26, 2010. He was 40. Vega was born in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico, on September 12, 1969. He came to the United States in the late 1980s where he began performing with his brothers as Los Hermanos Vega. He and his brothers broke up in 1994 and Vega formed another group, Los Reyos del Norte. The group subsequently became known as Sergio Vega y Sus Shakas Del Norte, and recorded the albums Me Gusta Estar Contigo (2004), Cuando El Sol Salga Al Reves (2007), and El Jefe De Plazas (2008). He was en route to a village concert when he was ambushed and murdered, joining a growing number of musicians who have been targeted and killed by drug gangs.

VEGAS, L OLLY Musician Lolly Vegas, who was lead singer of the Native American rock band Redbone, died of lung cancer at his home in Reseda, California, on March 4, 2010. He was 70. He was born Lolly Vazquez in Coalinga, California, on October 2, 1939. He worked as a session musician in the 1960s, and

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Caso das Galinas Aforcadas (1991), Un Cafe de Ollos Verdes (1992), Pratos Combinados (1995), Blanca Madison (2000), Avenida de America (2001), O Trasto (2002), O Lapis do Carpinteiro (2002), and Camino de Santiago: A Orixe (2004). He starred as Ramon Couto in the television series Mareas Vivas from 1998 to 2002, and was Don Dionisio in 2004’s As Leis de Celavella. He was also featured in episodes of Avenida de America and Terra de Miranda, and starred as Don Crisanto in Padre Casares in 2008 until failing health forced his retirement.

VEGA, SERGIO Mexican banda singer Sergio Vega, who was known onstage as El Shaka, was shot to death after a car chase in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico,

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was featured on the television variety series Shindig and the 1967 film It’s a Bikini World. He and his brother Pat founded Redbone by the end of the decade, and the recorded such hits as “The Witch Queen of New Orleans” (1972) and “Come and Get Your Love” (1974). Vegas remained with the group until suffering a stroke in 1995.

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VEGVARI, T AMAS Hungarian actor Tamas Vegvari died in Budapest, Hungary, on May 16, 2010. He was 72. Vegvari was born in Budapest on May 20, 1937. He appeared frequently in films from the late 1950s with such credits as Espressoban (1959), Megoltek eg y Lanyt (1961), Ang yalok Foldje (1962), Ket Felido a Pokolban (1962), Collision (1964), Fig Leaf (1966), Bondage (1968), Hekus Lettem (1972), Romantika (1972), Pokhalo (1974), Dora Jelenti (1978), A Transzport (1981), Night Rehearsal (1983), Szerencses Daniel (1983), Kepvadaszok (1986), Bananhejkeringo (1987), Szamarkohoges (1987), Zuhanas Kozben (1987), Anna Filmje (1992), 6:3 Pay It Again Tutti (1999), Sitiprinc (1999), Film (2000), Rinaldo (2003), Stop Mom Theresa (2004), Men in the Nude (2006), and Vegallomas Shirley Verrett

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(2009). Vegvari was also seen often on television, appearing in productions of Vizivarosi Nyar (1964), Pocok, az Ordogmotoros (1974), Ida Regenye (1974), Zokogo Majom (1978), Mire a Levelek Lehullanak… (1978), Ezer Ev (1980), Klapka Legio (1983), Bekestrategia (1985), Gyalogbeka (1985), Vasar (1985), Ignaz Semmelweis — Arzt der Frauen (1989), Protokoll (1990), Old meg a Masik Kettot (1990), Holg yek es Urak (1991), Penzt, de Sokat! (1991), Passport to Murder (1993), Helyet az Ifjusagnak! (1995), It’s Summer at Long Last (2002), Matyas, a Sosemvolt Kiralyfi (2006), and Orkeny Lexikon (2007). His other television credits include episodes of Orjarat az Egen, Abigel, Petofi, Linda, Serie Noire, Ang yalborben, Privat Kopo, Eretlenek as Uncle Pali, Hello Doki, Csaladi Kor, and Konyveskep. Vegvari was also a leading voice actor in Hungary, narrating numerous National Geographic documentaries. He also supplied the dubbing voice for many of Al Pacino’s roles, and supplied the Hungarian voice Lord Farquaad for the animated film Shrek in 2001.

VERRETT, SHIRLEY Operatic mezzo-soprano Shirley Verrett died of heart failure after a long illness in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on November 5, 2010. She was 79. Verrett was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on May 31, 1931, and was raised in Los Angeles. She trained as a singer at Juilliard School in New York with aspirations as a concert singer. She turned to opera in the late 1950s, and was featured in productions with the

New York City Opera. She performed throughout Europe and the United States in productions of Carmen, which also marked her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in 1968. She sang in over 120 Met productions over the next decade including Verdi’s Don Carlo, Berlioz’s Les Troyens, Bellini’s Norma, and Tosca opposite Luciano Pavarotti in 1978, which was televised on PBS’ Love from the Met. She performed in such venues as La Scala in Milan, Italy, the Royal Opera House at London’s Covent Garden, and Paris’ Opera Bastille. She was featured in television productions of the operas Samson and Delila (1981) with Placido Domingo, Moise (1984), L’Africaine (1988), and Casvalleria Rusticana (1990). She made her Broadway debut as Nettie Fowler in the 1994 revival of Carousel. She joined the faculty of the University of Michigan School of Music in 1996. Her memoir, I Never Walked Alone, was published in 2003.

V IANELLO, R AIMONDO Italian actor and television host Raimondo Vianello died in a Milan, Italy, hospital on April 15, 2010. He was 87. Vianello was born in Rome on May 7, 1922. He began his career in films in the late 1940s, and appeared in numerous features over the next two decades. His credits include The Two Orphans (1947), Fifa e Arena (1948), Toto Sceicco (1950), Love I Haven’t … but … But (1951), Napoleone (1951), The Lucky Five (1952), We Two Alone

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439 (1952), Poppy (1952), Love in the City (1953), Cafe Chantant (1953), Ridere! Ridere! Ridere! (1954), Marinai, Donne e Guai (1958), Mia Nonna Poliziotto (1958), La Duchessa di Santa Lucia (1959), La Cambiale (1959), Non Perdiamo la Testa (1959), We Like It Cold (1960), Ferragosto in Bikini (1960), Caccia al Marito (1960), My Friend, Dr. Jekyll (1960), Il Principe Fusto (1960), Le Olimpiadi dei Mariti (1960), Il Mantenuto (1961), Maciste Against Hercules in the Vale of Woe (1961), 5 Marines per 100 Ragazze (1961), Beauty on the Beach (1961), Le Ambiziose (1961), Psycosissimo (1961), Girl Under the Sheet (1961), I Magnifici Tre (1961), Scandali al Mare (1961), Gerarchi si Muore (1961), Cacciatori di Dote (1961), La Ragazza di Mille Mesi (1961), Gli Incensurati (1961), Two Against All (1962), I Tromboni di Fra Diavolo (1962), I Tre Nemici (1962), Toto Diabolicus (1962), Follie d’Estate (1963), Gli Imbroglioni (1963), Le Motorizzate (1963), Il Giorno piu Corto (1963), The Shortest Day (1963), Wine, Whiskey and Salt Water (1963), Queste Pazze Donne (1963), Le Tardone (1964), The Maniacs (1964), Twins from Texas (1964), Amore Facile (1964), I Figli del Leopardo (1965), Letti Sbagliati (1965), Kiss the Other Sheik (1965), Amore all’Italiana (1965), Love Italian Style (1965), Heroes of the West (1965), Il Vostro Superagente Flit (1966), Ringo and Gringo Against All (1966), For a Few Dollars Less (1966), How Do I Love You? (1966), Spiaggia Libera (1966), Mi Vedrai Tornare (1966), Ridera! (1967), Granada Addio! (1967), Seven Times Seven (1968), and Franco, Ciccio and the Cheerful Widows (1968). Vianello teamed with Ugo Tognazzi on the satirical television show Un Due Tre from 1954 to 1959. He married actress Sandra Mondaini in 1961, and they performed together frequently. They co-hosted a popular television variety series for the Italian state network, RAI, from the 1970s. Vianello also hosted the quiz shows Zig Zag and Il Gioco del 9, and the sports talk program Pressing. He frequently teamed with Giulio Scarnicci and Sandro Continenza to write comedy films from the 1970s, with such credits as Transplant (1970), Il Vichingo Venuto dal Sud (1971), Armiamoci e Partite! (1971), The Slave (1972), Il Terrore con gli Occhi Storti (1972), Football Crazy (1974), Il Domestico (1974), Il Gatto Mammone (1975), Il Ficcanaso (1980), Prickly Pears (1980), and Sbirulino (1982). He and wife also starred in the popular comedy series Casa Vianello from 1988 to 2008.

VIEYRA, EMILIO Argentine actor and director Emilio Vieyra died in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on January 25, 2010. He was 89. Vieyra was born in Buenos Aires on October 12, 1920. He began his career as an actor in the early 1950s, and was sometimes credited as Raul Zorrilla. His film credits include Hombres a Precio (1950), Valentina (1950), Mi Marido Hoy Duerme en Casa (1955), De Noche Tambien se Duerme (1955), Ayer fue Primavera (1956), and El Tango en Paris (1956). He also began directing films in the early 1960s, helming Dr. Candido Perez, Senoras (1962), Detras de la Mentira (1962), La Fin del Mundo (1963), Violated Love (1963), and Maria M. (1964). He was best known for directing and writing a handful of cult horror and sci-fi films including Stay Tuned for Terror (1965), San-

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gre de Virgenes (1967), Feast of Flesh (1967), The Curious Dr. Humpp (1969), and The Naked Beast (1971). Vieyra’s other film credits include Dos Quijotes sobre Ruedas (1966), Villa Carino esta que Arde (1968), La Vida Continua (1969), Gitano (1970), Los Mochileros (1970), Asi es Buenos Aires (1971), The Great Adventure (1974), Los Irrompibles (1975), Commandos Azules en Accion (1980), El Poder de la Censura (1983), Todo o Nada (1984), Sucedio en el Internado (1985), Women’s Reformatory (1986), Obsesion de Venganza (1987), La Clinica Loca (1988), Tomame (1992), Maestro de Pala (1994), Adios, Abuelo (1996), and Cargo de Conciencia (2005).

VINCI, JEAN French comic actor Jean Vinci died in France on April 11, 2010. He was 88. Vinci was born in Vannes, France, on March 23, 1922. He appeared in numerous films from the late 1940s including Une Mort sans Importance (1948), Wench (1948), Au Grand Balcon (1949), Angels Are Amongst Us (1949), Without Trumpet or Drum (1950), This Age Without Pity (1952), Don Giovanni (1955), Marie-Antoinette Reine de France (1956) with Michele Morgan, Four Bags Full (1956), Der Fuchs von Paris (1957), Me and the Colonel (1958), Arenes Joyeuses (1958), La Dragee Haute (1960), Sahara Year Four (1961), Death Where Is Your Victory? (1964), Heat of Midnight (1966), Gloria (1977), Les Egouts du Paradis (1979), Brigade of Death (1985),

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and Deux Enfoires a Saint-Tropez (1986). Vinci also appeared frequently on television from the 1960s with roles in such productions as Le Dernier Petit Ramoneur (1961), Commandant X (1962), L’Inspecteur Leclerc Enquete (1963), Ne Fais pas Ca Isabella (1967), Le Tribunal de l’Impossible (1969), Nanou (1970), Coup de Sang (1973), Les Dossiers du Professeur Morgan (1974), La Cite Crucifiee (1974), Paul et Virginie (1974), La Porte du Large (1975), La Chasse aux Hommes (1975), L’Homme de Sable (1976), C’est Mozart qu’on Assassine (1977), Le Verificateur (1979), Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (1980), L’Ange Noir (1981), and Anthelme Collet ou Le Brigand Gentillhomme (1981).

VISWANATHAN, N. Indian character actor N. Viswanathan died of a heart attack in Kolkota, India, on November 17, 2010. He was 81. Viswanathan was born in Velore, India, in 1929. He graduated from St. Xavier’s College in Kolkata, and was noted as an orator and debator. His proper English accent garnered

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VON BERNE, EVA Austrian actress Eva von Berne, who starred with John Gilbert in the 1928 silent film The Masks of the Devil, died at her home in Herdervar, Hungary, on November 9, 2010. She was 100. She was born Eva Plentzner von Scharneck in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary (now Bosnia), on July 9, 1910, and was raised in Vienna, Austria, after the start of World War I. She was discovered by MGM production head Irving Thalberg and his wife, actress Norma Talmadge, while the couple were vacationing in Vienna. Plentzner was working as a dancing instructor when Thalberg signed her to a contract and brought her to Hollywood.

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him roles in the films Punascha (1961) and Satyajit Ray’s Kanchenjungha (1962) as a sophisticated professor. He was featured in nearly 100 films during his career in Bengali, Tamil, and English, including A Matter of Life and Death (1967), Je Jekhane Danriye (1974), The Peacock Spring (1996), Byatikrami (2003), and Andhakarer Shabdo (2006).

VIVARELLI, PIERO Italian film director and writer Piero Vivarelli died in Rome on September 7, 2010. He was 83. Vivarelli was born in Sienne, Italy, on February 26, 1927. He began working in films as a writer in the 1950s, penning Viva il Cinema! (1952), Carovana di Canzoni (1954), Supreme Confession (1957), Angels Sky (1957), Cavalier in Devil’s Castle (1959), and Ragazzi del Juke-Box (1959). He began directing films as well in the early 1960s, helming San Remo: The Big Challenge (1960), East Zone, West Zone (1962), Robbery Roman Style (1964), Rita, la Figlia Americana (1967), Avenger X (1967), the sci-fi thriller Satanik (1968) where he also appeared onscreen as Commisario Le Duc, Il Dio Serpente (1970), The Black Decameron (1972), Codice d’Amore Orientele (1974), Nella Misura in Cui… (1979), L’Addio a Enrico Berlinguer (1984), Summer Temptations (1988), and La Rumbera (1998).

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Her name was changed to Eva von Berne and she was cast in the silent film The Masks of the Devil (1928) with John Gilbert and Alma Rubens. Her lack of acting training and inability to speak English made her stay in Hollywood a brief one. She returned to Vienna, where she appeared in several German films including The Somnambulist (1929), Flucht in die Fremdenlegion (1929), and Trust der Diebe (1929). She also starred with mountaineer Luis Trenker in the adventure film Der Ruf des Nordens (1929). Some sources claim that she died in 1930, shortly after the end of her film career, but she appears to have survived another 80 years. She later worked in art decoration for a department store. She left Vienna for Salzburg during World War II, and married Austrian Army Major Helmut Kraus. She con-

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tinued to work as an art designer and crafted handmade figures that were exhibited throughout Austria.

VOUTSINAS, ANDREAS Greek actor Andreas Voutsinas died in Athens on June 8, 2010. He was 79. He was born to Greek parents in Khartoum, Sudan, on August 22, 1932. He trained and performed with the Actor’s Studio in New York from 1957, and appeared on Broadway in the drama J.B. in 1958. He directed Jane Fonda in the short-lived Broadway production The Fun Couple in 1962, and served as her acting coach during the 1960s. He was also featured in the 1967

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Broadway production The Natural Look. Voutsinas became best known for his appearances in Mel Brooks films, with roles in The Producers (1968) as Carmen Ghia, The Twelve Chairs (1970), and History of the World: Part I (1981). He was also featured in the films Spirits of the Dead (1968), Fraulein Doktor (1969), A Little, a Lot, Passionately (1971), Rum Runners (1971), Lovely Swine (1973), Lily, Aime-Moi (1975), Monsieur Balboss (1975), A Dream of Passion (1978), Les Charlots contre Dracula (1980) as Count Dracula, Les Voleurs de la Nuit (1984), Les Nouveaux Tricheurs (1987), La Petite Apocalypse (1993), Poisonous Women (1993), Safe Sex (1999), and Don’t Go (2004). He founded the Le Theatre Des Cinquante acting workshop in France in the 1960s. Voutsinas returned to Greece in the early 1980s, where he directed numerous theatrical productions.

WAGNER , H ELEN Actress Helen Wagner, who played Nancy Hughes on the television soap opera As the World Turns for over fifty years, died in New York on May 1, 2010. She was 91. Wagner was born in Lubbock, Texas, on September 3, 1918. She studied drama and music at Monmouth College in Illinois, where she graduated in 1938. She began her career on stage, and performed in small roles in several Broadway productions including Sunny River (1941), the hit musical Oklahoma! (1943), and The Winter’s Tale (1946). Wagner began appearing in television in the early 1950s, with roles in such series as Mister Peepers, Hallmark Hall of Fame, Valiant Lady, The Philco Television Playhouse, Inner Sanctum, and The World of Mr. Sweeney. She starred as the original Trudy Bauer in the daytime soap The Guiding Light in 1952. Wagner began

her long association with As the World Turns with its premiere on CBS on April 2, 1956, when she spoke the show’s opening lines, “Good morning, dear,” to husband Chris Hughes, played by Don MacLaughlin. Wagner remained with the series as the wise and beloved matriarch throughout most of its run. Her character was widowed when MacLaughlin died in 1986, and was remarried several years later to police chief Dan McCloskey (played by Dan Frazer). She was again widowed when McCloskey died after a long storyline about Alzheimer’s disease. Wagner’s role in the series had become infrequent in recent years, and she made her final appearance on April 5, 2010, over 54 years from the premiere, and several months before the long-running soap opera was scheduled for cancellation in September of 2010.

WAGNER, WOLFGANG German opera director Wolfgang Wagner died in Bayreuth, Germany, on March 21, 2010. He was 90. He was born in Bayreuth on August 30, 1919, and was the grandson of composer Richard Wagner and great-grandson of Franz Liszt. He served in the German army during World

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War II, and was discharged in 1940 after being wounded in action. He teamed with his older brother, Wieland, to resurrect the Bayreuth Festival in 1951. He became sole director of the Festival after Wieland’s

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death in 1966 and presented numerous operas until his retirement in 2008.

WAIN, KIT Kit Wain, who was a child performer in silent films in the 1920s, died of pneumonia in Los Angeles on November 6, 2010. He was 91. Wain was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on November 21, 1918. He went to New York with his mother at an early age, where he began his career as a child actor

Had a Ball (1964). He starred with Carl Reiner in the 1959 television pilot Head of the Family on The Comedy Spot anthology series. The pilot was later reworked to become The Dick Van Dyke Show. He was seen in numerous television commercials throughout his career, and was also featured in the films Viva Max (1969) and Hardly Working (1980).

W ALKER , A LBERTINA Gospel singer Albertina Walker died of respiratory failure in Chicago, Illinois, on October 8, 2010. She was 81. Walker was born in Chicago on August 29, 1929. She began singing in gospel choirs in her youth, and toured with the Willie Webb Singers and Robert Anderson and His Gospel Caravan. She formed the Caravans with Anderson’s other back-up singers in 1951. They recorded such gospel hits as “Mary Don’t You Weep,” “I Won’t Be Back,” “(I Know) The Lord Will Provide,” “Show Me

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on stage. They went to Los Angeles in the early 1920s so he could work in silent films. He was featured in over a dozen silent films during the 1920s including His Children’s Children (1923), Twenty-One (1923), Yolanda (1924), Icebound (1924), Peter Pan (1924) starring Betty Bronson, Siberia (1926), The King of Kings (1927), Heart of Salome (1927), The Claw (1927), Brothers (1929), The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929), and Redemption (1930). He was also seen in the 1932 talkie Tom Brown of Culver with Tyrone Power. Wain’s acting career ended with the death of his mother in 1932.

WAKEFIELD , JACK Comedian Jack Wakefield died of heart failure and arteriosclerosis in Boynton, Florida, on July 2, 2010. He was 86. Wakefield was born in New York City on June 10, 1924. He began his career as a comic in the Catskills, where he performed for over 50 years. He was also featured on Broadway in productions of Catch a Star (1955) and I

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Some Sign,” “Sweeping Through the City,” “No Coward Soldier,” “Tell Him What You Want,” “Lord Keep Me Day by Day.” The Caravan included such artists as Bessie Griffin, Dorothy Norwood, Inez Andrews, and Delores Washington over the next decade. Walker left the Caravan in the late 1960s to perform as a solo artist. She performed and recorded with numerous church choirs, including several projects with the Rev. James Cleveland. She earned a Grammy nomination for her album Please Be Patient with Me in the 1970s. She recorded the song “Blessed Assurance” for the soundtrack for the 1992 Steve Martin film Leap of Faith, and was featured onscreen in a cameo role. Her album Songs of the Church: Live in Memphis won a Grammy Award in 1995 for the Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album, and she was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2001.

WALL, JAMES James Wall, a long-time stage manager at CBS who spent over a decade on Captain Kangaroo as next-door neighbor Mr. Baxter in the 1970s, died in Manhattan, New York, after a brief illness on October 27, 2010. He was 92. Wall was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, on December 12, 1917. He performed on vaudeville stages around the country in his youth, and served in the Army during World War II, staging USO shows throughout Europe. He

443 continued to work in theater as a stage manager for numerous productions before becoming the second black stage manager hired by the networks when he joined CBS in the 1950s. He began working as stage manager for the children’s show Captain Kangaroo in 1962, and joined the series on camera in 1968 as Mr.

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known on film for his role as Police Superintendent Leung in the Infernal Affairs trilogy from 2002 to 2003.

WARE, CLYDE Film and television writer and director Clyde Ware died of cancer in Los Angeles on August 30, 2010. He was 73. Ware was born in West Virginia on December 22, 1936. He began writing for television in the 1960s, penning episodes of such series as The Great Adventure, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Rawhide, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Road West, Daniel Boone, The Invaders, The Guns of Will Sonnett, Gunsmoke, The High Chaparral, Cade’s County, ABC Afterschool Specials, Knots Landing, Airwolf, Whiz Kids, and Dynasty. He scripted the 1967 film Catalina Caper, and the 1969 tele-film The Silent Gun. He formed

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Baxter. He remained a recurring character on the series through 1979. During his long tenure at the network was stage manager for such shows as CBS Evening News, Face the Nation, 60 Minutes, and NFL Today. He went into semi-retirement in 1988, but continued to fill in on 60 Minutes and CBS Evening News through his early 90s.

WAN CHI-KEUNG Hong Kong soccer player and actor Wan Chi-keung died of cancer in Hong Kong on February 16, 2010. He was 53. Wan was born in China on May 1, 1956. He was a leading player with Hong Kong’s national soccer team in the 1970s and 1980s. He also became a popular actor, with roles in such films as The Executor (1981), One Way Only (1981), The Head Hunter (1982), Funny Boys (1982), The Turning Point (1983), 100 Ways to Murder Your Wife (1986), Eastern Condors (1987), City Girl (1987), The Banquet (1991), The Sting II (1993), Don’t Give a Damn (1995), Candlelight’s Woman (1995), Moving Targets (2004), and When Beckham Met Owen (2004). Wan was best

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Delaware Pictures in the early 1970s, and produced, directed and scripted the films No Drums, No Bugles (1972), When the Line Goes Through (1973), Human Error (1988), Bad Jim (1990), and Another Time, Another Place (1992). He wrote and directed the tele-films The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (1974) starring Martin Sheen and The Hatfield and the McCoys (1975), and helmed the 1981 tele-film Three Hundred Miles for Stephanie. Ware also scripted the television productions All the Kind Strangers (1974), The Last Convertible (1979), Coward of the County (1981), Sizzle (1981), and The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987). He also penned the novels The Innocents (1969) and The Eden Tree (1971). He was working as writer and executive producer for the sci-fi film Dreamkiller at the time of his death.

WARING, GEORGE British character actor George Waring, who was featured as bigamist petshop owner Arnold Swain in the television soap opera Coronation Street in the early 1980s, died in England on February 15, 2010. He was 84. Waring was born in Eccles, Lancashire, England, on February 20, 1925. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II, and performed with one of its repertory companies. He continued his career on stage after his discharge, and appeared in West End productions of Emil and the Detectives (1960), Alfie (1963), The Fourth of June (1964), The Bells (1968), and The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (1987). Waring was featured in several films

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during his career including The Hi-Jackers (1963), Nothing but the Best (1964), Tarka the Otter (1979), and God’s Outlaw (1986). He was best known for his many appearances on television, beginning with the 1962 science fiction drama The Big Pull. He was also seen in episodes of Bud, No Hiding Place, The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling, Theatre 625, ITV Play of the Week, The Revenue Men, Doctor Who as Arden in the 1967 episode “The Ice Warriors,” Mrs. Thursday, Half Hour Story, The First Lady, Castle Haven, Nearest and Dearest, Grady, The Expert, Doomwatch, Six Dates with Barker, Paul Temple, The Last of the Baskets, Ace of Wands, Armchair Theatre, Tightrope, Follyfoot, The Train Now Standing in the recurring role of Bill, Country Matters, The Adventures of Black Beauty, Public Eye, Thirty Minutes Worth, Sam as Geoff Fawcett, Emmerdale Farm as Wilf Padgett, Six Days of Justice in the recurring role of the Court Clerk, Softly Softly, Bedtime Stories, Dixon of Dock Green, Marked Personal, New Scotland Yard, The Carnforth Practice, The Venturers, Churchill’s People, Four Idle Hands, Life and Death of Penelope, Z Cars, Clayhanger, Angels, Bill Brand, Dickens of London, Survivors, Love for Lydia, London Belongs to Me, BBC 2 Play of the Week, Armchair Thriller, Mixed Blessings, Hazell, Shadows, Telford’s Change, Crown Court, ITV Playhouse, Cribb, Brendon Chase, Chintz, Juliet Bravo, That’s My Boy, Terry and June, Full House, No Place Like Home, Andy Capp, After the War, The Bill, Agatha Christie: Poirot, Forever Green, As Time Goes By, Casualty, and Peak Practice. He was also seen in television productions of The War of Darkie Pilbeam (1968), The Princess and the Hedgehog (1977), A Man Called Intrepid (1979), The Dick Francis Thriller: The Racing Game (1979), The Cleopatras (1983), Squaring the Circle (1984), and The Prisoner of Zenda (1984). Waring appeared in the soap opera Coronation Street in five different roles over a 15 years period. He was PC Hartley in 1966, and was Ronald Wilde in 1968. He was bank manager Mr. Davies in 1973, and was Councilor Tattersall in 1977. He returned to Coronation Street in 1980 as Arnold Swain, the local pet shop owner, who married widow Emily Bishop, until she discovered he already had a wife. He returned the following year to kidnap and terrorize Emily until being sent to an off-screen death in a psychiatric hospital.

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WATABE, TAKESHI Japanese actor Takeshi Watabe, who voiced roles in numerous anime productions, died of complications from pneumonia and lung cancer in Japan on December 13, 2010. He was 74. Watabe was born in Koichi, Japan, on March 21, 1936. He began working as a voice actor in anime in 1969 on the series Ninpu Kamui Gaiden and Undersea Boy Marine. He worked on numerous television series during the 1970s including The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee, Ashita no Joe, Devilman, Gatchaman, Kashi no Ki Mokku, Shinzo Ningen Casshan, Maya the Bee, Time Bokan, Gowapper 5 Godam, Lupin III: Part II, Yatterman, Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman II, The Perrine Story, Cyborg 009, and Kagaku Ninja-Tai Gatchaman F. Watabe remained a leading voice performer in television and films throughout his career, with roles in Ashita no Joe 2, Galaxy Cyclone Braiger, Space Adven-

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ture Cobra, Armored Trooper Votoms, Genesis Climber Mospeada, Fist of the North Star, City Hunter, ESPer Mami, Mister Ajikko, Dagon in the Land of Weeds, Dragon Warrior, Dragon Ball Z, Doraemon as the villain Kaminari from 1991 to 2005, Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files, Case Closed, Kaiketsu Zorro, You’re Under Arrest, Sailor Moon Sailor Stars, Master of Mosquiton ’99, Pokemon, Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, Princess Nine, Amazing Nurse Nanako, Pet Shop of Horrors, Puppet Master Sakon, Mobile Suit Gundam, Najica Blitz Tactics, Rune Soldier, Salaryman Kintaro, Strawberry Eggs, Aquarian Age — Sign for Evolution, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi, Naruto, FireStorm, Requiem from the Darkness, Sonic X, The Melody of Oblivion, Paranoia Agent, Samurai Champloo, Gunparade Orchestra, Gintama, Lupin III: Elusiveness of the Fog, Romeo x Juliet, Golgo 13, Shigofumi — Letters from the Departed, and Strike Witches.

WATSON, LARRY Actor Larry Watson, who was best known for his work as a car detail painter and pin-striper, died of cancer in Merced, California, on July 20, 2010. He was 71. Watson was born on July 21, 1938. He was doing custom paint jobs while in his teens, and opened the custom paint shop, Watson House of Style, in Long Beach, California, in 1956. He was a pioneer in creating flame, pearl, metalflake and

445 candied paint jobs on hot rods and showcars, and was designing for such icons as Ron Aguirre and Ed “Big Daddy” Roth in the early 1960s. He soon embarked on a second career as an actor, appearing in the tele-films Ready and Willing (1967), Adventures of Nick Carter (1972), No Place to Run (1972), and You’ll Never See Me Again (1973). He was also featured as a deputy in the 1973 film Gentle Savage. Watson was seen in various

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roles in multiple episodes of the television series Night Gallery and Mannix. His other television credits include episodes of The F.B.I., Lancer, Sarge, The Sixth Sense, Mission: Impossible, Columbo, Love, American Style, Kojak, The Girl with Something Extra, Ironside, Doctors’ Hospital, Cannon, Delvecchio, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, Barnaby Jones, Quincy, The Dukes of Hazzard, Nero Wolfe, and MacGyver. He was also seen in the tele-films The Killer Who Wouldn’t Die (1976), Revenge for a Rape (1976), Flight to Holocaust (1977), Ransom for Alice! (1977), Perfect Gentlemen (1978), and Evening in Byzantium (1978). He also continued to paint custom cars and later opened a private museum showcasing his work. He was co-host with Gene Winfield of a custom car show in the Mojave Desert in recent years.

WEDLOCK, FRED British folk singer Fred Wedlock died of complications from pneumonia and a

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heart attack in a hospital in Bath, Somerset, England, on March 4, 2010. He was 67. Wedlock was born in Bristol, England, on May 23, 1942. He began performing at local venues in the early 1970s and recorded the albums The Folker (1971), Frolicks (1973), and Out of Wedlock (1978). He had a hit single with “The Oldest Swinger in Town.” Wedlock was also featured as a minstrel in several episodes of the television series Arthur of the Britons (1972), and was a guest on The Great Western Musical Thunderbox (1974) and Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1999). He performed on the folk circuit throughout his career, and hosted Channel 4 television series Wholly Wedlock. He also acted in several productions on the local Bristol stage.

WEISS, GEORGE DAVID Songwriter George David Weiss, who wrote such hit songs as “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” died at his home in Oldwick, New Jersey, on August 23, 2010. He was 89. Weiss was born in New York City on April 9, 1921. He graduated from Juilliard with a degree in music theory and began writing songs in the 1940s. He frequently teamed with Bennie Benjamin to write such songs as the Perry Como hit “Surrender” (1946), “Confess” (1948) for Patti Page, and Kay Starr’s “Wheel of Fortune” (1952). Weiss also wrote the vocal

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version of the jazz standard “Lullaby of Birdland” (1952). He worked with Jerry Bock and Larry Holofcener to write songs for the 1956 Broadway musical Mr. Wonderful starring Sammy Davis, Jr. He also worked on the Broadway productions First Impressions (1959) and Maggie Flynn (1968). He teamed with Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore to write the 1961 Elvis Presley hit “Can’t Help Falling in Love” for the film Blue Hawaii. The trio also reworked a South African Zulu song for “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” in 1961, which was a major hit for the Tokens and was heard on numerous film soundtracks. He worked with Bob Thiele on the song “What a Wonderful World” in 1967, which was recorded by Louis Armstrong. Weiss was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984.

WEISS, HEINZ German actor Heinz Weiss, who co-starred as Phil Decker with George Nader in the Jerry Cotton crime films in the 1960s, died in

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Grunwald, Germany, on November 20, 2010. He was 89. Weiss was born in Stuttgart, Germany, on June 12, 1921. He appeared frequently in films and television productions from the late 1950s. His film credits include Wenn die Conny mit dem Peter (1958), Punishment Battalion (1960), Brandenburg Division (1960), Das Grosse Wunschkonzert (1960), The Green Archer (1961), Blind Justice (1961), Auf Widersehen (1961), and The Great Escape (1963). Weiss was featured as Phil Decker, partner of FBI agent Jerry Cotton, played by George Nader, in a series of eight films that included The Violin Case Murders (1965), Manhattan Night of Murder (1965), Um Null Uhr Schnappt die Falle Zu (1966), Die Rechnung — Eiskalt Serviert (1966), Murderers Club of Brooklyn (1967), Death and Diamonds (1968), Death in the Red Jaguar (1968), and Dead Body on Broadway (1969). His other film credits include Immer bei Vollmond (1970), Die Brucke von Zupanja (1975), Les Quarantiemes Rugissants (1982), Doktor Faustus (1982), and The Little Drummer Girl (1984). Weiss was also seen in such television productions as As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me (1959), Der Mann, der Donnerstag War (1960), Der Traum des Mr. Borton (1960), Prinz Friedrich von Homburg (1961), Die Journalisten (1961), Die Abrechnung (1963), Das Unbrauchbare an Anna Winters (1963), Der Mann Nebenan (1964), Die Truhe (1964), Flug in Gefahr (1964), Fall Erledigt— End of Conflict (1965), Munchausen (1966), Der Mann, der sich Abel Nannte (1966), Der Fall der Generale (1966), Begrundung Eines Urteils (1966), Nobile — Sieben Wochen auf dem Eis (1967), Die Affare Eulenburg (1967),, In Sachen Erzberger Gegen Helfferich (1967), Der Tod des Sokrates (1967), Die Schlacht bei Lobositz (1968), Sir Roger Casement (1968), Anna Bockler (1968), Sir Basil Zaharoff — Makler des Todes (1969), Das Vermachtnis (1969), Marinemeuterei 1917 (1969), Friedrich III (1970), Claus Graf Stauffenberg (1970), Annemarie Lesser (1971), Der Fall Eleni Voulgari (1971), Max Holz — Ein Deutsches Lehrstuck (1972), Im Vorhof der Wahrheit (1974), Der Todliche Schlag (1975), Der Winter, der ein Sommer War (1976), Wallenstein (1978), Confused Feelings (1979), Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981), The Winds of War (1983) as General Guderian, L’Ange Foudroye (1983), Wagner (1983), Christopher Columbus (1985), Peter the Great (1986), and War and Remembrance (1989) as Lt.

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Gen. Hans Krebs. His other television credits include episodes of Das Kriminalmuseum, Intercontinental Express, Les Aventures du Capitaine Luckner, Die Kur, Tatort, Die Schwarzwaldklinik, and Rosamunde Pilcher. Heinz was also featured as Captain Heinz Hansen in the series Das Traumschiff from 1982 to 1999.

W ELLS, J ACK Broadcaster and actor Jack Wells died in Los Angeles on June 27, 2010. He was 86. Wells was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on August 12, 1923. He served as a radio operator in the U.S. Army during World War II. After the war he continued to work in radio as an announcer and disc jockey at Baltimore’s WITH in 1946. He became host of one of the earliest radio talk shows two years later, airing six days a week from 1 until 4 A.M. He joined WCBM in 1950, where he hosted the Dialing for Dollars program as Mr. Fortune. The show moved to television in 1952, and Wells continued to host until 1957. He subsequently moved to WJZ to host Baltimore’s first morning television show, The Jack Wells Show. Wells left Baltimore

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for Los Angeles in 1963, where he hosted a radio callin show on KABC for five years. He also began appearing in small roles in episodes of such television series as The Rifleman, Bewitched, The Doris Day Show, The Streets of San Francisco, Baretta, One Day at a Time, David Cassidy — Man Undercover, Days of Our Lives, Charlie’s Angels, Hotel, Twilight Zone, Falcon Crest, Night Court, Remington Steele, Amazing Stories, L.A. Law, and It’s Garry Shandling’s Show. Wells was also featured in the films Superchick (1973) and No Deposit, No Return (1976), and the tele-films Brian’s Song (1971), Love Is Not Enough (1978), Intimate Encounters (1986), The Ladies (1987), and She Was Marked for Murder (1988).

WEST, BERNIE Comedian and actor Bernie West, who became an Emmy Award–winning television scriptwriter for All in the Family in the 1970s, died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease at his home in Beverly Hills on July 28, 2010. He was 92. He was born Bernard Wessler in the Bronx, New York, on May 30, 1918. He began his career as part the comedy duo with Martin Rosenblatt, who became better known as actor Ross Martin. When Martin left the act,

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Isadore Rovinsky joined under the name Mickey Ross so they could continue to be billed as Ross and West. They were popular performers at resort areas in upstate New York, know as the Borscht Belt. West was also featured on television in the variety shows Frankie Lane Time, The Ed Sullivan Show, and The Garry Moore Show. He created the role of the song-writing dentist, Dr. Kitchell, in the Broadway musical Bells Are Ringing in 1956, and reprised the role in the 1960 film starring Judy Holliday and Dean Martin. He was also seen on Broadway in productions of Do Re Mi (1960), All American (1962), The Beauty Part (1962), Poor Bitos (1964), and the 1969 revival of The Front Page. He was

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also featured in the television productions of Winterset on the Hallmark Hall of Fame in 1959, Arrowsmith on The DuPont Show of the Month in 1960, and 1963’s Calamity Jane. West also guest-starred in episodes of the sit-coms Car 54 Where Are You?, The DuPont Show of the Month, The Trials of O’Brien, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., All in the Family, and What’s Happening Now! West again teamed with Mickey Ross to write a script for Norman Lear’s sit-com All in the Family in 1971, and remained with the series for the next four years as writers, script consultants, story editors, and producers from 1974 to 1975. They created the character Maude, played by Beatrice Arthur, for an episode of All in the Family, in 1972, which served as a pilot for the subsequent Maude series. They earned an Emmy Award for writing the 1973 episode “The Bunkers and the Swingers,” and wrote the pilot episode for Chico and the Man in 1974. West and Ross frequently teamed with Don Nicholl in the 1970s to write and produce for such series as The Jeffersons, Three’s Company, The Dumplings, The Ropers, and Three’s a Crowd. They shared two Emmy nominations for their work as producers on All in the Family and Three’s Company.

WHEELER, PETER British voice actor and broadcaster Peter Wheeler died of a heart attack in England on May 18, 2010. He was 75. He began his career as a child performing on radio dramas. He was a newsreader and interviewer for Granada television from the early 1960s. He was soon hosting the popular quiz shows Crossword on Two and Call My Bluff, and the

children’s series Junior Criss Cross Quiz and Full House. He was also featured as a radio voice in the drama series The Villains, The XYY Man, and Strangers. He was a newsreader for the newspaper review series What the Papers Say from 1974 through the early 2000s. He was narrator for the trial reenactment series Crown Court from 1972 to 1984, and hosted the variety show M’Lords … Ladies and Gentlemen from 1978 to 1979. Wheeler’s voice was also heard in such series as Coronation Street, Dramarama, and Emmerdale Farm. He also narrated numerous documentaries and industrial films. He formed Peter Wheeler Associates in 1981, supplying his broadcasting talents to corporate and commercial clients.

WHITE, JIM Wrestler Jim White, who was best known for teaming with Jerry Lawler in the early 1970s, died of cancer on January 7, 2010. He was 67. White was born in Rogersville, Tennessee, on July 11, 1942. He began competing professionally in 1959, and wrestled throughout the South in the 1960s. He sometimes competed under a mask as the Medic, and teamed with Roy Klein as the Green Shadows. White frequently teamed with Jerry Lawler in the Memphis area in the early 1970s. Managed by Sam Bass, the duo held the Southern Tag Team Title several times in 1972 and 1973. They also held the U.S. Tag Team Title in Louisiana in September of 1974, before splitting up.

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White continued to wrestle in the Gulf Coast area before retiring in the early 1980s.

WHITE, M ORGAN Actor Morgan White, who was best known for starring as Pogo Poge on the Hawaiian afterschool television program Checkers and Pogo from 1967 to 1982, died at his home in Seviere, Utah, on September 2, 2010. He was 86. White was born on July 25, 1924. He began co-starring in Checkers and Pogo on KGMB-TV in 1967 with Jim Haw-

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thorne. Dave Donnelly and Jim Demarest later took over the role of Checkers, but White continued on throughout the run of the program until 1982. Donnelly died in 2004 and Demarest and Hawthorne both died in 2007. White was also featured as the Attorney General in several episodes of Hawaii Five-0 in the late 1960s, and played a judge in the 1987 tele-film At Mother’s Request. He retired to Utah in the 1980s.

Iskul Bukol (Freshmen) (1980), Tartan (1981), A Man Called “Tolongges” (1981), Darakula (1982), Okey Olarayt (1984), Sekreta “Ini” (1984), Billy the Kid and the Sunshine Gid (1984), Wrong Rangers (1984), Rambo Tan-go (1984), Tu-yay and His Magic Payong (1985), Hee-Man: Master of None (1985), Rocky Tan-go IV (1986), Cobrador (1986), No Return No Exchange (1986), I Won, I Won (Ang s’werte nga Naman) (1986), The Untouchable Family (1987), Kumander AntingAnting (1987), Pulis iskwad (1987), Lost and Found Command: Rebels Without Because (1987), Code Name: Black & White (1988), Captain Yagit (1989), Si Lucio at si Miguel: Hihintayin kayo sa Langit (1992), Buddy en Sol: Praybeyt Depektibs (1992), Buddy en Sol (Sine ito) (1992), Neber-2-Geder (1996), I Do, I Die (Diyos ko Day) (1997), Wanted Perfect Murder (1997), Pablik Enemi 1 n 2: Aksidental Heroes (1997), Ala eh … Con Bisoy! Hale-hale-hoy!: Laging Panalo ang mga Unggoy (1998), Tong Tatlong Tatay Kong Pakitong Kitong (1998), Haba-baba-doo! Puti-puti-poo! (1998), Tar-San (1999), Isprikitik: Walastik Kung Pumitik (1999), Tik Tak Toys: My Kolokotoys (1999), Bestman: 4 Better, Not 4 Worse (2002), Ispiritista: Itay, may Moomoo! (2005), and Iskul Bukol: 20 Years After (The Ungasis and Escaleras Adventure) (2008).

WHITE, TAM Scottish blues singer and actor Tam White died of a heart attack in Edinburgh, Scotland, on June 21, 2010. He was 67. He was born Thomas Bennett Sim White in Edinburgh on July 12, 1942. He began his singing career in the early 1960s

WHITE, REDFORD Filipino actor and comedian Redford White died of complications from a brain tumor at his home in Caloocan City, the Philippines, on July 25, 2010. He was 54. He was born Cirpriano Cermeno in the Philippines on December 5, 1955. He began his film career in the late 1970s as comic support, and graduated to leading roles in the 1980s. His film credits include Bino & Klayd (1979), Soldyer! (1979) Tam White

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with the beat groups The Boston Dexters and The Buzz. He subsequently embarked on a solo career, and hosted a Scottish variety television series. He was also the first artist to perform live on the Top of the Pops variety show in 1975, before abandoning music to work as a stonemason. He returned to the stage to sing with a reformed Boston Dexters in the early 1980s. He also provided the singing for Robbie Coltrane’s character in the popular television series Tutti Frutti in 1987. White also embarked on an acting career in the early 1990s, where he made a distinct impression with his craggy features and walrus moustache. He was featured in the 1990 television productions of The Wreck on the High-

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way, and was Jock in the 1993 series The Lodge. He also guest-starred in episodes Roughnecks, Taggart, Rebus, and EastEnders, and in the tele-films The Negotiator (1994) and Goodbye, Mr. Steadman (2001). He was also seen in several films including Paper Mask (1990), Mel Gibson’s Braveheart (1995) as head of the clan MacGregor, Cutthroat Island (1995), Orphans (1997), The Legend of Loch Lomond (2001), and Man Dancin’ (2003). He also remained a popular blues and soul recording artist, reforming his earlier band as Tam White and the Dexters, and leading The Shoestring Band. White was featured on the BBC Scotland television soap opera River City in 2009.

WIGAN, GARETH British talent agent and film producer Gareth Wigan died at his home in Los Angeles on February 13, 2010. He was 78. Wigan was born in London, England, on December 2, 1931. He began his career as a talent agent for MCA in England in the 1950s, and appeared onscreen in a small role in

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site, honoring the numerous women who graced the western plains. He was also a familiar face at the Memphis Film Festival, where he videographed the numerous celebrity guest panels.

W ILCZYNSKA, ZOFIA Polish actress Zofia Wilczynska died in Skolimow, Poland, on May 16, 2010. She was 95. Wilczynska was born in Wolkowysk, Poland (now Vawkavysk, Belarus), on January 5, 1915. She appeared on stage and screen from the 1930s, with roles in such films as Rena (1938), Ostatnia Brygada (1938), Bialy Murzyn (1939), Ja tu Rzadze (1939), and Zlota Maska (1940). She primarily performed on stage

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the 1956 film Reach for the Sky. He worked as a production executive at 20th Century–Fox and Columbia TriStar, and was co-founder of The Ladd Company. Wigan served as producer on the films Unman, Wittering and Zigo (1971), Running Scared (1972), Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1973), the Elizabeth Taylor-Richard Burton tele-film Divorce His — Divorce Hers (1973), and American Flyers (1985).

WILBURN, KEN Ken Wilburn, who was the long-time videographer for the Memphis Film Festival and the host of the wantedcowgirls.com website, died in Kennett, Missouri, on August 11, 2010. He was 62. He was born Kenny Joe Wilburn in Kennett on April 7, 1948. He was a long-time fan of western films and television, and was particularly intrigued by cowgirls and female gunslingers. He began filming his own amateur production, the Lone Lady, in 1972, which he hoped would be the Great American Cowgirl Movie. Though the project was never completed, some of the footage was presented as part of a stage production and as part of the Cable Access show Blow a Fuse in the early 1980s. He frequently worked as a cameraman and technician for the local cable company. As Old Doc Wilburn, he was webmaster for the wantedcowgirls web-

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in the 1940s and early 1950s, before returning to the screen in Autobus Odjezdza 6.20 (1954), Adventure in Marienstadt ((1954), Argument About Basia (1959), Bicz Bozy (1967), The Promised Land (1975), The Story of Sin (1975), Zawilosci Uczuc (1976), and Prognoza Pogody (1983). She largely retired in the early 1980s, and returned to make her final onscreen appearance in 2008’s Before Twilight.

WILDER, MYLES Film and television writer Myles Wilder died of complications from diverticulitis in Temecula, California, on April 20, 2010. He was 77. He was born on January 28, 1933, the son of B-movie director W. Lee Wilder, and nephew of Oscarwinning director Billy Wilder. Myles studied at the

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UCLA theater school, and began his career writing segments for the radio series The Whistler. He scripted several of his father’s films during the 1950s including Phantom from Space (1953), Killers from Space (1954), The Snow Creature (1954), Manfish (1956), Fright (1956), Seven Guns to Mesa (1958), Spy in the Sky (1958), and Bluebeard’s Ten Honeymoons (1960). He worked frequently on television in the 1960s and 1970s, penning

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episodes of such series as Bonanza, Bachelor Father, Wagon Train, I’m Dickens, He’s Fenster, Vacation Playhouse, Tammy, The Patty Duke Show, McHale’s Navy which earned him two Emmy Award nominations, The Lucy Show, Mona McCluskey, Laredo, Mr. Terrific, My Three Sons, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Get Smart, The Flying Nun, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The Paul Lynde Show, Temperatures Rising, The Doris Day Show, The Brady Bunch, When Things Were Rotten, Welcome Back, Kotter, Good Heavens, The San Pedro Beach Bums, C.P.O. Sharkey, and Diff ’rent Strokes. Wilder was also a writer and producer for The Dukes of Hazzard in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was writer and story consultant for numerous animated series including Wait Till Your Father Gets Home, The Roman Holidays, The Addams Family, Inch High Private Eye, Hong Kong Phooey, Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids, Korg: 70,000 B.C., Partridge Family 2200 A.D., Devlin, These Are the Days, and Valley of the Dinosaurs. Wilder retired from television in 1994 and became an avocado grower in Temecula.

WILKINSON, GINA Canadian actress Gina Wilkinson died of cervical cancer in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 30, 2010. She was 50. She was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, in 1960. She trained at the National Theatre School and made her debut with the Stratford Festival in 1983. She appeared on stage throughout Canada, and also directed numerous productions from the late 1990s. She was featured on television as Rosanna in the series Hangin’ In from 1984 to 1986. She was also seen in the tele-films On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story (1990), Fatal Vows: The Alexandra O’Hara Story (1994), Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story (1995), and Wisegal (2008). Her other television credits include episodes of Shining

Time Station, Dracula: The Series, E.N.G., Street Legal, Forever Knight, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal, Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science, Bliss, 1-800-Missing, Street Time, Bury the Lead, Blue Murder, Kojak, and The Border. Wilkinson appeared in several films during her career, including The Last Season (1986), Blue Monkey (1987), Same & Me (1991), Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), Ararat (2002), and Tongue Tied (2004).

WILLIAM, DAVID British actor and director David William, who worked with Canada’s Stratford Shakespeare Festival for nearly two decades, died of a head injury he suffered in a fall in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, on July 28, 2010. He was 84. William was born in London, England, on June 24, 1926. He began his career performing on stage in England, appearing in productions at London’s Old Vic, Lyric, and Mermaid Theatre. He was also directing plays by the mid– 1950s. He was featured on British television as Richard II in episodes of the series An Age of Kings in 1960, and was Octavius Caesar in the 1963 mini-series The Spread of the Eagle. He was also seen in episodes of the series The Desperate People and The Troubleshooters, and the 1983 mini-series The Old Men at the Zoo. William served as artistic director of the New Shakespeare Company at the Open Air Theatre in London from 1962 to 1968. He subsequently moved to Canada, where he had

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WILLIAMS, FAYE Actress Faye Williams, who appeared onscreen with the Three Stooges in the 1940s, died of a brain tumor at her home in Fort Worth, Texas, on October 12, 2010. She was 84. She was born Billie Faye Davis in Abilene, Texas, on December 31, 1925.

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She headed to Hollywood after high school, and was featured as Mary Belle in the 1946 Three Stooges short Uncivil War Birds. She also had a small role in the 1946 comedy Lover Come Back, starring Lucille Ball and George Brent. She was also seen on stage at the Pasadena Playhouse and other venues, before retiring from the acting to marry and raise a family.

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Standard, and American Comics Group (ACG) in the late 1940s. He worked at EC Comics from 1952 to 1956, illustrating stories for such titles as Weird Science, Weird Fantasy, and Weird Science-Fantasy. He drew war, western, and adventure comics for Atlas for several years. He also inked Jack Kirby stories at Harvey, and illustrated western comics at Charlton and Dell, including several issues of Gunsmoke. Williamson worked as an assistant to John Prentice on the Alex Raymond–created comic strip Rip Kirby in the early 1960s. He was involved with the early black and white comic magazines from Warren in the mid–1960s, illustrating horror tales for Creepy and Eerie, and war stories for Blazing Combat. He worked on the early issues of the King Features Flash Gordon comic in 1966, and took over the Secret Agent X-9 comic strip with writer Archie Goodwin in 1967, which soon became Secret Agent Corrigan. He remained with the strip through 1980, and also drew occasional stories for Gold Key and Warren. George Lucas requested him to illustrate the Marvel comic adaptation of the second Star Wars film, The Empire Strikes Back, and the comic strip version. Williamson also illustrated a comic book adaptation of Dino De Laurentiis’ 1980 Flash Gordon film, and the Star Wars comic strips from 1981 to 1983. He also drew several tales for Pacific Comics’ Alien Worlds, and illustrated the movie adaptations of Blade Runner and Return of the Jedi for Marvel. He began working primarily as an inker in comics by the mid–1980s, beginning with a run on DC’s Superman with penciller Curt Swan. He continued to work as an inker at Marvel on such titles as Daredevil, Spider-Man 2099, and SpiderGirl in the 1990s. He returned to Flash Gordon with a 1995 mini-series from Marvel, both penciling and inking. He also inked the Dark Horse adaptation of the new Star Wars film The Phantom Menace. His final comic book work was a cover for J. David Spurlock’s Space Cowboy in 2001.

WILLIAMSON, AL Comic artist Al Williamson, who was noted for his science fiction illustrations that evoked the spirit of Flash Gordon creator Alex Raymond, died in upstate New York on June 12, 2010. He was 79. Williamson was born in New York City on March 21, 1931. He trained as an artist at Burne Hogarth’s Cartoonists and Illustrators School and began working for such comic publishers as Avon, Fawcett,

W ILLIS , J OHN Stage and screen historian John Willis, who edited the annual reference books Theatre World and Screen World for nearly half a century, died at his home in Manhattan, New York, on June 25, 2010. He was 93. Willis was born in Morristown, Tennessee, on October 16, 1916. He served in the

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U.S Navy in the Pacific during World War II. He moved to New York after the war, where he worked as a typist for Theatre World magazine. The Daniel Blum publication was a thorough pictorial account of theatrical productions in New York and major touring and regional theaters, as well as biographical information of the stars. Screen World, which covered the year in films, followed in 1949, and Willis also assisted Blum with the books Great Stars of the American Stage, Great Stars of Film, A Pictorial History of the Talkies, A Pictorial History of Television, A Pictorial Treasury of Opera in America and A Pictorial History of the Silent Screen. He took over as editor of Theatre World and Screen World when Blum died in 1965. He also edited the subsequent Dance World and Opera World series, and the landmark book A Pictorial History of the American Theatre 1860 – 1985. Willis’ promotion and documentation of the stage earned him a Special Tony Award in 2001 for “Excellence in the Theatre.”

WILSON, BERNARD Singer Bernard Wilson, who was an early member of the soul group Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, died of complications from a stroke in a Voorhees, New Jersey, nursing home on December 26, 2010. He was 64. Wilson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1946. Harold Melvin formed a popular Philly soul group in the mid–1950s, and Wilson joined as a baritone vocalist in the 1960s.

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The group came to prominence in the early 1970s after Teddy Pendergrass took over as lead vocalist. They recorded such hit songs as “If You Don’t Know Me by Now” (1972), “I Miss You” (1972), “The Love I Lost” (1973), “Don’t Leave Me This Way” (1975), “Wake Up Everybody” (1975), and “Bad Luck” (1975). Pendergrass left the group in 1977, and Wilson followed soon after.

WILSON, CHARLIE Charlie Wilson, the former Democratic Congressman from Texas whose support of the Afghan insurgency helped drive the Soviet occupation forces from the country in the 1980s, and served as basis for the 2007 film Charlie Wilson’s War starring Tom Hanks, died of complications from a heart condition in a Lufkin, Texas, hospital on February 10, 2010. He was 76. He had been the recipient of a heart

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transplant in September of 2007. Wilson was born in Trinity, Texas, on June 1, 1933. He got his first taste of politics at the age of 13 when he helped orchestrate the defeat of a local city councilman who had poisoned his dog. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, in 1956, and served the next five years in the navy. He began his political career in 1960, when he was elected to the Texas State House of Representatives. He advanced to the State Senate six years later, and was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1972. Wilson was considered a liberal on economic and social issues, and a hawk on defense. He also had a reputation as a womanizing party animal, and was nicknamed “Good Time Charlie.” He was investigated on charges of using cocaine with several nude showgirls in a Las Vegas hot tub in the early 1980s, though criminal charges were not filed due to lack of evidence. Wilson also became involved in efforts to covertly fund the Afghan mujaheddin, who were battling the Soviet invasion forces. He was responsible for gaining funding for the CIA’s Operation Cyclone, which funneled advanced weaponry to the Afghans through Pakistan. The Soviets ultimately withdrew from the area in 1989, and Wilson became the first civilian to receive the Honored Colleague Award by the CIA. He remained in Congress until stepping down in October of 1996. George Crile published a 2003 book about the largely unknown story of Wilson’s role in one of the final battles of the Cold War entitled Charlie Wilson’s War. Tom Hanks starred as Wilson in the 2007 film adaptation. He was also a leading character in Steve Coll’s 2005 book Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001, and was the subject of the cable History Channel’s 2007 documentary The True Story of Charlie Wilson.

WILSON, DOLORES Operatic coloratura soprano Dolores Wilson died at the Lillian Booth Actors Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey, on September 28, 2010. She was 82. Wilson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 9, 1928, and was raised in the Bronx, New York. She trained as a singer from an early age and was performing on radio by the mid– 1940s. She soon traveled to Italy, where she trained for

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opera in Venice. She made her professional debut as Rosina in a production of The Barber of Seville in Brescia in 1948. She continued to perform at leading Italian opera houses, and frequently appeared at venues throughout Europe. She made her U.S. debut at the Metropolitan Opera in Lucia di Lammermoor in 1954.

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She created the title role in Douglas Moore’s The Ballad of Baby Doe in 1956. She continued to perform frequently at the Met through the 1950s, and toured the U.S. with the NBC Opera Theatre. She remained a leading international star, performing throughout the world in the early 1960s. She made her Broadway debut in a production of The Yearling in 1965, and took over the role of Golde in Fiddler on the Roof later in the year. She was also featured in the Broadway musicals Cry for Us All (1970), I Remember Mama (1979), Annie (1979) taking over the role of Miss Hannigan, and the 1983 revival of The Ritz. She was featured on television in a production of Woman of the Year with Barbara Eden in 1984.

WILSON, GEORGES French actor Georges Wilson died in Rambouillet, Yvelines, France, on February 3, 2010. He was 88. Wilson was born in Champigny-sur-Marne, France, on October 16, 1921. He appeared in numerous films from the early 1950s including Skipper Next to God (1951), Poison Ivy (1953), The Red and the Black (1954), Cavalrymen (1955), Hi Doc (1957), The Green Mare (1959), The Carmelites (1960), Wasteland (1960), The Boss (1960), The Joker (1961), The Long Absence (1961), The Fascist (1961), Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece (1961), The Seven Deadly Sins (1962), Disorder (1962), Dark Journey (1962), Bells Without Joy (1962), The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962), The Longest Day (1962), The Four Days of Naples (1962), Mandrin (1962), The Empty Canvas (1963), Any Number Can Win (1963), Highway Pick-Up (1963), Sweet and Sour (1963), Rob the Bank (1964), Lucky Jo (1964), A New World (1966), The Stranger (1967), More Than a Miracle (1967), The Conspiracy of Torture (1969), Blanche (1971), Max and the Junkmen (1971), Don’t Torture a Duckling (1972), I Did It (1973), The Three Musketeers (1973) as Treville, The Peaceful Age (1974), Chinese in Paris (1974), Love

at the Top (1974), The Slap (1974), The Apprentice Heel (1977), Dear Inspector (1978), The Small Timers (1978), Lady Oscar(1979), Make Room for Tomorrow (1979), The Telephone Bar (1980), Asphalt (1981), The Story of O Continued (1981), Portrait of a Woman, Nude (1981), A Captain’s Honor (1982), Side Roads (1983), Tangos, the Exile of Gardel (1985), the animated Gandahar (1988), La Passion of Bernadette (1989), My Mother’s Castle (1990), The Tribe (1991), Mother (1991), Cache Cash (1994), Mary of Nazareth (1995), Marquise (1997), Sentimental Destinies (2000), Not Here to Be Loved (2005), and L’Ennemi Public n 1 (2008). Wilson was also a noted stage actor, and served as director of the Theatre National Populaire from 1963 to 1972. He headed the Theatre de l’Oeuvre in Paris from 1978 to 1995. He was featured in numerous television productions including Twelfth Night (1957), Merlusse (1965), Sous le Soleil de Satan (1971), Frederic II (1972), Les Jardins du Roi (1974), Le Prix (1975), Frere Martin (1981), The Charterhouse of Parma (1981), A Christmas Carol (1984) as the Ghost of Christmas Present, Quo Vadis? (1985), Entre Chats et Loups (1985), Bonjour Maitre (1987), The Eagle and the Horse (1994), L’Affaire Dreyfus (1995), Jeanne et le Loup (1998), From the Earth to the Moon (1998), and Dolmen (2005).

WILSON, LISLE Actor Lisle Wilson, who was best known for his role as Leonard Taylor in the tele-

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vision sitcom That’s My Mama, died in Rancho Mirage, California, on March 14, 2010. He was 66. Wilson son was born in Brooklyn, New York, on September 2, 1943. He began his film career in the early 1970s in such features as Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) and Mississippi Summer (1971). He was featured as Phillip Woode, Margot Kidder’s ill-fated suitor in the 1973 psychological horror film Sisters, and was Dr. Loring in the 1977 sci-fi horror The Incredible Melting Man. He starred as Leonard Taylor in the ABC sitcom That’s My Mama from 1974 to 1975. He also appeared in episodes of Police Story, The Sanford Arms, Barnaby Jones, Lou Grant, The White Shadow, Knot’s Landing, Night Court, ALF, What’s Happening Now!, Falcon Crest, Lucky Chances, and Tales from the Crypt. Wilson was also seen in the tele-films Institute for Revenge (1979), The Ratings Game (1984), The Other Lover (1985), Fresno (1986), and Disaster at Silo 7 (1988). His final film credit was 1986’s Just Between Friends. He later taught vocal techniques at the Academy of Radio and Television Broadcasting in Huntington Beach, California.

WINKLER , LEE B. Film producer Lee B. Winkler died in Hollywood on December 24, 2010. He was 84. Winkler headed Global Business Management, and was a talent business manager for such clients as Anthony Hopkins, Burt Reynolds, Roddy

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McDowall, and John Ford. He also served as executive producer for several Blaxploitation films starring former football player Fred Williamson in the mid–1970s including Black Bounty Hunter (1975), Boss Nigger (1975), Joshua (1976), Adios Amigo (1976), and Mean Johnny Barrows (1976).

WINTERS, GLORIA Actress Gloria Winters, who starred as Sky King’s niece Penny on the 1950s television series, died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease in Los Angeles on August 14, 2010. She was 77. Winters was born in Los Angeles on November 28, 1932, and began working in show business as a child. She appeared in small roles in several films from the late 1940s including Driftwood (1947), Luxury Liner (1948), El Paso (1949), The Lawless (1950), Hot Rod (1950), Gambling House (1950), Darling, How Could You! (1951), Stagecoach Driver (1951), Hold That Line (1952),

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Geraldine (1953), and She Couldn’t Say No (1954). Winters starred as Jackie Gleason’s daughter Babs Riley in the early television sit-com The Life of Riley from 1949 to 1950. She co-starred with Kirby Grant in Sky King for 72 episodes throughout the 1950s, often accompanying Uncle Sky aboard his Cessna 310 airplane named Songbird. Winters was also featured in episodes of such series as The Lone Ranger, The Gene Autry Show, The Range Rider, The Roy Rogers Show, Racket Squad, My Hero, Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, Death Valley Days, G.E. True Theater, Stories of the Century, Brave Eagle, Judge Roy Bean, Studio 57, Four Star Playhouse, The Ford Television Theatre, Sheriff of Cochise, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, The Jack Benny Show, Frontier Doctor, and The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. She largely retired from acting by the early 1960s, but penned an etiquette book for young girls, Penny’s Guide to Teen-Age Charm and Popularity, in 1964.

WISDOM, NORMAN Veteran British comedian Norman Wisdom died of complications from a series of strokes at Abbotswood Nursing Home on the Isle of Man on October 4, 2010. He was 95. Wisdom was born in the Marylebone district of London on February 4, 1915. He had a difficult childhood and largely supported himself from his early teens. He soon joined the British Army, serving in the 10th Royal Hussars’ band in India in the early 1930s. He developed his skills

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455 as an entertainer while in the military. He served in communications during World War II, connecting calls from the military to the government. He began his career as a professional entertainer after leaving the military in 1946. He performed on stage as magician David Nixon’s straight man, as a character who became known as “the Gump.” He played the character — who sported an ill-fitting suit and cap and was frequently named Norman Pitkin — in a number of popular films from the early 1950s. Wisdom appeared in films from the late 1940s, with roles in A Date with a Dream (1948), Trouble in Store (1953), One Good Turn (1955), As Long as They’re Happy (1955), Man of the Moment (1955), Up in the World (1956), Just My Luck (1957), The Square Peg (1959), Follow a Star (1959), Sink the Bismarck (1960), There Was a Crooked Man (1960), The Bulldog Breed (1960), The Girl on the Boat (1961), On the Beat (1962), A Stitch in Time (1963), The Early Bird (1965), The Sandwich Man (1966), and Press for Time (1966). Wisdom came to the United States in 1966 to star in the Broadway musical comedy Happy, earning a Tony Award nomination for his performance. He also performed on The Ed Sullivan Show, and starred in an NBC television production of Androcles and the Lion. He was featured as a comic in the 1968 film The Night They Raided Minsky’s. He subsequently returned to England, where he appeared in the 1969 film What’s Good for the Goose. He also appeared on television in episodes of Hudson & Halls, the 1981 BBC2 Playhouse production of Going Gently, Bergerac, Casualty, Dalziel and Pascoe, The Last Detective, Between the Sheets, and Coronation Street. Wisdom’s later film credits include Double X: The Name of the Game (1992), Alone in the Dark (aka Evil Calls) (2002), Five Children and It (2004), and the short Expresso (2007). He starred in the recurring role of Billy Inglegton in the television series Last of the Summer Wine from 1995 to 2004.

WISTROM , BILL Emmy Award–winning sound editor Bill Wistrom, who worked on many of the Star Trek films and spin-off series, died in Santa Clarita, California, on March 10, 2010. He was 74. Wistrom was born in Los Angeles on December 20, 1935. He began working in films in the early 1950s in the mailroom at Paramount Studios. He soon trained as a sound editor and worked on such films as The Desperate Hours (1955), Strategic Air Command (1955), To Catch a Thief (1955), Lucy Gallant (1955), The Rose Tattoo (1955), The Court Jester (1955), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Anything Goes (1956), Pardners (1956), The Ten Commandments (1956), The Rainmaker (1956), Funny Face (1957), The Joker Is Wild (1957), Desire Under the Elms (1958), Vertigo (1958), Houseboat (1958), The Ladies Man (1961), Summer and Smoke (1961), Blue Hawaii (1961), Hatari! (1962), The Nutty Professor (1963), The Carpetbaggers (1964), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), and El Dorado (1966). He also began working in television in the 1960s on the western series Bonanza and The High Chaparral. Wistrom was a sound editor for The Waltons, Westside Medical, Kojak, Columbo, Mrs. Columbo, and Falcon Crest. He also returned to Paramount to do temporary work on the films

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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984). Wistrom’s association with Star Trek continued throughout his career, serving as sound editor for the series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Enterprise. He earned four Emmy Awards for his work on Star Trek: The Next Generation from 1988 to 1991. He had previously received Emmy for sound editing for the 1979 tele-film Friendly Fire and the 1982 mini-series Inside the Third Reich. His other television credits include Dying Room Only (1973), Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (1973), The Blue Knight (1973), Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976), Having Babies (1976), Victory at Entebbe (1976), Black Market Baby (1977), Cindy (1978), Sanctuary of Fear (1979), The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980), Rodeo Girl (1980), This House Possessed (1981), Evita Peron (1981), Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981), Fly Away Home (1981), Red Flag: The Ultimate Game (1981), The Capture of Grizzly Adams (1982), Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac (1984), Secrets of a Married Man (1984), Not My Kid (1985), Amos (1985), Into Thin Air (1985), This Child Is Mine (1985), Perry Mason Returns (1985), Copacabana (1985), A Letter to Three Wives (1985), News at Eleven (1986), Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun (1986), Circle of Violence: A Family Drama (1986), Fresno (1986), The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987), Danger Down Under (1988), A Very Brady Christmas (1988), Fear Stalk (1989), People Like Us (1990), Child of Rage (1992), and Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story (1992), and an episode of Sliders. He also continued his work in films with such credits as Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973), Hurray for Hollywood (1975), The Wind and the Lion (1975), Grand Jury (1976), Elmer (1976), Nashville Girl (1976), Norman … Is That You? (1976), Joe Panther (1976), Acapulco Gold (1978), The Gypsy Warriors (1978), Movie Movie (1978), Five Days from Home (1979), The Muppet Movie (1979), Sogg y Bottom, U.S.A. (1980), Raise the Titanic (1980), Borderline (1980), Hard Country (1971), Fire and Ice (1983), Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984), Where the River Runs Black (1986), All for Mankind (1989), I, Madman (1989), Ski Patrol (1990), Zandalee (1991), The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (1991), You So Crazy (1994), The Only Thrill (1997), and Family Plan (1997).

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WOD, GEORGES French actor Georges Wod died in Paris on July 24, 2010. He was 74. Wod was born in Warsaw, Poland, on May 29, 1936. He came to France in 1940, and studied acting at Toulouse. He began performing on stage in his teens in the mid– 1950s. He was featured in such films as The Unknown Man of Shandigor (1967), Escapade (1974), The Arrest

participated in several beauty pageants. She was Miss Hawaii Teen United States and Miss Hawaii Teen Princess in 2009.

W OLFFBERG , INGE German actress Inge Wolff berg died in Berlin on March 4, 2010. She was 85. Wolff berg was born in Berlin on September 6, 1924. She trained as an actress at the Berlin drama school The Circle, and began performing on stage with the State Theatre in Potsdam after World War II. She appeared frequently with the Berlin cabaret Die Stachelschweine (Porcupine) from the early 1950s through the 1960s. She appeared in numerous films from the late 1950s including Beneath the Palms on the Blue Sea (1957), And That on Monday Morning (1959), The Gripsholm Castle (1963), To Hell with School (1968), Spanking at School (1969), Helgalein (1969), What Is the Matter with Willi? (1970), The Love Keys (1971), Dear Fatherland Be at Peace (1976), Fist in the Pocket (1978), The Red Stocking (1981), Didi — Und die Rache der Enterbten (1985), and Pappa ante Portas (1991). She was

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(1975), The Gypsy (1975), Lumiere (1976), Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff (1977), The Key Is in the Door (1978), Litan (1982), Mort un Dimanche de Pluie (1986), and Milan Noir (1987). He appeared frequently on French television from the 1970s in such productions as Les Dernieres Volontes de Richard Lagrange (1972), Le Temps de Vivre, le Temps d’Aimer (1973), Les Enfants des Autres (1974), La Poupee Sanglante (1976), L’Embrume (1980), Talou (1980), and Le Roman du Samedi: Un Pretre Marie (1985). Wod also wrote and directed numerous theatrical productions during his career.

WOLFE, SHERYL Model Sheryl Wolfe, who was the reigning Miss Hawaii Teen United States, died of a stroke in a Hawaiian hospital on April 19, 2010. She had apparently suffered a brain hemorrhage after hitting her head on the wooden back of the couch in her home on April 12, and collapsed at school the following day. She was 18. Wolfe was born in Hawaii on October 16, 1991. She was a print and runway model and

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also featured in such television productions as Ach, du liebe Freiheit (1953), Macky Pancake (1961), Bei Pfeiffers ist Ball (1966), Der Revisor (1967), Druben bei Lehmanns (1971), Die keusche Susanne (1972), Knast (1972), Vater einer Tochter (1979), Balthasar im Stau (1979), Mensch, Teufel noch Mal (1983), Die Beine des Elefanten (1983), Letzten Sommer in Kreuzberg (1989), Sonny Boys (1995), Seitensprung ins Gluck (2000), and Edgar Wallace — Die vier Gerechten (2002). Her other television credits include episodes of Tatort, Die Lieben Haustiere, Ein Mann will nach Oben, Die Koblanks as Frayu Zubulke, The Adventures of Dr. Bayer, Drei Damen vom Grill in the recurring role of Dr. Warnitz from 1980 to 1985, Felix und 2x Kuckuck, Auto Fritze, Harry & Sunny, Praxis Bulowbogen, Bibi Blocksberg, and Lowenzahn as Tante Elli. She was the frequent German dubbing voice for such stars as Shelley Winters, Kathleen Freeman, and Joan Sims, and voiced Carole Shelley’s animated roles in Disney’s The Aristocats (1970) and Robin Hood (1973).

W OLK, TOM “T-B ONE” Musician Tom “T-Bone” Wolk, who played bass with Hall & Oates from the early 1980s, died of a heart attack in Pawling,

457 New York, on February 20, 2010. He was 58. Wolk was born in Yonkers, New York, on December 24, 1951. He began his long association with Hall & Oates with the album Private Eyes in 1981. He was also part of Saturday Night Live band from 1985 to 1990. Wolk per-

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formed with blues artist Guy Davis on the albums Butt Naked Free and Chocolate to the Bone, and worked on several of Daryl Hall’s solo material. He also worked with such artists as Carly Simon, Elvis Costello, Billy Joel, and Jellyfish during his career.

WOLPER , D AVID L. Film and television producer David L. Wolper, whose credits include the acclaimed mini-series Roots and The Thorn Birds, died of congestive heart failure and complications from Parkinson’s disease at his home in Beverly Hills, California, on August 10, 2010. He was 82. Wolper was born in New York City on January 11, 1928. He began his career in the 1950s by purchasing the rights to old films to market to local television stations. He made his initial mark as a documentarian in 1958 after acquiring footage of the Soviet satellite Sputnik for the syndicated documentary The Race for Space. He soon formed Wolper Productions to create such shows as The Rafer Johnson Story (1961), Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961), and D-Day (1962). He was a pioneer in mixing historical film footage with dramatic reenactments to illustrate his story. He created the popular Biography series in the early 1960s, and produced the Emmy Award–winning documentary The Making of the President 1960 in 1963, based on Theodore H. White’s book about the election of John F. Kennedy. The following year he produced A Thousand Days: A Tribute to John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and was a producer for National Geographic Specials over the next decade. Wolper also oversaw production for such television documentaries as Miss Television U.S.A. (1965), The Incredible World of James Bond (1965), The Big Land (1967), A Nation of Immigrants (1967), Hemingway’s Spain: A Love Affair (1968), Sophia: A Self-Portrait (1968), Making of the President 1968 (1969), Frank Sinatra Jr. with Family and Friends (1969), The Unfinished Journey of Robert Kennedy (1970), Appointment with Destiny (1971), The Crucifixion of Jesus (1972), Make

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Mine Red, White and Blue (1972), Of Thee I Sing (1972), Flight: The Sky’s the Limit (1974), and Monsters! Mysteries or Myths? (1974). His documentaries The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1966) and The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1968) were released theatrically, and Wolper also produced the features The Devil’s Brigade (1968), If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969), The Bridge at Remagen (1969), I Love My Wife (1970), King, Queen, Knave (1972), and Two Is a Happy Number (1972). His pseudo-documentary about the savagery of the insect world, The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971), earned an Academy Award, and he was producer and presenter of the acclaimed adaptation of Roald Dahl’s children’s story with 1971’s Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. He also produced Visions of Eight (1973), a look at the 1972 Olympic games in Munich from the viewpoint of eight international directors, and was also executive producer of the 1973 music documentary Wattstax. He produced the acclaimed 1974 television series Lincoln, based on Carl Sandburg’s biography, and was executive producer for the 1974 film Up from the Ape. He also produced the tele-films The Honorable Sam Houston (1975), The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond (1975), I Will Fight No More Forever (1975), Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (1976), and Victory at Entebbe (1976). Wolper was executive producer for the 1974 television series Get Christie Love! which broke ground by featuring Teresa Graves, a black actress, in the lead role of a police detective. He earned an Emmy Award for producing the 1977 mini-series Roots, based on Alex Haley’s best-seller, and another Emmy for the sequel Roots: The Next Generations (1979). He received another Emmy nomination for 1980s Moviola trilogy including This Year’s Blonde, The Scarlett O’Hara War, and The Silent Lovers. He also produced the television productions Small World (1981), Agatha Christie’s Murder Is East (1982), and Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982) which earned another Emmy nomination. His films The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (aka Nostradamus) (1981) and This Is Elvis (1981) were released theatrically. He was executive producer of the short-lived television series version of Casablanca in 1983, but scored a major hit was the epic miniseries The Thorn Birds (1983). Wolper also was executive producer for the trilogy of Civil War–based mini-

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series North and South (1985), North and South, Book II (1986), and Heaven and Hell: North and South, Book III (1994). He continued to churn out such television product as Los Angeles 1984: Games of the XXIII Olympiad (1984), The Mystic Warrior (1984), His Mistress (1984), Liberty Weekend (1986), The Betty Ford Story (1987), Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (1987), What Price Victory (1988), Imagine: John Lennon (1988), Roots: The Gift (1988), The Plot to Kill Hitler (1990), Murder in Mississippi (1990), When You Remember Me (1990), Dillinger (1991), Best of the Worst (1991), Bed of Lies (1992), Celebration (1992), The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children? (1993), Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald (1993), Heroes of the Game (1994), On Trial (1994), Golf: The Greatest Game (1994), Without Warning (1994), Prince for a Day (1995), Terror in the Mall (1998), A Will of Their Own (1998), To Serve and Protect (1999), and Celebrate the Century (1999). He also returned to producing features in the 1990s with Murder in the First (1995), Surviving Picasso (1996), and the Oscar-nominated L.A. Confidential (1997). His final credits include the 2001 television adaptation of Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Arthurian fantasy The Mists of Avalon, and 2002’s Roots: Celebrating 25 Years. Wolper was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ Hall of Fame in 1989. His autobiography, Producer, was published in 2003.

WONG, HERBERT Herbert Wong, who appeared in adult films under the name Tom Dong, died in a Northridge, California, hospital after being attacked by a sword-wielding fellow actor Stephen “Steve Driver” Hill at the Ultima DVD warehouse and studio on June 1, 2010. He was 30. Wong was born in Monterey, California, on August 15, 1979. He attended

Jadin Wong

dancing at an early age, and was performing at Charlie Lowe’s Forbidden City in San Francisco in the late 1930s. She married her dance partner, Li Sun, in the early 1940s, and they toured the country together throughout the decade. After they divorced Wong toured Europe, entertaining troops for several years in the 1950s. She formed a musical comedy act in the 1960s, with the theme song “I May Be Wong, but I Think You’re Beautiful.” She began Jadin Wong Management in the 1970s, representing numerous AsianAmerican actors for the next three decades. Wong was featured in the 1989 documentary Forbidden City, U.S.A. She also appeared in character roles in several films including Year of the Dragon (1985), China Girl (1987), Skin Art (1993), and The Pink Panther (2006).

WOOD, EAN British screenwriter and editor Ean Wood died on the Isle of Man, on October 19, 2010. He was 73. Wood was born on the Isle of Man September 4, 1937. He began working in films in the late 1960s, creating industrial films for the National Coal Board. He was an assistant sound editor on the 1967 film Far from the Madding Crowd, and assistant editor for the horror films Trog (1970), Cry of the Banshee (1970), The Vault of Horror (1973), The Beast Must Die (1974), and Prey (1978). He scripted and edited the sexploitation feature Not Tonight, Darling! (1971). He returned to sound editing on Derek Jarman’s Edward

Herbert Wong

the University of California in Riverside before embarking on a career in adult films. He appeared in the features Kristina Rose: Dirty Girl (2008), Hookers and Blow 3 (2008), Cum Coat My Throat 5 (2008), and Perverted Planet 4 (2009).

WONG, JADIN Chinese-American dancer and entertainer Jadin Wong died in New York City on March 30, 2010. She was 96. Wong was born in Marysville, California, on May 24, 1913. She began

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459 II (1991) and Second Best (1994). Wood wrote several books about jazz later in life, including Born to Swing: The Story of the Big Bands (1996), The Josephine Baker Story (2001), Headlong Through Life: The Story of Isadora Duncan (2006), and A Cheerful Book of Misfortunes (2010).

WOOD, J ASON British musical comedian Jason Wood died during his sleep at his cottage in Sundon, Bedfordshire, England, on February 20, 2010. He was 38. Wood was born in Luton, Bedfordshire, on January 21, 1972. He was a popular performer on the

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ing at an early age, and hosted her own radio program on ABC Radio by the age of 14. She was featured in a small role as a talent show winner in the 1945 film On Stage Everybody, and performed on Jack Carson’s radio series Sealtest Village Store. Songwriters Mack David and Jerry Livingston had her record several songs they were producing for Disney’s Cinderella. She was cast as the title voice after Walt Disney heard her renditions. She subsequently performed on television in such variety series as The Steve Allen Show, The Gary Moore Show and Arthur Godfrey and His Friends. She married drummer Ed Shaugnessy, who performed with the Tonight Show band, in 1963, and retired from show business. She was named a Disney Legend for her work in Cinderella in 2003.

WOODSON, ALI OLLIE Ali Ollie Woodson, who led the R&B quintet the Temptations in the 1980s and 1990s, died of cancer in Los Angeles on May 30, 2010. He was 58. He was born Ollie Creggett in Detroit, Michigan, on September 12, 1951, and was raised in Town Creek, Alabama. He began his career performing with Bill Pinkney’s Original Drifters in the early 1970s. He replaced Dennis Edwards as lead vocalist for the Temptations in 1984, and co-wrote the hit “Treat Her Like a Lady.” He remained with the group for two years, then returned from 1988 to 1996. He also wrote the groups songs “Sail Away” and “Lady Soul.” Jason Wood

British comedy circuit, and also toured Europe, Australia, and the United States. He was noted for his musical drag impersonations of such celebrities as Cher and Alison Moyet. He appeared as a contestant on the first season of the television reality series Strictly Come Dancing in 2004, and was featured on the series 29 Minutes of Fame and Spy TV. Wood also starred in Living TV’s The Underdog Show in 2008.

WOODS, I LENE Actress and singer Ilene Woods, who was best known as the voice of Cinderella in the 1950 Walt Disney animated classic, died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease at a Canoga Park, California, nursing home on July 1, 2010. She was 81. She was born Jacqueline Ruth Woods in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on May 5, 1929. She began perform-

Ali Ollie Woodson

He embarked in a solo career after leaving the Temptations, but later rejoined several other former members to tour with The Temptations Revue from 2006 to 2008. Woodson also appeared on television in episodes of The Fall Guy, The Love Boat, Moonlighting, 227, Murphy Brown, Getting By, The Parent ’Hood, and The Jamie Foxx Show. He also was featured in the films Happy New Year (1987), Nikita Blues (2001), and Deadly Rhapsody (2001), and the tele-films Little Richard (2000) and The Bogus Witch Project (2000).

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WRIGHT, MARVA Blues and gospel singer Marva Wright died of complications from a stroke at her daughter’s home in New Orleans on March 23, 2010. She was 62. Wright was born in New Orleans on March 20, 1948. She sang in church from an early age and began performing professionally in 1987. She was

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best known for her renditions of such blues classics as “Heartbreakin’ Woman” and “Mama, He Treats Your

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(2010), and Trigger (2010). She was also seen in the 1996 tele-film Dangerous Offender: The Marlene Moore Story, and the 2001 mini-series Dice. Her other television credits include episodes of The Kids in the Hall, Liberty Street, Twitch City, Slings and Arrows, It’s Me Gerald, and Northern Town. She frequently performed with actor Don McKellar on stage and screen. They were also long-time partners offscreen and married shortly before her death.

W RIGHTSON, P ATRICIA Australian children’s author Patricia Wrightson died in a Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, hospital on March 15, 2010. She was 88. Wrightson was born in Lismore on June 19, 1921. She was a popular writer of children’s tales from the mid–1950s, often using myths and creatures from Aboriginal folklore. Her many books include The Crooked Snake (1955), The Bunyip Hole (1958), The Feather Star (1962), I Own the Racecourse!

Daughter Mean.” She recorded several albums including Born with the Blues and After the Levees Broke in 2007 following the Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of her home town.

WRIGHT, T RACY Canadian actress Tracy Wright died of pancreatic cancer in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on June 22, 2010. She was 50. Wright was born in Toronto on December 7, 1959. She was active with Canada’s avant-garde theatre from the late 1980s, and was a founding member of Toronto’s Augusta Company. She was featured in numerous independent films for nearly 20 years including Highway 61 (1991), Blue (1992), Wake Up, Jerk Off (1993), Eclipse (1994), My Addiction (1994), Wasaga (1995), When Night Is Falling (1995), Joe’s So Mean to Josephine (1996), My Summer Vacation (1996), Bubbles Galore (1996), Blind Spot (1997), Permission (1997), Last Night (1998), Elimination Dance (1998), Dog Park (1998), The Five Senses (1999), Superstar (1999), Apartment Hunting (2000), Picture Claire (2001), Good Stuff (2001), Childstar (2004), Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005), Monkey Warfare (2006), All Hat (2007), Blindness (2008), Green Door (2008), Manson, My Name Is Evil (2009), This Movie Is Broken (2010), You Are Here

Tracy Wright

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(1968), An Older Kind of Magic (1972), The Nargun and The Stars (1973), The Ice Is Coming (1977), The Dark Bright Water (1978), Behind the Wind (1981), A Little Fear (1983), The Haunted Rivers (1983), MoonDark (1987), The Song of Wirrun (1987), Manmorker (1989), Balyet (1989), The Old, Old Ngarang (1989), The Sugar-Gum Tree (1991), Shadows of Time (1994), Rattler’s Place (1997), The Water Dragons (1999), and A Wisp of Smoke (2004). Several of her works were adapted for television including The Nargun and the Stars in 1980 and I Own the Racecourse! in 1986.

WYBLE, JIMMY Western swing and jazz guitarist Jimmy Wyble died of heart failure at his home in Altadena, California, on January 16, 2010. He was 87. Wyble was born in Port Arthur, Texas, on January 25, 1922. He began playing guitar on a Houston radio station and performing with western swing bands in the early 1940s. He joined Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys, and was featured with them in several films including Rhythm Round-Up (1945), Blazing the Western Trail (1945), and Lawless Empire (1945). Wyble served in the Army during World War II, and resumed his career after the war. He played with bands led by Red Norvo and Benny Goodman in the 1950s and 1960s, and was featured onscreen as a musician in the films Everybody’s

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Dancin’ (1950) and Hands of a Stranger (1962). He worked as a session musician from the 1960s, and was heard on the soundtrack of the films The Wild Bunch,

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Jimmy Wyble

Ocean’s Eleven, and Kings Go Forth. He played on several television shows including The Flip Wilson Show and Kraft Music Hall, and recorded the 1977 album Jimmy Wyble & Love Brothers.

XENIDES, A DRIANA Australian television personality Adriana Xenides, who was assistant host of the local version of Wheel of Fortune, died after a long illness of complications from a ruptured intestine in a Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, hospital on June 7, 2010. She was 54. She was born Adriana Coutsaimanis in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on January 9, 1956. She moved to Australia while in her teens and

Adriana Xenides

worked as a model, She became co-host of Australia’s Wheel of Fortune in 1981, and remained on the show until 1999. She was featured as Estelle Drayford in the 1991 television mini-series Golden Fiddles, and had a cameo role in the 1995 film Angel Baby. Xenides was a panelist on the Beauty and the Beast talk show in 1999 and participated in Celebrity Big Brother Australia in 2002.

YACHIMEC , L ARRY Canadian actor Larry Yachimec died of cancer at his home in Barrie, Ontario,

Canada, on August 1, 2010. He was 51. Yachimec was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on January 11, 1959. He began performing on stage with Edmonton’s Citadel Theatre in 1979, appearing in such productions as A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You, The Pillowman, Hamlet, and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Yachimec was seen on stages throughout Canada, and appeared on television in episodes of North of 60, Wind at My Back, Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science, The Associates, Wild Card, and The Eleventh Hour. He was also featured in the tele-films The Gunfighters (1987), Ordeal in the Arctic (1993), Must Be Santa (1999), Ice Bound (2003), Evel Knievel (2004), The Buck Calder Experience (2006), and Victor (2008). Yachimec was seen in the 2002 film Sweet Sixteen, and was a voice actor in the 2006 horror feature Saw III.

YAMAUCHI, TETSUYA Japanese film and television director Tetsuya Yamauchi died in Kure, Hitoshima, Japan, on April 2, 2010. He was 75. He began working in films in the late 1950s, and was an assistant director for 1959’s King of the Mongols (1959). Yamauchi co-scripted several films about legendary Japanese swordsman Jirochi of Shimizu in the early 1960s for director Masahiro Makino, starring Koji Tsuruta. He was soon directing such action films as The Ninja Hunt (1964) and Zenigata Heiji (1966). He was best known as the director of the 1966 Toei historical fantasy film Kairyu Daikessen, which was released in the United States under the titles The Magic Serpent and Froggo and Droggo. Yamauchi was co-director for the 1969 action film Gion Matsuri, and helmed episodes of the Toei television series featuring Japanese super-hero Akakage (Red Shadow) and historical figure Mito Komon. He also directed a 1982 remake of The Ninja Hunt. YAN, ROMINA Argentine actress Romina Yan died of a heart attack in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on September 28, 2010. She was 36. She was born in Buenos Aires on September 5, 1974, the daughter of television writers and producers Gustavo Yankelevich and Cris Morena. Romina made her debut as a dancer on the television series Jugate Conmigo (Come Play with Me) in 1991. She starred as Lorena Picabea in the 1994

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series Mi Cunado (My Brother in Law), and was Sol Iturbe in 1994’s Quereme (Love Me). She starred as Belen Fraga in the 1995 series Chiquititas (Tiny Angels)

Lorene Yarnell (with Robert Shields)

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created by her mother, and appeared in the television productions Susana Gimenez, Tiempofinal, Provocame, Amor Mio, B&B — Bella y Bestia, and Casi Angeles. Yan was also seen in the films Chiquititas: Rincon de Luz (2001) and Horizontal/Vertical (2009).

YANG LINA Singapore actress Yang Lina died of cervical cancer at the home of her younger sister, actress Yang Libing, in Singapore on March 20, 2010. She was 47. Yang began working as an actress for the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation in 1984. She was

Yang Lina

noted for her roles in the television dramas Samsui Women (1986) and Neighbours (1986). She married makeup artist Chau Kim Wa in 1992, and took time off from acting to raise a family. She returned to the screen, and made one of her final appearances in the MediaCorp television production of Perfect Cut 2, as a wealthy woman dying of AIDS, in 2009.

YARNELL, LORENE Lorene Yarnell, who was half of the popular mime-dance duo Shields and Yarnell in the 1970s, died suddenly of a brain aneurysm at her home in Sandefjord, Norway, on July 29, 2010. She was 66. Yarnell was born in Inglewood, California, on

March 21, 1944. She trained as a dancer, and performed on television on The Carol Burnett Show and The Dean Martin Show. She was also featured in the 1969 film version of the musical Sweet Charity. She met Robert Shields, a mime who had trained under Marcel Marceau, when the two worked together on the 1972 Sid and Marty Krofft television special Fol-de-Rol. She went to San Francisco with Shields and the two were married in a mime ceremony later in the year. He taught her mime, and she taught him dance, and the two became popular television performers in the mid– 1970s with regular stints on The Mac Davis Show and The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour. They soon headlined their own variety show, Shields and Yarnell, which aired on CBS in 1977 and 1978. They were also featured in episodes of Love, American Style and Wonder Woman, with Yarnell starring as the insect-woman Formicida. Her other television credits include productions of Christmas at Walt Disney World (1978) as Ms. Clinker, The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979), Clown White (1980), Steadfast Tin Soldier (1984), and Generation (1985). Shields and Yarnell also starred in the shortlived musical revue Broadway Follies in 1981. They divorced in 1986. Yarnell returned to the screen in Mel Brooks’ 1987 sci-fi spoof Spaceballs as the robot Dot Matrix, with Joan Rivers supplying the voices. She later moved to Norway with her fourth husband Bjorn Jansson.

YING, FANG Hong Kong actress Fang Ying died of cancer in Hong Kong on January 14, 2010. She was 59. She was born Ni Fan Ying in Hong Kong on April 20, 1950, and was raised in Guiyang, China. She began her film career with the Shaw Brothers in the early 1960s. She was featured in the films Seven Immortal Women (1963), Between Tears and Laughter (1964), The Last Woman of Shang (1964), The Story of Sue San (1964), The Female Prince (1964), West Chamber (1965), Asiapol Secret Service (1966), The Joy of Spring (1966), Trapeze Girl (1967), That Man in Changan (1967), Auntie Lan (1967), The Mirror and the Lichee (1967), Mist Over Dream Lake (1968), The Land of Many Perfumes (1968), Gun Brothers (1968), Diary of a Lady-Killer (1969), Naked Love (1970), and The Iron Buddha (1970). She retired from films to marry and

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raise a family in the early 1970s. She returned to the film industry in the mid–1980s to work as an art direc-

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tor on such films as Double Fattiness (1988), The Diary of a Big Man (1988), Fatal Vacation (1989), Web of Deception (1989), and Erotic Ghost Story III (1992).

YOUNG, SKIP Professional wrestler Galton “Skip” Young died in Dallas, Texas, on December 3, 2010. He was 59. Young was born in Houston, Texas, on July 24, 1951. He made his ring debut with Florida Championship Wrestling in the late 1970s, and won

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peared frequently on Chilean television from the 1970s with roles in such series as La Sal de Desierto (1972), La Colorina (1977), La Madastra (1981), La Gran Mentira (1982), La Torre 10 (1984), Morir de Amor (1985), Marta a las Ocho (1985), Mi Nombre es Lara (1987), Las dos Caras del Amor (1988), Sor Teresa de los Andes (1989), Rompecorazon (1994), and Oro Verde (1997).

ZAGALLO, LUIS Portuguese actor Luis Zagallo died of complications from a stroke in Lisbon, Portugal, on June 27, 2010. He was 69. Zagallo appeared frequently on stage, film, and television from the late 1970s. His film credits include The Sea Serpent (1984) with Timothy Bottoms, Solo de Violino (1990), Belle Epoque (1992), Palace (1995), La Leyenda de Balthasar del Castrado (1996), Les Bidochon (1996), and O Inimigo Sem Rosto (2010). He was featured on television in such productions as Ze Gato (1979), Chuva na Areia (1984), A Banqueira do Povo (1993), One Foot in the Grave (1993), Nico d’Obra (1993), La Rage au Coeur (1994), Na Paz dos Anjos (1994), Roseira Brava (1996) as Mario Oliveira, Le Portrait (1999), Monsanto (2000), Amo-te, Teresa (2000), A Febre do Ouro Negro (2000), Todo o Tempo do Mundo as Dr. Goncalves from 1999 to 2000, O Processo dos Tavoras (2001), Madame De… (2001), A Joia de Africa (2002), Ruy Blas (2002), Morangos Com Acucar as Martim Moura Bastos from 2003 to 2004, Floribella as Jose Saldanha in 2006, Vinganca

the NWA Southern Heavyweight Championship several times under a mask as Sweet Brown Sugar. He also toured Japan in the early 1980s, and joined the World Class promotion in Texas in 1984. He teamed with Pistol Pez Whatley and Tony Atlas in tag matches, and won the tag title with Atlas in 1987. He subsequently retired from the ring to become a preacher.

YRARRAZAVAL, PAZ Chilean actress Paz Eufrasia Yrarrazaval Donoso died of complications from rheumatoid arthritis at her apartment in Providencia, Chile, on April 11, 2010. She was 78. Yrarrazaval was born in Santiago, Chile, on May 16, 1931. She studied acting at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where she later taught. She was also the founder of the theatrical troupes Ictus and Teatro de Camara. She ap-

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as Nuno Galvao in 2007, and Chiquititas as To Ze in 2008.

ZAKRZENSKI, J ANUSZ Polish actor Janusz Zakrzenski was killed in the crash of Polish Air Force Tu-154 near Smolensk, Russia, on April 10, 2010. He was 74. The 96 passengers and crew were on route to an event honoring the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre, when dense fog during landing led to the

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crash that cost the life of numerous Polish notables including the president, government and military officials, and prominent cultural and religious figures. Zakrzenski was born in Przedxedworze, Poland, on March 8, 1936. He became a leading actor on the stages of Krakow and Warsaw from the late 1950s. He was also featured in such films as Argument About Basia (1959), Popioly (1965) as Napoleon, Lenin v Polshe (1966), Haslo Korn (1968), Epilog Norymberski (1971), The Story of Sin (1975), Co Mi Zrobisz, jak mnie Zlapiesz (1979), Teddy Bear (1981), Glosy (1982), Na Odsiecz Wiedniowi (1983), Epizod Berlin West (1986), On the Banks of the Niemen (1987), and Desperacja (1989). Zakrzenski was also a familiar face on Polish television, appearing in the 1989 mini-series Gdansk ’39. He was featured as Michal Dziduszko in the television series M Jak Milosc in 2005.

ZEMANN, GERHARD Austrian actor Gerhard Zemann died of a heart attack in Salzburg, Austria, on April 14, 2010. He was 70. Zemann was born in Vienna, Austria, on March 21, 1940. He began his career on stage in Salzburg, and was featured in a 1967 television production of Ostwind. He appeared in such films as Komm nach Wien, ich Zeig dir Was! (1970), Verbotene Hilfe (1984), Das Diarium des Dr. Doblinger (1986), Three Crazy Jerks II (1988), Caracas (1989), Zum Gluck Gibt’s Meine Frau (1995), Ein Herz wird Wieder Jung (1997), Eine fast Perfekte Scheidung (1997), Women Don’t Lie (1998), and Silentium (2004). He was seen on television in productions of Der Grune Stern (1983), Drei in Fremden Kissen (1995), Drei in Fremden Betten (1996), Frohlich Geschieden (1997), Tausendmal Beruhrt (2004), Conny und die Verschwundene Ehefrau (2005), and Schon, dass es dich Gibt (2005). Zemann was featured as Fredi Schuster in the 1986 series Rette Mich, wer Kann, and was Gerhard Eggerer in Die Hausmeis-

terin from 1986 to 1992. He was Alfred in Peter und Paul from 1994 to 1998, and starred as Ober Wollweber in Vater wider Willen in 1998. He was also seen as Dr. Leo Graf in the series Kommissar Rex from 1996 to 2009, and was Chief Inspector Alwin Zirmgiebel in Oben Ohne from 2007 to 2009. His other television credits include episodes of Der ganz normale Wahnsinn, Monaco Franze — Der ewige Stenz, Der Elegante Hund, Tatort, Stockinger, Moritz Kowalsky, Fast ein Gentleman, and SOKO Kitzbuhel.

ZILBERSMITH, CARLA Comedian and singer Carla Zilbersmith died of complications from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease, at her home in Berkeley, California, on May 17, 2010. She was 47. She was born Carla Anne Smith in Vancouver, Canada, on December 15, 1962. She attended the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and New York University. She merged her maiden name with that of her husband, jazz saxophonist Michael Zilber, after their marriage in 1987. She served as artistic director and coordinator of the drama department at College of Marin from the early 1990s. Zilbersmith was noted for her one-woman show Wedding Singer Blues, which debuted in Los Angeles in 2006. She was diagnosed with ALS the following year, and incorporated the degenerative disease in her comedy routines. She was the subject of the documentary film

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ZINN, HOWARD Radical historian Howard Zinn, who was active in the civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1960s, died of a heart attack while traveling in Santa Monica, California, for a speaking engagement on January 27, 2010. He was 87. Zinn was born in Brooklyn, New York, on August 24, 1922. He served with distinction as a bombardier with the Army Air Corps during World War II. He attended New York University after the war, and eventually earned a doctorate in history from Columbia. He taught at Spelman College in Atlanta in the 1950s, where he became active in the early days of the civil rights movement. Zinn

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and friends of Zinn. Damon later narrated the 2004 documentary based on Zinn autobiography, Howard Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train, and the 2009 television adaptation of A People’s History, The People Speak, for the history channel in 2009. Zinn retired from teaching in 1988, but continued to write and lecture, and authored two plays, Emma and Daughter of Venus.

Z WERIN, M IKE Jazz musician and author Mike Zwerin died of a blood disease in Paris, France, on April 2, 2010. He was 79. Zwerin was born in New York City on May 18, 1930. A jazz trombonist and bass trumpeter, he sat in on sessions with Art Blakey and Miles Davis in the late 1940s, and later played with

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became a professor of political science at Boston University in the mid–1960s. He was an outspoken opponent of the war in Vietnam, and the author of several books on the war on the anti-war movement including Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal (1967) and Disobedience and Democracy (1968). Zinn was best known as the author of the 1980 revisionist history text, A People’s History of the United States, which focused more attention on union organizers and radical activists than the founding fathers. His book was mentioned by Matt Damon in the 1997 film Good Will Hunting, scripted by Damon and Ben Affleck, who were both students

Charlie Mingus, Maynard Ferguson and Claude Thornhill’s big bands. He was best known for his later career as a jazz critic and writer. He worked for the Village Voice as jazz critic from 1964 to 1969, and served as their European editor from 1969 to 1971. He also spent two decades in Paris as jazz critic for the International Herald Tribune from the late 1970s, and joined Bloomberg News as music critic in 2005. He wrote several memoirs about his life in jazz including Close Enough for Jazz and The Parisian Jazz Chronicles: An Improvisational Memoir.

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Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2010