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Paul Richards was born on 23 November 1924 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), Monkey on My Back (1957) and The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967). He was married to Monica Keating. He died on 10 December 1974 in Culver City, California, USA.- Tiki Santos was born on 15 September 1911 in Kan, Hawaii, USA. He was an actor, known for Advise & Consent (1962), The Wild Wild West (1965) and Hawaiian Eye (1959). He died on 10 December 1974 in Upland, California, USA.
- Writer
- Producer
- Actor
Godfrey Harrison was born on 4 February 1921 in Lancashire, England, UK. He was a writer and producer, known for Eight to a Bar (1952), Hancock (1963) and A Life of Bliss (1960). He was married to Josephine McCririck. He died on 10 December 1974 in London, England, UK.- Manuel Komroff was born on 7 September 1890 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Small Town Boy (1937), The Scarlet Empress (1934) and The Magic Bow (1946). He was married to Elinor M. Barnard. He died on 10 December 1974 in Woodstock, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Director
Cinema has not been too good to the actor Pierre Asso. A fistful of fleshy roles: Tamise in Marcel Pagnol's 1936 version of "Topaze", the monk Pablo in Louis Daquin's "Patrie" (1945), the blackmailer in Julien Duvivier's "L'affaire Maurizius (1954), Trintignant's disturbing ringleader in Alain Cavalier's "Le combat dans l'île" (1961) and that's about all. The rest consists of a few minor forgettable supporting roles. Fortunately the actor was more favored in other fields namely, theatre, television and film dubbing (he was notably the French voice of Leslie Howard in "Gone With the Wind").
Aged 16, wishing to work in the theatre, Pierre Asso moved to Paris in the mid 1920s. Although he did not become a big name, he had a successful career there, lasting half a century. He was seen and heard in plays by Pirandello, Kleist, Ibsen, Beckett, Wilde, Claudel, Shakespeare, Molière, Corneille under the supervision of such important stage directors as Antonin Artaud, Jean Vilar, Jean Mercure, Patrice Chéreau. But it was television that gave him greater visibility, in episodes of prestigious programmes like "La Caméra explore le temps", "En votre âme et conscience", "Énigmes de l'histoire", performed live, where he proved a marvel. His long, slightly stooped figure and intimidating gaze became more and more familiar to viewers throughout the 1950s and 1960s. During this period, he played several historical figures, Talleyrand, Voltaire (in « L'affaire Calas ») and others. But he one that fitted him like a glove was Richelieu. His stunning physical resemblance with the cardinal gave him the opportunity to embody him on four occasions, including in a 1960 version of "The Three Musketeers" starring Jean-Paul Belmondo. Quite often cold, haughty and domineering, he proved he could prove moving on occasion, as in "Mon coeur est dans les Highlands", the film by Lazare Iglésis after William Saroyan. He was just wonderful as the aged and bearded Jasper Mac Gregor, a destitute actor who had escaped from an old people's home and knew how to make everyone around him love him. In life Pierre Asso was an anarchist, and his ideas, which he proclaimed unabashedly, often got him into trouble: he was banned from the stage on four occasions. He even remained unemployed for nineteen months on the run. But he persisted and signed. A man of conviction, he lived in a hotel, sparingly (and not beyond his means as Wikipedia erroneously states). Pierre Asso worked until the end, which came all too soon- English stage and screen actress Barbara Hoffe born in England in around 1897. She became a well-known drama and comedy stage actress from the early 1910's. She starred in at least 6 movies under her real name Barbara Conrad under the direction of Wilfred Noy at the Clarendon Film Co between 1915-17, making her debut in a crime/drama 'The Verdict of the Heart' with Harry Welchman, her last film at Clarendon studios was 'The Lost Chord' in 1917. In 1920 she starred in her first film under the name of Barbara Hoffe in 'Five Pound Reward' a comedy directed by Adrian Brunel and co-starring a young Leslie Howard at the Minerva Film Co. Her most notable roles in 'Eugene Aram' in 1924 and in her last silent film 'Lieutenant Daring RN and the Water Rats' with Percy Moran in 1924. Barbara made a comeback in her only talkie in 1931 'The Woman Decides' directed by Miles Mander and starred Owen Nares at BIP studios. In a magazine interview in 1927 Barbara Hoffe confessing rather bizarrely that her favourite meal was mushroom omelette, also revealed that her favourite hobby was collecting 'first editions cheaply. In Australia in 1931 Barbara Hoffe was awarded £500 damages against Gordon Harbord, the theatrical producer for breach of contract. Miss Hoffe played the leading role in 'The Command to Love' at the Arts Club Theatre, but Yvonne Arnaud was substituted when the play was produced and ran at Daly's Theatre.
- Camera and Electrical Department
Tom Long was born on 29 March 1905 in West Virginia, USA. He died on 10 December 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA.