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- Roger Craig was a Dallas Deputy Sheriff who was present at the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 and even recognized, moments later, Lee Harvey Oswald as a suspect after briefly seeing him entering a car some minutes after the shooting. He was never questioned by the Warren Commission.
His name came to prominence after being interviewed by Mark Levin on the book "Rush to Judgement" (1966) and a testimony he repeated on camera on Levin's film Two Men in Dallas (1976). As he states in the movie, he lost his job at the police force, later on managing a bondsmen service which failed to provide services thanks to Craig's media exposition.
In the early 1970's he survived several murder attempts on his life (which includes a car explosion and an accident where he even lost movements in one of his legs) and later died in mysterious circumstances on May 15, 1975, three days after his birthday. As also presented in the movie, his death from a gunshot wound (using a shotgun) was ruled as a suicide; however, he only had two pistols registered on his name. - Mary Johnson, born Astrid Maria Carlsson, Fors, Eskilstuna, in 1896, was a Swedish stage and screen actress, active 1913-1931. She was born into a home of simple living conditions. At 15 she found her way to Stockholm and the actress Karin Swanström's theatre company. Mary Johnson married the actor Karl Gerhard in 1913, made her stage and screen debut two years later, and was discovered by Hasselblad Studios and photographer/director Georg af Klercker. Her breakthrough happened in "Snows of Destiny" (1919), an adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's novel, directed by Mauritz Stiller. She re-married the Norwegian actor Einar Rød in 1920, acted in Swedish films and toured theaters in Norway. The German producer Trianon-Film spotted Mary Johnson an offered her leading parts till the company went bankrupt and another German producer Rex-Film suggested her as Hedvig Ekdal in "The Wild Duck/ Das Haus der Luges" in 1926. Mary Johnson starred in 10 more German pictures till she fell in love with the world famous German actor Rudolf Klein-Rogge, who became her third husband in 1932. Hitler and World War II affected the couple heavily. They lost most of the assets and artistic careers and was force to move to their summerhouse in Graz, Austria. Mary Johnson did not return to the screen or the stage and Rudolf Klein-Rogge made only one minor appearance in the film "Hexen" in 1949. After his death in 1955 Mary Johnson returned to Sweden and settled in Stockholm unnoticed. She passed away twenty years later, in 1975.
- Chief Blackhawk was born on 24 August 1902 in Old Town, Penobscot, Maine, USA. He was an actor, known for North of Nome (1936) and Range Warfare (1934). He died on 15 May 1975 in Old Town, Penobscot, Maine, USA.
- Inez Bauer was born on 21 January 1888 in California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Glory of Youth (1915). She died on 15 May 1975 in Millbrae, California, USA.
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Leslie Gehres was born on 23 September 1898 in Newark, New York, USA. He is known for Flat Top (1952) and The Ship That Wouldn't Die (1945). He was married to Rhoda Elizabeth Cooley. He died on 15 May 1975 in San Diego, California, USA.