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Wolfgang Lukschy was born on 19 October 1905 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for A Fistful of Dollars (1964), The Zurich Engagement (1957) and Drei, von denen man spricht (1953). He was married to Viktoria von Schack-Lukschy. He died on 10 July 1983 in West Berlin, West Germany.- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Special Effects
Sketch artist, fine arts painter, sculptor and monster maker Paul Blaisdell was born July 21, 1927, in Newport, Rhode Island, and grew up in Quincy, Massachussetts. He sketched alien monsters and constructed model airplane kits in his childhood days. Following graduation from high school, Paul briefly worked as a typewriter repairman and served a hitch in the military. Using the G.I. Bill, he attended the New England School of Art and Design, where he met his future wife, Jacqueline "Jackie" Boyle. Paul and Jackie got married in 1952 after finishing college and moved to Topanga Canyon in Los Angeles, California. Blaisdell worked as a technical illustrator for Douglas Aircraft and submitted his illustrations to such publications as "Spaceways" and "Otherworlds." Legendary magazine publisher 'Forrest J. Ackerman' was so impressed with Paul's work that he became his agent. It was through Ackerman that Blaisdell got his first film job designing the alien creature for Roger Corman's low-budget sci-fi outing The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955). Paul went on to handle the special effects on and/or design monsters for such low-budget American-International Pictures drive-in fare as Not of This Earth (1957), Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957) and The Spider (1958).
Best known for his strikingly original and imaginative creature designs, Blaisdell's most memorable monsters are the grotesquely malformed mutant in Day the World Ended (1955), the infamous cucumber creature in It Conquered the World (1956), Tabanga the tree monster in From Hell It Came (1957) and the titular distaff beast in The She-Creature (1956). In addition to designing these creatures, he also often played them as well.
Blaisdell became increasingly disenchanted with the film business, however, and quit making contributions to movies in the late 1950s. In the early 1960s he and fellow hardcore horror cinema fan Bob Burns launched the magazine "Fantastic Monsters of the Films," a sadly short-lived publication that featured a how-to section by Paul called "The Devil's Workshop." He also, in the early 1960s, did conceptual artwork on several movies which never got made. Eventually Paul left the business altogether and eked out a modest living as a carpenter.
Paul died of stomach cancer at the tragically young age of 55 on July 10, 1983 in Topanga Canyon, California.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Spanish 'tonadillera' (little tune singer, literally) and actress who had a stirring and passionate style, one of the greatest 'copla' (Spanish popular song) performers. She was yet known in Andalusia when she appeared in Barcelona in 1929 with a variety show named 'La copla andaluza', where she was the first star together with 'Ángel Sampedro 'Angelillo''. From that moment on she enjoyed success all over Spain, Europe and America. As a cinema actress she made many folkloric musicals, including _Suspiros de España (1938)_ and _Maja del capote, La (1943)_.- Mitchell Cox was born on 22 September 1909 in Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for Strait-Jacket (1964). He died on 10 July 1983 in Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
- Mona Bismarck was born on 5 February 1897 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. She was married to Count Umberto de Martini, Count Albrecht Edzard von Bismarck-Schönhausen, Harrison Williams and James Irving Bush . She died on 10 July 1983 in Paris, France.
- Else Wolz was born on 14 January 1908 in Kleinschwalbach, Germany. She was an actress, known for Johnny Belinda (1960), Die schwarze Galeere (1962) and The Rabbit Is Me (1965). She was married to Walter Ohm. She died on 10 July 1983 in East Berlin, East Germany.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Actor
- Visual Effects
Edward Wahrman was born on 6 October 1908. He was an actor. He died on 10 July 1983 in Granada Hills, California, USA.- Director
- Additional Crew
Alexander Oumansky was born on 23 March 1895. He was a director, known for Black and White (1930), Classic v Jazz (1930) and Dusky Melodies (1930). He died on 10 July 1983 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.- Morris Nussbaum was born on 4 March 1913 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Reunion in Vienna (1933). He died on 10 July 1983 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Anatoli Abramov was born on 4 December 1915 in Nizevoye, Vyatka Governorate, Russian Empire. He was an actor, known for Vesna v Moskve (1953), Erti nakhvit shekvareba (1975) and Honeymoon (1956). He died on 10 July 1983 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR.
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- Music Department
Werner Egk was born on 17 May 1901 in Auchsesheim, Donauwörth, Bavaria, Germany. He was a composer and writer, known for Der Herr vom andern Stern (1948), Jungens (1941) and Altes Herz geht auf die Reise (1947). He was married to Elisabeth Karl. He died on 10 July 1983 in Inning am Ammersee, Bavaria, Germany.