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At 18 he enlisted in the Foreign Legion in Morocco remained prominent through 21. After graduating, contact the theater environment, debuting professionally in Madrid in 1933 with the company Josefina Diaz. Then working on new companies: Maria Fernanda Ladrón de Guevara, Tarsila Criado and Carmen Echevarria and others. After the Spanish civil war film offers come the first time in continuing the theater company Membrives Lola.- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Leading composer-conductor of familiar orchestral music and a famed British organist. Born of Russian parents at 27 Tottenham Court in London, his father, Morris Torchinsky, was a professional trombonist and encouraged his son to excel. Sidney studied piano at the Blackheath Conservatoire, then became accompanist to violinist Albert Sandler and an organist at cinemas including the Regal, Marble Arch, Edmonton, the Regal Kingston, and finally the new Gaumont State in 1937, making many records, broadcasts and personal appearances. He joined the Royal Air Force as an air gunner in 1940 and was stationed near Blackpool where he continued to record at the Opera House. Subsequently he was commissioned as an RAF Squadron Leader and conducted the RAF Concert Orchestra where his talents for composing and orchestral arranging were honed. At about the time he composed the music for the BBC's radio series "Much Binding in the Marsh", he was discovered by production-music publishers as a source for quality mood-music compositions. From 1946 on, he contributed and conducted (with the Queen's Hall Light Orchestra ) many instrumental works for the Chappell's catalog under both his own name and the 'Denis Rycoth' pseudonym (an anagram). From 1947 to 1949, he also conducted the New Century Orchestra until a British Musicians' Union ban put an end to that collaboration. In 1953, the BBC's popular "Friday Night is Music Night" was launched, with Sidney Torch conducting the BB Concert Orchestra for nearly twenty years until his 1972 retirement. Before then he had conducted numerous celebrity concerts at such venues as the Royal Festival Hall in London and others. His personality has been described by some of his instrumentalists and choral singers as tyrannical, and in a rare 1983 interview he admitted to being "cruel" in his professional dealings but added that in his opinion the final results may have been beneficial and that those he targeted may have been the better for it. His light-orchestral works are still very-often heard today, and American audiences remember his music from movie trailers, especially from drive-in theatres.- Nils Leander was born on 4 May 1905 in Helsingborg, Skåne län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Farornas paradis (1931), Generalen (1931) and Kärlek och dynamit (1933). He was married to Zarah Leander. He died on 16 July 1990 in Lund, Skåne län, Sweden.
- Harold Kay was born on 16 March 1926 in Courbevoie, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France], France. He was an actor, known for Des gens sans importance (1956), Miss Shumway Goes West (1963) and Signé: Arsène Lupin (1959). He died on 16 July 1990 in Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Miguel Muñoz was born on 19 January 1922 in Madrid, Spain. He was an actor, known for Saeta rubia (1956), Once pares de botas (1954) and Tierra de rastrojos (1980). He died on 16 July 1990 in Madrid, Spain.
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- Writer
- Soundtrack
Mikhail Matusovsky was born on 23 July 1913 in Lugansk, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire [now Luhansk, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Night Watch (2004), Po tonkomu ldu (1966) and 72 metra (2004). He died on 16 July 1990 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Egon Geißler was born on 13 December 1926 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die heilige Johanna (1962), Archiv des Todes (1980) and Solange Leben in mir ist (1965). He died on 16 July 1990 in Berlin, Germany.
- Nikola Rusev was born on 13 July 1932 in Berkovitza, Bulgaria. Nikola was a writer, known for Kashti bez ogradi (1974), Shturetz v uhoto (1976) and Boy posleden (1977). Nikola died on 16 July 1990 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Chester Zardis was born on 27 May 1900 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was married to Bertha Triggs. He died on 16 July 1990 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
- Valentin Pikul was born on 13 July 1928 in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia]. He was a writer, known for Bulvarnyy roman (1994), Moonzund (1988) and Konvoy PQ-17 (2004). He died on 16 July 1990 in Riga, Latvia.
- Actress
Gloria Matthews was born on 23 October 1932 in New York, New York, USA. She was an actress. She died on 16 July 1990 in New York, New York, USA.