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Best known for his appearances on British television in the comedy series Father, Dear Father (1968), Patrick Cargill was also a distinguished stage actor and a brilliant farceur. His immaculate timing was known throughout the profession to the point that when directors were casting a certain type of leading role they would refer to it as a "Patrick Cargill part".
Cargill made his stage debut in Bexhill on Sea, Sussex, as a teenager before joining Anthony Hawtrey's company in London. Throughout the 1950s he was rarely off the West End stage in a string of farces and comedies, in many of which he played the leading role.
In 1967 he was offered the television series Father, Dear Father, written especially for him, in which he played a thriller writer, the inept father of two teenage daughters who were played by Natasha Pyne and Ann Holloway. The series ran until 1973 and in 1976 he returned to television in The Many Wives of Patrick (1976), in which he appeared as a middle-aged playboy trying to divorce his sixth wife in order to remarry his first.
In 1978 he appeared on the London stage in a revival of Anthony Shaffer's thriller, "Sleuth", which was not well received by the critics on the grounds that with all his charm, Cargill's leading role lacked menace.
In 1967 he was personally chosen by Charles Chaplin to play the role of Hudson, "a gentleman's gentleman", in the film A Countess from Hong Kong (1967). The two actors struck up a close friendship. A superb light comedian, Cargill said: "Comedy is instinctive. You know it's there but the moment you consciously search for it you're completely lost. Timing is a skill that you develop over the years. It gives you the necessary courage to wait - to pause while the audience gathers in anticipation."- Actress
- Soundtrack
Dorothy Hyson was one of the British cinema and theatre's most gifted players. Noted for her great beauty and striking looks, the songwriters Rogers and Hart dedicated their song, "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World", to her. Her second husband, the actor Anthony Quayle, described her as "the Most Beautiful Creature I Have Ever Seen".
She was born in Chicago in 1914, the only child of the musical comedy star, Dorothy Dickson and her husband, Carl Heison (who changed his name to Hyson). She made her London stage debut at the age of 12 at the Savoy Theatre in J.M. Barrie's "Quality Street" and, the following year, acted in Daisy Ashford's "The Young Visitors" (Strand Theatre), prompting the leading critic of the day, James Agate, to write: "I think in Dorothy Hyson we may have the comedienne of the future". In 1933, Ivor Novello, impressed by her charm and beauty, offered her the role of Gladys Cooper's daughter in his play, "Flies in the Sun". Later successes included Maxwell Anderson's comedy, "Saturday's Children and Touch Wood", in which she co-starred with Flora Robson.
In March 1935, she appeared with Laurence Olivier in the play, "The Ringmaster", directed in London's West End by Raymond Massey. At the age of 20, she married the British film actor Robert Douglas.
She was rarely off the West End stage throughout the thirties and forties and, in June 1947, married Anthony Quayle. In later years, Quayle said of his wife, "Without her, I could have been nothing - and done nothing. With her love and help, our two lives joined together and I could lift the world up and carry it aloft".
Hyson was a renowned hostess in London and numbered among her close friends, H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Noël Coward and John Gielgud. On her retirement from acting, she said: "I always tried my best at being an actress - but when I met Anthony Quayle all I wanted to do was to be his wife and look after him. My acting didn't matter anymore. He always came first for me".
Her son is the designer Christopher Quayle. Her two daughters are Rosanna Astley and the actress Jenny Quayle.- Sound Department
- Special Effects
- Producer
Gene Corso was born on 29 March 1932 in California, USA. Gene was a producer, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Predator (1987) and Phantasm (1979). Gene was married to Donna Martell. Gene died on 23 May 1996 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Florence Hodges was born on 21 April 1896 in the USA. She died on 23 May 1996 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- Peter Pasetti was born on 8 July 1916 in Munich, Germany. He was an actor, known for Mozart (1982), Othello (1958) and Antonius und Cleopatra (1963). He was married to Marianne Swoboda, Eva Maria Patzak and Margot Werner. He died on 23 May 1996 in Dießen am Ammersee, Bavaria, Germany.
- Kurt Uchima was born on 17 April 1918. He was an actor, known for Major League (1989) and Major League II (1994). He died on 23 May 1996.
- Born in Oklahoma in 1930, Simeon Garland Iness attended USC where he specialized in discus throwing. His greatest triumph came on 22 July 1952 when he won the discus event at the Helsinki Olympics with a throw of 180 feet and six-and-a-half inches. He also won the NCAA in 1952 and 1953 setting a discus world record of 190 feet.
Standing at six-feet-six and weighing 240 pounds, Iness was signed by Universal-International on 11 January 1954 to play the giant Herculanas in Sign of the Pagan, where he lost a memorable duel with Attila the Hun played by Jack Palance. However, after just two films for Universal, he resumed his career as a football and track coach. He died in California in 1996 at the age of 65. - Actor
- Art Department
Claude Gillingwater Jr. was born on 25 October 1911 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Ace of Aces (1933) and Running Hollywood (1932). He died on 23 May 1996 in Prescott, Arizona, USA.- Bernhard Klodt was born on 26 October 1926 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. He died on 23 May 1996 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany.
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- Producer
Eliseo Boschi was born on 29 June 1926 in Italy. He was a production manager and producer, known for The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964), Incontro d'amore (1970) and The Hellbenders (1967). He died on 23 May 1996 in Italy.- Bernd Klodt was born on 26 October 1926 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. He died on 23 May 1996.