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- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
A recording artist, song writer, jazz musician and composer, Gil Melle launched his career in the sixties. He first displayed his talent for art work and was also a regular jazz performer in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. After relocating to Los Angeles in 1969, Gil Melle displayed his musical talent for NBC's series "Night Gallery" and then composed scores for four of the "Columbo Mystery Films" for ABC and later did the chilling score for television's "Kolchak: The Night Stalker".
He also worked with major filmmakers including a young Steven Spielberg, for whom Melle scored his first two films "The Psychiatrist" and "Savage". With Larry Cohen, he composed a thundering score for "Bone" and next did the Sidney Poitier suspense thriller "The Organization" and ABC's motion picture "The Six Million Dollar Man".
After leaving television, Melle displayed his talents again for such major motion pictures including "The Manipulator", Warner Brothers' "The Ultimate Warrior" and Melle's best-known score for Universal Pictures, the 1971 science fiction thriller "The Andromeda Strain". Upon returning to television in the early eighties, he did NBC's "The Intruder Within" and later "The Case of the Hillside Stranglers", where Melle used lower-register instruments to create a chilling score.
Other films for the eighties include "Blood Beach", "The Last Chase" and "Hot Target". Melle's work has been recorded by The Toronto Symphony Orchestra, The New Zeland Symphony Orchestra, The Los Angeles Symphony and The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London. In all, he composed music for a remarkable 125 motion pictures.
In 1994, Gil Melle retired but still continued his talented work in both music and art until his passing in 2004.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Charles F. Wheeler was born on 15 December 1915 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), Silent Running (1972) and It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963). He was married to Diane Wheeler. He died on 28 October 2004 in Orange, California, USA.- After an impressive debut at the young age of 17 in Castellani's neo-realistic masterpiece "Due soldi di speranza" (playing Carmela, a young unemployed man's fiancée) she disappointed art film lovers (but not the average Italian spectator) in starring - throughout the fifties and in the early sixties - in a great number of popular flicks, often musicals set in Naples. She disappeared from the big screen in the mid-sixties to concentrate on the the dubbing firm she had set up. Maria Fiore returned to popular success through hit TV mini-series such as "Quei 36 gradini" (1984),"Little Roma" ('88) and "Pronto Soccorso" ('90-'92). She died of lung cancer aged 68.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Catherine Dee was born on 10 July 1960. She was an actress, known for Stuff Stephanie in the Incinerator (1989) and Dead Rain (2006). She was married to James Weston. She died on 28 October 2004 in Hancock, New Hampshire, USA.- Cinematographer
- Writer
- Director
Abdus Samad was born on 8 July 1937 in Habiganj, East Bengal, British India. He was a cinematographer and writer, known for Shurjogrohon (1976), Shurjo Shongram (1979) and Badhu Bideshini (1980). He was married to Rosy Samad. He died on 28 October 2004 in New Delhi, Delhi, India.- Writer
- Producer
- Script and Continuity Department
Bryan Blackburn was born on 20 October 1928 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK. He was a writer and producer, known for Pineapple Express (2008), Behind the Candelabra (2013) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). He died on 28 October 2004.- Graham Roberts was born on 10 October 1929 in Chester, Cheshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Lizzie Dripping (1973), Adam Smith (1972) and Captain Stirrick (1982). He was married to Kate Matheson and Yvonne Robert. He died on 28 October 2004 in York, Yorkshire, England, UK.
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Alice Fraser was born on 19 March 1934 in Christchurch, New Zealand. She was an actress, known for The Avengers (1961), The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985) and Country GP (1984). She was married to Frank Hickey. She died on 28 October 2004 in Wellington, New Zealand.- Jimmy McLarnin was born on 19 December 1907 in Magherageery, County Down, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Joe Palooka, Champ (1946), Big City (1937) and Tony Canzoneri vs. Jimmy McLarnin (1936). He was married to Lillian Cupit. He died on 28 October 2004 in Richland, Washington, USA.
- Producer
- Director
- Camera and Electrical Department
Peter Lambert was born in 1924 in the UK. He was a producer and director, known for Churchill, the Man (1973), The Great Armored Car Swindle (1961) and A London Symphony (1955). He died on 28 October 2004.- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Barry Odom was born on 18 August 1942. He is known for Amistad (1997). He died on 28 October 2004.- Bert Tigchelaar was born on 13 December 1946 in Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands. He died on 28 October 2004 in Lemele, Netherlands.
- His father was a famous animated film director, and possibly due to this, he also became an artist. His career started really promisingly. As a college student he acted in a serial Angyalbörben (1990).
From middle of the 1990s, he dubbed a lot. Most people know him as the Hungarian dubbing voice of Will Smith. He did his work always magnificently: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990), Bad Boys (1995), Independence Day (1996), Men in Black (1997), Wild Wild West (1999), Men in Black II (2002). He suffered from an intense emotional disease. He wasn't even 40 years old when he died. - Dick Ensslen was born on 19 December 1926 in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Annie Christmas Show (1977). He died on 28 October 2004 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Actor
- Writer
An immensely talented young comedy writer/performer, Tristan began his comedy career at the famed University of New South Wales Law Revues in Sydney, before joining the cast of the popular Seven Network sketch comedy program 'Big Bite' (2003-2004) at age 24. Tristan was best known for his uncanny impersonation of Tom Gleisner in the show's acclaimed parodies of 'The Panel' tv programme, many of which sketches Tristan also wrote. Tristan's work helped the show earn an Australian Film Institute Award nomination for Best Comedy Series in 2003, marking the first time a tv comedy programme from an Australian commercial network had ever been nominated for an AFI Award in any category. Tragically, Tristan suffered from clinical depression, and despite his bright prospects both as a comedy writer and as a lawyer (the field in which he had trained), took his own life on Thursday October 28, 2004, at the age of 26. His many friends among Australia's young comedy community mourned his passing.