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- Producer
- Actor
- Writer
The son of a jeweller, Charles H. Schneer was chiefly famous for his collaborations with animator and special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen. Together, they created some of the best-loved fantasy and science fiction films to grace the silver screen between 1956 and 1981. Importantly, Schneer encouraged Harryhausen's imaginative flights even to the point of exceeding his budget - unlike many other producers active in the realm of low-budget film making.
Schneer had initially entered the motion picture industry with Columbia in New York in 1939. He worked as an assistant there for three years and then did his wartime service with the U.S. Army Signals Corps Photographic Unit, turning out training films at the Astoria Studio in Queens, New York. After the war, he joined Sam Katzman's B-unit at Columbia as producer. It was Schneer's original concept of a giant octopus enveloping the Golden Gate Bridge that led to his introduction to Harryhausen and their subsequent joint work on It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955). Despite a minuscule budget, the venture proved to be a notable box-office success. Their next project together was the seminal science fiction Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956), which took Harryhausen's stop motion technique to the next level. Again, it was Schneer who had provided original background research by collecting news reports of actual UFO sightings.
By 1957, Schneer had ceased working for Katzman and became co-founder and president of Morningside Productions as a means of gaining more creative and financial control for both himself and Harryhausen (who was henceforth also credited as associate producer). Their subsequent ventures were based on mythological themes, rather than being simply 'creature features'. These included The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) (in which the three dimensional stop-motion animation process was first referred to as "Dynamation"); The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960) and Jason and the Argonauts (1963) (Schneer's own favourite among his films). In 1960, Schneer moved to London to form an independent production company, American Films. He produced several features without the involvement of Harryhausen, notably a biopic of rocket engineer Wernher von Braun. They later resumed working together and had further successes with Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977) and Clash of the Titans (1981), with its brilliant Medusa sequence.
Schneer retired in the 1980's, once stop-motion work had been somewhat superseded by cheaper computer-generated special effects. He continued to reside at his Holland Park home in West London until returning to the United States just three years prior to his death in 2005.- Ernie Bourne was born on 1 August 1926 in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Blue Heelers (1994), Prisoner (1979) and Neighbours (1985). He died on 21 January 2009 in Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Carl Prickett was born on 11 August 1921 in Barrackville, West Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Perry Mason (1957), Gunsmoke (1955) and General Electric Theater (1953). He was married to Betty Lee Adkison. He died on 21 January 2009 in Roseburg, Oregon, USA.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Eugen Thomass was born on 24 December 1927 in Munich, Germany. He was a composer, known for Scarabea - wieviel Erde braucht der Mensch? (1969), Tatort (1970) and Professor Columbus (1968). He died on 21 January 2009 in Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland.- Composer
- Music Department
Walter Kubiczeck was born on 7 October 1931 in Berlin, Germany. He was a composer, known for Das unsichtbare Visier (1973), Der Lude (1984) and Liebesfallen (1976). He died on 21 January 2009 in Berlin, Germany.- Elena Giusti was born in 1917 in Malta. She was an actress, known for Café chantant (1953), Sua altezza ha detto: no! (1953) and I pompieri di Viggiù (1949). She was married to Gerino Gerini. She died on 21 January 2009 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
- Margery Hill was an actress, known for Why Shoot the Teacher? (1977). She died on 21 January 2009 in Alliston, Ontario, Canada.
- Mickey Gee was born on 31 December 1943 in Cardiff, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for Willie and the Poor Boys (1985), Blue Suede Shoes: A Rockabilly Session with Carl Perkins and Friends (1985) and Love Me Tender: A Tribute to the Music of Elvis Presley (1987). He died on 21 January 2009 in Cardiff, Wales, UK.
- Veatrice was born on 1 October 1949 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She was an actress, known for Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003). She was married to John Rice. She died on 21 January 2009.
- Actress
Lyda Vashkulat was born on April 4, 1924 in Los Angeles, California, USA. (Neptune Rising). She was an actress, known for Stalag 17 (1953). She was married to Conrad H. Hansen (2nd husband). She died on January 21, 2009 in Laguna Woods California.
Daughter of Ted Vashkulat Best Boy Electric 1920s RKO, Paramount, Desilu 1964. Son born 1953 Will "Chris Holley" musician "ARCHURE" TM
Lyda worked at Technicolor and Audience Studies Inc.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Dinah Vierny was born on 25 January 1919 in Chisinau, Romania [now Moldova]. She was an actress, known for Youth in Revolt (1938), The Mark of Cain (2001) and Dina Vierny (1995). She died on 21 January 2009 in Paris, France.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Zbigniew Ryszard Frankowski was born on 5 May 1930. He was a cinematographer, known for Osrodek szkoleniowy (1951), Konflikty (1967) and Uppsala (1971). He died on 21 January 2009 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland.- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Writer
Nozomu Yanase was a director and assistant director, known for Hayauchi Jô: Sakyû no kettô (1964), Kôgen no ojôsan (1965) and Tora no ko sakusen (1963). He died on 21 January 2009 in Japan.- Paulette Attie was born on 25 July 1936 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Lemon Sisters (1989), The Betty Hutton Show (1959) and The Yanks Are Coming (1974). She died on 21 January 2009.
- Hermann Winkler was born on 3 March 1924 in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Der fliegende Holländer (1975), Die Zauberflöte (1983) and Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (1967). He died on 21 January 2009 in Gauting, Bavaria, Germany.
- Claude Moliterni was born on 21 November 1932 in Paris, France. He died on 21 January 2009 in Paris, France.
- Astrid Folstad was born on 31 May 1932 in Norway. She was an actress, known for Gåten Knut Hamsun (1996), Gåten Knut Hamsun (1996) and John Gabriel Borkman (1978). She was married to Knut Risan. She died on 21 January 2009 in Bærum, Norway.
- Marion Lloyd Stearns White was an actress. She was married to Byron White. She died on 21 January 2009 in Denver, Colorado, USA.
- Shane Dronett was born on 12 January 1971 in Orange, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for No Witness (2004), The NFL on CBS (1956) and NFL Monday Night Football (1970). He died on 21 January 2009 in Duluth, Georgia, USA.
- Director
- Writer
László Martinidesz was born on 3 September 1953 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a director and writer, known for Bírós emberek (1997) and Karcsika (1985). He died on 21 January 2009.