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Portly, pudding-faced, wavy dark-haired actor/announcer Harry Von Zell, whose well-modulated voice was a standard radio fixture during the 1930s and '40s, also extended his talents toward film and TV where he appeared in numerous comedy outings, often as a straight man foil. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on July 11, 1906, he attended UCLA and first started on the air waves in 1927 with KMIC as both announcer and singer, eventually moving into national radio, announcing for Bing Crosby among others. Known for his quick and clever ad-libbing, he nevertheless got quite a bit of ribbing and won an honorary award in the Immortal National Hall of Bloopers Fame for referring to President Herbert Hoover once as "Hoobert Heever."
Von Zell decorated a number of films, owning a few prime buttoned-down support parts in both comedy--including The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945), For Heaven's Sake (1950) and Son of Paleface (1952)--and dramas, such as The Guilt of Janet Ames (1947) and The Saxon Charm (1948). He was also front-and-center in a number of comedy shorts, usually playing himself. The name Harry Von Zell became a household word, while riding on the talented coattails of the husband/wife team of George Burns and Gracie Allen in their classic TV sitcom The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950). He played the hesitant, somewhat bewildered friend of the family, also serving as the program's announcer. In addition, he was with CBS in New York for six years and a TV network announcer for the likes of Eddie Cantor, Fred Allen, Phil Baker, Dinah Shore and Joan Davis over his long career. Following his retirement in the 1970s after some TV work including Bachelor Father (1957) and Perry Mason (1957) (he also once wrote and appeared on a Wagon Train (1957) episode), Von Zell was seen frequently at nostalgic functions. He died of cancer in 1981 at the age of 75 in Los Angeles. He was a posthumous inductee of the National Broadcasters Hall of Fame.- Music Department
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Composer, musician and film executive who performed in the orchestras of Isham Jones and Paul Whiteman after his high school education. Between 1932 and 1943 he was the assistant head of the Warner Brothers music department, and then joined MGM in the same capacity, until 1945 when he joined Eagle-Lion, lasting into 1949. He joined ASCAP in 1955, and founded Primrose Music Company, which specialized in both music and sound effects.- Muammer Gözalan was born on 15 February 1903 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He was an actor, known for Birakin Yasayalim (1974), Karaoglan: Bizansli Zorba (1967) and Jilet Kazim (1971). He died on 21 November 1981 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Colin Cunningham was born on 27 March 1904 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Emma (1972), Complete and Utter History of Britain (1969) and Great Expectations (1959). He died on 21 November 1981 in Hampstead, London, England, UK.
- Tatána Vavrincová was born on 27 October 1923 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. She was an actress, known for 90 Degrees in the Shade (1965), Bláhový sen (1943) and Prípad dr. Kováre (1950). She died on 21 November 1981 in Göteborgs och Bohus lán, Sweden.
- Make-Up Department
Dotha was born into a great family, her mother, Dotha, was a school teacher, Who lived in Pasadena, California. Her father was Raymond Conly, Capt. L.A.S.D., who helped to get the famous motor cycle division commissioned. Her husband, Louis Hippe, was a very famous man, in make up. His father, also Louis, helped start make up by making false eye lashes, with Mr. Westmore Sr. She is also related to 'Syd Saylor', he is her cousin. He made over 200 pictures. Her breakthrough was as a hair dresser, in Hollywood, California where she was discovered by an unknown director. The rest is history.- Colin Cunningham was born on 27 March 1904 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Melody of My Heart (1936) and Thomas and Sally (1937). He died on 21 November 1981 in Hampstead, London, England, UK.