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- Donald Murphy was born on 29 January 1918 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Frankenstein's Daughter (1958), Lord Love a Duck (1966) and Cavalcade of America (1952). He died on 19 May 2008 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
- Actor
- Writer
Jack Duffy was born in Montreal, Canada. He began his career as a singer and actor on CBC Radio at age 19. After this he joined a vocal group called the Bob-O-Links that toured America for two years with Tommy Dorsey's orchestra. Jack continued as a solo singer with Dorsey's band until 1950. In 1952, Jack was a cast member of the Wayne and Shuster Show. Jack Duffy became a regular on CBC variety shows, including The Barris Beat, Showtime and Folio. His skill as comic and impressionist, as well as his singing voice, earned him his own series, Here's Duffy, which ran in 1958-59. Jack was recruited to U.S. variety shows and spent two years on The Perry Como Kraft Music Hall.
In 1952, Jack was a cast member of the Wayne and Shuster Show. Later he went on to host his own half-hour series, Here's Duffy.
In 1970 he joined forces with Dinah Christie and Billy Van to perform in a comedy show called Party Game in which they played charades on the comedy show. The show hosted by Bill Walker and made by CHCH-TV in Hamilton, Ontario ran for eleven years and was syndicated throughout Canada.
In addition to Party Game, Jack also did the CBC series Upside Town and Canadian show And That's the News, Goodnight with Don Harron. He was a cast member on U.S. sketch comedy series Half the George Kirby Comedy Hour,and The Bobby Vinton Show.
In more recent years, Jack did voice work in the 1983 TV series Curious George, and appeared in films such as Ghost Mom and A Holiday Romance. He kept acting through the 1980s and 1990s, with roles in films such as The Silent Partner, The Dream Team, Men with Guns and 2002's A Killing Spring.- Writer
- Actor
Vijay Tendulkar was born on 6 January 1928 in Kolhapur, Bombay Presidency, British India. He was a writer and actor, known for Aakrosh (1980), Ardh Satya (1983) and Manthan (1976). He was married to Nirmala Tendulkar. He died on 19 May 2008 in Pune, Maharashtra, India.- Producer
- Additional Crew
Huntington Hartford was born into one of America's wealthiest families. His two uncles and grandfather privately owned the A&P Supermarket the largest retail empire in the world with 16 thousand stores in America, a beloved American Company. He grew up America's golden boy idealized by a nation and was one of the world's richest men, building his own empire spanning the globe. He founded Oil Shale which is now Conoco Phillips and owned Paradise Island in the Bahamas.- Art Department
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Roy Rossotti was born on 29 March 1932 in London, England, UK. He was a director and assistant director, known for Doctor Zhivago (1965), Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and The Avengers (1961). He was married to Jill Kennington. He died on 19 May 2008 in Epsom, Surrey, England, UK.- Art Department
- Camera and Electrical Department
James Michael Drury Jr. was born on 7 September 1959. He is known for From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Four Rooms (1995) and Shrunken Heads (1994). He died on 19 May 2008.- Animation Department
- Director
- Additional Crew
Robert Allen was born on 14 May 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a director, known for A Message for Women (1945), Chips Off the Old Block (1942) and The Captain's Pup (1938). He died on 19 May 2008 in Fallbrook, California, USA.- Iona Banks was born on 20 December 1920 in Trelogan, Wales, UK. She was an actress, known for Mystery!: Campion (1989), On the Black Hill (1988) and One Summer (1983). She died on 19 May 2008 in Trelogan, Flintshire, Wales, UK.
- Runólfur Dagbjartsson was born on 21 April 1923 in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. He was an actor, known for New Life (1983). He died on 19 May 2008 in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland.
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Rimma Kazakova was a popular Russian poet-songwriter best known for her lyrics to such songs as 'You Love Me', 'Nenaglyadny moy', 'Wedding Music' and 'Madonna' among other hits.
She was born Rimma Fedorovna Kazakova on January 27, 1932, in Sebastopol, Russia, Soviet Union (now Sebastopol, Ukraine). Her father, Fedor Lazarevich, was a Red Army officer, her mother was a homemaker. Young Kazakova was fond of classic literature and poetry. During her formative years she lived and studied in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg, Russia), graduating from Leningrad HS in 1949. From 1950 to 1955 she studied history and literature at Leningrad State University, graduating in 1955, majoring in History. That same year she had the first publication of her poem in the Soviet Union. From 1956 to 1961 Kazakova lived in Khabarovsk in the Far east of Russia. There in 1958 she published her first collection of poetry titled "We'll Meet in the East." In 1959 she joined the Writers Union. From 1961 to 1964 she attended the Higher Courses of Literature at the Union of Writers in Moscow.
Since the 1960s Rimma Kazakova was part of the Moscow cultural milieu known as the 60s generation. She enjoyed popularity in the Soviet Union and Russia as the author of many books of poetry based on traditions of Russian folklore, urban romance and other lyrical trends of the 20th century. Kazakova wrote lyrics to many popular songs by composer Igor Krutoy, such as 'Madonna', 'Wedding Music', 'You Love Me' and other hits performed by singer Alexander Serov.
Rimma Kazakova survived numerous attacks by the Soviet officialdom; she was censored and banned form traveling outside of the Soviet Union. During the 1980s she was nominated for Soviet State Prize, but she never received the prize. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Kazakova was elected First Secretary of the Writers' Union of Russia, alongside Bella Akhmadulina and Andrei Voznesensky. She died on May 19, 2008, of natural causes while she was undergoing treatment at the prestigious "Perkhushkovo" sanatorium near Moscow, Russia.- Music Department
- Writer
- Director
R.N. Jayagopal was a writer and director, known for Namma Makkalu (1969), Dhoomakethu (1968) and Naa Mechida Huduga (1972). He died on 19 May 2008 in India.- William Hall was born on 2 November 1935 in Highgate, London, England, UK. He died on 19 May 2008.
- Barbara Sears was born on 6 September 1916 in Noblestown, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for That Night with You (1945), Code of the Lawless (1945) and Bad Men of the Border (1945). She was married to Winthrop Rockefeller and Richard Sears Jr.. She died on 19 May 2008 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Jacco van Renesse was born on 24 October 1936. He was an actor, known for Floris (1969), Wat u maar wilt (1970) and Vadertje langbeen (1964). He died on 19 May 2008 in Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Jochen Piehl was born in 1939 in Germany. He was an actor, known for Dracula (1972), Komm in die Wanne, Schätzchen (1971) and Janosch (1986). He died on 19 May 2008 in Hamburg, Germany.