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In his 50-year acting career, Mario Roccuzzo has worked with everyone from Hollywood legends such as Fred Astaire, who made an ill-fated attempt to teach Mario how to dance, to tyro writer/director Alexander Smith, who cast Mario in his debut film, Bottleworld (2009).
Incredibly versatile, Mario overcame initial 'bad guy' typecasting roles in the early '60's to land over 250 TV roles and 12 film roles. By the 70's he couldn't walk down the street without someone stopping him to ask for autographs, because he was 'that guy' they'd seen guest starring in their favorite show the night before.
Born in Boston, Mario witnessed his parents traveling up and down the New England coast to perform with an Italian repertory company. Instead of jading him to the life of an actor - watching rehearsals enthralled Mario and he knew early on what he wanted to be.
The tragedy of his father's death when Mario was ten years old led his mother to relocate to California with Mario and his sister in tow. Working a 'day job' at Wallach's Music City as a manager, Mario spent nights studying with acting coach Jeff Corey and later with Corey Allen. Determined not to leave his career to chance, in 1960 Mario infiltrated Columbia Studios and crashed the office of John Frankenheimer. When the director asked Mario what he was doing there, he replied simply, "I want to audition for you for your next film."
He got a cold read - and the part of Diavolo in The Young Savages (1961).
Later that year, Mario was cast as Nicky on the No. 1 show on television at the time, The Untouchables (1959). More 'bad guy' roles followed on shows such as The F.B.I. (1965), Stoney Burke (1962) and Surfside 6 (1960). Mario's chameleon versatility and the '70's 'anti-hero' revolution opened the floodgates to a string of diverse roles including Harold Wagner opposite William Holden in The Blue Knight (1973).
By the '80's, Mario had worked on practically every cop show on television including Baretta (1975), Barnaby Jones (1973), Barney Miller (1975), Police Story (1973), The Streets of San Francisco (1972), and Hill Street Blues (1981). By the 2000's he'd include NYPD Blue (1993) on that list, along with comedies such as Dharma & Greg (1997) and The Drew Carey Show (1995). He also continued to act in feature films, charming audiences as Jerry the Bartender opposite Jim Carrey in The Majestic (2001) and as the 'show closing' last customer in Bottleworld (2009).
Despite a still growing credit list, Mario states, "In my heart of hearts, I love acting just as much as when I first started out."- Bruce Kerr was born on 30 December 1933 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for The Man from Snowy River (1982), Neighbours (1985) and Cash and Company (1975). He died on 9 October 2021 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Shawn McLemore was born on 3 May 1967 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Colors (1988) and Summer Camp Nightmare (1986). He was married to Rhonda. He died on 9 October 2021 in Houston, Texas, USA.
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- Writer
- Producer
Helmut Herbst was born on 2 December 1934 in Escherhof, Rhineland, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for John Heartfield, Fotomonteur (1977), Eine deutsche Revolution (1982) and Drei Versuche über Anton Webern: Opus 5 - fünfter Satz. He was married to Renate Merck. He died on 9 October 2021 in Odenwald, Germany.- Music Department
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Garnett Brown was born on 31 January 1936 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for Water for Elephants (2011), Harlem Nights (1989) and Fat Man and Little Boy (1989). He was married to Anna. He died on 9 October 2021 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Abolhassan Bani Sadr was the first President of Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. His presidency was impeached a year after his inauguration after Bani Sadr criticized the Islamic government for violating the human rights of the people of Iran, and also criticized the many executions of the people who spoke out against the government.
After his impeachment Bani Sadr fled Iran and resided in Paris, France and has lived there to this day. Bani Sadr remained an active critic against the Islamic dictatorship in Iran, openly criticizing the human rights violations in the country. And to this day he has written many books about his homeland and in full detail describes the torment and suffering many innocent Iranian citizens experience at the hands of the government's personal guard, the Basij militia who are the loyal guards who answer only to the Supreme Leader himself and are ordered to "uphold Islamic law" in the country. - Additional Crew
- Producer
- Director
In March, 1984, Toronto Life magazine honored 150 people it considered to be the most influential, powerful, glamorous, opinionated, innovative, useful and creative people in the city. The list, in celebration of the city's 150th birthday, included television commercials director who, in his own sphere of activity, could qualify for any of those adjectives: Bob Schulz.
The glamor and achievement of Bob Schulz's long and successful career as a director of feature films, television dramas, TV commercials, music videos, public service films and videos is a matter of public record. From Hungarian refugee to film editor, director, producer, employer of scores of film industry people, international film producer culminating in Royal Gala Performance in 1993, Bob's story is well known in the industry. What is not widely known, but remembered by many with gratitude, are Bob's unselfish acts in times of need, his generosity when the community and individuals call on him for help, his open door and open heart to young and old, to talented and simply needy people.
Bob Schulz has directed and produced in over 30 countries, for over 40 years, and has won countless international awards. He has been the president of one of Canada's largest production companies, Schulz Productions Ltd., helped hundreds of filmmakers, who are now the leaders of the industry.
The man without a face
The project started fifteen years ago as the brainchild of Bob Schulz, when he read the book "The Man Without A Face" by Isabelle Holland. In 1990, Bob acquired the motion picture rights and hired a Toronto writer to develop the screenplay. His dream was to have Mel Gibson star in the film, little imagining that Gibson was also interested in directing the project. The picture was produced on $12,000,000. Distributed by Warner Brothers, in U. S. theaters alone the film has grossed over $25,000,000 to date. With foreign sales, cable and video sales are expected to exceed $125,000,000.
Falcon's Gold
Falcon's Gold was the first "made for Pay T.V." motion picture in the world. It was shot in Mexico, produced for Showtime L.A. and has been sold to C.B.S., C.T.V. and other American and Canadian Pay T.V. and free T.V. syndications. It was among the first 5 bestselling motion pictures when it was offered, in the same year at Cannes. For a low budget film ($1.5 million), this picture surpassed their wildest imaginations.- Writer
- Producer
- Director
Charlotte Strandgaard was born on 15 February 1943 in Brørup, Denmark. She was a writer and producer, known for Nu-teater (1971), Hvem myrder hvem? (1978) and Re: Lone (1970). She was married to Jakob Oschlag and Ole Strandgaard. She died on 9 October 2021 in Glostrup, Denmark.- Writer
- Actor
- Director
Yuriy Rogozin was born on 19 February 1953. He was a writer and actor, known for Per-r-r-vokursnitsa (2002), Muzhskoy zigzag (1992) and Ochen vernaya zhena (1992). He died on 9 October 2021.- Chito Gascon was born on 26 May 1964 in Manila, Philippines. He was married to Melissa. He died on 9 October 2021 in the Philippines.
- György Mati was an actor, known for Foltyn zeneszerzö élete és munkássága (1983). He died on 9 October 2021 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Jim Pembroke was born on 26 January 1946 in London, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Punahilkka (1968), Jon (1983) and The Kiss of Evil (2011). He died on 9 October 2021 in Kansas City Missouri, USA.- Steve McMahon died on 9 October 2021.
- Pierre Pinoncelli was born on 15 April 1929 in Saint-Etienne, Loire, France. He died on 9 October 2021 in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.
- Katrin Helwich was born on 18 September 1976 in Neustadt am Rübenberge, Lower Saxony, West Germany. She was a producer, known for Auslandsjournal (1973), Dunja Hayali (2015) and Gold for Kim: A life for North Korea's leader (2018). She was married to Claudio Armbruster. She died on 9 October 2021 in Germany.
- Gilbert Py was an actor, known for Avocat d'office (1994). He was married to Janine Arcangioli. He died on 9 October 2021 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
- Dee Pop was born on 14 March 1956 in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Elizabeth Vogdes and Deerfrance. He died on 9 October 2021 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.