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- Klaus Wennemann was born on 18 December 1940 in Oer-Erkenschwick, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Das Boot (1981), Der Fahnder (1984) and Das Boot (1985). He was married to Hedwig. He died on 7 January 2000 in Bad Aibling, Bavaria, Germany.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Bob McFadden was born in East Liverpool, Ohio in 1923, and got his first break singing and doing impersonations in a weekly talent show while stationed in Puerto Rico with the Navy during World War II. After leaving the Navy, he worked in a Pittsburgh steel mill, and got into show business as an opening act at hotels and nightclubs for the McGuire Sisters, Harry Belafonte, and others.
Although McFadden was not a household name, he was still happy just to be in show business. He met his wife Jeanette in Boston in 1950, when the two were working together; while he sang onstage, she and her twin sister performed synchronized swimming exercises in a pool below.
The McFaddens moved to Queens in the mid-1960s and Bob became a voiceover talent in advertising and cartoons. He made hundreds of thousands of dollars selling his voice to advertise products for Ban deodorant, Campbell soup, Ford, Frankenberry cereal, Geritol, Mountain Dew, and Pepto-Bismol. Once he was paid $12,000 to make swishing sounds to imitate a jet airplane. Bob McFadden's most memorable commercial was the voice of a parrot for Wisk. He said "Ring around the collar" and "Nice shirt". This commercial would be played over a 25 year timespan. He also barked like a dog for Crest toothpaste.
In 1982, TV Guide called Mr. McFadden "one of the elite of TV commercial voice-overs." Among his other works, he did ethnic characters for comedy albums including "The Yiddish Are Coming!". He was a stable voice for Terrytoons and was best known as Cool McCool (1966)'s "Pop the Cop" for King Features Syndicate in 1966. He was also Milton the Monster (1965). Despite retiring to Delray Beach, Florida, he would perform in supper clubs imitating Jack Benny and Ed Sullivan. He did singing impressions of Frankie Laine, Billy Eckstine, and The Ink Spots. In 1959 in Cuba (days before Fidel Castro took over), McFadden was asked to perform a show in Spanish, but did not know the language. His brother-in-law wrote the show in Spanish, in a way that allowed McFadden to pronounce everything phonetically. The high point of the act was Roy Rogers' sidekick, George 'Gabby' Hayes, singing underwater in Spanish.
He died on January 7, 2000 of ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease.- Helen Honeywell was born in 1931 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for Happy Gilmore (1996), Cyberteens in Love (1994) and MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000). She was married to Rice Honeywell . She died on 7 January 2000 in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada.
- Make-Up Department
- Producer
- Director
Robert Jiras was born on 28 July 1922 in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Bonnie and Clyde (1967), The Hustler (1961) and St. Elmo's Fire (1985). He died on 7 January 2000 in Hartford, Vermont, USA.- Makhmud Esambayev was born on 15 July 1924 in Starye Atagi, Chechen Autonomous Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Chechnya, Russia]. He was an actor, known for I Will Dance! (1962), Swan Lake: Kirov/Yelena Yevteyeva/John Markovsky (2003) and Lebedinoe ozero (1969). He died on 7 January 2000 in Moscow, Russia.
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Bernice Petkere (pronounced "pet care") was born in Chicago to Canadian parents. She began as a performer in vaudeville. In a 1998 interview she said: "My mother started my aunt and me (I was five) as an act called 'Baby Dolls'...on the Pantages Circuit." As a teenager, Petkere sang with a dance band and became a pianist for Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, an important publishing company. She started writing music in the 1920s. "Starlight (Help Me Find The One I Love)" was her first published song (1931), and Bing Crosby recorded it for Brunswick. She wrote many radio themes when her second husband, Fred Berrens, was musical director at CBS. In the first years of the Great Depression, she created some lovely, haunting hits that were recorded and sung in America as well as abroad. One of her most successful numbers is "Lullaby of The Leaves." It was through lyricist Joe Young that she was introduced to ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers), of which she was a member for over six decades. In 1932 composer-publisher Irving Berlin, for whom she had worked as a pianist, invited her to write for his prestigious company. For Berlin she wrote "The Lady I Love," which was popularized by Russ Columbo. Petkere declared, "I never was pals with the other women composers, or even the male ones. I had a private life in Manhattan. I lived at Hotel Pierre. My first husband, Eddie Conne and I lived elegantly...You had to be businesslike about music, and I was. Only a couple of music executives ever got what I call 'fresh' with me, and I let them have it, smack in the face like you never saw. I never smoked and I never drank, do you believe that?" She often wrote the lyrics as well as the music. One of her most successful songs, "Close Your Eyes," was an international sensation in 1933 and is considered a "standard." The on-going play between major and minor chords gives this song a distinct personality. Several of Petkere's songs have this melancholy minor feeling to them. When asked if she was reflecting the tenor of the Depression in her music, she said absolutely not -- it was just her "thing" then. Other Petkere songs include "My River Home," "By a Rippling Stream," "Stay Out of My Dreams," and "A Mile a Minute." Her song "It's All So New To Me" was featured in the Joan Crawford film "Ice Follies" (MGM, 1939). Petkere and her second husband, who died in 1974, moved to Southern California in the late '30s, where she busied herself writing, including story and the screenplay for the film Sabotage Squad (1942). She was a member of ASCAP, Writers Guild of America and Song Writers Guild. She was survived by a sister, Renee Petkere Alvarez and several cousins. She was interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on January 12, 2000.- Actor
- Art Director
Reino Taivassalo was born on 1 June 1920 in Pyhäjärvi Vl., Finland. He was an actor and art director, known for Isännät ja isäntien varjot (1976), Uudesta luotava maa (1974) and Dostojevskin galleria (1983). He was married to Lahja Katri Taponen. He died on 7 January 2000.- Dale Harrison was born on 12 October 1923 in Gracemont, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for Fighting Mustang (1948) and Sunset Carson Rides Again (1948). He died on 7 January 2000 in California, USA.
- Teddy Brenner was born in 1918 in New York, USA. He died on 7 January 2000 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Jordan Derwin was born on 15 September 1931 in New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Private Parts (1997), The Ambulance (1990) and Stardust Memories (1980). He died on 7 January 2000 in New York City, New York, USA.- Writer
- Actor
- Director
J. Silvestre was born on 14 December 1922 in Salto, São Paulo, Brazil. He was a writer and actor, known for The Three Musketeers (1957), A Muralha (1954) and O Pimpinela Escarlate (1956). He died on 7 January 2000 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.- Gary Albright was born on 18 May 1963 in Rhode Island, USA. He was an actor, known for Stampede Wrestling (1957), Blood Circus (1987) and WXW Rage TV (1996). He was married to Monica Anoa'i. He died on 7 January 2000 in Hazelton, Pennsylvania, USA.