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- Jim Tom Hedrick died on 6 September 2023 in Tennessee, USA.
- John Cairney made his stage debut at the Park Theatre, Glasgow, before enrolling at the RSAMD in Glasgow. After graduation, he joined the Wilson Barrett Company as Snake in 'The School for Scandal'. A season at the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre followed before going on to the Bristol Old Vic where he appeared in the British premiere of Arthur Miller's 'The Crucible'. He returned to the Citizens from time to time, most notably as Hamlet in 1960. He also appeared in the premiere of John Arden's 'Armstrong's Last Goodnight' in 1964.
Other stage work until 1991 included King Humanitie in 'The Thrie Estaites' for Tyrone Guthrie at the Edinburgh Festival, Archie Rice in 'The Entertainer' at Dundee (1972), as the title character in 'Cyrano de Bergerac' at Newcastle (1974), Becket in 'Murder in the Cathedral' at the Edinburgh Festival of 1986 and 'Macbeth' in the same Festival in 1989. He also wrote and appeared in his own productions of 'An Edinburgh Salon', 'At Your Service', 'The Ivor Novello Story' and 'A Mackintosh Experience" while continuing to tour the world in his solo 'The Robert Burns Story'. His affiliation with Robert Burns began in 1965 with Tom Wright's solo play 'There Was A Man' at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, and at the Arts Theatre, London. The solo was televised twice nationally and was also an album recording for REL Records, Edinburgh, as well as a video for Green Place Productions, Glasgow. From Burns he moved on to other solos on William McGonagall, Robert Service and Robert Louis Stevenson until he worked with New Zealand actress Alannah O'Sullivan at the Edinburgh Festival of 1978. They married in 1980. As Two For A Theatre they toured the world for P&O Cruises and the British Council as well as the Keedick Lecture Bureau, New York, with programmes on Byron, Wilde and Dorothy Parker until 1986.
Cairney's first film was Night Ambush (1957) for the Rank Organisation, followed by Windom's Way (1957), Shake Hands with the Devil (1959), Victim (1961), Jason and the Argonauts (1963), Cleopatra (1963), The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964) and A Study in Terror (1965), among others. His many television parts include Branwell Bronte, Edgar Allan Poe and Robert the Bruce, and featured in such television series as Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962), Secret Agent (1964), The Avengers (1961), Jackanory (1965), Elizabeth R (1971), Taggart (1983), and as Ian Craig in the BBC2's This Man Craig (1966). Also, he wrote and recorded his own songs for EMI at Abbey Road.
As a writer, he published 'Worlds Apart', 'A Scottish Football Hall of Fame', 'Heroes Are Forever', and 'A Year Out In New Zealand'. He wrote three books about Robert Burns for Luath Press (Edinburgh) as well as biographies of R.L. Stevenson and C.R. Mackintosh and a book of essays on Glasgow ('Glasgow by the Way, But'). 'Flashback Forward' was published for Random House (New Zealand), and his book on acting, 'Greasepaint Monkey', was due for publication by Luath Press, Edinburgh in 2010.
Cairney earned a Master of Letters degree from Glasgow University for a "History of Solo Theatre" in 1988 and, in 1994, a PhD from Victoria University, Wellington, NZ, for his study of Stevenson and Theatre. Having spent 17 years in New Zealand, John and Alannah returned to live in Scotland. - Writer
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- Actor
Born in 1930 in Genoa. Still a young student in 1950 when director Carlo Lizzani gave him a role in the film Achtung Banditi!. Following this experience he traveled to Rome where, after acting in film and theater, he became the assistant director to Lizzani, Gillo Pontecorvo, Sergio Leone, Francesco Rosi. In 1960 he made his debut as a Director with Pigeon Shoot, a film about the Partisan Resistance, on competition at the 1961 Venice Film Festival. In 1964 he directed La Moglie Svedese, an episode of the film Extramarital. His second movie, The Reckless, won the special prize of the jury at the Berlin Film Festival in 1965; it's about a social climber in Italy during the time of the economic miracle. That year he also directed the second unit of Pontecorvo's masterpiece The Battle Of Algiers.
After having filmed for Paramount the heist movie Grand Slam (1967) and the gangster film Machine Gun McCain (1969) in the US, Montaldo returned to Italy to direct The Fifth Day of Peace (1970), Sacco and Vanzetti (in competition at Cannes Film Festival, where it won Best Actor 1971) and Giordano Bruno (1973). These films received great recognition and were widely appreciated at various film festivals around the world. The theme of the Resistance underlined And Agnes Chose to Die (1977).
In 1980 the director engaged in the production of a television series about the exploration of Marco Polo, an international co-production with RAI, BBC and NBC. It was filmed in Italy, the Middle East, Tibet, Mongolia and China. It was shown in 76 nations, and won 4 Emmy Awards. Other awards worldwide for cinematography, production design and costumes were received. Montaldo's experience with China reveals a turning point in his work.
Other films he directed are Closed Circuit (in competition at the Berlinale in 1978 and in permanent exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art), A Dangerous Toy (1979), The Gold Rimmed Glasses (1987), Control (1987), and Time to Kill (1989).
Always worked with an international cast. Some of the actors that worked with him are: Burt Lancaster, Rupert Everett, Nicolas Cage, Philippe Noiret, Janet Leigh, Edward G. Robinson, John Cassavetes, Peter Falk, Rade Serbedzija, Charlotte Rampling, Ingrid Thulin, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, F. Murray Abraham, Leonard Nimoy.
Some of his usual collaborators have been score composer Ennio Morricone and cinematographer Vittorio Storaro.
Montaldo is also internationally recognized as a Opera director, directed commercials, documentaries and experimental film technology projects. From 1999 he was president of RAI Cinema, a major film production company, for 5 years in which the movies he produced became box office hits, won awards all over the world and formed a new generation of Italian directors.
In 2001 he was appointed Cavaliere di Gran Croce by the president of Italy, one of the top honors of the Republic.- Writer
- Producer
- Director
Travis Romero is Co-Creator and writer on USA Network's TV series, White Collar starring Matt Bomer and Tim DeKay. He has also worked as a writer on other network TV shows for FOX, NBC, and UPN. He is the writer and director of the feature film Treachery, staring Michael Biehn.
Travis was born in Montrose, Colorado. He grew up Northern California, and attended Long Beach State University.- Adnan Al-Kaissy was born on 1 March 1939 in Baghdad, Iraq. He was an actor, known for WWF Championship Wrestling (1972), Saturday Night's Main Event (1985) and WWF Prime Time Wrestling (1985). He was married to Kathy Davis. He died on 6 September 2023.
- Location Management
- Additional Crew
- Production Manager
Hannah Dorfman was born in January 1988 in Massachusetts, USA. Hannah was a production manager, known for Shrinking (2023), The Old Man (2022) and Generation (2021). Hannah died on 6 September 2023 in Shelburne, Vermont, USA.- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Born in France on August 22, 1926. Was most famous as the Head Fashion Designer for Christian Dior. When Yves Saint Laurent (the previous Head Fashion Designer) was called for military duty in 1960, Marc Bohan took over, remaining until Gianfranco Ferré became designer in 1989.- Gareth Miles was born on 19 April 1938 in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales, UK. He was a writer, known for Branwen (1995) and American Interior (2014). He died on 6 September 2023 in Wales, UK.
- Aditya Singh was married to Poonam Singh. Aditya died on 6 September 2023 in Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India.
- Producer
- Writer
- Director
Tim Knight was born on 25 January 1938 in Amersham, United Kingdom. Tim was a producer and writer, known for Inside Noah's Ark: Tales of the Grassland (2005), Inside Noah's Ark: Tales of the Desert (2006) and Inside Noah's Ark: More Tales of the Desert (2006). Tim died on 6 September 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa.- Marcel Boiteux was born on 9 May 1922 in Niort, Deux-Sèvres, France. He died on 6 September 2023 in Paris, France.
- Abraham Kaplan was born on 5 May 1931 in Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine. He died on 6 September 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
- Gullan Lindblad was born on 13 November 1932 in Värmland, Sweden. She died on 6 September 2023 in Sweden.
- Art Department
Richard Westra was born on 20 November 1948 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. Richard is known for 7 Stones (2012). Richard died on 6 September 2023 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.- Mirza Shabbir was an actor, known for Good Morning Pakistan (2018), Siyaah Series (2023) and Night and Day (2016). He died on 6 September 2023 in Pakistan.
- Hans Brunyanzski was an actor, known for De vele gezichten van Tineke Schouten (2022). He was married to Tineke Schouten. He died on 6 September 2023 in Netherlands.
- Bobby Schiffman was born on 12 February 1929 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Joan Landy, Rusty Donner, Renee Levy and Betsy Rothman. He died on 6 September 2023 in Boynton Beach, Florida, USA.
- State, municipal high school Bielefeld, High School Clinton, Iowa, Abitur. Studied law in Freiburg and Hamburg, first and second state examinations.
Public prosecutor, later government director in Hamburg.
Member of the IG BCE trade union.
1964 Joined the SPD. 1970 Member of Hamburg Parliament, 1972 Chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in Hamburg Parliament, 1973 Senator of the Interior, 1974 to 1981 First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. 1987 to 1991 treasurer of the SPD.
Member of the Bundestag since 1983; November 10, 1994 to November 26, 1998 Vice President of the German Bundestag, 1998 to 2002 Chairman and since November 2005 Vice Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, since 2002 Vice Chairman and Chairman of the Parliamentary Group USA. - Steve Roden was born on 27 April 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Steve was a composer, known for The Tuba Thieves (2023), Blow Debris (2000) and Crois moi ton frère qui t'aime (2021). Steve was married to Sari Takahashi. Steve died on 6 September 2023 in Pasadena, California, USA.