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William Mims was born on 15 January 1927 in Carthage, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for The Day Mars Invaded Earth (1962), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) and Hot Rods to Hell (1966). He was married to Nancy Lou Irgang. He died on 9 April 1991 in Studio City, California, USA.- Additional Crew
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American visual designer, creator of the famed opening title sequences of the James Bond movies. A native New Yorker, Binder's early work included designing advertisements and catalogs for Macy's department store. During the Second World War, he worked at Universal Studios, then became West Coast art director for Columbia Pictures. Director Stanley Donen hired Binder to create main titles for Indiscreet (1958) and used him thereafter in similar capacity on most of his films. One of them, The Grass Is Greener (1960), caught the attention of James Bond producers Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli, who hired Binder for the first Bond picture, Dr. No (1962). The distinctive style of the Bond main titles became a much-admired and much-parodied tradition. Binder worked up until his final illness and death in 1991 at 65.- Elizabeth Shaw was born on 29 April 1927 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for American Playhouse (1980), Gunsmoke (1955) and Wendy and Me (1964). She died on 9 April 1991 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
- Forrest Grady "Spec" Towns was born on February 6, 1914 in Fitzgerald, Georgia. Towns grew up in Augusta, Georgia and played football as a high school student at Richmond Academy. Following graduation from Richmond Academy in 1933, Forrest went on to attend the University of Georgia on a track scholarship and took up hurdling under the expert tutelage of esteemed Hall of Fame coach Weems Baskin. While in college Towns specialized in high hurdles: He won both the Amateur Athletic Union and National Collegiate Athletic Association titles in the 120 yard hurdles in 1935 and enjoyed an extraordinary winning streak in sixty consecutive hurdle races that lasted until 1937. Forrest subsequently won the gold medal in the 110 meter men's hurdles at the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin, Germany. In the wake of his Olympic triumph Towns three weeks later set a new record in men's hurdles at a meet in Oslo, Norway that remained unbroken for fourteen years. Moreover, he won the Amateur Athletic Union title in 1936, the National Collegiate Athletic Association title in both 1936 and 1937, and the Amateur Athletic Union indoor title in 1938. In addition, Forrest was the head track and field coach at the University of Georgia from 1946 to 1975. Towns died at age 77 on April 9, 1991 in Athens, Georgia. The University of Georgia paid tribute to Forrest with the naming of the Spec Towns Track in 1990 as well as an annual meet called the Spec Towns Invitational.