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- At the age of 13, Howard Caine (family name Cohen) moved with his family from his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee, to New York City, where he began studying acting. Learning to erase his Southern accent, he went on to became a master of 32 foreign and American dialects. After service in the Navy during WWII, Caine continued his studies at The School of Drama, Columbia University, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude.
He was featured on Broadway in "Wonderful Town", "Inherit the Wind", "Lunatics and Lovers", and "Tiger at the Gates". He replaced Ray Walston as "Mr. Applegate" (an incarnation of the Devil) in Broadway's "Damn Yankees". He was featured in such films as From the Terrace (1960), Pay or Die! (1960), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), The Man from the Diners' Club (1963), Pressure Point (1962) and Alvarez Kelly (1966). He co-starred with Godfrey Cambridge and Estelle Parsons in Watermelon Man (1970), and played Lewis Morris of New York in 1776 (1972). He was a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science.
He acted in more than 750 live and filmed TV shows, but is perhaps best remembered as Gestapo Maj. Hochstetter on the classic Hogan's Heroes (1965), a role he played for the series' entire six-year run. He was featured as Everett Scovill, a thinly disguised portrait of Charles Manson's attorney Irving Kanarek, on the CBS two-part TV Movie of the Week, Helter Skelter (1976).
He had always been fascinated with the Appalachian five-string banjo, and began mastering it in the mid-1960s. Since the summer of 1970 until his untimely death in 1993, he had taken trophies at 29 prominent banjo and fiddle contests in the Southland for both Best Traditional Banjo and Traditional Singing. He was also a popular folk singer and appeared at a number of prominent folk clubs and folk festivals. - Writer
- Director
- Producer
Alfonso Balcázar was born on 2 March 1926 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was a writer and director, known for Electra One (1967), The Night of the Scorpion (1972) and Watch Out Gringo! Sabata Will Return (1972). He died on 28 December 1993 in Sitges, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain.- William L. Shirer was born on 23 February 1904 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for The Nightmare Years (1989), Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years (1960) and The Magic Face (1951). He died on 28 December 1993 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Ya'ackov Banai was born in 1919 in Jerusalem, Palestine. He was an actor, known for The Omen (1976), Snooker (1975) and Not Without My Daughter (1991). He died on 28 December 1993 in Jerusalem, Israel.- Raisa Pirozhenko was born on 8 March 1928 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. She was an actress, known for Lisova pisnya (1961), Artist iz Kokhanovki (1962) and Sokolovo (1975). She died on 28 December 1993 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Abdul Jabbar Khan was born on 20 April 1916 in Bikrampur, Bengal Presidency, British India [now in Munshiganj, Bangladesh]. He was a writer and director, known for Jowar Elo (1962), Naach Ghar (1963) and Mukh O Mukhosh (1956). He died on 28 December 1993 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.- Editor
- Editorial Department
- Cinematographer
William Austin was born on 28 January 1903 in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. He was an editor and cinematographer, known for What Price Vengeance (1937), Flat Top (1952) and Panic in Year Zero! (1962). He died on 28 December 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Péter Ruffy was born on 28 July 1914 in Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary [now Oradea, Romania]. Péter was a writer, known for Az én városom (1959), Holládi ballada (1960) and Zalának délhajlata... (1961). Péter died on 28 December 1993 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
Hans Hansson was born on 10 October 1906 in Barsebäck, Skåne län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Bluff Stop (1977). He died on 28 December 1993 in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden.- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ludwik Perski was born on 21 October 1912 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was a director and writer, known for Za nasza i wasza wolnosc (1968), Warszawa. Dokumenty walki, zniszczenia, odbudowy (1953) and Expectation (1962). He died on 28 December 1993 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Gilles Lamontagne was born on 21 March 1924 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was an actor, known for Scope (1949). He died on 28 December 1993 in Quebec, Canada.