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Rock singer Teddy Randazzo appeared in four major rock films: The Girl Can't Help It (1956), Rock Rock Rock! (1956), Mister Rock and Roll (1957) and Hey, Let's Twist! (1961). He wrote the 1959 Steve Lawrence hit "Pretty Blue Eyes" and the 1963 hit "Have You Looked Into Your Heart?" by Jerry Vale. Beginning his career singing with The Three Chuckles, his first hit was "Runaround" on Boulevard Records, followed by "Foolishly" on the X record label. Teddy's later releases on the Vik label (a subsidiary of RCA) were featured in the films "Rock Rock Rock!" and "Mister Rock and Roll". His biggest solo hit was "The Way Of a Clown", recorded for ABC-Paramount in 1960. He continued to record his own material and also became a producer for Colpix Records in the early 1960s. A number of years later Teddy teamed up with his best friend in the music business, producer Don Costa, to write, produce and arrange music for Costa's DCP label. The results of this relationship were classics like "Goin' Out Of My Head", "Take Me Back", "Hurt So Bad" and "I'm On The Outside Looking In", all performed by Little Anthony and the Imperials. More hits followed and Teddy never stopped writing, arranging and singing. Artists who recorded his songs include Frank Sinatra, The Lettermen and Linda Ronstadt, among many others.- Boyce Holleman was born and raised in Wiggins, Mississippi, began the practice of law there in May, 1950 and comes from an old pioneer lumbering family in South Mississippi. He and his family moved to Gulfport in 1967, where he resided at the time of his death. He served in World War II as a Naval Aviator, was shot down while making a bomb run at the invasion of Saipan and spent 14 months recovering from severe burns sustained. He retired from the Navy with the rank of Lt. Commander and was awarded the Purple Heart. He attended Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College at Perkinston and the University of Mississippi graduating from Law School in 1950. He was a lifelong fan of both institutions. He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1947 and served until 1953 when he resigned in the second term to become District Attorney for the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He was re-elected 5 times to the position, retiring in 1972, after 19 years, to return to the private practice of law. He was joined in his private practice by his sons, Mike, Tim and Dean. He served as Attorney for the Board of Supervisors of Harrison County for 18 years and the Harrison County School District for 15 years. He was elected President of the Mississippi State Bar Association serving from 1969 through 1970. In 1995 he was awarded the Outstanding Achievement in Law Award by the Mississippi State Bar Association. He was recently 1 of 5 lawyers in the State of Mississippi selected by the Bar Association to have an autobiographical video made of his legal career, which is entitled "Trailblazers of the Mississippi Legal Frontier". He has lectured widely on the legal circuit, and in 1975 began a theatrical career, which led him to perform many stage roles, appear in many movies and television series. Boyce had a starring role in a movie based on Eudora Welty's book called "The Ponder Heart." He remained an active member of the Screen Actors Guild.
- Theo Berger was born on 25 January 1941 in Ludwigsmoos, Bavaria, Germany. He was a writer, known for Der Al Capone vom Donaumoos (1986) and Der Al Capone von der Pfalz (1987). He died on 21 November 2003 in Straubing, Bavaria, Germany.
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Håkan Norlén was born on 14 April 1917 in Uppsala, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Affairs of a Model (1946), ...för vänskaps skull... (1965) and Nirbashito (2014). He died on 21 November 2003 in Bromma, Sweden.- Rosamond Barnes was born on 29 November 1921 in Paddington, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Housemaster (1938), Just William (1946) and This Woman Is Mine (1935). She died on 21 November 2003 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
- Emil Pazicky was born on 14 October 1927 in Povazský Chlmec, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He died on 21 November 2003.
- Visual Effects
Arto Monaco was born on 15 November 1913 in Elizabethtown, New York, USA. Arto is known for When Nature Calls (1985). Arto died on 21 November 2003 in Upper Jay, New York, USA.- Myrtle Fortune was born on 10 January 1915 in Wilburton, Oklahoma, USA. She was an actress, known for Up Jumped the Devil (1941). She died on 21 November 2003 in Los Angeles, California, USA.