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- Actor
- Stunts
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stuntman, actor, and second unit director Bill Catching was born Jerome P. Catching on June 16, 1926 in Bexar County, Texas. In 1942 at age sixteen Catching hitchhiked from Bandera, Texas to Hollywood, California. Upon reaching California Bill got a job working in barns that furnished horses for movies. After serving a stint in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Catching went on to work as a wrangler for horse trainer and wrangler Ralph McCutcheon. Bill began his long and extensive career as a stuntman primarily in Western films and television shows in the late 1940's. Catching signed up as a stuntman for the production company ZIV Television Programs in the early 1950's. Bill not only doubled for Leo Carrillo on the TV series The Cisco Kid (1950), but also was a stunt coordinator on the TV shows The Wild Wild West (1965) and The Fall Guy (1981). In the wake of retiring from the film and television industry in the mid-1990's, Catching settled in Arizona and raised prize horses on his ranch just outside of Yuma. In August, 1994 Bill received a Golden Boot Award for his sterling and significant contributions to the Western genre; said award was presented to Bill by his good friend Roy Rogers. Catching died of cancer at age 81 on August 24, 2007 at his home in Somerton, Arizona.- Heavyset character actress Priscilla Diane Alden was born on June 27, 1939 in San Francisco, California. Alden moved with her family to Santa Barbara, where she attended high school and graduated from UC Santa Barbara. After receiving a master's degree in English literature from the University of Montana, Priscilla returned to the Bay Area to enroll in the School of Drama at San Francisco State College. Alden acted throughout the 1970's, 80's, and 90's in an eclectic array of stage productions in such venues as the Magic Theatre, Theatre Rhinoceros, and the One Act Theatre Company. Moreover, in 1982 Priscilla won the Bay Area Theatre Critics Award for her performance as Lady Bracknell in a stage production of "Earnest in Love" at the Lamplighters theatre and appeared at times as a spear carrier in operas. Alden achieved her greatest enduring cult cinema popularity with her unforgettable portrayal of obese and unhinged compulsive eater serial killer Ethal Janowski in Criminally Insane (1975). She was likewise memorable as the equally deranged and dangerous Edith Mortley in Death Nurse (1987). Priscilla died at age 68 from complications of diabetes on August 24, 2007 in her home in San Francisco, California.
- Producer
- Director
- Actor
Although he never went beyond secondary school, Aaron Russo became a millionaire in show business. Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1943, he worked in his family's business and later managed the Chicago nightclub, the Kinetic Playground, from 1968 to 1973 (with a long hiatus due to a fire). There he booked The Doors, The Who, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and other popular bands of the day. For a while, Russo managed the careers of The Manhattan Transfer and Bette Midler. In 1979, he produced "The Rose" which gave Midler her first starring role. After producing a string of films and directing "Rude Awakening." Russo turned to blending politics with entertainment. He tried to sell a pilot for a television show called "Aaron Russo's Mad As Hell" in the early 1990s. When he was unsuccessful in selling the program to networks, he began selling the pilot as a video in 1996. In 1994 he tried to start a political party called the Constitution Party. In 1998, however, he ran for the Republican party nomination for governor of the state of Nevada but lost. In 2004, he ran for the Libertarian party's nomination for president, losing 423 to 344 on the third ballot.He nevertheless offered to produce the winning candidate's campaign ads. His final film was a documentary that he produced, wrote and directed, entitled "America: Freedom to Fascism" (2006). He died from bladder cancer in Los Angeles, California in 2007.- Sound Department
- Director
- Editor
Mark Kamps was born on 1 November 1962 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. He was a director and editor, known for Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Waterworld (1995) and Last Sunday Morning (1995). He died on 24 August 2007 in Ventura, California, USA.- Actor
- Director
- Additional Crew
Hansjörg Felmy was the son of senior Luftwaffe general Hellmuth Felmy (1885-1965) who had risen to corps command in the closing stages of the Second World War. The younger Felmy grew up in Braunschweig (Brunswick) and first worked in the locksmiths and printing trades. Finding the arts more to his taste he joined a travelling theatrical troupe, afterwards taking acting classes. He made his stage debut in 1950 in Carl Zuckmayer's "Des Teufels General".
Felmy had looks, a certain impudent charm and a fair share of acting ability. He fell into the anti-hero category at a time of "angry young men", skepticism and the questioning of authority. He was fortunate to score as many high profile and challenging film roles as he could reasonably expect: Der Maulkorb (1958), Aren't We Wonderful? (1958), The Buddenbrooks (1959) and the beautifully filmed epic family saga Duel with Death (1959). Felmy consequently emerged as one of the most bankable and popular stars of the 1950s and early 1960s.
As the quality of German cinema began to decline, Felmy concentrated more on theatrical and dubbing work (notably for English-speaking stars like Jack Nicholson and Michael Caine). In pictures, he made his international debut in Alfred Hitchcock's Torn Curtain (1966) and remained in the public consciousness playing conventional, dramatically undemanding leads in commercially successful Edgar Wallace potboilers like The Mad Executioners (1963) and Das Ungeheuer von London-City (1964). After a quiet spell of five years, Felmy's screen career was revived when he was signed by the WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk) to star as thoughtful police inspector Heinz Haferkamp in the long running TV series Tatort (1970). He played Haferkamp for six years, in the process becoming one of Germany's most popular TV actors. Felmy died from osteoporosis in 2007, aged 76.- Writer
- Additional Crew
Denny Martin Flinn was born on 21 December 1947 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was a writer, known for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), The Deceivers (1988) and Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special (1991). He was married to Barbara. He died on 24 August 2007 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Sophie Lancaster was born on 26 November 1986 in Lancashire, England, UK. Sophie died on 24 August 2007 in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK.
- Catherine Crewe was born in 1941. She was an actress, known for Long Ago, Tomorrow (1971), It Could Happen to You (1976) and BBC Play of the Month (1965). She died on 24 August 2007 in London, England, UK.
- Olga Sarrikosta was born on 31 July 1977 in Athens, Greece. She was an actress, known for Brides (2004), Armonia (2002) and I istoria tou Kappa Vita (2002). She died on 24 August 2007 in Aeropolis, Greece.
- Andrée Boucher was born on 30 January 1937 in Québec City, Québec, Canada. She died on 24 August 2007 in Québec City, Québec, Canada.
- Cinematographer
- Editor
- Production Manager
Gabriel Genschow was a cinematographer and editor, known for Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot (1984). Gabriel died on 24 August 2007 in Berlin, Germany.- Eric Stephens was born on 26 July 1970 in the USA. He was a composer, known for Slaughterhouse of the Rising Sun (2005) and Lost in Found (2004). He died on 24 August 2007 in Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA.