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Clint Walker was born Norman Eugene Walker in Hartford, southwestern Illinois, to Gladys Huldah (Schwanda), a Czech immigrant, and Paul Arnold Walker, who was from Arkansas. Walker almost single-handedly started the western craze on TV in the 1950s as Cheyenne Bodie in Cheyenne (1955). Growing up in the Depression era meant taking work wherever you could get it, and Walker found himself working at such jobs as Mississippi River boatman, carnival roustabout and golf caddy. He quit high school at 16 and at age 17 joined the Merchant Marine. After the war he worked his way cross country, including working in the oil fields in Brownwood, Texas, and wound up in California, where he worked as an undercover agent for a private detective agency on the Long Beach waterfront. After a while he took a job as a security officer at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas. It was there that he met quite a few Hollywood people who told him that his size, physique and good looks would serve him well in Hollywood and that he should go to Los Angeles and give it a try. He met actor Henry Wilcoxon, who introduced him to director Cecil B. DeMille, and Walker found himself playing the part of a Captain of the Guard in The Ten Commandments (1956). Someone from Warner Bros. saw the film, found out that Walker was under contract to producer Hal B. Wallis, bought up Walker's contract and gave him the lead in "Cheyenne". The series was a huge hit and spawned countless other western series, from Warners and other studios. However, Walker was dissatisfied with the way Warners was handling his career -- they would let other contract players make films, for example, but he wasn't allowed to -- and that triggered a dispute which ended up with him taking a walk from the show. He and Warners eventually settled their disagreements. When the show ended Walker began to get supporting parts in features, his biggest and most successful one being The Dirty Dozen (1967). He starred in the well-received The Night of the Grizzly (1966) and the not-so-well received None But the Brave (1965), a WWII film that was Frank Sinatra's one and only stab at directing. He also played the lead in Baker's Hawk (1976), and turned in a good performance as a villain in the TV movie Scream of the Wolf (1974). Lately he and several of his colleagues from "The Dirty Dozen" provided the voices for the animated film Small Soldiers (1998).- Actress
- Soundtrack
A talented actress, dancer, and singer with a long history on Broadway and in Hollywood, McLerie retired in 1993.
Born in Canada, she was raised in Brooklyn, where she attended Fort Hamilton High School. She was married to actor George Gaynes for over 60 years, until his death in 2016. They had two children. She died at her home in North Bend, Washington, aged 91, in 2018.- When Americans recall famous Italian film goddesses, the names of Loren, Lollobrigida and Cardinale usually role quickly off the tongue. Not so for this Rome-born lead actress and brunet beauty who nevertheless made a respectable sexy impact in international films during the 1950's and early 1960's.
She was born Anna Maria Guerra on February 18, 1934, but took the surname Ferrero as her stage moniker in tribute to the famed musical director and conductor Willy Ferrero. Anna Maria entered films as a teenager with a prominent second female lead for director J.J. Gonzales in the drama Il cielo è rosso (1950) (The Sky Is Red). Before long her delicate, photogenic beauty and assured talent would be captured on the lens of such important Italian directors as Michelangelo Antonioni, Mario Monicelli, Carlo Lizzani, Gianni Franciolini, Dino Risi and Francesco Maselli. Although her career would only span slightly more than a decade, Ferrero achieved enviable notice for her work in films that included The Forbidden Christ (1951) with Marina Berti and Jacques Sernas; Domani è un altro giorno (1951) (Tomorrow Is Another Day) with Pier Angeli; the ill-fated lead in The Temptress (1951) opposite Michel Auclair; Fanciulle di lusso (1952) also with Sernas; Poppy (1952) with Walter Chiari; The Unfaithfuls (1953) with Lollobrigida; Febbre di vivere (1953) with Marcello Mastroianni; as composer Verdi's wife in The Life and Music of Giuseppe Verdi (1953) starring Pierre Cressoy; and The Count of Saint Elmo (1951) with Massimo Serato.
Anna's obvious allure and sensitive approach to acting made her a frequent, popular casting choice. Her rich role in Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954) was duly noted and the film went on to win two Silver Ribbons at the Cannes Film Festival. Although she acted rarely outside her native Italy, she was part of the international cast of King Vidor's epic drama War and Peace (1956) headed by Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda and Mel Ferrer. While she garnered fine reviews for her outpouring of film work, Anna also was accomplished on stage, joining Vittorio Gassman's theatre company and working there for several seasons. Notable were her Ophelia in "Hamlet," Desdemona in "Othello" (which she also portrayed on film with Gassman as Iago), and the title role in the musical "Irma la Douce." With Gassman, she also played Anna Damby in the cinematic version of the Alexandre Dumas drama Kean: Genius or Scoundrel (1957). The couple had a personal relationship for several years.
Following some lesser but spirited performances in the early 1960's films The Hunchback of Rome (1960), Gold of Rome (1961) (both with French actor Jean Sorel) and her last, Countersex (1964), Anna surprised many by retiring at age 30 after marrying Sorel Jean Sorel on January 28, 1962. The couple remained married until her death on May 21, 2018 in Paris. - Actor
- Editor
- Editorial Department
Andreas Herder was born on 1 February 1964 in Lüneburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. He was an actor and editor, known for The Blue Hour (1992), Das erste Mal (1996) and The Air Rescue Team (1997). He died on 21 May 2018 in Berlin, Germany.- Actor
- Producer
- Stunts
Georges Guéret was born on 1 April 1925 in Paris, France. He was an actor and producer. He died on 21 May 2018 in Chevilly-Larue, Val-de-Marne, France.- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Aleksandr Askoldov was born on 17 July 1932 in Kiev, Ukraine, USSR. He was a director and actor, known for The Commissar (1967), La chasse aux papillons (1992) and Tal cual (1988). He was married to Svetlana. He died on 21 May 2018 in Gothenburg, Sweden.- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Harry Klynn was born on 7 May 1940 in Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece. He was an actor and writer, known for Alaloum (1982), Ta Pasokemon (2001) and Retalia Live (2002). He died on 21 May 2018 in Greece.- Yaddanapoodi Sulochana Rani was a writer, known for Dil Aur Deewaar (1978), A Aa (2016) and Premalekhalu (1977). She died on 21 May 2018 in Cupertino, California, USA.
- Producer
- Director
- Additional Crew
Jon Scoffield was born on 30 April 1932 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for Antony and Cleopatra (1974), The Stanley Baxter Picture Show: Part III (1975) and This Is Tom Jones (1969). He was married to Heather Scoffield. He died on 21 May 2018 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK.- Actor
- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Patrick Constantinou was born on 2 August 1980 in Australia. He was an actor and producer, known for In Love with Ally Barker (2018), Zero (2014) and The Wait (2014). He died on 21 May 2018 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.- Gina Zamparelli was born on 8 May 1959 in the USA. She died on 21 May 2018 in California, USA.
- Producer
- Writer
- Director
Aleksandr Ivankin was a producer and writer, known for Kapitalizm s chelovecheskim litsom (2007), The White Shaman (2020) and Monster: A Portrait of Stalin in Blood (1992). He was married to Maya Toidze. He died on 21 May 2018 in Moscow, Russia.- Inger Brattstrøm was born on 27 August 1920 in Sweden. She was a writer, known for Drømmehesten (1994). She died on 21 May 2018 in Sweden.
- Don Jessop was born on 21 June 1927 in Unley Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. He was married to Barbara Maughan. He died on 21 May 2018 in Adelaide, Australia.
- Héctor Ivas died on 21 May 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Nobukazu Kuriki died on 21 May 2018 in Mount Everest, Nepal.
- Jürgen Jürgens was born on 22 September 1952 in Berlin, Germany. He was married to Elke Martens. He died on 21 May 2018 in Berlin, Germany.
- Faith Whittlesey was born on 21 February 1939 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. She was married to Roger Weaver Whittlesey. She died on 21 May 2018 in Washington, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Lisa Catherine Cohen was an actress, known for Twenty Dollar Star (1990), Jersey Girl (1992) and Lady Beware (1987). She died on 21 May 2018 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Rhéal Guévremont was born in 1927 in Hull, Québec, Canada. He was an actor, known for La sacrée (2011), Heads or Tails (1997) and Marguerite Volant (1996). He was married to Jacqueline Groulx. He died on 21 May 2018 in Gatineau, Québec, Canada.