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- According to his obituary, Dick Stark had been a child actor and appeared in films such as ''Hearts of Humanity,'' and ''Out of the Wreck," and ''The Wedding March.'' He was a Colonel in the Marine Corps Reserve for 30 years serving in the Pacific during World War II returning to active duty in 1966 to serve in Vietnam. He was a graduate of Cornell University and Pratt Institute.
- Actor
- Music Department
- Writer
One of the foremost exponents of Hawaiian music, Harry Owens arrived in the islands in 1934 and became quickly enamored with the local scene. Owens had been a straight trumpet player in Los Angeles dance bands (at the Ambassador Hotel Cocoanut Grove and for Vincent Rose). His previous experience as a leader dated back to 1926, when he fronted a band at the Lafayette Cafe in L.A.. His song "Aloha Oe" was heard by the manager of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, who asked Owens to establish a house orchestra at his resort. Owens obliged, and, abandoning western-style music, totally embraced Hawaiian culture -- music in particular -- transcribing many traditional songs for the first time. He was also instrumental in popularising the steel guitar. Owens took his 'Royal Hawaiians', with regular vocalists Hilo Hattie and Alfred Apaka, on several successful tours of the U.S. West Coast. This included a return to his old haunt at the Cocoanut Grove and engagements at the Mural Room of the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. Owens made prolific recordings for Decca, Capitol and Columbia and enjoyed being regularly showcased on the radio show 'Hawaii Calls' (from 1935, complete with ocean sounds emanating from Waikiki Beach for added authenticity) and had his own show on CBS television from 1949 to 1958.
His most famous composition and signature song was "Sweet Leilani" (inspired by the birth of his daughter), crooned by Bing Crosby, which won the Oscar for Best Song, after being featured in the film Waikiki Wedding (1937). It remained top of the charts for twenty-eight weeks and has sold more than twenty million copies to date. Among more than 300 songs written or transcribed by Owens are such popular compositions as "Voice of the Trade Winds", "Blue Shadows and White Gardenias", "Linger Awhile", "Hawaii Calls" and "Polynesian Holiday". Owens was also credited with helping to reinvigorate the tourist industry in Hawaii. In 1987, he was honoured with the Na Hoku Hanohano Lifetime Achievement Award, bestowed by the Hawai'i Academy of Recording Arts (HARA), a year after his death at the age of eighty-four.- Dick Irwin was born on 6 July 1914 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Fords on Water (1983), The Mallens (1979) and The Paper Lads (1977). He died on 12 December 1986 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England, UK.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
- Special Effects
Clifford Stine was born on 24 March 1906 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Spartacus (1960), Patton (1970) and This Island Earth (1955). He died on 12 December 1986 in Pomona, California, USA.- José Raúl Mena was born on 6 August 1890 in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Bloody Sea (1965), Cada quién su vida (1960) and Sol en llamas (1962). He died on 12 December 1986 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico.
- Important figure of the Parisian nightlife from the early 70s to the mid 80s, Alain Pacadis is best known for his weekly nightclubbing chronicles in daily "Libération" and monthly "L'écho des savanes", "Palace Magazine" or "Façade". The wasted nightclubber who shared a sense of ugliness with Serge Gainsbourg spent his life on sex, drugs and rock'n roll (and nothing else), becoming an edgy hero of the Parisian jet-set, mostly during the Palace night-club era (roughly, the french Studio 54), i.e. 1978-1983. Alain Pacadis was also the first journalist to predict the rise of the punk movement, and was a frequent interviewer and subsequently friend of Iggy Pop, Andy Warhol, Philippe Garrel, Serge Gainsbourg, Nico, Elli Medeiros & Lio. Living from hand-to-mouth, hardly the sort of people one associated with, he was usually dirty as hell and always begging for money, but he was however a very touching and moving character. Murdered by his young lover who strangled him to "exorcise the despair that was haunting him", Alain Pacadis got a very crowded funeral, with personalities such as Serge Gainsbourg, Catherine Ringer, Fred Chichin, Nicoletta, Hervé Vilard, Georges Moustaki, Jackie Berroyer, Tina Aumont in attendance.
- Soundtrack
Milton de Oliveira was born on 15 January 1916 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He died on 12 December 1986.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Rudolf Cortés was born on 15 March 1921 in Plzen, Czechoslovakia. He was an actor, known for Nuda v Brne (2003), Lemonade Joe (1964) and Kdyby tisíc klarinetu (1965). He died on 12 December 1986 in Krásná Lípa, Czechoslovakia.- Johnny Wyrostek was born on 12 July 1919 in Fairmont City, Illinois, USA. He was married to Anna Brady. He died on 12 December 1986 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.