Advanced search
- TITLES
- NAMES
- COLLABORATIONS
Search filters
Enter full date
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
Only includes names with the selected topics
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
1-5 of 5
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Billy Daniels toiled obscurely for years before becoming a star in 1950. He began singing in his native Jacksonville, Florida, then moved to Harlem in 1932 and became a dishwasher, and later a singing waiter, as Dickie Wells' restaurant-club. He toured with the Erskine Hawkins band circa 1935-36, then returned to Harlem, which he loved, and sang virtually every day, sometimes just for food. He became a staple on local radio shows, and in 1941 he had a small record hit on Bluebird, "Diane"/"Penthouse Serenade." "Diane" became his trademark song at this stage of his career, when he sang tenor with no appreciable body movement. At this time he starred in Sepia Cinderella (1947). In 1948 he began to work permanently with pianist/backup singer Benny Payne, who also served as his musical director. About that time he began to make "That Old Black Magic," which he'd first sung in the summer of 1946 at the Club Harlem in Atlantic City, his new trademark. A 1948 extended appearance at New York's posh Park Avenue Restaurant began his climb to fame, which climaxed in 1950 with engagements at Hollywood's Mocambo and Bill Miller's Riviera in New Jersey, capped by his sensational appearance in the film When You're Smiling (1950). From then on he was a star. He appeared in three Broadway musicals: "Memphis Bound" (1945), "Golden Boy" (1964), and "Hello Dolly" (1975). Mercury Records was his main label, but before he signed with them he'd appeared on Vocalion, Bluebird, Victor (with Phil Moore), Savoy (with Stuff Smith), Decca (Andy Kirk), and Apollo. His film credits are sometimes confused with the dancer-choreographer-actor Billy Daniel,- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Actor
- Production Manager
Michael McKeag was born on 10 October 1930 in London, England, UK. He was an assistant director and actor, known for Vice Versa (1948), Harlequin (1980) and Horror House (1969). He died on 7 October 1988 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Nikolai Boyarsky was a Russian character actor known as Kozlevich in the popular comedy The Golden Calf (1968), and as leading stage actor with the Theatre of Komissarzhevskoi in St. Petersburg, Russia.
He was born Nikolai Aleksandrovich Boyarsky on 10 December 1922, in St. Petersburg, Russia. His father, Aleksandr Boyarsky, was a priest of Russian Orthodox Church who was executed by the communists during the Great Purge of 1937 under the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin. Young Nikolai Boyarsky was fond of theatre, he followed his elder brother, Sergey Boyarskiy. From 1940 to 1941 he studied acting at the Leningrad Institute of Theatre and Cinema, but his studies were interrupted by WWII. Nikolai Boyarsky was drafted in the Red Army and served for four years fighting in the front-lines against the Nazis. During the war, he was taken by the Nazi forces and was kept as a POW, but he managed to escape and survived. He was wounded in the battle, but survived again and made it to the Victory day. He received numerous decorations for his courage. After the end of WWII, Nikolai Boyarsky returned to Leningrad. There, in 1945, he married actress Lidiya Shtykan who survived the Siege of Leningrad.
From 1948 to 1988 Nikolai Boyarsky was a permanent member of the troupe at the Theatre of Komissarzhevskoi in Leningrad/St. Petersburg. There his stage partners were such actors as Galina Korotkevich, Ivan Dmitriev, Tamara Abrosimova, Natalya Chetverikova, Elena Safonova, Valentina Chemberg, Tatiana Samarina, Aleksandr Galibin, Yefim Kamenetsky, Mikhail Khrabrov, Georgi Korolchuk, Stanislav Landgraf, Sergey Boyarskiy, Vladimir Osobik, Boris Sokolov, Ivan Krasko, Petr Shelokhonov, and other notable Russian actors. His most memorable stage appearances were as Zakhar in "Oblomov" and as Levan in "Esli b nebo bylo zerkalom" among other stage works.
He made his film debut as King Karl II of Spain in Don Sezar de Bazan (1957). In the course of his acting career, Nikolai Boyarsky played over 30 characters in film and on television. He worked with such directors as Pavel Kadochnikov, Mikhail Shapiro, Aleksandr Belinsky, Mikhail Shveitser, Vladimir Vengerov, Aleksandr Rou, Aleksandr Proshkin, Sergey Bondarchuk, and others. Nikolai Boyarsky was regarded for his presence and effortless style. He was designated People's Artist of Russia. He died on 7 October 1988, and was laid to rest in Komarovo cemetery near St. Petersburg, Russia. - Hurt Honolka was born on 27 September 1913 in Leitmeritz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. Hurt was a writer, known for Prodaná nevesta (1976), Die verkaufte Braut (1958) and Prodaná nevesta (1962). Hurt died on 7 October 1988 in Stuttgart, Germany.
- István Sõtér was born on 1 June 1913 in Szeged, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. István was a writer, known for Miniszter (1988). István died on 7 October 1988 in Budapest, Hungary.