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
1-14 of 14
- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Charles Smith was born on 13 September 1920 in Flint, Michigan, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Shop Around the Corner (1940), Everglades! (1961) and Target (1958). He died on 26 December 1988 in Burbank, California, USA.- A tall (6'3"), handsome, debonair, immaculately-groomed British leading man best known for his pipe-smoking chaps, Londoner John Loder (né John Muir Lowe), was born on January 3, 1898, the son of a British general. Attending both the Eton and the Royal Military colleges, he followed his distinguished father into the army and fought at Gallipoli during World War I, where he served until the British withdrew its forces.
A German prisoner of war in 1918, Loder remained in Germany following his release and was assigned military duties on behalf of the Inter-Allied Commission. Loder eventually went into business establishing a pickle factory in Potsdam with a partner. Loder began to develop an interest in acting at one point and wound up in a few German film dance bits Dance Fever (1925), Madame Doesn't Want Children (1926)).
Progressing into featured/co-star parts in such films as Die weiße Spinne (1927) and Die Sünderin (1928) (The Sinner), Loder returned briefly to England in 1927 where he was third-billed as the "veddy English" Lord Harborough in the elegant melodrama The First Born (1928) starring lovely Madeleine Carroll and Miles Mander (who also wrote and directed). Following this the young actor made the transatlantic trip to the United States where talkies had become the new rage. Loder continued in the same fashion as before with third-wheel roles in such female superstar vehicles as Paramount's first talkie The Doctor's Secret (1929) starring Ruth Chatterton, as well as Her Private Affair (1929) starring Ann Harding and Lilies of the Field (1929) starring Corinne Griffith. While Loder showed much promise, his on-camera persona was a bit too cut and dried for American tastes. Following secondary roles in The Racketeer (1929), Sweethearts and Wives (1930), Parisian Gaities (1931) and having gained no ground pursuing leading man stardom, he returned to England.
Back in his homeland, Loder was able to embellish his resumé with more plush, princely leads and co-leads such as in Money for Speed (1933), co-star Ida Lupino's first big film; You Made Me Love You (1933) starring Ida's father Stanley Lupino with ice-cream blonde Thelma Todd as his love interest; the musicals Love, Life & Laughter (1934) and Sing As We Go! (1934) both opposite Gracie Fields; the heavy drama Java Head (1934) in a romantic triangle with Anna May Wong and Elizabeth Allan; the classic romantic adventure Lorna Doone (1934) starring as John Ridd opposite sweet and lovely The Little Woman (1954); the circus adventure drama This Woman Is Mine (1935); the murder mystery The Silent Passenger (1935); the romantic comedy It Happened in Paris (1935); the sparkling comedy Queen of Hearts (1936) again opposite Gracie Fields; in the Boris Karloff mad doctor horror opus The Man Who Lived Again (1936) as the clean-cut hero for damsel Anna Lee; in the classic adventure King Solomon's Mines (1937) and murder mystery Non-Stop New York (1937) both again with Ms. Lee; the historical costumer Katia (1938) opposite Danielle Darrieux in the title role; and a trio of crime dramas -- Anything to Declare? (1938), Murder Will Out (1939) and the title role in Maxwell Archer, Detective (1940).
When WWII hit Britain, Loder returned to America where he fell immediately into secondary patrician, military and assorted stuffed shirt roles in "A" pictures (How Green Was My Valley (1941), One Night in Lisbon (1941), The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (1942), Now, Voyager (1942), Old Acquaintance (1943), Passage to Marseille (1944), The Hairy Ape (1944)) and leads in "B" level programmers (The Brighton Strangler (1945), Jealousy (1945), A Game of Death (1945), Woman Who Came Back (1945), The Wife of Monte Cristo (1946)).
As his film career declined in the late 1940's, Loder made his Broadway debut in For Love or Money in 1947, the same year he became an American citizen. He subsequently moved to TV work in the 1950's with guest appearances on several anthology series. His last films included The Story of Esther Costello (1957), Woman and the Hunter (1957), Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958), The Secret Man (1958) and The Firechasers (1971).
Loder had quite a lively private life. Divorced five times, two of his wives were actresses -- his second was French star Micheline Cheirel and his third was Hollywood goddess Hedy Lamarr. He co-starred in the film noir Dishonored Lady (1947) with Lamarr and second-billed Dennis O'Keefe. His first son, theatrical/literary agent Robin William Lowe (1925-2002), was born out of wedlock. He had three children (James, Denise and Anthony) by Lamarr.
Returning to England in later years, Loder penned his autobiography, Hollywood Hussar, in 1977. His general health declined noticeably and in 1982, entered a Kensington nursing home. He died in London, aged 90, in 1988, the day after Christmas. - Cynthia Stone was born on 26 February 1926 in Peoria, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for That Wonderful Guy (1949), Short Short Dramas (1952) and Soldiers of Fortune (1955). She was married to Robert Davis McDougal III, Cliff Robertson and Jack Lemmon. She died on 26 December 1988 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.
- Julanne was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, but she and her family briefly lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, then settled in Los Angeles, California, where she attended the Hollywood School for Girls. She also studied dancing and went on tour with the Ruth St. Denis Dancers, which led to her first screen part as a dancer. In her post-screen life in Grosse Pointe and Detroit, Michigan, she volunteered actively at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
- Production Manager
- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William Davidson was born on 24 April 1915. He was a production manager and producer, known for Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970), Rosemary's Baby (1968) and The Odd Couple (1968). He died on 26 December 1988.- Yukio Katô was an actor, known for Zatoichi (1989). He died on 26 December 1988 in Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
- Mirko Milisavljevic was born on 16 February 1909 in Pozarevac, Serbia. He was an actor, known for Legends of Anika (1954), Vukadin (1968) and Velika turneja (1961). He died on 26 December 1988 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia.
- Kinzô Shin was born on 9 July 1910 in Tokyo, Japan. He was an actor, known for Kyojin to gangu (1958), Waseda daigaku (1953) and Hana no koibitotachi (1968). He was married to Ranko Akagi. He died on 26 December 1988 in Japan.
- Evie Hayes was born in 1911 in Seattle, Washington, USA. She was an actress, known for Come Up Smiling (1939), Caravan Holiday (1972) and The Evie Hayes Show (1960). She was married to Will Mahoney. She died on 26 December 1988 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Jonathan Briel was born on 9 June 1942 in Bodenwerder, Lower Saxony, Germany. He was a director and actor, known for Wie zwei fröhliche Luftschiffer (1969), Das Geheimnis (1979) and Untertänigst Scardanelli (1982). He died on 26 December 1988 in Berlin, West Germany.- Composer
- Music Department
- Writer
Pablo Sorozábal was born on 18 September 1897 in San Sebastian, Spain. He was a composer and writer, known for Belle Epoque (1992), Double Edged Crime (1965) and Tierno verano de lujurias y azoteas (1993). He died on 26 December 1988 in Madrid, Spain.- Writer
- Art Department
- Production Designer
Herluf Bidstrup was born on 10 September 1912 in Berlin, Germany. He was a writer and production designer, known for It's in Our Power (1970), Betal din skat med glæde (1945) and A Bench (1968). He died on 26 December 1988 in Copenhagen, Denmark.- Tom Lytel was born on 29 October 1915 in Lampasas County, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Year of the Yahoo! (1971) and No Man's Land (1964). He died on 26 December 1988 in Lampasas, Texas, USA.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
Otto Dyar was born on 25 July 1892 in Jacksonville, Oregon, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Watch the Birdie (1950), The Bride Goes Wild (1948) and Human Hearts (1922). He died on 26 December 1988 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.