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- The only child of a San Francisco couple, actor Phillip Terry was born Frederick Henry Kormann on March 7, 1909. His father, a chemical engineer in the oil fields, moved about in his work so Phillip was sent to live with relatives in New Jersey to achieve more stable schooling.
Following high school graduation, Phillip worked for a time in the oil fields, with the assist of his father, as a roustabout, a tool pusher and rig builder. He later studied at Sacred Heart College, then Stanford University where he became both a football and track star. It was at Stanford that he also developed an interest in acting.
After a brief, unsuccessful stay in New York, Phillip traveled to England and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (1933). He grew homesick after a few years, however, and returned to America, landing a job in Los Angeles with CBS Radio as a dramatic player of Shakespeare and other classics. As luck would have it, an MGM agent caught one of his broadcasts and set up an interview.
Phillip was signed after a successful screen test and groomed in unbilled film bits; one of these movies was Mannequin (1937) starring Joan Crawford, who would figure prominently into his life down the road. Unable to improve his lot at MGM, he signed with Paramount and finally earned higher visibility in such films as The Monster and the Girl (1941), The Parson of Panamint (1941) (title role), Torpedo Boat (1942), and Wake Island (1942).
Around this time, Philip, by chance, happened to hook up with actress Crawford. After a whirlwind romance of only six weeks, the pair married in July of 1942. The marriage would not last, however, divorcing a mere four years later. When Phillip left Paramount in the mid-40s, he signed up with RKO. His movies and no performances were no great shakes with such routine fodder as Music in Manhattan (1944) and Pan-Americana (1945) all he could find. His better work came when he was loaned out.
Despite the fact that he appeared in more than eighty movies and was a highly personable gent, most of Phillip's roles ended up unbilled or unmemorable. His better pictures, in which he served as a second lead, were the Oscar-winning The Lost Weekend (1945) starring Ray Milland, and To Each His Own (1946) with Olivia de Havilland.
As his career waned, he started focusing on real estate and made himself a rich man with smart investments. From the 1950s on he was seen only sporadically in films and on TV. He retired completely in 1973 after suffering the first of what would be a series of strokes. His health steadily declined and he died of pneumonitis in 1993. - Director
- Writer
- Producer
Raphael Nussbaum was born on 7 December 1931 in Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Sinai Commandos: The Story of the Six Day War (1968), The Amorous Adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza (1976) and The Invisible Terror (1963). He died on 23 February 1993 in Burbank, California, USA.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Howard Gruber was born on 28 November 1941 in Maryland, USA. He was an actor, known for Pink Flamingos (1972), Eat Your Makeup (1968) and Multiple Maniacs (1970). He died on 23 February 1993 in Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Cho-Fan Ng was born in 1910 in Tianjin, China. He was an actor and writer, known for Yi fan feng shun (1951), Huo ku you lan (1961) and Qiu (1954). He died on 23 February 1993 in Canada.- Mikhail Mayorov was born on 18 November 1906 in Tula, Tula uyezd, Tula Governorate, Russian Empire [now Tula Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for V kvadrate 45 (1956), Uchitel tantsev (1952) and Zastava v gorakh (1953). He died on 23 February 1993 in Moscow, Russia.
- Beaumont Newhall was born on 22 June 1908 in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA. He was married to Nancy Newhall and Christi. He died on 23 February 1993 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
- Production Manager
- Producer
Zwonimir Feric was born on 17 October 1911. Zwonimir was a production manager and producer, known for Haslo Korn (1968), Podhale w ogniu (1956) and Pieklo i niebo (1966). Zwonimir died on 23 February 1993.- Sonja Mjøen was born on 24 December 1898 in Oslo, Norway. She was an actress, known for Madame Visits Oslo (1927), Dydsdragonen (1927) and Sankt Hans fest (1947). She was married to Axel Kielland. She died on 23 February 1993 in Oslo, Norway.
- Keith Fennell was born on 22 January 1906 in North Dakota, USA. He was an actor, known for Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (1987). He died on 23 February 1993 in Oregon, USA.
- Ed Battle was born on 21 November 1957 in North Charleston, South Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for Mother's Day (1980), Matrix (1993) and The Dreamcoat Special (1995). He died on 23 February 1993 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Actress
Dorothy Fowler was born on 10 December 1903 in Vincennes, Indiana, USA. She was an actress. She died on 23 February 1993 in Laguna Hills, California, USA.- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Script and Continuity Department
Carl Sautter was born on 29 April 1948 in England, UK. He was a writer, known for Moonlighting (1985), Lucky Luke (1991) and Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990). He died on 23 February 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.