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Carl Brashear was a highly decorated United States Navy sailor. He was a U.S. Navy master diver, rising to the position in 1970 having an amputated left leg. The film Men of Honor (2000) was based on his life.
He graduated from the U.S. Navy Diving & Salvage School in 1954, becoming the first African-American to attend and graduate from the Diving & Salvage School and the first African-American U.S. Navy Diver. Brashear retired from the U.S. Navy on April 1, 1979, as a master chief petty officer and master diver. He then served as a civilian employee for the government at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, and retired in 1993.
Cuba Gooding Jr. played the role of Brashear in Men of Honor (2000), a movie inspired by the life of Carl Brashear.- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Tommy Newsom was born on 25 February 1929 in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA. He is known for Bad Santa (2003), Ted (2012) and Night of 100 Stars (1982). He was married to Patricia Hernansky. He died on 28 April 2007 in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA.- Additional Crew
Betty Hill was born on 28 June 1919 in Newton, New Hampshire, USA. She is known for Where Are All the UFO's? (1996), UFOs Are Here! (1977) and Nova (1974). She was married to Barney Hill and Robert Stewart. She died on 17 October 2004 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA.- Barney Hill was born on 20 July 1922 in Newport News, Virginia, USA. He was married to Betty Hill and Ruby Horne. He died on 25 February 1969 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA.
- Tom Gamble was born on 17 February 1898 in Manchester, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Sailors Don't Care (1940) and Cavalcade of Variety (1940). He died on 31 December 1946 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK.
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Benny Lee was born on 11 August 1916 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Are You Being Served? (1972), Night of the Prowler (1962) and Mahler (1974). He died on 9 December 1995 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK.- Actor
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H.P. Crowe was born on 7 March 1899 in Boston, Kentucky, USA. He was an actor, known for Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) and Battle Cry (1955). He died on 27 June 1991 in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA.- John Sephens Oldham was born in a Britsh spring and music entered his life early since his boyhood. He was singing concert solos with his boy soprano voice, and when it evolved to tenor he soon went on to a professional career, leaving his job as a bank clerk. In 1914 he made his début at the London Pavilion as lead tenor in The Daring of Diane. After serving with the Scots Guards in World War I, singing for his fellow comrades, staging The Chocolate Soldier and earning the Military Cross in Macedonia, in 1919 he was demobilized and joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, in which he stayed for three years singing the tenor leads of most of the Gilbert & Sullivan works, which would forever remain dear to his heart and took him to the West End.
There he would sing during the1920s the tenor leads in a variety of musical plays : Madame Pompadour, The Merry Widow, Rose-Marie, The Vagabond King, which he combined with the Gilbert&Sullivan Savoy operettas. In 1922 he met soprano Winnie Melville as costar in Whirled Into Happiness at the Lyric Theatre. They got married and she retired for three years to study singing "seriously", reappearing in 1926 in The Student Prince. The following year they played the leads in The Vagabond King, and they would perform together in White Eagle, Blue Eyes, and vaudeville (see their photograph at the image gallery). They were also offered an exclusive contract to record for His Master's Voice. Later in 1929 they joined for a few months the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company to perform more Gilbert & Sullivan plays, including a tour to the States. In 1933 they separated, she would die in 1937.
Derek also appeared in a few filmed operettas and musical films, much in vogue during that period : Her Song of Love (1934), Melody of My Heart (1936).
When the operetta fever gave way to the 1940s swing music and after World War II ended, he made a turn to Lieder singing, "serious" stage plays and became a character actor, yet he stayed faithful to his Gilbert & Sullivan preferred musicals acting as an officer and later Vice-President in their Society. He performed onstage until 70 years old, when he retired to Hampshire. - Tom Story was born on 16 August 1926 in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Hush (1998), Metamorphosis (1990) and Three for One (1990). He died on 17 January 2023 in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA.
- Peter Mercier was born on 2 March 1925 in West Ham, Essex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Brian Rix Presents ... (1960), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and Make Mine a Double (1959). He was married to Sheila Mercier. He died on 11 August 1993 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK.
- Peter Ronald Owen was married to Mary Kathleen Hitchiner. Peter Ronald died on 29 September 2012 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK.
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Julia Ward Howe was born on 27 May 1819 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for The Manchurian Candidate (2004), Captive State (2019) and Kick-Ass (2010). She was married to Samuel Gridley Howe. She died on 17 October 1910 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Although his family heritage was based in Maine, Paul Wing was born in Tacoma, Washington to Dr. Peleg Benson Wing (1861-1932) and his wife Ida M. (Porter) on August 14, 1892 (some conflicting records indicate 1891). Married 18-year old Martha Gillis Thraves (1894-1981) in Pohatan Courthouse, VA on Christmas Day, 1912. Paul served in the military during WWI and became a mid-level Paramount Studios executive during the 1920s-30s and relocated to Hollywood. He received screen credit for The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) but spent most of his career as an unbilled line producer for the studio. His film resume is undoubtedly highly incomplete. Both of his daughters, Madison (Pat Wing Gill) and the ravishing Martha (Toby Wing Merrill) became chorus girls in the 1930s. Paul was an amateur pilot and survived a serious plane crash in 1935. Wing, a career reservist, re-entered the military prior to WW2 and, as a major, was captured by the Japanese in the Philippines, surviving the infamous Bataan Death March (he is mentioned in "No Uncle Sam: The Forgotten Bataan" by Anton F. Bilek, Michael S. Levy and Gene O'Connell). He was rescued from the Canabatuan Prison Camp in a daring maneuver by U.S. Army Rangers. He died on May 30, 1957 in Portsmouth, VA.- Eleanor Hallowell Abbott was born on 22 September 1872 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. She was a writer, known for Molly Make-Believe (1916), Little Eve Edgarton (1916) and Old Dad (1920). She was married to Fordyce Coburn. She died on 4 June 1958 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA.
- Rocky Nelson was born on 18 November 1924 in Portsmouth, Ohio, USA. He was married to Alberta Burns. He died on 31 October 2006 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA.
- F. Gary Newton was born on 31 December 1935 in San Diego, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Simon's Sanctorum (1970). He died on 24 May 2000 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA.
- Leslie Weeks was born in 1926 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder (1969), Prometheus: The Life of Balzac (1975) and Festival (1963). He died on 28 May 2008 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK.
- Ted Briggs was born on 1 March 1923. He was married to Clare. He died on 3 October 2008 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK.
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Paul Vigay was born on 24 October 1964 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK. He is known for Signs (2002), Crop Circles: Quest for Truth (2002) and Crossovers from Another Dimension... (2005). He died on 20 February 2009 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK.- Sound Department
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William Trent was born on 9 July 1937 in Staines, Middlesex. He was a production manager, known for For Your Eyes Only (1981), Angel Heart (1987) and Frankenstein (1994). He died on 4 July 2018 in Portsmouth.- J.V. Langmead Casserley was born on 28 November 1909 in London, England, UK. He died on 27 August 1978 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA.
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Irving Oshman was born on 12 March 1930 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an editor and director, known for Private Lessons (1981), David and Lisa (1962) and The Afterglow: A Tribute to Robert Frost (1989). He was married to Deborah. He died on 3 April 2010 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA.- Gladdy Sewell was born on 13 March 1897 in Pancras, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Money Talks (1932) and The Outcast (1934). She died in 1994 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK.
- Virginia Shaler was born on 9 July 1908 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for Lost Boundaries (1949), Man on a String (1960) and Walk East on Beacon! (1952). She was married to Louis De Rochemont. She died on 20 October 1996 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA.
- Lionel Crabb was born on 28 January 1909 in London, England, UK. He died on 19 April 1956 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK.