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- James Abram Garfield was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881, until his death six months later, two months after he was shot by an assassin. A lawyer and Civil War general, he served nine terms in the House of Representatives and was the only sitting member of the House to be elected president. Before his candidacy for the White House, he had been elected to the Senate by the Ohio General Assembly, a position he declined when he became president-elect.
- Fitzhugh Lee was born on 19 November 1835 in Fairfax County, Virginia, USA. He died on 28 April 1905 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- Quentin Roosevelt was born on 19 November 1897 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He died on 14 July 1918 in Chamery, France.
- Jode Mullally was born on 19 November 1886 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Cameo Kirby (1914), The Man from Home (1914) and After Five (1915). He died on 29 December 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Harry Solter was born on 19 November 1873 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was a director and actor, known for The Taming of the Shrew (1908), The Romance of a Photograph (1914) and Blind Man's Bluff (1916). He was married to Florence Lawrence. He died on 2 March 1920 in El Paso, Texas, USA.- Master Breezy Reeves Jr, born Reeves Barnes Eason, also billed as "Breezy" Eason Jr, was born in California in 1914, son of actor/film director B. (William) Reeves Eason and actress Jimsy Mayo. Handsome, cute blonde boy who starred in mostly westerns from the age of two. He was known as 'Universal's Littlest Cowboy' until he was hit by a truck at the age of six while riding his bike to a music lesson near his home at 6200 Fountain Avenue in Los Angeles. He never regained consciousness and died of his injuries after surgery at California Hospital.
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Vicente Lleó was born on 19 November 1870 in Valencia, Spain. He was a composer, known for La corte de Faraón (1985), Mi hijo no es lo que parece (1974) and La corte de faraón (1944). He died on 28 February 1922 in Madrid, Spain.- Elisabeth Beskow was born on 19 November 1870 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was a writer, known for Sjutton år (1957). She died on 17 October 1928 in Stockholm, Sweden.
- J. Nelson Ramsay was born on 19 November 1862 in Tradeston, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was married to Gwynne Herbert. He died on 5 April 1929 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Nelson Ramsey was born on 19 November 1862 in Tradeston, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for The Second Mrs. Tanqueray (1916), Tom Jones (1917) and The Broken Melody (1916). He was married to Gwynne Herbert. He died on 5 April 1929 in London, England, UK.
- Robert Fortson was born on 19 November 1898 in Houston, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Injustice (1919). He was married to Geraldine Liggins Steele. He died on 19 December 1930 in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
- Charles Cherry was born on 19 November 1872 in Greenwich, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Passers By (1916) and The Mummy and the Humming Bird (1915). He died on 2 September 1931.
- Music Department
Hugo Felix was born on 19 November 1871 in Vienna, Austria. He is known for What a Widow! (1930). He was married to Iska M.. He died on 25 August 1934 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Composer
- Soundtrack
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov was born on 19 November 1859 in Gatchina, St. Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire [now Leningrad Oblast, Russia]. He was a composer, known for Dreams (1990), Volga i Sibir (1914) and Kara-bugaz (1935). He was married to Barbara M. Zarudnaya. He died on 28 January 1935 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Mortimer Snow was born on 19 November 1868 in Brigham City, Utah, USA. He was an actor, known for The Mohican's Daughter (1922). He was married to Adelaide Warren. He died on 20 June 1935 in East Islip, Long Island, New York, USA.
- Additional Crew
Billy Sunday was born on 19 November 1862 in Ames, Iowa, USA. He is known for Pathé's Weekly, No. 9 (1914), Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 32 (1915) and The Pathé Daily News, No. 4 (1915). He was married to Helen Amelia Thompson. He died on 6 November 1935 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.- June Caprice was born Helen Elizabeth Lawson in Arlington, Massachusetts on November 19, 1895. Her parents, Anna and Peter Lawson, were both born in Norway. June was educated at the Boston Conservatory of Music and began her acting career on the stage. At age 16 the blue-eyed blonde won a Mary Pickford lookalike contest and was then discovered by producer William Fox, who offered her a contract and promised to make her one of Hollywood's biggest stars. In 1916 she made her film debut in "Caprice Of The Mountains." She had starring roles in more than a dozen films at Fox including "A Small Town Girl", "Child Of The Wild", and "Every Girl's Dream", almost always cast as a innocent ingenue. The petite actress was just five feet two inches tall and weighed 105 pounds. She appeared on numerous magazine covers and by 1918 was getting more fan mail than any other actress at the studio. During World War I she volunteered as a nurses aid.
After leaving Fox in 1919 she starred in the dramas "Rogue and Romance" and "The Love Cheat." She also modeled for Coca Cola calendars. In 1920 June married Harry F. Millarde, who had directed her in several films; soon after she decided to quit acting. Her final role was in the 1921 serial "The Sky Ranger." She gave birth to daughter June Elizabeth on June 29, 1922, and for the next decade she devoted herself to being a wife and mother. Tragically, in 1931 her husband Harry died from a heart attack, and she and her daughter moved in with her parents in Los Angeles. Then in her late thirties she was diagnosed with cancer; her health quickly deteriorated and she died on November 9, 1936 at only 40 years old. She was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Her 14-year-old daughter June Elizabeth Millarde was raised by her grandparents; she later changed her name to Toni Seven and became a model and actress. - Carl Jacobi was born on 19 November 1874. He was a writer, known for The Riddle: Woman (1920). He died on 19 April 1938.
- Cinematographer
Alexander Dalmatov was born on 19 November 1873 in Vyatka, Vyatka Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kirov, Kirov Oblast, Russia]. Alexander was a cinematographer, known for Devyatoe yanvarya (1925). Alexander died on 6 September 1938 in Leningrad, USSR [now Saint Petersburg, Russia].- John Rand was born on 19 November 1871 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for The Circus (1928), The Fireman (1916) and Name the Woman (1934). He died on 25 January 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
A.B. DeComathiere was born on 19 November 1877 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Black King (1932), The Midnight Ace (1928) and Deceit (1923). He died on 18 May 1940 in Central Islip, Long Island, New York, USA.- Brother of actor Pedro Regas, George was a stage actor in Athens before coming to the U.S. as "Romeo" in a Grecian version of "Romeo and Juliet", which he performed in New York. Regas played character parts in numerous films, many of them uncredited. Regas often played Latinos, Native Americans or Italians.
- Writer
- Art Director
David Plunket Greene was born on 19 November 1904 in Westminster, London, England, UK. David Plunket was a writer and art director, known for Bucket of Blood (1934). David Plunket died on 24 February 1941 in Shearwater Lake, Wiltshire, England, UK.- A chess grandmaster and the World Chess Champion from 1921 to 1927, Capablanca appeared in Chess Fever (1925), which was filmed while he was in Moscow competing in an international tournament. As a chess player, he was known for his clear, logical style, and at his peak he was considered almost impossible to defeat. He once went 8 years without losing a single game.
- Bergliot Skands was born on 19 November 1893 in Kristiania [now Oslo], Norway. She was an actress, known for Den forelskede Gullaschbaron (1917) and Det elektriske Pengeskab (1917). She died on 23 July 1942.
- Dimitri Smirnoff was born on 19 November 1882 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Spielereien einer Kaiserin (1930) and The Garden of Secrets (2019). He died on 27 April 1944 in Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia].
- Reginald Sharland was born on 19 November 1886 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Girl of the Port (1930), Woman to Woman (1929) and Shock (1934). He was married to Herta Lynd and Annie Croft. He died on 21 August 1944 in Loma Linda, California, USA.
- Eliska Jílková was born on 19 November 1876 in Prague, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for V tom domecku pod Emauzy (1934), On a jeho sestra (1931) and Co se septá (1938). She died on 28 January 1945 in Prague, Protektorát Cechy a Morava [now Czech Republic].
- Charly Berger was born on 19 November 1881 in Germany. He was an actor, known for Er oder ich (1930), Was ist los im Zirkus Beely? (1927) and Ein Unsichtbarer geht durch die Stadt (1933). He died on 28 April 1945 in Potsdam, Germany.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Barbier was educated for the ministry before going to work on the stage. He appeared on Broadway in such successes as "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "The Man Who Came Back," among others. He signed a contract with Paramount Pictures in 1929 and later worked as an actor for most of the major studios.- Cinematographer
R.W. Walter was born on 19 November 1883 in Pennsylvania, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916), Won by a Fowl (1917) and A Sanitarium Scandal (1917). He died on 9 August 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata was born on 19 November 1877 in Venice, Veneto, Italy. He died on 16 November 1947 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Stuart Casey was born on 19 November 1885 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England UK. He was an actor, known for Captain Blood (1935) and Age of Indiscretion (1935). He died on 23 January 1948 in Saratoga, New York, USA.
- Production Designer
- Director
- Writer
Film and theatre director, author, journalist, scenarist. Among others he was the leading director of the Opera and the managing director of the National Theatre. He got into the film branch around 1917. He designed scenery and directed (for Korona and Omega factories) in the silent era. He also directed inthe radio. After 1945 he was a teacher at the School for Film and Dramatic Arts. Of his literary pieces the tragedy Attila (Bp., 1911) The tragedy of Agis(play, Bp., 1936) are best known. His collection of publicism is Hungarian problems(Bp., 1916).- Valborg Borchsenius was born on 19 November 1872 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was married to Kaare Guldbrand and Johannes Norden Guldbrandsen. She died on 5 January 1949 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Claude Bailey was born on 19 November 1895 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Unholy Quest (1934), Little Waitress (1932) and Yellow Canary (1943). He died on 22 March 1950 in Ealing, London, England, UK.
- Otto Wollmann was born on 19 November 1888. He was an actor and writer, known for Zwischen Sahara und Nürburgring (1936) and Jud Süß (1940). He died on 23 April 1950 in Berlin, Germany.
- Sound Department
William R. Fox was born on 19 November 1894 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He is known for Captain China (1950), Burma Convoy (1941) and Arabian Nights (1942). He died on 30 June 1950 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
- Actress
Margaret Mayo was born on 19 November 1882 in Brownsville, Illinois, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for The Marriage of William Ashe (1921), Baby Mine (1917) and Polly of the Circus (1917). She was married to Edgar Selwyn. She died on 25 February 1951 in Ossining, New York, USA.- Bedrich Geminder was born on 19 November 1901 in Vítkovice, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He died on 3 February 1952 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Actor
Al Kunde was born on 19 November 1887 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor. He was married to Anne Kunde. He died on 10 August 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Chris-Pin Martin was born on 19 November 1893 in Tucson, Arizona, USA. He was an actor, known for King of the Bandits (1947), Four Frightened People (1934) and Under Strange Flags (1937). He died on 27 June 1953 in Montebello, California, USA.- Aranka Laczkó was born on 19 November 1861 in Kassa, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire [now Kosice, Slovak Republic]. She was an actress, known for Fehér éjszakák (1916), A vén bakancsos és fia, a huszár (1918) and Soha, többé, mindörökké (1917). She died on 19 July 1953 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Nikolai Lyashko was born on 19 November 1884 in Lebedin, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Sumy oblast, Ukraine]. Nikolai was a writer, known for Geroi Domny (1929). Nikolai died on 26 August 1953 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Tage Hertel was born on 19 November 1894 in Frederiksberg, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Under det sorte Flag (1913), Livets baal (1912) and Balleteusens hævn (1914). He died on 7 January 1955.
- Bobbie Macauley was born on 19 November 1901 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Jail Birds (1940) and Music-Hall (1949). She was married to Nat Mills. She died on 20 January 1955 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.
- Alison Petrie was born on 19 November 1926 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), For the Children (1946) and From Soup to Soufflé (1949). She died on 18 March 1955 in Marylebone, London, England, UK.
- Director
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Charles T. Trego was born on 19 November 1903 in Iowa, USA. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Isle of Paradise (1932), Underwater Spearfishing (1944) and Gymnastics (1935). He died on 20 April 1956 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Hiram Bingham III was born on 19 November 1875 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. He died on 6 June 1956 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- Jack Killifer was born on 19 November 1898 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an editor, known for High Sierra (1940), The Roaring Twenties (1939) and Local Boy Makes Good (1931). He was married to Helen. He died on 6 August 1956 in Hollywood, California, USA.