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Stocky tough-guy character actor Richard Jaeckel was one of Hollywood's most prolific supporting stars. Born in Long Island, New York, on October 10, 1926, Jaeckel's family moved to Los Angeles when he was still in his teens. After graduation from Hollywood High School, Jaeckel was discovered by a casting director while working as a mailboy for 20th Century-Fox. Although he had some reluctance to act, Jaeckel accepted a key part in the war epic Guadalcanal Diary (1943) and remained in films for over 50 years, graduating from playing baby-faced teenagers (like Dick Clark, Jaeckel never seemed to age) to gunfighters and hired killers with ease. From 1944-48 he served in the US Navy, and after his discharge he co-starred in Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) with John Wayne. Jaeckel's other notable roles in films include one of a trio of GIs accused of raping a German girl in Town Without Pity (1961)--a standout performance--and The Dirty Dozen (1967) as tough MP Sgt. Clyde Bowren, who goes along on the mission to keep an eye on the prisoners he's trained, a role he reprised in a made-for-TV sequel in 1985. Jaeckel also received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his funny but tragic performance in Sometimes a Great Notion (1971). Although he appeared in over 70 films, he was very active in television series such as Frontier Circus (1961), Banyon (1971), Firehouse (1974), Salvage 1 (1979), At Ease (1983), Spenser: For Hire (1985) and Supercarrier (1988). From 1991-94 he played Lt. Ben Edwards on the hit series Baywatch (1989). He passed away after a three-year battle with melanoma cancer on June 14, 1997, at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. Jaeckel was 70 years old.- Helmut Fischer was born on 15 November 1926 in Munich, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Monaco Franze - Der ewige Stenz (1983), Die Hausmeisterin (1987) and Strong Times (1988). He was married to Utta Martin. He died on 14 June 1997 in Riedering, Bavaria, Germany.
- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Illinois-born Marjorie Best moved to Los Angeles after graduating high school to attend the Chouinard Art Institute. She went to work as a designer for the renowned Western Costume Co. in 1926, then several years later moved to United Costumers. When Warner Bros. bought that company in 1936, she accepted a job in the studio's wardrobe department, and it wasn't long before she became one of the company's finest costume designers, noted for her work on men's costumes and period films. She won an Academy Award for her work on Adventures of Don Juan (1948), and was nominated for Oscars in Costume Design for Giant (1956), Sunrise at Campobello (1960) and The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965).- Pierre Grappin was born on 31 May 1915 in Coussey, Vosges, Lorraine, France. He died on 14 June 1997 in France.
- Peter Weyganda was born on 2 February 1928 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany. He was an actor, known for Aus dem Ärmel geschüttelt - Vorspiel zu einer Show (1967), ...18 - 20 nur nicht passen (1965) and Stelldichein beim Wein (1967). He died on 14 June 1997 in Bad Bodendorf, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- Rocky Page was born on 10 May 1928 in Kadina, South Australia, Australia. He died on 14 June 1997 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
- Aleksandr Tolstykh was born on 14 March 1928 in Zeya, RSFSR, USSR [now Amur Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Koroleva benzokolonki (1963), Ch. P. - Chrezvychainoe proisshestvie (1958) and Vozvrashchenie Veroniki (1964). He died on 14 June 1997.