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- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Born in 1914, raised in Norfolk, Nebraska, Thurl Ravenscroft served as a navigator in the US Army Air Transport Command in World War II before settling in Hollywood. An accomplished singer, he performed with The Sportsmen Quartet, The Mellowmen Quartet, The Johnny Mann Singers, The Norman Luboff Choir, and many major stars, including Jim Nabors and Elvis Presley. He was best known, however, for his mellifluous voice-overs, and he voiced Tony the Tiger in countless advertisements for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes in both English and Spanish. In 1996 he and his wife June retired to southern California, although he still did occasional work as Tony. He died in 2005 of prostate cancer.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Gene Collins was born on 23 April 1932 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Kelly's Heroes (1970), The Pride of the Yankees (1942) and Beyond the Mountains (1967). He died on 29 May 2015 in Fullerton, California, USA.- While best remembered as Ernest Borgnine's Japanese prisoner-of-war Fuji Kobiashi in the wartime sitcom McHale's Navy (1962), Yoshio Yoda came to acting reluctantly and purely by accident. Born in Tokyo, the only son of Honshu middle-class manufacturers, he initially studied law at the prestigious Keio University. However, he quickly realized that neither law nor industry suited his aspirations. A chance meeting with motion picture executive Edward Ugast (1900-1964), general manager in Asia for 20th Century Fox and Vice-President of Four Star Films, persuaded Yoda to study cinema technique in the United States with the prospect of becoming a producer. In 1958, Yoda arrived in California and enrolled at USC.
Three years into his studies, Yoda's faculty was contacted by producer Joe Pasternak at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer who was casting for an Asian actor required to be fluent in both English and Japanese. Yoda naturally fitted the bill. Despite his initial misgivings, a mere ten minute interview led to the youngster being signed for the role of Sgt. Roy Tada in The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962), a comedy starring Jim Hutton and Paula Prentiss. On the strength of his performance he was subsequently able to secure the gig on McHale's Navy. When that series had run its course, so did Yoda's acting career. After one more brief TV appearance in 1969, he returned to his roots to forge a career in the car manufacture business at Toyota. He lived in Hawaii for fifteen years, became a United States citizen under the name of James Yoda, and, by 1987, had risen to the position of assistant vice president of inventory and senior division manager. He later resided in Fullerton, California. - Tommy Lasorda was one of the best managers in baseball until his retirement in July 1996. He was involved with the Los Angeles Dodgers for over 50 years. He managed the team from 1976 to 1996. He retired due to a heart attack. He thought being a manager would be too stressful.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Steve Peck was born on 2 January 1929 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for I Spy (1965), Bells Are Ringing (1960) and Johnny Cool (1963). He was married to Cynthia. He died on 9 October 2005 in Fullerton, California, USA.- 'Cecil Scott Forester' was born on 27th August, 1899 in Cairo, Egypt. He was educated in England at Alleyn's School and Dulwich College, at neither of which, he said, he made any particular impression except as an extremely naughty boy. He left Dulwich College and attempted to take up medicine but soon found that his real vocation was storytelling and writing. Always an enthusiastic reader as a child (he used to devour complete encyclopedias) he used his extensive and eclectic knowledge to make his stories very readable and popular. He is possibly most famous for the Hornblower series of novels which intersperse tales of great human understanding with a high level of technical expertise - even though he was never in the navy.
- Matt Gogin was born on 28 May 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The New Guy (2002), Made for Each Other (2009) and Stalls (2019). He died on 13 December 2022 in Fullerton, California, USA.
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Gladys McConnell was born on 22 October 1905 in Oklahoma City, Indian Territory, USA [now Oklahoma, USA]. She was an actress, known for The Glorious Trail (1928), The Tiger's Shadow (1928) and The Fire Detective (1929). She was married to A. Ronald Button and Arthur Q. Hagerman. She died on 4 March 1979 in Fullerton, California, USA.- Joycee Katz was an actress, known for Tales from the Crypt (1989), Let It Ride (1989) and Just Write (1997). She died on 29 September 2010 in Fullerton, California, USA.
- Special Effects
- Art Department
For more than thirty years, A. D. Flowers worked his magic in movies and on TV and ended his career as one of Hollywood's most highly respected and sought-after special effects experts. His craft, however, predated the now-universally employed computerized high-tech FX that the movie and TV industry relies upon today. Explosives, flashbulbs, miniatures, water tanks, unique recipes for blood, and a lot of improvisation (not to mention chance) comprised Flowers' bag of tricks. Affirming that he used his bag of tricks to its best advantage, the Academy Awards presented Flowers with Oscars for his contributions as a "powder man" in the 1970 production of "Tora! Tora! Tora!" and for his skillful creation of disaster in the 1972 "The Poseidon Adventure." He was also nominated for an Academy Award for his work with Steven Spielberg in the 1979 movie "1941" -- one of Flowers last efforts in his field. He was born in Texas and raised in Sayre, Oklahoma. After graduating from high school in 1935, like so many others from Oklahoma in the '30s, he hitchhiked to California, the golden state, where he hoped to find work. Within three years he was married and, with the help of his father-in-law, a painter at MGM studios, had a job as a studio handyman. Starting right at the bottom, literally, Flowers spent his first 19 nights at his new job on his hands and knees polishing a dance floor that Mickey Rooney used. He eventually moved from floors to grounds and was given the "greenman" assignment wherein his responsibility included feeding and nursing and otherwise maintaining plants, flowers, and any turf on movie sets. By the mid-'40s, Flowers had worked his way into the studio property department and from there onto assignments working with special effects. Explosives became his forte, but anything mechanical proved his domain. Whether employing hydraulics, electronics, or pyrotechnics -- skills that he studied at trade schools while practicing them in movies -- Flowers helped create or re-create fires, floods, dog fights (the aerial kind), bombs bursting in air, etc. For many years he enjoyed the role of chief of mechanical special effects at 20th Century-Fox. And his specialties were not limited to movies. He also plied his trade in television on shows such as "Gunsmoke" and Combat!" for example. A. D. Flowers retired to Camarillo, California, in 1979.- Lorraine Grey was born on 13 August 1918 in California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Professionals (1977) and Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle (1935). She was married to Ray Heindorf. She died on 16 February 2008 in Fullerton, California, USA.
- Director
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alberto Mariscal was born on 10 March 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Todo por nada (1969), La muerte va con las mariposas (1976) and Mauro el mojado (1987). He was married to María Luisa Rasgado del Castillo. He died on 24 April 2010 in Fullerton, California, USA.- Catharine Carson was born on 10 December 1923 in Shenandoah, Page County, Iowa, USA. She was married to Ralph Sotzing. She died on 24 November 2014 in Fullerton, California, USA.
- Karen Kester was born on 14 November 1944 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Christmas Carol (1949), The Baron of Arizona (1950) and Hollywood Opening Night (1951). She died on 21 April 1994 in Fullerton, California, USA.
- Special Effects
- Visual Effects
Eustace Lycett was born on 21 December 1914 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK. He is known for Mary Poppins (1964), The Black Hole (1979) and Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). He was married to Mary Ethel Lycett. He died on 16 November 2006 in Fullerton, California, USA.- Bill Brundige was born on 2 February 1915 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for Crazylegs (1953), Perry Mason (1957) and The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962). He was married to Jane Cairns. He died on 23 April 2004 in Fullerton, California, USA.
- Malcolm Mealey was born on 18 November 1920 in Ventura, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Adventures of Superman (1952) and My Little Margie (1952). He was married to Korla Mealey. He died on 2 November 1998 in Fullerton, California, USA.
- William Shaw was born on 27 January 1918. He was an actor, known for Red Snow (1952), The Choppers (1961) and Stakeout on Dope Street (1958). He died on 20 October 2009 in Fullerton, California, USA.
- Al Campanis was born on 2 November 1916 in Kos, Dodecanese Islands, Greece. He was an actor, known for Big Leaguer (1953), This Is Your Life (1970) and The Red Rowe Show (1959). He was married to Bess. He died on 21 June 1998 in Fullerton, California, USA.
- Sound Department
Waldon O. Watson was born on 20 January 1907 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Waldon O. is known for The Andromeda Strain (1971), Marnie (1964) and Psycho (1960). Waldon O. died on 15 August 1986 in Fullerton, California, USA.- Actor
- Sound Department
James Maxwell Young was born on 8 February 1951 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for Nazis at the Center of the Earth (2012), An Extra Digit (2005) and Crash Course (2009). He died on 12 June 2012 in Fullerton, California, USA.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Donald R. von Mizener was born in 1928 in Kern County, California, USA. Donald R. was a director and writer, known for Mule Feathers (1978) and The Egyptians Are Coming (1971). Donald R. was married to Yvonne Marie Hunter. Donald R. died in 2014 in Fullerton, California, USA.- Preston Gomez was born on 20 April 1922 in Central Preston, Oriente, Cuba. He died on 13 January 2009 in Fullerton, California, USA.
- Lon Nol was born on 13 November 1913 in Prey Veng, Cambodia. He was married to Sovanna Lon. He died on 17 November 1985 in Fullerton, California, USA.
- Billie Moore was born on 5 May 1943 in Humansville, Missouri, USA. She died on 14 December 2022 in Fullerton, California, USA.