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- Frank Forsyth was born on 19 December 1905 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Department S (1969), Stock Car (1955) and The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972). He died on 2 May 1984 in Poole, England, UK.
- George McDonald was an actor, known for Cover Up (1949), Child of Divorce (1946) and Four Faces West (1948). He died on 2 May 1984.
- Director
- Animation Department
- Writer
Born in San Diego, California, the young Robert Clampett was monumentally moved as a child by the film The Lost World (1925), inspiring him to create a sea-serpent sock-puppet that he used in puppet shows to entertain the neighborhood kids. This led him to create a stuffed Mickey Mouse toy, which became a prototype for the first mass-produced Mickey Mouse doll.
Between 1931 and 1947 Clampett was an animator and later director for the legendary Leon Schlesinger Productions (later Warner Brothers Animation) where alongside his one time boss Tex Avery he became known as the wackiest and most archetypally cartoonish of all the directors.
During this time he also developed a test for a animated adaptation of 'John Carter of Mars' however, despite the support of the author Edgar Rice Burroughs it failed to materialize.
Amongst his famous fare was the Dalí inspired Porky in Wackyland (1938), his loving adaption of the Dr. Seuss book Horton Hatches the Egg (1942), the controversial all-black cast musical Snow White parody Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943), the Fantasia (1940) parody A Corny Concerto (1943) and John Kricfalusis's favorite cartoon The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946) featuring the acerbic irreverence of Daffy Duck -- easily the most Clampett-esque of all his characters.
Clampett, at the time the longest serving employee at the animation studio, finally left in 1947. After a brief stint at Columbia, and a one-off cartoon at Republic It's a Grand Old Nag (1947) he was inspired by the new innovation of television to resurrect his old sea-serpent puppet, and created the phenomenally successful Time for Beany (1949)_ puppet television show, which was acclaimed by the likes of Albert Einstein and Groucho Marx, and even inspired the AC/DC line "Dirty Deeds, Done Dirt Cheap".
Clampett later returned to animation as a supervising producer on a cartoon series based on the characters of his puppet show Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil (1959).- Actor
- Soundtrack
Began in show business as a radio singer. In the early 1930s he became one of the first singing screen cowboys. He starred in a series of musical westerns for Paramount, and another series for 20th Century Fox. In later years he was featured in supporting roles well into the 1950s.- Hülya Sengül was born on 2 November 1958 in Istanbul, Turkey. She was an actress, known for Kara Sahin (1975), Bitirim (1972) and Intikamci (1976). She died on 2 May 1984 in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Writer
- Production Manager
- Additional Crew
Tibor Barabás was born on 27 August 1911 in Pécel, Hungary. He was a writer and production manager, known for Állami áruház (1953), Lieutenant Rakoczy (1954) and A császár parancsára (1957). He died on 2 May 1984 in Budapest, Hungary.- Writer
- Actor
Piet Van Aken was born on 15 February 1920 in Terhagen, Flanders, Belgium. He was a writer and actor, known for Klinkaart (1956), Zondaars en sterren (1971) and Klinkaart (1984). He died on 2 May 1984 in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium.- Art Director
Sanford D. Barnes was born on 17 July 1896 in California, USA. He was an art director, known for The Extra Girl (1923), Suzanna (1923) and Molly O' (1921). He died on 2 May 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.