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Kenneth Mars was an American actor and comedian. He appeared in two Mel Brooks films: as the deranged Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind in The Producers (1967) and Police Inspector Hans Wilhelm Friedrich Kemp in Young Frankenstein (1974). He also appeared in Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up Doc? (1972), and Woody Allen's Radio Days (1987), and Shadows and Fog (1991).- Actress
- Soundtrack
A sunny singer, dancer and comic actress, Betty Garrett starred in several Hollywood musicals and stage roles. She was at the top of her game when the Communist scare in the 1950s brought her career to a screeching, ugly halt. She and her husband Larry Parks, an Oscar-nominated actor, were summoned by the House UnAmerican Activities Committee and questioned about their involvement.
As the drama played out, a very pregnant Garrett was never called to testify, but her husband was. With his admission of Communist Party membership from 1941-1945 and refusal to name names, he made it to the Hollywood Blacklist. After the incident, Garrett and Parks worked up nightclub singing/comedy acts along with appearing in legit plays. Although Parks never quite shook off the blacklist incident, he did win a role in John Huston's film, Freud (1962). Garrett went on to appear in roles in many television series.- Actor
- Writer
- Composer
To paraphrase the Beatles, one could say that, like Michelle and Ma Belle, Peter Alexander and Music are words that go together well, for the Austrian entertainer (musician, singer and actor) was associated with music from cradle to tomb. Born in Vienna in 1926, the son of a banker and his wife, Peter Alexander Neumayer (his full name) entered the world of music courtesy of his grandfather who owned a music store in Pilsen. The boy was only five when he joined the Vienna Boys' Choir. And as Peter Alexander had another passion, acting, it is no wonder that he became a... singing actor ! But all in due time: In his early twenties, the young man first started studying medicine. Naturally he soon realized he was on the wrong track and changed for drama studies at the Reinhard-Seminar in Vienna. After graduating he appeared in several plays and even played in a cabaret. At the same period, Peter Alexander's love for music resurfaced and he recorded his first songs in 1951. Success was on the cards as several of his songs became big hits. He even won the German Song Contest in Munich in 1952. From then on, Peter Alexander, who had played in the theater, but never in films, started working for the big screen. Actually, his first appearances were brief and he was always billed as a singer, a dancer, a musician or himself. But his being a star of song gradually implied a star actor status. As a matter of fact, Peter Alexander soon got top-billed, and in dozens of light comedies, which attracted millions of German-speaking spectators. In such films as Ich bin kein Casanova (1959), Die Abenteuer des Grafen Bobby (1961) and nearly all the others, Alexander was not what can be called a character actor embodying a a different role in each of those films, but he was invariably the charming, well-bred, joyful man, fond of "Festlicher Stimmung" (festive mood) and Lust (good laughs), often named Peter, in short, close to the kind of guy he was in real life. Of course, all this had nothing much to do with art and if Peter Alexander's name is still remembered fondly by the older generation in Austria and Germany, it must be recognized that he has not left any imprint in film history. Peter Alexander was synonymous with a joyful time meant for immediate consumption and that was that. An exception though: 'Wolfgang Liebeneiner' qv)'s Schweik's Years of Indiscretion (1964), in which for once he did not play a nice guy close to who he was, but 'Jaroslav Hasek''s well-known "hero", the prototype of the dumb soldier who drives his superiors crazy. Peter Alexander 's portrayal of this archetypal character was just excellent and it makes you regret that the comedian was not offered more demanding roles during the two decades when he was at the top of his career. After 1972, as commercial German cinema was spiraling down into the abyss, Peter Alexander left his film career to devote himself to TV shows and, of course, to songs, songs, songs . He died in early 2011 at the age of 84. History does not record whether.. he sang his last words!- Best known in New Zealand for playing the Senile Grandfather Ted West on Outrageous Fortune. This role won him a best supporting actor award at the Air NZ Screen Awards in 2007. He also appeared in Vigil and many other New Zealand and Australian Productions. He died of Cancer on Febuary 13th 2011
- Robert Broyles was born on 20 January 1933 in Sparta, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Poltergeist (1982) and Sonny Boy (1989). He died on 12 February 2011 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Gino Cimoli was born on 18 December 1929 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Red Skelton Hour (1951), 1956 World Series (1956) and Los Angeles Dodgers (1958). He died on 12 February 2011 in Roseville, California, USA.
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- Soundtrack
Charles Kerr was born on 26 February 1922 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Ref (1994), Babar: The Movie (1989) and Avonlea (1990). He died on 12 February 2011 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Cinematographer
- Director
- Writer
Vipindas was a cinematographer and director, known for Oru Kochu Swapnam (1984), Ponmudy (1982) and Moonnam Mura (1988). Vipindas died on 12 February 2011 in Wayanad, Kerala, India.- James Elliott was born on 11 June 1928 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Number 96 (1972), Number 96 (1974) and Lady, Stay Dead (1981). He died on 12 February 2011 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Ching Arellano was born on 5 June 1960 in the Philippines. He was an actor, known for Hulihin si... Nardong Toothpick (1990), Juan & Ted: Wanted (2000) and Paranaque Bank Robbery: The Joselito Joseco Story (1993). He died on 12 February 2011 in Quezon City, Philippines.
- Joanne Siegel was born on 1 December 1917 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She was married to Jerry Siegel. She died on 12 February 2011 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- Actor
Milton Jeffs was born on 16 October 1923 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor. He died on 12 February 2011 in Pacific Palisades, California, USA.- Marcelle Dambremont was born in 1919 in London. She was an actress, known for Le mort (1936), Ça viendra (1936) and Le procès de Mary Dugan (1956). She died on 12 February 2011 in Thailand.
- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Giuseppe Greco was a writer and director, known for La mafia dei nuovi padrini (2005), I Grimaldi (1997) and Vite perdute (1992). He died on 12 February 2011 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy.- Edson Bispo Dos Santos was born on 27 May 1935 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He died on 12 February 2011 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Fedor den Hertog was born on 20 April 1946 in Utrecht, Netherlands. He died on 12 February 2011 in Ermelo, Netherlands.
- Stanoje Cebic died on 12 February 2011 in Valjevo, Serbia.
- Frank D'Alessio was born on 10 September 1948 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. Frank was a producer, known for Helgerån (1988) and Maniac Cop 2 (1990). Frank died on 12 February 2011 in New Jersey, USA.
- Gilberto Rey was born on 29 May 1936 in Pergamino, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a writer and actor, known for Rosas para su enamorada (1980), Flavia, corazón de tiza (1992) and Comedias para vivir (1981). He died on 12 February 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Masahiro Katayama was born in 1954. He is known for Self Portrait (1988). He died on 12 February 2011 in Tokyo, Japan.- Actor
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- Producer
Paul Dumas Frappier was born on 8 May 1977 in Haiti. He was an actor and producer, known for Bumrush (2011) and Music for a Blue Train (2003). He died on 12 February 2011 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.