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Arthur Pierson, who was raised in Seattle, Washington, made his
Broadway debut in 1929 and then signed up with Paramount Pictures.
Paramount used him as a rehearsal director for Cecil B. DeMille and Ernst Lubitsch. He
played in a couple films for Fox and returned to Broadway in 1935,
marrying co-star Ruth Matteson in 1937. He returned to Hollywood in the 1940s
and directed a handful of films before moving into television. Pierson
was an executive at Hanna-Barbera when he passed away from a heart
attack.- Art Department
F. Wayne Hill was born on 21 March 1906 in Kansas, USA. F. Wayne died on 1 January 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Director
- Editor
- Writer
Marijan Foerster was born on 4 June 1907. He was a director and editor, known for Ljubljana pozdravlja osvoboditelje (1946), Jugoslovanska knjigarna (1940) and Mladinski dnevi (1938). He died on 1 January 1975.- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Eva Olivetti was born on 6 December 1890 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. She died on 1 January 1975 in Pasadena, California, USA.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Raphael J. Sevilla was born on 3 September 1905 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was a director and writer, known for Irma la mala (1936), At the Edge of a Palm Grove (1937) and Heart of a Bandit (1934). He died on 2 January 1975 in Mexico City, Mexico.- Producer
- Additional Crew
Jules Levey was born on 2 May 1896 in Rochester, New York, USA. Jules was a producer, known for New Orleans (1947), The Boys from Syracuse (1940) and The Hairy Ape (1944). Jules was married to Mae Ann Wolf. Jules died on 2 January 1975 in Manhattan, New York, USA.- Eduard Kautzner was born on 23 June 1903. He was an actor, known for Anni (1948), Das letzte Aufgebot (1953) and Warum lügst du, Cherie? (1960). He died on 2 January 1975 in Vienna, Austria.
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Actor
Lenn Hjortzberg was born on 28 September 1919 in Karlskrona, Blekinge län, Sweden. He was an assistant director and actor, known for Persona (1966), Through a Glass Darkly (1961) and The Virgin Spring (1960). He died on 2 January 1975 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.- Camera and Electrical Department
- Sound Department
Charles Kelly was born on 8 July 1902 in Washington, USA. Charles died on 2 January 1975 in California, USA.- Stella Rho was born on 29 September 1886 in St George Hanover Square, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936), The Naked Maja (1958) and Vagabond Violinist (1934). She died on 3 January 1975 in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
- Lawrence Carter "Slim" Barnard was born in Babylon, New York and raised
and educated in Winchester, Massachusetts. Almost from the beginning,
it was evident that he had that special something that would somehow
distinguish him from other men. A six-foot, three-inch New Englander of
boundless energy, his friends nicknamed him "Slim" because they were
certain that his continual activity would always keep him thin.
A self-made man, Slim Barnard has been a success at everything he has
put his hand to. Until 1961 he wrote a popular weekly column for the
Los Angeles Examiner called, "Slim's Pickins." And since that time, he
has stood at the helm of Slim Barnard Enterprises which produces the
vastly successful television show, "The Happy Wanderers."
But it wasn't always this way and Slim remembers the early years when
he came west. He arrived in Texas as a wide-eyed youth of eighteen and
witnessed the Battle of Juarez. Crouching on a rooftop, he observed the
protracted struggle between the renegade Pancho Villa and the Mexican
Army.
These were the years of growth for both the West and Slim and adventure
was never very far away. In 1919 he landed a berth as a mechanic on one
of the cars in the El Paso to Phoenix Road Race. Dust flying in his
face, he rode the entire race pumping air into the gas tank of a Stutz
Bearcat as it bounded over four hundred miles of unpaved desert road.
Slim vividly recalls the experience and laughs heartily when he speaks
about the winner of that race who averaged a scant 48 m.p.h. through
the sage brush and sand.
For a time, he rode fence on an Arizona cattle ranch and slept under
the stars. In 1921, he moved to Redondo Beach, California and put in a
short stint as a bit actor. And in 1922 he met the beautiful Henrietta
Seipp and they were married shortly thereafter.
The early years were not easy but he managed to land a $12 a week job
as a salesman in the Classified Department of the Los Angeles Examiner.
He called on automotive people and quickly became familiar with the
industry. In 1932, the rival Daily News offered him a job as Automotive
Editor and he accepted. Immediately he launched into a series of
motorlogues which were both a sightseeing tour and a critical
evaluation of new cars. Now he was creating competition for his old
firm and in 1934, the Examiner wooed him back to head-up their
Automotive Department. He continued his weekly column which ran right
up to his retirement in 1961.
For the first time in his life, Slim took a breather but it didn't last
long. He wasn't a man to "take it easy" and the idle hours soon
prompted him to accept a position as Public Relations Counsel for the
Los Angeles and Southern California Motor Car Dealers' Association.
His followers and fans hadn't read a decent travelogue since his
retirement and a small group of friends approached him with the idea of
filming them. He had worked hard all his life and was reluctant to risk
the nest egg he had saved on such a venture. But his last objection was
quickly dispelled when his friends presented him with a check for
$50,000 as an indication of the confidence and faith they had in him.
He immediately set up Slim Barnard Enterprises, Inc., and began the
business of putting together a series of television travelogues.
The first show was aired on October 15, 1963, and the program has been
a smashing success every since. In nearly four years, it has presented
more than 155 separate trips, of which 75% are within a 300 mile radius
of Los Angeles, Those early travelogues, begun in 1932 for the
newspaper, had paid off.
The Happy Wanderers show succeeds for the same reasons that Slim does:
hard work, a refusal to settle for less than the best, and a sense of
humor. It has had consistently high ratings since it began and, when
opposite Walter Cronkite of CBS, out polled him, and all other
competition.
A further testimonial to the show's acceptance is the popularity of the
maps and accompanying stories that the organization publishes each
week. Distributed by the show's sponsor, The Southern California Ford
Dealers, these maps detail the history and points of interest of each
journey They not only present the best driving route, but indicate the
season, proper clothing, and a full breakdown of expenses. The loyal
fans, who tune in every week, support the claims of the television
rating services as they have snapped-up more than 2 ½ million copies of
these maps in two years alone.
Putting the show together is an arduous task and Slim and Henrietta log
better than 50,000 miles a year in the process of finding and
presenting new and familiar locations.
Slim computes that he has spent more than ten years of his life behind
the wheel of an automobile. He has driven well over a million miles
without a single mishap.
His personal life is very much like his public one insofar as there is
a great deal of activity which he divides among committees, clubs and
chairmanships.
The Barnards have six grandchildren from their daughter Beverly, who
lives in San Diego and their son Larry, who is the Automobile Editor of
the Los Angeles Herald Examiner.
Slim and Henrietta live on a quiet street in Glendale and maintain a
mobile home in Palm Springs. For relaxation, they escape to a 27 acre
ranch they own in British Columbia. Here Slim can pursue his hobbies of
fishing, hunting and photography while Henrietta looks on and happily
appraises the good years that have followed since that day in Redondo
Beach, forty three years ago.
Somewhere in his sea of activity, Slim finds time for clubs and charity
work. He is a Charter Member of the Greater Los Angels Press Club, a
past president of the Automobile Dealer's Shrine Club, and past
President of Al Malaikah Shrine Victory Patrol, and a past Director of
the Royal Order of Jesters.
His trademark is his laugh which aptly conveys the spirit with which he
approaches every task. Higher than his unusual resonant voice, it is at
once both infectious and jovial. It is distinctively his, as are the
long list of achievements which he always understates when asked about
them.
Still the human dynamo he has always been, Slim refuses to rest on his
accomplishments and talks excitedly about his plans for the future. He
wants to continue to explore the West and find new places of interest
and he plans to syndicate the show in order to reach travelers in other
cities.
The Slim Barnard story in one of a man going places. Throughout all, he
has kept. a sense of humor and perspective and the West can be certain
that there will be more surprises and new discoveries from the original
Happy Wanderer, Slim Barnard, - Writer
- Actor
Robert Neumann was born on 22 May 1897 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a writer and actor, known for Abdul the Damned (1935), King in Shadow (1957) and Life of Adolf Hitler (1961). He was married to Helga Heller, Evelyn Hengerer, Evelyn Milda Wally Hengerer, Lore Franziska Stern and Stefanie Grünwald. He died on 3 January 1975 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.- Konstantin Finn was born on 1 June 1904 in Moscow, Russian Empire. He was a writer, known for Okraina (1933). He died on 3 January 1975 in Moscow, USSR.
- Zofia Lindorf was born on 12 February 1905 in Lublin, Poland, Russian Empire [now Lublin, Lubelskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Pan Twardowski (1936), Tredowata (1936) and Tajemnica skrzynki pocztowej (1929). She died on 3 January 1975 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Margot Antillano was born on 13 May 1916 in Caracas, Venezuela. She was an actress, known for Raquel (1973), Sacrificio de mujer (1972) and Gabriela (1973). She died on 3 January 1975 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Milton Cross was born on 16 April 1897 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Fifty Years Before Your Eyes (1950), All Star Revue (1950) and Gaslight Follies (1945). He was married to Lillian Cross. He died on 3 January 1975 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Writer
- Actress
Mary Grannan was born on 11 February 1900 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. She was a writer and actress, known for Just Mary (1960), A Gift for the Princess (1955) and The Rustler and the Reindeer (1957). She died on 3 January 1975 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.- Erik Jensen was born on 21 October 1906 in Helligsø, Thy, Denmark. He was married to Gurli Sørensen. He died on 3 January 1975 in Aalborg, Denmark.
- Writer
- Actor
Bob Montana was born on 23 October 1920 in Stockton, California, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Archies (2023), Archie in Bollywood and Archie (1964). He died on 4 January 1975 in Meredith, New Hampshire, USA.- Writer
- Costume Designer
- Production Designer
Carlo Levi was born on 29 November 1902 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. He was a writer and costume designer, known for The Earth Cries Out (1949), Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979) and Patatrac (1931). He died on 4 January 1975 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Barbara Butler was born in 1902 in Ogdensburg, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The American Way (1919). She died on 4 January 1975.
- Ethel Hook was born on 15 July 1884 in Bedminster, Bristol, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Phototone Reel #1 (1928), Phototone Reel #7 (1928) and Ethel Hook (1926). She was married to Arthur Argent and David Alfred Herbert Hastings-Wilson. She died on 4 January 1975 in West Runton, Norfolk, England, UK.
- Alfred Letourneur was born on 25 July 1907 in Amiens, France. He died on 4 January 1975 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Director
- Actor
- Producer
Mark Lawton was born on 21 May 1917 in Vienna, Austria. He was a director and actor, known for The Rosalina Neri Show (1959), ITV Television Playhouse (1955) and ITV Play of the Week (1955). He died on 4 January 1975 in Cardiff, Wales, UK.- Ray Morgan was born on 8 June 1913 in the USA. He was an actor, known for WWWF Heavyweight Wrestling from Washington (1956), The Lawless Rider (1954) and Tales of Tomorrow (1951). He died on 5 January 1975 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.
- Actress
Ress Fix was born on 19 June 1893 in Center Point, Indiana, USA. She was an actress, known for Adam-12 (1968). She died on 5 January 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Nikolay Kharitonov was an actor, known for I snova utro (1961), Greshnyy angel (1963) and Gorod masterov (1966). He died on 5 January 1975.
- Don Wilson was born on 12 February 1945 in Monroe, Louisiana, USA. He died on 5 January 1975 in Houston, Texas, USA.
- Actor
- Director
- Additional Crew
American actor of stage and screen. His father was a famous character
actor, Maurice Moscovitch who sent his son abroad to study in Paris, Lausanne, and
London. Upon returning to the U.S. following his stage debut in Great
Britain, he began an active career on the American stage, specializing
in highly sophisticated characters. In 1930, he began appearing in
films, most often in roles far different from the upper-class types he
played on stage, mostly as gangsters and low-lifes. In 1943, he left
films and returned full-time to the theatre, where he was active both
as an actor and as a director.- César Santos Galindo was a producer, known for Las visitaciones del diablo (1968), El club de los suicidas (1970) and Memories of the Future (1969). He died on 6 January 1975.
- Actor
Herman Greid was born on 24 November 1892 in Vienna, Austria. He was an actor. He died on 6 January 1975 in Stockholm, Sweden.- Burton K. Wheeler was born on 27 February 1882 in Hudson, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 6 January 1975 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Manuel Bernal was born on 3 December 1901 in Almoloya de Juarez, Estado de Mexico, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Canto a las Américas (1943), El mar y tú (1952) and El rayo del sur (1943). He died on 7 January 1975 in Mexico City, Mexico.- Soundtrack
Douglass Cross was born on 4 May 1920 in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA. Douglass died on 7 January 1975 in Petaluma, California, USA.- Actor
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Fritz Erpenbeck was born on 6 April 1897 in Mainz, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Pension Boulanka (1964), Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? (1932) and Einheit SPD-KPD (1946). He died on 7 January 1975 in Berlin, Germany.- Tommy Moe Raft was an actor, known for The Black Connection (1974), The Wacky Playboy (1964) and Burlesque is Alive and Living in Beautiful Downtown Burbank (1970). He died on 7 January 1975.
- Sergey Shishkov was born in 1911. He was an actor, known for Dorogoy tsenoy (1957), Trudnoe schaste (1958) and The Living Corpse (1969). He died on 7 January 1975.
- A former telephone engineer who dabbled in amateur dramatics, John
Gregson served aboard a minesweeper with the Royal Navy during World
War II. After demobilisation, he joined the Liverpool Old Vic, making
his stage debut in
'The Knight of the Burning Pestle'. Freshly married, he moved to London and acted alongside Robert Donat
and Margaret Leighton in 'A Sleeping
Clergyman' at the West End Criterion Theatre in 1947. During the same
period, he was also cast in his first movie, the romantic period
melodrama
Saraband (1948),
though his scenes ended up being cut. Undeterred, Gregson established
himself as a popular favorite in subsequent Ealing comedies and later
as a long term contractee with the Rank Organisation. His screen
personae tended to be men of integrity: regular guys who don't
necessarily finish on top, introspective, somewhat diffident, and often
troubled. His most fondly remembered role was that of vintage car
enthusiast Alan McKim, in the idiosyncratic (and typically British)
comedy Genevieve (1953). Ironically,
while he is featured in almost every scene behind the wheel, Gregson
couldn't drive a car when filming began - and proved to be a slow
learner.
For the remainder of the decade,he became somewhat typecast in
traditional 'stiff upper lip' military roles. As film opportunities
began to diminish, he turned more and more towards television, enjoying
his greatest popularity as titular star of the police drama series
Gideon C.I.D. (1964). Until his
untimely death at the age of 55, Gregson alternated television work
with acting on stage, as well as doing voice-overs and appearing in
commercials for Hamlet cigars. - Actor
- Additional Crew
Tall and gaunt American character actor prominent in a number of
classic American films. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, he attended Brown
University and subsequently went to work as an economist for the United
States Department of State. In 1941, he joined the American Red Cross
and served in Great Britain during the war. There he met director
John Huston, who took a liking to Dierkes and recommended that he try
Hollywood after the war. Instead, Dierkes went to work for the U.S.
Treasury Department, which, coincidentally, sent him to Hollywood to
function as technical adviser on the film To the Ends of the Earth (1948). 'Orson Welles' cast
him as Ross in his adaptation of Macbeth (1948). Dierkes returned to the
Treasury Department, but two years later, Huston called on him to play
The Tall Soldier in The Red Badge of Courage (1951). Dierkes took a leave of absence from his
job, a leave which lasted for the rest of Dierkes's life. His quiet
dignity and distinctive appearance led him to dozens of roles in film
and on television. In John Wayne's The Alamo (1960), Dierkes plays a Scot, "Jocko
Robertson", named after Dierkes's own maternal grandfather. He died in
1975, and was survived by his wife, two sons, and two daughters.- Anthony Warde was born on 4 November 1908 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Dangers of the Canadian Mounted (1948), Radar Patrol vs. Spy King (1949) and Buck Rogers (1939). He died on 8 January 1975 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Olive Ann Alcorn was born on 10 March 1900 in Stillwater, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for For a Woman's Honor (1919), The Long Arm of Mannister (1919) and Up the Ladder (1925). She was married to Harry Singer and Louis H. Scherer. She died on 8 January 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Brooklyn-born tenor Richard Tucker had a unique dual career. As one of
the great voices of the Metropolitan Opera, Tucker made his debut there
as Alfredo Germont in Verdi's "La Traviata" in January, 1945, and
became a specialist in the Italian and French lyric roles. Among his
most famous roles with the company were Rodolfo in Puccini's "La
Boheme," B.F. Pinkerton in the same composer's "Madama Butterfly," Don
Jose in Bizet's "Carmen," and Radames in Verdi's "Aida." The latter, in
addition to many performances at the Met, was also a role he sang in a
televised concert performance under Arturo Toscanini and on a special
Met broadcast performance in honor of Enrico Caruso's centeniary in
February, 1973. Concurrently with his operatic career, Tucker, an
Orthodox Jew, was regarded as one of the finest cantors ever, ranked in
the company of the great Josef Rosenblatt and Moishe Oysher. His
recordings of the cantorial literature on American Columbia records are
regarded as among the finest of their kind, and he traveled to Vietnam
to preside over High Holy Day services there at the behest of the USO.
Although he recorded the role of Canio in Leoncavallo's "I Pagliacci"
in 1953, he did not perform it on stage until 1970, at which time he
scored one of his last great triumphs.
Privately, Tucker was regarded as a warm, friendly man who was devoted
to his God and his family. He and the former Sarah Perelmuth (the
sister of his Met colleague and rival, Jan Peerce) were married for
over thirty years and had three sons and numerous grandchildren. He was
also well known for his waggish sense of humor. During the protracted
death scene for the baritone in Verdi's "Don Carlo," Tucker, in the
title role, leaned over to baritone Robert Merrill and whispered, "Will
you hurry up and die? I've got to catch the train for Great Neck in 45
minutes!" Merrill, one of Tucker's closest friends off-stage, had to
bite his tongue to keep from laughing. In fact, he was in the midst of
a concert tour with Merrill when he was found dead of a heart attack in
his hotel room in Kalamazoo, Michigan, at the age of only sixty-one. He
was just one week short of celebrating his thirtieth anniversary with
the Metropolitan Opera Company, and his funeral service on the Met
stage was only the second one ever for a company artist. The first?
That of Enrico Caruso, the greatest tenor of all time and one of
Tucker's idols.
Today, the most successful American tenor ever to sing with the Met,
and one of the greatest American tenors ever, is honored with a
portrait at the Met's Founder's Hall. That, and his considerable
recorded legacy, will ensure that his name will live forever in
operatic and cantorial annals.- György Botond Bolics was born on 22 October 1913 in Arad, Hungary. György was a writer, known for Van-e élet a Földön kívül? (1958) and Mikrobi (1975). György died on 8 January 1975 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
John Slater was born on 22 August 1916 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Othello (1946), Man with a Million (1954) and Violent Playground (1958). He was married to Betty Levy (actress). He died on 9 January 1975 in London, England, UK.- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Pierre Fresnay was born on 4 April 1897 in Paris, France. He was an actor and writer, known for The Grand Illusion (1937), The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (1942) and Monsieur Vincent (1947). He was married to Berthe Bovy and Rachel Bérendt. He died on 9 January 1975 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France.- Yakov Lents was born on 25 December 1890 in Perm, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for White Sun of the Desert (1970), Chashka chaya (1927) and Sotrudnik ChK (1964). He died on 9 January 1975 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Writer
- Music Department
- Additional Crew
István Zágon was born on 30 October 1893 in Tiszaszõllõs, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. He was a writer, known for The Little Pastry Shop (1935), Mädchen zum Heiraten (1932) and Hyppolit a lakáj (1931). He died on 10 January 1975 in Budapest, Hungary.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Jerry Schumacher was born on 17 September 1911 in St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor. He died on 11 January 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Roma Bahn was born on 30 October 1896 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for From Morning to Midnight (1920), The Dream of Butterfly (1939) and The Living Dead (1932). She was married to Hugo Häring, Eda Rost and Karl Heinz Martin. She died on 11 January 1975 in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Max Lorenz was born on 17 May 1901 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was an actor, known for Altes Herz wird wieder jung (1943) and Der Kardinal (1962). He died on 11 January 1975 in Salzburg, Austria.