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Sergio Calderón has worked as a professional actor since 1970. Following his studies at the Instituto Andrés Soler of the Asociación Nacional de Actores in Mexico, he was chosen for his first film, Bridge in the Jungle, based on B. Traven's novel, and starring legendary director/actor John Huston. Thirteen years later, Calderón worked with Huston again, this time under Huston's direction as one of the sinister murderers in the classic Under the Volcano with Albert Finney and Jacqueline Bisset. In television in this same period, he played the guest stars Malavida Valdése and El Cajón in both of the two season-initial double episodes of the very popular series "The A-Team" with George Peppard and Mr. T.

But principally he is well-respected and widely recognized for all of his long career of some fifty films. Calderón has worked with other outstanding directors besides Huston: Sergio Leone, Ron Howard, Luis Puenzo, R. Mann and many others. Since beginning his career he has worked with actors such as Anthony Quinn (Children of Sánchez), Peter Falk and Alan Arkin (The In-Laws), Robert Mitchum, James Coburn and Rod Steiger (Duck, you Sucker!), Gerard Depardieu and Pierre Richard (Le Chevre) and Gregory Peck, Jane Fonda and Jimmy Smits (Old Gringo).

He is perhaps most well known for his role as the first alien, Head on a Stick, in the original blockbuster Men in Black, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith. He co-starred with Jones again - along with Cate Blanchett and Aaron Eckhart - in The Missing, and played Captain Villanueva, the Spanish pirate lord in Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End. He also appeared in Little Fockers, the comedy starring Robert DeNiro, Ben Stiller, and Barbra Streisand.

Fair-haired, slender Scottish-born actress Patricia Dainton (born Margaret Bryden Pate) started dancing at the age of eight and learned ballet just two years later. She was trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts and progressed to study drama and stage technique at the Cone School of Dancing where she was awarded scholarships. Patricia debuted on the stage in Stratford-upon-Avon. When she was 15, she made ends meet by selling and distributing newspapers, selling cinema tickets to night time audiences and working on a switchboard. In 1944, she got her first break when hand-picked by John Gielgud to play the part of the fairy Peaseblossom at London's Theatre Royal in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. In due course, further appearances followed in London-based theatrical productions The Glass Slipper, Watch on the Rhine and Quiet Wedding.

Patricia made her screen bow in 1947 and was thence cast in several uncredited bits and walk-ons before being groomed by the J. Arthur Rank Charm School. Though unaccountably dropped from the Rank roster of starlets, she quickly found herself under a new contract with Associated British and her career now began to prosper. She was given her first leading role in the operatic musical The Dancing Years (1950), filmed in Technicolor and co-written by Ivor Novello. After that, she acted in a string of crime dramas, the first being Bombay Waterfront (1952), co-starring as the sleuth's wife opposite John Bentley in a Francis Durbridge-scripted Paul Temple murder mystery. That was followed by leads in B-grade noirish crime features Tread Softly (1952), Operation Diplomat (1953), No Road Back (1957), Witness in the Dark (1959) and The Third Alibi (1961). Patricia also had the distinction of starring in Britain's first daytime soap opera, Sixpenny Corner (1955), as one of a couple of newlyweds. Alas, all 186 episodes of the series appear to have been lost.

Patricia Dainton retired from acting in 1961 and devoted herself to family life. Her husband of 58 years was the Welsh-born producer and actor Norman Williams. Their union produced four children. She also had a twin brother, George Bryden, who acted primarily on the stage and predeceased her in 2011.

Jacky Oh was born on 3 November 1990 in Oakland, California. She was an actress, known for Switched at Love (2021), Del Playa (2017) and The 4th Quarter: Legacy (2023). She died on 31 May 2023 in Miami, Florida, USA.

Jacques Rozier was born on 10 November 1926 in Paris, France. He was a director and writer, known for Maine Ocean (1986), Adieu Philippine (1962) and Fifi Martingale (2001). He was married to Michèle O'Glor and Lydia Feld. He died on 31 May 2023 in Théoule-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, France.

Luca Di Fulvio was born on 13 May 1957 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a writer, known for Occhi di cristallo (2004), The Boy Who Granted Dreams and Grido per un nuovo Rinascimento (2021). He died on 31 May 2023.

Sophie de Sivry was born on 16 June 1958 in France. She was married to Laurent Beccaria. She died on 31 May 2023 in France.

AJ Brim was an actor, known for Drizzy B x AJ Brim: A.M.S. (2022). He died on 31 May 2023 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA.

Amitai Etzioni was born on 4 January 1929 in Cologne, Germany. He was married to Patricia Kellogg, Minerva Morales and Eva Horowitz. He died on 31 May 2023 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

Valentina Grishokina was born on 30 June 1944 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR. She was an actress, known for Derzost (1972), Sovist (1968) and Takaya ona, igra (1976). She died on 31 May 2023.

Robert Simmermon was born on 28 September 1946 in Noblesville, Indiana, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Rudy (1993) and Golden Minutes (2009). He was married to Judith . He died on 31 May 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Ama Ata Aido was born on 23 March 1942 in Abeadzi Kyiakor, Gold Coast [now Abeadzi Kyiakor, Ghana]. She died on 31 May 2023 in Ghana.

Dickie Harrell died on 31 May 2023 in the USA.

Andrew Bellucci was born on 21 January 1964 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. He was married to Geetanjali Peter. He died on 31 May 2023 in Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA.