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- Sara Taft was born on 5 July 1893 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Tower of London (1962), The Reivers (1969) and Ben Casey (1961). She was married to Frederick William Teschke and Milton Tompkins Somers. She died on 24 September 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- The son of vaudeville performers, Richard Theodore "Ted" Adams was part of his parents' troupe before attending Cornell University at the age of 18. After college he did stock work for three years before going on to New York City and stage work there. For more than half his life he performed on the stage before coming to films around 1926. He and his good friend Leo Carrillo performed together in Porter Emerson Browne's play "The Bad Man" in 1920, and Adams was also in the Broadway production of "Kongo", which starred Walter Huston, in 1926.
His earliest documented film role was as the doctor in Rayart's The Road Agent (1926), starring Al Hoxie, and he made his sound-film debut in 1930's Under Texas Skies (1930), starring Bob Custer. Adams quickly established himself in westerns, in which he worked almost exclusively for 25 years in over 200 films. He was a mainstay performer (mostly lead villains) for the low-budget films cranked out by independents such as Supreme, Metropolitan, Puritan, Colony and Victory in the 1930s and PRC and Monogram in the 1940s, in addition to appearing in films from Republic, Columbia, Paramount and Universal.
Following a role in Bill Elliott's Kansas Territory (1952) for Monogram Pictures, and some TV work on Russell Hayden's Cowboy G-Men (1952) TV series, Ted Adams hung up his spurs at the age of 62, then lived quietly in retirement until his death from heart disease at the age of 83. A widower at the time of his death, September 24, 1973, he was at Braewood Convalescence Hospital in South Pasadena, his place of residence prior to his death. His cremated remains were placed at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles. - Roy Murray was born on 18 July 1924. He was an actor, known for The Wild Women of Wongo (1959), The Wrong Box (1966) and Armchair Theatre (1956). He died on 24 September 1973.
- Sükufe Nihal Basar was born in 1896 in Istanbul, Turkey. Sükufe Nihal was a writer, known for Unutulan Sir: Domaniç Yolcusu (1948). Sükufe Nihal was married to Ahmet Hamdi Basar. Sükufe Nihal died on 24 September 1973 in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Edward J. White was born on 15 March 1903 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Death Valley Manhunt (1943), The Chicago Kid (1945) and Goodnight, Sweetheart (1944). He was married to Ann Catherine White. He died on 24 September 1973.- Actress
Fanny Donahue was born on 9 September 1890 in Helena, Arkansas, USA. She was an actress. She was married to John L. Adams. She died on 24 September 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Josué de Castro was born on 5 August 1908 in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Boca de Ouro (1963) and Premier Plan (1959). He died on 24 September 1973 in Paris, France.