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Ricardo Cortez was born Jacob Krantz in New York City, New York, the son of Sarah (Lefkowitz) and Moses/Morris Krantz, Austrian Jewish immigrants who moved to New York just before he was born. His brother was cinematographer Stanley Cortez, who also changed his surname. Cortez worked a number of jobs while he trained as an actor. When Jacob he arrived in Hollywood to work in movies in 1922, the Rudolph Valentino craze was in full bloom. Never shy about changing a name and a background, the studio transformed Jacob Krantz into "Latin Lover" Ricardo Cortez from Spain. Such was life in Hollywood.
Starting with small parts, the tall and dark Cortez was being groomed by Paramount to be the successor to Valentino, but Cortez would never be viewed (or consider himself) as the equal to the late sex symbol. A popular star, he was saddled in a number of run-of-the-mill romantic movies that would depend more on his looks than on the script--pictures such as Argentine Love (1924) and The Cat's Pajamas (1926) did little to extend his range as an actor. He did show that he had some range with his role in Pony Express (1924), but roles like that were few and far between.
Cortez' career, unlike some other silent-screen stars, survived the advent of sound, and he would play Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon (1931) (aka "Dangerous Female"). Never a great actor, Cortez was cast as the smirking womanizer in a number of films and would soon slide down into "B" movies. He played a newspaper columnist in Is My Face Red? (1932), a home wrecker in A Lost Lady (1934), a killer in Man Hunt (1936) and even Perry Mason in The Case of the Black Cat (1936).
After 1936 Cortez hit a dry patch as far as acting work was concerned and tried his hand at directing. His career as a director ended after a half-dozen movies and his screen career soon followed. He retired from the screen and returned to Wall Street, where he had worked as a runner decades before. This time he returned as a member of one of Wall Street's top brokerage firms and lived a comfortable life.- Writer
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Anthony Coburn was born in 1927 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was a writer and producer, known for Warship (1973), The Borderers (1968) and The View from Daniel Pike (1971). He was married to Joan Moon. He died on 28 April 1977 in Canterbury, Kent, England, UK.- Dorothy Abril was born on 10 June 1897 in Paterson, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for The Hostage (1917), Young Romance (1915) and The Love Mask (1916). She was married to Harvey Parry. She died on 28 April 1977 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Herberger played for Waldhof Mannheim from 1907 to 1924. From 1924 to 1925 he was a player for VfR Mannheim, with whom he became South German champions. From 1925 to 1930 he was signed to Borussia. Between 1921 and 1925 he played three international matches in which he scored two goals. He was then hired by the West German Football Association and ended his active career as a player. In 1925 Herberger moved to Berlin. In 1930 he submitted his diploma thesis entitled "The path to peak performance in football" to the German University of Physical Education. In the same year, 1930, he became assistant to Reich coach Otto Nerz. In 1936, Herberger completed his physical education teacher exam as the best in his class.
After the favored German national team's surprising exit from the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936 due to a 2-0 defeat against outsiders Norway, he replaced Otto Nerz as Reich coach on September 31, 1936. After Austria was "annexed" to the German Reich, Herberger had to form a unit from the well-rehearsed national teams of Germany and Austria on orders from the highest political authority that took part in the World Cup in France. Germany lost 2-4 to Switzerland in the round of 16. After international games were stopped due to the Second World War, he was brought back to office in 1949 by the newly founded German Football Association "DFB". After finishing fourth at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, the German national team achieved great international success in 1954. The Federal Republic of Germany became world champions for the first time at the World Cup in Switzerland. Herberger's team won the final against the big favorites Hungary 3-2, after a goal from Max Morlock and two goals from Helmut Rahn.
In doing so, he gave the young Federal Republic a new self-confidence, which went down in history as the "Miracle of Bern". In 1964, Herberger resigned from all positions for reasons of age. His successor was his assistant coach at the time, Helmut Schön. In total, Herberger led the German national team in 167 international matches, of which they won 94. The result was a draw 27 times and his team lost 46 times. Herberger was one of football's early visionaries. Herberger knew how to form a team and a unit from different player personalities and he was considered an excellent game strategist and psychologist. His quotes are still respected today. Herberger's statements like "The ball is round" or "You have to be eleven friends" are now popular cult terms in the football scene. He has been honored several times for his services to German football.
Sepp Herberger died on April 28, 1977 in Weinheim.