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John Alderman was a talented, prolific, and ubiquitous actor in numerous low-budget exploitation features who appeared in everything from 1960s softcore items to 1970s drive-in fare to 1980s hardcore porn throughout the course of his long and diverse career.
Alderman was born on June 12, 1934, in Syracuse, New York. His father was a prominent lawyer. Alderman attended Syracuse University as a theater major. He first began acting in both films and TV shows alike in the late 1950s, alternating between lead and co-starring roles. His most memorable parts include pathetic twitchy heroin addict Jimmy Devlin in the gloriously lurid The Hard Road (1973), antsy hoodlum Lattimer in This Is a Hijack (1973), a flunky for Shelley Winters in Jack Starrett's delightful blaxploitation blast Cleopatra Jones (1973), stuttering drug dealer Cockroach in The Black Godfather (1974), uptight all-girls school principal Dr. Baxter in the amusing Delinquent School Girls (1975) and coldly rational researcher Dr. Frank Rogers in the nifty sci-fi doomsday thriller The Alpha Incident (1978). Alderman appeared in four softcore movies for legendary schlockmeister David F. Friedman: Starlet! (1969), Thar She Blows! (1968), The Erotic Adventures of Zorro (1972) and Trader Hornee (1970). Although he primarily worked in maverick independent cinema productions, he nonetheless did manage to pop up in the occasional mainstream film like Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) and The Stunt Man (1980).
In the early 1980s Alderman acted in a handful of hardcore X-rated porno films for director Gary Graver, under the pseudonym Frank Hallowell. Among the TV shows Alderman appeared on are Hunter (1984), Dynasty (1981), The Fall Guy (1981), Starsky and Hutch (1975), Iron Horse (1966), 12 O'Clock High (1964), The Lieutenant (1963), Checkmate (1960), Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958), Hawaiian Eye (1959), Wagon Train (1957) and Gunsmoke (1955). He directed the crime opus Lisa's Folly (1970) and co-wrote the script for the lowbrow comedy romp C.B. Hustlers (1976).
John Alderman died at age 52 of an apparent heart attack on January 12, 1987, in Hollywood, California.- Larry Johns was born on 25 October 1903 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for The Twilight Zone (1959), Project Moon Base (1953) and Queen for a Day (1951). He died on 12 January 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Herbert Tiede was born on 3 March 1915 in Osnabrück, Germany. He was an actor, known for Gestatten - Mein Name ist Cox (1961), Es muß nicht immer Kaviar sein (1977) and Rommel ruft Kairo (1959). He died on 12 January 1987 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.
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Harold Krents was born on 5 November 1944 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Butterflies Are Free (1972), To Race the Wind (1980) and This Is Your Life (1970). He was married to Kit Krents. He died on 12 January 1987 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA.- Dina Bamdasova was born in 1900. She was an actress, known for Esli ty prav... (1964), Zakrytie sezona (1975) and Priklyucheniye ne udalos (1974). She died on 12 January 1987.
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Glenn Odekirk was born on 9 May 1905 in Waseca, Minnesota, USA. Glenn died on 12 January 1987.- Mukharbek Akov was born on 18 January 1949 in aul Zhako, Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya AO., USSR. He was an actor, known for Po sledu vlastelina (1980), The Rider with Lightning in His Hand (1975) and Khromoy dervish (1987). He died on 12 January 1987 in aul Zhako, Karachayevo-Cherkesskaya AO., USSR.
- Zdenek Kampf was born on 20 September 1920 in Jaromérice nad Rokytnou, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Posel úsvitu (1951), Duhový luk (1972) and Pan Habetín odchází (1949). He died on 12 January 1987 in Brno, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Inga Thessen was born on 14 May 1908 in Denmark. She was an actress, known for Familien Schmidt (1951), Kriminalsagen Tove Andersen (1953) and Tante Cramers testamente (1941). She died on 12 January 1987 in Denmark.