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- Herbert Lytton was born on 9 December 1897 in Falmouth, Kentucky, USA. He was an actor, known for The Cosmic Man (1959), The Twilight Zone (1959) and McHale's Navy (1962). He died on 26 June 1981 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
- A delightfully irksome, viper-tongued presence who usually played older than she was, actress Cora Witherspoon began her five-decade career in New York playing an elderly lady in the 1910 production of "The Concert". She was 20 years old at the time. Born in 1890, the brown-haired, Louisiana-born character player continued on the Broadway stage after her successful debut and became a generally unsympathetic audience favorite in such popular shows as "Daddy Long Legs," "Lillies of the Field" and "The Awful Truth" for the next two decades.
She began dividing her time between theater and film in the early 1930s wreaking havoc and rattling the nerves of many a male and female star with her imperious gallery of class-conscious matrons, haranguing wives, acidulous spinsters and aggressive busybodies. Notable film contributions were her cryptic socialites in the quality comedies Libeled Lady (1936) and Personal Property (1937), both starring Jean Harlow. She was equally unpleasant in such dramatic fare as Dark Victory (1939), and played her patented society snoot to perfection in the Shirley Temple vehicle Just Around the Corner (1938). A particular standout, and the movie role she is probably best remembered for, was her untidy, henpecking wife Agatha Sousé in the comedy classic The Bank Dick (1940), the prime source of W.C. Fields' misery.
Though her home base was in New York City where she continued to perform in the theater, she made her living commuting to Hollywood in the post-war years, ending her career with brief appearances on TV. She died in 1957 at age 67 in New Mexico. - Actor
- Writer
- Director
Ken Shapiro was born on 5 June 1942 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Groove Tube (1974), Modern Problems (1981) and Singing Faces (1968). He was married to Kelly Hamilton,. He died on 18 November 2017 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.- Riley Hill was born on 20 March 1914 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Haunted Mine (1946), Target (1952) and The Lost Trail (1945). He died on 16 December 1993 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
- Writer
- Producer
- Actor
Mark Medoff was born on 18 March 1940 in Mt. Carmel, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Children of a Lesser God (1986), Children on Their Birthdays (2002) and The Heart Outright (2016). He was married to Stephanie Thorne and Vicki Luella Eisler. He died on 23 April 2019 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.- A former business executive and literary agent who was educated at Oxford University in England, Gerald Drayson Adams began writing for the screen in the mid-1940s. He wrote mostly second features, specializing in action/adventure and western films, and ended his career with an Elvis Presley musical, Harum Scarum (1965).
- Clyde Tombaugh was born on 4 February 1906 in Streator, Illinois, USA. He was married to Patricia Edson. He died on 17 January 1997 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
- George Ostos was born on 9 October 1962 in New Mexico, USA. He was an actor, known for Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969), Mod Squad (1968) and Adam-12 (1968). He died on 27 November 2003 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
- Pat Garrett was born on 5 June 1850 in Cusseta, Alabama, USA. He died on 29 February 1908 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
- In 1932, in his mid-30s, Everett M. Schreck was hired from Yale University to be the University of South Dakota's first full time theatre instructor. While a professor at Ohio State, Schreck authored the once widely used text Principles and Styles of Acting (1970), with contributions by junior colleagues William R. McGraw (also an Ohio professor) and Faber B. DeChaine (of the University of Oregon). He also worked as an actor in New York under the name Richard Morrill, and became friends with director Elia Kazan, who cast him in the 1969 film The Arrangement (1969). Morrill/ Schreck then moved to LA and became a character actor there. He later retired and moved to Las Cruces, NM, to be near his daughter: he was living there at the time of his death, circa 1990.
- Thomas Botosan was born on 18 March 1944 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Hunter (1976), Police Story (1973) and M*A*S*H (1972). He died on 20 May 2017 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
- Writer
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Charles Bowden was born on 20 July 1945 in Joliet, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for El Sicario, Room 164 (2010), National Geographic Explorer (1985) and The House I Live In (2012). He died on 30 August 2014 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.- Producer
- Writer
- Director
David Ligon was born on 13 September 1931 in Alpine, Texas, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Pilgrimage to Becca (2009), Menage a Ted (2012) and Cocked (2009). He died in March 2016 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.- Delano Lewis was born on 12 November 1938 in Arkansas City, Kansas, USA. He was married to Gayle Carolyn Jones. He died on 2 August 2023 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
- William Patterson White was born on 20 January 1884 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. William Patterson was a writer, known for Pardon My Nerve! (1922), Angel Citizens (1922) and High Pockets (1919). William Patterson died on 26 August 1954 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
- Additional Crew
- Production Manager
- Location Management
Thomas Conroy was born on 3 November 1924 in Camden, New Jersey, USA. He was a production manager, known for How the West Was Won (1962), The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) and Cinerama's Russian Adventure (1966). He died on 22 July 2003 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.- Jesse Whittenton was born on 9 May 1934 in Big Spring, Texas, USA. He died on 22 May 2012 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
- Richard Mullins was married to Mary Isabel McCune. He died on 27 February 1995 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
- Walter H. Haas was born on 3 July 1917 in New Waterford, Ohio, USA. He died on 6 April 2015 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.
- Camera and Electrical Department
Kirk Scoughton was born on 23 April 1964 in Orlando, Florida, USA. Kirk is known for Lady Belladonna's Tales From The Inferno (2018) and Fall Guy (2017). Kirk died on 19 August 2021 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.- Julian Romo was an actor, known for The Pickup on South Street (2021). He died on 13 July 2022 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA.