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- Actor
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J. Pat had a warm smile, twinkling eyes, and an Irish name. He was born in Burnley, England, and began his acting career in British musical halls. J. Pat came to the USA at the outbreak of World War II. He also worked on the Broadway stage during the 1940s and 1950s. J. Pat was a very familiar face on TV sitcoms and dramas for 3 decades, where he played mostly uncle and grandfather types. He made over 100 TV guest appearances, and was in groundbreaking series such as the The Twilight Zone (1959) and The Untouchables (1959). J. Pat performed a lot in radio with his versatile voice work, and he later used his talent in animated cartoons, providing many vocal characterizations. And the children always loved J. Pat the most. Many baby boomers have fond childhood memories of his portrayals in the TV series The Adventures of Spin and Marty (1955) and The New Adventures of Spin and Marty (1957) and of course he played Mr. Harry Burns in My Favorite Martian (1963). J. Pat was a kind and gentle man, who made this world a better place for having been here, and he left his legacy on film.- Actress
- Stunts
- Soundtrack
Nan Leslie was born on 4 June 1926 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Kings Row (1955), Sunset Pass (1946) and Western Heritage (1948). She was married to Albert Jason Coppage and Charles Pawley. She died on 30 July 2000 in San Juan Capistrano, California, USA.- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
He was the son of a Puerto Rican seaman. He was self-educated and spent much of his childhood in Brazil singing on the streets to raise money for food. He became an actor after having been a circus performer, radio actor, and vaudeville performer. He worked in the chorus of the 1927 stage production of the musical "Show Boat". Black American film historian Donald Bogle considers Hernandez's early success in films during the early twentieth century to have been an event that paved the way for the high visibility and success of Black Actor and Academy Award winner Sidney Poitier.- Actor
- Music Department
- Composer
Mojo Nixon was born on 2 August 1957 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Super Mario Bros. (1993), Astro Loco (2021) and Stag (1997). He was married to Adaire McMillan. He died on 7 February 2024 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.- Actor
- Additional Crew
James Oliver was born on 8 December 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Conspiracy Theory (1997) and Lethal Weapon 4 (1998). He died on 11 July 2007 in San Juan Capistrano, California, USA.- Trevor Wilson was born on 22 August 1979 in the USA. He was an actor, known for Pearl Jam: Jeremy, Color Version (1992) and 1993 MTV Video Music Awards (1993). He died on 7 August 2016 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Actor, songwriter ("What Every Girl Should Know"), author and publisher, David Holt was educated at Long's Professional School and the Westlake College of Music in Hollywood. He was a child actor on the stage and in early films, and composed special material. Later he became the general manager and co-owner of a music-publishing company. Joining ASCAP in 1952, his chief musical collaborators included Johnny Mercer, Robert Wells, Sammy Cahn, Paul Francis Webster and Dok Stanford. His other popular-song compositions include "Anyone Can Fall in Love".- She was born on September 2, 1940 to Lawrence and Doris Trickett, in Kansas City, Kansas. Vicki attended the University of Nebraska for one year before detouring to Hollywood, California. There she worked for several years as a studio actress for Columbia Pictures. Unfulfilled by Hollywood, Vicki resumed her education and studied History and Anthropology at Cal State Fullerton. She secured a teaching credential and taught at University High School in Irvine until her retirement. She was an avid traveler and could boast visiting six continents. In retirement, she worked as a lecturer for Princess Cruises, and volunteered as a docent at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana.
- Joel Taylor was born on 6 January 1980 in Elk City, Oklahoma, USA. He died on 23 January 2018 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Mapy Cortés was born on 1 March 1910 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She was an actress, known for El amor las vuelve locas (1946), La corte de faraón (1944) and El sexo fuerte (1946). She was married to Fernando Cortés. She died on 2 August 1998 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.- Dorothy Acueza Jones was born Jan 6 1936, the only child of Inocencia Acueza and American national John William Jones II. She finished high school at the Adamson University and took up Pre-law at the University of Sto Tomas (UST). She has a daughter, Kay Torres, by estranged husband Victorino Torres. Blanca was only 13 when she joined an amateur singing contest in Manila. Film star Delia Razon brought her to LVN matriarch Doña Sisang (Narcisa de Leon), who immediately cast her in Reyna Elena (1951). This was followed by Amor mio (1951), her first film appearance opposite Nestor de Villa, costarring Armando Goyena. Since then, she has appeared in numerous films, in various genres, but mostly with de Villa as a romantic and dancing partner. See Tumbalik na Daigdig (1953), Hijo de familia (1953), Waray-Waray (1954), the film which popularized her tomboyish, knife-wielding, man-battling persona; Ikaw Kasi (1955), Talusaling (1955), Darling Ko (1955), Ganyan Ka Pala (1956), Handang Matodas (1956), Bahala Na (1956), Turista (1957) and Tingnan Natin (1957). Still perpetuating her image as a tomboyish but lovable screwball, she also made Galawgaw (1956) opposite Jaime de la Rosa, who had earlier played leading man to her knife-wielding gamin in Batangueña (1953). Ms Blanca early on in her durable career could easily switch from screwball comedy to drama, as in Babaing Hampas-Lupa (1952), Rosalina (1957) and Limang Dalangin (1958). When LVN Studios stopped producing, Ms Blanca free-lanced, proving her mettle in a variety of films such as Shake, Baby, Shake (1966), Pag-Ibig, Masdan ang Ginawa Mo (1969), Forgive and Forget (1982), in which her popular love team with Nestor de Villa had a comeback, and My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1982), among many others. All in all, Ms Blanca made some 50 films with the dashing de Villa. Television proved to be very viable for Ms Blanca too. The "Nida-Nestor Show" and "John 'en' Marsha" became two of the longest-running sitcoms on Filipino television. In Fifty-Carats, O Di Ba? (1993), she shared top-billing with veterans Gloria Romero and the late Charito Solis. She also appeared in the television soap Mana-Mana. Ms Blanca has won 16 awards for her film work. She won the very first Best Supporting Actress award from the Film Academy of Movie Arts & Sciences (FAMAS) for her role as a tragic Korean woman, Lee Ming, who falls in love with Filipino soldier Boni Serrano in the film Korea (1952). She also won the best supporting actress award at the Metro Manila Film Festival for Batu-Bato Sa Langit (1975); Best Actress awards simultaneously from Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP), Gawad Urian Awards and Catholic Mass Media Awards for Miguelito, Ang Batang Rebelde (1985); Best Supporting Actress awards from FAP and FAMAS for Magdusa Ka (1986); and Best Supporting Actress awards from FAP, FAMAS and CMMA for Kid, Huwag Kang Susuko (1987). She was also twice winner of the Citizens' Award for Television (CAT) for Best Female TV Performer for the Nida-Nestor Show; and three-time winner of the Pambansang Akademya ng Telebisyon sa Agham at Sining (PATAS) award in 1975, 1976 and 1978, as Most Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series, for John 'en' Marsha. In 1997, she won Best Supporting Actress for Babae (1997), from the FAP and the Metro Manila Film Festival. Two years later, still proving her timeless mettle, she won Best Actress at the FAMAS ceremonies for her work in Sana, Pag-Ibig Na (1998). She was top-billed for this film-- no mean feat, considering she was 62 years old. In 2000 and 2002, the Gawad Urian Awards and the FAP, respectively, honored her with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Ms Blanca was horrendously murdered in a parking lot in November 7, 2001. Her gruesome murder remains unsolved to this day.
- Actor
- Art Department
Lito Legaspi was born on 10 September 1941 in the Philippines. He was an actor, known for Sinong kapiling? Sinong kasiping? (1977), Ilustrado (2014) and Ang probinsyano (2015). He died on 8 September 2019 in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines.- Music Department
- Composer
- Actor
Distinguished multiple Grammy-winning trumpeter, arranger, conductor and songwriter whose instantly-recognizable style remains a longtime trademark. The son of a roofer and a youthful asthmatic, his physician advised therapy through playing the tuba. In his school band, he developed an appreciation of the other instruments and became a self-taught trumpeter and trombonist, and also an arranger. On the occasion when Charlie Barnet was to perform on a Pittsburgh radio station, May came to the studio to show Barnet some arrangements, which Barnet accepted but never paid for. Several months later, May approached Barnet for payment and Barnet offered May a position with his band. For Barnet, he provided the arrangement for his hits "Cherokee" and "Redskin Rhumba". Eventually Glenn Miller became aware of the Barnet band's sound and hired May away to play and arrange. For Miller, Billy May contributed the arrangements for "Serenade in Blue", "American Patrol" and "Take the 'A' Train". When the Miller band dissolved during World War II, May settled in Los Angeles to work with NBC and Capitol Records as a studio arranger, and with the bands of 'Les Brown', Woody Herman, Alvino Rey and Ozzie Nelson. But his longest association was with Frank Sinatra, with whom he worked on the noted albums "Come Fly With Me" (1957), " and "Come Dance With Me" (1958), "Come Swing With Me" (1961), and "Trilogy" (1979). In the early 1950s, Billy May had his own orchestra, for which the theme was "Lean Baby", featuring his trademark sax style. His last musical work was arranging a 90th Anniversary compendium of the music from Paramount Pictures in collaboration with noted composer-arranger Will Schaefer. But Billy May left the project due to his illness.- Mico Palanca was born on 3 February 1978 in the Philippines. He was an actor, known for Bituing walang ningning (2006), Ang probinsyano (2015) and Yamashita: The Tiger's Treasure (2001). He died on 9 December 2019 in San Juan City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Ernest K. Gann was born on 13 October 1910 in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. He was a writer, known for The High and the Mighty (1954), Soldier of Fortune (1955) and Island in the Sky (1953). He was married to Dodie Post Gann and Dorothy. He died on 19 December 1991 in San Juan, Washington, USA.- Known for his hitting prowess on offense and his strong, accurate throwing arm on defense, Roberto Clemente carved out a Hall of Fame career over his 18 seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates, compiling a .317 lifetime batting average and collecting an even 3,000 hits. He was the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1966 and was voted MVP of the 1971 World Series in which the Pirates defeated the Baltimore Orioles. He was killed in a mission-of-mercy plane crash while attempting to deliver supplies to earthquake-stricken Nicaragua. Clemente was inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame in 1973, only the second player to have had the required five-year waiting period before being eligible waived.
- Actress
Stella Strada was born in 1965. She was an actress, known for Puri (1984), Kirot (1983) and Kriminal (1984). She died on 28 December 1984 in San Juan, Philippines.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Marta Romero was born on 17 February 1928 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. She was an actress, known for Maruja (1959), El retrato de Ángela (1966) and La sombra del murciélago (1968). She was married to Dr. Elías Najul. She died on 31 May 2013 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.- Director
- Writer
- Editor
Ramón Peón was born on 5 June 1887 in Havana, Cuba. He was a director and writer, known for Ella (1946), La virgen de la Caridad (1930) and Beyond Death (1935). He died on 2 February 1971 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.- Actor
- Writer
- Production Designer
Joe Mari Avellana was born in 1941 in the Philippines. He was an actor and writer, known for Damong ligaw (1997), Kung mawawala ka pa (1993) and Wheels of Fire (1985). He died on 26 June 2011 in San Juan, Philippines.- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Art Department
Hector Camacho was born on 24 May 1962 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. He was an actor, known for Reclaim (2014), SOS Island (2013) and The Wayans Bros. (1995). He was married to Amy Torres Camacho. He died on 24 November 2012 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.- Actor
- Music Department
- Additional Crew
Walter Mercado was born on 9 March 1932 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He was an actor, known for Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado (2020), Una mujer sin precio (1966) and Busquen a esta mujer (1967). He died on 2 November 2019 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Mario O'Hara was born on 20 April 1946 in Zamboanga City, Philippines. He was a director and writer, known for Babae sa breakwater (2003), Pangarap ng puso (2000) and Sisa (1999). He died on 26 June 2012 in San Juan de Dios Hospital, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines.- Writer
- Animation Department
- Additional Crew
Bill Berg was born in Tacoma, Washington. He began his profession by studying at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles before joining Disney's animation department in 1938 as an apprentice. After working his way up to assistant animator, he moved to the story department in 1943 and began writing and sketching Donald Duck cartoon shorts. Within Disney, he was also a prolific writer. He was behind several of the Jiminy Cricket educational features such as How to Have an Accident in the Home (1956) and 'How to Catch a Cold'. He wrote numerous 'Mickey Mouse Club' shows and many 'Wonderful World of Disney' TV shows. Before retiring in 1988, Berg was behind the syndicated Disney comic strip "Scamp" for many years. His last Disney credit was on the 1989 Disney animated feature, The Little Mermaid (1989). Bill Berg passed away in March 2002, at the age of 84, at his home in San Juan Capistrano.- Actor
- Director
Mario Pabon was born on 13 August 1930 in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic. He was an actor and director, known for La cruz de Mamá Dolores (1962), Ámame (1979) and Escándalo (1986). He died on 27 November 1996 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.- Nick Joaquin was born on 4 May 1917 in Paco, Manila, Philippines. He was a writer, known for Tatarin (2001), In the Wink of an Eye (1981) and A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino (1965). He died on 29 April 2004 in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines.
- A major Puerto Rican actor and television producer, Luis Vigoreaux helped revolutionized Puerto Rican television. A product of the first generation of Puerto Rican actors to appear on television, Vigoreaux became a staple to island audiences every week. In 1958, he met future wife, actress Lydia Echevarria and soon they were married. After years of marriage, their marriage was headed to the rocks. On his way to work in January 1983, Vigoreaux's car disappeared and he was reported missing. He was found murdered in the trunk of his car. After investigations, police concluded that his wife, Lydia, hired two hitmen to kill her husband. She was found guilty of murder and faced life in prison. In 2000, Governor Pedro Rosselló released Echevarria amidst a lot of protests. She claims her innocence to this date.
- Josefina del Mar was born on 21 March 1919 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Un grito en la noche (1950), El portero (1950) and ¡Baile mi rey!... (1951). She was married to Jaime Andrada. She died on 8 March 2004 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Chavito Marrero was born on 20 July 1926 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was an actor, known for Dios los cría (1979), La guagua aérea (1993) and Entre monte y cielo (1958). He was married to Mercedes Sicardo. He died on 8 February 2009 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.- Adalberto Rodriguez was born on 22 January 1934 in Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico. He was an actor, known for El alcalde de Machuchal (1964), Machuchal agente 'O' en New York (1970) and El curandero del pueblo (1969). He died on 16 April 1995 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Actor
- Production Manager
- Producer
Axel Anderson was born on 11 December 1929 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor and production manager, known for Bananas (1971), Assassins (1995) and The Reaping (2007). He was married to Helena Montalbán. He died on 16 December 2012 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.- Víctor Arrillaga was born on 24 June 1918 in Añasco, Puerto Rico. He was an actor, known for El otro camino (1959), Maruja (1959) and Maten al león (1977). He died on 15 April 2001 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Pablo Santiago was a director and producer, known for Nag-uumpugang bato (1961), Nueva Viscaya (1973) and Bontoc (1977). He died on 16 August 1998 in Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines.- Orlando Rodríguez was born on 2 August 1929 in Naguabo, Puerto Rico. He was an actor, known for Night of San Juan: Santo in Black Gold (1977), Maruja (1959) and Romance en Puerto Rico (1962). He died in 1998 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Born in Dominican Republic. For more than 35 years she was a children's music singer and television figure in Puerto Rico. Zaiter was already a known children's entertainment figure and a renowned diver when she suffered a life changing accident around 1976. During the 60s & 70s, her fame rose, as she went on to record many well selling children's albums and to have a daily television show on Channel 7 Rikavision. This show went on to last until that channel closed its doors temporarily. She also became a speaker for the MDA and she became an important propulsor of the association's telemarathons there.
Zaiter later moved to WKAQ-TV Telemundo Channel 2 in 1986 where she starred in more children's shows as Teatrimundo, Telecomicas and Festival infantil navideno de Telemundo. She is currently in WIPR TV 6 the public TV station in her program dedicated to handicapped people. - José Miguel Agrelot was born on 21 April 1927 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was an actor, known for Preciosa (1965), Romance en Puerto Rico (1962) and El gallo pelón (1961). He died on 28 January 2004 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Rafael Hernández was born on 24 October 1892 in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. He was a composer and actor, known for Hollywoodland (2006), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and Don Juan DeMarco (1994). He died on 11 December 1965 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Winston Bailey was born on 4 October 1943 in Belmont, Port of Spain, Trinidad. He was an actor, known for Lean on Me (1989), The Harder They Come (1972) and Bacchanal Time (1979). He died on 23 October 2018 in Mount Lambert, San Juan, Trinidad.- Nancy Drexel was born on 6 April 1910 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Mason of the Mounted (1932), Partners (1932) and Speed Madness (1932). She was married to Thomas H. Ince Jr.. She died on 19 November 1989 in San Juan Capistrano, California, USA.
- Tigre Pérez was born in Cuba. He was an actor, known for Bananas (1971), Night of San Juan: Santo in Black Gold (1977) and Las pasiones infernales (1969). He died on 23 September 2006 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Mirta Silva was born on 11 September 1927 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. She was an actress, known for Las canciones unidas (1960), Esclavitud (1944) and Conga bar (1944). She died on 2 December 1987 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Ruth Fernández was born on 23 May 1919 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. She was an actress, known for Frente al destino (1964), Caña brava (1966) and The Fiend of Dope Island (1960). She was married to Tito Henríquez and Juan Guilbe. She died on 9 January 2012 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.- Cinematographer
- Director
- Writer
Luis A. Maisonet was a cinematographer and director, known for El resplandor (1961), Fragmento (1970) and Geña la de Blás (1964). He was married to Victoria Espinosa. He died on 28 September 2019 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.- Rafael Iglesias was born on 25 May 1924 in Avellaneda, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Diez segundos (1949). He died on 1 January 1999 in San Juan, Argentina.
- Actress
- Producer
Elena Montalban was born on 15 May 1926 in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress and producer, known for El collar de lágrimas (1963), Maruja (1959) and El derecho de nacer (1959). She died on 2 March 1991 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.- Marion Feducha was born on 3 September 1911 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Up and Going (1922), Second Hand Rose (1922) and Courage (1930). He died on 26 November 1976 in San Juan Capistrano, California, USA.
- Fernando Villena was born on 15 January 1921 in Macao, Portuguese Colony. He was an actor, known for Horror Express (1972), Planet of the Vampires (1965) and King of Africa (1968). He died on 31 January 2002 in Alcázar de San Juan, Ciudad Real, España.
- Stunts
- Actor
Rusty Hanson was born on 31 August 1966 in San Gabriel, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Jurassic Park (1993), Titanic (1997) and Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995). He was married to Jacque Parker. He died on 10 June 2006 in San Juan Capistrano, California, USA.- Maria Teresa Carlson was born in 1963 in Manila, Philippines. She was an actress, known for Wander Woman si ako! (1980), Mac en kulit (1983) and Forgive and Forget (1982). She was married to Rodolfo Fariñas. She died on 23 November 2001 in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines.
- Marisol Malaret was born on 13 October 1949 in Utuado, Puerto Rico. She was an actress, known for Mami (1971), Festival de la canción OTI (1972) and Miss Universe 1970 (1970). She was married to Corky Stroman, Frank Cué and Butch James. She died on 19 March 2023 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.