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- Brenda Fowler was born on 16 February 1883 in Jamestown, North Dakota, USA. She was an actress, known for Judge Priest (1934), The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936) and Two-Fisted Gentleman (1936). She was married to John W. Sherman. She died on 27 October 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Lottie Case was born on 24 June 1888 in North Dakota, USA. She was an actress, known for School Boy's Memories; or, Kids at School (1915), The Bold, Bad Burglar (1916) and Birds of a Feather (1917). She died on 26 November 1932 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Al Kaufman was born on 25 September 1888 in North Dakota, USA. He was an actor, known for Daredevil Jack (1920), God's Gold (1921) and The New Champion (1925). He was married to Annette Seelos. He died on 7 April 1957 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Additional Crew
- Producer
Albert A. Kaufman was born on 25 September 1888 in Devils Lake, North Dakota, USA. He was a producer, known for Courage (1921), Paramount on Parade (1930) and Not Guilty (1921). He was married to Rita Kaufman and Rita Krone. He died on 7 April 1957 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Lola May was born on 15 March 1889 in North Dakota, USA. She was an actress, known for A Camouflage Kiss (1918), The Lure (1914) and The Green Swamp (1916). She died on 4 February 1971 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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- Art Department
Philo Goodfriend was born on 23 April 1889 in Devil's Lake, North Dakota, USA. He was an actor, known for What Did He Whisper? (1915). He was married to Janice Henry. He died on 27 August 1937 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Truck Hannah was born on 5 June 1889 in Larimore, North Dakota, USA. He was an actor, known for Fast Company (1929) and Warming Up (1928). He died on 27 April 1982 in Fountain Valley, California, USA.
- Bamlet Lawrence Price Sr. was born on 19 October 1889 in Pembina, North Dakota, USA. He was an actor, known for One Way Ticket to Hell (1955). He was married to Lucile Martin. He died on 2 January 1978 in Bakersfield, California, USA.
- Nels Peterson was born on 15 June 1890 in Hardwood, North Dakota, USA. He died on 28 November 1986 in Washington, USA.
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Warren Doane was born on 30 October 1890 in Valley City, North Dakota, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Demi-Tasse (1934), Mister Mugg (1933) and Tid-Bits (1934). He was married to Aileen Duncan. He died on 12 May 1964 in San Bernardino, California, USA.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Actor
Pliny Goodfriend was born on 5 September 1891 in Drayton, North Dakota, USA. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for Roaring Roads (1935), The Love Trader (1930) and Skull and Crown (1935). He was married to Mary Anderson. He died on 20 January 1981 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Additional Crew
Charles Lewis Camp was born on 12 March 1893 in Jamestown, North Dakota, USA. He is known for The Animal World (1956) and You Bet Your Life (1950). He died on 14 August 1975 in San Jose, California, USA.- Virginia Stivers Bartlett was born on 2 January 1894 in Langdon, North Dakota, USA. She was a writer, known for The Lash (1930) and Gun to Gun (1944). She was married to Lanier Bartlett. She died on 1 August 1966 in San Diego, California, USA.
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- Additional Crew
Willard W. Starr was born on 27 May 1894 in North Dakota, USA. He is known for The Black Watch (1929), South Sea Rose (1929) and The Girl from Havana (1929). He died on 30 November 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Herman E. Halland was born on 22 December 1894 in Hillsboro, North Dakota, USA. He was a writer, known for This Man's Navy (1945). He died in March 1967 in Williston, North Dakota, USA.
- This brown-haired, grey-eyed ingénue of the early 20's made her way to the screen via touring stock companies immediately upon completing her education. She was a vaudeville dancer, then had a small role on Broadway in 1917. Eventually, she would come to greater prominence on the London stage. During Betty's seven-year long absence from Hollywood (1924-31), she worked in England, filmed in Germany and toured Australia with her own production company in "The Ghost Train" and "The House of Glass". She remained 'down under' until 1929, having married ex-RAF pilot and banking scion Arthur Greville Collins (who, after the stock market crash of 1929 reinvented himself in Hollywood as a motion picture director and dialogue director).
Since she had been performing successfully in Britain for several years, Australian media erroneously assumed Betty to be English, though she hailed from Langdon, North Dakota. At one time in her childhood, she had lived with her family on an Indian reservation.
Betty was first counseled on the possibility of making movies while at a Los Angeles dinner party. However, the first half of her career in this medium proved both intermittent and desultory. She had one good role as Katherine de Vaucelles, focus of François Villon's passions in If I Were King (1920). With Paramount's decision to promote their top comic actor from two-reelers to full-length feature films, Betty found herself starring alongside Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle in back-to-back comedies: Brewster's Millions (1921) and Traveling Salesman (1921). These proved considerably more successful than her subsequent ventures into hokum melodrama. The following year, Betty took off for Europe (she claimed to prefer the cooler climate to California), where she made a few more unremarkable films. After a lengthy hiatus, she managed to reignite her screen career as a supporting actress in early talkies. She was one of the more noteworthy victims in Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) and filled in for Sara Haden as Aunt Millie in two of the Hardy Family movies. Most of her other 1930's roles were merely uncredited bits, as 'no-name' nurses, secretaries or mothers. After a brief return to the stage at the beginning of the next decade, she died rather suddenly in January 1947 at the age of fifty from undisclosed causes. - Actress
- Soundtrack
Stickney, who was born in Dickinson, North Dakota, studied acting in Minneapolis, after which she spent several years in summer stock and vaudeville. Her father, Victor Hugo Stickney, was a doctor who made house calls on horseback; he was among the first 10 elected to the National Cowboy Hall of Fame.
She attended the North Western Dramatic School in Minneapolis, and was one of the four singer/dancer "Southern Belles" in vaudeville. Her initial failure to obtain acting roles in New York in the 1920s led her to write a poem, "You're Not the Type", published in Liberty magazine. Her 1926 Broadway debut was a bit part in "The Squall", after which she often played character roles as an eccentric.
She created the role of Mollie Molloy (who jumps out of the window) in "The Front Page." Other plays included "Chicago," "Another Language," and "On Borrowed Time." "Life With Father," written by her husband Howard Lindsay, was turned down by everyone (including Lunt and Fontanne), so she and Lindsay played the parts in summer stock, bringing it finally to Broadway's Empire Theater on November 8, 1939. It closed seven years and 3,224 performances later, still the longest running non-musical on Broadway. When the Empire was demolished, she and Lindsay put two salvaged orchestra seats in their East Side townhouse; she died there, aged 101.- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Writer
On the stage since childhood, Thornton Freeland went to work for Vitagraph in 1918, rising in the ranks from assistant cameraman to director, and made his directorial debut, Three Live Ghosts (1929), just at the dawn of the sound era. A specialist in light romantic comedies and musicals, Freeland alternated between making films in the US and England in the 1930s and 1940s. He retired from the film business in 1949.- Doris Kemper was born on 25 May 1898 in Portland, North Dakota, USA. She was an actress, known for The Twilight Zone (1959), Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) and Tuna Clipper (1949). She died on 3 March 1974 in Minot, North Dakota, USA.
- Set Decorator
- Art Department
Fred M. MacLean was born on 9 July 1898 in North Dakota, USA. He was a set decorator, known for North by Northwest (1959), Key Largo (1948) and The Big Sleep (1946). He died on 3 June 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- American actor who had a brief flirtation with stardom before settling into character roles and bit parts. Born in rural South Dakota (according to government records, though some sources say Walsh County, North Dakota) as Robert C. Oakes, the son of a horse rancher, he moved with his family to Culbertson, Montana (not his birthplace as some sources have it), where he grew up. The family moved again and he graduated from high school in Helena. A brief attendance at Montana Wesleyan College was interrupted by the offer of a job driving a tour bus in Yellowstone National Park.
Drifting down to Los Angeles in the early 1920s, he got work as an auto mechanic, but his ranch-honed cowboy skills got him bit parts in pictures at Paramount when director John Waters offered him work in a series of Westerns. Paramount recognized possibilities in the tall, rugged, handsome cowboy and put him (with a new name, Lane Chandler) into leading roles, first in Westerns, then in contemporary films opposite some of the biggest star actresses of the time, Clara Bow, Greta Garbo, Betty Bronson, and Esther Ralston. As silent films were phased out, Chandler found his stock slipping at Paramount, which had begun to overtly favor Gary Cooper in his place. He began appearing in lower-budgeted Westerns, first in leads, then as second leads to stars such as John Wayne and Jack Hoxie. During this period he free-lanced at Big 4, Syndicate Pictures and Kent (see Willis Kent) Pictures, all a far cry from his days under contract with Adolph Zukor. Despite the relatively poor production values, several of his early talkies (The Hurricane Horseman (1931) and The Cheyenne Cyclone (1931)) rise above similar fare in entertainment value. Unfortunately, Chandler was also forced to work on other lesser productions helmed by hack directors such as J.P. McGowan who cared more about quickly earning a paycheck than the product itself. His association with Kent ended in 1930s and Chandler drifted to another independent outfit called Empire Pictures which promised to produce 6 films, although only 2 were ultimately shot, the entertaining quickies The Lone Bandit (1935) and The Outlaw Tamer (1935). Now in his mid-30's Chandler found his career in irreversible decline and settled into supporting roles. A favorite of director Cecil B. DeMille, Chandler worked in many DeMille films, often in tiny bit parts, though he claimed these were his favorite parts. Eventually Chandler no longer commanded roles of any substance and he spent the remaining 35 years of his career in progressively smaller supporting parts, playing in hundreds of films, often uncredited. A stalwart of television Westerns of the 1950s, he was a familiar face to movie fans for nearly fifty years. An astute businessman with industrial and property holdings, he died in Los Angeles in 1971 at 73. - Red Hodgson was born on 11 July 1899 in North Dakota, USA. Red died on 4 December 1981 in the USA.
- Gladys Lillian Johnson was born in North Dakota in 1899, and grew up in Portland, Oregon where she received musical training. During the 1920's she became one of Portland's best know cellists and a staff musician at radio station KGW. In 1920 she traveled to Alaska with her mother and younger brother Raymond. They were accompanied by George Edward Lewis, her future step-father. There, she acted in a low budget feature called "Hearts of Alaska" which was made by Lewis who had previously traveled to Alaska to film material for his lectures. Using the screen name Gladys Johnston, she appeared in the first major motion picture filmed entirely in Alaska, The Cheechakos (1923) and returned to Alaska the following year for the film North of Nome (1925). In 1928, she traveled to Utah to make another movie which was released as West of the Rockies (1931). Her brother, Raymond K Johnson, and George Edward Lewis were involved in all three productions. In the late nineteen twenties, she left Portland and continued her career as a professional cellist in Los Angeles. Gladys passed away on October 11, 1989 in Riverside, California.
- Dorothy Adams was born on 8 January 1900 in Hannah, North Dakota, USA. She was an actress, known for The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), The Killing (1956) and The Ten Commandments (1956). She was married to Byron Foulger. She died on 16 March 1988 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Roger Murphy was born on 1 March 1900 in North Dakota, USA. He is known for My Blue Heaven (1950). He died on 5 November 1965 in Orange, California, USA.- Director
- Writer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Raymond K. Johnson was born on 24 November 1901 in Leeds Township, North Dakota, USA. He was a director and writer, known for The Reckless Way (1936), All Faces West (1929) and Special Agent K-7 (1936). He died on 23 March 1999 in Rancho Mirage, California, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Albert Scheving was born on 2 January 1902 in Pembina, North Dakota, USA. He was an assistant director. He died on 15 February 1986 in Texarkana, Texas, USA.- Editor
- Editorial Department
Floyd Knudtson was born on 31 January 1902 in North Dakota, USA. He was an editor, known for Get Smart (1965), The Devil's Hairpin (1957) and The Colossus of New York (1958). He died on 7 September 1994 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.- Eleanor Fredericks was born on 3 June 1902 in North Dakota, USA. She was an actress, known for Four Wheel Brakes (1929) and Good Night Nurse (1929). She died in September 1967 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA.
- Art Director
- Music Department
- Art Department
Merrill Pye was born on 14 August 1902 in Bismarck, North Dakota, USA. He was an art director, known for North by Northwest (1959), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) and Ziegfeld Follies (1945). He was married to Doris Simons, Natalie Draper, Patricia Avery and Mary Halsey. He died on 17 November 1975 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
Mark Marlatt was born on 9 November 1902 in North Dakota, USA. He died on 26 September 1954 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Eleanore King was born on 14 February 1903 in North Dakota, USA. She was an actress, known for The High School Hoofer (1931), Birth of a Baby (1938) and Private Worlds (1935). She was married to Herbert T. Kalmus and Lowell McAfee Birrell. She died on 23 November 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Producer
- Music Department
The accordion maestro provided nearly two decades of squeaky-clean music and family entertainment on TV every Saturday night between 1955 and 1971 on prime-time, and for another 11 years in syndication. His trademarks included his "A uh-one, a uh-two" intro and a perpetual bubble machine.- Camera and Electrical Department
Thomas J. Connolly was born on 18 March 1903 in North Dakota, USA. He is known for Bride of the Monster (1955) and So Dear to My Heart (1948). He died on 3 February 1981 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Soundtrack
LeRoy Mason was born on 2 July 1903 in Larimore, North Dakota, USA. He was an actor, known for Daughter of Don Q (1946), California Straight Ahead! (1937) and The Tiger Woman (1944). He was married to Rita Carewe and Bernice. He died on 13 October 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Albert Milton Cranston was born on 22 January 1904 in Cleveland, North Dakota, USA. He was an actor. He was married to Florence Seekins . He died on 12 April 1981 in Anaheim, California, USA.
- Sound Department
Earl Sitar was born on 24 September 1904 in Wahpeton, North Dakota, USA. He is known for International Lady (1941), Jewels of Brandenburg (1947) and South of Pago Pago (1940). He died on 25 April 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Clifford Thompson was born on 18 October 1904 in Rugby, North Dakota, USA. He was an actor, known for Murder in the Private Car (1934) and The Flame of Hellgate (1920). He died on 15 October 1955 in Portland, Oregon, USA.
- Charlie Retzlaff was born on 28 October 1904 in Leonard, North Dakota. He was an actor, known for Joe Louis vs. Charlie Retzlaff (1936). He died on 4 June 1970 in Becker, Minnesota, USA.
- Director
- Editor
- Editorial Department
Although born in North Dakota, Francis D. Lyon's film career began in England as an editor on several prestigious J. Arthur Rank productions. Coming to Hollywood, he worked as an editor or supervising editor on numerous films, and won an Academy Award for editing Body and Soul (1947). Turning to directing in 1955, Lyon's output has been mostly routine, although Disney's The Great Locomotive Chase (1956), based on a true Civil War incident, was an exciting, well-made adventure. In the 1960s, after churning out several low-grade sci-fi epics, Lyon turned to episodic TV series.- Actor
Gene Leslie was born on 8 October 1905 in Valley City, North Dakota, USA. He was an actor. He died on 20 February 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Keith Fennell was born on 22 January 1906 in North Dakota, USA. He was an actor, known for Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (1987). He died on 23 February 1993 in Oregon, USA.
- Editor
- Editorial Department
Frederic Knudtson was born on 9 April 1906 in Apple Creek, North Dakota, USA. He was an editor, known for It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) and Inherit the Wind (1960). He died on 15 February 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
Nellie Doerschlag was born on 16 December 1906 in North Dakota, USA. She was an actress. She was married to Edward C. Collins. She died on 5 December 1994 in Laguna Beach, California, USA.- Norman Saunders was born on 1 January 1907 in Minot, North Dakota, USA. He was a writer, known for Mars Attacks! (1996). He was married to Ellene Politis. He died on 9 March 1989 in Nebraska, USA.
- Louis L'Amour was born on 22 March 1908 in Jamestown, North Dakota, USA. He was a writer, known for Hondo (1953), East of Sumatra (1953) and Apache Territory (1958). He was married to Kathy Adams. He died on 10 June 1988 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Tommy Tucker was born on 18 May 1908 in Souris, North Dakota, USA. He died on 13 July 1989 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.
- Erik Blythe was born on 12 June 1908 in Fargo, North Dakota, USA. He was an actor, known for Invasion, U.S.A. (1952). He died on 9 January 1993 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Sound Department
Charles Lang was born on 10 September 1908 in North Dakota, USA. Charles is known for Sergeant Murphy (1938), A Star Is Born (1954) and The Woman in White (1948). Charles died on 16 March 1956 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Ann Sothern's film career started as an extra in 1927. Originally a redhead, she began to bleach her hair blonde for comedy roles. After working at MGM and on Broadway, Ann was signed by Columbia Pictures for Let's Fall in Love (1933). The next year she would work with Eddie Cantor in his hit Kid Millions (1934). For the next two years, Ann would appear in a number of "B" pictures until she was dropped by Columbia in 1936. She then went to RKO, where the quality of her films did not improve. She appeared in a series of "B' pictures movies with Gene Raymond, but her career was going nowhere. In 1938 she left RKO and played the tart in Trade Winds (1938), which got her a contract at MGM. She was given the lead in a "B" comedy about a brassy, energetic showgirl not salesgirl--originally intended for Jean Harlow--that wound up becoming a huge hit and spawned a series of sequels that ran until 1947: Maisie (1939). Ann also appeared in such well received features as Brother Orchid (1940), Cry 'Havoc' (1943) and A Letter to Three Wives (1949). After 1950 the roles dried up and Ann turned to television and another hit series, playing the meddlesome Susie in the 1953 series Private Secretary (1953). The series was canceled in 1957 and Ann came back in The Ann Sothern Show (1958), which ran from 1958 to 1961. In 1965, she would be the voice of the 1928 Porter in the camp classic My Mother the Car (1965). While the 1970s and 1980s were relatively quiet for Ann, she would be nominated for an Academy Award for her role as the neighbor of Lillian Gish and Bette Davis in The Whales of August (1987).