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- Emily Carr was born on 13 December 1871 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She died on 2 March 1945 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
- Ray Scherer was born on 7 June 1919 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA. He died on 1 July 2000 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- Producer
- Sound Department
- Editor
Kathleen Shannon was born on 11 November 1935 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was a producer and editor, known for Dream of a Free Country: A Message from Nicaraguan Women (1984), The Burning Times (1990) and Goldwood (1975). She died on 14 January 1998 in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.- Peter Trower was born on 25 August 1930 in St. Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK. He died on 10 November 2017 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Producer
- Production Manager
- Actor
Ken Lawson was born on 7 March 1957 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. He was a producer and production manager, known for Robson Arms (2005), The Deal (2005) and Zacharia Farted (1998). He died on 17 April 2013 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.- Cool 'Disco' Dan was born on 31 December 1969 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He died on 26 July 2017 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- Additional Crew
Joanne Simpson was born on 23 March 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Joanne is known for Stormchasers (1995). Joanne was married to Bob Simpson, Victor Starr and Willem Malkus. Joanne died on 4 March 2010 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.- Emma Caslor was born on 18 December 1911 in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. She was a composer, known for Folksong Fantasy (1951) and Pacific 13 (1956). She was married to Donovan Bartley Finn. She died on 25 December 1977 in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Sonny Okosuns was born on 1 January 1947 in Benin City, Nigeria. He was an actor, known for Something Wild (1986), Artists United Against Apartheid: Sun City (1985) and The Cinema of Raymond Fark (1970). He died on 24 May 2008 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.- Make-Up Department
Sharon Mosley was born on 20 June 1945 in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. Sharon is known for Tron: Legacy (2010), Red Riding Hood (2011) and Chaos (2005). Sharon was married to Alain Bourassa. Sharon died on 20 October 2015 in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.- Charles Percy was born on 27 September 1919 in Pensacola, Florida, USA. He was married to Loraine Diane Guyer and Jeanne Valerie Dickerson. He died on 17 September 2011 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- Norman Ruff was born in November 1939 in Barking, Essex, England, UK. Norman died on 20 August 2017 in British Columbia, Canada.
- Actress
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Elissa Scott was an actress, known for Money (2010), Rock Paper Dice Enter (2014) and Silk Road 2 (2019). She died on 4 October 2022 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.- Jerry S. Parr (September 16, 1930 - October 9, 2015) was an American Secret Service Agent. He was one of the agents protecting President Reagan on the day of his assassination attempt on March 30, 1981 and is widely credited with helping to save the President's life. The following obituary was published in The Washington Post on October 10, 2015:
Jerry Parr, Secret Service agent who helped save Ronald Reagan, dies at 85. By Martin Weil October 10, 2015
Jerry S. Parr, the quick-thinking and fast-moving Secret Service agent who was credited with saving the life of President Ronald Reagan after the 1981 ¬assassination attempt in Washington, died Oct. 9 at a hospice center near his home in Washington. He was 85.
The cause was congestive heart failure, said his wife, Carolyn Parr.
Mr. Parr had been an electric-power lineman before his Secret Service years and was a clergyman in retirement. But he was best known for the fraught moments after gunfire erupted March 30, 1981, as the president was leaving the Washington Hilton hotel.
In that time of chaos, Mr. Parr seemed the epitome of the firm-jawed man of action: forceful, resolute, decisive.
At the president's side when the shots resounded, Mr. Parr did not immediately look for the gunman, John W. Hinckley Jr. ¬Instead, according to accounts, Mr. Parr placed his hand on -Reagan's shoulder and pushed the president into an awaiting limousine.
The vehicle pulled away from the hotel, leaving behind a scene of blood and tumult. Also severely wounded by gunfire had been White House press secretary James S. Brady, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy and D.C. police officer Thomas Delahanty.
Although Mr. Parr and the president were moving swiftly away from the carnage, shielded by the armor of a bulletproof vehicle, the agent's responsibilities were far from over. Carefully, he ran his hands over Reagan's body, searching for bullet wounds. He found none.
Then he recognized the ¬ominous signs: The president complained about pain in his chest, and there was blood on Reagan's lips.
Mr. Parr immediately ordered that the limo be driven to George Washington University Hospital instead of the White House. The president survived, but he had a close call.
"If Jerry hadn't made the change," first lady Nancy Reagan later told CNN host Larry King, "I wouldn't have a husband."
Doctors, noting the president's severe loss of blood, sometimes reported as three pints, have agreed with that assessment.
In the aftermath of the assassination attempt, Mr. Parr was hailed for his cool capacity to confront danger and steer a path to safety. But the skills, instincts and abilities he demonstrated then gave an incomplete picture of his character and personality.
Among those who knew him inside and outside the Secret Service, he was regarded as a patient man willing to hear out the troubled, to keep confidences and try to suggest a course of action.
He was called on so often to play the part of wise adviser, his wife said, that after retiring from the Secret Service in 1985, he obtained a master's degree in pastoral counseling from Loyola University in Baltimore and became co-pastor of the ecumenical Festival Church in Washington's Adams Morgan neighborhood.
Jerry Studstill Parr was born in Montgomery, Ala., on Sept. 16, 1930, and he grew up in the Miami area. His spent time as a lineman for Florida Power and Light. It was often hazardous work, and he was a pallbearer at the funerals of eight colleagues.
When he applied to join the Secret Service in 1962, soon after graduating from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, he was asked at an interview about what motivated him to assume the perils of the job.
As he recalled it, his wife said, he replied that he did not expect the work to be as dangerous as what he had been doing for the power company.
In fact, Mr. Parr had been fascinated by the Secret Service from boyhood. His father had taken him in 1939 to see the low-budget action film "Code of the Secret Service," one of several movies in which Reagan starred as the dashing agent "Brass" Bancroft.
"There's a couple of times where truth and training converge, where history and destiny converge," Mr. Parr told The Washington Post in 2006. "I thought about that for a long time. It's that moment - either you do it or you don't, either you save him or you don't."
Over the years, Mr. Parr met and provided security for some of the world's most prominent figures. His career took him to all 50 states and 37 countries. He helped to protect Pope John Paul II, and a photograph showed him alongside Japanese Emperor Hirohito. As deputy special agent in charge of the foreign dignitary division, he was credited with overseeing protection for more than 50 world leaders.
After assignments to vice presidential protection, he became head of the White House detail in the presidential protective division in 1979 and provided security for Jimmy Carter.
In recent years, he and his wife co-wrote "In the Secret Service," a memoir.
In addition to his wife of 56 years, Carolyn Miller Parr, a former U.S. Tax Court judge, survivors include three daughters, Kimberly Parr of Syracuse, N.Y., Jennifer Parr Turek of Severna Park, Md., and Patricia Parr of Frederick, Md.; and four granddaughters. - Anne Hubeny was an actress, known for Yarns from Pigeon Inlet (1979). She died on 16 November 2001 in Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada.
- Charles Cassell was born on 5 August 1924 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was married to Elaine and Linda. He died on 17 May 2021 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- Actress
Helen Holte was born in 1890. She was an actress. She died on 17 January 1927 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Solomon Lightfoot Michaux was born on 7 October 1883 in Newport News, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for American Epic (2017) and Elder Michaux (1948). He died on 20 October 1968 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.- Transportation Department
Jim Barley was born on 25 December 1934. He is known for Final Destination (2000), Best in Show (2000) and The Experts (1989). He died on 10 April 2017 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada.- Leon 'Smokey' Stovern was born on 13 May 1939 in Wadena, Saskatchewan, Canada. He died on 21 March 2002 in Delta, British Columbia, Canada.
- Manon Cleary was born in 1942 in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. He died on 26 November 2011 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- John Bindernagel was born on 22 December 1941 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. He died on 17 January 2018 in British Columbia, Canada.
- Mike Lozanski was born on 13 November 1968 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was an actor, known for Eastern Championship Wrestling (1993). He died on 18 December 2003 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- David Sigmund was born on 23 August 1965 in Michigan, USA. He died on 8 March 2022 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Jeanne Vertefeuille was born on 23 December 1932 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She was a writer, known for The Assets (2014) and Cold War (1998). She died on 29 December 2012 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- Soundtrack
Singer, actress, composer, songwriter ("I Didn't Know the Gun Was Loaded"), teacher and author, educated at the Peabody Demonstration School. She acted in summer stock and sang cornball songs on television, radio and in night clubs, and made a number of recordings. Also, she wrote scripts and musical commercials, and taught dancing. Joining ASCAP in 1949, her popular-song compositions include "Save Your Confederate Money, Boys, The South Shall Rise Again", "Protocol", "Put Your Shoes On, Lucy (Don't You Know You're In the City?)", "Pic-a-Nic-In the Park", "Lady Bird", "Cherry Blossom Spring", "The Boardwalk", "Southern Cookin'", "My One Track Heart", "I Love Connecticut", "Tall Tales of Texas", "Ah-Nah-Pahp-Pah-La Day", "Can't Wait", "My Favorite Friend", and "The Written Guarantee".- Nellie Gray was born on 25 June 1924 in Big Spring, Texas, USA. She died on 13 August 2012 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- Dorothy Fowler was born on 15 September 1911 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was an actress, known for Studio Pacific (1959) and Pacific 13 (1956). She died on 5 July 1973 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Jon Hameister-Ries was born on 26 January 1984 in Canada. He died on 9 June 2021 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Actor
- Composer
Born in 1903, and only an occasional screen performer, the Canadian Sherwood became the featured vocalist with Eddy Duchin and his orchestra during the band's greatest years, from 1933 to 1941, and he was the band's primary trumpet soloist and its musical arranger. He remained Duchin's close friend and confidant until Duchin's death. Sherwood died in the U.S. in 1971, and his body is buried in Providence, Rhode Island.- Production Manager
- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fran Rosati was born in 1943. He was a production manager and producer, known for The Final Cut (2004), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005) and Scary Movie (2000). He died on 26 February 2015 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.- Actress
- Make-Up Department
Wendy Hicks was born in 1925 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Festival (1960), One Last Glass (2014) and Open House (1952). She died in 2013 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.- Belial McGraal died on 12 May 2004 in Porteau Cove Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada.
- Additional Crew
David Wise was born on 10 May 1930 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He is known for Into the Shadows: The CIA in Hollywood (2001), Larry King Live (1985) and Democracy Now! (2001). He was married to Joan Sylvester. He died on 8 October 2018 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.- Bunkie Blackburn was born on 24 April 1936 in Hillsborough, North Carolina, USA. He died on 28 February 2006 in Columbia, Tennessee, USA.
- Larry Cahan was born on 25 December 1933 in Fort William, Ontario, Canada. He died on 25 June 1992 in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada.
- Lorraine McAllister was born on 15 April 1922 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. She was an actress, known for Burns Chuckwagon from the Stampede Corral (1954). She died on 27 April 1984 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Additional Crew
Howard D. Samuel was born on 16 November 1924 in New York City, New York, USA. He is known for The Inheritance (1964). He was married to Ruth Helen Zamkin. He died on 19 June 2003 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.- Nadia Diuk was born on 16 October 1954 in Coventry, England, UK. She was married to Adrian Karatnycky. She died on 23 January 2019 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- John Emerson was born on 13 March 1911 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was an actor, known for Pacific 13 (1956) and Day of Decision (1959). He died on 2 May 1968 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Location Management
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Additional Crew
Mark Davies is known for Past Perfect (1996), Bang Bang You're Dead (2002) and Kill Me Later (2001). He died on 7 November 2003 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.- Constantino Brumidi (July 26, 1805 - February 19, 1880) was a Greek-Italian-American historical painter, best known and honored for his fresco work, Apotheosis of Washington, in the Capitol Building in Washington, DC. Brumidi was born in Rome, his father a Greek from Filiatra in the province of Messinia, Greece, and his mother an Italian. He showed his talent for fresco painting at an early age and painted in several Roman palaces, among them being that of Prince Torlonia. Under Gregory XVI he worked for three years in the Vatican.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
R&B singer Marv Johnson was born in Detroit, MI, in 1938. In the mid-'50s he began singing with a local "doo-wop" group called The Serenaders. While performing at a carnival, Johnson was discovered by future mogul Berry Gordy. Gordy had just formed his record label Tamla but had not released anything on it yet. He and Johnson wrote a song, "Come to Me", which became Tamla's first release in May of 1959. Lacking a national distribution network, Gordy worked a deal with United Artists Records to release it nationally, and it eventually reached #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Gordy and Johnson would go on to write four more songs together, and Johnson would eventually have nine songs reach the Billboard Top 100 chart, including two in the Top 10. His first top-ten single was also his best-known, "You Got What It Takes", which hit #7, sold more than a million copies and earned Johnson a gold record. His final Top 40 single was in 1960, "You've Got to Move Two Mountains", which also sold more than a million copies, earning him another gold record. Johnson was especially popular in Australia, where he had a string of Top-40 hits, including three that reached #1. He appeared on the rock show "The Big Show" hosted by Lee Gordon, along with such stars as Bobby Rydell, Chubby Checker and James Darren.
In 1968 Johnson went to work for Motown Records, in sales and promotion, and also continued writing songs, including ones for such artists as Tyrone Davis and Johnnie Taylor. He also issued a solo album in the 1990s,
He died in Columbia, SC, of a stroke on May 16, 1993, at 54 years of age.- Clint Atkinson was born on 17 October 1927 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Diamondbacks (1998). He died on 4 March 2002 in Columbia, New York, USA.
- Michael Gerson was born on 15 May 1964 in Belmar, New Jersey, USA. He was married to Dawn Miller. He died on 17 November 2022 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- Additional Crew
- Writer
Paul Elbogen was born on 11 November 1894 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. He was a writer, known for Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948), Four Star Playhouse (1952) and The Emperor Waltz (1948). He was married to Mimi Rogler. He died on 10 June 1987 in Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada.- William Price Fox was born on 9 April 1926 in Waukegan, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for Cold Turkey (1971), 108 Stitches (2001) and Southern Fried (1970). He was married to Sarah Gilbert. He died on 19 April 2015 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- 4orchogg was born on 15 January 1991. He was an actor, known for 4orchogg: Talk Your Shit (2020), 4orchogg: Get Witchu (2020) and 4orchogg: EP (2020). He died on 19 July 2020 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
- Richard Buhler born in Washington in 1876, highly popular on drama stage from the 1890's became known as America's most handsomest star on the theatre. Tall, wavy dark haired performer in few film roles, often appeared as Lord's or Doctors in dramas, first under the direction of Edgar Lewis at the Fox Film Company in 1914 followed by the Lubin Film Company in 1915-16. He Died in Washington aged only 49.
- Alan Jabbour was born on 21 June 1942 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. He is known for Bearskin, or the Man Who Didn't Wash for Seven Years (1984). He was married to Karen Singer. He died on 13 January 2017 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.