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Michel-Richard De Lalande was born on 15 December 1657 in Paris, France. Michel-Richard was a composer, known for La Marseillaise (1938), Le tartuffe (1984) and Bach et Bottine (1986). Michel-Richard died on 18 June 1726 in Versailles, Yvelines, France.- Niels R. Finsen was born on 15 December 1860 in Tórshavn, Færøerne, Denmark. He died on 24 September 1904 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Soundtrack
Lewis H. Redner was born on 15 December 1831 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Lewis H. died on 29 August 1908 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.- Actor
- Director
- Stunts
Jack Bonavita was born on 15 December 1865 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Woman, the Lion and the Man (1915), The Wizard of the Jungle (1913) and The Winning of Jess (1915). He was married to HH Princess de Montglyon (Rosalie F. Mercy d'Argenteau). He died on 19 March 1917 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Henry Payson Dowst was born on 15 December 1876 in Bangor, Maine, USA. Henry Payson was a writer, known for The Redhead (1919), The Dancin' Fool (1920) and On the Stroke of Three (1924). Henry Payson was married to Margaret Eveline Starr. Henry Payson died on 13 March 1921 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Pongrác Kacsóh was born on 15 December 1873 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a composer, known for János vitéz (1916), Lavina (1921) and János vitéz (1924). He died on 18 December 1923 in Budapest, Hungary.
- After graduating from school, Gustave Eiffel first studied chemistry at the École des Arts et Manufactures in Paris. The internship period in an ironworks sparked Eiffel's interest in civil engineering. After his studies, he founded a company that specialized in iron structures. Eiffel made a name for himself as a designer and was able to realize numerous projects such as the construction of bridges and domes. For the Paris World Exhibition in 1889, he constructed the Eiffel Tower, which was then named after him and served as the entrance to the French pavilion, based on a design by M. Koechlin. The later symbol of the French capital made it world famous.
To build the tower, Eiffel was able to draw on his extensive experience in bridge construction. The Eiffel Tower was constructed as a steel frame structure with prefabricated elements; the construction time was 16 months. The construction method with its maximum wind permeability allowed a then sensational height of over 300 meters; This made the Eiffel Tower the world's tallest building. The structure was hailed as a groundbreaking advance in construction technology. Beginning in 1890, Eiffel conducted aerodynamic experiments on the tower's platform. Eiffel also constructed the iron skeleton for the Statue of Liberty in New York.
His other monumental buildings include the largest bridge in the world at the time, the Garhabit Viaduct, the dome of the observatory in Nice and the huge locks of the Panama Canal.
Gustave Eiffel died on December 28, 1923 in Paris. - Hermann Nesselträger was born on 15 December 1870 in Hanau, Hesse, Germany. He was an actor, known for George Bully (1920), Das Geheimnis einer Stunde (1925) and Das Geheimnis von Schloß Elmshöh (1925). He died on 21 February 1932 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Carlton S. King was born on 15 December 1881 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Just a Song at Twilight (1916), The Way Back (1915) and Tempest and Sunshine (1916). He was married to Nettie Nash. He died on 6 July 1932 in Glendale, California, USA.- Actress
Rae Randall was born Sigrum Solvason. (Salvason is how her name is spelled in the Los Angeles newspaper on her death but everywhere else it's Solvason. For example, David Bret's Greta Garbo: A Divine Star among other books and newspaper accounts such as the Winnipeg Free Press 10 May 1934.) Her husband, mining engineer Frederick Hessert, told police that her suicide in 1934 was due to the breakup of their marriage. Other accounts state that she was depressed at not having achieved the stardom she so desperately sought. She died surrounded by pictures of herself and Greta Garbo. Photoplay noted her death under the headline "Chalk up another tragedy of thwarted Hopes in Hollywood." Her mother, Mrs. P. Solvason, of Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada, was critically ill at the same time as Sigrum's death and was not told of her death (10 May 1934 Winnipeg Free Press).
Her age is often given as 25 or 26 at the time of her death and subsequently in books but this seems to be too young. The 1901 Census of Canada for the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada lists her father as Solve Solvason, her mother as Paulina Solavsen, and Sigrun as the youngest of six children. Her birth date is given as 15 December 1898.- Dan Coleman was born on 15 December 1879 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Laughs in the Law (1933). He died on 18 April 1935 in Staten Island, New York, USA.
- Nikolai Radin was born on 15 December 1872 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for House of Death (1932), Nabat (1917) and Teni liubvi (1917). He died on 24 August 1935 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Evelyn Hoey started her career on stage at age 10 in Minneapolis, MN. The height of her prominence on the stage was achieved when she appeared with Leon Errol in "Yours Truly" in 1928. She went to London to appear in "Good News" and in 1929 was singing Cole Porter's songs in a Paris nightclub. It was there E. Ray Goetz heard her and signed her as the torch singer for "Fifty-Million Frenchmen" in 1929. She appeared in the "Vanderbuilt Revue," "Walk a Little Faster," and in films in The 20th Amendment (1930).
A diminutive, blue-eyed actress with honey-colored hair, she was known for her musical comedy singing and a drawling lyrical "blues" voice that enraptured audiences in New York, Paris and London. She was found dead with a .45-cal. bullet wound through her head on September 12, 1935, in the home of Henry H. Rogers III, grandson of the co-founder of the Standard Oil Co. Also present was cinematographer William J. Kelly. Rogers had co-produced with the explorer Henry McCracken the film "An Old Fashioned Garden," a prim comedy about life among the nudists. It passed the censors, but it may never have been released.- Adrien Le Gallo was born on 15 December 1865 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Donogoo (1936), À moi le jour, à toi la nuit (1932) and Le vainqueur (1932). He was married to Marguerite Templey. He died on 13 January 1936 in Paris IX, France.
- Actor
- Writer
Frank Vosper was born on 15 December 1899 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for A Night of Terror (1937), Shadows on the Stairs (1941) and Love from a Stranger (1947). He died on 6 March 1937 in at sea.- Character actor S.S. Simon--not to be confused with director S. Sylvan Simon, who occasionally went by the name S.S. Simon--was born in Sacramento, CA, in 1864. His parents were vaudeville actors, and as a child they used him in their act on a cross-country tour. As a teenager he left vaudeville and joined a circus and later joined the troupe of well-known actors Lawrence Barrett and Edwin Booth.
He left acting in the 1890s and enrolled in the Colorado School of Mines, where he learned the finer points of prospecting for oil. Upon leaving the school he headed for Death Valley, CA, to try his hand at oil prospecting. He hit a gusher there, and continued that winning streak at other sites throughout the state. When the oil boom hit Kern County (CA), he set up several oil companies to prospect there, and hit even more gushers.
When he turned 40 he sold his mine for $2 million, and spent the next year traveling around the world with his wife. Upon his return to the US, however, he discovered that the Taft administration had come to the conclusion that smaller oil companies hadn't been developing their holdings quickly enough, and canceled their oil leases. The government paid him for what he lost, but it wasn't anywhere near what he would have made if his leases hadn't been canceled. He embarked on another prospecting expedition, but this time with no luck. When he decided that Monterey County, CA, was the site where the next big oil strike would be made, he spent most of his money buying and developing fields there, but nothing panned out. He sold his businesses--including a cannery, a fleet of fishing boats and some factories--to raise money for the big strike he knew would come, but it never happened. By the mid-'20s he was flat broke.
Down but not out, he returned to an industry where he thought he could make at least enough money to survive on--Hollywood. He started getting jobs in "B" pictures--including a lot of westerns--as a bartender, townsman, homesteader and the like. In 1934 he appears to have landed a contract with Columbia, and appeared in many of their films.
He died in April of 1940 in Hollywood. - Cinematographer
Adam Drzewicki was born on 15 December 1889 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. Adam was a cinematographer, known for Tajemnice Nalewek (1921). Adam died on 5 July 1941 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- W.S. McDunnough was born on 15 December 1863 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was an actor, known for Afraid to Fight (1922) and Those Who Dance (1924). He died on 1 July 1942 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
- Genevieve Jessel was born on 15 December 1917 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Twelfth Night (1939). She died on 7 December 1942 in at sea.
- George Yarborough was born on 15 December 1881 in Southwark, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Me and My Girl (1939). He died on 31 August 1943 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
- Pehr Evind Svinhufvud was born on 15 December 1861. He died on 29 February 1944 in Luumäki, Finland.
- Editor
- Director
- Writer
Ferdinando Maria Poggioli was born on 15 December 1897 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was an editor and director, known for Sissignora (1942), L'amore canta (1941) and Ricchezza senza domani (1940). He died on 2 February 1945 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- American born classical stage and film actress Fay Davis was born in Boston in 1872. She attended the Winthrop school in Boston and a school of oratory, she studied under the monologist Leland Powers and became well-known as a reciter in the New England era and began acting as an amateur in her hometown. Fay arrived in England in 1895 to join Sir Charles Wyndham's classical theatre company and she quickly achieved success starring as Zoe Nuggetson in 'A Squire of Dames'. In 1896 she went to the St. James's Theatre where she remained for five years and starred for the first time in many Shakespearian roles. In 1902 she returned to the America and starred as Wilhelmina in 'Imprudence' at the Empire Theatre under the management of Charles Frohman. She returned to England in 1906 and starred in many London stage plays, which include 'Rupert of Hentzau', 'The Wisdom of the Wise', 'Iris', 'Henry V', 'Romeo and Juliet', 'Ceasar's Wife', 'Twelfth Night' and many more. Fay starred in three movies for the Neptune Film Co in 1914-15, the first 'Her Only Son' directed by her husband actor/director Gerald Lawrence and co-starred Gregory Scott, followed by 'Enoch Arden' directed by Percy Nash and her last screen appearance was in 'The Little Minister' in 1915. Fay was still highly popular on stage through the 1920's and early 1930's with 'The Heart of a Child' in 1921, 'The Second Mrs. Tanqueray in 1922, 'Hamlet' in 1930 and her final stage appearance 'The Shadow Princess' and 'On the Rocks' at the Winter Garden Theatre in London in 1933. Fay died in Exmouth, England in 1945 age 73.
- Set Decorator
- Art Department
Stephen Seymour was born on 15 December 1919 in New York, USA. He was a set decorator, known for The Uninvited (1944), Going My Way (1944) and Incendiary Blonde (1945). He died on 15 February 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Jean Durand was born on 15 December 1882 in Paris, France. He was a director and writer, known for Marie, la femme au singe (1922), La femme rêvée (1929) and Palaces (1927). He was married to Berthe Dagmar. He died on 10 March 1946 in Paris, France.- William E. Pettus was born on 15 December 1888 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for The Scar of Shame (1929). He was married to Clara B. Floyd. He died on 29 July 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Harry Humphrey was born on 15 December 1873 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Along the Rio Grande (1941), Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939) and Law and Order (1940). He died on 1 April 1947 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
- Art Director
- Art Department
Joseph Sternad was born on 15 December 1910 in New York, New York, USA. He was an art director, known for Abroad with Two Yanks (1944), Brewster's Millions (1945) and Getting Gertie's Garter (1945). He died on 24 January 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Jean Claesson was born on 15 December 1882 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Löjtnant Galenpanna (1917), The Gardener (1912) and Man och kvinna (1939). He died on 8 February 1951 in Täby, Stockholms län, Sweden.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Lani McIntyre was born on 15 December 1904 in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA [now Hawaii, USA]. He was an actor, known for Delicatessen (1991), Paradise Isle (1937) and Maui Chant (1943). He was married to Helen Jones. He died on 17 June 1951 in New York City, New York, USA.- Gyula Jeszenszky was born on 15 December 1891 in Kolozsvár, Austria-Hungary [now Cluj-Napoca, Romania]. Gyula was a composer, known for Miböl élünk? (1939). Gyula died on 21 June 1951 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Bill Mackey was born on 15 December 1927 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He died on 29 July 1951 in Winchester, Indiana, USA.
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Georg af Klercker in Kristianstad, was a Swedish director, screenwriter and actor. He was originally a military lieutenant at the Svea Life Guards, but resigned in 1907 because he was more interested in the world of theater. After a brief period with a touring company he was hired as an actor by the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. In 1911 he became the studio manager at Svenska Bio. In 1912 the French screenwriter and director Paul Garbagni was in Sweden shooting The Springtime of Life (I lifvets vår). What distinguishes this film is that the male leads were played by Victor Sjöström, Mauritz Stiller and Georg af Klercker, the three filmmakers who a few years later would form the backbone of the phenomenon known as the Golden Age of Swedish cinema. Georg af Klercker made his first feature film the same year and had his first hit with the short "Dödsritten under cirkuskupolen/ The Last Performance". He was at the height of his career as a director between 1915 and 1917. In 1916 alone he made 14 films, a workload that probably contributed to the nervous breakdown he had at the end of that year. The next year he confined himself to a 'mere' 9 films, ending his career as a director in 1918. After some time, he returned to the theater as an actor, moved to Malmö where he died in 1951.- Mario Casaleggio was born on 15 December 1877 in Turin, Italy. He was an actor, known for Il signor Max (1937), Forbidden Music (1942) and L'assassino del corriere di Lione (1916). He was married to Nuccia Robella. He died on 8 February 1953 in Turin, Italy.
- Cinematographer
Oren W. Roberts was born on 15 December 1899 in Missouri, USA. Oren W. was a cinematographer, known for Surcos de sangre (1950). Oren W. died on 22 August 1954 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- A farmer's son Marius Egeskov was stage trained and made his debut at Aarhus Theater in 1912. In the following years he became a touring actor. He first appeared in films in Aarhus. Later he came to Copenhagen and worked sporadically for Nordisk Film 1917-1920. Due to a nervous disorder his career was cut short when he was only 40 years of age.
- M. Coates Webster was born on 15 December 1906 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. M. Coates was a writer, known for Isle of Destiny (1940), Flying with Music (1942) and I Surrender Dear (1948). M. Coates was married to Marian Litonius Earle Webster. M. Coates died on 9 May 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Valeriano León was born on 15 December 1892 in Collote, Oviedo, Spain. He was an actor, known for Don Floripondio (1939), El piyayo (1956) and A los pies de usted (1945). He was married to Aurora Redondo Pérez. He died on 13 December 1955 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
- Eddie Das was born on 15 December 1897 in Kandy, Ceylon. He was an actor, known for Man-Eater of Kumaon (1948). He died on 28 July 1956 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Michael Sherbrooke was born on 15 December 1874 in Minsk, Russian Empire [now Belarus]. He was an actor, known for The Iron Stair (1933). He was married to Alice Julia Isaac. He died on 3 April 1957 in Bournemouth, Hampshire, England, UK.
- Gustave Caillois was born on 15 December 1874 in Paris, France. He died on 13 February 1958 in France.
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- Music Department
- Soundtrack
James Maxwell Anderson was born in Atlantic, Pennsylvania, on December 15, 1888 to William Lincoln Anderson and Charlotte Perrimela (Stephenson) Anderson. The second child born to the couple, Anderson spent his formative years on his maternal grandmother's farm in Atlantic before the family moved to Andover, Ohio when he was three years old. His father attended a seminary at night to study for the ministry while he supported the family as a railroad fireman.
His father took up the life of a traveling minister, moving his family frequently until Anderson was in his late teens. Anderson attended schools in Ohio, Iowa, North Dakota, and Pennsylvania. The Anderson family's life was a vagabond one until they settled in Jamestown, North Dakota in 1907.
After graduating from Jamestown High School, Anderson went to the University of North Dakota in 1908. He worked his way through college as a waiter and serving on the night copy desk of the newspaper "The Grand Forks Herald." He was a member of the literary society Ad Altiora at UND and helped put together the "Dacotah" Annual. He also participated in college theatrics, serving as assistant director for the Sock and Buskin Dramatic Society.
Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature in June 1911, Anderson married his UND classmate Margaret Haskett, a farmer's daughter, on August 1, 1911. They eventually had three sons, Quentin, Alan, and Terence.
His first job after college was serving as the principal of the Minnewaukan, North Dakota high school, where he doubled as an English teacher. After making pacifist comments to his students, his contract was not renewed, and he moved to Palo Alto, California, where he enrolled in a master's program in English Lit at Stanford University. After graduating from Stanford in 1914, he spent three years as a high school English teacher in San Francisco before accepting an offer to become chairman of Whittier College's English Department in 1917. Once again he got in trouble with his pro-pacifist statements, and he was fired after his first year for speaking out publicly on behalf of a student seeking conscientious objector status during World War I.
Moving back to San Francisco, he worked as a journalist on the "San Francisco Chronicle" and the "San Francisco Bulletin," then moved to New York City to take an editorial position on the liberal periodical "The New Republic." He continued his work as a newspaperman, becoming a stringer for the "New York Globe" and the New York World." He also found time to help launch the poetry magazine "Measure."
Turning his interest to the theater, he wrote his first play in 1923. Written in verse, "White Desert" was a flop, lasting only 12 performances, but it attracted the attention of "New York World" critic Laurence Stallings. Stallings chose Maxwell as his collaborator on his World War One play "What Price Glory?" Opening on September 3, 1924, the play was one of the stage sensations of the decade, earning kudos and running for 430 performances. The financial rewards of helping create such a big boffo box office blockbuster enabled Anderson to retire from journalism and become a full-time dramatist.
Many of his plays were written in verse, and they typically touch on social and moral problems, such as "Winterset" (1935), which addressed the Sacco & Vanzetti trials in fictional form. The play, which won the first New York Critics Circle Award, is about a gangster who visits the children of the anarchists executed for the murder he himself committed. Anderson won the 1933 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play "Both Your Houses," and repeated as the New York Critics Circle Award winner for "High Tor" in 1936. He wrote many historical dramas and two librettos for Kurt Weill, "Knickerbocker Holiday" (1938) and "Lost in the Stars" (1940). He was also a lyricist, his most famous creation being "September Song" from "Knickerbocker Holiday."
His plays included "Elizabeth the Queen" (1930), "Mary of Scotland " (1933), "Key Largo" (1939); "Truckline Café" (1945), "Joan of Lorraine" (1946), "Anne of the Thousand Days" (1947), and "The Bad Seed" (1954). Anderson also worked on numerous screenplays, including All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932), Rain (1932) , Death Takes a Holiday (1934), and So Red the Rose (1935).
Plays of his that were turned into movies were "Mary of Scotland (1936), "Saturday's Children," which was filmed three times (once as "Maybe It's Love"), Winterset (1936), "Elizabeth the Queen", which became The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), The Eve of St. Mark (1944), Knickerbocker Holiday (1944). Key Largo (1948), "Joan of Lorraine," which became Joan of Arc (1948), The Bad Seed (1956), "The Devil's Hornpipe", which became Never Steal Anything Small (1959), and Anne of the Thousand Days (1969). "What Price Glory?" was made into a silent film in 1926 and was remade by John Ford in 1952.
He published two books of poetry, "You Who Have Dreams" in 1925, and "Notes on a Dream," published posthumously in 1972. Anderson also published two collections of essays, "The Essence of Tragedy and Other Footnotes and Papers" (1939) and "Off Broadway Essays About the Theatre" (1947).
His wife Margaret died on February 26, 1931, and he remarried in 1933, taking Gertrude "Mab" Higger as his second wife. They had a daughter, Hesper, born on August 12, 1934, and when Gertrude died on March 21, 1953, he married Gilda Hazard on June 6, 1954.
Among his many honors were honorary Doctor of Literature degrees from Columbia University in 1946 and the University of North Dakota in 1958, and the National Institute of Arts and Letters' Gold Medal in Drama in 1954.
Maxwell Anderson had a stroke on February 26, 1959 and died two days later in Stamford, Connecticut. His oeuvre included over thirty published plays and over a dozen unpublished ones.- Writer
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- Art Director
Nate Gatzert was born on 15 December 1890 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Fiddlin' Buckaroo (1933), The Call of the Savage (1935) and Lawless Riders (1935). He died on 1 September 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Parsifal Bassi was born on 15 December 1892 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was a director and actor, known for Gioco d'azzardo (1943), Il cardinale Lambertini (1934) and Nel mondo degli agguati (1921). He died on 10 January 1960 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.- Melva Cornell was born on December 15, 1904 in Santa Barbara, CA. Her parents Tom and Mabel Cornell found work in the wardrobe department of The American Film Company, which was based in Santa Barbara. Young Melva caught the acting bug and was an extra for that company in 1916. She also sought stage work and appeared on Broadway in at least 2 productions. Her only credited film role in Fox Movietone Follies (1929) is a lost film. Melva was married to Marc Lachmann (1897-1941) and had a son, Cornell Anthony Lachmann, who died shy of his 7th birthday in 1945.
- George W. Greene was born on 15 December 1894 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. He died on 21 January 1960 in Salisbury, North Carolina, USA.
- Jesse Belvin was born on 15 December 1932 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He was married to Jo Ann Belvin. He died on 6 February 1960 in Fairhope, Arkansas, USA.
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- Soundtrack
A.P. Carter was born on 15 December 1891 in Maces Springs, Scott County, Virginia, USA. He is known for 2012 (2009), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) and Pitch Perfect (2012). He was married to Sara Dougherty. He died on 7 November 1960 in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA.- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Jeff was born in Brooklyn and attended Erasmus High School. After high school, he took a drama course and worked in stock companies for two years. His next role was that of an officer in World War II. After he was discharged from the service, he became busy acting in radio dramas and comedies until he was signed by Universal. It was in the fifties that Jeff would become a star, making westerns and action pictures. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950). He followed this by playing the role of Cochise in two sequels: The Battle at Apache Pass (1952) and Taza, Son of Cochise (1954). While his premature gray hair and tanned features served him well in his westerns and action pictures, the studio also put him into soaps and costume movies. In his films, his leading ladies included Maureen O'Hara, Rhonda Fleming, Jane Russell, Joan Crawford, and June Allyson. Shortly after his last film Merrill's Marauders (1962), Jeff died, at 42, from blood poisoning after an operation for a slipped disc.- Director
- Writer
Kôkichi Tsukiyama was born on 15 December 1885 in Osaka, Japan. He was a director and writer, known for Shibukawa Bangorô (1922), Nogitsune Sanji (1924) and Tetsubuê no gijin (1925). He died on 26 April 1962 in Tokyo, Japan.