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- Raizô Ichikawa was born on August 29, 1931 in Kyoto, Japan as Akio Kamezaki, at the age of 6 months was adopted by his uncle Kazo Takeuchi (kabuki actor Kudanji Ichikawa III) as Yoshio Takeuchi. Started his kabuki career in 1946 as Enzo Ichikawa II. In 1951 he was both re-adopted by Shôzô Ôta (actor Jukai Ichikawa III) as Yoshiya Ôta and changed his stage name to Raizô Ichikawa VIII. He is known in cinema for Conflagration (1958), Ninja, a Band of Assassins (1962) and The Outcast (1962). Raizô Ichikawa died on July 17, 1969 in Tokyo, Japan from hepatic metastases of colon cancer.
- Indiana-born Harry Benham grew up in Chicago, Illinois. As a child he was possessed of a fine singing voice and sang in the local church choir. In 1904 the traveling musical "Peggy from Paris" was playing in Chicago and he got a job in the chorus. He soon graduated to singing the lead role. His success in that production led to roles in other plays, such as "The Sultan of Sulu", "Woodland" and "Marrying Mary".
He joined the Thanhouser film company in 1910 and stayed there five years, appearing in dozens of the company's productions while continuing his stage work. After leaving Thanhouser he went over to Famous Players, then signed with Universal Pictures, for whom he made such films as The Doll Doctor (1916), Love's Masquerade (1916) and The Capital Prize (1916). He also appeared in productions for other studios, such as Pathe's The Last of the Carnabys (1917), Warren Productions' The Warfare of the Flesh (1917) and American's The Frame-Up (1917). After leaving Universal he freelanced for quite a few studios, both minor and major, including Select's Cecilia of the Pink Roses (1918) (which was Marion Davies' second film), Paramount's Hush Money (1921) and Vitagraph's The Prey (1920). He made his final film in 1922, after which he retired from the movie industry and went into the clothing business.
His wife, actress Ethyle Cooke, died in 1949, and Harry remarried four years later to a widow he met in Florida. He died on July 17, 1969, in Sarasota, Florida, after a long illness. - Actor
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Félix de Pomés was born on 5 February 1889 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was an actor and director, known for The Evil Forest (1952), La madre guapa (1942) and The Tower of the Seven Hunchbacks (1944). He died on 17 July 1969 in Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain.- Max Waizmann was born on 25 August 1884 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for A Woman of Experience (1931), Code of the Outlaw (1942) and Man of Conquest (1939). He died on 17 July 1969 in Northridge, California, USA.
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Renato May was born on 24 December 1909 in Sebenico, Croatia, Austria-Hungary [now Sibenik, Croatia]. He was an editor and writer, known for Nennella (1948), Il figlio del corsaro rosso (1943) and Margherita fra i tre (1942). He died on 17 July 1969 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Actor
Burman Bodel was born on 21 May 1911 in Missouri, USA. He was an actor. He died on 17 July 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA.