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Brash, virile Italian-American lead and supporting "tough guy" Harry Guardino, with dark, wavy hair and a perpetual worried look on his craggy-looking mug, was born Harold Vincent Guardino on December 23, 1925, in Manhattan but raised as a Brooklynite. Serving with the U.S. Navy during World War II, he joined the Merchant Marine.
He would start out in the late 1940s in the school hard knocks, training in dramatic workshops and slumming for nearly half a decade in small, obscure 'tough guy' film bits in early '50s Universal and Columbia pictures including an orderly in the service comedy Up Front (1951); soldiers in both Sirocco (1951) and Purple Heart Diary (1951); and two Tony Curtis films where he was the star--(Son of Ali Baba (1952) and Flesh and Fury (1952)).
After making his Broadway debut in 1953 with a small cadet role in the play "End as a Man," Harry earned his first big break as the Broadway understudy to Ben Gazzara in the acclaimed drama "A Hatful of Rain." He later took over the role and then went on the national tour. Although it did little to elevate his bit part standing in Hollywood, he figured in more prominently on the smaller screen with parts on "I Led Three Lives," "The Millionaire," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Suspect" and several TV anthologies.
Making a play for film once again, Harry received "second lead" status in the family comedy Houseboat (1958), stealing scenes from both stars Cary Grant and Sophia Loren. As Italianate truck driver/handyman Angelo, he earned a Golden Globe nomination for his hilarious supporting turn as the guy who sells Cary the titled boat after completely destroying their other home in a truck accident.
With and without a comic edge, Harry played several other guy-guy co-star types after this in such crime/war stories as Pork Chop Hill (1959), 5 Branded Women (1960), Hell Is for Heroes (1962), Madigan (1968), Dirty Harry (1971) and The Enforcer (1976), the last two pairing him up with Clint Eastwood as his beleaguered superior, Lt. Bressler. At one point, the New Yorker even played "Barabbas" in the classic biblical epic King of Kings (1961) and a scurrilous poacher in the Ivan Tors African adventure Rhino! (1964), just for a distinct change of pace and scenery.
Harry returned to the Broadway stage and was Tony nominated for the play "One More River" in 1960 despite its extremely short run. He would return again again to Broadway throughout the rest of the 1960's in "Natural Affection" (1963), the musical "Anyone Can Whistle," "The Rose Tattoo" (1966) and "The Seven Descents of Myrtle" (1968).
TV, he became more and more, however, the favorite medium of choice. Progressing to top guest parts in such TV programs as "Johnny Staccato," "Checkmate," "The Untouchables," "Dr. Kildare," "Route 66," "Naked City," "The Outer Limits," "Ben Casey," "The Virginian," "Twelve O'Clock High" and "Run for Your Life," Harry was given three short-run series to star or co-star in -- as an overly gregarious newsman in The Reporter (1964); the title government agent Monty Nash (1971); and the perpetually losing district attorney "Hamilton Burger" in The New Perry Mason (1973) revival.
Harry co-starred in dozens of TV projects as a scruffy, hard-nosed, street-smart cop or detective. These included the TV movie The Lonely Profession (1969), plus the shows "McCloud," "The Name of the Game," "Get Christie Love!," "Kojak," "Police Story," "Fantasy Island," "The Sophisticated Gents" and "Murder, She Wrote." He also enjoyed an unlikely outlet in musical theatre in later years, co-starring in the Broadway production of "Woman of the Year" (1981) opposite and as Billy Flynn in stock production of "Chicago."
Harry died of lung cancer on in 1995 at age 69, and was survived by his third wife and four children from various marriages.- Actor
- Transportation Department
Juan Manuel Fangio was considered one of the greatest racing drivers of all time, thanks in part to his five World Championships that he won during the 1950s. He was son of an Italian immigrant, who moved to Argentina at the turn of the century. Fangio worked in a garage at an early age and was always fascinated by automobiles. Fangio started racing in the 30s and won frequently. After World War II, Fangio moved to Europe and began competing in several events and then moved on to the newly constructed Formula 1 World Championship, where his legend grew. He raced for four of the most famous European manufacturers in racing--Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Maserati and Mercedes-Benz. Fangio retired abruptly after only two races in 1958, and moved back to his beloved Argentina. He frequently attended Formula 1 races and was a popular spokesman for Formula 1 for many years and was regarded as an all-round champion because of the way he conducted himself outside of racing. His death was mourned throughout the racing world.- Robert Rimbaud was born on 23 November 1928 in Maintenon, Eure-et-Loir, France. He was an actor, known for Joséphine ou la comédie des ambitions (1979), Nouvelles d'Henry James (1974) and Marie-Antoinette (1975). He died on 17 July 1995 in Paris, France.
- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Jerzy Michotek was born on 31 August 1921 in Czestochowa, Slaskie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Jak byc kochana (1963), Sprawa pilota Maresza (1956) and Ballada o Januszku (1988). He died on 17 July 1995 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Rainer Kunad was born on 24 October 1936 in Chemnitz, Germany. Rainer was a composer, known for Melodie in A-Moll (1961) and Das gewöhnliche Wunder (1964). Rainer died on 17 July 1995 in Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
- Writer
- Director
Ivani Ribeiro, Cleide Freitas' pseudonym, began her professional life at the age of 16, at 'Rádio Educadora de São Paulo', singing folk and sambas songs, some of them of her own writing. Her shows were successful, and she experienced being a radio actress.
In the early 1940s, she met her future husband, writer and award-winning announcer Dárcio Alves Ferreira, and together they transferred to 'Rádio Bandeirantes', where she would begin adapting plays, poems, and lyrics for various shows. Hired by the newly opened Tupi TV, she wrote the series 'Eternos Apaixonados' (The Eternal Lovers). Years later, in 1963, she would write her first daily telenovela, Corações em Conflito (1963), an adaptation of one of her own successful stories presented on the radio.
In the late 1960s, she moved to Excelsior TV where she would stand out as the author of the 7:30 p.m. telenovela's time-slot, which led to writing another 13 consecutive popular series, including A Deusa Vencida (1965), that would launch actress Regina Duarte's career. In the next decade, she returned to Tupi TV and released the classics Secrets of Sand (1973), A Barba-Azul (1974), A Viagem (1975), and O Profeta (1977).
in 1982, she debuted at Rede Globo (the second largest network in the world), where her career reached new heights. In November of that year, Final Feliz (1982) would premier, and it would be her only original script for the network. The following years, she would offer old hit stories in new versions, starting with A Gata Comeu (1985), a remake of A Barba-Azul (1974).
She died in 1995, 20 days after her husband's passing, with whom she was married for 53 years.- George Crane was born on 28 April 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He died on 17 July 1995 in Hillsboro, Indiana, USA.