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Ed Morgan was born on 31 December 1926 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Wag the Dog (1997), For Love of the Game (1999) and You Light Up My Life (1977). He was married to Betsy Musick Morgan. He died on 27 January 2013 in Toluca Lake, California, USA.

Sally Starr was born on 25 January 1923 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for The Outlaws Is Coming (1964), The in Crowd (1988) and Saturday Night Dead (1984). She was married to Mark Gray and Jesse Rogers. She died on 27 January 2013 in Berlin, New Jersey, USA.

Mary O'Connor was born on 8 August 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is known for Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007), The Girls Next Door (2005) and Kendra (2009). She died on 27 January 2013 in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Anyone living in France has necessarily seen or heard Bernard Dhéran, in a theater, in a movie house, on a DVD or on a TV screen. Didn't he interpret dozens and dozens of plays - plays he sometimes directed himself? Wasn't he in 112 films, TV movies or series? Didn't he dub scores of famous actors such as David Niven, Sean Connery, Christopher Plummer, Christopher Lee or IanMcKellen? And yet if you ask anyone in France whether they know the name of Bernard Dhéran you are very likely to get a negative answer. And yet his fine figure, his great presence, his male assertive voice, his elegance (including when he plays the villain of the piece) are unmistakable. Born Bernard Poulain in Dieppe in 1926, he was raised in Rouen and was fourteen when the Nazis invaded France. When time came for him to choose a career he did not know what to do exactly but he took drama classes on a fancy. Little by little passion was aroused and it would never relinquish its grip on Bernard, now Dhéran - to his (and our) delight. He debuted in "Hamlet" in 1946 and was accepted at the Conservatoire de Paris the following year where he won a second prize. First hired by the Renaud-Barrault company, he belonged to the Comédie Française for nearly thirty years. He acted in plays by Molière, Corneille, Mirbeau, Montherlant, Camus, Billetdoux, Poiret, among many many others. He was acclaimed recently in Laurent Baffie's hilarious play "Toc Toc". Solicited by the cinema industry, Bernard Dhéran did not say no but it wasn't long before disappointment set in. Three roles in movies by his master Sacha Guitry, Gina Lollobrigida's fiancé (no less!) in René Clair's "Les Belles de Nuit" (1952) and a good part in a good solidarity movie "Si tous les gars du monde" (1955) by Christian-Jaque but most of the (numerous) films he made during the 1950s were standard comedies or crime stories in which he was invariably the elegant cynical gangster, crook or other type of bad man. Sick and tired, Dhéran went on working for the theater and favored TV where he got much more rewarding parts. He could indeed switch from Buckingham to Richelieu to Beaumarchais, to Voltaire to Talleyrand! Whereas only two or three films he made for the cinema stand out: "La belle Américaine (1962), Le silencieux" (1972), "Ridicule" (1995). It was a pleasure to find him back in 2007 in one of Claude Berri's last films "Ensemble c'est tout", in which he was the picturesque father of colorful Laurent Stocker. Be that as it may, Bernard Dhéran is still active and passionate sixty-three years after he first appeared on a stage. An everyday dedication to his art that commands respect.

Aleksander Bednarz was born on 6 January 1941 in Drohobycz, Lwowskie, Poland [now Drohobych, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for The Hexer (2001), Na dobre i na zle (1999) and The Hexer (2002). He died on 27 January 2013 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.

Agneta Lagerfeldt was born on 18 February 1919 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was an actress, known for En förtjusande fröken (1945), Ungt blod (1943) and Lågor i dunklet (1942). She was married to Willy Peters. She died on 27 January 2013 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.

Duy Pham was born on 5 October 1921 in Hanoi, French Indochina. He was a composer, known for Truong toi (1975), Mother Fish (2009) and Vietnam: A Television History (1983). He was married to ThaiHnag and Thai Hang. He died on 27 January 2013 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Gaylord Ayers was born on 11 July 1935 in Madison, South Dakota, USA. He is known for Tennessee Crossroads (1987) and Eastlake at USD (1968). He was married to Brenda Primm. He died on 27 January 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Attended Birmingham Southern College and Eastern Michigan University.

Is a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity

Is a U.S. Army Veteran (R.A.)

Was promoted from studio manager to become the first African-American Director/TD in local television in Alabama in 1975 at ABC-TV affiliate WBRC-TV, Birmingham, after the FCC imposed affirmative action upward mobility quotas on broadcasters.

Was Director/TD at CBS Affiliate WKYT-TV in Lexington, Kentucky, 1977-78. Was a member of the Governor's Advisory Board to the Alabama Film Commission, 1993.

He was a member of the Birmingham City Public Schools TV Production Advisory Board in 1996-96.

A charter member of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce Media Relations Committee in 1995.

He was a member of the Birmingham City Schools Television Curriculum Certification Committee in 2000.

Worked as a New York based Studio-Field Engineer for the ABC Television Network from 1979-1984.

Was involved as an associate member of the Film Legislation Political Action Committee (PAC) Team of the Alabama Film Office 2004-2005.

Eamon De Buitléar was born on 22 January 1930 in Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Islandman: The Story of the Last Trading Skipper of a Galway Hooker (2003), An Saol Beo (1974) and Man About Dog (2004). He was married to Eibhlin 'Lailli' Lamb. He died on 27 January 2013 in Delgany, Co. Wicklow, Ireland.

Stanley Karnow was born on 4 February 1925 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is known for Vietnam: A Television History (1983), Weekend World (1972) and Independent Lens (1999). He was married to Annette Kline and Claude Sarraute. He died on 27 January 2013 in Potomac, Maryland, USA.

Chester Sawicki was born on 16 May 1926 in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He is known for Star Trek: Klingon (1996), My First Mister (2001) and Men, Women & Dogs (2001). He was married to Dorothy Kaporch. He died on 27 January 2013 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA.

John Makumbe was born on 6 May 1949 in Buhera District, Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe. He died on 27 January 2013 in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Melvin Presar was born on 4 August 1920 in Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for The Gong Show Movie (1980). He died on 27 January 2013 in Glendale, California, USA.