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- Earl Cameron did not set out to be an actor. Bermudian by birth, Cameron joined the British Merchant Navy in the 1930s for the travel opportunities that it afforded. By the early 1940s, with World War II in full swing, Cameron found himself in London working menial jobs to survive. After seeing a West End revival of the musical comedy Chu Chin Chow, he got the acting bug. When an actor didn't show up for a performance, Cameron replaced the actor in the production. This was followed by a series of roles on the London stage.
In 1951, he received a big break when he was cast in Pool of London (1951). The film directed by Basil Dearden in which Cameron played a dockworker who falls in love with a local woman, was significant in that it was one of the first British films to feature a Black man in a non-stereotypical role. He was essentially the UK counterpart to Sidney Poitier, who made his film debut around the same time, although equally talented, he never became a star. Toward the end of the decade, he would work with Dearden again in Sapphire (1959), where he would play a physician who is the brother of the title character, who was murdered while passing for White.
Other significant film film roles in Cameron's career include Thunderball (1965) where he played opposite Sean Connery as Pinder, Bond's Bahamian assistant. Cameron played an ambassador in A Warm December (1973), a film starring and directed by Poitier. In The Interpreter (2005), a film directed by Sydney Pollack , in which he played Edmond Zuwanie, a dictator loosely based on Robert Mugabe.
Cameron continued to work steadily in film and television into his nineties. One of his last appearances was in They've Gotta Have Us (2018), a documentary on Black actors in Hollywood produced by BBC Two.
He died in 2020 at the age of 102. - Additional Crew
- Actress
- Writer
Saroj Khan was born on 22 November 1948 in Mumbai, India. She was an actress and writer, known for Devdas (2002), Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001) and Khalnayak (1993). She was married to Sohanlal. She died on 3 July 2020 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.- One of the most respected Brazilian thespians of all time, Leonardo Villar has a distinguished career in theatre, cinema and television. He was born on 25 July, 1924 in Piracicaba, São Paulo. His career initiated in the 1950's with several works in theatre and one special series for TV. But it was as the simple man Zé do Burro in The Given Word (1962) that his career turned around. His film debut and a leading role in one of the most important classics of Brazilian cinema, the only film to ever receive the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the very first film from Brazil to receive an Oscar nomination in the Best Foreign Film Language category. Then, he played the title roles in Lampiao, King of the Badlands (1964) and The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga (1965), winning a Best Actor award at the Brazilia Festival of Brazilian Cinema. Alternating between films and TV series, Villar's career highlights were "Barriga de Aluguel" (1990), "Desejo" (1990), "Os Ossos do Barão" (1996), Ação Contra Amigos (1998), the memorable Paschoal in "Laços de Família" (2000), and most recently Chega de Saudade (2007).
Villar died on 3 July, 2020, a few weeks before his 97th birthday. - Actor
- Writer
- Music Department
Mike Walling was born on 8 July 1950 in Salford, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Brittas Empire (1991), Trouble in Mind (1991) and A Small Problem (1987). He died on 3 July 2020 in the UK.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Kent Bradley James was born on 30 April 1964 in Ogden, Utah, USA. He was an actor, known for Hellbent (2004), Captivating Carla (2017) and Women: Stories of Passion (1996). He died on 3 July 2020 in Palm Springs, California, USA.- Zdenka Hersak was born on 19 August 1928 in Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia. She was an actress, known for High Road to China (1983), Fatal Sky (1990) and In the Jaws of Life (1984). She was married to Vanca Kljakovic. She died on 3 July 2020 in Zagreb, Croatia.
- Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov was born on 10 December 1962 in Sildi, Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. He died on 3 July 2020 in Moscow, Russia.
- Lidija Pilipenko was born on 8 February 1938 in Lapovo, Serbia, Yugoslavia. She was an actress, known for Zvizduk u osam (1962), Kako su se voleli Romeo i Julija? (1966) and Formula 1 (1984). She was married to Muharem Pervic. She died on 3 July 2020 in Belgrade, Serbia.
- Hermine de Clermont-Tonnerre was born on 3 February 1966 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She was an actress, known for Alliance cherche doigt (1997), Riches, belles, etc. (1998) and Shooting Stars (2002). She was married to Alastair Cuddeford. She died on 3 July 2020 in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Val-de-Marne, France.
- Nikolai Libikov was born on 22 May 1959. He was an actor, known for Skoro vesna (2009). He died on 3 July 2020.
- Ardico Magnini was born on 21 October 1928 in Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy. He was married to Anna Maria Gianni. He died on 3 July 2020 in Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy.
- Art Department
- Production Designer
- Set Decorator
Maurice Woodworth was born on 13 January 1958 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was a production designer and set decorator, known for Underworld: Evolution (2006), The Beast of Dulle Griet (2004) and Battlestar Galactica (2004). He died on 3 July 2020 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.- Makbula Manzoor was born on 14 September 1938 in Burdwan, Bengal Presidency, British India. She was a writer, known for Daan Pite Chele (1980). She was married to Manzoor Hussain. She died on 3 July 2020 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Aleksandr Petrov was born on 24 March 1922 in Moskovskaya guberniya, RSFSR. He was an actor, known for Perekhvat (1986), Rano utrom (1966) and Sorok minut do rassveta (1963). He was married to Valentina Petrova. He died on 3 July 2020 in Moscow, Russia.
- Dennis Cunningham was born on 15 May 1935 in Trenton, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for McLean and Company (1970). He died on 3 July 2020 in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, USA.
- Helena Zitnanová was born on 18 August 1945 in Trencianske Teplice, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. She was an actress, known for Príbelská vzbúra Janka Krála (1978). She died on 3 July 2020.
- Emily Howell Warner was born on 30 October 1939 in Denver, Colorado, USA. She was married to Stanley Howell and Julius Warner. She died on 3 July 2020 in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, USA.
- Director
- Writer
Marek Wortman was born on 16 July 1941 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Yugoslavia. Marek was a director and writer, known for Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004), Television Theater (1953) and Wielki wóz (1989). Marek died on 3 July 2020 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Actress
- Writer
- Composer
Lore Krainer was born on 4 November 1930 in Graz, Steiermark, Austria. She was an actress and writer, known for Alfred auf Reisen (1982), Junger Frühling (1986) and Krücke (1993). She was married to Günther Krainer. She died on 3 July 2020 in Oberwaltersdorf, Lower Austria, Austria.