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Born in Birmingham on the 27th of September, 1946, but raised in Cardiff, Wales, Robin began exhibiting his natural ability to act both on screen and on stage from a young age. Some of his early years saw him take the stage of Cardiff High School, following onto the County College, in amateur productions such as 'Romeo and Juliet' and other plays within both dramatic societies. After completing his education at college, Robin moved onto Central School of Speech and Drama, London, completing a degree in acting, after which being hand picked for television by Granada's production team in a screening at the university. His natural ability to achieve comedy through the simplest of means made him a star in the 'Doctors' series featured on Granada during the 1970s. After completing several series of the 'Doctors', he continued onto several other pursuits in stage acting, which he loved dearly, as well as movies (most of which were produced and aired for television). He was tipped to star in two major roles for the BBC, but died before flying abroad to film for the parts.

John Allen also was part of Ozzy Osbourne's Diary of a Madman and Speak of the Devil tour in the USA and UK. He was featured in the gate-fold of Speak/Talk of the Devil with Ozzy. Onstage, he was nicknamed Ronnie (inside joke) and provided comic relief (and towels) and was hanged during the song "Goodbye to Romance".

Shamim Ara is a renowned film actress, film producer and film director of Pakistan. She was born in British India at Aligarh in 1938. Her father's name was Syed Ali Ahmad and her maternal grandmother's name was Iqbal Begum who played a very active role in developing Shamim Ara's film career in Pakistan after Shamim Ara's mother's death at an early age. The family encouraged her to become a professional dancer in her childhood. Then her family visited Karachi, Pakistan in 1956 and Shamim Ara ran into a famous Pakistani film director Najam Naqvi there who was looking for new talent for his upcoming new movie Kunwari Bewa (1956) in Karachi. She was cast for the movie and her film acting career was launched. She acted in over 80 Pakistani films including super-hits like Saheli (1960),Qaidi (1962), Naila (1965) and Anarkali (1958). In 1976,she decided to become a film director herself and turned out many super-hit films like Playboy (1978), Miss Istanbul (1996) and Munda Bigra Jaye (1995) among many others. After Shamim Ara's husband Sardar Rind died in a fatal car accident on Karachi-Hyderabad Highway, she married film director Fareed Ahmed but this marriage only lasted for a very short time and the couple separated for unknown reasons and got divorced.Then Shamim Ara married A.Majeed from Agfa Color Film Company and had a son with him named Salman Iqbal. As of 2016, she is still married to Dabeer-ul-Hasan who is a film story writer and an associate film producer. Shamim Ara had a brain hemorrhage in Lahore, Pakistan in October 2010. She was then taken to London for treatment by her family. In London, after a brain surgery, she went into a coma and stayed in that coma until her death on 5 August 2016. Her son Salman Iqbal looked after her while she was being treated in the hospital. Looking at her entire film career, she did more than 80 films. There is no denying that she was an extremely active, talented and a successful film personality of Pakistan.

David Lindup was born on 10 May 1928 in East Preston, Sussex, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), Lord of the Flies (1990) and The Full Monty (1997). He was married to Nadia Cattouse. He died on 7 January 1992 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK.

Desmond Bagley was born on 29 October 1923 in Kendal, Westmorland, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Vivero Letter (1999), The MacKintosh Man (1973) and The Enemy (2001). He was married to Joan Margaret Brown. He died on 12 April 1983 in Southampton, England, UK.

N.J. Crisp was born on 11 December 1923 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for R3 (1964), With Love in Mind (1970) and The Brothers (1972). He was married to Marguerite Lowe. He died on 14 June 2005 in Southampton, England, UK.

Millvina Dean was born on 12 February 1912 in London, England, UK. She died on 31 May 2009 in Ashurst, Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK.

Albert Elms was born on 28 February 1920 in Milton, Kent, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Man in a Suitcase (1967), The Prisoner (1967) and Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons (1960). He died on 16 October 2009 in Southampton, England, UK.

Elmer Rice was born on 28 September 1892 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Holiday Inn (1942), Journey to Jerusalem (1941) and On Trial (1928). He was married to Barbara Talbot (Ambrose) Marshall, Betty Field and Hazel Levy. He died on 8 May 1967 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK.

Heinz Burt was born on 24 July 1942 in Germany. He was an actor, known for Inherent Vice (2014), Kings of the Road (1976) and Non-Fiction (2018). He died on 7 April 2000 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK.

Eric Spear was born on 18 April 1908 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for Bronson (2008), Coronation Street (1960) and Playgirl After Dark (1960). He died on 3 November 1966 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK.

John Stonehouse was born on 28 July 1925 in Southampton, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Spy Who Died Twice (2022) and Sin on Saturday (1982). He was married to Sheila Buckley Stonehouse and Barbara Smith Stonehouse. He died on 14 April 1988 in Southampton, England, UK.

Bruno Elrington was born on 13 December 1929 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The New Avengers (1976), The Touchables (1968) and Boxer (1965). He was married to Gwen. He died on 19 July 1993 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK.

Al Millen was born on 5 June 1913 in Camberwell, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Saloon Bar (1940), It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) and There Ain't No Justice (1939). He died in 1982 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK.

Derek Roy was born on 25 August 1922 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Cinderella (1947), Aladdin (1960) and Come Dance with Me (1950). He was married to Rona Ricardo. He died on 15 March 1981 in Southampton, England, UK.

Greg Gilbert was born on 7 December 1976 in Southampton, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for Blackball (2003), Python's Paradise (2017) and Subterranean (2003). He died on 30 September 2021 in Southampton, England, UK.

Jack Hulcup was born on 21 December 1878 in Emberton, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for David Copperfield (1913), Blood and Bosh (1913) and Kissing Cup (1913). He was married to Claire Pridelle. He died on 15 May 1951 in Ashurst, Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK.

Trevor Mitchell was born in August 1934 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. He died on 5 June 2020 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK.

Edith Haisman was born Edith Eileen Brown on October 27, 1896 in Cape Colony, South Africa. She was the daughter of Thomas William Solomon Brown and Elizabeth Catherine Ford. Her father Thomas owned and operated a hotel in Cape Town, South Africa. Edith boarded the RMS Titanic as a second class passenger along with her parents in Southampton, England with an ultimate destination of Seattle, Washington, where her father planned to open a new hotel business. On that fateful night of April 15, 1912 Haisman and her mother Elizabeth survived the sinking of the Titanic by being placed together in Lifeboat 14. Her father Thomas sadly went down with the ship. In the wake of being rescued by the Carpathia, Edith and her mother Elizabeth briefly stayed at the Junior League House in New York before traveling to Seattle to live with Edith's aunt Josephine Acton. Haisman and her mother then returned to South Africa, where Edith lived with relatives in Cape Town after her mother remarried and moved to Rhodesia.

Edith met Frederick Thankful Haisman in May, 1917; the couple married on June 30, 1917. Haisman gave birth to a son in August, 1918 and went on to have nine more children altogether. Edith and her husband Frederick lived in both South Africa and Australia prior to settling down in Southampton (Frederick died in 1977). Haisman's popularity as a Titanic survivor grew as she got older and in her latter years she attended several ceremonies held to commemorate the tragic sinking of the ship. Edith died at age one hundred in a nursing home in Southampton on January 20, 1997. One of the oldest living survivors of the Titanic, Haisman at the time of her death was survived by four sons, two daughters, and over thirty grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Bill Duncalf was born on 7 August 1912 in Redland, Bristol, England, UK. Bill was a producer and director, known for They Made History (1959), Suspense (1962) and Gardeners' World (1968). Bill was married to Margaret Lang. Bill died on 26 June 1993 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK.

Tanya Duray was born on 25 November 1925 in Lambeth, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Floor Show at the Regency Room (1950), Dick Whittington (1949) and It's a Great Life (1954). She died on 19 March 1983 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK.

Doug Gregory was born on 13 January 1923 in Southhampton, Hampshire, England, UK. He is known for Flyboys (2006). He was married to Liz. He died on 12 April 2015 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK.

Margaret Lane was born on 23 June 1907 in Sale, Cheshire, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for The Pickwick Papers (1952), Men, Women and Clothes (1957) and Stand by to Shoot (1953). She was married to Francis John Hastings 16th Earl of Huntingdon and Bryan Edgar Wallace. She died on 14 February 1994 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK.

Neville A. Denton was born on 31 July 1931 in Sculcoates, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Rules of Engagement (1989). He died in 2006 in Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK.

Ronnie worked as a rostrum and aerial image cameraman from about 1939 until 1988 in London. He spent almost the whole of his career with Studio Film Labs before setting up his own special optical effects company, Aerial Image Opticals, in 1983. He was one of the most respected optical effect technicians in the UK, working on hundreds of films and thousands of TV commercials through his career. Notably he did the rostrum camera work for the first ever advert shown on UK commercial television, the Gibbs SR toothpaste set in the block of ice. He carried out the principal optical effects work on the famous Dam Busters (1955) film which was nominated for the Visual and Special Effects Academy Awards Oscar in 1956. Ronnie was a particularly inventive optical technician, often using unconventional means to produce desired effects. He was instrumental in developing the aerial image camera to shoot the title sequence for the film Summer Holiday (1963). He worked with his son (Nick Wass) for the final few years (1983-88) in the industry. This period proved to be his most creative, particularly in co-operation with Charlie Jenkins, animator and producer.