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John Dryden was born on 9 August 1631 in Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire, England, UK. John was a writer, known for England, My England (1995), King Arthur (Le Roi Arthur) (2009) and Licked (2010). John died on 1 May 1700 in London, England, UK.- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Benjamin Chapin was born on 9 August 1872 in Bristolville, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Son of Democracy (1918), Native State (1918) and A Call to Arms (1918). He died on 2 June 1918 in Liberty, New York, USA.- H.M. Thurston was born on 9 August 1854 in Heuvelton, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Anything Once (1917) and The Belle and the Bell Hop (1916). He died on 24 December 1921 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Adele Bloch-Bauer was born on 9 August 1881 in Vienna, Austria. She was married to Ferdinand Bloch. She died on 24 January 1925 in Vienna, Austria.
- Zip Monberg was born on 9 August 1890 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Adventures of Tarzan (1921), A Lion in the House (1919) and Dainty Damsels and Bogus Counts (1919). He was married to Virginia Theckla McMaster. He died on 7 March 1925 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Hermann Romberg was born on 9 August 1882 in Cologne, Germany. He was an actor, known for Armer Teufel (1916), Der Meineidbauer (1915) and Die um Liebe kämpfen (1919). He died on 21 January 1929 in Vienna, Austria.
- Roberto Casaux was born on 9 August 1885 in Argentina. He was an actor, known for El movimiento continuo (1916), América (1917) and El fusilamiento de Dorrego (1908). He died on 30 May 1929 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Writer
Carl Nielsen was born on 9 August 1865 in Sortelung, Fünen, Denmark. He was a composer and writer, known for The Hunt (2012), Broderskab (2009) and Carl, My Childhood Symphony (1994). He was married to Anne Marie Brodersen. He died on 3 October 1931 in Copenhagen, Denmark.- Harriet May Mills was born on 9 August 1857 in Syracuse, New York, USA. She died on 16 May 1935 in Syracuse, New York, USA.
- Isidore de Lara was born on 9 August 1858 in London, England, UK. Isidore was a composer, known for Les trois masques (1929). Isidore died on 2 September 1935 in Paris, France.
- John Hall was born on 9 August 1876 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Manhattan Moon (1935), The Fighting Shepherdess (1920) and Sweet Adeline (1926). He died on 25 April 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- André Bessette was born on 9 August 1845 in Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Quebec, Canada. He died on 6 January 1937 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- Futaba Kinoshita was born on 9 August 1910 in Honjo City, Akita, Japan. She was an actress, known for Yakuza jingi (1932), Namida no wataridori (1933) and Onna wa donarika (1934). She died on 30 August 1938.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
William Frederick Peters was born on 9 August 1871 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He was a composer, known for Orphans of the Storm (1921), The Four Feathers (1929) and When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922). He died on 1 December 1938 in Englewood, New Jersey, USA.- Actor
- Director
Randle Ayrton born in Chester in 1869. Educated at Geneva University. became a highly well-known performer in classical theatre, making his acting debut at the Old Avenue Theatre in London in 1890, and has been successful in London's West End and in America until the late 1930's. sophisticated gentleman in English silent and sound films. first starred under the direction of A.V. Bramble as Jenkins in 'Profit and the Loss' for the London Film Company in 1917, perhaps he will be best remembered as Charles II in 'Nell Gwynne' co-starring Dorothy Gish in 1926 and as Caesar Cregeen in Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Manxman' in 1929 and also later as King Louis XIV in 'Me and Marlborough' starring Cicely Courtneidge in 1935. Founder of the College of drama in Stratford-on-Avon in 1937.- Gaston Dubosc was born on 9 August 1861 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for The Life and Loves of Beethoven (1936), My Father Was Right (1936) and Le voleur (1915). He died on 28 June 1941 in Paris, France.
- Artturi Järviluoma was born on 9 August 1879 in Alavus, Finland. He was a writer and actor, known for Roinilan talossa (1935), Pohjalaisia (1936) and Pohjalaisia (1925). He was married to Lyyli Heta Aline Ahde. He died on 31 January 1942 in Helsinki, Finland.
- Tom Reynolds was born on 9 August 1866 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Magistrate (1921), Quinneys (1919) and Tilly of Bloomsbury (1921). He was married to May Holland (actress). He died on 26 July 1942 in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England, UK.
- Adam von Trott zu Solz was born on 9 August 1909 in Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia [now Brandenburg], Germany. He was married to Clarita Tiefenbacher. He died on 26 August 1944 in Plötzensee, Berlin, Germany.
- James Ragen was born on 9 August 1880 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He died on 14 August 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Writer
- Actress
Grace Helen Bailey was born on 9 August 1876 in California, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for Polly Put the Kettle On (1917), His Return (1916) and Sirens of the Sea (1917). She died on 25 November 1946 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Reynaldo Hahn was born on 9 August 1874 in Caracas, Venezuela. He was a composer, known for Any Given Sunday (1999), Ciboulette (1933) and Sapho (1934). He died on 28 January 1947 in Paris, France.- Max Maurey was born on 9 August 1866 in Paris, France. Max was a writer, known for Fanatisme (1934), Une cliente pas sérieuse (1934) and Et spil (1953). Max died on 26 February 1947 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
- Addie Ross was born on 9 August 1892 in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. She was an actress, known for Pride o' the Green (1937). She died on 14 August 1947 in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
- Victor Bulwer-Lytton was born on 9 August 1876 in Simla, British India. He was married to Pamela Chichele-Plowden. He died on 25 October 1947.
- Cinematographer
J.R. Lockwood was born on 9 August 1871 in Illinois, USA. J.R. was a cinematographer, known for A Small Town Idol (1921), Love, Honor and Behave! (1920) and Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1919). J.R. died on 17 December 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- André Perchicot was born on 9 August 1888 in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. He was an actor, known for Sapho (1934) and À la Varenne (Java chantée) (1933). He died on 3 May 1950 in Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France.
- Alice Fleming was born on 9 August 1882 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Silas Marner (1922), Great Stagecoach Robbery (1945) and Sheriff of Las Vegas (1944). She was married to William Day. She died on 6 December 1952 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Stunts
- Soundtrack
Popular American star of silent and early sound westerns and serials. Raised in Michigan, he went through a number of strenuous jobs (sailor, boxer, lumberjack, coal miner, etc.) before landing in Los Angeles and getting work as a movie extra and stuntman. His good looks and athletic physique (he was a champion weightlifter) led to an offer to play the lead in a series of silent westerns, which he filmed under the stage name Bill Burns. In 1925, FBO signed him and changed his name to Tom Tyler. He became one of the studio's most popular action stars and initially made a smooth transition into talking pictures, for which he worked hard to lose his natural Lithuanian accent. As the '30s progressed, however, he began to face stiff competition in the arena of B-westerns and started taking supporting roles in larger-budget pictures, such as Stagecoach (1939) and Gone with the Wind (1939). In 1941, he took on perhaps his most famous role as the eponymous hero of Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941). This serial and several others brought him new fame, but within three years of playing Captain Marvel, Tyler's career was almost ended when his health failed. Rheumatoid arthritis crippled him and he was reduced to occasional minor supporting roles, often for John Ford, for whom he had worked in a number of films prior to his illness. During the last part of his career 1948-54, though reportedly in poor health, he appeared in supporting roles in over 35 films and TV series, including TV episodes of "The Lone Ranger", "The Cisco Kid", "The Range Rider", "Gene Autry", "Cowboy G-Men", and "Dick Tracy". He also co-starred with Tom Keene in an unsold TV pilot, "Crossroad Avengers" (1953), written and directed by Ed Wood. He eventually returned to live with his sister in the Detroit area and died there of heart failure at the age of 50 in 1954.- Mary Foy was born on 9 August 1872 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for The House of Mystery (1934), Slightly Married (1932) and The White Rose (1923). She was married to Patrick Foy. She died on 18 June 1956 in New York, New York, USA.
- Born in Saga Prefecture in 1899. His real name was Yokoo Isamu. After studying at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (now the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music), he spent two years as an instructor at the Utsunomiya High School for Girls in Tochigi Prefecture, and then one year of military service.
In 1923, he joined the art department of Shochiku Kamata studio. However, due to his unusually large size (a height of 185 centimeters and a weight of 98 kilograms), he was tapped as an actor. The following year he appeared in Haru wa Koreri (Spring Has Come), starring Suzuki Denmei, and began his screen career under the name Yokoo Dekao.
At Shochiku, Yokoo mainly appeared in films starring Suzuki Denmei. These included Koi no Senshu (The Loving Motorcycle Man), Zoge no To and Fuyuyasumi. In 1927, he was also given a minor administrative position. From 1928, Yoko began to appear in comedy shorts, including Kameko, Tori no Me Taka no Me and Iroke Tappuri. He also played leading roles in Onna wa Tsuyokute Hitorimono and Ne, Kofun Shichaiya. He also appeared as one of the leads in the Ozu Yasujiro film, Rakudai wa Shita Keredo. Other films Yokoo appeared in include Majan, Yukannaru Koi, Yume no Ukihashi and Hiren Shinjugaoka.
In 1931, Yokoo took part in the founding of Fuji Films and appeared in Eikan Namida Ari, among others. After the Fuji Films was dissolved in 1933, he worked on Warai no Okoku with Furukawa Roppa. Later, he stayed active with PCL Films and elsewhere.
After World War II, Yokoo returned to work for Shochiku, appearing in Shimikin no Kentoo and Kurosawa Akira's Tora no O wo Fumu Otokotachi. He retired after his appearance in Nakano Genji no Boken for Toei in 1955. - Actor
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Lean, red/auburn-haired, athletically-inclined Paul Michael Kelly grew up on the tough streets of Brooklyn, New York. Born August 9, 1899, the ninth of ten children in a Roman Catholic family of Irish descent. The siblings' father, Michael, owned a bar called Kelly's Cafe. He died while Paul was still quite young and the entire clan was required to pitch in financially. Young Paul, who wound up making his Broadway debut at age 8 in "The Grand Army Man", did quite well for his family. His father's establishment was located close to Vitagraph Studios and the studio used to borrow furniture from the saloon for their sets. As partial repayment (at the request of his mother), the studio would use Paul for some of their one-reel silent films.
From 1911 on, he was the resident moppet at the studio,known as 'Chick Kelly, the Vitagraph Boy'. He appeared with such top matinée heavyweights as Maurice Costello and Constance Talmadge. The good-looking Kelly played the son in "The Jarr Family" series of one-reel adventures starring Harry Davenport as the patriarch. He transitioned into teen and young adult roles alternating between theater and movie assignments. Hit Broadway shows included "Little Women" (1916), Booth Tarkington's "Seventeen" (1918), and the highly popular "Penrod" starring Helen Hayes (also 1918). On celluloid he was romantically paired with Mary Miles Minter in the silent classic Anne of Green Gables (1919) and the success of that film moved him into even higher contention. The early 20s continued to be fruitful for Paul especially behind the theater footlights where he joined such esteemed leading ladies as Doris Kenyon in "Up the Ladder" (1922) and Blanche Yurka in "The Sea Woman" (1925). Films beckoned with The Great Adventure (1921), The New Klondike (1926), Slide, Kelly, Slide (1927) and Special Delivery (1927).
It was the love of a woman in the form of actress Dorothy Mackaye, however, that temporarily proved his undoing. Kelly met Dorothy Mackaye and her husband, Ziegfeld Follies song-and-dance man Ray Raymond (1888-1927), in New York and the three became fast friends and party-hearty cronies. They reconnected again years later when all had moved to Hollywood to pursue film. Her shaky marriage led her and Paul into a torrid love affair. By April 16, 1927, the couple's cover had been blown wide open. That same day, the two men, both drunk, duked it out. Ray came out the definite loser in the fight. Ethel Lee, the Raymonds' maid, opened the door and Kelly stormed into the house and confronted the much smaller man. Kelly shouted: "I understand that you have been saying things about me." Ray denied the accusation and attempted to defuse the situation by offering Kelly a seat, but Kelly, 6 feet tall and weighed about 200 lbs, was drunk and spoiling for a fight. According to the maid, Ray told Kelly: "I can't fight. I'm fifty pounds underweight, and I've been drinking." "I'll beat you", Kelly reportedly replied and punched Ray three or four times. The maid told police that Raymond got up but that Kelly grabbed him and put one hand behind his neck and beat him with the other, then threw him to the couch. The maid stated that Raymond was just a punching bag for Kelly and had put up minimal resistance. Four year old Valerie Raymond had witnessed the beating. Dr. Sullivan, who attended Raymond, consulted with other doctors who determined the cause of death was "nephritic coma" - the result of an inflammation of the kidneys. Mackaye paid Sullivan $500 (approximately $6500 in current U.S. dollars) for his "services".
The circumstances of Raymond's death might have been permanently successfully covered up if not for local newshounds who got wind of the fight and his subsequent death. They called on Coroner Nance and began asking for details, but he couldn't tell them a thing -- Raymond's death had never been reported to his office. Nance called the hospital where Raymond had died, and was informed that not only was Ray deceased his body had been removed by an undertaker! Nance followed up and located the corpse at a Hollywood mortuary and claimed the body to perform an autopsy. Unsurprisingly, the coroner's findings didn't agree with those of Sullivan - and Nance had harsh words for both Kelly and Mackaye, as well as Sullivan. The coroner reported that "Fortifying himself with four or five drinks - probably to brace up his bully courage - Kelly deliberately went into Raymond's home for the purpose of beating him. I am also informed that Mrs. Raymond was in Kelly's apartment when he left his home for the purpose of going to her home to beat up Raymond and it is my belief that it was due to her influence that Kelly went to Raymond's for the sole purpose of attacking him."
In Kelly's statement to the cops he said he had purposely called on Raymond to demand an apology for comments the cuckolded man had allegedly made. Kelly also told cops was that he went to Raymond's home "to give him the threshing [sic] that was coming to him" and made no other statements except to profess his love for Mackaye. Witnesses stated that Dorothy was still at Kelly's apartment when he returned after beating Ray, and apparently the couple retired to a rear room and conferred in secret for nearly thirty minutes, apparently in order to get their stories straight.
Dorothy Mackaye collapsed three times at the grand jury inquiry into Ray's death. At one point she fell to the marble floor with enough force to render her unconscious for ten minutes. She must have become light-headed after finally being compelled to tell the truth about the day of the beating. Her original story had been that she'd gone out to get Easter eggs for her daughter and to go to a dressmaker. Mackaye summed up her day of testimony before the grand jury by saying: "It has been a terrible ordeal. Why, oh, why, do they have to do all this to me? I would be all right but my nerves are shot to pieces. I hope I won't have to go through all this again very soon. ... Mr. Kelly I have known for years. I knew him as a youngster in New York when he was first starting out. My feeling for him has always been, and is, I suppose, a sort of sisterly love." Like Kelly, she had no words of sadness or remorse for her husband's death. The tabloids had a field day. Kelly was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to one to ten years in prison. Mackaye was sentenced as an accessory after the fact and for concealment of facts involving her husband's death. She was released on bond after serving ten months; Kelly was paroled in August 1929 for "good behavior" after serving only 25 months despite a decided lack of remorse over the incident. In 1931, despite Mackaye's "sisterly love" for Kelly, the couple wed after Kelly's parole board permitted it.
Kelly took his first post-prison Broadway curtain call in a 1930 musical revue and went on to appear in the short-lived drama "Bad Girl" (1930), opposite future film star Sylvia Sidney. Within the next two years he appeared in "Hobo", "Just to Remind You", "Adam Had Two Sons", and "The Great Magoo". Although none were hits, he was firmly establishing himself once again. Hollywood didn't desert him either although he was now relegated to "B" supporting roles with an occasional starring part thrown in for good measure. The virile, thin-lipped actor with trademark jut jaw and iron resolve received consistently good notices for his hard-boiled parts, including Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933), The President Vanishes (1934), and Song and Dance Man (1936).
Dorothy Mackaye was killed in a car accident in January 1940. Kelly adopted Dorothy's child, Valerie Raymond, who had witnessed the beating death of her father. Her name was changed to Mimi Kelly, removing the last link to the world that Ray Raymond had left behind. Kelly appeared in such films as The Flying Irishman (1939), The Roaring Twenties (1939), Invisible Stripes (1939), Queen of the Mob (1940), The Howards of Virginia (1940), Wyoming (1940), Mystery Ship (1941), Mr. and Mrs. North (1942), Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942), The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944), San Antonio (1945), The Cat Creeps (1946), and Crossfire (1947), freelancing often as either an unyielding police official or sadistic bad guy. He found love again on the film set of Flight Command (1940) and married one of the film's bit part players, Claire Owen (née Zona Mardelle Zwicker), in January 1941, one year after the death of his first wife. Owen subsequently retired from acting and went on to survive him.
During the 1947-48 season, he was nominated and won a Tony Award (tying with Henry Fonda and Basil Rathbone) for his performance in "Command Decision", and also won the Donaldson and Variety Critics awards. In 1950, he went on to earn further acclaim for originating the part of Frank Elgin, the alcoholic actor in Clifford Odets's classic drama "The Country Girl", starring Uta Hagen. Not a big enough movie draw, he lost both parts in the film versions to Clark Gable and Bing Crosby, respectively, but found plentiful work on standard TV drama in the 1950s.
After suffering a heart attack in 1953, the actor was stricken again on Election Day, November 6, 1956, this time fatally, just after returning home from voting for Adlai Stevenson, who lost the election.- Actress
Berta Hillberg was born on 9 August 1886. She was an actress. She died on 9 August 1957.- Mary Beekman was born on 9 August 1884 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for Genie tegen geweld (1916), Silvia Silombra (1913) and Moderne landhaaien (1926). She died on 25 October 1957 in Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- Vernon Sylvaine was born on 9 August 1896 in Chorlton, Manchester, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Warn That Man (1943), A Spot of Bother (1938) and Brass Monkey (1948). He was married to Marion Barlow. He died on 23 November 1957 in Angmering-On-Sea, Sussex, England, UK.
- Lajos Szõke was born on 9 August 1869 in Pest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for Soldiers of the Emperor (1918), A tiszti kardbojt (1916) and A szökött katona (1915). He died on 27 December 1957 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Peter Boyne was born on 9 August 1917 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Studio One (1948), Rocky King, Detective (1950) and The Soul of Anthony Nero (1947). He died on 24 April 1958 in Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York, USA.
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- Writer
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink was born on 9 August 1893 in Hamburg, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for Mamba (1930), Madame Spy (1934) and The Gallant Fool (1926). He was married to June Osborne. He died on 15 September 1958 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Harold Gordon was born on 9 August 1918 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for East of Eden (1955), Viva Zapata! (1952) and Space Patrol (1950). He was married to Inge Jollos. He died on 19 January 1959 in New York City, New York, USA.
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- Soundtrack
Charles Delaney was born on 9 August 1892 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Beatniks (1958), Hell-Bent for Frisco (1931) and The Branded Man (1928). He was married to Mary Meek. He died on 31 August 1959 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Composer
- Soundtrack
Albert W. Ketèlbey was born on 9 August 1875 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK. He was a composer, known for The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001), New York Stories (1989) and Som du vill ha mej (1943). He was married to Mabel Maud Pritchett and Charlotte Siegenberg. He died on 26 November 1959 in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK.- Composer
- Director
- Writer
Hugh Prince was born on 9 August 1906 in Greenville, South Carolina, USA. He was a composer and director, known for Repo Man (1984), Land of the Lost (2009) and Red Tails (2012). He died on 15 January 1960 in New York City, New York, USA.- Irén Szûts was born on 9 August 1878 in Nagykároly (Carei) Romania. She was an actress, known for Intézö úr (1942). She died on 12 March 1960 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Olga Sjøgren was born on 9 August 1884 in Christiania, Norway. She was an actress, known for Skjærgårdsflirt (1932) and Hu Dagmar (1939). She died on 8 November 1960 in Oslo, Norway.
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Charles Clague was born on 9 August 1890 in Isle of Man, UK. He was an art director, known for Scouts to the Rescue (1939), Air Devils (1938) and The Gang's All Here (1941). He died on 15 January 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Producer
- Location Management
Eugene Strong was born on 9 August 1893 in Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Front Page (1931), The Border Legion (1918) and Ramrod (1947). He was married to Maryland Morne. He died on 25 June 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Music Department
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- Soundtrack
Ferenc Fricsay was born on 9 August 1914 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for Nuit de chien (2008), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: La voix de l'âme (1995) and Sabine und die 100 Männer (1960). He was married to Silvia and ???. He died on 20 February 1963 in Basel, Switzerland.- Gene 'Big Daddy' Lipscomb was born on 9 August 1931 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He died on 10 May 1963 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Dixie Ross was born on 9 August 1929 in Loraine, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for Broadway Rhythm (1944). She was married to Dickie Henderson. She died on 10 July 1963.- Alexander Irwin Rorke Jr. was born on 9 August 1926 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Jacqueline Billingsley. He died on 24 September 1963.