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- Actress
Fay Webb was born on 21 October 1907 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She was an actress. She was married to Rudy Vallee. She died on 18 November 1936 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Actor
- Director
Charles Dorian was born on 27 June 1891 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was an assistant director and actor, known for The Trail of '98 (1928), The Last of the Mohicans (1920) and The Goose Woman (1925). He died on 21 October 1942 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.- Actor
Bill Jamison was born on 11 September 1938 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was an actor. He died on 18 September 1950 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
Roy Johnson was born on 5 July 1903 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He died on 13 September 1958 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Ann Peters was born on 24 November 1920 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937). She died on 24 December 1965 in Paris, France.
- Actress
Evelyne Eager was born on 10 June 1913 in Santa Monica, California. She was an actress. She was married to Carter, Floyd. She died on 6 January 1972 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Bobby Nelson was born on 17 January 1922 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Oliver Twist (1933), Custer's Last Stand (1936) and Perils of the Jungle (1927). He died on 5 December 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Keith Harrington was born on 10 October 1955 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was married to Patrice Harrington. He died on 19 August 1980 in Laguna Niguel, California, USA.
- Writer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Randy Rhoads was born on 6 December 1956 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was a writer, known for Ghost Rider (2007), Megamind (2010) and Tag (2018). He died on 19 March 1982 in Leesburg, Florida, USA.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Dominique Dunne was born in Santa Monica, California, the daughter of Ellen Beatriz Griffin Dunne and Dominick Dunne, a producer, actor, and writer. Actor Griffin Dunne is her brother. After her parents' divorce, she moved first to New York, and then to Beverly Hills. Upon graduation from high school, Dominique went to the University of Colorado to study acting, leaving after one year to pursue her career. Three weeks after arriving in Hollywood, she landed her first gig. Other roles soon followed, notably her role as Dana Freeling, the eldest daughter in Poltergeist (1982), and Dominique was soon well known in the Hollywood social scene. Well-liked by all who knew her, Dominique seemed to be at the top of the world. Then, at a party, she met John Thomas Sweeney, the chef at popular LA nightspot "Ma Maison." The two began a relationship, which turned stormy. Sweeney was uncontrollable and abusive (so abusive that Dominique did not need makeup to play the role of an abuse victim on Hill Street Blues (1981)). Dominique ended the relationship on October 30, 1982. That same night, a distraught Sweeney raced to her house, where she and actor David Packer were rehearsing a scene from V (1983), dragged her outside, and strangled her, leaving her brain-dead. Five days later, she was removed from life support and died, cutting short a brilliant career and leaving behind scores of shocked and angry loved ones.- Writer
- Actor
- Producer
John Randolph Webb was born in Santa Monica, California, to Margaret (Smith) and Samuel Chester Webb. His father left home before he was born; Webb would never know him. He was raised by his mother and maternal grandmother in dire poverty that preceded the Depression. Making things worse, Webb suffered from acute asthma from age six until adulthood, somewhat surprising for a man whose cigarette intake reached three packs a day at its peak. Webb's great love was movies, and his dream was to direct them. He began in radio, first as a disc jockey then as host of a comedy show (Believe It or Not!), finally as "Pat Novak, Private Eye", his first true success. A small role in the film noir classic He Walked by Night (1948) led to the creation of "Dragnet". During production, Webb befriended a LAPD police consultant assigned to the film and became fascinated with the cases he heard told. He successfully pitched the idea of a radio series to NBC using stories drawn from actual LAPD files. "Dragnet" first aired over NBC radio on June 3, 1949, and came to TV (Dragnet (1951)) on December 16, 1951. The show was one of the monster hits of early TV and was honored with satires by comics and even Bugs Bunny (!) during it's run, which lasted until September, 1959. The series' popularity could have ensured its continuation indefinitely but, by then, Webb had become a film director and would helm (and star in) five features: Dragnet (1954), Pete Kelly's Blues (1955), The D.I. (1957), -30- (1959), and The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961). The last two were box office flops, and Webb returned to TV in 1962. In February, 1963, he became Head of Production for Warner Bros. Television, a job he was fired from that December when his revision of 77 Sunset Strip (1958) sent its ratings into a death spiral. After two years of unemployment, a new opportunity arose, the made-for-TV film, of which Universal was then sole supplier. Coincidentally, they owned the rights to Dragnet (1951) and invited Webb to do a new "Dragnet" as a TV movie. It turned out so well in industry previews (oddly not broadcast until 1969) that NBC and Universal persuaded him to do a new Dragnet 1967 (1967) TV series, which lasted three-and-a-half seasons and went on to smash success in syndicated reruns. This later incarnation (co-starring Harry Morgan as "Officer Bill Gannon") is probably what Webb is best known for and unlike the 50's version, it was produced in color and increasingly focused on his personal conservative social agenda. Over the next five seasons, he regularly blasted marijuana, LSD (which was legal at the time of the revamped series debut), hippies, juvenile delinquency and disrespect for law enforcement. To be fair, the series was equally intolerant of police corruption and went to great lengths to show LAPD's self-disciplinary process as it was at the time. Webb was known as an extremely economical TV producer: his Mark VII productions routinely used minimal sets, even more minimal wardrobes (Friday and Gannon seem to wear the same suits over entire seasons, which minimized continuity issues.) and maintained a relatively tight-knit stock company that consisted of scale-paid regulars who routinely appeared as irate crime victims, policewomen, miscreants, and clueless parents of misguided youth. While the passing decades haven't been kind to all of the episodes--- several now seem camp, the manpower expended investigating some seemingly minor crimes is laughable and the outcome of many of the trials would be vastly different today--- they remain entertaining while representing somewhat fictionalized docudramas of 1960's police operations. With renewed wealth and industry status, Webb was also determined not to repeat his past debacle as a producer/studio boss. He parlayed Dragnet's renewed popularity into a second hit series, Adam-12 (1968), and scored an even bigger hit with Emergency! (1972) (casting his ex-wife Julie London and her husband Bobby Troup), a show that inspired thousands of kids to become EMT/paramedics for generations, perhaps Webb's greatest legacy. During the production of Dragnet 1967 (1967), he maintained a rigorous daily work schedule while ignoring his health. He loved chili dogs and cigarettes, enjoyed late nights playing cards and drinking with cast members, who were amazed to find him fully alert at 7:00 a.m. the next day, expecting the same from them. The combined effect of this lifestyle made him appear older than he actually was by the late 60s. Unbeknownst to fans, he possessed a healthy sense of humor (His 1968 "Copper Clapper" appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) remains a classic.), and he was a jazz fanatic, amassing one of the world's greatest collections. Webb's sense of humor didn't extend to his self-image, however. In 1977, director John Landis approached him with an offer to appear as "Dean Wormer" in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) and recalled Webb sitting stone-faced and unimpressed at the offer. Sadly, he rejected it as being too counter to his public persona. Webb managed to keep his company solvent until his untimely, yet not unexpected, death from a massive heart attack on December 23, 1982 at age 62. Webb was married four times: to Julie London (1947-54), Dorothy Towne (1955-1957), Jackie Loughery (1958-64), and to Opal Wright (1980-death). He had two daughters by London: Stacey Webb (1950-96) and Lisa Webb (born 1952).- Actress
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Matty Peters was born on 9 August 1917 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She was an actress and composer, known for Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937), Le costaud des Batignolles (1952) and Nonnekysset (1969). She died on 31 July 1983.- Orrin Reiley was born on 12 August 1946 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Great Performances (1971) and Camera Three (1955). He died on 24 September 1984 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
The son of Rat Pack member Dean Martin, Dean Paul Martin initially showed interest in a singing career, and was also a talented tennis player, which served him well in his role opposite Ali MacGraw in Players (1979). An avid pilot and a captain in the California Air National Guard, Martin was killed when his F-4 Phantom jet fighter crashed into the San Bernadino Mountains in a snowstorm during a routine flight on March 21, 1987.- Director
- Editor
- Sound Department
William Wiard was born on 3 December 1927 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was a director and editor, known for Hank (1965), Get Smart (1965) and The Rockford Files (1974). He was married to Georgiana Judith Sherman. He died on 3 July 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- William Overgard was born on 30 April 1926 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was a writer, known for The Last Dinosaur (1977), The Bushido Blade (1981) and The Bermuda Depths (1978). He died on 25 May 1990 in Stony Point, New York, USA.
- Actress
Jean Keller was born on 5 January 1911 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She was an actress. She died on 13 June 1990 in Nevada, USA.- Wilbur Snyder was born on 15 September 1929 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He died on 25 December 1991 in Pompano Beach, Florida, USA.
- Actress
- Stunts
Betty Miles was born on 11 January 1910 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Lone Star Law Men (1941), Sonora Stagecoach (1944) and The Return of Daniel Boone (1941). She died on 9 June 1992 in California, USA.- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jessica Haston was born on 11 October 1964 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She was a costume designer, known for Poison (1991), Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) and Joey Breaker (1993). She died on 21 July 1992 in New York City, New York, USA.- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Richard Markowitz was born on 3 September 1926 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was a composer, known for Murder, She Wrote (1984), Mission: Impossible (1966) and The Law and Harry McGraw (1987). He died on 6 December 1994 in Santa Monica, California, USA.- Robert Kenaston was born on 18 April 1934 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Thin Man (1957), Crossroads (1955) and Lock Up (1959). He died on 5 February 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Special Effects
Dale L. Martin was born on 22 June 1942 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He is known for RoboCop (1987), Total Recall (1990) and The Net (1995). He died on 14 February 1995 in Mission Hills, California, USA.- Actor
- Composer
Carl Albert was born on 13 May 1962 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Vicious Rumors: Children (1991) and Vicious Rumors: Don't Wait for Me (1990). He died on 22 April 1995 in Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA.- Stephen Grant was born on 24 September 1935 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Angel and the Badman (1947). He died on 2 April 1996.
- Actress
- Music Department
Of Scottish descent, Catherine McLeod was a self-confessed movie fan as a child of the Depression. Born on July 2, 1921, in Santa Monica, California, she was a convent trained. She became a theater cashier in Dallas for a time before returning to Los Angeles and studying at an acting school. A talent scout discovered her in a play and signed her to an MGM contract in 1944.
She was typically cultivated in small bit roles which culminated in the finest showcase of her career. In the sudsy romancer, I've Always Loved You (1946), which was set to classical music, Catherine has to grow from a naive 18-year-old girl to an embittered 45-year-old woman. In comparison, most of her co-starring "B" roles were not only loanouts but less demanding in scope. She played Elizabeth Taylor older sister in Courage of Lassie (1946); Don Ameche's love interest in the weepie That's My Man (1947); the female lead in a pair of Bill Elliott's western vehicles, The Fabulous Texan (1947) and Old Los Angeles (1948); a nurse opposite psychiatrist Paul Henreid in So Young, So Bad (1950); the second lead in the Anne Baxter starrer My Wife's Best Friend (1952); Robert Clarke's damsel in distress in the swashbuckling adventure Sword of Venus (1953); and another second lead (behind Jean Peters) in the film noir A Blueprint for Murder (1953).
Finding her film career non-fulfilling, she settled into plays and television anthologies ("Lux Theatre," "Schlitz Playhouse," "Alcoa Theatre"), crime programs ("Richard Diamond," "Perry Mason," "77 Sunset Strip") and westerns ("Bronco," "Colt .45," "Maverick") in the mid-1950s and 60's. She also focused more strongly on her second marriage (to actor Don Keefer in 1950, and their three sons, Don (born 1953), John (born 1955) and Tom (born 1962). John and Tom would find work behind the scenes in later years.
Catherine gravitated toward soap operas into the next decade and was seen on such daytime programs as Search for Tomorrow (1951), General Hospital (1963) and Days of Our Lives (1965). In commercials, she is best remembered for her aching headache plug for Anacin in which she is cooking and loses patience over the stove, saying, "Mother, please! I'd rather do it myself!" Her last appearance on film was a bit part in the sordid thriller Lipstick (1976). She died on May 21, 1997, aged 75.- Dan Quisenberry was born on 7 February 1953 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was married to Janie Howard. He died on 30 September 1998 in Leawood, Kansas, USA.
- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
The American vocalist and actress Virginia Verrill is remembered chiefly for her singing "That Old Feeling" in the musical Vogues of 1938 (1937). From a musical family, Virginia entered the stage in her mother's vaudeville act as a toddler. By the age of three, she performed with the orchestra of Paul Whiteman, warbling "I Never Knew I Could Love Anybody". As a seasoned fifteen-year old big band vocalist, she won an audition (over 300 fellow applicants) for an off-screen rendition of the title song in Barbara Stanwyck's Ten Cents a Dance (1931). From then on, her strong contralto voice and precise phrasing guaranteed her steady employment as a dubbing voice for Hollywood stars like Jean Harlow (who could neither sing nor dance) or Andrea Leeds. The up-and-coming Leeds ended up replacing Virginia as the nominal lead in The Goldwyn Follies (1938), even though she had already completed recording the entire soundtrack (including "Love Walked In", which later became one of her biggest hit recordings). In the final analysis, Virginia's perceived facial resemblance to established MGM star Myrna Loy prevented her from attaining any form of stardom in her own right.
Hollywood's 'unsung heroine' continued to have more success performing in such radio sitcoms as "Uncle Walter's Doghouse" and in swank Broadway night clubs. She also recorded for some time with the orchestra of Isham Jones in the mid-1930's. In 1942, she left the entertainment industry altogether, married a doctor and concentrated on raising a family.- Set Decorator
- Art Department
- Art Director
Mickey S. Michaels was born on 9 October 1931 in Santa Monica, California, USA. Mickey S. was a set decorator and art director, known for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), Crimson Tide (1995) and The Hunt for Red October (1990). Mickey S. died on 20 March 1999 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Additional Crew
Christopher Salamunovich was born on 21 April 1960 in Santa Monica, California, USA. Christopher was an assistant director, known for Sleepwalkers (1992), ER (1994) and The Byrds of Paradise (1994). Christopher died on 25 July 1999 in Torrance, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Casting Department
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Drew Caffrey was born on 13 August 1931 in Santa Monica, California, USA. Drew was a producer. Drew was married to Sharon Speers. Drew died on 30 August 1999 in San Francisco, California, USA.- Kevin Tate was born on 6 October 1954 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was an actor, known for 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964), Bullet for a Badman (1964) and My Three Sons (1960). He died on 30 September 1999 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
- Robert F. Shugrue was born on 17 January 1937 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was an editor, known for Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Street Fighter (1994) and Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970). He died on 27 November 1999 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Lory Walsh was born on 5 January 1955 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Simon & Simon (1981), The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove (1979) and Knight Rider (1982). She died on 30 June 2000 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.
- Additional Crew
- Stunts
- Actor
Larry Kirsch was born on 4 September 1944 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Starman (1984), The Last Hour (1991) and Meat Loaf: I'd Lie for You (and That's the Truth) (1995). He died on 21 July 2000 in Maui, Hawaii, USA.- Albert Butterfield was born on 29 April 1935 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was an actor. He died on 23 February 2001 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Producer
- Director
Carolyn Beug was born on 11 December 1952 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She was a producer and director, known for Van Halen: Video Hits Vol. 1 (1996), Van Halen: Dreams, Version 2 (1993) and Rod Stewart: Tom Traubert's Blues (Waltzing Matilda) (1992). She was married to John Beug. She died on 11 September 2001 in New York City, New York, USA.- Additional Crew
Ted Hurley was born on 23 May 1913 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He is known for The Plymouth Show (1958), Shindig! (1964) and The Ernie Kovacs Show (1961). He was married to Marie Flodora Laurette "Betty" LaFerriere and Phebe Adele Talbert. He died on 20 November 2001 in Monterey, California, USA.- Actress
Cyrinda Foxe was born Kathleen Hetzekian, and she says that she grew up in an abusive household. Kathleen left home before she graduated from high school and lived for a while in Texas before settling in New York City. Kathleen changed her name to Cyrinda Foxe and became part of the New York nightlife crowd in the 1970s at famed nightclub Max's Kansas City. She also became an actress; her best known role was in Andy Warhol's movie Bad (1977). While she was making a name for herself as an actress, Cyrinda had an affair with David Bowie, became pregnant with his child, and had an abortion. Cyrinda grew up idolizing the Rolling Stones and she eventually became involved with the New York Dolls, a glam-rock band often compared to the Stones. In 1977, Cyrinda married David Johansen, frontman for the New York Dolls. At the time, the New York Dolls had the same management as Aerosmith, and while Cyrinda was involved with David, she met Aerosmith's lead singer Steven Tyler. After less than a year of marriage to David, Cyrinda left David for Steven. Cyrinda and Steven married and had a daughter, Mia Tyler, but the marriage was troubled by drug addiction, extramarital affairs, and physical and emotional abuse. Cyrinda and Steven divorced shortly before Aerosmith made a comeback in the late '80s. In 1997, Cyrinda's tell-all memoir, "Dream On", was published to conflicting reaction (mostly negative) from Aerosmith fans. Not long after the book was released, Cyrinda announced that the paperback edition of "Dream On" would include nude photos of Steven. But in 1999, Steven won a lawsuit against Cyrinda to prevent her from publishing the nude pictures. In 2000, Cyrinda launched a web site in which she was selling nude pictures of Steven, but by the end of the year, the site was shut down for undisclosed reasons. In 2001, Cyrinda had a stroke that left her partially paralyzed. She subsequently died from a brain tumor.- Mary Todd was born on 8 June 1916 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She was married to Dana Andrews. She died on 17 January 2003 in California, USA.
- Actress
Mary Anne Todd was born on 8 June 1916 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She was an actress. She was married to Dana Andrews. She died on 17 January 2003 in Palm Springs, California, USA.- Derya Arbas was born on 17 June 1968 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Beyaz Bisiklet (1986), Bitmeyen Sevda (1986) and The Night, Angel and Our Children (1994). She was married to Nihat Polat. She died on 22 October 2003 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
- Make-Up Department
Donna Barrett Gilbert was born on 23 November 1945 in Santa Monica, California, USA. Donna Barrett is known for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), Anaconda (1997) and Rambo III (1988). Donna Barrett was married to John Mann. Donna Barrett died on 17 July 2004 in Playa Vista, California, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
- Actor
Clifford Hutchison was born on 6 May 1914 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Little Big Man (1970), Convoy (1978) and Mitchell (1975). He died on 8 August 2004 in Redlands, California, USA.- Animation Department
- Writer
- Actor
Frank Thomas was born on 5 September 1912 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for The Iron Giant (1999), The Incredibles (2004) and The Aristocats (1970). He was married to Jeanette A. Thomas. He died on 8 September 2004 in La Cañada Flintridge, California, USA.- Jeannie Stevens was born on 1 August 1925 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Night of the Ghouls (1959) and Final Curtain (2012). She was married to Jr. Percy Glen Gergen . She died on 9 October 2004 in the USA.
- Rebecca Welles was born on 17 December 1944 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She was married to Guy Ragnar Manning and Perry Andrew Moede. She died on 17 October 2004 in Tacoma, Washington, USA.
- Dorothy Drake was born on 2 August 1916 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Kiss and Make-Up (1934), 8 Girls in a Boat (1934) and Young and Beautiful (1934). She was married to James L. Maguire and Henri De Vries. She died on 14 April 2005 in Riverside, California, USA.
- Make-Up Department
Katherine Kotarakos was born on 8 March 1943 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She is known for General Hospital (1963), Twins (1988) and Everybody Loves Raymond (1996). She was married to Richard Winchell, William Mougey and Michael Katarakos. She died on 15 June 2005 in Eugene, Oregon, USA.- Quintana Roo Dunne was born on 3 March 1966 in Santa Monica, California, USA. She was married to Gerry Michael. She died on 26 August 2005 in New York City, New York, USA.