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- Born and educated in the well-to-do Alamo Heights area of San Antonio, Texas, Berry Kroeger first acted in local theatrical productions at the San Pedro Playhouse. His silky voice seemed tailor-made for a lengthy career on radio. By 1931, he was active both as announcer and purveyor of dramatic exploits and crime detection on network serials. After being signed by CBS in 1936 he carved out a very lucrative career on the airwaves in anthologies like "Inner Sanctum" and Orson Welles's "Mystery Theatre of the Air", in addition to starring as suave private eye "The Falcon" (the role played on the screen by Tom Conway).
Kroeger made his theatrical bow on Broadway in a 1943 play by Nunnally Johnson, entitled "The World's Full of Girls". In the course of the next decade he balanced his radio work with performing in classical plays opposite stars like Ingrid Bergman and Helen Hayes, but did not appear in the movies until 1948. When he finally did, it was -- invariably -- as venomous, sneering or smarmy villains. A burly, narrow-eyed and physically imposing character, he simply oozed menace. As his hair receded and turned white already in his twenties, he often tended to play men much older than their years. He tended to be less typecast on the small screen which permitted him to exhibit another side of his acting range. Kroeger adroitly parodied his sinister screen personae by caricaturing Sydney Greenstreet -- whom he somewhat resembled at this stage of his life -- in an episode of Get Smart (1965) ('Maxwell Smart, Private Eye'). Like many other 'professional screen villains', Kroeger was in private life rather the antithesis of the parts he essayed on screen. - Writer
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
The name is "Maibaum, Richard Maibaum".....the brilliant screenwriter who adapted the Ian Fleming 007 novels into the highly entertaining screenplays of nearly every James Bond film from Dr. No (1962) through to Licence to Kill (1989). Maibaum attended New York University, then studied acting at the University of Iowa. By the time he was in his late twenties, Maibaum was a well established Broadway actor and playwright. He entered films as a screenwriter in 1937, spending the war years with the army's Combat Film Division. In 1946, he joined Paramount as both screenwriter and producer, contributing to such films as The Big Clock (1948) & The Great Gatsby (1949). From advice that making films abroad was an excellent tax shelter, Maibaum formed a partnership in the 1950s with producers Irving Allen and Albert R. Broccoli This led to his involvement in the phenomenally successful James Bond series of the 1960s and 1970s and, after Ian Fleming, Maibaum has arguably been the person most responsible for shaping the image of the screen's most famous spy!- Zvonko Lepetic was born on 17 November 1928 in Berane, Montenegro, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Crazy Days (1977), Balkan Spy (1984) and Kapelski kresovi (1974). He was married to Terezija Dadic-Lepetic. He died on 4 January 1991 in Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia.
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Leo Hurwitz was born on 23 June 1909 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Strange Victory (1948), Dialogue with a Woman Departed (1980) and Native Land (1942). He was married to Jane Dudley and Peggy Lawson. He died on 4 January 1991 in New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
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- Soundtrack
Eddie Barefield was born on 12 December 1909 in Scandia, Iowa, USA. He was an actor, known for Gangsters on the Loose (1937) and Amerikanische Impressionen (1960). He was married to Consuelo Harris. He died on 4 January 1991 in New York City, New York, USA.- Peter Dommisch was born on 1 August 1934 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Tag für Tag (1964), Gejagt bis zum Morgen (1957) and The Small White Mouse (1964). He died on 4 January 1991 in Berlin, Germany.
- Actor
Lawrence Osman was born on 29 January 1930. He was an actor. He died on 4 January 1991 in California, USA.- Music Department
- Director
- Writer
Günther Schwenn was born on 18 March 1903 in Berlin, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Suspiria (2018), Valkyrie (2008) and Heimweh nach dir (1952). He died on 4 January 1991 in Montreux, Switzerland.- Anders Timberg was born on 2 June 1905 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Trojan Brothers (1946) and The Echo Murders (1945). He died on 4 January 1991 in Algeria.
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Mao San was born on 26 March 1943 in Chongqing, China. She was a writer, known for Red Dust (1990) and I'm in Charge (2013). She was married to José María Quero. She died on 4 January 1991 in Taipei, Taiwan.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Leo Wright was born on 14 December 1933 in Wichita Falls, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Meine Sorgen möcht' ich haben (1975), NDR Jazz Workshops (1958) and Jazz Casual (1961). He died on 4 January 1991 in Vienna, Austria.- Actress
Eugenia Rafee was born on 2 June 1907 in the Philippines. She was an actress. She died on 4 January 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Cinematographer
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Dudar Margiev was born on 25 September 1925. He was a cinematographer, known for Fatima (1958), Racha, chemi sikvaruli (1977) and Daisi (1971). He died on 4 January 1991.- Harry Krimer was born on 10 March 1896 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Napoleon (1927), Les vagabonds magnifiques (1931) and Le billet de logement (1932). He died on 4 January 1991 in Saint-Josse-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France.