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- A solid, reliable working actor since the early 70s, Frederick Coffin was born January 16, 1943 to actress Winnie Collins, as one of five siblings. Educated at Western Reserve Academy, in Hudson, Ohio, Coffin was both an excellent athlete and student. It was at WRA that he first began theater studies; he graduated in 1961 with a BA in theater. He enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1962 intending to play football, but changed his focus to acting after deciding to perform in a musical. He would graduate from the U of M with a Masters in Theater. In the early 70s, he would begin to perform in plays including "Much Ado About Nothing", "As You Like It", and "King Lear". He would also start doing guest shots on TV series around this time, amassing a great many credits in the medium, appearing on such shows as Kojak (1973), Hill Street Blues (1981), Moonlighting (1985), The Twilight Zone (1985), Dallas (1978), Hunter (1984) and L.A. Law (1986) - to name only several. In the late 70s, he would start to lend his engaging, professional, stolid presence to such features as King of the Gypsies (1978), Mother's Day (1980) (in which he was billed as 'Holden McGuire') and Alone in the Dark (1982), graduating to major supporting parts in films such as The Bedroom Window (1987), Shoot to Kill (1988), Hard to Kill (1990) (in which he was particularly fine as Steven Seagals old friend), Wayne's World (1992) and Identity (2003), which would sadly turn out to be his final feature film. He would die on July 31, 2003 in Los Angeles of lung cancer, survived by wife Barbara Monte-Britton, whom he married in 1977, and by his three brothers.
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Matti Dahlberg was born on 19 May 1929 in Kurkijoki, Finland. He was an actor, known for Rakkaus alkaa aamuyöstä (1966), Runoilija ja muusa (1978) and Meidän herramme muurahaisia (1964). He died on 31 July 2003 in Helsinki, Finland.- Actor
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Anatoli Kabulov was born on 6 March 1934 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, USSR. He was an actor and director, known for Klyatva Dzhantaya (1985), Voydi v moy dom (1968) and Ty, pesnya moya (1977). He died on 31 July 2003 in Moscow, Russia.- Klára Jerneková was born on 14 January 1945 in Prague, Protektorát Cechy a Morava [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Hrabé Drakula (1971), Byli jednou dva písari (1972) and Kdyby tisíc klarinetu (1965). She died on 31 July 2003 in Prague, Czech Republic.
- Richard H. Bauman was born on 10 February 1923 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Girl of the Night (1960), Cavalcade of America (1952) and The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950). He died on 31 July 2003 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.
- Vittorio Chiusano was born on 5 August 1928 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy. He died on 31 July 2003 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy.
- Peter Schwed was the son of Frederick Schwed a Wall Street broker. Peter, a native New Yorker, graduated from the Lawrenceville School. He left Princeton as a junior to go to work at the Provident Loan Society of New York for 10 years to help support his family through the Depression., rising to assistant vice president. He tells of that chapter in his life in a book, bursting with anecdotes of old New York, "God Bless Pawnbrokers". In World War II he served in the Army and saw combat in Europe, earning a Bronze Star. He was discharged as a captain in 1945, when he began his career at Simon & Schuster. Peter Schwed, was a former editorial chairman and trade books publisher at Simon & Schuster and an author in his own right. Peter began his career at Simon & Schuster in 1945 as an editor. He was named executive editor and a vice president in 1957, was the publisher of the trade books division from 1966 to 1972 and retired as chairman emeritus of the editorial board in 1984. Known as a working editor, he shepherded books to publication for well-known authors, some of whom became friends. He dealt with P. G. Wodehouse and Irving Wallace, David McCullough and Cornelius Ryan. An avid tennis player, he also earned a reputation as an editor of books by well-known sports figures and their ghost writers. Among them were Jack Nicklaus, Rod Laver, Bill Tilden, Chris Evert, Bjorn Borg, Roger Angell and Ted Williams. He wrote or contributed to more than a dozen books, and was co-author, of the autobiography of Nancy Lopez, "The Education of a Woman Golfer" . He was a frequent contributor to sports publications, especially those devoted to tennis, and his book "How to Talk Tennis" remains in print. Peter was married to Antonia Sanxay Holding the daughter of the author Elisabeth Sanxay Holding.
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Isaak Glikman was born on 11 January 1911 in Vitebsk, Russian Empire [now Belarus]. He was a writer, known for Cherry Town (1963), Knyaz Igor (1969) and Mister Iks (1958). He died on 31 July 2003 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.