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Richard Hugh Lynch was born on February 12, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York City, to Irish immigrant parents. He was one of seven children. Before starting a career as an actor, he joined the United States Marine Corps in 1958. He served for four years where he made Corporal, and did a tour of the Middle East with the Sixth Fleet. He began his training with Herbert Berghof and Uta Hagen at H.B. Studios in New York's Greenwich Village, and later went on to train extensively with Lee Strasberg at Carnegie Hall. In 1970, he became a lifetime member of the Actors Studio and spent years in the New York theater community playing in dozens of on- and off-Broadway productions. The more notable plays were: "The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel", "The Lion in Winter", "The Devils", "The Lady from the Sea", "Action", "Live Like Pigs", "Richard III", "Offi on a Tangerine", "A View from the Bridge", "The Man with the Flower in His Mouth", and Shelley Winters' "One Night Stands of a Noisy Passenger".

Lynch made his film debut in the classic film Scarecrow (1973), winner of the Grand Prix Award at the Cannes Film Festival. His performance in Scarecrow launched his film career and brought him to Hollywood, where he has worked in film and television for over twenty years. His more prominent film work has been in: The Seven-Ups (1973), Open Season (1974), The Formula (1980), Invasion U.S.A. (1985), Bad Dreams (1988), Little Nikita (1988), Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment (2002), and William Peter Blatty's The Ninth Configuration (1980). His performance as the evil King Cromwell, in the successful fantasy film The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982), won him the Saturn Award for Best Actor from the Academy of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Although best known for playing villains, he was cast as the President of the United States in Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy (2007).

He also starred in numerous television series and Movies of the Week, such as Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980), Sizzle (1981), Vampire (1979), Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979), Battlestar Galactica (1978), and the Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) two-part episode "Gambit". His work in a variety of independent films has won him a high profile internationally. He has also worked in China, where he played in the first joint production between the Screen Actors' Guild and the People's Republic of China, The Korean Project. In his spare time, Richard enjoys fishing, the arts, architecture, music and poetry. He is also fluent in several languages including German and Italian.

An immaculate gent of sober appearance and cultivated presence, Bate was seemingly destined to play spymasters and senior civil servants. Lean, pale-eyed and of deceptively mild intonation, he was capable of unnervingly icy composure, never more effectively displayed than as the chameleon-like Soviet mole Kim Philby in ITV's telemovie Philby, Burgess and Maclean (1977). In similar vein, Bate played the enigmatic, debonair American-born spook, Bret Renssalaer, in Len Deighton's Game, Set, and Match (1988). Most famously, he added an authentic touch to the affable, officious Home Office security undersecretary, Sir Oliver Lacon -- "Whitehall's Head Prefect" - in John le Carré's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979), and its sequel, Smiley's People (1982).

Anthony Bate began working life behind the bar of a hotel owned by his family on the Isle of Wight. After completing his national service with the Royal Navy Volunteers in 1947, he started dabbling in amateur dramatics and then took the next step to formal training at London's Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating a gold medal winner. After the obligatory sojourn in repertory theatre, he made his West End debut in a 1960 dramatisation of the famous 1925 Scopes Trial, "Inherit the Wind", at St. Martin's Theatre. Over the next three decades, he drew many excellent notices for such classical roles as Don Pedro in "Much Ado About Nothing", for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

In occasional films from 1957, Bate popped up as straight man in minor comedies, like Dentist in the Chair (1960). However, in due course, he found his niche to be on the small screen, where he was increasingly sought-after by producers for a wide variety of characters of, either, furtive, stern, starchy, supercilious or sinister disposition. Besides crime and espionage, Bate was a ubiquitous protagonist in screen adaptations from the classics: the obsessive Inspector Javert on the trail of Frank Finlay's Jean Valjeon, in a 1967 version of Victor Hugo's oft-filmed masterpiece; as the intrepid Dr. Livesey of Treasure Island (1977); and as the Knight's Templar, Sir Brian de Bois Guilbert, chief nemesis of Ivanhoe (1970). Another of his outright villains was treacherous London gangster Eddie Edwards, taking advantage of his boss's (Ray McAnally) incarceration to usurp his criminal empire. In Intimate Strangers (1974), Bate was given a rare starring role, as a middle-aged family man, re-evaluating his life after a heart attack. This introspective and nuanced performance was, arguably, one of his best. The cool, unflappable Mr. Bate also portrayed such historical personae as Joseph Stalin, Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt and Eduard Shevardnadze -- all with equal vigour and conviction. One of the unsung heroes of British television, Anthony Bate passed away in June 2012 at the age of 84.

Silvia Reize was born on 1 October 1948 in Berne, Switzerland. She was an actress and producer, known for Die Aubergers (1997), Die Pawlaks - Eine Geschichte aus dem Ruhrgebiet (1982) and Die Magd (1976). She was married to Hans-Ruedi Ledermann. She died on 19 June 2012 in Basel, Switzerland.

Joan Scott was born on 21 May 1921 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. She was a writer, known for Have Gun - Will Travel (1957), Cairo (1963) and Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969). She was married to Adrian Scott and Charles Edward McCarthy. She died on 19 June 2012 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Michael Palliser was born on 9 April 1922 in Reigate, Surrey, England, UK. He was married to Marie Marguerite Spaak. He died on 19 June 2012.

Emili Teixidor was born on 22 December 1933 in Roda de Ter, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was a writer and director, known for Dúplex per llogar (1987), El xou de la família Pera (1984) and Black Bread (2010). He died on 19 June 2012 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Aleksandr Potyomkin was born on 20 August 1958 in Saratov, Saratov Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a producer and actor, known for Magnitnye buri (2003), Taras Bulba (2009) and Za vstrechu (2012). He died on 19 June 2012.

Eddie Archer was born on 21 April 1934 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Dancin' Thru the Dark (1990), New Faces (1973) and Ricky Tomlinson: Laughter My Arse! (2001). He died on 19 June 2012 in Liverpool, England, UK.

Gerry Bron was born on 1 March 1933 in the UK. He was married to Penelope Bron and Lilian Bron. He died on 19 June 2012 in Hendon, Middlesex, England, UK.

Manfred Hilbig was born on 22 March 1936 in Treuenbrietzen, Brandenburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Frühbesprechung (1973), Recht oder Unrecht (1970) and A Case for Two (1981). He died on 19 June 2012.

Romuald Drobaczynski was born on 12 November 1930 in Mir, Nowogródzkie, Poland [now Mir, Hrodna Voblast, Belarus]. He was an assistant director and actor, known for Miasteczko (1960), Guests Are Coming (1962) and Kazimierz Wielki (1976). He died on 19 June 2012 in Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland.

Thomas Slowey was born in 1924 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for The Elephant (2003). He was married to Mary Georgeff McElroy. He died on 19 June 2012 in Westlake, Ohio, USA.

Gerhard Kallmann was born on 13 February 1915 in Berlin, Germany. He died on 19 June 2012 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.