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- John Buckler, aged 30, and his father, a well known British actor 'Hugh Buckler', aged 55, were drowned together on the night of Oct. 30, 1936 when their car skidded off the road during a rainstorm and overturned in the waters of Malibu Lake in California. The two men were trapped inside the car and were undiscovered until the following morning when residents saw the wheels of the car above the water's surface.
The younger Buckler, whose promising film career had just begun only two years before his untimely death, had been a member of the cast of the prestigious film, David Copperfield (1935) and had last appeared in Tarzan Escapes (1936) as a greedy explorer in the third in the series made by MGM detailing the adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs iconic character, played by 'Johnny Weissmuller'. John Buckler first gained critics and audience attention when he appeared on Broadway in some of the most famous plays of the 1920s, including "The Green Hat," "The Letter," and "The Barretts of Wimpole Street." - Hugh C. Buckler, born in Southampton in 1882. Highly well-known classical stage actor, often performed with Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree at the 'His Majesty's Theatre in London from 1890, such plays as 'A Lady of Lyons', 'Antony and Cleopatra' and 'The Tempest'. Smart handsome gentleman often seen as Doctor's or Lord's in a handful of British silent films often with the Stoll Film Company, first appeared in 'The Garden of Resurrection' directed by Arthur Rooke, starring Guy Newall and Ivy Duke in 1919. He will perhaps be best remembered as Catesby in Maurice Elvey's 'Guy Fawkes'. His last film, Columbia Pictures' Lost Horizon (1937), starred Ronald Colman. He died in a car crash along with his son actor John Buckler in Lake Malibu.
- Wadsworth Camp was born on 18 October 1879 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for The Last Warning (1928), The House of Fear (1939) and Love Without Question (1920). He was married to Madeleine Barnett. He died on 30 October 1936 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
- Willard Lee Hall was born in 1863 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Scaramouche (1923), The Conquering Power (1921) and Alice in Dreamland (1924). He died on 30 October 1936 in San Francisco, California, USA.
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Harry Graham was born on 23 December 1874 in London, England, UK. He was a writer and composer, known for A Southern Maid (1934), The Girl from Maxim's (1933) and The Bedroom Diplomat (1934). He was married to Dorothy Villiers. He died on 30 October 1936 in London, England, UK.