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Roger Pierre was born in Le-Port Marly, France 1923. In 1946 he had made his stage debut in a cabaret and was an extra in the war drama Le Père tranquille/Mr. Orchid (1946, René Clément) starring Noël-Noël. In 1947, he worked as a presenter of commercials at Radio-Luxembourg. There he met Jean-Marc Thibault whose texts he had to read. It was the start of a long career as a comedy duo in Parisian cabarets such as le Tabou, le Caveau de la Terreur, l'Amiral, and le Moulin-Rouge. The men wrote some 3,000 sketches and songs together. They appeared in many TV shows of Maritie and Gilbert Carpentier and also co-starred in several film comedies. These films included La Vie est belle/Life is Beautiful (1956, Roger Pierre, Jean-Marc Thibault), Vive les vacances/Gimme A Break (1958, Jean-Marc Thibault) written by Thibault and Pierre, Les Motards/The Motorcycle Cops (1959, Jean Laviron) also with Francis Blanche and co-written by Thibault and Pierre, Un cheval pour deux/A Horse for Two (1961, Jean-Marc Thibault) and Faites donc plaisir aux amis/So Be Happy with Friends (1969, Francis Rigaud). Together they also appeared in supporting parts in many other film comedies such as Nous irons à Deauville/We Go to Deauville (1962, Francis Rigaud) with Louis de Funès, and Les Baratineurs/The Talkers (1965, Francis Rigaud) starring Jean Poiret. Between 1967 and 1970, Thibault and Pierre presented the TV show Les Grands Enfants/ Big Kids. From 1972 rill 1975 they made everybody in France laugh with their historical comedy shows Les maudits rois fainéants/The Damned Lazy Kings and Les z'heureux rois z'Henri/The Happy Kings Henry. Their final films together were the comedies En grandes pompes/With Great Fanfare (1974, André Teisseire) with Ginette Leclerc, and Gross Paris (1974, Gilles Grangier).
In 1976 and after 28 years together, the artistic ways of Jean-Marc Thibault and Roger Pierre parted. In the following years Pierre appeared without Thibault in Comme sur des roulettes (1976, Nina Companeez), Mon oncle d'Amérique/My American Uncle (1980, Alain Resnais) with Gérard Depardieu, and Camera d'albergo/Hotel Room (1981, Mario Monicelli) starring Vittorio Gassman and also continued to work on stage and television. During the 1980's, he participated in Jeux de 20 heures; he cooperated on the cult TV show Grosses Têtes by Philippe Bouvard and also appeared in the TV show Incroyable mais vrai! At the age of 80 he played in the TV film L'Ami d'enfance de Maigret/The childhood friend of Maigret (2003, Laurent Heynemann), with Bruno Crémer as inspector Jules Maigret. He had his final film role in Les Herbes folles/Wild Grass (2009, Alain Resnais) with Sabine Azéma. Pierre and Thibault twice reunited. In 1984 they worked together for the spectacle Nos premiers adieux at the Théâtre Antoine in Paris and again in 1990 at l'Olympia. Roger Pierre, died of cancer in 2010 at the age of 86.- Peter Apted was born on 23 July 1943. Peter died on 23 January 2010.
- Ben Gardiner was born on 11 July 1921 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Tripper (2006) and BBS: The Documentary (2005). He died on 23 January 2010 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Chela Bon was born on 2 July 1930 in Santiago, Chile. She was an actress, known for Sueña, mi amor (1946), Si mis campos hablaran (1947) and El paso maldito (1949). She died on 23 January 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Jack Litman was born on 26 July 1943 in New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Helena Dunica. He died on 23 January 2010 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Paul Castle was born on 2 August 1923 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950). He died on 23 January 2010 in Edmond, Oklahoma, USA.
- Fred Metzler was born on 21 September 1929 in Koblenz, Germany. He was an actor, known for Autos (1972), Flick-Flack (1971) and Das Jazz-Studio (1965). He died on 23 January 2010.
- Rüdiger Moniac was born on 28 May 1938 in Berlin, Germany. He died on 23 January 2010 in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Earl Wild was born on 26 November 1915 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Greta (2018), The United States Steel Hour (1953) and The Revlon Revue (1959). He was married to Rolland Davis. He died on 23 January 2010 in Palm Springs, California, USA.- Writer
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Susana Tozzi was a writer and director, known for 1420, la aventura de educar (2005) and S.O.S Gulubu (1996). She died on 23 January 2010 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Zora Rozsypalová was born on 3 September 1922 in Kromeríz, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Katerina a jeji deti (1975), Neobycejná trída (1965) and Veliká prílezitost (1950). She died on 23 January 2010 in Ostrava, Czech Republic.