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- Nicky Henson was born in London, the son of Harriet Martha (Collins) and comedian Leslie Henson. He trained as a stage manager at RADA and made his theatrical debut in 1963, thereafter alternating between stage and screen. Henson was a member of the Young Vic Company from its inception in 1970 and later also joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre Company. He had the good looks and resonant voice perfectly suited to impersonating a diverse gallery of classic literary characters: Pozzo in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew, Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream, as well as title roles in Later Leonardo (as Da Vinci in 1976) and Oedipus at the Crossroads (in 1977).
Henson played a few leads in motion pictures, albeit mostly in low budget exploitation films. He is remembered for the cult horror film The Death Wheelers (1973) as the leader of a pack of zombie bikers. A keen motorcyclist himself, Henson performed all but three of the stunts (those three fell to his stand-in, a guy named Cliff Diggins, who invariably ended up in hospital each time). He was also top-billed in a lesser remake of Henry Fielding's novel (The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976)) and furnished an agreeable parody of Roger Moore in the James Bond pastiche No. 1 of the Secret Service (1977).
A familiar face on television, Henson excelled at playing cultivated gents, snobs, playboys or cads. His many guest roles included five appearances in The Bill (1984) (as three different characters), an acerbic Chief Superintendant in A Touch of Frost (1992), a celebrity chef judge in Pie in the Sky (1994) and a nefarious former associate of the butler in Downton Abbey (2010). He is also fondly remembered as a swaggering gigolo in The Psychiatrist (1979). Rather self-deprecating, he once commented to have "done pretty well for someone with no ambition". Though battling cancer for the last twenty years of his life, Henson continued acting on screen until 2018. His first wife was the actress Una Stubbs with whom he appeared in the popular soap EastEnders (1985) in 2006. - James Robert 'Radio' Kennedy was born on 14 October 1946 in Anderson, South Carolina, USA. He died on 15 December 2019 in Anderson, South Carolina, USA.
- Actress
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Monique Leyrac was born on 26 February 1928 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. She was an actress and writer, known for Les lumières de ma ville (1950), Anne-Marie (1954) and Act of the Heart (1970). She was married to Jean Dalmain. She died on 15 December 2019 in Cowansville, Quebec, Canada.- Actor
- Producer
Keshab Bhattarai was an actor and producer, known for Chhodi Gaye Paap Lagla (2010), Yatra: A Musical Vlog (2019) and So Simple (2012). He died on 15 December 2019 in Kathmandu, Nepal.- Music Department
Cuso Cuevas was born on 24 October 1942 in Barahona, Dominican Republic. He is known for The Lost City (2005), BBC Stevie Wonder 1981 Documentary and Sábado Original (1980). He died on 15 December 2019 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Nelson Hoineff was born in 1948 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a director and writer, known for Caro Francis (2010), Alô, Alô, Terezinha! (2009) and Cauby: Começaria Tudo Outra Vez (2015). He died on 15 December 2019 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.- Rex Johnston was born on 8 November 1937 in Colton, California, USA. He was married to Sandy. He died on 15 December 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Águeda Sena was born on 16 June 1927 in Lisbon, Portugal. She was an actress, known for Mal (1999), Tráfico (1998) and The Principle of Wisdom (1976). She died on 15 December 2019 in Cascais, Portugal.- Director
- Editor
- Producer
Tonguç Yasar was born in 1932 in Istanbul, Turkey. Tonguç was a director and editor, known for Amentü gemisi nasil yürüdü? (1969) and Elmayi Kim Isirdi (1986). Tonguç died on 15 December 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey.- Chuck Peddle - Father of the Personal Computer, got the idea of developing a personal computer that should be a closed system which can immediately be used after plugging it to the power outlet. The result was the worlds first personal computer, the Commodore PET. This occurred almost at the same time the Apple II was introduced but the Apple II used Chuck's MOS 6502 CPU... so he kind-of-invented the Apple too. One generation older than the 'miracle children' among the computer industries well known founders like Bill Gates, Stephen Wozniak and Steve Jobs and that fact always seems to keep him one step out of the discussion. In 1973, Chuck Peddle went to Motorola to finish the development of the 6800 microprocessor. The 6800, one of the first microprocessors on the market, was correspondingly expensive with its price of $200 ($900 in 2018 dollars). From talking to large industrial manufacturers like car companies, Chuck knew that this price would inhibit the processor from conquering the market. He left Motorola and had a fresh start at MOS Technology.
What he developed in this small company would soon become the most successful microprocessor of the first microcomputer decade - the 6502 CPU. Nobody could anticipate that it was the basis of a whole industry that started not only a technical but also a social revolution. - Composer
- Music Department
Dániel Benkõ was born on 29 July 1947 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a composer, known for A világ közepe (1980), Vacsoracsata (2008) and Schallaburg üzenete (1983). He was married to Katalin Kocsis. He died on 15 December 2019 in Hungary.- Don Tremaine was born on 27 June 1928 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Jubilee (1959), Countrytime (1970) and Vacation Time (1962). He died on 15 December 2019.
- Martin Biersbach was an actor, known for The Charmkins (1983). He died on 15 December 2019 in Cape May, New Jersey, USA.
- Art Director
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Production Designer
Neil Peter Jampolis was born on 14 March 1943 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an art director and production designer, known for Forever Plaid (2008), The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006) and Jackie Mason: The World According to Me (1988). He was married to Jane Reisman Jampolis. He died on 15 December 2019 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Production Designer
- Set Decorator
- Costume Designer
Malgorzata Jochan was a production designer and set decorator, known for Teefa In Trouble (2018), Gabinet numer 5 (2019) and Pollution of the Heart (2016). Malgorzata died on 15 December 2019 in Miroslawice, Dolnoslaskie, Poland.