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- Gina Mastrogiacomo was born on 5 November 1961 in Great Neck, Long Island, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Goodfellas (1990), The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) and Jungle Fever (1991). She died on 2 May 2001 in Oceanside, California, USA.
- Anissa Jones was an American child actress of Lebanese descent. She is primarily remembered for the role of the orphan girl Buffy Davis in the hit sitcom "Family Affair" (1966-1971). The series lasted for 5 seasons and 138 episodes. Jones' career rapidly declined following the end of the sitcom. She died due to "combined drug intoxication" when only 18-years-old.
In 1958, Jones was born in West Lafayette, Indiana. West Lafayette is a college town, primarily known as the home of Purdue University. Jones' father was the engineer John Paul Jones, who was at that time a faculty board member at Purdue University. Jones' mother was Mary Paula Tweel, a Lebanese-American zoology student.
Jones spend the first few years of her life in Charleston, West Virginia, where her family had settled. Around 1963, the Jones family moved to Playa Del Rey, California. Her father had accepted a job in aerospace engineering in California, and was eager to relocate to the West Coast. The marriage of Jones's parents soon deteriorated, and they were already divorced by 1965.
In 1964, Jones made her debut at television commercials. She was only 6-years-old at the time. She begun pursuing acting roles in 1965. She had her big break in 1966, when cast in a co-starring role in the new sitcom "Family Affair". She was 8-years-old at the time, but she was cast in the role of a 6-year-old. Jones was unusually short for her age, and she reportedly looked younger than her actual age.
Jones soon became a popular child actress, and she made several guest appearances in other television series. She served as a guest host in the variety show "The Hollywood Palace",. She was also interviewed in the talk shows "The Mike Douglas Show" and "The Merv Griffin Show". She made her film debut in 1969, with a small part in the drama film "The Trouble with Girls". The film's main star was Elvis Presley, in one of his last acting roles. The film depicted the murder of a pharmacist in Iowa, and the efforts of a band manager to profit from the crime.
"Family Affair" ended in 1971, leaving Jones without a regular role for the first time in her acting career. Despite auditioning for various roles over the following years, she was nearly always rejected. Her acting career ended at the age of 12. In 1976, Jones was still living in California and had a regular boyfriend.
On August 27, 1976, Jones went partying with her friends in the beach town of Oceanside, California. The following day, Jones was found dead at the home of Helen Hennessy, a close friend. An autopsy revealed that she had consumed a combination of cocaine, PCP, Quaalude, and Seconal. A small vial of blue liquid was found next to her corpse, but the police could not determine what it was. Jones was given a small, private funeral service. Her remains were cremated, and her ashes were scattered over the Pacific Ocean.
Following Jones' death, Dr. Don Carlos Moshos was arrested for illegally prescribing Seconal to Jones. Moshos died in late December 1976, while still awaiting his trial. In 1979, a court decision forced Moshos' estate to make compensations payments to Jones' surviving relatives. Jones' last surviving relative (her mother) died in January 2012. Jones is long gone, but is still fondly remembered for her sitcom role. - Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Richard Simmons later moved to Minneapolis where he attended West High School and then the University of Minnesota. While at university he competed in fencing and swimming and also acted in a few theater productions. He left the Twin Cities in the 1930s and spent several years traveling the world, working on freighters and tankers.
Eventually he settled in Los Angeles where, according to one story, Louis B. Mayer saw him breaking in an Arabian horse and immediately offered him a screen test. Simmons played a number of minor parts in MGM movies but finally achieved a degree of fame in the mid-1950s when he starred in the half-hour syndicated TV series, Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1955). With his horse Rex, and his husky King, Preston brought law-and-order into the 1890s Gold Rush as a member of the Northwest Mounted Police. Each episode ended with Preston hugging his dog and saying: "Well, King, it looks like this case is closed." - Child actor Peter Robbins was born on August 10, 1956, in Los Angeles, California. His mother was an immigrant from Hungary who died from cancer when Peter was 16 years old. He first began acting in various films and television shows in 1963. Robbins has the distinction of being the first person to provide the cute and endearing voice of hapless, yet lovable blockhead Charlie Brown in a handful of delightful TV specials that include the holiday classics, A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) and It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966). Peter started doing the voice for "Charlie Brown" at age 9 and only stopped giving voice to this beloved and iconic character at age 13. Moreover, Robbins not only had a recurring role as "Alexander Bumstead" on the short-lived comedy program Blondie (1968), but also made guest appearances on episodes of such TV series as Rawhide (1959), The Munsters (1964), The Donna Reed Show (1958), F Troop (1965), Get Smart (1965), and My Three Sons (1960). In addition, he recorded a 45 single called "If I Knew Then (What I Know Now)" in 1968. Robbins quit acting in 1972 and worked, for a while, as a disc jockey in Palm Springs, California. He graduated from the University of California in San Diego in 1979 with degrees in psychology and communications. He later worked in real estate in Van Nuys, California, and lived in a condo in Oceanside, California with his dog, Snoopy. Robbins was a guest at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2008.
- Rosalee Calvert was born on 13 December 1926 in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for If a Man Answers (1962), The Louisiana Hussy (1959) and Whatsa Name (1955). She was married to Peter Coe. She died on 25 April 2023 in Oceanside, California, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Molly Bee was born on 18 August 1939 in Seattle, Washington, USA. She was an actress, known for The Young Swingers (1963), Chartroose Caboose (1960) and Matinee Theatre (1955). She was married to Robert Dean Muncy, Ira Allen, James Arthur Larkin, Ken Miller and John Barnard Kipp. She died on 7 February 2009 in Oceanside, California, USA.- Henry Kulky was born on 11 August 1911 in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964), Love Nest (1951) and Target Hong Kong (1953). He died on 12 February 1965 in Oceanside, California, USA.
- Barbara Brewster was born on 19 February 1918 in Tucson, Arizona, USA. She was an actress, known for My Lucky Star (1938), Hold That Co-ed (1938) and Ditto (1937). She was married to Bob LeMond and Alfred Schiffer Bloomingdale. She died on 21 June 2005 in Oceanside, California, USA.
- Ray McNeil was born on 17 December 1964. He was married to Sally McNeil. He died on 14 February 1995 in Oceanside, California, USA.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Beatrice Blinn was born on 7 July 1901 in Forest County, Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress, known for Art Trouble (1934), The Shadow (1937) and Golden Boy (1939). She was married to Crane Wilbur. She died on 31 March 1979 in Oceanside, California, USA.- Jonathan McMurtry was a brilliant stage actor, appearing in all 37 plays credited to William Shakespeare, while also elevating guest roles on popular television shows such as Cheers, Wings, and Modern Family. He was also a teacher and mentor, a respected member of the global Shakespeare theater community.
- Maria Korda was born on 8 August 1934 in Torun, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland. She was an actress, known for Airwolf (1984) and The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967). She died on 8 May 2007 in Oceanside, California, USA.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Best remembered by many cliffhanger fans of the 30s and 40s as staunch, gung-ho hero Don Winslow, athlete-turned-actor Don Terry identified quite well with his alter-ego. An adventurer at heart, he was born and christened Donald Prescott Loker on August 8, 1902. His parents were of Old English background. He enlisted in the Marines as a teenager but honorably discharged less than a year later due to a disability.
Don attended Harvard and played freshman football, basketball and baseball, working in coal yards to pay his tuition. Joining the Reading Keys in the International Baseball League, he later played pro football in Boston and Providence as part of the Steamrollers team. Along the way he fought under the name of "Bobbie Dinsmore" in the boxing arena and circled the globe on cargo ships.
Somehow the wanderlust Don Loker managed to migrate to Hollywood and there found a curiosity in movie-making. He gave himself the stage name of Don Terry and started in movie bits. Occasionally finding virile leads in action dramas, he slowly built up a stalwart reputation in this area. His first serial was as a hard-nosed reporter in The Secret of Treasure Island (1938). Universal Studios showed interest in his work and signed him up in 1941, becoming one of their more popular serial players in the early 40s. Don Winslow of the Navy (1942) became his signature role. Terry played the grim, tenacious Winslow with a set determination and gritty sense of purpose that thrilled war-time audiences at the time. In the story the Winslow character is assigned to Navy intelligence to battle the unscrupulous Scorpion organization.
More staunch heroics would come his way with the sequel Don Winslow of the Coast Guard (1943). After that role Terry himself enlisted in the Naval Reserve and was made Lieutenant Commander in the Pacific. He was awarded the Purple Heart in 1944. By the time he left the service in 1946, he left movies as well and turned to business ventures. Married twice, he became a noted philanthropist in later years. Don Terry (aka Don Winslow) died in 1988 in Oceanside, California.- Cinematographer
- Director
- Writer
Hawaiian-born Richard E. Cunha received his film training in the newsreel and motion picture units of the US Army Air Corps during World War II. He made his first step into the civilian film business by making industrial films and commercials, and then moved on to write, shoot and direct such early TV shows as "The Adventures of Marshal O'Dell" and "Captain Bob Steele and the Border Patrol" for Toby Anguish Productions. Cunha and his friend Arthur A. Jacobs then plunged into the adventurous arena of shoestring 1950s exploitation by forming Screencraft Enterprises and cranking out the horror/sci-fi films Giant from the Unknown (1958) and She Demons (1958) (both directed by Cunha). Cunha later added to his legend by helming two more well-remembered schlock titles, Frankenstein's Daughter (1958) and Missile to the Moon (1958).- Dick Standish was born on 4 February 1918 in Queens, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Highway Patrol (1955). He died on 5 February 2009 in Oceanside, California, USA.
- Writer
- Producer
- Music Department
Author and screenwriter, often preoccupied with American history as viewed from a Southern perspective. Born in Atlanta, Trotti studied writing at Columbia University and was also the first person to graduate from the University of Georgia's Henry Grady School of Journalism. In 1923, he became the youngest editor employed by a newspaper owned by the Hearst Press, The Georgian. From 1925, Trotti worked in New York for the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, moving on to Hollywood in 1932. He spent virtually his entire career at 20th Century Fox as writer/producer: from 1933 until his untimely death in 1952. He wrote screenplays for a wide range of genres, including war films, westerns, comedies and biopics. The majority of these were critical and box office hits.
Recurring motifs in Trotti's work are life in a romanticised Deep South (Steamboat Round the Bend (1935), Can This Be Dixie? (1936)), the Civil War (Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), Belle Starr (1941), The Ox-Bow Incident (1942)), pioneering history (Drums Along the Mohawk (1939), Brigham Young (1940), Hudson's Bay (1940)) and rustic, small town Americana (Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)). Invariably, his screenplays have benefited from a profound knowledge of American history and politics and his keen eye for characterisation.
His peers in the industry regarded Trotti as a man of considerable integrity. He was generally described as of quiet, self-effacing nature, possessed of strong moral convictions. His contributions were recognised thirty-one years after his death with a prestigious Screen Laurel Award from the Writer's Guild of America.- Actress
Vivian Wilson was born on 8 February 1909 in Cadillac, Michigan, USA. She was an actress. She died on 19 October 1980 in Oceanside, California, USA.- Junior Seau, was a native of Oceanside, CA. He attended Oceanside High School where he lettered in football, basketball, and track. Parade magazine named him to its High School All-American team simply as an athlete and refused to specify a particular sport. In 2010, Junior was inducted into the Oceanside High School Hall of Fame. Upon graduation, Junior accepted a football scholarship to the University of Southern California, where he was named unanimous first-team All-American before being drafted fifth over all in the 1990 N.F.L. draft by the Chargers, who played 40 miles south of his hometown. A 12-time Pro Bowler, Seau played 13 seasons with the Chargers and was one of the team's most popular players. In the 1994 season, he led the team to the Super Bowl, where they lost to the San Francisco 49ers, 49-26. The Pro Football Hall of Fame selected him for the 1990s All-Decade Team. Seau was traded to the Dolphins in 2003, and after three injury-plagued seasons he was released. He signed a one-day contract with the Chargers in August 2006 to announce his retirement. But four days later, he signed with the New England Patriots and was a member of the 2007 team that went undefeated in the regular season, losing to the Giants in the Super Bowl. His last season in the N.F.L was 2009. He finished his career with 1,524 tackles, 56 ½ sacks and 18 interceptions. The circumstances of Seau's death raised comparisons to the former Chicago Bears star Dave Duerson. In February 2011, Duerson shot himself in the chest, saying in a note that he wanted his brain donated to the study of football head injuries. Though remembered as a hard-hitting, inspirational linebacker, Seau did not have a documented history of concussions. He missed several games in his career with leg and chest injuries. In October 2010, he sustained minor injuries when he drove his S.U.V. off a 30-foot bluff after being arrested on suspicion of domestic assault. The police said he fell asleep at the wheel.
- Production Manager
- Additional Crew
- Location Management
Raymond A. Klune was born on 10 April 1904 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a production manager, known for Gone with the Wind (1939), Hell and High Water (1954) and That Hamilton Woman (1941). He was married to Hillary Brooke and Lillian Anna Becker. He died on 24 September 1988 in Oceanside, California, USA.- Beulah Booker was born in Silverton, Colorado to William E. Booker and Marguerite (Gretchen) Brendel Booker. Her father was an engineer for the Silverton-Durango railway. She had one sibling, her older brother Lawrence A. Booker. Beulah's mother had dreams of her daughter becoming an actress, and took her to Los Angeles when Beulah was a young girl. They came back to Colorado periodically for visits, but became permanent residents of California.
Ms. Booker played key roles in several silent motion pictures, both shorts and full-length features. Among those, she played Buster Keaton's love-interest in his first full-length feature film, "The Saphead." By 1925, she had left the entertainment business and begun a new career as a real estate broker. She mentioned in a letter to family back in Colorado that because of her former career as an actress, she was well known in L. A., and had entrée into all the finest homes and properties in the area as a realtor.
Ms. Booker was married briefly at a young age to screenwriter, Kenneth O'Hara, and later married Thomas O'Farrell. - Mike Mahoney was born on 16 March 1918 in Richmond, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Green Hornet (1966), The Devil's Hairpin (1957) and Sailor Beware (1952). He died on 17 August 1988 in Oceanside, California, USA.
- Helene Santley was born on 21 October 1911. She was an actress, known for TV Reader's Digest (1955), Perry Mason (1957) and Schlitz Playhouse (1951). She died in June 1986 in Oceanside, California, USA.
- Charles Welch was born on 2 February 1921 in New Britain, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for Shadow of the Cloak (1951), The Secret Files of Captain Video (1953) and Rocky King, Detective (1950). He died on 16 July 2004 in Oceanside, Long Island, New York, USA.
- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael C. Gross was born on 4 October 1945 in Newburgh, New York, USA. He was a producer and assistant director, known for Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992), Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989). He was married to Glenis Wootton. He died on 16 November 2015 in Oceanside, California, USA.- Art Director
- Art Department
- Music Department
Joseph C. Wright was born on 19 August 1892 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an art director, known for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), Guys and Dolls (1955) and My Gal Sal (1942). He died on 24 February 1985 in Oceanside, California, USA.- Writer
- Actor
- Script and Continuity Department
Frank Butler was born on 28 December 1890 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Going My Way (1944), Wake Island (1942) and Whispering Smith (1948). He was married to Ethel Virginia Chapman. He died on 10 June 1967 in Oceanside, Long Island, New York, USA.- Actor
- Stunts
Dick Elmore was the stunt double for Eddie Albert and many other stars along with being an Extra and Stand In on many TV shows of the 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's. His introduction into the movie business was in 1937 when he skated in a Sonja Henie Film. He retired when he was 65 years old. He died when his airbags deployed after swerving to miss something in the road, going less than 25 miles an hour. The air bags broke his neck. Coincidentally, the accident happened at the corner of Sonja and Henie in the Henie hills subdivision, where Dick had retired with his wife Jacqueline Livingston Elmore. Dick was an Atheist and a veteran of WWII trained as a paratrooper but refused to carry a gun or rifle.- Jack Jones was born on 14 June 1924 in El Paso, Texas, USA. He was married to Barbara Stewart. He died on 12 May 2011 in Oceanside, California, USA.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Paul Norris was born on 26 April 1914 in Greenville, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for Aquaman (2018), Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023) and Young Justice (2010). He was married to Ann Elizabeth Mayenschein. He died on 5 November 2007 in Oceanside, California, USA.- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Actor
Moss Mabry was born on 5 July 1918 in Marianna, Florida, USA. He was a costume designer and actor, known for Giant (1956), The Way We Were (1973) and The Manchurian Candidate (1962). He died on 25 January 2006 in Oceanside, California, USA.- Art Department
- Set Decorator
Karl Brainard was born on 20 August 1911 in California, USA. He was a set decorator, known for The Killing (1956), Pajama Party (1964) and Fireball 500 (1966). He died on 10 March 1981 in Oceanside, California, USA.- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Anita Darian was born on 26 April 1927 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (1958), Producers' Showcase (1954) and Camera Three (1955). She died on 1 February 2015 in Oceanside, New York, USA.- Robert Bolger was born on 22 December 1937 in Philo, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Philco Television Playhouse (1948), The Story of Mr. Hobbs (1947) and The Hammer and the Sword (1955). He died on 23 August 1969 in Oceanside, California, USA.
- Director
- Editor
- Actor
Joseph Marzano was born on 10 January 1934 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a director and editor, known for The Dangerous Game (1953), The Curse of Claudia (1991) and The Tell-Tale Heart (1958). He died on 5 July 2000 in Oceanside, New York, USA.- Cinematographer
Arthur L. Todd was born on 12 February 1895 in West New York, New Jersey, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939), I've Got Your Number (1934) and Hot Heels (1927). He died on 28 August 1942 in Oceanside, Long Island, New York, USA.- Doris Stone was born on 15 December 1895 in Selah, Washington, USA. She was an actress, known for Mothers-in-Law (1923), Below the Rio Grande (1923) and That Oriental Game (1924). She died on 27 July 1981 in Oceanside, Oregon, USA.
- Director
- Actor
Chuck Close was born on 5 July 1940 in Monroe, Washington, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Bob (1973), Six Degrees of Separation (1993) and Chuck Close (2007). He was married to Sienna Shields and Leslie Rose. He died on 19 August 2021 in Oceanside, New York, USA.- Make-Up Department
Marvin C. Thompson was born on 21 March 1920 in Canton, South Dakota, USA. He is known for Nashville (1975), Battlestar Galactica (1978) and Hart to Hart (1979). He was married to Beatrice "Chris" LeBlanc. He died on 8 February 2002 in Oceanside, California, USA.- Additional Crew
Velvel Pasternak was born on 1 October 1933 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is known for The Frisco Kid (1979), A Life Apart: Hasidism in America (1997) and Love Lust Faith & Sex +Hope!: in New York City (2017). He was married to Goldie Garber. He died on 11 June 2019 in Oceanside, Long Island, New York, USA.- Philmore Berger was born on 10 April 1927 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Rocky III (1982). He was married to Ginger Berger and Anita Berger. He died on 1 November 2007 in Oceanside, New York, USA.
- Soundtrack
Margie Rayburn was born on 3 June 1924 in Madera, California, USA. She was married to ? Malkin. She died on 14 June 2000 in Oceanside, California, USA.- Actor
Arthur Stephens was born on 25 July 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor. He died on 25 February 2006 in Oceanside, California, USA.- Kody Scott was born on 13 November 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Mobb Ties (2017), Eight-Tray Gangster: The Making of a Crip (1993) and War Stories (2000). He died on 6 June 2021 in Oceanside, California, USA.
- Bill Isles was born on 4 January 1941 in McAntenville, North Carolina, USA. He was married to Laural Hogan. He died on 28 March 2019 in Oceanside, California, USA.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Additional Crew
Frank G. Carson was born on 13 December 1907 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for From Here to Eternity (1953), Lost in Space (1965) and My Favorite Martian (1963). He died on 4 July 1984 in Oceanside, California, USA.- Art Director
Leroy Coleman was born on 7 May 1915 in Chappell, Nebraska, USA. He was an art director, known for The Venetian Affair (1966), Ride the High Country (1962) and Sam Benedict (1962). He was married to Mary Margaret Winter. He died on 2 June 2007 in Oceanside, California, USA.- Peter Bessell was born on 24 August 1921 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK. He was married to Pauline Colledge, Joyce Margaret Thomas and Diane Miller. He died on 27 November 1985 in Oceanside, California, USA.
- Bernice Musselwhite was born on 18 May 1927 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Littlest Rebel (1935). She was married to Robert L Miller. She died on 17 December 2002 in Oceanside, California, USA.
- Bruce C. Murray was born on 30 November 1931 in New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Suzanne Moss and Joan O'Brien. He died on 29 August 2013 in Oceanside, California, USA.
- Sound Department
Alfred R. Bird was born on 21 June 1903 in Canada. Alfred R. is known for Panic in Year Zero! (1962), Twice-Told Tales (1963) and X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963). Alfred R. died on 6 April 1989 in Oceanside, San Diego, California, USA.