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- Actor
- Soundtrack
Tony Capstick was born on 27 July 1944 in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Coronation Street (1960), Truckers (1987) and All Creatures Great and Small (1978). He was married to Gillian and Carol. He died on 23 October 2003 in Hoober, Wentworth, South Yorkshire, England, UK.- Dick Gering was born on 22 March 1935 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Bronco (1958), Mike Hammer (1958) and Date Bait (1960). He died on 23 October 2003 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA.
- Mei-ling was the fourth of six children born to Charlie Soong, a Methodist minister who acquired a fortune in commercial publishing. She attended college in the United States, earning a degree in English Literature in 1917. Following in her well-wed sisters' footsteps (Ai-ling Soong married wealthy banker H.H. Kung; Ching-Ling Soong became the wife of Dr. Sun Yat-sen (Yat-sen Sun), Mei-ling married Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek ('Kai-shek Chiang') in 1927. The Soong family fortune played an enormous role in the Chinese revolt against the Manchu dynasty and was instrumental in financing the Nationalist revolution. Throughout World War II, Madame Chiang was her husband's translator and secretary, and he benefited greatly from her political acumen. Madame Chiang traveled extensively to unify China. Fluent in English and Chinese, she was a consummate politician. Even Kai-Shek's enemies were admirers of Madame Chiang, whom they found sweet, reasonable, and sympathetic. She was so prominent in the war effort that General Stilwell recommended, only half-jokingly, that she be appointed Minister of Defense. During her American goodwill tours, Madame Chiang became a folk hero. Her speeches were attended by up to 30,000 people. She twice made the cover of Time magazine and was the model for the Dragon Lady, a character in a popular comic strip by Milton Caniff. Her good looks and Western demeanor emphasized similarities between two cultures. Her celebrity status was considered a key element in winning funds, airplanes, and weapons from the Allies to aid China's fight against the Japanese. She addressed Congress in 1943, only the second woman and the first Chinese person to do so, and received a 4-minute standing ovation. An accomplished artist and author of four books, she remained at the forefront of the fight against Communism until the Nationalist retreat to Taiwan. While exiled in Taiwan from 1949 to 1975, she was still considered one of the most politically important women in the world and continued her crusade for aid to China. After the generalissimo's death, Madame Chiang moved back to the U.S. She spent the rest of her life in New York City, making occasional appearances and exhibiting her paintings, until death overtook her at the age of 105.
- Earl Peyroux was born on 24 October 1924 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He died on 23 October 2003 in Pensacola, Florida, USA.
- Music Department
Nico Snel was born on 4 August 1934 in Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He is known for Oz: The American Fairyland (1997). He died on 23 October 2003 in Port Angeles, Washington, USA.- Born and raised in Bayonne, New Jersey. He was Featherweight Boxing Champ in a Fort Dix Boxing Tournament. During the Korean War he was a Military Policeman. He coached the 6th Army Boxing Team. He became a Boxing Promoter and was Manager of Boxer Iran Barkley.
- Art Department
- Writer
- Producer
Henry B. Donovan was born on 20 February 1914 in Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Cowboy G-Men (1952), Knights of the Range (1940) and Wide Open Town (1941). He died on 23 October 2003 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Bohumil Klika was born on 9 November 1931 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Prague Nights (1969), Rusalka (1977) and The Girl with Three Camels (1967). He died on 23 October 2003 in Prague, Czech Republic.
- Hiroshi Yoshimura was born on 22 October 1940 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. Hiroshi died on 23 October 2003 in Japan.
- Al Corwin was born on 3 December 1926 in Newburgh, New York, USA. He died on 23 October 2003 in Geneva, Illinois, USA.
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Director
- Actor
Khuat Abuseitov was born on 6 December 1925. He was an assistant director and director, known for Squall (1958), Omir jolinda (1960) and Mechta moya (1966). He died on 23 October 2003.- Ivan Dmitriyev was a Russian character actor known as Gorelov in the criminal drama Krutye gorki (1956) by director Nikolai Rozantsev.
He was born Ivan Petrovich Dmitriyev on 30 July 1915, in Vyshny Volochiok, Tver Province, Russia. From 1932 to 1936 he studied acting under the legendary Yuri Yuriev at the Leningrad Institute of Theatre, Music, and Cinematography, graduating with honors in 1936. That same year he made his stage debut in the Lermontov's "Masquerade" by director Vsevolod Meyerhold.
Ivan Dmitriyev had a stellar career as a stage actor. For several years he worked at various stage companies in Leningrad, such as, Theatre of Comedy and Theatre of the Baltic Fleet. From 1948 to 1973 he was a permanent member of the troupe and the leading actor at the Theatre of Komissarzhevskoi in St. Petersburg. There his stage partners were such actors as Alisa Freyndlikh, Galina Korotkevich, Ivan Krasko, Vladimir Chestnokov, Valentina Chemberg, Tamara Abrosimova, Natalya Chetverikova, Tatiana Samarina, Sergey Boyarskiy, Nikolay Boyarskiy, Yefim Kamenetsky, Mikhail Khrabrov, Stanislav Landgraf, Georgiy Korolchuk, Vladimir Osobik, Boris Sokolov, Petr Shelokhonov, and other notable Russian actors. There, Ivan Dmitriyev made memorable appearances in various classic and contemporary plays under such directors, as Leonid Vivyen, Aleksandr Belinsky, Zinovi Korogodsky, Igor Vladimirov and Ruben Agamirzyan.
From 1974 to 2000 he was a permanent member of the troupe and the leading actor of the Pushkin Drama Theatre in Leningrad (St. Petersburg). There his stage partners were such remarkable actors as Nikolay Cherkasov, Nikolai Simonov, Vasiliy Merkurev, Konstantin Skorobogatov, Yuriy Tolubeev, Aleksandr Borisov, Bruno Frejndlikh, Vladimir Chestnokov, Vladimir Erenberg, Konstantin Adashevsky, Leonid Vivyen, Olga Lebzak, Nina Mamaeva, Lidiya Shtykan, Nina Urgant, Igor Gorbachyov, and other notable Russian actors. His most memorable stage appearance was as Satin in "The Lower Depths" by Maxim Gorky. Besides his appearance as Gorelov in the criminal drama Krutye gorki (1956) by director Nikolai Rozantsev, Dmitriev also appeared in several memorable supporting roles, such as, Starpom in Striped Trip (1961) and as Varentsov in criminal drama Menya eto ne kasaetsya (1976) by director Gerbert Rappaport.
Ivan Dmitriyev was designated People's Artist of the USSR (1980). He also taught acting as professor at the Institute of Theatre, Music, and Cinematography. He died of a heart failure on 23 October 2003, in St. Petersburg, and was laid to rest in the Necropolis of Masters of Art "Literatorskie Mostki" at the Volkovo Cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia.