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Writer/director/producer Richard Compton was born on March 2, 1938, in Philadelphia, PA. He began his career in the early 1960s making government propaganda movies for the United States Information Agency. His debut feature "The French Way", was never released in America. Compton followed this film with the nifty biker flick Angels Die Hard (1970), which was the first movie to be released by Roger Corman's New World Pictures. Compton then did the excellent and unjustly overlooked psycho Vietnam veterans exploitation winner Welcome Home Soldier Boys (1971). He scored his biggest hit with the outstanding cult classic Macon County Line (1974); the unexpected enormous box-office success of this movie begot a handful of similar Southern-fried "don't go down to Dixie" drive-in pictures, which include Jackson County Jail (1976), A Small Town in Texas (1976), and Nightmare in Badham County (1976). Both the tepid semi-sequel Return to Macon County (1975) starring then-unknowns Nick Nolte and Don Johnson and the strictly so-so post-nuke sci-fi survivalist opus Ravagers (1979) were regrettably mediocre, although Assault in Paradise (1977) was a solid and gripping thriller. In the early 1980s Compton began directing more and more for television; he's done several made-for-TV pictures and numerous episodes of such TV shows as Peacemakers (2003), JAG (1995), The Lone Gunmen (2001), Charmed (1998), Sliders (1995), Profiler (1996), Babylon 5 (1993), L.A. Law (1986), The Commish (1991), Home Improvement (1991), Baywatch (1989), Miami Vice (1984), Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), The Equalizer (1985), Hill Street Blues (1981), Hotel (1983) and T.J. Hooker (1982).
Compton also did some acting in the 1960s and '70s; his acting credits include guest spots on two episodes of the original Star Trek (1966) TV show and the enjoyably trashy The Sadistic Hypnotist (1969). He was married to actress Veronica Cartwright. He died at age 69 on August 11, 2007.- Director
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Franz Antel was born on 28 June 1913 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a director and writer, known for Der Bockerer 2 (1996), Der Bockerer (1981) and Solang' die Sterne glüh'n (1958). He was married to Sibylla Antel, Sibylla Thin, Elisabeth Freifrau von Ettingshausen, Hannelore Bollmann and Hilde Louise Wittke. He died on 11 August 2007 in Vienna, Austria.- Additional Crew
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- Writer
Roberto Maidana was born on 1 July 1928 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and writer, known for El centroforward murió al amanecer (1961), Mónica presenta (1978) and Our Malvinas Islands (1966). He died on 11 August 2007 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Marian Wisniowski was born on 14 December 1929. He was an actor, known for The Saragossa Manuscript (1965), Lalka (1968) and Tylko umarly odpowie (1969). He died on 11 August 2007.
- Lluís Maria Xirinachs was born on 6 August 1932 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He died on 11 August 2007 in Ogassa, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
- Bronko Lubich was born on 25 December 1925 in Békés, Hungary. He died on 11 August 2007 in Plano, Texas, USA.
- Don Duncan was born on 6 July 1938 in Joplin, Missouri, USA. He died on 11 August 2007 in Springfield, Missouri, USA.
- Costume Designer
Gizela Schmiedová was born on 26 September 1921 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. Gizela was a costume designer, known for Archimedov zákon (1964) and Majster kat (1966). Gizela died on 11 August 2007 in Bratislava, Slovakia.- Director
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- Additional Crew
Roberto Gavioli was born on 16 June 1926 in Milan, Italy. He was a director and producer, known for Space Mission: Zero Hour (1969), Blood for a Silver Dollar (1965) and The Magic Bird (1968). He died on 11 August 2007 in Milan, Italy.