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- Brad Johnson was one of many screen actors in the 1940s and '50s who found their calling on the range. With the decline in popularity of the western, his career has since gone down the dusty trail of near oblivion. He occasionally stepped out of character as guest in the odd detective episode, but Johnson's brief spell in the limelight ultimately came in the role of Deputy Sheriff Lofty Craig, co-starring with Gail Davis in the lively, heavily fictionalized series Annie Oakley (1954). Of Swedish-American ancestry, Johnson had graduated from the University of Southern California following wartime military service in the U.S. Army Air Corps and then began acting in live theatre. His rugged good looks attracted Hollywood interest and a few uncredited bit parts in motion pictures followed (Bedtime for Bonzo (1951), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), etc.). By 1953, he had discovered his niche playing assorted deputies or henchmen in TV westerns. Landing a recurring role in 'Annie Oakley' turned out to be his big break. Johnson appeared in all 81 episodes, riding his horse Forest and perfecting a fast-draw gun act (most likely tutored by ace markswoman Davis) which he would display in later years at rodeos and county fairs. Until the mid-1960s, he continued to find gainful employment on shows like Death Valley Days (1952), Cheyenne (1955) and Maverick (1957). Johnson later spurned offers to move to Europe to act in spaghetti westerns and hung up his six-shooter for a more profitable career in real estate.
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Ideal Dottini was born on 17 October 1915 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is known for That Girl (1966), My World and Welcome to It (1969) and Good Morning World (1967). He died on 4 April 1981 in Ventura, California, USA.- Kathy Whorton was born on 20 September 1961. She died on 4 April 1981 in Monroe, Louisiana, USA.
- Lissen Bendix was born on 30 October 1900 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was an actress, known for Han, hun og Hamlet (1922) and Mellem muntre musikanter (1923). She died on 4 April 1981.
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Composer, songwriter ("Mule Train"), author, violinist, violist and publisher, educated at the Columbia School of Music and the Chicago Musical College, and a violin student of Harry Diamond, Ludwig Becker, Richard Czerwonky, and Victor Young. He was a violinist in dance bands and symphony orchestras, later joining the NBC staff in New York and a violinist in the orchestras (and as soloist) of Broadway musicals. Later he conducted his own orchestra and wrote special material. He was a first violinist in film-studio orchestras for twenty years, and had his own recording and publishing companies. Joining ASCAP in 1949, his chief musical collaborators included Hy Heath, Johnny Lange, and Charles Newman. His other popular-song compositions include "Little Old Band of Gold", "Two Brothers" and "Angel of Mine".