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Born Louis William Weiss on May 11, 1907, Kent Taylor was a modestly popular "B" actor of the 1930's and 1940's. The tall, dark and handsome leading man who sported rugged looks, a slick, pencil-thin mustache and solid physique, was star material with the potential and durability of Clark Gable and Errol Flynn, but lacked their consistent leading man quality and charisma. An avid outdoorsman, Taylor churned out over 110 films during his lengthy career, appearing in a number of quality "A" pictures as a second lead.
Born just southeast of Nashua, Iowa, he was a son of farmers. As a teenager, he performed in several high school plays. The family then moved to Waterloo, Iowa, where he worked as a window trimmer in a ladies' clothing shop. After a brief move to Chicago, the family relocated to Los Angeles, where he and his father started an awning company. Taylor pursued acting as a profession after being introduced to director Henry King. After an unbilled debut in The Magnificent Lie (1931), he apprenticed for a couple of years in bit parts. He peaked in the 1930's with prominent support roles in Merrily We Go to Hell (1932) with Fredric March and Sylvia Sidney, I'm No Angel (1933), as one of Mae West's earnest pursuers, the classic Death Takes a Holiday (1934), (again with Fredric March), the Will Rogers vehicles David Harum (1934) and The County Chairman (1935), and Ramona (1936), (directed by his old friend, Henry King), top-lining Loretta Young and Don Ameche.
Taylor then starred in a modest succession of "B" programs with Love in a Bungalow (1937), Pirates of the Skies (1939), Repent at Leisure (1941), Mississippi Gambler (1942), Alaska (1944), The Crimson Key (1947) and The Sickle or the Cross (1949) which, at the very least, kept him busy and in the public eye. More noticeable during this period was his portrayal of Doc Holiday in Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die (1942), opposite Richard Dix's Wyatt Earp.
With his film career on the decline, Taylor turned more and more to TV, becoming the medium's Boston Blackie (1951) for a couple of seasons, a role that followed in the popular footsteps of Chester Morris, (who starred in an earlier series of Boston Blackie films as the urbane master thief-cum-detective), followed with a lead in the series The Rough Riders (1958). Taylor was a frequent visitor on the sets of popular western series, including Zorro (1957), Laramie (1959), The Rifleman (1958) and Rango (1967). Toward the end of his career, however, the elderly actor took a bizarre John Carradine-like turn into Grade "Z" projects. Some of them--including horror movies like The Crawling Hand (1963), Brides of Blood (1968), Satan's Sadists (1969), Hell's Bloody Devils (1970), Blood of Ghastly Horror (1967) and Girls for Rent (1974)--achieved cult infamy as some of Hollywood's most notorious "turkeys." Following a series of heart operations, Taylor died at the age of 79.- June Jocelyn was born on 30 May 1919 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She was an actress, known for The Amazing Colossal Man (1957), The Ten Commandments (1956) and The Spider (1958). She died on 11 April 1987.
- Primo Levi was born on 31 July 1919 in Turin, Italy. He was a writer, known for The Truce (1997), Jövöbéli históriák (1971) and I riassuntini (2018). He was married to Lucia Morpurgo. He died on 11 April 1987 in Turin, Italy.
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Erskine Caldwell was born on 17 December 1903 in Coweta County, Georgia, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for God's Little Acre (1958), Claudelle Inglish (1961) and Tobacco Road (1941). He was married to Virginia Moffett, June Johnson, Margaret Bourke-White and Helen Lannigan. He died on 11 April 1987 in Paradise Valley, Arizona, USA.- Actress
Hédi Váradi was born on 22 September 1929 in Újpest, Hungary [now in Budapest, Hungary]. She was an actress, known for Kötelék (1968), Vasvirág (1958) and Nápolyt látni és... (1973). She was married to Ferenc Bessenyei. She died on 11 April 1987 in Budapest, Hungary.- Anna Makarska was born on 25 July 1929 in Dabrowa Górnicza, POland. She was an actress, known for Teddy Bear (1981), Koty to dranie (1978) and Kiedy sie ze mna podzielisz? (1980). She died on 11 April 1987 in Warsaw, Poland.
- Rodolfo M. Taboada was born on 12 September 1913. He was a writer, known for El deseo de vivir (1973), En la mitad del mundo (1964) and Candilejas (1965). He died on 11 April 1987.
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Georges Sellers was born on 24 March 1907 in Martigues, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was a composer, known for Marinella (1936), Angele (1934) and Au pays du soleil (1933). He died on 11 April 1987 in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France.- Nikolay Tengaev was born on 1 May 1918 in Russian republic. He was an actor, known for Za spichkami (1980). He died on 11 April 1987 in Vladimir, RSFSR, USSR.