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- Nikolai Nikolaevich Kryukov was born on July 8, 1915, in a village in Tver province, USSR. His parents were farmers. Young Kryukov was fond of silent films. In 1930, he decided to become an actor and moved to Leningrad. During the 1930s he was industrial worker at the "Sevkabel" plant in Leningrad. At that time he also attended acting class at the Bolshoi Drama Theatre (BDT) in Leningrad, graduating in 1935 as an actor. From 1936 - 1941 he was permanent member of the troupe with E. Radlov's theatre, then at Lensoveta Theatre in Leningrad. In 1940, Kryukov made his film debut in 'Politruk Kolyvanov' (1940), but the film was not completed because of the hardship in the Second World War.
During WWII, Nikolai Nikolaevich Kryukov worked as actor during the siege of Leningrad. In the beginning of 1942, he was evacuated from besieged Leningrad to the city of Pyatigorsk. There he was arrested by the advancing Nazi Army and was taken to Germany as a POW. In Germany, Nikolai Nikolaevich Kryukov worked as actor until liberation at the end of WWII. Then he was returned to the Soviet Union together with five million other POWs.
After the war, Nikolai Nikolaevich Kryukov undergone interrogation by the Red Army intelligence and the KGB, before he was allowed to work again as a stage actor with various theatre companies in such cities as Tbilisi, Tver, Rostov, and Riga. However, he was restricted from working in Leningrad/St. Petersburg until after the death of the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin a series of political changes were initiated in the Soviet Union by Nikita Khrushchev. In 1958 Nikolai Kryukov returned to Leningrad and became staff actor at the Lenfilm Studios. He was regarded for his roles in such films as Tumannost Andromedy (1967), Devushka i Grand (1982), and in the popular Russian series about Sherlock Holmes.
Nikolai Nikolaevich Kryukov was married to actress Lilia Gurova and the couple lived in St. Petersburg, Russia. He was designated Honorable Actor of Russia (1992) and was a highly respected actor in Russia. He died of a heart failure on April 30, 1993, and was laid to rest in Serafimovskoe Cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia. - Producer
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Cedric Messina was born in 1920 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He was a producer and director, known for BBC Play of the Month (1965), Theatre 625 (1964) and Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962). He died on 30 April 1993.- Diego Álvarez was one of the most outstanding film, theater and television actors in Colombia. He was noted in the mid-1980s for his youthful roles on television and later in film.
However, his fame and talent were affected by the drug addiction in which the actor fell. That problem attracted him problems when working to the point of ending up in the Bogotá district prison for drug possession. In prison, he overcame his addiction and started a theater company. When he left, he resumed his activities with apparent normality but after attending a party he fell into drug addiction.
His death, which occurred on the night of April 30, 1993, was due to an accidental fall from his apartment. It was believed that it had been a murder since the Prosecutor's Office had found a recording on his answering machine in which he pleaded not to be hurt. Due to this, Álvarez's partner and several people were arrested and jailed but released shortly after for lack of evidence.
Álvarez's death was due to his drug use causing hallucinations; he had left the phone wrong hanged causing the answering machine to record the voices and sounds of the television that Álvarez was watching at that time, including the static sounds of it when the broadcast ends. Álvarez's paranoia, caused by drugs, caused him to accidentally fall from his third-floor apartment. - Dave Waymer was born on 1 July 1958 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was married to Sally Hampton. He died on 30 April 1993 in Mooresville, North Carolina, USA.
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Sue Watkins is known for Bad Faith (2010), Guy X (2005) and Crown and Country (1998). She was married to Hal Watkins. She died on 30 April 1993.