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A rather wanderlust fellow before he latched onto acting, Denver Pyle--who made a career of playing drawling, somewhat slow Southern types--was actually born in Colorado in 1920, to a farming family. He attended a university for a time but dropped out to become a drummer. When that didn't pan out he drifted from job to job, doing everything from working the oil fields in Oklahoma to the shrimp boats in Texas. In 1940 he moseyed off to Los Angeles and briefly found employment as a (somewhat unlikely) NBC page. That particular career was interrupted by World War II, and Pyle enlisted in the navy. Wounded in the battle of Guadalcanal, he received a medical discharge in 1943. Working for an aircraft plant in Los Angeles as a riveter, the rangy actor was introduced to the entertainment field after receiving a role in an amateur theater production and getting spotted by a talent scout. Training with such renowned teachers as Maria Ouspenskaya and Michael Chekhov, he made his film debut in The Guilt of Janet Ames (1947). Pyle went on to roles in hundreds of film and TV parts, bringing a touch of Western authenticity to many of his roles. A minor villain or sidekick in the early 1950s, he often received no billing. Prematurely white-haired (a family trait), he became a familiar face on episodes of Gunsmoke (1955) and Bonanza (1959) and also developed a close association with actor John Wayne, appearing in many of Wayne's later films, including The Horse Soldiers (1959), The Alamo (1960), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) and Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973). Pyle's more important movie roles came late in his career. One of his most memorable was in Bonnie and Clyde (1967) as Texas Ranger Frank Hamer, the handcuffed hostage of the duo, who spits in Bonnie's (Faye Dunaway) face after she coyly poses with him for a camera shot. He settled easily into hillbilly/mountain men types in his later years and became a household face for his crotchety presence in The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1977) and, especially, The Dukes of Hazzard (1979). He died of lung cancer at age 77.- Actor
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Paco Michel was born on 7 January 1930 in Cuetzalán, Puebla, Mexico. He was an actor and writer, known for Lola the Truck Driving Woman (1985), Fiesta en el corazón (1958) and Carabina 30-30 (1958). He was married to Mari Carmen Hernandez and Patricia R. Adame. He died on 25 December 1997 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico.- Valentina Karavayeva was born on 21 May 1921 in Vyshny Volochyok, Vyshnevolotsky uyezd, Tver Governorate, RSFSR [now Tver Oblast, Russia]. She was an actress, known for Mashenka (1942), Boyevoy kinosbornik 13: Nashi devushki (1942) and Povest o pervoy lyubvi (1957). She died on 25 December 1997 in Moscow, Russia.
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Anatoli Boukreev was born on 16 January 1958 in Korkino, Russia. He is known for Frontline (1983), The Dark Side of Everest (2003) and ABC News Saturday Night (1998). He died on 25 December 1997 in Annapurna, Nepal.- Director
- Writer
- Composer
José Luis Gonzalvo was born in 1934 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain. He was a director and writer, known for La playa de las seducciones (1967), Juan Pedro the Scyther (1970) and La cogida y la muerte (1963). He died on 25 December 1997 in Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain.- Shin'ichirô Nakamura was born in 1918. He was a writer, known for Mothra (1961), Shiosai (1954) and Jigoku no kyôen (1961). He was married to Nitta Eiko. He died on 25 December 1997 in Atami, Japan.
- George Arnold was born on 21 January 1921 in Glendale, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Holiday Rhythm (1950) and Rhythm on Ice (1946). He died on 25 December 1997 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
- Actress Julie Kingdon was born in Washington (town), Iowa as Mary Pethybridge. She graduated from Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri and was a classmate of Jean Harlow at Miss Barton's School for Girls. She attended the American Academy of Dramatic Art and was in stock - the Provincetown Playhouse in Greenwich Village - and roadshow companies prior to appearing in a number of Broadway shows, including "These Days" with Katharine Hepburn.
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Alfred Lehner was born on 8 April 1913 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a director and producer, known for Die große Schuld (1953), Die Magd von Heiligenblut (1956) and Das letzte Aufgebot (1953). He died on 25 December 1997.- Additional Crew
- Writer
Giorgio Strehler was born on 14 August 1921 in Barcola, Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He was a writer, known for Die Sommerfrische (1965), Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1967) and Il giardino dei ciliegi (1978). He was married to Rosita Lupi and Andrea Jonasson. He died on 25 December 1997 in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland.- Additional Crew
Yvonne Cormeau was born on 18 December 1909 in Shanghai, China. She is known for Wish Me Luck (1987) and This Is Your Life (1955). She was married to James Farrow and Charles Edouard Emile Cormeau. She died on 25 December 1997.