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- Gregg Martell was a veteran from World War II. After a long career as a character actor in films and television, he later became a health food wholesaler and real estate broker. He was preceded in death by his wife and business partner - Vivian. He was admired for his bravely fought fight against "Parkinson's Disease".
- Actress
- Editorial Department
Juli Andelman was born on 3 July 1949 in Oklahoma, USA. She was an actress, known for Mean Streets (1973), The Silent Scream (1979) and Where the Buffalo Roam (1980). She died on 22 September 2005 in Hollywood Hills, California, USA.- Producer
- Production Manager
- Additional Crew
A director of Thames Television, Euston Films and Thorn EMI, John Brabourne's entrepreneurial skills were crucial to creating some major successes in the British cinema. In the sixties he produced two celebrated Shakespeare adaptations, the film of Othello (1965) starring Laurence Olivier and Maggie Smith and Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 Romeo and Juliet (1968). He also produced a film version of August Strindberg's The Dance of Death (1969), starring Olivier.
John Ulick Knatchbull, the seventh Baron Brabourne, was born in 1924 and educated at Eton and Brasenose College, Oxford. He succeeded the title when his brother, Norton, was killed in action in 1943. During the war John Brabourne served as an officer in the Coldstream Guards in France. He married Patricia Mountbatten, daughter of Lord Louis Mountbatten, in 1946.
Brabourne began his film career as a production manager on such movies as Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956) (1956) and he later co-produced the wartime drama Sink the Bismarck! (1960) with Richard Goodwin.
Three years later he and Goodwin set up a consortium to introduce Pay-TV, a cable service whose subscribers would buy films, opera and the arts on meter. The scheme eventually failed and Brabourne and his partners decided to wind up the operation with £1 million losses. "We were years ahead of our time," he said.
Brabourne went on to produce a series of box office hits including Up the Junction (1968), The Tales of Beatrix Potter (1971), Murder on the Orient Express (1974) starring Albert Finney, Death on the Nile (1978) with Peter Ustinov, The Mirror Crack'd (1980) with Elizabeth Taylor, Evil Under the Sun (1982) (1982) again with Ustinov, and Little Dorrit (1987) starring Alec Guinness.
He always described himself as a "creative producer". "I've always been very involved with the directors," he said. "I set out to become a director myself but changed my mind. The things that interested me were the story, which is number one for me, the script, which is certainly number two, and the third really important factor is the editing. I found that, although I like to work with actors, I don't really have a feeling for directing."
He was also a governor of the British Film Institute and was appointed a CBE in 1983 for his services to the film industry.- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Charles Gormley was born on 19 December 1937 in Rutherglen, Scotland, UK. He was a writer and director, known for The Gospel According to Vic (1986), Living Apart Together (1982) and My Nights with Susan, Olga, Albert, Julie, Piet & Sandra (1975). He died on 22 September 2005 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.- After his studies at the HBS he did an entrance exam for the school of acting but he failed. In spite of that he didn't give up and soon he was accepted in "het Nederlandsch toneel" and there he made his debut in Waremar. He had a few jobs on the side that time, as he couldn't earn a living as an actor.
Then in WWII he refused to report to the Kultuurkamer, a German organization for the registration of all people with a cultural or artistic occupation. Instead he went into hiding. This stopped his acting career for as long as the Netherlands were occupied by the Germans.
After the war he played a lot of comedy theater and participated in several radio programs. In 1953 he joined the cabaret group of Wim Sonneveld and got national fame for the first time.
In 1955 he started his role in the TV-series "Swiebertje" as the leading role. Swiebertje lasted until 1975. The series became legendary and even many years later people still called him Swiebertje, in fact he kept the "nickname" until he died. That was also the reason for him to leave for England in 1975. There he got the chance to do some serious acting. After about five years in which he traveled back and forth between the Netherlands and England he returned to the Netherlands. He then returned to comedy theater and movies. In spite of health problems and even heart surgery he refused to give up acting and even started a "new" career when he played in a series of serious plays directed by Ivo ten Hove. He enjoyed that so much that he never returned to comedy theater again.
In 2001 he played in a theater production called "Blijvend Applaus". In this play he celebrated both his 80th birthday and his 60 year theater anniversary.
In September 2005 he died in a nursing home.
Joop Doderer married three times. His first marriage with Conny Stuart only lasts for a few years. His second marriage lasts about ten years and his wife gives birth to a daughter. When he was 52 he married Esther who was only 21 at that time. In spite of the age difference the marriage lasted and they were very happy together and had a son and daughter. - Janusz Bukowski was born on 7 December 1941 in Gorzyce, Podkarpackie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Wesele (1973), Prywatne sledztwo (1987) and Sara (1997). He was married to Ewa Wawrzon. He died on 22 September 2005 in Prague, Czech Republic.
- Frank Tregear was born on 18 September 1924 in Jersey, Channel Islands. He was an actor, known for A Tale of Two Cities (1980), UFO (1970) and The Rat Catchers (1966). He died on 22 September 2005 in Camden, London, England, UK.
- Producer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Production Manager
Joseph Wolf was born on 18 May 1927. He was a producer and production manager, known for Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and Halloween II (1981). He died on 22 September 2005 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Special Effects
- Visual Effects
- Producer
Sadamasa Arikawa was born on 7 June 1925 in Tokyo, Japan. Sadamasa was a producer, known for Godzilla (1954), The Phoenix (1978) and King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963). Sadamasa died on 22 September 2005 in Izu, Japan.- Editorial Department
- Actor
- Editor
Michael Weir was born October 2, 1965 to Norman and Ethne Weir. He attended the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, graduating in 1990.
He was a visual artist, performer and film editor. He was twice nominated for the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award (Genie) and was a recipient of numerous other honors including two awards for editing from the Atlantic Film Festival.
In addition to his success as an editor, Michael was a director of several comedic short videos including the musical "Queer, Dyke, Fruit". He also documented his struggles with cancer in 36 hours of a profound video diary.
Michael Weir died on September 22, 2005 amidst a wealth of family and friends after a brave two year battle with lung cancer at the age of 39.- Actress
- Additional Crew
Paulina Ossona was an actress, known for Germinación (1965). She died on 22 September 2005 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Actor
- Director
Rolf Berntzen was born on 4 June 1918 in Bergen, Norway. He was an actor and director, known for Alle mine sønner (1967), Volpone (1965) and Gengangere (1962). He was married to Karin Simonnæs. He died on 22 September 2005 in Bergen, Norway.- Producer
- Director
- Additional Crew
John Williams was born on 20 January 1945 in Lampeter, Ceredigion, Wales, UK. He was a producer and director, known for Frontline/World (2002), Saddam's Road to Hell (2006) and Daytime Live (1987). He died on 22 September 2005 in Iraq.- Actor
- Additional Crew
Paul Mathews was born on 7 December 1926 in Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Continental Divide (1981). He died on 22 September 2005 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Leavander Johnson died on 22 September 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- Annemarie Heinrich was born on 9 January 1912 in Darmstadt, Germany. She died on 22 September 2005 in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina.