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- Soundtrack
Manly actor Lee Patterson will always be remembered by American audiences as the hunky detective alongside equally hunky detectives Van Williams and Troy Donahue on Surfside 6 (1960) from the early 1960s. But, prior to that, he had a solid second-string career in British films playing Americanized parts.
Born in British Columbia, he went to a college in Ontario before crossing the ocean and settling in England. A former stage manager and theatre publicist in his salad days, he was a rock-solid presence in such "B" films as Terror Street (1953) (aka Terror Street), The Good Die Young (1954), Reach for the Sky (1956), The Mailbag Robbery (1957) (aka The Mailbag Robbery) and Jack the Ripper (1959). The monumental success of the private eye series 77 Sunset Strip (1958) and the hair-combing Edd Byrnes "Kookie" craze instigated a number of imitations with Surfside 6 (1960) being just one of them. It lasted a rather short two seasons but it did establish Lee here in America. As good looking as the exotic locales behind him on the show, his own good looks carried him much further, going on to star in a number of guest spots and earning a slew of soap opera roles along the way, most notably on One Life to Live (1968) as Erika Slezak's one-time husband. He grew into a reliable character actor and was also seen on the stage in later years.
Out of the limelight for quite some time, Lee remained quite private, and his death on Valentine's Day in 2007 at a Galveston Island, Texas hospital of congestive heart failure (complicated by lung cancer and emphysema) was not reported until nearly a year later. A sizable portion of his estate went to charitable organizations such as the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which was founded by his good friend Danny Thomas.- Buster Keaton Jr. was born on 2 June 1922 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Our Hospitality (1923) and This Is Your Life (1950). He was married to Barbara Jane Tichenor. He died on 14 February 2007 in Santa Ynez, California, USA.
- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
John O'Banion was born on 16 February 1947 in Kokomo, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The Judas Project (1990), Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983) and Borderline (1980). He died on 14 February 2007 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Animation Department
- Art Department
- Director
As a teenager, Ryan Larkin studied at the Art School of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts under the tutelage of Arthur Lismer, and clearly showed sharp talent for character and figure drawing. In the early 1960s, he was hired by the National Film Board of Canada, and was immediately recognized by NFB's Norman McLaren as one of the brightest new artists in that organization. Norman personally took Ryan on as a protégé; and gave him the resources to create two animated short films: Citérama (1966) ("Cityscape") in 1963 and Syrinx (1965) in 1964. The latter film won worldwide recognition and propelled Ryan to even more ambitious projects.
Ryan's next film, Walking (1968) ("Walking"), gave him not only recognition but celebrity. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. He was given write-ups in Time Magazine and called the "Frank Zappa or George Harrison of Animation" by the Montreal Gazette. Ryan's next film, Street Musique (1972), further cemented his star status at the NFB. At this point Ryan began his downward career spiral. He was to make no more films at the NFB, and resigned in 1978. By this time he was a cocaine addict and heavy drinker, and was unable to hold down any work in animation or any other profession. During a period of over a decade, which he describes as a "haze," Ryan lost all his artwork, all his sculptures, all his animation materials, all his money. For a year he lived homeless on the streets of Montreal, only recently finding a home in the Old and begs for spare change from passersby in front of Schwartz's Restaurant on Montreal's Boulevard St. Laurent.
After the release of Ryan (2004) he started to try to get back on his career again. He quit drinking and stopped using cocaine, and even produced a few short bumpers for MTV. However, it was too late: Ryan Larkin died on February 14th, 2007, victim of a lung cancer that spread all the way to his brain, putting an end to one of animation's most peculiar personalities.- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Additional Crew
Pál Erdöss was born on 9 February 1947 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a director and assistant director, known for Adj király katonát (1983), Visszaszámlálás (1986) and Homo Novus (1990). He died on 14 February 2007 in Budapest, Hungary.- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Director
Steven Pimlott was born on 18 April 1953 in Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999), Carmen (1989) and Great Performances (1971). He was married to Bechly, Daniela. He died on 14 February 2007 in Colchester, Essex, England, UK.- Additional Crew
- Actor
Alfred De Sio was born on 29 August 1932 in Geneva, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Tap (1989), Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987) and Zwei im Frack (2001). He was married to Louise R. Reichlin. He died on 14 February 2007 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Art Department
- Art Director
- Actor
Lauri Ahokas was born on 28 October 1926 in Viipuri, Finland. He was an art director and actor, known for Rikollinen nainen (1952), Mustasukkaisuus (1953) and The Glory and Misery of Human Life (1988). He died on 14 February 2007 in Vantaa, Finland.- Music Department
Gareth Morris was born on 13 May 1920 in Clevedon, North Somerset, England, UK. He is known for Shapes and Forms (1950). He died on 14 February 2007.- Music Department
- Writer
- Director
Emmett Williams was born on 4 April 1925 in Greenville, North Carolina, USA. He was a writer and director, known for Flux Concert (1979), Emmett Williams Reads My Life in Flux - and Vice Versa: Live and Nonstop (1992) and Fluxus: Ben Patterson and Maulwerker (2012). He was married to Ann Noël Stevenson and Laura Powell MacCarteney. He died on 14 February 2007 in Berlin, Germany.- Editor
- Writer
- Director
Carlos Coimbra was born in Campinas, SP, Brazil in 1925; he began his career in movies as an extra. Later on he worked as a producer, screenwriter and as a director from the 1950s to the 1970s, becoming known for his movies about 'cangaço' (bandit groups from the Brazilian Northeast that were active between 1880-1940 - some of them became legendary in popular culture, as they were feared or even revered by many across the Northeastern states).
His most known movie was Independência ou Morte (1972) about Pedro I (played by Tarcísio Meira) who became Brazil's first emperor upon declaring independence from Portugal in 1822 and his scandalous affair with the Marquise of Santos (played by Glória Menezes). Despite the social/political comments in the storyline, the movie was not censored by the strict military government of the time.
In 1997, Carlos Coimbra returned to the movie sets with the remake of "O Cangaceiro". However due to health problems he had to abandon the project, which ended up being directed by Anibal Massaini Neto.
Carlos was taken to the Santa Casa de Misericórdia hospital in São Paulo on Feb 13, 2007 after feeling ill. He was diagnosed with an acute thrombosis in the lower parts of the body, and emergency surgery ensued. He died of an aneurysm in the abdominal section of the aorta artery after 7 hours on the surgical table.
His ex-wife and daughter live in the USA and he also left a son, Cláudio, who lives in Rio de Janeiro.- Director
- Actor
- Writer
András Szitányi was born on 5 May 1945 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a director and actor, known for Kegyelmes úr (1992), Musical TV Theater (1970) and A gyilkos én vagyok (1994). He died on 14 February 2007 in Hungary.