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- Actor
- Additional Crew
Bill Raisch was born of German immigrant parents in New Jersey in 1905. After graduating from high school, Raisch took a job at a construction site hauling cement. When he wasn't working, he lifted weights at Sig Klein's Gym in New York City. Raisch was noticed by a society girl looking for a dancing partner and he escorted her to various parties as her date and dancing partner. Raisch came to the attention of Marilyn Miller the star of Ziegfield Follies. She introduced him to Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., who signed Raisch up for his dance troupe.
In the late 1920s, Raisch danced for Ziegfield at the New Amsterdam Roof Theater where he got to work with Maurice Chevalier making his first American stage appearance and he also appeared in the stage musical "Whoopee" starring Eddie Cantor. While he was dancing in New York, Raisch, coming home from work one evening, was attacked by five muggers on the street. Although he was worked over, Raisch took them on and beat them all up single-handily. The next day, a newspaper ran a picture of Raisch with the headline, "Don't Say Dancers Are Sissies". While still in New York, Raisch met and married his wife, Ziegfeld dancer Adele Smith.
During World War II, Raisch served in the U.S. Merchant Marines where he was badly wounded in early 1945 fighting a shipboard fire in which he was so badly burned he lost his right arm. With his stage career over, Raisch moved to Los Angeles in 1946 where Ben Hecht had a part for him in the movie Specter of the Rose (1946).
In 1952, Raisch became a stand-in for Burt Lancaster where he appeared as a double for the famous actor and later appeared as a one-armed man in Lonely Are the Brave (1962). Here Raisch was noticed and offered the recurring role on the TV Series The Fugitive (1963) - Fred Johnson, the One-Armed Man, which David Janssen's character Dr. Richard Kimble hounds throughout the series. However, Raisch was hired just for his looks, not his acting ability. His very first speaking role was mainly limited to a handful of episodes with short lines and speeches. Because of the show's popularity, Raisch was so recognizable as the One-Armed Man that it was almost impossible for him to get work on other shows. So, producer Quinn Martin put Raisch on a retainer, giving him a degree of security.
After "The Fugitive" series ended in 1967, Raisch, fed up with typecast TV and movie offers, rarely acted again, although his popularity of the One-Armed Man never diminished. He worked as an acting teacher and coach in West Los Angeles from then on until his death.
Bill Raisch died from lung cancer in a hospital in Santa Monica in July 1984 at the age of 79.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Hetty Galen was born on 29 December 1929 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Night They Robbed Big Bertha's (1975), Simon (1980) and Roseland (1977). She died on 31 July 1984.- Blanche Kral Novak was born on 5 February 1907 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She died on 31 July 1984 in Portland, Oregon USA.
- Casting Director
Judy Abbott was born on 17 March 1922. Judy was a casting director, known for Jane Austen in Manhattan (1980), The Europeans (1979) and Broadway on Showtime (1979). Judy was married to Tom Ewell, Richard Clark and Richard Bova. Judy died on 31 July 1984.- Philip Van Doren Stern was born on 10 September 1900 in Wyalusing, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and It Happened One Christmas (1977). He died on 31 July 1984 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.
- Writer
- Director
Ljubisa Kozomara was born on 7 August 1934 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was a writer and director, known for Crows (1969), Hot Years (1966) and Zvizduk u osam (1962). He died on 31 July 1984 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia.- John 'Beans' Reardon was born on 23 November 1897 in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for 1949 World Series (1949) and The Jack Benny Program (1950). He was married to Marie Pickett. He died on 31 July 1984 in Long Beach, California, USA.
- Ed King Cross was born on 28 November 1903 in Piney Flatts, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for Happily Ever After (1978). He died on 31 July 1984 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Soundtrack
Paul Le Flem was born in Radon, France to Célestin Louis Joseph Le Flem and Gabrielle Marie Le Flem. After his parents died when he was 12, Le Flem relocated to Lézardrieux, France, where he lived with his father's family, and would spent most of his life.
In 1895, at the age of 14, Le Flem attended the Brest Naval School, but had to resign because his vision was poor. While at Brest High School, he learned music, and the age of 15, he was composing his own pieces of music, inspired primarily by his homeland of Brittany. In 1899, Joseph Farigoul, the head of the band for the Brest naval fleets, encouraged Le Flem to go with him to Paris to enroll at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. He obtained a license in philosophy from the Faculty of Letters, and was taught by Henri Bergson, but left Paris in 1901. In September 1902, Le Flem and Claude Debussy departed for Moscow, learning Russian and attending the national school. Although he loved Russia, he refused the offer to become a flower plantation manager in Crimea, and returned to France because he was homesick.
In March 1904, Le Flem attended the Schola Cantorum in Paris, studying alongside composers Vincent d'Indy, Albert Roussel, and Edgard Varèse. In 1923, he succeeded Roussel's position as Professor of Counterpoint, and held the position until 1939, teaching Erik Satie and André Jolivet.
From 1905 to 1913, Le Flem composed his first works, which resulted in him getting mobilized in 1914, during World War I. During the war, he served as a stretcher-bearer, and was transferred to Mailly-le-Camp in May 1916. Because he spoke Russian fluently, he was assigned to the 1st Russian Special Regiment, led by Colonel Nietchvolodof. Nietchvolodof was impressed by Le Flem's music, so he had Le Flem create a brass band for the army.
Le Flem married Jeanne Louise Yvonne Marie Even, and had three children, two of which died in 1913 at an early age, so Le Flem wrote "Pour les morts" in their memory.
Le Flem was awarded for his service during the Attack of Fort de Brimont on April 16, 1917, and four days later, the regiment was relieved and returned to Talus-Saint-Prix, before being transferred again to Camp de La Courtine, assembling with 15,000 soldiers, including regiment mutineers. In 1918, Le Flem was responsible for inspecting the Russian soldiers in the Fourth Military Region at Bordeaux, and was assigned to private individuals in Mayenne, Sarthe, Orne and Eure-et-Loir. He would inspect agriculture, companies, and public utilities.
From 1906 to 1960, Le Flem worked as a music critic, but from 1921 to 1937, Le Flem worked as a music critic for Comoedia, and was intrigued by the talents of Igor Stravinsky and Darius Milhaud. In 1928, composers Adrien Rougier, André Caplet, and Jacques Ibert all paid tribute to him. Le Flem also joined the Seiz Breur, the Breton artistic movement of the 1930s. He also worked as a choirmaster and director of the Chanteurs de Saint-Gervais until 1939.
Through his daughter Jeanne Le Flem (1912-2007), Le Flem is the grandfather of Marika Green and the great-grandfather of Eva Green.
In 1936, Le Flem returned to composing, and did not stop until 1976, when he went blind at the age of 95. He died in 1984 in the geriatrics department of a hospital in Tréguier, France.- Brooks Morton was born on 3 October 1930 in Hopkins, Kentucky, USA. He was an actor, known for The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977), The Three Sisters (1966) and The Adams Chronicles (1976). He died on 31 July 1984 in New York, New York, USA.
- Director
- Animation Department
- Writer
Bohuslav Srámek was born on 12 December 1914 in Prague, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a director and writer, known for Blecha (1962), Makový muzícek (1979) and A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959). He died on 31 July 1984 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].