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Powerful and highly respected American actor Jason Nelson Robards, Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Hope Maxine (Glanville) and stage and film star Jason Robards Sr. He had Swedish, English, Welsh, German, and Irish ancestry. Robards was raised mostly in Los Angeles. A star athlete at Hollywood High School, he served in the U.S. Navy in World War II, where he saw combat as a radioman (though he is not listed in official rolls of Navy Cross winners, despite the claims he and his public relations personnel made. Neither was he at Pearl Harbor during the Dec. 7, 1941 attack, his ship being at sea at the time.) Returning to civilian life, he attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and struggled as a small-part actor in local New York theatre, TV and radio before shooting to fame on the New York stage in Eugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh" as Hickey. He followed that with another masterful O'Neill portrayal, as the alcoholic Jamie Tyrone in "Long Day's Journey Into Night" on Broadway. He entered feature films in The Journey (1959) and rose rapidly to even greater fame as a film star. Robards won consecutive Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor for All the President's Men (1976) and Julia (1977), in each case playing real-life people. He continued to work on the stage, winning continued acclaim in such O'Neill works as "Moon For the Misbegotten" and "Hughie." Robards died of lung cancer in 2000.- Actor
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Big, burly character actor, one of the toughest of screen heavies. New York-born Leo Gordon's combination of a powerful physique, deep, menacing voice and icy, withering glare was guaranteed to strike fear into the heart of even the bravest screen hero. Director Don Siegel, who used Gordon in his prison film Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954), once said that "Leo Gordon was the scariest man I have ever met"--this coming from a man who had directed John Wayne, Clint Eastwood and Bette Midler! Siegel wasn't talking about just Gordon's screen presence. As a "heavy", Gordon was the real deal--before becoming an actor (he studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts), Gordon served five years in San Quentin State Prison for armed robbery (during which he was shot several times point-blank by police--and survived). "Riot in Cell Block 11" was filmed at Folsom State Prison--where Gordon also served time--and the Folsom warden remembered him as a troublemaker.At first he refused to allow the film to be shot there if Gordon was to be in it, but Siegel was able to convince him that Gordon was no threat to the prison.
Contrary to his image, though, Gordon was not just a one-note villain. He did play sympathetic parts on occasion, notably in the western Black Patch (1957)--which he also wrote--and in Roger Corman's civil rights drama The Intruder (1962), and turned in first-rate performances, especially in the latter film. Gordon was also a screenwriter, turning out several screenplays for Corman. He wasn't just limited to writing low-budget sci-fi films, either; he penned the screenplay for the WWII epic Tobruk (1967), writing in a meaty part for himself as Kruger, a tough sergeant in a platoon of German Jews masquerading as Nazi soldiers to help blow up a German oil storage facility.
Leo Gordon died in Los Angeles, CA, in 2000 at age 78 of heart failure.- Michael Deacon was born on 6 March 1937 in Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Lord of the Rings (1978), Broome Stages (1966) and Antigone (1962). He died on 26 December 2000 in Denville Hall, Northwood, London, England, UK.
- Robert Gentile was born on 2 November 1938 in the USA. He was an actor, known for Star Trek (1966), Strangers in the City (1962) and The Evil Inside Me (1993). He died on 26 December 2000 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.
- Edith Grobleben was born in 1939 in Germany. She was an actress, known for Olympia - Olympia (1971), Treffpunkt Telebar (1961) and Vorentscheidung für die Deutschen Schlagerfestspiele (1965). She died on 26 December 2000 in Hamburg, Germany.
- Walter Keane was born on 7 October 1915 in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. He was married to Joan Mervin, Margaret Keane and Barbara Rowell Ingham. He died on 26 December 2000 in Encinitas, California, USA.
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Chico Albuquerque was born on 25 April 1917 in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. He is known for It's All True: Based on an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles (1993). He died on 26 December 2000 in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.- Composer
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Paul Kont was born on 19 August 1920 in Vienna, Austria. He was a composer and writer, known for Wienerinnen (1952), Flucht ins Schilf (1953) and Inzwischen (1967). He died on 26 December 2000 in Vienna, Austria.- Anatoliy Mokatzian was born on 12 May 1937 in Yerevan, USSR. Anatoliy was a director, known for How the Cat Studied Handicraft (1986) and Silent Witness (1980). Anatoliy died on 26 December 2000 in Yerevan, Armenia.