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- Music Department
Paul Henning was born on 16 September 1911 in Independence, Missouri, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Beverly Hillbillies (1962), The Bob Cummings Show (1955) and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988). He was married to Ruth Henning. He died on 25 March 2005 in Burbank, California, USA.- Dragoljub Milosavljevic-Gula was born on 30 May 1923 in Petrovac na Mlavi, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for TV teatar (1956), Bila jednom jedna zemlja (1995) and Maratonci trce pocasni krug (1982). He died on 25 March 2005 in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.
- Elyane Nadeau was born on 21 May 1945. She was an actress, known for Martin (1977). She died on 25 March 2005 in New York, USA.
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Greg Garrison was the very definition of a successful television director in the 1950s-60s. Breaking into live TV in the late 1940s directing Milton Berle on his wildly popular The Buick Circus Hour (1952) (AKA "Texaco Star Theater"), Garrison quickly learned the mechanics of fast-paced production, lessons learned in the frenetic world of live TV could would be well applied to taped production, decades later. His career seldom ventured away from the one-eyed monster, he directed a few game shows at ABC (on the short-lived, Bon Voyage (1949) and 1949's Ladies Be Seated (1949)) and CBS (a 1949 game show, Majority Rules (1949)) but had much greater success working on NBC within the now-defunct variety show format. He enjoyed his first extended taste of success with that network's The Kate Smith Hour (1950), which enjoyed a 5-season run into 1954. He was one of 6 rotating directors on John Forsythe's popular Bachelor Father (1957) (running through CBS, NBC and ABC, throughout its 1957-62 production history!) and dabbled in a couple of low-budget feature films that went nowhere at the box office; television was clearly his métier. Garrison also holds the distinction of having directed one of the 1960 Nixon-Kennedy debates, setting a standard for the political electoral process that continues to this day. But to anyone in the industry old enough to remember, his name was most closely associated with superstar Dean Martin. Garrison worked with the singer/actor almost exclusively after 1965 (eventually earning a much deserved producer credit) and is largely responsible for the show's enormous success; somewhat of a miracle due to the star's contractual restrictions he worked under. Martin never rehearsed with guest stars; camera set-ups and blockings were done on Saturdays without the star and the actual shooting schedule was limited to Sundays (with Martin frequently departing the set before the taping was completed!).
Garrison believed that his #1 function was to keep the show's principal star happy at all costs (perhaps his best contemporary likeness is Rip Torn's character, "Arthur" on The Larry Sanders Show (1992)) and he employed overbooking as a means to replace guest stars and lesser acts should they balk. Guest stars who learned to work within these unique restrictions enjoyed frequent encore appearances, those that didn't weren't seen with Dean on TV again. His directorial approach and handling of the laid-back Martin, who often blew lines and ad-libbed out of necessity, only made the show more endearing to audiences. Garrison required guest stars to rehearse with stand-ins (often himself and choreographer Lee Hale) and would seldom tolerate dissent. Making it look easy was hard work but Garrison also understood the importance of surrounding himself with high caliber of production talent and ran each production with speed and precision. His office at NBC was relatively shabby; he was rarely there, preferring to spend his time more effectively on the set. As The Dean Martin Show (1965) progressed and morphed into a roast format, the star gradually grew somewhat sluggish. Garrison responded by cleverly editing Martin's reaction shots from older shows (made easier since the star typically wore a tuxedo and shots could easily be edited in) into the later installments. He eventually became part-owner of the show and owned a large percentage of Martin's "Roasts", which proved extremely lucrative in his later years once it was made available on DVD; those roast infomercials --- still being shown on late-night cable courtesy of Guthy-Reiker as of late 2007-- made Greg Garrison millions in his retirement. This prototypical production icon died at age 81 of pneumonia on March 25, 2005.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Emmy Lopes Dias was born on 4 August 1919 in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for De kleine waarheid (1970), Q & Q (1974) and Kunt u mij de weg naar Hamelen vertellen, mijnheer? (1972). She died on 25 March 2005 in Laren, Netherlands.- Actor
- Sound Department
- Stunts
Terry, a former police officer, was a martial arts expert in several disciplines and began his career as a stuntman in such films as Ninja III, The Domination. He became known to a generation of Arizona children when he starred as Sheriff Trigger Mortis in the stunt show at Legend City (Phoenix, Arizona) amusement park in the late 1970s-early 1980s, and played the same role on the "Wallace and Ladmo" TV show during that period.
He moved to Hollywood in 1984 and began working in TV, film and commercials. His TV work included roles on "Golden Girls" and "LA Law" and voice overs for Nissan commercials.
Terry was also a talented stage director and acted in many regional productions, especially after he moved to Dallas in 1994. Of note:
As an actor: I Never Sang For My Father (1980s, Phoenix, Arizona); 6 RMS RV VW (1980s, Phoenix, Arizona); The Man With the Pointed Toes (1994, Burbank, Calif.); Oedipus Shemedipus, by Rue McClanahan (1990s, Hollywood); Hysterical Blindness, starring Leslie Jordan (1999, Circle Theatre, Fort Worth); Brigadoon (2000, Plano, Texas).
As a director: The Man With the Pointed Toes (1997, Waxahachie Chautauqua Theater, Texas; The Rainmaker (1990s, Plano, Texas); Gin Game (1990s, Plano, Texas).
He is also remembered as an accomplished Scottish bagpiper, and played his Highland pipes in several stage productions and with regional pipe bands.- Francine Witkin was born on 2 August 1931 in California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Joyriders (1999), Nightforce (1987) and 1st & Ten (1984). She died on 25 March 2005.
- Additional Crew
- Script and Continuity Department
- Producer
Melanie Bell was born on 18 October 1968 in Americus, Georgia, USA. She was a producer, known for Meet Joe Black (1998), Beautiful Girls (1996) and Fried Green Tomatoes (1991). She died on 25 March 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Hasan El-Saifi was born on 13 January 1927 in Egypt. He was a director and writer, known for El Maganin El Talata (1970), Itharissi minal hub (1959) and Khataf Merati (1954). He was married to Zahrat El-Ula. He died on 25 March 2005.- Jozef Hodorovský was born on 18 August 1921 in Krompachy, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He was an actor, known for Organ (1965), Správca skanzenu (1989) and Bakalári (1972). He died on 25 March 2005 in Kosice, Slovakia.
- Writer
- Producer
Michael Luke was born in 1924. He was a writer and producer, known for Oedipus the King (1968), The World Ten Times Over (1963) and The Man in Room 17 (1965). He died on 25 March 2005.