Tag: Los Angeles

Robert Newton

(1905–1956) Robert Guy Newton Filmography as Actor: Major Barbara 1941 Director: Gabriel Pascal Starring: Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison     Around the World in 80 Days 1956 Director: Michael Anderson Starring: David Niven, Cantinflas   Born June 1 1905 Shaftesbury (England) Died March 25 1956 Beverly…

Robert Walker

(1918–1951) Robert Hudson Walker Filmography as Actor: Strangers on a Train 1951 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman   Born October 13 1918 Salt Lake City, UT (USA) Died August 28 1951 Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Accident (overdose)…

Richard Quine

(1920–1989) Filmography as Director: Paris When It Sizzles 1964 Director: Richard Quine Starring: Audrey Hepburn, William Holden   Born November 12 1920 Detroit, MI (USA) Died June 10 1989 Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Suicide (shot) Occupation Actor Film director

Franz Waxman

(1906–1967) Franz Wachsmann Works: • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) • Fascination (1957) • Love in the Afternoon (1957) • Rear Window (1954) • Rebecca (1940) • Sunset Boulevard (1950) • Suspicion (1941) • The Philadelphia Story (1940) Filmography as Composer: Rebecca…

Bernard Herrmann

(1911–1975) Max ‘Benny’ Herman Works: • Movie Theme Songs • “Scene d’amour” from Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” • Vertigo (1958) Filmography as Composer: Citizen Kane 1941 Director: Orson Welles Starring: Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore     Vertigo 1958 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: James Stewart, Kim…

Dorothy Comingore

(1913–1971) Mary Louise Comingore Filmography as Actress: Citizen Kane 1941 Director: Orson Welles Starring: Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore   Born August 24 1913 Los Angeles, CA (USA) Died December 30 1971 Stonington, CT (USA) Occupation Actress

Michael Curtiz

(1886–1962) Mihály Kertész Filmography as Director: Casablanca 1942 Director: Michael Curtiz Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman   Born December 24 1886 Budapest (Hungary) Died April 10 1962 Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Cancer Buried Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Occupation Film director Award…

Frank Sinatra

(1915–1998) Francis Albert Sinatra, OMRI Filmography as Actor: Around the World in 80 Days 1956 Director: Michael Anderson Starring: David Niven, Cantinflas     High Society 1956 Director: Charles Walters Starring: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly     Paris When It Sizzles 1964 Director: Richard Quine Starring: Audrey Hepburn, William…

Richard Crenna

(1926–2003) Richard Donald Crenna Filmography as Actor: Wait Until Dark 1967 Director: Terence Young Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin   Born November 30 1926 Los Angeles, CA (USA) Died January 17 2003 Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death Cancer (pancreatic) Occupation Actor…

Tony Richardson

(1928–1991) Cecil Antonio “Tony” Richardson Filmography as Director: Tom Jones 1963 Director: Tony Richardson Starring: Albert Finney, Susannah York   Born June 5 1928 Shipley (England) Died November 14 1991 Los Angeles, CA (USA) Cause of death AIDS Wife (1962-1967) Vanessa Redgrave (1937)…