Sunday, October 6, 2013

Anthony Hinds aka John Elder

Film producer and screenwriter; the father of "Hammer horror" -- via the Telegraph. The son of the Hammer film studio's father, he made the momentous decision to make a feature film of the BBC-TV sci-fi series "The Quatermass Experiment," courting the then-infamous "X" film-rating certificate for adults only. He then moved on to color in "The Curse of Frankenstein," bringing together great team members such as Jimmy Sangster, Terrence Fisher, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Bernard Robinson, and James Bernard, focusing on "color, sex, and death" (much tahnks the Telegraph for these insights!). His inspiraton vreated some of the favorite creepy-crawlies of my youth!

Israel Gutman

Historian and Holocaust survivor -- via the Washington Post.

Ramblin' Tommy Scott aka "Doc" Tommy Scott

Country and bluegrass musician, singer, comic, entrepreneur, actor, and ventriloquist -- via the Chatanoogan.





Lawrence Goodwyn

Historian and activist -- via the New York Times.

Sidney Lanier

Theater producer, minister -- via the New York Times.

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Gary Brandner

Horror novelist; wrote "The Howling" -- via the Washington Post.

A.C. Lyles

Film producer and studio official -- via the L.A. Times.




Mario Montez

Actor and actress -- via the New York Times. A Warhol "superstar."

Amy Dombroski

Cyclist specializing in cyclocross racing -- via the Boulder Daily Camera.

Jay Robinson

Character actor -- via the L.A. Times. Very talented but frequently overlooked, Robinson could play villains and eccentrics as few others could. He is best remembered for his two film appearances as Emperor Caligula, in "The Robe" and "Demetrius and the Gladiators"; he appeared memorably on the original "Star Trek," as well as the bad guy in "Three the Hard Way," and most memorably for some, the eponymous villain of "Dr. Shrinker," a Saturday morning kids' show.










Elizabeth Frackelton Moak Skorpen

Her penchant for adventure led to her children's book "We Were Tired of Living in a House" -- via legacy.com.


Jutta Lieselotte Salzberg Levy

Her story of her escape from the Nazis became a children's book, "The Year of Goodbyes." -- via the Washington Post.


Toyoko Yamasaki

Novelist -- via The Japan News.

Marc Merson

Film and TV producer -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Jose Montoya

Artist and poet; co-founder of the Royal Chicano Air Force -- via the Sacramento Bee.

LATINOPIA WORD JOSÉ MONTOYA "EL LOUIE" from Latinopia.com on Vimeo.

Marcella Hazan

Cook, teacher, and writer -- via the Huffington Post.


William A. Graham

Director -- via Entertainment Weekly. Did a lot of obscure and strange work, including "Change of Habit," "Return to the Blue Lagoon," Get Christy Love!", "Shirts/Skins," "The Consul," and "Mussolini: The Untold Story."

Walter Schmidinger

Actor -- via Dr Spiegel.

Tuncel Kurtiz

Actor, screenwriter, and director -- via Today's Zaman. Best known for his roles in "The Edge of Heaven" and Peter Brook's "Mahabarata."






Tom Clancy

Writer -- via the New York Times.




Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Gia Maione Prima

Singer -- via the News Orleans Times-Picayune.








Kim Hamilton

Actress -- via Here in the Hills.

Annette Kerr

Actress -- via the Telegraph.

Choi In-ho

Novelist -- via the Chosunilbo.

Oscar Castro-Neves

Guitarist, composer, and orchestrator -- via the L.A. Times.





Monday, September 30, 2013

Patricia Blair

Film and TV actress -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com. Best remembered as Rebecca Boone in TV's "Dainel Boone." An early crush.

Dave Pogson

Dave is far right, visually.
Comic trombonist -- via the Telegraph.

Mike Road

Actor and voice artist -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com. Did a lot of TV, but most importantly, he was the voice of Race Bannon on the original "Jonny Quest."