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- Robert Beatty graduated with a B.A. from the University of Toronto and started in amateur dramatics with the Hamilton Player's Guild. For a while, he made a living as a cashier for a gas and fuel company. In order to further hone his acting skills, he made his way to London in 1936 (on the advice of Leslie Howard) to train for acting at RADA. He made his theatrical debut in "Idiot's Delight" at the Apollo, and from there obtained regular work on both stage and screen in bit parts and walk-ons, eventually making his breakthrough on radio as a broadcaster for the BBC. He was famously on hand, reporting eyewitness accounts of the London Blitz for the Overseas News Service during the war years.
On the strength of this, Beatty was promoted to more substantial film roles, beginning with San Demetrio London (1943), in which he played a brash, alcoholic American sailor mellowed by his good-natured British crewmates in the best 'stiff-upper-lip' tradition. This seemed to set the tone for his future screen personae, for he was henceforth typecast as tough, down-to-earth Canadians or Americans, many of them cops or gumshoes in low budget potboilers. That notwithstanding, he had his share of quality assignments as well, notably as loyal friend to IRA fugitive James Mason in Odd Man Out (1947); as a plausible Lord Beaverbrook in The Magic Box (1951); as Lieutenant William Bush, best friend and second-in-command to Gregory Peck's Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951); and as a washed-out heavyweight prizefighter in The Square Ring (1953). Throughout his career, Beatty's stock-in-trade was masculinity, dependability and forthrightness.
Immensely popular on radio, Beatty provided the voice for private eye Philip Odell in a long-running series for the BBC "Light Programme" between 1947 and 1961. From the late 1950's, he also became increasingly prolific on television and as a narrator of documentaries. If his face was not yet recognisable enough, he appeared in commercials for a hair care product. For two years, Beatty starred in his own half-hour series, Dial 999 (1958), as a Canadian mountie seconded to Scotland Yard. On the big screen he was cast as Dr. Ralph Halvorsen in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Towards the end of his lengthy career, he gave one of his finest performances, a thoroughly convincing impersonation of President Ronald Reagan in the documentary-drama Breakthrough at Reykjavik (1987). - Sally Home was born on 27 September 1930 in Southsea, England, UK. She was an actress, known for American Playhouse (1980), Marie Curie (1977) and The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978). She was married to George Baker. She died on 3 March 1992 in Devizes, Wiltshire, England, UK.
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Dante Maggio was born on 2 March 1909 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He was an actor, known for For a Few Dollars More (1965), Under the Olive Tree (1950) and The Dragon Strikes Back (1973). He died on 3 March 1992 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Once named the "enfante terrible" of the American stage prior to WWII, Ted returned from service in Alaska to open the Ted Liss Studio for Performing Arts in Chicago in 1946 (many of his early students were funded by money from the GI bill). He continued teaching acting, directing and commercial voiceover performance for 46 years until his death in 1992. Famous alumni of his studio include Tom Bosley (who cast Ted as "Bishop MacNee" in the pilot of his Father Dowling Mysteries (1989)), Robert Urich, and current stars Virginia Madsen and Billy Campbell. One of the eulogies at Ted's funeral was given by famous Chicago sportscaster Jack Brickhouse. At ceremony's end, Ted's family led the mourners in a rousing standing ovation. Though he appeared in two notable films (Child's Play (1988) and Somewhere in Time (1980)), Ted is best-known for his commercial voice overs, including the infamous "Willie Horton" commercial for George Bush in 1988 (which was done with some ambivalence by lifelong liberal Ted).
- Beatrice La Plante was born on 23 July 1896 in Faribault, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for Hush (1921), Rose of the West (1919) and Dangerous Waters (1919). She was married to Clyde F. Drollinger, Jr.. She died on 3 March 1992 in Monrovia, California, USA.
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- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Graham Cottle was born on 9 September 1940. He was a producer and production manager, known for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Miracle Mile (1988) and Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986). He died on 3 March 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Saara Ranin was born on 3 March 1898 in Hamina, Finland. She was an actress, known for Inspector Palmu's Error (1960), Hormoonit valloillaan (1948) and Kuningas kulkureitten (1953). She was married to Helge Ranin. She died on 3 March 1992 in Helsinki, Finland.
- Rudolf Luszczak was born on 8 November 1902 in Nussdorf, Silesia, Austria-Hungary [now Leszczyny, Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Okragly tydzien (1977) and Blisko, coraz blizej (1983). He died on 3 March 1992 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland.
- Maria Grazia Lombardi was a racing driver from Italy. Born in Frugarolo, Piedmont, she participated in 17 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix. She is the only female Formula One driver in history to have a top six finish in a World Championship race, which she did at the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix (half points were awarded for this race due to a shortened race distance, hence Lombardi received half a point instead of the usual one point.) As well as being the sole female driver to score points in Formula One, she is one of only two who qualified for a Formula One race (the other being compatriot Maria Teresa de Filippis) and the only driver with that career total.
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- Writer
- Producer
Kurt Steinwendner was born on 7 September 1920 in Vienna, Austria. He was a director and writer, known for Venedig (1962), Die fünf Karnickel (1953) and Wienerinnen (1952). He died on 3 March 1992 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.