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- Neville Brand joined the Illinois National Guard in 1939, bent on a career in the military. His National Guard unit was activated into federal service shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. It was while he was in the army that he made his acting debut, in Army training films, and this experience apparently changed the direction of his life. Once a civilian again, he used his GI Bill education assistance to study drama with the American Theater Wing and then appeared in several Broadway plays. His film debut was in Port of New York (1949). Among his earliest films was the Oscar-winning Stalag 17 (1953). His heavy features and gravelly voice made Brand a natural tough guy (and he wasn't just a "movie" tough guy--he was among the most highly decorated American soldiers in World War II, fighting in the European Theater against the Germans). "With this kisser, I knew early in the game I wasn't going to make the world forget Clark Gable," he once told a reporter. He played Al Capone in The George Raft Story (1961), The Scarface Mob (1959), and TV's The Untouchables (1959). Among his other memorable roles are the sympathetic guard in Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) and the representative of rioting convicts in Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954). Perhaps his best-known role was that of the soft-hearted, loud-mouthed, none-too-bright but very effective Texas Ranger Reese Bennett of Backtrack! (1969), Three Guns for Texas (1968), and TV's Laredo (1965).
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Born in Los Angeles to Mexican immigrant parents, Andy Russell, who took his professional name from one of his idols, Russ Columbo, achieved his greatest U.S. popularity in the 1940s. As with Columbo and Bing Crosby before him, he started out singing with Gus Arnheim's orchestra at the Cocoanut Grove, but, at only 13, he was so young that Arnheim had to become his legal guardian to permit him to travel out of state. Possessed of a romantic baritone voice, he sang songs in English and Spanish, his biggest hit being "Besame Mucho" (Capitol: 1945). In the early 1950s, he re-located to Mexico, where he remained a major star until his death. He remained a U.S. citizen, however, and still made appearances in the U.S. from time to time.- Writer
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Paul Hammerich was born on 12 June 1927 in Frederiksberg, Denmark. He was a writer and director, known for Een stor familie (1982), Hov, hov (1968) and Matador (1978). He was married to Malene Schwartz and Ida Elisabeth Hammerich. He died on 16 April 1992 in Denmark.- Actress
Ruby McCoy was born Ruby Helen Mccoy in Superior, Wisconsin on August 29, 1907. Her father, Daniel Mcoy, was a train conductor. After her parents divorced her mother moved them to Los Angeles, California. At the age of fourteen Ruby made her film debut in the 1921 silent The Child Thou Gavest Me. When she didn't get any other roles she began competing in local beauty contests. The alluring redhead was five feet, three inches tall and weight 107 pounds. She spent four years working as a cigarette girl at a restaurant on Hollywood boulevard. In 1928 she was signed by Educational Comedies. Ruby appeared in several short films including When George Hops, The Campus Vamp and Chasing Husbands. She also had a small role in the 1929 musical Broadway.
Frustrated with the way her career was going she decided to quit acting. Ruby married writer and director James Parrot in 1937. He was the brother of actor Charley Chase. Unfortunately he had a serious drinking problem and was addicted to pills. James died on May 10, 1939 at the age of forty-two. Soon after Ruby started working as a stenographer. She married Felix Hughes, a sixty-nine year old vocal teacher, in 1943. The couple lived with Felix's brother, novelist Rupert Hughes. They remained happily married until 1961 when Felix passed away. Ruby spent her remaining years living in Los Angeles. On April 16, 1992 she died at a the age of eighty-four. She was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.- Music Department
Skeets Herfurt was born on 28 May 1911. He is known for Java Jive (1941), Cielito Lindo (1941) and Lawrence Welk's Christmas Reunion (1985). He was married to Dorothy Osmers. He died on 16 April 1992 in California, USA.- Alfreda Hodgson was born on 7 June 1940 in Morecambe, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Midsummer Marriage (1984) and Mozart - His Life with Music (1985). She died on 16 April 1992 in Morecambe, England, UK.
- Jim Choi was a producer, known for Gwang tin lung fo wooi (1989), Set Me Free! (1988) and Secret Signs (1993). He died on 16 April 1992 in Hong Kong.