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- Though primarily a stage actor, Sebastian Shaw appeared in some forty film and television productions from 1930 to 1991. Born in Holt, Norfolk, England, he first appeared on stage as a child in 1913, graduating to lead roles by the late 1920s. It was in 1930 that he made his first film appearance in Caste (1930). His most notable film roles of this period were as an aspiring actor opposite Miriam Hopkins and Rex Harrison in the Alexander Korda-produced Men Are Not Gods (1936); as a crime suspect in another Korda production, Murder on Diamond Row (1937); and opposite Conrad Veidt and Valerie Hobson in Michael Powell's U-Boat 29 (1939). His later films included Roy Boulting's documentary-style Journey Together (1945), The Glass Mountain (1949) (in which he played an eccentric Scottish lyricist), and Scotch on the Rocks (1953).
In the 1960s, he appeared in Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo's imaginative It Happened Here (1964), made in semi-documentary style showing Britons coping during a Nazi persecution. Mostly stage and television work followed (including an appearance as a judge in Rumpole of the Bailey (1978)). In 1982, Shaw was approached by George Lucas to make an appearance in the final episode of his Star Wars films, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983). The role was the small but crucial one at the film's climax of the unmasked Darth Vader (Anakin Skywalker) and in the final scene as Anakin's ghost. The role has since made him a cult figure all over the world. Much of Shaw's remaining career was spent playing distinguished elderly gent roles, such as cold war spy-cum-art critic Basil Sharpe in High Season (1987). Shaw continued to act on stage, film and television well into his eighties. Sebastian Shaw died at age 89 of natural causes on December 23, 1994. - Additional Crew
- Actress
- Music Department
Dialect coach and actress on Broadway and in film, best known for her performance as the Elderly Southern Lady on the bench with Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump (1994), Dunfee began her professional career at the Ogunquit Playhouse in 1939 where she was discovered by Sinclair Lewis, author of the American classic "Main Street," and cast in his production of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town." She subsequently played the Nurse in "Romeo and Juliet" with Diana Barrymore and appeared with her husband, actor David Clarke and daughter K.C. Ligon in "The Visit" with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. Dunfee taught privately in New York and California and coached numerous prominent performers for Broadway and film, including Mel Gibson, Jessica Lange, Diane Keaton, Sissy Spacek Barbara Hershey, Susan Sarandon, and James Earl Jones who had been her student at the American Theatre Wing in New York, and continued to work with her throughout his career. Dunfee was Master Teacher of Speech and Text of the Graduate Acting Program, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, for twenty-eight years, where her students included Billy Crudup and Marcia Gay Harden.- Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr. was born in 1943 in Alabama, USA. He died on 23 December 1994 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Neil Hartley was born on 14 July 1916 in Watauga County, North Carolina, USA. He was a producer, known for Joseph Andrews (1977), Tom Jones (1963) and The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967). He died on 23 December 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Derrick Slater was born on 18 December 1937 in Poole, Dorset, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Ups and Downs of a Handyman (1975), The Bacchae (1962) and Doctor Who (1963). He died on 23 December 1994 in Hove, East Sussex, England, UK.
- Griffith Pugh was born on 29 October 1909 in Cotton Manor, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK. He died on 23 December 1994 in Hatching Green House, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ivo Toman was born on 10 March 1924 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He was a director and writer, known for Váhavý strelec (1957), Výstrely v Mariánských Lázních (1973) and Cesty muzu (1972). He died on 23 December 1994 in Prague, Czech Republic.- Elisabeth Teutenberg was born on 13 May 1912 in Weimar, Germany. She was an actress, known for Ausreißer (1970). She died on 23 December 1994 in Bern, Switzerland.
- Jindra Kvardová was born in 1908. She was an actress, known for Day for My Love (1977), Ready for the Grave (1990) and We'll Kick Up a Fuss Tomorrow, Darling... (1976). She died on 23 December 1994 in Prague, Czech Republic.
- Editor
- Producer
- Director
Derek York was born on 22 June 1927 in Leyton, London, England, UK. He was an editor and producer, known for Smith, Our Friend (1946), The Invincible Six (1970) and Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964). He died on 23 December 1994 in Poole, Dorset, England, UK.- Actor
- Stunts
Mark Foo was born on 5 February 1958 in Singapore. He was an actor, known for Surf Nazis Must Die (1987), North Shore (1987) and Follow the Sun (1980). He died on 23 December 1994 in Maverick's Reef, California, USA.- Johnny Mince was born on 8 July 1912 in Chicago Heights, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935) and Jazz Concert (1949). He died on 23 December 1994 in Boca Raton, Florida, USA.
- Teiji Ômiya was born on 30 August 1928 in Hachioji, Japan. He was an actor, known for Speed Racer (1967), Gatchaman (1972) and Bubblegum Crisis (1987). He died on 23 December 1994 in Japan.