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Jack Warden was born John Warden Lebzelter, Jr. on September 18, 1920 in Newark, New Jersey, to Laura M. (Costello) and John Warden Lebzelter. His father was of German and Irish descent, and his mother was of Irish ancestry. Raised in Louisville, Kentucky, at the age of seventeen, young Jack Lebzelter was expelled from Louisville's DuPont Manual High School for repeatedly fighting. Good with his fists, he turned professional, boxing as a welterweight under the name "Johnny Costello", adopting his mother's maiden name. The purses were poor, so he soon left the ring and worked as a bouncer at a night club. He also worked as a lifeguard before signing up with the U.S. Navy in 1938. He served in China with the Yangtze River Patrol for the best part of his three-year hitch before joining the Merchant Marine in 1941.
Though the Merchant Marine paid better than the Navy, Warden was dissatisfied with his life aboard ship on the long convoy runs and quit in 1942 in order to enlist in the U.S. Army. He became a paratrooper with the elite 101st Airborne Division, and missed the June 1944 invasion of Normandy due to a leg badly broken by landing on a fence during a nighttime practice jump shortly before D-Day. Many of his comrades lost their lives during the Normandy invasion, but the future Jack Warden was spared that ordeal. Recuperating from his injuries, he read a play by Clifford Odets given to him by a fellow soldier who was an actor in civilian life. He was so moved by the play, he decided to become an actor after the war. After recovering from his badly shattered leg, Warden saw action at the Battle of the Bulge, Nazi Germany's last major offensive. He was demobilized with the rank of sergeant and decided to pursue an acting career on the G.I. Bill. He moved to New York City to attend acting school, then joined the company of Theatre '47 in Dallas in 1947 as a professional actor, taking his middle name as his surname. This repertory company, run by Margo Jones, became famous in the 1940s and '50s for producing Tennessee Williams's plays. The experience gave him a valuable grounding in both classic and contemporary drama, and he shuttled between Texas and New York for five years as he was in demand as an actor. Warden made his television debut in 1948, though he continued to perform on stage (he appeared in a stage production in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman (1966)). After several years in small, local productions, he made both his Broadway debut in the 1952 Broadway revival of Odets' "Golden Boy" and, three years later, originated the role of "Marco" in the original Broadway production of Miller's "A View From the Bridge". On film, he and fellow World War II veteran, Lee Marvin (Marine Corps, South Pacific), made their debut in You're in the Navy Now (1951) (a.k.a. "U.S.S. Teakettle"), uncredited, along with fellow vet Charles Bronson, then billed as "Charles Buchinsky".
With his athletic physique, he was routinely cast in bit parts as soldiers (including the sympathetic barracks-mate of Montgomery Clift and Frank Sinatra in the Oscar-winning From Here to Eternity (1953). He played the coach on TV's Mister Peepers (1952) with Wally Cox.
Aside from From Here to Eternity (1953) (The Best Picture Oscar winner for 1953), other famous roles in the 1950s included Juror #7 (a disinterested salesman who wants a quick conviction to get the trial over with) in 12 Angry Men (1957) - a film that proved to be his career breakthrough - the bigoted foreman in Edge of the City (1957) and one of the submariners commended by Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster in the World War II drama, Run Silent Run Deep (1958). In 1959, Warden capped off the decade with a memorable appearance in The Twilight Zone (1959) episode, The Lonely (1959), in the series premier year of 1959. As "James Corry", Warden created a sensitive portrayal of a convicted felon marooned on an asteroid, sentenced to serve a lifetime sentence, who falls in love with a robot. It was a character quite different from his role as Juror #7.
In the 1960s and early 70s, his most memorable work was on television, playing a detective in The Asphalt Jungle (1961), The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1965) and N.Y.P.D. (1967). He opened up the decade of the 1970s by winning an Emmy Award playing football coach "George Halas" in Brian's Song (1971), the highly-rated and acclaimed TV movie based on Gale Sayers's memoir, "I Am Third". He appeared again as a detective in the TV series, Jigsaw John (1976), in the mid-1970s, The Bad News Bears (1979) and appeared in a pilot for a planned revival of Topper (1937) in 1979.
His collaboration with Warren Beatty in two 1970s films brought him to the summit of his career as he displayed a flair for comedy in both Shampoo (1975) and Heaven Can Wait (1978). As the faintly sinister businessman "Lester" and as the perpetually befuddled football trainer "Max Corkle", Warden received Academy Award nominations as Best Supporting Actor. Other memorable roles in the period were as the metro news editor of the "Washington Post" in All the President's Men (1976), the German doctor in Death on the Nile (1978), the senile, gun-toting judge in And Justice for All (1979), the President of the United States in Being There (1979), the twin car salesmen in Used Cars (1980) and Paul Newman's law partner in The Verdict (1982).
This was the peak of Warden's career, as he entered his early sixties. He single-handedly made Andrew Bergman's So Fine (1981) watchable, but after that film, the quality of his roles declined. He made a third stab at TV, again appearing as a detective in Crazy Like a Fox (1984) in the mid-1980s. He played the shifty convenience store owner "Big Ben" in Problem Child (1990) and its two sequels, a role unworthy of his talent, but he shone again as the Broadway high-roller "Julian Marx" in Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway (1994). After appearing in Warren Beatty's Bulworth (1998), Warden's last film was The Replacements (2000) in 2000. He then lived in retirement in New York City with his girlfriend, Marucha Hinds. He was married to French stage actress Wanda Ottoni, best known for her role as the object of Joe Besser's desire in The Three Stooges short, Fifi Blows Her Top (1958). She gave up her career after her marriage. They had one son, Christopher, but had been separated for many years.- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Gérard Oury was born on 29 April 1919 in Paris, France. He was an actor and writer, known for The Sucker (1965), The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973) and Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966). He was married to Jacqueline Roman. He died on 19 July 2006 in Saint-Tropez, Var, France.- Tudi Wiggins was born on 10 October 1935 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She was an actress, known for Monkey Shines (1988), My Side of the Mountain (1969) and Hot Pants Holiday (1971). She died on 19 July 2006 in Gouverneur, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Stunts
- Additional Crew
Stuntman and actor Tim Condren was born on October 22, 1926 in the United Kingdom. After doing his first stunt work in Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Condren's career as both an actor and stuntman in films and TV shows alike really took off in earnest in the mid-1960's. Outside of stunts, Tim was also experienced in archery and was an expert horseman (these two skills enabled Phil to portray either Apache or Sioux Indians in several Westerns made in America). Condren performed stunts and played small uncredited roles in the blockbusters The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) (he appears as a Stormtrooper on board the Rebel Alliance ship in the scene that introduces Darth Vader in the latter). In addition, Tim participated in several rodeos as a trick rider and guest performer in the United States and put his fencing and sword-fighting skills to good use by working the show at the Tower of London as a knight. In his latter years Condren was a teacher at the London Stunt School with Alasdair Monteith. Tim died from cancer in a London hospital on July 19, 2006.- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Actor
Marty Farrell was born on 21 September 1927 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Singer Presents Burt Bacharach (1971), The Kraft Music Hall (1967) and Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center (1971). He died on 19 July 2006 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Soundtrack
Country music singer/songwriter Sam Neely was born on August 22, 1948 in Cuervo, Texas. Neely learned how to play guitar when he was ten and moved with his family to Corpus Christi, Texas. At age fifteen Neely was playing guitar in bands at local dances. He joined a group called Buckle in 1966. Sam's professional music career started when at age nineteen he gave some material to a movie producer who was asking for song submissions for a film soundtrack. Neely contributed songs to the soundtracks of the motion pictures "Bonnie's Kids" and "Tilt." Moreover, Sam sang the song "The Party's Over (Farewell to M*A*S*H*)" for "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen," which was the final episode of the hit TV series "M*A*S*H*". Neely appeared as himself on the TV programs "The Merv Griffin Show," "American Bandstand," "The Midnight Special," and "Nashville Now." Among the artists he performed on stage with are Juice Newton, the Guess Who, Con Hanley, Janie Fricke, and John Conlee. Sam had a Top 30 country chart hit with "Loving You Just Crossed My Mind" while both "Rosalie" and "You Can Have Her" were Top 40 country chart hits. Neely recorded albums on the MCA, Elektra, Capitol, and A&M labels. He not only performed at the clubs the Palomino, the Bitter End, and the Troubador, but also was the house musician at the club the Electric Eel in Corpus Christi, Texas. In addition, Sam ran and owned his own club called Neely's. He won a Golden Addy Award for a Coors beer radio commercial. Neely was honored with a star on the South Texas Music Walk of Fame on Water Street Market in 2005. Sam collapsed and died while mowing his lawn at his home in Corpus Christi, Texas on July 19, 2006.- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Jean Bouchéty was born on 1 March 1920 in L'Étang-la-Ville, Yvelines, France. He was a composer, known for The Brand New Testament (2015), Tous vedettes! (1980) and Hangover (1973). He died on 19 July 2006 in Paris, France.- Earl Bush was born on 4 October 1915. He died on 19 July 2006.
- Pascal Renwick was born on 7 December 1954 in Lille (France). He was an actor, known for Asterix and the Vikings (2006), Black List (1984) and Indigo Prophecy (2005). He died on 19 July 2006 in Champigny-sur-Marne, France.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Florence Véran was born on 23 June 1922 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Bell Book and Candle (1958), Boum sur Paris (1953) and Premier mai (1958). She was married to Marcel Véran. She died on 19 July 2006 in Nogent-le-Rotrou, Eure-et-Loir, France.- Editor
- Editorial Department
Robert Allen was born on 20 March 1969 in the USA. He was an editor, known for Dateline NBC (1992), Battle Dome (1999) and My New Best Friend (2003). He died on 19 July 2006 in Claremont, California, USA.- Camera and Electrical Department
Jean-Pierre Supe is known for Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001), French Kiss (1995) and Paris, I Love You (2006). He died on 19 July 2006.- Costume Designer
Jay Jaxon was born on 30 August 1941 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. Jay was a costume designer, known for L'odeur des fauves (1972) and Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever (1983). Jay died on 19 July 2006 in Los Angeles, California, USA.