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- Actor
- Stunts
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert F. Hoy was equally at home as a stuntman and as an actor. He appeared as Joe Butler on the acclaimed TV Western, The High Chaparral. He stunt-doubled for such actors as Charles Bronson, Tony Curtis, Robert Forrester, Ross Martin, Tyrone Power, David Jansen, and Telly Savalas. He appeared in such films as The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Lone Ranger, Gambler II, Nevada Smith, Bronco Billy, and The Enforcer, and on television in such programs as Wanted Dead or Alive, Walker Texas Ranger, JAG, Dallas (recurring role), The Wild Wild West, Magnum P.I. (five episodes), and The Young Riders. Aside from appearing in front of the cameras, he was the 2nd Unit Director and Stunt Coordinator in Spain on the TV series Zorro and on the pilot episode of The Three Musketeers.
In his work as a stuntman, Bob specialized in horse work, although he was also called upon to double in fight scenes, do car work and handle high falls. The films in which lead actors and others were doubled for stunts are too numerous to mention but include: Operation Petticoat, The Defiant Ones, Spartacus, Tobruk, They Call Me Bruce, River of No Return, To Hell and Back, Drumbeat, Wings of the Hawk, and Revenge of the Creature From the Black Lagoon.
He held lifetime membership in the Stuntmen's Association, of which he was a founding member. He was also a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences, Directors Guild of America, AFTRA, and the Screen Actors Guild (later SAG-AFTRA).- David was Native American - Miami/Peoria tribes. Taught at the College of American Indian near Lawrence Kansas in the early 1970s . He was married to a fellow acting student named Lynna during the first few years of 1970s. Played the Evil German Butler/ henchman on the defunct daytime soap opera "The Edge of Night" 1979-1980 (approx). He was studying for a master's degree in Theater at the University of Kansas in Lawrence Ks. during the early seventies and as a graduate student he directed 18-year-old Mandy Patinkin in the play "Indians" by Arthur Kopit (in which he cast Mandy in 3 separate roles),
David had a wry sense of humor and joked when he grew a beard that he did it to prove it was possible and repudiate the old myth that Native Americans weren't able to. - Anna Samokhina was born on 14 January 1963 in Guryevsk, Kemerovo Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She was an actress, known for Don Sezar de Bazan (1989), Zhenskiy den (1990) and Gangstery v okeane (1991). She was married to Dmitry Konorov and Aleksandr Samokhin. She died on 8 February 2010 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Writer
- Producer
- Director
Roberto A. Suarez, commonly referred to as "Bobby", hailed from a poor descent necessitates his living in the temporary refuge known as the `Manila Boy's Town'. From being a nobody, he was able to get a Bachelor's degree in Commerce from Far Eastern University, while being employed as janitor-messenger for the Philippine Branch of Arthur Rank Film Distribution, Inc. He was able to prove dependability and resourcefulness, and through sheer labor and persistence, he was promoted to various capacities, until he was given the post of Asst. Sales manager for the company in 1963. In 1965, he became Sales and Marketing Director for Fortune Films, owned by one among the most respected movie industry in the Philippines then, Gen. Mariano Peralta, until he ventured on with other friends and colleagues in the business, to establish Intercontinental Film Distributors (HK) Ltd. of Hong Kong.
In Hong Kong, he showed his innovativeness and vision for the Asian Film industry and produced several Chinese version movies, dubbing them in English and marketed these movies all over the world. He also produced many movies in their original English version to be marketed all over the world.
He became very close to Sr. Don Antonio Isasi, then among the most renowned and respected Spanish movie producer-directors, whose movies were sold all over the world with no less than the American major movie companies acquiring the rights. During this time, Bobby took this opportunity to learn the rudiments of movie production from this man who industry players refer to then as a master.
He also developed close friendships and associations with Messrs. Digby Davidson, then Far-East Marketing Supervisor for Warner Brothers, Herb Fletcher, International Marketing Director of Avco-Embassy Pictures, and Bobby Meyers of Orion Pictures, Inc. From these motion picture marketing luminaries, he was able to hone and expert his marketing expertise.
In 1977, Bobby came back to the Philippines to establish Bobby A. Suarez Film (Basfilm) Production, Inc., and, armed with the valuable directorial knowledge passed on to him by film director Isasi, produced, directed more than two dozen movies and sold all the rights over the world, including the highly sophisticated and hardest to penetrate North American theatrical market.
He has also written the story and screenplay of more than a dozen of movies he produced and directed. His experience and mastery in the art and science of international movie production, direction, and marketing of commercial movies, is evidenced by his membership of Writers' Guild of the Philippines (WGP), Directors' Guild of the Philippines (DGP), Writers' Guild of America (West), Movie Producers Distributors Association of the Philippines (MPDAP) and Philippine Motion Picture Producers Association (PMPPA).
His consistent exposure and experience in the film industry has molded him into a versatile personality which gave rise to numerous professional accomplishments in the world of film production, distribution exhibition and international marketing.
In 1990, Bobby was given the prestigious award given by the European publishers as the Asian movie producer and director whose movies were shown in Europe, and are at par with European movie standard of quality. The visionary in him inspired once again, he established Basfilm Production, Inc. in the USA, to handle the world's sales and distribution and international market of the movies produced and acquired by Basfilm Production, Inc. in Manila, Philippines. He was also awarded the Gregorio Valdez Memorial Award by the FAMAS, the Philippines counterpart of the Oscars in the United States. This award was given Bobby for his contribution to the upliftment of the standard of Filipino-produced movies.
In further recognition of his dedication to the Philippine movie industry, he was bestowed with the Ciriaco Santiago Memorial Award for introducing Filipino-produced movies in the international market. In 1996, he ventured into the importation of movies, TV-movies and other TV-programs and established 21st Century Entertainment, Inc., which handled the television and video rights local distribution of Basfilm Productions' acquired programme.
A year later, he established yet another company, Platinum Multimedia Entertainment, Inc. to handle the theatrical distribution of the movies acquired by Basfilm Production, Inc. At present, he serves as President of Basfilm Production, Inc., in Manila and the U.S.A., 21st Century Entertainment, Inc., and Platinum Multimedia Entertainment, Inc.- Marie-Charlott Schüler was born on 17 September 1958 in Marburg, Hesse, Germany. She was an actress, known for S.Y. Arche Noah (1986), Der Fall Maurizius (1981) and Men... (1985). She died on 8 February 2010 in Gauting, Bavaria, Germany.
- Judith Fellows was born on 27 July 1916 in Muswell Hill, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for You Rang, M'Lord? (1988), Secrets (1983) and The Newcomers (1965). She died on 8 February 2010 in Cranleigh, Surrey, England, UK.
- Soundtrack
Pena Branca was born on 4 September 1939 in Igarapava, São Paulo, Brazil. He died on 8 February 2010 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.- Catherine McFarlane Ross was born on 26 September 1926 in Duluth, Minnesota, USA. She was married to Walter, James Healey and Norris McFarlane. She died on 8 February 2010 in Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
- John Murtha was born on 17 June 1932 in New Martinsville, West Virginia, USA. He was married to Joyce Murtha. He died on 8 February 2010 in Arlington, Virginia, USA.
- Antonio Giolitti was born on 12 February 1915 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He died on 8 February 2010 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Maria Brenes was born on 11 January 1921 in Cuba. She was an actress, known for Cuban Confidential (1956) and East Side/West Side (1963). She died on 8 February 2010 in Dix Hills, New York, USA.
- Jimmy Heuga was born on 22 September 1943 in San Francisco, California, USA. He died on 8 February 2010 in Louisville, Colorado, USA.
- Wahei Tatematsu was born on 15 December 1947 in Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan. Wahei was a writer, known for Mitsugetsu (1984), Distant Thunder (1981) and Hikari no ame (2001). Wahei died on 8 February 2010 in Tokyo, Japan.
- Production Manager
Nándor Karsai was born on 27 August 1925 in Budapest, Hungary. Nándor was a production manager, known for Csudapest (1962), Denevér (1965) and Utak (1963). Nándor died on 8 February 2010.- Carl Kaysen was born on 5 March 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Ruth Butler and Annette Neutra. He died on 8 February 2010 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
- Krzysztof Skubiszewski was born on 8 October 1926 in Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland. He died on 8 February 2010 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.