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Diana Dors was born Diana Mary Fluck on October 23, 1931 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. She and her mother both nearly died from the traumatic birth. Because of the trauma, her mother lavished on Diana anything and everything she wanted--clothes, toys and dance lessons were the order of the day. Diana's love of films began when her mother took her to the local movies theaters. The actresses on the screen caught Diana's attention and she said, herself, that from the age of three she wanted to be an actress. She was educated in the finest private schools, much to the chagrin of her father (apparently he thought private education was a waste of money). Physically, Diana grew up fast. At age 12, she looked and acted much older than what she was. Much of this was due to the actresses she studied on the silver screen and Diana trying to emulate them. She wanted nothing more than to go to the United States and Hollywood to have a chance to make her place in film history. After placing well in a local beauty contest, Diana was offered a role in a thespian group (she was 13).
The following year, Diana enrolled at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) to hone her acting skills. She was the youngest in her class. Her first fling at the camera was in The Shop at Sly Corner (1947). She did not care that it was a small, uncredited role; she was on film and at age 16, that's all that mattered. That was quickly followed by Dancing with Crime (1947), which consisted of nothing more than a walk-on role. Up until this time, Diana had pretended to be 17 years old (if producers had known her true age, they probably would not have let her test for the role). However, since she looked and acted older, this was no problem. Diana's future dawned bright in 1948, and she appeared in no less than six films. Some were uncredited, but some had some meat to the roles. The best of the lot was the role of Charlotte in the classic Oliver Twist (1948). Throughout the 1950s, she appeared in more films and became more popular in Britain. Diana was a pleasant version of Marilyn Monroe, who had taken the United States by storm. Britain now had its own version.
Diana continued to play sexy sirens and kept seats in British theaters filled. She really came into her own as an actress. She was more than a woman who exuded her sexy side, she was a very fine actress as her films showed. As the 1960s turned into the 1970s, she began to play more mature roles with an effectiveness that was hard to match. Films such as Craze (1974), Swedish Wildcats (1972), The Amorous Milkman (1975) and Three for All (1975) helped fill out her resume. After filming Steaming (1985), Diana was diagnosed with cancer, which was too much for her to overcome. The British were saddened when word came of her death at age 52 on May 4, 1984 in Windsor, Berkshire, England.- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Television producer and host Robert James Keeshan was born in Lynbrook, Long Island, New York. As a young man he served in the US Marine Corps Reserve. Starting as a page at the National Broadcasting Company, Keeshan later began his on-air career as the original "Clarabell, the Clown" for the NBC The Howdy Doody Show (1947) (aka "The Howdy Doody Show"). He was then the first host/performer of WJZ/WABC TV Ch. 7 NYC's "Time For Fun" / "The Johnny Jellybean Show". Keeshan emceed the show as "Corny The Clown" weekdays at noon from Monday, September 21st, 1953, to Friday, July 29th, 1955. He co-created, co-produced and hosted "Tinker's Workshop" with Jack Miller on WJZ/WABC TV Ch. 7 in New York City weekday mornings from Monday, November 15, 1954 to Friday, September 9, 1955. The show continued without Robert until Friday August 22, 1958. The later hosts of the show were Henry Burbig, Gene London & Dom DeLuise.
When asked to put together a show for children, he leaped at the chance. On Monday, October 3rd, 1955, Captain Kangaroo (1955) began its near 30-year run on CBS, until it was moved to Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the 1980s. There was a lot of fun in the "Treasure House", with Bunny Rabbit swindling carrots before lunch from The Captain or Mister Moose finding yet another way to get the Captain to stand still long enough to drop dozens of ping-pong balls down on the ever-unsuspecting Captain's head. Dennis (Cosmo Allegretti) asking so many questions that Mister Bainter would almost always lose his cool. All the while during this, Captain Kangaroo taught us values and gave those with busy or absent fathers a gentle and caring male role model to learn good behavior and manners from. A love of reading was encouraged and the animals that Mister Green Jeans (Hugh Brannum) showed allowed children who had never seen a particular animal to experience it though his fascination with it. During its run in 1964, Keeshan also took on a Saturday morning persona as "Mister Mayor" for a year, but remained the Captain until the end of its run on PBS in 1993. Over the years he and the show won six Emmy's and three Peabody Awards, totaling nine awards, altogether, and he was also elected to the Clown Hall of Fame.
In 1989 he published "Growing Up Happy" and then in October of 1996 he published "Good Morning Captain: 50 Wonderful Years with Bob Keeshan, TV's Captain Kangaroo". Keeshan is also the author of the "Itty Bitty Kitty" children's book series. Widowed in the 1990s, he died in Vermont in 2004.- Writer
- Music Department
- Actor
Worked in a tin mine, on a rubber plantation, as a gold prospector, as a bartender and as a professional bridge player before writing. The first Saint book, written when he was 20 years old, was his third book and the only one of his first five novels to feature the Saint. Wrote nearly a hundred Saint adventures in total, wrote the scripts for thirteen years of globally syndicated Saint comic strips, successful Hollywood scriptwriter and script medic. Spent much of his life travelling but settled for long periods in Hollywood, Florida and finally in Surrey, England, UK- Actress
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Lana Morris always appeared to be more confident and mature than the other post war British starlets. However, the big roles always escaped her and she appeared as a supporting actress in many British films of the 1950s. She later re-started her career, appearing as a professional panellist on many of the TV shows of the 1960s.- Actress
- Additional Crew
Susan Sheridan was born on 18 March 1947 in Surbiton, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Black Cauldron (1985), Moomin (1990) and Midsomer Murders (1997). She was married to Max Brittain and Michael Sheridan. She died on 8 August 2015 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was born on 4 August 1900 in St. Paul's Waldenbury, Hertfordshire, England, UK. She was married to King George VI. She died on 30 March 2002 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.
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Prince Phillip was born on 10 June 1921 as a Prince of Greece and Denmark. His family was deposed and he lived in France and finally went to boarding school in Gordonstoun in Scotland. Eventually he sent his boys there. When he was 18 he met 13 year old Princess (later Queen) Elizabeth, his third cousin from their descent from Queen Victoria, his second cousin once removed from their descent from King Christian IX of Denmark and fourth cousin once removed from their descent from King George III. They fell in love, but her father King George VI did not want them to get married right away. Before they became engaged he renounced his hereditary royal title and adopted the surname of his uncle Louis Mountbatten. They were engaged in 1947 and married on November 20th of that year. Before they married he was created His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, but was not given the title of Prince until 1957.
Almost a year after their wedding they had their first child, a boy, Charles Phillip Arthur George. In 1950 they had a daughter, Anne. They were followed by Andrew and Edward. After the death of his father in law in 1952 his wife became Queen Elizabeth II and he had to give up the Navy to help her being that he was now a royal consort. He has been active with services and takes on a lot of public engagements for his wife.
In the late 1970s he became a grandfather when his daughter Anne had two children, a boy called Peter and a girl named Zara. His eldest son Charles had a son William in 1982 and second son Henry in 1984. His second son Andrew had a daughter Beatrice in 1989 and second daughter Eugenie in 1991. His third son Edward was created the Earl Wessex just before his marriage to Sophie Rhys-Jones; they have two children, Lady Louise Windsor and James Mountbatten-Windsor (Viscount Severn).- Claire Adams was born in Winnipeg, Canada (her brother was prolific screenwriter Gerald Drayson Adams), and after her education in that country she was sent to a private school in England, where she studied drama. At the outbreak of World War I, however, she joined the nursing corps and spent the war years as a nurse. At war's end she returned to Canada, but soon left for California to break into films. She made quite a few pictures for producer Benjamin B. Hampton, whom she later married. She had a long career in silents, appearing with such major stars as John Gilbert, Tom Mix and Lon Chaney, but when sound came along she made one picture in 1934, What a Mother-in-Law! (1934), and then retired (Hampton had died in 1932).
She died in Melbourne, Australia, on September 25, 1978. - Mary Kerridge was born on 3 April 1914 in Islington, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985), Anna Karenina (1948) and Richard III (1955). She was married to John Counsell. She died on 22 July 1999 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Reg Lye was born on 14 October 1912 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor, known for Sunday Too Far Away (1975), A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967) and For Whom the Bell Tolls (1965). He was married to Ruth Margaret Clyne and Phylis Alma Bessey. He died on 23 March 1987 in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.
- Special Effects
- Visual Effects
George Gibbs was born on 18 July 1937 in Islington, London, England, UK. He is known for Brazil (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984). He died on 15 December 2020 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.- Prince Albert was born on 26 August 1819 in Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, German Confederation [now Bavaria, Germany]. He was a writer, known for Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled (2014), Queen Victoria's Empire (2001) and The Windsors: A Royal Family (1994). He was married to Queen Victoria. He died on 14 December 1861 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Michael Darbyshire was born on 15 October 1917 in Pancras, London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969) and Pickwick (1969). He died on 20 November 1979 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.- Art Director
- Art Department
- Visual Effects
Ken Court was born in 1940 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK. He was an art director, known for Sleepy Hollow (1999), Aliens (1986) and Flash Gordon (1980). He was married to Gilly Noyes Court. He died in 2006 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.- Margaret Rhodes was born on 9 June 1925 in London, England, UK. She was married to Denys Gravenor Rhodes. She died on 25 November 2016 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Bob Probert is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. Probert played for the National Hockey League's Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks. While a successful player by some measures, including being voted to the 1987-88 Campbell Conference all-star team, Probert was best known for his activities as a fighter and enforcer, as well as being one half of the "Bruise Brothers" with then-Red Wing teammate Joey Kocur, during the late 1980s and early 1990s.- Stunts
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Eddie Eddon was born on 13 April 1925 in Marylebone, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Willow (1988), Batman (1989) and The Pirates of Blood River (1962). He died in May 1999 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.- King George IV was born on 12 August 1762 in Westminster, London, England, UK. He was married to Caroline of Brunswick. He died on 26 June 1830 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Actress
- Writer
Ruth Goddard was born on 18 April 1886 in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and On Camera (1954). She died in 1972 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.- Reginald Simpson was born in 1896 in England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Living Dangerously (1936), Why Saps Leave Home (1932) and Who Goes Next? (1938). He died on 2 November 1964 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Casting Director
Weston Drury Jr. was born on 24 April 1916 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a casting director, known for Moonraker (1979), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). He died on 7 January 1994 in Old Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.- Production Designer
- Art Department
- Art Director
Keith Wilson trained for his profession at Rochester's Medway College of Art and Design. From the mid-1960's, he had a long association with AP Films and Gerry Anderson, who initially hired him as an assistant to art director Bob Bell. Promoted to production designer, he was especially noted for his work on creating scenery and puppets for Thunderbirds (1965), as well as for his contribution to the sets of Anderson's iconic UFO (1970). Even more highly regarded in the science-fiction genre was his work on Space: 1999 (1975). He not only created the sets for 'Moonbase Alpha' and many of the show's alien creatures, but his influence carried over into the areas of costumes, hairdressing and make-up. Consulting with the scriptwriters on a daily basis, he thus exercised a profound impact on the look of the series as a whole.
Wilson also won an Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Art Direction for a Miniseries or a Special for Stalin (1992).- George III was born on 4 June 1738 in Westminster, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Kings and Queens (2002), Eight Songs for a Mad King (2012) and History Extra podcast (2007). He was married to Queen Charlotte. He died on 29 January 1820 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Robert Banda was born on 4 August 1948 in British Columbia, Canada. He was an actor, known for X2 (2003), Dudley Do-Right (1999) and Deadly Little Secrets (2002). He died on 6 March 2013 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.- Art Department
Danny Skundric was born on 28 May 1928 in Yugoslavia. He is known for Superman (1978), Outland (1981) and Krull (1983). He died on 24 April 2014 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Production Manager
- Producer
Barrie Melrose was born in 1937. He was an assistant director and production manager, known for The Fifth Element (1997), The Mission (1986) and Casino Royale (1967). He died in 2013 in Wraysbury, Windsor and Maidenhead, England, UK.- Duchess of Kent and Strathearn was born on 17 August 1786 in Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Holy Roman Empire [now Bavaria, Germany]. She was a writer, known for Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled (2014), Network First (1994) and Kings and Queens (2002). She was married to Duke of Kent and Strathearn Prince Edward and Prince Emich Carl of Leiningen. She died on 16 March 1861 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Norman Welsh was born on 12 January 1925 in England, UK. He was an actor, known for Folio (1955), CBC Show of the Week (1964) and Playdate (1961). He was married to Dawn Lesley. He died on 15 March 2008 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Director
David Paltenghi was born on 20 July 1919 in Christchurch, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for The Electronic Monster (1958), The Love Match (1955) and Armchair Theatre (1956). He was married to Pamela Georgina Louise Mason. He died on 4 February 1961 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.- Mitch Lewis is known for Raffi in Concert with the Rise and Shine Band (1988). He died on 28 May 2013 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
- Roland C. Irving was born on 5 September 1897 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for A Daughter of the Congo (1930). He died on 14 April 1965 in Windsor, Connecticut, USA.
- King William IV was born on 21 August 1765 in Buckingham Palace, Westminster, London, England, UK. He was married to Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen. He died on 20 June 1837 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Jessie Bateman was born on 2 August 1877 in England, UK. She was an actress, known for Account Rendered (1932). She was married to Wilfred George Chancellor, George Augustus Ashfordby-Trenchard (actor) and Kenneth Duncombe Bond. She died on 14 November 1940 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Writer
Eric Tunney was born on 9 September 1964 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for Get Serious: Seven Deadly Sins (1995), Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996) and Naturally, Sadie (2005). He was married to Ellen. He died on 28 March 2010 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.- A man with the unlikely name of Marion Maus would not be many people's idea of a fierce Indian fighter, a genuine war hero, a Medal of Honor winner and someone described by none other than legendary Apache warrior Geronimo as "the bravest man I have ever seen", but that in fact is just what Marion Maus was.
Maryland-born Marion Perry Maus grew up wanting to be a soldier (his brother Louis also grew up to be an army officer). He graduated from the US Army Military Academy at West Point in the class of 1874, and was posted as an infantry officer to the southwest US, which was experiencing a wave of Indian wars. He served under renowned Indian fighter Gen. Nelson Appleton Miles as Chief of Scouts, and participated in the running down and capturing of Nez Perce Indian leader Chief Joseph in 1877 (it was to Maus that Chief Joseph spoke the famous words, "From where the sun now sits, I will fight no more forever"). Maus was promoted to First Lieutenant and assigned to the Texas and Arizona territories in 1880. In 1885 he was appointed commander of a troop of Apache scouts and was part of the force sent into Mexico to capture Geronimo and his band. In 1886 he and a combined force of US cavalry troopers and Apache scouts were trailing Geronimo in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico when they were ambushed by the Indian chief and his warriors in a narrow pass. Maus and his men took cover behind some rocks, but a trooper was hit by gunfire before he could take cover and was lying exposed. Maus dashed out to drag him to safety. As he did so several Apaches burst out of hiding and rushed him, but Maus coolly shot and killed them all, then dragged the wounded soldier to cover. As he rejoined the fight, he saw Geronimo above him hiding behind a rock with part of his head exposed. A deadly shot, Maus fired off a round at Geronimo, who wasn't hit but the round grazed the rock just inches from his head; in fact, the dust kicked up by the bullet got in Geronimo's eyes and temporarily blinded him. He called off the ambush and his band slipped away. For his actions in this engagement, Maus was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery.
(As a side note, several days after the incident a letter arrived at the office of Maus' commanding general. It was from Geronimo, who recommended that Lt. Maus be decorated for bravery for his actions, saying that Maus "was the bravest man I have ever seen". He said that if Maus hadn't killed several of his best warriors and almost killed Geronimo himself, the patrol would have been wiped out. Maus was decorated for his actions, but it's not known how much Geronimo's recommendation influenced the army's decision.)
Maus was promoted to captain in 1890 and took part in the 1890-94 campaign against the Sioux Indians. In 1897 he accompanied his former superior, Gen. Nelson Miles, on an inspection trip to Europe and later took part in the Spanish-American War of 1898. He rose steadily through the ranks, and in 1902 as a Lieutenant Colonel accompanied Miles again on a foreign tour. In 1904 he was promoted to full Colonel and given command of the 20th Infantry Division. His unit was posted to the Philippines to help put down a guerrilla campaign by Filipino nationalists and Moro tribesmen. In 1906 he was transferred to San Francisco, California, and during the great earthquake that devastated the city that year he played a very prominent role in keeping order and organizing rescue and rebuilding efforts in the city. He was promoted to Brigadier General soon afterward and transferred to San Antonio, Texas, where he was given command of a brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division. He retired from the army as a Brigadier General in 1913.
Maus died on February 2, 1930, in New Windsor, Maryland, and is buried (along with his wife and brother) in Arlington National Cemetery. - Kit Cameron was born on 28 May 1960 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for Out to Pasture (2007). She was married to David Moe. She died on 1 October 2022 in Windsor Heights, Iowa, USA.
- Production Manager
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Producer
Ted Morley was born in 1934 in Lambeth, London, England, UK. He was a production manager and assistant director, known for Excalibur (1981), The Wicker Man (1973) and Braveheart (1995). He died in 2004 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Actor
Norman Hartnell was born on 12 June 1901 in London, England, UK. He was a costume designer and actor, known for A Southern Maid (1934), Non-Stop New York (1937) and Sailing Along (1938). He died on 7 June 1979 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.- Special Effects
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Visual Effects
After service with the Royal Corps of Signals, Harry Oakes volunteered for the AFPU and served with No 5 Section in North West Europe from 1944 - 1945. He then served in South East Asia and then returned to cover the Allied Occupation of Vienna, December 1946. Equally at home using a cine or still photograph camera, he was one of the AFPU team deployed under the command of Lt H A Wilson to cover the relief of Bergen-Belsen (or Belsen) concentration camp in April 1945. He also covered the Rhein Crossing, accompanying the airborne landing of 6th Airborne Division, and the meeting of British and Soviet Forces on the Elbe.- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Zane Cronjé was born on 13 May 1938 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was a composer, known for Vergeet My Nie (1976), Savage Encounter (1980) and Schweitzer (1990). He died on 16 April 2011 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Leslie Stiles was born on 8 November 1873 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Polar Star (1919), Come My Lad and Be a Soldier (1908) and Les cloches de Corneville (1917). He died in 1945 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.- Thomas Sturge Moore was born on 4 March 1870 in Hastings, Sussex, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Festival (1963). He was married to Marie Appia. He died on 18 July 1944 in Clewer, Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Bernard Cyril Freyberg was born in Richmond, Surrey, on March 21st 1889
- the son of a Surveyor. At the age of two, he and his parents settled
In February 1917, he was appointed Brigadier General, the youngest in the British Army at that time. By the end of the war, he had been awarded two bars to his Distinguished Service Order, and the Order of the Companions of St. Michael and St. George.
Upon demobilisation in 1919, he was commissioned into the Regular Army, and served in the Grenadier Guards - as well as in staff positions. Due to heart problems from his war service, he retired with the rank of Major General in 1937, having been awarded the Order of the Bath in 1936. In 1940, he was granted command of the 2nd New Zealand Division, and served in Egypt and Greece. In 1942, he was promoted to Lieutenant General, and given a knighthood.
Upon retirement in 1946, he was governor-general of New Zealand, and the holder of the US Legion of Merit. In 1951, he was given the title of Baron Freyberg of Wellington and Munstead. He died on July 4th 1963, in Windsor, as a result of a rupture to one of his wounds from the Gallipoli campaign, leaving a widow and son. - Cinematographer
Patrick Lobzun was born on 19 March 1951 in Leamington, Ontario, Canada. He was a cinematographer, known for The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati (1996), Veritales (2006) and The Gift of Time (1996). He died on 31 July 2015 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.- Paul Martin was born on 23 June 1903 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He was married to Eleanor Alice "Nelly" Adams. He died on 14 September 1992 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
- Denis Compton was born on 23 May 1918 in Hendon, London, England, UK. He died on 23 April 1997 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Jean Capra was born on 21 February 1916 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Me and My Girl (1939). She died on 23 November 1991 in Old Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Actor
- Writer
Hugh E. Wright was born on 13 April 1879 in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France. He was an actor and writer, known for The Silver King (1929), The Old Curiosity Shop (1921) and Carry On (1919). He died on 12 February 1940 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.- Helen McArthur was born on 30 December 1943 in Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK. She died on 18 November 2004 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.
- Art Department
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Stanley Yeomanson was born on 15 September 1906. He is known for The Outsider (1948). He died in April 1987 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK.