August 16
T.E. LAWRENCE (1888-1935)
British explorer: Lawrence of Arabia
FLO BUSBY (1895-1962)
American bit player: The House on Telegraph Hill
W. HOWARD GREENE (1895-1958)
American cinematographer, Oscar winner for color cinematography: The Violent Men, Three for Jamie Dawn
LUCIEN LITTLEFIELD (1895-1960)
American character actor: Murder Among Friends, Silent Witness, One Bofy Yoo Many, Hollow Triumph, Sudden Danger, Bop Girl Goes Calypso, plus TV
GLENN STRANGE (1899-1973)
American charater actor, known for westerns and horror films: Rimfire, Terror in a Texas Town, plus TV (Sam the bartender on Gunsmoke)
RUTH GILLETTE (1906-1994)
American character actress/bit player: In a Lonely Place (Martha, the masseuse to Gloria Grahame’s character Laurel Gray)
RALPH NEFF (1907-1973)
American bit player: Cell 2455 Death Row, The Man with the Golden Arm, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Live Fast Die Young, Cage of Evil, The Shame of Patty Smith
MAE CLARKE (1910-1992)
The Public Enemy, Night World, Penguin Pool Murder, Parole Girl, Streets of San Francisco, Inside Straight, The Unknown Man, Women’s Prison, I Died a Thousand Times, Voice in the Mirror
PATRICIA DE MORELOS (1916-1987)
Mexican actress: Mujeres que trabajan, La mafia del crimen, The Exterminating Angel
RALPH ROBERTS (1916-1999)
American bit player: Dial 1119, Killer’s Kiss, New York Confidential
CHARLES BUKOWSKI (1920-1994)
Novelist/writer: Barfly (1987)
NOTIS PERYALIS (1920-2009)
Greek actor/writer: A Girl in Black, The Red Lanterns, The Enemies
PETER REYNOLDS (1921-1975)
British “spiv specialst”: The Dark Road, Guilt is My Shadow, Smart Alec, Man Bait, I Vinti, Black 13, Devil Girl from Mars, Born for Trouble, You Can’t Escape, The Long Haul, The Bank Raiders, Shake Hands with the Devil, Wrong Number, It Takes A Thief, The Man Who Couldn’t Walk, The Hands of Orlac, The Great Armored Car Swindler, Jailbreak, Murder Can Be Deadly, West 11, plus TV
CHANNING POLLOCK (1926-2006)
American actor most known for foreign films: Judex, Rocambole
LOIS NETTLETON (1927-2008)
A Face in the Crowd, plus TV
ANN BLYTH (1928- )
Mildred Pierce, Brute Force, A Woman’s Vengeance, Another Part of the Forest, Slander
ROBERT CULP (1930-2010)
The Hanged Man, Hickey and Boggs (also directed)
FLOR SILVESTRE (1930- )
Mexican actress/singer: La huella del chacal, El jinete sin cabeza, Los muertos no hablan
HÉLÈNE RÉMY (1932- )
French actress: Au royaume des cieux, La cage aux filles, Les enfants terribles, Clara de Montargis, Tormento del passato, Borsalino
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