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Richard Quine
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Richard Quine (November 12, 1920 – June 10, 1989) was an American stage, film, and radio actor and film director.
Quine was born in Detroit. He made his Broadway debut in the Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II musical Very Warm for May in 1939 and appeared in My Sister Eileen the following year. His screen acting credits include The World Moves On (1934), Jane Eyre (1934), Babes on Broadway (1941), My Sister Eileen (1942), and Words and Music (1948), among others. At MGM he became friends with Mickey Rooney and later directed several of Rooney's films.
During World War II, Quine served in the United States Coast Guard, He married actress Susan Peters in November 1943. After the war, he tried directing, first as co-producer and co-director on Leather Gloves (1948), with William Asher, before his first solo effort on the musical The Sunny Side of the Street (1951). His directing credits include Pushover (1954), My Sister Eileen (1955), Operation Mad Ball (1957), Bell, Book and Candle (1958), Strangers When We Meet (1960), and The World of Suzie Wong (1960).
He also produced such films as the comedy Paris, When It Sizzles (1964) with Audrey Hepburn and William Holden, How to Murder Your Wife (1965) with Jack Lemmon, Synanon (1966), and Hotel (1967).
By the late 1960s, his output fell, and in the 1970s, Quine made only a few disappointing films. Turning to television, he had in the 1954-1955 season created with Blake Edwards the first Mickey Rooney series, The Mickey Rooney Show: Hey, Mulligan, which aired on NBC. Quine later directed three episodes of Peter Falk's Columbo, including Dagger Of The Mind, an episode set in Britain which some UK fans of that series regard as an embarrassment. He also worked on, another, much less successful NBC Mystery Movie series, McCoy starring Tony Curtis.
His final work was on The Prisoner of Zenda (1979) with Peter Sellers, although he was briefly part of the crew for another Sellers film, The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980), for which he received no credit.
His first wife, whom he married on 11 July 1943, was actress Susan Peters, who was crippled from the waist down on a hunting trip with Quine in 1945 when her 22-caliber rifle accidentally discharged. The bullet lodged in her spine. On 17 April 1946, the couple adopted an infant, whom they named Timothy Richard Quine. They divorced in 1948, and she died of the effects of anorexia nervosa in 1952, at age 31.
Quine was later engaged to Kim Novak, but the two did not marry. He also married actresses Barbara Bushman (with whom he had two daughters, Katherine and Victoria), Fran Jeffries, and Diana Balfour.
After an extended period of depression and poor health, Quine committed suicide by shooting himself in Los Angeles on June 10, 1989. A rifle injury eerily reminiscent of his first wife's hunting accident.
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Gustavo Nieto Roa
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He was born in Tunja on April 3, 1942. During his student days he was dedicated to promoting and distributing films for the film forums of the schools in that city, wrote for the school newspaper and worked as an announcer and commentator on radio programs. When he finished high school in 1959, he arrived in Bogota and joined Radio Sutatenza as producer and announcer of a musical program. In 1960 he traveled to New York and worked as a photographer for several magazines and in September of the same year, he entered New York University to study Mass Communications for two years.
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Felipe Aljure
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Felipe Aljure is a Colombian film director and screenwriter born in the city of Girardot. He studied Art and Technique of Film Making in London. Aljure has been characterized by presenting technical and narrative innovations in Colombia through his two films, he has also ventured as a director of television series, university professor and in other cultural fields in the country.
In 2018, he was appointed as artistic director of FICCI (Cartagena Film Festival). Replacing producer Diana Bustamante, who was in the artistic direction for four editions.
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Barbara Cason
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Cason was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of Helen Louise (Phebus) and Charles Carroll Cason. She began her career appearing in theatre and on local television in Memphis during the 1950s, where she notably co-founded and ran the Front St. Theatre. She relocated to New York City in 1967, becoming active in theatre there both on and off Broadway through 1973. She most notably starred in the original critically acclaimed production of Noël Coward's Oh, Coward! in 1972-73. She appeared in such cult films as Cold Turkey and The Honeymoon Killers. After the early 1970s, Cason's career became centered in Los Angeles, appearing mostly within television up until her death. She is probably best known for her roles as Cloris Phebus on Carter Country (1977–1979) and Ruth Shandling on It's Garry Shandling's Show (1986–1990). She was married to actor Dennis Patrick from 1970 until her death. She died in Los Angeles, California, aged 61, after a heart attack.
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Robert Townsend
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Robert Townsend (born February 6, 1957) is an American actor, director, comedian, and writer. Townsend is best known for directing the films Hollywood Shuffle (1987), Eddie Murphy Raw (1987), The Meteor Man (1993), The Five Heartbeats (1991) and various other films and stand-up specials. He is especially known for his eponymous self-titled character, Robert Peterson as the starring role as on The WB sitcom The Parent 'Hood (1995–1999), a series which he created and of which directed select episodes. Townsend is also known for his role as Donald "Duck" Matthews in his 1991 film The Five Heartbeats. He later wrote, directed and produced Making The Five Heartbeats (2018), a documentary film about the production process and behind the scenes insight into creating the film. Townsend is also known for his production company Townsend Entertainment which has produced films Playin' for Love, In the Hive and more. During the 1980s and early–1990s, Townsend gained national exposure through his stand-up comedy routines and appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Townsend has worked with talent including Halle Berry, Morgan Freeman, Chris Tucker, Beyoncé, Denzel Washington and many more.
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Tom Bubrig
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Tom Bubrig is an American film, television, and stage actor from Louisiana. Tom recently filmed a co-staring role on the new CW series, "Star-Crossed". Tom's most recent movie role was in "When The Game Stands Tall" (now in post-production) performing with Michael Chiklis and Jim Caviezel. He also recently performed in the upcoming independent feature films "Chosen" (André Leblanc, Supporting) and "In The Hell of Dixie" (Sheriff Pete, Lead). In September 2012, Tom played the lead role of Willum Cubbert in Larry Shue's hilarious play, "The Nerd".
Tom grew up in a rural and hurricane prone area of Louisiana. Weekends were filled with outdoor activities as there wasn't much else to do. It was heaven. Tom's family home was flooded up to the roof with Hurricane Betsy in 1965 and then they completely lost their next house in Hurricane Camille in 1969. The family cried "uncle" and moved to higher ground after Camille. Tom met his wife Celeste at Louisiana State University and had a long career in business and investing before embarking on an acting, writing, and producing career in 2011. Tom and Celeste have three children and one grandchild.
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Sean Connery
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Sir Thomas Sean Connery (August 25, 1930 - October 31, 2020) was a Scottish actor and producer who won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award), and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award.
Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films (every film from Dr. No to You Only Live Twice, plus Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again), between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables. His films also include Marnie (1964), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Highlander (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Dragonheart (1996), The Rock (1996), and Finding Forrester (2000).
Connery was polled in a 2004 The Sunday Herald as "The Greatest Living Scot" and in a 2011 EuroMillions survey as "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure". He was voted by People magazine as both the “Sexiest Man Alive" in 1989 and the "Sexiest Man of the Century” in 1999. He received a lifetime achievement award in the United States with a Kennedy Center Honor in 1999. Connery was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to film drama.
On October 31, 2020, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90.
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Debra Feuer
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Debra Feuer is an American actress. She starred in the movies including Moment by Moment, The Hollywood Knights, To Live and Die in L.A., MacGruder and Loud, in the italian movie Il burbero, as well as Homeboy, in which she starred with her then husband Mickey Rourke.
Debra Feuer also played a minor role (Beckie Mae) in the TV show, The Dukes of Hazzard, Season 2, Episode 6, The Ghost of General Lee.
Her brother Ian Feuer was a professional soccer player in Belgium and England.
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Hiroki Matsumoto
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Hiroki Matsumoto (松本 大輝, Matsumoto Hiroki, born March 29, 1999) is a Japanese actor from Sapporo, Hokkaido. He stands 182 cm tall and has blood type O. He is represented by Stardust Promotion.
His path to acting began unexpectedly: while studying to become a sports trainer, he was awarded the Grand Prize at the prestigious 31st Junon Superboy Contest in 2018. This recognition marked the start of his artistic career. He made his acting debut in 2019 with a role in the drama Rinshō Hanzaigakusha Himura Hideo no Suiri, and has since steadily built a presence in television and film. His breakthrough came in 2022, when he was cast as the lead in the series Ultraman Decker, playing Kanata Asumi—a role that connected him directly to the iconic tokusatsu franchise.
Beyond his screen work, Matsumoto has shown strong athletic ability, particularly in basketball, a sport in which he competed at the national level during his school years. His hobbies include watching films and collecting sneakers.
*** Not to be confused with the voice actor of the same name, also written 松本大輝, affiliated with 81 Produce.
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Shohel Mondol
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Sohel Mondol was born on 15 August 1985 in Bogra, Bangladesh. He started his carer as an actor in theater. Later he is work on Television fiction and then his debut film Under Construction shot in 2015. His television work 'sheola' was highly appreciated. He did serious theater play from 2007 to till date with the popular theater troupe of Bangladesh such as Prachyanat, Nagorik Natyangon and Tarua. Pinic, Rhinoceros, The Hairy Ape, Mulluk, Let me out- his notable performance. He has also conceptualized and acted in street plays.
From theatre to television to the big screen, his progression as an artist has been organic ones. He followed up his Under Construction act with some films where his performances were appreciated by the audience and critics alike.
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