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Little is known about how William Welch started in Hollywood. This under-rated and totally misunderstood style-over-logic writer is mainly known, to some, as the guy who scripted many highly entertaining, and totally way out, color episodes of Irwin Allen's adventure series, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964) (1964-68).
Welch invaded the submarine Seaview with ghosts (The Phantom Strikes, The Return Of The Phantom, The Haunted Submarine, Cave Of The Dead) and a surprisingly amusing time traveler named Mr Pem (A Time To Die, No Way Back). Welch was able to keep these crazy situations semi-real by giving Admiral Nelson (Richard Basehart) realistic reactions to these Seaview invaders. Welch and Basehart actually made some viewers, more male viewers than female viewers, think that a mermaid, a mummy, ghosts and a time traveler could exist at the bottom of the sea. Logic was sometimes missing in these scripts but the highly entertaining style came in truck loads. Welch always made Richard Basehart sound so good, like no other Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea writer could. But many others would say the Welch-less black and white episode scripts were the best. Take your pick.
William Welch also did some highly regarded script work for the Irwin Allen's Lost in Space (1965) (1965-68) episode The Hungry Sea. Welch made the Robinson family, Don West, Dr Smith, and The Robot all seem so interesting.
Welch wrote one of the best episodes of Irwin Allen's time travel series -- The Time Tunnel (1966) -- episode title End Of The World. Welch gave General Kirk (Whit Bissell) attention grabbing lines that stole the hour. Once The Time Tunnel (1966) was axed in 1967, Welch simply shifted the time travel premise into three well scripted episodes of Irwin Allen's Land of the Giants (1968) (1968-70) series.
According to the IMDb, about 99% of Welch's lifetime work was for Irwin Allen and nobody else. Welch died of health problems a year or so after getting his name in the production credits of Irwin Allen's The Towering Inferno (1974). Rest in peace, William Welch.- María Corda was born on 4 May 1898 in Deva, Hungary. She was an actress, known for The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927), Samson und Delila (1922) and Tragödie im Hause Habsburg (1924). She was married to Alexander Korda. She died on 2 February 1976 in Thonex, Switzerland.
- Danny Ross was born on 30 April 1930 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Love Match (1955), Love and Kisses (1955) and I'm Not Bothered (1956). He died on 2 February 1976 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK.
- Barbara Euphan Todd was born on 9 January 1890 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Worzel Gummidge (2019), Worzel Gummidge (1979) and Worzel Gummidge Turns Detective (1953). She was married to John Graham Bower. She died on 2 February 1976.
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Johan Kaart was born on 17 February 1897 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Een koninkrijk voor een huis (1949), Malle gevallen (1934) and De familie van mijn vrouw (1935). He was married to Maria Wilhelmina Jeanne von Saher. He died on 2 February 1976 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Cinematographer
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William P. Whitley was born on 25 February 1908 in Missouri, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Bonanza (1959), A Yank in Indo-China (1952) and Men Into Space (1959). He died on 2 February 1976 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Kazimierz Rudzki was born on 6 January 1911 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire [now Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland]. He was an actor and director, known for Marysia i Napoleon (1966), Television Theater (1953) and Wojna domowa (1965). He died on 2 February 1976 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Production Manager
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Eduard Kubat was born on 30 November 1891 in Essen, Germany. He was a production manager and producer, known for Woman in the Moon (1929), Victor and Victoria (1933) and The Csardas Princess (1934). He died on 2 February 1976 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic.