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- Cinematographer
Bunker Spreckels was born on 15 August 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for My Surfing Lucifer (2009). He died on 7 January 1977 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.- Actor
- Producer
'Billy' Frick began working as a cabinet maker but later became an acrobat. From the late 1940s he was also manager and companion of Swiss burlesque dancer and actress Syra Marty (1921 - 2011), who toured the U.S. as a Marylin Monroe lookalike. Although being bald-headed in real life and having no resemblance with the original, Billy Frick started a fourth career in his life by impersonating Adolf Hitler with makeup and wig in several movies and TV-episodes.
On his frequent visits to Europe he caused at least twice headlines in the German papers. In 1971 he attended a Munich night club show (starring Syra Marty) in full Hitler regalia. The auditorium took it as it was intended, namely as a stage act respectively a joke and applauded.
Due to a rising number of WW2 and Hitler books in Germany, Frick was hired in 1973 by the infamous political satire magazine PARDON to rise havoc as Hitler at a fair in Frankfurt. He was attacked by several visitors and finally arrested by the police overnight. After his release, Frick told the press, that he was unsatisfied that his appearance as 'the Führer' did not cause for more uproar in the public.
After Frick's death in 1977, Syra Marty left show business and retired in Florida.- Yevsey Ronskiy was born on 1 September 1887 in the Russian Empire. He was an actor, known for Lovtsy gubok (1960). He died on 7 January 1977 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Producer
- Production Manager
Remigio Paone was born on 15 September 1899 in Formia, Lazio, Italy. He was a producer and production manager, known for Attanasio cavallo vanesio (1953) and I promessi sposi (1967). He died on 7 January 1977 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy.