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Jack Gilford was born in Brooklyn, New York, as Yankel Gellman. He began his career in the Amateur Nights of the 1930s moving on to nightclubs as an innovative comedian doing satire and pantomime. He was a regular at the Greenwich Village nightspot, Cafe Society and hosted shows featuring Zero Mostel, Billie Holiday and jazz greats like Hazel Scott. It is said that he invented the expression, "The butler did it!", as part of one of his movie satire routines. He also did a facial pantomime of "Pea Soup Coming to a Boil". During the 1950s, he was a victim of the The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) blacklisting which stalled his TV career until the early 1960s. But after that, he became a regular popular comic character actor on dozens of TV series and movies. He was most recognized for being the rubber-faced guy on the "Cracker Jacks" commercials for a dozen years, from 1960-1972.
He was nominated for Tony awards on Broadway for best supporting actor in the musical, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", and "Cabaret". The song "Meeskite" was written for him by John Kander & Fred Ebb.
He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film, Save the Tiger (1973), starring opposite Jack Lemmon, who won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance.- Actor
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Stiv Bators was born on 22 October 1949 in Youngstown, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986), The Hidden (1987) and Out of Bounds (1986). He died on 4 June 1990 in Paris, France.- Lincoln Wilmerton was born on 14 March 1910 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Perry Mason (1957). He died on 4 June 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Ivor Raymonde was born on 22 October 1926 in Marylebone, London, England, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for The Crying Game (1992), Norbit (2007) and 45 Years (2015). He died on 4 June 1990 in Ewshot, Hampshire, England, UK.- Yakov Bazelyan was born on 28 August 1925 in Zlatopol, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Zlatopil, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a director, known for Vchera, segodnya i vsegda (1972), Trener (1970) and Puti i sudby (1956). He died on 4 June 1990 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Zdenka Zikova was born on 6 February 1902 in Prague, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Umukli defovi (1969). She died on 4 June 1990 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].