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Thin, fidgety James Millholin made a career out of playing dyspeptic bureaucrats, nervous hotel clerks and other officious authority types. Somewhat reminiscent of Edward Everett Horton or Franklin Pangborn, Millhollin's pinched face, somewhat pop eyes and flighty mannerisms fit those roles like a glove, one of the best examples being the army psychiatrist driven to distraction trying to give Andy Griffith a psychological examination in No Time for Sergeants (1958) (a role he also played on Broadway). Born in Peoria, IL, Millhollin had a career on the Broadway stage and did much television in the early 1950s before breaking into films. After retiring from the industry he moved to Mississippi, where he died in 1993.- From the very beginning, Bernard Sell was destined to be an actor. His father was a musician over in England and was school mates with Charlie Chaplin. His first love was the sea and he decided to become a seamen. Eventually, fate intervened and he met Errol Flynn on one of his trips to Tasmania. Flynn convinced Sell to come with him to be in motion pictures.
Because of his good looks, Bernie found an abundance of work. He could deliver dialog in a movie or just collect a paycheck as a party guest. It wasn't uncommon for him to have dialog in a film but he found work steadier just being a stand-in and working as an extra whenever he could. He could be frequently in various movies with dialog in such roles as reporters and party guest.
Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Sell worked as a stand-in over at Disney studios. However he found higher paying work as a stuntman. He used his knowledge of scuba diving to procure work as a scuba diver in a few films. He would still frequently appear in the background and do some of his usual work as a stand-in. Never one to stay still, he also appeared as an assistant director on the play Most Happy Fella in Palm Springs in 1966.
Around 1970, Sell decided to retire but like most actors, he couldn't stay away and he used his connections to get back into the Screen Extras Guild in 1980. It was around this time that he began to appear as a regular townsman on the James Garner western Bret Maverick. Unfortunately for Sell, Bret Maverick was canceled but he continued to try to work as much as he could throughout the 1980s trying to work socialite scenes whenever he could.
Bernie Sell's career could be one that could be best described as one that really was destined to be. He was able to become friends with some of Hollywood's biggest stars and experienced a various jobs in front of the camera and behind it. He passed away in 1993 leaving behind a long legacy in film and television. - Special Effects
Born in Louisville, Kentucky on July 1, 1906, Norman Breedlove was an avid deep sea fisherman, who loved both sailboats, and powerboats which he designed and built himself. Breedlove was very good at designing and then engineering his ideas into workable objects and often helped the Production Crews design movie sets. He was also quite good at making things look good and work, for example, he designed the awesome working sawed-off shotgun "trouble-shooter" toted by his friend Nick Adams (as Johnny Yuma) in his TV show, "The Rebel," on which Breedlove also provided Special Effects.
Married Hollywood actress/dancer Portia, In 1937 they had one child, Craig Breedlove, who was the World Land Speed record holder until 1983. Craig broke the world Speed World Record a total of five times, and was the first man to break 400mph, then 500mph and lastly 600mph miles per hour in his Spirit of America jet powered car.
Married stage and screen actress/singer/dancer Mary R. Stewart in November of 1946, and they had one child, Georgina Breedlove.
Norman's mother was Florence Van Deusen (Breedlove) a couturier in Hollywood. Among others, she designed collections for Anna Mae Wong and Joan Crawford.- Zeinat Sedky was born on 15 April 1895. She was an actress, known for Too Young for Love (1966), Mawed fe Elborg (1962) and Sitt el beit (1949). She died on 23 May 1993.
- Manezinho Araújo was born on 27 September 1910 in Cabo, Pernambuco, Brazil. He was an actor, known for Está com Tudo (1952), Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas (1944) and Laranja-da-China (1940). He died on 23 May 1993 in São Paulo, SP, Brazil.