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- Actor
- Stunts
Stuntman and actor Wayne Burson was born Wayne Woodmansee on November 9, 1920 in Moscow, Colorado. His mother's brother was famous rodeo star Buster Burson. Wayne worked the rodeo circuit prior to moving to California to pursue a career in the film business and starting out as a stuntman in a few Gene Autry movies made by Republic Pictures. Among the notable actors that Burson was a stunt double for are John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, Henry Fonda, Van Heflin, Glenn Ford, and Kirk Douglas. After retiring from the film industry in the early 1960's, Wayne went on to become a horse trainer as well as the president of the vocational school West Coast Training Service. Moreover, Burson and fellow stuntman Chuck Roberson were partners in raising and training thoroughbred horses for over forty years. (Some of Burson's horses won races at such tracks as San Diego's Del Mar, Seattle's Long Acres, and San Francisco's Bay Meadows.) in 1990 Wayne moved to Oregon City, Oregon, where he ran Pearson's Restaurant. Burson died of congestive at age 76 on May 10, 1997.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Sombhu Mitra was born on 22 August 1915 in Hooghly District, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]. He was an actor and director, known for Stay Alert (1956), Shubha Bibaha (1959) and '42 (1951). He was married to Tripti Mitra. He died on 19 May 1997 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India.- Soundtrack
Blues musician Asie Payton was born in 1937 in Washington County, Mississippi. Although he sang and played guitar, Asie nonetheless made his living as a farmer. Payton lived below the poverty level in a shotgun shack with no telephone or air conditioner in the small town of Holly Ridge in Mississippi. Asie spent his Saturday nights performing his distinctive and impassioned brand of raw and dirty blues music at a local grocery store. Moreover, Payton also performed at fellow bluesman Junior Kimbrough's club and Jimmy's Auto Care. He appears as himself in the excellent documentary "You See Me Laughin'." Asie's songs are featured on the soundtracks to the films "Big Bad Love" and "Hometown Legend." Payton died of a heart attack while driving a tractor in the fields of his farm in Holly Ridge, Mississippi on May 19, 1997. His sole album "Worried" was released by the label Fat Possum Records in 1999.- Production Designer
- Art Director
Isaak Kaplan was born on 12 December 1924 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR. He was a production designer and art director, known for The Lady with the Dog (1960), Dorogoy moy chelovek (1958) and Den schastya (1964). He was married to Berta Manevich. He died on 19 May 1997 in St. Petersburg, Russia.- Alan Dong was born on 11 September 1921 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Pups Is Pups (1930) and Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933). He died on 19 May 1997 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Sound Department
Andrzej Trzaska is known for O rany, nic sie nie stalo (1987), Zakleta (1997) and Television Theater (1953). He died on 19 May 1997 in Gluchy, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Paul Tremaine was born on 23 March 1909. He died on 19 May 1997 in Kern County, California, USA.
- Editor
- Editorial Department
Allan Tyrer was born on 13 May 1915 in Chingford, Essex, England, UK. He was an editor, known for Civilisation (1969), America (1972) and Monitor (1958). He was married to Audrey Bennett. He died on 19 May 1997 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK.- Nolan Washington was born on 15 August 1931 in Louisiana, USA. He was married to Barbara Ann Washington. He died on 19 May 1997 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
- Troy Ruttman was born on 11 March 1930 in Mooreland, Oklahoma, USA. He died on 19 May 1997 in Lake Havasu, Arizona, USA.