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- Over four decades from the Thirties, James Ottaway was a regular on the West End stage, but his talents as a character actor were not fully realised on television until the Sixties. He followed roles in such classic productions as Laurence Olivier's Macbeth at the Old Vic Theatre in 1937 with dozens of guest-starring appearances on television, including a regular part as Jill Gascoine's screen father in The Gentle Touch. In later years, he was usually seen switching between the extremities of upper-class and lower-class old men, displaying his wide range.
Ottaway caught the acting bug as a child, influenced by his father, William, an amateur actor with the St Pancras People's Theatre. Although he graduated from Imperial College, London, in 1929 and became a teacher, he gained stage experience with that company and eventually trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He left in 1937 and quickly made his professional debut as the Club Waiter in The Island at the Q Theatre, a role he repeated at the Comedy Theatre the following year.
In between, Tyrone Guthrie, the celebrated director of the Old Vic Theatre, had cast Ottaway as a Messenger alongside Laurence Olivier in Macbeth (1937). Ottaway subsequently toured with the Old Vic company (1940-41), before joining the Army for the war effort.
After being demobbed in 1947, Ottaway resumed his stage career and became familiar to West End theatregoers. He played Joseph Taft in Four Hours to Kill (Saville Theatre, 1948), Mr Wingate in Top of the Ladder (St James's Theatre, 1950), Dr Jadin in The Madwoman of Chaillot (St James's Theatre, 1951), Forshaw in His House in Order (New Theatre, 1951), Dr Welling in Kill Two Birds (St Martin's Theatre, 1962), The Gentleman in The Devil May Care (Strand Theatre, 1963), Murchison in The Waiting Game (Arts Theatre, 1966), and Chaucer in Canterbury Tales (Phoenix Theatre, 1968).
In 1951 he returned for four years to Tyrone Guthrie and the Old Vic company, which had experienced a revival in the Forties, and took part in tours of South Africa (1952) and Australia (1955).
During several seasons at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, he played Quince in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1962, 1967), Sir Nathaniel in Love's Labour's Lost (1962), Verges in Much Ado About Nothing (1963) and Ragueneau in Cyrano de Bergerac (1967). Later on Ottaway took four parts in A Voyage Round My Father at Greenwich Theatre (1970), acted Kemp in Entertaining Mr Sloane at the Royal Court Theatre, which transferred to the Duke of York's (both 1975), and - a role he much enjoyed - played Polonius in Hamlet at the Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead (1970).
Although he made his television debut in 1937, in the fledgling days of the BBC at Alexandra Palace, Ottaway did not become a regular on the small screen until the late Fifties. Over 40 years, he guest-starred in dozens of programmes, including Boyd QC, No Hiding Place, Dixon of Dock Green, Dad's Army, Softly Softly, Z Cars (1962), The Fellows, The Sweeney, All Creatures Great and Small, The Invisible Man, Hi-de-Hi!, Angels, Minder, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Shine on Harvey Moon (1982), Casualty, Boon, Keeping Up Appearances (1990), Jeeves and Wooster, Pie in the Sky, A Touch of Frost, As Time Goes By (1992) and The Bill.
For Hancock's Half-Hour, Ottaway played the small part of a second doctor in The Blood Donor (1961), for many Tony Hancock's greatest moment. His other television roles included Maxie in the 1975 BBC series The Changes, and Arthur in the serial Quatermass, the writer Nigel Kneale's final story in the science-fiction saga. This time it was set in the near future and later it was re-edited for the cinema as Quatermass Conclusion (1980). He also played George Taylor throughout all four series of The Gentle Touch (1980- 84), featuring Jill Gascoine as Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes.
Ottaway also acted in films, playing Grandad in That'll Be the Day (1973), a commissionaire in The Long Good Friday (1979) and a Catholic priest in Absolution (1978) as well as appearing in Room 43 (1958), The Man Who Liked Funerals (1959) and The Man Who Finally Died (1962).
James Ottaway first met his future wife when both performed with the St Pancras People's Theatre, but they did not marry until middle age after meeting again years later. One nephew, Richard Ottaway, is the Conservative MP for Croydon South, while another, Mark Ottaway, is chief travel writer on the Sunday Times. - Amelia Adler was born on 1 September 1919 in Virginia, USA. She was married to Felix Adler and Joseph Mullen. She died on 16 June 1999 in Richmond, Virginia, USA.
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Screaming Lord Sutch was an English rock and roll singer best remembered as the founder and principal candidate of the satirical populist political Party Official Monster Raving Loony Party, running for Parliament numerous times to satirize British politics and offer voters a protest vote. However despite the Party's overt satire, Sutch did participate in some legitimate activism, such as campaigning to lower the voting age, and to abolish income tax. Despite the Party's satirical nature, some of the things that have featured in Loony manifestos have become law, such as "passports for pets", abolition of dog licenses and all-day pub openings.
Sutch's rock and roll career was inspired by performers like Screamin' Jay Hawkins and Little Richard. A cult figure, Sutch was considered one of the pioneers of shock rock, with his most famous rock and roll single being "Jack the Ripper". Many of his singles featured lyrics with overt horror movie themes ("Dracula's Daughter"), and he also recorded covers of American hits like "The Train Kept A-Rollin'", "I'm A Hog For You" and "Good Golly Miss Molly". After recording a number of singles throughout the early '60s, Sutch's debut "Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends" was recorded in 1969 and released the following year. The album featured an all-star line-up with contributions from Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page (who also produced the album) and John Bonham, guitarist Jeff Beck, session keyboardist Nicky Hopkins, session guitarist Deniel Edwards and Jimi Hendrix Experience bassist Noel Redding. Two more albums, "Hands of Jack the Ripper" (1972) and "Rock & Horror" (1982), were released during his lifetime.
Sutch had a history of depression, and killed himself by hanging on 16 June 1999, at his mother's house. Sutch is buried beside his mother, who died on 30 April 1997, in the cemetery in Pinner, Middlesex. He was survived by a son, Tristan Lord Gwynne Sutch, born in 1975 to American model Thann Rendessy.- Colgate Salsbury was born on 18 July 1935. He was an actor, known for Serial Mom (1994), Macbeth (1968) and The Winter's Tale (1967). He died on 16 June 1999 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Ottó Schöck was born on 31 August 1946 in Gyõr, Hungary. He was a composer, known for Wasteland (2012), Ezek a fiatalok... (1967) and 12 óra tánc (1970). He died on 16 June 1999 in Budapest, Hungary.- Champion diver Marshall Wayne was born on May 25, 1912 in St. Louis, Missouri. Wayne grew up in Miami, Florida and excelled at diving in high school. Marshall won several national honors and awards while a student at the University of Miami: He not only was the Amateur Athletics Union outdoor platform champion for both 1934 and 1936, but also was cited at number two in the best American male swimmers list of 1935. Wayne won a gold medal in men's platform diving and a silver medal in men's springboard diving at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany. In the wake of his Olympic triumph Marshall turned pro and joined Billy Rose's Aquacades. Wayne served as a colonel in the Air Force during World War II who participated in thirty-seven reconnaissance missions over Europe. Marshall's plane was shot down over Italy; he was helped by Italians who took him to a British Aid Station and then was taken to England for surgery on a leg wound. Following his tour of duty, Wayne worked as a commercial pilot for Pan-Am Airlines for twenty-seven years. Marshall was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1981 and the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame in 1993. Wayne died at 87 on June 16, 1999 in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
- Elsie Attenhofer was born on 21 February 1909 in Lugano, Cantone Ticino, Switzerland. She was an actress, known for Heidi (1952), Die mißbrauchten Liebesbriefe (1940) and Zyt ischt Gält (1935). She was married to Karl Schmid. She died on 16 June 1999 in Bassersdorf, Kanton Zürich, Switzerland.
- Eddie Stanky was born on 3 September 1916 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 16 June 1999 in Fairhope, Alabama, USA.
- Silvija Hercigonja was born on 9 November 1923 in Tuhelj, Croatia, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]. She was an actress, known for Tajna dvorca I.B. (1951) and Smogovci (1982). She died on 16 June 1999 in Zagreb, Croatia.