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Hilda Braid was born on 3 March 1929 in Northfleet, Kent, England, UK. She was an actress, known for 101 Dalmatians (1996), EastEnders (1985) and Citizen Smith (1977). She was married to Brian Badcoe. She died on 6 November 2007 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.- He studied drama at the BDL (British Drama League) and in Richmond, Surrey, with no intention or pretension of turning professional. He had a passion for racing motorcycles and cars (bottom rung of the ladder) and became a director of the once-famous Chequered Flag of Chiswick which specialised in selling sports and sports-racing cars. "The Flag" also made the Formula Junior Gemini. Acting was a passion for the evenings and weekends. Most significant influence was being directed and coached by Paul Gillard. St John emigrated to Canada in 1967 where he learned something of the techniques of acting on camera by giving his services to cinema students at Concordia University. Appearance in one of these gems followed by a stage appearance as Sowerberry in "Oliver" led to an offer by a leading agent. He is now a loyal member and staunch supporter of ACTRA. He is best known for turning up on location riding his Ducati 900 SP.
- Norman Erlich was born on 7 March 1934 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Catch the Heat (1987), Policía corrupto (1996) and Las Muñecas Que Hacen ¡PUM! (1979). He died on 6 November 2007 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Jim Hawthorne was born on 20 November 1918 in Victor, Colorado, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Aim, Fire, Scoot (1952), Army Daze (1956) and The Checkers & Pogo Show (1967). He was married to Leah M. Uransky. He died on 6 November 2007 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.- Additional Crew
George Osmond was born on 13 October 1917 in Etna, Wyoming, USA. He is known for Donny and Marie (1975), The Osmond Family Show (1979) and The Osmond Family Christmas Special (1980). He was married to Olive Osmond. He died on 6 November 2007 in Provo, Utah, USA.- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Hank Thompson was born on 3 September 1925 in Waco, Texas, USA. He is known for Every Which Way But Loose (1978), Slither (2006) and The Last Picture Show (1971). He was married to Ann Williams and Dorothy Ray. He died on 6 November 2007 in Keller, Texas, USA.- Producer
Phil Melfi was born on 27 December 1968 in Queens, New York, USA. Phil was a producer, known for The Cursed (2010) and Getno (2004). Phil died on 6 November 2007 in McMinnville, Tennessee, USA.- Sound Department
An English location sound recordist. He is considered a master and pioneer of this area of sound recording. He began work in 1936 with London Films at Denham as a trainee sound recordist. He honed his sound recording skills during the D-Day landings, where he served with the Army Film Unit of the British Expeditionary Force. His first screen credit was on Black Magic (1949) and in the same year he recorded Under Capricorn for Alfred Hitchcock. In 1972, Hitchcock sought him out to work on Frenzy.
Handford pioneered the use of original synchronous sound recording for film director David Lean on Summertime (also known as Summer Madness, 1955) which was shot on location in Venice, and developed the technique during the British New Wave cinema movement, working on films such as Room at the Top (1959), The Entertainer, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Sons and Lovers (all 1960), Billy Liar, Tom Jones (both 1963), Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) and on The Go-Between (1971) and other films for Joseph Losey.
He also worked on the 1970s railway-based Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and The Lady Vanishes (1979), on both of which radio microphones were extensively used. Later he went into semi-retirement, working as a freelancer for Anglia Television, but was recalled to the film business by Sydney Pollack for the location sound required on Out of Africa (1985), for which he was awarded the Academy Award for Sound and also a BAFTA. On this film he worked along with Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, and Larry Stensvold.
Handford went on to work on Dangerous Liaisons, Gorillas in the Mist[6] (both 1988) and White Hunter Black Heart (1990). His last film was Havana (also 1990).
Handford was also known for his recordings of steam locomotives in the 1950s and 1960s, during the last days of steam railways in Britain. These were issued on the Transacord label between 1955 and 1961, at which point a deal was struck with Argo, by then part of Decca, for whom many new recordings were made under the "Argo Transacord" title. In 1980, Argo was phased out by (British) Decca's new owners, PolyGram and Argo's owner, Harley Usill, started a new label, ASV, on which new and reissued Transacord LPs were released in the early to late 1980s. The first CD was released in 1987 with others following in the 1990s. ASV is now part of the Sanctuary Group (itself now owned by Universal) and Transacord recordings remained on catalogue on CD into the late 1990s, with some still readily available until comparatively recently (as at 2011). The majority of the CD tracks were later made available as digital downloads. However, the copyright in Tranacord's recordings reverted from Universal to Transacord on 1 September 2011 at which point the digital downloads were made unavailable. Transacord looked then at making both CDs and digital downloads available again, possibly via the National Railway Museum, which organisation holds Peter Handford's original tape recordings and other materials from Handford's private collections.
Transacord's records are listed in Jim Palm's Railways on Record book from the early 1980s (though the book does not include information on the many non-British or non-railway recordings released by Transacord). A partial discography is also included in Peter Handford's 1980 autobiography, Sounds of Railways and Their Recording - unfortunately this does not include the records released by Argo during the 1960s on their (Z)DA catalogue sequence and misses some later recordings out as well. However, 2011 saw the publication of Transacord: Sounds of Steam and other Transports of Delight. The book was written with major input from both Transacord and the National Railway Museum and includes a history of the label plus the most comprehensive discography of UK releases ever made available.
His second marriage was to actress Helen Fraser whom he first met on location for Billy Liar. He died 6 November 2007, in Wickham Skeith, near Eye, Suffolk. He was survived by two daughters from his first marriage and his wife Helen.- Robert Rollis was born on 14 March 1921 in Epinal, Vosges, Lorraine, France. He was an actor, known for La parole est au témoin (1963), La tête du client (1965) and Naughty Girl (1956). He died on 6 November 2007 in Paris, France.
- Victor Burnett was an actor, known for The Innes Book of Records (1979), The Sooty Show (1968) and The Good Old Days (1953). He died on 6 November 2007 in the UK.
- Writer
- Producer
- Director
One of the most important journalists in Italian television. His program "Il Fatto", in which an important fact of politics or society is discussed daily, has been one of the most followed in RAI history. But it has been closed by direct order of Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi for having criticized his politics and fortune. It has been the first case of censure in Italian television.- Additional Crew
- Camera and Electrical Department
Fred McDarrah was born on 5 November 1926 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. Fred is known for Painters Painting (1972), Who Gets to Call It Art? (2006) and Herb & Dorothy (2008). Fred was married to Gloria McDarrah. Fred died on 6 November 2007 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Aad Nuis was born on 18 July 1933 in Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He died on 6 November 2007 in Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Actor
- Director
- Editor
Kauko Vuorensola was born on 3 March 1923 in Oulu, Finland. He was an actor and director, known for Jokamiehen autotietoutta (1959), Virkistyskalastusta (1965) and Itikkaharjun saatana (1978). He was married to Marita Irene Lindström. He died on 6 November 2007 in Helsinki, Finland.- John Grenier was born on 24 August 1930 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was married to Stella Kontos and Lynne Youmans. He died on 6 November 2007 in Houston, Texas, USA.
- Lidiya Ivanova was born on 7 March 1936 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR. He died on 6 November 2007 in Moscow, Russia.
- Producer
Bruce Gordon was born on 18 April 1951 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He was a producer, known for The Boys (2009), The Wonderful World of Disney (1997) and Disneyland: Secrets, Stories, & Magic (2007). He died on 6 November 2007 in Glendale, California, USA.- Luis Aguad Jorge was born on 25 August 1925 in Jaruco, Cuba. He was an actor, known for La criada malcriada (1965). He died on 6 November 2007 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Lee Denson was born on 25 August 1932 in Rienzi, Mississippi, USA. He died on 6 November 2007 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.