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- Pauline Taylor was born on 2 August 1935 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for A Clockwork Orange (1971), Emmerdale Farm (1972) and How I Won the War (1967). She was married to Stewart Broadwood and Michael Shannon. She died on 23 March 2017 in Farnham, Surrey, England, UK.
- Beatrix Thomson was born on March 13, 1900 in London, England. She was an actor, known for Crown v. Stevens (1936), The Old Curiosity Shop (1934), The Dreyfus Case (1931), and The Story of Shirley Yorke (1948). She was married to Claude Rains. She died in February 1986 in Surrey, England.
She spent most of her career on the stage in Britain. In 1929, she became the first British actress to hold an aviation license. She spent WWII as a volunteer in aircraft production. She returned to the stage after the war was over. - Make-Up Department
Australian-born Roy Ashton was the man behind Hammer's most famous monsters of the 1960's. In Britain from 1932, he attended the School of Arts and Crafts in London, and then spent five years with Gaumont British under the tutelage of a German make-up artist from Ufa. In 1942, Ashton qualified for a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, which fulfilled a long-standing ambition. He would remain forever conflicted between his love of singing and his work as a make-up artist. Following World War II, he became principal tenor at Covent Garden and an alumnus and co-founder of Benjamin Britten's Opera Group, understudy to Peter Pears. At first, his film work provided the money to allow him to indulge his passion for performing in concerts, but, by the mid-1950's, he began to realise that movies provided a more reliable - and substantial - source of income.
Ashton joined Hammer at Bray Studios in 1957, assisting Philip Leakey, the resident supervising make-up artist on two of the 'big ones': The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Horror of Dracula (1958). He succeeded Leakey as head of the department upon the latter's departure in 1959. During the next seven years, Ashton worked (often out of his own home in Surrey) on some of the most fondly remembered Hammer horrors, including The Mummy (1959) (for which he created a concealed zipper at the back of the costume, which enabled Christopher Lee to extricate himself from his cumbersome 'bandages'), The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960), The Curse of the Werewolf (1961), The Gorgon (1964) and The Reptile (1966) (the scaly creature make-up for this one came from a plaster cast of genuine Boa Constrictor skin). He earned his reputation for creativeness and realism through a well-organised methodology. Detailed conceptual sketches would follow meticulous anatomical research, long hours spent examining specimens at the British Museum and the Natural History Museum on Cromwell Road. That said, Ashton was equally instrumental in showing Hammer's 'scream queens', especially Barbara Shelley and Ursula Andress, to best possible advantage. Ashton left Hammer late in 1965 and free-lanced for other companies, including Disney. Though he was, reputedly, no huge fan of the horror genre, he nonetheless proved unable to escape it. Indeed, some of his best later work included Asylum (1972) and Tales from the Crypt (1972) made for Amicus, and The Creeping Flesh (1973) for Tigon/World Film. Ashton retired in 1988, having left a legacy as one of the great innovators in monster make-up.- C.M. Hallard was born on 26 October 1865 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for The Case of Lady Camber (1920), The Husband Hunter (1920) and Convict 99 (1919). He died on 21 April 1942 in Farnham, Surrey, England, UK.
- Art Department
- Actor
John Paterson was born on 18 June 1930 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Superman III (1983) and The Mummy (1999). He died on 18 August 2021 in Farnham, Surrey, England, UK.- Madeleine Orr was born on 31 July 1914 in Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She was an actress, known for The Barry Humphries Show (1976), David Copperfield (1974) and Homicide (1964). She was married to ? Hearly. She died on 29 June 1979 in Farnham, Surrey, England, UK.
- Norma Dunbar was born on 27 March 1932 in Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Esther Waters (1977), My Son Reuben (1975) and Galloping Galaxies! (1985). She was married to Timothy Parkes. She died on 6 June 2017 in Farnham, Surrey, England, UK.
- Laura Black was born on 1 May 1929 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. She was a writer, known for Boarding School (1978), The Pursuit of Happiness (1988) and Dial M for Murder (1974). She died on 18 March 2000 in Farnham, Surrey, England, UK.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Script and Continuity Department
Wally Malston was born on 6 August 1935 in Kensington, London, England, UK. Wally was a writer, known for 3-2-1 (1978), The Reg Varney Revue (1972) and On the Buses (1969). Wally died on 19 February 1998 in Farnham, Surrey, England, UK.- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Born in the Canadian city of Nanaimo in 1922, Gary Hughes worked as a print setter in his early days, but studied music seriously in his spare time. Eventually, he became a musician specializing in the trombone, and then a composer and arranger. After emigrating to England in 1955, he and his wife Grace settled in Richmond, Surrey. His assignments as an arranger became more notable, William Walton being amongst the composers with whom he worked. His own film scores date from 1961 with a series of popular historical movies for the Hammer studios. His colleagues 'James Bernard(I)' and 'Don Banks(I)' would usually score the horror pictures, whilst Gary was asked to do the period adventures. Sadly, at the early age of 56, Gary suffered a series of strokes in 1978, the fourth of which proved fatal. Fittingly enough, in recognition of his excellent work for Hammer, some of his historical music has now been released on CD.- Edgar Mittelholzer was a writer, known for Play of the Week (1959) and Monitor (1958). He died on 5 May 1965 in Farnham, Surrey, England, UK.
- Daphne Peretz was born on 22 August 1918 in Chertsey, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Tuppence Coloured (1949), Penny Plain (1952) and Oranges and Lemons (1949). She died on 27 February 2004 in Farnham, Surrey, England, UK.
- Miles Halliwell was born on 4 October 1931 in Farnham, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Winstanley (1975), It Happened Here (1964) and It Happened Here Again (1976). He was married to Alison Fulton. He died on 6 October 2004 in Farnham, Surrey, England, UK.
- Sound Department
- Editorial Department
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jim Roddan was born in 1929 in West Derby, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an assistant director, known for The Saint (1997), Runaway Train (1985) and The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976). He died in 2016 in Farnham, Surrey, England, UK.- Lillian Talbot was born on 9 February 1879 in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Strange Experiment (1937). She died in 1968 in Farnham, Surrey, England, UK.
- Tom Ascough-Patterson was born on 4 January 1934 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Insurrection (1966). He died in 2005 in Farnham, Surrey, England, UK.
- Loring Fernie was born in 1865 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Sons of Martha (1907). He died in December 1913 in Farnham, Surrey, England, UK.