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RIP Gerry Hambling

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RIP Gerry Hambling

Gerry Hambling Has Died
The Oscar-nominated editor was 86

11 February 2013 | Written by Phil de Semlyen

The great British film editor Gerry Hambling had died aged 86. Six-times Oscar nominated, an ACE Lifetime Achievement Award winner and a long-time collaborator with Alan Parker, he died in Burwell, Cambridgeshire.

Born in Croydon in 1926, Hambling started out working at Pinewood Studios in the 1950s and '60s, editing British comedies such as The Bulldog Breed and A Stitch In Time with Norman Wisdom, and as sound editor for John Huston and Joseph Losey.

It was his work with Alan Parker, though, that serves as the most eloquent testament to his talent. Beginning with 1976's Bugsy Malone and including Midnight Express, Birdy, Mississippi Burning and The Commitments, their partnership earned him three BAFTAs and five of his six Oscar nominations. The sixth nod came for his work on Jim Sheridan's In The Name Of The Father.

"He was undoubtedly one of the finest film editors that the British film industry has produced,” said Parker.

Hambling is survived by his wife and two children.

HAMBLING, Gerry (Gerlad J. Hambling)
Born: 6/14/1926 Croydon, Surrey, England, U.K.
Died: 2/5/2013, Burwell, Cambridge, England, U.K.

Gerry Hambling’s western – sound editor:
The Deserter - 1971


RIP Paul Smith

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Burly, bearded and imposing actor Paul Smith died earlier this year in Ra’anana, Israel on April 25, 2012. He was 75. Paul and his wife Eve had moved there in 2006 taking Israeli citizenship, and adopting the Hebrew names: Adam and Aviva Eden. Born as Paul Lawrence Smith in Everett, Massachusetts on June 24, 1936 he graduated from Brandeis University with a BA in philosophy and psychology and a master’s degree in motivational psychology from Harvard. Later he attended Florida State University where he appeared as Yank in Eugene O’Neil’s “The Hairy Ape” and then and there decided to become an actor. He studied acting in New York and at a chance meeting with Otto Preminger at a party he was offered a part in “Exodus” (1960). Paul would go on to appear in films and occasionally on television beginning in the 1970s, generally playing "heavies" and bad guys. His most notable roles include Hamidou, the vicious prison warden in “Midnight Express” (1978), Bluto in Robert Altman's “Popeye” (1980), Gideon in the ABC miniseries “Masada and the Beast” Rabban in David Lynch's “Dune” (1984) and as ‘The Archduke’ in 1994’s “Maverick”. Paul also appeared in six Euro-westerns notably alongside Michael Coby (Antonio Cantafora) in a series of comedy films created by director Ferdinando Baldi as a clone comedy team of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer. The pair appeared as Len and Coby in “Carambola!” (1973) and the sequel “The Crazy Adventures of Len and Coby” (1974), Smith also appeared in “Bullets Don’t Argue” (1964), “Guns for San Sebastian” (1967), “Madron” (1970) and “We Are No Angels” (1975). Paul was sometimes credited as P.L. Smith Paul L. Smith.

SMITH, Paul (Paul Lawrence Smith)
Born: June 24, 1936, Everett Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Died: April 25, 2012, Ra'anana, Israel

Paul Smith's westerns - actor:
Have Gun - Will Travel - 1963 (Sven)
Bullets Don't Argue - 1964
Madron - 1970 (Gabe Price)
Carambola - 1974 (Len)
The Crazy Adventures of Len and Coby - 1975 (Len)
We Are No Angels - 1975 (Raphael McDonald)
Maverick - 1994 (Archduke)
 


RIP Darren Rydstrom

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Rapid City native dies in chopper crash

Rapid City Journal
February 12, 2013
• Mary Garrigan Journal staff

Jeri Rydstrom of Rapid City got a call Saturday night from her cameraman son in Los Angeles wishing her a happy birthday and telling her he was excited to be on his way to a nighttime helicopter shoot.

"He was working on a reality TV show on how a Navy SEAL survives in adverse conditions," Rydstrom said of her son, Darren.

It would be the final time they spoke. Darren Rydstom, 46, died early Sunday morning when the helicopter he was working from crashed in the pre-dawn hours in a rugged canyon in Southern California.

Rydstrom, a graduate of Rapid City Stevens High School, was killed along with the pilot and a former U.S. Army Special Forces member who were in the helicopter. They were filming a reality TV show for the Discovery Channel.

The helicopter crashed at about 3:40 a.m. Sunday at the popular filming location of Polsa Rosa Ranch in the city of Acton, authorities said. Coroner's spokesman Ed Winter identified the victims Monday as David Gene Gibbs, 59, of Valencia, Calif.; Michael William Donatelli, 45, of Indiana, Pa., and Rydstrom, now of Whittier, Calif.

"We are all cooperating fully with authorities. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families," the station said in a statement.

The Discovery Channel production company, Eyeworks USA, best known for creating NBC's "The Biggest Loser," issued a statement expressing sympathy to the victims' families. The cause and other circumstances surrounding the crash were still unknown, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer said.

It was the site of another entertainment industry death in September, when a 48-year-old crew member died of an apparent heart attack while underwater in scuba gear on the set of the upcoming Johnny Depp film "The Lone Ranger."

Sunday's wreck was also 25 miles from a similar rural spot in Santa Clarita where actor Vic Morrow and two children were killed in another helicopter crash while filming the "Twilight Zone" movie in 1982.

Rydstrom's mother is the former co-owner of the Rochford Mall, an art gallery and gift shop in the tiny Black Hills hamlet that also sold Darren Rydstrom's photos from the Sturgis rally.

Her son loved Rochford and came back every summer during the rally to shoot professional portraits of bikers and their motorcycles there.

"He had a huge following there," she said.

A 1985 graduate of Rapid City Stevens, Rydstrom's career as a director of photography that would take him around the world had its beginning in a childhood love of cameras. Friends and family remember him as usually having a camera in his hands.

"He was the biggest pain in the neck because he had his eye in a lens all the time," his mother said. "He just did goofy things with the camera all the time." She recalled the time he filmed his sisters jumping on a trampoline and he reversed the film to make their dog appear to jump backward with them.

But his Hollywood career got its "jump start" at the Sturgis rally, his mother said, when he met a film crew and director in town for the rally who would help him get started in the industry and become his mentor.

"His first job in California was with them," she said. "He traveled all over the world — he's done feature length movies, television shows, commercials. And he got awards for his work in a cut-throat business like that. I couldn't have been more proud of him."

Rydstrom came back several times a year to visit family still living in Rapid City, including his father, Don Rydstrom, and his sister, Diana Springstead. Another sister, Jennifer Dunlap, lives in Tulsa, Okla.

"He comes back several times a year. He was last back in November to go pheasant hunting with me," Jeri Rydstrom said.

Her birthday present, he told her in that last phone call, was private golf lessons with his good friend and high school classmate JR Hamblet. He planned to visit in March so they could golf together, she said.

"And then the sheriff was at my door..." she said.

Funeral arrangements for Darren Rydstom are pending.

RYDSTROM, Darren
Born: 11/13/1966, Rapid City, South Dakota, U.S.A.
Died: 2/10/2013, Acton, California, U.S.A.

Darren Rydstrom’s western – cameraman:
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter – 1999 [assistant cameraman]

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By Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times
February 15, 2013

Richard Collins, a screenwriter during the McCarthy era who was blacklisted for several years before he cooperated with the Communist-hunting House Un-American Activities Committee, died Thursday in Ventura.

The onetime Communist Party member was 98 and the last of the group of left-leaning writers and directors known as the Hollywood 19, 10 of whom went to prison for refusing to name names before the committee.

Collins, a longtime Brentwood resident who went on to a three-decade career in television as a writer and producer of shows such as "Bonanza" and "Matlock," died under hospice care after developing aspiration pneumonia, said his son, Michael Collins.

Called before the House committee twice, Collins was one of 19 unfriendly witnesses in 1947, when the congressional panel opened its investigation into subversive activity in Hollywood. He was not asked to testify but 10 who were called were cited for contempt after refusing to answer questions about their political beliefs. By 1950, all 10 — including Ring Lardner Jr., Dalton Trumbo, Edward Dmytryk, Alvah Bessie and Albert Maltz — were in prison.

Anti-communist hysteria spread throughout the movie industry, causing a witch hunt that ruined lives and careers. When Collins was subpoenaed again in 1951, he identified more than 20 colleagues — including his friend and collaborator Paul Jarrico and novelist-screenwriter Budd Schulberg — as belonging to or sympathizing with the Communist Party. Many Hollywood figures, including Jarrico, never spoke to him again.

"Richard was unapologetic about what he did. He felt people were betraying their country," said "Matlock" executive producer Dean Hargrove, who knew Collins for 30 years.

Collins may not have been apologetic, but he expressed regret over turning in friends. In an interview for Victor Navasky's 1980 book on the blacklist, "Naming Names," he called himself "a son of a bitch, a miserable little bastard. It was unfortunate but true. I was a good boy, doing what you're supposed to do."

Born in New York City on July 20, 1914, he was the son of fashion designer Harry Collins, who dressed the Vanderbilts and Astors. He grew up in Paris and New York before moving west with his family. After graduating from Beverly Hills High School in 1932, he entered Stanford University, where he got to know Schulberg. He stayed for only one term, until the economic hardships of the Depression led him to drop out.

Returning to New York, Collins studied theater and joined the Young Communist League. According to his son, he got his first writing job through Schulberg's father. By the mid-1930s he was working in Los Angeles and was active in the Hollywood branch of the Communist Party.

He drew the interest of the House committee in part because of a screenplay he co-wrote with Jarrico for "Song of Russia," a 1944 musical drama about an American conductor who falls in love with a Russian pianist while touring her country. Committee members saw it as a piece of pro-Soviet propaganda and placed Collins on its list.

When he was subpoenaed in 1947, he told Navasky, he still felt "a great deal of respect and some affection" for his Hollywood friends who were party members. He sided with the other 18 unfriendly witnesses, even though he was already disillusioned with the party and its doctrinaire approach to literature. He said he quit the party that year.

"At that time," he said, "it seemed to me that purely on American democratic constitutional grounds, there was a question of the propriety of asking a man his political beliefs."

Four years later, however, he changed his mind. His work had dried up even before he had been summoned in 1947. He borrowed money to open a dress-cutting business but couldn't make a go of it. He was by then caring for his aged parents and raising two children from his 1939 marriage to actress Dorothy Comingore, best known for portraying the character modeled on William Randolph Hearst's mistress Marion Davies in "Citizen Kane."

He and Comingore were divorced in 1945. She lost custody of their children in a highly publicized 1952 court hearing, at which she was accused of being an unfit mother because of alcoholism and her Communist leanings. A few weeks earlier, she had been an unfriendly witness before the House Un-American Activities Committee. (In a 1991 movie about the blacklist era, "Guilty by Suspicion," the character of an emotionally troubled actress hounded by the committee was inspired by Comingore.)

Michael Collins said politics did not break up his parents' marriage, but it was a contentious issue. Director Joseph Losey, who was among those named as a Communist during the committee hearings, recounted in a 1985 interview with author Michael Ciment that after Comingore heard her husband testify on the radio, she was so distraught she cut off her hair. "I suddenly realized I was married to an informer," she told Losey later.

Comingore died in 1971. Collins married Julie Danson in 1949; she died in 1991. In addition to his son, he is survived by daughter Judith Collard, two grandsons and a great-granddaughter.

Collins told Navasky that the main reason he decided to name names "was that I just thought it was ridiculous to go through life as a member of the Party — which taking the Fifth in effect said publicly you were doing — when I wasn't" a member any longer.
Among the two dozen individuals he identified as Communists or sympathizers was screenwriter Martin Berkeley, who became the committee's most prolific witness, naming more than 100 people.

With his testimony behind him, Collins went back to work, writing "Riot in Cell Block 11" (1954) for producer Walter Wanger.

He also wrote the treatment for "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," the 1956 science-fiction movie about a town whose residents are replaced by emotionless alien clones. It was widely interpreted as a parable about the McCarthy era.

"There is a certain irony in that story," Collins' son said. "A lot of liberals thought it was about the committee and the brainwashing the committee did. From talking to Richard, he felt he and his peers had been brainwashed by the party, by Stalin. It's an interesting kind of paradox that everybody faced in those times."

In the 1960s Collins found steady work in television, producing dramatic series such as "Breaking Point" and "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre." He later produced 127 episodes of "Bonanza" and 108 episodes of "Matlock" before retiring in 1992 at age 78.

He was considered a master of script construction and was admired for his casting and editing skills. He also was known as a generous mentor, who advised or trained many film and TV figures, including Robert Towne, who wrote the screenplays for "Shampoo" and "Chinatown," and Gerry Sanoff, who wrote, edited and produced "Matlock."

Despite his success, the stain of the 1950s never left him, said Sanoff, who recalled seeing people walk out of parties when Collins arrived because they disagreed with his decision to help the House committee.

"The legacy of this thing from the '50s impacted him greatly. He had huge regrets about having done it," Sanoff said Thursday. "That said, I'm not sure he would have done anything differently. I'm not sure he felt he had any choice."


COLLINS, Richard (Richard J. Collins)
Born: 7/20/1914, New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Died: 2/14/2013, Ventura, California, U.S.A.

Richard Collins’ westerns – producer, screenwriter:
Wagon Train (TV) – 1957, 1959 [screenwriter]
The Badlanders – 1958 [screenwriter]
Maverick (TV) – 1959 [screenwriter]
Bat Masterson (TV) – 1960 [screenwriter]
Cheyenne (TV) – 1962 [screenwriter]
Daniel Boone (TV) – 1967, 1968 [screenwriter]
Bonanza (TV) – 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 [producer, screenwriter]
The Desperate Mission (TV) – 1969 [screenwriter]
The Godchild (TV) – 1974 [producer, screenwriter]
The Oregon Trail (TV) – 1977 [producer, screenwriter]

RIP Enio Girolami

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Italian actor Enio Girolami has died

The son and brother of the Girolami film family was seen in many films and TV

February 16, 2010

Enio Girolami died today February 16, 2013 in Rome, Italy after a brief illness. He was 78. The actor was the son of director Marino Girolami and brother of Enzo G. Castellari. Enio, who was born in Rome on January 14, 1935 appeared in over 80 films between the years 1950-1970, some of which have left their mark in the history of cinema. Among his more than 85 films were 10 Euro-westerns. Girolami was sometimes billed as Thomas Moore. Girolami was one of a number of family members in the film industry including his father Marino Girolami [1914-1994], brother Enzo Castellari (Girolami) [1938- ], nephew of director Romolo Girolami [1931- ], cousin of stuntman Massimo Vanni [1946- ], director Renzo Girolami [1939- ] uncle of actress Stefania Girolami Goodwin [1963- ] and director Andrea Girolami.


GIROLAMI, Enio (aka Thomas Moore)
Born: 1/14/1935, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Died: 2/16/2013, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Enio Girolami’s westerns – actor:
Black Eagle of Santa Fe - 1964 (Tom Howard/Slim James) [as Thomas Moore]
Bullets and the Flesh - 1964 (Sam Masters) [as Thomas Moore]
A Few Dollars for Django - 1966 (Sam Lister) [as Thomas Moore]
The Hellbenders - 1966 (Lieutenant Sublette)
Payment in Blood – 1967 (Chamaco Gonzales) [as Thomas Moore]
Two R-R-Ringos from Texas – 1967 (Bruce)
Between God, the Devil and a Winchester - 1968 (Marco Serraldo)
The Wild and the Dirty - 1968 (Ross)
Reverend Colt – 1970 (Mestizo) [as Thomas Moore]
Jonathan of the Bears - 1994 (blond mercenary)

RIP Glenn Boyer

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Noted Earp historian Glenn Boyer dies in Tucson

“Boyer was a giant in the field of Earp history,” said Ben Traywick, historian emeritus of Tombstone and noted Old West author. “Nobody could touch him.”

Boyer was born in a log cabin in Wisconsin and, influenced by the attack on Pearl Harbor, enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943. In 1944, he was commissioned a second lieutenant and pilot. In 1947, he joined the Alaska Air Command and served there until 1949.

Over his 22-year military career, Boyer held several posts, including training officer of airborne radio officers for the Air Defense Command, Management Analysis, Air Operations Officer in Greenland and with the Pacific Air Forces. His most significant contribution was a statistical analysis of the F-100 aircraft that proved that overuse was leading to accidents and the planes needed more down time. The Air Force took his suggestions, resulting in saving an estimated 24 aircraft and an undeterminable number of pilots.

After retiring from the Air Force in 1965 as a lieutenant colonel, Boyer started his long quest in the field of Wyatt Earp. His childhood fascination with Earp culminated in a 40-year journey of exhaustive research. His many Earp contacts in California provided insights and history of the fabled Western hero. His closest contact was with Wyatt’s niece and husband, Estelle and Bill Miller, who provided previously unknown information and memorabilia.

Boyer didn’t stop with Wyatt. His research took him through the entire Earp family, including Wyatt’s brothers, Virgil and Morgan, who along with Earp cohort Doc Holliday were participants in the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

Boyer lived in Tucson at the time of his death but also had lived and did research in much of Cochise County. His quest left nothing to chance and along the way he cultivated hundreds of sources dealing with the Earp story. One particular contribution was the details and background of Mattie Earp, Wyatt’s second wife, whose real name was Celia Blaylock.

Over the years, Boyer expanded his writing to include the popular “Dorn” series, a fictional Old West character. He also wrote several books relating to Gen. George Custer, including one popular fiction offering, “Custer, Terry and Me.” He also was a significant contributor to several Western  magazines, Arizona Highways, Popular Mechanics, Retired Officer and several scholarly journals. His last book, “Where the Heart Was,” is a fictional semi-autobiography depicting much of Boyer’s childhood. It was published in 2009.

Mr. Boyer is survived by his wife, noted poet and novelist Jane Candia Coleman; a son, Donald, of Hawaii; and a stepson, Daniel Coleman, of Arizona.

BOYER, Glenn G.
Born: 1/5/1924, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Died: 2/14/2013, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.

Glenn Boyer’s western – writer:
I Married Wyatt Earp (TV) – 1983 [writer]

RIP Jerry Buss

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Lakers owner Jerry Buss dies at 80

Fans will remember the real estate mogul for enjoying extraordinary NBA success -- 10 championships in three-plus decades -- but equally important to his legacy was a sense of showmanship.

By David Wharton
February 18, 2013, 8:00 a.m.

Jerry Buss, the longtime owner of the Lakers whose penchant for showmanship helped turn the game of basketball into “Showtime” and who led the team to 10 NBA championships, died Monday. He was 80.

A self-made millionaire who built his fortune in real estate, Buss bought the Lakers in 1979. He charted his successful course with marquee players Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal, Hall of Fame coaches Pat Riley and Phil Jackson, celebrities sitting courtside and Laker Girls dancing during timeouts.

"I really tried to create a Laker image, a distinct identity," Buss said. "I mean, the Lakers are pretty damn Hollywood."

It was a remarkable winning streak for a man who dug his way out of a hardscrabble youth.

A Depression-era baby, Jerry Hatten Buss was born Jan. 27, 1933, in Salt Lake City. His parents divorced when he was an infant.

His mother struggled to make ends meet as a waitress in tiny Evanston, Wyo., and Buss remembered standing in food lines in the bitter cold.

Later, Buss earned a science scholarship to the University of Wyoming. At 19 he married a coed named JoAnn Mueller, and they would eventually have four children: John, Jim, Jeanie and Janie.

By the mid-1950s, the couple had moved to Southern California, where Buss earned a doctorate in chemistry at USC. He worked briefly in the aerospace industry, and in the late 1950s, he and a colleague, Frank Mariani, tried their hand at real estate.

They scraped together a few thousand dollars to buy a 14-unit apartment house in West Los Angeles and, to save money, did all the repairs themselves. Their real estate company kept growing as they invested in residential properties, hotels and office buildings.

In 1979, Buss and his partners bought the Lakers (along with the Forum in Inglewood), the NHL’s Kings and a 13,000-acre ranch in Kern County for $67 million from Jack Kent Cooke.

At the time, the NBA had fallen by the wayside and several teams stood on the brink of bankruptcy.

But to Buss, the Lakers looked like a gem in the coal bin. They had a dominant center in Abdul-Jabbar, and the team picked the effervescent Johnson out of Michigan State in the 1979 NBA draft.

Success came quickly. With former Lakers star Jerry West maturing into one of the most gifted general managers in the league, the team won an NBA championship in Buss’ first season. Johnson, Abdul-Jabbar and Michael Cooper guided the Lakers to five titles.

The Lakers' next title era came with O’Neal; the precocious Bryant, whom they traded for after he was drafted out of high school; and Jackson as coach. The Lakers won three consecutive championships from 2000 through 2002.

The team then flamed out in the 2004 NBA Finals against the Detroit Pistons and traded O’Neal to the Miami Heat. At the same time, Jackson walked away.

After a few more disappointing seasons, Bryant demanded a trade, but Buss stood firm.

The Lakers, with Jackson back as coach and with Pau Gasol added to the team, defeated Orlando for the 2008-09 title. The following season, they beat Boston for another championship. It was their 10th and final title under Buss.

"Jerry Buss helped set the league on the course it is on today," NBA Commissioner David Stern said. "Remember, he showed us it was about 'Showtime,' the notion that an arena can become the focal point for not just basketball, but entertainment. He made it the place to see and be seen."

BUSS, Jerry (Gerald Hatten Buss)
Born: 6/15/1934, Kemmerer, Wyoming, U.S.A.
Died: 2/18/2013, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Jerry Buss’ western – dialogue coach:
Law of the Lawless - 1964

RIP Pat Derby

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Pat Derby, animal trainer for "Flipper" and "Lassie", dies at 69

(Reuters) - Pat Derby, a show business animal trainer who worked on the television programs "Flipper" and "Lassie" before becoming an animal rights activist, has died of throat cancer, her organization said.

Derby, 69, worked on other television shows, including "Gunsmoke" and "Daktari", according to the Performing Animal Welfare Society or PAWS. She was the trainer and spokesperson for the Lincoln Mercury "Sign of the Cat" cougars Chauncey and Christopher, featured in ads.

Those were among the memorable TV shows and ads of the 1960s and '70s, along with "Flipper", starring a bottlenose dolphin from 1964 to 1967, and "Lassie", starring a series of collie dogs from 1954 to 1974.

Derby became shocked at the neglect and abuse she found in the performing animals business. Her autobiography, "The Lady and Her Tiger" in 1976, was an expose on the harsh treatment of animals in the entertainment industry, according to PAWS.

Along with her longtime partner Ed Stewart, Derby founded PAWS in 1984 to rescue and provide humane sanctuary for animals from the exotic and performing animal trades.

With Stewart by her side, Derby died on Friday at her home in San Andreas, California, outside Sacramento, PAWS said in a statement dated Saturday and made available to Reuters on Monday.

"She was the first to champion the cause of performing animals, and today, because of her tireless work, and fierce determination, most animal protection organizations now have captive wildlife programs that address the issues of performing animals," PAWS said.

Derby testified before Congress twice and served on several state committees setting standards for the care and handling of elephants and other exotic species, PAWS said.

PAWS said it maintains three sanctuaries for captive wildlife in northern California, providing refuge for more than 100 animals, including elephants, lions, tigers, bears, bobcats, coyotes, leopards, mountain lions, deer and monkeys.

Derby, Pat (Patricia B. Derby)
Born:  6/7/1943, Sussex, England, U.K.
Died: 2/15/2013, San Andreas, California, U.S.A.

Pat Derby’s westerns – animal trainer:
Gunsmoke (TV) 19??


RIP Reed Gilbert Clayton

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Known as "Gil" Clayton to friends and family, Reed Gilbert Clayton died at Aegis of Aptos, California, memory care facility on January 31, 2013, at 1:33 a.m., three being Gil's "lucky" number.

Born in Los Angeles on October 15, 1922, to Gustave Reed Clayton and Eva Henderson Clayton, Gil studied and worked in California until moving to Port Townsend in the early '90s.

Not long after, the mayor of Port Townsend declared April 30, 1933, as Gil Clayton Day in honor of the work Gil did volunteering with Skookum Jump Rope Company, where he developed new assembly equipment in support of Skookum's devotion to hiring people with disabilities.

Gil's 90 years of life have been filled with design accomplishments.

During high school and then after, Gil worked in commercial art, leaving Lockheed in 1942 to enlist in the U.S. Navy, serving as a radar operator on the battleship USS Tennessee in World War II in the Pacific Theater until 1945.

Following more design study, Gil worked the next 18 years in the aerospace industry, designing target drones at Radioplane, contributing to the Mercury space program at Lockheed with design on the space capsule.

At Northrop, Gil participated in confidential design of the F-5 plane, which included work with a team in Germany.

When Gil's sons became of draft age in the early '60s, Gil shifted his career to home construction and to the film industry. Asked to work on "Tora! Tora! Tora!," Gil continued as special effects and set designer and production illustrator in movies, television and theme park design until his several retirements, returning to Hollywood when called back for his special expertise.

Titles of the films Gil worked on included: "Hello Dolly," "Jaws," "Dr. Dolittle," "Breakheart Pass," "Marathon Man," "Hindenburg," "Raise the Titanic," "The Right Stuff," "War and Remembrance," "The Untouchables," "American Gigolo," "Eleanor and Franklin," "The Witches of Eastwick," "Silverstreak," "Hunt for Red October," "Batman and Robin," "Executive Decision," "Roots," "Throw Momma from the Train," "High Anxiety," "Dying Young," "Islands in the Stream," "Hiroshima," "Multiplicity," "Armageddon," "Moonlighting" and "Lost in Space."

Gil also spent time working on the television show "M*A*S*H."

His work on theme park designs included: Marineland of the Pacific, Disney World/Euro Disneyland, Shoreland Village in Long Beach, San Diego African Village, SeaWorld, Jungleland and, in Pennsylvania, Hershey Park: The Story of Chocolate people mover.

Loved ones Gil Clayton leaves behind include his sons, Michael (Linda) Clayton and Bruce Clayton and wife Barbra Senft; granddaughters Christi Clayton and Adia Clayton-Tave; niece Cindy Hill Shannon; former wives Sue Bailey and Angelina Magill Clayton; stepsons Bill (Corina) Magill and David (Joann) Magill; and stepgranddaughters Rachel, Sarah and Taylor Magill, all living in California.

In Port Townsend, Gil leaves loving companion since 2005 Patricia "Pat" Austin and many dear friends.

Preceded in death were Gil's parents, Gustave and Eva Reed; wife Ardith McCoy Clayton (mother of Michael and Bruce); wife Alice Birthrong Clayton; brother Phillip Hill; grandparents silent-screen actor Gilbert Clayton and stage star Etta Reed; great-grandfather Gustavus Reed, Civil War veteran; and longtime companion Marie Louie.

Gil requested that his ashes be scattered at sea in Monterey Bay, California, from his son's sailboat by his family with as little fuss as possible.

Gil wished family and friends the optimism and joy he strove to extract from every day, even in his fading days with dementia. Gil Clayton loved life, loved people, loved laughter and especially loved women, having grown up with doting grandmothers, mother, aunts and cousins.

He will be fondly remembered for his wonderful ability to tell a joke or funny story. He sang beautifully as an adult the American songbook and saucy sea chanteys, even as he did as a boy soprano in a Hollywood boys choir.

He amazed many with his design abilities and making the implausible feats possible with his production designs on movie sets.

Family say, if you had a home with Gil, you knew that he would stay busy redesigning walls, stairs, decks — or the whole house!

Gil was a fond believer in hospice, and at his request, no memorial is planned in Port Townsend at this time.

CLAYTON, Reed Gilbert
Born: 10/15/1922, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Died: 1/31/2013, Aegis of Aptos, California, U.S.A.

Reed Gilbert Clayton’s western – set designer:
Breakheart Pass – 1975 

RIP Joaquin Cordero

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Joaquin Cordero, Mexican actor and film soap operas has died.

Mexican actor Joaquin Cordero Aurrecoechea died in Mexico at age 89, but for now has transcended the cause of death, sources told Efe the National Actors Association (ANDA).

His secretary, Amparo Garrido, said the actor "died at home" and was "one of the most beloved ANDA", which was occasionally Artistic Guild representative.

Garrido said he was unaware of what caused his death, but local media talk of a possible depression after the death, seven months ago, his wife, Alma, and was in a process of recovery from an embolism.

They added that the actor's remains will be veiled in a funeral home in Mexico City.

Born August 16, 1923 in Puebla, central Mexico, Cordero was one of the last great living figures call Golden Age of Mexican cinema.

He starred opposite the likes of Mario Moreno "Cantinflas", Pedro Infante and Carmen Montejo, among others.

His resume as an actor includes over two hundred films that he starred in for seven decades dedicated to acting.

He was a pioneer of soap operas and became one of the great figures of telenovelas. El amor tiene cara de mujer (1971), Amor en silencio (1988), Baila Conmigo (1992), Los parientes pobres (1993), Mi destino eres tú (2000), Entre el amor y el odio (2002), La Madrastra (2005), Destilando amor (2007), y Fuego en la Sangre (2008) were among his most prominent on television

CORDERO, Joaquin (Joaquin Cordero Aurrecoechea)
Born: 8/16/1923, Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
Died: 2/19/2013, Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico

Joaquin Cordero’s westerns – actor:
Se la llevó el Remington – 1948 (Rodrigo)
Yo maté a Juan Charrasqueado – 1949
Los aventureros – 1954
Fugitivos: Pueblo de proscritos – 1955 (Jacinto)
¡Vaya tipos!  – 1955
Tres bribones – 1955
La venganza de los Villalobos – 1955 (Miguel)
Tierra de hombres – 1956 (Fernando)
Ah, Love is Beautiful – 1960
The Cat – 1961
Ay Chabela …! – 1961
Jalisco Gals are Beautiful – 1961
Asesinos de la lucha libre – 1962 (Joaquin)
Los cinco halcones – 1962
La moneda rota – 1962
'Monte Escondido' o (Leonardo Moncada) – 1962 (Leonardo Moncada)
El rey de la pistol – 1962
Los forajidos – 1962
Herencia maldita – 1963
El río de las ánimas – 1964 (Leonardo Moncada)
Los murciélagos – 1964
Sangre en Río Bravo – 1966
Mi caballo prieto rebelde – 1967
Los hombres de Lupe Alvírez – 1967
Cuchillo – 1978 (Demonio Azul)

RIP Matt Mattox

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Dancer, actor Matt Mattox passed away on February 18thin France.

Matt Mattox was born 1921 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, spent thirty years in Hollywood performing in movies, and the last thirty years in France teaching dance.    

Beginning his movie career in 1944, Matt Mattox danced in twenty-five movies, ten in which he had featured spots. Matt also appeared with Carol Burnett in Once Upon a Mattress where he played the Minstrel. However, it is as Caleb, the third oldest brother in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers he is best known.  This memorable performance included split jumping over planks during the barn dance and a slow-motion solo singing the Lonesome Polecat lament for a bride.

Matt taught dance in Hollywood beginning in the 1950s.  In the 1970s he moved to France where he taught the Matt Mattox system of modern jazz or "free style" dance.  Now in his eighties and still teaching, he lives with his wife in Perpignan, southern France.

Faithful to his way of being, Matt Mattox left us with great discretion. Known and admired throughout the world, the American mestizo origins of Irish and Scots had begun a journey of great sportsmanship. Football, baseball, diving, swimming and athletics had revealed its qualities of balance and speed. But he had the soul of an artist and at eleven years he played, danced and sang on the stage of the theater district of Tulsa (Oklahoma). He told at the age of five years he had learned a tap dance with a black porter.
 Despite the reluctance of his parents, he took advantage of the move to Los Angeles to enroll in a dance class. This was the beginning of an incredible career. During the war he was mobilized and served in the U.S. Air Force as a fighter pilot.

Partner Marilyn and Fred Astaire

From 1945 to 1960, Matt Mattox will play, sing and dance in thirteen movies with Fred Astaire for partners, Esther Williams, Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland ... Hired by Metro Goldwyn Meyer, it provides the choreography of many musicals. A tour of Australia, a television series, as Dance Masters of America, yet the dancer prefers to focus on teaching rather than stardom. It was during an internship in London he met the dancer will become Martine Limeul his wife and muse five years later. Thus, the U.S. moved to Perpignan and founded his school where hundreds of dancers past.

The couple then travels the world to teach the art of tap and modern jazz style.

It is not known another passion: golf. Ignoring the honors, preferring the floor studios that of society salons, Matt Mattox who liked to say "I will continue until my last breath," had stopped teaching there is a little more than a year. Its elegance, energy and style marked the world of dance and remain references.

Condolences to Limeul Martine and his family. A Mass will be held Friday at 11 am at St-Mathieu in Perpignan.

MATTOX, Matt (Harold Mattox)
Born: 8/18/1921, Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
Died: 2/18/2013, France

Matt Mattox's western - actor:
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - 1954 (Caleb Pontipee)
 

RIP Diane Lampert

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NY songwriter Diane Lampert dead at 88.
 
New York February 21, 2013 (AP)

Diane Charlotte Lampert, an accomplished songwriter of the 1950s and 1960s who wrote lyrics to title songs for more than 20 movies, has died.

Lampert's husband, Fred Stuart, said she died of heart failure Friday at a Manhattan hospital. She was 88.

Lampert worked on songs performed by Brenda Lee, Steve Lawrence, Red Foley, The Lettermen and others. She also was a writer on a Beatles song, "Nothin Shakin' (But The Leaves On The Trees)" that wasn't released until 1994 on "Live At The BBC."

Lampert helped provide music for movies starring Bob Hope, Cary Grant, Buster Keaton and others.

She is survived by Stuart, president of Rainbow Music Corp., her husband of 45 years.

A memorial service is scheduled for 1:15 p.m. Wednesday at Riverside Memorial Chapel.

LAMPERT, Diane (Diane Charlotte Lampert)
Born: 2/25/1924, Bronx, New York, U.S.A.
Died: 2/22/2013, Manhattan, New York, U.S.A.

Diane Lampert’s western – songwriter:
The Wild and Innocent - 1959

RIP Carmen Montejo

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“La muñeca de Cuba”, Carmen Montejo (1925-2013)

MEXICO - The Cuban-born actress Carmen Montejo, one of the great figures of the golden age of Mexican cinema, died Monday at age 87, according to the National Council for Culture and the Arts in a statement, in which deplores the death.

The National Actors Association confirmed the death of the nationalized Mexican artist, also a writer and theater director, whose real name was María Teresa Sánchez González.

Born in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, the artist began her career in that island being only a child, participating in radio broadcasts.

Later studied drama at the University of Havana, who later would continue in New York and Los Angeles.

She arrived in Mexico in late 1942 and almost immediately debuted on the soap opera The Diary of Susana Galván. The following year, she had his first film appearance in the movie Resurrection, Gilberto Martinez Solares.

She devoted an actress in Mexican films through participation in various bands, among which we the poor (1948), what gave you that woman? (1952) and women without morning, which won an Ariel Award in 1952 for best female coacting.

Along with her work in cinema, the actress developed a strong background in theater and television.

With The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico Garcia Lorca (1946) resumed a prolific theater career in Mexico, while in the small screen took part in a long series of soap operas and telenovelas, as The House of Hate (1960), Secret confession ( 1965), The Picture of Dorian Gray (1969), The Curse (1983) and Cradle of Wolves (1986).

In 1978, production was part of the Mexico-US The Children of Sanchez, starring Anthony Quinn and Dolores del Rio.

The singer received in 2005 the Ariel de Oro in recognition of her significant career.

MONTEJO, Carmen (Maria Teresa Sanchez Gonzalez)
Born: 5/26/1925, Pinar del Rio, Cuba
Died: 2/25/2013, Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico

Carmen Montejo’s westerns – actress:
El porto salvaje – 1958 (Luisa)
El rio de las animas – 1964
Los marcados – 1971 (Remedios)
El rey - 1976 (Senora del Rivero)

RIP Candide Franklyn

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Camera operator Candide Franklyn dies at 45
Steadicam/cameraman worked on 'The Da Vinci Code,' 'Hairspray'

By Variety Staff

Candide Franklyn, the prolific camera and steadicam operator who worked on projects such as "Cinderella Man," "The Da Vinci Code" and a slew of Adam Sandler starrers, died on Feb. 12. He was 45.

Beginning his career in Toronto, Franklyn rose through the ranks as a grip and an expert dolly technician. As a steadicam/cameraman, he worked with industryites including Roger Kumble, Stephen Burum, Dennis Dugan, M. Night Shyamalan and Tak Fujimoto.

Recent credits include "Jack and Jill," "The Time Traveler's Wife," "Hairspray" and "The West Wing."

He is survived by his wife, Leslie Whittaker, and his mother.

A celebration of life will be held for family and friends on March 2 at 1 p.m. at a private residence.

Donations may be made to The City Life Project.

FRANKLYN, Candide (Candide Regan Franklyn)
Born: 10/2/1967, Trinidad, The West Indies
Died: 2/12/2013, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Candide Franklyn’s western – camera operator:
The Jack Bull (TV) - 1999

RIP Dale Robertson

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 A Western sunset


Gazette staff
February 27th, 2013

Oklahoma native and longtime movie and TV star Dale Robertson died yesterday in California. He was 89.

Born in Harrah, he served in World War II, where he was twice injured in combat, and briefly was a prizefighter before eventually drifting into acting. Hollywood came knocking after movie agents noticed photos of Robertson, who had been stationed after the war at San Luis Obispo, Calif., in the storefront window of a Los Angeles photography store.

Tall, strikingly handsome and with a resemblance to Clark Gable, Robertson seemed a natural for movies.

He eventually made more than 60 films, mostly in 1950s-era B westerns. His biggest success came with TV's Tales of Wells Fargo, in which he played Wells Fargo agent Jim Hardie, from 1957 to '62. Other TV roles included Iron Horse, Dynasty and J.J. Starbuck. In the 1960s, he joined Ronald Reagan, Robert Taylor and others as among the narrators of TV’s Death Valley Days.

Robertson's prominence in Westerns earned him induction in the Great Western Performers and the Cowboy Hall of Fame.

In retirement, Robertson and his wife, Susan, lived on his Haymaker Farms ranch near Yukon.


ROBERTSON, Dale (Dayle Lymoine Robertson)
Born: 7/14/1923, Harrah, Oklahoma, U.S.A.
Died: 2/27/2013, U.S.A.

Dale Robertson’s westerns – actor, voice:
Fighting Man of the Plains – 1949 (Jesse James)
The Cariboo Trail – 1950 (Will Gray)
Two Flags West – 1950 (Lem)
The Secret of Convict Lake – 1951 [narrator]
Return of the Texan – 1952 (Sam Crockett)
The Outcasts of Poker Flat – 1952 (John Oakhurst)
The Silver Whip – 1953 (Race Crim)
Devil’s Canyon – 1953 (Billy Reynolds)
City of Bad Men – 1953 (Brett Stanton)
The Gambler from Natchez – 1954 (Captain Wayne Colby)
Sitting Bull – 1954 (Major Robert ‘Bob’ Parrish)
A Day of Fury – 1956 (Jagade)
Dakota Incident – 1956 (John Banner)
Hell Canyon Outlaws – 1957 (Sheriff Caleb)
Tales of Wells Fargo (TV) – 1957-1962 (Jim Hardie)
Law of the Lawless – 1964 (Judge Clem Rogers)
Blood on the Arow – 1964 (Wade Cooper)
Diamond Jim: Skullduggery in Samantha (TV) – 1965 (Diamond Jim Brady)
The Man from Button Willow – 1965 (Justin Eagle) [voice]
Scalplock (TV) – 1966 (Benjamin Calhoun)
Iron Horse (TV) – 1966-1968 (Ben Calhoun)
Death Valley Days (TV) – 1968-1970 [host]
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (TV) – 1979 (Judge Isaac Parker)
Harts of the West (TV) – 1993, 1994 (Zeke)


RIP Bob Hover

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Actor Bob Hover dies at 79
Former boxer played Dr. Russ Matthews on 'Another World'
By VARIETY STAFF

Actor Bob Hover, who appeared on shows including "Another World," died
February 15 in Warren, Rhode Island He was 79.

A boxer in the Marine Corps, he modeled and was a champion body builder
before turning to acting. Hover appeared in many films, television
shows, soap operas and commercials during his long career. He was best
known for his portrayal of Dr. Russ Matthews on "Another World" in the
1970s.

He later taught acting at John Robert Powers for many years.

He is survived by his two sons, a daughter and five grandsons.

Donations may be made in his name to Home & Hospice Care of Rhode
Island athhcri.org.

HOVER, Bob (Robert Hover)
Born: 1934, U.S.A.
Died: February 15, 2013, Warren, Rhode Island, U.S.A.

Bob Hover’s westerns – actor:
Cheyenne (TV) – 1956, 1957 (Jamie Dawson, Whitey, Bill/Pierce Paxton)

RIP Gerry Day

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DAY, Gerald "Gerry" Lallande Born January 27, 1922 and passed away February 13, 2013 in Los Angeles from a long battle with cancer. Beloved daughter of the late Ruthy and Lenox. Successful movie and television writer; her generosity knew no bounds. She inspired and touched all those who knew her. Funeral Mass, 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, 1281 N. Fairfax Ave., West Hollywood, CA 90046. Interment to follow at San Fernando Mission Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to www.ISMPB.org or to www.rideon.org Please sign online guest book at www.callanancares.com Callanan & Woods Scovern (323) 462-2266

DAY, Gerry (Gerald Lallande Day)
Born: 1/27/1922, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Died: 2/13/2013, West Hollywood, California, U.S.A.

Gerry Day’s westerns – writer:
Tate (TV) – 1960
Whiplash (TV) – 1961
Temple Houston (TV) – 1963
Wagon Train (TV) – 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965
The Big Valley (TV) – 1966
Laredo (TV) – 1965, 1966, 1967
The Outcasts (TV) – 1968
Here Come the Brides (TV) – 1968, 1969
Lancer (TV) – 1969
The Virginian (TV) – 1969, 1970
Gunsmoke (TV) – 1970
The High Chaparral (TV), 1969, 1970, 1971
Little House on the Prairie (TV) – 1974, 1975, 1976

RIP Armando Trovajoli

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Farewell to the maestro Armando Trovajoli,
He was the music and soul of Rome

Composer Armando Trovajoli died in Rome at the end of February. He was 95 years old. He was the author of many famous songs and scores for of over 300 films

His death occurred a few days ago, but his wife, Maria Paola broke the news only today. "I respected until the last the will of a reserved man, who did not like being celebrated or applause. He will be cremated. "

Trovajoli was born in Rome on September 2, 1917. "He worked until the last day - said his widow - his latest comedy, the transposition for the theater of Tosca by Gigi Magni, is still on his piano." Throughout his long career he played with the most qualified in the world of jazz (Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Stephan Grappelli, Django Reinhardt and others). Next to jazz, he was dedicated to cinema (by composing, among others, the scores for “Bitter Rice”, “Un giorno in pretura”, “La ciociara”, “C'eravamo tanto amati”, “Profumo di donna”, “Una giornata particolare” and his only Euro-western: “The Long Days of  Revenge”. And  comedy music thanks to his long association with Garinei and Giovannini. Among his most famous songs was “Aggiungi un posto a tavola”.

TROVAJOLI, Armando
Born: 9/2/1917, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Died:  2/2?/2013, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Armando' Trovajoli's western - composer:
The Long Days of Revenge - 1966

RIP George Ives

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IVES, George George Ives passed away on Friday, February 22, 2013 at the age of 87 at his Brentwood home. He was a 50-year veteran of movies and the theater. The deep, melodious voice, excellent old-style diction, and the sheer screen and stage presence were his trademarks. Born in New York City in 1926, he made his stage debut in Walter Kerr's Stardust which closed before reaching Broadway. His Broadway debut came in 1947 in Alice in Arms. He appeared in numerous road productions including Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter starring Eddie Bracken, Janie, Silver Whistle and Charley's Aunt in between his work on Broadway in Present Laughter; You Never Can Tell; The Seven Year Itch; Season In The Sun; Mr Barry's Etchings; and Happy Town. He worked in postwar radio and television, including many anthology shows like Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, Theatre Guild on the Air, Studio One, The Philco Television Playhouse, and Kraft Television Theatre. He also did guest spots on Sargent Bilko and The Celeste Holm Show. He made his screen debut in 1952 in Niagra, starring Marilyn Monroe. On the West Coast, his other film appearances included Hot Rods to Hell with Dana Andrews, and the Paul Newman military comedy The Secret War of Harry Frigg. In between theater roles, he continued working on television into the 1960s, After moving to Hollywood he landed his first regular series when in 1961, he was cast in a sitcom called The Hathaways, with Jack Weston and Peggy Cass. Ives' 6-foot-2-inch height, dignified appearance, and resonant voice often got him cast as authority figures, and he did numerous other series such as The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Get Smart, and Bewitched. In 1965, Ives got his best regular TV role, co-starring as Doc in the series MR. ROBERTS, based on the John Ford/Mervyn LeRoy navy drama. Working in the shadow of William Powell, who had played the part in the movie, he made the role of the ship's doctor work for him on his terms. Ives remained active in theater all the while he was working on TV and movie projects, and in the early '70s, he was asked by Actors' Equity Association to take on an executive position with the organization on the West Coast. He eventually became Western Regional Director of the union's operations there, a position which precluded him from doing much other work. Ives finally retired from the union in the '90s and started working as an actor again. During his second on-camera career, George starred in a Honda commercial directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. This project led to the Coen Brothers asking him to do a special introduction to their film Blood Simple for its DVD release. Since then, he has been a regular participant in their work, including his memorable role as the plaintiff's attorney in Intolerable Cruelty. Until shortly before his death, Ives served for several decades as President of the charitable organization Theatre Authority West, a non-profit organization that administers and regulates the free appearances of performers and provides assistance to members of the entertainment industry. Throughout his life he dedicated himself completely to the betterment of all in the theatrical community. George Ives leaves behind his beloved wife, Elizabeth; three children: Cathleen, Marguerite and Monty; nine grandchildren as well as six great-grandchildren. In lieu of a memorial service, at his request, donations can be made to the Actor's Fund in his name.

IVES, George
Born: 1/19/1926, New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Died: 2/22/2013, Brentwood, California, U.S.A.

George Ives western – actor:
The Ballad of Josie – 1967 (Freemont)

RIP José Sancho

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Spanish actor José ‘Pepe’ Sancho received a last farewell on Monday March 3, 2013 by friends and family and the world of film and theater. His body was cremated in "strict" privacy by his family’s desire in Valencia Spain.

Pepe Sancho died Sunday in Valencia at age 68 a victim of cancer. His death occurred at the Valencian Institute of Oncology Foundation, where the actor died surrounded by loved ones.

Sancho, who was from Manises (Valencia) and shot to fame in his role as "The Student" in the TV series of ‘Curro Jiménez’ and had a long career in film and theater. He had recently starred in and directed the play ‘The Don Friolera Horns’. On television, specifically in TVE he is remembered for his role in the series ‘Don Pablo Tell’.

The actor had worked under such directors as Luis Garcia Berlanga, Vicente Aranda, Iciar Bollain, Mariano Barroso and Pedro Almodovar. He starred in “Hable con ella y en Carne trémula”, for which she won a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor .

In his long career, we also cannot forget his dedication to the theater, a genre that began at age 18, he never left and embodied roles of all kinds, from classical to contemporary theater. His last project, ‘The English Lover’ as Marguerite Duras in the Spanish Theater, under the command of Natalia Menéndez, he had to leave, before its release in early February. He was replaced in this project by the veteran actor José Pedro Carrión.

José Sancho appeared in 6 Euro-westerns from “Massacre at Fort Grant” (1964) to “Vengeance of Pancho Villa” (1967). He made a guest appearance on the TV series “Queen of Swords” as Don Rafael Alvarado whose death starts the adventures of his daughter Tessa Alvarado played by Tessie Santiago as a female Zorro figure. Sancho was also a voice actor and was the Spanish voice of Mario Adorf in the 1963 Euro-western “Apache Fury”

Pepe was married to singer María Jiménez [1950-    ] (1982-2002) and he leaves his wife writer Reyes Monforte who he married in 2006 and a son Alexander.

SANCHO, José (José Asunción Martínez Sancho)
Born: 11/11/1944, Manises, Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Died: 3/3/2013, Valencia, Comunidad Valencia, Spain

José Sancho’s westerns – actor, voice actor:
Apache Fury – 1963 [Spanish voice of Mario Adorf]
Ballad of a Bounty Hunter – 1964 (Deputy Sheriff)
Massacre at Fort Grant – 1965
Rebels in Canada – 1965
Mutiny at Fort Sharp – 1967 (soldier)
Vengeance of Pancho Villa - 1967 (Villista)
Queen of Swords (TV) – 2000 (Don Rafael Alvarado) [episode 1.1 “Destiny” guest appearance]

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