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- Julio De Diego was born on 9 May 1900 in Spain. He was an actor, known for The Buccaneer (1958), Omnibus (1952) and The Mike Douglas Show (1961). He was married to Gypsy Rose Lee and Rosalind Mallery. He died on 22 August 1979 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.
- Producer
- Production Manager
- Writer
Gianni Buffardi was born in 1930 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was a producer and production manager, known for Number one (1973), The Four Monks (1963) and Two Colonels (1963). He was married to Liliana De Curtis. He died on 22 August 1979 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Camera and Electrical Department
William John Ranaldi was born on 3 February 1911 in Queens, New York, USA. He is known for The Giant Gila Monster (1959), The Killer Shrews (1959) and Southwest Passage (1954). He died on 22 August 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Carlton Risdon was born on 1 October 1924 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Goin' South (1978). He was married to Kathleen. He died on 22 August 1979 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Ben Goetz was born on 2 June 1891 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for In the Hands of the Law (1917), The Inevitable (1917) and Fighting Is No Business (1914). He was married to Goldie Feldstein. He died on 22 August 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Billy Rinaldi was born on 3 February 1911 in Queens, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Thank You (1925). He died on 22 August 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Willis Newton was born on 18 January 1889 in Cottonwood, Callahan County, Texas, USA. He died on 22 August 1979 in San Antonio, Texas, USA.
- James T. Farrell, the socially engaged writer who penned one of the classics of American fiction, the "Studs Lonigan" trilogy, was born into a working-class Irish-American Catholic family in Chicago on February 27, 1904. While attending the University of Chicago, he decided to become a writer. Over the years he suffered great hardships to remain committed to his avocation of being a non-commercial writer who chronicled his class and country.
Farrell made his name writing novels and short stories about the working-class Irish on the South Side of Chicago, based on his own experiences. In his naturalistic style he attempted to expose the false consciousness of working people in a capitalist society that crushes them and distorts their lives. His theme was that people's destiny largely was shaped by the environment in which they live.
Farrell's most famous character, the Irish-American streetwise Studs Lonigan, shared many of his creator's own life experiences, but was not as intelligent or sensitive. In three novels, beginning with "Young Lonigan" in 1932, followed by "The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan" in 1934 and "Judgment Day" in 1935, Studs lives, loves and eventually dies. The trilogy was very influential on other writers, including a young Norman Mailer.
The "Studs Lonigan" trilogy eventually was made into a film in 1960 (Studs Lonigan (1960)) and an Emmy Award-winning television miniseries in 1979 (Studs Lonigan (1979), the year that Farrell died in New York City. He was 73 years old.