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Rory Calhoun was born Francis Timothy McCown in Los Angeles, the son of Elizabeth Cuthbert and Floyd McCown. Rory starred in over 80 films and 1,000 television episodes. Before becoming an actor he worked as a boxer, a lumberjack, a truck driver and a cowpuncher. Tall and handsome, he benefited from a screen test at 20th Century-Fox, arranged for him by Sue Carol, a Hollywood agent and the wife of actor Alan Ladd, who is said to have spotted Calhoun while he was riding a horse in a Los Angeles park. He debuted on screen in Something for the Boys (1944), with Carmen Miranda, billed as "Frank McCown". David O. Selznick changed his name to Rory Calhoun, and after playing small parts for a while, he graduated to starring in western films, including River of No Return (1954) with Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum. Calhoun's better-known pictures include How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) with Lauren Bacall, Monroe and Betty Grable, and With a Song in My Heart (1952) with Susan Hayward.
From 1959 to 1960 he starred in the CBS television series The Texan (1958). More than two decades later he returned to CBS for five years as Judge Judson Tyler on the daytime serial Capitol (1982). His final appearance, 70 years old but handsome as ever, was as Ernest Tucker in Pure Country (1992). Calhoun has two stars on Hollywood's Walk of Fame: one for motion pictures, and one for television.- Writer
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Novelist, short-story writer, teacher -- and private detective. He wrote two novels that would be turned into theatrical films, "The Detective" (1966), which became The Detective (1968); and "Nothing Lasts Forever" (1979), which became Die Hard (1988). His 1986 novel "Rainbow Drive" was later produced as a made-for-TV movie. He taught literature and lectured on creative writing at schools and colleges in New Jersey and California, and wrote pieces for newspapers and magazines. Earlier, as a young college graduate, he had worked at a detective agency owned by his father.- Writer
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Donald E. Stewart was born on 24 January 1930 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Missing (1982), The Hunt for Red October (1990) and Clear and Present Danger (1994). He was married to Joan Elizabeth Miller, Lynne Stewart #4, Barbara Diane Lueck and Suzanne Margaret Beuerle. He died on 28 April 1999 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Special Effects
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John Stears was born on 25 August 1934 in Uxbridge, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK. He was an assistant director, known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Thunderball (1965) and Outland (1981). He was married to Brenda. He died on 28 April 1999 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Osvaldo Civile died on 28 April 1999 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Bertram Shuttleworth was born on 2 June 1906 in Deptford, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Master of Bankdam (1947), Secret People (1952) and Libel! (1938). He died on 28 April 1999 in Colchester, Essex, England, UK.
- Susanna Maronetto was born on 2 April 1945 in Tivoli, Lazio, Italy. She was an actress, known for I Buddenbrook (1971), Piccolo mondo moderno (1984) and Marcovaldo (1970). She died on 28 April 1999 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy.
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Zdenek Jílek was born on 7 June 1919 in Jihlava, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Legenda, the Robber (1973), Darling, Are We a Good Match...? (1975) and Páté kolo u vozu (1958). He died on 28 April 1999.