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Alec Musser joined the cast of All My Children (1970) in July 2005, playing the role of Del Henry. He won this role after emerging the winner of the second season of the SOAPnet original series I Wanna Be a Soap Star (2004).
Musser was born in New York City but grew up in New Jersey and other places. He graduated from the University of San Diego. Musser had a passion for sports and was an avid athlete. After college, he worked with the professional ski patrol at Mammoth Mountain, which is a ski resort in North America that is located in the eastern Sierra Mountains. When he was not working during the off-season, he worked as a lifeguard. During his third season, he was discovered by a modeling agent, which led to his first modeling job with Abercrombie and Fitch. He modeled for Gianfranco Ferre, GQ, Cosmopolitan, Men's Health, Speedo and Target.
While modeling, Musser started booking national commercials. It was at this time that he auditioned for I Wanna Be a Soap Star (2004), which landed him the role that brought him back to live in New York City.
Alec died 13 Jan 2024 of a self- inflicted gunshot wound.- Actor
- Writer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Throughout the 1970s and a good part of the 1980s, Bill Hayes and his second wife, Emmy-winning Susan Seaforth Hayes, reigned as the Lunt and Fontanne of daytime soaps. Prior to this he had become a noted singer/actor on the Broadway stage and in night clubs. Born William Foster Hayes III in Harvey, Illinois, on June 5, 1925, and raised in the Midwest, his father was a bookseller (for 41 years). He got his talent from his dad who enjoyed singing and local community theater performing on the sly. Bill entered WWII as a naval airman, then studied at De Pauw University, where he met and married first wife Mary. They went on to have five children. He later received his master's degree at Northwestern. Blessed with a sturdy tenor, his interest in a professional career was piqued after happening upon a tour of "Carousel" in 1947. From singing telegrams to barbershop quartets to choir directing to jazz group vocals, Bill persevered musically until earning his first big break on TV. A lead singing/stooge role in Olsen & Johnson's zany burlesque revue "Funzapoppin'" in 1949 led to him joining the pair on their short-lived TV show and, ultimately, his resident crooning on Your Show of Shows (1950) starring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. In the meantime he also performed in vaudeville and broke into films with a supporting role in Stop, You're Killing Me (1952). Despite a wife and family to support, he left the show on his own volition for the chance to star in a new Broadway musical. "Me and Juliet" opened with moderate success in 1953 and lasted over a year, touring with the show in its aftermath. Bill also happened to record "The Ballad of Davey Crockett," which became a surprise #1 Billboard hit and sold over three million copies. A nightclub and TV-variety fixture in the late 1950s, he later managed to flex his vocal chords in such musicals as "Bye Bye Birdie" (national tour), "Brigadoon," "The Pajama Game" and "George M!" The 1960s were a slow, difficult time for Bill professionally and personally, which culminated in the breakup of his marriage. Luck and talent played a part when he was hired to join the cast of Days of Our Lives (1965) playing the role of Doug Williams. The character was originally a louse and con artist, but grew more reputable after his character fell in love with feisty troublemaker Julie Olson, played by Susan Seaforth. Their seesaw romantic relationship became one of daytime's top story lines of the 1970s. Off-screen the couple also ignited sparks and, despite their major age difference (she is 18 years his junior), they married on October 12, 1974. In 1984, after 14 years and two daytime Emmy nominations, he and Susan left the show due to their dwindling status. While Susan went on to join the cast of The Young and the Restless (1973) the following year, Bill refocused on his singing by performing on the cabaret circuit and recording a few albums. The couple returned on and off to their soap opera alma mater over the years, but in 1999 they became part of the regular cast again with a stronger story line. Bill is still performing on stage, more recently playing Beauregard in "Mame" and with his wife in productions of "A Christmas Carol," "Love Letters" and "Same Time, Another Year," which is a sequel to "Same Time, Next Year."- Writer
- Producer
Playwright and screenwriter, born in Devon, England, to Dudley Payne and his wife Joan (née Landamore) and educated at Denstone College and the (now defunct) Hornsey College of Art in London. Following his graduation in 1972, Payne began as a screen printer before moving up the ladder to writing scripts for BBC4. His predilection for crime stories resulted in his contributing episodic screenplays for Lovejoy (1986), Midsomer Murders (1997) and DCI Banks (2010). He also wrote twelve instalments of Minder (1979) and adapted two Dick Francis novels into made-for- television movies.
Payne became best known as the creator and principal writer of Pie in the Sky (1994), a popular, feel-good detective series, starring Richard Griffiths as Henry Crabbe. It aired for five seasons, from 1994 to 1997. The main story-line revolved around a reluctant, semi-retired policeman, who much preferred cooking and running his own restaurant to sleuthing, but found himself invariably blackmailed into solving cases by his politically-motivated, self-serving superior, Assistant Chief Constable Freddy Fisher (ably portrayed by Malcolm Sinclair ).
More recently, Payne authored several plays which were particularly well-received in France, translated into French by the actor and theatre producer Robert Plagnol and staged at the Theatre de Montparnasse (2007), the Theatre des Champs-Elysees (2008) and the Avignon Festival (2018).- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Gonzalo Lira was born on 29 February 1968 in Burbank, California, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Secuestro (2005), Soldier of Fortune (2000) and The Ralph Retort Killstream Postmortem (2018). He died on 12 January 2024 in Ukraine.- Pierre Mailloux was born on 14 January 1949 in Normandin, Québec, Canada. He was an actor, known for Bob Bissonnette: Les barbes de séries (2013), Les Bougon: C'est aussi ça la vie (2004) and Loft Story (2003). He died on 12 January 2024 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada.
- Marek Litewka was born on 6 August 1948 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Camera Buff (1979), The Constant Factor (1980) and Milosc na wybiegu (2009). He died on 12 January 2024.
- Yves Baudelot was born on 4 December 1942 in Paris, France. He died on 12 January 2024 in Paris, France.
- Animation Department
- Art Department
Haruo Takahashi was born on 30 March 1947 in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. Haruo is known for Inspector Gadget (1983), Lupin the Third (1971) and Ryu the Primitive Boy (1971). Haruo died on 12 January 2024 in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan.- Bijoyini Das was a woman wearing multiple hats- a consummate home-maker, an award- winning author with over 30 publications to her credit, a committed social worker, editor of a magazine and the Principal Counsellor in the family court in Cuttack, Odisha, India.
She was a reputed writer in the Odia language and amongst the few who straddled multiple genres- poetry, short story and novels alike. Bijoyini Das's literary career started as a child writer with her poems first published in Meena Bazar (a supplement of Prajatantra -a leading daily newspaper from Odisha) in the nineteen fifties. She had been contributing to Odia literature for six decades thereafter and her published works include short story collections, novels and anthologies of poems plus a play too. Her published works include over 30 books and several hundred articles, poems, short stories published in all major and popular newspapers and magazine of the State.
A prolific poet, her poems are known for their lyrical grace. Winner of multiple state awards and recognitions, she was the recipient of the 1991 State Sahitya Akademi award for her best-selling novel "Debadasi" which has also been translated into Hindi language and made into a tele film as well.
Some of her other works have been adapted into serials and telefilms of yore and her debut novel "Sikha Patanga" (published in 1980) has been made into a full- length feature film in 1981 called "Tike Hasa Tike Luho" starring top cine stars of that time, Ajit Das, Mahashweta Ray, Jharana Das and Bijay Mohanty
She was the co-editor along-with her husband, Ranadhir Das, for Jibana Ranga, a pioneering literary and cultural magazine that they published for 50 years.
Bijoyini was a sincere social worker, involved with many social organizations working for the welfare of women and children like "Basundhara" and "Utkala Mahila Samiti and was a member of the Juvenile justice board for 7 years. She was the founder of "Sanyog" which initially worked in child adoption facilitation and the NGO continues working for several social causes even today. She was the Principal Counsellor in the family court in Cuttack from 1995 -2021.
. - Frantisek Janouch was born on 22 January 1931 in Lysa nad Labem, Czechoslovakia. He died on 12 January 2024 in Stockholm, Sweden.
- Richard Gambino was born on 5 May 1939 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Vendetta (1999). He was married to Gail Cherne and Barbara Barnett. He died on 12 January 2024 in Southampton, New York, USA.
- Composer
- Soundtrack
David Lumsdaine was born on 31 October 1931 in Sydney, NSW, Australia. David was a composer, known for Enter the Void (2009) and Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1968). David was married to Nicola LeFanu, Edna Perry and Margery Van Clute. David died on 12 January 2024 in England.- Samuel Sandler died on 12 January 2024 in France.
- Purcell Palmer was born in 1940 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. Purcell was married to James Palmer. Purcell died on 12 January 2024 in Catskill, New York, USA.
- Aleksandr Zaharenkov was born on 16 August 1985. Aleksandr was a director, known for Semeynyy detektiv (2012), Pylnaya rabota (2011) and Advokat (2004). Aleksandr died on 12 January 2024.
- Transportation Department
Robert Poto was born on 9 August 1937 in Mt. Vernon, New York, USA. He is known for The Cell (2000), The Salton Sea (2002) and Murder by Numbers (2002). He died on 12 January 2024 in Okatie, South Carolina, USA.- Adylbek Atykhaev was born in 1966. He was an actor, known for Yolki 7 (2018), Six Degrees of Celebration (2010) and Yolki 3 (2013). He died on 12 January 2024.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Additional Crew
Paul C. York was born on 20 August 1941 in New York City, New York, USA. Paul C. is known for The Edge of Night (1956), Live from Lincoln Center (1976) and Great Performances at the Met (1977). Paul C. was married to Patricia. Paul C. died on 12 January 2024 in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, USA.- Hans Huber was born on 1 January 1934 in Regensburg, Bayern, Germany. He died on 12 January 2024.
- Jim Eisenhardt died on 12 January 2024 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.