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- Actor
- Soundtrack
Some of Hordern's finest work was not in films or television but on radio: His performance as Gandalf in the BBC's radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings was arguably the definitive portrayal of that character (contrast Hordern's Gandalf with that of Ian McKellen in the 3-part film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings directed by Peter Jackson).- Joy Barlow was born on 18 May 1923 in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for The Trespasser (1947). She died on 2 May 1995 in North Hollywood, California, USA.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Writer
Don Brockett was born on 30 January 1930 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Flashdance (1983) and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968). He was married to Leslie Brockett. He died on 2 May 1995 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.- Agnes Kraus was born on 16 February 1911 in Berlin-Friedenau, Germany. She was an actress, known for Thomas Müntzer (1956), Eskapade (1936) and Hochzeitsnacht im Regen (1967). She died on 2 May 1995 in Berlin, Germany.
- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
Edwin Harvey Blum grew up in San Francisco and moved to Los Angeles in 1933 with hopes of a screenwriting career in Hollywood. He was initially employed as ghost writer and assistant to Ernest Pascal, who later served as third president of the Screen Writers Guild (1935 to 1937). In 1938, Blum was hired under contract by 20th Century Fox, co-writing the imaginative script for The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939), based on the stage play by William Gillette, rather than on the original stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Blum also penned the original screenplay for the musical comedy The Great American Broadcast (1941), starring Alice Faye, before free-lancing variously for Columbia, MGM and Paramount. He was critically acclaimed for his solo effort on The Canterville Ghost (1944), and subsequently nominated (along with Billy Wilder) for a Writers Guild Award for the World War II prisoner-of-war drama Stalag 17 (1953).
Blum made occasional forays into writing for the stage. However, his two attempts at Broadway in 1936 and 1938, were conspicuous failures. He had more success in 1960, winning a Ford Foundation Prize for "The Saving Grace". Focusing his interest on Democratic politics during the 1950's resulted in significantly fewer contributions to the screen. In 1950, Blum became involved in managing former actress Helen Gahagan's unsuccessful senatorial bid against Richard Nixon in California (it is entirely conceivable, that Nixon's nickname 'Tricky Dick' -- first uttered in a speech by Gahagan -- originated with Edwin Blum). Much of Blum's other work involved writing jokes or speeches for presidential candidates Adlai Stevenson and Hubert H. Humphrey. He continued to write, albeit sporadically, for television, until his retirement in 1977.- Actor
- Additional Crew
British background player Jack Mandeville was born on August 23, 1921 in Hambledon, Hampshire, England. Mandeville first began appearing in films in uncredited minor roles in the late 1930's. A stocky man with a large face, big ears, and close-cropped hair, Jack was frequently cast as reporters, party guests, passengers on either boats or airplanes, or patrons in cafes, clubs, pubs, or restaurants. Mandeville died at age 73 in May, 1995.- Milena Godina was born on 21 March 1912 in Trieste, Austria-Hungary [now Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy]. She was an actress, known for The Widowhood of Karolina Zasler (1976), Rdece klasje (1970) and The Medusa Raft (1980). She died on 2 May 1995 in Maribor, Slovenia.
- Composer
- Director
- Writer
Dezo Ursiny was born on 4 October 1947 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. He was a composer and director, known for Casu je málo a voda stúpa (1997), Sanitrárovci (1980) and Gajdos Antalík (1982). He died on 2 May 1995 in Bratislava, Slovakia.- His father was a German merchant who did business in the Netherlands, which is why his son also grew up there. Veigel attended a German high school in his hometown and took his Abitur at a Dutch school in Leiden. He then took up a commercial apprenticeship. However, Veigel stopped training again because he was accepted as a speaker at the Dutch Radio Hilversum in 1950. Veigel moved to Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, later Norddeutsche Rundfunk, in Hamburg in 1954. There he worked as a radio announcer on news and sports programs. He also gained experience in moderating live broadcasts. Veigel married his Dutch partner in 1955, with whom he lived ever since.
At NDR radio, Veigel met the first news anchor Karl-Heinz Köpcke, who moved to ARD television in 1959. In 1961, Veigel was also used as a speaker on TV programs for the first time, such as the NDR program "Reports from the Day". Finally, his colleague Köpcke, who had now become the "Tagesschau" chief spokesman, brought Veigel into the ARD news program in 1966. The central news program on ARD television has been broadcast since the 1950s and has only had five chief anchors in half a century: Karl-Heinz Köpcke, Veigel, Dagmar Berghoff, Jo Brauner and, since October 2004, Jan Hofer. In addition to his work as a "Tagesschau" speaker, through which Veigel achieved great popularity in the German television landscape, he also repeatedly appeared as a speaker in the area of documentaries and educational films.
Veigel could also be seen and heard as a presenter on public broadcasting, where he led the TV spectacle "Grand Prix Eurovision" or the radio program "NDR 2 from nine to half past twelve". Finally, in 1987, Veigel was appointed chief spokesman for the "Tagesschau", succeeding his mentor Köpcke. In this role, the professional news anchor ensured the quality standard of Germany's most popular news program for eight years. At the beginning of 1995, a surprising cancer diagnosis forced Veigel to give up his job. As his successor, Dagmar Berghoff was appointed chief spokeswoman for the "Tagesschau".
Just a few months later, Werner Veigel died on May 2, 1995 in Hamburg.