Advanced search
- TITLES
- NAMES
- COLLABORATIONS
Search filters
Enter full date
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
Only includes names with the selected topics
to
or just enter yyyy, or yyyy-mm below
to
1-8 of 8
- Actor
- Music Department
Johnny Weissmuller was born as Peter Johann Weißmüller in Freidorf, today a district of the city of Timisoara in Romania, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Weissmuller would later claim to have been born in Windber, Pennsylvania, probably to ensure his eligibility to compete as part of the US Olympic team. Weissmüller was one of two boys born to Petrus Weissmuller, a miner, and his wife Elisabeth Kersch, who were both Banat Swabians, an ethnic German population in Southeast Europe. A sickly child, he took up swimming on the advice of a doctor. He grew to be a 6' 3", 190-pound champion athlete - undefeated winner of five Olympic gold medals, 67 world and 52 national titles, holder of every freestyle record from 100 yards to the half-mile. In his first picture, Glorifying the American Girl (1929), he appeared as an Adonis clad only in a fig leaf. After great success with a jungle movie, MGM head Louis B. Mayer, via Irving Thalberg, optioned two of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan stories. Cyril Hume, working on the adaptation of Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), noticed Weissmuller swimming in the pool at his hotel and suggested him for the part of Tarzan. Weissmuller was under contract to BVD to model underwear and swimsuits; MGM got him released by agreeing to pose many of its female stars in BVD swimsuits. The studio billed him as "the only man in Hollywood who's natural in the flesh and can act without clothes". The film was an immediate box-office and critical hit. Seeing that he was wildly popular with girls, the studio told him to divorce his wife and paid her $10,000 to agree to it. After 1942, however, MGM had used up its options; it dropped the Tarzan series and Weissmuller, too. He then moved to RKO and made six more Tarzans. After that he made 13 Jungle Jim (1948) programmers for Columbia. He retired from movies to run a private business in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.- Ruth Marion was born on 7 July 1901 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She was an actress, known for Servants' Entrance (1934), The Old Fashioned Way (1934) and My Three Sons (1960). She died on 20 January 1984 in Monterey County, California, USA.
- Michael Brooke was born on 4 March 1911 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938), Bulldog Drummond in Africa (1938) and The Buccaneer (1938). He was married to Janine de Marès, Mary Kathleen Hopkinson and Rose Bingham. He died on 20 January 1984 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Paul Ben Haim was born on 5 July 1897 in Munich, Germany. He was a composer, known for Hill 24 Doesn't Answer (1955) and Laibach: Volk - Dead in Trbovlje (2008). He was married to Helena Acham. He died on 20 January 1984 in Tel Aviv, Israel.- Monroe Myers was born on 10 February 1916 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Mission Mars (1968), Lenny (1974) and Adam Lost His Apple (1965). He died on 20 January 1984 in Miami, Florida, USA.
- Georg Thurmair was born on 7 February 1909 in Germany. He was a writer, known for Pro Mundi Vita (1961) and Lux mundi - Licht der Welt (1967). He died on 20 January 1984.
- Fay Mokotow was born on 6 July 1945 in Warsaw, Poland. She was an actress, known for Dimboola: The Stage Play (1973), Dimboola (1979) and Prisoner (1979). She died on 20 January 1984 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Valeriy Gakkebush was born on 15 September 1912 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Two Days (1927) and Dekabryukhov i Oktyabryukhov (1928). He died on 20 January 1984 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].