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Broad-shouldered and beefy Claude Akins had wavy black hair, a deep booming voice and was equally adept at playing sneering cowardly villains as he was at portraying hard-nosed cops. The son of a police officer, Akins never seemed short of work and appeared in nearly 100 films and 180+ TV episodes in a career spanning over 40 years. He originally attended Northwestern University, and went on to serve with the US Army Signal Corps in World War II in Burma and the Phillipines. Upon returning, he reignited his interest in art and drama and first appeared in front of the camera in 1953 in From Here to Eternity (1953). He quickly began notching up roles in such TV shows as Dragnet (1951), My Friend Flicka (1955), Gunsmoke (1955) and Zane Grey Theatre (1956). He also turned in several strong cinematic performances, such as gunfighter Joe Burdette in the landmark western Rio Bravo (1959), Mack in the excellent The Defiant Ones (1958), Sgt. Kolwicz in Merrill's Marauders (1962) and Earl Sylvester in the gripping The Killers (1964). In the early 1970s Akins turned up in several supernatural TV films playing "no-nonsense" sheriffs in both The Night Stalker (1972) and The Norliss Tapes (1973), and was unrecognizable underneath his simian make-up as war-mongering Gen. Aldo in Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973). Akins continued starring in films and TV right up until the time of his death from cancer in 1994. By all reports a very gregarious, likable and friendly person off screen, Akins was married for over 40 years to Theresa "Pie" Fairfield, and had three children, Claude Marion Jr., Michele & Wendy.- Writer
- Actress
Laura Ernst was born on 8 September 1957 in Washington, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for Too Much Sun (1990), Hugo Pool (1997) and Rage (1983). She was married to Robert Downey Sr.. She died on 27 January 1994.- Joe Mays was born on 25 February 1948 in Arkansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Fatal Vision (1984), The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987) and The Magical World of Disney (1954). He died on 27 January 1994 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
- Soundtrack
He donated much time and effort to numerous music-related charitable causes, serving on the advisory boards of the Musicians Aid Society, the National Cultural Center, Music for the Blind, the American Federation of Musicians, the National Music Council, the President's Music Commission People-to-People Program, ASCAP, and the Music Commission of New York. Educated at NYU and the NYU Law School (L.L.B.). His first professional assignment was with Connie's Inn Revue. Later Broadway musical work included "My Reputation", "Road Show", "Everyday's A Holiday", "The Show is On", "The Lady Says Yes", and "The Shoestring Revue". His chief musical collaborators were Abel Baer, Hoagy Carmichael, 'Arthur Gershwin', 'Maria Grever', Victor Herbert, Oscar Levant, George W. Meyer, 'Lou Alter', Ray Henderson, Sigmund Romberg, Fred Spielman, Max Steiner, and Fats Waller. His songs include "What A Diff'rence A Day Made", "Little Old Lady", "There Are Such Things", "My Shawl" (the Xavier Cugat theme), "La Cucaracha", "Dust on the Moon", "Yesterthoughts", "Jubilee", "Stranger in the Dark", "Wacky Dust", "Rollin' Down the River", "While You're Away", "Extra! All About That Gal of Mine", "Seein' is Believin'", "Papa Tree Top Tall", "My Silent Mood", "You Stole My Heart", "There Are Rivers to Cross", "Open Up That Door", and "With All My Heart and Soul".- Miranta Myrat was born in 1905 in Athens, Greece. She was an actress, known for Love and Waves (1928), Miss Lawyer (1933) and Forgotten Faces (1946). She died on 27 January 1994 in Greece.
- Music Department
Alain Daniélou was born on 4 October 1907 in Neuilly Sur Seine, France. He is known for India: Matri Bhumi (1959), Apostrophes (1975) and Arcana, connaissance de la musique (1968). He died on 27 January 1994 in Switzerland.- Alla Sevastyanova was born in 1903. She was an actress, known for Oshibka Onore de Balzaka (1969) and Bes v rebro (1990). She died on 27 January 1994 in Moscow, Russia.
- Soundtrack
Composer, songwriter ("Snow, Snow, Beautiful Snow", "It's Easter Time") and author, educated at the Suffolk University Law School (LL.B) and the Emerson College of Oratory. He worked in radio in Boston and New York, and did the first known all-night radio show. He also was a columnist for the Boston 'American'. During World War II, he joined the US Army Special Services, and wrote three Army shows which earned two Presidential commendations. Joining ASCAP in 1950, his oher popular-song compositions include "If I Were You (I'd Fall in Love With Me)", "If Tears Could Bring You Back to Me", "Francesca", and "My Baby's Comin' Home".