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Tim Rooney was born on 4 January 1947 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He was an actor, known for Village of the Giants (1965), Room for One More (1962) and Dr. Kildare (1961). He died on 23 September 2006 in Hemet, California, USA.- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Born in Northampton on 21st October 1921, Malcolm Arnold studied composition with Gordon Jacob and trumpet with Ernest Hall at the Royal College of Music. In 1941 he joined the trumpet section of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, becoming principal by 1943. After two years of war service and one season with the BBC Symphony Orchestra he returned to the LPO in 1946; but composition was already becoming his priority and he had already produced a catalogue of attractive works, an early example being the comedy overture Beckus the Dandipratt, Op.5 (1943), recorded in 1948 by the LPO under their principal conductor Eduard van Beinum. That same year Arnold won the Mendelssohn Scholarship which enabled him to spend a year in Italy; on his return he decided to concentrate entirely upon composition. His experience as an orchestral player stood him in good stead as a composer. He quickly built up a reputation as a fluent and versatile composer and a brilliant orchestrator, many commissions were to come his way. Arnold has written works in almost every genre for amateur and professional alike, including nine symphonies, five ballets, two operas, 20 concertos, overtures and orchestral dances, two string quartets and other chamber music, choral music, song cycles and works for wind and brass band. Somehow, in the midst of this prolific creativity, Arnold found time to score over 80 films including the Academy Award-winning score for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), written in only ten days and The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) which brought an Ivor Novello Award.
Arnold's music springs directly from roots in dance and song. Typically it is lucid in texture, clear in draftsmanship. His lighter entertainment pieces are easy to listen to and rewarding to perform. As an inventor of tunes, his powers seem to be inexaustible, and he is prodigal with his gifts; the 'big tune' in the modest little Toy Symphony, for example, is just as much a winner as the many memorable themes in many concert works. Many of these are firmly established in the concert repertory. Yet for those who have ears to hear, his works frequently give more than a hint of a complex musical personality and of dramatic tensions not far below the surface. In fact there is scope in Arnold's music which reflects his profound concern with the human predicament and also in his belief that music is "a social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is."
In 1969 Malcolm Arnold was made a Bard of the Cornish Gorseth, he was awarded the Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1970 and received honorary doctorates from the Universities of Exeter (1969), Durham (1982) and Leicester (1984). He was made a fellow of the Royal College of Music in 1983 and is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music (R.A.M.). In 1986 he received the Ivor Novello Award for outstanding services to British music. He was Knighted in 1993. He died on September 23, 2006, after a brief illness.- Patrick Tull was born on 28 July 1941 in Sussex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Sleepers (1996), Parting Glances (1986) and Doctor Who (1963). He died on 23 September 2006 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Andreas Thiel was born in 1957 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was a director and actor, known for The Edge of Heaven (2007), Head-On (2004) and Kismet (1999). He died on 23 September 2006 in Istanbul, Turkey.- Actor
- Art Department
Edgar Eddie Leslie Driscoll Jr., formally of Bangor, a retired local celebrity, died after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease at the Barron Center in Portland. He was 78.
Born in Brewer, Mr. Driscoll served in the Navy. When his tour ended in 1947, Mr. Driscoll attended one of Boston's art schools, honing his skills to pursue his dream of being a cartoonist. Over the years, he did vaudeville acts and set design for the VFW and various charitable organizations. In 1954, he joined the staff of WLBZ-TV in Bangor and started out as a weatherman, and eventually would become the voice of Channel 2. He did commercials for local sponsors and had many variety programs that would span 33 years. His talent for ad-lib created a stir on live TV and one of his most memorable programs was WEIRD, a horror show that showcased his talent for disguises. Weird was filmed in graveyards and parking lots and kept the college crowd happy in the 1960s. My Backyard with Mason Mutt, a puppet handmade with help from his wife, portrayed a dog with floppy ears philosophizing about everyday life, ran for 10 years; Dialing for Dollars, a show that gave housewives a chance to win cash, would run 12 years. Mr. Driscoll developed many characters, Hadley the Horrible, Uncle Gory, and Margaret, a spin-off of his own mother that won him several awards. He won the Maine Broadcasting Award in 1992 and is in the Broadcasting Hall of Fame. He was a pioneer in his field as an artist, puppeteer and comedian. Most of all he will be remembered for being a loving husband and a great father.
He is survived by his wife Ruby (Melvin) formally of Bangor, to whom he was married for 58 years; daughters Wendy Friend of Gorham, and Amanda Vieira of Saugus, Mass.; grandchildren Wilson and Tucker Friend of Gorham; brothers Robert Driscoll of Newington, Conn., and Ronald Driscoll of Raleigh, N.H.; sisters Ella Stankivitch of Plainville, Conn., and Jean Tacchi of Newington, Conn.- María Teresa Mondragón was born on 17 November 1932 in Guatemala. She was an actress, known for La casa al final de la calle (1989), Lolo (1993) and María (1938). She died on 23 September 2006 in Mexico.
- Tigre Pérez was born in Cuba. He was an actor, known for Bananas (1971), Night of San Juan: Santo in Black Gold (1977) and Las pasiones infernales (1969). He died on 23 September 2006 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Gabrielle Woods was born on 27 December 1910 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. She was an actress, known for The Crow: Salvation (2000) and Bug Off! (2001). She died on 23 September 2006.
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Blues instrumentalist Etta Baker was born in North Carolina in 1913. She came from a very musical family, and as a child she learned to play the guitar, fiddle, banjo and piano, often playing with her father and sisters at picnics, parties and other social gatherings. In 1936 she married and left the music industry to raise a family. It wasn't until 1956, with her children grown, that she made her first record: five of her songs were included on a compilation album called "Instrumental Music of the Southern Appalachians" (Tradition Records). Almost 20 years later, in 1973, she began to perform at folk music and blues festivals and in small clubs. In 1991 she finally released her own album, "One-Dime Blues" (Rounder Records).- Charles Cutler was born on 20 April 1918 in Forbes, New South Wales, Australia. He was married to Dorothy Stella Pascoe. He died on 23 September 2006 in Orange, New South Wales, Australia.
- Script and Continuity Department
Zita Pirhácová was born on 9 May 1958 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. Zita is known for Falosny princ (1985). Zita died on 23 September 2006 in Bratislava, Slovakia.