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Robert Conrad was a graduate of Northwestern University, spending his first few years out of school supporting himself and his family by driving a milk truck and singing in a Chicago cabaret. Conrad befriended up-and-coming actor Nick Adams during this period, and it was Adams who helped Conrad get his first Hollywood work in 1957. A few movie bit parts later, Conrad was signed for a comparative pittance by Warner Bros. studios, and in 1959 was cast as detective Tom Lopaka on the weekly adventure series Hawaiian Eye. Upon the 1963 cancellation of this series, Conrad made a handful of Spanish and American films and toured with a nightclub act in Australia and Mexico City. Cast as frontier secret agent James West in The Wild Wild West (1965) in 1965, Conrad brought home $5000 a week during the series' first season and enjoyed increasing remunerations as West remained on the air until 1969. There are those who insist that Wild Wild West would have been colorless without the co-starring presence of Ross Martin, an opinion with which Conrad has always agreed. The actor's bid to star in a 1970 series based on the venerable Nick Carter pulp stories got no further than a pilot episode, while the Jack Webb-produced 1971 Robert Conrad series The D.A. was canceled after 13 episodes. When Roy Scheider pulled out of the 1972 adventure weekly Assignment: Vienna, Conrad stepped in--and was out, along with the rest of Assignment: Vienna, by June of 1973. Conrad had better luck with 1976's Baa Baa Black Sheep, aka Black Sheep Squadron, a popular series based on the World War II exploits of Major "Pappy" Boyington. Cast as a nurse on this series was Conrad's daughter Nancy, setting a precedent for nepotism that the actor practiced as late as his tenth TV series, 1989's Jesse Hawkes, wherein Conrad co-starred with his sons Christian and Shane.
Though few of his series have survived past season one, Conrad has enjoyed success as a commercial spokesman and in the role of G. Gordon Liddy (whom the actor admired) in the 1982 TV movie Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy (1982). As can be gathered from the Liddy assignment, Conrad's politics veered towards conservatism; in 1981, he and Charlton Heston were instrumental in toppling Ed Asner and his liberal contingent from power in the Screen Actors Guild.
As virile and athletic as ever in the 1990s, Robert Conrad continued to appear in action roles both on TV and in films; he also maintained strong ties with his hometown of Chicago, and could be counted on to show up at a moment's notice as a guest on the various all-night programs of Chicago radio personality Eddie Schwartz.- Actress
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Tall, graceful, supremely accomplished American actress, singer, dancer and choreographer Paula Kelly was born in Jacksonville, Florida, one of three daughters, to Ruth and Lehman Kelly. The family moved to Harlem in New York when she was six years old. Unlike her siblings, she had strong musical inclinations which were recognised early on by her father (himself a jazz musician), who enrolled her in the Fiorello LaGuardia High School of Music & Art. Paula excelled as a star pupil. This opened doors to an audition at the prestigious Juilliard School and led to a four-year scholarship. Having trained under the academy's first director of dance, Martha Hill, she graduated in 1964 and that same year made her debut on Broadway. During much of the 1960s, specialising in modern dance, she performed with such luminaries as Martha Graham and Alvin Ailey and went on tour as a dancer with Harry Belafonte.
The inevitable breakthrough to popular success came when she was cast as Helene (taxi dancer at the Fandango Ballroom) in London's West End production of "Sweet Charity" (1967), directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse. Paula ended up winning the London Variety Award for Best Supporting Actress. The play itself enjoyed a healthy run but was ultimately eclipsed by the motion picture Sweet Charity (1969), for which Paula was able to recreate her stage role. Now firmly established on the screen, she went on to sing and dance in a number of musical television specials and/or variety shows headlining Gene Kelly (with whom she performed a duet), Dean Martin, Quincy Jones, Richard Pryor and former Sweet Charity co-star Sammy Davis Jr.. She also appeared as Tiger Lily, teaming up with Danny Kaye and Mia Farrow for the BBC production of Peter Pan (1976), as well as taking on the dual role of co-choreographer. In 1971, she starred in a Los Angeles stage production of the all-singing, all-dancing musical revue "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope", for which she won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award.
Since the popularity of musicals had waned by the early 1970s, Paula had little choice but to take on straight dramatic acting roles. On several occasions she provided the female interest in a series of fashionable, sassy, tough blaxploitation films, playing cool, happening chicks opposite action men like Robert Hooks, Paul Winfield and Thalmus Rasulala (and often rising above the routine dramatic material afforded her). She was Leggy Peggy in the cult comedy Uptown Saturday Night (1974) with Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor and had featured roles in the sci-fi classics The Andromeda Strain (1971) and Soylent Green (1973). She also appeared in many television guest spots, with notable recurring roles in The Streets of San Francisco (1972), Police Woman (1974) and the sitcom Night Court (1984), for which she received the first of two Emmy Award nominations. She retired from acting in 1999. Her husband was the British film and television director Don Chaffey, who predeceased her in 1990.
Paula Kelly died of heart failure on February 9, 2020 at age 77.- Actor
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Ron McLarty was born on 26 April 1947 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He was an actor, known for The Postman (1997), St. Vincent (2014) and Cop Rock (1990). He was married to Kate Skinner and Diane Dorothy Tesitor. He died on 8 February 2020 in New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
- Art Director
Volker Spengler was born on 16 February 1939 in Bremen, Germany. He was an actor and art director, known for Satan's Brew (1976), Chinese Roulette (1976) and In a Year with 13 Moons (1978). He died on 8 February 2020 in Berlin, Germany.- Actor
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David Gardner was born on 4 May 1928 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor and producer, known for Detroit Rock City (1999), RoboCop (1994) and Defendor (2009). He was married to Dorothy Gardner. He died on 8 February 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Jackie Horner was born on 9 August 1932 in Buffalo, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Smilin' Through (1941), Panama Hattie (1942) and Calling All Kids (1943). She was married to Louis Goldstein. She died on 8 February 2020 in Middletown, New York, USA.- Producer
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- Additional Crew
Anthony Spinner was born on 4 April 1930 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Invaders (1967), Deadly Games (1995) and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964). He died on 8 February 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Armande Navarre was born on 31 May 1930 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She was an actress, known for The Man in the Raincoat (1957), Bobosse (1959) and Rencontre à Paris (1956). She died on 8 February 2020 in Garches, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
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Victorel was an actor, known for La huella de un asesino (1991), Días de gracia (2011) and La ley de la mafia (1990). He died on 8 February 2020 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.- Victor Gorelick was born on 5 April 1941 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an executive. He was married to Katherine Gorelick. He died on 8 February 2020 in Mamaroneck, New York, USA.
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Günter Lippmann was born on 24 April 1936 in Dresden, Germany. Günter was a director and writer, known for Wer hat dich, du schöner Wald... oder Wie ein Film verhindert wurde (1990) and Junge Herzen (1961). Günter died on 8 February 2020.- Eva Sirotková was born on 15 February 1934 in Gugasa, Russia, SSSR. She was an actress, known for Tri tuny prachu (1960), Five Million Witnesses (1965) and Skok do tmy (1964). She died on 8 February 2020 in Liberec, Czech Republic.
- Actor
- Producer
Alan Heillig was born on 16 October 1954 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was an actor and producer, known for The End (2011), Freedom (2013) and A Year in the Death of Jack Richards (2004). He died on 8 February 2020 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.- Actress
- Writer
Keelin Shanley was an actress and writer, known for RTÉ Prime Time (1992), No Frontiers (2001) and Ireland's Teenage Criminals (2003). She was married to Conor Ferguson. She died on 8 February 2020 in Ireland.- Band Pacino was an actor, known for Band Pacino feat. Molly Jesus: Mad Man (2017), Band Pacino: Lonely Child Remix (2019) and Band Pacino feat. YB Puerto Rico: Gunshots (2020). He died on 8 February 2020 in Houston, Texas, USA.
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- Producer
- Actress
Madeline S. McEneney was born on 30 July 1969 in Woodlawn, New York, USA. She was a producer and actress, known for Le Pardon (2014), Turbulence (1997) and Paragraph 175 (2000). She died on 8 February 2020 in Tarrytown, New York, USA.- Erhard Schnell was born on 20 November 1927 in Germany. He died on 8 February 2020 in Trebur, Hesse, Germany.
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Christer Sidelöv was born on 23 December 1955 in Stockholm, Sweden. He was an actor, known for An Unknown Friend (1978), Hempas bar (1977) and Paradistorg (1977). He died on 8 February 2020 in Austin, Texas, USA.- Actor
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bobb Cotter was born on 22 June 1959 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Mansion of Mystery (2015). He died on 8 February 2020 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.- Erazim Kohák was born on 21 May 1933 in Prague, Czeckosolavkia (now Czech Republic). He died on 8 February 2020.