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Shepard Menken was born on 2 November 1921 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Killers from Space (1954), Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1975) and I Spy (1965). He died on 2 January 1999 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Margot Cottens was born on 9 January 1922 in Montevideo, Uruguay. She was an actress, known for The Family, Fine, Thanks (1979), La familia y... uno más (1965) and Estudio 1 (1965). She died on 2 January 1999 in Madrid, Spain.
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Phil Berle was born on 21 January 1901 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Hollywood Knights (1980), Jerks of All Trades (1949) and This Is Your Life (1950). He died on 2 January 1999 in Tampa, Florida, USA.- Additional Crew
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Jim Burt was born on 17 May 1947 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He was a production manager and producer, known for Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990), Loyalties (1986) and The War Between Us (1995). He died on 2 January 1999.- Eduard Klein was born on 25 July 1923 in Vienna, Austria. Eduard was a writer, known for Severino (1978), Die Last der Berge (1983) and Alchimisten (1968). Eduard died on 2 January 1999 in Berlin, Germany.
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Rolf Liebermann was born on 14 October 1910 in Zürich, Switzerland. He was a producer and director, known for Der Freischütz (1968), Die Hochzeit des Figaro (1967) and Don Giovanni (1979). He was married to Hélène Vida. He died on 2 January 1999 in Paris, France.- Actor
He was born John (Jack) Bennett Reeve in 1922 in Houston, Texas. In 1935, his mother took him to Hollywood in the hopes that he could become a star. There he changed his name to Ray Dixon. Ray's mother later became a nurse/nanny for composer Alfred Newman.
Ray took classes at the Hollywood Professional School, appeared in plays, and was "discovered." In short order, he worked as an extra in Gunga Din (1939) and Beau Geste (1939). In The Sea Hawk (1940), he struggled with an assignment of carrying a powder keg until star Errol Flynn gave him a hand.
Ray acted in dozens of films, including several Andy Hardy, Little Tough Guys, and Henry Aldrich movies. Often he went from set to set, not even knowing the names of the movies he was in. On one occasion, he was directed to hold and kiss an actress in the rumble seat of a car. Ray admitted later that he never knew the name of the actress or the movie the scene appeared in.
During his career, Ray collected many autographed photos of stars such as Ronald Reagan and Judy Garland. He dated actress Jane Withers, who visited him when he was in Marine boot camp. World War II interrupted Ray's career, but he returned to Hollywood after the war. He found that everything had changed. After a couple of jobs, including working as the stand-in for Hoagy Carmichael in The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), he gave up acting for good.
Ray was married several times, including twice to a woman named Marie Dixon who also had a career as a Hollywood extra. He died in 1999.
Ray Dixon's life is covered comprehensively in the March 2019 issue of Classic Images.- Sebastian Haffner was born on 27 December 1907 in Berlin, Germany. He was a writer and actor, known for The Meaning of Hitler (2020), Mein Kampf mit Hitler - 'Machtergreifung' 1933 (2013) and Gruppe 47 (1964). He was married to Christa Rotzoll and Erika Schmidt-Landry. He died on 2 January 1999 in Berlin, Germany.
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Joan Long was born on 20 July 1925 in Rushworth, Victoria, Australia. Joan was a director and writer, known for The Picture Show Man (1977), Caddie (1976) and Silver City (1984). Joan died on 2 January 1999 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.- Tadeusz Olesinski was born on 17 January 1933 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Les Milles (1995), Najdluzsza wojna nowoczesnej Europy (1980) and Fortuna (1972). He died on 2 January 1999 in Scinawka Dolna, Dolnoslaskie, Poland.