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- Wavy-haired, articulate, quietly-spoken Bardette was one of Hollywood's archetypal villains of westerns and cliffhanger serials. He initially aspired to become a mechanical engineer after graduating from Oregon State University in June 1925. However, by the late 1920s, he had changed his name from Terva Gaston Hubbard to Trevor Bardette and embarked on a brief, unremarkable acting career on the East Coast stage, before moving to Hollywood in 1937. Though he went on to essay the occasional sheriff, rustic, frontiersman or hero's sidekick, his stoney features and deep-set, cold eyes ensured that he would invariably be cast as a ruthless heavy, sneaky spy, swindler, gangster or double-crosser. In the course of a thirty year career, the majority of his characters rarely survived until the final scene.
A hard-working character player, Bardette took on just about any role offered him. Between 1938 and 1940 alone, he appeared in some 33 films, including bits in prestige pictures like Jezebel (1938), Marie Antoinette (1938), Gone with the Wind (1939), Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) and The Grapes of Wrath (1940). At the smaller studios and later for television, he fared rather better in terms of screen time. Serials, especially, gave him the opportunity to chew the scenery at his most menacing: as the scar-faced Pegleg (aka Mitchell) of Overland with Kit Carson (1939), the icily controlled, preening killer Raven of Winners of the West (1940); and the deceptively meek Jensen, head of a Nazi spy ring, in The Secret Code (1942). On TV, he was Old Man Clanton, cattle rustler and perpetual nemesis of law and order in The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955) (though, in actual fact, N.H. Clanton never faced the Earps, having met his fate earlier at the hands of Mexican cowboys in Guadalupe Canyon). Then there were recurring roles in series like Lassie (1954), Cheyenne (1955) and Gunsmoke (1955), to name but a few.
Perhaps not surprisingly, Bardette bought his own ranch in Green Valley, Arizona, where he spent his remaining years after retiring from acting in 1970. In interesting footnote is his authorship (under his original name) of a short story entitled "The Phantom Photoplay", published in the August 1927 issue of Weird Tales magazine. His first name Terva, evidently sounded sufficiently feminine to be included among the publication's list of lady writers. - Pat Welsh was born on 11 February 1915 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Angel Auditions (1954) and E.T. Adventure (1990). She was married to Tom Welsh. She died on 26 January 1995 in Green Valley, Arizona, USA.
- Barbara Slater was born on 17 December 1920 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Lady Confesses (1945), Half-Wits Holiday (1947) and Monsieur Verdoux (1947). She was married to Robert Foulk and Charles "Sandy" Sims. She died on 14 October 1997 in Green Valley, Arizona, USA.
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Although born in North Dakota, Francis D. Lyon's film career began in England as an editor on several prestigious J. Arthur Rank productions. Coming to Hollywood, he worked as an editor or supervising editor on numerous films, and won an Academy Award for editing Body and Soul (1947). Turning to directing in 1955, Lyon's output has been mostly routine, although Disney's The Great Locomotive Chase (1956), based on a true Civil War incident, was an exciting, well-made adventure. In the 1960s, after churning out several low-grade sci-fi epics, Lyon turned to episodic TV series.- Jane Webb was born on 13 August 1925 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Adventures of Batman (1968), Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1971) and The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972). She was married to Jack Edwards. She died on 30 March 2010 in Green Valley, Arizona, USA.
- William Luce was born on 16 October 1931 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He was a writer, known for Barrymore (2011), The Prophet and Great Performances (1971). He died on 9 December 2019 in Green Valley, Arizona, USA.
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- Art Department
- Art Director
Richard Schuyler was born on 30 June 1926 in Billings, Montana, USA. He was an actor and art director, known for Policewomen (1974), The Black Gestapo (1975) and The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler (1971). He died on 29 March 2003 in Green Valley, Arizona, USA.- Gordon McDonell was born on 30 October 1905 in Reigate, Surrey, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Shadow of a Doubt (1943), They Won't Believe Me (1947) and Step Down to Terror (1958). He died on 16 December 1995 in Green Valley, Arizona, USA.
- Stuart M. Finch was born on 16 August 1919 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He was married to Dorothy Ellen Standish. He died on 23 June 1991 in Green Valley, Arizona, USA.
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- Art Director
- Additional Crew
Raphael Bretton was born on 7 February 1920 in Paris, France. He was a set decorator and art director, known for The Poseidon Adventure (1972), The Towering Inferno (1974) and Hello, Dolly! (1969). He died on 20 February 2011 in Green Valley, Arizona, USA.- Marty Morin was born on 5 September 1923 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for Waiting Game (1996). She was married to Volney Frederick Morin. She died on 20 February 2002 in Green Valley, Arizona, USA.
- Hal Streib was an actor, known for Unconditional Love (1995), Maxim Xul (1991) and Painted Sun (1996). He died on 13 July 2015 in Green Valley, Arizona, USA.
- Calvin Booth was born on 20 July 1932 in Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957), The Abductors (1957) and Gun Girls (1957). He died on 25 May 2008 in Green Valley, Arizona, USA.