Thursday 28 September 2023

Antoinette Cellier

Born: 23 June 1913, Broadstairs, Kent, England, UK
Died: 18 January 1981, Chelsea, London, England, UK

Late Extra (1935) as Sylvia Caporelli

















Virginia Cherrill

Born: 12 April 1908, Carthage, Illinois, USA
Died: 14 November 1996, Santa Barbara, California, USA

Late Extra (1935) as Janet Graham


















Wednesday 27 September 2023

Norma Shearer

Born: 10 August 1902, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Died: 12 June 1983, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

A Clouded Name (1923) as Marjorie Dare


















Monday 25 September 2023

Gus Lombardo

Born: unknown
Died: unknown

A Walk in the Sun (1945) as Italian Soldier (uncredited)

















John Laurenz

Born: 1909
Died: 7 November 1958, Brooklyn, New York, USA

A Walk in the Sun (1945) as Italian Soldier (uncredited)

John Laurenz is on the left. Richard Benedict is on the right and Gus Lombardo is tilting his head in the middle.












Richard Benedict

Born: 8 January 1920, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Died: 25 April 1984, Studio City, California, USA

A Walk in the Sun (1945) as Pvt. Tranella

Richard Benedict is on the right. On the left is John Laurenz and Gus Lombardo is tilting his head in the middle..














Sunday 24 September 2023

Lillian Cook

Born: 16 May 1898, Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
Died: 14 March 1918, New York City, New York, USA

Betsy Ross (1917) as Clarissa Griscom


















Friday 22 September 2023

Grant Maiben

Born: 21 December 1922, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Died: 24 July 1995, San Francisco, California, USA

A Walk in the Sun (1945) as Smith (uncredited)

















Tony Dante

Born: 12 July 1921, Manchester Depot, Iowa, USA
Died: 12 September 1993, Los Angeles, California, USA

A Walk in the Sun (1945) as Giorgio (uncredited)

Tony Dante is on the left, with Herbert Rudley.















James Cardwell

Born: 21 November 1921, Camden, New Jersey, USA
Died: 31 January 1954, Hollywood, California, USA

A Walk in the Sun (1945) as Sgt. Hoskins

















Harry Cline

Born: unknown
Died: unknown

A Walk in the Sun (1945) as Cpl. Kramer (uncredited)

















Tuesday 19 September 2023

Virginia Engels

Born: 19 January 1917, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 5 December 1956, Los Angeles County, California, USA

Captive Wild Woman (1943) as Trapeze Artist (uncredited)

Virginia Engels walks across in the background. In the foreground are Vince Barnett on the left and Lloyd Corrigan.

Alexander Gill

Born: unknown
Died: unknown

Captive Wild Woman (1943) as Waiter (uncredited)

Alexander Gill serves Paul Fix his whiskey shot.































Sunday 17 September 2023

Tom Lewis

Born: 17 May 1867, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Died: 19 October 1927, New York City, New York, USA

Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) as Tom Carter - First and Last Mate

















Johnny Duncan

Born: 7 December 1923, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Died: 8 February 2016, Davenport, Florida, USA

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Stretcher Bearer #2 (uncredited)
































Edward D. Wood Jr.

Born: 10 October 1924, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
Died: 10 December 1978, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)

Ed appears in his own movie.
















Hugh Thomas Jr.

Born: 6 March 1920, Tennessee, USA
Died: 31 October 1996, Palm Desert, California, USA

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Gravedigger (uncredited)


















J. Edward Reynolds

Born: 25 September 1909, South Carolina, USA
Died: 16 April 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA

J. Edward Reynolds was a Baptist minister. The Baptist church financially backed the film Plan 9 from Outer Space. Reynolds was given an executive producer credit and a small part in the film. His wife Pauline Reynolds was also in the film.

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Gravedigger (uncredited)

















Pauline Reynolds

Born: 13 June 1913, Mineral Springs, Alabama, USA
Died: April 1982, Baldwin, Alabama, USA

Pauline Reynolds was the wife of Baptist minister J. Edward Reynolds. With the financial backing of the Baptist church and in particular the Reverend Lynn Lemon, both Pauline and her husband both appeared in the film Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957).

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Woman in Telephone Booth (uncredited)


















Donald A. Davis

Born: 7 June 1932, Florida, USA
Died: 23 September 1982, Los Angeles, California, USA

Donald A. Davis produced and directed movies from the late 1960s.

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Drunk (uncredited)

This was Davis' only appearance in a film.
















 

Carl Anthony

Born: 4 November 1932, Garfield Heights, Ohio, USA
Died: 21 May 2021, Fresno, California, USA

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Patrolman Larry

Paul Marco is on the right.















Paul Marco

Born: 10 June 1927, Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 14 May 2006, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Patrolman Kelton

On the left is Conrad Brooks.
















Conrad Brooks

Born: 3 January 1931, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Died: 6 December 2017, Martinsburg, West Virginia, USA

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Policeman

Paul Marco is on the right.















Karl Johnson

Born: 7 January 1924
Died: 15 May 1993, Long Beach, California, USA

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Farmer Calder (uncredited)

















Lynn Lemon

Born: 11 February 1917, Hickory, Oklahoma, USA
Died: 15 January 2008, Bedford, Texas, USA

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Reverend (Credited as Reverend Lynn Lemon)

Lynn Lemon stands in the middle with his Bible. Lemon also provided some financial backing for this film to be made.
















Bill Ash

Born: 25 December 1926, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Died: 11 January 2011, Douglasville, Georgia, USA

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Captain

















David De Mering

Born: 17 July 1931, Louisiana, USA
Died: 10 June 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Danny

David De Mering is on the left, with Gregory Walcott.















With Norma McCarty.

John Breckinridge

Born: 6 August 1903, Paris, France
Died: 5 November 1996, Monterey, California, USA

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Ruler

This was John Breckinridge's only film appearance.















Ben Frommer

Born: 12 June 1913, Poland
Died: 9 May 1992, Tarzana, California, USA

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Man
















Gloria Dea

Born: 25 August 1922, Oakland, California, USA
Died: 18 March 2023, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Girl


















Clay Stone

Born: unknown
Died: unknown

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Mourner Reading Bible in Opening Scene (uncredited)

















Tom Mason

Born: 29 April 1920, Illinois, USA
Died: 1 December 1980, Orange, California, USA

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Ghoul Man with Cape Over Face (uncredited)

Tom Mason stood in for Bela Lugosi, while he was ill during shooting, covering his face in an attempt to fool the viewing audience.












Maila Nurmi

Born: 11 December 1922, Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 10 January 2008, Los Angeles, California, USA

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Vampire Girl (Credited as Vampira)


















Gregory Walcott

Born: 13 January 1928, Wendell, North Carolina, USA
Died: 20 March 2015, Los Angeles, California, USA

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Jeff Trent


















Criswell

Born: 18 August 1907, Princeton, Indiana, USA
Died: 4 October 1982, Burbank, California, USA

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Criswell - Narrator

















Norma McCarty

Born: 18 December 1920, Arkansas, USA
Died: 27 June 2014, Newhall, Santa Clarita, California, USA

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Edith
















Joanna Lee

Born: 7 April 1931, Newark, New Jersey, USA
Died: 24 October 2003, Santa Monica, California, USA

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Tanna


















Mona McKinnon

Born: 1 May 1929, Tennessee, USA
Died: 12 March 1990, Los Angeles, California, USA

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Paula Trent

















Dudley Manlove

Born: 11 June 1914, Alameda County, California, USA
Died: 17 April 1996, San Bernardino County, California, USA

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Eras


















Art Acord

Born: 17 April 1890, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
Died: 4 January 1931, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico

Cleopatra (1917) as Kephren


















Duke Moore

Born: 15 July 1913
Died: 16 November 1976, Hollywood, California, USA

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) as Lieutenant Harper


















Monday 4 September 2023

Dorothy Gish

Born: 11 March 1898, Massillon, Ohio, USA
Died: 4 June 1968, Rapallo, Liguria, Italy 

Dorothy is the sister of Lilian Gish with whom she starred in many silent films.

Clothes Make the Pirate (1925) as Betsy Tidd

A lost silent film.

















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