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Byron Fox (Foxy B.) was born in Kensington, England. His father, an Oxford Professor, Berry Fox and his mother, Sheri, moved to Los Angeles where Bryon landed a part on _"Lizzy McGuire" (2001)_. After deciding he liked being behind the camera, he contacted Max Speilberg and together they worked on Snap Shot, in which he starred.

Gloria Charles was born on 3 March 1955 in the USA. She was an actress, known for Friday the 13th: Part 3 (1982), Brewster's Millions (1985) and National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985). She died on 8 December 2016 in Marina Del Ray, California, USA(undisclosed).

John Barrie was born on 6 May 1917 in New Brighton, Merseyside, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Patton (1970), Victim (1961) and Sword of Lancelot (1963). He died on 24 March 1980 in York, England, UK(undisclosed).

Bill Finger was a comic book writer. His father Louis Finger was born in Austria and emigrated to the United States in 1907, while still a teenager. Louis worked as a tailor. Tessie, Bill's mother, was born and raised in New York City. Both parents were in their early 20s at the time of Finger's birth. Bill Finger had two sisters.

Finger was born in Denver, Colorado, but the Finger family eventually moved to New York City. Finger was mostly raised in The Bronx, and attended DeWitt Clinton High School. He graduated high school in 1933, and started his working career in the Great Depression. In 1938, Finger entered the comic strip business, as a ghost writer for a few comic strips created by Bob Kane's studio. Kane was a fellow graduate of DeWitt Clinton High School and the two of them were acquaintances.

In 1938-1939, National Comics (predecessor of DC Comics) had its first major success with a character called "Superman". This created a market for superheroes and several creators started working on creating other hero/vigilante characters. Bob Kane came up with a hero called "Bat-Man" or "Batman", and asked for Finger's assistance on the project. Finger rejected several of Kane's initial ideas about the character and suggested several changes in design and characterization. He came up with a civilian identity for the character as "Bruce Wayne", which Finger named after Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland and general Anthony "Mad Anthony" Wayne.

Kane marketed the "Batman" character to National Comics, and Batman's first story was published in "Detective Comics" #27 (May 1939). The script was written by an uncredited Finger, making him the first of many ghost writers to work on comics officially credited to Bob Kane. When Kane negotiated a contract about selling the rights to the "Batman" character, he claimed he was the sole creator of the character and demanded a sole mandatory byline on all Batman comics and adaptations thereof, acknowledging him as the creator. Finger's work on the character was not acknowledged.

Finger kept on working in "Batman"-related stories for much of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s either as a writer or a ghost writer. He is generally credited by comic book historians with creating or co-creating a number of Batman's foes and supporting characters. Among them: the Joker, Catwoman, Robin, Ace the Bat-Hound. Bat-Mite, Clayface, Bat-Girl/Betty Kane, the Penguin, the Scarecrow, Two-Face, the Riddler, and the Calendar Man. He also came up with the name "Gotham City" for the previously nameless metropolis where Batman operates, and co-created the Batmobile and the Batcave.

Besides "Batman", Finger's other writing credits for National Comics/DC Comics involve various stories for "Green Lantern", "Superman", and "Superboy". He is credited with co-creating Green Lantern/Alan Scott, the original character with that code-name. The Green Lantern series of the 1940s was a fantasy series, and the hero had magical powers. A reboot of the series in 1959 turned "Green Lantern" into a science fiction series featuring space cops and aliens, as the fantasy concept was considered outdated. In "Superman" stories, Finger is credited for adapting "Kryptonite" into comic books in 1949. The fictional element was created for the Superman radio series, but was adapted into the comic book series and became a permanent part in of the "Superman" saga. Finger's main contribution in the "Superboy" series was creating the character Lana Lang, as a love interest for the teenage hero.

Outside National Comics,Finger also contributed stories and characters to rival companies, such as Fawcett Comics, Quality Comics and Timely Comics (predecessor of Marvel Comics). Marvel credits him with the co-creation of the All-Winners Squad (introduced in 1946), the company's first superhero team.

Finger mostly retired from comic book writing c. 1961, starting a new career as a screenwriter for films and television series. He was even hired to write two episodes for the 1960s "Batman" live-action series. But he was in increasingly poor health, suffering a series of heart attacks in 1963, 1970 and 1973. He died due to atherosclerosis in 1974. His remains were cremated, and the ashes scattered on a beach. Finger has no known grave.

Finger was married twice, and he was survived by a son, Fred. While he never claimed rights to the Batman character, his granddaughter Athena Finger requested a creator's credit for his work. After negotiations, DC Entertainment finally credited Finger as Batman's co-creator in 2015.

Gambian Louis Felix Danner Mahoney was born on Septenber 8, 1938 and came to England ostensibly to train as a doctor. However, he abandoned medicine for the stage, probably his original intention. He enrolled at acting school in the 1970s. He was a tireless campaigner for racial equality in his profession, as a member of the Equity Afro-Asian Committee and as co-creator, with Mike Phillips, of the Black Theatre Workshop. He helped establish the Equity Performers Against Racism group, developed to circumvent Equity rules preventing political campaigning, in which he was helped by a number of white actors. He was Vice President of Equity between 1994 and 1996. In addition to appearing with most of the major theatre companies he notched up numerous television performances. One of his most famous roles was as the dying werewolf Roy in Being Human (2008).

Hugh McDermott was born on 20 March 1906 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Devil Girl from Mars (1954), 'Pimpernel' Smith (1941) and Lilli Marlene (1950). He was married to Angela J. Laurillard and Daphne Courtney. He died on 29 January 1972 in London, England, UK(undisclosed).

Patrick M. Wright was a gruff, burly and intimidating constant presence in an alarmingly large volume of delightfully down'n'dirty drive-in exploitation pictures made in the 70s. Patrick was born on November 28, 1939 in San Francisco, California. Stocky and strong-looking, with a thick mustache, a mass of curly brown hair, a husky, muscular, powerful frame, and a blunt, scruffy, rough-around-the-edges demeanor, Wright was frequently cast as stolid jerk cops, ramrod military men, prison guards, assorted vicious villains, and various boorish blue collar working class types. The brother of actress Mary Catherine Wright and husband of 70s B-movie actress Talie Cochrane (they often acted together in a sizable number of films), Wright first began acting in the late 60s. He appeared in three films for director Russ Meyer: "Good Morning ... and Goodbye!," "The Seven Minutes," and "Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens." Wright's most memorable parts include the ineffectual Sheriff Mack in the laughably lousy creature feature hoot "Track of the Moonbeast," a lecherous high school football coach in the hilariously bawdy "The Cheerleaders," the nasty leader of a white slavery ring in the splendidly sleazy "The Abductors," a sadistic goon in Matt Cimber's enjoyably trashy "The Candy Tangerine Man," a hostile gay biker in "Bare Knuckles," the lord of the jungle in the amusingly inane "Tarz and Jane and Boy and Cheetah," the crude patriarch of a hillbilly family in "Sassy Sue," a friendly police sergeant in "Roller Boogie," and the rich sponsor of an illegal cross country road race in Paul Bartel's gloriously outrageous "Cannonball." Wright did guest spots on the TV shows "Wizards and Warriors," "Dynasty," "The Dukes of Hazzard," and "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams." Moreover, Wright directed the entertainingly lowbrow teen sex comedy "Hollywood High," produced the failed horror spoof "Frightmare," and worked on several movies and TV shows in minor behind-the-scenes production capacities. He also acted under the pseudonyms Silver Foxx, Bal Johnson and Michael Wright. Patrick ended his lengthy and extensive film career with a few small parts in a handful of straight-to-video items. Wright died at age 65 on December 9, 2004 in Palmdale, California.

Isabelle Weingarten was born on 18 April 1950 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971), Passion of Mind (2000) and The State of Things (1982). She was married to Wim Wenders. She died on 3 August 2020 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France(undisclosed).

Mario Klemens was born on 3 October 1936 in Chlumec nad Cidlinou, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a composer, known for Open Your Eyes (1997), Transsiberian (2008) and Assault on Precinct 13 (2005). He died on 11 January 2025 in Czech Republic,(undisclosed).

Åke Fridell was born on 23 June 1919 in Gävle, Gävleborgs län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for The Seventh Seal (1957), Wild Strawberries (1957) and Smiles of a Summer Night (1955). He died on 26 August 1985 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden(undisclosed).

Marilyn Johnson was born on 19 September 1922 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for Secrets of a Sorority Girl (1945), I Love Lucy (1951) and Wife Decoy (1945). She was married to Forrest Tucker. She died on 19 July 1960 in Beverly Hills, California, USA(undisclosed).

Grant McFarland was born in 1947. He was an actor, known for Power Rangers DinoThunder (2004), Power Rangers Ninja Storm (2003) and Underbelly: Land of the Long Green Cloud (2011). He died on 20 November 2018 in Whangapoua, New Zealand(undisclosed).

Versatile Greek poet and tragic dramatist. He was the son of Sophilus, a wealthy arms manufacturer. Sophocles studied tragedy under Aeschylus, whom he subsequently defeated in the dramatic festival of 468 BC, thus gaining his first victory at these competitions. He became a general under Nicias and after the failure of the Athenian expedition to Syracuse (413) was appointed one of the special commissioners to deal with the emergency. He was a priest of Amynos, a god of healing, and offered his own house as a place of worship for the healing deity Asclepius until his temple was ready. In addition, he founded a literary and musical society. His descendants were also tragedians - his son Iophon and grandson Sophocles the younger. Unlike his rival Euripides, he had very early acquired a favorable public. About 130 plays were attributed to him, (7 of which were subsequently reckoned spurious). In the dramatic competitions he probably won 24 victories--that is to say, 24 of his tetralogies (each comprising 3 tragedies and a satyr play) were successful. Seven of his tragedies have survived viz. Ajax, Antigone, Oedipus Rex, Electra, the Trachinian Women, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus (his last play performed in 401 after his death). Sophocles died just before the catastrophic end of the Peloponnesian War.

Louis Cha was born on 10 March 1924 in Haining, Zhejiang Province, China. He was a writer and director, known for The Bride Hunter (1960), The Romance of the Condor Heroes (2014) and Sakra (2023). He was married to Lin Leyi, Zhu Mei and Du Zhifen. He died on 30 October 2018 in Hong Kong, China(undisclosed).

Bob Proctor was born on 5 July 1934 in Canada. He was an actor, known for The Secret (2006), The Ravine (2021) and The Grand Self (2020). He died on 3 February 2022 in (undisclosed).

Max Skladanowsky was a German inventor and early filmmaker. Born as the fourth child of glazier Carl Theodor Skladanowsky and Luise Auguste Ernestine Skladanowsky, he was apprenticed as a photographer and glass painter, which led to an interest in magic lanterns. In 1879, he began to tour Germany and Central Europe with his father Carl and elder brother Emil Skladanowsky, giving dissolving magic lantern shows. While Emil mostly took care of promotion, Max was mostly involved with the technology, and on 20 August 1892 he constructed their first film camera, but this more likely happened in the summer or autumn of 1894. He also single-handedly constructed the Bioskop projector, with which after shooting several short films the brothers would provide motion picture shows. Between the years 1895 and 1905, the brothers directed at least 25 to 30 short movies.

Former playwright George B. Seitz left the theater for Hollywood in 1913, and before long he was turning out screenplays for action serials such as The Perils of Pauline (1914), The Exploits of Elaine (1914), and The Iron Claw (1916). In addition to writing and sometimes starring in these productions, he began to direct them as well, with great success. A prolific director, Seitz, unlike many of his B-picture colleagues, survived the transition from silents to talkies quite well, and directed everything from comedies to dramas to westerns at most of the studios around town. Although he spent a good amount of time at Columbia, he came to be most closely associated with MGM, where he directed - among others - almost all of the entries in the fondly remembered "Andy Hardy" series.

Wendelle Stevens was born on 18 January 1923 in Minnesota, USA. He was a writer, known for Where Are All the UFO's? (1996), Contact (1987) and UFO's Are Real (1979). He died on 7 September 2010 in Tucson, Arizona, USA(undisclosed).

Kouka was born on 7 March 1917 in Cairo, Egypt. She was an actress, known for Antar wa Ablah (1945), Rabha (1945) and Wedad (1936). She was married to Niazi Mostafa. She died on 29 January 1979 in Cairo, Egypt(undisclosed).

Will B. Able was born on 21 November 1923 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He was an actor, known for Jack and the Beanstalk (1965), Aladdin (1967) and Play of the Week (1959). He was married to Graziella Able. He died on 18 November 1981 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA(undisclosed).

C.J. Hincks was born on 20 November 1947. She was an actress, known for Night Moves (1975), Strike Force (1981) and Baretta (1975). She died on 11 January 2017 in Burbank, California, USA(undisclosed).

Victor Travis was born on 2 January 1884 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He was an actor and writer, known for Fiddling Around (1938), Off Again, on Again (1945) and Time Out for Trouble (1938). He died on 26 May 1948 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed).

Randy Stripling was born on 13 May 1948 in the USA. He was an actor, known for October Sky (1999), Lone Star (1996) and Keys to Tulsa (1997). He died on 16 April 2020 in Texas, USA(undisclosed).

Madeleine Newbury was born on 12 October 1930 in Dudley, West Midlands, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Wednesday Play (1964), The Adventures of Don Quick (1970) and The Professionals (1977). She was married to Brian Spink, Llewellyn Rees and Keith Marsh. She died on 27 September 2020 in UK(undisclosed).

Yuri Gusev was born on 25 February 1936 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for K beregu pyatogo okeana (1991), Au! Ograblenie poezda (1991) and Ekipazh (1980). He died on 18 January 1991 in (undisclosed).