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Gordon Parry

Birth : 24 July 1908, Aintree, England, UK
Death : 6 May 1981
Filmography:

Bond Street
Third Time Lucky
Now Barabbas

Sol Gorss

Birth : 22 March 1908, Ohio, USA
Death : 10 September 1966, Los Angeles, California, USA (heart attack)
Filmography:

The Front PagePoliceman (uncredited)
The Crowd RoarsReplaced Driving Mechanic (uncredited)
Bureau of Missing PersonsDock Worker (uncredited)

Dick Purcell

Birth : 6 August 1908, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Death : 10 April 1944, Hollywood, California, USA (heart attack on the golf course)
Filmography:

Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8Himself
The Doorway to HellBit Role (uncredited)
The Strange Love of Molly LouvainJimmy's College Friend (uncredited)

Masahiro Makino

Birth : 29 February 1908, Kyoto, Japan
Death : 29 October 1993
Birth Name: Masatada Makino
Filmography:

Sen-hime to Hideyori
Buyûden amako jûyûshi(as Masatada Makino)
Katsujinken: Araki Mataemon

Carl Laemmle Jr.

Birth : 28 April 1908, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Death : 24 September 1979, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA (stroke)
Birth Name: Julius Laemmle
Nickname: Baby Laemmle
Filmography:

The Collegians
The Relay
The Fighting Spirit

Dorothy Gulliver

Birth : 6 September 1908, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Death : 23 May 1997, Valley Centre, California, USA
Height: 157
Filmography:

Strings of Steel
The Winking Idol
A Dog of the RegimentMarie von Waldorf

As an avid movie fan, Dorothy got her chance to go to Hollywood when she won a Salt Lake City beauty contest sponsored by Universal Pictures. Signed by Universal after her successful screen test, Dorothy became one of the many contract actors working in small bit parts. She became well known due to her roles in series and serial movies from 'College Love (1929)' to 'The Last Frontier (1932)'.

Wynford Vaughan-Thomas

Birth : 15 August 1908, Swansea, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
Death : 4 February 1987
Filmography:

"M'Lords... Ladies and Gentlemen..."Himself (unknown episodes)
"M'Lords... Ladies and Gentlemen..."Himself
"M'Lords... Ladies and Gentlemen..."Himself

Inez Courtney

Birth : 12 March 1908, New York, New York, USA
Death : 5 April 1975, Neptune, New Jersey, USA
Filmography:

Bright LightsPeggy North
Loose AnklesBetty
Not DamagedMaude Graham

Stanislaw Winczewski

Birth : 1 January 1908, Lódz, Poland, Russian Empire [now Poland]
Death : 24 December 1972, Otwock, Poland
Filmography:

Szpieg w masce
Stalowe sercaPawel
Zolnierz zwyciestwaOfficer

Seymour Kneitel

Birth : 16 March 1908, New York, New York, USA
Death : 30 July 1964, (heart attack)
Birth Name: Seymour Holtzer Kneitel
Filmography:

Gulliver's Travels
The Mechanical Monsters
Superman

Joseph Krumgold

Birth : 9 April 1908, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Death : 10 July 1980, Hope, New Jersey, USA
Filmography:

The Lone Wolf Returns
Adventure in Manhattan
Blackmailer

Helmut Käutner

Birth : 25 March 1908, Düsseldorf, Germany
Death : 20 April 1980, Castellina in Chianti, Tuscany, Italy
Filmography:

Kreuzer EmdenMatrose
Kitty und die Weltkonferenz
Kitty und die Weltkonferenz

José Díaz Morales

Birth : 31 July 1908, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Filmography:

Corsario negro, El
Capitán de Loyola, El
Capitán de Loyola, El

John Robinson (I)

Birth : 11 November 1908, Liverpool, England, UK
Death : 6 March 1979, London, England, UK (cancer)
Filmography:

Farewell to CinderellaStephen Moreley
All That GlittersTaylor
The Heirloom MysteryDick Marriott

Kalle Peronkoski

Birth : 16 May 1908, Hanko, Finland
Death : 6 February 1974, Helsinki, Finland
Filmography:

Suopursu kukkiiDancing man (uncredited)
Toukokuun taikaMan in restaurant (uncredited)
Rantasalmen sulttaaniBartender

Arthur Space

Birth : 12 October 1908, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Death : 13 January 1983, Hollywood, California, USA (cancer)
Birth Name: Charles Arthur Space
Filmography:

"State Trooper"Sam Denfield
The Man from Down UnderBailey (uncredited)
The Bugle SoundsHank

Buddy Ebsen

Birth : 2 April 1908, Belleville, Illinois, USA
Death : 6 July 2003, Torrance, California, USA (complications from pneumonia)
Birth Name: Christian Rudolph Ebsen Jr.
Height: 192
Filmography:

"Biography"Himself (archive footage)
The 29th Annual Tony AwardsHimself - Presenter
"ABC's Wide World of Entertainment"Himself

Buddy Ebsen began his career as a dancer in the late 1920s in a Broadway chorus. He later formed a vaudeville act with his sister Vilma Ebsen, which also appeared on Broadway.

Marceline Day

Birth : 24 April 1908, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Death : 16 February 2000, Cathedral City, California, USA
Birth Name: Marceline Newlin
Height: 160
Filmography:

The Voice of Hollywood No. 9Herself (uncredited)
Feet of Mud
The Hansom Cabman

The younger sister of actress Alice Day, Marceline Day achieved stardom in the mid-'20s, appearing opposite such stars as John Barrymore and Lon Chaney. Adept at comedy, she also starred with such top comics as Buster Keaton and Harry Langdon. Her career faltered in the early '30s, however, and she was soon reduced to appearing in low-budget thrillers and action pictures.

Oscar Millard

Birth : 1 March 1908, London, England, UK
Death : 7 December 1990, California, USA
Filmography:

Uncensored
Come to the Stable
The Frogmen

Almirante

Birth : 19 February 1908, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Death : 22 December 1980, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Birth Name: Henrique Foréis Domingues
Filmography:

Alô, Alô, Brasil
EstudantesHimself
Alô Alô Carnaval


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