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American character actor who specialized in average-guy parts and who could be equally effective in sympathetic or unlikeable roles. His parents, the vaudeville team of Ruf and Cusik, took him onstage with them when he was a baby, and Faylen grew up in the theatre. He attended St. Joseph's Preparatory College in Kirkwood, Missouri, but returned to vaudeville as a comic pantomimist. He toured the country throughout the late Twenties and early Thirties as a clown and later as song-and-dance man with acrobatic agility. During a tour stop in Los Angeles, he was screen tested and began a thirty-year career as one of Hollywood's most familiar character players. His most famous film roles were as the vicious male nurse Bim in The Lost Weekend (1945) and as the cabdriver Ernie in It's a Wonderful Life (1946). But his greatest fame came in television, particularly as Dobie's dad Herbert T. Gillis in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959). Faylen was married to actress Carol Hughes, with whom he had two daughters. He retired after Funny Girl (1968), and died in 1985.- Actor
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Bob Holt started his career in front of the cameras with a film role in 1950, playing Octavius Caesar in Julius Caesar followed by another role in 1959 in The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery. He moved on to primarily voice acting in 1968 providing all of the voices for a film short called Johnny Learns His Manners. Throughout the 1960's, 1970's, and 1980's, Bob provided voices for main and supporting characters in numerous animated television series and films including many based on the works of Dr. Seuss. Arguably the most enchanting work of this period was his providing the main voice in 1976 of Avatar in Ralph Bakshi's film Wizards and in the 1984 Joe Dante film Gremlins where Bob provided the voices of Mogwai and other various Gremlins. Bob past away from a heart attack on August 2, 1985. His last full performance, not including samples taken from previous projects, was as the voice of Rodney in The Adventures of the American Rabbit which was released in 1986 after his passing.- Producer
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Richard Afton was born on 22 February 1911 in Hull, Humberside, England, UK. He was a producer and writer, known for The Norman Evans Show (1956), The Saturday Show (1955) and The Friday Show (1960). He died on 2 August 1985 in Palm Beach, Florida, USA.- Director
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Karl-Heinz Stroux was born on 25 February 1908 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany. He was a director and writer, known for Begegnung mit Werther (1949), Der große Mandarin (1949) and Morgen werde ich verhaftet (1939). He was married to Eva-Maria. He died on 2 August 1985 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.- Jean Hancock was born on 20 December 1943 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She died on 2 August 1985 in Dallas, Texas, USA.
- June Harlow was born on 26 August 1920. She was an actress, known for The Velvet Trap (1966). She died on 2 August 1985 in Lehigh Acres, Florida, USA.
- Iris Ashton was born on 7 April 1899 in El Paso, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for The Dancer of the Nile (1923), The Lamplighter (1921) and Hearts of Youth (1921). She was married to William Albert Badger. She died on 2 August 1985 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.