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Born in America, and raised in Ireland and England, actor Patrick McGoohan rose to become the number-one British TV star in the 1950s to 1960s era. His parents moved to Ireland when he was very young and McGoohan acquired a neutral accent that sounds at home in British or American dialogue. He was an avid stage actor and performed hundreds of times in small and large productions before landing his first TV and film roles. McGoohan is one of few actors who has successfully switched between theater, TV, and films many times during his career. He was often cast in the role of Angry Young Man. In 1959, he was named Best TV Actor of the Year in Britain. Shortly thereafter, he was chosen for the starring role in the Secret Agent (1964) TV series (AKA 'Secret Agent in the US), which proved to be an immense success for three years and allowed the British to break into the burgeoning American TV market for the first time. By the series' 3rd year, McGoohan felt the series had run its course and was beginning to repeat itself. McGoohan and Lew Grade - the president of ITC (the series' production company), had agreed that McGoohan could leave Danger Man to begin work on a new series, and turned in his resignation right after the first episode of the fourth year had been filmed ("Koroshi"). McGoohan set up his own production company and collaborated with noted author and script editor George Markstein to sell a brand new concept to ITC's Lew Grade. McGoohan starred in, directed, produced, and wrote many of the episodes, sometimes taking a pseudonym to reduce the sheer number of credits to his name. Thus, the TV series The Prisoner (1967) came to revolve around the efforts of a secret agent, who resigned early in his career, to clear his name. His aim was to escape from a fancifully beautiful but psychologically brutal prison for people who know too much. The series was as popular as it was surreal and allegorical, and its mysterious final episode caused such an uproar that McGoohan was to desert England for more than 20 years to seek relative anonymity in LA, where celebrities are "a dime a dozen."
During the 1970s, he appeared in four episodes of the TV detective series "Columbo," for which he won an Emmy Award. His film roles lapsed from prominence until his powerful performance as King Edward I (Longshanks) in Mel Gibson's production of Braveheart (1995). As such, he has solidified his casting in the role of Angry Old Man.- Strikingly lovely, sexy, and shapely Swiss blonde bombshell Evelyne Kraft was born on September 22, 1951 in Switzerland. The statuesque stunner made her film debut as Eleonora in the enjoyable Italian giallo "The French Sex Murders." Evelyne achieved her greatest enduring cult cinema popularity with her memorable starring role as the innocent, yet alluring Amazonian jungle goddess Ah Wei in the gloriously daft Hong Kong giant creature feature "The Mighty Peking Man." Kraft had another lead part as the titular character in the amusing lowbrow horror comedy romp "Lady Dracula." Her last role was as a terrorist posing as a secretary in "Assassination Attempt." After she called it a day as an actress, Evelyne dedicated herself to charity-focused construction work in Africa with her own building company based in Nigeria. Moreover, Kraft was also a wife and a mother. Evelyne died at the tragically young age of 57 from heart failure on January 13, 2009 in Islisberg, Aargau.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Folke Sundquist was born on 4 November 1925 in Falun, Dalarnas län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Wild Strawberries (1957), För min heta ungdoms skull (1952) and Förtrollad vandring (1954). He died on 13 January 2009 in Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden.- Cousin Junior was born on 19 September 1960 in Skokie, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for WWF Championship Wrestling (1972), Saturday Night's Main Event (1985) and The Wrestlers: Land of a Thousand Dances (1985). He died on 13 January 2009 in Frankfort, Kentucky, USA.
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Ursula Gray was born on 22 December 1916 in Germany. She was a writer, known for Festival (1963), Ponzi (2012) and The World at War (1973). She was married to J. Glenn Gray. She died on 13 January 2009 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.- Composer
- Writer
- Actor
Mansour Rahbani was born in 1925. He was a composer and writer, known for The Lovers on the Bridge (1991), Bint El-Hares (1968) and Biya el-Khawatim (1965). He died on 13 January 2009 in Beirut, Lebanon.- Maria Gdowska was born on 9 August 1932 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. She was an actress, known for Szkice weglem (1957). She died on 13 January 2009 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Russ Craft was born on 15 October 1919 in McEwen, Tennessee, USA. He died on 13 January 2009 in Wellsburg, West Virginia, USA.
- Preston Gomez was born on 20 April 1922 in Central Preston, Oriente, Cuba. He died on 13 January 2009 in Fullerton, California, USA.
- Dai Llewellyn was born on 2 April 1946 in Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. He died on 13 January 2009.
- Nancy Bird Walton was born on 16 October 1915 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was married to Charles Walton. She died on 13 January 2009 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
- Vittoria Lottero was born on 4 March 1937 in Savona, Liguria, Italy. She was an actress, known for Uova fatali (1977), Il caso Martello (1991) and La bufera (1975). She died on 13 January 2009 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy.
- Hortense Calisher was born on 20 December 1911 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for American Playhouse (1980). She was married to Curtis Harnack and Heaton Bennett Heffelfinger. She died on 13 January 2009 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Animation Department
- Art Department
Harold Duckett was born on 4 May 1958. Harold is known for Tales from the Cryptkeeper (1993), Tiny Toon Adventures (1990) and Rock & Rule (1983). Harold died on 13 January 2009.- Pedro Aguilar was born on 14 June 1927 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He died on 13 January 2009 in Miami, Florida, USA.