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George Sanders was born of English parents in St. Petersburg, Russia. He worked in a Birmingham textile mill, in the tobacco business and as a writer in advertising. He entered show business in London as a chorus boy, going from there to cabaret, radio and theatrical understudy. His film debut, in 1936, was as Curly Randall in Find the Lady (1936). His U.S. debut, the same year, with Twentieth Century-Fox, was as Lord Everett Stacy in Lloyd's of London (1936). During the late 1930s and early 1940s he made a number of movies as Simon Templar--the Saint--and as Gay Lawrence, the Falcon. He played Nazis (Maj. Quive-Smith in Fritz Lang's Man Hunt (1941)), royalty (Charles II in Otto Preminger's Forever Amber (1947)), and biblical roles (Saran of Gaza in Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah (1949)). He won the 1950 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor as theatre critic Addison De Witt in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's All About Eve (1950). In 1957 he hosted a TV series, The George Sanders Mystery Theater (1957). He continued to play mostly villains and charming heels until his suicide in 1972.- Director
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Australian-born Alf Goulding was a former vaudevillian who became a director specializing in comedy shorts. He directed Harold Lloyd comedies for Hal Roach, and in the early 1920s joined Mack Sennett, then turned out two-reelers at RKO and Columbia, sometimes featuring Edgar Kennedy. In England after World War II, he directed a slew of "quota quickies", low-budget films made to fulfill a government requirement that a certain percentage of films shown in England be produced in England. He was a close friend of Stan Laurel, and directed one of Laurel and Oliver Hardy's best features, A Chump at Oxford (1940).- Bruno Márquez was born on 28 April 1915 in Alvarado, Veracruz, Mexico. He was an actor, known for El último Round (1953), Four Against the World (1950) and Por el mismo camino (1953). He died on 25 April 1972 in Mexico City, Mexico.
- Louis Hart was born on 27 January 1917 in Sonora, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Big Daddy (1969) and Gun Smoke (1945). He was married to Bernice Wallace. He died on 25 April 1972 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Sandro Mondini was born on 28 November 1906 in Rome, Italy. He was an actor, known for L'alibi (1969), Eroe vagabondo (1966) and Una sposa per Mao (1971). He died on 25 April 1972 in Rome, Italy.
- Speed Gardner was born on 2 July 1895 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 25 April 1972 in Bayonet Point, Florida, USA.