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- Director
- Special Effects
- Cinematographer
After graduation from the University of California at Berkeley, Byron Haskin worked for a time as a newspaper cartoonist. He began his career in the film industry in 1920 as a commercial-industrial movie photographer, and then as a cameraman for Pathe and International Newsreel. Later he became an assistant director at Selznick Pictures. He was a cinematographer during the silent era, worked on special effects and helped to develop the technology that eventually brought sound to the film industry. He began directing in the late 1920s at Warner Brothers and journeyed to England in the early 1930s to make films there. Upon his return he was appointed head of the Warner Brothers Special Effects department. He returned to directing, and was responsible for Walt Disney's first live-action film, Treasure Island (1950). In the mid-'50s Haskin began a rewarding association with producer George Pal, for whom he shot what is probably his best-known film, the science-fiction classic The War of the Worlds (1953). Haskin would collaborate with Pal on three other films, The Naked Jungle (1954), Conquest of Space (1955) and The Power (1968). Fans will also remember Haskin for the cult-classic Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964).- Simon Spies was born on 1 September 1921 in Elsinore, Denmark. He was an actor, known for Familien Gyldenkål vinder valget (1977), Kik ind! (1965) and På parkett (1971). He was married to Janni Spies-Kjær. He died on 16 April 1984 in Hvidovre, Denmark.
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Burnell Whibley was born on 27 February 1922 in England, UK. He was a composer, known for No Blade of Grass (1970), The Tommy Cooper Hour (1973) and With These Hands... (1971). He died on 16 April 1984 in Epsom, Surrey, England, UK.- Frank Lawless was born on 18 February 1928 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), Emergency-Ward 10 (1957) and Three Live Wires (1961). He died on 16 April 1984 in Greenwich, London, England, UK.
- Jack Kassewitz was born on 1 February 1914 in Fitzgerald, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for Harry & Son (1984). He died on 16 April 1984 in Miami, Florida, USA.
- Christina Halleron died on 16 April 1984 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
- James Doyle Sr. was married to Lillian Doyle. He died on 16 April 1984 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
- Mark Halleron died on 16 April 1984 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
- Cesare Bonventre was born on 1 January 1951 in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Italy. He died on 16 April 1984 in Garfield, New Jersey, USA.
- James Doyle Jr. died on 16 April 1984 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
- Anthony Doyle died on 16 April 1984 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.