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Sandy-haired Welsh actor who served in the RAF during World War II and hit paydirt and stardom with his first two British films, The Blue Lagoon (1949) with Jean Simmons, and A Run for Your Money (1949) with Sir Alec Guinness, maintaining his career with lesser distinction in bawdy comedies and melodramas. His characters were authority figures, often military in war movies like Battle Hell (1957), The Longest Day (1962) and Where Eagles Dare (1968) (the latters with Richard Burton).- Composer
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James Herman Helms was born in Norfolk, Virginia. He graduated from California's San Diego State College in 1957, doing postgraduate work at UCLA from 1958 to 1960. He studied guitar with Howard Roberts, and recorded albums like ''12-String Guitar'' and ''Bossa Nova'' for Crown Records, 1963. He also was a guitarist and arranger for Rick Nelson, Randy Sparks, and Rod McKuen. Later he formed a music company with his wife, lyricist Norma Green, and singer-songwriter-producer Gary LeMel. They scored low-budget movies and composed music for TV commercials. In 1971, he was signed to do the ''Kung Fu'' pilot score, which didn't include the main-title music that became characteristic when the series began airing in 1972. Helms revised and re-recorded both the main and end-title music several times throughout the first season. An LP (later a CD) with music and dialogue from the first season was released in 1973. After the end of ''Kung Fu,'' Helms wrote concert music, and also scored TV movies, low-budget thrillers, and commercials, with relative success. He died in October 1991, reportedly of a heart attack. His death passed unnoticed, apparently without a published obituary.- Make-Up Department
Hazel Washington was born on 14 August 1906. She is known for Ben (1972), The Bill Cosby Show (1969) and Willard (1971). She died on 13 October 1991 in Inglewood, California, USA.- Eddie Espinosa was born on 22 June 1906 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Seaside Concert Parties (1947). He died on 13 October 1991 in Barnes, London, England, UK.