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Paul Hagen was one the most famous Danish actors after the Second World War. He was born on 19th of March 1920 in Copenhagen. His father was painter named Åge Falck Rasmussen, his mother was an opera singer named Anna Hagen. Hagen was accepted into Frederiksberg's theatre school in 1944. He finished his education as an actor in 1945. He had his debut as an actor in 1944 in the play "Livet er jo dejligt" on "Riddersalen" in Copenhagen. He then worked at Aarhus theatre (until 1951). In 1953 he got famous for a song he made for "Fiffer Revyen". The song where entitled: "Lille Lise let-på-tråd". He worked in various theatres throughout the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. He finally said goodbye to theatre in 1998. Hagen had his debut in film in 1952, with the film: "Kærlighedsdoktoren". Hagen subsequently worked in 118 movies, plus TV series. In 1961 he worked with Preben Kaas, in "To skøre ho'der", were both of them wrote, produced, directed and acted in. In movies he frequently played a friend of the hero or a bright sidekick. Hagen had much success in the Danish film-series: "Støver-filmene", "Soldaterkammerater-filmene" and "Sengekants-filmene". Other notable appearances in film are: Bussen (1963), Hvis lille pige er du? (1963), Martha (1967), Ballade på Christianshavn (1971), Olsen-banden på sporet (1975) and Walter og Carlo - op på fars hat (1985). He married twice; first time with actress Asta Esper Hagen Andersen, with whom he had a son - Esper Hagen, who later also became an actor. He later married a woman named Alice Martens. On TV Hagen got very famous, throughout Denmark, with his role as the animal shop-clerk Clausen, in the very famous Danish TV series "Huset på Christianshavn" (1970). Hagen also acted in "Krummernes Jul" (1996). He died on the 20th of May 2003 and is buried in the cemetery: Langø Kirkegård, on Lolland.- Actor
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Howard 'Sandman' Sims was born on 24 January 1918 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Tap (1989), Harlem Nights (1989) and The Cotton Club (1984). He was married to Solange A. Sims. He died on 20 May 2003 in Bronx, New York, USA.- Drug addict, armed robber, burglar, con man, convict, "outlaw author," and, for a time, hot Hollywood property, Eddie Little wrote first-hand about the underworld with remarkable authenticity and literary force. Despite being a grade school drop-out, Little's first novel, Another Day in Paradise (1998), was published to acclaim and was made into a major movie starring James Woods and Melanie Griffith. His writing has been hailed as "an unforgettable plunge into the brutal universe of hard-core outlaws" (Details) and "reminiscent of Hunter Thompson and William Burroughs" (The New York Times Book Review).
Born in 1955, Eddie Little was one of three children raised poor near downtown Los Angeles. His abusive father taught him to read by bending his arm behind his back to correct his mistakes. Despite this, Little learned to love reading. Bright-but-difficult, he was a rebellious thrill-seeker at an early age.
At 10, Little sniffed glue and got high for the first time, beginning a life-long love affair with dope: "As soon as my consciousness was altered, that's all I wanted to do." At 12, he ran away from home. At 14, he hid in a crawlspace for eleven hours until he and an accomplice could loot a doctor's office for cash and pills. At 15, he was arrested for robbing drugstores and underwent heroin withdrawal behind bars.
Little was sent to the Indiana Youth Center, allegedly one of the nation's last reform schools to officially use corporal punishment. He spent two years there until he escaped to Boston, where an older thief became his mentor in crime. Little pulled armed robberies, burglaries, and scams. He shot heroin round-the-clock and abused pharmaceutical narcotics, which he strong-armed from drugstores. He was living in style.
Then, Little got into a vicious, blood-drenched bar fight with a local bully and former pro wrestler. He received a savage beating but gave his much larger assailant the business end of a broken beer bottle. He was charged with attempted murder and earned a stay in Massachusetts' Bridgewater State Hospital for the Criminally Insane for observation.
Little was able to return to California. Infatuated with L.A.'s bright lights, he resumed the cycle of dope and crime. Then, he crashed his Harley, crushing his right leg from the knee down. He was left on crutches, his right leg an inch shorter than his left.
Broke and shoplifting to survive, Little took a telemarketing job in a semi-legitimate "boiler room" operation. Among other fast-talking con men, Little proved a natural at selling merchandise to people over the phone, whether they needed it or not. Back in the chips, he got a leg operation that allowed him to lose the crutches and walk with only a slight limp. But his drug habit was now $400-$500 a day.
Little spent most of 1982 in L.A. County jail on burglary charges. The judge believed Little was more a born criminal and con man than a poor, suffering addict, and sentenced him to six years. Little served three. It was in prison that he began writing the book that would become his ticket to a better life, "Another Day in Paradise."
After his release, Little met a beautiful woman, had a baby girl, and lived in a penthouse in Marina del Ray. Little became involved in various types of marketing and soon became known to various law enforcement agencies. He found a partner and they produced two movies under the Chariot 7 banner including Liberty & Bash and Woman of the Port, which was invited to the Cannes, New York and Toronto Film Festivals, with Little handling the raising of funds to produce both movies.
The Feds arrested Little for fraud in 1992. His previous incarceration convinced him that prison wasn't for him. Ravaged by drugs, Little suffered a stroke and was checked into rehab. He accepted a plea deal and ratted out his partner, who got eight years in prison, while Eddie skated away with three years' probation. (Six years later, Little claimed he was still receiving death threats.)
Little was working as a bouncer and furniture mover when his fictionalized account of his youthful criminal apprenticeship, "Another Day in Paradise," was published to strong reviews. Late in 1998, the film version was released. Directed by Larry Clark, Another Day in Paradise (1998) starred James Woods, as Eddie's real-life criminal mentor, and Melanie Griffith. Eighteen-year-old newcomer Vincent Kartheiser, now better known as "Pete Campbell" on the hit AMC series Mad Men (2007), portrayed "Bobbie Prine"/Eddie Little.
When the Washington Post profiled Little in May, 1998, he was on probation and discussing offers with media executives who were enthralled by his charming, streetwise persona and life story. Little signed two screen writing deals, and began writing a column called "Outlaw L.A." for the alternative newspaper L.A. Weekly. It earned him Columnist of the Year by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. But opinions differed as to whether, at age 43, Little was sincerely trying to overcome a lifetime of crime and drug addiction or whether he was just a charming sociopath "taking a vacation from crime" (which he denied) for as long as his Hollywood gig lasted.
In Europe to promote "Another Day in Paradise," Little began using drugs again while visiting Amsterdam. In Los Angeles on November 2, 1998, a 911 call summoned police to Little's apartment. Stoned and brandishing a steak knife, Little was booked on charges that could have imprisoned him for life under the three-strikes law. Released on $80,000 bail after 19 days in L.A County jail, Little plead not guilty and entered a six-month rehab. At the time, he had completed his second novel, "Steel Toes" (2001), and was working on his third novel, as well as a screenplay.
But Little could not seem to escape the bad habits of his past. Back on drugs, he was reduced to a hand-to-mouth existence. In 2003, he died of a heart attack, alone and broke, in a cheap Los Angeles motel. Eddie Little was 48.
Several memorial services were said to be planned in his name. - Walter Höllerer was born on 19 December 1922 in Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Bavaria, Germany. He was married to Renate von Mangoldt. He died on 20 May 2003 in Berlin, Germany.
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John F. Schreyer was born on 13 July 1920 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an editor and director, known for Wild Youth (1960), Jungle Heat (1957) and Hell's Belles (1969). He died on 20 May 2003 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Ivo Zidek was born on 4 June 1926 in Kravare, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for F.L. Vek (1971), Dalibor (1956) and Prodaná nevesta (1962). He died on 20 May 2003 in Prague, Czech Republic.
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Buzz Boggs was born on 17 April 1909 in Oklahoma, USA. Buzz died on 20 May 2003 in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Lou Steenbergen was born on 15 March 1922 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor and writer, known for Uilenspiegel (1973), De verlossing (1975) and Goede tijden, slechte tijden (1990). He died on 20 May 2003.- Walter Höllerer was born on 19 December 1922 in Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Bavaria, Germany. He was a producer, known for Germany Pale Mother (1980) and Der Findling (1967). He died on 20 May 2003 in Berlin, Germany.
- Don Latorre was born on 12 July 1914 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for Juvenile Court (1938). He died on 20 May 2003 in Pooler, Georgia, USA.