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Roger Moore will perhaps always be remembered as the man who replaced Sean Connery in the James Bond series, arguably something he never lived down.
Roger George Moore was born on October 14, 1927 in Stockwell, London, England, the son of Lillian (Pope) and George Alfred Moore, a policeman. His mother was born in Calcutta, India, to a British family. Roger first wanted to be an artist, but got into films full time after becoming an extra in the late 1940s. He came to the United States in 1953. Suave, extremely handsome, and an excellent actor, he received a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. His initial foray met with mixed success, with movies like Diane (1956) and Interrupted Melody (1955), as well as The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954).
Moore went into television in the 1950s on series such as Ivanhoe (1958) and The Alaskans (1959), but probably received the most recognition from Maverick (1957), as cousin Beau. He received his big breakthrough, at least internationally, as The Saint (1962). The series made him a superstar and he became very successful thereafter. Moore ended his run as the Saint, and was one of the premier stars of the world, but he was not catching on in America. In an attempt to change this, he agreed to star with Tony Curtis on ITC's The Persuaders! (1971), but although hugely popular in Europe, it did not catch on in the United States and was canceled. Just prior to making the series, he starred in The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970), which proved there was far more to Moore than the light-hearted roles he had previously accepted.
He was next offered and accepted the role of James Bond, and once audiences got used to the change of style from Connery's portrayal, they also accepted him. Live and Let Die (1973), his first Bond movie, grossed more outside of America than Diamonds Are Forever (1971); Connery's last outing as James Bond. He went on to star in another six Bond films, before bowing out after A View to a Kill (1985). He was age 57 at the time the film was made and was looking a little too old for Bond - it was possibly one film too many. In between times, there had been more success with appearances in films such as That Lucky Touch (1975), Shout at the Devil (1976), The Wild Geese (1978), Escape to Athena (1979) and North Sea Hijack (1980).
Despite his fame from the Bond films and many others, the United States never completely took to him until he starred in The Cannonball Run (1981) alongside Burt Reynolds, a success there. After relinquishing his role as Bond, his work load tended to diminish a little, though he did star in the American box office flop Feuer, Eis & Dynamit (1990), as well as the comedy Bullseye! (1990), with Michael Caine. He did the overlooked comedy Bed & Breakfast (1991), as well as the television movie The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1994), and then the major Jean-Claude Van Damme flop The Quest (1996). Moore then took second rate roles such as Spice World (1997), and the American television series The Dream Team (1999). Although his film work slowed down, he was still in the public eye, be it appearing on television chat shows or hosting documentaries.
Roger Moore was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire on December 31, 1998 in the New Years Honours for services to UNICEF, and was promoted to Knight Commander of the same order on June 14, 2003 in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to the charities UNICEF and Kiwanis International.
Roger Moore died of cancer on 23 May, 2017, in Switzerland. He was 89.- Actress
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Margot Kidder was born Margaret Ruth Kidder in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, to Jocelyn Mary "Jill" (Wilson), a history teacher from British Columbia, and Kendall Kidder, a New Mexico-born mining engineer and explosives expert. Margot was a delightful child who took pride in everything she did. At an early age, she became aware of the great emotions she felt towards expressing herself, and caught the acting bug. As a child, she wrote in a diary that she wanted to become a movie star, and that one day it would happen, but she had to overcome something else first. She was aware that she was constantly facing mood swings, but didn't know why. At odd times, she would try to kill herself - the first time was at age 14 - but the next day she would be just fine. Her father's hectic schedule and moving around so much didn't help matters, either, causing her to attend 11 schools in 12 years. Finally, in an attempt to help Margot with her troubles, her parents sent" her to a boarding school, where she took part in school plays, such as Romeo and Juliet", in which she played the lead.
After graduation, Margot moved to Los Angeles to start a film career. She found herself dealing with a lot of prejudice, and hotheads, but later found solace with a Canadian agent. This was when she got her first acting job, in the Norman Jewison film Gaily, Gaily (1969). This led to another starring role in Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970), in which she co-starred with Gene Wilder. After some harsh words from the film's director, Margot temporarily left films to study acting in New York, doing television work to pay her bills, but when the money ran out, she decided it was time to make a second try at acting. When she arrived in Hollywood she met up at a screen test with actress Jennifer Salt, resulting in a friendship that still stands strong today. Margot and Jennifer moved into a lofty beach house and befriended other, then unknown, struggling filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma, Steven Spielberg and Susan Sarandon, among others. Late nights would see the hot, happening youngsters up until all hours talking around a fire about how they were all going to change the film industry. It was crazy living and within the Christmas season, Margot had become involved with De Palma, and as a Christmas present he gave her the script to his upcoming film Sisters (1972). Margot and Salt both had the leads in the film, and it was a huge critical success.
The film made branded Margot as a major talent, and in the following years she starred in a string of critically acclaimed pictures, such as Black Christmas (1974), The Great Waldo Pepper (1975), 92 in the Shade (1975) - directed by Thomas McGuane, who was also her husband for a brief period - and a somewhat prophetic tale of self-resurrection, The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975).
After three years of being a housewife, looking after her daughter Maggie and not working, Margot decided it was time to let her emotions take control and get back into acting. Once her marriage to McGuane was over, she eyed a script that would change her life forever. Her new agent referred her to a little-known director named Richard Donner. He was going to be directing a film called Superman (1978), and she auditioned for and secured the leading female role of Lois Lane. That film and Superman II (1980) filmed simultaneously. After the success of "Superman" she took on more intense roles, such as The Amityville Horror (1979) and Willie & Phil (1980). After that, Margot starred in numerous films, television and theater work throughout the 1980s, including Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987). When the 1990s erupted with the Gulf War, Margot found herself becoming involved in politics. She made a stir in the biz when she spoke out against the military for their actions in Kuwait. She also appeared in a cameo in Donner's Maverick (1994).
In 1996, as she was preparing to write her autobiography, she began to become more and more paranoid. When her computer became infected with a virus, this gave her paranoia full rein, and she sank into bipolar disorder. She panicked, and the resulting psychological problems she created for herself resulted in her fantasizing that her first husband was going to kill her, so she left her home and faked her death, physically altering her appearance in the process. After an intervention took place, she got back on her feet and started the mental wellness campaign. Since then, she resumed her career in film, television, and theatre, including appearing in a Canadian stage production of "The Vagina Monologues", and in films like The Clown at Midnight (1998).
Margot died on May 13, 2018, in Livingston, Montana.- Actor
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Hoyt Axton was born on 25 March 1938 in Duncan, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Gremlins (1984), Forrest Gump (1994) and Easy Rider (1969). He was married to Deborah Renee Hawkins, Donna "Bambi" Roberts, Kathryn Ruth Hall and Mary Lou Moffatt. He died on 26 October 1999 in Victor, Montana, USA.- Actor
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Steve was born and raised on the Blackfeet Reservation in Browning, Montana. Son of Curley and Lila Reevis, he is the 4th of 6 siblings. He graduated from Flandreau High School and attended Haskell Indian Junior College in Lawrence, Kansas where he received a degree in arts. After junior college, he left the reservation in Montana to try to begin an acting career in Los Angeles. He lived on the beach in his car, a 1971 Ford Torino, for many months before he began to have a more steady income. He and his wife Macile, an artist and clothing designer, have three children.
In 1996 Steve received an award from First Americans in the Arts (FAITA) for his supporting roles in both the critically acclaimed movie Fargo and in the made for television movie Crazy Horse. In 2004 he repeated this honor for his work on the ABC series Line of Fire.- A familiar face to movie audiences in the 1950s, James Anderson's rugged and somewhat sinister good looks made him a natural for westerns, and he appeared in many of them over the years, often as a gunman or hired killer but occasionally as a storekeeper or grizzled frontier scout. He turned in a very good performance as one of the survivors of a nuclear attack in Five (1951) and another as a redneck farmer in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), but it's for his western roles in films and on TV that Anderson is best known.
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Dominick Brascia was born on 6 April 1957 in Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985), Evil Laugh (1986) and Hard Rock Nightmare (1988). He died on 26 November 2018 in Bozeman, Montana, USA.- Actress
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Marion Marshall was born on 8 June 1929 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for I Was a Male War Bride (1949), Sailor Beware (1952) and That's My Boy (1951). She was married to Robert Wagner, Stanley Donen and Allen M. Davey. She died on 24 September 2018 in Missoula, Montana, USA.- Actress
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American child actress of the 1950s, on screen from the age of three. Judy Nugent was the daughter of MGM prop man Carl Nugent and his wife Lucille Jane Redd (1916-2004), also a former child actress (in early Our Gang comedies) who later worked as a theatrical agent and was stage mother to her daughters (Carol Nugent, Judy's older sister, who also in pictures).
Judy was barely glimpsed in tiny movie bit parts until she made her breakthrough in the role of Donna in The Ruggles (1949). The first family sitcom to air on television was broadcast live on ABC. After the show had run its course, Judy appeared in episodes of The Lone Ranger (1949) and (as a blind girl) in Adventures of Superman (1952). She played another blind girl in Annie Oakley (1954), was one of the kids of Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954) and rode donkeys in episodes of Sugarfoot (1957) and Rawhide (1959). Her personal favorite role was in the romantic melodrama Magnificent Obsession (1954) (as a teen named Judy), which starred Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman. A chance encounter with Cary Grant on the Universal lot prompted the actor to use his famous line "Judy, Judy, Judy".
Later roles included Annette Funicello's outsider Jet Maypen in Annette (1958) and The Mickey Mouse Club (1955) and guest spots in 77 Sunset Strip (1958) and The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959). She had a lengthy hiatus from acting after 1962 (following her marriage to western actor Buck Taylor) but made a brief return to the screen as a stunt rider and body double for Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1980), shot on location in Durango, Mexico.
A self-confessed country girl and tomboy, Judy Nugent lived on her Montana ranch until her death on October 26 at the age of 83.- Joseph Cure was born on 10 December 1983 in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for Miracle (2004). He died on 8 November 2015 in Ennis, Montana, USA.
- Jim Burk was born on 14 November 1932 in Newhall, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Tango & Cash (1989) and 2010 (1984). He died on 10 March 2009 in Darby, Montana, USA.
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Adam C. Taylor was born on 7 June 1966 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an assistant director, known for Far and Away (1992), Tombstone (1993) and Leprechaun (1992). He was married to Anne Lockhart. He died on 4 June 1994 in Ennis, Montana, USA.- Actress
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Diana Van der Vlis was born on 9 June 1935 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963), The Swimmer (1968) and The DuPont Show of the Month (1957). She was married to Roger Donald. She died on 22 October 2001 in Missoula, Montana, USA.- Actor
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Ian MacDonald was born on 28 June 1914 in Great Falls, Montana, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for High Noon (1952), Apache (1954) and The Silver Star (1955). He was married to Shirley Ray Kannegaard and Julia Edith King. He died on 11 April 1978 in Bozeman, Montana, USA.- Music Department
Marc McKerrow was born on 31 March 1966 in Tacoma, Washington, USA. He is known for Prodigal Sons (2008) and Searching for Orson (2006). He died on 18 June 2010 in Montana, USA.- Larry Delaney was born on 24 September 1938 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. He was an actor, known for Westworld (1973), Emergency! (1972) and The Six Million Dollar Man (1974). He was married to Arlene Golonka. He died on 11 October 2015 in Whitefish, Montana, USA.
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Cinematographer Andrew Laszlo was born on January 12, 1926 in Papa, Hungary. Laszlo started out as a camera apprentice at the Motion Picture Studios of Budapest when World War II began. Andrew and his family were sent to a Nazi concentration camp; he was the sole member of his family to survive this. Laszlo immigrated to America in 1947 and worked as a freelance still photographer. He was drafted into the U.S. Army and served in the Signal Corps as a combat photographer during the Korean War. After working for a producer of industrial films in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Andrew began to work in television in the mid 50s; he was initially a camera operator for "The Phil Silvers Show" and later a director of photography for the TV series "Naked City" and "Coronet Blue." He shot his first theatrical feature "One Potatoe, Two Potatoe" in 1964. Among the other notable movies Laszlo worked as a cinematographer on are "You're a Big Boy Now," "The Night They Raided Minsky's," "The Out of Towners," "The Warriors" (this was the first of three motion pictures he shot for Walter Hill), "The Funhouse," "First Blood," "Innerspace," and "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier." He received Emmy Award nominations for his work on "Man With a Country" in 1973 and "Shogun" in 1980. Outside of his film and television program work, Laszlo also shot TV commercials for such top advertisers as Kodak, Sprint, Budweiser, Chevrolet, and American Express. Moreover, Andrew wrote several books that include his autobiography "Footnote to History" which was published in 2002. In addition, Laszlo taught cinematography at workshops, seminars, and universities. Andrew died at age 85 at his home in Bozeman, Montana on October 7, 2011; he was survived by his wife Ann; three sons and a daughter; and five grandchildren.- Arnold Richardson was born on 23 February 1914 in Maine, USA. He was an actor, known for A River Runs Through It (1992). He was married to Frances. He died on 6 December 2010 in Townsend, Montana, USA.
- William Hjortsberg was born on 23 February 1941 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Legend (1985), Angel Heart (1987) and Thunder and Lightning (1977). He was married to Margaret Jane Camp, Sharon Leroy and Marian Souidee Renken. He died on 22 April 2017 in Livingston, Montana, USA.
- Virginia Wood was born on 30 September 1930 in Port Angeles, Washington, USA. She was an actress, known for The Destructors (1968), A Man Called Dagger (1968) and A Guide for the Married Man (1967). She was married to Clarence Carlat. She died on 28 April 2008 in Kalispell, Montana, USA.
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Chet Huntley, a native of Bozeman, Montana, worked for Movietone News and then CBS radio in Los Angeles, as well as NBC TV in Los Angeles. His big break came when he moderated NBC coverage of the 1956 political conventions, when he was paired with former UPI reporter David Brinkley. This partnership led to the Huntley-Brinkley report, the NBC nightly newscast which ran weeknights on NBC until 1970. Chet also participated in historical events, such as November 22, 1963, when, along with stunned colleagues Bill Ryan and Frank McGee, he brought to NBC viewers live coverage and instant analysis of the events surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Chet later, after Huntley-Brinkley went off the air, became a spokesman for American Airlines and started his own Montana resort. He passed away in 1974, not long after his colleague Frank McGee.- Jim Baker was born on 12 July 1941 in Great Falls, Montana, USA. He was an actor, known for Flo (1980), The Dukes of Hazzard (1979) and Simon & Simon (1981). He died on 24 February 2014 in Conrad, Montana, USA.
- Darrell Ward was born on 13 August 1964 in Montana, USA. He died on 28 August 2016 in Montana, USA.
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R.J. Parnell was born on 13 August 1951 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Saving for the Day (2023) and Un (pequeño) Paseo por Japón (2017). He died on 1 May 2022 in Missoula, Montana, USA.- A graduate of the University of Montana, Dorothy Marie Johnson left her widowed mother in Whitefish, Montana and moved to New York City, where she worked as a writer and an editor of women's magazines. In 1950, she returned to Whitefish and edited the local paper for three years; she then joined the faculty of the University of Montana School of Journalism. She subsequently published seventeen books and fifty-two short stories, all primarily about the American West.
- Michael Stearns was born on 18 June 1940 in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. He was an actor, known for The Amityville Horror (1979) and Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973). He was married to Janet L Stearns. He died on 3 October 2007 in Olney, Montana, USA.