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French-American director, screenwriter, film journalist and actor Robert Florey was born in Paris on the 14th of September, 1900. Florey moved to America in […]
The English father of the horror film, author and broadcaster Denis Gifford, was born on the 26th of December, 1927. A hugely talented comic […]
Anton Diffring, the actor famous for playing evil Nazis throughout his career, was born on the 20th of October 1918. Depending on which source […]
French poet, novelist and dramatist Victor Marie Hugo was born on the 26th of February, 1802. One of France’s greatest and best known writers, […]
George De Sylla Zucco, the English character actor who became a stalwart of B-picture horror films, was born on the 11th of January, 1886. […]
American actor John Barrymore was born John Sidney Blyth on the 15th of February, 1882. Best known for his stage portrayal of Hamlet, his notable […]
English stage and screen actor William Claude Rains was born on the 10th of November, 1889 in Camberwell, London. Rains grew up with what […]
