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The 13th of June 1892 saw the birth of Philip St John Basil Rathbone, whose name would become synonymous in later years with elegant […]
English stage and screen actor William Claude Rains was born on the 10th of November, 1889 in Camberwell, London. Rains grew up with what […]
Daniel Radcliffe, English star of the hugely successful Harry Potter film franchise, and Hammer’s 2012 remake of The Woman in Black, was born Daniel […]
American film producer Max J Rosenberg, one half of Amicus productions, was born on the 13th of September, 1914, in The Bronx, New York […]
British character actor Michael Ripper, the Hammer stalwart who appeared in more of their films than any other actor, was born in Portsmouth, England, […]
Robert Oliver Reed was born in Wimbledon, England on the 13th of February, 1938, the grandson of RADA founder Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. He […]
Writer, researcher and filmmaker Ruth Rose, famous for her role as the screenwriter for King Kong (1933), was born on the 16th of January, […]
