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Talented, prolific and versatile voice and character actor Walker Edmiston had a remarkable career in radio, movies and television that spanned over five decades. Walker was born on February 6, 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri. Edmiston discovered at an early age that he could perfectly mimic other people's voices; he used to entertain his family with his vocal impression of Lionel Barrymore. After World War II ended Walker went to Los Angeles to study acting at the Pasadena Playhouse. Edmiston was introduced to animation producer Walter Lantz while performing in a play. This in turn lead to his first steady job doing various incidental voices on the children's show "Time for Beany." In the 50s and 60s he hosted "The Walker Edmiston Show," a children's TV program broadcast in Los Angeles which featured puppets of Edmiston's own creation that included Kingsley the Lion and Ravenswood the Buzzard. Walker worked often for Saturday morning TV series creators Sid and Marty Krofft; he supplied the voices of Sparky the Firefly on "The Bugaloos," Dr. Blinkey and Orson the Vulture on "H.R. Puffnstuf," and Big Daddy Ooze on "Sigmund and the Sea Monsters." Moreover, Edmiston portrayed a crazy old Civil War prospector on "Land of the Lost" and had a recurring role as token benevolent and intelligent Sleestak Enik. He provided the scary grunts and growls for the ferocious Zuni fetish doll in the final and most frightening segment of the made-for-TV horror anthology "Trilogy of Terror." Walker did the voice of Inferno for the "Transformers" cartoon show. For twenty years Edmiston was the voice of both beloved "nice guy" Tom Riley and the notorious Bart Rathbone on the popular radio program "Adventures in Odyssey." In addition, Walker was the voice of Ernie the Keebler Elf in countless TV commercials for ten years. Among the TV shows he had guest spots on are "Maverick," "Thriller," "The Virginian," "Green Acres," "Get Smart," "Star Trek," "The Wild, Wild West," "Bonanza," "Mission: Impossible," "Gunsmoke," "Fantasy Island," "The Waltons," "Little House on the Prairie," "The Dukes of Hazzard," "Falcon Crest," and "Knots Landing." He appeared on several records with Spike Jones, looped actor's voices on numerous films (one of these jobs was doing the off-camera lines for Orson Welles in "Start the Revolution Without Me"), and even supplied many different voices on all five "Planet of the Apes" pictures (he's the voice of the talking baby chimp in "Escape from the Planet of the Apes"). Walker Edmiston died from complications from cancer at age 81 on February 15, 2007.- Daniel McDonald was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the youngest of seven siblings. A life member of the Actors Studio, he has also studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, with Paul Curtis of the American Mime Company, and with famed acting teacher Sanford Meisner. Active on television and on stage, he married Mujah Maraini-Melehi in 1999. Daniel McDonald died on February 15, 2007, aged 46, from brain cancer.
- Leonard Gaines was born on 13 October 1922 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), Lionheart (1990) and Scent of a Woman (1992). He died on 15 February 2007 in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Mark Hammer was born on 28 April 1937 in San Jose, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Meet the Parents (2000), Being There (1979) and It Runs in the Family (2003). He was married to Carolyn Swift Jones and Edna Joyce Clark. He died on 15 February 2007 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA.
- Music Department
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Academy Award-winning songwriter ("Buttons and Bows" [1948], "Mona Lisa" [1950], "Que Sera Sera" [1956]), composer, author, musician and publisher, educated at the Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania. He began his career in the college dance orchestra, then played in local night clubs and cruise ships. He wrote special material for Olsen and Johnson, then went to Hollywood and was signed to a contract with Paramount in 1945-46, and then became a freelancer. His Broadway stage scores include "Oh Captain!" and "Let It Ride". He has written special material for television and night club acts, including those of Betty Hutton, Cyd Charisse and Mitzi Gaynor. With his partner, Jay Livingston (who also was his chief musical collaborator), he owned a music-publishing firm. Other musical collaborators included Henry Mancini, Max Steiner and Victor Young.
Joining ASCAP in 1945, his popular-song compositions include "Silver Bells", "G'bye Now", "Stuff Like That There", "A Square in the Social Circle", "My Love Loves Me", "A Thousand Violins", "I'll Always Love You", "Misto Cristofo Columbo", "Love Him", "The Ruby and the Pearl", "Haven't Got a Worry", "Never Let Me Go", "As I Love You", "Let Me Be Loved", "You're So Right for Me", "Surprise", "The Morning Music of Montmartre", "Marshmallow Moon", "My Beloved", "Angel Town", "All the Time", "Almost in Your Arms", "Dreamsville", "Warm and Willing", "Just an Honest Mistake", "His Own Little Island", "Love, Let Me Know" and "On My Way".- Additional Crew
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- Producer
Bunny Reuben was a writer and producer, known for Deewaar (1975), Trishul (1978) and Thalapathi (1991). Bunny died on 15 February 2007 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.- Robert Florea was born on 29 January 1918 in New York, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Quincy M.E. (1976), Barnaby Jones (1973) and Lucan (1977). He died on 15 February 2007 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Enzo Consoli was born on 19 July 1939 in Catania, Sicily, Italy. He was an actor, known for Operation Kid Brother (1967), La polizia sta a guardare (1973) and Spies Strike Silently (1966). He died on 15 February 2007 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Actor
- Writer
Lars Orup was born on 2 October 1918. He was an actor and writer, known for SOPOR (1981), Semlons gröna dalar (1977) and Korset (1985). He died on 15 February 2007 in Lindesberg, Örebro Län, Sweden.