Ash-Aum ASHER ROBERT: Director

Ash-Aum ASHER ROBERT: Director. b. London, England. Ent. Corp.; subsequently writer, dir., prod., mgr., assoc. proa. motion picture ind. 1934 as first asst. dir. at Denham and at Chas. Rogers Prod., Majestic Pictures RHO, etc.; Pinewood Studios. Became a dir. in 1959 with Follow served as CoL U. S. Army Air Forces, World War II; org. a Star and has since directed Make Mine Mink, The with Glendon Allvine, serving as ores., Medallion Pictures Bulldog Breed. 1961 Co. prod, with brother Jack, She'll 1947; org. In 1949: Mid -Continent Pictures Corp. (exec. Have to Go. (also dir.) vice -prey.); Utah Prod. & Location Co.; Utah M. P. Studios. Member: Screen Directors' Guild. ASHERSON, RENEE: Actress. b. London, Eng., e. Gerrarda Cross, Eng. On the stage in rep. Birmingham. Lon- ATTENBOROUGH, DAVID: TV producer. b. London, don screen debut 1944 in Henry V. Recent pictures: Way May 9, 1928; e. Wyggeston School, Leicester; Clare College, to the Stare, Once a Jolly Swagman, Small Back Room, Cambridge; early career, editor In educational publishing Cure for Love. Pool of London, Malta Story. Red Dress. house; ent. BBC TV Sept., 1952. Prod. Zoo Quest series, The Day The Earth Caught Fie. Travellers Tales and other prog., travel, exploration and TV: The Red Dress. Recent TV: The Man Who Could anthropology. Find Things, At Home, Door of Opportunity, Balance of ATTENBOROUGH, RICHARD: Actor, b. Cambridge. Her Mind, Life With Father, Black Limelight. Eng., Aug. 29, 1923; e. Royal Acad. Dram. Art; m. Sheila Sim, actress. London stage debut in Ah, Wilderness. 1942, ASHLEY, JOHN: Actor. r.n. John Atchley. b. Kansas also in Awake and Sing, Little Foxes, Brighthon Rock. Tin City, Mo., Dec. 25. 1934; e. Oklahoma State U., BA Way Back (1949); To Dorothy a Son (1950-51); Sweet 1956. Career started In Tulsa Little Theatre, 1956; screen Madness, The Mouse Trap (1952-54), Double Imago 1956- debut, 1957, Dragster Girl; later: Motorcycle Gang, Sui- 57. Screen debut 1941, In Which We Serve, British Top Ten cide Battalion; TV appearances Inc.: Men of Annapolis. Money -Maker, 1949. Sheriff of Cochise, Frontier Doctor; Matinee Theatre, Jef- Pictures Include: Journey Together, Man Within, The ferson Drum. Smugglen, Stairway to Heaven, School for Secrets (Secret ASHMANN, MAUREY L.: Executive. b. New York, N. Flight), Matter of Life and Death. Dancing With Crime, Brighton Rock (Young Scartate), London Belongs to Me Y., June 22, 1908. e. Columbia U., 1929. Worked for adv. De- agency, then Joined Fox Metropolitan Circuit; supervisor. (Dulcimer Street), Guinea Pig, Lost People, Morning Interboro Circuit, 1935, then zone mgr., gen. mgr. and dir. parture (Operation Disaster). Hell Is Sold Out, Gift Horse of adv. and pub.; now pres.. Television Film Art Service (Glory at Sea), Father's Doing Fine, Eight O'Clock Walk, Inc.; awarded American Legion Americanism Award. VFW The Ship That Died of Shame, Private's Progress, Baby Medal for Outstanding Citizenship, Jewish War Veterans and the Battleship, Brothers In Law, The Scamp, Dunkirk, Americanism Award; originator of I Am an American Day; Sea of Sand. Danger Within, I'm All Right Jack. Jet - ores.. Fla. Display Guild; Chief Barker, Variety Tent #38. storm. The League of Gentlemen. co -prod.. The Angry Off -Street Parking Authority, churn., Miami; Hosp. Ad- Silence, Only Two Can Play, All Night Long. Formed visory Bd., Better Bus. Bureau; Cham. of Commerce; Beaver Filme Ltd. with Bryan Forbes and prod., Whistle Kiwanis Club Dir. Southern Advisory Board member, Down The Wind. Southern Assoc, of Manufacturers member. ATTERBURY, MALCOLM Actor, b. Philadelphia, Pa.. Feb. 20, 1907. e. Hill School, Pa. Radio editor, Phila. ASHWOOD, TERRY: Producer. b. London, England, 1911. Ledger Joined Pathe as newsreel war correspondent, 1940; chief Ledger; prog. mgr. gen. mgr., performer, Phila. radio station, WCAU, 7 yrs. ; concert, vaudeville, Schubert cameraman, A.B-Pathe, 1944; features editor Pathe Pic- Playhouse, 2 torial 1945; prod. 1948; assoc. Prod. 1948-55; Exec. prod. musicals 7 yrs. ; bought, operated, Tamarack yrs. ; bought Capitol Theo_ Albany; conducted theatre semi- iv charge Production Division 1957; gen. mgr. prod. div., nars, Skidmore, R.P.I., Vassar. 1958, TV: Hallmark Hall of Fame, Lux Video Thee., Playhouse ASKEY, ARTHUR: Actor. b. Liverpool, Eng., June 6, 90, Studio One, G. E. Theatre, Schlitz Playhouse, Readers 1900. e. Liverpool Inst. Experience In concert parties, vaude- Digest, Cheyenne, DuPont Theatre Perry Mason, Gun - ville, revue'. musical comedy, pantomime; starred In several smoke, 77 Sunset Strip. Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Ha- films Including Charley's Aunt, Ghost Train, The Love waiian Eye, Route 66, The Defenders, The Untouchables, Match. Ramabottom Ride, Again. and in BBC radio pro- 87th Precinct, Father of the Bride, many others. grams, notably Bank Wagon; TV with own series. Many Pictures: Dragnet, Storm Center, Crime in the Streets, command Performances. Reprisal, Crime of Passion, Toward the Unknown. No Time Recent Pictures: Make Mine a Million, Friends and for Sergeants, Rio Bravo, North by Northwest, Wild River, Neighbours. From the Terrace, Summer and Smoke, Advise and Consent, The Birds. ASQUITH, ANTHONY: Director. b. London, Eng.. 1902; son of late Earl of Oxford; e. Winchester; Oxford U. ATTWOOLL, HUGH: Producer. b. 1914. Ent. films 1928. Studied Hollywood film Ind., then to England as dir., 1927. Recent films: Greytriare Bobby Kidnapped, The Prince end Brit. pictures (silent) Include Shooting Stars, Underground, the Pauper, The Horsemasters, The Castaways. A Cottage In Dartmoor. ATWATER, GLADYS: Writer. Has written many m. p. Recent Pictures: We Die at Dawn, Demi -Paradise, nanny scripts; member of writing team with Robert Bren since By Gaslight, Way to the Stan, While the Sun Shines, The 1939; writings include: (collab. orig.) Man Who Found Winslow Boy, Woman In Question, (Five Angles on Himself; (collab. orig. story) Argentine Nights, Tint Yank Murder), Browning Version. The Importance of Being Into Tokyo, In Old California; (collab. a. p.) Criminal Earnest, The Net (Project M 7), Final Test, The Young Lawyer, Crashing Hollywood, This Marriage Business. Crime Loves (Chance Meeting), Carrington V.C., Orders to Kill, Ring. The Doctor's Dilemma. Libel, The Millionaires,; Two Recent Pictures: (collab. orig. story) El Paso; tonal). Living One Dead, Act of mere story, a. p., Great Sioux Uprising. Siege at Red River; collab. e. p.. Overland Pacific; collab. story, Naked Alibi, ASTAIRE. FRED.: Dancer, actor. b. Omaha, Neb.. MAY Treasure 10, 1900; e. at home; sister : Adele Astaire, dancer. of Pancho Villa; TV: Lone Wolf In Mexico, Brother -sister dance team formed 1907: vaudeville debut Stolen Train, Casey Jones series. 1908; Broadway shows include, Over the Top. Passing AUBREY, JAMES T.. JR.: Executive. b. La Salle, Ill., Show of 1918, Apple Blossoms, For Goodness Sakes, Lady Dec. 14, 1918. e. Princeton U.. 1941. m. Phyllis Theater. Be Good, Smiles, Funny Face, Gay Divorcee, Bandwagon; U. S. Air Force, 1941-45; salesman, Street and Smith, team dissolved 1932; m. p. debut in Dancing Lady 1933; voted Conde Nast Pub., 1946-47; account exec., KNX, Los An- Money -Making Star in Motion Picture Herald -Fame geles. 1948; account exec., KNXT, 1951; sales mgr., then Polls 1935-36-37; bd. chmn., Fred Astaire Dance Studios; gen. mgr., KNXT and CTPN, 1952, Man., netavork served with U. S. O. overseas World War II; pictures include: Flying Down to Rio, Gay Divorcee, Roberta, Top pros., Hollywood CBS -TV, 1958; V.P. programs and flat Swing Time. Carefree, Story of Vernon and Irene talent, ABC-TV. 1957; v. -p. CBS, 1958; exec. v.p. CBS - Castle, Holiday Inn, Sky's the Limit, Ziegfeld Follies, TV, 1959; pres. CBS -TV, 1959. Blue Skies, Easter Parade. Special Academy Award for AUER, JOHN H.: Producer, director. b. Budapest, "raising standards of all musicals," 1949. TV specials. Aug. 3. 1909; e. Commercial Acad. Vienna, Austria. Mem- Won 9 Emmy Awards, 1958 (An Evening with Fred ber Budapest Stork Exch. 1927; to U. S. 1929; aast. dir.. Astaire) 1959, Another Eve. with Fred Astaire; 1960 then dir. foreign versions Universal; prod-dlr. Paramus', Astaire Time. Chmn. of bd., Choreo Records; Alcoha Pre- 1930, 3 Spanish films; dir. & prod. REO; pictures include miere, 1962. Music In Manhattan. Pan American, 7 Days Ashore; prod., Recent Pictures: Barkley, of Broadway, Let's Dana, dir. Flame. Three Little Words, Royal Wedding. Belle of New York. Recent Pictures: (prod., dlr.) I, Jane Doe; Angel on the Band Wagon. Daddy Long Legs. Funny Face, Silk Stock- Amazon, Avengers, Hit Parade. Thunderbirds, City That ings, On the Beach, The Pleasure of His Company, Noto- Never Sleeps, Hell's Half Acre. The Eternal Sea, Johnny rious Landlady. Trouble. ASTOR MARY: Actress. r. n. Lucile V. Langhanke; b. B. Ohio Slide & May 3, 1906; e. Kenwood-Loring School (Chicago). Beauty AUGHINBAUGH, A.: Director (state) contest winner 1920; m. debut Film Exchange, Columbus. b, Dayton, Ky.. July 14. 1885. D. in "Beggar's Maid" 1920; & ache. & elsewhere, Philip- radio m. c. 234 yrs. ; on stage in: Among the Married, To- Teacher suet. Ohio including night at 8:30. Male Animal; pictures Include: (silent) Don pines, beginning 1905. Developed Interest in use of m, p. for Juan, Bright Shawl, Beau Brummel; (sound) Loot Squadron. edue while aunt. in P I. and later created facilities for such Jennie Gerhardt, Easy to Love, Man With Two Paces, Lteten ose In soh,. of Mingo, Ohio. In 1925 apptd. dir. Ohio educ. Darling, Dodsworth, Meet Me in St. Louis. Fiesta, Cynthia. dept. Slide á Film Exch., first state activity of kind In Casa Timberline, Desert 'fury. Act of Violence. Little U. 8. Prod. 24 travelog films on Ohio; lecturer & author mag. Women, Any Number Can Play. Kiss Before Dying, Re- articles on recorded visual communication, film exchange turn to Peyton Place. practices, etc.; pioneer in design of cylindrical projector shutter; Exchange classified u world's largest by Public ATKINS, THOMAS CARLYLE: Executive. b. Spring- Information Coin. of M. P. Ind field. Mass.; e. Tufts Coll. (civil eng.). Officer U. B. Marine Corp, World War I; entered m. p. ind. Selanick AUMONT, JEAN PIERRE: Actor. b. Paris: co. Conserva- Pictures 1919; org. with George Arthur, St. Regis Picture toire of Drama. Roles French stage and Elms. U. B. pic-