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Ham -Han Run, Bananas, Save the Tiger, Kotch, The Way We Were Francisco Actors Workshop 1965-66, Pittsburgh Playhouse (Oscars for original score and song), The Sting (Oscar for 1966-67. Obie for dir. Midsummer Night's Dream, NY 1968. adaptation), The Spy Who Loved Me, Same Time Next Year, Nominated for AA for short, Sticky My Fingers, Fleet My Feet. Ice Castles, Chapter Two, Seems Like Old Times, Starting PICTURES: Let's Scare Jessica to Death, Bang the Drum Over, Ordinary People, The Fan, Sophie& Choice, I Ought to Slowly, Baby Blue Marine, California Dreaming, Weeds (also Be in Pictures, Romantic Comedy, D.A.R.Y.L., Three Men co-s.p.), Prancer. and a Baby, Little Nikita, The January Man, The Experts. TELEVISION: The Twilight Zone (1986), Hill Street Blues. TELEVISION: Series: Good Morning, America (theme), Brooklyn Bridge. Movies: The Entertainer (also prod.); A HAND, BETHLYN J.: Executive. b. Alton, IL. e. U. of Texas. Streetcar Named Desire; The Two Mrs. Grenvilles, Women & Entered motion picture industry in 1966 as administrative Men: Stories of Seduction, Switched at Birth. assistant to president of Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. In 1975 became associate director of advertis- HAMMOND, PETER: Actor, Writer, Director. b. London, Eng., ing administration of MPAA. In 1976 became director of Nov. 15, 1923. e. Harrow Sch. of Art. Stage debut: Landslide, advertising administration; in 1979 became; v.p.-west coast Westminster Theatre. Screen debut: Holiday Camp. activities, board of directors, Los Angeles. S.P.C.A. 1981, PICTURES: The Huggetts, Hefter Skelter, Fools Rush In, appointed by Governor to Calif. Motion Picture Council 1983, The Reluctant Widow, Fly Away Peter, The Adventurers, elected vice chmn., California Motion Picture Council. 1990, Operation Disaster, Come Back, Peter, Little Lambs Eat Ivy, named sr. v.p. MPAA. Its Never Too Late, The Unknown, Morning Departure, HANDEL, LEO A.: Producer. b. Vienna. Dir. audience research, Confession, dir.: Spring and Port Wine. MGM, 1942-51; Meteor Prod., 1951; Leo TELEVISION: William Tell, Robin Hood, The Buccaneers organized organized A. Handel Prod., for TV films, 1953; author, Hollywood Looks series. 1959-61. writ., dir. TV plays. Dir.: Avengers, 4 at Its Audience, also TV plays; pres., Handel Film Corp. Exec. Armchair Theatres, Theatre 625, BBC classic serials Count prod. & v.p., Four Crown Prods., Inc. Prod. -writer -dir., feature of Monte Cristo, Three Musketeers, Hereward the Wake, film, The Patty 1961; A Treasure Island, Lord Raingo, Cold Comfort Farm, The White Case of Smith, book, Dog Named Duke, 1965. Rabbit, Out of the Unknown, Follyfoot; Lukas Kingdom, Time TELEVISION: prod. TV series including Everyday Adven- to Think, Franklin's Farm, Sea Song, Shades of Greene, Our tures, Magic the Atom. Phantom Planet, Mutual Friend, The House that Jack Built, The King of the of exec. prod., Americana Age of the Atom; - Castle, The Black Knight, Kilvert's Diary, Turgenev's Liza, Series, Specials, Sweden Vikings Now Style, Benjamin Franklin, The Mexican Ameri- Wuthering Heights, Funnyman, Little World of Don Camillo, can Heritage and Destiny, The American Indian, Police Dog, Rumpole of the Bailey, Bring on the Girls, Hallelujah Mary Art in America (10 half-hour films), Stress -Distress, Plum, Aubrey Beardsley, The Happy Autumn Fields, The Computer and You, Thailand, The Philippines, Germ Wars, Measuring Combination, Tales of the Unexpected, The Glory Hole, The Things, Safety for Seniors, The Dropouts; Singapore- Hard Word, Shades of Darkness-The Maze, The Blue Crossroad of the Orient, Black American Odyssey, Puerto Dress. Rico-Progress in the Caribbean, Nuclear Power Production HAMNER, EARL: Producer, Writer. b. Schuyler, VA, July 10, 1923. (1988), Trees and Our Environment, Trees and Their Anat- e. U. of Richmond 1940-43, Northwestern U.; U of Cincinnati, omy, Water: The Eternal Cycle, Food Safety, Malaysia, Food Coll. Conservatory of Music, B.F.A., 1958. With WLW, Cincin- Safety, Recycle Me!, The Five Food Groups. nati, radio -producer; joined NBC 1949 as writer as writer HANKS, TOM: Actor. b. Concord, CA, July 9, 1956. m. actress (The Georgia Gibbs Show, The Helen O'Connell Show) Rita Wilson. Traveled around Northern CA. with family before writer, prod. Prods. 1971-86 freelance 1961-71; Lorimar settling in Oakland, CA. e. Chabot Jr. Coll. California State U. writer prod. Taft Ent. 1986-; Pres. Amanda Prods. Began career with Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, Cleve- PICTURES: Palm Springs Weekend, Spencer's Mountain, land (3 seasons) and NY's Riverside Theater (Taming of the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Tamarind Seed, Charlotte's Shrew). Web (adaptor), Where the Lilies Bloom. PICTURES: He Knows You're Alone (debut, 1980), Splash, TELEVISION: Exec. prod.: Series: The Waltons (creator, Bachelor Party, The Man with One Red Shoe, Volunteers, The Young Pi- co -prod., narrator), Apple's Way (creator), The Money Pit, Nothing in Common, Every Time We Say oneers (creator); Joshua's World, Falcon Crest; Boone (also Goodbye, Dragnet, Big, Punchline, The 'Burbs, Turner and creator), Morning (also narrator), Movies: Star/Evening Star Hooch, Joe Versus the Volcano, The Bonfire of the Vanities, The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (s.p. only), You Can't Radio Flyer (unbilled), A League of Their Own, Sleepless in Get There From Here (s.p. only), A Wedding on Walton's Seattle. Mountain; Mother's Day on Walton's Mountain, A Day of TELEVISION: Series: Bosom Buddies. Guest The Love Thanks on Walton's Mountain (exec. prod. actor), The Gift of Boat, Taxi, Happy Days, Family Ties, Saturday Night Live, Love-A Christmas Story (exec. prod., s.p.). Tales From the Crypt (None but the Lonely Heart; also dir.). Movie: Rona Jaffe's Mazes and Monsters. HAMPSHIRE, SUSAN: Actress. b. London, Eng., May 12, 1941. STAGE: Expresso Bongo, Follow That Girl, Fairy Tales of HANNA, WILLIAM: Executive. b. Melrose, NM, July 14, 1911. e. New York, Ginger Man, Past Imperfect, She Stoops to Compton Coll. Studied engineering and journalism. Joined Conquer, On Approval, The Sleeping Prince, A Doll's House, firm in CA as structural engineer; turned to cartooning with Taming of the Shrew, Peter Pan, Romeo & Jeanette, As You Leon Schlessinger's company in Hollywood. In 1937 hired by Like It, Miss Julie, The Circle, Arms and the Man, Man and MGM as director and story man in cartoon dept. There met Superman, Tribades, An Audience Called Edward, The Joseph R. Barbera and created famous cartoon series Tom & Crucifer of Blood, Night and Day, The Revolt, House Guest, Jerry, continuing to produce it from 1938 to 1957. Left MGM in Blithe pirit, Married Night ic, The King I. 1957 to form Hanna -Barbera Productions to make cartoons AAnndrome The Fo sytega, VanityaFair, for TV. Series have included Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Katy, TheSnd First Churchills; An Ideal Husband, The Lady Is a The Flintstones, The Jetsons. Hanna -Barbera became a Liar, The Improbable Mr. Clayville, musical version of Dr. subsidiary of Taft Broadcasting Co. in 1968 with both men Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Pallisers, Barchester Chronicles, operating studio under long-term agreements with Taft (which Leaving, Leaving II, Going to Pot I, II, and Ill. became Great American Broadcasting, 1987). Hanna is sr. PICTURES: The Three Lives of Thomasina, Night Must v.p. of Hanna -Barbera Productions. Company entered theatri- Fall, Wonderful Life, Paris Au Mois d'Aout, The Fighting cal production with Loopy De Loop in 1960, Hey There Prince of Donegal, The Trygon Factor, Monte Carlo or Bust, It's Yogi Bear, Man Called Flintstone, Charlotte's Web, Rogan, David Copperfield, A Room in Paris, Living Free, C.H.O.M.P.S., Heidi's Song. Time for Loving, Malpertius, Battled, Neither the Sea nor the Sand, Roses and Green Peppers, David the King, Bang. HANNAH, DARYL: Actress. b. Chicago, IL, 1960. Niece of cinematographer Haskell Wexler. e. UCLA. Studied ballet HAMPTON, JAMES: Actor. b. Oklahoma City, OK, July 9, 1936. e. with Maria Tallchief. Studied with Stella Adler. N. Tx. St. Univ. PICTURES: The Fury (debut, 1978), The Final Terror, Hard TELEVISION: Series: F Troop, The Doris Day Show, Country, Blade Runner, Summer Lovers, Reckless, Splash, Love-American Style, Mary, Maggie. Movies: Attack on The Pope of Greenwich Village, Clan of the Cave Bear, Legal Terror: The FBI Versus the Ku Klux Klan, Force Five, The Eagles, Roxanne, Wall Street, High Spirits, Crimes and Amazing Howard Hughes, Three on a Date, Thaddeus Rose Misdemeanors, Steel Magnolias, Crazy People, At Play in the and Eddie, Stand By Your Man, Through the Magic Pyramid, Fields of the Lord, Memoirs of an Invisible Man. World War Ill, The Burning Bed. Mini -Series: Centennial. TELEVISION: Movie: Paper Dolls. PICTURES: Fade In, Soldier Blue, The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, The Longest Yard, W.W. & The Dixie Dance - HANNEMANN, WALTER A.: Film editor. b. Atlanta, GA, May 2, kings, Hustle, Hawmps!, The Cat from Outer Space, Mackin- 1914. e. U. of Southern California, 1935. Editorial training, tosh & T.J., The China Syndrome, Hangar 18, Condorman, RKO 1936-40; edit. supvr, Universal, 1941-42; consultant Teen Wolf, Teen Wolf Too, Police Academy 5, Pump Up the 1970-75 national educational media. Bd. of Goys., TV Volume. Academy (2 terms, 1960 & 1970); bd. of goys., Acad of M.P. Arts and Sciences. 1983-86; board of dir., m.p. film editors, HANCOCK, JOHN: Director. b. Kansas City, MO, Feb. 12, 1939. e. 1944-48, 1981-88. Harvard. Was musician and theatre director before turning to PICTURES: Interval, The Revengers, Dream of Kings, films. Dir. play A Man's a Man, NY 1962. Artistic dir. San Guns of the Magnificent Seven, East of Java, Pay or Die, Al 144 .