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London. Singer, Boston Opera, Metropolitan Opera Co.. Ince productions. Pictures include "The Loot Battalion." 1917-22; actor, such productions as Wild Duck. Beyond Double Alibi, Fugitive From Justice, others. the Horizon," "Mourning Becomes Electra," The Eternal Recent Pictures: Captain Tugboat Annie, Jungle Captive, Road, "Outward Bound." Director of short producs., Fox The October Man. Film; associate editor, Fox Movietone News; European pro- duction editor, Fox Movietone News; Editor, Pathe Topics. CHANDLER GEORGE: Actor. b. Waukegan, In. June March of Time Industrial Div. In 1940, collaborated on 40, 1902; e. Ill. U. In vaudeville as "George Chandler animation "World in Flames," Par. the Musical Nut. In 1929 en screen in Tenderfoot Thrillers; pictures include: Pretty Baby, This Woman Is Dangerous, CHAMBERS, GORDON A.: b. Rochester, N. Y., May Meet Me at the Fair. Ham Christian Andersen, Island la 30, 1905; e. St. Lawrence U., B.Sc. 1926. Employed in the Sky, Rails into Laramie, High and the Mighty, Steel Eastman Kodak Co. continuously since graduation, in Cage, Apache Ambush, Girl Rush. Research Laboratories (Rochester) 1926-9, in m.p. film dept. (Hollywood) 1929-42; on leave for duty In U.S.N.R. CHANDLER, LANE: Actor. r. n. Lane Oakes. b. Culbert- 1942-5, disch. 1952; m.p. film dept. Rochester 1945, chief son, Mont.. June 4, 1899. Without previous acting experience. mgr m,p, film dept., 1960. appeared in number of silent prod. Pictures Include: Follow the Boys, Men on Her Mind. CHAM IE, ALFRED P.: Attorney, e. U.C.L.A.-A.B.. Saratoga Trunk, Casanova Brown, Great Mike, Laura, The Harvard Law School, L.L.B.; U. S. Army, WW II. Infan- Spider, Behind Green Lights. Pursued, Samson and Delilah. try, and Judge Advocate General's dept.; attorney, Assoc. San Francisco Story, Take Me to Town, Charge at Feather of Motion Picture Producers, asst. to Charles Boren, exec River, Border River, Return to Treasure Island. Prince of v.p., 1948; secy-treas. 1959, v.p., 1964; secy-treas. Cen- Players, Tall Man Riding. Creature With the Atom Brain. tral Casting. 1960; member of bd. of trustees Iad. Pen- Shotgun. Lone Ranger, Indian Fighter. sion Plan, 1953; Motion Picture Health & Welfare Fund; Producer -Writers Guild of America Pension Plan. Direc- CHANEY, LON, JR.: Actor. r. n. Creighton Chaney. b. tors Guild of American -Producers Pension Plan, Screen Oklahoma City, Okla., 1915; .on of late Lon Chaney, actor. Actors Guild -Producers Pension and Health and Welfare On screen from 1932; Captain Hurricane, Accent on Youth. Plans; Motion Picture Relief Fund, Wife, Doctor and Nurse Na.J James, Union Pacific, Of Mice and Men, North ,Weet Mounted Police. Too Many CHAMPION, A. BURT: Executive. b. St. Louis, Mo., Blondes, House of Frankenstein, Pillow of Death. Albu- May 11, 1914; e. Lake Forest Acad Blair Acad., Trinity querque, Sixteen Fathoms Deep. Captain China. Imlde Sch. Newspaper & radio prese rep.. U.A., 1932-41; gen. Straight, Only the Valiant. Once a Thief, High Noses, press rep.. Lynn Farnol Assoc.. 1941-42; press rep., Rivoli Behave Yourself. Flame of Araby, Thief of Dameaom, Theatre, N. Y., 1943; exploit rep., newspaper, radio & TV. Springfield Rifle, Black Castle, Lion Is in the Streets. Bey Paramount. 1943-53; pub. mgr., Paramount, 1954-59; acct. from Oklahoma. Jivers, Casanova's Big Night. Big Chase, exec. Robert Taplinger Assoc. 1959-63; publicity dir., Mil- Passion. Big House U. H. A., Silver Star. Not as linery Institute of America. Stranger, I Died a Thousand Times. Manflsh. Indian Fighter, Black Sleep, Indestructible Man, Witchcraft. CHAMPION, GOWER: Dancer, actor, dir, b. Geneva, Ill., June 22. e. Fairfax H. S., Los Angeles. Started as CHAPIN, SLOCUM: Executive. b. Quincy. Mass., May dancer, now teamed with Marge, wife. Cocoanut Grove, Am- 12. 1911; e. Dartmouth College. 1938. With Broadcast bassador Hotel, Los Angeles; team appeared nightclubs, Builders. Hanover, N. H.; sales prom., World Broadcast- Chicago & N. Y. (Persian & Rainbow Rooms); featured. ing System: sales exec.. WOC, Davenport, Ia.: sales mgr., Radio City Music Hall. Stage plays as team: Streets of WKBN, Youngstown, O.: gen. mgr.. we're. Stamford. Paris, 1939; Lady Comes Across, 1940; Count Me In, 1941. Conn.; network sales staff, ABC, 1942-48; east. TV sales U. S. Coast Guard, WW II transport duty; toured with mgr., ABC. 1948-51; v. -p. In charge M owned TV stations. musical revue, Tars & Spars. Screen debut, Till the Clouds ABC. 1951; sales vice -pros.. ABC-TV. 1954: V.P. client Roll By, 1946; Fame, Star of Tomorrow, 1952; on B'way. relations, 1957; v.p., ois., Western division 1959; v.p. sls.. in 3 for Tonight, 1955; pictures include: Show Boat, Lovely National division. 1763; v.p. exec, relations, 1964. to Look At, Everything I Have Is Yours, Give a Girl a Break, Three for the Show, Juniper's Darling. Dir.. My Six CHAPLIN. CHARLES S.: Executive. Canada. b. Toron- Loves. to, Ont.. Can., June 24, 1911. Studied law. Entered m. p. TV: Dinah Shore Show, Telephone Hour, NBC color Ind. 1930, as office boy with United Artists: then office mgr. specials. Dir., choreographer TV Spec. 1958-59-60; Mary booker. St. John, N. B., 1933; in 1935. br. mgr.; in 1941 Martin Special '65. to Montreal in same capacity; named Canadian gen. mgr.. B'wav stage: dir. hor. Bye, Bye Birdie, 1980. Carnival, June 11, 1945. Resigned January 1962. Member B'nat 1961, Hello. Dolly. 1964. Brith: Toronto Bd. of Trade, various charitable ore_ many trade assns., pres. Canadian M. P. Dist. Assn.; churn. m. p. CHAMPION, JOHN C.: Producer. writer. b. Denver section Ccm. Chest: churn., pub. rel. Comm.; past -choir, Col.. Oct. 13. 1923: e. Stanford Il.. Wittenberg Coll.: p M. P. Industry Council. Vire-pres. & Canadian als, mgr., Lee R. Champion Supreme Court judge Col Entered m n. Seven Arts Prod.. T,td., 1962. in Fiesta: did some radio work: In stock at MGM briefly; co-pilot Western Air Lines. Inc., 1943; served in U. R. CHAPLIN, CHARLES SPENCER: Actor, President Army Air Forces. air transport command pilot 1949-5: Charles Chaplin Film Corp. b. London, Eng., April 16, nubile relations officer AAF; writer & prod. for Allied 1889; m. Oona O'Neill, daughter of Eugene O'Neill, play- Artists: v. -p. prod. Commander Films Corp.: ores., Cham- wright. Parents professional. London stage debut at 7 yrs., pion Pictures, Ire.: prod.. MGM. Member: SAG. SWG. afterward appeared et music halls throughout United King- STMPP. RPG: v. p. Bartlett -Champion Pictures. dom, and toured U. S. with Fred Harm Minstrels; later Pictures Include: Panhandle. Stampede. Hellcats; wrote, had stage role with William Gillette. Began screen career prod.. Dragonfly Squadron; adapt.. prod.. Shotgun, co- 1913 in Keystone Comedies; first picture "Kid's Auto writer. Prod. Zero Hour. Races"; later films included: famed "Dough and Dynamite." TV: prod. Laramie serles; created McHales Navy. Afterward with Eesanay Film Co. In 1916 signed contract with Lone Star Mutual Film Corp. affiliate, for first gnat CHAMPION. MARGE: Dancer, actress. b. Loe Angeles. star salary $870,000 for 12 two-reelers to be made in year; Calif., Sept. 2. e. Los Angeles public schools; p. Ernest best known product of series, "Easy Street" and auto- Belcher, ballet master; m. Gower Champion. dancer, actor. biographical "The Vagabond." In 1916 formed Charles In Blossom Time, Student Prince for Los Angeles Civic Chaplin Film Corp.; initial distrib. through First National Opera; Dark of the Moon, Beggar's Holiday in N. Y. Exhibitors' Circuit, starting with A Doge Life; Gold Rush Made debut with husband as dancing team, played many and City Lights distrib, through United Artists. Became night clubs; m.p. debut in Mr. Music; then signed by owner -member United Artists. sold interest 1955. Directed MGM: Fame, Star of Tomorrow. 1952: on B'way. in 3 for A Woman of Paris. starring Edna Purviance, 1923. In 1936 Tonight. 1955; toured. Invitation to A March 1982. prod., dir., author, music composer, ed. & star of Modern Pictures Include: Show Boat, Lovely to Look At, Every- Times. In 1940 prod., author, dir. & star of The Great thing T Have Is Yours, Give Girl Break. Three for the Dictator. In 1947, prod. dlr., author, star Monsieur Verdoux; Show. Jupiter'. Darling. Limelight, 1952. Chase Me Charlie, When Comedy Was TV: GE Theatre, 1958, Chevy Show, Telephone Hour etc. King. CHANDLEE, HARRY: Writer. b. Washington, D. C.. CHAPLIN, SAUL: Musical director- b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1882; e. Columbia U., B.A. M.A. Writer, Washing- Feb. 19. 1912; e. NYU, 1929-34. Wrote vaude. material. ton Prot. Star. Pittsburgh Poet: contrib. features, fiction to 1033-36; songwriter, Vitaphone Corp.; others, 1836-40 Co- mage. conductor. Washington News Synd. ; ed.. Automobile lumbia, 1940-48; MGM, from 1948; Mgt include: Bel Mir Age (Washington). Began in m. p. Ind. with Lubin. 1914. Bist Du Schoen. Shoe Shim Boy, Anniversary Sang; pic- as staff writer; World Film, 1915-16; Metro, 1916-1T. and tures include: Acad. Award, collets. best scoring el mus.. other companies. Pictures include: (It. a. p.) Our Town; (it. American in Paris, 1951, 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, 1954; orig. s. p.) Sergeant York; (additional dial.) Adventures of West Side Story. 1961; mus, dir., Lovely to Look At. Mark Twain; (colish, s. p.). Three Ie a Family. (collab. Give a Girl a Break. Kiss Me Kate, Jupiter's Darling; adapt.) Jolson Story; collab. e. p., Tarsan'e Magic Fountain, mus. super, Interrupted Melody, High Society; asax. prod. Les Girls: music, assoc. prod. Merry Andrew; CHANDLER. CHICK: Actor. b. Kingston, N. Y. Stage: assoc. prod. Can -Can. West Side Story, The Sound musical comedy and drama. On screen from 1934; pictures of Music. Include: Alexander's Ragtime Band, Captain Eddie, Mother Wore Tights, Lost Continent, Show Business. Keys to the CHAPMAN, ALBERT K.: b. Marysville, O., May 81, City, Battle Cry and over 100 other pictures; Bd. dir., SAG. 1890 e. Ohio State U., A.B., A.M.; Princeton U., TV Series: Soldier of Fortune. One Happy Family; free Ph.D. Did eyelet optics research. Clark U. Capt. U. S. lance, major TV shows. Army Air Service 1917-19. With Eastman Kodak in various Recent Pictures: It's A Mad Mad Mad World. capacities since 1919. Became v. pres., 1941; gen mgr. & mem. bd. of directors in 1943. Named president. May. EDWARD: Astor. b. Wilton, Iowa, March 1952; vice-chairman of bd. of dir., May, 1960; chairman CHANDLER, of bd. of 1982. 4, 1894. In vaudeville prior to screen debut, 1911. Thos. H. of exec. comm., Jan. 1961; chmn. dir., 47