On This Day

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On this day 15th December

113 years ago the director of photography Victor |Milner was born he worked on Reap the Wild Wind

95 years ago the actor Michael Ross was born he was in the Comancheros and The Fighting Kentuckian.

96 years ago the actor Nicholas Stuart was born, he made few screen appearances one of which was The Longest Day.

84 years ago the actor Maurice Jara was born he was in the Flying Leathernecks

38 years ago the actress Dorothy Abbott committed suicide aged 47 she made under 45 screen appearance and was known as the human wailing wall for her portrayal of hard done by downtrodden women. She appeared in Jet Pilot.

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Arthur

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On this day 16th December

122 years ago the actor J.M Kerrigan was born he was in The Fighting Seabeas and The Long Voyage Home.

110 years ago the film editor Fred Allen was born he was the editor on Dakota

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Arthur

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On this day 17th Dcember

89 years ago the actress Dorothy Ates was born. She appeared in The Hollywood Handicap.

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Arthur

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On this day 18th December

40 years ago the actor Bill Hunter died.
Very little is known about this actor not even his date of birth or how old he was when he died. All that is known is that he appeared in 30 pictures between 1937-55 and that he played a mechanic in Flying Tigers.

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Arthur

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As we slowly wind down the year 2006 so it is time to look at the on this day thread with a view to winding this down as well. It started in February 2004 and has been going regularly since then. However the list of events and characters doesn't get longer as the years go by and I think although it is still possible to find some of Dukes co-workers it is getting increasingly harder and I forsee more and more gaps until the time comes when it dries up altogether.

But for now On this day December 19th

106 years ago the actor and stuntman Jimmy Dundee was born he appeared in Reap the Wild Wind and made 113 pictures in total as an actor and also appeared as a stunt man.

101 years ago the writer Dorothy M Johnson was born she wrote \The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
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A graduate of the University of Montana, Dorothy Marie Johnson left her widowed mother in Whitefish, Montana and moved to New York City, where she worked as a writer and an editor of women's magazines. In 1950, she returned to Whitefish and edited the local paper for three years; she then joined the faculty of the University of Montana School of Journalism. She subsequently published seventeen books and fifty-two short stories, all primarily about the American West.

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Arthur

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On this day 20th December

123 years ago the actor Charles K Gerrard was born he appeared in Men Without Women.

48 years ago the actress Elizabeth Risdon died aged 71 she had featured in Tall in the Saddle and appeared in almost 150 pictures and television

43 years ago the actress Grayce Hampton died aged 87 she worked on 48 pictures including Without Reservations.

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Arthur

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A day late because I tried to get on last night but couldn't

so on this day 21st December

98 years ago the actor Arch Hall sr was born he appeared in Overland Stage Raiders.

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Arthur

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I would like to thank all who have read or contributed to 'on this day' over the last couple of years. But now it is time to stop. Hopefully we will come up with something else in the not to distant future, but at this moment in time I don't know what that will be.

But for now

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T-T-THAT'S ALL FOLKS

THE END

My Very Best Regards

Arthur

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Thanks for the kind comments, they are much appreciated. I didn't realise that I ended on page 99 but finishing on page 100 keeps it tidy

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Arthur