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Born in Jamaica Hospital Medical Center (Queens, New York City) on April 15, 1940, the son of actors Robert Walker and Jennifer Jones, Robert Walker Jr. certainly had the right pedigree to make the grade in Hollywood. His parents separated when Robert was only three. Six years later, his mother married powerful film mogul David O. Selznick who by this time had already taken firm control of Jones's career.

Walker Jr. began training at the Actors' Studio in the early 1960s. He also married wife Ellie Wood in the early 1960s and they had three children. Walker Jr. preferred to find his own place in the entertainment field and tried to avoid the obvious comparisons, but his startling resemblance to his late father made it extremely difficult for film audiences to separate the two. He started his film career in good company and with two strong roles in The Hook (1963), a morality story set during the Korean war starring Kirk Douglas and Nick Adams, and The Ceremony (1963) in which he received a Golden Globe Award for "promising newcomer" as Laurence Harvey's brother. Walker Jr. also worked on TV and earned a Theatre World Award for his two 1964 off-Broadway roles in "I Knock at the Door" and "Pictures in the Hallway."

Of slight build and boyishly handsome, Robert Walker Jr. seemed on his way when he was handed the biggest challenge of his film career taking over Jack Lemmon's Oscar-winning role as Ensign Pulver (1964) in the sequel to the popular service comedy Mister Roberts (1955). Unfortunately, his comparison to Lemmon paled significantly and the script had neither the charm nor wit of its predecessor. The film and Walker were torpedoed by the reviewers and Walker lost major ground in Hollywood. Despite his obvious talent, his subsequent films lacked the quality and promise of his first two, which included The Happening (1967), The Savage Seven (1968), Killers Three (1968) and the title role in Young Billy Young (1969) starring Robert Mitchum. He and his wife Ellie appeared in roles in the hit cult film Easy Rider (1969).

Walker Jr. had guest roles in many popular television series from the 1960s through the early 1990s. In The Big Valley (1965) episode, "My Son, My Son" (aired November 3, 1965), Walker portrayed Evan Miles, an emotionally disturbed college dropout who becomes obsessed with childhood friend Audra Barkley. He played the title role and another emotionally disturbed character, a troubled actor who lived and performed on the streets and in circuses, in Naked City (1958) episode "Dust Devil on a Quiet Street" (aired November 28, 1962). He had a memorable role in Star Trek (1966) as "Charles 'Charlie' Evans" in the episode "Charlie X" (aired September 15, 1966). In addition, he played Billy the Kid in episode 22 of The Time Tunnel (1966), which originally aired on February 10, 1967. He portrayed Nick Baxter, an ill alien who caused the deaths of humans by touch, in the episode "Panic" in the television series The Invaders (1967) (aired April 11, 1967). He played Mark Cole in the October 29, 1967 episode of Bonanza (1959), titled "The Gentle Ones". He appeared in a pivotal role on the Columbo (1971) episode "Mind Over Mayhem" (1974) and in the 5th season of Combat! (1962) in the episode "Ollie Joe". His final television appearances were in the 1990s, in L.A. Law (1986), FBI: The Untold Stories (1991), Santa Barbara (1984), The New Lassie (1989), The New Adam-12 (1990), and In the Heat of the Night (1988).

Fair, freckled and quite lovely, actress Natalie Trundy, of Italian and Irish heritage, had quite a promising career approaching adulthood in the late 1950s until a serious car accident put a serious halt to things. As Natalie Campagna, she was born in Boston on August 5, 1940, the elder of two daughters. A child model, she took dance classes and started flirting with an acting career even before she graduated from elementary school.

The little strawberry blonde made her TV debut as a singing and dancing "Little Red Riding Hood" in a Fred Waring live broadcast. The talented youngster quickly moved into radio and commercial work and made her Broadway debut at age 13 playing Janet Blair's daughter in "A Girl Can Tell". By this time, she was attending New York's Professional Children's School. She subsequently appeared alongside multiple Tony winner Shirley Booth in the turn-of-the-century Broadway musical, "By the Beautiful Sea" (1953), after replacing the originally cast ingénue. She followed this with the short-lived play, "Girls of Summer" (1956), which starred Shelley Winters.

At age 15, Natalie made her debut in the Italian film Montecarlo (1956), featuring such foreign luminaries as Marlene Dietrich and Vittorio De Sica in the cast. Agent-turned-producer Arthur P. Jacobs, who represented Ms. Dietrich at the time and was nearly 18 years older, met young Natalie during this filming. Producer Kirk Douglas cast her in what would be her second film The Careless Years (1957), a typical troubled teen love story co-starring Dean Stockwell.

Natalie put her career on hold in order to attend New York's Briarcliff College and was planning to return full-time to acting following her education. In 1963, however, she was struck by a car and suffered a serious back injury that ended all hopes for a comeback. By chance, she was reintroduced to producer Jacobs a few years later and they married in London in 1968. Jacobs was producing the "Planet of the Apes" film series at the time and had just finished the original movie starring Charlton Heston. Natalie finally made her return in film, appearing in all of the sequels beginning with her role as "Albina", the mutant in Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970). For Jacobs, she also played the role of "Mrs. Loftus" in the musical adaptation of Huckleberry Finn (1974).

Natalie's husband's sudden death of a heart attack at age 51 in 1973 while she was on a Mississippi location signaled the end of her comeback. Natalie went on to assume production duties of his film company, APJAC productions.

Her last visible appearance on TV was in a 1978 episode of "Quincy." She was married five times in all. One of her later brief marriages was to Gucci executive Carmine Roberto Foggia - she had her daughter and son with him. She later volunteered for years at Mother Theresa's hospice in Kolkata, India.. For the most part, however, very little was heard from her until her death of natural causes at age 79, on December 5, 2019.

Bruno Scipioni was born on 29 July 1934 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for Romeo e Giulietta (1964), Gallowglass (1993) and Zorro e i tre moschettieri (1963). He died on 5 December 2019 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Debra Bluford was born on 1 June 1958. She was an actress, known for Article 99 (1992), A Matter of Justice (1993) and Dead Before Dawn (1993). She died on 5 December 2019 in Shawnee, Kansas, USA.

Chieh Hou was an actor, known for Cheng shi biao nu (1990), Báng-kah (2010) and Wo ai fang lin (1979). He died on 5 December 2019 in New Taipei City, Taiwan.

Jerry Naylor was born on 6 March 1939 in Chalk Mountain, Texas, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Dixie Dynamite (1976), Death Riders (1976) and Willa (1979). He died on 5 December 2019 in Oregon, USA.

Kimberly Stump was born on 6 May 1974 in Lansing, Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for The Genesis Code (2010). She died on 5 December 2019 in Lansing, Michigan, USA.

Hana Rot was born on 8 January 1939 in Florence, Italy. She was an actress, known for Alex Holeh Ahavah (1986), Kol Shabbat Shniya (2004) and Eskimosim ba Galil (2006). She was married to Avraham Paska. She died on 5 December 2019 in Israel.

Lidija Franklin was born on 17 May 1917 in Vyshny Volochyok, Russia. She was an actress, known for Producers' Showcase (1954). She was married to Gustavo Franklin. She died on 5 December 2019 in Caracas, Venezuela.

Felicitas Wolff was born on 25 October 1943. She was an actress, known for Hans im Glück aus Herne 2 (1983). She died on 5 December 2019.

Cindy Fret was born on 21 June 1959. She was an editor, known for The Way (2010), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) and Bobby (2006). She died on 5 December 2019.

Marco Julio Linares was born on 12 April 1943 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He was a producer and director, known for Juego limpio (1995), Estofados de la nueva España (1980) and Lolo (1993). He died on 5 December 2019 in Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

Alex Monte was born on 25 August 1929 in Romania. He was an actor, known for Fantasia Al Noseh Romanti (1977), Ha-Ish She Ba Lakahat (1982) and Kayitz Etzel Erika (1992). He died on 5 December 2019 in Israel.

Sherman Howard was born on 28 November 1924 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was married to Jeanette. He died on 5 December 2019 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Marvin Goodfriend was born on 6 November 1950 in New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Marsha. He died on 5 December 2019 in the USA.