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- Fritz Weaver, the American actor, was born on January 19, 1926, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He served in Civilian Public Service as a conscientious objector during World War II, breaking into acting in the early 1950s. He made his Broadway debut in October 1955 in "The Chalk Garden," which garnered five Tony Award nominations, including one for Weaver as Best Featured Actor in a Play. He also won a 1956 Theatre World Award for his performance.
The first of literally scores of television appearances came in 1957, in "The Playwright and the Stars" broadcast as part of the drama omnibus Studio One (1948). He continued to appear on Broadway, winning a Tony Award for Best Actor in Play his performance as Jermome Malley in Robert Marasco's "Child's Play." Though Weaver has appeared in many movies, it generally was as a supporting actor or in small parts, and the role of Malley was given to James Mason in the 1972 film version (Child's Play (1972)) of the play.
His most memorable role, arguably, was that of the doomed German Jewish patriarch Dr. Josef Weiss in the watershed TV mini-series Holocaust (1978), for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series. Since 1995, Weaver is known as the narrator of programs on the History Channel. - Yûji Fujishiro was born on 26 February 1940 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. He was an actor, known for Hyakujû-ô Goraion (1981), California Crisis (1986) and Rupan sansei: Babiron no Ôgon densetsu (1985). He died on 26 November 2016.
- Ronn Munro was an actor, known for Fallen (1998), Cop Land (1997) and 13th Child (2002). He died on 26 November 2016.
- Lyudmila Kormunina was born on 23 August 1955 in Minsk, USSR. She was an actress, known for Poka bezumstvuyet mechta (1978), Bryunetka za 30 kopeek (1991) and Chelovek iz chyornoi Volgi (1990). She died on 26 November 2016 in Minsk, Belarus.
- High school diploma. Studied Protestant theology.
1980 to 1983 pastor. 1983 to 1990 Federal Commissioner for Civilian Service.
1992 to 1998 Secretary-General of the CDU in Germany. Since 2002 Vice President of the European People's Party (EPP).
Member of the Bundestag since 1990; January 1991 to May 1992 Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Women and Youth, since November 2005 Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economics and Technology; in the 15th WP European policy spokesman for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group. - Producer
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Alan Tomlinson was born on 22 November 1947 in Newcastle, England, UK. He was a producer and writer, known for Creatures of the Lagoon (2012), Collision Over the Amazon (2007) and Nixon's the One: How Tricky Dick Stole the Sixties and Changed America Forever (2010). He was married to Francesca de Onis. He died on 26 November 2016 in Miami, Florida, USA.- Russell Oberlin was born on 11 October 1928 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Omnibus (1952), Startime (1959) and Camera Three (1954). He died on 26 November 2016 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Peter Hintze was born on 25 April 1950 in Bad Honnef, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was a composer, known for Qui n'a pas sa part d'ombre? (2016), Anne Will (2007) and Sabine Christiansen (1998). He was married to Petra. He died on 26 November 2016 in Germany.
- Robert Nyel was born on 18 April 1930 in Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, France. He died on 26 November 2016 in Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, France.
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- Visual Effects
Stephen Hornback was born on 28 November 1953. He was an actor, known for Duke Nukem 3D (1996), Shadow Warrior (1997) and Major Stryker (1993). He died on 26 November 2016 in Beaumont, Texas, USA.