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Chester, Morris
Chester Morris was an actor best known for his role as Boston Blackie in fourteen Columbia Pictures film series and NBC radio series between 1941 and 1949. He was born on February 16, 1901 in New York City, New York. After Morris' first starring role as Chick Williams in Alibi (1928), he went on to perform in more than eighty-five films, including Lieutenant Roger Craig in the Howard Hughes-produced Cock of the Air.
Morris died on September 11, 1970 in New Hope, Pennsylvania.
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Maynard, Kermit, 1897-1971
Kermit Maynard was a stunt actor and circus performer, known for performing uncredited in over a hundred films and television series between the 1920s and 1960s. Born on September 20, 1897 in Vevay, Indiana, Maynard performed parimarily in westerns in both silent and sound films. Of his numerous roles, he is credited for performing stunts in the Howard Hughes-produced "The Conqueror." Maynard died on January 16, 1971 in North Hollywood, California.
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Mayo, Walter, 1898-1965
Walter Mayo was a film production manager and assistant director active between the 1920s and 1940s. Mayo was born on November 05, 1898 in Macoupin County, Illinois. He is credited for films inclduing the Howard Hughes-produced Two Arabian Knights (1927). Mayo died on August 13, 1965 in Los Angeles, California.
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"Walter Mayo." Turner Classic Movies. 2021. Accessed October 28, 2021. https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/1205759%7C153521/Walter-Mayo
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Reed, Luther
American film director Luther Reed was born on July 14, 1888 in Berlin, Wisconsin. He started his career in film as a subtite writer in the 1910s, and he eventually began directing films. Reed was the first director on Howard Hughes' Hell's Angels, although he quit shortly after production began, citing Hughes' interference as his reasoning. He died on November 16, 1971 in New York, New York.
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