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Posted on 06/08/2014 5:00:44 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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Good morning dear ((HUGS))
((HUGS))Good morning, LUV W. How’s it going?
Good morning and Happy Monday, night owl ((HUGS))
Good morning ladies and (((HUGS))).
Good morning, Kathy...((HUGS))...
A relaxing weekend and no muggings
Sneaking in before you go home.....
Happy Monday, beachy...((HUGS))
YO YO Chuck Heston in Deadliest Catch 1940s
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Hugo Haas (1901-1968) [Days of Glory (1944); Paradise Alley (1962)] was born in Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary (now Brno, Czech Republic). A portly, somewhat grubby and bohemian-looking character star, Hugo Haas was one of the most celebrated Czech actors back in the 30s, a comic star who only grew in stature as he delved creatively into writing, directing and producing. The Nazi invasion forced him to leave his beloved country and come to the United States. Like a fish out of water, he had to start small. Beginning as an announcer on US broadcasts to the Eastern Europe underground, he also offered his talents as a narrator of propaganda films.
Buddy Hackett (1924-2003) [The Music Man (1962); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)] was an American comic born Leonard Hacker in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Public School 103 and New Utrecht High School. While still in high school, he began appearing in nightclubs, beginning with the "Borscht Belt," the Catskills resorts. He served three years with an antiaircraft unit during World War II. His first job after the war was at the Pink Elephant, a Brooklyn club. He made appearances in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and the Catskills. He appeared on Broadway in Lunatics and Lovers, where Max Liebman saw him and put him in two television specials. A television series, Stanley, was developed for him, which helped start Carol Burnett's career.
Albert Hague (1920-2001) [Fame (1980); The Story of Us (1999)] was born into a Jewish family in Berlin but was raised as a Lutheran to protect him from Nazi persecution. He fled Germany to Italy in 1937 as he was about to be inducted into the Hitler youth movement. After attending a music conservatory in Rome, he obtained a scholarship to the University of Cincinnati and immigrated to the United States in 1939 penniless to avoid being conscripted by German military authorities. Arriving at age of 18 and unable to speak a word of English, he took the last name of his adopted father, Elliott B. Hague, an eye surgeon with close ties to the university. He graduated in 1942 and served in the U.S. military for more than two years during World War II before embarking on a career as a composer. He celebrated his first Broadway success with the opening of the hit 1955 musical Plain and Fancy, an Amish-themed show that featured Barbara Cook and the popular song Young and Foolish.
Alan Hale Jr. (1921-1990) [Music Man (1948); The Red Fury (1984)] was an American movie and television actor, famously known for his role as the Skipper on the cult sitcom Gilligan's Island (1964-1972), as well as for his many supporting roles in movies. He was the son of actor Alan Hale Sr.. After his father's death, he was credited in roles as simply Alan Hale. He was born in Los Angeles, California, after his father had already begun a career in silent movies in Hollywood. He peformed in his first movie as a baby, performing as child actor. In adulthood, he made a smooth transition to a full career and continued to act until his death. In his adult career he was noted for his supporting character roles in such movies Up Periscope (1959), The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958), and The West Point Story (1950). He also appeared in many westerns. He died in Los Angeles from respiratory failure due to cancer. During World War II Served in the U.S. Coast Guard.
Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993) [Roman Holiday (1953); My Fair Lady (1964)] was born in Brussels, Belgium. She really was blue-blood from the beginning with her father, a wealthy English banker, and her mother, a Dutch baroness. After her parents divorced, Audrey went to London with her mother where she went to a private girls school. Later, when her mother moved back to the Netherlands, she attended private schools as well. While vacationing with her mother in Arnhem, Holland, Hitler's army took over the town. It was here that she fell on hard times during the Nazi occupation. Audrey suffered from depression and malnutrition but found the strength to serve as a child courier for World War II resistance fighters in Holland. 
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Pat Hingle (1924-2009) [Hang 'Em High (1968); Sudden Impact (1983); appeared in all of the first four Batman movies]. Versatile stage, big screen and tv character actor. He was born in Miami, Florida but attended high school in Texas. In 1941 entered the University of Texas, majoring in advertising. After serving in the Navy during WW II, he went back to the university and got involved with the drama department as a way to meet girls.