"Wolfgang Korngold's violin concerto was drawn from the music he composed for this film. English singer Julia Gilbert adopted the name of the film's main character when recording for the London-based él record label in the late 1980s. Screen legend Tony Curtis (1925–2010), who was born Bernard Schwartz, named himself for the titular character; the novel from which this film was adapted was the actor's favorite. Curtis, who soared to fame with his role in ""Houdini"" as the legendary illusionist, was buried with a Stetson hat, an Armani scarf, driving gloves, an iPhone and a copy of his favorite novel"
"Tony Curtis Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz; June 3, 1925September 29, 2010) was an American film actor whose career spanned six decades but who achieved the height of his popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 films in roles covering a wide range of genres, from light comedy to serious drama. In his later years, Curtis made numerous television appearances. Although his early film roles mainly took advantage of his good looks, by the latter half of the 1950s he had demonstrated range and depth in numerous dramatic and comedy roles. In his earliest"
"by exhibitors in an annual poll from Quigley Publishing as among the top stars in the United States: Tony Curtis Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz; June 3, 1925September 29, 2010) was an American film actor whose career spanned six decades but who achieved the height of his popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 films in roles covering a wide range of genres, from light comedy to serious drama. In his later years, Curtis made numerous television appearances. Although his early film roles mainly took advantage of his good looks, by the latter half"
"Sherwood Schwartz Sherwood Charles Schwartz (; November 14, 1916 – July 12, 2011) was an American television producer. He worked on radio shows in the 1940s, he best known for creating the 1960s television series ""Gilligan's Island"" on CBS and ""The Brady Bunch"" on ABC. On March 7, 2008, Schwartz, at the time still active in his 90s, was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. That same year, Schwartz was also inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. Schwartz's entertainment career came ""by accident"". He relocated from New York to southern California to pursue a Master"
"pushing the button, the next topic turns out to be related to cosmetology, which the usually dimwitted Paisley has genuine knowledge about. Olive's reaction is to blurt out ""Sherwood Schwartz"" in frustration. Schwartz was portrayed by Aaron Lustig in the TV movie ""Surviving Gilligan's Island"" and by Michael Tucker in ""Growing Up Brady"". Schwartz's name was also mentioned in Netflix's ""Sandy Wexler"" in a conversation between Adam Sandler and Jennifer Hudson. On July 12, 2011, Sherwood Schwartz died peacefully in his sleep of natural causes. He was survived by his wife, Mildred Schwartz and their four children: Donald, Lloyd (the"
"his wife Hasha. They also had four grandchildren: Adam and Elena Loftman and Paulette and Monica Schwartz. He died of pneumonia at Point Pleasant Hospital in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, aged 83. He was a resident of Brick Township, New Jersey. Eli Mintz Eli Mintz (born Edward Satz, 1 August 1904 – 8 June 1988) was an American actor of Polish Jewish descent. Born in Lwów, Poland (now Lviv, Ukraine), the son of a tailor, Mintz began acting professionally as a child in the theatre, with his first performance being in a production of ""The Dybbuk"". He immigrated to the"
"Maurice Schwartz Maurice Schwartz, born Avram Moishe Schwartz (June 15, 1889 – May 10, 1960), born in Galicia (then part of the Austrian Empire), was a stage and film actor active in the United States. He founded the Yiddish Art Theatre and its associated school in 1918 in New York City and was its theatrical producer and director. He also worked in Hollywood, mostly as an actor in silent films but also as a film director, producer, and screenwriter. Schwartz was born Avram Moishe Schwartz in Sudlekov, in Austrian Galicia, to Isaac, a grain dealer, and his wife Rose Schwartz,"
"Lloyd J. Schwartz Lloyd Jeffry Schwartz (born May 2, 1946) is an American television producer and writer. Schwartz is the son of TV mogul Sherwood Schwartz and his wife Mildred. Lloyd worked alongside his father since the late 1960s. They teamed up on many ""Brady Bunch"" projects, often as writer or producer. He also has written for TV series including ""Alice"", ""The A-Team"", and ""Baywatch"". In 1988, he helped create ""The Munsters Today"", a revival of ""The Munsters"". In 1985, Schwartz co-founded The Storybook Theatre of Los Angeles with his wife, Barbara Mallory. Storybook Theatre has been honored by both"
"surgery at Odyssey House in Palm Desert, California, on June 14, 2013, at the age of 89 (just nine days short of his 90th birthday). He was survived by his wife of 67 years, Beryl, their two daughters, Nan Schwartz and Jill Moramarco, and one granddaughter. Elroy Schwartz Elroy Schwartz (June 23, 1923 – June 14, 2013) was an American comedy and television writer. Schwartz wrote for some of the best known comedians of the era, including Lucille Ball, Groucho Marx, and Bob Hope. Schwartz was also one of the head writers for ""Gilligan's Island"", a CBS sitcom which was"
"two unsold television pilots: ""It's one world, and we all have to learn to live with each other."" Sherwood Schwartz Sherwood Charles Schwartz (; November 14, 1916 – July 12, 2011) was an American television producer. He worked on radio shows in the 1940s, he best known for creating the 1960s television series ""Gilligan's Island"" on CBS and ""The Brady Bunch"" on ABC. On March 7, 2008, Schwartz, at the time still active in his 90s, was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. That same year, Schwartz was also inducted into the Television Hall of Fame."
"of an oxygen tank. He died four years later at the age of sixty. He is interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. Scott Brady Scott Brady (born Gerard Kenneth Tierney; September 13, 1924 – April 16, 1985) was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in western films and as a ubiquitous television presence. Gerard Kenneth Tierney was born in Brooklyn, New York to Lawrence and Maria Tierney; his father was an Irish American policeman who was chief of the New York aqueduct police force. His older and younger brothers were fellow actors"
"his first silent film in 1910. He appeared in more than twenty films between 1910 and 1953; the majority were silents. He also wrote, produced or directed several films. Among his major roles in motion pictures were in ""Broken Hearts"" (1926), ""Uncle Moses"" (1932), ""Tevya"" (1939), ""Mission to Moscow"" (1943), and as Ezra in the Biblical drama ""Salome"" (1953). He died in Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel near Tel Aviv. He is buried in the Yiddish-theatre section of the Mount Hebron Cemetery in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens, a borough of New York City. Maurice Schwartz Maurice Schwartz, born"
"at his home in Manhattan Beach, California, on November 9, 1955, at age 65. He was interred in Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park, in North Hollywood, California. Tom Powers Thomas McCreery Powers (July 7, 1890 – November 9, 1955) was an American actor in theatre, films, radio and television. A veteran of the Broadway stage, notably in plays by George Bernard Shaw, he created the role of Charles Marsden in Eugene O'Neill's ""Strange Interlude"". He succeeded Orson Welles in the role of Brutus in the Mercury Theatre's debut production, ""Caesar"". In films, he was a star of Vitagraph Pictures and"
"Elroy Schwartz Elroy Schwartz (June 23, 1923 – June 14, 2013) was an American comedy and television writer. Schwartz wrote for some of the best known comedians of the era, including Lucille Ball, Groucho Marx, and Bob Hope. Schwartz was also one of the head writers for ""Gilligan's Island"", a CBS sitcom which was created by his late brother, Sherwood Schwartz. Schwartz was born in Passaic, New Jersey, on June 23, 1923. His brothers included Al Schwartz and Sherwood Schwartz. He moved to the Bronx with his family, where he attended school. He attended New York University and enlisted in"
"and Industry from 1974 to 1975. He died on October 5, 2001, at his summer home in Roslyn, New York. Songwriter Jack Lawrence (1912–2009) was his brother. Murray Schwartz (Queens politician) Murray Schwartz (August 14, 1919 – October 5, 2001) was an American businessman and politician from New York. He was born on August 14, 1919, in Brooklyn, New York City. He engaged in the distribution of heating oil, and owned several travel agencies. He married Jeanette Jay, and they had two children. They lived in Queens. He entered politics as a Democrat. He was a member of the New"
"Christoph Waltz Christoph Waltz (; born 4 October 1956) is a German-Austrian actor and director. He is widely known for his works with American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, receiving critical acclaim for portraying SS officer Hans Landa in ""Inglourious Basterds"" (2009) and bounty hunter King Schultz in ""Django Unchained"" (2012). For both performances, he earned an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Waltz also received the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his portrayal of Landa. Waltz portrayed computer genius Qohen Leth in the science fiction"
"in December 1965 when Al died of a heart attack on December 22. He is buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles. Al Ritz Albert ""Al"" Joachim (August 27, 1901 – December 22, 1965), known professionally as Al Ritz, was an American actor, comedian and entertainer. Ritz was the oldest of the Ritz Brothers. Ritz was born Albert Joachim on August 27, 1901, in Newark, New Jersey. His father, Max Joachim, (December 1871–January 4, 1939), owned a haberdashery while his mother, Pauline Joachim, (May 1874–November 26, 1935), was a housewife. Ritz's father was a native of Austria-Hungary and"
"Joseph Bernard (actor) Joseph Bernard (December 12, 1923 – April 3, 2006) was an American actor and acting teacher who appeared in 25 Broadway plays and several movies and TV appearances in the 1950s through 1970s. Bernard was born in Brooklyn, New York, and studied at New York's New School for Social Research with acting teacher Stella Adler. One of his New School classmates was Marlon Brando. Bernard was drafted into the U.S. Army and served in the D-Day invasion of France. After the war, he appeared in the play ""Winter Soldiers"" and then ""Skipper Next to God"", directed by"
"the United States Senate and the House of Representatives. On June 6, 2008, a stage musical debuted in Los Angeles called ""A Very Brady Musical."" The show was written by Schwartz and his sister Hope Juber. The music was written by his sister and brother-in-law, Hope and Laurence Juber. Schwartz directed the production, which starred his wife, Barbara Mallory and his son Elliot Schwartz as Carol and Greg Brady. Lloyd J. Schwartz Lloyd Jeffry Schwartz (born May 2, 1946) is an American television producer and writer. Schwartz is the son of TV mogul Sherwood Schwartz and his wife Mildred. Lloyd"
"Bacon, Otto Dix and George Grosz, and filmmakers like Fritz Lang, F.W. Murnau, Joseph von Sternberg and the early Polanski among others. Marcelo von Schwartz Marcelo von Schwartz (born Marcelo Schvartz, August 16, 1961) is an Argentine film director, architect, photographer and sound architect. His work is known for focusing on the dark side of the things. He has worked on over 15 film/video projects, and recently released feature film ""Dark Bridge Binaural Brainwaves"", which utilises the hypnotic qualities of binaural beats for heightened cinematic effect. Marcelo completed his studies at the University of Buenos Aires in architecture and went"
"19, 2007. Per his request, no funeral services were held; he was cremated and his remains were interred at Pinelawn Cemetery, Farmingdale, New York. By all press accounts, he left no surviving relatives. Calvert DeForest Calvert Grant DeForest (July 23, 1921 – March 19, 2007), also known by his character Larry ""Bud"" Melman, was an American actor and comedian, best known for his appearances on ""Late Night with David Letterman"" and the ""Late Show with David Letterman"". Little has been published about his early life. He was born to Calvert Martin DeForest, M.D., a physician who died in 1949, and"
"Schwartz. Arthur Schwartz Arthur Schwartz (November 25, 1900 – September 3, 1984) was an American composer and film producer. Schwartz was born in Brooklyn, New York City, on November 25, 1900. He taught himself to play the harmonica and piano as a child, and began playing for silent films at age 14. He earned a B.A. in English at New York University and an M.A. in that subject at Columbia. Forced by his father, an attorney, to study law, Schwartz graduated from NYU Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1924. While studying law, he supported himself by"
"on October 31, 2015, from a heart attack. Charles Herbert Charles Herbert Saperstein (December 23, 1948 – October 31, 2015), known as Charles Herbert, was an American child actor of the 1950s and 1960s. Before reaching his teens, Herbert was renowned by a generation of moviegoers for an on-screen broody, mature style and wit that enabled him to go one-on-one with some of the biggest names in the industry, and his appearances in a handful of films in the sci-fi/horror genre garnered him an immortality there. In six years he appeared in twenty Hollywood features. Herbert supported his family from"
"Michael Cohen (actor) Michael D. Cohen (born November 22, 1975) is a Canadian actor and writer. He's best known for his role as Schwoz Schwartz in the Nickelodeon series ""Henry Danger"". He is 5'1 in person Born in Winnipeg, Cohen and his family moved to Richmond, British Columbia when he was ten. As a fan of Carol Burnett and the other actors on TV's ""The Carol Burnett Show"", he was inspired to be an actor and writer, and won a Young Playwright's Contest at the age of twelve. Years after graduating from college, Michael moved to Toronto, where he studied"
"Arthur Schwartz Arthur Schwartz (November 25, 1900 – September 3, 1984) was an American composer and film producer. Schwartz was born in Brooklyn, New York City, on November 25, 1900. He taught himself to play the harmonica and piano as a child, and began playing for silent films at age 14. He earned a B.A. in English at New York University and an M.A. in that subject at Columbia. Forced by his father, an attorney, to study law, Schwartz graduated from NYU Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1924. While studying law, he supported himself by teaching"
"Scott L. Schwartz Scott L. Schwartz AKA The Ultimate Bad Guy is an American film and television actor and stuntman, and former professional wrestler. His size and agility at 6'8"" and have allowed him many roles as thug or villain for film and television. Schwartz was born in the United States but is of Israeli descent. He is a devout Jew. Schwartz was born and raised in Philadelphia, where he played football, baseball and ice hockey at Washington High School before attending Temple University. After college, he became a professional wrestler, wrestling under the ring-names of ""Joshua Ben-Gurion—The Israeli Commando"""
"Tom Powers Thomas McCreery Powers (July 7, 1890 – November 9, 1955) was an American actor in theatre, films, radio and television. A veteran of the Broadway stage, notably in plays by George Bernard Shaw, he created the role of Charles Marsden in Eugene O'Neill's ""Strange Interlude"". He succeeded Orson Welles in the role of Brutus in the Mercury Theatre's debut production, ""Caesar"". In films, he was a star of Vitagraph Pictures and later became best known for his role as the victim of scheming wife Barbara Stanwyck and crooked insurance salesman Fred MacMurray in the film noir classic, ""Double"
"Tony Schwartz (sound archivist) Anthony Schwartz (August 19, 1923 – June 15, 2008) was an American sound archivist, sound designer, pioneering media theorist, and advertising creator. Known as the ""wizard of sound,"" he is perhaps best known for his role in creating the controversial Daisy television ad for the 1964 Lyndon Johnson campaign. Considered a guru of the newly emerging ""electronic media"" by Marshall McLuhan, Schwartz ushered in a new age of media study in the 1970s. His works anticipated the end of the print-based media age and pointed to a new electronic age of mass media. Born in Manhattan,"
"Burt Ward Burt Ward (born Bert John Gervis Jr. , July 6, 1945) is an American actor and activist best known for his portrayal of Robin, the sidekick of Batman (played by Adam West), in the television series ""Batman"" (1966–1968), its theatrical feature film, the 1977 Saturday Morning animated series ""The New Adventures of Batman"", ""Legends of the Superheroes"" (1979), and two animated feature films, """" (2016) and ""Batman vs. Two-Face"" (2017). Ward was born Bert John Gervis Jr., on July 6, 1945, in Los Angeles, California. His father, Bert Sr., was the owner of a traveling ice show called"
"were the first movie adaptations of ""Peter Pan"" (1924) and ""Beau Geste"" (1926), ""Sorrell and Son"" (1927) for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in the 1st Academy Awards, ""Laugh, Clown, Laugh"" (1928) with Lon Chaney, and ""The Flying Squad"" (1940), his last. He died in Los Angeles, California and was interred in a private mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY. Herbert Brenon Herbert Brenon (13 January 1880 – 21 June 1958) born Alexander Herbert Reginald St. John Brenon was an Irish film director, actor and screenwriter during the era of silent movies through the"
"budget films as ""Spider-Man"", ""Fire Down Below"", ""Starsky & Hutch"", and ""Fun with Dick and Jane"". Scott L. Schwartz Scott L. Schwartz AKA The Ultimate Bad Guy is an American film and television actor and stuntman, and former professional wrestler. His size and agility at 6'8"" and have allowed him many roles as thug or villain for film and television. Schwartz was born in the United States but is of Israeli descent. He is a devout Jew. Schwartz was born and raised in Philadelphia, where he played football, baseball and ice hockey at Washington High School before attending Temple University."
"Huntz Hall Henry Richard ""Huntz"" Hall (August 15, 1920 – January 30, 1999) was an American radio, theatrical, and motion picture performer noted primarily for his roles in the ""Dead End Kids"" movies, such as ""Angels with Dirty Faces"" (1938), which gave way to the ""Bowery Boys"" movie franchise, a prolific and highly successful series of comedies in the 1940s and 1950s. Hall was born in 1920 in New York City to Joseph Patrick Hall, an Irish immigrant air-conditioner repairman, and his wife Mary Ellen (Mullen). The 14th of 16 children, he was nicknamed ""Huntz"" because of his Teutonic-looking nose."
"Scott Brady Scott Brady (born Gerard Kenneth Tierney; September 13, 1924 – April 16, 1985) was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in western films and as a ubiquitous television presence. Gerard Kenneth Tierney was born in Brooklyn, New York to Lawrence and Maria Tierney; his father was an Irish American policeman who was chief of the New York aqueduct police force. His older and younger brothers were fellow actors Lawrence and Edward Tierney, respectively. Brady was reared in suburban Westchester County, New York. He was nicknamed ""Jerry"" in his youth. He attended Roosevelt and"