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Denholm entered RADA at the age of 17, but dropped out after a year having hated every minute being there. He joined the RAF in 1940, trained as a gunner/radio operator, and was shot down over Germany in 1942. In the POW camp he and his fellow prisoners staged various productions in a theatre constructed out of old packing cases. After the war he joined a London repertory company and his career took off particularly when Laurence Olivier chose him for the starring role in Venus Observed, for which he won a Clarence Derwent award. When another Olivier production Ring Around the Moon transferred to New York Denholm replaced Paul Schofield in what became a Broadway hit. Returning to Britain he was signed to a film contract and appeared in such movies as The Cruel Sea, The Sound Barrier, Alfie, King Rat, and others in addition to appearing on television and making countrywide theatre tours. In 1983 he won a BAFTA Award for his role as the butler in Trading Places and followed it with a Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in A Private Function. Prior to that he won an Evening Standard Best Actor award for Bad Timing.

A platinum blonde actress, Natalie Moorehead entered in films in 1929; by end of the following year, she had made dozens of credited movies. Moorehead was more effective with vampish roles, notably a role which she played a suspect in The Thin Man (1934). Moorhead also made a mark as a comic actress in Hook Line and Sinker (1930) and Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931). She later appeared in supporting roles until the mid-1940s.

Margit Symo was born on 13 September 1913 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary. She was an actress, known for Der Unwiderstehliche (1937), Kein Wort von Liebe (1937) and Angst essen Seele auf (1974). She was married to Willy Mattes. She died on 6 October 1992 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

Yvette Reynard was born on 1 November 1919 in Michigan, USA. She was an actress, known for Love at First Bite (1950). She died on 6 October 1992 in Riverside, California, USA.

Bill O'Reilly was born on 20 December 1905 in White Cliffs, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 6 October 1992 in Caringbah, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Yaroslav Gelyas was born on 4 December 1916 in village Terpilovka, Ternopol Governorate, Galicia Governor-Generalship, Russian Empire [now Pidvolochysk Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Oleksa Dovbush (1960), Ivan Franko (1956) and Oshibka Onore de Balzaka (1969). He died on 6 October 1992 in Lviv, Ukraine.

Helen Horsey was born on 7 December 1901 in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. She was an actress, known for Pride and Prejudice (1938), Lady Precious Stream (1938) and The Wind and the Rain (1938). She was married to Desmond Keith. She died on 6 October 1992 in Westminster, London, England, UK.