Stuart Whitman
Stuart Maxwell Whitman( born February 1, 1928) is an American film and television actor, known for his lengthy career in both media.
Whitman played major roles in a large variety of genres.
Some of these credits includes the dramatic" The Mark" for which he was nominated for best actor at the Academy Awards, the Western film" The Comancheros"( 1961), the aviation comedy" Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines"( 1965), or the cult horror" Night of the Lepus"( 1972).
On television, Whitman is known for roles in" Highway Patrol"( 1955- 1957)," Cimarron Strip"( 1967), and" Superboy"( 1988- 1992).
Whitman was born in San Francisco, and raised in New York until the age of twelve.
His family relocated in Los Angeles.
Whitman finished high school in 1945, and was honorably discharged from the United States Army in the Corps of Engineers in 1948.
Afterwards, Whitman started studying acting and appearing in plays.
In 1951, he had a bit roles in the films Rudolph Maté's" When Worlds Collide" and Robert Wise's" The Day the Earth Stood Still".
Until 1957, Whitman had a streak working in mostly bit parts in films directed by notable directors.
On television Whitman guest starred in series such as" Dr. Christian The Roy Rogers ShowDeath Valley Days" and also had a recurring role on" Highway Patrol."
This led Whitman to play one of the central roles in John H. Auer's" Johnny Trouble".
In the late 1950s, 20th Century Fox was on a drive to develop new talent.
Head of production Buddy Adler choose Whitman to be part of the new names signed to Fox as part of a$ 3 – 4 million star- building program.
For the next couple of years Whitman continued working with notable directors, but in the lead cast.
These are William A. Wellman's" Darby's Rangers"( 1958), Frank Borzage's" China Doll"( 1958), Philip Dunne's" Ten North Frederick"( 1958) Andrew L. Stone's" The Decks Ran Red"( 1958), Don Siegel's" Hound- Dog Man"( 1959), Richard Fleischer's" These Thousand Hills"( 1959), Henry Koster's" The Story of Ruth"( 1960), Stuart Rosenberg's directorial credit shared with Burt Balagan for" Murder, Inc.," Michael Curtiz's" The Comancheros"( 1961), and Guy Green's" The Mark( 1961)" for which he was nominated for Best Actor.
Whitman now an established actor, continued acting in both film and television from 1962 to 1972.
While he continued working with notable directors, the films were met with variable degrees of success.
His standout roles of that area were the all- star World War II epic" The Longest Day"( 1962), René Clément's" The Day and the Hour"( 1962), and Ken Annakin's" Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines"( 1965).
The latter was a critically acclaimed British period comedy film about a race in the early days of aviation, released theatrically on 70 mm, and it was a success at the box office, and later on home video making it a classic.
Whitman took the lead role in the western series" Cimarron Strip" who first aired in 1967.
The show who had a major production budget and proved to be to be costly in contrast to its ratings was not renewed.
In 1972, Whitman acted in the horror film" Night of the Lepus."
According to Withman, the poor quality of the film put a dent in his reputation.
From that point to 1987, Whitman would regularly appear on the major television show of that time period some of these includes" The Streets of San Francisco, Love, American Style, Quincy, M.E., The Hardy Boys/ Nancy Drew Mysteries, The Hardy Boys/ Nancy Drew Mysteries, Knight Rider, Matt Houston," among many others.
He acted in several episodes" A- TeamS.W.A.T.Fantasy Island", and" Murder, She Wrote".
He appeared in television- films and mini-series such as" The PirateCondominium Once Upon a Texas Train," etc.
During this time he appeared in many genre films including Fred Williamson's" Mean Johnny Barrows," Jonathan Demme's" Crazy Mama," several collaboration with director René Cardona Jr., etc.
In 1988, aired the first season of" Superboy", the comic book adaptation lasted until 1992.
Until the very end, Whitman played Jonathan Kent, the superhero's adoptive father.
In 1990, he was seen playing a recurring role in" Knots Landing."
During this time, he acted twice in two hour western specials.
First was the 1993 debut of Bruce Campbell's" The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.."
The second, in 1994, was Chuck Norris'" Walker, Texas Ranger" episode" The Reunion".
He was seen in several television films and series as wall as the big screen for other projects until the year 2000.
He is since reported to be retired from acting.
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon is a 1967 Eastman color British science fiction comedy film directed by Don Sharp and starring Burl Ives, Troy Donahue, Gert Fröbe and Terry- Thomas.
It was released in the US as" Those Fantastic Flying Fools", in order to capitalise on the success of" Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" two years earlier.
Jack Davies (screenwriter)
Jack Davies( 25 November 1913 – 22 June 1994) was an English screenwriter, producer, editor and actor.
Davies was prolific comedy screenwriter.
His 48 credits include films starring comedians Will Hay and Norman Wisdom.
He was nominated for an Oscar for his work on" Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines".
His eldest son John Howard Davies was a successful child actor and BBC television executive.
Jim Morahan
Jim Morahan( 26 December 1902 in Lambeth, London – 1976 in Sudbury, Suffolk) was a British art director.
He began his career in film in 1936.
He worked in a number of prominent British productions in the 1940s and 1950s, such as" Scott of the Antarctic"( 1948)," Whisky Galore!"( 1949)," The Blue Lamp"( 1950)," The Man in the White Suit"( 1951)," The Cruel Sea"( 1953)," The Ladykillers"( 1955) and" Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines"( 1965).
He earned an Academy Award nomination in 1949 for" Saraband for Dead Lovers".
Gert Fröbe
Karl Gerhart" Gert" Fröbe( 25 February 1913 – 5 September 1988) was a German film and stage actor.
He is best known in English- speaking countries for his work as Auric Goldfinger in the James Bond film" Goldfinger", as Peachum in" The Threepenny Opera", as Baron Bomburst in" Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", as Hotzenplotz in" Der Räuber Hotzenplotz" and Colonel Manfred von Holstein in" Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines".
Monte Carlo or Bust!
Monte Carlo or Bust! is a 1969 British/ French/ Italian co-production comedy film, also known by its American title, Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies.
The story is based on the Monte Carlo Rally – first raced in 1911 – and the film recalls this general era, set in the 1920s.
A lavish all- star film( Paramount put$ 10 million behind it), it is the story of an epic car rally across Europe that involves a lot of eccentric characters from all over the world who will stop at nothing to win.
The film is a sequel to the 1965 hit" Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines".
Terry- Thomas appeared as Sir Cuthbert Ware- Armitage, the equally dastardly son of the Sir Percy Ware- Armitage, which Thomas had played in the earlier film.
Some others of the cast from the first film returned, including Gert Fröbe and Eric Sykes.
Like the earlier film, it was written by Ken Annakin and Jack Davies and directed by Annakin, with music by Ron Goodwin.
The title tune is performed by Jimmy Durante.
The credits sequence animation was the work of Ronald Searle, who was also featured in Annakin's earlier" Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines".
Tony Curtis and Susan Hampshire played other contestants in the race; Curtis also starred in the similar period- piece comedy" The Great Race"( 1965) from Warner Bros.
The film was originally intended to be called" Rome or Bust".
The American distributors Paramount Pictures re-titled it" Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies" to tie it to Annakin's 1965 film; re-editing also meant cuts, up to a half- hour, from the original UK release.
María Luisa Bemberg
María Luisa Bemberg( April 14, 1922 – May 7, 1995) was an Argentine film writer, director and actress; one of the first Argentine women film directors with a powerful presence in the intellectual world of Argentina of 1970- 1990.
In her work, she specialized in portraying famous Argentinian women and the Argentine upper class.
Bemberg also focused on feminism, with regard to the gender debate and cinematic gaze.
Bemberg is arguably Argentina ’s foremost female director.
I, the Worst of All
I, the Worst of All is an Argentinian film directed by María Luisa Bemberg.
The film was released in 1990 and is a biopic on the life of Juana Inés de la Cruz.
It was based on Octavio Paz's" Sor Juana: Or, the Traps of Faith".
The film premiered at the 47th Venice International Film Festival where it received the OCIC Award- Honorable Mention.
The film was selected as the Argentine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines; Or, How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes is a 1965 British period comedy film featuring an international ensemble cast including Stuart Whitman, Sarah Miles, Robert Morley, Terry-Thomas, James Fox, Red Skelton, Benny Hill, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Gert Fröbe and Alberto Sordi.
The film, revolving around the craze of early aviation, was directed and co-written by Ken Annakin, with a musical score by Ron Goodwin.
Based on a screenplay entitled "Flying Crazy", the fictional account is set in 1910, when Lord Rawnsley, an English press magnate, offers £10,000  to the winner of the "Daily Post" air race from London to Paris, to prove that Britain is "number one in the air".
Ken Annakin
Kenneth Cooper" Ken" Annakin, OBE( 10 August 1914 – 22 April 2009) was a prolific English film director.
His career spanned half a century, beginning in the early 1940s and ending in 2002.
His career peaked in the 1960s with large- scale adventure films and in all he directed nearly 50 pictures.

Question: Which film has the director who died first, Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines or I, The Worst Of All?
Answer: I, The Worst Of All