Richard Benedict
Richard" Pepe" Benedict( born Riccardo Benedetto, Palermo, January 8, 1920 – Studio City, April 25, 1984) was an Italian- American television and film actor and director.
He appeared in dozens of television programs and movies from the 1940s to the 1960s, most notably" Ace in the Hole"( 1951), directed by Billy Wilder.
Benedict appeared with Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack in the 1960 movie" Ocean's 11" as one of the 11 men who rob five Las Vegas casinos on the same night.
He also played the commander of the Mars rescue ship in the 1958 B sci- fi movie" It! The Terror from Beyond Space".
Benedict's television appearances included" Adventures of Superman The Lone Ranger Perry MasonZorroDragnet Peter Gunn" and" Hawaii Five- O".
His directing credits included" Impasse", an adventure film starring Burt Reynolds.
His interment was in Forest Lawn – Hollywood Hills Cemetery.
He is the father of actor Nick Benedict.
Bert Shefter
Bert Shefter( May 15, 1902 – June 29, 1999) was a Russian- born film composer who worked primarily in America.
He was born in Poltava, Russian Empire( now Ukraine.)
After emigrating to the U.S. he attended the Carnegie Institute, Philadelphia ’s Curtis Institute of Music& the Damrosch Institute, NYC.
He began his musical career as a duo-pianist with Morton Gould( known as" Shefter& Gould".)
They performed in theaters and on the radio between 1930- 1936.
He developed his skills as a conductor, and began appearing both as solo pianist and conductor on stage.
He was the guest conductor at Carnegie Hall during the 1946- 1947 season.
He formed his own orchestra, and appeared on New York radio including some broadcasts over the NBC Network.
He also conducted his orchestra on recordings for several record labels and for the" Muzak" store music service.
His first work in film music was as musical director for the production" One Too Many" in 1950.
In the late 1950s, Shefter struck up an alliance with fellow film composer Paul Sawtell and they produced many film scores together.
Most notably they provided the music to classic science fiction and horror films including" Kronos"( 1957)," It!
The Terror from Beyond Space"( 1958)," Return of the Fly"( 1959)," The Lost World"( 1960)," Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea"( 1961, in cooperation with producer Irwin Allen), and" Jack the Giant Killer"( 1962).
In 1965 they composed some scores for the director Russ Meyer, such as the cult classic" Faster Pussycat!
Kill! Kill!" and" Motorpsycho".
The last score they provided was for the Mexican film" Emiliano Zapata" in 1970 shortly before Sawtell's retirement.
He retired in 1975 and died in 1999 at the age of 95 in West Hollywood, CA.
Edward L. Cahn
Edward L. Cahn (February 12, 1899 – August 25, 1963) was an American film director.
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
It!
The Terror from Beyond Space is an independently made 1958 American science fiction horror film, produced by Robert Kent, directed by Edward L. Cahn, that stars Marshall Thompson, Shawn Smith (Shirley Patterson), and Kim Spalding.
The film was distributed by United Artists as a double feature with "Curse of the Faceless Man".
The story involves Earth's second mission to Mars to discover the fate of the first.
They find a sole survivor of that mission and bring him back.
The survivor, the expedition's former commander, claims that his crew were killed by a hostile Martian life form.
No one believes him until the creature, now a stowaway, begins hunting the rescue ship's crew as they return to Earth.
The film's premise has been cited as an inspiration for screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's screenplay for Ridley Scott's 1979 film "Alien"..
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
They Came from Beyond Space
They Came from Beyond Space is a 1967 British Eastman Color science fiction film produced by Max J. Rosenberg and Martin Subotsky, and directed by Freddie Francis.
The screenplay was written by Subotsky, based on the book" The Gods Hate Kansas" by Joseph Millard.
The film stars Robert Hutton, Jennifer Jayne, Zia Mohyeddin and Bernard Kay.
The narrative follows the adventures of a scientist who tries to stop space aliens who are made of pure energy from enslaving humans in order to rebuild their spaceship so that they can return to their home planet.
The film is from Amicus Productions.
" They Came from Beyond Space" used many of the sets and props left over from Amicus's( 1966) as a cost -cutting measure.
Curse of the Faceless Man
Curse of the Faceless Man is a 1958 independently made American low- budget black- and- white horror film, produced by Robert E. Kent, directed by Edward L. Cahn, that stars Richard Anderson, Elaine Edwards, Adele Mara, and Luis van Rooten.
Science fiction writer Jerome Bixby wrote the screenplay.
The film was theatrically released in the US by United Artists as a double feature with" It! The Terror from Beyond Space".
The film's storyline concerns a Roman gladiator, buried alive in Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, who returns to life in modern times to find the reincarnation of the woman he loves.
The Terrornauts
The Terrornauts is a 1967 science fiction film produced by Amicus Productions.
It went out on a double feature with" They Came from Beyond Space".
This double bill has been called" the two worst films the company ever produced".
The film is based on" The Wailing Asteroid" by Murray Leinster, adapted for screen by John Brunner.
The Terror (1938 film)
The Terror is a 1938 British crime film directed by Richard Bird and starring Wilfrid Lawson, Linden Travers and Bernard Lee.
It was based on the 1927 play" The Terror" by Edgar Wallace which had previously been adapted as an American film" The Terror" in 1928.
It was shot at Elstree Studios with sets designed by the art director Cedric Dawe.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.

Question: What is the date of death of the director of film It! The Terror From Beyond Space?
Answer: August 25, 1963