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Born August 9, 1918 • Cranston • Rhode Island
Died December 5, 1983 (aged 65) • Los Angeles • California
Notable Works “Apache” • “Attack!” • “Big Leaguer” • “Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte” • “Kiss Me Deadly” • “Ten Seconds to Hell” • “The Angry Hills” • “The Big Knife” • “The Dirty Dozen” • “The Frisco Kid” • “The Grissom Gang” • “The Killing of Sister George” • “The Longest Yard” • “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?”

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