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Seasoned London-born character actor, who had a lengthy career in American films and on television. The son of an Anglo-Italian music professor, Cyril also had a secondary career in Hollywood as a respected drama coach, engaged by Douglas Fairbanks, James Craig, and others. He appears to have divided the remainder of his time between films and the stage. For some time, around 1936, he was director in charge of production at the Little Theatre in Houston, Texas. Most of his movie roles, beginning in 1931, were uncredited bits. He appeared primarily in serials and 'B-horrors', for which dignified English gentlemen were continuously in demand as undertakers, coroners or townsfolk. Television offered him better opportunities in the early 1950's. Skeletal of build, with a heavily-lined face and a shock of white hair, Cyril always appeared rather older than his years. Something of a specialist in Cockney impersonations, his nonplussed features were also regularly glimpsed as assorted shopkeepers, accountants, butlers or academic types. He popped up to particularly good effect in four episodes of The Twilight Zone (1959), displaying deft comedic abilities as day-dreaming bank employee, Mr. Smithers, in "A Penny for Your Thoughts" (1961). However, Cyril's best on-screen moment came courtesy of The Night of the Iguana (1964), as Deborah Kerr's elderly grandfather Nonno - 'the oldest working poet in the world' - for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination.

Vicki Fee was born on 15 August 1945 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Out of Sight (1966) and The Munsters (1964). She was married to John Richard Steele. She died on 13 December 1975 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

Celeste Edwards was born on 26 November 1917 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for Do Your Stuff (1935). She was married to John William Worsham, Irving Keller Howeth and William John Bell. She died on 13 December 1975 in Victoria, Texas, USA.

Jean Chevrier was born on 25 April 1915 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Paris Frills (1945), The Affairs of Messalina (1951) and Le droit de l'enfant (1949). He was married to Marie Bell. He died on 13 December 1975 in Paris, France.

Maurice Edelman was born on 2 March 1911 in Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales, UK. He was a writer, known for The Frighteners (1972), Playhouse 90 (1956) and Lilli Palmer Theatre (1955). He died on 13 December 1975 in London, England, UK.

Margit Andaházy was born on 10 December 1923 in Budapest, Hungary. She was an actress, known for Gábor diák (1956), Ház a sziklák alatt (1958) and Fügefalevél (1966). She died on 13 December 1975 in Budapest, Hungary.

Cy Williams was born on 10 October 1903 in Florida, USA. He was an actor, known for The Spider's Web (1927) and Sport Slants (1932). He died on 13 December 1975 in Richmond, California, USA.

John Roxborough was born on 21 February 1892 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He is known for Spirit of Youth (1938). He died on 13 December 1975 in Detroit, Michigan, USA.