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Seichô Matsumoto was born on 21 December 1909 in Kitakyushu, Japan. He was a writer and actor, known for The Castle of Sand (1974), Kikenna onna (1959) and Kuroi gashû dainibu: Kanryû (1961). He died on 4 August 1992 in Tokyo, Japan.

Egisto Macchi was born on 4 August 1928 in Grosseto, Italy. He was a composer, known for Ocean's Twelve (2004), Miss Lovely (2012) and Avenger of the Seven Seas (1962). He died on 4 August 1992 in Montpellier, France.

Ralph Cooper was called "The Dark Gable" after Clark Gable, of course, because of his handsome, rugged good looks and his charm and wit. Too talented and handsome for Hollywood and wouldn't accept stereotype roles Hollywood gave Blacks - so he went and made and starred in films for Blacks. While choreographing a Shirley Temple movie "Poor Little Rich Girl" he studied and watching the movie-making process and made some of the best Black-cast films of the time. On screen he usually played gangsters and bad men in the same acting styles of James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart. His movies were smashes in the Black community. Cooper was also an emcee and helped create the famous Apollo Theater. He helped the Legends we know now to stardom. He was a very talented man a tap dancer, choreographer, wonderful actor, bandleader, singer and writer.

Mustafizul Haq was born on 12 March 1928 in Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India [now in Dhaka, Bangladesh]. He was a director and producer, known for Anari (1969), Mala (1965) and Daak Bangla (1966). He died on 4 August 1992 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Frantisek Tomasek was born on 30 June 1899 in Stauding, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Studenka, Czech Republic]. He died on 4 August 1992 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Prague, Czech Republic].