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A true character actor in the best sense of the word, offbeat British thespian Peter Vaughan's hefty frame could appear intimidating or benevolent; his mere presence menacing or avuncular. Adept at playing both sides of the law, his characters usually possessed a strange, somewhat wary countenance that seemed to keep his audience slightly off balance. This veteran actor has been a stalwart presence for nearly fifty years. Born Peter Ohm in 1923, he began on the stage and didn't enter films until 1959, well into his thirties.

Married in 1952 to rising actress Billie Whitelaw, Peter was primarily in the background at first, offering a cheapjack gallery of thugs, unsmiling cops, and foreign agents in movies. An easily unsympathetic bloke, he played unbilled policemen in his first two films, then slowly gravitated up the credits list. He appeared as the chief of police in the spy drama The Devil's Agent (1962), which also featured his wife, and then gained a bit more attention in a prime part as an offbeat insurance investigator in the B movie Smokescreen (1964), a role that propelled him into the higher ranks. Noticeably shady roles came with playing Tallulah Bankhead's seedy handyman who meets a fatal end in the Gothic horror Die! Die! My Darling! (1965) [aka Die! Die! My Darling!]; his villainous roles in the spy thrillers The Naked Runner (1967) opposite Frank Sinatra and The Man Outside (1967); a German thug in A Twist of Sand (1968); and Sgt. Walker in The Bofors Gun (1968).

Divorced from Whitelaw in 1966, he later married actress Lillias Walker, who had roles in a couple of his pictures: Malachi's Cove (1973) and Intimate Reflections (1975). TV became a large source of income for Vaughan in the 1970s, particularly in his role of Grouty in Porridge (1974) on both the large and small screen, and his quirky demeanor fitted like a glove for bizarre director Terry Gilliam, who cast him as the Ogre in Time Bandits (1981) and then as Mr. Helpman in Brazil (1985). For the past few decades he has maintained a healthy balance between film (including standout roles in Zulu Dawn (1979), The Remains of the Day (1993) and The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)) and TV mini-movies, both contemporary and period. He was still performing into his 90s: his final role was Maester Aemon Targaryen in HBO's Game of Thrones (2011).

He died at age 93 on December 6, 2016, in Sussex, England.

Adolf Burger was born on 12 August 1917 in Velká Lomnica, Austria-Hungary [now Slovakia]. He was a writer, known for The Counterfeiters (2007), Die Johannes B. Kerner Show (1998) and Na plovárne (1999). He was married to Gisela Burger. He died on 6 December 2016 in Prague, Czech Republic.

Mário Masetti was an assistant director and director, known for A Marvada Carne (1985), They Don't Wear Black Tie (1981) and The Next Victim (1983). He died on 6 December 2016 in São Paulo, Brazil.

Susann Frennberg-Langlet born 1935, in Helsingborg, was a Swedish TV-producer, presenter and university graduate in art and literary history. During the fifties she connected with the artist collective Thalassa in Helsingborg, later she studied art history at Lund University. After a bachelor's degree in literary history and a three-grade essay on Birger Sjöberg's "Kriser och kransar" printed in the Sjöbergsällskapet's yearbook, her career in Stockholm began with an employment at Form och Konstrevy, and later she was admitted to Sveriges Radio TV's producer training. Susann Frennberg married the architect Erik Langlet and they had a son Pelle in 1966. Now Susann Langlet felt at home in the new children's editorial office where she hosted the TV-series "Halvfem" (1970-1986) and directed the TV-series "En ettas dagbok / A First Grader's Diary" (1985) based on a novel by Viveca Lärn Sundvall. One of Frennberg-Langlet's last television productions was "Kvinnor, kvinnor, kvinnor" (1997) about women's roles and male jargon. She passed away at Stureby care home on Dec.6, 2016.

Niveen Ramez was born on 8 January 1950 in Giza, Egypt. She was an actress, known for Agazet nos el Sana (1962). She was married to Mohamed Sobhi. She died on 6 December 2016 in Giza, Egypt.

Danian Zheng was born in 1933. He was an actor and assistant director, known for A Corner in the City (1983), Yan an you ji dui (1961) and Dinglong Town (1978). He died on 6 December 2016.

Kathy Lugavere died on 6 December 2016 in New York, New York, USA.

Bruno Bayen was born on 13 November 1950 in Paris, France. He was a director and actor, known for Swing troubadour (1991), Marie (1980) and Le cercle de minuit (1992). He died on 6 December 2016.

Dave Edwards was born on 14 December 1939 in Columbia, Alabama, USA. He died on 6 December 2016 in Crawford, Texas, USA.

Georgi Tarkil was born in 1958 in Sukhumi, Abkhazskaya ASSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Vremya schastlivykh nakhodok (1970). He died on 6 December 2016.

Éva Lehoczky was born on 7 March 1925 in Debrecen, Hungary. She was an actress, known for Musical TV Theater (1970), Szomszédok (1987) and Csalóka Péter (1979). She died on 6 December 2016 in Budapest, Hungary.