Brad Dexter (April 9, 1917 – December 11, 2002^[1]) was an American actor.

Life and career[link]

Dexter was born Boris Malanovich (Serbian Cyrillic: Борис Малановић),^[2] in Goldfield, Nevada, of Serbian parentage. He spoke Serbian as his first language. Burly, dark and handsome, Brad Dexter was usually given supporting roles of a rugged character. Early in his acting career, he went by the name of Barry Mitchell.

After a stint as an amateur boxer, Dexter attended the Pasadena Playhouse where he studied theatre. During World War II he enlisted for military service with the U.S. Army Air Corps and appeared in the Corps play and film Winged Victory. His career in Hollywood spanned over four decades. Other films Dexter appeared in include The Asphalt Jungle, Last Train from Gun Hill, Kings of the Sun, Johnny Cool.

Characterising him as a "tough guy at his best in the The Magnificent Seven," Dexter's obituary in The Guardian singles out his portrayal of Harry Luck and claims he was "overshadowed" by his contemporaries:

A question that comes up regularly in film trivia quizzes is to name the magnificent seven, of the 1960 John Sturges western. Easy to start with: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn and Horst Buchholz. But if Brad Dexter, who has died aged 85, is usually the last to be mentioned, it is mainly because of the fame of the others; actually, he was rather good as the most mercenary of the septet. . . . the cool and taciturn Harry Luck . . .^[3]

From January to November 1953 he had a brief and stormy marriage with singer Peggy Lee which ended in divorce.^[4]

Dexter's relationship with singer and actor Frank Sinatra began when Dexter saved the singer from drowning on May 10, 1964, during production of the World War II film, None But the Brave, on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. Sinatra and Ruth Koch, the wife of producer Howard Koch, were swimming at a beach when they were swept out to sea by the outgoing tide and nearly drowned. Sinatra's co-star Dexter and two surfers swam out and rescued them. Dexter was later awarded a Red Cross medal for his bravery.

Sinatra and Dexter co-starred in a second film together Von Ryan's Express and Dexter subsequently produced The Naked Runner which starred Sinatra and was filmed in London. The two men clashed over Sinatra's unwillingness to finish the film and after it was completed, Dexter resigned. "I was the only guy who dropped Sinatra ... I couldn't put up with his nonsense", Dexter said at the time. Dexter also co-produced Skag with fellow Serbian American actor Karl Malden.

He was married to Star-Kist tuna heiress Mary Bogdonovich from January 27, 1971 until her death on June 12, 1994. Later in 1994 he married June Deyer and remained with her until his death.^[5] He died in Rancho Mirage, California, from emphysema, on December 11, 2002, at age 85. He is buried in Desert Memorial Park^[2]

References[link]

External links[link]

Biography portal

• Brad Dexter at the Internet Movie Database
• "Brad Dexter". Actor. Find a Grave. March 04, 2003. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7232203. Retrieved June 29, 2011. 

Evelyn Keyes
Evelyn Keyes in 99 River Street (1953)
Born	Evelyn Louise Keyes (1916-11-20)November 20, 1916[1] Port Arthur, Texas, U.S.
Died	July 4, 2008(2008-07-04) (aged 91) Montecito, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1938–93
Spouse	Barton Bainbridge (1938–1940) Charles Vidor (1943–1945) John Huston (1946–1950) Artie Shaw (1957–1985)
Partner	Michael Todd (1953–1956)

Evelyn Louise Keyes (November 20, 1916 – July 4, 2008) was an American film actress. She is best known for her role as Suellen O'Hara in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind.

Early life[link]

Evelyn Keyes was born on November 20, 1916, in Port Arthur, Texas,^[2] to Omar Dow Keyes and Maude Ollive Keyes, the daughter of a Methodist minister. After Omar Keyes died when she was three years old, she moved with her mother to Atlanta, Georgia, where they lived with her grandparents. As a teenager, Keyes took dancing lessons and performed for local clubs such as the Daughters of the Confederacy.

Film career[link]

A chorus girl by age 18, Keyes was put under contract by Cecil B. DeMille. After a handful of B movies at Paramount Pictures, she landed her most notable role, that of Scarlett O'Hara's sister Suellen in Gone with the Wind (1939).^[3]

Columbia Pictures signed her to a contract. In 1941, she played an ingenue role in Here Comes Mr. Jordan. She spent most of the early 1940s playing leads in many of Columbia's B dramas and mysteries. She appeared as the female lead opposite Larry Parks in Columbia's blockbuster hit The Jolson Story (1946). She appeared in 1949 role as Kathy Flannigan in Mrs. Mike.^[4] Keyes' last major film role was a small part as Tom Ewell's vacationing wife in The Seven Year Itch (1955), which starred Marilyn Monroe. Keyes officially retired in 1956, but continued to act.

Personal life[link]

She was married to Barton Oliver Bainbridge Sr. from 1938 until his death from suicide in 1940. Later, she married and divorced director Charles Vidor (1943–1945), actor/director John Huston (23 July 1946–February 1950),^[5][6][7] and bandleader Artie Shaw (1957–1985).^[8] Keyes said of her many relationships, "I was always interested in the man of the moment, and there were many such moments." While married to Huston, the couple adopted a Mexican child, Pablo, whom Huston had discovered while on the set of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

Her autobiography, Scarlett O'Hara's Younger Sister: My Lively Life In and Out of Hollywood, was published in 1977.^[3] Keyes expressed her opinion that Mrs. Mike was her best film. She also wrote of the personal cost she paid by having an abortion just before Gone with the Wind was to begin filming.^[9] The experience left her unable to have children. Among the many Hollywood affairs she recounted were those with producer Michael Todd (who left Evelyn for Elizabeth Taylor), Anthony Quinn, David Niven and Kirk Douglas.

Evelyn Keyes in The Seven Year Itch (1955)

Death[link]

She died of uterine cancer on July 4, 2008, at the Peppers Estate Care Home in Montecito, California, near Santa Barbara.^[3] She had also suffered from Alzheimer's disease.^[10]

Filmography[link]

• The Buccaneer (1938) as Madeleine
• Dangerous to Know (1938) (uncredited)
• Men with Wings (1938) (uncredited) Nurse
• Sons of the Legion (1938) as Linda Lee
• Artists and Models Abroad (1938) aka Stranded in Paris (UK) (uncredited)
• Paris Honeymoon (1939) (uncredited) as Village Girl
• Sudden Money (1939) as Mary Patterson
• Gone with the Wind (1939) as Suellen O'Hara
• Slightly Honorable (1940) as Miss Vlissingen
• The Lady in Question (1940) as Francois Morestan
• Before I Hang (1940) as Martha Garth
• Beyond the Sacramento (1940) aka Power of Justice (UK) as Lynn Perry
• The Face Behind the Mask (1941) aka Behind the Mask (UK) as Helen Williams
• Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) as Bette Logan
• Ladies in Retirement (1941) as Lucy
• The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942) aka High Seas (US reissue title) as Ruth Morley
• Flight Lieutenant (1942) as Susie Thompson
• The Desperadoes (1943) as Allison McLeod
• Dangerous Blondes (1943) as Jane Craig
• There's Something About a Soldier (1943) as Carol Harkness
• Nine Girls (1944) as Mary O'Ryan
• Strange Affair (1944) as Jacqueline Harrison
• A Thousand and One Nights (1945) aka 1001 Nights as the Genie^[11]
• Renegades (1946) aka Kansan, as Hannah Brockway^[12]
• The Thrill of Brazil (1946) as Vicki Dean^[13]
• The Jolson Story (1946) as Julie Benson (a character based on Jolson's wife, Ruby Keeler)^[14]
• Johnny O'Clock (1947) as Nancy Hobson
• The Mating of Millie (1948) as Millie McGonigle
• Enchantment (1948) as Grizel Dane
• Mr. Soft Touch (1949) aka House of Settlement (UK), as Jenny Jones
• Mrs. Mike (1949) as Kathy Flannigan^[4]
• The Killer That Stalked New York (1950) aka Frightened City (UK) (US copyright title), as Sheila Bennet^[15]
• Smuggler's Island (1951) as Vivian Craig
• The Prowler (1951) as Susan Gilvray
• Iron Man (1951) as Rose Warren^[16]
• One Big Affair (1952) as Jean Harper
• C'est arrivé à Paris (1953) aka It Happened in Paris (US), as Patricia Moran
• Rough Shoot (1953) aka Shoot First (US), as Cecily Paine^[17]
• 99 River Street (1953) aka Crosstown, as Linda James^[18]
• Hell's Half Acre (1954) as Donna Williams^[19]
• The Seven Year Itch (1955) as Helen Sherman
• Top of the World (1955) as Virgie Rayne (Mrs. Gannon)
• Around the World in 80 Days (1956) as The Flirt
• Across 110th Street (1972) (cameo)
• A Return to Salem's Lot (1987) as Mrs. Axel
• The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988) as herself (interview)
• Wicked Stepmother (1989) as Witch Instructor

References[link]

External links[link]

Biography portal

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• Evelyn Keyes at the Internet Movie Database
• Evelyn Keyes at Find a Grave

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S'Express (pronounced ess-express; sometimes spelled S'Xpress or S-Express; otherwise known as Victim of the Ghetto) were a British dance music act from the late 1980s, who had one of the earliest commercial successes in the acid house genre.

"Theme from S'Express", based on Rose Royce's "Is It Love You're After", was also one of the earliest recordings to capitalize on a resurgence of sampling culture and went to number one in the United Kingdom as well as the Hot Dance Club Play chart in the United States (also scraping into the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at #91).

Biography[link]

The main player in the act was DJ/producer and remixer Mark Moore. In 1989, the group released its debut album, Original Soundtrack, which featured a line-up of Mark M (Moore, noise engineer), Michellé (microdot clarinet and vox), Mark D (trumpet, noise, boogie factor), Jocasta (hi-hat hairspray, background vox), and Pascal (Pascal Gabriel, noise engineer). The album consisted of slightly longer versions of S-Express's "Theme" and its follow-up hits "Superfly Guy" (UK #5) and "Hey Music Lover" (UK #6), along with an album's worth of new compositions. Singer Billie Ray Martin also appeared on several tracks on its debut.

By the release of the second album Intercourse, the act was reduced to a duo of Moore with new vocalist and DJ Sonique. Although not as successful as its debut, Intercourse spawned several mid-charting UK singles and club hits, most notably "Nothing to Lose", co-written with Martin Gordon, as were several other tunes on the record. Sonique, already a successful DJ, eventually embarked on a solo career and produced one of the biggest club hits of the late 1990s ("It Feels So Good"). Moore went on to release many singles, remixes and albums on his own and also formed the band Needledust.

On the eve of the 20th anniversary of acid house, Mark Moore resurrected S'Express from the "cryogenic chamber",^[1] and released a song on the French Kitsune record label called "Stupid Little Girls."

Mark Moore has also remixed Client, Soft Cell, and the B-52's.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• 1989 Original Soundtrack - (Rhythm King, LEFT CD8)- UK #5^[2]
• 1991 Intercourse - (US, Sire, 9 26520-2) (UK, Rhythm King / Epic, 468567 2)
• 1998 Ultimate S'Express - (Camden / BMG, 74321 603402)
• 2004 Themes from S'Express - the Best Of - (BMG, 82876 581972)

Singles[link]

• ¹ remixes by Tony De Vit, Aquarius and Carl Craig available in Australia through Central Station Records (also released in the UK and Europe), and accredited to Mark Moore presents S'Express.^[2]
• ² released on download and 12" vinyl only.

See also[link]

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart

References[link]

External links[link]

• Mark Moore's Official Website
• Sonique
• Mark Moore/S'Express Facebook
• Mark Moore's Twitter
• Discogs: S'Express
• S'Express at WorldMusicDatabase

Troy Tulowitzki
Tulowitzki batting for the Rockies
Colorado Rockies — No. 2
Shortstop
Born: (1984-10-10) October 10, 1984 (age 27) Santa Clara, California
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Professional debut
August 30, 2006 for the Colorado Rockies
MLB statistics (through May 31, 2012)
Batting average	.292
Hits	822
Home Runs	130
Runs batted in	470
On-base percentage	.364
Slugging percentage	.504
Teams
Colorado Rockies (2006–present)
Career highlights and awards
2× All-Star (2010, 2011) 2× National League Gold Glove Award (2010, 2011) 2× National League Silver Slugger Award (2010, 2011) National League Player of the Month (September 2010) 4× National League Player of the Week 3× Fielding Bible Award (2007, 2010, 2011) Unassisted triple play (April 29, 2007) Hit for the cycle (August 10, 2009)

Medal record
Men’s baseball
Competitor for  United States
World University Championship
Gold	2004 Tainan	Team

Troy Trevor Tulowitzki (born October 10, 1984), nicknamed Tulo, is an American professional baseball shortstop with the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball.

Tulowitzki's arm, range and instincts at shortstop are highly regarded. Furthermore, his size, ability and leadership skills have garnered him comparisons to Cal Ripken, Jr., Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter.^[1][2]

High school career[link]

Tulowitzki graduated from Fremont High School in Sunnyvale, California, alma mater of former Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth.^[3] He earned four varsity letters in baseball and two in basketball. He was twice named second team All-State in baseball, and was a 3-time team MVP. As a junior, Tulowitzki had a batting average of .536. He also went 15–1 on the mound. As a senior, he batted .519 with 24 home runs. In basketball, Tulowitzki won league MVP, and was second team All-State and team MVP, averaging 22.6 points per game during his senior year. He was named Fremont High Athlete of the Year in 2002.^[3]

Long Beach State[link]

A sure-handed starting shortstop for three seasons at California State University, Long Beach, Tulowitzki had a .962 career fielding percentage. Offensively, in 155 career games, he had a batting average of .310, with 20 homers, 117 RBIs, 37 doubles, and a .491 slugging percentage.^[4][5] He also accumulated 31 multi-hit games in his collegiate career. Baseball America rated him as having the top arm and as the best defensive shortstop in the Big West Conference. Tulowitzki was a two-time All-Big West selection (second team in 2003 and first team in 2004) and a two-time All-Regional Tournament selection, earning Most Outstanding Player (MOP) honors in 2004. In 2004 he was selected for the United States collegiate national team and helped lead Team USA to a gold medal in the World University Baseball Championship.^[6] He was drafted by the Colorado Rockies, with the seventh overall pick in the first round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft.^[7]

Major leagues[link]

2006 season[link]

Tulowitzki made his Major League Baseball debut with the Rockies on August 30, 2006, against the New York Mets.^[8] He had four at bats and went hitless with three strikeouts. Tulowitzki made it to the big leagues after playing just 126 minor league games. He collected his first Major League hit, an infield single off of Óliver Pérez of the Mets, on August 31, 2006.^[9] Tulowitzki hit his first MLB home run on September 4, 2006, off of Woody Williams of the San Diego Padres, in a 7–5 loss against San Diego.^[10] He posted a .240 batting average with one home run and six RBIs in 25 games during the 2006 season.^[7]

2007 season[link]

Tulowitzki entered spring training prior to the 2007 season in a battle with incumbent Rockies shortstop Clint Barmes for the starting role. After a spring that saw Tulowitzki win the spring training's MVP award, along with Barmes struggling offensively, Tulowitzki entered 2007 as the Rockies' starting shortstop.^[11]

As a rookie, Tulowitzki established himself in the eyes of some as a Gold Glove-caliber shortstop.^[12][13][14] He led all MLB shortstops in fielding percentage (.987), putouts (262), total chances (834), assists (561), and double plays turned (114; 2 more than Jack Wilson, in 233 more innings). He also ranked first in range factor (5.39) and second in zone rating (.866). His target at first base, 3-time gold glover Todd Helton, led the National League in fielding percentage (.999; for the second straight year) and range factor (10.39). Tulowitzki's .987 fielding percentage set an MLB-single season record by a rookie shortstop.^[15] He was also a major contributor in the Rockies' MLB-record .98925 fielding percentage for one season.^[13]

Troy Tulowitzki about to field his position (shortstop)

Tulowitzki ended up not winning the 2007 National League Gold Glove Award, which is voted on by NL coaches and players. The award went instead to Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins, despite the fact that Tulowitzki had a better fielding percentage (.987 to .985), zone rating, and range factor, and more total chances, putouts, and assists, and turned 4 more double plays, in 66.1 fewer innings, than Rollins. They each had 11 errors, but Tulowitzki's came on 834 total chances, compared to Rollins' 717.[2]

Tulowitzki did, however, win the Fielding Bible Award at shortstop, which is awarded to the shortstop who a panel of voters view as the best defensive shortstop in Major League Baseball.^[16] The panel consists of national sports writers, scouts and sports radio talk show hosts.

On April 29, 2007, Tulowitzki turned just the 13th unassisted triple play in MLB history, during a 9–7 home victory at Coors Field over the Atlanta Braves.^[17][18] As of 2009, eight of the 15 unassisted triple plays have been made by a shortstop. In the top of the seventh, Tulowitzki caught third baseman Chipper Jones' line drive with the runners moving, then stepped on second base to retire Kelly Johnson and tagged Edgar Rentería who made no attempt to escape, before he could return to first base. Confused and not realizing what he had done, Tulowitzki went back and tagged second again, then threw the ball to Helton at first, neither of which was necessary.

Instead of giving the historic triple play ball back to Tulowitzki, Helton accidentally tossed it into the crowd. However, the ball was eventually retrieved and returned to Tulowitzki a couple of weeks later.^[19]

On September 12, 2007, against the Philadelphia Phillies, Tulowitzki was on the wrong end of a triple play this time. As he put it, "I was on first base, I thought the ball hit the ground. I was running to second to break it up. Oh, well. I don't know too many people who can say they turned a triple play and had a triple play turned on them in the same year."^[20]

On September 10, 2007, Tulowitzki hit his 20th home run of the season, which set the record for most home runs in a single season by a National League rookie shortstop.^[21] The previous record was 19, held by Ernie Banks. Tulowitzki hit his first career grand slam on September 29, 2007, in a 11–1 home win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, off of Dustin Nippert.^[11][22] He ended with 24 home runs on the season.

Tulowitzki was named the NL Rookie of the Month for August.^[23]

In the 2007 season, Tulowitzki ranked first among NL rookies in at bats (609), plate appearances (678), games (155), hits (177), doubles (33), runs (104), total bases (292), walks (57) and RBIs (99; 2 ahead of Ryan Braun, in 158 more at bats). Tulowitzki's 99 RBIs led all National League shortstops (he was 3 short of a tie for the MLB lead, held by Detroit Tigers shortstop Carlos Guillén). His RBI total set an MLB-single season record for a rookie shortstop.^[15] He finished second behind Braun in OBP (.359). He was third behind Braun and Hunter Pence in batting average (.291), slugging percentage (.479), OPS (.838) and triples (5). Tulowitzki was also third behind Braun and Chris Young in home runs (24) and extra base hits (62), and tied for ninth in stolen bases (7).

Tulowitzki tied Young, Rajai Davis and Norris Hopper for the lead among all NL rookies in caught stealing (6), was second to Carlos Ruiz in grounding into double plays (14, which was one more – with 158 more at bats – than third place Braun) and second behind Young in strikeouts (130; leading all NL shortstops). However, Tulowitzki had the third lowest strikeout ratio (21.3%) out of all rookies with at least 400 at bats, behind Kevin Kouzmanoff (19.4%) and Pence (20.8%). He batted .320 with a .554 slugging percentage and 15 home runs at mile-high Coors Field, but hit only .256 with a .393 slugging percentage and 9 home runs in away games. However, it should be noted that one of the reasons for any substantial differences in home and road splits for Rockies batters is that they have to make adjustments in how they see pitches away from Coors Field – particularly breaking balls, such as sliders and curve balls – since those pitches act differently at Coors Field than on the road.^[24]

Team veterans alerted Tulowitzki every time Braun, his chief rival for rookie of the year honors, hit a home run.^[25]