Actor
Writer
July 12, 1934 – November 10, 2009
Credits:
Books:
Encyclopedia of American
Opera (2006); Encyclopedia of Opera on Screen: A Guide to More Than 100 Years
of Opera Films, Videos, and DVDs (2004); Gian Carlo Menotti on Screen: Opera,
Dance and Choral Works on Film, Television and Video (1999); Opera on Screen: A
Guide to 100 Years of Films and Videos (1997); Silent Mystery and Detective
Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography (2009); The Bluffer's Guide to the Cinema /
aka Bluff Your Way in the Cinema (1971); The Faber Book of Movie Verse / with
Philip French (1993); The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World's Great Movie
Stars (1979); The Silent Cinema in Song, 1896-1929: An Illustrated History and
Catalog of Songs Inspired by the Movies and Stars (2008).
Movies and television:
Five
More (1966); Jean Renoir: An Auteur to Remember (2007); Muffled Darkness (1987);
Storyboard (1961); The History and Allure of Time Travel (2004); The Tramplers
(1965); Valkokangas (1982).