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<html> <head> <title>The Phynx</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- .fotmbar { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none} .fotmbar:hover { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline} .newslink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .newslink:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline} .b1f, .b2f, .b3f, .b4f {font-size:1px; overflow:hidden; display:block;} .b1f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 5px;} .b2f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 3px;} .b3f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 2px;} .b4f {height:2px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 1px;} .contentf {background: #e6e6e6; padding: 2px; } .contentf div {margin-left: 5px;} --> </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/trailer.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/trailer.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <div> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED --> <!-- NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION --> <!-- OF SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS (ON THE WEB, IN PRINT, OR OTHERWISE) --> <!-- --> <!-- SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- PO BOX 4436, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040 USA --> </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=15 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>The Phynx <nobr>(6-May-1970)</nobr></b></font><p> <img src="t.the-phynx-1.jpg" height=220 width=160 hspace=10 vspace=10 align=right><p> <p><p> <b>Director:</b> Lee H. Katzin<p><b>Writers:</b> Bob Booker; Stan Cornyn; George Foster<p><b>Producers:</b> Bob Booker; George Foster<p><b>Keywords:</b> <a href="/lists/800/000083551/">Drama</a>, <a href="/lists/692/000083443/">Espionage</a><p><div><img src="/half-star-20.png"><img src="/empty-star-20.png"><img src="/empty-star-20.png"><img src="/empty-star-20.png"></div><p>A rock band is formed as an espionage unit to infiltrate Albania and rescue American celebrities which have been kidnapped by that country's leader. While stacked to the eyeballs with cameos of over-the-hill stars, the film is an atrocity with no redeeming features whatsoever, even to fans of bad film.<p> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/846/000022780/"><font size=-1>Patty Andrews</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Feb-1918</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Jan-2013</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>The Andrews Sisters</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/347/000110017/"><font size=-1>Michael Ansara</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Apr-1922</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Jul-2013</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Cochise on <i>Broken Arrow</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/957/000023888/"><font size=-1>Rona Barrett</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Columnist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Oct-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Entertainment gossip columnist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/004/000023932/"><font size=-1>Edgar Bergen</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Feb-1903</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Sep-1978</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Radio's greatest ventriloquist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/404/000041281/"><font size=-1>Busby Berkeley</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Nov-1895</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Mar-1976</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Strike Up the Band</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/218/000032122/"><font size=-1>Joan Blondell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Aug-1906</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Dec-1979</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>A Tree Grows in Brooklyn</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/952/000025877/"><font size=-1>James Brown</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-May-1933</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Dec-2006</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Godfather of Soul</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/315/000023246/"><font size=-1>Dick Clark</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>TV Personality</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Nov-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Apr-2012</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>American Bandstand</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/522/000044390/"><font size=-1>Xavier Cugat</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Jan-1900</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Oct-1990</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>The Rumba King</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/894/000093615/"><font size=-1>Andy Devine</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Oct-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Feb-1977</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/440/000102134/"><font size=-1>Fritz Feld</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Oct-1900</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Nov-1993</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Bringing Up Baby</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/322/000108995/"><font size=-1>Leo Gorcey</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Jun-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Jun-1969</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Bowery Boy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/526/000110196/"><font size=-1>Huntz Hall</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Aug-1919</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Jan-1999</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Dead End Kids</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/872/000027791/"><font size=-1>John Hart</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Dec-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Sep-2009</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Replaced Clayton Moore as TV's <i>Lone Ranger</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/436/000079199/"><font size=-1>Louis Hayward</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Mar-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Feb-1985</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Man in the Iron Mask</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/095/000134690/"><font size=-1>George Jessel</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Apr-1898</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-May-1981</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Toastmaster General of the United States</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/384/000102078/"><font size=-1>Ruby Keeler</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Aug-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Feb-1993</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>42nd Street</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/293/000130900/"><font size=-1>Patsy Kelly</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Jan-1910</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Sep-1981</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Freaky Friday</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/257/000043128/"><font size=-1>Dorothy Lamour</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Dec-1914</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Sep-1996</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>My Favorite Brunette</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/057/000023985/"><font size=-1>Rich Little</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Comic</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Nov-1938</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Comic and voice impressionist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/789/000108465/"><font size=-1>Guy Lombardo</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Jun-1902</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Nov-1977</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Royal Canadians</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/981/000023912/"><font size=-1>Trini Lopez</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-May-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>If I Had A Hammer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/356/000023287/"><font size=-1>Joe Louis</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Boxing</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-May-1914</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Apr-1981</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>The Champ</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/635/000092359/"><font size=-1>Marilyn Maxwell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Aug-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Mar-1972</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Stand by for Action</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/112/000132713/"><font size=-1>Pat McCormick</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Comic</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Jun-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Jul-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Smokey and the Bandit</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/533/000110203/"><font size=-1>Butterfly McQueen</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Jan-1911</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Dec-1995</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Gone with the Wind</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/532/000078298/"><font size=-1>Pat O'Brien</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Nov-1899</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Oct-1983</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Angels with Dirty Faces</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/506/000070296/"><font size=-1>Maureen O'Sullivan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-May-1911</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Jun-1998</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>A Day at the Races</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/342/000022276/"><font size=-1>Richard Pryor</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Comic</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Dec-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Dec-2005</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Stand-up comic, <i>Stir Crazy</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/024/000043892/"><font size=-1>Martha Raye</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Aug-1916</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Oct-1994</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Monsieur Verdoux</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/557/000109230/"><font size=-1>Colonel Sanders</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Sep-1890</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Dec-1980</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Kentucky Fried Chicken</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/131/000109801/"><font size=-1>Jay Silverheels</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-May-1912</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Mar-1980</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Tonto on <i>The Lone Ranger</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/607/000023538/"><font size=-1>Sally Struthers</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Jul-1948</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>All In The Family</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/609/000065414/"><font size=-1>Ed Sullivan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>TV Personality</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Sep-1902</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Oct-1974</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Ed Sullivan Show</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/091/000130698/"><font size=-1>George Tobias</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Jul-1901</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Feb-1980</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Abner Kravitz on <i>Bewitched</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/230/000022164/"><font size=-1>Rudy Vallee</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Jul-1901</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Jul-1986</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Singer, actor, bandleader</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/228/000075003/"><font size=-1>Clint Walker</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-May-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-May-2018</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Movie cowboy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/265/000044133/"><font size=-1>Johnny Weissmuller</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Jun-1904</nobr></tt></td> <td 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