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While many people may not know Ron Gans' face, any self-respecting fan of '70s drive-in exploitation cinema should be highly familiar with his extremely distinctive and unmistakable deep'n'dulcet velvet smooth golden throat voice. Gans lent his deliciously plummy tones to numerous theatrical trailers for Roger Corman's New World Pictures which include "The Student Nurses," "The Big Doll House," "Bury Me An Angel," "Night Call Nurses," "The Big Bird Cage," "The Arena," "Caged Heat," and "The Great Texas Dynamite Chase." Gans also did the trailers for "Terminal Island" and "The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane." Moreover, Gans' booming sonorous voice can be heard on the radio spots for John Carpenter's "Halloween" and Lucio Fulci's "Zombie." Gans hilariously sent up his trailer work in the sidesplitting "Catholic High School Girls in Trouble" sketch in the riotous anthology comedy "The Kentucky Fried Movie." He was likewise amusing as the pompous voice of a cooking instructor in the uproariously raunchy "Revenge of the Cheerleaders." Gans narrated the documentaries "The Raw Ones," "Sexual Liberty Now," and "Go for It." On television Gans was the voices for both Kanga and Roo on the Walt Disney Channel children's show "Welcome to Pooh Corner" and the voice of Drag Strip on the "Transformers" cartoon program. He was especially effective as the metallic voice of Crimebuster in the charming sci-fi comedy "Heartbeeps" and the sinister voice of Armus on the "Skin of Evil" episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation." Among his occasional on-screen appearances are a job interviewer in "Group Marriage," a would-be rapist in the sordid "Runaway, Runaway," and a television newscaster in "Carnal Madness."

Mina Vaughn was born on 23 April 1934 in Houston, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for Peter Gunn (1958), Route 66 (1960) and Lawman (1958). She was married to Harold 'Hal' Tate. She died on 29 June 2010 in Grover Beach, California, USA.

Pietro Taricone was born on 4 February 1975 in Frosinone, Lazio, Italy. He was an actor, known for Baciati dall'amore (2011), Remember Me, My Love (2003) and Crimes (2006). He died on 29 June 2010 in Terni, Umbria, Italy.

Ray Pourchot had an interesting life starting out in Arizona but was drafted by the Marines during his senior year of high school. Because he was a football player in high school, it was only natural for him to be on the marine's football team at Goleta Air Base during his tenure in the service playing one of the ends on the football team.

Once his enlistment was up, he went to USC and played on the 1947 USC Trojans football team once again starting at an end. During this time, Pourchot started occasionally appearing in movies that needed football players for extras and this was his introduction into the motion picture industry.

By the mid 1950s, Pourchot was working as a bit player and film extra on a full time basis. His premature balding look and his stern demeanor got him jobs as prisoners, workmen, and occasionally cowboys. Like most extras of the day, he found his niche not only as a workman but also as a stand-in for actors like Robert J. Wilke who needed bigger extras to stand-in for them.

During the 1960s, Porchout continued to appear in several big budget productions including a deleted scene in Send Me No Flowers (1964) where Pourchot was only one of two extras who allowed themselves to be seen without their toupee. He also managed to appear in Dean Martin's 4 for Texas (1963) and shows like The Twilight Zone (1959).

With the 1970s coming on, Pourchot found regular work as a utility stand-in, bit-part actor, and an extra in a lot of James Garner's productions including Nichols (1971), and The Rockford Files (1974). He also managed to appear in some rougher neighborhoods in detective shows and in some westerns.

With his career coming to a close, he continued to work throughout the mid 1980s appearing in shows and movies including Matlock (1986) and Bret Maverick (1981), finally winding down his career in the late 1980s and retiring to Pacific Palisades until his death in 2010.

John Coe was born on 19 October 1925 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for The Exorcist III (1990), Coogan's Bluff (1968) and From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973). He died on 29 June 2010 in Urbanna, Virginia, USA.

Peter Masson was born in Scotland, UK. He was married to Pamela ?. He died on 29 June 2010 in Merseyside, England, UK.

Gisela Graupner was born on 30 June 1927 in Leipzig, Germany. She was an actress, known for Karbid und Sauerampfer (1963), Verwirrung der Liebe (1959) and Professor Mamlock (1961). She was married to Albert Zahn. She died on 29 June 2010 in Berlin, Germany.

Don James was born on 27 September 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a composer, known for The Funhouse (1981), Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin (1978) and Goldie and Liza Together (1980). He died on 29 June 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Nabila Al Nabulsy was born on 1 January 1949 in Syria. She was an actress, known for Rijalan tanta ash-Shams (1970), Minor's Love (1986) and My Blood, Tears and Smile (1973). She died on 29 June 2010 in Syria.

Paul Johnson was born on 22 November 1934 in Litchfield, Minnesota, USA. He died on 29 June 2010 in Newport Beach, California, USA.

Rudolf Leopold was born on 1 March 1925 in Vienna, Austria. He died on 29 June 2010 in Vienna, Austria.

Józef Morgala was born on 22 March 1928 in Chwalowice, Rybnik, Slaskie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Raj na ziemi (1970), Janosik (1974) and The Ashes (1965). He died on 29 June 2010.

Paco Paredes was born in 1956 in Murcia, Spain. He was an actor, known for Hospital Central (2000), El comisario (1999) and Petra Delicado (1999). He died on 29 June 2010 in Santa Cruz de la Palma, Spain.

Rudzena Plasilová was born on 11 February 1919 in Drahostuse u Hranic, Czechoslovakia. Rudzena is known for Pet z milionu (1959), Legenda, the Robber (1973) and Einstein kontra Babinský (1964). Rudzena died on 29 June 2010 in Prague, Czech Republic.