Stuntman and bit player Peter Brace was born 30th August 1924 in Southwark, London.  He appeared in his first film in an uncredited minor part in 1947’s Holiday Camp performing a Jitterbug dance.  Other films followed including  Dick Barton: Special Agent (1948) and the basil Radford/Naunton Wayne film It's Not Cricket (1949) – Peter Brace played the part of a Bar Patron (1st photo).

He first began performing stunts in movies in 1952 but his career as both an extra and a stuntman encompassed several decades; it includes everything from doubling Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) to performing stunts in various James Bond movies. Moreover, Brace was also an accomplished horseman and swordsman.

He appeared in dozens of films over the years, most notably; Ivanhoe (1952), Appointment in London (1953), Reach for the Sky (1956), Town on Trial (1957), Ill Met by Moonlight (1957), Quatermass 2 (1957), Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957) - New teacher (2nd photo), A Night to Remember (1958), Danger Within (1959), Crooks Anonymous (1962), We Joined the Navy (1962), Captain Sindbad (1963), The Sandwich Man (1966), A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967), Some Girls Do (1969), Crooks and Coronets (1969), Tommy (1975), Revenge of the Pink Panther (1976), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), Flash Gordon (1980) and Superman II (1980),

His stunt performances in films include Dr. No (1962), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Casino Royale (1967), You Only Live Twice (1967), Where Eagles Dare (1968), When Eight Bells Toll (1971), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Highlander (1986), Willow (1988), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Chaplin (1992) and Braveheart (1995)
 
The actor died at age 94 on 29th October 2018. 

The British film producer Edward Black was born 18th August 1900 in Birmingham.

Best known for being head of production at Gainsborough Studios in the late 1930s and early 1940s, during which time he oversaw production of the Gainsborough melodramas but he specialized in making comedies, thrillers and low-budget musicals.  He had a lot of success making comedy vehicles for stars such as Will Hay and Arthur Askey. He also produced early films from Carol Reed and Alfred Hitchcock and was an early supporter of writer directors Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder. 

For fans of Charters and Caldicott, he produced three of the films that the characters appeared in; The Lady Vanishes (1938), Night Train to Munich (1940) and Millions Like Us (1943).
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Black has been called "one of the unsung heroes of the British film industry.  The accompanying list of films shows the range of classic British films that he made; unfortunately his career was cut short when he died on 30th November 1948 in London

Louis Matto was born 16th August 1910 in London as Luigi Alessandro Matto. He was an actor appearing in dozens of film and TV productions mostly in minor and uncredited parts.  His career spanned from the late 1940’s through to the early 1970’s.

One of his first film appearances was in in 1949’s Stop Press girl where he played the part of the Restaurant Waiter.

This role set the scene for him as he typically played waiters or bar stewards over forty times.  Just a few of the films that he appeared in include; Snowbound (1948), The Wooden Horse (1950), Highly Dangerous (1950), Laughter in Paradise (1951), The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), The Man Who Watched Trains Go By (1952), The Captain’s Paradise (1953), Delayed Action (1954), Doctor at Sea (1955), The Battle of the River Plate (1956), Town on Trial (1957), A Night to Remember (1958), Oscar Wilde (1960), The Boys (1962), From Russia With Love (1964) and Licensed to Kill (1965).

His TV career include appearances in 1959’s Four Just Men, 1960’s Interpol Calling, 1961 to 1964 Danger Man, 1968’s The Avengers and finally in 1971’s Softly Softly: Task Force.
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He died 16th April 1989 in Lincoln, England.