Methanol Uses. While the U.S. government formerly mandated the addition of methanol to gasoline in the form of MTBE, an additive that boosted octane, such use has been reduced since the late 1990s following federal recognition of MTBE's high potential for contaminating groundwater (see References 8).
Biography by Hal Erickson. Actor George Hamilton got his start in high school dramatics. Movie-star handsome, Hamilton played the lead in his very first film, Crime and Punishment USA (1959). While his acting talent was barely discernible in his earliest effort, Hamilton steadily improved in such MGM films as Home From the Hill (1960), Where the Boys Are (1960), Light in the Piazza (1961).
James Bond actor Daniel Craig plays Bacon's alcoholic lover George Dyer. Respected actor and stage director Sir Derek Jacobi was chosen to portray Francis Bacon in the film of his life, Love is the Devil (1998). The film explores Bacon's life in London's Soho, with James Bond actor Daniel Craig playing George Dyer.