Bill Cody Jr. Bill Cody Jr. Bill Cody Jr. (April 18, 1925 – August 11, 1989) was an American motion picture child actor. Born William Joseph Cody Jr. in Los Angeles, California, where his father Bill Cody was a cowboy star of B-movie westerns, the youngster was reportedly 7 years old when he accompanied his father on a personal appearance tour throughout the United States. Bill Cody Jr. was nine years old when he began appearing in films, the first four of which were with his father. Billed simply as "Billy Jr." for his first screen appearance, a featured role in Ray Kirkwood's
Ram Chandra (snake showman) Ram Chandra (snake showman) Ram Chandra (real name: Edward Royce Ramsamy) was a snake showman in Australia. He was known as Australia' "taipan man" and for his work in extracting snake venom to create antivenenes. He was born on 24 May 1921 and joined the show circuit in Sydney in the early 1940s. He handled and demonstrated various snakes in 'The Pit of Death' and in 1946 changed his name to Ram Chandra. He was responsible for the identification of the taipan as a separate species from the brown snake. In 1951 he successfully milked a taipan and in 1955