Twenty questions, round 424

[Red Neurax]

1. Real human
2. First name does not begin with S, P, A, R, T, C, U, L, or O
3,10. Born in South America AND/OR alive in 1935
4. Alive for at least one day that Kirk Douglas was also alive for.
5. Born 1936 or earlier.
6. Not born earlier than the birth of Dalton Trumbo (9 Dec 1905).
7. Not born in a place that was, at some point, part of the British Empire
8. Primarily known for the arts (broadly speaking), athletics, science, or invention.
9. Born in a location that is now part of a country whose common English name starts with S K U B R I or C
11. Not born in Eurasia.

just putting this in the front for reference

[Red Neurax]

after much research, i will guess gene autry

[Jamiet99uk]

after much research, i will guess gene autry

I had been thinking of Gene Autry, but this answer absolutely rules Gene Autry out:

Does this person have something to do with Westerns, or Country and Western style music?

No.

Gene Autry was known as "the singing cowboy" and appeared in multiple westerns. So it cannot be him.

[Aristocrat]

Autry's first name is also Orvon (though I guess my question did not specify legal first name vs the first name everyone knows them by)

[Red Neurax]

frgot about that

[Spartaculous]

Autry's first name is also Orvon (though I guess my question did not specify legal first name vs the first name everyone knows them by)

Yeah (I noted that point about John Wayne). I will say that there is no ambiguity over the initial letter of my chosen person's first name.

[Aristocrat]

Marvin Miller? (this is the first person that popped up trolling wiki that met the requirements; I've got no idea as to how he fits into QM's clues)

[Hominidae]

That summary is missing some stuff, like how this person won a Grammy, but not an Oscar.

[Spartaculous]

Marvin Miller? (this is the first person that popped up trolling wiki that met the requirements; I've got no idea as to how he fits into QM's clues)

No.

[Hominidae]

We are looking for a real male human with a first name that does not begin with S, P, A, R, T, C, U, L, or O who was born some time after 9 December 1905, but before 1 January 1936, in what is now one of the US states of California, Texas, Iowa, Missouri, or Kansas. He died some time during 1970-1999 (after 5 March 1970, I guess). He is primarily known for his involvement in film, which is apparently loosely interpreted, but while he has won at least one Grammy, he has never won an Oscar. He is not associated with Western/Country Western varieties of film or music.

He also has never held elected office, is not a native speaker of a Semitic language, is not primarily famous for written works, is not a known atheist, and is not the sibling of a previous 20 Questions answer.

For those who like our usual summary format (no idea how we got 23 questions, but the question numbers are irrelevant now):

1. Real human
21. Man
3,4,5,6,10,12,15,20. Born after Dalton Trumbo's birth on 9 December 1905; alive in 1935 and also 1970 (when the film "Spartacus" was surpassed by "Airport" as the biggest money-making film in the history of Universal Studios) but NOT 2000; NOT any of the following: a holder of elected office, a native speaker of a Semitic language, primarily famous for written works, a known atheist, an Oscar winner, or the sibling of a previous 20 Questions answer
22. Grammy winner (but not an Oscar winner, as stated above)
7,9,11,13,14,19. Born in what is now California, Texas, Missouri, Iowa, or Kansas
8,16,17,18. Primarily known for involvement in film
23. Has nothing to do with Westerns, or Country and Western style music
2. First name (or only name) does not begin with S, P, A, R, T, C, U, L, or O

NOT (free guesses)
John Wayne (Jamiet99uk)
Howard Hughes (Red Neurax)
Gene Roddenberry (Ernst_Brenner)

ALSO NOT (final guesses, two per person)
Ross Bagdasarian (Ernst_Brenner)
Mavin Miller (Aristocrat)

[Jamiet99uk]

Sorry if this makes a mess of things but I think it may be:

Burt Bacharach

[Jamiet99uk]

Sorry if this makes a mess of things but I think it may be:

Burt Bacharach

SCRATCH

He won an Oscar so it can't be. WITHDRAWN.

[Red Neurax]

hard puzzle

[summacumlaude]

I posted a guess, but deleted it. Consider it a scratch, I guess.

[Hominidae]

I posted a guess, but deleted it. Consider it a scratch, I guess.

Welcome to the game!

[Spartaculous]

We are looking for a real male human with a first name that does not begin with S, P, A, R, T, C, U, L, or O who was born some time after 9 December 1905, but before 1 January 1936, in what is now one of the US states of California, Texas, Iowa, Missouri, or Kansas. He died some time during 1970-1999 (after 5 March 1970, I guess). He is primarily known for his involvement in film, which is apparently loosely interpreted, but while he has won at least one Grammy, he has never won an Oscar. He is not associated with Western/Country Western varieties of film or music.

He also has never held elected office, is not a native speaker of a Semitic language, is not primarily famous for written works, is not a known atheist, and is not the sibling of a previous 20 Questions answer.

For those who like our usual summary format (no idea how we got 23 questions, but the question numbers are irrelevant now):

1. Real human
21. Man
3,4,5,6,10,12,15,20. Born after Dalton Trumbo's birth on 9 December 1905; alive in 1935 and also 1970 (when the film "Spartacus" was surpassed by "Airport" as the biggest money-making film in the history of Universal Studios) but NOT 2000; NOT any of the following: a holder of elected office, a native speaker of a Semitic language, primarily famous for written works, a known atheist, an Oscar winner, or the sibling of a previous 20 Questions answer
22. Grammy winner (but not an Oscar winner, as stated above)
7,9,11,13,14,19. Born in what is now California, Texas, Missouri, Iowa, or Kansas
8,16,17,18. Primarily known for involvement in film
23. Has nothing to do with Westerns, or Country and Western style music
2. First name (or only name) does not begin with S, P, A, R, T, C, U, L, or O

NOT (free guesses)
John Wayne (Jamiet99uk)
Howard Hughes (Red Neurax)
Gene Roddenberry (Ernst_Brenner)

ALSO NOT (final guesses, two per person)
Ross Bagdasarian (Ernst_Brenner)
Mavin Miller (Aristocrat)

This is a good summary. To it, I will add that I considered Ross Bagdasarian to be an excellent guess. I also emphasized the fact that my pick was connected with something I did last weekend. Finally, I will comment that I suspect most of you all (at least the Americans) would instantly recognize his most famous work.

This has been going on for some time, so I think it will be best to wrap it up by tomorrow night (American time). If there is no winner, I'll pass QM duties off to someone else (I'll be travelling this weekend).

[Spartaculous]

I posted a guess, but deleted it. Consider it a scratch, I guess.

You've got two guesses, and I'll send the round by tomorrow night, so don't be too shy!

[Aristocrat]

Vince Guaraldi

[Spartaculous]

Vince Guaraldi

There we go! Vince Guaraldi is correct! He was the composer for the "Peanuts" specials, and his soundtrack for "A Charlie Brown Christmas" is instantly recognizable.

[DreamTrawler]

Great round and great guess!