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Ben Harold Williams was born January 18, 1953 in Fort Worth, Texas, the son of aerialist Barbara Ray and elephant trainer Rex Williams. His parents divorced. When Barbara married another elephant trainer, the legendary Bill “Buckles” Woodcock, Ben began working with Buckles's star elephant, Anna May, a remarkably gifted Indian Woodlands elephant that Buckles had purchased from a circus in 1951, when she was five years old. By then, Anna May was thirteen, and Ben, six.
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Charly Baumann (1928-2001) was one of the great wild cat trainers of the second half of the twentieth century, a major circus star both in Europe and in America—where he eventually settled. He was born Heinz Erich Baumann in Berlin, Germany, on September 14, 1928, in a family connected to show business and animals, albeit not to the circus: Heinz’s father was a movie stuntman who worked with horses for UFA in Berlin, then Germany’s major movie studio. From age seven to twelve, young Heinz made his first foray in show business, playing bit parts in movies at the UFA studio. This could have led to an acting career, but the advent of World War II completely reshaped Heinz’s destiny... ([[Charly Baumann|more...]])
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When not traveling with his parents, Ben went to school in Ruskin, Florida—the Woodcocks' hometown—where he became president of the National Honor Society. A bright student, he was offered a scholarship for the University of South Florida, but he chose to go back to the circus instead, and to continue working with elephants. ([[Ben Williams|more...]])
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Revision as of 20:51, 1 December 2009

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CHARLY BAUMANN

Charly Baumann (1928-2001) was one of the great wild cat trainers of the second half of the twentieth century, a major circus star both in Europe and in America—where he eventually settled. He was born Heinz Erich Baumann in Berlin, Germany, on September 14, 1928, in a family connected to show business and animals, albeit not to the circus: Heinz’s father was a movie stuntman who worked with horses for UFA in Berlin, then Germany’s major movie studio. From age seven to twelve, young Heinz made his first foray in show business, playing bit parts in movies at the UFA studio. This could have led to an acting career, but the advent of World War II completely reshaped Heinz’s destiny... (more...)

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