Cinematographer William C. Mellor suffered a heart attack, collapsed and died on the set. Telly Savalas shaved his head bald for his role as Pontius Pilate. He kept his head shaved for the rest of his life. During filming, the first snowstorm to strike Arizona in decades buried the whole Jerusalem set. Several hundred cast and crew members, including director George Stevens, went out with snow shovels, wheelbarrows, bulldozers, and butane flame throwers to clear the snow from the set. Jus ...[Read Story ]