Born on this day – Henry Fonda:

Henry Fonda

Actor

May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 12 Angry Men (1957); 13 Stars for Channel 13 (1966); 6 Bullets to Hell (2016); 70 Jahre Berlinale (2020); A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966); A Night at Ford's Theater (1968); A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington (2012); A Salute to American Imagination (1978); ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999); ABC's Nightlife (1965); Advise & Consent (1962); AFI Life Achievement Award (1973–1988); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001); All About People (1967); All in the Family (1974); All This and World War II (1976); All-Star Party for James Stewart (1978); Almos' a Man (1976); America Alive! (1978); America at the Movies (1976); American Masters (2008); America's Sweetheart: The Mary Pickford Story (1978); Amérique, notre histoire (2006); An All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (1977); An Impression of John Steinbeck: Writer (1969); An Opera of Violence (2003); Anyone for Tennyson? The Master Poets Collection (1976); Arena (1983); Ash Wednesday (1973); Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991); Barbra: The Concert (1994); Barn Burning (1980); Battle of the Bulge (1965); Beans, Bullets, and Black Oil (1968); Benjy (1951); Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1976); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Biography (1987–1999); Blockade (1938); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2020); Bob Dylan: Under Review 1978-1989 (2008); Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 (1980); Born to Buck (1966); Breakdowns of 1938 (1938); Cadet Rousselle (1972); Call Me Kate (2023); Captains and the Kings (1976); Catalogue of Ships (2008); Chad Hanna (1940); Charles Bronson, Hollywood's Lone Wolf (2020); Citizen Jane, l'Amérique selon Fonda (2020); City on Fire (1979); Clarence Darrow (1974); Classic Movie Bloopers (1990); Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (1976); Comic Relief 2009 (2009); Compression (2023); Daisy Kenyon (1947); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jimmy Stewart (1978); Denk ich an Deutschland - Das Wispern im Berg der Dinge (1997); Die VII. Internationalen Filmfestspiele (1957); Dinah! (1975–1977); Directed by John Ford (1971); Drums Along the Mohawk (1939); Elvis Mitchell in Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence (2008); Fail Safe (1964); Family (1979); Famous Nathan (2014); Fedora (1978); Film '78 (1978); Film Making Techniques: Acting (1973); Firecreek (1968); Fonda on Fonda (1992); Fort Apache (1948); Gala Adlai on Broadway (1960); Gala de l'Unicef (1969–1979); Gene Tierney, une star oubliée (2017); General Electric Theater (1955); General Electric's All-Star Anniversary (1978); Gideon's Trumpet (1980); Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984); Good Morning America (1976–1980); Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia (2013); Gunfighters of the Old West (1992); Hair, Let the Sun Shine In (2007); Happy Days (1970); Headliners & Legends with Matt Lauer (1998–2008); Henry Fonda and the Family (1962); Henry Fonda and the Making of 'Summer Solstice' (1981); Henry Fonda for President (2024); Henry Fonda oder Die Qualität der Prärie (1980); Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (1982); Hitchcock Confidential (2019); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood contra Franco (2008); Hollywood Greats (1984); Hollywood Insider (2022); Hollywood: The Fabulous Era (1962); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969); Home to Stay (1978); How the West Was Lost (2008); How the West Was Won (1962); Howdy (1970); I Dream Too Much (1935); I Met My Love Again (1938); I'm a Fool (1977); Immortal Sergeant (1943); In Harm's Way (1965); Inside Edition (2015); Inside the Jury Room (2008); Inside the Movie Kingdom – 1964 (1964); Inside 'the Swarm' (1978); It's Everybody's War (1942); James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy (1981); Jay Sebring.... Cutting to the Truth (2020); Jeanne Wolf with... (1974–1979); Jerry Visits (1972); Jesse James (1939); Jezebel (1938); Jigsaw (1949); John Ford (1992); John Ford et Monument Valley (2013); John Ford Goes to War (2002); John Ford: The Man Who Invented America (2019); John Wayne: Behind the Scenes (2007); La classe américaine (1993); La Marató 2005 (2005); Land of Liberty (1939); Laugh-In (1977–1978); Leaders of the Twentieth Century (1978–1979); Les Fonda, une dynastie de cinéma (2023); Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star (2016); Let Poland Be Poland (1982); Let Us Live (1939); Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still (1972); Life Goes to the Movies (1976); Lillian Russell (1940); L'ultimo esploratore - Vita e avventure del barone Franchetti (2013); Madigan (1968); Main Street to Broadway (1953); Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen (1981); Maude (1976); Medallion Theatre (1953); Meet the Stars #5: Hollywood Meets the Navy (1941); Meteor (1979); Midway (1976); Mister Roberts (1955); Moonlighting (1987); Movie Bloopers (1988); My Darling Clementine (1946); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); My Name Is Nobody (1973); Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home to (1990); NBC White Paper (1966); Norman Lear: A Life on Television (2023); Omnibus (1992); On Golden Pond (1981); On location with There Was a Crooked Man (1970); On Our Merry Way (1948); On Stage! (1949); Once Upon a Time in the West (1968); Parker Adderson, Philosopher (1974); Parkinson (1975); Password (1971); Pat Paulsen for President (1968); Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour (1970); Paul's Case (1980); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1956); Personne (2016); Pictura (1951); Playing Pappy (2012); Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991); President Hollywood (2008); President Kennedy's Birthday Salute (1962); Producers' Showcase (1955); Rangers of Yellowstone (1958); Rappaccini's Daughter (1980); Reframed: Marilyn Monroe (2022); Rings on Her Fingers (1942); Robert Klein Still Can't Stop His Leg (2016); Rollercoaster (1977); Roma (2004); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Sacco and Vanzetti (2006); SAG Foundation Conversations (1979); Salute to Oscar Hammerstein II (1972); San Francisco Fire (1962); Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's (1980); Sex and the Single Girl (1964); Sharks: The Death Machine (1978); Showtime, U.S.A. (1950); Slim (1937); Soldier's Home (1977); Sometimes a Great Notion / aka Never Give a Inch (1971); Southern Soul (2016); Spanish Western (2014); Spawn of the North (1938); Spencer's Mountain (1963); Spendthrift (1936); Sport en fête (1973); Sports Illustrated Greatest Highlights of the Super Bowl (1991); Stage Struck (1958); Stand Up and Cheer (1971); Starring Katharine Hepburn (1981); Stars of the Silver Screen (2011); Stranger on the Run (1967); Strictly Courtroom (2008); Summer Solstice (1981); Sunday Showcase (1959); Survival (1970); Tales of Manhattan (1942); Talking Film (1978–1979); Tentacles (1977); That Certain Woman (1937); That Regis Philbin Show (1965); The 15th Annual Tony Awards (1961); The 1976 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (1976); The 20th Annual Tony Awards (1966); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 26th Annual Tony Awards (1972); The 28th Annual Tony Awards (1974); The 29th Annual Tony Awards (1975); The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards (1976); The 30th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1973); The 33rd Annual Tony Awards (1979); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 50th Annual Tony Awards (1996); The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981); The 6th People's Choice Awards (1980); The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008); The Alpha Caper (1973); The American Film Institute's 10th Anniversary Special (1977); The American Parade (1975); The American West of John Ford (1971); The Battle of Midway (1942); The Bell Telephone Hour (1964); The Best Man (1964); The Best of Hollywood (1998); The Big Street (1942); The Biggest Battle (1978); The Blue Hotel (1977); The Boston Strangler (1968); The Brass Are Comin' (1969); The Cheyenne Social Club (1970); The Cowboy (2016); The David Frost Show (1969–1971); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Lucille Ball (1975); The Dean Martin Show (1973); The Deputy (1959–1961); The Dick Cavett Show (1969–1972); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Displaced Person (1977); The Doris Day Show (1971); The Dream Team (1989); The Ed Sullivan Show (1952–1970); The Fabulous Fifties / Fifties Dead Sequence (1960); The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935); The Filming of the Battle of the Bulge (1965); The Fugitive (1947); The George Gobel Show (1956–1959); The Glory Road West (1976); The Golden Honeymoon (1980); The Good Years (1962); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); The Great Smokey Roadblock (1977); The Greatest Man in the World (1980); The Irv Kupcinet Show (1975); The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (1980); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969); The Jolly Corner (1975); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1979); The Kraft Music Hall (1969); The Lady Eve (1941); The Last 4 Days (1974); The Long Night (1947); The Longest Day (1962); The Mad Miss Manton (1938); The Magnificent Dope (1942); The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988); The Making of 'Midway' (2001); The Male Animal (1942); The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (1980); The Man Who Loved Bears (1979); The Man Who Understood Women (1959); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1976); The Mike Douglas Show (1972–1976); The Moon's Our Home (1936); The Movie Game (1971); The Moviemakers (1984); The Movies (2019); The Music for UNICEF Concert: A Gift of Song (1979); The Music School (1974); The New Bike (2009); The New Steve Allen Show (1964); The Oldest Living Graduate (1980); The Ox-Bow Incident (1942); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Poetry Hall of Fame (1993); The Real Miss America (1952); The Really Big Family (1967); The Red Pony (1973); The Return of Frank James (1940); The Rounders (1965); The Secret Agents (1965); The Serpent (1973); The Siskel & Ebert 500th Anniversary Special (1989); The Sky Is Gray (1980); The Smith Family (1971–1972); The Star and the Story (1955–1956); The Stars Salute America's Greatest Movies (1977); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1958–1960); The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939); The Swarm (1978); The Tin Star (1957); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1967–1992); The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936); The Underground Doctors (1977); The Western (1959); The Wild West (1979); The Wrong Man (1956); There Was a Crooked Man... (1970); This Is Your Life (1977); Time-Life Specials: The March of Time (1965); To Save a Soldier (1969); Today (1964–1980); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1980); Tonight on Broadway (1948); Too Late the Hero (1970); Troubled Waters (1965); Unauthorized Biography: Jane Fonda (1988); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1972 / 1979); Wanda Nevada (1979); War and Peace (1956); War Stories with Oliver North (2006); Warlock (1959); Way Down East (1935); Welcome to Hard Times (1967); Welcome to the Basement (2016); Western Union (1941); What's My Line? (1961–1966); Whistleblowers: The Untold Stories (2012); Wild Geese Calling (1941); Wings of the Morning (1937); You Belong to Me (1941); You Only Live Once (1937); Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); Yours, Mine and Ours (1968).

Born on this day – Joseph Cotton:

Joseph Cotton

Actor

May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994

Born on this day – Kansas Joe McCoy:

Kansas Joe McCoy

Blues singer

Musician

Songwriter

May 11, 1905 – January 28, 1950

Credits:

Songs:

Botherin' That Thing; Delta Bound; Evil devil woman blues; Hey Hey Loretta; Hoodoo Women; If You Take Me Back; If You're a Viper; I'm Going Back Home; Joliet Bound; Lake Providence Blues; Let's Get Drunk and Truck; Let'sTry It Again; Look Who's Coming Down The Road; Meat Cutter Blues; Motherless and Fatherless Blues; My Babe, My Babe; My Garbage Man; Oh! Red; Pile Driver Blues; Pile Drivin' Blues; Root Hog or Die; That will be alright; That'll Be Alright; The Candy Man; The World Is a Hard Place to Live In; Time A-Wastin'; Twenty Minutes To Hell; Well, Well; Wet It; When the Levee Breaks; Why Don’t You Do Right; You Done Tore Your Pants With me.

Born on this day – Bumble Bee Slim:

Bumble Bee Slim

Blues singer

Guitarist

May 7, 1905 – June 8, 1968

Albums:

12 O clock Southern Train (2014); Aching Pain Blues (2023); Back in Town (2013); Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 5 1935-1936 (2005); Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 6 1936 (2005); Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 8 1937-1951 (2005); Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 9 (1934-1951) (2005); Chain Gang Bound (2015); From Georgia to Chicago 1931-1937 (1998); Got the Blues (2011); Greasy Greens And Blues (2012); Instinctively the Blues (2020); Jazz Figures (1934 -1935) Volume 3 (2011); Jazz Figures (1934) Volume 2 (2011); Jazz Figures (1935 - 1936) Volume 5 (2011); The Piedmont Blues (2024).

Born on this day – Charlotte Armstrong:

Charlotte Armstrong

Writer

May 2, 1905 – July 18, 1969

Credits:

Books:

A Dram of Poison (1956); A Little Less Than Kind (1963); A Moment on the Edge (2002); Bite-Sized Offerings (2015); Catch as Catch Can / aka Walk Out on Death (1952); Child's Ploy (1984); Dream of Fair Woman (1966); Fifty Best Mysteries (2004); Golden Age Detective Stories (2021); Hanging By a Thread (1970); Hound Dunnit (1987); I See You (1966); Incident At a Corner (1957); Lay On, Mac Duff! (1942); Lemon in the Basket (1967); Magical Wishes (1986); Mask of Evil (1958); Mischief (1950); Murder Most Divine (2000); Seven Seats to the Moon (1969); Something Blue (1959); Strange Maine (1986); The Albatross (1957); The Balloon Man (1968); The Better to Eat You / aka Murder's Nest (1954); The Big Book of Female Detectives (2018); The Black-Eyed Stranger (1951); The Case of the Weird Sisters (1943); The Chocolate Cobweb (1948); The Dream Walker / aka Alibi for Murder (1955); The Gift Shop (1967); The Girl with a Secret (1959); The Innocent Flower / aka Death Filled the Glass (1945); The Mark of the Hand (1963); The Master's Choice Book 1 (1979); The One-Faced Girl (1963); The Protege (1970); The Seventeen Widows of Sans Souci (1959); The Trouble in Thor / aka And Sometimes Death (1953); The Turret Room (1965); The Unsuspected (1946); The Web She Weaves (1983); The Witch's House (1963); Who's Been Sitting in My Chair? (1962).

Movies and television:

Aku no kamen (2001); Akujo no kamen (1980); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960); Climax! (1957); Don't Bother to Knock (1952); General Electric Theater (1961); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Kage no tsume (1972); Kraft Theatre (1958); Lux Playhouse (1958); Matinee Theatre (1956); Mofuku no houmonsha (1971); Nightcap (2000); Startime (1960); Studio 57 (1954–1955); Studio One (1954); Suspense (1953); Talk About a Stranger (1952); The Breach (1970); The Chevy Mystery Show (1960); The George Sanders Mystery Theater (1957); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1955); The Sitter (1991); The Three Weird Sisters (1948); The Trap (1950); The Unsuspected (1947); The Web (1951); Thriller (1960).

Born on this day – Leila Hyams:

Leila Hyams

Actress

Vaudevillian

May 1, 1905 – December 4, 1977

Credits:

$1000 a Minute (1935); A Girl in Every Port (1928); Affairs of a Gentleman (1934); Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009); Dancing Mothers (1926); First Aid (1943); Freaks (1932); Gentleman's Fate (1931); Honor Bound (1928); Horse Play (1933); Hurricane (1929); Island of Lost Souls (1932); Land of the Silver Fox (1928); Masquerade (1929); May I Come In (1930); Men Call It Love (1931); New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1931); No Ransom (1934); One-Round Hogan (1927); People Will Talk (1935); Red-Headed Woman (1932); Ruggles of Red Gap (1935); Sandra (1924); Saturday's Millions (1933); Schlitzie: One of Us; Sing Sinner Sing (1933); Spite Marriage (1929); Stepping Out (1931); Summer Bachelors (1926); Surrender (1931); Sweethearts and Wives (1930); The Big Broadcast (1932); The Big House (1930); The Bishop Murder Case (1929); The Branded Sombrero (1928); The Brute (1927); The Bush Leaguer (1927); The Christmas Party (1931); The Constant Woman (1933); The Crimson City (1928); The Far Call (1929); The Flirting Widow (1930); The Girl Said No (1930); The Idle Rich (1929); The Kick-Off (1926); The Phantom of Paris (1931); The Poor Rich (1934); The Sins of the Children (1930); The Thirteenth Chair (1929); The Wizard (1927); Tod Browning's 'Freaks': The Sideshow Cinema (2004); Way for a Sailor (1930); Way Out West (1930); White Pants Willie (1927); Wonder of Women (1929); Yellow Dust (1936).

Born on this day – Robert Penn Warren:

Robert Penn Warren

Writer

April 24, 1905 – September 15, 1989

Born on this day – Viktor Frankl:

Viktor Frankl

Neurologist

Psychiatrist

Writer

Holocaust survivor

March 26, 1905 – September 2, 1997

Credits:

Man's Search for Meaning (1946); Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning (1997); On the Theory and Therapy of Mental Disorders (2004); Psychotherapy and Existentialism (1967); The Doctor and the Soul (1955); The Unheard Cry for Meaning (2011); The Will to Meaning (1988); Viktor Frankl Recollections: An Autobiography (2000); Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything (2020).

Born on this day – Robert Donat:

Robert Donat

Actor

Director

Writer

March 18, 1905 – June 9, 1958

Credits:

Compression (2024); El lado oscuro (2024); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); Discovering Film (2020); The Oscars Library: A Tribute to the Academy Awards (2019); Hitchcock Confidential (2019); The First Film (2015); A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009); 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009); Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock (2009); Living Famously (2003); Hitchcock: The Early Years (1999); 100 Years at the Movies (1994); Best of British (1987); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); The British Greats (1980); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972); The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958); Kraft Theatre (1956); Lease of Life (1954); The Magic Box (1951); The Cure for Love (1949); The Winslow Boy (1948); Captain Boycott (1947); Vacation from Marriage (1945); The New Lot (1943); The Adventures of Tartu (1943); The Young Mr. Pitt (1942); Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939); The Citadel (1938); Knight Without Armor (1937); The Ghost Goes West (1935); The 39 Steps (1935); The Count of Monte Cristo (1934); The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933); For Love or Money (1933); Over Night (1932); Men of Tomorrow (1932); The Cure for Love (1949); Alexander Korda, Kt (1956); Korda Interviews (1956); The Stained Glass at Fairford (1956); Royal Heritage (1952); Some of the Best (1944); Twenty Years After (1944); The Miracle of Sound (1940); Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940).

Born on this day – Mildred Washington:

Mildred Washington

Actress

March 16, 1905 – September 7, 1933

Credits:

A Man of Sentiment (1933); Bed of Roses (1933); Blonde Venus (1932); Hearts in Dixie (1929); In Old Kentucky (1927); Morning Glory (1933); Only Yesterday (1933); Roman Scandals (1933); Tenderfeet (1928); The Shopworn Angel (1928); The Thoroughbred (1930); Torch Singer (1933); Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927).

Born on this day – Edith Méra:

Edith Mera

Actress

February 7, 1905 – February 24, 1935

Credits:

Count Obligado (1935); The Outbreak (1934); Midnight Prince (1934); Poliche (1934); Fedora (1934); Iris lost and found (1934); Dream Castle (1933); Simone Is Like That (1933); The Premature Father (1933); The Hen (1933); Grandeur and Decadence (1933); I confide ma femme (1933); Mademoiselle Josette, ma femme (1933); Three Musketeers (1932); A Star Disappears (1932); Shout It from the House Tops (1932); My Lover the Assassin (1932); Miche (1932); Monsieur le maréchal (1931); Mam'zelle Nitouche (1931); Un soir de rafle (1931); The Man Who Murdered (1931); Beauty Cult (1930).

Born on this day – Kay Francis:

Kay Francis

Actress

January 13, 1905 – August 26, 1968

Credits:

Lux Video Theatre (1951); The Prudential Family Playhouse (1950); Wife Wanted (1946); Allotment Wives (1945); Divorce (1945); Four Jills in a Jeep (1944); Between Us Girls (1942); Always in My Heart (1942); The Feminine Touch (1941); Charley's Aunt (1941); The Man Who Lost Himself (1941); Play Girl (1941); Little Men (1940); When the Daltons Rode (1940); It's a Date (1940); In Name Only (1939); Women in the Wind (1939); King of the Underworld (1939); Comet Over Broadway (1938); Secrets of an Actress (1938); My Bill (1938); Women Are Like That (1938); First Lady (1937); Confession (1937); Another Dawn (1937); Stolen Holiday (1937); Give Me Your Heart (1936); The White Angel (1936); I Found Stella Parish (1935); The Goose and the Gander (1935); Stranded (1935); Living on Velvet (1935); British Agent (1934); Dr. Monica (1934); Wonder Bar (1934); Mandalay (1934); The House on 56th Street (1933); I Loved a Woman (1933); Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933); Storm at Daybreak (1933); The Keyhole (1933); Cynara (1932); Trouble in Paradise (1932); One Way Passage (1932); Jewel Robbery (1932); Street of Women (1932); Man Wanted (1932); Strangers in Love (1932); The False Madonna (1931); Girls About Town (1931); 24 Hours (1931); Guilty Hands (1931); Transgression (1931); The Vice Squad (1931); Ladies' Man (1931); Scandal Sheet (1931); Passion Flower (1930); The Virtuous Sin (1930); Let's Go Native (1930); For the Defense (1930); Raffles (1930); A Notorious Affair (1930); Paramount on Parade (1930); Street of Chance (1930); Behind the Make-Up (1930); The Marriage Playground (1929); Illusion (1929); Dangerous Curves (1929); The Cocoanuts (1929); Gentlemen of the Press (1929).

Born on this day – Nelson Leigh:

Nelson Leigh

Actor

January 1, 1905 – July 3, 1985

Credits:

The Nickel Ride (1974); The Other Wise Man (1969); This Is the Life (1952–1969); The Christophers (1968); Bonanza (1966–1967); The F.B.I. (1965–1966); The Time Tunnel (1966); The Silencers (1966); Perry Mason (1959–1964); The Great Adventure (1963); A Gathering of Eagles (1963); Incident in an Alley (1962); Target: The Corruptors! (1961); The Outsider (1961); Lover Come Back (1961); The New Breed (1961); Surfside 6 (1961); The Road to Better Living (1959); The Ann Sothern Show (1961); The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1961); A Fever in the Blood (1961); U.S. Marshal (1960); Joyful Hour (1960); The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960); Men Into Space (1960); Ocean's Eleven (1960); The Gallant Hours (1960); Lassie (1960); Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960); Vice Raid (1959); Operation Petticoat (1959); The Millionaire (1956–1959); Tightrope (1959); These Thousand Hills (1959); Steve Canyon (1958–1959); Imitation of Life (1959); The Hangman (1959); Flight (1958); In Love and War (1958); Whirlybirds (1958); Step Down to Terror (1958); Voice in the Mirror (1958); The Naked and the Dead (1958); Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958); The Silent Service (1957–1958); The Book of Acts Series (1957); Official Detective (1957); Bombers B-52 (1957); Jet Pilot (1957); Code 3 (1957); The Unholy Wife (1957); The Black Panther (1957); God Is My Partner (1957); Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957); Cheyenne (1957); The Spirit of St. Louis (1957); Father Knows Best (1957); Navy Log (1955–1956); Friendly Persuasion (1956); Toward the Unknown (1956); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1956); Strange Intruder (1956); Hold Back the Night (1956); The First Texan (1956); World Without End (1956); Crusader (1956); Empty Shoes (1956); Call It Free (1955); Lincoln Speaks for Himself (1955); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1955); Medic (1955); The Virgin Queen (1955); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); Creature with the Atom Brain (1955); The Halls of Ivy (1955); The Man Behind the Badge (1955); Untamed Mistress (1956); The Loretta Young Show (1955); Big House, U.S.A. (1955); Cavalcade of America (1955); The Whistler (1955); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Outlaw's Daughter (1954); Dynamite, the Story of Alfred Nobel (1954); The Black Shield of Falworth (1954); The Saracen Blade (1954); Drums of Tahiti (1954); Jesse James vs. the Daltons (1954); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951–1954); Texas Bad Man (1953); Jack Slade (1953); Prisoners of the Casbah (1953); The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953); Valley of Head Hunters (1953); Split Second (1953); Fireside Theatre (1952–1953); Savage Mutiny (1953); The Living Bible (1952); The Story of Christopher Columbus: Proving the Earth Is Round (1952); Magnificent Adventure (1952); Family Theatre (1951–1952); Hopalong Cassidy (1952); The Living Bible (1952); Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1952); Gruen Guild Theater (1952); Racket Squad (1952); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Thief of Damascus (1952); Bugles in the Afternoon (1952); Submarine Command (1951); Hurricane Island (1951); Yukon Manhunt (1951); Home Town Story (1951); The Cisco Kid (1950); Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950); Captive Girl (1950); The Lone Ranger (1950); A Voice in the Wilderness (1949); Life of St. Paul Series (1949); The Living Christ Series (1949); The Christmas Carol (1949); The Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949); Jolson Sings Again (1949); Barbary Pirate (1949); The Lost Tribe (1949); The Fighting O'Flynn (1949); Raising of Lazarus (1948); Simon Peter, Fisherman (1948); Racing Luck (1948); Congo Bill (1948); And Forbid Them Not (1948); Abraham's Faith (1948); The Gallant Blade (1948); Superman (1948); The Black Arrow (1948); Angels' Alley (1948); Amos, Shepherd of Tekoa (1947); Faith of Jairus (1947); The Unfaithful Servant (1947); Brick Bradford (1947); The Calling of Matthew (1946); The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946); The Blind Beggar of Jerusalem (1945); The Sailor Takes a Wife (1945); Cornered (1945); Son of Lassie (1945); Identity Unknown (1945); It's a Pleasure (1945); Tonight and Every Night (1945); Hamlet (1945); Man of Faith (1944); Mary Magdalene (1944); Meet Miss Bobby Socks (1944); U-Boat Prisoner (1944); Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944); Louisiana Hayride (1944); The White Cliffs of Dover (1944); Follow the Boys (1944); The Girl in the Case (1944); Jam Session (1944); Two-Man Submarine (1944); Texas Masquerade (1944); Journey Into Faith (1943); What a Woman! (1943); A Guy Named Joe (1943); The Return of the Vampire (1943); Lassie Come Home (1943); Corvette K-225 (1943); Sahara (1943); The Man from Down Under (1943); First Comes Courage (1943); Appointment in Berlin (1943); No Greater Power (1942); A Certain Nobleman (1940).

Born on this day – Lewis Allen:

Lewis Allen

Director

December 25, 1905 – May 3, 2000

Born on this day – B.K. Turner:

B.K. Turner

Blues singer

Guitarist

December 21, 1905 – November 7, 1972

Credits:

Albums:

I'm the Boss Card in Your Hand (compilation, Arhoolie, 1992); The Black Ace: BK Turner and His Steel Guitar (studio album, Arhoolie, 1960).

Songs:

Beer Drinkin`Woman; Black Ace; Evil Woman; Hitch Hiking Woman; I Am the Black Ace; Interview; Your Legs Too Little.

Born on this day – Otto Preminger:

Otto Preminger

Director

Producer

Actor

December 5, 1905 – April 23, 1986

Born on this day – Norah Baring:

Norah Baring

Actress

November 26, 1905 – February 8, 1985

Credits:

Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1995); Escape from Dartmoor (1930); Little Stranger (1934); Murder! (1930); Mystery at the Villa Rose (1930); Should a Doctor Tell? (1930); Strange Evidence (1933); The Celestial City (1929); The Doctors' Women (1928); The House of Trent (1933); The Lyons Mail (1931); The Runaway Princess (1929); Two Worlds (1930); Underground (1928).

Born on this day – Eleanor Audley:

Eleanor Audley

Actress

November 19, 1905 – November 25, 1991

Born on this day – Ruth Selwyn:

Ruth Selwyn

Actress

Producer

November 6, 1905 – December 13, 1954

Credits:

Baby Face Harrington (1935); Five and Ten (1931); Fugitive Lovers (1934); Goofy Movies Number One (1933); Men Must Fight (1933); New Morals for Old (1932); Polly of the Circus (1932); Speak Easily (1932); The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932).

Born on this day – Joel McCrea:

Joel McCrea

Actor

November 5, 1905 – October 20, 1990

Credits:

Mustang Country (1976); The Young Rounders (1971); Cry Blood, Apache (1970); Ride the High Country (1962); The Crowning Experience (1960); Wichita Town (1959–1960); The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959); Fort Massacre (1958); Cattle Empire (1958); The Tall Stranger (1957); Gunsight Ridge (1957); Trooper Hook (1957); The Oklahoman (1957); The First Texan (1956); Wichita (1955); Stranger on Horseback (1955); Black Horse Canyon (1954); Border River (1954); Shoot First (1953); The Lone Hand (1953); The San Francisco Story (1952); Cattle Drive (1951); Hollywood Story (1951); Frenchie (1950); Saddle Tramp (1950); Stars in My Crown (1950); The Outriders (1950); Colorado Territory (1949); South of St. Louis (1949); Four Faces West (1948); Ramrod (1947); The Virginian (1946); The Unseen (1945); The Great Moment (1944); Buffalo Bill (1944); The More the Merrier (1943); The Palm Beach Story (1942); Sullivan's Travels (1941); The Great Man's Lady (1941); Reaching for the Sun (1941); Foreign Correspondent (1940); Primrose Path (1940); He Married His Wife (1940); Espionage Agent (1939); They Shall Have Music (1939); Union Pacific (1939); Youth Takes a Fling (1938); Three Blind Mice (1938); Wells Fargo (1937); Dead End (1937); Woman Chases Man (1937); Internes Can't Take Money (1937); Banjo on My Knee (1936); Come and Get It (1936); Adventure in Manhattan (1936); Two in a Crowd (1936); These Three (1936); Splendor (1935); Barbary Coast (1935); Woman Wanted (1935); Our Little Girl (1935); Private Worlds (1935); The Richest Girl in the World (1934); Half a Sinner (1934); Gambling Lady (1934); Chance at Heaven (1933); One Man's Journey (1933); Bed of Roses (1933); The Silver Cord (1933); Scarlet River (1933); Rockabye (1932); The Sport Parade (1932); The Most Dangerous Game (1932); Bird of Paradise (1932); The Lost Squadron (1932); Business and Pleasure (1932); Girls About Town (1931); The Common Law (1931); Born to Love (1931); Kept Husbands (1931); Once a Sinner (1931); Lightnin' (1930); The Silver Horde (1930); Framed (1930); Dynamite (1929); So This Is College (1929); The Single Standard (1929); The Jazz Age (1929); The Five O'Clock Girl (1928); The Divine Lady (1928); Freedom of the Press (1928); Dead Man's Curve (1928); The Enemy (1927); The Fair Co-Ed (1927); Torrent (1926); A Self-Made Failure (1924); Penrod and Sam (1923).