Born on this day – Frank De Vol:

Frank De Vol

Composer

Actor

September 20, 1911 – October 27, 1999

Born on this day – William Golding:

William Golding.

Writer.

September 19, 1911 – June 19, 1993

Born on this day – Joseph Pevney:

Joseph Pevney

Director

September 15, 1911 – May 18, 2008

Born on this day – Floyd Council:

Floyd Council

Blues singer

Guitarist

Mandolin player

September 2, 1911 – May 9, 1976

Born on this day – Otto Binder:

Otto Binder

Writer

August 26, 1911 – October 13, 1974

Credits:

Books and comic books:

Action Comics (1948–1969); Adam Link—Robot (1965); Adventure Comics (1948–1967); All Winners Comics (1947); America's Greatest Comics (1942–1943); Anton York, Immortal (1965); Bulletman (1942–1946); Captain America Comics (1941–1947); Captain Marvel Adventures (1942–1953); Captain Marvel Jr. (1942–1951); Destination Moon (1950); Detective Comics (1948–1955); Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom (1964); Doll Man (1943); Enslaved Brains (1965); House of Mystery (1954–1978); Ibis the Invincible (1942–1943); Kid Komics (1943–1944); Lords of Creation (1949); Marvel Classics Comics (1976); Marvel Family (1945–1950); Marvel Mystery Comics (1943–1946); Mary Marvel (1945–1948); Master Comics (1941–1943); Metal Men (1968); Mystery in Space (1954–1966); National Comics (1942); Showcase / Lois Lane (1957); Star-Spangled Comics (1948–1949); Strange Adventures (1954–1967); Superboy (1954–1968); Superman (1955–1969); Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (1958–1967); Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (1954–1969); The Avengers Battle the Earth-Wrecker (1967); What We Really Know about Flying Saucers (1967); Whiz Comics (1941–1943); World's Finest Comics (1948–1960); Young Allies (1944–1946).

Movies and television:

Batman & Bill (2017); Black Adam (2022); Confessions of a Teenage Supergirl (2006); DC League of Super-Pets (2022); Death Battle (2022); Justice League (2001–2004); MultiVersus (2024); Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023); Skids (2016); Supergirl (1973); Supergirl IV: The Submerged Tangled Web (2014); Supergirl V: Deadly Seduction (2015); Supergirl: Endurance (2013); Supergirl: Stranger in a Strange Land (2013); Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010); Superman: The Animated Series (1997); Superman: Unbound (2013); The Flash (2023); The Outer Limits (1964 / 1995).

Born on this day – Ann Dvorak:

Ann Dvorak

Actress

August 2, 1911 – December 10, 1979

Born on this day – Ann Doran, Actress:

Ann Doran

Actress

July 28, 1911 – September 19, 2000

Born on this day – Ginger Rogers:

Ginger Rogers

Actress

Dancer

Singer

July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995

Born on this day – Ruth Ford:

Ruth Ford

Actress

July 7, 1911 – August 12, 2009

Credits:

7254 (1971); Across the Pacific (1942); Act One (1963); Adventure in Iraq (1943); Air Force (1943); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950–1953); Cameo Theatre (1950); Camera Three (1977); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1954); Chloe, Love Is Calling You (1934); Circumstantial Evidence (1945); Divide and Conquer (1942); Dragonwyck (1946); Escape from Crime (1942); Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952); In This Our Life (1942); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954–1961); Lady Gangster (1942); Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014); Marlon Brando Screentest for Rebel Without a Cause (1947); Men of the Sky (1942); Murder in the Big House (1942); Murder on the Waterfront (1943); Musical Comedy Time (1951); Naked City (1962); Orson Welles: What Went Wrong? (1992); Play It As It Lays (1972); Play of the Week (1960); Princess O'Rourke (1943); Requiem for a Nun (1975); Roaring Frontiers (1941); Sanctuary (1961); Secret Enemies (1942); Secrets of the Lone Wolf (1941); Sorry, Wrong Number (1946); Star Stage (1955); Star Tonight (1955); Strange Impersonation (1946); Studio One (1949–1953); Suspense (1950–1951); The Adventures of Ellery Queen (1951); The Arthur Murray Party (1959); The Chevy Mystery Show (1960); The Defenders (1965); The Devil's Trail (1942); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Eyes of the Amaryllis (1982); The Gorilla Man (1943); The Hidden Hand (1942); The Keys of the Kingdom (1944); The Lady Is Willing (1942); The Man Who Returned to Life (1942); The Tree (1969); Theatre of Romance (1949); Too Much Johnson (1938); Too Scared to Scream (1984); Truck Busters (1943); What's My Line? (1966); Wilson (1944); Woman Who Came Back (1945).

Born on this day – Bernard Herrmann:

Bernard Herrmann

Composer

June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975

Born on this day – Gail Patrick:

Gail Patrick

Actress

Producer

June 20, 1911 – July 6, 1980

Credits:

A Dream Comes True (1935); Artist and Models (1937); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Brewster's Millions (1945); Calendar Girl (1947); Claudia and David (1946); Cool and Lam (1958); Cradle Song (1933); Dangerous to Know (1938); Death Takes a Holiday (1934); Disbarred (1939); Doubting Thomas (1935); Early to Bed (1936); Gallant Sons (1940); Gambling Ship (1933); Grand Jury Secrets (1939); Hit Parade of 1943 (1943); If I Had a Million (1932); John Meade's Woman (1937); Kathleen (1941); King of Alcatraz (1938); King of the Wild Horses (1947); Land of Liberty (1939); Love Crazy (1941); Mad About Music (1938); Mama Loves Papa (1933); Man of Conquest (1939); Meet the Stars #3: Variety Reel #1 (1941); Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play (1941); Mississippi (1935); Murder at the Vanities (1934); Murder with Pictures (1936); Murders in the Zoo (1933); My Favorite Wife (1940); My Man Godfrey (1936); No More Ladies (1935); One Hour Late (1934); Perry Mason (1957–1966); Pick-up (1933); Picture People No. 2: Hollywood Sports (1941); Plainsman and the Lady (1946); Quiet Please: Murder (1942); Rendezvous with Annie (1946); Reno (1939); Rumba (1935); Screen Actors (1950); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No 6: Hollywood Recreations (1940); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 7: Wardrobe Designers (1940); Smart Girl (1935); Soaring Stars (1942); Stage Door (1937); Svengoolie (2016); Take the Stand (1934); Tales of Manhattan (1942); The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935); The Big Parade of Comedy (1964); The Crime of Helen Stanley (1934); The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940); The Fashion Side of Hollywood (1935); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939); The Inside Story (1948); The Lone Wolf Returns (1935); The Madonna's Secret (1946); The Merv Griffin Show (1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1970); The Mysterious Rider (1933); The New Perry Mason (1973–1974); The Phantom Broadcast (1933); The Preview Murder Mystery (1936); Threesome (2019); To the Last Man (1933); Twice Blessed (1945); Two Fisted (1935); Two in the Dark (1936); Unusual Occupations (1947); Up in Mabel's Room (1944); Voices in the Labyrinth (2019); Wagon Wheels (1934 / 1953); Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935); We Were Dancing (1942); White Hunter (1936); Wives Under Suspicion (1938); Women in Bondage (1943).

Born on this day – Martin Gabel:

Martin Gabel

Actor

Director

Producer

June 19, 1911 – May 22, 1986

Credits:

5th Annual Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1955); ABC's Nightlife (1965); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Cain's Hundred (1961); Chronicle (1963); Contract on Cherry Street (1977); Deadline - U.S.A. (1952); Divorce American Style (1967); Fourteen Hours (1951); General Electric Theater (1962); Get the Message (1964); Goodbye Charlie (1964); Harvey (1972); Have Gun - Will Travel (1960–1961); He Said, She Said (1970); Hollywood Screen Test (1952); Jungle Terror (1949); Lady in Cement (1968); Lights Out (1951); Lord Love a Duck (1966); M (1951); Marnie (1964); Naked City (1962); Omnibus / Segments: Mr. Lincoln / Lincoln Part V: Ann Rutledge (1952–1955); Password (1962); Pictura (1951); Play of the Week (1960); Playhouse 90 (1959); Profiles in Courage (1965); Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947); Smile Jenny, You're Dead (1974); Startime (1960); Tarzan (1967); The 15th Annual Tony Awards (1961); The 17th Annual Tony Awards (1963); The American Dreadnought (1968); The Americans (1961); The Comeback Story (1954); The Crimebusters (1962); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954); The First Deadly Sin (1980); The Front Page (1974); The Game Show Show (2023); The James Dean Story (1957); The Lost Moment (1947); The Making of a President: 1964 (1966); The Making of the President 1960 (1963); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1962); The Power and the Glory (1961); The Right Man (1960); The Thief (1952); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1958–1961); The Trouble with Marnie (2000); There Was a Crooked Man... (1970); Thriller (1960); Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957); To Tell the Truth (1957–1963); Vincent Van Gogh: A Self-Portrait (1961); What's My Line? (1956–1967).

Born on this day – Sidney Salkow:

Sidney Salkow

Director

Writer

June 16, 1911 – October 18, 2000

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1958); Along the Mohawk Trail (1957); Ang Vengador (1948); Behind the Mike (1937); Blood on the Arrow (1964); Bronco (1962); Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947); Cafe Hostess (1940); Casey Jones (1957); Cavalcade of America (1953–1954); Chicago Confidential (1957); City Without Men (1943); Come on, Leathernecks! (1938); Crusader (1956); Death Valley Days (1962–1964); Durango (1957); Ernestine (1962); Exclusive (1937); Faithful in My Fashion (1946); Fighting Thoroughbreds (1939); Flight at Midnight (1939); Flight Lieutenant (1942); Flirtation (1934); Four Days Wonder (1936); From Hell to Heaven (1933); Fury (1956–1958); General Electric Theater (1953); Girl from God's Country (1940); Girl Overboard (1937); Gun Brothers (1956); Hawaiian Eye (1961); Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (1957); Jack McCall, Desperado (1953); Karen (1964); La rivale dell'imperatrice (1951); La strada buia (1950); Lady Be Careful (1936); Las Vegas Shakedown (1955); Lassie (1954–1955); Maverick (1962); Michael Shayne (1961); Mike Hammer (1959); Millie's Daughter (1947); Murder with Pictures (1936); Overland Trail (1960); Prince of Pirates (1953); Prison Nurse (1938); Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953); Rhythm on the Range (1936); Robbers' Roost (1955); Scarlet Angel (1952); Shadow of the Eagle (1950); She Married a Cop (1939); Shotgun Slade (1959–1960); Simon Lash: The Black Book (1960); Sitting Bull (1954); Soldiers of Fortune (1955–1956); State Trooper (1957–1959); Storm Over Bengal (1938); Street of Missing Men (1939); Supernatural (1933); Surfside 6 (1961–1962); Sword of the Avenger (1948); Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1960); That's My Story! (1937); The Addams Family (1965–1966); The Admiral Was a Lady (1950); The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942); The Big Night (1960); The Boy from Stalingrad (1943); The Comedy Spot (1962); The Count of Monte Cristo (1956); The Golden Hawk (1952); The Great Sioux Massacre (1965); The Iron Sheriff (1957); The Jim Backus Show (1961); The Last Man on Earth (1964); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1960–1961); The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940); The Lone Wolf Strikes (1940); The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941); The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk (1964); The Murder Game (1965); The Night Hawk (1938); The Pathfinder (1952); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1955); The Quick Gun (1964); The Roaring 20's (1961); The Toughest Man Alive (1955); The Zero Hour (1939); This Is Alice (1958); Tillie the Toiler (1941); Time Out for Rhythm (1941); Twice-Told Tales (1963); Woman Doctor (1939); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1952–1953).

Born on this day – Marcel Blistène:

Marcel Blistène

Director

Writer

Film journalist

June 3, 1911 – August 2, 1991

Born on this day – Louise Campbell:

Louise Campbell

Actress

May 30, 1911 – November 5, 1997

Credits:

Anne of Windy Poplars (1940); Bowery Boy (1940); Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937); Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938); Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937); Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939); Bush Pilot (1947); Devil Ship (1947); Emergency Squad (1940); Men with Wings (1938); NBC Television Theatre (1946); Night Club Scandal (1937); Scandal Street (1938); The Buccaneer (1938); The Star Maker (1939); Wild Money (1937).

Born on this day – Sally Phipps:

Sally Phipps

Actress

May 25, 1911 – March 17, 1978

Credits:

A Midsummer Night's Steam (1927); Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl (1926); Big Business (1926); Broncho Billy and the Baby (1915); Cupid and the Clock (1927); Detectives Wanted (1929); Gentlemen Prefer Scotch (1927); Girls (1927); High School Hero (1927); Hold Your Hat (1928); Joy Street (1929); Light Wines and Bearded Ladies (1926); Love Makes 'Em Wild (1927); Mum's the Word (1927); News Parade (1928); None But the Brave (1928); Sunrise (1927); The Cradle Snatchers (1927); The Kangaroo Detective (1927); The One Woman Idea (1929); The Outlaw's Awakening (1915); The Western Way (1915); Where Men Are Men (1931); Why Sailors Go Wrong (1928).

Born on this day – John Paxton:

John Paxton (left), producer Adrian Scott (center), director Edward Dmytryk (writer), on the set of Crossfire (1947).

John Paxton

Writer

Producer

May 21, 1911 – January 5, 1985

Credits:

A Prize of Gold (1955); Aftermath (1960); Cornered (1945); Crack-Up (1946); Crossfire (1947); Fourteen Hours (1951); General Electric Theater (1960); How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957); I Am the Greatest!: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali (1977); Kotch (1971); Murder, My Sweet (1944); My Pal Wolf (1944); Of Men and Music (1951); On the Beach (1959); On the Beach (2000); Pickup Alley (1957); Rope of Sand (1949); So Well Remembered (1947); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955); The Cobweb (1955); The Great Man's Whiskers (1972); The Wild One (1953).

Born on this day – Phil Silvers:

Phil Silvers

Actor

Comedian

May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985

Born on this day – Robert Johnson:

Robert Johnson

Blues singer

Guitarist

Harmonic player

Songwriter

May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938

Credits:

Album:

Robert Johnson: The Centennial Collection (2011).

Movies, video and television:

11.6 (2013); Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe (1990); American Epic (2017); Among Giants (1998); Animal House of Blues: How a Community Helped Create a Hollywood Blockbuster or Two (2012); B.B. King: The Life of Riley (2012); Bank Roll (2012); Baseball (1994); Beat the Devil (2002); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Boys on the Side (1995); Cadillac Records (2008); Chocolat (2000); Crepuscular Suburban Blues (2009); Crossroads (1986); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2009); Dancing with the Stars (2007); Danville 2nd Ward Young Men (2010); Dark (2017); Deep Water (2022); Desperate Man Blues (2003); Dickey Betts & Great Southern: Back Where It All Begins - Live at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum (2005); Die Harald Schmidt Show (1995); Down Terrace (2009); EarthBound (1994); Elementary (2013); Employee of the Month (2004); Eric Clapton & Friends in Concert: A Benefit for the Crossroads Centre at Antigua (1999); Eric Clapton and Friends (1988); Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars (2017); Eric Clapton: Sessions for Robert J (2004); Eric Clapton: Standing at the Crossroads (2021); For the Boys (1991); Freaks and Geeks (1999); Fringe (2009); Get on Up (2014); Ghosts of Mississippi (1996); Gimme Shelter (1970); Great Performances (2005); Greenleaf (2017); Grudge Match (2013); Guardami (1999); Guitar Hero (2005); Guitar Man (2015); Holes (2003); Hounddog (2007); I Am Not Okay with This (2020); iBrain (2013); Kings of the Road (1976); Kopps (2003); Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones (1973); Late Show with David Letterman (2011); Led Zeppelin (2003); Led Zeppelin: Travelling Riverside Blues (1990); Life on Mars (2007); Luck (2011); Luther (2013); Matlock (1989); Misfits (2010–2011); Music High Classroom (2012); Not Fade Away (2012); Patti Cake$ (2017); Phoenix (1998); Post Mortem (1999); Power (2015); Pump Up the Volume (1990); Red Tails (2012); Rush: R30 (2005); Saturday Night Live (1991–1995); Scratch (2001); SeaChange (1998–1999); Sid Meier's Railroads! (2006); Soap&Skin: Me and the Devil (2015); Starbuck in Rock Concert (1973); Stoned (2005); Suck (2009); Supernatural (2006); Sweet Talk (2015); The Blues (2003); The Blues Brothers (1980); The Cream of Eric Clapton (1990); The Demons (2015); The Downbeat (2010); The Ed Sullivan Show (1969); The Five Devils (2022); The Good Wife (2014); The Jeff Healey Band: Live at Montreux 1999 (2005); The Last Summer (2019); The Man Who Fell to Earth (2022); The Missing (2014); The Music Never Stopped (2011); The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2009); The Search for Robert Johnson (1992); The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982); The Skeleton Key (2005); The Stones in the Park (1969); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2010); The Wolf of Wall Street (2013); Thunderground (1989); Tu cara me suena - Argentina (2015); Two Trains Runnin' (2016); Under the Rainbow (2013); Unplugged (1992); When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979); Where the Road Runs Out (2014); Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016); Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (2006).

Born on this day – Maurice Noble:

Maurice Noble

Cartoonist

Animator

Director

May 1, 1911 – May 18, 2001