Showing posts with label 1912. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1912. Show all posts

Saturday, January 3, 2026

Born on this day – Robert Flemyng:


Robert Flemyng


Actor

Producer

January 3, 1912 – May 22, 1995

Credits:

A Touch of Larceny (1960); About Religion (1962); Battle of Britain (1969); BBC Play of the Month (1976); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1955); Blackmailed (1951); Bond Street (1948); Boyd Q.C. (1960); By Candlelight (1949); Cast a Dark Shadow (1955); Chance Meeting (1959); Compact (1963–1964); Conspirator (1949); Crown Court (1976–1982); Danger Man (1960); Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960); Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978); Edward the King (1975); Enemy at the Door (1978); Executive Stress (1986); Fame Is the Spur (1982); Family Solicitor (1961); French Without Tears (1949); Funny Face (1957); Golden Rendezvous (1977); Half Hour Story (1967); Head Over Heels in Love (1937); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1972); ITV Television Playhouse (1956–1958); Kafka (1991); Lady Killers (1980); Late Night Theatre (1972); Let's Be Happy (1957); Let's Be Happy (1957); Man of the World (1962); Merkmale der Gotik am Beispiel von L'orribile segreto del Dr. Hichcock (2018); Miss Nightingale (1974); Mystery Submarine (1962); Oh! What a Lovely War (1969); Omnibus / Segment: The Trial of St. Joan (1955); Paris by Night (1988); Perfect Scoundrels (1991); Play for Today (1982); Playhouse 90 (1957); Probation Officer (1961); Producers' Showcase (1955); Public Eye (1973); Rebecca (1979); Screen Two (1992); Shadowlands (1993); Small World (1988); Somerset Maugham Hour (1960); Spider's Web (1982); Spy Trap (1975); Studio One (1957); Suspicion (1957); Tempo (1968); The Alcoa Hour (1955–1956); The Avengers (1967); The Blackheath Poisonings (1992); The Blood Beast Terror (1968); The Blue Lamp (1950); The Body Stealers (1969); The Choir (1995); The Darwin Adventure (1972); The Deadly Affair (1967); The DuPont Show of the Month (1958); The Elgin Hour (1955); The Firechasers (1971); The Four Feathers (1978); The Holly and the Ivy (1952); The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962); The Inside Man (1969); The King's Breakfast (1963); The Magic Box (1951); The Man Who Never Was (1956); The Medusa Touch (1978); The New Avengers (1976); The Outsider (1948); The Persuaders! (1971); The Professionals (1983); The Quiller Memorandum (1966); The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966); The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1991); The Strauss Family (1972); The Thirty Nine Steps (1978); The Vacillations of Poppy Carew (1995); The Venturers (1975); Theatre Night (1959); They Made History (1960); This Is Your Life (1980–1991); Thursday Theatre (1964–1965); Travels with My Aunt (1972); Trial (1971); Vanity Fair (1967); Windom's Way (1957); Young Winston (1972); Zero One (1962).

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Born on this day – Rosina Lawrence:


Rosina Lawrence

Actress

Singer

December 30, 1912 – June 23, 1997

Born on this day – Nancy Coleman:


Nancy Coleman


Actress

December 30, 1912 – January 18, 2000

Credits:

Breakdowns of 1942 (1942); Breakdowns of 1944 (1945); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1953); Colgate Theatre (1950); Dangerously They Live (1941); Desperate Journey (1942); Devotion (1946); Edge of Darkness (1943); Entertainment – 1955 (1955); Goodyear Playhouse (1953); Her Sister's Secret (1946); In Our Time (1944); Kings Row (1942); Kraft Theatre (1949–1950); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1958); Lights Out (1950); Lux Video Theatre (1952); Mourning Becomes Electra (1947); NBC Presents (1949); Play of the Week (1961); Producers' Showcase (1956); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950); Ryan's Hope (1976); Slaves (1969); Star Tonight (1955–1956); Stars on Suspense (Old Time Radio) (2022); Susan and God (1938); Tales of Tomorrow (1952–1953); That Man from Tangier (1953); The Adams Chronicles (1976); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1949); The Edge of Night (1956–1984); The Gay Sisters (1942); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1957); The Silver Theatre (1950); The Web (1951); True Story (1957–1958); Unusual Occupations (1947); Valiant Lady (1953–1957); Violence (1947).

Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Born on this day – Howard Breslin:


Howard Breslin


Writer

December 23, 1912 – May 30, 1964

Credits:

Books:

A Hundred Hills; Autumn Comes Early; Bad Day at Black Rock / aka Bad Day at Honda; Concert Grand; Let Go of Yesterday; Run Like a Thief; Shad Run; The Bright Battalions; The Gallowglass; The Piper's Son; The Silver Oar; The Tamarack Tree; Thunder on the River.

Movies:

Bad Day at Black Rock (1955); Platinum High School (1960).

Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Thursday, November 27, 2025

Born on this day – Connie Sawyer:


Connie Sawyer


Actress

November 27, 1912 – January 21, 2018

Credits:

2 Broke Girls (2012); 227 (1985); 8 Simple Rules (2003); A Bell for Adano (1967); A Hole in the Head (1959); Abandoned and Deceived (1995); ABC Weekend Specials (1982); Ada (1961); All in the Family (1971); Allan (1971); And Justice for All (1979); Archie Bunker's Place (1979); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1953); Barbary Coast (1975); Barnaby Jones (1980); Becker (1999); Big Hawaii (1977); Blue Desert (1990); Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969); Bonanza (1969); Boy Meets World (1998); Bram and Alice (2002); Cavalcade of Bands (1950); Cavalcade of Broadway: Blue Angel (1950); CBS Playhouse (1967); Complete Guide to Guys (2005); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2008); Dave's World (1996); Do You Remember Love (1985); Doc Elliot (1973); Dr. Kildare (1962); Dream On (1992); Due Date (2010); Dumb and Dumber (1994); Dynasty (1982); Entanglement (2014); ER (1999–2006); Evil Roy Slade (1972); Family (1977–1979); Far from Home (1989); Fast Break (1979); Five Desperate Women (1971); Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac (1984); For Pete's Sake! (1966); Foul Play (1978); Get Smart (1995); Girlfriends (2003); Good Times (1974); Guestward Ho! (1960); Hawaii Five-O (1974–1979); Hawthorne (2009); Hill Street Blues (1984–1986); Home Improvement (1995); Hot Chili (1985); How I Met Your Mother (2007); In the Heat of the Night (1990); It Came from Outer Space II (1996); Jake and the Fatman (1991); Johnny Staccato (1976); Just Our Luck (1983); Kiss the Bride (2007); Kojak (1974–1977); L.A. Doctors (1998); Laverne & Shirley (1983); Legmen (1984); Life's Waltz (2008); Little Ladies of the Night (1977); Lou Grant (1977); Love on a Rooftop (1967); Lovesick (2014); Majority Rule (1992); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976); Matlock (1987); McMillan & Wife (1973–1974); Murder, She Wrote (1986–1991); Murphy Brown (1994); My World and Welcome to It (1969); NCIS: Los Angeles (2013); Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2007); New Girl (2014); Nights in White Satin (1987); Nurses (1992); Oh, God! (1977); Out of Sight (1998); Peter Loves Mary (1961); Pineapple Express (2008); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1965); Promised Land (2004); Pros & Cons (1986); Ray Donovan (2013–2014); Relative Strangers (2006); Ritoru champion (1981); Room 222 (1970); Roseanne & Tom: Behind the Scenes (1994); Scorpion Spring (1995); Seinfeld (1997); Showfolk (2014); Significant Others (2004); Silver Spoons (1984); Sliders (1998); Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992); Something's Gotta Give (2003); Staring at the Sun (2002); Starsky and Hutch (1977–1978); Stoney Burke (1963); Studio One (1954); Stu's Show (2013); Style & Substance (1998); Summer Playhouse (1965); Sunset Over Mulholland Drive (2019); Tell Me You Love Me (2007); That '70s Show (2000); That's Adequate (1989); The Andy Griffith Show (1968); The Arrow Show (1948); The Bait (1973); The Beast (2001); The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950); The Donna Reed Show (1961); The End of Innocence (1990); The F.B.I. (1965–1972); The Fugitive (1966); The Jackie Gleason Show (1954); The Jamie Kennedy Experiment (2004); The Jeff Foxworthy Show (1995); The Judge (1987); The Last of the Secret Agents? (1966); The Man in the Glass Booth (1975); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1975); The Michael Richards Show (2000); The Milton Berle Show (1949); The Name of the Game (1970); The New WKRP in Cincinnati (1991); The Office (2009); The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them (1992); The People Next Door (1989); The President's Mistress (1978); The Red Skelton Hour (1967); The Rockford Files (1978); The Rookies (1972); The Rosebud Beach Hotel (1984); The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (1951); The Strangers in 7A (1972); The Streets of San Francisco (1976); The Tom Ewell Show (1961); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2013); The Trip (2002); The Way West (1967); Troupers (2011); True Colors (1990); True Grit (1969); Unhappily Ever After (1996); Up All Night (2011); V (1984); Veronica's Closet (1998); View from the Top (2003); Visions (1978); Watch Out for Slick (2010); Webster (1988); Welcome Back, Kotter (1978); When Harry Met Sally... (1989); Where's Marlowe? (1998); Will & Grace (2000); Worst Week (2008).

Saturday, November 8, 2025

Friday, October 31, 2025

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Born on this day – Philip H. Lathrop:


Philip H. Lathrop


Cinematographer

Actor

October 22, 1912 – April 12, 1995

Philip H. Lathrop (left), Charlton Heston (center), and Orson Welles (right), on set filming Touch of Evil (1958).

Credits:

36 Hours (1964); A Change of Seasons (1980); A Different Story (1978); Airport 1975 (1974); Airport '77 (1977); All Night Long (1981); Against All Flags (1952); All My Sons (1948); All That Heaven Allows (1955); Battle Hymn (1957); Between the Darkness and the Dawn (1985); Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961); Captains Courageous (1977); Celebrity (1984); Christmas Snow (1986); Class Reunion (1982); Combat! (1962); Cry Tough (1959); Days of Wine and Roses (1962); Deadly Friend (1986); Dime with a Halo (1963); Don't Make Waves (1967); Earthquake (1974); Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972); Experiment in Terror (1962); Finian's Rainbow (1968); Flame of Araby (1951); Foolin' Around (1980); Girl Happy (1965); Girls on the Loose (1958); Gunn (1967); Hammett (1982); Hard Times (1975); Hong Kong (1960–1961); I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968); In Harm's Way (1965); It Happens Every Thursday (1953); Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982); Katie Did It (1950); Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948); Little Girl Lost (1988); Little Egypt (1951); Little Miss Marker (1980); Live Fast, Die Young (1958); Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973); Lonely Are the Brave (1962); Love on the Run (1985); Loving Couples (1980); Malice in Wonderland (1985); Mame (1974); Moment by Moment (1978); Money, Women and Guns (1958); Mr. and Mrs. Ryan (1986); Mr. Lucky (1959–1960); Man Afraid (1957); Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948); Naked Alibi (1954); Never Con a Killer (1977); Never Too Late (1965); Peggy (1950); Perry Mason (1961); Peter Gunn (1958–1960); Picking Up the Pieces (1985); Point Blank (1967); Portnoy's Complaint (1972); Profiles in Courage (1965); Rabbit, Run (1970); Rawhide (1959); Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (1987); Sam Benedict (1962); Scarlet Angel (1952); Seminole (1953); Six Against the Rock (1987); Soldier in the Rain (1963); Steve Canyon (1959); Swashbuckler (1976); The All-American Boy (1973); The Americanization of Emily (1964); The Black Bird (1975); The Cat Creeps (1946); The Cincinnati Kid (1965); The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979); The Desert Hawk (1950); The Driver (1978); The Feather and Father Gang (1977); The Female Animal (1958); The Green Peacock (1958); The Gypsy Moths (1969); The Happening (1967); The Hawaiians (1970); The Illustrated Man (1969); The Killer Elite (1975); The Lady Gambles (1949); The Magical World of Disney (1959); The Man from the Alamo (1953); The Midnight Story (1957); The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959); The Perfect Furlough (1958); The Pink Panther (1963); The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975); The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960); The Raging Tide (1951); The Saga of Hemp Brown (1958); The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973); The Traveling Executioner (1970); The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952); The Woody Woodpecker Show (1957); They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969); Three for the Road (1975); Together Brothers (1974); Touch of Evil (1958); Twilight of Honor (1963); Vacation Playhouse (1963); The Veils of Bagdad (1953); What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966); What Now, Catherine Curtis? (1976); Wild Heritage (1958); Wild Rovers (1971); Wyoming Mail (1950); Yankee Buccaneer (1952); You Gotta Stay Happy (1948).

Born on this day – Frances Drake:


Frances Drake

Actress

October 22, 1912 – January 18, 2000

Sunday, September 21, 2025

Friday, August 29, 2025

Born on this day – Barry Sullivan:


Barry Sullivan

Actor

August 29, 1912 – June 6, 1994

Born on this day – Steve Fisher:


Steve Fisher


Writer

Producer

August 29, 1912 – March 27, 1980

Credits:

Books:

Be Still My Heart (1952); Homicide Johnny (1940); I Wake Up Screaming (1941); Image of Hell (1961); Murder of the Admiral (1936); Murder of the Pigboat Skipper / aka Murder on the S-23 (1937); No House Limit (1958); Satan's Angel (1935); Saxon's Ghost (1969); Take All You Can Get (1955); The Best American Noir of the Century (2010); The Big Dream (1970); The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories (2010); The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps (2007); The Hell-Black Night (1970); The Night Before Murder (1939); Winter Kill (1946).

Movies and television:

77 Sunset Strip (1959); Adventures of the Sea Hawk (1958); Arizona Bushwhackers (1968); Barnaby Jones (1973); Battle Zone (1952); Berlin Correspondent (1942); Betrayed Women (1955); Black Spurs (1965); Cannon (1973); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Checkmate (1960); City That Never Sleeps (1953); Colt .45 (1958); Combat! (1965); Conflict (1956); Courage of Black Beauty (1957); Crusader (1955); Danger (1951); Dead Reckoning (1946); Decision (1958); Destination Tokyo (1943); Fantasy Island (1978–1981); Flat Top (1952); Fort Utah (1967); General Electric Theater (1959); Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1959); Hell's Half Acre (1954); Hostile Guns (1967); I Mobster (1959); I Wake Up Screaming (1941); I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1957–1958); Johnny Angel (1945); Johnny Reno (1966); King of Diamonds (1961–1962); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975); Lady in the Lake (1946); Las Vegas Shakedown (1955); Law of the Lawless (1964); Luke and the Tenderfoot (1955 / 1965); Lux Video Theatre (1955); Matt Helm (1975); McMillan & Wife (1972–1973); Men of Annapolis (1958); Miami Undercover (1961); Navy Secrets (1939); New York Confidential (1959); Night Freight (1955); Noose for a Gunman (1960); Nurse from Brooklyn (1938); Peter Gunn (1958); Red Tomahawk (1966); Ripcord (1962–1963); Roadblock (1951); Rogue's Gallery (1968); San Antone (1953); Schlitz Playhouse (1955–1956); Sea of Lost Ships (1953); September Storm (1960); Silent Fear (1956); Song of the Thin Man (1947); Starsky and Hutch (1976–1977); Susan Slept Here (1954); Switch (1978); Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1960); Terror Street (1953); That's My Man (1947); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955–1956); The Best in Mystery (1954); The Big Frame (1952); The Big Tip Off (1955); The Clones (1973); The Court of Last Resort (1957); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); The Evil Touch (1973); The Ford Television Theatre (1954–1957); The George Sanders Mystery Theater (1957); The Great Gundown (1977); The Hunted (1948); The Last Day (1975); The Lawbreakers (1963); The Loretta Young Show (1958–1959); The Man from the Alamo (1953); The Quick Gun (1964); The Restless Breed (1957); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Rough Riders (1958); The Shanghai Story (1954); The Toughest Man Alive (1955); The Wild Wild West (1966); To the Shores of Tripoli (1942); Tokyo Joe (1949); Tombstone Territory (1957–1958); Top Gun (1955); Typhoon (1940); U.S. Marshal (1959–1960); Vacation Playhouse (1965); Vicki (1953); Waco (1966); Woman They Almost Lynched (1953); Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard (1952); Wire Service (1957); Woman in the Rain (1976); Young Fury (1964).