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Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Born on this day – Jack Arnold:


Jack Arnold


Actor

Director

October 14, 1916 – March 17, 1992

Credits:

A Global Affair (1964); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Archer (1975); Bachelor in Paradise (1961); Black Eye (1974); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); Bold Venture (1959); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1981); Cowboy in Africa (1967); Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954); Dr. Kildare (1963); Dusty's Trail (1973); Ellery Queen (1975); Gilligan's Island (1964); Girls in the Night (1953); Hello Down There (1969); High School Confidential! (1958); Holmes and Yoyo (1976); ILGWU's 50th Anniversary Golden Jubilee Convention (1950); It Came from Outer Space (1953); It Takes a Thief (1968); It's About Time (1966); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Love, American Style (1971); Make Room for Granddaddy (1970); Man in the Shadow (1957); Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980); McCloud (1972); McNaughton's Daughter (1976); Monster on the Campus (1958); Movin' On (1976); Mr. Lucky (1959); Mr. Terrific (1967); Nanny and the Professor (1970); No Name on the Bullet (1959); Our Union (1949); Outside the Law (1956); Perry Mason (1964); Pete and Gladys (1960); Peter Gunn (1959); Rawhide (1959); Red Sundown (1956); Revenge of the Creature (1955); Rowan & Martin at the Movies (1968); Run Buddy Run (1966); Science Fiction Theatre (1955); Sex and the Married Woman (1977); Tarantula (1955); The Bionic Woman (1978); The Black Bounty Killer (1974); The Brady Bunch (1970); The Bunny Caper (1974); The Challenge (1951); The Chicken of Tomorrow (1948); The Danny Thomas Hour (1967); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Fall Guy (1981); The Glass Web (1953); The Guns of Will Sonnett (1968); The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977); The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957); The Lady Takes a Flyer (1957); The Lively Set (1964); The Love Boat (1977); The Magician (1974); The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1980); The Mod Squad (1968); The Mouse That Roared (1959); The Mouse That Roared (1966); The San Pedro Beach Bums (1977); The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special (1967); The Space Children (1958); The Swiss Conspiracy (1976); The Tattered Dress (1957); The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963); The Valley of the Shadow (1947); The Virginian (1970); This Island Earth (1955); Wagon Train (1959); Who Goes There? (1965); With These Hands (1950); Wonder Woman (1977); Working Through College (1951); World Affairs Are Your Affairs (1951); World of Giants (1959).

Monday, October 12, 2026

Born on this day – Lock Martin:


Lock Martin


Actor

October 12, 1916 – January 19, 1959

Credits:

Anchors Aweigh (1945); Blaze of Noon (1947); Invaders from Mars (1953); Lady on a Train (1945); Lost in a Harem (1944); Million Dollar Mermaid (1952); Off Limits (1952); Peter Gunn (1959); The Danny Thomas Show (1953); The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951); The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957); The Snow Creature (1954); Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (2005).

Thursday, October 8, 2026

Born on this day – Mary Delgado:


Mary Delgado


Actress

October 8, 1916 – April 13, 1984

Credits:

A través de la niebla (1971); Audiencia pública (1946); Aventuras y desventuras de Mateo (1972); Cancionera (1939); Chantaje (1946); Cuarenta y ocho horas (1943); Cuentos y leyendas (1975); Del dicho al hecho (1971); Despertó su corazón (1949); El anónimo (1957); El camino (1964); El fantasma y Dª Juanita (1945); El gran Galeoto (1951); El premio (1968); El quinto jinete (1975); Eloísa está debajo de un almendro (1943); En poder de Barba Azul (1940); Estudio 1 (1968–1982); Green Fire (1954); Historias de Juan Español (1972); Historias de mi barrio (1964); Historias naturales (1968); Historias para no dormir (1967); Hora once (1968); Huella de luz (1943); La calle sin sol (1948); La noche del cine español (1985); La otra música (1967); La tía de Ambrosio (1971); La tirana (1958); Las aguas bajan negras (1948); Las doce caras de Eva (1971); Las tentaciones (1970); Luis Candelas, el ladrón de Madrid (1947); Nada (1947); Noche de teatro (1974); Novela (1967–1976); Original (1975); Páginas sueltas (1970); Palabras cruzadas (1975); Pequeño estudio (1972); Remite: Maribel (1970); Teatro breve (1971); Teatro de siempre (1967); Teatro estudio (1977); Teatro infantil (1969); Teatro lírico español (1973); The Crime of Bordadores Street (1946); Tierra sedienta (1945); Tres ladrones en la casa (1950); Un alto en el camino (1941); Una mujer cualquiera (1949); Visto para sentencia (1971); ... Y el prójimo (1974); Y tú, quién eres (1944).

Sunday, October 4, 2026

Born on this day – George Sidney:


George Sidney


Director

Producer

October 4, 1916 – May 5, 2002

Credits:

A Door Will Open (1940); A Ticklish Affair (1963); Alfalfa's Aunt (1939); Anchors Aweigh (1945); Annie Get Your Gun (1950); Bathing Beauty (1944); Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue (1938); Bye Bye Birdie (1963); Cass Timberlane (1947); Clown Princes (1939); Cousin Wilbur (1939); Dog Daze (1939); Duel Personalities (1939); Football Romeo (1938); Free and Easy (1941); Half a Sixpence (1967); Holiday in Mexico (1946); Hollywood Hobbies (1939); Jeanne Eagels (1957); Jupiter's Darling (1955); Key to the City (1950); Kiss Me Kate (1953); Loews Christmas Greeting (the Hardy Family) (1939); Love on Tap (1939); Men in Fright (1938); Murder in 3-D (1941); Of Pups and Puzzles (1941); Pacific Paradise (1937); Pacific Rendezvous (1942); Pal Joey (1957); Party Fever (1938); Pepe (1960); Pilot #5 (1943); Polo (1936); Practical Jokers (1938); Quicker'n a Wink (1940); Scaramouche (1952); Show Boat (1951); Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937); The Cliff Edwards Show (1949); The Eddy Duchin Story (1956); The Harvey Girls (1946); The Red Danube (1949); The Swinger (1966); The Three Musketeers (1948); Thousands Cheer (1943); Tiny Troubles (1939); Viva Las Vegas (1964); 'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two (1940); What's Your IQ? (1940); Who Has Seen the Wind? (1965); Who Was That Lady? (1960); Willie and the Mouse (1941); Young Bess (1953); Ziegfeld Follies (1945).

Saturday, October 3, 2026

Born on this day – James Herriot:


James Herriot


Veterinary surgeon

Writer

October 3, 1916 – February 23, 1995

Credits:

If Only They Could Talk (1970); All Creatures Great and Small (1972); It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1972); Vet in Harness (1974); All Things Bright and Beautiful (1974); Vets Might Fly (1976); All Things Wise and Wonderful (1976); The Lord God Made Them All (1981); The Best of James Herriot (1983); Vet in a Spin (1984); Smudge, The Little Lost Lamb (1991); Smudge's Day Out (1991); Horse & Pony Stories (1986); Bonny's Big Day (1972); Moses the Kitten (1984); Only One Woof (1985); The Christmas Day Kitten (1986); Blossom Comes Home (1988); The Market Square Dog (1989); Oscar, Cat-About-Town (1990); The Animals at Diamond Woods (2009); Animal Stories, Tame & Wild (1979); James Herriot's Yorkshire (1979); All Creatures Great and Small Annual 1982 (1981); James Herriot's Favorite Dog Stories (1986); James Herriot's Dog Stories (1986); Greatest Cat Stories (1989); James Herriot Story Book (1992); Every Living Thing (1992); James Herriot's Treasury for Children (1992); James Herriot's Cat Stories (1994); Seven Yorkshire tales (1995); James Herriot's Yorkshire Stories (1995); James Herriot's Yorkshire Village (1995); James Herriot's Animal Stories (1997); Yorkshire Stories (1998); James Herriot's Yorkshire Revisited (1999).

Movies and television:

All Creatures Great and Small (1975 / 2024); All Creatures Great and Small / TV Series (1978–1990); All Creatures Great and Small / TV Series (2020–2024); It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1976); James Herriot's Yorkshire (1993); Pebble Mill at One (1975); Read All About It (1976); The Lively Arts (1976–1977); The Mike Douglas Show (1973); To Tell the Truth (1973); Young James Herriot (2011).

Monday, September 28, 2026

Born on this day – Peter Finch:


Peter Finch


Actor

September 28, 1916 – January 14, 1977

Credits:

Raid on Entebbe (1976); Network (1976); The Abdication (1974); England Made Me (1973); The Nelson Affair (1973); Lost Horizon (1973); Something to Hide (1972); Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971); The Greatest Mother of Them All (1969); The Red Tent (1969); The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968); Far from the Madding Crowd (1967); Come Spy with Me (1967); 10:30 P.M. Summer (1966); Judith (1966); The Flight of the Phoenix (1965); First Men in the Moon (1964); Girl with Green Eyes (1964); The Pumpkin Eater (1964); In the Cool of the Day (1963); I Thank a Fool (1962); No Love for Johnnie (1961); The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961); The Day (1960); The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960); Kidnapped (1960); The Nun's Story (1959); Operation Amsterdam (1959); Windom's Way (1957); Robbery Under Arms (1957); The Shiralee (1957); Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956); A Town Like Alice (1956); Simon and Laura (1955); Josephine and Men (1955); Make Me an Offer! (1955); Passage Home (1955); The Warriors (1955); The Detective (1954); Elephant Walk (1954); The Heart of the Matter (1953); Gilbert and Sullivan (1953); The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952); Captain Carvallo (1951); The Miniver Story (1950); The Wooden Horse (1950); Train of Events (1949); Eureka Stockade (1949); A Son Is Born (1946); Red Sky at Morning (1944); The Rats of Tobruk (1944); These Stars Are Mine (1943); South West Pacific (1943); The Power and the Glory (1941); Mr. Chedworth Steps Out (1939); The Farmer Goes to Town (1938); The Magic Shoes (1935).

Friday, September 18, 2026

Born on this day – Rossano Brazzi:


Rossano Brazzi


Actor

September 18, 1916 – December 24, 1994

Credits:

20 to 1 (2010); 7, Hyden Park - La casa maledetta (1985); A Certain Smile (1958); A Fine Romance (1989); A Time for Miracles (1980); Addio Kira! (1942); Angela (1954); Barrier of the Law (1954); Biblioteca di Studio Uno (1964); Blaues Blut (1989); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1967); Bullet for Stefano (1947); Caribia (1978); Carne de horca (1953); Champagne... e fagioli (1980); Charlie's Angels (1979); Christopher Columbus (1985); Coralba (1970); Count Your Blessings (1959); Criminal Affair (1968); Damals (1943); Dark Purpose (1964); Day of Judgment (1971); Dracula in the Provinces (1975); Dream music (1940); È caduta una donna (1941); Elvira's Movie Macabre (1984); Engagement Italiano (1964); Eran trecento... (La spigolatrice di Sapri) (1952); Fantasy Island (1981); Fatal Frames (1996); Fear City (1984); Final Justice (1985); Flesh and Desire (1954); Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks (1974); Furia (1947); Giro girotondo... con il sesso è bello il mondo (1975); Gli altri, gli altri... e noi (1967); Guilt Is Not Mine (1952); Hart to Hart (1983); Hawaii Five-O (1977); Honeymoon with a Stranger (1969); Honor Thy Father (1986); I contrabbandieri del mare (1948); I due Foscari (1942); Il bravo di Venezia (1941); Il conte Aquila (1955); Il corriere del re (1947); Il diario segreto di una minorenne (è nata una donna) (1968); Il figlio di Lagardère (1952); Il giornalaccio (1962); Il paramedico (1982); Il ponte di vetro (1940); Il treno crociato (1943); Incantesimo tragico (1951); Instant Love (1964); Interlude (1957); Intimità proibita di una giovane sposa (1970); Io e Caterina (1980); It Happens in Roma (1955); Kean (1940); King of Africa (1968); Krakatoa: East of Java (1968); La casa senza tempo (1945); La collina del diavolo (1988); La corona negra (1951); La donna che inventò l'amore (1952); La forza bruta (1941); La Gorgona (1942); La grande aurora (1947); La monaca di Monza (1947); La promessa (1979); La vallée des peupliers (1986); La voce (1982); L'assedio di Siracusa (1960); Le tiroir secret (1986); Legend of the Lost (1957); Les fables de La Fontaine (1966); Light in the Piazza (1962); Little Women (1949); Loser Takes All (1956); Madigan (1973); Malìa (1946); Melissa (1966); Merry Chase (1945); Mister Kingstreet's War (1971); Mistress of Treves (1952); Mort d'un zombie (1993); Mr. Too Little (1979); Orient-Express (1980); Per amore... per magia... (1967); Piccolo hotel (1939); Police Woman (1978); Political Asylum (1975); Prisoner in the Tower of Fire (1952); Processo e morte di Socrate (1939); Psychout for Murder (1969); Racconti proibiti... di niente vestiti (1972); Redhead (1962); Return of the Black Eagle (1946); Revenge of Black Eagle (1951); Rheingold Theatre (1955); Romanzo d'amore (1950); Rome Adventure (1962); Run for Your Life (1966); Season for Assassins (1975); Sex of the Devil (1971); Silenzio, si gira! (1943); Soldier's Girl (1967); South Pacific (1958); Summertime (1955); Ten Commandments (1945); The Adventurers (1970); The Barefoot Contessa (1954); The Battle of Austerlitz (1960); The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (1965); The Bobo (1967); The Christmas That Almost Wasn't (1966); The Contessa's Secret (1954); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The Executioner of Lille (1952); The Far Pavilions (1984); The Fighting Men (1950); The Final Conflict (1981); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1991); The Great Waltz (1972); The Italian Job (1969); The King's Jester (1941); The Love Boat (1982); The Name of the Game (1970); The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1990); The Story of Esther Costello (1957); The Survivors (1969); The Third Solution (1988); The White Devil (1947); Three Coins in the Fountain (1954); Three Fables of Love (1962); Tosca (1941); Un amore (1965); Una signora dell'ovest (1942); Vita segreta di una diciottenne (1969); Vivi ragazza vivi! (1971); Vulcano (1950); W. Somerset Maugham (1969); We the Living (1942); Welcome to Woop Woop (1997); Woman Times Seven (1967).

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Born on this day – Arleen Whelan:


Arleen Whelan


Actress

September 1, 1916 – April 7, 1993

Credits:

Bill Slater Show (1950); Boy Friend (1939); Casablanca (1955); Castle in the Desert (1942); Charley's Aunt (1941); Charter Pilot (1940); Compression (2019); Dear Wife (1949); Flaming Feather (1952); Gateway (1938); General Electric Theater (1962); Kidnapped (1938); Lux Video Theatre (1953–1955); Matinee Theatre (1958); Never Wave at a WAC (1953); On Again-Off Again (1937); Passage West (1951); Playwrights '56 (1955); Raiders of Old California (1957); Ramrod (1947); Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga (1939); Sabotage (1939); San Antone (1953); Schlitz Playhouse (1954); Science Fiction Theatre (1955); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Suddenly It's Spring (1947); Sundown Jim (1942); Thanks for Everything (1938); That Wonderful Urge (1948); The Badge of Marshal Brennan (1957); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1950); The Ken Murray Show (1950); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947); The Sun Shines Bright (1953); The Women of Pitcairn Island (1956); Variety Girl (1947); Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); Young People (1940); Your Show of Shows (1953).

Thursday, August 27, 2026

Born on this day – George Montgomery:


George Montgomery


Actor

Painter

Director

Producer

Writer

Sculptor

Furniture craftsman

Stuntman

August 27, 1916 – December 12, 2000

Credits:

90 Minutes Live (1978); A Sporting Oasis (1952); About Faces (1960); Accent on Love (1941); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Anthony Perkins, l'homme derrière (2020); Army Girl (1938); Badman's Country (1958); Battle of Rogue River (1954); Battle of the Bulge (1965); Belle Starr's Daughter (1948); Billy the Kid Returns (1938); Black Patch (1957); Bomb at 10:10 (1967); Bomber's Moon (1943); Bonanza (1966); Cadet Girl (1941); Canyon River (1956); Celebrity Bowling (1971–1972); Charter Pilot (1940); Children's Island (1985); China Girl (1942); Cimarron City (1958–1959); Come on, Rangers! (1938); Compression (2015); Coney Island (1943); Cripple Creek (1952); Dakota Lil (1950); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950); Dick Tracy (1937); Dinah! (1977); Django the Honorable Killer (1965); Fort Ti (1953); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); Frontier Pony Express (1939); General Electric Theater (1955–1957); Gold Mine in the Sky (1938); Guerillas in Pink Lace (1964); Gun Belt (1953); Gun Duel in Durango (1957); Hallucination Generation (1966); Hawaiian Eye (1963); Hawk of the Wilderness (1938); Hell of Borneo (1964); Here's Hollywood (1961–1962); Hi-Yo Silver (1940); Hostile Guns (1967); House Party (1953); Huk! (1956); I Spy (1966); I Was a Convict (1939); Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American (2003); In Old Caliente (1939); In Old Monterey (1939); Indian Uprising (1952); Jack McCall, Desperado (1953); Jamboree (1954); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1956); Jennie (1940); King of the Wild Stallions (1959); Last of the Badmen (1957); Last of the Duanes (1941); Lulu Belle (1948); Man from God's Country (1958); Man of Conquest (1939); Masquerade Party (1955); Masterson of Kansas (1954); NET Playhouse (1972); New Frontier (1939); Orchestra Wives (1942); Outlaws of Sonora (1938); Pals of the Saddle (1938); Password (1962); Pawnee (1957); Person to Person (1955); Place the Face (1954); Ransom (1988); Ride the Tiger (1970); Riders of the Purple Sage (1941); Robbers' Roost (1955); Rough Riders' Round-up (1939); Roxie Hart (1942); S.O.S. Tidal Wave (1939); Saga of Death Valley (1939); Samar (1962); Santa Fe Stampede (1938); Satan's Harvest (1970); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Screen Snapshots, Series 23, No. 1: Hollywood in Uniform (1943); Screen Snapshots, Series 23, No. 10 (1944); Screen Snapshots, Series 27, No. 1: Hollywood Cowboys (1947); Screen Snapshots, Series 32, No. 10: Out West in Hollywood (1953); Screen Snapshots, Series 33, No. 1: Hollywood Stunt Men (1953); Screen Snapshots, Series 33, No. 5: Memories in Uniform (1954); Screen Snapshots, Series 35, No. 6: Hollywood Small Fry (1956); Screen Snapshots, Series 37, No. 2: Salute to Hollywood (1958); Seminole Uprising (1955); Shine on Harvest Moon (1938); SOS Coast Guard (1942); South of the Border (1939); Southward Ho! (1939); Springtime in the Rockies (1937); Stage 7 (1955); Star Dust (1940); Strangers at Sunrise (1969); Street of Sinners (1957); Studio One (1955); Take It or Leave It (1944); Take Two (1963); Talent Scouts (1963); Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942); The 10th Annual Golden Boot Awards (1992); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The 32nd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1958); The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (2001); The All New Truth or Consequences (1961); The Arizona Kid (1939); The Arthur Murray Party (1957–1958); The Bob Braun Show (1973); The Bob Cummings Show (1959); The Brasher Doubloon (1947); The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939); The Cowboy and the Blonde (1941); The Daredevil (1973); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1957–1961); The Ford Television Theatre (1957); The Girl from Manhattan (1948); The Gisele MacKenzie Show (1958); The Great Indian Wars 1840-1890 (1991); The Hollywood Deb Stars of 1965 (1965); The Iroquois Trail (1950); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Juke Box Jury (1958–1959); The Life of Riley (1958); The Lone Gun (1954); The Lone Ranger (1938); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1973); The Milton Berle Show (1950); The Mysterious Miss X (1939); The Name's the Same (1955); The Night Riders (1939); The Odd Couple (1974); The Old Barn Dance (1938); The Pathfinder (1952); The Proud and Damned (1972); The Purple Vigilantes (1938); The Singing Vagabond (1935); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974); The Steel Claw (1961); The Steve Allen Show (1957–1958); The Sword of Monte Cristo (1951); The Texas Rangers (1951); The Tonight Show (1962); The Toughest Gun in Tombstone (1958); This Is Your Life (1953); Three Little Girls in Blue (1946); Troop Carrier Airplanes: Cockpit Procedure (1944); Under Western Stars (1938); Wagon Train (1958); Wall Street Cowboy (1939); Warkill (1968); Watusi (1959); What's My Line? (1959); What's My Line? At 25 (1975); When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (1979); Wild Wind (1985); Wyoming Outlaw (1939); Young People (1940).

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Born on this day – Marie Wilson:


Marie Wilson


Actress

August 19, 1916 – November 23, 1972

Credits:

A Girl in Every Port (1952); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); ABC's Nightlife (1965); Boy Meets Girl (1938); Broadway (1942); Broadway Hostess (1935); Broadway Musketeers (1938); Bum Voyage (1934); Burke's Law (1964–1965); Celebrity Time (1951); China Clipper (1936); Colleen (1936); Down to Their Last Yacht (1934); Ellis in Freedomland (1952); Ernestine (1962); Flying Blind (1941); Flying Down to Rio (1933); Fools for Scandal (1938); For Auld Lang Syne (1938); Gypsy (1967); Harvard, Here I Come! (1941); Here's Hollywood (1961); House Party (1953); I Was a Burlesque Queen (1953); I've Got a Secret (1958); King of Hockey (1936); Ladies Crave Excitement (1935); Linda, Be Good (1947); Love, American Style (1972); March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934); Marry Me Again (1953); Melody for Two (1937); Miss Pacific Fleet (1935); Mr. Blackwell Presents (1966); Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962); Music for Millions (1944); My Friend Irma (1949–1954); My Friend Irma Goes West (1950); My Girl Sally (1935); My Son, the Witch Doctor (1964); Never Wave at a WAC (1953); No Leave, No Love (1946); Over the Goal (1937); Public Wedding (1937); Rookies on Parade (1941); Satan Met a Lady (1936); Screen Snapshots, Series 27, No. 8: Hollywood Honors Hersholt (1948); Screen Snapshots, Series 29, No. 5: The Great Showman (1950); Screen Snapshots, Series 31, No. 4: Hollywood on a Sunday Afternoon (1951); Screen Snapshots, Series 34, No. 2: Hollywood Stars on Parade (1954); Screen Test! (1965); She's in the Army (1942); Shine on Harvest Moon (1944); Slide, Nellie, Slide (1936); St. Patrick's Day TV Special (1969); Stars in the Eye (1952); Stars Over Broadway (1935); Sweepstakes Winner (1939); Swingtime in the Movies (1938); Take a Good Look (1959); The Arthur Murray Party (1960); The Big Noise (1936); The Comedy Spot (1962); The Cowboy Quarterback (1939); The Ed Sullivan Show (1957–1962); The Ed Wynn Show (1950); The Eddie Fisher Show (1957); The Fabulous Joe (1947); The Frank Sinatra Show (1951); The Garry Moore Show (1959); The Girl Friend (1935); The Great Garrick (1937); The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival (1947); The Invisible Menace (1938); The John Gary Show (1969); The Johnny Carson Show (1955); The Ken Murray Show (1953); The Lux Show (1957); The Merv Griffin Show (1967); The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947); The Red Skelton Hour (1957–1958); The Story of Mankind (1957); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1957); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1958–1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1964); This Is Show Business (1949); This Is Your Life (1958–1960); Virginia (1941); Vitaphone Pictorial Revue (Series 2) #6 (1938); Vitaphone Pictorial Revue (Series 2) #12 (1938); Waterfront (1939); We, the People (1949); Where's Huddles? (1970); You Can't Ration Love (1944); Young Widow (1946).

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Friday, August 7, 2026

Born on this day – Kay Williams:


Kay Williams


Actress

August 7, 1916 – May 25, 1983

Credits:

A Guy Named Joe (1943); American Masters (2004); Arch of Triumph (1948); Biography (2003); Du Barry Was a Lady (1943); Fascination: An Unauthorized Tribute to Marilyn Monroe (2011); Gable: The King Remembered (1975); Girl Crazy (1943); Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944); Meet the People (1944); No Minor Vices (1948); Nostradamus IV (1944); Rationing (1944); Swing Fever (1943); The Actress (1953); The Other Love (1947); Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944); This Man's Navy (1945); Two Girls and a Sailor (1944); Whistling in Brooklyn (1943); Ziegfeld Follies (1945).

Monday, July 27, 2026

Born on this day – Keenan Wynn:


Keenan Wynn


Actor

July 27, 1916 – October 14, 1986

Credits:

20 Shades of Pink (1976); 77 Sunset Strip (1963); 80 Steps to Jonah (1969); A Hole in the Head (1959); A Piano for Mrs. Cimino (1982); A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958); A Touch of the Sun (1979); A Woman for All Men (1975); ABC Late Night (1974); AFI Life Achievement Award (1982); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958–1961); Alias Smith and Jones (1971–1972); All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); American Masters (1995–2002); Angels in the Outfield (1951); Annie Get Your Gun (1950); Annie Get Your Gun Intro with Susan Lucci (2000); Around the World Under the Sea (1966); Assault on the Wayne (1971); Assignment: Munich (1972); B.F.'s Daughter (1948); Baretta (1976); Battle Circus (1953); Bearcats! (1971); Behind the Scenes with Blake Edwards' 'The Great Race' (1965); Ben Casey (1962); Best Friends (1982); Best Sellers or: Peter Sellers and Dr. Strangelove (2004); Between Two Women (1945); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Bikini Beach (1964); Black Jack (1972); Black Moon Rising (1986); Black Saddle (1959–1960); Bloopermania (1987); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Bonanza (1964); Burke's Law (1963–1964); Bus Stop (1961); Call to Glory (1984–1985); Cancel My Reservation (1972); Cannon (1971 / 1972); Chained (1934); Checkmate (1961); Coach (1978); Code of Vengeance (1985); Code Two (1953); Colorshopping Vol. 2 (2011); Combat! (1962–1966); Compression (2023–2024); Dallas (1979–1980); Damon Runyon Theater (1956); Death Valley Days (1962); Desperate Search (1952); Don't Go Near the Water (1957); Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964); Easy to Wed (1946); Emergency! (1975); Family Feud (1985); Fantasy Island (1981); Fearless Fagan (1952); Finian's Rainbow (1968); Follow the Sun (1962); For Me and My Gal (1942); Ford Star Jubilee (1956); Frame Up (1968); General Electric Theater (1955–1957); George Jessel Show (1958); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1968); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1966); Goodyear Theatre (1959); Hard Knocks (1979); Hardcastle and McCormick (1983); Hawaii Five-O (1972); He Is My Brother (1975); Hec Ramsey (1973); Herbie Day at Disneyland (1974); Herbie Rides Again (1974); Here's Hollywood (1962); High Velocity (1976); Highway to Heaven (1985); Hijack! (1973); Hit Lady (1974); Hitler (1962); Holiday for Sinners (1952); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hollywood Remembers Lee Marvin (2000); Honeymoon Hotel (1964); Honeymoon Suite (1973); House on Greenapple Road (1970); Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star (1986); Hysterical (1982); Il re di Poggioreale (1961); I'll Bet (1965); Imps* / Segment: Man on the Moon (1983); Insight (1981); It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951); It's Your Bet (1970–1971); I've Got a Secret (1955–1961); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Jeremiah of Jacob's Neck (1976); Joe Butterfly (1957); Johnny Concho (1956); Just Tell Me What You Want (1980); Kind Lady (1951); King of the Roaring 20's: The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961); Kiss Me Kate (1953); Kolchak: Demon and the Mummy / Segment: Demon in Lace (1975); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974–1975); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1955); Lancer (1970); Laserblast (1978); Lost Angel (1943); Love That Brute (1950); Love, American Style (1970); Loving (1970); Mackenna's Gold (1969); Manimal (1983); Mansfield 66/67 (2017); Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944); Matt and Jenny (1979); McMillan & Wife (1973); Medical Center (1970–1975); Men of the Fighting Lady (1954); MGM Parade (1956); Mirrors (1985); Mission to Glory: A True Story (1976); Mobile One (1975); Mod Squad (1971); Mom, the Wolfman and Me (1980); Movies That Shook the World (2005); Movin' On (1975); Musical Merry-Go-Round #1 (1948); My Dear Secretary (1948); Naked City (1961–1962); Naples '44 (2016); Nashville (1975); Neptune's Daughter (1949); Nightmare in the Sun (1965); No Leave, No Love (1946); Northwest Rangers (1942); Off to See the Wizard (1968); Omnibus (1959); Once Upon a Time in the West (1968); One Day at a Time (1981); Operation Mermaid (1963); Orca (1977); Outlaw Motorcycles (1966); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); Palmerstown, U.S.A. (1981); Panhandle 38 (1972); Password (1963); Pastor Mike Online (2011); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1956); Phone Call from a Stranger (1952); Piranha (1978); Playhouse 90 (1956–1958); Point Blank (1967); Point Blank the Documentary (2024); Police Surgeon (1973); Police Woman (1978); Popcorn (1974); Pretend It's a City (2021); Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971); Prime Risk (1985); Producers' Showcase (1955); Promise Her Anything (1966); Pursuit (1958); Quincy, M.E. (1983); Rawhide (1962); Rendezvous (1958); Rich Hall's Red Menace (2019); Route 66 (1961); Royal Wedding (1951); Run Like a Thief (1967); Running Wild (1955); Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970); Schlitz Playhouse (1955–1958); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Screen Snapshots 1856: The Mocambo Party (1957); Screen Snapshots Series 27, No. 3: Out of This World Series (1947); Screen Snapshots: Playtime in Hollywood (1956); See Here, Private Hargrove (1944); Sex and the Married Woman (1977); Shack Out on 101 (1955); Since You Went Away (1944); Skirts Ahoy! (1952); Sky Full of Moon (1952); Smith! (1969); Snowball Express (1972); Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949); Somewhere I'll Find You (1942); Son of Flubber (1962); Song of the Thin Man (1947); Special Collector's Edition (2013); St. Elsewhere (1983); Stage to Thunder Rock (1964); Stagecoach (1966); Studio 57 (1956); Studio One (1955–1956); Summer Fun (1966); Sunburn (1979); Supertrain (1979); Tales from the Darkside (1984); Target Risk (1975); Target: The Corruptors (1962); Taxi (1983); Tennessee Champ (1954); Terror in the Sky (1971); Texas Carnival (1951); That Kind of Woman (1959); That Midnight Kiss (1949); That Regis Philbin Show (1965); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards (1984); The Absent Minded Professor (1961); The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (2008); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Americanization of Emily (1964); The Animals (1970); The Aquanauts (1960); The Bastard (1978); The Belle of New York (1952); The Ben Hecht Show (1959); The Best of Broadway (1955); The Best of Hollywood (2017); The Billion Dollar Threat (1979); The Bionic Woman (1978); The Bob Newhart Show (1975); The Capture of Grizzly Adams (1982); The Clock (1945); The Clonus Horror (1979); The Cockeyed Miracle (1946); The Cop and the Kid (1976); The Crowded Sky (1960); The Dark (1979); The Deep Six (1958); The Devil's Rain (1975); The Dick Cavett Show (1971–1972); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962–1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Fall Guy (1986); The Ford Television Theatre (1957); The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1957); The Girl with Something Extra (1974); The Glass Slipper (1955); The Glove (1979); The Goonies (1985); The Great Man (1956); The Great Race (1965); The Greatest American Hero (1982); The Hucksters (1947); The Internecine Project (1974); The Islanders (1960); The Joke and the Valley (1961); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1956); The Killer Inside Me (1976); The Last Precinct (1986); The Last Unicorn (1982); The Legend of Earl Durand (1974); The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1978); The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976); The Littlest Hobo (1963 / 1980); The Long, Long Trailer (1954); The Longest Hunt (1968); The Love Boat (1982); The Lucifer Complex (1978); The Magic Pear Tree (1968); The Magical World of Disney (1978–1981); The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956); The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1975); The Man with Icy Eyes (1971); The Manipulator (1971); The Marauders (1955); The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't (2008); The Mechanic (1972); The Merv Griffin Show (1965–1971); The Mississippi (1983); The Monitors (1969); The Monkey Mission (1981); The Naked Hills (1956); The Name of the Game (1969–1970); The Name's the Same (1955); The New Breed (1961); The New Perry Mason (1973); The New Steve Allen Show (1962); The Night of the Grizzly (1966); The Patsy (1964); The Perfect Furlough (1958); The Power and the Glory (1961); The Quest (1976); The Quest: The Longest Drive (1976); The Red Rowe Show (1960); The Red Skelton Hour (1962); The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983); The Road West (1967); The Roaring 20's (1961); The Rock (1967); The Rookies (1976); The Scarface Mob (1959); The Shaggy D.A. (1976); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1958–1960); The Steve Allen Show (1969); The Steve Lawrence-Eydie Gorme Show (1958); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1958–1960); The Three Musketeers (1948); The Thrill of Brazil (1946); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1961); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1964); The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1964); The Treasure Seekers (1980); The Twilight Zone (1960); The Untouchables (1959–1961); The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942); The War Wagon (1967); The Wide World of Mystery (1973); The Wild Wild West (1966); The Winston Affair (1964); The Young Lawyers (1969); Then Came Bronson (1969); They Are Eating the Guests! Interview Mit Regisseur Joe Dante (2015); This Is Your Life (1953); Three Little Words (1950); To Tell the Truth (1958); Touch of Evil (1958); Transcending Time: Symbols and Strangelove (2016); Troubleshooters (1959–1960); Twenty Years After (1944); Valentine's Day (1965); VD Attack Plan (1973); Viva Max (1969); Wagon Train (1958); Warning Shot (1966); Wavelength (1983); Week-End at the Waldorf (1945); Welcome to Hard Times (1967); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959 / 1960); What About Linda? (1961); What Next, Corporal Hargrove? (1945); What's My Line? (1958–1959); What's My Line? At 25 (1975); When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (1979); Without Love (1945); You Don't Say (1963–1964); Ziegfeld Follies (1945); Zoo Ship (1985).

Friday, July 24, 2026

Born on this day – John D. MacDonald:


John D. MacDonald


Writer

July 24, 1916 – December 28, 1986


Five Complete Travis McGee Novels

By John D. MacDonald.

Avenel Books.
Published in 1985.
Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0517476711
ISBN-13: 978-0517476710

Omnibus edition, containing the books: A Tan and Sandy Silence; The Dreadful Lemon Sky; The Empty Copper Sea; The Green Ripper; Free Fall in Crimson.
Complete & Unabridged.

Credits:

Books:

A Bullet for Cinderella (1955); A Deadly Shade of Gold (1965); A Flash of Green (1962); A Key to the Suite (1962); A Man of Affairs (1957); A Purple Place for Dying (1964); A Tan and Sandy Silence (1971); Alaska Stories (1995); All These Condemned (1954); April Evil (1956); Area of Suspicion (1954); Ballroom of the Skies (1952); Barrier Island (1986); Border Town Girl / Five Star Fugitive / Linda (1956); Bright Orange for the Shroud (1965); Cancel All Our Vows (1953); Cape Cod Stories (2002); Chicago Stories (1993); Cinnamon Skin (1982); Clemmie (1958); Condominium (1977); Contrary Pleasure (1954); Cry Hard, Cry Fast (1955); Dark Crimes 2 (1993); Darker Than Amber (1966); Dead Low Tide (1953); Deadly Welcome (1965); Death Quotient and Other Stories (2010); Death Trap (1957); Dress Her in Indigo (1969); End of the Tiger and Other Stories (1966); Florida Stories (1993); Free Fall in Crimson (1981); Hard-Boiled Detectives (1953); Hurricane (2014); I Could Go on Singing (1963); In a Small Motel (2017); Judge Me Not (1951); Law and Order (1997); Los Angeles Stories (1991); Lust: Lascivious Love Stories and Passionate Poems (1994); Masters of Noir (2010); More Good Old Stuff (1984); Murder for the Bride (1951); Murder in the Wind / Hurricane (1956); Murder Most Merry (2002); Murder Run-Around (2015); Neon Jungle (1953); New Orleans Stories (1992); Nightmare in Pink (1964); No Deadly Drug (1968); On the Make (1955); On the Run (1962); One Fearful Yellow Eye (1966); One Monday We Killed Them All (1961); One More Sunday (1984); Other Times, Other Worlds (1978); Pale Gray for Guilt (1968); Planet of the Dreamers (1953); Please Write for Details (1959); San Francisco Stories (1990); San Francisco Thrillers (1995); Seven (1971); Slam the Big Door (1960); Soft Touch (1958); Southwest Stories (1993); Space Suits & Gumshoes (1972); Texas Stories (1995); The Beach Girls (1959); The Brass Cupcake (1950); The Crossroads (1959); The Damned (1952); The Deceivers (1958); The Deep Blue Good-By (1964); The Dreadful Lemon Sky (1974); The Drowner (1963); The Empty Copper Sea (1978); The Empty Trap (1957); The End of the Night (1960); The Executioners / aka Cape Fear (1958); The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper (1968); The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything (1962); The Good Old Stuff (1961); The Green Ripper (1979); The Last One Left (1967); The Late Great Future (1976); The Lonely Silver Rain (1984); The Long Lavender Look (1970); The Only Girl in the Game (1960); The Price of Murder (1972); The Quick Red Fox (1964); The Scarlet Ruse (1972); The Turquoise Lament (1973); Tomorrow 1 Science Fiction by the Masters (1971); Two (1983); Weep For Me (1951); What Christmas Did for Jerusha Grumble (2019); Where is Janice Gantry? (1961); Wine of the Dreamers (1951); Worlds to Come: New Science Fiction Adventures (1967); You Live Once / Kill Me (1959).

Movies and television:

ABC Stage 67 (1967); Cape Fear (1962 / 1991); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); Climax! (1955); Condominium (1980); Darker Than Amber (1970); Flash of Green (1984); Kona Coast (1968); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Lights Out (1950); Linda (1973 / 1993); Man-Trap (1961); Out There (1951); Run for Your Life (1967–1968); Schlitz Playhouse (1955); Studio 57 (1958); Studio One (1955 / 1957); Tales from the Darkside (1985); Tales of Tomorrow (1951); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962); The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite (1981); The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything (1980); The Star and the Story (1955); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1968); Thriller (1960); Travis McGee (1983).

Sunday, July 19, 2026

Born on this day – Denise Bosc:


Denise Bosc


Actress

Writer

July 19, 1916 – March 9, 2002

Credits:

Attila (1954); Tramp (1938); Daisy Town (1971); Désiré Lafarge (1979); Helen of Troy (1956) Joan of Arc (1973); The Girls' Cage (1949); The Fortress (1959); The Rose of the Sea (1946); Chair 47 (1937); The Majestic Cellars (1945); The daughters of the Rhône (1938); Masters of Mystery (2023); The Mohicans of Paris (1975); The scrambled eggs (1976); History Exceeds Fiction (1961); Hummingbird Mama (1937); Night Doctors (1986); Nans the Shepherd (1976); Saturnin de Marseille (1941); Sign of the Gladiator (1959); The Lovers of Toledo (1953) The World Condemns Them (1953); Theodora, Slave Empress (1954); Trubadúri z pendloviek (1988) One delitto (1984); A Night in Tabarin (1947); Yamilé under the cedars (1939).

Saturday, July 18, 2026

Born on this day – Irene Winston:


Irene Winston


Actress

July 18, 1916 – September 1, 1964

Credits:

Bury Me Dead (1947); Carrie (1952); Chevron Theatre (1952); Cheyenne (1961); Dear Brat (1951); Dr. Kildare (1963–1964); Gang Busters (1952); Gone to Earth (1950); Maverick (1961–1962); My Son John (1952); Passport to Danger (1956); Rear Window (1954); Rheingold Theatre (1956); The Bigelow Theatre (1950); The Delicate Delinquent (1957); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Silver Theatre (1950); True Fear: The Making of Psycho (2015); Valentine's Day (1964).

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Born on this day – Doris Nolan:


Doris Nolan


Actress

July 14, 1916 – July 29, 1998

Credits:

Aggie (1956); Armchair Theatre (1959); As Good as Married (1937); BBC Play of the Month (1966); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1951); Bindle (One of Them Days) (1966); Boy Meets Girl (1968); Brideshead Revisited (1981); Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1955); Emergency-Ward 10 (1964); Follies Girl (1943); Holiday (1938); Irene (1940); ITV Play of the Week (1958–1959); ITV Television Playhouse (1956); Juggernaut (1974); Moon Over Burma (1940); One Hour to Live (1939); Our Little Girl (1935); Robin Hood: Quest for the Crown (1995); Saint (1962); Strange Report (1969); The Adventures of Robin Hood (1956); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1962); The Man I Marry (1936); The Romantic Englishwoman (1975); The Servant (1963); The Third Man (1959); Top of the Town (1937).