Born on this day – David Goodis:

David Goodis

Writer

March 2, 1917 – January 7, 1967

Credits:

Retreat from Oblivion (1939); Dark Passage (1946); Behold This Woman (1947); Nightfall / Missing Believed Murdered / The Dark Chase / Convicted (1947); Of Missing Persons (1950); Cassidy's Girl (1951); Of Tender Sin (1952); Street of the Lost (1952); The Burglar (1953); The Moon in the Gutter (1953); Black Friday (1954); The Blonde on the Street Corner (1954); Street of No Return (1954); The Wounded and the Slain (1955); Down There / Shoot the Piano Player (1956); Fire in the Flesh (1957); Night Squad (1961); Somebody's Done For (1967); Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories (1996).

Born on this day – Odette Laure:

Odette Laure

Actress

Writer

Producer

February 28, 1917 – June 10, 2004

Credits:

The Teacher (2000); History of Saturday (1999); The Dilettante (1999); Between Land and Sea (1997); Alice drinks whey (1995); Maigret (1994); Hostage Contempt (1992); Salt and pepper (1992); The Secret of the Little Billion (1992); Les mamies (1992); Little Nothings (1992); Stranger in the House (1992); A Beautiful Little Billion (1992); The ball of the Pain in the Neck (1992); Mamie by Night: Marathon Girl (1991) Jealousy (1991); Baby Express (1991); Daddy Nostalgia (1990); Chillers (1990); Périgord noir (1989); Julian Fontanes, magistrate (1983–1989); The Handyman (1988); The Gyrfalcon (1987); The Ring on the Finger (1986); Madame and Her Cops (1985–1986); A boy from France (1985); The Nanas (1985); The Trojan War Will Not Take Place (1984); Good Juliette's birthday (1983); The Poacher of God (1983); Antoine et Julie (1981); The Landing (1981); The Loves of the Roaring Twenties (1981); The Little Theatre Antenne 2 (1978–1981); Saturday Night Follies (1980); The Ladies of Heart (1980); The Feather (1980); Les amours de la belle époque (1979); Romeo and Baucis (1979); At the End of the End of the Bench (1979); The Islanders (1979); The time of a Republic (1978); Monday the Party (1978); Southeast Suburbs (1977–1978); Stop Calling Me Baby! (1977); Au théâtre ce soir (1973–77); Marianne's life (1976); The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976); The Life Annuity (1972); The visit to the Old Lady (1971); Boulevard des faits divers: 65-66 (1966); When you are two (1962–1964); Vincent Scotto (1962); Guinguette (1959); The school of Cocottes (1958); Mitsou (1956); Flesh and the Woman (1954); La pocharde (1953); Let's Play the Game / Timidity (1952); Holiday for Henrietta (1952); This good Monsieur Durand (1950); Lady Paname (1950); La Marie du Port (1950).

Born on this day – Brenda Joyce:

Brenda Joyce

Actress

February 25, 1917 – July 4, 2009

Credits:

Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949); 10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948); Shaggy (1948); Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948); Stepchild (1947); Tarzan and the Huntress (1947); Danger Woman (1946); The Spider Woman Strikes Back (1946); Little Giant (1946); Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946); Pillow of Death (1945); The Enchanted Forest (1945); Strange Confession (1945); I'll Tell the World (1945); Tarzan and the Amazons (1945); Thumbs Up (1943); Little Tokyo, U.S.A. (1942); The Postman Didn't Ring (1942); Whispering Ghosts (1942); Right to the Heart (1942); Marry the Boss's Daughter (1941); Private Nurse (1941); Public Deb No. 1 (1940); Maryland (1940); Little Old New York (1940); Here I Am a Stranger (1939); The Rains Came (1939).

Born on this day – Anthony Burgess:

Anthony Burgess

Writer

February 25, 1917 – November 22, 1993

Credits:

Books:

65 Great Tales Of Horror (1981); 99 Novels (1984); A Clockwork Orange (1962); 1985 (1978); A Clockwork Orange 2004 (1990); A Dead Man in Deptford (1993); A Long Trip to Teatime (1976); A Mouthful of Air (1992); A Vision of Battlements (1965); Abba Abba (1977); Any Old Iron (1989); Beard’s Roman Women (1976); Beds in the East (1959); Blooms of Dublin (1986); But Do Blondes Prefer Gentlemen? (1986); Byrne (1995); Coaching Days of England (1966); Devil of a State (1961); Earthly Powers (1980); Enderby (1968); Enderby Outside (1968); Enderby’s Dark Lady (1984); Ernest Hemingway and His World (1978); Flame into Being (1985); Future Imperfect (1994); Here Comes Everybody (1965); Homage To Qwert Yuiop (1986); Honey for the Bears (1963); Inside Mr. Enderby (1963); Joysprick (1973); Language Made Plain (1964); Little Wilson and Big God (1987); Man of Nazareth (1979); MF (1971); Moses (1976); Mozart and the Wolf Gang (1991); Napoleon Symphony (1974); New York (1976); Nothing like the Sun (1964); Oberon Old and New (1985); On Going to Bed (1982); On Mozart (1991); One Hand Clapping (1961); One Man’s Chorus (1998); Shakespeare (1970); Stanley Kubrick’s Clockwork Orange (1972); The Age of the Grand Tour (1967); The Book of Spies: An Anthology of Literary Espionage (2003); The Clockwork Testament (1974); The Devil’s Mode (1989); The Doctor is Sick (1960); The End of the World News (1982); The Enemy in the Blanket (1957); The Eve of Saint Venus (1964); The Heritage of British Literature (1983); The Kingdom of the Wicked (1980); The Novel Now (1967); The Pianoplayers (1986); The Right to an Answer (1960); The Wanting Seed (1956); The Worm and the Ring (1961); The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 3 (1970); This Man & Music (1982); Time for a Tiger (1956); Tremor of Intent (1966); Two Tales of the Future (1980); You’ve Had Your Time (1990).

Movies and television:

90 Minutes Live (1978); 100 Years of Ulysses (2022); 1984: A Personal View of Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty Four' (1983); A Clockwork Orange (1971 / 2007); À propos de 'La guerre du feu' (1981); A.D. (1985); After Dark (1988); An Examination of Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1972); Anno Domini (1975); Apostrophes (1979–1989); Arena (1993); Artur och Maria (1992); Bains de minuit (1988); Barneys, Books and Bust Ups: 50 Years of the Booker Prize (2018); Call My Bluff (1967–1968); Camera Three (1972–1973); C'est à lire (1984); Cities (1979); Cyrano de Bergerac (1985 / 1990); Firing Line (1972); Frank Delaney (1983); Friday Night, Saturday Morning (1982); Front Row (2018); Great Performances (2008); I riassuntini (2018); Il était une fois... (2011); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); Kubrick's Universe: The Stanley Kubrick Podcast (2022); Le cannabis - Une plante entre le bien et le mal (1996); Le grand échiquier (1988); Lots of Fun at Finnegans Wake, with Anthony Burgess (1973); Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches (1989); Make It New - a portrait of Anthony Burgess (1984); Moses the Lawgiver (1974); Muy personal (1988); Neanderthal (2000); Omnibus (1968); Orange mécanique, les rouages de la violence (2023); Ouvrez les guillemets (1973); Quest for Fire (1981); Read All About It (1977); Rencontre au sommet: Anthony Burgess/Isaac Bashevis Singer (1997); Review (1972); Saturday Night Clive (1990); Saturday Review (1985–1987); Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson (1979–1980); Still Tickin': The Return of A Clockwork Orange (2000); Take It or Leave It (1964–1967); Ten Great Writers of the Modern World (1988); The Book Game (1982–1983); The Book Programme (1974–1980); The Burgess Variations (1999); The English Programme (1985); The Late Show (1989); The Levin Interviews (1981); The Quest for Fire Adventure (1982); The Real History of Science Fiction (2014); The South Bank Show (1978–1985); The Talk Show with Clive James (1990); Today (1978); Topsy-Turvy (1999); Videobook: A Clockwork Orange (2023); Vinyl (1965); Wogan (1985–1990); Word for Word (1978); Writers and Places (1981).

Born on this day – Carson McCullers:

Carson McCullers

Writer

February 19, 1917 – September 29, 1967

Credits:

Books:

50 Great American Short Stories (1963); 50 Great Short Stories (1952); A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud (1989); Among Sisters: Short Stories by Women Writers (1989); Autumn Light: Illuminations of Age (1978); Clock Without Hands (1961); Collected Stories (1987); Early Sorrow: Ten Stories of Youth (1986); First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994); Growing Up in the South (1991); Hey-How for Halloween! (1974); Illumination and Night Glare (1999); Reflections in a Golden Eye (1941); Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century (1954); Stories of the Modern South (1977); Sucker (1986); Sweet As a Pickle and Clean As a Pig (1964); Ten Modern American Short Stories (1965); The Ballad of the Sad Café (1951); The Best American Short Stories 1964 (1964); The Haunted Boy (2018); The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940); The Member of the Wedding (1946); The Modern Library: The 200 Best Novels in English Since 1950 (1999); The Mortgaged Heart (1970); The Shorter Novels And Stories Of Carson McCullers (1972); The Square Root of Wonderful (1958); Women and Fiction (1975).

Movies and television:

A Tree a Rock a Cloud (2017); A Domestic Dilemma (2009); The Member of the Wedding (1997); Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules (1991); The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991); The Member of the Wedding (1982); Une pierre, un arbre, un nuage (1981); A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud (1978); Zurück, wo ich begann (1970); The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968); Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Camera Three (1963); Miss Smith of Georgia (1962); ITV Play of the Week (1960); The DuPont Show of the Month (1958); Theatre Night (1957); Omnibus / The Sojourner (1953); The Member of the Wedding (1952); Ship's Reporter (1948–1952).

Born on this day – Joseph Langland:

Joseph Langland

Writer

February 16, 1917 – April 9, 2007

Credits:

A Dream of Love (1986); An Interview and Fourteen Poems (1973); Any Body’s Song (1980); Selected Poems (1992); The Green Town (1956); The Sacrifice Poems (1975); The Wheel of Summer (1963); Twelve Preludes and Postludes (1988).

Born on this day – Meg Wyllie:

Meg Wyllie

Actress

February 15, 1917 – January 1, 2002

In Star Trek (1966).

Credits:

1st & Ten (1987); 77 Sunset Strip (1960); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Angel (1960); Angie (1979); Babe (1975); Banyon (1972); Barnaby Jones (1974); Barney Miller (1976); Batman (1967); Beauty and the Beast (1962); Ben Casey (1961–1964); Benson (1979–1982); Better Late Than Never (1979); Bewitched (1969); Birth of a Timeless Legacy (2004); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1966); Bronk (1976); Brothers (1986); Bunco (1977); Cannon (1973); Channing (1964); Charlie's Angels (1977); Cimarron Strip (1967); Circle of Fear (1973); City of Angels (1976); Coach (1994); Cracking Up (1983); Days of Our Lives (1966–1980); Dear John (1990); Death Sentence (1974); Death Valley Days (1959–1962); Delta (1993); Designing Women (1989–1990); Dr. Kildare (1961–1962); Dragnet (1987); Eight Is Enough (1979); Elvis (1979); Emergency! (1972–1976); Family Matters (1993); Family Ties (1987); Fitzwilly (1967); Flight That Disappeared (1961); General Hospital (1982–1994); Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood (1981); Good Heavens (1976); Guestward Ho! (1961); Gunsmoke (1973); Have Faith (1989); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958); Hennesey (1960); Highway to Heaven (1986); Hollywood Wives (1985); Hooperman (1988); How William Shatner Changed the World (2005); Ironside (1974); It Takes a Thief (1968); It's a Man's World (1962); Johnny Staccato (1976); Judd for the Defense (1968); Kojak (1975); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1955); Lassie (1966); Lipstick (1976); M Squad (1958); Mad About You (1994–1995); Major Dad (1992); Marnie (1964); Misfits of Science (1986); Mister Ed (1965); Mister Peepers (1952); Most Wanted (1976); Movin' On (1972); Mr. Belvedere (1987); My Three Sons (1963); Night Court (1985–1990); Nothing in Common (1986); Our Time (1974); Perry Mason (1962–1966); Peter Gunn (1959–1960); Playhouse 90 (1959); Police Story (1974); Police Woman (1974); Profiles in Courage (1964); Quincy, M.E. (1982); Rage! (1980); Reasonable Doubts (1991); Room 222 (1970); Run for Your Life (1966); Sea Hunt (1960); Search (1973); Second Thoughts (1983); Star Trek (1966); Steve Canyon (1959); Sutters Bay (1983); The Addams Family (1965); The Associates (1980); The Bob Newhart Show (1974); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1970); The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1970); The F.B.I. (1966–1971); The Facts of Life (1986); The Fanelli Boys (1991); The Fugitive (1965); The Girl with Something Extra (1973); The Golden Girls (1987–1991); The Last Starfighter (1984); The Law and Mr. Jones (1962); The Lawless Years (1961); The Loner (1966); The Love Boat (1977); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964); The New Adam-12 (1990); The New Breed (1961); The Paper Chase (1984); The Rounders (1966); The Thorn Birds (1983); The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963–1964); The Tribe (1974); The Turning Point of Jim Malloy (1975); The Twilight Zone (1960); The Untouchables (1959–1962); The Virginian (1963–1970); The Waltons (1973); Then Came Bronson (1969); This Is the Life (1966–1968); Tightrope (1960); To Boldly Go ... Season One (2004); Vanishing Point (1971); Wagon Train (1959–1965); Who's the Boss? (1987); Worth Winning (1989); Zane Grey Theatre (1959).

Born on this day – Sidney Sheldon:

Sidney Sheldon

Writer

Producer

Director

Actor

February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007

Recommended reading:

This is my favorite of all Sidney Sheldon’s books. Very different from his other glossy, more mainstream stories, this one surprised me; an entertaining and suspenseful science-fiction thriller. Fans of the movies Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), The Fugitive (1993), and the TV show The X-Files will see similar plot elements in The Doomsday Conspiracy.

– Jack Kost.

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The Doomsday Conspiracy

By Sidney Sheldon.

Paperback.

Published 1991.

Published by Warner Books.

ISBN 13: 9780006472087

ISBN 10: 0006472087

ASIN: 0006472087

Sample:

Prologue:

Uetendorf, Switzerland

Sunday, October 14, 1500 Hours

The witnesses standing at the edge of the field were staring in horrified silence, too stunned to speak. The scene that lay before them was grotesque, a primeval nightmare dredged up from some deep, dark depths of primitive man’s collective consciousness. Each witness had a different reaction. One fainted. A second one vomited. A woman was shaking uncontrollably. Another one thought: I’m going to have a heart attack! The elderly priest clutched his beads and crossed himself. Help me, Father. Help us all. Protect us against this evil incarnate. We have finally seen the face of Satan. It is the end of the world. Judgment Day has come.

Armageddon is here. … Armageddon … Armageddon …

Description from cover jacket:

‘The witnesses standing at the edge of the field were staring in horrified silence, too stunned to speak. The scene that lay before them was grotesque, a primeval nightmare…’

So begins The Doomsday Conspiracy, Sidney Sheldon’s eleventh novel and one that has been called his most ingenious and surprising. Navy Commander Robert Bellamy is assigned to investigate the crash of a weather balloon in the Swiss Alps. All witnesses to the accident must be found and questioned. However, for Bellamy it is the beginning of a journey of terror into the incomprehensible.

From Washington to London, Zurich, Rome, and Paris the story unfolds to reveal Bellamy’s past — why the woman he loves most cannot return his love, why his friends become his deadly enemies, and why the world must never learn an incredible secret shielded by an unknown lethal force.

Master of the unexpected. Master of the game. Best-selling author Sidney Sheldon has created The Doomsday Conspiracy, a tightly plotted, breathlessly paced thriller — and compelling love story — that confirms his best-selling status.

Credits:

Books:

A Stranger in the Mirror (1976); After the Darkness (2010); Angel of the Dark (2012); Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2004); Bloodline (1977); Chasing Tomorrow (2014); If Tomorrow Comes (1985); Master of the Game (1982); Memories of Midnight (1990); Mistress of the Game (1988); Morning, Noon & Night (1995); Nothing Lasts Forever (1994); Rage of Angels (1980); Reckless (2015); Roman Candle (1960); Tell Me Your Dreams (1998); The Adventures of Drippy (1996); The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1961); The Best Laid Plans (1997); The Doomsday Conspiracy (1991); The Naked Face (1970); The Other Side of Me (2005); The Other Side of Midnight (1973); The Phoenix (2019); The Sands of Time (1988); The Secret Keepers (2024); The Silent Widow (2019); The Sky is Falling (2000); The Stars Shine Down (1992); The Tides of Memory (2013); Windmills of the Gods (1987).

Movies and television:

A Stranger in the Mirror (1993); All in a Night's Work (1961); Annie Get Your Gun (1950); Anything Goes (1956); Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962); Bloodline (1979); Borrowed Hero (1941); Buster and Billie (1974); Colgate Theatre (1958); Dangerous Lady (1941); Dream Wife (1953); Easter Parade (1948); Ek Hasina Thi (2004); Fly-By-Night (1942); Gambling Daughters (1941); Hart to Hart (1979–1984); Hart to Hart Returns (1993); Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart (1994); Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season (1996); Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is (1994); Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die (1994); Hart to Hart: Till Death Do Us Hart (1996); Hart to Hart: Two Harts in 3/4 Time (1995); Howie (1962); I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970); I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later (1985); I Still Dream of Jeannie (1991); If Tomorrow Comes (1986); Jeannie Aur Juju (2012–2014); Just This Once (1952); Master Dearest, from the Diaries of Jeannie (2020–2021); Master of the Game (1984); Mayonaka wa betsu no kao (2002); Memories of Midnight (1991); Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941); Nancy (1970–1971); Nancy Goes to Rio (1950); No Questions Asked (1951); Nothing Lasts Forever (1995); Pardners (1956); Rage of Angels (1983); Rage of Angels: The Story Continues (1986); Remains to Be Seen (1953); Rich, Young and Pretty (1951); Shadow on the Land (1968); Sheriff's Star (1991); She's in the Army (1942); South of Panama (1941); Stage 7 (1955); The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947); The Barkleys of Broadway (1949); The Birds and the Bees (1956); The Buster Keaton Story (1957); The Comedy Spot (1960); The Naked Face (1984); The Other Side of Midnight (1977); The Patty Duke Show (1963–1966); The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights (1999); The Sands of Time (1992); The Twilight Zone (1986); Three Guys Named Mike (1951); Windmills of the Gods (1988); You're Never Too Young (1955).

Born on this day – Ernest Borgnine:

Ernest Borgnine

Actor

January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012

Credits:

SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–2012); The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez (2012); Snatched (2011); Love's Christmas Journey (2011); SpongeBob SquarePants: Heroes of Bikini Bottom (2011); The Lion of Judah (2011); Night Club (2011); Another Harvest Moon (2010); RED (2010); The Genesis Code (2010); Enemy Mind (2010); SpongeBob's Boating Bash (2010); The Wishing Well (2009); SpongeBob's Truth or Square (2009); ER (1994); The Prologue to Houdini Magic's Expert at the Card Table (2008); Frozen Stupid (2008); Aces 'N' Eights (2008); Strange Wilderness (2008); A Grandpa for Christmas (2007); Oliviero Rising (2007); La cura del gorilla (2006); That One Summer (2005); Rail Kings (2005); 3 Below (2005); The Blue Light (2004); Barn Red (2004); The Trail to Hope Rose (2004); Renegade (2004); The Long Ride Home (2003); The District (2000); Whiplash (2002); September 11 (2002); Family Law (1999); 7th Heaven (1996); Touched by an Angel (1994); SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge (2001); The Kiss of Debt (2000); Castle Rock (2000); Hoover (2000); Walker, Texas Ranger (1993); The Last Great Ride (2000); Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999); The Lost Treasure of Sawtooth Island (1999); Shadows of the Past (1999); Early Edition (1996); An All Dogs Christmas Carol (1998); All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series (1996); Mel (1998); 12 Bucks (1998); BASEketball (1998); Small Soldiers (1998); JAG (1995); Gattaca (1997); McHale's Navy (1997); The Single Guy (1995); Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders (1996); Pinky and the Brain (1995); All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996); Captiva Island (1995); Veterinarian Christine II: The Temptation (1995); Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart (1995); The Commish (1991); Spirit of the Season (1994); Der blaue Diamant (1993); Verinarian Christine (1993); The Simpsons (1989); Mistress (1992); Home Improvement (1991); Mountain of Diamonds (1991); The Last Match (1991); Tides of War (1990); Any Man's Death (1990); Ocean (1989); Laser Mission (1989); Jake and the Fatman (1987); Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989); Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears (1989); The Big Turnaround (1988); Moving Target (1988); Bensonhurst (1988); Qualcuno pagherà (1988); Skeleton Coast (1988); The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988); Treasure Island in Outer Space (1987); The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987); Murder, She Wrote (1984); Highway to Heaven (1984); Airwolf (1984–1986); Alice in Wonderland (1985); The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985); The Manhunt (1984); Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984); Code Name: Wild Geese (1984); The Last Days of Pompeii (1984); Masquerade (1983); Carpool (1983); Young Warriors (1983); Blood Feud (1983); Matt Houston (1982); Magnum, P.I. (1980); The Love Boat (1977); Deadly Blessing (1981); High Risk (1981); Escape from New York (1981); Super Fuzz (1980); When Time Ran Out... (1980); The Black Hole (1979); All Quiet on the Western Front (1979); The Double McGuffin (1979); Ravagers (1979); Convoy (1978); Cops and Robin (1978); The Ghost of Flight 401 (1978); Crossed Swords (1977); The Greatest (1977); Future Cop (1976); Fire (1977); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); Holiday Hookers (1976); Shoot (1976); Hustle (1975); The Devil's Rain (1975); Little House on the Prairie (1974); Sunday in the Country (1974); Law and Disorder (1974); Twice in a Lifetime (1974); Legend in Granite (1973); The Neptune Factor (1973); Emperor of the North (1973); The Poseidon Adventure (1972); The Revengers (1972); The Boxer (1972); The Trackers (1971); Hannie Caulder (1971); Bunny O'Hare (1971); Rain for a Dusty Summer (1971); Willard (1971); Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? (1971); Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970); The Adventurers (1970); A Bullet for Sandoval (1969); The Wild Bunch (1969); The Split (1968); Ice Station Zebra (1968); The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968); Get Smart (1965); The Dirty Dozen (1967); Chuka (1967); Run for Your Life (1965); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); McHale's Navy (1962); The Oscar (1966); The Flight of the Phoenix (1965); Wagon Train (1957); McHale's Navy (1964); General Electric Theater (1953); Alcoa Premiere (1961); Barabbas (1961); I briganti italiani (1961); Il re di Poggioreale (1961); The Last Judgment (1961); The Blue Angels (1960); Go Naked in the World (1961); Laramie (1959); Zane Grey Theatre (1956); Pay or Die! (1960); Man on a String (1960); Season of Passion (1959); The Rabbit Trap (1959); Torpedo Run (1958); The Badlanders (1958); The Vikings (1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1951); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); Three Brave Men (1956); The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956); The Catered Affair (1956); Jubal (1956); The Square Jungle (1955); The Last Command (1955); Violent Saturday (1955); Run for Cover (1955); Marty (1955); Fireside Theatre (1949); Bad Day at Black Rock (1955); The Lone Wolf (1954); Vera Cruz (1954); The Bounty Hunter (1954); Waterfront (1954); Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954); Johnny Guitar (1954); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); The Danny Thomas Show (1953); From Here to Eternity (1953); The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953); Rocky King, Detective (1950); Kraft Theatre (1947); Shadow of the Cloak (1951); Goodyear Playhouse (1951); The Mob (1951); Captain  and His  Rangers (1949); The Whistle at Eaton Falls (1951); China Corsair (1951).

Born on this day – Jane Wyman:

Jane Wyman

Actress

January 5, 1917 – September 10, 2007

Credits:

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993); Falcon Crest (1981); Charlie's Angels (1976); The Love Boat (1977); The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (1979); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969); Amanda Fallon (1973); The Sixth Sense (1972); The Failing of Raymond (1971); Insight (1960); My Three Sons (1960); How to Commit Marriage (1969); The Red Skelton Hour (1951); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); Wagon Train (1957); Bon Voyage! (1962); The Investigators (1961); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958); Checkmate (1960); Pollyanna (1960); Holiday for Lovers (1959); Lux Playhouse (1958); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Miracle in the Rain (1956); Lucy Gallant (1955); All That Heaven Allows (1955); General Electric Theater (1953); Summer Playhouse (1954); Magnificent Obsession (1954); So Big (1953); Let's Do It Again (1953); Just for You (1952); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1952); The Story of Will Rogers (1952); Starlift (1951); The Blue Veil (1951); Here Comes the Groom (1951); Three Guys Named Mike (1951); The Glass Menagerie (1950); Stage Fright (1950); The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949); It's a Great Feeling (1949); A Kiss in the Dark (1949); Johnny Belinda (1948); Magic Town (1947); Cheyenne (1947); The Yearling (1946); Night and Day (1946); One More Tomorrow (1946); The Lost Weekend (1945); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Crime by Night (1944); The Doughgirls (1944); Make Your Own Bed (1944); Princess O'Rourke (1943); Footlight Serenade (1942); My Favorite Spy (1942); Larceny, Inc (1942); You're in the Army Now (1941); The Body Disappears (1941); Bad Men of Missouri (1941); Honeymoon for Three (1941); Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940); My Love Came Back (1940); Gambling on the High Seas (1940); Flight Angels (1940); An Angel from Texas (1940); Alice in Movieland (1940); Brother Rat and a Baby (1940); Private Detective (1939); Kid Nightingale (1939); Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite (1939); The Kid from Kokomo (1939); Tail Spin (1939); Brother Rat (1938); The Crowd Roars (1938); Wide Open Faces (1938); Fools for Scandal (1938); He Couldn't Say No (1938); The Spy Ring (1938); Over the Goal (1937); Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937); The Singing Marine (1937); Little Pioneer (1937); Slim (1937); Public Wedding (1937); The King and the Chorus Girl (1937); Ready, Willing and Able (1937); Smart Blonde (1937); Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936); Polo Joe (1936); The Sunday Round-Up (1936); Here Comes Carter (1936); Cain and Mabel (1936); Stage Struck (1936); My Man Godfrey (1936); Bengal Tiger (1936); Anything Goes (1936); King of Burlesque (1936); Freshman Love (1935); Broadway Hostess (1935); Stolen Harmony (1935); George White's 1935 Scandals (1935); All the King's Horses (1935); Rumba (1935); College Rhythm (1934); Harold Teen (1934); Elmer, the Great (1933); The Kid from Spain (1932).

Born on this day – Vivi Gioi:

Actress

January 2, 1917 – July 12, 1975

Credits:

The Silkworm (1974); God Doesn't Pay on the Sabbath (1967); The Verona trial (1963); Farse d'altri tempi (1959); Festival of the Gurgia family (1958); Night Wind (1958); Rice Girl (1956); I am Gionata Scrivener (1955); Tonight in Samarkand (1954); Without a flag (1951); The Bread Bearer (1950); Women Without Names (1950); Mistress of the Mountains (1950); The Earth Cries Out (1949); Tragic Hunt (1947); The Poor Husband (1946); The house without Time (1945); The whole city sings (1945); Service de nuit (1944); ... und die Musik spielt dazu (1943); Harlem (1943); Short Circuit (1943); Let the song The Heart (1943); Piazza San Sepolcro (1942); Benghazi (1942); Jungle (1942); First Love (1941); The Secret Lover (1941); The Missing Actor (1941); The well Dei miracoli (1941); The Stolen Song (1940); After Divorce (1940); Hundred Love Letters (1940); Alessandro, you are great! (1940); Red Roses (1940); Wind of millions (1940); A thousand kilometers per minute! (1939); Frenzy (1939); Blonde Under Lock and Key (1939); Mr. Max (1937); But it's not a serious thing (1936).

Born on this day – Suzy Delair:

Suzy Delair

Actress

Comedian

Vaudevillian

December 31, 1917 – March 15, 2020

Credits:

Actor studio (1986); Tabarin's Farewell (1966); Love, laugh and sing: Jacques Offenbach (1957); Antenne 2 Midi (1981); Au cinéma ce soir (1970–1971); At Théâtre ce soir (1974); Aujourd'hui Madame (1970); Botta e risposta (1950) Casanova (1934); Champs-Elysées (1989); Certified copy (1947); Daisy Jones & The Six (2023); Dédé (1934); Défense d'aimer (1942); Chickweed for small birds (1963); Emily in Paris (2020); Ferdinand le noceur (1935); Fernandel the Dressmaker (1956); Gervaise (1956); Henri-Georges Clouzot: The Enlightened Tyrant (2004); Ici Paris (1947); Is Paris Burning? (1966); Jenny Lamour (1947); The crisis is over (1934); The Lady from Maxim's (1933); La joie de vivre (1953–1970); La vie de bohème (1945); Lady Paname (1950); The Vermeil Age (1984); Money by the windows (1972); Le bal des Petits Lits blancs (1949); The last of the six (1941); Le fil à la patte (1954); The Lovers' Riding School (1965); The mythomaniac (1981); Le palmarès des chansons (1965); The Song Chart (1966); The creatures of God (1967); The San Francisco Regatta (1960); The Sisters Hortensia (1935); Gold in the Street (1934); Lost Memories (1950); Cinema Tuesday (1987); Oublie-moi, Mandolin (1976); Through the Window (1948); Poliche (1934); Take The Road (1936); Professor Cupid (1933); Rocco and His Brothers (1960); The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973); The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (1942); Touch du bois (1933); Toute la chanson (1961); Thirty-six Candles (1957–1958); Three... six... new (1937); Un caprice de la Pompadour (1931); Utopia (1950); Violets imperial (1932); White Paws (1949).

Born on this day – Freddie Francis:

Freddie Francis

Cinematographer

Director

December 22, 1917 – March 17, 2007

Born on this day – Audrey Totter:

Audrey Totter

Actress

December 20, 1917 – December 12, 2013

Born on this day – Ossie Davis:

Ossie Davis

Actor

Writer

Director

December 18, 1917 – February 4, 2005

Credits:

The L Word (2004–2005); Proud (2004); She Hate Me (2004); JAG (2003); Baadasssss! (2003); Deacons for Defense (2003); Touched by an Angel (1996–2002); Presidio Med (2002); Bubba Ho-Tep (2002); Philly (2002); The Feast of All Saints (2001); Legend of the Candy Cane (2001); Between the Lions (2001); J.C. Leyendecker: The Great American Illustrator (2000); Here's to Life! (2000); Dinosaur (2000); Finding Buck McHenry (2000); Third Watch (1999–2000); City of Angels (2000); A Vow to Cherish (1999); Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve (1999); The Soul Collector (1999); The Secret Path (1999); Alyson's Closet (1998); Promised Land (1996–1998); Doctor Dolittle (1998); The Protector (1997); 12 Angry Men (1997); Miss Evers' Boys (1997); Home of the Brave (1996); Ripper (1996); I'm Not Rappaport (1996); Get on the Bus (1996); The Client (1995–1996); The Android Affair (1995); Sesame Street (1995); Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder (1995); The Great Battles of the Civil War (1994); The Client (1994); Evening Shade (1990–1994); Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice (1994); The Stand (1994); Grumpy Old Men (1993); Cop & ½ (1993); American Experience (1993); Queen (1993); The Ernest Green Story (1993); Lincoln (1992); Malcolm X (1992); Gladiator (1992); Hands Upon the Heart (1991); Jungle Fever (1991); We'll Take Manhattan (1990); B.L. Stryker (1989–1990); Joe Versus the Volcano (1990); The Red Shoes (1990); Do the Right Thing (1989); School Daze (1988); Crown Dick (1987); Avenging Angel (1985); The House of God (1984); Harry & Son (1984); American Playhouse (1983); Purlie (1981); Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige (1981); Ossie and Ruby! (1980–1981); All God's Children (1980); Freedom Road (1979); Hot Stuff (1979); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); King (1978); NBC Special Treat (1977); Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid (1977); The Tenth Level (1976); Cool Red (1976); Let's Do It Again (1975); Hawaii Five-O (1974); The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (1974); Gordon's War (1973); Love, American Style (1973); Black Girl (1972); The Sheriff (1971); Kongi's Harvest (1970); Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970); Night Gallery (1969); Slaves (1969); Sam Whiskey (1969); Bonanza (1959); The Name of the Game (1969); Teacher, Teacher (1969); N.Y.P.D. (1968); The Scalphunters (1968); The Outsider (1967); Run for Your Life (1966–1967); 12 O'Clock High (1966); The Fugitive (1966); A Man Called Adam (1966); History of the Negro People (1965); Slattery's People (1965); The Hill (1965); The Defenders (1961–1965); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); Shock Treatment (1964); The Cardinal (1963); East Side/West Side (1963); The Great Adventure (1963); Gone Are the Days! (1963); Car 54, Where Are You? (1962–1963); Seven Times Monday (1962); Play of the Week (1960–1961); John Brown's Raid (1960); CBS Repertoire Workshop (1960); Playhouse 90 (1960); Kraft Theatre (1955); The Emperor Jones (1955); The Joe Louis Story (1953); Fourteen Hours (1951); No Way Out (1950).

Born on this day – Arthur C. Clarke:

Arthur C. Clarke

Writer

Inventor

Undersea explorer

Television series host

December 16, 1917 – March 19, 2008

Credits:

Books:

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968); 2010: Odyssey Two (1982); 2061: Odyssey Three (1987); 3001: The Final Odyssey (1997); 50 Short Science Fiction Tales (1963); A Fall of Moondust (1961); A Meeting With Medusa (1988); Against the Fall of Night (1948); Aliens: 3 Novellas (1977); Alpha 3 (1972); Arthur C. Clarke's July 20, 2019: Life in the 21st Century (1986); Astounding Days (1990); Bangs & Whimpers: Stories about The End of The World (1999); Battlefields Beyond Tomorrow (1987); Beyond the Fall of Night (1990); Boy Beneath the Sea (1958); Bright Messengers (1995); Bug-Eyed Monsters & Bimbos (2011); Childhood's End (1953); City and the Stars (1956); Cradle (1987); Dolphin Island (1963); Double Full Moon Night (1999); Drabble II: Double Century (1990); Earthlight (1955); Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology (2006); Expedition to Earth (1968); Firstborn (2007); Fourth Planet from the Sun (1984); From Narnia To Space Odyssey (2003); From the Pen of Paul: The Fantastic Images of Frank R. Paul (2009); Futures Unlimited (1969); Galaxy Science Fiction - October 1973 (1973); Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1958 (1958); Galileo's Children (2005); Glide Path (1963); Grave Predictions (2016); Great Science Fiction Stories by the World's Greatest Scientists (1985); Great Tales of Action and Adventure (1958); Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! (1999); How the World Was One (1992); Imperial Earth (1975); In Space No One Can Hear You Scream (2013); Infinite Stars (2019); Interplanetary Flight (1950); Into Space (1971); Isaac Asimov's Aliens (1991); Isaac Asimov's Camelot (1998); Isaac Asimov's Christmas (1997); Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams (1994); Isaac Asimov's Detectives (1998); Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! (1985); Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! (1989); Isaac Asimov's Father Day (2001); Isaac Asimov's Ghosts (1995); Isaac Asimov's Halloween (2001); Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far (1981); Isaac Asimov's Robots (1991); Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite (1993); Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep (1995); Isaac Asimov's Solar System (1999); Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own (1983); Isaac Asimov's Utopias (2000); Isaac Asimov's War (1993); Isaac Asimov's Werewolves (1999); Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction (1980); Islands in the Sky (1952); Man And Space (1964); 1984: Spring - A Choice of Futures (1984); Novelets of Science Fiction (1963); Of Time and Stars (1972); Other Dimensions (1974); Prelude to Space (1950); Profiles of the Future (1962); Rama II (1989); Rama Revealed (1993); Reach for Tomorrow (1956); Rendezvous with Rama (1973); Richter 10 (1996); Science Fiction A to Z (1982); Science Fiction Stories (1988); Space Odyssey (1983); Star Science Fiction Stories 3 (1955); Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 (1953); Sunstorm (2005); Tales From The White Hart (1957); Tales of Ten Worlds (1962); Tales of Time and Space (1969); The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels (1980); The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction (1980); The Baen Big Book of Monsters (2014); The Bedside Playboy (1963); The Best of British SF 1 (1977); The Best of British SF 2 (1977); The Body (1964); The Coast of the Coral (1956); The Colours of Infinity: The Beauty, The Power and the Sense of Fractals (2004); The Deep Range (1957); The End of the World: Stories of the Apocalypse (2010); The Exploration of Space (1951); The Exploration of the Moon (2020); The Fountains of Paradise (1979); The Futurists (1972); The Garden of Rama (1991); The Ghost from the Grand Banks (1990); The Hammer of God (1993); The Hard SF Renaissance (2003); The Last Theorem (2008); The Light of Other Days (2000); The Lion Of Comarre (1968); The Lost Worlds Of 2001 (1971); The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF (2009); The Nine Billion Names of God (1967); The Ninth Science Fiction Megapack (2014); The Promise of Space (1968); The Reefs of Taprobane (1956); The Sands of Mars (1951); The Sentinel (1951); The Sixth Science Fiction Megapack (2013); The Songs of Distant Earth (1986); The Tranquility Wars (2000); The Treasure of the Great Reef (1964); The Trigger (1999); The Ultimate Alien (1995); The View from Serendip (1977); The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010); The Wind From The Sun (1972); The World Turned Upside Down (2005); The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection (1993); The Young Oxford Book of Aliens (1999); They Came from Outer Space: 12 Classic Science Fiction Tales That Became Major Motion Pictures (1979); Time's Eye (2003); Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... (1974); Voice Across The Sea (1958); Voices from the Sky (1966); Worlds to Come: New Science Fiction Adventures (1967).

Movies, television, video games and audio plays:

2001 and Beyond (2001); 2001: A Space Odyssey - A Look Behind the Future (1966); 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968); 2001: HAL's Legacy (2001); 2001: Odyseja kosmiczna (Audioplay) (2016); 2001: The Making of a Myth (2001); 2010: Odyseja kosmiczna (Audioplay) (2017); 2010: The Odyssey Continues (1984); 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984); 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984); 2061: Odyseja kosmiczna (Audioplay) (2021); 3001: Odyseja kosmiczna (Audioplay) (2021); 50 Terrible Predictions (2005); 50th Anniversary Brunch Noreascon Three Videotape (1989); A Failed Recluse (1993); Adventure (1964); Adventure (1964); Arthur C. Clarke: Before 2001 (1993); Arthur C. Clarke: Before 2001 (1993); Arthur C. Clarke: The Man Who Saw the Future (1997); Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World (1980); Baddegama (1980); Brave New Worlds: The Science Fiction Phenomenon (1993); Breaking Strain (2019); Camera Three (1970–1972); Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1949); Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1949); Childhood's End (2015); Cold Fusion: Fire from Water (1998); Contact: The Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (1995); Esther (1996); Future Fantastic (1996); God, the Universe and Everything Else (1988); Jännitysnäytelmä (1968); La Estrella (2020); Letadlo (2001); L'odyssée de la survie (1999); Masters of Fantasy (1997); Mysterious Universe (1994); Nova (1978); Odyssey of Survival (1999); People to Watch (1966); Phenomenon: The Lost Archives (1998); Planetary Defense (2007); Rama (1997); Rama (1997); Rendezvous with Rama (2003); Sci-Fi Entertainment (1998); Sightings / The Sci-Fi Prophet (1996); Siskel & Ebert (1997); Stanley Kubrick in Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001); Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man (1996); Tales of Tomorrow (1952); Television (1985); Television (1988); The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (2001); The City in the Image of Man: Ideas and Work of Paolo Soleri (1972); The Colours of Infinity (1995); The Colours of Infinity (1995); The David Frost Show (1969–1972); The Day of Five Billion (1987); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The High Frontier: The Untold Story of Gerard K. O'Neill (2021); The Martians and Us (2006); The Sky at Night (1963–2003); The Twilight Zone (1985); The Unexplained (1970); The Works (1997); This Is Your Life (1995); Time Out of Mind (1979); To Mars by A-Bomb: The Secret History of Project Orion (2003); Trapped in Space / Breaking Strain (1994); Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (2007); We Love 'The Sky at Night' (2007); Without Warning (1994); Wogan (1985); World of Strange Powers (1985).

Born on this day – Elyse Knox:

Elyse Knox

Actress

December 14, 1917 – February 15, 2012

Credits:

There's a Girl in My Heart (1949); Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch (1949); Forgotten Women (1949); Winner Take All (1948); I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948); Fighting Mad (1948); Linda, Be Good (1947); Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947); Black Gold (1947); Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1946); Gentleman Joe Palooka (1946); Joe Palooka, Champ (1946); Army Wives (1944); A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (1944); Moonlight and Cactus (1944); Follow the Boys (1944); Hi Ya, Sailor (1943); So's Your Uncle (1943); Hit the Ice (1943); Mister Big (1943); Don Winslow of the Coast Guard (1943); Keep 'Em Slugging (1943); Arabian Nights (1942); The Mummy's Tomb (1942); Top Sergeant (1942); Hay Foot (1942); Miss Polly (1941); All-American Co-Ed (1941); Tanks a Million (1941); Sheriff of Tombstone (1941); Footlight Fever (1941); Youth Will Be Served (1940); Yesterday's Heroes (1940); Girl from Avenue A (1940); Girl in 313 (1940); Lillian Russell (1940); Star Dust (1940); Free, Blonde and 21 (1940); Wake Up and Live (1937).

Born on this day – Ann Richards:

Ann Richards

Actress

Writer

Artist

December 13, 1917 – August 24, 2006

Credits:

Writing:

Helen of Troy (play written in the 1970s – exact date unknown); The Grieving Senses (poetry) (1971); Odyssey for Edmond (poetry) (1991).

Movies and television:

Don't Call Me Girlie (1984); General Electric Theater (1960); Breakdown (1952); Sorry, Wrong Number (1948); Love from a Stranger (1947); Lost Honeymoon (1947); The Searching Wind (1946); Badman's Territory (1946); Love Letters (1945); An American Romance (1944); Three Hearts for Julia (1943); 100,000 Cobbers (1942); Random Harvest (1942); Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942); The Woman in the House (1942); Come Up Smiling (1939); The Farmer Goes to Town (1938); Vengeance of the Deep (1938); Timberland Terror (1937); It Isn't Done (1937).

Born on this day – Robert Youngson:

Robert Youngson

Director

Writer

Producer

November 27, 1917 – April 8, 1974

Born on this day – Adele Jergens:

Adele Jergens

Actress

November 26, 1917 – November 22, 2002