Born on this day – Barry Nelson:

Barry Nelson

Actor

April 16, 1917 – April 7, 2007

Credits:

A Guy Named Joe (1943); A Yank on the Burma Road (1942); Airborne Lifeboat (1945); Airport (1970); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959); Allen Ludden's Gallery (1969); Bataan (1943); Battlestar Galactica (1978); Ben Casey (1963); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Biography (2003); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Cannon (1973); CBS Playhouse (1968); Circle of Fear (1973); Climax! (1954–1958); Climb an Angry Mountain (1972); Colgate Theatre (1950); Comet Over Broadway (1938); Command Decision (1948); Dallas (1981); David Cassidy - Man Undercover (1978); Don't Talk (1942); Dr. Kildare (1964); Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942); Eyes in the Night (1942); Fantasy Island (1983); Fitz and Bones (1981); Fools, Females and Fun (1974); Get the Message (1964); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978); Here's Boomer (1981); Hollywood Screen Test (1948); How to Get Killed in One Easy Lesson (1943); Hudson's Bay (1959); Island Claws (1980); I've Got a Secret (1952); J.J. Starbuck (1988); Johnny Eager (1941); Kaz (1978); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Kraft Theatre (1950); Kraft Theatre (1960); Living Easy with Dr. Joyce Brothers (1974); Longstreet (1971); Love, American Style / Love and the Militant (1969); Lux Playhouse (1958); Magnum, P.I. (1982); Mary, Mary (1963); Mason (1977); McLean and Company (1970); Monsters (1990); Murder, She Wrote (1988); My Favorite Husband (1953–1955); My Wives Jane (1971); Nero Wolfe (1981); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); Password (1962–1967); Personality (1967–1968); Pete 'n' Tillie (1972); Producers' Showcase (1956); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950); Rio Rita (1942); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950); Salvage 1 (1979); Schlitz Playhouse (1955); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Seven in Darkness (1969); Shadow of the Thin Man (1941); Snap Judgment (1968); Starlight Theatre (1950); Stars for Israel (1967); Sucker Bait (1943); Suspense (1950–1951); Taxi (1981); Tenth Avenue Angel (1948); The 19th Annual Tony Awards (1965); The 20th Annual Tony Awards (1966); The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (1978); The Affairs of Martha (1942); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Beginning or the End (1947); The Borgia Stick (1967); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948–1950); The David Frost Show (1970); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The DuPont Show of the Week (1963); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The F.B.I. (1969); The Face Is Familiar (1966); The First Traveling Saleslady (1956); The Ford Theatre Hour (1949); The Fred Waring Show (1951); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Human Comedy (1943); The Hunter (1952); The Joan Rivers Show (1968); The Love Boat (1979); The Luckiest Guy in the World (1947); The Man with My Face (1951); The Match Game (1963); The Mike Douglas Show (1966); The Name of the Game (1969); The Ropers (1979); The Shining (1980); The Twilight Zone (1964); Thriller (1973); Time to Kill (1945); To Tell the Truth (1962–1981); Undercover Maisie (1947); Vacation Playhouse (1967); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1956 (1957); Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977); What's My Line? (1961); Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City (1953); Winged Victory (1944); You're Putting Me On (1969); Zane Grey Theatre (1960).

Born on this day – Valerie Hobson:

Valerie Hobson

Actress

April 14, 1917 – November 13, 1998

Credits:

Atlantic Ferry (1941); August Weekend (1936); Badger's Green (1934); Blackout (1940); Blanche Fury (1948); Bride of Frankenstein (1935); Cabaret (1937); Chinatown Squad (1935); Continental Express (1939); Edge of Divorce (1953); Evening News British Film Awards (1978); Eyes of Fate (1933); Film Profile (1961); For Love of You (1933); Great Expectations (1934); Great Expectations (1946); Henry IV (1938); His Lordship (1932); Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949); Knave of Hearts (1954); Life Returns (1934); Murder Will Out (1952); Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935); No Escape (1936); Oh, What a Night (1935); Pasquinade (1937); Q Planes (1939); Rendezvous at Midnight (1935); Round the Film Studios (1937); Round the Film Studios (1937); Shadows of the Underworld (1939); Strange Wives (1934); Tele-Ho! (1937); The Adventures of Tartu (1943); The Drum (1938); The Great Impersonation (1935); The Hideout (1948); The Interrupted Journey (1949); The Man of Destiny (1950); The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934); The Passionate Sentry (1952); The Path of Glory (1934); The Promoter (1952); The Rocking Horse Winner (1949); The Spy in White (1936); The Years Between (1946); This Man Is News (1938); Tonight at 8:30 / Ways and Means (1952); Train of Events / The Composer (1949); Tugboat Princess (1936); Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1934); U-Boat 29 (1939); Unpublished Story (1942); Werewolf of London (1935); When Thief Meets Thief (1937).

Born on this day – Brad Dexter:

Brad Dexter

Actor

Producer

April 9, 1917 – December 12, 2002

Credits:

9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2003); Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' (2000); Cognac (1988); Skag (1980); Valentine (1979); The Incredible Hulk (1979); Winter Kills (1979); Project U.F.O. (1978); House Calls (1978); The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977); Vigilante Force (1976); Law and Order (1976); S.W.A.T. (1975); McCloud (1975); Kojak (1975); Shampoo (1975); Jory (1973); Mission: Impossible (1972); Lady Sings the Blues (1972); Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970); Mannix (1970); The Lawyer (1970); The Naked Runner (1967); Blindfold (1966); Von Ryan's Express (1965); Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965); None But the Brave (1965); Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964); Kings of the Sun (1963); Johnny Cool (1963); Death Valley Days (1963); Here's Hollywood (1962); Taras Bulba (1962); X-15 (1961); Alcoa Premiere (1961); The George Raft Story (1961); The Investigators (1961); Twenty Plus Two (1961); Surfside 6 (1961); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); General Electric Theater (1961); Hawaiian Eye (1961); The Aquanauts (1960); The Magnificent Seven (1960); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1960); Bourbon Street Beat (1959–1960); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960); 13 Fighting Men (1960); Bat Masterson (1960); Mr. Lucky (1960); Tightrope (1960); The Man from Blackhawk (1960); Vice Raid (1959); Bronco (1959); Colt .45 (1959); 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1959); This Man Dawson (1959); Last Train from Gun Hill (1959); Yancy Derringer (1959); Cimarron City (1959); Behind Closed Doors (1959); Pursuit (1959); Zane Grey Theatre (1958); Jefferson Drum (1958); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958); Wagon Train (1958); Run Silent Run Deep (1958); Studio One (1958); How to Marry a Millionaire (1957); The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1957); The Oklahoman (1957); Between Heaven and Hell (1956); The Bottom of the Bottle (1956); Climax! (1955); House of Bamboo (1955); Violent Saturday (1955); Untamed (1955); 99 River Street (1953); Macao (1952); The Las Vegas Story (1952); Fourteen Hours (1951); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); Sinbad, the Sailor (1947); Heldorado (1946); Winged Victory (1944); The Mortal Storm (1940).

Born on this day – R. G. Armstrong:

R. G. Armstrong

Actor

Writer

April 7, 1917 – July 27, 2012

Born on this day – Robert Bloch:

Robert Bloch

Writer

April 5, 1917 – September 23, 1994

Credits:

Books:

15 Grusel Stories (1964); American Gothic (1974); Atoms and Evil (1962); Black Cat Weekly #13 (2021); Blood Runs Cold (1961); Bogey Men (1963); Chamber of Horrors (1966); Cold Chills (1977); Crimes and Punishments (2000); Dragons and Nightmares (1969); Fear and Trembling (1979); Fear Planet and Other Unusual Destinations (2004); Fear Today, Gone Tomorrow (1971); Fever Dream and Other Fantasies (1970); Final Reckonings (1987); Firebug (1961); Flowers from the Moon (1998); Hell On Earth (2000); Horror-7 (1963); It's All in Your Mind (1971); Lori (1989); Lost in Time and Space with Lefty Feep (1987); Midnight Pleasures (1987); Monsters in Our Midst (1993); More Nightmares (1962); Mysteries of the Worm (1981); Nightmares (1961); Night-World (1972); Out of My Head (1981); Out of the Mouths of Graves (1979); Pleasant Dreams (1960); Pleasant Dreams / Nightmares (1959); Psycho (1959); Psycho House (aka Psycho III) (1990); Psycho II (1982); Psycho-paths (1991); Robert Bloch's Psychos (1997); Sea-Kissed (1945); Skeleton in the Closet (2008); Spiderweb (1954); Strange Eons (1978); Such Stuff as Screams Are Made of (1979); Tales in a Jugular Vein (1965); Terror (1962); Terror in the Night (1958); That Hellbound Train (2011); The Best of Robert Bloch (1977); The Couch (1962); The Crowded Earth (2009); The Cunning (aka There Is a Serpent in Eden) (1979); The Dead Beat (1960); The Devil with You! (1999); The Early Fears (1978); The House of the Hatchet (1960); The Jekyll Legacy (1990); The Kidnapper (1954); The King of Terrors (1977); The Laughter of a Ghoul (1977); The Living Demons (1967); The Night of the Ripper (1984); The Opener of the Way (1945); The Scarf (1947); The Selected Stories of Robert Bloch (1987); The Shooting Star (1958); The Skull of the Marquis de Sade (1965); The Star Stalker (1968); The Todd Dossier (1969); The Will to Kill (1954); This Crowded Earth (1958).

Movies and television:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960–1986); Asylum (1972); Bates Motel (1987); Bates Motel (2013–2017); Battle-Axe: The Making of 'Strait-Jacket' (2002); Bus Stop (1962); Cineficción Radio / Mannikins of Horror / Reaper (2019–2020); Circle of Fear (1972); Curious Matter Anthology (2019); Darkroom (1981); Dimension X (1950); Fear in the Dark (1991); Gemini Man (1976); Historias para no dormir (1966); Hollywood Ghost Stories (1986); How to Plan a Movie Murder (1964); I Spy (1966); Journey to Midnight (1968); Journey to the Unknown (1968); Lock Up (1960–1961); Mannikin (1977); Mashup at the Movies (2021); Michaels' Movie Madness (1988); Monsters (1988–1989); Mother (2020); Night Gallery / Logoda's Heads (1971); Psycho (1960); Psycho (1988); Psycho (1998); Psycho II (1983); Psycho III (1986); Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990); Run for Your Life (1966); Sanfter Schrecken / The Man Who Looked Like Napoleon (1977); Secrets and Mysteries (1983); Star Trek (1966–1967); Strait-Jacket (1964); Tales from the Darkside (1984–1987); Tales of the Unexpected (1980); Tambien la muerte puede morir (1990); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965); The Cabinet of Caligari (1962); The Cat Creature (1973); The Couch (1962); The Dead Don't Die (1975); The Deadly Bees (1966); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Famous Monsters 1993 World Convention Souvenir Video (1993); The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1986); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Horror of It All (1983); The House That Dripped Blood (1971); The Hunger (1998); The Manhunter (1974); The Night Walker (1964); The Plot Thickens (1963); The Psychopath (1966); The Return of Captain Nemo / Atlantis Dead Ahead (1978); The Skull / The Skull of the Marquis de Sade (1965); The Vault of Horror (1992); Three Dangerous Ladies / The Mannikin (1977); Thriller (1960–1962); Torture Garden (1967); Whispering Smith (1961); X Minus One (1955).

Born on this day – Melville Shavelson:

Melville Shavelson

Director

Producer

Writer

April 1, 1917 – August 8, 2007

Born on this day – Virginia Grey:

Virginia Grey

Actress

March 22, 1917 – July 31, 2004

Credits:

A Perilous Journey (1953); Accused of Murder (1956); Airport (1970); All Star Revue (1951); All That Heaven Allows (1955); Another Thin Man (1939); Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (1976); Bachelor in Paradise (1961); Back Street (1961); Bad Guy (1937); Bells of Capistrano (1942); Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue (1938); Biography (2003); Black Zoo (1963); Blonde Inspiration (1941); Blonde Ransom (1945); Bonanza (1962); Broadway Serenade (1939); Bullfighter and the Lady (1951); Burke's Law (1964); Captain Scarface (1953); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); Climax! (1956); Crime of Passion (1956); Dames (1934); Desert Pursuit (1952); Don't Bet on Blondes (1935); Dramatic School (1938); Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); Fighting Lawman (1953); Fireside Theatre (1954–1955); Flame of Barbary Coast (1945); Flirtation Walk (1934); Flower Drum Song (1961); Footlights Theater (1953); Four Star Playhouse (1952–1954); General Electric Theater (1953–1960); George Jessel Show (1959); Glamour Girl (1948); Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935); Goodyear Theatre (1958); Grand Central Murder (1942); Grissly's Millions (1945); Heart to Heart (1928); Here's Hollywood (1961); Highway 301 (1950); Hollywood Greats (1977); House of Horrors (1946); Hullabaloo (1940); I Spy (1967); Idaho (1943); Idiot's Delight (1939); Ironside (1968); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1956–1958); azz Mad (1928); Jeanne Eagels (1957); Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star (2002); Jungle Jim (1948); Keeping Company (1940); Ladies in Distress (1938); Leather Gloves (1948); Love Has Many Faces (1965); Love, American Style / Love and the Hot Spell (1973); Madame X (1966); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970); Men in Her Diary (1945); Mexican Hayride (1948); Miraculous Journey (1948); Misbehaving Ladies (1931); Mr. and Mrs. North (1942); My Three Sons (1966); No Name on the Bullet (1959); Old Hutch (1936); Our Relations (1936); Pacific Paradise (1937); Peter Gunn (1961); Playhouse 90 (1958); Portrait in Black (1960); Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938); Rosalie (1937); Rosie! (1967); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Science Fiction Theatre (1955); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 9: Sports in Hollywood (1940); Secret Valley (1937); Secrets (1933); Secrets of the Underground (1942); She Gets Her Man (1935); Sis Hopkins (1941); Slaughter Trail (1951); Smooth as Silk (1946); Snow Gets in Your Eyes (1938); So This Is New York (1948); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Stagecoach West (1960); Strangers in the Night (1944); Swamp Fire (1946); Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943); Tammy Tell Me True (1961); Target Earth (1954); Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942); Test Pilot (1938); That's Entertainment! (1974); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The Big Store (1941); The Canary Comes Across (1938); The Captain Is a Lady (1940); The Christophers (1957–1963); The David Niven Show (1959); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1952); The Eternal Sea (1955); The Firebird (1934); The Ford Television Theatre (1953); The Forty-Niners (1954); The Golden Fleecing (1940); The Great Ziegfeld (1936); The Hardys Ride High (1939); The Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill (1950); The Jim Backus Show (1961); The Last Command (1955); The Lives of Jenny Dolan (1975); The Lone Wolf (1955); The Michigan Kid (1928); The Millionaire (1955–1958); The Naked Kiss (1964); The Red Skelton Hour (1955–1966); The Restless Years (1958); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Romance of Celluloid (1937); The Rose Tattoo (1955); The Shopworn Angel (1938); The St. Louis Kid (1934); The Threat (1949); The Unexpected (1952); The Virginian (1966); The Women (1939); 3 Cheers for the Irish (1940); Three Desperate Men (1951); Thunder Afloat (1939); Tish (1942); Trackdown (1958); U.S. Marshal (1959); Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927); Unconquered (1947); Unknown Island (1948); Violets in Spring (1936); Wagon Train (1958–1961); Washington Melodrama (1941); Waterfront (1954); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Whistling in the Dark (1941); Who Killed 'Doc' Robbin? (1948); Wyoming (1947); Yancy Derringer (1959); Your Show of Shows (1952); Youth Takes a Fling (1938).

Born on this day – Millard Kaufman:

Millard Kaufman

Writer

March 12, 1917 – March 14, 2009

Credits:

Books:

Bowl of Cherries (novel) (2008); Misadventure (2010); Plots & Characters: A Screenwriter on Screenwriting (2001).

Movies and television:

Aladdin and His Lamp (1952); Bad Day at Black Rock (1955); Convicts 4 (1962); Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980); Expanding World Relationships (1947); Gun Crazy (1950); Kung-Fu Magoo (2010); Living Free (1972); Montgomery Clift: His Place in the Sun (1989); Never So Few (1959); Police Story (1976); Punchy de Leon (1950); Ragtime Bear (1949); Raintree County (1957); Raintree County (1957); Take the High Ground! (1953); The Klansman (1974); The Nativity (1978); The War Lord (1965); Trouble Indemnity (1950); Unknown World (1951).

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

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:

Vivi Gioi

Actress

January 2, 1917 – July 12, 1975

Credits:

Il baco da seta (1974); Dio non paga il sabato (1967); Il processo di Verona (1963); Farse d'altri tempi (1959); Festival della famiglia Gurgià (1958); Vento notturno (1958); Rice Girl (1956); Io sono Gionata Scrivener (1955); Stasera a Samarcanda (1954); Senza bandiera (1951); La portatrice di pane (1950); Women Without Names (1950); Mistress of the Mountains (1950); The Earth Cries Out (1949); Tragic Hunt (1947); Il marito povero (1946); La casa senza tempo (1945); Tutta la città canta (1945); Service de nuit (1944); ...und die Musik spielt dazu (1943); Harlem (1943); Cortocircuito (1943); Lascia cantare il cuore (1943); Piazza San Sepolcro (1942); Bengasi (1942); Giungla (1942); First Love (1941); L'amante segreta (1941); L'attore scomparso (1941); Il pozzo dei miracoli (1941); La canzone rubata (1940); Dopo divorzieremo (1940); Cento lettere d'amore (1940); Alessandro sei grande! (1940); Red Roses (1940); Vento di milioni (1940); Mille chilometri al minuto! (1939); Frenzy (1939); Bionda sotto chiave (1939); Il signor Max (1937); Ma non è una cosa seria (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).