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).

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

Born on this day – Dorothy Arnold:

Dorothy Arnold

Actress

November 21, 1917 – November 13, 1984

Born on this day – Madeleine Robinson:

Madeleine Robinson

Actress

November 5, 1917 – August 1, 2004

Born on this day – Virginia Field:

Virginia Field

Actress

November 4, 1917 – January 2, 1992

Born on this day – Ann Rutherford:

Ann Rutherford

Actress

November 2, 1917 – June 11, 2012

Credits:

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009); 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2013); 20 Questions (1952); A Christmas Carol (1938); ABC Late Night (1974); Adventures of Don Juan (1948); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); America's Clown: An Intimate Biography of Red Skelton (2014); Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939); Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940); Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics - And Other Things (1940); Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942); Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941); Angel of Mercy (1939); Annie Laurie (1936); Badlands of Dakota (1941); Bedside Manner (1945); Bermuda Mystery (1944); Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time (2011); Bill Slater Show (1950); California's Gold (2012); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1952); Carnival in Paris (1937); Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940); Climax! (1955–1958); Comin' 'Round the Mountain (1936); Corazón de... (2006); Dancing Co-Ed (1939); Danger (1953); Doughnuts and Society (1936); Down to the Sea (1936); Dramatic School (1938); Easter Parade in New York (1953); Easter Parade of Stars Auto Show (1954); Espionage (1937); Flag of Mercy (1942); Four Girls in White (1939); Gene Autry, Melody of the West (1994); General Electric Theater (1953); Gone with the Wind (1939); Gone with the Wind: The Legend Lives On (2009); Good Morning America (1983); Gruen Guild Theater (1951); Happy Land (1943); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Greats (1979); Hollywood Opening Night (1952); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940); Inside Job (1946); I've Got a Secret (1953); Judge Hardy and Son (1939); Judge Hardy's Children (1938); Keeping Company (1940); Kraft Theatre (1957); Land of Liberty (1939); Leave It to the Girls (1949); Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941); Lights, Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema (1996); Love Find Andy Hardy Intro (2004); Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Impossible Gift / Love and the Positive Man (1969–1973); Lux Video Theatre (1954); Meet the Stars #3: Variety Reel #1 (1941); Melody Trail (1935); MGM Parade (1955); Murder in the Music Hall (1946); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1950); Of Human Hearts (1938); Operation Haylift (1950); Orchestra Wives (1942); Out West with the Hardys (1938); Panic! (1958); Perry Mason (1959–1964); Place the Face (1955); Playhouse 90 (1958); Pride and Prejudice (1940); Public Cowboy No. 1 (1937); Red Skelton: A Comedy Scrapbook (1981); Robert Montgomery Presents (1953); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 9: Sports in Hollywood (1940); Show-Business at War (1943); Stars Over Hollywood (1951); Student Tour (1934); Suspense (1953); Take It or Leave It (1944); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959); That's Entertainment III: Behind the Screen (1994); The 12th Annual Golden Boot Awards (1993); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The Bob Newhart Show (1973–1974); The Bride Wore Red (1937); The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942); The Devil Is Driving (1937); The Donna Reed Show (1959); The Fighting Marines (1935); The Ghost Comes Home (1940); The Hardys Ride High (1939); The Harvester (1936); The James Melton Show (1951); The Judy Garland Show (1964); The Ken Murray Show (1950); The Lawless Nineties (1936); The Linkletter Show (1952); The Lonely Trail (1936); The Madonna's Secret (1946); The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988); The Oregon Trail (1936); The Red Skelton Hour (1958); The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947); The Singing Vagabond (1935); These Glamour Girls (1939); They Only Kill Their Masters (1972); This Is Your Life (1984 / 1988); This Time for Keeps (1942); Two O'Clock Courage (1945); U.S. Marshal (1959); Unusual Occupations (1947); Visiting... with Huell Howser (2010); Washington Melodrama (1941); Waterfront Lady (1935); Whistling in Brooklyn (1943); Whistling in Dixie (1942); Whistling in the Dark (1941); Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City (1953); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); Wyoming (1940); You're Only Young Once (1937).