Born on this day – Marguerite Chapman:

Marguerite Chapman

Actress

March 9, 1918 – August 31, 1999

Credits:

Barnaby Jones (1977); Police Story (1973); Hawaii Five-O (1975); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971); Frontier Circus (1962); Here's Hollywood (1961); Laramie (1961); Perry Mason (1960); The Amazing Transparent Man (1960); The Lineup (1959); The Ann Sothern Show (1959); Rawhide (1959); Pursuit (1958); The Millionaire (1958); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1958); Studio One (1958); Climax! (1955–1957); The Eve Arden Show (1957); Studio 57 (1954–1957); The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1957); Strange Stories (1956); Lux Video Theatre (1955–1956); TV Reader's Digest (1956); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Shower of Stars (1955); The Star and the Story (1955); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Science Fiction Theatre (1955); The Seven Year Itch (1955); City Detective (1953–1955); The Whistler (1955); Private Secretary (1954); Four Star Playhouse (1954); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1954); Your Play Time (1954); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); Hollywood Opening Night (1953); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Fireside Theatre (1953); Chevron Theatre (1952–1953); Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952); Sea Tiger (1952); Man Bait (1952); Your Show of Shows (1951–1953); Flight to Mars (1951); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); Kansas Raiders (1950); The Green Promise (1949); The Gallant Blade (1948); Coroner Creek (1948); Relentless (1948); Mr. District Attorney (1947); Rough But Hopeful (1946); The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1946); One Way to Love (1946); Pardon My Past (1945); Counter-Attack (1945); Strange Affair (1944); My Kingdom for a Cook (1943); Destroyer (1943); Appointment in Berlin (1943); Times Square (1943); One Dangerous Night (1942); The Daring Young Man (1942); The Spirit of Stanford (1942); A Man's World (1942); Parachute Nurse (1942); Submarine Raider (1942); Meet the Stewarts (1942); Spy Smasher (1942); The Playgirls (1942); You're in the Army Now (1941); West of the Rockies (1941); The Body Disappears (1941); Navy Blues (1941); The Great Lie (1941); A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941); Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940); Four Sons (1940); On Their Own (1940).

Born on this day – Mickey Spillane:

Mickey Spillane

Writer

Actor

March 9, 1918 – July 17, 2006

Credits:

Books:

A Century of Great Suspense Stories (2001); A Century of Noir (2002); A Dangerous Cat (2017); A Long Time Dead (2016); An Acceptable Sacrifice (2012); An Acceptable Sacrifice (2012); Black Alley (1996); Bloody Sunrise (1965); Book Club (2014); Book Club (2014); Citadel (2016); Citadel (2016); City Sleuths and Tough Guys (1989); Complex 90 (2013); Condor in the Stacks (2015); Condor in the Stacks (2015); Crimes by Moonlight (2010); Day of the Guns (1964); Dead Dames Don't Sing (2016); Dead Dames Don't Sing (2016); Dead Street (2007); Death Leaves a Bookmark (2012); Death Leaves a Bookmark (2012); Dig Two Graves (2023); Every Seven Years (2015); Every Seven Years (2015); From the Queen (2015); From the Queen (2015); From the Queen (2015); Hoodoo Harry (2017); Hoodoo Harry (2017); Hot Lead, Cold Justice (2020); I, the Jury (1947); It's in the Book (2014); It's in the Book (2014); Kill Me If You Can (2022); Kill Me, Darling (2015); Killer Mine (1965); Killing Town (2018); King of the Weeds (2014); Kiss Her Goodbye (2009); Kiss Me, Deadly (1952); Lady, Go Die! (2012); Last Stage to Hell Junction (2019); Masquerade for Murder (2020); Masters of Noir, Volume One (2010); Me, Hood! (1963); Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer #1 (2018); Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer #2 (2018); Murder Never Knocks (2016); Murder, My Love (2019); My Gun Is Quick (1950); Mystery, Inc. (2015); Mystery, Inc. (2015); One Lonely Night (1951); Private Eyes (1998); Pronghorns of the Third Reich (2012); Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories (1996); Reconciliation Day (2016); Reconciliation Day (2016); Remaindered (2014); Remaindered (2014); Return of the Hood (1964); Rides a Stranger (2013); Rides a Stranger (2013); Seven Years (2018); Shoot-Out at Sugar Creek (2021); Skin (2012); So Long, Chief (2013); Something's Down There (2003); Stand Up and Die! (2022); Survival... Zero (1970); The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 (2011); The Big Bang (2010); The Big Kill (1951); The Big Showdown (2016); The Bloody Spur (2018); The Body Lovers (1967); The Book Case (2012); The Book of Ghosts (2013); The Book of the Lion (2015); The Book of Virtue (2012); The Book Thing (2012); The By-Pass Control (1966); The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (2018); The Compendium of Srem (2014); The Consummata (2011); The Dark Door (2022); The Day the Sea Rolled Back (1979); The Death Dealers (1966); The Deep (1961); The Delta Factor (1968); The Erection Set (1972); The Final Testament (2013); The Flier (1964); The Girl Hunters (1962); The Girl Who Did Say No (2020); The Goliath Bone (2008); The Gospel of Sheba (2014); The Haze (2016); The Hemingway Valise (2018); The Honeymoon Trap (2022); The Interrogator and Other Criminally Good Fiction (2012); The Killing Man (1989); The Last Cop Out (1973); The Last Honest Horse Thief (2018); The Last Stand (2018); The Legend of Caleb York (2015); The Little Men (2015); The Long Sonata of the Dead (2013); The Long Wait (1951); The Menace (2022); The Nature of My Inheritance (2014); The Pretty Little Box (2018); The Scroll (2014); The Sequel (2014); The Ship That Never Was (1982); The Snake (1964); The Tough Guys (1969); The Traitor (2022); The Travelling Companion (2016); The Twisted Thing (1966); The Will to Kill (2017); Tomorrow I Die (1984); Vengeance is Mine (1950); Vintage Spillane (1974).

Movies and television:

Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1997–1998); Mommy's Day (1997); Fallen Angels (1995); Mommy (1995); Come Die with Me: A Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Mystery (1994); Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All (1989); The New Mike Hammer (1984–1987); More Than Murder (1984); Murder Me, Murder You (1983); I, the Jury (1982); Margin for Murder (1981); Miller Lite: Tastes Great, Less Filling (1976–1986); Columbo (1974); The Delta Factor (1970); The Girl Hunters (1963); Mike Hammer (1958–1959); My Gun Is Quick (1957); Kiss Me Deadly (1955); Mickey Spillane's 'Mike Hammer!' (1954); Ring of Fear (1954); The Long Wait (1954); I, the Jury (1953).

Born on this day – Ida Lupino:

Ida Lupino

Actress

Singer

Director

Writer

Producer

February 4, 1918 – August 3, 1995

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960–1961); Alias Smith and Jones (1972); Anything Goes (1936); Artist and Models (1937); Barnaby Jones (1974); Batman (1968); Beware, My Lovely (1952); Bewitched (1965); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bonanza (1959); Bracken's World (1970); Breaking Point (1963); Burke's Law (1963–1964); Charlie's Angels (1977); Climax! (1956); Columbo (1972–1974); Come On, Marines! (1934); Daniel Boone (1967); Dante (1960); Deadhead Miles (1972); Death Valley Days (1960); Deep Valley (1947); Devotion (1946); Dr. Kildare (1964); Dundee and the Culhane (1967); Ellery Queen (1975); Escape Me Never (1947); Family Affair (1969–1970); Female Artillery (1973); Fight for Your Lady (1937); Forever and a Day (1943); Four Star Playhouse (1953–1956); General Electric Theater (1960–1962); Gilligan's Island (1964–1966); Hard, Fast and Beautiful! (1951); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959–1961); Her First Affaire (1932); High Finance (1933); High Sierra (1940); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Honey West (1965); Hong Kong (1960); Hotel de Paree (1959–1960); I Lived with You (1933); I Love a Mystery (1973); In Our Time (1944); Insight (1971); It Takes a Thief (1968); Jennifer (1953); Judd for the Defense (1968); Junior Bonner (1972); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1964); Ladies in Retirement (1941); Let's Get Married (1937); Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942); Lust for Gold (1949); Lux Playhouse (1959); Medical Center (1972); Mod Squad (1969); Money for Speed (1933); Moontide (1942); Mr. Adams and Eve (1957–1958); Mr. Novak (1963–1965); My Boys Are Good Boys (1979); Nanny and the Professor (1971); Never Fear (1950); Not Wanted (1949); On Dangerous Ground (1951); On the Loose (1951); One Rainy Afternoon (1936); Out of the Fog (1941); Outrage (1950); Paris in Spring (1935); Peter Ibbetson (1935); Pillow to Post (1945); Police Woman (1975); Prince of Arcadia (1933); Private Hell 36 (1954); Ready for Love (1934); Road House (1948); Sam Benedict (1962–1963); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Sea Devils (1937); Search for Beauty (1934); Smart Girl (1935); Strange Intruder (1956); Switch (1975); Tate (1960); Teenage Idol (1958); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939); The Big Knife (1955); The Bigamist (1953); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1973); The Devil's Rain (1975); The Donna Reed Show (1959); The Food of the Gods (1976); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); The Fugitive (1963–1964); The Gay Desperado (1936); The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968); The Ghost Camera (1933); The Green Peacock (1958); The Hard Way (1943); The Hitch-Hiker (1953); The Investigators (1961); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1956); The Lady and the Mob (1939); The Letters (1973); The Light That Failed (1939); The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939); The Love Race (1931); The Man I Love (1946); The Manhunter (1974); The Name of the Game (1969); The Outcasts (1969); The Rifleman (1961); The Rogues (1964–1965); The Sea Wolf (1941); The Strangers in 7A (1972); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); The Trouble with Angels (1966); The Twilight Zone (1959–1964); The Untouchables (1962–1963); The Virginian (1963–1965); The Wild Wild West (1966); They Drive by Night (1940); Thriller (1961–1962); Virginian (1966); While the City Sleeps (1956); Woman in Hiding (1950); Women in Chains (1972); Women's Prison (1955); Yours for the Asking (1936); Zane Grey Theatre (1956).

Born on this day – Claudia Drake:

Claudia Drake

Actress

Singer

January 30, 1918 – October 19, 1997

Credits:

Wagon Train (1958); Calypso Joe (1957); Your Favorite Story (1954–1955); Cavalcade of America (1955); Day of Triumph (1954); Northern Patrol (1953); Racket Squad (1950); The Pace That Thrills (1952); The Cisco Kid (1951); The Cowboy and the Indians (1949); Indian Agent (1948); Lady at Midnight (1948); The Return of Rin Tin Tin (1947); Renegade Girl (1946); Lone Star Moonlight (1946); Lawless Breed (1946); The Gentleman from Texas (1946); The Face of Marble (1946); Live Wires (1946); Detour (1945); The Crimson Canary (1945); Why Girls Leave Home (1945); Bedside Manner (1945); The Lady Confesses (1945); Enemy of Women (1944); Campus Rhythm (1943); False Colors (1943); Border Patrol (1943); Reunion in France (1942); Flying with Music (1942); No Greater Sin (1941); Footlight Parade (1933); Old King Cole (1933).

Born on this day – John Forsythe:

John Forsythe

Actor

Producer

Narrator

Drama teacher

Philanthropist

January 29, 1918 – April 1, 2010

Born on this day – Suzanne Ridgeway:

Suzanne Ridgeway

Actress

January 27, 1918 – May 6, 1996

Credits:

3 Ring Circus (1954); 5 Fingers (1952); A Bullet for Joey (1955); A Date with Judy (1948); A Merry Mix-up (1957); A Missed Fortune (1952); A Night in Casablanca (1946); A Night of Adventure (1944); A Star Is Shorn (1939); A Woman's Secret (1949); Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952); Adventures of Don Juan (1948); Alias Boston Blackie (1942); All About Eve (1950); An Annapolis Story (1955); Anne of the Indies (1951); April in Paris (1952); Arabian Nights (1942); Arch of Triumph (1948); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Assignment: Paris (1952); Back Street (1941); Barbary Pirate (1949); Bengazi (1955); Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956); Big Jim McLain (1952); Black Angel (1946); Blues Busters (1950); Border River (1954); Born to Be Bad (1950); Bowery Buckaroos (1947); Brigadoon (1954); Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940); Brooklyn Orchid (1942); Calamity Jane (1953); California Passage (1950); Captain Pirate (1952); Casbah (1948); Cattle Town (1952); Chained for Life (1952); Citizen Kane (1941); City Beneath the Sea (1953); City of Shadows (1955); Climax! (1954); Club Havana (1945); College Swing (1938); Come on Seven (1956); Counter-Espionage (1942); Cow Town (1950); Cowboy (1958); Cowboy and the Prizefighter (1949); Criss Cross (1949); Cruisin' Down the River (1953); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Dangerous to Know (1938); Death Valley Days (1952); Destination Murder (1950); Double Crossbones (1951); Down Argentine Way (1940); Down Dakota Way (1949); Duchess of Idaho (1950); Duel on the Mississippi (1955); East of Sumatra (1953); El Dorado (1945); Even as IOU (1942); F.B.I. Girl (1951); First Aid (1943); Flying with Music (1942); Force of Arms (1951); Fort Osage (1952); Fort Ti (1953); Fourteen Hours (1951); Foxfire (1955); From Hell It Came (1957); Fun on a Weekend (1947); Gaucho Serenade (1940); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953); Gilda (1946); Girl Rush (1944); Girls in Chains (1943); Golden Girl (1951); Gone with the Wind (1939); Gunsmoke (1956); H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941); Heaven Only Knows (1947); Her Kind of Man (1946); Here Come the Marines (1952); Hey Moe, Hey Dad! (2015); Hired Wife (1940); Hit the Ice (1943); Hold 'Em Navy (1937); Hold That Kiss (1938); Hollywood or Bust (1956); Homecoming (1948); Hoodlum Empire (1952); Hot News (1953); Hot Stuff (1956); Hurricane Island (1951); I Was an American Spy (1951); I, the Jury (1953); I'll See You in My Dreams (1951); Illegal (1955); Incident (1948); It's a Date (1940); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); It's Always Fair Weather (1955); Jinx Money (1948); Johnny One-Eye (1950); Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949); Jungle Goddess (1948); Khyber Patrol (1954); Lady from Louisiana (1941); Latin Lovers (1953); Lili (1953); Loose Loot (1953); Lost City of the Jungle (1946); Love Is Better Than Ever (1952); Lovely to Look At (1952); Love's A-Poppin' (1953); Lucky Losers (1950); Lullaby of Broadway (1951); Lust for Gold (1949); Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1952); Malaya (1949); Mary Ryan, Detective (1949); Mesa of Lost Women (1953); Mexican Hayride (1948); Mighty Joe Young (1949); Millionaire Playboy (1940); Money from Home (1953); Monsieur Verdoux (1947); Montana (1950); Morocco (1949); Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938); Mr. Dynamite (1941); Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939); Mummy's Dummies (1948); My Blue Heaven (1950); My Dream Is Yours (1949); My Favorite Spy (1951); My Foolish Heart (1949); My Friend Irma Goes West (1950); My Son, the Hero (1943); Mystery Street (1950); Nancy Goes to Rio (1950); Night Song (1947); No Holds Barred (1952); No Questions Asked (1951); Not as a Stranger (1955); O.S.S. (1946); On Moonlight Bay (1951); On Our Merry Way (1948); On the Riviera (1951); One Too Many (1950); Out Where the Stars Begin (1938); Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951); Panama Hattie (1942); Passport to Danger (1954–1955); Perry Mason (1957); Please Believe Me (1950); Possessed (1947); Prince of Players (1955); Public Defender (1954); Quicksand (1950); Raiders of the Desert (1941); Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953); Raintree County (1957); Red, Hot and Blue (1949); Ride, Vaquero! (1953); Right Cross (1950); Road to Morocco (1942); Romance in the Dark (1938); Rumpus in the Harem (1956); Ruthless (1948); Saddle Legion (1951); Sailor Beware (1952); Scared Stiff (1953); Sea of Lost Ships (1953); Second Fiddle (1939); September Affair (1950); Serenade (1956); Serpent of the Nile (1953); Show Boat (1951); Sincerely Yours (1955); Sing, You Sinners (1938); Siren of Bagdad (1953); Slightly French (1949); Smart Woman (1948); Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947); Smooth as Silk (1946); So You Want to Learn to Dance (1953); So You Want to Wear the Pants (1952); Something for the Birds (1952); Sorrowful Jones (1949); South Sea Sinner (1950); Strange Lady in Town (1955); Stranger on the Third Floor (1940); Strangers on a Train (1951); Suddenly It's Spring (1947); Sunny Side of the Street (1951); Suspicion (1957); Take the High Ground! (1953); Tales of Manhattan (1942); Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949); Tell It to the Judge (1949); Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957); Tennessee's Partner (1955); Tension at Table Rock (1956); That Midnight Kiss (1949); That Night in Rio (1941); That Way with Women (1947); That's Right - You're Wrong (1939); The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1956); The Beast with Five Fingers (1946); The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949); The Best Years of Our Lives (1946); The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938); The Big Punch (1948); The Big Sky (1952); The Big Sleep (1946); The Big Street (1942); The Big Tip Off (1955); The Broken Star (1956); The Buccaneer (1938); The Conspirators (1944); The Desperado (1954); The Devil and Miss Jones (1941); The Fighting Chance (1955); The Fleet's In (1942); The Girl from Jones Beach (1949); The Golden Eye (1948); The Golden Hawk (1952); The Great Gambini (1937); The House Across the Street (1949); The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939); The Jazz Singer (1952); The Kansas Terrors (1939); The Kissing Bandit (1948); The Lady Eve (1941); The Lady Is Willing (1942); The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Long Night (1947); The Luck of the Irish (1948); The Magic Carpet (1951); The Man Behind the Gun (1953); The Man I Love (1946); The Man with the Golden Arm (1955); The Merry Widow (1952); The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941); The Pace That Thrills (1952); The Parson of Panamint (1941); The Purple Gang (1959); The Red Skelton Hour (1952); The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947); The She-Creature (1956); The Steel Lady (1953); The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944); The Story of Seabiscuit (1949); The Story of Three Loves / Mademoiselle (1953); The Thrill of Brazil (1946); The Tijuana Story (1957); The Toast of New Orleans (1950); The Walls of Jericho (1948); The West Point Story (1950); The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942); They Won't Believe Me (1947); Thief of Damascus (1952); Three Daring Daughters (1948); Three Little Words (1950); Three Sailors and a Girl (1953); Thrill of a Lifetime (1937); Timber Queen (1944); Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die (1942); Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951); Tonight We Sing (1953); Top Gun (1955); Tricky Dicks (1953); Two Girls on Broadway (1940); Undercurrent (1946); Unfaithfully Yours (1948); Up in Daisy's Penthouse (1953); Uranium Boom (1956); Valentino (1951); Walk a Crooked Mile (1948); Wife Wanted (1946); Wintertime (1943); Women's Prison (1955); You Were Never Lovelier (1942); Young Buffalo Bill (1940); Yukon Gold (1952).

Born on this day – Herbert L. Strock:

Herbert L. Strock

Producer

Director

January 13, 1918 – November 30, 2005

On this day in movie history - The Outlaw and His Wife (1918):

The Outlaw and His Wife

Swedish title: Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru,

directed by Victor Sjöström,

written by Victor Sjöström and Sam Ask,

based on the 1911 play by Jóhann Sigurjónsson.

Based on the true 1760 case of Eyvind of the Mountains.

Released in Sweden on January 1, 1918.

Orchestra music by Röda Kvarns Orkester and Rudolf Sahlberg.

Cast:

Victor Sjöström, Edith Erastoff, John Ekman, Nils Aréhn, Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson, William Larsson, Artur Rolén, Sigurd Wallén, Emil Fjellström, Hildur Carlberg, Edith Wallén, Harald Wehlnor, Thure Holm, Gucken Cederborg, Nils Elffors, Olof Ås, Herman Lantz, Walerie Alexandrow-Höök.

Born on this day – Maritta M. Wolff:

Maritta M. Wolff

Writer

December 25, 1918 – July 1, 2002

Credits:

Books:

Whistle Stop (1941); Night shift (1942); About Lyddy Thomas (1947); Back of Town (1953); Buttonwood (1962); The Big Nickelodeon (1963); Sudden Rain (2005).

Movies and television:

The Man I Love (1946); Whistle Stop (1946).

Born on this day – Jeff Chandler:

Jeff Chandler

Actor

Producer

Singer

December 15, 1918 – June 17, 1961

Credits:

Merrill's Marauders (1962); Return to Peyton Place (1961); A Story of David: The Hunted (1960); The Plunderers (1960); The Jayhawkers! (1959); Ten Seconds to Hell (1959); Thunder in the Sun (1959); A Stranger in My Arms (1959); Raw Wind in Eden (1958); The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958); Man in the Shadow (1957); Jeanne Eagels (1957); The Tattered Dress (1957); Drango (1957); Pillars of the Sky (1956); Away All Boats (1956); The Toy Tiger (1956); The Spoilers (1955); The Nat 'King' Cole Musical Story (1955); Female on the Beach (1955); Foxfire (1955); Sign of the Pagan (1954); Yankee Pasha (1954); Taza, Son of Cochise (1954); War Arrow (1953); East of Sumatra (1953); The Great Sioux Uprising (1953); Girls in the Night (1953); Because of You (1952); Yankee Buccaneer (1952); Son of Ali Baba (1952); Red Ball Express (1952); The Battle at Apache Pass (1952); Meet Danny Wilson (1952); Flame of Araby (1951); Iron Man (1951); Smuggler's Island (1951); Double Crossbones (1951); Bird of Paradise (1951); Two Flags West (1950); The Desert Hawk (1950); Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950); Broken Arrow (1950); Deported (1950); Abandoned (1949); Sword in the Desert (1949); Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949); Roses Are Red (1947); The Invisible Wall (1947); Johnny O'Clock (1947); Thrill of a Romance (1945).

Born on this day – Gisèle Préville:

Gisèle Préville

Actress

December 11, 1918 – November 26, 2006

Born on this day – Anne Gwynne:

Anne Gwynne

Actress

December 10, 1918 – March 31, 2003

Born on this day – William P. McGivern:

William P. McGivern

Writer

December 6, 1918 – November 18, 1982

Credits:

But Death Runs Faster / The Whispering Corpse (1948); Heaven Ran Last (1949); Very Cold for May (1950); Shield for Murder (1951); Blondes Die Young (1952); The Crooked Frame (1952); The Big Heat (1953); Margin of Terror (1953); Rogue Cop (1954); The Darkest Hour / Waterfront Cop (1955); The Seven File / Chicago-7 (1956); Night Extra (1957); Odds Against Tomorrow (1957); Mention My Name in Mombasa (1958); Savage Streets (1959); Seven Lies South (1960); The Road to the Snail (1961); A Pride of Place (1962); A Choice of Assassins (1963); The Caper of the Golden Bulls (1966); Lie Down, I Want to Talk to You (1967); Caprifoil (1972); Reprisal (1973); Night of the Juggler (1975); Soldiers of '44 (1979); The Seeing (1980); Summit (1982); War Games (1984); A Matter of Honor (1984); Killer On the Turnpike (1961); The Science Fiction Collection 3 (2018); Convoy to Atlantis (1941); Send Along a Wreath (2019); The Judas Valley (2008); Police Special (1962); We, the Machine / Planet of Dread (2012); Black Cat Weekly #83 (2023).

Born on this day – Madeleine L'Engle:

Madeleine L'Engle

Writer

November 29, 1918 – September 6, 2007

Credits:

Books:

101st Miracle: Early Short Stories (1999); A Circle of Quiet (1971); A Cry Like a Bell (1987); A Full House (2000); A House Like a Lotus (1984); A Live Coal in the Sea (1962); A Prayerbook for Spiritual Friends: Partners in Prayer (1999); A Ring of Endless Light (1980); A Severed Wasp (1982); A Stone for a Pillow: Journeys with Jacob (1986); A Swiftly Tilting Planet (1978); A Wind in the Door (1973); A Winter's Love (1957); A Wrinkle in Time (1962 / 2012); An Acceptable Time (1989); And Both Were Young (1949); And It Was Good: Reflections on Beginnings (1983); Anytime Prayers (1994); Bright Evening Star: Mystery of the Incarnation (1997); Camilla Dickinson / Camilla (1951); Certain Women (1992); Dance in the Desert (1969); Dragons in the Waters (1976); Everyday Prayers (1974); Following the Call: Living the Sermon on the Mount Together (2021); Friends for the Journey (1997); From This Day Forward (1989); Glimpses of Grace: Daily Thoughts and Reflections (1996); Home for Christmas: Stories for Young and Old (2002); Ilsa (1946); Intergalactic P.S. 3 (2018); Ladder of Angels (1979); Lines Scribbled on an Envelope and Other Poems (1969); Madeleine L'Engle Herself: Reflections on a Writing Life (2001); Many Waters (1986); Meet the Austins (1960); Miracle on 10th Street and Other Christmas Writings (1998); Moses, Prince of Egypt (1999); Mothers & Daughters (1997); Mothers and Sons (2000); My Own Small Place: Developing the Writing Life (1999); Penguins and Golden Calves: Icons and Idols in Antarctica and Other Spiritual Places (1996); Prayers for Sunday (1974); Prelude (1968); Second Sight (1999); Sold into Egypt: Joseph's Journey into Human Being (1989); The Anti-Muffins (1981); The Arm of the Starfish (1965); The Fact of the Matter (2020); The Glorious Impossible (1990); The Irrational Season (1976); The Journey with Jonah (1967); The Joys of Love (2008); The Love Letters (1966); The Moment of Tenderness (2020); The Moon by Night (1963); The Ordering of Love: The New and Collected Poems of Madeleine L'Engle (2005); The Other Dog (2001); The Other Side of the Sun (1971); The Rock That is Higher: Story as Truth (1993); The Small Rain (1945); The Sphinx at Dawn: Two Stories (1989); The Summer of the Great-Grandmother (1974); The Twenty-Four Days Before Christmas (1964); The Unicorn Treasury: Stories, Poems, and Unicorn Lore (1988); The Wand in the Word (2006); The Weather of the Heart (1978); The Young Unicorns (1968); Trailing Clouds of Glory: Spiritual Values in Children's Literature (1985); Troubling a Star (1994); Two Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage (1988); Walking on Water: Personal Reflections (1980); Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas (2001); Way More than Luck (2015); WinterSong (1996); Writing Women's Lives (1994).

Movies and television:

A Ring of Endless Light (2002); A Wrinkle in Time (2003 / 2018); Camilla Dickinson (2012); Madeleine L'Engle: Star Gazer (1990).

Born on this day – Teresa Wright:

Teresa Wright

Actress

October 27, 1918 – March 6, 2005

Born on this day – Helen Nielsen:

Helen Nielsen

Writer

October 23, 1918 – June 22, 2002

Credits:

Books:

101 Mystery Stories (1986); A Killer in the Street (1967); After Midnight (1966); Anti-Social Register (1965); Borrow the Night / aka Seven Days Before Dying (1956); Coffin Break (1974); Dead on the Level (2012); Deadly Arts (1985); Detour / aka Detour to Death (1953); False Witness (1959); Fifty Best Mysteries (2004); Gold Coast Nocturne / aka Dead On The Level / Murder By Proxy (1951); Hard-boiled (1995); Murder on Trial (1994); Obit Delayed (1952); Shot On Location (1971); Sing Me a Murder (1960); Sing Me a Murder / Woman Missing (1961); Speaking of Greed (2001); Stranger In The Dark (1955); Tales of Terror (1980); The Brink of Murder (1976); The Case of the Gilded Lily / The Crime Is Murder / Riddle of a Lady (1956); The Crime Is Murder (1956); The Darkest Hour (1969); The Fifth Caller (1959); The Kind Man (1951); The Man in My Grave / Burden of Proof / Borrow the Night (1956); The Severed Key (1973); The Woman On the Roof (1954); To Hide a Rogue / Policeman's Dread / Verdict Suspended (1964); Uncollected Crimes (1987); Verdict Suspended (1964); Woman Missing (1961).

Movies and television:

87th Precinct (1961); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959–1961); Blackout (1954); Checkmate (1961); Der Unfallzeuge (1971); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); Lux Playhouse (1959); Markham (1960); Perry Mason (1961–1962); Tales of the Unexpected (1982); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961).

Born on this day – Fiorenzo Carpi:

Fiorenzo Carpi

Composer

Pianist

October 19, 1918 – May 21, 1997

Born on this day – Rita Hayworth:

Rita Hayworth

Actress

Dancer

Producer

October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987

Born on this day – Jack MacGowran:

Jack MacGowran

Actor

October 13, 1918 – January 30, 1973

Born on this day – Olive Deering:

Olive Deering

Actress

October 11, 1918 – March 22, 1986