Born on this day – Patricia Medina:

Patricia Medina

Actress

July 19, 1919 – April 28, 2012

Credits:

Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950); Adventures in Paradise (1959); AFI Life Achievement Award (1975); Aladdin and His Lamp (1952); Assignment: Underwater (1960); Black Saddle (1959); Bonanza (1960); Botany Bay (1952); Branded (1966); Burke's Law (1964); Cain's Hundred (1961); Captain Pirate (1952); Children of Chance (1949); Climax! (1954–1958); Compression (2024); Confidential Report (1955); Coronado 9 (1960–1961); Count Your Blessings (1959); Crook's Tour (1940); Dante (1960); Desperate Search (1952); Dinner at the Ritz (1937); Don't Take It to Heart! (1944); Double or Quits (1938); Drums of Tahiti (1953); Duel on the Mississippi (1955); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998); Food, Wine & Friends (1980); Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950); Francis (1950); General Electric Theater (1959); Girl Talk (1963); Grindl (1963); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958–1963); High Low Quiz (1957); Hotel de Paree (1960); Hotel Reserve (1944); Il mantello rosso (1955); It's Your Bet (1972); Keene (1969); Kiss the Bride Goodbye (1945); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); Lady in the Iron Mask (1952); Latitude Zero (1969); Lock Up (1960); Looks Familiar (1978); Lux Video Theatre (1954); Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014); Manhunt (1960); Mannix (1971); Miami Exposé (1956); Missiles from Hell (1958); Moss Rose (1947); Mr. Satan (1938); My Brother the Angel (1966); Over Easy (1978); Perry Mason (1958); Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954); Pirates of Tripoli (1955); Plunder of the Sun (1953); Rawhide (1959–1961); Rheingold Theatre (1954); Riverboat (1960); Sangaree (1953); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Screen Snapshots: Hula from Hollywood (1954); Simply Terrific (1938); Siren of Bagdad (1953); Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961); Spitfire (1942); Startime (1960); Stranger at My Door (1956); Stump the Stars (1963); Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers (1956); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The 37th Annual Thalians Ball (1992); The 4th Annual American Cinema Awards (1987); The 9th Annual American Cinema Awards (1992); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Avengers (1942); The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956); The Beginning or the End (1947); The Black Knight (1954); The Bob Braun Show (1975); The Buckskin Lady (1957); The Californians (1958); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1966); The EE British Academy Film Awards (2013); The Fighting O'Flynn (1949); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1956); The Foxes of Harrow (1947); The Hollywood Collection: Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man (1999); The Jackpot (1950); The Juke Box Jury (1958); The Killing of Sister George (1968); The Lady and the Bandit (1951); The Lee Phillip Show (1971); The Magic Carpet (1951); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); The Movie Game (1970); The Name of the Game (1970); The Rebel (1960); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Rogues (1964); The Secret Heart (1946); The Third Man (1959); The Three Musketeers (1948); The Timber Tramps (1973); They Met in the Dark (1943); This Is Your Life (1978); This Man Is News (1938); Thriller (1961); Tightrope (1959); To Rome with Love (1970); Uranium Boom (1956); Valentino (1951); Waltz Time (1945); Whispering Smith (1961); Zorro (1959).

Born on this day – Earle Hagen:

Earle Hagen

Composer

July 9, 1919 – May 26, 2008

Credits:

61* (2001); A Global Affair (1964); A Private's Affair (1959); A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950); Accidental Family (1967–1968); Aces Up (1974); Alex and the Doberman Gang (1980); AMV Hell 2: Son of AMV Hell (2004); AMV Hell 3: The Motion Picture (2005); Andy Griffith Show Reunion (1993); Apartment for Peggy (1948); BBC Proms (2010); Bernardine (1957); Big Eddie (1975); Blaze (1989); Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952); Blue Denim (1959); Boys Will Be Boys (1998); California's Gold (2012); Call Me Madam (1953); Call Me Mister (1951); Carousel (1956); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2021); Christine (1983); Chuck Brown: We Got This (2010); City of Bad Men (1953); Compulsion (1959); Conan (2015); Contact (1997); Criminal Minds (2007); Cry of the City (1948); Daddy Long Legs (1955); Dancing in the Dark (1949); Dixieland Small-Fry (1960); Doc Elliot (1973–1974); Don't Bother to Knock (1952); Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952); Down to Earth (1947); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); Earth Girls Are Easy (1988); Ebony, Ivory and Jade (1979); Eight Is Enough (1977–1980); Ensign Pulver (1964); Farewell to the Planet of the Apes (1980); Father Was a Fullback (1949); Featherstone's Nest (1979); First Date (1989); Four Rooms (1995); Friends (1997); Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953); Get a Life (1990–1991); Get Crazy (1983); Get Smart (1968); Ghost of a Chance (1980); Golden Girl (1951); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964–1969); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Guestward Ho! (1960); Having Babies (1976); Hey, Jeannie! (1956–1957); High Time (1960); History Detectives (2003); Holiday for Lovers (1959); Home, Sweet Homicide (1946); Hound-Dog Man (1959); House of Strangers (1949); I Build the Tower (2006); I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951); I Spy (1965–1968); I Take These Men (1983); I'd Rather Be Rich (1964); I'll Get By (1950); Inside TV Land (2002); Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944); It's a Great Feeling (1949); It's a Man's World (1962–1963); It's Always Jan (1955–1956); Jeopardy! (2010); Känd från TV (2001); Kangaroos in the Kitchen (1982); Killer on Board (1977); Kiss of Death (1947); Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2004–2008); Late Show with David Letterman (2011); Le Bal (1983); Let's Make It Legal (1951); Let's Make Love (1960); Los simuladores (2002); Love and Marriage (1959–1960); Love Me Tender (1956); Love That Brute (1950); Love, Marilyn (2012); Loving (2016); M*A*S*H (1973); Make Room for Granddaddy (1970–1971); Man on a Tightrope (1953); Mardi Gras (1958); Marraskuun harmaa valo (1993); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976); Mayberry Man (2021); Mayberry Man: The Series (2024); Mayberry R.F.D. (1968–1971); Medicine Man (1962); Meet Me After the Show (1951); Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All (1989); Miracle on 34th Street (1947); Mister Magoo (1960); Mod Squad (1968–1973); Monkey Business (1952); More Than Murder (1984); Mother Didn't Tell Me (1950); Mother Is a Freshman (1949); Mother Wore Tights (1947); Movin' On (1975–1976); Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949); Muggable Mary, Street Cop (1982); Murder Me, Murder You (1983); My Blue Heaven (1950); My Friend Tony (1969); My Sister Eileen (1960–1961); My Wife's Best Friend (1952); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1992–2018); Nashville 99 (1977); Never Steal Anything Small (1959); Nightmare Alley (1947); North (1994); North Beach and Rawhide (1985); Off to See the Wizard (1967); Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957); Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949); On the Riviera (1951); Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1991); Pepe (1960); Perfect Strangers (1987); Planet of the Apes (1974); Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958); Ramblin'Man (1979); Rango (1967); Ready to Rumble (2000); Red Skies of Montana (1952); Return to Mayberry (1986); Road House (1948); Runaway Bride (1999); Say One for Me (1959); Scrubs (2004); Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948); Sex and the City (1998); Silver Spoons (1982–1987); Sitting Pretty (1948); Spring Reunion (1956); St. Louis Blues (1958); Stand by Your Man (1981); Still Breathing (1997); Take It or Leave It (1944); Tango & Cash (1989); Teachers Only (1982); Teenage Millionaire (1961); Teenage Rebel (1956); That Girl (1966–1971); That Wonderful Urge (1948); The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards (2004); The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960–1961); The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982); The Best of Everything (1959); The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956); The Big Town (1987); The Bill Dana Show (1963–1965); The Blue Angel (1959); The Cable Guy (1996); The Cheerleaders (1976); The Concrete Cowboys (1979); The Country Western Murders (1979); The Danny Thomas Hour (1967–1968); The Danny Thomas Show (1953–1964); The Diary of Anne Frank (1959); The Dick Van Dyke Show - Celebrating the 60th Anniversary (2021); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966); The Dick Van Dyke Show: Now in Living Color! (2016); The Dick Van Dyke Show: Now in Living Color! A Special Tribute to Carl Reiner (2020); The Dirt Gang (1972); The Dogwalker (1999); The Don Rickles Show (1972); The Dukes of Hazzard (1983–1985); The Egyptian (1954); The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953); The Frogmen (1951); The Gift of Love (1958); The Girl Next Door (1953); The Girl Rush (1955); The Greatest (1977); The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967–1969); The Homestretch (1947); The Hustler of Muscle Beach (1980); The I Don't Care Girl (1953); The Jackpot (1950); The Jim Backus Show (1961); The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2021); The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956); The Luck of the Irish (1948); The Man Who Understood Women (1959); The Mod Squad (1999); The Monk (1969); The New Andy Griffith Show (1971); The New Interns (1964); The New Mike Hammer (1984–1987); The New People (1969); The New Perry Mason (1973–1974); The Player's Club (Part One);  (2023); The Players' Club with Laura Hagen & Marcus Lantero Preview (2023); The Real McCoys (1957); The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1986); The Runaways (1975); The Secret of Convict Lake (1951); The Simpsons (1997–2017); The Singing Detective (2003); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2018); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2011); The Young Lions (1958); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); These Thousand Hills (1959); Thieves' Highway (1949); True Grit: A Further Adventure (1978); TV Land's Top Ten (2005); Two Flags West (1950); Under My Skin (1950); Vacation Playhouse (1963–1967); Valentine's Day (1965); Visiting... with Huell Howser (2010); Wabash Avenue (1950); Wake Me When It's Over (1960); WandaVision (2021); Wendy Hooper, U.S. Army (1981); When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948); Where's Raymond? (1953–1954); Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957); With a Song in My Heart (1952); Woman Obsessed (1959); You Were Meant for Me (1948); Young Dan'l Boone (1977); You're My Everything (1949); Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series (2010).

Born on this day – Eileen Bennett:

Eileen Bennett

Actress

July 8, 1919 – March 9, 2025

Credits:

Adventure in Blackmail (1942); Back-Room Boy (1942); Cæsar's Friend (1939); Clouds Over Europe (1939); Design for Murder (1939); He Found a Star (1941); Much Too Shy (1942); The Amazing Mr. Forrest (1939); The Outsider (1939); Thursday's Child (1943).

Born on this day – Jean Craighead George:

Jean Craighead George

Writer

July 2, 1919 – May 15, 2012

Credits:

Books:

A Special Gift for Grammy (2013); Acorn Pancakes, Dandelion Salad and Other Wild Dishes (1995); All Upon a Sidewalk (1974); All Upon a Stone (1971); Animals Who Have Won Our Hearts (1994); Arctic Son (1997); Autumn Moon (2001); Beastly Inventions (1970); Books You Can Sink Your Teeth Into (1997); Brave Quail (1985); Bubo, the Great Horned Owl (1954); Call from the Swamp (2008); Charlie's Raven (2004); Cliff Hanger (2002); Coyote in Manhattan (1968); Crowbar (2015); Dear Katie, the Volcano Is a Girl (1998); Dear Rebecca, Winter Is Here (1993); Dipper of Copper Creek (1956); Elephant Walk (1998); Everglades (1995); Everglades Wildguide (1972); Exploring the Out-Of-Doors (1983); Fire Storm (2003); Frightful's Daughter (2002); Frightful's Daughter Meets the Baron Weasel (2007); Frightful's Mountain (1999); Galapagos George (2009); Giraffe Trouble (1998); Going to the Sun (1976); Goose and Duck (2008); Gorilla Gang (1999); Gull Number 737 (1964); Hold Zero (1966); Hole in the Tree (1957); Hook a Fish, Catch a Mountain (1975); How To Talk to Your Animals (1985); How to Talk to Your Cat (1986); How to Talk to Your Dog (2000); Ice Whale (2014); Incredible Animal Adventures (1994); Journey Inward (1982); Julie (1994); Julie of the Wolves (1972); Julie's Wolf Pack (1997); Look to the North (1997); Luck (2006); Masked Prowler (1950); Meph, the Pet Skunk (1952); Morning, Noon, and Night (1999); Mountain Climbing Picture Book (2005); My Side of the Mountain (1959); Nutik & Amaroq Play Ball (2001); Nutik, the Wolf Pup (2000); On the Far Side of the Mountain (1990); One Day in the Alpine Tundra (1996); One Day in the Desert (1983); One Day in the Prairie (1986); One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest (1995); One Day in the Woods (1988); Pocket Guide to the Outdoors (2009); Red Robin, Fly Up! (1963); Rhino Romp (1998); River Rats, Incorporated (1979); Shark Beneath the Reef (1989); Snow Bear (1999); Snow Tracks (1959); Snowboard Twist (2004); Spring Comes to the Ocean (1965); Spring Moon (2002); Summer Moon (2002); The American Walk Book (1979); The Buffalo Are Back (2010); The Case of the Missing Cutthroats (1996); The Cats of Roxville Station (2009); The Cry of the Crow (1980); The Eagles are Back (2013); The Fire Bug Connection (1993); The First Thanksgiving (1993); The Grizzly Bear with the Golden Ears (1982); The Last Polar Bear (2009); The Missing 'gator of Gumbo Limbo (1992); The Moon of the Alligators (1991); The Moon of the Bears (1970); The Moon of the Chickarees (1992); The Moon of the Deer (1970); The Moon of the Fox Pups (1992); The Moon of the Gray Wolves (1991); The Moon of the Moles (1992); The Moon of the Monarch Butterflies (1993); The Moon Of The Mountain Lions (1968); The Moon of the Owls (1993); The Moon of the Salamanders (1967); The Moon of the Wild Pigs (1992); The Moon Of The Winter Bird (1969); The Summer of the Falcon (1962); The Talking Earth (1983); The Tarantula in My Purse (1996); The Wentletrap Trap (1977); The Wild Wild Cookbook (1982); The Wolves Are Back (2008); The Wounded Wolf (1978); There's an Owl in the Shower (1995); To Climb a Waterfall (1995); Tree Castle Island (2002); Vison the Mink (1949); Vulpes the Red Fox (1948); Water Sky (1987); Who Really Killed Cock Robin? (1971); Winter Moon (2001).

Born on this day – Slim Pickens:

Slim Pickens

Actor

Rodeo performer

June 29, 1919 – December 8, 1983

Born on this day – Gene Barry:

Gene Barry

Actor

Singer

June 14, 1919 – December 9, 2009

Born on this day – Doris Merrick:

Doris Merrick

Actress

June 6, 1919 – November 30, 2019

Credits:

Interrupted Melody (1955); The Neanderthal Man (1953); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1952); Death Valley Days (1952); Big Town (1952); Untamed Women (1952); The Cisco Kid (1951–1952); Boston Blackie (1951); The Fighting Stallion (1950); The Counterfeiters (1948); The Pilgrim Lady (1946); Child of Divorce (1946); Hit the Hay (1945); This Love of Ours (1945); Sensation Hunters (1945); In the Meantime, Darling (1944); The Big Noise (1944); Ladies of Washington (1944); Heaven Can Wait (1943); Time to Kill (1942); That Other Woman (1942); Girl Trouble (1942); Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942).

Born on this day – Marjorie Woodworth:

Marjorie Woodworth

Actress

June 5, 1919 – August 23, 2000

Credits:

It Should Happen to You (1954); A Double Life (1947); Devil Ship (1947); Decoy (1946); In Fast Company (1946); You Came Along (1945); Salty O'Rourke (1945); A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (1944); Yanks Ahoy (1943); Taxi, Mister (1943); Prairie Chickens (1943); The McGuerins from Brooklyn (1942); The Devil with Hitler (1942); Flying with Music (1942); Dudes Are Pretty People (1942); Brooklyn Orchid (1942); All-American Co-Ed (1941); Niagara Falls (1941); Broadway Limited (1941); Road Show (1941); Dance, Girl, Dance (1940); Balalaika (1939); Dancing Co-Ed (1939); Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938).

Born on this day – Chuck Roberson:

Chuck Roberson

Actor

Stuntman

May 10, 1919 – June 8, 1988

Credits:

100 Rifles (1969); 100 Years of John Wayne (2007); 4 for Texas (1963); 7 Men from Now (1956); 7 Women (1965); 99 and 44/100% Dead! (1974); A Man Called Horse (1970); Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952); Across the Wide Missouri (1951); Advance to the Rear (1964); Albuquerque (1948); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Angel and the Badman (1947); Angel on the Amazon (1948); Atom Man vs. Superman (1950); Badmen of Tombstone (1949); Bandit Queen (1950); Bat Masterson (1960); Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970); Big Jake (1971); Black Spurs (1965); Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952); Blindfold (1966); Blue Thunder (1983); Bonanza (1966); Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory (1952); Cactus Caravan (1950); Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973); Calamity Jane (1953); Calendar Girl (1947); California Firebrand (1948); Cape Fear (1962); Cat Ballou (1965); Cattle Drive (1951); Cattle Town (1952); Cheyenne Autumn (1964); Chisum (1970); Cimarron City (1958–1959); Cinéma cinémas (1982); City of Bad Men (1953); Cow Country (1953); Cow Town (1950); Cowboy G-Men (1952); Custer (1967); Dakota Incident (1956); Daniel Boone (1964–1967); Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider (1966); Dante (1961); Death Valley Days (1957–1960); Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975); Donovan's Reef (1963); Down Laredo Way (1953); El Dorado (1966); FM (1978); Fort Dodge Stampede (1951); Fort Massacre (1958); Fort Vengeance (1953); Forty Guns (1957); Frontier Outpost (1950); Fugitive at Large (1939); Fury at Furnace Creek (1948); General Electric Theater (1957); Gun Belt (1953); Gun Town (1946); Gunsmoke (1959–1964); Hannah Lee: An American Primitive (1953); Hard Contract (1969); Hatari! (1962); Haunted Trails (1949); Have Gun - Will Travel (1960–1961); Hell Canyon Outlaws (1957); Hellfighters (1968); Hellfire (1949); Hi-Jacked (1950); Hills of Oklahoma (1950); Homicide for Three (1948); Hondo (1953); How the West Was Won (1962); I Shot Jesse James (1949); Indian Uprising (1952); Jesse James Rides Again (1947); John Wayne: Behind the Scenes (2007); John Wayne's 'the Alamo' (1992); Jubilee Trail (1954); Kentucky Rifle (1955); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955); Lancer (1968); Laramie (1959–1963); Laredo (1966); Last of the Wild Horses (1948); Law of the Golden West (1949); Lawless Breed (1946); Lawman (1959); Lightning Guns (1950); Lone Star (1952); Lost in Space (1966); Mail Order Bride (1964); Man of the West (1958); McLintock! (1963); McQ (1974); Men of the Timberland (1941); Merrill's Marauders (1962); Miracle Mile (1988); Mod Squad (1969); Mr. Terrific (1967); Nevada Smith (1966); Night Passage (1957); Oh! Susanna (1951); Once Upon a Texas Train (1988); Outcast of Black Mesa (1950); Panic! (1957); Plainsman and the Lady (1946); Pork Chop Hill (1959); Quincy M.E. (1977); Raiders of Ghost City (1944); Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953); Rawhide (1959); Red River (1948); Red Sundown (1956); Rescue 8 (1958); Ridin' the Outlaw Trail (1951); Rio Bravo (1959); Rio Conchos (1964); Rio Grande (1950); Rio Lobo (1970); Rooster Cogburn (1975); Roughshod (1949); Run of the Arrow (1957); Sergeant Rutledge (1960); Shenandoah (1965); Shock Corridor (1963); Shoot Out (1971); Sign of the Pagan (1954); Silver Lode (1954); Smoky (1966); Song of Scheherazade (1947); Spartacus (1960); Stagecoach West (1961); Stampede (1949); Stoney Burke (1962); Tales of Wells Fargo (1962); Taras Bulba (1962); Ten Wanted Men (1955); The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989); The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1952); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1955); The Alamo (1960); The Arizona Ranger (1948); The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958); The Baron of Arizona (1950); The Battle at Apache Pass (1952); The Big Country (1958); The Big Valley (1967); The Blazing Forest (1952); The Capture (1950); The Comancheros (1961); The Conqueror (1956); The Cowboys (1972); The Detectives (1961); The Eagle and the Hawk (1950); The Far Country (1954); The Fighting Kentuckian (1949); The Flame (1947); The Forest Ranger (1956); The Gal Who Took the West (1949); The Gallant Legion (1948); The Gene Autry Show (1950); The Great Locomotive Chase (1956); The Green Berets (1968); The Hawaiians (1970); The Hired Gun (1957); The James Brothers of Missouri (1949); The Kid from Texas (1950); The King and Four Queens (1956); The Last Command (1955); The Last Outpost (1951); The Last Sunset (1961); The Lone Gun (1954); The Lone Ranger (1949); The Lucy Show (1962–1966); The Lusty Men (1952); The Magical World of Disney (1958–1961); The Man from Laramie (1955); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); The Misfits (1961); The Moonlighter (1953); The Naked Spur (1953); The Naughty Nineties (1945); The Outcast (1954); The Outer Limits (1964); The Plainsman (1966); The Prodigal (1955); The Rawhide Years (1956); The Rounders (1965); The Roy Rogers Show (1952–1953); The Scalphunters (1968); The Scarlet Horseman (1946); The Searchers (1956); The Second Greatest Sex (1955); The Shootist (1976); The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); The Spoilers (1955); The Stone Killer (1973); The Tall Men (1955); The Three Musketeers (1948); The Train Robbers (1973); The Undefeated (1969); The Virginian (1965); The War Lord (1965); The War Wagon (1967); The Wings of Eagles (1957); The Wonderful Country (1959); Thunder Over Arizona (1956); Timberjack (1955); Trail of the Rustlers (1950); Tripoli (1950); Two Rode Together (1961); Wagon Train (1958–1960); Wake of the Red Witch (1948); Way of a Gaucho (1952); Welcome to Hard Times (1967); Western Renegades (1949); Wide Country (1962); Wide Wide World (1958); Wildcatters (1959); Winchester '73 (1950); Wyoming (1947); Yancy Derringer (1959); Zane Grey Theatre (1959); Zorro (1959).

Born on this day – Eileen Heckart:

Eileen Heckart

Actress

March 29, 1919 – December 31, 2001

Credits:

8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2002); A Doll's House (1959); Alfred Hitchcock in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); Alice (1976); All the Way Home (1971); Annie McGuire (1988–1989); Backstairs at the White House (1979); Banyon (1972); Barnaby Jones (1974); Ben Casey (1963); Breathing Lessons (1994); Broadway Legends (2002); Burnt Offerings (1976); Bus Stop (1956); Butterflies Are Free (1972); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1954); CBS Playhouse (1968); Corwin (1969); Cybill (1996–1998); Danger (1952); Dr. Kildare (1962); Ellen (1997); F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980); Flying High (1978); Games Mother Never Taught You (1982); Girl Talk (1967); Gloria (1983); Goodyear Playhouse (1953–1955); Gunsmoke (1965–1969); Hawaii Five-O (1975); Headliners & Legends (1998–2008); Heartbreak Ridge (1986); Heller in Pink Tights (1960); Highway to Heaven (1985); Home Improvement (1997); Hot Spell (1958); Josh, the Logan Legend (1986); Justice (1954); Kraft Theatre (1949–1957); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949–1955); Lily (1974); Little House on the Prairie (1979); Lou Grant (1980); Love & War (1993–1994); Love Story (1973); Lux Video Theatre (1950–1951); Miracle in the Rain (1956); Morning Maggie (1987); Murder One (1996); My Six Loves (1963); Naked City (1962–1963); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1951); New York Television Theatre (1966); Nine to Five (1987); No Way to Treat a Lady (1968); One Life to Live (1986–1992); Out of the Blue (1979); Out There (1951); Partners in Crime (1984); Play of the Week (1960–1961); Playhouse 90 (1959); Ponds Theater (1954); Rhoda (1976); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950); Seize the Day (1986); Short Short Dramas (1952); Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956); Stephen King's Golden Tales / Segment: Do Not Open This Box (1985); Stuck with Each Other (1989); Studio One (1950–1957); Suddenly, Love (1978); Sunshine Christmas (1977); Suspense (1949–1952); Switch (1976); Table Settings (1982); Tales from the Darkside (1988); The 24th Annual Tony Awards (1970); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1994); The 5 Mrs. Buchanans (1994–1995); The 5:48 (1979); The 54th Annual Tony Awards (2000); The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002); The Alcoa Hour (1957); The Bad Seed (1956); The Big Black Pill (1981); The Big Story (1951); The Cosby Show (1987); The Defenders (1964); The Doctors and the Nurses (1965); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Ellen Burstyn Show (1986); The F.B.I. (1965); The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974); The Felony Squad (1966); The First Wives Club (1996); The Ford Theatre Hour (1950); The Fugitive (1964–1967); The Hiding Place (1975); The Honeymooners (1977 / 1978); The Little Foxes (1956); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1975–1976); The Merv Griffin Show (1967); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1977); The New Breed (1961); The Recovery Room (1985); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); The Suzanne Somers Show (1994); The Tree (1969); The Trip to Bountiful (1953); The Victim (1972); The Web (1951); To Tell the Truth (1968); Trapper John, M.D. (1981–1984); Trauma Center (1983); Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story (1993); Ultimate Betrayal (1994); Up the Down Staircase (1967); Wedding Band (1974); White Mama (1980); Windows (1955); Zandy's Bride (1974).

Born on this day – Strother Martin:

Strother Martin

Actor

March 26, 1919 – August 1, 1980

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1963); A Man Called Shenandoah (1966); A Star Is Born (1954); AFI Life Achievement Award (1980); All-Star Party for James Stewart (1978); An Eye for an Eye (1966); Androcles and the Lion (1952); Attack (1956); Baretta (1975–1977); Ben Casey (1962–1964); Better Late Than Never (1979); Big Town (1952); Bitter Heritage (1958); Black Patch (1957); Black Saddle (1959); Bonanza (1964–1972); Boots and Saddles (1958); Brainstorm (1965); Broken Arrow (1957–1958); Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); Cavalcade of America (1955); Chevron Theatre (1952); Cool Hand Luke (1967); Copper Sky (1957); Cowboy (1958); Crossroads (1955); Crusader (1956); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Daniel Boone (1969); Death Valley Days (1964–1967); Dragnet (1952); Drum Beat (1954); Fireside Theatre (1951–1952); Fools' Parade (1971); Four Star Playhouse (1953); Frontier (1956); Frontier Justice (1958); General Electric Theater (1956–1958); Gentle Ben (1968); Gilligan's Island (1967); Glynis (1963); Gunsmoke (1956–1974); Hannie Caulder (1971); Hard Times / aka Street Fighter (1975); Harper (1966); Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1962); Hawkins (1973–1974); He & She (1968); Hollywood Opening Night (1952–1953); Hotel de Paree (1959–1960); Hotwire (1980); I Love Lucy (1956); I Married Joan (1954); Invitation Playhouse: Mind Over Murder (1952); Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964); Iron Horse (1966–1967); It Takes a Thief (1968); Jefferson Drum (1958); Johnny Concho (1956); Kentucky Jones (1965); Kiss Me Deadly (1955); Lassie (1956–1957); Lawman (1959); Lost in Space (1966); Love and Bullets (1979); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Old Boyfriend (1970); Man Without a Gun (1958); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970); Matinee Theatre (1956–1958); McLintock! (1963); Mitzi & 100 Guys (1975); Movin' On (1975); Mystery Is My Business (1954); Navy Log (1958); Nevada Smith (1966); Nichols (1972); Nightwing (1979); One of Our Own (1975); Outlaws (1962); Panic! (1958); Paper Moon (1974); Perry Mason (1961–1965); Pete and Gladys (1962); Petrocelli (1975); Playhouse 90 (1958); Pocket Money (1972); Prisoner of War (1954); Profiles in Courage (1965); Rawhide (1959–1965); Red Sky at Morning (1971); Rhubarb (1951); Rooster Cogburn (1975); Run for Your Life (1968); Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004); Sanctuary (1961); Saturday Night Live (1980); Schlitz Playhouse (1953–1956); Shenandoah (1965); Showdown (1963); Slap Shot (1977); South Sea Woman (1953); Sssssss (1973); Stage 7 (1955); Stars Over Hollywood (1951); Steel Cowboy (1978); Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy (1978); Stoney Burke (1962); Storm Over Tibet (1952); Strategic Air Command (1955); Stubby Pringle's Christmas (1978); Studio 57 (1954); Studio One (1958); Target Zero (1955); Tarzan (1967); Telephone Time (1957); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1958); The Americans (1961); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970); The Big Knife (1955); The Big Valley (1966–1967); The Black Whip (1956); The Brotherhood of Satan (1971); The Champ (1979); The Dakotas (1963); The Damned Don't Cry (1950); The Danny Thomas Hour (1968); The Deadly Companions (1961); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1965); The Doris Day Show (1969); The End (1978); The Flim-Flam Man (1967); The Fugitive (1964); The Gray Ghost (1957); The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976); The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967–1968); The Horse Soldiers (1959); The Invaders (1967); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1959); The Law and Mr. Jones (1961); The Legend of Jesse James (1966); The Lieutenant (1964); The Lineup (1956–1958); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Magical World of Disney (1973 / 1978); The Magnetic Monster (1953); The Man Behind the Badge (1955); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); The Merv Griffin Show (1973); The Millionaire (1957); The Name of the Game (1969); The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957); The New Breed (1962); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Rebel (1959); The Red Badge of Courage (1951); The Road West (1967); The Rockford Files (1977); The Rookies (1974); The Rounders (1966); The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla (1980); The Shaggy Dog (1959); The Silver Chalice (1954); The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); The Stu Erwin Show (1953); The Texan (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1973); The Twilight Zone (1961); The Villain / aka Cactus Jack (1979); The Virginian (1965–1970); The Walter Winchell File (1958); The Web (1957); The Wild and the Innocent (1959); The Wild Bunch (1969); The Winds of Whoopie (1983); Trackdown (1958); Treasury Men in Action (1955); True Grit (1969); Up in Smoke (1978); Vega$ (1978); Whirlybirds (1959); World for Ransom (1954); World Without End (1956); Zane Grey Theatre (1957).

Born on this day – Jeanne Cagney:

Jeanne Cagney

Actress

March 25, 1919 – December 7, 1984

Born on this day – Jennifer Jones:

Jennifer Jones

Actress

March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009

Credits:

The Towering Inferno (1974); Angel, Angel, Down We Go (1969); The Idol (1966); Tender Is the Night (1962); A Farewell to Arms (1957); The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957); The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956); Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955); Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955); Beat the Devil (1953); Terminal Station (1953); Ruby Gentry (1952); Carrie (1952); Gone to Earth (1950); Madame Bovary (1949); We Were Strangers (1949); Portrait of Jennie (1948); Duel in the Sun (1946); Cluny Brown (1946); Love Letters (1945); The Fighting Generation (1944); Since You Went Away (1944); The Song of Bernadette (1943); Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939); The Streets of New York (1939); New Frontier (1939).

Born on this day – Jack Palance:

Jack Palance

Actor

February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006

Credits:

Back When We Were Grownups (2004); Living with the Dead (2002); Prancer Returns (2001); Night Visions / Bitter Harvest (2001); Sarah, Plain & Tall: Winter's End (1999); Treasure Island (1999); The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo (1998); Ebenezer (1998); I'll Be Home for Christmas (1997); Buffalo Girls (1995); The Swan Princess (1994); City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994); Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics / Where the Dead Are (1994); Cops and Robbersons (1994); Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow (1993); Eli's Lesson (1992); Keep the Change (1992); Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan (1991); City Slickers (1991); Solar Crisis (1990); Tango & Cash (1989); Batman (1989); Gor II (1988); Young Guns (1988); Bagdad Cafe (1987); Gor (1987); Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1982); Alone in the Dark (1982); Tales of the Haunted (1981); Hawk the Slayer (1980); Without Warning (1980); The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story (1980); The Ivory Ape (1980); The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (1979); Cocaine Cowboys (1979); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979); The Shape of Things to Come (1979); Angels' Brigade (1979); Portrait of a Hitman (1979); The One Man Jury (1978); Welcome to Blood City (1977); God's Gun (1976); Blood and Bullets (1976); Rulers of the City (1976); Safari Express (1976); Black Cobra (1976); Bronk (1975–1976); Squadra antiscippo (1976); The Sensuous Nurse (1975); Africa Express (1975); The Four Deuces (1975); The Great Adventure (1975); The Hatfields and the McCoys (1975); The Godchild (1974); Craze (1974); Dracula (1974); Oklahoma Crude (1973); Brothers Blue (1973); Sting of the West (1972); Chato's Land (1972); It Can Be Done Amigo (1972); The Horsemen (1971); Compañeros (1970); Monte Walsh (1970); NET Playhouse (1970); The McMasters (1970); Battle of the Commandos (1969); Che! (1969); Marquis de Sade's Justine (1969); A Bullet for Rommel (1969); The Desperados (1969); The Mercenary (1968); They Came to Rob Las Vegas (1968); Madigan's Millions (1968); The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968); Kill a Dragon (1967); Torture Garden / The Man Who Collected Poe (1967); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); Alice Through the Looking Glass (1966); The Professionals (1966); Run for Your Life (1966); Convoy (1965); Once a Thief (1965); Paparazzi (1964); The Greatest Show on Earth (1963–1964); Bande-annonce de 'Le mépris' (1963); Contempt (1963); Night Train to Milan (1962); Warriors Five (1962); Barabbas (1961); The Last Judgment (1961); The Mongols (1961); Sword of the Conqueror (1961); The Barbarians (1960); The Battle of Austerlitz (1960); Beyond All Limits (1959); Ten Seconds to Hell (1959); The Man Inside (1958); Playhouse 90 (1956–1957); House of Numbers (1957); The Lonely Man (1957); Zane Grey Theatre (1956); Attack (1956); I Died a Thousand Times (1955); Kiss of Fire (1955); The Big Knife (1955); Sign of the Pagan (1954); The Silver Chalice (1954); Man in the Attic (1953); Suspense (1953); The Motorola Television Hour (1953); Flight to Tangier (1953); Arrowhead (1953); Second Chance (1953); Shane (1953); The Web (1953); Danger (1953); The Gulf Playhouse (1952); Studio One (1951–1952); Sudden Fear (1952); Curtain Call (1952); Halls of Montezuma (1951); Panic in the Streets (1950); Lights Out (1950); Hands of Mystery (1949).

Born on this day – Andrea King:

Andrea King

Actress

Writer

February 1, 1919 – April 22, 2003

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1960–1963); Arrest and Trial (1963); Band of Angels (1957); Biography (1996–1998); Blackenstein (1973); Bourbon Street Beat (1959); Buccaneer's Girl (1950); Chevron Theatre (1952–1953); Cheyenne (1955 / 1956); City Detective (1954); Crossroads (1956); Crusader (1956); Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969); Dante (1960); Darby's Rangers (1958); Days of Our Lives (1974–1977); Dial 1119 (1950); Dragnet 1967 (1967–1969); Family Affair (1967); Fireside Theatre (1952–1954); Four Star Playhouse (1952); G.E. True (1963); General Electric Theater (1960); God Is My Co-Pilot (1945); Gruen Guild Theater (1952); Gumby Adventures (1988); Hawaiian Eye (1960–1962); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Hotel Berlin (1945); House of the Black Death (1971); I Was a Shoplifter (1950); Inevitable Grace (1994); It Happened in Springfield (1945); Johnny Midnight (1960); Lock Up (1960); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Mark of the Renegade (1951); Matinee Theatre (1956); Maverick (1959); Medical Center (1975); Mike Hammer (1958–1959); Monty and the Movies (2025); Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948); Mr. Skeffington (1944); Murder, She Wrote (1990); My Wild Irish Rose (1947); Navy Nurse (1945); Outlaw Queen (1957); Perry Mason (1959–1963); Prescription: Murder (1968); Proudly We Serve (1944); Red Planet Mars (1952); Ride the Pink Horse (1947); Roughly Speaking (1945); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Shadow of a Woman (1946); Shotgun Slade (1961); Silent Fear (1956); Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood (1988); Song of Surrender (1949); Southside 1-1000 (1950); State Trooper (1958–1959); Strange Stories (1956); Stump the Stars (1950); Surfside 6 (1962); The Alaskans (1959); The Beast with Five Fingers (1946); The Color of Evening (1990); The Donna Reed Show (1960); The Lemon Drop Kid (1951); The Linguini Incident (1991); The Man I Love (1946); The New Perry Mason (1973); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Ramparts We Watch (1940); The Tom Ewell Show (1960); The Very Thought of You (1944); The World in His Arms (1952); Tightrope (1959); Valentine's Day (1965); Your Play Time (1953).

Born on this day – Coleman Francis:

Coleman Francis

Actor

Writer

Director

January 24, 1919 – January 15, 1973

Credits:

The Dirtiest Game (1970); Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970); Body Fever (1969); The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters (1968); The Last American Hobo (1967); P.J. (1967); Red Zone Cuba (1966); Motorpsycho! (1965); The Thrill Killers (1964); The Skydivers (1963); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961); The Rifleman (1961); Spring Affair (1960); Cimarron (1960); The Jailbreakers (1960); From the Terrace (1960); The Man and the Challenge (1960); M Squad (1960); Tombstone Territory (1960); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Highway Patrol (1959); Dragnet (1957–1959); T-Bird Gang (1959); The Book of Acts Series: The Old Testament Scriptures (1958); Twilight for the Gods (1958); Stakeout on Dope Street (1958); The Book of Acts Series (1957); Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1955–1957); The Phantom Stagecoach (1957); Burden of Truth (1957); Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe (1955); This Island Earth (1955); Killers from Space (1954); She Couldn't Say No (1953); Scarlet Angel (1952); The Girl in White (1952); Leadville Gunslinger (1952); The Tattooed Stranger (1950).

Born on this day – Lina Romay:

Lina Romay

Actress

January 16, 1919 – December 17, 2010

Credits:

Adventure (1945); Babes Behind Bars (2013); Bathing Beauty (1944); Cavalcade of Stars (1949–1951); Chesterfield Sound Off Time (1951); Cheyenne Cowboy (1949); Don't Get Around Much Anymore (1943); Embraceable You (1948); Entertaining the Troops (1988); Faces (2019); Flamingo Road (1949); Honeymoon (1947); Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (1949); Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946); Passport to Danger (1956); Public Prosecutor (1948); Señor Droopy (1949); Six-Gun Music (1949); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Star of the Family (1951); Summertime Revue (1951); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1957); The Alan Young Show (1950–1951); The Big Wheel (1949); The Heat's On (1943); The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949); The Laraine Day Show (1951); The Man Behind the Gun (1953); The Milton Berle Show (1949); The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue (1949–1952); The Red Skelton Hour (1957); The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (1950); The Steve Allen Show (1951); This Time for Keeps (1947); Two Girls and a Sailor (1944); We, the People (1949); Week-End at the Waldorf (1945); Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951); You Were Never Lovelier (1942).

Born on this day – Joe Seneca:

Joe Seneca

Actor

Singer

Songwriter

Composer

January 14, 1919 – August 15, 1996

Credits:

Songs:

Break It To Me Gently; Forty Days and Forty Nights; It's Gonna Work Out Fine; Overnight Success; Quitte-moi doucement; Rick-a-Chick; Talk to Me, Talk to Me.

Movies and television:

19th Annual NAACP Image Awards (1987); 227 (1988); A Gathering of Old Men (1987); A Man Called Hawk (1989); A Time to Kill (1996); Amazing Stories (1986); American Playhouse (1984); Big Shots (1987); Birdland (1994); Channel Zero (2018); China Beach (1990); Christy (1995); Crossroads (1986); Dog Day Afternoon (1975); Dolly (1988); Doogie Howser, M.D. (1990); Ein Aufstand alter Männer (1987); Entertainment Tonight (1986); Friday the 13th: The Series (1988); Heart of the Garden (1985); In the Heat of the Night (1989); It's Cool to Care (1988); Juice Newton: Break It to Me Gently (1982); Kramer vs. Kramer (1979); Law & Order (1993); Lucy and Desi (2022); Making a Mark (2005); Malcolm X (1992); Matlock (1989); Mississippi Masala (1991); Mo' Better Blues (1990); Moments Without Proper Names (1987); Mr. President (1987); NBC Special Treat (1979); Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (1986); School Daze (1988); SeaQuest 2032 (1995); Silverado (1985); Spenser: For Hire (1985); Star Search (2003); Sweet Justice (1995); Tarzan in Manhattan (1989); Terrible Joe Moran (1984); The American Parade (1976); The Blob (1988); The Cosby Show (1987); The Death of Dick Long (2019); The Edge of Night (1982); The Equalizer (1989); The Evil That Men Do (1984); The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979); The Gentleman Bandit (1981); The Golden Girls (1987); The House of Dies Drear (1984); The Longest Memory (1997); The Saint of Fort Washington (1993); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); The Tenth Month (1979); The Verdict (1982); The Vernon Johns Story (1994); Throb (1987); Trees Lounge (1996); Wilma (1977).

Born on this day – Robert Stack:

Robert Stack

Actor

January 13, 1919 – May 14, 2003

Born on this day – Charles Willeford:

Charles Willeford

Writer

January 2, 1919 – March 27, 1988

Credits:

Miami Blues (1984); New Hope for the Dead (1985); Sideswipe (1987); The Way We Die Now (1988); High Priest of California (1953); Pick Up (1954); Wild Wives (1956); The Black Mass of Brother Springer (aka Honey Gal) (1958); Lust Is a Woman (aka Made in Miami) (1958); The Woman Chaser (1960); Deliver Me from Dallas (aka The Whip Hand) (1961); Understudy for Death (1961); Cockfighter (1962); No Experience Necessary (1962); The Hombre From Sonora (aka The Difference) (1971); The Burnt Orange Heresy (1971); Kiss Your Ass Goodbye (1987); The Shark Infested Custard (1993); The Machine in Ward Eleven (1963); Everybody's Metamorphosis (1988); Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s (1997); The Second Half of the Double Feature (2003); Poontang (poems) (2011); The Ordainment of Brother Springer (play) (2009); The Old Man at the Bridge (2009); Strange (2011); Sentences (2013); Off the Wall (1980); Something About a Soldier (1986); New Forms of Ugly (1987); I Was Looking for a Street (1988); Cockfighter Journal (1989); The Collected Memoirs of Charles Willeford (2000); Writing and Other Blood Sports (2000); Wild Wives / High Priest of California (1956); Charles Willeford Omnibus (1991).