Born on this day – Lefty Bates:

Lefty Bates

Blues guitarist

March 9, 1920 – April 7, 2007

Credits:

Albums:

Big Boss Man (1968); Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall (1961); Jimmy Reed Plays 12 String Guitar Blues (1963); Soulin' (1967); The Folk Lore of John Lee Hooker (1961); The New Jimmy Reed Album (1967); Travelin' (1960).

Songs:

Am I Blue; Background; Canal Street Blues; Chicago Cha Cha; Dusty Road; Goin' to California; I Can't Believe; I Wanna Walk; I'll Know Tonight; I'm a Stranger; Jack, You're Dead; Ninety Days; No Shoes; Rock Alley; Run On; Say Whoa; Solid Sender; Sunny Land; Watch Yourself Baby; Whiskey and Wimmen; You Call It Madness.

Born on this day – Lewis Gilbert:

Lewis Gilbert

Director

Producer

Writer

March 6, 1920 – February 23, 2018

Credits:

30 Years of James Bond (1992); A Bob Hope Comedy Special (1966); A Cry from the Streets (1958); Alfie (1966); And the Word Was Bond (1999); Arctic Harvest (1946); Because That Road Is Trodden (1969); Before You Go (2002); Ben Casey (1964); Best Ever Bond (2002); Bienvenue (1977); Biography (1995); Break to Freedom (1953); Breakfast (2010); British Film Forever (2007); Carve Her Name with Pride (1958); Cast a Dark Shadow (1955); Damn the Defiant! (1962); Death at a Broadcast (1934); Dick Turpin (1934); Edmund North: The Man Who Made the Earth Stand Still (2008); Educating Rita (1983); Emergency (1962); Everything or Nothing (2012); Ferry to Hong Kong (1959); Film '72 (1977–2009); Friends (1971); Good Morning, Boys! (1937); Greatest Ever Screen Chases (2005); Happy Anniversary Mr. Bond (2002); Harmony Lane (1954); Haunted (1995); Inside 'Moonraker' (2000); Inside Q's Lab (2000); Inside 'the Spy Who Loved Me' (2000); Inside 'You Only Live Twice' (2000); James Bond Special Edition DVD Sampler (2002); James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute (2002); Johnny on the Run (1953); Julie Walters: A Life on Screen (2014); Ken Adam: Designing Bond (2000); Legends (2000–2002); Loss of Innocence (1961); Marry Me (1949); Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold (1994); Moonraker (1979); Moonraker: 007 in Rio (1979); Moonraker: Bond '79 (2006); Moonraker: Ken Adam's Production Films (2006); Movie Connections (2009); My Name Is Bond... James Bond (1979); Not Quite Paradise (1985); Once a Sinner (1950); Operation Daybreak (1975); Over the Moon (1939); Paradise Lagoon (1957); Paul and Michelle (1974); Pinewood Film Studios Open Day (1977); Reach for the Sky (1956); Reputations (1999); Room for Two (1940); Sailors Do Care (1944); Scarlet Thread (1951); Seven Nights in Japan (1976); Shirley Valentine (1989); Sink the Bismarck! (1960); Skywatch (1960); Slap My Balls and Call Me Mildred (2015); Stepping Out (1991); TCM Remembers 2018 (2018); The 100 Greatest War Films (2005); The 7th Dawn (1964); The Adventurers (1970); The Annual British Academy Film and Television Awards (1984); The Divorce of Lady X (1938); The Golden Gong (1985); The Good Die Young (1954); The Hollywood Collection: Roger Moore, A Matter of Class (1995); The Hundred Hour Hunt (1952); The James Bond Story (1999); The Little Ballerina (1947); The Making of 'The Spy Who Loved Me' (1977); The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry (1996); The Man Who Would Be Caine (1998); The Many Faces of... (2011); The Price of a Song (1935); The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954); The Slasher (1953); The South Bank Show (2008); The Spy Who Loved Me (1977); The Spy Who Loved Me: 007 in Egypt (2006); The Spy Who Loved Me: Ken Adam's Production Films (2006); The Spy Who Loved Me: The Royal Premiere (1977); The Ten Year Plan (1945); The Ultimate Film (2004); This Is Your Life (1990–1994); Time, Gentlemen, Please! (1952); Timeshift (2015); Under One Roof (1949); Wall of Death (1951); Whicker's World (1967); You Only Live Twice (1967); You Only Live Twice: Ken Adam's Production Films (2006); You Only Live Twice: Whicker's World - Highlights from the 1967 BBC Documentary (2006).

Born on this day – Virginia Christine:

Virginia Christine

Actress

March 5, 1920 – July 24, 1996

Credits:

The Insiders (1986); The Puppy's Further Adventures (1982); Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979); Kojak (1976); Woman of the Year (1976); Ironside (1974); This Is the Life (1956–1971); The Old Man Who Cried Wolf (1970); Nanny and the Professor (1970); Daniel Boone (1968–1970); Daughter of the Mind (1969); Hail, Hero! (1969); Lancer (1969); The F.B.I. (1966–1968); n Enemy Country (1968); The Virginian (1963–1967); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967); The Invaders (1967); Judd for the Defense (1967); The Felony Squad (1967); Jericho (1966); A Man Called Shenandoah (1966); Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966); Laredo (1966); A Rage to Live (1965); The Big Valley (1965); Wagon Train (1961–1965); Gunsmoke (1957–1965); Broadside (1965); The Fugitive (1964–1965); Bonanza (1963–1964); Hazel (1964); The Killers (1964); One Man's Way (1964); Ben Casey (1963–1964); Mr. Novak (1964); The Prize (1963); 4 for Texas (1963); Perry Mason (1961–1963); Cattle King (1963); 77 Sunset Strip (1960–1963); The Untouchables (1960–1963); The Eleventh Hour (1963); Stoney Burke (1962); Going My Way (1962); Incident in an Alley (1962); Tales of Wells Fargo (1960–1962); Target: The Corruptors! (1962); The New Breed (1962); Bronco (1962); Shotgun Slade (1961); Judgment at Nuremberg (1961); The Rifleman (1959–1961); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); Rawhide (1960–1961); Mister Ed (1961); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Deputy (1961); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1961); Maverick (1961); Coronado 9 (1960–1961); Flaming Star (1960); Death Valley Days (1960); Thriller (1960); Happy (1960); The Loretta Young Show (1958–1960); Riverboat (1960); M Squad (1960); Pay the Piper (1959); Special Agent 7 (1959); The Man from Blackhawk (1959); The Twilight Zone (1959); General Electric Theater (1956–1959); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959); How to Marry a Millionaire (1959); Man Without a Gun (1959); State Trooper (1957–1959); Frontier Doctor (1959); The Lawless Years (1959); Steve Canyon (1959); Rescue 8 (1959); Target (1958); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1958); The Donna Reed Show (1958); Trackdown (1957–1958); Buckskin (1958); Zane Grey Theatre (1958); Peter Gunn (1958); Behind Closed Doors (1958); The Thin Man (1958); The Millionaire (1958); Mike Hammer (1958); Whirlybirds (1957–1958); Studio 57 (1956–1958); The Restless Gun (1958); Matinee Theatre (1956–1958); Casey Jones (1957); Code 3 (1957); The Careless Years (1957); Johnny Tremain (1957); The Lone Ranger (1957); Hey, Jeannie! (1957); Wire Service (1957); The Spirit of St. Louis (1957); King of the Block (1956); Three Brave Men (1956); Cavalcade of America (1955–1956); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956); Science Fiction Theatre (1956); Sneak Preview (1956); Passport to Danger (1956); Big Town (1950); Private Secretary (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1954–1956); Nightmare (1956); Father Knows Best (1956); Front Row Center (1956); The Star and the Story (1956); Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956); The Killer Is Loose (1956); Crusader (1956); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955); Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); Not as a Stranger (1955); The Cobweb (1955); Public Defender (1955); Stage 7 (1955); The Whistler (1954); Dragnet (1952–1954); Dragnet (1954); Schlitz Playhouse (1954); Four Star Playhouse (1953–1954); Adventures of Superman (1954); The Abbott and Costello Show (1952–1953); Woman They Almost Lynched (1953); I'm the Law (1953); Chevron Theatre (1953); Never Wave at a WAC (1953); Dangerous Assignment (1952); High Noon (1952); Personal Appearance Theater (1952); Racket Squad (1952); The First Time (1952); Boston Blackie (1951); Mark Saber (1951); Cyrano de Bergerac (1950); The Men (1950); Special Agent (1949); Cover Up (1949); Night Wind (1948); Women in the Night (1948); The Gangster (1947); The Invisible Wall (1947); The Mysterious Mr. Valentine (1946); The Killers (1946); The Inner Circle (1946); The Wife of Monte Cristo (1946); House of Horrors (1946); Murder Is My Business (1946); Idea Girl (1946); The Scarlet Horseman (1946); Girls of the Big House (1945); Phantom of the Plains (1945); Counter-Attack (1945); The Mummy's Curse (1944); The Old Texas Trail (1944); Raiders of Ghost City (1944); Women at War (1943); Action in the North Atlantic (1943); Edge of Darkness (1943); Truck Busters (1943).

Born on this day – James Doohan:

James Doohan

Actor

Writer

March 3, 1920 – July 20, 2005

Credits:

Skinwalker: Curse of the Shaman (2005); The Duke (1999); Through Dead Eyes (1999); Bug Buster (1998); The Bold and the Beautiful (1993–1997); Duckman: Private Dick / Family Man (1997); Star Trek: Generations (1997); Outer Space (1996); River of Stone (1994); New York Skyride (1994); Star Trek: Generations (1994); Storybook (1994); Star Trek: Judgment Rites (1993); Amore! (1993); Loaded Weapon 1 (1993); Star Trek 25th Anniversary (1992); The Ben Stiller Show (1992); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992); Double Trouble (1992); Star Trek Adventure (1991); Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991); Knight Rider 2000 (1991); MacGyver (1990); Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989); Danger Bay (1988); Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma (1987); Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986); Hotel (1985); Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984); Magnum, P.I. (1983); Fantasy Island (1983); Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982); Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979); Jason of Star Command (1978); Insight (1977); Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–1974); Return to Peyton Place (1973); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969–1972); Man in the Wilderness (1971); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971); Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971); Daniel Boone (1969–1970); Then Came Bronson (1969); Star Trek (1966–1969); Jigsaw (1968); Peyton Place (1965–1967); Jericho (1966); Iron Horse (1966); Fantastic Voyage (1966); One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966); Blue Light (1966); A Man Called Shenandoah (1966); The F.B.I. (1966); Scalplock (1966); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1966); The Virginian (1963–1965); Bewitched (1965); Convoy (1965); Laredo (1965); The Fugitive (1965); His Magic Machine (1965); Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965); The Satan Bug (1965); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964); Signpost to Murder (1964); 36 Hours (1964); Ben Casey (1964); The Rogues (1964); The Outer Limits (1964); The Richard Boone Show (1964); The Serial (1963–1964); Bonanza (1962–1963); The Wheeler Dealers (1963); Festival (1961–1963); The Labyrinth (1963); Going My Way (1963); Empire (1963); The Gallant Men (1963); G.E. True (1963); Hazel (1963); The Twilight Zone (1963); Gunsmoke (1962); The New Breed (1962); The Business of Farming (1961); Encounter (1953–1961); Heritage (1961); First Person (1960); R.C.M.P. (1960); The Hill (1960); Startime (1960); The Unforeseen (1958–1959); The Ticket (1958); First Performance (1956–1958); On Camera (1954–1958); Test Pilot (1957); Folio (1956–1957); Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (1957); Strike in Town: Revised (1956); The Cage (1956); The Hill (1956); Strike in Town (1955); Playbill (1953–1955); Men at Work (1954); Howdy Doody (1954); Space Command (1953); Tales of Tomorrow (1952); Suspense (1951); Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1950); Actor's Studio (1950).

Born on this day – Tony Randall:

Tony Randall

Actor

February 26, 1920 – May 17, 2004

Born on this day – Michael Pate:

Michael Pate

Actor

Writer

Director

Producer

February 26, 1920 – September 1, 2008

Credits:

3-D Rarities (2015); 40,000 Horsemen (1940); 5 Fingers (1952); 77 Sunset Strip (1962); 7th Cavalry (1956); A Dangerous Life (1988); A Lawless Street (1955); A Night of Stars (1969); Acapulco (1961); Advance to the Rear (1964); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Age of Consent (1969); Alcoa Theatre (1957–1958); All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953); Armageddon (1982); Batman (1966); Beauty and the Beast (1962); Bitter Springs (1950); Black Saddle (1959); Blade Rider, Revenge of the Indian Nations (1966); Body Business (1986); Bold Venture (1959); Brainstorm (1965); Branded (1966); Broken Arrow (1956); Burke's Law (1965); California (1963); Cash and Company (1975); Celebrity Squares (1975); Century of Cinema (1996); Cheyenne (1957–1962); Climax! (1954–1958); Conflict (1956); Congo Crossing (1956); Curse of the Undead (1959); Daktari (1966); Daniel Boone (1964–1966); Death of a Soldier (1986); Death Valley Days (1962–1966); Delta (1970); Desert Hell (1958); Division 4 (1970); Down Rusty Down (1997); Drums of Africa (1963); Duet for Four (1982); Duet for Four: David Williamson Interview (2008); Duet for Four: Wendy Hughes Interview (2008); El Alaméin (1953); Escape from Fort Bravo (1953); Everybody's Talking (1968–1969); Face to Face (1952); Follow the Sun (1961); Four Star Playhouse (1955); Frontier Circus (1961); Frontier Justice (1958–1961); General Electric Theater (1961); Get Smart (1965); Girl Talk (1969); Glynis (1963); Goodyear Theatre (1957); Grand Jury (1959); Green Mansions (1959); Gunsmoke (1957–1964); Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1962); Hawaiian Eye (1960); Hidden India (1990); Homicide (1970); Homicide Squad (1981); Hondo (1953 / 1967); Hondo and the Apaches (1967); Honey West (1966); Hong Kong Confidential (1958); Houdini (1953); Howling III (1987); Indian Agent (1955); Islands of Australia (1973); John Laws' World (1983); Julius Caesar (1953); King Richard and the Crusaders (1954); Kraft Mystery Theater (1962); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Laramie (1960–1962); Lassie (1965); Law of the Plainsman (1960); Lawman (1961); Little Jungle Boy (1969); Loop (1973); Mad Country: Revisiting the Locations of 'Mad Dog Morgan' (2019); Mad Dog Morgan (1976); Major Dundee (1965); Markham (1959); Mary & Tim (1996); Matlock Police (1971–1975); Maverick (1961); Maya (1968); McLintock! (1963); Mel Gibson: The High Octane Birth of a Superstar (2002); Men Into Space (1960); Michael Shayne (1960); Mission: Impossible (1967 / 1989); Mosby's Marauders (1967); Most Dangerous Man Alive (1961); Mrs Finnegan (1970–1971); My Island Family (1965); News Revue (1969); Not Quite Hollywood: Deleted and Extended Scenes (2008); Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008); Official Denial (1993); Passport to Danger (1956); Perry Mason (1963–1964); Peter Gunn (1961); Power Without Glory (1976); Profiles in Courage (1965); PT 109 (1963); Rango (1967); Rawhide (1959–1964); Reprisal! (1956); Return of the Gunfighter (1966); Ripcord (1962); Riptide (1969); Rogue's March (1953); Route 66 (1962); Sammy Awards 1979 (1979); Sands of the Bedouin (1988); Scandal at Scourie (1953); Schlitz Playhouse (1954–1955); Secret of the Incas (1954); Sergeants 3 (1962); Shell Presents (1959); Showcase (1970); Soldiers of Fortune (1956); Something of Value (1957); Sounds Incorporated (1969); Sugarfoot (1958); Tales of Wells Fargo (1960–1961); Target Hong Kong (1953); Tarzan (1967); Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones (1971); Tasmania (1975); Taurus Rising (1982); TCM Remembers 2008 (2008); Temple Houston (1964); Ten Seconds to Hell (1959); Ten Tall Men (1951); The 1981 Australian Film Institute Awards (1981); The Acid Test (1970); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1957); The Adventures of McGraw (1957); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1959); The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1986); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964–1965); The Ballets Russes in Australia 1936-1940: An Avalanche of Dancing (1998); The Battle of Broken Hill (1981); The Beachcomber (1962); The Big Picture: Featurette on Charles Chauvel (2014); The Black Castle (1952); The Box (1974); The Californians (1958); The Camel Boy (1984); The Canadians (1961); The Celluloid Heroes (1995); The Court Jester (1955); The Dakotas (1963); The Desert Rats (1953); The Detectives (1960); The Devil in Evening Dress (1975); The Existentialist Cowboy's Last Stand (1995); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); The Great Sioux Massacre (1965); The Islanders (1960); The James Bond Collector's Classic / Segment: Casino Royale (1990); The Killer Is Loose (1956); The Killer Lust (1955); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Long Arm (1970); The Madigan Line (1982); The Magical World of Disney (1967); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Mango Tree (1977); The Maze (1953); The Mike Walsh Show (1978–1982); The Millionaire (1957); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Oklahoman (1957); The Rat Patrol (1967); The Return of Captain Invincible (1983); The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956); The Rifleman (1958–1962); The Road West (1967); The Roaring 20's (1961); The Royal African Rifles (1953); The Rugged O'Riordans (1949); The Silent Service (1958); The Silver Chalice (1954); The Singing Nun (1966); The Strange Door (1951); The Tall Man (1961); The Tall Stranger (1957); The Texan (1958–1960); The Third Man (1959); The Time Tunnel (1966–1967); The Virginian (1963–1970); The Wild Duck (1983); The Wild Wild West (1966); The Year of Living Locked Up (2020); They Rode Into History: The Story of the 1839 Mount Bryan Expedition (2010); This Is Your Life (1978); Thriller (1961); Thunder on the Hill (1951); Tim (1979); Tower of London (1962); Trout Fishing in Tasmania (1975); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968); Wagon Train (1958–1965); Walk Like a Dragon (1960); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959); Westbound (1958); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Wichita Town (1960); Wire Service (1957); Woodcraftsman: Stephen Hogbin (1976); You Are There (1953–1955); Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1960); Zorro (1958); Zorro, the Avenger (1959).

Born on this day – Daniel F. Galouye:

Daniel F. Galouye

Writer

February 11, 1920 – September 7, 1976

Credits:

Books:

An ABC of Science Fiction (1966); Black Cat Weekly #132 (2024); Bodyguard (1960); Counterfeit World / aka Simulacron-3 (1964); Dark Universe (1961); Galaxy's Edge Magazine: Issue 1 (2013); Galaxy's Edge Magazine: Issue 2 (2013); Galaxy's Edge Magazine: Issue 3 (2013); Galaxy's Edge Magazine: Issue 4 (2013); Lords of the Psychon (1963); Project Barrier (1968); Space Opera (1974); Tales from Super-Science Fiction (2012); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 4th Series (1955); The Infinite Man (1973); The Last Leap (1964); The Lost Perception / aka A Scourge of Screamers (1966); The Six Fingers of Time (1965); The Year 2000 (1970); This Crowded Earth / Reign of the Telepuppets (2012).

Movies and television:

The Thirteenth Floor (1999); World on a Wire (1973).

Born on this day – DeForest Kelley:

DeForest Kelley

Actor

Writer

Singer

January 20, 1920 – June 11, 1999

Born on this day – Federico Fellini:

Federico Fellini

Director

Writer

Actor

January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993

Born on this day – Dorothy Green:

Dorothy Green

Actress

January 12, 1920 – May 8, 2008

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1961); Adam-12 (1971); Adventures of the Falcon (1954); Alarm (1956); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Anatomy of a Crime (1969); Arrest and Trial (1964); Bad for Each Other (1953); Benson (1981); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bonanza (1959–1965); Casey Jones (1958); Cavalcade of America (1954); Checkmate (1961–1962); Cheyenne (1961); City Detective (1953–1955); Code 3 (1957); Colonel Humphrey Flack (1959); Coronado 9 (1961); Critic's Choice (1963); Crossroads (1956–1957); Daniel Boone (1968); Dirty Sally (1974); Emergency! (1972); Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science (1997); Face of a Fugitive (1959); Fingerman (1955); Fireside Theatre (1955); Fish (1977); Four Star Playhouse (1953–1956); General Electric Summer Originals (1956); General Electric Theater (1962); Going My Way (1962); Gunslinger (1961); Gunsmoke (1960–1964); Hawaii Five-O (1971); Hawaiian Eye (1961–1962); Hello, Larry (1979); Help Me... I'm Possessed (1974); Hopalong Cassidy (1953); Ironside (1969–1970); It Happened at the World's Fair (1963); Johnny Midnight (1960); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); Ladies of Crime (1972); Laramie (1961); Mannix (1967); Man-Trap (1961); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969–1972); Markham (1960); Matinee Theatre (1955–1956); Mayor of the Town (1954); Mike Hammer (1959); Mr. & Mrs. North (1954); My Little Margie (1954); My Three Sons (1960–1970); Nancy (1970); Navy Log (1956–1958); No Time to Be Young (1957); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971); Palm Springs Weekend (1963); Panic! (1958); Perry Mason (1958–1962); Philip Marlowe (1960); Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966); Rawhide (1960–1962); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1954–1956); Special Agent 7 (1959); State Trooper (1956); Studio 57 (1955–1958); Studio One (1958); Sugarfoot (1958); Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970); Surfside 6 (1961); Suspicion (1958); Tammy (1965–1966); Tammy and the Millionaire (1967); The Baileys of Balboa (1965); The Best of the Post (1961); The Big Heat (1953); The Brothers Brannagan (1961); The Californians (1958); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1961); The Christmas Spirit (1956); The David Niven Show (1959); The F.B.I. (1967); The George Sanders Mystery Theater (1957); The Great Gildersleeve (1955); The Helen Morgan Story (1957); The Investigators (1961); The Jack Benny Program (1953); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1958–1961); The Lineup (1956–1958); The Loretta Young Show (1958); The Love Boat (1977); The Magical World of Disney (1959–1960); The Man Behind the Badge (1955); The Mickey Rooney Show (1954); The Millionaire (1955); The Munsters (1966); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Outer Limits (1965); The Outsider (1968); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1954); The Real McCoys (1958); The Restless Years (1958); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Six Million Dollar Man (1973); The St. Cloud Storm (1954); The Virginian (1965–1966); The Whistler (1954–1955); The Young and the Restless (1973–1977); Them! (1954); This Is the Life (1956–1966); Thriller (1960); Treasury Men in Action (1955); Trial (1955); TV Reader's Digest (1955); Wagon Train (1959–1962); Whirlybirds (1957); Wide Country (1963); Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus (1974); Your Play Time (1954–1955); Zebra in the Kitchen (1965).

Born on this day – Elisabeth Fraser:

Elisabeth Fraser

Actress

January 8, 1920 – May 5, 2005

Credits:

9 to 5 (1980); The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980); Maude (1972); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1972); Mannix (1967); The Second Hundred Years (1967); The Ballad of Josie (1967); The Graduate (1967); Tony Rome (1967); The Monkees (1965); The Way West (1967); Hey, Landlord (1966); Vacation Playhouse (1963); The Glass Bottom Boat (1966); Seconds (1966); Gunsmoke (1955); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964); Perry Mason (1957); The Fugitive (1963); Bewitched (1964); A Patch of Blue (1965); Rawhide (1959); The Addams Family (1964); The Magical World of Disney (1954); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964); Mickey (1964); The Bing Crosby Show (1964); Ben Casey (1961); Wagon Train (1957); The Jack Benny Program (1950); The Eleventh Hour (1962); The Bill Dana Show (1963); Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963); 77 Sunset Strip (1958); Dr. Kildare (1961); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962); McKeever and the Colonel (1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); The Defenders (1961); Two for the Seesaw (1962); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962); Car 54, Where Are You? (1961); One Happy Family (1961); The Donna Reed Show (1958); Fibber McGee and Molly (1959); Border Patrol (1959); Ask Any Girl (1959); The Millionaire (1955); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958); Man with a Camera (1958); Bachelor Father (1957); The Tunnel of Love (1958); The Phil Silvers Show (1955); Telephone Time (1956); Kraft Theatre (1955–1956); Kraft Theatre (1955); Goodyear Playhouse (1951); Young at Heart (1954); The Steel Cage (1954); Dragnet (1951); Your Play Time (1954); Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (1952); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); Four Star Playhouse (1952); So Big (1953); Lux Video Theatre (1950); Big Town (1950); Half-Dressed for Dinner (1953); Chevron Theatre (1952); Three Chairs for Betty (1953); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1952); Dangerous Assignment (1952); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); Gruen Guild Theater (1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Boston Blackie (1952); Death of a Salesman (1951); Callaway Went Thataway (1951); Racket Squad (1950); When I Grow Up (1951); Studio One (1950); Hills of Oklahoma (1950); Dear Wife (1949); Roseanna McCoy (1949); Your Show Time (1949); All My Sons (1948); Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942); The Hidden Hand (1942); Busses Roar (1942); The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942); One Foot in Heaven (1941).

Born on this day – Vincent Gardenia:

Vincent Gardenia

Actor

January 7, 1920 – December 9, 1992

Credits:

The Super (1991); L.A. Law (1986); The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story (1990); The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985); Quattro piccole donne (1989); Age-Old Friends (1989); Skin Deep (1989); Cavalli si nasce (1989); Cheeeese (1988); Un siciliano in Sicilia (1987); Moonstruck (1987); American Playhouse (1987); Honor Thy Father (1986); Little Shop of Horrors (1986); The Twilight Zone (1985); Brass (1985); Movers & Shakers (1985); Dark Mirror (1984); Kennedy (1983); Charley's Aunt (1983); Muggable Mary, Street Cop (1982); Ciao nemico (1982); Death Wish II (1982); Thornwell (1981); Breaking Away (1980); The Dream Merchants (1980); The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980); That's Life (1979); Goldie and the Boxer (1979); Marciano (1979); The House by the Edge of the Lake (1979); Home Movies (1979); Insight (1960); Firepower (1979); Heaven Can Wait (1978); Greased Lightning (1977); Fire Sale (1977); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970); Luna di miele in tre (1976); The Big Racket (1976); La banca di Monate (1976); Bordella (1976); Dean's Place (1976); Kojak (1973); Dean's Place (1975); The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975); The Front Page (1974); Death Wish (1974); All in the Family (1971); The Carpenters (1973); Lucky Luciano (1973); Bang the Drum Slowly (1973); Cops (1973); Screaming Skull (1973); The Rookies (1972); Maude (1972); Love, American Style (1969); Hickey & Boggs (1972); McCloud (1970); Sarge (1971); Cold Turkey (1971); Little Murders (1971); Where's Poppa? (1970); Jenny (1970); This Town Will Never Be the Same (1969); Mission: Impossible (1966); Ironside (1967); Coronet Blue (1967); N.Y.P.D. (1967); Judd for the Defense (1967); Mannix (1967); The Rat Patrol (1966); Gunsmoke (1955); I Spy (1965); The Fugitive (1963); The Monkees (1965); The Big Valley (1965); Hawk (1966); Seaway (1965); Ben Casey (1961); New York Television Theatre (1965); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964); The Trials of O'Brien (1965); The Third Day (1965); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); Memorandum for a Spy (1965); The Rogues (1964); The Defenders (1961); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); The Bing Crosby Show (1964); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962); East Side/West Side (1963); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); Ride with Terror (1963); A View from the Bridge (1962); Tallahassee 7000 (1961); The Untouchables (1959); The Hustler (1961); Great Ghost Tales (1961); Mad Dog Coll (1961); Parrish (1961); Play of the Week (1959); The Edge of Night (1956); Murder, Inc. (1960); Deadline (1959); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950); Naked City (1958); Kraft Theatre (1947); Cop Hater (1958); Decoy (1957); Studio One (1948); The Phil Silvers Show (1955); The House on 92nd Street (1945).

Born on this day – Rex Allen:

Rex Allen

Actor

Singer

Songwriter

December 31, 1920 – December 17, 1999

Born on this day – Jack Lord:

Jack Lord

Actor

Director

Producer

December 30, 1920 – January 21, 1998

Born on this day – Viveca Lindfors:

Viveca Lindfors

Actress

Writer

Director

December 29, 1920 – October 25, 1995

Born on this day – Dorothy Abbott:

Dorothy Abbott

Actress

December 16, 1920 – December 15, 1968

Credits:

A Gathering of Eagles (1963); A Life of Her Own (1950); A Virgin in Hollywood (1953); Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952); Angels in Disguise (1949); Annie Get Your Gun (1950); Bachelor in Paradise (1961); Beyond Glory (1948); Copper Canyon (1950); David and Bathsheba (1951); Dear Heart (1964); Dragnet (1953–1954); East Side, West Side (1949); Everything But the Truth (1956); Give a Girl a Break (1953); Going My Way (1963); Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957); His Kind of Woman (1951); If You Knew Susie (1948); It's a Great Life (1955); Jailhouse Rock (1957); Jet Pilot (1957); Leave It to Beaver (1963); Little Women (1949); Love Me or Leave Me (1955); Lover Come Back (1961); Matinee Theatre (1955); My Favorite Spy (1951); Neptune's Daughter (1949); Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948); Palm Springs Weekend (1963); Pardners (1956); Pepe (1960); Quick, Before It Melts (1964); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Red, Hot and Blue (1949); Road to Rio (1947); Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958); Sergeants 3 (1962); Skirts Ahoy! (1952); South Pacific (1958); Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949); That Touch of Mink (1962); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1955–1963); The Apartment (1960); The Caddy (1953); The Ford Television Theatre (1953); The Great Man (1956); The Las Vegas Story (1952); The Paleface (1948); The Petty Girl (1950); The Razor's Edge (1946); The Unholy Wife (1957); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); Vacation Playhouse (1963); Warning Shot (1966); Where Danger Lives (1950); Words and Music (1948).

Born on this day – George Schaefer:

George Schaefer

Director

Writer

Producer

December 16, 1920 – September 10, 1997

Born on this day – Don Taylor:

Don Taylor

Director

Actor

Writer

December 13, 1920 – December 29, 1998

Born on this day – Reginald Rose:

Reginald Rose

Writer

Producer

December 10, 1920 – April 19, 2002

Born on this day – Frances Gifford:

Frances Gifford

Actress

December 7, 1920 – January 22, 1994

Credits:

American Empire (1942); Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942); Border Vigilantes (1941); Bringing Up Baby (1938); Cry 'Havoc' (1943); Fireside Theatre (1953); Forty Little Mothers (1940); General Electric Theater (1953); Gruen Guild Theater (1952); Having Wonderful Time (1938); Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943); Hold That Woman! (1940); Jungle Girl (1941); Little Mister Jim (1946); Living on Love (1937); Louisiana Purchase (1941); Luxury Liner (1948); Maid's Night Out (1938); Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944); Mercy Plane (1939); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1942); New Faces of 1937 (1937); Night Spot (1938); Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945); Riding High (1950); She Went to the Races (1945); Sky Commando (1953); Sky Giant (1938); Stage Door (1937); Star Spangled Rhythm (1942); Tarzan Triumphs (1943); The Arnelo Affair (1947); The Big Shot (1937); The Glass Key (1942); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Reluctant Dragon (1941); The Remarkable Andrew (1942); There Goes the Groom (1937); Thrill of a Romance (1945); Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die (1942); Twenty Years After (1944); West Point Widow (1941).