Born on this day – Marthe Cohn:

Marthe Cohn

Writer

Nurse

Holocaust survivor

April 13, 1920 – May 21, 2025

Credits:

Documentaries:

Chichinette: The Accidental Spy (2019); For Womenkind (2020).

Book:

Behind Enemy Lines: The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany

By Marthe Cohn & Wendy Holden.

Published by Crown.

First published 2002.

ISBN-10: 0307335909

ISBN-13: 978-0307335906

Description:

“This compelling memoir is a testament to how extraordinary circumstances can transform a life – and how an extraordinary person reacts to difficult circumstances. What comes through is the importance of courageous individual action in the most dire situations. This is the amazing story of a woman who lived through one of the worst times in human history, losing family members to the Nazis but surviving with her spirit and integrity intact.” – Publishers Weekly.

Marthe Cohn was in her late teens when Hitler was rising to power. Living across the German border in Alsace-Lorraine, her family began taking in Jews who were fleeing the Nazis, as well as the Jewish children being sent away by terrified parents. Soon her own homeland was under Nazi rule, and she and her parents, brothers, and sisters were forced to live the restricted lives of all Jews. As the Nazi occupation of France escalated along with the war, Marthe’s sister was arrested and eventually sent to Auschwitz, and the rest of her family was forced to flee to the south of France. Always a fighter, Marthe joined the French Army.

Behind Enemy Lines is Marthe Cohn’s memoir of a time and place that has mesmerized the world for more than half a century. But at its heart it is the tale of an ordinary human being who, under extraordinary circumstances, became the hero her country needed her to be.

Recently, at the age of eighty, Marthe Cohn was awarded France’s highest military honor, the Medaille Militaire, a relatively rare medal awarded for outstanding military service and given, in the past, to the likes of Winston Churchill. With this award came official acknowledgment of the heroic exploits of a beautiful young Jewish woman who faced death every day as she sought to help defeat the Nazi empire.

When the spotlight was turned on Marthe Cohn, not even her children or grandchildren knew to what extent this modest woman had been involved with the Allies in fighting the evils of the greatest war of the twentieth century. She had fought valiantly to retrieve needed inside information about Nazi troop movements by slipping behind enemy lines, utilizing her perfect German accent and blond hair to pose as a young German nurse who was desperately trying to obtain word about a fictional fiancé. In traveling about the countryside and approaching troops sympathetic to her plight, she learned where they were going next and was able to alert Allied commanders.

Born on this day – Marlen Haushofer:

Marlen Haushofer

Writer

April 11, 1920 – March 21, 1970

Credits:

Books:

Die Mansarde / The Loft (1969); Die Tapetentür / The Jib Door (1957); Die Wand / The Wall (1963); Eine Handvoll Leben / A Handful of Life (1955); Himmel, der nirgendwo endet / Nowhere Ending Sky (1966); Schreckliche Treue / Terrible Faithfulness (1968); Wir töten Stella / We Murder Stella (1958).

Movies and television:

Killing Stella (2017); The Wall (2012).

Born on this day – Arthur Hailey:

Arthur Hailey

Writer

April 5, 1920 – November 24, 2004

Credits:

Books:

Airport (1968); Detective (1997); Flight into Danger / aka Runway Zero Eight (1958); Hotel (1965); In High Places (1960); Overload (1978); Strong Medicine (1984); The Evening News (1990); The Final Diagnosis (1959); The Moneychangers (1975); Wheels (1971).

Movies and television:

90 Minutes Live (1976); Airplane! (1980); Airport (1970); Airport 1975 (1974); Airport '77 (1977); Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (1976); Barris & Company (1968); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1959); Bestseller (1985); Course for Collision (1966); Detective (2005); Encounter (1956–1960); exclusiv (1982–1985); First Performance (1956–1957); Flight Into Danger (1966); Flug in Gefahr (1964); Hotel (1967 / 2003); Hotel / TV Series (1983–1988); International Airport (1985); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1972); ITV Television Playhouse (1960); Kraft Theatre (1956); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1957–1963); Luncheon Date (1969); Matinee Theatre (1958); Playdate (1962); Playhouse 90 (1959); Strong Medicine (1986); Studio 4 (1962); Studio One (1957); Suspense (1962–1963); Telescope (1969); Television Playwright (1958); Terror in the Sky (1971); Test Pilot (1957); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Bob Braun Show (1976); The Book Programme (1974); The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979); The Ed Nelson Show (1969); The Larry Solway Show (1975); The Lee Phillip Show (1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1971); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969); The Young Doctors (1961); This Is Your Life (1991); Time Lock (1957); Vliegtuig in gevaar (1963); Wheels (1978); Zeitsperre (1965); Zero Hour! (1957).

Born on this day – Jack Webb:

Jack Webb

Actor

Producer

Director

Writer

April 2, 1920 – December 23, 1982

Born on this day – Patrick Troughton:

Patrick Troughton

Actor

March 25, 1920 – March 28, 1987

Born on this day – Tige Andrews:

Tige Andrews

Actor

March 19, 1920 – January 27, 2007

Born on this day – Leo McKern:

Leo McKern

Actor

March 16, 1920 – July 23, 2002

Credits:

2nd House (1974); A Man for All Seasons (1966); A Slight Ache (1965); A Tale of Two Cities (1958); Agent 8 3/4 (1964); Alice in Wonderland (1966); All for Mary (1955); Arena (1976); Armchair Theatre (1959–1967); Assignment Foreign Legion (1957); Assignment K (1968); BBC Play of the Month (1973); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1956–1958); Beatles Help Unseen Film Footage (1965); Bird's-Eye View (1969); Candleshoe (1977); Chain of Events / London Story (1958); Children of the Damned (1964); Chronicle (1978); Churchill's People (1975); Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs (1996); Confess, Killer (1957); Contrasts (1968); Damien: Omen II (1978); Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968); Doctor in Distress (1963); Drama (1977); Drama 61-67 (1962); Federation (1999); Film Night (1970); Flight of the Dove (1957); Good King Wenceslas (1994); Great Performances (1986); Hawkins' Rivers (1982); Help! (1965); Holiday in Spain (1960); Horizon (1990); Hour of Mystery (1957); I Like Money (1961); ITV Play of the Week (1957–1961); ITV Playhouse (1982); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1973); ITV Television Playhouse (1957–1961); Jazz Boat (1960); King & Country (1964); King Lear (1983); Ladyhawke (1985); Late Show London (1966); Leading the Blind (1962); Lieutenant Kije (1979); Lisa (1962); Love Story (1965); Mafia No! (1967); Massacre in Rome (1973); Molokai (1999); Murder in the Cathedral (1951); Murder with Mirrors (1985); Noah (1960); Now You're Talking (1979); Omnibus (1978); Our Mutual Friend (1976); Play for Today (1975–1981); Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983); Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992); Ryan's Daughter (1970); Saturday Playhouse (1960); Screen One (1993); Screen Two (1992); Sea Tales: The Return (1977); Shades of Greene (1975); Snow, Sand and Savages: The Life of Frank Hurley (1972); Some of Our Airmen Are No Longer Missing (1990); Space: 1999 (1975); Sunday Night (1965–1966); Sunday Story (1964); Sykes and A... (1961); Tempo (19664); The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975); The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955); The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1962); The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965); The Blue Lagoon (1980); The Chain (1984); The Comet Is Coming! (1981); The Critical Point (1957); The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961); The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981); The High Commissioner (1968); The House on Garibaldi Street (1979); The Last Tasmanian (1978); The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (1979); The Magical World of Disney (1963); The Man Who Shot the Albatross (1972); The March of the Peasants (1952); The Mouse That Roared (1959); The Nativity (1978); The Omen (1976); The Prisoner (1967–1968); The Respectful Prostitute (1964); The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1959); The Savage (1977); The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968); The Sun Is God (1974); The Voyage of Bounty's Child (1984); The Wednesday Play (1968); The Widows of Jaffa (1957); The World About Us (1968); Theatre Night (1959–1989); They All Died Laughing (1964); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1966); Time Without Pity (1957); Travelling North (1987); Travelling North: Original Cast Screen Tests (1986); Web of Evidence (1959); Wogan (1989); X the Unknown (1956); Yesterday's Enemy (1959).

Born on this day – Lawrence Sanders:

Lawrence Sanders

Writer

March 15, 1920 – February 7, 1998

Credits:

Books:

Caper (1980); Capital Crimes (1989); Dark Summer (1980); Guilty Pleasures (1998); Lawrence Sanders: Four Complete Novels (1984); Love Songs (1972); McNally's Alibi (2002); McNally's Bluff (2004); McNally's Caper (1994); McNally's Chance (2001); McNally's Dare (2003); McNally's Dilemma (1999); McNally's Folly (2000); McNally's Gamble (1997); McNally's Luck (1992); McNally's Puzzle (1996); McNally's Risk (1993); McNally's Secret (1991); McNally's Trial (1995); Private Pleasures (1992); Stolen Blessings (1989); Sullivan's Sting (1990); Tales of the Wolf (1988); The Adventures of Chaucey Alcock (1997); The Anderson Tapes (1970); The Case of Lucy Bending / The Case of Lucy B. (1982); The Dream Lover (1986); The Eighth Commandment (1986); The First Deadly Sin (1973); The Fourth Deadly Sin (1985); The Loves of Harry Dancer / The Loves of Harry D. (1985); The Marlow Chronicles (1977); The Passion of Molly T. (1984); The Pleasures of Helen (1971); The Second Deadly Sin (1977); The Seduction of Peter S. (1983); The Seventh Commandment (1991); The Sixth Commandment (1978); The Tangent Factor (1978); The Tangent Objective (1976); The Tenth Commandment (1980); The Third Deadly Sin (1981); The Timothy Files (1987); The Timothy Files / Timothy's Game / Sullivan's Sting (1999); The Tomorrow File (1975); The Tomorrow File / The Tangent Objective / The Tangent Factor (2000); Timothy's Game (1988).

Movies:

The First Deadly Sin (1980); The Anderson Tapes (1971); Fornicon (1971).

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).