Born on this day – Louise Allbritton:

Louise Allbritton

Actress

July 3, 1920 – February 16, 1979

Credits:

Radio:

Men in White (1943); Phantom Lady (1944).

Movies and television:

100 Years of Horror (1996); Abbott & Costello: The Art of Chemistry (2021); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956); An Innocent Affair (1948); Appointment with Adventure (1955); Armchair Theatre (1959); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950–1952); Bowery to Broadway (1944); Coming Soon (1982); Concerning Miss Marlowe (1954–1955); Crazy House (1943); Danger in the Pacific (1942); Dracula in the Movies (1992); Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991); Felicia (1964); Fired Wife (1943); Follow the Boys (1944); Good Morning, Judge (1943); Her Primitive Man (1944); It Comes Up Love (1943); ITV Play of the Week (1958); I've Got a Secret (1952); Keeping Fit (1942); Kraft Theatre (1954); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1961); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Men in Her Diary (1945); Monsters & Maniacs (1988); Naked City (1961); NBC Presents (1949); Not a Ladies' Man (1942); Parachute Nurse (1942); Person to Person (1955); Pittsburgh (1942); Reginald LeBorg - Man nannte mich den Alleskönner (1987); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950); San Diego I Love You (1944); Sitting Pretty (1948); Son of Dracula (1943); Studio One (1950–1952); Tangier (1946); That Night with You (1945); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1950); The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949); The Egg and I (1947); The Invisible Man (1959); The Many Faces of Dracula (2000); The Philip Morris Playhouse (1953); The Silver Theatre (1949); The Stage Door (1950); The Way of the World (1955); The Web (1954); Theatre Night (1958); This Is the Life (1944); Walk a Crooked Mile (1948); Who Done It? (1942).

Born on this day – Ray Harryhausen:

Ray Harryhausen

Animator

Special effects creator

June 29, 1920 – May 7, 2013

Born on this day – Marisa Vernati:

Marisa Vernati

Actress

June 21, 1920 – February 1, 1988

Credits:

Peppino and the Old Lady (1954); Daddy Pacific (1954); Miss Italy (1950); Crime Chronicle (1947); The Crystal Athlete (1946); Abbasso la miseria! / Down with misery! (1945); Vietato ai minorenni / Forbidden to minors (1944); Dream of Love (1943); In due si soffre meglio / Two suffer better (1943); Colpi di timone / Rudder Strokes (1942); Il ponte sull'infinito / The Bridge to Infinity (1942); Perdition (1942); Le signorine della villa accanto / The young ladies of the villa next door (1942); Eternal Melodies (1940); Crispino and the comare (1938); Leave (1938); I Want to Live with Letizia (1938); It Was I (1937).

Born on this day – Robert Hutton:

Robert Hutton

Actor

June 11, 1920 – August 7, 1994

Born on this day – Cornelius Ryan:

Cornelius Ryan

Writer

June 5, 1920 – November 23, 1974

Credits:

Books:

A Bridge Too Far (1974); A Private Battle (1979); MacArthur: Man of Action (1950); One Minute to Ditch! (1957); Star-Spangled Mikado (1946); The Last Battle (1966); The Longest Day: 6 June 1944 D-Day (1959).

Movies and television:

A Bridge Too Far (1977); A Private Battle (1980); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1956); Cavalcade of America (1956); Robert Montgomery Presents (1957); The Ed Sullivan Show (1960); The Longest Day (1962); Today (1974).

Born on this day – Yolande Donlan:

Yolande Donlan

Actress

June 2, 1920 – December 30, 2014

Credits:

80,000 Suspects (1963); Brian Rix Presents ... (1966); Celebrity Squares (1976); Cross-Country Romance (1940); Dark Streets of Cairo (1940); Expresso Bongo (1959); Jigsaw (1962); Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love (2001); Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941); Looks Familiar (1980); Miss Pilgrim's Progress (1949); Mr Drake's Duck (1951); Penny Princess (1952); Psychedelic Cinema (2002); Rheingold Theatre (1956); Road Show (1941); Seven Nights in Japan (1976); Sunday Night Thriller (1981); Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957); The Adventurers (1970); The Blitz Kiss (1941); The Body Said No! (1950); The Devil Bat (1940); Theatre Night (1957–1959); They Can't Hang Me (1955); This Is Your Life (1962); Traveller's Joy (1950); Turnabout (1940); Under Age (1941); Unfinished Business (1941); What's My Line (1955).

Born on this day – Clifton James:

Clifton James

Actor

May 29, 1920 – April 15, 2017

Born on this day – John Dall:

John Dall

Actor

May 26, 1920 – January 15, 1971

Credits:

American Cinema (1995); Another Part of the Forest (1948); Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1961); Broadway Television Theatre (1952–1953); Century of Cinema (1995); Compression (2023); Crawford Mystery Theatre (1951); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); General Electric Theater (1958); Great Performances (1987); Gun Crazy (1950); Hitchcock: Sin cortes (2021); La voleuse (1987); Lights Out (1951); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); On Stage! (1949); Perry Mason (1962–1965); Rope (1948); Rope Unleashed (2001); Rope's End (2022); Schlitz Playhouse (1959); Something in the Wind (1947); Spartacus (1960); Studio One (1952); Suspense (1952–1954); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1949); The Clock (1951); The Corn Is Green (1945); The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950); The Rules of Film Noir (2009); The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997); The Web (1953).

Born on this day – Virginia Vale:

Virginia Vale

Actress

May 20, 1920 – September 14, 2006

Credits:

Crime, Inc. (1945); Range Rhythm (1942); Cactus Capers (1942); Broadway Big Shot (1942); Keep Shooting (1942); Blonde Comet (1941); California or Bust (1941); The Gay Falcon (1941); Unexpected Uncle (1941); The Musical Bandit (1941); A Panic in the Parlor (1941); South of Panama (1941); Robbers of the Range (1941); Red Skins and Red Heads (1941); Repent at Leisure (1941); Prairie Spooners (1941); The Fired Man (1941); Triple Justice (1940); Stage to Chino (1940); Millionaires in Prison (1940); Corralling a Schoolmarm (1940); Prairie Law (1940); You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940); Bullet Code (1940); Legion of the Lawless (1940); The Marshal of Mesa City (1939); Three Sons (1939); Unmarried (1939); Persons in Hiding (1939); Ambush (1939); Disbarred (1939); King of Alcatraz (1938); Cocoanut Grove (1938); Her Jungle Love (1938); The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938); The Buccaneer (1938); True Confession (1937); Night Club Scandal (1937).

Born on this day – Martine Carol:

Martine Carol

Actress

May 16, 1920 – February 6, 1967

Credits:

Action of the Tiger (1957); Adorable Creatures (1952); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Atomic Agent (1959); Beach Casanova (1962); Beauties of the Night (1952); Bifur 3 (1945); Boum sur Paris (1953); Brunette ou blonde (1950); Evening Cabaret (1958); Caroline Chérie (1953); Square of Servants (1947); Filmmakers of our Time (1965); Cinépanorama (1957–1963); Cinéphiles de notre temps (2012); Compression (2015); Daughters of Destiny (1954); Dear Caroline (1951); Defend My Love (1956); Live from... (1966); Are you sure of that? (1947); Film Fanfare (1956); Filmstadt Berlin (1958); Gala de l'Union (1960); Hell Is Empty (1967) Hollywood - Ein Vorort in vier Anekdoten (1959) I only love you... (1949); Kolossal - i magnifici Macisti (1977); The Wolf Farm (1943); The Flower of Life (1947); The Nouvelle Vague, une bande à part (2022); La prima notte (1959); Lasciapassare per l'inferno (1966); The Last of the Six (1941); Desire and Love (1952); The Corruptors (1942); Echoes of Cinema (1961); Women Too (1966); The extravagant mission (1945); Lola Montès (1955); Love and the Frenchwoman (1960); Lucretia Borgia (1953); Madame du Barry (1954); Martine Carol, plus dure sera la chute (2019); Max & James & Danielle (2015); Max by Marcel (2009); Beware of blondes (1950); Mirror (1947); Nana (1955); We Will Go to Paris (1950); Operation Gold Ingot (1962); Personal and confidential (2007); Reflections of Cannes (1956–1966); Rendez-vous with Maurice Chevalier No. 1 (1957); Surprise New Year's Eve (1960); Riviera (1954); Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954); Sextet (1948); Strangers in the House (1942); Ten Seconds to Hell (1959); The Battle of Austerlitz (1960); The Bed (1954) The Betrayer (1961) The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1966); The Foxiest Girl in Paris (1957); The French, They Are a Funny Race (1955) The Lovers of Verona (1949); The Stowaway (1958) This Is Show Business (1956); Thirty and Forty (1946); Thirty-six Candles (1956–1958); An Evening on the Beach (1961); A Wedding Night (1950); Valley Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1956); Makeup-free stars (1951); Surprise Trip (1947).

Born on this day – Robert Lewin:

Robert Lewin

Writer

Producer

May 9, 1920 – August 28, 2004

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965–1966); A Reason to Live (1985); Baretta (1976); Bracken's World (1969–1970); Call to Glory (1984–1985); Cannon (1972–1973); Daktari (1966); Dan August (1970–1971); Dan August: Murder, My Friend (1980); Dan August: Once Is Never Enough (1980); Dan August: The Jealousy Factor (1980); Dan August: The Trouble with Women (1980); Dr. Kildare (1964); Gunsmoke (1965–1966); Hawaii Five-O (1969); I Spy (1965–1968); James at 16 (1978); Judd for the Defense (1967–1969); Kung Fu (1973–1974); Man from Atlantis (1977); Mannix (1969); McMillan & Wife (1971–1972); Medical Center (1975); Mission: Impossible (1966–1967); Movin' On (1974–1975); Rawhide (1964–1965); Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris (1980); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1988); Starsky and Hutch (1975); The Bold and the Brave (1956); The F.B.I. (1971); The Fugitive (1966); The Loner (1965); The Munsters (1964); The Paper Chase (1978 / 1984); The Rifleman (1962–1963); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); Third of a Man (1962); Today's F.B.I. (1982).

Born on this day – Saul Bass:

Saul Bass

Graphic designer

Director

May 8, 1920 – April 25, 1996

Credits:

84C MoPic (1989); Advise & Consent (1962); Alcoa Premiere (1961–1963); Anatomy of a Murder (1959); Aquamania (1961); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Attack (1956); Bass on Titles (1982); Big (1988); Bonjour Tristesse (1958); Broadcast News (1987); Brothers (1977); Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965); Cape Fear (1991); Carmen Jones (1954); Casey Bats Again (1954); Casino (1995); Champion (1949); Chips Ahoy (1956); Chun King Chow Mein Hour (1962); Cinema mil (2005); Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer (2009); Cowboy (1958); Die Titelmacher (1976); Doc Hollywood (1991); Donald and the Wheel (1961); Edge of the City (1957); Evolutions: The Making of 'Phase IV' (2024); Exodus (1960); Fear in the Dark (1991); From Here to There (1964); Goodfellas (1990); Grand Prix (1966); Grin and Bear It (1954); High Note (1960); Higher Learning (1995); How to Have an Accident at Work (1959); How to Sleep (1953); Hurry Sundown (1967); In Harm's Way (1965); In the Bag (1956); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); Jack and Old Mac (1956); Johnny Concho (1956); Last Sunset (2012); Le grand échiquier (1972); Love in the Afternoon (1957); Mr. Saturday Night (1992); Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann (1999); Nihon eiga no hyaku nen / Century of Cinema (1995); Nine Hours to Rama (1963); North by Northwest (1959); Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966); Notes on the Popular Arts (1978); Ocean's Eleven (1960); One, Two, Three (1961); Otto Preminger (1999); Phase IV (1974); Philemon (1976); Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952); Pluto's Party (1952); Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991); Psycho (1960); Psycho (1998); Quest (1984); R'coon Dawg (1951); Return from the River Kwai (1989); Rosebud (1975); Saint Joan (1957); Saul Bass: Title Champ (2008); Seconds (1966); Six Characters in Search of an Author (1976); Something Wild (1961); Spartacus (1960); Storm Center (1956); Such Good Friends (1971); Talking Film (1980); Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997); The Age of Innocence (1993); The Big Country (1958); The Big Fisherman (1959); The Big Knife (1955); The Cardinal (1963); The Facts of Life (1960); The Firemen's Ball (1967); The Hemingway Play (1976); The Human Factor (1979); The Last of Mrs. Lincoln (1976); The Litterbug (1961); The Little House (1952); The Man with the Golden Arm (1955); The Night of the Hunter (1955); The Pride and the Passion (1957); The Racers (1955); The Searching Eye (1964); The Seven Year Itch (1955); The Shining (1980); The Shrike (1955); The Solar Film (1980); The Truth About Mother Goose (1957); The Two of Us (1967); The War of the Roses (1989); The Young Stranger (1957); Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (1953); Vertigo (1958); Very Happy Alexander (1968); Walk on the Wild Side (1962); West Side Story (1961); Why Man Creates (1968); Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974).

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 – 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

Born on this day – Lewis Gilbert:

Lewis Gilbert

Director

Producer

Writer

March 6, 1920 – February 23, 2018