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Thursday, March 12, 2026

Born on this day – Georges Delerue:


Georges Delerue


Compose

March 12, 1925 – March 20, 1992

Credits:

30 million friends (1981); A (1965); A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972); A Little Romance (1979); A Little Sex (1982); A Man for All Seasons (1966) A Man in Love (1987); A Mistress for the Summer (1960); A Show of Force (1990); A Summer Story (1988); A Time to Live (1985); A Walk with Love and Death (1969) Farewell, my fifteen years... (1971); Agnes of God (1985); Alien Thunder (1974); All Night Long (1981); All the Memory in the World (1956); Alle Sieben Wellen (2010); Allégra (1978); Let's go to the movies (1978); Allumorphoses (1960); Along the Coast (1958); Amazing Stories (1986–1987); American Friends (1991); Americano (2011); Souls of Clay (1955); Amos (1985); An Almost Perfect Affair (1979) André Masson and the Four Elements (1959); Andromache (1960); Angela (1973); Anne of the Thousand Days (1969); Arcana knowledge of music (1971–1973); Arch of Triumph (1984); Arsène Lupin Plays and Loses (1980); In the Land of William the Conqueror (1954); To the rhythm of the century (1954); Au verre de l'amitié (1970); Trailer for 'Contempt' (1963); Southeast Suburbs (1977–1978); Bluebeard (1979); Beaches (1988); Bergeval and son (1977); Berre, cité du pétrole (1953); Biloxi Blues (1988); Black Dress (1991); Boomerang (1976); Bosphorus (1964); Broken English (1981); Cadence (1990); Carné, the Man with the Camera (1985); Cartouche (1962); Casanova (1927); Céline (1992); Champs-Elysées (1983); Dear Louise (1972); Dear Old Things (1957); Children of the World (1971); Chillers (1990); Chouans! (1988); Chronicles of France (1968); Ciné Chalom (2020); Filmmakers of Our Time (1967); Cinema, by Our Time (1994–1996); All-Hazards Class (1960–1965); Code Name: Dancer (1987); Confidentially Yours (1983); Contempt (1963); Countdown to Vengeance (1971); Obstacle Course (1961); Crime Does Not Pay (1962) Crime and Punishment (1971); Crimes of the Heart (1986); Curly Sue (1991); Dandelions by the Roots (1964); Day for Night (1973); Deadly Intentions (1985); Dear Inspector (1977); Der Atem (1989); Der kleine Soldat (1971); Men... one doctrine (1959); Of Ruins and Men (1959); Descent Into Hell (1986); Dien Bien Phú (1992); Discorama (1963); Documenter (1981); Don Carlos (1957); Of the mayhem among widows (1964); Enetime (1963); Between Earth and Sky (1959); Between All Women (1974); Escale (1959); Escape from Sobibor (1987); Star de mer (1961); Future Eves (1964); Exposed (1983); Family Council (1986); Fantômas (1980); Nobody's Women (1984); Femmes Fatales (1976); Fernandel in Happy who, like Ulysses... (1970); Five Day Lover (1961); Invisible River (1959); Fortune (1969); François Truffaut (1991); French Dressing (1964); Gaspard des montagnes (1965); Georg Elser - Einer aus Deutschland (1989); Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978); Girl in His Pocket (1957) Give Her the Moon (1970); Greed in the Sun (1964); Guy de Maupassant (1982); Heartbreak Hotel (1988); Hélène or The Joy of vivre (1968); Her Alibi (1989); Hibernatus (1969); Highway Pick-Up (1963); Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959); Histoires de voyous (1978–1979); Horizon (1978); Huckleberry Finn (1967); Images of Lost Worlds (1959); Images for Baudelaire (1959); In the Tracks Of (2010); Incorrigible (1975); Engineers of the Sea (1951); Interlude (1968); Jacquou le croquant (1969); Thursday on chantera comme dimanche (1967); Joe Versus the Volcano (1990); Josépha (1982); Joséphine or the comedy of the ambitions (1979); Merry Wives of Windsor (1964); Jules and Jim (1962); Julihas (1977); Julie Pot-de-Colle (1977); At World's End (1963); King of Hearts (1966) Kramer Junction (2012); The Field of the Possible (1962); The fall of the Usher House (1981); The Tibetan Bell (1974); Double Bass (1963); The Golden Horn (1964); La derelitta (1978–1980); Jean's Wife (1974); The Madwoman de Chaillot (1980); The Great City of Angkor (1954); The Trojan War will not have No Place (1984); The Mona Lisa: The Story of an Obsession (1958); The sea and the Days (1958); The Death of Belle (1961); The Naturalized (1962); The night of the Césars (1981); Twelfth Night (1957); La parole est au fleuve (1960); The Little Virtue (1968); The First Night (1958); The White Queen (1991); The Queen Dead (1961); The Rose and the Salt (1965); The Chinese Street (1956); Life goes on (1981); The African (1983); The Ungrateful Age (1964); Up, the Four Seasons (1973); Let the Shooters Shoot (1964); L'amour à la chaîne (1965); Lancelot of the lake (1970); The Other Woman (1964); L'aventure et ses Terras-Nuevas (1952); The beautiful age (1960); The Love Bestiary (1965); Le bon plaisir (1984); Happiness conjugal (1965); Happiness is for Tomorrow (1961); The Marriage Bureau (1962); The Candlestick (1977); Le Cid (1962); Le Corbusier, the architect of happiness (1957); Callao's Cousin (1962); The Komodo Dragon (1956); The great chessboard (1982); The Great Escogriff (1976); The Big Shot (1964); The game of solitaire (1976); The Young Green Man (1979); Le journal d'Alphonse (2005); The Diary of a Madman (1963); The Drop at Six O'Clock in the Morning (1953); The sick Imaginary (1971); The Bad (1973); The Shadow Showman (1959); Sheep noir (1979); The Mystery of the Quai de Conti (1950); The Mythomaniac (1981); The shipwreck de Monte-Cristo (1977); The Elephant Seal's Umbrella (1973); The small Elevator Boy (1962); The Focal Point (1977); The Survivor of Tikeroa (1981); The Revolver and the Rose (1970); The Century Is Thirsty (1958); Time redonné (1964); Youth Theatre (1964–1965); The theatre of the youth: The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz (1967); The Village in the Midst of Mists (1962); The Violin of Cremona (1967); The volcano of Arbat Street (1980); Education sentimental (1973); Lektionen (1963); The Loves of the Unloved (1980); Confessions The Sweetest (1971); The Horses of the Sun (1980); The Companions of Eleusis (1975); Les cousins de la Constance (1970); The Cracks (1968); Flowers succumb in Arcadia (1973); Gums (1969); Great Expectations (1968); The Marines (1957); The Musicians of Film (1974); The Litigants (1967); The White Curtains (1965); The Cursed Kings (1972–1973); The Overworked (1958); The red pompom technicians (1952); Les théâtres de Paris (1964); Visitors (1980); The Man with the Umbrella (1956); The Man Who Comes Back from Afar (1972); Liberty Belle (1983); Lily Lamont (1983); L'Immortelle (1963); The Ingénu (1972); The rebel (1964); L'hôte de FR3 (1980); Little Girl in Blue Velvet (1978); The bird blue (1981); The Ondomane (1961); L'opéra-mouffe (1958); Louis de Funès, 100 years old already (2014); Louis Lecoin: le cours d'une vie (1966); Love and the Frenchwoman (1960); Love at Twenty (1962) Love Exists (1961) Love on the Run (1979); Love Play (1961); Love Story (2011); Love Thy Neighbor (1984); Lucky Jo (1964) Macbeth (1959); Madagascar (1954); Madame Ex (1978); Magnet of Doom (1963); Maid to Order (1987); But where are the negroes of yesteryear? (1962); Male Companion (1964) Mam'zelle Souris (1957); Man Trouble (1992); Man, Woman and Child (1983); Walking French (1956); Walk or Die (1960); Mary of Cork (1967); Mata Hari, Agent H21 (1964); Mauregard (1970); Maxie (1985); Memories of Me (1988); Thank you Natercia! (1960); Mesmerized (1985); Messieurs les ronds-de-cuir (1978); Mijn Vriend (1979); Milady (1977); Mira (1971); Mister Johnson (1990); Mit der linken Hand (1977); Molière pour rire et pour pleurer (1973); Mona, the star Unnamed (1966); Monsieur Cinéma (1980); Monsieur Laplanche (1963); Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue (1995); Nana (1981); Nevermore, Forever (1976); Night and Fog (1956); Nunca pasa nada (1963) O.S.S. 117 Kills the Horsefly (1971); We have Stole the Sea (1961); One Deadly Summer (1983) Oscar (1967); Forget me, Mandolin (1976); Our Mother's House (1967); Our World (1967); Over the wall (1961); Paris in the Time of Cherries: The Commune (1966); Paris by Night (1988); Paris Pick-Up (1962); Partners (1982); Paul and Virginia (1974); Paul Gauguin (1975); Picasso, romancero du picador (1961); Pierrot mon ami (1979); Pierrot the Fool (1989); Platoon (1986); More Bitter Than Death (1975); Python 357 Font (1976) Why Anna's Dress Doesn't Want to Come Down (1975); Why Patricia? (1979); Practice Makes Perfect (1979) First Voyage (1980); First cruise (1954); Prince of the City (1981); Princes of the Blood (1952); Promise at Dawn (1970); Qualcosa Di Biondo (1984); Queenie (1987); Rapture (1965); Regards sur l'Indochine (1954); Renaud and Armide (1969); Rich and Famous (1981); Rich in Love (1992) Richard's Things (1980); Rififi in Tokyo (1963); Romulus the Great (1971); Sahara Year IV (1961); El Salvador (1986); Screen Two (1992); Shoot the Piano Player (1960); Show bises (1986); Silence of the Heart (1984); Silkwood (1983); Simone de Beauvoir (1979); Sin of Innocence (1986); Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983); Somewhere, Someone (1972); Splendours and Miseries of the Courtesans (1976); Steel Magnolias (1989); Stone Pillow (1985); Sultan for sale (1974); Sunday in Peking (1956); Sunday Night (1966); Sundays and Cybele (1960); On the Arroyo (1956); Sword of Gideon (1986) That Man from Rio (1964); That Most Important Thing: Love (1975); The 25th Hour (1967); The Black Indies (1964) The Black Stallion Returns (1983); The Borgias (1981); The Brain (1969) The Conformist (1970); The Cousteau Odyssey (1978–1979); The Crucible (1957) The Day of the Dolphin (1973); The Day of the Jackal (1973); The Devil by the Tail (1969); The Empty Screen or the Metaphysics of Movies (2017); The Escape Artist (1982); The Execution (1985); The French Revolution (1989); The Grilling (1981); The High Commissioner (1968); The Horse Ate the Hat (1928); The Horsemen (1971); The House on Carroll Street (1988); The Immoral Moment (1962) The Joker (1960) The Josephine Baker Story (1991); The Last Metro (1980); The Legend of Doom House (1971) The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987); The Long Absence (1961); The Love Game (1960) The Man from Chicago (1963) The Nina B. Affair (1961) The Passerby (1982); The Pick-up Artist (1987); The Pumpkin Eater (1964) The Reluctant Spy (1963) The Season for Love (1961); The Slap (1974); The Soft Skin (1964); The Song of Styrene (1958); The Sucker (1965); The Sunday of Life (1967); The Two of Us (1967); The Uninhibited (1965); The Vultures (1984); The Winner (1961) The Woman Next Door (1981); Thibaud (1969); To Kill A Priest (1988); Toine (1980); Touch and Go (1986); Around the World, Towers of the Sky (1991); True Confessions (1981); You inFanteras sans douleur (1956); Twins (1988); Two English Girls (1971); Two Timid Souls (1928); An Honest Man (1963); A Hostage (1970); A Belgian prince de l'Europe, Charles-Joseph de Ligne (1963); An Alchemy (1966); Another life (1971); A Question of Insurance (1960); A week of kindness or the seven Capital Elements (1961); Up to His Ears (1965); Go see mom, dad works (1978); Vacation in Paradise (1961); Portuguese Holiday (1963); Valparaiso (1963); Viva Maria! (1965); Vive le tour (1962); Voglia di volare (1984) Willie & Phil (1980); Without Warning: The James Brady Story (1991) Women and War (1961); Women in Love (1969); Women of Valor (1986); Woyzeck (1964); Yvette (1971).

Born on this day – Harry Harrison:


Harry Harrison


Writer

March 12, 1925 – August 15, 2012

Credits:

Books:

100 Astounding Little Alien Stories (1996); 50 in 50 (2001); A Rebel in Time (1983); A Science Fiction Reader (1973); A Stainless Steel Rat is Born (1985); Analog 6 (1969); Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 1965 (1965); Analog Science Fiction And Fact, March 1967 (1967); Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 1969 (1969); Antigrav (1975); Apeman, Spaceman (1968); Arm of the Law (1958); Backdrop of Stars (1968); Best From Fantasy And Science Fiction: 18th Series (1973); Best SF: 1968 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 2 (1969); Best SF: 1969 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 3 (1970); Best SF: 1970 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 4 (1971); Best SF: 1971 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 5 (1972); Best SF: 1975 / The Year's Best Science Fiction 9 (1976); Beyond the Moons of Fomalhaut (2010); Bill, the Galactic Hero (1965); Blast Off (1969); Captive Universe (1969); Confessions Illustrated (2022); Deathworld (1960); Deathworld 3 (1968); Deathworld II: The Ethical Engineer (1964); Decade: The 1940's (1975); Decade: The 1950s (1976); Decade: The 1960s (1977); Fantastic Stories Presents the Fantastic Universe Super Pack #2 (2016); Farewell, Fantastic Venus / All About Venus (1968); Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Volume 2 (2010); Final Stage: The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology (1974); Four for the Future (1969); Frontline Combat Volume 2 (2019); Frontline Combat Volume 3 (2021); Frontline Combat, Vol. 1 (2008); Galactic Dreams (1995); Great Balls of Fire (1977); Harry Harrison! Harry Harrison! (2014); Hell's Cartographers (1975); Homeworld (1980); In Our Hands, the Stars / The Daleth Effect (1970); Invasion: Earth (1982); King and Emperor (1996); Make Room! Make Room! (1966); Mechanismo (1978); Montezuma's Revenge (1972); Navy Day (1954); Nebula Award Stories #2 (1966); Nova 1 (1970); Nova 2 (1972); Nova 3 / The Outdated Man (1973); Nova IV (1974); Nova One (1971); On the Planet of Bottled Brains (1990); On the Planet of Tasteless Pleasure (1990); On the Planet of Zombie Vampires (1991); One King's Way (1994); One Step from Earth (1970); Plague from Space (1965); Planet of No Return (1981); Planet of the Damned / A Sense of Obligation (1962); Planet Story (1979); Prime Number (1970); Psychoanalysis (2020); Queen Victoria's Revenge (1974); Return to Eden (1988); Science Against Man (1970); SF Authors' Choice 2 (1970); SF Authors' Choice 3 (1973); SF: Author's Choice (1968); Skyfall (1976); Spacecraft In Fact and Fiction (1979); Spaceship Medic (1970); Stainless Steel Rat (1961); Stainless Steel Visions (1992); Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers (1974); Stars and Stripes Forever (1998); Stars and Stripes in Peril (2000); Stars and Stripes Triumphant (2001); Starworld (1981); Stonehenge: Where Atlantis Died (1972); Study War No More (1977); Tales from the Crypt Volume 3 (2023); Tales From the Forbidden Planet (1987); Tales from the Planet Earth (1986); The 6th Annual Best SF 72 (1973); The Astounding Analog Reader (1972); The Astounding-Analog Reader, Book Two (1973); The Best of Harry Harrison (1977); The California Iceberg (1975); The Drabble Project (1988); The EC Archives: Crime SuspenStories Volume 4 (2019); The EC Archives: Panic Volume 2 (2018); The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear Volume 4 (2017); The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear Volume 5 (2018); The EC Archives: The Vault of Horror Volume 3 (2005); The EC Archives: The Vault of Horror Volume 5 (2019); The EC Archives: The Vault of Horror Volume 5 (2019); The EC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales Volume 1 (2015); The EC Archives: Weird Fantasy Volume 3 (2018); The Eighth Galaxy Reader (1965); The Final Incoherent Adventure! (1992); The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack (2012); The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume IV (2018); The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume VI (2016); The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume X (2018); The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume X (2018); The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume XIV (2018); The Hammer and the Cross (1993); The Idols of Wuld & Planet of the Damned (2016); The John W. Campbell Memorial Anthology / Astounding (1973); The Jupiter Legacy (1970); The Jupiter Plague (1965); The K-Factor (1960); The Lifeship / Lifeboat (1975); The Light Fantastic (1971); The Man from P.I.G. (1968); The Men from P.I.G. and R.O.B.O.T. (1974); The Misplaced Battleship (1960); The Monster Book of Monsters (1988); The Planet of the Hippies from Hell / On the Planet of Ten Thousand Bars (1991); The Planet of the Robot Slaves (1989); The QEII is Missing (1980); The Repairman (1958); The Stainless Steel Rat for President (1982); The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted (1987); The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell (1996); The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus (1999); The Stainless Steel Rat Returns (2010); The Stainless Steel Rat Saves The World (1971); The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues (1994); The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You! (1978); The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge (1970); The Technicolor Time Machine (1967); The Turing Option (1992); The Velvet Glove (1956); The Year 2000 (1970); The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 3 (1970); The Young Oxford Book of Aliens (1999); There Won't Be War (1991); Toy Shop (2010); Toy Shop and Two Others (2009); Tunnel Through the Deeps / A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! (1972); Two Tales and Eight Tomorrows (1965); Two-Fisted Tales Volume 1 (2007); Two-Fisted Tales Volume 3 (2016); Two-Fisted Tales, Vol. 2 (2007); War with the Robots (1962); Weekend Book of Science Fiction (1981); Weird Fantasy Volume 1 (2016); Weird Science Volume 1 (2006); Weird Science, Vol. 2 (2007); West of Eden (1984); Wheelworld (1981); Winter in Eden (1986); Wondermakers 2 (1974); Worlds of If, February 1969 (1969); You Can Be the Stainless Steel Rat (1985).

Movies and television:

Bill the Galactic Hero (2014); New Nightmares (1993); Perversions of Science (1997); Prisoners of Gravity (1993); Soylent Green (1973); The Book Programme (1975–1979); The History of the SF Film (1982); Time Out of Mind (1979).

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Born on this day – Peter R. Hunt:


Peter R. Hunt


Director

Editor

Producer

March 11, 1925 – August 14, 2002

Credits:

A Cry from the Streets (1958); Assassination (1987); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1953–1959); Damn the Defiant! (1962); Deadline Midnight (1961); Death Hunt (1981); Doublecross (1956); Dr. No (1962); Eyes of a Witness (1991); Ferry to Hong Kong (1959); Gold (1974); Goldfinger (1964); Gulliver's Travels (1977); Hell in Korea (1956); Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star (1986); Loss of Innocence (1961); Next to No Time! (1958); Night Games (1980); On the Fiddle (1961); Paradise Lagoon (1957); Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983); Probation Officer (1960); Rough Cut (1980); Salute to Show Business (1957); Shirley's World (1972); Shout at the Devil (1976); Sink the Bismarck! (1960); Strange Portrait (1966); The Beasts Are on the Streets (1978); The Ipcress File (1965); The Last Days of Pompeii (1984); The Persuaders! (1971); The Persuaders! (1971); The Secret Tent (1956); The Six Proud Walkers (1954); The Venusian (1954); There Was a Crooked Man (1960); This Man Craig (1966); This Week (1956–1959); Touch and Go (1955); Wild Geese II (1985).

Monday, March 9, 2026

Born on this day – Jack Smight:


Jack Smight


Director

Producer

Actor

Writer

March 9, 1925 – September 1, 2003

Credits:

The Favorite (1989); Number One with a Bullet (1987); Code of Vengeance (1986); Remembrance of Love (1982); Loving Couples (1980); Fast Break (1979); Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978); Damnation Alley (1977); Midway (1976); Airport 1975 (1974); The Man from Independence (1974); Legend in Granite (1973); Frankenstein: The True Story (1973); Linda (1973); Double Indemnity (1973); Partners in Crime (1973); Madigan (1972); Banacek (1972); The Longest Night (1972); McCloud (1971–1972); Columbo (1971); Rabbit, Run (1970); The Traveling Executioner (1970); The Illustrated Man (1969); Strategy of Terror (1969); No Way to Treat a Lady (1968); The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968); Kaleidoscope (1966); Harper (1966); The Third Day (1965); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964–1965); Dr. Kildare (1963–1964); I'd Rather Be Rich (1964); Arrest and Trial (1963); East Side / West Side (1963); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); Alcoa Premiere (1963); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); Westinghouse Presents: That's Where the Town Is Going (1962); The Defenders (1962); The Law and Mr. Jones (1961); The Enchanted Nutcracker (1961); Theatre '62 (1961); Westinghouse Presents: Come Again to Carthage (1961); Route 66 (1961); Naked City (1961); Our American Heritage (1960–1961); Sunday Showcase (1960–1961); The Twilight Zone (1959–1961); Art Carney Special (1960–1961); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1960); The Robert Herridge Theater (1960); Destiny, West! (1960); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Sound of Miles Davis (1959); Oldsmobile Music Theatre (1959); The Ten Commandments (1959); Alcoa Theatre (1958); Suspicion (1957–1958); General Electric Theater (1956–1958); Victor Borge's Comedy in Music III (1958); Studio One (1957–1958); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); Climax! (1956–1957); Star Stage (1955–1956); Goodyear Playhouse (1955); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1955); Hollywood Opening Night (1952); Hollywood Theatre Time (1951); One Man's Family (1949).

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Born on this day – Jane Nigh:


Jane Nigh


Actress

February 25, 1925 – October 5, 1993

Credits:

Shotgun Slade (1959–1961); Dennis the Menace (1961); Lock Up (1960); Wichita Town (1960); Colt .45 (1959); Bachelor Father (1959); Rawhide (1959); Man Without a Gun (1958); Boots and Saddles (1958); Tales of Wells Fargo (1957); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Millionaire (1957); Hold That Hypnotist (1957); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); Big Town (1952–1954); The Unexpected (1952); Rodeo (1952); Fort Osage (1952); Disc Jockey (1951); Blue Blood (1951); Hollywood Theatre Time (1950); Rio Grande Patrol (1950); Border Treasure (1950); County Fair (1950); Motor Patrol (1950); Operation Haylift (1950); Blue Grass of Kentucky (1950); Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1949); Fighting Man of the Plains (1949); Zamba (1949); Red, Hot and Blue (1949); Leather Gloves (1948); Cry of the City (1948); Give My Regards to Broadway (1948); Sitting Pretty (1948); Unconquered (1947); The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947); Dragonwyck (1946); Whistle Stop (1946); House of Dracula (1945); State Fair (1945); The All-Star Bond Rally (1945); Something for the Boys (1944); Laura (1944).

Saturday, February 21, 2026

Born on this day – Sam Peckinpah:


Sam Peckinpah


Director

Writer

February 21, 1925 – December 28, 1984

As director:

Essential Music Videos: Classic '80s / Too Late for Goodbyes (2004); Julian Lennon: Valotte (1984); Julian Lennon: Too Late for Goodbyes (1984); The Osterman Weekend (1983); Sparks: Funny Face (1981); Convoy (1978); Cross of Iron (1977); The Killer Elite (1975); Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974); Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973); The Getaway (1972); Junior Bonner (1972); Straw Dogs (1971); The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970); The Wild Bunch (1969); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); ABC Stage 67 (1966); The Cincinnati Kid (1965); Major Dundee (1965); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); Ride the High Country (1962); Route 66 (1960); The Deadly Companions (1961); The Westerner (1960); Klondike (1960); Zane Grey Theatre (1956); The Rifleman (1958–1959); Broken Arrow (1958).

Friday, February 20, 2026

Born on this day – Robert Altman:


Robert Altman


Director

Writer

Producer

Actor

February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006

Credits:

3 Women (1977); A Perfect Couple (1979); A Prairie Home Companion (2006); A Wedding (1978); Afterglow (1997); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957–1958); Aria (1987); Basements (1987); Better Football (1954); Beyond Therapy (1987); Bodyguard (1948); Bonanza (1960–1961); Brewster McCloud (1970); Bronco (1960); Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976); Bus Stop (1961–1962); Cain's Hundred (1962); California Split (1974); Christmas Eve (1947); Combat! (1962–1963); Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982); Cookie's Fortune (1999); Corn's-A-Poppin' (1955); Countdown (1967); Dr. T & the Women (2000); Endless Love (1981); Events (1970); Fool for Love (1985); Gosford Park (2001); Great Performances (1993–1996); Gun (1997); Hawaiian Eye (1959); HealtH (1980); Honeymoon for Harriet (1950); How to Run a Filling Station (1953); Images (1972); John Bromfield in U.S. Marshal (1959–1960); Kansas City (1996); Killer App (1998); King Basketball (1952); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1962–1964); Lawman (1961); Liv (1998); M Squad (1958); M*A*S*H (1970); Maverick (1960); McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971); Modern Football (1951); Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994); Nashville (1975); Nightmare in Chicago (1964); O.C. and Stiggs (1985); Peter Gunn (1961); Popeye (1980); Pot au feu (1967); Precious Blood (1982); Premiere (1968); Quintet (1979); Rattlesnake in a Cooler (1982); Ready to Wear (1994); Remember My Name (1978); Rich Kids (1979); Roads and Bridges (2001); Route 66 (1961); Saturday Night Live / Sissy's Roles (1977); Secret Honor (1984); Short Cuts (1993); Short Cuts: Deleted Scenes (2004); Streamers (1983); Sugarfoot (1959–1960); Surfside 6 (1961); Suspicion (1957); Tanner '88 (1988); Tanner on Tanner (2004); That Cold Day in the Park (1969); The Builders (1954); The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988); The Company (2003); The Delinquents (1957); The Dirty Look (1954); The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1960); The Gallant Men (1962); The Gingerbread Man (1998); The James Dean Story (1957); The Katherine Reed Story (1965); The Last Mile (1953); The Late Show (1977); The Laundromat (1985); The Long Goodbye (1973); The Long, Hot Summer (1965); The Magic Bond (1956); The Man from Blackhawk (1960); The Millionaire (1958–1959); The Party (1964); The Perfect Crime (1955); The Player (1992); The Pulse of the City (1953); The Roaring 20's (1960–1961); The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947); The Sound of Bells (1952); Thieves Like Us (1974); Trixie (2000); Troubleshooters (1959); Vincent and Theo (1990); Welcome to L.A. (1976); Whirlybirds (1958–1959).

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Born on this day – George Kennedy:


George Kennedy

Actor

February 18, 1925 – February 28, 2016

Born on this day – Russell Hunter:


Russell Hunter


Actor

February 18, 1925 – February 26, 2004

Credits:

3-2-1 (1982); A Touch of Frost (1996); Ace of Wands (1971); Airport Chaplain (1980); Albert and the Lion (1989); American Cousins (2003); Angels One Five (1952); Animated Tales of the World (2000); Armchair Theatre (1967); As You Like It (1963); BBC Play of the Month (1975); Black and Blue (1973); Born and Bred (2003); Brond (1987); Bust (1988); Callan / movie (1974); Callan / TV Series (1967–1972); Castle in the Air (1952); Casualty (1989); Charles Endell, Esq (1979); Cooper (1975); Countdown (1998); Crown Court (1973); Daddy's Girl (2001); Danger: Marmalade at Work (1984); Deacon Brodie (1997); Dickens of London (1976); Dixon of Dock Green (1955); Doctor Who (1977); Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1965); Farrington of the F.O. (1986); First Among Equals (1986); Five Red Herrings (1975); Full House (1973); Function Room (1985); Homeground (1997–2005); I, Lovett (1989); ITV Playhouse (1969); Jackanory (1973); Kidnapped (1952); King & Castle (1988); Lilli Marlene (1950); Lovejoy (1992); Love's Labour's Lost (1965); Mackenzie (1980); Mind Your Language (1979); Minder (1982); Minder (1983); Moira in Person (1973); Mystery and Imagination (1970); Never Say Die! (1981); Para Handy - Master Mariner (1960); Perishing Solicitors (1983); Play for Tomorrow (1982); Play from 'A' (1976); Rab C. Nesbitt (1988–1992); Redcap (1966); Rooms (1974); Rule Britannia! (1975); Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987); Scotland's Story (1984); Shadows (1975); Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (1984); Skagerrak (2003); Small Moments (2001); Sweeney Todd (1970); Taggart (1990); Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970); The Bill (2000); The Blazing Caravan (1955); The Brave Don't Cry (1952); The Broken Horseshoe (1952); The Campaign (1983); The Cherry Orchard (1962); The Christmas Star (1986); The Cockleshell Heroes (1955); The Detectives (1996); The Edward Woodward Hour (1971); The Gaffer (1981–1983); The Gorbals Story (1950); The Justice Game (1989); The Negotiator (1994); The Play on One (1988); The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1988); The Standard (1978); The Sweeney (1975); The Vital Spark (1966–1967); The Wednesday Play (1967); Thriller (1974); Up Pompeii (1971); Wet Job (1981); Where I Live (1965); Whodunnit? (1973); Whose Baby? (1973).

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Born on this day – Kim Stanley:


Kim Stanley


Actress

February 11, 1925 – August 20, 2001

Credits:

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984); The Right Stuff (1983); Quincy M.E. (1983); Frances (1982); It Takes Two (1982); Night Gallery (1971); Medical Center (1969–1971); The Name of the Game (1971); Dragon Country (1970); NET Playhouse (1970); Flesh and Blood (1968); The Three Sisters (1966); Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964); The Eleventh Hour (1964); Ben Casey (1963); To Kill a Mockingbird (1962); Westinghouse Presents: That's Where the Town Is Going (1962); Armchair Theatre (1958–1960); Playhouse 90 (1957–1960); The DuPont Show of the Month (1960); The Goddess (1958); Kraft Theatre (1954–1957); Studio One (1957); Goodyear Playhouse (1952–1956); Playwrights '56 (1955–1956); The Elgin Hour (1955); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1954); Kraft Theatre (1953–1954); Inner Sanctum (1954); Danger (1951–1954); Omnibus (1954); You Are There (1953); The Gulf Playhouse (1953); Out There (1951); The Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill (1950); Sure As Fate (1950); The Trap (1950); Escape (1950).

Friday, January 30, 2026

Born on this day – Marilyn Buferd:


Marilyn Buferd


Actress

January 30, 1925 – March 27, 1990

Credits:

Adorable Creatures (1952); Beauties of the Night (1952); Don't Touch the Loot (1954); Earl Carroll Vanities (1945); Fame and the Devil (1949); Fuoco nero (1951); George White's Scandals (1945); Gioventù alla sbarra (1953); Highway Patrol (1956); Io sono il capataz (1951); La cieca di Sorrento (1953); L'inafferrabile 12 (1950); Mademoiselle Gobete (1952); Maracatumba... ma non è una rumba! (1949); Of Human Bondage (1946); Orient Express (1954); Queen of Outer Space (1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Strange Stories (1956); The Anatomy of Love / Segment: Don Corradino (1954); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The Machine to Kill Bad People (1952); The Millionaire (1957); The Unearthly (1957); The Wayward Wife (1953); The Woman Who Came from the Sea (1954); Tototarzan (1950); Viva il cinema! (1952); Without Reservations (1946).

Monday, January 26, 2026

Born on this day – Paul Newman:


Paul Newman


Actor

Director

January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008


Credits:

The Meerkats (2008); Mater and the Ghostlight (2006); Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1 (2006); Cars (2006); Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon (2005); Empire Falls (2005); Freedom: A History of US (2003); Our Town (2003); Road to Perdition (2002); The Simpsons (1989); Where the Money Is (2000); Message in a Bottle (1999); Twilight (1998); Nobody's Fool (1994); The Hudsucker Proxy (1994); Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990); Blaze (1989); Fat Man and Little Boy (aka Shadow Makers) (1989); The Color of Money (1986); Harry & Son (1984); The Verdict (1982); American Playhouse (1982); Absence of Malice (1981); Fort Apache the Bronx (1981); When Time Ran Out... (1980); Quintet (1979); Slap Shot (1977); Two by Dove (1976); Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976); Silent Movie (1976); The Drowning Pool (1975); The Towering Inferno (1974); The Sting (1973); The MacKintosh Man (1973); The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972); Pocket Money (1972); Sometimes a Great Notion (aka Never Give an Inch) (1971); WUSA (1970); Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); Winning (1969); The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968); Cool Hand Luke (1967); Hombre (1967); Torn Curtain (1966); Harper (aka The Moving Target) (1966); Lady L (1965); The Outrage (1964); What a Way to Go! (1964); The Prize (1963); A New Kind of Love (1963); Hud (1963); Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962); Sweet Bird of Youth (1962); The Hustler (1961); Paris Blues (1961); Exodus (1960); From the Terrace (1960); The Young Philadelphians (1959); Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958); The Left Handed Gun (1958); The Long, Hot Summer (1958); The Eighty Yard Run (Playhouse 90 (1958); The Helen Morgan Story (1957); Until They Sail (1957); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); Kraft Theatre (1954–1956); Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956); The Rack (1956); Playwrights '56 (1955); Producers' Showcase (1955); Kraft Theatre (1955); Appointment with Adventure (1955); The Silver Chalice (1954); Danger (1954); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1954); Goodyear Playhouse (1954); The Mask (1954); The Man Behind the Badge (1953); The Web (1950); You Are There (1953); Suspense (1949); Tales of Tomorrow (1951); The Aldrich Family (1952-1953).

Monday, January 19, 2026

Born on this day – Erica Beer:


Erica Beer


Actress

January 19, 1925 – December 27, 2013

Credits:

Eurocops (1989); Die Zeiten ändern sich (1983); Die Undankbare (1980); Die Münze (1979); Unternehmen Rentnerkommune (1978–1979); Eine kleine Liebe (1976); Zwei himmlische Dickschädel (1974); Münchner Geschichten (1974); Ardéchois Coeur Fidèle (1974); Die Fälle des Herrn Konstantin (1974); Ein Haus voll Zeit (1973); King, Queen, Knave (1972); Der Fall von nebenan (1970); Deep End (1970); Nicht fummeln, Liebling! (1970); They're Too Much (1965); The Counterfeit Traitor (1962); Das Halstuch (1962); Im sechsten Stock (1961); Mit 17 weint man nicht (1960); The Red Circle (1960); So angelt man keinen Mann (1959); Rebel Flight to Cuba (1959); Doctor Without Scruples (1959); Arzt aus Leidenschaft (1959); Verbrechen nach Schulschluß (1959); Your Body Belongs to Me (1959); Stars in der Manege (1959); Meine 99 Bräute (1958); ...und führe uns nicht in Versuchung (1957); Kindermädchen für Papa gesucht (1957); Flucht in die Tropennacht (1957); Mein Vater, der Schauspieler (1956); Der Glockengießer von Tirol (1956); Schwarzwaldmelodie (1956); Waldwinter (1956); Wunschkonzert (1955); 08/15 - Zweiter Teil (1955); Kopf in der Schlinge (1955); Die goldene Pest (1954); They Were So Young (1954); Moselfahrt aus Liebeskummer (1953); The Last Waltz (1953); Gefangene Seele (1952).

Sunday, January 18, 2026

Born on this day – Sol Yurick:


Sol Yurick


Writer

January 18, 1925 – January 5, 2013

Credits:

Books:

An Island Death (1975); Behold Metatron, the Recording Angel (1985); Fertig (1966); Green Snow (1984); Richard A (1982); Someone Just Like You (1973); The Bag (1968); The Warriors (1965); Voices of Brooklyn (1973).

Movies & video:

The Dreamers (2016); The Warriors (2005); The Confession (1999); The Warriors (1979).

Friday, January 9, 2026

Born on this day – Lee Van Cleef:


Lee Van Cleef


Actor

January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989

Credits:

High Risk (1981); Speed Zone (1989); The Commander (1988); Armed Response (1986); Jungle Raiders (1985); Code Name: Wild Geese (1984); The Master (1984); Goma-2 (1984); Escape from New York (1981); The Octagon (1980); The Hard Way (1980); The Squeeze (1978); The Perfect Killer (1977); Nowhere to Hide (1977); Vengeance (1976); God's Gun (1976); Take a Hard Ride (1975); El karate el Colt y el impostor (1974); Mean Frank and Crazy Tony (1973); The Grand Duel (1972); The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972); Bad Man's River (1971); Return of Sabata (1971); Captain Apache (1971); El Condor (1970); Barquero (1970); Sabata (1969); Commandos (1968); Beyond the Law (1968); Day of Anger (1967); Death Rides a Horse (1967); The Big Gundown (1967); The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966); Gunsmoke (1955); Laredo (1965); Branded (1965); For a Few Dollars More (1965); My Mother the Car (1965); The Andy Griffith Show (1960); Rawhide (1959); Destry (1964); The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963); 77 Sunset Strip (1958); Laramie (1959); Have Gun - Will Travel (1957); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); Perry Mason (1957); The Dakotas (1962); Ripcord (1961); How the West Was Won (1962); Death Valley Days (1952); Cheyenne (1955); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); Bronco (1958); The Joey Bishop Show (1961); Shotgun Slade (1959); The Twilight Zone (1959); Stagecoach West (1960); Maverick (1957); Posse from Hell (1961); Hawaiian Eye (1959); Bonanza (1959); Lawman (1958); Colt .45 (1957); Mr. Lucky (1959); The Deputy (1959); The Slowest Gun in the West (1960); Black Saddle (1959); The Untouchables (1959); The Alaskans (1959); Hotel de Paree (1959); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); Law of the Plainsman (1959); Riverboat (1959); Tombstone Territory (1957); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958); The Real McCoys (1957); Yancy Derringer (1958); Cimarron City (1958); Fury (1955); Ride Lonesome (1959); Guns Girls and Gangsters (1959); Northwest Passage (1958); The Witches from Another World (1958); Target (1958); Rex Allen in Frontier Doctor (1956); Zorro (1957); The Bravados (1958); State Trooper (1956); The Young Lions (1958); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957); Day of the Bad Man (1958); Wagon Train (1957); Trackdown (1957); Casey Jones (1957); Joe Dakota (1957); The Tin Star (1957); General Electric Theater (1953); Raiders of Old California (1957); Gun Battle at Monterey (1957); Last Stagecoach West (1957); The Lonely Man (1957); Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957); China Gate (1957); The Badge of Marshal Brennan (1957); Schlitz Playhouse (1951); Tales of Wells Fargo (1957); The Quiet Gun (1957); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); The Sheriff of Cochise (1956); Crossroads (1955); Wire Service (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); Accused of Murder (1956); It Conquered the World (1956); Pardners (1956); Tribute to a Bad Man (1956); Studio 57 (1954); The Conqueror (1956); The Millionaire (1955); Brave Eagle (1955); The Vanishing American (1955); The Adventures of Champion (1955); A Man Alone (1955); The Naked Street (1955); Luke and the Tenderfoot (1955); The Star and the Story (1955); The Road to Denver (1955); The Man Behind the Badge (1953); I Cover the Underworld (1955); Buffalo Bill, Jr. (1955); Annie Oakley (1954); City Detective (1953); TV Reader's Digest (1955); The Big Combo (1955); The Lineup (1954); Ten Wanted Men (1955); Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954); Medic (1954); The Gene Autry Show (1950); Dawn at Socorro (1954); Waterfront (1954); The Desperado (1954); Princess of the Nile (1954); Cavalcade of America (1952); The Yellow Tomahawk (1954); Arrow in the Dust (1954); Rails Into Laramie (1954); Gypsy Colt (1954); Stories of the Century (1954); Big Town (1950); The Range Rider (1951); Tumbleweed (1953); The Nebraskan (1953); Jack Slade (1953); The Lone Ranger (1949); Vice Squad (1953); Arena (1953); Space Patrol (1950); The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953); White Lightning (1953); Bandits of Corsica (1953); Four Star Playhouse (1952); The Lawless Breed (1952); Boston Blackie (1951); Kansas City Confidential (1952); Sky King (1951); Untamed Frontier (1952); High Noon (1952).