Born on this day – Robert Mulligan:

Robert Mulligan

Director

Producer

August 23, 1925 – December 20, 2008

Credits:

Ah, Wilderness! (1959); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1955); Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965); Bloodbrothers (1978); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1967); Cinema (1971); Clara's Heart (1988); Come September (1961); Fear Strikes Out (1957); Fearful Symmetry (1998); Goodyear Playhouse (1955–1957); Gregory Peck: His Own Man (1988); Hollywood Insider (2022); Inside Daisy Clover (1965); Kiss Me Goodbye (1982); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1954–1955); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1956); Love with the Proper Stranger (1963); Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982); Playhouse 90 (1957–1960); Rendezvous (1958); Same Time, Next Year (1978); Studio One (1956–1957); Summer of '42 (1971); Suspense (1952–1954); The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009); The Alcoa Hour (1955–1956); The DuPont Show of the Month (1958–1959); The Great Impostor (1960); The Making of: The Nickel Ride (2019); The Making of: The Other (2021); The Man in the Moon (1991); The Moon and Sixpence (1959); The Nickel Ride (1974); The Other (1972); The Pursuit of Happiness (1971); The Rat Race (1960); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); The Spiral Road (1962); The Stalking Moon (1968); To Kill a Mockingbird (1962); Up the Down Staircase (1967); Victor Borge: Comedy in Music (1956).

Born on this day – Honor Blackman:

Honor Blackman

Actress

August 22, 1925 – April 5, 2020

Born on this day – Brian Aldiss:

Brian Aldiss

Writer

Artist

August 18, 1925 – August 19, 2017

Credits:

Books:

50 x 50: The mini-sagas (2012); A Book of Contemporary Nightmares (1977); A Brian Aldiss Omnibus (1969); A Century of Science Fiction (1962); A Prehistory of Mind / poems (2008); A Rude Awakening (1978); A Science Fiction Argosy (1972); A Science Fiction Omnibus (2007); A Soldier Erect (1971); A Tupolev Too Far (1986); Affairs at Hampden Ferrers (2004); Alpha 3 (1972); Alpha 4 (1973); Alpha One (1970); An ABC of Science Fiction (1966); An Exile on Planet Earth (2012); An Island Called Moreau (1981); And the Lurid Glare of the Comet (1986); Andromeda 1 (1976); Anticipations (1978); Antigrav (1975); Art After Apogee The Relationships Between an Idea, a Story, and Painting (2000); Astounding Analog Reader, Book 1 (1972); Astounding Analog Reader, Book 2 (1973); At the Caligula Hotel / poems (1995); Backdrop of Stars (1968); Barefoot in the Head (1969); Best Fantasy Stories (1962); Best Horror Stories 2 (1965); Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss (1965); Best SF 2 (1956); Best SF 7 (1970); Best SF Stories from New Worlds (1969); Best SF Stories of Brian W Aldiss (1988); Best SF: 1967 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 1 (1968); Best SF: 1968 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 2 (1969); Best SF: 1969 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 3 (1969); Best SF: 1970 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 4 (1971); Best SF: 1971 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 5 (1972); Best SF: 1972 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 6 (1973); Best SF: 1973 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 7 (1974); Best SF: 1974 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 8 (1975); Best SF: 1975 / aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 9 (1976); Beyond Reality (1979); Beyond Singularity (2005); Beyond Tomorrow (1977); Billion Year Spree (1973); Blue Motel (1994); Book of Mini-Sagas (1985); Book of Mini-Sagas II (1988); Brothers of the Head (1977); Bury My Heart at W.H. Smith's (1990); But Who Can Replace Man? (1958); Catastrophia (2010); Celebration (2008); Christmas Stars (1992); Cities and Stones (1966); Cities of Wonder (1966); Collected Essays (2013); Comfort Zone (2013); Comic Inferno / aka The Book of Brian Aldiss (1972); Constellations (2005); Cracken at Critical / aka The Year before Yesterday (1987); Creations (1983); Creatures from Beyond (1975); Cretan Teat (2001); Cryptozoic! / aka An Age (1967); Cultural Breaks (2005); Dangerous Visions (1967); Dangerous Visions 1 (1967); Dante's Disciples (1996); Dark Fantasies (1989); Dark Stars (1969); Daw 30th Anniversary Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthology (2002); Daw 30th Anniversary Science Fiction Anthology (2002); Decade the 1940's (1975); Decade the 1950's (1976); Decade the 1960's (1977); Dimension X (1970); Dinosaurs! (1990); Dracula Unbound (1991); Earth Is but a Star (2001); Earth is the Strangest Planet (1977); Earthworks (1965); Elemental (2006); Elsewhere X 3 (1974); Enemies of the System (1978); Epoch (1975); Equator (1973); Evil Earths (1975); Factions (1974); Farewell to a Child (1983); Farewell, Fantastic Venus! / aka All About Venus (1968); Final Stage (1974); Finches of Mars (2012); First Voyages (1981); Flotsam Fantasique (2013); Foreign bodies (1981); Forgotten Life (1988); Four For Fantasy (2013); Four for the Future (1969); Frankenstein Unbound (1973); Galactic Empires 1 (1976); Galactic Empires 2 (1976); Galaxies Like Grains of Sand / aka The Canopy of Time (1959); Gaslight and Ghosts (1988); Gateways (2010); Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1987); Greybeard (1964); HARM (2007); Helliconia Spring (1982); Helliconia Summer (1983); Helliconia Winter (1985); Hell's Cartographers (1975); Home Life with Cats (1992); Hothouse / aka The Long Afternoon of Earth (1961); Immortals (1998); In the Field of Fire (1987); In the Twinkling of an Eye (2015); Infinite Jests (1974); Intangibles Inc. (1969); Interpreter / aka Bow Down to Nul (1960); Introducing Science Fiction (1967); Invaders! (1993); Isaac Asimov's Mars (1991); Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury (1988); Isaac Asimov's Solar System (1999); Jocasta (2004); Lambda I (1964); Last Orders (1977); Lemistry (2011); Life in the West (1980); London Tales of Terror (1972); Man in His Time (1989); Mars Probes (2002); Masterpieces (2001); Men and Machines (1970); Mind in Chains (1970); Mind to Mind (1971); Mini Sagas (1997); Mini Sagas 1999 (1999); Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction (1994); Modern Science Fiction (1974); Moon Shots (1999); More Penguin Science Fiction (1963); Moreau's Other Island (1980); Mortal Morning / poems (2011); Mutants! (1974); Neanderthal Planet (1969); Nebula Award Stories 1 (1966); Nebula Award Stories 2 (1966); Nebula Awards Showcase 2001 (2001); New Arrivals, Old Encounters (1979); New Worlds (1997); New Worlds 1 (1991); New Worlds 2 (1992); New Worlds 3 (1993); New Worlds 7 (1974); New Worlds 9 (1975); New Worlds: An Anthology (2004); New Writing 4 (1995); New Writings in SF 1 (1964); New Writings in SF 10 (1966); New Writings in SF 22 (1973); New Writings in SF 23 (1973); New Writings in SF 24 (1974); New Writings in SF 25 (1975); New Writings in SF 27 (1975); New Writings in SF 28 (1975); New Writings in SF 29 (1976); New Writings in SF 30 (1977); No Time Like Tomorrow (1959); Non-Stop / aka Starship (1958); Not the Only Planet (1998); Nova 1 (1970); Nova 2 (1972); Nova 3 (1973); Nova 4 (1974); Now We Are Sick (1994); On Our Way to the Future (1970); One Hundred Years of Science Fiction (1968); Orbit 12 (1973); Orbit 15 (1974); Orbit 2 (1967); Other Edens (1987); Other Edens II (1988); Other Edens III (1989); Outwards from Earth (1974); Penguin Science Fiction (1961); Perchance to Wake (2016); Perilous Planets (1978); Perpetual Light (1982); Pile / poems (1979); Plutonian Monologue On His Wife's Death (2000); Remembrance Day (1993); Report on Probability A (1968); Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder (1969); Rooms of Paradise (1979); Ruins (1986); Sanity and the Lady (2005); Science Against Man (1970); Science Fiction A to Z (1982); Science Fiction Art (1975); Science Fiction as Science Fiction (1978); Science Fiction Blues (1988); Science Fiction Horizons No. 1 (1968); Science Fiction: The Best of 2002 (2003); Seasons in Flight (1984); Sense of Wonder (2023); Sex and the Black Machine (1988); Sightlines (2001); Somewhere East of Life (1994); Songs from the Steppes / poems (2014); Songs from the Steppes of Central Asia Selected Poems of Makhtumkuli (1995); Souls in Metal (1977); Space 2 (1974); Space Gladiators (1989); Space Odysseys (1974); Space Opera (1974); Space, Time and Nathaniel (1957); Spectrum 2 (1962); Spectrum 3 (1963); Stars of Albion (1979); Starswarm (1954); Strange Orbits (1976); Strangeness (1977); Super-State (2002); Supertoys Last All Summer Long (2001); Supertoys Trilogy (2014); Tales from the Forbidden Planet (1987); Tales from the Planet Earth (1986); Tales in Space (1995); Tales in Time (1997); Tales of Science Fiction (1964); Tales of Terror From Outer Space (1975); Tales of Unease (1966); The 1977 Annual World's Best SF (1977); The 1990 Annual World's Best SF (1990); The Airs of Earth (1963); The Amis Story Anthology (1992); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 12th Series (1963); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 17th Series (1968); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 8th Series (1959); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 9th Series (1959); The Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1988); The Best of British SF 2 (1977); The Best of Crank! (1998); The Best of Interzone (1996); The Best of Modern Horror (1989); The Best Science Fiction Stories (1977); The Brightfount Diaries (1955); The British Fantasy Society - a Celebration (2006); The City 2000 A. D. (1976); The Complete Short Stories: The 1950s (2013); The Complete Short Stories: The 1960s (2015); The Complete Short Stories: The 1960s Part 1 (2015); The Complete Short Stories: The 1960s Part 3 (2015); The Complete Short Stories: The 1960s Part 4 (2015); The Dark Light Years (1964); The Dark Sun Rises (2002); The Daymakers (2014); The Detached Retina (1988); The Drabble Project (1988); The Eighty-minute Hour (1974); The Furthest Horizon (2000); The Future in Question (1980); The Future Makers (1968); The Golden Age of Science Fiction (1981); The Good Old Stuff (1995); The Great SF Stories 19 (1989); The Great SF Stories 20 (1990); The Great SF Stories 23 (1991); The Hand-Reared Boy (1970); The Ides of Tomorrow (1976); The Inner Landscape (1969); The Invention of Happiness (2013); The Magic of the Past (1987); The Malacia Tapestry (1976); The Male Response (1961); The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction (2002); The Mammoth Book of Tales from the Road (2002); The Moment of Eclipse (1970); The New Improved Sun (1975); The New Nature of the Catastrophe (1993); The New Tomorrows (1971); The Night Fantastic (1991); The Pale Shadow of Science (1986); The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1973); The Penguin World Omnibus of Science Fiction (1977); The Primal Urge (1961); The Road to Science Fiction 3 (1979); The Road to Science Fiction 5 (1998); The Saliva Tree (1966); The Science Fictional Dinosaur (1982); The Secret of This Book / aka Common Clay (1995); The shape of further things (1970); The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction (2007); The Starry Messenger (2006); The Traps of Time (1968); The Twinkling of an Eye or My Life as an Englishman (1998); The Ultimate Frankenstein (1991); The Umbral Anthology of Science Fiction Poetry (1982); The Unfriendly Future (1965); The Wizards of Odd (1996); The World Treasury of Science Fiction (1989); The Year 2000 (1970); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Sixth Annual Collection (1993); The Year's Best Science Fiction Eleventh Annual Collection (1993); The Year's Best Science Fiction Ninth Annual Collection (1992); This Side of Infinity (1972); This Way to the End Times (2016); This World and Nearer Ones (1979); Three Types of Solitude (2019); Time Travelers (1997); To Follow a Star (1977); Top Science Fiction (1984); Trillion Year Spree (1986); Tropical Chills (1988); Twelve Tomorrows 2013 (2013); Twenty Houses of the Zodiac (1979); Universe 2 (1992); Universe 3 (1994); Universe 6 (1976); Universe 7 (1977); Vanguard from Alpha (1959); Visions of Wonder (1996); Walcot (2009); Weird Shadows from Beyond (1965); Weird Tales from Shakespeare (1994); Welcome to the Greenhouse (2011); Werewolf! (1979); When The Feast is Finished (1994); White Mars / aka The Mind Set Free: A 21st-Century Utopia (1999); Who Can Replace a Man? (1966); World's Best Science Fiction 1967 (1967); World's Best Science Fiction 1968 (1968); World's Best Science Fiction 1969 (1969); xo Orpheus (2013); Year's Best SF 5 (2000); Year's Best SF 7 (2002); Yet More Penguin Science Fiction (1964); Zenith (1989).

Movies and television:

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001); Arena (1994); Brave New Worlds: The Science Fiction Phenomenon (1993); Brothers of the Head (2005); Crawlspace (2009); Did You See..? (1984); Drug-Taking and the Arts (1993); Everyman (1986); Frankenstein Unbound (1990); John Wyndham: The Invisible Man of Science Fiction (2005); Let's Imagine (1962); Natural History of an Alien (1998); New Nightmares (1993); Omnibus (1973); On Reflection (1971); On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000); Panorama (1969); Prisoners of Gravity (1991–1994); Read All About It (1976); Right to Reply (1995); Sacrificial Sheep: The Novel vs. the Film (2007); Speaking Volumes (1991); Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001); The Book Programme (1975); The Electric Dreamer: Remembering Philip K. Dick (2007); The Martians and Us (2006); The Real History of Science Fiction (2014); The Ultimate Survivor (2011); The War of the Worlds: Great Books (1994); Time Out of Mind (1979); Timeshift (2006).

Born on this day – Arlene Dahl:

Arlene Dahl

Actress

August 11, 1925 – November 29, 2021

Born on this day – Dagmar Frýbortová:

Dagmar Frýbortová

Actress

August 10, 1925 – May 18, 2012

Born on this day – Barbara Bates:

Barbara Bates

Actress

Singer

August 6, 1925 – March 18, 1969

Credits:

A Scandal in Paris (1946); Adventures of Don Juan (1948); All About Eve (1950); All Ashore (1953); Always Together (1947); Apache Territory (1958); April Showers (1948); Becoming Marilyn (2022); Belles on Their Toes (1952); Camera Angles (1948); Cheaper by the Dozen (1950); Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Present Their Television Party for Muscular Dystrophy (1953); I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951); It's a Great Life (1954–1955); Johnny Belinda (1948); June Bride (1948); Lady on a Train (1945); Let's Make It Legal (1951); Men in Her Diary (1945); Night in Paradise (1946); One Last Fling (1949); Quicksand (1950); Rhapsody (1954); Romance on the High Seas (1948); Salome, Where She Danced (1945); Studio 57 (1955); The Caddy (1953); The Crimson Canary (1945); The Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Double (1982); The Fabulous Joe (1947); The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival (1947); The House Across the Street (1949); The Inspector General (1949); The Millionaire (1955); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Saint (1962); The Secret of Convict Lake (1951); This Love of Ours (1945); Town on Trial (1957); Triple Deception (1956); Your Play Time (1954).

Born on this day – Joseph Sargent:

Joseph Sargent

Director

July 22, 1925 – December 22, 2014

Born on this day – David Graham:

David Graham

Actor

July 11, 1925 – September 20, 2024

Credits:

5 News Tonight (2019); 50 Greatest Kids Shows (2013); A World of Comedy (1965); About Religion (1961); Ace of Wands (1972); Adventure Weekly (1969); All About 'Thunderbirds' (2008); Apple Mac: 1984 / TV commercial (1983); Armchair Theatre (1957–1961); Armchair Thriller (1980); Assignment (1993); Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999); Back in Ten (2008); BBC News at Ten O'Clock (2024); BBC Play of the Month (1966); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1959); Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom (2009–2012); Boyd Q.C. (1959); Breakout (1959); Callan (1974); Casualty (2002); Century 21 Tech Talk (2019); Comedy Café (1999); Compact (1962); Coronation Street (1971); Crane (1963–1964); Creation of the Daleks (2006); Crossroads to Crime (1960); Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966); Deadline Midnight (1961); Dial 999 (1959); Doctor Who (1963–1979); Doctor Who: Daleks - The Early Years (1992); Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures (2015–2017); Doctors (2003); Dominion Tank Police (1988–1989); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1956); Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965); Drawn in Supermarionation (2009); Filmed in Supermarionation (2014); Fireball XL5 (1962–1963); Four Feather Falls (1960); Freelance (1970); Full Boost Vertical: The Supercar Story (2004); Future Memories: Making 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth' (2003); Gerry Anderson in Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted (2022); Good Morning Britain (2019); H.M. Tennent Globe Theatre (1956); Half Hour Story (1967–1968); Harpers West One (1961); Holly (1972); Horizon (2005); Hotel! (2001); Howards' Way (1986); I Love Christmas (2001); International Detective (1960); Invaders from the Deep (1981); ITV Play of the Week (1957–1964); ITV Playhouse (1968); ITV Television Playhouse (1957–1959); Ivanhoe (1997); Jamie (1971); Jango (1961); Justice (1972–1973); K.I.L. 1 (1962); King David (1985); Late Night Horror (1968); Leon the Pig Farmer (1992); London's Burning (1993); Mission to the Unknown (2010); Moomin (1990–1991); Moonstrike (1963); Mr. Rose (1967–1968); Mr. Thompson's Carnation (2001); Mr. Thunderbird: The Gerry Anderson Story (2000); Murder Bag (1958); My Friend Peppa Pig (2021); Nebula-75 (2021); Newsnight (2013); No Hiding Place (1962); O.S.S. (1957); Out of the Unknown (1967); Owen, M.D. (1972); Peppa Pig (2004–2022); Peppa Pig: Flying a Kite and Other Stories (2012); Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience (2017); Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots (2015); Peppa Pig: World Adventures (2023); Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley (2009); Play for Today (1982); Point Counter Point (1968); Pointless Celebrities (2020); Portrait of Peter Perowne (1952); Presented in Supercolorisation (2022); Private Investigator (1958–1959); Quick Before They Catch Us (1966); Reggie & Thunderbirds: No Strings Attached (2015); Riviera Police (1965); Sara and Hoppity (1962); SBS World News (2024); Screen One (1989); Screenplay (1990); Secret Agent (1965); Shadow of the Noose (1989); Silicon Cowboys (2016); So Haunt Me (1992–1994); Softly Softly: Task Force (1971); Space Precinct (1995); Special Branch (1970); St. Ives (1967); Stand by for Action (2007); Stingray (1964–1965); Stingray: The Reunion Party (2008); Stowaways on the Ark (1988); Strike: The Birth of Solidarity (1981); Sunday's Child (1959); Supercar (1961–1962); Supergirl (1984); Suspense (1963); Talking Daleks (2003); Target (1958); Tenebrae (1982); The Avengers (1963); The Bill (1995); The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X (2019); The Culture Show (2013); The Daleks in Colour (2023); The Des O'Connor Show (1966); The End (2009); The Fixer (2008); The Four Just Men (1959); The Gerry Anderson Podcast (2018); The Golem of Princelet Street (1992); The Incredible Voyage of Stingray (1980); The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1964); The Inside Man (1969); The Liars (1966); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1962–1963); The Man in Room 17 (1965); The One Show (2014–2015); The Organization (1972); The Paradise Makers (1967); The Pleasure Girls (1965); The Protectors (1964); The Regiment (1973); The Saint (1964); The Secret Service (1969); The Sentimental Agent (1963); The Story of 'Doctor Who' (2003); The Ties That Bind Us (2008); The Tomorrow People (1978); The Villains (1964–1965); The Vise (1959); Theatre Night (1987); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1969); This Is Supermarionation (2014); Thunderbird 6 (1968); Thunderbirds (1965–2015); Thunderbirds Are GO (1966); Thunderbirds Are Go (2015–2020); Thunderbirds Unseen (2024); Till Death Us Do Part (1967); Timeslip (1970–1971); Toca Life Stories (2020–2023); Top Ten (2001); Trouble with Eve (1960); Walter and Connie Reporting (1966); Weird Science (2007); What's Up Doc? (1993); When the Boat Comes In (1976–1981); Who's Round (2018); Wildflowers (1999); Wogan (1986); World in Action (1984); Yes, Madam! (1985); Zero One (1962).

Born on this day – Cara Williams:

Cara Williams

Actress

June 29, 1925 – December 9, 2021

Credits:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956–1960); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950–1951); Boomerang! (1947); Broadway Television Theatre (1952); Date with the Angels (1957); Doctors' Wives (1971); Don Juan Quilligan (1945); Girls' Town (1942); Happy Land (1943); Henry Fonda and the Family (1962); Hit Celebrity TV Commercials (2004); In Security (1982); In the Meantime, Darling (1944); Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (1962); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1957); Keep Talking (1959); Knock on Any Door (1949); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1950); Laura (1944); Lux Video Theatre (1956); March of Dimes Presents: Once Upon a Dime (1963); Matinee Theatre (1955); Medical Center (1976); Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956); Naked City (1959); Never Steal Anything Small (1959); Password (1962); Pete and Gladys (1960–1962); Rhoda (1974); Rhyme and Reason (1975); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951); Sitting Pretty (1948); Something for the Boys (1944); Starlight Theatre (1950); Steve Randall (1952); Stu's Show (2016); Suspense (1950); Sweet and Low-Down (1944); TCM Remembers 2021 (2021); The 19th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1962); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The Ashes of Mrs. Reasoner (1976); The Billy Rose Show (1950); The Cara Williams Show (1964–1965); The Cassini Show (1954); The Celebrity Game (1964); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1950); The Clock (1950); The Defiant Ones (1958); The Game Game (1970); The Girl Next Door (1953); The Great Diamond Robbery (1954); The Helen Morgan Story (1957); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1956); The Linkletter Show (1963); The Man from the Diners' Club (1963); The One Man Jury (1978); The Red Skelton Hour (1961–1962); The Saxon Charm (1948); The Spider (1945); The Web (1950); The White Buffalo (1977); Theatre of Romance (1949); Valentine's Day (1964); Visions (1977); We Go to Monte Carlo (1953); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1960); Wide Open Town (1941); Zane Grey Theatre (1960).

Born on this day – Virginia Patton:

Virginia Patton

Actress

June 25, 1925 – August 18, 2022

Credits:

TCM Remembers 2022 (2022); The Lucky Stiff (1949); Black Eagle (1948); A Double Life (1947); The Burning Cross (1947); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); Nobody Lives Forever (1946); Canyon Passage (1946); The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945); Hollywood Canteen (1944); The Last Ride (1944); Janie (1944); Grandfather's Follies (1944); Roaring Guns (1944); Old Acquaintance (1943); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943).

Born on this day – Kristine Miller:

Kristine Miller

Actress

June 13, 1925 – 2015

Exact date of death unknown

Credits:

Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951); Big Town (1953); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1952–1953); Cavalcade of America (1956); China Smith (1953); Club Havana (1945); Crossroads (1955); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Desert Fury (1947); Domino Kid (1957); Father Knows Best (1959); Fireside Theatre (1952–1953); Flight Nurse (1953); Four Star Playhouse (1955); From Here to Eternity (1953); Geraldine (1953); Gruen Guild Theater (1951); Hell's Outpost (1954); High Lonesome (1950); I Walk Alone (1947); Jungle Patrol (1948); Kraft Theatre (1951); Lux Video Theatre (1953); M Squad (1958); My Little Margie (1953); Paid in Full (1950); Ramar of the Jungle (1954); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Science Fiction Theatre (1955–1957); Secret of Outlaw Flats (1953); Shadow on the Wall (1950); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); Sorry, Wrong Number (1948); Stage 7 (1955); Stars Over Hollywood (1951); Stories of the Century (1954–1955); Suspense (1946); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); The Donna Reed Show (1959–1961); The Heart Is a Rebel (1958); The Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill (1950); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Millionaire (1957); The Persuader (1957); The Restless Gun (1958); The Star and the Story (1955); The Steel Fist (1952); The Texan (1959–1960); The Trouble with Women (1947); Thunder Over Arizona (1956); Too Late for Tears (1949); Tropical Heat Wave (1952); Variety (1951); Wagon Train (1958); Young Daniel Boone (1950); Your Show Time (1949).

Born on this day – Tony Curtis:

Tony Curtis

Actor

Painter

June 3, 1925 – September 29, 2010

Born on this day – Martha Vickers:

Martha Vickers

Actress

May 28, 1925 – November 2, 1971

Credits:

The Rebel (1960); The Jim Backus Show (1960); Four Fast Guns (1960); Perry Mason (1959); State Trooper (1958); Playhouse 90 (1957); The Burglar (1957); The Millionaire (1956); The Big Bluff (1955); Fireside Theatre (1955); The Whistler (1954–1955); The Indiscreet Mrs. Jarvis (1955); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); General Electric Theater (1953–1954); The Unexpected (1952); The Bogus Green (1951); Alimony (1949); Bad Boy (1949); Daughter of the West (1949); Ruthless (1948); Love and Learn (1947); That Way with Women (1947); So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947); The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946); The Man I Love (1946); The Big Sleep (1946); The Falcon in Mexico (1944); The Mummy's Ghost (1944); Marine Raiders (1944); This Is the Life (1944); Hi Ya, Sailor (1943); Top Man (1943); Captive Wild Woman (1943); Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943).

Born on this day – Tony Hillerman:

Tony Hillerman

Writer

May 27, 1925 – October 26, 2008

Credits:

2nd Culprit (1993); A Century of Great Suspense Stories (2001); A New Omnibus of Crime (2005); A Thief of Time (1988); Buster Mesquite's Cowboy Band (2001); Cave of Bones (2018); Coyote Waits (1990); Dance Hall of the Dead (1973); Finding Moon (1995); First Cases, Volume 3 (1999); Hillerman Country (1991); Hunting Badger (1999); Indian Country (1987); Kilroy Was There (2004); Listening Woman (1978); Lost Birds (2024); New Mexico, Rio Grande, and Other Essays (1975); People of Darkness (1980); Rock with Wings (2015); Sacred Clowns (1992); Seldom Disappointed (2001); Skeleton Man (2004); Skinwalkers (1986); Song of the Lion (2017); Spider Woman's Daughter (2013); Stargazer (2021); The Sacred Bridge (2022); Talking God (1989); Talking Mysteries: A Conversation With Tony Hillerman (1991); The Best of the West (1991); The Blessing Way (1970); The Boy Who Made Dragonfly (1972); The Dark Wind (1982); The Fallen Man (1996); The First Eagle (1998); The Fly on the Wall (1971); The Ghostway (1984); The Great Taos Bank Robbery and Other Indian Country Affairs (1973); The Great Taos Bank Robbery: And Other True Stories (2023); The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction (2004); The Mysterious West (1994); The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories (1996); The Perfect Murder (1991); The Serpent's Tongue: Prose, Poetry, and Art of the New Mexican Pueblos (1997); The Shape Shifter (2006); The Sinister Pig (2003); The Spell of New Mexico (1976); The Tale Teller (2019); The Wailing Wind (2002); The Way of the Bear (2023); Tony Hillerman's Indian Country Map and Guide (1987).

Movies and television:

A Thief of Time (2003); Coyote Waits (2003); Dark Winds (2022–2023); Ex Libris (1989); Skinwalkers (2002); Skinwalkers: The Navajo Mysteries (2002); The Dark Wind (1991); The Silence of Cricket Coogler (2000); Two Grey Hills (2001).

Born on this day – Claude Pinoteau:

Claude Pinoteau

Director

Writer

May 25, 1925 – October 5, 2012

Born on this day – Jeanne Crain:

Jeanne Crain

Actress

May 25, 1925 – December 14, 2003

Credits:

10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004); A Letter to Three Wives (1949); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Apartment for Peggy (1948); Belles on Their Toes (1952); Biography (1995); Burke's Law (1964–1965); California Beauties Pose for Title of 1942 Camera Girl (1942); Celebrity Talent Scouts (1960); Centennial Summer (1946); Cheaper by the Dozen (1950); City of Bad Men (1953); Classified X (2007); Dangerous Crossing (1953); Dateline: Disneyland (1955); Duel in the Jungle (1954); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); General Electric Theater (1960–1962); Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955); Goodyear Theatre (1959); Guns of the Timberland (1960); His Model Wife (1962); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Home in Indiana (1944); Hot Rods to Hell (1966); I'll Get By (1950); In the Meantime, Darling (1944); Insight (1963); Invasion 1700 (1962); It's Your Bet (1971); I've Got a Secret (1954–1959); Kolossal - i magnifici Macisti (1977); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1960–1962); Leave Her to Heaven (1945); Madison Avenue (1961); Man Without a Star (1955); Margie (1946); Meet Me in St. Louis (1959); Men Against Evil (1966); Monsters and Madonnas: The World of William Mortensen (1966); O. Henry's Full House / The Gift of the Magi (1952); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); Password (1963); People Will Talk (1951); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1956); Pinky (1949); Playhouse 90 (1958); Pontius Pilate (1962); Queen of the Nile (1961); Riverboat (1959); Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies (1996); Schlitz Playhouse (1958); Skyjacked (1972); Stage Show (1955); Star Stage (1955); State Fair (1945); Stump the Stars (1963); Take Care of My Little Girl (1951); The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004); The All-Star Bond Rally (1945); The Bob Hope Show (1955); The Christophers (1963); The Comedy Spot (1962); The Danny Thomas Hour (1968); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955); The Fan (1949); The Fastest Gun Alive (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); The Gang's All Here (1943); The Irv Kupcinet Show (1970); The Joker Is Wild (1957); The Merv Griffin Show (1971–1973); The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951); The Movie Game (1969); The Name of the Game (1968); The Night God Screamed (1971); The Object Is (1964); The Second Greatest Sex (1955); The Tattered Dress (1957); The Virginia Graham Show (1971); Twenty Plus Two (1961); Valentine's Day (1965); Vicki (1953); What's My Line? (1954–1959); Winged Victory (1944); Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (1982); You Bet Your Life (1957 / 1958); You Don't Say (1963–1967); You Were Meant for Me (1948).

Born on this day – Loleh Bellon:

Loleh Bellon

Actress

Writer

Narrator

May 14, 1925 – May 22, 1999

Credits:

At The Assault on the Sky (1966); As Senhoras das Quintas Feiras (1988) In the cinema this evening (1974); Wanted (1989); Golden Helmet (1952); Chili-Impressions (1978); Compression (2016); Crime and Punishment (1955); Enigmas of History (1957); Eugene Sue (1974); Gaslight (1959); Gustave Moreau (1961); I must kill Monsieur Rumann (1966); Italics (1973); The Countess of Tende (1964); The factory of the King (1965); The Trojan War Will Not Take Place (1984); The Night of the Molières (1988); The Wound and the Knife, Charles Baudelaire (1967); La vie de château (1985); L'art et les hommes (1959–1963); The Bel Age (1960); The Prints and Drawings Department (1955); The Guardian (1946); The Jet of Water (1973); The game of love and death (1961); The Barton Mystery (1949); The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1949); The point of the day (1949); The Prize (1975); Tea Under the Cypresses (1971); The court of The Impossible (1970); Remoteness (1988); Remoteness (2009); The wings of The Dove (1981); Les beaux quartiers (1983); The Last Five Minutes (1959); Children of Disorder (1989); The Hot Hours of Montparnasse (1963); The new adventures of Vidocq (1971); Les Nuits de France Culture (2023); Midi-Première (1978–1979); My Old Lady (2014); Nevermore, Forever (1976); Paris Saint-Lazare (1982); Philippe (1958); Presence of the Past (1966); Ninety-Three (1962); Romulus The Great (1971); Siegfried (1963); Skipper Next to God (1951); Somewhere Someone (1972); A Morning Like Any Other (1956); A Question of Insurance (1960); Une seconde d'éternité (1977); Variations (1967).

Born on this day – Rita Macedo:

Rita Macedo

Actress

Writer

April 21, 1925 – December 6, 1993

Born on this day – Elena Verdugo:

Elena Verdugo

Actress

April 20, 1925 – May 30, 2017

Born on this day – Rod Steiger:

Rod Steiger

Actor

April 14, 1925 – July 9, 2002

Credits:

Poolhall Junkies (2002); The Hollywood Sign (2001); A Month of Sundays (2001); Lightmaker (2001); The Flying Dutchman (2001); The Last Producer (2000); End of Days (1999); The Hurricane (1999); Body and Soul (1999); Crazy in Alabama (1999); Cypress Edge (1999); Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999–2000); Hotel Alexandria (1999); Animated Epics: Moby Dick (1999); Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season (1999); The Snatching of Bookie Bob (1998); Legacy (1998); The Simpsons (1998); Modern Vampires (1998); Animals with the Tollkeeper (1998); The Kid (1997); Incognito (1997); Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997); Mars Attacks! (1996); Shiloh (1996); Little Surprises (1996); EZ Streets (1996); Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (1996); Carpool (1996); Dalva (1996); The Real Thing (1996); The Commish (1996); Out There (1995); Columbo (1995); In Pursuit of Honor (1995); Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story (1995); OP Center (1995); Seven Sundays (1994); The Specialist (1994); The Critic (1994); The Last Tattoo (1994); The Neighbor (1993); Tales of the City (1993); Due vite, un destino (1993); Kölcsönkapott idö (1993); Lincoln (1992); Sinatra (1992); The Player (1992); In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas (1991); Guilty as Charged (1991); The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991); Men of Respect (1990); Tennessee Waltz (1989); That Summer of White Roses (1989); Passion and Paradise (1989); The January Man (1989); Desperado: Avalanche at Devil's Ridge (1988); Catch the Heat (1987); American Gothic (1987); The Kindred (1987); Sword of Gideon (1986); Hollywood Wives (1985); The Glory Boys (1984); The Naked Face (1984); Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole (1983); The Magic Mountain (1982); The Chosen (1981); The Lion of the Desert (1980); Cattle Annie and Little Britches (1980); The Lucky Star (1980); Klondike Fever (1979); Wolf Lake (1979); The Amityville Horror (1979); Breakthrough (1979); Love and Bullets (1979); Portrait of a Hitman (1979); F.I.S.T. (1978); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); W.C. Fields and Me (1976); Hennessy (1975); Dirty Hands (1975); The Last 4 Days (1974); Lucky Luciano (1973); The Heroes (1973); Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973); Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971); Duck, You Sucker! (1971); Waterloo (1970); Three Into Two Won't Go (1969); The Illustrated Man (1969); The Sergeant (1968); No Way to Treat a Lady (1968); The Girl and the General (1967); In the Heat of the Night (1967); BBC Play of the Month (1966); Doctor Zhivago (1965); The Loved One (1965); A Man Named John (1965); Time of Indifference (1964); The Pawnbroker (1964); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); The Movie Maker (1964); Hands Over the City (1963); Route 66 (1962); Ben Casey (1962); The Longest Day (1962); Convicts 4 (1962); 13 West Street (1962); Wagon Train (1961); The World in My Pocket (1961); The Mark (1961); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960); Seven Thieves (1960); General Electric Theater (1960); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1959); The Ed Sullivan Show (1959); Al Capone (1959); Schlitz Playhouse (1957–1958); Playhouse 90 (1958); Cry Terror! (1958); Suspicion (1958); The Unholy Wife (1957); Across the Bridge (1957); Run of the Arrow (1957); Back from Eternity (1956); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); The Harder They Fall (1956); Jubal (1956); The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955); Oklahoma! (1955); The Big Knife (1955); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951–1955); Producers' Showcase (1955); Kraft Theatre (1952–1954); On the Waterfront (1954); Justice (1954); You Are There (1954); The Philip Morris Playhouse (1954); Goodyear Playhouse (1952–1953); Medallion Theatre (1953); Suspense (1952–1953); Danger (1950–1953); The Gulf Playhouse (1953); Tales of Tomorrow (1952–1953); The Clock (1951); Out There (1951); Lux Video Theatre (1951); Teresa (1951); Actor's Studio (1950); Watchmen (2019); Aesop's Fables (1995); Oklahoma! (1955); Real James Dean (2006); Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004); 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2003); Biography (1994–2002); Dinner for Five (2002); Contender: Mastering the Method (2001); Besuch bei Rod Steiger (2001); Bravo Profiles (2001); Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World (2001); The Directors (1997–2001); The Heaven and Earth Show (2001); Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone (2001); Starstruck (2000); Private Screenings (2000); Scene by Scene (2000); Omnibus (2000); End of Days: The Beginning (2000); The Unforgettable Diana Dors (2000); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); Journey Into Amazonia (1999); The Martin Short Show (1999); Hollywood Squares (1999); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends (1999); HARDtalk (1999); Linehan (1999); Kingdom of Shadows (1998); NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II (1998); Politically Incorrect (1998); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); Close-Up (1997); Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1997); 54th Golden Globe Awards (1997); The First Annual Golden Satellite Awards (1997); The Charles Grodin Show (1996); James Dean and Me (1995); 'Doctor Zhivago': The Making of a Russian Epic (1995); James Dean: A Portrait (1995); The 7th Annual Britannia Awards (1995); Humphrey Bogart: Behind the Legend (1994); The Celebrity Guide to Entertaining (1993); The American Gangster (1992); AFI Life Achievement Award (1974–1992); Earth and the American Dream (1992); From Hollywood to Hanoi (1992); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1992); The 9th Annual American Cinema Awards (1992); Street Scenes: New York on Film (1992); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Reflections on the Silver Screen (1992); Aspel & Company (1990); MTV Movie Special: Licence to Kill (1989); This Is Your Life (1972–1989); The Exiles (1989); Moving Image Salutes Sidney Poitier (1989); Sunday, Sunday (1984–1989); Good Morning America (1977–1989); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); Hello Actors Studio (1988); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1988); Change of Heart (1987); Our World (1986); The 12th Annual People's Choice Awards (1986); The London Standard Film Awards (1986); Wogan (1986); Television (1985); Harty (1984); Thicke of the Night (1983); James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983); Tom Cottle: Up Close (1982); I Love Liberty (1982); 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1982); The Making of Lion of the Desert (1981); 100 Tage auf dem 'Zauberberg' - Bericht über die Verfilmung des Romans von Thomas Mann (1981); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1981); The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1981); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1981); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The Stars Salute America's Greatest Movies (1977); ABC's Wide World of Sports (1977); The Mike Douglas Show (1969–1977); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966–1976); Dinah! (1976); The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards (1976); Film '74 (1974); The Moviemakers (1973); The David Frost Show (1970–1971); Jerry Visits (1971); Parkinson (1971); Cinema (1970); The Year of the Communes (1970); Frost on Sunday (1970); The Dick Cavett Show (1970); Tattooed Steiger (1969); Telescope (1969); Hemingway's Spain: A Love Affair (1968); How It Is (1968); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 25th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1968); Today (1957–1968); Stars for Israel (1967); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); Late Show London (1966); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1965); The 16th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1964); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); Here's Hollywood (1961); The 17th Golden Globe Awards (1960); Monitor (1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955–1959); This Week (1957); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Film Fanfare (1956); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955).