Showing posts with label 1926. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1926. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Born on this day – John Gardner:


John Gardner


Writer

November 20, 1926 – August 3, 2007

Credits:

Books:

The Liquidator (1964); Understrike (1965); Amber Nine (1966); Madrigal (1967); Hideaway (1968); Founder Member (1969); Traitor's Exit (1970); The Airline Pirates (1973); Air Apparent (1973); The Assassination File (1974); A Killer for a Song (1975); A Complete State of Death (1970); The Corner Men (1976); Bottled Spider (2002); Streets of Town (2003); Angels Dining at the Ritz (2004); Troubled Midnight (2005); No Human Enemy (2007); The Nostradamus Traitor (1979); The Garden of Weapons (1981); The Quiet Dogs (1988); Maestro (1993); Confessor (1995); The Return of Moriarty (1974); The Revenge of Moriarty (1975); Moriarty (2008); The Secret Generations (1985); The Secret Houses (1987); The Secret Families (1989); Colonel Sun (By: Kingsley Amis) (1968); License Renewed (1981); For Special Services (1982); Icebreaker (1983); Role of Honor (1984); Nobody Lives Forever (1986); No Deals, Mr. Bond (1987); Scorpius (1988); Licence to Kill (1989); Win, Lose or Die (1989); Brokenclaw (1990); The Man from Barbarossa (1991); Death Is Forever (1992); Never Send Flowers (1993); SeaFire (1994); GoldenEye (1995); Cold Fall (1996); Zero Minus Ten (1997); Tomorrow Never Dies (1997); The Facts of Death (1998); The World is Not Enough (1999); High Time to Kill (1999); Doubleshot (2000); Never Dream of Dying (2001); The Man With the Red Tattoo (2002); Die Another Day (2002); Devil May Care (2008); Carte Blanche (2011); Solo (2013); Trigger Mortis (2015); Forever and a Day (2018); With a Mind to Kill (2022); The Censor (1972); Every Night's a Bullfight (1973); The Director (1973); To Run a Little Faster (1976); The Werewolf Trace (1977); The Dancing Dodo (1979); Golgotha (1980); The Last Trump (1980); Blood of the Fathers (1992); Day of Absolution (2001); On Becoming a Novelist (1983); On Writers and Writing (1994); The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1999).

Movies and television:

Biography (2006); The Liquidator (1965); The Stone Killer (1973); Wogan (1988).

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Born on this day – Margaret Sheridan:


Margaret Sheridan


Actress

October 29, 1926 – May 1, 1982

Credits:

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); City Detective (1953); Four Star Playhouse (1954); I, the Jury (1953); Man's Favorite Sport? (1964); One Minute to Zero (1952); Pride of the Blue Grass (1954); The Adventures of Ellery Queen (1952); The Diamond Wizard (1954); The Thing from Another World (1951); Wagon Train (1964).

Saturday, October 26, 2024

Born on this day – Faye Marlowe:


Faye Marlowe


Actress

Writer

October 26, 1926 – May 5, 2022

Credits:

Conrad Nagel Theater (1955); Hangover Square (1945); Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946); Junior Miss (1945); Rendezvous with Annie (1946); TCM Remembers 2022 (2022); The All-Star Bond Rally (1945); The Bed (1954); The Spider (1945); The Thief of Venice (1950).

Friday, October 18, 2024

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Born on this day – Ed McBain:


Ed McBain


Writer

October 15, 1926 – July 6, 2005

Credits:

The 87th Precinct novel series: Cop Hater (1956); The Mugger (1956); The Pusher (1956); The Con Man (1957); Killer's Choice (1957); Lady Killer (1958); Killer's Wedge (1958); Killer's Payoff (1958); King's Ransom (1959); 'Til Death (1959); Give the Boys a Great Big Hand (1960); The Heckler (1960); See Them Die (1960); Lady, Lady, I Did It! (1961); The Empty Hours (1962); Like Love (1962); Ten Plus One (1963); Ax (1963); He Who Hesitates (1965); Doll (1965); Eighty Million Eyes (1966); Fuzz (1968); Shotgun (1968); Jigsaw (1970); Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here! (1971); Sadie When She Died (1972); Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man (1973); Hail to the Chief (1973); Bread (1974); Blood Relatives (1975); So Long as You Both Shall Live (1976); Long Time No See (1977); Calypso (1979); Ghosts (1980); Heat (1981); McBain Brief (1982); Ice (1983); Lightning (1984); And All Through The House (1984); Eight Black Horses (1985); Poison (1987); Lullaby (1989); Vespers (1989); Tricks (1989); Widows (1991); Kiss (1992); Mischief (1993); Romance (1995); Nocturne (1997); The Big Bad City (1998); The Last Dance (1999); Money, Money, Money (2001); Fat Ollie's Book (2002); The Frumious Bandersnatch (2003); Hark! (2004); Fiddlers (2005). The Matthew Hope novel series: Goldilocks (1976); Rumpelstiltskin (1981); Beauty And The Beast (1982); Jack and the Beanstalk (1984); Snow White and Rose Red (1985); Cinderella (1986); Puss in Boots (1987); The House That Jack Built (1988); Three Blind Mice (1990); Mary, Mary (1991); There Was A Little Girl (1994); Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear (1996); The Last Best Hope (1998). Transgressions Books: Terror's Echo: Novellas from Transgressions (2005); Transgressions (2006); Transgressions, Vol. 2 (2006). Stand alone novels: Rocket To Luna (1953); Don't Crowd Me (1953); Danger: Dinosaurs! (1953); Cut Me In (1954); Runaway Black (1954); The Blackboard Jungle (1954); Death of a Nurse (1955); Murder in the Navy (1955); Tomorrow's World (1956); Second Ending (1956); Vanishing Ladies (1957); The Spiked Heel (1957); I'm Cannon--For Hire (1958); Strangers When We Met (1958); Even the Wicked (1958); The Gutter and the Grave (1958); Big Man (1959); A Matter of Conviction (1959); Buddwing (1964); The Sentries (1965); The Paper Dragon (1967); A Horse's Head (1967); Last Summer (1968); Sons (1969); Nobody Knew They Were There (1971); Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972); Seven (1972); Come Winter (1973); Streets of Gold (1974); Doors (1975); Where There's Smoke (1975); Guns (1976); The Chisholms (1976); Love Dad (1981); Far from the Sea (1982); Lizzie (1984); Another Part of the City (1986); Downtown (1989); Gangs! (1989); Scimitar (1992); Criminal Conversation (1994); Privileged Conversation (1995); Driving Lessons (1998); Candyland (2000); The Moment She Was Gone (2002); Alice In Jeopardy (2004); So Nude, So Dead     (2015); Runaway (2016); Find the Feathered Serpent (1952); The Remarkable Harry (1961); The Wonderful Button (1961); Me and Mr. Stenner (1976); Let's Talk (2005); The McBain Brief (1982); Barking at Butterflies (2000); Running from Legs and Other Stories (2002); Learning to Kill (2006); Transgressions (2006); Keller's Adjustment; Forever (2006); I Like 'Em Tough (2016); The Jungle Kids (2016); I Like 'Em Tough (2016); The Sunday Pigeon Murders (1942); The Thursday Turkey Murders (1943); The April Robin Murders (1958); Great Stories of Mystery and Suspense (1981); Mammoth Book of Short Crime Novels (1986); The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories (1988); The Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction (1988); City Sleuths and Tough Guys (1989); Crimes of Passion (1993); The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1996 (1995); Murder For Love (1996); Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories (1996); The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories (1996); Crime After Crime (1999); The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 (1999); The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 (2000); The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 (2000); Writers on Writing (2001); The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years (2001); The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 (2002); The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction (2004); Dangerous Women (2005); Transgressions (2005); Price of Desire (2005); Transgressions vol. 4 (2006); Transgressions, Vol. 2 (2006); Masters of Noir, Volume One (2010); Masters of Noir, Volume Three (2010); Books to Die For (2012).

Movies and television:

87. revír (1970); 87th Precinct (1961–1962); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957–1959); All About 'the Birds' (2000); Blackboard Jungle (1955); Blood Relatives (1978); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966–1967); Brokovnice (1992); Case Reopened (1999); CBS Afternoon Playhouse (1981); Climax! (1958); Columbo (1992–1994); Cop Hater (1958); Dream West (1986); Dzungle pred tabulí (1980); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Ed McBain möter Ulf Örnkloo (1988); Ed McBain: Satsui (2005); Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave (1997); Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice (1996); Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning (1995); Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972); Fallen Angels (1995); Fuzz (1972); General Electric Theater (1958); High and Low (1963); I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021); Ironside (1968); Kao no nai onna: Kurushima keiji no hôkokusho yori (2007); Koho si vybral vrah (1974); Kraft Theatre (1958); La soupe aux poulets (1963); Last Summer (1969); Le cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques (1971); Le Dernier Tour (2002); Living Famously (2003); Lonely Heart (1981); Midnight Journal (1990); Mike Hammer (1958); Mister Buddwing (1966); Of Men and Women (1973); Panenka (1980); Plus rien à perdre (1968); Read All About It (1979); Reputations (1999); Skládacka (1991); Spin (2012); Sposob ubiystva (1993); Strangers When We Meet (1960); Tanin no kankei (1989); Tengoku to jigoku (2007); The Birds (1963); The Bob Braun Show (1981); The Chisholms (1979–1980); The Culture Show (2005); The David Frost Show (1972); The Horror Hall of Fame II (1991); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); The Legend of Walks Far Woman (1980); The Mugger (1958); The Pusher (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959); The Trouble with Marnie (2000); The Write Stuff (1989); The Young Savages (1961); Three Blind Mice (2001); Walk Proud (1979); Without Apparent Motive (1971); Wogan (1986); Zabiják (1972).

Born on this day – Jean Peters:


Jean Peters

Actress

October 15, 1926 – October 13, 2000

Friday, October 11, 2024

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Born on this day – Ramona Fradon:


Ramona Fradon


Artist

Illustrator

October 2, 1926 – February 24, 2024

Credits:

Books:

1st Issue Special (1975); Adventure Comics (1938); Alter Ego (1999); Aquaman (1962); Blackhawk (1957); Bongo Comics Presents Simpsons Super Spectacular (2006); Choices (1990); Danny Fingeroth's Write Now! (2002); DC Super Stars (1976); Dignifying Science (1999); Fantastic Four (1961); Freedom Fighters (1976); Gang Busters (1947); Ghosts (1971); House of Mystery (1951); House of Secrets (1956); Invaders Now! (2010); Just Imagine Stan Lee With Scott McDaniel Creating Aquaman (2002); Metamorpho (1965); More Secret Origins Replica Edition (1999); Namora (2010); Plastic Man (1976); Plastic Man 80-Page Giant (2004); Plop! (1973); Secrets of Haunted House (1975); Secrets of Sinister House (1972); Showcase (1956); Silver Age: Doom Patrol (2000); Teen Titans (1966); The Adventures of Unemployed Man (2010); The Brave and the Bold (1955); The Super Friends (1976); The Unexpected (1968); Wonder Woman (1987); World's Finest Comics (1941).

Movies, television and video:

Aquaman (2018); Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2011); Beware the Batman (2013–2014); Black Adam (2022); Dare2Draw Studio's Chat (2016); Imagine the Dreams (2019); Peacemaker (2022); Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010); She Makes Comics (2014); Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle (2013); Teen Titans GO! To the Movies (2018); The Anti Gravity Room (1995); The Flash (2023); The Legends Behind the Comic Books (2007); Titans (2021); Wonder Woman 1984 (2020); Young Justice (2019).

Thursday, September 26, 2024

Born on this day – Julie London:


Julie London


Actress

Singer

September 26, 1926 – October 18, 2000

Credits:

A Question of Infidelity (1958); Adam-12 (1972); Adventures in Paradise (1959); An Evening with... (1965); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1954); Blood Orange (2016); Blue Moon (2002); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Bop Girl Goes Calypso (1957); Boy on a Dolphin (1957); Bridget Jones's Diary (2001); Broken Noses (1987); Celebrity Bowling (1975); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1976); Checkmate (1961); Cinema Verite (2011); Compression (2024); Crazy Love (2007); Crime Against Joe (1956); Crimes of the Heart (2003); Dan Raven (1960); Dancing with the Stars (2006); Dark Harbor (1998); Der Duft von Las Vegas (1965); Diamond Horseshoe (1945); Dinah! (1975); Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1999); Drango (1957); Emergency! (1972–1978); Emergency! 50! The Show That Saved Your Life (2022); Endeavour (2016); Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Follow the Sun (1961); Frances Langford Presents (1959); Frontier Justice (1959); Funny You Should Ask (1969); Game Show Moments Gone Bananas (2005); Gershwin's Summertime: The Song That Conquered the World (2011); Girl Picture (2022); Greta (2018); Gypsy (1966–1968); He Said, She Said (1970); Here's Hollywood (1960); Hollywood Preview (1956); Hong Kong (1961); I Spy (1965); I'll Bet (1965); Imaginary Crimes (1994); Immortal (2004); Independent Lens (2005); It's Your Bet (1970–1971); Janie (1944); Laramie (1960); Legends (2009); Love Letters in the Sands of Time (2010); Mad Men (2007); Magic City (2013); Man of the West (1958); Masquerade Party (1974); Match Game (1975); Match Game PM (1976); Michael Shayne (1960); Moka (2016); Mulatschag (2012); My Dinner with Hervé (2018); My Music: Songbook Standards - As Time Goes By (2015); My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman (2022); Nabonga (1944); Night in Paradise (1946); Night of the Quarter Moon (1959); On Stage Everybody (1945); Operation: Entertainment (1968); P2 (2007); Palm Royale (2024); Pan Am (2011); Panic (2000); Paris Follies (2014); Passion of Mind (2000); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1955–1959); Person to Person (1957); Playhouse 90 (1957); Poms (2019); Proven Innocent (2019); Rawhide (1960); Return of the Frontiersman (1950); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1972); Saddle the Wind (1958); Sanctuary (1961); Sharky's Machine (1981); Shower of Stars (1957); Showtime (1968); Sibyl (2019); Singapore Sling (1990); Six Feet Under (2001); So You Think You Can Dance Canada (2008); Something from Tiffany's (2022); Something Special (1967); Stars of Jazz (1956); Stump the Stars (1963); Tales of the City (1993); Tap Roots (1948); Task Force (1949); Tattletales (1974–1975); Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999); The 3rd Voice (1960); The Alan Hamel Show (1977); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The Annual National Sports Awards (1961); The Bad Guys (2022); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1961); The Big Record (1957); The Big Tease (1999); The Big Valley (1968); The Bob Crosby Show (1958); The Bob Hope Show (1956–1964); The Chevy Showroom Starring Andy Williams (1959); The David Frost Show (1969); The David Niven Show (1959); The Dean Martin Show (1966); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1959–1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1957); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The End of the F***ing World (2017–2019); The Fat Man (1951); The Fighting Chance (1955); The Garry Moore Show (1959–1961); The George Raft Story (1961); The Girl Can't Help It (1956); The Great Man (1956); The Helicopter Spies (1968); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1968–1972); The Jack Benny Program (1962); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969); The Jonathan Winters Show (1968); The Juke Box Jury (1956–1959); The Julie London Special (1968); The Lively Ones (1963); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2019); The Merv Griffin Show (1969); The National Sports Awards (1961); The Notorious Bettie Page (2005); The Red House (1947); The Red Skelton Hour (1960); The Rosemary Clooney Show (1956); The Sopranos (2006); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1957–1960); The Tonight Show (1955–1956); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1964–1972); The Wonderful Country (1959); Under the Mistletoe (2012); V for Vendetta (2005); Voice in the Mirror (1958); Wedding Day Winners (2018); Welcome to Marwen (2018); What's My Line? (1957–1961); Your First Impression (1962); Zane Grey Theatre (1957).