Born on this day – Richard Matheson:

Richard Matheson

Writer

February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013

Credits:

Books:

65 Great Spine Chillers (1982); 7 Steps to Midnight (1993); A Primer of Reality (2002); A Stir of Echoes (1958); Abu and the 7 Marvels (2002); American Pulp (1997); Best of Science Fiction: No. 10 (1964); Bloodlines (2006); Button, Button: Uncanny Stories (2007); By the Gun (1994); California Sorcery (1999); Camp Pleasant (2001); Collected Stories, Vol. 1 (1989); Collected Stories, Vol. 2 (2005); Collected Stories, Vol. 3 (2005); Come Fygures, Come Shadowes (2003); Comedy of Terrors (1964); Completely Doomed (2007); Darker Places (2004); Duel — Horror Stories of the Road (1987); Duel (1971); Earthbound (1982); Flight or Fright (2018); Fury on Sunday (1953); Generations (2012); Great Black Magic Stories (1974); Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1985); Haunts: Reliquaries of the Dead (2011); Hell House (1971); Hot Blood Tales of Erotic Horror (1989); Hunger and Thirst (2000); Hunted Past Reason (2002); I Am Legend / The Omega Man (1954); If This Goes On (1965); Journal of the Gun Years (1991); Kiss the Whip (2005); Kolchak Scripts (2003); Kolchak the Night Stalker Volume 1 (2004); Laughing Space: An Anthology of Science Fiction Humor (1982); Leave Yesterday Alone (2013); Masques V (2006); Mediums Rare (2000); Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (1961); Now You See It... (1995); Off Beat: Uncollected Stories (2020); Other Kingdoms (2011); Passion Play (2000); Pride (2002); Richard Matheson Uncollected: Backteria and Other Improbable Tales (2011); Ride the Nightmare (1959); Road Rage (2012); Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master (1995); Rod Serling’s Night Gallery Reader (1987); Rod Serling’s Other Worlds (1978); Second Annual Collection (1989); Shadow on the Sun (1994); Shock!: Thirteen Tales to Thrill and Terrify (1961); Shock II: Thirteen Tales to Haunt the Imagination (1964); Shock III (1966); Shock Waves (1970); Slaughter House (1953); Someone is Bleeding (1953); Somewhere In Time / Bid Time Return (1975); Star Science Fiction Stories 3 (1955); Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 (1953); Star Science Fiction Stories No. 5 (1972); Steel and Other Stories (2011); Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters (2002); Taps and Sighs (2000); The Beardless Warriors of World War II (1960); The Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1988); The Best of Cemetery Dance II (2008); The Box (2008); The Dead That Walk (2009); The Devil’s Generation (1973); The Gun Fight (1993); The Incredible Shrinking Man / The Shrinking Man (1956); The Link (2006); The Mammoth Book of Body Horror (2012); The Memoirs of Wild Bill Hickok (1996); The Monster Book of Monsters (1988); The Night Stalker (1973); The Night Strangler (1974); The Path (1993); The Richard Matheson Companion (2007); The Shores of Space (1957); The Time Traveler’s Almanac (2013); The Twilight Zone (2017); The Twilight Zone Scripts (1998); The Year’s Best Fantasy 2 / Demons and Dreams (1990); The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings (1998); Third from the Sun: Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1954); Unrealized Dreams (2005); Visions Deferred (2009); Visions of Death: Richard Matheson’s Edgar Allan Poe Scripts, Vol. 1 (2007); What Dreams May Come (1978); Woman / Third from the Sun / Born of Man (1954).

Movies and television:

100 Years of Horror (1996); 100 Years of Horror: The Aristocrats of Evil (1996); 100 Years of Horror: The Evil Unseeable (1996); 20 heures le journal (2007); Am I the Last (2019); Amazing Stories (1986–1987); American Masters (1995); Animus: The Tell-Tale Heart (2015); Back to 'Somewhere in Time' (2000); Black Magic: The Making of the Devil Rides Out (2012); Blood Son (2006); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Buckskin (1959); Captains and the Kings (1976); Catnado (2022); Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man (2010); Cheyenne (1960); Cineficción Radio (2019–2020); Circle of Fear (1972–1973); Cold Sweat (1970); Combat! (1962); Corman's Comedy of Poe (2003); Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011); Creating 'I Am Legend' (2008); Dark Dreamers (2011); De Sade (1969); Dead of Night / Segment: No Such Thing as a Vampire (1977); Die Prüfung (1973); Die! Die! My Darling! (1965); Dracula (1974); Duel (1971); Dying Room Only (1973); Family Guy (2010); Have Gun - Will Travel (1960); HBO First Look (2007); Hideouser and Hideouser (2019); House of Usher (1960); I Am Legend (2007 / 2008); I Am Omega (2007); In the Year 2889 / It's Alive! (1969); Jaws 3-D (1983); Journey to the Unknown (1968); Late Night Horror (1968); Lawman (1960–1962); L'esame (2007); Loose Cannons (1990); Markham (1959); Master of the World (1961); Masters of Fantasy (1998); Masters of Horror (2005); Minty Comedic Arts (2019); My Ambition (2006); Night Gallery (1971–1972); Night of the Eagle (1962); Now Is Tomorrow (1958); Official onesheet. (2011); Perry Como's Christmas in Paris (1982); Perry Como's French-Canadian Christmas (1981); Person to Person (2011); Prey (1983); Rabid Love (2012); Racconti di fantascienza (1979); Real Steel (2011); Richard Matheson Storyteller: Comedy of Terrors (2003); Richard Matheson Storyteller: The Raven (2003); Richard Matheson: The Writing of 'Duel' (2004); Scream of the Wolf (1974); Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (2005); Shoestring Theatre (1962); Someone Is Bleeding (1974); Somewhere in Time (1980); Soy leyenda (1967); Star Trek (1966); Stir of Echoes (1999); Studio 57 (1955); Tales of Terror (1962); TCM Remembers 2013 (2013); The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards (2013); The AckerMonster Chronicles! (2012); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1963); The Beat Generation (1959); The Box (2006 / 2009); The Comedy of Terrors (1963); The D.A.'s Man (1959); The Devil Rides Out (1968); The Dreamer of Oz (1990); The Famous Monsters 1993 World Convention Souvenir Video (1993); The Fearmakers Collection (2007); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Godfather Part II (1974); The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992); The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977); The Holiday Man (2009); The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957); The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981); The Last Man on Earth (1964); The Last of the Living (2022); The Last Rites of Richard Keene (2010); The Legend of Hell House (1973); The Life After Death Project (2013); The Martian Chronicles (1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1978); The Morning After (1974); The Near Departed (2012); The Night Stalker (1972); The Night Strangler (1973); The Omega Man (1971); The Oscars (2014); The Outer Limits (1996); The Pit and the Pendulum (1961); The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960); The Raven (1963); The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver (1977); The Stranger Within (1974); The Twilight Zone (1959–2019); The Twilight Zone / Segment: Button, Button (1986); The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas (2006–2010); The Young Warriors (1967); This Week in Comedy (2010); Thriller (1961); Trilogy of Terror / Segment: Amelia (1975); Trilogy of Terror II / Segment: Bobby (1996); Trilogy of Terror: Terror Scribe (2006); Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994); Twilight Zone: The Definitive Edition Interviews (2005); Twilight Zone: The Movie / Segment: four (1983); Vampirismus (1982); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959); What Dreams May Come (2009).

Born on this day – Whitney Blake:

Whitney Blake

Actress

Writer

Director

February 20, 1926 – September 28, 2002

Credits:

-30- (1959); 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1960); A Face in the Crowd (1981); Adventures in Paradise (1960); Alcoa Theatre (1958); Anatomy of a Crime (1969); Bachelor Father (1960); Batman (1967); Big Town (1956); Bonanza (1959); Branded (1966); Bronco (1960–1961); Cannon (1974); Cavalcade of America (1957); Cheyenne (1957–1960); Circus Boy (1957); Collector's Item: The Left Fist of David (1957); Destination Space (1959); Family (1979); Frontier Justice (1959); Gunsmoke (1959–1973); Gypsy (1968); Hazel (1961–1965); Here's Boomer (1980); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hunter (1977); Ironside (1975); Johnny Midnight (1960); Kraft Mystery Theater (1962); Laredo (1966); Law and Order (1976); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Boss's Ex (1970); M Squad (1958–1960); Mannix (1967); Markham (1959); Maverick (1958); Medic (1956); Medical Story (1975); Michael Shayne (1960); Mike Hammer (1958); Mobile One (1975); My Gun Is Quick (1957); One Day at a Time (1975–2020); Overland Trail (1960); Panic! (1958); Perry Mason (1957–1958); Pete and Gladys (1960); Pete Kelly's Blues (1959); Playhouse 90 (1959); Pony Express (1959); Pursuit (1958); Rawhide (1959–1960); Reno's Kids: 87 Days + 11 (1987); Returning Home (1975); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1959); Riverboat (1960); Route 66 (1961); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Shotgun Slade (1959); Solo en America (1998–2000); State Trooper (1957–1959); Strange Homecoming (1974); Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers (1957); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959–1960); The Andy Griffith Show (1967); The Aquanauts (1961); The Betsy (1978); The Boy Who Stole the Elephant (1970); The D.A.'s Man (1959); The Deputy (1959); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1958); The Legend of Jesse James (1966); The Lineup (1959); The Loretta Young Show (1959); The Magical World of Disney (1970); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1964); The Millionaire (1957–1960); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Outsider (1968); The Restless Gun (1959); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); The Stranger Who Looks Like Me (1974); The Texan (1959); The Virginian (1967); Thriller (1960); Tightrope (1960); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Whirlybirds (1957); Whitney (2018); Wire Service (1957); You Don't Say (1963); Zane Grey Theatre (1957–1958).

Born on this day – John Schlesinger:

John Schlesinger

Director

Writer

Actor

February 16, 1926 – July 25, 2003

Credits:

A Kind of Loving (1962); A Loan from Lorenzo (1953); A Woman of Property (1957); Aggie (1957); An Englishman Abroad (1983); Armchair Theatre (1957); As I Was Saying (1955); Assignment Foreign Legion (1957); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1953); Big City (1956); Billy Liar (1963); Black Tide (1958); Brothers in Law (1957); Cold Comfort Farm (1995); Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1956); Darling (1965); Der Rosenkavalier (1994); Eye for an Eye (1996); Far from the Madding Crowd (1967); Honky Tonk Freeway (1981); ITV Television Playhouse (1957); Ivanhoe (1958); Madame Sousatzka (1988); Madame Sousatzka (1988); Marathon Man (1976); Midnight Cowboy (1969); Monitor (1958–1961); Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955); Pacific Heights (1990); Paul McCartney: Little Willow (1997); Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956); Sailor of the King (1953); Screen One (1991); Screen Two (1985); Separate Tables (1983); Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971); Sunday in the Park (1956); Terminus (1961); The Adventures of Annabel (1955); The Adventures of Robin Hood (1956–1957); The Beasts of Marseilles (1957); The Believers (1987); The Buccaneers (1956); The Day of the Locust (1975); The Divided Heart (1954); The Falcon and the Snowman (1985); The Grove Family (1956–1957); The Innocent (1993); The Last Man to Hang (1956); The Lost Language of Cranes (1991); The McCartney Years (2007); The Next Best Thing (2000); The Starfish (1952); The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1997); The Twilight of the Golds (1996); The Vise (1955); The Wednesday Play (1967); The Why Store: Father (1996); Un ballo in maschera (1990); Visions of Eight (1973); Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years (1960); Yanks (1979).

Born on this day – Paula Hill:

Paula Hill

Actress

February 15, 1926 – February 15, 2000

Credits:

Chump Change (2000); The Soldier of Fortune (1991); Mike Hammer (1958); M Squad (1958); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1958); The Sad Sack (1957); The Joker Is Wild (1957); Dragnet (1956–1957); The Man Called X (1956–1957); Three Violent People (1956); Highway Patrol (1956); Hot Cars (1956); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1955); The Loretta Young Show (1955); Playgirl (1954); Mesa of Lost Women (1953); The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953); Models Inc. (1952); Outlaw Women (1952); Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952); Meet Danny Wilson (1952); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); Highway 301 (1950); Love That Brute (1950); Hellfire (1949); Buffalo Bill Rides Again (1947).

Born on this day – Leslie Nielsen:

Leslie Nielsen

Actor

Comedian

February 11, 1926 – November 28, 2010

Born on this day – Hazel Court:

Hazel Court

Actress

February 10, 1926 – April 15, 2008

Credits:

100 Years of Horror (1996); 100 Years of Horror: The Frankenstein Family (1996); 100 Years of Horror: The Monster Makers (1996); 12 O'Clock High (1964–1965); A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010); A Woman of Mystery (1958); Adventure Theater (1956); Adventures in Paradise (1959–1960); Afternoon Film Festival (1956); Alcoa Theatre (1960); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958–1961); Behind the Headlines (1956); Biography (1993–1997); Bonanza (1960); Bond Street (1948); Breakout (1959); Burke's Law (1964–1965); Carnival (1946); Champagne Charlie (1944); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007–2013); Corman's Comedy of Poe (2003); Danger Man (1960–1966); Dear Murderer (1947); Devil Girl from Mars (1954); Dick and the Duchess (1957–1958); Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961); Dr. Kildare (1965); Dreaming (1944); Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994); Forbidden (1949); Frankenpimp's Revenge: The Romeo and Juliet Massacre (2020); Frankenstein Reborn: The Making of a Hammer Classic (2012); Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991); General Electric Theater (1960); Ghost Ship (1952); Ghost Squad (1961); Gidget (1966); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Greasepaint and Gore, Part 2: The Hammer Monsters of Roy Ashton (2004); Greasepaint and Gore: The Hammer Monsters of Phil Leakey (2004); Holiday Camp (1947); Hour of Decision (1957); Hungry Hill (1947); I Used to Be in Pictures (2000); Interpol Calling (1960); Iron Horse (1966); Jane Asher on the 100th Birthday of Vincent Price (2011); Kraft Mystery Theater (1961); Mannix (1968); Markham (1959); Mary Had a Little... (1961); McMillan & Wife (1972); Meet Me at Dawn (1947); Mission: Impossible (1967); Mobile One (1975); Model for Murder (1959); My Sister and I (1948); Play the Game (1948); Playhouse 90 (1958); Present for a Bride (1954); Rawhide (1964); Richard Matheson Storyteller: The Raven (2003); Sam Benedict (1962); Showtime (1946); Stagecoach West (1961); Tale of Three Women / Segment: ‘Wedding Gift’ story (1954); TCM Remembers 2008 (2008); The Buccaneers (1956); The Curse of Frankenstein (1957); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961–1962); The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1960); The Farmer's Daughter (1964); The Final Conflict (1981); The Gay Cavalier (1957); The Gentle Killers (1957); The Invisible Man (1958); The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959); The Man Who Was Nobody (1960); The Masque of the Red Death (1964); The Name of the Game (1970); The Narrowing Circle (1956); The Premature Burial (1962); The Raven (1963); The Root of All Evil (1947); The Scarlet Web (1954); The Shakedown (1960); The Third Man (1959); The Twilight Zone (1964); The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1965); The Wild Wild West (1966); The World of Hammer (1994); Thriller (1961); Top Secret (1961); Undercover Agent (1953).

Born on this day – Nancy Gates:

Nancy Gates

Actress

February 1, 1926 – March 24, 2019

Credits:

Mod Squad (1969); Bonanza (1966); Burke's Law (1965); The Loner (1965); Rawhide (1965); Perry Mason (1957–1965); Kentucky Jones (1965); The Virginian (1964); Wagon Train (1958–1964); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963); Gunsmoke (1962); Bus Stop (1961); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); The Detectives (1961); Zane Grey Theatre (1961); Hong Kong (1961); The Best of the Post (1961); Wichita Town (1960); Laramie (1960); Comanche Station (1960); Hawaiian Eye (1960); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); The Lineup (1959); Men Into Space (1959); Bronco (1959); Lock Up (1959); Riverboat (1959); The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959); The Third Man (1959); The Millionaire (1955–1959); Maverick (1958–1959); 77 Sunset Strip (1959); Some Came Running (1958); Trackdown (1958); The Loretta Young Show (1957–1958); The Rawhide Trail (1958); Kraft Theatre (1958); The Adventures of McGraw (1957); Lux Video Theatre (1953–1957); The Brass Legend (1956); Death of a Scoundrel (1956); The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956); Schlitz Playhouse (1954–1956); Magnificent Roughnecks (1956); The Red Skelton Hour (1956); Wetbacks (1956); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1956); World Without End (1956); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955–1956); The Star and the Story (1955–1956); Adventures of the Falcon (1954–1956); The Bottom of the Bottle (1956); The Adventures of Ellery Queen (1952–1955); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); General Electric Theater (1954–1955); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); No Man's Woman (1955); Science Fiction Theatre (1955); Top of the World (1955); Treasury Men in Action (1955); The Whistler (1954–1955); Studio 57 (1954–1955); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); Stranger on Horseback (1955); The Man Behind the Badge (1955); TV Reader's Digest (1955); Masterson of Kansas (1954); Suddenly (1954); Your Play Time (1954); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1954); Hell's Half Acre (1954); Your Favorite Story (1954); Four Star Playhouse (1953); Torch Song (1953); Target Hong Kong (1953); The Member of the Wedding (1952); The Atomic City (1952); At Sword's Point (1952); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); Roll, Thunder, Roll! (1949); Check Your Guns (1948); Cheyenne Takes Over (1947); The Spanish Main (1945); Nevada (1944); The Master Race (1944); Bride by Mistake (1944); A Night of Adventure (1944); Family Feud (1943); Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943); This Land Is Mine (1943); The Great Gildersleeve (1942); The Magnificent Ambersons (1942); The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942).

Born on this day – Dolores Moran:

Dolores Moran

Actress

January 27, 1926 – February 5, 1982

Credits:

Silver Lode (1954); Mr. & Mrs. North (1953–1954); Count the Hours! (1953); My Hero (1952); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Johnny One-Eye (1950); Movietown USA (1950); Christmas Eve (1947); The Man I Love (1946); Without Reservations (1946); Mr. Noisy (1946); Too Young to Know (1945); The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945); Hollywood Canteen (1944); To Have and Have Not (1944); The Last Ride (1944); Old Acquaintance (1943); Three Cheers for the Girls (1943); The Hard Way (1943); Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942); Winning Your Wings (1942); The Ghost Breakers (1940).

Born on this day – Ingrid Thulin:

Ingrid Thulin

Actress

Director

Writer

January 27, 1926 – January 7, 2004

Credits:

The House of Smiles (1991); Cuore di mamma (1988); Orn (1987); Control (1987); Il Corsaro (1985); After the Rehearsal (1984); Brusten himmel (1982); It Rained All Night the Day I Left (1980); One and One (1978); The Cassandra Crossing (1976); L'Agnese va a morire (1976); Madam Kitty (1976); La cage (1975); Monismanien 1995 (1975); Moses the Lawgiver (1974); E cominciò il viaggio nella vertigine (1974); A Handful of Love (1974); Puccini (1973); La sainte famille (1973); Cries & Whispers (1972); Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971); N.P. (1971); The Damned (1969); The Rite (1969); Adelaide (1968); Badarna (1968); Un diablo bajo la almohada (1968); Hour of the Wolf (1968); O.K. Yevtushenko (1967); Domani non siamo più qui (1967); Night Games (1966); The War Is Over (1966); Hängivelse (1965); Return from the Ashes (1965); Games of Desire (1964); Sextet (1963); Espionage (1963); The Silence (1963); Ett drömspel (1963); Winter Light (1963); Agostino (1962); The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962); Theatre '62 (1961); Syskon (1961); Domaren (1960); Vår ofödde son (1959); Älska (1959); The Magician (1958); Brink of Life (1958); Wild Strawberries (1957); Det händer i natt (1957); Pettersson i Annorlunda (1956); Foreign Intrigue (1956); Hoppsan! (1955); Danssalongen (1955); Foreign Intrigue (1954–1955); Två sköna juveler (1954); I rök och dans (1954); Göingehövdingen (1953); En skärgårdsnatt (1953); Kalle Karlsson från Jularbo (1952); Möte med livet (1952); Leva på 'Hoppet' (1951); När kärleken kom till byn (1950); Hasse Ekman in Hjärter knekt (1950); Kärleken segrar (1949); Son of the Sea (1949); Känn dej som Hemma (1948); Jørund Smed (1948).

Born on this day – Patricia Neal:

Patricia Neal

Actress

January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010

Credits:

Flying By (2009); For the Love of May (2001); Cookie's Fortune (1999); Heidi (1993); A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story (1992); Murder, She Wrote (1990); Caroline? (1990); An Unremarkable Life (1989); Shattered Vows (1984); Love Leads the Way: A True Story (1984); Glitter (1984); Ghost Story (1981); The Patricia Neal Story (1981); All Quiet on the Western Front (1979); The Passage (1979); The Bastard (1978); A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1978); Nido de viudas (1977); Tail Gunner Joe (1977); The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (1976); Movin' On (1975); Little House on the Prairie (1975); Eric (1975); Hay que matar a B. (1974); Things in Their Season (1974); Kung Fu (1974); Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973); Baxter! (1973); Circle of Fear (1972); The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971); The Night Digger (1971); The Subject Was Roses (1968); In Harm's Way (1965); Psyche 59 (1964); Espionage (1963); Hud (1963); Ben Casey (1963); Zero One (1962); Winter Journey (1962); Westinghouse Presents: That's Where the Town Is Going (1962); The Untouchables (1962); Checkmate (1962); Drama 61-67 (1962); Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961); Rendezvous (1961); Special for Women: Mother and Daughter (1961); Play of the Week (1960–1961); Strindberg on Love (1960); Clash by Night (1959); Pursuit (1958); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1958); Studio One (1954–1958); Playhouse 90 (1957–1958); Suspicion (1958); A Face in the Crowd (1957); Omnibus (1955); La tua donna (1954); The Venusian (1954); Goodyear Playhouse (1954); Something for the Birds (1952); Washington Story (1952); Diplomatic Courier (1952); Week-End with Father (1951); The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951); Raton Pass (1951); Operation Pacific (1951); The Breaking Point (1950); Three Secrets (1950); Bright Leaf (1950); Breakdowns of 1949 (1949); The Hasty Heart (1949); It's a Great Feeling (1949); The Fountainhead (1949); John Loves Mary (1949).

Born on this day – Fritz Weaver:

Fritz Weaver

Actor

January 19, 1926 − November 26, 2016

Born on this day – Michèle Philippe:

Michèle Philippe

Actress

January 17, 1926 – September 23, 1972

Credits:

Hot Hours (1959); Man and Child (1956); Paris, Palace Hotel (1956); The swords in the secret service (1956); French Cancan (1955); The Babes Make the Law (1955); The clandestine women (1954); Marriage Episodes (1954); His Father's Portrait (1953); The 400 club blows (1953); A Night in Megève (1953); Beautiful Mentality (1953); The Dream of Zorro (1952); Don Juan's Night of Love (1952) Each in turn (1951); The needle red (1951); Blonde Head (1950); The Naked Woman (1949); Wearing her heart on her sleeve (1948); The Firemen's Ball (1948); The Tragic Dolmen (1948); Crossroads of the crime (1948); The Thief Is Well (1948); Through the Window (1948); The great Maguet (1947); Thirty and Forty (1946); Hoboes in Paradise (1946) Julia (1945); The Black Rider (1945).

Born on this day – Frank Aletter:

Frank Aletter

Actor

January 14, 1926 – May 13, 2009

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965–1966); 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2010); 1st & Ten (1988); A Tiger Walks (1964); ABC Weekend Specials (1981); Adam-12 (1974); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alice (1983); All in the Family (1978); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1955–1962); Automan (1984); Banyon (1972); Ben Casey (1963–1966); Blansky's Beauties (1977); Bringing Up Buddy (1960–1961); Cannon (1971–1976); Capitol (1982–1987); CHiPs (1982); Columbo (1978); Dallas (1986); Danger Island (1968–1969); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); David Cassidy - Man Undercover (1978); Detective in the House (1985); Dr. Kildare (1963); Emergency! (1972–1978); Falcon Crest (1986); Fantasy Island (1978–1979); Farewell to the Planet of the Apes (1980); Funny Face (1971); General Electric Theater (1961); General Hospital (1991); Grindl (1964); Hawkins Falls: A Television Novel (1950–1955); Hazel (1963); He Said, She Said (1970); Hello, Larry (1979); Holmes and Yoyo (1976); Hotel (1985); Hunter (1976); Insight (1971–1975); Ironside (1969–1973); It's About Time (1966–1967); Jigsaw (1973); Justice (1955); Karen (1975); Kojak (1975); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975); Kraft Theatre (1956); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1959); Lassie (1972); Lassie: Peace is Our Profession (2006); Lou Grant (1981); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Naked Stranger (1971); Love, Sidney (1983); M*A*S*H (1973); Mannix (1967–1975); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1973–1975); Matlock (1987); Maude (1972); Medical Center (1971); Mister Roberts (1955); Mod Squad (1970); Murder, She Wrote (1985); My Favorite Martian (1963); My World and Welcome to It (1970); Nancy (1970); Nanny and the Professor (1971); Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972); Omnibus (1958); Operation Petticoat (1978); Perry Mason (1963–1964); Petrocelli (1976); Petticoat Junction (1966–1969); Planet of the Apes (1974); Police Woman (1975–1978); Private School (1983); Project U.F.O. (1978); Quincy, M.E. (1978–1982); Rich Man, Poor Man (1976); Run, Cougar, Run (1972); S.W.A.T. (1975); Sierra (1974); Simon & Simon (1984); Studio One (1955); Switch (1976–1977); T.J. Hooker (1986); Target: The Corruptors (1962); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (1968–1970); The Best of Hollywood (1999–2018); The Big Brain (1963); The Bionic Woman (1978); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1972); The Cara Williams Show (1964–1965); The Don Rickles Show (1972); The Doris Day Show (1969); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The F.B.I. (1968–1972); The Facts of Life (1983); The Fall Guy (1982–1985); The Fugitive (1965); The Gertrude Berg Show (1962); The Golden Girls (1985); The Great Adventure (1964); The Invisible Man (1975); The Law and Harry McGraw (1987); The Lazarus Man (1996); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962); The Love Boat (1979); The Lucy Show (1962); The Magical World of Disney (1966–1975); The Name of the Game (1970); The New Adam-12 (1991); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1972); The Quest (1976); The Six Million Dollar Man (1975); The Star Maker (1981); The Twilight Zone (1963); This Is the Life (1978); Three's a Crowd (1985); Three's Company (1981 / 1982); Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970); Vacation Playhouse (1963–1967); Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter (1986); What's Happening!! (1977); Wide Country (1963); You Again? (1987); You Are There (1953–1955).

Born on this day – Michael Bond:

Michael Bond

Writer

January 13, 1926 – June 27, 2017

Credits:

Books:

A Bear Called Paddington (1958); A Bear Called Paddington and & Stories (2014); A Bear Called Paddington And Other Stories (2024); A Bear in Hot Water (1995); A Day by the Sea (1992); A Jar of Jokes (1992); A Picnic On the River (1980); A Spot of Decorating (1995); Adventures of a Bear Called Paddington (1976); Bears and Forebears (1996); Best of Paddington Bear (1970); Best-loved Paddington Stories (2017); Favourite Paddington Stories (2014); Fun and Games with Paddington (1977); Here Comes Thursday (1966); It Wasn't Me! (2016); J. D. Polson and the Dillogate Affair (1981); J. D. Polson and the Liberty Head Dime (1980); Learn with Paddington (1999); Love from Paddington (2014); Malice Domestic 7 (1998); Michael Bond's Book of Bears (1992); Monsieur Pamplemousse (1983); Monsieur Pamplemousse Afloat (2000); Monsieur Pamplemousse Aloft (1989); Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Carbon Footprint (2010); Monsieur Pamplemousse and the French Solution (2007); Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Militant Midwives (2006); Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Secret Mission (1985); Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Tangled Web (2014); Monsieur Pamplemousse Hits the Headlines (2003); Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates (1990); Monsieur Pamplemousse on Location (1992); Monsieur Pamplemousse on Probation (2000); Monsieur Pamplemousse on the Spot (1986); Monsieur Pamplemousse on Vacation (2002); Monsieur Pamplemousse Rests His Case (1991); Monsieur Pamplemousse Stands Firm (1992); Monsieur Pamplemousse Takes the Cure (1987); Monsieur Pamplemousse Takes the Train (1993); More About Paddington (1959); More Hilarious Adventures of Paddington (1978); Mouse Called ThursdayMr. Cram's Magic Bubbles (1975); My Book of Marmalade (2008); My Secret Suitcase (2010); Olga Carries On (1976); Olga Counts Her Blessings (1975); Olga da Polga (2015); Olga Follows Her Nose (2002); Olga Makes a Friend (1975); Olga Makes a Wish (1975); Olga Makes Her Mark (1975); Olga Meets Her Match (1973); Olga Moves House (2001); Olga Takes a Bite (1975); Olga Takes Charge (1982); Olga's New Home (1975); Olga's Second House (1975); Olga's Special Day (1975); Oliver the Greedy Elephant (1985); Paddington - King of the Castle (2009); Paddington (2011); Paddington Abroad (1961); Paddington and Aunt Lucy (1980); Paddington and the Christmas Shopping (1986); Paddington and the Disappearing Sandwich (2009); Paddington and the Grand Tour (2003); Paddington and the Magic Trick (2016); Paddington and the Marmalade Maze (1987); Paddington and the Snowbear (1981); Paddington and the Stately Home (1999); Paddington and the Tutti Frutti Rainbow (1998); Paddington at Home (1980); Paddington at Large (1962); Paddington at St Paul's (2018); Paddington At the Airport (1986); Paddington at the Barber Shop (2017); Paddington at the Beach (2009); Paddington at the Carnival (1998); Paddington At the Circus (1973); Paddington at the Fair (1985); Paddington at the Launderette (1981); Paddington At the Palace (1986); Paddington at the Rainbow's End (2009); Paddington at the Seashore (1992); Paddington at the Seaside (1975); Paddington at the Station (1976); Paddington at the Tower (1975); Paddington at the Zoo (1984); Paddington at Work (1966); Paddington Bear (1965); Paddington Bear All Day (1998); Paddington Bear and the Busy Bee Carnival (1998); Paddington Bear and the Christmas Surprise (1997); Paddington Bear at the Circus (2000); Paddington Bear Goes to Market (1998); Paddington Bear Goes to the Hospital (2001); Paddington Bear in the Garden (2002); Paddington Bear Up and About (1999); Paddington Breaks the Peace (1992); Paddington Buggy Book (2011); Paddington Cleans Up (1986); Paddington Collector's Quintet (2018); Paddington Does It Himself (1977); Paddington Does the Decorating (1993); Paddington Dressing Up (1999); Paddington Goes for Gold (2012); Paddington Goes On a Picnic (1994); Paddington Goes Out (1980); Paddington Goes Shopping (1973); Paddington Goes to Hospital (2001); Paddington Goes to Market (1999); Paddington Goes To The Sales (1976); Paddington Goes to Town (1968); Paddington Has a Bath (1992); Paddington Has Fun (1982); Paddington Helps Out (1960); Paddington Here and Now (2008); Paddington Hits Out (1977); Paddington in Hot Water (2000); Paddington in the Garden (2002); Paddington in the Kitchen (1977); Paddington in Touch (1980); Paddington Learns a Lesson (1981); Paddington Lockable Diary (2008); Paddington Mails a Letter (1986); Paddington Makes a Mess (1994); Paddington Marches On (1964); Paddington Meets the Queen (1991); Paddington Minds the House (1986); Paddington on Holiday (1991); Paddington On Screen (1981); Paddington On Stage (1974); Paddington on the River (1989); Paddington on Top (1974); Paddington Plays On (2016); Paddington Pocket Library (2008); Paddington Posts a Letter (1976); Paddington Races Ahead (2012); Paddington Rides On! (1991); Paddington Rules the Waves (2008); Paddington Sets Sail (2016); Paddington Takes a Bath (1976); Paddington Takes the Air (1970); Paddington Takes the Test (1979); Paddington Takes to TV (1971); Paddington the Artist (1998); Paddington Treasury (1989); Paddington Turns Detective and Other Funny Stories (2018); Paddington Weighs in (1980); Paddington Works Hard (1982); Paddington's 123 (1990); Paddington's ABC (1990); Paddington's Art Exhibition (1986); Paddington's Birthday Book (1996); Paddington's Birthday Party (1977); Paddington's Birthday Treat (1981); Paddington's Blue Peter Story Book (1973); Paddington's Bus Ride (1986); Paddington's Busy Day (1987); Paddington's Busy Week (1991); Paddington's Cartoon Book (1979); Paddington's Clock Book (1986); Paddington's Colours (1987); Paddington's Cookery Book (2011); Paddington's Counting Book (1977); Paddingtons Day of Action (1983); Paddington's Day Off (2017); Paddington's Disappearing Trick (1992); Paddington's Favourite Stories (1992); Paddington's Finest Hour (2017); Paddington's First Bath (1994); Paddington's First Book (1977); Paddington's First Word Book (1993); Paddington's Garden (1972); Paddington's Guide to London (2011); Paddington's London Treasury (2011); Paddington's Loose End Book (1976); Paddington's Lucky Day (1974); Paddington's Magical Christmas (1988); Paddington's New Room (1976); Paddington's Numbers (1987); Paddington's Opposites (1990); Paddington's Painting Exhibition (1985); Paddington's Party Book (1976); Paddington's Party Tricks (2000); Paddington's Picture Book (1978); Paddington's Play Book (1977); Paddington's Pop Up (1977); Paddington's Prize Picture (2017); Paddington's Puzzle Book (1987); Paddington's Shopping Adventure (1981); Paddington's Story Book (1983); Paddington's Things I Do (1994); Paddington's Things I Feel (1994); Paddington's Wheel Book (1986); Paddington's Word Book (1977); Parsley and the Herbs (1971); Parsley Parade (1972); Parsley the Lion (1972); Parsley's Good Deed (1969); Parsley's Last Stand (1970); Parsley's Problem Present (1970); Parsley's Tail (1969); Please Look After This Bear (1986); Something Nasty in the Kitchen (1992); The Adventures of Olga Da Polga (1993); The Adventures of Paddington (1965); The Arrival (2009); The Best of Olga Da Polga (2002); The Caravan Puppets (1983); The Complete Adventures of Olga Da Polga (1987); The Day the Animals Went on Strike (1972); The First Big Olga Da Polga Book (1983); The Giant Paddington Story Book (1989); The Great Big Paddington Bear Picture Book (1984); The Great Big Paddington Book (1976); The Hilarious Adventures of Paddington (1972); The Life and Times of Paddington Bear (1988); The Paddington Treasury for the Very Young (2014); The Pleasures of Paris (1987); The Second Big Olga Da Polga Book (1983); The Tale of the Castle Mice (2016); The Tales of Olga Da Polga (1972); The Ups and Downs of the Castle Mice (2019); Thursday Ahoy! (1969); Thursday in Paris (1971); Thursday Rides Again (1968); Too Much Off the Top (1999); Trouble At the Laundrette (2000); Windmill (1975).

Movies and television:

Ask Aspel (1973); Breakfast (2008); CBeebies Bedtime Story (2022); Collector's Lot (2000); Desert Island Discs: Archive 1976-1980 (1976); Extinction (2018); Jackanory (1966–1970); Last Sunset (2012); Monitor (1961); Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (1977); Napoleon's Day Out (1957); Out of the Shadows (2004); Paddington (2014); Paddington 2 (2017); Paddington Bear (1976–1987 / 1989–1990); Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies (1980); Paddington Goes to School (1986); Paddington in Peru (2024); Paddington: The Man Behind the Bear (2019); Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley (2009); Queen Elizabeth and Paddington Bear Film (2022); Simon's Good Deed (1955); Songs of Praise (2018); The Adventures of Paddington (2019–2020); The Adventures of Paddington Bear (1997–2000); The Adventures of Parsley (1970–1971); The Herbs (1968); The World Our Stage (1958); This Is Your Life (1961); Top 50 Greatest Celebrity Animals (2005.

Born on this day – Renée Michaelis:

Renée Michaelis

Actress

December 24, 1926 – April 7, 2022

Credits:

Asphalt (1951); Das Ei (1959); Der Untermieter (1964–1967); Donaug'schichten (1966); Familie Leitner (1960–1965); Gehört sich das? (1960); Herzliches Beileid (1970); Schäm' dich, Brigitte! (1952).

Born on this day – Thelma Pelish:

Thelma Pelish

Actress

December 24, 1926 – March 6, 1983

Credits:

Alias Big Cherry (1975); Arnie (1971); Call Her Mom (1972); Can I Do It 'Till I Need Glasses? (1977); Candid Camera (1961); Car 54, Where Are You? (1962); Dirty Sally (1974); Every Which Way But Loose (1978); Flicks / Segment: Philip Alien (1983); Flush (1982); Gleason: He's the Greatest (1988); Herowork (1977); If You Don't Stop It... You'll Go Blind!!! (1975); Jigsaw John (1976); Legends (2007); Love, American Style / Segments Love and the Awkward Age; Love and the First Kiss (1972–1973); Man Against Crime (1954); Naked City (1959); Quincy, M.E. (1981); Racquet (1979); Robert Montgomery Presents (1953); Search (1972); Shaft (1974); Skateboard (1978); The Incredible Hulk (1981); The Jackie Gleason Show (1953); The Odd Couple (1971); The Pajama Game (1957); The Robert Q. Lewis Show (1954); The Silent Scream (1979); True Story (1960); Valley of the Dolls (1967); White House Madness (1975); You Light Up My Life (1977).

Born on this day – Patrice Wymore:

Patrice Wymore

Actress

December 17, 1926 – March 22, 2014

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1961); About Faces (1961); Chamber of Horrors (1966); Cheyenne (1961); Death Valley Days (1959); Die VII. Internationalen Filmfestspiele (1957); Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler (1983); F Troop (1965–1967); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade of the Stars (1960); I'll See You in My Dreams (1951); In the Wake of the Zaca (2005); Jefferson Drum (1958); Juke Box Jury (1965); King's Rhapsody (1955); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Mister Roberts (1966); Never Too Young (1965–1966); Ocean's Eleven (1960); Perry Mason (1963–1965); Rocky Mountain (1950); She's Back on Broadway (1953); She's Working Her Way Through College (1952); Starlift (1951); Stump the Stars (1959–1964); Tales of Wells Fargo (191); Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn (2007); Tea for Two (1950); That Regis Philbin Show (1964); The 18th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1961); The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005); The Big Trees (1952); The Deputy (1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1949–1952); The Errol Flynn Theatre (1956–1957); The Lamb's Gambol (1949); The Littlest Hobo (1964); The Man Behind the Gun (1953); The Mike Douglas Show (1964); The Monkees (1967); The Roaring 20's (1960); The Sad Horse (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963).

Born on this day – Sergio Corbucci:

Sergio Corbucci

Director

Writer

Producer

December 6, 1926 – December 1, 1990

Born on this day – Richard Crenna:

Richard Crenna

Actor

November 30, 1926 – January 17, 2003

Born on this day – Ed Williams:

Ed Williams

Actor

November 26, 1926 – October 2, 2025

Credits:

Alien Nation (1989); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / Segment: The Burial (1999); Carnosaur (1993); Father of the Bride (1991); Flight of Black Angel (1991); Going to the Chapel (1988); High Strung (1992); Hollywood Radio Players (2022–2023); Hooperman (1989); House (2010); I Want to Live (1983); Infidelity (1987); Kill Shot (1995); L.A. Law (1990); MacGyver (1986); Madame's Place (1982); Matlock (1989); Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994); Police Squad! (1982); Probe and Night Beat (1956); Ratboy (1986); Sisters (1996); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1984); The Bold and the Beautiful (2006); The Giant of Thunder Mountain (1990); The Loop (2006); The Magical World of Disney (1986); The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991); The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988); The Woman Who Sinned (1991); The World's Greatest Comedy Characters (2007); To Heal a Nation (1988).