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).

Born on this day – Aldo Ray:

Aldo Ray

Actor

September 25, 1926 – March 27, 1991

Born on this day – Henry Silva:

Henry Silva

Actor

September 23, 1926 – September 14, 2022

Born on this day – Magali Vendeuil:

Magali Vendeuil

Actress

September 18, 1926 – January 12, 2009

Born on this day – Irene Papas:

Irene Papas

Actress

Singer

September 3, 1926 – September 14, 2022

Born on this day – Thomas N. Scortia:

Thomas N. Scortia

Writer

August 29, 1926 – April 29, 1986

Born on this day – Angus Scrimm:

Angus Scrimm

Actor

Comedian

Writer

August 19, 1926 – January 9, 2016

Credits:

Dances with Werewolves (2017); Dear Angus (Tribute to the Tall Man) (2017); Phantasm Extinction (2017); Tall Tales (2017); The Bucket (2017); Phantasm: Ravager (2016); Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories (2016); No Sleep TV3 (2016); Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story (2015); Phantasm Panel: Texas Frightmare Weekend 2015 (2015); Terrordrome: Rise of the Boogeymen (2015); Disciples (2014); The Trick Is the Treat (2013); The Ball Is Back! The Making of Phantasm II (2013); House of Good and Evil (2013); John Dies at the End (2012); The Innkeepers (2011); Femme Fatales (2011); Tales from Beyond the Pale (2010); Satan Hates You (2010); Spaceman on Earth (2009); I Sell the Dead (2008); Red 71 (2008); Scare Me: Behind the Screams (2007); Working with a Master: Don Coscarelli (2006); Automatons (2006); Robert and Theresa (2006); Satanic (2006); Phandom (2005); Phantasmagoria (2005); Hollywood Horror (2005); Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! (2005); Masters of Horror (2005); Alias (2001–2005); The Off Season (2004); Monsters Gone Wild! (2004); Coupling (2003); The Jersey (2003); Legend of the Phantom Rider (2002); The Nightmare Room (2001); Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation (2001); FreakyLinks (2001); Bel Air (2000); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / The Gravedigger's Nemesis (1999); Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998); Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America! (1997); Wishmaster (1997); Vampirella (1996); Bone Chillers (1996); Fatal Frames (1996); Munchie Strikes Back (1994); Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994); Deadfall (1993); The Famous Monsters 1993 World Convention Souvenir Video (1993); Munchie (1992); Mindwarp (1991); Subspecies (1991); VideoZone (1991); The Dead Beat Volume 1 (1990); The Nutt House (1989); Transylvania Twist (1989); Phantasm II (1988); Chopping Mall (1986); First Strike (1984); Trapper John, M.D. (1984); The Lost Empire (1984); The Magical World of Disney (1981); Witches' Brew (1980); Salvage 1 (1979); Phantasm (1979); Secrets of Three Hungry Wives (1978); Project U.F.O. (1978); Quincy M.E. (1978); A Piece of the Action (1977); Jim, the World's Greatest (1975); Life or Death - EMT First Responders (1973); Scream Bloody Murder (1973); Sweet Kill (1972); Abraham Lincoln (1951).

Born on this day – Tania Weber:

Tania Weber

Actress

August 18, 1926 – November 20, 2009

Born on this day – Jean Poiret:

Jean Poiret

Actor

Director

Writer

August 17, 1926 – March 14, 1992

Born on this day – Georgann Johnson:

Georgann Johnson

Actress

August 15, 1926 – June 4, 2018

Born on this day – Richard Anderson:

Richard Anderson

Actor

August 8, 1926 – August 31, 2017

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1966); 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2018); A Cry in the Night (1956); A Gathering of Eagles (1963); A Life of Her Own (1950); ABC Funshine Saturday Sneak Peek (1974); Across the Wide Missouri (1951); Actors in War (2005); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1988); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Along Came a Spider (1970); Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet (2006); Anatomy of a Film (2014); Automan (1984); Backstory (2001); Barnaby Jones (1973); Betrayed (1954); Beyond the Marquee (2012); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Bionic Beginnings (2010); Bionic Blast (2011); Bionic Ever After? (1994); Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989); Black Eye (1974); Bonanza (1967); Bracken's World (1969); Breakout (1998); Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982); Bus Stop (1961–1962); Cannon (1971–1973); Captain Midnight (1954); Catch Hollywood in the Act (1977); Cause for Alarm! (1951); Celebrity Bowling (1976); Charlie's Angels (1981); Checkmate (1960); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); Cimarron Strip (1967); Classic Hollywood Cinemas (2016); Columbo (1971); Combat! (1964); Compulsion (1959); Condominium (1980); Cover Up (1984–1985); Curse of the Faceless Man (1958); Dan August (1970–1971); Dan August: Murder, My Friend (1980); Dan August: Once Is Never Enough (1980); Dan August: The Jealousy Factor (1980); Dan August: The Trouble with Women (1980); Danger Bay (1988); Daniel Boone (1969); Darkroom (1981); Dead Men Tell No Tales (1971); Death Valley Days (1965); Dinah! (1976); Doctors' Wives (1971); Dr. Kildare (1963); Dream Wife (1953); Dynasty (1986–1987); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); Escape from Fort Bravo (1953); Extreme Ghostbusters (1997); Fantasy Island (1981–1984); Fearless Fagan (1952); Forbidden Planet (1956); Frontier Justice (1959); Gettysburg (1993); Ghostbreakers (1967); Give a Girl a Break (1953); Go for Broke! (1951); Great Lady Has an Interview: Lana Turner (1954); Grounds for Marriage (1951); Gunsmoke (1964–1974); Hardcastle and McCormick (1986); Hawaii Five-O (1973); Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films (2003); Hit the Deck (1955); Holiday for Sinners (1952); Hong Kong (1961); Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War (1987); I Love Melvin (1953); I Spy (1966); In the Lake of the Woods (1996); Intimate Portrait (1999); Ironside (1967–1975); It's a Dog's Life (1955); Jarrett (1973); Jigsaw (1973); Johnny Cool (1963); Judd for the Defense (1967–1969); Just This Once (1952); Kane & Abel (1985); Karen (1964); Kitten with a Whip (1964); Knight Rider (1982); Kraft Mystery Theater (1961–1962); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993–1997); Land of the Giants (1969); Law of the Plainsman (1960); Les Chroniques du Mea (2022); Longstreet (1972); Lucky Chances (1990); Macho Callahan (1970); Mama Rosa (1950); Mannix (1968); Matinee Theatre (1958); Matt Houston (1983–1985); Menace on the Mountain (1970); Merry Andrew (1958); Mission: Impossible (1967); Mod Squad (1969); Monte Carlo (1961); Mr. Garlund (1960); Murder by Natural Causes (1979); Murder, She Wrote (1989); My Friend Tony (1969); Nero Wolfe (1981); No Questions Asked (1951); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971–1974); Partners in Crime (1973); Paths of Glory (1957); Payment on Demand (1951); Pearl (1978); Perry Mason (1964–1966); Perry Mason Returns (1985); Play It As It Lays (1972); Playhouse 90 (1958); Redigo (1963); Rich, Young and Pretty (1951); Richard Rossi Live (1991); Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger (2010); Run for Your Life (1967); Scaramouche (1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1957–1958); Sciography (2000); Seconds (1966); Secret of Bigfoot (1979); Seven Days in May (1964); Simon & Simon (1983–1987); Slattery's People (1965); Steve Canyon (1958); Storm Warning (1950); Stranger on My Land (1988); T.H.E. Cat (1967); Talent Watch (2013); Target: The Corruptors (1962); TCM Remembers 2017 (2017); The 20th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1978); The 32th Annual Thalians Ball (1987); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Astronaut (1972); The A-Team (1985); The Big Valley (1966–1969); The Bionic Woman (1976–1978); The Blood Trail (2015); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972); The Buster Keaton Story (1957); The Case Against the 20% Federal Admissions Tax on Motion Picture Theatres (1953); The Court of Last Resort (1958); The Delphi Bureau (1973); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954); The Eleventh Hour (1964); The F.B.I. (1966–1973); The Fall Guy (1983); The Felony Squad (1966–1969); The French Atlantic Affair (1979); The Fugitive (1964–1967); The Glass Shield (1994); The Green Hornet (1967); The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959); The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk (1967); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1977); The Honkers (1972); The Immigrants (1978); The Invaders (1967); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1959); The Lieutenant (1963–1964); The Long, Hot Summer (1958); The Longest Night (1972); The Love Boat (1979); The Magical World of Disney (1970); The Magnificent Yankee (1950); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1966); The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The Millionaire (1958); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1980); The New Perry Mason (1973); The Night Strangler (1973); The Pearl (1947); The People Against O'Hara (1951); The Player (1992); The Real Hunt for Red October (2021); The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987); The Ride to Hangman's Tree (1967); The Rifleman (1959–1963); The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–1978); The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping (1973); The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973); The Stepford Children (1987); The Story of Three Loves / Segment: Equilibrium (1953); The Streets of San Francisco (1973); The Student Prince (1954); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1998); The Unknown Man (1951); The Untouchables (1960); The Vanishing Duck (1958); The Vanishing Westerner (1950); The Virginian (1963); The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960); The Wild Wild West (1968); This Is the Life (1974); Three Brave Men (1956); Thriller (1960); Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970); TVography: Lee Majors - Hollywood's Bionic Hero (2002); Wagon Train (1959); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960–1961); Western Union (1955); When the World Breaks (2010); Whiz Kids (1983); Yasei no shômei (1978); Zane Grey Theatre (1957–1958); Zorro (1958–1959).

Born on this day – Frank Finlay:

Frank Finlay

Actor

August 6, 1926 – January 30, 2016

Born on this day – Charles Einstein:

Charles Einstein

Writer

August 2, 1926 – March 7, 2007

Born on this day – Mary Munday:

Mary Munday

Actress

July 31, 1926 – September 30, 1997

Credits:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); Arrest and Trial (1963); Black Saddle (1959); Bonanza (1959); Breezy (1973); Cain's Hundred (1961); Coronado 9 (1961); Death Valley Days (1959); Diana (1973); East Side/West Side (1964); First Monday in October (1981); Ghost Dad (1990); Gunsmoke (1961); Harry O (1975); Have Gun - Will Travel (1961–1962); Kraft Mystery Theater (1962); M Squad (1958–1960); Magic (1978); Marian Rose White (1982); McCloud (1974); Norma Rae (1979); Outlaws (1961); Perry Mason (1963); Peter Gunn (1961); Philip Marlowe (1960); Police Story (1974–1975); Pressure Point (1962); Quincy, M.E. (1979); Route 66 (1963); Science Fiction Theatre (1955); Serpent Island (1954); State Trooper (1958); Stoney Burke (1962); The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970); The Defenders (1964); The Deputy (1961); The Detectives (1960); The F.B.I. (1970); The Golden Hawk (1952); The Golden Horde (1951); The Hawaiians (1970); The Loretta Young Show (1958–1960); The Outsiders (1990); The Rockford Files (1980); The Twilight Zone (1963); Today's F.B.I. (1982); True Confessions (1981); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1960).

Born on this day – James Best:

James Best

Actor

Writer

Director

Acting coach

Artist

Professor

Musician

Animal rights advocate

July 26, 1926 – April 6, 2015

Born on this day – Bryan Forbes:

Bryan Forbes

Actor

Director

Producer

Writer

July 22, 1926 – May 8, 2013

Born on this day – Norman Jewison:

Norman Jewison

Director

Producer

Writer

Founder of the Canadian Film Centre

July 21, 1926 – January 20, 2023

James Caan (left) and Norman Jewison (right), on the set of Rollerball (1975).

Olympia Dukakis (left) and Norman Jewison (right), on the set of Moonstruck (1987).

Denzel Washington (left) and Norman Jewison (right), on the set of The Hurricane (1999).

Credits:

The Statement (2003); Two Nudes Bathing (2001); Dinner with Friends (2001); Walter and Henry (2001); The 20th Century: Funny Is Money (1999); The Hurricane (1999); An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997); The Rez (1996); Bogus (1996); Picture Windows (1994–1995); Dance Me Outside (1994); Only You (1994); Geronimo (1993); Other People's Money (1991); In Country (1989); The January Man (1989); Moonstruck (1987); Agnes of God (1985); Iceman (1984); A Soldier's Story (1984); Best Friends (1982); The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981); The Dogs of War (1980); And Justice for All (1979); F.I.S.T. (1978); Rollerball (1975); Billy Two Hats (1974); Jesus Christ Superstar (1973); Fiddler on the Roof (1971); The Landlord (1970); Gaily, Gaily (1969); The Thomas Crown Affair (1968); In the Heat of the Night (1967); The Stupids (1996); The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966); The Cincinnati Kid (1965); The Art of Love (1965); Send Me No Flowers (1964); The Thrill of It All (1963); The Judy Garland Show (1962–1964); 40 Pounds of Trouble (1962); The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe (1962); The Million Dollar Incident (1961); Bulova Watch Time with Pat Boone (1961); Belafonte, New York 19 (1960); An Hour with Danny Kaye (1960); The Secret World of Eddie Hodges (1960); The Fabulous Fifties (1960); The Revlon Revue (1959); The Big Party (1959); The Chevy Showroom Starring Andy Williams (1959); Your Hit Parade (1950–1958); The Adventures of Chich (1958); The Barris Beat (1956); The Wayne & Shuster Show (1955); The Denny Vaughan Show (1954); On Stage (1954); The Big Revue (1952); Let's See (1952); Canadian Pacific (1949).

Born on this day – Margaret Laurence:

Margaret Laurence

Writer

July 18, 1926 – January 5, 1987

Credits:

A Bird in the House (1974); A Jest of God (1966); A Tree for Poverty (1954); A Very Large Soul (1995); An International Christmas: Seasonal Stories and Poems from Canada and Around the World (2004); Christmas Birthday Story (1980); Dance on the Earth (1989); Embryo Words (1997); Happy Families (1958); Heart of a Stranger (1976); Intimate Strangers: The Letters of Margaret Laurence and Gabrielle Roy (2004); Jason's Quest (1970); Long Drums and Cannons (1968); New Wind in a Dry Land (1963); Now I Lay Me Down (1968); Recognition and Revelation (2020); Selected Letters of Margaret Laurence and Adele Wiseman (1997); The Diviners (1974); The Fire-Dwellers (1969); The Olden Days Coat (1979); The Prophet's Camel Bell (1963); The Stone Angel (1964); The Tomorrow-Tamer (1963); This Side Jordan (1960); Winter's Tales 15 (1969).

Movies and television:

A Bird in the House (1973); A Writer in the Nuclear Age: A Conversation with Margaret Laurence (1985); Canada Vignettes: The Novelist (1978); Margaret Laurence, First Lady of Manawaka (1978); Mask of the Bear (1988); Our Kinda Talk: An Introduction to Margaret Laurence (1978); Rachel, Rachel (1968); Speaking Our Peace (1985); Stacey (1978); Telescope (1966); The Diviners (1993); The Olden Days Coat (1981); The Stone Angel (2007); To See Ourselves (1972); To Set Our House in Order (1985); View from the Typewriter (1993).

Born on this day – Harry Dean Stanton:

Harry Dean Stanton

Actor

Musician

Singer

July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017

Born on this day – Marian Carr:

Marian Carr

Actress

July 6, 1926 – July 30, 2003

Credits:

Cell 2455, Death Row (1955); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); China Smith (1953); Follow That Blonde (1946); Four Star Playhouse (1953); Ghost Town (1956); Indestructible Man (1956); Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model (1955); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); Kiss Me Deadly (1955); Nightmare (1956); Northern Patrol (1953); Producers' Showcase (1956); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1956); Ring of Fear (1954); San Quentin (1946); Schlitz Playhouse (1954); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 / Screen Snapshots: Laguna U.S.A. (1947); The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947); The Doctors (1963); The Great Gildersleeve (1956); The Harder They Fall (1956); The Loretta Young Show (1953); The Millionaire (1955); The New Adventures of China Smith (1954); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1955); The Red Skelton Hour (1955); The Seven Little Foys (1955); The Whistler (1954); Twin Husbands (1946); When Gangland Strikes (1956); World for Ransom (1954); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1953).