Born on this day – Betty Harford:

Betty Harford

Actress

January 28, 1927 – November 2, 2025

Credits:

Adventures in Paradise (1960); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1957); Bud and Lou (1978); Dr. Kildare (1963); Dynasty (1981–1987); Dynasty: The Reunion (1991); Fireside Theatre (1951); Fun with Gumby (1994); Gaby (1956); Gunsmoke (1960); Inside Daisy Clover (1965); Lux Video Theatre (1955); Mrs. Columbo (1979); Profiles in Courage (1964); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957); Room 222 (1970); September 30, 1955 (1977); Signpost to Murder (1964); Spartacus (1960); Stoney Burke (1962); T.H.E. Cat (1967); The 13th Annual People's Choice Awards (1987); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964–1965); The Big Valley (1966); The China Syndrome (1979); The Great Adventure (1963); The Gumby Show (1956); The Law and Mr. Jones (1961); The Name of the Game (1969); The Paper Chase (1978–1986); The Twilight Zone (1962); The Wild and the Innocent (1959); Win, Place or Steal (1974).

Born on this day – William Redfield:

William Redfield

Actor

Writer

January 26, 1927 – August 17, 1976

Credits:

Mr. Billion (1977); Spencer's Pilots (1976); Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1976); Medical Center (1976); The Bob Newhart Show (1972–1976); One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975); Maude (1972–1975); Fear on Trial (1975); Death Wish (1974); For Pete's Sake (1974); The Odd Couple (1974); The Hot Rock (1972); Such Good Friends (1971); A New Leaf (1971); Dragon Country (1970); NET Playhouse (1970); The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker (1970); Companions in Nightmare (1968); Androcles and the Lion (1967); All Woman (1967); Fantastic Voyage (1966); Duel at Diablo (1966); Bewitched (1965); Morituri (1965); Instant Love (1964); The Defenders (1963–1964); Mr. Broadway (1964); Hamlet (1964); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1952–1963); Naked City (1961); Great Ghost Tales (1961); The Connection (1961); The Million Dollar Incident (1961); Frontiers of Faith (1961); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957–1961); Gunsmoke (1961); Encounter (1960); The Comedy Spot (1960); Wrangler (1960); Deadline (1960); General Electric Theater (1959); Startime (1959); Kitty Foyle (1958); Colgate Theatre (1958); Kraft Theatre (1952–1958); I Married a Woman (1958); True Story (1957); Modern Romances (1957); Goodyear Playhouse (1954–1957); Studio One (1956–1957); The Big Story (1951–1957); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1957); Omnibus (1957); The Proud and Profane (1956); As the World Turns (1956); Kraft Theatre (1954–1956); Robert Montgomery Presents (1956); The Alcoa Hour (1955); Mr. Citizen (1955); Conquest of Space (1955); Justice (1954–1955); The Elgin Hour (1954–1955); Producers' Showcase (1955); The Marriage (1954); Jimmy Hughes, Rookie Cop (1953); Family Affair (1952); Lux Video Theatre (1952); Lights Out (1952); Tales of Tomorrow (1952); Suspense (1950–1952); Mr. District Attorney (1952); The Web (1951–1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1951); Hands of Mystery (1951); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951); Treasury Men in Action (1950); The Ford Theatre Hour (1950); Kraft Theatre (1949); Actor's Studio (1948–1949); Back Door to Heaven (1939).

On this day in movie history - The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927 movie & novel):

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

directed by Alfred Hitchcock,

written by Eliot Stannard, Alfred Hitchcock and Marie Belloc Lowndes,

based on the novel The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes,

was released in the United Kingdom on January 17, 1927.
Music by Ashley Irwin (for the 1999 release).

Cast:

Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, June Tripp, Malcolm Keen, Ivor Novello, Wallace Bosco, Daisy Campbell, Maudie Dunham, Reginald Gardiner, Eve Gray, Alfred Hitchcock, Alma Reville.

Recommended reading:

The Lodger

By Marie Belloc Lowndes.

Filmed as The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, (1927), directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Published by Academy Chicago Publishers.

First published 1911, in the January edition of McClure's Magazine.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0897336046

ISBN-13: 978-0897336048

Description:

"One of the best suspense novels ever written." – The New York Times.

"This is a beautifully wrought novel of psychological suspense that should have a place on any mystery buff's shelf of classics." – Chicago Sun-Times.

This first class, highly-acclaimed thriller was published in 1914, more than two decades after the so-called Jack the Ripper murders, on which it is based, had occurred in Whitechapel, London. The murders – five in all – appeared to be the work of a woman-hating fanatic, someone who also must have had knowledge of anatomy, since the bodies were mutilated with surgical skill.

Twenty years later, memories of these serial killings were still fresh in Londoners’ minds and the author brilliantly captures the sense of fear and horror which the murders evoked. Praise for this novel has withstood the test of time in England, America, and around the world. The Lodger has been adapted for the screen several times, most notably by Alfred Hitchcock in 1926, his first film.

Born on this day – Eartha Kitt:

Eartha Kitt

Singer

Actress

Writer

January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008

Credits:

Books:

Alone with Me: A New Autobiography (1976); Confessions of a sex kitten (1989); Eartha Kitt: Femme Fatale: Graphic Novel Edition (2021); Folk Tales of the Tribes of Africa (1970); Rejuvenate! (It’s Never Too Late) (2001); Thursday’s Child (1956).

Albums:

Back in Business (1994); Bad But Beautiful (1962); Canta en Castellano (1965); Down to Eartha (1955); I Love Men (1984); I’m Still Here (1989); Love for Sale (1965); RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt (1953); Revisited (1960); Sentimental Eartha (1970); St. Louis Blues (1958); That Bad Eartha (1954); That Bad Eartha (1956); The Fabulous Eartha (1959); The Romantic Eartha (1962); Thinking Jazz (1991); Thursday’s Child (1957).

Movies and television:

13 heures le journal (2008); 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2009); 27th NAACP Image Awards (1996); 48 Hours (2000); 60 Minutes / Segment: Eartha Kitt (1989); 74th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2005); A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting (2020); A Castle in Italy (2013); A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks (2021); A Magic School Bus Halloween (1995); A Man of No Importance (1994); A Night on the Town (1983); A Tribute to Terry Thomas (1990); ABC's Nightlife (1965); Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016); After Dark (1989); Ageless Heroes (1998); Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z (1957); Alien Presence (2009); All About People (1967); All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story (1982); All Star Revue (1953); Always at The Carlyle (2018); American Dad! (2007); American Experience (2005); American Masters (2005–2006); An Evening with Eartha Kitt (2009); And Then Came Love (2007); Anna Lucasta (1958); Anything But Love (2002); Året var... (2010); Återsken (1979); Atop the Fourth Wall (2009); Balko (1999); Bananas (1984); Bandstand (1963); Batman (1967–1968); Batmania from Comics to Screen (1989); BBC Show of the Week (1967); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1956); Behind the Director's Son's Cut (2007); Bei Bio (1984); Ben Casey (1965); Beppes 60-tal (1980); Beware the Groove: The Making of A Cult Classic (2023); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Biography (1998–2004); Black Doves (2024); Blackpool Night Out (1965); Blockbuster (2022); Boomerang (1992); Breakfast (2008); Britain's Favourite Christmas Songs (2011); Broadway Beat (2009); Brown Sugar (1986); Burke's Law (1965); Butterflies in Heat (1986); Cadence 3 (1983); Call the Midwife (2020); Cannonball (2017); Carmen and Geoffrey (2005); Casbah (1948); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2005); C'est encore mieux l'après-midi (1986); Champs-Elysées (1986); Charlie Rose (2000); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2010); Cocoricocoboy (1984); Da Lintsi -koodi (2007); Dancing with the Stars (2005); DC Villains - Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale (2021); Della (1969); Der grosse Preis (1984); Desperately Seeking Roger (1991); Dragonard (1988); Drei Männer spinnen (1962); Driving Miss Daisy (1989); Droit de réponse: l'esprit de contradiction (1983); Eartha Kitt - Live at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival (2008); Eartha Kitt - The Most Exciting Woman (1971); Eartha Kitt & Bronski Beat: Cha Cha Heels (1988); Eartha Kitt Sings (1970); Eartha Kitt: I Don't Care (1986); Eartha Kitt: I Love Men (1984); Eartha Kitt: Primitive Man (1989); Eartha Kitt: Santa Baby (2020); Eartha Kitt: This Is My Life (1986); Eartha Kitt: Where Is My Man (1983); EastEnders (2008); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1987); Elf (2003); Emily in Paris (2020); Entertainment Tonight (2022); Entre amigos (1986); Erik the Viking (1989); Ernest Scared Stupid (1991); Estradilla: Huips! (2004); Estudio 1 (2001); Everyday (1979); Expats (2024); Fame, Fortune and Romance (1986); Fatal Instinct (1993); Faust (1995); Femme d'aujourd'hui (1965–1982); Festival di Sanremo (1968); Film Fanfare (1956); First Ladies (2020); Forty Minutes (1990); Friday After Next (2002); Friday Foster (1975); FRO Thizzle Reviews (2022); Frost on Sunday (1968–1970); Gavin & Stacey (2008); Get Off My Back (1965); Give Us a Clue (1988); Glamour... (1970); Glasgow: Big Night Out (2014); Good Morning America (1977); Good Morning! with Will Rogers, Jr. (1954); Gypsy (1965–1968); Half of a Yellow Sun (2013); Hamlet (2000); Hänt i veckan (1962); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (2000); Här är ditt liv (1985); Harriet the Spy (1996); Here's Hollywood (1962); Heroes of Comedy (1995); High energy: Le disco survolté des années 80 (2019); Hilda Hurricane (1998); Holes (2003); Hollywood Squares (2003); I Am Divine (2013); I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story (2023); I Heart You Pare (2011); I Know a Woman Like That (2009); I Saw the Light (2015); I Spy (1965); I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998); Ill Gotten Gains (1997); Infrarouge (2019); Inside TV Land (2002); International Cabaret (1968); It's Black Entertainment (2002); Jack's Place (1993); James Dean and Me (1995); Jay-Z: 4:44 (2017); Jazz Divas Gold (2013); Jeopardy! (1996); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1978–1993); Jesse Ventura Shocks the World (2024); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1972); Jools Holland's Happening (1991); Juke Box Jury (1962–1965); Kaskad (1962); Kedi (2016); Kom Kitt i karret - eller: Hvordan man ta'r bad i roser uden at stikke sig (1965); Kronk's New Groove (2005); La nuit des Césars (1983); Ladybirds (1984); Larry King Live (2005); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993); Later... With Jools Holland (2008); Laurel Canyon (2002); Lauren Hutton and... (1996); Le Week-End (2013); Let My People Go! (2011); Letters to Laugh-in (1969); Lie to Me (2009); Lieutenant Schuster's Wife (1972); Life with Linkletter (1970); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Living Doll (1990); Living Single (1995); Loose Women (2007); Master of Dragonard Hill (1987); Matrix (1993); Maury (1992–1993); Mein Bruder, der Vampir (2001); Miami Vice (1985); Mike & Maty (1995); Misfits (2010); Miss Match (2003); Missing Links (1964); Mission: Impossible (1967); Mixed Nuts (1994); Molly's Game (2017); MTV 80s - Andrew Ridgeley Presents 50 Christmas Classics! (2024); MTV 80s - Jason Donovan's Especially for Christmas: Top 50! (2024); Mulheres de Abril (2014); Münchner Bilderbogen (1970); Music Now (1972); Musikladen (1973); My Life as a Teenage Robot (2002–2006); My Life as a Teenage Robot: Escape from Cluster Prime (2005); My Name Is Earl (2005); Na sowas! (1987); Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark (2014); NDR Talk Show (1984); New Faces (1954); New York Undercover (1995); Nicholas Brothers Family Home Movies (1940); Noël joyeux (2023); Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (1965); Oh My Word (1966); Omnibus / Segment: Eartha Kitt (1956); Omnibus / Segment: Salome (1955); On Broadway Tonight (1964); On Stage (1964); Over Easy (1977–1978); Oz (2001); P.D.Q. (1967); P.O.V. (1989); P2 (2007); Parigi è sempre Parigi (1951); Parkinson (1973 / 1978); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Pentathlon (1986); Person to Person (1954); Philbin's People (1969); Play of the Week (1961); Playhouse 90 (1958); Police Woman (1978); Pose (2018); Preaching to the Choir (2005); Pretty Dudes (2017); Psych (2008); Qué noche la de aquel año (1987); Qwerty (2009); Reading Rainbow (1993); ReMastered: Tricky Dick and the Man in Black (2018); Rites of Winter (1996); Romeo und Julia '70 (1969); Royal Variety Performance 1987 (1987); RuPaul's Christmas Ball (1993); Russell Harty Plus (1972); Saint of Devil's Island (1961); Sally Jessy Raphael (1990); Santa, Baby! (2001); Schaufenster Deutschland (1965); Scott Joplin: King of Ragtime Composers (1977); See It Loud: The History of Black Television (2023); Showtime at the Apollo (1992); Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart (2017); Single Parents (2019); Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998); SMILF (2019); So You Think You Can Dance (2011); Social Security in Action (1965); Something Special (1967); Something's Gotta Give (2003); Sonny Liston: The Mysterious Life and Death of a Champion (1995); Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994); Speaking Freely (2001); St. Louis Blues (1958); Stars on Sunday (1970–1975); Steely Dan: AJA (1977); Strike It Rich (1953); Stump the Stars (1963–1964); Sunday Story (1962); Suzie Gold (2004); TCM Remembers 2009 (2009); Ted Lasso (2021); Telescope (1963); Tempo (1969); That Regis Philbin Show (1964–1965); That Summer (2017); The 14th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1962); The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1979); The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards (2004); The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (1978); The 33rd Annual Grammy Awards (1991); The 54th Annual Tony Awards (2000); The Apollo (2019); The Arthur Murray Party (1957); The Barbara McNair Show (1970); The Ben Hecht Show (1959); The Big Breakfast (1995); The Big Record (1958); The Bob Braun Show (1976); The Borrowers (2011); The Celebrity Game (1964–1965); The Charles Grodin Show (1996); The Chastity Belt (1972); The Chris Rock Show (1997); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1954); The Craig Caddell Show (2021); The David Frost Show (1969–1971); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Dick Cavett Show (1969 / 1978); The Eartha Kitt Show (1965); The Eartha Kitt Show: Australia (1962); The Ed Sullivan Show (1952–1963); The Emperor's Got Game (2001); The Emperor's New Groove (2000); The Emperor's New Groove: Behind the Voices (2001); The Emperor's New Groove: Groove Center (2001); The Emperor's New School (2006–2008); The Famous Jett Jackson (1999); The Feast of All Saints (2001); The Footage Detectives (2024); The Frollo Show (2012–2018); The Game Game (1969); The Garden Party (1988); The Geraldo Rivera Show (1990); The Golden Shot (1971); The Good Old Days (1972–1976); The Greatest (1999); The Hippodrome Show (1989); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1966–1968); The Juke Box Jury (1959); The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998); The Larry Solway Show (1977); The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross (1987); The Late Show (1988); The Les Crane Show (1965); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1962); The Magic School Bus (1995); The Main Attraction (1983); The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' (2002); The Many Faces of Catwoman (2005); The Mark of the Hawk (1957); The Marsha Warfield Show (1990); The Merv Griffin Show (1965–1978); The Mike Douglas Show (1964–1979); The Mike Wallace Interview (1960); The Nanny (1996); The Nat King Cole Show (1957); The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers (1962); The O.C. (2003); The Object Is (1964); The Originals (2015); The Other Americans (1969); The Pat Boone Show (1966); The Paul Daniels Magic Show (1989); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Pink Chiquitas (1986); The Protectors (1973); The Proteus Chronicles (1998); The Real Las Vegas (1996); The Red Buttons Show (1953); The Rolf Harris Show (1974); The Roseanne Show (1999); The Rosey Grier Show (1970); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997–2000); The Royal Variety Performance 1962 (1962); The RuPaul Show (1997–1998); The Russell Harty Show (1983); The Serpent Warriors (1987); The Simpsons (2010); The Sopranos (2001); The Steve Allen Show (1968); The Sunday Spectacular: Show Biz from Vaudeville to Video (1955); The Sweatbox (2002); The Synanon Fix (2024); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1978); The Truth About Love (2005); The Tube (1984); The Umbrella Academy (2024); The Unforgettable Nat 'King' Cole (1988); The Voice of Firestone (1958); The Wedding Party (1997); The Whoopi Goldberg Show (1993); The Wild Thornberrys (1998); The Wolf of Wall Street (2013); The Young Generation (1970); Thicke of the Night (1984); To Kill a Cop (1978); To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995); Today (1972); Tom Cottle: Up Close (1982); Tomorrow's World (1989); Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido (1985); TV's Funniest Music Moments (2008); Uncle Tom's Cabin (1965); Unsung Hollywood (2016); Unzipped (1995); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1957–1965); Vergißmeinnicht (1970); VH-1 Where Are They Now? (1999); Victor Borges Tivoli 150 år (1993); Viva Cabaret (1994); Viva Variety (1997); Watchmen (2019); Welcome to New York (2000); Wetten, dass..? (1989); What's My Line? (1954–1961); What's That Noise (1989); Wie die Karnickel (2002); Wogan (1986–1989); Wonder Pets! (2009); WWF Club (1980–1990); X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014); You Are There (1953); Your Show of Shows (1953).

On this day in movie history - Metropolis (1927):

Metropolis

directed by Fritz Lang,

written by Thea von Harbou and Fritz Lang,

based on the novel by Thea von Harbou,

was released in Germany on January 10, 1927.
Music by Gottfried Huppertz.

Cast:

Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Fritz Rasp, Theodor Loos, Erwin Biswanger, Heinrich George, Brigitte Helm, Fritz Alberti, Grete Berger, Olly Boeheim, Max Dietze, Ellen Frey, Beatrice Garga, Heinrich Gotho, Dolly Grey, Anny Hintze, Gottfried Huppertz, Georg John, Walter Kuehle, Vera Kálmán, Margarete Lanner, Rose Lichtenstein, Hanns Leo Reich, Arthur Reinhardt, Curt Siodmak, Henrietta Siodmak, Olaf Storm, Erwin Vater, Rolf von Goth, Helen von Münchhofen, Helene Weigel, Hilde Woitscheff.

Born on this day – Lee Philips:

Lee Philips

Actor

Director

Writer

Producer

January 10, 1927 – March 3, 1999

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1961); A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain (1982); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956–1961); Anna and the King (1972); Appointment with Adventure (1955–1956); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1958); Barnum (1986); Blind Vengeance (1990); Bracken's World (1969–1970); Bridget Loves Bernie (1972); Cade's County (1972); Checkmate (1962); Combat! (1965); Crazy Times (1981); Daddy-O (1961); Dan August (1970); Danger (1955); Daniel Boone (1969); Death Valley Days (1960); Diagnosis Murder (1995); Dr. Kildare (1964); Dynasty (1976); East Side/West Side (1964); Follow the Sun (1961); Games Mother Never Taught You (1982); Getting Away from It All (1972); Gidget (1966); Going Places (1973); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1966); Goodyear Playhouse (1955); Goodyear Theatre (1959); Happy (1983); Hardhat and Legs (1980); Headmaster (1970); Here's Hollywood (1962); I Spy (1966); Inspector Perez (1983); Justice (1955); King of the Olympics: The Lives and Loves of Avery Brundage (1988); Kraft Theatre (1953–1960); Kung Fu (1974); Longstreet (1971); Lottery! (1983); Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style (1976); Love on a Rooftop (1967); Love, American Style (1973); M*A*S*H (1972–1975); Mae West (1982); Medical Center (1973–1975); Middle of the Night (1959); Money, Power, Murder. (1989); My World and Welcome to It (1969); Naked City (1959); Of Men and Women (1973); On the Right Track (1981); One Step Beyond (1960); Perry Mason (1965); Peyton Place (1957–1969); Playhouse 90 (1958); Riding High (1977); Ripcord (1962); Room 222 (1969–1971); Route 66 (1963–1964); Salvage 1 (1979); Samson and Delilah (1984); Shaft (1974); Silent Motive (1991); Space (1985); Special Olympics (1978); Studio One (1952–1955); Summer Playhouse (1964); Surfside 6 (1962); Sweet Hostage (1975); Target: The Corruptors! (1961); Tess of the Storm Country (1960); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962); The American Girls (1978–1979); The Andy Griffith Show (1965–1971); The Best of the Post (1961); The Big Story (1952); The Blue Lightning (1986); The Comedy Company (1978); The Defenders (1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1964–1965); The Donna Reed Show (1966); The Doris Day Show (1971–1973); The Fugitive (1963); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959); The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968–1970); The Girl Most Likely to... (1973); The Governor & J.J. (1969); The Hunters (1958); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1957); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963); The Lollipop Cover (1965); The Loner (1965); The Man and the City (1971); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1972–1973); The Notebook (1985); The Outer Limits (1963); The Partridge Family (1972–1973); The Practice (1976); The Red Badge of Courage (1974); The Reporter (1964); The Rookies (1974); The Spell (1977); The Stranger Within (1974); The Survivors (1969); The Twilight Zone (1963–1964); The Untouchables (1961); The Waltons (1972–1975); The War Between the Tates (1977); Valentine (1979); Violent Midnight (1963); Wagon Train (1965); Wanted: The Sundance Woman (1976); Windmills of the Gods (1988).

Born on this day – Barbara Rush:

Barbara Rush

Actress

January 4, 1927 – March 31, 2024

Credits:

3055 Jean Leon (2006); 7th Heaven (1997–2007); ABC Weekend Specials (1977); All My Children (1992–1994); At Your Service (1984); Batman (1968); Ben Casey (1963); Bigger Than Life (1956); Bleeding Hearts: The Arteries of Glenda Bryant (2017); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bob Hope's All-Star Look at TV's Prime Time Wars (1980); Burke's Law (1995); Cade's County (1972); Cannon (1975); Can't Stop the Music (1980); Captain Kangaroo (1977); Captain Lightfoot (1955); Checkmate (1960); Come Blow Your Horn (1963); Convoy (1965); Cop Shop (1981); Crime Club (1973); Custer (1967); Cutter (1972); Dateline: San Francisco (1962); Death Car on the Freeway (1979); Dinah! (1974); Dinah's Place (1973); Dr. Kildare (1965); Ellery Queen (1975–1976); Family Feud / All-Star Family Feud Special (1983); Fantasy Island (1978–1984); Finder of Lost Loves (1984); Flaming Feather (1952); Flamingo Road (1980–1982); Flight to Hong Kong (1956); Fools, Females and Fun (1974); Frontier Circus (1961); General Electric Theater (1962); Glitter (1985); Harry Black and the Tiger (1958); Hearts Are Wild (1992); Here's Hollywood (1960–1961); Hombre (1967); Hooperman (1988); Hotel (1985–1986); Hour Magazine (1981–1986); Ironside (1971–1972); It Came from Outer Space (1953); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1972); King of Cool (2021); Kiss of Fire (1955); Knight Rider (1983); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); La nuit des Césars (1992); Laredo (1966); Love, American Style / Love and the Motel (1970); Lux Playhouse (1958); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1956); Magnificent Obsession (1954); Magnum, P.I. (1984–1987); Mannix (1968–1975); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969–1972); Masquerade (1984); Matinee Theatre (1957); Matt Houston (1983); Maude (1972); McCloud (1972); Medal of Honor (1955); Medical Center (1969–1974); Mod Squad (1971); Moon of the Wolf (1972); Murder, She Wrote (1987); My Mother's Hairdo (2006); Night Gallery / Cool Air (1971); No Down Payment (1957); Of Men and Women / The Interview (1973); Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957); Our American Heritage (1960); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); Paradise (1991); Password (1963–1972); Peege (1973); Peyton Place (1968–1969); Playhouse 90 (1957–1960); Police Story (1974); Prince of Pirates (1953); Private Screenings (2014); Private Screenings (2014); Quebec (1951); Relativity (1996); Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964); Saints and Sinners (1962–1963); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Night Life (1952); Strangers When We Meet (1960); Suddenly Single (1971); Summer Lovers (1982); Sunday Showcase (1959); Superdad (1973); Suspicion (1958); Taza, Son of Cochise (1954); The 17th Golden Globe Awards (1960); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 9th Annual American Cinema Awards (1992); The Bionic Woman (1976); The Black Shield of Falworth (1954); The Bramble Bush (1960); The Danny Kaye Show (1967); The David Frost Show (1970); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Eleventh Hour (1962); The Eyes of Charles Sand (1972); The First Legion (1951); The Fugitive (1965); The Goldbergs (1950); The Hollywood Palace (1964); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967); The Jet Set (1966); The Last Day (1975); The Lee Phillip Show (1971); The Love Boat (1979); The Making of 'Summer Lovers' (1982); The Man (1972); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1967–1980); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1973–1974); The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1980); The Outer Limits (1964); The Outer Limits (1998); The Regis Philbin Show (1981–1982); The Roy Leonard Show (1971); The Seekers (1979); The Sig Sakowicz Show (1971); The Streets of San Francisco (1973); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1964–1969); The Unknown (1964); The Young Lions (1958); The Young Philadelphians (1959); Theatre '62 (1961); Vacation Playhouse (1965); Web of Deceit (1990); When Worlds Collide (1951); Widow's Kiss (1996); Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (1982); World in My Corner (1956); You Don't Say (1964).

Born on this day – Mary Higgins Clark:

Mary Higgins Clark

Writer

December 24, 1927 – January 31, 2020

Credits:

A Cry in the Night (1982); A Stranger is Watching (1977); All Around the Town (1992); All By Myself, Alone (2017); All Dressed in White (2015); All Through the Night (1998); As Time Goes By (2016); Aspire to the Heavens / Mount Vernon Love Story (1968); Bad Behavior (1995); Before I Say Good-Bye (2000); Burned (2005); By Hook or By Crook and 27 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year (2010); Caribbean Blues (1988); Caribbean Blues (1988); Cursed (2009); Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (2013); Daddy's Little Girl (2001); Dashing Through the Snow (2008); Death on the Cape and Other Stories (1989); Death Wears a Beauty Mask and Other Stories (2015); Deck the Halls (2000); Deck the Halls (2000); Decked (1991); Double Vision (1988); Every Breath You Take (2017); Fleeced (2001); Ghost Ship (2007); Gypped / Scammed (2012); He Sees You When You're Sleeping (2001); Hitched (2006); I Heard That Song Before (2007); Iced (1994); I'll Be Seeing You (1993); I'll Walk Alone (2011); Inherit the Dead (2013); I've Got My Eyes on You (2018); I've Got You Under My Skin (2014); Jinxed (2002); Just Take My Heart (2009); Justice in Manhattan (1995); Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry (2019); Kitchen Privileges (2002); Laced (2007); Let Me Call You Sweetheart (1995); Loves Music, Loves to Dance (1991); Malice Domestic 1 (1992); Malice Domestic 14 (2019); Malice Domestic 2 (1993); Manhattan Mayhem (2015); Master's Choice: Mystery Stories by Today's Top Writers and the Masters Who Inspired Them (2000); Mobbed (2011); Moonlight Becomes You (1996); More Malice Domestic (1997); Murder For Love (1996); Murder in Manhattan (1988); Murder on the Aisle (1987); Murder on the Run (1998); My Gal Sunday (1996); Nighttime is My Time (2004); No Place Like Home (2005); On a Raven's Wing (2009); On the Street Where You Live (2001); Piece of My Heart (2020); Popped (2003); Pretend You Don't See Her (1995); Remember Me (1994); Santa Cruise (2006); Silent Night (1995); Sisters in Crime 2 (1990); Snagged (1993); Stillwatch (1984); The Anastasia Syndrome (1989); The Best American Mystery Stories 1998 (1998); The Body in the Closet and Plumbing for Willy (1998); The Christmas Thief (2004); The Christmas Thief (2004); The Cinderella Murder (2014); The Cradle Will Fall (1980); The Crown Crime Companion (1995); The Lost Years (2012); The Lottery Winner (1994); The Magical Christmas Horse (2011); The Melody Lingers On (2015); The Night Awakens (1998); The Plot Thickens (1997); The Second Time Around (2003); The Shadow of Your Smile (2010); The Sleeping Beauty Killer (2016); The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1996 (1995); Twanged (1997); Two Little Girls in Blue (2006); Weep No More, My Lady (1987); We'll Meet Again (1999); Where Are the Children Now? (2023); Where are the Children? (1975); Where Are You Now? (2008); While My Pretty One Sleeps (1989); Women of Mystery (1992); Wrecked (2010); You Belong To Me (1999); You Don't Own Me (2018); Zapped (2008).

Movies and television:

A Crime of Passion (2003); A Cry in the Night (1992); A Stranger Is Watching (1982); All Around the Town (2002); Books Equal Gifts Commercial (2008); Bouillon de culture (1999); C à vous (2011); Café Picouly (2011); Campus, le magazine de l'écrit (2003); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2017); Ce Que Vivent les Roses (2018); Collection Mary Higgins Clark, la reine du suspense (2014); Crier Today (2000–2001); Deck the Halls (2011); Deux Petites Filles en Bleu (2014); Double Vision (1992); En aparté (2003); Encore with John Palmer (2006–2010); Ex Libris (1989–1995); Haven't We Met Before (2002); Imus in the Morning (2014); La Clinique du Docteur H (2015); Le cercle de minuit (1994); Le divan (1992); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2006); Les Années Perdues (2015); Let Me Call You Sweetheart (1997); L'invité (2006); Loves Music, Loves to Dance (2001); Lucky Day (2002); Moonlight Becomes You (1998); My Gal Sunday (2014); NOS Uit het Leven (2020); Nulle part ailleurs (1995); On a tout essayé (2003); On the Money (2005); Où Es-Tu Maintenant? (2014); Party Planner with David Tutera (2005); Pretend You Don't See Her (2002); Remember Me (1995); Rien ne vaut la douceur du foyer (2018); Souviens-toi (2015); Stillwatch (1987); Terror Stalks the Class Reunion (1992); The Cradle Will Fall (1983); The Joan Rivers Show (1991); The Last Horsemen of New York (2018); The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet (2007); The Mystery Cruise (2013); Thé ou café (2008); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997); The Scent of Fear (1960); The View (2004); The Write Stuff (1988); Today (2010–2017); Toi Que J'Aimais Tant (2014); Tout le monde en parle (2003); Weep No More, My Lady (1992); Where Are the Children? (1985); While My Pretty One Sleeps (1997); You Belong to Me (2002).

Born on this day – Peggie Castle:

Peggie Castle

Actress

December 22, 1927 – August 11, 1973

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1958); 99 River Street (1953); Air Cadet (1951); Assignment: Mexico (1956); Back from the Dead (1957); Beginning of the End (1957); Bright Victory (1951); Buccaneer's Girl (1950); Cheyenne (1956–1957); Conflict (1957); Cow Country (1953); Fingerman (1955); Fireside Theatre (1952–1954); Four Star Playhouse (1956); Frontier Justice (1958); Gunsmoke (1957); Harem Girl (1952); Hell's Crossroads (1957); Here's Hollywood (1961); Herman's Herd (1949); Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade of the Stars (1960); I Was a Shoplifter (1950); I, the Jury (1953); I'm the Law (1953); Invasion, U.S.A. (1952); Jesse James' Women (1954); Lawman (1959–1962); Life of St. Paul Series (1949); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Markham (1959); Max Liebman Presents: Kaleidoscope (1955); Mike Hammer (1959); Miracle in the Rain (1956); Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949); Our Miss Brooks (1956); Outside the Wall (1950); Overland Pacific (1954); Payment on Demand (1951); Perry Mason (1957); Quincannon, Frontier Scout (1956); Racket Squad (1953); Seven Hills of Rome (1957); Shakedown (1950); Son of Belle Starr (1953); Tall Man Riding (1955); Target Zero (1955); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Counterfeit Plan (1957); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959); The Golden Horde (1951); The Juke Box Jury (1956); The Long Wait (1954); The Millionaire (1956); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Oklahoma Woman (1956); The Prince Who Was a Thief (1951); The Restless Gun (1958–1959); The Sergeant and the Lady (1958); The Texan (1958); The Virginian (1966); The White Orchid (1954); The Yellow Tomahawk (1954); Two-Gun Lady (1955); Wagons West (1952); When a Girl's Beautiful (1947); Woman in Hiding (1950); World of Giants (1959); Zane Grey Theatre (1956).

Born on this day – Michael Carreras:

Michael Carreras

Director

Writer

Producer

December 21, 1927 – April 19, 1994

Born on this day – Richard Long:

Richard Long

Actor

Director

December 17, 1927 – December 21, 1974

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1958–1963); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); Air Cadet (1951); Alcoa Theatre (1958); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1962); All American (1953); All I Desire (1953); Allen Ludden's Gallery (1969); Back at the Front (1952); Bourbon Street Beat (1959–1960); Bridge of Spies (2015); Celebrity Bowling (1971–1972); Climax! (1955); Compression (2024); Copycat (1963); Criss Cross (1949); Cult of the Cobra (1955); Death Cruise (1974); Don Lee Television Workshop (1949); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); Follow the Boys (1963); Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956); Going My Way (1963); Goodyear Theatre (1957); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958); Hawaiian Eye (1960); He Laughed Last (1956); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hey, Jeannie! (1956); House on Haunted Hill (1959); I'll Bet (1965); It Takes Two (1969); Kansas Raiders (1950); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954–1956); Lawman (1959); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Minister (1970); Lux Video Theatre (1954); Ma and Pa Kettle (1949); Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951); Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950); Make Like a Thief (1964); Match Game (1974); Matinee Theatre (1956–1958); Maverick (1958–1959); Movies Are Adventure (1948); Nanny and the Professor (1970–1971); Outlaws (1962); P.D.Q. (1967); Password (1972–1974); Playgirl (1954); Saskatchewan (1954); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Stump the Stars (1962–1964); Sugarfoot (1959); Suspicion (1957); Tales of Wells Fargo (1962); Tap Roots (1948); Target: The Corruptors (1961); The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972–1973); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Big Valley (1965–1969); The Dark Mirror (1946); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955); The Egg and I (1947); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959); The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (1974); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967); The Life of Riley (1949); The Magical World of Disney (1964); The Merv Griffin Show (1967); The Millionaire (1958); The Stranger (1946); The Twilight Zone (1962–1964); Thicker Than Water (1973); Thriller (1962); Tokyo After Dark (1959); Tomorrow Is Forever (1946); Trailers from Hell (2013); TV Reader's Digest (1955–1956); Wagon Train (1958); What's This Song? (1965); Win with the Stars (1968–1969); You Don't Say (1963–1969); Your First Impression (1963).

Born on this day – James Wright:

James Wright

Writer

December 13, 1927 – March 25, 1980

Credits:

Poems:

A Blessing; A Note Left In Jimmy Leonard's Shack; A Poem About George Doty In The Death House; A Winter Daybreak Above Vence; As I Step Over A Puddle At The End Of Winter...; At The Executed Murderer's Grave; Autumn Begins In Martins Ferry, Ohio; Beginning; Bologna: A Poem About Gold; Depressed By A Book Of Bad Poetry...; Fear Is What Quickens Me; Goodbye to the Poetry of Calcium; Having Lost My Sons, I Confront The Wreckage Of The Moon...; Hook; In Response To A Rumor That The Oldest Whorehouse In Wheeling...; Lying In A Hammock At William Duffy's; May Morning; Northern Pike; On The Skeleton Of A Hound; Outside Fargo, North Dakota; Rip; Saint Judas; Small Frogs Killed On The Highway; The Jewel; The Journey; The Lambs on the Boulder; The Last Pieta, in Florence; To A Blossoming Pear Tree; To The Muse; Trying To Pray.

Books:

A Wild Perfection: The Selected Letters of James Wright (2005); Above the River, The Complete Poems (1990); Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio—Broadside (1963); Collected Poems (1971); James Wright, In Defense Against This Exile. Letters To Wayne Burns (1985); Moments of the Italian Summer (1976); Saint Judas (1959); Selected Poems (2005); Shall We Gather at the River (1967); The Branch Will Not Break (1963); The Delicacy and Strength of Lace: Letters Between Leslie Marmon Silko and James Wright (2009); The Green Wall (1957); The Temple at Nîmes (1982); This Journey (1982); To a Blossoming Pear Tree (1977); Two Citizens (1973).

Born on this day – Geneviève Page:

Geneviève Page

Actress

December 13, 1927 – February 14, 2025

Credits:

A Talent for Loving (1973); A Touch of Venus (1969); Agguato a Tangeri (1957); Aria / Segment: Les Boréades (1987); Belle de Jour (1967); Beyond Therapy (1987); Brother Carl (1971); Buffet Froid (1979); Cartoline italiane (1987); Ce que Paris chante (1973); Cherchez la femme (1955); Cinépanorama (1964); Compression (2023); Dark Woods (1989); Days of Our Years (1950); Deadly Circuit (1983); Décembre (1973); Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968); Droit d'auteurs (1996); Du côté de chez Fred (1988); El Cid (1961); Emmenez-moi au théâtre (1985); Fanfan la Tulipe (1952); Foreign Intrigue (1956); Girl in His Pocket (1957); Grand Prix (1966); Hommage à Debussy (1963); ITV Playhouse (1968); Jean Vilar, une belle vie (1972); La cavale (1971); La chambre (1964); La chasse à l'homme (1952); La chasse aux hommes (1975); La joie de vivre (1955); La nuit des Molières (1991–2007); La nuit des rois (1962); Late Night Line-Up (1968); Le Cabinet des estampes (1955); Le cercle de minuit (1994–1997); Le cercle des arts (1997); Le majordome (1965); Les Caprices de Marianne (1962); Les corsaires (1966); Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles (1991); L'étrange désir de Monsieur Bard (1954); Lettre ouverte (1953); Lovers (1999); Mardi cinéma (1987); Mayerling (1968); Mémoires en fuite (2000); Michael Strogoff (1956); Midi Trente (1973); Nuits andalouses (1954); On ne badine pas avec l'amour (1954); Pas de pitié pour les femmes (1950); Passez donc me voir (1979); Péchés originaux (1984); Picture Parade (1956); Pleasures of Paris (1952); Reflets de Cannes (1958); Rendez-vous avec Maurice Chevalier n°5 - Soirs de Paris (1957); Rien que du bonheur (2003); Shades of Greene (1976); Song Without End (1960); Stranger in the House (1992); Studio Gabriel (1996); Tender Scoundrel (1966); The Day and the Hour (1963); The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970); The Reluctant Spy (1963); The Silken Affair (1956); Three Rooms in Manhattan (1965); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1956); Youngblood Hawke (1964).

Born on this day – Don Pendleton:

Don Pendleton

Writer

December 12, 1927 – October 23, 1995

Credits:

Books:

A Search for Meaning (2002); Acapulco Rampage (1976); Arizona Ambush (1977); Ashes to Ashes (1986); Assault on Soho (1971); Battle Mask (1970); Boston Blitz (1972); California Hit (1972); Canadian Crisis (1975); Caribbean Kill (1973); Cataclysm (1969); Chicago Wipeout (1972); Civil War II (1971); Cleveland Pipeline (1977); Colorado Kill Zone (1976); Command Strike (1978); Continental Contract (1971); Copp for Hire (1987); Copp in Deep (1989); Copp in Shock (1992); Copp in the Dark (1990); Copp on Fire (1988); Copp on Ice (1991); Death Squad (1970); Detroit Deathwatch (1974); Dixie Convoy (1976); Eye to Eye (1986); Firebase Seattle (1975); Friday's Feast (1979); Hawaiian Hellground (1975); Heart to Heart (1987); Jersey Guns (1974); Life to Life (1987); Miami Massacre (1970); Mind to Mind (1987); Monday's Mob (1978); New Orleans Knock-out (1974); Nightmare in New York (1971); Panic in Philly (1973); Population Doomsday (1974); Revolt! (1968); Roulette (2002); San Diego Siege (1974); Satan's Sabbath (1980); Savage Fire (1977); St. Louis Showdown (1975); Tennessee Smash (1978); Terrible Tuesday (1979); Texas Storm (1974); The Cosmic Breath (2013); The Executioner Series Books 4 - 6 (2018); The Executioner Series Books 7 - 9 (2018); The Executioner Series, Books 1-3 (2016); The Godmakers (1974); The Guns of Terra 10 (1970); The Metaphysics of the Novel (2003); The Olympians (1972); Thermal Thursday (1979); Time to Time (1988); To Dance With Angels (1990); Vegas Vendetta (1971); War Against the Mafia (1969); Washington I.O.U. (1974); Wednesday's Wrath (1979); Whispers From the Soul (2003); Willing To Kill (2018).