Born on this day – Howard Zieff:

Howard Zieff

Director

Photographer

October 21, 1927 – February 22, 2009

Born on this day – George C. Scott:

George C. Scott

Actor

Director

Producer

October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999

Born on this day – Eileen Ryan:

Eileen Ryan

Actress

October 16, 1927 – October 9, 2022

Born on this day – Roger Moore:

Roger Moore

Actor

October 14, 1927 – May 23, 2017

Born on this day – Dana Elcar:

Dana Elcar

Actor

October 10, 1927 – June 6, 2005

Born on this day – Tom Bosley:

Tom Bosley

Actor

October 1, 1927 – October 19, 2010

Born on this day – Barbara Mertz:

Barbara Mertz

Writer

September 29, 1927 – August 8, 2013

Credits:

Books:

A Gothic Treasure Trove (1987); A River in the Sky (2010); Amelia Peabody Omnibus (2012); Amelia Peabody's Egypt (2003); Ammie, Come Home (1968); AZ Murder Goes... Artful (1997); Be Buried in the Rain (1985); Black Rainbow (1982); Borrower of the Night (1973); Children of the Storm (2003); Crocodile on the Sandbank (1975); Devil May Care (1977); Die for Love (1984); Greygallows (1972); Guardian of the Horizon (2004); He Shall Thunder in the Sky (2000); Here I Stay (1983); Historical Whodunits (1993); House of Many Shadows (1974); Houses of Stone (1993); Into the Darkness (1990); Legend in Green Velvet (1976); Lion in the Valley (1986); Lord of the Silent (2001); Malice Domestic 1 (1992); Malice Domestic 14 (2019); Malice Domestic 2 (1993); More Malice Domestic (1997); Naked Once More (1989); Night Train to Memphis (1994); Other Worlds (1999); Patriot's Dream (1976); Prince of Darkness (1969); Red Land, Black Land (1967); Search the Shadows (1987); Seeing a Large Cat (1997); Shattered Silk (1986); Silhouette in Scarlet (1983); Smoke and Mirrors (1989); Someone in the House (1981); Sons of the Wolf (1967); Stitches in Time (1995); Street of the Five Moons (1978); Summer of the Dragon (1979); Tales of the Uncanny (1983); Temples, Tombs & Hieroglyphs (1964); The Ape Who Guards the Balance (1998); The Camelot Caper (1969); The Copenhagen Connection (1982); The Crying Child (1971); The Curse of the Pharaohs (1981); The Dancing Floor (1997); The Dark on the Other Side (1970); The Dead Sea Cipher (1970); The Deeds of the Disturber (1988); The Falcon at the Portal (1999); The Golden One (2002); The Grey Beginning (1984); The Hippopotamus Pool (1996); The Jackal's Head (1968); The Last Camel Died at Noon (1991); The Laughter of Dead Kings (2008); The Locked Tomb Mystery: And Other Stories (2018); The Love Talker (1980); The Master of Blacktower (1966); The Mummy Case (1985); The Murders of Richard III (1974); The Night of Four Hundred Rabbits (1971); The Painted Queen (2014); The Sea King's Daughter (1975); The Serpent on the Crown (2005); The Seventh Sinner (1972); The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog (1992); The Walker in Shadows (1979); The Wizard's Daughter (1980); Tomb of the Golden Bird (2006); Trojan Gold (1987); Vanish with the Rose (1992); Wait for What Will Come (1978); Wings of the Falcon (1977); Witch (1973).

Born on this day – Colette Deréal:

Colette Deréal

Actress

Singer

September 22, 1927 – April 12, 1988

Born on this day – William Hickey:

William Hickey

Actor

September 19, 1927 – June 29, 1997

Born on this day – Naomi Chance:

Naomi Chance

Actress

September 18, 1927 – March 18, 2003

Born on this day – Phyllis Kirk:

Phyllis Kirk

Actress

September 18, 1927 – October 19, 2006

Born on this day – Peter Falk:

Peter Falk

Actor

Comedian

Artist

September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011

Born on this day – Gianna Maria Canale:

Gianna Maria Canale

Actress

September 12, 1927 – February 13, 2009

Born on this day – Rossana Rory:

Rossana Rory

Actress

September 7, 1927 – April 1, 2020

Credits:

Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958); Captain Falcon (1958); Casablanca (1956); Come September (1961); El Alamein (1957); Europe '51 (1952); Hell Canyon Outlaws (1957); I cavalieri dell'illusione (1954); In amore si pecca in due (1954); Jessica (1962); La spada e la croce (1958); L'Eclisse (1962); L'eterna femmina (1954); Licenza premio (1951); Padri e figli (1958–1959); Perdonami! (1953); Piccola santa (1954); Robin Hood and the Pirates (1960); The Angel Wore Red (1960); The Big Boodle (1957); The Errol Flynn Theatre (1957); The Naked and the Wicked (1951); The River Changes (1956).

Born on this day – L. Q. Jones:

L. Q. Jones

Actor

Director

August 19, 1927 – July 9, 2022

Born on this day – Lois Nettleton:

Lois Nettleton

Actress

August 16, 1927 – January 18, 2008

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965); 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2008); 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1982); A Face in the Crowd (1957); Accidental Family (1967–1968); All That Glitters (1977); Any Second Now (1969); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1958); Babylon 5 (1994); Barnaby Jones (1974); Baywatch Nights (1995); Bonanza (1966); Bracken's World (1970); Brass (1985); Brenner (1959); Butterfly (1981); Cagney & Lacey (1987); Camera Three (1955–1958); Cannon (1972); Captain David Grief (1959); Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1954); CBS Repertoire Workshop (1960); Celebrity Bowling (1975–1976); Celebrity Revue (1976); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1974); Centennial (1978–1979); Chain Reaction (1980); Charlie Grace (1996); Coach (1995); Come Fly with Me (1963); Cop Out! (1972); Crossing Jordan (2001); Daniel Boone (1968); Dark of Night (1953); Deadline (1959); Deadly Blessing (1981); Decoy (1957–1958); Dirty Dingus Magee (1970); Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960); Dr. Kildare (1964–1965); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); East Side/West Side (1963); Echoes of a Summer (1976); Encounter (1961); Fear on Trial (1975); Finder of Lost Loves (1985); Flash III: Deadly Nightshade (1992); Full House (1991); General Hospital (1996–1998); Glitter (1984); Great Ghost Tales (1961); Gunsmoke (1961–1967); Hawaii Five-O (1975); Herc's Adventures (1997); Hotel (1985); House of Mouse (2003); In the Heat of the Night (1988–1989); Insight (1982); It's Your Bet (1971); Kraft Theatre (1956–1958); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1958–1959); Kung Fu (1975); Look Up and Live (1956); Macbeth (1968); Mail Order Bride (1964); Man Against Crime (1953); Manhunt for Claude Dallas (1986); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1974); Medical Center (1970–1976); Meet Me in St. Louis (1959); Mickey's House of Villains (2002); Mirror Mirror 2: Raven Dance (1994); Movin' On (1974); Mr. Belvedere (1988); Mr. Novak (1965); Murder, She Wrote (1984–1991); Naked City (1960–1962); NET Playhouse (1969); Night Gallery / Segment: I'll Never Leave You – Ever (1972); Password (1972–1973); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Period of Adjustment (1962); Petrocelli (1975); Play of the Week (1960); Rhyme and Reason (1975); Route 66 (1961–1963); Seinfeld (1994); Shoot for the Stars (1977); Sinatra: Dark Star (2005); Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981); Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1997); Star's Table (1986); Startime (1959); Studio One (1949–1956); Stumpers! (1976); Summer of Decision (1959); Terror in the Sky (1971); The $10,000 Pyramid (1977–1991); The $100,000 Pyramid (1987–1991); The $25,000 Pyramid (1977–1988); The $50,000 Pyramid (1981); The 30th Annual Tony Awards (1976); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (2008); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1974); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (1976); The Bamboo Saucer (1968); The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982); The Big Story (1956); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969); The Brighter Day (1954); The Bull of the West (1972); The Christmas Card (2006); The Cross-Wits (1976); The Dating Game (1971); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963–1964); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The F.B.I. (1966–1970); The Facts of Life (1986–1987); The Feminine Touch (1995); The Flash (1990); The Forgotten Man (1971); The Fugitive (1964–1966); The Golden Girls (1986); The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969); The Honkers (1972); The Interns (1971); The Lee Phillip Show (1972); The Love Boat (1980); The Making of a Hollywood Madam (1996); The Man and the City (1971); The Man in the Glass Booth (1975); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1973); The Merv Griffin Show (1973); The Munsters Today (1989); The Name of the Game (1968–1970); The Outsider (1969); The Pat Boone Show (1966); The Pretender (1999); The Real Tom Kennedy Show (1970); The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker (1970); The Stranger (1954); The Streets of San Francisco (1977); The Twilight Zone (1961); The Virginian (1965–1968); The Woody Woodbury Show (1968); Then Came Bronson (1969); Today (1967); Tourist (1980); Trapper John, M.D. (1982); Traveler's Rest (1993); True Story (1959); University Hospital (1995); Valley of Mystery (1967); Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977); Weekend of Terror (1970); What's My Line? (1973); Women in Chains (1972); You Can't Take It with You (1987–1988).

Born on this day – Stuart Rosenberg:

Stuart Rosenberg

Director

August 11, 1927 – March 15, 2007

Born on this day – Robert Shaw:

Robert Shaw

Actor

Writer

August 9, 1927 – August 28, 1978

Born on this day – Elliot Silverstein:

Elliot Silverstein

Director

Writer

Producer

Actor

August 3, 1927 – November 24, 2023

Credits:

50 Years of Action! (1986); A Man Called Horse (1970); Alcoa Theatre (1959–1960); Arrest and Trial (1964); Assignment: Underwater (1960); Belle Sommers (1962); Betrayed by Innocence (1986); Biography (1996–2004); Black Saddle (1960); Breaking Point (1963–1964); Cain's Hundred (1962); Cat Ballou (1965); Channing (1963–1964); Checkmate (1961); Dr. Kildare (1961–1963); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); Fight for Life (1987); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Flashfire (1994); Goodyear Theatre (1959); Have Gun - Will Travel (1961); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1964); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1956–1957); L'ouest, le vrai (2019); Naked City (1961–1962); Night of Courage (1987); Nightmare Honeymoon (1974); Omnibus (1955–1956); Picket Fences (1993); Rich Men, Single Women (1990); Route 66 (1960–1961); Suspicion (1958); Tales from the Crypt (1991–1994); Talk to Taka (2000); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The Car (1977); The Defenders (1962–1964); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962–1964); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Firm (1983); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959); The Happening (1967); The Legend of 'Cat Ballou' (2000); The Twilight Zone (1961–1964); The Westerner (1960).

Born on this day – Joan Benedict Steiger:

Joan Benedict Steiger

Actress

July 21, 1927 – June 24, 2024

Credits:

A Month of Sundays (2001); Actors Entertainment (2010); Apple's Way (1974); Berrenger's (1985); Bravo Profiles (2001); Crazy Like a Fox (1985); Days of Our Lives (1986); Dead Border (2013); Dollhouse (2009); Fantasy Island (1981–1982); Hotel (1986); Hunter (1985); Let's Call It Quits (1974); Opus of an Angel (2017); Perfect Victims (1988); Saturday Night in Apple Valley (1965); Sweet Underground (2004); T.J. Hooker (1984); The Flying Dutchman (2001); The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977); The Incredible Hulk (1980); The New Gidget (1986); The Prize Fighter (1979); The Smith Family (1971); The Theory of Everything (2006); The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (1992).