Born on this day – Tom Troupe:

Tom Troupe

Actor

Writer

July 15, 1928 – July 20, 2025

Credits:

Amen (1988); Archie Bunker's Place (1983); Baby Talk (1992); Barbary Coast (1975); Ben Casey (1962–1964); Bert D'Angelo / Superstar (1976); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Break a Hip (2015–2018); Cagney & Lacey (1985); Cannon (1973); Caravaggio and My Mother the Pope (2017); Cassie & Co. (1982); Che! (1969); Cheers (1987); CHiPs (1979); Combat! (1963); Dan August (1971); Dr. Kildare (1961); ER (1998); Frasier (1995); Griff (1973); Harrigan and Son (1961); Highway to Heaven (1989); Iron Horse (1966); Ironside (1974); Judd for the Defense (1967); Kelly's Heroes (1970); Knots Landing (1991); Lawman (1960); Lock Up (1960); Lucas Tanner (1974); Making It (1971); Mannix (1969); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1974–1975); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976); McMillan & Wife (1972–1973); Mission: Impossible (1967); Murder, She Wrote (1990); My Own Private Idaho (1991); Night Gallery / Segment: Clean Kills and Other Trophies (1971); Off the Minnesota Strip (1980); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971–1974); Peyton Place (1965); Planet of the Apes (1974); Private Screenings (2014); PSI Factor (1980); Quincy, M.E. (1980); Rawhide (1960); Sofi (1968); Star Trek (1967); Studio One (1955); Summer School (1987); The Alpha Caper (1973); The Big Fisherman (1959); The Devil's Brigade (1968); The F.B.I. (1972); The Fugitive (1964); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1957); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); The Merv Griffin Show (1973); The Nina Foch Course for Filmmakers and Actors (2010); The Rookies (1972); The Runaways (1978); The Smith Family (1972); The Streets of San Francisco (1973–1975); The Thirteenth Day: The Story of Esther (1979); The Wide World of Mystery (1974); The Wild Wild West (1968); The Young Rebels (1970); This Is the Life (1970–1976); Time Out (2019); Voyagers! (1983); What I Did Last Summer / Segment: Christmas in June (2012); Who's the Boss? (1990–1991).

Born on this day – Jane Gardam:

Jane Gardam

Writer

July 11, 1928 – April 28, 2025

Credits:

Books:

A Few Fair Days (1971); A Long Way from Verona (1971); Animal Stories (1995); Bilgewater (1976); Black Faces, White Faces (1975); Black Woolly Pony (1993); Bridget and William (1981); Crusoe's Daughter (1985); Facing the Music (2013); Faith Fox (1996); God on the Rocks (1978); Going into a Dark House (1994); Horse (1982); Kit (1983); Kit / Kit in Boots (1988); Kit in Boots (1986); Last Friends (2013); Life (2013); Magical Stories (1995); Missing the Midnight (1997); Old Filth (2004); Reader, I Married Him (2016); Showing the Flag (1989); Stories for Five-Year-Olds (1995); Stories for Six-Year-Olds (1995); Stories of Jane Gardam (2014); Supernatural Stories (1995); Swan (1987); The Armless Maiden (1995); The Ecco Book of Christmas Stories (2005); The Flight of the Maidens (2000); The Green Man (1998); The Hollow Land (1981); The Kit Stories (1998); The Man in the Wooden Hat (2009); The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1996); The Pangs Of Love (2012); The Pangs of Love and Other Stories (1983); The People on Privilege Hill (2007); The Pineapple Bay Hotel (1976); The Queen of the Tambourine (1991); The Sidmouth Letters (1980); The Stories (2012); The Summer After the Funeral (1973); Through the Doll's House Door (1987); Trio (1993); Tufty Bear (1996).

Movies and television:

BBC2 Playhouse (1982); Bookmark (1987); God on the Rocks (1990); Jackanory (1985); Read All About It (1979); Tales of the Unexpected (1983); The Book Show (2007).

On this day in movie history - Lights of New York (1928):

Lights of New York

directed by Bryan Foy,

written by Murray Roth and Hugh Herbert,

based on a story by Charles L. Gaskill,

was released in the United States on July 6, 1928.
Music by Louis Silvers.
Note: this was the first full-length all-talking movie.

Cast:

Helene Costello, Cullen Landis, Mary Carr, Wheeler Oakman, Gladys Brockwell, Robert Elliott, Eugene Pallette, Tom Dugan, Tom McGuire, Walter Percival, Guy D'Ennery, Jere Delaney, Harry Downing, Eddie Kane, Bob Perry.

Born on this day – Warren Oates:

Warren Oates

Actor

July 5, 1928 – April 3, 1982

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965); 1941 (1979); 77 Sunset Strip (1960–1962); 92 in the Shade (1975); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); America at the Movies (1976); American Masters (2008); And Baby Makes Six (1979); Baby Comes Home (1980); Badlands (1973); Barquero (1970); Bat Masterson (1959–1961); Beat the Clock (1950–1961); Behind-the-Scenes: 'Blue Thunder' (1983); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Black Beauty (1979); Black Saddle (1959); Blue Thunder (1983); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Bonanza (1962); Branded (1965); Brave New Cowboy (1979); Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974); Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown (1986); Bronco (1960); Buckskin (1959); Chandler (1971); China 9, Liberty 37 (1978); Cimarron Strip (1967); Cockfighter (1974); Combat! (1964); Dillinger (1973); Dixie Dynamite (1976); Dream in the Making: The Making of Sleeping Dogs (2018); Drum (1976); Dundee and the Culhane (1967); East of Eden (1981); Film Night (1973); Gunsmoke (1958–1967); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958–1960); Hawaiian Eye (1960); Hero's Island (1962); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hotel de Paree (1960); Iguana (1988); In the Heat of the Night (1967); Insight (1979); Iron Horse (1967); Johnny Ringo (1960); Kid Blue (1973); Kraft Theatre (1956–1957); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1956); Lamp Unto My Feet (1955); Lancer (1969–1970); Lanton Mills (1969); Laramie (1961); Lawman (1960); Lost in Space (1965); Mail Order Bride (1964); Major Dundee (1965); Michael Shayne (1961); My Old Man (1979); On location with There Was a Crooked Man (1970); Outlaws (1960); Playhouse 90 (1958); Police Story (1978); Prime Time (1977); Private Property (1960); Race with the Devil (1975); Rancho Deluxe (1975); Rawhide (1960–1965); Rescue 8 (1958); Return of the Seven (1966); Ride the High Country (1962); Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder' (2006); Run for Your Life (1968); Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004); Shane (1966); Shenandoah (1965); Shotgun Slade (1960); Slattery's People (1965); Sleeping Dogs (1977); Smith! (1969); Something for a Lonely Man (1968); Sophie's Place (1969); Stagecoach West (1961); Stoney Burke (1962–1963); Stripes (1981); Studio One (1956–1958); Tales of the Unexpected (1985); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); Target: The Corruptors (1961–1962); Tate (1960); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1958); The African Queen (1977); The Big Story (1956); The Big Valley (1965–1966); The Blue and the Gray (1982); The Border (1982); The Brink's Job (1978); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1961); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); The F.B.I. (1971); The Fugitive (1964); The Hired Hand (1971); The Larry Solway Show (1976); The Lawless Years (1961); The Magical World of Disney (1968); The Making of 'Sleeping Dogs' (2004); The Monroes (1966); The Movie Murderer (1970); The Name of the Game (1971); The Old Man & the Gun (2018); The Outer Limits (1964); The Rebel (1959); The Reluctant Heroes (1971); The Reporter (1964); The Rifleman (1958–1962); The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960); The Rough Riders (1959); The Rounders (1965); The Shooting (1966); The Split (1968); The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973); The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963); The Twilight Zone (1960–1963); The Untouchables (1962); The Virginia Graham Show (1970); The Virginian (1963–1966); The Westerner (1960); The White Dawn (1974); The Wild Bunch (1969); There Was a Crooked Man... (1970); Thriller (1960–1962); Tom Sawyer (1973); Tombstone Territory (1958–1960); Tough Enough (1983); Trackdown (1959); True Grit: A Further Adventure (1978); Two-Lane Blacktop (1971); Up Periscope (1959); Wagon Train (1959); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961); Warren Oates: Across the Border (1993); Welcome to Hard Times (1967); Welcome to the Basement (2015–2018); Wrangler (1960); Yellowstone Kelly (1959).

On this day in movie history - The Racket (1928 movie & play):

The Racket

directed by Lewis Milestone,

written by Bartlett Cormack, Del Andrews, Tom Miranda, Harry Behn,

based on the play by Bartlett Cormack,

released in the United States on June 30, 1928.

Cast: Thomas Meighan, Louis Wolheim, Marie Prevost, G. Pat Collins, Henry Sedley, George E. Stone, Sam De Grasse, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Lee Moran, John Darrow, Lucien Prival, Dan Wolheim, Frank Austin, Walter Brennan, Jimmy Dime, Jim Farley, Ruth Feldman, Sherry Hall, Sydney Jarvis, Tony Marlo, Burr McIntosh, Pat McKee, Lewis Milestone, William H. O'Brien, Jack Perry, Dick Rush, Charles Sullivan, Nick Thompson, Harry Wilson.

Recommended reading:

The Racket

By Bartlett Cormack.

A play in three acts.

ASIN: B0BPM49P6T

Published by Samuel French.

Published 1928.

Adapted to film in 1928 and 1951.

The play The Racket is also available in the following anthology:

Strictly Dishonorable and Other Lost American Plays

Edited by Richard Nelson.

Paperback.

Published 1993.

Published by Theatre Communications Group.

ISBN 13: 9780930452551

ISBN 10: 0930452550

ASIN: 0930452550

Contents: Strictly Dishonorable by Preston Sturges; The Racket by Bartlett Cormack; The Ghost of Yankee Doodle by Sidney Howard and A Slight Case of Murder by Howard Lindsay and Damon Runyon.

Born on this day – Ian Bannen:

Ian Bannen

Actor

June 29, 1928 – November 3, 1999

Born on this day – Alex Toth:

Alex Toth

Cartoonist

June 25, 1928 – May 27, 2006

Credits:

Adventures Into Digital Comics (2006); Battle of the Planets (1978–1980); Bionic Six (1987); Bird of Steel! (2024); Birdman (1967–1987); C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979); Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1977–1980); Captain Fathom (1965); Cartoon Planet (1995–1999); Cartoon Superheroes Abridged (2015); Clue Club (1976); Devlin (1974); Dynomutt Dog Wonder (1976–1977); Fantastic Four (1967); Frankenstein, Jr. and the Impossibles (1966); Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (2018); Jabberjaw (1976); Jack and the Beanstalk (1967); Jonny Quest (1965); Josie and the Pussy Cats in Outer Space (1972); Moby Dick and the Mighty Mightor (1967); Project X (1968); Robin Hood (1973); Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1980); Scooby's Laff-A Lympics (1977–1979); Sealab 2020 (1972); Sealab 2021 (2000–2001); Shazzan (1967); Sin City (2005); Skyhawks (1969–1971); Space Angel (1962–1964); Space Ghost (1966–2021); Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1993–2004); Super Friends (1973–1978); The Angry Red Planet (1959); The Herculoids (1967–1969); The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1968); The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976–1978); Thundarr the Barbarian (1980).

Born on this day – Ralph Waite:

Ralph Waite

Actor

June 22, 1928 – February 13, 2014

Born on this day – Martin Landau:

Martin Landau

Actor

Producer

Cartoonist

June 20, 1928 – July 15, 2017

Born on this day – Richard M. Sherman:

Richard M. Sherman

Songwriter

June 12, 1928 – May 25, 2024

Born on this day – Maurice Sendak:

Maurice Sendak

Writer

Illustrator

Producer

June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012

Credits:

Books:

A Hole is to Dig (1952); A Kiss for Little Bear (1968); A Very Special House (1953); Along Came a Dog (1958); Atomics for the Millions (1947); Bears! (2005); Best in Children's Books: Volume 31 (1960); Best in Children's Books: Volume 41 (1961); Brundibár (2003); Bumble Ardy (2011); Bumble-Ardy (2011); Caldecott and Co: Notes on Books and Pictures (1988); Charlotte and the White Horse (1955); Circus Girl (1957); Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom (1998); Dear Mili (1988); Dwarf Long-Nose (1960); Fantasy Sketches (1970); Father Bear Comes Home (1959); Fly by Night (1976); Frank and Joey Eat Lunch (1996); Frank and Joey Go to Work (1996); Good Shabbos Everybody (1951); Happy Hanukah Everybody (1955); Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water: Two Nursery Rhymes (1965); Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life (1967); How Little Lori Visited Times Square (1963); Hurry Home, Candy (1953); I Saw Esau (1992); I Want to Paint My Bathroom Blue (1956); I'll Be You and You Be Me (1954); In Grandpa's House (1985); In the Night Kitchen (1970); Kenny's Window (1956); King Grisly-Beard, by the Brothers Grimm, 1973); Let's Be Enemies (1961/ 1965); Little Bear (1957); Little Bear's Friend (1960); Little Bear's Visit (1961); Little Cow & the Turtle (1955); Lullabyes and Night Songs (1965); Making Mischief: A Maurice Sendak Appreciation (2009); Maurice Sendak: A Celebration of The Artist and His Work (2013); Maurice Sendak's Christmas Mystery (1995); McCall's: August 1964, VOL. XCI, No. 11 (1964); Mommy? (2006); Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present (1962); Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm (1954); Music album: Mahler – Symphony No. 3, James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra / What The Night Tells Me (1976); My Brother's Book (2013); My Brother's Book (2013); No Fighting, No Biting! (1958); Nutcracker (1984); Open House for Butterflies (1960); Outside Over There (1981); Penthesilea (1998); Pierre, or The Ambiguities: The Kraken Edition (1995); Pincus and the Pig: A Klezmer Tale (2004); Pleasant Fieldmouse (1975); Presto and Zesto in Limboland (2018); Sarah's Room (2003); Seven Little Monsters (1977); Seven Little Stories on Big Subjects (1955); Seven Tales by H. C. Andersen (1959); Shadrach (1953); She Loves Me ... She Loves Me Not ... (1963); Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child's Book of Poems (1988); Singing Family of the Cumberlands (1955 / 1980); Some Swell Pup or Are You Sure You Want a Dog? (1976); Somebody Else's Nut Tree and Other Tales from Children (1971); Swine Lake (1999); Ten Little Rabbits (2025); Ten Little Rabbits: A Counting Book with Mino the Magician (1970); The Animal Family (1965); The Art of Maurice Sendak (1980); The Art of Maurice Sendak: From 1980 to the Present (2003); The Bat-Poet (1967); The Bee-Man of Orn (1964); The Big Book for Peace (1990); The Big Green Book (1962); The Big Green Book (1978); The Birthday Party (1957); The Cunning Little Vixen (1985); The Giant Story (1953); The Golden Key (1967 / 1992); The Griffin and the Minor Canon (1963); The Happy Rain (2004); The House of Sixty Fathers (1956); The Juniper Tree and Other Tales from Grimm: Volumes 1 & 2 (1973); The Light Princess (1969); The Love for Three Oranges (1984); The Miami Giant (1995); The Moon Jumpers (1959); The Mother Goose Collection (1985); The Nutshell Library: Alligators All Around / Chicken Soup with Rice / One Was Johnny / Pierre (1962); The Saturday Evening Post: May 4, 1968, 241st year, Issue no. 9 / The Chimney Sweep (1968); The Sign on Rosie's Door (1960); The Singing Hill (1962); The Tin Fiddle (1954); The Wheel on the School (1954); The Wonderful Farm (1951); Very Far Away (1957); We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy: Two Nursery Rhymes with Pictures (1993); What Can You Do with a Shoe? (1955 / 1997); What Do You Do, Dear? (1958 / 1961); Where the Wild Things Are (1963); You Can't Get There From Here (1957); Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories (1966).

Movies and television:

2nd House (1974); American Masters (1987); Angels in America (2003); Chicken Soup with Rice (1975); Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story (2012); Galaxie (1966); George and Martha (1999–2000); Great Performances (1994); Hansel and Gretel (1998 / 1999); HBO First Look (2009); Her (2013); Higglety Pigglety Pop! (1986); Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life (2010); In the Night Kitchen (1987); Jackanory (1971); Labyrinth (1986); Last Dance (2002); L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (1987); L'heure espagnole (1987); Little Bear (1995–2001); Little Bear: Family Tales (1997); Little Bear: Feel Better, Little Bear (2003); Little Bear: Friends (1999); Little Bear: Goodnight Little Bear (1998); Little Bear: Little Artist Bear (2002); Little Bear: Little Goblin Bear (1999); Little Bear: Little Sherlock Bear (2001); Little Bear: Meet Little Bear (1997); Little Bear: Parties & Picnics (1998); Little Bear: Rainy Day Tales (2005); Little Bear: Snacktime Tales (2002); Live from Lincoln Center (1983); Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal (1982); Northern Exposure (1991); Nutcracker (1986); Read to Me, Heidi (2024); Really Rosie (1975); Return to Oz (1985); Scholastic Jumbo Box of Storybook Classics - Volume 1 (2002); Scholastic Storybook Treasures: Where the Wild Things Are... And 5 More Stories by Maurice Sendak (2008); Scholastic Treasury of 100 Storybook Classics / Segment: Where the Wild Things Are (2007); Seasons of the Heart (1994); Sendak (1986); Seven Little Monsters (2000–2003); Simple Gifts / Segment: Prologue (1978); Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak (2009); The Book Programme (1976); The Colbert Report (2012); The Dresden Dolls: In Paradise (2005); The Little Bear Movie (2000); The Love for Three Oranges (1982); The Pixar Story (2007); The Secret World of the Very Young (1984); The World of Maurice Sendak (1986); Today (1975); Where the Wild Things Are (1975 / 1984 / 2009); Zlateh the Goat (1966).

Born on this day – Kate Wilhelm:

Kate Wilhelm

Writer

June 8, 1928 – March 8, 2018

Credits:

Books:

A Flush of Shadows (1995); A Sense of Shadow (1981); A Wrongful Death (2007); Abyss (1973); All For One (2012); Alpha 5 (1974); And the Angels Sing (1992); Andover and the Android (1966); Angels! (1995); Asimov's Science Fiction, November 1994 (1994); Best New Horror 4 (1993); Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection (1977); Better Than One (1980); By Stone By Blade By Fire (2012); Cambio Bay (1990); Children of the Wind (1989); City of Cain (1974); Clarion SF (1977); Clear and Convincing Proof (2003); Cold Case (2008); Crazy Time (1988); Death of an Artist (2012); Death Qualified (1991); Defense for the Devil (1999); Desperate Measures (2001); Fantasy & Science Fiction, July / August 2012 (2012); Fault Lines (1977); Fear is a Cold Black (2010); Forever Yours, Anna (1987); Heaven is High (2011); Huysman's Pets (1985); I Know What You’re Thinking (1994); In Between (2014); Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, October 1986 (1986); Isaac Asimov's Aliens & Outworlders (1983); Juniper Time (1979); Justice for Some (1993); Kate Wilhelm in Orbit, Volume One (2015); Kate Wilhelm in Orbit, Volume Two (2015); Let the Fire Fall (1969); Listen, Listen (1981); Malice Prepense / For the Defense (1996); Margaret and I (1971); Mirror, Mirror (2017); Moongate (2000); More Bitter Than Death (1963); Music Makers (2012); Naming the Flowers (1992); Nebula Awards 9 (1974); No Defense (2000); Oh, Susannah! (1982); Omni Visions Two (1994); Orbit 11 (1972); Orbit 12 (1973); Orbit 3 (1967); Orbit 6 (1970); Seven Kinds of Death (1992); Sister Angel (2012); Skeletons (2002); Sleight of Hand (2006); Smart House (1989); Somerset Dreams and Other Fictions (1978); Storyteller (2005); Sweet, Sweet Poison (1990); Terry's Universe: Science fiction's finest writers join in honoring the memory of Terry Carr (1987); The Best Defense (1994); The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology (1999); The Bird Cage (2012); The Clewiston Test (1976); The Clone (1965); The Dark Door (1988); The Deepest Water (2000); The Downstairs Room (1970); The Fullness of Time (2012); The Giant Book of Terror (1994); The Girl Who Fell Into the Sky (1986); The Good Children (1998); The Gorgon Field (1986); The Hamlet Trap (1987); The Hills Are Dancing (1986); The House Share (2022); The Infinity Box (1975); The Killer Thing / The Killing Thing (1967); The Mile-Long Spaceship (1963); The Nevermore Affair (1966); The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 (1988); The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Three (1990); The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Two (1989); The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (1995); The Price of Silence (2005); The Secret History of Science Fiction (2009); The Seventh Omni Book of Science Fiction (1989); The Unbidden Truth (2004); The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010); The Winter Beach (1981); Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader (1973); Torch Song (2012); Welcome, Chaos (1983); Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (1975); Whisper Her Name (2012); With Thimbles, With Forks, and Hope (2012); Yesterday's Tomorrows (2015).

Movies and television:

The Lookalike (1990); Out of the Unknown (1965).

Born on this day – Charles Strouse:

Charles Strouse

Composer

Lyricist

Actor

June 7, 1928 – May 15, 2025

Credits:

Musicals:

A Broadway Musical (1978); A Pound in Your Pocket (1959); Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (1998); All American (1962); An American Tragedy (1995 / 2010); Annie (1977); Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge (1989); Annie Warbucks (1993); Applause (1970); Bojangles (1993); Bring Back Birdie (1981); Bye Bye Birdie (1960); Charlie and Algernon (1979); Charlotte's Web (1989); Dance a Little Closer (1983); Golden Boy (1964); I and Albert (1972); It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman (1966); Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (1988); Martin: A New American Musical (2011); Marty (2002); Mayor (1985); Minsky's (2009); Nick & Nora (1991); Nightingale (1982); Rags (1986); Real Men (2005); Six (1971); Studio (2006); The Future of the American Musical Theater (2004).

Movies and television:

13 Conversations About One Thing (2001); 29th Street (1991); 30 Rock (2006–2008); 61* (2001); 7 in a Barn (1971); 90 Minutes Live (1978); A Broadway Lullaby (2012); A Child's Garden of Verses (1992); A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978); Addams Family Values (1993); Aladdin and the Forty Thieves (1984); Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (1990); Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1966); All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story (1982); All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989); All in the Family (1971–1979); AMV Hell 3: The Motion Picture (2005); Angels in New York (2010); Annie (1982 / 1999 / 2014); Annie Live! (2021); Annie: A Royal Adventure! (1995); Applause (1973); Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983); Are You Being Served? (1979); Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002); Backstage (2015); Bandstand (1961–1965); Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021); BBC Show of the Week (1967); Beyond the Sea (2004); Blue Bloods (2012); Bonnie and Clyde (1967); Boy Meets World (1996); Broadway Beat (2009); Broadway Idiot (2013); Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy (2013); Broadway Plays Washington on Kennedy Center Tonight (1982); Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021); Bye Bye Birdie (1963 / 1995 / 2012); Call Me Fitz (2010); Call the Midwife (2013); Camp Nowhere (1994); Canada After Dark (1978); Cathouse: The Musical (2008); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2025); Charlie Bartlett (2007); Cheers (1990–1992); Children of the Wind (2015); Clone High (2024); Conan (2016); Concentration (1958–1973); Crumbs (2006); Cybill (1997); Dancing with the Stars (2014); Daria (2000); Dave (1993); De Mike Burstyn show (1980); Deadpool 2 (2018); Demi Lovato: Stay Strong (2012); Diminishing Returns (2019); Diminishing Returns Diminisodes (2021); Dorbees: Making Decisions (1998); Dorothy (1979); Drunk Parents (2019); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1994); Edtv (1999); Ein Abend für zwei Komödianten (1982); Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show (1985); Emu's Wide World (1988); Esta noche (1981); Evil (2019); Family Guy (2009–2011); Family Ties (1982–1989); Fathers' Day (1997); Fred Claus (2007); Gizmo! (1977); Glee (2012–2014); Golic and Wingo (2018); Good Morning Britain (2017); Great Performances (1985–2003); Growing Pains (1991); Ha-Hofesh Ha'Acharon (1989); Hanging Up (2000); Happy Together (1989); Happy! (2019); HBO Storybook Musicals (1987); Here's Lucy (1969); Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996); Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (1992); Holiday in Metropolis (2006); Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970) (2000); How to Build a Girl (2019); Hugh Hefner's After Dark: Speaking Out in America (2018); Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony (2012); Igor (2008); In Living Color (1993–1994); Inside TV Land (2002); Ishtar (1987); It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman! (1975); It's a Living (1987); It's Tough to Be a Bug (1998); Jay-Z: Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem);  (1998); Jazz Scene at the Ronnie Scott Club (1970); Jungle Fever (1991); Just Like Heaven (2005); Just Tell Me What You Want (1980); Justice for All (1968); Keeping Up Appearances (1993); Kissing Jessica Stein (2001); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2004); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2016); Lea Salonga Live (2003); Liberty Weekend (1986); Life After Tomorrow (2006); Life with Mikey (1993); Lights, Camera, Annie! (1982); Like Mike (2002); Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' (2019); Lorraine (2017); Lulu's Back in Town (1968); Mad Men (2009); Married... with Children (1994); Masked Singer Sverige (2022); Matzav Ha'Uma (2013); Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back (2019); Meet Sammy Davis Jr. 1 (1963); Memory (1993); MGM Sing-Alongs: Being Happy (1997); MGM Sing-Alongs: Friends (1997); MGM Sing-Alongs: Having Fun (1997); Mike & Mike (2013); Monsanto Night Presents Tony Bennett in Waikiki (1973); Morgen is er zon (2016); Morning Joe (2023); MsMojo (2021); Murphy Brown (1990); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1992–2018); Night Dicks: Miami (2021); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); Nurse Jackie (2010); Off Beat (1986); On Parade (1964); Only Murders in the Building (2021); Over the Top (1997); P.O.V. (2014); Pan Am (2011–2012); Parade of Stars (1983); Perfect Strangers (1988); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1966); Petticoat Junction (1970); Playboy After Dark (1970); PM East (1961); Police Squad! (1982); Popular (2001); Portrait of a Showgirl (1982); Pushing Tin (1999); Replay (1970); Sammy Davis and the Wonderful World of Children (1965); Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017); Saturday Night Live (1981–2009); Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993); School of Rock (2003); Scrubs (2006); Search Party (2022); Secondhand Lions (2003); Serial (1980); Serial Mom (1994); Shindig! (1965–1966); Shrek 2 (2004); Shrek Forever After (2010); Sia: You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile (2014); Since I Don't Have You (2013); Spirit Young Performers Company: It's the Hard Knock Life (2014); Spirit Young Performers Company: You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile (2014); Spotlight on Broadway (2013); Stars in Their Eyes Kids (2002); Summer Sounds (1966); Tall Girl 2 (2022); That'll Be the Day (1973); The 25th Annual Tony Awards (1971); The 31st Annual Tony Awards (1977); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The 40th Annual Tony Awards (1986); The 41st Annual Tony Awards (1987); The 45th Annual Tony Awards (1991); The 51st Annual Tony Awards (1997); The 67th Annual Tony Awards (2013); The Afterlife of Grandpa (1989); The Annie Christmas Show (1977); The Anniversary Party (2001); The Avengers (1963); The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit (1991); The Big Bang Theory (2015); The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1977); The Broadway.com Show (2013); The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000); The Ed Sullivan Show (1960–1967); The Facts of Life (1987); The Fantastic Funnies (1980); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1996); The Golden Girls (1991); The Graham Kennedy Show (1975); The Hollywood Palace (1965); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2005); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2010); The Legacy Project (2011); The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017); The Mating Game (1959); The Mike Douglas Show (1977 / 1980); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968); The Muppet Show (1978–1980); The Nanny (1993); The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968); The Nostradamus Kid (1993); The Office (2013); The Paul Lynde Halloween Special (1976); The Porter Wagoner Show (1970); The Post (2017); The Price Is Right (1956–1965); The Simpsons (1991–2018); The Songwriters (1982); The Songwriter's Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary... The Magic of Music (1989); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015–2017); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1982); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2011–2012); The Two Ronnies (1983); The Voice Kids (2014); The West Wing (2000); The Women's Football Show (2016); The World According to Jeff Goldblum (2019); The Worst Witch (1986); The X-Files (1998); Theater Camp (2023); There Was a Crooked Man... (1970); Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town (1972); Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic (2006); Tu cara me suena - Argentina (2014); Viki ja Köpi Show (2023); Webster (1984–1987); What's Up Doc? (1992); When Things Were Rotten (1975); Words and Music by Jerry Herman (2007); Working in the Theatre (1984–1996); Xena: Warrior Princess (2000); Year of the Comet (1992); You've Got Mail (1998); Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2021).

Born on this day – Agnès Varda:

Agnès Varda

Director

Writer

Photographer

Artist

May 30, 1928 – March 29, 2019

Born on this day – Sally Forrest:

Sally Forrest

Actress

May 28, 1928 – March 15, 2015

Born on this day – Mary Fickett:

Mary Fickett

Actress

May 23, 1928 – September 8, 2011

Credits:

18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2012); 60 Minutes / Segment: Harry Reasoner (1991); All About Erica (1994); All My Children (1970–2011); All My Children 25th Anniversary Special (1995); All My Children: Daytime's Greatest Weddings (1993); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1953–1961); Biography (2003); Bonanza (1969); Calendar (1961–1962); Daniel Boone (1969); Daytime's Greatest Weddings (2004); Dream Girl (1955); Frontiers of Faith (1960); General Electric Guest House (1951); General Electric Theater (1956); Have Gun - Will Travel (1961); Home & Family (2017); Kathy O' (1958); Kraft Theatre (1953–1957); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1953–1961); Lamp Unto My Feet (1954); Lancer (1968–1970); Look Up and Live (1960–1961); Man on Fire (1957); Modern Romances (1956); N.Y.P.D. (1968); Naked City (1961); Playwrights '56 (1956); Ponds Theater (1953–1954); Pueblo (1973); Robert Montgomery Presents (1954–1956); Star Stage (1955); Studio One (1957); Sunday Showcase (1960); The 1st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1974); The 27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2000); The 28th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2001); The Defenders (1961–1965); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963); The DuPont Show of the Week (1964); The Edge of Night (1960); The F.B.I. (1970); The Inner Flame (1954); The Nurses (1965–1967); The Untouchables (1961); True Story (1959); Young Dr. Malone (1958–1963).

Born on this day – Alice Drummond:

Alice Drummond

Actress

May 21, 1928 – November 30, 2016

Credits:

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994); Advice from a Caterpillar (1999); After.Life (2009); American Playhouse (1980); Animal Behavior (1989); Another World (1979); Awakenings (1990); Boston Legal (2005); Chronic Town (2008); Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (2019); Commandments (1997); Dark Shadows (1967); Daybreak (1993); Doubt (2008); Earthly Possessions (1999); Ed (2002); Eyewitness (1981); Frannie's Turn (1992); Friends (1994); Funny Farm (1988); Furry Vengeance (2010); Ghostbusters (1984); Grace Under Fire (1994); Great Performances (1977–1984); Hide in Plain Sight (1980); House of D (2004); I.Q. (1994); I'll Take You There (1999); In & Out (1997); Jeffrey (1995); Joe Gould's Secret (2000); Just in Time (1996); Just the Ticket (1998); Kate & Allie (1988); King of the Gypsies (1978); Law & Order (1994); Lenny (1990–1991); Love, Sidney (1981); Man on a Swing (1974); Mitch Albom's for One More Day (2007); Money for Nothing (1993); Money, Power, Murder. (1989); Motherhood (2009); N.Y.P.D. (1968); NET Playhouse (1970); New York News (1995); New York Television Theatre (1970); Night Court (1984–1987); Nikki and Alexander (1989); Nobody's Fool (1994); Office Killer (1997); One Life to Live (1979–1980); Open House (2011); Park Place (1981); Particular Men (1972); Pieces of April (2003); Ray Parker Jr.: Ghostbusters / Music Video (1984); Running on Empty (1988); Ryan's Hope (1978); Sanctuary of Fear (1979); Spin City (2000); Synecdoche, New York (2008); Tales from the Darkside: The Movie / Cat From Hell (1990); The 24th Annual Tony Awards (1970); The American Parade (1975); The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982); The Best of Families (1977); The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1989); The Dog Lover (1962); The Equalizer (1986); The Honeymooners (2005); The House on Carroll Street (1988); The Jury (2004); The Love Letter (1999); The Rising Place (2001); The Suicide Club (1987); Thieves (1977); 'Til There Was You (1997); To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995); Trinity (1998); Video Games Awesome! (2014); Walking and Talking (1996); Where the Heart Is (1973); Where's Poppa? (1970).

Born on this day – Bruce Bilson:

Bruce Bilson

Producer

Director

Producer

Writer

May 19, 1928 – January 16, 2026

Credits:

Alias Smith and Jones (1972); Alice (1976); Almost Home (1993); Aloha Paradise (1981); Arnie (1971); B.J. and the Bear (1978–1980); Barbary Coast (1975); Barefoot in the Park (1970); Barney and me (1973); Barney Miller (1976–1981); Bewitched (1968); Blondie (1968); Bonanza (1970); Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982); Camp Runamuck (1966); Chattanooga Choo Choo (1984); Chopper One (1974); Dallas (1986); Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (1979); Dead Man on the Run (1975); Deadly Games (1996); Delta House (1979); Dinosaurs (1991–1993); Duffy (1977); Dusty's Trail (1973–1974); Dynasty (1988–1989); Emergency! (1975); Finder of Lost Loves (1984–1985); Flash III: Deadly Nightshade (1992); Get Smart (1965–1968); Get Smart Reunion Seminar (2006); Gidget (1966); Gidget's Summer Reunion (1985); Glitter (1984); Green Acres (1971); Half Nelson (1985); Harper Valley P.T.A. (1981); Hawaii Five-O (1974–1976); Hogan's Heroes (1967–1971); Hotel (1983–1987); House Calls (1980–1982); Hull High (1990); Human Target (1992); Hunter (1977); Inside TV Land (2001); Jigsaw (1972); Journeys Below the Line: 24 - The Editing Process (2005); Journeys Below the Line: ER - The Prop Masters (2006); Journeys Below the Line: Lost - The Cinematography Team (2007); Just Our Luck (1983); Knight Rider (1982); Life with Lucy (1986); Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998); Love, American Style (1969–1971); M*A*S*H (1972); Matt Helm (1975); Nanny and the Professor (1970–1971); One Potato, Two Potato (1964); One West Waikiki (1994–1995); P.S.I. Luv U (1991); Pate Katelin en Buenos Aires (1969); Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1999); Pioneers of Television (2011); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1966–1967); Pleasure Cove (1979); Private Benjamin (1981–1982); Quark (1978); Roll Out (1973); Route 66 (1962–1963); Run Buddy Run (1966); S.W.A.T. (1975–1976); Sanford and Son (1972); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1985); Science Fiction Theatre (1956); Sierra (1974); Simon & Simon (1981); Skag (1980); Sledge Hammer! (1987); Smokey and the Bear (1986); Spencer's Pilots (1976); Spenser: For Hire (1987–1988); Stu's Show (2016); Tabitha (1977); Teenage Millionaire (1961); That Girl (1967); The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1962); The Bad News Bears (1979); The Baileys of Balboa (1964–1965); The Banana Company (1977); The Brady Bunch (1973–1974); The Bradys (1990); The Colbys (1987); The Doris Day Show (1968–1972); The Fall Guy (1982–1986); The Feather and Father Gang (1977); The Flash (1990–1991); The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1969); The Ghosts of Buxley Hall (1980); The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (1974); The Good Life (1971); The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (1979); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2008); The Lawbreakers (1964); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1957–1958); The Love Boat (1981–1986); The Magical World of Disney (1980); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1971); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979); The Munsters Today (1989); The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1968–1969); The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1976); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1972); The North Avenue Irregulars (1979); The Nutt House (1989); The Odd Couple (1970–1971); The Partridge Family (1972–1973); The Patty Duke Show (1965–1966); The Paul Lynde Show (1972); The Powers of Matthew Star (1982); The Renegades (1983); The Rookies (1974–1975); The Secret History of Get Smart (2006); The Sentinel (1996–1998); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974); The Texan (1959); The Tim Conway Show (1970); The Twilight Zone / Segment: Welcome to Winfield (1986); The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976); They Came from Outer Space (1990); Too Close for Comfort (1983); Too Soon to Love (1960); Touched by an Angel (1995); Turnabout (1979); U.S. Marshal (1958–1959); Viper (1994–1999); When Things Were Rotten (1975); Whirlybirds (1957–1958); Wild Harvest (1962); Wonder Woman (1977).

Born on this day – Rose Leiman Goldemberg:

Rose Leiman Goldemberg

Writer

May 17, 1928 – July 21, 2025

Credits:

Books:

All About Jewelry; Antique Jewelry: A Practical and Passionate Guide; Here's Egg on Your Face; New York Times Arts Section: Woman Playwright, Man's World; The Complete Book of Natural Cosmetics; The Way It Happened.

Stage:

Adios, Hollywood; Apples in Eden; Gandhiji; Letters Home; Love One Another; Marching as to War; Picon Pie; Rites of Passage; Sophie; The Merry War; The Rabinowitz Gambit.

Screenplays:

A Celebration of Women; A Velvet Glove; Born Beautiful; Dark Holiday; Death at Dinner; Fight for Freedom; Florence Nightingale; Growing Pains; Land of Hope; Life in the Fast Lane; Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen; Mother and Daughter, the Loving War; Out of Wedlock; Stone Pillow; The Burning Bed; The Desiray Bartak Story; The Jonas Salk Story; The Medicine Men; The Rainbow Warrior; Unnatural Acts; Victory of the Heart.

Movies and television:

Born Beautiful (1982); Dark Holiday (1989); Florence Nightingale (1985); Letters Home (1986); Mother and Daughter: The Loving War (1980); Stone Pillow (1985); The Booth / Segment: Death at Dinner (1985); The Burning Bed (1984); The Land of Hope (1976); Working in the Theatre (1979).

Born on this day – Édouard Molinaro:

Édouard Molinaro

Director

Writer

May 13, 1928 – December 7, 2013