Born on this day – William Peter Blatty:

William Peter Blatty

Writer

Director

Actor

Producer

January 7, 1928 – January 12, 2017

Credits:

Books:

Which Way to Mecca, Jack? (1959); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1963); I, Billy Shakespeare (1965); Twinkle, Twinkle, "Killer" Kane (1966); The Exorcist (1971); The Ninth Configuration (aka Twinkle, Twinkle "Killer" Kane) (1978); Legion (1983); Demons Five, Exorcists Nothing: A Fable (1996); Demons Five, Exorcists Nothing: A Hollywood Christmas Carol (2013); Elsewhere (2009); Dimiter (aka The Redemption) (2010 & 2013); Crazy (2010); The Exorcist for the 21st Century (2016); I'll Tell Them I Remember You (autobiography) (1974); William Peter Blatty on 'The Exorcist': From Novel to Screen (1974); If There Were Demons Then Perhaps There Were Angels: William Peter Blatty's Own Story of the Exorcist (2001); Finding Peter: A True Story of The Hand of Providence and Evidence of Life After Death (2015).

Movies:

The Exorcist III (1990); The Ninth Configuration (1980); The Exorcist (1973); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965); No Place to Land (1958); Ficción sonora (2006); Mastermind (1976); Insight (1960); Darling Lili (1970); The Great Bank Robbery (1969); Gunn (1967); What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966); Promise Her Anything (1966); A Shot in the Dark (1964); The Man from the Diners' Club (1963).

Recommended reading:

The Exorcist

By William Peter Blatty.

Published by Harper Paperbacks.

First published in 1971.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 006209436X

ISBN-13: 978-0062094360

Description:

Four decades after it first shook the nation, then the world, William Peter Blatty’s thrilling masterwork of faith and demonic possession returns in an even more powerful form. Raw and profane, shocking and blood-chilling, it remains a modern parable of good and evil and perhaps the most terrifying novel ever written.

Legion

By William Peter Blatty.

Published by Tor Books.

First published in 1983.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0765327139

ISBN-13: 978-0765327130

Description:

“Jesus asked the man his name, and he answered, ‘Legion, for we are many.’” – Mark 5:9.

A young boy is found horribly murdered in a mock crucifixion. Is the murderer the elderly woman who witnessed the crime? A neurologist who can no longer bear the pain life inflicts on its victims? A psychiatrist with a macabre sense of humor and a guilty secret? A mysterious mental patient, locked in silent isolation?

Lieutenant Kinderman follows a bewildering trail that links all these people, confronting new enigmas at every turn, even as more murders occur. Why does each victim suffer the same dreadful mutilations? Why are two priests among the dead? Is there a connection between these crimes and another series of murders that took place twelve years ago – one that supposedly ended with the death of the killer?

Legion is a novel of breathtaking energy and suspense. But more than this, it is an extraordinary journey into the uncharted depths of the human mind and the most agonizing questions of the human condition.

The answers are revealed in a climax so stunning that it could only have been written by the author of The Exorcist – William Peter Blatty.

Born on this day – Beverly Michaels:

Beverly Michaels

Actress

December 28, 1928 – June 9, 2007

Credits:

Adventures of the Falcon (1955); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956); Betrayed Women (1955); Blonde Bait (1956); Cheyenne (1956); Crashout (1955); East Side, West Side (1949); No Holds Barred (1952); Pickup (1951); The Girl on the Bridge (1951); The Marrying Kind (1952); Three Little Words (1950); Wicked Woman (1953); Women Without Men (1956).

Born on this day – Dick Miller:

Dick Miller

Actor

December 25, 1928 – January 30, 2019

Born on this day – Irish McCalla:

Irish McCalla

Actress

Artist

December 25, 1928 – February 1, 2002

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1963); Have Gun - Will Travel (1963); Hands of a Stranger (1962); Five Bold Women (1960); Five Gates to Hell (1959); The Beat Generation (1959); She Demons (1958); Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1955–1956).

Born on this day – Ed Nelson:

Ed Nelson

Actor

December 21, 1928 – August 9, 2014

Born on this day – Philip K. Dick:

Philip K. Dick

Writer

December 16, 1928 – March 2, 1982

Credits:

Books:

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? / aka Blade Runner (1968); The Edge of Human (By: K.W. Jeter) (1995); Replicant Night (By: K.W. Jeter) (1996); Eye and Talon (By: K.W. Jeter) (2000); 100 Astounding Little Alien Stories (1996); A Handful of Darkness (1955); A Maze of Death (1970); A Scanner Darkly (1977); A Scanner Darkly (1977); Alien Worlds (1964); Alpha 3 (1972); Alpha 5 (1974); Angels! (1995); Anthology of Sci-Fi V1 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V10 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V11 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V12 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V13 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V15 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V17 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V18 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V19 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V2 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V20 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V22 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V24 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V3 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V4 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V5 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V5, the Pulp Writers (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V6 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V7 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V8 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V9 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi, the Pulp Writers V1 (2013); Bangs & Whimpers: Stories about The End of The World (1999); Battlefields Beyond Tomorrow (1987); bell hooks: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2023); Beyond Lies the Wub (1951); Beyond the Door (1954); Beyond Tomorrow (1976); Cantata-140 aka The Crack in Space (1964); Christopher Hitchens (2017); Clans of the Alphane Moon (1964); Confessions of a Crap Artist (1975); Contact: Stories of the New World (2013); Counter-Clock World (1967); Dangerous Visions (1967); Dangerous Visions 2 (1967); David Bowie (2016); Deus Irae (1976); Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb (1965); Dr. Futurity (1960); Ernest Hemingway (2015); Eye in the Sky (1957); Fantastic Stories Presents (2014); Final Stage: The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology (1974); Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said (1974); Fred Rogers: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2021); Frida Kahlo: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2020); Gabriel García Márquez (2015); Galactic Pot-Healer (1969); Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1963 (1963); Gather Yourselves Together (1994); Graham Greene: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2019); Hannah Arendt: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2013); Human Is? (1955); Humpty Dumpty in Oakland (1986); Hunger for Horror (1988); Hunter S. Thompson (2018); I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon (1985); In Milton Lumky Territory (1984); In Pursuit of VALIS (1991); Inside the Funhouse (1992); Invaders! (1993); J. D. Salinger (2016); James Baldwin: The Last Interview: and other Conversations (2014); Jane Jacobs (2016); Janet Malcolm: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (2022); John Lewis: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2021); Johnny Cash: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2021); Jorge Luis Borges (2012); Julia Child: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2018); Kathy Acker: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2018); Kurt Cobain: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2022); Kurt Vonnegut (2011); Learning to Live Finally (2005); Lies, Inc. (1983); Lieu: Science Fiction Short Stories (2015); Lou Reed (2015); Martian Time-Slip (1964); Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2017); Mary and the Giant (1987); More Amazing Stories (1998); Nature's Warnings: Classic Stories of Eco-Science Fiction (2020); New Skies: An Anthology of Today's Science Fiction (2003); Nick and the Glimmung (1988); Nora Ephron: The Last Interview (2015); Now Wait for Last Year (1966); Octavia E. Butler: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2023); Oliver Sacks (2016); Our Friends From Frolix 8 (1970); Peter Davison's Book of Alien Monsters (1982); Philip K. Dick (2015); Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (2017); Puttering About in a Small Land (1985); Radio Free Albemuth (1985); Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview (2014); Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (2009); Robots Through the Ages (2023); Science Fiction Super Pack #1 (2013); Second Variety (1987); Shirley Chisholm: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2021); Small Town (1954); Solar Lottery / World of Chance (1955); Spells of Enchantment (1991); Star Science Fiction Stories 3 (1955); Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 (1953); Tales of Time Travel - Book Three: Seven Short Science Fiction Stories (2016); The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction (1980); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 24 (1982); The Book of Philip K. Dick (1972); The Broken Bubble (1988); The Campfire Collection (2005); The Cosmic Puppets (1957); The Crack in Space (1966); The Crystal Crypt (1954); The Dark-Haired Girl (1988); The Defenders (1953); The Defenders and Three Others (1950); The Divine Invasion (1981); The Eighth Galaxy Reader (1965); The Eyes Have It and Other Stories (2022); The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack (2012); The Game-Players of Titan (1963); The Ganymede Takeover (1967); The Golden Man (1980); The Gun (1952); The Last of the Masters (1954); The Lobster's Birthday and Other Stories (2014); The Mammoth Book Of Science Fiction (2002); The Man in the High Castle (1962); The Man Who Japed (1956); The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike (1984); The Minority Report (1956); The Monster Book of Monsters (1988); The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales (1993); The Penultimate Truth (1964); The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick (1995); The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford and Other Classic Stories (1987); The Simulacra (1964); The Sixth Science Fiction Megapack (2013); The Skull (1952); The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1964); The Transmigration of Timothy Archer (1982); The Ultimate Cyberpunk (2002); The Ultimate Short Story Bundle (2020); The Unreconstructed M (1957); The Unteleported Man (1964); The Variable Man and Other Stories (1957); The Vintage Book of Amnesia (2000); The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010); The World Jones Made (1956); The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 3 (1970); The Young Oxford Book of Aliens (1999); The Zap Gun (1967); Time Out of Joint (1959); Toni Morrison: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2020); Total Recall (1966); Ubik (1969); Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2019); VALIS (1981); Visions of Fear (1992); Voices from the Street (2007); Vulcan's Hammer (1960); War Veteran (1955); We Can Build You (1969); We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (1987); What If Our World is Their Heaven? (1982).

Movies, television and video:

Blade Runner (1982); Blade Runner 2049 (2017); A Scanner Darkly (2006); Andys (2014); Barjo (1992); Beyond the Door (2011); BIOS (2018); Blade Runner (video game) (1997); Blade Runner 60: Director's Cut (2012); Blade Runner(s); Blade Runner(s) (2019); Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2021–2022); Blade Runner: Czy androidy marza o elektrycznych owcach? (Audioplay) (2012); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2013); Cineficción Radio / The Defenders (2021); Curious Matter Anthology (2019); Dust (2019); Electric Dreams (2017–2018); Ficción sonora (2014); Impostor (2001); Minority Report (2002); Minority Report (2015); Morning Patrol (1987); Natural City (2003); Next (2007); Out of This World (1962); Pavel Kolev & Icaka: There's No Lie (2019); Paycheck (2003); Paycheck: Alternate Ending (2004); Paycheck: Deleted / Extended Scenes (2004); Philip K. Dick Interview (1977); Philip K. Dick: The Metz Speech (1977); Piper in the Woods (2016); Radio Free Albemuth (2010); Radio Theater Project (2014); Roog (2019); Screamers (1995); Screamers: The Hunting (2009); Second Variety (2014); The Adjustment Bureau (2011); The Crystal Crypt (2013); The Edge of Human (2022); The Great C (2018); The Man in the High Castle (2015–2019); The Pipers (2013); The Religious Experience of Philip K. Dick (1990); The Room 13 (2018); The Skull (2023); The Truth (2011); Total Recall (1990 / 2012); Total Recall 2070 (1999 / 2012); Vampirismus (1981).

Born on this day – Terry Carter:

Terry Carter

Actor

Director

December 16, 1928 – April 23, 2024

Credits:

227 (1988); Abby (1974); American Masters (1988); Attraction (1969); Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979); Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming (1999); Benji (1974); Bracken's World (1969); Breaking Point (1964); Brother on the Run (1973); Celebrity Bowling (1975); Combat! (1965); Company of Killers (1970); Dr. Kildare (1964); Falcon Crest (1984); First Person (1960); For the People (1965); Foxy Brown (1974); Galacticon (2003); Glen Larson on the Creation of 'Battlestar Galactica' (2004); Hamilton (1998); Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation (2012); Julia (1968–1970); Mannix (1970); McCloud (1970–1977); Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack (1979); Mr. Belvedere (1987); Naked City (1961); One West Waikiki (1994); Parrish (1961); Play of the Week (1960); Playhouse 90 (1958–1960); Playwrights '56 (1955); Remembering 'Battlestar Galactica' (2004); Search (1973); That Girl (1969); The 5th Annual People's Choice Awards (1979); The Big Story (1957); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969); The Cop and the Kid (1976); The Cross-Wits (1976); The Cylons of 'Battlestar Galactica' (2004); The Defenders (1961–1965); The Fall Guy (1982–1985); The Green Pastures (1959); The Highwayman (1988); The Jeffersons (1982); The Making of Black Mayors (1986); The Mike Douglas Show (1978); The Most Deadly Game (1970); The Phil Silvers Show (1955–1959); The Return of Sam McCloud (1989); The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping (1973); Two on a Bench (1971); Unsung Hollywood (2016); Working with the Daggit of 'Battlestar Galactica' (2004).

Born on this day – Thomas A. Carlin:

Thomas A. Carlin

Actor

December 10, 1928 - May 6, 1991

Credits:

One Good Cop (1991); Law & Order (1991); Jacob's Ladder (1990); Family Business (1989); Blood Money (1988); The Equalizer (1986–1988); Matewan (1987); Search for Tomorrow (1985); The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984); The Executioner's Song (1982); Ragtime (1981); Fort Apache the Bronx (1981); Caddyshack (1980); The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (1980); Hawk (1966); The Defenders (1961–1964); Route 66 (1963); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1962–1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962); Naked City (1961); John Brown's Raid (1960); Sunday Showcase (1960); Playhouse 90 (1960); Play of the Week (1960); Decoy (1958); True Story (1958); The Young Don't Cry (1957); Goodyear Playhouse (1956); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Big Story (1949).

Born on this day – Barbara Nichols:

Barbara Nichols

Actress

December 10, 1928 – October 5, 1976

Born on this day – Norma Crane:

Norma Crane

Actress

November 10, 1928 — September 28, 1973

Born on this day – Ennio Morricone:

Ennio Morricone

Composer

Orchestrator

Conductor

Musician

November 10, 1928 – July 6, 2020

Born on this day – John Lasell:

John Lasell

Actor

November 6, 1928 – October 4, 2024

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1966); 87th Precinct (1962); A Death in California (1985); A Great American Tragedy (1972); Adam-12 (1970); Alcoa Premiere (1961); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1960); As the World Turns (1956–2010); Barnaby Jones (1974); Ben Casey (1961); Camera Three (1961); Cannon (1972); Checkmate (1960–1961); Dallas (1984); Dan August (1970–1971); Dan August: Once Is Never Enough (1980); Dark Shadows (1967); Deathmaster (1972); Dr. Kildare (1964); Falcon Crest (1985); Fear on Trial (1975); Flipper (1964); General Electric Theater (1961); Gunsmoke (1961); Hawaiian Eye (1962); Hazel (1961); Helen Keller and Her Teacher (1970); Hong Kong (1960); Honky (1971); I Spy (1965); Judd for the Defense (1968); Lassie (1973); Lassie: Joyous Sound (1973); Mannix (1972); Men at Law (1971); Message to My Daughter (1973); Mission: Impossible (1972); Mod Squad (1972); My Favorite Martian (1966); Naked City (1962); Night Gallery / Segment: Little Girl Lost (1972); One Step Beyond (1960); Perry Mason (1962–1966); Peyton Place (1965); Police Story (1973); Rawhide (1965); Robert Frost's the Death of the Hired Man (1979); Route 66 (1962); Shannon (1962); Shotgun Slade (1961); Slattery's People (1965); Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962–1964); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960–1961); The F.B.I. (1966–1971); The Fugitive (1964–1966); The Harness (1971); The Invaders (1967); The Investigators (1961); The New Breed (1961); The New Perry Mason (1973); The Organization (1971); The Psychiatrist (1970); The Rogues (1964); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); The Tall Man (1961); The Twilight Zone (1961); This Is the Life (1968–1973); Topaz (1969); Wagon Train (1961).

Born on this day – Gwen Van Dam:

Gwen Van Dam

Actress

November 5, 1928 – December 19, 2024

Credits:

100 Humans: Life's Questions. Answered. (2020); 227 (1990); A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain / Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain (1982); A Touch of Scandal (1984); Along the Way (2007); Angie Tribeca (2016); Any Day (2015); As We See It (2022); Bakersfield P.D. (1993); Big Boy Pants (2019); Blood Star (2024); Bloody Trail (1972); Bricktown (2008); Burlesque (2010); Calliope (1971); Charmed (2003); Civil Wars (1992); Coming Home (1978); Criminal Minds (2015); Dark Shadows (1966); Days Like These (2004); Days of Our Lives (1983–1987); Dead Night (2017); Diamond in the Rough (2022); Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (2013); Doogie Howser, M.D. (1991); ER (2000); Fall of Hyperion (2008); Flexing with Monty (2010); Gideon's Trumpet (1980); Gilmore Girls (2003); Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006); Good Mourning (2020); Grace and Frankie (2019); Halloween (1978); Hart to Hart (1981); Have a Nice Death (2007); Hellevator (2015); Help Wanted: Male (1982); Hidden America with Jonah Ray (2016); Home (2020); Homecoming (2018); Hope Street Holiday (2023); House Calls (1980); Husbands (1970); Insecure (2018); Interior Chinatown (2024); Joey (2005); Joni (1979); JP Saxe: Like That (2021); Julien Baker: Faith Healer (2020); Knots Landing (1990); Lady Dynamite (2017); Lassie: A New Beginning (1978); Legion of the Dead (2001); Legit (2013); Lilith (1964); Long Lost Son (2006); Lost Tapes (2009); Love Street (1994); Malibu, CA (1999); Mannix (1970–1972); Mastodon: Show Yourself (2017); Matters of Life and Death (2007); Maude (1976); Me You Madness (2021); Mercy Christmas (2017); Miss Terious (2008); Modern Family (2016); Moonlighting (1988); Nakia (1974); New Girl (2014); No Tears in Hell (2025); Old Tricks (2004); One Mississippi (2017); Our House (1988); Pete 'n' Tillie (1972); Pinocchio (1971); Pocket (2019); Present Day, Athens (2019); Pushing Twilight (2008); Recoil (2016); Reset (2015); Robert Montgomery Presents (1955); S.W.A.T. (1976); Second Thoughts (1983); Second-Hand Hearts (1980); Shadow Chasers (1985); Shameless (2020); Sienna's Choice (2016); Sleepwalk (2018); Sonder: LA (2019); Stand by Your Man (1981); Star Trek: Generations (1994); Stereotypes (2003); Still Waiting... (2009); Stillwatch (1987); Stir Crazy (1980); Storm (2019); Sunnyview (2010); T.J. Hooker (1985); Table Talk (2021); Take My Daughters, Please (1988); Tales from the Catholic Church of Elvis! (2009); Teenage Seductress (1975); Terror Out of the Sky (1978); The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It (2010); The Awakening of Candra (1983); The Best Little Girl in the World (1981); The Brady Bunch (1971); The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987); The French Atlantic Affair (1979); The Human Factor (1992); The Incredible Hulk (1978); The Jayne Mansfield Story (1980); The Kentucky Fried Movie / Segment: Catholic High School Girls in Trouble (1977); The Ladies Club (1985); The Lay of LaLa Land (2017); The League (2013); The Orville (2017); The Prank Panel (2023); The Problem with Percival (2006); The Two Lives of Carol Letner (1981); The Ugly Christmas Sweater (2017); There's No Word for Us (2020); Traces of Us (1999); True Confessions (1981); Viagra Falls (2006); Walk (2016); Wandered Off (2018); Were You Gay in High School? (2020); Where the Bears Are (2014); Who's the Boss? (1989); Wilfred (2011); Winners (1977); Winters Garden (2025); Wisdom of the Crowd (2017); Without a Trace (2002); Workaholics (2017); You're Doing Great (2024); Zane's Sex Chronicles (2010).

Born on this day – Wanda Hendrix:

Wanda Hendrix

Actress

November 3, 1928 – February 1, 1981

Credits:

Police Story (1974); The Oval Portrait (1973); One Minute Before Death (1972); Mystic Mountain Massacre (1971); Bewitched (19716); My Three Sons (1969); Stage to Thunder Rock (1964); Johnny Cool (1963); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1963); Boy Who Caught a Crook (1961); The Deputy (1961); Bat Masterson (1960); Lock Up (1960); The Red Skelton Hour (1959); Wagon Train (1958); Telephone Time (1958); Climax! (1957); The Black Dakotas (1954); Highway Dragnet (1954); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1953); Sea of Lost Ships (1953); The Last Posse (1953); The Plymouth Playhouse (1953); The Golden Mask (1953); Your Favorite Story (1953); Robert Montgomery Presents (1952); Montana Territory (1952); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951–1952); My Outlaw Brother (1951); The Highwayman (1951); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); Lux Video Theatre (1950); Saddle Tramp (1950); The Admiral Was a Lady (1950); Sierra (1950); Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1949); Prince of Foxes (1949); Song of Surrender (1949); My Own True Love (1949); Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948); Ride the Pink Horse (1947); Variety Girl (1947); Hollywood Wonderland (1947); Welcome Stranger (1947); Nora Prentiss (1947); Confidential Agent (1945).

Born on this day – Dianne Foster:

Dianne Foster

Actress

October 31, 1928 – July 27, 2019

Born on this day – Jeanne Cooper:

Jeanne Cooper

Actress

October 25, 1928 – May 8, 2013

Credits:

13 West Street (1962); 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2014); 5 Steps to Danger (1956); 5th Annual Soap Opera Awards (1989); 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1964); 78th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2009); 87th Precinct (1961); A Closer Look (1991); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Ben Casey (1961–1966); Beyond Suspicion (1993); Black Zoo (1963); Bonanza (1962–1963); Bracken's World (1969–1970); Branded (1965); Bronco (1959–1960); Calling Homicide (1956); Cannon (1971); Carpool Guy (2005); Celebrity Page (2021); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Channing (1963); Chevron Theatre (1953); Cheyenne (1957–1962); Cimarron Strip (1968); Code 3 (1957); Crook & Chase (1996); Crossroads (1956); Crusader (1956); Daniel Boone (1966–1967); Dead Air (2009); Death Valley Days (1954–1969); Diagnosis Murder (1995); Doc Elliot (1974); Donna on Demand (2009); Dr. Christian (1956); Dr. Kildare (1964); Emergency! (1975); Front Row Center (1956); Frozen Assets (1992); General Electric Theater (1959); Gentle Ben 2: Black Gold (2003); Guiding Light (2009); Gunsmoke (1963); Have Gun - Will Travel (1962); Hawaii Five-O (1971); Hawaiian Eye (1962–1963); Hawkins (1973); Highway Patrol (1956); HLN News Now (2013); Hour Magazine (1984); House of Women (1962); I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956); Insight (1970–1977); Ironside (1968–1973); It's Your Bet (1971); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1958); Jefferson Drum (1958); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1986); John & Leeza from Hollywood (1993); Kansas City Bomber (1972); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974); L.A. Law (1986–1990); Lancer (1968); Laredo (1967); Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960); Lethal Justice (1991); Longstreet (1972); M Squad (1958–1960); Mannix (1972); Marie (2012–2013); Matinee Theatre (1955–1958); Maverick (1957–1961); McCloud (1975); Men at Law (1971); Mike Hammer (1958); Mosby's Marauders (1967); Mr. Novak (1963); Nanny and the Professor (1971); One on One with John Tesh (1991); Over-Exposed (1956); Perry Mason (1958–1966); Playhouse 90 (1956); Plunder Road (1957); Rawhide (1961–1963); Red Nightmare (1962); Rock All Night (1957); Run, Joe, Run (1974); Schlitz Playhouse (1959); Screaming Mimi (1958); Shadows of Tombstone (1953); Shotgun Slade (1960); SoapTalk (2003–2006); State Trooper (1957–1959); Stoney Burke (1963); Sugarfoot (1960); Surfside 6 (1962); Sweet Hostage (1975); Tales of the Vikings (1959); Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1959); The 16th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1989); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 26th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1999); The 27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2000); The 31st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2004); The 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2005); The 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2007); The 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2008); The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1987); The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards (2013); The 8th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards (1992); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1953); The Alaskans (1959); The All-American Boy (1973); The Big Valley (1965–1966); The Bold and the Beautiful (2005); The Boston Strangler (1968); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The Dakotas (1962–1963); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1958); The George Sanders Mystery Theater (1957); The Geraldo Rivera Show (1989–1996); The Glory Guys (1965); The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition (2020); The Houston Story (1956); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2009); The Intruder (1962); The Lineup (1958); The Loner (1965); The Magical World of Disney (1967–1968); The Man Behind the Badge (1955); The Man from Blackhawk (1960); The Man from the Alamo (1953); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); The Marsha Warfield Show (1990); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The Millionaire (1957); The Monroes (1966); The Naked Street (1955); The Nanny (1997); The New Breed (1961); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2011); The Outsider (1968); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Redhead from Wyoming (1953); The San Pedro Bums (1977); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); The Silent Force (1970); The Tall Man (1961); The Tomorrow Man (2002); The Twilight Zone (1959); The Untouchables (1962–1963); The Virginia Graham Show (1971); The Virginian (1964); The Web (1957); The Young and the Restless (1974–2023); There Was a Crooked Man... (1970); Thriller (1960); Tony Rome (1967); Touched by an Angel (1997); Unwed Mother (1958); Vicki! (1993); Wagon Train (1961–1964); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959); Your Favorite Story (1954); Zane Grey Theatre (1958).

Born on this day – Marthe Mercadier:

Marthe Mercadier

Actress

October 23, 1928 – September 15, 2021

On this day in movie history - The Fall of the House of Usher (1928):

The Fall of the House of Usher

aka La chute de la maison Usher,

directed by Jean Epstein,

written by Luis Buñuel and Jean Epstein,

based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe,

was released in France on October 5, 1928.

Cast:
Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamy, Fournez-Goffard, Luc Dartagnan, Abel Gance, Halma, Pierre Hot, Pierre Kefer.

Born on this day – George Peppard:

George Peppard

Actor

October 1, 1928 – May 8, 1994

Born on this day – Martine Sarcey:

Martine Sarcey

Actress

September 28, 1928 – June 11, 2010

Credits:

À nous les petites Anglaises! (1976); A Strong Commitment (2002); Agence matrimoniale (1952); Alcyon (1990); Alerte au deuxième bureau (1956); Alexander the Great (1956); Anatole (1977); Appointment in Bray (1971); Arcole ou la terre promise (1981); Au milieu de la nuit (2002); Au théâtre ce soir (1971–1976); Aujourd'hui la vie (1984–1986); Aujourd'hui Madame (1977); Aussi loin que l'amour (1971); Beaumanoir (1992); Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958); Blood and Black Lace (1964); Ce diable d'homme (1978); Certaines nouvelles (1980); Ciao, les mecs (1979); Cinéma 16 (1988); Circus Angel (1965); Clérambard (1969); Commandant X (1964); Cordier and Son: Judge and Cop (2003); Crime and Punishment (1956); Crime Does Not Pay (1962); Cyrano et d'Artagnan (1964); Dans la citadelle (1983); Dernier stade (1994); Deux lions au soleil (1980); Docteur Sylvestre (1997); Dolmen (2005); Don Juan revient de guerre (1968); Du soleil plein les yeux (1970); Emmenez-moi au théâtre (1984); En liberté sur les routes d'URSS (1957); Erik the Conqueror (1961); États d'âme (1986); Fan des années 70 (2012); Fan des années 80 (2010); Fou comme l'oiseau (1983); Fury of the Barbarians (1960); Goha (1958); Hanussen (1955); Histoires de vies (2010); Home from the Hill (1960); Humeurs et rumeurs (2009); I tartassati (1959); Il corsaro della mezzaluna (1957); Il ladro della Gioconda (1966); In a Wild Moment (1977); J'ai pensé à vous tous les jours (2008); Jefferson in Paris (1995); Kapo (1960); La caméra explore le temps (1962); La création du monde (1958); La duchesse de Berry (1971); La fuite (1971); La maison assassinée (1988); La maladie de Sachs (1999); La mémoire des siècles (1981); La mort d'un touriste (1975); La Notte (1961); La nuit des rois (1962); La porteuse de pain (1973); La sourde oreille (1980); La trêve (1973); La Valse du gorille (1959); La vie parisienne (1977); L'ammutinamento (1961); L'apocalypse des animaux (1973); L'art et les hommes (1958); Le Cabinet des estampes (1954); Le caïd de Champignol (1966); Le chant de la baleine (2007); Le chemin des écoliers (1959); Le facteur de Fontcabrette (1979); Le fils du cordonnier (1994); Le grand secret (1989); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1978–1979); Le Réveillon (1974); Le voyage à l'étranger (1976); L'enfant et le president (1987); Les amours de la belle époque (1979); Les bidasses s'en vont en guerre (1974); Les Chroniques du Mea (2018); Les cinq dernières minutes (1966); Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (1988); Les folies du samedi soir (1980); Les folies Offenbach (1977); Les Maîtres du mystère (2023); Les maîtres du pain (1993); Les murs ont des oreilles (1974); Les Nuits de France Culture (2023); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1975); Les temps difficiles (1985); Les voyageurs de l'histoire (1982); L'esprit de famille (1982); L'exécution (1961); L'homme au cerveau greffé (1972); L'hôtel de la plage (1978); Lies (2010); L'invité du dimanche (1971); Love at the Top (1974); Love in the Afternoon (1957); Maigret (2003); Marie-Francine (2017); Marnie (1964); Mazarin (1978); Médecins de nuit (1980); Méfiez-vous, mesdames! (1963); Michelet (1974); Midi Trente (1973); Millefeuille (2009); Mistress of the World (1960); My Fair Lady (1964); Nez de cuir (1952); Obsession (1966); P.R.O.F.S. (1985); Pardon Mon Affaire (1976); Princesse Alexandra (1992); Prisoner of the Volga (1959); Procès au Vatican (1952); Que reste-t-il... (2000); Raintree County (1957); Regards d'enfance (1996); Rocambole (1965–1966); Sa dernière lettre (1995); Salut Berthe! (1968); Separate Tables (1958); Sodom and Gomorrah (1962); Spiral (2010); Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (1975–1976); Tender Moment (1968); That Most Important Thing: Love (1975); The Animals (1963); The Black Tulip (1964); The Brothers Karamazov (1958); The Devil's General (1955); The Great War (1959); The Horse Soldiers (1959); The Judge Is a Woman (2009); The Light (2004); The Nun's Story (1959); The Scheming Women (1954); The Thief of Paris (1967); The Wonders of Aladdin (1961); Trocadero Lemon Blue (1978); Un 14 juillet (2004); Un curé de choc (1974); Un fils de notre temps (2003); Un jeu d'enfer (1970); Un linceul n'a pas de poches (1974); Un mariage sous Louis XV (1961); Une belle journée (2001); Une femme en blanc (1997); Une femme, une époque (1978); Wait Until Dark (1967); Yvette (1971).