Born on this day – Paul Mazursky:

Paul Mazursky

Director

Writer

Actor

April 25, 1930 – June 30, 2014

Born on this day – Lynn Hamilton:

Lynn Hamilton

Actress

April 25, 1930 – June 19, 2025

Credits:

227 (1986–1989); A Dream for Christmas (1973); A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story (2022); A Walton Easter (1997); A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion (1993); ABC Afterschool Specials (1984); Amen (1987); Baby's Breath (2003); Barnaby Jones (1973); Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2003); Brother John (1971); Buck and the Preacher (1972); Circle of Fear (1972); Cold Case (2009); Curb Your Enthusiasm (2002); Dangerous Minds (1997); Dangerous Women (1991–1992); Days of Our Lives (1987); Dishing Tea with Big Meach (2009); Earl Hamner Storyteller (2015); Elvis and Me (1988); Generations (1989–1991); Good Times (1974); Gunsmoke (1969); Hangup (1974); Hawaii Five-O (1971); Highway to Heaven (1985); Hunter (1988); Insight (1969–1983); Ironside (1969–1971); Judging Amy (2004); Knight Rider (1982); Lady Sings the Blues (1972); Leadbelly (1976); Legal Eagles (1986); Life's Work (1997); Longstreet (1971); Mannix (1969); Moesha (1998); Murphy Brown (1994); New York at Night Starring Clint Holmes (1991); NYPD Blue (2002); Port Charles (1999); Quincy, M.E. (1982–1983); Riptide (1985); Rituals (1984–1995); Room 222 (1969); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Sanford and Son (1972–1977); Shadows (1958); Sister, Sister (1994); Sisters (1996); Starsky and Hutch (1975); Sunset Beach (1997–1998); The Golden Girls (1988); The Jesse Owens Story (1984); The Learning Tree (1969); The Life & Times of: The Waltons (2000); The Life and Times (1995–1997); The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973); The New Girl (1960); The New Leave It to Beaver (1986); The Powers of Matthew Star (1982); The Practice (1997–2002); The Psychiatrist (1970); The Richard Bey Show (1992); The Rockford Files (1976); The Seven Minutes (1971); The Vanishing (1993); The Waltons (1973–1981); The Young and the Restless (1973); Then Came Bronson (1969); Way Black When (2010); Webster (1986).

Born on this day – Richard Donner:

Richard Donner

Director

Producer

Comic book writer

April 24, 1930 – July 5, 2021

Credits:

Books:

Action Comics; Last Son and Escape from Bizarro World (2009); You're the Director... You Figure It Out: The Life and Films of Richard Donner (2010).

Movies, video and television:

12 O'Clock High (1965); 16 Blocks (2006); A Family Affair: Bringing 'Lethal Weapon' to Life (2012); A Shadow in the Streets (1975); Aaron Webster's Superman (1979); American Masters (2008); Any Given Sunday (1999); Assassins (1995); Banyon (1972); Bearcats! (1971); Black & White in Colors (2012); Bordello of Blood (1996); Bringing the Ghosts to Life (2006); Bronk (1975); Bye, Bye Bluebeard (1963); Cade's County (1971–1972); Cannon (1971–1973); Casting By (2012); Celebrity Profile (1999); Christopher Nolan & Richard Donner: A Conversation (2013); CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion (2012); Circle of Fear (1972); Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond (2016); Combat! (1963); 'Combat!' Memories (2004); Conspiracy Theory (1997); Cursed Films (2020); Cyndi Lauper: The Goonies 'R' Good Enough (1985); Cyndi Lauper: The Goonies 'R' Good Enough (Part 2) (1985); Danger Island (1968–1969); Davi's Way (2016); De película (1987); Delirious (1991); Dinner for Five (2004); Double Tap (1997); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Eli Roth's History of Horror (2018); Entertainment Tonight (2022); Entertainment UK (1992); Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith (1995); First Works (1989); Free Willy (1993); Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995); Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997); Get Smart (1965); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2018); Gilligan's Island (1964–1965); Gregory Peck: A Living Biography (1977); Have Gun - Will Travel (1961–1962); HBO First Look (1994–2006); Heart of a Hero: A Tribute to Christopher Reeve (2006); Hernandez (1973); Hollywood Insider (2021–2022); Hollywood's Best Film Directors (2009); How My Dad Killed Dracula (2008); Hungry (2000); Independent Lens (2009); Inside Moves (1980); Inside Moves: From the Inside Out - Moving from Manuscript to Motion Picture (2009); Inside Moves: Interview with Director Richard Donner (2019); Inside TV Land (2001); Intimate Portrait (1999); Ironside (1972); It's About Time (1966); Jericho (1966); Journey Through 'Timeline' (2004); Kneel Before Zod (2010); Kojak (1973–1974); Krypton: Making of the Legend (2018); Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies (2017); Ladyhawke (1985); Lassie (1971); Lethal Weapon (1987); Lethal Weapon 2 (1989); Lethal Weapon 3 (1992); Lethal Weapon 4 (1998); Lethal Weapon 4: Cast and Crew Interviews (1998); Life After Flash (2017); London Affair (1970); Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman (2006); Lucas Tanner (1974); Made Men (1999); Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film (2019); Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend (2001); Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher (2002); Maverick (1994); Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon' (2012); Mel Gibson, à la folie, passionnément (2022); Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary (1989); Mel Gibson's Video Diary 2: Lethal Weapon 3 (1992); Men of Annapolis (1957); MGM's Secret Operations (2008); Minty Comedic Arts (2022); Mr. Novak (1963–1964); Muy personal (1987); Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics (2013); Nightside (1973); No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2008); Our House (2013); Our Time (2022); Out Cold (2001); Paul Mazursky's: It's All Crap (2013); Paybacks Are a Bitch (2007); Perry Mason (1964–1965); Perversions of Science (1997); Petrocelli (1974); Premiere: Inside the Summer Blockbusters (1989); Psycho Pension: The Genesis of 'Lethal Weapon' (2012); Pulling the Trigger: Expanding the World of 'Lethal Weapon' (2012); Pure Lethal! New Angles. New Scenes. And Explosive Outtakes (1998); Q&A with Ilya Salkind: Superman II (2012); Radio Flyer (1992); Reunited Apart (2020); Revealed with Jules Asner (2002); Revista de cine (1979); Ritual (2002); Route 66 (1961); Salt and Pepper (1968); Sam Benedict (1962–1963); Sam Cade (1972); Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975); Sarge (1971); Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of Cool (2001); Scream Greats, Vol. 2: Satanism and Witchcraft (1986); Scrooged - A Christmas to Remember (2006); Scrooged (1988); Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010); Secrets of the Cryptkeeper's Haunted House (1996–1997); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); Sons and Daughters (1974); Soul Mates (1990); Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound (2008); Stat! (1973); Sting Feat. Eric Clapton: It's Probably Me (1992); Superman (1978); Superman II (1980); Superman II: Restoring the Vision (2006); Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (1980); Superman Returns (2006); Superman: Requiem (2011); Superpowered: The DC Story (2023); Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' (2001); Tales from the Crypt (1989–1990); Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995); Tales from the Cryptkeeper (1993–1999); Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot (2013); TCM Remembers 2021 (2021); The 11th Annual Satellite Awards (2006); The Actor's Journey (2011); The Actor's Journey for Kids (2011); The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (1968–1969); The Best of Sting: Fields of Gold 1984-1994 (1994); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972); The Chili Con Carne Club (1993); The Crypt Keeper Presents: A Spine-Tingling Look at Tales from the Crypt (1995); The Curse of 'The Omen' (2005); The Detectives (1962); The Directors (2001); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The F.B.I. (1966); The Felony Squad (1966); The Final Conflict (1981); The Fugitive (1966); The Goonies (1985); The Goonies: Deleted Scenes (2011); The Interns (1971); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2006); The Lieutenant (1963–1964); The Look of Scrooged (2006); The Loretta Young Show (1961); The Lost Boys (1987); The Lost Boys: A Retrospective (2004); The Magic Behind the Cape (2001); The Making of a Cult Classic: The Unauthorized Story of 'The Goonies' (2010); The Making of Superman: The Movie (1980); The Making of 'the Goonies' (1985); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964); The Marshal of Madrid (1971); The Omen (1976); The Omen (1995); The Omen (2006); The Omen Legacy (2001); The Omen: Curse or Coincidence? (2000); The Oscars (2022); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Rifleman (1962); The Sixth Sense (1972); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); The Tall Man (1961); The Textures of 'Timeline' (2004); The Toy (1982); The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1964); The Trials of O'Brien (1965–1966); The Twilight Zone (1963–1964); The Twilight Zone 60th: Remembering Rod Serling (2019); The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson (1987); The Wild Wild West (1966); The Yellowbird (1964); Timeline (2003); Treffpunkt Kino (1985); Two-Fisted Tales / Showdown (1992); U.N.C.L.E. V.I.P.S.: Season 4 (2008); Updating Ebenezer (2006); Valerie (2019); W.E.I.R.D. World (1995); Wagon Train (1961); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960–1961); Who Needs Sleep? (2006); X-15 (1961); X-Men (2000); X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009); You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (2006); Zane Grey Theatre (1960).

Born on this day – Dorothy Uhnak:

Dorothy Uhnak

Writer

April 24, 1930 – July 8, 2006

Credits:

Books:

Codes of Betrayal (1997); False Witness (1981); Law and Order (1973); Policewoman (1964); The Bait (1968); The Investigation (1977); The Ledger (1970); The Ryer Avenue Story (1993); The Witness (1969); Victims (1985).

Movies and television:

False Witness (1989); Get Christie Love! / movie (1974); Get Christie Love! / TV series (1974–1975); Kojak: The Price of Justice (1987); Law and Order (1976); One Life to Live (1991); The Bait (1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1964–1973); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1973).

Born on this day – Silvana Mangano:

Silvana Mangano

Actress

April 21, 1930 – December 16, 1989

Born on this day – Clive Revill:

Clive Revill

Actor

April 18, 1930 – March 11, 2025

Credits:

101 Dalmatians 2: Patch's London Adventure (2002); 13 Thirteenth Avenue (1983); A Deadly Game (1979); A Fine Madness (1966); A Man Called Sloane (1979); A Masterpiece of Murder (1986); A Severed Head (1971); Adventures from the Book of Virtues (1996); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1988); Alice Through the Looking Glass (1987); All Grown Up! (2004); Alvin & the Chipmunks (1984); Arthur of the Britons (1972–1973); Avanti! (1972); Avanti! Interview with Juliet Mills (2018); Avanti!: Clive Revill Remembers (2017); Babylon 5 (1994); Batman: The Animated Series (1992); BBC Play of the Month (1971–1979); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1955); Bellamira (1974); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1990); Billy Wilder (1970); Brett (1971); Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965); Bunny Lake Is Missing: Clive Revill Remembers (2017); Bustin' Loose (1987); C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989); Centennial (1979); Chronicle (1963); Churchill's People (1975); Clueless (1999); Columbo (1978); Conquest: Frontier Wars (2001); Creative Reader: The Jungle Book (1995); Crime and Punishment (2002); Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future (2002); Dear John (1989); Death Ray 2000 (1980); Delta of Venus (1995); Down in the Dumps (1990); Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995); Dragon's Lair (1984); DuckTales (1987); Dynasty (1984); Escape to the Sun (1972); Faerie Tale Theatre (1985); Fathom (1967); Fortune Hunter (1994–1996); Freakazoid! (1995–1997); Galileo (1975); Gentlemen Broncos (2009); George Washington (1984); Get a Life (1990); Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1974); Giggles (1999); Godzilla: The Series (1999); Gothic 3 (2006); Gypsy (1967); Hart to Hart (1982); Hound Town (1989); Hunter (1990); Intrepid (2000); Italian Secret Service (1968); It'll Be OK on the Day (1975); ITV Play of the Week (1958); ITV Playhouse (1969); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1972–1973); J.R.R. Tolkien: Creator of Middle-Earth (2002); Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989); Jason King (1972); Jeanne d'Arc (2006); Johnny Bravo (1997); Kaleidoscope (1966); Let Him Have It (1991); Little Mermaid's Island (1990–1991); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1996); MacGyver (1987); Mack the Knife (1989); Magnum, P.I. (1986); Mama's Boy (1987); Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (2006); Matilda (1978); Maude (1976); Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004); Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone (1990); Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987); Modesty Blaise (1966); Moon Dreamers (1986); Murder, She Wrote (1985–1988); Murphy Brown (1996); Musical Comedy Tonight III (1985); My Little Pony (1986–1987); Newhart (1986); Nobody's Perfect (1980); Oh Yeah! Cartoons (1999); Once Upon a Brothers Grimm (1977); Once Upon a Tractor (1965); One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975); Paddington Bear (1989–1990); Pepper Ann (2000); Pinky and the Brain (1998); Pinocchio (1976); Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007); Play for Today (1978); Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World (1998); Polar Opposites (2008); Possums (1998); Pound Puppies (1986); Probe (1988); Puss in Boots (1997); Reach for the Sky (1956); Remington Steele (1983); Return to Never Land (2002); Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993); Room 237 (2012); Royal Match (1985); Rum Runners (1971); Rumpelstiltskin (1987); Samson and Delilah (1984); Secret Mountain Fort Awesome (2007–2012); Shades of LA (1991); She's Dressed to Kill (1979); Ski-Boy (1974); Sledge Hammer! (1987); Snorks (1984–1988); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991); Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980); Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011); Star Wars: X-Wing (1993); Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter (1996); Step by Step (1997); Strike (1955); T.J. Hooker (1984); The Adventures of Robin Hood (1957); The Assassination Bureau (1969); The Bard's Tale (2004); The Best of Dr. Seuss (2000); The Best of Times (1974); The Black Windmill (1974); The Boy with Two Heads (1974); The Butter Battle Book (1989); The Buttercup Chain (1970); The Closer (2005); The Devlin Connection (1982); The Diary of Anne Frank (1980); The Double Man (1967); The DuPont Show of the Week (1963); The Ed Sullivan Show (1948); The Emperor's New Clothes (1987); The Facts of Life (1984); The Fall Guy (1985); The Feast of All Saints (2001); The Feather and Father Gang (1977); The Ferret (1984); The Frog Prince (1986); The Great Houdini (1976); The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977); The Headless Ghost (1959); The High Commissioner (1968); The Hobbit (2003); The Hoboken Chicken Emergency (1984); The Horse's Mouth (1958); The Inside Man (1969); The Law and Harry McGraw (1987); The Legend of Hell House (1973); The Legend of Prince Valiant (1991–1993); The Little Mermaid (1993); The Little Prince (1974); The Lives of Benjamin Franklin (1974); The Love Boat (1986); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960); The Merv Griffin Show (1978); The Mikado (1983); The Monkey Mission (1981); The New Avengers (1977); The New Gidget (1987); The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1984); The Preston Episodes (1995); The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970); The Queen of Spain (2016); The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996); The Scarlett O'Hara War (1980); The Sea Wolf (1993); The Secret of the Hunchback (1996); The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968); The Smurfs (1989); The Sorcerer (1982); The Thief and the Cobbler (1993); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1961); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1967); The Transformers (1984–1986); The Transformers: The Movie (1986); The Twilight Zone / Segment: Personal Demons (1986); The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley (1995); The Wednesday Play (1968–1969); The Wizzard of Krudd (2007); Theatre 625 (1966); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1970–1972); Three's a Crowd (1985); Timeless Tales from Hallmark (1991); Tiny Toon Adventures (1991); Tom & Jerry Kids Show (1990–1992); Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse (2012); Touched by an Angel (1997); Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Autobots (2009); Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009); Vega$ (1981); Volpone (1965); Winner Take All (1977); Wizards and Warriors (1983); Young Dan'l Boone (1977); Your Highness (2011); Zorro: The Gay Blade (1981).

Born on this day – Dawn Little Sky:

Dawn Little Sky

Actress

April 17, 1930 – October 24, 2025

Credits:

Billy Two Hats (1974); Cimarron (1960); Daniel Boone (1966); Duel at Diablo (1966); Gunsmoke (1961); Gypsy (1962); Have Gun - Will Travel (1963); Journey Through Rosebud (1972); Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (1994); Neither Wolf Nor Dog (2016); Rawhide (1964); Tatanka (2022); Ten Who Dared (1960); The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975); The Magical World of Disney (1976); The Outcasts (1969); The Texan (1960).

Born on this day – Bradford Dillman:

Bradford Dillman

Actor

Writer

April 14, 1930 – January 16, 2018

On this day in movie history - The Benson Murder Case (1930 movie & novel):

The Benson Murder Case

directed by Frank Tuttle,

written by S.S. Van Dine and Bartlett Cormack,

based on the novel by S.S. Van Dine,

released in the United States on April 12, 1930.

Music by Charles Midgely.

Cast: William Powell, William “Stage” Boyd, Eugene Pallette, Paul Lukas, Natalie Moorhead, Richard Tucker, May Beatty, E.H. Calvert, Mischa Auer, Guy Oliver.

Recommended reading:

The Benson Murder Case

By S.S. Van Dine.

# 1 in the Philo Vance mystery series.

Published by American Mystery Classics.

First published 1926.

ISBN-10: 1613163320

ISBN-13: 978-1613163320

Description:

New York dilettante Philo Vance decides to assist the police in investigating the death of another man-about-town because he finds the psychological aspects of the crime of interest, and feels that they would be beyond the capacities of the police, even those of his friend District Attorney Markham. Vance investigates the circumstances under which the body was found and reconstructs the crime sufficiently to determine that the murderer is five feet, ten and a half inches in height. Together, Vance and Markham investigate Benson's business associates and romantic interests until Vance manages to pierce the murderer's alibi for the time of the murder and force a confession.

Born on this day – Lee Weaver:

Lee Weaver

Actor

April 10, 1930 – September 22, 2025

Credits:

227 (1986–1987); A Different World (1990); A Hobo's Christmas (1987); A Season of Hope (1995); A.U.S.A. (2003); Adam-12 (1975); AfterMASH (1983); Al Capone (1959); Amen (1988); Any Day Now (2002); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1995); Brown's Requiem (1998); Bulworth (1998); Cade's County (1971); Chicago Hope (1997); City of Angels (2000); Cleopatra Jones (1973); Community (2010); Crossing Jordan (2003); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2008); Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This (1978); Dear John (1990); Diagnosis Murder (2000); Diff'rent Strokes (1985); Donnie Darko (2001); Dragnet (1991); Easy Street (1986–1987); Family Tools (2013); Fathers' Day (1997); Flamingo Road (1980–1981); For Your Love (1999); G.I. Joe (1985–1986); G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise! (1986); G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987); Gideon Oliver (1989); Godzilla (1998); Good Morning World (1967); Good Times (1976); Goodbye Lover (1998); Grace and Frankie (2017–2020); Grave Images (1991); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1975); Heaven Can Wait (1978); Heavy Traffic (1973); Hill Street Blues (1982–1984); Homefront (1991); House Calls (1978); How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998); Hugo the Hippo (1975); I Spy (1967–1968); In Name Only (1969); Insight (1969); It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2007); Julia (1969); Just Your Luck (1996); Kate Brasher (2001); Kiss Me Goodbye (1982); Kojak (1975); L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve (2001); Line of Fire (2005); Little Fish, Strange Pond (2009); Living Single (1993); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Hustler (1969); Love, Inc. (2006); Lush Life (1993); MacGyver (1991); Mannix (1969); Martin (1992–1995); Max Rose (2013); Mean Dog Blues (1978); Men, Women & Dogs (2001–2002); Mork & Mindy (1981); Mr. Fix It (2006); Mr. President (1987); Music from Another Room (1998); My Brother's Wife (1989); My Name Is Earl (2008); My Wife and Kids (2002); Nanny and the Professor (1971); Night Court (1992); Nurses (1992); NYPD Blue (1994); O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000); One World (2000); Our Family Honor (1985); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1973); Palmerstown, U.S.A. (1981); Party Down (2010); Planters Deluxe Mixed Nuts: A Delicious Debate (2022); Providence (2002); Quincy, M.E. (1977); Reasonable Doubts (1991); Roc (1994); Sanford and Son (1976); Serpico (1976); Shannon (1981); Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1955–1956); Sister, Sister (1994); Six Feet Under (2004); Sliders (1996); Soap (1978); Sparks (1996); Starsky and Hutch (1979); Step by Step (1993); Suddenly Susan (1999); Swedish Auto (2006); Temporarily Yours (1997); That's My Mama (1975); That's So Raven (2006); The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005); The Bernie Mac Show (2004); The Blue Knight (1973 / 1976); The Box (2003); The Buddy System (1984); The Company We Keep (2010); The Cosby Show (1987–1991); The District (2000); The Edge (1989); The Failures (2003); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1991); The Good News (1998); The Jamie Foxx Show (1996); The Jeffersons (1977); The Lost Man (1969); The Magical World of Disney (1988); The Man in the Family (1991); The New Hollywood Squares (1987); The Onion Field (1979); The Parkers (2003); The Scout (1994); The Soul Man (2016); The Thirteenth Floor (1999); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1967); The Trials of Cate McCall (2013); The Two Jakes (1990); The Wild Wild West (1968); Touched by an Angel (2001); Vanishing Point (1971); Veronica Mars (2006); Voyagers! (1983); Webster (1987); Weird Loners (2015); What's Happening Now! (1985); Wildcats (1986); Workaholics (2011).

Born on this day – Grace Lee Whitney:

Grace Lee Whitney

Actress

Singer

April 1, 1930 – May 1, 2015

Credits:

The Captains (2011); Bring Back... Star Trek (2009); Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (2007); Star Trek Phase II (2007); Sci Fi Visionaries (2004); Nobody's Perfect - The Making of Some Like It Hot (2001); Spotlight on Grace Lee Whitney (2000); Trekkies (1997); Star Trek: Voyager (1996); Diagnosis Murder (1993); Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991); Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986); Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984); The Kid with the 200 I.Q. (1983); Hart to Hart (1980); Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979); The Next Step Beyond (1978); Cannon (1974); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1970); Death Valley Days (1962–1969); The Name of the Game (1969); The Outsider (1969); The Virginian (1963–1968); The Big Valley (1968); Mannix (1968); Cimarron Strip (1968); The Magical World of Disney (1968); Police Story (1967); Ironside (1967); Rango (1967); Batman (1967); Run for Your Life (1965–1967); Today (1966); Star Trek (1966); Mona McCluskey (1965); No Time for Sergeants (1965); Valentine's Day (1964); Bewitched (1964); Temple Houston (1964); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Wagon Train (1964); Arrest and Trial (1964); The Outer Limits (1964); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); The Man from Galveston (1963); 77 Sunset Strip (1961–1963); Irma la Douce (1963); The Untouchables (1962–1963); Critic's Choice (1963); King of Diamonds (1962); Sam Benedict (1962); The Eleventh Hour (1962); Ensign O'Toole (1962); Surfside 6 (1961–1962); The New Breed (1962); Frontier Circus (1962); A Public Affair (1962); The Rifleman (1962); Gunsmoke (1962); Hawaiian Eye (1962); The Detectives (1961–1962); The Roaring 20's (1961–1962); Hennesey (1961); Pocketful of Miracles (1961); General Electric Theater (1961); The Real McCoys (1961); Michael Shayne (1961); Peter Loves Mary (1961); The Islanders (1961); Bat Masterson (1961); Zane Grey Theatre (1961); Overland Trail (1960); Some Like It Hot (1959); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1958); Flight (1958); The Naked and the Dead (1958); Mike Hammer (1958); The Walter Winchell File (1958); Top Banana (1954).

Born on this day – John A. Keel:

John A. Keel

Writer

Ufologist

March 25, 1930 – July 3, 2009

Credits:

The Mothman Prophecies: A True Story

By John A. Keel.

Published by Tor Books.

First published 1975.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0765334984

ISBN-13: 78-0765334985

Description:

A true story of unexplained terror…

West Virginia, 1966. For thirteen months the town of Point Pleasant is gripped by a real-life nightmare culminating in a tragedy that makes headlines around the world. Strange occurrences and sightings, including a bizarre winged apparition that becomes known as the Mothman, trouble this ordinary American community. Mysterious lights are seen moving across the sky. Domestic animals are found slaughtered and mutilated. And journalist John Keel, arriving to investigate the freakish events, soon finds himself an integral part of an eerie and unfathomable mystery…

The Mothman Prophecies.

Translated into more than thirteen languages, John Keel’s unsettling account of what he encountered in Point Pleasant has long been regarded as a classic in the literature of the unexplained. A New York Times bestseller, it also inspired the acclaimed 2002 film.

Written work:

Disneyland of the Gods (1988); Flying Saucer to the Center of Your Mind: Selected Writings of John A. Keel (2013); Jadoo (1957); Operation Trojan Horse / aka Why UFOs (1970 / 1978); Our Haunted Planet (1971); Pursuing the Addenda: Supernatural Reports From the Natural World (2016); Searching For the String: Selected Writings of John A. Keel (2014); Strange Creatures From Time And Space / aka The Complete Guide To Mysterious Beings (1970 / 1994); The Best of John Keel (2006); The Eighth Tower / aka The Cosmic Question (1975 / 1978); The Fickle Finger of Fate (1966); The Flying Saucer Subculture (1973); The Great Phonograph in the Sky: Selected Writings of John A. Keel (2015); The Mothman Prophecies (1975); The Outer Limits of the Twilight Zone: Selected Writings of John A. Keel (2013); The Passionate Percipient: Illusions I Have Known And Loved - Selected Writings of John A. Keel (2015); The Perspicacious Percipient: How to Investigate UFOs and Other Insane Urges - Selected Writings of John A. Keel (2015).

Movies and television:

Ancient Aliens (2020–2023); City Sluckers (1998); Mack & Myer for Hire (1963); Metropolitan Monologues (2000); Secrets of the Shadow World, Parts 1-3 (1999); Summer Sketch Marks (2001); Tales of the Twilight Typist (1994); The Exiled Files of Eddie Gray (1997); The Mothman of Point Pleasant (2017); The Mothman Prophecies (2002); The Mothman's Photographer (2008).

Born on this day – Steve McQueen:

Steve McQueen

Actor

March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980

Credits:

Adam at Six A.M. (1970); AFI Life Achievement Award (1974); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959–1960); An Enemy of the People (1978); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1955); Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965); Beverly Hills Easter Parade (1959); Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend (1973); Bullitt (1968); ‘Bullitt’: Steve McQueen’s Commitment to Reality (1998); Climax! (1958); Dixie Dynamite (1976); Family Affair (1952); Girl on the Run (1953); Goodyear Playhouse (1955); Hell Is for Heroes (1962); Here’s Hollywood (1962); Honda CR250: Steve McQueen (1971); Inside the Movie Kingdom – 1964 (1964); Junior Bonner (1972); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1956); Lamp Unto My Feet (1955); Le Mans (1971); Le Mans Documentary Featurette (1971); Love with the Proper Stranger (1963); Matinee Theatre (1956); Nevada Smith (1966); Never Love a Stranger (1958); Never So Few (1959); On Any Sunday (1971); Papillon (1973); Perry Como’s Kraft Music Hall (1960); Playwrights ‘56 (1955); Soldier in the Rain (1963); Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956); Studio One (1957); Superstunt (1977); Tales of Wells Fargo (1958); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1957); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 36th Annual Academy Awards (1964); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The Big Story (1957); The Blob (1958); The Bob Hope Show (1960); The Cincinnati Kid (1965); The Coming of the Roads (1966); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Ed Sullivan Show (1958–1968); The Getaway (1972); The Great Escape (1963); The Honeymoon Machine (1961); The Hunter (1980); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Juke Box Jury (1959); The Magnificent Rebel (1973); The Magnificent Seven (1960); The Reivers (1969); The Sand Pebbles (1966); The St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959); The Thomas Crown Affair (1968); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966–1968); The Towering Inferno (1974); The War Lover (1962); Think Twentieth (1967); Tom Horn (1980); Trackdown (1958); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961); West Point (1957); What’s My Line? (1966).

Born on this day – Taina Elg:

Taina Elg

Actress

Dancer

March 9, 1930 – May 15, 2025

Credits:

Best of British (1987); Blood and Honor: Youth Under Hitler (1982); Ça c'est l'amour (2003); Daytime's Greatest Weddings (2004); Diane (1956); Don't Drink the Water (1994); Gaby (1956); Guiding Light (1952–2009); Hercules in New York (1970); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hong Kong (1960); Huomenta Suomi (2011); Imitation General (1958); It Takes a Thief (1968); Juhlat linnassa (1966); Kummelin Jackpot (2006); Les Girls (1957); Liebestraum (1991); Loving (1993); Mission of Danger (1960); Mr. Broadway (1964); Murder, She Wrote (1987); Naimisiin päiväksi (1946); Northwest Passage (1959); One Life to Live (1980–1981); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1960); Starring - Taina Elg (2003); Strada (2009); Suomalaisia maailman turuilla - Taina Elg (1963); Suomisen perhe (1941); That's Dancing! (1985); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 29th Annual Tony Awards (1975); The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 39 Steps (1959); The Adams Chronicles (1976); The Andros Targets (1977); The Bacchantes (1961); The Bell Telephone Hour (1959–1960); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1960); The Doctors (1964); The Edge of Night (1984); The Great Wallendas (1978); The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996); The Prodigal (1955); The Real McCoys (1962); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1958); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963); Toutes les histoires / Histoire(s) du cinéma (1988); True Love (2003); Wagon Train (1960); Watusi (1959); Women He's Undressed (2015); Yökyöpelit (1966).

Born on this day – Matthew Lewis:

Matthew Lewis

Photographer

Photojournalist

March 8, 1930 – October 2, 2024

Credits:

Awarded Pulitzer Prize for work with The Washington Post in 1975.

Born on this day – Allison Hayes:

Allison Hayes

Actress

March 6, 1930 – February 27, 1977

Credits:

Gomer Pyle: USMC (1967); Iron Horse (1967); The F.B.I. (1966); Perry Mason (1960–1965); Tickle Me (1965); Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963); The Crawling Hand (1963); General Hospital (1963); Ripcord (1962); Kraft Mystery Theater (1962); 77 Sunset Strip (1962); Bachelor Father (1962); Hawaiian Eye (1962); Surfside 6 (1961); Laramie (1961); Zane Grey Theatre (1961); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1961); Acapulco (1961); Shotgun Slade (1959–1960); Dante (1960); Michael Shayne (1960); Bat Masterson (1958–1960); The Untouchables (1960); The High Powered Rifle (1960); Tales of Wells Fargo (1960); Tombstone Territory (1957–1960); Men Into Space (1960); The Hypnotic Eye (1960); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1960); The Alaskans (1959); Markham (1959); Pier 5, Havana (1959); Counterplot (1959); Rawhide (1959); World of Giants (1959); Captain David Grief (1959); The Rough Riders (1959); Cool and Lam (1958); Hong Kong Confidential (1958); Mike Hammer (1958); A Lust to Kill (1958); Wolf Dog (1958); Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958); The Disembodied (1957); The Web (1957); The Unearthly (1957); The Millionaire (1957); Conflict (1957); Death Valley Days (1957); Zombies of Mora Tau (1957); The Ford Television Theatre (1957); The Undead (1957); Gunslinger (1956); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); Mohawk (1956); The Steel Jungle (1956); Four Star Playhouse (1955); Count Three and Pray (1955); Chicago Syndicate (1955); Double Jeopardy (1955); The Purple Mask (1955); The Prodigal (1955); Sign of the Pagan (1954); So This Is Paris (1954); Francis Joins the WACS (1954).

Born on this day – Barbara Lawrence:

Barbara Lawrence

Actress

February 24, 1930 – November 13, 2013

Credits:

The Tall Man (1962); Perry Mason (1958–1962); The Best of the Post (1961); Shotgun Slade (1960); Bonanza (1960); Bat Masterson (1960); The Man from Blackhawk (1960); Tightrope (1959); Riverboat (1959); Trackdown (1958); Cimarron City (1958); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1958); Alcoa Theatre (1958); Goodyear Theatre (1957); Joe Dakota (1957); Man in the Shadow (1957); Kronos (1957); Have Camera Will Travel (1956); Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); Cheyenne (1956); Four Star Playhouse (1953–1956); General Electric Theater (1956); Oklahoma! (1955); Man with the Gun (1955); Her Twelve Men (1954); Jesse James vs. the Daltons (1954); Paris Model (1953); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Arena (1953); The Star (1952); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); Here Come the Nelsons (1952); Two Tickets to Broadway (1951); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); Peggy (1950); The Silver Theatre (1950); Thieves' Highway (1949); Mother Is a Freshman (1949); A Letter to Three Wives (1949); Unfaithfully Yours (1948); The Street with No Name (1948); Give My Regards to Broadway (1948); You Were Meant for Me (1948); Captain from Castile (1947); Margie (1946); Diamond Horseshoe (1945).

Born on this day – John Frankenheimer:

John Frankenheimer

Director

February 19, 1930 – July 6, 2002

Born on this day – Ruth Rendell:

Ruth Rendell

Writer

February 17, 1930 – May 2, 2015

Credits:

Books:

13 Steps Down (2004); A Dark-Adapted Eye (1986); A Demon in My View (1976); A Fatal Inversion (1987); A Guilty Thing Surprised (1970); A Judgement in Stone (1977); A Sight for Sore Eyes (1998); A Sleeping Life (1978); A Spot of Folly (2017); Adam and Eve and Pinch Me (2001); An Unkindness of Ravens (1985); Archie and Archie (2013); Asta's Book / Anna's Book (1993); BBC Radio Drama Collection (2019); Birthday Present (2008); Blood Lines (1995); Collected Short Stories (1989); Collected Stories Vol 1 (2006); Dark Corners (2015); Death Notes / Put On By Cunning (1981); End in Tears (2005); From Doon With Death (1964); Gallowglass (1990); Ginger and the Kingsmarkham (1992); Going Wrong (1990); Grasshopper (2000); Harm Done (1999); Heartstones (1987); In the Time of His Prosperity (1995); King Solomon's Carpet (1991); Kissing the Gunner's Daughter (1992); Live Flesh (1986); Long Live The Queen (1991); Make Death Love Me (1979); Master of the Moor (1982); Means of Evil (1979); Minotaur (2005); Murder Being Once Done (1972); No Man's Nightingale (2013); No More Dying Then (1971); No Night Is Too Long (1994); Not in the Flesh (2007); One Across, Two Down (1971); Piranha to Scurfy (2000); Portobello (2008); Road Rage (1997); Ruth Rendell: Short Stories (2006); Ruth Rendell's Suffolk (1992); Shake Hands Forever (1975); Simisola (1994); Sins of the Fathers / A New Lease of Death (1967); Some Lie and Some Die (1973); Speaker of Mandarin (1983); Talking to Strange Men (1987); The Babes in the Wood (2002); The Best Man to Die (1969); The Blood Doctor (2002); The Bridesmaid (1989); The Brimstone Wedding (1995); The Child's Child (2012); The Chimney Sweeper's Boy (1998); The Convolvulus Clock (1985); The Copper Peacock and Other Stories (1991); The Crocodile Bird (1993); The Face of Trespass (1974); The Fallen Curtain (1976); The Fever Tree (1982); The Girl Next Door (2014); The House of Stairs (1988); The Keys to the Street (1996); The Killing Doll (1984); The Lake of Darkness (1980); The Monster in the Box (2009); The New Girlfriend (1985); The Reason Why (1995); The Rottweiler (2003); The Saint Zita Society (2012); The Secret House Of Death (1968); The Thief (2005); The Tree of Hands (1984); The Vault (2011); The Veiled One (1988); The Water's Lovely (2006); Thornapple (1998); Tigerlily's Orchids (2010); To Fear a Painted Devil (1965); Vanity Dies Hard (1966); Wolf to the Slaughter (1967).

Movies and television:

13 Steps Down (2012); A Dark Adapted Eye (1994); A Demon in My View (1991); A Fatal Inversion (1992); A Judgment in Stone (1986); A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghost of M.R. James (1995); A Sight for Sore Eyes (2003); Alias Betty (2001); Bestseller (2002); Bookmark (1986); Bouillon de culture (2000); Cover to Cover (1987); Daphne Du Maurier - A Loving Spirit (1997); Das Literaturmagazin (1990); Diary of the Dead (1976); Drama Trails (2008); Faulks on Fiction (2011); Forty Years at the I.C.A. (1987); George Baker: Wexford and Me (2008); Imagine (2012); Innocent Victim (1989); La Cérémonie (1995); Late Review (2011); Le masque (1989); Live Flesh (1997); Loopy (2004); M.R. James: The Corner of the Retina (2004); Mystery!: Gallowglass (1993); No Night Is Too Long (2002); Out on Four (1989); Permis de penser (2006); Profiling (2008); Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000); Screen Two (1988); Sleuths, Sorcerers & Spies: Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes (2016); Tales of the Unexpected (1981–1985); The Bridesmaid (2004); The Culture Show (2011); The Face of Trespass (1988); The New Girlfriend (2014); The South Bank Show (2004); The Write Stuff (1989); This Is Your Life (1995); This Morning (2008); Valentin Valentin (2014); Whodunnit? (1982); Without Walls (1992).

On this day in movie history – Dangerous Paradise (1930 movie & novel):

Dangerous Paradise

directed by William A. Wellman,

written by William Slavens McNutt, Grover Jones,

based on the novel Victory by Joseph Conrad,

released in the United States on February 13, 1930.

Music by John Leipold.

Cast: Nancy Carroll, Richard Arlen, Warner Oland, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Francis McDonald, George Kotsonaros, Dorothea Wolbert, Clarence Wilson, Evelyn Selbie, Willie Fung, Mrs. Wong Wing, Stanley Fields, Lillian Worth.

Recommended reading:

Victory

By Joseph Conrad.

Filmed as:

Victory (1919), directed by Maurice Tourneur.

Dangerous Paradise (1930), directed by William A. Wellman.

Devil's Paradise (1987), directed by Vadim Glowna.

Victory (1996), directed by Mark Peploe.

Published by Penguin Classics.

First published 1915.

ISBN 13: 9780140189780

ISBN 10: 0140189785

ASIN: 0140189785

Description:

I am glad that I am alive, if, for no other reason, because of the joy of reading this book. – Jack London.

Axel Heyst, a dreamer and a restless drifter, believes he can avoid suffering by cutting himself off from others. Then he becomes involved in the operation of a coal company on a remote island in the Malay Archipelago, and when it fails, he turns his back on humanity once more. But his life alters when he rescues a young English girl, Lena, from Zangiacomo's Ladies' Orchestra and the evil innkeeper Schomberg, taking her to his island retreat. The affair between Heyst and Lena begins with her release, but the relationship shifts as Lena struggles to save Heyst from the detachment and isolation that have inhibited and influenced his life.

Marked by a violent and tragic conclusion, Victory is both a tale of rescue and adventure and a perceptive study of a complex relationship and of the power of love.