Born on this day – Claude Chabrol:

Claude Chabrol

Director

June 24, 1930 – September 12, 2010

Born on this day – John Wheeler:

John Wheeler

Actor

June 20, 1930 – February 6, 2026

Credits:

Adam-12 (1972); Apollo 13 (1995); Baby Talk (1992); Bad Georgia Road (1977); Banzai Runner (1987); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1998); Big Bad Mama (1974); Black Angels (1970); Bonanza (1968–1971); CHiPs (1978); Cold Steel (1987); Columbo (1972); Dallas (1982); Death Valley Days (1968); Emergency! (1974); ER (1994); Golden Child (1960); Good Grief (1990); Green Acres (1969–1971); Gunsmoke (1975); Happy Days (1974); Here's Lucy (1974); Honky Tonk (1974); Hotel (1986); It's a Living (1980); Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid (1978); L.A. Heat (1997); Life Goes On (1989–1990); Live a Little, Love a Little (1968); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994); Love, American Style (1972–1973); Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter (1991); Mame (1974); Mannix (1970); Meet the Santas (2005); Mission: Impossible (1972); Move (1970); Mrs. Santa Claus (1996); Newman's Law (1974); Night Court (1989); Nikki and Alexander (1989); Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978); Rhoda (1978); Rolling Man (1972); Runaway Father (1991); Seed of Innocence (1980); Separate Ways (1981); Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978); Simon & Simon (1983); Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus (2004); Star Trek (1967); Star Trek Online / Video Game (2010); Step by Step (1997); Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971); Sweet Charity (1969); Team Knight Rider (1998); Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969); The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979); The Brady Bunch (1970–1974); The Bradys (1990); The Dick Cavett Show (1974); The Dukes of Hazzard (1982); The Golden Girls (1988); The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969); The Hollywood Detective (1989); The Huntress (2001); The Kid-a-Littles (1983); The North Avenue Irregulars (1979); The Odd Couple (1971–1975); The Outsider (1969); The Richard Pryor Special? (1977); The Rockford Files (1978); The Silent Gun (1969); The Vendors (1970); The Waltons (1976); The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979); Then Came Bronson (1970); True Colors (1991); Van Dyke and Company (1976); Van Dyke and Company (1976); Vice Squad Women (1973); With This Ring (1978); Wonderful Town (1958).

Born on this day – Gena Rowlands:

Gena Rowlands

Actress

June 19, 1930 – August 14, 2024

Credits:

1985 Stuntman Awards (1985); 47th Annual Academy Awards (1975); 77 Sunset Strip (1963); 87th Precinct (1961–1962); A Child Is Waiting (1963); A Constant Forge (2000); A Fuller Life (2013); A Question of Love (1978); A Woman Under the Influence (1974); Academy Originals: What Movies Mean to Me (2015); Adventures in Paradise (1960); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends (1999); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960); All About My Mother (1999); An Early Frost (1985); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Another Woman (1988); Anything for John (1993); Applause (2009); Appointment with Adventure (1955); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1955); Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023); Best Friends for Life (1998); Bette Davis: Größer als das Leben (2017); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Bienvenue à Cannes (2007); Biography (1996–1998); Biography (2005); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2022); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); Bonanza (1963); Breaking Point (1963); Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); Broken English (2007); Burke's Law (1964); Campus, le magazine de l'écrit (2004); Cartelera (1998); Casting The Skeleton Key (2005); Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián (2008); Charlie Rose (1997–2004); Charms for the Easy Life (2002); Cinéastes de notre temps (1969); Cinema 3 (1992); Cinéma cinémas / Segment: 'Cassavetes 'Love Stream' plans n° 145, 146, 147' (1983–1985); Circle of Fear (1972); Columbo (1975); Crazy in Love (1992); Dr. Kildare (1964); E! Live from the Red Carpet (2016); Edge of Outside (2006); Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014); Entertainment Tonight (2014–2024); Exploring Voodoo/Hoodoo (2005); Face of a Stranger (1991); Faces (1968 / 2011); Faerie Tale Theatre (1983); Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012); Fräulein Berlin (1984); Garrison's Gorillas (1968); Gena Rowlands: A Life on Film (2018); Gena's Love Spell (2005); General Electric Theater (1958); Gloria (1980); Goodyear Playhouse (1955); Grace & Glorie (1998); Great Performances / Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021); He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (2001); Heart of the Festival (2002); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hope Floats (1998); Hysterical Blindness (2002); I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes - the Man and His Work (1984); Intimate Portrait (2001); Into the Morning: Willa Cather's America (1975); Jerry Visits (1972); John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All (1996); Johnny Staccato (1959); Just Remembering (2021); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1965); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1955); Laramie (1959); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1976); Light of Day (1987); Ljuset håller mig sällskap (2000); Lonely Are the Brave (1962); Los 10 magníficos (2008); Love Streams (1984); Machine Gun McCain (1969); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1974); Markham (1959); Maury (1995); Medical Center (1971–1973); Minnie and Moskowitz (1971); Monk (2009); Montana (1990); National Memorial Day Concert (2003); NCIS (2010); Nederland C (1985); Nick Quarry (1968); Night on Earth / Segment: Los Angeles (1991); Numb3rs (2006); Olive (2011); Once Around (1991); Opening Night (1977); Over Easy (1978); Parallel Lives (1994); Paris, I Love You / Segment: Quartier Latin (2006); Parts Per Billion (2014); Paulie (1998); Persepolis (2007); Person to Person (1958); Peter Falk versus Columbo (2019); Peyton Place (1967); Playing by Heart (1998); Ponds Theater (1955); Premio Donostia a Ben Gazzara (2005); Rembob'Ina (2024); Return to Cameroun (1993); Riverboat (1959); Robert Montgomery Presents (1955); Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (2023); Rock Hudson's Home Movies (1992); Run for Your Life (1966); Shadows (1958); She's So Lovely (1997); Silent Cries (1993); Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (2014); Something to Talk About (1995); Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006); Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (1979); Studio One (1955); Stump the Stars (1964); Taking Lives (2004); Target: The Corruptors (1961); Ted & Venus (1991); Tempest (1982); The 11th IFP/West Annual Independent Spirit Awards (1996); The 12th Annual CableACE Awards (1991); The 1998 Annual Muse Awards (1998); The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2001); The 32nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1975); The 33rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1976); The 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1977); The 35th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1978); The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1981); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1987); The 3rd Annual Family Television Awards (2001); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 1986 (1986); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The 46th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1989); The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981); The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1964); The Betty Ford Story (1987); The Brink's Job (1978); The Color of Love: Jacey's Story (2000); The David Frost Show (1971); The Dick Cavett Show (1968); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Ed Sullivan Show (1956–1957); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The High Cost of Loving (1958); The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie (2003); The Islanders (1961); The Linkletter Show (1964); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1963); The Long, Hot Summer (1966); The Making of 'the Mighty' (1999); The Marilyn Denis Show (2011); The Merv Griffin Show (1968); The Mighty (1998); The Mike Douglas Show (1974); The Movie Show (1995); The Movies (2019); The Neon Bible (1995); The Notebook (2004); The Oscars (2016); The Road West (1967); The Skeleton Key (2005); The Skeleton Key: Deleted Scenes (2005); The Spiral Road (1962); The Tab Hunter Show (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1968–1975); The View (2007); The Virginian (1963); The Way of the World (1955); The Weekend (1999); Thursday's Child (1983); Tony Rome (1967); Top Secret (1954); Two-Minute Warning (1976); Unfortunate Circumstances (2017); Unhook the Stars (1996); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2007); What If God Were the Sun? (2007); Wild Iris (2001); Women on Top: Hollywood and Power (2003); Yellow (2012); Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004).

Born on this day – Odile Versois:

Odile Versois

Actress

June 14, 1930 – June 23, 1980

Born on this day – Otto Schenk:

Otto Schenk

Actor

Director

June 12, 1930 – January 9, 2025

Born on this day – Ellen Schwiers:

Ellen Schwiers

Actress

June 11, 1930 – April 26, 2019

Born on this day – Edward Woodward:

Edward Woodward

Actor

Singer

June 1, 1930 – November 16, 2009

Credits:

16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2010); 2nd House (1974); 100 Years of Horror (1996); 100 Greatest Sexy Moments (2003); 1990 (1977–1978); A Christmas Carol (1984); A Christmas Reunion (1994); A Congregation of Ghosts (2009); A Desperate Fortune: Matthew Flinders' Australia (1988); A Girl Called Jo (1956); Adventure Story (1961); Aladdin (1992); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1988); America's All-Time Favorite Movies (1988); Armchair Cinema (1975); Armchair Mystery Theatre (1960–1965); Armchair Theatre (1959–1967); Arthur the King (1985); Aspel & Company (1990); Battleground (1978); BBC Play of the Month (1969–1971); BBC Show of the Week (1969); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1961); Becket (1964); Blankety Blank (1999); Blood Suckers (1971); Breaker Morant (1980); Breaker Morant: Edward Woodward Interview (2004); Breakfast (2007); Brian Conley: An Audience with Brian Conley (2002); Burnt Offering: The Cult of the Wicker Man (2001); Call My Bluff (1972–1997); Callan / movie (1974); Callan / TV series (1967–1972); Callan: This Man Alone (2015); Callan: Wet Job (1981); Cast & Crew (2005); Celebrity Squares (1975); Century of Cinema (1996); Champions (1984); Chronicle (1981); CI5: The New Professionals (1999); Cineficción Radio (2019); Clapper Board (1980); Codename: Kyril (1988); Common as Muck (1994–1997); Conflict (1967); Crime Sheet (1959); Crowther's Back in Town (1970); Crusade (1999); Dark Realm (2001); Deadly Advice (1994); Des O'Connor Tonight (1986–1989); Detective (1968–1969); Dixon of Dock Green (1966); EastEnders (2009); Emergency-Ward 10 (1961); Entertainment Tonight (1986); Ex-S (1998); First Landing (2007); Five Days (2007); Five Days: Making Five Days (2007); Five Days: Revised Final Episode (2007); Frost on Sunday (1970); Give Us a Clue (1981–1985); Going for a Song (1977); Good Morning America (1989); Gulliver's Travels (1996); Hands of a Murderer (1990); Harrison: Cry of the City (1996); He Said, She Said (1972); Hot Fuzz (2007); Hot Fuzz: Hot Funk: The TV Version (2007); Hot Fuzz: Outtakes (2007); Hunted (1972); In My Defence (1991); In Suspicious Circumstances (1991–1996); Inn for Trouble (1960); Inside Story (1960); It Shouldn't Happen to a TV Actor (2003); Italia '90 - Notti magiche (1991); ITV Play of the Week (1961–1964); ITV Playhouse (1968–1980); Killer Contract (1984); King David (1985); Knight Errant Limited (1961); La Femme Nikita (2001); Late Night with David Letterman (1985–1987); Lena Zavaroni and Music (1979); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Love Is Forever (1983); Magnolia Street (1961); Marcie's Dowry (2000); Max Bygraves at the Royalty (1972); Memories of Manon (1987); Messiah (2001); Mister Johnson (1990); Mogul (1965); Murder in Suburbia (2004); My Favourite Hymns (1998–2005); Mystery and Imagination (1968); NET Playhouse (1971); Nice Work (1980); Night Flight (2002); Night of 100 Stars (1977); Nightlife (1986); Noel's House Party (1995–1997); Omnibus (1969); Over My Dead Body (1990–1991); Piers Morgan's Life Stories (2009); Play for Today (1971); Prisoners (1971); Remembering World War II (1989); Richard and Judy Exclusive (1997); Robin Hardy on 'The Wicker Man' (2013); Saturday Night at the Mill (1977–1981); Saturday Sunday Monday (1978); Saturday Variety (1972); Scotland on Screen (2009); Scream Greats, Vol. 2: Satanism and Witchcraft (1986); Screen Tests of the Stars (2002); Sergeant Cork (1964); Sherlock Holmes (1968); Showtime (1960); Sir Francis Drake (1962); Sitting Target (1972); Skyport (1959); Smart Alec (1951); South Australia: Ocean to Outback (2003); South Australian Film Corporation 40th Anniversary Showreel (2012); Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers (1977); Stars on Sunday (1975); Sunday Night Thriller (1981); Sword of Honour (1967); TCM Remembers 2009 (2009); Telly Addicts (1998); The 100 Greatest War Films (2005); The 17th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1975); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1988); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1987); The 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1988); The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2010); The Abduction Club (2002); The Appointment (1982); The Baron (1967); The Bass Player and the Blonde (1978); The Bill (2008); The Birthday Show - 21 Years of Variety from Thames Television (1989); The British Academy Awards (1970); The British Screen Awards (1971); The Bruce Forsyth Show (1969); The Culture Show (2007); The Dave Allen Show (1969); The Defenders (1964); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1969); The Edward Woodward Hour (1971–1972); The English Programme (1997); The Equalizer (1985–1989); The Equalizer: The Mystery of Manon (1988); The Ernie Sigley Show (1975); The Evening Standard Awards (1974); The File of the Golden Goose (1969); The Final Option / aka Who Dares Wins (1982); The Golden Shot (1972); The Good Old Days (1974–1976); The House of Angelo (2000); The Lone Gunmen (2001); The Man in the Brown Suit (1989); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1969–1970); The Norman Gunston Show (1975); The One Show (2008); The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2010); The Paul O'Grady Show (2008); The Revenue Men (1967); The Root of All Evil? (1969); The Royal Variety Performance 1989 (1989); The Saint (1967); The Shamrock Conspiracy (1995); The Spice of Life (1983); The Sweepstakes Game (1976); The Telescope (1957); The Trial of Lady Chatterley (1980); The True Mistery of the Passion (1960); The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai (2001); The Wicker Man (1973); The Wicker Man Enigma (2001); The Wicker Tree (2011); The Wolf of Wall Street (2013); The World About Us (1970–1982); The World's Greatest Actor (2006); Theatre 625 (1967); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1966–1967); This Is Your Life (1971–2001); Three for All (1975); Trapped (1967); Tvist (2005); TV's 50 Hardest Men (2008); Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987); Welcome to the Basement (2013–2014); Where the Heart Is (2005); Where There's a Will (1955); Whodunnit? (1972–1973); Winner Takes All (1977); Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981); Wogan (1986–1987); World Theatre (1959); You Can't Win (1961); Young Winston (1972).

Born on this day – John Barth:

John Barth

Writer

May 27, 1930 – April 2, 2024

Credits:

Chimera (1972); Collected Stories (2015); Coming Soon! (2001); Every Third Thought (2011); Floating Opera and the End of the Road (1988); Giles Goat-Boy (1966); Letters (1979); Lost in the Fun-House (1968); On With the Story (1996); Once Upon a Time (1994); Sabbatical (1982); The Book of Ten Nights and a Night (2004); The Development (2008); The End of the Road (1958); The Floating Opera (1956); The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor (1991); The Sot-Weed Factor (1960); The Tidewater Tales (1987); Where Three Roads Meet (2005).

Movie and video:

BTNA: The Early Years (2010); End of the Road (1970).

Born on this day – Will Hutchins:

Will Hutchins

Actor

May 5, 1930 – April 21, 2025

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959); Blondie (1968–1969); Bombers B-52 (1957); Bronco (1961); Chase (1974); Cheyenne (1961); Clambake (1967); Claudelle Inglish (1961); Conflict (1956–1957); Emergency! (1974); Gunfighter (1999); Gunsmoke (1963); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hey, Landlord (1966–1967); Howie (1962); Lafayette Escadrille (1958); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Single Sister (1972); Magnum Force (1973); Matinee Theatre (1956–1957); Maverick (1960 / 1994); Merrill's Marauders (1962); Movin' On (1974); No Time for Sergeants (1958); Perry Mason (1966); Roar (1981); Shangani Patrol (1970); Slumber Party '57 (1976); Spinout (1966); Stump the Stars (1969); Stu's Show (2010 / 2023); Sugarfoot (1957–1961); Surfside 6 (1961); Take Me to Your Leader (1964); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967–1968); The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973); The New Perry Mason (1973); The Quest (1976); The Ray Anthony Show (1963); The Roaring 20's (1960); The Romantics (2010); The Shooting (1966); The Streets of San Francisco (1976); Today (1966); TV's Western Heroes (1993); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); Warren Oates: Across the Border (1993); Western Trails (2017); When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (1979); Whips and Jingles (2014).

Born on this day – Carolyn Jones:

Carolyn Jones

Actress

April 28, 1930 – August 3, 1983

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).