Born on this day – Joan Weldon:

Joan Weldon

Actress

Singer

August 5, 1930 – February 11, 2021

Born on this day – Damita Jo DeBlanc:

Damita Jo DeBlanc

Actress

Comedian

Singer

August 5, 1930 – December 25, 1998

Credits:

Albums:

Damita Jo at the Diplomat (1962); Damita Jo Sings (1965); Go Go with Damita Jo (1965); If You Go Away (1967); I’ll Save the Last Dance for You (1961); Midnight Session (1966); Miss Damita Jo (1968); Sing a Country Song (1962); The Big Fifteen (1961); This Is Damita Jo (1965); This One’s for Me (1963).

Movies and television:

ABC’s Nightlife (1965); Allen Ludden’s Gallery (1969); Bandstand (1963); Calypso Heat Wave (1957); Damita Jo - The Lady is a Tramp / DVD (2009); Dom kallar oss raggare (2021); Fanfare (1965); George Jessel’s Here Come the Stars (1968); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Perry Como’s Kraft Music Hall (1962); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Ed Sullivan Show (1962); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Lively Ones (1962); The Lloyd Thaxton Show (1965); The Merv Griffin Show (1968); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1977); The Peter Martin Show (1968); The Rosey Grier Show (1969); The Scoey Mitchlll Show (1972); The Steve Allen Show (1968); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963); You Asked for It (1951).

Born on this day – Jeanne Carmen:

Jeanne Carmen

Actress

Model

Trick-shot golfer

August 4, 1930 – December 20, 2007

Credits:

26 Men (1958); 48 Hours (2006); 60 Minutes Australia (2006); A Merry Mix-up (1957); Born Reckless (1958); Broadway Open House (1950–1952); CBS Mornings (2006); Citizens (2025); Die Waffen der Frau (2005); Drive-in Movie Memories (2001); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998–2001); E! True Hollywood Story (1998–2001); Entertainment Tonight (1988); George Michael: Outside (1998); Golf Central (1998); Golfing with Demaret (1954); Guns Don't Argue! (1957); Hard Copy (1990–1998); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959); Here Come the Girls (1953); Hey Moe, Hey Dad! (2015); History's Mysteries (2000); Hollywood Confidential (2003); House of Women (1962); I Married a Woman (1958); Inside Edition (1989); Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael (1999); Larry King Live (1989–2003); Marilyn: contre enquête sur une mort suspecte (2000); Marilyn: The Last Word (1993); Mike and Buff (1951); Missing: Reward (1989); Monty and the Movies (2025); National Enquirer TV (1999); Portland Exposé (1957); Riverboat (1959); Say Goodbye to the President (1985); Striporama (1953); The Best of Hollywood (2018); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952); The Dating Game (1998); The Definitive Elvis: 25th Anniversary (2003); The Devil's Hand (1961); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); The Geraldo Rivera Show (1991); The Gossip Show (1998); The Kennedy Assassinations (1992); The Marilyn Files (1992); The Millionaire (1958–1959); The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959); The Montel Williams Show (1991); The Naked Monster (2005); The Reporters (1988); The Three Outlaws (1956); Tightrope (1960); Too Much, Too Soon (1958); Untamed Youth (1957); Unzipped (1999); War Drums (1957); We Remember Marilyn (1996); What's Inside Frank Sinatra's Coffin? (2005).

Born on this day – Vali Myers:

Vali Myers

Artist

Writer

Dancer

Actress

Director

August 2, 1930 – February 12, 2003

Credits:

Books:

Drawings 1949–79 (1980); Love on the Left Bank (1956): Night Flower: The Life and Art of Vali Myers (2012); Vali Myers Memoirs (2006).

Movies and television:

Death in the Port Jackson Hotel (1972); Dope (1968); Painted Lady (2002); Patti and Vali (1973); The Big Day (1949); The Chelsea (1993); The Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda (1968); The Tightrope Dancer (1990); Together (1956); Together with Lorenza Mazzetti (2023); Vali (1967); Vali, The Witch of Positano (1965); Vali: The Tightrope Dancer (1989); Vali's World (1984).

Born on this day – Christine Carère:

Christine Carère

Actress

July 27, 1930 – December 13, 2008

Credits:

A Certain Smile (1958); A Free Woman (1954); A Private's Affair (1959); Anatole chéri (1954); Beauty and the Bullfighter (1954); Blue Light (1966); Bonjour jeunesse (1957); Cabaret du soir (1957); Cadet Rousselle (1954); Caroline Cherie (1953); Cinépanorama (1956); Delincuentes (1957); Don Juan (1956); Girls Who Like Girls (2001); High School (1954); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (1999); I Deal in Danger (1966); La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding (1985); La nuit des suspectes (1957); L'amour descend du ciel (1957); Le passage de Vénus (1951); Mardi Gras (1958); Olivia (1951); Paris chante toujours! (1951); Printemps à Paris (1957); Quelle sacrée soirée (1957); Sweet Madness (1951); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The Case of Poisons (1955); The Three from the Filling Station (1956); The Twilight Girls (1957); Tout chante autour de moi (1954); Trente-Six Chandelles (1957).

Born on this day – Jacqueline Brookes:

Jacqueline Brookes

Actress

July 24, 1930 – April 26, 2013

Born on this day – Polly Bergen:

Polly Bergen

Actress

Singer

Television host

Writer

Entrepreneur

July 14, 1930 – September 20, 2014

Credits:

5th Annual Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1955); A Conversation with Polly Bergen (2007); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); A Touch of Class (1973); A Very Serious Person (2006); Across the Rio Grande (1949); Addicted to His Love (1988); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); American Bandstand (1958); Appointment with Adventure (1955); Arena (1953); Arly Hanks (1994); Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party (1957); Arthur Godfrey and His Friends (1956); At War with the Army (1950); Atlantic City Holiday (1956); Baby Talk (1991–1992); Belle Sommers (1962); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Biography (1998 / 2002); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Born Beautiful (1982); Burke's Law (1994); Candles on Bay Street (2006); Cape Fear (1962); Cavalcade of Stars (1952); Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1953); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1974–1976); Champion (1949); Coke Time (1954); Commander in Chief (2005–2006); Cry for Me Billy (1972); Cry of the Hunted (1953); Cry-Baby (1990); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Death Cruise (1974); Desperate Housewives (2007–2011); Desperate Housewives Special: Secrets and Lies (2007); Dinah's Place (1971); Doris & Marty (2007); Doris Day's Best Friends (2007); Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995); Dr. Kildare (1963); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); Early Bird (2005); Ellery Queen (1976); Escape from Fort Bravo (1953); Fantasy Island (1984); Fast Company (1953); For Hope (1996); Frankie Laine Time (1955); General Electric Theater (1956); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1968); Half a Hero (1953); Hangup (1974); Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue (1977); Here's Hollywood (1961–1962); Hollywood Greats (1999); Hotel (1985); Hour Magazine (1983); How to Pick Up Girls! (1978); In the Blink of an Eye (1996); I've Got a Secret (1954–1960); Jake and the Fatman (1990); Jeanne Wolf with... (1974–1979); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1972); Just Polly and Me (1960); Kisses for My President (1964); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1960); Lady Against the Odds (1992); Leave of Absence (1994); Lightning Field (1991); Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today (1978); Live with Kelly and Mark (1990); Lux Playhouse (1958); Making Mr. Right (1987); Max Liebman Presents: The Maurice Chevalier Show (1956); Mother, Mother (1989); Move Over, Darling (1963); Murder on Flight 502 (1975); Murder, She Wrote (1985); Muscular Dystrophy Telethon (1957); My Brother's Wife (1989); My Two Dads (1988); Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast (2018); Night Watch (1973); Not for Women Only (1968–1979); Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Paradise, Texas (2006); Password (1962–1972); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1955–1962); Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal (1993); Person to Person (1960); Personality (1967); Philbin's People (1969); Playhouse 90 (1957); Polly Bergen Musical Special (1971); Robert Mitchum, le mauvais garçon d'Hollywood (2018); Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star (1991); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Selena (1964); She Was Marked for Murder (1988); Songs for Sale (1951–1952); Special Collector's Edition (2014); Star of the Family (1951); Star Stage (1956); Startime (1959–1960); Steel Magnolias (1990); Struck by Lightning (2012); Studio One (1954); Telethon (1977); That's My Boy (1951); The 13th Annual Tony Awards (1959); The 18th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1961); The 19th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1962); The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2015); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1983); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 55th Annual Tony Awards (2001); The 55th Annual Tony Awards (2001); The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (2015); The Alan Young Show (1950–1951); The All-Star Christmas Show (1958); The Andy Williams Show (1965–1966); The Bell Telephone Hour (1959–1966); The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1992); The Big Record (1957); The Blue Angel (1954); The Bob Braun Show (1967–1977); The Bob Hope Show (1960); The Caretakers (1963); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951); The Danny Thomas Hour (1968); The David Frost Show (1969–1971); The Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Double (1982); The Dean Martin Show (1966–1967); The Dick Clark Show (1958); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958–1961); The Ed Nelson Show (1969); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953–1967); The Elgin Hour (1954–1955); The Game Game (1969–1970); The Garry Moore Show (1960); The George Burns Show (1960); The George Jessel Show (1954); The Haunting of Sarah Hardy (1989); The Hollywood Palace (1966–1968); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967–1971); The Hollywood Squares (Primetime/Nighttime) (1968); The Jack Benny Program (1960); The Jackie Gleason Show (1957); The Jackie Rae Show (1955); The Jimmy Durante Show (1955); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969); The Jonathan Winters Show (1956); The Kraft Music Hall (1969); The Larry Solway Show (1976); The Lee Phillip Show (1971); The Linkletter Show (1955); The Love Boat (1977–1982); The Making of 'War & Remembrance' (2004); The Men (1950); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1966–1980); The Million Dollar Face (1981); The Milton Berle Show (1958–1959); The New Revue (1954); The Packard Program (1954); The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom (1959); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954–1955); The Polly Bergen Show (1957–1958); The Princess Grace Foundation Special Gala Tribute to Cary Grant (1988); The Purex Dinah Shore Special (1964); The Red Skelton Hour (1966–1968); The Sig Sakowicz Show (1971); The Skitch Henderson Show (1968); The Sopranos (2004); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1957); The Steve Allen Show (1968); The Stooge (1951); The Stork Club (1953–1955); The Surrogate (1995); The Swift Show Wagon with Horace Heidt and the American Way (1955); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966–1971); The Walter Winchell Show (1960); The Wide World of Mystery (1973); The Winds of War (1983); The Winds of War: Making 'The Winds of War' (2004); Thriller (1973); To Tell the Truth (1956–1991); Touched by an Angel (1998); Turner Classic Movies Remembers 2014 (2014); Twice in a Lifetime (1999); Valentine's Day (1964); Velvet (1984); Wagon Train (1961); War & Remembrance: Behind the Scenes (2004); War and Remembrance (1988–1989); Warpath (1951); Washington Square (1957); What's My Line? (1958–1966); You Don't Say (1967–1968); Your Chevrolet Showroom (1953); Your Hit Parade (1954); Your Show (1954); Yves Montand on Broadway (1961).

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).