Born on this day – Frank McCourt:

Frank McCourt

Writer

August 19, 1930 – July 19, 2009

Born on this day – Ted Hughes:

Ted Hughes

Writer

August 17, 1930 – October 28, 1998

Credits:

A March Calf (2019); A Ted Hughes Bestiary (2014); All Around the Year (1979); Animal Poems (1967); By Heart (2012); Cave Birds (1978); Crow (1970); Emily Dickinson (2011); Euripides' Alcestis (2011); Ffangs the Vampire Bat and the Kiss of Truth (1986); Gaudete (1977); How the Whale Became (1963); Letters of Ted Hughes (2010); Lupercal (1960); Meet My Folks (1973); Moon-Whales (1976); Moortown (1979); My Brother Bert (2009); Nessie the Mannerless Monster (1964); New and Selected Poems (2010); Remains of Elmet (2011); River (1983); Season Songs (2019); Selected Poems (1962); T. S. Eliot: A Tribute (1987); Tales of the Early World (1988); The Coming of the Kings (1970); The Dreamfighter (1995); The Earth Owl and Other Moon People (1963); The Hawk in the Rain (1957); The Iron Man aka The Iron Giant (1968); The Iron Wolf (2019); The Iron Woman (1993); The Love Pet (1985); The Thought Fox (2019); The Tiger's Bones (1974); Timmy the Tug (2009); What is the Truth? (1984); Wodwo (1967); Wolfwatching (1989).

Movies and television:

Beauty and the Beast (1982); Biography (2004); Crow (2014); Jackanory (1972–1995); Jackanory Playhouse (1972); MultiVersus (2024); Seven Crows a Secret (1994); Sylvia Plath: Inside the Bell Jar (2018); Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death (2015); The Colossus (2010); The English Programme (1986–1998); The Iron Giant (1999); The Rain Horse (2008); The South Bank Show (1979–1981).

Born on this day – Robert Culp:

Robert Culp

Actor

Writer

Director

August 16, 1930 – March 24, 2010

Credits:

17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2011); 87th Precinct (1961); A Cold Night's Death (1973); A Cry for Help (1975); A Man Called Sloane (1979); A Name for Evil (1973); A Secret Agent's Dilemma, or A Clear Case of Mind Over Mata Hari (1965); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957); American Profile (1967); America's Book of Secrets (2012); An Evening at the Improv (1990); Anyone for Tennyson? The Master Poets Collection (1978); Ben Casey (1964); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Big Bad Mama II (1987); Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (1997); Biography (2003); Black and White: Uptight (1969); Blind Eye (2003); Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Bonanza (1961); Breakaway (1984); Breaking Point (1976); Brothers-in-Law (1985); Burke's Law (1995); Cain's Hundred (1962); Cain's Hundred (1962); Calendar Girl Murders (1984); Canned Ham: The Dr. Evil Story (1999); Celebrity Bowling (1973–1976); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1974); Changing Scene IV (1971); Chicago Hope (2000); Circus of the Stars #7 (1982); Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001); Columbo (1971–1973); Columbo: Columbo Goes to College (1990); Combat High (1986); Combat! (1963); Comedy Central Canned Ham (2002); Conan the Adventurer (1998); Cosby (1999); Could It Be a Miracle? (1996–1997); Cronkite Remembers (1996); Cybermania '94: Ultimate Gamers Awards (1994); Danny Thomas' the Wonderful World of Burlesque: Third Edition (1966); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Death Valley Days (1961); Della (1969); Diagnosis Murder (1997); Dinah! (1975); Doctor Doctor (1989); Dr. Kildare (1963–1965); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); Early Bird (2005); Eminem Feat. Dr. Dre: Guilty Conscience (1999); Eminem: E / Segment: Guilty Conscience (2000); Empire (1963); Entertainment Tonight (2010); Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2004); Farewell, My Love (2000); Favorite Deadly Sins (1995); Flood (1976); For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010); From Sea to Shining Sea (1974–1976); Funny You Should Ask (1969); Gargoyles (1995–1996); General Electric Theater (1960); Get Smart (1968); Give Me Liberty (1974); Golden Globes 50th Anniversary Celebration (1994); Goldengirl (1979); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978); Gunsmoke (1964); Half-Life 2 (2004); Half-Life 2: Episode One (2006); Half-Life: Through the City (2025); Hannie Caulder (1971); Hardcastle and McCormick (1984); Headliners & Legends (1998–2008); Hennesey (1961); Her Life as a Man (1984); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hickey & Boggs (1972); Highway to Heaven (1987); Historias para no dormir (1966); Holding the Baby (1998); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (1999); Hollywood Squares (2004); Hollywood, No Sex Please! (2018); Hot Rod (1979); Hotel (1986–1987); Houston, We've Got a Problem (1974); Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2009); Hunger (2001); I Spy (1965–1968); I Spy Returns (1994); I'll Bet (1965); Innocents (2000); Inside Out (1975); Inside TV Land (2002); Insight (1963); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1970); Jake and the Fatman (1987–1991); Johnny Ringo (1960); Killjoy (1981); Kraft Theatre (1956–1957); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1956–1958); La tele de tu vida (2007); Last of the Good Guys (1978); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994); Law & Order (1997); Les Chroniques du Mea (2020); L'Histoire nous le dira (2021); Locos por la tele (1991); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1995); Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); Match Game (1973); Matlock (1987); Mercenary (1996); Most Wanted (1997); Movie Madness (1982); Mr. Novak (1965); Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007); Mrs. Columbo (1979); Murder, She Wrote (1986); Murderous Vision (1991); MythBusters (2003); Naked City (1963); Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020); NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration (1986); NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002); NBC Television Opera Theatre (1955); Newsbreak (2000); Now Is Tomorrow (1958); Operation Breadbasket (1969); Outlaws (1960); Outrage (1973); Panther (1995); Password (1974); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter (1990); Personality (1967–1968); Philbin's People (1970); Pioneers of Television (2011–2014); Playboy Mid Summer Night's Dream Party 1985 (1985); Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion (2002); Playboy's Playmate Party (1977); Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party (1979); Playwrights '56 (1956); Police Story (1975–1979); PT 109 (1963); Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog (1989); Rawhide (1961); Rhino! (1964); Robert Montgomery Presents (1957); Robot Chicken (2007); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968); Running Mates (2000); Santa's Slay (2005); Saturday Night Live (1982); Saturn Awards (1981); See the Man Run (1971); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); Shaft (1973); Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life (2011); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1960); Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (1989); Silver Streak (1976); Sky Riders (1976); Spectre (1977); Spy Game (1997); Spy Hard (1996); Star Tonight (1956); Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (2005); Strange Homecoming (1974); Studio One (1953–1954); Stump the Stars (1963); Sunday in New York (1963); Tales of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice by Paul Mazursky (2003); Target: The Corruptors (1961); Tate (1960); Tattletales (1974–1977); TCM Remembers 2010 (2010); Television (1985); That's Action (1990); The $10,000 Pyramid (1974); The $25,000 Pyramid (1974–1975); The 13th Annual Genesis Awards (1999); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 2nd Annual American Comedy Awards (1988); The 32th Annual Thalians Ball (1987); The 41st Annual Academy Awards (1969); The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2010); The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (2011); The Alan Thicke Show (1981); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Almost Guys (2004); The Americans (1961); The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Milton Berle (1980); The Assignment (2010); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1961); The Big Story (1956); The Blue Lightning (1986); The Castaway Cowboy (1974); The Chevy Mystery Show (1960); The Chris Isaak Show (2002); The Cosby Show (1987); The Dead Zone (2003); The Detectives (1961); The Don Harron Show (1983); The Dream Merchants (1980); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1958); The Famous Teddy Z (1990); The Girls Next Door (2008); The Gladiator (1986); The Golden Girls (1990); The Great Adventure (1964); The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976); The Greatest American Hero (1981–1986); The Hanged Man (1964); The Hollywood Palace (1969); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967–1969); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2007); The Jack Benny Program (1957); The Jerry Lewis Show (1968); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The John Davidson Show (1981); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998); The Key to Rebecca (1985); The Lie (1973); The Love Boat (1980); The Magical World of Disney (1962 / 1977); The Making of 'Golden Girl' (1979); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964); The Match Game (1967); The Merv Griffin Show (1968); The Mike Douglas Show (1964–1972); The Movie Maker (1964); The Name of the Game (1970); The Nanny (1994); The Night the City Screamed (1980); The Orange Box (2007); The Outer Limits (1963–1964); The Pat Boone Show (1967); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Pelican Brief (1993); The Poetry Hall of Fame (1993); The Raiders (1963); The Ray Bradbury Theater (1990); The Rifleman (1960–1962); The Rosey Grier Show (1969); The Secret Files of the SpyDogs (1998–1999); The Sixties (2014); The Steve Allen Show (1969); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1967–1981); The Virginian (1964); The Westerner (1960); Third Annual Tennessee Cerebral Palsy Telethon (1967); Thou Shalt Not Kill (1982); Timebomb (1991); Trackdown (1957–1959); Turk 182 (1985); Turn-on (1969); Unconditional Love (1999); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1975); Viper (1997); Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (1990); Voyeur (1993); Wagon Train (1962); Walker, Texas Ranger (1995); Wanted (1998); Warren Oates: Across the Border (1993); What Price Victory (1988); Who's the Boss? (1989); Wings (1994); Women in White (1979); Xtro 3: Watch the Skies (1995); You Are There (1953); You Don't Say (1966); Zane Grey Theatre (1957–1960).

Born on this day – Margot Moser:

Margot Moser

Actress

August 15, 1930 – September 25, 2022

Credits:

Cinderella (1957); Kraft Theatre (1951); Leonard Soloway's Broadway (2019); Producers' Showcase (1956); The Bell Telephone Hour (1963); The Doctors (1963); The Mike Douglas Show (1965); There Goes the Bride (1980); To Tell the Truth (1961–1962).

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).