Born on this day – John Alcott:

John Alcott

Cinematographer

November 27, 1930 – July 28, 1986

John Alcott, with Stanley Kubrick and Shelley Duvall, on the set of The Shining (1980).

Credits:

No Way Out (1987); White Water Summer (1987); Miracles (1986); Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985); Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984); Under Fire (1983); Triumphs of a Man Called Horse (1983); The Beastmaster (1982); Vice Squad (1982); Fort Apache the Bronx (1981); Terror Train (1980); The Shining (1980); Fangio: Una vita a 300 all'ora (1980); Fiat Strada: Figaro (1979); Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978); The Disappearance (1977); March or Die (1977); Barry Lyndon (1975); Overlord (1975); Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs (1974); A Clockwork Orange (1971); 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968); Othello (1965); Tamahine (1963); The Main Attraction (1962); Whistle Down the Wind (1961); The Singer Not the Song (1961); An heiligen Wassern (1960); North West Frontier (1959); A Night to Remember (1958); Violent Playground (1958); Checkpoint (1956); Tiger in the Smoke (1956); A Town Like Alice (1956); An Alligator Named Daisy (1955); Value for Money (1955); Simba (1955); Land of Fury (1954); Man with a Million (1954); Desperate Moment (1953); The Long Memory (1953); The Assassin (1952); The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952); Easy Money (1948).

Born on this day – Richard Davalos:

Richard Davalos

Actor

November 5, 1930 – March 8, 2016

Born on this day – Kate Reid:

Kate Reid

Actress

November 4, 1930 – March 27, 1993

On this day in movie history - The Doorway to Hell (1930):

The Doorway to Hell

directed by Archie Mayo,

written by George Rosener,

based on the story A Handful of Clouds by Rowland Brown,

was released in the United States on October 18, 1930.
Music by Erno Rapee and Louis Silvers.

Cast:

Lew Ayres, Charles Judels, Dorothy Mathews, Leon Janney, Robert Elliott, James Cagney, Kenneth Thomson, Jerry Mandy, Noel Madison, Eddie Kane, Tom Wilson, Dwight Frye.

Born on this day – Carmen Sevilla:

Carmen Sevilla

Actress

Singer

Dancer

October 16, 1930 – June 27, 2023

Born on this day – James Olson:

James Olson

Actor

October 8, 1930 – April 17, 2022

Born on this day – Cosetta Greco:

Cosetta Greco

Actress

October 8, 1930 – July 14, 2002

Credits:

Addio, amore! (1943); Art. 519 codice penale (1952); Caccia all'uomo (1948); Canne al vento (1958); Canzoni di mezzo secolo (1952); Cavalcade of Song (1953); Chronicle of Poor Lovers (1954); Cronache del '22 / Segment: Spedizione punitive (1961); Dossier Mata Hari (1967); Foglio di via (1954); Four Ways Out (1951); Gli eroi della domenica (1952); I pappagalli (1955); I sogni nel cassetto (1957); Il brigante di Tacca del Lupo (1952); Il romanzo di un maestro (1959); Il viale della speranza (1953); In amore si pecca in due (1954); Je suis un sentimental (1955); La nemica (1952); La sposa non può attendere (1949); Le cap de l'espérance (1951); Musoduro (1953); Napoleon (1955); Napoleone (1951); Plagio (1969); Reflets de Cannes (1958); Scampolo 53 (1953); Sheriff of Rock Springs (1971); Terroristi a Madrid (1955); The Charterhouse of Parma (1948); Three Girls from Rome (1952); Voice of Silence (1953); Wild Love (1956).

Born on this day – Richard T. Heffron:

Richard T. Heffron

Director

October 6, 1930 – August 27, 2007

Born on this day – Stanley Myers:

Stanley Myers

Composer

October 6, 1930 – November 9, 1993

Born on this day – Richard Harris:

Richard Harris

Actor

Singer

October 1, 1930 – October 25, 2002

Born on this day – Norah Hayden:

Norah Hayden

Actress

Singer

Model

Writer

September 29, 1930 – August 10, 2013

Born on this day – Colin Dexter:

Colin Dexter

Writer

September 29, 1930 – March 21, 2017

Born on this day – Philip Bosco:

Philip Bosco

Actor

September 26, 1930 – December 3, 2018

Born on this day – Charles B. Griffith:

Charles B. Griffith

Writer

Actor

Director

September 23, 1930 – September 28, 2007

Born on this day – Colin Blakely:

Colin Blakely

Actor

September 23, 1930 – May 7, 1987

Born on this day – Kathie Browne:

Kathie Browne

Actress

Writer

Producer

September 19, 1930 – April 8, 2003

Credits:

43: The Richard Petty Story (1972); 77 Sunset Strip (1961–1964); A Walk by the Sea (1963); American Reunion (1975); Angel (1961); Arrest and Trial (1963); Banacek (1974); Ben Casey (1962); Berlin Affair (1970); Big Town (1955); Blade Rider, Revenge of the Indian Nations (1966); Bonanza (1961–1964); Brainstorm (1965); Branded (1966); Bronco (1961); Cade's County (1972); Cain's Hundred (1962); Cheyenne (1961); Cinderfella (1960); City of Fear (1959); Coronado 9 (1960); Fantasy Island (1979); Frontier Circus (1962); Get Smart (1969); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964); Gunsmoke (1957); Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973); Have Gun - Will Travel (1962); Hawaiian Eye (1963); Hazel (1962–1965); Hondo (1967); Hondo and the Apaches (1967); Ironside (1968–1974); It Takes Two (1969); It's Your Bet (1970–1973); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1973); Johnny Midnight (1960); King of Diamonds (1961); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); Laramie (1962–1963); Laredo (1966); Lawman (1962); Lock Up (1960); Longstreet (1972); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the King (1970); Manhunt (1960); Mannix (1971); Man's Favorite Sport? (1964); Miami Undercover (1961); Mooch (1974); Mr. Terrific (1967); Murder by Contract (1958); My Brother the Angel (1966); My Favorite Martian (1963); Password (1974); Perry Mason (1960–1965); Police Story (1974); Rawhide (1961); Redigo (1963); Ripcord (1962–1963); Saints and Sinners (1963); Sea Hunt (1960–1961); Shannon (1961–1962); Shotgun Slade (1960); Slattery's People (1965); Star Trek / episode entitled: Wink of an Eye, originally aired November 29 1968); Startime (1959); Studs Lonigan (1960); Surfside 6 (1962); Tales of Wells Fargo (1960–1962); Tattletales (1975–1977); Temple Houston (1963); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964–1965); The Big Valley (1968); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1971); The Brass Bottle (1964); The D.A.'s Man (1959); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Evil Touch (1974); The Farmer's Daughter (1964); The Felony Squad (1967); The Forty-Eight Hour Mile (1970); The Gray Ghost (1957); The Love Boat (1980–1981); The Man from Blackhawk (1960); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The Name of the Game (1968); The Oregon Trail (1978); The Outsider (1968–1969); The Real McCoys (1963); The Rockford Files (1975); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); The Slowest Gun in the West (1960); The Suicide's Wife (1979); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1973); The Underwater City (1962); The Virginian (1963); The Wild Wild West (1965–1967); This Is the Life (1959–1968); Tombstone Territory (1960); Two Faces West (1960); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1971); Wagon Train (1960–1963); Whispering Smith (1961); Zero to Sixty (1978).

Born on this day – Antonio Margheriti:

Antonio Margheriti

Director

September 19, 1930 – November 4, 2002

Born on this day – Dorothy Bromiley:

Dorothy Bromiley

Actress

Writer

September 18, 1930 – May 3, 2024

Credits:

Books:

Florentine Canvaswork (1991); The Point of the Needle: Five Centuries of Samplers and Embroideries - An Exhibition of Needlework at the Dorset County Museum (date?); Traditional Bargello: Stitches, Techniques, and Dozens of Pattern and Project Ideas (1992).

Movies and television:

A Touch of the Sun (1956); Armchair Theatre (1957); Drama 61-67 (1961); Fathers and Families (1977); It’s Great to Be Young! (1956); ITV Play of the Week (1957–1965); ITV Television Playhouse (1956); Jemima + Johnny (1966); Jury Room (1965); No Hiding Place (1965–1966); Probation Officer (1960); Saturday Playhouse (1960); Small Hotel (1957); Television Playwright (1958); The Adventures of Robin Hood (1957); The Concrete Jungle (1960); The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953); The Power Game (1966); The Pursuers (1961); The Servant (1963); Z Cars (1964); Zoo Baby (1957).

Born on this day – Anne Francis:

Anne Francis

Actress

September 16, 1930 – January 2, 2011

Born on this day – John Cephas:

John Cephas

Blues guitarist

September 4, 1930 – March 4, 2009

Credits:

Albums:

Bluesmen (1993); Cool Down (1996); Dog Days of August (1986); Flip, Flop & Fly (1992); From Richmond to Atlanta (2000); Goin' down the Road Feelin' Bad (1998); Guitar Man (1987); Homemade (1999); Let It Roll: Bowling Green (1985); Living Country Blues USA, vol. 1 (1981); Richmond Blues (2008); Shoulder to Shoulder (2006); Somebody Told the Truth (2002); Sweet Bitter Blues (1984 / 1994); Walking Blues (1988).