Born on this day – Bill McKinney:

Bill McKinney

Actor

September 12, 1931 – December 1, 2011

Born on this day – Ian Holm:

Ian Holm

Actor

September 12, 1931 – June 19, 2020

Credits:

1066: The Battle for Middle Earth (2009); 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); 48th Annie Awards (2021); A Life Less Ordinary (1997); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959 / 1969); A Season of Giants (1990); A Severed Head (1971); Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998); Alien (1979); Alien: Isolation (2014); Alien: Romulus (2024); All Quiet on the Western Front (1979); Animal Farm (1999); Another Woman (1988); Armchair Theatre (1963–1970); Artists and Models (1986); BBC Play of the Month (1972–1983); BBC2 Play of the Week (1978); Beautiful Joe (2000); Big Night (1996); Bless the Child (2000); Blue Ice (1992); Brazil (1985); Chariots of Fire (1981); Chillers (1990); Chromophobia (2005); Conjugal Rights (1973); Dance with a Stranger (1985); D-Day 6.6.1944 (2004); Do You Remember? (1978); Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real (2004); Dreamchild (1985); Esther Kahn (2000); eXistenZ (1999); Festival: The Misanthrope (1980); Field of Fish (2000); Frog (1998); From Hell (2001); Game, Set, and Match (1988); Garden State (2004); Girls at Sea (1958); Gooseberries Don't Dance (1999); Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984); Hamlet (1990); Henry V (1989); Holocaust (1978); Incognito (1997); Inside the Third Reich (1982); ITV Play of the Week (1957); ITV Playhouse (1969–1971); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1970); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); Joe Gould's Secret (2000); Jubilee (1977); Juggernaut (1974); Kafka (1991); Laughterhouse / aka Singleton's Pluck (1984); Les Miserables (1978); Little Red Riding Hood (1995); Loch Ness (1996); Lord of War (2005); March or Die (1977); Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994); Mary, Queen of Scots (1971); Masquerade (1974); Mr & Mrs Edgehill (1985); Murder by the Book (1986); Mystery and Imagination (1966–1968); Naked Lunch (1991); Napoleon and Love (1974); Nicholas and Alexandra (1971); Night Falls on Manhattan (1996); O Jerusalem (2006); Oh! What a Lovely War (1969); Omnibus (1981); Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1974); Performance (1991–1998); Play for Today (1982); Private Affairs (1975); Ratatouille (2007); Ratatouille: The Video Game (2007); Renaissance (2006); Review (1971); Robert's Wife (1957); Robin and Marian (1976); S.O.S. Titanic (1979); Scary Stories Around the Fire (2024); Screen Two (1992); Secret Agent (2000); Shergar (1999); Shout at the Devil (1976); Simon Magus (1999); Spinning Wheels (2002); Strangers with Candy (2005); Tales of the Unexpected (1982); The Advocate (1993); The Aviator (2004); The Bell (1982); The Bofors Gun (1968); The Borrowers (1992); The Browning Version (1985); The Cherry Orchard (1962); The Day After Tomorrow (2004); The Emperor's New Clothes (2001); The Fifth Element (1997); The Fixer (1968); The Frighteners (1972); The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012); The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014); The Holocaust on Trial (2000); The Homecoming (1973); The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000); The Lives of Benjamin Franklin (1974–1975); The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001); The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003); The Lost Boys (1978); The Madness of King George (1994); The Man from Haven (1972); The Man in the Iron Mask (1977); The Match (1999); The Miracle Maker (1999); The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science (2002); The Oscars (2021); The Power Game (1966); The Return of the Borrowers (1993); The Return of the Soldier (1982); The Sweet Hereafter (1997); The Tailor of Gloucester (1989); The Thief of Baghdad (1978); The Treatment (2006); The Wars of the Roses (1965–1966); The Wednesday Play (1970); The World About Us (1983); The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1993); Theatre Night (1961); Time Bandits (1981); Timewatch (1993); Treasures in Trust (1995); Waterbaby (2002); We, the Accused (1980); Wetherby (1985); Wisconsin Death Trip (1999); Young Winston (1972).

Born on this day – Silvia Pinal:

Silvia Pinal

Actress

Producer

September 12, 1931 – November 28, 2024

Credits:

70 Years the stars, shining together (2021); A Bob Hope Comedy Special (1966); Addict de Salsa (2009); Adiós, Mimí Pompón (1961); Adriana del Río, actress (1979); Adventures in Time (2001); Agent Macaw: Shaken & Stirred (2009); Alejandra Guzmán: The trajectory (2006); Love in Four Times (1955); Orange Blossoms for Your Wedding (1950); Bamba (1949); Bang Bang al Hoyo (1971); Good Night, New Year (1964); Corporal of Ovens (1956); Cachún cachún ra ra (1981); Cain, Abel and the Other (1971); Face de ángel (2000–2001); Charlotte: Love is... Veneno (1981); Mexican musical carousel (1964); Let's Celebrate Mexico: Made in Mexico (2005); Charleston (1959); Cinema 3 (2000); Cinema mil (2005); How There Are Shameless People (1972); When the children Pecan (1952); Cuando los hijos se van (1983); Care!... Women at work (2000); De película (1988); Derbez en cuando (1999); Right of admission (2006); Get undressed Lucrecia (1958); God forbid (1957); Divine Words (1978); Don Francis presents (2005); Doña Mariquita de mi corazón (1953); Two and two, five (1981); Eclipse (1984); The Love of María Isabel (1970); Love is not Ciego (1950); The Song of the Cicada (1980); El casto Susano (1954); The body of crime / Segment: La insatiable (1970); The awakening of the wolf (1970); The Scandalous Charm of Broken Egos (2024); The man I like (1958); The Innocent (1956); The Minute That Changed My Destiny (2016); The boy of his mother (1980); Laura's Sin (1949); The Doorman (1950); The privilege of amar (1999); The Master's Fist (1958); The Doll Seller (1955); School for married women (1949); Marriage Strategy (1966); Fire in the Blood (2008); Guns for San Sebastián (1968); Casaderas Daughters (1954); History of a mink coat (1955); Living History (2019); Historias engarzadas (2004–2006); Dangerous play / Segment: Divertimento (1967); The Adulteress (1956); The Sweet Enemy (1957); The Statue of Flesh (1951); The Great Illusion (2000); La guera Xóchitl (1971); The Sister Trinquete (1970); The Peak Hour (2002); The Mark of the Skunk (1950); The Fertile Memory (1986); The Golden Woman (1970); The Woman I Lost (1949); The incredible magazine by Silvia Pinal (1979); La soldadera (1966); The suspect (1955); Life Has Three Days (1955); Long Live Comedy (2005); The Locuras de Bárbara (1959); Lazos de amor (1995); Le cercle de minuit (1992); Them Échos du cinéma (1961); Locura pasional (1956); The Magnificent 5 (2007); The cacos (1972); Los caudillos (1968); Los cuervos están de luto (1965); The boyfriends (1971); Those Who Made Our Cinema (1983–1985); Luis Buñuel in the 60s (1984); Tomorrow is Spring (1982); María Isabel (1968); Maribel and the stranger family (1960); You bring me from a wing (1953); Memoria del cine mexicano (1993); Mexico De mis amores (1979); My Unknown Wife (1958); My husband has a family (2017–2019); My purpose is you (2018); My Three Merry Widows (1953); Woman of Midnight (1952); Woman, Real Life Cases (1985–2007); Female Murderers (2009); +Night (2020); Not very, very... not so, so... simply Tin Tan (2005); Ofelia Guilmáin... The Great Tragedy (2005); Pa'lante with Cristina (2004); Sin mortal (1955); Pedro Infante Lives (2007); Pedro Infante: La trayectoria (2008); Por ellas pero malpayen (1952); TV and Novelas Awards 2004 (2004); Awards TV y novelas 2007 (2007); Lend me your body (1958); Angelic Pubis (1982); Puppy-Go-Round (1996); Qué nos pasa (1985); Who (1973); Newlyweds... do not disturb (1951); Regarding Buñuel (2000); Resale of Slaves (1954); Revista de cine (1977); Secret de confesión (1971); Shark (1969); If You Came Back to Me (1954); Sí, mi vida (1953); Silvia Pinal behind the scenes (2019); Silvia Pinal... Frente a ti (2019); Silvia and Enrique (1973); Simon of the Desert (1965); Soy tu dueña (2010); Stuffed Butterflies (1978); T.A.P. Professional Actors Workshop (2013); Theatre of the crime (1957); The Exterminating Angel (1962); The Heart Is Never Wrong (2019); The King of the Neighborhood (1950); The Last Call (2013); The Last Script: Remembering Luis Buñuel (2008); The Loving Women (1953); Tiempo de amar (1987); Tin Tan (2010); After Nazarin: Following Nazarin (2015); Twenty-Four Hours of Pleasure (1969); Un Buñuel mexican (1997); A Stranger on the Staircase (1955); One Recuerdo Para Ellos de Gloria (2020); A Corner Near Heaven (1952); One Lucky Family (2011); A Family of Ten (2007–2021); A Galician dances mambo (1951); Una golfa (1958); A Woman Without a Shadow (2013); Uomini e Nobiluomini (1959); Video theaters: Véngan correr que les tengo un Muerto (1993); Vintage Model (1992); Viridiana (1961); Viva el amor (1958); XHDRbZ (2002); And now what? (1980); They don't make them like they used to (2003); Yo soy muy macho (1953).

On this day in movie history - Five Star Final (1931 movie & play):

Five Star Final

directed by Mervyn LeRoy,

written by Byron Morgan, Robert Lord,

based on the play Five Star Final by Louis Weitzenkorn,

released in the United States on September 10, 1931.
Music by Leo F. Forbstein, Vitaphone Orchestra.

Cast:

Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner, Anthony Bushell, George E. Stone, Frances Starr, Ona Munson, Boris Karloff, Aline MacMahon, Oscar Apfel, Purnell Pratt, Robert Elliott, James P. Burtis, Richard Carlyle, Frank Darien, James Donlan, Evelyn Hall, Gladys Lloyd, Arnold Lucy, Franklin Parker, William H. Strauss, David Torrence, Harold Waldridge, Polly Walters, Jack Wise.

Recommended reading:

Five Star Final

A Melodrama in Three Acts

Play by Louis Weitzenkorn.

Filmed as Five Star Final (1931), directed by Mervyn LeRoy.

ASIN: B000GDF9TI
Published by Samuel French.
First Edition.
Published 1931.
Hardcover.

Description:

Tabloid newspaper editor publishes a 20-year-old murder case to boost newspaper sales. A decision that leads to tragedy.

Born on this day – Mitzi Gaynor:

Mitzi Gaynor

Actress

Singer

Dancer

September 4, 1931 – October 17, 2024

Credits:

20 to 1 (2010); 2011 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2011); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); All About Alfred (1998); American Masters (2021); Anything Goes (1956); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Bing Crosby and Dean Martin Present High Hopes (1959); Biography (1999–2001); Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952); Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion (2024); Ça c'est l'amour (2003); Call the Midwife (2013); Cavalcade of Champions (1973); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2019); Danny Thomas Special: My Home Town (1966); Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952); Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe (2022); Ed Sullivan Presents: The Beatles (2003); Eye for an Eye (1996); For Love or Money (1963); Frank Sinatra: One More for the Road (2019); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); Funny You Never Knew (2019); George Jessel Show (1959); Golden Girl (1951); Good Morning America (2006); Happy Anniversary (1959); Hello: A Portrait of Leslie Phillips (2013); Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997); Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999); It's Your Health (1949); Les Girls (1957); Lykke og krone (1962); Marilyn (1963); Mia, a Dancer's Journey (2014); Mission: Impossible (1989); Mitzi & 100 Guys (1975); Mitzi (1968); Mitzi Gaynor: Impressions of the Fox Years (2007); Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years (2008); Mitzi... A Tribute to the American Housewife (1974); Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20's (1976); Mitzi... The First Time (1973); Mitzi... What's Hot, What's Not (1978); Mitzi... Zings Into Spring (1977); Mitzi's 2nd Special (1969); Monty and the Movies (2024); My Blue Heaven (1950); My Music: A Classic Christmas (2019); Out of My Dreams: Oscar Hammerstein II (2012); Passion, Prejudice and South Pacific: Creating an American Masterpiece (2009); Perry Como's Winter Show (1971); Red Carpet Report (2013); Reflets de Cannes (1956–1958); Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021); Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies (1996); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1969); So You Think You Can Dance Canada (2010); South Pacific (1958); Springtime in Greenland (1981); Surprise Package (1960); Take Care of My Little Girl (1951); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 16th Annual Satellite Awards (2011); The 1974 Annual Las Vegas Entertainment Awards (1974); The 24th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1972); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The Birds and the Bees (1956); The Bob Braun Show (1984); The Children of Lindos (1960); The Dick Clark Show (1960); The Donald O'Connor Show (1954–1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954–1964); The Fabulous Fox (2004); The Frank Sinatra Show (1959); The George Jessel Show (1953); The I Don't Care Girl (1953); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2012); The Jack Benny Hour (1959); The Joker Is Wild (1957); The Kraft Music Hall (1967); The Merv Griffin Show (1970); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1964); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1967–1977); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); This Is Your Life (1960); Three Young Texans (1954); Vancouver: Focus on Expo 86 (1986); Welcome to Woop Woop (1997); We're Not Married! (1952); Women He's Undressed (2015).

On this day in movie history - Murder at Midnight (1931):

Murder at Midnight

aka The Monster Kills,

directed by Frank R. Strayer,

written by Scott Darling,

was released in France on September 1, 1931.
Music by Val Burton.

Cast:

Aileen Pringle, Alice White, Hale Hamilton, Leslie Fenton, Brandon Hurst, Kenneth Thomson, Robert Elliott, Clara Blandick, William Humphrey, Tyrell Davis, Aileen Carlyle, Robert Ellis, Vernon Dent, Anita Garvin, Frank McLure, King Mojave, Tom Steele.

Born on this day – Marilyn Lovell:

Marilyn Lovell

Actress

August 27, 1931 – April 13, 2012

Credits:

Ghosts of Mississippi (1996); The Return of Count Yorga (1971); The Outsider (1969); Captain Nice (1967); The Farmer's Daughter (1965); The Munsters (1964); The Nut House!! (1964); Naked City (1962–1963); Route 66 (1963); Tightrope (1959); Stanley (1956).

Born on this day – Janice Rule:

Janice Rule

Actress

Psychotherapist

August 15, 1931 – October 17, 2003

Born on this day – William Goldman:

William Goldman

Writer

August 12, 1931 – November 16, 2018

Credits:

Books:

Absolute Power (1997); Adventures in the Screen Trade (1983); Blood Sweat and Stanley Poole (1962); Boys and Girls Together (1969); Brothers (1986); Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid (1969); Control (1982); Father's Day (1971); Five Screenplays with Essays (1984); Four Screenplays with Essays (1994); Heat / aka Edged Weapons (1985); Hype and Glory (1990); Magic (1976); Marathon Man (1974); No Way to Treat A Lady (1964); Soldier in the Rain (1963); The Best of All Possible Worlds (1980); The Big Picture (2000); The Color of Light (1984); The Great Waldo Pepper (1975); The Princess Bride (1973); The Season (1969); The Silent Gondoliers (1983); The Temple of Gold (1957); The Thing of It Is... (1967); Tinsel (1979); Wait Till Next Year (1988); Which Lie Did I Tell? (2000); Wigger (1974); Your Turn to Curtsy, My Turn to Bow (1958).

Movies and television:

5 Minutes (2018); A Bridge Too Far (1977); A Cinematic Life: The Art & Influence of Conrad Hall (2010); A Few Good Men (1992); Absolute Power (1997); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases (2005); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies (1998); All Aboard: Riding the Rails of American Film (1993); All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (2006); All the President's Men (1976); Amateur (2005); American Experience (2002); American Masters (2000); Animaniacs (2020–2023); Arena (2000); As You Wish: The Story of 'The Princess Bride' (2001); Be Water / 30 for 30 (2014); Biography (1995–2000); Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979); Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); Chaplin (1992); Charlie Rose (1997); Checkpoint Echo (2006); Da Vinci (1996); Dateline NBC (2006); Dolores Claiborne (1995); Dreamcatcher (2003); Fierce Creatures (1997); Film Genre (2002); Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006); Fry's Planet Word (2011); Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man' (2001); Good Will Hunting (1997); Harper (1966); HBO First Look (2003); Hearts in Atlantis (2001); Heat (1986); History vs. Hollywood (2001); Hollywood Insider (2021); Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020); Inside the Actors Studio (1994); Last Action Hero (1993); Magic (1978); Malice (1993); Marathon Man (1976); Masquerade (1965); Maverick (1994); Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992); Minty Comedic Arts (2019); Miracles and Mystery: Creating 'the Green Mile' (2006); Misery (1990); Misery Loves Company (2002); Movie Night Extravaganza (2022); Moving Pictures (1990); Mr. Horn (1979); NBA 100 Greatest Plays (1999); No Way to Treat a Lady (1968); On Location with 'Gunga Din' (2004); Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat (2006); Papillon (1973); Pierrot the Fool / Cannes Film Festival (1988); Richard Attenborough: A Life (2014); Screenwriters: Word Into Image (1982); Screenwriting for Dummies (2006); ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007); Soldier in the Rain (1963); Tales from the Script (2009); Talking Pictures (1988); TCM Remembers 2018 (2018); Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of 'All the President's Men' (2006); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 49th Annual Academy Awards (1977); The Chamber (1996); The Garden's Defining Moments (2015); The General's Daughter (1999); The Ghost and the Darkness (1996); The Gospel According to Bill (2010); The Great Waldo Pepper (1975); The Hot Rock (1972); The Human Face (2001); The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (1970); The Oscars (2019); The Princess Bride (1987 / 1999 / 2012); The Princess Bride Making Of (1987); The South Bank Show (1990–2009); The Stepford Wives (1975); The War of the Roses (1989); True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon - Entering the Zeitgeist (2012); Twins (1988); Under Suspicion (2000); Wild Card (2015); Year of the Comet (1992).

Born on this day – Umberto Lenzi:

Umberto Lenzi

Director

Writer

August 6, 1931 – October 19, 2017

Born on this day – Pat Heywood:

Pat Heywood

Actress

August 1, 1931 – June 26, 2024

Credits:

10 Rillington Place (1971); 2nd House (1975); All the Way Up (1970); Another Bouquet (1977); Arcadia (1990); Armchair Theatre (1972–1973); Arms and the Man (1983); Battle of Britain (1969); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1961); BBC2 Play of the Week (1978); BBC2 Playhouse (1980); Between the Wars (1973); Centre Play (1975); Christabel (1988); Cottage to Let (1977); Couples (1976); Crown Court (1973–1978); December Flower (1984); Every Breath You Take (1988); First and Last (1989); Function Room (1985); Getting It Right (1989); Girly (1970); Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969); Hammer House of Horror (1980); Hazell (1978); I Thought You'd Gone (1984); Inspector Morse (1991); ITV Playhouse (1970–1980); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1971–1973); Lucky Feller (1976); Marks / Objects of Affection (1982); Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1973); Play for Today (1984); Public Eye (1972); Romeo and Juliet (1968); Root Into Europe (1992); Screen Two (1987); Seeing and Believing (1964); Six Days of Justice (1972); Sporting Scenes (1973); Staircase (1969); Storia di una capinera (1993); Summer Season (1985); The Best Things in Life (1969); The Castiglioni Brothers (1958); The Children of the New Forest (1964); The Collection (1976); The Foundation (1977); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963); The Main Chance (1970); The Nelson Affair (1973); The Problem of Mary Winshaw (1962); The Secret Garden (1987); The Teen-Age Lovers of Verona / Romeo & Juliet (1968); The Train Now Standing (1972); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1972); Too Much Monkey Business (1974); Village Hall (1974); Weekend Playhouse (1984); Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972); Wish You Were Here (1987); Within These Walls (1975); Wuthering Heights (1978); Young Toscanini (1988); Young Winston (1972).

Born on this day – Darryl Hickman:

Darryl Hickman

Actor

Writer

Television executive

Acting coach

July 28, 1931 – May 22, 2024

Credits:

87th Precinct (1961); A Kiss for Corliss (1949); A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988); A Year at the Top (1977); ABC's Nightlife (1965); Aftermath: A Test of Love (1991); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957); Alias Nick Beal (1949); All in the Family (1978); And Now Tomorrow (1944); Annie Oakley (1954); Any Number Can Play (1949); Assignment in Brittany (1943); Baywatch (1996); Beauty and the Beast (1987); Better Living TV Theatre (1953); Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1953); Big Town Scandal (1948); Black Gold (1947); Boogie Woogie (1945); Boys' Ranch (1946); Call My Bluff (1965); Captain Eddie (1945); CBS Daytime 90 (1973); Century of Cinema (1995); Challenge of the GoBots (1984–1985); Chris Olsen - The Boy Who Cried (2016); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007); Climax! (1957); Coffins on Wheels (1941); Criminal Lawyer (1951); Crossroads - U.S.A. (1952); D.A.R.E. Yogi Bear (1989); Dangerous Years (1947); David and Goliath (1986); Destination Gobi (1953); Dr. Kildare (1965); Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe (2022); Emergency Squad (1940); Fighting Father Dunne (1948); Final Warning (1977); Footlights Theater (1953); General Electric Theater (1957–1958); Get the Message (1964); Glamour Boy (1941); GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords (1986); Going to Press (1942); Good Old Days (1966); Gunsmoke (1959); Hawaiian Eye (1961); Heart Burn (1942); Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout (1944); Here's Hollywood (1961); High School U.S.A. (1983); If I Were King (1938); Inside Harvester (1952); Insight (1961); Island in the Sky (1953); Jackass Mail (1942); Joe Smith, American (1942); Johnny Shiloh (1963); Jonah (1992); Joseph and His Brothers (1990); Keeper of the Flame (1942); Kiss and Tell (1945); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1961); Leave Her to Heaven (1945); Lightning Strikes Twice (1951); Looker (1981); Love of Life (1975–1977); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Uncoupled Couple (1970); Many Rivers to Cross (1955); Margaret O'Brien in When We Were Young...: Growing Up on the Silver Screen (1989); Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986); Mark Saber (1952); Matinee Theatre (1956–1958); Maude (1977); Meet Me in St. Louis (1944); Men of Annapolis (1957–1958); Men of Boys Town (1941); Missing Links (1964); Mob Town (1941); Mystery Sea Raider (1940); Network (1976); New York Television Theatre (1967); Northwest Rangers (1942); Our Gang Follies of 1938 (1937); Pac-Man (1983); Panic! (1957); Perry Mason (1957); Playhouse 90 (1957–1958); Pole Position (1984); Prairie Law (1940); Prisoner of War (1954); Private Screenings (2006); Private Screenings (2006–2014); Public Defender (1954); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950); Pursuit (1958); Queen Esther (1992); Rawhide (1961–1962); Rhapsody in Blue (1945); Ricochet Romance (1954); Salty O'Rourke (1945); Schlitz Playhouse (1954); Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1983); Scream for Your Lives! William Castle and 'the Tingler' (1999); Sea of Lost Ships (1953); Second Final Warning (1978); Sharky's Machine (1981); Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling (1993); Sign of the Wolf (1941); Sky Commanders (1987); Sky King (1952); Snap Judgment (1967); Sneak Preview (1956); Southwest Passage (1954); Space Stars (1981); Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007); Studio One (1958); Submarine Command (1951); Super Friends (1985); Superman (1988); Tab Hunter Confidential (2015); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959); Tattletales (1976); TCM Remembers 2024 (2024); Tea and Sympathy (1956); The Ad (2009); The Americans (1961); The Biskitts (1983); The Detectives (1960); The Devil on Wheels (1947); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The Easter Story (1989); The Farmer's Daughter (1940); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (1985–1992); The Happy Years (1950); The Human Comedy (1943); The Iron Sheriff (1957); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1957); The Lone Ranger (1951–1953); The Loretta Young Show (1961); The Magical World of Disney (1959–1963); The Man and the Challenge (1960); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959–1960); The Match Game (1965–1966); The Millionaire (1959); The Miracles of Jesus (1991); The Nanny (1997–1999); The New Adventures of Jonny Quest (1986–1987); The Persuader (1957); The Prisoner of Zenda (1937); The Range Rider (1952); The Sainted Sisters (1948); The Set-Up (1949); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); The Star Maker (1939); The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946); The Tingler (1959); The Tragedy of King Lear (1982); The Untouchables (1959–1962); The Way of All Flesh (1940); Three Cheers for Love (1936); Two Years Before the Mast (1946); Untamed (1940); Vacation Playhouse (1963–1966); Vic (2011); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959); Waterfront (1954); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958); Westinghouse Preview Theatre (1961); What's My Line? (1968); Whirlybirds (1957–1959); Whiz Kids (1983); Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995); Wildfire (1986); World in White (1957); You Don't Say (1964–1966); Young America (1942); Young People (1940).

Born on this day – Clive Cussler:

Clive Cussler

Writer

Actor

Underwater explorer

July 15, 1931 – February 24, 2020

Credits:

Books:

Arctic Drift (2008); Atlantis Found (1999); Black Wind (2004); Blue Gold (2000); Built for Adventure (2011); Built to Thrill (2016); Celtic Empire (2019); Condor's Fury (2023); Corsair (2009); Crescent Dawn (2010); Cyclops (1985); Dark Vector (2022); Dark Watch (2005); Deep Six (1984); Desolation Code (2024); Devil's Gate (2011); Dirk Pitt Revealed (1998); Dragon (1990); Fast Ice (2021); Final Option (2019); Fire Ice (2002); Fire Strike (2023); Flood Tide (1997); Ghost Ship (2014); Ghost Soldier (2024); Golden Buddha (2003); Havana Storm (2014); Hellburner (2022); Iceberg (1975); Inca Gold (1991); Journey of the Pharaohs (2020); Lost City (2004); Lost Empire (2010); Marauder (2020); Medusa (2009); Mirage (2012); Night Probe! (1981); Nighthawk (2017); Odessa Sea (2016); Pacific Vortex! (1983); Piranha (2015); Pirate (2016); Plague Ship (2008); Polar Shift (2005); Poseidon's Arrow (2012); Raise the Titanic! (1976); Sacred Stone (2004); Sahara (1992); Sea of Greed (2018); Serpent (1999); Shadow Tyrants (2018); Shock Wave (1995); Skeleton Coast (2006); Spartan Gold (2009); The Adventures of Hotsy Totsy (2010); The Adventures of Vin Fiz (2006); The Assassin (2013); The Bootlegger (2014); The Chase (2007); The Corsican Shadow (2023); The Cutthroat (2017); The Devil's Sea (2021); The Emperor's Revenge (2016); The Eye of Heaven (2014); The Gangster (2016); The Gray Ghost (2018); The Heist (2024); The Jungle (2011); The Kingdom (2011); The Mayan Secrets (2013); The Mediterranean Caper / aka Mayday! (1973); The Navigator (2007); The Oracle (2019); The Pharaoh's Secret (2015); The Race (2011); The Rising Sea (2018); The Romanov Ransom (2017); The Saboteurs (2020); The Sea Hunters (1994); The Sea Hunters II (2002); The Sea Wolves (2022); The Serpent's Eye (2023); The Silent Sea (2010); The Solomon Curse (2015); The Spy (2010); The Storm (2012); The Striker (2013); Suspense Magazine, April 2010 (2010); The Thief (2012); The Titanic Secret (2018); The Tombs (2012); The Treasure of Khan (2006); The Wrecker (2009); Thriller 2 (2009); Thriller 2.1 (2016); Thriller 2.3 (2016); Treasure (1988); Trojan Odyssey (2003); Typhoon Fury (2017); Valhalla Rising (2001); Vixen 03 (1976); White Death (2003); Wrath of Poseidon (2020); Zero Hour (2013).

Movies and television:

History's Mysteries (2000); Raise the Titanic (1980); Raising the Hunley (2001); Read All About It (1978); Sahara (2005); Sunk on Christmas Eve (2001); The Criminal Calendar (1997); The Dennis Miller Show (1992); The Sea Hunters (2002); Today (1986).

Born on this day – Alice Munro:

Alice Munro

Writer

July 10, 1931 – May 13, 2024

Credits:

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013.

Books:

40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology (2000); A Wilderness Station (2015); Among Sisters: Short Stories by Women Writers (1989); Away from Her (2007); Carried Away (2006); Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (2005); Dance of the Happy Shades (1968); Dear Life (2012); Dreams And Nightmares: At Bay Press Fiction Annual (2016); Every Father's Daughter (2015); Family Furnishings (2014); Fathers: A Literary Anthology (2011); Finding the Words (2011); First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994); Friend of My Youth (1990); From Ink Lake (1990); Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (2001); Identity And Self Respect (1952); Julieta (2016); Lives of Girls and Women (1971); Lying Under the Apple Tree (2014); My Best Stories (2009); New Selected Stories (2011); No Love Lost (2003); Open Secrets (1994); PEN America Issue 4: Fact/Fiction (2002); Points of View (1956); Queenie (1999); Runaway (2004); Selected Shorts (1993); Selected Stories (1996); Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You (1974); Stories for Christmas and the Festive Season (2022); Stories to Get You Through the Night (2010); That Glimpse of Truth (2014); The Beggar Maid (1977); The Best American Mystery Stories 2009 (2009); The Best American Short Stories 1991 (1991); The Best American Short Stories 2001 (2001); The Best American Short Stories 2012 (2012); The Best American Short Stories of the Century (2000); The Eloquent Short Story: An Anthology of Narrative Styles (2004); The Faber Book of Contemporary Canadian Short Stories (1990); The Literary Traveller (1994); The Love of a Good Woman (1998); The Minerva Book of Short Stories 3 (1991); The Moons of Jupiter (1983); The O. Henry Prize Stories 2013 (2013); The Office (2015); The Progress of Love (1985); The Scotiabank Giller Prize 15 Years: An Anthology of Prize-Winning Canadian Fiction (2008); The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction (1999); Too Much Happiness (2009); View From Castle Rock (2006); Vintage Munro (2004); Who Do You Think You Are? (1977); Woman: An Anthology (2014); Women and Fiction (1975); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018).

Movies and television:

Away from Her (2006); Baptizing (1975); Boys and Girls (1983); Canaan (2008); Connection (1986); Cover to Cover (1987); Edge of Madness (2002); Hateship Loveship (2013); Juliet (2019); Julieta (2016); Lives of Girls & Women (1996); Nobelstudion (2013); The Newcomers (1977); The Ottawa Valley (1974); The Play's the Thing (1974); To See Ourselves (1971–1973); Turning Pages: The Life and Literature of Margaret Atwood (2007).

Born on this day – Magali Noël:

Magali Noël

Actress, Singer

June 27, 1931 – June 23, 2015

Credits:

A qualcuna piace calvo (1960); Absolument cinema (2001); Acteur studio (1987); All the Other Girls Do! (1964); Amarcord (1973); Amarcord de Federico (2004); Astragal (1968); Boris Vian, swing à Saint-Germain des Prés (2010); Boulevard (1960); Ça n’arrive qu’aux vivants (1959); Cabaret du soir (1958); Café Picouly (2009); Caroline and the Rebels (1955); Ce soir (ou jamais!) (2009); Champs-Elysées (1983–1990); Ciao, Federico! (1970); Cinépanorama (1960); Comme avant, mieux qu’avant (1972); Comment ne pas épouser un milliardaire (1966); Crimes et jardins (1991); Dans la gueule du loup (1961); Demain nous divorçons (1951); Dernier tiercé (1965); Destination Fury (1961); Deux de l’escadrille (1953); Diesel (1985); Discorama (1961); Donnarumma all’assalto (1972); Doris (1956); Du côté de chez Fred (1988); È arrivata la parigina (1958); École des vedettes (1961); Edipeon (1970); Elena and Her Men (1956); Exit-exil (1986); Fellini dice... (2006); Fellini Satyricon (1969); Fidelity (2000); Gastone (1960); Gioventù di notte (1961); Il prete sposato (1970); J’avais 15 ans (2008); Jean-Christophe (1978); La banca di Monate (1976); La chance aux chansons (1985); La corde au cou (1965); La dama de Beirut (1965); La derelitta / Cinéma 16 (1982–1986); La Dolce Vita (1960); La nuit de l’éclusier (1989); La ragazza in vetrina (1961); La source des Sarrazins (2002); La traite des blanches (1965); Le belve (1971); Le chemin perdu (1980); Le dernier des cinq (1974); Le dernier fils (1998); Le désir mène les hommes (1957); Le mas Théotime (1969); Le miroir à trois faces: Carmen (1965); Le mois le plus beau (1968); Le palmarès des chansons (1965); Le p’tit vient vite (1972); Le Sahara brûle (1961); Legge di guerra (1961); Les bottes rouges (1985); Les coeurs brûlés (1992); Les dossiers de l’écran (1980); Les héritiers (1997); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1978–1980); Les trois Henry (1962); L’histoire du samedi (1999); L’invité (2009–2011); Lovers and Thieves (1956); Lundi noir (1989); Mardi cinema (1985); Marie of the Isles (1959); Midi Trente (1972); Mille Bravo (1990); Monsieur Cinéma (1980); Mourez, nous ferons le reste (1954); Murder Party (1961); Musique and Music (1977); No Escape (1958); Noi che abbiamo fatto la dolce vita (2009); Noi siamo due evasi (1959); Noi siamo due evasi (1959); Numéro un (1976); O.S.S. 117 n’est pas mort (1957); Oh! Qué mambo (1959); Paolo Barca, maestro elementare, praticamente nudista (1975); Passing show (1964); Passionate Summer (1956); Pentimento (1989); Querido cabaret (1991); Qu’est-ce qui fait courir David? (1982); Queste pazze pazze donne (1964); Racconti proibiti... di niente vestiti (1972); Razzia (1955); Regina Coeli (2000); Requiem pour un caïd (1964); Rififi (1955); Saint Laurent (2014); Samedi soir (1971); Season for Assassins (1975); Seul dans Paris (1951); Si le roi savait ça (1958); Stato interessante (1977); Sur les traces de Fellini (2013); Système 2 (1976); Temptation (1959); The Accident (1963); The Confessions of Felix Krull (1982); The Death Eye of Ceylon (1963); The Death of Mario Ricci (1983); The Eighties (1983); The Golem (1967); The Grand Maneuver (1955); The Lowest Crime (1955); The Lustful Vicar (1970); The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1970); The Meetings of Anna (1978); The Ray Bradbury Theater (1988); The Road to Shame (1959); The Secret Mark of D’Artagnan (1962); The Truth About Charlie (2002); The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars (1964); Totò e Cleopatra (1963); Toute la chanson (1960); Transit (1982); Trente-Six Chandelles (1957); Tropic of Cancer (1970); Un pas dans la forêt (1980); Upshaw (1967); Vertiges (1985); Z (1969); Zoom su Fellini (1983).

Born on this day – James Tolkan:

James Tolkan

Actor

June 20, 1931 – March 26, 2026

Credits:

A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001–2002); ABC News Breakfast (2025); Abduction (1975); America Undercover (1990); American Playhouse (1983); Armed and Dangerous (1986); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1962); Author! Author! (1982); Back in Time (2015); Back to the Future (1985); Back to the Future Part II (1989); Back to the Future Part III (1990); Back to the Future Part III: Deleted Scene (2011); Beyond Betrayal (1994); Bloodfist IV: Die Trying (1992); Boiling Point (1993); Bone Tomahawk (2015); BTTF Project 85: The Back to the Future Fan Remake (2020); CBS Saturday Morning (2026); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2010); Cobra (1993–1994); Contrast of Evil (2013); Dick Tracy (1990); Do the Guilty Go Free? (1988); Driving Me Crazy (1991); Early Edition (1996); Expedition: Back to the Future (2021); Family Business (1989); Fan des années 80 (2010); Guns: A Day in the Death of America (1990); Hangfire (1991); Hanky Panky (1982); Heavens Fall (2006); Hill Street Blues (1985); Iceman (1984); Independence (1976); Leap of Faith (1988); Leverage (2011); Looking Back at the Future (2006); Looking Back to the Future (2009); Love and Death (1975); Love in Ambush (1997); Made in Heaven (1987); Mary (1985–1986); Masters of the Universe (1987); Metro Cafe (1994); Miami Vice (1987); Ministry of Vengeance (1989); N.Y.P.D. (1969); Naked City (1960); Nightmares / Segment: The Bishop of Battle (1983); Nowhere Man (1996); Off Beat (1986); Opportunity Knocks (1990); Ourstory (1975); Phil Spector (2013); Prince of the City (1981); Prince of the City: The Real Story (2007); Problem Child 2 (1991); Remington Steele (1985–1987); River of Stone (1994); Robo Warriors (1996); Second Sight (1989); Serpico (1973); Seven Times Lucky (2004); Sketch Artist (1992); Sketch Artist II: Hands That See (1995); Split Decisions (1988); Stiletto (1969); Sunset Beat (1990); Tales from the Crypt (1991); Tales from the Future (2010); Tequila and Bonetti (1992); The Amityville Horror (1979); The Case of the Hillside Stranglers (1989); The Equalizer (1989); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990); The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973); The Hat Squad (1992–1993); The Magical World of Disney (1986); The Mind Reels (2013); The Pretender (1997); The River (1984); The Three Sisters (1966); The Werewolf of Washington (1973); The Wonder Years (1993); They Might Be Giants (1971); Tom Wilson: Humbly Super Famous (2024); Top Gun (1986); Top Gun: Fire at Will (1996); True Blood (1989); Turk 182 (1985); Underworld (1996); Val (2021); Viper (1988); Walls of Glass (1985); WarGames (1983); Weekend War (1988); Welcome to the Basement (2015); Wings: Thrill of Flight (1999); Wolfen (1981).

Born on this day – Olympia Dukakis:

Olympia Dukakis

Actress

June 20, 1931 – May 1, 2021

Born on this day – Joe Santos:

Joe Santos

Actor

June 9, 1931 – March 18, 2016

Credits:

A Knife for the Ladies (1974); A Matter of Wife... and Death (1975); a.k.a. Pablo (1984); Adderly (1987); Art Deco Detective (1994); Bakersfield P.D. (1993); Baretta (1975); Barnaby Jones (1974); Beverly Hills Brats (1989); Beyond Suspicion (2000); Black Sheep Squadron (1978); Blade (1973); Blue Thunder (1983); Carol for Another Christmas (1964); Chronic (2015); Cover Up (1984); David Cassidy - Man Undercover (1978); Deadline: Madrid (1988); Deadly Desire (1991); Eischied (1979); Fear City (1984); Flesh and Lace (1965); Good Cops, Bad Cops (1990); Hammerlock (2000); Hardcastle and McCormick (1985–1986); Hill Street Blues (1984); Hunter (1984–1990); Jessie (1984); Joe Forrester (1976); Kung Fu (1975); Likely Stories, Vol. 2 (1983); Lou Grant (1977); MacGyver (1986–1987); Magnum, P.I. (1986–1988); Masquerade (1984); Match Game (1978–1979); Match Game / Hollywood Squares Hour (1984); Match Game PM (1979–1980); Me and Maxx (1980); Miami Vice (1988); Mindreaders (1979); Mo' Money (1992); Moonlighting Wives (1966); Murder, She Wrote (1987–1988); My Body Hungers (1967); Naked City (1963); Nightside (1973); NYPD Blue (1993); Police Story (1974–1978); Power (1980); Proximity (2001); Quantum Leap (1989); Remington Steele (1984); Revenge (1990); Room 222 (1972); Santa Barbara (1990); Shaft's Big Score! (1972); Shamus (1973); Sinatra (1992); Suburban Beat (1985); Superior Court (1986–1990); T.J. Hooker (1985); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The A-Team (1984); The Blue Knight (1973); The Detective (1968); The Don Is Dead (1973); The Education of Allison Tate (1986); The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973); The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971); The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974); The Greatest American Hero (1983); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1980); The Hustler of Muscle Beach (1980); The Last Boy Scout (1991); The Man from Elysian Fields (2001); The Old Man and the Sea (1990); The Panic in Needle Park (1971); The Postman (1997); The Ratings Game (1984); The Right Way (1998); The Rockford Files (1974–1980); The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise (1995); The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play (1996); The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best (1996); The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. (1994); The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads (1999); The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... (1996); The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime (1996); The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda (1997); The Selling of Vince D'Angelo (1983); The Sopranos (2004); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); The Tiger Makes Out (1967); The Twilight Zone / Segment: The Library (1986); Toma (1973); Trapper John, M.D. (1982); Trial by Jury (1994); Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures (1964); Wendy Hooper, U.S. Army (1981); Zandy's Bride (1974).

Born on this day – Dana Wynter:

Dana Wynter

Actress

June 8, 1931 – May 5, 2011

Born on this day – Joan Marshall:

Joan Marshall

Actress

Producer

June 6, 1931 – June 28, 1992

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1960–1962); A Star Is Born (1976); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alcoa Theatre (1957); Bat Masterson (1958); Biography (1999–2003); Bold Venture (1959); Bonanza (1967); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Bronco (1960–1961); Dante (1960–1961); Dr. Kildare (1966); Follow the Sun (1962); Gunsmoke (1962); Gypsy (1967); Hal (2018); Harbor Command (1958); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958); Hawaiian Eye (1960–1963); Hennesey (1960); Here's Hollywood (1962); Highway Patrol (1958); Homicidal (1961); I Spy (1967); Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century (2004); Laredo (1966); Lawman (1960); Live Fast, Die Young (1958); Looking for Love (1964); M Squad (1960); Maverick (1958–1961); Men Into Space (1960); Michael Shayne (1961); Mike Hammer (1958); Paris Is Gay Again (1944); Petticoat Junction (1964); Shampoo (1975); Star Trek (1967); Sunday Night Live (1984); Surfside 6 (1960–1962); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); Tammy and the Doctor (1963); Target (1958); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The Chicago Kid (1945); The Detectives (1961); The F.B.I. (1965); The Great Sex War (1969); The Greatest Show You Never Saw (1996); The Happiest Millionaire (1967); The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968); The Jack Benny Program (1963–1964); The Landlord (1970); The Magical World of Disney (1971); The Millionaire (1958); The Munsters (1964); The Road West (1967); The Roaring 20's (1961); The Rough Riders (1958); The Twilight Zone (1962); Tombstone Territory (1958).