Born on this day – William Smith:

William Smith

Actor

March 24, 1933 – July 5, 2021

Born on this day – Richard Williams:

Richard Williams

Animator

Voice actor

Director

Writer

March 19, 1933 – August 16, 2019

Born on this day – Myrna Fahey:

Myrna Fahey

Actress

March 12, 1933 – May 6, 1973

Credits:

The Great American Beauty Contest (1973); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971); Monty Nash (1971); Peyton Place (1969); Rango (1967); The Time Tunnel (1967); Batman (1966); Perry Mason (1960–1966); Laredo (1965); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964–1965); Daniel Boone (1965); The Reporter (1964); Wagon Train (1960–1964); Hawaiian Eye (1959–1963); 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1963); Laramie (1962); Here's Hollywood (1962); Father of the Bride (1961–1962); The Hour of St. Francis (1962); Man on the Beach (1961); Surfside 6 (1960–1961); Straightaway (1961); Acapulco (1961); Checkmate (1961); The Americans (1961); Thriller (1960); Bonanza (1960); Maverick (1959–1960); House of Usher (1960); The Alaskans (1960); Bachelor Father (1960); Overland Trail (1960); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959); The Story on Page One (1959); Face of a Fugitive (1959); Death Valley Days (1959); Colt .45 (1959); Imitation of Life (1959); The Ed Wynn Show (1958–1959); The Gray Ghost (1958); Flight (1958); The Light in the Forest (1958); Zorro (1958); Adventures of Superman (1958); Gunsmoke (1958); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1958); Harbor Command (1958); Matinee Theatre (1957); Jeanne Eagels (1957); Loving You (1957); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1957); West Point (1957); I Died a Thousand Times (1955); Warner Brothers Presents (1955); Kings Row (1955); Cavalcade of America (1954).

Born on this day – Bob Rafelson:

Bob Rafelson

Director

Writer

Producer

February 21, 1933 – July 23, 2022

Recommended reading - Some Must Watch, by Ethel Lina White (1933):

Some Must Watch

By Ethel Lina White.

Filmed as The Spiral Staircase (1946), directed by Robert Siodmak.

Paperback.

Published by Hinkler Books.

First published 1933.

ISBN 13: 9781743081167

ISBN10: 1743081162

ASIN: 1743081162

Description:

Film director Robert Siodmak took Some Must Watch as the inspiration for his classic, bone-chilling thriller, The Spiral Staircase. In this novel Helen Capel takes the position of lady-help in a remote country house owned by the Warren family. She learns that a murderer is on the loose. All four of his victims were young girls, and the last of these was strangled in a lonely house just five miles away. Helen feels safe inside the house, protected, but the maniac is closer than she fears.

Born on this day – Mary Ure:

Mary Ure

Actress

February 18, 1933 – April 3, 1975

Credits:

The Exorcism (1975); Love for Love (1974); The Wide World of Mystery (1974); ITV Play of the Week (1956–1974); Success Story (1974); Ironside (1973); A Reflection of Fear (1972); The Ten Commandments (1971); Old Times (1971); The David Frost Show (1971); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971); Where Eagles Dare (1968); On Location: Where Eagles Dare (1968); Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! (1967); Custer of the West (1967); The Filming of the Battle of the Bulge (1965); The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964); The Respectful Prostitute (1964); The Mind Benders (1963); The Changeling (1961); Sons and Lovers (1960); Duel of Angels (1960); Othello (1959); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959); Look Back in Anger (1959); Omnibus (1958); Jack Hylton's Monday Show (1958); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1956 (1957); Look Back in Anger (1957); Windom's Way (1957); A View from the Bridge (1956); Storm Over the Nile (1955); Hamlet (1955); Time Remembered (1954).

Born on this day – Ron Faber:

Ron Faber

Actor

February 16, 1933 – March 26, 2023

Credits:

Back to Me (2008); Hope & Faith (2004); Third Watch (2000); Calling Bobcat (2000); Law & Order (1991–1998); Romeo Is Bleeding (1993); Navy Seals (1990); The Edge of Night (1983); Running Out (1983); Soup for One (1982); Bill (1981); Hardhat and Legs (1980); On the Yard (1978); The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977); Kojak (1977); The American Parade (1976); L'arbre de Guernica (1975); The Exorcist (1973).

Born on this day – Emily Banks:

Emily Banks

Actress

January 23, 1933 – September 17, 2023

Credits:

Airwolf (1986); Bewitched (1972); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Cowboy in Africa (1967); Death Valley Days (1969); Dragnet 1967 (1969); Fantasy Island (1980); Gunfight in Abilene (1967); Hell's Bloody Devils (1970); Highway to Heaven (1985); Knight Rider (1984); Live a Little, Love a Little (1968); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Hypnotist (1970); Mannix (1968–1971); Mr. Terrific (1967); Say When! (1961); Simon & Simon (1985); Star Trek (1966); Starring Adam West (2013); The Check Is in the Mail... (1986); The Plainsman (1966); The Tim Conway Show (1970); The Wild Wild West (1968); When Hell Was in Session (1979).

Born on this day – Chita Rivera:

Chita Rivera

Actress

Singer

Dancer

January 23, 1933 – January 30, 2024

Credits:

Chicago (2002); De Mike Burstyn show (1979); Dinah! (1975); Dora the Explorer (2004–2019); Gala of Stars 1984 (1984); General Motors 50th Anniversary Show (1957); Great Performances (1985–2004); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1997); Johnny and the Sprites (2008); Kalamazoo? (2006); Max Liebman Presents: The Maurice Chevalier Show (1956); Mayflower Madam (1987); Once Upon a Brothers Grimm (1977); One Life to Live (1968); Pippin: His Life and Times (1982); Sammy and Company (1975); Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell (1975); Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978); So You Think You Can Dance (2013); So You Think You Can Dance Canada (2011); Stephen Fry in America (2008); Still Waiting in the Wings (2018); Strawberry Ice (1982); Submissions Only (2011); Sweet Charity (1969); That's Dancing! (1985); The 38th Annual Tony Awards (1984); The 39th Annual Tony Awards (1985); The 40th Annual Tony Awards (1986); The 41st Annual Tony Awards (1987); The 47th Annual Tony Awards (1993); The 69th Annual Tony Awards (2015); The Carol Burnett Show (1971); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958); The Ed Sullivan Show (1960); The Entertainers (1965); The George Burns Special (1976); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2010); The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1976); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1973–1974); The Outer Limits (1964); Think Like a Man Too (2014); tick, tick... BOOM! (2021); Will & Grace (2005).

Born on this day – Lonnie Brooks:

Lonnie Brooks

Blues singer

Guitarist

Writer

December 18, 1933 – April 1, 2017

Born on this day – Philip R. Craig:

Philip R. Craig

Writer

December 10, 1933 – May 8, 2007

Credits:

(including titles with/by William G. Tapply):

A Beautiful Place to Die (1989); The Woman Who Walked Into the Sea / Death in Vineyard Waters (1991); The Double Minded Men / Vineyard Deceit (1992); Cliff Hanger / Vineyard Fear (1993); Off Season (1994); A Case of Vineyard Poison (1995); Death on a Vineyard Beach (1996); A Deadly Vineyard Holiday (1997); A Shoot on Martha's Vineyard (1998); A Fatal Vineyard Season (1999); Vineyard Blues (2000); Vineyard Shadows (2001); Vineyard Enigma (2002); A Vineyard Killing (2003); Murder at a Vineyard Mansion (2004); Vineyard Prey (2005); Dead in Vineyard Sand (2006); Vineyard Stalker (2007); Vineyard Chill (2008); First Light (2001); Second Sight (2004); Third Strike (2007); Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn (1969); Delish! (2006); Death at Charity's Point (1984); The Dutch Blue Error (1984); Follow the Sharks (1985); The Marine Corpse / A Rodent of Doubt (1986); Dead Meat (1987); The Vulgar Boatman (1987); A Void in Hearts (1988); Dead Winter (1989); Client Privilege (1990); The Spotted Cats (1991); Tight Lines (1992); The Snake Eater (1993); The Seventh Enemy (1995); Close to the Bone (1996); Cutter's Run (1998); Muscle Memory (1999); Scar Tissue (2000); Past Tense (2001); A Fine Line (2002); Shadow of Death (2003); Nervous Water (2005); Out Cold (2006); One-Way Ticket (2007); Hell Bent (2008); Outwitting Trolls (2010).

Born on this day – Jan Haag:

Jan Haag

Filmmaker

Artist

Writer

December 6, 1933 – April 29, 2024

Credits:

Founded the Directing Workshop for Women at the American Film Institute (AFI) in 1974.

Artist known for needlepoint canvases and poetry.

Written work:

A Wedding in Mahabaleshwar, included in Travelers' Tales India (2009); Ascesis (2014); Birds Migrate At Night; Companion Spirit (2006); Haag, Jan (2014). Indra's Net II (2002); No Palms; The 1996 Poems (2011); The 2011 Poems (2011); The Devayani Poems; The Jaipur Sequence; There You Are, included in Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It (2016).

Movie:

Sudden Slaughter - Knochenwald 3 (2008).

Born on this day – Hope Lange:

Hope Lange

Actress

November 28, 1933 – December 19, 2003

Born on this day – Johanna von Koczian:

Johanna von Koczian

Actress

Writer

October 30, 1933 – February 10, 2024

Born on this day – William Harrison:

William Harrison

Writer

October 29, 1933 – October 22, 2013

Credits:

In a Wild Sanctuary (1975); Rollerball (1975); Savannah Blue (1981); Burton and Speke (1982); Three Hunters (1989); The Blood Latitudes (2000); Black August (2012); Roller Ball Murder (1975); The Buddha in Malibu (1998); Texas Heat (2005); The Mutations of Rollerball (2010); Best SF: 1974 (aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 8) (1975); Roller Ball Murder [short story] (1973).

Movies and television:

A Shining Season (1979); Fighting Mad (1976); Mountains of the Moon (1990); Return to the Arena: The Making of 'Rollerball' (2000); Rollerball (1975 / 2002); The Blue and the Gray (1982); Welcome to Paradox (1998).

On this day in movie history - The Kennel Murder Case (1933):

The Kennel Murder Case

directed by Michael Curtiz,

written by Robert Presnell, Robert N. Lee and Peter Milne,

based on the novel by S.S. Van Dine,

was released in the United States on October 28, 1933.

Music by Bernhard Kaun.

Cast:

William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette, Ralph Morgan, Robert McWade, Robert Barrat, Frank Conroy, Etienne Girardot, Paul Cavanagh, James Lee, Arthur Hohl, Helen Vinson, Jack La Rue, Harry Allen, Wade Boteler, George Chandler, Spencer Charters, Leo White.

Recommended reading - The Kennel Murder Case (1933):

The Kennel Murder Case

By S.S. Van Dine.

First published 1933.

Published by Scribner Paper Fiction

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0684182483

ISBN-13: 978-0684182483

Description:

Vance, an independently wealthy college educator, amateur detective, uses his deductive skills and psychological knowledge to help his friend New York County Attorney solve the murder of Archer Coe. At first, he thought of suicide when Coe's body was found in a room locked from the inside with all the windows closed. As usual, the action takes place in New York. Vance's methods are unconventional and run counter to the more stringent police investigation methods and legal requirements of a lawyer.

Given all the rich people getting bumped off in Philo Vance's Manhattan, it's amazing there are enough left to support the symphony. Latest up: Arthur Coe, found dead in his own locked bedroom. Suicide? The ever-perceptive Philo doesn't buy that theory for a second. The presence in Coe's house of a strange, prize-winning terrier only adds to the mystery, although Philo's fabulously in-depth knowledge of dogs does not in fact solve the crime; his fabulously in-depth knowledge of the murder of the Empress Elizabeth of Austria in 1898 proves much more useful.

Praise for the Philo Vance series:

“With his highbrow manner and his parade of encyclopedic learning, Philo Vance is not only a detective; he is a god out of the machine.” – The New York Times.

“Well-crafted puzzlers that captivated readers . . . the works of S.S. Van Dine serve to transport the reader back to a long-gone era of society and style of writing.” – Mystery Scene.

“Outrageous cleverness . . . among the finest fruits of the Golden Age.” – Bloody Murder.

“A classic mystery featuring dogged detective Philo Vance. An intricate puzzle . . . [Vance] has an uncanny insight into the subtler aspects of crime.” – The New York Times.

Born on this day – Daniel Massey:

Daniel Massey

Actor

October 10, 1933 – March 25, 1998

Born on this day – Phill Niblock:

Phill Niblock

Composer

Director

Cinematographer

Producer

October 2, 1933 – January 8, 2024

Credits:

Music:

Working Touch (2022); Sound Collages (2021); Touch Five (2013); Touch Strings (2009); G2 44 +/X 2 (2006); Touch Three (2006); Disseminate (2004); The Movement of People Working (2003); Touch Food (2003); Touch Works (2000); A Young Person’s Guide to Phill Niblock (1994); Music by Phill Niblock (1993); Four Full Flutes (1990).

Movies and video:

Niblock's Sound Spectrums - Within Invisible Rivers (2019); The Movement of People Working (2003); Fluxus Replayed (1991); China (1988); The Lobotomy (1980); Sunsets (1970); Max (1967); The Magic Sun (1966).

Born on this day – Will Sampson:

Will Sampson

Actor

Painter

Rodeo performer

September 27, 1933 – June 3, 1987

Credits:

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980); American Playhouse (1986); Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006); Born to the Wind (1981); Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976); Completely Cuckoo (1997); Cowboysan (1978); Crazy Mama (1975); Eastwood in Action (1976); Entretien avec Philippe Guedj (2024); Firewalker (1986); Fish Hawk (1979); From Here to Eternity (1979 / 1980); Great Spirit Within the Hole (1983); Hell Hath No Fury (1999); I Am (2010); Images of Indians (1979–1980); Insignificance (1985); One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975); Orca (1977); Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986); Relentless (1977); Reservation Dogs (2022); Standing Tall (1978); Tall Tales & Legends (1986); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The Gunfighters (1987); The Hunted Lady (1977); The Mystic Warrior (1984); The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976); The White Buffalo (1977); The Yellow Rose (1983–1984); Vega$ (1978–1980); Wildside (1985).