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Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Born on this day – Georgia Brown:


Georgia Brown


Singer

Actress

Writer

October 21, 1933 – July 5, 1992


Georgia Brown, in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992)

Credits:

A Peaceable Kingdom (1989); A Study in Terror (1965); Actor (1978); Armchair Britain (2018); Baby Talk (1992); BBC Show of the Week (1967–1968); Blankety Blank (1986); Bruce's Hall of Fame (2014); Can I Play with Madness? - David Wood & Leon Lissek re-visit Tales That Witness Madness (2020); Cheers (1990–1991); Ed Sullivan Presents: The Beatles (2003); Faerie Tale Theatre (1985); Fish Police (1992); Five Guineas a Week (1956); Full House (1973); Galileo (1975); Garrison Theatre (1955); Georgia Brown Sings Kurt Weill (1968); Get the Message (1964); Golden Gala (1978); Good Evening! (1967); Gravedale High (1990); Great Performances (1989); Gypsy (1965); In Concert (1972); International Cabaret (1966–1968); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1971); Juke Box Jury (1965–1967); Late Night Line-Up (1972); Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969); Long Ago, Tomorrow (1971); Love at Stake (1987); Mary: Rhymes and Reasons (1972); Menace (1973); Murder Reported (1957); Murder, She Wrote (1989–1991); My Mother India (2001); Nothing But the Night (1973); One Pair of Eyes (1968); Paddington Bear (1989–1990); Parkinson (1973); Password (1963–1964); Review (1971); Round the Bend (1955); Running Scared (1972); Saturday Stars (1968); Sherlock Holmes (1968); Shoulder to Shoulder (1974); Showtime (1960 / 1968); Song by Song (1978–1980); Spotlight (1967); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990–1992); Sydney (1990); Take a Sapphire (1966); Talent Scouts (1963); Tales That Witness Madness / Segment: Mr. Tiger (1973); The 18th Annual Tony Awards (1964); The 44th Annual Tony Awards (1990); The Army Game (1960); The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976); The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1992); The Celebrity Game (1964); The Coward Revue (1969); The David Susskind Show (1963–1964); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1963); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1965); The Ed Sullivan Show (1963–1964); The Eddy Arnold Show (1956); The Edwardians (1972); The Engelbert Humperdinck Show (1970); The Fixer (1968); The Good Old Days (1973–1976); The Heart of Show Business (1967); The Jimmy Logan Show (1969); The Les Crane Show (1965); The Lives of Benjamin Franklin (1974–1975); The Main Attraction (1984); The Merv Griffin Show (1963); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968); The Mort Sahl Show (1961); The Protectors (1972–1973); The Roads to Freedom (1970); The Saint (1967); The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976); The Sound of Petula (1974); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966–1967); The Top Hat (1951); The Val Doonican Music Show (1984); The Young Generation in The Young Generation (1970); They Sold a Million (1973); This Is the BBC (1959); This Is Tom Jones (1969); This Is Your Life (1991); To Tell the Truth (1964); Trial (1971); Upstairs, Downstairs (1972); Variety Parade (1955); Victim of Love (1991); Wogan (1988); World Theatre (1959).

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Born on this day – Olive Sturgess:


Olive Sturgess


Actress

October 8, 1933 – February 19, 2025

Credits:

Bonanza (1962–1965); Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021); Bringing Up Buddy (1961); Bronco (1961); Buckskin (1959); Casablanca (1956); Checkmate (1962); Cheyenne (1958); Corman's Comedy of Poe (2003); Creepy Classics (1987); Crusader (1956); Destry (1964); Dr. Kildare (1965); Ford Star Jubilee (1956); Front Row Center (1955–1956); General Electric Theater (1959); Goodyear Playhouse (1957); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959); Hawaiian Eye (1960); Ironside (1968–1969); Johnny Midnight (1960); Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955); Laramie (1960); Lawman (1959); Leave It to Harry (1954); Lux Video Theatre (1955–1956); Matinee Theatre (1955–1956); Maverick (1960–1961); Mr. Garlund (1960); Outlaws (1962); Panic! (1958); Perry Mason (1957); Petticoat Junction (1964); Philip Marlowe (1960); Producers' Showcase (1956); Rawhide (1959); Requiem for a Gunfighter (1965); Richard Matheson Storyteller: The Raven (2003); Schlitz Playhouse (1959); Shower of Stars (1955); Strange Stories (1956); Studio 57 (1955); Studio One (1958); Sugarfoot (1958); Tales of Wells Fargo (1957); Telephone Time (1956); The Alcoa Hour (1957); The Bob Cummings Show (1956–1959); The Danny Thomas Show (1963); The Donna Reed Show (1959–1960); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1958); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Jack Benny Program (1961); The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956); The Man and the Challenge (1960); The Millionaire (1955); The People's Choice (1955); The Raven (1963); The Rebel (1959–1961); The Red Skelton Hour (1956); The Rookies (1973–1974); The Tall Man (1960–1961); The Texan (1959); The Virginian (1964); Thriller (1960–1961); U.S. Marshal (1959); Wagon Train (1960); West Point (1956); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Westinghouse Preview Theatre (1961); Whispering Smith (1961); Wide Country (1963); Wire Service (1956).

Thursday, October 2, 2025

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).

Saturday, September 27, 2025

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).

Monday, September 22, 2025

Born on this day – Herbert Lieberman:


Herbert Lieberman


Writer

September 22, 1933 – May 30, 2023

Credits:

Books:

Crawlspace (1972); The Eighth Square (1973); Brilliant Kids (1975); City of the Dead (1976); Night Call from a Distant Time Zone (1982); Nightbloom (1984); Sandman, Sleep (1993); Shadow Dancers (1989); The Climate of Hell (1978); The Girl with the Botticelli Eyes (1996); The Green Train (1986).

Movies and television:

CBS Repertoire Workshop (1960); Crawlspace (1972).

Born on this day – Robert Banas:


Robert Banas


Actor

Dancer

Producer

September 22, 1933 – July 29, 2024

Credits:

Always (1989); Annie Get Your Gun (1957); Barnaby Jones (1978); Billie (1965); Bud and Lou (1978); Bye Bye Birdie (1963); Cagney & Lacey (1982); Calypso Heat Wave (1957); Carousel (1956); Daddy-O (1958); Damn Yankees (1958); Dateline: Disneyland (1955); Don't Knock the Rock (1956); Don't Knock the Twist (1962); Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986); Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977); Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Part II (1966); Get Smart (1966); Girl Happy (1965); Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952); Heart Like a Wheel (1983); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical (2009); How the West Was Won (1962); Juke Box Rhythm (1959); Let's Make Love (1960); Li'l Abner (1959); Lindsay Wagner: Another Side of Me (1977); Made in Paris (1966); Malibu U. (1967); Mary Poppins (1964); Mork & Mindy (1981–1982); My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985); Odd Jobs (1986); Producers' Showcase (1955–1956); Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958); Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959); Rock Around the Clock (1956); Say One for Me (1959); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958); Shivaree (1965–1966); Skatetown U.S.A. (1979); Swingin' Country (1966); Teen Witch (1989); That's Dancing! (1985); The Bad News Bears (1979); The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956); The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1995); The Danny Thomas Show (1960); The Day the Bubble Burst (1982); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1962); The Girl Most Likely (1957); The Jonathan Winters Show (1967–1968); The Judy Garland Show (1964); The King and I (1956); The Kraft Summer Music Hall (1966); The Nut House!! (1964); The Skydivers (1963); The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964); The Virginian (1969); Toyland (1961); Tuff Turf (1985); Twist Around the Clock (1961); Under the Boardwalk (1988); Untamed Youth (1957); Webster (1983); West Side Memories (2003); West Side Story (1961).

Friday, September 19, 2025

Born on this day – David McCallum:


David McCallum


Actor

Musician

September 19, 1933 – September 25, 2023

Credits:

NCIS (2003–2023); NCIS: New Orleans (2014–2016); Batman vs. Robin (2015); Ben 10: Omniverse (2013–2014); Son of Batman (2014); Diablo III (2012); Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2010–2011); NCIS (2011); Ben 10: Alien Force (2008–2010); Ben 10: Alien Force - Vilgax Attacks (2009); Replacements (2006–2009); Wonder Woman (2009); FusionFall (2009); Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2009); Batman: Gotham Knight (2008); NCIS: Ducky's World (2007); JAG (2003); Jeremiah (2002); The Education of Max Bickford (2001–2002); Deadline (2000); Cherry (1999); Sex and the City (1999); Coming Home (1998); March in Windy City (1998); Team Knight Rider (1997–1998); Three (1998); The Outer Limits (1997); Law & Order (1997); VR.5 (1995–1997); Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1996); Privateer 2: The Darkening (1996); Death Game (1996); Heartbeat (1994); Healer (1994); Babylon 5 (1994); Shattered Image (1994); Fatal Inheritance (1993); SeaQuest 2032 (1993); Dirty Weekend (1993); Trainer (1991–1992); Hear My Song (1991); Cluedo (1991); Masterpiece Mystery (1990); Boon (1990); Lucky Chances (1990); Murder, She Wrote (1989–1990); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1990); The Haunting of Morella (1990); Mother Love (1989); The Return of Sam McCloud (1989); The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1989); Monsters (1988); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1988); Freedom Fighter (1988); Matlock (1987); Az aranyifjú (1987); The Wind (1986); The A-Team (1986); Those Golden Years (1985); Behind Enemy Lines (1985); Terminal Choice (1985); Fox Mystery Theater (1984); The Master (1984); As the World Turns (1983); Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983); Hart to Hart (1983); Sapphire & Steel (1979–1982); Strike Force (1982); The Watcher in the Woods (1980); King Solomon's Treasure (1979); Kidnapped (1978); Dogs (1977); Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (1976); The Invisible Man (1975–1976); The Kingfisher Caper (1975); Colditz (1972–1974); Frankenstein: The True Story (1973); The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973); Screaming Skull (1973); Norman Corwin Presents (1972); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1972); She Waits (1972); The Man and the City (1971); Night Gallery (1971); Hauser's Memory (1970); The File on Devlin (1969); The Ravine (1969); Mosquito Squadron (1969); Teacher, Teacher (1969); Sol Madrid (1968); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1968); Three Bites of the Apple (1967); The Spy in the Green Hat (1967); Around the World Under the Sea (1966); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1966); The Spy with My Face (1965); The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); Profiles in Courage (1964); The Outer Limits (1963–1964); The Unknown (1964); The Great Adventure (1964); Perry Mason (1964); The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1964); The Great Escape (1963); Freud (1962); Billy Budd (1962); Wuthering Heights (1962); Sir Francis Drake (1961); ITV Play of the Week (1959–1961); Karolina Rijecka (1961); Jungle Fighters (1961); Jungle Street Girls (1960); Knight Errant Limited (1960); ITV Television Playhouse (1956–1960); Armchair Theatre (1959–1960); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1960); Emma (1960); Antigone (1959); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1959); The Eustace Diamonds (1959); Our Mutual Friend (1958–1959); A Night to Remember (1958); Saturday Playhouse (1958); Television World Theatre (1958); Violent Playground (1958); Robbery Under Arms (1957); Hell Drivers (1957); Dangerous Youth (1957); The Secret Place (1957); Night Ambush (1957); The Rose and the Ring (1953).

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Born on this day – Pat Crowley:


Pat Crowley


Actress

September 17, 1933 – September 15, 2025

Credits:

61* (2001); 77 Sunset Strip (1959–1963); 87th Precinct (1961); A Date with Judy (1951); A Family Upside Down (1978); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Allen in Movieland (1955); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Aloha Paradise (1981); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950–1952); Arrest and Trial (1964); Audrey Hepburn: The Paramount Years (2008); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1997–1998); Blacke's Magic (1986); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Bonanza (1963); Bronco (1959); Cain's Hundred (1962); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1975); Chain Letter (1966); Charlie's Angels (1979–1981); Charmed (1999); Cheyenne (1959); Climax! (1956); Cold Case (2009); Columbo (1971); Cop on the Beat (1975); Crossroads (1957); Dr. Kildare (1962–1964); Dynasty (1986); Easter Teleparade of Stars (1954); Empty Nest (1990); Falcon Crest (1984); Family (1977); Family Law (2000); Fantasy Island (1978–1983); Finder of Lost Loves (1985); Footlights and Kleiglights (1951); Forever Female (1953); Frasier (1993); Friends (1979 / 1998); General Electric Theater (1955–1958); General Hospital (1997); Generations (1989); Goodyear Playhouse (1952–1954); Goodyear Theatre (1959–1960); Griff (1973); Happy Days (1980); Hawaii Five-O (1980); Hollywood or Bust (1956); Hollywood Squares (1999); Hong Kong (1960); Hotel (1985); Inner Sanctum (1954); Insight (1968); International Airport (1985); Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten (2006); Joe Forrester (1975–1976); Judd for the Defense (1968); Key Witness (1960); Kraft Theatre (1950); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1954); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954); Lego Jurassic World: Legend of Isla Nublar (2019); Lego Jurassic World: The Indominus Escape (2016); Les Chroniques du Mea (2020); Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Modern Wife (1969); Lux Video Theatre (1954); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1956); Making the Boys (2011); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971); Match Game (1975); Match Game PM (1976); Matt Helm (1975); Matt Houston (1983); Maverick (1959); Melrose Place (1996); Menace on the Mountain (1970); Michael Shayne (1961); Money from Home (1953); Mont Reve (2012); Movie Memories with Debbie Reynolds (1991–1992); Mr. Novak (1963); Murder, She Wrote (1987); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); Pacific Blue (1998); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Pioneers of Television (2011–2013); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1965–1967); Police Story (1974–1976); Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop (1980); Police Woman (1976); Port Charles (1997–2001); Rawhide (1963); Red Garters (1954); Return of the Big Cat (1974); Riverboat (1960); Roseanne (1995); Schlitz Playhouse (1957–1959); Send Me No Flowers (1964); So Many Years Later... - Pat Crowley and Gigi Perreau on Douglas Sirk's There's Always Tomorrow (2008); Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1989); Studio 57 (1958); Suspense (1952); Tales of the Unexpected (1977); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Andy Williams Show (1967); The Biscuit Eater (1972); The Bold and the Beautiful (2005); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1971); The Case of the Baltimore Girls (1978); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1950); The Closer (2006); The Dean Martin Show (1968–1970); The Detectives (1961); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (1955); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Feather and Father Gang (1977); The Force of Evil (1977); The Ford Theatre Hour (1950); The Frank Sinatra Show (1957); The Fugitive (1963); The Juke Box Jury (1956); The Lieutenant (1964); The Linkletter Show (1954); The Loretta Young Show (1957–1959); The Love Boat (1978–1982); The Magical World of Disney (1960–1979); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964); The Mike Douglas Show (1966); The Millionaire (1978); The Movie Game (1970); The Name of the Game (1971); The Pat Boone Show (1967); The Roaring 20's (1960); The Rockford Files (1979); The Scarface Mob (1959); The Square Jungle (1955); The Streets of San Francisco (1976); The Tab Hunter Show (1960); The Twilight Zone (1963); The Two of Us (1966); The Untouchables (1959); The Virginian (1968); The Web (1952); The Wheeler Dealers (1963); There's Always Tomorrow (1956); Thunder Alley (1995); To Trap a Spy (1964); Today's F.B.I. (1981); Trauma Center (1983); TV's Western Heroes (1993); Vacation Playhouse (1966–1967); Walk the Proud Land (1956); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959); Weakest Link (2002); West Point (1956); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); William Holden: The Paramount Years (2008); You Don't Say (1966–1969); Your Show of Shows (1954).

Saturday, September 13, 2025

Born on this day – Eileen Fulton:


Eileen Fulton


Actress

September 13, 1933 – July 14, 2025

Credits:

50 Years of Soaps: An All-Star Celebration (1994); 7th Annual Soap Opera Awards (1991); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1962); As the World Turns (1960–2010); Betty Hughes and Friends (1969–1970); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); CBS Mornings (1990); Count The Man Down (1959); Crossing Over with John Edward (2002); Donahue (1971–1985); Everyday with Joan Lunden (1990); Girl of the Night (1960); Hollywood Squares (2000); Hour Magazine (1984); Naked City (1962); Our Private World (1965); Rose Woes and Joe's (2005); Soap Life (2012); The 20th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1993); The 29th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2002); The 31st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2004); The David Frost Show (1972); The Drum Beats Twice (2008); The Life Zone (2011); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1978); The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Rob Reiner (2000); The Price is Right (1985); The Signs of the Cross (2005); Tinsel Town (2005); True Story (1959); Vicki! (1993).

Born on this day – Warren Murphy:


Warren Murphy


Writer

September 13, 1933 – September 4, 2015

Credits:

Books:

100 Proof (2018); A Body is Found (1990); A Pound of Prevention (2000); Acid Rock (1974); Air Raid (2002); American Obsession (1997); An Old-Fashioned War (1987); And 47 Miles of Rope (1984); Angry White Mailmen (1996); Arabian Nightmare (1991); Assassin's Play-Off (1975); Atlantic City (1979); Bad Dog (2006); Balance of Power (1981); Bamboo Dragon (1997); Bay City Blast (1979); Bidding War (1995); Blood Brotherhood (2021); Blood Lust (1991); Blood Ties (1987); Bloodline (2015); Bloody Tourists (2003); Blue Smoke and Mirrors (1989); Bottom Line (1979); Brain Drain (1976); Brain Storm (1998); Bully Pulpit (2016); By Eminent Domain (2001); Caribbean Blues (1988); Chained Reaction (1978); Child's Play (1976); Chinese Puzzle (1973); Choke Hold (2007); Coin of the Realm (1989); Cold Warrior (1993); Continental Divide (2018); Created, the Destroyer (1972); Crime Square (2012); Dangerous Games (1980); Dark Ages (2005); Dark Horse (1992); Date with Death (1984); Dead End Street (1973); Dead Letter (1982); Dead Reckoning (2008); Deadly Genes (1999); Deadly Seeds (1975); Death Check (1972); Death Sentence (1990); Death Therapy (1974); Destiny's Carnival (1991); Destroyer World: New Blood (2010); Destroyer World: The Way Of The Assassin (2003); Disloyal Opposition (2001); Down and Dirty (1974); Dr. Quake (1974); Dragon Bones (2006); Dream Thing (2005); Dying Space (1982); Encounter Group (1984); Engines of Destruction (1996); Fade To Black (2000); Failing Marks (1999); Father to Son (2002); Feast or Famine (1997); Feeding Frenzy (1993); Fifty Shades of Grey Fedora (2015); Firing Line (1980); First Cases 4 (2002); Fool's Flight (1982); Fool's Gold (1983); Forgotten Son (2012); Frightening Strikes (2005); Funny Money (1975); Getting Up With Fleas (1987); Ghost in the Machine (1992); Grandmaster (1984); Ground Zero (1991); Guardian Angel (2007); High Priest (1987); High Priestess (1994); Holy Mother (2006); Holy Terror (1975); Homecoming (2021); Honor Among Thieves (1992); Hostile Takeover (1990); Identity Crisis (1994); In Enemy Hands (1977); Industrial Evolution (2004); Infernal Revenue (1994); Inside Sinanju (1985); Jericho Day (1990); Judgment Day (1974); Justice in Manhattan (1994); Kill Or Cure (1975); Killer Chromosomes (1978); Killer Ratings (2008); Killer Watts (2000); Killing Time (1982); King's Curse (1976); Last Call (1978); Last Drop (1983); Last Rites (1995); Last War Dance (1974); Laughing Matter (2017); Leonardo's Law (1978); Line of Succession (1988); Look Into My Eyes (1987); Lords of the Earth (1985); Lost Yesterday (1986); Lucifer's Weekend (1982); Mafia Fix (1974); Market Force (2002); Master's Challenge (1984); Midnight Man (1981); Mindblower (2006); Misfortune Teller (1999); Missing in Manhattan (1986); Missing Link (1980); Mob Psychology (1992); Monumental Terror (2019); Mother Mine (2015); Mugger Blood (1977); Murder Among Friends (2003); Murder in Manhattan (1988); Murder in the Family (2002); Murder is my Business (1994); Murder on the Run (1998); Murder Ward (1974); Murder's Shield (1973); Mystery Street (2001); Never Say Die (1998); Newer York (1991); Next of Kin (1981); No Contest (2005); Number Two (2012); Oil Slick (1974); Once a Mutt (1985); Overload (2014); Pigs Get Fat (1985); Political Pressure (2004); Power Play (1979); Profit Motive (1982); Prophet of Doom (1998); Rain of Terror (1989); Remo Williams, The Destroyer (2024); Remo: The Adventure Begins (1985); Return Engagement (1988); Savage Song (2012); Scorched Earth (1996); Scorpion's Dance (1990); Ship of Death (1977); Shock Value (1983); Shooting Schedule (1990); Skin Deep (1982); Skull Duggery (1990); Slave Safari (1973); Smoked Out (1982); Sole Survivor (1988); Spellbinders (2014); Spoils of War (1981); Sue Me (1986); Summit Chase (1974); Survival Course (1990); Sweet Dreams (1976); Syndication Rites (2001); Target of Opportunity (1994); Terminal Transmission (1993); Terror Squad (1973); The Arms of Kali (1984); The Best of the Destroyer (2007); The Broken Sword (1997); The Ceiling of Hell (1984); The Color of Fear (1995); The Day Remo Died (2015); The Destroyer Collection (2000); The Destroyer Collector's Ed. 2 (2000); The Eleventh Hour (1987); The Empire Dreams (1998); The End of the Beginning (2002); The End of the Game (1985); The End of the World (2013); The Final Crusade (1989); The Final Death (1977); The Final Reel (1998); The Forever King (1992); The Hand of Lazarus (1988); The Head Men (1977); The Killing Fields (2013); The Last Alchemist (1986); The Last Dragon (1993); The Last Monarch (2000); The Last Temple (1977); The Red Moon (1982); The Seventh Stone (1985); The Shamus Winners Volume II (2010); The Sky is Falling (1986); The Sure Thing (1989); The Temple Dogs (1989); The Ultimate Death (1992); The Wrong Stuff (2001); Timber Line (1980); Time Trial (1983); Too Old a Cat (1986); Total Recall (1984); Trace (1983); Trial and Terror (2014); Trial By Fire (2021); Troubled Waters (2003); Union Bust (1974); Unite and Conquer (1996); Unnatural Selection (2003); Unpopular Science (2004); Voodoo Die (1978); Walking Wounded (1988); Waste Not, Want Not (2003); When Elephants Forget (1984); White Water (1997); Wolf's Bane (2003); World without End (1996).

Movies and television:

Lethal Weapon 2 (1989); Murphy's Law (1988–1989); Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985); Remo Williams: The Prophecy (1988); The Eiger Sanction (1975); To Tell the Truth (1990).

Monday, September 8, 2025

On this day in movie history - Une vie perdue (1933):


Une vie perdue

directed by Raymond Rouleau,
written by Jacques Deval,
was released in France on September 8, 1933.
Music by Jean Wiener.

Cast:

Marcel André, Camille Corney, Ady Cresso, Maxime Fabert, André Gabriello, Jean Guilton, Yolande Laffon, Lucienne Le Marchand, Raymond Rouleau, Michel Salina, Marcel Vallée.

Saturday, September 6, 2025

Born on this day – Gita Hall:


Gita Hall


Actress

Model

September 6, 1933 – August 13, 2016

Credits:

Getting On (2013); Good Morning America (2013); Old Skool with Terry and Gita (2008); The Gun Runners (1958); The Still Life (2006); Wolf Larsen (1958).

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Born on this day – Janet MacLachlan:


Janet MacLachlan


Actress

August 27, 1933 – October 11, 2010

Credits:

17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2011); A Family for Joe (1990); A Private Affair (2000); ABC Weekend Specials (1981); Alias (2002); All in the Family (1979); Amen (1988–1990); American Playhouse (1983); Archie Bunker's Place (1980); Baby Girl Scott (1987); Baretta (1976); Barney Miller (1976); Beauty and the Beast (1988); Big Shots (1987); Black Listed (2003); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Cagney & Lacey (1982–1987); CBS Playhouse (1969); Change of Mind (1969); Circle of Fear (1972); Covenant (1995); Criminal Passion (1994); Cutter (1972); Daktari (1967); Dark Victory (1976); Darker Than Amber (1970); Days of Our Lives (1998–1999); Ellery Queen (1976); ER (1995); Family Law (2000–2001); Fantasy Island (1983); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1990); Film Making Techniques: Acting (1973); For Keeps? (1988); Free Spirit (1989); Friends (1979); Gabriel's Fire (1990); Generations (1990); Good Times (1978); Griff (1974); Halls of Anger (1970); Heart and Souls (1993); Hill Street Blues (1984); Home Improvement (1995); I Spy (1967); In the Heat of the Night (1994); Insight (1968–1976); Ironside (1969); It's Your Bet (1973); Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls (1981); Killer Instinct (1988); Knots Landing (1989); L.A. Law (1986); Longstreet (1971); Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style (1976); Love Story (1973); Love Thy Neighbor (1973); Maurie (1973); Medical Center (1974); Midnight Caller (1990); Mod Squad (1969); Moonlighting (1988); Most Wanted (1977); Murder One (1996–1997); Murder, She Wrote (1985–1994); Murphy Brown (1989); Murphy's Law (1986); My Friend Tony (1969); My Last Love (1999); NYPD Blue (1995); Our House (1987); Pinocchio's Revenge (1996); Police Story (1974); Punky Brewster (1985); Quincy, M.E. (1983); Rafferty (1977); Reasonable Doubts (1992); Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978); Run for Your Life (1966); Runaway Father (1991); S.W.A.T. (1975); Santa Barbara (1985); She's in the Army Now (1981); Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992); Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain (1983); Sounder (1972); Star Trek (1967); The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2011); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The Big Squeeze (1996); The Blue Knight (1975); The Boy Who Could Fly (1986); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The F.B.I. (1966–1968); The Fugitive (1966); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Golden Girls (1987); The Interns (1971); The Invaders (1968); The Kid from Nowhere (1982); The Man (1972); The Manhunter (1975); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1972); The Movie Game (1970); The Name of the Game (1969–1970); The Other Victim (1981); The Rockford Files (1975); The Six Million Dollar Man (1975); The Sophisticated Gents (1981); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); The Thirteenth Floor (1999); The Tuskegee Airmen (1995); There Goes My Baby (1994); Thursday's Child (1983); Tick, Tick, Tick (1970); Tightrope (1984); Toughlove (1985); Tracks of Glory (1992); Trapper John, M.D. (1985); Trouble Comes to Town (1973); Uptight (1968); What's Happening!! (1976); Who's the Boss? (1987); Wild Jack (1989); Winners (1978); Wonder Woman (1977).

Monday, August 25, 2025

Born on this day – Roberto De Simone:


Roberto De Simone


Composer

Director

Writer

Actor

August 25, 1933 – April 6, 2025

Credits:

A Night Full of Rain (1978); After the Fox (1966); All Is Fake (2002); Così fan tutte (1996); De Pretore Vincenzo (1976); Des morceaux de ma femme (2000); Die Zauberflöte, Opera tedesca in due atti (1995); Don Giovanni (1999); È una domenica sera di novembre (1981); Eleonora (1999); Fontamara (1980); Gli esami non finiscono mai (1976); Great Performances (1996); I ladri (1959); I ragazzi di padre Tobia (1968–1970); Il Maestro di Cappella (1995); Il segreto di Luca (1969); (In)visibility (2009); La fucilazione di Pulcinella (1973); La ragazzola (1965); L'arte della commedia (1976); Lo frate 'nnamorato (1990); Lungo il fiume e sull'acqua (1973); Nabucco (1987); Omnibus (1977); Quanto è bello lu murire acciso (1975); Respiro (2002); Sempre più difficile (1981); Siamo fatti di memoria (2009); Sicily (1967); Signora Ava (1975); Tammurriata (1994); The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968); The Devil in Love (1966); The Dolls / Segment: La minestra (1965); The Gold of Naples / Segment: Pizze a credito (1954); The Skin (1981); Una questione d'onore (1966); Unici (2015); Uomo e galantuomo (1975); Viaggio nei luoghi del sacro (1999); Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968).

Friday, August 15, 2025

Born on this day – Jack Lilley:


Jack Lilley


Actor

Stunts

August 15, 1933 – March 19, 2025

Credits:

40 Guns to Apache Pass (1967); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958); A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996); A Walk in the Clouds (1995); After the Fall (2010); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); An Occurrence at Black Canyon (2004); Arizona Bushwhackers (1968); Army of Darkness (1992); Avenging Angel (2007); Bad Girls (1994); Bat Masterson (1959); Beau Geste (1966); Big Money Rustlas (2010); Black Knuckle and Deputy Maltese (2018); Black Spurs (1965); Blazing Saddles (1974); Bonanza (1961–1972); Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988); Branded (1965); Bronco (1960–1961); Bullet for a Badman (1964); Case Closed (1988); Cat Ballou (1965); Cheyenne (1957–1962); Cimarron City (1959); Cimarron Strip (1967); City Slickers (1991); City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994); Comanche (2000); Cotter (1973); Dallas (1979); Dead Man's Walk (1996); Death Valley Days (1960); Desolation Canyon (2006); Don Quixote (2015); Drango (1957); Durango Kids (1999); Everything That Rises (1998); Expecting Amish (2014); Family Affair (1967–1968); Fantasy Island (1981); Father Murphy (1981–1983); Frontier Circus (1961); Fury at Showdown (1957); Gambler V: Playing for Keeps (1994); Gun for a Coward (1956); Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963); Gunsmoke (1961–1974); Hard Promises (1991); Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1960); Highway to Heaven (1984); Holes (2003); Horse Sense (1999); Hostile Guns (1967); Houdini (1998); Johnny Reno (1966); Johnny Ringo (1960); Just Visiting (2001); Killing Stone (1978); Kung Fu (1972); Last Train from Gun Hill (1959); Lawman (1959); Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983); Little House: Bless All the Dear Children (1984); Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983); Little House: The Last Farewell (1984); Lonely Are the Brave (1962); Love Begins (2010); Love Finds a Home (2009); Love Takes Wing (2009); Love's Abiding Joy (2006); Love's Everlasting Courage (2011); Love's Long Journey (2005); Love's Unending Legacy (2007); Lucky Stiff (1988); Mackenzie's Raiders (1959); Man's Best Friend (1993); Maverick (1959–1962); Meteor (1979); Mrs. Santa Claus (1996); Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses (2007); Nevada Smith (1966); No Name and Dynamite Davenport (2022); Omar Khayyam (1957); Once Upon a Texas Train (1988); One-Eyed Jacks (1961); Overland Trail (1960); Pink Cadillac (1989); Planet of the Apes (2001); Posse from Hell (1961); Rawhide (1959–1964); Red Steagall Is Somewhere West of Wall Street (2020); Ride a Crooked Trail (1958); Riverboat (1960); Rough Night in Jericho (1967); Rough Riders (1997); Sacrifices of the Heart (2007); Scandalous John (1971); Shiloh Falls (2007); Stoney Burke (1962); Sudden Impact (1983); Sugarfoot (1960); Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969); Texas Rangers (2001); The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987); The Ballad of Josie (1967); The Big Bus (1976); The Big Fisherman (1959); The Big Valley (1965–1967); The Deputy (1959); The Erotic Adventures of the Three Musketeers (1992); The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991); The Governor's Wife (2008); The Hallelujah Trail (1965); The Hard Man (1957); The High Chaparral (1967–1969); The Homecoming of Jimmy Whitecloud (2001); The Last Cowboy (2003); The Last Outlaw (1993); The Legend of Zorro (2005); The Magical World of Disney (1958–1959); The Magnificent Seven (1998); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); The Master of My Life (2002); The Mountain Men (1980); The Oklahoman (1957); The Ransom of Red Chief (1998); The Rare Breed (1966); The Rebel (1959); The Rounders (1965); The Stunts of 'the Legend of Zorro' (2006); The Tall Man (1960); The Virginian (1962–1966); The Wild Wild West (1965–1968); The Wretched Prologue (2013); Three Amigos! (1986); Used Cars (1980); W.B., Blue and the Bean (1989); Wagon Train (1957); Wall of Noise (1963); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960); Washington Square (1997); Waterhole #3 (1967); What I Did for Love (2006); Wild America (1997); Young Guns (1988); Young Guns II (1990); Zorro (1957–1961).

Born on this day – Lori Nelson:


Lori Nelson

Actress

August 15, 1933 – August 23, 2020

Monday, August 4, 2025

On this day in movie history - Before Dawn (1933):


Before Dawn

directed by Irving Pichel,
written by Garrett Fort,
was released in the United States on August 4, 1933.
Based on Death Watch by Edgar Wallace,
originally published in the Chicago Daily Tribune (1932).
Music by Max Steiner.


Cast:

Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Wilson, Warner Oland, Dudley Digges, Gertrude Hoffman, Oscar Apfel, Frank Reicher, Jane Darwell, Stanley Blystone, Ed Brady, Tom Brower, Pat O'Malley, Ted Oliver, Irving Pichel, Max Wagner.