Born on this day – Claude Jarman Jr.:

Claude Jarman Jr.

Actor

Producer

Director

September 27, 1934 – January 12, 2025

Credits:

Bigger Than Life with Claude Jarman Jr. (2020); Centennial (1979); Classified X (2007); Fair Wind to Java (1953); Fillmore (1972); Hangman's Knot (1952); High Barbaree (1947); Inside Straight (1951); Intruder in the Dust (1949); John Ford et Monument Valley (2013); MGM Parade (1956); Rio Grande (1950); Roughshod (1949); Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949); That's Entertainment! (1974); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003); The Best of the Post (1960); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Great Locomotive Chase (1956); The Magical World of Disney (1961); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The Outriders (1950); The Story of Lassie (1994); The Sun Comes Up (1949); The Yearling (1946); Wagon Train (1959).

Born on this day – Wilford Brimley:

Wilford Brimley

Actor

Singer

September 27, 1934 – August 1, 2020

Credits:

10 to Midnight (1983); 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); A Place to Grow (1995); Absence of Malice (1981); Act of Vengeance (1986); All My Friends Are Cowboys (1998); Amber Waves (1980); Bandolero! (1968); Big John (2006); Billy the Kid (1989); Biography (1999); Blood River (1991); Borderline (1980); Born to Ride: Cody Wright and the Quest for a World Title (2009); Brigham City (2001); Brubaker (1980); Chapter Perfect (1997); Cocoon (1985); Cocoon: The Return (1988); Comanche (2000); Country (1984); Crossfire Trail (2001); Death Valley (1982); Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009); Double Toasted (2022); End of the Line (1987); Entertainment Tonight (2020); Eternity (1990); Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985); Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville (1987); Hard Target (1993); Harry & Son (1984); Heaven Sent (1994); High Road to China (1983); Homicide: Life on the Street (1994); How the West Was Won (1979); I Believe (2017); In & Out (1997); Jackals (1986); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1989); Keeper of the Flame (2005); Kung Fu (1975); Larry King Live (2003); Last of the Dogmen (1995); Lawman (1971); Liberty Medical Commercial (2004); Liberty Medical Wilford Brimley Diabetes Commercial (1990); Live with Kelly and Mark (1990); Lunker Lake (1998); Mansome (2012); Masque (2012); Miracles & Mercies (2002); Murder in Space (1985); Mutant Species (1994); My Fellow Americans (1996); One on One with John Tesh (1992); OP Center (1995); Our House (1986–1988); PC and the Web (2001); Pitcher and the Pin-Up (2003); Progeny (1998); Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985); Resurrection Mary (2002); Rétrogaming made in France (2019); Rodeo Girl (1980); Roughnecks (1980); Seinfeld (1997); Shadows on the Wall (1986); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Summer of the Monkeys (1998); TCM Remembers 2020 (2020); Tender Mercies (1983); Terror in the Aisles (1984); The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2020); The Awakening Land (1978); The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (2001); The Big Black Pill (1981); The Boys of Twilight (1992); The China Syndrome (1979); The Electric Horseman (1979); The Firm (1983 / 1993); The Frollo Show (2011–2020); The Frollo Show (2019); The Good Old Boys (1995); The Hotel New Hampshire (1984); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2011–2013); The Making of 'Absence of Malice' (1982); The Making of 'the China Syndrome' (1979); The Men of Outpost 31 (2016); The Natural (1984); The Natural: The Best There Ever Was (2016); The Oregon Trail (1976–1977); The Oscars (2021); The Path of the Wind (2009); The Round and Round (2002); The Stone Boy (1984); The Thing (1982); The Waltons (1974–1977); The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979); Thompson's Last Run (1986); Timber the Treasure Dog (2016); Tough Enough (1983); True Grit (1969); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Walker, Texas Ranger (1993); Where the Red Fern Grows: Part Two (1992); Wilson's Floral (2016); Yellowstone (2020 / 2021).

Born on this day – Marie-Blanche Vergnes:

Marie-Blanche Vergnes

Actress

September 22, 1934 – July 28, 1989

Credits:

Black Sequence (1985); Bold Adventure (1956); Bouquet de femmes (1960); Bourdelle, sculpteur monumental (1960); Diary of a Bad Girl (1956); Fragson, un roi du caf'conc' (1969); I Love You, I Love You (1968); I Spit on Your Grave (1959); La Dame d'outre-nulle part (1965); La jeune femme en vert (1984); La lettre dans un taxi (1962); La vie est un songe (1961); L'académie des 9 (1982); L'amour descend du ciel (1957); Le commissaire est bon enfant (1974); Le théâtre de la jeunesse (1964); L'Europe en chantant (1962–1963); L'heure éblouissante (1971); Liberty Bar (1960); L'inspecteur Leclerc enquête (1962); Mauregard (1970); Maxime (1958); Midi-Première (1975); Monsieur Badin (1974); Musicolor (1969–1970); Néo Polar (1985); Passing show (1962–1964); Plus jamais seuls (1969); Pouvoir choisir (1973); Présence du passé (1967–1968); Printemps à Paris (1957); Rencontre à Paris (1956); Sourires de l'Occident (1965); The Old Gun (1975); The Three Musketeers (1959); Trésor Party (1960); Tréteaux, racontez-nous (1961); Un beau ténébreux (1971); Un Don Juan (1958).

Born on this day – Ornella Vanoni:

Ornella Vanoni

Singer

Songwriter

Actress

September 22, 1934 – November 21, 2025

Albums:

A un certo punto... (1974); Ai miei amici cantautori (1968); Appuntamento con Ornella Vanoni (1970); Argilla (1997); Caldo (1965); Dettagli (1973); Diverse (2024); Duemilatrecentouno parole (1981); ...E poi la tua bocca da baciare (2001); Il giro del mio mondo (1989); Io dentro (1977); Io fuori (1977); Io sì – Ai miei amici cantautori n.2 (1970); La voglia di sognare (1974); La voglia, la pazzia, l'incoscienza, l'allegria (1976); Le canzoni di Ornella Vanoni (1963); Meticci (Io mi fermo qui);  (2013); Noi, le donne noi (2003); O (1987); Ornella &... (1986); Ornella (1966); Ornella Vanoni (1961 / 1967); Ornella Vanoni e altre storie (1973); Più (1976); Più di me (2008); Più di te (2009); Quante storie (1990); Quei giorni insieme a te (1974); Ricetta di donna (1980); Sheherazade (1995); Sogni proibiti: Ornella e le canzoni di Bacharach (2002); Stella nascente (1992); Ti ricordi? No non mi ricordo (2004); Un gioco senza età (1972); Un panino una birra e poi... (2001); Unica (2021); Uomini (1983); Uomo mio, bambino mio (1975); Vanoni (1978).

Movies and television:

7 Women and a Murder (2021); A modo mio - Patty Pravo (2024); Addio giovinezza! (1968); Altri comizi d'amore (2023); Amici Celebrities (2019); Amici di Maria de Filippi (2025); Amori pericolosi (1964); Andando dove non so - Mauro Pagani, una vita da fuggiasco (2025); Arturo's Island (1962); Banda sonora (2008); Beauty Centre (2003); Before It Had a Name (2005); Bei Bio (1983); Belve (2023); Buona Domenica (1997–2004); Buonasera Raffaella (1985–1986); Buongiorno (2025); Canzoni in... bikini (1963); Canzonissima (1971); Cap d'any a TV3 (1989); Celebrity (2003); Che tempo che fa (2009–2026); Con quale amore, con quanto amore (1970); Cosa fai a Capodanno? (2018); Cuéntame cómo pasó (2002); Danza con me (2018); Diamoci del tu (1967); Diary of a Telephone Operator (1969); Domenica in (2002–2019); Don't Torture a Duckling (1972); Due come noi (1979); Duel of the Titans (1961); Elisa Buon Natale anche a te (2023); Esperança (2002–2003); Esta noche... fiesta (1977); Europa canta (1966); Euroshow 1981Euroshow 71 (1971); Facciamo che io ero (2017); Fatti e fattacci (1975); Gala du Midem (1968); Gent de paraula (2014); Giardino d'inverno (1961); Giosafatte Talarico (1961); Gran premio internazionale della TV (2006); I Knew Her Well (1965); I ragazzi dell'hully-gully (1964); I viaggiatori della sera (1979); Il mulino del Po (1971); Indian Summer (1972); Invasion 1700 (1962); Io a modo mio (1985); Io canto (2010); Kiss the Future (2023); Klimbim (1974); Kolossal - i magnifici Macisti (1977); La Bussola - Il collezionista di stelle (2023); Le invasioni barbariche (2014); Ma che sera (1978); Marina Cicogna - La vita e tutto il resto (2021); Mesa de noticias (1983); Midi-Première (1977); Ni figue ni raisin (1965); No Way Out (1973); Noche de estrellas (1964–1965); Numéro un (1977); Ocean's Twelve (2004); Partitissima (1967); Pino Farinotti - Fuori dal gruppo (2026); Primero izquierda (1991); Professor T (2021); Quelli che... il calcio (2007); Ragazzi del Juke-Box (1959); Sábado noche (1987); Sanremo Music Festival (1965–2023); Señoras y señores (1975); Senza fine (2021); Senza rete (1968–1974); Show & Co. mit Carlo (1984–1986); Sogno e son desto (2014); Story of a Woman (1970); Studio Uno (1961); Tanto piacere (1974); The Beautiful Game (2024); The Consequences of Love (2004); The Ed Sullivan Show (1959); The Last Kiss (2001); The Life You Wanted (2024); The Sex Machine (1975); Ti lascio una canzone (2008); Time for Loving (1983); To Be Twenty (1978); Toquinho: Encontros e um Violão (2024); Un, due, tre... Fiorella! (2017); Uno di noi (2002); Uno, nessuno, cento Nino (2021); Vacanze di Natale (1983); Viva el espectáculo (1991); What a Beautiful Surprise (2015); X Factor (2025).

Born on this day – Lorraine O'Grady:

Lorraine O'Grady

Artist

Photographer

Writer

Translator

September 21, 1934 – December 13, 2024

Credits:

Books:

Lorraine O'Grady: Both/And; Writing in Space, 1973-2019.

Podcast:

Womanica / Visionaries: Lorraine O'Grady (2021).

Born on this day – Paul Naschy:

Paul Naschy

Actor

Writer

Director

September 6, 1934 – November 30, 2009

Born on this day – Chuck McCann:

Chuck McCann

Actor

Comedian

Puppeteer

Commercial presenter

Television host

September 2, 1934 – April 8, 2018

Chuck McCann, with Harry Hurwitz and Ina Balin, on set filming The Projectionist (1970).

Credits:

227 (1988); A Cry for Help (1975); A New Kind of Family (1979); A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988); A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy (2011); A Very Retail Christmas (1990); ABC Weekend Specials (1993); Adventure Time (2013–2015); Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1987–1990); All That Glitters (1977); All-New Dennis the Menace (1993); Animaniacs (1993); Arnold's Closet Revue (1971); Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1991); Baby's Imagination (2023); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / The Plane (1998); Blast-Off Buzzard (1977); Bonanza (1972); Bonkers (1993); Boston Legal (2007–2008); Bug City (1998); C B Bears (1977); C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979); Cagney & Lacey (1985); Cameron's Closet (1988); Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1990); Carpool (1983); Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (1990); CHiPs (1981); Christmas at F.A.O. Schwarz (1968); Christmas Comes to PacLand (1982); Citizen Jane (2009); Code Red (1982); Columbo (1973); Come Die with Me: A Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Mystery (1994); Cool McCool (1966–1967); Cover Up (1985); Darkwing Duck (1991); Dennis and Lois (2019); Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic (2023); Diff'rent Strokes (1985); Dorf da Bingo King (2001); Down to Earth (1985); Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995); Drak Pack (1980); Dream On (1994); Droopy: Master Detective (1993); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1996); DuckTales (1987–1990); DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990); DuckTales: Remastered (2013); Empty Nest (1992–1994); Fantastic Four: The Animated Series (1994–1996); Fantastic Max (1988–1989); Fantasy Island (1979); Far Out Space Nuts (1975); Flying High (1978); Foul Play (1978); Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo (1979–1980); Friend or Foe (2015–2017); G.I. Joe (1986); G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise! (1986); G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987); Galtar and the Golden Lance (1985–1986); Garfield and Friends (1988–1991); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2015); Gothic 3 (2006); Guns (1990); Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1986); Happy Days (1970–1976); Harry Nilsson: Loneliness (1984); Herbie Rides Again (1974); Here's Boomer (1981); Heroes of Might and Magic V (2006); Heyyy, It's the King! (1977); Hollywoods Spaßfabrik - Als die Bilder Lachen lernten (2014); Horrorween (2011); How to Break Up a Happy Divorce (1976); I Know That Voice (2013); If Things Were Different (1980); Invasion (1997); Iron Man (1994–1996); I've Got a Secret (1961); Jennifer on My Mind (1971); Kaufmania! (2020); Kibbee and Fitch (1973); King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (1992); Kirk (1995); Knight Rider (1985); Knots Landing (1989); Kojak (1974); Ladybugs (1992); Land's End (1996); Laurel & Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys (1992); Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic (2011); Likely Stories, Vol. 3 (1983); Linda Lovelace for President (1975); Little House on the Prairie (1974); Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman (2006); Lunch Wagon (1981); Mad About You (1998); Mae West (1982); Mathnet (1991); Matt Houston (1983–1985); McCann on McCool (2007); Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004); Monster Squad (1976); Night Club (2011); NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II (1998); On the Air (1992); One Day at a Time (1981–1982); Pac Preview Party (1982); Pac-Man (1982–1983); Pioneers of Television (2011); Plastic Man (1979–1980); Play It As It Lays (1972); Playboy Mid Summer Night's Dream Party 1985 (1985); Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion (2002); Playboy: Playmate Playoffs (1986); Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party (1979); Police Woman (1974–1976); Posse Impossible (1977); Pound Puppies (1986); Q N' A with Mikki and Shay (2013–2014); Ramblin'Man (1981); Random! Cartoons (2007–2009); Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1982); Ring Raiders (1989); Robin Hood: Men in Tights - Funny Men in Tights: Three Generations of Comedy (2009); Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993); Rodney Dangerfield: Opening Night at Rodney's Place (1989); Roma (1972); Rudy Coby: Ridiculously Dangerous (1996); Run, Joe, Run (1974); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1997); Safety Shoes (1965); Santa Barbara (1987–1988); Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1983); Sex and the Married Woman (1977); Shades of LA (1990); Shake, Rattle and Roll (1977); Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (1973–1975); Silent Movie (1976); Sinister Image (1987–1989); Sliders (1995); Snorks (1985); Some Jerk with a Camera / One Little Spark (2012); Space Stars (1981); Spencer's Pilots (1976); Spider-Man 3 (2007); Square One Television (1991); St. Elsewhere (1984); Starsky and Hutch (1976–1977); Storyville (1992); Stu's Show (2008–2013); Sunshine Porcupine (1980); Survival (1976); Switch (1977); Tales from the Darkside (1985); TaleSpin (1990–1991); That's Adequate (1989); The Actor's Journey (2011); The Actor's Journey for Kids (2011); The Animation Podcast (2018); The Aristocrats (2005); The Baxters (1979); The Bob Newhart Show (1973); The Charlie Weaver Show (1959); The Chevy Showroom Starring Andy Williams (1958); The Comeback Trail (1982); The David Frost Show (1971–1972); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Facts of Life (1987); The Garfield Show (2008–2013); The Garry Moore Show (1966); The Get Along Gang (1984); The Girl Most Likely to... (1973); The Girls Next Door (2007–2009); The Greatest American Hero (1982); The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968); The Incredible Hulk (1996); The Janitor (1995); The Jimmy Dean Show (1963); The John Gary Show (1968); The Krofft Supershow / Wonderbug (1976); The Lempke Brothers (2010); The Love Boat (1983); The Mac Davis Special (1975); The Magical World of Disney (1981); The Magical World of Disney (1989–1990); The Merv Griffin Show (1970–1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1972); The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988–1990); The New Shmoo (1979–1980); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1972); The New Woody Woodpecker Show (2000); The Paul Lynde Show (1972); The Plight of Cecil (2014); The Powerpuff Girls (2003); The Powerpuff Girls (2016); The Projectionist (1970); The Puppy's Further Adventures (1982); The Rockford Files (1977); The Rosebud Beach Hotel (1984); The Rousters (1983); The Smurfs (1989); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1959); The Tick (1996); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1968); The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (1995); The World of Hans Christian Andersen (1968); They Call Him Sasquatch (2003); They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way (1978); Those Were the Days (1980); Thrashin' (1986); Thundarr the Barbarian (1981); Tom & Jerry Kids Show (1992); Toxic Crusaders (1991); Toxic Crusaders: The Movie (1997); True Blue (1990); True Crime: New York City (2005); Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon (2008); Turn-on (1969); Undercover Elephant (1977); Up Yours (1979); Van Dyke and Company (1976); Walt Disney World EPCOT Center: A Souvenir Program (1983); What a Cartoon! (1996); Where's Waldo? (1991); Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Pooh Party (1994); Wonderbug (1976).

On this day in movie history - The Dragon Murder Case (1934):

The Dragon Murder Case

directed by H. Bruce Humberstone,

written by F. Hugh Herbert, Robert N. Lee and Rian James,

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

was released in the United States on August 25, 1934.
Music by Bernhard Kaun.

Cast:

Warren William, Margaret Lindsay, Lyle Talbot, Eugene Pallette, Helen Lowell, Robert McWade, Robert Barrat, Dorothy Tree, George E. Stone, Etienne Girardot, George Meeker, Robert Warwick, William B. Davidson, Arthur Aylesworth, Charles C. Wilson.

Born on this day – Diana Sands:

Diana Sands

Actress

August 22, 1934 – September 21, 1973

Credits:

A Face in the Crowd (1957); A Raisin in the Sun (1961); ABC Stage 67 (1967); An Affair of the Skin (1963); Betty Hughes and Friends (1970); Bracken's World (1970); Breaking Point (1964); Call My Bluff (1966); Carib Gold (1956); Caribbean (1952); Doctors' Wives (1971); Dr. Kildare (1966); East Side/West Side (1963–1964); Ensign Pulver (1964); Flip (1972–1973); Four Boys and a Gun (1957); Free to Be... You & Me (1974); Georgia, Georgia (1972); Honeybaby, Honeybaby (1974); I Spy (1966); Julia (1970–1971); Look Up and Live (1964); Lorraine Hansberry: The Black Experience in the Creation of Drama (1975); Medical Center (1971); Odds Against Tomorrow (1959); Quest (1963); Stage 2 (1964); The 16th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1964); The David Frost Show (1970); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962–1964); The Fugitive (1967); The Irv Kupcinet Show (1969); The Joan Rivers Show (1968–1970); The Landlord (1970); The Living End (1972); The Match Game (1968–1969); The Merv Griffin Show (1966); The Mike Douglas Show (1971); The Outer Limits (1964); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965–1971); The Young Set (1965); Today (1968); Two's Company (1973); What's My Line? (1968); Willie Dynamite (1974).

Born on this day – Brian May:

Brian May

Composer

Conductor

July 28, 1934 – April 25, 1997

Born on this day – Kathryn Hays:

Kathryn Hays

Actress

July 26, 1934 – March 25, 2022

Kathryn Hays in Star Trek (1968).

Credits:

ABC Late Night (1975); After Hours: Getting to Know Us (1977); American Playhouse (1989); Arrest and Trial (1964); As the World Turns (1972–2010); Bearcats! (1971); Bonanza (1964); Branded (1965); Breakout (1970); Cade's County (1972); Circle of Fear (1973); Counterpoint (1967); Dr. Kildare (1963); Guiding Light (1952); Hawaiian Eye (1962); Here Come the Brides (1969); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1963); Ladybug Ladybug (1963); Law & Order (1999); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2007); Mannix (1968); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971); Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1969); Mr. Novak (1964); Naked City (1962); Night Gallery (1972); One Life to Live (2010); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971); Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966); Route 66 (1963); Run for Your Life (1966); SoapTalk (2006); Star Trek / episode entitled: The Empath, originally aired December 6 (1968); Surfside 6 (1962); The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2023); The 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2006); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1971); The Defenders (1964); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The High Chaparral (1968); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967); The Lieutenant (1963); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); The Merv Griffin Show (1966); The Road West (1966–1967); The Virginian (1965); This Savage Land (1969); Vacation Playhouse (1967); Wide Country (1963); Yuma (1971).

Born on this day – Don Ellis:

Don Ellis

Musician

Composer

July 25, 1934 – December 17, 1978

Born on this day – Louise Fletcher:

Louise Fletcher

Actress

July 22, 1934 – September 23, 2022

On this day in movie history - Midnight Alibi (1934 movie & book):

Midnight Alibi

directed by Alan Crosland,

written by Warren Duff,

based on the short story The Old Doll’s House by Damon Runyon,

was released in the United States on July 14, 1934.
Music by Heinz Roemheld.

Cast:

Richard Barthelmess, Ann Dvorak, Helen Chandler, Helen Lowell, Henry O'Neill, Robert Barrat, Robert McWade, Purnell Pratt, Harry Tyler, Paul Hurst, Arthur Aylesworth.

Recommended reading:

Damon Runyon Omnibus

Includes the short story The Old Doll’s House.

Filmed as Midnight Alibi (1934), directed by Alan Crosland.

Published by Must Have Books.

Published 2019.

ISBN-10: 1773236245

ISBN-13: 9781773236247

Description:

A collection of stories by Damon Runyon made about Broadway in New York City. This is a trilogy comprising three books: More than Somewhat, Furthermore, and Take it Easy.

Born on this day – Ken Wlaschin:

Ken Wlaschin

Actor

Writer

July 12, 1934 – November 10, 2009

Credits:

Books:

Encyclopedia of American Opera (2006); Encyclopedia of Opera on Screen: A Guide to More Than 100 Years of Opera Films, Videos, and DVDs (2004); Gian Carlo Menotti on Screen: Opera, Dance and Choral Works on Film, Television and Video (1999); Opera on Screen: A Guide to 100 Years of Films and Videos (1997); Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography (2009); The Bluffer's Guide to the Cinema / aka Bluff Your Way in the Cinema (1971); The Faber Book of Movie Verse / with Philip French (1993); The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World's Great Movie Stars (1979); The Silent Cinema in Song, 1896-1929: An Illustrated History and Catalog of Songs Inspired by the Movies and Stars (2008).

Movies and television:

Five More (1966); Jean Renoir: An Auteur to Remember (2007); Muffled Darkness (1987); Storyboard (1961); The History and Allure of Time Travel (2004); The Tramplers (1965); Valkokangas (1982).

Born on this day – Sydney Pollack:

Sydney Pollack

Director

Producer

Actor, July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008

Born on this day – Jean Marsh:

Jean Marsh

Actress

Writer

July 1, 1934 – April 13, 2025

Credits:

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1989); A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972); A Good Idea: Son! (1953); Act of Will (1989); Adam Adamant Lives! (1967); After Upstairs Downstairs (2002); An Adventure in Space and Time (2013); Anyone for Tennyson? The Master Poets Collection (1978); Art of the Garden (2004); Back to Back (1963); Backstage at Masterpiece Theatre (1991); Being a Girl (2013); Bejewelled (1991); Blackmail (1966); Brian Rix Presents ... (1969); Call Me Genius (1961); Call My Bluff (1967–1973); Camera Three (1976); Capital Lives (1994); Charlie Bubbles (1968); Circus of the Stars #7 (1982); Cleopatra (1963); Crooked House (2008); Danger Man (1961); Dangerfield (1997); Danny the Champion of the World (1989); Dark Places (1974); Department S (1969); Detective (1968); Diary of a Young Man (1964); Disco (1977); Doctor Who (1965–1989); Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty (2013); Doctor Who: Daleks - The Early Years (1992); Doctor Who: Target Novelisation Audiobooks (2010); Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles (2008–2012); Doctor Who: The Crusade (1999); Doctor Who: The Early Adventures (2014–2016); Doctor Who: The Five Companions (2011); Doctor Who: The Hartnell Years (1991); Doctor Who: The Light at the End (2013); Doctor Who: The Lost Stories (2010); Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures (2007); Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion (2014); Doctors (2003); Drama Trails (2008); Face of a Stranger (1964); Fatherland (1994); Five to Eleven (1990); Food, Wine & Friends (1979–1980); Frenzy (1972); From Kingdom to Queen (2008); Gideon C.I.D. (1965–1966); Girls! Girls! Girls! The 1960s (2009); Goliath Awaits (1981); Good Morning America (1978); Grantchester (2014); Happy Birthday BAFTA (2007); Hawaii Five-O (1978); Holby City (2002); Hour Magazine (1983); I Spy (1967); International Festival of Animation (1977); ITV 50 Greatest Shows (2005); ITV Play of the Week (1963–1964); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1970–1972); ITV Sunday Night Drama (1965); ITV Television Playhouse (1956); Jack-a-boy (1980); Jane Eyre (1970); John Mortimer: A Life in Words (2009); Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder (2005); Kavanagh QC (1999); La tele de tu vida (2007); Laughter from the Whitehall (1965); Maid in Britain (2010); Major League II (1994); Master of the Game (1984); Masterchef (1992–1993); Masterpiece Theatre: Fifteen Years (1986); Monarch (2000); Monarch Restoring a King (2014); Murder, She Wrote (1993); Must See TV (2005); Nine to Five (1982–1983); No Strings (1989); Omnibus (1958); Outlier (2014); Paul O'Grady's Working Britain (2013); Perspectives (2013); Play for Today (1971); Play of the Week / Segment: Caroline (1959); Return to Oz (1985); Royal Variety Performance 1984 (1984); Screen One (1992); See China and Die (1981); Sense & Sensibility (2008); Sensitive Skin (2007); Sesame Street (1989–1994); Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie (1988); Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! (1990); Storm Over Avallion (2008); Story Parade (1964); Tales from the Darkside (1985); The 14th Annual CableACE Awards (1993); The 17th Annual CableACE Awards (1995); The 33rd Annual Tony Awards (1979); The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007); The Alan Hamel Show (1976–1979); The All New Alexei Sayle Show (1994); The Befrienders (1972); The Best of Masterpiece Theatre (2007); The Book Programme (1975); The Changeling (1980); The Corsican Brothers (1985); The Dick Cavett Show (1974–1975); The Eagle Has Landed (1976); The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1964); The End of the Line? (2011); The Expert (1969); The Ghost Hunter (2000–2001); The Heavy (2009); The Horsemasters (1961); The House of Eliott (1991–1994); The Infinite Shoeblack (1952); The Informer (1966–1967); The Largest Theatre in the World (1962); The Largest Theatre in the World: Heart to Heart (1962); The Last Post (2011); The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947); The Limbo Line (1968); The Limping Man (1953); The Love Boat (1983); The Love Lottery (1954); The Magical World of Disney (1961); The Mayor of Casterbridge (2003); The Merv Griffin Show (1975); The Mike Douglas Show (1976–1977); The Moon and Sixpence (1959); The Object of Beauty (1991); The One Show (2010); The Pale Horse (1997); The Paul O'Grady Show (2005); The Persuaders! (1971); The Poetry Hall of Fame (1993); The Ring (1996); The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1973); The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961); The Root of All Evil? (1969); The Russell Harty Show (1975); The Saint (1964–1968); The Story of ITV: The People's Channel (2005); The Story of the Costume Drama (2008); The Story of Upstairs Downstairs (2005); The Third Man (1959); The Tomorrow People (1994); The Toni Tennille Show (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1975–1982); The Twilight Zone (1959); The Unforgettable Gordon Jackson (2012); The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (1985); The Waltons (1977); The Wednesday Play (1968); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1968); This Is Your Life (1972–1986); To Tell the Truth (1980–1981); Top of the Year - The Variety Club Awards for 1974 - Welcome '75 (1974); Trapper John, M.D. (1981); UFO (1970); Unearthly Stranger (1963); Upstairs Downstairs (2010–2012); Upstairs Downstairs Remembered: 25th Anniversary (1996); Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975); Will Any Gentleman...? (1953); Willow (1988 / 2022); Wogan (1985–1987).

Born on this day – Selwyn Raab:

Selwyn Raab

Writer

Producer

June 28, 1934 – March 4, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires (2005); Justice in the Back Room (1967); Mob Lawyer (with Frank Ragano) (1994).

Movies and television:

American Godfathers: The Five Families (2024); American Justice (1995); Biography (1997–2001); Celebrity Page (2018); Five Families (2025); Flipped: A Mobster Tells All (2010); JFK: The Final Evidence (2023); Kojak (1973–1978); Kojak: Ariana (1989); Kojak: Fatal Flaw (1989); Kojak: Flowers for Matty (1990); Kojak: It's Always Something (1990); Kojak: None So Blind (1990); Kojak: The Belarus File (1985); Kojak: The Price of Justice (1987); Mafia Killers with Colin McLaren (2018); Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012–2017); Mobsters (2007–2012); The Godfather and the Mob (2006); The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973); The Real Sopranos (2006); The Real Story of... (2016); The Shocking Truth (2018); Very Scary People (2022).

Born on this day – Gordon M. Williams:

Gordon M. Williams

Writer

June 20, 1934 – August 20, 2017

Credits:

Books:

Hazell and the Menacing Jester (1976); Hazell and the Three-Card Trick (1975); Hazell Plays Solomon (1974); Micronaut World (aka The Microcolony) (1979); Revolt of the Micronauts (1981); The Bornless Keeper (1974); The Camp (1966); The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1967); The Micronauts (1977); The Siege of Trencher's Farm / aka Straw Dogs (1969); The Upper Pleasure Garden (1970); Walk, Don't Walk (1980).

Movies and television:

2nd House (1973–1974); 64 Day Hero (1986); Did You See..? (1981–1982); Hazell (1978–1979); Innocent Victim (1989); Mantrap: Straw Dogs - The Final Cut (2003); Straw Dogs (1971 / 2011); The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1970); The Odd Man (1978); The South Bank Show (1979).

Born on this day – Mel Novak:

Mel Novak

Actor

Producer

June 16, 1934 – April 9, 2025

Credits:

Book:

Gods in Polyester or, a Survivor's Account of 70s Cinema Obscura (2004 / 2007).

Movies and television:

3rd Eye (2018); A Force of One (1979); Afternoon Delight Live on Hollywood and Vine (2015); A-List TV (2017); An Eye for an Eye (1981); An Hour to Kill (2018); An Intimate Look with Michelle Tomlinson (2014); Apex Predators (2021); Arachnado (2020); Arachnado 2: Flaming Spiders (2021); Ark II (1976); Ash and Bone (2022); Banned, Exploited & Blacklisted: The Underground Work of Controversial Filmmaker Shane Ryan / Segment: The Making of Samurai Cop 2 (2020); Baretta (1976); Betrayal (2025); Big Freakin' Snake (2023); Big Freakin' Snake (2023); Big Guns (2006); Black Belt Jones (1974); Cadillac Respect (2026); Capital Punishment (1991); Cat in the Cage (1978); Celluloid Slaughter (2020); Check Point (2017); Cooking in with Joycelyne (2015); Critical Fumble (2014); Dawna of the Darkness (2019–2021); Dear God (1996); Direct Hit (1994); Doll Killer 2 (2021); Drifter TKD (2008); Ebola Rex (2021); Ebola Rex Versus Murder Hornets (2021); Enter the Samurai (2020); Eternal Code (2019); Everybody with Angela Williamson (2021); Exit to Eden (1994); Expert Weapon (1993); Eye on Entertainment (2016–2021); EZ Talk Live (2018); Facebook Live with Ford & Vida (2016); Family Reunion (1989); Fight or Die (2016); Force of Darkness (1985); Force: Five (1981); Future War (1997); Game of Death (1978); Gangsters Incorporated (2015); Giants (2000); GiAnts (2008); Hard Way Heroes (2010); Hell of the Screaming Undead (2023); Holy Terror (2017); I'm Not Bruce (2025); Kill Factor (2010); Kung Fu Drifter (2022); Last American Horror Show: Volume II (2022); Last Convict Standing (2017); LeagueOne: In the Spotlight! (2017); Lovely But Deadly (1981); Mannix (1973); Martial Arts Mania (2015); Mega Ape (2023); Moonbase (1997); MoreHorror in Hollywood (2015–2017); Movie Nights (2010–2011); Nemesis 5: The New Model (2017); Pastor Greg (2006); Pocket Ninjas (1997); Power Elite (2002); Praise the Lord (1998); Quakeasaurus (2022); Rattlers 2 (2021); Realm of Shadows (2024); RoboWoman (2019); Rolan Bolan: Children of the Revolution (2016); Runaway Killer (2025); Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance (2015); Scorpion Girl (2017); Scorpion Girl: The Awakening (2020); Space Sharks (2024); Stale Popcorn and Sticky Floors (2023); Steve McQueen: American Icon (2017); Suspense (2016–2019); SWAT: Warhead One (2004); Sword of Heaven (1985); Syndicate Smasher (2017); Tales for the Campfire 3 (2020); Tales of Frankenstein (2018); The 700 Club (1977); The Beast Beneath (2023); The Blue Knight (1976); The Creeps 2 (2021); The F.B.I. (1971); The F-Zone (1997); The Love-Ins (1967); The Match-Stick Flame Prologue (2019); The Paradise Motel (2022); The Tehran Incident (1979); The Ultimate Warrior (1975); The Universe Multicultural Film Festival in 2019 (2019); Thunderkick (2008); Tom Horn (1980); Toxic Tutu (2017); Truck Turner (1974); Vampire Assassin (2005); Virginia Hill (1974); When It Rings (2023); Which Way to the Front? (1970); Zombi VIII: Urban Decay (2021).