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).

Born on this day – Bill Cobbs:

Bill Cobbs

Actor

June 16, 1934 – June 25, 2024

Credits:

10-8: Officers on Duty (2003); 53 in 59: The Team That Made a Town Forget Defeat (2017); A Boy and a Boa (1975); A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich (1977); A House Is Not a Home (2015); A Mighty Wind (2003); African American History Parade (2011); Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2020); Air Bud (1997); Always Outnumbered (1998); Army Wives (2008); As Evil Does (2018); Baby... I'm Back! (1978); Back in the Game (2013); Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2003); Beyond the Law (2019); Beyond the Silence (2016); Bill and the Eco Stars Adventures (2025); Bird (1988); Bitter Winter (2001); Black Water Transit (2009); Block Party (2022); Branch Line (2012); Broken Church (2025); Call Me King (2017); Captiva Island (1995); Carolina Skeletons (1991); Caroltyn (2022); Christmas in Palm Springs (2014); Clipped Wings, They Do Fly (2018); Coach (1993); Compromising Positions (1985); Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (2011); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2008); Dear Secret Santa (2013); Decoration Day (1990); Demolition Man (1993); Designing Women (1990); Dino Dana (2017–2019); Dino Dana: The Movie (2020); Divas (1995); Dominick and Eugene (1988); Duck (2005); Ed (1996); Empty Nest (1994); Enough (2002); ER (1996); Exiled in America (1992); Family Teamwork (1979); Fatal Instinct (1993); First Kid (1996); First Ladies Diaries: Rachel Jackson (1975); Five Corners (1987); Fluke (1995); For All Time (2000); For Your Love (1998–1999); FuN? (2017); Gabriel's Fire (1990); Get Low (2009); Ghosts of Mississippi (1996); Go On (2012–2013); Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1995); Good Times (1976); Greased Lightning (1977); Greenleaf (2016–2017); Grim Abdication (2008); Hand of God (2015); Hannah Royce's Questionable Choices (2017); HappySAD (2009); Hard Luck (2006); Harry's Law (2011); High Incident (1997); Homeroom (1989); Hope Floats (1998); Hurricane in the Rose Garden (2009); I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998); I'll Fly Away (1991–1993); I'll Fly Away: Then and Now (1993); Incandescent Love (2023); Inner Demon (2005); Intruso a medianoche (2024); JAG (2001–2003); Johnny Bull (1986); Kate & Allie (1986); Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (1995); L.A. Doctors (1998); L.A. Law (1988); Lost (2004); Lukewarm (2012); Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009); Making 'The Great Gilly Hopkins' (2016); Man with a Gun (1995); Married People (1990); Moe's World (1992); Mojave Moon (1996); My Christmas Grandpa (2017); My Summer Friend (2009); My Wife and Kids (2002); New Jack City (1991); New Life (2016); Night at the Museum (2006); Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014); Nightjohn (1996); No Limit Kids: Much Ado About Middle School (2010); Northern Exposure (1994); NYPD Blue (1996–2003); October Road (2007); Of Mind and Music (2014); On Angel's Wings (2014); One Life to Live (1986); One Tree Hill (2008); Out There (1995); Oz the Great and Powerful (2013); Paulie (1998); Philly (2001); Picking Tribes (1989); Players at the Poker Palace (2008); Rage of Angels (1983); Rake (2014); Random Hearts (1999); Return to Sender (2005); Roadside Prophets (1992); Rugrats (2001); Sabora Mi (2025); Saving Paradise (2021); SEGAL (2025); Sent (2006); Sesame Street (1985–1986); Side Order of Life (2007); Silkwood (1983); Six Feet Under (2001); Soul Food (2004); Soulmates (1997); Special Ed (2005); Spenser: For Hire (1987); Squirrel Man (2005); Star Trek: Enterprise (2005); Stars in the House (2020); Steadfast (2009); Stories from the Edge / Segment: Tuesday Morning Ride (1996); Streets of Gold (1986); Stroll (2010); Sunshine State (2002); Superior Donuts (2018); Suspect (1987); Sweet Deadly Dreams (2006); TCM Remembers 2024 (2024); That Thing You Do! (1996); The Arcadian (2011); The Bay (2014); The Bodyguard (1992); The Brother from Another Planet (1984); The Carmichael Show (2017); The Color of Money (1986); The Cotton Club (1984); The Dark Horse (2008); The Derby Stallion (2005); The Division (2003); The Drew Carey Show (2002–2004); The Equalizer (1985); The Fighting Fitzgeralds (2001); The Final Patient (2005); The Glades (2010); The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015); The Gregory Hines Show (1997–1999); The Hard Way (1991); The Hitter (1978); The Hudsucker Proxy (1994); The Interims: When Between Time & Place (Date?); The January Man (1989); The Last Letter (2013); The Mastermind 5 (2025); The Member of the Wedding (1982); he Michael Richards Show (2000); The Morgue (2008); The Mortuary (2004); The Muppets (2011); The Oscars (2025); The Others (2000); The Outer Limits (1997–2000); The People Under the Stairs (1991); The Practice (2000); The Search for Santa Paws (2010); The Slap Maxwell Story (1987–1988); The Sopranos (2000); The Stiller & Meara Show (1986); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); The Tenant (2010); The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (1990); The Ultimate Gift (2006); The Ultimate Legacy (2016); The Ultimate Life (2013); The Undershepherd (2012); The Watcher (1995); The Wayans Bros. (1997); The Weight (2017); The West Wing (2002); The Wild Thornberrys (1998); Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995); This Man's Life (2008); Three Days to Vegas (2007); Thrill (1996); Tiffany at Breakfast (2014); Touched by an Angel (2001); Trading Places (1983); True Colors (1991); Tuesday Morning Ride (1995); Vampires in Venice (2013); Walker, Texas Ranger (1997); Way Black When: Primetime (2011); Yes, Dear (2005).

Born on this day – William Newman:

William Newman

Actor

June 15, 1934 – May 27, 2015

Credits:

A Special Friendship (1987); Act of Vengeance (1986); All-American Girl (1994); American Playhouse (1989); Angel (2001); Angel Falls (1993); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / Segment: Charlie (1999); Billions for Boris (1985); Brown's Requiem (1998); Brubaker (1980); Chattahoochee (1989); Chiefs (1983); Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (2000); Days of Our Lives (2005); Dead Man's Revenge (1994); Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992); Devil in the Flesh 2 (2000); Dharma & Greg (1999); Diagnosis Murder (1999); Dinner at Eight (1989); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1995); Eerie, Indiana (1992); Fearless (1993); For Love of the Game (1999); Funny Farm (1988); Goode Behavior (1996); Hero (1992); Homefront (1992); Jury Duty (1995); Knots Landing (1992); L.A. Doctors (1999); Leprechaun (1992); Love & War (1993); Loving (1985); Mad About You (1993); Matlock (1991); Monkey Shines (1988); Mrs. Doubtfire (1993); My Name Is Earl (2006); No Easy Way (1996); One Life to Live (1983); Party of Five (1997); Philly (2001); Picket Fences (1993); Pie in the Sky (1995); Pig Sty (1995); Playing for Keeps (1986); Popular (2001); Ryan's Hope (1979); Santa with Muscles (1996); Shadow: Dead Riot (2006); Silver Bullet (1985); Something Wilder (1995); Squirm (1976); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991); That's Adequate (1989); The Craft (1996); The Drew Carey Show (1996); The King of Queens (1999); The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986); The Mosquito Coast (1986); The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988); The Odd Couple: Together Again (1993); The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981); The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988); The Stand (1994); The Tick (2001–2002); Tom and Huck (1995); Touch (1997); VR.5 (1995); Women of the House (1995); Wounded Heart (1995).

On this day in movie history - The Tell-Tale Heart a.k.a. Bucket of Blood (1934 movie & book):

The Tell-Tale Heart

a.k.a. Bucket of Blood,

directed by Brian Desmond Hurst,

written by David Plunket Greene,

based on the short story The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe,

released in the United States on June 14, 1934.

Music by John Reynders, Harry Sheridan.

Cast: Norman Dryden, John Kelt, Yolande Terrell, Thomas Shenton, James Fleck, Colonel Cameron, Tom Shenton, H. Vasher.

Recommended reading:

The Complete Stories and Poems

By Edgar Allan Poe.

First published 1849.

This edition published 1966.

Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.

Hardcover.

ISBN 13: 9780385074070

ISBN 10: 0385074077

ASIN: 0385074077

Description:

This single volume brings together all of Poe’s stories and poems, and illuminates the diverse and multifaceted genius of one of the greatest and most influential figures in American literary history.

Born on this day – Nicole Berger:

Nicole Berger

Actress

June 12, 1934 – April 13, 1967

Born on this day – Beans Morocco:

Beans Morocco

Actor

June 8, 1934 – May 29, 2025

Credits:

1st & Ten (1990); Archie Bunker's Place (1980); Any Which Way You Can (1980); Adventures with the Poorman (1986); A Fare to Remember (1999); A Boyfriend for Christmas (2004); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / Segment: The Man in the Model T (1998); Billy Jack (1971); Blazing Saddles (1974); Bret Maverick (1981); Brothers (1985); Caroline in the City (1996); Charmed (2004); Clueless (1999); Coming Attractions (1978); Common Ground (1999–2001); Days of Our Lives (1991); Dean's Place (1976); Designing Women (1991–1993); Do You Know the Muffin Man? (1989); Doctor Doctor (1990); Domestic Import (2006); Dream On (1990); E/R (1984); Eating Raoul (1982); Eight Is Enough (1978–1980); Every Girl Should Have One (1978); Flying High (1978); Forever Fernwood (1977); Forever Lulu (2000); Free Country (1978); George Burns Comedy Week (1985); Going Berserk (1983); Growing Pains (1986–1990); Harry O (1974–1975); Hero and the Terror (1988); Hi Honey - I'm Dead (1991); How to Become an Outlaw (2014); Howard Stern on Demand (2006); It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984); It Happened One Christmas (1977); Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982); Just the Ten of Us (1989–1990); Killing Cookie (2024); Laverne & Shirley (1977–1981); Lone Rider (2008); Long Time Coming (2008); Lucas Tanner (1974); Mad About You (1997); Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence (1976); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976); Matlock (1991); McBride: Murder Past Midnight (2005); McBride: The Chameleon Murder (2005); McMillan & Wife (1975); Mixed Nuts (1977); Mork & Mindy (1978–1982); Mr. Vinegar and the Crossword (2006); Murphy Brown (1997); Never Go Back (2008); New Nightmare (1994); Notes on the Popular Arts (1978); Once Bitten (1985); Perfect Game (2000); Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988); Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989); Portrait of a White Marriage (1988); Private Lessons (1981); Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989); Scrubs (2006); Smile (1975); Soap (1981); Sons & Daughters (2006); Star Trek: Voyager (1996); Steelyard Blues (1973); Tall Tales & Legends (1986); The Absent-Minded Waiter (1977); The Adventures of Captain Fantastic & Mega Mom (2014); The American President (1995); The Beach Girls (1982); The Big Bus (1976); The Bob Newhart Show (1973); The Candidate (1972); The Dukes of Hazzard (1979); The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning (2007); The Fall Guy (1982); The Incredible Hulk (1981); The Kiss (2003); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1974); The New Leave It to Beaver (1985); The Outlaw Emmett Deemus and the Porno Queen (2008); The Powers of Matthew Star (1982); The Steel Collar Man (1985); Thirtysomething (1990); Three Sisters (2001); Trapper John, M.D. (1981); Tunnel Vision (1976); Used Cars (1980); Vidiots (1991); Voyagers! (1983); What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1991); Where Have All the People Gone (1974); WKRP in Cincinnati (1980); Young Lust (1984).