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Saturday, June 20, 2026

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).

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

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).

Monday, June 15, 2026

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).

Sunday, June 14, 2026

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.

Monday, June 8, 2026

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).

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Born on this day – Robert Tessier:


Robert Tessier


Actor

Stuntman

June 2, 1934 – October 11, 1990

Credits:

1st & Ten (1990); All-Star Family Feud Special (1981); Amazing Stories (1986); Another Man, Another Chance (1977); Avenging Angel (1985); B.L. Stryker (1989); Beverly Hills Brats (1989); Breakheart Pass (1975); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979); Camper John (1973); Cannon (1971); Centennial (1978–1979); CHiPs (1982); Cry Blood, Apache (1970); Desperate Women (1978); Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975); Double Exposure (1982); Fantasy Island (1981); Fertilize the Blaspheming Bombshell (1990); Fists of Steel (1989); Five the Hard Way (1969); Future Force (1989); Hard Times / aka Street Fighter (1975); Hart to Hart (1979); Headliners & Legends (1998–2008); Hooper (1978); How Come Nobody's on Our Side? (1974); Kung Fu (1974); Last of the Mohicans (1977); Little House on the Prairie (1975); Magnum, P.I. (1984); Manimal (1983); Nightwish (1989); No Safe Haven (1987); One Man Force (1989); Outlaw Riders (1971); Private Duty Nurses (1971); Run, Angel, Run! (1969); Sawyer and Finn (1983); Silver Spoons (1982–1986); Sledge Hammer! (1987); Spenser: For Hire (1985); Starcrash (1978); Starsky and Hutch (1979); Steel (1979); Stockers (1981); The A-Team (1983–1985); The Babysitter (1969); The Billion Dollar Threat (1979); The Born Losers (1967); The Cannonball Run (1981); The Deep (1977); The Deerslayer (1978); The Dukes of Hazzard (1980); The Fall Guy (1981–1986); The Fix (1985); The Glory Stompers (1967); The Hard Ride (1971); The Incredible Hulk (1980); The Jesus Trip (1971); The Longest Yard / aka The Mean Machine (1974); The Lost Empire (1984); The Master (1984); The Rousters (1983); The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982); The Velvet Vampire (1971); The Villain / aka Cactus Jack (1979); Vega$ (1980).

Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Born on this day – Harlan Ellison:


Harlan Ellison


Writer

May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018

Credits:

Books:

A Boy and His Dog (1969); A Century of Great Suspense Stories (2001); A Piece of the Action (1978); A Taste of Armageddon (1978); A Touch of Infinity (1959); Again, Dangerous Visions (1972); Again, Dangerous Visions 2 (1973); Again, Honorable Whoredom at a Penny a Word (2014); Again, Honorable Whoredom at a Penny a Word (2014); Alien Sex (1990); All Our Yesterdays (1978); All the Lies That Are My Life (1980); All the Sounds of Fear (1973); Alone Against Tomorrow (1972); Amok Time (1978); An Edge in My Voice (1985); Andromeda 1 (1976); Andromeda 2 (1977); Andromeda 3 (1978); Angry Candy (1988); Approaching Oblivion (1974); Balm in Gilead - Salves from the Souk of Imagination (2007); Best New Horror 2 (1991); Best New Horror 5 (1994); Best New Horror 6 (1995); Blood Is Not Enough (2019); Blood's a Rover (2019); Borderlands 1 (1990); Brain Movies, Volume 1 (2011); Brain Movies, Volume 2 (2011); Brain Movies, Volume 3 (2013); Brain Movies, Volume 4 (2013); Brain Movies, Volume 5 (2013); Brain Movies, Volume 6 (2013); Brain Movies, Volume 7 (2019); Brain Movies, Volume 8 (2019); Can & Can'tankerous (2015); Chatting with Anubis (1995); Children of the Streets / The Juvies (1961); Chrysalis 1 (1977); Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy, November 1977 (1977); Crucified Dreams (2011); Cthulhu 2000 (1995); Dangerous Visions (1967); Dangerous Visions 3 (1967); Dante's Disciples (1991); Dark Destiny (1994); Dark Destiny II: Proprietors of Fate (1991); Dark Terrors 2 (1996); Darker Terrors 7 (2016); Day of the Dove (1978); Deathbird Stories (1975); Demons & Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 1 (1988); Dimensions of Harlan Ellison (2019); Doomsman (1972); Dream Corridor 1 (1996); Dream Corridor 2 (2007); Dream Corridor Quarterly (1996); Dream Corridor Special (1995); Dreams with Sharp Teeth (2009); Ellison Wonderland (1962); Fantastic Stories of the Imagination (2012); Fear the Abyss (2012); Final Stage: The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology (1974); First Annual Collection (1988); Footsteps (1989); Fourteenth Annual Collection (2001); From A to Z, in the Sarsaparilla Alphabet (2001); From the Land of Fear (1967); Galaxy Science Fiction - October 1973 (1973); Gentleman Junkie (1961); Getting in the Wind (1959); Great Fantasy (1983); Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1985); Greatest Hits (2024); Hanukkah Lights of Stories and Narrative About Hanukkah (1995); Harlan 101 (2011); Harlan Ellison's 7 Against Chaos (2013); Harlan Ellison's Movie (2010); Harlan Ellison's Watching (1988); Hollywood Fantasies: Ten Surreal Visions of Tinsel Town (1997); Honorable Whoredom at a Penny a Word (2013); Hot Blood Tales of Erotic Horror (1989); I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (1967); I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay (1987); In the Shadow of the Gargoyle (1998); Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1990 (1990); Jack the Knife: Tales of Jack the Ripper (1975); Jeffty Is Five (1977); Kingdom of Fear: The World of Stephen King (1986); Li'l Harlan and His Sidekick Carl the Comet in Danger Land (2013); Lone Star Universe (1976); Lore: A Quaint and Curious Volume of Selected Stories (2011); Love Ain't Nothing But Sex Misspelled (1968); Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers, Vol. 11 (2011); Medea (1985); Mefisto in Onyx (1987); Memos From Purgatory (1961); Metamorphosis (1978); More Stories from the Hugo Winners, Vol. 2 (1973); Murder Plus (1992); Nebula Awards 13 (1980); Nebula Awards 41 2007 (2007); Nebula Awards Showcase 2007 (2007); Night and the Enemy (1987); No Doors, No Windows (1975); None of the Above (2012); Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror (2014); Over the Edge (1970); Paingod and Other Delusions (1965); Paladin of the Lost Hour (1985); Partners in Wonder (1971); Phoenix Without Ashes (1975); Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes (1967); Pulling a Train (2012); "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman (1965); Rough Beasts (2012); Run for the Stars (2006); Season of Wonder (2012); Seventh Annual Collection (1994); Sex Gang (1959); Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury (2012); Shadow Show: Stories In Celebration of Ray Bradbury (2015); Shatterday (1980); Shelf Life: Fantastic Stories Celebrating Bookstores (2002); She's a Young Thing and Cannot Leave Her Mother (2003); Silent Night, Deadly Night (2016); Six Science Fiction Plays (1975); Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed (1984); Slippage (1997); Soft Monkey (1987); Son of Retro Pulp Tales (2009); Spider Kiss (1961); Spider Kiss / Stalking the Nightmare (1996); Stalking the Nightmare (1982); Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (1982); Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1980); Strange Wine (1978); Study War No More (1977); Summer Chills (2007); Ten Tales (1994); The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction (1980); The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World (1968); The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (2000); The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology (1999); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 20th Series (1973); The Best of Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine: Joe Haldeman and Others (2003); The City on the Edge of Forever (1977); The Dark Void (1987); The Deadly Streets (1958); The Deathbird (1973); The Ellison Treatment (2019); The Ephemeral Ellison (2019); The Essential Ellison (1985); The Fantasies of Harlan Ellison (1979); The First Omni Book of Science Fiction (1983); The Function of Dream Sleep (1988); The Galileo 7 (1978); The Giant Book of Best New Horror (1993); The Glass Teat (1970); The Harlan Ellison Hornbook (1990); The Horror Hall of Fame (1991); The Illustrated Harlan Ellison (1978); The King is Dead: Tales of Elvis Postmortem (1994); The Last Dangerous Visions (2024); The Living Dead (2008); The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1988 (1988); The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 2001 (2001); The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1985 (1985); The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1989 (1989); The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10 (1999); The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction (2006); The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats (1988); The Mammoth Book of Nightmare Stories (2019); The Mammoth Book of Vampires (1992); The Man with 9 Lives (1959); The Other Glass Teat (1975); The Outer Limits, Volume One (1996); The Phantom Chronicles, Volume 2 (2009); The Region Between (1970); The Thinking Machine (1905); The Time of the Eye (1971); The Top of the Volcano (2014); The Trouble with Tribbles (1977); The Ultimate Undead (1993); The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 12 (1986); The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series V (1977); They Came from Outer Space: 12 Classic Science Fiction Tales That Became Major Motion Pictures (1979); Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader (1973); Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... (1974); Troublemakers (2001); Twilight Zone Magazine, December 1985 (1985); Vic and Blood (1988); Wandering Stars: An Anthology of Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction (1973); Weasels Ripped My Flesh!: Two-Fisted Stories From Men's Adventure Magazines of the 1950s, '60s & '70s (2013); Web of the City (1958); Weird Heroes Volume 2 (1975); Working Without a Net (2020).

Movies and television:

2065 (2018); 40 Years of Star Trek (2006); 90 Minutes Live (1977–1978); A Boy and His Dog (1975); A Boy and His Dog; All Things Shining (2012); An Evening with Sharp Teeth (2009); Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023); Babylon 5 (1993–1998); Babylon 5 (1996–1998); Babylon 5 (1998); Babylon 5: A Call to Arms (1999); Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998); Babylon 5: The River of Souls (1998); Babylon 5: Thirdspace (1998); Back on Earth? (2013); Biography (1995); Burke's Law (1963–1964); Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (1994); Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man (2010); Cimarron Strip (1968); Circle of Fear (1973); Clark Ashton Smith: The Emperor of Dreams (2018); Dark Dreamers (2011); Dreams with Sharp Teeth (2008); Fantasy Film Festival (1980); Historias para no dormir (1966); History's Mysteries (1999); I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1995); In Conversation: Director L.Q. Jones & Writer Harlan Ellison (2013); Jackpot (1980); Kobresia: Fragments (2011); Last Sunset (2012); Legends of the Dark Knight: The History of Batman (2005); Logan's Run (1977); Love, Death & Robots (2021); Masters of Fantasy (1998); Masters of Science Fiction (2007); Naked Hollywood (1991); NPRmageddon (2023); Pencils Down! The 100 Days of the Writers Guild Strike (2014); Pizza with Mr. Harlan Ellison and Mr. Neil Gaiman (2009); Politically Incorrect (1999); Prisoners of Gravity (1990–1993); Prophets of Science Fiction (2012); PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1999); Ripcord (1963); Route 66 (1963); Science Future Science Fiction (2002); Sci-Fi Buzz (1992); Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010-2013); Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (2005); Silver Surfer (1998); Since '45 - In the Extraordinary House of History (2017); Since '45 (1979); Star Trek (1967); Star Trek Phase II (2004–2007); Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (2007); Tales from the Darkside (1985); Television: The Enchanted Mirror (1981); Television: The Ultimate Drug (1981); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Anti Gravity Room (1995–1997); The Comet Chronicles (2011); The Delivery (2008); The Flying Nun (1968); The Godson (1971); The History of the SF Film (1982); The Hunger (1998); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2013); The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder (1998); The Late Show (1989); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966–1967); The Masters of Comic Book Art (1987); The Mike Douglas Show (1962); The Oscar (1966); The Outer Limits (1964); The Outer Limits / The Human Operators (1999–2002); The Overstreet World of Comic Books (1993); The Pirates of Dark Water (1992–1993); The Simpsons (2014); The Sixth Sense (1972); The Starlost (1973–1974); The Starlost: Deception (1980); The Starlost: The Beginning (1980); The Terminator (1984); The Twilight Zone (1985–1989); The Young Lawyers (1971); 'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris (2006); To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore (2007); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1976); Try a Dull Knife (1992); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964); With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (2010).

Friday, May 22, 2026

Born on this day – Merry Anders:


Merry Anders


Actress

May 22, 1934 – October 28, 2012


Credits:
Intimate Portrait (2002); Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny (1995); Reginald LeBorg - Man nannte mich den Alleskönner (1987); Gunsmoke (1971); Will to Die (1971); Airport (1970); Lassie (1967–1968); Dragnet 1967 (1967–1968); Flight of the Cougar (1967); The Magical World of Disney (1966); Never Too Young (1965–1966); Women of the Prehistoric Planet (1966); Get Smart (1966); Tickle Me (1965); Raiders from Beneath the Sea (1964); Young Fury (1964); The Time Travelers (1964); The Addams Family (1964); The Virginian (1964); The Quick Gun (1964); Perry Mason (1961–1964); A Tiger Walks (1964); Arrest and Trial (1964); The Joey Bishop Show (1963–1964); Police Nurse (1963); House of the Damned (1963); The Jack Benny Program (1963); FBI Code 98 (1963); 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1962); Death Valley Days (1952); Air Patrol (1962); Beauty and the Beast (1962); Hawaiian Eye (1960–1962); Patty (1962); Straightaway (1962); Westinghouse Preview Theatre (1961); Ichabod and Me (1961); Maverick (1960–1961); The Bob Cummings Show (1961); Alfred Hitchcock in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); Secret of Deep Harbor (1961); 20,000 Eyes (1961); When the Clock Strikes (1961); Michael Shayne (1961); The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961); Bringing Up Buddy (1961); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1960–1961); Police Dog Story (1961); Surfside 6 (1961); The Loretta Young Show (1955–1961); Bronco (1960–1961); Spring Affair (1960); The Walking Target (1960); Cheyenne (1957–1960); Young Jesse James (1960); Five Bold Women (1960); Bonanza (1960); ; The Hypnotic Eye (1960); Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade of the Stars (1960); The Real McCoys (1959); Sugarfoot (1957–1959); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1959); The Ann Sothern Show (1959); How to Marry a Millionaire (1957–1959); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959); Mike Hammer (1959); State Trooper (1959); Decision (1958); Violent Road (1958); The Dalton Girls (1957); Broken Arrow (1957); Hear Me Good (1957); The Bob Cummings Show (1957); Escape from San Quentin (1957); Death in Small Doses (1957); No Time to Be Young (1957); Calypso Heat Wave (1957); Desk Set (1957); The Night Runner (1957); The Millionaire (1956); Matinee Theatre (1956); It's Always Jan (1955–1956); All That Heaven Allows (1955); TV Reader's Digest (1955); The Stu Erwin Show (1954–1955); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); Phffft (1954); Public Defender (1954); Princess of the Nile (1954); Three Coins in the Fountain (1954); How to Marry a Millionaire (1953); The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953); Titanic (1953); Les Miserables (1952); Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952); Belles on Their Toes (1952); Golden Girl (1951).

Monday, May 18, 2026

Born on this day – Elizabeth Rogers:


Elizabeth Rogers


Actress

May 18, 1934 – November 6, 2004

Credits:

A Sensitive, Passionate Man (1977); Adventures of the Queen (1975); An Officer and a Gentleman (1982); Bewitched (1971); Bittersweet Love (1976); Bonanza (1965–1967); Dr. Kildare (1965); Dragnet 1966 (1969); Dragnet 1967 (1968); Falcon Crest (1984); Flood (1976); Goldie and the Boxer (1979); Grand Theft Auto (1977); Gunsmoke (1966); Hanging by a Thread (1979); Lacy and the Mississippi Queen (1978); Land of the Giants (1969); Little House on the Prairie (1981); Mannix (1969); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970); Medical Center (1970); Outrage! (1986); Slattery’s People (1965); Something Evil (1972); Star Trek (1967–1969); The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1980); The Poseidon Adventure (1972); The Swarm (1978); The Time Tunnel (1966); The Towering Inferno (1974); The Van (1977); The Waltons (1975); The Yellow Rose (1984).

Monday, May 4, 2026

On this day in movie history - Manhattan Melodrama (1934):


Manhattan Melodrama

directed by W.S. Van Dyke, Jack Conway and George Cukor,
written by Oliver H.P. Garrett and Joseph L. Mankiewicz,
based on a story by Arthur Caesar, Frank Dolan and Donald Ogden Stewart,
was released in the United States on May 4, 1934.
Music by William Axt.

Cast:

Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Leo Carrillo, Nat Pendleton, George Sidney, Isabel Jewell, Muriel Evans, Thomas E. Jackson, Isabelle Keith, Frank Conroy, Noel Madison, Jimmy Butler, Mickey Rooney, Shirley Ross.

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Born on this day – Lois Duncan:


Lois Duncan


Writer

April 28, 1934 – June 15, 2016

Credits:

Books:

A Gift of Magic (1960); A Promise for Joyce (1959); Daughters of Eve (1979); Debutante Hill (1958); Don't Look Behind You (1989); Down a Dark Hall (1974); From Spring to Spring (1982); Gallows Hill (1997); Game of Danger (1962); Hotel for Dogs (1971); I Know What You Did Last Summer (1973); I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998); Killing Mr. Griffin (1978); Locked in Time (1985); Love Song for Joyce (1958); Movie for Dogs (2010); News For Dogs (2009); Night Terrors (1996); On the Edge (1997); Peggy (1970); Point of Violence (1966); Ransom / aka Five Were Missing (1966); Season of the Two - Heart (1964); Seasons of the Heart (2007); Songs From Dreamland (1989); Stranger with My Face (1981); Summer of Fear (1976); Terrible Tales of the Happy Days School (1983); The Middle Sister (1962); The Third Eye / aka The Eyes of Karen Connors (1984); The Twisted Window (1987); They Never Came Home (1969); When the Bough Breaks (1973); Written In The Stars (2014).

Movies and television:

A Home for Everyone: The Making of 'Hotel for Dogs' (2009); Don't Look Behind You (1999); Down a Dark Hall (2018); Held for Ransom (2000); Hotel for Dogs (2009); I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997 / 2021 / 2021); I Know What You Did Last Summer: Alternate Ending (2022); I Know What You Did Last Summer: Deleted Scenes (2022); I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998); I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006); I've Been Waiting for You (1998); Killing Mr. Griffin (1997); Sightings (1992); Stranger with My Face (2009); Summer of Fear (1978); The Bikini Open 8 (1992); The Generation Why Podcast (2014); Unsolved Mysteries (1992).

Saturday, April 4, 2026

On this day in movie history - The Woman Condemned (1934):


The Woman Condemned

directed by Dorothy Davenport,
written by Willis Kent,
was released in the United States on April 4, 1934.
Music by Lee Zahler.


Cast:

Claudia Dell, Lola Lane, Richard Hemingway, Jason Robards Sr., Paul Ellis, Douglas Cosgrove, Mischa Auer, Sheila Bromley, Louise Beavers, Tom O'Brien, Neal Pratt, Charles Doherty, Mary Gordon, Julia Griffith, Lindsay McHarrie, Eva McKenzie, Fletcher Norton, Hal Price, Charles Sullivan.

Friday, April 3, 2026

Born on this day – Jane Goodall:


Jane Goodall


Zoologist

Primatologist

Anthropologist

Writer

April 3, 1934 – October 1, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Baboon Family (1991); Bruce Weber. the Golden Retriever Photographic Society (2021); Chimps (1989); Dr. White (1999); Elephant Family (1991); Giraffe Family (1991); Grub: The Bush Baby (1970); Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Eating (2005); Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species are Being Rescued from the Brink (2009); In the shadow of man (1971);Innocent killers (1970); Jane Goodall: 50 Years at Gombe: A Tribute to the Five Decades of Wildlife Research, Education, and Conservation (2010); Lion Family (1991); My Friends the Wild Chimpanzees (1967); My Life with the Chimpanzees (1988); Pangolina (2021); Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey (1999); Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants (2013); The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide f or Trying Times (2021); The chimpanzee (1992); The Chimpanzee Family Book (1989); The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior (1986); The Eagle & the Wren (2000); The Most Important Comic Book on Earth: Stories to Save the World (2021); Thou Shalt Not: 10 Commandments Adult Coloring Book (2016); Through a Window: 30 years observing the Gombe chimpanzees (1990); Wildebeest Family (1991); With Love (1994); Zebra Family (1991).

Movies and television:

2013 Tournament of Roses Parade (2013); 2017 Global Citizen (2017); 30 Years of National Geographic Specials (1995); 50 Years of Discovery: Jane Goodall and the Leakey Foundation (2018); 60 Minutes (2010–2018); 98% Human (2017); A Life Among Elephants (2024); ABC News Breakfast (2025); Amanpour. (2018); America's Book of Secrets (2013); Animal (2021); Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard (2021); Arten retten: Gegen das große Verschwinden (2020); Australian Story (2014); Bambi Verleihung 2010 (2010); Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl (2012); Beyond the Trailer (2014); Bill Moyers' Journal (2010); Buitenhof (2020); C à vous (2013); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2021); Celebrity Page (2019); Change for Chimps (2016); Changing Minds, Changing Times (1991); Chasing Coral (2017); Chasing Ice (2012); Chattel (2003); Chimpanzee (2011); Chimps: So Like Us (1990); Citizen Animal (2017); Civilizace - Dobra zprava o konci sveta (2022); Closing a Deadly Gateway (2010); CNBC's Sustainable Future (2021); CNN Newsroom (2018); College Tour (2016); Countdown to Year Zero (2019); Covid-19 and the Environment (2020); Day of Peace with Jane Goodall (2024); Dead Society (2007); Dear... (2020); Defunctland (2018); Democracy Now! (2010–2016); Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist (2017); Double Helix: The DNA Years (2004); Einstein (2017); Elepalooza! (2020); Enough Rope with Andrew Denton (2006–2007); Equity & Opportunity (2024); Ethicall (2024); Evolution (2002); Exploring Hans Hass (2019); Film at Lincoln Center (2017); Fine Point with Chanel Rion (2024); Food System Impacts on Biodiversity Loss (2021); Forever a Scientist (2017); Fox News Sunday (2017–2024); From the Ground to the Cloud: Transforming Chimpanzee Conservation with High-Tech Tools (2003); Gaia Symphony IV (2001); Generació digital (2013); Good Morning America (1982–2017); Good Shepherds: Music for Mankind and Other Animals (2017); Gorillaville (2014–2017); GPS Fareed Zakaria (2024); Great Apes: So Like Us (2011); Great Conversations (1999); Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words (2011); Gutsy (2022); Heroes for the Planet: A Tribute to National Geographic (2001); Heroes of Jules Verne Festival (2010); Hope for All: Unsere Nahrung - unsere Hoffnung (2016); Hope! Estamos a tiempo (2025); Horizon (2004); Hubert von Goisern - 60 Jahre und kein bisschen leise (2012); Hubert von Goisern - Brenna tuat's schon lang (2015); Humans and Other Animals (2024); Hyde Park Civilizace (2017); Iconoclasts (2010); Icons (2019); In the Cutz (2006); Inside Base Camp (2001); Inspiring America: The 2023 Inspiration List (2023); Instinct for Survival (1972); Jane (2017); Jane Goodall and the World of Animal Behavior: The Wild Dogs of Africa (1973); Jane Goodall: A Life in the Wild (1990); Jane Goodall: Beauty and the Beasts (2010); Jane Goodall: My Life with the Chimpanzees (1995); Jane Goodall: Reason for Hope (1999); Jane Goodall: Reasons for Hope (2023); Jane Goodall: The Hope (2020); Jane Goodall: When Animals Talk (2005); Jane Goodall's Heroes (2006); Jane Goodall's Return to Gombe (2004); Jane Goodall's State of the Great Ape (2004); Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees (2002); Jane New Generation (2020); Jane's Journey (2010); Jeopardy! (2020); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2023); Karussell (1982); Katie (2014); Kid Gloves (2023); La Entrevista (2024); La nit al dia (2007–2008); La Revuelta (2025); Land der Berge (1997); Land of the Free: Out of the Shadows (2022); Lanterne Cosmique (2022); Last of the Wild Chimps (2004); Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995); Le grand 8 (2015); Le monde en face (2020); Les animaux ont ils des droits? (2016); Life Is Bearable at Times... (2010); Life is Short with Justin Long (2021); Life on Earth: A True Civilisation (1996); Live Earth (2007); Live with Kelly and Mark (2012); LoveMEATender (2011); Markus Lanz (2014); Mars (2018); Martha (2008); Me... Jane (2015); Meat the Future (2020); Medicine of the Wolf (2015); Menschenaffen: Eine Geschichte von Gefühl und Geist (2021); Mercy for Animals: Hope Gala (2021); Milked (2021); MTW - Menschen Technik Wissenschaft (1992); Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (1986 / 2007); Na plovárne (2017); National Geographic Specials (1965–2003); Natural World (1984–2009); Naturally, Sadie (2005); Nature (2009); Nature Watch (1988–1990); New Day (2018); Nova (2008 / 2014); On the Edge (1998); One Plus One (2017); One Small Step: The Story of the Space Chimps (2003); Op1 (2021); Órbita Laika: La nueva generación (2016); Overheard (2025); Pant Hoot (2020); Payback (2012); PBS News Hour (2025); Peace with Nature in Costa Rica (2020); People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe (1988); Planet Hope (2024); Poisoning for Profit (2003); Portrait Artist of the Year (2023); Precht (2022); Protecting the Amazon (2021); Quatre gats (2020); Racing Extinction (2015); Reading Rainbow (1994); Rebuilding Paradise with Paul Henry (2020); Red Carpet Report (2019); Reflex (2021); RTL Late Night (2015–2018); Rundschau (2009); RuPaul's Drag Race (2025); Saving Jane (2024); SBS World News (2024); Schimpansen im Kongo mit Jane Goodall (2021); Scott y Milá (2019); Sea of Shadows (2019); Seed: The Untold Story (2016); Sex and the Scientists: Beauty and the Beasts (1996); Shelter Me: Community Matters (2017); Six femmes sur la planète des grands singes (2020); Skavlan (2020); Spaceship Earth (2020); StarTalk (2017); Sternstunden (2007–2023); Stories of a Generation - with Pope Francis (2021); Stroop: Journey into the Rhino Horn War (2018); Surviving Progress (2011); Symphony of Science (2010–2011); Talk of the 80s (1989); Tavis Smiley (2017); Terra Mater (2018); The 8th Annual Genesis Awards (1994); The Amanpour Hour (2024); The Beat with Ari Melber (2023–2025); The Chimp Island (2023); The Colbert Report (2014); The Daily Show (2009–2020); The David Frost Show (1970); The Earth Awards (2011); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2019); The Firekeepers (2023); The Forum (2019); The Great Ape Trial (1995); The Green Interview (2011); The Hadza: Last of the First (2014); The Hour (2011–2012); The Imagineering Story (2019); The Ivory Game (2016); The Jane Goodall Hopecast (2020–2022); The Kelly Clarkson Show (2023); The Last Tourist (2021); The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2024); The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall (1990); The Man Who Saves the World? (2025); The Mike Douglas Show (1973); The Nature of Things (2015–2019); The Power of Women Series (2019); The Price (2015); The Project (2011–2024); The Rise and Rise of Animal Rights (2001); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1999–2002); The Simpsons (2019); The Tim Ferriss Show (2020); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2017–2021); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971–1990); The Tony Danza Show (2005); The Way We Went Wild (2004); The Wild Thornberrys (2001); The World About Us (1968–1976); Tigerenten Club (1998); Time (2009); Time to Choose (2015); To the Ends of the Earth: East Africa (2018); Today (2017–2024); TRIO Jane's music of life (2015); UnchainedTV Video Podcast (2021); Undercover TV (2008); Universum (2021); Unter Menschen (2013); Van de schoonheid en de troost (2000); Vegan 2015 (2015); Vegan 2018 (2018); Vegan 2020 (2020); Visions for the Future (2013); Voices of Hope ~ Words of Wisdom by Dr. Jane Goodall (2024); Volle Kanne (2024); We Are Nature (2021); Webnation (2007); Weihnachten auf Gut Aiderbichl (2011); What Happened When We All Stopped (2020); What We Eat (2023); Wild Daze (2020); Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus / podcast (2024); Wogan (1986); Women's History Month: Dr. Jane Goodall Tribute (2023); Work in Progress with Sophia Bush (2021); World Animal News (2015); World Woman Hour (2020); WTF with Marc Maron / podcast (2021); Zayed's Antarctic Lights (2018); ZiB 2 (2025); Zibb (2015).

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Born on this day – Richard Chamberlain:


Richard Chamberlain


Actor

Singer

Producer

March 31, 1934 – March 29, 2025

Credits:

Book:

Shattered Love: A Memoir (2003).

Music:

All I Have to Do Is Dream (1963); Blue Guitar / They Long to Be Close to You (1963); Bride-Finding Ball (1976); Haleakala: How Maui Snared The Sun (Tone Poem) (1991); He Danced With Me / She Danced With Me (1976); Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo (1963); I Will Love You (1963); Joy in the Morning (1964); Love Me Tender (1962); Rome Will Never Leave You (1964); Secret Kingdom (1976); Theme from Dr. Kildare (Three Stars Will Shine Tonight) (1962); True Love (1963); What a Comforting Thing to Know (1976); Why Can't I Be Two People? (1976).

Movies and television:

10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004); 20th Century Fox Presents... A Tribute to Darryl F. Zanuck (1974); 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1982); A Man and a River (1973); A Thunder of Drums (1961); ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003); Actors Entertainment (2010); Actors Reporter Interviews (2010); AFI Life Achievement Award (1984–1986); After They Were Famous (2005); Aftermath: A Test of Love (1991); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959 / 1986); All the Winters That Have Been (1997); Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986); Arthur Freed's Hollywood Melody (1962); At This Very Moment (1962); Autumn Ball (2007); Awakening World (2012); Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991); Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Biography (1995–1997); Bird of Prey (1995); Blackbeard (2006); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Brothers & Sisters (2010–2011); Buffalo Soldiers (2001); Caiga quien caiga (1997); Casanova (1987); Centennial (1978–1979); Champs-Elysées (1988); Chuck (2010); Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole (1983); Coucou c'est nous! (1994); Dateline (1961–1977); Dee Time (1968); Desperate Housewives (2007); Die größten TV-Hits aller Zeiten - Die größten Kultserien (2004); Die Peter Alexander Show (1994); Dinah! (1975–1976); Dinah's Place (1972); Dr. Kildare (1961–1966); Dream West (1986); Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014); Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (2020); Endangered Hawaii (2000); Entertainment Tonight (1981–2007); F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'the Last of the Belles' (1974); Film '78 (1978); Film Night (1969–1973); Finding Julia (2019); Finite Water (2019); Gottschalks Haus-Party (1996); Great Performances (1978); Greed and Wildlife: Poaching in America (1989); Ground Zero (1999); Gunsmoke (1960); Gylne tider (2006–2007); Hawaii: Paradise in Peril (1993); Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey (2014); Hold On: It's the Dave Clark Five (1968); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hustle (2006); I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007); Inside 'the Swarm' (1978); Island Son (1989–1990); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1970); Ja niin joulu joutui... (1992); Jeanne Wolf with... (1974–1979); John & Leeza from Hollywood (1993); Joy in the Morning (1965); Julius Caesar (1970); Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015); King Solomon's Mines (1985); Krueger: Tales from Elm Street (2011 / 2017); La tele de tu vida (2007); Lachen mit Peter Alexander (2021); Lady Caroline Lamb (1972); L'antre du Mea (2023); Larry King Live (2003); Les Chroniques du Mea (2021); Leverage (2010–2012); March of Dimes Presents: Once Upon a Dime (1963); Matin Bonheur (1995); McLean and Company (1970); MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992); Miss World 1967 (1967); Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! (1967); Mr. Lucky (1960); Murder by Phone (1982); Musical Comedy Tonight (1979); Na sowas! (1986); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Night of the Hunter (1991); Nightmare Cinema / Segment: Mirari (2018); Nip/Tuck (2006); Ordeal in the Arctic (1993); Perry Como's Christmas in the Holy Land (1980); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1965); Petulia (1968); Petulia: The Uncommon Movie (1968); Pioneers of Television (2013–2014); Rebildfest 1990 (1990); Rescue 8 (1960); Retrosexual: The 80's (2004); River Made to Drown In (1997); River Song: A Natural History of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon (1987); Riverboat (1960); Sacrée soirée (1990–1994); Scoundrels, Scallywags, and Scurvy Knaves (2006); Shogun (1980); So Graham Norton (2000); Spirit of Evolution (2025); Strength and Honour (2007); The 10th Annual People's Choice Awards (1984); The 15th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1963); The 1975 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (1975); The 20th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1963); The 23rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1966); The 2nd Commitment to Life AIDS Project Benefit (1986); The 30th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1973); The 32nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1975); The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1981); The 34th Annual Academy Awards (1962); The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1983); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985); The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1984); The 41st Annual Tony Awards (1987); The 42nd Annual Tony Awards (1988); The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 1986 (1986); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 4th Annual TV Land Awards (2006); The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1993); The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981); The Andy Williams Show (1965); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989); The Astronomers (1991); The Black Ghiandola (2017); The Bob Hope Show (1963–1964); The Bob Hope Thanksgiving Special (1964); The Bourne Identity (1988); The Carol Burnett Show (1967); The Christmas Messenger (1975); The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975); The David Frost Show (1970–1971); The Deputy (1961); The Dick Cavett Show (1970–1971); The Drew Carey Show (2002); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1967–1969); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Factor (2008); The Festival Game (1970); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Laurence Olivier (1983); The Films of Robert Bolt (1972); The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974); The Good Doctor (1978); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2010); The Joey Bishop Show (1969); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1981); The Lady's Not for Burning (1974); The Last Wave (1977); The Last Wave: Richard Chamberlain in Conversation with Paul Harris (2020); The Late Late Show (2006); The Little Mermaid (1974); The Lost Daughter (1997); The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969); The Man in the Iron Mask (1977); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1981); The Mike Douglas Show (1970–1975); The Miracle (1985); The Music Lovers (1971); The Pavilion (2000); The Perfect Family (2011); The Portrait of a Lady (1968); The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (2014); The Red Skelton Hour (1967); The Return of the Musketeers (1989); The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show (1966); The Secret of the Purple Reef (1960); The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976); The Swarm (1978); The Thorn Birds (1983); The Thorn Birds: Old Friends New Stories (2003); The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years (1996); The Three Musketeers (1973); The Toni Tennille Show (1980); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1990); The Towering Inferno (1974); The Towering Inferno: Inside the Tower - We Remember (2006); The Towering Inferno: Irwin Allen, the Great Producer (2006); The Towering Inferno: Running on Fire (2006); The Uncommon Making of Petulia (2006); The View (2003); The Woman I Love (1972); Three Days of Hamlet (2012); Thriller (1960); ThunderCats (2011); Today (1964–2007); Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (1999); Touched by an Angel (2000); TV Guide Close Up: From Comedy Club to Primetime (2004); Twilight of Honor (1963); Twin Peaks (2017); Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985); We Are the Hartmans (2011); Wetten, dass..? (1995); What's My Line? (1962 / 1973); Whispering Smith (1961); Will & Grace (2005); You Don't Say (1964).