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 – 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).

Born on this day – Nicole Berger:

Nicole Berger

Actress

June 12, 1934 – April 13, 1967

Born on this day – Robert Tessier:

Robert Tessier

Actor

Stuntman

June 2, 1934 – October 11, 1990

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).

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).

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).

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.

On this day in movie history - The Black Cat (1934):

The Black Cat

directed by Edgar G. Ulmer,

written by Eve Greene and Richard Macaulay,

based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe,

was released in the United States on May 3, 1934.
Music by Heinz Roemheld.

Cast:

Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishop, Egon Brecher, Harry Cording, Lucille Lund, Henry Armetta, Albert Conti, Virginia Ainsworth, Luis Alberni, King Baggot, Herman Bing, Symona Boniface, John Carradine, André Cheron, George Davis, Andy Devine, Anna Duncan, John George, Rodney Hildebrand, Lois January, Ula Love, Michael Mark, Tony Marlow, Alphonse Martell, Paul Panzer, Albert Pollet, Peggy Terry, Harry Walker, Paul Weigel.

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).

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.

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).

Born on this day – Alan Arkin:

Alan Arkin

Actor

Director

Writer

March 26, 1934 – June 29, 2023

Recommended reading - The Postman Always Rings Twice, by James M. Cain (1934):

The Postman Always Rings Twice

by James M. Cain

Published by Vintage.

First published 1934.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0679723250

ISBN-13: 978-0679723257

Description:

“A good, swift, violent story.” – Dashiell Hammett.

“A poet of the tabloid murder.” – Edmund Wilson.

An amoral young tramp. A beautiful, sullen woman with an inconvenient husband. A problem that has only one grisly solution — a solution that only creates other problems that no one can ever solve.

First published in 1934, The Postman Always Rings Twice is a classic of the roman noir. It established James M. Cain as a major novelist with an unsparing vision of America’s bleak underside and was acknowledged by Albert Camus as the model for The Stranger.

“I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called. I merely try to write as the character would write, and I never forget that the average man … has acquired a vividness of speech that goes beyond anything I could invent.” – James M. Cain.