Born on this day – Brian May:

Brian May

Composer

Conductor

July 28, 1934 – April 25, 1997

Born on this day – Kathryn Hays:

Kathryn Hays

Actress

July 26, 1934 – March 25, 2022

Kathryn Hays in Star Trek (1968).

Credits:

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

Born on this day – Don Ellis:

Don Ellis

Musician

Composer

July 25, 1934 – December 17, 1978

Born on this day – Louise Fletcher:

Louise Fletcher

Actress

July 22, 1934 – September 23, 2022

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

Midnight Alibi

directed by Alan Crosland,

written by Warren Duff,

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

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

Cast:

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

Born on this day – Ken Wlaschin:

Ken Wlaschin

Actor

Writer

July 12, 1934 – November 10, 2009

Credits:

Books:

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

Movies and television:

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

Born on this day – Sydney Pollack:

Sydney Pollack

Director

Producer

Actor, July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008

Born on this day – Jean Marsh:

Jean Marsh

Actress

Writer

July 1, 1934 – April 13, 2025

Credits:

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

Born on this day – 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).