Born on this day – John G. Avildsen:

John G. Avildsen

Director

December 21, 1935 – June 16, 2017

Credits:

Let Love Last (2014); Inferno (1999); A Fine and Private Place (1998); 8 Seconds (1994); The Power of One (1992); Rocky V (1990); The Karate Kid Part III (1989); Lean on Me (1989); For Keeps? (1988); Happy New Year (1987); The Karate Kid Part II (1986); The Karate Kid (1984); Murder Ink (1983); A Night in Heaven (1983); Traveling Hopefully (1982); Neighbors (1981); The Formula (1980); Slow Dancing in the Big City (1978); Rocky (1976); Foreplay (1975); W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975); Save the Tiger (1973); The Stoolie (1972); Okay Bill (1971); Cry Uncle (1971); Joe (1970); Guess What We Learned in School Today? (1970); Out of It (1969); Turn on to Love (1969); Light Sound Diffused (1965); Smiles (1964).

Born on this day – Lee Remick:

Lee Remick

Actress

Singer

December 14, 1935 – July 2, 1991

Credits:

Dark Holiday (1989); Around the World in 80 Days (1989); Bridge to Silence (1989); Jesse (1988); Screen Two (1985); Emma's War (1987); Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder (1987); American Playhouse (1985–1987); Of Pure Blood (1986); Great Performances (1986); Toughlove (1985); Faerie Tale Theatre (1985); Rearview Mirror (1984); Mistral's Daughter (1984); A Good Sport (1984); I Do! I Do! (1983); The Gift of Love: A Christmas Story (1983); The Letter (1982); Tribute (1980); The Competition (1980); The Women's Room (1980); Ike: The War Years (1980); Haywire (1980); The Europeans (1979); Ike: The War Years (1979); Torn Between Two Lovers (1979); Wheels (1978); The Medusa Touch (1978); Breaking Up (1978); Telefon (1977); BBC Play of the Month (1972–1977); The Omen (1976); Hennessy (1975); A Girl Named Sooner (1975); Hustling (1975); Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1974); QB VII (1974); A Delicate Balance (1973); The Blue Knight (1973); Of Men and Women (1973); And No One Could Save Her (1973); The Man Who Came to Dinner (1972); Touch Me Not (1972); Sometimes a Great Notion (aka Never Give an Inch) (1971); A Severed Head (1971); Loot (1970); Hard Contract (1969); The Detective (1968); No Way to Treat a Lady (1968); Damn Yankees! (1967); The Hallelujah Trail (1965); The Satan Bug (1965); Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965); The Wheeler Dealers (1963); The Running Man (1963); Days of Wine and Roses (1962); Experiment in Terror (1962); Theatre '62 (1962); The Farmer's Daughter (1962); Sanctuary (1961); Wild River (1960); The Tempest (1960); Anatomy of a Murder (1959); These Thousand Hills (1959); The Long, Hot Summer (1958); The Eighty Yard Run (Playhouse 90) (1957–1958); Kraft Theatre (1953–1957); A Face in the Crowd (1957); Robert Montgomery Presents (1954–1956); Studio One (1954–1956); Modern Romances (1954–1956); Mama (1949); Ponds Theater (1953); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950).

Born on this day – Barbara Leigh-Hunt:

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Actress

December 14, 1935 – September 16, 2024

Credits:

A Merry War (1997); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959); A Perfect Hero (1991); All for Love (1983); An Evening with... (1968); Anna Lee: Headcase (1993); As Time Goes By (1995); BBC Play of the Month (1979); BBC2 Playhouse (1979–1980); Bertie and Elizabeth (2002); Billy Elliot (2000); Bird's-Eye View (1969–1971); Call Oxbridge 2000 (1962); Callan (1969); Charlie Chalk (1988–1989); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Emergency-Ward 10 (1962); Frenzy (1972); Full House (1972); George Eliot: A Scandalous Life (2002); Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972); Inheritance (1967); Inspector Morse (1990); ITV Play of the Week (1966); ITV Playhouse (1967–1980); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969–1970); ITV Sunday Night Drama (1971); Justice (1973); Kavanagh QC (1999–2001); Longitude (2000); Love's Labour's Lost (1965); Macbeth (1970); Midsomer Murders (2002); Mrs. Mouse, Are You Within? (1971); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); No Hiding Place (1965); Oh Heavenly Dog (1980); Paper Mask (1990); Play for Today (1973–1979); Playing Shakespeare (1982); Pride and Prejudice (1995); Pride and Prejudice Revisited (2005); Pride and Prejudice: Lasting Impressions (2006); 'Pride and Prejudice': The Making of... (1999); Public Eye (1965); Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1990); Ryan International (1970); Screen Two (1995); Screenplay (1986); Seeing and Believing (1971–1975); Six Days of Justice (1973); Special Branch (1969); Sunburn (1999); Sunday Premiere (1988); Suspicion (1971); The Afternoon Play (1984); The Bestest BBC Children's Video Ever! (1996); The Brontës of Haworth (1973); The Echo (1998); The Inside Man (1969); The Martins (2001); The Nelson Affair (1973); The Old Crowd / One Fine Day (1979); The Plague Dogs (1982); The Recording Angells (1956); The Saturday Play: Separate Tables (2002); The Search for the Nile (1971); The Siegfried Idyll (1969); Theatre 625 (1966); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1971); Thriller (1974); Vanity Fair (2004); Villains (1972); Wagner (1983); Who Killed Lamb? (1974); Wives and Daughters (1999).

On this day in movie history - Whipsaw (1935):

Whipsaw

directed by Sam Wood,

written by Howard Emmett Rogers,

was released in the United States on December 6, 1935.
Based on the story The Whipsaw by James Edward Grant, published in Liberty magazine (1934).
Music by William Axt.

Cast:

Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, Harvey Stephens, William Harrigan, Clay Clement, Robert Gleckler, Robert Warwick, Georges Renavent, Paul Stanton, Wade Boteler, Don Rowan, John Qualen, Irene Franklin, Lillian Leighton, J. Anthony Hughes, William Ingersoll, Charles Irwin.

On this day in movie history - Show Them No Mercy! (1935):

Show Them No Mercy!

directed by George Marshall,

written by Henry Lehrman and Kubec Glasmon,

based on the story by Kubec Glasmon,

was released in the United States on December 6, 1935.
Music by David Buttolph and Joseph Schober.

Cast:

Rochelle Hudson, Cesar Romero, Bruce Cabot, Edward Norris, Edward Brophy, Warren Hymer, Herbert Rawlinson, Robert Gleckler, Charles C. Wilson, William B. Davidson, Frank Conroy, Edythe Elliott, Orrin Burke, Lynn Bari, William 'Billy' Benedict, Stanley Blystone, Jimmy Butler, Georgie Cooper, Ray Dawe, Lester Dorr, Bud Geary, Grace Goodall, Otto Hoffman, Harry Hollingsworth, Boothe Howard, Edward Keane, Stanley King, Brady Kline, Edward LeSaint, Wilfred Lucas, Paul McVey, Philip Morris, Gregg O'Brien, Charles Schaeffer, Lee Shumway, Phil Tead, Larry Wheat.

Born on this day – Andréa Parisy:

Andréa Parisy

Actress

December 4, 1935 – April 27, 2014

Born on this day – Tony Mordente:

Tony Mordente

Director

Dancer

Choreographer

Actor

December 3, 1935 – June 11, 2024

Credits:

3 Girls 3 (1977); 7th Heaven (1997–2003); American Masters (2009); Angie (1979–1980); Baker's Dozen (1982); Benson (1979–1980); Blood and Flesh: The Reel Life and Ghastly Death of Al Adamson (2019); Brothers and Sisters (1979); Burke's Law (1995); Busting Loose (1977); Combat! (1962); Coming of Age (1988); Cousins (1976); Curb Your Enthusiasm (2009); Day by Day (1989); Doc (1975–1976); Don't Call Me Mama Anymore (1973); Easy Street (1986–1987); Family Ties (1982–1983); Flatbush (1979); Fleeting Moments (2018); Flo (1981); Good Time Harry (1980); Goodtime Girls (1980); Hardcastle and McCormick (1983–1986); Hunter (1985–1991); I'm a Big Girl Now (1981); Jake and the Fatman (1987); Just Tell Me You Love Me (1978); Keep on Truckin' (1975); Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998–1999); Love with the Proper Stranger (1963); Love, Sidney (1981–1982); M*A*S*H (1978–1979); Matlock (1987–1990); Maude (1973–1976); Nobody's Perfect (1980); Nurse (1982); Phyllis (1976); Private Benjamin (1982–1983); Quincy, M.E. (1979); Rhoda (1975–1978); Riptide (1984–1986); Romance Theatre (1982–1983); Safe Harbor (1999); Shadow Chasers (1986); Stars in the House (2020); That Second Thing on ABC (1978); That's Dancing! (1985); That's Life (1968); The 27th Annual Tony Awards (1973); The Associates (1979–1980); The A-Team (1984–1986); The Brady Brides (1981); The Daydreamer (1966); The Greatest American Hero (1986); The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine (1974); The Jim Nabors Hour (1969-1970); The Jimmy Dean Show (1965–1966); The Longest Day (1962); The Melba Moore-Clifton Davis Show (1972); The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004); The New Interns (1964); The New Lorenzo Music Show (1976); The Outer Limits (1964); The Practice (1976); The Rita Moreno Show (1978); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971–1972); The Tony Randall Show (1977–1978); True Blue (1990); Turnabout (1979); Valerie (1987); Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–1998); West Side Memories (2003); West Side Story (1961); We've Got Each Other (1977); Who's on Call? (1979); Young Hearts (1984).

Born on this day – Les Blank:

Les Blank

Cinematographer

Director

Editor

Documentary filmmaker

November 27, 1935 – April 7, 2013

Born on this day – Michael Chapman:

Michael Chapman

Cinematographer

Actor

Director

November 21, 1935 – September 20, 2020

Born on this day – Robert Drivas:

Robert Drivas

Actor

Director

November 21, 1935 – June 29, 1986

Born on this day – Bibi Andersson:

Bibi Andersson

Actress

November 11, 1935 – April 14, 2019

Born on this day – Alain Delon:

Alain Delon

Actor

Writer

Director

Producer

November 8, 1935 – August 18, 2024

Born on this day – Judy Lewis:

Judy Lewis

Actress

Writer

Producer

Therapist

November 6, 1935 – November 25, 2011

Born on this day – Michael Winner:

Michael Winner

Director

Writer

October 30, 1935 – January 21, 2013

Credits:

Burke and Hare (2010); Hotel Babylon (2009); Shelf Life (2000); Parting Shots (1998); I, Camcorder (1995); Calliope (1994); Decadence (1994); Dirty Weekend (1993); For the Greater Good (1991); Bullseye! (1990); A Chorus of Disapproval (1989); Appointment with Death (1988); Death Wish 3 (1985); Claudia (1985); Scream for Help (1984); The Wicked Lady (1983); Death Wish II (1982); Firepower (1979); The Big Sleep (1978); The Sentinel (1977); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); Death Wish (1974); The Stone Killer (1973); Scorpio (1973); The Mechanic (1972); Chato's Land (1972); The Nightcomers (1971); Lawman (1971); The Games (1970); Hannibal Brooks (1969); A Little of What You Fancy (1968); I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967); The Jokers (1967); You Must Be Joking! (1965); The Girl-Getters (1964); West 11 (1963); The Cool Mikado (1963); Play It Cool (1962); Behave Yourself (1962); The Cool Mikado (1963); Haunted England (1961); Old Mac (1961); Some Like It Cool (1961); Murder on the Campus (1961); Girls Girls Girls! (1961); Climb Up the Wall (1960); Shoot to Kill (1960); Watch the Birdie (1959); Danger, Women at Work (1959); Floating Fortress (1959); Man with a Gun (1958); The Square (1957).

Born on this day – Alan Clarke:

Alan Clarke

Director

Producer

Writer

October 28, 1935 – July 24, 1990

Born on this day – Jerry Orbach:

Jerry Orbach

Actor

Singer

October 20, 1935 – December 28, 2004

On this day in movie history - Dr. Socrates (1935):

Dr. Socrates

directed by William Dieterle,

written by Robert Lord and Mary C. McCall Jr.,

based on a story by W.R. Burnett,

was released in the United States on October 19, 1935.

Music by Bernhard Kaun and Heinz Roemheld.

Cast:

Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Barton MacLane, Robert Barrat, John Eldredge, Hobart Cavanaugh, Helen Lowell, Mayo Methot, Henry O'Neill, Grace Stafford, Samuel S. Hinds, June Travis, Raymond Brown, Olin Howland, Joe Downing, Marie Astaire, Vangie Beilby, William Burress, Glen Cavender, Lucille Collins, Frank Darien, Hal K. Dawson, James Donlan, Jimmie Dundee, Bill Elliott, Dick Elliott, Jack Gardner, Al K. Hall, Otis Harlan, Harry Harvey, Ben Hendricks Jr., Al Hill, Alf James, John Kelly, Milton Kibbee, Marc Lawrence, Ralph Lewis, Jerry Madden, June Martel, Frank McGlynn Jr., Larry McGrath, Ivan Miller, Gene Morgan, Adrian Morris, Jack Norton, Henry Otho, Paul Panzer, Bob Perry, Ralph Remley, Kathryn Sheldon, Carl Stockdale, Charles Sullivan, Grady Sutton, Emerson Treacy, Maidel Turner, Max Wagner, Lucille Ward, Billy Wayne, Huey White, Leo White, Tom Wilson, Sam Wren.

Born on this day – Peter Boyle:

Peter Boyle

Actor

October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006

On this day in movie history - Confidential (1935):

Confidential

directed by Edward L. Cahn,

written by Wellyn Totman and Olive Cooper,

based on a story by Scott Darling and John Rathmell,

was released in the United States on October 16, 1935.
Music by Abe Meyer.

Cast:

Donald Cook, Evalyn Knapp, Theodore von Eltz, Warren Hymer, J. Carrol Naish, Herbert Rawlinson, Kane Richmond, Guy Edward Hearn, James P. Burtis, Clay Clement, Reed Howes, Morgan Wallace, Monte Carter, Al Bridge, Earl Eby, Lynton Brent, George Chesebro, Mary Gwynne, Frank Marlowe, Lillian Castle, Donald Kerr, Edwin Argus, Jack Gustin, David Worth, Allen Connor, Tom Brower, Harry Harvey, Sr., Robert Homans, Allan Cavan, Earl Dwire, John Ince, Lee Phelps.

Born on this day – Luciano Pavarotti:

Luciano Pavarotti

Opera singer (tenor)

October 12, 1935 – September 6, 2007