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Sunday, October 19, 2025

Born on this day – Tony Lo Bianco:


Tony Lo Bianco


Actor

Director

Producer

October 19, 1936 – June 11, 2024

Credits:

Somewhere in Queens (2022); No Rest for the Weekend (2022); 79 Parts: Director's Cut (2019); Compression (2019); Cooking with Chef Johnny P (2018); Fame Us (2017); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2017); The Seven-Ups: Cut to the Chase (2016); A Tony Lo Bianco Type (2016); Blondie (2016); Just a Common Soldier (2015); Love Letters: Tony Lo Bianco, Marilyn Chris and Stan Warnow on 'The Honeymoon Killers' (2015); Just a Common Soldier (2015); God Told Me to: Heaven & Hell on Earth - Interview with Tony Lo Bianco (2015); Send No Flowers (2013); All Night with Joey Reynolds (2011); Movie Nights (2011); Kill the Irishman (2011); Lily of the Feast (2010); Frame of Mind (2009); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2007); The Last Request (2006); N.Y.-70 (2005); Hate (2005); The Engagement Ring (2005); Exit (2005); Anti-Italianism (2005); Ilaria Alpi - Il più crudele dei giorni (2003); Endangered Species (2002); Law & Order (1992–2002); Lucky Day (2002); Friends and Family (2001); Deadline (2001); Walker, Texas Ranger (2001); Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'the French Connection' (2001); The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' (2000); Down 'n Dirty (2000); The Day the Ponies Come Back (2000); Rocky Marciano (1999); The Pawn (1999); Mafia! (1998); Bella Mafia (1997); Let Me Call You Sweetheart (1997); Cold Night Into Dawn (1997); F/X: The Series (1997); Sworn to Justice (1996); The Juror (1996); Nixon (1995); Tyson (1995); Homicide: Life on the Street (1995); The Maharaja's Daughter (1994); Apocrifi sul caso Crowley (1994); Power and Lovers (1994); The Ascent (1994); The Web of Silence - A.I.D.S. (1994); Murder, She Wrote (1991–1994); The Good Policeman (1993); Boiling Point (1993); The Sands of Time (1992); Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (1992); Stormy Weathers (1992); In the Shadow of a Killer (1992); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); Palace Guard (1991); The First Circle (1991); The Ten Million Dollar Getaway (1991); City of Hope (1991); Frederick Forsyth Presents (1990); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1990); ABC Afterschool Specials (1990); Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen (1990); True Blue (1989); La romana (1988); CBS Summer Playhouse (1988); Body of Evidence (1988); Hour Magazine (1988); The Ann Jillian Story (1988); Night Heat (1987); Police Story: The Freeway Killings (1987); American Masters (1986); Blood Ties (1986); Welcome Home, Bobby (1986); The Twilight Zone / Segment: If She Dies (1985); Lady Blue (1985); The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1985); Jessie (1984); Battle of the Network Stars XVII (1984); Too Scared to Scream (1984); Jessie (1984); Hizzoner! (1984); City Heat (1984); The Paper Chase (1984); The 37th Annual Tony Awards (1983); Working in the Theatre (1983); Another Woman's Child (1983); Marco Polo (1982); Today's F.B.I. (1981); Pals (1981); Separate Ways (1981); Circus of the Stars #3 (1979); The Mike Douglas Show (1979); The Duke (1979); The Secret Empire (1979); Kaz (1978–1979); Marciano (1979); A Last Cry for Help (1979); Champions: A Love Story (1979); Magee and the Lady (1978); Bloodbrothers (1978); The Last Tenant (1978); F.I.S.T. (1978); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); Circus of the Stars #2 (1977); Genova a mano armata (1976); God Told Me To (1976); Goldenrod (1976); Alle origini della mafia (1976); Police Story (1973–1976); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); The Streets of San Francisco (1975); A Shadow in the Streets (1975); The Story of Jacob and Joseph (1974); The Seven-Ups (1973); Serpico (1973); Mean Frank and Crazy Tony (1973); Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside (1973); Madigan (1972); Great Performances (1971); The French Connection (1971); The Honeymoon Killers (1970); Hidden Faces (1968–1969); A Fine Pair (1968); Star! (1968); N.Y.P.D. (1968); Hawk (1966); Blue Light (1966); Get Smart (1966); The Sex Perils of Paulette (1965); The Lawrence Welk Show (1965); The Doctors (1963); Love of Life (1951–1980).

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Born on this day – Nicole Croisille:


Nicole Croisille


Singer

Actress

October 9, 1936 – June 4, 2025

Credits:

Albums:

13 jours en France (Bande originale du film) (2008 Remastered Version) (1968); A Man And A Woman (Un Homme Et Une Femme) (1966); Arc-en-ciel (2014); Ca tourne rond (2013); Ça tourne rond (Mono Version) (1961); C'est ma vie (2024 Remastered version) (1978); Croisille (1981); Femme... (2023 Remastered Version) (1975); Femme… (1975); Il était une fois... Nicole (2015); Jazzille (1987); La femme et l'enfant (1977); Le Meilleur de Nicole Croisille (1996); Les idoles des années 60: Nicole Croisille, Vol. 1 (2017); Les Plus Grands Succès de Nicole Croisille (1989); Nicole Croisille - Vintage Selection (2021); Nicole croisille avec jerry van rooyen et son orchestra (2020); Nougaro, Le Jazz Et Moi (2006); Olympia 76 (Live) (1976); Partir (2023 Remastered Version) (2023); Ses plus belles chansons (1988); Si l'on pouvait choisir sa vie (1976).

Songs:

Aujourd'hui c'est toi; Contigo fui mujer; Convalescente; Dansez pour moi; Emma; I'll Never Leave You; J’ai besoin de toi, j’ai besoin de lui; J'aurai Voulu Etre un Artiste; J'aurais voulu être un artiste; Je n'ai pas dit mon dernier mot d'amour; Je ne suis que de l’amour; Je t’aimais; Killy; La Chanson; La femme et l'enfant; La Garonne; L'amour est plus fort que nous; Les plus belles années d'une vie; Mon arc en ciel; Parlez-moi de lui; Plus fort que nous; Quand nous n’aurons que la tendresse; Qui me dira; Rio et Venise; Téléphone-moi; Un Homme Et Une Femme; Un homme et une femme: Plus fort que les mots; Une femme avec toi; Vivre pour vivre; Where Did Our Summers Go; Woman in Your Arms.

Movies and television:

12h45 (2015); 30 millions d'amis (1978); 300 choeurs pour + de vie (2014–2019); 40 degrés à l'ombre de la 3 (1989–1991); 75 artistes pour les enfants du Liban: Liban (1989); À bout portant (1977); A Man and a Woman (1966); A tout Coeur (1982); Amanda (2017); Avis de recherche (1981–1990); Azertyuiop ou les aventures de deux naïfs (1968); Bolero (1981); Bonsoir (1962); Boulevard Bouvard (1988); Bouvard en liberté (1975); Burbujas (1969); C à vous (2011–2018); Cadence 3 (1983); Cadet Rousselle (1973); Café Picouly (2007); C'est au programme (2000–2001); Chabada (2010–2011); Challenge in the Snow (1968); Champs-Elysées (1982–1989); Chanter la vie (2001); Chouette, chat, chien... show (1980); Daisy Town (1971); Deux mamans pour Noël (1998); Die Drehscheibe (1978); Discorama (1974); Dolmen (2005); Domino (1974); Dream On (1990–1994); Du tac au tac (1976); Effraction (1986); Élection de Miss France (1992); Erotissimo (1969); French CanCan (1974); Fugues à Fugain (1981); Gala de l'union (1969); Gala du Midem (1968); Glee (2010); Guépardes (2018); Hier encore (2015); Impressions d'Afrique (1977); Isle of Love (1974); Itinerary of a Spoiled Child (1988); Joyeux anniversaire Monsieur Trenet (1995); Juste pour rire (2005); La belle Anglaise (1988–1990); La bonne conduite (1977–1981); La chance aux chansons (1986–1997); La classe (1992); La fête de la chanson française (2016); La grande farandole (1961); La joie de vivre (1970); La méthode Cauet (2007); La pétaudière de Gontran H / Podcast Series (2022); La plus belle pour aller danser (2023); La puce et le privé (1981); La vie secrète des chansons (2020); L'académie des 9 (1982–1985); Lahaye d'honneur (1988); Le grand échiquier (1976–1987); Le jeu de la vérité (1985); Le monde est à vous (1988); Le palmarès des chansons (1966); Le paria (1985); Le petit dimanche illustré (1968); Le plus grand cabaret du monde (2002); Le Poulain au galop (1974); Le temps perdu (2001); L'école des fans (1978); Les 40 ans de la 2 (2004); Les années bonheur (2011–2017); Les Chroniques du Mea (2018); Les clés du paradis (1991); Les coeurs brûlés (1992–1994); Les enfants de la musique (2021); Les enfants de la télé (2019); Les Enfoirés (1986); Les étoiles de la chanson (1971); Les femmes en chansons (2008); Les grands du rire (2005–2017); Les grosses têtes (1992); Les Misérables (1995); Les nouveaux rendez-vous (1980–1981); Les petits papiers de Noël (1976); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1976–1980); Les uns et les autres (1983); L'invité du dimanche (1968); Live for Life (1967); L'Oeil du cyclone (1997); Loin de Rueil (1961); Loin des yeux (1996); Love in the Night (1968); Lucky Luke: Ballad of the Daltons (1978); Maigret (2002); Mardi cinéma (2018); Même le dimanche (2017); Menteur! Menteuse! (2004); Mes héros (2012); Midi Trente (1973–1974); Midi-Première (1975–1981); Musicolor (1969–1970); Musidora (1973); Musique and Music (1977–1978); Nina (2017); Nino Ferrer chanté par: Making-of de l'enregistrement (2009); Numéro un (1975–1981); On a tout essayé (2003–2006); On n'a pas tout dit (2008); On n'est pas couché (2015); One Night... a Train (1968); Palmarès (1979–1980); Pariser Journal (1963); Paris-Québec sous les étoiles (2010); Passez donc me voir (1982); Passing show (1963); Plein fer (1990); Podium (2006); Psy d'urgence (2001); Quelques pas dans les nuages (1963); Rembob'Ina (2023); Rifkin's Festival (2020); Ring Parade (1975–1976); Sacha Distel and Guests (1979); Sacha show (1968–1979); Sacrée soirée (1988–1992); Samedi et compagnie (1970); Seaside Special (1978); Sport en fête (1974); Star Academy (2001); Stars (1980–1981); Stars 90 (1990–1994); Studio Gabriel (1996); Suivez Lecoq (1980–1981); Surprise party (1997); Surprise sur prise (1998); Symphonic Show (2007); Système 2 (1975–1976); Taratata (1974); Télé Caroline (1988); Tender Moment (1968); Tenue de soirée (2007); The Best Years of a Life (2019); The Bourne Identity (2002); The Gilded Cage (2013); The Judge Is a Woman (2013); The New Girlfriend (2014); Thé ou café (1998–2015); The Paris Murders (2015); The Two-Sided Mirror (2009); There Were Days... and Moons (1990); Top à... (1972–1974); Top Club (1979); Tous à la une (1992); Tous en scène (1968); Tous vos amis sont là... (2010); Tout le monde en parle (2008); Tout nouveau, tout beau (1981); Toute la chanson (1961); Toute une vie dans un Dimanche (1982); Try This One for Size (1989); Ubu enchaîné (1971); Un + Une (2015); Un certain regard (1964); Un enfant dans la ville (1971); Un homme à la maison (2000); Un viol (2009); Underground (1970); Upshaw (1967); Villa mon rêve (2001); Vivement dimanche (2000–2019); Vivement dimanche prochain (1999–2006); Water Power (1977); Werner Müllers Schlagermagazin (1961–1962).

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Born on this day – Jim Henson:


Jim Henson


Actor

Writer

Producer

September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990

Credits:

20 to 1 (2006–2010); 5, rue Sésame (2005); 50 Greatest TV Animals (2003); 60 Minutes / Segment: Backstage at The Muppets (1979); A Company of Players (2008); A Current Affair (2011); A Muppet Family Christmas (1987); A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (2006); A Tribute to Mr. Television Milton Berle (1978); A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979); A Year in Music (2020); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004); Akasta: The Salvation of Thra (2016); Alexander the Grape (1965); Alive from Off Center (1987); All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994); An American Werewolf in London (1981); Apple: Here's to the Crazy Ones (1997); Arias with a Twist (2010); Atop the Fourth Wall (2015); Basil Hears a Noise (1990); Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011); Big Bird in China (1983); Big Bird's Favorite Party Games (1988); Big Bird's Story Time (1987); Biography (2001); Bird of Steel! (2024); Blue Peter (1986); Cat and Mouse (1962); CBS Mornings (1989); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Chameleon of Pop: David Bowie Story (1993); Childhood Thoughts (2016 / 2019); Childrens Songs and Stories with the Muppets (1985); Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009); Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (1983); Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television (1996); Coffee Break Machine (1967); Conan (2014); Construction Site (1999); Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street (1988); Dancing with the Stars (2009–2022); Dante's Mystery Mix Vol. 1 (2012); De película (1983–1986); Defunctland (2018); DefunctTV (2019); Demnächst auf VHS (2024); Die Hausmeisterin (1992); Die Robot (2022); Dinah! (1975–1976); Dinosaurs (1991–1994); Dolly (1987); Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983); Double Toasted (2021); Down at Fraggle Rock... Behind the Scenes (1987); Drums West (1961); El kiosco (1984–1987); Elmo's World (2000); Elmo's World: Singing, Drawing & More! (2000); Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy? (2007); Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977); Entertainment Tonight (1990–2009); Evening at Pops (1971); exclusive (1985); Filthy Gorgeous: The Trannyshack Story (2005); Flip (1971); Follow That Bird (1985); Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008); Fozzie's Muppet Scrapbook (1985); Fraggle Rock (1983–1987); Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (2024); Free to Be... a Family (1988); From the Heart... The First International Very Special Arts Festival (1989); Gilda Radner's Greatest Moments (2002); Good Morning America (1979); Great Performances (1994); Great Performances: Dance in America (1985); Gumby II: Dead by Dawn (2021); Happy Birthday, Bob (1978 / 1983); Henson's Place (1984); Here Come the Puppets! (1981); Hey Cinderella! (1969); Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear (1988); Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (1992); Hollywood in Vienna (2014); Hollywood Insider (2020); Hollywood Insider (2022); I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (2014); I Love Liberty (1982); I Love Muppets (2002); Idea Man (1966); In Their Own Words (2015); Inner Tube (1987); Inside the Labyrinth (1986); Into the Night (1985); It's Not Easy Being Green (1994); It's the Muppets! Meet the Muppets! (1993); It's the Muppets! More Muppets, Please! (1993); Jack Paar: Smart Television (2003); Jim Henson Presents the World of International Puppeteering (1988–1989); Jim Henson: Idea Man (2024); Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow (2015); Joan Rivers: Can We Talk? (1986); John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979); Journey Through the Labyrinth (2007); Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring (1978); Julie Andrews: One to One (1975); Julie on Sesame Street (1973); Julie: My Favorite Things (1975); Keep U.S. Beautiful (1973); Kermit: A Frog's Life (2005); Kids' Favorite Country Songs (2007); Labyrinth (1986); Labyrinth: Remembering the Goblin King (2016); Labyrinth: Reordering Time - Looking Back on Labyrinth (2016); Le tour du monde des marionnettes (1969); League of Superheroes (2015); Learning to Add and Subtract (1987); Let's Learn to Play Together (1988); Life with Jeannie (2013); Lighthouse island (1989); Little Mermaid's Island (1990–1991); Little Muppet Monsters (1985); Look Jazz, See Jazz (1963); Lutheran Satire (2012); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1984 / 1987); Magic on Sesame Street (1988); Marionnettes de tous les pays: Festival international de Charleville-Mézières (1972); Memories Then and Now (1988); Mickey's 50 (1978); Minty Comedic Arts (2023); Movie Night Extravaganza (2022); Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival (1989); Muppet Babies (1984–2018); Muppet Babies Video Storybook Vol. 1 (1987); Muppet Breakaway (1987); Muppet Breaker Upper (1979); Muppet Breakthrough (1983); Muppet Coffee Break (1987); Muppet Gimme a Break (1979); Muppet Guys Talking (2017); Muppet Lift Off (1985); Muppet Madness (1988); Muppet Monster Adventure (2000); Muppet Perk-Up (1985); Muppet Picker Upper (1975); Muppet Race Mania (2000); Muppet Side Splitter (1981); Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director (1988); Muppet Video: Country Music with the Muppets (1985); Muppet Video: Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff (1985); Muppet Video: Muppet Moments (1985); Muppet Video: Muppet Treasures (1985); Muppet Video: Rock Music with the Muppets (1985); Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets (1985); Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story (1985); Muppet*vision 3-D (1991); MuppeTelevision (1987–1992); Muppets 201: Rarities from the Henson Vault (2009); Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021); Muppets Magic from 'the Ed Sullivan Show' (2003); Muppets Most Wanted (2014); Muppets No-Nonsense Show (1975); Muppets Tonight (1996); Muppets TV (2006); Muppets: Time Travel (1999); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (2017–2022); Na sowas! (1986); Natural Born Stanley (1997); NBC Experiment in Television (1968–1969); NBC Experiment in Television (1969); Neat Stuff: To Know & to Do (1988); NECN Morning (2018); Newsies (1992); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Nostalgia Critic (2020–2022); Of Muppets and Men: The Making of 'The Muppet Show' (1981); OK Go & The Muppets: Muppet Show Theme Song (2011); Our Place (1967); Out to Lunch (1974); Parkinson (1979); Pastor Mike Online (2011); Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten (1977); Pioneers of Television (2011); Play with Me Sesame (2002–2007); Pre-Hysterical Times: The Making of Dinosaurs (2006); Prop Culture (2020); Pure Goldie (1971); Reading Rainbow (1985); Reflections of 'the Dark Crystal' (2007); Ripples (1967); Robot (1963); Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets (1983); Rumple Wrinkle Shrinkel Stretchelstiltzkin (1965); Run, Run (1965); Sam and Friends (1955–1961); Saturday Night Live (1976 / 2009); Saturday Night Live / Segments: The Land of Gorch; Dregs and Vestiges (1975–1976); Sesame English (1999); Sesame Songs: Dance Along! (1990); Sesame Songs: Sing-Along Earth Songs (1993); Sesame Street (1969–2005); Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration (1993); Sesame Street Pitch Reel (1969); Sesame Street Unpaved (1999); Sesame Street: 123 Count with Me (1997); Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989 (1989); Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting (2019); Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover (2004); Sesame Street: Awesome Alphabet Collection (2019); Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play (2002); Sesame Street: C is for Cookie Monster (2010); Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites (1995); Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet (1996); Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! (1997); Sesame Street: Elmo Through the Looking-Glass (1998); Sesame Street: Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game (1991); Sesame Street: Get Up and Dance (1997); Sesame Street: Getting Ready for School (1987); Sesame Street: Getting Ready to Read (1986); Sesame Street: Grover's Travels (1998); Sesame Street: I'm Glad I'm Me (1986); Sesame Street: Imagine That! (1996); Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs 2 (2001); Sesame Street: Learning About Letters (1986); Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers (1986); Sesame Street: Monster Hits! / Segment director: C is for Cookie (1990); Sesame Street: Numbers (1991); Sesame Street: Old School Volume 2 (2007); Sesame Street: Old School, Volume 3 (2012); Sesame Street: Oscar's Letter Party (1988); Sesame Street: Play-Along Games and Songs (1986); Sesame Street: Preschool is Cool, ABCs with Elmo (2010); Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie (1988); Sesame Street: Quiet Time (1997); Sesame Street: Rock & Roll (1990); Sesame Street: Silly Storytime (2011); Sesame Street: Sing Along (1987); Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! / Segment: One Banana (1990); Sesame Street: Sing, Hoot & Howl with the Sesame Street Animals (1991); Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories / Segment: The King's Problem (1986); Sesame Street: The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999); Sesame Street: The Alphabet Game (1988); Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo (1994); Sesame Street: The Best of Sesame Spoofs Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 (2011); Sesame Street: The Great Numbers Game (1998); Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2019); Sesamstraße (1973); Shalom Sesame (1987–1991); Shearing (1962); Shrinkel and Stretchel (1965); Shrinkenstein (1967); SIE - er – ES (1971); Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music (1990); Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along (1988); Special Collector's Edition (2011); Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021); Stu's Show (2022); Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince (1971); Tales from Muppetland: The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1972); Tales of the Tinkerdee (1962); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991); Telescope (1971); Television's Christmas Classics (1994); Temps X (1987); That's Life (1968); The 16th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1989); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2009); The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards (1984); The 3rd Annual American Comedy Awards (1989); The 3rd Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame Awards (1986); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 54th Annual Academy Awards (1982); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The 8th Annual Cable ACE Awards (1987); The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play (1999); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–1990); The Beat with Ari Melber (2021); The Best of Ernie and Bert (1988); The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street (1998); The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special (1977); The Christmas Toy (1986); The Crystal Calls - Making the Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019); The Dark Crystal (1982); The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019); The Dark Crystal: The Magic, Myth, and the Henson Legacy (2018); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Disney Family Singalong Volume 2 (2020); The Don Lane Show (1981); The Earth Day Special / Segment: Kermit the Frog (1990); The Ed Sullivan Show (1966–1971); The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982); The Ghost of Faffner Hall (1989); The Golden Handshake (2022); The Great Muppet Caper (1981); The Great Santa Claus Switch (1970); The Hollywood Palace (1966); The Jimmy Dean Show (1963–1966); The Julie Andrews Hour (1973); The Land of Tinkerdee (1964); The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2021); The Magical World of Disney (1978 / 1990); The Making of 'the Muppets Take Manhattan' (1984); The Merv Griffin Show (1962–1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1961–1982); The Morning Show (2017); The Muppet CDROM: Muppets Inside (1996); The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992); The Muppet Show (1976–1981); The Muppet Show Pitch Reel (1976); The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (1975); The Muppets (2011); The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990); The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979); The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981); The Muppets Mayhem (2023); The Muppets on Puppets (1970); The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984); The Muppets Valentine Show (1974); The Muppets. (2015–2016); The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986); The Muppets: I'm Gonna Always Love You (1984); The Orson Welles Show (1979); The Paperwork Explosion (1967); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Power of the Dark CrystalThe Puppet Monster Massacre (2010); The Russell Harty Show (1983); The Saturday Show (1984); The Sesame Street Experiment (1989); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956–1957); The Storyteller (1987–1988); The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1991); The Tale of the Bunny Picnic (1986); The Tonight Show (1956); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1958–1965); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1975–1979); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2011); The Witches (1990); The Wizard of Id (1969); The World of 'The Dark Crystal' (1983); Three Men and a Little Lady (1990); Time Piece (1965); Vesper (2022); Wedden, dat..? (1986); Wheels That Go (1967); Wide Awake Club (1988); Wilson's Meats Meeting Film #2 (1965); Wogan (1985); World Hunger Telethon: The Cry of a Hurting World... I'm Hungry! (1977); World of Robin Hood (2006); Wow, You're a Cartoonist! (1988).

Monday, September 22, 2025

Born on this day – Owen Roizman:


Owen Roizman


Cinematographer

Actor

September 22, 1936 – January 6, 2023

Credits:

Cine Chalom (2019); Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection (2009); Wyatt Earp (1994); Grand Canyon (1991); The Addams Family (1991); Havana (1990); I Love You to Death (1990); Madonna: Gambler (1985); Madonna: Crazy for You (1985); Vision Quest (1985); Tootsie (1982); Taps (1981); Absence of Malice (1981); True Confessions (1981); The Black Marble (1980); The Electric Horseman (1979); The Rose (1979); Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978); Straight Time (1978); Network (1976); Independence (1976); The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976); Three Days of the Condor (1975); The Stepford Wives (1975); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); The Exorcist (1973); The Heartbreak Kid (1972); Liza with a Z (1972); Play It Again, Sam (1972); The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971); The French Connection (1971); Stop! (1970).

Friday, September 19, 2025

Monday, September 15, 2025

Born on this day – Michael Preece:


Michael Preece


Director

Script supervisor

Producer

Actor

September 15, 1936 – February 27, 2025

Credits:

7th Heaven (2004–2007); A Man Called Sloane (1979); Ace Crawford... Private Eye (1983); American Frontiers: Anthony Mann at Universal (2019); B.J. and the Bear (1980–1981); Barnaby Jones (1978–1980); Baywatch (1995); Beretta's Island (1993); Berrenger's (1985); Boone (1983–1984); Breakheart Pass (1975); Dallas (1981–1991); Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998); Dog and Cat (1977); Doing Dallas (2000); Falcon Crest (1981–1989); Fantasy Island (1980); Flamingo Road (1981–1982); Forces of Nature: Anthony Mann at Universal (2025); Freebie and the Bean (1980–1981); Great Day (1983); Gunsmoke (1967); How the West Was Won (1962); Hunter (1984–1990); I Spy (1965–1968); Jake and the Fatman (1987); Knots Landing (1986–1988); Lady Ice (1973); Logan's Run (1977); Logan's War: Bound by Honor (1998); MacGyver (1989–1991); Mannix (1968); Men in War (1957); Mitchell (1975); Most Wanted (1977); Renegade (1993); Riptide (1986); Sara (1976); Shadows Over Sulphur Falls (2025); Shirley (1980); Skullduggery (1970); Sons of Thunder (1999); Stingray (1986); T.J. Hooker (1982–1983); The Bionic Woman (1977); The City (1977); The Collector (2012); The Diary of a High School Bride (1959); The Don Is Dead (1973); The Getaway (1972); The Gun and the Pulpit (1974); The Hawaiians (1970); The Incredible Hulk (1982); The Lazarus Man (1996); The New Mike Hammer (1984); The Paper Chase (1973); The Paradise Connection (1979); The President's Man (2000); The Prize Fighter (1979); The Runaways (1978–1979); The Sand Runner (2025); The Streets of San Francisco (1975–1977); The Young Riders (1991–1992); Thunder in Paradise (1994); Trapper John, M.D. (1981); Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion (1994); Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001); Waterfront (1954–1956); When the Whistle Blows (1980); Wolf (1989).

Thursday, September 11, 2025

Born on this day – Charles Dierkop:


Charles Dierkop


Actor

September 11, 1936 – February 25, 2024

Credits:

Adam-12 (1968); Alias Smith and Jones (1971–1972); Angels Hard as They Come (1971); Banzai Runner (1987); Batman (1968); Bearcats! (1971); Best of VCX Classics 2 (2005); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / Segment: The Card Game (1998); Blood Red (1989); Bonanza (1969–1972); Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969); Cade's County (1971); Cannon (1971–1974); Captain Nice (1967); Captains Courageous (1977); Celebrity Bowling (1976); Chase (1973); Chinaman's Chance: America's Other Slaves (2008); CHiPs (1980); Cimarron Strip (1968); Circumstances of Fate (2006); City Beneath the Sea (1971); Code Name Zebra (1987); Custer (1967); Daniel Boone (1968–1969); Dark Justice (1993); Days of Our Lives (1984); Death Man's Bluff (2003); Death Valley Days (1967–1968); Dusty's Trail (1973); ER (1996); Eternity (1990); Fantasy Island (1980–1982); Female Artillery (1973); Forget Me Not (2009); Freebie and the Bean (1981); Grotesque (1988); Guide to Attracting Today's Woman (1988); Gunn (1967); Gunsmoke (1966–1973); Hard Time on Planet Earth (1989); Heaven & Hell (2018); Hell Town (1985); Invisible Dad (1998); Ironside (1969); It Takes a Thief (1969); James Dean (2001); Kojak (1974); Kung Fu (1973); Lancer (1968–1970); Land of the Giants (1970); Liberty & Bash (1989); Lock, Stock and Barrel (1971); Lost in Space (1965); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Eyewitness (1971); MacGyver (1991); Mannix (1969–1973); Matt Houston (1983–1984); Maverick (1994); Merchants of Venus (1998); Messenger of Death (1988); Messiah of Evil (1974); Mission: Impossible (1972); Monty and the Runaway Furnace (2016); Mr. Broadway (1964); Mr. Terrific (1967); Murder on the Yellow Brick Road (2005); Murdock's Gang (1973); Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery (2006); Naked City (1960–1963); Nerds of a Feather (1989); Nichols (1971); Night of the Cobra Woman (1972); Police Headquarters (1974); Police Story (1973–1974); Police Woman (1974–1978); Pound (1970); R.E.M.: Man on the Moon (1992); Revenge of the Gray Gang (1981); Robert Shaw: Jaws, Deoch & Deora (2015); Roots of Evil (1992); Run Buddy Run (1966); Savage Harbor (1987); Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984); Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (1989); Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987); Simon & Simon (1986–1988); Star Trek (1967); Star Virgin (1979); Strike Force (1982); Summer Fun (1966); Superguy: Behind the Cape (2000); T.J. Hooker (1983); Texas Lightning (1981); The Alan Hamel Show (1977); The Andy Griffith Show (1966); The Best of Hollywood (2017); The Custodian (2017); The Deerslayer (1978); The F.B.I. (1970); The Face of Fear (1971); The Fall Guy (1983–1985); The Fix (1985); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The High Chaparral (1970); The Hot Box (1972); The Hustler (1961); The Intruders (1970); The Long Hunt of April Savage (1966); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Midnighters (2016); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1980); The New Adam-12 (1990–1991); The Outcasts (1968); The Pawnbroker (1964); The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967); The Sting (1973); The Student Teachers (1973); The Sweet Ride (1968); The Thousand Plane Raid (1969); The Trials of O'Brien (1965); The Wide World of Mystery (1974); Too Fast Too Young (1996); Under Crystal Lake (1991); Vega$ (1978); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961 / 1965).

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Born on this day – Peter Lovesey:


Peter Lovesey


Writer

September 10, 1936 – April 10, 2025

Credits:

Books:

A Case of Spirits (1975); Abracadaver (1972); Against the Grain (2024); Another One Goes Tonight (2016); Beau Death (2017); Bloodhounds (1996); Bloodhounds / Diamond Dust (2004); Cop to Corpse (2012); Diamond and the Eye (2021); Diamond Dust (2002); Diamond Solitaire (1992); Do Not Exceed The Stated Dose (1998); Down Among the Dead Men (2015); Invitation to a Dynamite Party / aka The Tick of Death (1974); Killing with Confetti (2019); Mad Hatter's Holiday (1973); Peter Diamond: A Mysterious Profile (2024); Showstopper (2022); Skeleton Hill (2009); Stagestruck (2011); The Detective Wore Silk Drawers (1971); The Finisher (2020); The House Sitter (2003); The Last Detective (1991); The Last Detective / Diamond Solitaire (2006); The Secret Hangman (2007); The Stone Wife (2014); The Summons (1995); Swing, Swing Together (1976); The Tooth Tattoo (2013); The Vault (1999); Upon A Dark Night (1997); Waxwork (1978); Wobble to Death (1970).

Movies and television:

Cribb (1980–1981); Dead Gorgeous (2002); Goldengirl (1979); Rosemary & Thyme (2003–2006); Screenplay (1979); Tales of the Unexpected (1982).

Friday, September 5, 2025

Born on this day – Alyce and Rhae Andrece:


Alyce and Rhae Andrece, in Star Trek. Episode entitled: I, Mudd. Aired November 3, 1967.

Alyce Andrece, Actress, September 5, 1936 – May 14, 2005

Rhae Andrece, Actress, September 5, 1936 – March 2, 2009

Credits:

Batman (1968); Bonanza (1969); Gunn (1967); Hell’s Bloody Devils (1970); Kiss ‘N’ Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century (2004); Occasional Wife (1967); Star Trek (1967); The Name of the Game (1970).

Monday, September 1, 2025

Born on this day – Roderick Thorp:


Roderick Thorp


Writer

September 1, 1936 – April 28, 1999

Credits:

Books:

Devlin (1992); Dionysus (1969); Hot Pursuit (2014); Into The Forest (1961); Jenny and Barnum (1981); Nothing Lasts Forever / aka Die Hard (1979); Orbit 6 (1970); Rainbow Drive (1986); River (1995); Slaves (1977); The Circle of Love (1974); The Detective (1966); The Music of Their Laughter (1970); Westfield (1977); Wives (1971).

Movies, television and video games:

A Good Day to Die Hard (2013); Deep Down (1994); Devlin (1992); Die Hard (1988); Die Hard / Video Game (1990); Die Hard 2 (1990); Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995); Easter (2023–2025); Live Free or Die Hard (2007); Rainbow Drive (1990); The Detective (1968); The Movies That Made Us (2019); Unsolved Mysteries (1996).

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Born on this day – Francine York:


Francine York


Actress

Model

August 26, 1936 – January 6, 2017

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1963); A New Kind of Love (1963); Actor's Day in LA (2012); Actors Entertainment (2012–2015); Actors Reporter Interviews (2012); Adam-12 (1971–1972); Adventures of the Queen (1975); Any Second Now (1969); Astro Zombies: M3 - Cloned (2010); Barbary Coast (1975); Batman (1966); Bedtime Story (1964); Berrenger's (1985); Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (1976); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1993); Bewitched (1971); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Bringing Up Buddy (1961); Brothers (1986); Bucket and Skinner's Epic Adventures (2012); Burke's Law (1964–1995); Cannon for Cordoba (1970); City Beneath the Sea (1969); Columbo (1975); Counter Measures (1998); Cracking Up (1983); Curse of the Swamp Creature (1968); Days of Our Lives (1978); Death Valley Days (1964–1965); Dirty Sally (1974); Dr. Kildare (1963); Dumped (2000); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Emergency! (1972); Even Stevens (2001); Family Affair (1970); Flood (1976); Future Cop (1977); General Hospital (1982); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1966); Green Acres (1968); Half a House (1975); Harry Held TV Visits the Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival (2015); Hazel (1964); Hec Ramsey (1973); Hercules in Hollywood (2005); Hot in Cleveland (2012); I Dream of Jeannie (1969); I Love a Mystery (1973); I'm Dickens, He's Fenster (1962); Ironside (1968–1969); It Takes a Thief (1968); It's Only Money (1962); Jason of Star Command (1979); Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten (2006); Kojak (1974); Land of the Giants (1970); Las Vegas (2005); Lock Up (1960–1961); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993); Longstreet (1971); Lost in Space (1967); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Super Lover; Love and the Lovely Evening; Love and the Wild Party (1969–1972); Making the Cut: A Look Back at the Centerfold Girls (2009); Mama's Family (1987); Mannix (1971); Marilyn Alive and Behind Bars (1992); Marilyn! The New Musical (2018); Masquerade (1984); Masters of the Grind (2024); Matlock (1991); Miracle at Sage Creek (2005); Mission: Impossible (1972); Monsanto Night Presents Walt Disney's America on Parade (1976); Mr. Belvedere (1989); Mr. Skeffington: A Picture of Strength (2005); Mutiny in Outer Space (1965); My Brother the Angel (1965); My Favorite Martian (1964); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1972); Perry Mason (1965–1966); Petrocelli (1975–1976); Pioneer Spirit (1969); Police Story (1973); Private Obsession (1995); Rescue 8 (1959); Riptide (1985); Route 66 (1961); Run for Your Life (1968); Secret File: Hollywood (1962); Sexual Predator (2001); Shannon (1962); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1961); Slattery's People (1964–1965); Space Probe Taurus (1965); Star Trek: Progeny (2016); Stu's Show (2012); Surfside 6 (1962); Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel (2016); Ten Violent Women: Part Two (2017); The Big Tease (1999); The Centerfold Girls / Segment: The Second Story (1974); The Chicago Teddy Bears (1971); The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969); The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel (2005); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Disorderly Orderly (1964); The Doll Squad (1973); The F.B.I. (1969); The Family Jewels (1965); The Family Man (2000); The Gallant Men (1963); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Interns (1962); The King of Queens (2003–2004); The Making of 'Miracle at Sage Creek' (2005); The Mindy Project (2015); The Name of the Game (1968); The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1980); The Nutty Professor (1963); The Odd Couple (1971); The Outsider (1968); The Quest (1976); The Red Skelton Hour (1967); The Ride to Hangman's Tree (1967); The Right Approach (1961); The Roaring 20's (1961); The Sergeant Was a Lady (1961); The Streets of San Francisco (1974–1977); The Under Achievers (1987); The Untouchables (1963); The Wild Wild West (1968); The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels (2008); They Only Come Out at Night (1975); Tickle Me (1965); Time Travelers (1976); To Rome with Love (1970); Vacation Playhouse (1965); Welcome Home Soldier Boys (1971); Where the Bears Are (2016); Wild Ones on Wheels (1962); Zero to Sixty (1978).

Sunday, August 24, 2025

Born on this day – A. S. Byatt:


A. S. Byatt


Writer

August 24, 1936 – November 16, 2023

Credits:

Books:

A Stone Woman (2011); A Whistling Woman (2002); Angels and Insects (1992); Babel Tower (1996); Best European Fiction 2013 (2012); Black Water 2 (1990); Body Art (2011); Deadly Sins (1994); Degrees of Freedom (1994); Dolls' Eyes (2013); Elementals (1998); Ghostly (2015); Life (2013); Medusa's Ankles (2021); Memory (2008); Mistresses of the Dark (1998); New Writing 4 (1995); On Histories and Stories (2000); Passions of the Mind (1990); Peacock & Vine (2016); Portraits in Fiction (2001); Possession (1990); Ragnarok (2011); Raw Material (2011); Short Stories (2009); Sightlines (2001); Still Life (1985); Stories for Mothers and Daughters (2025); Sugar (1987); The Biographer's Tale (2000); The Children's Book (2009); The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye (1994); The Game (1967); The Literary Ghost (1991); The Little Black Book of Stories (2003); The Matisse Stories (1975); The New Uncanny (2008); The Oxford Book of English Short Stories (1998); The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1996); The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (1984); The Pink Ribbon (2011); The Shadow of the Sun (1991); The Thing in the Forest (2011); The Virgin in the Garden (1978); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Sixth Annual Collection (1993); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Twelfth Annual Collection (1999); Unruly Times (1970); White Fire (1991).

Movies and television:

Angels and Insects (1995); Bestseller (2001); Bookmark (1995–1996); Ceramics: A Fragile History (2011); Cover to Cover (1987); Inside the News (1975); Late Night Line-Up (1968); Mark Lawson Talks to... (2009); Medusa's Ankles (2018); Newsnight at 30 (2010); Omnibus (1989); Possession (2002); Read All About It (1978–1979); Roundhead or Cavalier: Which One Are You? (2012); Samtaler i natten (1996); Take It or Leave It (1967–1970); The Andrew Neil Show (1996); The Brains Trust (1996); The Burgess Variations (1999); The Late Show (1992–1994); The South Bank Show (1990); The Worlds of Fantasy (2008); Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022); Un siècle d'écrivains (1997).