Born on this day – Lisa Langdon:

Lisa Langdon

Actress

November 8, 1938 – July 3, 2007

Credits:

Callan (1967–1972); Crossroads (1973); Dixon of Dock Green (1967); Jackanory (1968); Just Like a Woman (1967); Mr. Aitch (1967).

Born on this day – Chris Robinson:

Chris Robinson

Actor

Writer

Director

November 5, 1938 – June 9, 2025

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965–1967); 13 West Street (1962); 77 Sunset Strip (1962); Ace of Hearts (1975); Alcoa Premiere (1962–1963); Amy (1981); Another World (1988–1989); Arrest and Trial (1963–1964); Assignment: Underwater (1961); Bankrupt by Beanies (2009); Barely Dreaming (2021); Baretta (1976); Barnaby Jones (1976 / 1977); Bastard: An Illegitimate Film (2010); Beast from Haunted Cave (1959); Because They're Young (1960); Ben Casey (1962); Birdman of Alcatraz (1962); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Bus Stop (1961); Cain's Hundred (1962); Cannon (1975–1976); Caribe (1975); Catch the Black Sunshine (1974); Channing (1963); CHiPs (1980); Colt .45 (1960); Combat! (1963); Custer (1967); Dan August (1971); Dan August: Once Is Never Enough (1980); Dark Side of Eden: The Making of 'Stanley' (2008); Darker Than Amber (1970); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Death Valley Days (1962); Die glückliche Familie (1991); Empire (1962); Everglades! (1961–1962); Fantasy Island (1983); G.E. True (1963); General Hospital (1978–2013); Gentle Ben (1969); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1968); Gunsmoke (1963); Hardball (1990); Hawaiian Eye (1962); Hennesey (1961); Hogan's Heroes (1969); Hotel (1986); Hour Magazine (1986); Insight (1967–1971); Just for a Week (2022); Lady in Cement (1968); Legends from the Sky (2015); Like Father Like Son (1961 / 1987); Medical Center (1972); Most Wanted (1977); Murder, She Wrote (1987); Outlaws (1961); Perry Mason (1965); Primus (1971); Revenge Is My Destiny (1971); Rez Bomb (2008); Savannah Smiles (1982); Sea Hunt (1961); Shootout at Big Sag (1962); Stanley (1972); Stoney Burke (1963); Straightaway (1961); Sweet, Sweet Rachel (1971); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Aquarians (1970); The Bold and the Beautiful (1992–2005); The Busters (1978); The Cycle Savages (1969); The Dakotas (1963); The Detectives (1961–1962); The Diary of a High School Bride (1959); The Donna Reed Show (1961); The Dream Merchants (1980); The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974); The Felony Squad (1967); The Forsaken (2025); The Fugitive (1963); The Great Balloon Race (1977); The Hawaiians (1970); The Intruder (1975); The Invaders (1968); The Long Rope (1961); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Manhunter (1974); The Midnight Story (1957); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The New Breed (1962); The Streets of San Francisco (1975); The Toni Tennille Show (1980–1981); The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963); The Virginian (1963–1970); The Young Savages (1961); They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé (2016); Thunder County (1974); Travis Logan, D.A. (1971); Two Faces West (1961); Viper (1988); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1968); Wagon Train (1963–1964); Wide Country (1963); Yancey McCord: The Killer That Arizona Forgot About (2020); Young Doctors in Love (1982); Zane Grey Theatre (1960).

On this day in radio history - The War of the Worlds (1938 radio broadcast & book):

The War of the Worlds

directed by Orson Welles,

originally broadcast on CBS Radio, on October 30, 1938.
A one-hour dramatization, based on the novel by H. G. Wells.
Written by Howard Koch.
Produced by Orson Welles and John Houseman.
Broadcast from 8 – 9 p.m. (ET)
Announced by Dan Seymour.
Hosted by the radio series: The Mercury Theatre on the Air.
Narrated by Orson Welles.
Cast: Orson Welles, Frank Readick, Kenny Delmar, Ray Collins.

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Recommended reading:

Dead Air: The Night That Orson Welles Terrified America

By William Elliott Hazelgrove.

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Published 2024.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1538187167

ISBN-13: 978-1538187166

Description:

A "granular history" (Wall Street Journal) of the greatest hoax in radio history and the panic that followed, which Publishers Weekly calls "a rollicking portrait of a director on the cusp of greatness" and Booklist, in a starred review, says, "Hazelgrove’s feverishly focused retelling of the broadcast as well as the fallout makes for a propulsive read as a study of both a cultural moment of mass hysteria and the singular voice at its root.”

On a warm Halloween Eve, October 30, 1938, during a broadcast of H G. Wells’ War of the Worlds, a twenty-three-year-old Orson Welles held his hands up for radio silence in the CBS studio in New York City while millions of people ran out into the night screaming, grabbed shotguns, drove off in cars, and hid in basements, attics, or anywhere they could find to get away from Martians intent on exterminating the human race. As Welles held up his hands to his fellow actors, musicians, and sound technicians, he turned six seconds of radio silence – dead air – into absolute horror, changing the way the world would view media forever, and making himself one of the most famous men in America.

In Dead Air: The Night that Orson Welles Terrified America, Willliam Elliot Hazelgrove illustrates for the first time how Orson Welles’ broadcast caused massive panic in the United States, convincing listeners across the nation that the end of the World had arrived and even leading military and government officials to become involved. Using newspaper accounts of the broadcast, Hazelgrove shows the true, staggering effect that Welles’ opera of panic had on the nation. Beginning with Welles’ incredible rise from a young man who lost his parents early to a child prodigy of the stage, Dead Air introduces a Welles who threw his Hail Mary with War of the Worlds, knowing full well that obscurity and fame are two sides of the same coin. Hazelgrove demonstrates that Welles’ knew he had one shot to grab the limelight before it forever passed him by – and he made it count.

In this fine-grained account, historian Hazelgrove (Writing Gatsby) chronicles the mass hysteria that accompanied Orson Welles's infamous 1938 radio adaptation of H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds. Hazelgrove presents Welles as an actor of immense ambition and preternatural talent, noting that by age 22, he had put on headline-grabbing plays (the government shut down his 1937 production of The Cradle Will Rock, fearing its pro-labor themes would be incendiary) and traveled around New York City in a faux ambulance to move more quickly between his numerous radio and theatrical commitments. The author recounts the rushed scriptwriting process for War of the Worlds and offers a play-by-play of the broadcast, but he lavishes the most attention on the havoc Welles wreaked. Contemporaneous news accounts reported college students fighting to telephone their parents, diners rushing out of restaurants without paying their bills, families fleeing to nearby mountains to escape the aliens' poisonous gas, and even one woman's attempted suicide. Hazelgrove largely brushes aside contemporary scholarship questioning whether the hysteria's scope matched the sensational news reports, but he persuasively shows how the incident reignited elitist fears that "Americans were essentially gullible morons" and earned Welles the national recognition he'd yearned for. It's a rollicking portrait of a director on the cusp of greatness. – Publishers Weekly.

Orson Welles may be best known for his film Citizen Kane, but a much earlier outing in his career led to the opportunity to make such an artistically ambitious undertaking. Hazelgrove charts Welles' rise from a hectic childhood to the anointed genius of stage, radio, and, eventually, film. But it was the night before Halloween in 1938 when Welles' bombastic radioplay rendition of H.G Wells' War of the Worlds, styled as a breaking-news report, caused an uproar. Arriving at a nexus point when Americans began not only to rely on the relatively new invention of radio for entertainment but also as a trusted news source, the radioplay brought many who were listening to the brink of madness, wholly believing that aliens had actually touched down in a New Jersey town. Suicides, car accidents, and general unrest swept the country, and, at show's end, Welles could only wonder if his career (and even freedom) was over too. Hazelgrove's feverishly focused retelling of the broadcast as well as the fallout makes for a propulsive read as a study of both a cultural moment of mass hysteria and the singular voice at its root. – Booklist, Starred Review.

William Elliott Hazelgrove's richly anecdotal "Dead Air" is the story of Welles's landmark October 1938 radio broadcast and the nationwide panic that resulted. Welles's "you are there" adaptation, crafted to imitate a breaking-news bulletin, sent a tremor of panic into listeners across the country who believed it to be a real report of a flying-saucer invasion. Mr. Hazelgrove has scoured regional newspapers of the time to provide a ground-level view of the hysteria that Welles's radio drama instilled—on the night before Halloween, no less. – Wall Street Journal.

"A fantastical tale about Martians coming to earth and incinerating humans with heat ray guns - up to 12 million people tuned in and were convinced aliens were exterminating the human race." – Daily Mail UK.

"The book highlights what made Welles' production particularly powerful, airing at a time when millions remained unemployed from the Great Depression and the nation was on edge about the threat of Nazi Germany. He details how Welles took advantage of those fears, including using an actor who sounded like Franklin D. Roosevelt for a part in his broadcast.

"A bottled-up sense of panic was in the air and people could almost smell the fear," he writes. "Orson Welles would open that bottle and let the fear run wild." – Associated Press.

"A convincing portrait of the artist as a young man—defiant, reckless, ruthless, and teeming with talent and ambition—Dead Air packs delights worthy of its subject." – New York Journal of Books.

Born on this day – Ed Lauter:

Ed Lauter

Actor

Comedian

October 30, 1938 – October 16, 2013

Born on this day – Bernadette Lafont:

Bernadette Lafont

Actress

October 28, 1938 – July 25, 2013

Born on this day – Lara Parker:

Lara Parker

Actress

Writer

Teacher

October 27, 1938 – October 12, 2023

Credits:

The Job Interview (2016); Theatre Fantastique (2014); Doctor Mabuse: Etiopomar (2014); Doctor Mabuse (2013); Dark Shadows (2012); P.S.I. Luv U (1991); People Like Us (1990); The China Lake Murders (1990); The Highwayman (1988); Highway to Heaven (1987); One Life to Live (1985); Remington Steele (1983); Manimal (1983); Foxfire Light (1983); A New Day in Eden (1982); Rooster (1982); Capitol (1985-1986); Jessica Novak (1981); The Fall Guy (1981); This Is the Life (1980); Desperate Voyage (1980); Galactica 1980 (1980); Hagen (1980); Mrs. Columbo (1980); Hawaii Five-O (1978–1980); Once Upon a Family (1980); Barnaby Jones (1980); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979); The Solitary Man (1979); The Lazarus Syndrome (1979); Sword of Justice (1979); The Lazarus Syndrome (1978); Quincy M.E. (1977–1978); Baretta (1978); Switch (1976–1977); The Incredible Hulk (1977); Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977); Alice (1976); Kojak (1973–1976); Stranded (1976); City of Angels (1976); Jigsaw John (1976); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–1976); Doctors' Hospital (1976); Emergency! (1975); Mobile One (1975); Race with the Devil (1975); S.W.A.T. (1975); Adventures of the Queen (1975); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975); The Rockford Files (1975); Police Woman (1975); Lucas Tanner (1975); Airport 1975 (1974); The Chadwick Family (1974); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1974); My Darling Daughters' Anniversary (1973); Medical Center (1973); Insight (1973); Save the Tiger (1973); The F.B.I. (1972); Kung Fu (1972); Night of Dark Shadows (1971); Dark Shadows (1967–1971); April in the Wind (1970); Hi, Mom! (1970); N.Y.P.D. (1968).

Books:

Dark Shadows novel series:

Angelique's Descent (1998); The Salem Branch (2006); Wolf Moon Rising (2012); Heiress of Collinwood (2016).

Born on this day – Barbara Baldavin:

Barbara Baldavin

Actress

Casting director

October 18, 1938 – March 31, 2024

Credits:

Adam-12 (1968–1969); Airport 1975 (1974); Baretta (1975); Barnaby Jones (1976); Bronk (1975); Charlie's Angels (1978); City of Angels (1976); Columbo (1971); Curacao (1993); Don't Go to Sleep (1982); Dynasty (1981–1984); Executive Suite (1976); Fallen Arches (2000); Fantasy Island (1978); Father of the Bride (1962); Finder of Lost Loves (1984–1985); Hagen (1980–1981); Hangup (1974); Houston, We've Got a Problem (1974); Insight (1967); Mannix (1968–1971); Marciano (1979); Matt Houston (1982–1984); McMillan & Wife (1971); Medical Center (1969–1976); Quincy M.E. (1979); Rawhide (1964); Satan's Princess (1989); Shooting Stars (1983); Skeeter (1993); Square Pegs (1983); Star Trek (1966–1969); Strike Force (1981–1982); The Bionic Woman (1978); The F.B.I. (1965–1973); The Felony Squad (1967); The Fugitive (1965–1967); The Lady from Yesterday (1985); The November Plan (1977); The Princess and the Dwarf (1989); The Wide World of Mystery (1973); This Is the Life (1978); Toma (1973); Trapper John, M.D. (1981–1984); Vega$ (1979–1980); What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (1971); Wild Rovers (1971); Women in Chains (1972).

Born on this day – Dawn Wells:

Dawn Wells

Actress

October 18, 1938 – December 30, 2020

Credits:

1 vs. 100 (2008); 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); 33rd Miss America Pageant (1959); 77 Sunset Strip (1961); 87th Precinct (1962); Access Hollywood (2005); ALF (1987); All Access Pass: The TV Land Awards (2004); American Christmas (2019); Baywatch (1992); Before the Three-Hour Tour (2004); Bonanza (1962–1968); Burke's Law (1964); Camp Midnite (1989); CBS at 75 (2003); CBS Mornings (2008); Celebrity Ghost Stories (2012); Channing (1964); Cheyenne (1961); Chopped (2013); Columbo: It's All in the Game (1993); Dawn Wells: Reel Adventures (1997); Daytrippers (1998); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Entertainment Tonight (2005–2015); Entertainment Tonight Presents: Gilligan's Island - The Untold Tales (2000); ET in TV Land (2003); Everglades! (1961); Family Feud (1983); Fantasy Island (1981); Forever for Now (2004); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2016); Gilligan's Island (1964–1967); Gilligan's Planet (1982); Girlfriends (2005); Good vs Evil (1999); Growing Pains (1987); Hagen (1980); Hawaiian Eye (1962); Heaven's Waiting Room (2017); Herman's Head (1993); High School U.S.A. (1983); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Squares (1999–2001); Hollywood Treasure (2010); Home & Family (2015–2019); Inside Edition (2015–2020); It's a Man's World (1962); Kaplan's Korner (2018); Ken Boxer Live (2015); Laramie (1963); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993); Lawman (1962); Life Interrupted (2017); Live, Laugh, Eat (2012); Love on the Spectrum (2019); Lover's Knot (1995); Marie (2013); Matt Houston (1983); Maverick (1961); Meego (1997); Oprah: Where Are They Now? (2016); Palm Springs Weekend (1963); Password (1965); Pastor Greg (2007); Pyramid (2004); Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978); Return to Boggy Creek (1977); Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt (2003); Richard Rossi Live (1991); Ripcord (1963); Roseanne (1995); RuPaul's Drag U (2010); See Ya (2018); She's Still on That Freakin' Island (2015–2017); Silent But Deadly (2012); SoapTalk (2004); Soulmates (1992); Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994); Stand-up Comics Take a Stand (1988); Steve Harvey (2015); Strange Inheritance (2017); Super Sucker (2002); Surfside 6 (1961–1962); Surge of Power: Big City Chronicles (2020); Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel (2016); Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History (2001); Survivor Stories with Dawn Wells (2013); Svengoolie (2015 / 2021); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); Talk Soup (1996); That '60s Home (2004); The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards (2004); The 45th Annual Directors Guild Awards (1993); The 6th Annual TV Land Awards (2008); The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2021); The Bob Braun Show (1977–1979); The Bold and the Beautiful (2016); The Castaways on Gilligan's Island (1979); The Chew (2016); The Detectives (1961); The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants (2019); The F.B.I. (1969); The Geraldo Rivera Show (1991); The Gilligan Manifesto (2018); The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981); The Howard Stern Show (1992); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2008); The Invaders (1967); The Joan Rivers Show (1993); The Joey Bishop Show (1962–1964); The Late Show (1988); The Love Boat (1980–1981); The Man Show (2000); The Mike Douglas Show (1978); The New High Rollers (1974–1988); The New Interns (1964); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Princess and the Dwarf (1989); The Roaring 20's (1961); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996); The Sixties (2014); The Test (2001); The Third Man (1963); The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976); The Unknown Story (2022); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2020); The Wild Wild West (1968); This Is Our Time (2013); Three Sisters (2001); Today (2014 / 2020); Toon in with Me (2021); TV Guide's Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals 2 (2000); TV Land Convention Special (2004); TV Land Landmarks: Breaking the Mold (2004); TV Land Moguls (2004–2009); TV Land's Top Ten (2005); TV's All Time Favorites (1995); Valentine's Day (1965); Vega$ (1978); Vicki! (1992–1994); Wagon Train (1961); Whatever Happened To? (2007); What's Up Orange County (2015–2018); Winterhawk (1975).

On this day in movie history - Meet the Girls (1938):

Meet the Girls

directed by Eugene Forde,

written by Marguerite Roberts,

was released in the United States on October 7, 1938.
Music by Samuel Kaylin.

Cast:

June Lang, Lynn Bari, Robert Allen, Ruth Donnelly, Gene Lockhart, Wally Vernon, Erik Rhodes, Constantine Romanoff, Jack Norton, Emmett Vogan, Paul McVey, Harlan Briggs, Carol Adams, Billy Bevan, Ralph Brooks, James B. Carson, Alan Davis, Larry Dods, Lester Dorr, Dick Elliott, Allen Fox, Jack Gargan, Creighton Hale, Harry Hayden, Robert Emmett Keane, Milton Kibbee, Fred Kohler Jr., Stanley Mack, David Newell, William Newell, Tom O'Grady, Arthur Rankin, Jack Richardson, Harry Strang, William Wagner, Bruce Warren, June Wilkins.

Born on this day – Stella Stevens:

Stella Stevens

Actress

October 1, 1938 – February 17, 2023

Credits:

A Masterpiece of Murder (1986); A Town Called Hell (1971); Advance to the Rear (1964); Adventures Beyond Belief (1988); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960 / 1988); Amazons (1984); Arli$$ (1996); Arnold (1973); Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women (1994); Backstory (2000–2001); Banacek (1973); Ben Casey (1964); Bikini Hotel (1997); Bing Crosby Special: Making Movies (1968); Blessed (2004); Bob Hope's All-Star Comedy Look at the Fall Season: It's Still Free and Worth It! (1981); Bob Hope's All-Star Look at TV's Prime Time Wars (1980); Body Chemistry 4: Full Exposure (1995); Bonanza (1960); Burke's Law (1994); By Dawn's Early Light (2001); Chained Heat (1983); Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging (1977); Children of Divorce (1980); Chump Change (2000); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2010); Cinemax Comedy Experiment (1985); Circle of Fear (1972); Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975); Climb an Angry Mountain (1972); Cruise Into Terror (1978); Cult Culture: The Poseidon Adventure (2003); Dangerous Curves (1992); Dante's Inferno: Abandon All Hope (2010); Dave's World (1995); Down the Drain (1990); Dream On (1990); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2000); E! True Hollywood Story (2003); Elvis: #1 Hit Performances (2007); Entertainment Tonight (2023); Exiled in America (1992); Eye of the Stranger (1993); Fantasy Island (1983); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1987); Flamingo Road (1980–1982); Follow the Sun (1961); Frankenpimp's Revenge: The Romeo and Juliet Massacre (2020); Freedom Spectacular (1964); Friendships, Secrets and Lies (1979); Frontier Circus (1962); General Electric Theater (1960–1961); General Hospital (1996–1999); Get Off My Back (1965); Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962); Glass Trap (2005); Hard Drive (1994); Hart to Hart (1979); Hawaiian Eye (1960); Hec Ramsey (1972); Hell to Pay (2005); Here's Hollywood (1960–1962); Highlander (1995); Highway to Heaven (1984); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); Honky Tonk (1974); Hotel (1984); Hour Magazine (1981); How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968); Illicit Dreams (1994); In Broad Daylight (1971); In Cold Blood (1996); In the Heat of the Night (1991); Invisible Mom (1996); Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989); Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten (2006); Jerry Lewis at Work (2004); Jim Brown: All American (2002); Johnny Ringo (1960); Kiss Me, Kill Me (1976); Ladies Night (1983); Las Vegas Lady (1975); Last Call (1991); Lewis (1979); Li'l Abner (1959); Linda (1973); Lionpower from MGM (1967); Little Devils: The Birth (1993); Living in TV Land (2006); L'Ospite (1990); Magnum, P.I. (1986); Make Me an Offer (1980); Man Against the Mob (1988); Man-Trap (1961); Marker (1995); Matt Houston (1983); Megaconda (2010); Mister Deathman (1983); Molly & Gina (1994); Mom (1990); Monster in the Closet (1986); Murder in Peyton Place (1977); Murder, She Wrote (1985); Nash Bridges (1997); Newhart (1983); Nickelodeon (1976); Night Court (1984); No Man's Land (1984); Phantasmagoria (1995); Playboy Playmates: The Early Years (1992); Point of Seduction: Body Chemistry III (1994); Police Story (1975); Popstar (2005); Rage (1966); Reel to Reel (1998); Renegade (1996); RerunIt: Some Things Are Worth Repeating (2018); Riverboat (1960); Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004); Santa Barbara (1989–1990); Say One for Me (1959); Silk Stalkings (1996); Size 'Em Up (2001); Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood (1992); Slaughter (1972); Sol Madrid (1968); South Beach (1993); Stand Up and Be Counted (1972); Star Hunter (1996); Strip Mall (2001); Subliminal Seduction (1996); Supertrain (1979); Tales from the Hollywood Hills: A Table at Ciro's (1987); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The 17th Golden Globe Awards (1960); The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2023); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 36th Annual Academy Awards (1964); The Alan Thicke Show (1981); The American Heroine (1979); The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970); The Best of Hollywood (2017); The Big Event (1978); The Bing Crosby Show (1968); The Blue Angel (1959); The Bob Hope Show (1964); The Bob Hope Thanksgiving Special (1964); The Christmas List (1997); The Commish (1993); The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963); The David Frost Show (1970); The Day the Earth Moved (1974); The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part II: 1962-1969 (2002); The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! (1997); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen (1995); The French Atlantic Affair (1979); The Granny (1995); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1977–1980); The International Magic Awards (1993); The Irv Kupcinet Show (1970); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1968); The John Kerwin Show (2006); The Jordan Chance (1978); The Ladiest Damn'd Lady: An Afternoon with Stella Stevens (2006); The Last Shot You Hear (1969); The Long Ride Home (2003); The Longshot (1986); The Love Boat (1977–1983); The Mad Room (1969); The Magic of Thailand (2000); The Manitou (1978); The Merv Griffin Show (1974–1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1968–1980); The New Hollywood Squares (1987); The New Original Wonder Woman (1975); The Night They Took Miss Beautiful (1977); The Nutt House (1992); The Nutty Professor (1963); The Nutty Professor: Perfecting the Forumla (2004); The Oregon Trail (1977); The Poseidon Adventure (1972); The Poseidon Adventure: R.M.S. Queen Mary (2006); The Poseidon Adventure: The Cast Looks Back (2006); The Poseidon Adventure: The Heroes of the Poseidon (2006); The Ranch (1989); The Return of the Movie Movie (1972); The Secret of My Success (1965); The Silencers (1966); The Terror Within II (1990); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965–1980); The Towering Inferno: The Writer, Stirling Silliphant (2006); Too Late Blues (1961); Twenty Good Years (2006); Twirl (1981); Up All Night (1994); Vacation Playhouse (1964); Vicki! (1992); Viper (1998); Virtual Combat (1995); Wacko (1982); Wanted: The Sundance Woman (1976); Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood (2009); Where Angels Go Trouble Follows! (1968); Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (1982); Women of San Quentin (1983).

Born on this day – Ben E. King:

Ben E. King

Singer

Producer

September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015

Born on this day – Romy Schneider:

Romy Schneider

Actress

September 23, 1938 – May 29, 1982

Born on this day – Maria Perschy:

Maria Perschy

Actress

September 23, 1938 – December 3, 2004

Credits:

633 Squadron (1964); A Witch Without a Broom (1967); African Gold (1965); Assignment Terror (1970); Auf eigene Gefahr (2000); Batida de raposas (1976); Beyond the Mountains (1967); Dall-As (1990); Dalli Dalli (1973–1985); Der bunte Wagen - Zwischen Bett und Barrikaden (1971); Der Held meiner Träume (1960); Der schwarze Blitz (1958); Die Banditen vom Rio Grande (1965); Die drei Dorfheiligen (1993); Die fünfte Kolonne (1964); Die Landärztin vom Tegernsee (1958); Die Liebe des Jahres (1959); Die Nacht der Nächte (1995); Die Ringstraße - Trilogie eines Boulevards (2015); Die Standarte (1977); Die verkaufte Braut (1958); Dites-le avec des fleurs (1974); Dr. med. Fabian - Lachen ist die beste Medizin (1969); Ein mörderisches Erbe - Tausch mit einer Toten (1998); Ein Porträt von Mario (1986); Einstweilen wird es Mittag (1988); El espectro del terror (1973); El límite del amor (1976); El quinto jinete (1976); Eurocops (1992); Exorcism (1975); Extraconiugale / Segment: La moglie svedese (1964); Fanny (1958); Five Golden Dragons (1967); Freud (1962); General Hospital (1963); Harry and Harriet (1990); Hawaii Five-O (1978); Heiteres Bezirksgericht (1988); House of Psychotic Women (1974); Hunchback of the Morgue (1973); I piaceri del sabato notte (1960); Kilma, Queen of the Jungle (1974); Kommissar X - Jagd auf Unbekannt (1966); La noche de la furia (1974); Las protegidas (1975); Le dessous du ciel (1974); Liebling, ich muß auf Geschäftsreise (1995); Lola - Der Deutsche filmpreis (2005); Los fríos senderos del crimen (1974); Man's Favorite Sport? (1964); Melody of Hate (1962); Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971); My Husband Prefers Virgins (1975); Mystery of the Red Jungle (1964); Natürlich die Autofahrer (1959); Nichts als Ärger mit der Liebe (1956); No Survivors, Please (1964); Ordered to Love (1961); Paul Temple (1970); Premiere Ultimo (1959); Ringstraßenpalais (1988–1989); Rock Hudson's Home Movies (1992); Roda Roda (1993); Rosamunde Pilcher (1998); Roter Mohn (1956); Secret of the Sphinx (1964); Seinerzeit in unserer Zeit (1963); Sergeant Berry (1974); Spy Today, Die Tomorrow (1967); Tatort (1986); The Adolescents (1975); The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969); The Ghost Galleon (1974); The Last Day of the War (1970); The Mad Executioners (1963); The Mixer (1993); The Moralist (1959); The Password Is Courage (1962); The People Who Own the Dark (1976); The Tall Women (1966); Un amore a Roma (1960); Väter können keine Zöpfe flechten (1962); Vultures (1984); Wenn beide schuldig werden (1962); Wet Asphalt (1958); Wunschpartner (1987); Zum blauen Bock (1987); Zwei Brüder (1997).

Born on this day – Paul Benedict:

Paul Benedict

Actor

September 17, 1938 – December 1, 2008

Born on this day – Marla Adams:

Marla Adams

Actress

August 28, 1938 – April 25, 2024

Credits:

Adam-12 (1975); Archie Bunker's Place (1982); Barnaby Jones (1974–1978); Baywatch (1992); Beauty and the Beast (1988); Beneath the Leaves (2019); Bring 'Em Back Alive (1983); Capitol (1982–1987); Carter Country (1979); Concrete Beat (1984); Days of Our Lives (1999); Emergency! (1975–1978); Empty Nest (1989); Filthy Rich (1982); General Hospital (1963); Generations (1989–1990); Gotcha! (1985); Happy Days (1983); Harry O (1974); Hart to Hart (1981); Hill Street Blues (1987); Hollywood and Beyond with Steven Brittingham (2021); Home & Family (2018); In the House (1997); Johnny Staccato (1976); Kingston: Confidential (1977); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1974–1976); Marilyn and Me (1991); Matlock (1988); Maybe Baby (1988); Mobile One (1975); Nash Bridges (1997); Perfect Strangers (1991); Phyllis (1977); Sisters (1992); Soap Central (2018); Special Delivery (1976); Splendor in the Grass (1961); Starsky and Hutch (1975); Tattletales (1984); The Bold and the Beautiful (1990–1991); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Golden Girls (1991); The Good Life (1994); The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition (2020); The Love Boat (1978); The New Adam-12 (1990); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1973); The President's Man (2000); The Secret Night Caller (1975); The Secret Storm (1968–1973); The Streets of San Francisco (1977); The Tony Danza Show (1998); The Young and the Restless (1983–2021); The Young and the Restless (2020–2022); Time of Your Life (1999); Trauma Center (1983); Undercover (1994); Walker, Texas Ranger (2000–2001); White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (1991); Who's the Boss? (1987).

Born on this day – Anne Whitfield:

Anne Whitfield

Actress

August 27, 1938 – February 15, 2024

Credits:

Cookie's Fortune (1999); The Last Innocent Man (1987); Quarterback Princess (1983); The Prodigal (1983); Emergency! (1972–1975); The Specialists (1975); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974); Adam-12 (1968–1973); The Six Million Dollar Man (1973); Pete 'n' Tillie (1972); Ironside (1968–1972); The D.A. (1971); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1970); Tick, Tick, Tick (1970); The Magical World of Disney (1954); Secrets of the Pirates' Inn (1969); This Is the Life (1968); Dragnet 1967 (1968); The Outsider (1968); Gunsmoke (1960–1966); Perry Mason (1964–1966); Days of Our Lives (1965–1966); That Girl (1966); 12 O'Clock High (1965); Wendy and Me (1965); The New Interns (1964); The New Phil Silvers Show (1964); The Dakotas (1963); 77 Sunset Strip (1958); Should I Marry Outside My Faith? (1962); Laramie (1962); Hawaiian Eye (1961–1962); The Untouchables (1962); 87th Precinct (1961); Ben Casey (1961); Cheyenne (1956–1961); Rawhide (1961); General Electric Theater (1961); Peter Gunn (1961); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); Manhunt (1960); One Step Beyond (1960); Tate (1960); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959); Bonanza (1959); Men of Annapolis (1957–1958); Senior Prom (1958); The Donna Reed Show (1958); The Thin Man (1958); Juvenile Jungle (1958); Father Knows Best (1957); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Johnny Carson Show (1955); Front Row Center (1955); Baby Boogie (1955); One Man's Family (1955); Cavalcade of America (1955); White Christmas (1954); The Hollywood Matador (1954); I Married Joan (1953); Peter Pan (1953); Hollywood Opening Night (1952); The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952); Racket Squad (1951); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Gunfighter (1950).

Born on this day – Susan Harrison:

Susan Harrison

Actress

August 26, 1938 – March 5, 2019

Credits:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); Bonanza (1960); Breaking Point (1963); Follow the Sun (1961); Key Witness (1960); Matinee Theatre (1956); Playhouse 90 (1959); Remembering 2019: In Memoriam (2019); Star Tonight (1956); Sweet Smell of Success (1957); The Light That Failed (1961); The Twilight Zone (1961).

Born on this day – Frederick Forsyth:

Frederick Forsyth

Writer

Producer

Actor

August 25, 1938 – June 9, 2025

Credits:

Books:

A Tangled Web (2005); Avenger (2003); Emeka (1991); English Crime Stories of Today (1993); Great Flying Stories (1991); Icon (1996); No Comebacks (1982); Revenge of Odessa (2025); The Afghan (2006); The Art of the Matter (2001); The Biafra Story: The Making of an African Legend (1969); The Citizen (2000); The Cobra (2010); The Day of the Jackal (1971); The Deceiver (1991); The Devil's Alternative (1979); The Dogs of War (1974); The Emperor (1982); The Fist of God (1994); The Fourth Protocol (1984); The Fox (2018); The Kill List (2013); The Miracle (2000); The Negotiator (1989); The Odessa File (1972); The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue (2015); The Phantom of Manhattan (1996); The Shepherd (1975); The Veteran and Other Stories (2020); Used In Evidence (2005); Whispering Wind (2000).

Movies and television:

8 al dia (2014); A fondo (1980); A Little Piece of Sunshine (1990); Alexandria (2004); Avenger (2006); Boulevard Bio (1991–2003); Breakfast (2001–2010); Bücherjournal (2015); Code Name: Wolverine (1996); Crime in the City (1987); Cry of the Innocent (1980); DAS! (2000–2015); De película (1987); Dinner with Portillo (2003); Dispatches (2006); Frederick Forsyth Presents (1989–1990); Friday Night, Saturday Morning (1980); Good Morning Australia (2004); Good Morning Britain (2017); Great Welsh Writers (2013); HARDtalk (2003); I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal (2007); Icon (2005); III nach neun (2007); Im Dialog (2003); ITV Play of the Week (1973); Jesus Christ Airlines (2001); Just Another Secret (1989); Koschwitz (2002); Kulturjournal (2015); Kulturplatz (2006); Lads Army (2005); Larry King Live (2000); Leute (1985); Lo + plus (1996); Love Never Dies (2012); Mark Lawson Talks to... (2006); Markus Lanz (2015–2019); M-show (1972); Never Mind the Full Stops (2007); Outsiders (2024); Página 2 (2011); Pebble Mill at One (1994); Pride and Extreme Prejudice (1989); Question Time (1997–2007); Reading the Decades (2002); Reputations (1997); Sabine Christiansen (1998); Skavlan (2014); Sleuths, Sorcerers & Spies: Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes (2016); Soldiers (1985); Sunday AM (2016); The Book Programme (1979); The Crime Thriller Club (2013); The Day of the Jackal (1973 / 2024); The Devil's Day (1994); The Dogs of War (1980); The Fourth Protocol (1987); The Merv Griffin Show (1980); The Odessa File (1974); The Shepherd (2022 / 2023); The Sunday Programme (2003); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971–1972); The Write Stuff (1989); This Week (2005); Titel, Thesen, Temperamente (2015–2019); Trigger Happy TV (2001 / 2002); Tubridy Tonight (2006); Two by Forsyth (1984); Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2005 / 2014).

Born on this day – Michèle Girardon:

Michèle Girardon

Actress

Writer

August 9, 1938 – March 25, 1975

Born on this day – Pilar Seurat:

Pilar Seurat

Actress

July 25, 1938 – June 2, 2001

Credits:

7 Women from Hell (1961); 77 Sunset Strip (1959); A Death of Innocence (1971); Adventures in Paradise (1960–1962); Battle at Bloody Beach (1961); Ben Casey (1964); Bonanza (1972); Burke's Law (1964); Checkmate (1961); Custer (1967); Daniel Boone (1965); Eight Legged Freaks (2002); General Electric Theater (1959); Hawaii Five-O (1970); Hawaiian Eye (1959); Hong Kong (1960); I Spy (1965); King of Diamonds (1961); Mackenzie's Raiders (1959); Mannix (1969); Maverick (1960); Michael Shayne (1961); Mod Squad (1970); Naked City (1962); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971); On the Road (1962); Peter Loves Mary (1961); Playhouse 90 (1959); Rawhide (1964); Seaway (1966); Slattery's People (1965); Star Trek (1967); Stoney Burke (1963); Temple Houston (1964); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Defenders (1964); The F.B.I. (1965–1970); The Fugitive (1966); The High Chaparral (1967); The Islanders (1961); The Lieutenant (1963); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The New Breed (1961); The Virginian (1966–1968); The Wild Wild West (1966); The Young Savages (1961); Then Came Bronson (1969); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1965).