Born on this day – Bo Hopkins:

Bo Hopkins

Actor

February 2, 1938 – May 28, 2022

Born on this day – Donald Shebib:

Donald Shebib

Director

Cinematographer

Writer

Editor

January 27, 1938 – November 5, 2023

Credits:

90 Minutes Live (1977); A Search for Learning (1967); American Experience (2007); Between Friends (1973); CBS Repertoire Workshop / Short film: The Duel (1966); Change of Heart (1993); Code Name: Eternity (2000); Counterstrike (1990–1993); Danger Bay (1987); Dead Man's Gun (1997); Deedee (1974); Dementia 13 (1963); Diamonds (1988); Down the Road Again (2011); E.N.G. (1990–1992); Finding ODO (2009); Fish Hawk (1979); For the Record (1982–1984); Goin' Down the Road (1970); Good Times Bad Times (1977); Heartaches (1981); Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994–1995); My Secret Identity (1988–1990); Night Heat (1986–1988); Nightalk (2022); On Screen! (2005); Police Academy: The Series (1998); Radio Free Roscoe (2003–2006); Revival (1965); Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop (1988); Rip-Off (1971); Running Brave (1983); San Francisco Summer 1967 (1967); Satan's Choice (1966); Second Wind (1976); Street Justice (1991); Summer Children (1965); Surfin' (1964); T and T (1988); Tax Shelter Terrors (2017); The Ascent (1994); The Campbells (1988–1990); The Canary (1975); The Climb (1986); The Collaborators (1974); The Duel (1962); The Edison Twins (1985–1986); The Fighting Men (1977); The Great Canadian Culture Hunt (1976); The Host (1960); The Hour (2011); The Larry Solway Show (1977); The Little Kidnappers (1990); The New Addams Family (1998); The Pathfinder (1996); The Terror (1963); The Way It Is (1967); The Zack Files (2001–2002); Top Cops (1990); Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004); Wind at My Back (1997–1999).

Born on this day – Henry Jaglom:

Henry Jaglom

Actor

Director

Writer

January 26, 1938 – September 22, 2025

Credits:

As playwright:

A Safe Place (2003); Always – But Not Forever (2007); Just 45 Minutes from Broadway (2009-2010); The Rainmaker (2012-2013); The Waiting Room (1974); Train to Zakopané (2014-2015).

Movies and television:

A Safe Place (1971); A Trip to Swadades (2008); Always (1985); American Nudist (2011); Asleep at the Wheel (2025); Babyfever (1994); Biography (2003–2004); Camera Three (1971); Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983); Charles at the Threshold (2006); Déjà Vu (1997); Dr. Jack and Mr. Nicholson (2019); Drive, He Said (1971); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); E! True Hollywood Story (1997–2005); East Side/West Side (1964); Easy Rider (1969); Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003); Eating (1990); Edge of Outside (2006); Everyone Asked About You (2025); Festival in Cannes (2001); Five Easy Pieces: BBStory (2010); Gidget (1965); Going Shopping (2005); Hearts and Minds (1974); Henry Jaglom en tête à tête avec Orson Welles (2018); Henry Jaglom Finds a Safe Place (2010); Hollywood Dreams (2006); I Am Richard Pryor (2019); Irene in Time (2009); Jack Nicholson - Das teuflische Grinsen Hollywoods (2017); Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director (2024); Jane (2022); Just 45 Minutes from Broadway (2012); King of Cool (2021); Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995); L'homme qui a vu l'homme qui a vu l'ours (1990); Lily, aime-moi (1975); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); Lucky Ducks (1993); Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014); Movie Madness / Segment: Municipalians (1982); My Brother's Sex Life (1973); Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020); New Year's Day (1989); Now, Irving Rapper (2025); Orson Welles: Shadows and Light (2015); Out of the Blue and into the Black (1987); Ovation (2015); Psych-Out (1968); Queen of the Lot (2010); Scene Missing (2012); Searching for Orson (2006); Sitting Ducks (1980); Someone to Love (1987); Stars and Strife (2020); Superstar (2021); The Dead Wives Club (2019); The Flying Nun (1967); The Immortal Orson Welles (2019); The John Kerwin Show (2007); The Last Movie (1971); The M Word (2014); The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004); The Other Side of the Wind (2018); The Roseanne Show (1999); The Sweet Spot (2003); The Thousand Plane Raid (1969); They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018); This Is Orson Welles (2015); Tim Sander goes to Hollywood (2012); To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore (2007); Tracks (1976); Train to Zakopané (2017); Venice / Venice (1992); Wheatfield with Crows (2002); Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1995); Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004).

Born on this day – Kip Anderson:

Kip Anderson

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

January 24, 1938 – August 29, 2007

Credits:

Music:

A Dog Don't Wear No Shoes (1992); A Knife and a Fork (1993); Blue Moon / Unchained Melody (1967); Frozen Heart / Abide in Me (1969); I Can't / I'll Get Along (1965); I Could'a Been Sleepin' / He Never Left Me Alone (1989); I Feel Good / I Will Cry (1961); I Get Carried Away / Here I Am, Try Me (1965); I Wanna Be the Only One / Making Tracks (1959); I Wanna Be the Only One / The Home Fires Are Brighter After All (1959); If That Don't Make You Cry / Without a Woman (1966); Jesus Sings with Me (Part 1) / Jesus Sings with Me (Part 2) (1988); Letter From my Darling / Watch You Work it Out (1968); Oh My Linda / 'Til Your Love is Mine (1960); Take It Like a Man / A Knife and a Fork (1967); Tell Her I Love Her / Woman How Do You Make Me Love You Like I Do (1965); That's All I Can Do / I Went Off and Cried (1968); That's When the Crying Begins / I Done You Wrong (1964); You'll Lose a Good Thing / I'm Out of Love (1967); Your Sweetness Is My Weakness / A Dog Don't Wear No Shoes (1992).

Born on this day – Michael Pataki:

Michael Pataki

Actor

Producer

Director

January 16, 1938 – April 15, 2010

Credits:

Cans Without Labels (2019); Biography (2011); Trim (2010); Chthonic (2008); Out of Jimmy's Head (2007); Happy Days: 30th Anniversary Reunion (2005); Edge of Nowhere (2003); The Looking Glass (2003); Behind the Mask (2003); Death Man's Bluff (2003); Ren & Stimpy 'Adult Party Cartoon' (2003); My Life with Buk (2002); Tachyon: The Fringe (2000); Tourist Traps (2000); Weekend Pussy Hunt (2000); Boo Boo Runs Wild (1999); The Goddamn George Liquor Program (1997); Dexter's Laboratory (1996–1997); Extreme Ghostbusters (1997); The Making of a Hollywood Madam (1996); What-a-Mess (1995); The Ren & Stimpy Show (1992–1995); 2 Stupid Dogs (1995); Batman: The Animated Series (1992); Hollywood Hot Tubs 2: Educating Crystal (1990); Death House (1988); Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987–1988); Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988); The Highwayman (1988); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988); The Under Achievers (1987); St. Elsewhere (1987); Cagney & Lacey (1983–1987); Private Eye (1987); Airwolf (1987); Heart of the City (1987); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1985–1986); American Anthem (1986); Rocky IV (1985); Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985); R.S.V.P. (1984); The Cowboy and the Ballerina (1984); Lottery! (1984); The Fall Guy (1982–1984); Automan (1983); Cowboy (1983); The Jeffersons (1983); Laverne & Shirley (1983); Sweet Sixteen (1983); Night Shift (1982); Terror at Alcatraz (1982); T.J. Hooker (1982); One Day at a Time (1982); WKRP in Cincinnati (1980–1982); Father Murphy (1982); One More Chance (1981); Dead & Buried (1981); Insight (1967–1981); Nero Wolfe (1981); Graduation Day (1981); Pippin: His Life and Times (1981); High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane (1980); Beyond Westworld (1980); Raise the Titanic (1980); Phyl & Mikhy (1980); Charlie's Angels (1980); B.J. and the Bear (1980); The Farmer's Other Daughter (1979); A Man Called Sloane (1979); Eischied (1979); Disaster on the Coastliner (1979); Marciano (1979); The Last Word (1979); Little House on the Prairie (1977–1979); The Glove (1979); The Onion Field (1979); Survival of Dana (1979); Samurai (1979); Love at First Bite (1979); The White Shadow (1979); The Pirate (1978); Alice (1978); The Amazing Spider-Man (1977–1978); When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (1978); Ruby and Oswald (1978); Barney Miller (1978); Superdome (1978); Auditions (1978); Cinderella (1977); The Tony Randall Show (1977); Jailbait Babysitter (1977); The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977); Dracula's Dog (1977); The Chopped Liver Brothers (1977); Airport '77 (1977); All in the Family (1973–1977); Benny and Barney: Las Vegas Undercover (1977); McCloud (1974–1976); Happy Days (1976); The Call of the Wild (1976); Good Heavens (1976); Baretta (1976); Ellery Queen (1976); Harry O (1976); Mansion of the Doomed (1976); The Invisible Man (1975); Get Christie Love! (1975); A Touch of Sex (1975); Delinquent School Girls (1975); Friends and Lovers (1974–1975); Amy Prentiss (1974); Those Mad, Mad Moviemakers (1974); Kung Fu (1974); The F.B.I. (1974); The Bat People (1974); Indict and Convict (1974); Last Foxtrot in Burbank (1973); Shaft (1973); Heterosexualis (1973); Little Cigars (1973); Sweet Jesus, Preacherman (1973); Search (1973); The Baby (1973); Cannon (1973); The All American Hustler (1972); The Rookies (1972); The Black Bunch (1972); The Dirt Gang (1972); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972); A Man for Hanging (1972); Columbo (1972); Grave of the Vampire (1972); The Sixth Sense (1972); Bonanza (1972); Cade's County (1972); They Call It Murder (1971); Pink Angels (1971); Brute Corps (1971); The Return of Count Yorga (1971); The Cut-Throats (1971); The Andromeda Strain (1971); Dan August (1971); Dream No Evil (1970); The Young Lawyers (1970); The Silent Force (1970); The Flying Nun (1967–1970); Five the Hard Way (1969); Easy Rider (1969); Crazy World, Crazy People (1968); Mannix (1968); Star Trek (1967); Dundee and the Culhane (1967); Garrison's Gorillas (1967); Mr. Terrific (1967); Mission: Impossible (1967); Run for Your Life (1967); The Felony Squad (1967); Batman (1966); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1965); McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force (1965); Ben Casey (1963–1965); Broadside (1965); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1965); My Favorite Martian (1965); Slattery's People (1965); Espionage Target: You (1964); Rawhide (1964); The Movie Maker (1964); The Lieutenant (1963–1964); Rockabye the Infantry (1963); Combat! (1963); Saints and Sinners (1962); Ripcord (1961); The Twilight Zone (1961); Target: The Corruptors! (1961); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1961); Hawaiian Eye (1960); Playhouse 90 (1958–1960); Not for Hire (1960); The Loretta Young Show (1959); M Squad (1958); Ten North Frederick (1958); The Young Lions (1958).

Born on this day – Jack Jones:

Jack Jones

Singer

Actor

January 14, 1938 – October 23, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

A Jack Jones Christmas (1969); A Song for You (1972); A Time for Us (1969); Bewitched (1963); Bread Winners (1972); Call Me Irresponsible (1963); Canciones Romanticas (1967); Chase the Rainbows (1992); Christmas with Jack Jones (1973); Curtain Time (1968); Dear Heart (1965); Don't Stop Now (1980); Fire & Rain (1985); For the In Crowd (1965); Gift of Love (1962); Harbour (1974); I Am a Singer (1984); If You Ever Leave Me (1968); In Love (Capitol, 1964); In Person at the Sands Las Vegas (1970); I've Been Here All the Time (1980); I've Got a Lot of Livin' to Do! (1962); Jack Jones (1965); Jack Jones (1982); Jack Jones in Hollywood (1972); Jack Jones Paints a Tribute to Tony Bennett (1998); Jack Jones Sings (1966); Jack Jones Sings Michel Legrand (1971); L. A. Break Down (1969); Lady (1967); Live at the Sands (1993); Lollipops and Roses (1961); Love Story (1969); My Kind of Town (1965); New Jack Swing (1997); Nobody Does It Better (1979); Our Song (1967); Shall We Dance (1961); She Loves Me (1964); Songs of Love (1965); The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (Soundtrack) (1968); The Full Life (1977); The Gershwin Album (1992); The Impossible Dream (1966); The Jack Jones Christmas Album (1964); The Mood Is Love (1993); The Wind Beneath My Wings (2002); There's Love & There's Love & There's Love (1965); This Love of Mine (1959); Together (1973); We'll Be Together Again (1966); What I Did for Love (1975); What the World Needs Now Is Love! (1968); Where Is Love? (1968); Where Love Has Gone (1964); White Christmas (1998); With One More Look at You (1977); Without Her (1967); Wives and Lovers (1963); Write Me a Love Song, Charlie (1975).

Songs:

Love Boat Theme; If I Stay Too Long; Lollipops and Roses; Making Time; A Day In The Life Of A Fool; Dear Heart; Love With the Proper Stranger; If You Go Away; The True Picture; I Can't Believe I'm Losing You; Live for Life; Lady; Oh, How Much I Love You; I've Got Your Number; What I Did for Love; If You Ever Leave Me; The Shadow of Your Smile; My Best Girl; She; Don't Give Your Love Away; Real Live Girl; Wives and Lovers; I Am a Singer; I´m Indestructible; Alfie; Painter Man; Nina Never Knew; Once Upon A Time; Now I Know; The Impossible Dream; I Wish You Love; All The Things You Are.

Movies and television:

20 to 1 (2010); 47th Annual Academy Awards (1975); A Ticklish Affair (1963); A Tribute to the Jukebox Award Winners (1980); A Very Special Occasion (1967); Airplane II: The Sequel (1982); All-Star Tribute to General Jimmy Doolittle (1986); American Bandstand (1958); American Hustle (2013); An Evening at the Improv (1991); Anzio (1968); Bacharach 74 (1974); Back to Black (2024); Bandstand (1964); Best of Las Vegas Awards (1980); Bob Hope at 100 / 100 Years of Hope and Humor (2003); Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 (1980); Bobby (2006); Breakfast (2008); Buddy Faro (1998); Cannon and Ball (1982); Celebrity Party (1963); Code 3 (1957); Coins in the Fountain (1990); Condominium (1980); Cruise of the Gods (2002); Danny Thomas Special: Guys 'n' Geishas (1967); Daytime Live (1989); Dee Time (1969); Des O'Connor Tonight (1982–1985); Dinah! (1975–1976); Duplex (2003); Engelbert with the Young Generation (1972); Entertainment Express (1983); Entertainment Tonight (2007–2014); Feud (2017); Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer (2006); Funny Face (1971); General Electric Theater (1959); Get a Life (1990); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2022); Good Morning, Vietnam (1987); Goodfellas (1990); Grace Kennedy (1982); Great Love Songs (1995); Great Performances (1987); Guest Night (1993); Happening for Lulu (1969); Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988); Happy Birthday, Las Vegas (1977); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hey, Jeannie! (1956); Home & Family (2015); Horas doradas (1980); Howdy (1970); Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time (1992); Hullabaloo (1965); It's a Living (1987); It's Your Bet (1971–1973); Jack Jones on the Move (1966); Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (1963); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1970); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1975–2007); Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters (1970); Jimmy Van Heusen: Swingin' With Frank & Bing (2014); Judy Garland Duets (2005); Juke Box Rhythm (1959); Just Men! (1983); Karen Kay (1986); Live from Her Majesty's (1983); Live with Kelly and Mark (1990); London Night Out (1980); Lou Rawls Parade of Stars (1985); Love with the Proper Stranger (1963); Mad Men (2008); Make Your Own Kind of Music! (1971); Match Game (1978–1979); Match Game PM (1979); McMillan & Wife (1977); Mindreaders (1979); Miss World 1985 (1985); Monsanto Night Presents Jack Jones (1974); Monsanto Night Presents Michel Legrand (1972); My Music: Songbook Standards - As Time Goes By (2015); Night Court (1990); Oh My Word (1965); Once More with Felix (1969); Over the Garden Wall (2014); Parkinson (1976); Parkinson in Australia (1981); Password (1964–1967); Password Plus (1980); Playboy After Dark (1970); Police Woman (1977); Reckless (1995); Rockette: A Holiday Tribute to Radio City Music Hall (1978); Sammy and Company (1976); Saturday Night Live (1995); Saturday Swings (2005); Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come (1990); Sings the Great American Songbook (2010); Slasher Serenade (2012); South of Wawa (1991); Stand Up and Cheer (1971); Stars for Israel (1967); Star's Table (1986); Strictly Come Dancing (2011); Super Password (1985–1988); Sweepstakes (1979); Swinging Spiketaculars (1960); Symphony of Horror (2023); Tattletales (1975); That Night (1992); The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1971); The 33th Annual Thalians Ball (1988); The 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1977); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 8th Annual TV Land Awards (2010); The Andy Williams Show (1966); The Bell Telephone Hour (1964–1966); The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1992–2022); The Best on Record (1965 / 1968 / 1970 / 1970); The Big Record (1957); The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968); The Bob Hope Comedy Special (1965); The Bob Hope Show (1964–1967); The Bob Hope Vietnam Christmas Show (1966); The Carol Burnett Show (1968–1970); The Carson Podcast (2021); The Celebrity Game (1965); The Comeback (1978); The David Frost Show (1969–1971); The Dean Martin Show (1965–1967); The Dick Cavett Show (1970); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1964–1971); The Engelbert Humperdinck Show (1970); The Garry Moore Show (1962); The Garry Moore Show (1962); The Glenn Miller Band Reunion (1989); The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1978); The Hollywood Palace (1965–1968); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1970–1980); The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1978); The Jack Benny Program (1965); The Jack Jones Show (1974–1977); The Jackie Gleason Show (1967); The Jerry Lewis Show (1963 / 1968); The Jimmy Dean Show (1964–1965); The Joey Bishop Show (1964–1968); The John Davidson Show (1981); The Jonathan Winters Show (1968); The Judy Garland Show (1963–1964); The Juke Box Jury (1959); The Kraft Music Hall (1969); The Leslie Crowther Show (1971); The Linkletter Show (1963); The Little and Large Show (1985); The Lively Ones (1962); The Love Boat (1976–1985); The Mancini Generation (1973); The Merv Griffin Show (1965–1985); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1980); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1971–1972); The New Hollywood Squares (1989); The New Steve Allen Show (1961); The Object Is (1964); The Palace (1979); The Pat Boone Show (1966); The Rat Patrol (1967); The Real Match Game Story: Behind the Blanks (2006); The Red Skelton Hour (1966–1969); The Roger Miller Show (1966); The Rolf Harris Show (1969–1970); The Royal Variety Performance (1972); The Royal Variety Performance 1982 (1982); The Russell Harty Show (1983); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967); The Sound of Petula (1974); The Spike Jones Show (1960); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1958); The Steve Allen Show (1968); The Steve Lawrence Show (1965); The Talk (2013); The Talk of the Town (1969–1972); The Tommy Leonetti Show (1969–1970); The Toni Tennille Show (1980); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar / The Jack Paar Program (1964); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1991); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 24th Anniversary Special (1986); The Virginia Graham Show (1971); The World: Color It Happy (1967); They Sold a Million (1973); This Is Tom Jones (1970); This Is Your Life (1994); Today (1968); Vicki! (1993); What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A. (1964); What's My Line? (1965–1967); What's This Song? (1965); Where Love Has Gone (1964); Wogan (1991).

On this day in movie history - City Girl (1938):

City Girl

directed by Alfred L. Werker,

written by Lester Ziffren, Frances Hyland and Robin Harris,

based on a story by Lester Ziffren, Frances Hyland and Robin Harris,

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

Cast:

Ricardo Cortez, Phyllis Brooks, Robert Wilcox, Douglas Fowley, Chick Chandler, Esther Muir, Adrienne Ames, Carol Adams, Irving Bacon, Lynn Bari, Brooks Benedict, Wade Boteler, Lon Chaney Jr., Chick Collins, Heinie Conklin, Edgar Dearing, Ralph Dunn, Jack Gargan, Harold Goodwin, Eddie Hart, Milton Kibbee, Charles Lane, Robert Lowery, George Lynn, George Magrill, Marjorie Main, Eddie Marr, Patsy Mitchell, King Mojave, William Newell, Carroll Nye, Lee Phelps, George Reed, Cyril Ring, Gloria Roy, Lee Shumway, Paul Stanton, Richard Terry, Charles Trowbridge, Emmett Vogan, Ben Welden, Norman Willis, Harry Worth.

Born on this day – Tom Bower:

Tom Bower

Actor

Producer

January 3, 1938 – May 30, 2024

Born on this day – Rosalind Cash:

Rosalind Cash

Actress

December 31, 1938 – October 31, 1995

Credits:

227 (1990); A Dangerous Affair (1995); A Different World (1989–1991); A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion (1982); A Killing Affair (1977); Afros, Macks & Zodiacs (1995); Amazing Grace (1974); American Playhouse (1983–1985); Barney Miller (1978); Benson (1981); Black Hollywood (1984); Black Journal (1969); Cagney & Lacey (1987); Ceremonies in Dark Old Men (1975); China Beach (1990); Circle of Pain (1996); Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975); Day of Absence (1971); Death Drug (1978); Death Spa (1988); Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (1976); Falcon Crest (1989); Family Ties (1989); Flashpoint (1979); Forced March (1989); Frank's Place (1988); From a Whisper to a Scream / Segment: Lovecraft's Traveling Amusements (1987); General Hospital (1994–1995); Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985); Good Times (1976); Great Performances (1971); Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980); Hardcastle and McCormick (1984); Harry O (1974); Head of the Class (1990); Hickey & Boggs (1972); Highway to Heaven (1987); Hill Street Blues (1985); Insight (1982); Just an Overnight Guest (1983); Klute (1971); Knight Rider (1986); Knightwatch (1988–1989); Knots Landing (1991); Kojak (1977); L.A. Law (1987); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993); Melinda (1972); Police Woman (1977); Riptide (1985); Roc (1992–1993); Sister, Sister (1982); Special Bulletin (1983); Starsky and Hutch (1977); Sundance: A Matter of Process (1986); Tales from the Hood (1995); Tequila and Bonetti (1992); The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984); The All-American Boy (1973); The Class of Miss MacMichael (1978); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1993); The Golden Girls (1988); The Last Man Alive (1971); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1974); The Merv Griffin Show (1969); The Mighty Pawns (1987); The Monkey Hu$tle (1976); The New Centurions (1972); The Omega Man (1971); The Second Coming (1992); The Sophisticated Gents (1981); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969); Thirtysomething (1987–1989); This Is the Life (1985); Tilmon Tempo (1972–1976); Trapper John, M.D. (1982–1984); Uptown Saturday Night (1974); Welcome to the Basement (2018); What's Happening!! (1976–1977); Wrong Is Right (1982); You Must Remember This (1992).

Born on this day – Peter H. Hunt:

Peter H. Hunt

Director

Producer

Lighting designer

December 19, 1938 – April 26, 2020

Born on this day – Roger E. Mosley:

Roger E. Mosley

Actor

Director

Writer

December 18, 1938 – August 7, 2022

Born on this day – J.J. Cale:

J.J. Cale

Singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

Sound engineer

December 5, 1938 – July 26, 2013

Credits:

Albums:

5 (1979); 8 (1983); After Hours in Minneapolis (2019); After Midnight: The Best Of (2014); Anyway the Wind Blows: The Anthology (1997); Best of J.J. Cale (1989); Blowin’ Down The Road (2021); Cajun Moon (1974); Closer to You (1994); Collected (2006); Crazy Mama (2023); Gold (2007); Grasshopper (1982); Guitar Man (1996); In Session (Live) (2016); In Session at Paradise Studios, Los Angeles, 1979 (2003); In Session at the Paradise Studios, Los Angeles, 1979 (2003); Independence Day (2018); J J Cale (Discoteca Básica) (Live) (2019); J.J Cale - Breezin’ at the Cafe (Live) (2019); J.J. Cale - Live on Kfc, San Francisco (2015); La Femme de mon pote (1984); Live (2001); Live at Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa, 1975 (FM Radio Broadcast) (1975); Live at Ebbett’s Field, Denver, 1975 (FM Radio Broadcast) (1975); Live in Minneapolis 1988 (2019); Live: Ebbett’s Field Denver CO 13 FEB ‘75 (Digitally Remastered) (2016); Live: Town Park, Telluride, CO July 2, 1994 (2018); Moon Smoke (2021); Movin’ On (2023); Naturally (1971); Number 10 (1992); Okie (1974); One Way Ticket (Live Radio Broadcast) (2018); Really (1972); Rewind: The Unreleased Recordings (2007); Right Down Here (Live At Pacific High, San Francisco. 4 Dec ‘71) (2016); Roll On (2009); Shades (1981); Special Edition (1984); Stay Around (2019); The Definitive Collection (1993); The J.J. Cale Collection (2011); The Low Down (2024); The Road to Escondido (2006); The Silvertone Years (2011); The Very Best of J.J. Cale (1997); To Tulsa and Back (2004); Travel-Log (1989); Troubadour (1976).

Movies and television:

2 Meter Sessions (1994); A Poem Is a Naked Person (1974); A Room for Romeo Brass (1999); Any Way the Wind Blows (2003); Bad News Bears (2005); Band on the Run (1982); Bandits (2001); Barney's Version (2010); Breaking Bad (2009); Burden (2018); Crossroads Guitar Festival (2004); Cruising Bar (1989); Cuéntame cómo pasó (2013); Dancing with the Stars (2008); Divorce (2013); Dog the Bounty Hunter (2005); Eastbound & Down (2012); Echo (2023); El Camino (2019); Elementarteilchen (2006); Eric Clapton: One More Car, One More Rider - Live on Tour 2001 (2002); Extract (2009); Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004); Far Out (2015); Flikken Maastricht (2007); Friday Night Lights (2007–2008); Grass (1999); Growing Pains (1987); Hawaii Five-0 (2016); Hoy nos toca (2018); Ida Red (2021); Immediate Family (1989); J.J. Cale & Company 1981 (1981); J.J. Cale: No Time (1990); JJ Cale in Session (2002); Jonathan Creek (2003); Knight Rider (1982); Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (2006); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014); Lawn Dogs (1997); Lord of War (2005); Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live at Freedom Hall (2008); Master of None (2015); Men in Trees (2008); Middle Men (2009); Montana Story (2021); Morning Joe (2021); Mulatschag (2012); My Best Friend's Girl (1983); Nursie (2004); O herdeiro (1976); Phenomenon (1996); Rain Man (1988); Reservation Dogs (2023); Ride (2014); Robert Zemeckis on Smoking, Drinking and Drugging in the 20th Century: In Pursuit of Happiness (1999); Role Models (2008); Schmidteinander (1994); Scrapple (1998); Some Kind of Heaven (2020); Soundstage (2003); Squzz Corn N' Ole Scratch (2012); Starsky & Hutch (2004); Sunshine State (2002); Tales of the City (1993); Talkin' Blues (1996); Tammy (2014); Taratata (1994); That '70s Show (1999); The 56th Annual Grammy Awards (2014); The Country Bears (2002); The Cream of Eric Clapton (1990); The Dukes of Hazzard (2005); The Education of Charlie Banks (2007); The House I Live In (2012); The Midnight Special (1980); The Motorway File (1975); The Sensitive kind - John Mayall (1) (1990); The Tender Bar (2021); The Unforgivable (2021); The Wonder Years (1989); To Tulsa and Back: On Tour with J.J. Cale (2005); Tohuwabohu (1993); Transparent (2014); United States of Tara (2009–2010); Unlawful Entry (1992); Vice Principals (2017); Viki ja Köpi Show (2024); Watchmen (2009); Wild Hogs (2007).

Born on this day – John Erwin:

John Erwin

Actor

Special effects

December 5, 1938 – July 26, 2013

Credits:

13 Fighting Men (1960); ABC Weekend Specials (1979); Aesop's Fables (1971); Archie and His New Pals (1969); Archie's Bang-Shang Lalapalooza Show (1977–1978); Archie's Funhouse (1970); Archie's TV Funnies (1971); Babe (1995); Back to the Future Part II (1989); Chasing the Sun (2001); Citizen Soldier (1956–1957); Death Battle (2013); Everybody's All-American (1988); Family Guy (2005); Foofur (1986); Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo (1979–1980); Groovie Goolies (1970); He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special (1985); He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword (1985); He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983–1985); Here's Lucy (1969); Hit Celebrity TV Commercials (2004); Looker (1981); Malcolm & Eddie (1999); Rawhide (1959–1965); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1969–1972); Sabrina, Super Witch (1977–1978); She-Ra: Princess of Power (1985–1987); Silent Scream (2005); Skeletor's Revenge (1986); Spacecats (1991); The Archie Comedy Hour (1969–1970); The Archie Show (1968); The New Archie/Sabrina Hour (1977); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1973); U.S. Of Archie (1974).

Born on this day – Michael Ritchie:

Michael Ritchie

Director

Producer

November 28, 1938 – April 16, 2001

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).