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).

Born on this day – Renée Victor:

Renée Victor

Actress

Singer

Dance instructor

July 25, 1938 – May 30, 2025

Credits:

All You've Got (2006); All Rise (2020); A Time of Love and War (2025); A Night in Old Mexico (2013); A Million Little Things (2023); A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story (2000); Assassination Tango (2002); Bob (1993); Boyle Heights (2010); Childrens Hospital (2010); Coco (2017); Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009); Dead to Me (2020–2022); El Llorón (2025); Entanglement (2014); ER (2004); Fairfax (2021); Forever Young at Heart (2011); Four Corners (1998); Futurama (2024); Gentefied (2020); George Burns Comedy Week (1985); Good Morning Agrestic (2007); Green Ghost and the Masters of the Stone (2021); Hollywood Familia (2006); Hot Tamale (2006); Hotel (1983–1985); House of Cards (1993); House of Payne (2008–2009); In My Mother's Arms (2017); In Other Words (2020); Island Prey (2001); Kid Quick (2000); Kiss Me a Killer (1991); La carretera (2009); Libertad (1996); Major Crimes (2014); Mary-Louise Parker in Weeds (2005–2012); Masquerade (1984); Matlock (1987); Mayans M.C. (2022); Men Behaving Badly (1996); Mister Sterling (2003); Moe (2023); My Brother the Pig (1999); Never Trust a Serial Killer (2002); Parallel Lives (1994); Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014); Parking Spot (2023); Prospect (2004); Saint George (2014); Salsa (1988); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1985); Snowpiercer (2020–2021); Steal Big Steal Little (1995); Strong Medicine (2001); Stuntmen (2009); SuperFly (2018); Team Knight Rider (1998); Tears & Tortillas (2006); That Motherf**Ker (2017); That's Life (2000); The Addams Family (1992); The Apostle (1997); The City for God's Sake (1987); The Doctor (1991); The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered (2025); The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011); The Flight (1989); The Mealybug (2024); The Neon Bible (1995); The Ortegas (2003); The Parent 'Hood (1996); The Prophecy II (1998); The Super Man (2017); The Tony Danza Show (1997); The Unspeakable (2017); The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998); This One Is for the Neighborhood (2023); Time Well Spent (1996); Undone (2022); Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity (2021); Victor & Valentino (2020–2021); Vida (2018–2019); Visitando Oliva (2023); Wake (2011); Wake-Up Call (2001); Walker (2022); Weeds: Suburban Shakedown (2005); Welcome to Our World (2021); Witches of East End (2014); With Love (2021–2023); Women's Murder Club (2007).

On this day in movie history - I’ll Give a Million (1938):

I’ll Give a Million

directed by Walter Lang,

written by Boris Ingster and Milton Sperling,

based on a story by Giaci Mondaini and Cesare Zavattini,

was released in the United States on July 22, 1938.
Music by Cyril Mockridge.

Cast:

Warner Baxter, Marjorie Weaver, Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt, John Carradine, J. Edward Bromberg, Lynn Bari, Fritz Feld, Sig Ruman, Christian Rub, Paul Harvey, Charles Halton, Frank Reicher, Frank Dawson, Harry Hayden, Stanley Andrews, Lillian Porter, Luis Alberni, Rafaela Ottiano, Georges Renavent, Rolfe Sedan, Eddie Conrad, Egon Brecher, Frank Puglia, Michael Visaroff, Alex Novinsky, Armand Kaliz, William Arnold, George Bookasta, Eugene Borden, Jack Chefe, André Cheron, Marcelle Corday, Gennaro Curci, Adrienne D'Ambricourt, Antonio D'Amore, Albert D'Arno, George Davis, Jean De Briac, Zoia De Groot, Victor De Linsky, Mario Dominici, Tex Driscoll, Constant Franke, Elisabeth Fröhlich, Rosina Galli, Helen Giere, Joseph Kamaryt, Louis LaBey, Jacques Lory, Ludwig Lowry, Fred Malatesta, Alphonse Martell, Alex Melesh, Louis Mercier, Torben Meyer, Adolph Milar, Christina Montt, Alexander Palasthy, Manuel París, Albert Pollet, Paul Porcasi, Jules Raucourt, Joseph Romantini, Harry Semels, Pepi Sinoff, George Sorel, Charles Tannen, Laura Treadwell, Mary Treen, Jacques Vanaire, Frederik Vogeding, Marek Windheim, Wolfgang Zilzer.

Born on this day – Natalie Wood:

Natalie Wood

Actress

July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (2003); 1968: The Year That Changed America (2018); 20/20 (2021); 48 Hours (2011–2018); 50 y más (2005); A Cry in the Night (1956); A Gift of Music (1981); A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011); A Year in Music (2022); ABC Late Night (1974); AFI Life Achievement Award (1973–1981); All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960); merican Grindhouse (2010); American Masters (2005–2012); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2016); Banda sonora (2012); Barbra: The Concert (1994); Behind the Scenes with Blake Edwards' 'The Great Race' (1965); Bij van Duin op de achterbank (2024); Biography (2000–2003); Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969); Bob Hope at 100 (2003); Bombers B-52 (1957); Brainstorm (1983); Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016); Camera Three (1956); Cash McCall (1960); Celebrity Page (2018–2019); Celebrity: Dominick Dunne (2008); Century of Cinema (1995); Chevron Theatre (1952); Chicken Every Sunday (1949); Christmas from Hollywood (2003); Cinema (1974); Compression (2024); Conflict (1957); Dear Brat (1951); Delta Kappa Alpha Silver Anniversary Banquet (1963); Die Geschichte des erotischen Films (2004); Dieter & Andreas (1989); Dinah! (1975–1979); Donahue (1976); Downhill Racer (1969); Driftwood (1947); Elvis: Summer of '56 (2011); Extra (2016); Father Was a Fullback (1949); Film '79 (1979); Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012); Four Star Playhouse (1955); Friars Club Tribute to Gene Kelly (1976); From Here to Eternity (1979); General Electric Theater (1954–1955); Get High on Yourself (1981); Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood (2009); Go West, Young Man! (2003); Good Morning America (1978–1980); Gypsy (1962); Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988); Happy Land (1943); Hart to Hart (1979); Heavy Petting (1989); Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1991); History (2015); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Couples (2001); Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hollywood Remembers (2000); Hollywood, No Sex Please! (2018); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Hollywood's Children (1982); Howard (2018); I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1974); Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American (2003); Inside Daisy Clover (1965); Inside Edition (2017–2021); James Dean Remembered (1974); James Dean: Forever Young (2005); James Dean: The First American Teenager (1975); Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017); John Ford et Monument Valley (2013); Just for You (1952); Kings Go Forth (1958); Kings Row (1955–1956); Kraft Theatre (1951); Lauren Bacall, ombre et lumière (2017); Legends of World Cinema (2004); Look Magazine Gala Party (1979); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); Love with the Proper Stranger (1963); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Marjorie Morningstar (1958); Max Liebman Spectaculars (1955); Mayor of the Town (1954); Meteor (1979); Miracle on 34th Street (1947); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); MsMojo (2023); Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982); Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020); Never a Dull Moment (1950); No Sad Songs for Me (1950); Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997); One Desire (1955); Our Very Own (1950); Our World (1987); Paul Newman, l'intranquille (2023); Peeper (1975); Penelope (1966); Penelope's Fashion Show (1966); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1956); Peter Ustinov and Natalie Wood at the Hermitage (1980); Philbin's People (1969); Private Screenings (2006); Public Defender (1954); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Rediscovering a Rebel (1996); Reflets de Cannes (1962); Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021); Robert Redford: The Golden Look (2019); Rock Hudson (1990); San Sebastián 2005: Crónica de Carlos Boyero (2005); Saturday Night at the Mill (1980); Screen Snapshots 1856: The Mocambo Party (1957); Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948); Sex and the Single Girl (1964); Special Collector's Edition (2013); Splendor in the Grass (1961); Stars of the Silver Screen (2014); Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans (2015); Studio 57 (1954–1957); Studio One (1955); Switch (1975–1978); Tab Hunter Confidential (2015); Tales of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice by Paul Mazursky (2003); TCM Remembers 2015 (2015); Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (1975); The 19th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1962); The 1st Annual People's Choice Awards (1975); The 23rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1966); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 28th Annual Academy Awards (1956); The 29th Annual Academy Awards (1957); The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 34th Annual Academy Awards (1962); The 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1977); The 36th Annual Academy Awards (1964); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1981); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 41st Annual Academy Awards (1969); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 51st Annual Academy Awards (1979); The 6th People's Choice Awards (1980); The 7th Annual People's Choice Awards (1981); The Affair (1973); The American Movie Awards (1980); The American West of John Ford (1971); The Andrew Klavan Show (2018); The Andy Warhol Diaries (2022); The Blue Veil (1951); The Bob Hope Show (1957–1959); The Bride Wore Boots (1946); The Burning Hills (1956); The Candidate (1972); The Collection / Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976); The Cracker Factory (1979); The David Frost Show (1969); The Dead Wives Club (2019); The Dick Cavett Show (1969); The Dick Cavett Show (1971–1972); The Dr. Oz Show (2019–2021); The Ed Sullivan Show (1956 / 1966); The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017); The Final Day (2000); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947); The Girl He Left Behind (1956); The Great Race (1965); The Green Promise (1949); The Hollywood Deb Stars of 1965 (1965); The Jack Benny Program (1960); The Jackpot (1950); The James Dean Story (1957); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); The Last Married Couple in America (1980); The Last Movie Stars (2022); The Linkletter Show (1956); The Making of 'My Fair Lady' (1995); The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980); The Merv Griffin Show (1969–1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1976–1980); The Moon Is Down (1943); The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004); The Old Place (2000); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Pride of the Family (1953–1954); The Reluctant Redeemer (1954); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Rose Bowl Story (1952); The Schaefer Century Theatre (1952); The Searchers (1956); The Silver Chalice (1954); The Star (1952); The Theater of Tomorrow (1963); The Third Annual 'on Cinema' Oscar Special (2015); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1992); This Is Joan Collins (2022); This Is Your Life (1971); This Property Is Condemned (1966); Today (1975); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1980); Tomorrow Is Forever (1946); Trumbull Land (2018); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1973); Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (1998); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood (2015); WatchMojo (2018); West Side Story - Bernsteins Broadway-Hit (2018); West Side Story (1961); What's My Line? (1966); What's My Line? At 25 (1975); When the Applause Died / Death in Hollywood (1990); Willie & Phil (1980); Women He's Undressed (2015); Zeit.geschichte (2020).

Born on this day – Diana Rigg:

Diana Rigg

Actress

July 20, 1938 – September 10, 2020

Born on this day – Brian Dennehy:

Brian Dennehy

Actor

July 9, 1938 – April 15, 2020

Credits:

10 (1979); 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (2003); 10th & Wolf (2006); 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); 30 Rock (2008); 8: Ivy League Football and America (2008); A Death in Canaan (1978); A Father's Revenge (1988); A Killing in a Small Town (1990); A Real American Hero (1978); A Rumor of War (1980); A Season in Purgatory (1996); A Season on the Brink (2002); A Very Merry Toy Store (2017); Acceptable Risks (1986); Alan Pakula: Going for Truth (2019); Alleged (2010); America This Morning (1990); American Experience (2000); American Valor (2003); Angel (1999) / 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2001); Animated Tales of the World (2002); Ants! (1977); Arrest & Trial (2000–2002); Assault on Precinct 13 (2005); BBC2 Playhouse (1982); Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company' (2003); Best Seller (1987); Big Shamus, Little Shamus (1979–1981); Biography (1999); Birdland (1994); Blood Feud (1983); Bumpers (1977); Bunker Hill (2009); Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979); Caesar & Otto in the House of Dracula (2009); Caesar and Otto Meet Dracula's Lawyer (2010); Cagney & Lacey (1984); Canceled Lives: Letters from the Inside (1993); Carrie Underwood: Temporary Home (2010); Cat City (2008); Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2020); Celebrity Page (2020); Charlie Rose (2015); Cocked (2015); Cocoon (1985); Cocoon: The Return (1988); Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero (2002); Columbia: A Celebration (2003); Connecticut: Seasons of Light - Cradle of American Impressionism (2003); Dallas (1978); Darkroom (1981); Day One (1989); De película (1988); Dead Man's Walk (1996); Deadly Matrimony (1992); Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987); Death of a Salesman (2000); Death or Canada (2008); Dish Dogs (2000); Drawing First Blood (2002); Driveways (2019); Dummy (1979); Dynasty (1981); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Evergreen (1985); Every Day (2010); Everyone's Hero (2006); F.I.S.T. (1978); F/X (1986); F/X2 (1991); Faerie Tale Theatre (1987); Fail Safe (2000); Final Appeal (1993); Finders Keepers (1984); First Blood (1982); Fly Away Home (1981); Foreign Affairs (1993); Foul Play (1978); Founding Brothers (2002); Founding Fathers (2000); From Broadway to Syracuse: The Journey of Arthur Storch (2014); Génération Barracuda (2023); Georg Elser - Einer aus Deutschland (1989); Gladiator (1992); Gorky Park (1983); Great Performances / Story: The Monument (1981–2002); Gunfighters of the West (1998); Handle with Care (1977); Hap and Leonard (2017); HBO First Look (2005); Hunter (1984); I Am Chris Farley (2015); I Take These Men (1983); In Broad Daylight (1991); Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan (1997); Indio (1989); Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us (1996); Jack Reed: A Search for Justice (1994); Jack Reed: Badge of Honor (1993); Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance (1996); Jack Reed: One of Our Own (1995); Jeopardy! (1999); Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye (1977); Joyce to the World (2004); Just Shoot Me! (1998–2003); Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure (2012); Knight of Cups (2015); Knots Landing (1980); Kojak (1977); Lanigan's Rabbi (1977); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994–1999); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2007); Leave of Absence (1994); Legal Eagles (1986); Little Miss Marker (1980); Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977); Lost Road of the Popes: Via Papale (2009); Lou Grant (1977); Love and Valor: The Intimate Civil War Letters (2009); Lucan (1977); M*A*S*H (1977); Marco Polo (2007); Masters of Science Fiction (2007); Meet Monica Velour (2010); Meet the Real Tag Brothers (2018); Miami Vice (1987); Miles from Home (1988); Minty Comedic Arts (2023); Murder in the Heartland (1993); Murderers' Row (2018); Mystery Files (2011); NetForce (1999); Never Cry Wolf (1983); Night Visions / Segment: Quiet Please (2001); Nolan Knows Best (2010); Nostromo (1996–1997); Our Fathers (2005); Out of the Cold (1999); Pearl (1978); Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020); Perfect Witness (1989); Pigs vs. Freaks (1982); Police Woman (1977); Presumed Innocent (1990); Pride and Extreme Prejudice (1989); Project Greenlight (2001–2023); Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story (1993); Public Morals (2015); Ratatouille (2007); Ratatouille: The Video Game (2007); Reading Rainbow (1991); Return to Snowy River (1988); Righteous Kill - The Investigation: An In-Depth Look at 'Righteous Kill' (2009); Righteous Kill (2008); Rising Son (1990); Rizzoli & Isles (2010); Romeo + Juliet (1996); Ruby and Oswald (1978); Rules of Engagement (2009); Saturday Night Live (1995); Science Goes to the Movies (2018); Screen Two (1994); Semi-Tough (1977); Serpico (1977); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); Shadow of a Doubt (1995); She Hate Me (2004); Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story (1979); Silicon Towers (1999); Silverado (1985); Sirens (1999); Skokie (1981); Sly (2023); Son of Rambow (2007); Son of the South (2020); Split Image (1982); Star of the Family (1982); Stolen Summer (2002); Summer Catch (2001); Tag (2018); Tall Tales & Legends (1985); TCM Guest Programmer (2007); TCM Remembers 2020 (2020); Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (1992); Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998); The 12th Annual Golden Laurel Awards (2001); The 16th Annual CableACE Awards (1995); The 4400 (2006); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1993); The 53rd Annual Tony Awards (1999); The 57th Annual Tony Awards (2003); The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2001 (2001); The 61st Annual Tony Awards (2007); The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2020); The Agency (2003); The Belly of an Architect (1987); The Big C (2013); The Big Year (2011); The Blacklist (2016–2020); The Broadway.com Show (2014); The Burden of Proof (1992); The Challenger Disaster (2013); The Check Is in the Mail... (1986); The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron (2003); The Diamond Fleece (1992); The Exonerated (2005); The Ferret (1984); The Fighting Fitzgeralds (2001); The Fitzpatricks (1977); The Good Wife (2012); The Hour (2008–2011); The Howard Stern Radio Show (1999); The Immortal Beaver (2008); The Jericho Mile (1979); The John Wayne Gacy Murders: Life and Death in Chicago (2024); The Last of the Finest (1990); The Last Place on Earth (1985); The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross (1987); The Lion of Africa (1987); The Making of 'First Blood' (1982); The Making of 'Gorky Park' (1983); The Making of 'Never Cry Wolf' (1983); The Men of the Next Three Days (2011); The Merv Griffin Show (1982); The Next Three Days (2010); The Oscars (2021); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The River Rat (1984); The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1999); The Seagull (2018); The Seduction of Miss Leona (1980); The Song of Sway Lake (2018); The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1986–1992); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992–1994); The Tony Randall Show (1978); The Ultimate Gift (2006); The Ultimate Legacy (2016); The West Wing (2005); Theater Talk (2014); Three Blind Mice (2001); To Catch a Killer (1992); Today (2014); Tommy Boy (1995); 'Tommy Boy': Behind the Laughter (2005); Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (1999); Trumbo (2007); Twelfth Night (2012); Twice in a Lifetime (1985); Uncle Sam Wants You (2004); Undue Influence (1996); Voyage of Terror (1998); War Eagle, Arkansas (2007); Warden of Red Rock (2001); Welcome to Paradise (2007); Working in the Theatre (1999–2007); Zebras: Patterns in the Grass (1991).

Born on this day – Jeri Taylor:

Jeri Taylor

Writer

Producer

Director

June 30, 1938 – October 24, 2024

Patrick Stewart (left), Brent Spiner (center), Jeri Taylor (right), on the set of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Credits:

Books:

Mosaic (1996); Pathways (1998); Unification (1991).

Movies and television:

A Place to Call Home (1987); ABC Afterschool Specials (1983); Blue Thunder (1984); California Fever (1979); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1990); In the Heat of the Night (1988–1989); Inside the New Adventure: Star Trek - Voyager (1995); It's Your Bet (1973); Jake and the Fatman (1989–1990); Journey's End: The Saga of Star Trek - The Next Generation (1994); Launch of Star Trek: Voyager (1995); Little House on the Prairie (1981); Magnum, P.I. (1987–1988); Please Don't Hit Me, Mom (1981); Quincy, M.E. (1980–1983); Salvage 1 (1979); Star Trek Continuum (1995); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1994); Star Trek: First Contact (1996); Star Trek: Generations (1994); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990–1994); Star Trek: Voyager - The Arcade Game (2002); Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001); The Incredible Hulk (1982); The Secret Empire (1979); To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager (2024); Trekkies (1997).

Born on this day – Ron Ely:

Ron Ely

Actor

Writer

Director

June 21, 1938 – September 29, 2024

Credits:

Books:

Night Shadows (1994); East Beach (1995).

Movies and television:

60th Annual Miss America Pageant (1980); Alleluja & Sartana Are Sons... Sons of God (1972); Biography (1996); Blacke's Magic (1986); Celebrity Tennis (1974); Cry of the Black Wolves (1972); Die Rudi Carrell Show (1971); Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); Entertainment Tonight (1990); Expecting Amish (2014); Face the Music (1980–1981); Fantasy Island (1979–1984); Father Knows Best (1959); Hawkeye (1994); Hotel (1983); How to Marry a Millionaire (1959); In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross (1998); Ironside (1971); John Wayne: On Board with the Duke (1997); L.A. Law (1993); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1974); Marker (1995); Matt Houston (1983); Maury (1993); MitGift (1976); Once Before I Die (1966); Playhouse 90 (1959); Renegade (1993–1996); Sea Hunt (1987–1988); Sheena (2001); Slavers (1977); South Pacific (1958); Stars in der Manege (1972); Steve Canyon (1959); Superboy (1991); Tarzan (1966–1968); Tarzán (1992); Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army (1968); Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones (1971); Tarzan at the Movies, Part 2: The Many Faces of Tarzan (1996); Tarzan, aux sources du mythe (2017); Tarzan's Deadly Silence (1970); Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion (1967); The Aquanauts (1961); The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969); The Cross-Wits (1976); The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958); The Hat Squad (1992); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1960); The Love Boat (1980–1983); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959); The Merv Griffin Show (1968–1975); The Millionaire (1959); The Night of the Grizzly (1966); The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker (1959); The Seal (1981); The Steve Allen Show (1968); Thriller (1962); Underground Entertainment: The Movie (2011); Vicki! (1992); Whatever Happened To? (2010); Wonder Woman (1978).

Recommended reading - The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1938):

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

aka The Smell of Murder

By S.S. Van Dine.

Filmed as The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939), directed by Alfred E. Green.

Published by Felony & Mayhem Press.

First published 1938.

ISBN-10: 1631942069

ISBN-13: 9781631942068

Description:

“Mr. Van Dine’s amateur detective is the most gentlemanly, and probably the most scholarly snooper in literature.”

– Chicago Daily Tribune.

Gracie Allen breaks the Philo Phormula in a number of ways. First is its title: this is the only book in the series to modify “Murder Case” with more than one word, much less with the name of a character. And then there’s that character: Gracie Allen was a very real, much-loved comedienne in the 1930s, famous for her double act with George Burns, and in fact the plot revolves around her. Gracie’s centrality is no accident: Van Dine wrote the story as a vehicle for Allen, and actually created the novel only after the film had come out. So, do all these departures pay off? We’d be lying if we said that Gracie hits every single mark, but Van Dine does a surprisingly entertaining job of translating Ms. Allen’s delicious Ditzy Blonde persona to the page, and she makes a charming foil for Philo’s evergreen erudition.

Born on this day – Michel Ciment:

Michel Ciment

Writer

May 26, 1938 – November 13, 2023

Credits:

Books:

Boorman: A Visionary in its time (1985); Film World / anthology of interviews (2009); Fritz Lang: Murder and the Law (2003); Kazan by Kazan (1973); Kubrick: The Definitive Edition (2001); Crime on Screen: A History of America (1992); The Rosi Dossier (1976); The Book of Losey (1979); Passport to Hollywood: interviews with Wilder, Huston, Mankiewicz, Polanski, Forman & Wenders (1992); Little Cinematic Planet (2003); Stanley Kubrick (1980); Theo Angelopoulos (1989).

Movies and television:

At contre-temps (2009); À voix nue: major interviews of yesterday and today (2011); Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living (2003); About the Salesman (2018); Alan Corneau, from Black to Blue (2006); All About Mankiewicz (1983); Allemaal film (2007); Apostrophes (1985); Bouillon de culture (1993); Café Picouly (2011); Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010); Tonight (or never!); (2007); Ciné regards (1978–1981); Movie lovers of Our Time (2012); Crítico (2008); In the Ears of Alain Resnais (2020); Right of reply: the spirit of contradiction (1982); Elia Kazan as An Outsider (1982); Artists' Proofs (2004); Exposed (1983); Filmmakers Talking: The Making of 'The Boys' (2003); Francesco Rosi: Chronicle of an Advertised Film (1986); Big Screen (1974); Il cineasta e il labirinto (2004); Il cinema ritrovato: istruzioni per l'uso (2004); Once upon a time... (2011 / 2021); I love you... moi non plus: Artistes et critiques (2004); Jerry Schatzberg, landscape portrait (2022); Jo the Magnificent (2005); King Social Briars / The Media Show (1988); Kubrick by Kubrick (2020); The Spielberg Adventure (2003); The Midnight Circle (1994–1997); The Ghost of Henri Langlois (2004); The Mask and the Feather (1976); The Nights of France Culture (2017–2023); The Guest of FR3 (1981); Lumière and Company (1995); Macadam Popcorn (2017); Metropolis (1996); Michel Ciment, sharing cinema (2010); Our Italians, from Magnani to Muti (2022); O Homem that Matou John Wayne (2015); Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema (2007); Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder (1980); Positif, a review (2003); Seduced and Abandoned (2013); Exit 2017 (2017); Special Cinema (1987); Stanley and Us (1999); Stanleyandus (2022); Success Is the Best Revenge (1984); Trace of the Bears (2010); One American named Kazan (2018); Von (2008); Yasujiro Ozu and the Taste of Sake (1978).

Born on this day – Susan Strasberg:

Susan Strasberg

Actress

May 22, 1938 – January 21, 1999

Credits:

1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (1955); 5th Annual Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1955); Acting: Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio (1981); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); ...and Millions Die! (1973); Armchair Theatre (1958); Assignment: Vienna (1973); Baffle (1973); Beggarman, Thief (1979); Believe (1996); Biography (1996); Bloody Birthday (1981); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); Bonanza (1968); Breaking Point (1964); Bronk (1975); Burke's Law (1964–1965); Butterfly Island (1987); Cagney & Lacey (1987); Candid Camera (1963); CBS Playhouse (1969); Chubasco (1968); Cinema mil (2005); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2010); Compression (2023); Cosa Nostra, Arch Enemy of the FBI (1967); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Destiny, West! (1960); Dinah! (1980); Dinah's Place (1974); Disorder (1962); Dr. Kildare (1961); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Ellery Queen (1975); Eröffnung der X. Internationalen Filmfestspiele (1960); Front Page Challenge (1979); General Electric Theater (1955); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1968); Girl in My Life (1973–1974); Girl Talk (1963–1964); Goodyear Playhouse (1953); Harry O (1976); Hauser's Memory (1970); Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962); Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (1982); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hollywood Ghost Stories (1986); Hot Shots (1986); Hotels - Geschichte und Geschichten (1990); Hour Magazine (1980); Il giardino dei ciliegi (1992); In Praise of Older Women (1978); Inèdits (2023); Kapo (1960); Kate McShane (1975); Kraft Theatre (1954); Lancer (1968); L'homme qui a vu l'homme qui a vu l'ours (1990); Love, Marilyn (2012); Mannix (1973); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969); Marilyn in Manhattan (1998); Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986); Marilyn Monroe: Life After Death (1994); Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001); Marilyn, Misunderstood (2021); Mazes and Monsters (1982); McCloud (1970–1971); McGuire, Go Home! (1965); McMillan & Wife (1974); Medical Center (1971–1976); Medical Story (1975); Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (1971); Murder, She Wrote (1987); My Sister, My Love (1969); Mystery at Malibu (1975); Night Gallery / Midnight Never Ends (1971–1973); Old Friends... New Friends (1980); Omnibus / Ballet Girl / The Duchess and the Smugs (1954–1956); Our American Heritage (1960); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972–1974); Password (1962–1963); Person to Person (1956); Petrocelli (1975); Picnic (1955); Play of the Week (1959); Police Surgeon (1974); Premiere (1968); Prime Suspect (1989); Psych-Out (1968); Remembering Marilyn (1988); Remington Steele (1986); Rollercoaster (1977); Run for Your Life (1965); Sammy Somebody (1971); Schweitzer (1990); Scream of Fear (1961); So Evil, My Sister (1974); SST: Death Flight (1977); Stage Struck (1958); Star's Table (1986); Sweepstakes (1979); Sweet Sixteen (1983); Tales from the Darkside (1985); Tales of the Unexpected (1984–1985); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); Ternos Caçadores (1969); The 31st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1974); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1999); The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999); The Arlene Francis Show (1957); The Arthur Murray Party (1958); The Big Valley (1967); The Bob Braun Show (1984); The Brotherhood (1968); The Carol Burnett Show (1976); The Cobweb (1955); The Dating Game (1968); The Delta Force (1986); The Dick Clark Show (1958); The Ed Sullivan Show (1956); The Evil Touch (1973); The F.B.I. (1967–1968); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime);  (1967); The Immigrants (1978); The Invaders (1967); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The John Davidson Show (1980); The Legend of Hillbilly John (1972); The Legend of Jesse James (1966); The Les Crane Show (1964); The Love Boat (1982); The Manitou (1978); The Marriage (1954); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1973–1974); The Movie Game (1969); The Name of the Game (1968); The Name of the Game Is Kill! (1968); The New Mike Hammer (1984); The Other Side of the Wind (2018); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Returning (1983); The Rockford Files (1974–1976); The Rogues (1964); The Runnin' Kind (1989); The Sixth Sense (1972); The Steve Allen Show (1968); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); The Stronger (1976); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1980); The Trip (1967); The Virginian (1966–1970); The Wide World of Mystery (1973–1975); The Young Lawyers (1971); They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018); Toma (1973–1974); Tre soldi e la donna di classe (1977); Unauthorized Biography: Jane Fonda (1988); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958); William Holden: The Golden Boy (1989); Working with Orson Welles (1993).

On this day in movie history - Mystery House (1938):

Mystery House

directed by Noel M. Smith,

written by Sherman L. Lowe and Robertson White,

based on the novel The Mystery of Hunting's End by Mignon G. Eberhart,

was released in the United States on May 21, 1938.
Music by Howard Jackson.

Cast:

Dick Purcell, Ann Sheridan, Anne Nagel, William Hopper, Anthony Averill, Dennie Moore, Hugh O'Connell, Ben Welden, Sheila Bromley, Elspeth Dudgeon, Anderson Lawler, Trevor Bardette, Jean Benedict, Loia Cheaney, Stuart Holmes, Jack Mower, Paul Panzer, Eric Stanley.

On this day in movie history - The Devil’s Party (1938):

The Devil’s Party

directed by Ray McCarey,

written by Roy Chanslor, Charles Grayson and A. Dorian Otvos,

based on the novel Hell’s Kitchen Has a Pantry by Borden Chase,

was released in the United States on May 20, 1938.
Music by Charles Previn.

Cast:

Victor McLaglen, William Gargan, Paul Kelly, Beatrice Roberts, Frank Jenks, John Gallaudet, Samuel S. Hinds, Joe Downing, Arthur Hoyt, Scotty Beckett, Stanley Blystone, Tommy Bupp, Neal Burns, Howard Christie, Drew Demorest, George DeNormand, Mike Donovan, Bill Elliott, Allen Fox, Otto Fries, Jack Gardner, Edward Gargan, Eddie Hall, Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian, Robert Homans, Hugh Huntley, Dickie Jones, Harvey Karels, Jack Kenney, Carl Knowles, Mike Lally, Larry McGrath, Charles McMurphy, Charles Murphy, Spec O'Donnell, David Oliver, Lee Phelps, Juanita Quigley, Fred Rapport, Mickey Rentschler, Jolane Reynolds, Addison Richards, Dick Rush, Tiny Sandford, Ralph Sanford, Charles Sherlock, Charles Sullivan, William Tannen, Charles Teske, Jerry Tucker, Minerva Urecal, Beryl Wallace, Norman Willis, Si Wills, Florence Wix, Arthur Yeoman.

Born on this day – Ruth Landers:

Ruth Landers

Producer

Actress

Writer

May 17, 1938 – April 18, 2024

Credits:

California Casanova (1991); Circus Camp (2006); Club Fed (1990); Deadly Closure (2010); Deadly Twins (1985); Doing Dallas (2000); Ghost Writer (1989); Linnea Quigley's Horror Workout (1990); Na sowas! (1983); RTL Boulevard (2011); The Damon Charles Total Rehydration System (1991); The Huggabug Club (1995–1997).

Born on this day – Mireille Darc:

Mireille Darc

Actress

Director

May 15, 1938 – August 28, 2017

Born on this day – Madge Sinclair:

Madge Sinclair

Actress

April 28, 1938 – December 20, 1995

Credits:

19th Annual NAACP Image Awards (1987); 21st NAACP Image Awards (1989); A Century of Women (1994); ABC Afterschool Specials (1978–1984); All Star Blitz (1985); Almos' a Man (1976); CBS All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade (1985); Coming to America (1988); Conrack (1974); Convoy (1978); Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975); Divided We Stand (1988); Doctors' Hospital (1975); Dream On (1995); Entertainment Tonight (1991); Executive Suite (1976); Gabriel's Fire (1990–1991); Grandpa Goes to Washington (1978–1979); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1975); Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980); High Ice (1980); Homeroom (1989); I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979); I Love Liberty (1982); I Love You... Good-bye (1974); I Will... I Will... For Now (1976); Jimmy B. & André (1980); Joe Forrester (1975); Johnny Staccato (1989); Jonathan: The Boy Nobody Wanted (1992); L.A. Law (1992); Leadbelly (1976); Look Away (1987); Madigan (1972); Mathnet (1987); Me and the Boys (1994–1995); Medical Center (1974); Medical Story (1975); Midnight Caller (1989); Miss Hollywood Talent Search (1985); Ohara (1987); One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (1978); Pros and Cons (1991–1992); Queen (1993); Roots (1977); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Roseanne (1989); Serpico (1976); Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993); Starman (1987); Tales from the Crypt (1992); The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1983); The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1983); The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards (1984); The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985); The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1977); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The End of Innocence (1990); The Lion King (1994); The Man with Three Wives (1993); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The Orchid House (1991); The Steve Harvey Show (1996–1997); The Waltons (1974); The White Shadow (1979); The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope (1972); Trapper John, M.D. (1980–1986); Uncle Joe Shannon (1978); Victims (1982); Walkin' Walter (1977).

On this day in movie history - Law of the Underworld (1938):

Law of the Underworld

directed by Lew Landers,

written by Bert Granet and Edmund L. Hartmann,

based on the story The Lost Game and the play Crime by John B. Hymer and Samuel Shipman,

was released in the United States on April 27, 1938.

Music by Nathaniel Shilkret and Roy Webb.

Cast:

Chester Morris, Anne Shirley, Eduardo Ciannelli, Walter Abel, Richard Bond, Lee Patrick, Paul Guilfoyle, Frank M. Thomas, Eddie Acuff, Vinton Hayworth, Jack Carson, Paul Stanton, Joseph E. Bernard, Stanley Blystone, Richard Cramer, Bud Geary, Chuck Hamilton, Cecil Kellaway, Florence Lake, Richard Parker, George Shelley, Wyndham Standing, Larry Steers, Anthony Warde, Bryant Washburn.

Born on this day – Lois Jewell:

Lois Jewell

Actress

April 22, 1938 – December 20, 2014

Credits:

Star Trek (1968); The Flying Nun (1967).

Born on this day – Reni Santoni:

Reni Santoni

Actor

April 21, 1938 – August 1, 2020

Born on this day – Johnny Tillotson:

Johnny Tillotson

Singer

Songwriter

Actor

April 20, 1938 – April 1, 2025

Credits:

Albums:

25 All-time Greatest Hits (2001); Afternoon Party (2014); All His Early Hits - And More!!! (1990); Color Blocking (2014); Country Classics (1962); Dreamy Eyes (2017); Earth Angel (2022); Greatest Hits (1988); Here I Am (2019); I Fall To Pieces (2016); In Italiano (2023); It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin' (1962); Johnny Tillotson (1972); Johnny Tillotson Live From Church Street Station (2017, EP); Johnny Tillotson on Broadway (2018); Johnny Tillotson Sings (1965); Johnny Tillotson Sings Love Songs and Standards (2003); Johnny Tillotson: The Early Years (2003); Johnny Tillotson's Best (1961); No Love at All (1966); Poetry in Motion (2013); Raining In My Heart (2011); Scrapbook (1984); She Understands Me (1965); Sings (1966); Take a Coffee Break (2014); Talk Back Trembling Lips (1963); Talk Back Trembling Lips / The Tillotson Touch (1991); Tears on My Pillow (1969); Teatime With (2014); Teen Idol Best (2011); Ten songs for you (2018); That's My Style (1965); The Best of Johnny Tillotson (1968); The Christmas Touch (1966); The Complete Releases 1958-62 (2018); The Golden Recordings (2007); The Outtakes (2011); The Pillow & Other Successes (2020); The Tillotson Touch (1964); The Very Best Of (2015); Travelin' on Foreign Grounds (2014); Why Do I Love You So (1962); Without You (2008); Words & Music (1959); You Can Never Stop Me Lovin' You (2018 / 1962); You're the Reason: The Best of the MGM Years (1996).

Songs:

Angel; Back in Love with You; Burnin'; Cling to Me; Dreamy Eyes; Earth Angel; Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands; Heartaches by the Number; I Rise, I Fall; I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; I'm Watching My Watch; Island of Dreams; Jimmy's Girl; More Than Before; My Gidget; Our World; Out of My Mind; Pledging My Love; Poetry in Motion; Princess, Princess; Send Me the Pillow You Dream On; Tears on My Pillow; That's What You Do to Me; Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye; Things; True True Happiness; Well I'm Your Man; Why Do I Love You So; Without You; Worried Guy; Worry; You Can Never Stop Me Loving You.

Movies and television:

ABC's Nightlife (1965); Allen Ludden's Gallery (1969); American Bandstand (1958–1971); American Masters (2012); Bandstand (1962); Big Beat (1960); Call the Midwife (2016); Celebrity Bowling (1971–1972); Day Break (2006); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); England Is Mine (2017); Fanfare (1965); Festival di Sanremo (1965); Five O'Clock Club (1965); Get It Together (1970); Gidget (1965–1966); Girls (2016); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Hot Bubblegum (1981); Hylands hörna (1962); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1975); Juke Box Jury (1963–1965); Just for Fun (1963); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2016); Mad Men (2015); Music City USA (1967); Namida kun sayonara (1966); New Dimensions (2025); Now! (1966); On Strike for Christmas (2010); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Ready, Steady, Go! (1964); Rock & Chips (2010); Rock and Roll at Fifty (2003); Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998); Seventh Annual Tennessee Cerebral Palsy Telethon (1971); Sha Na Na (1978); Shindig! (1965); Shivaree (1965); Swingin' Country (1966); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1962–1965); That'll Be the Day (1973); The Bob Braun Show (1968–1972); The Call of the Wild (1976); The Clay Cole Show (1965–1967); The David Frost Show (1971); The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years (2002); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Dick Clark Show (1959–1960); The Fat Spy (1966); The Jimmy Dean Show (1964–1965); The Joey Bishop Show (1968–1969); The Lloyd Thaxton Show (1965); The Merv Griffin Show (1965–1972); The Midnight Special (1976); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1976); The Real Tom Kennedy Show (1970); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1967–1976); Tough Enough (1983); Tunnel Vision (1995); Upbeat (1965); Where the Action Is (1965–1966); Why Women Kill (2019).