Born on this day – Paul Winfield:

Paul Winfield

Actor

May 22, 1939 – March 7, 2004

Born on this day – Gretchen Dow Simpson:

Gretchen Dow Simpson

Painter

May 17, 1939 – April 11, 2025

Credits:

Books:

A Book of Paintings (1988); Gretchen's ABC (1991); Saltbound: A Block Island winter (1980).

Documentary:

Pawtucket Rising (2008).

Born on this day – Constance Demby:

Constance Demby

Musician

Composer

Painter

Sculptor

Multimedia producer

May 9, 1939 – March 20, 2021

Credits:

Music:

Æterna (1995); Ambrosial Waves – Healing Waters (2011); Ambrosial Waves – Tidal Pools (2013); Arjuna Ardagh and Constance Demby – Guided Meditations: The Beloved (1998); Arjuna Ardagh and Constance Demby – Guided Meditations: The Heart Meditation (1998); Attunement: Live in Concert (2000); Breeze at Dawn (1989); Chronos (Original Soundtrack Recording) (1984); Constance Demby at Alaron – Live Concert Recording (1984); Eterna (Linda Bandino) and Constance Demby – The Journey Home; Eterna (Linda Bandino) and Constance Demby – The Master Healing Ray; Faces of the Christ (2000); Light of This World (1987); Live in Tokyo (2003); Novus Magnificat: Through the Stargate – 30th Anniversary Edition (2017); Novus Magnificat: Through the Stargate (1986); Polar Shift (1991); Sacred Space Music (1982); Sanctum Sanctuorum (2001); Set Free (1989); Skies Above Skies (1978); Sonic Immersion: A Vibratory Tonal Attunement (2004); Spirit Trance (2004); Sunborne (1980); Troubadour (1976); Various Artists – Illumination.

On this day in movie history - Chasing Danger (1939):

Chasing Danger

directed by Ricardo Cortez,

written by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan,

based on the story by Leonardo Bercovici,

was released in the United States on May 5, 1939.
Music by Samuel Kaylin.

Cast:

Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Wally Vernon, Henry Wilcoxon, Joan Woodbury, Harold Huber, Jody Gilbert, Pedro de Cordoba, Stanley Fields, Roy D'Arcy, Carol Adams, Richard Alexander, Sam Ash, Eugene Borden, Egon Brecher, Don Brodie, Charles Brokaw, Harry Burns, Gino Corrado, Jean De Briac, Jimmie Dundee, Art Dupuis, Constant Franke, Robert Graves, Jamiel Hasson, Armand Kaliz, Arthur Loft, George Magrill, Francis McDonald, Louis Mercier, Tony Merlo, Leonard Mudie, Ruth Peterson, Arthur Rankin, Georges Renavent, Dick Rich, Jack Stoney, Paul Sutton, Harland Tucker, Michael Visaroff, Harry Worth.

Born on this day – Paul Gleason:

Paul Gleason

Actor

May 4, 1939 – May 27, 2006

Credits:

2005 MTV Movie Awards (2005); 21 Jump Street (1989); A Time to Revenge (1997); A*Teens: Dancing Queen (1999); Abominable (2006); Adam-12 (1971–1974); All My Children (1978); Another Life (1981–1984); Anything for Love (1985); Arthur (1981); B.L. Stryker (1990); Banacek (1972); Beauty and the Beast (1987); Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (1998); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / Creepy Comics (1999); Boiling Point (1993); Boy Meets World (1997); Cagney & Lacey (1984); Call to Glory (1984); CBS Playhouse (1969); Challenge of a Lifetime (1985); Chicago Hope (1999); C'mon, Let's Live a Little (1967); Cold Case (2005); Columbo (1975); Dallas (1985); Dark Skies (1996); Dawson's Creek (2003); Day at the Beach (1997); Dead Last (2001); Diagnosis Murder (1999); Die Hard (1988); Digital Man (1995); Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975); Doubletake (1985); Dragnet (2003); Drake & Josh (2004); Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985); Falcon Crest (1987); False Arrest (1991); Fastlane (2002); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1990); Forever, Lulu (1986); Fort Apache the Bronx (1981); Fourth Story (1991); Friends (2000); George Lopez (2005); Ghost Chase (1987); Gimme a Break! (1986); Grace Under Fire (1997); Hardball (1990); Hardcastle and McCormick (1984); He Knows You're Alone (1980); Hill Street Blues (1984); Hit Man (1972); I Love Trouble (1994); Ike: The War Years (1979); In the Living Years (1994); It's About Time (1967); Johnny Be Good (1988); Kate & Allie (1986); L.A. Law (1991); Life Goes On (1989); Lifted (1988); Little Laura and Big John (1973); Loaded Weapon 1 (1993); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994); Looking for Richard (1996); Lost on Earth (1997); M.U.G.E.N (1999); Magnum, P.I. (1984); Majority Rule (1992); Malcolm in the Middle (2004); Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1992); Married People (1990); McCloud (1974); Melrose Place (1998); Miami Blues (1990); Miami Vice (1986); Mission: Impossible (1972); Money Talks (1997); Monty Nash (1971); Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (1987); Murder, She Wrote (1989–1992); MysteryDisc: Many Roads to Murder (1983); MysteryDisc: Murder, Anyone? (1982); Nash Bridges (1998); National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002); NewsRadio (1997); Night Game (1989); No Code of Conduct (1998); Not Another Teen Movie (2001); Nothing to Lose (1994); One West Waikiki (1994–1996); Panic in Year Zero! (1962); Petticoat Junction (1966); Private Duty Nurses (1971); Red Letters (2000); Remington Steele (1984); Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love (1994); Rich Girl (1991); Riptide (1984); Running Cool (1993); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1984); Seinfeld (1994); Shadow Conspiracy (1997); She's Having a Baby (1988); Sidekicks (1987); Ski Party (1965); Social Misfits (2001); Special Collector's Edition (2011); Spooner (1989); Starting Now (1989); Sun Gods (2002); Supercarrier (1988); Superior Court (1986–1990); Tales from the Crypt (1991); Tender Mercies (1983); Texas (1982); The A-Team (1984–1986); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1971); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1971); The Book of Caleb (2008); The Breakfast Club (1985); The District (2001); The Drew Carey Show (1999); The Equalizer (1986); The F.B.I. (1968); The Giving Tree (2000); The Great Santini (1979); The Green Hornet (1967); The Guardian (2002); The Invaders (1967); The Making of Bret Michaels (2002); The Mike Douglas Show (1976); The Myersons (2001); The Organization (2001); The Passing (2011); The Pink Garter Gang (1971); The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981); The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968); The Waiter (1993); The Weber Show (2001); The Wonder Years (1992); Then Came Bronson (1969); There Goes My Baby (1994); Toma (1973); Trading Places (1983); Veronica's Closet (1999–2000); Vigilante Force (1976); Walker, Texas Ranger (1997); Where Does It Hurt? (1972); Wild Cactus (1993); Winter A-Go-Go (1965); Wishman (1992); Women at West Point (1979).

Recommended reading - Gas Light, a play by Patrick Hamilton (1939):

Gas Light

a play by Patrick Hamilton.

Filmed as:

Gaslight (1940), directed by Thorold Dickinson.

Gaslight (1944), directed by George Cukor.

Published by Constable and Company Ltd.

First published 1939.

ASIN: B0DSZRVND4

Paperback.

Description:

This classic Victorian thriller was first produced in 1935. Jack Manningham is slowly, deliberately driving his wife, Bella, insane. He has almost succeeded when help arrives in the form of a former detective, Rough, who believes Manningham to be a thief and murderer. Aided by Bella, Rough proves Manningham's true identity and finally Bella achieves a few moments of sweet revenge for the suffering inflicted on her.

Born on this day – Judy Carne:

Judy Carne

Actress

April 27, 1939 – September 3, 2015

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1964–1966); 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2016); 7 Nights to Remember (1966); A Pair of Briefs (1962); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); All the Right Noises (1970); Beyond Vaudeville (1990); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Blankety Blank (1980); Bloopermania (1987); Bonanza (1963); Cade's County (1972); Danger Man (1961); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Dead Men Tell No Tales (1971); Dr. Kildare (1964); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); Entertainment Tonight (2015–2018); Everybody's Talking (1967); Fair Exchange (1962–1963); Funny Farm (1974); Funny You Should Ask (1968); Get Christie Love! (1975); Gidget (1965); Give Us a Clue (1979); Gunsmoke (1966); Gypsy (1966); Hollywood's Talking (1973); Hour Magazine (1983); I Dream of Jeannie (1966–1969); Ironside (1974); Jack Hylton's Monday Show (1958); Juke Box Jury (1959–1960); Letters to Laugh-in (1969); Love on a Rooftop (1966–1967); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Last Joke; Love and the Advice Column; Love and the Single Sister (1969–1973); Match Game (1973); NBC Children's Theatre (1971); On Stage – London (1957); On the Brighter Side (1961); On the Line (1982); Only with Married Men (1974); Out of Order (1981); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967–1968); Pebble Mill at One (1978); Police Woman (1976); QB VII (1974); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967–1971); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in: 25th Anniversary Reunion (1993); Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In: A Valentine's Day Special (1994); Run for Your Life (1968); Sandler and Young's Kraft Music Hall (1969–1970); Saturday Night at the Mill (1980); Storybook Squares (1969); Stu's Show (2023); The $10,000 Pyramid (1973); The 100 Greatest TV Quotes & Catchphrases (2006); The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (2015); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1974); The Americanization of Emily (1964); The Andy Williams Show (1970–1971); The Baileys of Balboa (1964–1965); The Basil Brush Show (1980); The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (2022); The Big Valley (1967); The Bob Braun Show (1977); The Cheaters (1962); The Cross-Wits (1976–1977); The David Frost Show (1969–1972); The Dick Cavett Show (1970); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1969); The Ed Sullivan Show (1969–1971); The Farmer's Daughter (1965); The Geraldo Rivera Show (1990); The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (1969); The Hollywood Palace (1969); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1966–1971); The Howard Stern Show (1990); The Jerry Lewis Show (1968); The Joey Bishop Show (1968–1969); The John Gary Show (1969); The Kraft Music Hall (1969); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965–1967); The Match Game (1968); The Merv Griffin Show (1969–1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1967–1970); The Patty Duke Show (1966); The Rag Trade (1961); The Sixties (2014); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1968); The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (1970); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969–1972); The Woody Woodbury Show (1967–1968); This Is Tom Jones (1969); This Is Your Life (1970); Thriller (1973); TV's 50 Funniest Catch Phrases (2009); U.S. Open Sores (1989); What About Me (1993); Who's Moody? (1960); Win with the Stars (1968–1969); You Don't Say (1968); Zero One (1962).

Born on this day – Jason Miller:

Jason Miller

Writer

Actor

Director

April 22, 1939 – May 13, 2001

Credits:

Written work:

Barrymore's Ghost (2000); Lou Gehrig Did Not Die of Cancer (1971); Nobody Hears a Broken Drum (1970); That Championship Season (1972); Three One-Act Plays (1973).

Movies and television:

A Dog Called... Vengeance (1977); A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010); A Home of Our Own (1975); A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story (1989); A Touch of Scandal (1984); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007–2014); De película (1983); Deadly Care (1987); Des Teufels Advokat (1977); Don Adams' Screen Test (1975); F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood (1975); Fear and Love: The Story of the Exorcist (2024); Finding Home (2003); Good Morning America (1984); Light of Day (1987); Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980); Miller's Tale (2011); Minty Comedic Arts (2023); Mommy (1995); Monsignor (1982); Murdered Innocence (1996); Night Heat (1987); Occulture (2023); Paradox Lake (2002); Reward (1980); Rudy (1993); Small Kill (1992); Terror in the Aisles (1984); That Championship Season (1982 / 1999); The 27th Annual Tony Awards (1973); The 46th Annual Academy Awards (1974); The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002); The Anatomy of Horror (1995); The Best Little Girl in the World (1981); The Dain Curse (1978); The Eternal (1998); The Exorcist (1973); The Exorcist III (1990); The Exorcist III: Legion (1990); The Fear of God: 25 Years of 'The Exorcist' (1998); The Henderson Monster (1980); The Horror Hall of Fame (1990); The Joe Spinell Story (2001); The Making of: The Nickel Ride (2019); The Merv Griffin Show (1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1974); The Nickel Ride (1974); The Ninth Configuration (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974); Toy Soldiers (1984); Vampire (1979); Visionado obligado (2011); Welcome to the Basement (2014).

Born on this day – Joe Camp:

Joe Camp

Director

Writer

Producer

Actor

April 20, 1939 – March 15, 2024

Credits:

Benji (1974); Benji (2018); Benji at Work (1980); Benji Takes a Dive at Marineland (1981); Benji the Hunted (1987); Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince (1983); Benji: Off the Leash! (2004); Benji's Life Story (1976); Benji's Very Own Christmas Story (1978); For the Love of Benji (1977); Hawmps! (1976); Hollywood's Top Dogs (2006); Jimmy's Jungle (2018); Oh Heavenly Dog (1980); The Double McGuffin (1979); The Phenomenon of Benji (1978); Today (2016).

Born on this day – Dusty Springfield:

Dusty Springfield

Singer

April 16, 1939 – March 2, 1999

Credits:

Albums:

A Brand New Me (1970); A Girl Called Dusty (1964); A Very Fine Love (1995); Cameo (1973); Dusty in Memphis (1969); Dusty... Definitely (1968); Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty (1965); Faithful (2015); It Begins Again (1978); Living Without Your Love (1979); Ooooooweeee!!! (1965); Reputation (1990); See All Her Faces (1972); Where Am I Going? (1967); White Heat (1982).

Movies, television and video:

1 a Minute (2010); 20 to 1 (2006); 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996); 4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet (1968); 45 Years (2015); 9-1-1 (2019); A Bucket o' French & Saunders (2007); A Home at the End of the World (2004); A Time for Loving (1972); A Touch of the Norman Vaughans (1964); A Walk on the Moon (1999); A Whole Scene Going (1966); Aikuiset (2019); Alex Strangelove (2018); All You Need Is Love (1977); Ambulance (2017); American Bandstand (1964–1965); American Horror Story (2012); Angels (1976); Anne Murray: The Sounds of London (1985); Another Evening with Burt Bacharach (1970); Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018); Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023); Arena (1989); Aspel & Company (1989); Baby It's You (1983); Bad Hair Days (2001); BAFTA British Academy Awards (1989); Bandstand (1967); BBC Show of the Week (1968); Beatrix, Oranje onder Vuur (2012); Billy Cotton Band Show (1965–1968); Birds of a Feather (1989); Blackpool Night Out (1964); Blue Murder (2004); Breakfast on Pluto (2005); Brian Pern: A Tribute (2017); Buster (1988); Call the Midwife (2012); Casino (1990); Casino Royale (1967); Castle Rock (2018); Catch Me If You Can (2002); Caught (2018); CBS This Morning (1989); Cilla (1969); Cilla's Celebration (1993); Clive Anderson Talks Back (1995); Colorspace Vol. 4 (2014); Coronation Street (1991–2016); Corvette Summer (1978); Cracker (1995); Crazyhead (2016); Crossing Jordan (2002); Daisy Jones & The Six (2023); Dancing on Ice (2010); Dancing with the Stars (2006); Daria (1998); Day of the Flowers (2012); De Mike Burstyn show (1981); Deadly Advice (1994); Dean Martin Presents: The Bobby Darin Amusement Co. (1972); Decidedly Dusty (1969); Dee Time (1967–1968); Definitely Dusty (1999); Della (1969); Der Lehrer (2018); Des O'Connor Tonight (1996); Dinah! (1975); Doctor Who (2008–2011); Doddy's Music Box (1967); Druckfrisch (2007); Duet Impossible (2006); Dusty (1966–1967); Dusty Springfield & Daryl Hall: Wherever Would I Be? (1995); Dusty Springfield (1969); Dusty Springfield in Dusty Springfield: Live at the BBC (2007); Dusty Springfield in Dusty Springfield: Live at the Royal Albert Hall (1979); Dusty Springfield in Dusty Springfield: Reflections (2003); Dusty Springfield: Arrested by You (1990); Dusty Springfield: I Want to Stay Here (1990); Dusty Springfield: In Private (1989); Dusty Springfield: Nothing Has Been Proved (1989); Dusty Springfield: Reputation (1990); Dusty Springfield: Roll Away (1995); EastEnders (1994–2022); Ed Sullivan's Rock 'N' Roll Classics (1999); Elvis: The Rebirth of the King (2017); Europarty (1968); Falling Water (2016); Family Ties (2000); Fanny and Elvis (1999); Fat City (1972); Festival di Sanremo (1965); First Timers (2018); Five O'Clock Club (1966); Flitterabend (1995); For me – formidable (1969); Frank-Étienne Towards Grace (2012); French and Saunders (1996); Frequency (2000); From the Beatles to Oasis: Forty Years of Granada Pop (1996); Frost on Saturday (1969); Frost on Sunday (1968); Funny Woman (2023); Getting It Right (1989); Girls and Boys: Sex and British Pop (2005); Godzilla (2014); Good Morning Britain (2017); Good Omens (2023); Gossip (2000); Great Performances (1996); Guten Abend, Nachbarn (1972); Guth (2013); Hall Pass (2011); Heartbreaker (2010); Here Come the Girls (1963); Hippodrome (1966); How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008); Hullabaloo (1965); Imagine Me & You (2005); In the Cut (2003); Independent Lens (2005); Infamous (2006); Informer (2018); InRealLife (2013); Inspector Lewis (2007); Interview (2003); It Must Be Dusty (1968); It's All Over Town (1964); It's Lulu (1970–1971); It's Lulu, Not to Mention Dudley Moore (1972); Joop (1969); JT LeRoy (2018); Juke Box Jury (1963–1979); Just Dusty (2009); Just for Fun (1963); Känd från TV (2001); Karaoke Revolution (2009); Kiss Me Goodbye (1982); Kraft Music Hall Presents: The Des O'Connor Show (1970); La parenthèse enchantée (2000); Ladybirds (1965); Las Vegas (2006); Last Night in Soho (2021); Last Tango in Halifax (2013); Later... With Jools Holland (1995–1996); Life on Mars (2007); Little America (2020); Live from Her Majesty's (1985); Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998); Lorraine (2017); Los simuladores (2002); Love & Mercy (2014); Love & Money (1981); Love Songs at the BBC (2011); Luke Cage (2016); Luther (2011); Mad Cows (1999); Mad Men (2012); Mafia III (2016); Make Your Own Kind of Music! (1971); Malcolm in the Middle (2006); Masters of Sex (2015); Medium (2005); Merz gegen Merz (2020); Misfits (2013); Miss Match (2003); Mom and Dad (2017); Motown Master: Lamont Dozier at the BBC (2023); Movie Music Mania (2005); Mr. Robot (2016); Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries (2021); MTV 80s - 1989 Wrapped! (2023); MTV 80s - Top 50 Hits of 1987! (2022); Music My Way (1973); Music Scene (1969); My Music: 60s & 70s Slow Songs (2015); My Music: '60s Girl Grooves (2013); My Music: Burt Bacharach's Best (2013); My Music: Rock Rewind '67-'69 (2017); My Music: The British Beat (2007); New British Canon (2019–2024); New Musical Express Poll Winners' Concert (1966); New Tricks (2006); Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008); Nigella: At My Table (2017); Nine Perfect Strangers (2021); No Escape (1994); Norbit (2007); Not Only... But Also (1966); Once More with Felix (1969); One Hit Wonderland (2014); Only Fools and Horses (1991); Open House (1964); Operation: Entertainment (1968–1969); Overspel (2015); Pam & Tommy (2022); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Pebble Mill at One (1995); Peninta-peninta (2007); Pet Shop Boys: A Life in Pop (2006); Pet Shop Boys: Montage - The Nightlife Tour (2001); Pet Shop Boys: Pop Art - The Videos (2003); Pet Shop Boys: Videography (1991); Pet Shop Boys: What Have I Done to Deserve This? (1987); Peter Sarstedt (1969); Pop Go the Sixties! (1969); Popular Voices at the BBC (2017); Priest (1994); Prime Suspect 7: The Final Act (2006); Pulp Fiction (1994); Queens of British Pop (2009); Rain (2001); Ram-Jam (1966); Ray Donovan (2017); Ready Steady Go, Volume 1 (1983); Ready, Steady, Go! (1963–1966); Richard Carpenter & Dusty Springfield: Something in Your Eyes (1987); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (1999); Rod McKuen (1971); Romance & Cigarettes (2005); Rory O'Shea Was Here (2004); RuPaul's Drag Race UK (2021); S.P.U.N.G (2002); Sacrée soirée (1990); Samantha Who? (2007); Saturday Night at the Mill (1979); Saturday Night Out (1985); Saturday Stars (1968); Scandal (1989); Schlag auf Schlager (1970); School for Seduction (2004); Second City Firsts (1974); Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2008); Set It Up (2018); Sex Education (2020); Sha Na Na (1979); ShakespeaRe-Told (2005); Shirley (1979); Shivaree (1965–1966); Shopgirl (2005); Showbusiness (1988); Showtime (1968); Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015); ... Sings James Bond (2012); Sings Bacharach and David! (2012); SingStar Rocks! (2006); Sleepers (1996); Snap (2023); SOKO München (2002); Soul Power! (2013); Stand Up and Cheer (1972); Star Stories (2006); Stars and Garters (1965); Strange Planet (1999); Swan Song (2021); Sydney Tonight (1969); Tarbuck at the Prince of Wales (1966); Teachers (2002); Ted Lasso (2020); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1963–1966); The 15th Annual Grammy Awards (1973); The Andy Williams Show (1969–1970); The Associate (1996); The Babysitter (2017); The Bacharach Sound (1965); The Benny Hill Show (1961); The Best of Music Flashback Television Shows: Featuring Music Scene and Hullabaloo (2001); The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1992); The Big Time (1980); The Blackpool Show (1967); The Boat That Rocked (2009); The Bobby Darin Show (1973); The Brave One (2007); The Britannia Music Awards 1988 (1988); The British Invasion (2010); The Bromley Boys (2018); The Brontes at the BBC (2016); The Corrupt Ones (1967); The Crowded Room (2023); The Dame Edna Experience (1989); The Dating Game (1968); The Deuce (2019); The Dick Cavett Show (1970); The Don Lane Show (1981); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1964–1966); The Ed Sullivan Show (1964); The Engelbert Humperdinck Show (1970); The Gigolos (2006); The Graham Stark Show (1964); The Grand Tour (2016); The Hollywood Palace (1969–1970); The Hunt (2020); The Jim Nabors Show (1978); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969); The Johnny Cash Show (1970); The Jonathan Winters Show (1968); The Ken Dodd Show (1966); The Kenny Everett Video Show (1980); The Last Days of the Board (1999); The Liberace Show (1969); The London Palladium Show (1967–1968); The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1966); The Mancini Generation (1972); The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine (1971); The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009); The Merv Griffin Show (1968–1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1966–1979); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1970); The Office (2008); The Parent Trap (1998); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Pop Spot (1965); The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009); The Red Skelton Hour (1967); The Rock 'n' Roll Years (1986); The Rolf Harris Show (1968–1971); The Roxy (1987); The Royal Variety Performance 1965 (1965); The Sara Cox Show (2019); The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping (1973); The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973); The Springfields (1961); The Stunt Man (1980); The Sweet Ride (1968); The Toni Tennille Show (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1972–1973); The Very Thought of You (1998); The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters (1972); The Wedding Tackle (2000); The Young Generation (1970); They Sold a Million (1973); This Is Tom Jones (1969–1970); Til Death Do Us Part (2017); Time for Blackburn (1968); Timeshift (2012–2016); Tin Men (1987); Toast (2010); Tom Jones and Such Special Friends (1971); Tom Jones Now! (1983); Tom Jones! (1966); Top Beat (1964); Top of the Pops (1966–1989); Top of the Pops: The Story of 1978 (2013); Two Weeks Notice (2002); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1965); Vinyl (2016); Viva Blackpool (2006); Waking the Dead (2009); What's Love Got to Do with It (1993); When Motown Came to Britain (2023); Where the Action Is (1965); While You Were Sleeping (1995); Will & Grace (2004); Wogan (1985); Wonderland (1999); Wünsch dir was (1969); ZDF-Fernsehgarten (1990).

Born on this day – Roger Dicken:

Roger Dicken

Special effects artist

April 15, 1939 – February 18, 2024

Credits:

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968); Alien (1979); ATV Today (1966); Curse of the Blood Ghouls (1962); Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019); Q: The Winged Serpent (1982); Scars of Dracula (1970); The Blood Beast Terror (1968); The Hunger (1983); The Land That Time Forgot (1974); The Perfect Scary Movie (2005); Thunderbirds (1965); Warlords of the Deep (1978); When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970); White Dog (1982); Witchfinder General (1968).

Born on this day – Paul Sorvino:

Paul Sorvino

Actor

Opera singer

Writer

Sculptor

April 13, 1939 – July 25, 2022

Credits:

A Fine Mess (1986); A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives (1993); A Place for Heroes (2014); A Question of Honor (1982); A Touch of Class (1973); A Winter Rose (2014); Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game (2017); Acts of Desperation (2018); Age Isn't Everything (1991); Airship Dracula (2012); Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival (2016); Almost Partners (1987); American Perfekt (1997); Angel and Big Joe (1976); As Long As We Both Shall Live (2016); Backstreet Justice (1994); Bad Blood (2017); Bad Impulse (2019); Beneath the Leaves (2019); Bert D'Angelo / Superstar (1976); Betrayed by Innocence (1986); Bloodbrothers (1978); Blue Heat: The Case of the Cover Girl Murders (1997); Bulworth (1998); Careful What You Wish For (2015); Carnera: The Walking Mountain (2008); Chasing Gold (2016); Cheaters (2000); Chiefs (1983); Chiller (1985); Ciao America (2002); Cold Deck (2015); Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014); Cover Me (1995); Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (2017); Cruising (1980); Cry Uncle (1971); Dead Broke (1998); Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972); Detours (2016); Dick Tracy (1990); Divorce Invitation (2012); DMZ (1990); Doc West (2009); Dog Watch (1997); Don't Touch My Daughter (1991); Drinks with Dee Dee Sorvino (2020); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1997); Dummy (1979); Elementary (2014); Escape Clause (1996); Executor (2017); For the Love of Money (2012); Foreclosed (2013); God Don't Make the Laws (2011); Godfather of Harlem (2019–2021); Goodfellas (1990); Goodnight, Joseph Parker (2004); Grandfathered (2016); Great Performances (1974); Greetings from the Shore (2007); Gutfeld! (2021); Handy Manny (2011); Harlem Aria (1999); Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002); Houdini (1998); How Sweet It Is (2013); I Will... I Will... For Now (1976); I, the Jury (1982); Iggy Azalea Feat. Rita Ora: Black Widow (2014); Imaginary Friend (2012); Immigrant (2013); Insight (1979); It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy (1974); Jack & Bobby (2004); Jersey Shore Shark Attack (2012); Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way (1997); Kidnapped in Romania (2016); Kill the Irishman (2011); Kiss-Kiss, Dahlings! (1992); Knock Off (1998); Last Hour (2008); Law & Order (1991–1992); Lily of the Feast (2010); Longshot (2001); L'onore e il rispetto (2006); Lost and Found (1979); Lost Cat Corona (2017); Love Is All There Is (1996); Made for Each Other (1971); Mafia Doctor (2003); Mambo Italiano (2003); Melanie (1982); Men with Guns (1997); Micmacs (2009); Mineville (2010); Money Talks (1997); Moonlighting (1986); Most Guys Are Losers (2020); Most Wanted (1997); Mr. 3000 (2004); Mr. Fix It (2006); Murder, She Wrote (1989); My Mother's Secret Life (1984); Nixon (1995); No Deposit (2015); Off the Wall (1983); Oh, God! (1977); Once Upon a Time in Queens (2013); Papa (2018); Parallel Lives (1994); Paulie (2013); Perfume (2001); Plan B (2001); Price for Freedom (2017); RebelTaxi (2015); Reds (1981); Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008); Rhode Island Blue (2001); Romeo + Juliet (1996); Rules Don't Apply (2016); Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (2009); Scriptfellas (1999); See Spot Run (2001); Seventh Avenue (1977); Shoot It Black, Shoot It Blue (1974); Sicilian Vampire (2015); Slow Dancing in the Big City (1978); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987); Still Standing (2004–2006); Streghe verso nord (2001); Surviving (1985); Tell Me Where It Hurts (1974); That Championship Season (1982); That's Life (2000–2002); The Amati Girls (2000); The Art of the Cigar (1996); The Bandit Hound (2016); The Birthday Cake (2021); The Brink's Job (1978); The Bronx Bull (2016); The Brooklyn Banker (2016); The Cooler (2003); The Day of the Dolphin (1973); The Devil's Carnival (2012); The Family Man (2000); The Firm (1993); The Gambler (1974); The Goldbergs' Excellent Adventure (2014); The Great American Heist (2022); The Greg Gutfeld Show (2015); The Hybrids Family (2015); The Oldest Rookie (1987–1988); The Panic in Needle Park (1971); The Red Maple Leaf (2016); The Rocketeer (1991); The Streets of San Francisco (1976); The Stuff (1985); The Thin Blue Lie (2000); The Trouble with Cali (2012); The Wild Stallion (2009); Today's F.B.I. (1981); Triggerman (2009); Turk 182 (1985); Undercover Grandpa (2017); Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter (1986); Very Close Quarters (1984); Welcome to Acapulco (2019); We'll Get By (1974–1975); Where's Poppa? (1970); With Intent to Kill (1984); Without Consent (1994); Wives' Tales (2008); Work with Me (1999).

Born on this day – Piers Haggard:

Piers Haggard

Director

March 18, 1939 – January 11, 2023

Born on this day – Bertrand Blier:

Bertrand Blier

Writer

Director

Actor

March 14, 1939 – January 20, 2025

Credits:

1, 2, 3, Freeze (1993); 100 films par 100 personnalités (1999); 30ème Comité central du Groland (2022); À Cheval sur le 21 (Carnet Filmé: 22 décembre 2020 au 17 janvier 2021) (2021); A City Runs Through the Festival (2007); A Look Through His Lens (2024); A Secret (2007); All About Actresses (2009); Allons au cinéma (1976); Antenne 2 Midi (1981); Apostrophes (1981); Arte Journal (2025); Beau geste (2024); Beau-père (1981); Belmondo, itinéraire... (2011); Belmondo, l'influenceur (2020); Bertrand Blier, l'homme tout contre... (2008); Bertrand Blier, l'iconoclaste impenitent (2022); Blier by Nice (2003); Blier, Leconte, Tavernier: trois vies de cinema (2020); Bogart (1989); Bouillon de culture (1996); Buffet Froid (1979); C à vous (2019); Café Picouly (2010); Ce soir (ou jamais!) (2008); Cinéast(e)s (2015); Cinéma cinémas (1985–1990); Cinéma par Albert Dupontel (2017); Cinépanorama (1963); Claude M Loves the Cinema (2012); Clique dimanche (2019); Comme au cinéma (1999–2001); Compositeurs / réalisateurs, dialogue impossible? (2002); De Caunes/Garcia - Le meilleur de Nulle Part Ailleurs 2... suite et fin! (2005); Dead Tired (1994); Debout les crabes, la mer monte! (1983); Días de cine (1996); Dix de der (1976); Empreintes (2011); Femmes Fatales (1976); Gérard Depardieu, grandeur nature (2015); Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978); Going Places (1974); Heart of the Festival (2002); Heavy Duty (2019); Hitler, connais pas (1963); Horror Castle (1963); How Much Do You Love Me? (2005); If I Were a Spy (1967); Il était une fois... (2010); In the Tracks Of (2010); Jamais seul avec toi (1995); Je vous salue Marielle (2013); Jour de fête (2007); Keep an Eye Out (2018); Konbini (2019–2025); La grande semaine (2024); La grimace (1966); La nuit des Césars (1982–2011); La trilogie des 'Monocle' (2003); L'âge d'or de la pub (2023); Le scandale Clouzot (2017); Les acteurs (2000); Les côtelettes (2003); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1979); L'Extravagante petite vie de J.C.D Dreyfus (2021); L'hebdo cinéma (2008); L'invité (2005–2022); L'invité du jeudi (1981); Lundi en histoires (2015); Ma vie est un enfer (1991); Marco Perrin (2010); Ménage (1986); Merci La Vie (1991); Metropolis (2000); Michel Serrault, un clown en liberté (2015); Morceaux de Cannes (2021); Moving Pictures (1992); My Best Friend's Girl (1983); My Man (1996); Nos Zamis Lé Hyens (2005); Nulle part ailleurs (1991–1998); Nulle part ailleurs cinéma (2001); Océaniques - Des idées des hommes des oeuvres (1991); Ombre et lumière (2002); On a tout essayé (2005); On n'est pas couché (2010); Our History (1984); Papa, Alexandre, Maxime & Eduardo (2015); Patrick Dewaere (1992); Patrick Dewaere, l'enfant du siècle (2003); Patrick Dewaere, mon héros (2022); Pédale dure (2004); Pierrot le Fou / (1989–1990); Pour le cinéma (1971–1974); Profession comique (1987); Recto verso (2002–2004); Sacrée soirée (1989); Salut les Terriens (2010); Soir 3 (1979); Sonate pour Solange - L'histoire des mouchoirs (2003); Spécial cinéma (1980); Stars (1981); Tchi tcha (2019); The Black Monocle (1961); The Clink of Ice (2010); The Jesus Rolls (2019); Thé ou café (2001); The Seventh Juror (1962); Too Beautiful for You (1989); Troubleshooters (1971); Un film qui me ressemble (2015); Un jour, un destin (2007–2019); Un siècle d'écrivains (1999); Vendredi, c'est Julie (2000); Vivement dimanche (2000–2007); Vivement dimanche prochain (2009); Women and War (1961).

Born on this day – David Spielberg:

David Spielberg

Actor

Additional Crew

March 6, 1939 – June 1, 2016

Credits:

A Murderous Affair: The Carolyn Warmus Story (1992); A Place for Annie (1994); ABC Afterschool Specials (1986); Act of Love (1980); Airwolf (1985); Alice (1990); Ally McBeal (1997); Automan (1984); Banacek (1972–1973); Barbary Coast (1975); Baywatch (1991–1998); Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay (1998); Bloodlines: Murder in the Family (1993); Blue Thunder (1984); Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1973); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984); CHiPs (1978–1980); Christine (1983); Civil Wars (1993); CPO Sharkey (1977); Days of Our Lives (2006); Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan (1995); Dinah! (1976); Dynasty (1986); ER (1995); Eyes (2007); Falcon Crest (1989); Family Law (1999); Family Ties (1982); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1990); Final Draft (2003); Flight of the Living Dead (2007); Force Five (1975); Foul Play (1981); From Here to Eternity (1979 / 1980); Games Mother Never Taught You (1982); Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North (1989); Hardcastle and McCormick (1985); Hart to Hart (1981); Hearts Afire (1993); Here's Boomer (1981); Highway to Heaven (1985–1988); Hill Street Blues (1984); Hokum County Homicide (2002); Hooperman (1987); Hunter (1988); Hustle (1975); In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan (1977); Insight (1981–1982); Ironside (1972); Jessica Novak (1981); Jigsaw (1973); Judging Amy (2001); Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (1974); Kate Brasher (2001); Kate McShane (1975); Kaz (1979); King (1978); Kingston: Confidential (1977); L.A. Law (1988); Law & Order (1992–1998); Law and Disorder (1974); Lou Grant (1980–1981); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Flying Finletters (1974); Madigan (1973); Magnum, P.I. (1984); Maid in America (1982); Matlock (1992); McMillan & Wife (1975); Monsters (1991); Mork & Mindy (1980); Mother Knows Best (1997); Mr. Murder (1998); Murder, She Wrote (1986–1991); Murphy's Law (1988); Mystery Woman: Redemption (2006); Nervous Ticks (1992); NET Playhouse (1969); Newman's Law (1974); Night of Terror (1972); Northern Exposure (1995); Obsessed with a Married Woman (1985); One Day at a Time (1979); One Life to Live (1968–2013); Operating Room (1978); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); Police Story (1977); Policewoman Centerfold (1983); Prime Time (1977); Promised Land (1997); Punky Brewster (1987); Quincy, M.E. (1977–1982); Real Life (1979); Reasonable Doubts (1992); Red Ribbon Blues (1996); Richie Brockelman, Private Eye (1978); SeaQuest 2032 (1995); Sergeant Matlovich vs. the U.S. Air Force (1978); Shannon's Deal (1991); Silent Predators (1999); Space (1985); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987); Starman (1987); Stone (1979–1980); Sworn to Silence (1987); That Old Feeling (1997); The $10,000 Pyramid (1973); The 3,000 Mile Chase (1977); The American Girls (1978); The Beach Boys: An American Family (2000); The Best Little Girl in the World (1981); The Bob Crane Show (1975); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1971–1972); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972); The Choirboys (1977); The Corpse Had a Familiar Face (1994); The Doctors (1971); The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972); The Henderson Monster (1980); The Hunter (1980); The Last to Go (1991); The Law and Harry McGraw (1987); The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976); The Love Boat (1986); The Practice (1976–1977); The Preppie Murder (1989); The Pretender (1996 / 1998); The Rockford Files (1975); The Storyteller (1977); The Stranger (1987); The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1972); The West Wing (2000); Toma (1973); Trapper John, M.D. (1980); Tucker's Witch (1982); Us (1991); Visions (1976); War and Love (1985); Westside Medical (1977); Wheels (1978); Where Are My Children? (1994); Where the Heart Is (1969–1973); Winter Kills (1979); Wiseguy (1988); Young Dr. Kildare (1972).

Born on this day – David Weatherley:

David Weatherley

Actor

March 1, 1939 – December 12, 2024

Credits:

A Country Practice (1989); A Going Concern (1975–1976); An Age Apart (1983); Beyond Gravity (1989); Buzz & Poppy (1999–2009); Chess (1992); Counter Measures (1985); Death Warmed Up (1984); Fuller's Earth (1978); Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1998); Home and Away (1990–1991); Hounds (2012); Jack Holborn (1982); Legend of the Seeker (2009); Lego the Lord of the Rings (2012); Mortimer's Patch (1984); Mosley (2019); My Grandpa Is a Vampire (1992); Other Halves (1984); Path of Exile (2012); Power Rangers All (2007); Power Rangers Operation Overdrive (2007); Power Rangers Operation Overdrive: Behind the Scenes (2007); Prisoners (1983); Ranger Arsenal (2007); Ranger Bios (2007); Ranger Vehicles (2007); Second Time Lucky (1984); Skycrane (1984); Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords (2004); Talkback (1988); The Girl Who Came Late (1992); The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001); The Mackenzie Affair (1977); The Park Terrace Murder (1976); The Potato Factory (2000); The Shadow Trader (1989); Together (2004); Under the Mountain (1981 / 2009); Worzel Gummidge Down Under (1989); Xena: Warrior Princess (1996).

Born on this day – Maura McGiveney:

Maura McGiveney

Actress

February 28, 1939 – November 10, 1990

Credits:

Adam-12 (1969); Cain's Hundred (1961); Days of Our Lives (1969); Death Valley Days (1968–1969); Destination America (1987); Do Not Disturb (1965); Dr. Kildare (1963); Family Affair (1969); Hawaii Five-O (1968–1971); Hawaiian Eye (1960); Laredo (1966); McHale's Navy (1965–1966); My Three Sons (1966); North by Northwest (1959); Once You Kiss a Stranger... (1969); Perry Mason (1959–1963); Peter Gunn (1961); Straightaway (1962); The Danny Thomas Hour (1967); The Flying Nun (1968); The Fugitive (1964); The Hollywood Palace (1967); The Invaders (1967); The Name of the Game (1969); The New Breed (1961); The Second Hundred Years (1967); The Virginian (1965); Thriller (1960); Turn-on (1969); Turn-on (1969); Twist Around the Clock (1961); W.I.A. Wounded in Action (1966).

Born on this day – P.H. Moriarty:

P.H. Moriarty

Actor

February 27, 1939 – February 2, 2025

Derek Thompson (left/back), Bob Hoskins (center), P.H. Moriarty (right), in The Long Good Friday (1980)

Credits:

A Sense of Freedom (1981); BBC2 Playhouse (1982); Bird of Prey (1982); Bloody Kids (1980); Chaplin (1992); Children of Dune (2003); Dear Sarah (1989); Doctors (2004); Dune - The Filmmakers' Vision (2014); Dune - The Production Story (2014); Dune (2000); Evil Never Dies (2014); For the Greater Good (1991); Fox (1980); Frank Herbert's Dune: The Lure of Spice (2002); GB3-Being Young (2005); I Love the 1990s (2001); Jaws 3-D (1983); Judge John Deed (2005); Law & Order (1978); Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998); Making Dune's Children: VFX Revealed (2003); Number One (1984); Outland (1981); Palmer (1991); Patriot Games (1992); Persian Eyes (2015); Play for Today (1979); Quadrophenia (1979); Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins (2021); Screen One (1989); Scum (1979); Slayground (1983); Southwark: The Movie - Hard Day at Office Love? (2003); Strangers (1982); Submerged (2005); Sunday Premiere (1986); The Battersea Ripper (2006); The Bill (1989–2000); The Chelsea Cowboy (2025); The Chinese Detective (1981); The Gentle Touch (1982); The Long Good Friday (1980); The Making of 'Jaws 3-D': Sharks Don't Die (1983); The Nation's Health (1983); The Paradise Club (1990); The Professionals (1982); The Riddle (2007); Thief Takers (1997).

On this day in movie history - Pardon Our Nerve (1939):

Pardon Our Nerve

directed by H. Bruce Humberstone,

written by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan,

based on a story by Hilda Stone and Betty Reinhardt,

was released in the United States on February 24, 1939.
Music by Gene Rose.

Cast:

Lynn Bari, June Gale, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Michael Whalen, Edward Brophy, John Miljan, Theodore von Eltz, Ward Bond, Chester Clute, Helen Ericson, Tom Kennedy, Carol Adams, Sidney Bracey, Gary Breckner, Don Brodie, Romaine Callender, Dorothy Christy, Charles Coleman, Hal Craig, Floyd Criswell, Lester Dorr, Eddie Dunn, James Flavin, Dick French, Bud Geary, Grace Goodall, William Haade, Frank Hagney, Lew Harvey, Robert Emmett Keane, Joe King, George Lynn, Mickey MacAvoy, Hamilton MacFadden, Steve Mason, Larry McGrath, Jack Norton, Bob Perry, Jack Roper, Syd Saylor, June Storey, Dan Tobey, Emmett Vogan, Ray Walker, Ben Welden, Charles C. Wilson, Florence Wright.

Born on this day – Michael Cimino:

Michael Cimino

Director

Producer

Writer

February 3, 1939 – July 2, 2016

Credits:

City of Life (2009); Desperate Hours (1990); Eastman Kodak: Yesterdays (1967); Finding Home (2003); Heaven's Gate (1980); Il pianto della statua / The Wind Sculpture (2007); Magnum Force (1973); Platoon (1986); Silent Running (1972); The Big Brass Ring (1999); The Deer Hunter (1978); The Rose (1979); The Sicilian (1987); The Sunchaser (1996); Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974); To Each His Own Cinema (2007); United Airlines: Take Me Along (1967); Year of the Dragon (1985).