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).

On this day in movie history - Stagecoach (1939):

Stagecoach

directed by John Ford,

written by Dudley Nichols and Ben Hecht,

based on the short story Stage to Lordsburg by Ernest Haycox,

was released in the United States on February 2, 1939.
Music by Gerard Carbonara.

Cast:

Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell, Louise Platt, George Bancroft, Donald Meek, Berton Churchill, Tim Holt, Tom Tyler, Dorothy Appleby, Frank Baker, Chief John Big Tree, Ted Billings, Wiggie Blowne, Danny Borzage, Ed Brady, Fritzi Brunette, Yakima Canutt, Nora Cecil, Steve Clemente, Bill Cody, Jack Curtis, Marga Ann Deighton, Patricia Doyle, Tex Driscoll, Johnny Eckert, Franklyn Farnum, Francis Ford, Brenda Fowler, Olin Francis, Helen Gibson, Don Hawks, Robert Homans, William Hopper, George Huggins, Si Jenks, Cornelius Keefe, Florence Lake, Al Lee, Duke R. Lee, Theodore Lorch, Chris-Pin Martin, Jim Mason, Louis Mason, Merrill McCormick, J.P. McGowan, Walter McGrail, Paul McVey, Jack Mohr, Kent Odell, Artie Ortego, Vester Pegg, Jack Pennick, Chris Phillips, Joe Rickson, Buddy Roosevelt, Elvira Ríos, Mickey Simpson, Margaret Smith, Chuck Stubbs, Harry Tenbrook, Leonard Trainor, Dorothy Vernon, Mary Kathleen Walker, Blackjack Ward, Bryant Washburn, Whitehorse, Hank Worden.

Born on this day – Jackie Burroughs:

Jackie Burroughs

Actress

February 2, 1939 – September 22, 2010

Born on this day – Brian Garfield:

Brian Garfield

Writer

Historian

January 26, 1939 – December 29, 2018

Credits:

Books:

A Badge for a Badman (1967); Apache Canyon (1963); Arizona (1968); Arizona Rider (1962); Big Country, Big Men (1969); Brand of the Gun (1968); Bugle and the Spur (1966); Call Me Hazard (1966); Checkpoint Charlie (1981); Complete Guide to Western Films (1980); Danger Money / Romanov Succession / Horn of Roland (1974); Death Sentence (1975); Death Wish (1972); Deep Cover (1972); Devil's Butte / Badge for a Badman (1967); Dragoon Pass (1963); Etruscan Smile / Slippery Step / Recoil (1976); Fear in a Handful of Dust (aka Fear) (1978); Gangway (1973); Gundown (1969); High Storm (1963); Hopscotch (1975); Hopscotch: Screenplay (1979); Justice at Spanish Flat (aka Range Justice) (1960); Kolchak's Gold (1973); Line Of Succession (1972); Lynch Law Canyon (1965); Manifest Destiny (1989); Massacre Basin (1961); Mr. Sixgun (1964); Necessity (1984); Rails West (1964); Recoil (1977); Relentless (1972); Rio Chama (1967); Rio Concho (1964); Savage Guns (1968); Seven Brave Men (1962); Shotgun Settlement (1969); Sliphammer (1970); Suspended Sentences (2012); Sweeny's Honor (1971); Target Manhattan (1975); The Arizonans (1961); The Big Snow (1962); The Bravos (1966); The Crime of My Life (1984); The Hit (1970); The Hit and The Marksman (2003); The Last Bridge (1966); The Last Hard Men (aka Gun Down) (1971); The Last Outlaw (1964); The Lawbringers (1962); The Lusty Breed (1966); The Marchand Woman (1979); The Meinertzhagen Mystery (2007); The Night It Rained Bullets (1965); The Paladin (1980); The Proud Riders (1967); The Rimfire Murders (1962); The Romanov Succession (1974); The Thousand Mile War (1969); The Threepersons Hunt (1974); The Vanquished (1964); The Villiers Touch (1970); The Wolf Pack (1966); Trail Drive (1962); Tripwire (1973); Valley of the Shadow (1970); Vultures in the Sun (1963); Western Films (1988); What of Terry Conniston? (1971); Wild Times (1978).

Movies and television:

24th Street (2009); Blown Away (1988); Cooper and Hemingway: The True Gen (2013); Crime Writers (1978); Death Sentence (2007); Death Wish (1974 / 2018); Death Wish 3 (1985); Death Wish 3 / Video game (1986); Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987); Death Wish II (1982); Death Wish: The Face of Death (1994); Fleshburn (1984); Hopscotch (1980); Hopscotch: Interview with Director Ronald Neame and Screenwriter Brian Garfield (2002); Legs (1983); Relentless (1977); Stepfather 3 (1992); Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy (1989); Tales of the Unexpected (1985); The Great Canadian Culture Hunt (1976); The Last Hard Men (1976); The Stepfather (1987 / 2009); The Stepfather Chronicles (2009); Wild Times (1980).

Born on this day – Greg Hildebrandt:

Greg Hildebrandt

Artist

Animator

January 23, 1939 – October 31, 2024

Credits:

Amsel: Illustrator of the Lost Art (2024); Animal Crackers (2017); Art of the Fantastic: A Journey Into Creation (2020); Clash of the Titans (1981); Cleavage (2002); Drew Struzan Congratulatory Video (2020); Drew: The Man Behind the Poster (2013); J.R.R. Tolkien: Master of the Rings - The Definitive Guide to the World of the Rings (2004); Little Orphan Annie's A Very Animated Christmas (1995); Motion Portrait Film (2006); Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings' (2003); Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's 'The Fellowship of the Ring' (2003); Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's 'the Hobbit' (2003); Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's 'The Return of the King' (2003); The Legends Behind the Comic Books (2007); The Old Farts Of (2016); Ultima Online (1997).

Born on this day – Tim Hildebrandt:

Tim Hildebrandt

Artist

Actor

Producer

January 23, 1939 – June 11, 2006

Credits:

Clash of the Titans (1981); J.R.R. Tolkien: Master of the Rings - The Definitive Guide to the World of the Rings (2004); Little Orphan Annie's A Very Animated Christmas (1995); Making the Spawn (2007); Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings' (2003); Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's 'The Fellowship of the Ring' (2003); Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's 'the Hobbit' (2003); Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's 'The Return of the King' (2003); Streets of Wonderland (2005); The Deadly Spawn (1983); Ultima Online (1997).

Born on this day – George Folsey Jr:

George Folsey Jr.

Assistant director

Editor

Producer

Cinematographer

January 17, 1939 – December 29, 2024

Credits:

Amazon Women on the Moon (1987); An American Werewolf in London (1981); Ants! (1977); B.B. King: Into the Night (1985); Basic (2003); Basic Ingredients: A Writer's Perspective (2003); Basic: A Director's Design (2003); Beware the Moon: Remembering 'An American Werewolf in London' (2009); Black Caesar (1973); Bone (1972); Bucktown (1975); Bulletproof (1996); Cabin Fever (2002); Cellmates (2011); Chain of Command (2015); Character Building: The Many Faces of Rick Baker (2007); Cheaper by the Dozen (2003); Clarity (2015); Club Dread (2004); Clue (1985); Coming to America (1988); Dead Within (2014); Death Link (2021); Despair (2010); Dirty Work (1998); Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen (2004); Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970); Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996); Exploring the Unknown (1977); Face of the Enemy (1989); Fargo (2003); Fit for Akeem: The Costumes of 'Coming to America' (2007); Freedom Road (1979); Freeloaders (2012); Glass Houses (1972); Goosed (1999); Greedy (1994); Grumpier Old Men (1995); Hammer (1972); Here's Peggy Fleming (1968); Hole in the Paper Sky (2008); Hostel (2005); Hostel Dissected (2006); Hostel: Part II (2007); Hostel: Part III (2011); Hot Tub Time Machine (2010); Igor (2008); Insider Trading: The Making of 'Trading Places' (2007); Into the Night (1985); J.D.'s Revenge (1976); Just Swipe (2021); Latchkey's Lament (2007); Let's Go to Church (2004); Love and Mary (2007); My Sister (2014); National Lampoon's Animal House (1978); Norman... Is That You? (1976); One World (2016); Pledge This! (2006); Portrait of a Hitman (1979); Prince-ipal Photography: The Coming Together of America (2007); Reboot Camp (2020); Schlock (1973); Sex Drive (2008); Shaft (1973–1974); Son of Man (2011); Sourdough (1981); Spies Like Us (1985); Summer Rain (2024); Super Troopers (2001); Thanksgiving (2007); The Blues Brothers (1980); The Chicken Chronicles (1977); The Gray Man (2007); The Great Santini (1979); The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977); The Killing Floor (2017); The Kings of Brooklyn (2004); The Making of 'Thriller' (1983); The Monkees (1967); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The Pink Panther (2006); The Rainbow Tribe (2008); The Right Hook (2000); The Ringer (2005); The Stories Behind the Making of 'the Blues Brothers' (1998); The Thing Called Love (1993); The Wicked Within (2015); The Yearbook: An 'Animal House' Reunion (1998); Three Amigos! (1986); Thriller (1983); Tracks (1976); Trader Horn (1973); Trading Places (1983); Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983); Unaccompanied Minors (2006); Wendy Liebman: Taller on TV (2011); Wolf Mountain (2022).

Born on this day – Stephen Dwoskin:

Stephen Dwoskin

Director

Cinematographer

Editor

Writer

Producer

January 15, 1939 – June 28, 2012

Born on this day – Susannah York:

Susannah York

Actress

January 9, 1939 – January 15, 2011

Credits:

Doctors (2010); Missing (2009); The Calling (2009); Franklyn (2008); Maude (2007); The Stoning (2006); The Gigolos (2006); Prick (2005); Casualty (2004); Holby City (1999); Visitors (2003); Highway (2002); The Book of Eve (2002); Jean (2000); St. Patrick: The Irish Legend (2000); Loop (1997); So This Is Romance? (1997); Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987); The Higher Mortals (1993); Piccolo grande amore (1993); Trainer (1991); Illusions (1992); Devices and Desires (1991); Fate (1990); Boon (1986); Screen Two (1985); Quattro piccole donne (1989); En håndfull tid (1989); The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985); After the War (1989); Melancholia (1989); Timewatch (1982); Diamond's Edge (1988); A Summer Story (1988); Barbablù, Barbablù (1987); Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987); Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987); Tomorrow's a Killer (1987); Macho (1986); Daemon (1985); Star Quality (1985); The Love Boat (1985); A Christmas Carol (1984); Nelly's Version (1983); Yellowbeard (1983); We'll Meet Again (1982); Alicja (1982); Late Flowering Love (1981); Loophole (1981); Second Chance (1981); Superman II (1980); Falling in Love Again (1980); The Awakening (1980); Prince Regent (1979); The Golden Gate Murders (1979); Superman (1978); The Silent Partner (1978); Long Shot (1978); The Shout (1978); A Month in the Country (1977); Eliza Fraser (1976); Sky Riders (1976); Conduct Unbecoming (1975); That Lucky Touch (1975); The Maids (1975); Gold (1974); Fallen Angels (1974); Jackanory (1965); Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973); Armchair Theatre (1956); Images (1972); X, Y and Zee (1972); Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971); Jane Eyre (1970); Brotherly Love (1970); They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969); The Battle of Britain (1969); Oh! What a Lovely War (1969); Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969); The Killing of Sister George (1968); Duffy (1968); ITV Playhouse (1967); Sebastian (1968); Theatre 625 (1964); A Man for All Seasons (1966); Kaleidoscope (1966); McGinnis (1966); Mystery and Imagination (1966); Scruggs (1965); Sands of the Kalahari (1965); Thursday Theatre (1965); Scene Nun, Take One (1964); NET Playhouse (1964); The 7th Dawn (1964); Tom Jones (1963); Freud (1962); The Tiger and the Horse (1962); The Slaughter of St. Teresa's Day (1962); The First Gentleman (1961); ITV Play of the Week (1955); Loss of Innocence (1961); ITV Television Playhouse (1955); Tunes of Glory (1960); There Was a Crooked Man (1960); The Richest Man in the World (1960); All Aboard (1959); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950).

On this day in movie history - King of the Underworld (1939):

King of the Underworld

directed by Lewis Seiler,

written by George Bricker and Vincent Sherman,

based on a story by W.R. Burnett,

was released in the United States on January 7, 1939.
A remake of Dr. Socrates (1935), directed by William Dieterle.
Music by Heinz Roemheld.

Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Kay Francis, James Stephenson, John Eldredge, Jessie Busley, Arthur Aylesworth, Raymond Brown, Harland Tucker, Ralph Remley, Charley Foy, Murray Alper, Joe Devlin, Elliott Sullivan, Alan Davis, John Harmon, John Ridgely, Richard Bond, Pierre Watkin, Charles Trowbridge, Edwin Stanley, Sherwood Bailey, Clem Bevans, Sidney Bracey, Frank Bruno, Nat Carr, Glen Cavender, Edgar Dearing, Ralph Dunn, William Gould, John Harron, Lew Harvey, Herbert Heywood, Max Hoffman Jr., Stuart Holmes, Mickey Kuhn, Al Lloyd, Paul M. MacWilliams, Jack Mower, Jimmy O'Gatty, Paul Panzer, Richard Quine, John J. Richardson, Ann Robinson, Cliff Saum, Janet Shaw, Carl Stockdale, Doc Stone, Charles Sullivan, Lottie Williams, Tom Wilson.

Born on this day – John Amos:

John Amos

Actor

Writer

Producer, December 27, 1939 – August 21, 2024

Credits:

20/20 (2018); 30 Rock (2010); 3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1997); 704 Hauser (1994); A Woman Like That (1997); Act of Faith (2014); Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980); All About the Andersons (2003–2004); All Over Again (2001); Althea (2014); American Flyers (1985); American Lowrider (2010); American Masters (2002 / 2015 / 2016); Ascension Day (2007); Bad Asses on the Bayou (2015); Ballers (2019); Beauty and the Beast (1988); Because of Charley (2021); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Block Party (2022); Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988); Booo Chapter One (2025); CBS at 75 (2003); Christmas Belles (2019); Christmas in Miami (2021); Clippers (1991); Coming 2 America (2021); Coming to America (1988); Contrast of Evil (2013); Cops and Robin (1978); Crossing Over: How Roots Captivated an Entire Nation (2007); Dance of the Dwarfs (1983); Die Hard 2 (1990); Die Hard 2: The Bad Guys - Villains' Profile (1990); Dinah! (1975–1976); Disappearing Acts (2000); Dr. Dolittle 3 (2006); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1989); Entertainment Tonight (2020); Extra (2015–2019); For Better or Worse (1995); For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010); Future Cop (1976–1977); Get Gotti (2023); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2016–2017); Good Morning America (1977); Good Times (1974–1976); Hardcastle and McCormick (1984); Hauntsville (2016); Here's Boomer (1981); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Priest: The Story of Fr. 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On this day in movie history - Gone with the Wind (1939):

Gone with the Wind

directed by Victor Fleming, George Cukor and Sam Wood,

written by Sidney Howard, Oliver H.P. Garrett, Ben Hecht, Jo Swerling and John Van Druten,

based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell,

was released in the United States on December 15, 1939.
Music by Max Steiner.

Gone with the Wind was the first movie screened on Turner Classic Movies (TCM)

when the channel was launched on April 14, 1994.

Cast:

Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford, George Reeves, Fred Crane, Hattie McDaniel, Oscar Polk, Butterfly McQueen, Ward Bond, Victor Jory, Everett Brown, Howard Hickman, Alicia Rhett, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Rand Brooks, Carroll Nye, Laura Hope Crews, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Harry Davenport, Leona Roberts, Jane Darwell, Ona Munson, Paul Hurst, Isabel Jewell, Cammie King Conlon, Eric Linden, J.M. Kerrigan, Jackie Moran, Cliff Edwards, Lillian Kemble-Cooper, Yakima Canutt, Marcella Martin, Louis Jean Heydt, Mickey Kuhn, Olin Howland, Irving Bacon, Robert Elliott, William Bakewell, Mary Anderson, John Albright, Eric Alden, John Arledge, Roscoe Ates, Trevor Bardette, Dorothy Barrett, Janet Barrett, Lennie Bluett, John Breen, Ralph Brooks, Morgan Brown, Daisy Bufford, Ann Bupp, James Bush, Ruth Byers, Gary Carlson, Horace B. Carpenter, Louise Carter, Shirley Chambers, Eddy Chandler, Silver Chief, Wallis Clark, Richard Clucas, Frank Coghlan Jr., Billy Cook, Jim Corey, Gino Corrado, Martina Cortina, Luke Cosgrave, Kernan Cripps, Patrick Curtis, Russell Custer, Yola d'Avril, Ned Davenport, Marvin Davis, Dolores Dean, Dawn Dodd, Lester Dorr, Phyllis Douglas, Joan Drake, F. Driver, Edythe Elliott, Susan Falligant, Richard Farnsworth, Frank Faylen, Geraldine Fissette, Charline Flanders, Bess Flowers, Greg Giese, Kelly Griffin, George Hackathorne, Chuck Hamilton, Evelyn Harding, Lucille Harding, Inez Hatchett, Jean Heker, Ricky Holt, Shep Houghton, George Huggins, Peaches Jackson, Claire James, Jerry James, Si Jenks, Harvey Karels, Tommy Kelly, Emmett King, W. Kirby, Al Kunde, Paula Lane, Carl M. Leviness, Timothy J. Lonergan, John Long, Robert Locke Lorraine, Barbara Lynn, Margaret Mann, Caren Marsh, William McClain, Leona McDowell, Dock McGill, Peggy McIntyre, George Meeker, Charles Middleton, Lola Milliorn, Hans Moebus, Alberto Morin, Adrian Morris, Lee Murray, H. Nellman, David Newell, Jeanette Noeson, Artie Ortego, Dorothy Ann Pailliot, Naomi Pharr, Lee Phelps, Spencer Quinn, Jolane Reynolds, Marjorie Reynolds, Suzanne Ridgway, Louisa Robert, Azarene Rogers, Scott Seaton, Tom Seidel, Terry Shero, William Stack, William Stelling, Harry Strang, Dirk Wayne Summers, Stephanie Toler, Emerson Treacy, Phillip Trent, Julia Ann Tuck, Tom Tyler, Dale Van Sickel, E. Alyn Warren, Blue Washington, Rita Waterhouse, John Joseph Waterman Jr., Dan White, Sarah Whitley, Ernest Whitman, Guy Wilkerson, Zack Williams, Phyllis Woodward, John Wray.

Born on this day – Yvonne Monlaur:

Yvonne Monlaur

Actress

December 15, 1939 – April 18, 2017