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).

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

Credits:

1st Annual Directors Guild of Great Britain DGGB Awards (2004); Armchair Theatre (1967–1974); Armchair 30 (1973); Against the Crowd (1975); A Summer Story (1988); A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010); A Divorce (1976); Back Home (1989); BBC Play of the Month (1976); BBC2 Playhouse (1981); Big Bad World (1999–2001); Blow Up of Blow Up (2016); Blow-Up (1966); Callan (1967–1970); Callan: This Man Alone (2015); Centrepoint (1990); Churchill's People (1975); Close Up (1998); Cold Enough for Snow (1997); Conquest (1998); Four Eyes and Six-Guns (1992); Interview Day (1996); ITV Playhouse (1968–1969); Love for Lydia (1977); Love Story (1973); Lucia di Lammermoor (1977); Man at the Top (1971); Marvelous Party! (1969); McCready and Daughter (2001); Objects of Affection (1982); Pennies from Heaven (1978); Play for Today (1971–1984); Public Eye (1966–1971); Quatermass (1979); Return to Treasure Island (1986); Romance (1977); Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1996 / 1997); Sam Found Out: A Triple Play (1988); Screen Two (1985–1987); She'll Take Romance (1990); Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1967); Six Days of Justice (1973); Space Precinct (1995); The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007); The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971); The Estrogen Gospel (2024); The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980); The Fulfillment of Mary Gray (1989); The Ghost of Peter Sellers (2018); The Hunt (2001); The Jazz Age (1968); The Lifeforce Experiment (1994); The Love School (1975); The Newcomers (1966); The Quatermass Conclusion (1979); The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971); The Shell Seekers (2006); The Velvet Glove (1977); The Wednesday Play (1970); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965–1971); Tigon Tales of Terror (2005); Touching the Devil: The Making of 'Blood on Satan's Claw' (2004); Venom (1981); Waters of the Moon (1983); Wedding Night (1969); Who's Afraid of Opera? (1972); Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021); Zodiac (1974).

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 per 100 personalities (1999); 30th Committee Greenland Central (2022); Riding on the 21st (Filmed Diary: December 22, 2020 as of January 17, 2021) (2021); A City Runs Through the Festival (2007); A Look Through His Lens (2024); A Secret (2007); All About Actresses (2009); Let's go to the cinema (1976); Antenne 2 Midi (1981); Apostrophes (1981); Arte Journal (2025); Good looking gesture (2024); Father-in-law (1981); Belmondo, itinerary... (2011); Belmondo the influencer (2020); Bertrand Blier, the man against it... (2008); Bertrand Blier, the unrepentant iconoclast (2022); Blier by Nice (2003); Blier, Leconte, Tavernier: Three Lives of Cinema (2020); Bogart (1989); Bouillon de culture (1996); Cold Buffet (1979); C à vous (2019); Café Picouly (2010); Tonight (or never!) (2008); Cinéast(e)s (2015); Cinema (1985–1990); Cinema by Albert Dupontel (2017); Cinépanorama (1963); Claude M Loves the Cinema (2012); Clique Sunday (2019); Comme au cinéma (1999–2001); Composers / Directors, Dialogue impossible? (2002); De Caunes/Garcia - The Best of Nowhere Elsewhere 2... continuation and end! (2005); Dead Tired (1994) Stand up crabs, The sea is rising! (1983); Días de cine (1996); Dix de der (1976) Footprints (2011); Wives Fatales (1976); Gérard Depardieu, grandeur nature (2015); Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978); Going Places (1974); Heart of the Festival (2002); Heavy Duty (2019); Hitler, don't know (1963); Horror Castle (1963) How Much Do You Love Me? (2005); If I Were a Spy (1967) Once upon a time... (2010); In the Tracks Of (2010); Never Alone with You (1995); Hail Marielle (2013); Day de fête (2007); Keep an Eye Out (2018); Konbini (2019–2025); The Big Week (2024); The Grimace (1966); The Night of the Caesars (1982–2011); The trilogy of 'Monocle' (2003); The Golden Age of Advertising (2023); The Clouzot Scandal (2017); The actors (2000); Chops (2003); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1979); The Extravagant J.C.D Dreyfus's Little Life (2021); L'hebdo cinéma (2008); The Guest (2005–2022); The Thursday Guest (1981); Monday in Stories (2015); My Life Is Hell (1991); Marco Perrin (2010); Ménage (1986); Thank You Life (1991); Metropolis (2000); Michael Serrault, un clown en liberté (2015); Pieces of Cannes (2021); Moving Pictures (1992); My Best Friend's Girl (1983); My Man (1996); Our Zamis Lé Hyens (2005); Nowhere Else (1991–1998); Nowhere Else Cinema (2001); Océaniques - Des idées des hommes des oeuvres (1991); Light and Shadow (2002); One Tried Everything (2005); On n'est pas couché (2010); Our History (1984); Dad Alexandre, Maxime & Eduardo (2015); Patrick Dewaere (1992); Patrick Dewaere, l'enfant du siècle (2003); Patrick Dewaere, my hero (2022); Pedal dure (2004); Pierrot le Fou / (1989–1990); For film (1971–1974); Profession comic (1987); Double-sided (2002–2004); Sacrée soirée (1989); Hi Terriens (2010); Soir 3 (1979); Sonata for Solange - The Story of Handkerchiefs (2003); Cinema Special (1980); Stars (1981); Tchi tcha (2019); The Black Monocle (1961); The Clink of Ice (2010); The Jesus Rolls (2019); Tea or Coffee (2001); The Seventh Juror (1962); Too Beautiful for You (1989); Troubleshooters (1971); One film that looks like me (2015); One Day, One Destiny (2007–2019); A century writers (1999); Friday, it's Julie (2000); Vivement dimanche (2000–2007); Vive dimanche prochaine (2009); Women and War (1961).

Born on this day – Neil Sedaka:

Neil Sedaka

Singer

Composer

Actor

Writer

Pianist

March 13, 1939 – February 27, 2026

Credits:

Book:

Laughter in the Rain: My Own Story (1982).

Albums:

A Song (1977); All You Need Is the Music (1978); Brighton Beach Memories (2003); Calendar Girl (2018); Circulate (1961); Circulate (Expanded Edition) (1960); Classically Sedaka (1995); Come See About Me (1984); Emergence (1971); Essential Masters 1956-1961 (2011); Greatest Hits Live in Concert (1996); I Am But A Fool (2023); I Do It For Applause (2016); I'm a Song (2010); In the Pocket (1980); Italiano (2001); Italiano (Expanded Edition) (1964); Laughter in the Rain (1974); Little Devil (2018); Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1974); Manhattan Intermezzo (2016); Neil Sedaka (1959); Neil Sedaka and Songs (1977); Neil Sedaka On Stage (1974); Neil Sedaka Sings The Hits (1999); Neil Sedaka, The Tokens & Coins (2006); Neil Sedaka: Now (1981); New York City (2009); Overnight Success (1975); Rock Masters: Ring A Rockin' (2005); Rock with Sedaka (1959); Rockin' Sides (2012); Rye Beach, Ny, June 12Th 1993 (Live) (2016); Sings His Original Country Songs (2018); Solitaire (1972); Son Plus Gros Succès International (2001); Stairway to Heaven (2012); Steppin' Out (1976); The Diary (2014); The Diary, Vol. 2 (2019); The Good Times (1986); The Hungry Years (1975); The Miracle of Christmas (2008); The Real Neil (2012); The Show Goes On (Live At The Royal Albert Hall, London / 2006) (2012); The Tra-La Days Are Over (1973); Tuneweaver (1995); Waking Up Is Hard To Do (2009); Workin' on a Groovy Thing (1969).

Songs:

A Little Lovin’; Alice In Wonderland; Alone at Last; As Long as I Live; Breaking Up Is Hard To Do; Calendar Girl; I Go Ape; I Must Be Dreaming; I tuoi capricci; Il Re Dei Pagliacci; I'm a Song, Sing Me; King of Clowns; La terza luna; Laughter in the Rain; Let's Go Steady Again; Little Devil; My World Keeps Getting Smaller Every Day; Next Door to an Angel; O Carol; Oh Carol; Oh! Carol; One Way Ticket; Rosemary Blue; Should’ve Never Let You Go; Solitaire; Star Crossed Lovers; Sweet Little You; The Hungry Years; The Lion Sleeps Tonight; The Miracle Song; The Same Old Fool; You Gotta Make Your Own Sunshine.

Movies and television:

207 15th Anniversary (2018); 3-2-1 (1982); 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee (1969); A Friend of the Family (2022); A Journey of Faith (2026); A Smile Like Yours (1997); A Year in Music (2022); ABBA Forever: The Winner Takes It All (2019); ABBA in Australia (1976); ABBA Silver, ABBA Gold (2023); ABBA: Against the Odds (2024); ABBA: The Definitive Collection (2002); ABBA: The Movie (1977); ABC's Nightlife (1965); ALF (1988); American Bandstand (1963–1975); American Bandstand's 33 1/3 Celebration (1985); American Housewife (2017); American Idol (2002–2012); American Idol Rewind (2008); An Evening with Glen Campbell (1977); Arrested Development (2003); Bandstand (1960–1969); Banished (2007); Beat Shazam (2017); Better Off Dead (1985); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1991–1993); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Big Love (2007); Big Time Adolescence (2019); Biography (1998–2002); Black Milk (1999); Bob Hope's Christmas Comedy Special (1976); Bob's Burgers (2017); Body Electric (2004); Boomers (2014); Breakaway (1984); Breakfast (2016); Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (1979); Britain's Got More Talent (2019); Buenos días a todos (2011); Bullet in the Face (2012); Calendar Girl (1993); Cannonball (2017); Caught Stealing (2025); Champs-Elysées (1983); Charo (1976); Chatterbox! (1977); Cita con las estrellas (1956–1971); Click (2006); Clown (2014); Comic Relief 2005: Is This the Way to Amarillo (2005); Cover that One Cupid (2023); Cruisin' 57 (1975); Cue the Music (1991–1995); Dancing with the Stars (2014); DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016); Dead Slow Ahead (2015); Deadpool (2016); Des O'Connor Tonight (1990–1992); Designing Women (1989); Dinah! (1975–1978); Dolly (1976); Donkey Konga (2003); Donny and Marie (1977); Don't Forget Your Toothbrush (1994); EastEnders (2005); Elvis: 50 Years in Show Business (2004); Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show (1985–1986); Emu's Wide World (1988); Emu's World (1983); Euphoria (2022); Evil (2003); Family Matters (1991); Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021); Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025); Food Rocks (1994); For Facts Sake (2018); Gangsters (1976); Geraldo Rivera Reports (2014); Get It Together (1977); Get Over It (2001); Getaway (2010); Gila! (2012); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2019); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast Live: A Tribute to Gilbert (2022); Gilmore Girls (2001); God Only Knows: Vocal Harmony - The Voice (2003); Good Day New York (2025); Good Morning America (1978); Good Morning Britain (2014); Good Old Days Part II (1978); Greatest Hits of the 70s (2021); Guest Night (1992); Happy Days (1977–1978); Haven (2010–2015); Hermes House Band ft. Tony Christie: (Is This the Way To) Amarillo (2005); Hey Brian! (1973); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Hotel de Love (1996); Hour Magazine (1982); House Arrest (1996); How the Brits Rocked America (2012); Huckabee (2012); I Love the '70s (2003); I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007); In Concert (1975); In Melbourne Tonight (1969); Instant Love (1964); It Takes a Thief (1970); It Takes Two (2007); ITV Evening News (2018); I've Got a Secret (1965); iZombie (2016); Jake in Progress (2005); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1984); Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon (1980); Jolene (2008); Josie and the Pussycats (2001); Juke Box Jury (1962); Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol (2007); Kelly Key: Ao Vivo (2004); Killing Cinderella (2000); Kim Friele - homokampens førstedame (2021); King of Pop 1975 (1975); Legends (2010); Legends in Concert: Neil Sedaka Up Close and Personal (2004); Letters to Cupid (2017); Lewis & Clark & George (1997); Lisbela and the Prisoner (2003); Live from Her Majesty's (1984); Live Wednesday (1978); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989–2009); Live! On City Line (1987); Long Island Music Hall of Fame's 1st Induction Awards Gala (2006); Look, Mike Yarwood! (1974); Loose Women (2006–2009); Lorraine (2016); Lost (2009); Lost Love (2003); Lou Rawls Parade of Stars (1988); Lucas Chronicle (2017); Lulu (1975); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1977); Magnum P.I. (2020); Malcolm in the Middle (2003); Maman est chez le coiffeur (2008); Mandy (2024); Married... with Children (1996); Memòries de la tele (2009); Men Behaving Badly (1998); Michel Legrand in Concert (1978); Miracle (1982); Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Advent of the Red Comet (2019); Moods of Love (1974); Moving Image Salutes Steven Spielberg (1994); My Music: 50s & 60s Rock Rewind (2014); My Music: 60s & 70s Slow Songs (2015); My Music: Doo Wop Discoveries (2012); My Yearbook 1960-1963 (2015); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1994); Neil Diamond: Solitary Man (2010); Neil Sedaka Says: All You Need Is the Music (1983); Neil Sedaka Steppin' Out (1976); Neil Sedaka: In Concert (1981); Neil Sedaka: King of Song (2014); Neil Sedaka: New Orleans (1984); Neil Sedaka: The Show Goes On (2008); Neil Sedaka: The Show Must Go On (2001); New Jersey Turnpikes (1999); New World (1995); Night Fever (1997); Noble (2014); On Stage America (1984); One Hundred and Eighty: The Tour Documentary (2005); One on One with John Tesh (1991); Our Brand Is Crisis (2015); Over Easy (1977); Overspel (2015); Pebble Mill at One (1991–1992); Perfect Strangers (1986); Peter Kay: Live at the Manchester Arena (2004); Phoenix Nights (2002); Picture Perfect (1997); Playgirl Killer (1967); Playing Mona Lisa (2000); Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (2024); Primetime (1991); Prince of the City (1981); Pro of Contra (1963); Pyrates (1991); Queen: Rare Live - A Concert Through Time and Space (1989); Riding in Cars with Boys (2001); Rings Around the World (1966); Rock & Chips (2011); Rock with Laughter (1993); Salute! (1983); Sarah G Live (2012); Saturday Matters (1989); Saturday Night Live (1976–1982); Scopitones (1960–1969); Secrets of New York (2013); Sex and the City (2008); Sextette (1977); Sha-Na-Na in Sha Na Na (1980); Shindig! (1964–1965); Shirley (1979); Smile (1975); Solid Gold (1981); Some Kind of Heaven (2020); Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978); Songwriters Hall of Fame (2004); Sounds Like Us (1969); Space Station 76 (2014); Spede show (1974); Spotlight (1973); Standing Room Only (2004); Star Search (1984); Stars in Their Eyes (1990–2000); Starsky & Hutch (2004); Sting of Death (1966); Strictly Come Dancing (2016); Stuck on You! (1983); Stumptown (2019); Sunset Strip (2012); Super 88 (1987); Super Bowl (1976); Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987); Surprise! Surprise! (1995); Sweet Nightmare (1998); Swingtown (2008); Tales of the City (1993); Talk Stoop (2010); Tavis Smiley (2010); That '70s Show (1998–1999); The 22nd International Emmy Awards (1994); The Benny Hill Show (1975); The Big Bang Theory (2017); The Big Breakfast (1993–1995); The Bob Braun Show (1968); The Bonnie Hunt Show (2008); The Boss (2016); The Boulevard (2018); The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1977); The Carol Burnett Show (1977); The Castle (1997); The Clay Cole Show (1965–1966); The Connie Francis Scrapbook (1992); The Craft (1996); The Crown (2020); The Dales (2013); The David Frost Show (1969–1971); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Dick Cavett Show (1975); The Dick Clark Show (1958–1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1963 / 1969); The Ernie Sigley Show (1974–1975); The Fosters (2015); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1993); The Garden Party (1991); The Gift of Song (1984); The Gossip Columnist (1980); The Graham Kennedy Show (1973–1975); The Great British Sewing Bee (2020); The History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995); The Hotel (2014); The Howard Stern Show (1991); The James Whale Show (1995); The January Man (1989); The Joy of Easy Listening (2011); The Joy of the Single (2012); The King of Queens (2005); The Leftovers (2014–2017); The Lloyd Thaxton Show (1964–1966); The Love Boat (1979); The Mac Davis Special (1975); The Man in the High Castle (2016); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2018–2022); The Merv Griffin Show (1975); The Midnight Special (1975–1976); The Mike Douglas Show (1968–1980); The Monkees (1967); The Monsters (1963); The Monte Carlo Show (1981); The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet (2009); The Muppet Show (1979–1980); The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song (2011); The Official Top 50 Best-Selling Singles of the 90s and 00s (2015); The Old Grey Whistle Test (1974); The One Show (2009–2011); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1995); The Partridge Family (1970–1973); The People's Command Performance (1978); The Peter Martin Show (1968); The Princess Diaries (2001); The Rolf Harris Show (1973); The Roots of Rock 'n' Roll (1981); The Simpsons (1998–2005); The Songmakers Collection (2001); The Songwriter's Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary... The Magic of Music (1989); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1973 / 1976); The Tall Guy (1989); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1960); The Toni Tennille Show (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015–2017); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965–1982); The Tony Danza Show (2005); The Val Doonican Music Show (1977); The View (2007); The Way We Laughed (1998); The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club (1975); The Wrecking Crew! (2008); They Sold a Million (1973–1974); This Is Pop (2021); This Is Your Life (1991 / 1993); This Morning (2006); Time of Our Lives (2019); Today (2014); Tony Orlando and Dawn (1975); Top of the Pops (1972–1991); Top Ten (2000); Torvill & Dean's Dancing on Ice (2006); Transsiberian (2008); Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995); Uncharted 2: Among Thieves IGN Podcast Beyond (2011); Upbeat (1965); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1962); Veronica Mars (2005–2019); Vinyl (2016); Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984); Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (2001); Weekend with the Stars Telethon (1984); Where the Action Is (1965–1966); Where the Boys Are (1960 / 1984); Who's Doing the Dishes? (2016); You Are Beautiful (2009); Zeit.geschichte (2019).

Born on this day – Terence Brady:

Terence Brady

Writer

Actor

March 13, 1939 – September 29, 2016

Credits:

A Fine Romance (1989); A Man of our Times (1968); According to Dora (1968); All Star Comedy Carnival (1969); Away from It All (1973); Baby Love (1969); BBC Play of the Month / Three Piece Suite (1977); Boy Meets Girl (1969); Broad and Narrow (1965); Call My Bluff (1969–1970); Cribbins (1969); Dig This Rhubarb (1963–1964); Father Matthew's Daughter (1987); Father, Dear Father (1969); For Amusement Only (1968); Foreign Exchange (1970); Forever Green (1989–1992); Fort Apache the Bronx (1981); Four Tall Tinkles (1967); Hawaii Five-O (1977); Love Story (1968); Love with a Perfect Stranger (1986); Magic Moments (1989); Maid in Britain (2010); Mrs Thursday (1966); Nanny (1981–1983); No, Honestly (1974–1975); Oh Madeline (1983–1984); Pig in the Middle (1980–1983); Play for Today (1973); Riders (1993); Robin's Nest (1978); Sam and Janet (1968); Take Three Girls (1969–1971); Take Three Women (1982); The Avengers (1969); The Great War (1964); The Marriage Lines (1964); The Road to F9: Fast & Furious Fan Fest (2020); The Unforgettable Gordon Jackson (2012); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1966–1969); Thomas and Sarah (1979); Three Comedies of Marriage (1975); Three Rousing Tinkles (1966); Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1972); Yes, Honestly (1976–1977); Z Cars (1970).

Born on this day – John Howard Davies:

John Howard Davies

Director

Producer

Actor

March 9, 1939 – August 22, 2011

Credits:

50 Greatest Comedy Catchphrases (2008); A Married Man (1983); A Profile of 'Oliver Twist' (2000); A Slight Hitch (1991); About Religion (1956); After Henry (1992); All About 'The Good Life' (2010); All Gas and Gaiters (1969–1970); All in Good Faith (1985–1987); Andy Capp (1988); Arena (2003); As Good Cooks Go (1969–1970); Behind the Britcoms: From Script to Screen (2011); Behind the Scenes (1971); Best of British (1988); Bloody New Year (1987); British Film Forever (2007); Comedy Connections (2003–2008); Comedy Playhouse (1969–1974); Comedy Playhouse (1974); David Lean in Close-Up (2009); Dors: The Other Diana (1990); Executive Stress (1986–1987); Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits (2009); Fawlty Towers (1975); 'Fawlty Towers' @ 30 (2005); Fawlty Towers Revisited (2005); Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened (2009); Frost on Sunday (1970); Funny Turns (2000–2001); Greatest TV Comedy Moments (2005); Heroes of Comedy (1997); Hope It Rains (1991–1992); It's Awfully Bad for Your Eyes, Darling (1971); John Howard Davies: A Life in Comedy (2012); Laughter in the House: The Story of British Sitcom (1999); Law and Disorder (1994); Living Famously (2003); Misleading Cases (1968–1971); Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969); Mr. Bean (1990–1995); No Job for a Lady (1990–1992); No Strings (1974); Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News (2009); Oh in Colour (1970); Oliver Twist (1948); Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python (1989); Reputations (2002); Right of Way (1968); Stars on Parade (1948); Steptoe and Son (1972); TCM Remembers (2011); The Benny Hill Show (1989); The Bill (2001); The British Academy Awards (1976); The Edwardians (1972–1973); The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976); The Final Frolics of Mr. Bean (1994); The Funny Side of... (2009); The Good Life (1975–1978); The Good Life: 50 Years of Laughter (2023); The Goodies (1970–1972); The Labours of Erica (1989); The Magic Box (1951); The Not the Nine O'Clock News Story (1999); The Other One (1977); The Rocking Horse Winner (1949); The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978); The South Bank Show (1985); The Story of 'Are You Being Served?' (2010); The Ultimate Sitcom (2006); The Very Merry Widow (1967); The Very Merry Widow and How (1968); The Vicar of Dibley (1996); The World of Beachcomber (1968); The World's Greatest Comedy Characters (2007); This Is Your Life (1988–1992); Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951); Torvill & Bean (1995); We'll Think of Something (1986); What the Pythons Did Next... (2007); Who Got Benny's Millions? (2002); Whoops Baghdad! (1973); William Tell (1958).

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 – Samantha Eggar:

Samantha Eggar

Actress

March 5, 1939 – October 15, 2025

Credits:

007: Nightfire (2002); 1st & Ten (1988); A Case for Murder (1993); A Ghost in Monte Carlo (1990); A Name for Evil (1973); ABC Weekend Specials (1994); About Napoli (2009); AFI Life Achievement Award (1976); Age of the Psychics (2006); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1987); All My Children (2000); All the Kind Strangers (1974); Aloha Paradise (1981); American Masters (1986–2004); Anna and the King (1972); Baretta (1976); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1962); Birth Pains (2015); Burke's Law (1995); Cinema mil (2005); Cold Case (2004); Columbo (1977); Come to Silence with Samatha Eggar (2019); Commander in Chief (2005–2006); Confessions of a Horror Baby (2011); Corwin (1996); Curtains (1983); Dark Horse (1992); Darkroom (1982); Daytime's Greatest Weddings (2004); De película (1988); Demonoid (1981); Doctor Dolittle (1967); Doctor in Distress (1963); Dors: The Other Diana (1990); Double Indemnity (1973); Dr. Crippen (1963); Everything to Gain (1996); Falcon Crest (1981); Family (1977); Fantasy Island (1978–1979); Finder of Lost Loves (1985); For the Term of His Natural Life (1983); Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned (1999); George Burns Half-Hour Comedy Hour (1985); Ghost Squad (1963); Hagen (1980); Hart to Hart (1983); Hawaii Five-O (1978); Heartbeat (1989); Hercules (1997–1999); Hotel (1985); Inevitable Grace (1994); ITV Play of the Week (1963); ITV Television Playhouse (1963); James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (2003); L.A. Law (1993); Loss of Faith (1998); Love Among Thieves (1987); Love Story (1973); Lucas Tanner (1975); Mag magazine (1988); Magnum, P.I. (1984); Mann & Machine (1992); Matlock (1990); Mental (2009); Metalocalypse (2012); Muchachada nui / Segment: Mundo viejuno: Pasa tiempo con tus hijos (2010); Murder, She Wrote (1984); New Release (1965); Nothing But Death (2018); Outlaws (1987); P.J. Sparkles (1992); Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks (2015); Psyche 59 (1964); Ragin' Cajun (1990); Rendezvous (1961); Return from the Ashes (1965); Rob Roy (1961); Round Numbers (1992); She Spies (2003); Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible (1996); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990); Starsky and Hutch (1977); Stingray (1987); Tales of the Unexpected (1985); Tax Shelter Terrors (2017); The 100 Greatest Family Films (2005); The 23rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1966); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The 5th Annual American Cinema Awards (1988); The American Nightmare (2000); The Astronaut's Wife (1999); The Biggest Battle (1978); The Brood (1979); The Collector (1965); The Dead Are Alive (1972); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Exterminator (1980); The Hemingway Play (1976); The Hot Touch (1981); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Killer Who Wouldn't Die (1976); The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (1970); The Legend of Prince Valiant (1991–1993); The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond (1975); The Light at the Edge of the World (1971); The Look of Stardom (2018); The Love Boat (1979–1981); The Magic Voyage (1992); The Magical World of Disney (1988); The Man of Destiny (1973); The Merv Griffin Show (1968–1973); The Molly Maguires (1970); The Nine Lives of Chloe King (2011); The Phantom (1996); The Princess and the Pea (1961); The Saint (1963); The Secrets of Lake Success (1993); The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976); The Time of Your Life (1985); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966–1967); The Uncanny / Segment: Hollywood 1936 (1977); The Walking Stick (1970); This Is Joan Collins (2022); This Is Your Life (1983); Unknown Powers (1978); Valentines. A Bouquet of Letters and Poetry of Lovers (1994); Vicki! (1993); Walk Don't Run (1966); Welcome to Blood City (1977); Whicker's World (1980); Why Shoot the Teacher (1977); Young and Willing (1962); Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women (1978).

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).