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).

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 – Denis Arndt:

Denis Arndt

Actor

Writer

Producer

February 23, 1939 – March 25, 2025

Credits:

24 (2005); Ally McBeal (1999); Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (1994); Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004); Annie McGuire (1988–1989); Asteroid (1997); Bandidas (2006); Basic Instinct (1992); Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil (2006); Blackout Effect (1998); Blast (2000); Bodies of Evidence (1993); Boston Legal (2006); Boston Public (2003); Boy Meets Girl (1993); Chicago Hope (1999); Citizen Baines (2001); Columbo: Agenda for Murder (1990); Condition: Critical (1992); Crime Story (1986 / 1987); Cruel Doubt (1992); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2002); Dawn Flight (1976); Dead Heat (2002); Distant Thunder (1988); Do Over (2023); Dolphin Tale 2 (2014); Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer (2019); Dying to Live (1999); Family Law (2001); For Your Love (2002); Get Real (2000); Grey's Anatomy (2011); Herman's Head (1991); How to Get Away with Murder (2018); How to Make an American Quilt (1995); JAG (2003); Kansas (1998); L.A. Law (1990–1991); Last Best Chance (2005); Life Goes On (1989–1990); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993); Mancuso, FBI (1989); Max Q (1998); Metro (1997); Mr. Mercedes (2018); Murder, She Wrote (1990); NightScream (1997); Nothing Lasts Forever (1995); One Special Victory (1991); Past Life (2010); Payback (1997); Picket Fences (1993–1996); Providence (2002); Runaway on Rogue River (1974); S.W.A.T. (2003); Savannah (1997); SeaQuest 2032 (1994); Shuffle (2010); Sniper 3 (2004); Stat (1991); Supernatural (2007); Tears and Laughter: The Joan and Melissa Rivers Story (1994); The 71st Annual Tony Awards (2017); The Beast (1996); The Burning Zone (1996); The District (2000); The Good Fight (2017); The Home Court (1995–1996); The Magical World of Disney (1974); The Practice (1999–2003); The Pretender (1997); The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. (1995); The Uncle Sam Movie Collection (2000); The Wonder Years (1989); Till We Meet Again (1989); Time of Your Life (1999); Touched by an Angel (2000); Turks (1999); TV 101 (1988); Undisputed (2002); Vanished (2006); Wasteland (1999); We're Talkin' Serious Money (1992); Wiseguy (1988).

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 movie & novel):

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.

Recommended reading:

Stage to Lordsburg

By Ernest Haycox.

Filmed as Stagecoach (1939), directed by John Ford.

Short story.

First published 1937.

Published by Fantasy and Horror Classics.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1447404130

ISBN-13: 978-1447404132

Description:

Ernest Haycox's 1937 short story, Stage to Lordsburg, was a bestseller and a classic of the Western genre. Popularized by the 1939 film adaptation Stagecoach, this Wild West tale vividly portrays Haycox's setting and characters.

Stage to Lordsburg follows a collection of characters as they journey from Tonto, Arizona Territory, to Lordsburg, New Mexico. A series of dangers and perils face the colorful group as they embark on the uncomfortable trip. Ernest Haycox presents a number of cliché Western characters and the point of view shifts between them as the short story progresses. This masterful tale by Ernest Haycox, a prolific writer of Western fiction, is not to be missed by fans of old cowboy narratives.

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 – John Casey:

John Casey

Writer

January 18, 1939 – February 22, 2025

Credits:

Books:

An American Romance (1977); Beyond the First Draft: The Art of Fiction (2014); Compass Rose (2010); Devolution: A Novel (2019); DEVOLUTION: Book One of The Devolution Trilogy (2020); Evolution: A Novel (2020); EVOLUTION: Book Two of The Devolution Trilogy (2021); Meridian: A Raw Thoughts Book (2021); Raw Thoughts: A Mindful Fusion of Poetic and Photographic Art (2019); REVELATION: Book Three of The Devolution Trilogy (2022); Room for Improvement: A Life in Sport (2011); Spartina (1989); Straw Man Arguments: A Study in Fallacy Theory (2022); Supper at the Black Pearl (1995); Testimony and Demeanor (1979); The Barn: A Mystery Novella (2022); The Half-life of Happiness (1998); The Language of Criticism (Routledge Revivals) (1966); Things of Little Consequence (2023).

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