Born on this day – Alex Trebek:

Alex Trebek

Game show host

Television personality

July 22, 1940 – November 8, 2020

Credits:

Book:

The Answer Is . . . Reflections on My Life (2020).

Movies and television:

101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments (2004); 20/20 (2020); 2009 Game Show Awards (2009); 60 Minutes / Segment: Jeopardy! (2003); 68th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (1999); A Conversation with Alex Trebek (2019); A Conversation with Dinah (1989–1991); A Salute to America's Pets (1991); Aaron Rodgers: Enigma (2024); Access Hollywood (2011–2020); AFI Life Achievement Award (2015); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); An Evening of Stars: 25th Anniversary Tribute to Lou Rawls (2004); AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast (2020); Arthur (2000–2002); Barris & Company (1968); Baywatch (1989); Beastie Boys Story (2020); Before They Were Stars (1996); Being Canadian (2015); Betty White: First Lady of Television (2018); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1995); Big Fan (2017); Biography (1999); Blacklight Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players (2000); Blossom (1995); Canada for Haiti (2010); Canada's Next Great Prime Minister (2007–2009); Card Sharks (1980); CBS Mornings (2012); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2012–2020); Celebrating Greatness: A Canada's Walk of Fame Special (2020); Celebrity Bowling (1976); Celebrity Jeopardy! (2025); Celebrity Page (2020); Celebrity Poker Showdown (2005); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1976); Charlie's Angels (2000); Cheers (1990); Chelsea (2016); Chelsea Lately (2012); Circus of the Stars #14 (1989); Classic Concentration (1987–1991); Conan (2014); Countdown 100: Greatest Achievements of the 20th Century (1999); CTV National News (2019); Dave's World (1995); Dinah! (1975–1978); Dinah's Place (1973); Dish Nation (2020); Donahue (1989); Double Dare (1976–1977); Dying Young (1991); E! Behind the Scenes (1993); Ellen (1995); Ellen's Energy Adventure (1996); Entertainment Tonight (2007–2022); Entertainment Tonight Canada (2020); Extra (2019–2021); Eyes of Faith (2018); Family Feud (1985); Family Guy (2006); FCU: Fact Checkers Unit (2010); Finding Forrester (2000); For All Mankind (2022); Free Guy (2021); Game Changers (2018); Game Show Countdown: Top 10 Hosts (2007); Game Show Moments Gone Bananas (2005); Gone South: How Canada Invented Hollywood (2014); Good Morning America (2019–2020); GSN Live (2009); Heart of Courage (1992); High Rollers (1975); Hot in Cleveland (2014); How I Met Your Mother (2010–2013); Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology (2006); I Get That a Lot (2015); Inside Edition (2014–2023); Inside Jeopardy! (2023–2024); Intimate Portrait (2000); Jeopardy! (1984–2025); Jeopardy! 25th Aniversary (2008); Jeopardy! 2nd Edition (2000); Jeopardy! An Inside Look at America's Favorite Quiz Show (2005); Jeopardy! DVD Game (2007); Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time (2020); Jep! (1998–2000); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1999–2004); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2008–2011); Ladies Man (2000–2001); Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2020); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1999–2006); Late Night with David Letterman (1990); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2021); Late Show with David Letterman (1994); Let's Make a Deal (2020); Lifestyle Magazine (2012); Light Magic at Disneyland: A Spectacular Journey (1997); Little Manhattan (2005); Live from the Hollywood Bowl (1997); Live from the Red Carpet: The 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2009); Live with Kelly and Mark (1990–2019); Lord Stanley's Cup: Hockey's Ultimate Prize (2000); Lost: The Final Season - Beginning of the End (2010); Lou Rawls Parade of Stars (1985–1990); Mad About You (1999); Mafia! (1998); Malcolm (1983); M'ama non m'ama (1984); Mama's Family (1988); Married to the Kellys (2004); Maury (1999); Men Behaving Badly (1997); Mike & Mike (2016); Milk (2019); Morning Express with Robin Meade (2014); MrBeast (2021); Murder101 (2014); Music Hop (1963-1967); National Geographic Bee (2009–2012); Ned and Stacey (1997–2017); NHL Awards (2019); Nicki Swift (2020); Nightlife (1987); Nova (2011); Objectified (2018); Orange Is the New Black (2018); Outside/Inside (1972–1973); Pacific Station (1991); Pearl Jam Twenty (2011); Pepper Ann (2000); Phil (2019); Pick and Choose (1971); Pitfall (1981–1982); Public Speaking (2010); Q with Jian Ghomeshi (2008); Ragtime: The American Premiere (1997); Random Hearts (1999); Reach for the Top (1965); Reflections on 'the X-Files' (2004); Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute (2015); Rome Is Burning (2009); Rugrats (1993); RuPaul's Drag Race (2018); Saturday Night Live (2002); Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2020); Scott the Woz (2020); Seinfeld (1996); Sesame Street (2006); Short Cuts (1993); Sports Jeopardy! (2014); Spy Hard (1996); Starcade (1982–1984); Stars on Ice (1976); Strategy (1969); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1991); Super Jeopardy! (1990); T.G.I.F. (1973–1974); Tattletales (1977); TCM Guest Programmer (2008); TCM Remembers 2020 (2020); Teens Wanna Know (2014); Television (1988); The $128,000 Question (1976–1978); The 17th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1990); The 1986 Jewish National Funds Annual Tree of Life Awards (1986); The 19th Annual Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame (2010); The 2011 Independent Spirit Awards (2011); The 21st Annual People's Choice Awards (1995); The 25th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1998); The 25th Annual People's Choice Awards (1999); The 27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2000); The 29th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2002); The 30th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2003); The 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2005); The 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2006); The 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2007); The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1983); The 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2009); The 37th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2010); The 38th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2011); The 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2015); The 46th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2019); The 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2020); The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2021); The Alan Hamel Show (1977); The Alan Thicke Show (1980–1981); The Amazing Race Canada (2015); The American Memory Test (1991); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989); The Bigger Bubble (2025); The Bucket List (2007); The CBS Evening News (2020); The Charlie Horse Music Pizza (1998); The Colbert Report (2014); The Daily Show (1999); The Earth Day Special (1990); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2005–2008); The Five (2014); The Game Show Show (2023); The Golden Girls (1992); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1974–1978); The Hour (2008); The Jim Nabors Show (1978); The Larry Sanders Show (1993); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005); The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2020); The Magic School Bus (1996); The Magnificent Marble Machine (1975); The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival (2014–2019); The Male Swagger (1999); The Naked Truth (1997); The Nanny (1995); The New Battlestars (1981–1983); The New High Rollers (1974–1980); The Open Grave (1964); The Queen Latifah Show (2013); The Reichen Show (2006); The Royal Canadian Geographical Society Fellows Show (2020); The Search for Canada's Game Shows (2020); The Simpsons (1997–2012); The Simpsons (2020); The Talk (2011–2015); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1989); The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1994); The Weather Underground (2002); The Weird Al Show (1997); The Wizard of Odds (1973–1974); The X-Files (1996); The Year: 2020 (2020); This Hour Has 22 Minutes (2002–2017); This Is Jeopardy! The Story of America's Favorite Quiz Show (2023); TMZ Live (2023); To Say the Least (1978); To Tell the Truth (1990–2018); Today (2016 / 2020); Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018); Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race (2009); Try Not to Smile or Laugh (2016–2017); Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story (2010); Vacation Time (1962–1968); Vega$ (1978); Veil (2019); W5 (2019); Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009); Watch & Make Money with Alex Trebek (1998); We Love Soaps TV (2013); West Wing Week (2012); What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show (2020); What's Alan Watching? (1989); Wheel of Fortune (1997–2020); White Men Can't Jump (1992); Who framed Wrangler (2017–2019); Who Is Arthur Chu? (2017); WrestleMania VII (1991); WWE WrestleMania: The Complete Anthology, Vol. 2 (2005); Zany Zingers and Bonked-out Blunders (2010).

Born on this day – Charley Scalies:

Charley Scalies

Actor

July 19, 1940 – May 1, 2025

Credits:

12 Monkeys (1995); Cold Case (2008); Condition Red (1995); Diary of a City Priest (2001); Homicide: Life on the Street (1996); Jersey Girl (2004); Job No. 5 (2006); Law & Order (1997); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2006–2008); Liberty Heights (1999); Nicky's Game (2005); The Doghouse (2000); The Sopranos (2004); The Wire (2003); Two Bits (1995).

Born on this day – Brigitte Skay:

Brigitte Skay

Actress

July 18, 1940 – November 19, 2012

Credits:

24 Hour Lover (1968); A Bay of Blood (1971); A látogatás (1982); Ach, so eine nette Person (1970); Alsterstrasse (1963); Angels of Terror (1971); Blackmail (1974); Dantons Tod (1963); Das Arrangement (1967); Dem Täter auf der Spur (1970); Der ewige Gatte (1969); Der Vater (1963); Die Protokolle des Herrn M (1979); Don Juan kommt zurück (1963); Ein Tag im Leben von... (1965); Einfach sterben... (1971); Evarella 68 (1968); Excuse Me, Padre, Are You Horny? (1975); Four Times That Night (1971); Hafenpolizei (1963); Isabella, Duchess of the Devils (1969); Jedermannstraße 11 (1965); Kurz vor dem Sprung (1969); Le 10 meraviglie dell'amore (1969); Legende einer Liebe (1964); L'enfant de nuit (1978); L'interrogatorio (1970); Man of the Year (1971); Mit zwei Füßen im Grab (1964); San Babila: 8 P.M. (1976); Sergeant Berry (1974); Sexy Baby (1968); St. Pauli Nachrichten: Thema Nr. 1 (1971); Studio legale per una rapina (1973); Talmas Ende (1965); Tatort (1972); The Amorous Adventures of a Young Postman (1970); The Beast in Heat (1977); The Golden Patsy (1963); The Love Factor (1969); Viaggia, ragazza, viaggia, hai la musica nelle vene (1973); Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010); Wenn die Musik nicht wär (1966–1967); When the Bell Tolls (1970); Where the Bullets Fly (1972); Zu dumm zum... (1971).

Born on this day – Phyllis Davis:

Phyllis Davis

Actress

July 17, 1940 – September 27, 2013

Credits:

Adam-12 (1969); Babes Behind Bars (2013); Battle of the Network Stars IX (1980); Beat the Clock (1979); Beverly Hills Cop III (1994); Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970); Captain Nice (1967); Crazy Like a Fox (1986); Eight Is Enough (1977); Everything Goes (1981–1988); Exit to Eden (1994); Family Feud (1984); Famous T & A (1982); Fantasy Island (1979–1984); Finder of Lost Loves (1985); Guns (1990); Hey, Landlord (1966); Hollywood Deb Star Ball (1966); Hotel (1984); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1993); Knight Rider (1982 / 1984); Live a Little, Love a Little (1968); Lord Love a Duck (1966); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Swinging Surgeon; Love and the Perfect Wife; Love and the Physical (1970–1973); Magnum, P.I. (1985–1988); Match Game PM (1980–1981); Matt Houston (1982); Missing Reel (2014); Mr. Mom (1984); Petticoat Junction (1966); Police Woman (1978); Saucy 70's Volume 2 (2010); Shane (1966); Sizzle (1981); Spinout (1966); Sweet Sugar (1972); Terminal Island (1973); The Best of Sex and Violence (1982); The Beverly Hillbillies (1966); The Big Bounce (1969); The Bob Braun Show (1977–1981); The Boys (1974); The Choirboys (1977); The Day of the Dolphin (1973); The F.B.I. (1970); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1978–1980); The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1978–1981); The John Davidson Show (1980); The Last of the Secret Agents? (1966); The Love Boat (1979–1984); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The Odd Couple (1974); The Oscar (1966); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); The Swinger (1966); The Wild Wild West (1966–1967); The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch (1982); Today's F.B.I. (1982); Train Ride to Hollywood (1975); Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995); Vega$ (1978–1981); Wives (1975).

Born on this day – William G. Tapply:

William G. Tapply

Writer

July 16, 1940 – July 28, 2009

Credits:

Death at Charity's Point (1984); The Dutch Blue Error (1984); Follow the Sharks (1985); The Marine Corpse / A Rodent of Doubt (1986); Dead Meat (1987); The Vulgar Boatman (1987); A Void in Hearts (1988); Dead Winter (1989); Client Privilege (1990); The Spotted Cats (1991); Tight Lines (1992); The Snake Eater (1993); The Seventh Enemy (1995); Close to the Bone (1996); Cutter's Run (1998); Muscle Memory (1999); Scar Tissue (2000); Past Tense (2001); A Fine Line (2002); Shadow of Death (2003); Nervous Water (2005); Out Cold (2006); One-Way Ticket (2007); Hell Bent (2008); Outwitting Trolls (2010); First Light (2001); Second Sight (2004); Third Strike (2007); Bitch Creek (2004); Gray Ghost (2007); Dark Tiger (2009); Thicker Than Water (1995); The Nomination (2011); Those Hours Spent Outdoors (1988); Opening Day and Other Angling Neuroses (1990); Home Water, Near and Far (1992); Sportsman's Legacy (1993); A Fly-Fishing Life (1997); Bass Bug Fishing (1999); Upland Days (2000); Pocket Water (2001); The Orvis Pocket Guide To Fly Fishing for Bass (2003); The Elements Of Mystery Fiction (2004); Gone Fishin' (2004); Trout Eyes (2007); Upland Autumn (2009); Every Day Was Special (2010); Coast to Coast: Murder from Sea to Shining Sea (2015).

Recommended reading - The So Blue Marble, by Dorothy B. Hughes (1940):

The So Blue Marble

By Dorothy B. Hughes.

Introduction by Otto Penzler.

Published by American Mystery Classics.

First published 1940.

ISBN-10: 1613161050

ISBN-13: 9781613161050

Description:

The debut by one of the great American suspense writers will suck you in even as it makes you keep asking, "Did I just read that?" – Kirkus.

Nonstop action, with menace and daring exploits bursting through the smooth veneer of upper-class life.. Readers new to this forgotten classic are in for a treat. – Publishers Weekly.

You will have to read [The So Blue Marble] for yourself, and if you wake up in the night screaming with terror, don’t say we didn’t warn you. – The New York Times Book Review.

Extraordinary . . . [Hughes’s] brilliant descriptive powers make and unmake reality. – The New Yorker.

The society pages announce it before she even arrives: Griselda Satterlee, daughter of the princess of Rome, has left her career as an actress behind and is traveling to Manhattan to reinvent herself as a fashion designer. They also announce the return of the dashing Montefierrow twins to New York after a twelve-year sojourn in Europe. But there is more to this story than what’s reported, which becomes clear when the three meet one evening during a walk, and their polite conversation quickly takes a menacing turn. The twins are seeking a rare and powerful gem and they believe it’s stashed in the unused apartment where Griselda is staying. Baffled by the request, she pushes them away, but they won’t take no for an answer. When they return, accompanied by Griselda’s long-estranged younger sister, the murders begin...

Drenched in the glamour and luxury of the New York elite, The So Blue Marble is a perfectly Art Deco suspense novel in which nothing is quite as it seems. While different in style from her later books, Dorothy B. Hughes’s debut highlights her greatest strengths as an author, rendered with both the poetic language and the psychology of fear for which she is known today.

Born on this day – Julie Payne:

Julie Payne

Actress

July 10, 1940 – June 7, 2019

Credits:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959); Don't Make Waves (1967); Girl Happy (1965); Honeymoon Hotel (1964); Island of the Blue Dolphins (1964); One Step Beyond (1959); The Big Valley (1965); The Manchurian Candidate (1962); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1961); The Restless Gun (1959); The Tab Hunter Show (1960); The Wild Wild West (1965).

Born on this day – Michael Cole:

Michael Cole

Actor

July 3, 1940 – December 10, 2024

Credits:

3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1997); 7th Heaven (1997); ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003); Acapulco Bay (1995); All-Star Party for Aaron Spelling (1998); Beg, Borrow ... or Steal (1973); Beyond Westworld (1980); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Celebrity Bowling (1973); CHiPs (1979–1981); Chuka (1967); Diagnosis Murder (1996); Dukes Up (2004); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); ER (2006); Evening in Byzantium (1978); Fantasy Island (1981); Father's Day (2010); Flying High (1978); Forbid Them Not (1961); General Hospital (1991); Get Christie Love! (1974); Good Sports (1991); Grave Misconduct (2008); Gunsmoke (1966); Hollywood Signs (2021); Inside TV Land (2002); It (1990); It's Your Bet (1973); Mod Squad (1968–1973); Mr. Brooks (2007); Murder, She Wrote (1987–1990); Music Scene (1969); Mystery Woman (2003); Mystery Woman: At First Sight (2006); Nickel Mountain (1984); Officer Lenot in: Showtime (2010); Otto (2005); Pennywise: The Story of It (2021); Police Story (1974–1975); Run for Your Life (1967); Shades of LA (1991); Studio 10 (2021); Stu's Show (2010–2018); Stu's Show (2022); The 13th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1971); The 15th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1973); The 3rd Annual TV Land Awards (2005); The Apostate (2000); The Best of Bert Newton (2002); The Bubble (1966); The Dating Game (1969–1972); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1979); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1977); The Last Child (1971); The Littlest Hobo (1980); The Love Boat (1979); The No-Name Trivia Show (2020); The Norman Gunston Show (1975); The Return of Mod Squad (1979); TV Land's Top Ten (2006); Vega$ (1981); Wonder Woman (1978).

On this day in movie history - Gaslight (1940):

Gaslight

directed by Thorold Dickinson,

written by A.R. Rawlinson and Bridget Boland,

based on the play Gas Light by Patrick Hamilton,

was released in the United Kingdom on June 25, 1940.
Music by Richard Addinsell.

Cast:

Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard, Frank Pettingell, Cathleen Cordell, Robert Newton, Jimmy Hanley, Minnie Rayner, Marie Wright, Aubrey Dexter, Mary Hinton, Angus Morrison, Jack Barty, The Darmora Ballet.

On this day in movie history - Earthbound (1940):

Earthbound

directed by Irving Pichel,

written by Samuel G. Engel and John Howard Lawson,

based on the story by Basil King,

was released in the United States on June 6, 1940.

Music by Alfred Newman.

Cast:

Warner Baxter, Andrea Leeds, Lynn Bari, Charley Grapewin, Henry Wilcoxon, Elizabeth Patterson, Russell Hicks, Christian Rub, Ian Wolfe, Lester Sharpe, Reginald Sheffield, Pedro de Cordoba, Eugene Borden, Marcelle Corday, Jean Del Val, William Edmunds, Diane Fisher, Arno Frey, Jean Houghton, Bobby Larson, Myra Marsh, Eric Mayne, Mira McKinney, Clark Morgan, Alberto Morin, Ruth Robinson, Gloria Roy, Florence Shirley, Pierre Watkin, Lloyd Whitlock.

Born on this day – Zack Norman:

Zack Norman

Actor

Comedian

Painter

Film producer

Art collector

May 27, 1940 – April 28, 2024

Credits:

America (1986); Baywatch (1993); Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (1971); Bullit: The Documentary (2013); Cadillac Man (1990); Chief Zabu (1988); Christmas Evil (1980); Crosscut (1995); Hollywood Dreams (2006); Daughters of Darkness (1971); Déjà Vu (1997); Director's Commentary: Terror of Frankenstein (2015); E.N.T.E.R. (2018); Emma Blue (2008); Face to Face with David (2020); Festival in Cannes (2001); Fingers (1978); Get a Job (1998); Gone (2014); Gums (1976); Has-Been (1998); Irene in Time (2009); La tele de tu vida (2007); Le moine (1972); Love with the Proper Stranger (1963); Lucky Ducks (1993); Lush Life (1993); Mojave Moon (1996); Ovation (2015); Overnight (2012); Queen of the Lot (2010); And the Bombs Keep Falling (1974); At Home with the Webbers (1993); Az áldozat (1994); Az aranyifjú (1987); Sitting Ducks (1980); Skeeter Hammond: Handles, Hops and the Fourth Dimension (2003); Ragtime (1981); Romancing the Stone (1984); Terror of Frankenstein (1977); The A-Team (1985); The David Frost Show (1969); The Flash (1991); The Hunted (1972); The M Word (2014); The Nanny (1993–1995); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969); To Kill the King (1974); Tracks (1976); Venice/Venice (1992); Weekend Retreat (2020); Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1995); Zenabel (1969).

Born on this day – Michael Sarrazin:

Michael Sarrazin

Actor

May 22, 1940 – April 17, 2011

Credits:

18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2012); A Man Called Gannon (1968); A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2002); African Skies (1992); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1988); Arrival II (1998); Believe in Me (1971); Beulah Land (1980); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966–1967); Bullet to Beijing (1995); Captive Hearts (1987); Caravans (1978); CBC Show of the Week (1964–1965); Chercheurs d'or (1996); Counterstrike (1991); Cowboy and Indian (1972); Crackerjack 2 (1997); Días de cine (2011); Double Negative (1980); Earth: Final Conflict (2001); Earthquake in New York (1998); Everybody's Prejudiced (1961); Eye of the Cat (1969); Feardotcom (2002); Festival (1965); Fighting Back / aka Death Vengeance (1982); For Pete's Sake (1974); Frankenstein: The True Story (1973); Funny Girl to Funny Lady (1975); Gunfight in Abilene (1967); Harry in Your Pocket (1973); In Search of Gregory (1969); Jane Fonda in Five Acts (2018); Joshua Then and Now (1985); Journey to Shiloh (1968); Keeping Track (1986); Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1994); La Femme Nikita (2000); La Florida (1993); Lena's Holiday (1991); Malarek (1988); Mascara (1987); Mentors (1999); Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996); Midnight Man (1997); Murder, She Wrote (1985–1991); On the Road (2012); Passion and Paradise (1989); Poltergeist: The Legacy (1997); Pour cent millions (1990); Saturday Night Live (1976–1978); Selkirk of Red River (1964); Sometimes a Great Notion / aka Never Give an Inch (1971); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1996); Street Legal (1990); TCM Remembers (2011); The 11th Annual Publicists Guild of America Awards (1975); The Christmas Choir (2008); The City (1999–2000); The Doomsday Flight (1966); The Flim-Flam Man (1967); The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972); The Gumball Rally (1976); The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972); The Loves and Times of Scaramouche (1976); The Moviemakers (1969); The Outer Limits (1996–1999); The Peacekeeper (1997 / 2017); The Phone Call (1989); The Pursuit of Happiness (1971); The Ray Bradbury Theater (1989–1992); The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975); The Seduction (1982); The Serial (1965); The Sweet Ride (1968); The Virginian (1965); They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969); Thunder Point (1998); Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery (2005); Tropical Heat (1993); Viadukt (1983); Wojeck (1966); You're No Good (1965).

Born on this day – Booker Bradshaw:

Booker Bradshaw

Actor

Producer

May 21, 1940 – April 1, 2003

Credits:

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage (2006); Another Language (1933); Arena (1983); Art Heritage (1960); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2021); Biography (2001); Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935); Blondie of the Follies (1932); Breakdowns of 1949 (1949); But the Flesh Is Weak (1932); Checking Out: Grand Hotel (2004); Complicated Women (2003); Estrellados (1930); Ever Since Eve (1937); Eye Witness (1950); Faithless (1932); Fast and Loose (1939); Forsaking All Others (1934); Free and Easy (1930); From the Ends of the Earth (1939); Fugitive Lovers (1934); Going Hollywood (1933); Haunted Honeymoon (1940); Hell Below (1933); Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941); Hide-Out (1934); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Goes to Town (1938); Hollywood Greats (1978–1979); Hollywood Handicap (1938); Hollywood on Parade (1934); Hollywood on Trial (1976); Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972); Ingrid (1984); Inspiration (1931); Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood (2005); John Ford (1992); June Bride (1948); Lady in the Lake (1946); Land of Liberty (1939); Letty Lynton (1932); Live, Love and Learn (1937); Love in the Rough (1930); Lovers Courageous (1932); Lusitania Illusion (2010); Made on Broadway (1933); Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity (2015); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941); Mr. Hitchcock Meets the Smiths (2004); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); Navy Log (1958); Night Flight (1933); Night Must Fall (1937); No More Ladies (1935); Once More, My Darling (1949); Our Blushing Brides (1930); Petticoat Fever (1936); Piccadilly Jim (1936); President Hollywood (2008); Private Lives (1931); Rage in Heaven (1941); Reagan (2011); Review (1970); Ride the Pink Horse (1947); Riptide (1934); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1957); Screen Snapshots (1932); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 8 (1936); Shipmates (1931); So This Is College (1929); Some of the Best (1949); Starlit Days at the Lido (1935); Strangers May Kiss (1931); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The Big House (1930); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1954); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Divorcee (1930); The Earl of Chicago (1940); The Easiest Way (1931); The First Hundred Years (1937); The Gallant Hours (1960); The Jack Benny Program (1951); The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937); The Man in Possession (1931); The Merv Griffin Show (1963–1966); The Mike Douglas Show (1963); The Milton Berle Show (1950); The Miracle of Sound (1940); The Mystery of Mr. X (1934); The Name's the Same (1953); The Perfect Match - The Sport of Polo in the US (2018); The Reagans (2020); The Romance of Celluloid (1937); The Saxon Charm (1948); The Secret Land (1948); The Single Standard (1929); The Sins of the Children (1930); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960–1961); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969); The Voice of Hollywood No. 7 (Second Series) (1931); Their Own Desire (1929); They Were Expendable (1945); This Side of Heaven (1934); Three Live Ghosts (1929); Three Loves Has Nancy (1938); Today (1960); Trouble for Two (1936); Unfinished Business (1941); Untamed (1929); Vanessa, Her Love Story (1935); War Nurse (1930); What's My Line? (1957); When Ladies Meet (1933).

Born on this day – Peggy Moffitt:

Peggy Moffitt

Actress

Model

May 14, 1940 – August 10, 2024

Credits:

Alcoa Theatre (1960); Art Be Damned! (2024); Basic Black (1967); Batman (1967); Battle Flame (1959); Blow-Up (1966); Girls Town (1959); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Jazz Seen: The Life and Times of William Claxton (2001); Making the Boys (2011); Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956); Opus (1967); Pretty Pretty Peggy Moffitt (2012); Senior Prom (1958); Smog (1962); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Birds and the Bees (1956); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1968); The Young Captives (1959); Up Periscope (1959); Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (1966); You're Never Too Young (1955).

Born on this day – Peter Benchley:

Peter Benchley

Writer

May 8, 1940 – February 11, 2006

Credits:

Books:

Jaws (1974); The Deep (1976); The Island (1979); The Girl of the Sea of Cortez (1982); Q clearance (1986); Rummies / Lush (1989); Beast (1991); White Shark / Peter Benchley's Creature (1994); Time and a Ticket (1964); Ocean Planet (1995); Shark Trouble (2002); Shark! (2002); Shark Life (2002); The Movie Book (2016).

Movies, video and television:

A Quint-mas Carol (2016); Amazon (1999–2000); Byline Showtime (1988); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Creature (1998); Cruel Jaws (1995); Dolphin Cove (1989); E! True Hollywood Story (2002); Expedition Earth (1990); Film '80 (1980); Good Morning America (1976–1994); Great White Shark: Truth Behind the Legend (2000); Hollywood Insider (2020); Hunt for the Great White Shark (1994); Hunters of the Reef (1978); I Love 1970's (2000); In the Teeth of Jaws (1997); Jaws (1975); Jaws (1987); Jaws (2000); Jaws (2009); Jaws 2 (1978); Jaws 3-D (1983); Jaws Unleashed (2006); Jaws: Deleted Scenes (2000); Jaws: From the Set (1974); Jaws: The Revenge (1987); Jaws: Ultimate Predator (2011); Jeremiah of Jacob's Neck (1976); Jordan Hates (2016); Les nouveaux rendez-vous (1980); Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994); MythBusters (2005); Personal History: Foreign Hitchcock (2004); Shark (1975); Shark Week (2018); Sharksploitation (2023); The American Sportsman (1982); The Beast (1996); The Book Programme (1974–1975); The Deep (1977); The Great Houdini (1976); The Island (1980); The Making of 'Jaws' (1995); The Man Who Loves Sharks (1992); The Merv Griffin Show (1986); The Mike Douglas Show (1976–1977); The Reader (2008); The Search for Atlantis (2000); The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of 'Jaws' (2007); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974–1980); Today (1976); Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure (2001); Wogan (1991); World of Audubon (1988).

Born on this day – Burt Young:

Burt Young

Actor

Writer

Painter

April 30, 1940 – October 8, 2023

Credits:

The Final Code (2021); Tomorrow's Today (2021); Whack the Don (2021); Beckman (2020); Road to the Lemon Grove (2019); Bottom of the 9th (2019); Vault (2019); Epiphany (2019); The Brawler (2019); Tapestry (2019); The Amityville Murders (2018); Sarah Q (2018); The Selfish Ones (2018); Kevin Can Wait (2018); The Neighborhood (2017); King Rat (2017); Horace and Pete (2016); The Dicks (2016); Fall 4 You (2015); Irene & Marie (2015); Lostland (2015); The Elevator (2015); Tom in America (2014); Zarra's Law (2014); Rob the Mob (2014); Baciamo le mani: Palermo-New York 1958 (2013); Ci vediamo domani (2013); Abigail Harm (2012); The Shoemaker (2012); Win Win (2011); Hot Hot Heat: Goddess on the Prairie (2010); Kingshighway (2010); Medium Rare (2010); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2009); New York, I Love You (2008); Carnera: The Walking Mountain (2008); Hack! (2007); Go Go Tales (2007); Blue Lake Butcher (2007); Rocky Balboa (2006); Revoloution (2006); Nicky's Game (2005); Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005); Transamerica (2005); Downtown: A Street Tale (2004); Land of Plenty (2004); The Wager (2004); Shut Up and Kiss Me! (2004); I'm with Her (2004); The Handler (2003); Crooked Lines (2003); And She Was (2002); Alternate Realities (2002); Kiss the Bride (2002); The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002); Checkout (2002); Cugini (2001); Plan B (2001); The Sopranos (2001); The Boys of Sunset Ridge (2001); Never Look Back (2000); The Boys Behind the Desk (2000); The Day the Ponies Come Back (2000); Gioco di specchi (2000); Very Mean Men (2000); Table One (2000); L'uomo della fortuna (2000); Blue Moon (2000); The Wasteland (1999); Mickey Blue Eyes (1999); Loser Love (1999); The Florentine (1999); Thinking About Africa (1999); One Deadly Road (1998); Stone Cutter (1998); Cuori in campo (1998); Heaven Before I Die (1997); The Good Life (1997); Walker, Texas Ranger (1996–1997); Before Women Had Wings (1997); The Deli (1997); The Undertaker's Wedding (1997); She's So Lovely (1997); The Last Don (1997); Kicked in the Head (1997); Law & Order (1997); The Outer Limits (1997); Hit & Run (1997); Firehouse (1996); North Star (1996); Bless This House (1995); Undercover (1994); Vendetta II: The New Mafia (1993); Double Deception (1993); Berlin '39 (1993); Excessive Force (1993); Due vite, un destino (1993); Bad Girls (1992); Alibi perfetto (1992); Tales from the Crypt (1992); Americano rosso (1991); Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride (1990); Bright Angel (1990); Rocky V (1990); Diving In (1990); Backstreet Dreams (1990); Club Fed (1990); Betsy's Wedding (1990); Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1989); Going Overboard (1989); Beverly Hills Brats (1989); Blood Red (1989); Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989); Medium Rare (1987); Roomies (1987); Back to School (1986); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1986); Rocky IV (1985); The Equalizer (1985); A Summer to Remember (1985); Miami Vice (1984); The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984); Once Upon a Time in America (1984); Over the Brooklyn Bridge (1984); You and Me Kid (1983); Lookin' to Get Out (1982); Amityville II: The Possession (1982); Rocky III (1982); ...All the Marbles (1981); Blood Beach (1980); Murder Can Hurt You! (1980); Rocky II (1979); Uncle Joe Shannon (1978); Convoy (1978); The Choirboys (1977); Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977); Rocky (1976); The Rockford Files (1976); Baretta (1975–1976); Woman of the Year (1976); Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976); Serpico (1976); The Killer Elite (1975); Murph the Surf (1975); Hustling (1975); Little House on the Prairie (1974); The Gambler (1974); The Great Niagara (1974); Chinatown (1974); Cinderella Liberty (1973); M*A*S*H (1973); The Connection (1973); Across 110th Street (1972); The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971); Born to Win (1971); Carnival of Blood (1970); The Doctors (1969).

Born on this day – Michael Parks:

Michael Parks

Actor

Singer

April 24, 1940 – May 9, 2017

Born on this day – Sue Grafton:

Sue Grafton

Writer

April 24, 1940 – December 28, 2017

Credits:

Written work:

A Is for Alibi (1982); B Is for Burglar (1985); C Is for Corpse (1986); D Is for Deadbeat (1987); E Is for Evidence (1988); F Is for Fugitive (1989); G Is for Gumshoe (1990); H Is for Homicide (1991); I Is for Innocent (1992); J Is for Judgment (1993); K Is for Killer (1994); L Is for Lawless (1995); M Is for Malice (1996); N Is for Noose (1998); O Is for Outlaw (1999); P Is for Peril (2001); Q Is for Quarry (2002); R Is for Ricochet (2004); S Is for Silence (2005); T Is for Trespass (2007); U Is for Undertow (2009); V Is for Vengeance (2011); W Is for Wasted (2013); X (2015); Y Is for Yesterday (2017); If You Want Something Done Right . . . (2020); Keziah Dane (1967); Kinsey and Me (2013); Teaching a Child (2013); The Lolly-Madonna War (1969); The Lying Game (2003).

Movies and television:

A Caribbean Mystery (1983); A Killer in the Family (1983); B Cult (2009); English Composition: Writing for an Audience (2001); Jeopardy! (2018); Kako kara no koe (1988); L'hora del lector (2009); Likely Suspects (1992); Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973); Love on the Run (1985); Mark, I Love You (1980); Nurse (1980–1982); Página 2 (2009); Rhoda (1975); Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982–1983); Sex and the Single Parent (1979); Sparkling Cyanide (1983); The Canterville Ghost (1986); The Criminal Calendar (2007); The Hour (2013); Tonight's the Night (1987); Via llibre (2015); Walking Through the Fire (1979); Wangan ni kieta onna (1989); Women of Mystery (1996).

Born on this day – Marie-José Nat:

Marie-José Nat

Actress

April 22, 1940 – October 10, 2019

Born on this day – George DiCenzo:

George DiCenzo

Actor

April 21, 1940 – August 9, 2010