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:

5 Weeks in a Balloon (1977); Alice Through the Looking Glass (1987); Alvin & the Chipmunks (1983); Bracken’s World (1969); Carnival (1964); Coffy (1973); Columbo (1975); Diff’rent Strokes (1982); Ellery Queen (1976); Firehouse (1974); Galaxy Express 999 (1979); Get Christie Love! (1974); Gimme a Break! (1981–1983); Goldie Gold and Action Jack (1981); Good Times (1976); Here’s Lucy (1968); I Am the Greatest!: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali (1977); Information Processing (1971); Insight (1969–1972); Julia (1969); Lazer Tag Academy (1986); Lucas Tanner (1975); McCoy (1976); McMillan & Wife (1975); Mister T (1984); Mod Squad (1968); Planet of the Apes (1974); Roll Out (1973); Showtime at the Apollo (1987); Skullduggery (1970); Some Kind of a Nut (1969); Star Trek (1968–1969); Tarzan (1966–1968); Tenafly (1973); The F.B.I. (1969–1970); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Jeffersons (1976); The Name of the Game (1970); The Richard Pryor Show (1977); The Rockford Files (1977); The Strawberry Statement (1970); The Wide World of Mystery (1973); Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (1980).

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

Jaws

By Peter Benchley.

Published by Ballantine Books.

First published 1974.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0345544145

ISBN-13: 978-0345544148

Description from the original hardcover inner sleeve:

A girl swims lazily in the cool midnight sea - the shark, attracted by the movement, glides unerringly on to its prey; and the girl is next seen as a hideously mangled carcass in the flotsam left by the receding so begins the terror which will reign in Amity, a holiday resort on Long Island which is just preparing for another successful summer season.

Sharks are rare in those waters; and great white sharks – three-ton, thirty-foot eating machines which hunt alone – are almost unheard of. But Martin Brody, Amity’s police chief, realizes that the killer must be a shark, and begins to suspect which kind. The beach, he sees at once, must be closed.

But Amity depends on its summer season, and there are people behind the town’s development who are not prepared to contemplate a financial loss. The shark will surely move on. The girl’s death must be ‘an accident’. Reluctantly Brody gives way to pressure.

From that moment the monster in the sea becomes more than the killer of individual victims. It becomes an evil presence felt throughout the town, shaking it out of its complacency and exposing its innermost fears and tensions; and Brody will not be able to face himself again until he has cleared the ocean of its menace. Peter Benchley’s magnificent story ends with a sea-chase which for tension and drama is second to none.

This novel is a spectacular achievement, and ensures that Benchley will be the most avidly read novelist of the year.

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 – Joy Harmon:

Joy Harmon

Actress

Baker

May 1, 1940 – April 14, 2026

Credits:

20 to 1 (2007); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); A Natural Born World-Shaker: Making 'Cool Hand Luke' (2008); Angel in My Pocket (1969); Batman (1966); Bewitched (1966); Burke's Law (1964–1965); Cool Hand Luke (1967); Dr. Giggles (1992); From Cheesecake to Cheesecake: The Joy Harmon Story (2013); Gidget (1965); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1966); Hey, Landlord (1966); Let's Rock (1958); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Secret Habit (1972); Mad Dog Coll (1961); My Three Sons (1964); Never Too Young (1965); Norwood (1970); Occasional Wife (1966); One Way Wahine (1965); Roustabout (1964); Run for Your Life (1967); Tell It to Groucho (1962); That Girl (1967); The ABC Comedy Hour (1972); The Beverly Hillbillies (1963); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Loved One (1965); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956); The Monkees (1967); The Odd Couple (1972); The Rounders (1966); The Tonight Show (1962); Thicker Than Water (1973); Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963); Valentine's Day (1964); Village of the Giants (1965); You Bet Your Life (1960); Young Dillinger (1965).

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

Born on this day – James Caan:

James Caan

Actor

March 26, 1940 – July 6, 2022

Credits:

Queen Bees (2021); The Pack Podcast (2021); JL Family Ranch 2 (2020); Out of Blue (2018); Con Man (2018); Undercover Grandpa (2017); Holy Lands (2017); The Red Maple Leaf (2016); JL Ranch (2016); Good Enough (2016); The Good Neighbor (2016); Sicilian Vampire (2015); The Wrong Boyfriend (2015); The Throwaways (2015); Preggoland (2014); A Fighting Man (2014); Back in the Game (2013–2014); The Outsider (2014); The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013); Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013); Magic City (2013); Blood Ties (2013); For the Love of Money (2012); That's My Boy (2012); Small Apartments (2012); Hawaii Five-0 (2012); Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: The 4D Experience (2011); Detachment (2011); The Annoying Orange (2010); Henry's Crime (2010); Family Guy (2009); Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009); Mercy (2009); Middle Men (2009); New York, I Love You (2008); Get Smart (2008); Wisegal (2008); Las Vegas (2003–2007); The Godfather: The Don's Edition (2007); The Godfather: Blackhand Edition (2007); The Godfather: Mob Wars (2006); The Godfather (2006); Santa's Slay (2005); The Simpsons (2004); Crossing Jordan (2001); Elf (2003); Jericho Mansions (2003); The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie (2003); Dogville (2003); Untitled Eric Gilliland Project (2002); Blood Crime (2002); City of Ghosts (2002); Lathe of Heaven (2002); This Thing of Ours (2002); Night at the Golden Eagle (2001); In the Shadows (2001); Viva Las Nowhere (2001); A Glimpse of Hell (2001); Warden of Red Rock (2001); The Way of the Gun (2000); Luckytown (2000); The Yards (2000); Mickey Blue Eyes (1999); Poodle Springs (1998); This Is My Father (1998); NewsRadio (1996); Bulletproof (1996); Eraser (1996); Bottle Rocket (1996); North Star (1996); A Boy Called Hate (1995); Flesh and Bone (1993); The Program (1993); Honeymoon in Vegas (1992); For the Boys (1991); The Dark Backward (1991); Misery (1990); Dick Tracy (1990); Alien Nation (1988); Gardens of Stone (1987); Les uns et les autres (1983); Kiss Me Goodbye (1982); Bolero (1981); Thief (1981); Hide in Plain Sight (1980); Chapter Two (1979); 1941 (1979); Comes a Horseman (1978); The Godfather Saga (1977); Another Man, Another Chance (1977); A Bridge Too Far (1977); Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976); Silent Movie (1976); The Killer Elite (1975); Rollerball (1975); Funny Lady (1975); Gone with the West (1974); The Godfather Part II (1974); Freebie and the Bean (1974); The Gambler (1974); Cinderella Liberty (1973); Slither (1973); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1972); The Godfather (1972); Brian's Song (1971); T.R. Baskin (1971); Rabbit, Run (1970); The Rain People (1969); Get Smart (1969); The F.B.I. (1969); Journey to Shiloh (1968); Submarine X-1 (1968); Games (1967); Countdown (1967); El Dorado (1966); Red Line 7000 (1965); The Glory Guys (1965); Wagon Train (1957); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); Lady in a Cage (1964); Channing (1964); Breaking Point (1963); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); Combat! (1963); Death Valley Days (1963); Ben Casey (1963); Irma la Douce (1963); Dr. Kildare (1963); Wide Country (1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962); The Untouchables (1959); Alcoa Premiere (1961); Route 66 (1961); Play of the Week (1961); Naked City (1958).

Born on this day – Mark Medoff:

Mark Medoff

Writer

Director

Actor

Professor, March 18, 1940 – April 23, 2019

Born on this day – Raul Julia:

Raul Julia

Actor

March 9, 1940 – October 24, 1994

Credits:

Street Fighter: The Movie (1995); Down Came a Blackbird (1995); Street Fighter (1994); The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story (1994); Addams Family Values (1993); Rabbit Ears: The Monkey People (1992); The Plague (1992); Hammer: Addams Groove (1991); The Addams Family (1991); Havana (1990); The Rookie (1990); Frankenstein Unbound (1990); Presumed Innocent (1990); Mack the Knife (1989); Romero (1989); Tequila Sunrise (1988); Moon Over Parador (1988); The Penitent (1988); Trading Hearts (1988); Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988); Tango Bar (1987); The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987); The Morning After (1986); Florida Straits (1986); La gran fiesta (1986); Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985); Compromising Positions (1985); Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985); Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (1984); The New Show (1984); American Playhouse (1983); Tempest (1982); The Escape Artist (1982); Strong Medicine (1981); One from the Heart (1981); Ripe Strawberries (1980); A Life of Sin (1979); Othello (1979); Eyes of Laura Mars (1978); The Gumball Rally (1976); Death Scream (1975); Aces Up (1974); Great Performances (1974); The Bob Newhart Show (1974); Sesame Street (1971–1972); The Organization (1971); Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (1971); The Panic in Needle Park (1971); McCloud (1970); Stiletto (1969); N.Y.P.D. (1968); Love of Life (1951).

Born on this day – Bill Hunter:

Bill Hunter

Actor

February 27, 1940 – May 21, 2011

Born on this day – Pete Duel:

Pete Duel

Actor

February 24, 1940 – December 31, 1971

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1964–1965); 7 Nights to Remember (1966); A Look Back at Gidget (2006); Alias Smith and Jones (1971–1972); Cannon for Cordoba (1970); Channing (1963); Combat! (1964); Diamond Jim: Skulduggery in Samantha (1965); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); Espionage Target: You (1964); Generation (1969); Gidget (1965–1966); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964); How to Steal an Airplane (1971); Insight (1970); Ironside (1968); It's Happening (1968); Love on a Rooftop (1966–1967); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969–1971); Matt Lincoln (1970); Mickey (1964); The Blazing Cannons (2017); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1970); The Dating Game (1968); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The F.B.I. (1965–1967); The Fugitive (1965); The Hell with Heroes (1968); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1966–1967); The Interns (1970); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Name of the Game (1968–1971); The Psychiatrist (1970–1971); The Scarecrow (1972); The Virginian (1968–1969); The Woody Woodbury Show (1968); The Young Country (1970); The Young Lawyers (1970); W.I.A. Wounded in Action (1966); When the Applause Died / Death in Hollywood (1990).

Born on this day – John Lewis:

John Lewis

Congressman

Civil rights activist

Writer

Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom

by President Barack Obama in 2011

February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020

Credits:

Across That Bridge (2012); Carry On (2021); Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice (2006); March: Book One (2013); March: Book Three (2016); March: Book Two (2015); Run: Book One (2021); Walking with the Wind (1998).

Born on this day – Carlin Glynn:

Carlin Glynn

Actress

Singer

February 19, 1940 – July 13, 2023

Credits:

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2006); Whiskey School (2005); The Exonerated (2005); Lost Junction (2003); West of Here (2002); Judy Berlin (1999); Red Sky at Night (1996); Strange Luck (1996); Blessing (1994); Day-O (1992); Convicts (1991); A Woman Named Jackie (1991); Blood Red (1989); Night Game (1989); Coyote Mountain (1989); Mr. President (1987); Gardens of Stone (1987); The Trip to Bountiful (1985); Sixteen Candles (1984); Johnny Garage (1983); Chicken Ranch (1982); The Escape Artist (1982); Continental Divide (1981); Resurrection (1980); Three Days of the Condor (1975).

Born on this day – James Laurenson:

James Laurenson

Actor

February 17, 1940 – April 28, 2024

Credits:

Book:

Light Thickens, by Ngaio Marsh (1982) / included in dedication.

Movies and television:

A House in the Hills (1993); A Perfect State (1997); A Spy at Evening (1981); A Summer in Genoa (2008); AfterLife (2003); Alleyn Mysteries (1994); Anno Domini (1976); Armchair Cinema (1974); Armchair Thriller (1978); Artists and Models (1986); Bergerac (1988); Between the Lines (1992); Boney (1972–1973); Boon (1991); Born and Bred (2004); Bye Bye Columbus (1991); Cagney & Lacey (1984); Capital News (1990); Centre Play (1976); Codename: Kyril (1988); Coronation Street (1968); Countdown to War (1989); Crown Court (1975–1977); Dalziel and Pascoe (2004); Dangerfield (1999); Days of Our Lives (1985); Dead Bolt Dead (1999); Edward II (1970); Elizabeth R (1971); Endeavour (2017); Esther Waters (1977); Father Brown (2014–2017); Fathers and Sons (1971); Fox Mystery Theater (1984); Frost in May (1982); Ghostboat (2006); Hammer House of Horror (1980); Heartbeat (2001); Heartbreakers (1984); Hedda Gabler / The Lady from the Sea (1974); Holy Flying Circus (2011); Hustle (2004); In Defence (2000); In the Devil's Garden (1971); Inspector Morse (1987); ITV Playhouse (1973); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1970); Jackanory (1977–1979); Jackanory Playhouse (1976); Lovejoy (1992); Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley (2008); Matilda: The Musical (2022); MI-5 (2004–2007); Midsomer Murders (2000); Misfits of Science (1986); Mr Duncan (2015); My Dad's the Prime Minister (2003); National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2010); National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard (2011); One Day (2011); Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982); Play for Today (1971–1980); Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks / Raven - the Shadmock (2015); Prime Suspect: Inner Circles (1995); Private Peaceful (2012); Project: Tinman (1990); Public Eye (1971); Quacks (2017); Quiller (1975); Rainbow Drive (1990); Remington Steele (1984); Romance (1977); Shakespeare's Globe Theatre: The Comedy of Errors (2015); Sharpe (1996–1997); Sharpe's Eagle (1997); Silent Witness (2003); Space: 1999 (1976); State of Play (2003); Stingray (1986); Table 12 (2001); Taggart (1988–1995); The 15th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1973); The Bourne Identity (1988); The Bretts (1987); The Care of Time (1990); The Cat's Meow (2001); The Cold Light of Day (1996); The Crown (2016–2017); The Cry (2002); The Duchess of Duke Street (1976); The Duchess of Duke Street (1976); The Expert (1969); The Girls of Slender Means (1975); The Hollow Crown (2012); The Insiders (1985); The Magic Christian (1969); The Man Inside (1990); The Man Who Fell to Earth (1987); The Monster Club / Shadmock Story (1981); The Professionals (1979); The Riot Club (2014); The Shadow of the Tower (1972); The Terror (2018); The Tragedy of King Richard II (1970); The Turn of the Screw (1974); The Vanishing Man (1997); The Wars of the Roses (1965); The Widower (2014); The Witches of Pendle (1976); Thief Takers (1997); Thieves in the Night (1988); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1971); This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper (2000); 3 Blind Mice (2003); Treasure Island (1968); Trial by Fire (1999); Van der Valk (1992); Wolf Hall (2015); Women in Love (1969); You Only Live Twice: The Radio Play (1990); Z Cars (1969).