Born on this day – Natalie Trundy:

Natalie Trundy

Actress

August 5, 1940 – December 5, 2019

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1964); A Great American Tragedy (1972); Adventures in Paradise (1960); Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973); Behind the Planet of the Apes (1998); Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970); Bonanza (1960); Climax! (1957); Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972); Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971); Espionage Target: You (1964); Goodyear Playhouse (1955); Huckleberry Finn (1974); Judd for the Defense (1967); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1955); Lincoln's Little Correspondent (1953); Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962); New York Confidential (1959); Perry Mason (1963–1964); Pony Express (1960); Quincy, M.E. (1978); Shannon (1962); Studio One (1957); The Alcoa Hour (1955); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Blue Angels (1961); The Brothers Brannagan (1961); The Careless Years (1957); The Dakotas (1963); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Felony Squad (1967); The Montecarlo Story (1956); The New Breed (1962); The Silent Force (1970); The Twilight Zone (1963); The Way of the World (1955); This Is the Life (1961); Thriller (1960); Wagon Train (1963); Walk Like a Dragon (1960).

Born on this day – Co Hoedeman:

Co Hoedeman

Animator

Cinematographer

Director

Writer

August 1, 1940 – May 26, 2025

Credits:

Awarded the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, for The Sand Castle / Le Château de sable (1977), at the 50th Academy Awards (1978).

Movies and television:

55 chaussettes (2011); Bästa knattefilmerna 6 / Segment: Ludovic och dockan, Ludovic och krokodilen (2005); Canada Vignettes: Dancing Dolls (1980); Charles and François (1987); Co Hoedeman, Animator (1980); Continental Drift (1968); Coucou l'ourson! (2000); Dehors novembre (2005); DNA (1969); Eaude (2004); In the Animator's Eye: A Conjurer's Tales - Co Hoedeman (1996); Juke-Bar (1990); La boîte (1989); Le beau plaisir (1968); Le jardin d'Écos (1997); Le théâtre de Marianne (2004); Legends and Life of the Inuit (1978); L'homme et le géant (1975); L'ours renifleur (1992); Ludovic (2009); Ludovic II: un crocodile dans mon jardin (2001); Ludovic: Magic in the Air (2002); Ludovic: The Snow Gift (2002); Ludovic: Visiting Grandpa (2001); Lumaaq: An Eskimo Legend (1977); Making Movie History: Co Hoedeman (2013); Mascarade (1984); Matrioska (1970); Monsieur Pointu (1976); Oddball (1969); Running Time (1974); Sabina (1991); Tchou-tchou (1972); The Blue Marble (2014); The Cardinal (2016); The Mountain Head (2002); The Owl and the Lemming: An Eskimo Legend (1971); The Owl and the Raven: An Eskimo Legend (1973); The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend (1974); The Rogers' Cable (1998); The Sand Castle (1977); The Treasure of the Grotoceans (1980); Une histoire comme une autre (1981); Vacas d'Avanca (1998); Walter's Internal Battle (2022); Winter Days (2003).

Born on this day – Stanley R. Jaffe:

Stanley R. Jaffe

Director

Producer

July 31, 1940 – March 10, 2025

Credits:

Bad Company (1972); Black Rain (1989); Black Rain: Making the Film - Part 2 (2006); Black Rain: Post-Production (2006); Black Rain: The Script, the Cast (2006); Bravo Profiles (2002); Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003); Fatal Attraction (2023); Fatal Attraction: Visual Attraction (2002); Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer' (2001); Firstborn (1984); Forever Fatal: Remembering 'Fatal Attraction' (2002); Goodbye, Columbus (1969); HBO First Look (2000); I Dreamed of Africa (2000); I Start Counting (1970); Kramer vs. Kramer (1979); Madeline (1998); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Racing with the Moon (1984); Racing with the Moon: The Story - The People (2004); Racing with the Moon: The Story Goes On (2004); School Ties (1992); Taps (1981); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 60th Annual Academy Awards (1988); The Accused (1988); The Bad News Bears (1976); The Four Feathers (2002); The Making of 'Racing with the Moon' (2004); Without a Trace (1983).

On this day in movie history - They Drive by Night (1940):

They Drive by Night

directed by Raoul Walsh,

written by Jerry Wald and Richard Macaulay,

based on the novel Long Haul by A. I. Bezzerides,

was released in the United States on July 26, 1940.

Music by Adolph Deutsch.

Cast:

George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Gale Page, Alan Hale, Roscoe Karns, John Litel, George Tobias, Henry O'Neill, Charles Halton, Paul Hurst, John Ridgely, George Lloyd, Joyce Compton, Charles Wilson, Pedro Regas, Norman Willis, Joe Devlin, William Haade, Vera Lewis, John Hamilton, Eddie Acuff, Howard Hickman, Lillian Yarbo.

Born on this day – Alex Trebek:

Alex Trebek

Game show host

Television personality

July 22, 1940 – November 8, 2020

The Answer Is . . .

Reflections on My Life

By Alex Trebek.

Published by Simon & Schuster.

Hardcover.

Published 2020.

ISBN-10: 1982157992

ISBN-13: 978-1982157999

Description:

Longtime Jeopardy! host and television icon Alex Trebek reflects on his life and career.

Since debuting as the host of Jeopardy! in 1984, Alex Trebek has been something like a family member to millions of television viewers, bringing entertainment and education into their homes five nights a week. In 2019, he made the stunning announcement that he had been diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer. What followed was an incredible outpouring of love and kindness. Social media was flooded with messages of support, and the Jeopardy! studio received boxes of cards and letters offering guidance, encouragement, and prayers.

For more than three decades, Trebek had resisted countless appeals to write a book about his life. Yet he was moved so much by all the goodwill, he felt compelled to finally share his story. “I want people to know a little more about the person they have been cheering on for the past year,” he writes.

This book combines illuminating personal anecdotes with Trebek’s thoughts on a range of topics, including marriage, parenthood, education, success, spirituality, and philanthropy. Trebek also addresses the questions he gets asked most often by Jeopardy! fans, such as what prompted him to shave his signature mustache, his insights on legendary players like Ken Jennings and James Holzhauer, and his opinion of Will Ferrell’s Saturday Night Live impersonation. The book uses a novel structure inspired by Jeopardy! and features dozens of never-before-seen photos that candidly capture Trebek over the years.

This wise, charming, and inspiring book is further evidence of why Trebek has long been considered one of the most beloved and respected figures in entertainment.

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 movie & play):

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.

Recommended reading:

Gas Light

a play by Patrick Hamilton.

Filmed as:

Gaslight (1940), directed by Thorold Dickinson.

Gaslight (1944), directed by George Cukor.

Published by Constable and Company Ltd.

First published 1939.

ASIN: B0DSZRVND4

Paperback.

Description:

This classic Victorian thriller was first produced in 1935. Jack Manningham is slowly, deliberately driving his wife, Bella, insane. He has almost succeeded when help arrives in the form of a former detective, Rough, who believes Manningham to be a thief and murderer. Aided by Bella, Rough proves Manningham's true identity and finally Bella achieves a few moments of sweet revenge for the suffering inflicted on her.

Born on this day – John Mahoney:

John Mahoney

Actor

June 20, 1940 – February 4, 2018

Olympia Dukakis (left), John Mahoney (right), in Moonstruck (1987)

Credits:

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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.