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:

10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004); 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996); 50 Greatest TV Animals (2003); 50 Greatest TV Endings (2008); 50 Ways to Leave Your TV Lover (2008); 75 Seasons: The Story of the NFL (1994); A Conversation with Art Director Roy Christopher (2004); A Hard Rain (1994); Almost Salinas (2001); American Experience (1991); American Playhouse (1984–1987); An Affectionate Look at Fatherhood (1995); An Iconic Film Revisited: 'Say Anything...' 20 Years Later (2009); Antz (1998); Article 99 (1992); Atlantis: Milo's Return (2003); Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001); Barton Fink (1991); Becker (2000); Behind the Couch: The Making of 'Frasier' (2003); Betrayed (1988); Binging with Babish (2018); Biography (1995); Bulldog Crazy (2004); Burn Notice (2009–2010); Burn Notice (2011); Cheers (1992); Chicago on Stage (1995); Chicago Story (1982); Code of Silence (1985); Dan in Real Life (2007); Dinner at Eight (1989); Eight Men Out (1988); Entertainment Tonight (2002–2023); ER (2006); Fathers and Sons (2005); Favorite Son (1988); Fawlty Exclusive: Basil's Best Bits (2009); First Steps (1985); Flipped (2010); Foyle's War (2015); Frantic (1988); Frasier (1993–2023); Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter (2004); Gary the Rat (2003); Golden Globes 50th Anniversary Celebration (1994); Great TV Mistakes (2010); H.E.L.P. (1990); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hot in Cleveland (2010–2014); Hudson Taylor (1981); In the Line of Fire (1993); In Treatment (2009); Jeopardy! (1996); Just Like Family: The Making of 'Dan in Real Life' (2008); Kronk's New Groove (2005); Lady Blue (1985); Laugh? I Thought I'd Die! (1999); Listen to Your Heart (1983); Love Hurts (1990); Love. Blood. Kryptonite. (2008); Mad TV (1999–2003); Marching on to Season Two (2004); Mariette in Ecstasy (2019); Mission Hill (1982); Mobsters (2007); Moonstruck (1987); Moonstruck: At the Heart of an Italian Family (2006); My Favourite 'Frasier' (1999); Nature (2000); Nothing Sacred (1998); Primal Fear (1996); Reality Bites (1994); Saturday Night Live (1987); Say Anything (1989); Screenplay (1992); Search for Tomorrow (1985); She's the One (1996); $#*! My Dad Says (2010); Siskel & Ebert Holiday Gift Guide (1989); Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond (1996); Steppenwolf Theatre Company: 25 Years on the Edge (2000); Streets of Gold (1986); Striking Distance (1993); Suspect (1987); TCM Remembers 2018 (2018); Teacher's Pet (2000); The 40th Annual Tony Awards (1986); The 42nd Annual Tony Awards (1988); The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1998); The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2003); The 61st Annual Tony Awards (2007); The 72nd Annual Tony Awards (2018); The American President (1995); The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000); The Christmas Gift (1986); The Crane Brothers Remember Season 3 (2004); The 'Frasier' Story (1999); The Hudsucker Proxy (1994); The Human Factor (1992); The Hustler of Money (1987); The Image (1990); The Impostor (1984); The Iron Giant (1999); The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire' (2002); The Making of 'The Iron Giant' (1999); The Manhattan Project (1986); The Mystery of Maris Continues! (2004); The Mystery of Maris: The Break-Up Begins (2004); The Niles & Daphne Attraction (2004); The Russia House (1990); The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton (1992); The Simpsons (2007); The Ten Million Dollar Getaway (1991); The Ultimate Sitcom (2006); The Water Engine (1992); This Morning (1998); Through Naked Eyes (1983); Tin Men (1987); Tired of Being Funny (2009); Tracey Takes On... (1997); Trapped in Silence (1986); Unnatural Pursuits (1992); Will: The Autobiography of G. Gordon Liddy (1982); World of Discovery (1997).

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