Born on this day – William Matthews:

William Matthews

Writer

November 11, 1942 – November 12, 1997

Credits:

The Parataxic Mode: Concerning Defoe's Use of Irony in Moll Flanders (1966); Broken Syllables (1969); Ruining the New Road (1970); The Cloud (1971); Matthews' Compleat Palmistry (1971); Sleek for the Long Flight: New Poems (1972); Sticks and Stones (1975); Rising and Falling (1979); Flood (1982); Good (1983); A Happy Childhood (1984); Foreseeable Futures (1987); Sleek For the Long Flight (1988); Blues if You Want (1989); Curiosities (Poets on Poetry / essays) (1989); Selected Poems and Translations 1969-1991 (1992); The Mortal City: 100 Epigrams of Martial (1995); Time & Money: New Poems (1996); After All: Last Poems (1998); The Poetry Blues: Essays and Interviews (2001); The Satires of Horace (2002); Search Party: Collected Poems of William Matthews (2004).

On this day in movie history - X Marks the Spot (1942):

X Marks the Spot

directed by George Sherman,

written by Richard Murphy and Stuart Palmer,

based on a story by Mauri Grashin and Robert T. Shannon,

was released in the United States on November 4, 1942.
Music by Morton Scott.

Cast:

Dick Purcell, Helen Parrish, Neil Hamilton, Jack La Rue, Damian O'Flynn, Robert Homans, Anne Jeffreys, Dick Wessel, Esther Muir, Joe Kirk, Edna Harris, Fred Kelsey, Vince Barnett, Jane Allen, Sam Bernard, Edmund Cobb, Chester Conklin, Martin Faust, Jack Gardner, Richard Landry, Sam Lufkin, Peggy Lynn, Jerry Mandy, Frank Marlowe, Charles McAvoy, Frank O'Connor.

Born on this day – David Ogden Stiers:

David Ogden Stiers

Actor

Conductor

October 31, 1942 – March 3, 2018

Born on this day – Bob Ross:

Bob Ross

Painter

Art instructor

TV host

October 29, 1942 – July 4, 1995

Credits:

Books:

Best of the Joy of Painting with Bob Ross (1995); Bob Ross' New Joy of Painting: A Collection of His Favorites (1993); Bob Ross: My First Book of Colors (2020); Bob Ross: My First Book of Nature (2022); Bob Ross: My First Book of Numbers (2023); Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting (2017); Discover The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross (1998); Experience The Joy of Painting Volume X (2023); Experience the Joy of Painting With Bob Ross (1984); Happy Little Accidents (2017); Karla: or the Weightliftress (2022); Life Lessons from Bob Ross (2020); Lusty Little Things (2018); More Joy of Painting with Bob Ross (1995); Muddled Meanderings in an Outhouse (1972); My Journey Through Country Music (2022); Solitary confinement: Poems (1977); The Bob Ross Coloring Book (2017); The Joy of Painting Volumes 1–30 (1984 –1995); The Official Bob Ross Coloring Book: The Colors of the Four Seasons (2019).

Television:

39 Ways to Calm Down (2020); A Hot Lead (2017); About Mine (2019); Bellator Fighting Championships (2012); Bill Nye the Science Guy (1994); Bob Ross: A Special Tribute (1995); Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed (2021); Bob Ross: The Happy Painter (2011); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2020–2021); Cinemassacre Video (2020); De wereld draait door (2007); Deeply Artificial Trees (2017); Firebringer (2016); Kulturzeit (2020); Live with Kelly and Mark (1991); Nerdrotic (2021); Physics Girl (2015); Sam and Colby: The Paranormal (2022); Sendung ohne Namen (2012); The Adventures of Elmer & Friends (1995); The Best of the Joy of Painting (1991); The Comments Section (2022); The Drunken Peasants (2016); The Joy of Painting (1983–1994); Virtual Peep Show Flat (2019); WatchMojo (2021).

Born on this day – Bob Hoskins:

Bob Hoskins

Actor

October 26, 1942 – April 29, 2014

Born on this day – Michael Crichton:

Michael Crichton

Writer

Director

October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008

Credits:

Twisters (2024); Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (2020–2022); Westworld (2016–2022); Jurassic World Dominion (2022); Killer Poop in the Movies (2022); Battle at Big Rock (2019); Lego Jurassic World: Legend of Isla Nublar (2019); Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018); Lego Jurassic World: The Indominus Escape (2016); Lego Jurassic World (2015); Jurassic World (2015); Sala de Urgencias (2015); Aberrant Forms: A Jurassic Short (2014); Jurassic Park: The Game (2011); ER (1994–2009); The Andromeda Strain (2008); Timeline (2003); Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis (2003); Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure (2001); Jurassic Park: Scan Command (2001); Jurassic Park III: The DNA Factor (2001); Jurassic Park III (2001); Timeline (2000); Warpath: Jurassic Park (1999); The 13th Warrior (1999); Jurassic Park: Trespasser (1998); Sphere (1998); Jurassic Park: Chaos Island (1997); The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997); Twister (1996); Congo (1995); Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition (1994); Disclosure (1994); Jurassic Park (1993); Rising Sun (1993); Equinox (1993); Physical Evidence (1989); Amazon (1984); Runaway (1984); Looker (1981); Beyond Westworld (1980); The Great Train Robbery (1978); Coma (1978); The Terminal Man (1974); Insight (1971–1974); Westworld (1973); Extreme Close-Up (1973); Pursuit (1972); The Carey Treatment (1972); Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972); The Andromeda Strain (1971).

Books:

The Andromeda Strain (1969); The Andromeda Evolution (2019); Jurassic Park (1990); The Lost World (1995); Odds On (1966); Scratch One (1967); A Case of Need (1968); Easy Go / The Last Tomb (1968); Zero Cool (1969); The Venom Business (1969); Drug of Choice (1970); Dealing: or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty Brick Lost Bag Blues (1970); Grave Descend (1970); Binary (1972); The Terminal Man (1972); The Great Train Robbery (1975); Eaters of the Dead (1976); Congo (1980); Sphere (1987); Rising Sun (1992); Disclosure (1994); Airframe (1996); Timeline (1999); Prey (2002); State of Fear (2004); Next (2006); Pirate Latitudes (2009); Micro (2011); Dragon Teeth (2017); Eruption (2024); Five Patients (1970); Jasper Johns (1977); Electronic Life (1983); Travels (1988); Westworld (1974).

Born on this day – Annette Funicello:

Annette Funicello

Actress, 

Singer

October 22, 1942 – April 8, 2013

Life doesn't have to be perfect to be wonderful.

- Annette Funicello.

Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 1987.

Credits:

A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (1995); Full House (1991); Troop Beverly Hills (1989); Back to the Beach (1987); Growing Pains (1986); Lots of Luck (1985); The Love Boat (1978–1982); Fantasy Island (1979–1981); Frankie & Annette: The Second Time Around (1978); Love, American Style (1971); Head (1968); Hondo (1967); Thunder Alley (1967); Fireball 500 (1966); Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965); How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965); Ski Party (1965); The Monkey's Uncle (1965); Beach Blanket Bingo (1965); Burke's Law (1963–1965); Pajama Party (1964); Bikini Beach (1964); Muscle Beach Party (1964); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964); Wagon Train (1963); Beach Party (1963); Escapade in Florence (1962); The Magical World of Disney (1959–1962); Toyland (1961); The Horsemasters (1961); Zorro (1959–1961); The Danny Thomas Show (1959); The Shaggy Dog (1959); Annette (1958); The New Adventures of Spin and Marty (1957); Further Adventures of Spin and Marty (1956).

Born on this day – Patricia McNulty:

Patricia McNulty

Actress

Editor

October 16, 1942 – September 4, 2023

Credits:

Avril Lavigne: The Bonez Tour (2005); Capturing the Friedmans (2003); Hazel (1962); Live at the Quick (2002); Mr. Novak (1963); My Three Sons (1961–1967); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1966); Star Trek (1966); Tammy Tell Me True (1961); The Detectives (1961); The House of God (1981); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1962); The Tycoon (1964).

Born on this day – Pamela Tiffin:

Pamela Tiffin

Actress

October 13, 1942 – December 2, 2020

On this day in movie history - Street of Chance (1942):

Street of Chance

directed by Jack Hively,

written by Garrett Fort,

based on the novel The Black Curtain by Cornell Woolrich,

was released in the United States on October 3, 1942.

Music by David Buttolph.

Cast:

Burgess Meredith, Claire Trevor, Louise Platt, Sheldon Leonard, Frieda Inescort, Jerome Cowan, Adeline De Walt Reynolds, Arthur Loft, Clancy Cooper, Paul Phillips, Keith Richards, Ann Doran, Cliff Clark, Edwin Maxwell, Kenneth Chryst, Kernan Cripps, Ralph Dunn, Ruth Gillette, Gladden James, Milton Kibbee, Helen MacKellar, James C. Morton, Reed Porter, Harry Tyler, Dorothy Vernon, Bess Wade, George Watts, Gloria Williams, Sonny Boy Williams.

Born on this day – Alan Rachins:

Alan Rachins

Actor

Writer

Director

October 3, 1942 – November 2, 2024

Credits:

20 Years of Must See TV (2002); 3 Musketeers (2011); 30 Nights (2018); 70th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2001); A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story (2000); Always (1985); American Dad! (2012); An Evening at the Improv (1988); Angels on Tap (2018); Answers to Nothing (2011); Any Day Now (2012); Barnaby Jones (1979); Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1994); Brothers (1984); Circus of the Stars #14 (1989); Close to Home (2006); Commencement (2012); Courthouse (1995); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2005); D.C. Follies (1988); Dallas (1979); Dharma & Greg (1997–2002); Diagnosis Murder (1996); Donahue (1989); Eli Stone (2008); Enough About Me (2005); Entertainment Tonight Presents: L.A. Law - Secrets of the Firm (2000); Fear on Trial (1975); Ferris Bueller (1990); General Hospital (2016–2018); Good Luck Charlie (2011); Grey's Anatomy (2018); Happy Endings (2011); Hart to Hart (1982); Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart (1994); Heart Condition (1990); Hill Street Blues (1981); Hollywood Squares (2001); Hour Magazine (1987); In-Laws (2002); J.J. Starbuck (1988); Jeopardy! (1992); Just Shoot Me! (2003); Justice League Unlimited (2005); L.A. Law (1986–1994); L.A. Law 100th Episode Celebration (1991); L.A. Law: The Movie (2002); Lady Boss (1992); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994); Leave It to Beaver (1997); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1996); Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1989); Meet Wally Sparks (1997); Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988); Mistress (1987); Mom (2015); Momentum (2018); Monster Night (2006); NCIS (2023); North (1994); One on One with John Tesh (1991); Paris (1979 / 1980); Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990); Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996); Rizzoli & Isles (2011–2013); Rugrats (1996); Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace (2013); She Says She's Innocent (1991); Showgirls (1995); Single Women Married Men (1989); Spider-Man: Re-Animated (2009); Stargate SG-1 (1997); Stars in the House (2020); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1992); Surviving Suburbia (2009); Taken (1997); Tales from the Crypt (1991); Terminal Voyage (1995); The 13th Annual People's Choice Awards (1987); The 14th Annual Genesis Awards (2000); The 14th Annual People's Choice Awards (1988); The 15th Annual Genesis Awards (2001); The 15th Annual People's Choice Awards (1989); The 16th Annual People's Choice Awards (1990); The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards (1991); The 18th Annual People's Choice Awards (1992); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 24th Annual People's Choice Awards (1998); The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1988); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1988); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The Crazy Ones (2013); The Fall Guy (1983); The Golden Girls (1991); The History of Hill Street (2011); The Hospital Window (2012); The LA Law Story (2014); The Lights Above (2023); The Middle (2017); The Needs of Kim Stanley (2024); The New Hollywood Squares (1987–1988); The Outer Limits (1996); The Paley Center Salutes NBC's 90th Anniversary (2017); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Retrievers (2001); The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008–2009); The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard (2008); The Stepsister (1997); The Talk (2018); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1991); The White Shadow (1978); This Is Your Life (1993); Thunder Run (1985); Time Walker (1982); To Tell the Truth (2000–2002); Unwed Father (1997); Vicki! (1993); Wheel of Fortune (1997); Young Sheldon (2021).

Born on this day – Madeline Kahn:

Madeline Kahn

Actress

Comedian

Singer

September 29, 1942 – December 3, 1999

Born on this day – Tracy Reed:

Tracy Reed

Actress

September 21, 1942 – May 2, 2012

Born on this day – Carol Wayne:

Carol Wayne

Actress

Comedienne

September 6, 1942 – January 13, 1985

Credits:

American Masters / Archive footage / uncredited (2012); Best Chest in the West (1984); Bewitched (1969); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1974–1977); Dinah! (1975); Don Adams' Screen Test (1975); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2000); E. Nick: A Legend in His Own Mind (1984); Emergency! (1974); Every Man Needs One (1972); Funny You Should Ask (1969); Gunn (1967); Gypsy Angels (1990); Heartbreakers (1984); Heaven on Earth (1979); I Dream of Jeannie (1967); I Spy (1967); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Little Black Book; Love and the Newscasters; Love and the Lady Killers (1970–1972); Mannix (1972); Mantrap (1971); Medical Center (1974); Mindreaders (1979); Monterey Pop (1968); Occasional Wife (1967); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967–1968); Raising the Dead: Re-Examining Night of the Living Dead (2020); Sarge (1971); Savannah Smiles (1982); Scavenger Hunt (1979); Surf II (1983); The Alan Thicke Show (1980–1981); The Big Black Pill (1981); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1971); The David Steinberg Show (1972); The Fall Guy (1981); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Girl with Something Extra (1973); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1972); The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1972); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Party (1968); The Pat Boone Show (1966); The Red Skelton Hour (1970); The Steve Allen Show (1969); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1984); The Virginia Graham Show (1971); Tony Orlando and Dawn (1974); Two Top Bananas (1982); Whew! (1979); You Are What You Eat (1968).

Born on this day – Suzanne Roquette:

Suzanne Roquette

Actress

August 30, 1942 – May 28, 2020

Credits:

Airline (1982); Alien Attack (1976); An Englishman's Castle (1978); Band of Brothers (2001); Barriers (1981); BBC2 Play of the Week (1978); Bedroom Stewardesses (1978); Call My Bluff (1978); Das Geheimnis der drei Dschunken (1965); Das Millionenspiel (1970); Der Bucklige von Soho (1966); Die Safeknacker-Suite (1963); Dr. med. Fabian - Lachen ist die beste Medizin (1969); Drüben bei Lehmanns (1971); Females for Hire (1968); Frühstück mit dem Tod (1964); Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (1997); Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten: Magic Moments (1999); Hadleigh (1976); Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989); International Velvet (1978); ITV Playhouse (1977–1980); Jenseits von Oder und Neiße - Heute (1965); John Klings Abenteuer (1969); Journey Through the Black Sun (1982); Liebesgeschichten (1967); Lovejoy (1993); Mr. Arcularis (1967); Shining Through (1992); Sorry! (1982); Space: 1999 (1975–1976); Spearhead (1979); Special Branch (1974); Sperrbezirk (1966); Tatort (1977); The College Girl Murders (1967); The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967); Und Ihr Steckenpferd? (1963).

Born on this day – Isaac Hayes:

Isaac Hayes

Singer

Actor

Writer

Composer

August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008

Born on this day – Fred Thompson:

Fred Thompson

Actor

Writer

August 19, 1942 – November 1, 2015

Born on this day – Sabine Sinjen:

Sabine Sinjen

Actress

August 18, 1942 – May 18, 1995

Born on this day – Laurel Goodwin:

Laurel Goodwin

Actress

August 11, 1942 – February 25, 2022

Credits:

Birth of a Timeless Legacy (2004); Call to Danger (1968); Get Smart (1966); Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962); Here's Hollywood (1962); Law of the Lawless (1964); Leonard Nimoy: Star Trek Memories (1984); Mannix (1969); Papa's Delicate Condition (1963); Premiere (1968); Run Buddy Run (1966); Stage to Thunder Rock (1964); Star Trek (1966); Stroker Ace (1983); TCM Remembers 2022 (2022); The Beverly Hillbillies (1967); The Bob Hope Show (1963); The Dain Curse (1978); The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part II: 1962-1969 (2002); The Glory Guys (1965); The Hero (1966); The Partners (1971); The Roddenberry Archive: The Cage (2022); The Virginian (1964).

Born on this day – Barbara Ferris:

Barbara Ferris

Actress

Model

July 27, 1942 – May 23, 2025

Credits:

Stage:

Can-Can (1954); Saved (1965); There's a Girl in My Soup (1966).

Movies and television:

A Chorus of Disapproval (1989); A Nice Girl Like Me (1969); A Pair of Briefs (1962); A Place to Go (1963); A Slight Case of... (1965); All in Good Faith (1985–1987); Bitter Harvest (1963); Brothers in Law (1962); Children of the Damned (1964); Conjugal Rights (1973); Contrasts (1968); Coronation Street (1961); Five Guineas a Week (1956); Having a Wild Weekend (1965); Interlude (1968); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1973); ITV Television Playhouse (1960); Juke Box Jury (1965); Mr & Mrs Edgehill / BBC2 Playhouse (1981); Murder at the Wedding (1979); Oranges and Lemons (1973); Play for Today (1973); Rush Hour (1958); Sparrows Can't Sing (1963); Term of Trial (1962); The Cheaters (1962); The Girl-Getters (1964); The Human Jungle (1964); The ITV Play (1980); The Krays (1990); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960); The Strauss Family (1972); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1968); This Is Your Life (1985); Tom Thumb (1958); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1966 (1967); Zero One (1963).