Born on this day – Al Matthews:

Al Matthews

Actor

Singer

November 21, 1942 – September 22, 2018

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.

Recommended reading - Once Off Guard (1942):

Once Off Guard

By J. H. Wallis.

Filmed as The Woman in the Window (1944), directed by Fritz Lang.

ASIN: B01AMRYE9S
Published by E.P. Dutton.
First Edition.
Published 1942.

Born on this day – David Ogden Stiers:

David Ogden Stiers

Actor

Conductor

October 31, 1942 – March 3, 2018

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 – 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 – 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 – Lanny Flaherty:

Lanny Flaherty

Actor

July 27, 1942 – February 18, 2024

Credits:

Little America (2020); Cold in July (2014); Alpha House (2013); Men in Black 3 (2012); All Good Things (2010); Forged (2010); White Collar (2009); The Exonerated (2005); Signs (2002); The Education of Max Bickford (2001–2002); Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000); Maze (2000); Third Watch (1999–2000); Homicide: The Movie (2000); Double Parked (2000); Home Fries (1998); A Simple Wish (1997); Tom and Huck (1995); New York News (1995); Waterworld (1995); Someone Else's America (1995); Natural Born Killers (1994); Sommersby (1993); Blood In, Blood Out (1993); Benny Hill's World Tour: New York! (1991); Mathnet (1991); The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991); Miller's Crossing (1990); Lonesome Dove (1989); Winter People (1989); The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1988); Home at Last (1988); The Dirty Dozen (1988); The Equalizer (1985); The Edge of Night (1984).

Born on this day – Hannelore Elsner:

Hannelore Elsner

Actress

July 26, 1942 – April 21, 2019