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

Born on this day – Richard Roundtree:

Richard Roundtree

Actor

July 9, 1942 – October 24, 2023

Credits:

1 a Minute (2010); 13th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards (1998); 16th Annual Trumpet Awards (2008); 1-800-Missing (2003); 1994 MTV Movie Awards (1994); 19th Annual Trumpet Awards (2011); 2003 Trumpet Awards (2003); 2019: A Year in the Life of a Year (2020); 21 Jump Street (1990); 29th NAACP Image Awards (1998); 413 Hope St. (1997–1998); A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks (2021); A Complicated Man: The 'Shaft' Legacy (2019); A Different World (1989); A Family Reunion Christmas (2019); A Time to Die (1991); A.D. (1985); ABC Afterschool Specials (1988); ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (2023); AFI Movie Club (2020); Akuji the Heartless (1998); Alias (2003–2004); All the Days Before Tomorrow (2007); Amen (1989); America's Top Sleuths (2006); Amityville: A New Generation (1993); An Eye for an Eye (1981); Angel III: The Final Chapter (1988); Antitrust (2001); Any Place But Home (1997); Ari Global show (2022); As the World Turns (1956–2010); Baadasssss Cinema (2002); Bad Jim (1990); Ballistic (1995); Beauty and the Beast (1989); Being Mary Jane (2013–2019); BET Awards 2013 (2013); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1991); Black Hollywood (1984); Black Pop: Celebrating the Power of Black Culture (2023); Blade: The Series (2006); Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight (1991); Boat Trip (2002); Body of Influence (1993); Bonanza: The Return (1993); Bonanza: Under Attack (1995); Breast Cancer: An African American Perspective (2009); Brick (2005); Buddies (1996); Cadets (1988); Capone's Boys (2002); CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell (2023); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2023); Celebrity Bowling (1976); Celebrity Page (2019); Celebrity Tennis (1975); Charley-One-Eye (1973); Cherish the Day (2022); Chicago Fire (2015); CHiPs (1981); Christmas in Connecticut (1992); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2012); Circus of the Stars #2 (1977); City Heat (1984); Classified X (2007); Close to Home (2006); COC Elite (2009); Collar - Directors Cut (2023); Collar (2015); Cop Files (1995); Corky Romano (2001); Crack House (1989); Day of the Assassin (1979); Deadly Rivals (1993); Desperate Housewives (2004–2005); Diamonds (1975); Diary of a Single Mom (2009–2011); Dinah! (1974–1976); Donahue (1972); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1998); Dream On (1995); Duke (2019); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Earthquake (1974); Ebony Fashion Fair: 50 Years of Style (2008); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1986); Embassy (1972); Entertainment Tonight (2019–2024); Escape to Athena (1979); Family Reunion (2019–2022); Final Approach (2007); Firehouse (1973); Freedom Is (1976); Game for Vultures (1979); Game On! A Comedy Crossover Event (2020); Generations (1990); George of the Jungle (1997); Getting Even (1989); Go Beyond the Lens (2011); Good Morning America (2023); Grey's Anatomy (2006); Gypsy Angels (1990); Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1992–1994); Harlem to Hollywood (2018); Haunting of the Mary Celeste (2020); Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999); Hawaiian Gardens (2001); Hearts Are Wild (1992); Hell Up in Hollywood: Soul Cinema and the 1970s (2003); Heroes (2006–2007); Hollywood Beat (1985); I Love 1970's (2000); Inchon (1981); Intimate Portrait (1999); It's a Knockout (1988); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1973); Jocks (1986); Joe and Max (2002); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1994–1995); Just an Overnight Guest (1983); Killpoint (1984); Knight Rider (2009); L.A. Law (1992); Ladies of the House (2008); Lethal Weapon (2018); Lincoln Heights (2007–2009); Linc's (1999); MacGyver (1990); Made in Hollywood (2019); Magnum, P.I. (1983); Man Friday (1975); Maniac Cop (1988); Masquerade (1983); Maury (1992); Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon (2004); Meet the Browns (2010); Men Cry in the Dark (2003); Miami Cops (1989); Mind Twister (1993); Miss Universe Pageant (1980); Missing Reel (2014); Moscacieca (1993); Movie Night Extravaganza (2022); Moving On (2022); Murder, She Wrote (1988); Nationtime (1972); NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (2023); Negermagasinet (2005); Nero come il cuore (1994); New York, New York (1972); Night Visitor (1989); Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995); One Down, Two to go (1982); Opposing Force (1986); Original Gangstas (1996); Outlaws (1986–1987); Painkiller Jane (2005); Parachute to Paradise (1972); Party Line (1988); Point of Entry (2007); Portrait of a Hitman (1979); Private Practice (2012); Profiler (1997); Q: The Winged Serpent (1982); Renegade (1994); Rescue 77 (1999); Resurrection Blvd. (2001); Retreat! (2016); Rhythm and Blues 40: A Soul Spectacular (2002); Roc (1991–1994); Roots (1977); Roots: Celebrating 25 Years (2002); Sacrifice (2021); Scarface: The World Is Yours (2006); Se7en (1995); Set Apart (2009); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Shadows of Desire (1994); Shaft (1973–1974); Shaft (1971 / 2019 / 2000); Shaft in Africa (1973); Shaft's Big Score! (1972); Shoot! (2001); Short Fuse: A Collection of Explosive Shorts (2004); Sins of the Night (1993); Soul Brothers (2013); Soul Brothers 2 (2013); Soul Comes Home (2003); Soul Food (2000–2001); Soul in Cinema: Filming Shaft on Location (1971); Speed Racer (2008); Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family (2008); Star (2017–2018); Steel (1997); Tavis Smiley (2008); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The 12nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1991); The 18th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards Preshow (2003); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 47th NAACP Image Awards (2016); The Arsenio Hall Show (2014); The Banker (1989); The Baron and the Kid (1984); The Big Score (1983); The Closer (2005); The Confidant (2010); The David Frost Show (1972); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Telly Savalas (1974); The Dean Martin Show (1973); The Fifth Missile (1986); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996); The Green Fog (2017); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1972–1976); The John H. Johnson Story (2005); The Love Boat (1980); The Marsha Warfield Show (1990); The Mentalist (2011); The Merv Griffin Show (1972–1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1972–1977); The Ms. Moviefone Show (2019); The New Hollywood Squares (1987); The Player (2015); The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (2002); The Sin Choice (2020); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2002); The Trial of Ben Barry (2012); The Turn On (2007); The Wayans Bros. (1995); The Young Riders (1991); Thelma (2024); Theodore Rex (1995); This Bitter Earth (2012); Tilmon Tempo (1972–1976); Today (2019); Touched by an Angel (1996); Ultimate Film Fanatic (2004–2005); Undercover Brother (2002); Unsung Hollywood (2015–2016); Unsung Presents: Best in Black (2023); Vegas Vampires (2007); Veil (2010); Vicki! (1992–1993); Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus! (2010); WGN Morning News (2019); What Do You Say to a Naked Lady? (1970); What Men Want (2019); Whatever She Wants (2014); Wild On... (1997–2009); Wild Seven (2006); Without Walls (1994); Young Warriors (1983).

Born on this day – Roger Ebert:

Roger Ebert

Film historian

Writer

June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013

On this day in movie history - The Big Shot (1942):

The Big Shot,

directed by Lewis Seiler,

written by Bertram Millhauser, Abem Finkel and Daniel Fuchs,

was released in the United States on June 13, 1942.
Music by Adolph Deutsch.

Cast:
Humphrey Bogart, Irene Manning, Richard Travis, Susan Peters, Stanley Ridges, Minor Watson, Chick Chandler, Joe Downing, Howard Da Silva, Murray Alper, Roland Drew, John Ridgely, Joe King, John Hamilton, Virginia Brissac, William Edmunds, Virginia Sale, Ken Christy, Wallace Scott, Leah Baird, Morgan Brown, Eddy Chandler, Cliff Clark, Clancy Cooper, Ralph Dunn, Thornton Edwards, Carl Faulkner, James Flavin, Gus Glassmire, Sol Gorss, William Gould, Creighton Hale, Henry Hall, Herbert Heywood, Dorothy Kelly, Donald Kerr, Wilbur Mack, Frank Mayo, Jack Mower, Wendell Niles, Frank O’Connor, Eleanor Parker, Don Phillips, Lee Prather, Jeffrey Sayre, Charles Sherlock, Walter Soderling, Harry Strang, Brick Sullivan, Ray Teal, Don Turner, Dale Van Sickel, Tom Wilson, Joan Winfield, Bill Wolfe, Victor Zimmerman.

Born on this day – Tom Mankiewicz:

Tom Mankiewicz

Writer

Director

Producer

June 1, 1942 – July 31, 2010

Born on this day – Kevin Conway:

Kevin Conway

Actor

Director

May 29, 1942 – February 5, 2020

Born on this day – Leighton Gage:

Leighton Gage

Writer

May 13, 1942 – July 26, 2013

Credits:

Books:

A Vine in the Blood (2011); Blood of the Wicked (2007); Buried Strangers (2009); Dying Gasp (2010); Every Bitter Thing (2010); Perfect Hatred (2013); The Ways of Evil Men (2014).

On this day in movie history - This Gun for Hire (1942):

This Gun for Hire,

directed by Frank Tuttle,

written by Albert Maltz and W.R. Burnett,

based on the novel A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene,

was released in the United States on April 24, 1942.
Music by David Buttolph.

Cast:
Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Alan Ladd, Tully Marshall, Marc Lawrence, Olin Howland, Roger Imhof, Pamela Blake, Frank Ferguson, Victor Kilian, Patricia Farr, Harry Shannon, Charles C. Wilson, Mikhail Rasumny, Bernadene Hayes, Mary Davenport, Chester Clute, Charles Arnt, Earle S. Dewey, Clem Bevans, Lynda Grey, Virita Campbell.

Born on this day – Sandra Dee:

Sandra Dee

Actress

April 23, 1942 – February 20, 2005

Born on this day – Douglas Trumbull:

Douglas Trumbull

Director

Writer

Inventor

Special effects supervisor

April 8, 1942 – February 7, 2022

Credits:

10th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards (2012); 2001 and Beyond (2001); 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968); 2001: FX and Early Conceptual Artwork (2007); 2001: The Making of a Myth (2001); 2001: The Science of Futures Past (2012); Ain't It Cool with Harry Knowles (2012); Back to the Future... The Ride (1991); Big Ball (1983); Blade Runner (1982); Blade Runner: Convention Reel (1982); Brainstorm (1983); Candy (1968); Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future (2018); Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977); Cyberspace (1996); Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007); Douglas Trumbull - Lighting the Starship Enterprise (2016); Douglas Trumbull: Then and Now (2002); Exploring 'the Tree of Life' (2011); Fantasy Film Festival (1979); Golden Eyes (2011); Gravity: Looking to the Stars - The Evolution of Space Films (2015); Greatest Sci-Fi Movies (2015); HypaSpace (2008); In Search of the Obelisk (1993); Inglorious Treksperts (2019); James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (2018); Kubrick's Universe: The Stanley Kubrick Podcast (2021); Leonardo's Dream (1989); Les ateliers du rêve: les grands studios de cinéma dans le monde (1985); Let's Go (1985); Lights, Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema (1996); Making Close Encounters (1990); Miradas 2 (2008); Movies and Stuff (2015); Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020); New Magic (1983); Night of Dreams (1978); On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000); Phenomenon Blade Runner (2021); Secret Access: UFOs on the Record (2011); Silent Running (1972); 'Silent Running': By Director Douglas Trumbull (2002); Since '45 - In the Extraordinary House of History (2017); Since '45 (1979); Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers Centennial Gala (2016); Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey (2022); Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (2007); Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001); Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979); Starlost (1973); The 16th Annual Satellite Awards (2011); The Andromeda Strain (1971); The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film (2001); The Gate to the Mind's Eye (1993); The Gate to the Mind's Eye (1994); The History of the SF Film (1982); The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (2001); The Making of 'Silent Running' (1974); The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2018); The Real History of Science Fiction (2014); The Reality Trip (1997); The Starlost (1973); The Starlost (1973–1974); The Starlost: Deception (1980); The Tree of Life (2011); Theater of Time (1993); To Dream of Roses (1990); To the Moon and Beyond (1964); Tour of the Universe (1985); Trumbull Land (2018); Valkokangas (1984); Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (2007).

Born on this day – Scott Wilson:

Scott Wilson

Actor

March 29, 1942 – October 6, 2018

Credits:

A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984); All Access Pass (2014); Art of the Interview (2015); Bark! (2002); Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006); Big Stan (2007); Blue City (1986); Bonus Content (2014); Bosch (2014–2015); Bottleworld (2009); Castle Keep (1969); Chris Hardwick's All-Star Celebrity Bowling (2012); Clay Pigeons (1998); Coastlines (2002); Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders (2017); Come Early Morning (2006); Comedy Is Pain (2009); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2001–2006); Damien (2016); Dead Man Walking (1995); Don't Let Go (2002); Dorfman in Love (2011); Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story (1993); Enlightened (2011); Face Off (2014); Femme Fatale (1991); Five (2011); Flesh and Bone (1993); For Sale by Owner (2009); G.I. Jane (1997); Geronimo: An American Legend (1993); Guide Season (2002); Guys Choice Awards 2014 (2014); Hostiles (2017); In Cold Blood (1967); In the Heat of the Night (1967); Inside the Walking Dead: Walker University (2014); Jesse (1988); Johnny Handsome (1989); Judge Dredd (1995); Junebug (2005); Justified (2011); Karen Sisco (2003); La ilegal (1979); Law & Order (2005); Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973); Malone (1987); Monster (2003); Mother (1995); On the Line (1984); Open Window (2006); Our God's Brother (1997); Our Hollywood Education (1992); Pearl Harbor (2001); Puraido: Unmei no toki (1998); Pure Luck (1991); Radio Free Albemuth (2010); Robot Chicken (2017); Saving Grace B. Jones (2009); Saving Shiloh (2006); Scott Wilson: A Different Kind of Killer (2018); Shiloh (1996); Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season (1999); Soul Survivors (1995); South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000); Talking Dead (2012–2018); Tall Tale (1995); The 17th Annual Satellite Awards (2012); The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1981); The Actor's Journey (2011); The Actor's Journey for Kids (2011); The Animal (2001); The Aviator (1985); The Cross of Iberia (1990); The Debtors (1999); The Exorcist III (1990); The Grass Harp (1995); The Great Gatsby (1974); The Grissom Gang (1971); The Gypsy Moths (1969); The Heartbreak Kid (2007); The Host (2006); The Jack Bull (1999); The Last Samurai (2003); The New Centurions (1972); The Ninth Configuration (1980); The OA (2016–2019); The Passover Plot (1976); The Playboy Morning Show (2014); The Right Stuff (1983); The Sensation of Sight (2006); The Sky Divers (1969); The Tracker (1988); The Twilight Zone / Quarantine (1986); The Walking Dead (2011–2018); The Walking Dead: Behind the Dead (2017); The Walking Dead: Cast and Creators Live at Paleyfest (2013); The Walking Dead: The Journey So Far (2016); The Way of the Gun (2000); The X-Files (2000); Young Guns II (1990).

Born on this day – Françoise Dorléac:

Françoise Dorléac

Actress

March 21, 1942 – June 26, 1967

Credits:

4 fois D (1964); Adorable Liar (1962); Arsène Lupin contre Arsène Lupin (1962); Billion Dollar Brain (1967); Ce soir ou jamais (1961); Chroniques de France (1966); Cinépanorama (1959); Circle of Love (1964); Cul-de-sac (1966); Derrière l'écran (1966); Dim Dam Dom (1966); Discorama (1962); École des vedettes (1960); Gala de l'Unicef (1966); Genghis Khan (1965); Grand écran (1964); Hollywood in Deblatschka Pescara (1965); Julie de Chaverny ou La double méprise (1967); La Gamberge (1962); Les échos du cinéma (1961–1962); Les loups dans la bergerie (1960); Les petites demoiselles (1964); Les portes claquent (1960); Les trois chapeaux claques (1962); Male Hunt (1964); Ni figue ni raisin (1965); Septième art septième case (1966); Teuf-teuf (1963); That Man from Rio (1964); The Girl with the Golden Eyes (1961); The Soft Skin (1964); The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967); Tilt (1967); Tout l'or du monde (1961); Where the Spies Are (1965).

Born on this day – Josephine Hart:

Josephine Hart

Writer

March 1, 1942 – June 2, 2011

Books:

Catching Life By the Throat (2006); Damage (1991); Life Saving (2012); Magdalena the Sinner (1996); Oblivion (1995); Sin (1992); The Reconstructionist (2001); The Stillest Day (1998); The Truth About Love (2009); Words That Burn / poems (2008).

Movies and television:

Damage (1992); Friday Night (1993); Obsession (2023); Question Time (1995); Ruby (1998); Sunday AM (2006); The Reader (2008); Viaggio segreto (2006).