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 – 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).

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 – Charlotte Bingham:

Charlotte Bingham

Writer

June 29, 1942 – November 16, 2025

Credits:

Books:

A Dip Before Breakfast (2012); A Summer Collection (2007); At Home (1986); Belgravia (1983); By Invitation (1993); Change of Heart (1994); Coronet Among the Grass (1972); Coronet Among the Weeds (1963); Country Life (1985); Country Wedding (1999); Daughters of Eden (2004); Days of Wine and Roses (2015); Debutantes (1995); Distant Music (2002); Friday's Girl (2004); Goodnight Sweetheart (2007); Grand Affair (1997); In Distant Fields (2006); In Sunshine or in Shadow (1991); Love At Home (2012); Love By Invitation Only (2012); Love in Belgravia (2012); Love in Country Life (2012); Love Song (1998); Lucinda (1966); Meadows Green (2014); MI5 and Me: A Coronet Among the Spooks (2018); Mums on the Run (2010); Nanny (1993); No, Honestly (1974); Out of the Blue (2006); Spies and Stars: MI5, Showbusiness and Me (2019); Stardust (1992); Summertime (2001); The Blue Note (1999); The Business (1989); The Business Part One (2012); The Business Part Two (2012); The Chestnut Tree (2002); The Daisy Club (2009); The Enchanted (2008); The House of Flowers (2004); The Kissing Garden (1999); The Land of Summer (2008); The Light on the Swan (2014); The Love Knot (2000); The Magic Hour (2005); The Moon at Midnight (2003); The Nightingale Sings (1996); The Season (2001); The White Marriage (2007); The Wind Off the Sea (2003); To Hear a Nightingale (1988); Upstairs Downstairs: Rose's Story (1972); Victoria (1972); Victoria and Company (1974); Yes, Honestly (1977).

Movies and television:

A Fine Romance (1989); Away from It All (1973); BBC Play of the Month / Three Piece Suite (1977); Boy Meets Girl (1967–1969); Call My Bluff (1966–1969); Dee Time (1968); Did You See..? (1984); Father Matthew's Daughter (1987); Forever Green (1989–1992); Juke Box Jury (1967); Love with a Perfect Stranger (1986); Love's Rivals (1999); Magic Moments (1989); Maid in Britain (2010); Nanny (1981–1983); No, Honestly (1974–1975); Not a Word (1970); Oh Madeline (1983–1984); One Pair of Eyes (1968); Pig in the Middle (1980–1983); Play for Today (1973); Riders (1993); Robin's Nest (1978); Take Three Girls (1969–1971); Take Three Women (1982); The One Show (2018); The Story of Upstairs Downstairs (2005); The Unforgettable Gordon Jackson (2012); The World's Greatest Spy Movies (2016); Thomas and Sarah (1979); Three Comedies of Marriage (1975); Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1972); Yes, Honestly (1976–1977).

Born on this day – Roger Ebert:

Roger Ebert

Film historian

Writer

June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013

Born on this day – Judy Pace:

Judy Pace

Actress

June 15, 1942 – March 11, 2026

Credits:

13 Frightened Girls (1963); Batman (1966); Beauty and the Baller (2017); Bewitched (1966); Beyond Westworld (1980); Brian's Song (1971); Caribe (1975); Cool Breeze (1972); Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970); Days of Our Lives (1967); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); ESPN SportsCentury (2000–2004); Frogs (1972); Good Times (1975); I Dream of Jeannie (1967); I Spy (1966); Insight (1969); Ironside (1974); It Takes Two (1969); Kung Fu (1974); Medical Center (1974); Mod Squad (1968); My Friend Tony (1969); Oh, Nurse! (1972); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971); Peyton Place (1968–1969); Players at the Poker Palace (2008); Profiles in Courage (1965); Run for Your Life (1966); Sanford and Son (1974); Shaft (1973); Soul (1968); Soul Train (1972); Soul! (1969); Sucker Free City (2004); Tarzan (1968); That's My Mama (1974); The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1980); The Actor's Choice (2016–2021); The Curious Case of Curt Flood (2011); The Divorce (2014); The Flying Nun (1967); The Fortune Cookie (1966); The Lee Phillip Show (1972); The New Odd Couple (1982); The New People (1969); The Oscar (1966); The Sig Sakowicz Show (1972); The Slams (1973); The Thomas Crown Affair (1968); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969); The Young Lawyers (1969–1971); Three in the Attic (1968); Unsung Hollywood (2015); Unsung Presents: Best in Black (2023); Up in the Cellar (1970); What's Happening Now! (1985); What's Happening!! (1977–1979).

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 – Prentis Hancock:

Prentis Hancock

Actor

May 14, 1942 – May 30, 2025

Credits:

A Darker Side (2007); Alien Attack (1976); Armchair Thriller (1978–1980); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2017); Bergerac (1989); Bernice Summerfield (2011); Bodyguards (1997); Bulman (1985); Chocky's Challenge (1986); Chocky's Children (1985); CI5: The New Professionals (1999); Colditz (1973); Danger UXB (1979); Danger: Marmalade at Work (1984); Defense of the Realm (1985); Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1978); Dixon of Dock Green (1971); Doctor Who (1970–1978); Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks (Special Edition) (2019); Down to Earth: Filming Spearhead from Space (2011); Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1969); Finney (1994); Forget Me Not (1976); Fox (1980); Friend or Foe (1982); God's Frontiersmen (1989); Hitler's S.S.: Portrait in Evil (1985); ITV Playhouse (1969); Jekyll and Hyde (1990); Journey Through the Black Sun (1982); Kappatoo (1990); Kim (1984); Life and Death of Penelope (1976); Lime Street (1985); Minder (1980 / 1983); Mr. Palfrey of Westminster (1984); Next Time (2015); Outlander (2014); Paul Temple (1969–1971); Planetary Performance: Acting in Doctor Who (2007); Play for Today (1980); Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983); Return of the Saint (1979); Rogue's Rock (1976); Screenplay (1980); Secret Army (1979); Six Days of Justice (1972); Softly Softly: Task Force (1971); Space: 1999 (1975–1976); Spy Trap (1972–1973); Staying Alive (1996); Survivors (1977); Terror Nation: Terry Nation and Doctor Who (2007); The Bill (1989); The Chief (1995); The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years, Behind the Scenes Vol 2 (2022); The Famous Five (1978); The Fear (1988); The Fenn Street Gang (1972); The Frighteners (1972); The Gerry Anderson Podcast (2024); The House on the Hill (1981); The Last of the Mohicans (1971); The Monster Club / Segment: Humgoo Story (1981); The New Avengers (1976); The Professionals (1982); The Protectors (1973); The Ribos File (2007); The Saint and the Brave Goose (1979); The Shadow of the Tower (1972); The Silver Sword (1971); The Thirty Nine Steps (1978); The View from Daniel Pike (1971); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1971); This Is Your Life (1974); Warship (1977); When Eight Bells Toll (1971); Who's Round (2015); Z Cars (1971).

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 movie & novel):

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.

Recommended reading:

A Gun for Sale

By Graham Greene.

Introduction by Samuel Hynes.

Filmed as This Gun for Hire (1942), directed by Frank Tuttle.

Published by Penguin Publishing Group.

First published 1936.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 014303930X

ISBN-13: 978-0143039303

Description:

Raven is an ugly man dedicated to ugly deeds. His cold-blooded killing of a European Minister of War is an act of violence with chilling repercussions, not just for Raven himself but for the nation as a whole. The money he receives in payment for the murder is made up of stolen notes and when the first of these is traced, Raven becomes a man on the run. As he tracks down the agent who has been double-crossing him and attempts to elude the police, he becomes both hunter and hunted: an unwitting weapon of a strange kind of social justice. In doing so, he sets the stage for Greene’s next novel, Brighton Rock. This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by Samuel Hynes.

Born on this day – Sandra Dee:

Sandra Dee

Actress

April 23, 1942 – February 20, 2005

Born on this day – Frances Doel:

Frances Doel

Writer

Producer

April 15, 1942 – May 26, 2025

Credits:

Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time (2000); Alien Avengers (1996); Avalanche (1978); Big Bad Mama (1974); Big Bad Mama II (1987); Black Rose of Harlem (1996); Black Scorpion (2001); Cockfighter (1974); Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011); Crazy Mama (1975); Cyclops (2008); Deathsport (1978); Dinocroc (2004); Dinoshark (2010); Flyin' Ryan (2003); Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970); Harold Robbins' Body Parts (2001); Mama Knows Best: A Retrospective - 'Big Bad Mama' Special Edition DVD (2005); Palace of the Damned (2013); Raptor (2001); Some Nudity Required (1998); Starship Troopers (1997); Stray Bullet (1998); Supergator (2007); Target: Harry (1969); That Guy Dick Miller (2014); The Dark Side of Hollywood (1998); The Game of Death (2000); The Lost (2006); The Sea Wolf (1997); The Trip (1967); The Wild Racers (1968); The Young Nurses (1973).