Born on this day – Sam Shepard:

Sam Shepard

Actor

Writer

Director

November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017

Credits:

AFI Life Achievement Award (1986); After the Harvest (2001); All the Pretty Horses (2000); American Playhouse (1984); August: Osage County (2013); Baby Boom (1987); Bandidas (2006); Black Hawk Down (2001); Blackthorn (2011); Blind Horizon (2003); Bloodline (2015); Brand X (1970); Bright Angel (1990); Brothers (2009); Buried Child (2016); Charlotte's Web (2006); Cold in July (2014); Country (1984); Crimes of the Heart (1986); Darling Companion (2012); Dash and Lilly (1999); Days of Heaven (1978); Defenseless (1991); Don't Come Knocking (2005); Fair Game (2010); Felon (2008); Fool for Love (1985); Frances (1982); Hamlet (2000); In Dubious Battle (2016); Inhale (2010); It All Came True (1998); Ithaca (2015); Killing Them Softly (2012); Klondike (2014); Leo (2002); Lily Dale (1996); Midnight Special (2016); Mud (2012); Never Here (2017); One Kill (2000); Out of the Furnace (2013); Paris, Texas (1984); Purgatory (1999); Raggedy Man (1981); Resurrection (1980); Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019); Ruffian (2007); Safe House (2012); Safe Passage (1994); Savannah (2013); Shot in the Heart (2001); Simpatico (1999); Snow Falling on Cedars (1999); Stealth (2005); Steel Magnolias (1989); Streets of Laredo (1995); Swordfish (2001); TCM Remembers 2017 (2017); The Accidental Husband (2008); The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007); The Good Old Boys (1995); The Notebook (2004); The Only Thrill (1997); The Pelican Brief (1993); The Pledge (2001); The Return (2005); The Right Stuff (1983); Thunderheart (1992); Tough Trade (2010); True West (2002); Voyager (1991); Walker Payne (2006); Wanderlust (2006); Welcome to the Basement (2012); Zabriskie Point (1970).

Born on this day – Noreen Corcoran:

Noreen Corcoran

Actress

October 20, 1943 – January 15, 2016

Credits:

A Lion Is in the Streets (1953); About Faces (1960); An Evening at the Inn (1962); Apache Drums (1951); Bachelor Father (1957–1962); Band of Angels (1957); Ben Casey (1964); Cavalcade of America (1953–1955); Channing (1963); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); Chevron Theatre (1952–1953); Circus Boy (1957); Dr. Kildare (1963); Four Star Playhouse (1955); General Electric Theater (1957); Gidget Goes to Rome (1963); Going My Way (1963); Gunsmoke (1964); Hans Christian Andersen (1952); I Love Melvin (1953); Mr. Novak (1964); Plymouth Adventure (1952); Saints and Sinners (1962); So This Is Love (1953); Social Security in Action (1965); Studio 57 (1955); Tanganyika (1954); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1952); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1955); The Big Valley (1965); The Bob Hope Show (1961); The Eleventh Hour (1964); The Girls on the Beach (1965); The Lawbreakers (1961); The Loretta Young Show (1953); The Magical World of Disney (1959); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Robe (1953); The Story of Three Loves / Segments: The Jealous Lover; Mademoiselle (1953); Violent Saturday (1955); Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952); You Don't Say (1965); Young Bess (1953).

Born on this day – Penny Marshall:

Penny Marshall

Actress

Director

Producer

October 15, 1943 – December 17, 2018

Credits:

1941 (1979); A League of Their Own (1992 / 1993); According to Jim (2009); Alice Upside Down (2007); Aretha Franklin: Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986); Awakenings (1990); Banacek (1973); Barefoot in the Park (1970); Big (1988); Blansky's Beauties (1977); Blonde Ambition (2007); Bones (2006); Bosom Buddies (1982); Campus Ladies (2006); Challenge of a Lifetime (1985); Chico and the Man (1975); Entourage (2006); Everybody Wants to Be Italian (2007); Evil Roy Slade (1972); Frasier (2004); Get Shorty (1995); Getting Together (1971); Good Heavens (1976); Happy Days (1975); Hocus Pocus (1993); How Come Nobody's on Our Side? (1974); How Sweet It Is! (1968); I'm with Her (2004); Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986); Laverne & Shirley (1976); Laverne & Shirley in the Army (1981); Let's Switch! (1975); Love Thy Neighbor (1984); Love, American Style (1970); More Than Friends (1978); Mork & Mindy (1978); Mother's Day (2016); Movers & Shakers (1985); Mulaney (2014); Murder Police (2013); My Friend Tony (1969); Nash Bridges (1998); New Year's Eve (2011); Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers (1974); Portlandia (2012); Renaissance Man (1994); Riding in Cars with Boys (2001); Rodman (2020); Safeguard: Beige Deodorant and Antibacterial Soap Commercial (1972); Sam & Cat (2013); Saturday Night Live (1977); Scooby-Doo! And Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery (2015); She's Having a Baby (1988); Special Delivery (1999); Staten Island Summer (2015); Stateside (2004); Taxi (1983); That Girl (1968); The Bob Newhart Show (1972); The Couple Takes a Wife (1972); The Crooked Hearts (1972); The Famous Comedians School (1976); The Feminist and the Fuzz (1971); The Game (2008); The Grasshopper (1970); The Hard Way (1991); The Jackie Gleason Show (1953); The Life & Times of Tim (2012); The Magical World of Disney (1970); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1974); The New Show (1984); The Odd Couple (1972); The Odd Couple: Together Again (1993); The Party's Over... (1972); The Preacher's Wife (1996); The Savage Seven (1968); The Simpsons (1990); The Super (1972); The Thanksgivukkah Movie Trailer (2013); The Tracey Ullman Show (1987); Then Came Bronson (1969); United States of Tara (2010); Where's Poppa? (1970); Wives (1975); Women Without Men (2010); Working Stiffs (1979).

Born on this day – Lois Hamilton:

Lois Hamilton

Actress

Writer

Artist

Aviator

Model

October 14, 1943 – December 23, 1999

Credits:

Bob's Night Out (2004); Designing Women (1990); Armed Response (1986); Hunter (1985); Summer Rental (1985); Invitation to Hell (1984); Hollywood's Most Sensational Mysteries (1984); Hart to Hart (1984); Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983); Pray TV (1982); Honky Tonk Freeway (1981); Stripes (1981); The Cannonball Run (1981); Three's Company (1978–1981); The Ropers (1979–1980); The Love Boat (1980); The Electric Horseman (1979); The Dukes of Hazzard (1979); CHiPs (1979); Topper (1979); Starsky and Hutch (1978); Are You in the House Alone? (1978); The Sunshine Boys (1975); Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1972); Match Game / Hollywood Squares Hour (1984); Card Sharks (1979–1981); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1981); Family Feud (1979–1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1980).

Born on this day – Lorna Raver:

Lorna Raver

Actress

October 9, 1943 – May 12, 2025

In Star Trek: Voyager (1995).

Credits:

10-8: Officers on Duty (2003); Ally McBeal (2001); Armored (2009); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1997); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / Segment: The Landlady (1999); Bones (2009); Boston Legal (2004–2006); Breaking Waves (2011); Bull (2000–2001); Candor City Hospital (2005); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1994); Charmed (2002); Clubhouse (2004); Cold Case (2004); Crisis Center (1997); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2006); Cujo (2016); Desperate Housewives (2004); Don't Pick Up the Phone: The Making of the Caller (2011); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1997); Drag Me to Hell (2009); Drag Me to Hell: The Production Diaries (2009); Dragnet (2003); Eli Stone (2008); ER (1996); Felicity (1998); First Watch (2003); Freeway (1996); Getting By (1993); Gilmore Girls (2001); Grey's Anatomy (2013); In Justice (2006); Jane Doe: Ties That Bind (2007); Judging Amy (2000); Leaving L.A. (1997); Malcolm in the Middle (2005); Nip/Tuck (2006); NYPD Blue (1997–2004); One Tree Hill (2009); Opportunity Knocks (1990); Raising the Bar (2009); Rake (2014); Reasonable Doubts (1993); Rushlights (2013); Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1996); Scream Awards 2009 (2009); Side Order of Life (2007); Sinbad The Fifth Voyage (2014); Star Trek: Voyager (1995); Stark Raving Mad (1999); The Bold and the Beautiful (1992); The Caller (2011); The Practice (1997); The Pretender (1999); The Young and the Restless (1997–2007); Traffic Light (2011); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2009); Walkout (2006); Weeds (2005).

Born on this day – Michael Palmer:

Michael Palmer

Physician

Writer

October 9, 1943 – October 30, 2013

Credits:

Books:

Oath of Office (2012); Political Suicide (2012); Resistant (2014); The Sisterhood (1982); Side Effects (1986); Flashback (1988); Extreme Measures (1991); Natural Causes (1994); Silent Treatment (1995); Critical Judgment (1996); Miracle Cure (1998); The Patient (2000); Fatal (2002); The Society (2004); The Fifth Vial (2007); The First Patient (2008); The Second Opinion (2009); The Last Surgeon (2010); A Heartbeat Away (2011); Trauma (2015); Mercy (2016); The First Family (2018); Disfigured (2006); The Dead Club (2010); Disfigured (2006); The Dead Club (2010); On Call (2012); Natural Suspect (2001); Thriller: Stories To Keep You Up All Night (2006); First Thrills (2010); No Rest for the Dead (2011); In Search of Humanity (2015).

Movies and television:

Book Case TV (2013); Extreme Measures (1996); Silent Treatment (2012).

Born on this day – Austin Stoker:

Austin Stoker

Actor

October 7, 1943 – October 7, 2022

Credits:

Give Till It Hurts (2022); Fire and Ice (2021); Double Down (2020); 3 from Hell (2019); Descention (2016); Shhhh (2014); Machete Joe (2010); Between the Lines (2006); Sleeper Cell (2005); Black Leather Soles; The District (2003); The Wild Thornberrys (2001); Mach 2 (2000); Two Shades of Blue (1999); Arli$$ (1997); The Bold and the Beautiful (1991–1992); A Girl to Kill For (1990); Another Time, Another Place (1989); Falcon Crest (1989); Uninvited (1987); Cagney & Lacey (1986); Trapper John, M.D. (1984–1986); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1986); Airwolf (1985); Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985); Hotel (1984); Time Walker (1982); Lou Grant (1977–1981); Terror Among Us (1981); The Incredible Hulk (1979); The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1978); Roots (1977); The Six Million Dollar Man (1975–1977); Riding with Death (1976); Victory at Entebbe (1976); Assault on Precinct 13 (1976); Gemini Man (1976); Jigsaw John (1976); Bronk (1975); Return to the Planet of the Apes (1975); S.W.A.T. (1975); 'Sheba, Baby' (1975); Police Story (1975); Abby (1974); Airport 1975 (1974); The Rookies (1972); The Get-Man (1974); Chopper One (1974); Kojak (1974); McCloud (1974); Horror High (1973); Love Thy Neighbor (1973); Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973); Trouble Comes to Town (1973); Monty Nash (1971); Men at Law (1970); The Aquarians (1970); Love, American Style (1970); Mod Squad (1969).

Born on this day – J. T. Walsh:

J. T. Walsh

Actor

September 28, 1943 – February 27, 1998

Born on this day – Gailard Sartain:

Gailard Sartain

Actor

Writer

Producer

Painter

Illustrator

September 18, 1943 – June 17, 2025

Credits:

Ali (2001); All of Me (1984); Arli$$ (1997); Blaze (1989); Bulba (1981); Cher (1975); Chicago Hope (1995); Choose Me (1984); Clean Slate (1994); Cooperstown (1993); Death Falls (1991); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Elizabethtown (2005); Endangered Species (1982); Equinox (1992); Ernest Goes to Camp (1987); Ernest Goes to Jail (1990); Ernest Saves Christmas (1988); Existo (1999); Fried Green Tomatoes (1991); Getting Even with Dad (1994); Guilty by Suspicion (1991); Hank Williams Jr.: All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin' Over Tonight (1984); Hard Country (1981); Harry the Dirty Dog (1988); Hee Haw (1972–1992); Hee Haw Honeys (1978–1979); Hey, Vern, It's Ernest! (1988); Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way (1997); Keep on Truckin' (1975); King of the Hill (1997); Klein Time (1977); Leader of the Band (1987); Love at Large (1990); Made in Heaven (1987); Mississippi Burning (1988); Murder in Mind (1997); Nashville (1975); Nine to Five (1987); Open Season (1995); Pickin' and Grinnin': Roy Clark, 'Hee Haw' & Country Humor (2011); Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999); Roadie (1980); RocketMan (1997); Sandman (1993); Sharkskin (1991); Shields and Yarnell (1977); Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws (1978); Songwriter (1984); Speechless (1994); Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992); That Championship Season (1999); The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in 'For Love or Mummy' (1999); The Angry Beavers (1999); The Angry Beavers / Segment: House Sisters (2000); The Banana Company (1977); The Big Easy (1986); The Buddy Holly Story (1978); The Chase (1991); The Dukes of Hazzard (1983); The Grifters (1990); The Hollywood Knights (1980); The Jerk (1979); The Moderns (1988); The Outsiders (1983); The Patriot (1998); The Pretender (1997); The Real McCoy (1993); The Replacements (2000); The Round and Round (2002); The Simpsons (1997); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1976–1977); The Spitfire Grill (1996); The Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting (1970–1973); Trouble in Mind (1985); Uphill All the Way (1986); Wagons East (1994); Walker, Texas Ranger (1993); Wilder Napalm (1993); Wishman (1992).

Born on this day – Valerie Perrine:

Valerie Perrine

Actress

September 3, 1943 – March 23, 2026

Credits:

47th Annual Academy Awards (1975); 54 (1998); A Place Called Truth (1998); An Accidental Studio (2019); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Apocrifi sul caso Crowley (1994); Apropos Film (1975); As the World Turns (1998–1999); Behind the Scenes with 'the Amateurs' (2008); Bob Fosse: It's Showtime! (2019); Boiling Point (1993); Bravo Profiles (2002); Bright Angel (1990); Brown's Requiem (1998); Burke's Law (1994); Can't Stop the Music (1980); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes 2 (1977); Circus of the Stars #2 (1977); Circus of the Stars #3 (1979); Circus of the Stars #5 (1980); Circus of the Stars (1977); Dinah! (1975–1977); Directing Eddie (2001); ER (1995); Faerie Tale Theatre (1985); Family Law (2001); Film '84 (1984); Filmkrönikan (1973); George Burns Half-Hour Comedy Hour (1985); Ghostwriter (1993); Girl in the Cadillac (1995); Grounded for Life (2002); Homicide: Life on the Street (1995); Hour Magazine (1981); It All Came True (1998); Just Shoot Me! (2001); La montagna dei diamanti (1991); Lady Luck (1973); Late Night with David Letterman (1983–1987); Lenny (1974); Leo & Liz in Beverly Hills (1986); Lights Out (2011); Love Story (1973); Magic Night (1980); Maid to Order (1987); Malibu (1983); Marian Rose White (1982); Mask of Murder (1988); Mr. Billion (1977); Mr. Saturday Night (2021); My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (1999); Nash Bridges (1996); Northern Exposure (1992); Omnibus (1980); Picture This (1999); Pour le cinéma (1975); Quattro storie di donne (1989); Redirecting Eddie (2008); Riflessi in un cielo scuro (1991); Sammy and Company (1975); Shame, Shame, Shame (1999); Silver Skies (2016); Slaughterhouse-Five (1972); Steambath (1973); Superman (1978); Superman II (1980); Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006); Sweet Bird of Youth (1989); Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' (2001); The 11th Annual LA Femme International Film Festival (2015); The 33rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1976); The 51st Annual Academy Awards (1979); The 58th Annual Photoplay Awards (1979); The 6th People's Choice Awards (1980); The 8th Annual People's Choice Awards (1982); The Agency (1980); The Amateurs (2005); The Beast (2001); The Border (1982); The Break (1995); The Californians (2005); The Cannonball Run (1981); The Couple Takes a Wife (1972); The Don Lane Show (1980); The Electric Horseman (1979); The End of the Bar (2002); The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017); The First Annual Rock Music Awards (1975); The Jim Nabors Show (1978); The John Davidson Show (1980); The Last American Hero (1973); The Magician of Lublin (1979); The Making of Slaughterhouse-Five (1972); The Making of Superman: The Movie (1980); The Merv Griffin Show (1980–1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1975–1980); The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979); The Practice (1997); The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me (1982); The Secrets of Lake Success (1993); The Toni Tennille Show (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1972–1976); Third Watch (2005); Today (1978); Una casa a Roma (1989); Valerie (2019); Vicki! (1993); W.C. Fields and Me (1976); Walker, Texas Ranger (1998); War of the Stars (1987–1988); Water (1985); What Women Want (2000); When Your Lover Leaves (1983); Your Choice for the Film Awards (1977); Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women (1978).

Born on this day – David Soul:

David Soul

Actor

Director

Producer

Writer

Singer

August 28, 1943 – January 4, 2024

Credits:

The Gridiron (2016); Filth (2013); Inspector Lewis (2012); Mermaids: The Body Found (2011); Crash Bang Wallow (2010); Farewell (2009); That Deadwood Feeling (2009); Old Dog (2006); Puritan (2005); The Dark Lantern (2004); Poirot (2004); Starsky & Hutch (2004); Dalziel and Pascoe (2004); Doctor Who: The Animated Series (2002); Holby City (2001–2002); Tabloid (2001); The New Adventures of Robin Hood (1998); Terror in the Mall (1998); The Girls of Lido (1995); Vents contraires (1995); Sandra, the Rebel Princess (1995); High Tide (1994); The Judge Is a Woman (1994); Pentathlon (1994); Murder, She Wrote (1991–1993); Jake and the Fatman (1988–1992); Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive (1992); Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing (1992); Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann (1991); In the Heat of the Night (1990); China Beach (1990); Tides of War (1990); The Bride in Black (1990); In the Cold of the Night (1990); The Young Riders (1990); So Proudly We Hail (1990); Prime Target (1989); The Hitchhiker (1989); Unsub (1989); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1989); In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders (1988); Bloodstone (1988); Appointment with Death (1988); Secret of the Sahara (1988); Crime Story (1987–1988); Harry's Hong Kong (1987); The Hanoi Hilton (1987); The Fifth Missile (1986); The Key to Rebecca (1985); Blood Debts (1985); Heart of the City (1986); Hunter (1985); Partners in Crime (1984); Miami Vice (1984); The Yellow Rose (1983–1984); Through Naked Eyes (1983); Casablanca (1983); World War III (1982); The Manions of America (1981); Homeward Bound (1980); Rage! (1980); Swan Song (1980); Salem's Lot (1979); Dogpound Shuffle (1979); Starsky and Hutch (1975–1979); The Stick Up (1977); David Soul: Going in with My Eyes Open (1977); Little Ladies of the Night (1977); David Soul: Don't Give Up on Us (1976); The Long Christmas Dinner (1975); Gunsmoke (1975); Medical Center (1974); McMillan & Wife (1974); The Rookies (1974); Cannon (1973–1974); The Disappearance of Flight 412 (1974); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971–1974); Magnum Force (1973); Circle of Fear (1972); Intertect (1973); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); The F.B.I. (1972); Movin' On (1972); All in the Family (1971); Johnny Got His Gun (1971); Ironside (1971); Dan August (1971); The Young Rebels (1970); Here Come the Brides (1968–1970); The Secret Sharer (1967); Star Trek (1967); I Dream of Jeannie (1967); Flipper (1967); The Lloyd Thaxton Show (1966).

Born on this day – Nelson DeMille:

Nelson DeMille

Writer

August 23, 1943 – September 17, 2024

Credits:

Books:

A Poison That Leaves No Trace: With Mystery Jigsaw Puzzle (2002); An Acceptable Sacrifice (2012); Blood Lines (2023); Book Club (2014); By the Rivers of Babylon (1978); Cannibal (1975); Cathedral (1981); Citadel (2016); Condor in the Stacks (2015); Dead Dames Don't Sing (2016); Death Benefits (2012); Death Leaves a Bookmark (2012); Every Seven Years (2015); From the Queen (2015); From the Queen (2015); Getaway (2017); Hoodoo Harry (2017); In the Shadow of the Master (2003); It's in the Book (2014); MatchUp (2017); Mayday (1979); Mystery, Inc. (2015); Night Fall (2004); Plum Island (1997); Pronghorns of the Third Reich (2012); Radiant Angel / A Quiet End (2015); Reconciliation Day (2016); Remaindered (2014); Rendezvous (2012); Rides a Stranger (2013); Seven Years (2018); Spencerville (1994); Tales of Terror (1986); The Agent of Death / The Death Squad (1975); The Best American Mystery Stories 2004 (2004); The Book Case (2012); The Book of Ghosts (2013); The Book of the Lion (2015); The Book of Virtue (2012); The Book Thing (2012); The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (2018); The Charm School (1988); The Compendium of Srem (2014); The Cuban Affair (2017); The Dark Door (2022); The Deserter (2019); The Final Testament (2013); The Gate House (2008); The General's Daughter (1992); The Girl Who Did Say No (2020); The Gold Coast (1990); The Gospel of Sheba (2014); The Hammer of God (1974); The Haze (2016); The Hemingway Valise (2018); The Honeymoon Trap (2022); The Last Honest Horse Thief (2018); The Lion (2010); The Lion's Game (2000); The Little Men (2015); The Long Sonata of the Dead (2013); The Maze (2022); The Nature of My Inheritance (2014); The Night of the Phoenix (1975); The Panther (2012); The Plot Thickens (1997); The Pretty Little Box (2018); The Quest (1975); The Rich and the Dead (2011); The Scroll (2014); The Sequel (2014); The Smack Man (1975); The Sniper (1974); The Talbot Odyssey (1984); The Terrorists (1974); The Traitor (2022); The Travelling Companion (2016); Up Country (2002); What's in a Name? (2014); Wild Fire (2006); Word of Honor (1985).

Movies and television:

History of Air Combat: Fight for the Sky: Air War Over Germany (1997); ITW ThrillerFest Banquet Awards (2015); Life or Breath (2004); Mayday (2005); Megyn Kelly Today (2018); Silent Madness (1984); The 2nd Annual Quill Awards (2006); The Charm School (2024); The General's Daughter (1999); The General's Daughter: Behind the Secrets (1999); Word of Honor (2003).

Born on this day – Hugh Wilson:

Hugh Wilson

Director

Writer

August 21, 1943 – January 14, 2018

Born on this day – Martin Mull:

Martin Mull

Actor

Comedian

Musician

August 18, 1943 – June 27, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

Martin Mull (1972); Dueling Tubas / Single (1973); Martin Mull and His Fabulous Furniture in Your Living Room! (1973); Normal (1974); In the Soop with Martin Mull / with Ed Wise & Les Daniels (1967 / 1974); Days of Wine and Neuroses (1975); I'm Everyone I've Ever Loved (1977); No Hits, Four Errors – The Best of Martin Mull (1977); Sex & Violins (1978); Near Perfect/Perfect (1979); Mulling It Over – A Musical Ouvre-View of Martin Mull (1998).

Movies and television:

2016 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2016); 3rd Annual TV Guide Awards (2001); 90 Minutes Live (1977); A '70s Celebration: The Beat Is Back (1993); A Boyfriend for Christmas (2004); A Different Approach (1978); A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018); Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind (1990); All-Star Tribute to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1989); America 2-Night (1978); American Bandstand (1976); American Dad! (2005–2011); American Masters (2016); America's Funniest Home Videos (2002); An All Star Celebration: Vote '88 (1988); An All-Star Toast to the Improv (1988); An Evening at the Improv (1981); And They're Off (2011); Arrested Development (2004–2019); Attention Shoppers (2000); Bad Manners (1984); Basic Values: Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's (1993); Beverly Hills Family Robinson (1997); Big City Comedy (1980 / 1986); Biography (2006); Bless This Mess (2020); Bob's Burgers (2020); Breakaway (1984); Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2020); Burke's Law (1994); California Girls (1985); Cher (1975–1976); Cinemania (2004); Cinemax Comedy Experiment (1985–1990); Circus of the Stars #13 (1988); Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television (1996); Clue (1985); Clue: Movies, Murder & Mystery (1986); Come Away Home (2005); Comic Relief (1986); Community (2015); Crumbs (2006); Cutting Class (1989); D.C. Follies (1987); Dads (2013–2014); Dance Fever (1979); Dance with Death (1992); Danny Phantom (2003–2007); Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy (2005); Dexter's Laboratory (2001); Dinah! (1975); Doctor Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce (1986); Domestic Life (1984); Dream On (1991); Eastwick (2009); Edie & Pen (1996); El Jefe (2012); Entertainment Tonight (2018); Family Dog (1993); Family Guy (2000); Family Man (2008); Far Out Man (1990); Fast Times (1986); Fernwood Tonight (1977); Flicks (1983); FM (1978); Franklin & Bash (2012); Gary Unmarried (2008–2009); George Burns Comedy Week (1985); Get a Life (1991); Good Day L.A. (2013–2014); Good Morning America (1980); Grace and Frankie (2022); Grandpa, Will You Run with Me? (1983); Greetings from Tucson (2003); Hail Mary (2016); Half & Half (2004); Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years (1990); Hidden Heroes Gala: Diane Warren Tribute (2017); His & Hers (1990); Hollywood Squares (1998–2004); Hollywood Squares (2010); Hollywood's Greatest Wrap Party (1979); Home Is Where the Hart Is (1987); Hopeless Pictures (2005); How the West Was Fun (1994); I'm Sorry (2017–2019); In Concert (1973–1974); Inside Comedy (2013); Intimate Portrait (1990–2005); It's Garry Shandling's Show (1989–1990); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1990); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2020); Jingle All the Way (1996); Jonathan Winters: On the Ledge (1987); Jump (1971); Just for Laughs: The Montreal International Comedy Festival (1990); Just Shoot Me! (2000); Kevin Pollak's Chat Show (2010); Killers (2010); Kristin (2001); L.A. Law (1993); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1997); Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1997); Laugh-In (1977–1978); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2008); Les Chroniques du Mea (2017); Less Than Perfect (2002); Life in Pieces (2015–2017); Life with Bonnie (2002–2003); Life... and Stuff (1997); Lifestyles of the Rich & Fabulous (2012); Little Rascals: Mischief Loves Company (1994); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1995); Lots of Luck (1985); Mad Love (2011); Magic with the Stars (1982); Martin Mull Live from North Ridgeville, Ohio (1987); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976–1977); Melons (2022); Memories Then and Now (1988); Merrill Markoe's Guide to Glamorous Living (1988); Miracle Beach (1992); Molson Canadian Comedy Releaf (1991–1992); Movies Money Murder (1993); Mr. Mom (1983); Mr. Write (1994); Mrs. Doubtfire (1993); My Bodyguard (1980); My Boys (2008–2009); NCIS: Los Angeles (2017); Nevermind Nirvana (2004); Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 (2023); Norm Macdonald Live (2014); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); Not Dead Yet (2023); O.C. and Stiggs (1985); Oliver's Ghost (2011); On Location: Martin Mull (1979); Over the Top (1997); Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1991); Paul McCartney & Friends Live: PETA's Millennium Concert (1999); Portrait of a White Marriage (1988); Presenting Susan Anton (1979); Private School (1983); Psych (2013); Reading Writing & Romance (2013); Reba (2003); Recess (1998–2000); Relative Strangers (2006); Reno 911! (2004); Rented Lips (1987); Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (1998); Rock Concert (1973); Rock Music Awards (1977); Roseanne (1991–1997); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1997–2000); Sally Jessy Raphael (1993); Serial (1980); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); She TV (1994); Sin City Spectacular (1999); Sister Mary Explains It All (2001); Ski Patrol (1990); SpongeBob SquarePants and Friends Unite! (2005); Square Pegs (1983); Sunset Limousine (1983); Take This Job and Shove It (1981); Tall Tales & Legends (1986); Taxi (1979); Teamo Supremo (2002); Ted & Venus (1991); Television Parts (1985); The $10,000 Pyramid (1978); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame (1984); The 20th Century: Yesterday's Tomorrows (1999); The 21st Annual Grammy Awards (1979); The 21st Annual People's Choice Awards (1995); The 28th Annual People's Choice Awards (2002); The 51st State (1971); The 5th Annual American Comedy Awards (1991); The 6th Annual TV Land Awards (2008); The Afterparty (2023); The Alan Hamel Show (1977–1978); The Alan Thicke Show (1981); The Aristocrats (2005); The Benny Hill Show (1976); The Bob Monkhouse Show (1985); The Boss' Wife (1986); The Carson Podcast (2014); The Chevy Chase National Humor Test (1979); The Cool Kids (2018–2019); The Day My Parents Ran Away (1993); The Drew Carey Show (1997); The Ellen Show (2001–2002); The Funniest Joke I Ever Heard (1984); The Geena Davis Show (2000); The General Motors Playwrights Theater (1993); The Golden Girls (1990); The Green Room with Paul Provenza (2010); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1977–1978); The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1978); The Jack Jones Show (1974); The Jackie Thomas Show (1992–1993); The Jerk, Too (1984); The Kilborn File (2010); The Larry Sanders Show (1992–1993); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005); The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999–2001); The Magical World of Disney (1988); The Martin Short Show (1999); The Merv Griffin Show (1975–1977); The Midnight Special (1973–1975); The Mike Douglas Show (1973–1979); The Nanny (1998); The New Hollywood Squares (1986–1989); The Nick at Nite Holiday Special (2003); The Player (1992); The Ranch (2016–2020); The Roseanne Show (1998); The Simpsons (1998); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1988); The Steve Allen Comedy Hour (1980); The T.V. Show (1979); The Tom and Dick Smothers Brothers Special I (1980); The Tom and Dick Smothers Brothers Special II (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1978–1992); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993); The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame... (2005); The Vidiots (1986); The War at Home (2007); The Water is Finally Blue: The Untold Story of Robert Altman's O.C. and Stiggs (2023); The Wild Thornberrys (2000); The Year That Trembled (2002); Thick and Thin (2006); Think Big (1989); 'Til Death (2010); Tim's Vermeer (2013); Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth (1991); Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth 3 (1993); Tom Cottle: Up Close (1983); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1981); TV 101 (1989); TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003); Twice in a Lifetime (2000); Twilight Theater II (1982); Twilight Theatre (1982); Two and a Half Men (2008–2013); Veep (2016); What Just Happened??! (2019); Wonder Woman (1977); Working Class (2011); WTF with Marc Maron (2018); Zack and Reba (1998).

Born on this day – Danielle Gaubert:

Danielle Gaubert

Actress

August 9, 1943 – November 4, 1987

Born on this day – Max Wright:

Max Wright

Actor

August 2, 1943 – June 26, 2019

Credits:

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999); A Minute with Stan Hooper (2003); A Mother's Gift (1995); Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1996); AfterMASH (1984); ALF (1986–2004); ALF on ALF (2023); All That Jazz (1979); Back to Norm (2005); Benson (1985); Brilliant But Cancelled (2002); Buffalo Bill (1983–1984); Cheers (1986); Code Name: Foxfire (1985); Code Red (1982); Comedy Factory (1986); Dangerous Company (1982); Dead by Midnight (1997); Dudley (1993); E/R (1984); Early Edition (1996); Easter (2002); Faerie Tale Theatre (1987); Fan des années 80 (2010); For Ladies Only (1981); Fraternity Vacation (1985); Friends (1994–1995); From the Earth to the Moon (1998); Ghostwriter (1992); Going to the Chapel (1988); Great Performances (1971); Grumpier Old Men (1995); Hart to Hart (1982); High Incident (1996); I Gave at the Office (1984); Konrad (1985); Last Embrace (1979); Liberty (1986); Lincoln: Trial by Fire (1974); Mad About You (1998); Misfits of Science (1985–1986); Monty (1994); Murder, She Wrote (1991); Murphy Brown (1993); Norm (1999–2001); Open All Night (1982); Playing for Time (1980); Quantum Leap (1992); Red Alert (1977); Reds (1981); Roc (1993); Scandal Sheet (1985); Simon (1980); Snow Falling on Cedars (1999); Soul Man (1986); Tales from the Darkside (1983); Taxi (1982); The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (1998); The 53rd Annual Tony Awards (1999); The Boy Who Loved Trolls (1984); The Drew Carey Show (1999); The John Larroquette Show (1996); The Powers That Be (1992); The Shadow (1994); The Stand (1994); The Sting II (1983); Touch and Go (1986); Twelfth Night, or What You Will (1998); White Mile (1994); Who's the Boss? (1992); WKRP in Cincinnati (1982); You Are the Jury (1987).

Born on this day – Patrick Adiarte:

Patrick Adiarte

Actor

Dancer

August 2, 1943 – April 16, 2025

Credits:

A Classic Evolves: From Print to Stage to Screen (2006); American Masters (2009); Bonanza (1971); CBS Playhouse (1967); Faces of the East: Casting Flower Drum Song (2006); Flower Drum Song (1961); Hawaii Five-O (1972); High Time (1960); Hullabaloo (1965–1966); Hullabaloo Vol. 8 (1996); Ironside (1970); It Takes a Thief (1968); John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965); Kojak (1974); Look Up and Live (1967); M*A*S*H (1972–1973); Omnibus (1958); Step Out of Your Mind (1966); The Brady Bunch (1972); The Enchanted Nutcracker (1961); The King and I (1956); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1973); The Songs of 'Flower Drum Song' (2006); Welcome to Woop Woop (1997).

Born on this day – Charles Hallahan:

Charles Hallahan

Actor

July 29, 1943 – November 25, 1997

Credits:

58th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (1989); A Death in Canaan (1978); A Smile in the Dark (1991); A Winner Never Quits (1986); ABC Afterschool Specials (1990); All in the Family (1978); Allison Sydney Harrison (1983); Almost Perfect (1996); Ambushed (1998); Body of Evidence (1993); Bret Maverick (1981); Capone Behind Bars (1989); Cast a Deadly Spell (1991); Chicago Story (1981); Civil Wars (1992); Coach (1995); Dallas (1978); Dante's Peak (1997); Dave (1993); Executive Decision (1996); Family (1979); Fatal Beauty (1987); Gargoyles (1995–1996); Going in Style (1979); Good Times (1979); Grace Under Fire (1993–1994); Great Performances (1971–1988); Happy Days (1977); Hart to Hart (1980); Hawaii Five-O (1977); Hide in Plain Sight (1980); Hill Street Blues (1981); Hunter (1986–1991); Hunter: Return to Justice (2002); In the Heat of the Night (1993); J. Edgar Hoover (1987); Jack Reed: A Search for Justice (1994); Jack's Place (1993); JAG (1995); James at 16 (1978); Kidco (1984); Law & Order (1993); Lou Grant (1979–1982); M*A*S*H (1981); Mad About You (1994); Magic Mongo (1977); Margin for Murder (1981); Mind Rage (1996); Minty Comedic Arts (2021); Murder, She Wrote (1994); Nails (1992); Nightwing (1979); NYPD Blue (1997); P.K. and the Kid (1987); Pale Rider (1985); Picket Fences (1992); Players (1997); Riker (1981); Rolling Thunder (1996); Roswell (1994); Silkwood (1983); Sirens (1993); Sisters (1995–1996); Skag (1980); Soap (1979); Space Jam (1996); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Sweet Justice (1995); Tales of the Unexpected (1984); Terror Out of the Sky (1978); The Equalizer (1985); The Fan (1996); The Fantasticks (2000); The Law and Harry McGraw (1988); The Other Victim (1981); The Paper Chase (1978–1979); The Pest (1997); The Return of Hunter: Everyone Walks in L.A. (1995); The Rich Man's Wife (1996); The Rockford Files (1977); The Star Chamber (1983); The Ted Knight Show (1978); The Thing (1982); The Thing: Terror Takes Shape (1998); The Visitor (1997); The Waltons (1979); Things That Go Bump (1997); Trapper John, M.D. (1981); True Believer (1989); Twilight Zone: The Movie / Segment: Time Out (1983); Two of a Kind (1983); Vision Quest (1985); Warlock: The Armageddon (1993); When Love Kills: The Seduction of John Hearn (1993); Wild Palms (1993); Wings (1990).

Born on this day – Mike Bloomfield:

Mike Bloomfield

Blues singer

Guitarist

Composer

July 28, 1943 – February 15, 1981

Credits:

Albums:

American Hero (1982); Analine (1977); At The Bottom Line New York, 1975 (Hd Remastered Edition) (2017); Between A Hard Place And The Ground (2011); Between the Hard Place and the Ground (1979); Bloomfield Blues (2009); Bloomfield Harris (1979); Blues at the Fillmore / Electric Blue Live (2011); Blues In B-Flat (2009); Bottom Line New York, 1974 (Hd Remastered Edition) (2017); Chicago Blues Union (2006); Count Talent and the Originals (2006); Cruisin’ for a Bruisin’ (1980); Don’t Say That I Ain’t Your Man! – Essential Blues (1994); Fillmore East: The Lost Concert Tapes 12/13/68 (2003); Fillmore West 1969 (2023); Great Gifts From Heaven (2010); Greatest Moments - One Night Only (2008); If You Love These Blues, Play ‘Em as You Please (1976); I’m with You Always (2008); Initial Shock (1988); It’s Not Killing Me (1969); Junko Partner (1984); Knockin Myself Out (2006); Late At Night: McCabes, January 1, 1977 (2018); Let It Shine (Record Plant, Sausalito ‘73 KSAN Broadcast Remastered) (2020); Live at Bill Graham’s Fillmore West (1969); Live At Bottom Line Cabaret, 31 March 1974 (2015); Live At McCabe’s Guitar Workshop, January 1, 1977 (2017); Live At The Bottom Line (2022); Live at the Old Waldorf (1998); Live at the Record Plant 1973 (2017); Live from The Palms Cafe - San Francisco 1977 (2023); Live in Italy (1981); Living in the Fast Lane (1980); Michael Bloomfield (1978); Mike Bloomfield & The Electric Flag Getting Down (2021); Red Hot & Blue (1981); San Francisco Nights (2018); Solid Blues (1995); Steelyard Blues (1972); Super Session (1968); The Gospel Truth (2021); The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper (1969); The Record Plant ‘73 (2017); Timeless Blues: Mike Bloomfield (2011); Triumvirate (1973); Try It Before You Buy It (1975).

Movies and television:

American Masters (2005); And This Is Free (1965); Bad (1977); Bongo Wolf's Revenge (1970); Born in Chicago (2020); Easy Rider (1969); Festival (1967); Fillmore (1972); Horn from the Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story (2017); In Concert (1973); Independent Lens (2014); Medium Cool (1969); Muscle Shoals (2013); Newport and the Great Folk Dream (2025); Rocketman (2019); Sneakers (1992); Sodom and Gomorrah: The Last Seven Days (1975); Soundstage (1974); Steelyard Blues (1973); Sweet Blues: A Film About Mike Bloomfield (2013); The Blues (2003); The Intimate Rebels (1974); The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival (2007); The Trip (1967); Turn It Up! (2014).

Born on this day – Janet Margolin:

Janet Margolin

Actress

July 25, 1943 – December 17, 1993

Credits:

Alcoa Premiere (1962); Annie Hall (1977); Arrest and Trial (1964); Ben Casey (1962); Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968); Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965); Columbo: Murder in Malibu (1990); Compression (2024); Coronet Blue (1967); David and Lisa (1962); Distant Thunder (1988); East Side/West Side (1963); Enter Laughing (1967); Family Flight (1972); Ghostbusters II (1989); Joe Forrester (1976); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1962); Lanigan's Rabbi (1976–1977); Last Embrace (1979); Lucas Tanner (1974); Martinelli, Outside Man (1977); Medical Center (1971); Mod Squad (1972); Morituri (1965); Murder C.O.D. (1990); Murder in Peyton Place (1977); Murder, She Wrote (1990); Nevada Smith (1966); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971); Planet Earth (1974); Police Story (1973–1975); Police Woman (1975); Pray for the Wildcats (1974); S.W.A.T. (1975); Serpico (1976); Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress (1977); Starsky and Hutch (1977); Take the Money and Run (1969); Ten Blocks on the Camino Real (1966); The Defenders (1963); The Eavesdropper (1966); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Edge of Night (1961); The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); The Interns (1971); The Last Child (1971); The Plutonium Incident (1980); The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (1979); The Wide World of Mystery (1975); The Young Lawyers (1971); Tonight's the Night (1987); Your Three Minutes Are Up (1973).