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).

Recommended reading - The Black Angel, by Cornell Woolrich (1943):

The Black Angel

By Cornell Woolrich.

Filmed as Black Angel (1946), directed by Roy William Neill.

Published by Pegasus Crime.

First published 1943.

ISBN-10: 1605983551

ISBN-13: 9781605983554

Description:

Nothing beats a tale of fatalistic dread by the supreme master of suspense, Cornell Woolrich, whose novels and short stories define the essence of noir nihilism. – Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review.

Along with Raymond Chandler, Cornell Woolrich practically invented the genre of noir. – Newsday.

Woolrich devised and used instruments of psychological torture―his stories. – Time.

Woolrich was a master of the form. – Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal.

You can palpably feel the agony in Woolrich and his work. – James Ellroy.

A classic is back in print! This hypnotic thriller, by one of the originators of the noir form, exposes its heroine to a waking nightmare.

In this classic crime novel, a panic-stricken young wife races against time to prove that her convicted husband did not murder his mistress. Writing in first person from the wife’s viewpoint, Woolrich evokes her love and anguish and, finally, desperation as she becomes an avenging angel in her attempt to rescue her husband from execution.

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).

Born on this day – Edward Herrmann:

Edward Herrmann

Actor

Director

Writer

July 21, 1943 – December 31, 2014

Credits:

30 Rock (2008); A Christmas Wish (2011); A Civil Action (1998); A Little Sex (1982); A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story (1978); A Season in Purgatory (1996); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1987); American Dad! (2012–2016); American Playhouse (1984–1987); Andrew Jackson (2007); Annie (1982); Ape to Man (2005); Are You Here (2013); Atomic Train (1999); Beacon Hill (1975); Bereft (2004); Better Living (1998); Better with You (2011); Bible Battles (2005); Big Business (1988); Biography (1997); Black Box (2014); Born Yesterday (1993); Brass Target (1978); Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (2011); Christmas Oranges (2012); Coach of the Year (2015); Compromising Positions (1985); Critical Care (1997); Crossing Jordan (2003); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2013); Dear Liar (1981); Death Valley (1982); Decoding the Past: Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle (2005); Desperate Crossing - The True Story of the Mayflower (2006); Don't Drink the Water (1994); Double Take (2001); Drop Dead Diva (2011); Eighty Acres of Hell (2006); Eleanor and Franklin (1976); Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977); Enduring Legacy (2012); Factory Girl (2006); Fire in the Dark (1991); First Invasion: The War of 1812 (2004); Foreign Student (1994); Freedom Road (1979); Freedom to Speak (1983); Gilmore Girls (2000–2007); Gilmore Girls (2001–2007); Grey's Anatomy (2007); Harry's Law (2012); Harry's War (1981); Hatching Pete (2009); Heaven's Door (2012); Here Come the Munsters (1995); Hero (1992); Homicide: Life on the Street (1996); Hothouse (1988); How I Met Your Mother (2013); How the Earth Was Made (2007); I Think I Love My Wife (2007); Intolerable Cruelty (2003); Isaac's Storm (2004); James Dean (2001); Lady Liberty (1971); Laughter in the Dark (1986); Law & Order (1995–2009); Liberty! The American Revolution (1997); M*A*S*H (1980); Memorial Day (1983); Men of Valor (2004); Monsterquest (2008); Mrs. Soffel (1984); Murrow (1986); My Boyfriend's Back (1993); Nixon (1995); Nostradamus: 500 Years Later (2003); Nova (1998–1999); Overboard (1987); Oz (2000–2003); Pandora's Clock (1996); Perception (2015); Portrait of a Stripper (1979); Price Check (2012); Redemption: For Robbing the Dead (2011); Reds (1981); Relative Strangers (2006); Richie Rich (1994); Saint Maybe (1998); Screen One (1993); So Proudly We Hail (1990); Son of Morning (2011); Soul of the Game (1996); St. Elsewhere (1984–1986); Sweet Poison (1991); Take Down (1979); The 5:48 (1979); The Aviator (2004); The Betsy (1978); The Cat's Meow (2001); The Christmas Pageant (2011); The Day of the Dolphin (1973); The Electric Grandmother (1982); The Emperor's Club (2002); The Face on the Milk Carton (1995); The French Revolution (2005); The General Motors Playwrights Theater (1991); The Gift of Life (1982); The Good Wife (2010–2013); The Great Gatsby (1974); The Great Waldo Pepper (1975); The Lawrenceville Stories (1986–1987); The Lost Boys (1987); The Lost Boys: The Lost Scenes (2004); The Man with One Red Shoe (1985); The North Avenue Irregulars (1979); The Paper Chase (1973); The Practice (1997–2001); The Private History of a Campaign That Failed (1981); The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985); The Shaft (2001); The Six Wives of Henry Lefay (2009); The Skeptic (2009); The Surge: The Untold Story (2010); The Ten Commandments (2005); The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014); The Wolf of Wall Street (2013); Tom Goes to the Mayor (2005); Treasure Buddies (2012); UFO Files (2005); Valley Forge (1975); Vendetta (1999); Violent Earth: New England's Killer Hurricane (2006); Walking Across Egypt (1999); Wedding Daze (2006); Welcome to Mooseport (2004); What Love Sees (1996); Wings (1995); Wonder Woman (2011).

Born on the day - Carolyne Barry:

Carolyne Barry

Actress

Writer

Teacher

Director

Dancer

Dance instructor

July 20, 1943 – June 16, 2015

Credits:

Book:

HIT THE GROUND RUNNING: The First Years of Your Acting Career (2009).

Movies, television and stage:

An Intimate Look with Michelle Tomlinson (2014); Blue Code (2013); Dark August (1976); Dynasty (1987); Here Come the Brides (1968–1970); Hey, Landlord (1967); Hotel (1986); Hysterical Blindness (1995); Ironside (1971); J.J. Starbuck (1987); Julia (1970); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the V.I.P. Restaurant (1970); Mr. Novak (1965); Out of Sight (1966); Santa Barbara (1987); Shindig! (1964–1965); Small & Frye (1983); Stand Up and Be Counted (1972); Star Trek (1967); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988); The Bob Newhart Show (1978); The F.B.I. (1971); The Lloyd Thaxton Show (1965); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Paper Chase (1983); The Patty Duke Show (1965); The Second Hundred Years (1967).

Born on this day – Christine McVie:

Christine McVie

Singer

Musician

Writer

July 12, 1943 — November 30, 2022

Credits:

Albums:

Albatross (1977); Bare Trees (1972); Behind the Mask (1990); Christine McVie (1984); Christine Perfect (1970); Fleetwood Mac (1975); Future Games (1971); Heroes Are Hard to Find (1974); In the Meantime (2004); Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie (2017); Live (1980); Mirage (1982); Mystery to Me (1973); Penguin (1973); Rumours (1977); Songbird (2022); Tango in the Night (1987); The Dance (1997); Time (1995); Tusk (1979).

Movies, television and video:

100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll (1999); 1987 MTV Video Music Awards (1987); 2018 MusiCares Person of the Year: Fleetwood Mac (2018); 25th Annual Family Film Awards (2022); 9-1-1: Lone Star (2021); A Dog's Way Home (2019); A Family of Killers (2018); A Fine Mess (1986); A Year in Music (2019); Accepted (2006); Alias (2002); Aloha (2015); American Bandstand (1984); America's Got Talent (2019); Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2016); Atop the Fourth Wall (2011); B.J. and the Bear (1979); Bad Music Video Theatre (2021); Beat Shazam (2017–2018); Beat-Club (1971); Behind the Music (1997); Biggest Band Breakups and Make Ups (2015); Black Mass (2015); Black Monday (2021); Bob Welch and Friends: Live from the Roxy (1981); Britain's Got More Talent (2015–2018); Britain's Got Talent (2016); Chevy - EV (2022); Christine McVie: Got A Hold on Me (1984); Christine McVie: Love Will Show Us How (1984); Christine McVie: The Video Album (1984); City on a Hill (2019); Classic Albums (1997); Cold Case (2004–2007); Coronation Street (2014); Dancing on Ice (2010); Dancing with the Stars (2009); Danville 2nd Ward Young Men (2011); Dare to Be Different (2017); Definitely, Maybe (2008); Desert Island Discs (2017); Doctors (2012); EastEnders (2006–2007); Entertainment Tonight (2022); Final Score (2016); Fleetwood Mac in Concert: Mirage Tour '82 (1983); Fleetwood Mac: As Long As You Follow (1988); Fleetwood Mac: Big Love (1987); Fleetwood Mac: Don't Stop (2009); Fleetwood Mac: Don't Stop (Live) (1977); Fleetwood Mac: Dreams (Live) (1977); Fleetwood Mac: Everywhere (1987); Fleetwood Mac: Family Man (1987); Fleetwood Mac: Go Your Own Way (1977); Fleetwood Mac: Gold Dust Woman (1988); Fleetwood Mac: Gypsy (1982); Fleetwood Mac: Hold Me (1981); Fleetwood Mac: In the Back of My Mind (1990); Fleetwood Mac: Isn't It Midnight (1988); Fleetwood Mac: Little Lies (1987); Fleetwood Mac: Love Shines (1992); Fleetwood Mac: Man of the World (1969); Fleetwood Mac: Not That Funny (1979); Fleetwood Mac: Oh Diane (1982); Fleetwood Mac: Paper Doll (1992); Fleetwood Mac: Rhiannon (1976); Fleetwood Mac: Rumours (1997); Fleetwood Mac: Sara (1979); Fleetwood Mac: Save Me (1990); Fleetwood Mac: Seven Wonders (1987); Fleetwood Mac: Silver Springs, Live (1997); Fleetwood Mac: Skies the Limit (1990); Fleetwood Mac: Tango in the Night (1987); Fleetwood Mac: Temporary One (Live) (1997); Fleetwood Mac: The Chain, Live (1997); Fleetwood Mac: The Dance (1997); Fleetwood Mac: Their Own Way (2018); Fleetwood Mac: Tusk (1979); Fleetwood Mac's Songbird: Christine McVie (2019); FM (1978); Formula 1: 2013 (2013); Formula 1: BBC Sport (2009–2015); Galactica 1980 (1980); Glastonbury 2010 (2010); Glee (2011); Good Morning Britain (2019); Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017); Heart of Stone (2023); Heroes (2009); Hi havia una vegada el disc de La Marató (2009); Hilary Duff: Little Lies (2016); Hollywood Game Night (2017); Hollywood Stargirl (2022); Homecoming (2020); I, Tonya (2017); Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne (2005); Idols (2007 / 2008); Idool 2004 (2004); Irresistible (2006); iZombie (2017); Jesus Revolution (2023); Joe Somebody (2001); Judas (2019); Knight Rider (1982–1983); Leipzig Homicide (2024); Les invincibles (2007); Let It Be Me (1995); Lost in the Woods (2021); Love Actually (2003); Love and Lemons (2013); M.U.G.E.N (1999); Mick Fleetwood & Friends Celebrate the Music of Peter Green (2021); Mom's Day Away (2014); Morning Joe (2021); Mr. Music (1998); MTV 80s - Top 50 Greatest Voices of the 80s! (2020); Never Mind the Buzzcocks (2013); NOS Uit het Leven (2022); Olive Kitteridge (2014); Our Flag Means Death (2022); Parenthood (2013); Personal Best (1982); Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band: The Official BBC Children in Need Medley (2009); Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party (1979); Roadies (2016); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Start Me Up (2009); Rock Family Trees (1995); Rock Legends (2014); RTL DIREKT (2022); Rude Tube (2011); Sex Education (2020); Skins (2009); Slap Shot (1977); Solid Gold (1984); Sound City (2013); Sounds of Birmingham at the BBC (2022); SPF-18 (2017); Stevie Nicks: Sometimes It's A Bitch (1991); Stevie Nicks: Wild at Heart (2020); Supergirl (2017); Superstore (2015); TFI Friday (1996); The 52nd Presidential Inaugural Gala (1993); The 65th Annual Grammy Awards (2023); The '70s (2000); The Act (2019); The Americans (2015); The Beat with Ari Melber (2017); The Boy Castaways (2013); The BRITs at 40 (2020); The Bukharan (2021); The Cockfields (2019); The Dancing Man of L.A. (2021); The Drew Carey Show (1998); The End of the F***ing World (2017); The End of the Tour (2015); The Five (2022); The Fleetwood Mac Channel (2020); The Goldbergs' Excellent Adventure (2021); The Jump (2016); The Kitchen (2019); The Late Late Show with James Corden (2017); The Mick Fleetwood Story: Two Sticks and a Drum (2000); The Midnight Gang (2018); The Midnight Special (1973); The Old Grey Whistle Test (1976); The One Show (2017); The Seventies (2015); The Simpsons (1997–1999); The Story of Fleetwood Mac (2013); The Talk (2017); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2017); The Voice (2012–2020); The War Room (1993); The X Factor UK (2008); The Year: 2022 (2022); Time of Our Lives (2019); Today (2014); Top Ten New York (1977); Triple Frontier (2019); UK Championship Snooker (2014); Under the Volcano (2021); Vanity Fair (2018); Victoria & Steve (2022); Wednesday (2022); Wimbledon (2017); Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022); Women in Rock (1986); Women Who Rock (2022); Younger (2016).

Born on this day – Robbie Robertson:

Robbie Robertson

Singer

Musician

Composer

July 5, 1943 – August 9, 2023

Credits:

Charity work: member of Artists Against Racism.

Books:

Hiawatha and the Peacemaker (2015); Legends, Icons & Rebels: Music That Changed the World (2013); Robbie Robertson: Authentic Guitar Transcriptions (1996); Testimony (2016).

Albums:

Classic Masters (2002); Contact from the Underworld of Redboy (1998); How to Become Clairvoyant (2011); Killers of the Flower Moon (2023); Music from Big Pink (1968); Robbie Robertson (1987); Sinematic (2019); Storyville (1991); Testimony (2016); The Basement Tapes (1975).

Movies, television and video:

100 Greatest Albums of Rock & Roll (2001); 1408 (2007); 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2023); 21 and a Wake-Up (2009); 90 Minutes Live (1978); A Home at the End of the World (2004); A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly (1988); American Gods (2017); American Masters (1990–2022); American Roots Music (2001); And So It Goes (2014); Any Given Sunday (1999); Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023); Ask the Dust (2006); Bandstand (1966); Baywatch (1989); Beat Shazam (2018); Beat-Club (1971); Behind the Music (1998); Berkeley in the Sixties (1990); Beyond Famous (2017); Beyond the Law (1993); Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James (2021); Breakfast with Hunter (2003); Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life (2006); Californication (2009); Canadian Idol (2006); Carny (1980); Casino (1995); Castle Rock (2018); CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell (2023); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2016); Celebrating Greatness: A Canada's Walk of Fame Special (2020); Celebrating Greatness: Canada's Walk of Fame Special (2021); Celebrity Page (2020); Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987); Classic Albums (1997); Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives (2017); Cold Case (2010); Cold Pursuit (2019); Conan O'Brien Can't Stop (2011); Cousin Bette (1998); Crooked Arrows (2012); CTV National News (2019); CTV News at 11:30 Toronto (2019); CTV News at Six Toronto (2019); Curse of the Axe (2012); Dakota 38 (2012); Dakota Exile (1996); Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000); Dancing in the Street (1996); Darren Vigil Gray Counterclockwise (2003); Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014); Defiance (2015); Down in the Flood: Bob Dylan, the Band & the Basement Tapes (2012); Eastbound & Down (2012); Easy Rider (1969); Eat the Document (1972); Ed (2001); Electric Dreams (2018); Elvis Presley: The Searcher (2018); Emporio Armani: A Private Party (1996); Eric Clapton: It's in the Way That You Use It (1986); Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 (2013); eTalk Daily (2020); Extraordinary Measures (2010); Festival Express (2003); Firstborn (1984); Five Corners (1987); Folk America (2009); For All Mankind (2021); Forces of Nature (1999); Four Strong Winds (2003); Gangs of New York (2002); Genius (2021); Get It Together (1978); Girl, Interrupted (1999); Good Girls Revolt (2016); Hawaii Five-0 (2019); Igby Goes Down (2002); I'm Your Woman (2020); Independent Lens (2006–2014); It Might Get Loud (2008); Jenifa (2004); Jimmy Hollywood (1994); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2011); Juno Awards 2011 (2011); Killers of the Flower Moon (2023); Kippevel (1987); Ladder 49 (2004); Larger Than Life (1996); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995); Late Night with David Letterman (1988–1992); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2011); Late Show with David Letterman (1994–2015); Later... With Jools Holland (2011); Lennon or McCartney (2014); Lethal Weapon (2018); Leyendas de la guitarra (1991); Life and Times (1997–2001); Little White Lies (2010); Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005); Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued (2014); Mafia III (2016); Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson (1998); Matthijs gaat door (2022); Mavis! (2015); Midnight Caller (1990); Morning Joe (2023); Movies Are My Life (1978); MTV 80s - Top 50 at the Movies! (2020); MTV Rockumentary (1992); Muscle Shoals (2013); My Name Is Earl (2006); National Geographic Specials / Asteroids: Deadly Impact (1997); Native America (2018); NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (2023); Neil Diamond: Love at the Greek (1977); Neil Diamond: Solitary Man (2010); New Amsterdam (2021); No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2008); Norah Jones: Live in New Orleans (2003); Norman's Rare Guitars Documentary (2023); Nothing's All Bad (2010); Once Were Brothers (2019); Patch Adams (1998); Peace Through Music: A Global Event for Social Justice (2020); Peace Through Music: A Global Event for the Environment (2021); Peace, Love & Misunderstanding (2011); Pet Sematary: Bloodlines (2023); Phenomenon (1996); Powwow Highway (1988); Raging Bull (1980); Reel Injun (2009); Rellik (2017); Reservation Dogs (2023); Revisiting 'the Last Waltz' (2002); Rick and Morty (2020); Rise Up: Canadian Pop Music in the 1980s (2009); Road Songs: A Portrait of Robbie Robertson (2001); Robbie Robertson Feat. Ulali: Mahk Jchi (Heartbeat Drum Song) (1994); Robbie Robertson: Fallen Angel (1987); Robbie Robertson: Ghost Dance (1995); Robbie Robertson: Go Back to Your Woods (1992); Robbie Robertson: Going Home (1995); Robbie Robertson: In the Blood (1998); Robbie Robertson: Showdown at Big Sky (1987); Robbie Robertson: Somewhere Down the Crazy River (1988); Robbie Robertson: Take Your Partner by the Hand (1998); Robbie Robertson: Unbound (1998); Robbie Robertson: What About Now (1991); Rock & Roll (1995); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (1993); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live (2009); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Come Together (2009); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Feelin' Alright (2009); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: Light My Fire (2009); Rock Video Girls 2 (1992); RocKwiz (2011–2016); Rod Stewart: Broken Arrow (1991); Rolling Stone Presents Twenty Years of Rock & Roll (1987); Ronnie Hawkins 'Still Alive and Kickin' (2004); Roswell (1999); Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World (2017); Sarah McLachlan Feat. Robbie Robertson: World on Fire (2005); Saturday Night Live (1976–1992); Scent of a Woman (1992); Scrooged (1988); SEAL Team (2021); Shakin' All Over! (2006); Shangri-La (2019); Shout (1991); Shutter Island (2010); Silence (2016); Skeppsholmen (2003); Skins (2002); Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music (2016); Sports Night (1998); Star 80 (1983); Stars in Their Eyes (1994); Starsky & Hutch (2004); Street Spirits (2018); Supernatural (2014); Tavis Smiley (2011–2013); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2010); The 2011 Giller Prize (2011); The 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2011); The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2012); The 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2018); The 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2019); The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert (2009); The 25th Annual Juno Awards (1996); The 27th Annual Juno Awards (1998); The 30th Annual Grammy Awards (1988); The 34th Annual Grammy Awards (1992); The 55th Annual Grammy Awards (2013); The '60s (1999); The Allman Brothers Band: Live at Great Woods (1992); The Andrew Klavan Show (2017); The BackStage Pass (2009); The Beatles: Get Back (2021); The Big Chill (1983); The Big Interview with Dan Rather (2020); The Big Picture (2020); The Black Crowes: Freak 'N' Roll... Into the Fog (2006); The Blues (2003); The Bob Hope Christmas Special (1970); The Boys of 2nd Street Park (2003); The Brothers Bloom (2008); The Bukharan (2021); The Center of the World (2001); The Cinema Snob (2013); The Color of Money (1986); The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1995); The Crossing Guard (1995); The Dancing Man of L.A. (2021); The Doe Boy (2001); The Dreaming (2008); The Drug Years (2006); The Full Moon Show (1990); The Go!! Show (1966); The Good Guys (2010); The High Note (2020); The History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995); The Hour (2011); The Hustler of Money (1987); The Irishman (2019); The John Denver Show (1973); The King of Comedy (1982); The King of Staten Island (2020); The Last Man on Earth (2016); The Last Waltz (1978); The Last Waltz: Archival Outtakes Jam 2 (1978); The Messenger (2009); The Muppet Show (1980); The Native Americans (1994); The Return of El Topo Chico (2011); The ScapeCast (2006); The Shadow of Chikara (1977); The Stud (1978); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015–2019); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1994–1996); The War (1994); The Whoopi Goldberg Show (1992–1993); The Whoopi Goldberg Show (1993); The Wolf of Wall Street (2013); This Is 40 (2012); Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017); Today (2023); Top of the Pops (1978 / 1988); True Blood (2010); U (1991); U2: Rattle and Hum (1988); U2: The Making of the Movie 'Rattle and Hum' (1988); Until the End of the World (1991); VH1 Presents the 70's (1996); Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (2001); Wanderlust (2006); Whispers in the Dark (1992); WKRP in Cincinnati (1980); Wogan (1988); Wolves (1999); Woodstock Diary (1994); Woodstock: The Lost Performances (1990); World Tour 1966: The Home Movies (2003); Write Record Tour (2021); WTF with Marc Maron (2017); Yonge Street: Toronto Rock & Roll Stories (2011); You Are What You Eat (1968).

Recommended reading - Double Indemnity (novel & screenplay):

Double Indemnity

By James M. Cain.

Filmed as:

Double Indemnity (1944), directed by Billy Wilder.

Double Indemnity (1973), directed by Jack Smight.

Published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard.

Published 1943.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 9780679723226

ISBN-13: 9780679723226

Description:

“An American masterpiece.” – Ross Macdonald.

“No one has ever stopped reading in the middle of one of Jim Cain’s books.” – Saturday Review of Literature.

Walter Huff was an insurance salesman with an unfailing instinct for clients who might be in trouble, and his instinct led him to Phyllis Nirdlinger. Phyllis wanted to buy an accident policy on her husband. Then she wanted her husband to have an accident. Walter wanted Phyllis. To get her, he would arrange the perfect murder and betray everything he had ever lived for.

Tautly narrated and excruciatingly suspenseful, Double Indemnity gives us an X-ray view of guilt, of duplicity, and of the kind of obsessive, loveless love that devastates everything it touches. First published in 1935, this novel reaffirmed James M. Cain as a virtuoso of the roman noir.

Double Indemnity: The Complete Screenplay

By Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler, Jeffrey Meyers.

Published by University of California Press.

Published 2000.

ISBN-10: 0520218485

ISBN-13: 9780520218482

Description:

On every level -- writing, direction, acting -- Double Indemnity (1944) is a triumph and stands as one of the greatest achievements in Billy Wilder's career. Adapted from the James M. Cain novel by director Wilder and novelist Raymond Chandler, it tells the story of an insurance salesman, played by Fred MacMurray, who is lured into a murder-for-insurance plot by Barbara Stanwyck, in an archetypal femme fatale role. From its grim story to its dark, atmospheric lighting, Double Indemnity is a definitive example of World War II-era film noir. Wilder's approach is everywhere evident: in the brutal cynicism the film displays, the moral complexity, and in the empathy we feel for the killers. The film received almost unanimous critical success, garnering seven Academy Award nominations. More than fifty years later, most critics agree that this classic is one of the best films of all time. The collaboration between Wilder and Raymond Chandler produced a masterful script and some of the most memorable dialogue ever spoken in a movie.

This facsimile edition of Double Indemnity contains Wilder and Chandler's original -- and quite different -- ending, published here for the first time. Jeffrey Meyers's introduction contextualizes the screenplay, providing hilarious anecdotes about the turbulent collaboration, as well as background information about Wilder and the film's casting and production.

Born on this day – Alfred Sole:

Alfred Sole

Director

Writer

Producer

Production designer

July 2, 1943 – February 14, 2022

Credits:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1989); Alice, Sweet Alice / aka Holy Terror and Communion (1976); Bodily Harm (1995); Castle (2009–2016); Castle: Your Home Is Your Castle (2013); Cheeseball Presents (1984); Clubland (1999); Darkness Before Dawn (1993); Deep Sleep (1972); Divided by Hate (1997); Every Woman's Dream (1996); Face of Evil (1996); First Communion: Alfred Sole Remembers Alice, Sweet Alice (2019); Friday the 13th: The Series (1988); Glory Daze (1995); Gotta Kick It Up! (2002); Halloweentown (1998); Halloweentown High (2004); Hatching Pete (2009); Horse Sense (1999); Hotel (1988); Hounded (2001); In the Blink of an Eye (1996); Johnny Tsunami (1999); L.A. Johns (1997); Legacy of Sin: The William Coit Story (1995); Lone (2011); MacGyver (2017–2019); Melrose Place (2009); Miracle in Lane 2 (2000); Moonlight (2007–2008); Natural Selection (1994); Night of the Running Man (1995); One Minute Soap Opera (2003); Pandemonium (1982); Replacing Dad (1999); Right on Track (2003); S. Darko (2009); Satan's Playground (2006); Secret Witness (1988); Semper Fi (2001); Shattered Image (1994); Slammed (2004); Somebody's Daughter (1992); Tanya's Island (1980); The Ballad of Deep Sleep (2022); The Con (1998); The Poof Point (2001); The Rialto Report (2015); These Old Broads (2001); Treacherous Crossing (1992); Trial by Media (2000); Under Siege (1986); Unforgivable (1996); Veronica Mars (2004–2007); When the Cradle Falls (1997); When You Believe: Music from 'the Prince of Egypt' (1998); Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey: When You Believe (Alternate Version) (1998); Widow's Kiss (1996); Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (1999).