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Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Born on this day – Elizabeth Hartman:


Elizabeth Hartman


Actress

December 23, 1943 – June 10, 1987

Credits:

A Cinderella Named Elizabeth (1965); A Patch of Blue (1965); Doctors' Hospital (1975); Full Moon High (1981); In Pursuit of Treasure (1972); Intermission (1973); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Locksmith (1973); Night Gallery / Segment: The Dark Boy (1971); Secrets Behind the Secret (2007); Standby: Lights! Camera! Action! (1984); The 23rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1966); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The Beguiled (1971); The Fixer (1968); The Group (1966); The Movies (1967); The Secret of NIMH (1982); The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1967); The Wide World of Mystery (1973); Walking Tall (1973); Willow B: Women in Prison (1980); You're a Big Boy Now (1966).

Sunday, December 21, 2025

Born on this day – Gwen McCrae:


Gwen McCrae


Singer

December 21, 1943 – February 21, 2025

Credits:

Albums:

For Your Love (2012); Funky Sensation (2015); Girlfriends Boyfriend (1996); Golden Classics (1993); Gwen Mc Crae Live at the New Morning (2006); Gwen McCrae (1974); Gwen McCrae Sings TK (2006); Gwen McCrae: Cat & Atlantic Years (2019); Henry Stone's Best of Gwen Mccrae (2014); Lay It On Me: The Columbia Years (2010); Let’s Straighten It Out / Melody of Life (2005); Let's Straighten It Out (1978); Live in Paris at New Morning (2006); Melody of Life (1979); On My Way (1982); Psychic Hot Line (1996); Rock Your Baby: The Best of George & Gwen McCrae (1993); Rockin' Chair & Let's Straighten It Out (1999); Rockin' Chair/Something So Right (2005); Something so Right (1976); Soul From Miami USA (1975); The Best Of Gwen McCrae (1992); Together (1975); You and I Were Made for Each Other (2011).

Songs:

90% of Me; All This Love That I’m Givin’; Clean Up Woman; Cradle of Love; Damn Right It’s Good; Doin’ It; For Your Love; Funky Sensation; Girlfriend's Boyfriend; He's Not You; I Found a Love; I Got Nothing to Lose but the Blues; I Need to Be With You; It Keeps on Raining; It’s Worth the Hurt; Keep the Fire Burning; Lead Me On; Let Nature Take Its Course; Love Without Sex; Maybe I’ll Find Somebody New; Mechanical Body; Move Me Baby; Rock Your Baby; Rockin’ Chair; Something So Right; Starting All Over Again; The Rub; Winners Together or Losers Apart; You and I Were Made for Each Other; You Were Always on My Mind.

Movies and television:

American Bandstand (1975); AVRO's Toppop (1983); Cassius: Feeling for You (1999); Clubbed (2008); Love Serenade (1996); She's So Lovely (1997); Skins (2007); Soul Train (1977); Sunday Driver (2005); The Breaks (2017); The Dukes of Hazzard (2005); The Last Days of Disco (1998); The Midnight Special (1975); The Weird World of Blowfly (2010).

Born on this day – Jack Nance:


Jack Nance

Actor

December 21, 1943 – December 30, 1996

Sunday, December 14, 2025

Born on this day – Britt Allcroft:


Britt Allcroft


Writer

Producer

Director

Voice actress

December 14, 1943 – December 27, 2024

Credits:

Books:

A Treasure Beyond Price (2012); Diesel 10 Means Trouble (2000); Easter Eggspress! (2011); Lost at Sea! (2010); Lost at Sea! (2010); Pirates Ahoy! (2012); The Beginning of Things (2012); The Cranky Day: And Other Thomas the Tank Engine Stories (2000); The Queen of Night (2012); Thomas & Friends Little Golden Book Favorites (2009); Thomas & Friends: Cranky’s Surprise (2012); Thomas and Friends Puzzle Book (2010); Trainloads of Fun (2010).

Movies and television:

10 Years of Thomas & Friends (1999); 70 Years of Friendship (2015); A Day in the Life of the Jukebox Band (1993); A Jukebox Lullaby (1993); An Unlikely Fandom: The Impact of Thomas the Tank Engine (2023); Back to School / Segment: Thomas & Friends - Thomas and the Colours (2011); Barbie as the Island Princess (2007); Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar (2012); Blue Peter (1966–1967); Bookmark (1995); Calling All Toddlers (1999); Calling All Toddlers 2 (2002); Day of the Diesels (2024); Fathers by Sons (1985); Get It-Got It-Good (1967); Great Sodor Engines (2022); Junkin (1972–1974); Magic Adventures of Mumfie (1995–2013); Mothers by Daughters (1983); Mr. Conductor's Thomas Tales (1996); Mr. Men and Little Miss (1996–1997); Mumfie (2022); Mumfie's Quest: The Movie (1996); Schemer Presents! (1993–1994); Schemer Presents: The World According to Me (1994); Shining Time Station (1989–1993); Shining Time Station (1991); Shining Time Station: Once Upon a Time (1995); Shining Time Station: One of the Family (1995); Shining Time Station: Queen for a Day (1995); Shining Time Station: Second Chances (1995); Shining Time Station: Singsongs Volume 1 (1991); Shining Time Station: Singsongs Volume 2 (1993); Shining Time Station: 'Tis a Gift (1990); Storytime with Thomas (1999); Sudrian Stories (2018–2019); Sudrians of Sodor (2024); Sweet Dreams / Segment: Thomas & Friends - James in the Dark (2011); The Adventures of Captain Pugwash (1998–1999); The Best of Thomas & Friends Clips (US) (2010–2020); The Railways of Crotoonia: Tillie to the Rescue (2017); The Tales of Thomas & His Friends (2019–2023); Thomas & Friends (1984–2020); Thomas & Friends ERTL Adventures (2020–2024); Thomas & Friends ERTL Adventures: Railway Clone Invasion (2022); Thomas & Friends ERTL Adventures: The Biggest Christmas Adventure (2024); Thomas & Friends ERTL Adventures: The Rise of Spamcan (2023); Thomas & Friends Storytime (2020–2022); Thomas & Friends: A New Friend on Sodor (2015); Thomas & Friends: A Very Thomas Christmas (2012); Thomas & Friends: All Aboard with the Steam Team (2004); Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go - Race for the Sodor Cup (2021); Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go - The Mystery of Lookout Mountain (2022); Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go - Time for Teamwork! (2021); Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go (2021–2023); Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go: All Aboard! (2022); Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go: Short Story Adventures (2021); Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go: Sodor Mystery (2023); Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go: Train School (2022); Thomas & Friends: Animals Aboard! (2013); Thomas & Friends: Be Who You Are, and Go Far (2018); Thomas & Friends: Best of Gordon (2003); Thomas & Friends: Best of Thomas (2001); Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! (2018); Thomas & Friends: Blue Mountain Mystery (2012); Thomas & Friends: Bubbling Boilers (2016); Thomas & Friends: Calling All Engines! (2005); Thomas & Friends: Christmas on Sodor (2017); Thomas & Friends: Clips (UK) (2013–2018); Thomas & Friends: Continued (2022–2023); Thomas & Friends: Danger at the Docks (2018); Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels (2011); Thomas & Friends: Digs & Discoveries (2019); Thomas & Friends: Dinos and Discoveries (2015); Thomas & Friends: Engine Friends (2012); Thomas & Friends: Engines to the Rescue (2014); Thomas & Friends: Extraordinary Engines (2017); Thomas & Friends: Fantastic Friends (2015); Thomas & Friends: Five New Engines in the Shed (2004); Thomas & Friends: Full Steam to the Rescue! (2016); Thomas & Friends: Ghost Train (2023); Thomas & Friends: Global Friends! (2018); Thomas & Friends: Halloween Adventures (2006); Thomas & Friends: Here Comes the Steam Team! (2018); Thomas & Friends: Holiday Express (2009); Thomas & Friends: Hooray For Thomas (2005); Thomas & Friends: I Want to Go Home (2022); Thomas & Friends: James Goes Buzz Buzz (1994); Thomas & Friends: James Learns a Lesson (1990); Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor (2017); Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway (2013); Thomas & Friends: Learning with Thomas (2020); Thomas & Friends: Marvelous Machinery (2020); Thomas & Friends: Marvelous Machinery: A New Arrival (2020); Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue (2010); Thomas & Friends: Monsters Everywhere (2014); Thomas & Friends: Mud Glorious Mud (2008); Thomas & Friends: New Friends for Thomas & Other Adventures (2004); Thomas & Friends: Old McColl's Farm (2021); Thomas & Friends: On Site with Thomas and Other Adventures (2006); Thomas & Friends: On the Go with Thomas (2018); Thomas & Friends: Percy and the Bandstand (2009); Thomas & Friends: Percy Saves the Day & Other Adventures (2005); Thomas & Friends: Percy's Ghostly Trick (1994); Thomas & Friends: Reading with Friends (2020); Thomas & Friends: Santa's Little Engine (2013); Thomas & Friends: Searching Everywhere (2013); Thomas & Friends: Six Little Trains (2021); Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure (2015); Thomas & Friends: Splish, Splash, Splosh! (2009); Thomas & Friends: Start Your Engines! (2016); Thomas & Friends: Sticky Situations (2012); Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave (2014); Thomas & Friends: Tales from the Rails (2017); Thomas & Friends: Tales on the Rails (2015); Thomas & Friends: Talk to You (2015); Thomas & Friends: Team Up with Thomas (2017); Thomas & Friends: The Adventure Begins (2015); Thomas & Friends: The Best of Thomas (2010); Thomas & Friends: The Great Discovery - The Movie (2008); Thomas & Friends: The Great Race (2016); Thomas & Friends: The Greatest Stories (2010); Thomas & Friends: The Shooting Star is Coming Through (2019); Thomas & Friends: The Sodor Springtime Parade (2021); Thomas & Friends: Thomas' Aussie Football Adventure (2017–2018); Thomas & Friends: Thomas' Christmas Carol (2015); Thomas & Friends: Thomas' Holiday Collection (2017); Thomas & Friends: Thomas' Magical Birthday Wishes (2020); Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks (2016); Thomas & Friends: Troublesome Trucks (2004); Thomas & Friends: Up, Up and Away! (2012); Thomas & Friends: Wake Up (2018); Thomas & Friends: Whale of a Tale and Other Sodor Adventures (2015); Thomas & Friends: Wild Water Rescue and Other Engine Adventures (2015); Thomas & Friends: Working Together Again (2013); Thomas and Friends: Hop on Board (1997); Thomas and Friends: Races Rescues and Runaways (1999); Thomas and Friends: Thomas's Snowy Surprise (2003); Thomas and The 2 Brothers (2017); Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000); Thomas and the Magic Railroad: 20th Anniversary Celebration (2020); Thomas' Friendship Tales (2017–2018); Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends: Percy's Seaside Trip (1999); Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends: The 40th Anniversary Collection (2024); Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends: Thomas' Anthem (1991); Thomas the Trainz Engine (2011–2024); Thomas: The Trainz Adventures - Shorts (2012); Thomas: The Trainz Adventures - West Side Stories (2023); Thomas: The Trainz Adventures (2017–2024); Three Go Round (1964–1966); Tobias and the Arcane Merchant (2024); Tracks to Big Adventures (2021–2022); What's My Purpose? (2023); Whisker Haven Tales with the Palace Pets (2015–2017).

Saturday, December 13, 2025

Born on this day – Gertraud Jesserer:


Gertraud Jesserer


Actress

December 13, 1943 – December 9, 2021

Credits:

11er Haus (2005); Adrian und die Römer (1989); Alles außer Mord! (1994); Alte Briefe (1963); Am Ziel aller Träume (1970); Anleitung zum Unglücklichsein (1985); Anna and the Prince (2009); Auf den Spuren von Johann Nestroy: Der Geist Nestroys und die Wiener (1962); Baby Rex - Der kleine Kommissar (1997); Birkenhof & Lerchenau (1994); Darf ich mitspielen? (1976); Das Abgründige in Herrn Gerstenberg (1966); Das Erbe von Björndal (1960); Das Kamel geht durch das Nadelöhr (1970); Das Lamm (1969); Das Mädl aus der Vorstadt (1989); Das Ohr (1983); Das Paket (1963); Das Traumschiff (2008); Das verzauberte Lied (1995); Der erste Frühlingstag (1961); Der Feldherrnhügel (1970); Der junge Baron Neuhaus (1971); Der Kaufmann von Venedig (1968); Der Salzbaron (1994–1995); Der Schwierige (1991); Der See (1996); Der Unbestechliche (1974); Der veruntreute Himmel (1990); Derrick (1994–1997); Die Dämmerung der Sehnsucht (1976); Die Dreigroschenoper (1972); Die Glasmenagerie (1982); Die grüne Seite (1981); Die Halbzarte (1959); Die Moritat vom Räuberhauptmann Johann Georg Grasel (1969); Die Nachprüfung (L'ècole des autres) (1964); Die Nacht der Mörder (1970); Die Schuld der Liebe (1998); Die Schule der Frauen (L'ècole des femmes) (1964); Die Türen knallen (1961); Dr. Sommerfeld - Neues vom Bülowbogen (2003); Drei Schwestern (1977); Ein Abend mit Labiche (1980); Ein Dorf ohne Männer (1963); Ein ganz normales Paar (2005); Ein Herz wird wieder jung (1999); Ein Mädchen für alles (1969); Ein unvergeßliches Wochenende (1993); Einer muß der Dumme sein (1971); Fall Regine Krause (1970); Familie Leitner (1961–1964); Figaro läßt sich scheiden (1999); Fluchtversuch (1976); Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord (1996–1997); Frohes Fest, Lucie! (1992); Germanija (2002); Geschäfte mit Plückhahn (1971); Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung (1980); Herzlichen Glückwunsch: Heinz Rühmann zum 90. Geburtstag (1992); Hochzeit am Neusiedlersee (1963); I Learned It from Father (1964); Ikonen-in-Rot-Weiß-Rot (2022); Il commissario Rex (2009); Im Vorhof der Wahrheit (1974); Jetzt erst recht (2003); Julia - Eine ungewöhnliche Frau (2003); Kabale und Liebe (1976); Kommissar Rex (1994–2003); Krach im Hinterhaus (1966); Lady Cop (2000); Lamorte (1997); Liebe bleibt nicht ohne Schmerzen (1980); Liebelei (1969); Liliom (1971); Lucilla (1980); Match (1966); Mautplatz (1994);  Meine Frau erfährt kein Wort (1970); Meine Tochter und ich (1963); Merry-Go-Round (1973); Mich wundert, daß ich so fröhlich bin (1983); Monaco Franze - Der ewige Stenz (1983); Nicht mit mir, Liebling (2012); ORF-Legenden (2020); Pariser Geschichten (1977–1980); Princesse Marie (2004); Puppenspiele (1963); Ravioli (2003); Rette mich, wer kann (1986); Ruf der Wildgänse (1961); Schauspielereien - Die große Szene (1981); Schloßhotel Orth (1998); Schöndorf muß sauber bleiben (1993); So war Mama (1962); SOKO München (1999); Sommergäste (1981); Soundless (2004); Spiel (1969); Spukschloß im Salzkammergut (1966); Stockinger (1996); System Fabrizzi (1965); Taxi für eine Leiche (2002); The Old Fox (1988–2009); Tödliche Diamanten (1998); Tödliche Wahl (1995); Typisch Sophie (2006); Unsolved (2006); Verdammt die jungen Sünder nicht (1961); Verdammt zur Sünde (1964); Was ihr wollt (1968); Wenn das mein großer Bruder wüßte (1959); Wer liebt, dem wachsen Flügel... (1999); Wer war Mr. Hilary? (1969); Wie du mir... (1989); Wie es euch gefällt (1970); Wiener Klatsch (1985); Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre (1978); Zeit der Kirschen (1966).

Friday, December 12, 2025

Born on this day – Dickey Betts:


Dickey Betts


Guitarist

Singer

Songwriter

Composer

December 12, 1943 – April 18, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

Atlanta's Burning Down (1978); Bougainvillea's Call: The Very Best of Dickey Betts 1973-1988 (2006); Dickey Betts & Great Southern (1977); Highway Call (1974); Let's Get Together (2001); Live at the Coffee Pot 1983 (2016); Live from the Lone Star Roadhouse (2018); Official Bootleg Vol.1 (2021); Pattern Disruptive (1988); Ramblin' Man: Live at the St. George Theatre (2019); Rockpalast: 30 Years of Southern Rock 1978–2008 (2010); The Collectors #1 (2002); The Official Bootleg (2007).

Movies, video and television:

2004 Jammys: The Theatre at Madison Square Garden (2004); American Revolutions: Southern Rock (2005); And So It Goes (2014); Beat Shazam (2017); Belushi (2020); Big Fish (2003); Bird on a Wire (1990); Casey's Shadow (1978); Chicago Hope (1996); Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man (2020); Clear History (2013); Cockfighter (1974); Cold Case (2008); Comedian (2002); David Letterman (2011); Dickey Betts & Great Southern: Back Where It All Begins - Live at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum (2005); Dickey Betts & Great Southern: Back Where It All Begins - Live at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum (2005); Dickey Betts Band: Ramblin' Live at the St. George Theater (2018); Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009); Erik (2016); Fear (1996); Field of Dreams (1989); Fresh Off the Boat (2016); Guitar Hero II (2006); Guitar Hero: World Tour (2008); Incendiary (2008); Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President (2020); Ken Park (2002); Lassie (1994); Late Show with David Letterman (2000); Miami Vice (1986); Mongrels (2010); Morning Joe (2021–2022); Musicians for Disaster Relief 05' (2005); My Generation (2000); Nash Bridges (1996); Ohne Filter (1991); Outside Providence (1999); Psych (2008); Push, Nevada (2002); Radio Arrow (1998); Rock Legends (2017); Rock n' Roll Fantasy Camp (2006); Southern Rock at the BBC (2012); Southern Voices, American Dreams (1985); Supernatural (2005–2008); The 47th Annual Grammy Awards (2005); The Allman Brothers Band: Brothers of the Road (1985); The Allman Brothers Band: Live at Great Woods (1992); The Big Interview with Dan Rather (2018); The Concert for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1995); The Cowboy Way (1994); The Exorcist (1973); The Full Moon Show (1992); The Good Guys (2010); The History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995); The Holdovers (2023); The Old Grey Whistle Test (1978); The Shipping News (2001); The Simpsons (2007–2023); The Three Stooges (2012); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2016–2017); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1990); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2012); The Waterboy (1998); Top Gear (2007–2010); Turn It Up! (2014); Unplugged (1990); Volunteer Jam (1976); Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Nightclub (2008); When Harry Met Sally... (1989).

Sunday, November 23, 2025

Born on this day – Judy Irola:


Judy Irola


Cinematographer

Producer

Director

November 23, 1943 – February 21, 2021


Credits:

R3 (2003); Eban and Charley (2000); The Gold Cup (2000); The Settlement (1999); The Faithful Revoluton: Vatican II (1998); Eat Your Heart Out (1997); In der glanzvollen Welt des Hotel Adlon (1996); Ava's Magical Adventure (1994); Grandfather Sky (1993); Gregory K (1993); An Ambush of Ghosts (1993); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1991); Yuma Crossing (1990); Antigone/Rites of Passion (1990); Wilfrid's Special Christmas (1989); Calling the Shots (1988); King James Version (1988); Nova (1981–1987); Jeg elsker dig (1987); Working Girls (1986); Dead End Kids (1986); The Business of America... (1984); In the King of Prussia (1982); Artists at Work (1982); American Playhouse (1982); Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker (1981); The Willmar 8 (1981); Survivor (1980); Rebel Earth (1980); Free Voice of Labor: The Jewish Anarchists (1980); A Plague on Our Children (1979); The Wobblies (1979); A Bird for All Seasons (1979); Northern Lights (1978); The Yellow Wallpaper (1977).

Monday, November 17, 2025

Born on this day – Alfie Wise:


Alfie Wise


Actor

November 17, 1943 – July 23, 2025

Credits:

Ark II (1976); B.L. Stryker (1989–1990); Call Her Mom (1972); Catherine's Grove (1997); City Heat (1984); Death Car on the Freeway (1979); Detective Extralarge (1993); Evening Shade (1991); Heat (1986); Hooper (1978); Hot Stuff (1979); I Am Burt Reynolds (2020); Legends of the Superheroes (1979); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976); Match Game PM (1979–1980); Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour (1983); Midway (1976); Paternity (1981); Rad (1986); S Club 7 - It's an S Club Thing (1999); S Club 7 in Miami (1999–2000); Smoke n Lightnin (1995); Smokey and the Bandit (1977); Starting Over (1979); Stroker Ace (1983); Stunts Unlimited (1980); Swashbuckler (1976); The Cannonball Run (1981); The End (1978); The Fall Guy (1982–1983); The Jeffersons (1978); The Longest Yard / aka The Mean Machine (1974); The Love Boat Fall Preview Special (1983 / 1984); The Sandy Duncan Show (1972); Tour of Duty (1987); Trauma Center (1983); Uncle Croc's Block (1975); We Are Angels (1997); Young Guy Christian (1979).

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Monday, October 20, 2025

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).

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

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).

Thursday, October 9, 2025

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).

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

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).

Thursday, September 18, 2025

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).

Thursday, August 28, 2025

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).

Saturday, August 23, 2025

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).

Thursday, August 21, 2025