Born on this day – August Wilson:

August Wilson

Writer

April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005

Credits:

Written work:

Black Bart and the Sacred Hills; Fences; Fullerton Street; Gem of the Ocean; How I Learned What I Learned; Jitney!; Joe Turner's Come and Gone; King Hedley II; Ma Rainey's Black Bottom; Placebo; Profiles in Science: One Man and One Woman / William Harvey; Radio Golf; Recycle; Seven Guitars; The Coldest Day of the Year; The Ground on Which I Stand; The Homecoming; The Janitor; The Piano Lesson; Two Trains Running.

Movies, video and television:

60 Minutes / Viola / August Wilson (2002–2021); American Masters (2015); Charlie Rose (1998); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1990); Fences (2012); Fences (2016); Literary Visions (1992); Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020); On Broadway (2019); PBS NewsHour (2020–2024); The 41st Annual Tony Awards (1987); The 43rd Annual Tony Awards (1989); The 55th Annual Tony Awards (2001); The Naked Proof (2003); The Piano Lesson (1995); Working in the Theatre (1987–2001).

Born on this day – Cleo Sylvestre:

Cleo Sylvestre

Actress

Writer

April 19, 1945 – September 20, 2024

Credits:

Book:

The Marvellous Adventures of Mary Seacole (2021).

Movies and television:

14th Screen Nation Film and Television Awards 2019 (2019); Against the Crowd (1975); Alf 'n' Family (1968); All Creatures Great and Small (2020–2023); An Anorexic's Tale: The Brief Life of Catherine (1988); Armchair 30 (1973); Beautiful Things (2024); Beyond the Lake (2022); Black and White in Colour (1992); Bliss! (2016); Bloods (2021); Boyz Unlimited (1999); Brookside (1998); Callan (1972); Casualty (1988); Coronation Street (1966); Crossroads (1964–1988); Doctor Who (1965); Doctors (2007–2016); Five by Five (2017); Forever Young (2023); Grange Hill (1979–1990); Happy Families (1990); If You See God, Tell Him (1993); Johnny on the Run (1953); Kate (1972); Kidulthood (2006); Life Begins at Forty (1980); Marked Personal (1974); Merry-Go-Round (1975–1976); Minder (1985); Mogul (1965–1967); National Theatre Live: Allelujah! (2018); New Tricks (2006); Paddington (2014); Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (2018); Platform 7 (2023); Play School (1984–1985); Police Patrol (1965); Public Eye (1972); Rock 'n' Roll Island: Where legends were born (2020); Rockliffe's Babies (1988); Rolling Stone: Life and Death of Brian Jones (2019); Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon (2023); Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987); Sanctuary (1967); School for Unclaimed Girls (1969); Silent Witness (2000); Some Women (1969); Strange Report (1969); Sweetness in the Belly (2019); Television Club (1969); The Alf Garnett Saga (1972); The Attendant (1993); The Bill (1988–2004); The Curry Club (2007); The Day of the Triffids (1981); The Expert (1968); The Gemini Factor (1987); The Guilty (2013); The Idris Takeover (2017); The Leaving Party (2019); The Love Child (1987); The Punk (1993); The Rough with the Smooth (1975); The Split (2022); The Wednesday Play (1965–1969); Thick as Thieves (1974); Till Death Us Do Part (1967–1972); Torchwood: Monthly Range (2022); Trog (1970); Tube Tales / Segment: A Bird in the Hand (1999); Uncle (2014); Waiting (2019); You're Only Young Twice (1978); Z Cars (1967).

On this day in movie history - Two O’clock Courage (1945):

Two O’clock Courage

directed by Anthony Mann,

written by Gordon Kahn and Robert E. Kent,

based on the novel by Gelett Burgess,

was released in the United States on April 13, 1945.
Music by Roy Webb.

Cast:

Tom Conway, Ann Rutherford, Richard Lane, Lester Matthews, Roland Drew, Emory Parnell, Jane Greer, Jean Brooks.

Born on this day – Catherine Spaak:

Catherine Spaak

Actress

Writer

April 3, 1945 – April 17, 2022

Credits:

3 notti d'amore (1964); A Beautiful Vacation (2006); Adulterio all'italiana (1966); Affari di famiglia (1986); Alice (2010); Attenti a quei due - La sfida (2011); Ballando con le stelle (2007); Benedetta e company (1983); Buona Domenica (1997–1998); Burnt by a Scalding Passion (1976); Cari genitori (1973); Carosello (1971); Causa di divorzio (1972); Cinéma 16 (1986); Circle of Love (1964); Claretta (1984); Compression (2023); Con quale amore, con quanto amore (1970); Crazy Desire (1962); Crazy Desire (1962); Dalla parte giusta (2005); Diary of a Telephone Operator (1969); Domenica in (1995); E non se ne vogliono andare! (1988); E se poi se ne vanno? (1989); Eighteen in the Sun (1962); Forum (1985); Fosca (1981); Freddo da morire (1982); Harem (1987–2001); Honey (1981); Horse Fever (1976); Hotel (1967); I cervelloni (1995); I più grandi di tutti (2011); If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969); Il carro armato dell'8 settembre (1960); Il giocatore invisibile (1985); Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare (1968); Il ritorno del piccolo Lord (2000); Il sorpasso (1962); Io e Caterina (1980); Joy - scherzi di gioia (2002); Julie, chevalier de Maupin (2004); Kiss the Other Sheik (1965); La bugiarda (1965); La calda vita (1964); La gatta (1978); La Martingale (1983); La parmigiana (1963); La schiava io ce l'ho e tu no (1973); La vacanza (2019); La vedova allegra (1968); La via dei babbuini (1974); La voglia di vincere (1987); L'altro piatto della bilancia (1972); L'amore difficile (1962); L'armata Brancaleone (1966); Le jour le plus court (1983); Le puits aux trois vérités (1961); Le rire de Caïn (1986); Le trou (1960); L'hiver (1959); L'ingranaggio (1988); L'isola dei famosi (2015); Los pájaros de Baden-Baden (1975); L'uomo dalla bocca storta (2009); L'uomo privato (2007); Ma Prédilection II (2012); Madamigella di Maupin (1966); Made in Italy (1965); Make Love, Not War (1966); Marco Ferreri: Il regista che venne dal futuro (2007); Masterpiece Mystery (2011); Murder Is a Murder (1972); Night Was Made for Stealing (1967); Ophiria (1983); Our Land (2006); Partita doppia (1993); Per vivere meglio, divertitevi con noi (1978); Porta a Porta (2015); Pour le cinéma (1972); Promessa d'amore (2004); Racconti di fantascienza (1979); Rag. Arturo De Fanti bancario-precario (1980); Reflets de Cannes (1961); Saucy 70's Volume 2 (2010); Scommettiamo che...? (1994); Secret Scandal (1990); Sei delitti per padre Brown (1988); Senza rete (1970); Spécial cinéma (1983); Story of a Cloistered Nun (1973); Sunday Lovers (1980); Sweet Deceptions (1960); Take a Hard Ride (1975); Tandem (2000); TCM Remembers 2022 (2022); Te lo leggo negli occhi (2004); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The Boxer (1972); The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971); The Empty Canvas (1963); The Libertine (1968); The Little Nuns (1963); The Man with the Balloons (1967); The Merv Griffin Show (1967); Ti sposo ma non troppo (2014); Ton Pseudonyme I (2012); Ton Pseudonyme III (2012); Un medico in famiglia (2013); Un posto al sole memories: 20 anni di un posto al sole (2016); Un seul être vous manque (1984); Una ragazza piuttosto complicata (1969); Une famille formidable (1993); War on Everyone (2016); Weekend at Dunkirk (1964); Zen (2011).

Born on this day – Curtis Hanson:

Curtis Hanson

Director

Writer

Producer

March 24, 1945 – September 20, 2016

Born on this day – Susan Tyrrell:

Susan Tyrrell

Actress

Writer

Composer

March 18, 1945 – June 16, 2012

Credits:

19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2013); A Look Into 'the Forbidden Zone' (2004); Angel (1984); Another Man, Another Chance (1977); Arrow (1992); Avenging Angel (1985); Bad (1977); Baretta (1975); Be Pretty and Shut Up! (1981); Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (1971); Big Top Pee-wee (1988); Bonanza (1971); Buddy Boy (1999); Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981); Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker: An Interview with Susan Tyrrell (2014); Catch My Soul (1974); Coming Attractions (1978); Compression (2023); Confessions of a Horror Baby (2011); Cry-Baby (1990); Digital Man (1995); Document of the Dead (1980); Extreme Ghostbusters (1997); Far from Home (1989); Fast-Walking (1982); Fat City (1972); Fire and Ice (1983); Flesh+Blood (1985); Flexing with Monty (2010); Flying High (1979); Forbidden Zone (1980); From a Whisper to a Scream (1987); I Am Weasel (1997); I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977); If Tomorrow Comes (1986); Islands in the Stream (1977); Japan in Paris in L.A. (1997); Jealousy (1984); Kid-Thing (2012); Kojak (1978); Lady of the House (1978); Liar's Moon (1981); MacGruder and Loud (1985); Masked and Anonymous (2003); Midnight Lace (1981); Motorama (1991); Mr. Novak (1964); NBC Experiment in Television (1968); Nichols (1971); Open All Night (1981–1982); Pieces of Dolores (2007); Pink as the Day She Was Born (1997); Poison Ivy: The New Seduction (1997); Poker Alice (1987); Powder (1995); Racquet (1979); Relax... It's Just Sex (1998); Rockula (1990); Science Fiction Film Awards (1978); September 30, 1955 (1977); Shades of LA (1991); Shoot Out (1971); Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood (1992); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Starsky and Hutch (1977); Subway Riders (1981); Susan Tyrrell: My Rotten Life, a Bitter Operetta (1992); Swap Meet (1999); Tales from the Crypt (1995); Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981); Tapeheads (1988); TCM Remembers 2012 (2012); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The Boneyard Collection (2008); The Chipmunk Adventure (1987); The Christmas Star (1986); The Demolitionist (1995); The Devil's Due at Midnight (2004); The Hitchhiker (1987); The Killer Inside Me (1976); The Killers (1984); The Life of Sean DeLear (2024); The Merv Griffin Show (1973); The Patty Duke Show (1964); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Steagle (1971); The Under Achievers (1987); Thompson's Last Run (1986); To Kill the King (1974); Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010); Visions (1979); WatchMojo (2019); What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon (1989); Willow B: Women in Prison (1980); Windmills of the Gods (1988); Wings (1992); Wizards (1977); Zandy's Bride (1974).

Born on this day – Carol Speed:

Carol Speed

Actress

Singer

Writer

March 14, 1945 – January 14, 2022

Credits:

Songs:

I Can Make It (1973); My Soul is a Witness (1974).

Books:

Gods in Polyester, or a Survivors’ Account of 70s Cinema Obscura (2004); Inside Black Hollywood (1980); The Georgette Harvey Story (2002).

Movies and television:

Abby (1974); American Pimp (1999); Black Samson (1974); Bummer (1973); Days of Our Lives (1970); Disco Godfather (1979); Dynamite Brothers (1974); Getting Away from It All (1972); Julia (1970); Love Hate Love (1971); Sanford and Son (1972); Savage! (1973); TCM Remembers 2022 (2022); Tenafly (1973); The Big Bird Cage (1972); The Girls of Huntington House (1973); The Mack (1973); The New Centurions (1972); The Paul Lynde Show (1972); The Psychiatrist (1970); Village Vengeance (2006).

Born on this day – Whitney Rydbeck:

Whitney Rydbeck

Actor

Director

Cinematographer

March 13, 1945 – July 15, 2024

Credits:

1941 (1979); 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996); 7th Heaven (1996); A Mime's Life (2009); A Very Brady Sequel (1996); Angels with Angles (2005); Apollo 11 (1996); Battle Beyond the Stars (1980); Big John, Little John (1976); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979); Cagney & Lacey (1982); City Guys (2000); Copacabana (1985); Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th (2013); Far Out Space Nuts (1975); Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986); Fudge (1995); Grace Under Fire (1995); Grand Jury (1976); Highway to Heaven (1987); Hold That Pose (1971); I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989); In the House (1996); Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues (1983); Lassie (1972); Lassie: Peace is Our Profession (2006); Living Single (1997); Love at First Bite (1979); M*A*S*H (1979); Man from Atlantis (1977); Master Class: Impersonal Actor (2011); Monster Squad (1976); Murder of Innocence (1993); Murder, She Wrote (1989–1994); Nanny and the Professor (1970); Oliver & Company (1988); On the Line (1997); Party of Five (1999); Phyllis (1976); Rocky II (1979); Scrubs (2005); Simon & Simon (1982–1988); Sisters (1995); Slasher Scotty (2018); Sleeper (1973); ssn / video game (1996); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989); Striking Resemblance (1997); Superior Court (1987); Switch (1975); The Baltimore Bullet (1980); The Brady Bunch (1971); The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981); The Jayne Mansfield Story (1980); The Jimmy Stewart Show (1972); The Krofft Supershow / Segment: Wonderbug (1976); The Magical World of Disney (1981); The Next Step Beyond (1978); The Oates' Valor (2007); The Oldest Rookie (1987); The Sonnet (2012); The Sunday Show (1976); What I Did for Love (1998); Whitney and the Robot (1979); Wonderbug (1976); You Can Learn A Lot from A Dummy (1985–1998).

Born on this day – Hilary Heath:

Hilary Heath

Actress

Producer

March 6, 1945 – April 3, 2020

Credits:

About Religion (1965); An Awfully Big Adventure (1995); Arthur of the Britons (1973); Callan (1969); Canterbury Tales (1969); Criminal Law (1988); Cry of the Banshee (1970); Eurotika! (1999); Fortress (1985); Frenchman's Creek (1998); Hadleigh (1973); ITV Play of the Week (1967); ITV Playhouse (1969); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969); Jamaica Inn (1983 / 2014); Man at the Top (1972); Mogul (1969–1970); Nil by Mouth (1997); Rain Stops Play (2019); Real Stories of the Highway Patrol (1993–1999); Rebecca (1997); Space: 1999 (1976); Special Branch (1969); Swamp Men (2011); The Avengers (1967); The Body Stealers (1969); The Challengers (1972); The Dead Files (2012); The File of the Golden Goose (1969); The Fringe Dwellers (1986); The Oblong Box (1969); The Prisoner (1967); The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003); The Worst Witch (1986); THS Investigates (2005); Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969); United! (1966); Van der Valk (1972); Villains (1972); Wah-Wah (2005); Witchfinder General (1968); Women on Death Row 3 (2008); Wuthering Heights (1970); Z Cars (1968).

Born on this day – Leslie Charleson:

Leslie Charleson

Actress

February 22, 1945 – January 12, 2025

Credits:

5th Annual Soap Opera Awards (1989); 88th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2019); A Flame in the Wind (1964–1966); A Lovely Way to Die (1968); Adam-12 (1972); Another April (1974); As the World Turns (1966); Barnaby Jones (1975); Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (1976); Black Sheep Squadron (1976); Cannon (1972–1975); Caribe (1975); CBS Daytime 90 (1973); Celebrity Page (2018); Cheering Section (1977); Dharma & Greg (2001); Diagnosis Murder (1997); Emergency! (1972); Emergency! (1978); Family Feud (1982–1984); Friends (2004); General Hospital (1977–2023); General Hospital: Night Shift (2008); Girl Talk (1968); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1975); Happy Days (1975); Hour Magazine (1980–1986); How2 Make It in Film and Television (2004); Intimate Portrait (1998–2003); Ironside (1973); Kung Fu (1975); Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1967–1973); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1993); Mannix (1970); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1972–1973); McMillan & Wife (1977); Medical Center (1972); Medical Story (1975); Most Wanted (1976); N.Y.P.D. (1967); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1972); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1973–1974); Port Charles (1997–2001); Revenge! (1971); Search (1972); SoapTalk (2005); Star's Table (1986); The 22nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1995); The Day of the Dolphin (1973); The F.B.I. (1973); The Joan Rivers Show (1993); The Merv Griffin Show (1986); The Return of the Muskrats (2005); The Rockford Files (1977); The Rookies (1972); The Streets of San Francisco (1974–1976); The Wide World of Mystery (1975); The Wild Wild West (1968); The Young on the Run (1989); Woman on the Ledge (1993).

Born on this day – Brion James:

Brion James

Actor

February 20, 1945 – August 7, 1999

Credits:

48 Hrs. (1982); A Breed Apart (1984); A Place Called Truth (1998); Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1996); Amazing Stories (1985); American Playhouse (1982); American Strays (1996); Annihilator (1986); Another 48 Hrs. (1990); Armed and Dangerous (1986); Art Deco Detective (1994); Arthur's Quest (1999); Assault on Dome 4 (1996); B.J. and the Bear (1979); Back in Business (1997); Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1993); Benson (1981); Big Shamus, Little Shamus (1979); Billy Lone Bear (1996); Black Magic (1992); Black Sea 213 (2000); Blade Runner (1982); Blade Runner / Video Game (1997); Blade Runner: Deleted and Alternate Scenes (2007); Blue Sunshine (1977); Bombshell (1997); Border to Border (1998); Bound for Glory (1976); Brain Smasher... A Love Story (1993); Brown's Requiem (1998); Cabin Boy (1994); Cagney & Lacey (1983); Cherry 2000 (1987); Chico and the Man (1978); CHiPs (1979–1981); Circles in a Forest (1989); City of Angels (1976); Conquest of the Earth (1980); Corvette Summer (1978); Crimewave (1985); Cyberjack (1995); D.O.A. (1988); Dark Justice (1993); Dead Man Walking (1988); Deadly Ransom (1998); Desperado: The Outlaw Wars (1989); Diplomatic Siege (1999); Dirt Merchant (1999); Dominion (1995); Dynasty (1986); Enemy Mine (1985); Enid Is Sleeping (1990); Evil Obsession (1996); F.T.W. (1994); Farewell, My Love (2000); Flesh+Blood (1985); Flying High (1978); Foolish (1999); Frogtown II (1992); Future Shock (1994); Galactica 1980 (1980); General Hospital (1980); Get Christie Love! (1974); Goober & the Truckers' Paradise (1978); Gunsmoke (1975); Hard Times / aka Street Fighter (1975); Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976); Hear No Evil (1982); Heist (1998); Highlander (1994); Hong Kong 97 (1994); House III: The Horror Show (1989); Hunter (1988–1991); In God's Hands (1998); Indecent Behavior III (1995); Jekyll Island (1998); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1995); Johnny Bago (1993); Johnny Staccato (1977); Joseph's Gift (1999); Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller (1998); Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues (1983); Killing at Hell's Gate (1981); Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978); Knight Rider 2010 (1994); Little House on the Prairie (1982); Lone Star (1983); Love Among Thieves (1987); M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994); Malevolence (1999); Marco Polo: The Missing Chapter (1996); Matlock (1987); Men in Black: The Series (1998); Men in White (1998); Miami Vice (1988); Millennium (1998); Miracles (1986); Mom (1990); Mork & Mindy (1978); Movie Nights (2012); Mutator (1989); Nemesis (1992); Nickelodeon (1976); Nightmare at Noon (1988); On My Honor (1988); Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story (1992); Palmerstown, U.S.A. (1980); Phoenix Point (2005); Precious Find (1996); Precious Victims (1993); Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills (1996); Quincy, M.E. (1982); Radioland Murders (1994); Red Heat (1988); Red Scorpion (1988); Renegade (1993); Rio Diablo (1993); Roots (1977); Savage Land (1994); Scanner Cop (1994); Showdown (1993); Sidekicks (1986); Silk Stalkings (1994); Silverado (1985); Sketch Artist II: Hands That See (1995); Slaughter Inc.: The Horrors of 'The Horror Show' (2017); Sledge Hammer! (1986–1988); Snide and Prejudice (1997); Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981); Southern Comfort (1981); Spawn (1997–1999); Special Collector's Edition (2010); Spitfire (1995); Steel Dawn (1987); Steel Frontier (1995); Street Asylum (1990); Striking Distance (1993); Strip 'n Run (2000); Superman (1999); Superman: The Animated Series (1996–1997); Tales from the Crypt (1991); Tango & Cash (1989); The A-Team (1983–1985); The Companion (1994); The Dark (1993); The Dukes of Hazzard (1982–1984); The F.B.I. (1974); The Fall Guy (1985); The Fifth Element (1997); The Hitchhiker (1987); The Hunter's Moon (1999); The Incredible Hulk (1978); The Invasion of Johnson County (1976); The Jazz Singer (1980); The Jeffersons (1980); The Kansas City Massacre (1975); The Killing Jar (1997); The King Is Alive (2000); The Lazarus Man (1996); The Magical World of Disney (1977); The Magnificent Seven (1998–1999); The Making of 'Steel Dawn' (1987); The Marshal (1995); The Nature of the Beast (1995); The Operator (2000); The Player (1992); The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981); The Renegades (1983); The Rockford Files (1977); The Sentinel (1998); The Setting Son (1997); The Soft Kill (1994); The Underground (1997); The Waltons (1974); The Wrong Guys (1988); The Young Riders (1990); Time Runner (1993); Treasure of Matecumbe (1976); Trouble in High Timber Country (1980); Ultimate Desires (1991); Vengeance Unlimited (1998); Walker, Texas Ranger (1997); Webster (1988); When the Whistle Blows (1980); Wholly Moses! (1980); Wishman (1992); Z-TV (1989).

Born on this day – Zina Bethune:

Zina Bethune

Actress

Dancer

Choreographer

February 17, 1945 – February 12, 2012

Credits:

ABC Afterschool Specials (1980); Cain's Hundred (1962); CHiPs (1977); Emergency! (1974–1976); Forgotten City of the Planet of the Apes (1980); Guiding Light (1956–1958); Gunsmoke (1974); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Kraft Theatre (1948); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1959–1961); L.A. Woman (2013); Lamp Unto My Feet (1961); Lancer (1970); Little Women (1958); Love of Life (1951–1980); Naked City (1960); Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder (1987); Party of Five (1995); Planet of the Apes (1974); Play of the Week (1961); Police Story (1978); Route 66 (1960–1962); Santa Barbara (1986); Special for Women: The Cold Woman (1960); Stump the Stars (1963); Sunday Showcase (1959); Sunrise at Campobello (1960); The Boost (1988); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962–1965); The Filmmaker (1969); The First Hollywood Hero Awards (2006); The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1978); The Invaders (1967); The Judy Garland Show (1963); The Mike Douglas Show (1965); The Next Step Beyond (1978); Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967); Wings of Legacy (2006); Young Dr. Kildare (1973); Young Dr. Malone (1958–1963); Your First Impression (1964).

Born on this day – Clive Wilmer:

Clive Wilmer

Writer

February 10, 1945 – March 13, 2025

Credits:

A Catalogue of Flowers – poetry pamphlet (1986); A New Road on which the World should Travel: John Ruskin, "The Nature of Gothic" and William Morris – lecture (2014); Amores - poetry pamphlet (1986); Cambridge Observed: An Anthology (1998); Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Selected Poems and Translations (1991); Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Selected Poems and Translations (2002); Devotions - poems (1982); Donald Davie, Modernist Essays: Yeats, Pound, Eliot (2004); Donald Davie, With the Grain: Essays on Thomas Hardy and Modern British Poetry (1998); Forced March: Selected Poems (1979); George Gömöri, My Manifold City (1996); George Gömöri, Polishing October – revised and expanded edition (2013); George Gömöri, Polishing October (2008); György (George);  Gömöri, Versek Marinak / Poems for Mari (2006); György Petri, Eternal Monday: New and Selected Poems (1999); János Pilinszky, Passio: Fourteen Poems (2011); John Ruskin, Unto this Last, and Other Writings (1985); Miklós Radnóti, Forced March: Selected Poems, revised & expanded edition (2003); New & Collected Poems (2012); Night Song of the Personal Shadow: Selected Poems (1991); Of Earthly Paradise – poems (1992); Poets Talking: The 'Poet of the Month' Interviews from BBC Radio 3 (1994); Ruskin’s Language: How a Victorian Prophet Uses Words – lecture booklet (2016); Selected Poems (1995); Steep Path: Poems translated from Hungarian (2018); Stigmata - poetry pamphlet (2005); The Dwelling-Place (1977); The Falls – poems (2000); The Letters of Thom Gunn (2021); The Life and Poetry of Miklós Radnóti: Essays (1999); The Mystery of Things – poems (2006); Thom Gunn, Selected Poems (2017); Thom Gunn, The Occasions of Poetry: Essays in Criticism and Autobiography (1982); Urban Pastorals – poetry pamphlet (2014); What the Guild of St George Does: Reflections on Wealth and Life – lecture (2019); William Morris, News from Nowhere and Other Writings (1993).

Born on this day – Richard Romanus:

Richard Romanus

Actor

Writer

Producer

February 8, 1945 – December 23, 2023

With Harvey Keitel and Martin Scorsese, in Mean Streets (1973).

Credits:

The Young Black Stallion (2003); The Sopranos (1999–2002); Nailed (2001); Providence (2001); Carlo's Wake (1999); If You Believe (1999); Giving Up the Ghost (1998); Urban Relics (1998); NYPD Blue (1996); Diagnosis Murder (1996); Charlie Grace (1995); The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise (1995); Northern Exposure (1995); Chicago Hope (1994); Cops and Robbersons (1994); Johnny Bago (1993); Point of No Return (1993); Reasonable Doubts (1992); To Protect and Serve (1992); The Entertainers (1991); Jake and the Fatman (1991); Oscar (1991); Final Stage (1990); Hollywood Heartbreak (1990); Married to the Mob (1989); Mission: Impossible (1989); Midnight Caller (1989); The Couch Trip (1988); Cagney & Lacey (1983–1987); Ghost of a Chance (1987); The A-Team (1983–1986); MacGyver (1985–1986); Murphy's Law (1986); Hill Street Blues (1986); Shadow Chasers (1985); Stir Crazy (1985); Tales from the Darkside (1985); Fame (1985); Crackups (1984); Protocol (1984); Hunter (1984); Second Sight: A Love Story (1984); More Than Murder (1984); Hardcastle and McCormick (1983); Strangers Kiss (1983); Matt Houston (1982); Hey Good Lookin' (1982); Strike Force (1981–1982); Pandemonium (1982); Foul Play (1981); Fantasy Island (1981); Heavy Metal (1981); Hart to Hart (1980); Sitting Ducks (1980); Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980); Gold of the Amazon Women (1979); The Rockford Files (1978); Hawaii Five-O (1978); Outtakes (1977); Starsky and Hutch (1977); Night Drive (1977); Wizards (1977); Charlie's Angels (1977); Russian Roulette (1975); Kojak (1974); Rhoda (1974); The Dion Brothers (1974); Mean Streets (1973); Mod Squad (1970–1971); Night Chase (1970); Walk the Walk (1970); Mission: Impossible (1970); The Ghastly Ones (1968).

Born on this day - Frank Doubleday:

Frank Doubleday

Actor

January 28, 1945 – March 3, 2018

Credits:

John Wayne Made Me Cry: Our Western Heros (2002); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997); Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space (1991); Dollman (1991); L.A. Bounty (1989); Our House (1988); Longarm (1988); Broadcast News (1987); Amazing Stories (1987); Sledge Hammer! (1986); Stingray (1986); Nomads (1986); Space Rage (1985); T.J. Hooker (1983–1985); Avenging Angel (1985); Trauma Center (1983); Hill Street Blues (1983); The Greatest American Hero (1982); CHiPs (1981–1982); Archie Bunker's Place (1981); Escape from New York (1981); The Incredible Hulk (1981); Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979); Charlie's Angels (1978); The Big Fix (1978); Wonder Woman (1978); A Killing Affair (1977); Abar (1977); Starsky and Hutch (1977); The Quest (1976); Assault on Precinct 13 (1976); Alex & the Gypsy (1976); Johnny Staccato (1976); Delvecchio (1976); The First Nudie Musical (1976); Police Story (1975); Lucas Tanner (1975).

Born on this day – Christine Kaufmann:

Christine Kaufmann

Actress

Writer

January 11, 1945 – March 28, 2017

Born on this day – Zienia Merton:

Zienia Merton

Actress

December 11, 1945 – September 14, 2018

Credits:

Alien Attack (1976); Angels (1983); Bergerac (1983); Beryl's Lot (1973); Capital City (1989); Casanova (1971); Casualty (1986–2002); Chiller (1995); Coronation Street (2008); Cosmic Princess (1982); Crime of Passion (1972); Crime Traveller (1997); Dempsey and Makepeace (1985); Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1978); Dinotopia (2002); Doctor Who (1964); Doctor Who: Target Novelisation Audiobooks (2018); Doctors (2001–2011); EastEnders (1998–2005); Ego Hugo (1973); Escape (1980); Family Affairs (1997–2005); Fox Mystery Theater (1984); Grange Hill (1985); Having a Wild Weekend (1965); Heaven on Earth (1998); Help! (1965); Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972); ITV Playhouse (1970); Jackanory Playhouse (1974); Jason King (1972); Journey Through the Black Sun (1982); Judge John Deed (2006); Kosmetikkrevolusjonen (1977); Law & Order: UK (2009); Leap in the Dark (1975); Lie with Me (2004); Lovejoy (1986); Madigan (1973); Masters of Venus (1962); Message from Moonbase Alpha (1999); Mogul (1969); Omnibus (1969); Peak Practice (1998); Return of the Saint (1978); Space: 1999 (1975–1977); Spotlight on 1999 (2002); Strange Report (1969); Tenko (1984); Thank You, Comrades (1978); The Adventurers (1970); The Benny Hill Show (1972); The Bill (1994–2005); The Brief (1984); The Chairman (1969); The History Man (1981); The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1964); The Lakes (1999); The Other Side (1979); The Root of All Evil? (1969); The Sarah Jane Adventures (2009); The Sarah Jane Adventures (2010); The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970); The 'Space: 1999' Documentary (1996); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1969); This Is Your Life (1974); W. Somerset Maugham (1970); Wenn du bei mir bist (1970); Wilde Alliance (1978); Wire in the Blood (2008); Wizards vs. Aliens (2013).

On this day in movie history – Detour (movie & novel):

Detour

directed by Edgar G. Ulmer,

written by Martin Goldsmith,

based on the novel Detour: An Extraordinary Tale by Martin Goldsmith,

was released in the United States on November 30, 1945.
Narrated by Tom Neal.
Music by Leo Erdody.

Cast:

Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald, Tim Ryan, Esther Howard, Pat Gleason, Don Brodie, Roger Clark, Eddie Hall, Harry Mayo, Harry Strang.

Recommended reading:

Detour: An Extraordinary Tale

By Martin M. Goldsmith.

Filmed as Detour (1945), directed by Edgar G. Ulmer.

Published by Black Curtain Press.
First published 1939.
Hardcover.
ISBN-10: 1515426785
ISBN-13: 978-1515426783

Description:

Alex Roth is a musician who thumbs it out for L.A. and the woman of his dreams. Things hit a snag when a bookmaking driver Alex flags down suddenly ends up dead. With its tight, crisp writing comparable to James M. Cain and Chandler, the work translated perfectly on screen into the legendary noir "Detour," perhaps the greatest low-budget film ever made.

THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED … 1938. Alexander Roth is hitchhiking from New York to Los Angeles, where he hopes to reconnect with his self-absorbed, cutesy-poo girlfriend. A car stops to pick him up and he is soon plunged into a long nightmare from which there may be no escape. This fatalistic novel is a forgotten noir masterpiece that has languished for decades in the swamps of neglected crime fiction. In 1945, film director Edgar G. Ulmer cranked out the movie version in a couple of weeks on a microscopic budget, and it is now widely recognized as one of the greatest gems in film noir history. The novel is its equal in every way. Legendary crime fiction author Lawrence Block provides a foreword unique to this edition.

Born on this day – Billy Drago:

Billy Drago

Actor

November 30, 1945 – June 24, 2019

On this day in movie history - The Lost Weekend (1945):

The Lost Weekend

directed by Billy Wilder,

written by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder,

based on the novel by Charles R. Jackson,

was released in the United States on November 29, 1945.
Music by Miklós Rózsa.

Cast:

Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling, Frank Faylen, Mary Young, Anita Bolster, Lilian Fontaine, Frank Orth, Lewis Russell, Harry Tenbrook, Gene Ashley, Walter Baldwin, Harry Barris, Ian Begg, Eddie Borden, Jess Lee Brooks, Jack Rube Clifford, David Clyde, James Conaty, Willa Pearl Curtis, John Deauville, Helen Dickson, Clark Eggleston, Franklyn Farnum, John Garris, Dick Gordon, Jayne Hazard, Ted Hecht, Ernest Hilliard, Earle Hyman, Jerry James, Stan Johnson, Jack W. Johnston, Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky, Eddie Laughton, Perc Launders, Theodora Lynch, Bertram Marburgh, William Meader, James Millican, Frank Mills, Pat Moriarity, William Newell, William O'Leary, Peter Potter, Mark Power, Stanley Price, Craig Reynolds, The San Francisco Opera Company, Lester Sharpe, Lee Shumway, Sophie (the dog), Douglas Spencer, Al Stewart, Bunny Sunshine, Fred 'Snowflake' Toones, Emmett Vogan, Max Wagner, Milton Wallace, Gisela Werbisek, Crane Whitley, Ernest Whitman, Isabel Withers, Audrey Young.