Born on this day – Tanith Lee:

Tanith Lee

Writer

September 19, 1947 – May 24, 2015

Books:

100 Fiendish Little Frightmares (1990); 100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998); A Bed of Earth (2002); A Century of Horror 1970-1979 (1987); A Different City (2015); A Heroine of the World (1989); A Wolf At the Door (2000); A Wolf at the Door: And Other Rare Tales (2019); Amazons II (1982); Amazons! (1979); Anackire (1983); Ancient Enchantresses (1995); Angels of Darkness (1995); Animal Castle (1972); Animate Objects (2016); Arabesques (1988); Arrows of Eros (1989); At the Court of the Crow (2020); Best British Horror 2014 (2014); Best New Horror 31 (2021); Best Gay Stories 2011 (2011); Bestiary! (1985); Beyond Lands of Never (1984); Beyond the Edge (2016); Beyond the Woods (2016); Biting the Sun (1999); Black Heart, Ivory Bones (2000); Black Unicorn (1989); Blood 20 (2015); Blood Is Not Enough (1989); Blood Sisters (2015); Blood Thirst (1997); By Blood We Live (2009); Cast a Bright Shadow (2004); Champions of the Road (1979); Chronicles of the Holy Grail (1996); Chrysalis 10 (1983); Chrysalis 8 (1980); Chrysalis 9 (1981); Clockwork Phoenix (2008); Clockwork Phoenix 2 (2012); Clockwork Phoenix 3: New Tales of Beauty and Strangeness (2012); Clockwork Phoenix 4 (2013); Colder Greyer Stones (2012); Colouring Books Gallery One (2020); Colouring Books Gallery Two (2020); Colouring Books: Gallery Three (2021); Companions on the Road (1975); Cruel Pink (2013); Curse of the Full Moon (2010); Cyrion (1982); Dancing Through the Fire (2015); Danse Macabre (2012); Dark Castle, White Horse (1986); Dark Dance (1992); Dark Fantasies (1989); Dark Terrors 5 (2000); Dark Terrors 6 (2002); Darkness, I (1994); Daw 30th Anniversary Fantasy Anthology (2002); Daw 30th Anniversary Science Fiction Anthology (2002); Day by Night (1980); Days of Grass (1985); Death of the Day (2004); Death's Master (1979); Delirium's Mistress (1986); Delusion's Master (1981); Demons and Daggers (1981); Demons! (1987); Devils and Demons (1987); Disturbed by Her Song (2010); Don't Bite the Sun (1976); Don't Open This Book! (1998); Dragons and Warrior Daughters (1989); Dragons! (1993); Dreams of Dark and Light (1986); Drinking Sapphire Wine (1977); Dying for It (1997); East of Midnight (1977); Electric Forest (1979); Elephantasm (1993); Elsewhere Three (1984); Emerald Magic (2004); Eva Fairdeath (1994); Evolve Two (2011); Faces Under Water (1998); Fantasy Stories (1996); Fatal Women (2004); Fearie Tales (2013); Final Shadows (1991); Firebirds Rising (2006); Forests of the Night (1989); From Twilight Till Dawn (2009); Frontier Worlds (2018); Full Moon City (2010); Gallery of Horror (1983); Ghosteria Volume 1 (2014); Ghosteria Volume 2 : Zircons May Be Mistaken (2014); Ghosts (1984); Girls' Night Out (1997); Gold Unicorn (1994); Grails (1992); Grails: Visitations of the Night (1994); Graven Images (2000); Greyglass (2011); Grimm Retold (2024); Habitats (1984); Handsome Devil (2014); Haunting Women (1988); Hauntings (2012); Haunts (2011); Heart-Beast (1992); Hecate's Cauldron (1982); Heiresses of Russ 2011 (2011); Here in Cold Hell (2005); Hidden Turnings (1989); Horrible Beginnings (2003); Horror Story Volume 3 (1991); Human for a Day (2011); Hunting the Shadows (2009); Immortal (2008); Indigara (2007); Into Gold (1991); Isaac Asimov's Camelot (1998); Isaac Asimov's Fantasy (1985); Isaac Asimov's Mother's Day (2000); Isaac Asimov's Robots (1991); Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep (1995); Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own (1983); Isaac Asimov's Vampires (1996); Islands in the Sky (1999); Ivoria (2012); Kill the Dead (1980); Killing Me Softly (1996); Killing Violets (2012); Lace and Blade (2008); Lace and Blade 2 (2013); L'Amber (2006); Last Drink Bird Head (2009); Law of the Wolf Tower / aka Wolf Tower (1998); Legenda Maris (2015); Legends (2013); Lightspeed: Year One (2011); Louisa the Poisoner (1992); Love Alters (2013); Love in a Time of Dragons (2019); Lycanthia (1981); Madame Two Swords (1988); Magicats II (1991); Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural (1985); Masters of Darkness II (1988); Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep (2015); Metallic Love (2005); Midnight Mass (2002); Modern Classics of Fantasy (1997); Moonsinger's Friends (1985); Mortal Suns (2003); Mythic Journeys (2019); Mythical Beasties (1983); Nature Futures 2 (2014); nEvermore! (2015); New Terrors 1 (1980); New Terrors Omnibus (1985); Night Visions 1 (1984); Night's Master (1978); Night's Sorceries (1987); Nightshades (1993); No Flame But Mine (2007); Obsession (2012); Obsidian (2016); Once Upon a Time: New Fairy Tales (2013); Other Edens (1987); Other Edens II (1988); Other Worlds 2 (1980); Outsiders (2005); Perpetual Light (1982); Personal Darkness (1993); Phantasya (2014); Piratica (2003); Prince on a White Horse (1982); Princess Hynchatti (1972); Queen of the Wolves / aka Wolf Queen (2001); Queen Victoria's Book of Spells (2013); Quest for the White Witch / aka Hunting the White Witch (1978); Red as Blood / aka Tales from the Sisters Grimmer (1982); Red Unicorn (1997); Red Unicorn (1997); Redder Than Blood (2017); Reigning Cats and Dogs (1995); Return to Parrot Island (2006); Rivals of Dracula (1996); Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears (1995); Sabella (1980); Sages and Swords (2006); Saint Fire (1999); Scheherazade's Facade (2012); Shadows 4 (1981); Shadows 5 (1982); Shadows 7 (1984); Shon the Taken (1979); Silver Birch, Blood Moon (1999); Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers (1998); Sisters of the Night (1995); Sisters of The Revolution (2015); Snow White, Blood Red (1993); Solaris Rising 1.5 (2012); Songs of Love and Death (2010); Songs of Love Lost and Found (2012); Songs of the Dying Earth (2009); Sounds and Furies (2010); Space Is Just a Starry Night (2013); Speaking of Horror (2022); Speaking of the Fantastic IV (2018); Stars (2003); Steampunk II (2010); Storyteller (2025); Strindberg's Ghost Sonata (2019); Subterfuge (2008); Sung in Shadow (1983); Swan Sister (2003); Swords Against Darkness (2017); Swords Against Darkness II (1977); Swords Against Darkness III (1978); Swords Against Darkness IV (1979); Swords Against Darkness V (1979); Swords and Dark Magic (2010); Tails of Wonder and Imagination (2010); Tales from the Forbidden Planet (1987); Tamastara / aka The Indian Nights (1984); Tanith By Choice (2017); Teeth (2011); Tempting The Gods (2008); Terry Carr's Best Science Fiction of the Year 14 (1985); The 1980 Annual World's Best SF (1980); The 1983 Annual World's Best SF (1983); The 1984 Annual World's Best SF (1984); The 1985 Annual World's Best SF (1985); The 1987 Annual World's Best SF (1987); The 1988 Annual World's Best SF (1988); The 1989 Annual World's Best SF (1989); The 9th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1968); The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic 2 (2014); The Armless Maiden (1995); The Beastly Bride (2010); The Beautiful Biting Machine (1984); The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology (1994); The Best Horror of the Year Volume 3 (2011); The Best of Dark Terrors (2021); The Best of Shadows (1988); The Best of the Best Horror of the Year (2018); The Best of Weird Tales (1995); The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9 (1980); The Betrothed (1968); The Big Book of Modern Fantasy (2020); The Big Book of Science Fiction (2016); The Birthgrave (1975); The Bitten Word (2012); The Blood of Roses (1990); The Blood of Roses Volume 1 (2020); The Blood of Roses Volume 2 (2020); The Book of the Beast (1988); The Book of the Damned (1988); The Book of the Dead / aka Paradys (1986); The Book of the Mad (1993); The Castle of Dark (1978); The Complete Masters of Darkness (1990); The Dark (2003); The Dark Descent (1997); The Dark of the Woods (2006); The Dragon Book (2009); The Dragon Hoard (1971); The Earth is Flat (2023); The Faery Reel (2004); The Fair Folk (2005); The Family Sea (2007); The Fantasy Hall of Fame (1998); The Feathered Edge (2012); The Ghost Quartet (2008); The Gods Are Thirsty (1996); The Gorgon (1985); The Green Man (2002); The Heart of the Moon (2019); The Immersion Book of SF (2010); The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (2009); The Mammoth Book of Angels and Demons (2013); The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 20 (2009); The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 25 (2014); The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Sixteen (2005); The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Ten (1999); The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Thirteen (2002); The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales (1997); The Mammoth Book of Fantasy (2001); The Mammoth Book of Lesbian Short Stories (1999); The Mammoth Book of Merlin (2009); The Mammoth Book of Monsters (2007); The Mammoth Book of New Terror (2004); The Mammoth Book of Nightmare Stories (2019); The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women (2001); The Mammoth Book of Warriors and Wizardry (2014); The Mammoth Book of Zombie Apocalypse! (2010); The Many Faces of Van Helsing (2004); The Medusa in the Shield (1990); The Merlin Chronicles (1995); The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales (1975); The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (1995); The Penguin Book of Vampire Stories (1987); The Random House Book of Fantasy Stories (1997); The Road to Science Fiction 5 (1998); The Secret History of Vampires (2007); The Silver Metal Lover (1982); The Storm Lord (1976); The Time Traveler's Almanac (2013); The Ultimate Dragon (1995); The Ultimate Witch (1993); The Vampire Archives (2009); The Weird (2011); The Weird Tales of Tanith Lee (2017); The White Serpent (1988); The Wildside Book of Fantasy (2012); The Winter Players (1976); The World and The Stars (2015); The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2011 (2011); The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2012 (2012); The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 (2014); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 18th Annual Collection (2005); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 21st Annual Collection (2008); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourteenth Annual Collection (2001); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Ninth Annual Collection (1996); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Tenth Annual Collection (1997); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Third Annual Collection (1990); The Year's Best Fantasy Second Annual Collection (1989); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 10 (1984); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 11 (1985); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 13 (1987); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 14 (1988); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 2 (1976); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 4 (1978); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 5 (1980); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 6 (1980); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 7 (1981); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 8 (1982); The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 9 (1983); The Year's Best Horror Stories V (1977); The Year's Best Horror Stories VI (1978); The Year's Best Horror Stories VII (1979); The Year's Best Horror Stories XIV (1986); The Year's Best Science Fiction First Annual Collection (1984); The Year's Best Science Fiction Fourth Annual Collection (1987); The Year's Best Science Fiction Second Annual Collection (1985); The Year's Best Science Fiction Seventeenth Annual Collection (2000); The Year's Best Science Fiction Sixteenth Annual Collection (1997); Thirtyfour (2004); To Indigo (2011); Top Fantasy (1984); Turquoiselle (2014); Twists of the Tale (1996); Under My Hat (2012); Unicorns II (2014); Unsilent Night (1981); Vampires: Classic Tales (2011); Vampires: The Greatest Stories (1991); Vampires: The Recent Undead (2011); Vazkor, Son of Vazko / aka Shadowfire (1978); Venus Burning: Realms (2018); Venus Preserved (2003); Vivia (1995); Volkhavaar (1977); Warrior Enchantresses (1996); Warrior Women (2008); Weird Sisters (2025); Weird Tales 1 (1981); Weird Tales 2 (1980); When Darkness Falls (2003); When the Lights Go Out (1995); Whispers IV (1983); White as Snow (2000); Wilde Stories 2010 (2010); Wings of Fire (2010); Winter Moon (2005); Witches (2012); Witches and Warlocks (1989); Wizards (2007); Wolf Star / aka Wolf Star Rise (2000); Wolf Wing (2002); Women as Demons (1985); Women of the Night (1994); Women of Wonder (1995); Xanadu (1993); Xanadu 3 (1995); Year's Best Fantasy 2 (2002); Year's Best Fantasy 3 (2003); Year's Best Fantasy 4 (2004); Year's Best Fantasy 5 (2005); Year's Best Horror Stories XII (1984); Young Monsters (1985).

Television:

Blake's 7 (1980–1981); The Hunger (1999).

Born on this day – Sam Neill:

Sam Neill

Actor

Director

Producer

Writer

September 14, 1947 – July 13, 2026

Book:

Did I Ever Tell You This?

A Memoir

By Sam Neill.

Published by Penguin Books Ltd.

Published 2023 / updated 2024.

ISBN-10: 140595745X

ISBN-13: 978-1405957458

Description:

In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tells the story of how he became one of the world’s most celebrated actors, who has worked with everyone from Meryl Streep to Isabel Adjani, from Jeff Goldblum to Sean Connery, from Steven Spielberg to Jane Campion.

By his own account, his career has been a series of unpredictable turns of fortune. Born in 1947 in Northern Ireland, he emigrated to New Zealand at the age of seven. His family settled in Dunedin on the South Island, but young Sam was sent away to boarding school in Christchurch, where he was hopeless at sports and discovered he enjoyed acting.

But how did you become an actor in New Zealand in the 1960 and 1970s where there was no film industry? After university he made documentary films while also appearing in occasional amateur productions of Shakespeare. In 1977 he took the lead in Sleeping Dogs, the first feature made in New Zealand in more than a decade, a project that led to a major role in Gillian Armstrong’s celebrated My Brilliant Career.

Movies, television & voice-over:

14th AACTA Awards (2025); 15th AACTA Awards (2026); 3 News (2006); 5 Second Movies (2008); 7th AACTA Awards (2017); A Cry in the Dark (1988); A Long Way Down (2014); A Taste of My Life (2008); ABC News Breakfast (2024–2025); AFI Life Achievement Award (1995); Alcatraz (2012); Amerika (1987); And Then There Was Something: The Making of 'And Then There Were None' (2016); And Then There Were None (2015); Angel (2007); Apples Never Fall (2024); Architect Athfield (1977); Ashes (1975); Assassin Club (2023); At the Movies (2005); Attack Force Z (1981); Australian Story (2020–2023); Backtrack (2015); Beached Az (2009); Before Stardom (2002); Beyond Jurassic Park (2001); Bicentennial Man (1999); Big John (2006); Blackbird (2019); Bring Him to Me (2023); Bro'Town (2009); Buck (2011); Buck (2011); Cannes Film Festival (1993); CBS Mornings (1988); Century of Cinema (1995); Children of the Revolution (1996); Cinema Quarantine: Das Bad (2020); Cinema Quarantino: Das Bogroll (2020); Cinema Quarantino: Das Fone Hell (2020); Cinema Quarantino: Das Underachiever (2020); Cinema Quarentine: Das Leek (2020); Colin McCahon: I Am (2004); Confessions (2018); Country Life (1994); Cowboys of Culture (1990); Crusoe (2008–2010); CTV News at 11:30 Toronto (2019); Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal (2020); Dancing with the Stars (2010); Dark Air with Terry Carnation (2021); das Konversazion (2020); David Stratton's Stories of Australian Cinema (2017); Daybreakers (2009); De película (1989); Dead Calm (1989); Dean Spanley (2008); Death in Brunswick (1990); 'Death in Brunswick' Hits the Road Archival Publicity Tour (2022); Death in Brunswick: Deleted Scenes (2007); Death in Brunswick: Memories of Murder (2007); Días de cine (2019); Dirty Deeds (2002); Doctor Zhivago (2002); Dream in the Making: The Making of Sleeping Dogs (2018); Enigma (1982); Enough Rope with Andrew Denton (2004); Entertainment Tonight (2015–2025); Entertainment UK (1993); Equity Foundation Australia & New Zealand (2020); Escape Plan (2013); Event Horizon (1997); Family Pictures (1993); Farewall to the King: Michael Hirst on the Tudors Finale (2010); Festival de Cine de San Sebastián (2008 / 2019); Fever (1991); Film '80 (1980); Flack (2020); Flare: A Ski Trip (1977); For Love Alone (1986); Forgotten Silver (1995); Four Shorts on Architecture (1975); Framed (2002); From a Far Country (1981); From Jurassic Park to Jurassic World: Greatest Moments (2022); Gallipoli (2005); Get Krack!n (2017); Getaway (2005); Godzilla x Kong: Supernova (2027); Happy Town (2010); Harry (2013); Have You Been Paying Attention? (2019); Hollywood Insider (2022); Hostage (1992); House of Bond (2017); House of Hancock (2015); Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016); Hunt's Duffer (1973); Hyperspace (2001); Ice (2011); Icons Unearthed (2023); I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not (2025); In Cold Blood (1996); In Her Skin (2009); In the Mouth of Madness (1994); Inside 'the Living Daylights' (2000); Insiders (2018); Intimate Portrait (1999); Invasion (2021); Iron Road (2009); Irresistible (2006); Ivanhoe (1982); Jessica (2004); Jet 7 (1998); Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery (2017); Jurassic Park (1993); Jurassic Park III (2001); Jurassic World Evolution (2018); Jurassic World Evolution 2 (2021); Jurassic World: Dominion (2022); Just Out of Reach (1979); Kane & Abel (1985); Kids React (2015); Landfall (1975); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995); Late Show with David Letterman (1996); Le Champion (2019); Leap of Faith (1988); Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010); Les Chroniques du Mea (2018–2022); Les effrontées: Le cinéma au féminin (2022); Leunig Animated (2002); Leunig: How Democracy Actually Works (2002); L'Histoire nous le dira (2020); Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story (2020); Little Fish (2005); Live Lunch (2001); Lorraine (2024); Lucinda Brayford (1980); Making of 'Wimbledon: The Movie' (2004); Making 'Under the Mountain' (2010); Maquillando entre monstruos (2007); Mary Bryant (2005); Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992); Merlin (1998); Merlin's Apprentice (2006); MindGamers (2015); Minty Comedic Arts (2019); Molokai (1999); Movie Night Extravaganza (2022); My Brilliant Career (1979); My Mother Frank (2000); New Country: New People (1978); New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands (2016); Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke (2025); Numero Bruno (2000); Old School (2014); Omen III: The Final Conflict: Audio Commentary with Graham Baker (2000); On Location with 'Robbery Under Arms' (1985); On the Road with Red Mole (1979); One Against the Wind (1991); Palm Beach (2019); Peaky Blinders (2013–2016); Perfect Strangers (2003); Peter Rabbit (2018); Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021); Plenty (1985); Plenty: Days of Plenty - A Conversation with Director Fred Schepisi (2002); Possession (1981); Quan arribin els marcians (2019); Rake (2010); Rams (2020); Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983); Reinventando Hollywood (2008); Restoration (1995); Rétrogaming made in France (2019); Return to Jurassic Park: Dawn of a New Era (2011); Return to Jurassic Park: Making Prehistory (2011); Return to Jurassic Park: The Next Step in Evolution (2011); Richard & Judy (2006); Rick and Morty (2019); Ride Like a Girl (2019); River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand (2013); Robbery Under Arms (1985); Robert Enrico, bref passage sur la Terre (2018); Rove Live (2001–2003); Russell Howard Stands Up to the World (2021); Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000); Scarygirl (2023); Sci Fi Inside: 'the Triangle' (2005); Sci-Fi Buzz (1992 / 1997); ScreenSlam (2015); Sea Lions: Life by a Whisker (2020); Séries express (2008); Shadow of China (1989); Short Poppies (2014); Sirens (1994); Skin (2008); Sleeping Dogs (1977); Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997); South Australia: Ocean to Outback (2003); South Australian Film Corporation 40th Anniversary Showreel (2012); Spielberg (2017); Split Enz - Spellbound (1993); Star Trek: Voyager (1997); Steven Spielberg Directs 'Jurassic Park' (2001); Stiff (2004); Storm Stories (2009); Stray (2018); Strong Medicine (1986); Submerged (2001); Sunday Night (2017); SuperCroc (2001); Surf Sail (1978); Sweet Country (2017); Sweet Country: Behind the Scenes (2018); Sweet Country: Sam Neill and Bryan Brown (2018); T. Rex (2024); Telephone Etiquette (1974); That Scene with Dan Patrick (2021); The 28th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1986); The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1985); The 47th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (2005); The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1998); The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1999); The 58th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (2016); The 61st Annual TV Week Logie Awards (2019); The 63rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards (2023); The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box (2013); The Assembly (2024); The Blood of Others (1984); The Brian Conley Show (2001); The Brush-Off (2004); The Celluloid Heroes (1995); The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X (2016–2021); The City of No (1971); The Commuter (2018); The Country Girls (1983); The Daughter (2015); The Dinosaurs of 'Jurassic Park III' (2001); The Dish (2000); The Dovekeepers (2015); The Dragon Pearl (2011); The Final Conflict (1981); The Fox (2025); The French Revolution (1989); The Games (1998); The Good Wife (1987); The Governor (1977); The Graham Norton Show (2016–2021); The Great Entertainer (2025); The Horse Whisperer (1998); The Hour (2011–2012); The Hunt for Red October (1990); The Hunter (2011); The Journalist (1979); The Jungle Book (1994); The Kelly Clarkson Show (2024); The Last Resort (2027); The Last Whale (1994); The Living Room (2019); The Magic Pudding (2000); The Magical Making of Merlin (1998); The Making of 'Daybreakers' (2010); The Making of 'Event Horizon' (2006); The Making of 'Jurassic Park' (1993); The Making of 'Jurassic Park' (1995); The Making of 'Jurassic Park III' (2001); The Making of Rudyard Kipling's 'the Jungle Book' (1994); The Making of 'Sleeping Dogs' (2004); The Martin Short Show (1999); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The One Show (2021); The Ordained (2013); The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill (2018); The Piano (1993); The Portable Door (2023); The Project (2020); The Rainbow Warrior (1993); The Real Hunt for Red October (2021); The Revengers' Comedies (1998); The Sealhunters (1973); The Simpsons (1994); The Special Effects of 'Jurassic Park III' (2001); The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011); The Sullivans (1979–1980); The Tem Show (2005); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993); The Triangle (2005); The Tudors (2007 / 2010); The Twelve (2022–2025); The Vow (2012); The Water Cycle (1972); The Weekly with Charlie Pickering (2015–2023); The Zookeeper (2001); This Is Your Life (1987–2002); This Morning (2020–2021); Thor: Love and Thunder (2022); Thor: Ragnarok (2017); Time Team (2001); To the Ends of the Earth (2005); Today (2024); Tommy's Honour (2016); Try Not to Smile or Laugh (2015); Tutankhamun (2016); Two Twisted (2006); Under the Mountain (2009); United Passions (2014); Untamed (2025); Until the End of the World (1991); Variety Studio (2016); Verity Lambert: Drama Queen (2008); Victory (1996); Voice Activated (2022); Voyage of the Nautilus (2001); Weekend Breakfast (2025); Weekend Sunrise (2017); Why Anzac with Sam Neill (2015); Wimbledon (2004); Wogan (1985); Working with a Master: John Carpenter (2006); WTF with Marc Maron (2021); Xfinity: Jurassic Park... Works (2026); Yes (2004); Young Ramsay (1980).

On this day in movie history - Philo Vance's Secret Mission (1947):

Philo Vance's Secret Mission

directed by Reginald Le Borg,

written by Lawrence Taylor,

was released in the United States on August 30, 1947.
Music by Emil Cadkin, Ernest Gold and Karl Hajos.

Cast:

Alan Curtis, Sheila Ryan, Tala Birell, Frank Jenks, James Bell, Frank Fenton, Paul Maxey, Kenneth Farrell, Toni Todd, David Leonard, William Newell, Tom Quinn, Harry Strang, Frank Wilcox.

Born on this day – Cindy Williams:

Cindy Williams

Actress

Producer

August 22, 1947 – January 25, 2023

Credits:

10th Annual TV Land Awards (2012); 1998 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (1998); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); 78th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2009); 7th Heaven (2002); 8 Simple Rules (2003); A Dream of Christmas (2016); A Life of Laughter: Remembering John Ritter (2003); ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003); ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration (1978); Access Hollywood (2023); All-Star Salute to Mother's Day (1981); America 2-Night (1978); American Graffiti (1973); An Evening at the Improv (1988); Andy's Funhouse (1979); Are We There Yet? (2012); Barefoot in the Park (1970); Beltline to Broadway / Podcast Series (2022); Between the Lines with Barry Kibrick (2015); Beware! The Blob (1972); Big Man on Campus (1989); Bingo (1991); Biography (1999–2005); Bloopers Galore (1989); Blushing Bloopers (1990); Canaan Land (2020); Cannon (1974); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2023); Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes (1977); Celebrity Ghost Stories (2012); CHiPs (1979–1980); Circus of the Stars #2 (1977); Classic Bloopers (1990); Cos (1976); Crimes of Passion: Escape from Terror - The Teresa Stamper Story (1995); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Angie Dickinson (1977); Delphine and Carole (2019); Dinah and Her New Best Friends (1976); Dinah! (1976); Disco Fever: 'Saturday Night Fever' Premiere Party (1977); Donny and Marie (1976–1978); Drive (2007); Drive, He Said (1971); Earth Angel (1991); Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (2004); Entertainment Tonight (1998–2023); Entertainment Tonight Presents: Laverne and Shirley Together Again (2002); Entertainment Tonight Presents: TV's Greatest Scandals (2000); Father of the Bride (1991); Father of the Bride Part II (1995); For Goodness Sake (1993); For Your Love (2000–2002); From Dollars to Donuts: An Undressing of the First Nudie Musical (2002); Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970); Gene Kelly: An American in Pasadena (1978); General Electric's All-Star Anniversary (1978); Getting By (1993–1994); Getting Together (1971); Girlfriends (2004–2005); Girls Across the Lake (1997); Good Morning America (2012 / 2023); Great Women of Television Comedy (2003); Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years (1990); Happy Birthday, Las Vegas (1977); Happy Days (1975–1979); Happy Days Reunion Special (1992); Happy Days: 30th Anniversary Reunion (2005); Hawaii Five-O (1974); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Bloopers Uncensored (1990); Hollywood Squares (1999); Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985); Home & Family (2015); Hope & Gloria (1996); Inside Edition (2015); Insight (1975); Intimate Portrait (2001–2003); Joanna (1985); Just Like Family (1989); Kathie Lee Gifford's Celebration of Motherhood (1993); Laugh? I Thought I'd Die! (1999); Laugh-In (1977–1978); Laverne & Shirley (1976–1982); Laverne & Shirley in the Army (1981–1982); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2004); Less Than Perfect (2002); Life's Most Embarrassing Moments (1983); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994); Lost Heart (2020); Love (2015); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Time Machine; Love and the Face Bow (1973); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1976); Magic with the Stars (1982); Magico David (1992); Meet Wally Sparks (1997); Menu for Murder (1990); More American Graffiti (1979); Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour (1982); Morning Joe (2023–2024); Mr. Ricco (1975); Music Box (2021); My World and Welcome to It (1970); Nanny and the Professor (1971); NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (2023); Night Stand (1995); Normal Life (1990); Omnibus (1980); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Oops! The World's Funniest Outtakes 3 (1996); Pac Preview Party (1982); Parenting & Beyond (1995); Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen (1990); Pet Star (2003); Peter at the End (2012); Petrocelli (1976); Police Story (1975); Richard Rossi Live (1991); Room 222 (1969–1971); Rude Awakening (1989); Ruminations (2018); Sam & Cat (2013); Sami (2023); Saturday Night Live (1977); Save the Dog! (1988); ShirleyMania (2002); Shorty McShorts' Shorts (2007); Show Biz Bloopers (1991); Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall (1979); Sois belle et tais-toi! (1981); Son of the Beach (2001); Star Wars Screen Test - Cindy Williams (1977); Stealing Roses (2012); Steel Magnolias (1990); Still Waiting in the Wings (2018); Strawberry Summer (2012); Strip Mall (2000–2001); Suddenly, Love (1978); Surge of Power: Big City Chronicles (2019); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The 19th Annual Publicists Guild of America Awards (1982); The 24th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1982); The 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1976); The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2023); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1977); The 35th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1978); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1977); The 5th Annual TV Land Awards (2007); The 6th Annual American Cinema Awards (1989); The 6th Annual American Comedy Awards (1992); The 6th Annual TV Land Awards (2008); The Andy Kaufman Show (1983); The Biggest Fan (2005); The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour (1982); The Brothers Garcia (2001–2002); The Cindy Williams Comedy Special (1994); The Conversation (1974); The Creature Wasn't Nice (1981); The Factor (2008); The First Nudie Musical (1976); The Funny Side (1971); The Happiest Man Alive (2010); The Happy Days of Garry Marshall (2020); The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition (2020); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2013); The Joy of Natural Childbirth (1985); The Killing Kind (1973); The Laverne & Shirley Reunion (1995); The Legend of William Tell (2006); The Magic of ABC (1977); The Magic of David Copperfield (1978); The Magic of David Copperfield III: Levitating Ferrari (1980); The Magic School Bus (1995); The Magical World of Disney (1986); The Making of 'American Graffiti' (1998); The Matthew Aaron Show Podcast (2011); The Merv Griffin Show (1974); The Migrants (1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1976–1980); The Odd Couple (2016); The Pack Podcast (2020); The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights (1999); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1999); The Rosie Show (2012); The Seventies (2015); The Stepford Husbands (1996); The Talk (2015); The Test (2001); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974–1979); The Weekend in Vegas (2016); Then Again with Herbie J Pilato (2019); Today (2004–2023); Touched by an Angel (1996); Travels with My Aunt (1972); Tricks of the Trade (1988); TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003); TVography: Laverne & Shirley (2001); TV's Greatest Sidekicks (2004); UFOria (1984); Unexplained Mysteries / Segment: The Craft of Healing (2004); VH-1 Behind the Movie (2002); VH-1 Where Are They Now? (2002); Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular (1988); Weakest Link (2001); Whatever Happened To? (2008); When Dreams Come True (1985); Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2001 / 2018).

On this day in movie history - Kiss of Death (1947):

Kiss of Death

directed by Henry Hathaway,

written by Ben Hecht and Charles Lederer,

based on a story by Eleazar Lipsky,

was released in the United States on August 13, 1947.
Music by David Buttolph.

Cast:

Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray, Richard Widmark, Taylor Holmes, Howard Smith, Karl Malden, Robert Adler, Rollin Bauer, Harry Bellaver, Dennis Bohan, Nina Borget, Susan Cabot, Alexander Campbell, Harry Carter, Dort Clark, Eva Condon, Harry Cooke, Harold Crane, Frank DeKova, James Doody, Mildred Dunnock, Arthur Foran Jr., David Fresco, Harold Gary, Don Giovanni, Marilee Grassini, James Charles Heard, Eda Heinemann, Lou Herbert, Herbert Holcombe, Arthur Holland, Harry Kadison, Robert Karnes, Ronald King, Arthur Kramer, John Kullers, Harry Landers, Perc Launders, Franklyn Lenthall, Paul Lilly, Pat Malone, Iris Mann, John Marley, Gregg Martell, Charles McClelland, Norman McKay, Richard Midgley, Carl Milletaire, Millard Mitchell, Mary Morrison, Consuela O'Connor, Gloria O'Connor, William O'Leary, Wendell K. Phillips, Yvonne Rob, Stephen Roberts, Anthony Ross, Mel Ruick, Jack Rutherford, Lee Sanford, Bernard Sell, George Shelton, Irene Shirley, J. Scott Smart, A. George Smith, John Stearns, Richard Taber, Victor Thorley, Lawrence Tiernan, Tito Vuolo, Milton Wallace, Jesse White, Bill Zuckert.

Born on this day – Stuart Gordon:

Stuart Gordon

Director

Writer

August 11, 1947 – March 24, 2020

Born on this day – Dick Pope:

Dick Pope

Cinematographer

August 3, 1947 – October 21, 2024

Credits:

13 Conversations About One Thing (2001); A Bigger Splash (1973); A Flock of Seagulls in A Flock of Seagulls: I Ran (So Far Away) (1982); A Promise of Bed (1969); A Running Jump (2012); A Sense of History (1992); AC/DC: Live at Donington (1992); AC/DC: No Bull (1996); Africa (1984); Alan Bush: A Life (1983); Alison Moyet: Invisible (Version 1) (1984); All or Nothing (2002); An Awfully Big Adventure (1995); Angelica (2015); Angels & Atom Bombs: The Making of the Reflecting Skin (2015); Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008); Another Year (2010); Behind the Wheel of Happy-Go-Lucky (2009); Bernie (2011); Blue Suede Shoes (1980); Bringing Balanchine Back (2006); Career Girls (1997); Coming Up Roses (1986); Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style (1983); Creating a Classic: The Making of 'Nicholas Nickleby' (2003); Cuban Fury (2014); Cutting Edge (1993); Dark City (1990); Disappearing World (1974); Erasure: Chorus (1991); Erasure: Ship of Fools (1988); Fallen Hero (1978); Fine Young Cannibals: Suspicious Minds (1985); Fool's Gold: The Story of the Brink's-Mat Robbery (1993); Forever Green (1989); Forty Minutes (1985); Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender (1987); Freddie Mercury: Time (1986); Friday Night Shirt (2005); Fun Boy Three: The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum (1981); Great Performances (1998); Happy-Go-Lucky (2008); Happy-Go-Lucky: B-Roll (2008); Hard Truths (2024); Honeydripper (2007); Imagine (2014); Inseminoid (1981); Intercom (2008); INXS: Live Baby Live (1991); Iron Maiden: Women in Uniform (1980); It's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010); Just for Today (1980); Kylie Minogue: Never Too Late (1989); Kylie Minogue: Wouldn't Change a Thing (1989); La danse (2009); Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001); Legend (2015); Life Is Sweet (1990); Lisa Stansfield: What Did I Do to You? (1990); Loving Feeling (1968); Mad in the Making: Little Scenes and Outtakes Around a Mad Video (1991); Madness: It Must Be Love (1981); Madness: Sweetest Girl (1986); Man of the Year (2006); Me and Orson Welles (2008); Motherless Brooklyn (2019); Mountain Dew Kickstart Super Bowl Commercial: Puppymonkeybaby (2016); Mountains of the Moon (1990); Movin' On (1993); Mr. Turner (2014); Mr. Turner: The Many Colours of Mr. Turner (2014); Naked (1993); Never Mind (1995); Nicholas Nickleby (2002); Nineteen Eighty-Four / aka 1984 (1984); Nothing Personal (1995); Peter Gabriel's Secret World (1994); Peterloo (2018); Phantoms (1998); Pleasure (1994); Porterhouse Blue (1987); Punk and Its Aftershocks (1980); Queen: Champions of the World (1995); Queen: I Want to Break Free (1984); Queen: I'm Going Slightly Mad (1991); Queen: No-One But You (Only the Good Die Young) (1998); Queen: These Are the Days of Our Lives (1991); Rick Astley: Cry for Help (1991); Rick Astley: Hold Me in Your Arms (1989); Rude Boy (1980); Screen Two (1996); Secrets & Lies (1996); Side by Side (2012); Sigue Sigue Sputnik: Love Missile F1-11 (1986); Six Days in Romandie (1983); Soft Cell: Sex Dwarf (Version 1) (1982); Soweto (1991); Supernova (2020); Supertramp: Live in Paris '79 (2012); Swept from the Sea (1997); TCM Remembers 2024 (2024); Team Deakins (2020); The Air Up There (1994); The Blackheath Poisonings (1992); The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019); The Christians (1977); The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005); The Cure in Orange (1987); The Debt Collector (1999); The Fruit Machine (1988); The Girl in the Picture (1985); The Great Kandinsky (1995); The Illusionist (2006); The London Weekend Show (1977 / 1978); The Mike Leigh Method (2011); The Oscars (2015); The Outfit (2022); The Planets (1985); The Pros (2015); The Reflecting Skin (1990); The Secret Garden (1993); The Shattered Dream: Employment in the Eighties (1981); The South Bank Show (1985); The Specials: Ghost Town (1981); The Swappers (1970); The Unlucky Australians (1973); The Way of the Gun (2000); The Women's Olamal: The Organization of a Maasai Fertility Ceremony (1984); The X Files (1998); Thin Ice (2011); Tina Turner: Private Dancer (1985); Topsy-Turvy (1999); Toyah: I Want to Be Free (1981); Urgh! A Music War (1981); Vera Drake (2004); Vera Drake: Cast and Crew Documentary (2005); Walking Away (2007); What's Good for the Goose (1969); Whoops Apocalypse (1982); Willie and the Poor Boys (1985); Women in Rock (1980); World in Action (1975–1978); Worlds Apart (1982); Yes, Honestly (1976); Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction: Prime Mover (1988).

Born on this day – Alexandra Hay:

Alexandra Hay

Actress

July 24, 1947 – October 11, 1993

Credits:

Another Time, Another Place (1989); Der kurze Brief zum langen Abschied (1978); The One Man Jury (1978); That Girl from Boston (1975); Police Story (1975); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); How Come Nobody's on Our Side? (1974); The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974); The Manhunter (1974); Kojak (1974); How to Seduce a Woman (1974); Thriller (1973); The Screaming Woman (1972); The Virginia Graham Show (1972); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); 1,000 Convicts and a Woman (1971); The Love Machine (1971); Dan August (1970); Love, American Style / Love and Mr. Nice Guy (1970); The Joan Rivers Show (1970); The Steve Allen Show (1969); The Greatest Mother of Them All (1969); Mission: Impossible (1969); CBS Playhouse (1969); Model Shop (1969); The Dating Game (1969); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969); The 25th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1968); Skidoo (1968); How Sweet It Is! (1968); Star Spangled Salesman (1968); The Ambushers (1967); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967); The Monkees (1967); The Joey Bishop Show (1967).

Born on this day – Robert Lieberman:

Robert Lieberman

Director

July 16, 1947 – July 1, 2023

Born on this day – Richard Lewis:

Richard Lewis

Actor

Writer

Comedian

June 29, 1947 – February 27, 2024

Credits:

100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time (2004); 1989 MTV Video Music Awards (1989); 1990 MTV Video Music Awards (1990); 25 Things You Didn't Know About Curb Your Enthusiasm (2010); 5th Annual Prism Awards (2001); 7th Heaven (2002–2004); A Comedy Salute to Andy Kaufman (1995); A Weekend in the Country (1996); AFI Life Achievement Award (2013); Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind (1990); Alias (2003); All About Anything But Love (2007); American Bandstand's 40th Anniversary Special (1992); American Masters (1996–2013); An All-Star Toast to the Improv (1988); An American Saturday Night (1991); An Evening at the Improv (1981); Anything But Love (1989–1992); BelzerVizion (2007); Biography (1995–2012); Blunt Talk (2015); BoJack Horseman (2018); Bucky and the Squirrels (2015); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Celebrity Profile (1998); Charlie Rose (2015); Christmas Magic (2019); Code Black (2016); Comedy Club Superstars (1996); Comic Relief '87 (1987); Comic Relief III (1989); Comic Relief IV (1990); Comic Relief V (1992); Comic Relief VII (1995); Confessions of an Action Star (2005); Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000–2024); Curb: The Discussion (2010); Daddy Dearest (1993); Dennis Miller Live (1995); Diary of a Young Comic (1979); Dinner for Five (2003–2004); Dom Irrera Live (2013); Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1997); Drunks (1995); E! True Hollywood Story (2002–2005); Emily @ the Edge of Chaos (2021); Everybody Hates Chris (2006); Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man (2012); Free to Laugh: A Comedy and Music Special for Amnesty International (1992); Funny or Die Presents... (2010); Game Day (1999); Gangsta Waitress (2014); George Burns' 95th Birthday Party (1991); George Lopez (2005); Get Serious (1995); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2017); Golden Globe Awards (1992); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1997); Harry (1987); HBO Comedy Hour (1987); Hercules (1999); Heroes of Jewish Comedy (2003); History of Curb Your Enthusiasm: Even Further (2006); History of Curb Your Enthusiasm: So Far (2006); Hollywood Squares (2000–2002); House Calls (1981); House of a Lifetime: Richard Lewis (2014); Howard Stern in Howard Stern (1994–2001); Howard Stern on Demand (2006–2008); Hugo Pool (1997); Inside Comedy (2014); A.J.'s Time Travelers (1995); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2017); John & Leeza from Hollywood (1993); Larry David: Curb Your Enthusiasm (1999); Las Vegas (2005); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995–2008); Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993); Late Night with David Letterman: 6th Anniversary Special (1988); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2012); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2015); Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2008); Later with Bob Costas (1989); Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians (2001); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2008); Leaving Las Vegas (1995); Lewis on Film: The Oscar Edition (2011); Limp Bizkit: Break Stuff (2000); Live with Kelly and Mark (1992–1999); Looking for Lenny (2011); Mad TV (2000); Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009); Mantle (2005); Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis (2011); Mike & Mike (2015); Misery Loves Comedy (2015); Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007); Mtv Spring Break '86 (1986); Never Not Funny (2006); Once Upon a Crime... (1992); PlanetE! Entertainment Network (2017); Politically Incorrect (1997); Pound Puppies (2011); Presidio Med (2002); Richard Lewis & Keven Nealons Top 10 Picks (1997); Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed (1990); Richard Lewis: I'm Doomed (1990); Richard Lewis: The Magical Misery Tour (1996); Riptide (1986); Robert Klein Still Can't Stop His Leg (2016); Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993); Rock Concert (1975–1976); Rude Awakening (1997–1998); Sandy Wexler (2017); Showbiz Today (1994); Snickers Commercial (2014); Sunset Strip (2012); Tales from the Crypt (1994); Tattinger's (1988); TCM Guest Programmer (2009); Temporary Insanity (1985); That's Adequate (1989); The 10th Annual National CableACE Awards (1989); The 12th Annual CableACE Awards (1991); The 13th Annual CableACE Awards (1992); The 14th Annual Young Comedians Special (1991); The 416th (1979); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1990); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The 6th Annual Young Comedians (1981); The Alan Hamel Show (1978); The A-List (1992); The Aristocrats (2005); The Beat with Ari Melber (2017); The Best Damn Sports Show Period (2004); The Cleaner (2009); The Comedians' Comedian (2005); The Comedy Store (2020); The Daily Buzz (2005); The Daily Show (1996–2015); The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story (1992); The Dead Zone (2004); The Dick Cavett Show (1990); The Drug Years (2006); The Elevator (1996); The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (1993); The Great Buster (2018); The Green Room with Paul Provenza (2011); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1978); The Howard Stern Interview (1993); The Howard Stern Radio Show (2001); The Howard Stern Show (1992); The I'm Exhausted Concert (1988); The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall (2013); The Larry Sanders Show (1993); The Last Party (1993); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2008–2011); The Maze (1997); The Merv Griffin Show (1977); The Mike Douglas Show (1975); The Morning Program (1987); The New Hollywood Squares (1986–1987); The One, the Only... Groucho (1991); The Richard Lewis 'I'm in Pain' Concert (1985); The Roseanne Show (1998); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996); The Simpsons (2006); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974–1992); The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993–2001); The View (2005–2013); The World of Jewish Humor (1990); The World's Greatest Comedy Characters (2007); The Wrong Guys (1988); 'Til Death (2009–2010); Today (1979); Tribeca (1993); Two and a Half Men (2004); Unite for Japan (2011); V.I.P. (1999); Vamps (2012); Wagons East (1994); WGN Morning News (2017–2018); What About... with Danny Nucci & Jason M. Burns (2023); When Stand-Up Comics Ruled the World (2004); WTF with Marc Maron (2011–2015).

Books:

The Other Great Depression (2000); Reflections From Hell: Richard Lewis' Guide on How Not to Live (2015).

Born on this day – Mark Withers:

Mark Withers

Actor

June 25, 1947 – November 22, 2024

Credits:

A Final Gift (2012); Alex: The Life of a Child (1986); Basic Training (1985); Best of the West (1981); Bolden (2019); California Fever (1979); Castle (2013); Citizen X (2002); Criminal Minds (2011); Dallas (1987); Days of Our Lives (1986–1987); Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981); Divorce Court (1986); Drop Dead Diva (2013); Dynasty (1981); Dynasty Reunion: Catfights & Caviar (2006); Frasier (2001); Hart to Hart (1982); Her Life as a Man (1984); Hill Street Blues (1986); Hollywood and Beyond with Steven Brittingham (2018); Hotel (1986); How the West Was Won (1978); Hunter (1986); In Development (2013); It's Your Move (1985); Kaz (1978–1979); L.A. Law (1987); Magnum, P.I. (1982); Matlock (1989); McNamara's Band (1977); Reckless (2014); Remington Steele (1985); Ruby & Martin (2012); Santa Barbara (1985); Sense8 (2017–2018); She Spies (2003); Something About Amelia (1984); Southern Man (1998); Stranger Things (2016); The Creatress (2019); The Dukes of Hazzard (1982); The Greatest American Hero (1981); The Hugga Bunch (1985); The King of Queens (2002); The New Gidget (1987); The Phoenix Incident (2015); The Ultimate Life (2013); The Wizard (1987); Trapper John, M.D. (1979–1981); Trauma Center (1983); True Blood (2013); Turn Around Jake (2014); Wild and Wooly (1978); Wonder Woman (1978); Work from Home (2014).

Born on this day – Octavia E. Butler:

Octavia E. Butler

Writer

June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006

Credits:

Books:

A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora (2000); A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay (2024); Adulthood Rites (1988); After the Rain (2021); Black Panther: Long Live the King (2018); Bloodchild (1984); Bloodchild and Other Stories (1995); Chrysalis 4 (1979); Clay's Ark (1984); Comic Arts Against Erasure (2022); Crucified Dreams (2011); Dawn (1987); Fledgling (2005); Imago (1989); Invaders! (1993); Kindred (1979 / 2017); Marvel-Verse: Shuri (2022); Mind of My Mind (1977); Nebula Awards 35 (2001); Parable of the Sower (1993 / 2020); Parable of the Talents (1998); Patternmaster (1976); Shuri, Vol. 2 (2019); Shuri: Wakanda Forever (2020); Sisters of the Revolution (2015); Survivor (1978); The Hole (2008); The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (1995); The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010); The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection (1985); Unexpected Stories (2014); Wakanda Forever (2018); Wild Seed (1980).

Movies and television:

Brave New Worlds: The Science Fiction Phenomenon (1993); Charlie Rose (2000); Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed (2004); Closer to Truth (2000); Kindred (2022); Masters of Fantasy (1998); Science Future Science Fiction (2002); See It Loud: The History of Black Television (2023); Self-Potrait (2022); The 20th Century: Yesterday's Tomorrows (1999); The Last Angel of History (1996); The Space Race (2023).

Born on this day – Tom Wyner:

Tom Wyner

Actor

Writer

June 16, 1947 – June 30, 2024

Credits:

A Christmas Adventure (1991); Adventures in Voice Acting (2008); An Affair to Remember (1957); Apocalypse (1998); Arc the Lad (1999); Argentosoma (2000–2002); Armitage III: Dual Matrix (2001); Armour of God 2: Operation Condor (1991); Around the World with Willy Fog (1983); Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002); Attack of the Super Monsters (1983); Babel II: Beyond Infinity (2001); BeetleBorgs (1996); Black Jack (2000); Blowback 2 (1991); Boes (1988–1991); Breakdown (2004); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997); Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds (2003); Bushido Blade 2 (1998); Call of the Wild: Howl, Buck (1981); Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years (1985); Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran (2000); Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (2005); Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (2003); Catnapped! The Movie (1995); Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers' Fire Safety Adventure (1991); Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun - Firestorm (2000); Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (1999); Cosmo Warrior Zero (2001); Cowboy Bebop (1999); Cowboy Bebop: The Movie - Knockin' on Heaven's Door (2001); Crusade (1999); Crying Freeman (1988–1989); Daigunder (2002); Digimon Adventure (1999); Digimon Adventure 02 (2000–2001); Digimon Frontier (2002); Digimon Tamers (2001); Digimon Tamers: Battle of Adventurers (2001); DinoZaurs (2000); Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds (1981–1982); Eagle Riders (1996–1997); El Hazard: The Magnificent World (1995–1996); Enchanted Arms (2006); EverQuest II (2004); EverQuest II: Kingdom of Sky (2006); EverQuest II: The Fallen Dynasty (2006); Fafner (2004); Fight! Spirit of the Sword (1993); Fist of the North Star (1984–1986); Flint: The Time Detective (1998–1999); Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother!? (1980); Gate Keepers (2000); Ghost in the Shell (1995); Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2008); Ghost in the Shell: Production Report (1995); Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2005); Giant Robo: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1995–1998); Gossamer (2011); Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics (1987–1989); Gun Frontier (2002); Gungrave (2003–2004); Hashire Melos (1981); Heat Guy J (2002); Heavy Gear II (1999); Herc's Adventures (1997); Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995); Jin Jin and the Panda Patrol (1994); Journey to the Heart of the World (1993); Kaze No Yojimbo (2001–2002); La Femme Nikita (1990); Lensman (1984); Lily C.A.T. (1987); Lord Zedd's Monster Heads: The Greatest Villains of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1995); Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979); Lupin the Third: Part II (1978–1979); Macron 1 (1986); Macross: Boobytrap (1984); Maple Town (1986); Masked Rider (1995); Masou Kishin Cybuster (1999); Megazone 23 (1985); Megazone 23 Part II: Please Give Me Your Secret (1986); Metropolis (2001); Might and Magic: World of Xeen (1994); Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993–1995); Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers Re-Ignition (2025); Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (1992); Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991); Mobile Suit Gundam I (1981); Monster of Frankenstein (1981); My Favorite Fairy Tales Volume 1: Puss n' Boots/Little Red Riding Hood (1986); My Favorite Fairy Tales Volume 3: Sleeping Beauty / Snow White / Cinderella (1986); Neo Tokyo (1987); New Getter Robo (2004); Nightwalker (1998); Noah's Ark (2007); Noozles (1984); Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master (2001); Otogi Zoshi (2004); Outlaw Star (1998); Planetes (2004); Power Rangers Lost Galaxy (1999); Power Rangers Lost Galaxy: Return of the Magna Defender (1999); Power Rangers Monster Bash Halloween Special (2012); Power Rangers Time Force (2001); Power Rangers Turbo (1997); Power Rangers Wild Force (2002); Profile for Murder (1996); Puppet Princess: Outtakes (2001); Quincy, M.E. (1981); Reborn from Hell II: Jubei's Revenge (1996); Requiem from the Darkness (2003); Robot Carnival (1987); Robotech (1985); Robotech II: The Sentinels (1988); Robotech: Love Live Alive (2013); Robotech: The Movie (1986); Rurouni Kenshin (1996–1998); Sakura Wars: The Movie (2001); Samurai Champloo (2004–2005); Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School (2001); Samurai Pizza Cats (1990–1991); Samurai: Hunt for the Sword (1999); Sangokushi (1992); SD Gundam Force (2003–2004); Shin Tetsujin 28 (1980–1981); Shinzo (2000–2001); Silent Bomber (1999); Silent Möbius (1991); Sol Bianca: The Legacy (1999); Soldier of Fortune (2000); Space Armageddon (1996); Space Strikers (1995); Star Trek 25th Anniversary (1992); Star Trek: Judgment Rites (1993); Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi (1997); Starshot: Space Circus Fever (1999); Street Fighter Alpha (1999); Street Fighter II the Animated Movie: The Liner Notes - Alternate Takes (2016); Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994); Street Fighter II: V (1995); Suikoden V (2006); Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982); Teknoman (1995); The Cockpit (1993–1994); The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966); The Hallo Spencer Show (1979–2001); The Making of Robotech: Love Live Alive (2013); The Real Ghostbusters (1986); The Story of Fifteen Boys (1987); The Treasure Planet (1982); The Twelve Kingdoms (2002–2003); Time Patrol (1985); Tokyo Revelation (1995); Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2000); Twilight of the Cockroaches (1987); Ultraman II: The Further Adventures of Ultraman (1983); V.R. Troopers (1994–1995); Vampire Hunter D (1985); Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption (2000); Vandread (2000–2001); Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002); WatchMojo (2016); Waterworld (1997); Windaria (1986); Witch Hunter Robin (2002); Wolf's Rain (2003); Wolf's Rain OVA (2004); World of Warcraft (2004); X (2001–2002); X: An Omen (2001); Ys 1: Prologue (1989); Y's II: Castle in the Heavens (1992); Zatch Bell! (2003–2013); Zillion (1987); Zillion: Burning Night (1988).

Born on this day – Albert Innaurato:

Albert Innaurato

Writer

Director

June 2, 1947 – September 24, 2017

Credits:

Gemini (1982); Great Performances (1978); Happy Birthday, Gemini (1980); SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground (1997); The 72nd Annual Tony Awards (2018); he Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1989–1990); Trying Times (1989); Verna: USO Girl (1978).

Born on this day – Chris Moore:

Chris Moore

Illustrator

June 1, 1947 – February 7, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Dream Makers (1988); Journeyman: The Art of Chris Moore (2000); Parallel Lines (1980).

On this day in movie history - Framed (1947):

Framed

directed by Richard Wallace,

written by Ben Maddow,

based on a story by John Patrick,

was released in the United States on May 25, 1947.
Music by Marlin Skiles.

Cast:

Glenn Ford, Janis Carter, Barry Sullivan, Edgar Buchanan, Karen Morley, Jim Bannon, Stanley Andrews, Walter Baldwin, Jack Baxley, Eugene Borden, Al Bridge, Paul E. Burns, Charles Cane, David Fresco, Nacho Galindo, Martin Garralaga, Fred Graff, Robert Kellard, Philip Kieffer, Kenneth MacDonald, Cy Malis, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Gene Roth, Mabel Smaney, Art Smith, Harry Strang, William Stubbs, Sid Tomack, Michael Towne, Lillian Wells, Cecil Weston, Crane Whitley, Mel Wixon, Barbara Wooddell.