Born on this day – Jim Steinman:

Jim Steinman

Composer

Singer

Musician

Lyricist

November 1, 1947 – April 19, 2021

Music credits:

(including collaborations with Bonnie Tyler, Meat Loaf, Billy Squier and Pandora’s Box)

Bad for Good (1981); Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983); Signs of Life (1984); Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire (1986); Bat Out of Hell (1977); Dead Ringer (1981); Bad Attitude (1984); Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006); Braver Than We Are (2016); Original Sin (1989); Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993); Whistle Down the Wind (1996); A Man’s a Man (1967); Baal (1968); The Beard (1968); The Dream Engine (1969); More Than You Deserve (1973); Rhinegold (1974); The Confidence Man (1976); Neverland (1977); A Small Circle of Friends (1980); Rude Awakening (1989); Tanz der Vampire (1997); Shrek 2 (2004); Bat Out of Hell The Musical (2017); Meat Loaf: Going All the Way (2016); Meat Loaf Feat. Marion Raven: It’s All Coming Back to Me Now (2006); Meat Loaf: Is Nothing Sacred (1999); Tina Arena: Whistle Down the Wind (1998); Céline Dion in Céline Dion: It’s All Coming Back to Me Now (1996); Bonnie Tyler: Making Love (Out of Nothing at All) (1996); Taylor Dayne: Original Sin (1995); Meat Loaf: Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are (1994); Meat Loaf: Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through (1994); Meat Loaf: I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That) (1993); Pandora’s Box: It’s All Coming Back to Me Now (1989); Bonnie Tyler Feat. Todd Rundgren: Loving You’s a Dirty Job (But Somebody’s Gotta Do It) (1985); Fire Inc.: Nowhere Fast (1984); Meat Loaf: Surf’s Up (1984); Meat Loaf: Nowhere Fast (1984); Fire Inc.: Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young (1984); Bonnie Tyler: Holding Out for a Hero (1984); Bonnie Tyler: Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983); Meat Loaf: Read ‘Em and Weep (1982); Dead Ringer (1982); Meat Loaf: More Than You Deserve (1981); Meat Loaf: I’m Gonna Love Her for Both of Us (1981); Meat Loaf: Dead Ringer for Love (1981); A Small Circle of Friends (1980); Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell (1979); Meat Loaf: You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) (1978).

Movies, television and video:

100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock (2000); 100 Greatest Number One Singles (2001); 15 Storeys High (2004); 20 to 1 (2009–2011); 45 rpm (2019); 7 rzeczy, których nie wiecie o facetach (2016); 8 päivää ensi-iltaan (2008); 8-Bit Christmas (2021); A Few Best Men (2011); A Small Circle of Friends (1980); Acapulco (2024); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985); Alibi.com (2016); Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015); American Idol (2002–2023); American Loser (2007); America's Got Talent (2019–2025); America's Weekend Headquarters (2022–2025); Anastasia (1997); Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2022); Atop the Fourth Wall (2009–2017); Austenland (2013); Australian Idol (2003); BabyPinkStar Feat. Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart (2007); Bailando por un sueño (2007); Bandits (2001); Barbra Streisand: Left in the Dark (1984); Bat Out of Hell: The Musical (2025); Beat Shazam (2017–2018); Beautiful People (2009); Beer and Board Games (2014); Behind the Music (1998); Benidorm (2009); Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris (2015); Better Call Saul (2018); Better Man (2024); Big Brother (2013); Big Brother's Bit on the Side (2012); Bild Live (2022); Biography (2001); Black Cat, White Cat (1998); Bob's Burgers (2018); Bonnie Tyler Feat. Kareen Antonn: Si demain... (Turn Around) (2004); Bonnie Tyler Feat. Todd Rundgren: Loving You's a Dirty Job (But Somebody's Gotta Do It) (1985); Bonnie Tyler in Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart (1983); Bonnie Tyler: Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983); Bonnie Tyler: Holding Out for a Hero (1984); Bonnie Tyler: If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man) (1986); Bonnie Tyler: Making Love (Out of Nothing at All) (1996); Bonnie Tyler: Total Eclipse of the Heart (1983); Book Club (2018); Borderline (2025); Bottoms (2023); Britain's Got More Talent (2016–2019); Britain's Got Talent (2013–2015); Bullet Train (2022); Camera Café, la película (2022); Canadian Idol (2005); Casualty (1987); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2022); Céline Dion: It's All Coming Back to Me Now (1996); Cesko hledá SuperStar (2006); Champs-Elysées (1984); Charter (2020); Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2020); Chuck (2009); Cinematic Titanic: Legacy of Blood (2008); Circumstance (2011); Classic Albums (1999); Claws (2018); Click (2006); Cold Case (2003–2006); Comic Relief Does Fame Academy (2003); Coronation Street (2014); Cover Up (1984); Criminal Minds (2012); Crystal Swing: Total Eclipse of the Heart (2011); Dancing on Ice (2014); Dancing with the Stars (2006–2012); Dead Ringer (1982); Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014); Delta House (1979); Derry Girls (2022); Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2007); Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010); Diminishing Returns (2019); Dope Thief (2025); Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003); Dumb Money (2023); EastEnders (2004–2014); Ed (1996); El making of del disc de La Marató (2015); Eufòria (2023); Euphoria (2022); Eurovision Song Contest Athens 2006 (2006); Fame (1984); Family Switch (2023); Fingernails (2023); Fire Inc.: Nowhere Fast (1984); Fire Inc.: Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young (1984); Footloose (1984 / 2011); Forever's Gonna Start Tonight (2011); Formula 1: BBC Sport (2010); Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009); Fresh Off the Boat (2015–2019); Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2007); Futurama (2001); Future Man (2017); Get Shorty (2017); Ghost Graduation (2012); Girlfriend's Day (2017); Glee (2010–2012); Glee Encore (2011); Gloria Bell (2018); Good Morning Britain (2018–2019); Great American Rock Anthems: Turn It Up to 11 (2013); Great Performances (1998); Grey's Anatomy (2013–2014); Grown Ups 2 (2013); Half Brothers (2015); Happily (2021); Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004); Heads of State (2025); Henry Danger (2020); Heroes Wanted (2016); Hittimittari (1984–1985); Holland (2025); Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling (1985–1986); I Am Not Okay with This (2020); Idol (2002–2005); Idols (2004–2008); I'm a Celebrity... Extra Camp (2017); In Plain Sight (2008); It Takes Two (2008); J.J. de Bom voorheen: 'De kindervriend' (1979); Jan Wayne & Lena: Total Eclipse of the Heart (2001); JonTron (2012); JonTron's StarCade (2015); Josie and the Pussycats (2001); Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol (2007); Kinect Sports: Season Two (2011); King of the Hill (1998); Knuckles (2024); La chanson de l'année (2004); La Marató 2015 (2015); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2010); Le trip à trois (2017); Leap of Faith (1992); Legendy Retro FM (2012); Lego Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition (2024); Life in Pieces (2015); Like Father (2018); Linzer Eiszauber (2018); Lip Sync Battle (2015); Lip Sync Battle Philippines (2016); Little White Lies (2010); Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005); Live from Studio Five (2009); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993); Loki (2021); Loose Women (2010); Lost Islands (2008); Love Again (2023); Love Hard (2021); L'última nit del karaoke (2021); Mad for It (1998); Máme rádi Cesko (2017); Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (2021); Meat Loaf & Cher: Dead Ringer for Love (1981); Meat Loaf Feat. Marion Raven: It's All Coming Back to Me Now (2006); Meat Loaf Feat. Stacy Michelle: Speaking in Tongues - Lyric Video (2016); MEAT LOAF: A Celebration of Life (2022); Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell (1979); Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell II - Picture Show (1994); Meat Loaf: Going All the Way - Lyric Video (2016); Meat Loaf: Hits Out of Hell (1991); Meat Loaf: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) (1993); Meat Loaf: I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us (1981); Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell (2015); Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise (2007); Meat Loaf: Is Nothing Sacred (1999); Meat Loaf: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (2004); Meat Loaf: London Meltdown Concert (1987); Meat Loaf: More Than You Deserve (1981); Meat Loaf: Nowhere Fast (1984); Meat Loaf: Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are (1994); Meat Loaf: Paradise by the Dashboard Light (1977); Meat Loaf: Read 'Em and Weep (1982); Meat Loaf: Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through (1994); Meat Loaf: Surf's Up (1984); Meat Loaf: Three Bats Live (2007); Meat Loaf: Two Out of Three Ain't Bad (1978); Meat Loaf: You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) (1978); Meet Dave (2008); Men Behaving Badly (1998); MenT (2017); Mike & Mike (2015); Milkshake (1994); Mindhunter (2017); Minecraft Adventure Maps (2012); Modern Family (2017); Mom (2016); Morning Express with Robin Meade (2021); Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005); MTV 80s - Top 50 at the Movies! (2020); MTV 80s - Top 50 Greatest Voices of the 80s! (2020); My Date with Drew (2004); My Mad Fat Diary (2015); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (2018–2022); #NoFilter (2023); NCIS: Hawai'i (2021); New British Canon (2020); New Year's Eve (2011); Night of the Coconut (2022); Nip/Tuck (2007); Nobody (2009); Nostalgia Critic (2010); Notting Hill (1999); Ochéntame... otra vez (2015); Official! Biggest Hits of the 90s (2015); Old School (2003); One Day at a Time (2017); Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls (2023); Opening Night (2016); Operación triunfo (2002–2008); Orphan Black: Echoes (2023); Pam & Tommy (2022); Pandora's Box: It's All Coming Back to Me Now (1989); Party Monster (2003); Pasapalabra (2017); Passo a due (2005); Phoenix Nights (2001–2002); Ping-pongkingen (2008); Planeta Singli 2 (2018); Pop Idol (2001–2003); Power Vision - Pop Galerie (1999); Private Desert (2021); Programa Livre (1991); Q-Force (2021); Queen Stars (2022); Reginald the Vampire (2022–2024); Regular Show (2012); Reunion (2005); Rex Viper: The Hero of Time (2025); Rise 'n Shine Og (2009); Rivals (2024); Riverdale (2021); Rockpalast (1978); Rosaline (2022); Roswell (2002); Rude Awakening (1989); Rude Tube (2010); RuPaul's Drag Race (2017–2023); Sarah Brightman in Concert (1998); Saturday Night Live (1978–2022); Saturday Night's Main Event (1985); Sausage Party (2016); School Wars (1984); Scream Queens (2016); Scrubs (2004); Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023); Short Circuit 2 (1988); Shrek 2 (2004); Singapore Idol (2004); Single Parents (2019); Sisters of Mercy: Shot Rev 2.0 (1993); Skins (2007); Smallville (2009); Smoke (2025); So You Think You Can Dance (2007–2011); So You Wanna Be a Popstar (2007); Some Days Are Better Than Others (2010); Somebody Somewhere (2022); Somewhere Over the Flagpole: A Nintendo Movie (2008); Stage Mother (2020); Stars in Their Eyes (1993–2000); Stars in Their Eyes Kids (2002); Stranger Things (2019); Streets of Fire (1984); Strictly Come Dancing (2014–2016); Super Powers (2006); SuperStar KZ (2003–2004); Superstore (2020); Superwho? (2021); Sweetpea (2024); 't Schaep met de 5 pooten (2013); Tähdet, tähdet (2024); Taylor Dayne: Original Sin (1995); Tetris (2023); That '70s Show (1999); That's My Boy (2012); The 64th Annual Grammy Awards (2022); The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019); The Bachelor (2019); The Benny Hill Show (1989); The Breaker Upperers (2018); The Brit Awards 1994 (1994); The Challenge: All Stars (2025); The Charismatic Voice (2025); The Clash (2018–2021); The Crowded Room (2023); The Devil's Hour (2022); The Disco Ball (2003); The Fall of the House of Usher (2023); The Film from Lot 15 (2018); The Five Devils (2022); The Goldbergs' Excellent Adventure (2017); The Greatest (2000); The Last Showgirl (2024); The Lost Boy (2019); The Magic of David Copperfield VI: Floating Over the Grand Canyon (1984); The Marco Effect (2021); The Mask of Zorro (1998); The Masked Singer (2024); The Masked Singer Australia (2020–2021); The Nanny (1997); The Nolans: In the Mood for Dancing (2009); The Other Side of the Tracks (1984); The Paul O'Grady Show (2009); The Penguin (2024); The Power of Parker (2023); The Project (2023–2024); The Racer (2020); The Shadow (1994); The Shiny Shrimps (2019); The Sing-Off (2013); The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018); The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023); The Switch Drag Race (2015); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015–2017); The Umbrella Academy (2022); The Uncovering (2018); The Vicar of Dibley (1999); The Voice (2016); The Voice Generations (2023); The Voice Kids Philippines (2024); The Voice of the Philippines (2013); The Voice UK (2013); The Vow (2012); The Way Way Back (2013); The X Factor UK (2005–2015); The Z-Suite (2025); This Is 40 (2012); This Is My Moment (2001); This Morning (2009); Tina Arena and Marc Anthony: I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You (1998); Tina Arena: Whistle Down the Wind (1998); To Die Like a Man (2009); Top of the Pops (1979–1998); Totally Frank (2005); Trolls (2016); Trust Us with Your Life (2012); Tu cara me suena (2013–2018); Ultimate Albums (2002); Urban Legend (1998); VH1 Storytellers (1998); Viki ja Köpi Show (2022); We Dem Arby's BoyZ (2020); Whiskey Cavalier (2019); Who's Harry Crumb? (1989); With Love (2021); Wuthering Heights (2003); Yperoha plasmata (2007–2008); Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series (2009); Zoe Ball on ... (2018); Zookeeper (2011).

Born on this day – Angus MacInnes:

Angus MacInnes

Actor

October 27, 1947 – December 23, 2024

Credits:

Don't (2025); Bobster's Podblast (2021); Tour de Force: Angus MacInnes on 'Force 10 from Navarone' (2020); Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016); Elstree 1976 (2015); Captain Phillips (2013); Vikings (2013); I Am the Architect (2012); Talking Piranhas (2010); I'll Be Right Here (2010); High Plains Invaders (2009); Dach (2007); Flight of Fury (2007); USS Constellation: Battling for Freedom (2007); Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006); The Big Forever (2006); The Black Dahlia (2006); Living the Quake (2006); The Jacket (2005); Fooling Hitler (2004); Hellboy (2004); Seven Wonders of the Industrial World (2003); Soraya (2003); Amen. (2002); Formula 51 (2001); Enigma (2001); Too Much Sun (2000); Yesterday's Children (2000); Rhythm & Blues (2000); Operation Delta Force 4: Deep Fault (1999); Eyes Wide Shut (1999); Space Island One (1998); McLibel! (1997); Over Here (1996); Emmerdale Farm (1996); Judge Dredd (1995); Paris (1994); Roughnecks (1994); Clue (1994); Between the Lines (1993); Lovejoy (1993); Sleepers (1991); Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1990); Spies Inc. (1992); The Play on One (1990); The Krays (1990); Screen Two (1990); Howards' Way (1989); Gross Anatomy (1989); Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy (1989); Honor Bound (1988); Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988); A Father's Revenge (1988); The New Statesman (1987); Half Moon Street (1986); Loose Ends (1986); Evergreen (1985); John and Yoko: A Love Story (1985); Witness (1985); Bedroom Eyes (1984); Best Revenge (1984); The Edison Twins (1984); Louisiane (1984); ABC Weekend Specials (1984); Spasms (1983); Strange Brew (1983); Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983); The Sender (1982); Murder by Phone (1982); If You Could See What I Hear (1982); The Littlest Hobo (1980–1981); Outland (1981); The Great Detective (1981); Superman II (1980); Dirty Tricks (1980); Atlantic City (1980); Nothing Personal (1980); Force 10 from Navarone (1978); The English Programme (1978); Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977); Space: 1999 (1977); BBC Play of the Month (1977); Wodehouse Playhouse (1976); Play for Today (1975); Rollerball (1975).

Born on this day – Lydia Lisle:

Lydia Lisle

Actress

October 26, 1947 – May 11, 2017

Credits:

Beryl's Lot (1975); Drummonds (1985–1987); Marked Personal (1974); Marquis de Sade's Justine (1977); Pickersgill People (1978); Play for Today (1973–1978); Rooms (1975); Softly Softly: Task Force (1971); Sounding Brass (1980); Space: 1999 (1976); The Elephant Man (1980); The Professionals (1978–1979); The Sweeney (1978); The Tomorrow People (1975); Whodunnit? (1973).

Born on this day – William Girdler:

William Girdler

Director

Writer

Composer

Producer

October 22, 1947 – January 21, 1978

On this day in movie history - The Unsuspected (1947):

The Unsuspected

directed by Michael Curtiz,

written by Ranald MacDougall and Bess Meredyth,

based on the novel by Charlotte Armstrong,

was released in the United States on October 11, 1947.
Music by Franz Waxman.

Cast:

Joan Caulfield, Claude Rains, Audrey Totter, Constance Bennett, Hurd Hatfield, Ted North, Fred Clark, Harry Lewis, Jack Lambert, Nana Bryant, Walter Baldwin, Ray Walker, Barbara Woodell.

On this day in movie history - Dark Passage (1947 movie & novel):

Dark Passage

directed and written by Delmer Daves,

based on the novel by David Goodis,

was released in the United States on September 27, 1947.
Music by Franz Waxman.

Cast:

Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett, Agnes Moorehead, Tom D'Andrea, Clifton Young, Douglas Kennedy, Rory Mallinson, Houseley Stevenson, John Arledge, Frank Wilcox.

Recommended reading:

Dark Passage

By David Goodis.

First published 1946.

ISBN 13: 9781598534467

ISBN 10: 1598534467

ASIN: B00TNBOFUI

Description:

The story of a man railroaded for his wife’s murder and forced to assume a different identity after escaping from prison becomes in Goodis’s hands a lyrical evocation of urban fear and loneliness. A fugitive from justice, in the depths of despair, he finds refuge with a beautiful woman as he struggles to unravel a nightmarish plot.

First published as a magazine serial, Dark Passage was filmed in 1947 by Delmer Daves. Starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, it is regarded as a classic of noir filmmaking.

For the first time, the best work of a distinctive master of American noir is available in authoritative e-book editions from The Library of America. David Goodis experienced a brief celebrity when his novel Dark Passage (1946) became the basis for a popular movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.

Other David Goodis novels available as Library of America E-Book Classics include: Nightfall, The Burglar, The Moon in the Gutter, and Street of No Return.

Born on this day – Meat Loaf:

Meat Loaf

Singer

Actor

September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022

Credits:

Albums:

Bat Out of Hell (1977); Dead Ringer (1981); Midnight at the Lost and Found (1983); Bad Attitude (1984); Blind Before I Stop (1986); Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993); Welcome to the Neighbourhood (1995); Couldn't Have Said It Better (2003); Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006); Hang Cool Teddy Bear (2010); Hell in a Handbasket (2011); Braver Than We Are (2016).

Movies / television / music videos:

Ghost Wars (2017–2018); Elementary (2012); Meat Loaf: Going All the Way (2016); Meat Loaf Feat. Stacy Michelle: Speaking in Tongues (2016); Sausage Party (2016); Wishin' and Hopin' (2014); Stage Fright (2014); All American Christmas Carol (2013); The Moment (2013); Meatloaf: Guilty Pleasure Tour, Live from Sydney (2012); U B Da Judge (2012); Fairly Legal (2011); Absolute Killers (2011); Polish Bar (2010); Glee (2009); Beautiful Boy (2010); Burning Bright (2010); Meat Loaf: Los Angeloser (2010); Monk (2002); Citizen Jane (2009); House (2004); Jimmy Kimmel & Ben Affleck: I'm Fucking Ben Affleck (2008); Urban Decay (2007); Meat Loaf: Cry Over Me (2007); Meat Loaf: Blind As a Bat (2006); Masters of Horror (2005); Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (2006); Meat Loaf Feat. Marion Raven: It's All Coming Back to Me Now (2006); The Pleasure Drivers (2006); Memento of Flesh and Bones (2005); BloodRayne (2005); Crazylove (2005); Chasing Ghosts (2005); Extreme Dating (2005); Fight Club (2004); A Hole in One (2004); Meat Loaf: Did I Say That? (2003); Meat Loaf: Man of Steel (2003); Learning Curves (2003); Meat Loaf: Couldn't Have Said It Better (2003); John Doe (2002); The Car Kid (2002); Wishcraft (2002); The Salton Sea (2002); Polish Spaghetti (2001); Formula 51 (2001); Focus (2001); Trapped (2001); Rustin (2001); Italian Ties (2001); The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (2001); From Spam to Sperm (2000); Blacktop (2000); The Outer Limits (1995); The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man (1999); Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python (1999); Fight Club (1999); Crazy in Alabama (1999); Meat Loaf: Is Nothing Sacred (1999); Outside Ozona (1998); South Park (1997); Everything That Rises (1998); The Mighty (1998); Black Dog (1998); Gunshy (1998); Spice World (1997); Dead Man's Gun (1997); Nash Bridges (1996); Meat Loaf: Not a Dry Eye in the House (1996); Meat Loaf: I'd Lie for You (and That's the Truth) (1995); Meat Loaf: Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are (1994); To Catch a Yeti (1994); Meat Loaf: Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through (1994); Top of the Pops (1964); Cher: The Video Collection (1993); Psyched for Snuppa (1993); Meat Loaf: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) (1993); Leap of Faith (1992); The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992); Tales from the Crypt (1989); Lightning Force (1991); Wayne's World (1992); Motorama (1991); Monsters (1988); The Squeeze (1987); Meat Loaf: Getting Away with Murder (1986); Talking Heads: Wild Wild Life (1986); Meat Loaf Feat. John Parr: Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries (1986); Out of Bounds (1986); The Wrestlers: Land of a Thousand Dances (1985); The Equalizer (1985); Rebellious Jukebox (1983); Feel the Motion (1985); Meat Loaf: Surf's Up (1984); Meat Loaf: Nowhere Fast (1984); Meat Loaf: Modern Girl (1984); Meat Loaf: Razor's Edge (1983); Meat Loaf: If You Really Want To (1983); Will Powers: Adventures in Success (1983); Dead Ringer (1982); Meat Loaf: More Than You Deserve (1981); Meat Loaf: I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us (1981); Meat Loaf: Dead Ringer for Love (1981); Roadie (1980); Scavenger Hunt (1979); Americathon (1979); Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell (1979); Meat Loaf: You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) (1978); Meat Loaf: Two Out of Three Ain't Bad (1978); Meat Loaf: Paradise by the Dashboard Light (1977); The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975); State Fair (1962).

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.