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Monday, June 22, 2026

Born on this day – Graham Greene:


Graham Greene


Actor

Writer

Producer

June 22, 1952 – September 1, 2025

Credits:

1883 (2022); 2004 Gemini Awards (2004); 500 Nations (1995); 9B (1988); A Beachcombers Christmas (2004); A Dark Foe (2020); A Life Connected (2025); A Lobster Tale (2006); A Thief of Time (2003); Adderly (1986); Afterwards (2025); All Hat (2007); Amend: The Fight for America (2021); American Gods (2021); Antlers (2021); As You Like It (2019); Astronaut (2019); Atlantic Rim (2013); Bad Money (1999); Behind the Scenes: Die Hard - With a Vengeance (1995); Bei Shao lin (1976); Being Erica (2010–2011); Benefit of the Doubt (1993); Beyond the Barbed Wire (1998); Big Spender (2003); Big Wolf on Campus (2000); Blue Ridge (2020); Bones of Crows: The Series (2023); Bonnie (2022); Brave (2025); Breakfast with Scot (2007); Buffalo Dreams (2005); Camilla (1994); Canada: A People's History (2000–2001); Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (1987); Casino Jack (2010); Caution: May Contain Nuts (2012); CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival (2005); Celebrating Greatness: Canada's Walk of Fame Special (2021); Christmas in the Clouds (2001); Chroma (2017); Circle of Life (2015); Clearcut (1991); Cooperstown (1993); Corner Gas: The Movie (2014); Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (2000–2001); Coyote Waits (2003); Dances with Wolves (1990); Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic (2003); Dead Innocent (1997); Dead Man's Gun (1997); Declaration of Independence (2003); Defiance (2013–2015); Defining Moments (2021); Desire (2000); Die Hard 3: Bruce Willis Interview (1995); Die Hard 3: Villains with a Vengeance (1995); Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995); Dream Makers (2006); Dreamcatcher Bios (2018); Duct Tape Forever (2002); Earth and the American Dream (1992); Echo (2023–2024); Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science (1997–2001); Family Tree (2013); First Nation Blue (1996); First Wave (1999); Freedom: A History of US (2003); From Above (2013); Goliath (2019); Great Drives (1996); Grey Owl (1999); Gunless (2010); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995); HBO First Look (1995); Heart of the Sun (1998); Heritage Minutes (1995); Huck and the King of Hearts (1994); Ice Fall (2025); In the Echo (2002); Independence Day 2001 (2001); Into the West (2005); Jake and the Kid (1995); Javelins of Light (2025); Just Buried (2007); King Ivory (2024); L.A. Law (1991); Laws of Man (2024); Liberty Street (1995); Lily's Sacred Journey (2025); Living in Your Car (2010); Loch Ness Monster of Seattle (2022); LOL: Last One Laughing Canada (2022); Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994); Longmire (2014–2017); Lost and Delirious (2001); Luna: Spirit of the Whale (2007); Magic Hour: Lost in the Barrens (1990); Maïna (2013); Man on the Train (2011); Marvel Studios: Assembled (2024); Maverick (1994); Medicine River (1993); Misery Harbour (1999); Mister Sterling (2003); Molly's Game (2017); Mosaic of Diversity: Olympic National Park (2004); Mount Royal (1988); Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe (2023); Murder Sees the Light (1986); Murder, She Wrote (1992–1994); National Memorial Day Concert (2018–2020); No Reservation Required. The Life and Times of Graham Greene (2025); North (1994); North of 60 (1993); Northbound (2025); Northern Exposure (1992–1993); Numb3rs (2005); Out of the Darkness (2016); Paige Darcy: Reluctant Detective (2025); Phil the Alien (2004); Poltergeist: The Legacy (1997); Powwow Highway (1989); Project Blue Book (2019); Protectors of the Land (2025); PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1998); Punch & Judy (2002); Rain Without Thunder (1992); Read All About It! (1981); Red Dead Redemption II (2018); Reel Injun (2009); Reservation Dogs (2023); Revolution (1985); Riverdale (2018); Rocket Science (2002–2003); Royal Canadian Air Farce (1994–2001); Rugged Gold (1994); Running Brave (1983); Running Mates (2011); Sabotage (1996); Safe Harbor (1999); Savage Land (1994); Science Highway (2001); Seattle's Loch Ness: The Lake Washington Sea Monster (2012); Seeds (2024); Shadow Lake (1999); Shadow Wolves (2019); Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003); Shattered Image (1998); Shooting Gunless (2010); Skins (2002); Skinwalkers: The Navajo Mysteries (2002); Slings and Arrows (2005); Snow Dogs (2002); Song of Hiawatha (1997); Spirit Bay (1984–1987); Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story (2005); Spirit Rider (1993); Squealer (2023); Standing on Sacred Ground: Fire and Ice / Islands of Sanctuary / Pilgrims and Tourists / Profit and Loss (2013); Stranger in Town (1998); Street Legal (1987); Sweet Summer Pow Wow (2025); Tajný agent (1974); Tales of an Urban Indian (2009); Tar (2020); Te Ata (2016); Terminal City (1998); The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991); The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon (1994–1997); The Being Frank Show (2010–2012); The Bird Men (2013); The Birds Who Fear Death (2024); The Broken Chain (1993); The Campbells (1986–1988); The Collector (2005); The Detour (2018); The Education of Little Tree (1997); The Frog Who Can't Ribbit (2023); The Great Detective (1979); The Great Salish Heist (2024); The Green Mile (1999); The Herd (1998); The Highest Step in the World (2002); The Hired Heart (1997); The Home Show (1992); The Last of His Tribe (1992); The Last of Us (2023); The Legend of Secret Pass (2010); The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' (1990); The Making of 'Die Hard 3' (1995); The New Beachcombers (2002); The Outer Limits (1996); The Pathfinder (1996); The Performance (2023); The Protector (2025); The Proteus Chronicles (1998); The Red Green Show (1994–2006); The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together (2008); The Shack (2017); The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012); The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009); The War That Made America (2006); The Way West (1995); The Weekend Fix (2020); The Wild Girl (2010); The Wild West (1993); The Wolf and the Lion (2021); This Hour Has 22 Minutes (2020); This Is Wonderland (2006); Through Black Spruce (2018); Thunderheart (1992); Touched (1999); Trail of Vengeance (2025); Transamerica (2005); Trial by Fire (2000); Tulsa King (2024); Turok: Son of Stone (2008); Two Minutes to Midnight (2025); Unnatural (2015); V for Vengeance (2022); Valley of the Sun (2011); Walking the Mile (2000); Walking the Mile (Director's Cut) (2014); We Are Boats (2018); When I Find the Ocean (2006); When I Find the Ocean: Behind the Scenes (2008); Where the Spirit Lives (1989); Willatuk: The Legend of Seattle's Sea Serpent (2010); Wind River (2017); Winter's Tale (2014); Wolf Lake (2001–2002); World of Discovery (1993); Wounded (1997).

Friday, June 5, 2026

Born on this day – Connie Chiume:


Connie Chiume


Actor

June 5, 1952 – August 6, 2024

Credits:

Heart of the Hunter (2024); Soon Comes Night (2024); Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022); Jewel (2022); Housekeepers (2018–2022); Umama (2021); Gomora (2020–2023); Black Is King (2020); Seriously Single (2020); Queen Sono (2020); What Did You Dream? (2020); Blessers (2019); Losing Lerato (2019); Ring of Lies (2017–2018); Black Panther (2018); Thula's Vine (2017); Rhythm City (2007–2015); It's Complicated (2015–2016); Lerato (2015); Fanie Fourie's Lobola (2013); Stokvel (2007); 90 Plein Street (2007); Home Affairs (2006); Zone 14 (2005–2008); Yizo yizo (2001–2004); Mazinyo Dot Q (2004); In My Country (2004); Soul City (2003); I Dreamed of Africa (2000); Chikin Biznis ... The Whole Story! (1999); Tierärztin Christine III: Abenteuer in Südafrika (1998); A Woman of Color (1997); The Line (1994); The Air Up There (1994); Warriors from Hell (1990); Inkom' Edla Yodwa (1989).

Saturday, May 23, 2026

On this day in movie history - Loan Shark (1952):


Loan Shark

directed by Seymour Friedman,
written by Eugene Ling and Martin Rackin,
based on a story by Martin Rackin,
was released in the United States on May 23, 1952.
Music by Heinz Roemheld.


Cast:

George Raft, Dorothy Hart, Paul Stewart, John Hoyt, Helen Westcott, Henry Slate, Russell Johnson, Margia Dean, Benny Baker, Lawrence Dobkin, Robert Bice, Ralph Brooks, Claire Carleton, Virginia Carroll, Russell Custer, Jack Daley, Mike Donovan, George Eldredge, Ross Elliott, Rudy Germane, Dick Gordon, Jack Gordon, Herschel Graham, Joe Hinds, Robert Karnes, Robert Lawson, Charles Meredith, Spring Mitchell, Hans Moebus, William H. O'Brien, Frank O'Connor, William 'Bill' Phillips, William Phipps, Mike Ragan, Keith Richards, John Roy, Brick Sullivan, William Tannen, Harlan Warde, Robert B. Williams, Barbara Wooddell.

Thursday, May 21, 2026

Born on this day – Carl Carlton:


Carl Carlton


Singer

Songwriter

May 21, 1952 – December 14, 2025

Credits:

Albums:

25 Greatest Hits (2015); Carl Carlton (1981); Everlasting Love (1974); Everlasting: The Best Of Carl Carlton (2009); I Wanna Be With You (2024); Lights out in Wonderland (2014); Private Property (1985); Songs for the Lost and Brave (2008); The Bad C.C. (1982).

Songs:

46 Drums - 1 Guitar; Ain't Gonna Tell Nobody; Baby I Need Your Loving; Don’t Walk Away; Don’t You Need a Boy Like Me; Don't You Wanna Make Love; Drop by My Place; Everlasting Love; Fighting in the Name of Love; God Is Good; I Can Feel It; I Love Only You; I Think It's Gonna Be Alright; I Wanna Be With You; I Wanna Be Your Main Squeeze; I Won't Let That Chump Break Your Heart; I'll Love You Forever; I've Got That Boogie Fever; Just One Kiss; Look at Mary Wonder; Morning, Noon and Nightime; She's a Bad Mama Jama; Slipped, Tripped; Smokin' Room; So What; Sure Miss Loving You; The Generation Gap; This Feeling's Rated X-Tra; Toast to Freedom; Wild Child; You Can't Stop a Man in Love; You've Got So Much.

Movies and television:

Abbott Elementary (2024); American Bandstand (1974–1982); American Soundtrack: Rhythm, Love and Soul (2003); Black in the 80s (2005); Champions (2023); David Makes Man (2019); Die Abendschau (2023); EastEnders (1999–2007); Fat Albert (2004); Friends (1997); How to Be a Player (1997); Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005); Performance (1981); Scandal (2015); So What Is Love (2019); So You Think You Can Dance (2006–2007); Soul Train (1974–1983); Splitting Up Together (2019); Supergirl (2015); The Merv Griffin Show (1970); The New Guy (2002); Tijd voor MAX (2025); Two Can Play That Game (2001); Two of Us (2024); Undercover Brother (2002); Unsung (2022); Unsung Presents: The Decades (2022); WKRP in Cincinnati (1981).

Sunday, May 3, 2026

Born on this day – Caitlin Clarke:


Caitlin Clarke


Actress

Teacher

May 3, 1952 – September 9, 2004

Credits:

Movies and television:

A Cure for Serpents (1997); Blown Away (1994); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Cost of Living (1997); Crocodile Dundee (1986); Dellaventura (1998); Dragonslayer (1981); Gabriel's Fire (1991); Joe the King (1999); Kiss and Tell (1996); Law & Order (1997–2000); Love, Lies and Murder (1991); Matlock (1990); Mayflower Madam (1987); Moonlighting (1987); Never Again (2001); New York Undercover (1995); Northern Exposure (1991); Nurse (1982); Once a Hero (1987); Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989); Sex and the City (2000); The Big Picture (1989); The Cosby Mysteries (1994); The Equalizer (1986); The Kid Brother (1987); The Stepford Husbands (1996).

On stage:

Aristocrats (2002); Arms and the Man (1985); As You Like It (1984); Bal (1980); Griller (1999); Indiscretions (1997); Mrs. Warren's Profession (1996); No End of Blame (1981); Not Quite Jerusalem (1984); Othello (1979); Our Country's Good (1989); Plenty (1981); Quartermaine's Terms (1984); Strange Interlude (1985); Summer (1983); Summer Vacation Madness (1982); Tales from the Vienna Woods (1978); Teaneck Tanzi: The Venus Flytrap (1983); The Gigli Concert (2002); The Glass Menagerie (1997); The Marriage of Figaro (1985); The Queen And The Rebels (1991); The Winter's Tale (1979); Thin Ice (1984); Three Birds Alighting On A Field (1994); Titanic: A New Musical (1998); Total Eclipse (1984); Unexpected Tenderness (1994); Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (2000).

Thursday, April 23, 2026

On this day in movie history - The Narrow Margin (1952):


The Narrow Margin

directed by Richard Fleischer,
written by Earl Felton,
based on story by Martin Goldsmith and Jack Leonard,
was released in the United States on April 23, 1952.
Music by Gene Rose, Leith Stevens, Dave Torbett and Roy Webb.


Cast:

Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White, Queenie Leonard, David Clarke, Peter Virgo, Don Beddoe, Paul Maxey, Harry Harvey, Gordon Gebert, Peter Brocco, Ivan Browning, George Chandler, James Conaty, Don Dillaway, Franklyn Farnum, Bess Flowers, Don Haggerty, Clarence Hargrave, Art Howard, Bobby Johnson, Milton Kibbee, Mike Lally, Johnny Lee, William A. Lee, Walter Merrill, Harold Miller, Howard M. Mitchell, Edgar Murray, Franklin Parker, George Sawaya, Jeffrey Sayre, Ray Spiker, Jasper Weldon, Napoleon Whiting, Bob Whitney.

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

On this day in movie history - Hoodlum Empire (1952):


Hoodlum Empire

directed by Joseph Kane,
written by Bruce Manning and Bob Considine,
based on a story by Bob Considine,
was released in the United States on April 15, 1952.
Music by Nathan Scott.


Cast:

Brian Donlevy, Claire Trevor, Forrest Tucker, Vera Ralston, Luther Adler, John Russell, Gene Lockhart, Grant Withers, Taylor Holmes, Roy Barcroft, William Murphy, Richard Jaeckel, Don Beddoe, Roy Roberts, Richard Benedict, Phillip Pine, Damian O'Flynn, Pat Flaherty, Gertrude Astor, Walter Bacon, Joe Bailey.

Saturday, April 11, 2026

On this day in movie history - The Captive City (1952):


The Captive City

directed by Robert Wise,
written by Karl Kamb and Alvin M. Josephy,
based on a story by Alvin M. Josephy,
was released in the United States on April 11, 1952.
Music by Jerome Moross.


Cast:

John Forsythe, Joan Camden, Harold J. Kennedy, Marjorie Crossland, Victor Sutherland, Ray Teal, Martin Milner, Geraldine Hall, Hal K. Dawson, Ian Wolfe, Gladys Hurlbut, Jess Kirkpatrick, Paul Newlan, Frances Morris, Paul Brinegar, Patricia Goldwater, Robert Gorell, Glenn Judd, William C. Miller, Estes Kefauver, Charles Regan, Victor Romito, Charles Wagenheim.

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Born on this day – Peter Kwong:


Peter Kwong


Actor

Dancer

Martial artist

Stunt choreographer

April 9, 1952 – May 27, 2025

Credits:

227 (1985); Amazing Stories (1985); Angel Town (1990); Aussie & Ted's Great Adventure (2009); Beauty and the Beast (1988); Big Trouble in Little China (1986); Black Sheep Squadron (1977); Border Line (1999); Brain Smasher... A Love Story (1993); Bret Maverick (1981); Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982); Budz House (2011); Cagney & Lacey (1982); Clarissa's Gift (2014); Combination Platter (1993); Cooties (2014); Curb Your Enthusiasm (2020); Daddy Dearest (1993); David Mirisch, the Man Behind the Golden Stars (2021); Doctor Doctor (1990); Dragon Dynasty (2006); Drake & Josh (2006); Dynasty (1984); Ed Sheeran Feat. Pharrell Williams: Sing (2014); Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up (1992); Full House (1988); General Hospital (2004); Ghost Rock (2003); Gleaming the Cube (1989); GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (2004); Homeboys in Outer Space (1996); Hungry (2020); I'll Do Anything (1994); JAG (2004); Keiko (1983); King of the Hill (2002); Knightwatch (1988); Lethal Weapon (2016); Lifestories (1990); Little House on the Prairie (1983); Love Sanchez (2016); MacGyver (1986); Malcolm & Eddie (1997); Man from Atlantis (1978); Man of a Thousand Faces (2008); Manimal (1983); Matt Houston (1983); Miami Vice (1985); Miss Universe Pageant (1995); My Wife and Kids (2004); Narc (2005); Never Too Young to Die (1986); Nu Blue Roses Part 1 (2011); Nu Blue Roses Part 2 (2011); Operation Petticoat (1979); Panic in Echo Park (1977); Paper Dragons (1996); Pepito's Mamadas (2023–2024); Police Story: Gladiator School (1988); Private Eye (1987); Project 420 (2010); Red Carpet Report (2013–2016); Renegade (1992); Rise to Honor (2003); Rockwell: Obscene Phone Caller (1984); Row Your Boat (1999); Running Red (1999); Sangre Negra (2017); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1986); Sisters (1996); Skeleton Coast (1988); Slapstick of Another Kind (1982); St. Elsewhere (1985); Steele Justice (1987); Straight Time (1978); Sullivan & Son (2014); Sunnyside (1979); Sword of Justice (1978); The A-Team (1984); The Coupe de Villes: Big Trouble in Little China (1986); The District (2003); The Fifth Corner (1992); The Golden Child (1986); The Greatest American Hero (1983); The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk 2 (1993); The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980); The Presidio (1988); The Renegades (1982); The Tao of Rain - An Interview with Peter Kwong (2019); The Wayans Bros. (1995); Theodore Rex (1995); Tour of Duty (1989); Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story (1984); Visions (1976); Wonder Woman (1977).

Saturday, March 7, 2026

Born on this day – Waymond Lee:


Waymond Lee


Actor

March 7, 1952 – December 18, 2024

Credits:

100 Questions (2010); 12 Miles of Bad Road (2010); 6 Ways to Die (2015); A Better Place (2016); A Love Saga with John Goodman (2013); Always and Forever (2020); American Bistro (2019); American Haze (2017); Angels & Demons (2009); Anita Ho (2012); Babysitter (2015); Beautiful (2019); Bedtime Stories (2008); Beeswax (2012); Bones (2008); Born to Race (2011); Bullet Train (2022); Bus People (2012); California Winter (2012); Castle (2011); Chillerama / Segment: Wadzilla (2011); Chinatown Squad (2012); Con Man (2018); Crimes of the Mind (2014); Crobot - Not for Sale (2016); CSI: NY (2010); Cutthroat (2010); Daemon 9 (2018); Dante's Hotel (2023); Dark Tourist (2012); Design: Kirk Leitch (2015); Desperate Housewives (2010); Dexter (2010); DGK: Parental Advisory (2012); Dirty Garden (2015); Dolls of Voodoo (2013); Dr. Brinks & Dr. Brinks (2017); Ed Sheeran Feat. Pharrell Williams: Sing (2014); Eli Stone (2009); Enrique Iglesias: Tonight (I'm Lovin' You) (2010); Entertainment (2015); Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022); Exit Strategy (2015); Extreme Cheapskates (2014); Female Fight Squad (2016); Final Wager (2024); First Time Female Director (2023); Flashforward (2009); Foster the People: Houdini (2012); Franklin & Bash (2011); Go Try (2020); Good Morning (2021); Green Street Hooligans 2 (2009); Grey's Anatomy (2010); Guerrilla Garden (2010); Hawthorne (2010); Here's Herbie (2009); He's Just Not That Into You (2009); Holly Day (2018); Honey 2 (2011); House (2010); House Arrest (2013); How I Met Your Mother (2011); How to Get Away with Murder (2016); I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant (2008); If You're Ready (2020); Interesting Ball (2014); Iron Man 2 (2010); It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2012); Jennifer Lopez: Papi (2011); Journeyman (2007); Kali Karate Show (2020); Kali Karate: The 2nd Beginning (2023); K-Pops! (2024); Law & Order: LA (2010); Legit (2013–2014); Love at the Christmas Table (2012); Lucifer (2021); Luck (2011); Man from Reno (2014); Maroon 5 Feat. SZA: What Lovers Do (2017); Meant to Be (2012); Meteor Apocalypse (2010); Milf (2010); Ms. Purple (2019); My Name Is Earl (2008); My Name Is Khan (2010); National Geographic Investigates (2011); NCIS: Los Angeles (2010); Ne-Yo Feat. Juicy J: She Knows (2014); Ninja - Part 2 with Epic Lloyd (2012); Ninja with Sam Macaroni: Part 1 (2012); Nocturnally Yours (2017); Other People (2016); Our Family Wedding (2010); Out West (2013); Outlaw Johnny Black (2023); Pair of Kings (2011–2012); Parks and Recreation (2009–2012); Peace No War (2009); Poof (2023); Poor George (2016); Post Grad (2009); Post Grad Gangstas (2014); Puppet Master X: Axis Rising (2012); Race to Witch Mountain (2009); Rush Hour (2016); Savage Dog (2017); Saving Da'Lenzi (2018); Shameless (2015); $#*! My Dad Says (2011); Skyline (2010); Small Town Famous (2015); Sound of Violence (2021); Station 19 (2018); Stellina Blue (2009); Strange Men (2015); Superstore (2020); Superstrata (2024); The Bellmen (2017); The Blasphemy (2018); The Cleaning Lady (2018); The Comment Show (2013); The Grime (2024); The House (2017); The Jury (2017); The Laundromat (2019); The Muppets. (2015); The Rev (2013); The Robbery (2017); The Shield (2008); The Thundermans (2014); The Unit (2009); Time Travel Lover (2014); Touch (2012); Train: 50 Ways to Say Goodbye (2012); True Love (2010); Undercovers (2010); United States of Tara (2011); Untitled Jessica Gao/ABC Project / TV Movie (2019); Uploaded (2021); Veep (2016); Viper (2015); Vox Influx (2014); Walking the Halls (2012); What Would Jesus Do? (2010); Wiener Dog Nationals (2013); Workaholics (2011–2017); Workaholics: The Other Cubicle (2012); Yes Man (2008); YouTube AdBlitz (2016); Zoe (2017); Zombie Apocalypse (2011); Zulu Six (2014).