Born on this day – Diane Delano:

Diane Delano

Actress

January 29, 1957 – December 13, 2024

Credits:

100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd (1999–2000); 100 Things to Do Before High School (2014–2016); 2 Broke Girls (2015); 3rd Rock from the Sun (1999); A Mighty Wind (2003); A Painted House (2003); Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1995–1997); According to Jim (2008); Acting Sheriff (1991); Addams Family Reunion (1998); AJ and the Queen (2020); American Dad! (2007–2008); American Dragon: Jake Long (2005); Anderson's Cross (2010); Bakersfield P.D. (1993); Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2009); Ben 10: Alien Force (2008); Ben 10: Omniverse (2013–2014); Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2011); Choose Connor (2007); Coach (1994); Cold Case (2007); Cop Rock (1990); Cow and Chicken (1998); Crafty (2010); Days of Our Lives (1994–2009); Dead Rising 3 (2013); Death to the Supermodels (2005); Desperate Housewives (2006); DeVanity (2012); Dharma & Greg (1999); Don't Get Off the Bus (2016); Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989); ER (1997–2002); Everwood (2006); Falcon Crest (1989); Final Heist (2024); Fred: The Show (2012); From the Mouths of Babes (2014); Fumbling Thru the Pieces (2011–2013); General Hospital (2016); Good Girls (2019); Good Luck Charlie (2010); Goode Behavior (1997); Growing Pains (1988); Heart Like a Wheel (1983); Hearts Afire (1993); Highway 395 (2000); Hunter (1988); Infinity Train (2020); Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003); Joan of Arcadia (2004); Jury Duty: The Comedy (1990); Just the Ten of Us (1989); K.C. Undercover (2015–2018); L.A. Law (1987); Lego DC Super-Villains (2018); Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (2022); Major Dad (1989); Married... with Children (1992); Matlock (1989); Me Time (2022); Meego (1997); Midnight Clear (2006); Mike & Molly (2013); Miracle Mile (1988); Misery Loves Company (1995); Mission Odyssey (2002–2003); Mom (2016); Monk (2005); NCIS (2007); New Looney Tunes (2017); Niko and the Sword of Light (2018); Northern Exposure (1991–1995); Northern Exposure (1995); One on One (2002); One on One with Jasper Cole (2019); Out of These Rooms (2002); Paradise: A Town of Sinners and Saints (2024); PEN15 (2019); Perfect Strangers (1989); Pig Sty (1995); Platypus Man (1995); Popular (1999–2001); Pretty the Series (2014–2015); Providence (2000); Quantum Leap (1991); Rachel Gunn, R.N. (1992); Rage 2 (2019); Ratboy (1986); Rattled (1996); Relish (2019); Renegade (1996); Road to Dreamland (2024); Robbery Homicide Division (2002); Rocket Power (2000); Rugrats (1997–2002); Saturday Mash-Up (2022); Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1999); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1987); Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo (2009); Shake It Up (2013); Silk Hope (1999); Six Feet Under (2004); Sleepwalkers (1992); St. Elsewhere (1983); St. Sass (2002); Stark: Mirror Image (1986); Step by Step (1994–1996); Superman: The Animated Series (1998–2000); Surf School (2006); Teen Titans (2006); The Angry Beavers (2001); The Bridge (2013); The Brothers Garcia (2002); The Division (2002); The Eddie Files (1998); The Ellen Show (2001); The Ladykillers (2004); The Michael Richards Show (2000); The Middle (2012); The New Addams Family (1998); The River Wild (1994); The Single Guy (1997); The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1999); The Theory of the Leisure Class (2001); The Thin Pink Line (1998); The Upshaws (2021–2022); The War at Home (2007); The Wicker Man (2006); The Zeta Project (2002); Thirtysomething (1989); 'Til Death (2008); Two and a Half Men (2006); Unhappily Ever After (1995); We Bare Bears (2016); Who's the Boss? (1990); Wild Card (1992); Wizards of Waverly Place (2011); Young Justice (2012–2019); Zoey 101 (2005–2006).

On this day in movie history - Nightfall (1956):

Nightfall

directed by Jacques Tourneur,

written by Stirling Silliphant,

based on the novel by David Goodis,

was released in the United States on January 23, 1957.
Music by George Duning.

Cast:

Aldo Ray, Brian Keith, Anne Bancroft, Jocelyn Brando, James Gregory, Frank Albertson, Rudy Bond, Arline Anderson, Monty Ash, María Belmar, Orlando Beltran, Art Bucaro, Robert Cherry, George Cisar, Lillian Culver, Bess Flowers, Joan Fotre, Pat Jones, Lillian Kassan, Betty Koch, Jane Lynn, Eddie McLean, Gene Roth, Walter Smith, Annabelle Thiele, Maya Van Horn, Winifred Waring.

Born on this day – Joe Marinelli:

Joe Marinelli

Actor

Writer

Producer

January 21, 1957 – 22 June 2025

Credits:

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014); Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1992); Cagney & Lacey (1984); Carmen (1985); Castle (2009); Cutting Room (2006); DEA (1991); Desperate Housewives (2011); Disjointed (2018); Donor Unknown (1995); Equal Justice (1991); ER (1997); General Hospital (1999–2001); Giuseppe's Opus (2019); Guiding Light (1952–2009); Hill Street Blues (1985); Hollywood (2020); House (2008); Hunter (1991); Insecure (2016); JAG (2000); Just Roll with It (2021); L.A. Law (1987); Legends (2014); Lethal Weapon (2018); Love Made Easy (2006); Mann & Machine (1992); Midnight Caller (1991); Models Inc. (1995); Numb3rs (2007); NYPD Blue (1997–2002); One Last Ride (2004); Paper Dolls (1984); Parenthood (2010); Ray Donovan (2013); Reboot (2022); Santa Barbara (1988–1990); Sideways (2004); Skylab (2005); Stingray (1986); Switched at Birth (2015); The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004); The District (2002); The King of Queens (1999); The Morning Show (2019–2023); The Offer (2022); The Passion of Martin (1991); The Practice (2004); The West Wing (2002); They Came from Outer Space (1991); Two Lies (1990); Victorious (2011).

On this day in movie history - Four Boys and a Gun (1957):

Four Boys and a Gun

directed by William Berke,

written by Leo Townsend and Philip Yordan,

based on the novel by Willard Wiener,

was released in the United States on January 11, 1957.
Music by Marie Montague and Everett Sutherland.

Cast:

Frank Sutton, Tarry Green, James Franciscus, William Hinnant, Otto Hulett, Robert Dryden, J. Pat O'Malley, Diana Herbert, Patricia Sloan, Nancy Devlin, Patricia Bosworth, David Burns, Anne Seymour, Frank Gero, Ned Glass, Karl Swenson, Lisa Osten, Sid Raymond, George McIver, Frank Campanella, Joseph Campanella, Crahan Denton, Frank Marth, Diana Sands.

On this day in movie history - Crime of Passion (1957):

Crime of Passion

directed by Gerd Oswald,

written by Jo Eisinger,

was released in the United States on January 9, 1957.
Music by Paul Dunlap.

Cast:

Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr, Fay Wray, Virginia Grey, Royal Dano, Robert Griffin, Dennis Cross, Jay Adler, Stuart Whitman, Malcolm Atterbury, Robert Quarry, Gail Bonney, Joe Conley.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1957):

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 14.

Episode entitled: The Palace Guard.

Released December 27, 1957.

Directed by Bernard Girard.

Written by Jack Laird and Wilton Schiller.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Whit Bissell, Alix Talton, Paul Newlan, William Boyett, Paul Bryar, Noreen Arnold, Charles Tannen, George Byrnes, Paul Hahn, John Culwell, Billy Nelson, Charles Perry.

On this day in movie history - Paths of Glory (1957):

Paths of Glory

directed by Stanley Kubrick,

written by Stanley Kubrick,

Calder Willingham and Jim Thompson,

based on the novel by Humphrey Cobb,

was released in the United States on December 25, 1957.
Music by Gerald Fried.

Cast:

Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Wayne Morris, Richard Anderson, Joe Turkel, Christiane Kubrick, Jerry Hausner, Peter Capell, Emile Meyer, Bert Freed, Kem Dibbs, Timothy Carey, Fred Bell, John Stein, Harold Benedict, Leon Briggs, Paul Bös, Herbert Ellis, Wally Friedrichs, Halder Hanson, James B. Harris, Rolf Kralovitz, Ira Moore, Marshall Rainer, Roger Vagnoid.

Born on this day – Scott Spiegel:

Scott Spiegel

Writer

Director

Producer

Actor

December 24, 1957 – September 1, 2025

Credits:

2001 Maniacs (2005); 78/52 (2017); A Blossoming Brilliance: An Interview with Scott Spiegel (2013); A Conversation with Quentin Tarantino & Scott Spiegel (2004); A Night in a Sanitarium (1973); Acting and Reacting (1978); All the Worlds a Stooge (1974); Attack of the Helping Hand! (1979); Attack of the Pillsbury Doughboy (1976); Babysitter Wanted (2007); Booby Bartenders (1974); Cain Hill (2016); Cinemaker (2004); Civil War Part II (1977); Cleveland Smith: Bounty Hunter (1982); Clockwork (1978); Corny Casanovas (1971); Crimewave (1985); Curse of the Werewolf (1974); Darkman (1990); Death Proof (2007); Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022); Drag Me to Hell (2009); Evil Dead 1 & 2: The Musical (2004); Evil Dead II (1987); Facing the Lion (2010); Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (2007); Flying Saucers Over Hollywood: The 'Plan 9' Companion (1992); From Dusk Till Dawn (1996); From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999); Full Tilt Boogie (1997); Gimme Skelter (2007); Half-Wits' Holiday (1974); Here Today... Gun Tomorrow (1976); Hit List (1989); Hostel (2005); Hostel: Part III (2011); Inside the Asylum: The Making of '2001 Maniacs' (2006); Inspector Klutz Saves the Day (1969); Intruder (1989); Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist (2014); It's Murder! (1977); Jackie Brown (1997); James Bombed in Here Today... Gun Tomorrow (1976); Just Say Julie (1989–1992); Lionheart (1990); Love, Cheat & Steal (1993); Making the Amazing (2004); Manhunt (1974); Mischief Night (2014); My Name Is Modesty: A Modesty Blaise Adventure (2004); Mystery No Mystery (1976); Nightmares (2026); No Dough Boys (1974); Nude Bowling Party (1995); Oedipus Rex (1972); Picnic (1977); Pieces of Deconstruction: Looking Back at a Grindhouse Gorefest (2011); Pies and Guys (1971); Post Traumatic: An American Nightmare (2009); Pulp Fiction (1994); Pulp Fiction: The Facts (2002); QT8: The First Eight (2019); Rake (2014); Red (1993); Reflections on the Living Dead (1993); Robot Ninja (1989); Sam Raimi Early Shorts (1985); Shemp Eats the Moon (1978); Shock Cinema Vol. 1 (1991); Six Months to Live (1977); Skinned Alive (1990); Slashed Prices: The Making of Intruder (2011); Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever (2012); Spider-Man (2002); Spider-Man 2 (2004); Spring Break '83 (2009); Spring Cleaning (1979); Straight Into Darkness (2004); Stryker's War (1980); Swallowed Souls: The Making of Evil Dead II (2011); Sweet 16: DVD Introduction by Aleisa Shirley and Scott Spiegel (2008); The Absent (2011); The Blind Waiter (1980); The Case of the Topanga Pearl (1976); The Cult of Ichi (2007); The Dead Next Door (1989); The Evil Dead (1981); The Final Round (1977); The Girl I Want (1990); The Great Bogus Monkey Pignuts Swindle (1975); The Happy Valley Kid (1977); The Hollywood Sign (2008); The Incredibly Strange Film Show (1988); The James Hoffa Story (1975); The James R. Hoffa Story, Part II (1976); The Nutt House (1992); The Quick and the Dead (1995); The Rookie (1990); The Sappy Sap (1985); The Singing Nuts (1974); Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except (1985); Three on a Couch (1974); Three Pests in a Mess (1974); Three Smart Saps (1973); Together & Alone (1998); Torro. Torro. Torro! (1981); Uncivil War Birds (1976); Where Truth Lies (1996); Wild Malibu Weekend! (1995); Within the Woods (1978).

On this day in television history - M Squad (1957):

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: Family Portrait.

Released December 20, 1957.

Directed by John Peyser.

Written by Fenton Earnshaw and Lawrence B. Marcus.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Jacques Aubuchon, Christine White, Walter Maslow, Ron Hayes, Morris Ankrum, Hallene Hill, Raymond Bailey, Chet Stratton, Barbara Knudson, Peggy Leon, Laurie Carroll, Sid Melton.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1957):

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 12.

Episode entitled: The Specialists.

Released December 13, 1957.

Directed by Earl Bellamy.

Written by William Driskill and Joel Rapp.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Dave Barry, Douglas Evans, Jan Arvan, Kem Dibbs, Edmund Hashim, Charles Evans, Peg La Centra, Clark Howat, Richard Devon, Mark Dunhill, Frances Osborne, Gil Perkins.

Born on this day – Michael Clarke Duncan:

Michael Clarke Duncan

Actor

December 10, 1957 – September 3, 2012

On this day in television history - M Squad (1957):

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 11.
Episode entitled: The Alibi Witness.
Released December 6, 1957.
Directed by John Brahm.
Written by Jack Laird and Wilton Schiller.
Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Edward Binns, Robert F. Simon, Jean Carson, Linda Watkins, Paul Newlan, Will J. White, Kathryn Minner, Robert Bice.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1957):

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: Diamond Hard.

Released November 29, 1957.

Directed by Bernard Girard.

Written by Joel Murcott.

Based on a story by Leo Gordon.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, William Phipps, Mike Ragan, Angie Dickinson, John Halloran, DeForest Kelley, Than Wyenn, Phil Arnold, Robert Kennedy, Jeffrey Sayre.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1957):

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 9.
Episode entitled: Killer in Town.
Released November 22, 1957.
Directed by Bernard Girard.
Written by Joel Murcott.
Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Russ Conway, Lee Farr, Paul Newlan, Gail Kobe, John Hiestand, Gil Frye, Roy Glenn, James Hyland.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1957):

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: The Hard Case.

Released November 15, 1957.

Directed by Bernard Girard.

Written by Paul David and Irving Rubine.

Based on a story by Irving Rubine.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, George Mathews, Ray Foster, Howard Negley, Paul Newlan, Walter Reed, Mack Williams, William Murphy, Danny Davenport, Michael Bachus, Jack Reynolds, Chris Randall, Joseph DeVictoria, Chet Brandenburg, Russell Custer, Leonard P. Geer, Mathew McCue.