On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 29.
Episode entitled: The Fire Makers.
Released April 17, 1959.
Directed by Don Medford.
Written by Frank Moss.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, James Coburn, Leonard Nimoy, Georgine Darcy, Milton Frome, Steven Ritch, Maida Severn, Helen Conrad, Bud and Travis, Frank O’Connor.

Recommended reading - The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, by Mordecai Richler (1959):

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

By Mordecai Richler.

Filmed as The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974), directed by Ted Kotcheff.

Published by Gallery Books.

First published 1959.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0671028472

ISBN-13: 978-0671028473

Description:

It is time to recognize Mr. Richler as one of North America's most powerful novelists. – The Washington Times.

A rasping humor pervades the book....It burgeons with its special talent and a vulgar vitality. – Chicago Tribune.

A fast-moving, entertaining, and bawdy novel. – The Washington Times.

Funny in the biting, subversive manner of Joseph Heller and Philip Roth. – Los Angeles Times.

Duddy Kravitz [is] Richler's most famous creation. – Minneapolis Star Tribune.

Richler has been praised for his clear-eyed vision and his realistic style.... The total effect is as brash and blatant as a sports car rally -- and as suggestive of power. It comes off brilliantly. – Alfred Kazin, The New York Times Book Review.

From Mordecai Richler, one of our greatest satirists, comes one of literature's most delightful characters, Duddy Kravitz -- in a novel that belongs in the pantheon of seminal twentieth century books.

Duddy -- the third generation of a Jewish immigrant family in Montreal -- is combative, amoral, scheming, a liar, and totally hilarious. From his street days tormenting teachers at the Jewish academy to his time hustling four jobs at once in a grand plan to "be somebody," Duddy learns about living -- and the lesson is an outrageous roller-coaster ride through the human comedy. As Richler turns his blistering commentary on love, money, and politics, The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz becomes a lesson for us all ... in laughter and in life.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 28.

Episode entitled: The Crush Out.

Released April 10, 1959.

Directed by Virgil W. Vogel.

Written by Ric Hardman.

Music by Count Basie and Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, William Phipps, Tyler McVey, James Chandler, Robert Burton, Michael Rye, Ashley Cowan, Mike Ragan, Patricia Lloyd, Carl McIntire.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 27.

Episode entitled: The Vanishing Lady.

Released April 3, 1959.

Directed by Sidney Lanfield.

Written by Jack Jacobs.

Music by Lyn Murray.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Jack Mullaney, Mary LaRoche, Mary Scott, William Hudson, John Eldredge, Henry McCann.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 26.
Episode entitled: Ghost Town.
Released March 27, 1959.
Directed by John Brahm.
Written by Jack Laird, Lawrence Resner, John Francis Larkin and Boris Ingster.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Alan Marshal, Sally Todd, John Herman Shaner, Maggie McCarter, Charles Herbert, Bill Baldwin, Sid Melton.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 25.
Episode entitled: The Harpies.
Released March 20, 1959.
Directed by Fletcher Markle.
Written by Robert C. Dennis.
Music by John Williams.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Beatrice Kay, Gail Kobe, Luana Anders, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Elmore Vincent, Judd Holdren.

Born on this day – Irene Cara:

Irene Cara

Singer

Writer

Actress

March 18, 1959 – November 25, 2022

Credits:

20 to 1 (2010); 20th NAACP Image Awards (1988); 9am with David & Kim (2006); A Celebration of Life: A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. (1984); Aaron Loves Angela (1975); All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989); Ally McBeal (2002); American Bandstand (1980–1983); American Idol (2003–2012); American Playhouse (1983); Any Given Sunday (2006); Apple Pie (1975); Atomic Kitten: Kitten Diaries (2002); Bagets (1984); Beauty and the Beast (1992); Beyond Awareness to Action: Ending Abuse of Women (1995); Black Music in America: From Then Till Now (1971); Bob's Burgers (2013); Body Electric (2002–2006); Bring Back... Fame (2008); Britain's Got Talent (2011–2012); Busted Up (1986); Bustin' Loose (1988); Caged in Paradiso (1989); Cannonball (2017); Celebrity Splash! Australia (2013); Certain Fury (1985); Champs-Elysées (1983); Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003); China Cry: A True Story (1990); City Heat (1984); D.C. Cab (1983); Dancing Stars (2013); Dancing with the Stars (2009); Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2003–2008); Die Hit-Giganten (2005); Die ultimative Chartshow (2005); DJ Bobo & Irene Cara: What a Feeling (2001); Domino Day (2007); Downtown: A Street Tale (2004); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); Edle dråper (2002); Eight (2020); Elämäni Biisi (2022); Elephant Shoes (2005); Emu's World (1984); Entertainment Tonight (2007); Eufòria (2022); F.C. De Kampioenen (1990–1991); Fama ¡a bailar! (2008); Fame (1980–1984); Flashdance (1983); Gabriel's Fire (1991); Get Down Tonight: The Disco Explosion (2004); Ghostbusters (1984); Girls (2013); Glee (2012); Going Bananas (1984); Gone Country (2008); Granada Reports (2018); Greatest Ever 80s Movies (2007); Grey's Anatomy (2009); Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980); Happily Ever After (1989); Hasta luego cocodrilo (1992); Hearts Are Wild (1992); Hermanos: Cantaré, cantarás (1985); Hit Me, Baby, One More Time (2005); Hungry Hearts (2014); I Love 1980's (2001); Idol - Jakten på en superstjerne (2005); Idol (2003); Idol (2005); Idol winner 2005 (2005); Idols (2003); Idols (2006); Idols (2007); Idool 2004 (2004); Irene (1981); Irene Cara: Anyone Can See (1982); Irene Cara: Breakdance (1984); Irene Cara: Downtown (2006); Irene Cara: Fame (1982); Irene Cara: Fame (Movie Version) (1980); Irene Cara: Fame (Show Version) (1982); Irene Cara: Flashdance... What a Feeling (1983); Irene Cara: Girlfriends (1987); Irene Cara: I Can Fly (1988); Irene Cara: My Baby (He's Something Else) (1982); Irene Cara: No One But You (1990); Irene Cara: Out Here on My Own (1980); Irene Cara: Out Here on My Own (Show Version) (1982); Irene Cara: Reach Out I'll Be There (1982); Irene Cara: The Dream (Hold on to Your Dream) (1984); Irene Cara: Why Me? (1983); It Takes Two (2007); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1983); Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon (1980); Karaoke Revolution Volume 3 (2004); Killing 'em Softly (1982); King of the Hill (2002); KISS and Randi Reisfeld in Kids Are People, Too (1981–1982); Kojak (1976); Kommissar Rex (1995); La máquina de bailar (2006); La télé de Sébastien (2006); Les 30 ans du TOP 50 (2015); Les 50 ans du Disco - les stars chantent pour le Sidaction (2023); Les enfants de la télé (2017–2019); Lip Sync Battle (2015); Lip Sync Battle Philippines (2018); Lorraine (2016); Love of Life (1970-1971); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1984); Masked Singer Suomi (2020); Miss Tacuarembó (2010); Mitch Miller's Singalong Sampler (1981); Motormouth (1991); MTV 80s - Top 50 at the Movies! (2020); MTV 80s - Top 50 Greatest Voices of the 80s! (2020); Music Box (2021); Musical Chairs (1975); My Music: Movie Songs (2007); Na sowas! (1983); Nacidas para sufrir (2009); Nip/Tuck (2008); Nöjesmaskinen (1983); On Location with: FAME (1980); One Hit Wonderland (2014); Operación triunfo (2002); PBS News Weekend (2022); Performance (1981); Peter Rabbit (2018); Popular (2000); Professor Hope's Thanksgiving Campus Comedy Capers (1983); Rapmania: The Roots of Rap (1990); Ray Parker Jr.: Girls Are More Fun (1985); Razzle Dazzle (2007); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Rovers (2016); Salute! (1983); Saturday Night Live (2001–2015); SHIMMER Volume 36 (2010); Show-Express (1980); Sister, Sister (1982); Six Feet Under (2002); Slovensko hladá SuperStar (2004); So You Think You Can Dance (2006); So You Think You Can Dance Canada (2010); Solid Gold (1980–1984); Soul Train (1980); Sparkle (1976); Starmania (2002); Strictly Come Dancing (2016); Sunburst II (1984); Super Idol (2004); Teen Spirit (2018); That's Dancing! (1985); The 19th Annual Nosotros Golden Eagle Awards (1989); The 22nd Annual Grammy Awards (1980); The 23rd Annual Grammy Awards (1981); The 26th Annual Grammy Awards (1984); The 28th Annual American Music Awards (1984); The 31st Annual Grammy Awards (1989); The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1981); The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1984); The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981); The 56th Annual Academy Awards (1984); The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2005); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The Annual American Image Awards (1984); The Boys (2019); The Brothers Johnson: Kick It to the Curb (1988); The David Letterman Show (1980); The Disco Ball (2003); The Dorsey Robinson Show (1984); The Electric Company (1971–1972); The Full Monty (1997); The Gavin & Lott Show (1983); The Hughes Corporation: What A Feeling (2006); The Internship (2013); The John Davidson Show (1980); The Jungle King (1994); The Longshot (1986); The Magic Voyage (1992); The Masked Singer (2022); The Merv Griffin Show (1980–1985); The Middle (2013); The Midnight Special (1980); The Pop 'N' Rocker Game (1983); The Simpsons (2016); The Switch Drag Race (2015); The Toni Tennille Show (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971–1981); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2011); The Voice Israel (2013); The Wendy Williams Show (2011); The X Factor UK (2007–2016); Top of the Pops (1982); Top of the Pops (1982); Trust Us with Your Life (2012); Tu cara me suena - Argentina (2014); Tu cara me suena (2014); UK Championship Snooker (2015); Un paso adelante (2002); Vegas (2008); Verstehen Sie Spaß? (2001); VH1 Goes Inside (2003); VH-1 Where Are They Now? (2000); Wetten, dass..? (2001); What's Happening!! (1977); Who's Doing the Dishes? (2016); Zeg 'ns Aaa (1984).

Born on this day – Scott L. Schwartz:

Scott L. Schwartz

a.k.a. The Ultimate Bad Guy

Actor

Stuntman

Wrestler

March 16, 1959 – November 26, 2024

Credits:

2020 (2020); Actors Entertainment (2012); A-Date (2007); Agent Red (2000); Alibi Boys (2015); Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy (1997); Angel (1999); Back in Action (1994); Bank on us 2 (2020); Betrayal (2013); Better Criminal (2016); Between the Wish and the Thing (2011); Black Scorpion (2001); Blood Ranch (2006); Boost (2009); Bridge of Dragons (1999); Buddies (2013); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2002); Cain and Abel (2006); Carman: The Champion (2001); Castle (2012); Centurion Force (1998); Changing Hands (2010); Changing Hands Feature (2012); Crash Point Zero (2001); Crazy as Hell (2002); Ctrl (2009); Daddy's Home (2010); Dangerous Waters (1994); Daydream Believer (2005); Dick and Bob (2012); Dilemma (1997); ELI (2007); Epic Movie (2007); Final Voyage (1999); Fire Down Below (1997); For Christ's Sake (2010); For Parents Only (1991); Fun with Dick and Jane (2005); Garlic & Gunpowder (2017); Gedo (2000); Harry Potter in the Hood (2007); Heartless (2015); High Voltage (1998); Holding St. Peter's Conquest [Us] (2017); Homecoming (2011); Human Giant (2007); I'm a Soap Star (2011); Inventing Adam (2013); Jackie's Back! (1999); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2007); Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser (2015); Journey to Promethea (2010); Jurassic Predator: Xtinction (2010); Just Sue Me (2000); L.A. Heat (1999); Listen to Your Heart (2010); Lone Tiger (1996); Lost in Oz (2000); Lost in the Woods (2009); Lost Treasure (2003); Martial Law (1999); Martin (1993); Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon (2004); Measure (2014); Meet Wally Sparks (1997); Mercy Grace and Crab Meat (2010); Mind of Mencia (2006); My Giant (1998); Nash Bridges (1998–2001); Not Now John (2012); Ocean's Eleven (2001); Ocean's Thirteen (2007); Ocean's Twelve (2004); Oliver Beene (2004); P.U.N.K.S. (1998); Pet Crazy (2011); Placebo (2008); Plates (2008); Punk'd (2003); Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt (2003); Savate (1995); Shock 'Em Dead (1991); Silent Fury (1994); Smoked (2006); Southlander (2001); Spider-Man (2002); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1994–1995); Star Trek: Enterprise (2004); Starsky & Hutch (2004); Sting of the Black Scorpion (2002); Stuntman (2009); Super Day (2012); Terminal Island (2004); Terminal USA (1993); The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000); The Black Rose (2000); The Capitol Conspiracy (1998); The Challenger (2015); The Drifter (2005); The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000); The House Webshow (2007); The Mentalist (2011); The Misadventures of James Spawn (1998); The One (2001); The Pizza Joint (2021); The Scorpion King (2002); The Set Up (1995); The Shoes (2024); The Sinners (2010); The Tick (2002); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1996); The Young & Rebellious (2011); The Young and the Restless (2009); Tomcats (2001); Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) (1991); UWF Fury Hour (1990–1993); V.I.P. (1999); Vagabond (2006); Vengeance (2016); Veterans Day (2024); Weeds (2007); What We Do Is Secret (2007); Wonder Girls (2012); Wrong Side of Town (2010).

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 24.
Episode entitled: Death Threat.
Released March 13, 1959.
Directed by John Brahm.
Written by Jack Laird.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Paul Burke, Jacqueline Mayo, Len Lesser, Sondra Rodgers, Phil Chambers, Barry Brooks.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 23.
Episode entitled: Voluntary Surrender.
Released March 6, 1959.
Directed by Virgil W. Vogel.
Written by Joel Murcott.
Music by Sonny Burke.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Bert Remsen, Mary Adams, Mary Treen, Paul Dubov, Virginia Lee, Hal Baylor, Constance Cameron.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 22.
Episode entitled: The Take Over.
Released February 27, 1959.
Directed by Don Medford.
Written by B.X. Sanborn and Jack Laird.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Joan O’Brien, Murvyn Vye, Sylvia Stone, Kem Dibbs, John Sebastian, Tony Rock, Paul Baxley.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 21.

Episode entitled: The Star Witness.

Released February 20, 1959.

Directed by David Lowell Rich.

Written by Leonard Kantor.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Virginia Vincent, Paul Picerni, Terry Becker, Abbey Shelton, Sidney Clute, Mary Gregory, John Perri.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 20.
Episode entitled: Mugger Murder.
Released February 13, 1959.
Directed by Don Medford.
Written by Richard Deming and Robert C. Dennis.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Grace Raynor, Bern Hoffman, Jaclynne Greene, James Chandler, Gene Roth, Byron Morrow.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 19.
Episode entitled: The Last Act.
Released February 6, 1959.
Directed by David Lowell Rich.
Written by B.X. Sanborn and Don Sanford.
Music by Lyn Murray.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Donald Buka, Elaine Edwards, Jim Bannon, Stewart Bradley, Robert Gibbons, Bill Baucom.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 18.
Episode entitled: The Jumper.
Released January 30, 1959.
Directed by Allen H. Miner.
Written by Joel Murcott.
Music by Count Basie and Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Don Reardon, Patricia Manning, John Goddard, Ward Wood, Jack Bryan, Jack Carr.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 17.
Episode entitled: One Man’s Life.
Released January 23, 1959.
Directed by Don Medford.
Written by Joel Murcott.
Music by John Williams.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Robert H. Harris, June Vincent, Mark Roberts, Stephen Chase, David Tomack, Richard Tretter.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 16.
Episode entitled: The Third Shadow.
Released January 9, 1959.
Directed by James Neilson.
Written by Jack Jacobs.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Monica Lewis, Tony Travis, Alfred Shelly, Amy Fields, Richard Benedict, Guy Prescott, Ted Thorpe, Roy Engel, Stuart Holmes.

On this day in movie history – The Purple Gang (1959):

The Purple Gang

(1959)

directed by Frank McDonald,

written by Jack DeWitt,

was released in the United States on January 5, 1960.
Music by Paul Dunlap.

Cast:

Barry Sullivan, Robert Blake, Elaine Edwards, Marc Cavell, Jody Lawrance, Suzanne Ridgway, Joe Turkel, Victor Creatore, Paul Dubov, Ray Boyle, Kathleen Lockhart, Nestor Paiva, Lou Krugman, Robert Anderson, Mauritz Hugo, James Roosevelt.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 15.

Episode entitled: The Teacher.

Released January 2, 1959.

Directed by Don Medford.

Written by Frank Moss.

Music by John Williams.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Tom Laughlin, Sue George, Burt Reynolds, Stanley Dyrector, Stuart Randall, Maida Severn, Ron Gorton.

Born on this day – Tracy Wright:

Tracy Wright

Actress

December 7, 1959 – June 22, 2010

Credits:

All Hat (2007); Apartment Hunting (2000); Blind Spot (1997); Blindness (2008); Blue (1992); Book of Knives (1995); Bubbles Galore (1996); Childstar (2004); Dangerous Offender: The Marlene Moore Story (1996); Dice (2001); Dog Park (1998); Eclipse (1994); Elimination Dance (1998); Good Stuff (2001); Green Door (2008); Highway 61 (1991); It's Me Gerald (2005); Joe's So Mean to Josephine (1996); Last Night (1998); Liberty Street (1995); Manson, My Name Is Evil (2009); Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005); Midwest of Eden (2005); Monkey Warfare (2006); My Addiction (1994); My Summer Vacation (1996); Northern Town (2006); Permission (1997); Picture Claire (2001); Slings and Arrows (2005); Superstar (1999); The 2000 Canadian Comedy Awards (2000); The fires of Joanna (1998); The Five Senses (1999); The Kids in the Hall (1991); This Movie Is Broken (2010); Trigger (2010); Twitch City (1998–2000); Wake Up, Jerk Off (1993); Wasaga (1995); When Night Is Falling (1995); You Are Here (2010); Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach (1997).