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

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: One of Our Armored Cars Is Missing.

Released December 18, 1959.

Directed by Herman Hoffman.

Written by Whitman Chambers.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Laurie Mitchell, Richard Carlyle, Joyce Meadows, Jerry Oddo, Logan Field, William Forrest, Joe Haworth, Norman Leavitt.

On this day in television history - Johnny Staccato (1959):

Johnny Staccato

Season 1. Episode 14.
Episode entitled: The Return.
Released December 17, 1959.
Directed by James/Jim Hogan.
Written by James Landis.
Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Cassavetes, Eduardo Ciannelli, Virginia Vincent, Tom Reese, Garry Walberg, Ben Hammer, Perry Ivins, Irene James, Robert Gibbons, Lillian O'Malley, Jack Ramstead, Edwin Rochelle, Dennis Sallas.

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

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 12.
Episode entitled: The Upset.
Released December 11, 1959.
Directed by Herman Hoffman.
Written by Jerry Sohl.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Adam Williams, Richard Newton, Tommy Cook, Rosemary Day, John McKee, Barbara Knudson.

On this day in television history - Johnny Staccato (1959):

Johnny Staccato

Season 1. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: A Piece of Paradise.

Released December 10, 1959.

Directed by John Cassavetes.

Written by Robert L. Jacks.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Cassavetes, Eduardo Ciannelli, Bert Freed, Walter Burke, Midge Ware, Jan Harrison, Sid Raymond, Wally Brown, Pamela Searle, Nanita Greene, Marianne Gaba, Don Ames, Kenneth Gibson, James Gonzalez, Stuart Holmes, Joe Ploski, Arthur Tovey, John Zimeas.

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).

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

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 11.
Episode entitled: Voice from the Grave.
Released December 4, 1959.
Directed by Francis D. Lyon.
Written by Stuart Jerome, Irwin Winehouse and A. Sanford Wolfe.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Carole Mathews, Nan Leslie, Robert Karnes, Lyle Latell, Ed D. Cramer, Edward Kramer.

On this day in television history - Johnny Staccato (1959):

Johnny Staccato

Season 1. Episode 12.
Episode entitled: The Wild Reed.
Released December 3, 1959.
Directed by Boris Sagal.
Written by Richard Carr.
Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Cassavetes, Harry Guardino, Olive Deering, J. Pat O'Malley, Joseph Sargent, Guy Remsen, Len Lesser, Carl Christie, Barbara Dodd, Harry Raven.

December in movie history - Gangster Story (1959):

Gangster Story

directed by Walter Matthau,

written by Paul Purcell,

based on a story by Richard Grey and V.J. Rheims,

was released in the United States in December, 1959.
Exact release date unknown.
Music by Alex Compinsky.

Cast:

Walter Matthau, Carol Grace, Bruce MacFarlane, Garry Walberg, Raikin Ben-Ari, David Leonard, John Albright, Clegg Hoyt, Leonard Bremen, Vic Tayback.

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

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: Another Face, Another Life.

Released November 27, 1959.

Directed by Sidney Lanfield.

Written by Stuart Jerome, Irwin Winehouse and A. Sanford Wolfe.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, James Douglas, Barbara Stuart, Jay Novello, John Archer, Ethel Shutta, Will J. White, John Bryant, Charles J. Conrad, Wally Rose.

On this day in television history - Johnny Staccato (1959):

Johnny Staccato

Season 1. Episode 11.
Episode entitled: The Poet’s Touch.
Released November 26, 1959.
Directed by Robert Parrish.
Written by Hollis Alpert, Robert Hector.
Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Cassavetes, Mike Kellin, Steven Marlo, Ken Walken, Lelia Goldoni, Nick Dennis, Garry Walberg, Sylvia Lewis, Gilbert Brady, Edwin Rochelle.

Born on this day – Dominique Dunne:

Dominique Dunne

Actress

November 23, 1959 – November 4, 1982

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

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: Death by Adoption.

Released November 20, 1959.

Directed by Murray Golden.

Written by Joel Murcott.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Gail Kobe, Rayford Barnes, David Leland, Danny Davenport, Bill Quinn, Bill Erwin, Robert Jordan, Judith Paige, Jani Allen.

On this day in television history - Johnny Staccato (1959):

Johnny Staccato

Season 1. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: Tempted.

Released November 19, 1959.

Directed by Robert B. Sinclair.

Written by Francis M. Cockrell, Richard Carr.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Cassavetes, Elizabeth Montgomery, Eduardo Ciannelli, Fred Beir, Murray Alper, Lionel Decker, Marty Green, Lillian O'Malley, Edwin Rochelle, Harry Wilson.

On this day in television history - Johnny Staccato:

Johnny Staccato

Season 1. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: Fly Baby, Fly.

Released November 12, 1959.

Directed by Robert B. Sinclair.

Written by Philip S. Goodman.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Howard Freeman, Dort Clark, Nesdon Booth, Ingrid Goude, Jan Brooks, Mike Steele, Dennis Sallas, Dick Cherney, James Gonzalez, Herschel Graham, Jimmie Horan, Shep Houghton, Perk Lazelle, Edwin Rochelle, Norman Stevans, Harry Wilson.

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

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 8.
Episode entitled: Shred of Doubt.
Released November 6, 1959.
Directed by Jerry Hopper.
Written by Earl Baldwin.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Don Dubbins, Kendrick Huxham, Peter Adams, Vici Raaf, Henry Hunter, Alyce Ford, Cynthia Lourdes.

On this day in television history - Johnny Staccato (1959):

Johnny Staccato

Season 1. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: Murder in Hi-Fi.

Released November 5, 1959.

Directed by Bernard Girard.

Written by Hal Biller, Austin Kalish.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Cassavetes, Eduardo Ciannelli, Susan Oliver, Robert Carricart, Ed Prentiss, Dick Crockett, Jean Harvey, Donald Journeaux, Jimmie Horan, Edwin Rochelle, Dennis Sallas.

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

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Mama’s Boy.

Released October 30, 1959.

Directed by Robert Ellis Miller.

Written by Arthur Rowe.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, William Allyn, John Beradino, Katharine Warren, Joseph Vitale, Julie Scott, Mary Alan Hokanson, Mike Bradford, Joe Conley, Larry Perron, Sue Randall.

On this day in television history - Johnny Staccato (1959):

Johnny Staccato

Season 1. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Evil.

Released October 29, 1959.

Directed by John Cassavetes.

Written by Richard Carr.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Cassavetes, Alexander Scourby, Lloyd Corrigan, Elizabeth Patterson, Robert Carricart, Elisha Cook Jr., Charles Thompson, Harry Whisner, Helen Dietrich, Al Bain, John Barton, Arline Bletcher, Danny Borzage, Lovyss Bradley, Gene Coogan, Helen Gereghty, Chester Hayes, Kenner G. Kemp, Walter Lawrence, Carl M. Leviness, Lillian O'Malley, 'Snub' Pollard, Harry Raven, Edwin Rochelle, Bert Spencer, Chalky Williams.

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

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 6.
Episode entitled: The Human Bond.
Released October 23, 1959.
Directed by Francis D. Lyon.
Written by Jack Jacobs.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Grant Richards, Carolyn Craig, Raoul De Leon, Argentina Brunetti, Don Oreck, Claire Carleton, Leonard P. Geer, Roy Barcroft.

On this day in television history - Johnny Staccato (1959):

Johnny Staccato

Season 1. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Viva, Paco!

Released October 22, 1959.

Directed by Jim/James Hogan.

Written by Gerald Orsini.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Cassavetes, Eduardo Ciannelli, Jimmy Murphy, Miriam Colon, Val Avery, John Tarangelo, Larry Doyle, Vici Raaf, Flicka McKenna, Garry Walberg, Charles Cirillo, Elias Gamboa, Joe Garcio, Edwin Rochelle, Frankie Van, John Zimeas.