On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 22.
Episode entitled: Burglar’s Nightmare.
Released February 16, 1960.
Directed by Herman Hoffman.
Written by Scott Flohr.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Robert Armstrong, John Goddard, Connie Hines, Jim Oberlin, Jerry O’Sullivan.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 21.
Episode entitled: The Man with Frank’s Face.
Released February 9, 1960.
Directed by Don Taylor.
Written by Stuart Jerome.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Robert Bailey, Herbert Ellis, John Harmon, Wolfe Barzell, Tom Reese, Greta Thyssen, Jim Hayward.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 20.
Episode entitled: A Debt of Honor.
Released February 2, 1960.
Directed by Herman Hoffman and Francis D. Lyon.
Written by Whitman Chambers and Arthur Rowe.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, William Phipps, Nesdon Booth, Robert Clarke, Judy Bamber, Eddie Foster, Larry J. Blake, Sy Prescott.

Born on this day – Mark Dodson:

Mark Dodson

Actor

February 1, 1960 – March 3, 2024

Credits:

Anomaly 2 (2013); Arachnicide (2014); Awesomenauts (2011); Bendy and the Dark Revival (2022); Bill Diamond on the Road (2024); Bonkers (1993); Bow Madness (2009–2014); Danse Macabre: Curse of the Banshee Collector's Edition (2017); Darkwing Duck (1991); Day of the Dead (1985); Deadwood Park (2007); Detectives Don't Sleep (2023); Dragon Front (2016); Duke Grabowski, Mighty Swashbuckler (2016); Eddie Salter Turkey Man (2013); Enderal: The Shards of Order (2016); Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985); Fitness and Me: Why Exercise? (1984); From the Mouths of Babes (2018–2019); Galacticare (2024); Ghostrunner (2020); Ghostrunner II (2023); Ghostrunner Project_Hel DLC (2022); Gremlins (1984); Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990); Grim Dawn (2016); Grim Dawn: Ashes of Malmouth (2017); Grim Legends 3: The Dark City (2016); Headcheese: The Movie (2020); Heroes of Newerth (2010); Hidden Expedition: The Curse of Mithridates Collector's Edition (2017); Kaptara (2013); Killing Floor 2 (2015); Legend of the Superstition Mountains (2015); Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (2022); Lucius (2012); Lucius II (2015); Lucius III (2018); Machtails from the Cantina (2020); Magic Legends (2020); Mister... Salacious Crumb? (2014); Nancy Drew: Alibi in Ashes (2011); Nancy Drew: The Deadly Device (2012); Natural Born Killers (009–2012); Neon Chrome (2016); Neverwinter (2013); Painkiller: Hell & Damnation (2012); Phantasmat: Insidious Dreams (2017); Phantom Doctrine (2018); Rebel Galaxy (2015); Rive (2016); Showdown Bandit (2019); Small Town Z: The Next Chapter (2017); Song of the Common Loon (date?); Star Trek Online (2010); Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983); Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015); Still Toking with (2021); The Christmas That Almost Wasn't (1983); The Misadventures of Tobi & Duke (A New Town) (2024); This Halloween Night (2016); Toking with the Dead I2 (Misfortune) (2022); Toking with the Dead I3 Smoked out (2022); Toking with the Dead Reanimated E1 (2022); Wandering with the Dead (2020 / 2021); Wishman (1983).

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 19.
Episode entitled: The Man Who Lost His Brain.
Released January 26, 1960.
Directed by Francis D. Lyon and Herman Hoffman.
Written by Rik Vollaerts.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Vinton Hayworth, Howard Petrie, Vince Williams, Steve Conte, Jean Howell, Fred Coby.

Born on this day – Audrey Wells:

Audrey Wells

Writer

Director

Producer

January 25, 1960 – October 4, 2018

Credits:

Over the Moon (2020); Modern Love (2019); The Hate U Give (2018); A Dog's Purpose (2017); Nike: The Black Mamba (2010); The Game Plan (2007); Shall We Dance (2004); Under the Tuscan Sun (2003); George of the Jungle 2 (2003); The Kid (2000); Guinevere (1999); George of the Jungle (1997); The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996).

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 18.

Episode entitled: Pitched Battle at Bluebell Acres.

Released January 22, 1960.

Directed by Earl Bellamy.

Written by Rik Vollaerts.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, George Keymas, John Dennis, Frank Richards, Jack Mather, Cay Conway, Bill Cassady, Ken Christy, John Gallaudet, Jon Locke.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 17.
Episode entitled: The Second Best Killer.
Released January 15, 1960.
Directed by Robert B. Sinclair.
Written by Stuart Jerome and Maxwell Shane.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Ray Stricklyn, Penny Santon, Aline Towne, Ralph Votrian, Mari Lynn, Carl McIntire, Dick Wilson.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 16.
Episode entitled: The Man Who Went Straight.
Released January 8, 1960.
Directed by Francis D. Lyon.
Written by Stuart Jerome and Leonard Neubauer.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Robert H. Harris, Harry Bartell, Jarl Victor, Harry Landers, Rand Brooks, Don Kohler.

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 (1960):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 15.
Episode entitled: The Twisted Way.
Released January 1, 1960.
Directed by Marc Lawrence.
Written by Adam Williams.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Joanna Barnes, Charles Cooper, Walter Coy, Virginia Christine, Tetsu Komai, S. John Launer, Eddie Parker, Don Turner.

Born on this day – Chad McQueen:

Chad McQueen

Actor

Producer

December 28, 1960 – September 11, 2024

Credits:

A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story (2020); Biography (2004); Bullet II (1994); Celebrity Rides: Hollywood's Speeding Bullitt (2009); Death Ring (1992); Dust to Glory (2005); E! True Hollywood Story (1998); Ed & Vern's Rock Store (2008); Fall: The Price of Silence (2001); Fever Pitch (1985); Filming at Speed: The Making of the Movie Le Mans (2001); Firepower (1993); Hadley's Rebellion (1983); Hollywood Beat (1993–2005); Hollywood Greats (1984); I Am Steve McQueen (2014); Indecent Behavior II (1994); Jesse Hawkes (1989); Jimmy Hollywood (1994); John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs (2017); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994); Martial Law (1990); Movies' Greatest Cars (2005); New York Cop (1993); Nightforce (1987); Number One Fan (1995); Papertrail (1998); Possessed by the Night (1994); Red Line (1995); Return to 'the Great Escape' (1993); River of Rage (1993); Skateboard (1978); Squanderers (1996); Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1989); Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (2005); Steve McQueen: The King of Cool (1998); Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans (2015); Surface to Air (1998); The Fascination (1985); The Hunter (1980); The Karate Kid (1984); The Karate Kid Part II (1986); The Karate Kid Part III (1989); The Other Man (1994); The Way of the Karate Kid (2005); Tom Horn (1980); V (1984); Vicki! (1994); Where the Red Fern Grows: Part Two (1992).

Recommended reading - To Kill a Mockingbird (1960):

To Kill a Mockingbird

By Harper Lee.

First published 1960.

Published by Harper Perennial Modern Classics.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0060935464

ISBN-13: 978-0060935467

Description:

Winner of the 1961 Pulitzer Prize.

Voted America's Best-Loved Novel in PBS's The Great American Read.

“A first novel of such rare excellence that it will no doubt make a great many readers slow down to relish more fully its simple distinction. . . . A novel of strong contemporary national significance.” – Chicago Tribune.

Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep South – and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred.

One of the most cherished stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the twentieth century by librarians across the country. A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father – a crusading local lawyer – risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime.

Born on this day – Sólveig Anspach:

Sólveig Anspach

Director

Writer

December 8, 1960 – August 7, 2015

Born on this day – Ron Simons:

Ron Simons

Actor

Producer

November 30, 1960 – June 13, 2024

Credits:

25 to Life (2012); 27 Dresses (2008); A Storybook Ending (2020); After the Wedding (2019); Ambition's Debt (2017); Art Machine (2012); Being Us (2013); Blue Caprice (2013); Daredevil (2018); Easter Mysteries (2016); Gun Hill Road (2011); I Miss You (2019); Jonny Zero (2005); King Cobra (2016); Law & Order (2005–2009); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2007); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2015); Live Cargo (2016); Mother of George (2013); Multiverse (2019); Mystery Team (2009); Night Catches Us (2010); Nowhere Man (1996); Ordinary World (2016); Phoebe in Wonderland (2008); Police Quest: SWAT 2 (1998); Succession (2018); The 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards (2014); The 66th Annual Tony Awards (2012); The 67th Annual Tony Awards (2013); The 69th Annual Tony Awards (2015); The Assassin (2007); The Defenders (2017); The Resident (2019); The Seagull (2018); The Ticket (2016); The Warriors (2005); Then Came You (2018); Wolves (2016).

Born on this day – Susanne Lothar:

Susanne Lothar

Actress

November 15, 1960 – July 21, 2021

Recommended reading - Miami Mayhem (1960):

Miami Mayhem

By Marvin Albert.

Filmed as Tony Rome (1967), directed by Gordon Douglas.

Published 1960.

Published by Fawcett.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0449133869

ISBN-13: 978-0449133866

Description:

Miami. The city.

Rome. The man.

He’s a hard-living, hard-loving private detective, who’s been muscling through Miami’s vice longer than any punk in a baggy suit. He gets his fill of offers from women. But the brand of cruising he prefers is aboard his luxury power boat, the Straight Pass. The roads of pleasure and danger are many. But all the roads lead to Rome….

Filmed as "Tony Rome" in 1967. Then released as "Tony Rome"(1967) by the author based on the film script. It seemed a routine little job.... Just return a high-flying heiress to her worried papa. But some of a man's worst messes start out as routine little jobs. This one really hits the pedal, with a body on the floor of Tony's office, the head smashed by a bullet. The bait to catch the filler: a daisy-shaped, gold-and-diamond pin that couldn't bring enough to be worth anybody's trouble. Or worth murdering for...

Recommended reading - Send Me No Flowers (1960):

Send Me No Flowers

A play by Norman Barasch and Carroll Moore.

Originally published 1960.

Published by Concord Theatricals.

Paperback.

ASIN: B0D5SYSRF9

ISBN-10: 057361525X

ISBN-13: 978-0573615252

Description:

A comedy in three acts.

David Wayne starred on Broadway as George Kimball, a Westchester commuter whose favorite hobby is hypochondria. When he mistakenly overhears his doctor discussing another patient with heart trouble, he prepares to meet the end bravely, sure it is 'his time'. Putting his affairs in order, he writes a heartbreaking letter to his wife to be read as his eulogy. He even arranges a good second husband for his soon-to-be widow, with a cemetery plot for three: himself, his wife and the new future 'Mister Kimball'.

On this day in movie history - Midnight Lace (1960):

Midnight Lace

directed by David Miller,

written by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts,

based on the play Matilda Shouted Fire by Janet Green,

was released in the United States on October 13, 1960.
Music by Frank Skinner.

Cast:

Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin, Myrna Loy, Roddy McDowall, Herbert Marshall, Natasha Parry, Hermione Baddeley, John Williams, Richard Ney, Anthony Dawson, Rhys Williams, Richard Lupino, Hayden Rorke, Doris Lloyd, Gage Clarke, Elspeth March, Peter Adams, Rex Evans.

On this day in movie history - The Magnificent Seven (1960):

The Magnificent Seven

directed by John Sturges,

written by William Roberts,

was released in the United States on October 12, 1960.
Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Horst Buchholz, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, James Coburn, Jorge Martínez de Hoyos, Vladimir Sokoloff, Rosenda Monteros, Rico Alaniz, Pepe Hern, Natividad Vacío, Mario Navarro, Danny Bravo, John A. Alonzo, Enrique Lucero, Alex Montoya, Robert J. Wilke, Val Avery, Whit Bissell, Bing Russell, Manuel Alvarado, Henry Amargo, José Chávez, Roberto Contreras, Jim Davis, Valentin de Vargas, Larry Duran, Victor French, Edwin Max, Lalo Rios, Joseph Ruskin.