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

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 25.
Episode entitled: The Velvet Stakeout.
Released March 8, 1960.
Directed by William Witney.
Written by Stuart Jerome and Maxwell Shane.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Whitney Blake, John Shay, Malcolm Atterbury, Oliver McGowan.

On this day in music history:

Blues by Lonnie Johnson (1960)

Out of Time by R.E.M. (1991)

Earthsongs by Secret Garden (2005)

Blues

Album by Lonnie Johnson,

recorded March 8, 1960.

Track list: Don't Ever Love; No Love for Sale; There's No Love; I Don't Hurt Anymore; She-Devil; One-Sided Love Affair; Big Leg Woman; There Must Be a Way; She's Drunk Again; Blues 'Round My Door; You Don't Move Me; You Will Need Me.

Out of Time

Album by R.E.M.,

released March 8, 1991.

Track list: Radio Song; Losing My Religion; Low; Near Wild Heaven; Endgame; Shiny Happy People; Belong; Half A World Away; Texarcana; Country Feedback; Me In Honey.

Earthsongs

Album by Secret Garden,

released March 8, 2005.

Track list: Sometimes When It Rains; Fields of Fortune; The Reel; Always There; When Darkness Falls; Sleepsong; Lotus; Searching for the Past; Daughters of Erin; Half a World Away; Grace; Raise Your Voices.

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

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 24.
Episode entitled: Race to Death.
Released March 1, 1960.
Directed by Jerry Hopper.
Written by Whitman Chambers.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Don O’Kelly, J. Pat O’Malley, Mary Munday, Diana Crawford, Bill Baldwin, Len Hendry.

March in movie history - Get Outta Town (1960):

Get Outta Town

directed by Charles Davis,

written by Bob Wehling,

was released in the United States in March, 1960.
Exact release date unknown.
Music by Willis Holman.

Cast:

Doug Wilson, Jeanne Baird, Marilyn O'Connor, Tony Louis, Frank Harding, Steve Bradley, Beppie De Vries, Tommy Holden, Lee Kross, Pete Lopez, Gene Terry, Sam Chiodo, Frank McCully, Robert Biggers, Edith Clair, Fred Chiodo, John O'Hara, Val Casey, Howard Vaughan, Tom O'Connell, Byrd Holland, Sol Marroquin.

Born on this day – Dorothy Stratten:

Dorothy Stratten

Actress

Model

February 28, 1960 – August 14, 1980

Credits:

20/20 (2019); Americathon (1979); Autumn Born (1979); Biography (2005); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979 / 1980); Celebrity Page (2017–2019); Curse of the Chippendales (2021); Dorothy Stratten: The Untold Story (1985); E! True Hollywood Story (2000–2006); Fantasy Island (1979); Galaxina (1980); Hollywood Homicide Uncovered (2016); Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time (1992); Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2009); I Lived with a Killer (2019); Playboy Playmates of the Year: The 80's (1989); Playboy Playmates: The Early Years (1992); Playboy Video Magazine, Vol. 4 (1983); Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates (2004); Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party (1979); Real People (1979); Skatetown U.S.A. (1979); The Alan Hamel Show (1980); The Girls Next Door (2009); The Playboy Murders (2024); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1980); They All Laughed (1981); They All Laughed 25 Years Later: Director to Director - A Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich and Wes Anderson (2006); When the Applause Died / Death in Hollywood (1990).

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

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 23.

Episode entitled: Needle in a Haystack.

Released February 23, 1960.

Directed by Herman Hoffman.

Written by Rik Vollaerts.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, H.M. Wynant, Joan Marshall, Else Neft, Kip King, Marc Cavell, Alfred Shelly, Johnny Silver.

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).

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).