Born on this day – Darryl Hickman:

Darryl Hickman

Actor

Writer

Television executive

Acting coach

July 28, 1931 – May 22, 2024

Credits:

87th Precinct (1961); A Kiss for Corliss (1949); A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988); A Year at the Top (1977); ABC's Nightlife (1965); Aftermath: A Test of Love (1991); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957); Alias Nick Beal (1949); All in the Family (1978); And Now Tomorrow (1944); Annie Oakley (1954); Any Number Can Play (1949); Assignment in Brittany (1943); Baywatch (1996); Beauty and the Beast (1987); Better Living TV Theatre (1953); Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1953); Big Town Scandal (1948); Black Gold (1947); Boogie Woogie (1945); Boys' Ranch (1946); Call My Bluff (1965); Captain Eddie (1945); CBS Daytime 90 (1973); Century of Cinema (1995); Challenge of the GoBots (1984–1985); Chris Olsen - The Boy Who Cried (2016); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007); Climax! (1957); Coffins on Wheels (1941); Criminal Lawyer (1951); Crossroads - U.S.A. (1952); D.A.R.E. Yogi Bear (1989); Dangerous Years (1947); David and Goliath (1986); Destination Gobi (1953); Dr. Kildare (1965); Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe (2022); Emergency Squad (1940); Fighting Father Dunne (1948); Final Warning (1977); Footlights Theater (1953); General Electric Theater (1957–1958); Get the Message (1964); Glamour Boy (1941); GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords (1986); Going to Press (1942); Good Old Days (1966); Gunsmoke (1959); Hawaiian Eye (1961); Heart Burn (1942); Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout (1944); Here's Hollywood (1961); High School U.S.A. (1983); If I Were King (1938); Inside Harvester (1952); Insight (1961); Island in the Sky (1953); Jackass Mail (1942); Joe Smith, American (1942); Johnny Shiloh (1963); Jonah (1992); Joseph and His Brothers (1990); Keeper of the Flame (1942); Kiss and Tell (1945); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1961); Leave Her to Heaven (1945); Lightning Strikes Twice (1951); Looker (1981); Love of Life (1975–1977); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Uncoupled Couple (1970); Many Rivers to Cross (1955); Margaret O'Brien in When We Were Young...: Growing Up on the Silver Screen (1989); Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986); Mark Saber (1952); Matinee Theatre (1956–1958); Maude (1977); Meet Me in St. Louis (1944); Men of Annapolis (1957–1958); Men of Boys Town (1941); Missing Links (1964); Mob Town (1941); Mystery Sea Raider (1940); Network (1976); New York Television Theatre (1967); Northwest Rangers (1942); Our Gang Follies of 1938 (1937); Pac-Man (1983); Panic! (1957); Perry Mason (1957); Playhouse 90 (1957–1958); Pole Position (1984); Prairie Law (1940); Prisoner of War (1954); Private Screenings (2006); Private Screenings (2006–2014); Public Defender (1954); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950); Pursuit (1958); Queen Esther (1992); Rawhide (1961–1962); Rhapsody in Blue (1945); Ricochet Romance (1954); Salty O'Rourke (1945); Schlitz Playhouse (1954); Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1983); Scream for Your Lives! William Castle and 'the Tingler' (1999); Sea of Lost Ships (1953); Second Final Warning (1978); Sharky's Machine (1981); Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling (1993); Sign of the Wolf (1941); Sky Commanders (1987); Sky King (1952); Snap Judgment (1967); Sneak Preview (1956); Southwest Passage (1954); Space Stars (1981); Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007); Studio One (1958); Submarine Command (1951); Super Friends (1985); Superman (1988); Tab Hunter Confidential (2015); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959); Tattletales (1976); TCM Remembers 2024 (2024); Tea and Sympathy (1956); The Ad (2009); The Americans (1961); The Biskitts (1983); The Detectives (1960); The Devil on Wheels (1947); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The Easter Story (1989); The Farmer's Daughter (1940); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (1985–1992); The Happy Years (1950); The Human Comedy (1943); The Iron Sheriff (1957); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1957); The Lone Ranger (1951–1953); The Loretta Young Show (1961); The Magical World of Disney (1959–1963); The Man and the Challenge (1960); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959–1960); The Match Game (1965–1966); The Millionaire (1959); The Miracles of Jesus (1991); The Nanny (1997–1999); The New Adventures of Jonny Quest (1986–1987); The Persuader (1957); The Prisoner of Zenda (1937); The Range Rider (1952); The Sainted Sisters (1948); The Set-Up (1949); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); The Star Maker (1939); The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946); The Tingler (1959); The Tragedy of King Lear (1982); The Untouchables (1959–1962); The Way of All Flesh (1940); Three Cheers for Love (1936); Two Years Before the Mast (1946); Untamed (1940); Vacation Playhouse (1963–1966); Vic (2011); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959); Waterfront (1954); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958); Westinghouse Preview Theatre (1961); What's My Line? (1968); Whirlybirds (1957–1959); Whiz Kids (1983); Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995); Wildfire (1986); World in White (1957); You Don't Say (1964–1966); Young America (1942); Young People (1940).

Born on this day – James Best:

James Best

Actor

Writer

Director

Acting coach

Artist

Professor

Musician

Animal rights advocate

July 26, 1926 – April 6, 2015

Born on this day – Rochelle Oliver:

Rochelle Oliver

Actress

Acting coach

April 15, 1937 – April 13, 2024

Credits:

1918 (1985); ABC Afterschool Specials (1982); All My Children (1995); American Playhouse (1987); An Unremarkable Life (1989); Courtship (1987); Deadline (1959); Hollywood Ending (2002); In Defense of Kids (1983); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1961); Law & Order (1993–2003); Lianna (1983); Naked City (1959); Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976); On Valentine's Day (1986); Ryan's Hope (1978); Scent of a Woman (1992); The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1988); The Best of Everything (1970); The Defenders (1963–1965); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Happy Hooker (1975); Tribeca (1993).

Born on this day – Lee Strasberg:

Lee Strasberg

Actor

Director

Acting coach

Drama teacher

November 17, 1901 – February 17, 1982

Credits:

Skokie (1981); Going in Style (1979); And Justice for All (1979); Boardwalk (1979); The Last Tenant (1978); The Godfather Saga (1977); The Cassandra Crossing (1976); The Godfather Part II (1974); The Three Sisters (1966); Tempo (1965); China Venture (1953); Somewhere in the Night (1946); Story with Two Endings (1945); Winged Victory (1944).

Born on this day – Lurene Tuttle:

Lurene Tuttle

Actress

Acting coach

August 29, 1907 – May 28, 1986

Credits:

A Life of Her Own (1950); Adam-12 (1973); Adam's Rib (1973); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alice (1976); Amazing Stories (1985); Bachelor Father (1959); Barnaby Jones (1980); Bonanza (1967); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Broken Arrow (1957); Buckskin (1958); Burke's Law (1964); Carlton Your Doorman (1980); Cavalcade of America (1953–1957); Charlie's Angels (1978); Cinderella Goes to a Party (1942); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2010); Colt .45 (1957–1960); Crash (1978); Crazy Like a Fox (1985); Critic's Choice (1963); Crusader (1956); Dennis the Menace (1960); Dirty Duck (1974); Don't Bother to Knock (1952); Dorothy in the Land of Oz (1980); Dr. Kildare (1963); Dynasty (1982); Evil Town (1985); Fantasy Island (1978–1979); Father of the Bride (1961–1962); Final Chapter: Walking Tall (1977); For the Love of It (1980); Front Row Center (1956); General Electric Theater (1953–1958); Give a Girl a Break (1953); Goodbye, My Fancy (1951); Goodyear Theatre (1959–1960); Grand Jury (1959–1960); Gunsmoke (1960–1973); Hart to Hart (1981); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958); Hazel (1961–1963); Heaven Only Knows (1947); Hello Mother, Goodbye! (1974); Hemo the Magnificent (1958); Hollywood Beat (1985); Hollywood Opening Night (1951); Homecoming (1948); Human Experiments (1979); I Dream of Jeannie (1965); I Love Lucy (1953); Insight (1972); Iron Horse (1967); It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984); Johnny Midnight (1960); Johnny Ringo (1960); Judd for the Defense (1967); Julia (1968–1970); Karen (1965); Kickapoo Juice: Porkuliar Piggy / A Pee-kool-yar Sit-chee-ay-shun / Amoozin' But Confoozin' (1944); Law and Order (1976); Lawman (1959–1961); Leave It to Beaver (1959–1962); Life with Father (1953–1955); Little House on the Prairie (1975–1976); Live Again, Die Again (1974); Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960); Macbeth (1948); Mannix (1975); Matinee Theatre (1956–1958); Matt Houston (1985); Medical Center (1975); Michael Shayne (1960); Mod Squad (1972); Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948); Mr. Novak (1963); Mrs. Sundance (1974); Murder, She Wrote (1985); My Favorite Martian (1965); My Friend Flicka (1956); My Living Doll (1964); My Three Sons (1968); NBC Comics (1950–1951); Never Wave at a WAC (1953); Niagara (1953); Nightmare in the Sun (1965); Nutcracker Fantasy (1979); Part 2: Walking Tall (1975); Perry Mason (1958–1966); Pete and Gladys (1961); Petticoat Junction (1964–1968); Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966); Playhouse 90 (1959); Police Woman (1977); Psycho (1960); Rawhide (1961); Ripcord (1963); Robert Young and the Family (1971); Room for One More (1952); Sadie Hawkins Day (1944); Saints and Sinners (1962); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Screen Snapshots 5852: Hollywood Night at '21' Club (1952); Shooting Stars (1983); Shotgun Slade (1961); Sincerely Yours (1955); Slander (1957); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); St. Elsewhere (1984); Stand Up and Cheer! (1934); Stars Over Hollywood (1950); Strike Force (1982); Studio 57 (1956–1957); Summer Playhouse (1964); Sweet Smell of Success (1957); Switch (1976–1977); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); Tammy (1965); Testament (1983); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1957); The Admiral Was a Lady (1950); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1981); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1957); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1953); The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953); The Americans (1961); The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1964); The Ann Sothern Show (1960–1961); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1961); The Beverly Hillbillies (1967); The Bob Cummings Show (1956); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972); The Californians (1958–1959); The Clonus Horror (1979); The Cowboys (1974); The Danny Thomas Show (1957–1964); The Dukes of Hazzard (1979); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Fortune Cookie (1966); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1953); The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966); The Glass Slipper (1955); The Good Old Days of Radio (1976); The Gray Ghost (1957); The Great Grape Ape Show (1975); The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968); The Jimmy Stewart Show (1972); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1956); The Loretta Young Show (1954); The Love Boat (1982); The Magical World of Disney (1971); The Manitou (1978); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1972); The Millionaire (1956–1958); The Munsters (1964); The Name of the Game (1971); The Partridge Family (1972); The Real McCoys (1958–1959); The Restless Gun (1957); The Restless Ones (1965); The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (1981); The Rookies (1974); The Second Hundred Years (1967); The Smith Family (1971); The Story of Heidi (1975); The Texan (1958); The Thin Man (1958); The Twilight Zone (1964); The Unexpected (1952); The Whip Hand (1951); The World Through the Eyes of Children (1975); These Are the Days (1974); This Is the Life (1959); Three Lives (1953); Tom, Dick and Harry (1941); Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951); Trapper John, M.D. (1979–1984); True Fear: The Making of Psycho (2015); Untamed Youth (1957); Valentine's Day (1965); Voyagers! (1983); Wagon Train (1960); Walking Tall (1973); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958); Watch the Birdie (1950); White Mama (1980); Wide Country (1962); You Are There (1953).