Born on this day – Edgar Lansbury:

Edgar Lansbury

Art director

Producer

January 12, 1930 – May 2, 2024

Credits:

A Stranger Waits (1987); Advice from a Caterpillar (1999); Biography (1998); Blue Sunshine (1977); Camera Three (1971); Climax! (1957); Coronet Blue (1967); Desperate Characters (1971); Godspell (1973); Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006); He Knows You're Alone (1980); Kim (1950); Playhouse 90 (1958–1960); Squirm (1976); Star Witness (1963); Stars of Jazz (1956); Studio One (1958); Summer Girl (1983); The Clairvoyant (1982); The Defenders (1963–1964); The Gene Kelly Show (1959); The Magic Show (1983); The Red Skelton Chevy Special (1959); The Red Skelton Hour (1954–1961); The Subject Was Roses (1968); The Wild Party (1975); War Hunt (1962).

Born on this day – Ray Chan:

Ray Chan

Art director

Production designer

December 1, 1967 – April 23, 2024

Credits:

Alien vs. Predator (2004); Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023); Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015); Avengers: Endgame (2019); Avengers: Infinity War (2018); Blood Diamond (2006); Children of Men (2006); Deadpool & Wolverine (2024); Doctor Strange (2016); Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023); Enigma (2001); Five Seconds to Spare (2000); Flyboys (2006); Fool's Gold (2008); Guardians of the Galaxy (2014); Hackers (1995); Heartlands (2002); How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008); Johnny English (2003); King Arthur (2004); Knight and Day (2010); Marvel Studios: Assembled (2021); Monte Carlo (2011); Nanny McPhee (2005); National Treasure (2004); Robin Hood (2010); Robinson Crusoe (1997); Screen Two (1994–1996); Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019); Stoned (2005); The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021); The Honeymooners (2005); The Hunger (1997–2000); The Lost Son (1999); The Secret Rapture (1993); The Wings of the Dove (1997); Thor: The Dark World (2013); Thunderbirds (2004); Wrath of the Titans (2012).

Born on this day – Ralph Eggleston:

Ralph Eggleston

Animator

Art director

Storyboard artist

Production designer

October 18, 1965 – August 28, 2022

Born on this day – Mitchell Leisen:

Mitchell Leisen

Director

Art director

Costume designer

October 6, 1898 – October 28, 1972

Credits:

Spree (1967); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966–1967); Adventures in Paradise (1961–1962); Follow the Sun (1961); Wagon Train (1961); Open Windows (1960); General Electric Theater (1955–1960); Thriller (1960); Markham (1960); The Twilight Zone (1959–1960); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958); The Girl Most Likely (1957); Bedevilled (1955); Tonight We Sing (1953); Young Man with Ideas (1952); Darling, How Could You! (1951); The Mating Season (1951); No Man of Her Own (1950); Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1949); Song of Surrender (1949); Bride of Vengeance (1949); Dream Girl (1948); Golden Earrings (1947); Suddenly It's Spring (1947); To Each His Own (1946); Masquerade in Mexico (1945); Kitty (1945); Practically Yours (1944); Frenchman's Creek (1944); Lady in the Dark (1944); No Time for Love (1943); Take a Letter, Darling (1942); The Lady Is Willing (1942); Hold Back the Dawn (1941); I Wanted Wings (1941); Arise, My Love (1940); Remember the Night (1939); Midnight (1939); Artist and Models (1937); The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938); Easy Living (1937); Swing High, Swing Low (1937); The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936); 13 Hours by Air (1936); Hands Across the Table (1935); Four Hours to Kill! (1935); Behold My Wife! (1934); Murder at the Vanities (1934); Death Takes a Holiday (1934); Bolero (1934); Cradle Song (1933); The Eagle and the Hawk (1933).