Born on this day – Frederic Forrest:

Frederic Forrest

Actor

December 23, 1936 – June 23, 2023

Credits:

21 Jump Street (1987); A Piece of Eden (2000); Against the Wall (1994); All the King's Men (2006); Alone (1997); American Playhouse (1986); Andersonville (1996); Apocalypse Now (1979); Apocalypse Pooh (1987); Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun (1988); Best Kept Secrets (1984); Black Thunder (1998); Boogie Boy (1998); Brando (2007); Calamity Jane (1984); Cat Chaser (1989); Chasers (1994); Ciao! John Crowther (2023); Citizen Cohn (1992); Crash Dive (1996); Dark Shadows (1967); Die Kinder (1990); Double Exposure: The Story of Margaret Bourke-White (1989); Double Jeopardy (1996); Double Obsession (1992); Falling Down (1993); Futz (1969); Gotham (1988); Hammett (1982); Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991); Hidden Fears (1993); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989); Implicated (1998); It Lives Again (1978); La tele de tu vida (2007); Larry (1974); Lassie (1994); Little Girl Lost (1988); Lonesome Dove (1989); Militia (2000); Mrs. Columbo (1979); Murphy Brown (1998); Music Box (1989); N.Y.P.D. (1968–1969); One from the Heart (1981); One Night Stand (1995); One of Our Own (1997); Path to War (2002); Point Blank (1998); Precious Victims (1993); Promise Him Anything (1975); Quo Vadis? (1985); Rain Without Thunder (1992); Return (1985); Right to Kill? (1985); Ruby and Oswald (1978); Saigon: Year of the Cat (1983); Shadow Hours (2000); Shadow Lake (1999); Stacking (1987); Star Wars Screen Test - Frederic Forrest (1977); Survival of Dana (1979); Sweepstakes (1979); Sweetwater (1999); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The Brave (1997); The Cast of One from the Heart (2024); The Conversation (1974); The Deliberate Stranger (1986); The Dion Brothers (1974); The Directors (1997); The Don Is Dead (1973); The Dream Studio (2004); The End of Violence (1997); The Executioner (1975); The Filthy Five (1968); The First 9 1/2 Weeks (1998); The Habitation of Dragons (1992); The House Next Door (2002); The Missouri Breaks (1976); The Parade (1984); The Quality of Light (2003); The Rose (1979); The Spreading Ground (2000); The Stone Boy (1984); The Two Jakes (1990); The Young Riders (1992); Trauma (1993); Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988); Twin Sisters (1992); Valentino Returns (1989); Valley Girl (1983); Valley Girl: 20 Totally Tubular Years Later (2003); Viet Rock (1966); Whatever (1998); When the Legends Die (1972); Where Are the Children? (1985); Who Will Love My Children? (1983).

On this day in movie history - Apocalypse Now (1979):

Apocalypse Now,

directed by Francis Ford Coppola,

written by John Milius and Francis Ford Coppola,

based on the novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad,

was released in the United States on August 15, 1979.
Music by Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola.

Narrated by Martin Sheen.

Redux version released in 2001.

Cast:
Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Albert Hall, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne, Dennis Hopper, G. D. Spradlin, Jerry Ziesmer, Harrison Ford, Scott Glenn, Colleen Camp, Cynthia Wood, Linda Beatty, Bill Graham, Francis Ford Coppola, Vittorio Storaro, R. Lee Ermey, Christian Marquand, Aurore Clément, Roman Coppola, Gian-Carlo Coppola, Michel Pitton, Franck Villard, David Olivier, Chrystel Le Pelletier, Robert Julian, Yvon Le Saux, Henri Sadardiel, Gilbert Renkens.

On this day in movie history - The Missouri Breaks (1976):

The Missouri Breaks,

directed by Arthur Penn,

written by Thomas McGuane,

was released in the United States on May 19, 1976.

Music by John Williams.

Cast:
Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Kathleen Lloyd, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton, John McLiam, John P. Ryan, Sam Gilman, Steve Franken, Richard Bradford, James Greene, Luana Anders, Danny Goldman, Hunter von Leer, Virgil Frye, R.L. Armstrong, Daniel Ades, Dorothy Neumann, Charles Wagenheim, Vern Chandler, Mark Montgomery, Scott Palmer.