Born on this day – Brett James:

Brett James

Singer

Songwriter

Producer

June 5, 1968 – September 18, 2025

Credits:

Songs:

Chasing Amy; Dark Side of the Moon; Enjoy the Ride; Female Bonding; Gone but Not Forgotten; I Am Now; I Hold On; If I Could See Love; Just Like We Never Happened; Just Tell Me; Like You Found Me; Lonely Ain’t So Lonely; Love Me to Death; Many Tears Ago; Mozart: Laudate Dominum; Once Again; Petty Fool; Ready to Roll; Right on Time; She's Killin' Me; Sing My Song; Southern Soul; Still On My Mind; Tell the People; The Way That You Love; Then Came You; Thrill of the Chase; True Believer; Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras No. 5: Aria; Wait; Wake Up and Smell the Whiskey; Whiskey and Wine; Worth the Fall.

Albums:

Brett James (1995); I Am Now (2020 / EP); Tell the People (2020 / EP); Then Came You / Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2020).

Movies and television:

2014 Billboard Music Awards (2014); 39th Annual Country Music Association Awards (2005); 40th Annual Country Music Association Awards (2006); American Idol (2009–2011); Backstreet Boys: Helpless When She Smiles (2007); Beat Shazam (2017); Bon Jovi: Scars on This Guitar (2016); Breakthrough (2019); Britain's Got Talent (2013); Canadian Idol (2007); Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special (2009); Carrie Underwood: Church Bells (2016); Carrie Underwood: Cowboy Casanova (2009); Carrie Underwood: Drinking Alone (2019); Carrie Underwood: Jesus, Take the Wheel (2005); Carrie Underwood: Love Wins (2018); Carrie Underwood: Something in the Water (2014); CMT Hot 20 Countdown (2007); CMT Insider (2006); CMT Presents: Karaoke Revolution Country (2006); CMT Stacked (2006); CMT: The Greatest - 40 Days That Shaped Country Music (2006); Cold Case (2006); Conan (2016); Dancing with the Stars (2010–2014); David's Vlog (2020); Death of a Pizzaman (2018); Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2008); For the Love of Music: The Story of Nashville (2013); Front and Center (2014); GCB (2012); Girls (2012); Headline Country (2006 / 2014); Home Before Dark (2020); Idols (2004); It All Begins with a Song (2018); Jessica Andrews: Who I Am (2001); Jimmie Van Zant's: Feels Like Freedom (2012); Kellie Coffey: Texas Plates (2004); Late Show with David Letterman (2009–2010); Lizzie McGuire (2001); Martina McBride: Blessed (2001); Miranda Lambert Feat. Carrie Underwood: Somethin' Bad (2014); Saturday Night Live (2008–2024); So Random! (2011); Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye (2002–2005); Tähdet, tähdet (2025); The 4th Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute (2010); The Heart of Country: How Nashville Became Music City USA (2014); The Marty Stuart Show (2010); The Masked Singer (2025); The Ranch (2019); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2011–2013); The Voice (2012); The X Factor UK (2010); The X-Files (2016); Then Came You (2020); Where the Red Fern Grows (2003).

Born on this day – Bruce Bilson:

Bruce Bilson

Producer

Director

Producer

Writer

May 19, 1928 – January 16, 2026

Credits:

Alias Smith and Jones (1972); Alice (1976); Almost Home (1993); Aloha Paradise (1981); Arnie (1971); B.J. and the Bear (1978–1980); Barbary Coast (1975); Barefoot in the Park (1970); Barney and me (1973); Barney Miller (1976–1981); Bewitched (1968); Blondie (1968); Bonanza (1970); Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982); Camp Runamuck (1966); Chattanooga Choo Choo (1984); Chopper One (1974); Dallas (1986); Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (1979); Dead Man on the Run (1975); Deadly Games (1996); Delta House (1979); Dinosaurs (1991–1993); Duffy (1977); Dusty's Trail (1973–1974); Dynasty (1988–1989); Emergency! (1975); Finder of Lost Loves (1984–1985); Flash III: Deadly Nightshade (1992); Get Smart (1965–1968); Get Smart Reunion Seminar (2006); Gidget (1966); Gidget's Summer Reunion (1985); Glitter (1984); Green Acres (1971); Half Nelson (1985); Harper Valley P.T.A. (1981); Hawaii Five-O (1974–1976); Hogan's Heroes (1967–1971); Hotel (1983–1987); House Calls (1980–1982); Hull High (1990); Human Target (1992); Hunter (1977); Inside TV Land (2001); Jigsaw (1972); Journeys Below the Line: 24 - The Editing Process (2005); Journeys Below the Line: ER - The Prop Masters (2006); Journeys Below the Line: Lost - The Cinematography Team (2007); Just Our Luck (1983); Knight Rider (1982); Life with Lucy (1986); Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998); Love, American Style (1969–1971); M*A*S*H (1972); Matt Helm (1975); Nanny and the Professor (1970–1971); One Potato, Two Potato (1964); One West Waikiki (1994–1995); P.S.I. Luv U (1991); Pate Katelin en Buenos Aires (1969); Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1999); Pioneers of Television (2011); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1966–1967); Pleasure Cove (1979); Private Benjamin (1981–1982); Quark (1978); Roll Out (1973); Route 66 (1962–1963); Run Buddy Run (1966); S.W.A.T. (1975–1976); Sanford and Son (1972); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1985); Science Fiction Theatre (1956); Sierra (1974); Simon & Simon (1981); Skag (1980); Sledge Hammer! (1987); Smokey and the Bear (1986); Spencer's Pilots (1976); Spenser: For Hire (1987–1988); Stu's Show (2016); Tabitha (1977); Teenage Millionaire (1961); That Girl (1967); The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1962); The Bad News Bears (1979); The Baileys of Balboa (1964–1965); The Banana Company (1977); The Brady Bunch (1973–1974); The Bradys (1990); The Colbys (1987); The Doris Day Show (1968–1972); The Fall Guy (1982–1986); The Feather and Father Gang (1977); The Flash (1990–1991); The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1969); The Ghosts of Buxley Hall (1980); The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (1974); The Good Life (1971); The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (1979); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2008); The Lawbreakers (1964); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1957–1958); The Love Boat (1981–1986); The Magical World of Disney (1980); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1971); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979); The Munsters Today (1989); The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1968–1969); The New Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1976); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1972); The North Avenue Irregulars (1979); The Nutt House (1989); The Odd Couple (1970–1971); The Partridge Family (1972–1973); The Patty Duke Show (1965–1966); The Paul Lynde Show (1972); The Powers of Matthew Star (1982); The Renegades (1983); The Rookies (1974–1975); The Secret History of Get Smart (2006); The Sentinel (1996–1998); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974); The Texan (1959); The Tim Conway Show (1970); The Twilight Zone / Segment: Welcome to Winfield (1986); The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West (1976); They Came from Outer Space (1990); Too Close for Comfort (1983); Too Soon to Love (1960); Touched by an Angel (1995); Turnabout (1979); U.S. Marshal (1958–1959); Viper (1994–1999); When Things Were Rotten (1975); Whirlybirds (1957–1958); Wild Harvest (1962); Wonder Woman (1977).

Born on this day – Anny Ondra:

Anny Ondra

Actress

Producer

May 15, 1902 – February 28, 1987

Credits:

A Night in Paradise (1932); American Masters (1998); Anicko, vrat se! (1927); Baby (1932); Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail (2024); Blackmail (1929); Chorus Girls (1928); Chytte ho! (1925); Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1995); Dáma s malou nozkou (1920); Das ist Ihr Leben (1979); Das Mädel aus U.S.A. (1930); Das Mädel mit der Peitsche (1929); Das verliebte Hotel (1933); Der Dienstmann (1932); Der erste Kuß (1928); Der Gasmann (1941); Der neue Schreibtisch (1934); Der Scheidungsgrund (1937); Der Sport-Spiegel (1963–1964); Der Unwiderstehliche (1937); Die Fledermaus (1931); Die grausame Freundin (1932); Die große Sehnsucht (1930); Die Kaviarprinzessin (1929); Die Pratermizzi (1926); Die vertauschte Braut (1934); Die vom Rummelplatz (1930); Do panského stavu (1925); Donogoo Tonka (1936); Drátenícek (1920); Drvostep (1923); Duvod k rozvodu (1937); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Ein angenehmer Patient (1932); Ein Mädel vom Ballett (1937); Eine Freundin so goldig wie Du (1930); Evas Töchter (1928); Faut-il les marier? (1932); Flitterwochen (1936); Fräulein Hoffmanns Erzählungen (1933); Führe uns nicht in Versuchung (1922); Gilly poprvé v Praze (1920); Glorious Youth (1928); God’s Clay (1928); Großreinemachen (1935); Hallo Max! (1967); Helden der Propaganda - Sportler in der NS-Zeit (2017); Himmel, wir erben ein Schloß (1943); Hitchcock Confidential (2019); Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015); Hrabenka z podskalí (1926); Hütet eure Töchter (1922); Ich liebe dich (1925); Im Fernseh-Zoo - Was weiß man schon von Tieren... (1957); Kantor ideál (1932); Karel Havlícek Borovský (1925); Kiki (1932); Knockout - Ein junges Mädchen, ein junger Mann (1935); Kvet ze Sumavy (1927); La chauve-souris (1932); La fille du régiment (1933); L’amour en cage (1934); Le comte Billy (1931); Little Dorrit (1934); Living Famously (2003); Lucerna (1925); Mamsell Nitouche (1931); Meschugge ist Trumpf (1914); Milenky starého kriminálníka (1927); Muz bez srdce (1923); Narren im Schnee (1938); Nikyho velebné dobrodruzství (1920); On a jeho sestra (1931); Otrávené svetlo (1921); Palimpsest (1919); Pantáta Bezousek (1927); Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock (2009); Polenblut (1934); Polská krev (1934); Professeur Cupidon (1933); Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014); Reputations (1999); Saxophon-Susi (1928); Schön muß man sein (1951); Seine Hoheit, der Eintänzer (1927); Sest musketýru (1925); Setrelé písmo (1921); Shepperton Babylon (2005); Sladká Josefínka (1927); Sound Test for Blackmail (1929); Sündenbabel Berlin - Metropole des Verbrechens 1918-1933 (2020); Sündig und süß (1929); Tam na horách (1920); The Arrival from the Darkness (1921); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937); The Manxman (1929); The Regiment’s Daughter (1933); The Ringer (1932); The Stars Shine (1938); The Young Count (1935); The Zurich Engagement (1957); Trude, die Sechzehnjährige (1926); True Fear: The Making of Psycho (2015); Tu ten kámen (1923); Une nuit au paradis (1932); Únos bankére Fuxe (1923); Usmevy (2001); Vdavky Nanynky Kulichovy (1925); Velbloud uchem jehly (1926); Versuchen Sie meine Schwester (1931); Vor Liebe wird gewarnt (1937); White Paradise (1924); Zigeunerliebe (1922); Zpev zlata (1921).