Born on this day – Benjamin Stoloff:

Benjamin Stoloff

Director

Producer

Production Manager

October 6, 1895 – September 8, 1960

Credits:

Home Run Derby (1960); Footlight Varieties (1951); It's a Joke, Son! (1947); Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946); Take It or Leave It (1944); Bermuda Mystery (1944); The Mysterious Doctor (1943); The Hidden Hand (1942); Secret Enemies (1942); Three Sons o' Guns (1941); The Great Mr. Nobody (1941); The Marines Fly High (1940); The Lady and the Mob (1939); The Affairs of Annabel (1938); Radio City Revels (1938); Fight for Your Lady (1937); Super-Sleuth (1937); Sea Devils (1937); Don't Turn 'em Loose (1936); Two in the Dark (1936); To Beat the Band (1935); Swellhead (1935); Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934); Palooka (1934); Night of Terror (1933); Obey the Law (1933); The Devil Is Driving (1932); The Night Mayor (1932); By Whose Hand? (1932); Destry Rides Again (1932); Just Pals (1932); Perfect Control (1932); Slide, Babe, Slide (1932); Goldie (1931); Not Exactly Gentlemen (1931); Soup to Nuts (1930); Rough Romance (1930); New Movietone Follies of 1930 (1930); The Girl from Havana (1929); Happy Days (1929); Protection (1929); Speakeasy (1929); Mind Your Business (1928); The Bath Between (1928); Plastered in Paris (1928); Horseman of the Plains (1928); Silver Valley (1927); The Gay Retreat (1927); The Circus Ace (1927); The Canyon of Light (1926); It's a Pipe (1926); A1 Society (1926); Matrimony Blues (1926); The Mad Racer (1926); Pawnshop Politics (1926); The Fighting Tailor (1926); East Side, West Side (1925); The Heart Breaker (1925); Love and Lions (1925); Sweet Marie (1925); On the Go (1925); A High Jinx (1925); Papa's Darling (1925); Say It with Flour (1925); Help Yourself! (1925); The House of Flickers (1925); Lion Love (1925); Grief in Bagdad (1925); Roaring Lions at Home (1924); Stolen Sweeties (1924); In-Bad the Sailor (1924); Stretching the Truth (1924); When Wise Ducks Meet (1924); On the Job (1924); Be Yourself (1924); Highly Recommended (1924); Slow and Sure (1923); Full Speed Ahead (1923); Play Ball with Babe Ruth (1920).

Born on this day – Jon Landau:

Jon Landau

Producer

Production Manager

Writer

July 23, 1960 – July 5, 2024

Credits:

A Quiet Place: Day One (2018–2019); Alita: Battle Angel (2019); Andaaz (2014); Assorted Nightmares: Janitor (2008); Avatar (2009); Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora (2010); Avatar: Production Materials (2010); Avatar: The Way of Water (2022); Beyond Glory (2015); Big Kids (2009); Brian May's Brief History of 3D (2011); Burning Questions (2022); Campus Man (1987); Capturing Avatar (2010); Cinema 3 (2010); Crew Film: TheVolume (2010); Crysis 2 (2011); Dick Tracy (1990); Dream Job (2012); Entertainment Tonight (2010); E-penser (2019); E-penser (2019); E-penser (2019); F/X (1986); Face of the Frog (2019); Fantastic (2009); FX Movie Download (2014); HBO First Look (1997); HBO First Look (1997–2002); Hey Jenny (2010); Hey Johnny (2010); Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989); Inside Pandora's Box (2023); Key Exchange (1985); Life After Film School (2009); Love (2015); Made in Hollywood (2019); Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (2012–2019); Making Mr. Right (1987); Manhunter (1986); Mr. H Reviews (2018); Poker Night Live (2018); Reflections on Titanic (2012); Requiem (1999); Scream Awards 2010 (2010); Scream Awards 2010 (2010); Secret Life of Old Rose: The Art of Gloria Stuart (2012); Solaris (2002); 'Solaris': Behind the Planet (2003); Tavis Smiley (2010); The 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2018); The 28th Satellite Awards (2024); The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1998); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010); The Fabulous Picture Show (2009); The Hollywood Machine (2002); The Imagineering Story (2019); The IMDb Show (2019); The Making of 'Alien³' (2003); The Most Magical Story on Earth: 50 Years of Walt Disney World (2021); The Oscars (2023); Titanic (1997); Titanic: Audio Commentary by Actress Kate Winslet, Actress Gloria Stuart, Actor Lewis Abernathy, Co-Producer Jon Landau and Executive Producer Rae Sanchini (2005); Titanic: Breaking New Ground (1998); Titanic: EPK Press Kit (2005); Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron (2012); Titanic's Production: Behind the Scenes (2005); Today's Close Up (2010); Toruk: The First Flight (2016); Troldspejlet (2009); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2009); Western Stars (2019); What's Trending (2011); XLTV (1998).

Born on this day – Ralph Senensky:

Ralph Senensky

Director

Production Manager

May 1, 1923 – November 1, 2025

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965); A Dream for Christmas (1973); Arrest and Trial (1963–1964); Banyon (1972); Barnaby Jones (1973–1975); Big Bend Country (1981); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Breaking Point (1963–1964); Casablanca (1983); Casting By (2012); Channing (1963); Checkmate (1962); City of Angels (1976); Dan August (1971); Dan August: Murder, My Friend (1980); Dan August: Once Is Never Enough (1980); Death Cruise (1974); Dr. Kildare (1961–1965); Dynasty (1981); East Side / West Side (1963); Eight Is Enough (1977); Family (1977); Full Circle (1960–1961); Getting Together (1971); Harper Valley P.T.A. (1978); Hart to Hart (1979–1984); How the West Was Won (1979); I Spy (1968); Inglorious Treksperts (2020–2024); Insight (1969–1982); Ironside (1967–1968); James at 16 (1978); Jeremiah of Jacob's Neck (1976); Judd for the Defense (1967); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1965); Lou Grant (1980); Mannix (1968); Matt Lincoln (1970); Medical Story (1975); Mission: Impossible (1967); Naked City (1963); Nanny and the Professor (1970–1971); Night Gallery (1972); Paper Dolls (1984); Planet of the Apes (1974); Playhouse 90 (1958–1960); Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1984); Route 66 (1963); Search (1973); Slattery's People (1965); Star Trek (1967–1968); Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault (2016); The Big Valley (1966); The Blue Knight (1975); The Cliff (1970); The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969–1970); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963–1964); The F.B.I. (1966–1972); The Family Holvak (1975); The Family Kovack (1974); The Family Nobody Wanted (1975); The Fugitive (1964–1965); The High Chaparral (1967); The Interns (1970); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2011); The Long, Hot Summer (1965); The Name of the Game (1968); The New Adventures of Heidi (1978); The Paper Chase (1985–1986); The Partridge Family (1970–1971); The Right Regrets (2013); The Rookies (1972–1973); The Trek Files: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast (2021–2022); The Twilight Zone (1963); The Waltons (1973–1978); The Wild Wild West (1966); Then Came Bronson (1969); Three for the Road (1975); Trapper John, M.D. (1979); Treachery and Greed on the Planet of the Apes (1980); Westside Medical (1977); Winesburg, Ohio (1973); Young Maverick (1980).

Born on this day – Jonathan Haze:

Jonathan Haze

Actor

Writer

Production Manager

April 1, 1929 – November 2, 2024

Credits:

100 Years of Horror (1996); 11th Victim (1979); 77 Sunset Strip (1959 / 1960); A Story of Little Shop of Horrors (1987); Another Nice Mess (1972); Apache Woman (1955); Bayou (1957); Blood Bath (1966); Carnival Rock (1957); Castle Blood Midnight Monster Hop (2006); Catalina C-Lab (1982); Cell 2455, Death Row (1955); Childish Things (1969); Cimarron City (1958); Cinemassacre’s Monster Madness (2015); Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011); Day the World Ended (1955); Dementia (1955); Dragnet (1956); East of Eden (1955); Female Jungle (1955); Five Guns West (1955); Flesh and the Spur (1956); Forbidden Island (1959); Ghost of the China Sea (1958); Gunslinger (1956); Highway Patrol (1955); Horrible Horror (1986); Howard (2018); I Led 3 Lives (1956); Invasion of the Star Creatures (1962); Invisible Mom II (1999); It Conquered the World (1956); Medium Cool (1969); Monster from the Ocean Floor (1954); Mummenschanz (1978); Naked Paradise (1957); Navy Log (1956); Nobody Smiling (2010); Not of This Earth (1957); Overland Trail (1960); Rock All Night (1957); Special Collector’s Edition (2013); Stakeout on Dope Street (1958); Swamp Women (1956); Teenage Cave Man (1958); That Guy Dick Miller (2014); The Angry Beavers (1998); The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955); The Born Losers (1967); The Californians (1959); The Fast and the Furious (1954); The Little Shop of Horrors (1960); The Oklahoma Woman (1956); The Phantom Eye (1999); The Premature Burial (1962); The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957); The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (1967); The Terror (1963); Vice Squad (1982); X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963).

Born on this day – Dorothy Mathews:

Dorothy Mathews

Actress

Producer

Production Manager

February 13, 1912 – May 18, 1977

Credits:

A Girl in Every Port (1928); Love Birds (1929); Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926); Millie's Daughter (1947); Navy Wife (1935); One Night at Susie's (1930); Producers' Showcase (1945–1956); Scarlet Pages (1930); Son of the Gods (1930); Strictly Personal (1933); Studio One (1952); Sweetie (1929); The American Venus (1926); The Devil Dancer (1927); The Doorway to Hell (1930); The Gay Deception (1935); The Prudential Family Playhouse (1950); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Truth About Youth (1930); The Way of All Men (1930); The Widow from Chicago (1930); Wayward (1932).

Born on this day – Renée French:

Renée French

Actress

Production manager

February 6, 1966 – May 19, 2020

Credits:

Coffee and Cigarettes (2003); Nowhere Fast (1995); Malcolm X (1992); Fishing with John (1991).