On this day in movie history - Bandit (2022):

Bandit

directed by Allan Ungar,

written by Kraig Wenman,

based on the book The Flying Bandit by Robert Knuckle and Ed Arnold,

was released in the United States on September 23, 2022.
Music by Aaron Gilhuis.

Cast:

Josh Duhamel, Mel Gibson, Elisha Cuthbert, Nestor Carbonell, Swen Temmel, Keith Arthur Bolden, Dylan Flashner, Olivia d'Abo, Michael H. Cole, Claire Bronson, Eric J. Little, Jessica Luza, Rachael Markarian, Leander Suleiman, Ian Hoch, Lorenzo Yearby, Chiara D'Ambrosio, Jacobi Hollingshed, Jason Vail, Ron Fallica, Cooper Thornton, Todd d'Amour, Christina Bach, Leslie Stratton, Dayna Beilenson, Jerry Ascione, George Adams, B.J. Winfrey, Greg Corbett, Megan Hayes, Charlie Sara, Ashley Dougherty, Hannah Celeste, Packer Morley, Viktoria Anske, Ava Anske, Peter Anske Jr., Peter Anske, Faisal Mahmood, James Bryan Lewis, Derek Severson, Clayton Landey, Burns Burns, David Garen, Spence Maughon, Sherilan Lane, Haley Webb, Mary DeMatteo, Harris Boland Hauser, Gemma Jean Young, Alyssa Alexander, Celeste Fianna, Jeremiah McClain, Helena Sadvary, David A.L. Venable, Buddy Watkins.

On this day in movie history - A History of Violence (2005):

A History of Violence

directed by David Cronenberg,

written by Josh Olson,

was released in the United States on September 23, 2005.
Based on the graphic novel written by John Wagner and illustrated by Vince Locke.
Music by Howard Shore.

Cast:

Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt, Ashton Holmes, Peter MacNeill, Stephen McHattie, Greg Bryk, Kyle Schmid, Sumela Kay, Gerry Quigley, Deborah Drakeford, Heidi Hayes, Aidan Devine, Bill MacDonald, Michelle McCree, Ian Matthews, R.D. Reid, Morgan Kelly, Martha Reilly, Jason Barbeck, Bruce Beaton, Neven Pajkic, Brendan Connor, Nick Antonacci, John Watson, Don Allison, Brittany Payer, Mitch Boughs, April Mullen, George King, Shawn Campbell, Stephen Arbuckle, Connor Price, Jacob Rolfe, Evan Rose, Michael Stevens.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 3. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: Evolution.

Released September 23, 1989.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Written by Michael Piller, Michael Wagner.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, Ken Jenkins, Whoopi Goldberg, Mary McCusker, Randal Patrick, Majel Barrett, Scott Grimes, Lorine Mendell, Amy O'Neill, Natalie Wood.

On this day in movie history - Dead Ringers (1988):

Dead Ringers

directed by David Cronenberg,

written by David Cronenberg and Norman Snider,

was released in the United States on September 23, 1988.
Based on the novel Twins by Bari Wood and Jack Geasland,

inspired by the true story of the identical twin gynecologists Stewart and Cyril Marcus (June 2, 1930 – July 1975).
Music by Howard Shore.

“Oh, doctor … you’ve cured me!”

– Geneviève Bujold, as Claire.

Cast:

Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske, Barbara Gordon, Shirley Douglas, Stephen Lack, Nick Nichols, Lynne Cormack, Damir Andrei, Miriam Newhouse, David Hughes, Richard W. Farrell, Warren Davis, Jonathan Haley, Nicholas Haley, Marsha Moreau, Denis Akiyama, Dee McCafferty, Susan Markle, Murray Cruchley, Jane Luk, Tita Trevisan, Jacqueline Hennessy, Jill Hennessy, David Walden, Liliane Stillwell, Denise McLeod, Bob Bainborough, Nicholas Rice, Joe Matheson, Hadley Kay, Cynthia Eastman, Nora Colpman, Rena Polley, Madeleine Atkinson, John Bayliss, Graham Evans, David Cronenberg, Alan Gough, Jordan-Patrick Marcantonio, Julian-Peter Marcantonio, Greg Van Riel.

On this day in music history:

The Wishing Chair by 10,000 Maniacs (1985)

Some Girls Do by Lee Aaron (1991)

The Wishing Chair

Album by 10,000 Maniacs,

released September 23, 1985.

Track list: Can't Ignore The Train; Scorpio Rising; Just As The Tide Was A Flowing; Lilydale; Back O' The Moon; Maddox Table; The Colonial Wing; Grey Victory; Among The Americans; Everyone A Puzzle Lover; Cotton Alley; Daktari; My Mother The War; Tension Makes A Tangle; Arbor Day.

Some Girls Do

Album by Lee Aaron,

Released September 23, 1991.

Track list: Some Girls Do; Crazy in Love; Hands Off the Merchandise; Wild at Heart; Sex with Love; You Make Me Wanna Be Bad; Tuff Love; Motor City Boy; Love Crimes; Can’t Stand the Heat; Dangerous; Tell Me Something Good; Peace on Earth.

On this day at Moonbase Alpha:

Space 1999

Season 1. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Death’s Other Dominion.

Released September 23, 1975.

Directed by Charles Crichton.

Written by Anthony Terpiloff, Elizabeth Barrows.

Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.

Music by Barry Gray.

Cast: 

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Brian Blessed, John Shrapnel, Prentis Hancock, Clifton Jones, Zienia Merton, Anton Phillips, Nick Tate, Mary Miller, Glenda Allen, Barbara Bermel, Sarah Bullen, Adrienne Burgess, Loftus Burton, Andy Dempsey, Jenny Devenish, Robert Driscoll, Joe Dunne, David Ellison, Carolyn Hudson, Annie Lambert, Margaret Lawley, John Lee Barber, Valerie Leon, Dave Murphy, Eddy Nedari, Terry Pendle, Suzanne Roquette, Ian Ruskin, Ellen Sheean, Jack Shephard, Suzette St. Clair.

Born on this day – Elizabeth Peña:

Elizabeth Peña

Actress

Writer

Musician

September 23, 1959 – October 14, 2014

Credits:

15 Minutes (1987); 2002 ALMA Awards (2002); A Piece of the Action: Behind the Scenes of 'Rush Hour' (1999); A Single Woman (2008); Across the Moon (1994); Adio Kerida (2002); Adrift in Manhattan (2007); Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within (1998); American Dad! (2007); Ana Maria in Novela Land (2015); *batteries not included (1987); Becoming Eduardo (2009); Blaze You Out (2013); Blue Steel (1990); Border Line (1999); Boston Public (2002–2003); Building 'Jacob's Ladder' (1990); Cagney & Lacey (1985); Charlie's Angels (2011); Common Law (2012); Contagious (1997); Crossover Dreams (1985); CSI: Miami (2003); Dead Funny (1994); Dead Man's Gun (1997); Dellaventura (1997); Dennis Miller (2004); Disney Infinity (2013); Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986); Down for Life (2009); Down in the Valley (2005); Dragon Wars: D-War (2007); Dream On (1993); Drug Wars: The Camarena Story (1990); El Super (1979); Entertainment Tonight (1991); Entertainment Tonight (2014); Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995); Fugitive Among Us (1992); Funny or Die Presents... / Segment: United States Police Department (2011); Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville (1987); Ghost Whisperer (2009); Girl on the Edge (2015); Goal II: Living the Dream (2007); Grandma (2015); Gridlock'd (1997); Hill Street Blues (1986); Hollywood Mom's Mystery (2004); How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer (2005); I Married Dora (1987–1988); Impostor (2001); In the Dark (2013); It Came from Outer Space II (1996); Jacob's Ladder (1990); Justice League (2004); Justice League Unlimited (2005); Keep Your Distance (2005); Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure (2012); King John (2013); L.A. Law (1993–1994); La Bamba (1987); La noche desesperada (2007); Lone Star (1996); Love Comes Lately (2007); Major Crimes (2013); Matador (2014); Maya & Miguel (2004–2009); Minoriteam (2006); Modern Family (2013); Mother and Child (2009); NCIS (2004); Nothing Like the Holidays (2008); Numb3rs (2005); Off the Map (2011); Old Love (2001); On the Borderline (2001); Outlaw (2010); Plush (2013); Prime Suspect (2012); Prototype (2009); Racing for Time (2008); Recon (1996); Resurrection Blvd. (2000–2002); Roommates (1994); Rush Hour (1998); Seven Girlfriends (1999); Shannon's Deal (1989–1991); Special Collector's Edition (2014); Speechless (2008); Strangeland (1998); Suburban Madness (2004); Sueño (2005); T.J. Hooker (1985); Ten Tiny Love Stories (2002); The 100 Scariest Movie Moments (2004); The 15th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2000); The 1995 NCLR Bravo Awards (1995); The 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2003); The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2015); The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (2015); The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (2001); The Brothers Garcia (2003); The Eddie Files (1998); The Incredibles (2004); The Incredibles: The Video Game (2004); The Incredibles: When Danger Calls (2004); The Insider (2004); The Invaders (1995); The Lost City (2005); The Oscars (2015); The Outer Limits (1995); The Pass (1998); The Perfect Family (2011); The Second Civil War (1997); The Song of Sway Lake (2018); The Waterdance (1992); They All Laughed (1981); Things Behind the Sun (2001); Times Square (1980); Tortilla Soup (2001); Tough Cookies (1986); Transamerica (2005); Two (1996–1997); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2008); Vibes (1988); Without a Trace (2005); Ylse (2010); Zig Zag (2002).

Born on this day – Nancylee Myatt:

Nancylee Myatt

Writer

Producer

Director

Actress

September 23, 1957 – September 23, 2025

Credits:

3Way (2008–2009); Brunch with Bridget (2009); Cleghorne! (1995); Cowgirl Up (2011–2013); Life with Roger (1996–1997); Little Secrets (1991); Living Single (1997–1998); Lloyd in Space (2001–2002); Mama Bear (2019); Muddling Through (1994); NCIS: New Orleans (2016); Night Court (1990–1992); Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files (2013); Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension (2011); Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020); Recess (1999); Saint City (2022); Second Shot (2013); Social Studies (1997); South of Nowhere (2005–2006); Teacher's Pet (2000–2002); The 5 Mrs. Buchanans (1994–1995); The Long Shadow (2019); The New Addams Family (1998); The Powers That Be (1992–1993); Wave Babes (2003).

Born on this day – Peter David:

Peter David

Writer

Producer

Actor

September 23, 1956 – May 24, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Alien Nation: Body and Soul (1993); Altered States Of The Union (2016); Amazing Fantastic Incredible (2015); Artful (2014); Babylon 5: Armies of Light and Dark (2000); Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998); Babylon 5: Out of the Darkness (2000); Babylon 5: The Long Night of Centauri Prime (1999); Babylon 5: Thirdspace (1998); Bad Ass Moms (2020); Batman Forever Movie Book (1995); Battleship (2012); Battlestar Galactica 2: A Perfect Beast (2013); Battlestar Galactica 2: After Earth (2013); Battlestar Galactica 3: Sagittarius Is Bleeding (2006); Blood Ties (2011); Deathscape (1991); Demon Circle (2011); Exile (1987); Fall of Knight (2006); Fantastic Four: What Lies Between (2007); Fearless (2013); For the Glory (1987); HALO: Hunters in the Dark (2015); Haven (1992); Heights of the Depths (2012); Heroes In Training (2007); High Stakes (1987); Howling Mad (1989); In Search of Mom (1987); Iron Man (2008); Jack of Blades (2012); Knight Life (1987); Kolchak: The Night Stalker Chronicles (2005); Love, Murder & Mayhem (2017); Main Street D.O.A. (1991); Masked (2010); Mind-Force Warrior (1990); Mr. Sulu Grabbed My Ass (2020); One Knight Only (2003); Order of the Chaos (2018); Otherwere (1996); Pangaea (2015); Phenomenons: Every Human Creature (2022); Phenomenons: Season of Darkness (2023); Phenomenons: The Wind And Fire (2024); Pulling Up Stakes (2012); Pulling Up Stakes 2 (2012); Pyramid Schemes (2016); Reaver (2012); Redemption (2020); Robyne of Sherwood (2024); Shards and Shadows (2009); Shock Rock (1992); Shock Rock II (1994); Sir Apropos of Nothing (2001); Skin Deep (1988); Space: 1975 (2021); Spider-Man (2002); Spider-Man 2 (2004); Spider-Man 3 (2007); Stalker (1991); Star Trek: Captain Sulu Adventure / Cacophony (1994); Star Trek: Captain's Table / Once Burned (1998); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine / The Siege (1993); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine / Wrath of the Prophets (1997); Star Trek: Gateways / Cold Wars (2001); Star Trek: Gateways / What Lay Beyond (2001); Star Trek: New Frontier / After the Fall (2004); Star Trek: New Frontier / Being Human / aka Walk Like a Man (2001); Star Trek: New Frontier / Blind Man's Bluff (2011); Star Trek: New Frontier / Dark Allies (1999); Star Trek: New Frontier / Double Time (2001); Star Trek: New Frontier / End Game (1997); Star Trek: New Frontier / Fire on High (1998); Star Trek: New Frontier / Gods Above (2003); Star Trek: New Frontier / House of Cards (1997); Star Trek: New Frontier / Into the Void (1997); Star Trek: New Frontier / Martyr (1998); Star Trek: New Frontier / Missing in Action (2006); Star Trek: New Frontier / No Limits (2003); Star Trek: New Frontier / Renaissance (2000); Star Trek: New Frontier / Requiem (2000); Star Trek: New Frontier / Restoration (2000); Star Trek: New Frontier / Stone and Anvil (2003); Star Trek: New Frontier / The Quiet Place (1999); Star Trek: New Frontier / The Returned, Part I (2015); Star Trek: New Frontier / The Returned, Part II (2015); Star Trek: New Frontier / The Returned, Part III (2015); Star Trek: New Frontier / The Two-Front War (1997); Star Trek: New Frontier / Treason (2009); Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (TNG) / Line of Fire (1993); Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (TNG) / Survival (1993); Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (TNG) / Worf's First Adventure (1993); Star Trek: Tales From the Captain's Table (2005); Star Trek: The Next Generation / A Rock and a Hard Place (1989); Star Trek: The Next Generation / Before Dishonor (2007); Star Trek: The Next Generation / Doomsday World (1990); Star Trek: The Next Generation / Double or Nothing (1999); Star Trek: The Next Generation / I,Q (1999); Star Trek: The Next Generation / Imzadi (1992); Star Trek: The Next Generation / Q-In-Law (1991); Star Trek: The Next Generation / Q-Squared (1994); Star Trek: The Next Generation / Strike Zone (1989); Star Trek: The Next Generation / Triangle (1996); Star Trek: The Next Generation / Vendetta (1991); Star Trek: The Original Series / Beam Me Up, Scotty (1987); Star Trek: The Original Series / The Captain's Daughter (1995); Star Trek: The Original Series / The Disinherited (1992); Star Trek: The Original Series / The Rift (1991); Star Trek: Who Killed Captain Kirk? (1993); Tales of the Crimson Keep (2014); Tales of the Dominion War (2004); Tales Of Zorro (2008); The Balverine Order (2010); The Chaos Kid (1991); The Darkness of the Light (2007); The Fans Are Buried Tales (2022); The Fans Are Buried Tales (2022); The Four ???? of the Apocalypse (2023); The Maze (1998); The Return of Swamp Thing (1989); The Rise of Dominjaron (2016); The Woad to Wuin (2002); The Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs (2013); Theresa (2012); They Keep Killing Glenn (2018); They Keep Killing Glenn (2018); This Is Your Life, Bhodi Li (1987); Three Time Travelers Walk Into... (2022); Thrilling Adventure Yarns (2019); Thrilling Adventure Yarns 2022 (2023); Tigerheart (2008); Tong Lashing (2003); Transformations (1994); What Savage Beast (1995); Wolverine: Election Day (2008).

Movies and television:

40 Years of Star Trek (2006); Aquaman (2018); Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023); Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis (2003); Avengers: Endgame (2019); Babylon 5 (1994–1995); Ben 10: Alien Force (2009); Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2010–2011); Bonehead Weekly (2020); Captain Marvel (2019); Comic Book: The Movie (2004); Creative Continuity (2014); Crusade (1999); Darth Vader's Psychic Hotline (2002); Death Battle (2017); Dreams with Sharp Teeth (2008); Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023); Hangin with Web Show (2020); Kraven the Hunter (2024); Oblivion (1994); Oblivion 2: Backlash (1996); Off the Record with Peter David (2019); Pete's Basement (2011); Prisoners of Gravity (1990–1994); Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths & Legends (2000); Sci-Fi Buzz (1997); Secret Invasion (2023); Sex, Lies & Superheroes (2003); She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022); Space Cases (1996–1997); Spider-Man 2 (2004); Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023); Spider-Man: Edge of Time (2011); Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions (2010); Super Power Beat Down (2017); The Angry Geeks Show (2016); The Chronic Rift (1990); The Hulk: An MTV Movie Special (2003); The Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards (2002); The Overstreet World of Comic Books (1993); Titans (2021); Trancers 4: Jack of Swords (1994); Trancers 5: Sudden Deth (1994); unCONventional (2012); VideoZone (1994); X-Men (1993–1994); Young Justice (2011–2019); Young Justice: Legacy (2013).

Born on this day – Romy Schneider:

Romy Schneider

Actress

September 23, 1938 – May 29, 1982

Credits:

10:30 P.M. Summer (1966); A Simple Story (1978); A Woman at Her Window (1976); Adorable Sinner (1959); An Angel on Wheels (1959); Bloodline (1979); Boccaccio '70 (1962); Cesar & Rosalie (1972); Christine (1958); Death Watch (1980); Die Deutschmeister (1955); Die Halbzarte (1959); Die schöne Lügnerin (1959); Die Sendung der Lysistrata (1961); Dirty Hands (1975); Dommage qu'elle soit une putain (1961); Fantasma d'amore (1981); Fireworks (1954); Good Neighbor Sam (1964); Group Portrait with a Lady (1977); Inferno (1964); Kitty und die große Welt (1956); La banquière (1980); Lady Caliph (1970); Le combat dans l'île (1962); Love at Sea (1965); Love at the Top (1974); Ludwig (1973); Mädchen in Uniform (1958); Mado (1976); Max and the Junkmen (1971); Monpti (1957); My Lover, My Son (1970); Otley (1969); Purple Noon (1960); Qui? (1970); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1969); Scampolo (1958); Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin (1956); Sissi (1955); Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress (1957); Tausend Lieder ohne Ton (1977); That Most Important Thing: Love (1975); The Assassination of Trotsky (1972); The Cardinal (1963); The Girl and the Legend (1957); The Grilling (1981); The Hero (1970); The Infernal Trio (1974); The Last Man (1955); The Last Train (1973); The Old Gun (1975); The Passerby (1982); The Story of Vickie (1954); The Swimming Pool (1969); The Thief (1966); The Things of Life (1970); The Trial (1962); The Victors (1963); Triple Cross (1966); Un amour de pluie (1974); Wenn der weiße Flieder wieder blüht (1953); What's New Pussycat (1965); Womanlight (1979).

Born on this day – Maria Perschy:

Maria Perschy

Actress

September 23, 1938 – December 3, 2004

Credits:

633 Squadron (1964); A Witch Without a Broom (1967); African Gold (1965); Assignment Terror (1970); Auf eigene Gefahr (2000); Batida de raposas (1976); Beyond the Mountains (1967); Dall-As (1990); Dalli Dalli (1973–1985); Der bunte Wagen - Zwischen Bett und Barrikaden (1971); Der Held meiner Träume (1960); Der schwarze Blitz (1958); Die Banditen vom Rio Grande (1965); Die drei Dorfheiligen (1993); Die fünfte Kolonne (1964); Die Landärztin vom Tegernsee (1958); Die Liebe des Jahres (1959); Die Nacht der Nächte (1995); Die Ringstraße - Trilogie eines Boulevards (2015); Die Standarte (1977); Die verkaufte Braut (1958); Dites-le avec des fleurs (1974); Dr. med. Fabian - Lachen ist die beste Medizin (1969); Ein mörderisches Erbe - Tausch mit einer Toten (1998); Ein Porträt von Mario (1986); Einstweilen wird es Mittag (1988); El espectro del terror (1973); El límite del amor (1976); El quinto jinete (1976); Eurocops (1992); Exorcism (1975); Extraconiugale / Segment: La moglie svedese (1964); Fanny (1958); Five Golden Dragons (1967); Freud (1962); General Hospital (1963); Harry and Harriet (1990); Hawaii Five-O (1978); Heiteres Bezirksgericht (1988); House of Psychotic Women (1974); Hunchback of the Morgue (1973); I piaceri del sabato notte (1960); Kilma, Queen of the Jungle (1974); Kommissar X - Jagd auf Unbekannt (1966); La noche de la furia (1974); Las protegidas (1975); Le dessous du ciel (1974); Liebling, ich muß auf Geschäftsreise (1995); Lola - Der Deutsche filmpreis (2005); Los fríos senderos del crimen (1974); Man's Favorite Sport? (1964); Melody of Hate (1962); Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971); My Husband Prefers Virgins (1975); Mystery of the Red Jungle (1964); Natürlich die Autofahrer (1959); Nichts als Ärger mit der Liebe (1956); No Survivors, Please (1964); Ordered to Love (1961); Paul Temple (1970); Premiere Ultimo (1959); Ringstraßenpalais (1988–1989); Rock Hudson's Home Movies (1992); Roda Roda (1993); Rosamunde Pilcher (1998); Roter Mohn (1956); Secret of the Sphinx (1964); Seinerzeit in unserer Zeit (1963); Sergeant Berry (1974); Spy Today, Die Tomorrow (1967); Tatort (1986); The Adolescents (1975); The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969); The Ghost Galleon (1974); The Last Day of the War (1970); The Mad Executioners (1963); The Mixer (1993); The Moralist (1959); The Password Is Courage (1962); The People Who Own the Dark (1976); The Tall Women (1966); Un amore a Roma (1960); Väter können keine Zöpfe flechten (1962); Vultures (1984); Wenn beide schuldig werden (1962); Wet Asphalt (1958); Wunschpartner (1987); Zum blauen Bock (1987); Zwei Brüder (1997).

Born on this day – Jerry Leggio:

Jerry Leggio

Actor

September 23, 1935 – October 1, 2025

Credits:

A Perfect Day (2006); A Woman Called Moses (1978); Alvarez Kelly (1966); American Horror Story (2014); American Violet (2008); Barefoot (2014); Beulah Land (1980); Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus (1978); Blaze (1989); Dangerous Curves (1992); Days of Daisy (2022); Double Exposure: The Story of Margaret Bourke-White (1989); Doublecrossed (1991); Faith of My Fathers (2005); False Witness (1989); Heaven's Prisoners (1996); Hide (2011); Hot Pursuit (1984); House of Secrets (1993); Hurry Sundown (1967); Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964); If Tomorrow Comes (1986); In the Heat of the Night (1988); Infidelity (2004); Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou (1995); Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (1995); LA-308 Assassin Redemption (2009); Louisiane (1984); Malpractice (2001); Memorial Drive (2016); Memphis Beat (2010); Middle of Nowhere (2008); Mothman (2010); Murder at the Mardi Gras (1978); Old Man (1997); Orleans (1997); Quantum Apocalypse (2010); Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (1982); Ruffian (2007); Scream Queens (2015); Sister, Sister (1987); Sounder (1972); Speech & Debate (2017); Superdome (1978); Sweet Justice (1994–1995); The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974); The Badge (2002); The Deadly Tower (1975); The Ernest Green Story (1993); The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish (1977); The Mississippi (1983); The Night Rider (1979); The Terror Experiment (2010); Torn Apart (2004); Tribute (2009).

Born on this day – Charles B. Griffith:

Charles B. Griffith

Writer

Actor

Director

September 23, 1930 – September 28, 2007

Born on this day – Colin Blakely:

Colin Blakely

Actor

September 23, 1930 – May 7, 1987

Born on this day – Henry Silva:

Henry Silva

Actor

September 23, 1926 – September 14, 2022

Born on this day – Eleonora Rossi Drago:

Eleonora Rossi Drago

Actress

September 23, 1925 – December 2, 2007

Credits:

Altura (1949); Amore facile (1964); Anima nera (1962); Assassination in Rome (1965); Beach Casanova (1962); Behind Closed Shutters (1951); Ben Webster: The Brute and the Beautiful (1990); Black Magic (1949); Caccia all'uomo (1961); Camille 2000 (1969); Dagli Appennini alle Ande (1959); D'Artagnan (1969–1970); Daughters of Destiny (1954); David and Goliath (1960); Die rote Hand (1960); Diritto di cronaca (1969); Donne sole (1956); Dorian Gray (1970); Due sorelle amano (1950); El diablo también llora (1963); El último sábado (1967); Everybody Wants to Kill Me (1957); Hell Raiders of the Deep (1953); Hypnosis (1962); Il prezzo della gloria (1956); Il treno del sabato (1964); In the Folds of the Flesh (1970); Io uccido, tu uccidi (1965); Kean: Genius or Scoundrel (1957); King on Horseback (1958); Kolossal - i magnifici Macisti (1977); La cittadella (1964); La fiammata (1952); La Garçonniere (1960); La tratta delle bianche (1952); Le amiche (1955); Le fric (1959); L'età del malessere (1968); Let's Talk About Women (1964); L'impiegato (1960); Love and Marriage (1964); Love at Twenty (1962); L'ultima sentenza (1951); Mano di velluto (1966); On the Set of Camille 2000 (2011); On Trial (1954); Padri e figli (1958–1959); Schlußakkord (1960); Sensualita (1952); Su e giù (1965); Sword of the Conqueror (1961); The Angels from 2000 (1969); The Awakening (1956); The Bible in the Beginning... (1966); The Carpet of Horror (1962); The Death Eye of Ceylon (1963); The Facts of Murder (1959); The Flying Saucer (1964); The Pirates of Capri (1949); The Slave (1953); The Year Long Road (1958); Three Forbidden Stories (1952); Tiro al piccione (1961); Uncle Tom's Cabin (1965); Under Ten Flags (1960); Vacanze d'inverno (1959); Verginità (1951); Vestire gli ignudi (1954); Violent Summer (1959); Wounds of Hunger (1963).

Born on this day – Louise Latham:

Louise Latham

Actress

September 23, 1922 – February 12, 2018

Credits:

33 Hours in the Life of God (1976); 92 in the Shade (1975); A Conspiracy Classic - The Making of the Philadelphia Experiment (2020); A Man Called Shenandoah (1966); Adam at Six A.M. (1970); Against the Grain (1993); Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill (1979); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1961); Backstairs at the White House (1979); Ben Casey (1965); Big Shamus, Little Shamus (1979); Bonanza (1966–1971); Cannon (1972); CBS Playhouse (1968); CBS Summer Playhouse (1988); CHiPs (1980); Columbo (1973); Crazy from the Heart (1991); Cruel Doubt (1992); Designing Women (1986); Dress Gray (1986); Dying Room Only (1973); Earth 2 (1995); Eight Is Enough (1977–1979); ER (1997); Falcon Crest (1989); Family (1980); Family Affair (1966–1968); Firecreek (1968); Fresno (1986); Good Heavens (1976); Great Performances (1976); Gunsmoke (1968–1974); Hail, Hero! (1969); Hawaii Five-O (1972); Hec Ramsey (1973); Highway to Heaven (1986); Hitchcock Confidential (2019); Hotel (1986); Hothouse (1988); Hunter (1988); In Cold Blood (1996); In the Best of Families: Marriage, Pride & Madness (1994); In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan (1977); Invitation to a March (1972); Ironside (1969–1971); Johnny Belinda (1967); Judd for the Defense (1969); Kojak (1973); Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal (1982); Longstreet (1971); Love Field (1992); Love Lives On (1985); Lucas Tanner (1974); Making It (1971); Marnie (1964); Mary & Tim (1996); Mass Appeal (1984); McCloud (1971); McNaughton's Daughter (1976); Medical Center (1971–1974); Mr. Novak (1965); Murder, She Wrote (1992); NET Playhouse (1968); Obsessive Love (1984); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); Paradise (1991); Perry Mason (1965); Pray TV (1982); Quincy, M.E. (1978); Rhoda (1974); Roc (1991); Run for Your Life (1966); Savage (1973); Scruples (1980); Settle the Score (1989); Shell Game (1975); Stillwatch (1987); Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? (1977); Sweet Tornado DVD Extras (2006); Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater (2006); Sweet, Sweet Rachel (1971); TCM Remembers 2018 (2018); Tell Me Where It Hurts (1974); Territorial Men (1976); The Actress (2014); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The Awakening Land (1978); The Contender (1980); The Doctors and the Nurses (1965); The F.B.I. (1965–1969); The Fugitive (1967); The Ghost of Cypress Swamp (1977); The Ghosts of Buxley Hall (1980); The Harness (1971); The Haunted (1991); The Invaders (1967); The Magical World of Disney (1977–1980); The Name of the Game (1970–1971); The Outsider (1968); The Philadelphia Experiment (1984); The Rogues (1965); The Six Million Dollar Man (1975); The Sixth Sense (1972); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); The Sugarland Express (1974); The Trouble with Marnie (2000); The Waltons (1977); The Wide World of Mystery (1974); The X-Files (2000); The Young Lawyers (1969); Thin Ice (1981); Total Security (1997); Toughlove (1985); Visions (1977); White Lightning (1973); Winter Kill (1974); Young Dr. Kildare (1972).

Born on this day – Mickey Rooney:

Mickey Rooney

Actor

September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014

Credits:

24 Hours to Kill (1965); 80 Steps to Jonah (1969); A Christmas Too Many (2006); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935); A Miser Brothers' Christmas (2008); A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958); A Slight Case of Larceny (1953); A Yank at Eton (1942); A Year at the Top (1976); Ace of Hearts (1975); Ah Wilderness! (1935); All Ashore (1953); Ambush Bay (1966); American Dad! (2015); Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958); Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939); Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940); Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944); Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics - And Other Things (1940); Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942); Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941); Animals with the Tollkeeper (1998); Arabian Adventure (1979); Babe: Pig in the City (1998); Babes on Broadway (1941); Baby Face Nelson (1957); Bamboo Shark (2011); Beloved (1934); Bill (1981); Blind Date (1934); Bluegrass (1988); Bons baisers de Hong-Kong (1975); Boys Town (1938); Boys Will Be Boys (1998); Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961); Broadway to Hollywood (1933); Brothers' Destiny (1995); Captains Courageous (1937); Chained (1934); Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999); Conan: The Adventurer (1997); Creole (1981); Death on the Diamond (1934); Donovan's Kid (1979); Down the Stretch (1936); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2017); Drive a Crooked Road (1954); Driving Me Crazy: Proof of Concept (2012); Empire State Building Murders (2008); ER (1998); Erik the Viking (1989); Everything's Ducky (1961); Evil Roy Slade (1972); Fast Companions (1932); Find the Lady (1976); Fol-de-Rol (1972); Francis in the Haunted House (1956); Full House (1994); Girl Crazy (1943); Half a Sinner (1934); He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950); Hide-Out (1934); High Speed (1932); Hold That Kiss (1938); Holy Hollywood (2004); Home for Christmas (1990); Hoosier Schoolboy (1937); Hot Feet (1931); How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965); I Like It That Way (1934); Illusion Infinity (1999); Internet Love (1998); It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984); It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963); Jack's Place (1992); Journey Back to Oz (1972); Judge Hardy and Son (1939); Judge Hardy's Children (1938); Killer McCoy (1947); Killing Midnight (1998); King of the Roaring 20's: The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961); Kleo the Misfit Unicorn (1997); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1996); Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001); Leave 'em Laughing (1981); Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941); Lightning, the White Stallion (1986); Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989); Live, Love and Learn (1937); Lord Jeff (1938); Lost Stallions: The Journey Home (2008); Love Birds (1934); Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938); Love Is a Headache (1938); Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946); Magnificent Roughnecks (1956); Manhattan Melodrama (1934); Maximum Force (1992); Men of Boys Town (1941); Mickey (1964); Mickey in Love (1928); Mickey in School (1928); Mickey the Detective (1928); Mickey the Romeo (1930); Mickey's Ape Man (1933); Mickey's Athletes (1928); Mickey's Babies (1928); Mickey's Bargain (1930); Mickey's Battle (1927); Mickey's Big Broadcast (1933); Mickey's Big Business (1932); Mickey's Big Game Hunt (1928); Mickey's Big Moment (1929); Mickey's Brown Derby (1929); Mickey's Busy Day (1932); Mickey's Champs (1930); Mickey's Charity (1932); Mickey's Circus (1927); Mickey's Covered Wagon (1933); Mickey's Crusaders (1931); Mickey's Diplomacy (1931); Mickey's Disguises (1933); Mickey's Eleven (1927); Mickey's Explorers (1929); Mickey's Golden Rule (1932); Mickey's Great Idea (1929); Mickey's Helping Hand (1931); Mickey's Holiday (1932); Mickey's Initiation (1929); Mickey's Last Chance (1929); Mickey's Little Eva (1928); Mickey's Luck (1930); Mickey's Master Mind (1930); Mickey's Medicine Man (1934); Mickey's Menagerie (1929); Mickey's Merry Men (1930); Mickey's Midnite Follies (1929); Mickey's Minstrels (1934); Mickey's Mix-Up (1929); Mickey's Movies (1928); Mickey's Musketeers (1930); Mickey's Nine (1928); Mickey's Northwest Mounted (1929); Mickey's Pals (1927); Mickey's Parade (1928); Mickey's Race (1933); Mickey's Rebellion (1931); Mickey's Rescue (1934); Mickey's Rivals (1928); Mickey's Sideline (1931); Mickey's Stampede (1931); Mickey's Strategy (1929); Mickey's Surprise (1929); Mickey's Tent Show (1933); Mickey's Thrill Hunters (1931); Mickey's Touchdown (1933); Mickey's Travels (1932); Mickey's Triumph (1928); Mickey's Warriors (1930); Mickey's Whirlwinds (1930); Mickey's Wild West (1928); Mickey's Wildcats (1931); Mickey's Winners (1930); Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1998); Mooch (1974); Mr. Broadway (1957); My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991); My Kidnapper, My Love (1980); My Outlaw Brother (1951); My Pal, the King (1932); National Velvet (1944); Night at the Museum (2006); Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014); Night Club (2011); Not to Be Trusted (1926); Now Here (2010); Odyssey of the Pacific (1982); Off Limits (1952); Officer Thirteen (1932); O'Malley (1983); One of the Boys (1982); Operation Mad Ball (1957); Orchids and Ermine (1927); Out West with the Hardys (1938); Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart (1995); Personalities (1942); Pete's Dragon (1977); Phantom of the Megaplex (2000); Pinocchio (1957); Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935); Platinum High School (1960); Pulp (1972); Quicksand (1950); Rachel's Man (1975); Radio Rhythm (1931); Ready and Willing (1967); Reckless (1935); Remember WENN (1998); Rendezvous (1935); Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962); Revenge of the Red Baron (1994); Richard (1972); Riffraff (1935); Rodeo Dough (1940); Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979); Saddle Up with Dick Wrangler & Injun Joe (2009); Safe Harbor (1999); Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970); Senior Trip (1981); Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1991); Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights (1998); Sin's Pay Day (1932); Skidoo (1968); Slave Ship (1937); Sound Off (1952); Stablemates (1938); Stories from My Childhood (1998); Summer Holiday (1948); Sweet Justice (1991); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939); The Atomic Kid (1954); The Beast of the City (1932); The Big Cage (1933); The Big Chance (1933); The Big Operator (1959); The Big Wheel (1949); The Black Stallion (1979); The Bold and the Brave (1956); The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954); The Care Bears Movie (1985); The Chief (1933); The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970); The Comic (1969); The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942); The Devil in Love (1966); The Devil Is a Sissy (1936); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); The Domino Principle / aka The Domino Killings (1977); The Extraordinary Seaman (1969); The Fireball (1950); The First of May (1999); The Fisherman (1931); The Fox and the Hound (1981); The Fugitive (1966); The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991); The Godmothers (1973); The Greatest Show Ever (2007); The Happy Elf (2005); The Hardys Ride High (1939); The Hare Mail (1931); The Healer (1935); The Human Comedy (1943); The Hunter (1931); The Intruder (1975); The Investigators (1961); The Jean Arthur Show (1966); The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams (2005); The Last Mile (1959); The Legend of Wolf Mountain (1992); The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933); The Lost Jungle (1934); The Lucy Show (1966); The Magic of Lassie (1978); The Magic Voyage (1992); The Manipulator (1971); The Mickey Rooney Show (1954); The Milky Life (1993); The Muppets (2011); The New Adventures of the Black Stallion (1990); The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960); The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1986); The Secret Invasion (1964); The Strip (1951); The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (1970); The Twinkle in God's Eye (1955); The Woods (2012); The World Changes (1933); The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974); The Yesterday Pool (2007); There Must Be a Pony (1986); Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937); Thousands Cheer (1943); Thunder County (1974); To Kill a Mockumentary (2004); Topa Topa Bluffs (2002); Upperworld (1934); Words and Music (1948); Wreck the Halls (2008); Young Tom Edison (1940); You're Only Young Once (1937).

Born on this day – Albert Lewin:

Albert Lewin

Director

Producer

Writer

September 23, 1894 – May 9, 1968

Credits:

A Little Journey (1927); Altars of Desire (1927); Blarney (1926); Bread (1924); Camera Three (1966); China Seas (1935); Devil-May-Care (1929); Ladies of Leisure (1926); Madame Curie (1943); Mutiny on the Bounty (1935); Name the Man! (1924); Oh! Those Bells (1962); Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951); Quality Street (1927); Red-Headed Woman (1932); Saadia (1953); Smilin' Through (1932); So Ends Our Night (1941); Spawn of the North (1938); Spring Fever (1927); The Actress (1928); The Cuban Love Song (1931); The Fate of a Flirt (1925); The Good Earth (1937); The Guardsman (1931); The Kiss (1929); The Lady Eve (1941); The Life of Riley (1957); The Living Idol (1957); The Moon and Sixpence (1942); The Naked Maja (1958); The Only Thing (1925); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945); The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947); Three Wise Fools (1923); Tin Hats (1926); True Confession (1937); What Every Woman Knows (1934); Zaza (1938).

Born on this day – J. Parker Read Jr.:

J. Parker Read Jr.

Director

Producer

September 23, 1885 – August 21, 1942

Credits:

A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios (1920); A Trip to the Garden of Allah (1912); Civilization (1916); Greater Than Love (1921); His Own Law (1920); Love Madness (1920); One of Millions (1914); Pawned (1922); Sahara (1919); Sex (1920); The Brute Master (1920); The Gulf Between (1917); The Last Moment (1923); The Lone Wolf's Daughter (1919); The Recoil (1924); The Stranglers of Paris (1913); The Trumpet Blows (1934); Victory (1913).