Born on this day – Edmund Vance Cooke:

Edmund Vance Cooke

Writer

June 5, 1866 – December 18, 1932

Books:

A Morning's Mail (1907); A Patch of Pansies (1894); Basebology (1912); Brass Tacks Ballads (1924); Cheerful Children (1923); Chronicles of the Little Tot (1905); Companionable Poems (1924); From the Book of Extenuations (1926); I Rule the House (1910); Impertinent Poems (1903); Just Then Something Happened (1914); Little Songs for Two (1909); Rimes to be Read (1897); The Story Club (1912); The Uncommon Commoner (1913); Told to the Little Tot (1906).

Born on this day – Patience Strong:

Patience Strong

Writer

June 4, 1907 – August 28, 1990

Credits:

Books:

A Christmas Garland (1948); A Joy Forever (1973); Beyond the Rainbow (1957); Come Happy Day (1966); Fifty Golden Years (1985); Give me a Quiet Corner (1972); Poems from the Fighting Forties (1982); Quiet Corner (1936); Quiet Corner Reflections (1938); Quiet Thoughts (1937); Tapestries of Time (1991); The Blessings of the Years (1963); The Harvest Of Dreams (1948); The Morning Watch (1951); The Patience Strong Bedside Book (1953); Wayside Glory (1948); With a Poem in My Pocket (1981).

Spoken‑word albums:

The Magic of Patience Strong (1978); The Quiet Hour (1963).

Born on this day – Tristan Rogers:

Tristan Rogers

Actor

Writer

June 3, 1946 – August 15, 2025

Credits:

13th Annual Indie Series Awards (2023); 82nd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2013); A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle (1994); A Piece of Eden (2000); Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1997); Acapulco H.E.A.T. (1994); Babylon 5 (1994); Barrier Reef (1971); Batman Beyond (2000); Bellbird (1977); Breakaway (1984); Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1994); Cop Shop (1978); Cover Up (1984); Delgo (2008); Delta (1969); Division 4 (1969–1975); Family Law (2001); Fast Track (1997–1998); Four Dimensions of Greta (1972); Frustrated Wives (1974); General Hospital (1980–2025); General Hospital: 60 Years of Stars and Storytelling (2024); General Hospital: Night Shift (2008); GH Fanasty (2015–2018); Good Morning America (1985); Good Morning America Weekend Edition (2025); Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews (2010); Homicide (1968–1975); Hotel (1986); Hour Magazine (1982–1984); Intimate Portrait (2002); Jack Rio (2008); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1985); Kid with the Cape (2025); LIVE Magazine TV (2018); Live with Kelly and Mark (2006); Mad Max / Video Game (2015); Mancuso, FBI (1989); Marie (2013); Never Give a Crim an Even Break (1979); Night Eyes Three (1993); Number 96 (1974); One on One with John Tesh (1992); One West Waikiki (1995); Opportunity Knocks (2007); Paul Temple (1971); Power Without Glory (1976); PS After Dark (2021); Raven (2010); Serial Scoop Now (2016); Sky Commanders (1987); Soap Central (2016); SoapTalk (2006); Soulmates (1992); Star Search (1984); Star's Table (1986); Studio City (2019–2022); Super Force (1991–1992); Surviving Exctinction (2012); Tales from the Crypt (1991); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2006); The 35th Annual Thalians Gala (1990); The 5th Annual American Cinema Awards (1988); The 6th Annual American Cinema Awards (1989); The 83rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2014); The 84th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2015); The 87th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2018); The 89th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2021); The Adventurer (1972); The Agency (2018); The Bay (2010–2023); The Bay: Covid 19 Special Fundraiser American Red Cross (2020); The Bold and the Beautiful (1997); The Box (1974–1975); The Dawn Reese Show (2008); The Diamond in the Desert (2015); The Flesh and Blood Show (1972); The Hollywood Moment (2021); The Jimmy Star Show with Ron Russell (2018); The Link Men (1970); The Los Angeles Ripper (2011); The Love Boat (1982); The Merv Griffin Show (1983–1984); The Protectors (1973); The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996); The Rescuers Down Under (1990); The Sullivans (1978); The View (2008); The Wil Shriner Show (1987); The Wild Thornberrys (2001); The Young and the Restless (2010–2025); Two Way Mirror (1975); V.I.P. (1999); Walker, Texas Ranger (1993); Without Your Head (2020).

Born on this day – Norman Daniels:

Norman Daniels

Writer

June 3, 1905 – July 19, 1995

Credits:

Books:

A Bargain in Death (1937); A Brick Wall at Dawn (1937); A Deal in Miniatures (1945); A Grain of Poison (1947); A Matter of Face (1942); A Sentence of Death (1939); Attack at Dawn (1943); Battle Stations (1943); Blizzard Killer (1937); Boomerang Blade (1936); Breathless Island (1937); Bride of the Lusting Corpse (1938); Bundles for Norway (1943); Callahan's Hat (1961); Clues in the Dark (1934); Conditional Surrender (1948); Corpse by Mistake (1948); Corpse Collector (1935); Crimson Harvest (1951); Crisis in Pescado (1943); Dangerous Inheritance (1946); Deadly Poison (1947); Death in Oils (1945); Death on Swift Wings (1935); Death – Princess Style (1944); Doom Ship (1942); Double Ring (1939); Doubled in Death (1939); Exit Laughing (1958); Father Keough's Decision (1962); Forced Clue (1945); Ghost of a Chance (1948); Ghost of Neighbor Island (1940); Ghost of the Atoll (1941); Glacier Guardian (1942); Hades' Reef (1937); Hangman's House (1935); Highway to Danger (1938); In the Flesh (1934); Island of Sudden Death (1935); Jivaro Heads (1939); Killers' Trap (1939); Kiska Calling (1943); Line-Up Murder (1941); Madman Murder (1951); Mansions of Despair (1944); Marked Murder (1942); Masked Faces (1935); Master of the Damned (1935); Master of the World (1935); Merchant of Murder (1934); Modeled in Death (1938); Mortgaged Treasure (1938); Murder by Proxy (1947); Murder Calls the Bat (1939); Murder Dirge (1946); Murder First (1944); Murder in His Heart (1938); Murder Millions (1951); Murder of a Plaster Saint (1944); Murder Rides the Skies (1939); Murder Under the Big Top (1943); Murder Without a Corpse (1941); Murderer's Guide (1937); Murder's Agent (1953); Mystery Island (1943); Neighborhood Affair (1945); Nightmare at Riverview (1973); No Wings for Murder (1940); Notes of Doom (1935); Nothing to Lose (1949); Obituary (1946); Obituary Column (1950); Objective Reached (1943); One Bullet Makes Murder (1940); Paid to Die (1940); Pass of Death (1939); Pay or Die (1946); Periscopes Up (1943); Plantation Limited (1943); Prison Ship (1939); Ride to a Gold Star (1937); River Cannibals (1943); Run for Your Life (1948); Sea Vulture (1939); Secret Cargo (1942); Shadow of Evil (1942); Shark Bait (1940); Sharks on Board (1938); Six Prints of Murder (1936); Sky Skipper (1939); Speak of the Devil (1943); Spy Ghost (1965); Tall Timber (1943); The Avengers: Moon Express (1969); The Avengers: The Magnetic Man (1968); The Black Ball of Death (1949); The Black Bat and the Red Menace (1941); The Black Bat and the Trojan Horse (1940); The Black Bat Archives: Volume 1 (2017); The Black Bat Archives: Volume 2 (2017); The Black Bat Archives: Volume 3 (2017); The Black Bat Archives: Volume 4 (2017); The Black Bat Archives: Volume 5 (2017); The Black Bat Archives: Volume 6 (2017); The Black Bat Strikes Again (1939); The Black Bat's Challenge (1940); The Black Bat's Crusade (1940); The Black Bat's Invisible Enemy (1941); The Black Bat's Justice (1941); The Black Bat's Spy Trail (1940); The Black Bat's Triumph (1940); The Blackout Murders (1942); The Booby Trap Murders (1944); The Brand of the Black Bat (1939); The Chateau of Crime (1936); The Circus Murders (1936); The City of Dreadful Night (1949); The Corpse on the Road (1933); The Dangerous Game (1950); The Dead Know All (1940); The Deadly Diamonds (1950); The Detectives (1962); The Devil Below Decks (1939); The Diamond Murders (1936); The Doomed Millions (1952); The Door Without a Key (1961); The Double for Hate (1942); The Eyes of the Blind (1942); The Fatal Masterpieces (1945); The Feminine Touch (1945); The Frantic Hours (1948); The Golden Hand (1939); The Great Ego (1944); The Grim Pilot (1943); The Happyland Murders (1950); The Hi-Jack Murders (1944); The Lady Is a Witch (1950); The Last Straw (1938); The Listening Eyes (1948); The Man Who Was Death (1939); The Marching Dead (1939); The Memory of Murder (1951); The Million Dollar Weapon (1947); The Murder Double (1947); The Murder Empire (1935); The Murder Machine (1952); The Necessary Corpse (1947); The Pharaoh's Mark (1935); The Pointing Flowers (1945); The Prince of Murder (1935); The Promise of Murder (1947); The Proper Bait (1942); The Prowling Creature (1933); The Required Corpse (1950); The Road Beyond (1941); The Severed Thumb (1933); The Silent Killer (1952); The Skipper Delivers the Goods (1943); The Skipper Goes to War (1942); The Skipper Saw Red (1943); The Skipper's Commandos (1942); The Skipper's Private War (1940); The Tall Tomb (1950); The Video Victims (1951); The Voice of Doom (1941); The Wine of Hera (1940); Thin Veneer (1950); Ticket to Davy Jones (1943); Training by Hickory (1945); Troller Twins (1940); Underground Agent (1944); Voodoo Slave (1970).

Movies and television:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956–1987); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); Colt .45 (1958); General Electric Theater (1958); Rise of the Black Bat (2012); Sugarfoot (1959); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1959); The Restless Gun (1959); The Web (1957); The Witness (1978); Zane Grey Theatre (1957).

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 – Rose Leiman Goldemberg:

Rose Leiman Goldemberg

Writer

May 17, 1928 – July 21, 2025

Credits:

Books:

All About Jewelry; Antique Jewelry: A Practical and Passionate Guide; Here's Egg on Your Face; New York Times Arts Section: Woman Playwright, Man's World; The Complete Book of Natural Cosmetics; The Way It Happened.

Stage:

Adios, Hollywood; Apples in Eden; Gandhiji; Letters Home; Love One Another; Marching as to War; Picon Pie; Rites of Passage; Sophie; The Merry War; The Rabinowitz Gambit.

Screenplays:

A Celebration of Women; A Velvet Glove; Born Beautiful; Dark Holiday; Death at Dinner; Fight for Freedom; Florence Nightingale; Growing Pains; Land of Hope; Life in the Fast Lane; Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen; Mother and Daughter, the Loving War; Out of Wedlock; Stone Pillow; The Burning Bed; The Desiray Bartak Story; The Jonas Salk Story; The Medicine Men; The Rainbow Warrior; Unnatural Acts; Victory of the Heart.

Movies and television:

Born Beautiful (1982); Dark Holiday (1989); Florence Nightingale (1985); Letters Home (1986); Mother and Daughter: The Loving War (1980); Stone Pillow (1985); The Booth / Segment: Death at Dinner (1985); The Burning Bed (1984); The Land of Hope (1976); Working in the Theatre (1979).

Born on this day – Peggy Pope:

Peggy Pope

Actress

Writer

May 15, 1929 – May 27, 2020

Credits:

9 to 5 (1980); ABC Comedy Special: The Rag Business (1978); Acts of Love and Other Comedies (1973); All Night Long (1981); Amanda's (1983); ...and Then It Happened (1972); Another Time, Another Place (1989); Anything But Love (1990); Ass Backwards (2013); Barnaby Jones (1978); Barney Miller (1977–1982); Bennett Brothers (1987); Between the Lines (1980); Bewitched (1968); Billy (1979); Biography (2006); Calucci's Department (1973); Camera Three (1967); Choke (2008); College Road Trip (2008); Curfew (1989); Dragonfly (1976); Ed (2002); Eight Is Enough (1978–1980); Empty Nest (1991); ER (1995); Fame (1978); For Members Only (1983); Four Lane Highway (2005); Girl Talk (1963); Hail (1972); Hart to Hart (1980–1982); Have Faith (1989); Highway to Heaven (1987); Hill Street Blues (1985); Hope & Faith (2004); Kangaroos in the Kitchen (1982); Kate & Allie (1987); Knots Landing (1981); Law & Order (2001); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999); Made for Each Other (1971); Mork & Mindy (1980); N.Y.P.D. (1967); Night Court (1984–1986); Nine to Five (1982); Nurses (1991); Oh, God! (1977); Once Bitten (1985); Peeping Times (1978); Revenge of the Gray Gang (1981); Rhoda (1978); Room for Two (1992); Roses Are for the Rich (1987); Santa Barbara (1986); Sisters (1991–1994); Soap (1979–1980); St. Elsewhere (1986); TCM Remembers 2020 (2020); Ten: Thirty One (2008); The Golden Girls (1986); The Grady Nutt Show (1981); The Last Starfighter (1984); The Magical World of Disney (1988); The Outsider (1968); The Paper Chase (1985); The Substitute (1996); The Toughest Man in the World (1984); The Trials of O'Brien (1966); The Twilight Zone / Segment: Tooth and Consequences (1986); Too Close for Comfort (1986); Tough Cookies (1986); Toys (2016); Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five (1998).