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Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Born on this day – Tony Roberts:


Tony Roberts


Actor

October 22, 1939 – February 7, 2025

Credits:

12 and Holding (2005); 18 Again! (1988); A Different Affair (1987); A Guide for the Married Man (1969); A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982); A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Jealous Jokester (1995); A Question of Honor (1982); All My Children (1994); American Masters (2001); American Masters (2011); Amityville 3-D (1983); An Anomaly (2013); Annie Hall (1977); Apologies to Bunuel (1996); B. Smith with Style (1999); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Bitter Jester (2003); Bravo Profiles (1999–2003); Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); Comic Groove (2002); Dead Broke (1998); Dinner with Family with Brett Gelman and Brett Gelman's Family (2015); Dirty Dancing (2017); Entertainment Tonight (1990); Finder of Lost Loves (1985); Fist Fighter (1988); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2017); Good Morning America (1978); Great Performances (1999 / 2005 / 2021); Hannah and Her Sisters (1986); Hollywood Squares (1977); Hotel (1985); If Things Were Different (1980); Intimate Portrait (2001); It Takes a Lunatic (2019); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1986); Just Tell Me What You Want (1980); Key Exchange (1985); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1996); Law & Order (1991–2010); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2008); Le sauvage (1975); Let's Celebrate (1972); Live with Kelly and Mark (1990); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Hotel Caper (1971); Married to the Kellys (2004); Matlock (1991); McMillan & Wife (1977); Men at Law (1970); Murder, She Wrote (1992); My Best Friend's Wife (2001); Night Gallery / Segment: The Messiah on Mott Street (1971); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Nightlife (1986); Not in My Family (1993); Our Sons (1991); Our World (1986); Packin' It In (1983); Painting the Town: The Illusionistic Murals of Richard Haas (1990); Phyllis (1975); Play It Again, Sam (1972); Popcorn (1991); Radio Days (1987); Rosetti and Ryan (1977); Seize the Day (1986); Serpico (1973); Short Talks on the Universe Benefit Performance (2002); Snafu (1976); Sounds from a Town I Love (2001); Spotlight on Broadway (2013); Star Spangled Girl (1971); Star Wars: A New Hope (1994); Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1994); Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi (1994); Stardust Memories (1980); Switch (1991); The $10,000 Pyramid (1974–1977); The $25,000 Pyramid (1975–1978); The 22nd Annual Tony Awards (1968); The 23rd Annual Tony Awards (1969); The 34th Annual Tony Awards (1980); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The 38th Annual Tony Awards (1984); The 39th Annual Tony Awards (1985); The 48th Annual Tony Awards (1994); The 55th Annual Tony Awards (2001); The 62nd Annual Tony Awards (2008); The American Clock (1993); The Carol Burnett Show (1991); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The Edge of Night (1965–1966); The Four Seasons (1984); The Girls in the Office (1979); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998); The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch (2005); The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976); The Longest Week (2014); The Love Boat (1978–1979); The Lucie Arnaz Show (1985); The Magical World of Disney (1974); The Merv Griffin Show (1971–1977); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The Million Dollar Duck (1971); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); The Thorns (1988); The Trial of Adolf Eichmann (1997); The Trials of O'Brien (1965); The Way They Were (1981); Today (1982–1985); Trapper John, M.D. (1983–1985); Victor/Victoria (1995); Well Fed and Comfortable (2006); What's My Line? (1972–1973); When Pop Culture Saved America: A 9-11 Story (2011); Working in the Theatre (1980–1992).

Born on this day – Philip H. Lathrop:


Philip H. Lathrop


Cinematographer

Actor

October 22, 1912 – April 12, 1995

Philip H. Lathrop (left), Charlton Heston (center), and Orson Welles (right), on set filming Touch of Evil (1958).

Credits:

36 Hours (1964); A Change of Seasons (1980); A Different Story (1978); Airport 1975 (1974); Airport '77 (1977); All Night Long (1981); Against All Flags (1952); All My Sons (1948); All That Heaven Allows (1955); Battle Hymn (1957); Between the Darkness and the Dawn (1985); Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961); Captains Courageous (1977); Celebrity (1984); Christmas Snow (1986); Class Reunion (1982); Combat! (1962); Cry Tough (1959); Days of Wine and Roses (1962); Deadly Friend (1986); Dime with a Halo (1963); Don't Make Waves (1967); Earthquake (1974); Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972); Experiment in Terror (1962); Finian's Rainbow (1968); Flame of Araby (1951); Foolin' Around (1980); Girl Happy (1965); Girls on the Loose (1958); Gunn (1967); Hammett (1982); Hard Times (1975); Hong Kong (1960–1961); I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968); In Harm's Way (1965); It Happens Every Thursday (1953); Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982); Katie Did It (1950); Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948); Little Girl Lost (1988); Little Egypt (1951); Little Miss Marker (1980); Live Fast, Die Young (1958); Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973); Lonely Are the Brave (1962); Love on the Run (1985); Loving Couples (1980); Malice in Wonderland (1985); Mame (1974); Moment by Moment (1978); Money, Women and Guns (1958); Mr. and Mrs. Ryan (1986); Mr. Lucky (1959–1960); Man Afraid (1957); Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948); Naked Alibi (1954); Never Con a Killer (1977); Never Too Late (1965); Peggy (1950); Perry Mason (1961); Peter Gunn (1958–1960); Picking Up the Pieces (1985); Point Blank (1967); Portnoy's Complaint (1972); Profiles in Courage (1965); Rabbit, Run (1970); Rawhide (1959); Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (1987); Sam Benedict (1962); Scarlet Angel (1952); Seminole (1953); Six Against the Rock (1987); Soldier in the Rain (1963); Steve Canyon (1959); Swashbuckler (1976); The All-American Boy (1973); The Americanization of Emily (1964); The Black Bird (1975); The Cat Creeps (1946); The Cincinnati Kid (1965); The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979); The Desert Hawk (1950); The Driver (1978); The Feather and Father Gang (1977); The Female Animal (1958); The Green Peacock (1958); The Gypsy Moths (1969); The Happening (1967); The Hawaiians (1970); The Illustrated Man (1969); The Killer Elite (1975); The Lady Gambles (1949); The Magical World of Disney (1959); The Man from the Alamo (1953); The Midnight Story (1957); The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959); The Perfect Furlough (1958); The Pink Panther (1963); The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975); The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960); The Raging Tide (1951); The Saga of Hemp Brown (1958); The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973); The Traveling Executioner (1970); The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952); The Woody Woodpecker Show (1957); They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969); Three for the Road (1975); Together Brothers (1974); Touch of Evil (1958); Twilight of Honor (1963); Vacation Playhouse (1963); The Veils of Bagdad (1953); What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966); What Now, Catherine Curtis? (1976); Wild Heritage (1958); Wild Rovers (1971); Wyoming Mail (1950); Yankee Buccaneer (1952); You Gotta Stay Happy (1948).

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Born on this day – Tony Ganios:


Tony Ganios


Actor

October 21, 1959 – February 18, 2024

Credits:

Wanderers Forever (2017); Rising Sun (1993); The Ring of the Musketeers (1992); Ring of the Musketeers (1992); The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991); Die Hard 2 (1990); Wiseguy (1989–1990); The Equalizer (1988); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1987); Porky's Revenge (1985); Body Rock (1984); Porky's II: The Next Day (1983); Porky's (1981); Continental Divide (1981); Back Roads (1981); The Wanderers (1979).

Born on this day – Leonard Rossiter:


Leonard Rossiter

Actor

Writer

October 21, 1926 – October 5, 1984

Born on this day – Hy Averback:


Hy Averback

Actor

Producer

Director

October 21, 1920 – October 14, 1997

Monday, October 20, 2025

Born on this day – Robert Swan:


Robert Swan

Actor

October 20, 1944 – August 9, 2023

Born on this day – Jerry Orbach:


Jerry Orbach

Actor

Singer

October 20, 1935 – December 28, 2004

Born on this day – William Christopher:


William Christopher

Actor

Comedian

October 20, 1932 – December 31, 2016

Born on this day – John Anderson:


John Anderson

Actor

October 20, 1922 – August 7, 1992

Born on this day – Jean-Pierre Melville:


Jean-Pierre Melville

Director

Writer

Actor

October 20, 1917 – August 2, 1973

Born on this day – Adolph Deutsch:


Adolph Deutsch

Composer

Conductor

Actor

October 20, 1897 – January 1, 1980

Born on this day – Bela Lugosi:


Bela Lugosi

Actor

October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956

Born on this day – Edgar Selwyn:


Edgar Selwyn


Actor

Writer

Director

Producer

October 20, 1875 – February 13, 1944

Credits:

Pierre of the Plains (1942); Washington Melodrama (1941); Dulcy (1940); The Golden Fleecing (1940); Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939); Dancing Co-Ed (1939); Bridal Suite (1939); The Kid from Texas (1939); Baby Face Harrington (1935); The Mystery of Mr. X (1934); Chained (1934); Men Must Fight (1933); Turn Back the Clock (1933); The Barbarian (1933); Skyscraper Souls (1932); The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931); Men Call It Love (1931); Possessed (1931); War Nurse (1930); The Girl in the Show (1929); Dancing Mothers (1926); Night Life of New York (1925); The Crowded Hour (1925); The Mirage (1924); The Arab (1924); The Primitive Lover (1922); Lonely Heart (1921); For Better, for Worse (1919); Heart of the Wilds (1918); Dodging a Million (1918); Nearly Married (1917); Rolling Stones (1916); The Arab (1915); The Country Boy (1915); Pierre of the Plains (1914).

Sunday, October 19, 2025

Born on this day – Chance Perdomo:


Chance Perdomo


Actor

October 19, 1996 – March 30, 2024

Credits:

After Ever Happy (2022); After Everything (2023); After We Fell (2021); Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018–2020); Chilling Adventures of Sabrina 3: Straight to Hell (2020); Gen V (2023); Hetty Feather (2017); Killed by My Debt (2018); Longfield Drive (2016); Marvel Let's Play (2019); Midsomer Murders (2018); Moominvalley (2022); Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators (2018); The Art of Trying (2017); The Cipher (2020–2021); The Importance of Skin (2017); The Most Impossible Quiz (2019); This Week in Marvel (2019).

Born on this day – Kenneth Washington:


Kenneth Washington


Actor

October 19, 1946 – July 18, 2025

Credits:

A Different World (1989); About Religion (1963); Adam-12 (1968–1969); Changes (1969); Climb an Angry Mountain (1972); Cry Rape (1973); Dragnet 1967 (1968); Escape from DS-3 (1981); Hec Ramsey (1972); Hogan's Heroes (1970–1971); Hook, Line and Sinker (1969); I Dream of Jeannie (1966); J. Edgar Hoover (1987); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970); Money on the Side (1982); My Friend Tony (1969); My Three Sons (1968); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971); Our Family Business (1981); Petticoat Junction (1969); Police Story (1974–1977); Star Trek (1969); The Birds and the Bees (1956); The F.B.I. (1974); The Name of the Game (1969); The Paul Lynde Show (1972); The Rockford Files (1975); Westworld (1973).

Born on this day – Michael Gambon:


Michael Gambon


Actor

October 19, 1940 – September 28, 2023

Credits:

Cordelia (2019); Judy (2019); Fortitude (2015–2018); Johnny English Strikes Again (2018); King of Thieves (2018); The Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2018); Citizen Lane (2018); The Last Witness (2018); Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (2018); Little Women (2017); Paddington 2 (2017); Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017); Victoria & Abdul (2017); Fearless (2017); The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind (2017); Mad to Be Normal (2017); Viceroy’s House (2017); The Hollow Crown (2016); Churchill’s Secret (2016); Dad’s Army (2016); Hail, Caesar! (2016); The Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells (2016); The Casual Vacancy (2015); On Angel Wings (2014); Paddington (2014); Common (2014); The Elder Scrolls Online (2014); Quirke (2014); Quartet: Deleted Scenes (2013); Lucan (2013); Fifty Years on Stage (2013); Restless (2012); Quartet (2012); Luck (2012); Karalu Miriyalu (2011); Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011); Page Eight (2011); Comic Relief: Uptown Downstairs Abbey (2011); Doctor Who (2010); Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010); The King’s Speech (2010); Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey (2010); The Book of Eli (2010); Emma (2009); Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009); Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009); Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire (2009); Brideshead Revisited (2008); Cranford (2007); Joe’s Palace (2007); Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007); The Baker (2007); The Alps (2007); Celebration (2007); The Good Night (2007); The Good Shepherd (2006); John Duffy’s Brother (2006); Amazing Grace (2006); The Omen (2006); Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005); The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004); Layer Cake (2004); Being Julia (2004); Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004); Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004); Angels in America (2003); Ghost Hunter (2003); Sylvia (2003); Little Wolf’s Book of Badness (2003); Open Range (2003); Standing Room Only (2003); The Actors (2003); The Lost Prince (2003); Gosford Park: Deleted Scenes (2002); Path to War (2002); Ali G Indahouse (2002); Gosford Park (2001); Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001); High Heels and Low Lifes (2001); Perfect Strangers (2001); Shackleton’s Antarctic Adventure (2001); Endgame (2000); Longitude (2000); Dead on Time (1999); Wives and Daughters (1999); Sleepy Hollow (1999); The Insider (1999); A Monkey’s Tale (1999); The Last September (1999); Plunkett & Macleane (1999); Dancing at Lughnasa (1998); The Gambler (1997); The Wings of the Dove (1997); The Willows in Winter (1996); Samson and Delilah (1996); Mary Reilly (1996); Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996); The Wind in the Willows (1995); Bullet to Beijing (1995); The Innocent Sleep (1995); Two Deaths (1995); Nothing Personal (1995); Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale (1994); A Man of No Importance (1994); Faith (1994); The Browning Version (1994); Clean Slate (1994); Mama’s Back (1993); Performance (1993); Maigret (1992–1993); Toys (1992); Minder (1991); Mobsters (1991); The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1991); Blood Royal: William the Conqueror (1990); The Heat of the Day (1989); About Face (1989); A Dry White Season (1989); The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989); MuppeTelevision (1989); The Rachel Papers (1989); Mountain Language (1988); Missing Link (1988); Paris by Night (1988); Theatre Night (1987); Bergerac (1987); The Singing Detective (1986); Absurd Person Singular (1985); Turtle Diary (1985); The Holy Experiment (1985); Tropical Moon Over Dorking (1985); Oscar (1985); ITV Playhouse (1982); La ronde (1982); Tales of the Unexpected (1980); The Other One (1977–1979); Premiere (1978); Play for Love (1978); BBC Play of the Month (1967–1978); Chalk and Cheese (1977); The Sunday Drama (1977); Play for Today (1972–1976); ITV Sunday Night Drama (1976); Centre Play (1976); The Secret Agent (1975); Masquerade (1974); The Beast Must Die (1974); Second City Firsts (1974); Zodiac (1974); Orson Welles’ Great Mysteries (1973); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1973); Six Days of Justice (1973); Arthur of the Britons (1973); Special Branch (1973); A Picture of Katherine Mansfield (1973); Menace (1973); Love Story (1973); Nothing But the Night (1973); Softly Softly: Task Force (1972); Kate (1972); The Man Outside (1972); The Challengers (1972); Confession (1970); The Borderers (1968–1970); Fraud Squad (1969); Public Eye (1968); Much Ado About Nothing (1967); Softly Softly (1967); Othello (1965).

Born on this day – Tony Lo Bianco:


Tony Lo Bianco


Actor

Director

Producer

October 19, 1936 – June 11, 2024

Credits:

Somewhere in Queens (2022); No Rest for the Weekend (2022); 79 Parts: Director's Cut (2019); Compression (2019); Cooking with Chef Johnny P (2018); Fame Us (2017); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2017); The Seven-Ups: Cut to the Chase (2016); A Tony Lo Bianco Type (2016); Blondie (2016); Just a Common Soldier (2015); Love Letters: Tony Lo Bianco, Marilyn Chris and Stan Warnow on 'The Honeymoon Killers' (2015); Just a Common Soldier (2015); God Told Me to: Heaven & Hell on Earth - Interview with Tony Lo Bianco (2015); Send No Flowers (2013); All Night with Joey Reynolds (2011); Movie Nights (2011); Kill the Irishman (2011); Lily of the Feast (2010); Frame of Mind (2009); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2007); The Last Request (2006); N.Y.-70 (2005); Hate (2005); The Engagement Ring (2005); Exit (2005); Anti-Italianism (2005); Ilaria Alpi - Il più crudele dei giorni (2003); Endangered Species (2002); Law & Order (1992–2002); Lucky Day (2002); Friends and Family (2001); Deadline (2001); Walker, Texas Ranger (2001); Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'the French Connection' (2001); The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' (2000); Down 'n Dirty (2000); The Day the Ponies Come Back (2000); Rocky Marciano (1999); The Pawn (1999); Mafia! (1998); Bella Mafia (1997); Let Me Call You Sweetheart (1997); Cold Night Into Dawn (1997); F/X: The Series (1997); Sworn to Justice (1996); The Juror (1996); Nixon (1995); Tyson (1995); Homicide: Life on the Street (1995); The Maharaja's Daughter (1994); Apocrifi sul caso Crowley (1994); Power and Lovers (1994); The Ascent (1994); The Web of Silence - A.I.D.S. (1994); Murder, She Wrote (1991–1994); The Good Policeman (1993); Boiling Point (1993); The Sands of Time (1992); Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (1992); Stormy Weathers (1992); In the Shadow of a Killer (1992); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); Palace Guard (1991); The First Circle (1991); The Ten Million Dollar Getaway (1991); City of Hope (1991); Frederick Forsyth Presents (1990); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1990); ABC Afterschool Specials (1990); Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen (1990); True Blue (1989); La romana (1988); CBS Summer Playhouse (1988); Body of Evidence (1988); Hour Magazine (1988); The Ann Jillian Story (1988); Night Heat (1987); Police Story: The Freeway Killings (1987); American Masters (1986); Blood Ties (1986); Welcome Home, Bobby (1986); The Twilight Zone / Segment: If She Dies (1985); Lady Blue (1985); The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1985); Jessie (1984); Battle of the Network Stars XVII (1984); Too Scared to Scream (1984); Jessie (1984); Hizzoner! (1984); City Heat (1984); The Paper Chase (1984); The 37th Annual Tony Awards (1983); Working in the Theatre (1983); Another Woman's Child (1983); Marco Polo (1982); Today's F.B.I. (1981); Pals (1981); Separate Ways (1981); Circus of the Stars #3 (1979); The Mike Douglas Show (1979); The Duke (1979); The Secret Empire (1979); Kaz (1978–1979); Marciano (1979); A Last Cry for Help (1979); Champions: A Love Story (1979); Magee and the Lady (1978); Bloodbrothers (1978); The Last Tenant (1978); F.I.S.T. (1978); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); Circus of the Stars #2 (1977); Genova a mano armata (1976); God Told Me To (1976); Goldenrod (1976); Alle origini della mafia (1976); Police Story (1973–1976); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); The Streets of San Francisco (1975); A Shadow in the Streets (1975); The Story of Jacob and Joseph (1974); The Seven-Ups (1973); Serpico (1973); Mean Frank and Crazy Tony (1973); Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside (1973); Madigan (1972); Great Performances (1971); The French Connection (1971); The Honeymoon Killers (1970); Hidden Faces (1968–1969); A Fine Pair (1968); Star! (1968); N.Y.P.D. (1968); Hawk (1966); Blue Light (1966); Get Smart (1966); The Sex Perils of Paulette (1965); The Lawrence Welk Show (1965); The Doctors (1963); Love of Life (1951–1980).

Born on this day – Auguste Lumière:


Auguste Lumière

Director

Producer

Actor

Engineer

Biologist

Co-inventor of the cinematograph

Regarded as one of the pioneers of cinema

October 19, 1862 – April 10, 1954