Born on this day – John Candy:

John Candy

Actor

Comedian

October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994

Credits:

1941 (1979); Armed and Dangerous (1986); Big City Comedy: Cocktail Party (1986); Boris and Natasha (1991); Brewster's Millions (1985); Camp Candy (1992); Canadian Bacon (1995); Career Opportunities (1991); Class of '44 (1973); Coming Up Rosie (1975); Cool Runnings (1993); Cucumber (1975); Dave Thomas: The Incredible Time Travels of Henry Osgood (1986); Delirious (1991); Double Negative (1980); Dr. Zonk and the Zunkins (1974); Find the Lady (1976); Follow That Bird (1985); Going Berserk (1983); Heavy Metal (1981); Home Alone (1990); Hostage for a Day (1994); Hot to Trot (1988); Ian Thomas: Harmony (1985); It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (1975); JFK (1991); King of Kensington (1977); Little Shop of Horrors (1986); Lost and Found (1979); Masters of Menace (1990); National Lampoon's Vacation (1983); Northern Lights: Tears Are Not Enough (1985); Nothing But Trouble (1991); Once Upon a Crime... (1992); Only the Lonely (1991); Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987); Police Surgeon (1974); Rabbit Ears: Stormalong (1992); Ray Parker Jr.: Ghostbusters (1984); Really Weird Tales (1986); Rookie of the Year (1993); Saturday Night Live (1981); SCTV (1976); SCTV Channel (1983); SCTV Network (1981); Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie (1988); She's Having a Baby (1988); Spaceballs (1987); Speed Zone (1989); Splash (1984); Stripes (1981); Summer Rental (1985); Tales of the Klondike (1981); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1974); The Blues Brothers (1980); The Canadian Conspiracy (1986); The Clown Murders (1976); The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog (1980); The David Steinberg Show (1976); The Great Outdoors (1988); The Last Polka (1985); The New Show (1984); The Prince and the Pauper (1990); The Rocket Boy (1989); The Silent Partner (1978); Tunnel Vision (1976); Uncle Buck (1989); Volunteers (1985); Wagons East (1994); Who Shrunk Saturday Morning? (1989); Who's Harry Crumb? (1989).

Born on this day – Barrie Keeffe:

Barrie Keeffe

Writer

Actor

October 31, 1945 – December 10, 2019

Credits:

Books:

Gadabout (1969); No Excuses (1983).

Stage and radio plays:

A Mad World My Masters (1977 / 1984); A Sight of Glory (1975); Anything Known (1980); Barbarians / Killing Time; Abide with Me; In the City (1977); Bastard Angel (1980); Better Times (1985); Black Lear (1980); Chorus Girls (1981); Feng Shui and Me (2001); Frozen Assets (1978 / 1987); Gimme Shelter (1977); Heaven Scent (1979); Here Comes the Sun (1976); I Only Want to Be With You (1995); King of England (1988); My Girl (1989); My Girl (1999); Not Fade Away (1990); On the Eve of the Millennium (1999); Only a Game (1973 / 1976); Paradise (1989); Pigeon Skyline (1976); Scribes (1975); Shadows on the Sun (2001); She's So Modern (1980); Still Killing Time (2006); Sus (1979); The Five of Us (2002); The Long Good Friday (1997); Uncle Jack (1975); Wild Justice (1990).

Movies and television:

Adam Smith (1973); An Accidental Studio (2019); Cast & Crew (2005); Du er ferdig (1981); Innbrakt (1985); ITV Playhouse (1977); Julius Caesar (1964); No Excuses (1983); På lika villkor (1979); Play for Today (1977–1984); Premiere (1978); Pylon (2017); Sus (2010); The London Programme (1990); The Long Good Friday (1980).

Born on this day – David Ogden Stiers:

David Ogden Stiers

Actor

Conductor

October 31, 1942 – March 3, 2018

Born on this day – Bud Spencer:

Bud Spencer

Actor

Swimmer

Water polo player

October 31, 1929 – June 27, 2016

Born on this day – Ed Lauter:

Ed Lauter

Actor

Comedian

October 30, 1938 – October 16, 2013

Credits:

3:15 the Moment of Truth (1986); A Bright Shining Lie (1998); A Shadow in the Streets (1975); Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980); Allie & Me (1997); Art Heist (2004); Automan (1984); B.J. and the Bear (1979); Bad Company (1972); Baretta (1975); Birdland (1994); Blast (2000); Blind Pass (2015); Booker (1989); Born on the Fourth of July (1989); Breach of Trust (1995); Breakheart Pass (1975); Brothers in Arms (2005); Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story (1992); Camille (2008); Cannon (1972); Can't Hurry Love (1996); Carnal Innocence (2011); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984); Charlie's Angels (1977); Charmed (2001); Chief Zabu (1988); Childhood Sweetheart? (1997); Chocolate News (2008); Civility (2000); Class of '63 (1973); Cold Case (2008); Coming Attractions (1978); Coyote Summer (1996); Crazy Like a Fox (1984); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2002); Cujo (1983); Dark Shadows (1967); Death Hunt (1981); Death Wish 3 (1985); Digital Man (1995); Dirty Little Billy (1972); Dollar for the Dead (1998); ER (1998); Eureka (1983); Executive Action (1973); Expecting a Miracle (2009); Extreme Justice (1993); Family Plot (1976); Farewell, My Love (2000); Fat Man and Little Boy / aka Shadow Makers (1989); Father Dowling Mysteries (1990); Finders Keepers (1984); Firefighter (1986); For Which He Stands (1996); French Connection II (1975); Gentleman B. (2000); Girl in the Cadillac (1995); Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985); Gleaming the Cube (1989); Go for Broke (2002); Godspeed (2009); Golden Years (1991); Goodbye, Miss 4th of July (1988); Grandpa's Place (2004); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978); Grey's Anatomy (2008); Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980); Hardcastle and McCormick (1983); Hawaii Five-O (1980); Hickey & Boggs (1972); Highlander (1994); Hitz (1992); Homicide: Life on the Street (1993); How the West Was Won (1978); In the Custody of Strangers (1982); Into the Fire (2005); Ironside (1972); JAG (2004); Kate McShane (1975); King Kong (1976); Kingpin (2003); Knight Club (2001); Kojak (1974); Kojak: Flowers for Matty (1990); Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1996); Lassiter (1984); Last Hours Before Morning (1975); Law & Order (2000); Leaving Las Vegas (1995); Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973); Longstreet (1971); Love Hollywood Style (2006); Love's Savage Fury (1979); Magic (1978); Magnum, P.I. (1983); Manimal (1983); Mannix (1971); Married to a Stranger (1997); Mercenary (1996); Miami Vice (1986); Millennium (1998); Monsters (1990); Mulholland Falls (1996); Murder, She Wrote (1987); My Blue Heaven (1990); Nero Wolfe (1981); Nickel Mountain (1984); Night of Terror (1999); Nobody Knows Anything! (2003); Not Another Teen Movie (2001); NYPD Blue (2005); Ohara (1987); Operation Shock and Awe... some (2008); Our Family Honor (1985); Out in Fifty (1999); Poisoned by Love: The Kern County Murders (1993); Police Story (1976); Psych (2009); Purple Heart (2005); Python (2000); Rage (1972); Rattled (1996); Raven Hawk (1995); Raw Deal (1986); Real Genius (1985); Renegade (1992); Requiem for a Nun (1975); Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987); Ripple (1995); Rooster (1982); Satan's Triangle (1975); School Ties (1992); Screen Two (1986); Seabiscuit (2003); Secret Sins of the Father (1994); Seraphim Falls (2006); Shameless (2012); Simon & Simon (1983); Solace (2006); Something's Wrong in Kansas (2008); St. Elsewhere (1983); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992); Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004); Taken by Force (2010); Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006); Tennessee Waltz (1989); The Amateur (1981); The American Standards (2008); The Artist (2011); The A-Team (1983); The Beautiful Ones (2017); The Big Score (1983); The Boy Who Drank Too Much (1980); The Cartier Affair (1984); The Chicken Chronicles (1977); The Clone Master (1978); The Defiant Ones (1986); The Equalizer (1987); The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012); The Godchild (1974); The Jericho Mile (1979); The Last American Hero (1973); The Last Days of Patton (1986); The Librarians (2003); The Longest Yard / aka The Mean Machine (1974); The Lost (2006); The Magical World of Disney (1986); The Magnificent Seven (1999); The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972); The Midnight Man (1974); The Migrants (1974); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979); The New Centurions (1972); The New Land (1974); The Number 23 (2007); The Office (2013); The Oregon Trail (1978); The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie (2007); The Prometheus Project (2010); The Return of Ironside (1993); The Rocketeer (1991); The Rockford Files (1977); The Seduction of Gina (1984); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); The Sweeper (1996); The Three Wishes of Billy Grier (1984); The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014); The Tuskegee Airmen (1995); The Waltons (1974); The White Buffalo (1977); The X-Files (1993); The Yellow Rose (1984); Thirteen Days (2000); Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982); Top of the World (1997); Trial by Jury (1994); Trouble with the Curve (2012); True Romance (1993); Under Investigation (1993); Under Wraps (1997); Undercover with the KKK (1979); Venice Underground (2005); Wagons East (1994); Walker, Texas Ranger (1997); Working for Harry (1995); Youngblood (1986).

Born on this day – Robert Hardy:

Robert Hardy

Actor

October 29, 1925 – August 3, 2017

Born on this day – Eddie Constantine:

Eddie Constantine

Actor

Singer

October 29, 1913 – February 25, 1993

Credits:

A Fat Head (1962); A Second Spring (1975); À tout casser (1968); Alphaville (1965); As If It Were Raining (1963); Avanzi di galera (1954); Beware of a Holy Whore (1971); Black Sequence (1984); Bloedverwanten (1977); Bomben auf Monte Carlo (1960); Bonne chance, Charlie (1962); Bonsoir Paris (1956); Boxoffice (1982); Ça va barder (1955); Ça va être ta fête (1960); Car-Napping - Bestellt, geklaut, geliefert (1980); Cartes sur table (1966); Ce soir les jupons volent... (1956); Ces dames s'en mêlent (1965); Ces messieurs de la famille (1968); Cet homme est dangereux (1953); Chien de pique (1960); Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962); Comment trouvez-vous ma soeur? (1964); Das Mikado-Projekt (1983); De bien étranges affaires (1982); Der Idiot im Hintergrund (1979); Der Schnüffler (1983); Des frissons partout (1963); Destination Fury (1961); Diamond Machine (1955); Die Alptraumfrau (1981); Die ganze Welt ist himmelblau (1964); Die Hinrichtung (1981); Dimension 1991-2024 (2010); Dishonorable Discharge (1957); Egypt by Three (1953); Ein Fall für Männdli (1976); Eine Rose für Jane (1970); Et par ici la sortie (1957); Europa (1991); Europa, abends (1989); Exit... nur keine Panik (1980); Faites vos jeux, mesdames (1965); Flight to Berlin (1984); Folies-Bergère (1956); Frankenstein's Aunt (1987); Freak Orlando (1981); Freckled Max and the Spooks (1987); Geen paniek (1973); Germany Year 90 Nine Zero (1991); Hail, Mafia (1965); Haytabo (1971); Heiter bis meschugge (1974); Helsinki Napoli All Night Long (1987); Hochkant (1982); Honor Thy Father (1986); Hoppla, jetzt kommt Eddie (1958); Hot Money Girl (1959); How Not to Rob a Department Store (1965); Incognito (1958); It Lives Again (1978); Je suis un sentimental (1955); Jumbo - Ein Elefantenleben (1970); Keep Talking, Baby (1961); Kottan ermittelt (1983); La bête noire (1983); L'agence (1989); Laissez tirer les tireurs (1964); Le couple témoin (1977); Le grand bluff (1957); Le moulin à remonter le poivre (1982); Le retour de Lemmy Caution (1989); Lemmy pour les dames... (1962); L'empire de la nuit (1962); Les brigades du Tigre (1982); Les cinq dernières minutes (1988); Les femmes d'abord (1963); Les femmes s'en balancent (1954); Les fugitifs (1981); License to Kill (1964); Lions Love (... and Lies) (1969); Lucky Jo (1964); Makaroni Blues (1986); Malatesta (1970); Man and Child (1956); Me faire ça à moi (1961); Minute papillon (1983); Neige (1981); Nick Carter et le trèfle rouge (1965); Nous irons à Deauville (1962); Oasis (1982); Panische Zeiten (1980); Pariser Nächte (1973); Paul Chevrolet en de ultieme hallucinatie (1985); Pepe Carvalho (1986); Perlico – Perlaco (1971); Pfuri Gorps & Kniri im Hotel (1981); Poison Ivy (1953); Quei trentasei gradini (1984); Raid on Entebbe (1976); Rambo Zambo (1984); Ravissante (1960); Red Love (1982); Residencia para espías (1966); Riff Raff Girls (1959); Rivalen der Rennbahn (1989); Roncalli (1986); Room 43 (1958); Seifenblasen (1984); SOS Pacific (1959); Souvenir of Gibraltar (1975); Supergirl - Das Mädchen von den Sternen (1971); Tango durch Deutschland (1980); Tarzana (1978); The Fiancés of the Bridge Mac Donald (1961); The Gangsters (1957); The Long Good Friday (1980); The Third Generation (1979); Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven (1993); Ticket of No Return (1979); Tiger - Frühling in Wien (1984); Tokyo Holiday (1991); Une aventure de Phil Perfect (1984); Une baleine qui avait mal aux dents (1974); Uno scugnizzo a New York (1984); Victor (1979); Votre dévoué Blake (1954); Wir sind drei (1972); Women Are Like That (1960); World on a Wire (1973); Your Turn, Darling (1963); Zwei himmlische Töchter (1978); Zwischen Mond und Sonne (1981).

Born on this day – Joe Spinell:

Joe Spinell

Actor

Writer

October 28, 1936 – January 13, 1989

Credits:

92 in the Shade (1975); A Question of Honor (1982); ABC Weekend Specials (1977); Big Wednesday (1978); Blood Ties (1986); Brubaker (1980); CBS Afternoon Playhouse (1981); Cinemax Comedy Experiment (1988); Cops and Robbers (1973); Cruising (1980); Dead on Arrival (1978); Deadly Illusion (1987); Diamonds (1987); Dream Street (1989); Eureka (1983); Farewell, My Lovely (1975); Forbidden Zone (1980); Hollywood Harry (1985); Last Embrace (1979); Losin' It (1982); Maniac (1980); Maniac 2: Mr. Robbie (1986); Married to the Mob (1988); Melvin and Howard (1980); Monsignor (1982); Movie Madness (1982); Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976); Night Heat (1986); Night Shift (1982); Nighthawks (1981); Nightside (1980); Nunzio (1978); One Down, Two to go (1982); Operation Warzone (1988); Out of the Darkness (1985); Paradise Alley (1978); Rancho Deluxe (1975); Rapid Fire (1989); Rocky (1976); Rocky II (1979); Sorcerer (1977); Starcrash (1978); Stay Hungry (1976); Strike Force (1975); Taxi Driver (1976); The Big Score (1983); The Children of Times Square (1986); The Equalizer (1986); The First Deadly Sin (1980); The Godfather (1972); The Godfather Part II (1974); The Last Fight (1983); The Last Horror Film (1982); The Little Dragons (1979); The Messenger (1986); The Ninth Configuration (1980); The Pick-up Artist (1987); The Ransom of Red Chief (1975); The Seven-Ups (1973); The Undertaker (1988); The Whoopee Boys (1986); Trackdown: Finding the Goodbar Killer (1983); Vampire (1979); Vigilante (1982); Walking the Edge (1985); Winter Kills (1979).

Born on this day – Marcel Bozzuffi:

Marcel Bozzuffi

Actor

October 28, 1929 – February 1, 1988

Born on this day – Philip Saville:

Philip Saville

Director

Producer

Writer

Actor

October 28, 1927 – December 22, 2016

Born on this day – Jack Soo:

Jack Soo

Actor

Singer

October 28, 1917 – January 11, 1979

Credits:

ABC 25th Anniversary (1978); All-Star Family Feud Special (1978); Amy Prentiss (1975); Barney Miller (1975–1982); Busting Loose (1977); Dinah! (1976); Flower Drum Song (1961); Hawaii Five-O (1970); History of the Sitcom (2021); Ironside (1974); John Wayne: Behind the Scenes (2007); Julia (1968–1971); Laugh? I Thought I'd Die! (1999); M*A*S*H (1972–1975); Police Story (1974–1975); Police Woman (1975); Return from Witch Mountain (1978); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1971); She Lives! (1973); Summer Fun (1966); The Ed Sullivan Show (1962); The Green Berets (1968); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1978); The Jack Benny Program (1962); The Jimmy Stewart Show (1971); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The Monk (1969); The Movie Game (1970); The Moviemakers (1968); The Name of the Game (1971); The Odd Couple (1972); The Oscar (1966); The Red Skelton Hour (1964 / 1969); The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1965); The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (1985); Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967); Valentine's Day (1964–1965); Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963); You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story (2009).

Born on this day – Angus MacInnes:

Angus MacInnes

Actor

October 27, 1947 – December 23, 2024

Credits:

Don't (2025); Bobster's Podblast (2021); Tour de Force: Angus MacInnes on 'Force 10 from Navarone' (2020); Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016); Elstree 1976 (2015); Captain Phillips (2013); Vikings (2013); I Am the Architect (2012); Talking Piranhas (2010); I'll Be Right Here (2010); High Plains Invaders (2009); Dach (2007); Flight of Fury (2007); USS Constellation: Battling for Freedom (2007); Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006); The Big Forever (2006); The Black Dahlia (2006); Living the Quake (2006); The Jacket (2005); Fooling Hitler (2004); Hellboy (2004); Seven Wonders of the Industrial World (2003); Soraya (2003); Amen. (2002); Formula 51 (2001); Enigma (2001); Too Much Sun (2000); Yesterday's Children (2000); Rhythm & Blues (2000); Operation Delta Force 4: Deep Fault (1999); Eyes Wide Shut (1999); Space Island One (1998); McLibel! (1997); Over Here (1996); Emmerdale Farm (1996); Judge Dredd (1995); Paris (1994); Roughnecks (1994); Clue (1994); Between the Lines (1993); Lovejoy (1993); Sleepers (1991); Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1990); Spies Inc. (1992); The Play on One (1990); The Krays (1990); Screen Two (1990); Howards' Way (1989); Gross Anatomy (1989); Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy (1989); Honor Bound (1988); Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988); A Father's Revenge (1988); The New Statesman (1987); Half Moon Street (1986); Loose Ends (1986); Evergreen (1985); John and Yoko: A Love Story (1985); Witness (1985); Bedroom Eyes (1984); Best Revenge (1984); The Edison Twins (1984); Louisiane (1984); ABC Weekend Specials (1984); Spasms (1983); Strange Brew (1983); Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983); The Sender (1982); Murder by Phone (1982); If You Could See What I Hear (1982); The Littlest Hobo (1980–1981); Outland (1981); The Great Detective (1981); Superman II (1980); Dirty Tricks (1980); Atlantic City (1980); Nothing Personal (1980); Force 10 from Navarone (1978); The English Programme (1978); Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977); Space: 1999 (1977); BBC Play of the Month (1977); Wodehouse Playhouse (1976); Play for Today (1975); Rollerball (1975).

Born on this day – Steve Sandor:

Steve Sandor

Actor

October 27, 1937 – April 5, 2017

Credits:

Alamo: The Price of Freedom (1988); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Amy Prentiss (1974); Baretta (1977); Barnaby Jones (1974); Bonnie's Kids (1972); Bronk (1975); Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story (1992); Cannon (1972); Centennial (1978); Charlie's Angels (1976); CHiPs (1981); Civil Wars (1993); Death Valley Days (1967); Fantasy Island (1981); Fire and Ice (1983); Gunsmoke (1968); Hardcastle and McCormick (1985); Hell Town (1985); Hell's Angels '69 (1969); Hunter (1985); If He Hollers, Let Him Go! (1968); Ironside (1972); Jessie (1984); Knight Rider (1985); Lady Blue (1986); Livin' Fast (2015); Mad Bull (1977); Matt Helm (1975); Nakia (1974); One More Train to Rob (1971); Petrocelli (1975); Rough Night in Jericho (1967); Star Trek (1968); Starsky and Hutch (1975); Strike Force (1981); Stryker (1983); perman: The Animated Series (1998); T.J. Hooker (1982); Tales of the Unexpected (1977); The A-Team (1984); The Blue Knight (1976); The Bridge at Remagen (1969); The Dukes of Hazzard (1981); The F.B.I. (1971); The Fall Guy (1982); The Manhunter (1975); The Movie Murderer (1970); The Name of the Game (1969); The Ninth Configuration (1980); The No Mercy Man (1973); The Only Way Home (1972); The Platinum Triangle (1990); The Rookies (1974); The Six Million Dollar Man (1977); The Streets of San Francisco (1973); The Virginian (1970); The Yellow Rose (1983); The Young Country (1970); Three's Company (1980); Vega$ (1980).

Born on this day – John Carson:

John Carson

Actor

October 27, 1910 – January 2, 1963

Born on this day – Ted Demme:

Ted Demme

Director

Producer

Actor

October 26, 1963 – January 13, 2002

Born on this day – Bob Hoskins:

Bob Hoskins

Actor

October 26, 1942 – April 29, 2014

Credits:

A Christmas Carol (2009); A Christmas Carol: The Video Game (2009); A Prayer for the Dying (1987); A Room for Romeo Brass (1999); American Virgin (1999); And All Who Sail in Her (1973); Balto (1995); Beyond the Limit (1983); Beyond the Sea (2004); Big Jim and the Figaro Club (1979); Blue Ice (1992); Brazil (1985); Brecht and Co (1979); British Gas (1991); British Gas 2 (1991); BT it's Good to Talk (1994); BT it's Good to Talk Surprise Saver (1996); Captain Jack (1999); Cousin Bette (1998); Crown Court (1973); David Copperfield (1999); Den of Lions (2003); Don Quixote (2000); Doomsday (2008); Enemy at the Gates (2001); Felicia's Journey (1999); Flickers (1980); Frasier (2003); Full House (1973); Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006); Go Go Tales (2007); Heart Condition (1990); Hollywoodland (2006); Hook (1991); If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them (1974); In the Looking Glass (1978); Inserts (1975); Jamie T: Sheila (2007); Kate (1972); Lassiter (1984); Last Orders (2001); Let the Good Times Roll (1999); Made in Dagenham (2010); Maid in Manhattan (2002); Mermaids (1990); Michael (1996); Mona Lisa (1986); Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005); Mussolini and I (1985); Neverland (2011); New Scotland Yard (1973); Nixon (1995); Noriega: God's Favorite (2000); Of Mycenae and Men (1979); Omnibus (1973); On the Move (1975); Othello (1981); Outlaw (2007); Outside Bet (2012); Paris, Je T'aime (2006); Parting Shots (1998); Passed Away (1992); Paul Hardcastle: Just for Money (1985); Pennies from Heaven (1978); Performance (1993); Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982); Pinocchio (2009); Play for Today (1972); Rainbow (1995); Rainbow (1995); Rock Follies of '77 (1977); Royal Flash (1975); Ruby Blue (2007); Saturday Night Live (1998); Shattered (1991); Sheppey (1980); Shoulder to Shoulder (1974); Sir Yellow (1973); Snow White and the Huntsman (2012); Softly Softly: Task Force (1973); Son of the Mask (2005); Sparkle (2007); Spice World (1997); Stainless Steel and the Star Spies (1981); Stay (2005); Super Mario Bros. (1993); Sweet Liberty (1986); Tales from the Crypt (1996); The Beggar's Opera (1983); The Big Freeze (1993); The Cotton Club (1984); The Crezz (1976); The Dunera Boys (1985); The Englishman's Boy (2008); The Favour, the Watch and the Very Big Fish (1991); The Forgotten Toys (1995); The Good Pope (2003); The Inner Circle (1991); The Last Word Monologues (2008); The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987); The Long Good Friday (1980); The Lost World (2001); The Main Chance (1972); The National Health (1973); The Raggedy Rawney (1988); The Secret Agent (1996); The Sleeping Dictionary (2003); The Street (2009); The Underworld (1994); The White River Kid (1999); The Wind in the Willows (2006); The Woman Who Married Clark Gable (1985); Thick as Thieves (1974); Three Piece Suite (1977); Thriller (1975); Tube Tales (1999); Tummy Trouble (1989); TwentyFourSeven (1997); Unleashed (2005); Up the Front (1972); Van der Valk (1977); Vanity Fair (2004); Villains (1972); Weekend Playhouse (1984); Where Eskimos Live (2002); Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988); Will (2011); World War II: When Lions Roared (1994); Zulu Dawn (1979).

Born on this day – Jackie Coogan:

Jackie Coogan

Actor

Comedian

October 26, 1914 – March 1, 1984

Born on this day – Buddy Messinger:

Buddy Messinger

Actor

Assistant director

Stunts

October 26, 1907 – October 25, 1965

Credits:

A Family Row (1924); A Front Page Story (1922); A Howling Success (1923); A Lady of Chance (1928); A Regular Boy (1923); A Sorority Mixup (1927); A Star Is Born (1937); A Young Tenderfoot (1924); Ah Wilderness! (1935); Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1917); Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1918); All for a Girl (1925); All Over Twist (1923); Almost a Husband (1925); An All American Toothache (1936); Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Atlantic Flight (1937); Blackboard Jungle (1955); Blonde Trouble (1937); Bondage (1933); Boyhood Days (1923); Bringing Up Buddy (1923); Brooklyn Orchid (1942); Buckin' the Line (1923); Budding Youth (1924); Buddy at the Bat (1923); Cheer Up and Smile (1930); Citizen Kane (1941); Clear the Way (1925); College Coach (1933); College Holiday (1936); Crime by Night (1944); Dad's Boy (1923); Devil's Doorway (1950); Don't Fall (1924); Don't Get Fresh (1923); Don't Kidd Me, Monkey (1926); Dumb Belles (1927); Edgar and the Teacher's Pet (1920); Edgar Camps Out (1920); Edgar Takes the Cake (1920); Edgar, the Detective (1921); Edgar, the Explorer (1920); Edgar's Country Cousin (1921); Edgar's Feast Day (1921); Edgar's Hamlet (1920); Edgar's Jonah Day (1920); Edgar's Little Saw (1920); Edgar's Sunday Courtship (1920); Eyes of Hollywood (1925); Fan Fan (1918); Fast and Furious (1939); Fast and Loose (1939); Fighting Joe (1916); Flame of the Islands (1955); Four Girls in White (1939); Giant (1956); Gloriana (1916); Good Scouts (1927); Happy Days (1924); Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943); Here He Comes! (1924); His First Degree (1924); Hold Back the Dawn (1941); Hold That Kiss (1938); Hot Stuff (1929); Hullabaloo (1940); Idiot's Delight (1939); Jack and the Beanstalk (1917); Jack Slade (1953); Jinx (1919); Keeping Company (1940); Kelly the Second (1936); Keyhole Katie (1933); Let 'em Have It (1935); Libeled Lady (1936); Love Thy Neighbor (1940); Low Bridge (1924); Midnight Madonna (1937); Mister Cinderella (1936); Modern Times (1936); Monkey Hula (1927); Monkeys Prefer Blondes (1926); Most Precious Thing in Life (1934); Nize Monkey (1926); Oh, Monkey, Be Good (1926); One, Two, Three, Kick! (1927); Our Relations (1936); Penrod and Sam (1923); Please, Teacher! (1924); Quit Kidding (1924); Ringside Romeos (1928); Sailing Along (1925); Sandwiches and Tea (1928); Sergeant Madden (1939); Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1956–1957); Shadows (1922); She's a He (1923); Six-Shooter Andy (1918); Smarty (1923); So Long, Buddy (1923); Some Pets (1928); So's Your Monk (1927); Stage Mother (1933); Summer Knights (1928); Super-Sleuth (1937); Swell Clothes (1927); Taming the East (1925); Test Pilot (1938); Thanks a Million (1935); That's My Mummy (1927); The 3 Wise Guys (1936); The Abysmal Brute (1923); The Affairs of Martha (1942); The Age of Consent (1932); The Aggravatin' Kid (1925); The Andy Griffith Show (1962); The Atomic Kid (1954); The Babes in the Woods (1917); The Big Store (1941); The Blow Out (1924); The Caddy (1924); The Campus Hoofer (1934); The Clown and the Kid (1961); The Danny Thomas Show (1963); The Devil Is a Sissy (1936); The Flirt (1922); The Gay Amigo (1949); The Gay Sisters (1942); The Godless Girl (1928); The Hoodlum (1919); The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939); The King of Shebas (1928); The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939); The Luck of the Irish (1920); The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941); The Old Nest (1921); The Public Menace (1935); The Racing Kid (1924); The Road to Denver (1955); The Sergeant Was a Lady (1961); The Shining Hour (1938); The Shopworn Angel (1938); The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944); The Valiant Hombre (1948); The Whispered Name (1924); This Side of Heaven (1934); Three of a Kind (1936); Timberjack (1955); Too Hot to Handle (1938); Trailing Trouble (1924); Treasure Island (1917); Trifling with Honor (1923); Turnabout (1940); Two Arabian Sights (1927); Undressed (1928); What an Eye (1924); When Love Comes (1922); Wild Boys of the Road (1933); Wings Over Honolulu (1937); Yellow Jack (1938); Young Ideas (1924); Zero Hour! (1957).

Born on this day – H.B. Warner:

H.B. Warner

Actor

October 26, 1876 – December 21, 1958

Credits:

A Fugitive from Matrimony (1919); A Tale of Two Cities (1935); A Woman Commands (1932); A Woman of Experience (1931); A Yank in Libya (1942); Action in Arabia (1944); Along Came Love (1936); Army Girl (1938); Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1938); Behold My Wife! (1934); Biography (2005); Blackmailer (1936); Born to Gamble (1935); Bulldog Drummond in Africa (1938); Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939); Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939); Captain Tugboat Annie (1945); Charlie Chan's Chance (1932); Christopher Bean (1933); City of Missing Girls (1941); Conquest (1928); Cross-Examination (1932); Crossroads (1942); Danger Trail (1917); Darby's Rangers (1958); Dice of Destiny (1920); Driftwood (1947); Education by Proxy (2024); El Paso (1949); Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941); Enemy of Women (1944); English Nell (1900); Expensive Women (1931); Faces in the Fog (1944); Felix O'Day (1920); Five Star Final (1931); For a Woman's Honor (1919); French Dressing (1927); Gentleman Joe Palooka (1946); God's Man (1917); Grand Canary (1934); Great Performances (1987); Harp of Tara (1914); Haunting Shadows (1919); Hellfire (1949); Here Comes the Groom (1951); High Wall (1947); Hitler's Children (1943); Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961); In Old Santa Fe (1934); Is Love Everything? (1924); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); Jennie Gerhardt (1933); Jesus Christ, Movie Star (1992); Journey Into Light (1951); Justice Takes a Holiday (1933); Kidnapped (1938); Let Freedom Ring (1939); Liliom (1930); Lost Horizon (1937); Lux Æterna: The Art of Filmmaking (2019); Man-Made Women (1928); Moonlight Murder (1936); Movies Golden Age (1961); Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); New Moon (1940); Night Alarm (1934); Nurse Edith Cavell (1939); On Your Back (1930); One Hour Before Dawn (1920); Prices Unlimited (1944); Prospecting for Petroleum (1946); Rogues Gallery (1944); Romance of a Rogue (1928); Rose of the Rancho (1936); Savage Drums (1951); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 17 (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 15, No. 11 (1936); Screen Snapshots, Series 23, No. 10 (1944); Seven Deadly Sins (1917); Shell 43 (1916); Show of Shows (1929); Silence (1926); Sorrell and Son (1927 / 1933); South of Tahiti (1941); Stark Mad (1929); Strange Impersonation (1946); Sunset Boulevard (1950); Supernatural (1933); The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938); The Argyle Case (1929); The Beggar of Cawnpore (1916); The Boss of Big Town (1942); The Corsican Brothers (1941); The Crusader (1932); The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941); The Divine Lady (1928); The Doctor's Secret (1929); The First Legion (1951); The Furies (1930); The Gamblers (1929); The Garden Murder Case (1936); The Ghost Breaker (1914); The Girl of the Golden West (1938); The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939); The Gray Wolf's Ghost (1919); The Green Goddess (1930); The Judge Steps Out (1948); The King of Kings (1927); The Lost Paradise (1914); The Making of 'Lost Horizon' (1999); The Man from Broadway (1924); The Man Who Turned White (1919); The Market of Vain Desire (1916); The Menace (1932); The Naughty Duchess (1928); The Pagan God (1919); The Phantom of Crestwood (1932); The Prince of Thieves (1948); The Princess and the Plumber (1930); The Raiders (1916); The Rains Came (1939); The Reckless Hour (1931); The Second Floor Mystery (1930); The Seventh Sin (1917); The Son-Daughter (1932); The Ten Commandments (1956); The Ten Commandments: Making Miracles (2011); The Toy Wife (1938); The Trial of Mary Dugan (1929); The Vagabond Prince (1916); The White Dove (1920); Tiger Rose (1929); Tom Brown of Culver (1932); Topper Returns (1941); Torpedoed (1937); Uncharted Channels (1920); Unholy Love (1932); Victoria the Great (1937); Waiting for Dogot (2014); Wedding Rings (1929); When We Were 21 (1921); Whispering Smith (1926); Wild Company (1930); Women in Bondage (1943); Wrath (1917); You Can't Take It with You (1938); Zaza (1923).

Born on this day – Whit Bissell:

Whit Bissell

Actor

October 25, 1909 – March 5, 1996

In a scene from Star Trek, episode entitled: The Trouble with Tribbles, originally aired December 29, 1967.

Credits:

Stage:

Cafe Crown (1942); The American Way (1939); The Star-Wagon (1937); Two On An Island (1940); Winged Victory (1943).

Movies and television:

100 Years of Horror (1996); 12 O'Clock High (1966); 21 Beacon Street (1959); 5 Card Stud (1968); 7 Nights to Remember (1966); A Covenant with Death (1967); A Double Life (1947); A Life of Her Own (1950); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); A Tattered Web (1971); ABC Saturday Comedy Special (1976); Acapulco (1961); Advance to the Rear (1964); Airport (1970); Alcoa Theatre (1957); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1962); Aliens from Another Planet (1982); And Baby Makes Three (1949); Anna Lucasta (1949); Another Part of the Forest (1948); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1952); Arrest and Trial (1964); At Gunpoint (1955); Bachelor Father (1958–1960); Barbary Coast (1976); Barnaby Jones (1973); Ben Casey (1964); Biography (1987); Birdman of Alcatraz (1962); Bonanza (1962); Boots Malone (1952); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Box 13 (1956); Broken Arrow (1957); Brute Force (1947); Burke's Law (1965); Bus Stop (1962); Camp Runamuck (1966); Cannon (1971–1973); Canon City (1948); Casey's Shadow (1978); Cavalcade of America (1953–1955); Channing (1964); Cheyenne (1957–1960); Chicken Every Sunday (1949); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007); City Beneath the Sea (1971); City Detective (1955); Climax! (1955–1956); Cluny Brown (1946); Code 3 (1957); Colgate Theatre (1958); Convicted (1950); Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954); Crossroads (1957); Cry Rape (1973); Dakota Incident (1956); Danger (1952); Daniel Boone (1965); Darkroom (1982); Days of Our Lives (1971); Destination Nightmare (1958); Destination Tokyo (1943); Devil's Canyon (1953); Donner Pass: The Road to Survival (1978); Dr. Christian (1957); Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal (1956); Dr. Kildare (1965); Emerald Point N.A.S. (1983); Exercise No. One (1962); Falcon Crest (1984); Father Knows Best (1956); Fireside Theatre (1950); Flood (1976); Fluffy (1965); Follow the Sun (1961); For Heaven's Sake (1950); Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991); Front Row Center (1956); Gang War (1958); General Electric Theater (1954–1960); Glynis (1963); Going My Way (1963); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1967); Goodyear Theatre (1958); Guestward Ho! (1961); Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957); Hagen (1981); Harry O (1975); Hart to Hart (1982); Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1963); Hawaiian Eye (1960–1962); He Walked by Night (1948); Headliners & Legends (1998–2008); Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962); Here's Lucy (1969); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hogan's Heroes (1966); Holy Matrimony (1943); Hoodlum Empire (1952); Horrible Horror (1986); Hour of Stars (2002); Hud (1963); I Dream of Jeannie (1966); I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957); I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957); Ike: The War Years (1979); In Broad Daylight (1971); Incredible Rocky Mountain Race (1977); Insight (1969); Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956); Iron Horse (1967); Ironside (1973–1974); It Should Happen to You (1954); It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946); It Takes a Thief (1970); It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein (1994); It's Only the Beginning (1951); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955–1957); Jericho (1966); Johnny Ringo (1960); Johnny Tremain (1957); Judd for the Defense (1968); Julia (1968); Justin Morgan Had a Horse (1972); Klondike (1960); Kojak (1976); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Kraft Theatre (1953); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951); Land of the Giants (1970); Laredo (1966); Lassie (1954); Last of the Mohicans (1977); Lawman (1958–1962); Lincoln (1976); Lock Up (1959); Lost Continent (1951); Lux Video Theatre (1952); M Squad (1957); Man from Del Rio (1956); Man Without a Gun (1958); Mannix (1969); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970–1973); Markham (1959); Matt Helm (1975); Maverick (1960); McCloud (1974); Men at Law (1970); Men Into Space (1959); Mod Squad (1969); Monster on the Campus (1958); Mr. Adams and Eve (1957); Mr. Novak (1965); Never So Few (1959); Night Into Morning (1951); Night Song (1947); No Name on the Bullet (1959); Not as a Stranger (1955); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971); Once You Kiss a Stranger... (1969); One Step Beyond (1959); Out There (1951); Panic! (1957–1958); Perfect Strangers (1950); Perry Mason (1957–1965); Pete 'n' Tillie (1972); Peter Gunn (1958); Petrocelli (1976); Petticoat Junction (1965); Peyton Place (1965); Philip Marlowe (1960); Pioneers of Television (2011); Playhouse 90 (1956–1959); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1967); Police Story (1975); Profiles in Courage (1964–1965); Project U.F.O. (1978); Psychic Killer (1975); Public Defender (1955); Quincy, M.E. (1978–1979); Racket Squad (1953); Raw Deal (1948); Rawhide (1959–1960); Red Mountain (1951); Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954); Ripcord (1962); Route 66 (1960); Saints and Sinners (1963); Schlitz Playhouse (1956–1959); Science Fiction Theatre (1956); Sea Hunt (1958–1959); Sealed Cargo (1951); Search (1973); Seven Days in May (1964); Shack Out on 101 (1955); Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958); Side Street (1949); Skirts Ahoy! (1952); Slattery's People (1965); Sneak Preview (1956); Somewhere in the Night (1946); Soylent Green (1973); Spencer's Mountain (1963); Stage 7 (1955); Stagecoach West (1961); Star Trek (1967); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1996); State Trooper (1958); Steve Donovan, Western Marshal (1955); Straightaway (1961); Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter (1979); Studio 57 (1955–1956); Studio One (1952–1958); Surfside 6 (1960–1962); Suspicion (1958); Swiss Family Robinson (1976); Tales of Robin Hood (1951); Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1962); Target Earth (1954); That Lady in Ermine (1948); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955–1957); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1957); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Andersonville Trial (1970); The Atomic Kid (1954); The Big Combo (1955); The Big Step (1961); The Big Story (1952); The Bionic Woman (1977); The Black Orchid (1958); The Bob Cummings Show (1961); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1973); The Boston Tea Party (1966); The Brothers Brannagan (1960); The Caine Mutiny (1954); The Californians (1958); The Cases of Eddie Drake (1952); The Court of Last Resort (1957); The Crime Doctor's Diary (1949); The Dakotas (1963); The Defiant Ones (1958); The Deputy (1961); The Desperate Hours (1955); The Detectives (1961); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); The Doctor (1952); The Donna Reed Show (1963); The Du Pont Story (1950); The Dukes of Hazzard (1980); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The F.B.I. (1966); The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974); The Family Secret (1951); The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen (1995); The Felony Squad (1966); The Final Hour (1965); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1956); The Fugitive (1965); The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1957); The Great Adventure (1964); The Great Missouri Raid (1951); The Hallelujah Trail (1965); The Halls of Ivy (1955); The Incredible Hulk (1979–1980); The Invaders (1967); The Jim Backus Show (1960); The Killer That Stalked New York (1950); The Law and Mr. Jones (1961); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1959); The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977); The Lineup (1959); The Lone Ranger (1954–1955); The Loner (1965); The Long, Hot Summer (1965); The Magical World of Disney (1958–1972); The Magnificent Seven (1960); The Man and the Challenge (1959); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Manchurian Candidate (1962); The Manhunter (1974); The Mighty O (1962); The Millionaire (1959); The Naked Street (1955); The Name of the Game (1968–1970); The New Perry Mason (1973); The Night Rider (1979); The Outer Limits (1963); The Outsider (1968); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Plymouth Playhouse (1953); The Proud Ones (1956); The Real McCoys (1958–1959); The Red Badge of Courage (1951); The Restless Gun (1957); The Rifleman (1959–1961); The Roaring 20's (1960); The Salzburg Connection (1972); The Sea Hawk (1940); The Sea of Grass (1947); The Sellout (1952); The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947); The Shanghai Story (1954); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); The Sixties (2014); The Tall Stranger (1957); The Texan (1959); The Thin Man (1958); The Time Machine (1960 / 1978); The Time Tunnel (1966–1967); The Tom Ewell Show (1961); The Turning Point (1952); The Untouchables (1959); The Veil (1958); The Virginian (1963–1964); The Wayward Girl (1957); The Web (1951–1952); The Wide World of Mystery (1975); The Young Lawyers (1970); The Young Stranger (1957); Third of a Man (1962); This Is the Life (1983); Three Hours to Kill (1954); Tightrope (1960); Time Machine: The Journey Back (1993); Tokyo Joe (1949); Trackdown (1958); Trial (1955); TV Reader's Digest (1955–1956); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1965); Wagon Train (1958–1964); Walking Tall (1981); Warlock (1959); West Point (1956); When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950); Where Love Has Gone (1964); Whirlybirds (1957–1958); Winged Victory (1944); Wolfman Chronicles: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991); Wyoming Mail (1950); You Are There (1953–1956); Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1960); Zorro (1958).