Born on this day – Charles Grodin:

Charles Grodin

Actor

Comedian

Writer

April 21, 1935 – May 18, 2021

Born on this day – Harold Lloyd:

Harold Lloyd

Actor

Comedian

Stuntman

April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971

Born on this day – Edie Adams:

Edie Adams

Actress

Comedian

Singer

April 16, 1927 – October 15, 2008

Credits:

15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2009); 4th Annual Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1954); 3 Things Must Die! (2021); A Cry for Love (1980); A Lovely Night: The Making of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Television Classic (2005); A Man Called Sloane (1979); ABC's Nightlife (1965); ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration (1978); Adventures Beyond Belief (1988); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); American Cowboy (1960); American Masters (2000); Appointment with Adventure (1955); Art Carney Special (1959); As the World Turns (1982); Best Classic Commercials - The Golden Era of Advertising (2018); Biography (1998–2001); Bosom Buddies (1980); Boxoffice (1982); Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); Call Me Bwana (1963); CBS Children's Mystery Theatre (1981); Celebrity Bowling (1976); Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1953); Chance of a Lifetime (1953); Cinderella (1957); Cinerama Adventure (2002); Club Oasis (1958); Coke Time (1953); Cop on the Beat (1975); Danny Thomas Special: 40th Anniversary of the Coconut Grove (1964); Danny Thomas Special: The Wonderful World of Burlesque (1965); Designing Women (1990); Dr. Yesterday's Old Time News (1981); Dreams with Sharp Teeth (2008); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2000); Ernie in Kovacsland (1951); Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984); Ernie Kovacs: Television's Original Genius (1982); Evil Roy Slade (1972); Fantasy Island (1981); Fast Friends (1979); General Electric Theater (1958); Good Morning! with Will Rogers, Jr. (1955); Great Performances (2004); Harry O (1976); Here's Edie (1962–1964); Here's Edie: The Edie Adams Television Collection (2013); Here's Hollywood (1961–1962); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hungarian Emergency Relief Organization Christmas Day Special (1956); Inside 'The Apartment' (2008); It Takes Two (1969); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1989–1990); I've Got a Secret (1956–1966); Jack Paar Tonite (1973); Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989); Joe Forrester (1975); Juke Box Jury (1962); KHJ's 4th Annual Academy Awards Special (1969); Kids Incorporated (1992); Kovacs on Music (1959); Kovacs on the Corner (1952); Kovacs Unlimited (1952–1954); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1960 / 1961); Late Night with David Letterman (1982); Le Disco! (1978); Love with the Proper Stranger (1963); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Hotel Caper (1971); Lover Come Back (1961); Made in Paris (1966); Make Me an Offer (1980); McMillan & Wife (1972); Miss Television U.S.A. Contest (1950); Mrs. Columbo (1979); Murder, She Wrote (1985); NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II (1998); Omnibus (1961); Over Easy (1979); Password (1961–1971); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1957–1960); Playboy After Dark (1970); Police Woman (1978); Portrait of an Escort (1980); Producers' Showcase (1955); Racquet (1979); Rosetti and Ryan (1977); Shooting Stars (1983); Showdown at Ulcer Gulch (1956); Sid Caesar - Edie Adams Together (1963); Snap Judgment (1967); Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991); Stand Up and Cheer (1971); Superdome (1978); Suspense (1954); Suspicion (1958); Take a Good Look (1959–1961); Talent Scouts (1963); Tales of the City (1993); Tarzana (1978); TCM Remembers 2008 (2008); Telescope (1963); Television's Greatest Commercials (1982); The 11th Annual Tony Awards (1957); The 14th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1962); The 20th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1963); The 25th Annual Tony Awards (1971); The 30th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1956); The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards (2009); The Apartment (1960); The Arthur Murray Party (1953–1959); The Bell Telephone Hour (1959); The Best Man (1964); The Bing Crosby Show (1962); The Blue Knight (1976); The Bob Hope Show (1963–1971); The Carol Burnett Show (1968–1969); The Chevy Show (1960); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Danny Kaye Show (1966); The David Frost Show (1970); The Dean Martin Show (1967); The Desilu Story (2003); The Dick Cavett Show (1968); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1957–1959); The Don Adams Special: Hooray for Hollywood (1970); The Don Knotts Show (1971); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1956–1958); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Ernie Kovacs Show (1952–1956); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); The Garry Moore Show (1958); The George Gobel Show (1957); The Gisele MacKenzie Show (1958); The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980); The Hollywood Palace (1965–1969); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1969–1972); The Hollywood Squares (Primetime/Nighttime) (1968); The Honey Pot (1967); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (1999); The Jack Paar Program (1965); The Jack Paar Show (1953–1956); The Jackie Gleason Show (1969); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The John Gary Show (1968); The Jonathan Winters Show (1956); The Kraft Music Hall (1968–1970); The Linkletter Show (1967); The Love Boat (1978); The Lucy Show (1968); The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1960); The Match Game (1969); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1976); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1977); The NBC Comedy Hour (1956); The New Steve Allen Show (1961); The Oscar (1966); The Pat Boone Show (1966); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Practice (1976); The Price Is Right (1964); The Red Skelton Hour (1959–1967); The Rosey Grier Show (1970); The Royal Variety Performance 1962 (1962); The Seekers (1979); The Spiral Staircase (1961); The Stork Club (1955); The Tonight Show (1955 / 1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959–1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1972); The Vic Damone Show (1957); The Walter Winchell Show (1956); Theatre '62 (1961); Three to Get Ready (1950–1952); Trapper John, M.D. (1985); Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963); Up in Smoke (1978); Vega$ (1981); Versatile Varieties (1949–1950); What's My Line? (1956–1964); Your Choice for the Film Awards (1969).

Born on this day – Spike Milligan:

Spike Milligan

Actor

Comedian

Writer

Musician

Writer

April 16, 1918 – February 27, 2002

Credits:

Books:

A Book of Milliganimals (1968); A Children's Treasury of Milligan (1999); A Dustbin of Milligan (1961); A Mad Medley Of Milligan (1999); Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (1971); Bad Jelly the Witch: A Fairy Story (1973); Black Beauty According to Spike Milligan (1996); Book of Bits or a Bit of a Book (1974); Box 18 (2006); Chill Air (1981); Classic Adventures According to Spike Milligan (2002); Condensed Animals (1991); D.H. Lawrence's John Thomas And Lady Jane According to Spike Milligan (1995); Dear Robert, Dear Spike (1991); Depression And How To Survive It (1993); Dip the puppy (1974); Fleas, Knees And Hidden Elephants (1995); Floored Masterpieces with Worse Verse (1985); Frankenstein according to Spike Milligan (1997); Get in the Q annual (1980); Goblins (1978); Goodbye Soldier (1986); Goon Again (2001); Goon Cartoons (1982); Gunner Milligan, 954024 (1995); Hidden Words (1993); If Only I Were Bald (1981); Indefinite Articles and Scunthorpe (1983); It Ends With Magic (1990); Lady Chatterly's Lover According to Spike Milligan (1994); Milligan's Meaning of Life (1994); Milligan's War (1988); Monty, His Part In My Victory (1976); More Goon Cartoons (1983); More Goon Show Scripts (1973); More Nation's Favourite Poems (2004); More Spike Milligan Letters (1984); Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall (1978); My Mother (1991); Nothing Solemn (1973); Open Heart University (1979); Peace Work (1991); Poems (1997); Potboiling Dustbin Full Of Bits (1984); Puckoon (1963); Robin Hood According to Spike Milligan (1998); 'Rommel?' 'Gunner Who?' (1974); Scunthorpe Revisited - Added Articles and Instant Relatives (1989); Silly Verse For Kids (1959); Sir Nobonk And The Terrible, Awful, Dreadful, Naughty, Nasty Dragon (1982); Small Dreams Of A Scorpion (1972); Spike Milligan (2013); Spike Milligan: A Celebration (1995); Spike Milligan's Further Transports Of Delight (1985); Spike Milligan's Transports of Delight (1974); Startling Verse For All The Family (1987); Sunday-midnight (1990); That's Amazing (1989); The 101 Best And Only Limericks Of Spike Milligan (1984); The Bald Twit Lion (1968); The Bedside Milligan (1960); The Bedsitting Room (1972); The Bible According to Spike Milligan (1993); The Book of the Goons (1974); The Compulsive Spike Milligan (2004); The Essential Spike Milligan (2002); The Family Album (1999); The Goon Show (2017); The Goon Show Companion: A History and Goonography (1976); The Goon Show Scripts (1972); The Goons (1997); The Great MaGonagall Scrap Book (1975); The Hound of the Baskervilles According to Spike Milligan (1998); The Little Pot Boiler (1963); The Looney (1987); The Lost Goon Shows (1988); The Magical World of Milligan (2009); Milligan's Ark (1973); The Melting Pot (1983); The Mirror Running (1987); The Murphy (2000); The Nation's Favourite Animal Poems (2001); The Nation's Favourite Children's Poems (2001); The Nation's Favourite Love Poems (1997); The Nation's Favourite Poems (1998); The Nation's Favourite Poems of Remembrance (2003); The Nation's Favourite Poems: Book 1 (1996); The Nation's Favourite: Comic Poems (1998); The Q Annual (1979); The Spike Milligan Letters (1977); There's A Lot Of It About! (1983); Treasure Island According To Spike Milligan (2001); Unspun Socks From A Chicken's Laundry (1982); Where Have All the Bullets Gone? (1985); William McGonagall Meets George Gershwin (1988); William McGonagall: Freefall (1992); William McGonagall: The Truth at Last (1976); Wuthering Heights According To Spike Milligan (1995).

Movies and television:

2Gs and the Pop People (1972); 90 Minutes Live (1977); A Big Hand for Sooty (1998); A Christmas Cracker (1956); A Current Affair (2011); A Kid for Two Farthings (1955); A Royal Birthday Celebration (1998); A Short History of Man and Music: Part 2 (1957); A Show Called Fred (1956); A Tribute to Johnny Speight: For Richer, for Poorer (1998); A Whole Scene Going (1966); Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (1973); Alfred Marks Time (1959); Alice Through the Looking Box (1960); Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972); All Star Secrets (1985–1986); All the Best from Denis Norden (2007); An Apple a Day (1971); An Evening with Spike Milligan (1996); Aquarius (1972–1973); Arena (1993–2011); Australia (1987); Badjelly (2025); Badjelly the Witch (2000); Barry Humphries Gives Us the Good Oil (2003); Behind the Scenes of 'the Last Remake of Beau Geste' (1977); Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story (2009); Bernard Miles on the Halls (1986); Between Two Women (2003); Billy Cotton Band Show (1964–1966); Blankety Blank (1981–1984); Bob Hope's Happy Birthday Homecoming (London Royal Gala) (1985); Breakfast (2010); Britain's Favourite Christmas Songs (2011); Burke's Backyard (1995); Call My Bluff (1987); Call the Midwife (2013); Calling All Cars (1954); Carrott Confidential (1987–1988); Carry on Spike in Australia (1972); Celebrity Squares (1975–1979); Chaos Supersedes E.N.S.A.. (1980); Children in Need (1984); Cilla (1968–1969); Clapper Board (1980); Clive Anderson Talks Back (1995); Come Here Often (1967–1968); Comedy Connections (2008); Comedy Playhouse (1975); Comic Roots (1983); Cucumber Castle (1970); Curry & Chips (1969); Das Auto: The Germans, Their Cars and Us (2013); Decidedly Dusty (1969); Dee Time (1967–1969); Demob Happy: How TV Conquered Britain (2007); Des O'Connor Tonight (1988–1996); Digby: The Biggest Dog in the World (1973); Doctor Who: Thirty Years in the TARDIS (1993); Don't Miss Wax (1987); Don't Say a Word (1963–1964); Don't Spare the Horses (1952); Dot and the Kangaroo (1977); Down Among the Z Men (1952); Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964); Earth Patrol (1979); EMI: The Inside Story (2016); Emmy the Robot (2026); Every Night Something Atrocious (1980); Everyman (1977–1999); Face Your Image (1975); Fantastic Animation Festival (1977); Festival of Entertainment (1972); Film Night (1970); Fish and Milligan (1966); Friday Night (1993); Full House (1973); Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1974); Give Us a Clue (1979–1988); Going a Bundle (1974); Goonreel (1952); Gormenghast (2000); Group Madness (1983); Hancock's Half Hour (1956); Have I Got News for You (1995); Hawkins' Rivers (1982); Here Comes Channel 8 (1980); Heroes of Comedy (1995–2002); Highway (1991); History of the World: Part I (1981); Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007); Home and Dry (1955); Home Movie Roadshow (2010); Home on Sunday (1984); Hullabaloo (1968); I Told You I Was Ill: The Life and Legacy of Spike Milligan (2005); In Sickness and in Health (1987); In the Best Possible Taste: A Tribute to Kenny Everett (1995); Invasion Quartet (1961); It's Patently Obvious (1980); Jackanory (1971–1979); Jeremy Taylor (1980); John Nettles Applauds (2008); Jools Holland's Happening (1991); Juke Box Jury (1960–1966); Kazuko's Karaoke Klub (1989); Kenny Everett's Christmas Carol (1985); Labour's Old Romantic (1997); Late Night Line-Up (1965 / 1969); Laugh Line (1960–1961); Lena (1981); Let's Go Crazy (1951); Living Famously (2003); London Entertains (1951); Looks Familiar (1976–1986); Loose Talk (1983); Lost in the Wild (1976); Man About the House (1974); Mary: Rhymes and Reasons (1972); Milligan in... (1972–1973); Milligan's Wake (1964–1965); M'Lords... Ladies and Gentlemen... (1978–1979); Monitor (1959); Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyer's Cut (2009); Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979); Moonshadow (1972); Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (1978); Muses with Milligan (1964–1965); Nelson's Column Big Band (1984); New Faces (1988); No 73 (1985); oel Edmonds: The Rise & Fall of Mr Saturday Night (2022); Noel's House Party (1992); Not Only... But Also (1966–1970); Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008); Now and Then (1967–1968); Off the Record (1956–1958); Oh in Colour (1970); Omnibus (1974–1996); Once More with Felix (1967–1968); One Foot in the Past (1995); One Man's Week (1975); One Pair of Eyes (1973); Open Door (1977); Pantomania, or Dick Whittington (1956); Parkinson (1971–1982); Parkinson in Australia (1981); Parkinson One to One (1987); Paul Merton's Palladium Story (1994); Penny Points to Paradise (1951); Perspectives (2012); Peter Sellers: A State of Comic Ecstasy (2020); Plunder (1990); Pob's Programme (1985–1990); Pop Gold (2015); Postman's Knock (1962); Private Eye TV (1971); Puckoon (2002); Q5 (1969–1980); Quiz of the Year (1970); Rentadick (1972); Rhubarb Rhubarb (1980); Right to Work March (1972); Rita and Wally (1968); Room 101 (1999); Rugby Special (1973); Sad/Happy Ending Story of the Bald Twit Lion (1967); Saturday Live (1986); Saturday Night at the Mill (1977–1981); Score with the Scaffold (1970); Secombe and Friends (1959 / 1966); Secombe Here! (1955); Sellers' Best? (1992); Sing a Song of Secombe (1974); Six Dates with Barker (1971); Six-Five Special (1957); Some Jerk with a Camera (2012); Some You Win (1984); Something to Sing About (1975); Son of Fred (1956); Spike (1996); Spike Milligan Meets Joe Brown (1961); Spike Milligan on Treasure Island WC2 (1961); Spike Milligan: A Series of Unrelated Incidents at Current Market Value (1961); Spike Milligan: Assorted Q (2014); Spike Milligan: I Told You I Was Ill... - A Live Tribute (2002); Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace (2014); Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive (2022); Spike Night (1998); Steve Wright's People Show (1994); Studio 9: The Home of Australian Television (2004); Super Gran (1985); Surprise! Surprise! (1984); Sykes and A... (1960); Takin' Over the Asylum (1994); Telescope (1963); Television (1985); Tell Me Another (1977); That Was the Year That Was (2023); That's Life! (1985); The 11 O'Clock Show (2000); The ABC of ABC - A Souvenir with Music (1966); The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972); The Adventures of Barry McKenzie: A Conversation with Barry Humphries (2002); The Adventures of Barry McKenzie: Introduction by Dame Edna Everage (2007); The Adventures of Bazza in Chunderland: The Making of 'The Adventures of Barry McKenzie' (2007); The Bed Sitting Room (1969 / 2016); The Big Freeze (1993); The Big Time (1976); The Bob Monkhouse Show (1983); The British Comedy Awards 1992 (1992); The British Comedy Awards 1994 (1994); The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn (1956); The Cherry Picker (1974); The Climber (1983); The Comedians' Comedian (2005); The Comedy Map of Britain (2008); The Comedy Trail: A Shaggy Dog Story (1999); The Curious Case of Inspector Clouseau (2002); The Daryl Somers Show (1983); The Des O'Connor Show (1968); The Diana Dors Show (1981); The Diane Solomon Show (1974); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Don Lane Show (1980); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1957–1968); The Frankie Howerd Show (1953); The Ghost of Peter Sellers (2018); The Gladys Half-Hour (1958); The Good Old Days (1964); The Goon Show (1968); The Great Bong (1993); The Great McGonagall (1975); The Happening (1991); The Heart of Show Business (1967); The Hippodrome Show (1989); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978); The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d (1956); The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d (1956); The James Whale Radio Show (1992); 'The Jewel in the Crown' Southall, Middx (1985); The Jo Stafford Show (1961); The Last Goon Show of All (1972); The Last Impresario (2013); The Last Laugh Before TV-am (1985); The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977); The Last Turkey in the Shop Show (1974); The Lively Arts (1976–1977); The Magic Christian (1969); The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins / Segment; Sloth (1971); The Marti Caine Show (1984); The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine (1971–1972); The Melting Pot (1975–1976); The Muppet Show (1979–1981); The Nations' Favourite Children's Poem (2001); The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything (1999); The New London Palladium Show (1965); The Noel Edmonds Saturday Roadshow (1988–1990); The Other Spike (1970); The Paranormal Peter Sellers (2002); The Pythons (1979); The Ratties (1988); The Risk (1960); The Rock 'n' Roll Years (1987); The Rolf Harris Show (1974); The Roy Castle Show (1969); The Royal Variety Performance 1965 (1965); The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1959); The Saturday Show (1982); The Secret Life of Brian (2007); The Sooty Show (1986); The Super Secret Service (1953); The Sweepstakes Game (1976); The Telegoons (1963–1964); The Three Musketeers (1973); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960); The Two Ronnies (1976); The Two Ronnies at the Movies (1999); The Two Ronnies Sketchbook (2005); The Undertakers (1969); The Undiscovered Peter Cook (2016); The Unforgettable Harry Secombe (2010); The Unforgettable Spike Milligan (2010); The Unknown Peter Sellers (2000); The Unseen Spike Milligan (2005); The Very Best of 'Have I Got News for You' (2002); The World of Beachcomber (1968–1969); Them and Us (1990); There's a Lot of It About (1982); This Is Your Life (1958–1999); Through the Keyhole (1987); Till Death Us Do Part (1970–1974); Timeshift (2007–2012); Tiswas (1980); To See Such Fun (1977); Tonight Live with Steve Vizard (1990–1993); Tonight with Jonathan Ross (1991); TV Heroes (1993); Under the Volcano (2021); Up Yer Festival (1990); Val Parnell's Spectacular (1957); Variety Parade (1955); Victoria Wood's Sketch Show Story (2001); Village (1996); Walk Across Britain: Right to Work (1973); Watch Your Stern (1960); Wham! Bam! Strawberry Jam! (1995); What a Performance! (2000); What a Whopper (1961); What We Were Watching (2025); Whatever Next? (1968–1970); When the Sun Goes In... (1999); Where Do I Sit? (1971); Wild About Harry: A Tribute to Sir Harry Secombe (2001); Wildlife Spectacular (1971); Will the Real Mr Sellers.....? (1969); 'Wiltons' - The Handsomest Hall in Town (1970); With a Little Help from My Friends (1969); Without Walls (1991); Wogan (1983–1989); Wolves, Witches and Giants (1995–1998); World in Action (1992); Yellowbeard (1983); Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here (1972); You Bet! (1988–1991).

Born on this day – Peter Marshall:

Peter Marshall

Television game show host

Radio personality

Singer

Actor

Comedian

March 30, 1926 – August 15, 2024

Credits:

3rd Degree! (1989); 4th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1977); 77 Sunset Strip (1963); A Gift of Music (1981); A Guide for the Married Woman (1978); ABC Sports (1979); All Star Blitz (1985); Allen Ludden's Gallery (1969); Amateur's Guide to Love (1971); America 2-Night (1978); Americathon (1979); Annie (1982); Automan (1984); Baffle (1973); Banacek (1974); Betty White's Pet Set - Behind the Scenes (2021); Big Hawaii (1977); Biography (2001); Black Jack (1972); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1967); Burke's Law (1995); Celebrity Bowling (1972–1975); CHiPs (1979–1982); Circus of the Stars (1977); Couch Potatoes (1989); Dean Martin / Chevrolet Presents the Golddiggers (1973); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Betty White (1978); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Peter Marshall (1977); Della (1969); Dinah! (1974–1977); Dinah's Place (1973); Donahue (1995); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2000–2001); E! True Hollywood Story (2003); Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen (2004); Ensign Pulver (1964); Everyday (1978); F.B.I. Girl (1951); Family Feud (1983); Fantasy (1982–1983); Fantasy Island (1981); Funny You Never Knew (2019); Gala de l'union (1976); Game Changers (2018); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1968); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2016); H.M.S. Pinafore (1982); Happy Anniversary and Goodbye (1974); Harbor Command (1958); Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue (1977); Holiday Rhythm (1950); Hollywood Museum Squares (2021); Hollywood Squares (2002); Hotel (1983); I Love, You Love (1961); In Living Color (1993–1994); Inside Edition (2012); It Takes Two (1969); It's Your Bet (1970–1971); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1976–1978); Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon (1980); Jessie (1984); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1972); Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On (2019); Lanigan's Rabbi (1977); Last Dance (1993); Let There Be Stars (1949); Liar's Club (1969–1977); Looking Back at the Future (2006); Lou Grant (1979); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Weirdo / Love and the Amateur Night / Love and the Mountain Cabin (1969–1973); Mad TV (1995); Mantrap (1971); Maryjane (1968); Match Game PM (1980); Men of Annapolis (1957); Mindreaders (1979); Minimize Me (2011); Miss World 1982 (1982); Miss World 1985 (1985); Miss World 1990 (1990); Mitzi & 100 Guys (1975); Moments to Remember: My Music (2006); My Music: Big Band Vocalists (2012); My Music: Starlight Ballroom (2015); My Music: The Big Band Years (2009); Name Droppers (1970); NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration (1986); Of All Things (1956); Password Plus (1979–1980); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Perry Como Classics - Till The End Of Time (2018); Pioneers of Television (2008); Rabbit Test (1978); Reel to Reel (1998); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1972); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1997); Sammy and Company (1975); Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower (1956); Sledge Hammer! (1986); Snap Judgment (1968); Stage Show (1955–1956); Stand Up and Cheer (1973); Starlift (1951); Storybook Squares (1969–1977); Stu's Show (2007); Swingin' Along (1961); Teddy Bears' Picnic (2001); The 1st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1974); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The 25th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1998); The 38th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2011); The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1977); The 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2018); The 49th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1975); The 49th Man (1953); The 4th Annual TV Land Awards (2006); The 8th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1981); The Alan Hamel Show (1978); The Bell Telephone Hour (1966); The Big Party (1959); The Bob Braun Show (1983); The Bold and the Beautiful (1997); The Cavern (1964); The Comedy Shop (1978); The Ed Sullivan Show (1960–1961); The Florence Henderson Show (2009); The Game Show Show (2023); The Garry Moore Show (1952–1958); The George Gobel Show (1957–1958); The Good Life (1971); The Hollywood Moment (2021); The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition (2021); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1966–1980); The Hollywood Squares (Primetime/Nighttime) (1968); The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1971–1981); The Jim Nabors Show (1978); The John Byner Comedy Hour (1972); The Love Boat (1979–1982); The Lucy Show (1963); The Magnificent Marble Machine (1975); The Match Game (1969); The Merv Griffin Show (1968–1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1966–1978); The Millionaire (1959); The Most Outrageous Game Show Moments (2002); The Parent 'Hood (1997); The Pet Set (1972); The Peter Marshall Variety Show (1977); The Red Rowe Show (1960); The Return of Jesse James (1950); The Rich Little Show (1975); The Rookie (1959); The Rookie (1959); The Steve Allen Show (1969); The Test (2001); The Toni Tennille Show (1981); The Tonight Show (1955); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966–1979); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2019); The Virginia Graham Show (1971); The West Virginia Squares (2019); The Woody Woodbury Show (1967–1968); This Is Jeopardy! The Story of America's Favorite Quiz Show (2023); This Is Your Life (1971); Tina (2021); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1974); Ver-r-r-ry Interesting (1971); Wait for Your Laugh (2017); Win with the Stars (1968–1969); Win, Lose or Draw (1988); WKRP in Cincinnati (1980); World by TheTail: The Bill Hayes Story (2017); Yahtzee (1988–1989); You Don't Say (1968).

Born on this day – Carl Reiner:

Carl Reiner

Actor

Comedian

Director

Writer

March 20, 1922 – June 29, 2020

Credits:

2015 TV Land Awards (2015); 30 Years of TV Comedy's Greatest Hits: To Laughter with Love (1980); 50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration (1989); 60 Minutes / Rob Reiner (1994); A Child's Guide to Screenwriting (1964); A Comedy Salute to Andy Kaufman (1995); A Conversation with Dinah (1989); A Date with Debbie (1960); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); A Look Back at The Jerk with Steve Martin & Carl Reiner (2018); A Touch of Grace (1973); A Tribute to Mr. Television Milton Berle (1978); About Faces (1961); AFI Life Achievement Award (1985–2015); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000); Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind (1990); Alice of Wonderland in Paris (1966); All of Me (1984); All-Star Party for Lucille Ball (1984); Ally McBeal (2002); America 2-Night (1978); America in Primetime (2011); American Dad! (2011–2015); American Masters (1996–2016); Anatole (1962); Angie Tribeca (2018); Annie and the Hoods (1974); Beggars and Choosers (1999); Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989); Betty Hughes and Friends (1969); Betty White: First Lady of Television (2018); Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl (2012); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Biography (1995–2008); Bob's Burgers (2014); Boston Legal (2005); Bravo Profiles (2003); Brief But Spectacular (2016); Burke's Law (1964); Burlesque is Alive and Living in Beautiful Downtown Burbank (1970); Caesar's Writers (1996); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1954); Captain Jake and the Never Land Pirates (2014–2015); Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin (1987); Cavalcade of Stars (1950); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2015–2020); Celebrity Life Coach (2010); Celebrity Page (2017); Charlie Rose (1997); Chelsea Lately (2009); Choosing Hope; Jewish Responses to the Holocaust (2017); Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (2012); Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee: Single Shot (2014–2015); Comedy Central Roasts (2009); Comic Relief (1986); Comic Relief V (1992); Comic Relief VI (1994); Conan (2013–2017); Cover Story (1984); Crossing Jordan (2002); Danny Thomas Special: Friends (1965); Danny Thomas Special: The Wonderful World of Burlesque (1965); Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982); Dean Martin Presents: The Bobby Darin Amusement Co. (1972); Dennis Miller Live (2000); Dick Van Dyke (1968); Dinah! (1975–1978); Dispatches from Quarantine (2020); Donny and Marie (1976); Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title (1966); Droodles (1954); Duck Duck Goose (2018); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1996); Dumbbells (2014); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Edward James Olmos and Debbie Gibson in The 16th Annual People's Choice Awards (1990); Emmy's Greatest Moments (2004); Enter Laughing (1967); Entertainment Tonight (2016–2018); Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man (2012); Eye on Entertainment (2006–2007); Faerie Tale Theatre (1984); Family Guy (2016–2017); Family Law (1999–2000); Fatal Instinct (1993); Father of the Pride (2004–2005); Film '82 (1982); Flannery and Quilt (1976); Flip (1971); Floor Show (1949–1950); Forky Asks a Question (2019); Frasier (1993); Free to Be... You & Me (1974); Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (2017); Funny Already: A History of Jewish Comedy (2004); Funny Is Funny (1966); Funny You Never Knew (2019); Generation (1969); George Burns' 95th Birthday Party (1991); George Clooney: An American Cinematheque Tribute (2006); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1968); GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II (2018); Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2017); Globehunters (2002); Go!!! (1967); Good Boy (2003); Good Heavens (1976); Good Morning America (1979); Good Morning World (1967–1968); Great Performances (1997–2021); Greatest Ever Blockbuster Movies (2006); Gypsy (1967–1968); Hail Sid Caesar! The Golden Age of Comedy (2001); Happy Anniversary (1959); Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown (1976); HBO First Look (2004–2007); Hercules (1998); Here's Hollywood (1960–1962); High Hopes: The Capra Years (1981); History of the World: Part I (1981); Hollywood Insider (2022); Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020); Hot in Cleveland (2010–2014); House (2009); I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac (2011); If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast (2017); In Search of... (1980); In the Beginning: The Caesar Years (2012); In the House with Peter Bart & Peter Guber (2010); In the Mood (1987); Inside Comedy (2012); Inside TV Land (2000–2003); Intimate Portrait (1998); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); It's Garry Shandling's Show (1988–1989); I've Got a Secret (1954–1958); Jeopardy! (2014); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1969); Jerry Seinfeld: Stand-Up Confidential (1987); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2006–2013); Julie and Dick at Covent Garden (1974); Just for Laughs (2005); Justice League Action (2016); Keep Talking (1958–1959); Kevin Pollak's Chat Show (2017); King of the Hill (1997–2000); Larry King Now (2017); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995–1999); Late Night with David Letterman (1983–1994); Laughter in Lockdown (2020); Life with Bonnie (2002–2003); Linus the Lionhearted (1964–1965); Lotsa Luck! (1973–1974); Lunch (2012); M*A*S*H, Tootsie & God: A Tribute to Larry Gelbart (1998); Mad About You (1995); Made You Laugh: The Funniest Moments in Comedy (2004); Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009); Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration (2015); Masquerade Party (1957); Medical Story (1975); Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again (2011); Mel Brooks Live at the Geffen (2015); Merry Madagascar (2009); Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis (2011); Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988); Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years (2008); Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20's (1976); Monty Python Conquers America (2008); More to Come: A Tonight Show Documentary (2017); Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007); Name Droppers (1969); National Comedy Center Lucille Ball Virtual Festival 2020 (2020); NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration (1986); Night Gallery / Professor Peabody's Last Lecture (1971); Norm Macdonald Live (2014); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); Ocean's Eleven (2001); 'Ocean's Eleven': The Look of the Con (2002); Ocean's Thirteen (2007); Ocean's Twelve (2004); Oh, God! (1977); On Story (2016); On Your Marx, Get Set, Go! (2004); One on One with John Tesh (1991); Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story (2008); Parks and Recreation (2012); Password (1971–1974); Pat Paulsen for President (1968); Pat Sajak in The Pat Sajak Show (1989); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1955); Personality (1968); Pioneers of Television (2019); Playhouse 90 (1957); Ponds Theater (1954); Pop Culture (2017); Probe and Night Beat (1958); Producers' Showcase (1954); Real Time with Bill Maher (2013); Remarks on Marx (2004); Roseanne and Tom: Getting Away with It (1992); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1970–1972); Salute to Stan Laurel (1965); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); Shatner's Raw Nerve (2011); Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life (2011); Shimmer and Shine (2015); Showbiz Today (1986–1997); Sibling Rivalry (1990); Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - Shining Stars (2003); Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar (2003); Sid Caesar Invites You (1958); Skokie (1981); Slums of Beverly Hills (1998); Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991); Something Spectacular with Steve Allen (1981); Stand Up Planet (2013); Star Search (1984); Star Spangled Revue (1950); Star Spangled Salesman (1968); Starring: Nancy Clancy (1973); Steve Martin: A Comic Life (1999); Steve Martin: An American Cinematheque Tribute (2005); Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty (1980); Street Scenes: New York on Film (1992); Stu's Show (2013–2014); Summer Rental (1985); Summer School (1987); Sunday Best (1991); Take a Good Look (1960–1961); Talkshow with Spike Feresten (2007–2009); Tavis Smiley (2014–2017); Telescope (1963); Ten from Your Show of Shows (1973); That Girl (1969); That Old Feeling (1997); The 100 Most Unexpected TV Moments (2005); The 14th Annual People's Choice Awards (1988); The 14th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1962); The 14th TV Academy Hall of Fame (1999); The 16th Annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Carol Burnett (2013); The 16th Annual Satellite Awards (2011); The 1974 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (1974); The 19th Annual Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame (2010); The 1st Annual American Comedy Awards (1987); The 2000 Year Old Man (1975); The 2000 Year Old Man (1975); The 20th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1968); The 23rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1997); The 29th Annual Tony Awards (1975); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1983); The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1977); The 3rd Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame Awards (1986); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 43rd Annual Golden Globe Awards 1986 (1986); The 44th Annual Writers Guild of America Awards (1992); The 46th Annual Director's Guild Awards (1994); The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1995); The 47th Annual Writers Guild Awards (1995); The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1997); The 4th Annual American Comedy Awards (1990); The 4th Annual TV Land Awards (2006); The 50 Greatest Comedy Films (2006); The 50th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards (1998); The 5th Annual American Comedy Awards (1991); The 5th Annual Sterling Awards (1991); The 5th Annual Young Comedians Show (1980); The 7th Annual American Comedy Awards (1993); The 7th Annual People's Choice Awards (1981); The 8th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1956); The 8th Annual TV Land Awards (2010); The Adventures of Captain Cross Dresser (2008); The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000); The Alan Brady Show (2003); The All-Star Comedy Hour (1962); The Andy Williams Show (1966); The Annual Museum of Television and Radio Gala (1997); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–1990); The Arsenio Hall Show (2014); The Art Linkletter Show (1963); The Art of Love (1965); The Arthur Murray Party (1950); The Automat (2021); The Battle for Late Night (2010); The Bernie Mac Show (2002–2005); The Big Interview with Dan Rather (2019); The Blue Elephant (2006); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972); The Bonnie Hunt Show (2009); The Bronx Boys (2003); The Bronx Boys Still Playing at 80 (2013); The Bronx, USA (2019); The Carol Burnett Show (1972–1974); The Celebrity Game (1964–1965); The Century: America's Time (1999); The Cleveland Show (2010–2013); The Comedians' Comedian (2005); The Comedy Spot (1960); The Comic (1969); The David Frost Show (1969–1971); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966); The Dick Van Dyke Show Remembered (1994); The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited (2004); The Dick Van Dyke Show: Now in Living Color! (2016–2017); The Dick Van Dyke Show: Now in Living Color! A Special Tribute to Carl Reiner (2020); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1959–1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1961); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003–2006); The End (1978); The Fashion Story (1948); The Fifty-Fourth Street Revue (1949); The Florence Henderson Show (2009); The Gazebo (1959); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1955); The George Gobel Show (1958–1959); The Great Buster (2018); The Great Standups (1984); The History of Comedy (2017–2018); The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition (2020); The Hollywood Palace (1964–1967); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1971–1974); The Importance of Being Funny in America (1987); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (1998); The Jerk (1979); The Jerry Lewis Show (1963); The Jewish Americans (2008); The Jim Nabors Show (1978); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1968); The Judy Garland Show (1963); The Julie Andrews Hour (1972); The Kate Smith Hour (1950); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998–2009); The Larry Sanders Show (1997); The Last 70mm Film Festival (2014); The Last Laugh (2016); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005–2014); The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (2004); The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015); The Linkletter Show (1966); The Magical World of Disney (1981); The Majestic (2001); The Man with Two Brains (1983); The Mark Twain Prize: Celebrating the Humor of Carl Reiner (2001); The Mark Twain Prize: Steve Martin (2005); The Martin Short Show (1999); The Merv Griffin Show (1962–1977); The Mike Douglas Show (1967–1977); The Milton Berle Show (1950); The Movie Game (1970–1971); The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979); The Museum of Television & Radio: William S. Paley Television Festival 1999: A Salute to Carl Reiner (1999); The Museum of Television & Radio's 11th Annual Television Festival in Los Angeles: A Salute to Sid Caesar (1994); The Name's the Same (1953); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1973–1974); The New Steve Allen Show (1961–1963); The One and Only (1978); The Paley Honors: A Special Tribute to Television's Comedy Legends (2019); The Patrice Munsel Show (1957); The Patti Page Oldsmobile Show (1958); The Penguins of Madagascar (2010); The Queen Latifah Show (2014); The Right to Remain Silent (1996); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997); The Second Annual Comedy Awards (1976); The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy (2000); The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room (2000); The Sid Caesar Collection: The Fan Favorites - Love & Laughter (2001); The Sid Caesar Collection: The Fan Favorites - The Dream Team of Comedy (2001); The Sid Caesar Collection: The Fan Favorites - The Professor and Other Clowns (2001); The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV (2000); The Sid Caesar Show (1958); The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special (1967); The Sixties (2014); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967); The Society of Singers Presents: A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald (1989); The Spirit of '76 (1990); The Talk (2013–2017); The Thrill of It All (1963); The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (1970); The Tomorrow Show (2017); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1964–1965); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1992); The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993–2012); The Traveler's Guide to Life (2011); The Violinist (1959); The World of Jewish Humor (1990); The Writers Guild Awards (1962); This Is Your Life (1960–1987); This Week in Nemtim (1972); 3 Girls 3 (1977); Those Wonderful TV Game Shows (1984); To Tell the Truth (1957); Today (1958); Tom Green Live (2014); Toni Twin Time (1950); Toy Story 4 (2019); Treasury of Children's Stories (1996); True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon - Entering the Zeitgeist (2012); Turn Ben Stein On (1999); TV Guide Close Up: From Comedy Club to Primetime (2004); TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003); TV Land Convention Special (2004); TV Land Moguls (2004); Twilight Theatre (1982); Two and a Half Men (2009–2014); Unscripted (2013); Van Dyke and Company (1975–1976); Wait for Your Laugh (2017); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); What's It All About, World? (1969); Where's Poppa? (1970); WordGirl (2015); World by TheTail: The Bill Hayes Story (2017); WTF with Marc Maron (2013); You Don't Know Jack: Volume 2 (1996); Young & Hungry (2017); Your Show of Shows (1950–1957); Your Show of Shows / Caesar's Hour (1954–1957).

Born on this day – Jerry Lewis:

Jerry Lewis

Comedian

Actor

Singer

Director

Humanitarian

March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017

Credits:

3 Ring Circus (1954); Arizona Dream (1993); Artists and Models (1955); At War with the Army (1950); Batman (1966); Ben Casey (1965); Boeing, Boeing (1965); Brothers (1985); Cinderfella (1960); Cookie (1989); Cracking Up (1983); Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2009); Don't Give Up the Ship (1959); Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968); Fight for Life (1987); Funny Bones (1995); Good Grief (1991); Hardly Working (1980); Hollywood or Bust (1956); Hook, Line and Sinker (1969); How Are the Kids? (1990); How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border (1949); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); It's Only Money (1962); Jerry Lewis Live (1984); Jumping Jacks (1952); Komedy Kapers (1956); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2006); Li'l Abner (1959); Living It Up (1954); Mad About You (1993); Max Rose (2013); Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis (2011); Money from Home (1953); Mr. Saturday Night (1992); My Friend Irma (1949); My Friend Irma Goes West (1950); Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000); One More Time (1970); Par où t'es rentré? On t'a pas vu sortir (1984); Pardners (1956); Pink Lady (1980); Red Line 7000 (1965); Road to Bali (1952); Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958); Sailor Beware (1952); Saturday Night Live (1983); Scared Stiff (1953); Sheriff Who (1967); Slapstick of Another Kind (1982); Startime (1959); Super Force (1990); That's Life (1979); That's My Boy (1951); The Bellboy (1960); The Big Mouth (1967); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1970); The Caddy (1953); The Day the Clown Cried (1972); The Delicate Delinquent (1957); The Disorderly Orderly (1964); The Errand Boy (1961); The Family Jewels (1965); The Geisha Boy (1958); The Jerry Lewis Show (1963–1969); The King of Comedy (1982); The Ladies Man (1961); The Nutty Professor (1963); The Nutty Professor (1996); The Nutty Professor (2008); The Patsy (1964); The Red Skelton Hour (1970); The Sad Sack (1957); The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show (1966); The Simpsons (2003); The Stooge (1951); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1970); The Trust (2016); Three on a Couch (1966); Till Luck Do Us Part 2 (2013); To Catch a Cop (1984); Visit to a Small Planet (1960); Way... Way Out (1966); Which Way to the Front? (1970); Who's Minding the Store? (1963); Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down (1970); Wiseguy (1988–1989); You're Never Too Young (1955).

Born on this day – Lou Costello:

Lou Costello

Actor

Comedian

Producer

March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959

Credits:

The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959); Wagon Train (1958); General Electric Theater (1958); Dance with Me, Henry (1956); Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955); Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955); Fireman Save My Child (1954); The Abbott and Costello Show (1952–1954); Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953); Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953); I'm the Law (1953); Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952); Lost in Alaska (1952); Jack and the Beanstalk (1952); Comin' Round the Mountain (1951); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951); Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950); Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff (1949); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Africa Screams (1949); Mexican Hayride (1948); 10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948); Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948); The Noose Hangs High (1948); The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947); Buck Privates Come Home (1947); The Time of Their Lives (1946); Little Giant (1946); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945); The Naughty Nineties (1945); Here Come the Co-eds (1945); A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (1944); Lost in a Harem (1944); In Society (1944); Hit the Ice (1943); It Ain't Hay (1943); Who Done It? (1942); Pardon My Sarong (1942); Rio Rita (1942); Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942); Keep 'Em Flying (1941); Hold That Ghost (1941); In the Navy (1941); Buck Privates (1941); One Night in the Tropics (1940); The Cossacks (1928); Circus Rookies (1928); Rose-Marie (1928); The Battle of the Century (1927); The Fair Co-Ed (1927); The Taxi Dancer (1927); Monte Cristo (1922).

Born on this day – Catherine O'Hara:

Catherine O'Hara

Actress

Comedian

Writer

Producer

March 4, 1954 – January 30, 2026

Credits:

17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2011); 20 to 1 (2006); 2011 Writers Guild Awards (2011); 2016 Canadian Screen Awards (2016); 2017 Canadian Screen Awards (2017); 2019 Canadian Screen Awards (2019); 2021 Golden Globe Awards (2021); 26th Annual Gemini Awards (2011); 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); 30 Rock (2012); 3rd Annual An Evening with Canada's Stars (2016); 82nd Golden Globe Awards (2025); 90 Minutes Live (1978); A Mighty Wind (2003); A Monster in Paris (2011); A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004–2018); A Simple Twist of Fate (1994); A Terrible Tragedy: Alarming Evidence from the Making of the Film - A Woeful World (2004); A.C.O.D. (2013); ABC News Breakfast (2024–2025); Access Hollywood (2024); AFI Life Achievement Award (1997–2004); AFI Movie Club (2020); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000); After Hours (1985); Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind (1991); An Afternoon with SCTV (2026); An Audience with Adele (2021); Andrea Martin... Together Again (1989); Andrew! Alexander! (2018); Anne of Green Gables (2023); Argylle (2024); Away We Go (2009); 'Away We Go' Featurette: Never Settle (2009); Back Home Again (2021); Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses (2006); Bartok the Magnificent (1999); Beetlejuice (1988); Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024); Being Canadian (2015); Best in Show (2000); Best in Show: 20th Anniversary Reunion (2019); Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: A Schitt's Creek Farewell (2020); Betsy's Wedding (1990); Beyond Famous (2017); Biennale Channel (2024); Biography (1995); Bram and Alice (2002); Brother Bear 2 (2006); BuzzFeed UK (2024); Canada A.M. (2007); Canada After Dark (1978–1979); Canada's Walk of Fame (2007); Canada's Walk of Fame 2025 (2025); Canadian Screen Awards with Samantha Bee (2023); Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine (2021); CBS Mornings (2016); Celebrity Page (2020); Celebrity Poker Showdown (2005); Central Park (2022); Chicken Little (2005); Chicken Little: The Video Game (2005); CNN Showbiz Today (2000); Comic Relief (1986); Comic Relief 2006 (2006); Comic Relief '87 (1987); Coming Up Rosie (1976); Committed (2001); Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend (2020); Curb Your Enthusiasm (2009); Dave Thomas: The Incredible Time Travels of Henry Osgood (1986); David Letterman's Holiday Film Festival / Segment: PMS (1985); Deadline Studio (2024); Dear Class of 2020 (2020); Den of Geek (2024); Dick Tracy (1990); Dish Nation (2024); Disney Dreamlight Valley (2022); Disney Speedstorm (2023); Double Negative (1980); Downey Wrote That (2025); Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (2002); Dream On (1990 / 1991); Easter Fever (1980); Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big (2000); Elemental (2023); Entertainment Tonight (2015–2025); Etalk Daily (2007); Extinct (2021); Face Off (2012); Fan des années 90 (2011); Feeding America Comedy Festival (2020); Film '07 (2007); Film Independent's 2007 Spirit Awards (2007); Fit to Print (1977); For Your Consideration (2006); Frankenweenie (2012); FRED: The Festival Insider (2024); Friends of Gilda (1993); From Cleveland (1980); Game 6 (2005); Gary Talks (2025); George Burns Half-Hour Comedy Hour (1985); Get Serious (1995); Glenn Martin DDS (2009–2011); GMA3: What You Need to Know (2019); Good Behavior (2008); Good Morning America (2018–2024); Harvey Beaks (2016); HBO First Look (2006–2009); Heartburn (1986); Her (2013); Hollywood Insider (2022); Home Alone (1990); Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992); Home Alone Around the World (2006); Home Alone: Deleted Scenes (2015); Home Fries (1998); Hope (1997); Humpday with Hampshire (2020); I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood (1989); IMDb Interviews (2024); In the Director's Chair: The Man Who Invented Edward Scissorhands (1990); Inside Comedy (2014); Inside Monster House (2006); Intergalactic Thanksgiving or Please Don't Eat the Planet (1979); It Happened That Way (2004); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2020); John Candy: Comic Spirit (2005); John Candy: I Like Me (2025); Killer Chemistry: Behind the Scenes with the Killers' Cast & Crew (2010); Killers (2010); Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2020); Late Last Night (1999); Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993); Late Show with David Letterman (1994); Leslie (2012); Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa (2024); Letterboxd (2024); Literally! with Rob Lowe (2020); Little Vegas (1990); Live with Kelly and Mark (2024); Love, Gilda (2018); Mad TV (2000); Made in Hollywood (2009–2013); Meet the Cast of 'Over the Hedge' (2006); Minty Comedic Arts (2024); Modern Family (2015); Modern Love (2019); Monster House (2006); Morgenmagazin (2024); Morton & Hayes (1991); Movie Night Extravaganza (2022); MTV News (2006); Nissan Presents: Thrill Driver (2022); Northern Lights: Tears Are Not Enough (1985); Nostalgia Critic (2021); Nothing Personal (1980); Odd Job Jack (2004); Oh Baby (1999); Orange County (2002); Over the Hedge (2006); Pain Hustlers (2023); Penelope (2006); People: YouTube Channel (2019); Pippi Longstocking (1997); Primetime Glick (2002); Q with Jian Ghomeshi (2015); Rabbit Ears: Finn McCoul (1991); Rama's Screen (2024); Really Weird Tales / Segment: I'll Die Loving (1986); Rock & Rule (1983); Saturday Night Live (1988–1992); Schitt's Creek (2015–2020); ScreenSlam (2024); SCTV (1976–1979); SCTV Channel (1983–1984); SCTV Network (1981–1983); Searching for Debra Winger (2002); Second City: First Family of Comedy (2006); Six Feet Under (2003–2005); Skylanders Academy (2016–2018); SNL50: The Anniversary Special (2025); SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025); Sofia the First (2016); Soundtrack of Our Lives: A Celebration for the Film & TV Music Community (2020); Speaking of Sex (2001); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Stars in the House (2020–2022); Steve Martin: An American Cinematheque Tribute (2005); Sunday Sitdown with Willie Geist (2024); Sunday Today with Willie Geist (2024); Surviving Christmas (2004); Tales from the Crypt (1994); Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot (2013); Tall Tale (1995); Tavis Smiley (2006); Tears Are Not Enough (1985); Temple Grandin (2010); The 12th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (2007); The 13th Annual Oscar Wilde Awards (2018); The 15th Annual American Comedy Awards (2001); The 18th Annual AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (2019); The 19th Annual BAFTA/LA Awards Season Tea Party (2013); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 22th Annual Art Directors Guild Awards (2018); The 22th Annual Los Angeles Film Critcs Awards (1997); The 24th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (2019); The 25th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (2020); The 26th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (2021); The 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2020); The 2nd Annual Canadian Comedy Awards (2001); The 34th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1982); The 69th Annual Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon (1997); The 70th Annual Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon (1998); The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards (2019); The 71th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards (2019); The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2020); The 73rd Annual Tony Awards (2019); The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2021); The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004); The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards (2024); The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards (2025); The Addams Family (2019); The Alan Hamel Show (1979); The Best of John Candy on SCTV (1996); The Best of SCTV (1988); The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (1988); The Dave Thomas Comedy Show (1990); The Earthshot Prize (2022); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2018–2020); The Governor General's Performing Arts Awards (2021); The Greatest Event in Television History (2013); The Hidden Room (1993); The History of Comedy (2018); The Hour (2008–2012); The Joke's on Us: 50 Years of CBC Satire (2002); The Juice is Loose! The Making of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024); The Kelly Clarkson Show (2024); The Kids in the Hall (2022); The Larry Sanders Show (1992); The Last Kids on Earth (2020–2021); The Last of the High Kings (1996); The Last of Us (2025); The Last Polka (1985); The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2016); The Life Before This (1999); The Magic School Bus Rides Again (2018); The Making of 'Away We Go' (2009); The Mark Twain Prize: Lily Tomlin (2003); The Martin Short Show (1999); The Movie Awards (1991); The Movies (2019); The New Show (1984); The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993); The Oscars (2024); The Outer Limits (1997 / 1998); The Paper (1994); The Project (2023 / 2024); The Right Kind of Wrong (2013); The Rimshots (1976); The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (2003); The Second City Toronto 15th Anniversary (1988); The Steve Allen Comedy Hour (1980–1981); The Studio (2025); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2016–2020); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1988–1990); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2002–2008); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2020); The View (2006); The Wayne & Shuster Comedy Special (1975); The Wayne & Shuster Show (1975); The Wayne & Shuster Superspecial (1978); The Wild Robot (2024); The Wool Cap (2004); There Goes the Neighborhood (1992); This Hour Has 22 Minutes (2013); Tiger Deluxe Talkboy Commercial (1994); 'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen (2022); To My Future Assistant (2013); Today (2015–2024); Troldspejlet (1994–1999); Trying Times (1987); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2009); Vancouver 2010: XXI Olympic Winter Games (2010); Waiting for Guffman (1996); Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2015–2024); WatchMojo (2014–2018); What Lives Inside (2015); When Marnie Was There (2014); Where the Wild Things Are (2009); Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2020); Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1999); Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus (2024); Witch's Night Out (1978); World's Greatest Kids' Films (2017); WTF with Marc Maron (2013); Wyatt Earp (1994); You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution, Spread Love & Overalls, and Created a Community That Changed the World (in a Canadian Kind of Way) (2025); You've Come a Long Way, Katie (1980).

Born on this day – Ángel Salazar:

Ángel Salazar

Actor

Writer

Director

Comedian

March 2, 1956 – August 11, 2024

Credits:

A Felon in New York (2017); A Stranger Is Watching (1982); Anarchy Radio (2024); Ante' (2012); Big Pun: I'm Not a Player (1997); Boulevard Nights (1979); Carlito's Way (1993); Comedian (2002); Counterpunch (2013); Crumble (2010); Da Pinche Code (2012); Duke of New York in New Ghost City (2021); Engaging (2009); For NYC (2020); Good Dads (2014); Harlem Blues (2003); Heart of the City (1986); Hollywood Entertainment News TV Show (2023); Hot to Trot (1988); In Living Color (1991); Japanese Borscht (2019); Jersey Mafia Chronicles (2017); Jim and James Morning Podcast (2021); Laugh Killer Laugh (2015); Made in Brooklyn (2007); Maniac Cop 2 (1990); Mob Tales with Nick Christophers (2022); Night Rapper (2021); On Our Own (2020–2021); Punchline (1988); Rose Woes and Joe's (2005); SacTown Underground (2017); Saved by the Pole (2012); Scarface (1983); Scarface: The World Is Yours (2006); Screen Machines (2014); Seven Diamonds (2013); Showtime at the Apollo (1992); Sylvester (1985); Take It Back (2016); Tatalia (2017); Terror in the Aisles (1984); The Black Caesar (2022); The Familia: The Rise of Don Pedro (2014); The Gilbert Diaries: The Movie (2023); The Last Gamble (2011); The Latin Legends of Comedy (2006); The New $treetz Seriez (2020); The Scarface Phenomenon (2011); The Streetz (2017); The Streetz 2 (2020); The Wild Life (1984); Trust Me (2009); Vamp Bikers Dos (2015); Vamp Bikers Tres (2016); Vote for Me (2003); Vote for Me! (2002); Walk Proud (1979); Where the Buffalo Roam (1980).

Born on this day – Zero Mostel:

Zero Mostel

Actor

Comedian

Singer

Painter

February 28, 1915 – September 8, 1977

Credits:

Watership Down (1978); The Electric Company (1972–1977); The Little Drummer Boy Book II (1976); The Front (1976); Mastermind (1976); The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (1975); Journey Into Fear (1975); Foreplay (1975); Rhinoceros (1974); Marco (1973); Once Upon a Scoundrel (1973); Saga of Sonora (1973); Old Faithful (1973); The Hot Rock (1972); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1970); The Angel Levine (1970); The Great Bank Robbery (1969); Great Catherine (1968); The White Bus / Ride of the Valkyrie (1967); Children of the Exodus (1967); The Producers (1967); A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966); Play of the Week (1959–1961); The World of Sholom Aleichem (1959); Zero Mostel (1959); The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951); The Guy Who Came Back (1951); Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951); Sirocco (1951); The Enforcer (1951); Panic in the Streets (1950); The Ford Theatre Hour (1949); Off the Record (1948); Du Barry Was a Lady (1943).

Born on this day – Betty Hutton:

Betty Hutton

Actress

Comedian

Dancer

Singer

February 26, 1921 – March 11, 2007

Credits:

Baretta (1977); Gunsmoke (1965); Burke's Law (1964–1965); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Betty Hutton Show (1959–1960); Spring Reunion (1956); Satins and Spurs (1954); Somebody Loves Me (1952); Sailor Beware (1952); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); Let's Dance (1950); Annie Get Your Gun (1950); Red, Hot and Blue (1949); Dream Girl (1948); The Perils of Pauline (1947); Cross My Heart (1946); The Stork Club (1945); Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945); Duffy's Tavern (1945); Incendiary Blonde (1945); Here Come the Waves (1944); Skirmish on the Home Front (1944); And the Angels Sing (1944); The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943); Let's Face It (1943); Happy Go Lucky (1943); Star Spangled Rhythm (1942); The Fleet's In (1942); One for the Book (1940); Public Jitterbug No. 1 (1939); Three Kings and a Queen (1939); Queens of the Air (1938).

Born on this day – Jackie Gleason:

Jackie Gleason

Actor

Comedian

Writer

Composer

February 26, 1916 – June 24, 1987

Credits:

Nothing in Common (1986); Izzy & Moe (1985); Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson (1983); Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983); The Sting II (1983); The Toy (1982); Smokey and the Bandit II (1980); Smokey and the Bandit (1977); Mr. Billion (1977); Three for Two (1975); How Do I Love Thee? (1970); Don't Drink the Water (1969); How to Commit Marriage (1969); Skidoo (1968); Here's Lucy (1968); The Jackie Gleason Show (1952–1968); Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (1965); Soldier in the Rain (1963); Papa's Delicate Condition (1963); Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962); Gigot (1962); The Hustler (1961); The Secret World of Eddie Hodges (1960); Playhouse 90 (1958); The Honeymooners (1955–1956); Studio One (1953–1955); The Jack Benny Program (1955); The Best of Broadway (1955); The Red Skelton Hour (1953–1954); The Ed Sullivan Show (1952); Musical Comedy Time (1951); The Desert Hawk (1950); The Life of Riley (1949–1950); Springtime in the Rockies (1942); Orchestra Wives (1942); Escape from Crime (1942); Larceny, Inc (1942); Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! (1942); Lady Gangster (1942); All Through the Night (1942); Steel Against the Sky (1941); Navy Blues (1941).

Born on this day – Barry Humphries:

Barry Humphries

Comedian

Actor

Writer

Satirist

February 17, 1934 – April 22, 2023