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Monday, November 9, 2026

Born on this day – Mabel Normand:


Mabel Normand


Actress

Writer

Director

Producer

Comedian

November 9, 1893 – February 23, 1930


Credits:

A Dash Through the Clouds (1912); A Dead Man's Honor (1911); A Double Wedding (1913); A Fair Exchange (1914); A Family Mixup (1912); A Film Johnnie (1914); A Little Hero (1913); A Noise from the Deep (1913); A Perfect 36 (1918); A Tale of Two Cities (1911); A Tangled Affair (1913); A Temperamental Husband (1912); A Victim of Circumstances (1911); A Widow Visits Springtown (1911); An Interrupted Elopement (1912); Anything Once! (1927); At Coney Island (1912); At It Again (1912); At Twelve O'Clock (1913); Back to the Woods (1918); Bangville Police (1913); Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life (1913); Betty Becomes a Maid (1911); Bright Lights (1916); Brown's Seance (1912); Caught in a Cabaret (1914); Fate's Turning (1911); Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916); Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition (1915); Fatty and Mabel's Simple Life (1915); Fatty's Wine Party (1914); For the Love of Mabel (1913); Gentlemen of Nerve (1914); He Did and He Didn't (1916); Head Over Heels (1922); Her Awakening (1911); Her Friend the Bandit (1914); His Mother (1911); His Trysting Place (1914); How Betty Won the School (1911); Hubby's Job (1913); Indiscretions of Betty (1910); Jinx (1919); Just Brown's Luck (1913); Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day (1915); Mabel at the Wheel (1914); Mabel Lost and Won (1915); Mabel, Fatty and the Law (1915); Mabel's Adventures (1912); Mabel's Awful Mistake (1913); Mabel's Busy Day (1914); Mabel's Dramatic Career (1913); Mabel's Heroes (1913); Mabel's Lovers (1912); Mabel's Married Life (1914); Mabel's Stormy Love Affair (1914); Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914); Mabel's Stratagem (1912); Mabel's Wilful Way (1915); Mickey (1918); Molly O' (1921); Mr. Grouch at the Seashore (1912); Neighbors (1912); Oh, Those Eyes (1912); On His Wedding Day (1913); One Hour Married (1927); Over the Garden Wall (1910); Pat's Day Off (1912); Peck's Bad Girl (1918); Pedro's Dilemma (1912); Picciola; or, the Prison Flower (1911); Professor Bean's Removal (1913); Saved from Himself (1911); Stolen Magic (1915); That Little Band of Gold (1915); The Baron (1911); The Battle of Who Run (1913); The Beating He Needed (1912); The Changing of Silas Warner (1911); The Deacon's Troubles (1912); The Diamond Star (1911); The Diving Girl (1911); The Drummer's Vacation (1912); The Eternal Mother (1912); The Extra Girl (1923); The Fatal Mallet (1914); The Fatal Taxicab (1913); The Floor Below (1918); The Foreman of the Jury (1913); The Gusher (1913); The Gypsy Queen (1913); The Hansom Driver (1913); The Little Teacher (1915); The Making of a Man (1911); The Masquerader (1914); The Mender of Nets (1912); The Mistaken MasherThe Mistaken Masher (1913); The Nickel-Hopper (1926); The Pest (1919); The Revenue Man and the Girl (1911); The Riot (1913); The Sea Nymphs (1914); The Sleuths at the Floral Parade (1913); The Slim Princess (1920); The Squaw's Love (1911); The Unveiling (1911); The Venus Model (1918); The Waiters' Picnic (1913); The Water Nymph (1912); Their Social Splash (1915); Those Country Kids (1914); Those Good Old Days (1913); Through His Wife's Picture (1911); Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914); Troublesome Secretaries (1911); Two Overcoats (1911); When a Man's Married His Trouble Begins (1911); When Kings Were the Law (1912); Wished on Mabel (1915); Zuzu, the Band Leader (1913).

Born on this day – Marie Dressler:


Marie Dressler


Actress

Comedian

Writer

Director

Producer

November 9, 1868 – July 28, 1934

Credits:

Christopher Bean (1933); Dinner at Eight (1933); Tugboat Annie (1933); Prosperity (1932); Emma (1932); The Christmas Party (1931); Politics (1931); Reducing (1931); Min and Bill (1930); Let Us Be Gay (1930); Caught Short (1930); One Romantic Night (1930); The Girl Said No (1930); Anna Christie (1930); Chasing Rainbows (1930); The Vagabond Lover (1929); Dangerous Females (1929); The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929); The Divine Lady (1928); Bringing Up Father (1928); The Patsy (1928); Breakfast at Sunrise (1927); The Joy Girl (1927); The Callahans and the Murphys (1927); The Red Cross Nurse (1918); The Agonies of Agnes (1918); The Scrub Lady (1917); Fired (1917); Tillie Wakes Up (1917); Tillie's Tomato Surprise (1915); Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914).

Friday, November 6, 2026

Born on this day – Mike Nichols:


Mike Nichols


Director

Producer

Actor

Comedian

November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014

Credits:

2nd Annual Directors Guild of Great Britain DGGB Awards (2005); 60 Minutes (1996); A Last Laugh at the Sixties (1970); Accent on Love (1959); AFI Life Achievement Award (1994–2010); All Good Things (2010); American Masters (1995–2016); Angels in America (2003); Annie (1999); Arthur Miller: Writer (2017); Author: The JT LeRoy Story (2016); Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything (2025); Beatlemania (1981); Becoming Mike Nichols (2016); Biloxi Blues (1988); Biography (2000); Carnal Knowledge (1971); Catch-22 (1970); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2021); Charlie Rose (1998–2011); Charlie Wilson's War (2007); Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television (1996); Closer (2004); CNN Newsroom (2014); Entertainment Tonight (2014); Everything Is Copy (2015); Extra (2014); Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates Jr. (2010); Family (1976–1980); Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009); Fatherhood (2014); Forbes Celebrity 100: Who Made Bank? (2006); Friends with Kids (2011); Gilda Live (1980); Great Performances (1988); HBO First Look (2007); Heart of the Festival (2002); Heartburn (1986); Hollywood Insider (2020); In from the Cold? A Portrait of Richard Burton (1988); In the Life (1992–2012); Inside Edition (2014); Inside the Actors Studio (1996 / 2003); Jack Paar Presents (1960); Jimmy Carter's Inaugural Gala (1977); Julia Roberts: An American Cinematheque Tribute (2007); Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall (1962); King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1969); Laugh Line (1959); Legends Ball (2006); Les Chroniques du Mea (2014); Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986); Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store (2015); Love & Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day' (2001); Mad Men (2015); Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009); Making the Boys (2011); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Omnibus (1958); Password (1961); Path to Glory (2011); Person to Person (1960); Postcards from the Edge (1990); President Kennedy's Birthday Salute (1962); Primary Colors (1998); Rampart (2011); Regarding Henry (1991); Saturday Night Live (2014); Silkwood (1983); Solaris (2002); Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces (2024); That Was the Week That Was (1963–1985); The 11th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1959); The 20th Annual Tony Awards (1966); The 22nd Annual Tony Awards (1968); The 26th Annual Tony Awards (1972); The 28th Annual Tony Awards (1974); The 30th Annual Tony Awards (1976); The 31st Annual Tony Awards (1977); The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (1978); The 38th Annual Tony Awards (1984); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The 39th Annual Tony Awards (1985); The 3th Annual Mr. Abbot Awards (1987); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (1970); The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2004); The 59th Annual Tony Awards (2005); The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards 2005 (2005); The 66th Annual Tony Awards (2012); The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (2015); The 73th Annual National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards (2002); The 7th Annual Costume Designers Guild Awards (2005); The 8th Annual American Comedy Awards (1994); The Annual Film Society of Lincoln Center Honors Mike Nichols (1999); The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Barbara Walters (1994); The Annual National Board of Review Awards (2001); The Big Party (1959); The Birdcage (1996); The Day of the Dolphin (1973); The Designated Mourner (1997); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958–1959); The Fabulous Fifties (1960); The Fifties (1997); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (1986); The Fortune (1975); The Graduate (1967); The Graduates (2008); The Great Standups (1984); The Jack Paar Program (1964–1965); The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1991 / 2003 / 2011); The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002); The Longshot (1986); The Making of 'Charlie Wilson's War' (2008); The Mark Twain Prize: Steve Martin (2005); The Memory of Justice (1976); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1967); The Orson Bean Show (2026); The Oscars (2015); The Pallbearer (1996); The Perry Como Show (1958–1961); The Private Eye (2024); The Remains of the Day (1993); The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (2003); The South Bank Show (2006); The Steve Allen Show (1957–1958); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959–1960); The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling (2018); Today (1966); Turner Classic Movies Remembers 2014 (2014); Two Night Stand (2014); Wait in the Wings (2020); Welcome to the Basement (2014–2015); What Planet Are You From? (2000); What's My Line? (1960); Who Makes You Laugh? (1995); Whoopi Goldberg: Direct from Broadway (1985); Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966); Wit (2001); Wolf (1994); Working Girl (1988); Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner (2006).

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Born on this day – Ford Sterling:


Ford Sterling


Actor

Comedian

November 3, 1883 – October 13, 1939

Credits:

1925 Studio Tour (1925); A Bad Game (1913); A Bandit (1913); A Bear Escape (1912); A Bogus Baron (1914); A Deaf Burglar (1913); A Doctored Affair (1913); A Double Wedding (1913); A Dramatic Mistake (1914); A False Beauty (1914); A Film Johnnie (1914); A Fishy Affair (1913); A Game of Poker (1913); A Game of Pool (1913); A Grocery Clerk's Romance (1912); A Healthy Neighborhood (1913); A Jealous Husband (1914); A Lady's Tailor (1919); A Landlord's Troubles (1913); A Life in the Balance (1913); A Maiden's Trust (1917); A Midnight Elopement (1912); A Mistaken Bath House (1914); A Mix-up in Raincoats (1911); A Muddy Romance (1913); A Pajama Marriage (1920); A Quiet Fourth (1935); A Red Hot Romance (1913); A Returned Engagement (1935); A Robust Romeo (1914); A Seminary Scandal (1920); A Shooting Match (1914); A Small Time Act (1913); A Strong Revenge (1913); A Temperamental Husband (1912); A Thief Catcher (1914); A Wife Wanted (1913); Abe Gets Even with Father (1911); Across the Hall (1914); Alice in Wonderland (1933); All Business (1936); All in Good Fun (1955); Almost Married (1914); Ambitious Butler (1912); American Masters (1989); Among Those Present (1919); An Interrupted Elopement (1912); Animated Weekly, No. 105 (1914); At Coney Island (1912); At It Again (1912); At Three O'Clock (1914); Auto Intoxication (1931); Baby Day (1913); Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life (1913); Because He Loved Her (1916); Behind the Green Lights (1935); Between Showers (1914); Beware of Boarders (1918); Black Hands (1914); Black Sheep (1935); Bridal Griefs (1937); Bride of the Regiment (1930); By Golly! (1920); Casey at the Bat (1927); Charlie's Life (1916); Chicken a La King (1928); Cohen Collects a Debt (1912); Cohen Saves the Flag (1913); Come to Papa! (1931); Court House Crooks (1915); Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1925); Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961); Destroying Angel (1923); Did Mother Get Her Wish? (1912); Dirty Work in a Laundry (1915); Don't Weaken! (1920); Double Crossed (1914); Dreary House (1928); Drums of the Desert (1927); Dutch Gold Mine (1911); East Lynne with Variations (1919); Everybody's Acting (1926); Father's Choice (1913); Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915); Fatty's Finish (1914); Fickle Fancy (1920); Figures Don't Lie (1927); Foiling Fickle Father (1913); Fools and Duels (1919); For Lizzie's Sake (1913); For the Love of Mabel (1913); For the Love of Mike (1924 / 1927); Framing Father (1936); Fresh from the City (1920); Gaslight Follies (1945); Gentleman Burglar (1914); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928); Good and Naughty (1926); Great Scott! (1920); Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943); He Must Have a Wife (1912); he Sleuths at the Floral Parade (1913); He Who Gets Slapped (1924); He Wouldn't Stay Down (1915); Hearts and Flowers (1919); Hearts and Swords (1914); Heinze's Resurrection (1913); Her Birthday Present (1913); Her Majesty, Love (1931); Her Screen Idol (1918); Her Torpedoed Love (1917); Hide and Seek (1913); His Chum the Baron (1913); His Crooked Career (1913); His Father's Footsteps (1915); His Last False Step (1919); His Lying Heart (1916); His Pride and Shame (1916); His Sister's Kids (1913); His Smashing Career (1915); His Ups and Downs (1913); His Wife's Flirtation (1914); His Wild Oats (1916); His Youthful Fancy (1920); Historia del cine: Epoca muda (1983); Hoffmeyer's Legacy (1912); Hogan's Romance Upset (1915); Hollywood (1923); Hollywood and the Stars (1963–1964); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Hot Stuff (1920); How Hiram Won Out (1913); Hypnotic Power (1914); In the Clutches of the Gang (1914); It's a Cinch (1918); Just Brown's Luck (1913); Just Kids (1913); Keystone Hotel (1935); Kismet (1930); Lifetime of Comedy (1960); Lost in the Studio (1914); Love and Courage (1913); Love and Dynamite (1914); Love and Glory (1924); Love and Lunch (1914); Love and Pain (1913); Love and Rubbish (1913); Love and Vengeance (1914); Love Sickness at Sea (1913); Love, Honor and Behave! (1920); Mabel's Adventures (1912); Mabel's Awful Mistake (1913); Mabel's Dramatic Career (1913); Mabel's Heroes (1913); Mabel's Lovers (1912); Many Unhappy Returns (1937); Married Life (1920); Mike (1926); Miss Brewster's Millions (1926); Movie Fans (1920); Mr. Fix-It (1912); Murphy's I.O.U. (1913); My Lady's Lips (1925); Neighbors (1914); Oh Kay! (1928); Oh, Mabel Behave (1922); On His Wedding Day (1913); Only a Messenger Boy (1915); Our Dare-Devil Chief (1915); Our Nagging Wives (1930); Out and In (1913); Papa's Boy (1914); Pat's Day Off (1912); Pedro's Dilemma (1912); Peeping Pete (1913); Pinched in the Finish (1917); Playthings of Desire (1933); Professor Bean's Removal (1913); Rastus and the Game Cock (1913); Riley and Schultz (1912); Safe in Jail (1913); Sally (1929); Salome vs. Shenandoah (1919); Saving Mabel's Dad (1913); Schnitz the Tailor (1913); Screen Snapshots, Series 23, No. 9 (1944); Screen Snapshots, Series 24, No. 9 (1945); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 15 (1922); Secret Service Snitz (1914); Sergeant Hofmeyer (1914); Show Girl in Hollywood (1930); Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 3: Funny Girls (1998); Snitz Joins the Force (1914); Snookee's Disguise (1914); Snookee's Flirtation (1914); So Big (1924); Some Nerve (1913); Sporting Goods (1928); Spring Is Here (1930); Stage Struck (1925); Standing Pat (1921); Stars and Bars (1917); Steppin' Out (1925); Stern Papa (1912); Stolen Glory (1912); Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (1931); Stranded in Paris (1926); Taking His Medicine (1911); Tango Tangles (1914); Ten Dollars or Ten Days (1920); That Little Band of Gold (1915); That Ragtime Band (1913); The American Venus (1926); The Battle of Who Run (1913); The Beating He Needed (1912); The Bowling Match (1913); The Brass Bottle (1923); The Chief's Predicament (1913); The Crash (1914); The Cure That Failed (1913); The Day of Faith (1923); The Deacon Outwitted (1913); The Deacon's Troubles (1912); The Dog Raffles (1914); The Duel (1912); The Elite Ball (1913); The Fall of Eve (1929); The Fatal Chocolate (1912); The Fatal Forceps (1929); The Fatal Taxicab (1913); The Fatal Wedding (1914); The Firebugs (1913); The Flirting Husband (1912); The Foolish Forties (1931); The Foreman of the Jury (1913); The Forgotten Films of Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle (2005); The Funniest Man in the World (1967); The Galloping Fish (1924); The Gangsters (1913); The Girl in the Show (1929); The Golden Age of Comedy (1957); The Great Universal Mystery (1914); The Gusher (1913); The Hansom Driver (1913); The Headline Woman (1935); The Hunt (1915); The Inventor's Secret (1911); The Jealous Waiter (1913); The Knockout (1914); The Land Salesman (1913); The Little Widow (1919); The Lucky Horseshoe (1911); The Mack Sennett Collection: Volume One (2014); The Man Next Door (1913); The Minstrel Man (1914); The Mistaken Masher (1913); The New Conductor (1913); The New Neighbor (1912); The Now Cure (1916); The Peddler (1913); The Professor's Daughter (1913); The Rivals (1912); The Road to Glory (1926); The Show-Off (1926); The Sleuth's Last Stand (1913); The Snow Cure (1916); The Speed Kings (1913); The Speed Queen (1913); The Spoilers (1923); The Stolen Purse (1913); The Strangers' Banquet (1922); The Summer Girls (1918); The Three Way Trail (1925); The Trouble with Wives (1925); The Trunk Mystery (1926); The Two Widows (1913); The Unhappy Finish (1921); The Waiters' Picnic (1913); The Water Nymph (1912); The Woman on the Jury (1924); Their First Execution (1913); Their First Kidnapping Case (1912); Those German Bowlers (1915); Those Good Old Days (1913); Too Many Brides (1914); Too Many Burglars (1911); Toplitsky and Company (1913); Tragedy of the Dress Suit (1912); Treating 'Em Rough (1919); Trouble from Abroad (1931); Troublesome Pets (1914); Trying to Get Along (1919); Uncle Tom Without a Cabin (1919); Watch Your Husbands (1920); When Dreams Come True (1913); When Smaltz Loves (1914); Why Beaches Are Popular (1919); Wife Savers (1928); Wild Oranges (1924); Wild Women and Tame Lions (1918); Wine (1913); Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1919); Zuzu, the Band Leader (1913).

Saturday, October 31, 2026

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).

Friday, October 30, 2026

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).

Thursday, October 29, 2026

Born on this day – Fanny Brice:


Fanny Brice


Actress

Comedian

Singer

October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951

Credits:

The Popsicle Parade of Stars (1950); Ziegfeld Follies (1945); Hollywood Goes to Town (1938); Everybody Sing (1938); The Great Ziegfeld (1936); Crime Without Passion (1934); The Man from Blankley's (1930); Be Yourself! (1930); Night Club (1929); My Man (1928).

Saturday, October 17, 2026

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Born on this day – Arleen Sorkin:


Arleen Sorkin


Actress

Writer

Comedian

Television presenter

October 14, 1955 – August 24, 2023

Credits:

4th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards (1988); 7th Annual Soap Opera Awards (1991); 7th Annual Young Comedians Show (1982); America's Funniest Home Videos (1990); America's Funniest People (1990); An Evening at the Improv (1992); Bane v Superman: The Movie (2016); Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000); Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009); Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition (2010); Batman: Gotham City Racer (2001); Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993); Batman: Return to Arkham (2016); Batman: The Animated Series (1992); Batman: Vengeance (2001); Bhutto (2010); Cinemax Comedy Experiment (1986); Club Jdg (2023); Comic Book: The Movie (2004); Days of Our Lives (1984); Days of Our Lives' Christmas (2001); DC Universe Online (2011); DC Universe Online: The Last Laugh (2012); Die Laughing (2010); Down Home (1991); Dream On (1990); Duet (1987); Entertainment Tonight (1990); Family Feud (1989); Fat Man Beyond (2023); Fifty-One Annie Awards (2024); Fired Up (1997); Frasier (2004); From Here to Maternity (1986); Gotham Girls (2000); Harley Quinn (2023); Hour Magazine (1988); How to Marry a Billionaire (2011); I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore (1992); Independent Lens (2011); Intimate Portrait (1999); Into the Night with Rick Dees (1990); It's Pat: The Movie (1994); Justice League (2003); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1988); Mr. J (2010); Odd Jobs (1986); Open House (1989); Oscar (1991); Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim (1987); Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss (1993); Picture Perfect (1997); Room for Romance (1990); Saturday Night Live (1982); Sincerely, Mr. J (2010); SoapTalk (2006); Static Shock (2003); Superman: The Animated Series (1997); Taz-Mania (1991); Ted & Venus (1991); The 15th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1988); The 16th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1989); The 26th Annual International Broadcasting Awards (1986); The Adventures of Batman & Robin (1995); The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest (1997); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The Guitar (2008); The Marsha Warfield Show (1990); The New Batman Adventures (1997); The New Hollywood Squares (1986); The New Mike Hammer (1987); The Wil Shriner Show (1987); Tiny Toon Adventures (1991); Trading Places (1983); Up All Night (1993); Well Done Mr. J (2009); Win, Lose or Draw (1987); Wordplay (1987).

Monday, October 5, 2026

Born on this day – Carmen Salinas:


Carmen Salinas


Actress

Impressionist

Comedian

October 5, 1939 – December 9, 2021

Credits:

4 maras (2012); 5 pollas en peligro (1986); A paso de cojo (1979); A Silent Love (2004); Adictos (2009); Alicia en el pais del dolar (1988); Beauties by Night (1977); Bellas de noche (1975); Burdel (1982); Camino largo a Tijuana (1988); Carnival Nights (1978); Casa de vecindad (1964); Casos de alarma (1989); Cita con la muerte (1989); Cita en el paraíso (1992); Ciudad de ciegos (1991); Ciudad de perros (2004); Comezón a la Mexicana (1989); Compassionate Sex (2000); Control de plagas (2004); Corrupción (1984); D.F. / Distrito Federal (1981); Danzón (1991); Día de muertos (1988); Doña Macabra (1972); El caifan del barrio (1986); El chofer (1974); El condenado por reconfiado (1992); El día de la unión (2018); El día que murió Pedro Infante (1984); El diablo en persona (1982); El garañón (1989); El jugador (1991); El Junior: El Mirrey de los Capos (2020); El mil hijos (1989); El rey de las ficheras (1989); El rey de los albures (1982); El rey del masaje (1985); El rincón de las vírgenes (1972); El secuestro de los cien millones (1980); El superman... Dilon (1993); El testamento (1981); El tonto que hacía milagros (1984); El último suspiro (1996); Elisa (1979); Embrace Me Tightly (2000–2001); Entre el amor y el odio (2002); Entre ficheras anda el diablo - La pulquería 3 (1984); Espinas (2005); Esta noche cena Pancho (1986); Fieras contra fieras (1982); Fin de semana en Garibaldi (1991); Goza conmigo (1990); Hasta que el dinero nos separe (2009–2010); Have You Seen Lupita? (2011); Hermoso Silencio (2010); Hora marcada (1989); Hoy no circula (1993); Huele a gas (1986); Huevos rancheros (1982); Humble Maria (1995–1996); Inspector Calzonzin (1973); Justicia de nadie (1991); La antorcha encendida (1996); La chica de la piscina (1987); La familia P. Luche (2012); La Frontera (1967); La loteria (1993); La palomilla al rescate (1976); La pulquería (1981); La pulquería 2 (1982); La razón de vivir (1966); La sonrisa del diablo (1970); La vida inútil de Pito Pérez (1970); Las cariñosas (1979); Las cenizas del diputado (1977); Las fuerzas vivas (1975); Las glorias del gran Púas (1984); Las guerreras del amor (1989); Las mil y una aventuras del metro (1993); Las modelos de desnudos (1983); Las noches del Blanquita (1981); Las pobres ilegales (1982); Las tentadoras (1980); Las vedettes (1983); Letters to Elena (2011); Los fayuqueros de Tepito (1982); Los perplejos (2005–2006); Los simuladores (2009); Mama no te lo pierdas! (2003); Man on Fire (2004); Mañosas pero sabrosas (1987); María Mercedes (1992–1993); Martín al amanecer (2010); Masacre en el río Tula (1985); Maten a Leo Méndez (2009); Me importas tú... y tú (2009); Me muero de la risa (1993); Mexicano Tú puedes (1985); Mi corazón es tuyo (2014–2015); Mi fortuna es amarte (2021–2022); Mi marido tiene familia (2018–2019); Mi pequeña traviesa (1997–1998); Mi verdad (2004); Midnight Dolls (1979); Mujer, casos de la vida real (1986–1997); Mujeres asesinas (2009); Mundo de fieras (2006–2007); My First Movie (2013); Nexo (2012); No hay quinto malo (1990); Noche de carnaval (1984); Noches de ronda (1992); Norte Estrecho (2015); Nosotros los guapos (2016–2019); Olor a muerte (1987); Pancho cachuchas (1989); Perdiendo el juicio (2021–2022); Piernas cruzadas (1984); Placeres divertidos (1989); Policía rural (1990); Porque el amor manda (2012–2013); Prax: un niño especial (2014); Preciosa (1998); Qué nos pasa (1986); Que viva Tepito! (1981); Ratero (1979); Reclusorio (1997); Red Lips (2011); Relatos macabrones (2020–2021); Ruta Madre (2019); Sabor a mí (1988); Santos peregrinos (2004); Se me sale cuando me río (1983); Solo para adúlteros (1989); Sublime redención (1971); Sueño de amor (2016); Tarjeta verde (1978); The Other Family (2011); The Place Without Limits (1978); The Popcorn Chronicles (2014); The Rose of Guadalupe (2009); The Sex Sense (1981); The Valet (2022); Tiempo de lobos (1982); Tívoli (1975); Todo el poder (2000); Triumph of Love (2010–2011); Un toque angelical (1992); Under the Same Moon (2007); Variedades de media noche (1977); Velo de novia (2003); Veritas, Prince of Truth (2006); Victorio (2008); Zapata - El sueño del héroe (2004).

Sunday, October 4, 2026

Born on this day – Buster Keaton:


Buster Keaton


Actor

Comedian

Director

Stuntman

October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 30 Years of Fun (1963); 4 Clowns (1970); A Country Hero (1917); A Desert Hero (1919); A Forbidden Orange (2021); A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966); A Night at the Opera (1935); A Reckless Romeo (1917); A Southern Yankee (1948); A Tribute to Lucy (1989); Alberto Mazarro: Desvesiculado (2025); All Star Summer Revue (1952); Allez Oop! (1934); America After Dark (1957); America at the Movies (1976); American Experience (2021); American Masters (1989–2000); America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes (2010); America's Clown: An Intimate Biography of Red Skelton (2014); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Astronogeek (2025); At the Circus (1939); Back Stage (1919); Bathing Beauty (1944); Battling Butler (1926); Beach Blanket Bingo (1965); Beer Commercials of the 50s & 60s (2015); Best of Buster Keaton (2024); Big Band Treasures (2008); Biography (1987–2004); Blue Blazes (1936); Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass (2008); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Bob Monkhouse's Comedy Heroes (2004); Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006); Bollywood Hero (2009); Breath Death (1964); Broken Horses (2015); Buck Privates Come Home (1947); Burke's Law (1964); Buster Keaton and Fatty Roscoe Arbuckle (2002); Buster Keaton in Wildwest (1962); Buster Keaton Rides Again (1965); Buster Keaton, the Genius Destroyed by Hollywood (2016); Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (1987); Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts (2006); Buster Keaton: Head Over Heels in Hollywood (2008); Buster Keaton: The Great Stone Face (1968); Buster se marie (1931); Buster's Bedroom (1991); Ça c'est du cinéma (1951); Calendar (1962); Camera Three (1970); Candid Camera (1962–1967); Candid Camera: 5 Decades of Smiles (2005); Candid Camera's 50th Anniversary (1996); Casanova wider Willen (1931); Casanova wider Willen (1931); Catalogue of Ships (2008); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2022); Celebrity Time (1950–1952); Century of Cinema (1995); Character Studies (1927); Charlie Chaplin, le génie de la liberté (2020); Cinéphiles de notre temps (2012); Clapper Board (1976); College (1927); Columbia Laff Hour (1956); Compression (2023); Coney Island (1917); Convict 13 (1920); Cops (1922); Court-circuit (2010); Crazy Days (1962); Cynthia (1947); Dans les yeux de Johnny Depp (2022); Day Dreams (1922); De frente, marchen (1930); Dieter & Andreas (1989); Ditto (1937); Doughboys (1930); Duels (2016); Easy Go (2010); Easy to Wed (1946); Edge of Outside (2006); Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015); El moderno Barba Azul (1946); E-penser (2022–2025); Es darf gelacht werden (1962); Estrellados (1930); Excuse My Dust (1951); Fast Company (1938); Film (1965); Film Breaks (1999); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Flicker Flashbacks No. 3, Series 2 (1944); Flickering Ghosts of Loves Gone By (2021); Forever and a Day (1943); Four Star Revue (1950–1952); Fractured Flickers (1963); Free and Easy (1930); Funny Business (1992); Funny Show Part Two: The Video - Movie (2012); General Nuisance (1941); George Jessel Show (1958); Go West (1925 / 1940); God's Country (1946); Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984); Good Night, Nurse! (1918); Grand Slam Opera (1936); Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981); Hard Luck (1921); Harold Lloyd: Hollywood's Timeless Comedy Genius (2017); Hayseed Romance (1935); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults (1999); His Ex Marks the Spot (1940); His Wedding Night (1917); Hit Celebrity TV Commercials (2004); Hollywood (1980); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hollywood Babylon (1971); Hollywood Cavalcade (1939); Hollywood Handicap (1938); Hollywood Hobbies (1939); Hollywood in Spanien (1966); Hollywood on Parade (1978); Hollywood on Parade No. A-13 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (1933); Hollywood on Television (1949–1953); Hollywood Rivals (2001); Hollywood Rivals: Chaplin vs Keaton (2006); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961); Hooray for Hollywood (1982); How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965); How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio (2004); Hypertelia (2015); I Dood It (1943); In the Good Old Summertime (1949); In the Good Old Summertime Intro (2004); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); It's Showtime (1976); I've Got a Secret (1952–1957); Jail Bait (1937); Jeopardy! (2004); June Night (2020); Kaleidoscope (2015); Keaton: The Great Stone Face (1982); La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935); La profondeur de champs (2017); Landesschau (1962); L'Art de Buster Keaton (2001); Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic (2011); Le Fossoyeur de Films (2017); Le plombier amoureux (1932); Le roi des Champs-Élysées (1934); Legends (2008); Legends of Comedy (1993); Legends of World Cinema (2004); Les Douze Glorieuses de Buster Keaton (2017); L'Histoire nous le dira (2019); Life Begins at Eighty (1954); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); Life in Sometown, U.S.A. (1938); Life with Buster Keaton (1951); Lifetime of Comedy (1960); Li'l Abner (1940); Limelight (1952); L'incantevole nemica (1953); Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died (2022); Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938); Love Nest on Wheels (1937); Lucy and Desi (2022); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Magic with the Stars (1982); Make 'Em Laugh (1982); Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009); Make the Connection (1955); Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986); Matinee in New York (1952); Medicine Man (1962); Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! (2026); Mixed Magic (1936); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Mooching Through Georgia (1939); Moonage Daydream (2022); Moonshine (1918); Morir de humor (2008); Movie Star Commercials and Important Messages (1983); Mr. Reaper's Really Bad Morning (2004); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1963); Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007); Musings of the Classic Sherlock Holmes Actor (2022); My Wife's Relations (1922); Neighbors (1920); New Moon (1940); Nickelodeon Days (1962); Nordschau-Magazin (1962); Nothing But Pleasure (1940); Nothing But Trouble (1944); Off to See the Wizard (1967); Oh Buster, Where Art Thou? (2022); Oh Doctor! (1917); One Run Elmer (1935); One Week (1920); Our Hospitality (1923); Our Turn (2020); Out West (1918); Pajama Party (1964); Palooka from Paducah (1935); Paradise for Buster (1952); Pardon My Berth Marks (1940); Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931); Pest from the West (1939); Playhouse 90 (1958); Pritzker Military Library Presents (2009); Producers' Showcase (1956); Quick Millions (1939); Return of the General (1962); Révolutions surréalistes (2024); Rheingold Theatre (1954); Route 66 (1962); Salute to Stan Laurel (1965); San Diego I Love You (1944); Savoring the Scarecrow: Or Buster & the Sybil Trilogy (2011); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Screen Snapshots (1932); Screen Snapshots, Series 18, No. 12 (1939); Screen Snapshots, Series 19, No. 6: Hollywood Recreations (1940); Screen Snapshots, Series 21, No. 1 (1941); Screen Snapshots, Series 24, No. 9 (1945); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 15 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 3 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 5 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 30, No. 9: Hollywood Pie Throwers (1951); Screen Snapshots, Series 5, No. 1 (1924); Screen Snapshots, Series 9, No. 11 (1930); Seeing Stars (1922); Sergeant Dead Head (1965); Serling (2026); Seven Chances (1925); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); She Went to the Races (1945); Sherlock Jr. (1924); She's Oil Mine (1941); Showtime, U.S.A. (1951); Sidewalks of New York (1931); Silent Clowns (2006); Silver Rainbow (2009); Slaphappy (2001–2003); Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 4: Keaton, Arbuckle & St. John (1998); Slightly Dangerous (1943); Snarbuckled (2010); So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM (2004); So You Won't Squawk? (1941); Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949); Speak Easily (1932); Special Collector's Edition (2011); Spite Marriage (1929); Sprockets (1991); Stan Laurel Funeral (1965); Star of the Family (1950); Starring Dick Van Dyke (2025); Stars of the Silver Screen (2014); Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928); Streamlined Swing (1938); Stu's Show (2023); Sunday Showcase (1960); Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936); Sunset Boulevard (1950); Take It or Leave It (1944); Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949); Tales of Manhattan (1942); Tars and Stripes (1935); Telescope (1964); Televisión registrada (2012); Ten Girls Ago (1962); That Night with You (1945); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment! III (1994); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); That's the Spirit (1945); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The Actor's Society Benefit Gala (1949); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960); The Adventures of Mr. Pastry (1958); The All New Truth or Consequences (1963–1965); The Art of Action: Martial Arts in Motion Picture (2002); The Art of Buster Keaton (1995); The Arthur Murray Party (1951–1952); The Baby Cyclone (1928); The Balloonatic (1923); The Bell Boy (1918); The Best of Broadway (1954); The Betty White Show (1958); The Big Parade of Comedy (1964); The Blacksmith (1922); The Boat (1921); The Buster Keaton Collector's Classic (1984); The Buster Keaton Show (1949–1951); The Buster Keaton Story (1957); The Butcher Boy (1917); The Cameraman (1928); The Chemist (1936); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952); The Comic Kino-Eye (2013); The Cook (1918); The Dead Sullivan Show (2017); The Devil to Pay (1960); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Donna Reed Show (1958–1965); The Double-Headed Eagle: Hitler's Rise to Power 1918-1933 (1973); The Dreamers (2003); The Dunninger Show (1955); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1950–1963); The Ed Wynn Show (1949–1950); The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (1955); The E-Flat Man (1935); The Electric House (1922); The Fall Guy (1965); The Faye Emerson Show (1950); The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995); The Footage Detectives (2023); The Forgotten Films of Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle (2005); The Frank Sinatra Show (1952); The Frozen North (1922); The Garage (1919); The Garry Moore Show (1958); The General (1926); The Giant Mechanical Man (2012); The Goat (1921); The Gold Ghost (1934); The Golden Age of Buster Keaton (1979); The Great Buster (2018); The Great Chase (1962); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Haunted House (1921); The Hayseed (1919); The 'High Sign' (1921); The Hollywood Clowns (1979); The Hollywood Palace (1964); The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929); The Home Owner (1961); The Image Book (2018); The Invader (1936); The Iron Mule (1925); The James Melton Show (1952); The Jerry Lewis Show (1963); The Jonathan Winters Specials (1965); The Jones Family in Hollywood (1939); The Ken Murray Show (1952); The Lovable Cheat (1949); The Love Nest (1923); The Man Who Bought Paradise (1965); The March of Time (1930); The March of Time, Vol. 5, No. 12: The Movies March On (1939); The Martha Raye Show (1956); The Misadventures of Buster Keaton (1950); The Navigator (1924); The New Bike (2009); The New Flesh (2024); The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers (1962); The One Show (2011); The Paleface (1922); The Passionate Plumber (1932); The Play House (1921); The Railrodder (1965); The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021); The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1952); The Revlon Revue (1960); The Rosemary Clooney Show (1956); The Rough House (1917); The Round-up (1920); The Saphead (1920); The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (1951); The Scarecrow (1920); The Scribe (1966); The Secret Genius of Modern Life (2023); The Smelly Janitor (2008); The Sound of Laughter (1963); The Spook Speaks (1940); The Steve Allen Show (1956); The Stolen Jools (1931); The Sunday Spectacular: Show Biz from Vaudeville to Video (1955); The Taming of the Snood (1940); The Three Stooges Follies (1974); The Timid Young Man (1935); The Tonight Show (1955); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1958–1961); The Triumph of Lester Snapwell (1963); The Twilight Zone (1961); The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940); The Voice of Hollywood (1930); The Voice of Hollywood No. 26 (1931); The Voice of Hollywood No. 7 (1930); The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen (1988); This Is Show Business (1951); This Is Your Life (1957); Three Ages (1923); Three Ages: Tour of Filming Locations (2010); Three on a Limb (1936); Tide of Empire (1929); Timeshift (2005); Today (1963); Too Hot to Handle (1938); Un duel à mort (1947); Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular (1988); War Italian Style (1965); Welcome to the Basement (2016); What-No Beer? (1933); What's My Line? (1951–1957); What's My Line? At 25 (1975); When Comedy Was King (1960); White Rabbit (2011); Wir schalten um auf Hollywood (1931); Wonderful Times (1950); Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951); You Asked for It (1958); You Must Remember This (2015); You're My Everything (1949); Zaz: Prends garde à ta langue (2018).

Friday, October 2, 2026

Born on this day – Groucho Marx:


Groucho Marx


Actor

Comedian

Writer

Singer

October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977

Books:

Beds (1930 / 1976); Groucho and Me (1959); Many Happy Returns (1942); Memoirs of a Mangy Lover (1963); The Groucho Letters: Letters From and To Groucho Marx (1967); The Groucho Phile: An Illustrated Life by Groucho Marx with Hector Arce (1976); The Marx Bros (1973); The Secret Word Is Groucho with Hector Arce (1976).

Movies and television:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 10 Things You Don't Know About (2012); A Day at the Races (1937); A Girl in Every Port (1952); A Night at the Opera (1935); A Night in Casablanca (1946); A Show Business Salute to Milton Berle (1973); A Tribute to Lucy (1989); AFI Life Achievement Award (1975–1976); All Star Revue (1952); America After Dark (1957); America at the Movies (1976); American Masters (1997–2022); America's Clown: An Intimate Biography of Red Skelton (2014); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Animal Crackers (1930); At the Circus (1939); Beatles Diary (1996); Beatles Stories (2011); Becoming Marilyn (2022); Behind the Music (1998); Biography (1993–2012); Birds Do It (1966); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Breaking Bad (2013); Broadway: The American Musical (2004); Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975); Can We Take a Joke? (2015); Candid Hollywood (1962); Cartola, the Samba Legend (2007); Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid (2024); Cavett Remembers the Comic Legends (2006); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2022); CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years (1976); Celebrity Billiards (1968); Celebrity Commercials (1987); Charlie Chaplin, le génie de la liberté (2020); Classic Cars of the 50'S & 60'S, Nostalgic Films & TV Commercials (1990); Classic Comedy Teams (1986); Comedy Connections (2004); Copacabana (1947); De dónde salen estos doblajes (2019); De qué te ríes (2006); Dick Cavett und... (1979); Discovering Film (2015); Donyale Luna: Supermodel (2023); Double Dynamite (1951); Duck Soup (1933); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2000); Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man (2012); Film Breaks (1999); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Firing Line (1967); Firing Line with Margaret Hoover (2023); From the Ends of the Earth (1939); Funny Business (1992); Game Changers (2018); Game Show Moments Gone Bananas (2005); General Electric Theater (1959–1962); General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein (1954); Geno in the Evening (2016); George Jessel Show (1959); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1968); Glickman (2013); Go West (1940); Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984); Great Performances (2005); Groucho (1965); Groucho Marx's Home Movies (1933); Gypsy (1967); Hannah and Her Sisters (1986); Hello I Must Be Going (2012); Here's Dick Cavett (1969); History's Greatest Mysteries (2023); Hit Celebrity TV Commercials (2004); Hollywood and the Stars (1963–1964); Hollywood Greats (1979); Hollywood Invasion (2011); Hollywood on Parade (1978); Hollywood on Parade No. 11 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 (1932); Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940); Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Hooray for Hollywood (1982); Horse Feathers (1932); Humor Risk (1921); Hy Gardner Calling (1961); I Dream of Jeannie (1967); Inside Beverly Hills (1956); Inside the Marx Brothers (2003); Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood (2005); I've Got a Secret (1959–1963); Jack (2021); Jonathan Creek (2003); Joys! (1976); Julia (1968); Kraft Theatre (1949); Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021); L'antre du Mea (2018); Le Fossoyeur de Films (2015); Legends of Stand Up Comedy (2024); Les Chroniques du Mea (2021–2022); L'Histoire nous le dira (2019); Life with Linkletter (1970); Life's a Dive (2014); Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling (2004); Lives Well Lived (2025); Looking for Lenny (2011); Love Happy (1949); Love, Marilyn (2012); Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009); Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986); Marilyn's Man (2004); Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love (2013); Merrily We Roll Along: The Early Days of the Automobile (1961); MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992); Midi Trente (1972); Mike Wallace Is Here (2019); Milton Berle's Mad Mad Mad World of Comedy (1974); Monkey Business (1931); More of 'The Best of the Hollywood Palace' (1993); Morir de humor (2008); Movie Star Commercials and Important Messages (1983); Moviestar Cartoons (1983); Mr. Music (1950); Muppet Babies (1988); Music Scene (1970); Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show (2003); My Mom Jayne (2025); NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II (1998); Omnibus (1972); On Your Marx, Get Set, Go! (2004); Oops, those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1956); Person to Person (1954); Phil Collins: I Wish It Would Rain Down (1990); Pioneers of Television (2008); Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (2024); Remarks on Marx (2004); Remember ... 1938 (1955); Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies (1996); Room Service (1938); Salsa (1976); Screen Snapshots, Series 16, No. 11 (1937); Screen Snapshots, Series 16, No. 3 (1936); Screen Snapshots, Series 17, No. 1 (1937); Screen Snapshots, Series 21, No. 8 (1942); Screen Snapshots, Series 21, No. 9 (1942); Screen Snapshots, Series 22, No. 5 (1942); Screen Snapshots, Series 22, No. 8 (1943); Screen Snapshots, Series 23, No. 2 (1943); Screen Snapshots, Series 24, No. 9 (1945); Screen Snapshots, Series 29, No. 10: Hollywood's Famous Feet (1950); Screen Snapshots, Series 29, No. 6: It Was Only Yesterday (1950); Screen Snapshots, Series 31, No. 5: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (1952); Screen Snapshots, Series 32, No. 8: Hollywood's Greatest Comedians (1953); Screen Snapshots, Series 35, No. 2: The Great Al Jolson (1955); Screen Snapshots, Series 35, No. 8: Playtime in Hollywood (1956); Showbiz Ballyhoo (1982); Showdown at Ulcer Gulch (1956); Shower of Stars (1954); Skidoo (1968); Special Collector's Edition (2011–2012); Starring Dick Van Dyke (2025); Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937); Supermensch (2013); Television (1988); Tell It to Groucho (1961–1962); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 22nd Annual Tony Awards (1968); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 46th Annual Academy Awards (1974); The 50 Greatest Comedy Films (2006); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2005); The Alan Hamel Show (1977); The Arthur Murray Party (1953); The Beatles... Off the Record: Newsreel Footage 1964-1966 (2001); The Bell Telephone Hour (1960); The Big Parade of Comedy (1964); The Big Store (1941); The Bob Hope Show (1964); The Capote Tapes (2019); The Celebrity Game (1964); The Cocoanuts (1929); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1954); The Comedians' Comedian (2005); The Dating Game (1967); The David Frost Show (1970); The David Susskind Show (1960–1963); The Dead Sullivan Show (2017); The Dick Cavett Show (1969–1971); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1959); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954); The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen (1995); The Groucho Marx Collector's Classic (1985); The History of Comedy (2018); The Hollywood Palace (1964–1982); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1971); The House That Shadows Built (1931); The Jack Benny Program (1955); The Jackie Gleason Show (1967–1969); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The King and the Chorus Girl (1937); The Kraft Music Hall (1967–1968); The Last Laugh (2016); The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1965); The Les Crane Show (1964); The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998); The Life of Riley (1949); The Life of Riley (1953–1958); The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians (1970); The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine (1971); The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (1982); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1976); The Michael Knowles Show (2017); The Mike Douglas Show (1974); The Miracle of Sound (1940); The Movie Orgy (1968); The Movies (2019); The NBC Comedy Hour (1956); The New Steve Allen Show (1963); The One, the Only... Groucho (1991); The Our Gang Story (1994); The Plot Thickens (1963); The Popsicle Parade of Stars (1950); The Project (2025); The Sixties (2014); The Source (1999); The Sparks Brothers (2021); The Steve Allen Show (1956–1958); The Story of Mankind (1957); The Sunday Spectacular: Show Biz from Vaudeville to Video (1955); The Swift Show Wagon with Horace Heidt and the American Way (1955); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1958–1961); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 25th Anniversary Special (1987); The Unknown Marx Brothers (1993); The UnXplained (2020); The Walking Dead (2020); The Wonder Years (1990); These Amazing Shadows (2011); This Is Elvis (1981); This Is Your Life (1955); Today (1963); TV: The Fabulous Fifties (1978); TV's Censored Bloopers #4 (1982); TV's Funniest Game Show Moments (1984); Un jour, une histoire (2014); V.O.S.: Lo que NO te cuentan (2021); Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look at... (1965); We Remember Marilyn (1996); Welcome to the Basement (2013); Whatever Works (2009); What's My Line? (1959–1967); What's My Line? At 25 (1975); When We Went MAD! (2025); Who Said That? (1953–1955); Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957); Wonderland of California (1933); You Bet Your Life (1950–1961); You Bet Your Life: The Lost Episodes (2003); Yours for the Asking (1936); Zaz: Prends garde à ta langue (2018).

Born on this day – Bud Abbott:


Bud Abbott


Actor

Comedian

Producer

October 2, 1897 – April 24, 1974

Credits:

Abbott & Costello (1967); General Electric Theater (1961); 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); 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); 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); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Little Giant (1946); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945); The Naughty Nineties (1945); Here Come the Co-eds (1945); 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); The Andrews Sisters in Buck Privates (1941); One Night in the Tropics (1940).

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Monday, September 28, 2026

Born on this day – Arnold Stang:


Arnold Stang


Actor

Comedian

September 28, 1918 – December 20, 2009

Credits:

Cool Cats in Interview Alley (2004); Reading Rainbow (1986–1995); Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991); Sesame Street: The Alphabet Game (1988); Blue Peter (1986); A Museum of Broadcasting Tribute: Milton Berle - Mr. Television (1985); The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera Arena Show (1981); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1970); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Jonathan Winters Show (1967–1968); How's Your Mother-in-Law? (1968); Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (1966); ABC's Nightlife (1965); That Regis Philbin Show (1965); You Don't Say (1963–1965); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962); Here's Hollywood (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960); The Arthur Murray Party (1951–1960); I've Got a Secret (1955–1959); The Ed Sullivan Show (1958–1959); The Patrice Munsel Show (1958); The Vic Damone Show (1957); Washington Square (1956–1957); Arthur Godfrey and His Friends (1957); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956); The Esther Williams Aqua Spectacle (1956); The Milton Berle Show (1950–1956); Hollywood Preview (1955); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1950–1955); What's My Line? (1955); The Name's the Same (1954); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953); The Sam Levenson Show (1952); Henry Morgan's Great Talent Hunt (1951); Robert Q's Matinee (1951); The Faye Emerson Show (1951); All Star Revue (1951); The Robert Q. Lewis Show (1950); Bob Hope in The Bob Hope Show (1950); School House (1949); Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1976); Seven Days' Leave (1942); Please Won't You Leave My Girl Alone (1942); Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2001); Garfield and Friends (1994); The Cosby Mysteries (1994); Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1994); Dennis the Menace (1993); Clippers (1991); Mathnet (1990); Wake, Rattle & Roll (1990); Ghost Dad (1990); True Blue (1990); The Cosby Show (1989); Top Cat (1988); Yogi's Treasure Hunt (1985–1988); Norman's Corner (1987); HBO Storybook Musicals (1987); Tales from the Darkside (1987); CBS Library (1983); No Man's Valley (1981); I Go Pogo (1980); Flying High (1978); ABC Nutrition Spots (1977); The Fourth King (1977); Easy Come Easy Go (1976); Cool Shark (1976); Deep Sea Rodeo (1976); Maguiness Book of Records (1976); Fish Anonymous (1976); Cannery Caper (1976); The Aquanuts (1976); Shark and the Beanstalk (1976); Holiday in Venice (1976); Moulin Rogues (1976); Mama (1976); Misterjaw (1976); Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1976); Chico and the Man (1976); The $6.95 Bionic Shark (1976); Transistorized Shark (1976); The Fishy Time Machine (1976); Stand-In Room Only (1976); Never Shake Hands with a Piranha (1976); Aloha, Hah, Hah! (1976); Sea Chase (1976); Merry Sharkman, Merry Sharkman (1976); Caught in the Act (1976); The Shape of Things (1976); Flying Saucer (19760; Davey Jones' Locker (1976); The Codfather (1976); Little Red Riding Halibut (1976); Aladdin's Lump (1976); Showbiz Shark (1976); Monster of the Deep (1976); Beach Resort (1976); Shopping Spree (1976); Flying Fool (1976); The Bureau (1976); Sweat Hog Shark (1976); Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1974); Ozzie's Girls (1973); The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1973); Emergency! (1972–1973); Marco Polo Jr. (1972); Loopy de Loop (1971–1972); Hercules in New York (1970); The Pink Panther (1969); Hello Down There (1969); Skidoo (1968); Batman (1968); Two by Two (1966); The Secret Squirrel Show (1966); Pinocchio in Outer Space (1965); Second Fiddle to a Steel Guitar (1965); Broadside (1965); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); Slippery Slippers (1962); The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962); Top Cat (1961–1962); Kooky Loopy (1961); Bonanza (1961); Wagon Train (1961); Dondi (1961); Alakazam the Great (1960); Matty's Funnies with Beany and Cecil (1959); Fun on Furlough (1959); Owly to Bed (1959); You Said a Mouseful (1958); The Eighty Yard Run (Playhouse 90) (1957–1958); Frighty Cat (1958); One Funny Knight (1957); From Mad to Worse (1957); Sky Scrappers (1957); The Red Skelton Hour (1957); Cat in the Act (1957); Hide and Peak (1956); December Bride (1956); Producers' Showcase (1956); Washington Square (1956); Bulletin from Bertie (1956); Mousetro Herman (1956); Will Do Mousework (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); Mouseum (1956); The Man with the Golden Arm (1955); Ship A-Hooey (1954); Surf and Sound (1954); The Milton Berle Show (1953–1954); Northwest Mousie (1953); Robert Montgomery Presents (1953); Herman the Catoonist (1953); Hollywood Opening Night (1953); Of Mice and Magic (1953); Doc Corkle (1952); Mice-capades (1952); Cat Carson Rides Again (1952); The Billy Bean Show (1951); Cat Tamale (1951); Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1951); Search for Tomorrow (1951); Casper the Friendly Ghost - Casper Comes to Clown (1951); Two Gals and a Guy (1951); Land of Lost Watches (1951); Hold the Lion Please (1951); Mice Paradise (1951); Mice Meeting You (1950); Voice of the Turkey (1950); Saved by the Bell (1950); Starlight Theatre (1950); Expectant Father (1950); Campus Capers (1949); A Mutt in a Rut (1949); The Goldbergs (1954-1955); So This Is New York (1948); The Bored Cuckoo (1948); We're in the Honey (1948); The Circus Comes to Clown (1947); Naughty But Mice (1947); Much Ado About Mutton (1947); A Scout with the Gout (1947); Musica-Lulu (1947); Sudden Fried Chicken (1946); The Goal Rush (1946); Sheep Shape (1946); Bored of Education (1946); Cheese Burglar (1946); Laughter in Paris (1946); A Lamb in a Jam (1945); Beau Ties (1945); Scrappily Married (1945); Let's Go Steady (1945); Moving Aweigh (1944); I'm Just Curious (1944); Herman and Katnip (1944); Henpecked Rooster (1944); The Marry-Go-Round (1943); No Mutton fer Nuttin' (1943); The Hungry Goat (1943); They Got Me Covered (1943); Seven Days' Leave (1942); My Sister Eileen (1942); Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1976); Seven Days' Leave (1942); Please Won't You Leave My Girl Alone" (1942); Cool Cats in Interview Alley (2004); Reading Rainbow (1986–1995); Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991); Sesame Street: The Alphabet Game (1988); Blue Peter (1986); A Museum of Broadcasting Tribute: Milton Berle - Mr. Television (1985); The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera Arena Show (1981); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1970); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Jonathan Winters Show (1967–1968); How's Your Mother-in-Law? (1968); Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (1966); ABC's Nightlife (1965); That Regis Philbin Show (1965); You Don't Say (1963–1965); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962); Here's Hollywood (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960); The Arthur Murray Party (1951–1960); I've Got a Secret (1955–1959); The Ed Sullivan Show (1958–1959); The Patrice Munsel Show (1958); The Vic Damone Show (1957); Washington Square (1956–1957); Arthur Godfrey and His Friends (1957); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956); The Esther Williams Aqua Spectacle (1956); The Milton Berle Show (1950–1956); Hollywood Preview (1955); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1950–1955); What's My Line? (1955); The Name's the Same (1954); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953); The Sam Levenson Show (1952); Henry Morgan's Great Talent Hunt (1951); Robert Q's Matinee (1951); The Faye Emerson Show (1949); All Star Revue (1951); The Robert Q. Lewis Show (1950); The Bob Hope Show (1950); School House (1949).