Born on this day – Robert Benton:

Robert Benton

Writer

Director

Producer

September 29, 1932 – May 11, 2025

Credits:

A Great Day in Harlem (1994); A Texas Romance, 1909 (1964); Alex of Venice (2014); Bad Company (1972); Billy Bathgate (1991); Bonnie and Clyde (1967); Bravo Profiles (2000); Cinema 3 (1987); Cinema mil (2005); Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave (1992); Congo the Movie: Descent Into Zinj (1995); Cracking the Story: Beneath 'The Ice Harvest' (2006); Cries of the Heart (2025); De película (1985–1987); Entertainment Tonight (2008); Faye (2024); Feast of Love (2007); Film Önü / Arkasi (2019); Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer' (2001); François Truffaut: Portraits volés (1993); Godard Made in USA (2010); Hollywood's Best Film Directors (2010); Homeward Bound (1994); Inside the Actors Studio (1994); It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman! (1975); Kramer vs. Kramer (1979); Le grand échiquier (1983); Magic Time for Piotr (1998); Making the Boys (2011); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Moving Image Salutes Elia Kazan (1987); Moving Image Salutes Sidney Lumet (1985); Nadine (1987); Nicole Kidman: An American Cinematheque Tribute (2003); Nobody's Fool (1994); North of Cheyenne (2025); Oh! Calcutta! (1972); On location with There Was a Crooked Man. (1970); Places in the Heart (1984); Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008); Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' (2008); Still of the Night (1982); Superman (1978); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 47th Annual Writers Guild Awards (1995); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 57th Annual Academy Awards (1985); The Daily Planet Presents: The Story of Superman (1966); The House on Carroll Street (1988); The Human Stain (2003); The Ice Harvest (2005); The Late Show (1977); The Windmill Movie (2008); There Was a Crooked Man... (1970); Twilight (1998); Valkokangas (1985); Wanderlust (2006); What's Up, Doc? (1972); You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (2006).

Born on this day – William A. Fraker:

William A. Fraker

Cinematographer

Director

Producer

September 29, 1923 – May 31, 2010

Born on this day – Don Castle:

Don Castle

Producer

Actor

Writer

September 29, 1917 – May 26, 1966

Born on this day – Stanley Kramer:

Stanley Kramer

Director

Producer

September 29, 1913 – February 19, 2001

Born on this day – Ben E. King:

Ben E. King

Singer

Producer

September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015

Born on this day – Claude Jarman Jr.:

Claude Jarman Jr.

Actor

Producer

Director

September 27, 1934 – January 12, 2025

Credits:

Bigger Than Life with Claude Jarman Jr. (2020); Centennial (1979); Classified X (2007); Fair Wind to Java (1953); Fillmore (1972); Hangman's Knot (1952); High Barbaree (1947); Inside Straight (1951); Intruder in the Dust (1949); John Ford et Monument Valley (2013); MGM Parade (1956); Rio Grande (1950); Roughshod (1949); Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949); That's Entertainment! (1974); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003); The Best of the Post (1960); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Great Locomotive Chase (1956); The Magical World of Disney (1961); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The Outriders (1950); The Story of Lassie (1994); The Sun Comes Up (1949); The Yearling (1946); Wagon Train (1959).

Born on this day – Arthur Penn:

Arthur Penn

Director

Producer

September 27, 1922 – September 28, 2010

Born on this day – William Conrad:

William Conrad

Actor

Producer

Director

September 27, 1920 – February 11, 1994

Born on this day – Jerry Weintraub:

Jerry Weintraub

Producer

Actor

September 26, 1937 – July 6, 2015

Credits:

2013 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2013); 41 (2012); 50 Things to Do Before I Die (2006); 71st Golden Globe Awards (2014); A Kick in the Head: The Lure of Las Vegas (2010); All Night Long (1981); An Evening with John Denver (1975); Are You in or Out?: The Making of 'Ocean's Eleven' (2014); Bank on us 2 (2020); Behind the Candelabra (2013); Behind the Music (1998); Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story (2009); Biography (1998); Blue Jeans (1980); Carpenters Very First Television Special (1976); Chabad Telethon (2014); Chabad 'to Life' Telethon (2010); Chabad: To Life Telethon (2008); Charlie Rose (2004); Chelsea Lately (2010–2011); Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002); Cruising (1980); Diner (1982 / 1983); Dorothy Hamill Presents Winners (1978); Dream Job (2012); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Entertainment Tonight (2007–2015); Exorcising Cruising (2007); Extra (2015–2016); Father O Father (1976); Frank Sinatra: The Main Event (1974); Full Frontal (2002); Geraldo Rivera Reports (2012–2014); Good Morning America (2013); Happy New Year (1987); HBO First Look (2001–2007); His Way (2011); Jerry Weintraub: Walk and Talk (2007); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2007–2011); John Denver - Thank God I'm a Country Boy (1977); John Denver and Friend (1976); John Denver and the Ladies (1979); John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979); John Denver at Wembley Arena (1979); John Denver in Australia (1978); John Denver with His Special Guest George Burns: Two of a Kind (1981); John Denver: Country Boy (2013); John Denver: Music and the Mountains (1981); John Denver: The Higher We Fly (1980); John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs (2017); King of the Road (1978); Larry King Live (2010); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2011); L'Chaim: To Life Telethon (2005); Lopez Tonight (2010); Making Behind the Candelabra Show (2013); My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988); Nancy Drew (2007); Nashville (1975); Neil Diamond: I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight (1977); Neil Diamond: Love at the Greek (1977); Ocean's Eight (2018); Ocean's Eleven (2001); 'Ocean's Eleven': The Look of the Con (2002); Ocean's Thirteen (2007); Ocean's Twelve (2004); Oh, God! (1977); Pat Boone and Family (1978); Pat Boone and Family Easter Special (1979); Piers Morgan Live (2012); Poor Richard (1984); Pure Country (1992); Ready, Jet Set, Go: The Making of 'Ocean's Twelve' (2014); Red Army (2014); Rocky Mountain Christmas (1975); Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets (1983); Rocky Mountain Reunion (1979); September 30, 1955 (1977); Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015); Soldier (1998); Szysznyk (1977); Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot (2013); Tavis Smiley (2010); TCM Remembers 2015 (2015); The 58th Annual Grammy Awards (2016); The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards (2013); The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (2015); The Avengers (1998); The Brink (2015); The Carpenters at Christmas (1977); The Carpenters... Space Encounters (1978); The Carpenters: A Christmas Portrait (1978); The Carpenters: Music, Music, Music (1980); The Cowboy and the Ballerina (1984); The Definitive Elvis: Elvis and the Colonel (2002); The Directors (2000); The Dorothy Hamill Special (1976); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2010–2011); The Firm (1993); The Haunting of Pearson Place (2015); The History of Cruising (2007); The Independent (2000); The Jimmy McNichol Special (1980); The John Davidson Christmas Show (1977 / 1978); The John Denver Show (1974); The John Denver Special (1976); The Karate Kid (1984 / 1989 / 2010); The Karate Kid Part II (1986); The Karate Kid Part III (1989); The Legend of Tarzan (2016); The Legend of Tarzan: Tarzan Reborn (2016); The Media Show (1987); The Men Who Built America (2012); The Next Karate Kid (1994); The Oscars (2016); The Sherry Wolf Show (2016); The Specialist (1994); The Starland Vocal Band Show (1977); The Talk (2013); Three Dog Night: Shot in the Dark (1983); Tout le monde en parle (2004); Vegas Vacation (1997); Westworld (2016–2018); When the Whistle Blows (1980); Years of Living Dangerously (2014–2016).

Born on this day – Michael Madsen:

Michael Madsen

Actor

Producer

Writer

September 25, 1957 – July 3, 2025

Credits:

13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2007); 2 Graves in the Desert (2020); 2 Hopeful Spinsters (2013); 2047: Sights of Death (2014); 24 (2010); 25 - Das Magazin (2004); 42K (2001); 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003); 45 R.P.M. (2008); 63lbs (2013); A Christmas Gamble (2024); A Cold Day in Hell (2011); A Corpse in Kensington (2025); A Hitman in London (2015); A House in the Hills (1993); A Look Behind My Boss's Daughter (2004); A Matter of Justice (2011); A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry (2008); A Night in Jail (2017); A Sierra Nevada Gunfight (2013); A Turn in the Sun (2015); A Way with Murder (2009); Ace of Spades: Bad Destiny (2012); Afghan Knights (2007); Against All Hope (1982); All In (2006); Almost Blue (1993); Almost Grown (1989); Along for the Ride (2016); Along the Roadside (2013); Amazing Racer (2009); American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective (2023); American Dream (2015); American Night (2021); Amsterdam Heavy (2011); Angels Fallen (2020); Animal Precinct (2001); Arctic Dogs (2019); Arena Wars (2024); Ashley (2013); Assassins Revenge (2018); Assault on Hill 400 (2023); Ava (2025); Axe Cop (2013); Baby Snatcher (1992); Back in the Day (2016); Bad Guys (2000); Ballad of the Nightingale (1999); Balls of Steel (2005); Behind the Story: Green Lantern - First Fight (2009); Being Michael Madsen (2007); Beyond the Game (2016); Beyond the Law (1993); Beyond the Trophy (2012); Big Apple (2001); Big Brother's Bit on the Side (2012); Big Bug Man (2006); Big Time in Hollywood, FL (2015); Bikini Inception (2015); Biography (2004); Blood Behind Us (2025); Blood Red (1989); BloodRayne (2005); Blue Bloods (2012); Blue Tiger (1994); Boarding Gate (2007); Bob's Burgers (2012); Born2Race (2019); Break (2008); Brit Awards 2002 (2002); Bullets Over Hollywood (2005); Burial Ground Massacre (2021); Cagney & Lacey (1984); Canes (2006); Cash Collectors (2025); Catherine's Grove (1997); Celebrity Animal Encounters (2018); Celebrity Big Brother (2012); Celebrity Ghost Stories (2013); Charlie Buster (2025); Chasing Ghosts (2005); Choke (2001); Christian Audigier the Vif (2017); Christmas Crash (2009); Christmas Thieves (2021); Cinema mil (2005); Clear Lake, WI (2009); Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy (2021); CobraGator (2015); Cole Younger & The Black Train (2012); Coma (2008); Comme au cinéma (2004); Concessions (2025); Conjuring: The Book of the Dead (2020); Cookbook for Southern Housewives (2025); Corruption (2010); Cosmic Radio (2007); Crash and Burn (2008); Creepshow Raw: Insomnia (2009); Cribs (2005); Crime Boss: Rockay City (2023); Crime Story (1986); Croc (2007); CSI: Miami (2010); Damon's Revenge (2022); Dark Feathers: Dance of the Geisha (2024); Day of Redemption (2013); Dead Connection (1994); Dead Man Running (2009); Dead on Time (2018); Death Count (2022); Death in the Desert (2015); Deep Winter (2008); Demon Pit (2022); Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider (2016); Desperate Endeavors (2012); Detour (1998); Devil's Domain (2016); Diamond Cartel (2015); Diamond Heist (2012); Die Another Day (2002); Diner (1983); Dinner for Five (2004); DinoGator (2024); Dirty Dealing 3D (2018); Dirty Fears (2020); Dirty Little Trick (2011); Dishonored (2012); Dishonored 2 (2016); Dishonored: Death of the Outsider (2017); Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches (2013); Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall (2013); Donnie Brasco (1997); Driv3r (2004); Dying Is Easy (2021); Dystopia (2019); Egill: The Last Pagan (2025); Eldorado (2012); Emigratis (2016); Empire Movie Awards 2005 (2005); Empire of the Censors (1995); Entertainment Tonight (2015); Entity (2025); Evening Urgant (2013); Every Last One of Them (2021); Everything Came from Miami Vice (2025); Executive Target (1997); Explosion Jones (2017); Extreme Honor (2001); Eyes Front (2008); Fact Hunt (2016); Fait Accompli (1998); Fall: The Price of Silence (2001); Fatal Instinct (1992); Federal (2010); Film Genre (2002); Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006); Flat Out (1999); Flipped (2015); For Nothing (2025); Frankenstein (2004); Free Willy (1993); Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995); Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2003); Gabrielle (2013); Gabriel's Fire (1990); Gangsters: The Immigrant's Hero (2006); Garbage (2012); Garlic & Gunpowder (2017); Gloves of Stone (2009); Golden Boy (2013); Grace (2022); Grand Theft Auto III (2001); Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition (2021); Green Lantern: First Flight (2009); Grindhouse Nightmares (2017); Hangover in Death Valley (2018); Hawaii Five-0 (2014); Hell Ride (2008); Henry's Film Corner (2005); High Noon (2000); Hired Gun (2009); Hoboken Hollow (2006); Hollywood Insider (2020–2022); Hope Lost (2015); House (2008); I Love the 1990s (2001); I Love the '70s (2003); ICE Agent (2013); Iggy Azalea Feat. Rita Ora: Black Widow (2014); IGN Daily Fix (2013); Iguana (1988); I'm in Love with a Church Girl (2013); Incarnation (2022); Infected (2013); Inside Edge (1992); It Happened That Way (2004); Jacked$ (2004); Jake and the Fatman (1989); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2004–2015); Joshua Tree (2011); Justin Bieber: As Long as You Love Me (2012); Kidnapped in Romania (2016); Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2006); Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003); Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004); Kill Me Again (1989); Killian (2018); Kith for New Balance: Master Your Craft (2021); Klyuch salamandry (2011); L.A. Dicks (2005); L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve (2001); Lady Psycho Killer (2015); Last Hour (2008); Last Man Club (2016); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994–2000); Late Show with David Letterman (1994); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2007); Les nouveaux refus (2004); Let the Game Begin (2010); Lionhead (2013); Living & Dying (2007); Loosies (2011); Lost in the Woods (2009); Love Addict (2018); Love.com (2002); Luck of the Draw (2000); Lumberjack Man (2015); Machine (2007); Mad TV (2002); Made in Hollywood (2016); Magi (2016); Making of the 15th Raindance Film Festival (2007); Man with a Gun (1995); Master of Photography (2016); Max Dagan (2024); Megalodon (2018); Miami Vice (1984); Michael Madsen's Video Diary (Hell Ride) (2008); Midnight Movie Review (2011); Mob of the Dead (2013); Molls and Dolls: The Women of Gangster Films (2006); Money for Nothing (1993); Money to Burn (2010); Monster Mash (2024); Montana (1990); Morality and the Code: A How-to Manual for Hollywood (2006); Moviewatch (1994); Mr. Wonderful (2025); Mulholland Falls (1996); Music Innovation: Ennio to A.I. (2025); My Boss's Daughter (2003); Narc / Video Game (2005); Nick Le Juge Ft. Michael Madsen: Dancing on Your Grave (2019); Nishabdham (2020); No Bad Days (2008); No Clean Break (2010–2011); No Deposit (2015); No Names (2007); Nomad: The Beginning (2013); Not Another Not Another Movie (2011); Now Here (2010); Offline (2025); Oldfellas (2025); On-Air with Ryan Seacrest (2004); Once Upon a Time in Hollyweird (2024); Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019); One Bad Movie (2024); Our Family Honor (1985–1986); Our good hands (2020); Outlaw (2001); Outlaw Johnny Black (2023); Outrage: Born in Terror (2009); Papa (2018); Paulie (2013); Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003); Pet Star (2002–2005); Piranhaconda (2012); Powers (2016); Prepare to Die (2024); Pressure Point (2001); Primitiva (2019); Prince of the City (2012); Prohibition Opens the Floodgates (2006); Puppy Love (2020); Put (2009); QT8: The First Eight (2019); Quantum Leap (1989); Racing with the Moon (1984); Real Detective (2016); Real Rob (2017); Red Carpet Report (2010); Red Handed (2019); Red Line (1995); Red Prophecies (2021); Refuge from the Storm (2012); Renegade (2004); Reservoir Dogs (1992); Reservoir Dogs / Video Game (2006); Reservoir Dogs: Deleted Scenes (1992); Reservoir Dogs: Original Interviews (2002); Resurrection Road (2025); Reza Rifts (2021); Road of No Return (2009); Rock, Paper, Scissors (2017); Rotten Tomatoes (2015); Rough Draft (1998); Run Raven Run (2022); Sacred Blood (2015); Sacrifice (2000); Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004); Saturday at the Starlight (2025); Scary Movie 4 (2006); Season of Change (1994); Seitenblicke (2004); Serbian Scars (2009); Serpent in the Bottle (2020); Shadows in the Storm (1988); Shark Season (2020); Shownieuws (2011); Sin City (2005); Sin City: The Premiere (2005); Sinatra! Eternity (2025); Sins (2012); Six Days in Paradise (2010); So You Want Michael Madsen? (2008); South of Hope Street (2024); Spatss! (2018); Special Bulletin (1983); Species (1995); Species II (1998); Species: Alternate Ending (2007); Spirit Riser (2024); St. Elsewhere (1983); Steve McQueen: The King of Cool (1998); Stool Pigeons and Pine Overcoats: The Language of Gangster Films (2006); Straight Talk (1992); Strength and Honour (2007); Strip 'n Run (2000); Sundance Skippy (2010); Supreme Sanction (1999); Surface to Air (1998); Talons (2016); Tears (2002); Telltale's the Walking Dead (2014); Ten Million Throwaways (2021); Terrible Angels (2012); Terror Trap (2010); The 100 Greatest Movie Stars (2003); The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003); The 9th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (1994); The Alternate (2000); The American Connection (2021); The American Protocol (2025); The Banksters, Madoff with America (2013); The Big Breakfast (1997); The Big I Am (2010); The Bleeding (2009); The Bond Essentials (2002); The Boonies (2016); The Brazen Bull (2010); The Broken Key (2017); The Bronx Bunny Show (2003); The Business End: Violence in Cinema (2008); The Chinese American Immigrant (2025); The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005); The Concept: Making 'Species' (2004); The Craft of Dirty Harry (2008); The Detective (2025); The Dick Cavett Show (1992); The Dirty Kind (2018); The Discovery: Making 'Species' (2004); The Distance (2005); The Doors (1991); The End of Innocence (1990); The Evolution of Clint Eastwood (2008); The First Circle (2025); The Florentine (1999); The Forest (2011); The Game Awards 2022 (2022); The Garden Left Behind (2019); The Getaway (1994); The Ghost (2001); The Girl Gets Moe (1997); The Hateful Eight (2015); The Hitchhiker (1985); The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence (2000); The Jewels of the Salton Sea (2019); The Journey Ahead (2018); The Just (2015); The Killing Jar (2010); The Killing Time (1987); The Last Days of Frankie the Fly (1996); The Last Drop (2006); The Lion of Judah (2011); The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry (2008); The Lost Tree (2016); The Lost Tree: EPK Featurette (2017); The Lurking Fear (2023); The Maker (1997); The Making of 'Donnie Brasco' (1997); The Making of 'Kill Bill: Volume 2' (2004); The Making of the Mob (2015–2016); The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird (2006); The Mob Doctor (2012–2013); The Natural (1984); The Natural: The Best There Ever Was (2016); The Ninth Cloud (2014); The Origin: Making 'Species' (2004); The Outsiders (1990); The Playboy Morning Show (2016); The Portal (2010); The Price of Air (2000); The Real Deal (2002); The Reel Show (2013); The Role That Changed My Life (2010); The Sender (1998); The Sharon Osbourne Show (2003–2004); The Stray (2000); The Things We Carry (2025); The Tomb (2009); The Up & Adam Show (2022); The Walking Dead: Season Two / Video Game (2013); The Winner (1996); The Witching Hour (2025); The Wraith Within (2023); The Wrong Neighbor (2017); Thelma & Louise (1991); Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey (2002); Those Who Can't (2016); Through Your Eyes (2007); Tilt (2005); Tooth and Nail (2007); Top of the Pops 2 (2009); Tour of Duty (1989); Tracks (2004); Trader Games (2010); Trading Paint (2019); Trail of a Serial Killer (1997); Trailblazers (2013); Trouble Bound (1993); True Crime: Streets of LA (2003); Tubridy Tonight (2006); Turn Around Jake (2014); UKM: The Ultimate Killing Machine (2006); Ultimate Target (2000); Unbelievable!!!!! (2020); Unfallen (2017); Until We Meet Again (2022); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2008); Vampires Anonymous (2003); Vengeance Unlimited (1998–1999); Vice (2008); Vigilante Diaries (2016); Visiting Uwe (2008); Waking Karma (2023); War and Remembrance (1988); WarGames (1983); Water Wars (2014); Welcome to Acapulco (2019); Welcome to America (2002); Welcome to the Big House (2006); When the Devil Rides Out (2006); Where's Angelo? (2003); Who Do You Think You're Fooling? (1994); Why Are We (Not) Creative? (2021); Wyatt Earp (1994); Yakuza (2005); You Might as Well Live (2009); Zen and Now: A Dinner with David Carradine & Friends (2005); Zulu Gumball (2010).

Born on this day – Ray Nazarro:

Ray Nazarro

Director

Producer

Writer

September 25, 1902 – September 8, 1986

Ray Nazarro photographed with Adele Roberts during the filming of The Desert Horseman (1946)

Born on this day – Jim Henson:

Jim Henson

Actor

Writer

Producer

September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990

Credits:

20 to 1 (2006–2010); 5, rue Sésame (2005); 50 Greatest TV Animals (2003); 60 Minutes / Segment: Backstage at The Muppets (1979); A Company of Players (2008); A Current Affair (2011); A Muppet Family Christmas (1987); A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (2006); A Tribute to Mr. Television Milton Berle (1978); A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979); A Year in Music (2020); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004); Akasta: The Salvation of Thra (2016); Alexander the Grape (1965); Alive from Off Center (1987); All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994); An American Werewolf in London (1981); Apple: Here's to the Crazy Ones (1997); Arias with a Twist (2010); Atop the Fourth Wall (2015); Basil Hears a Noise (1990); Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011); Big Bird in China (1983); Big Bird's Favorite Party Games (1988); Big Bird's Story Time (1987); Biography (2001); Bird of Steel! (2024); Blue Peter (1986); Cat and Mouse (1962); CBS Mornings (1989); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Chameleon of Pop: David Bowie Story (1993); Childhood Thoughts (2016 / 2019); Childrens Songs and Stories with the Muppets (1985); Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009); Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (1983); Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television (1996); Coffee Break Machine (1967); Conan (2014); Construction Site (1999); Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street (1988); Dancing with the Stars (2009–2022); Dante's Mystery Mix Vol. 1 (2012); De película (1983–1986); Defunctland (2018); DefunctTV (2019); Demnächst auf VHS (2024); Die Hausmeisterin (1992); Die Robot (2022); Dinah! (1975–1976); Dinosaurs (1991–1994); Dolly (1987); Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983); Double Toasted (2021); Down at Fraggle Rock... Behind the Scenes (1987); Drums West (1961); El kiosco (1984–1987); Elmo's World (2000); Elmo's World: Singing, Drawing & More! (2000); Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy? (2007); Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977); Entertainment Tonight (1990–2009); Evening at Pops (1971); exclusive (1985); Filthy Gorgeous: The Trannyshack Story (2005); Flip (1971); Follow That Bird (1985); Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008); Fozzie's Muppet Scrapbook (1985); Fraggle Rock (1983–1987); Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (2024); Free to Be... a Family (1988); From the Heart... The First International Very Special Arts Festival (1989); Gilda Radner's Greatest Moments (2002); Good Morning America (1979); Great Performances (1994); Great Performances: Dance in America (1985); Gumby II: Dead by Dawn (2021); Happy Birthday, Bob (1978 / 1983); Henson's Place (1984); Here Come the Puppets! (1981); Hey Cinderella! (1969); Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear (1988); Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (1992); Hollywood in Vienna (2014); Hollywood Insider (2020); Hollywood Insider (2022); I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (2014); I Love Liberty (1982); I Love Muppets (2002); Idea Man (1966); In Their Own Words (2015); Inner Tube (1987); Inside the Labyrinth (1986); Into the Night (1985); It's Not Easy Being Green (1994); It's the Muppets! Meet the Muppets! (1993); It's the Muppets! More Muppets, Please! (1993); Jack Paar: Smart Television (2003); Jim Henson Presents the World of International Puppeteering (1988–1989); Jim Henson: Idea Man (2024); Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow (2015); Joan Rivers: Can We Talk? (1986); John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979); Journey Through the Labyrinth (2007); Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring (1978); Julie Andrews: One to One (1975); Julie on Sesame Street (1973); Julie: My Favorite Things (1975); Keep U.S. Beautiful (1973); Kermit: A Frog's Life (2005); Kids' Favorite Country Songs (2007); Labyrinth (1986); Labyrinth: Remembering the Goblin King (2016); Labyrinth: Reordering Time - Looking Back on Labyrinth (2016); Le tour du monde des marionnettes (1969); League of Superheroes (2015); Learning to Add and Subtract (1987); Let's Learn to Play Together (1988); Life with Jeannie (2013); Lighthouse island (1989); Little Mermaid's Island (1990–1991); Little Muppet Monsters (1985); Look Jazz, See Jazz (1963); Lutheran Satire (2012); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1984 / 1987); Magic on Sesame Street (1988); Marionnettes de tous les pays: Festival international de Charleville-Mézières (1972); Memories Then and Now (1988); Mickey's 50 (1978); Minty Comedic Arts (2023); Movie Night Extravaganza (2022); Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival (1989); Muppet Babies (1984–2018); Muppet Babies Video Storybook Vol. 1 (1987); Muppet Breakaway (1987); Muppet Breaker Upper (1979); Muppet Breakthrough (1983); Muppet Coffee Break (1987); Muppet Gimme a Break (1979); Muppet Guys Talking (2017); Muppet Lift Off (1985); Muppet Madness (1988); Muppet Monster Adventure (2000); Muppet Perk-Up (1985); Muppet Picker Upper (1975); Muppet Race Mania (2000); Muppet Side Splitter (1981); Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director (1988); Muppet Video: Country Music with the Muppets (1985); Muppet Video: Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff (1985); Muppet Video: Muppet Moments (1985); Muppet Video: Muppet Treasures (1985); Muppet Video: Rock Music with the Muppets (1985); Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets (1985); Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story (1985); Muppet*vision 3-D (1991); MuppeTelevision (1987–1992); Muppets 201: Rarities from the Henson Vault (2009); Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021); Muppets Magic from 'the Ed Sullivan Show' (2003); Muppets Most Wanted (2014); Muppets No-Nonsense Show (1975); Muppets Tonight (1996); Muppets TV (2006); Muppets: Time Travel (1999); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (2017–2022); Na sowas! (1986); Natural Born Stanley (1997); NBC Experiment in Television (1968–1969); NBC Experiment in Television (1969); Neat Stuff: To Know & to Do (1988); NECN Morning (2018); Newsies (1992); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Nostalgia Critic (2020–2022); Of Muppets and Men: The Making of 'The Muppet Show' (1981); OK Go & The Muppets: Muppet Show Theme Song (2011); Our Place (1967); Out to Lunch (1974); Parkinson (1979); Pastor Mike Online (2011); Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten (1977); Pioneers of Television (2011); Play with Me Sesame (2002–2007); Pre-Hysterical Times: The Making of Dinosaurs (2006); Prop Culture (2020); Pure Goldie (1971); Reading Rainbow (1985); Reflections of 'the Dark Crystal' (2007); Ripples (1967); Robot (1963); Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets (1983); Rumple Wrinkle Shrinkel Stretchelstiltzkin (1965); Run, Run (1965); Sam and Friends (1955–1961); Saturday Night Live (1976 / 2009); Saturday Night Live / Segments: The Land of Gorch; Dregs and Vestiges (1975–1976); Sesame English (1999); Sesame Songs: Dance Along! (1990); Sesame Songs: Sing-Along Earth Songs (1993); Sesame Street (1969–2005); Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration (1993); Sesame Street Pitch Reel (1969); Sesame Street Unpaved (1999); Sesame Street: 123 Count with Me (1997); Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989 (1989); Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting (2019); Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover (2004); Sesame Street: Awesome Alphabet Collection (2019); Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play (2002); Sesame Street: C is for Cookie Monster (2010); Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites (1995); Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet (1996); Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! (1997); Sesame Street: Elmo Through the Looking-Glass (1998); Sesame Street: Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game (1991); Sesame Street: Get Up and Dance (1997); Sesame Street: Getting Ready for School (1987); Sesame Street: Getting Ready to Read (1986); Sesame Street: Grover's Travels (1998); Sesame Street: I'm Glad I'm Me (1986); Sesame Street: Imagine That! (1996); Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs 2 (2001); Sesame Street: Learning About Letters (1986); Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers (1986); Sesame Street: Monster Hits! / Segment director: C is for Cookie (1990); Sesame Street: Numbers (1991); Sesame Street: Old School Volume 2 (2007); Sesame Street: Old School, Volume 3 (2012); Sesame Street: Oscar's Letter Party (1988); Sesame Street: Play-Along Games and Songs (1986); Sesame Street: Preschool is Cool, ABCs with Elmo (2010); Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie (1988); Sesame Street: Quiet Time (1997); Sesame Street: Rock & Roll (1990); Sesame Street: Silly Storytime (2011); Sesame Street: Sing Along (1987); Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! / Segment: One Banana (1990); Sesame Street: Sing, Hoot & Howl with the Sesame Street Animals (1991); Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories / Segment: The King's Problem (1986); Sesame Street: The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999); Sesame Street: The Alphabet Game (1988); Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo (1994); Sesame Street: The Best of Sesame Spoofs Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 (2011); Sesame Street: The Great Numbers Game (1998); Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2019); Sesamstraße (1973); Shalom Sesame (1987–1991); Shearing (1962); Shrinkel and Stretchel (1965); Shrinkenstein (1967); SIE - er – ES (1971); Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music (1990); Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along (1988); Special Collector's Edition (2011); Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021); Stu's Show (2022); Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince (1971); Tales from Muppetland: The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1972); Tales of the Tinkerdee (1962); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991); Telescope (1971); Television's Christmas Classics (1994); Temps X (1987); That's Life (1968); The 16th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1989); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2009); The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards (1984); The 3rd Annual American Comedy Awards (1989); The 3rd Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame Awards (1986); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 54th Annual Academy Awards (1982); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The 8th Annual Cable ACE Awards (1987); The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play (1999); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989–1990); The Beat with Ari Melber (2021); The Best of Ernie and Bert (1988); The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street (1998); The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special (1977); The Christmas Toy (1986); The Crystal Calls - Making the Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019); The Dark Crystal (1982); The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019); The Dark Crystal: The Magic, Myth, and the Henson Legacy (2018); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Disney Family Singalong Volume 2 (2020); The Don Lane Show (1981); The Earth Day Special / Segment: Kermit the Frog (1990); The Ed Sullivan Show (1966–1971); The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982); The Ghost of Faffner Hall (1989); The Golden Handshake (2022); The Great Muppet Caper (1981); The Great Santa Claus Switch (1970); The Hollywood Palace (1966); The Jimmy Dean Show (1963–1966); The Julie Andrews Hour (1973); The Land of Tinkerdee (1964); The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2021); The Magical World of Disney (1978 / 1990); The Making of 'the Muppets Take Manhattan' (1984); The Merv Griffin Show (1962–1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1961–1982); The Morning Show (2017); The Muppet CDROM: Muppets Inside (1996); The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992); The Muppet Show (1976–1981); The Muppet Show Pitch Reel (1976); The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (1975); The Muppets (2011); The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990); The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979); The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981); The Muppets Mayhem (2023); The Muppets on Puppets (1970); The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984); The Muppets Valentine Show (1974); The Muppets. (2015–2016); The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986); The Muppets: I'm Gonna Always Love You (1984); The Orson Welles Show (1979); The Paperwork Explosion (1967); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Power of the Dark CrystalThe Puppet Monster Massacre (2010); The Russell Harty Show (1983); The Saturday Show (1984); The Sesame Street Experiment (1989); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956–1957); The Storyteller (1987–1988); The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1991); The Tale of the Bunny Picnic (1986); The Tonight Show (1956); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1958–1965); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1975–1979); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2011); The Witches (1990); The Wizard of Id (1969); The World of 'The Dark Crystal' (1983); Three Men and a Little Lady (1990); Time Piece (1965); Vesper (2022); Wedden, dat..? (1986); Wheels That Go (1967); Wide Awake Club (1988); Wilson's Meats Meeting Film #2 (1965); Wogan (1985); World Hunger Telethon: The Cry of a Hurting World... I'm Hungry! (1977); World of Robin Hood (2006); Wow, You're a Cartoonist! (1988).

Born on this day – Peter David:

Peter David

Writer

Producer

Actor

September 23, 1956 – May 24, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Alien Nation: Body and Soul (1993); Altered States Of The Union (2016); Amazing Fantastic Incredible (2015); Artful (2014); Babylon 5: Armies of Light and Dark (2000); Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998); Babylon 5: Out of the Darkness (2000); Babylon 5: The Long Night of Centauri Prime (1999); Babylon 5: Thirdspace (1998); Bad Ass Moms (2020); Batman Forever Movie Book (1995); Battleship (2012); Battlestar Galactica 2: A Perfect Beast (2013); Battlestar Galactica 2: After Earth (2013); Battlestar Galactica 3: Sagittarius Is Bleeding (2006); Blood Ties (2011); Deathscape (1991); Demon Circle (2011); Exile (1987); Fall of Knight (2006); Fantastic Four: What Lies Between (2007); Fearless (2013); For the Glory (1987); HALO: Hunters in the Dark (2015); Haven (1992); Heights of the Depths (2012); Heroes In Training (2007); High Stakes (1987); Howling Mad (1989); In Search of Mom (1987); Iron Man (2008); Jack of Blades (2012); Knight Life (1987); Kolchak: The Night Stalker Chronicles (2005); Love, Murder & Mayhem (2017); Main Street D.O.A. (1991); Masked (2010); Mind-Force Warrior (1990); Mr. Sulu Grabbed My Ass (2020); One Knight Only (2003); Order of the Chaos (2018); Otherwere (1996); Pangaea (2015); Phenomenons: Every Human Creature (2022); Phenomenons: Season of Darkness (2023); Phenomenons: The Wind And Fire (2024); Pulling Up Stakes (2012); Pulling Up Stakes 2 (2012); Pyramid Schemes (2016); Reaver (2012); Redemption (2020); Robyne of Sherwood (2024); Shards and Shadows (2009); Shock Rock (1992); Shock Rock II (1994); Sir Apropos of Nothing (2001); Skin Deep (1988); Space: 1975 (2021); Spider-Man (2002); Spider-Man 2 (2004); Spider-Man 3 (2007); Stalker (1991); Star Trek: Captain Sulu Adventure / Cacophony (1994); Star Trek: Captain's Table / Once Burned (1998); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine / The Siege (1993); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine / Wrath of the Prophets (1997); Star Trek: Gateways / Cold Wars (2001); Star Trek: Gateways / What Lay Beyond (2001); Star Trek: New Frontier / After the Fall (2004); Star Trek: New Frontier / Being Human / aka Walk Like a Man (2001); Star Trek: New Frontier / Blind Man's Bluff (2011); Star Trek: New Frontier / Dark Allies (1999); Star Trek: New Frontier / Double Time (2001); Star Trek: New Frontier / End Game (1997); Star Trek: New Frontier / Fire on High (1998); Star Trek: New Frontier / Gods Above (2003); Star Trek: New Frontier / House of Cards (1997); Star Trek: New Frontier / Into the Void (1997); Star Trek: New Frontier / Martyr (1998); Star Trek: New Frontier / Missing in Action (2006); Star Trek: New Frontier / No Limits (2003); Star Trek: New Frontier / Renaissance (2000); Star Trek: New Frontier / Requiem (2000); Star Trek: New Frontier / Restoration (2000); Star Trek: New Frontier / Stone and Anvil (2003); Star Trek: New Frontier / The Quiet Place (1999); Star Trek: New Frontier / The Returned, Part I (2015); Star Trek: New Frontier / The Returned, Part II (2015); Star Trek: New Frontier / The Returned, Part III (2015); Star Trek: New Frontier / The Two-Front War (1997); Star Trek: New Frontier / Treason (2009); Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (TNG) / Line of Fire (1993); Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (TNG) / Survival (1993); Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (TNG) / Worf's First Adventure (1993); Star Trek: Tales From the Captain's Table (2005); Star Trek: The Next Generation / A Rock and a Hard Place (1989); Star Trek: The Next Generation / Before Dishonor (2007); Star Trek: The Next Generation / Doomsday World (1990); Star Trek: The Next Generation / Double or Nothing (1999); Star Trek: The Next Generation / I,Q (1999); Star Trek: The Next Generation / Imzadi (1992); Star Trek: The Next Generation / Q-In-Law (1991); Star Trek: The Next Generation / Q-Squared (1994); Star Trek: The Next Generation / Strike Zone (1989); Star Trek: The Next Generation / Triangle (1996); Star Trek: The Next Generation / Vendetta (1991); Star Trek: The Original Series / Beam Me Up, Scotty (1987); Star Trek: The Original Series / The Captain's Daughter (1995); Star Trek: The Original Series / The Disinherited (1992); Star Trek: The Original Series / The Rift (1991); Star Trek: Who Killed Captain Kirk? (1993); Tales of the Crimson Keep (2014); Tales of the Dominion War (2004); Tales Of Zorro (2008); The Balverine Order (2010); The Chaos Kid (1991); The Darkness of the Light (2007); The Fans Are Buried Tales (2022); The Fans Are Buried Tales (2022); The Four ???? of the Apocalypse (2023); The Maze (1998); The Return of Swamp Thing (1989); The Rise of Dominjaron (2016); The Woad to Wuin (2002); The Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs (2013); Theresa (2012); They Keep Killing Glenn (2018); They Keep Killing Glenn (2018); This Is Your Life, Bhodi Li (1987); Three Time Travelers Walk Into... (2022); Thrilling Adventure Yarns (2019); Thrilling Adventure Yarns 2022 (2023); Tigerheart (2008); Tong Lashing (2003); Transformations (1994); What Savage Beast (1995); Wolverine: Election Day (2008).

Movies and television:

40 Years of Star Trek (2006); Aquaman (2018); Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023); Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis (2003); Avengers: Endgame (2019); Babylon 5 (1994–1995); Ben 10: Alien Force (2009); Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2010–2011); Bonehead Weekly (2020); Captain Marvel (2019); Comic Book: The Movie (2004); Creative Continuity (2014); Crusade (1999); Darth Vader's Psychic Hotline (2002); Death Battle (2017); Dreams with Sharp Teeth (2008); Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023); Hangin with Web Show (2020); Kraven the Hunter (2024); Oblivion (1994); Oblivion 2: Backlash (1996); Off the Record with Peter David (2019); Pete's Basement (2011); Prisoners of Gravity (1990–1994); Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths & Legends (2000); Sci-Fi Buzz (1997); Secret Invasion (2023); Sex, Lies & Superheroes (2003); She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022); Space Cases (1996–1997); Spider-Man 2 (2004); Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023); Spider-Man: Edge of Time (2011); Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions (2010); Super Power Beat Down (2017); The Angry Geeks Show (2016); The Chronic Rift (1990); The Hulk: An MTV Movie Special (2003); The Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards (2002); The Overstreet World of Comic Books (1993); Titans (2021); Trancers 4: Jack of Swords (1994); Trancers 5: Sudden Deth (1994); unCONventional (2012); VideoZone (1994); X-Men (1993–1994); Young Justice (2011–2019); Young Justice: Legacy (2013).

Born on this day – Albert Lewin:

Albert Lewin

Director

Producer

Writer

September 23, 1894 – May 9, 1968

Born on this day – J. Parker Read Jr.:

J. Parker Read Jr.

Director

Producer

September 23, 1885 – August 21, 1942

Born on this day – Robert Banas:

Robert Banas

Actor

Dancer

Producer

September 22, 1933 – July 29, 2024

Credits:

Always (1989); Annie Get Your Gun (1957); Barnaby Jones (1978); Billie (1965); Bud and Lou (1978); Bye Bye Birdie (1963); Cagney & Lacey (1982); Calypso Heat Wave (1957); Carousel (1956); Daddy-O (1958); Damn Yankees (1958); Dateline: Disneyland (1955); Don't Knock the Rock (1956); Don't Knock the Twist (1962); Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986); Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977); Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music Part II (1966); Get Smart (1966); Girl Happy (1965); Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952); Heart Like a Wheel (1983); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1960's (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical (2009); How the West Was Won (1962); Juke Box Rhythm (1959); Let's Make Love (1960); Li'l Abner (1959); Lindsay Wagner: Another Side of Me (1977); Made in Paris (1966); Malibu U. (1967); Mary Poppins (1964); Mork & Mindy (1981–1982); My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985); Odd Jobs (1986); Producers' Showcase (1955–1956); Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958); Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959); Rock Around the Clock (1956); Say One for Me (1959); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958); Shivaree (1965–1966); Skatetown U.S.A. (1979); Swingin' Country (1966); Teen Witch (1989); That's Dancing! (1985); The Bad News Bears (1979); The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956); The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1995); The Danny Thomas Show (1960); The Day the Bubble Burst (1982); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1962); The Girl Most Likely (1957); The Jonathan Winters Show (1967–1968); The Judy Garland Show (1964); The King and I (1956); The Kraft Summer Music Hall (1966); The Nut House!! (1964); The Skydivers (1963); The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964); The Virginian (1969); Toyland (1961); Tuff Turf (1985); Twist Around the Clock (1961); Under the Boardwalk (1988); Untamed Youth (1957); Webster (1983); West Side Memories (2003); West Side Story (1961).

Born on this day – John Houseman:

John Houseman

Actor

Producer

September 22, 1902 – October 31, 1988

Born on this day – Harry Joe Brown:

Harry Joe Brown

Director

Producer

September 22, 1890 – April 28, 1972

Born on this day – Larry Hagman:

Larry Hagman

Actor

Director

Producer

September 21, 1931 – November 23, 2012

Born on this day – Ray Danton:

Ray Danton

Actor

Director

Producer

September 19, 1931 – February 11, 1992