Born on this day – Curtis Hanson:

Curtis Hanson

Director

Writer

Producer

March 24, 1945 – September 20, 2016

Born on this day – Joseph Barbera:

Joseph Barbera

Animator

Director

Producer

Artist

March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006

Born on this day – Maxie Solters:

Maxie Solters

Actress

Producer

Writer

March 22, 1987 – August 15, 2024

Credits:

4th Annual Young Entertainer Awards Red Carpet Interviews 2019 (2019); Adventures in Online Dating (2016–2017); After Lately (2011); Anger Management (2013); Birnkrant 616 (2006–2007); Blind Ambition (2008); Bloody Bobby (2016); Boyfriend Application (2015); Broken at Love (2013); Chooch (2016); CLIMAX! The Series (2017); Couples Therapy (2011); FaceBack (2014); Female Friendly (2018); Havenhurst (2016); In the Moment (2014); Jilted (2015); Last Place Trophy (2016); Legend of Fall Creek (2021); Limitless Love (2015); One and Only (2015); Sea Horse (2013); Shark Bites (2013); Sharp (2013); Six (2022); So Likeable: An Inside Peek at ‘Please Like Me’ (2015); Sour Milk (2012); Teens Wanna Know (2015); The Dog Days of Winter (2006); The Good, the Bad, and the Bloody (2024); The Pet Peeve Police (2018).

Born on this day – Mark Hellinger:

Mark Hellinger

Writer

Producer

March 21, 1903 – December 21, 1947

Credits:

Affectionately Yours (1941); At the Round Table (1930); Between Two Worlds (1944); Boston Blackie / Rebound (1952); British Intelligence (1939); Broadway Bill (1934); Brother Orchid (1940); Brute Force (1947); Comet Over Broadway (1938); Danger (1951–1952); Hell's Kitchen (1939); High Sierra (1940); I Know Everybody and Everybody's Racket (1933); It All Came True (1940); Kid Nightingale (1939); Manpower (1941); Moontide (1942); Naked City (1958–1959); Night Court (1932); Racket Busters (1938); Riding High (1950); Rise and Shine (1941); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Swell Guy (1946); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); The Adventures of Jane Arden (1939); The Cowboy Quarterback (1939); The Doughgirls (1944); The Elgin Hour (1955); The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945); The Hundred Pound Window (1944); The Killers (1946); The Naked City (1948); The Roaring Twenties (1939); The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947); They Drive by Night (1940); Torrid Zone (1940); Walking Down Broadway (1938); Women in the Wind (1939).

Born on this day – Frank Zuniga:

Frank Zuniga

Director

Producer

March 20, 1936 – February 20, 2023

Credits:

Fist Fighter (1988); Krag, the Kootney Ram (1983); The Golden Seal (1983); Heartbreaker (1983); The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1978); Strange Companions (1983); The Magical World of Disney (1968–1977); The Track of the African Bongo (1977); Barry of the Great St. Bernard (1977); The Flight of the Grey Wolf (1976); Mustang (1973); Spider Baby or, the Maddest Story Ever Told (1967).

Born on this day – Fred Rogers:

Fred Rogers

Minister

Television host

Writer

Producer

March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003

Credits:

Books:

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers Neighborhood (2009); A Trolley Visit to Make-Believe (1987); Adoption (1993); Dear Mister Rogers (1996); Divorce (1994); Everyone is Special (1975); Extraordinary Friends (2000); Going on an Airplane (1989); Going to Day Care (1985); Going to the Dentist (1989); Going to the Doctor (1986); Going to the Hospital (1977); Going to the Hospital (1988); Going to the Potty (1986); Good Weather or Not (2005); Having an Operation (1977); Henrietta Meets Someone New (1974); If We Were All the Same (1987); Josephine the Short Neck-Giraffe (2006); Life’s Journeys According to Mister Rogers (2005); Making Friends (1987); Many Ways to Say I Love You: Wisdom For Parents And Children (2019); Mister Rogers’ How Families Grow (1988); Mister Rogers’ Playbook (1986); Mister Rogers’ Playtime (2001); Mister Rogers’ Songbook (1970); Mister Rogers Talks About (1974); Mister Rogers Talks to Parents (1983); Mister Rogers Talks with Families About Divorce (1987); Moving (1987); No One Can Ever Take Your Place (1988); Our Small World (1954); Planet Purple (1986); So Many Things To See! (1977); Speedy Delivery (1973); Stepfamilies (2001); Tell Me, Mister Rogers (1975); The Costume Party (1976); The Elves, the Shoemaker, & the Shoemaker’s Wife (1973); The Giving Box (2000); The Matter of the Mittens (1973); The Mister Rogers Parenting Book (2002); The Mister Rogers Parenting Resource Book (2005); The New Baby (1985); The World According to Mister Rogers (2003); Time to Be Friends (1974); Tomorrow on the Children’s Corner (1960); Wearing a Cast (1977); When a Pet Dies (1988); When Monsters Seem Real (1988); Wishes Don’t Make Things Come True (1987); You are special: Neighborly Wisdom from Mister Rogers (2002); You Are Special: Words of Wisdom from America’s Most Beloved Neighbor (1994); You Can Never Go Down the Drain (1988).

Discography:

A Place of Our Own (1970); Around the Children’s Corner (with Josey Carey) (1958); Bedtime (1992); Come On and Wake Up (1972); Coming and Going (1997); Growing (1992); It’s Such A Good Feeling: The Best Of Mister Rogers (2019); Josephine the Short-Neck Giraffe (1969); King Friday XIII Celebrates (1964); Let’s Be Together Today (1968); Tomorrow on the Children’s Corner (with Josie Carey) (1959); Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (1967); Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (1994); You Are Special (1969).

Movies and television:

114th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade (2003); A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019); A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor (1999); Arthur (1997–2002); Atop the Fourth Wall (2008); Being There (1979); Bowling for Columbine (2002); Butternut Square (1964); CBS Tournament of Roses Parade (2003); Christmastime with Mister Rogers (1977); Cop Land (1997); Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood (2012–2018); Divided Highways: The Interstates and the Transformation of American Life (1997); Donahue (1972); Donkey Hodie (2021); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1996); Entertainment USA (1988); Family Ties (1989); Good Morning America (1979–1985); Haack: The King of Techno (2004); Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992); Hour Magazine (1986); In Living Color (1993); Jimmy Valentine (1985); Junior Magazine (1955); Late Night with David Letterman (1982); Life and Times (2001); Medicine for Melancholy (2008); Mike & Mike (2016); Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (1968–2001); MisteRogers (1961–1967); Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe (2023); Mr. Dressup’s 25th Anniversary (1994); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1993); NET Playhouse (1970); Northern Exposure (1994); Old Friends... New Friends (1978–1980); Olive Kitteridge (2014); Pastor Mike Online (2011–2014); Paternity (1981); Perfect Strangers (1987); Presidential Inaugural Celebration for Children (1993); Saturday Night Live (2003); Saturday Night Live in the ‘80s: Lost & Found (2005); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy (1998); Sesame Street (1981); Tattletales (1976); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); The 14th TV Academy Hall of Fame (1999); The 24th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1997); The Addams Family (2019); The Arsenio Hall Show (1993); The ‘Burbs (1989); The Children’s Corner (1955); The Creative Person (1966); The Drew Barrymore Show (2020); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (1999); The Magic of David Copperfield: China (1986); The Rosie O’Donnell Show (1996–2000); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2016–2018); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1980–1989); Today (1969); Wheel of Fortune (1998); Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1991); Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018); Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum (2021).

Born on this day – Nancy Malone:

Nancy Malone

Actress

Producer

Director

Painter

Writer

March 19, 1935 – May 8, 2014

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1963); A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1974); An Affair of the Skin (1963); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1952); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1991); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Bob Hope: The First 90 Years (1993); Bonanza (1967); C.P.W. (1996); Cagney & Lacey (1988); California Fever (1979); Camera Three (1956); Cannon (1975); Capricorn One (1977); Dan August (1971); Dan August: The Trouble with Women (1980); Dawson’s Creek (2000); Diagnosis Murder (1999–2001); Dr. Kildare (1963); Dynasty (1985–1989); Fame L.A. (1997–1998); Family (1979); Folio (1958); Forever Fernwood (1977); Fright (1956); Gemini Man (1976); Good Heavens (1976); Guiding Light (1952–2009); Gypsy (1966); Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952); Handle with Care (1977); Hawaii Five-O (1969); Heartbeat (1989); Home Song (1996); Hondo (1967); Hotel (1985–1988); I Married a Monster (1998); Insight (1968); Intimacy (1966); Ironside (1968–1973); James at 16 (1978); Judging Amy (2002); Key West (1993); Knots Landing (1991); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964–1965); Kraft Theatre (1956–1957); Lamp Unto My Feet (1955); Like Mom, Like Me (1978); Little Miss Perfect (2016); Look Up and Live (1957 / 1958); Lou Grant (1981); Lucas Tanner (1974); Lux Video Theatre (1951); Man in the Middle (1972); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969); Matinee Theatre (1956); McCloud (1970); McMillan & Wife (1976); Melrose Place (1992–1994); Merlene of the Movies (1981); Modern Romances (1958); Naked City (1960–1963); NBC Special Treat (1977); Nightingales (1989); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971–1973); Picket Fences (1995); Play of the Week (1961); Resurrection Blvd. (2000–2002); Robert Montgomery Presents (1955–1957); Route 66 (1961); Run for Your Life (1966); Rx for the Defense (1973); San Francisco International Airport (1970); Scene of the Crime (1985); Set This Town on Fire (1973); Shades of LA (1990); Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976); Sisters (1992); Skyway to Death (1974); Star Tonight (1956); Star Trek: Voyager (1997–1998); Starman (1986); Switch (1978); Tarzan (1967); The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1993); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Andy Griffith Show (1968); The Arthur Murray Party (1953); The Big Valley (1969); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Bionic Woman (1977); The Bradys (1990); The Brighter Day (1954–1962); The Burning Zone (1997); The Colbys (1985); The Elgin Hour (1955); The F.B.I. (1973); The First Hundred Years (1951–1952); The Flying Nun (1970); The Fugitive (1964–1966); The Girls of Huntington House (1973); The Great Adventure (1963); The Green Girl (2014); The Guardian (2004); The Impostor (1984); The Killing of Randy Webster (1981); The Long, Hot Summer (1965–1966); The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973); The Outcasts (1969); The Outer Limits (1964); The Outsider (1967); The Partridge Family (1971); The Rockford Files (1974); The Silver Theatre (1950); The Tonight Show (1956); The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1972); The Trials of Rosie O’Neill (1990–1992); The Twilight Zone (1964); The Violation of Sarah McDavid (1981); The Violators (1957); The Yeagers (1980); There Were Times, Dear (1985); To Rome with Love (1970); Touched by an Angel (1995); Twilight Zone: The Definitive Edition Interviews (2005); Vanishing Son (1995); Winner Take All (1975).

Born on this day – Gail Kobe:

Gail Kobe

Actress

Producer

March 19, 1932 – August 1, 2013

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1963); A Man Called Shenandoah (1966); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Alcoa Theatre (1957–1958); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956); Ben Casey (1964); Bewitched (1969); Blue Light (1966); Boots and Saddles (1958); Bourbon Street Beat (1959); Bright Promise (1970–1971); Cheyenne (1956–1958); Cimarron Strip (1967); Combat! (1963); Crusader (1956); Daniel Boone (1968–1970); Days of Our Lives (1975–2014); Destination Space (1959); Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal (1957); Dr. Kildare (1961–1965); Dragnet (1956); East of Eden (1955); Empire (1963); Frontier Doctor (1959); Goodyear Theatre (1958); Guiding Light (1983–1986); Gunsmoke (1958–1969); Gunsmoke in Tucson (1958); Harrigan and Son (1961); Have Gun - Will Travel (1963); Here Come the Brides (1968); Highway Patrol (1956); Hogan's Heroes (1967); Ironside (1969); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1957–1958); Laramie (1962–1963); Law of the Plainsman (1959); M Squad (1957–1959); M.U.G.E.N (1999); Mackenzie's Raiders (1959); Mannix (1969–1974); Maverick (1962); Mike Hammer (1958–1959); Mission: Impossible (1967); Mod Squad (1968); Perry Mason (1958–1964); Peyton Place (1965–1966); Rawhide (1962–1963); Rescue 8 (1959); Return to Peyton Place (1972–1974); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957–1959); Sam Benedict (1963); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); State Trooper (1956–1957); Stoney Burke (1962); Studio 57 (1957); Sugarfoot (1958); Tales of Wells Fargo (1960); Tarzan (1966); Texas (1981–1982); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962); The Bold and the Beautiful (1987–1988); The Californians (1959); The Court of Last Resort (1957); The David Niven Show (1959); The Detectives (1962); The Edge of Night (1979–1980); The Felony Squad (1966–1969); The Fugitive (1963); The Gallant Men (1962); The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975); The Millionaire (1956); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Outer Limits (1964); The Outsider (1969); The People's Court (1981–1993); The Rebel (1960–1961); The Silent Service (1958); The Ten Commandments (1956); The Thin Man (1958); The Twilight Zone (1960–1964); The Untouchables (1960–1963); The Virginian (1963); The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1966); This Is the Life (1971); Tombstone Territory (1958); Trackdown (1957–1958); TV's Western Heroes (1993); Wagon Train (1959); Whirlybirds (1957–1959); Young Dr. Kildare (1972); Zane Grey Theatre (1958).

Born on this day – Patrick McGoohan:

Patrick McGoohan

Actor

Director

Writer

Producer

March 19, 1928 – January 13, 2009

Born on this day – Betty Compson:

Betty Compson

Actress

Producer

March 19, 1897 – April 18, 1974

Credits:

This Is Your Life (1954); Here Comes Trouble (1948); Second Chance (1947); Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947); Her Adventurous Night (1946); Claudia and David (1946); Danger! Women at Work (1943); Zis Boom Bah (1941); Escort Girl (1941); Invisible Ghost (1941); Roar of the Press (1941); Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941); The Watchman Takes a Wife (1941); Laughing at Danger (1940); Strange Cargo (1940); Cafe Hostess (1940); Cowboys from Texas (1939); Mad Youth (1939); News Is Made at Night (1939); Hotel Imperial (1939); Under the Big Top (1938); Religious Racketeers (1938); Two Gun Justice (1938); The Beloved Brat (1938); Torchy Blane in Panama (1938); A Slight Case of Murder (1938); Port of Missing Girls (1938); Blondes at Work (1938); Federal Bullets (1937); God's Country and the Man (1937); Circus Girl (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Two Minutes to Play (1936); Killer at Large (1936); Bulldog Edition (1936); Hollywood Boulevard (1936); The Drag-Net (1936); The Millionaire Kid (1936); Laughing Irish Eyes (1936); August Weekend (1936); False Pretenses (1935); Manhattan Butterfly (1935); No Sleep on the Deep (1934); Notorious But Nice (1933); Destination Unknown (1933); West of Singapore (1933); Guilty or Not Guilty (1932); The Silver Lining (1932); Hollywood Halfbacks (1931); The Gay Diplomat (1931); Three Who Loved (1931); Virtuous Husband (1931); The Lady Refuses (1931); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 13 (1930); The Voice of Hollywood, Series 1, No. 2 (1930); The Boudoir Diplomat (1930); She Got What She Wanted (1930); The Spoilers (1930); Inside the Lines (1930); Midnight Mystery (1930); Czar of Broadway (1930); Those Who Dance (1930); Isle of Escape (1930); The Case of Sergeant Grischa (1930); Fashion News (1930); Blaze o' Glory (1929); Show of Shows (1929); Woman to Woman (1929); The Great Gabbo (1929); Skin Deep (1929); Street Girl (1929); The Time, the Place and the Girl (1929); On with the Show! (1929); Weary River (1929); Scarlet Seas (1928); The Barker (1928); The Docks of New York (1928); Court-Martial (1928); Life's Mockery (1928); The Masked Angel (1928); The Desert Bride (1928); The Big City (1928); Cheating Cheaters (1927); Temptations of a Shop Girl (1927); Say It with Diamonds (1927); The Ladybird (1927); Love Me and the World Is Mine (1927); The Belle of Broadway (1926); The Wise Guy (1926); The Palace of Pleasure (1926); Counsel for the Defense (1925); Dangerous Virtue (1925); The Pony Express (1925); Paths to Paradise (1925); Beggar on Horseback (1925); New Lives for Old (1925); Eve's Secret (1925); Locked Doors (1925); The Garden of Weeds (1924); The Fast Set (1924); Ramshackle House (1924); The Female (1924); The Enemy Sex (1924); White Shadows (1924); Miami (1924); The Stranger (1924); Woman to Woman (1923); The Royal Oak (1923); Hollywood (1923); The Woman with Four Faces (1923); The Rustle of Silk (1923); The White Flower (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 21 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 9 (1922); A Trip to Paramountown (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 22-F (1922); Kick In (1922); To Have and to Hold (1922); The Bonded Woman (1922); Always the Woman (1922); Over the Border (1922); The Green Temptation (1922); The Law and the Woman (1922); The Little Minister (1921); Ladies Must Live (1921); At the End of the World (1921); For Those We Love (1921); Prisoners of Love (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 17 (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 14 (1920); The Miracle Man (1919); The Devil's Trail (1919); The Little Diplomat (1919); The Light of Victory (1919); The Prodigal Liar (1919); The Terror of the Range (1919); The Sheriff (1918); Border Raiders (1918); All Dressed Up (1918); Never Surprise Your Wife (1918); Betty's Adventure (1918); Somebody's Baby (1918); Here Comes the Groom (1918); Circumstantial Evidence (1918); Whose Wife? (1918); Many a Slip (1918); Cupid's Camouflage (1917); Help! Help! Police! (1917); Their Seaside Tangle (1917); Betty Wakes Up (1917); Nearly a Papa (1917); Almost Divorced (1917); Love and Locksmiths (1917); Almost a Bigamist (1917); Betty's Big Idea (1917); Crazy by Proxy (1917); A Smoky Love Affair (1917); Won in a Cabaret (1917); Down by the Sea (1917); Five Little Widows (1917); A Bold, Bad Knight (1917); Almost a Scandal (1917); Those Wedding Bells (1917); His Last Pill (1917); Father's Bright Idea (1917); Love and the Ice Man (1917); Suspended Sentence (1917); Sauce for the Goose (1917); As Luck Would Have It (1917); Out for the Coin (1917); Hubby's Night Out (1917); Small Change (1917); Her Friend, the Chauffeur (1917); Her Crooked Career (1917); Lovers and Lunatics (1916); Cupid's Uppercut (1916); Hist! At Six O'Clock (1916); Sea Nymphs (1916); Some Kid (1916); Her Sun-Kissed Hero (1916); A Brass-Buttoned Romance (1916); Nearly a Hero (1916); Dad's Masterpiece (1916); When Clubs Were Trumps (1916); He Loved the Ladies (1916); That Doggone Baby (1916); He Wouldn't Tip (1916); The Making Over of Mother (1916); Those Primitive Days (1916); Inoculating Hubby (1916); His Baby (1916); The Browns See the Fair (1916); Almost a Widow (1916); Wanted: A Husband (1916); All Over a Stocking (1916); Her Celluloid Hero (1916); The Wooing of Aunt Jemima (1916); He's a Devil (1916); Potts Bungles Again (1916); Lem's College Career (1916); The Newlyweds' Mix-Up (1916); Eddie's Night Out (1916); A Leap Year Tangle (1916); He Almost Eloped (1916); The Janitor's Busy Day (1916); A Friend, But a Star Boarder (1916); Love and Vaccination (1916); The Deacon's Waterloo (1916); When Lizzie Disappeared (1916); Cupid Trims His Lordship (1916); Her Friend, the Doctor (1916); When the Losers Won (1916); A Quiet Supper for Four (1916); Her Steady Carfare (1916); Mingling Spirits (1916); Jed's Trip to the Fair (1916); Some Chaperone (1915); Love and a Savage (1915); Where the Heather Blooms (1915); Their Quiet Honeymoon (1915); Wanted: A Leading Lady (1915).

Born on this day – Wolfgang Petersen:

Wolfgang Petersen

Director

Writer

Producer

March 14, 1941 – August 12, 2022

Credits:

37 degrees (2006); 4Pop (2004); 60 Million for Phantásia - How the 'Neverending Story' Goes to the Cinema kam (1984); Air Force One (1997); Anna and Totò (1972); Attacking Troy (2007); On the Kreuz legt (1974); Avenger (2006); Bambi Award 1984 (1984); Bernd Eichinger - Wenn das Leben zum Kino wird (2000); Bicentennial Man (1999); Please turning pages (1985); Charlie Rose (2000); Chicxulub (2006); Corazón de... (2006); Creating an Emotion (2000); Das Boot - The Complete TV Series (1985); The boat / The Boat (1985); Das ist Ihr Leben (1979); THAT! (2016); De película (1986); The Bernd (2012); Der Eine - der Andere (1969); Días de cine (2010); The golden Camera 1999 (1999); The Red Flag (1968); The City in the Valley (1975); Enemy Mine (1985); Film Genre (2002); Film legends. German (2005); Glamoroso! (1998); Hans im Glück (1976); Houses on Sunset Boulevard (1990); HBO First Look (1995–2006); Hollywood in Munich (1984); Hollywood Insider (2018) (2021); Hollywood Science (2006); Hollywood, Germany (1997); Hollywood's Best Film Directors (2012); HypaSpace (2006); I Will Kill You, Wolf (1971); Ich nicht (1969); In the Line of Fire (1993); In the Line of Fire: Behind the Scenes with the Secret Service (1993); In the Line of Fire: Catching the Counterfeiters (2001); In the Line of Fire: How'd They Do That? (2001); Instinct (1999); Cuckoo Years (1967); My Leben (2009); Michael Ballhaus - Encounter with the Eye of Hollywood (2001); Mundo VIP (2000); Well, that's it! (1983); NDR Talk Show (2016); Open Wound German Film (2017); One or the Other (1974); One Vision (1998); Ôsama no buranchi (1997); Oskar Langenfeld. 12 times / Starbuck Holger Meins (2002); Outbreak (1995); Plan exercise (1977); Poseidon (2006); Poseidon: A Ship on a Soundstage (2006); Poseidon: Upside Down (2006); Red Corner (1997); Reimagining the Neverending Story (2014); Rogue Waves (2006); Black and White as Days and Nights (1978); Shattered (1991); Shipmate's Diary (2006); Shooting 'In the Line of Fire' (1993); Smog (1973); City on Stilts (1965); Stardust Hollywood - Stardust and Gods (2013); In some places Glatteis (1975); Tatort (1971–1977); The 100 Greatest War Films (2005); The 55th Annual Academy Awards (1983); The Agency (2001); The Boat (1981); The Consequence (1977); The Directors (2000); The Making of 'Air Force One' (1997); The Making of 'Shattered' (1991); The Making of 'Troy' (2004); The NeverEnding Story (1984); The Perfect Storm (2000); Sounds mean more to me than words - Klaus Doldinger (2016); Treffpunkt Kino (1985); Troy (2004); Troy in Focus (2007); Troy: An Effects Odyssey (2004); Troy: From Ruins to Reality (2005); Troy: In the Thick of Battle (2005); Van der Valk and the Rich (1973); Four against the Bank (1976); Wetten, dass..? (1991–1993); Wolfgang Petersen: My Way to Hollywood (1995).

Born on this day – Henry Hathaway:

Henry Hathaway

Director

Producer

March 13, 1898 – February 11, 1985

Credits:

13 Rue Madeleine (1947); 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956); 5 Card Stud (1968); 75 Years of Cinema Museum (1972); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978–1980); Airport (1970); An Eye for an Eye (1966); Bachelor Brides (1926); Behind the Make-Up (1930); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Brigham Young (1940); Call Northside 777 (1948); China Girl (1942); Circus World (1964); Come On, Marines! (1934); Diplomatic Courier (1952); Down to the Sea in Ships (1949); Empty Hands (1924); Fourteen Hours (1951); From Hell to Texas (1958); Garden of Evil (1954); Go West Young Man (1936); Grounds for Divorce (1925); Hangup (1974); Heritage of the Desert (1932); Hollywood (1980); Hollywood Greats (1977); Home in Indiana (1944); Honest Hutch (1920); How the West Was Won (1962); Hula (1927); I Loved a Soldier (1936); Jes' Call Me Jim (1920); Johnny Apollo (1940); Jubilo (1919); Kiss of Death (1947); Legend of the Lost (1957); Lest We Forget (1937); Lord Jim (1925); Madame X (1920); Man of the Forest (1933); Mantrap (1926); Morocco (1930); Motion Picture Stars Attend Premiere of 'Call Northside 777' (1948); Nevada Smith (1966); Niagara (1953); Night After Night (1932); Nob Hill (1945); North to Alaska (1960); Now and Forever (1934); O. Henry's Full House (1952); Of Human Bondage (1964); Open All Night (1924); Peter Ibbetson (1935); Prince Valiant (1954); Raid on Rommel (1971); Rawhide (1951); Redskin (1929); Roads of Destiny (1921); Seven Thieves (1960); Shoot Out (1971); Souls at Sea (1937); Spawn of the North (1938); Sundown (1941); Sunset Pass (1933); Talking Film (1981); Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942); The Awakening (1928); The Black Rose (1950); The Bottom of the Bottle (1956); The Call of the Canyon (1923); The Dark Corner (1946); The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951); The Dressmaker from Paris (1925); The House on 92nd Street (1945); The Last Round-Up (1934); The Last Safari (1967); The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935); The Love Doctor (1929); The Man from Yesterday (1932); The Moviemakers (1985); The Racers (1955); The Real Glory (1939); The Rough Riders (1927); The Shepherd of the Hills (1941); The Shopworn Angel (1928); The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors (1993); The Slim Princess (1920); The Sons of Katie Elder (1965); The Storm Woman (1917); The Texan (1930); The Thundering Herd (1925); The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936); The Virginian (1929); The Way of All Flesh (1927); The Witching Hour (1934); The World and Its Woman (1919); To the Last Man (1933); True Grit (1969); Under the Tonto Rim (1933); Underworld (1927); White Witch Doctor (1953); Wild Horse Mesa (1932); Wing and a Prayer (1944); Wolf Song (1929); Woman Obsessed (1959); You're in the Navy Now (1951).

Born on this day – Peter R. Hunt:

Peter R. Hunt

Director

Editor

Producer

March 11, 1925 – August 14, 2002

Credits:

A Cry from the Streets (1958); Assassination (1987); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1953–1959); Damn the Defiant! (1962); Deadline Midnight (1961); Death Hunt (1981); Doublecross (1956); Dr. No (1962); Eyes of a Witness (1991); Ferry to Hong Kong (1959); Gold (1974); Goldfinger (1964); Gulliver's Travels (1977); Hell in Korea (1956); Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star (1986); Loss of Innocence (1961); Next to No Time! (1958); Night Games (1980); On the Fiddle (1961); Paradise Lagoon (1957); Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983); Probation Officer (1960); Rough Cut (1980); Salute to Show Business (1957); Shirley's World (1972); Shout at the Devil (1976); Sink the Bismarck! (1960); Strange Portrait (1966); The Beasts Are on the Streets (1978); The Ipcress File (1965); The Last Days of Pompeii (1984); The Persuaders! (1971); The Persuaders! (1971); The Secret Tent (1956); The Six Proud Walkers (1954); The Venusian (1954); There Was a Crooked Man (1960); This Man Craig (1966); This Week (1956–1959); Touch and Go (1955); Wild Geese II (1985).

Born on this day – Jack Smight:

Jack Smight

Director

Producer

Actor

Writer

March 9, 1925 – September 1, 2003

Credits:

The Favorite (1989); Number One with a Bullet (1987); Code of Vengeance (1986); Remembrance of Love (1982); Loving Couples (1980); Fast Break (1979); Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978); Damnation Alley (1977); Midway (1976); Airport 1975 (1974); The Man from Independence (1974); Legend in Granite (1973); Frankenstein: The True Story (1973); Linda (1973); Double Indemnity (1973); Partners in Crime (1973); Madigan (1972); Banacek (1972); The Longest Night (1972); McCloud (1971–1972); Columbo (1971); Rabbit, Run (1970); The Traveling Executioner (1970); The Illustrated Man (1969); Strategy of Terror (1969); No Way to Treat a Lady (1968); The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968); Kaleidoscope (1966); Harper (1966); The Third Day (1965); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964–1965); Dr. Kildare (1963–1964); I'd Rather Be Rich (1964); Arrest and Trial (1963); East Side / West Side (1963); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); Alcoa Premiere (1963); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); Westinghouse Presents: That's Where the Town Is Going (1962); The Defenders (1962); The Law and Mr. Jones (1961); The Enchanted Nutcracker (1961); Theatre '62 (1961); Westinghouse Presents: Come Again to Carthage (1961); Route 66 (1961); Naked City (1961); Our American Heritage (1960–1961); Sunday Showcase (1960–1961); The Twilight Zone (1959–1961); Art Carney Special (1960–1961); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1960); The Robert Herridge Theater (1960); Destiny, West! (1960); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Sound of Miles Davis (1959); Oldsmobile Music Theatre (1959); The Ten Commandments (1959); Alcoa Theatre (1958); Suspicion (1957–1958); General Electric Theater (1956–1958); Victor Borge's Comedy in Music III (1958); Studio One (1957–1958); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); Climax! (1956–1957); Star Stage (1955–1956); Goodyear Playhouse (1955); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1955); Hollywood Opening Night (1952); Hollywood Theatre Time (1951); One Man's Family (1949).

Born on this day – Béatrix Dussane:

Béatrix Dussane

Actress

Producer

Writer

Teacher

March 9, 1888 – September 17, 1948

Credits:

Awards:

Admission at the Comédie-Française (1903).

Books:

Au jour et aux lumières. 1 - Premiers pas dans le temple (1955); Au jour et aux lumières. 2 - Par les fenêtres (1958); Cas de conscience du comédien (1960); Dieux des planches (1964); Du nouveau sur Racine (1941); J'étais dans la salle, Paris (1963); La Comédie-Française (1960); Le Comédien sans paradoxe (1933); Le Théâtre (1958); Les Vers que je dis, pourquoi ne les diriez-vous pas (1943); Maria Casarès (1953); Mes quatre Comédies-Françaises, de Claretie à Bourdet (1939); Notes de théâtre (1940-1950) (1951); Reines de théâtre (1633-1941) (1944); Sophie Arnould, la plus spirituelle des bacchantes (1938); Un comédien nommé Molière (1956).

Stage (1903–1937):

Business is business; Don Quixote; Je suis trop grand pour moi; Jean de La Fontaine ou Le Distrait volontaire; La Comtesse d'Escarbagnas; La Coupe enchantée; La Courtisane; La Robe rouge; L'amour veille; Le Bon Roi Dagobert; Le Prince charmant; Le Quatrième; Le Voyage à Biarritz; Les Mouettes; Les Précieuses ridicules; L'Étincelle; Madame Quinze; Monsieur de Pourceaugnac; Monsieur Vernet; Poil; Romeo and Juliet; Sapho; The School for Husbands; Vautrin.

Movies and television:

École des vedettes (1958); En direct de... (1957); La galerie France 5 (2017); Le franciscain de Bourges (1968); Permission de minuit (1987); Portrait souvenir (1963); Trente-Six Chandelles (1956–1958); Tréteaux, racontez-nous / Narrator (1960).

Born on this day – Cass Warner:

Cass Warner

Director

Producer

Writer

March 8, 1948 – March 14, 2024

Credits:

23rd Annual Los Angeles Music Awards (2013); American Masters (2008); Answering the Call: Ground Zero's Volunteers (2005); Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998); HOPPER: In His Own Words (2012); Mystic Nights and Pirate Fights (1998); Switch (1977); The Brothers Warner (2007); The Dini Petty Show (1989); The Joan Rivers Show (1993).

Born on this day – Hilary Heath:

Hilary Heath

Actress

Producer

March 6, 1945 – April 3, 2020

Credits:

About Religion (1965); An Awfully Big Adventure (1995); Arthur of the Britons (1973); Callan (1969); Canterbury Tales (1969); Criminal Law (1988); Cry of the Banshee (1970); Eurotika! (1999); Fortress (1985); Frenchman's Creek (1998); Hadleigh (1973); ITV Play of the Week (1967); ITV Playhouse (1969); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969); Jamaica Inn (1983 / 2014); Man at the Top (1972); Mogul (1969–1970); Nil by Mouth (1997); Rain Stops Play (2019); Real Stories of the Highway Patrol (1993–1999); Rebecca (1997); Space: 1999 (1976); Special Branch (1969); Swamp Men (2011); The Avengers (1967); The Body Stealers (1969); The Challengers (1972); The Dead Files (2012); The File of the Golden Goose (1969); The Fringe Dwellers (1986); The Oblong Box (1969); The Prisoner (1967); The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003); The Worst Witch (1986); THS Investigates (2005); Two Gentlemen Sharing (1969); United! (1966); Van der Valk (1972); Villains (1972); Wah-Wah (2005); Witchfinder General (1968); Women on Death Row 3 (2008); Wuthering Heights (1970); Z Cars (1968).

Born on this day – Lewis Gilbert:

Lewis Gilbert

Director

Producer

Writer

March 6, 1920 – February 23, 2018

Born on this day – Lou Costello:

Lou Costello

Actor

Comedian

Producer

March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959

Credits:

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

Born on this day – John Aprea:

John Aprea

Actor

Producer

March 4, 1941 – August 5, 2024

Credits:

A Guide for the Married Woman (1978); A Man Called Sloane (1979); After You (2013); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1986); American Anthem (1986); American Heiress (2007); Another World (1989–1998); Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife (1987); Brother (2000); Bullitt (1968); Caged Heat (1974); Cold (2021); Cold Case (2009); Comeback (1982); Confessions of a Male Prostitute (1992); Crazy Mama (1975); Crazy Times (1981); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2013); Cyber Tracker (1994); Dark Image (2017); Dark Justice (1993); Days of Our Lives (1999–2012); Dead Man on Campus (1998); Deadly Ransom (1998); Decker (2016–2017); Direct Hit (1994); Dirty People (2012); Drive Share (2017); Falcon Crest (1987); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1989); Fix-it City (1978); Full House (1988–1991); Fuller House (2017); Getting Physical (1984); Hardcastle and McCormick (1985); Heaven Help Us (1994); Interglobal Trading Fund (2012); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1995); Kate McShane (1975); Knots Landing (1988); Lie to Me (2010); Lost Angelas (2019); Mannix (1970); Matt Houston (1982–1984); Melrose Place (1993); Mrs. Columbo (1979); My Brother Jack (1997); Mystery Woman: At First Sight (2006); New Jack City (1991); Night Court (1989); NYPD Blue (2005); On Cinema (2013–2016); Pacific Blue (1999); Philly (2001–2002); Picasso Trigger (1988); Private Eye (1987); Renegade (1995); Rough Crossing (1997–2005); Savage Beach (1989); Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993); Sharkskin (2015); Silk Stalkings (1993–1995); Simon & Simon (1985); Snapshot (2014); Space Junk (2019); Stevie D (2016); Stingray (1985); Street Hawk (1985); Sunset Park (1996); Sweet Kill (1972); Tales from the Darkside (1988); That Girl (1969); The 16th Annual Soap Opera Awards (2000); The Act (1983); The Another World Reunion (2003); The A-Team (1985); The Bay (2020–2023); The Christmas Pageant (2011); The Dark Side of Tomorrow (1970); The District (2000); The F.B.I. (1973); The Fall Guy (1986); The First Annual 'on Cinema' Oscar Special (2013); The Game (1997); The Gangster Chronicles (1981); The Godfather Part II (1974); The Godfather Saga (1977); The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992); The Grasshopper (1970); The Hat Squad (1993); The Idolmaker (1980); The Manchurian Candidate (2004); The Montefuscos (1975); The New Mike Hammer (1984); The Powers of Matthew Star (1982); The Rock Rainbow (1978); The Rookies (1975); The Second Annual 'On Cinema' Oscar Special (2014); The Seven-Ups (1973); The Sopranos (1999); The Stepford Wives (1975); The Streetsweeper (2002); Three's a Crowd (1984); To the Limit (1995); Vengeance Unlimited (1998); Wonder Woman (1979).