Born on this day – Jonathan Demme:

Jonathan Demme

Director

Producer

Writer

Actor

February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017

Credits:

2000 MTV Video Music Awards (2000); A Gifted Man (2011–2012); A Master Builder (2013); Adaptation (2002); Alive from Off Center (1984); American Playhouse (1982); Amos & Andrew (1993); Angels Hard as They Come (1971); Another Telepathic Thing (2015); Arena (1977); Artists United Against Apartheid: Sun City (1985); Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2003); Beloved (1998); Black Mama White Mama (1973); Bouki nan paradi (2001); Bruce Springsteen: American Skin (41 Shots);  - Live in New York City (2001); Bruce Springsteen: If I Should Fall Behind (2000); Bruce Springsteen: Murder Incorporated (1995); Bruce Springsteen: Streets of Philadelphia (1994); Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 / videos: Streets of Philadelphia, Murder Incorporated, If I Should Fall Behind (2001); Caged Heat (1974); Citizens Band (1977); Columbo (1978); Courage and Pain (1996); Cousin Bobby (1992); Crazy Mama (1975); Crude Independence (2009); Deep Time (2015); Devil in a Blue Dress (1995); Enlightened (2011); Enzo Avitabile Music Life (2012); Everett Ruess Wilderness Song (2013); Fighting Mad (1976); Fly Me (1973); Gimme the Loot (2012); H.E.A.L.: Heal Yourself (1991); Haiti Dreams of Democracy (1988); Household Saints (1993); I'm Carolyn Parker (2011); Into the Night (1985); Into the Rope (1996); Jimmy Carter Man from Plains (2007); Joe Lamont: Secrets You Keep (1985); Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids (2016); Kenny Chesney: Unstaged (2012); Last Disintegrated School (2019); Last Embrace (1979); Line of Sight (2014); Mandela (1996); Married to the Mob (1988); Melvin and Howard (1980); Miami Blues (1990); Naughty Wives (1973); Neil Young Journeys (2011); Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006); Neil Young: Trunk Show (2009); New Order: The Perfect Kiss (1985); Now That's What I Call Music 6 (1985); One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room (1994); Oz (2000); P.O.V. (2012); Philadelphia (1993); Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock (2016); Queenae Taylor Mulvihill in Maangamizi: The Ancient One (2001); Rachel Getting Married (2008); Rachel Getting Married: Deleted Scenes (2009); Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter / In The Still Of The Night (1990); Ricki and the Flash (2015); Right to Return: New Home Movies from the Lower 9th Ward (2007); Rio Tigre (1972); Seven Seconds (2018); Shadrach (1998); Shots Fired (2017); SNL: Saturday Night Live (1980–1986); SNL: Saturday Night Live / Gidgette Goes to Hell (1980); Something Wild (1986); Song One (2014); Stop Making Sense (1984); Storefront Hitchcock (1998); SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground / Subway Car from Hell (1997); Survival Guide (1985); Suzanne Vega: Solitude Standing (1987); Swimming to Cambodia (1987); Swing Shift (1984); Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime (Live);  (1984); Talking Heads: Slippery People (Live) (1984); Tavis Smiley Reports / Been In The Storm Too Long (2010); That Thing You Do! (1996); The Agronomist (2003); The Center (2015); The Complex Sessions (1994); The Hot Box (1972); The Incredible Melting Man (1977); The Killing (2013–2014); The Manchurian Candidate (2004); The New Yorker Presents / What's Motivating Hayes (2015); The Opportunists (1999); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986); The Power of Rock (2017); The Pretenders: Greatest Hits / video: I Got You Babe (2000); The Silence of the Lambs (1991); The Truth About Charlie (2002); The Uttmost (1998); Tom Tom Club: Genius of Love – Live (1984); Trying Times (1987); UB40 and Chrissie Hynde: I Got You Babe (1985); What's Motivating Hayes (2015); Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules (1991).

Born on this day – John Mills:

John Mills

Actor

Producer

Director

February 22, 1908 – April 23, 2005

Credits:

Lights2 (2005); Bright Young Things (2003); The Gentleman Thief (2001); Great Performances (1998); Bean (1997); Hamlet (1996); Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets (1995); Martin Chuzzlewit (1994); The English Programme (1994); Deadly Advice (1994); Harnessing Peacocks (1993); The Big Freeze (1993); Frankenstein (1992); Perfect Scoundrels (1992); Night of the Fox (1990); Ending Up (1989); A Tale of Two Cities (1989); Around the World in 80 Days (1989); The Lady and the Highwayman (1988); Spit MacPhee (1988); Who's That Girl (1987); Hold the Dream (1987); When the Wind Blows (1986); Hotel (1986); Edge of the Wind (1985); Murder with Mirrors (1985); A Woman of Substance (1985); Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (1984); Sahara (1983); Gandhi (1982); Young at Heart (1980–1982); The Adventures of Little Lord Fauntleroy (1982); Tales of the Unexpected (1980–1982); Quatermass (aka The Quatermass Conclusion) (1979); Zulu Dawn (1979); The Love Boat (1979); The Thirty Nine Steps (1978); Dr. Strange (1978); The Big Sleep (1978); Des Teufels Advokat (1977); A Dirty Knight's Work (1976); The 'Human' Factor (1975); The Zoo Gang (1974); Oklahoma Crude (1973); Lady Caroline Lamb (1972); Young Winston (1972); Dulcima (1971); Nanny and the Professor (1971); Ryan's Daughter (1970); Adam's Woman (1970); Oh! What a Lovely War (1969); Run Wild, Run Free (1969); Emma Hamilton (1968); A Black Veil for Lisa (1968); Dundee and the Culhane (1967); Chuka (1967); Africa: Texas Style (1967); The Family Way (1966); The Wrong Box (1966); Gypsy Girl (1966); King Rat (1965); Operation Crossbow (1965); The Truth About Spring (1965); The Chalk Garden (1964); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962–1964); Tiara Tahiti (1962); The Valiant (1962); Flame in the Streets (1961); The Parent Trap (1961); The Singer Not the Song (1961); Swiss Family Robinson (1960); Tunes of Glory (1960); Season of Passion (1959); Tiger Bay (1959); Hell, Heaven or Hoboken (1958); Ice Cold in Alex (1958); Dunkirk (1958); The Circle (1957); Town on Trial (1957); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Producers' Showcase (1956); War and Peace (1956); It's Great to Be Young! (1956); The Baby and the Battleship (1956); Escapade (1955); Above Us the Waves (1955); The End of the Affair (1955); The Colditz Story (1955); Hobson's Choice (1954); The Long Memory (1953); The Gentle Gunman (1952); Mr. Denning Drives North (1951); Operation Disaster (1950); The Rocking Horse Winner (1949); The History of Mr. Polly (1949); Scott of the Antarctic (1948); The October Man (1947); So Well Remembered (1947); Great Expectations (1946); Johnny in the Clouds (1945); Waterloo Road (1945); Information Please (1944); Victory Wedding (1944); This Happy Breed (1944); The Sky's the Limit (1943); We Dive at Dawn (1943); The Young Mr. Pitt (1942); In Which We Serve (1942); The Big Blockade (1942); Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942); Bombsight Stolen (1941); Old Bill and Son (1941); All Hands (1940); Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939); The Green Cockatoo (1937); You're in the Army Now (1937); Nine Days a Queen (1936); The First Offence (1936); Charing Cross Road (1936); Car of Dreams (1935); Born for Glory (1935); The Doctor's Secret (1934); Blind Justice (1934); The Lash (1934); Those Were the Days (1934); The River Wolves (1934); A Political Party (1934); Britannia of Billingsgate (1933); The Ghost Camera (1933); Midshipmaid Gob (1932).

Born on this day – Luis Buñuel:

Luis Buñuel

Writer

Director

Actor

Producer

February 22, 1900 – July 29, 1983

Credits:

A Woman Without Love (1952); An Andalusian Dog (1929); Arena (1983); Belle de Jour (1967); Carmen (1926); Centinela, alerta! (1937); Daughter of Deceit (1951); Death in the Garden (1956); Diary of a Chambermaid (1964); Don Quintín el amargao (1935); Dry martini (2008); El (1953); En este pueblo no hay ladrones (1965); España 1936 (1937); Fever Mounts at El Pao (1959); Gran Casino (1947); Igra o pamcenju i umiranju (1984); Illusion Travels by Streetcar (1954); Johnny Got His Gun (1971); La chute d'un corps (1973); La hija de Juan Simón (1935); La novia de medianoche (1997); Las Hurdes (1933); Le moine (1972); Llanto por un bandido (1964); Mauprat (1926); Mexican Bus Ride (1952); Nazarin (1959); Quién me quiere a mí? (1936); Robinson Crusoe (1954); Si usted no puede, yo sí (1951); Simon of the Desert (1965); Susana (1951); That Obscure Object of Desire (1977); The Brute (1953); The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955); The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972); The Exterminating Angel (1962); The Fall of the House of Usher (1928); The Golden Age (1930); The Great Madcap (1949); The History of the Vatican (1940); The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2017); The Milky Way (1969); The Phantom of Liberty (1974); The Proud and the Beautiful (1953); The River and Death (1954); The Young and the Damned (1950); The Young One (1960); This is Called Dawn (1956); Tristana (1970); Una historia decente (1971); Viridiana (1961); Wuthering Heights (1954).

Born on this day – Bob Rafelson:

Bob Rafelson

Director

Writer

Producer

February 21, 1933 – July 23, 2022

Born on this day – Robert Altman:

Robert Altman

Director

Writer

Producer

Actor

February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006

Credits:

3 Women (1977); A Perfect Couple (1979); A Prairie Home Companion (2006); A Wedding (1978); Afterglow (1997); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957–1958); Aria (1987); Basements (1987); Better Football (1954); Beyond Therapy (1987); Bodyguard (1948); Bonanza (1960–1961); Brewster McCloud (1970); Bronco (1960); Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976); Bus Stop (1961–1962); Cain's Hundred (1962); California Split (1974); Christmas Eve (1947); Combat! (1962–1963); Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982); Cookie's Fortune (1999); Corn's-A-Poppin' (1955); Countdown (1967); Dr. T & the Women (2000); Endless Love (1981); Events (1970); Fool for Love (1985); Gosford Park (2001); Great Performances (1993–1996); Gun (1997); Hawaiian Eye (1959); HealtH (1980); Honeymoon for Harriet (1950); How to Run a Filling Station (1953); Images (1972); John Bromfield in U.S. Marshal (1959–1960); Kansas City (1996); Killer App (1998); King Basketball (1952); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1962–1964); Lawman (1961); Liv (1998); M Squad (1958); M*A*S*H (1970); Maverick (1960); McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971); Modern Football (1951); Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994); Nashville (1975); Nightmare in Chicago (1964); O.C. and Stiggs (1985); Peter Gunn (1961); Popeye (1980); Pot au feu (1967); Precious Blood (1982); Premiere (1968); Quintet (1979); Rattlesnake in a Cooler (1982); Ready to Wear (1994); Remember My Name (1978); Rich Kids (1979); Roads and Bridges (2001); Route 66 (1961); Saturday Night Live / Sissy's Roles (1977); Secret Honor (1984); Short Cuts (1993); Short Cuts: Deleted Scenes (2004); Streamers (1983); Sugarfoot (1959–1960); Surfside 6 (1961); Suspicion (1957); Tanner '88 (1988); Tanner on Tanner (2004); That Cold Day in the Park (1969); The Builders (1954); The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988); The Company (2003); The Delinquents (1957); The Dirty Look (1954); The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1960); The Gallant Men (1962); The Gingerbread Man (1998); The James Dean Story (1957); The Katherine Reed Story (1965); The Last Mile (1953); The Late Show (1977); The Laundromat (1985); The Long Goodbye (1973); The Long, Hot Summer (1965); The Magic Bond (1956); The Man from Blackhawk (1960); The Millionaire (1958–1959); The Party (1964); The Perfect Crime (1955); The Player (1992); The Pulse of the City (1953); The Roaring 20's (1960–1961); The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947); The Sound of Bells (1952); Thieves Like Us (1974); Trixie (2000); Troubleshooters (1959); Vincent and Theo (1990); Welcome to L.A. (1976); Whirlybirds (1958–1959).

Born on this day – Merle Oberon:

Merle Oberon

Actress

Writer

Producer

February 19, 1911 – November 23, 1979

Credits:

A Birthday Gala Tribute Noel Coward (1970); A Bob Hope Comedy Special (1966); A Song to Remember (1945); A Warm Corner (1930); ABC Late Night (1974); Affair in Monte Carlo (1952); Affectionately Yours (1941); AFI Life Achievement Award (1976–1978); Alf's Button (1930); Allons au cinéma (1976); American Masters (2001); Aren't We All? (1932); Assignment Foreign Legion (1956–1957); Beloved Enemy (1936); Berlin Express (1948); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); British Film Forever (2007); Charmed Lives: A Family Romance (2024); Churchill and the Movie Mogul (2019); Climax! (1956); Compression (2023); Dans la vie tout s'arrange (1952); Dark Waters (1944); Deep in My Heart (1954); Désirée (1954); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2001); Ebb Tide (1932); Fascination (1931); First Comes Courage (1943); Folies Bergère de Paris (1935); For the Love of Mike (1932); Forever and a Day (1943); Four Star Playhouse (1953–1955); Gallery (1975); General Electric Theater (1957); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Goes to Town (1938); Hollywood's Diamond Jubilee (1978); Hotel (1967); I, Claudius (1937); Interval (1973); I've Got a Secret (1954); Lydia (1941); Men of Tomorrow (1932); Never Trouble Trouble (1931); Night in Paradise (1946); Night Song (1947); Of Love and Desire (1963); Over the Moon (1939); Pardon My French (1951); Presidential Blooper Reel (1981); Reserved for Ladies (1932); Round the Film Studios (1937); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 4 (1936); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Strange Evidence (1933); Temptation (1946); That Uncertain Feeling (1941); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The Best of Broadway (1954); The Bob Hope Show (1966); The Brontes at the BBC (2016); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Cowboy and the Lady (1938); The Dark Angel (1935); The David Frost Show (1970); The Divorce of Lady X (1938); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1952–1954); The Epic That Never Was (1965); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1955); The Golden Years of Alexander Korda (1968); The Igor Cassini Show (1954); The Lion Has Wings (1939); The Lodger (1944); The Loretta Young Show (1955); The Mike Douglas Show (1973); The Name's the Same (1954); The Oscar (1966); The Other World of Winston Churchill (1964); The Price of Fear (1956); The Private Life of Don Juan (1934); The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933); The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934); The Three Passions (1928); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1973); The Trouble with Merle (2002); The W Plan (1930); These Three (1936); This Love of Ours (1945); Thunder in the East (1934); 'Til We Meet Again (1940); Today (1963); Todo es posible en Granada (1954); Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies (2008); Vagabond Violinist (1934); We, the People (1948); Wedding Rehearsal (1932); Welcome to the Basement (2014); What's My Line? (1954); Wuthering Heights (1939).

Born on this day – Hope Hampton:

Hope Hampton

Actress

Producer

Opera singer

February 19, 1897 – January 23, 1982

Credits:

Hey, Let's Twist! (1961); The Road to Reno (1938); The Call of the Sea (1927); Springtime of Love (1927); The Unfair Sex (1926); Lover's Island (1925); Marionettes (1925); Fifty-Fifty (1925); The Price of a Party (1924); The Truth About Women (1924); Does It Pay? (1923); The Gold Diggers (1923); Hollywood (1923); Lawful Larceny (1923); From Farm to Fame (1922); The Light in the Dark (1922); Stardust (1921); Love's Penalty (1921); The Bait (1921); A Modern Salome (1920); Woman (1918).

Born on this day – Ed Wheeler:

Ed Wheeler

Actor

Producer

February 18, 1936 - August 21, 2024

Credits:

3-2-1 Contact (1980); ABC Afterschool Specials (1987); Bleach (1998); Blue Bloods (2010); Broadcast News (1987); Cupid (2009); Daylight (1996); Double Parked (2000); Drop Squad (1994); Ed (2000–2002); From Other Worlds (2004); Godzilla (1998); Head of State (2003); Heaven Is a Playground (1991); Hope & Faith (2004); Keane (2004); Keepers of the Flame (2024); Law & Order (1992–2004); Little Bill (2003); Love Songs (1999); Mickey Blue Eyes (1999); Monsters (1988); New York Undercover (1994); Noël (1992); One Life to Live (2010); Presumed Innocent (1990); Soul Food (2000); The Core of the Apple (1986); The Cry (2007); The Day the Women Got Even (1980); The Good Guy (2009); The Good Heart (2009); The Kill Reflex (1989); Thinner (1996); Third Watch (2000); Uncertainty (2008); Watch Your Mouth (1978); Whoopi (2004).

Born on this day – Sol Negrin:

Sol Negrin

Cinematographer

Producer

Actor

February 16, 1929 – March 20, 2017

Credits:

...and Your Name Is Jonah (1979); A Call to Arms (2008); Across 110th Street (1972); Amazing Grace (1974); Baker's Dozen (1982); Blue Shirts (2000); Car 54, Where Are You? (1961–1963); Clean and Sober (1988); Coming to America (1988); Crazy Joe (1974); Dear John (1988); Dempsey (1983); East Side/West Side (1963–1964); Eischied (1979); Fame (1984); Great Performances (1971); Happy Hell Night (1991); I, the Jury (1982); Jamboree! (1957); Jaws 2 (1978); Johnny Garage (1983); Kay O'Brien (1986); Kojak (1974–1977); Light Fantastic (1964); Lime Street (1985); McCloud (1974); More Than Friends (1978); Naked City (1958–1959); Parades (1972); Pink (2010); Proof of the Man (1977); Redd Foxx: Video in a Plain Brown Wrapper (1983); RoboCop (1987); Sacred Eyes (2009); Salsa (1976); Some Trouble of a SeRRious Nature (2002); St. Elsewhere (1982–1983); Superman (1978); The Bedroom (2012); The Concert for Bangladesh (1972); The Deer (2009); The Defenders (1961–1962); The Edge of Town (2012); The Kingdom Chums: Little David's Adventure (1986); The Last Tenant (1978); The Line (1980); The Lucie Arnaz Show (1985); The Nothing Man (2010); The Patty Duke Show (1963–1964); The Rack (2002); The Scourge of the Vagabond Spectre (2009); The Story Lady (1991); The White Shadow (1980); Voodoo Blood Death (1965); Where's Poppa? (1970); Women at West Point (1979).

Born on this day – Sidney Gilliat:

Sidney Gilliat

Director

Writer

Producer

Actor

February 15, 1908 – May 31, 1994

Credits:

A Gentleman of Paris (1931); Afternoon Film Festival (1956); Alias Bulldog Drummond (1935); Ask a Policeman (1939); Au théâtre ce soir (1971); Bed and Breakfast (1930); Big Time Operators (1957); Bikini Baby (1951); Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957); Captain Boycott (1947); Chu Chin Chow (1934); Crook's Tour (1940); Doomed Cargo (1936); Dulcimer Street (1948); Endless Night (1972); Facing the Music (1933); Falling for You (1933); Folly to Be Wise (1952); Friday the Thirteenth (1933); Get Charlie Tully (1972); Gilbert and Sullivan (1953); Green for Danger (1946); I See a Dark Stranger (1946); Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939); Jack Ahoy (1934); Jamaica Inn (1939); Joey Boy (1965); King of the Damned (1935); Kraft Theatre (1955); Left Right and Centre (1959); Lord Babs (1932); Lord Richard in the Pantry (1930); Marriage a la Mode (1955); Millions Like Us (1943); Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light (1941); My Heart Is Calling (1935); Night and Day (1932); Night Train to Munich (1940); Notorious Gentleman (1945); Only Two Can Play (1962); Orders Is Orders (1933); Partners in Crime (1942); Post Haste (1933); Red Pearls (1930); Rome Express (1932); She Played with Fire (1957); Sign Please (1933); Strange Boarders (1938); Strangers on a Honeymoon (1936); Take My Tip (1937); The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954); The Blue Lagoon (1949); The Boys in Blue (1983); The Bridal Path (1959); The Gaunt Stranger (1931); The Ghost Train (1931); The Girl in the News (1940); The Great Manhunt (1950); The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966); The Green Man (1956); The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950); The Happy Ending (1931); The Lady Vanishes (1938); The Lady Vanishes (1979); The Man Who Lived Again (1936); The Moment of Truth (1952); The Open Window (1956); The Phantom Strikes (1938); The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's (1960); The Remarkable Mr. Kipps (1941); The Young Mr. Pitt (1942); They Came by Night (1940); Third Time Lucky (1931); Twelve Good Men (1936); Two Thousand Women (1944); Uncensored (1942); Unpublished Story (1942); Vor Nachbarn wird gewarnt (1965); Waterloo Road (1945); Where There's a Will (1936); You'd Be Surprised! (1930); You're Telling Me! (1941).

Born on this day – Dorothy Mathews:

Dorothy Mathews

Actress

Producer

Production Manager

February 13, 1912 – May 18, 1977

Credits:

A Girl in Every Port (1928); Love Birds (1929); Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (1926); Millie's Daughter (1947); Navy Wife (1935); One Night at Susie's (1930); Producers' Showcase (1945–1956); Scarlet Pages (1930); Son of the Gods (1930); Strictly Personal (1933); Studio One (1952); Sweetie (1929); The American Venus (1926); The Devil Dancer (1927); The Doorway to Hell (1930); The Gay Deception (1935); The Prudential Family Playhouse (1950); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Truth About Youth (1930); The Way of All Men (1930); The Widow from Chicago (1930); Wayward (1932).

Born on this day – Bob Yerkes:

Bob Yerkes

Stunt man

Actor

Producer

February 11, 1932 – October 2, 2024

Credits:

1000 Ways to Die (2010); 1941 (1979); A Case for Murder (1993); A Light in the Darkness: The Hollywood Cross Turns 100 (2024); Adaptation (2002); Airport (1970); Airport 1975 (1974); Along Came Polly (2004); Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009); Angels & Demons (2009); Assassin (1986); At Home with the Webbers (1993); Back to the Future (1985); Back to the Future Part III (1990); Batman & Robin (1997); Batman Forever (1995); Bearers of the Promise (2012); Bedazzled (2000); Behind the Action: Stuntmen in the Movies (2002); Big Top Pee-wee (1988); Breakout (1975); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979–1981); C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989); California's Gold (1999); Cheating Death (2005); Circus (1988); Circus of the Stars #10 (1985); Class Act (1992); Color of Night (1994); Commando (1985); Crazy as Hell (2002); Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975); Drum (1976); Earthquake (1974); Evilution (2008); Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986); Forced Vengeance (1982); Ghostbusters (1984); Going Ape! (1981); Gotcha! (1985); H.O.T.S. (1979); Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (1999); Her Alibi (1989); High School High (1996); Hollywood on Fire (2009); Hollywood Vice Squad (1986); Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989); Hook (1991); Hop (2011); House Party 2 (1991); I Believe (2006); In God We Trust (or Gimme That Prime Time Religion) (1980); Julia Misbehaves (1948); Killing Hasselhoff (2017); Larger Than Life (1996); Letter to My Killer (1995); Little House on the Prairie (1979); Liv (2009); Mad Mission (1982); Magnolia (1999); Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001); Mirage (2007); Mitchell (1975); Mom and Dad Save the World (1992); Mr. Saturday Night (1992); My Favorite Martian (1999); Nightflyers (1987); No Brakes (2013); On Screen (2005); One from the Heart (1981); Out on a Limb (1992); P.U.N.K.S. (1998); Plimpton! The Man on the Flying Trapeze (1971); Poltergeist (1982); Poseidon (2006); Problem Child (1990); Psycho II (1983); Psycho III (1986); Pump Up the Volume (1990); Purple People Eater (1988); Rainy Day Friends (1985); Ratboy (1986); Red Carpet Report (2011); Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985); Retribution (1987); Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993); Short Circuit 2 (1988); Side Show (1981); Sonic Boom (1975); Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983); State of Play (2009); Strong Medicine (2006); Stuart Saves His Family (1995); The Amazing Dobermans (1976); The Back-up Plan (2010); The Big Circus (1959); The Butterfly Circus (2009); The Dukes of Hazzard (1979); The Guyver (1991); The Hunted (2015); The Key (2010); The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981); The Monster Squad (1987); The Odd Couple II (1998); The Omega Code (1999); The Sandlot (1993); The Sandra West Diaries (2017); The Silence of the Hams (1994); The Silver Chalice (1954); The Stand (1994); The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982); The Towering Inferno (1974); They Call Me Superseven (2016); Throw Me Away (2009); Trapeze (1956); Tuff Turf (1985); Twin Peaks (1990); Ultra Flesh (1980); Unbound (2008); Underground Aces (1981); Up in the Air (2009); Virtual Combat (1995); Water for Elephants (2011); What Dreams May Come (1998); When the Circus Came to Town (1981); Where the Red Fern Grows (2003); Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988); Zoom (2006).

Born on this day – Sidney Sheldon:

Sidney Sheldon

Writer

Producer

Director

Actor

February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007

Credits:

Books:

A Stranger in the Mirror (1976); After the Darkness (2010); Angel of the Dark (2012); Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2004); Bloodline (1977); Chasing Tomorrow (2014); If Tomorrow Comes (1985); Master of the Game (1982); Memories of Midnight (1990); Mistress of the Game (1988); Morning, Noon & Night (1995); Nothing Lasts Forever (1994); Rage of Angels (1980); Reckless (2015); Roman Candle (1960); Tell Me Your Dreams (1998); The Adventures of Drippy (1996); The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1961); The Best Laid Plans (1997); The Doomsday Conspiracy (1991); The Naked Face (1970); The Other Side of Me (2005); The Other Side of Midnight (1973); The Phoenix (2019); The Sands of Time (1988); The Secret Keepers (2024); The Silent Widow (2019); The Sky is Falling (2000); The Stars Shine Down (1992); The Tides of Memory (2013); Windmills of the Gods (1987).

Movies and television:

A Stranger in the Mirror (1993); All in a Night's Work (1961); Annie Get Your Gun (1950); Anything Goes (1956); Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962); Bloodline (1979); Borrowed Hero (1941); Buster and Billie (1974); Colgate Theatre (1958); Dangerous Lady (1941); Dream Wife (1953); Easter Parade (1948); Ek Hasina Thi (2004); Fly-By-Night (1942); Gambling Daughters (1941); Hart to Hart (1979–1984); Hart to Hart Returns (1993); Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart (1994); Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season (1996); Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is (1994); Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die (1994); Hart to Hart: Till Death Do Us Hart (1996); Hart to Hart: Two Harts in 3/4 Time (1995); Howie (1962); I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970); I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later (1985); I Still Dream of Jeannie (1991); If Tomorrow Comes (1986); Jeannie Aur Juju (2012–2014); Just This Once (1952); Master Dearest, from the Diaries of Jeannie (2020–2021); Master of the Game (1984); Mayonaka wa betsu no kao (2002); Memories of Midnight (1991); Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941); Nancy (1970–1971); Nancy Goes to Rio (1950); No Questions Asked (1951); Nothing Lasts Forever (1995); Pardners (1956); Rage of Angels (1983); Rage of Angels: The Story Continues (1986); Remains to Be Seen (1953); Rich, Young and Pretty (1951); Shadow on the Land (1968); Sheriff's Star (1991); She's in the Army (1942); South of Panama (1941); Stage 7 (1955); The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947); The Barkleys of Broadway (1949); The Birds and the Bees (1956); The Buster Keaton Story (1957); The Comedy Spot (1960); The Naked Face (1984); The Other Side of Midnight (1977); The Patty Duke Show (1963–1966); The Patty Duke Show: Still Rockin' in Brooklyn Heights (1999); The Sands of Time (1992); The Twilight Zone (1986); Three Guys Named Mike (1951); Windmills of the Gods (1988); You're Never Too Young (1955).

Born on this day – Joseph L. Mankiewicz:

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Director

Writer

Producer

Actor

February 11, 1909 – February 5, 1993

Credits:

5 Fingers (1952); A Christmas Carol (1938); A Letter to Three Wives (1949); A Letter to Three Wives (1985); After Office Hours (1935); Alice in Wonderland (1933); All About Eve (1950); Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935); Cairo (1942); Carol for Another Christmas (1964); Cleopatra (1963); Close Harmony (1929); Diplomaniacs (1933); Double Wedding (1937); Dragonwyck (1946); Dude Ranch (1931); Emergency Call (1933); Escape (1948); Fast Company (1929); Finn and Hattie (1931); Forsaking All Others (1934); Fury (1936); Guys and Dolls (1955); House of Strangers (1949); I Live My Life (1935); If I Had a Million (1932); I'll Never Forget You (1951); Julius Caesar (1953); June Moon (1931); King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1969); Love on the Run (1936); Manhattan Melodrama (1934); Mannequin (1937); Meet the Baron (1933); Million Dollar Legs (1932); Newly Rich (1931); Night After Night (1932); No Way Out (1950); Only Saps Work (1930); Our Daily Bread (1934); Paramount on Parade (1930); People Will Talk (1951); Pleins feux (All About Eve) (1993); Pleins feux (All About Eve) (2017); Reckless (1935); Redheads on Parade (1935); Reunion in France (1942); Skippy (1931); Sky Bride (1932); Sleuth (1972); Slightly Scarlet (1930); Somewhere in the Night (1946); Sooky (1931); Strange Cargo (1940); Suddenly, Last Summer (1959); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939); The Barefoot Contessa (1954); The Bride Wore Red (1937); The Dummy (1929); The Feminine Touch (1941); The Gang Buster (1931); The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947); The Gorgeous Hussy (1936); The Great Waltz (1938); The Honey Pot (1967); The Keys of the Kingdom (1944); The Late George Apley (1947); The Light of Western Stars (1930); The Man I Love (1929); The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929); The Philadelphia Story (1940); The Pirate (1948); The Quiet American (1958); The River of Romance (1929); The Saturday Night Kid (1929); The Shining Hour (1938); The Shopworn Angel (1938); The Social Lion (1930); The Studio Murder Mystery (1929); The Virginian (1929); The Wild Man of Borneo (1941); There Was a Crooked Man... (1970); This Reckless Age (1932); Three Comrades (1938); Three Godfathers (1936); Thunderbolt (1929); Too Much Harmony (1933); Two Fisted (1935); Woman of the Year (1942); Woman Trap (1929).

Born on this day – Michael Apted:

Michael Apted

Director

Producer

February 10, 1941 – January 7, 2021

Born on this day – Zoë Lund:

Zoë Lund

Composer

Musician

Actress

Writer

Producer

February 9, 1962 – April 16, 1999

Credits:

Dreamland (1997); Hand Gun (1994); Hot Ticket (1993); Bad Lieutenant (1992); The Houseguest (1989); Exquisite Corpses (1989); Hothouse (1988); Miami Vice (1985); Special Effects (1984); Ms .45 (1981); Times Square (1980).

Born on this day – Richard Romanus:

Richard Romanus

Actor

Writer

Producer

February 8, 1945 – December 23, 2023

With Harvey Keitel and Martin Scorsese, in Mean Streets (1973).

Credits:

The Young Black Stallion (2003); The Sopranos (1999–2002); Nailed (2001); Providence (2001); Carlo's Wake (1999); If You Believe (1999); Giving Up the Ghost (1998); Urban Relics (1998); NYPD Blue (1996); Diagnosis Murder (1996); Charlie Grace (1995); The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise (1995); Northern Exposure (1995); Chicago Hope (1994); Cops and Robbersons (1994); Johnny Bago (1993); Point of No Return (1993); Reasonable Doubts (1992); To Protect and Serve (1992); The Entertainers (1991); Jake and the Fatman (1991); Oscar (1991); Final Stage (1990); Hollywood Heartbreak (1990); Married to the Mob (1989); Mission: Impossible (1989); Midnight Caller (1989); The Couch Trip (1988); Cagney & Lacey (1983–1987); Ghost of a Chance (1987); The A-Team (1983–1986); MacGyver (1985–1986); Murphy's Law (1986); Hill Street Blues (1986); Shadow Chasers (1985); Stir Crazy (1985); Tales from the Darkside (1985); Fame (1985); Crackups (1984); Protocol (1984); Hunter (1984); Second Sight: A Love Story (1984); More Than Murder (1984); Hardcastle and McCormick (1983); Strangers Kiss (1983); Matt Houston (1982); Hey Good Lookin' (1982); Strike Force (1981–1982); Pandemonium (1982); Foul Play (1981); Fantasy Island (1981); Heavy Metal (1981); Hart to Hart (1980); Sitting Ducks (1980); Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980); Gold of the Amazon Women (1979); The Rockford Files (1978); Hawaii Five-O (1978); Outtakes (1977); Starsky and Hutch (1977); Night Drive (1977); Wizards (1977); Charlie's Angels (1977); Russian Roulette (1975); Kojak (1974); Rhoda (1974); The Dion Brothers (1974); Mean Streets (1973); Mod Squad (1970–1971); Night Chase (1970); Walk the Walk (1970); Mission: Impossible (1970); The Ghastly Ones (1968).

Born on this day – Richard J. Anobile:

Richard J. Anobile

Writer

Producer

February 6, 1947 – February 10, 2023

Credits:

Books:

A Flask of Fields: Verbal and Visual Gems from the Films of W.C. Fields (1972); Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1974); Alien: Movie Novel (1979); Casablanca (1974); Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka Starring Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas (1975); Hooray For Captain Spaulding (1974); James Whale's Frankenstein (The Film Classics Library) (1974); Play It Again, Sam: A Romantic Comedy in Three Acts (1969); Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Photostory (1982); Star Trek: The Motion Picture: The Photostory (1980); The Maltese Falcon [Picador Film Classics Library] (1974); The Marx Bros. Scrapbook (1973); The Official Rocky Horror picture show movie novel (1980); Who's on First? Verbal and Visual Gems from the Films of Abbott & Costello (1972); Why a Duck? (1971).

Movies and television:

1-800-Missing (2003–2006); 1st & Ten (1988–1990); A Family Lost (2007); A Friend of the Family (2005); A Husband, a Wife and a Lover (1996); Aaron Stone (2010); Acapulco H.E.A.T. (1998); Adventure Inc. (2002); Aladdin (1990); Atomic Twister (2002); Before You Say 'I Do' (2009); Blackout (2001); Brave New Girl (2004); Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996); Catwalk (1992–1995); Cinema and Sanctuary (2019); Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber (2005); Cool Money (2005); Cypher (2002); Fellow Travelers (2023); Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story (2005); Flashpoint (2011–2012); Going for Broke (2003); High Tide (1994 / 1995); Holiday Switch (2007); Liberace: Behind the Music (1988); Living with the Dead (2002); Lucky Christmas (2011); Matters of Life & Dating (2007); Murder at the Presidio (2005); Murdoch Mysteries (2011); My Babysitter's a Vampire (2011–2012); Never Cry Werewolf (2008); On Strike for Christmas (2010); On Thin Ice (2003); Picture Claire (2001); Plague City: SARS in Toronto (2005); Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw (1988); Sex/Life (2021); Smoke Screen (2010); Stunt Dawgs (1992); Submerged (2001); Sweet Bird of Youth (1989); The Big Door Prize (2023); The Bridge (2010); The Gathering (2007); The Hoop Life (1999–2000); The House Next Door (2006); The Kings of Napa (2022); The Listener (2011); The Strain (2014–2017); Til Death Do Us Part (2007); Unnatural History (2010); X Company (2015–2017).

Born on this day – François Truffaut:

François Truffaut

Director

Writer

Producer

Actor

February 6, 1932 – October 21, 1984

Credits:

A Story of Water (1961); A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972); A Fat Head (1962); Anna la bonne (1958); Antoine and Colette (1962); Bed & Board (1970); Belle Époque (1995); Breathless (1960); Breathless (1983); Ce gamin, là (1976); Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977); Confidentially Yours (1983); Day for Night (1973); Fahrenheit 451 (1966); Fool's Mate (1956); Jules and Jim (1962); Le scarabée d'or (1961); Les surmenés (1958); Lire (2019–2022); Los 4 Golpes (1962); Love at Twenty (1962); Love on the Run (1979); A Visit (1955); Mata Hari, agent H21 (1964); Me faire ça à moi (1961); Mississippi Mermaid (1969); Naked Childhood (1968); Over There, 1914-18 (1963); Shoot the Piano Player (1960); Shoot the Piano Player (1960); Small Change (1976); Stolen Kisses (1968); Testament of Orpheus (1960); The 400 Blows (1959); The Army Game (1960); The Bride Wore Black (1968); The Green Room (1978); The Kreutzer Sonata (1956); The Last Metro (1980); The Little Thief (1988); The Magic Skin (2011); The Man Who Loved Women (1977); The Man Who Loved Women (1983); The Mischief Makers (1957); The Soft Skin (1964); The Story of Adele H (1975); The Wild Child (1970); The Woman Next Door (1981); Two English Girls (1971); Willie & Phil (1980).

Born on this day – Alvin Rakoff:

Alvin Rakoff

Director

Producer

Writer

February 6, 1927 – October 12, 2024

Credits:

Books:

Baldwin Street: A novel (2007); Baldwin Street: Roman (2002); I'm Just The Guy Who Says Action: BY THE DIRECTOR WHO GAVE SEAN CONNERY & OTHERS THAT FIRST BIG BREAK (2021); The Seven Einsteins (2013).

Movies and television:

A Dance to the Music of Time (1997); A Flight of Fancy (1952); A Haunting Harmony (1993); A Kiss Is Just a Kiss (1971); A Place of Execution (1953); A Quiet Game of Cards (1962); A Talent for Murder (1984); A Voyage Round My Father (1982); All for Love (1983); Armchair Theatre (1958–1967); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2023); BBC Play of the Month (1972–1973); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1957–1959); BBC2 Play of the Week (1977); Blood Money (1957); Brits Go to Hollywood (2003); Call Me Daddy (1967); Canada Day (1955); Churchill's People (1975); City on Fire (1979); Court Martial (1965–1966); Crossplot (1969); Death Ship (1980); Dial 999 (1958–1959); Dirty Tricks (1980); For the Defence (1956); Hoffman (1970); Hot Money Girl (1959); Hudson's Bay (1959); In Praise of Love (1976); ITV Play of the Week (1961–1967); ITV Playhouse (1968–1982); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1972–1973); ITV Sunday Night Drama (1976); ITV Television Playhouse (1957–1961); Jacqueline Hill: A Life in Pictures (2011); Killers (1976); King Solomon's Treasure (1979); Late Night Drama (1974); Meet Me on the Southbank (2013); Molly (1993); Money-Go-Round (1967); Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson (1983); Mrs. Amworth (1978); No Man's Land (1956); Number 10 (1983); Panorama (1974); Paradise Postponed (1986); Performance (1975); Private Affairs (1975); Room 43 (1958); Rooms (1974); Sam Saturday (1992); Say Hello to Yesterday (1971); Sean Connery: An Intimate Portrait (1997); Shades of Greene (1975); She Stoops to Conquer (1973); Stormy Seas: The Voyage from Bloodstar to Death Ship (2007); Strange Relationship: Alvin Rackoff on Hoffman (2022); Strictly Personal (1953); Studio 4 (1962); Summer Playhouse (1967); Television Playwright (1959); The Anniversary (1968); The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978); The Best of Friends (1991); The Comedy Man (1964); The Condemned (1956); The Dame of Sark (1976); The Emperor Jones (1953); The Face of Love (1954); The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984); The Hole in the Wall (1955); The Largest Theatre in the World: Heart to Heart (1962); The Lover (1954); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963); The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957); The Play on One (1991); The Promise (1977); The Ransom of Red Chief (1959); The Saint (1969); The Saint Steps in... To Colour (2006); The Saint Steps in... to Television (2006); The Sextet (1972); The Teckman Biography (1953–1954); The World in My Pocket (1961); Theatre 625 (1964); Three Dangerous Ladies (1977); Three Empty Rooms (1955); Tyrant's Tower (1954); Willie the Squouse (1954); Z Cars (1962).