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Monday, September 21, 2026

Born on this day – Larry Hagman:


Larry Hagman


Actor

Director

Producer

September 21, 1931 – November 23, 2012

Credits:

A Double Life (1978); A Howling in the Woods (1971); Antonio (1973); Applause (1973); Barnaby Jones (1975); Blood Sport (1973); Camera Three (1960); CBS Repertoire Workshop (1960); CBS Television Workshop (1960); Checkered Flag or Crash (1977); Dallas (1978–1991 / 2012–2013); Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996); Dallas: The Early Years (1986); Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998); Dan August (1971); Das Traumschiff (2010); Deadly Encounter (1982); Decoy (1958); Desperate Housewives (2011); Diagnosis: Unknown (1960); Doctors' Hospital (1975); Ein Schloß am Wörthersee (1991); Ellery Queen (1975); Ensign Pulver (1964); Fail Safe (1964); Frontiers of Faith (1961); Getting Away from It All (1972); Goodyear Television Playhouse (1957); Harbourmaster (1958); Harry and Tonto (1974); Harry O (1975); Here We Go Again (1973); Hurricane (1974); I Am Blushing (1981); I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970); In Harm's Way (1965); Intimate Strangers (1977); Knots Landing (1980–1982); Kraft Mystery Theatre (1948); Kraft Mystery Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1958); Last of the Good Guys (1978); Lindenstraße (2006); Love Story (1973); Love, American Style (1970); Lucas Tanner (1975); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970–1975); McCloud (1974); McCoy (1975); McMillan & Wife (1977); Medical Center (1973); Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976); Mr. Broadway (1964); Night Gallery (1970); Nip/Tuck (2006); Nixon (1995); No Place to Run (1972); Omnibus (1957); Orleans (1997); Pink Lady (1980); Play of the Week (1960); Police Story (1974–1979); Police Woman (1974); Primary Colors (1998); S.O.B. (1981); Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic (1975); Sea Hunt (1958); Search for Tomorrow (1960); Sidekicks (1974); Somos cómplices (2009); Son of Blob (1972); Stardust (1974); Staying Afloat (1993); Studio One (1957); Superman (1978); Sword of Justice (1978); The Alpha Caper (1973); The Big Bus (1976); The Cavern (1964); The Defenders (1963–1964); The Detective: Bull in a China Shop (1975); The DuPont Show of the Month (1958); The DuPont Show of the Week (1963–1964); The Eagle Has Landed (1976); The Edge of Night (1958–1962); The Flight of the Swan (2010); The Good Life (1971–1972); The Group (1966); The Hired Hand (1971); The Investigator (1958); The Name of the Game (1971); The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1958); The President's Mistress (1978); The Return of the World's Greatest Detective (1976); The Rhinemann Exchange (1977); The Rockford Files (1977); The Rogues (1965); The Silver Burro (1963); The Simpsons (2006); The Streets of San Francisco (1975); The Third Twin (1997); The Toy Game (1974); Three for the Road (1975); Three's a Crowd (1969); Up in the Cellar (1970); Vanished (1971); West Point (1957); What Are Best Friends for? (1973); What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1977).

Saturday, September 19, 2026

Born on this day – Ray Danton:


Ray Danton

Actor

Director

Producer

September 19, 1931 – February 11, 1992

Born on this day – Kathie Browne:


Kathie Browne


Actress

Writer

Producer

September 19, 1930 – April 8, 2003

Credits:

43: The Richard Petty Story (1972); 77 Sunset Strip (1961–1964); A Walk by the Sea (1963); American Reunion (1975); Angel (1961); Arrest and Trial (1963); Banacek (1974); Ben Casey (1962); Berlin Affair (1970); Big Town (1955); Blade Rider, Revenge of the Indian Nations (1966); Bonanza (1961–1964); Brainstorm (1965); Branded (1966); Bronco (1961); Cade's County (1972); Cain's Hundred (1962); Cheyenne (1961); Cinderfella (1960); City of Fear (1959); Coronado 9 (1960); Fantasy Island (1979); Frontier Circus (1962); Get Smart (1969); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964); Gunsmoke (1957); Happy Mother's Day, Love George (1973); Have Gun - Will Travel (1962); Hawaiian Eye (1963); Hazel (1962–1965); Hondo (1967); Hondo and the Apaches (1967); Ironside (1968–1974); It Takes Two (1969); It's Your Bet (1970–1973); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1973); Johnny Midnight (1960); King of Diamonds (1961); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); Laramie (1962–1963); Laredo (1966); Lawman (1962); Lock Up (1960); Longstreet (1972); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the King (1970); Manhunt (1960); Mannix (1971); Man's Favorite Sport? (1964); Miami Undercover (1961); Mooch (1974); Mr. Terrific (1967); Murder by Contract (1958); My Brother the Angel (1966); My Favorite Martian (1963); Password (1974); Perry Mason (1960–1965); Police Story (1974); Rawhide (1961); Redigo (1963); Ripcord (1962–1963); Saints and Sinners (1963); Sea Hunt (1960–1961); Shannon (1961–1962); Shotgun Slade (1960); Slattery's People (1965); Star Trek / episode entitled: Wink of an Eye, originally aired November 29 1968); Startime (1959); Studs Lonigan (1960); Surfside 6 (1962); Tales of Wells Fargo (1960–1962); Tattletales (1975–1977); Temple Houston (1963); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964–1965); The Big Valley (1968); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1971); The Brass Bottle (1964); The D.A.'s Man (1959); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Evil Touch (1974); The Farmer's Daughter (1964); The Felony Squad (1967); The Forty-Eight Hour Mile (1970); The Gray Ghost (1957); The Love Boat (1980–1981); The Man from Blackhawk (1960); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The Name of the Game (1968); The Oregon Trail (1978); The Outsider (1968–1969); The Real McCoys (1963); The Rockford Files (1975); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); The Slowest Gun in the West (1960); The Suicide's Wife (1979); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1973); The Underwater City (1962); The Virginian (1963); The Wild Wild West (1965–1967); This Is the Life (1959–1968); Tombstone Territory (1960); Two Faces West (1960); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1971); Wagon Train (1960–1963); Whispering Smith (1961); Zero to Sixty (1978).

Friday, September 18, 2026

Born on this day – Gailard Sartain:


Gailard Sartain


Actor

Writer

Producer

Painter

Illustrator

September 18, 1943 – June 17, 2025

Credits:

Ali (2001); All of Me (1984); Arli$$ (1997); Blaze (1989); Bulba (1981); Cher (1975); Chicago Hope (1995); Choose Me (1984); Clean Slate (1994); Cooperstown (1993); Death Falls (1991); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Elizabethtown (2005); Endangered Species (1982); Equinox (1992); Ernest Goes to Camp (1987); Ernest Goes to Jail (1990); Ernest Saves Christmas (1988); Existo (1999); Fried Green Tomatoes (1991); Getting Even with Dad (1994); Guilty by Suspicion (1991); Hank Williams Jr.: All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin' Over Tonight (1984); Hard Country (1981); Harry the Dirty Dog (1988); Hee Haw (1972–1992); Hee Haw Honeys (1978–1979); Hey, Vern, It's Ernest! (1988); Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way (1997); Keep on Truckin' (1975); King of the Hill (1997); Klein Time (1977); Leader of the Band (1987); Love at Large (1990); Made in Heaven (1987); Mississippi Burning (1988); Murder in Mind (1997); Nashville (1975); Nine to Five (1987); Open Season (1995); Pickin' and Grinnin': Roy Clark, 'Hee Haw' & Country Humor (2011); Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999); Roadie (1980); RocketMan (1997); Sandman (1993); Sharkskin (1991); Shields and Yarnell (1977); Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws (1978); Songwriter (1984); Speechless (1994); Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992); That Championship Season (1999); The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in 'For Love or Mummy' (1999); The Angry Beavers (1999); The Angry Beavers / Segment: House Sisters (2000); The Banana Company (1977); The Big Easy (1986); The Buddy Holly Story (1978); The Chase (1991); The Dukes of Hazzard (1983); The Grifters (1990); The Hollywood Knights (1980); The Jerk (1979); The Moderns (1988); The Outsiders (1983); The Patriot (1998); The Pretender (1997); The Real McCoy (1993); The Replacements (2000); The Round and Round (2002); The Simpsons (1997); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1976–1977); The Spitfire Grill (1996); The Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting (1970–1973); Trouble in Mind (1985); Uphill All the Way (1986); Wagons East (1994); Walker, Texas Ranger (1993); Wilder Napalm (1993); Wishman (1992).

Thursday, September 17, 2026

Born on this day – John Ritter:


John Ritter


Actor

Producer

Writer

September 17, 1948 – September 11, 2003

Credits:

10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004); 3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1997); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); 57th Annual Photoplay Gold Medal Awards (1978); 8 Simple Rules (2002–2003); A Child's Wish (1997); A Festival at Ford's (1991); A Gun, a Car, a Blonde (1997); A Life of Laughter: Remembering John Ritter (2003); A Salute to American Imagination (1978); A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986); ABC Presents Tomorrow's Stars (1978); ABC Presents: A Royal Gala (1988); ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003); ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration (1978); Access Hollywood (1997–2002); Access Hollywood (2023); All-Star Family Feud Special (1978); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); All-Star Party for Lucille Ball (1984); Ally McBeal (1998); American Masters (1989); Americathon (1979); An All Star Salute to Country Music (1990); Anything But Love (1989 / 1991); Artists of the Roundtable (2022); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2020); Bachelor-at-Law (1973); Bad Santa (2003); Bad Santa: Outtakes (2003); Barnaby Jones (1975); Batman Beyond (2000); Behind Closed Doors (2018); Biography (1987–2009); Bob Hope's Birthday Memories (1994); Bonkers! (1979); Breakaway (1984); Breakfast in Bed (1977); Breaking Ground (1987); Breaking News (2002); Bride of Chucky (1998); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2002); Captain Kangaroo (1977); CBS Mornings (1989 / 2001); CBS: 50 Years from Television City (2002); Celebrity Page (2019–2021); Celebrity Profile (1998–2001); Century of Country (1999); Chance of a Lifetime (1998); Chicago Hope (2000); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2014); Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000–2003); Clifford the Big Red Dog: Learning Activities (2000); Clifford the Big Red Dog: Musical Memory Games (2002); Clifford the Big Red Dog: Phonics (2003); Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004); Completely Off the Wall (1979); Crazy World, Crazy People (1968); Dan August (1970); Dave's World (1994–1995); Dead Husbands (1998); Dead Man's Gun / Segment: The Great McDonacle (1997); Dinah! (1978); Disco Fever: 'Saturday Night Fever' Premiere Party (1977); Doc (1976); Donahue (1978); Donald Duck's 50th Birthday (1984); E! True Hollywood Story (1998–2002); E! True Hollywood Story (2005); Entertainment Tonight (1986–2023); ET in TV Land (2003); Evening (1987); Evil Roy Slade (1972); Extra (2003); Family Law (2000); Felicity (2000–2002); Fish Police (1992); For Hope (1996); Fox and Friends (2002); General Electric's All-Star Anniversary (1978); Get Rich Quick! (1977); Gilbert (2017); Given a Chance... A Little Girl's Journey (2003); GMA3: What You Need to Know (2023); Good Day Live (2002); Good Morning America (1977–2003); Graham Nash: Innocent Eyes / Music Video (1986); Gramps (1995); Great Performances (1975); Hacks (1997); Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987); Harry Anderson: The Tricks of His Trade (1996); Have Faith (1989); Hawaii Five-O (1971–1977); Heartbeat (1993); Hearts Afire (1992–1995); Hee Haw (1978); Help Save Planet Earth (1990); Hero at Large (1980); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Insider (2020 / 2021); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hollywood Squares (2000–2003); Holy Joe (1999); Hooperman (1987–1989); Hour Magazine (1982–1988); How to Survive the 70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness (1978); I Love You (1978); I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998); In Love with an Older Woman (1982); Inside TV Land (2001–2002); Insight (1981); Intimate Portrait (2000); It (1990); It Came from the Sky (1999); It's Howdy Doody Time (1987); I've Got a Secret (2001); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (2003); John Ritter: Being of Sound Mind and Body (1980); King of the Hill (1997–2004); Kojak (1974); KTLA Morning News (2002); Larry King Live (2000 / 2003); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1997–2003); Laugh? I Thought I'd Die! (1999); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2002); Leave Yesterday Behind (1978); Lethal Vows (1999); Letting Go (1985); Life with Lucy (1986); Life's Most Embarrassing Moments (1983); Live with Kelly and Mark (2000–2002); Living Seas (1986); Loss of Faith (1998); Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel (2000); Love Thy Neighbor (1984); M*A*S*H (1973); M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television (2024); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (2000); Mad TV (2002); Man of the Year (2002); Manhood (2003); Mannix (1975); Martin & Lewis: Their Golden Age of Comedy (1993); Maury (1991); Medical Center (1973); Memories Then and Now (1988); Mercenary (1996); Merry Christmas from the Grand Ole Opry (1978); Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988); Montana (1998); Morning Joe (2023); Movin' On (1975); Muppet Babies (1990); Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators (2023); My Adventures in Television (2002); My Brother's Wife (1989); Nature (2001); Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010); NewsRadio (1995); Nickelodeon (1976); Noises Off... (1992); North (1994); Nostalgia Critic (2014); Nowhere (1997); Nuncrackers (2001); Omnibus (1980); Ordinary/Extraordinary (1997); Over the Top (1997); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1974); Panic (2000); Petrocelli (1975); Phyllis (1976); Poochinski (1990); Pray TV (1982); Prison for Children (1987); Problem Child (1990); Problem Child 2 (1991); Pryor's Place (1984); Real Men (1987); Regis and Kelly in Prime Time (2002); Rhoda (1975–1976); Ringo (1978); Robin Williams: Off the Wall (1978); Ryan & Ruby (2014); Saturday Night Live (2000); Scandalous John (1971); Scrubs (2002); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); Shadow of Doubt (1998); Skin Deep (1989); Sling Blade (1996); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Stand-up Comics Take a Stand (1988); Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up (2006); Star-athon: Weekend with the Stars 1987 (1987); Star-athon: Weekend with the Stars 1988 (1988); Star-athon: Weekend with the Stars 1989 (1989); Star-athon: Weekend with the Stars 1990 (1990); Star-athon: Weekend with the Stars 1991 (1991); Starsky and Hutch (1976); Stay Tuned (1992); Strong Kids, Safe Kids (1984); Sunday Night Live (1984); Sunset Limousine (1983); Super Birthday: A World's Fair Salute to Bob Hope (1984); Superstar (2021); Superstars and Their Moms (1987); Tadpole (2002); Tales from the Crypt (2000); Tattletales (1977); Teenage America: Glory Years (1986); Terror Tract / Segment: Make Me An Offer (2000); That Thing on ABC (1978); The $10,000 Pyramid (1977–1978); The 10th Annual People's Choice Awards (1984); The 13th Annual People's Choice Awards (1987); The 14th Annual People's Choice Awards (1988); The 1978 Cerebral Palsy Telethon Benefit (1978); The 1983 Annual American Image Awards (1983); The 1987 Annual Salute to Hollywood Benefit (1987); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 28th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2001); The 29th Annual People's Choice Awards (2003); The 2nd TV Academy Hall of Fame (1985); The 30th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2003); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1981); The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards (1984); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1987); The 40th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1983 (1983); The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1988); The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1984); The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1987); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The 4th Annual Family Television Awards (2002); The 4th Annual People's Choice Awards (1978); The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2002); The 70s: The Decade That Changed Television (2000); The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004); The 8th Annual American Comedy Awards (1994); The Alan Hamel Show (1978–1979); The American Cinematheque Honors Ron Howard (1990); The American Red Cross Emergency Test (1990); The Associates (1980); The Barefoot Executive (1971); The Bob Crane Show (1975); The Bob Newhart Show (1974); The Colony (1995); The Comeback Kid (1980); The Daily Show (2002); The Dating Game (1967); The Dick Cavett Show (1990–1992); The Dreamer of Oz (1990); The Ellen Show (2002); The Factor (2008); The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982); The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (1993); The Flight of Dragons (1982); The Funniest Families of Television Comedy: A Museum of Television & Radio Special (2004); The Game Show Show (2023); The Goldie Hawn Special (1978); The Greatest Commercials Ever Made (1995); The History of Comedy (2018); The History of Toys and Games (1997); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1977); The Honeymooners 50th Anniversary Celebration (2002); The Insider (2014); The Jim Nabors Show (1978); The Joy of Natural Childbirth (1985); The Larry Sanders Show (1993–1994); The Last Fling (1987); The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (2003); The Lie (1973); The Lorenzo and Henrietta Music Show (1976); The Love Boat (1977–1983); The Love Boat Fall Preview Special (1983 / 1984); The Magical World of Disney (1973 / 1989); The Making of 'High Noon' (1992); The Making of: The Other (2021); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1975); The Merv Griffin Show (1977); The Mike Douglas Show (1977–1980); The Night That Panicked America (1975); The Only Way Out (1993); The Other (1972); The Other Half (2002); The Paul Ryan Show (1978); The Power of Play (2002); The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975); The Real Story of O Christmas Tree (1991); The Regis Philbin Show (1982); The Rookies (1975); The Ropers (1979); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1999–2000); The Secret World of the Very Young (1984); The Singing Cowboys Ride Again (1979); The Stone Killer (1973); The Streets of San Francisco (1975); The Summer My Father Grew Up (1991); The Teen Choice Awards 2003 (2003); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1977–1989); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993–2002); The View (2002); The Waltons (1972–1976); The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons (1980); The Wayne Brady Show (2002); The World's Greatest Magic 3 (1996); The World's Greatest Magic 4 (1997); The World's Greatest Magic 5 (1998); They All Laughed (1981); They All Laughed 25 Years Later: Director to Director - A Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich and Wes Anderson (2006); Thicke of the Night (1983); This Is My Father (1999); Three's a Crowd (1984–1985); Three's Company (1976–1984); Time Machine: When Cowboys Were King (2003); Totally Animals (1996); Touched by an Angel (1996–1999); Treasury of Children's Stories (1996); Tricks of the Trade (1988); Tripfall (2000); Tucker (2001); TV Funhouse (2001); TV Guide's Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals (1999); TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003); TV Road Trip (2002); TVography: Suzanne Somers - Mastering Success (2002); TV's Censored Bloopers (1981); Unforgivable (1996); Unnatural Causes (1986); Veronica's Closet (1999); VH-1 Behind the Movie (2002); Visionado obligado (2011); Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade (2002); We the People 200: The Constitutional Gala (1987); Weekend with the Stars Telethon (1983 / 1984 / 1985 / 1986); What About Me? I'm Only 3! (1992); What's Life Got to Do with It? (2011); Whew! (1979); Wholly Moses! (1980); Wings (1996).

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Born on this day – Michael Preece:


Michael Preece


Director

Script supervisor

Producer

Actor

September 15, 1936 – February 27, 2025

Credits:

7th Heaven (2004–2007); A Man Called Sloane (1979); Ace Crawford... Private Eye (1983); American Frontiers: Anthony Mann at Universal (2019); B.J. and the Bear (1980–1981); Barnaby Jones (1978–1980); Baywatch (1995); Beretta's Island (1993); Berrenger's (1985); Boone (1983–1984); Breakheart Pass (1975); Dallas (1981–1991); Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998); Dog and Cat (1977); Doing Dallas (2000); Falcon Crest (1981–1989); Fantasy Island (1980); Flamingo Road (1981–1982); Forces of Nature: Anthony Mann at Universal (2025); Freebie and the Bean (1980–1981); Great Day (1983); Gunsmoke (1967); How the West Was Won (1962); Hunter (1984–1990); I Spy (1965–1968); Jake and the Fatman (1987); Knots Landing (1986–1988); Lady Ice (1973); Logan's Run (1977); Logan's War: Bound by Honor (1998); MacGyver (1989–1991); Mannix (1968); Men in War (1957); Mitchell (1975); Most Wanted (1977); Renegade (1993); Riptide (1986); Sara (1976); Shadows Over Sulphur Falls (2025); Shirley (1980); Skullduggery (1970); Sons of Thunder (1999); Stingray (1986); T.J. Hooker (1982–1983); The Bionic Woman (1977); The City (1977); The Collector (2012); The Diary of a High School Bride (1959); The Don Is Dead (1973); The Getaway (1972); The Gun and the Pulpit (1974); The Hawaiians (1970); The Incredible Hulk (1982); The Lazarus Man (1996); The New Mike Hammer (1984); The Paper Chase (1973); The Paradise Connection (1979); The President's Man (2000); The Prize Fighter (1979); The Runaways (1978–1979); The Sand Runner (2025); The Streets of San Francisco (1975–1977); The Young Riders (1991–1992); Thunder in Paradise (1994); Trapper John, M.D. (1981); Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion (1994); Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001); Waterfront (1954–1956); When the Whistle Blows (1980); Wolf (1989).

Monday, September 14, 2026

Born on this day – Alfred Santell:


Alfred Santell


Director

Producer

September 14, 1895 – June 19, 1981

Credits:

A Bathtub Bandit (1917); A Day Out of Jail (1917); A Feather in Her Hat (1935); A Million for Mary (1916); A Misfit Millionaire (1917); A Studio Satire (1916); A Wild Night (1920); All at Sea (1922); Aloma of the South Seas (1941); As You Were (1919); At Swords' Point (1918); Babies Is Babies (1919); Bandit Beware! (1917); Beauty and the Feast (1923); Beloved Rogues (1917); Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942); Bill Settles Down (1918); Billy Van Deusen's Ancestry (1916); Bluebeard's Seven Wives (1925); Bluff (1916); Body and Soul (1931); Bondage (1933); Breakfast for Two (1937); Breaking the Ice (1925); Bulls or Bullets (1917); But a Butler! (1922); Classified (1925); Cocoanut Grove (1938); Daddy Long Legs (1931); Dirty Work in a Laundry (1915); Doubles and Troubles (1917); Efficiency Experts (1917); Empty Hearts (1924); Fools in the Dark (1924); Hale and Hearty (1922); Hard Times in Hard Scrapple (1917); Having Wonderful Time (1938); High Flyers (1922); Home, James (1918); Internes Can't Take Money (1937); Introduce Me (1925); It Might Happen to You (1920); Jack London (1943); Just Another Blonde (1926); Lights Out (1923); Lonesome Town (1916); Main 1-2-3 (1918); Mexicana (1945); Monkeying Around (1923); My Mistake (1922); O, Susie Behave (1918); Oh, Baby! (1920); One Lovely Night (1919); Only a Husband (1923); Orchids and Ermine (1927); Our Leading Citizen (1939); Out of the Bag (1917); Parisian Nights (1925); People Will Talk (1935); Pills for Papa (1920); Pink Pajamas (1918); Politics in Pumpkin Center (1917); Polly of the Circus (1932); Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932); Rented Trouble (1922); Rings and Things (1920); Romance of the Rio Grande (1929); Seaside Romeos (1917); Seeing Things (1919); Show Girl (1928); Sob Sister (1931); Some Job (1918); Stop, Cease, Hesitate (1919); Subway Sadie (1926); Sweet Daddies (1926); Tess of the Storm Country (1932); That Brennan Girl (1946); The Arizona Kid (1930); The Arkansas Traveler (1938); The Bogus Bride (1917); The Boot and the Loot (1917); The Dancer of Paris (1926); The Deadly Doughnut (1917); The Gilded Youth (1917); The Gorilla (1927); The Hairy Ape (1944); The Hobo Raid (1917); The Life of Vergie Winters (1934); The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1928); The Magic Jazz-Bo (1917); The Man Who Played Square (1924); The Marriage Whirl (1925); The New Mama (1922); The Onion Magnate's Revenge (1917); The Patent Leather Kid (1927); The Pork Plotters (1916); The Pursuing Package (1918); The Right to Romance (1933); The Sea Wolf (1930); The Stolen Keyhole (1918); The Switching Hour (1924); The Three Pals (1916); Thirty Minutes in Havana (1920); This Is Heaven (1929); Tin Knights in a Hallroom (1923); Twin Beds (1929); Two Tired (1919); Vamping the Vamp (1918); West Is East (1923); Wheel of Chance (1928); When Adam Had 'Em (1916); Whirlwind of Whiskers (1917); Wildcat Jordan (1922); Winner Take All (1923); Winterset (1936).

Saturday, September 12, 2026

Born on this day – Silvia Pinal:


Silvia Pinal


Actress

Producer

September 12, 1931 – November 28, 2024


Credits:

70 Years the stars, shining together (2021); A Bob Hope Comedy Special (1966); Addict de Salsa (2009); Adiós, Mimí Pompón (1961); Adriana del Río, actress (1979); Adventures in Time (2001); Agent Macaw: Shaken & Stirred (2009); Alejandra Guzmán: The trajectory (2006); Love in Four Times (1955); Orange Blossoms for Your Wedding (1950); Bamba (1949); Bang Bang al Hoyo (1971); Good Night, New Year (1964); Corporal of Ovens (1956); Cachún cachún ra ra (1981); Cain, Abel and the Other (1971); Face de ángel (2000–2001); Charlotte: Love is... Veneno (1981); Mexican musical carousel (1964); Let's Celebrate Mexico: Made in Mexico (2005); Charleston (1959); Cinema 3 (2000); Cinema mil (2005); How There Are Shameless People (1972); When the children Pecan (1952); Cuando los hijos se van (1983); Care!... Women at work (2000); De película (1988); Derbez en cuando (1999); Right of admission (2006); Get undressed Lucrecia (1958); God forbid (1957); Divine Words (1978); Don Francis presents (2005); Doña Mariquita de mi corazón (1953); Two and two, five (1981); Eclipse (1984); The Love of María Isabel (1970); Love is not Ciego (1950); The Song of the Cicada (1980); El casto Susano (1954); The body of crime / Segment: La insatiable (1970); The awakening of the wolf (1970); The Scandalous Charm of Broken Egos (2024); The man I like (1958); The Innocent (1956); The Minute That Changed My Destiny (2016); The boy of his mother (1980); Laura's Sin (1949); The Doorman (1950); The privilege of amar (1999); The Master's Fist (1958); The Doll Seller (1955); School for married women (1949); Marriage Strategy (1966); Fire in the Blood (2008); Guns for San Sebastián (1968); Casaderas Daughters (1954); History of a mink coat (1955); Living History (2019); Historias engarzadas (2004–2006); Dangerous play / Segment: Divertimento (1967); The Adulteress (1956); The Sweet Enemy (1957); The Statue of Flesh (1951); The Great Illusion (2000); La guera Xóchitl (1971); The Sister Trinquete (1970); The Peak Hour (2002); The Mark of the Skunk (1950); The Fertile Memory (1986); The Golden Woman (1970); The Woman I Lost (1949); The incredible magazine by Silvia Pinal (1979); La soldadera (1966); The suspect (1955); Life Has Three Days (1955); Long Live Comedy (2005); The Locuras de Bárbara (1959); Lazos de amor (1995); Le cercle de minuit (1992); Them Échos du cinéma (1961); Locura pasional (1956); The Magnificent 5 (2007); The cacos (1972); Los caudillos (1968); Los cuervos están de luto (1965); The boyfriends (1971); Those Who Made Our Cinema (1983–1985); Luis Buñuel in the 60s (1984); Tomorrow is Spring (1982); María Isabel (1968); Maribel and the stranger family (1960); You bring me from a wing (1953); Memoria del cine mexicano (1993); Mexico De mis amores (1979); My Unknown Wife (1958); My husband has a family (2017–2019); My purpose is you (2018); My Three Merry Widows (1953); Woman of Midnight (1952); Woman, Real Life Cases (1985–2007); Female Murderers (2009); +Night (2020); Not very, very... not so, so... simply Tin Tan (2005); Ofelia Guilmáin... The Great Tragedy (2005); Pa'lante with Cristina (2004); Sin mortal (1955); Pedro Infante Lives (2007); Pedro Infante: La trayectoria (2008); Por ellas pero malpayen (1952); TV and Novelas Awards 2004 (2004); Awards TV y novelas 2007 (2007); Lend me your body (1958); Angelic Pubis (1982); Puppy-Go-Round (1996); Qué nos pasa (1985); Who (1973); Newlyweds... do not disturb (1951); Regarding Buñuel (2000); Resale of Slaves (1954); Revista de cine (1977); Secret de confesión (1971); Shark (1969); If You Came Back to Me (1954); Sí, mi vida (1953); Silvia Pinal behind the scenes (2019); Silvia Pinal... Frente a ti (2019); Silvia and Enrique (1973); Simon of the Desert (1965); Soy tu dueña (2010); Stuffed Butterflies (1978); T.A.P. Professional Actors Workshop (2013); Theatre of the crime (1957); The Exterminating Angel (1962); The Heart Is Never Wrong (2019); The King of the Neighborhood (1950); The Last Call (2013); The Last Script: Remembering Luis Buñuel (2008); The Loving Women (1953); Tiempo de amar (1987); Tin Tan (2010); After Nazarin: Following Nazarin (2015); Twenty-Four Hours of Pleasure (1969); Un Buñuel mexican (1997); A Stranger on the Staircase (1955); One Recuerdo Para Ellos de Gloria (2020); A Corner Near Heaven (1952); One Lucky Family (2011); A Family of Ten (2007–2021); A Galician dances mambo (1951); Una golfa (1958); A Woman Without a Shadow (2013); Uomini e Nobiluomini (1959); Video theaters: Véngan correr que les tengo un Muerto (1993); Vintage Model (1992); Viridiana (1961); Viva el amor (1958); XHDRbZ (2002); And now what? (1980); They don't make them like they used to (2003); Yo soy muy macho (1953).

Thursday, September 10, 2026

Born on this day – Spencer Milligan:


Spencer Milligan


Actor

Producer

September 10, 1937 – April 18, 2024

Credits:

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980); Alice (1979); Barbary Coast (1976); Baretta (1976); CBS Library (1980); City of Angels (1976); Father Murphy (1981); Flying High (1978); Gavilan (1983); General Hospital (1987); Gunsmoke (1975); Hardcastle and McCormick (1983); Just Friends (1979); Kingston: Confidential (1977); Land of the Lost (1974–1975); Logan's Run (1977); McCloud (1977); Police Squad! (1982); Quincy M.E. (1979–1982); Sleeper (1973); Sword of Justice (1978); Terror Among Us (1981); The Bionic Woman (1976–1977); The Dukes of Hazzard (1981); The Keegans (1976); The Last Page of Summer (2020); The Magical World of Disney (1987); The Man from Clover Grove (1974); The New Mike Hammer (1984); The Photographer (1974); The Powers of Matthew Star (1982); The Yellow Rose (1984); Vega$ (1981).

Born on this day – Robert Wise:


Robert Wise


Director

Producer

Editor

September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005

Credits:

A Game of Death (1945); A Storm in Summer (2000); Action in Arabia (1944); Albert Whitlock: A Master of Illusion (1981); At Night the Sun Shines (1992); Audrey Rose (1977); Bachelor Mother (1939); Biography (1997–1999); Blood on the Moon (1948); Bombardier (1943); Born to Kill (1947); Citizen Kane (1941); Criminal Court (1946); Dance, Girl, Dance (1940); Destination Gobi (1953); Executive Suite (1954); Femme Fatales (2011); Fifth Avenue Girl (1939); Frank Capra's American Dream (1997); George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984); Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971); Helen of Troy (1956); I Want to Live! (1958); Mademoiselle Fifi (1944); Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her (1994); Marine Raiders (1944); Memories of Navarone (2000); Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann (1992); My Favorite Wife (1940); Mystery in Mexico (1948); Odds Against Tomorrow (1959); Of Human Bondage (1934); Precious Images (1986); Return to Paradise (1953); Rooftops (1989); Run Silent Run Deep (1958); Runamuk (1978); Salute to Oscar Hammerstein II (1972); Seven Days' Leave (1942); Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (2005); So Big (1953); Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956); Something for the Birds (1952); Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979); 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' Teaser (1979); Star! (1968); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The 57th Annual Academy Awards (1985); The Andromeda Strain (1971); The Baby Maker (1970); The Body Snatcher (1945); The Captive City (1952); The Curse of the Cat People (1944); The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951); The Desert Rats (1953); The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941); The Fallen Sparrow (1943); The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal (1986); The Gay Divorcee (1934); The Haunting (1963); The Hindenburg (1975); The House on Telegraph Hill (1951); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939); The Informer (1935); The Iron Major (1943); The Magnificent Ambersons (1942); The Sand Pebbles (1966); The Set-Up (1949); The Sound of Music (1965); The Sound of Music: From Fact to Phenomenon (1994); The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939); The Stupids (1996); This Could Be the Night (1957); Three Secrets (1950); Top Hat (1935); Tribute to a Bad Man (1956); Two Flags West (1950); Two for the Seesaw (1962); Two People (1973); Until They Sail (1957); Voice in Exile (1984); West Side Story (1961); Wisdom (1986).

Monday, September 7, 2026

Born on this day – George Waggner:


George Waggner


Actor

Director

Producer

Writer

September 7, 1894 – December 11, 1984

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959–1963); Adventures of the Falcon (1954); African Patrol (1958); Air Devils (1938); Badlands of Dakota (1941); Batman (1966–1967); Big Town (1954–1955); Bitter Creek (1954); Black Bandit (1938); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2013); Bonanza (1964); Branded Man (1922); Bronco (1962); Cappy Ricks Returns (1935); Champagne for Breakfast (1935); Cheers of the Crowd (1935); Cheyenne (1959–1962); City Limits (1934); Cobra Woman (1944); Code 3 (1957); Colt .45 (1959–1960); Crossroads (1956); Crusader (1956); Desert Driven (1923); Destination 60,000 (1957); Destination Nightmare (1958); Dizzy Dames (1935); Don't Get Personal (1936); Drums of the Desert (1940); Embarrassing Moments (1934); Father Steps Out (1941); Flying Cadets (1941); Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943); Frisco Sal (1945); Fury River (1961); Ghost Town Riders (1938); Girl O' My Dreams (1934); Gold, Glory and Custer (1964); Good News (1930); Gorilla Ship (1932); Guilty Trails (1938); Gunfighters (1947); Gypsy Wildcat (1944); Hawaiian Eye (1962); He Couldn't Take It (1933); High Voltage (1929); His Hour (1924); Honor of the West (1939); Horror Island (1941); I Cover the War! (1937); Idea Girl (1946); Idol of the Crowds (1937); Invisible Agent (1942); Jack the Ripper (1958); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1957–1958); Kiddie Revue (1930); Laughing at Danger (1940); Love's Blindness (1926); M Squad (1958); Man from God's Country (1958); Man Made Monster (1941); Mary Lou (1948); Maverick (1959–1961); Men of Texas (1942); Midnight Intruder (1938); Mission of Danger (1960); Mystery Plane (1939); Mystery Plane (1939); Northwest Passage (1958); Northwest Passage (1958–1959); Now's the Time (1932); Oh, Yeah? (1929); Oklahoma Terror (1939); On the Spot (1940); Once to Every Bachelor (1934); Operation Pacific (1951); Outlaw Express (1938); Pawnee (1957); Phantom of Chinatown (1940); Phantom of the Opera (1943); Prairie Justice (1938); Queen of the Yukon (1940); Red Nightmare (1962); Requiem to Massacre (1960); Return from the Sea (1954); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955–1956); Sealed Lips (1942); Shady Lady (1945); Sin Town (1942); Sky Patrol (1939); Son of the Navy (1940); South of Tahiti (1941); State Police (1938); Studio 57 (1956); Stunt Pilot (1939); Surfside 6 (1960–1962); Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1946); Tales of Wells Fargo (1957 / 1960); Tangier (1946); Telephone Time (1957–1958); The Alaskans (1959–1960); The Climax (1944); The Cowboy Millionaire (1935); The Death Kiss (1932); The Fargo Phantom (1950); The Fatal Hour (1940); The Fighting Kentuckian (1949); The Flying Fool (1929); The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942); The Great Alone (1922); The Green Hornet (1967); The Healer (1935); The Iron Horse (1924); The Joey Bishop Show (1964); The Keeper of the Bees (1935); The Line-Up (1934); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Lone Wolf (1954–1955); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966–1967); The March of Time (1930); The Nut Farm (1935); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Old Homestead (1935); The Phantom Broadcast (1933); The Roaring 20's (1960–1961); The Sea Spoilers (1936); The Sheik (1921); The Spy Ring (1938); The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1933); The Veil (1958); The Wolf Man (1941); The Wolfman (1966); Three Legionnaires (1937); Troopers Three (1930); Wagon Train (1957); Werebitches (2010); Western Trails (1938); What a Widow! (1930); White Savage (1943); Wolf Call (1939).

Born on this day – F. Richard Jones:


F. Richard Jones


Director

Writer

Producer

September 7, 1893 – December 14, 1930

Credits:

A Game Old Knight (1915); A Love Riot (1916); All Night Long (1924); Along Came Auntie (1926); Ambrose's First Falsehood (1914); Are Married Policemen Safe? (1918); Asleep at the Switch (1923); Baby Clothes (1926); Bad Boy (1925); Be Reasonable (1921); Be Your Age (1926); Boys Will Be Joys (1925); Bring Home the Turkey (1927); Bromo and Juliet (1926); Bulldog Drummond (1929); Buried Treasure (1926); By Heck (1921); Caught in a Park (1915); Caught in the Act (1915); Charley My Boy! (1926); Chasing the Chaser (1925); Crazy Like a Fox (1926); Cupid's Boots (1925); Dizzy Daddies (1926); Dog Shy (1926); Don Key (Son of Burro) (1926); Down on the Farm (1920); East of the Water Plug (1924); Feet of Mud (1924); Flickering Youth (1924); Flying Pat (1920); Galloping Bungalows (1924); Galloping Ghosts (1928); Gee Whiz (1920); Get 'Em Young (1926); Giddy, Gay, and Ticklish (1915); Good Cheer (1926); Gussle, the Golfer (1914); Gussle's Day of Rest (1915); Gymnasium Jim (1922); Her First Mistake (1918); Her Marble Heart (1916); Her Painted Hero (1915); His Hereafter (1916); His Last False Step (1919); His Uncle Dudley (1917); Home Made Movies (1922); Inbad the Sailor (1923); Innocent Husbands (1925); Isn't Life Terrible? (1925); It Pays to Exercise (1918); Lazy Days (1929); Little Robinson Corkscrew (1924); Lizzies of the Field (1924); Long Fliv the King (1926); Love 'Em and Weep (1927); Love, Honor and Behave! (1920); Love's False Faces (1919); Love's Sweet Piffle (1924); Ma and Pa (1922); Madame Mystery (1926); Mama Behave (1926); Mary, Queen of Tots (1925); Mickey (1918); Mighty Like a Moose (1926); Molly O' (1921); Monkey Business (1926); Moonlight and Noses (1925); Never Too Old (1919); Nip and Tuck (1923); No Man's Law (1927); No One to Guide Him (1915); On Patrol (1922); On the Front Page (1926); One Cylinder Love (1923); One Hour Married (1927); One Spooky Night (1924); One Wild Ride (1925); Picking Peaches (1924); Pills of Peril (1916); Pitfalls of a Big City (1923); Raggedy Rose (1926); Reilly's Wash Day (1919); Riders of the Purple Cows (1924); Romeo and Juliet (1924); Rough and Ready (1923); Saucy Madeline (1918); Scarem Much (1924); Seeing the World (1927); Shanghaied Lovers (1924); She Loved Him Plenty (1918); She Needed a Doctor (1917); Shivering Spooks (1926); Should Husbands Pay? (1926); Should Men Walk Home? (1927); Should Sailors Marry? (1925); Skylarking (1923); Sleuths (1918); Smile Please (1924); Someone to Love (1928); Son of a Gun (1918); Starvation Blues (1925); Step Forward (1922); Suzanna (1923); Tell 'Em Nothing (1926); Telling Whoppers (1926); Ten Dollars or Ten Days (1924); Ten Years Old (1927); That Springtime Feeling (1915); The Battle Royal (1918); The Big Killing (1928); The Cannon Ball Express (1924); The Caretaker's Daughter (1925); The Cat's Meow (1924); The Country Flapper (1922); The Crossroads of New York (1922); The Dare-Devil (1923); The Dentist (1919); The Extra Girl (1923); The First 100 Years (1924); The Foolish Age (1919); The Fourth Alarm (1926); The Gaucho (1927); The Ghost in the Garret (1921); The Great Vacuum Robbery (1915); The Half-Back of Notre Dame (1924); The Hollywood Kid (1924); The Judge (1916); The Lion and the Souse (1924); The Nickel-Hopper (1926); The Reel Virginian (1924); The Sea Squawk (1925); The Shriek of Araby (1923); The Speakeasy (1919); The Village Smithy (1919); The Water Hole (1928); The Water Nymph (1912); The Way of All Pants (1927); Their Social Splash (1915); Those Bitter Sweets (1915); Those College Girls (1915); Three Foolish Weeks (1924); Thundering Fleas (1926); Trying to Get Along (1919); Two Tough Tenderfeet (1918); Two-Time Mama (1927); Uncle Tom's Uncle (1926); Unfriendly Enemies (1925); Up in Alf's Place (1919); Wall Street Blues (1924); Wandering Papas (1926); Wandering Waistlines (1924); What's the World Coming To (1926); When Summer Comes (1922); Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? (1923); Why Beaches Are Popular (1919); Why Girls Say No (1927); Wife Tamers (1926); Wild Papa (1925); Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes (1926); Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1919); Yes, Yes, Nanette (1925); Your Own Back Yard (1925); Yukon Jake (1924).

Sunday, September 6, 2026

Friday, September 4, 2026

Born on this day – Michael Schlesinger:


Michael Schlesinger


Director

Producer

Writer

September 4, 1950 – January 9, 2025

Credits:

13 Ghosts: The Magic of Illusion-O (2001); A Stanley Kramer Production (2016); American Frontiers: Anthony Mann at Universal (2019); Battle-Axe: The Making of 'Strait-Jacket' (2002); Beast Wishes (2012); Bride of Finklestein (2015); Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005); Budd Boetticher: An American Original (2005); Complicated Women (2003); Damn Dirty Geeks (2017); Dark and Stormy Night (2009); Film It Again, Sam: The Katzman Chronicles (2015); Footprints (2009); Forces of Nature: Anthony Mann at Universal (2025); Frank Capra's American Dream (1997); Glorious Technicolor (1998); Godzilla 2000 (1999); If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast (2017); Imagining 'Heavy Metal' (1999); Imitation of Wife (2015); In the Picture (2012); It's a Frame-Up! (2013); It's All True: Based on an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles (1993); Monstrkyd Manor (2016); Obey the Lost Skeleton! (2004); Out of Print (2014); Psychette: William Castle and 'Homicidal' (2002); Rita (2003); Rock and Doris (try to) Write a Movie (2024); Schmo Boat (2015); Screen Test / Contestant (1981) (1979–1984); So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM (2004); Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007); Stu's Show (2013–2018); Taking the Punishment Poll (2002); That Guy Dick Miller (2014); The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster (2015); The Biffle Murder Case (2015); The Lost Skeleton Returns Again (2008); They Came from Beyond - Sam Katzman at Columbia (2023); Trail of the Screaming Forehead (2007); Trailers from Hell (2016–2025); Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007); Yesterday Was a Lie (2009).

Thursday, September 3, 2026

Born on this day – Alan Ladd:


Alan Ladd


Actor

Producer

September 3, 1913 – January 29, 1964

Credits:

13 West Street (1962); A Cry in the Night (1956); All Over Town (1937); All the Young Men (1960); American Portrait (1940); And Now Tomorrow (1944); Appointment with Danger (1950); Beyond Glory (1948); Blame It on Love (1940); Botany Bay (1952); Boy on a Dolphin (1957); Branded (1950); Brother Rat and a Baby (1940); Cadet Girl (1941); Calcutta (1946); Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1949); Captain Caution (1940); Chicago Deadline (1949); China (1943); Citizen Kane (1941); Come on, Leathernecks! (1938); Cross-Country Romance (1940); Desert Legion (1953); Drum Beat (1954); Duel of Champions (1961); Duffy's Tavern (1945); Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940); Eyes of Hollywood (1949); Freshman Year (1938); General Electric Theater (1954–1958); Great Guns (1941); Guns of the Timberland (1960); Hell Below Zero (1954); Hell on Frisco Bay (1955); Her First Romance (1940); Hitler: Beast of Berlin (1939); Hold 'Em Navy (1937); Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945); I Look at You (1941); In Old Missouri (1940); Island of Lost Souls (1932); Joan of Paris (1942); Letter from a Friend (1943); Lucky Jordan (1942); Meat and Romance (1940); Meet the Missus (1940); Military Training (1941); More Worlds to Conquer (1941); Murder at the Vanities (1934); My Favorite Brunette (1947); O.S.S. (1946); Once in a Lifetime (1932); One Foot in Hell (1960); Paper Bullets (1941); Paratrooper (1953); Petticoat Politics (1941); Petunia Natural Park (1939); Photographic Intelligence for Bombardment Aviation (1943); Pigskin Parade (1936); Red Mountain (1951); Rulers of the Sea (1939); Saigon (1947); Salty O'Rourke (1945); Santiago (1956); Saskatchewan (1954); Saturday's Millions (1933); Sauce for the Gander (1940); Secrets of a Nurse (1938); Shane (1953); Skirmish on the Home Front (1944); Souls at Sea (1937); Star Spangled Rhythm (1942); The Badlanders (1958); The Big Land (1957); The Black Cat (1941); The Black Knight (1954); The Blue Dahlia (1946); The Carpetbaggers (1964); The Deep Six (1958); The Glass Key (1942); The Goldwyn Follies (1938); The Great Gatsby (1949); The Green Hornet (1940); The Howards of Virginia (1940); The Iron Mistress (1952); The Last Train from Madrid (1937); The Light of Western Stars (1940); The Man in the Net (1959); The McConnell Story (1955); The Mysterious Miss X (1939); The Proud Rebel (1958); The Reluctant Dragon (1941); This Gun for Hire (1942); Those Were the Days! (1940); Thunder in the East (1952); Tom Brown of Culver (1932); Two Years Before the Mast (1946); Variety Girl (1947); Victory (1940); Whispering Smith (1948); Wild Harvest (1947); Wildcat Bus (1940).

Saturday, August 29, 2026

Born on this day – William Friedkin:


William Friedkin


Director

Producer

Writer

August 29, 1935 – August 7, 2023


Credits:

Book:

The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir (2014).

Movies and television:

12 Angry Men (1997); 40 x 15 (2008); A Decade Under the Influence (2003); A Fuller Life / Segment: My Ballsy Yarns (2013); A Little Solitaire (2004); A Missed Connection (2018); ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (2023); Acid Head: The Buzzard Nuts County Slaughter (2011); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains (2003); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases (2005); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition (2007); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001); Aida (2015); Algren (2014); Algren (revised) (2021); American Federale (2013); American Masters (1998); Anatomy of a Chase (2009); Arbitrage (2012); Barbra Streisand: Somewhere (1985); Behind the Rules of Engagement (2000); Blue Chips (1994); Bravo Profiles (2000); Bret Easton Ellis Podcast (2022); Bug (2006); C.A.T. Squad (1986); C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf (1988); Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic (2012); Cinéma par Albert Dupontel (2017); Comme au cinéma (2000); Counterfeit World: Making 'to Live and Die in L.A.' (2003); Cruising (1980); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2007–2009); Deal of the Century (1983); Ditched (2021); Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck (2013); Durch die Nacht mit... (2010); Exorcising Cruising (2007); Face Time (2002–2003); Fantasy Film Festival (2014); Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock (2009); Fear and Love: The Story of the Exorcist (2024); Fear in the Dark (1991); Fellini of the Spirits (2020); Filming 'the Hunted' (2003); Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate (2004); Frankenheimer in Focus (2009); Friedkin and Grosso Remember: The French Connection (2009); Friedkin Uncut (2018); Godard Made in USA (2010); Godfather World (2008); Good Day L.A. (2013); Good Morning America (2023); Good Times (1967); Great Bolshy Yarblockos! Making 'A Clockwork Orange' (2007); Greatest Ever Scary Movies (2006–2007); Hardcore Nitzsche: Jack Nitzsche on Film (2017); Henri Langlois vu par... (2014); Histoires de cinéma (2010); Hollywood Halloween (1997); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hollywood's Best Film Directors (2009); Howard Hawks: American Artist (1997); I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021); In the Grip of Evil (1997); In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy (2008); Intimate Portrait (2001); Jade (1995); Jay Sebring.... Cutting to the Truth (2020); JoBlo Horror Originals (2020); Johnny Hallyday: Ce que je sais (1998); Just the Facts (2004); Killer Joe (2011); Laura Branigan: Self Control (1984); Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on the Exorcist (2019); M (1931) / Fritz Lang Interviewed by William Friedkin (1975); M3/H301 (2020); Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014); Making the Boys (2011); Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'the French Connection' (2001); Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of (2012); Miller's Tale (2011); Minty Comedic Arts (2019); Na plovárne (2014); Narc: Shooting Up (2003); Narc: The Friedkin Connection (2003); North by Northwest: One for the Ages (2009); Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014); Nouvelle vague vue d'ailleurs (2009); On Tour (2010); Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist (1974); Paper Moon (1973); Pinter's Party as Told by William Friedkin (2017); Post Mortem with Mick Garris (2011); Precinct Hollywood (2005); Pro Football: Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon (1965); Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of the Master (2008); Pursuing 'the Hunted' (2003); Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album (1986); Raising Hell: Filming the Exorcist (2010); Rampage (1987); Rebel Highway (1994); Reputations (1999); Richard Fleischer, Storyteller: William Friedkin on 'Violent Saturday' (2013); Rules of Engagement (2000); Scene of the Crime (2009); Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (2005); Shadows of Suspense (2006); Shock Docs (2020); Sonny and Cher Make a Movie (2018); Sorcerer (1977); Split Screen Personality: William Friedkin on Richard Fleischer's 'The Boston Strangler' (2013); Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001 (2007); Stanley Kubrick in Focus (2012); Tales from the Crypt (1992); Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot (2013); Tatort Oper - Wie Filmemacher Oper machen (2007); Tavis Smiley (2013); TCM Guest Programmer (2014); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The 100 Greatest Films (2001); The 100 Greatest Scary Moments (2003); The 202 Xtra (2019); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 48th Annual Academy Awards (1976); The 49th Annual Academy Awards (1977); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The Angry Video Game Nerd (2023); The Big Picture (2018); The Birthday Party (1968); The Bold Men (1965); The Boys in the Band (1970); The Brink's Job (1978); The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023); The Chili Con Carne Club (1993); The Cleansing Hour (2016); The Culture Show (2012); The Cutting Edge (2003); The David Frost Show (1972); The Day of the Living Dead (2014); The Devil and Father Amorth (2017); The Directors (1997–2008); The Essentials (2017); The Exorcist (1973); The Exorcist Confidential (2020); The Exorcist Locations: Georgetown Then and Now (2010); The Exorcist: Audio Commentary by Director William Friedkin (1998); The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen - Audio Commentary by Director William Friedkin (2000); The Fear of God: 25 Years of 'The Exorcist' (1998); The French Connection (1971); The Guardian (1990); The History of Cruising (2007); The Horror Hall of Fame (1990); The Hour (2011); The Hunted (2003); The Irv Kupcinet Show (1980); The Lost Print (2022); The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2013); The Man Who Shot Chinatown: The Life and Work of John A. Alonzo (2007); The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't (2008); The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style (2009); The Merv Griffin Show (1974); The Movies That Made Me (2019–2023); The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968); The Painter's Voice (2007); The People vs. Paul Crump (1962); The Pickle Brothers (1967); The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' (2000); The Revenant Kinder Surprise / Egg Cetera (2015); The Secrets of Dick Smith (1991); The Shining (1980) / The Visions of Stanley Kubrick (2007); The Simpsons (2017); The Sound of Hitchcock (2008); The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011); The Thin Blue Line (1966); The Twilight Zone / Segment: Nightcrawlers, written by Philip DeGuere, based on the short story by Robert R. McCammon. Season 1. Episode 4. Episode originally aired: October 18, 1985; The Uttmost (1998); The World Over Live (2015); This Is Your Life (2002); To Live and Die in L.A. (1985); Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman (2009); View from the Overlook: Crafting 'the Shining' (2007); Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001 (2007); Wang Chung: To Live and Die in L.A. (1985); Welcome to the Basement (2016); Without Limits (1998); WTF with Marc Maron (2016).