Born on this day – J. E. Freeman:

J. E. Freeman

Actor

Writer

February 2, 1946 – August 9, 2014

Born on this day – Morgan Lofting:

Morgan Lofting

Voice actress

Writer

February 2, 1940 – November 27, 2024

Credits:

Als je begrijpt wat ik bedoel (1983); Amazons (1984); Ben 10: Omniverse (2013–2014); Carpool (1983); Command 5 (1985); Creative Continuity (2015); Exhausted: John C. Holmes, the Real Story (1981); Finder of Lost Loves (1984); G.I. Joe (1985–1991); G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero - The M.A.S.S. Device (1983); G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise! (1986); G.I. Joe: Operation Dragonfire (1989); G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987); G.I. Joe: The Revenge of Cobra (1984); Grimm’s Fairy Tale Classics (1987); Hotel (1987); Jem (1986–1988); Joysticks (1983); Knots Landing (1986–1987); Meatballs and Spaghetti (1982); My Favorite Fairy Tales Volume 1: Puss n’ Boots/Little Red Riding Hood (1986); My Favorite Fairy Tales Volume 3: Sleeping Beauty/Snow White/Cinderella (1986); Quack Pack (1996); Spider-Man (1981–1982); Star Blazers (1979–1984); Street Hawk (1985); The Christmas Tree Train (1983); The Judge (1987); The Junkman (1982); The Night Before (1988); The Transformers (1985); The Turkey Caper (1985); Total Recall (1990); Trapper John, M.D. (1983); Which Witch Is Which (1984).

Born on this day – James Dickey:

James Dickey

Writer

Actor

February 2, 1923 – January 19, 1997

Credits:

Books:

Alnilam (1987); Buckdancer's Choice (1965); Deliverance (1970); Drownings (1981); For a Time and Place (1983); From the Green Horseshoe (1987); Night Hurdling (1983); Sorties (1971); The Eagle's Mile (1981); The Selected Poems (1979); The Zodiac (1976); To the White Sea (1993).

Movies:

The Call of the Wild (1976); Deliverance (1972).

Born on this day – Frank Gruber:

Frank Gruber

Writer

February 2, 1904 – December 9, 1969

Credits:

Beagle Scented Murder (1946); Billy the Kid (1957); Bitter Sage (1954); Bitter Sage and the Bushwhackers (1984); Black Cat Weekly #98 (2023); Brass Knuckles (1966); Bridge of Sand (1963); Broken Lance (1949); Brothers of Silence (1962); Buffalo Grass aka The Big Land (1956); Bugles West (1961); Classic Detective Stories From a Suitcase of Suspense (1999); Fall-Guy for a Killer aka The Yellow Overcoat (1942); Fighting Man (1948); Fort Starvation (1953); Fourth Postman / Among Those Absent / Lock and the Key (1948); Gunsight (1953); Horatio Alger, Jr (1961); Johnny Vengeance (1954); Little Hercules (1965); Lonesome River (1957); Market for Murder (1947); Missing Widow / Scarlet Feather / I Want to Go Home (1948); Murder '97 (1948); Outlaw (1941); Peace Marshal (1957); Quantrell's Raider / Town Tamer (1984); Quantrell's Raiders (1953); Ride to Hell (1955); Ride to Hell / Lonesome River (1983); Run, Fool, Run aka The Lock and the Key (1948); Simon Lash: Private Detective (1945); Sleeping Sphinx / Beagle Scented Murder / Death of a Doll (1948); Swing Low, Swing Dead (1964); Tales of Terror (1967); Tales of Wells Fargo (1958); The Books of Horatio Alger, Jr (1948); The Boris Karloff Horror Anthology (1965); The Buffalo Box (1942); The Bushwhackers (1959); The Corpse Moved Upstairs (1964); The Curly Wolf (1969); The Dawn Riders (1968); The Etruscan Bull (1969); The Fourth Letter (1947); The French Key aka The French Key Mystery (1940); The Gift Horse (1942); The Gold Gap (1968); The Greek Affair (1965); The Highwayman (1955); The Honest Dealer aka Double Dealer (1947); The Hungry Dog Murders aka Die Like a Dog (1941); The Laughing Fox (1943); The Leather Duke aka A Job of Murder (1950); The Limping Goose aka Murder One (1955); The Lone Gunhawk aka Smoky Road (1949); The Lonesome Badger aka Mood for Murder (1954); The Man From Missouri (1956); The Marshal (1958); The Mighty Blockhead (1945); The Navy Colt (1941); The Pulp Jungle (1967); The Scarlet Feather (1948); The Silver Jackass (1947); The Silver Tombstone Mystery (1948); The Spanish Prisoner (1969); The Talking Clock (1944); The Thirteenth Floor (1948); The Twilight Man (1967); The Whispering Master (1956); This Gun Is Still (1967); Town Tamer (1957); Twenty Plus Two (1961); Wanted (1971); Zane Grey (1928).

Born on this day – Frank Lloyd:

Frank Lloyd

Director

Actor

Writer

Producer

February 2, 1886 – August 10, 1960

Credits:

A Double Deal in Pork (1915); A Page from Life (1914); A Passport to Hell (1932); A Prince of Bavaria (1914); A Tale of Two Cities (1917); A Tale of Two Worlds (1921);  A Voice in the Dark (1921); According to Value (1915); Adoration (1928); Air Pattern - Pacific (1944); American Methods (1917); An Arrangement with Fate (1915); An International Marriage (1916); As the Wind Blows (1914); Ashes of Vengeance (1923); Berkeley Square (1933); Billie's Baby (1915); Black Oxen (1923); Blood on the Sun (1945); By Radium's Rays (1914); Captain Jenny, S.A. (1914); Captain Kidd (1913); Cavalcade (1933); Children of Divorce (1927); Circle 17 (1914); Damon and Pythias (1914); Dangers of the Veldt (1914); Dark Streets (1929); David Garrick (1916); Dr. Mason's Temptation (1915); Drag (1929); East Lynne (1931); Eleven to One (1915); Fate's Alibi (1915); For Freedom (1918); For His Superior's Honor (1915); For the Freedom of Cuba (1914); Forever and a Day (1943); From the Shadows (1915); Her Husband's Secret (1925); His Captive (1915); His Extra Bit (1918); His Last Serenade (1915); His Last Trick (1915); Hoopla (1933); If I Were King (1938); In the Grasp of the Law (1915); Invisible Agent (1942); Jane (1915); Kid Regan's Hands (1914); Les Misérables (1917); Liberty Loan Appeal (1918); Life's Furrow (1915); Lilac Time (1928); Little Mr. Fixer (1915); Madame la Presidente (1916); Madame X (1920); Maid of Salem (1937); Mutiny on the Bounty (1935); Nature's Triumph (1915); Oliver Twist (1922); On Suspicion (1914); On the Rio Grande (1914); On the Verge of War (1914); $100,000 (1915); One of the Bravest (1914); Paternal Love (1915); Pawns of Fate (1915); Pitfalls of a Big City (1919); Prowlers of the Wild (1914); Riders of the Purple Sage (1918); Roads of Destiny (1921); Rulers of the Sea (1939); Saboteur (1942); Servants' Entrance (1934); Shadows of Life (1913); Sins of Her Parent (1916); Son of the Gods (1930); Stolen Glory (1914); 10,000 Dollars (1915); The Age for Love (1931); The Bay of Seven Isles (1915); The Black Box (1915); The Blindness of Divorce (1918); The Buccaneers (1913); The Call of the Cumberlands (1916); The Chorus Girl's Thanksgiving (1914); The Code of Marcia Gray (1916); The Dead End (1914); The Deadline (1914); The Divine Lady (1928); The Eagle of the Sea (1926); The Eternal Flame (1922); The Feud (1914); The Firebugs (1913); The Foreman of the Jury (1913); The Gentleman from Indiana (1915); The Great Lover (1920); The Grim Comedian (1921); The Heart of a Lion (1917); The Howards of Virginia (1940); The Intrigue (1916); The Invisible Power (1921); The Kingdom of Love (1917); The Lady from Cheyenne (1941); The Lash (1930); The Last Bomb (1945); The Last Command (1955); The Law of His Kind (1914); The Link That Binds (1914); The Little Girl of the Attic (1915); The Loves of Letty (1919); The Madonna of the Slums (1913); The Making of Maddalena (1916); The Man from Lost River (1921); The Man Hunter (1919); The Mexican's Last Raid (1914); The Opened Shutters (1914); The Pinch (1915); The Price of Silence (1917); The Prophet of the Hills (1915); The Rainbow Trail (1918); The Reform Candidate (1915); The Right of Way (1930); The Sea Hawk (1924); The Shanghai Story (1954); The She Wolf (1913); The Silent Watcher (1924); The Silver Horde (1920); The Sin Flood (1922); The Sob Sister (1914); The Source of Happiness (1915); The Splendid Road (1925); The Spoilers (1942); The Spy (1914); The Stronger Love (1916); The Temptation of Edwin Swayne (1915); The Test (1914); The Toll of Youth (1915); The Tongues of Men (1916); The Vagabond (1914); The Voice from the Minaret (1923); The Way of All Men (1930); The Wise Guy (1926); The Woman in Black (1914); The Woman in Room 13 (1920); The World and Its Woman (1919); The World and the Woman (1916); Their Golden Wedding (1915); This Woman Is Mine (1941); Through the Flames (1914); To Redeem a Value (1915); To Redeem an Oath (1915); Traffic in Babies (1914); Trickery (1915); True Blue (1918); Under the Black Flag (1913); Under Two Flags (1936); United States Fourth Liberty Loan Drive (1918); Unjustly Accused (1914); Weary River (1929); Wells Fargo (1937); When a Man Sees Red (1917); When the Spider Tore Loose (1915); Winds of Chance (1925); Within the Law (1923); Wolves of Society (1915); Won in the Clouds (1914); Young Nowheres (1929).

Born on this day – Terry Jones:

Terry Jones

Comedian

Director

Historian

Actor

Writer

Member of Monty Python

February 1, 1942 – January 21, 2020

Born on this day – Richard Hooker:

Richard Hooker

Writer

Surgeon

February 1, 1924 – November 4, 1997

Credits:

Books:

M*A*S*H Goes To Hollywood (1976); M*A*S*H Goes To Las Vegas (1975); M*A*S*H Goes To London (1975); M*A*S*H Goes to Maine (1971); M*A*S*H Goes To Miami (1976); M*A*S*H Goes To Montreal (1977); M*A*S*H Goes To Morocco (1975); M*A*S*H Goes To Moscow (1977); M*A*S*H Goes To New Orleans (1974); M*A*S*H Goes to Paris (1976); M*A*S*H Goes To San Francisco (1976); M*A*S*H Goes To Texas (1977); M*A*S*H Goes To Vienna (1976); M*A*S*H Mania (1977); MASH (1968).

Movies and television:

Not M*A*S*H XXX (2010); W*A*L*T*E*R (1984); AfterMASH (1983); M*A*S*H (1972–1983); Trapper John, M.D. (1979); M*A*S*H (1970).

Born on this day – Andrea King:

Andrea King

Actress

Writer

February 1, 1919 – April 22, 2003

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1960–1963); Arrest and Trial (1963); Band of Angels (1957); Biography (1996–1998); Blackenstein (1973); Bourbon Street Beat (1959); Buccaneer's Girl (1950); Chevron Theatre (1952–1953); Cheyenne (1955 / 1956); City Detective (1954); Crossroads (1956); Crusader (1956); Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969); Dante (1960); Darby's Rangers (1958); Days of Our Lives (1974–1977); Dial 1119 (1950); Dragnet 1967 (1967–1969); Family Affair (1967); Fireside Theatre (1952–1954); Four Star Playhouse (1952); G.E. True (1963); General Electric Theater (1960); God Is My Co-Pilot (1945); Gruen Guild Theater (1952); Gumby Adventures (1988); Hawaiian Eye (1960–1962); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Hotel Berlin (1945); House of the Black Death (1971); I Was a Shoplifter (1950); Inevitable Grace (1994); It Happened in Springfield (1945); Johnny Midnight (1960); Lock Up (1960); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Mark of the Renegade (1951); Matinee Theatre (1956); Maverick (1959); Medical Center (1975); Mike Hammer (1958–1959); Monty and the Movies (2025); Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948); Mr. Skeffington (1944); Murder, She Wrote (1990); My Wild Irish Rose (1947); Navy Nurse (1945); Outlaw Queen (1957); Perry Mason (1959–1963); Prescription: Murder (1968); Proudly We Serve (1944); Red Planet Mars (1952); Ride the Pink Horse (1947); Roughly Speaking (1945); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Shadow of a Woman (1946); Shotgun Slade (1961); Silent Fear (1956); Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood (1988); Song of Surrender (1949); Southside 1-1000 (1950); State Trooper (1958–1959); Strange Stories (1956); Stump the Stars (1950); Surfside 6 (1962); The Alaskans (1959); The Beast with Five Fingers (1946); The Color of Evening (1990); The Donna Reed Show (1960); The Lemon Drop Kid (1951); The Linguini Incident (1991); The Man I Love (1946); The New Perry Mason (1973); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Ramparts We Watch (1940); The Tom Ewell Show (1960); The Very Thought of You (1944); The World in His Arms (1952); Tightrope (1959); Valentine's Day (1965); Your Play Time (1953).

Born on this day – Jack Mercer:

Jack Mercer

Voice actor

Animator

Writer

January 31, 1910 – December 7, 1984

Born on this day – Jane Johnston Schoolcraft:

Jane Johnston Schoolcraft

Writer

January 31, 1800 – May 22, 1842

a.k.a. Bamewawagezhikaquay.

Translation: Woman of the Sound That the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky.

Credits:

Invocation; Lines Written at Castle Island, Lake Superior; The Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky: The Writings of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft; To the Miscodeed; To the Pine Tree.

Born on this day – Gene Hackman:

Gene Hackman

Actor

Writer

Producer

January 30, 1930 – February 26, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Escape from Andersonville (2008); Justice for None (2004); Payback at Morning Peak (2011); Pursuit (2013); Wake of the Perdido Star (1999).

Movies and television:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 100 Years of the Hollywood Western (1994); 7 Nights to Remember (1966); A Backyard Story (2010); A Bridge Too Far (1977); A Covenant with Death (1967); A Look at Liv (1979); A Word on Westerns (2018); ABC Late Night (1974); ABC News Breakfast (2024); ABC's Wide World of Sports (1991); Absolute Power (1997); AFI Life Achievement Award (1981–2008); AFI's 10 Top 10: America's 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres (2008); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends (1999); Al Pacino, le Bronx et la fureur (2022); All Access: On the Set of 'Crimson Tide' (1995); All Access: The Showdown of 'Enemy of the State' (2006); All Night Long (1981); All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger (2002); America at the Movies (1976); American Masters (1998–2000); America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions (2007); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Another Woman (1988); Antz (1998); Arena (2000); At Long Last Cole (1975); Backstory (2000); Banning (1967); Bat*21 (1988); Behind Enemy Lines (2001); Big Audio Dynamite: E=MC2 (1985); Biography (1994–2003); Bite the Bullet (1975); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2020); Bonnie and Clyde (1967); Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies (2000); Bravo Profiles (2000); Brenner (1959–1964); Cannes: Through the Eyes of the Hunter (2001); CBS Mornings (1990–1995); CBS Playhouse (1968); Century of Cinema (1995); Charlie Rose (1999); Ciné regards (1981); Cinema (1972); Cinéma cinémas (1986); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2014); Cisco Pike (1971); Class Action (1991); Clint Eastwood on Westerns (1992); Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy (2021); Colors of Courage: Sons of New Mexico, Prisoners of Japan (2002); Community Shelter Planning (1967); Company Business (1991); Crimson Tide (1995); De Superman à Spider-Man: L'aventure des super-héros (2001); Dieter & Andreas (1989); Dinah! (1975); Diners, Drive-ins and Dives (2008); Directions (1966); Doctors' Wives (1971); Downhill Racer (1969); Earth and the American Dream (1992); East Side/West Side (1963); Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' (1992); Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story (2013); Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014); En Büyük Yumruk (1983); Enemy of the State (1998); Enemy of the State: Production (1999); Entertainment Tonight (1986–1987); Eureka (1983); Exploring the Scene: Hackman & Hoffman Together (2004); Extreme Measures (1996); Fan des années 80 (2010); Faye (2024); Femmes Fatales: Sharon Stone (1998); Film '73 (1973–1977); First to Fight (1967); For the Small Schools (2015); French Connection II (1975); FRO Thizzle Reviews (2022); Full Moon in Blue Water (1988); Gene Wilder: Loved, Remembered (2017); Geronimo: An American Legend (1993); Get Shorty (1995); Get Shorty: Look at Me (2005); Get Shorty: Wiseguys and Dolls (2005); Good Morning America (1986–1989); Hackman on Doyle (2009); Hawaii (1966); Hawk (1966); HBO First Look (2000–2003); Heartbreakers (2001); Heartbreakers: Deleted Scenes (2001); Heartbreakers: Laffs & Gaffes (2001); Heist (2001); Heroes of Iwo Jima (2001); Hidden City (2003); Hollywood Greats (2004); Hollywood Insider (2020–2021); Hollywood Remembers (2000); Hollywood Science (2006); Hollywood Squares (1971); Hoosier History: The Truth Behind the Legend (2005); Hoosiers (1986); I Am Burt Reynolds (2020); I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009); I Never Sang for My Father (1970); I Spy (1968); Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004); Inside the Actors Studio (2001 / 2003); Insight (1968); Iron Horse (1967); Island of Hope, Island of Tears (1989); It Happened That Way (2004); It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein (1994); Jet 7 (1998); Ken Adam - Production Designer (1990); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1959–1962); Larry King Live (2004); Late Night with David Letterman (1988); Le journal de 20 heures (2000); Les Chroniques du Mea (2014); Lilith (1964); Look Up and Live (1962 / 1963); Loose Cannons (1990); Lucky Lady (1975); Mad Dog Coll (1961); Making Frankensense of 'Young Frankenstein' (1996); Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend (2001); Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'the French Connection' (2001); March or Die (1977); Marooned (1969); Maury (1995); Miami Blues (1990); Missing Reel (2014); Mississippi Burning (1988); Misunderstood (1984); Morning Joe (2023–2025); Naked City (1963); Narrow Margin (1990); Night Moves (1975); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Nightlife (1987); No Sleep TV3 (2016); No Way Out (1987); Off the Cuff: Hackman & Hoffman (2004); Oscars, Actors and The Exorcist (1974); Page to Screen (2002); Postcards from the Edge (1990); Power (1986); Premio Donostia a Matt Dillon (2006); Prime Cut (1972); Reds (1981); Remembering Gene Wilder (2023); Revista de cine (1979); Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' (2008); Ride with Terror (1963); Riot (1969); Route 66 (1963); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1972); Runaway Jury (2003); Scarecrow (1973); Shadow on the Land (1968); Sharon Stone - Una mujer de 100 caras (1998); Showbiz Today (1996); Shurtleff on Acting (1994); Silent Times (2018); Sinatra Reviews (2022); Sky Sports World Championship Boxing (1991); Speed Fever (1978); Split Decisions (1988); Split Screen (1999); Sports on the Silver Screen (1997); Sunday, Sunday (1986); Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024); Superman (1978); Superman II (1980); Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006); Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987); Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' (2001); Tallahassee 7000 (1961); Target (1985); That's Hollywood (1978); The 20th Annual People's Choice Awards (1994); The 30th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1973); The 31st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1974); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 41st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1984); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 46th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1989); The 46th Annual Tony Awards (1992); The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1993); The 56th Annual Academy Awards (1984); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The 59th Annual Academy Awards (1987); The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2003); The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989); The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993); The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994); The Apprenticeship of Ted Kotcheff (2025); The Best of Hollywood (1998–2018); The Birdcage (1996); The Chamber (1996); The Conversation (1974); The David Frost Show (1969); The Defenders (1961–1963); The Directors (2001); The Domino Principle / aka The Domino Killings (1977); The DuPont Show of the Week (1963); The F.B.I. (1967); The Factor (2008); The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen (1995); The Firm (1993); The French Connection (1971); The Godfather and the Mob (2006); The Gypsy Moths (1969); The Hunting Party (1971); The Invaders (1967); The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002); The Making of 'Crimson Tide' (1995); The Making of 'Enemy of the State' (2006); The Making of 'Heartbreakers' (2001); The Making of 'Runaway Jury' (2004); The Making of 'Superman II' (1982); The Making of Superman: The Movie (1980); The Manipulators (1977); The Merv Griffin Show (1971–1975); The Mexican (2001); The Mike Douglas Show (1975–1977); The Movie Show (1995); The Movies (2019); The Oscars (2017); The Package (1989); The Playboy Murders (2024); The Poseidon Adventure (1972); The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' (2000); The Quick and the Dead (1995); The Replacements (2000); The Return of the Movie Movie (1972); The Role That Changed My Life (2020); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1998); The Royal Tenenbaums (2001); The Secret World of Antz (1998); The Siskel & Ebert 500th Anniversary Special (1989); The Sky Divers (1969); The South Bank Show (1983); The Split (1968); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1972–1984); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992–1995); The Trials of O'Brien (1966); The Unforgettable Russell Harty (2012); The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima (2016); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2019); Today (1990); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Twice in a Lifetime (1985); Twilight (1998); Two of a Kind (1983); Uncommon Valor (1983); Under Fire (1983); Under Suspicion (2000); Unforgiven (1992); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1975 / 1978); Valerie (2019); Vol de nuit (2000); We, the Marines (2017); Welcome to Mooseport (2004); Welcome to the Basement (2015); Wogan (1986); Wogan: The Best Of (2015); Wyatt Earp (1994); Wyatt Earp: Walk with a Legend (1994); Young Frankenstein (1974); Young Frankenstein: It's Alive! Creating a Monster Classic (2008); Zandy's Bride (1974).

Born on this day – Elio Petri:

Elio Petri

Director

Writer

January 29, 1929 – November 10, 1982

Credits:

A Husband for Anna (1953); A Quiet Place in the Country (1968); Angels of Darkness (1954); Cannes Film Festival (1970); Ciné regards (1978); Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli (1970); Giorni d’amore (1954); Good News (1979); High Infidelity (1964); His Days Are Numbered (1962); I sette contadini (1958); Il carro armato dell’8 settembre (1960); Il maestro di Vigevano (1963); Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970); La Garçonnière (1960); Le mani sporche (1978); Le notti dei Teddy Boys (1959); L’impiegato (1960); L’Italia con Togliatti (1964); Men and Wolves (1957); Nasce un campione (1953); Nudi per vivere (1963); Pierrot the Fool (1965); Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973); Quando tramonta il sole (1956); Rome 11:00 (1952); The 10th Victim (1965); The Assassin (1961); The Hunchback of Rome (1960); The Monsters (1963); The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971); The Year Long Road (1958); Todo modo (1976); Tre ipotesi sulla morte di Giuseppe Pinelli (1970); Un ettaro di cielo (1958); Vento del Sud (1960); Vlak bez voznog reda (1959); We Still Kill the Old Way (1967).

Born on this day – Paddy Chayefsky:

Paddy Chayefsky

Writer

January 29, 1923 – August 1, 1981

Credits:

Novel:

Altered States (1978).

Movies and television:

A Double Life (1947); A nagy üzlet (1974); Altered States (1980); As Young as You Feel (1951); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Danger (1952); Das große Projekt (1956 / 1971); Der zehnte Mann (1968); Die Mutter (1978); Ein Zug nach Manhattan (1981); Fame (1980); Faye (2024); Film '72 (1972); Gideon (1966 / 1971); Goodyear Playhouse (1952–1955); Gran Teatro (1964); Grande Teatro Tupi (1959); History Rediscovered: The True Glory (2012); Hollywood Insider (2021); Il grosso affare (1971); Iso keikka (1966); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949–1954); La madre (1971); Manhunt (1952); Marty (1955 / 1965); Mati (1958); Matka (1982); Middle of the Night (1959); Mitten in der Nacht (1971); Monitor (1959); Network (1976); O Grande Negócio (1973); Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992); Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words (2025); Paint Your Wagon (1969); Performance (1994); Plunder (1966); Release (1968); Star 80 (1983); Teatterituokio (1969); Teledrama (1957); The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame (1984); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1957); The 28th Annual Academy Awards (1956); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 49th Annual Academy Awards (1977); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The Americanization of Emily (1964); The Bachelor Party (1957); The Catered Affair (1956); The David Susskind Show (1974); The Ed Sullivan Show (1969); The Goddess (1958); The Gulf Playhouse (1953); The Hospital (1971); The Merv Griffin Show (1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1969); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1972); The True Glory (1945); The Way We Were (1973); TV de Vanguarda (1956); Veliki poduhvat (1960); Welcome to the Basement (2012–2016); Your Place or Mine? (1976).

Born on this day – Archie Mayo:

Archie Mayo

Director

Writer

Actor

January 29, 1891 – December 4, 1968

Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, and Archie Mayo on the set of It's Love I'm After (1937).

Credits:

The Beast of Budapest (1958); Angel on My Shoulder (1946); A Night in Casablanca (1946); Sweet and Low-Down (1944); Crash Dive (1943); Orchestra Wives (1942); Moontide (1942); Confirm or Deny (1941); Charley's Aunt (1941); The Great American Broadcast (1941); Four Sons (1940); The House Across the Bay (1940); They Shall Have Music (1939); Youth Takes a Fling (1938); The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938); It's Love I'm After (1937); Call It a Day (1937); Black Legion (1937); Give Me Your Heart (1936); I Married a Doctor (1936); The Petrified Forest (1936); The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935); Go Into Your Dance (1935); Bordertown (1935); Desirable (1934); The Man with Two Faces (1934); Gambling Lady (1934); Convention City (1933); Ever in My Heart (1933); The Mayor of Hell (1933); The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933); Night After Night (1932); Two Against the World (1932); Street of Women (1932); The Expert (1932); Under Eighteen (1931); Bought! (1931); Svengali (1931); Illicit (1931); The Doorway to Hell (1930); Oh, Sailor Behave! (1930); Courage (1930); Vengeance (1930); Wide Open (1930); The Sacred Flame (1929); The Sap (1929); Is Everybody Happy? (1929); Sonny Boy (1929); My Man (1928); On Trial (1928); State Street Sadie (1928); Retribution (1928); The Movie Man (1928); The Crimson City (1928); Beware of Married Men (1927); The College Widow (1927); Slightly Used (1927); Dearie (1927); Quarantined Rivals (1927); Johnny Get Your Hair Cut (1927); Unknown Treasures (1926); Christine of the Big Tops (1926); Money Talks (1926); Weak, But Willing (1926); Off His Beat (1925); Oh, Bridget! (1925); Tender Feet (1925); Why Hesitate? (1925); A Rarin' Romeo (1925); Good Spirits (1925); Reno or Bust (1924); High Gear (1924); Short Change (1924); Tootsie Wootsie (1924); Dandy Lions (1924); Spring Fever (1923); A Man of Position (1923); Round Figures (1923); High Kickers (1923); Speed Bugs (1923); Don't Get Fresh (1923); The Imperfect Lover (1923); All Over Twist (1923); F.O.B. (1923); No Luck (1923); The Educator (1922); The Speeder (1922); Poor Boy (1922); Rolling Stones (1922); The Vagrant (1921); Robinson Crusoe Ltd. (1921); It's Your Move (1921); Beaches and Peaches (1918); The Kid Snatchers (1917); Double Dukes (1917); A Nurse of an Aching Heart (1917); A Limburger Cyclone (1917).

Born on this day – W. C. Fields:

W. C. Fields

Actor

Comedian

Juggler

Writer

Director

January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946

Credits:

The Fatal Glass of Fields (2008); 2nd House (1974); Sensations of 1945 (1944); Song of the Open Road (1944); Follow the Boys (1944); Tales of Manhattan (1942); Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941); The Bank Dick (1940); My Little Chickadee (1940); You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939); The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938); A Day at the Races (1937); Poppy (1936); Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935); Mississippi (1935); David Copperfield (1935); It's a Gift (1934); Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934); The Old Fashioned Way (1934); You're Telling Me! (1934); Six of a Kind (1934); Alice in Wonderland (1933); Tillie and Gus (1933); The Golf Specialist (1930); Too Many Highballs (1933); The Singing Boxer (1933); International House (1933); The Pharmacist (1933); The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933); The Dentist (1932); If I Had a Million (1932); Million Dollar Legs (1932); Her Majesty, Love (1931); The Golf Specialist (1930); The Family Ford (1930); Fools for Luck (1928); Tillie's Punctured Romance (1928); Two Flaming Youths (1927); Running Wild (1927); The Potters (1927); So's Your Old Man (1926); It's the Old Army Game (1926); That Royle Girl (1925); Sally of the Sawdust (1925); Janice Meredith (1924); His Lordship's Dilemma (1915); Pool Sharks (1915).

Born on this day – Vicente Blasco Ibáñez:

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Writer

January 29, 1867 – January 28, 1928

Credits:

Books:

Alfonso XIII Unmasked (1924); Blood and Sand (1958); In The Land Of Art (1923); La Bodega (1905); Mare Nostrum (1919); Novelist's Tour of the World (1926); Queen Calafia (1924); Reeds and Mud (1966); Sea Tales of Terror (1974); The Blood of the Arena (1911); The Borgias (1930); The Cabin (1919); The Dead Command (1919); The Enemies Of Women (1925); The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1918); The Intruder (2004); The Knight of the Virgin (1930); The Last Lion (1919); The Mayflower (1921); The Mob (1927); The Naked Lady (1959); The Old Woman of the Movies (1925); The Phantom with Wings of Gold (1931); The Pope of the Sea (1927); The Shadow of the Cathedral (1919); The Temptress (1927); The Three Roses (1932); The Torrent (1921); Unknown Lands (1929); Woman Triumphant (1920).

Movies and television:

Argentine Love (1924); Arroz y tartana (2003); Beyond All Limits (1959); Blood and Sand (1922 / 1941 / 1989); Cañas y barro (1954 / 1978); Circe the Enchantress (1924); Debout les morts! (1916); Dieu a choisi Paris (1969); El mundo del espectáculo (1968); Enemies of Women (1923); Entre naranjos (1998); Flor de mayo (2008); La barraca (1945 / 1967 / 1979); La bodega (1930); La maja desnuda (1974); La tierra de los naranjos (1914); Mare Nostrum (1926 / 1948); Sangre y arena (1917 / 1967–1968); Spanish Hollywood (2010); The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921 / 1962); The Temptress (1926); Tonto de la Huerta (1913); Torrent (1926); Valencia de Blasco Ibáñez (1967); Xiyang (1934).

Born on this day – Mike Milligan:

Mike Milligan

Writer

Producer

Director

January 28, 1947 – December 20, 2024

Credits:

704 Hauser (1994); All in the Family (1976); Checking In (1981); Chico and the Man (1975); Dear John (1989–1991); Fatherhood (2004–2005); Good Times (1974); Here and Now (1992); Joe and Sons (1975); Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' (2019); Los Beltrán (1999–2000); Maude (1975); Melba (1986); That's My Mama (1974–1975); That's My Mama Now! (1986); The Jeffersons (1975–1981); The Royal Family (1991–1992); Unsung Hollywood (2017); What's Happening Now! (1985–1988).

Born on this day – David Lodge:

David Lodge

Writer

January 28, 1935 – January 1, 2025

Credits:

Books:

A David Lodge Trilogy (1993); A Man of Parts (2011); About Catholic authors (1958); After Bakhtin (1990); Author, Author (2004); Changing Places (1975); Consciousness and the Novel (2002); Days of Wine and Roses (2015); Deaf Sentence (2008); Evelyn Waugh (1971); Ginger, You're Barmy (1962); Graham Greene (1966); Home Truths (1999); Home Truths: The Playscript (2012); Jane Austen: 'Emma' (1968); Language of Fiction (1966); Lives in Writing (2014); Modern Criticism and Theory (1988); Nice Work (1988); Novels of Graham Greene (1982); Out of the Shelter (1970); Paradise News (1991); Quite A Good Time to be Born (2015); Scenes of Academic Life (2005); Secret Thoughts (2011); Sightlines (2001); Small World (1984); Souls and Bodies / aka How Far Can You Go? (1980); Surprised by Summer (1996); The Art of Fiction (1992); The Best of Ring Lardner (1984); The British Museum Is Falling Down (1965); The Man Who Wouldn't Get Up (1998); The Modes of Modern Writing (1977); The Novelist at the Crossroads (1971); The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories (1987); The Picturegoers (1960); The Practice of Writing (1996); The Writing Game (1991); The Year of Henry James (2006); Therapy (1995); Thinks... (2001); Three Novels (1994); Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (1972); Varying Degrees of Success (2021); Working with Structuralism (1981); Write On (2012); Write on: Occasional Essays, 1965-85 (1986); Writer's Luck (2018).

Television:

Bookmark (1985–1988); Café Picouly (2007); Campus, le magazine de l'écrit (2002); Ce soir (ou jamais!) (2007); Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene (2013); Des livres et moi (2002); Did You See..? (1981–1985); Esprits libres (2007); Everyman (1993); L.A. Law (1993); Les Carnets de route de François Busnel (2013); Lost in Adaptation: David Lodge (2005); Martin Chuzzlewit (1994); Midlands Today (2021); Nice Work (1989); Nulle part ailleurs (1996–2000); Readers and Writers Roadshow (2002); Saturday Review (1984–1988); Small World (1988); Talk of the 80s (1989); The Book Programme (1980); The Sunday Programme (2002–2003); Timeshift (2006); Vol de nuit (2002).

Born on this day – Augusto Genina:

Augusto Genina

Director

Writer

Producer

January 28, 1892 – September 18, 1957

Louise Brooks (left) with Augusto Genina (right) on the set of Prix de Beauté (1930).

Credits:

Frou-Frou (1955); Maddalena (1954); Three Forbidden Stories (1952); Devotion (1950); Sky over the swamp (1949); Benghazi (1942); The Siege of the Alcazar (1940); Castles in the Air (1939); Naples Under the Kiss of Fire (1937); Frauenliebe - Frauenleid (1937); Blumen aus Nizza (1936); The White Squadron (1936); La gondola aux chimères (1936); Not Forget-me-nots (1935); Vergiss mein nicht (1935); Nous ne sommes plus des Enfants (1934); Ne sois pas jalouse (1932); La femme en homme (1932); The Darling of Paris (1931); Mitternachtsliebe (1931); Les amours de minuit (1931); Prix de Beauté (Miss Europe); (1930); n drama at 16 (1929); Quartier Latin (1929); Liebeskarneval (1928); Remnant (1928); The story of a small Parisian (1928); Die Gefangene von Shanghai (1927); The White Slave (1927); Farewell youth! (1927); The Last Lord (1926); The Extinguished Hearth (1925); The wife Bella (1924); Il Corsaro (1923); Cyrano de Bergerac (1923) Germaine (1923); The sinless sinner (1922); Lucie de Trecoeur (1922); The castle of the Melancholy (1922); A Woman Passed (1922); Husband, wife and... (1921); The chained (1921); The Crisis (1921); A Black Point (1921); The Diabolical (1921); The three sentimental (1921); La douloureuse (1921); The Adventure of God (1920); The warmer (1920); The Wheel of Vice (1920); The Woman and the Corpse (1920); Debt of hatred (1920); The Two Crucifixes (1920); Bel ami (1919); Lucrezia Borgia (1919); The Adventures of Bijou (1919); Noris (1919); The Mask and the Face (1919); The Prince Dell'impossibile (1919); The End of a Vile (1918); The Emigrant (1918); Farewell youth! (1918); Female – Female (1918); The Throne and the Chair (1918); The lie (1918); The torpedoing of Oceania (1917); Kalidaa - the story of a mummy (1917); Tomboy (1917); Firefly (1917); The drama of the crown (1916); Miss Cyclone (1916); His Daughter's Second Husband (1916); The dream of One Day (1916); Cento H.P. (1915); The Last Disguise (1915); A Woman Wills (1915); The Butterfly with the Golden Wings (1915); Jealousy (1915); Midnight (1915); The 13 HP engine (1915); The Florist of Como (1915); The Ring of Siva (1914); The Lovers' Escape (1914); The Conquest of Diamonds (1914); After the New Year's Eve (1914); The Escape of the Diamonds (1914); The Mysteries of Monroe Castle (1914); Youth Triumphs! (1914); The Voice of Innocence (1914); The Little Candle Maker (1914); Lulu (1914); The Word That Kills (1914); The Broken Chain (1913); His wife's wife excellence (1913); Too late! (1912); Beatrix d'Este (1912).

Born on this day – Colette:

Colette

a.k.a.

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette

Writer

Mime artist

Actress

January 28, 1873 – August 3, 1954

Credits:

Books and plays:

Chance Acquaintances (1952); Chéri (1920); Claudine at School (1900); Claudine in Paris (1901); Gigi (1945); Gigi: Play (1951); Green Sealing Wax (2020); The Collected Stories of Colette (2003); The Last of Cheri aka The End of Cheri (1926); The Vagabond (1911).

Movies and television:

Madelen, she is so much all that (2020); Ravel: L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (2013); Chéri (2009); Mademoiselle Gigi (2006); The Child and the Spells (2004); Camaradagem (1999); The Child and the Spells (1994); Duo (1990); The second (1990); Wheat in grass (1990); Julie de Carneilhan (1990); Chéri (1988); Gigi (1987); The war of Troy Will Not Take Place (1984); Le roman du samedi (1980); Claudine (1978); The bed canopy (1974); The second (1973); Plainchant (1973); Chéri (1973); Away from It All (1973); Hora once (1969); The Gentle Libertine (1967) The child and Les sortilèges (1967); Kirmizi karanfiller (1962); Drengen og trolderiet (1962) Chéri (1962); École des vedettes (1960); Gigi (1958); Matinée Théâtre (1958); Mitsou (1956); Le ciel de lit (1955); Journey to Italy (1954); Immature Grain Tea (1954); The Seven Deadly Sins (1952) Colette (1951); Chéri (1950); Minne (1950); Julie de Carneilhan (1950); Gigi (1949); Claudine at School (1937); Divine (1935); Ladies Lake (1934) The Vagabond (1932); Mädchen in Uniform (1931); The vagabonda (1918); Claudine at School (1917); Claudine in Paris (1917); Claudine Goes Away (1917); Claudine en ménage (1917); Claudine (1913).