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Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Born on this day – William Girdler:


William Girdler

Director

Writer

Composer

Producer

October 22, 1947 – January 21, 1978

Born on this day – Ann Rule:


Ann Rule


Writer

October 22, 1931 – July 26, 2015

Credits:

A Rose for Her Grave and Other True Cases (1993); You Belong to Me and Other True Crime Cases (1994); A Fever in the Heart and Other True Cases (1996); In the Name of Love and Other True Cases (1998); The End of the Dream (1998); A Rage to Kill and Other True Cases (1999); Empty Promises and Other True Cases (2001); Last Dance, Last Chance (2001); Kiss Me, Kill Me and Other True Cases (2004); Worth More Dead and Other True Cases (2005); No Regrets and Other True Cases (2006); Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder and Other True Cases (2007); Mortal Danger and Other True Cases (2008); But I Trusted You and Other True Cases (2009); Don't Look Behind You (2011); Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors and Other True Cases (2012); Lying in Wait and Other True Cases (2014); Possession (1981); The Stranger Beside Me (1980); Lust Killer (1981); The Want-Ad Killer (1983); The I-5 Killer (1984); Mind Games (1984); Small Sacrifices (1987); If You Really Loved Me (1991); Everything She Ever Wanted (1992); Dead By Sunset (1995); Bitter Harvest (1997); And Never Let Her Go (1999); Jerry Harris Case (1999); Every Breath You Take (2001); Without Pity (2003); Heart Full of Lies (2003); Green River, Running Red (2004); Too Late to Say Goodbye (2007); In the Still of the Night (2010); Practice to Deceive (2013).

Movies and television:

12 Desperate Hours (2023); 48 Hours (2001–2012); A House on Fire (2021); A Rose for Her Grave: The Randy Roth Story (2023); And Never Let Her Go (2001); Ann Rule's A Murder to Remember (2020); Biography (1995); Born to Kill? (2010–2011); Circle of Deception (2021); Conversations with a Serial Killer (2008); Danger in the Dorm (2024); Dead by Sunset (1995); Deranged (2009); Every Breath You Take (2003); Everything She Ever Wanted (2009); Hunt for the I-5 Killer (2011); Motives & Murders: Cracking the Case (2014); Murder by Number (1993); Murderous Minds: Inside Serial Killers (2018); Sleeping with Danger (2020); Small Sacrifices (1989); The Criminal Calendar (1997); The Execution of Ted Bundy (1989); The Investigators (2002); The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science (1997); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1988); The Perfect Murder (2014); They Shoot Divas, Don't They? (2002); THS Investigates (2005); Too Late to Say Goodbye (2009); Twisted (2011).

Born on this day – Sidney Kingsley:


Sidney Kingsley


Writer

October 22, 1906 – March 20, 1995

Credits:

Written work / plays:

Darkness at Noon (stage & TV adaptation) (1951); Dead End (1935); Detective Story (1949); Lunatics and Lovers (1954); Men in White (1933); Night Life (1962); Ten Million Ghosts (1936); The Patriots (1943); The World We Make (1939).

Movies and television:

Alta comedia (1974); American Masters (1989); Au théâtre ce soir (1972); Dead End (1937); Detective Story (1951 / 1963); Estudio 1 (1971–1978); Great Performances (1976); Homecoming (1948); ITV Play of the Week (1963); Men in White (1934); Moving Image Salutes Elia Kazan (1987); Polizeirevier 21 (1968); Primera fila (1964); Producers' Showcase (1955); Serpico (1973); Sonnenfinsternis (1963); Teatro estudio (1978); The DuPont Show of the Month (1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1951); The Patriots (1963); We, the People (1949–1951); World in White (1957).

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Born on this day – Carrie Fisher:


Carrie Fisher

Actress

Writer

October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016

Born on this day – Eleonora Giorgi:


Eleonora Giorgi


Actress

Writer

Director

October 21, 1953 – March 3, 2025

Credits:

Music:

Quale appuntamento / Messaggio Personale (1981).

Movies and television:

A Spiral of Mist (1977); Acqua Calda / Hot water (1993); Agente matrimoniale (2006); Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno (1974); America's Uncle 2 (2006); Appassionata (1974); Arabesque (1983); Atto d'amore (1986); Ballando con le stelle / Dancing with the Stars (2006–2018); Bekim Fehmiu (2023); Beyond the Door (1982); Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971); Born Winner (1976); Ça fait tilt (1978); Carlo! (2012); Castigo (1977); Cuore di cane (1976); Dario Argento's World of Horror (1985); Death of a Witch (1996); Dido... Menica (1992); Disposta a tutto (1977); Domenica in / Sunday in (2016); Don Matteo (2016); Felicità: La stagione dell'amicizia e del rispetto / Happiness: The Season of Friendship and Respect (2023); Fellini's Roma (1972); Festival di Sanremo (1981); Giovanni Senzapensieri (1986); Goodbye and return (1996); Grand Hotel Excelsior (1982); I leave you a song (2009); Il cantante mascherato / The Masked Singer (2022); Inferno (1980); L'Agnese va a morire (1976); L'isola dei famosi / The island of the famous (2008); Live - Non è la D'Urso (2019–2020); Love, Lies, Kids... & Dogs (2003); L'ultima estate (2009); Mani di fata (1983); Mani di velluto (1979); Maurizio Costanzo Show (2017); Mia moglie è una strega (1980); Mom, I got depressed dad (1996); My Family in Disarray (2016); My Father Jack (2016); New Year's Eve Party (1988); Non sparate sui bambini (1978); Notti e nebbie (1984); Nudo di donna (1981); Number one (1973); One of Us (1996); Reckless songs (1993); Safari Rally (1978); Sapore di mare 2 - Un anno dopo (1983); Saucy 70's Volume 2 (2010); Schoolmates (1988); Smell of Flesh (1974); SoloMetro (2007); Story of a Cloistered Nun (1973); Suggestionata (1978); Talcum Powder (1982); The Fox (1988); The Italian Saturday (2018); The Kiss of Death (1974); The Last Summer (2009); The Paolella Connection (2016); The Scialo (1987); The Sex Machine (1975); The Teacher (2007); The Three Musketeers of the West (1973); The Uncle of America / America's Uncle (2002); To Forget Venice (1979); Un uomo in ginocchio (1979); Vediamoci chiaro (1984); Waiting and Changes (2016); What an out-of-time that makes (2016); Yesterday - vacanze al mare / TV Mini Series (1985); Young Violent Dangerous: A Featurette (2019); Young, Violent, Dangerous (1976).

Born on this day – Georgia Brown:


Georgia Brown


Singer

Actress

Writer

October 21, 1933 – July 5, 1992


Georgia Brown, in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992)

Credits:

A Peaceable Kingdom (1989); A Study in Terror (1965); Actor (1978); Armchair Britain (2018); Baby Talk (1992); BBC Show of the Week (1967–1968); Blankety Blank (1986); Bruce's Hall of Fame (2014); Can I Play with Madness? - David Wood & Leon Lissek re-visit Tales That Witness Madness (2020); Cheers (1990–1991); Ed Sullivan Presents: The Beatles (2003); Faerie Tale Theatre (1985); Fish Police (1992); Five Guineas a Week (1956); Full House (1973); Galileo (1975); Garrison Theatre (1955); Georgia Brown Sings Kurt Weill (1968); Get the Message (1964); Golden Gala (1978); Good Evening! (1967); Gravedale High (1990); Great Performances (1989); Gypsy (1965); In Concert (1972); International Cabaret (1966–1968); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1971); Juke Box Jury (1965–1967); Late Night Line-Up (1972); Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969); Long Ago, Tomorrow (1971); Love at Stake (1987); Mary: Rhymes and Reasons (1972); Menace (1973); Murder Reported (1957); Murder, She Wrote (1989–1991); My Mother India (2001); Nothing But the Night (1973); One Pair of Eyes (1968); Paddington Bear (1989–1990); Parkinson (1973); Password (1963–1964); Review (1971); Round the Bend (1955); Running Scared (1972); Saturday Stars (1968); Sherlock Holmes (1968); Shoulder to Shoulder (1974); Showtime (1960 / 1968); Song by Song (1978–1980); Spotlight (1967); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990–1992); Sydney (1990); Take a Sapphire (1966); Talent Scouts (1963); Tales That Witness Madness / Segment: Mr. Tiger (1973); The 18th Annual Tony Awards (1964); The 44th Annual Tony Awards (1990); The Army Game (1960); The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976); The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1992); The Celebrity Game (1964); The Coward Revue (1969); The David Susskind Show (1963–1964); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1963); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1965); The Ed Sullivan Show (1963–1964); The Eddy Arnold Show (1956); The Edwardians (1972); The Engelbert Humperdinck Show (1970); The Fixer (1968); The Good Old Days (1973–1976); The Heart of Show Business (1967); The Jimmy Logan Show (1969); The Les Crane Show (1965); The Lives of Benjamin Franklin (1974–1975); The Main Attraction (1984); The Merv Griffin Show (1963); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968); The Mort Sahl Show (1961); The Protectors (1972–1973); The Roads to Freedom (1970); The Saint (1967); The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976); The Sound of Petula (1974); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966–1967); The Top Hat (1951); The Val Doonican Music Show (1984); The Young Generation in The Young Generation (1970); They Sold a Million (1973); This Is the BBC (1959); This Is Tom Jones (1969); This Is Your Life (1991); To Tell the Truth (1964); Trial (1971); Upstairs, Downstairs (1972); Variety Parade (1955); Victim of Love (1991); Wogan (1988); World Theatre (1959).

Born on this day – Ursula K. Le Guin:


Ursula K. Le Guin


Writer

October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018

Credits:

A Wizard of Earthsea (1968); The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore (1972); Tehanu (1990); The Other Wind (2001); The Daughter of Odren (2014); Tales from Earthsea (2001); Dragonfly (2001); The Finder (2001); The Bones of the Earth (2001); Earthsea Revisioned (1993); Catwings (1988); Catwings Return (1989); Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings (1994); Jane on Her Own (1999); Cat Dreams (2009); Tales of the Catwings (1996); More Tales of the Catwings (2000); Rocannon's World (1966); Planet of Exile (1966); City of Illusions (1967); The Left Hand of Darkness (1969); The Word for World is Forest (1972); The Dispossessed (1974); Four Ways to Forgiveness (1994); The Telling (2000); The Adventure of Cobbler's Rune (1982); Solomon Leviathan's Nine-Hundred and Thirty-First Trip Around the World (1983); Gifts (2004); Voices (2006); Powers (2007); Orsinian Tales (1976); Malafrena (1979); The Unreal and the Real, Vol. 1: Where on Earth (2012); The Unreal and the Real, Vol. 2: Outer Space, Inner Lands (2012); April in Paris (1962); The Masters (1963); The Word of Unbinding (1964); Things (1970); The Good Trip (1970); A Trip to the Head (1970); The Stars Below (1974); Direction of the Road (2017); Darkness Box (2017); The Day Before the Revolution (2017); Semley's Necklace (2017); The Rule of Names (2017); Winter's King (2017); The Lathe of Heaven (1971); Very Far Away from Anywhere Else (aka A Very Long Way from Anywhere Else) (1976); The Eye of the Heron (1978); The Beginning Place (aka Threshold) (1980); Always Coming Home (1985); Searoad: Chronicles of Klatsand (1991); Changing Planes (2003); Lavinia (2008); Nine Lives (1968); The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (1973); The Field of Vision (1973); The Water is Wide (1976); Leese Webster (1979); Gwilan's Harp (1981); Solomon Leviathan's 931st Trip Around the World (1983); The Visionary: The Life Story of Flicker of the Serpentine of Telina-Na (1984); Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight (1987); Unchosen Love (Amazing Stories #591) (1994); The Matter of Seggri (in Crank!) (1994); Forgiveness Day (1994); Solitude (in F&SF) (1994); A Man of the People (in Asimov's) (1995); A Woman’s Liberation (in Asimov's) (1995); Ether OR (1995); Mountain Ways (in Asimov's) (1996); The Wild Girls (2011); Dangerous People (2019); The Wind's Twelve Quarters, Volume 1 (1975); Wild Angels (1975); The Wind's Twelve Quarters, Volume 2 (1978); Hard Words and Other Poems (1981); The Compass Rose (1982); In the Red Zone (1983); Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences (1987); Wild Oats and Fireweed (1988); Blue Moon Over Thurman Street (1994); A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (1994); Going Out with Peacocks and Other Poems (1994); Unlocking the Air and Other Stories (1996); Sixty Odd (1999); The Birthday of the World and Other Stories (2002); Science Fiction Stories (2002); Incredible Good Fortune (2006); Walking in Cornwall (2008); Finding My Elegy (2012); Late in the Day: Poems, 2010-2014 (2015); The Found and the Lost (2016); Five Ways to Forgiveness (2017); So Far, So Good (2018); A Visit from Dr. Katz (1988); Fire and Stone (1989); Fish Soup (1992); A Ride on the Red Mare's Back (1992); Tom Mouse (1998); From Elfland to Poughkeepsie (1973); Dreams Must Explain Themselves (1975); The Language of the Night (1979); Way of the Water's Going (1989); Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching (2009); Cheek by Jowl (2009); Words Are My Matter (2016); No Time to Spare (2017); Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing (2018); Dancing at the Edge of the World (1989); Steering the Craft (1998); The Wave in the Mind (2004); Conversations with Ursula K. Le Guin (2008); The WisCon Chronicles, Vol. 2: Provocative essays on feminism, race, revolution, and the future (2008); The Wiscon Chronicles, Vol.3: Carnival of Feminist SF (2009); The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 4 (2010); The Wiscon Chronicles Volume 5 (2011); The WisCon Chronicles Vol. 6: Futures of Feminism and Fandom (2012); The Wiscon Chronicles Vol 7: Shattering Ableist Narratives (2013); The WisCon Chronicles, Vol.9 (2015); The WisCon Chronicles 11 (2017); Legends (1998); Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King (1998); Legends 3 (1999); We Say No (1989); We Say No: Chronicles 1963-1991 (1989); Exiled from Almost Everywhere (1993); The Human Front (2001); The Left Left Behind (2009); Lucky Strike (2009); The Underbelly (2010); Mammoths of the Great Plains (2010); The Wild Girls (2011); Modem Times 2.0 (2011); The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (2011); Surfing the Gnarl (2012); Report from Planet Midnight (2012); The Science of Herself (2013); Patty Hearst & The Twinkie Murders: A Tale of Two Trials (2013); New Taboos (2013); Raising Hell (2014); My Life, My Body (2015); Gypsy (2015); Miracles Ain't What They Used to Be (2016); Fire (2017); Totalitopia (2017); The Atheist in the Attic (2018); Thoreau's Microscope (2018); The Beatrix Gates (2019); A City Made of Words (2019).

Movies and television:

Democracy Now! (2018); Dragon writer's tracks (2018); Earthsea (2005); Freethought Radio (2006); Jackanory (1974–1995); Lathe of Heaven (2002); Tales from Earthsea (2006); The Field of Vision (2011); The Lathe of Heaven (1980); The Real History of Science Fiction (2014); The Starlost (1973); The Starlost: The Beginning (1980); Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin (2018).

Born on this day – Leonard Rossiter:


Leonard Rossiter

Actor

Writer

October 21, 1926 – October 5, 1984

Born on this day – Samuel Taylor Coleridge:


Samuel Taylor Coleridge


Writer

October 21, 1772 – July 25, 1834

Credits:

Poems:

Christabel; Dejection: An Ode; Dura Navis; Easter Holidays; Fears in Solitude; France: An Ode; Frost at Midnight; Hymn Before Sunrise; Kubla Khan, Or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment; Limbo; Lines on an Autumnal Evening; Lines Written at Shurton Bars; Monody on the Death of Chatterton; Ode on the Departing Year; On Quitting School; On Receiving an Account; Reflections on Having Left a Place of Retirement; Religious Musings; Sibylline Leaves; Songs of the Pixies; The Destiny of Nations; The Destruction of the Bastile; The Devil's Thoughts; The Eolian Harp; The Fall of Robespierre; The Nightingale: A Conversation Poem; The Rime of the Ancient Mariner; This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison; Time, Real and Imaginary; To a Young Ass; To Bowles; To Burke; To Erskine; To Fayette; To Fortune; To Godwin; To Kosciusko; To Lord Stanhope; To Mrs Siddons; To Pitt; To Priestley; To Sheridan; To Southey; To the River Otter; To William Wordsworth.

Books:

Aids to Reflection (1993); Biographia Literaria (1983); Essays on his Times in the Morning Post and the Courier (1978); Lay Sermons (1972); Lectures 1795 on Politics and Religion (1971); Lectures 1818–1819 on the History of Philosophy (2000); Lectures, 1808–1819, on Literature (1987); Logic (1981); Marginalia (1980); On the Constitution of the Church and State (1976); Opus Maximum (2002); Poetical Works (2001); Shorter Works and Fragments (1995); Table Talk (1990); The Collected Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1956–71); The Friend (1969); The Watchman (1970).

Movies and television:

A Delirious Eye (2020); Blomman ligger i din hand (1986); Camera Three (1956); Catalogue of Ships (2008); Creation in the 21st Century (2011); In Motion (2000); Kubla Khan (2010); Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1975 / 1977); The Albatross (1998); The Ancient Mariner (1925); The Ancient Mariner: A Rock Opera (1983); The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1967); Venus Blue (1998).

Monday, October 20, 2025

Born on this day – Jean-Pierre Melville:


Jean-Pierre Melville

Director

Writer

Actor

October 20, 1917 – August 2, 1973

Born on this day – Edgar Selwyn:


Edgar Selwyn


Actor

Writer

Director

Producer

October 20, 1875 – February 13, 1944

Credits:

Pierre of the Plains (1942); Washington Melodrama (1941); Dulcy (1940); The Golden Fleecing (1940); Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939); Dancing Co-Ed (1939); Bridal Suite (1939); The Kid from Texas (1939); Baby Face Harrington (1935); The Mystery of Mr. X (1934); Chained (1934); Men Must Fight (1933); Turn Back the Clock (1933); The Barbarian (1933); Skyscraper Souls (1932); The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931); Men Call It Love (1931); Possessed (1931); War Nurse (1930); The Girl in the Show (1929); Dancing Mothers (1926); Night Life of New York (1925); The Crowded Hour (1925); The Mirage (1924); The Arab (1924); The Primitive Lover (1922); Lonely Heart (1921); For Better, for Worse (1919); Heart of the Wilds (1918); Dodging a Million (1918); Nearly Married (1917); Rolling Stones (1916); The Arab (1915); The Country Boy (1915); Pierre of the Plains (1914).

Sunday, October 19, 2025

Born on this day – Dave Mallow:


Dave Mallow


Voice actor

Writer

Director

October 19, 1948 – March 11, 2025

Credits:

Movies, television and video games:

A Martian Christmas (2009); Adventures in Voice Acting (2008); Air Bound (2015); Air Force One (1997); Ajin (2016); Aldnoah.Zero (2014); Alexander's Decision (2003); Als je begrijpt wat ik bedoel (1983); American Hunter (1988); An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998); Ano Yama ni Noborouyo (2005); Aoi Umi to Shounen (1983); Apocalypse Zero (1996); Arc the Lad (1999); Argentosoma (2000–2002); Arthur's Missing Pal (2006); Attack the Gas Station (1999); Babel II: Beyond Infinity (2001); Back to the Forest (1980); Bastard!! (1992–1993); Battleship (2012); B-Daman Crossfire (2011); BeetleBorgs (1996–1997); Bernadette: The Princess of Lourdes (1994); Black Angel Vol. 1 (1998); Black Angel Vol. 2 (1999); Black Jack (2000); Blade of the Immortal (2008); Bleach (2007–2012); Blood: The Last Vampire (2000); Blue Dragon (2007); Blue Exorcist (2011); Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (2003–2005); Bravely Default: Flying Fairy (2012); Bravely Second: End Layer (2015); Bugtime Adventures (2004–2007); Burn-Up Scramble (2004); Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007); Call of Duty: Black Ops (2010); Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009); Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered (2020); Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered (2016); Captain Harlock and the Queen of a Thousand Years (1985); Captain of the Forest (1988); Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran (2000); Castle in the Sky (1986); Chromartie High - The Movie (2005); Code Geass (2007–2008); Computer Warriors (1990); Conception 2: Children of the Seven Stars (2014); Cosmo Warrior Zero (2001); Cyborg 009 vs Devilman (2015); Daigunder (2002); Dawn of the Dead (2004); De: vadasy (2000–2001); Defiance (2013); Detatoko Princess (1997); Devilman (2004); Diablo III (2012); Digimon Adventure (1999); Digimon Adventure 02 (2000); Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon (2001); Digimon Adventure tri. Part 1: Reunion (2015); Digimon Adventure tri. Part 2: Determination (2016); Digimon Adventure tri. Part 4: Loss (2017); Digimon Adventure tri. Part 5: Coexistence (2017); Digimon Adventure tri. Part 6: Future (2018); Digimon Data Squad (2007–2008); Digimon Data Squad (2008); Digimon Racing (2004); Digimon Rumble Arena (2001); Digimon Rumble Arena 2 (2004); Digimon: Digital Monsters (1999–2003); Digimon: The Movie (2000); Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (2006); Dive Olly Dive and the Pirate Treasure (2013); Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds (1981–1982); Dragon Ball (1986 / 1989); Durarara!! (2010–2011); Durarara!!x2 (2015); Dynasty Warriors 4 (2003); Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires (2004); Dynasty Warriors 4: Xtreme Legends (2003); Dynasty Warriors 5 (2005); Dynasty Warriors 5: Xtreme Legends (2005); Early Reins (2003); Earth Defense Force 2: Invaders from Planet Space (2014); Earth Defense Force 2017 (2006); Earth Defense Force 2025 (2013); Eiken (2003); El Chavo (2006–2012); El retorno de D'Artacan (1990); El retorno de D'Artacan (1991–1992); Enchanted Arms (2006); Eraser (1996); Eureka Seven (2005–2006); EverQuest II (2004); Everybody Loves Raymond (1999); Eyeshield 21 (2005–2007); Fearless (2006); FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992); Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers (2009); First Snow (2006); Fist of the North Star (1986); FLCL (2000–2001); FLCL Alternative (2018); Flint: The Time Detective (1998–1999); Flipper (1997); Forest Warrior (1996); Friends: Country Girls (2014); Gad Guard (2003); Galerians: Rion (2002); Gatchaman (1994–1995); Gate Keepers (2000); Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002–2004); Ghost Slayers Ayashi (2007); Ghosts of Mars (2001); Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle (2000); Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods (2008); Great Teacher Onizuka (1999–2000); Grenadier: The Beautiful Warrior (2004–2005); Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics (1987–1988); Gun Frontier (2002); Gundress (1999); Gungrave (2003–2004); Gurren Lagann (2007); .hack//G.U. Last Recode (2017); .hack//G.U. Vol.2//Reminisce (2006); .hack//G.U. Vol.3//Redemption (2007); Halo 2 (2004); Halo 2: Anniversary (2014); Halo: The Master Chief Collection (2014); Hand Maid May (2000–2003); Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (2014); Heat Guy J (2002–2004); Here Is Greenwood (1991); Heroes of the Storm (2015); Heroes: Legend of the Battle Disks (2015); Hunter x Hunter (2012); Huntik: Secrets and Seekers (2010); I Love Bees (2004); Idol Project - Super Pop Anthology (1995); If I See You in My Dreams (1998); IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix (2005); Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999); Iron Virgin Jun (1992); Iznogoud (1995); Izo (2004); Jackie Chan Presents: Wushu (2008); Jin Jin and the Panda Patrol (1994); JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2013–2014); Journey to the Heart of the World (1993); Just Shoot Me! (2001); Karas: The Prophecy (2005); Kashi no ki Mokku (1972); Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl (2006); Kaze No Yojimbo (2001–2002); Kessen II (2002); Kiki's Delivery Service (1989); Klonoa (2008); Knights of Sidonia (2014); Krippendorf's Tribe (1998); Kunoichi ninpô-chô: Yagyû gaiden (1998); Kurogane Communication (1998); Kurokami: The Animation (2009); Kuromukuro (2016); Kyô kara maô! (2004–2009); La llamada de los gnomos (1987–1988); Lady Terminator (1989); Last Exile (2003); Lego Friends (2013); Lensman (1984); Life-Size (2000); Light of Olympia (2008); Littl' Bits (1980); Lord Zedd's Monster Heads: The Greatest Villains of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1995); Lovelace (2013); Lunar Legend Tsukihime (2003); Manxmouse (1979); Maple Town (1986); Mars Daybreak (2004); Marseille (2016); Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (2011); Mazinkaiser SKL (2011); Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (2002); Medal of Honor: Rising Sun (2003); Mega Man Star Force (2006); Metropolis (2001); Might and Magic: World of Xeen (1994); Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993–1999); Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Live (1996); Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Ninja Quest (1995); Mirage of Blaze (2002); Mix Master (2006–2011); Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (1992); Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991); Mobile Suit Gundam I (1981); Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow (1981); Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space (1982); Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (2011); Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn 7 (2014); Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (2016); Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team - Miller's Report (1998); Monster (2005); Mouse (2003); 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); My Favorite Martian (1999); Naruto (2007); Naruto the Movie 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom (2006); Neverwinter Nights (2002); New Getter Robo (2004); Nightwalker: Midnight Detective (1998); Nixon (1995); Nodame kantâbire (2007); Noozles (1984); Noriega: God's Favorite (2000); Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan (2010–2011); Onigamiden - Legend of the Millennium Dragon (2011); Otogi Zoshi (2004); Outlaw Star (1998); Overman King Gainer (2002–2003); Pee chong air (2004); Pembalasan Rambu (1985); Phantom Investigators (2002); Phantom Investigators (2002); Phantom: The Animation (2004); Phil's Dance Party (2012); Phoenix (2004); Pîtâ Pan no bôken (1989); Planetes (2004); PlanetSide 2 (2012); Pororo to the Cookie Castle (2004); Power Rangers in Space (1998); Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue (2000); Power Rangers Lost Galaxy (1999); Power Rangers Monster Bash Halloween Special (2012); Power Rangers Time Force - Quantum Ranger: Clash for Control (2001); Power Rangers Time Force (2001); Power Rangers Wild Force (2002); Power Rangers Zeo (1996); Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood! (2010); Project Sylpheed (2006); Radiata Stories (2005); Rave Master (2001–2002); Redline (2009); Resident Evil 5 (2009); Resident Evil 6 (2012); Resident Evil Outbreak: File #2 (2004); Resistance 3 (2011); Rise of Dragonian Era (2012); Robotech: The Movie (1986); Romancing SaGa (2005); Roseanne (1995); Roxanne's Best Christmas Ever (1998); Rozen Maiden (2004); Rurouni Kenshin (1997); S1m0ne (2002); Sabaku no Kuni no Ojosama (2001); Saiyuki Reload (2003); Sakura Wars: The Movie (2001); Samurai Champloo (2004–2005); Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked (2006); Samurai Commando: Mission 1549 (2005); Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School (2001); Samurai Warriors 3 (2009); Samurai Warriors: Katana (2007); Sandokan (1992); Sango no Umi to Oji (2000); Scrapped Princess (2003); Soulcalibur IV (2008); Space Pirate Captain Herlock: Outside Legend - The Endless Odyssey (2002); Space Siege (2008); SpellForce: Shadow of the Phoenix (2004); Splinter Cell: Double Agent (2006); Star Trek 25th Anniversary (1992); Strange Justice (1999); Street Fighter Alpha: Generations (2005); Street Fighter IV (2008); Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind (2009); Street Fighter X Tekken (2012); Submarine 707R (2003–2004); Super Street Fighter IV (2010); Supreme Commander 2 (2010); Swiss Family Robinson (1981); Tales of Graces f (2010); Tales of Vesperia (2008); Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition (2019); Tales of Xillia 2 (2012); Tales of Zestiria (2015); Tenchi in Tokyo (1997); Tenchi Muyo! (1992–2005); Tenchi Muyô! GXP (2002); Tenjo Tenge (2004); The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014); The Adventures of Dynamo Duck (1990); The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee (1970–1971); The Adventures of Raggedy Ann & Andy (1988); The Divine Move (2014); The Fantastic Adventures of Unico (1981); The Hallo Spencer Show (1979–2001); The Happy Cricket (2001); The Hungover Games (2014); The L.A. Riot Spectacular (2005); The Last Remnant (2008); The Littl' Bits (1991); The Little Polar Bear: Lars and the Little Tiger (2002); The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2009); The Melody of Oblivion (2004); The Princess and the Pirate: Sandokan the TV Movie (1995); The Seven Deadly Sins (2014); The Siege (1998); The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces (2008); The Substitute (2007); The Tower (2012); The Twelve Kingdoms (2002); The Unborn (1991); The Waterboy (1998); Three Kingdoms (2008); 'Til There Was You (1997); Time and Eternity (2013); Time Crisis 4 (2006); Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster and the Beanstalk (1996); Tobias and His Lion (1999); Tokko (2006); Tokyo Decameron (1996); Tokyo Mafia: Battle for Shinjuku (1996); Trigun (1998); Turbulence (1997); Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (2011); Ultra Street Fighter IV (2014); V.R. Troopers (1994–1995); Vampire Princess Miyu (1998); Vandread (2000); Veteran (2015); Violetta (2012); Walter Melon (1997–1999); Warriors Orochi (2007); Warriors Orochi 2 (2008); Wild ARMs: Twilight Venom (1999–2000); Windaria (1986); Witch Hunter Robin (2002); World of Warcraft (2004); World of Warcraft: Legion (2016); X (2001–2002); X: An Omen (2001); Yukikaze (2005); Zatch Bell! (2003); ZEN Pinball (2008); Zenki (1995); Zillion (1987); Zorro the Chronicles (2016).

Saturday, October 18, 2025

Born on this day – Fannie Hurst:


Fannie Hurst


Writer

October 18, 1889 – February 23, 1968

Credits:

Books & plays:

A President Is Born (1928); Anatomy of Me: A Wonderer in Search of Herself (1958); Back Pay (1921); Back Street (1931); Every Soul Hath Its Song (date?); Fannie Hurst: A Biographical Sketch, Critical Appreciation and Bibliography (1928); Fannie Hurst: In Her Own Words, 1952-1968: Love Notes to Her Deceased Husband, Jacques S. Danielson (date?); Five And Ten (1929); Four Daughters (1941); Gaslight Sonatas (1918); Humoresque - Scholar's Choice Edition (date?); Humoresque (1919); Humoresque: A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It: A Tapestry of Emotion: Stories of Love, Loss, and Laughter in 20th Century America (1920); Humoresque: And Other Stories (1919); Imitation of Life (1933); It Is to Laugh (1927); Just Around the Corner: Original Edition (date?); Just Around the Corner: Romance en Casserole (1914); Lummox (1923); Mannequin (1926); My Favorite Story (1928); No Food with My Meals (1935); Procession (1929); Romance en Casserole (date?); Song of Life (1927); Star Dust A Story Of An American Girl (1921); Star Dust: Original Edition (date?); The Land of the Free (1917); The Official Chaperon (1909); The stories of Fannie Hurst (date?); The Vertical City - Scholar's Choice Edition (date?); The Vertical City (1922); Today Is Ladies' Day (1939); We are ten (1937); White Christmas (1942).

Movies and television:

A Petal on the Current (1919); A Son's Ingratitude (1912); Aghla min hayati (1965); Anneler ve Kizlari (1971); Back Pay (1922 / 1930); Back Street (1932 / 1941 / 1961); Big Joe's Happiness Exchange (1951); Biography (1961); Celebrity Time (1950); Five and Ten (1931); Four Daughters (1938); Four Mothers (1941); Four Wives (1939); Hello, Everybody! (1933); Her Great Chance (1918); Hitler's Reign of Terror (1934); Humoresque (1920 / 1946); Imitação da Vida (1960); Imitation of Life (1934 / 1959); It's a Problem (1952); Just Around the Corner (1921); Lummox (1930); Mannequin (1926); Matinee Theatre (1956); One Hundred Pennies (1954); Person to Person (1954); Ponds Theater (1954); See It Now (1953); Seven Kadin Unutmaz (1965); Stardust (1921); Symphony of Six Million (1932); Take Thirty (1964); The Best of Hollywood (2017); The Day She Paid (1919); The Good Provider (1922); The Laraine Day Show (1951); The Les Crane Show (1965); The Nth Commandment (1923); The Painted Angel (1929); The Untamed Lady (1926); The Younger Generation (1929); This Is Your Life (1957); Wheel of Chance (1928); Who Said That? (1950); Young at Heart (1954).

Friday, October 17, 2025

Born on this day – Norm Macdonald:


Norm Macdonald

Comedian

Actor

Writer

October 17, 1959 – September 14, 2021

Born on this day – Nathanael West:


Nathanael West


Writer

October 17, 1903 – December 22, 1940

Credits:

Novels, plays, short stories:

A Cool Million (1934); Even Stephen (1934); Good Hunting (1938); Miss Lonelyhearts (1933); Nathanael West, Novels and Other Writings (1997); The Day of the Locust (1939); The Dream Life of Balso Snell (1931); The Imposter (date?); Western Union Boy (date?).

Movies and television:

Advice to the Forlorn (1933); American Playhouse (1983); Born to Be Wild (1938); Five Came Back (1939); Follow Your Heart (1936); Gangs of New York (1938); I Stole a Million (1939); I'll Tell the World (1945); It Could Happen to You (1937); Let's Make Music (1940); Lonelyhearts (1958); Men Against the Sky (1940); Rhythm in the Clouds (1937); Slecna Dusehojivá (2000); Stranger on the Third Floor (1940); The Day of the Locust (1975); The President's Mystery (1936); The Spirit of Culver (1939); Ticket to Paradise (1936).

Born on this day – Richard Connell:


Richard Connell


Writer

October 17, 1893 – November 22, 1949

Credits:

Books:

The Mad Lover (1927); Murder at Sea (1929); Playboy (1936); What Ho! (1937); The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and Other Humorous Tales (1922); The Most Dangerous Game and Other Stories of Adventure (2021); The Most Dangerous Game (aka The Hounds of Zaroff) (1924); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957); The Ghouls Book 1 (1971).

Movies and television:

A Game of Death (1945); Actor's Studio (1949); Balalaika (1939); Bloodlust! (1961); Bright Lights (1925); Brother Orchid (1940); Cheer Up and Smile (1930); Dark Streets (1929); Doctor Rhythm (1938); Double Trouble (1953); East of Broadway (1924); F-Man (1936); General Electric Theater (1958); Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945); Hired Wife (1940); Hounds of Zaroff (2016); Love on Toast (1937); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Luxury Liner (1948); Meet John Doe (1941); Most Dangerous Game (2020–2023); New Year's Eve (1929); Nice Girl? (1941); No Place to Go (1927); Okusama ni shirasu bekarazu (1937); Our Relations (1936); Painted People (1924); Presenting Lily Mars (1943); Rio Rita (1942); Run for the Sun (1956); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Seven Faces (1929); Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity (1987); The Cowboy and the Lady (1938); The Dangerous Game (1953); The Kid from Brooklyn (1946); The Milky Way (1936); The most compassionate game (2021); The Most Dangerous Game (1932 / 2022); The Suckers (1972); The Woman Hunt (1972); Thrill of a Romance (1945); Two Girls and a Sailor (1944).

Born on this day – Elinor Glyn:


Elinor Glyn


Writer

October 17, 1864 – September 23, 1943

Credits:

The Visits Of Elizabeth (1901); The Seventh Commandment (1902); The Reflections Of Ambrosine (1903); The Vicissitudes of Evangeline (1905); Beyond the Rocks (1906); Three Weeks (1907); Elizabeth Visits America (1909); His Hour (1910); Halcyone (1912); Love Itself (1912); The Reason Why (1912); Guinevere's Lover (1913); The Sequence (1913); Your Affectionate Godmother (1914); The Career of Katherine Bush (1916); Family (1919); The Price Of Things (1924); Six Days (1924); The Great Moment (1925); Man and Maid (1925); This Passion Called Love (1925); Love's Blindness (1926); It (1927); The Man and the Moment (1927); Eternal Youth (1928); Red Hair (1928); Glorious Flames (1932); Love's Hour (1932); Such Men are Dangerous (1933); Sooner Or Later (1934); The Contrast and Other Stories (1913); The Damsel and the Sage (1903); The Sayings of Grandmamma (1908); Letters to Caroline (1914); Three Things (1915); Destruction (1918); The Point Of View (1920); The Elinor Glyn System of Writing (1922); The Philosophy of Love (1923); The Wrinkle Book, Or, How to Keep Looking Young (1927); Romantic Adventure (1937); Keep Young and Beautiful (1982).

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Born on this day – Suzanne Somers:


Suzanne Somers


Actress

Writer

Singer

October 16, 1946 – October 15, 2023

Credits:

Say It Isn't So (2001); The Darklings (1999); Rusty: A Dog's Tale (1998); Step by Step (1991–1998); No Laughing Matter (1998); Love-Struck (1997); Devil's Food (1996); The Nutty Professor (1996); The Simpsons (1996); The Naked Truth (1995); ABC TGIF (1991–1995); ABC Sneak Peek with Step by Step (1994); Seduced by Evil (1994); Serial Mom (1994); Full House (1994); The Larry Sanders Show (1993); Sisters (1993); Exclusive (1992); Keeping Secrets (1991); Rich Men, Single Women (1990); She's the Sheriff (1987–1989); Totally Minnie (1988); Goodbye Charlie (1985); Hollywood Wives (1985); Three's Company (1977–1981); Nothing Personal (1980); Yesterday's Hero (1979); The Ropers (1979); Billy (1979); ; Zuma Beach (1978); Happily Ever After (1978); The Six Million Dollar Man (1977); Ants! (1977); Starsky and Hutch (1975–1977); The Love Boat (1977); Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977); One Day at a Time (1976); Sky Heist (1975); The Rockford Files (1974); Lotsa Luck! (1974); Magnum Force (1973); American Graffiti (1973); Fools (1970); Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969); Bullitt (1968).

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Born on this day – Ed McBain:


Ed McBain


Writer

October 15, 1926 – July 6, 2005

Credits:

The 87th Precinct novel series: Cop Hater (1956); The Mugger (1956); The Pusher (1956); The Con Man (1957); Killer's Choice (1957); Lady Killer (1958); Killer's Wedge (1958); Killer's Payoff (1958); King's Ransom (1959); 'Til Death (1959); Give the Boys a Great Big Hand (1960); The Heckler (1960); See Them Die (1960); Lady, Lady, I Did It! (1961); The Empty Hours (1962); Like Love (1962); Ten Plus One (1963); Ax (1963); He Who Hesitates (1965); Doll (1965); Eighty Million Eyes (1966); Fuzz (1968); Shotgun (1968); Jigsaw (1970); Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here! (1971); Sadie When She Died (1972); Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man (1973); Hail to the Chief (1973); Bread (1974); Blood Relatives (1975); So Long as You Both Shall Live (1976); Long Time No See (1977); Calypso (1979); Ghosts (1980); Heat (1981); McBain Brief (1982); Ice (1983); Lightning (1984); And All Through The House (1984); Eight Black Horses (1985); Poison (1987); Lullaby (1989); Vespers (1989); Tricks (1989); Widows (1991); Kiss (1992); Mischief (1993); Romance (1995); Nocturne (1997); The Big Bad City (1998); The Last Dance (1999); Money, Money, Money (2001); Fat Ollie's Book (2002); The Frumious Bandersnatch (2003); Hark! (2004); Fiddlers (2005). The Matthew Hope novel series: Goldilocks (1976); Rumpelstiltskin (1981); Beauty And The Beast (1982); Jack and the Beanstalk (1984); Snow White and Rose Red (1985); Cinderella (1986); Puss in Boots (1987); The House That Jack Built (1988); Three Blind Mice (1990); Mary, Mary (1991); There Was A Little Girl (1994); Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear (1996); The Last Best Hope (1998). Transgressions Books: Terror's Echo: Novellas from Transgressions (2005); Transgressions (2006); Transgressions, Vol. 2 (2006). Stand alone novels: Rocket To Luna (1953); Don't Crowd Me (1953); Danger: Dinosaurs! (1953); Cut Me In (1954); Runaway Black (1954); The Blackboard Jungle (1954); Death of a Nurse (1955); Murder in the Navy (1955); Tomorrow's World (1956); Second Ending (1956); Vanishing Ladies (1957); The Spiked Heel (1957); I'm Cannon--For Hire (1958); Strangers When We Met (1958); Even the Wicked (1958); The Gutter and the Grave (1958); Big Man (1959); A Matter of Conviction (1959); Buddwing (1964); The Sentries (1965); The Paper Dragon (1967); A Horse's Head (1967); Last Summer (1968); Sons (1969); Nobody Knew They Were There (1971); Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972); Seven (1972); Come Winter (1973); Streets of Gold (1974); Doors (1975); Where There's Smoke (1975); Guns (1976); The Chisholms (1976); Love Dad (1981); Far from the Sea (1982); Lizzie (1984); Another Part of the City (1986); Downtown (1989); Gangs! (1989); Scimitar (1992); Criminal Conversation (1994); Privileged Conversation (1995); Driving Lessons (1998); Candyland (2000); The Moment She Was Gone (2002); Alice In Jeopardy (2004); So Nude, So Dead     (2015); Runaway (2016); Find the Feathered Serpent (1952); The Remarkable Harry (1961); The Wonderful Button (1961); Me and Mr. Stenner (1976); Let's Talk (2005); The McBain Brief (1982); Barking at Butterflies (2000); Running from Legs and Other Stories (2002); Learning to Kill (2006); Transgressions (2006); Keller's Adjustment; Forever (2006); I Like 'Em Tough (2016); The Jungle Kids (2016); I Like 'Em Tough (2016); The Sunday Pigeon Murders (1942); The Thursday Turkey Murders (1943); The April Robin Murders (1958); Great Stories of Mystery and Suspense (1981); Mammoth Book of Short Crime Novels (1986); The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories (1988); The Second Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction (1988); City Sleuths and Tough Guys (1989); Crimes of Passion (1993); The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 1996 (1995); Murder For Love (1996); Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories (1996); The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories (1996); Crime After Crime (1999); The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 (1999); The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 (2000); The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 (2000); Writers on Writing (2001); The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years (2001); The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 (2002); The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction (2004); Dangerous Women (2005); Transgressions (2005); Price of Desire (2005); Transgressions vol. 4 (2006); Transgressions, Vol. 2 (2006); Masters of Noir, Volume One (2010); Masters of Noir, Volume Three (2010); Books to Die For (2012).

Movies and television:

87. revír (1970); 87th Precinct (1961–1962); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957–1959); All About 'the Birds' (2000); Blackboard Jungle (1955); Blood Relatives (1978); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966–1967); Brokovnice (1992); Case Reopened (1999); CBS Afternoon Playhouse (1981); Climax! (1958); Columbo (1992–1994); Cop Hater (1958); Dream West (1986); Dzungle pred tabulí (1980); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Ed McBain möter Ulf Örnkloo (1988); Ed McBain: Satsui (2005); Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave (1997); Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice (1996); Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Lightning (1995); Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972); Fallen Angels (1995); Fuzz (1972); General Electric Theater (1958); High and Low (1963); I Am Alfred Hitchcock (2021); Ironside (1968); Kao no nai onna: Kurushima keiji no hôkokusho yori (2007); Koho si vybral vrah (1974); Kraft Theatre (1958); La soupe aux poulets (1963); Last Summer (1969); Le cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques (1971); Le Dernier Tour (2002); Living Famously (2003); Lonely Heart (1981); Midnight Journal (1990); Mike Hammer (1958); Mister Buddwing (1966); Of Men and Women (1973); Panenka (1980); Plus rien à perdre (1968); Read All About It (1979); Reputations (1999); Skládacka (1991); Spin (2012); Sposob ubiystva (1993); Strangers When We Meet (1960); Tanin no kankei (1989); Tengoku to jigoku (2007); The Birds (1963); The Bob Braun Show (1981); The Chisholms (1979–1980); The Culture Show (2005); The David Frost Show (1972); The Horror Hall of Fame II (1991); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); The Legend of Walks Far Woman (1980); The Mugger (1958); The Pusher (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959); The Trouble with Marnie (2000); The Write Stuff (1989); The Young Savages (1961); Three Blind Mice (2001); Walk Proud (1979); Without Apparent Motive (1971); Wogan (1986); Zabiják (1972).

Born on this day – Mario Puzo:


Mario Puzo

Writer

October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999