Born on this day – Leo McKern:

Leo McKern

Actor

March 16, 1920 – July 23, 2002

Credits:

2nd House (1974); A Man for All Seasons (1966); A Slight Ache (1965); A Tale of Two Cities (1958); Agent 8 3/4 (1964); Alice in Wonderland (1966); All for Mary (1955); Arena (1976); Armchair Theatre (1959–1967); Assignment Foreign Legion (1957); Assignment K (1968); BBC Play of the Month (1973); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1956–1958); Beatles Help Unseen Film Footage (1965); Bird's-Eye View (1969); Candleshoe (1977); Chain of Events / London Story (1958); Children of the Damned (1964); Chronicle (1978); Churchill's People (1975); Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs (1996); Confess, Killer (1957); Contrasts (1968); Damien: Omen II (1978); Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968); Doctor in Distress (1963); Drama (1977); Drama 61-67 (1962); Federation (1999); Film Night (1970); Flight of the Dove (1957); Good King Wenceslas (1994); Great Performances (1986); Hawkins' Rivers (1982); Help! (1965); Holiday in Spain (1960); Horizon (1990); Hour of Mystery (1957); I Like Money (1961); ITV Play of the Week (1957–1961); ITV Playhouse (1982); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1973); ITV Television Playhouse (1957–1961); Jazz Boat (1960); King & Country (1964); King Lear (1983); Ladyhawke (1985); Late Show London (1966); Leading the Blind (1962); Lieutenant Kije (1979); Lisa (1962); Love Story (1965); Mafia No! (1967); Massacre in Rome (1973); Molokai (1999); Murder in the Cathedral (1951); Murder with Mirrors (1985); Noah (1960); Now You're Talking (1979); Omnibus (1978); Our Mutual Friend (1976); Play for Today (1975–1981); Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983); Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992); Ryan's Daughter (1970); Saturday Playhouse (1960); Screen One (1993); Screen Two (1992); Sea Tales: The Return (1977); Shades of Greene (1975); Snow, Sand and Savages: The Life of Frank Hurley (1972); Some of Our Airmen Are No Longer Missing (1990); Space: 1999 (1975); Sunday Night (1965–1966); Sunday Story (1964); Sykes and A... (1961); Tempo (19664); The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975); The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955); The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1962); The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965); The Blue Lagoon (1980); The Chain (1984); The Comet Is Coming! (1981); The Critical Point (1957); The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961); The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981); The High Commissioner (1968); The House on Garibaldi Street (1979); The Last Tasmanian (1978); The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (1979); The Magical World of Disney (1963); The Man Who Shot the Albatross (1972); The March of the Peasants (1952); The Mouse That Roared (1959); The Nativity (1978); The Omen (1976); The Prisoner (1967–1968); The Respectful Prostitute (1964); The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1959); The Savage (1977); The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968); The Sun Is God (1974); The Voyage of Bounty's Child (1984); The Wednesday Play (1968); The Widows of Jaffa (1957); The World About Us (1968); Theatre Night (1959–1989); They All Died Laughing (1964); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1966); Time Without Pity (1957); Travelling North (1987); Travelling North: Original Cast Screen Tests (1986); Web of Evidence (1959); Wogan (1989); X the Unknown (1956); Yesterday's Enemy (1959).

Born on this day – Mercedes McCambridge:

Mercedes McCambridge

Actress

March 16, 1916 – March 2, 2004

Credits:

99 Women (1969); A Farewell to Arms (1957); ABC Stage 67 (1966); About Faces (1960); All the King's Men (1949); Amazing Stories (1987); Angel Baby (1961); Bewitched (1968); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bonanza (1962–1970); Cagney & Lacey (1988); Charlie's Angels (1978); Cimarron (1960); Climax! (1955); Dr. Kildare (1964); Echoes (1982); Flying High (1978); Front Row Center (1955–1956); Giant (1956); 'Giant' Stars Are Off to Texas (1955); Gunsmoke (1971); Hagen (1980); Here's Hollywood (1961); Illinois Special: I Remember Illinois (1968); Inside Straight (1951); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1958); Johnny Guitar (1954); Killer by Night (1972); Lamp Unto My Feet (1963); Life with Linkletter (1970); Lightning Strikes Twice (1951); Lost in Space (1966); Lux Video Theatre (1950–1952); Lyman H. Howe's High Class Moving Pictures (1983); Magnum, P.I. (1981); Marquis de Sade's Justine (1969); Medical Center (1970); Night Line (1964); One Man's Family (1949); Overland Trail (1960); Panic! (1958); Rawhide (1959–1965); Riverboat (1959); Run Home, Slow (1965); Schlitz Playhouse (1959); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1951); Sixteen (1972); Spectrum (1958); Studio One (1953–1956); Suddenly, Last Summer (1959); Tales of Tomorrow (1953); The 18th Annual Tony Awards (1964); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 26th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1952); The 26th Annual Tony Awards (1972); The 29th Annual Academy Awards (1957); The 60th Annual Academy Awards (1988); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The Alan Young Show (1951); The Bob Braun Show (1975–1981); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1950); The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979); The Counterfeit Killer (1968); The Dakotas (1963); The David Frost Show (1972); The Defenders (1964); The Doctors (1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953); The Exorcist (1973); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); The Girls of Huntington House (1973); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969); The Loretta Young Show (1956); The Mike Douglas Show (1966–1974); The Name of the Game (1971); The Other Side of the Wind (2018); The President's Plane Is Missing (1973); The Red Skelton Hour (1957–1959); The Sacketts (1979); The Scarf (1951); The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963); Thieves (1977); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1974); Touch of Evil (1958); Two for the Money (1972); Vacation Playhouse (1965); Wagon Train (1957); Warner Pathé News Issue # 87 (1955); What's My Line? (1951); Who Is the Black Dahlia? (1975); Wire Service (1956–1957).

Born on this day – Frances Fuller:

Frances Fuller

Actress

March 16, 1907 – December 18, 1980

Credits:

Homebodies (1974); They Might Be Giants (1971); Love of Life (1967); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1961); Play of the Week (1961); Harbourmaster (1958); Omnibus / Plays of the Irish Renaissance (1956); Appointment with Adventure (1956); The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955); Studio One (1949–1954); Curtain Call (1952); Lux Video Theatre (1951); Crime Syndicate (1951); Elmer and Elsie (1934); One Sunday Afternoon (1933).

Born on this day – Alec Seward:

Alec Seward

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

March 16, 1901 – May 11, 1972

Vickie Karp, on reading and writing:

When we read, we start at the beginning and continue until we reach the end.

When we write, we start in the middle and fight our way out.

- Vickie Karp.

On this day in movie history - The Highwaymen (2019):

The Highwaymen,

directed by John Lee Hancock,

written by John Fusco,

was released in the United States on March 15, 2019.

Based on the true Bonnie and Clyde case (1931–1934).

Music by Thomas Newman.

Cast:
Kevin Costner, Woody Harrelson, Kathy Bates, John Carroll Lynch, Thomas Mann, Dean Denton, Kim Dickens, William Sadler, W. Earl Brown, David Furr, Jason Davis, Josh Caras, David Born, Brian F. Durkin, Kaley Wheless, Alex Elder, Emily Brobst, Edward Bossert, Jake Dashnaw, Jane McNeill, Karson Kern, Jesse C. Boyd, Kevin Sangston, Robert Bryan Davis, Luray Cooper, Johnny McPhail, Silas Cooper, Jeff Pope, Arvin Combs, Joe Knezevich, Billy Slaughter, Brandon O'Dell, Dean J. West, Don Stallings, David Dwyer, Steve Vernon, Carter Maharrey, Justin Smith, Cullen Moss, Alan Wells, Josh Ventura, Michael Draper, Timothy McKinney, Luke Loveless, Allen Lopez, Ian Pitre, Billy  Johnston, Izzy G., Savanna Renee, Mitch Eakins, Matthew Paul Martinez, Todd Barnett, Troy Anthony Hogan, Taj Marqui Paul, Russell L. Welch III, Nicolas J. Lefebvre, Stephen L. Kelly, Robert Streeck, Donald Robert Mohr, Brad Napp, Sophia Silver, Lynden Orr, Makani Ravello, Samantha Hunter Ogan, Mikey Kelley, Leigh Anne Tuohy, Collins Tuohy, Teddy Orr, Skip Stellrecht, Jon Briddell, David Zyler, Lexi Elizabeth Audler, Tony Beard, William Buster Benefield, Brett Beoubay, Rusty Bourg, James Breaux, Matthew Rush Campbell, Rebecca Chulew, Kyle Clements, Sheenan Cole, Jay Conlin, Karen Dalferes, Daniel B. Davis, Michael Patrick Fogarty, Gregory Fountain, Karla Garcia, Johnny Ray Gibbs, Chad Governale, Gene Kevin Hames Jr., Christopher Hart, Timothy Hinrichs, Jackie Jenkins Jr., Andreanna L Jenson, Steve Kish, John C. Klein, Darrel J Lee, Lamar Lott, Tonya Maldonado, Aaron Mitchell, Zach Mooney, Destry Mushtare, Bryan Regan, Lester Savoie, William Schaff, Natalie Sibille, Steven Skipper, Lindsay Small Barrios, Toney Chapman Steele, Cameron Washington, Michael Wozniak, Mike A. Young.

Born on this day – Lawrence Sanders:

Lawrence Sanders

Writer

March 15, 1920 – February 7, 1998

Credits:

Books:

Caper (1980); Capital Crimes (1989); Dark Summer (1980); Guilty Pleasures (1998); Lawrence Sanders: Four Complete Novels (1984); Love Songs (1972); McNally's Alibi (2002); McNally's Bluff (2004); McNally's Caper (1994); McNally's Chance (2001); McNally's Dare (2003); McNally's Dilemma (1999); McNally's Folly (2000); McNally's Gamble (1997); McNally's Luck (1992); McNally's Puzzle (1996); McNally's Risk (1993); McNally's Secret (1991); McNally's Trial (1995); Private Pleasures (1992); Stolen Blessings (1989); Sullivan's Sting (1990); Tales of the Wolf (1988); The Adventures of Chaucey Alcock (1997); The Anderson Tapes (1970); The Case of Lucy Bending / The Case of Lucy B. (1982); The Dream Lover (1986); The Eighth Commandment (1986); The First Deadly Sin (1973); The Fourth Deadly Sin (1985); The Loves of Harry Dancer / The Loves of Harry D. (1985); The Marlow Chronicles (1977); The Passion of Molly T. (1984); The Pleasures of Helen (1971); The Second Deadly Sin (1977); The Seduction of Peter S. (1983); The Seventh Commandment (1991); The Sixth Commandment (1978); The Tangent Factor (1978); The Tangent Objective (1976); The Tenth Commandment (1980); The Third Deadly Sin (1981); The Timothy Files (1987); The Timothy Files / Timothy's Game / Sullivan's Sting (1999); The Tomorrow File (1975); The Tomorrow File / The Tangent Objective / The Tangent Factor (2000); Timothy's Game (1988).

Movies:

The First Deadly Sin (1980); The Anderson Tapes (1971); Fornicon (1971).