Saturday, May 4, 2024

Born on this day – Paul Gleason:


Paul Gleason

Actor

May 4, 1939 – May 27, 2006

Credits:

2005 MTV Movie Awards (2005); 21 Jump Street (1989); A Time to Revenge (1997); A*Teens: Dancing Queen (1999); Abominable (2006); Adam-12 (1971–1974); All My Children (1978); Another Life (1981–1984); Anything for Love (1985); Arthur (1981); B.L. Stryker (1990); Banacek (1972); Beauty and the Beast (1987); Best of the Best 4: Without Warning (1998); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / Creepy Comics (1999); Boiling Point (1993); Boy Meets World (1997); Cagney & Lacey (1984); Call to Glory (1984); CBS Playhouse (1969); Challenge of a Lifetime (1985); Chicago Hope (1999); C'mon, Let's Live a Little (1967); Cold Case (2005); Columbo (1975); Dallas (1985); Dark Skies (1996); Dawson's Creek (2003); Day at the Beach (1997); Dead Last (2001); Diagnosis Murder (1999); Die Hard (1988); Digital Man (1995); Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975); Doubletake (1985); Dragnet (2003); Drake & Josh (2004); Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985); Falcon Crest (1987); False Arrest (1991); Fastlane (2002); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1990); Forever, Lulu (1986); Fort Apache the Bronx (1981); Fourth Story (1991); Friends (2000); George Lopez (2005); Ghost Chase (1987); Gimme a Break! (1986); Grace Under Fire (1997); Hardball (1990); Hardcastle and McCormick (1984); He Knows You're Alone (1980); Hill Street Blues (1984); Hit Man (1972); I Love Trouble (1994); Ike: The War Years (1979); In the Living Years (1994); It's About Time (1967); Johnny Be Good (1988); Kate & Allie (1986); L.A. Law (1991); Life Goes On (1989); Lifted (1988); Little Laura and Big John (1973); Loaded Weapon 1 (1993); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994); Looking for Richard (1996); Lost on Earth (1997); M.U.G.E.N (1999); Magnum, P.I. (1984); Majority Rule (1992); Malcolm in the Middle (2004); Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1992); Married People (1990); McCloud (1974); Melrose Place (1998); Miami Blues (1990); Miami Vice (1986); Mission: Impossible (1972); Money Talks (1997); Monty Nash (1971); Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (1987); Murder, She Wrote (1989–1992); MysteryDisc: Many Roads to Murder (1983); MysteryDisc: Murder, Anyone? (1982); Nash Bridges (1998); National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002); NewsRadio (1997); Night Game (1989); No Code of Conduct (1998); Not Another Teen Movie (2001); Nothing to Lose (1994); One West Waikiki (1994–1996); Panic in Year Zero! (1962); Petticoat Junction (1966); Private Duty Nurses (1971); Red Letters (2000); Remington Steele (1984); Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love (1994); Rich Girl (1991); Riptide (1984); Running Cool (1993); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1984); Seinfeld (1994); Shadow Conspiracy (1997); She's Having a Baby (1988); Sidekicks (1987); Ski Party (1965); Social Misfits (2001); Special Collector's Edition (2011); Spooner (1989); Starting Now (1989); Sun Gods (2002); Supercarrier (1988); Superior Court (1986–1990); Tales from the Crypt (1991); Tender Mercies (1983); Texas (1982); The A-Team (1984–1986); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1971); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1971); The Book of Caleb (2008); The Breakfast Club (1985); The District (2001); The Drew Carey Show (1999); The Equalizer (1986); The F.B.I. (1968); The Giving Tree (2000); The Great Santini (1979); The Green Hornet (1967); The Guardian (2002); The Invaders (1967); The Making of Bret Michaels (2002); The Mike Douglas Show (1976); The Myersons (2001); The Organization (2001); The Passing (2011); The Pink Garter Gang (1971); The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981); The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968); The Waiter (1993); The Weber Show (2001); The Wonder Years (1992); Then Came Bronson (1969); There Goes My Baby (1994); Toma (1973); Trading Places (1983); Veronica's Closet (1999–2000); Vigilante Force (1976); Walker, Texas Ranger (1997); Where Does It Hurt? (1972); Wild Cactus (1993); Winter A-Go-Go (1965); Wishman (1992); Women at West Point (1979).

Born on this day – Eleanor Coppola:


Eleanor Coppola

Documentary film director

Cinematographer

Writer

Artist

May 4, 1936 – April 12, 2024

Credits:

Books:

Notes on the Making of Apocalypse Now (1979); Notes on a Life (2008).

Documentaries, movies and television:

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2012); A Legacy of Filmmakers: The Early Years of American Zoetrope (2004); A Million Feet of Film: The Editing of Apocalypse Now (2006); A Visit to China's Miao Country (1996); An American Rhapsody (2001); Apocalypse Now (1979); Behind the Scenes of Palo Alto (2014); Celebrity Page (2017–2021); Coda: Thirty Years Later (2007); Dementia 13 (1963); Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker' (2007); Front Row Flynn (2018); Full Tilt Boogie (1997); Heard Any Good Movies Lately?: The Sound Design of Apocalypse Now (2006); Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991); Hollywood Insider (2021); Lost in Translation (2003); Love Is Love Is Love (2020); Made in Hollywood (2021); Making of 'The Virgin Suicides' (1998); Napa Valley Dreams (2013); On the Rocks (2020); On the Set of 'CQ' (2002); Paris Can Wait (2016); Ryska Alaska (1992); Somewhere (2010); Teknolust (2002); Tell Them We Were Here (2021); The 19th Annual Rudolph Valentino Awards (1991); The 43rd Annual Directors Guild Awards (1991); The Beguiled (2017); The Birth of 5.1 Sound (2006); The Bling Ring (2013); The Dream Studio (2004); The Godfather Family: A Look Inside (1990); The Making of 'Marie Antoinette' (2007); The Music of Apocalypse Now (2006); The Rain People (1969); THX 1138 (1971); You're a Big Boy Now (1966).

Born on this day – Audrey Hepburn:


Audrey Hepburn

Actress

Humanitarian

May 4, 1929 – January 20, 1993

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 1968: The Year That Changed America (2018); 20 to 1 (2010); 5 News (2007); A New Look at the Legend of Robin Hood and Maid Marian (1976); A World of Love (1970); ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999); AFI Life Achievement Award (1976–1989); Always (1989); American Masters (1986); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Arena (2012); Au-delà de l'écran (1965); Audrey (2020); Audrey Hepburn Remembered (1993); Audrey Hepburn, le choix de l'élégance (2017); Audrey Hepburn: Ein Star auf der Suche nach sich selbst (2004); Audrey Hepburn: In Her Own Words (1993); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2020); ... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2005); Banda sonora (2012); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1951); Beautiful Like a Poem (2020); Before Breakfast (2010); Bert Stern: Original Madman (2011); Betty Crocker Star Matinee (1952); Billy Wilder Speaks (2006); Biography (1995–1997); Bloodline (1979); Bob Hope's Birthday Spectacular in Paris (1989); Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961); Britain's Finest (2005); C à vous (2020); Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010); Cary Grant: A Celebration of a Leading Man (1988); CBS Television Workshop (1952); CBS This Morning (1989–1991); Celebrity Page (2020); Charade (1963); Cinemania (2002); Cinépanorama (1956); Compression (2023); Dai nostri inviati: La Rai racconta la Mostra del cinema di Venezia 1980-1989 (2013); Danny Kaye International Children Award for Unicef (1991); Darcey Bussell's Looking for Audrey (2014); Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (2011); Dieter & Andreas (1989); Diminishing Returns (2020); Discovering Film (2015); Donahue (1990); Doors (2022); Dove Chocolate: Audrey Hepburn (2013); Du côté de chez Fred (1989); Edith Head: The Paramount Years (2002); Entertainment Tonight (1989–2024); Extra (2017); Fascination: An Unauthorized Tribute to Marilyn Monroe (2011); Feminists: What Were They Thinking? (2018); Film Review (1967–1968); Film Theory (2022); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012); Funny Face (1957); Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn (1993–1994); Génération Barracuda (2023); Gilmore Girls (2006); Godard Cinema (2022); Good Morning America (1989–1992); Great Performances (1991); Green Mansions (1959); Gregory Peck, le gentleman acteur (2022); Gregory Peck: His Own Man (1988); Großstadtrevier (2016); Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1991); Hollywood Babylon (1971); Hollywood Couples (2000); Hollywood Greats (2001); Hollywood Insider (2020–2022); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); Hollywood sul Tevere (2009); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Home Stories (1990); Hour Magazine (1988); How to Steal a Million (1966); I Am Not Your Negro (2016); I Love Audrey (2013); Inside Edition (2017); Intimate Portrait (1996); ITV Evening News (2007); Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009); Kids First (1990); King of Cool (2021); Kulturplatz (2008); La exhibición analógital (2019); La nuit des Césars (1987); Larry King Live (1989–1990); Larry King Live: 10th Anniversary Volume One (1995); Larry King TNT Extra 2 (1991); Las Campos (2017); Laughter in Paradise (1951); Leave It to the Girls (1951); Legenden (2005); Legends of World Cinema (2004); Lerner and Loewe: Broadway's Last Romantics (1988); Les Chroniques du Mea (2022); Les Nuits de France Culture (2022); Little Black Dress: The History of a Legendary Frock (2016); London Tonight (2007); Love Among Thieves (1987); Love in the Afternoon (1957); Love Lust (2011); Mayerling (1957); Michael Grade's Stars of the Musical Theatre (2014); Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! (1967); Movie Music Mania (2005); MsMojo / Moon River / I Could Have Danced All Night (2021–2023); My Fair Lady (1964); Mythos Amalfiküste - Liebe, Laster, Dolce Vita (2023); Nazi Collaborators (2010); Nederlands in zeven lessen (1948); Nikotin - Droge mit Zukunft (2020); Nine Perfect Strangers (2021); Nostalgia Critic (2017); Nous irons à Monte Carlo (1951); Nunca es tarde (2017); Omaggio a Roma (2009); Omnibus (1978–2001); One Wild Oat (1951); Paris When It Sizzles (1964); Piaggio Vespa Commercial (2014); Private Screenings (2001); Producers' Showcase (1957); Queer Eye: We're in Japan! (2019); Reflections on the Silver Screen (1990); Remembering 'Roman Holiday' (2002); Restoring Roman Holiday (2002); Robin and Marian (1976); Robin Hood: The First Celebrity Outlaw (2018); Roman Holiday (1953); Running Man (2014); S1m0ne (2002); Sabrina (1954); Saturday-Night Revue (1950); Sauce Tartare (1949); Secret People (1952); Secret Voices of Hollywood (2013); Six Sides of Katharine Hepburn (2018); Special Collector's Edition (2011); Stars of the Silver Screen (2011); Ta Compagnie me manque III (2012); Talking Pictures (2017); TCM Remembers 2015 (2015); Tellement Gay! Homosexualité et pop culture (2015); The 100 Greatest Musicals (2003); The 22nd Annual Tony Awards (1968); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955); The 28th Annual Academy Awards (1956); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 35th Annual Academy Awards (1963); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 45th Annual Tony Awards (1991); The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1990 (1990); The 48th Annual Academy Awards (1976); The 51st Annual Academy Awards (1979); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The 60th Annual Academy Awards (1988); The 64th Annual Academy Awards (1992); The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993); The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994); The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008); The Arthur Murray Party (1954); The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000); The Barbara Walters Summer Special (1989); The Capote Tapes (2019); The Children's Hour (1961); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1954); The Ed Sullivan Show (1952–1965); The Fairest Fair Lady (1964); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Audrey Hepburn (1991); The Film Society of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Gregory Peck (1992); The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995); The Good, the Bad & the Beautiful (1996); The Kate Smith Hour (1952); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1981 / 1991); The Last Movie Painter (2020); The Lavender Hill Mob (1951); The Love Goddesses (1965); The Magic of Audrey (2008); The Making of 'My Fair Lady' (1995); The Movies (2019); The Nun's Story (1959); The Steve Allen Show presented by Knickerbocker Beer (1954); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1976); The Unforgiven (1960); The World's Most Photographed (2005); They All Laughed (1981); They All Laughed 25 Years Later: Director to Director - A Conversation with Peter Bogdanovich and Wes Anderson (2006); Today (1953–1955); Today (2011 / 2021); Tonight Live with Steve Vizard (1990); Treasury of Children's Stories (1996); Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (2020); Trumbo (2015); TV Privé (1974–1983); TVTV Looks at the Academy Awards (1976); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997); Two for the Road (1967); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1974); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1959 (1960); Very Ralph (2019); Vito (2011); VM Show Vol. 2 (2005); Wait Until Dark (1967); War and Peace (1956); Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (1998); Was bin ich? (1988); We Go to Monte Carlo (1953); We, the People (1951); Welcome to the Basement (2012–2015); Wogan (1988–1989); Wogan: The Best Of (2015); Women in Film Crystal Awards (1996); World Film Report (2008); World War Weird (2018); Young Wives' Tale (1951).

Born on this day – James Ellison:


James Ellison

Actor

May 4, 1910 – December 23, 1993

Credits:

23 1/2 Hours Leave (1937); 8 Girls in a Boat (1934); After Office Hours (1935); Almost a Gentleman (1939); Annapolis Salute (1937); Anne of Windy Poplars (1940); Army Surgeon (1942); Bar 20 Rides Again (1935); Bar 20 Rides Again (1950); Battle of the Buttes (1952); Best Foot Forward (1943); Border Justice (1951); Borderland (1937); Buried Loot (1935); Calendar Girl (1947); Call of the Prairie (1936); Careful, Soft Shoulders (1942); Carolina (1934); Central Airport (1933); Charley's Aunt (1941); Colorado Ranger (1950); Crooked River (1950); Dead Man's Trail (1952); Death on the Diamond (1934); Dixie Dugan (1943); Earth Aid, Our World: A Users Guide (1993); Everybody's Dancin' (1950); Fast on the Draw (1950); Fifth Avenue Girl (1939); G.I. War Brides (1946); Heart of the West (1936); Heart of the West (1950); Hitch Hike Lady (1935); Hollywood and Vine (1945); Hop-a-Long Cassidy (1935); Hostile Country (1950); Hotel for Women (1939); I Killed Geronimo (1950); I Walked with a Zombie (1943); Ice-Capades (1941); Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1944); Kentucky Jubilee (1951); Lady, Let's Dance (1944); Last of the Wild Horses (1948); Man from the Black Hills (1952); Marshal of Heldorado (1950); Mother Carey's Chickens (1938); Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941); Next Time I Marry (1938); Oklahoma Justice (1951); Play Girl (1932); Play Girl (1941); Prairie Vengeance (1951); Reckless (1935); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 5: Art and Artists (1940); Sorority House (1939); Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934); Student Tour (1934); Texas City (1952); Texas Lawmen (1951); That Other Woman (1942); The Barrier (1937); The Eagle's Brood (1935); The Famous Ferguson Case (1932); The Gang's All Here (1943); The Ghost Goes Wild (1947); The Laurel and Hardy Show (1986); The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936); The Plainsman (1936); The Texan Meets Calamity Jane (1950); The Undying Monster (1942); The Winning Ticket (1935); They Met in Argentina (1941); Three on a Trail (1950); Three on the Trail (1936); Trail Dust (1936); Vivacious Lady (1938); West of the Brazos (1950); When the Girls Take Over (1962); Whistling Hills (1951); You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940); Zenobia (1939).

Confucius, on reading:


No matter how busy you may think you are,
you must find time for reading,
or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.

- Confucius.