Saturday, August 31, 2024

Born on this day – James Coburn:


James Coburn


Actor

August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002

Credits:

100 Years of the Hollywood Western (1994); 5th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1999); 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2003); A Distant Battle: Memories of Operation Market Garden (2004); A Fast Drive in the Country - The Heydays of Le Mans (1976); A High Wind in Jamaica (1965); A Life in Ten Pictures (2021); A Man Called Jones: The Real Virgil Hilts (2002); A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die (1972); Acapulco (1961); Action on the Beach (1964); Affliction (1997); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958–1959); All-Star Birthday Party at Annapolis (1982); American Cinema (1995); American Gun (2002); American Masters (1989); Arctic Kingdom: Life at the Edge (1995); Arli$$ (2002); Arnold Schwarzenegger: Hollywood Hero (1999); A Christmas Reunion (1994); Bat Masterson (1959–1960); Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right (1996); Biography (1994); Bite the Bullet (1975); Black Saddle (1959); Blackjack (1997); Blood and Steel: Making 'Enter the Dragon' (2004); Bonanza (1959–1962); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Bracken's World (1970); Bronco (1959–1960); Bruce Lee, the Legend (1984); Bruce Lee, the Legend Continues (2001); Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey (2000); Bruce Lee: The Intercepting Fist (1999); Bruce Lee: The Legend Lives On (1999); Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend (1973); Bruce Lee: The Man, the Myth (1976); Bruce Lee: The Way of the Warrior (2022); Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do (1995); Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do (1995); Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005); C.E.O. (1995); Cain's Hundred (1962); Call from Space (1989); Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia (2007); Candy (1968); Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990–1992); Charade (1963); Charlie Rose (1999); Checkmate (1962); Cheyenne (1961); Cinema (1967); Circle of Iron (1978); Clive James' Postcard from... (1989); Combat! (1963); Convoy (1978); Cowboys of the Saturday Matinee (1984); Craps (1997); Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 (1992); Cross of Iron (1977); Dale's All Stars (2000); Darkroom (1981–1982); De Caunes/Garcia - Le meilleur de Nulle Part Ailleurs 2... suite et fin! (2005); Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966); Deadfall (1993); Death of a Soldier (1986); Death Valley Days (1960); Des O'Connor Tonight (1991); Digital Dreams (1983); Draw! (1984); Duck, You Sucker! (1971); Duffy (1968); E! True Hollywood Story (1998); Enter the Clones of Bruce (2023); Eraser (1996); Escape (1980); Face of a Fugitive (1959); Faerie Tale Theatre (1984); Famous Families (1999); Film Genre (2002); Firepower (1979); Football America (1996); Frontier Justice (1961); Gala Paramount Pictures Celebrates 90th Anniversary with 90 Stars for 90 Years (2002); General Electric Theater (1958); Go West, Young Man! (2003); Golden Globes 50th Anniversary Celebration (1994); Goldengirl (1979); Good Morning America (1977–1980); Gottschalk Late Night (1994); Gran premio internazionale della TV (2000); Great Performances (2000); Greyhounds (1994); Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' (2000); Gypsy (1968); Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987); Hard Contract (1969); Hard Times / aka The Streetfighter (1975); Harry in Your Pocket (1973); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959–1960); HBO First Look (1994); Headshop (1971–1972); Hell Is for Heroes (1962); Hey Folks, It's Intermission Time (1993); High Risk (1981); Hollywood Beat (2001); Hollywood Greats (1984–2001); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hollywood Profile (2001); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999); Hollywood Stuntmakers (1991); Hollywood's Diamond Jubilee (1978); Horizon (1970); How the West Was Lost (2008); Hudson Hawk (1991); Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time (1992); I Am Bruce Lee (2012); I Am Steve McQueen (2014); I Love Muppets (2002); Il falso bugiardo (2008); In Like Flint (1967); Intimate Portrait (2001); Intrepid (2000); Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls (1981); John Wayne: On Board with the Duke (1997); Johnny Ringo (1959); Keys to Tulsa (1997); King of Diamonds (1962); Kings of the Sun (1963); Klondike (1960–1961); Laramie (1959–1961); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994–1999); Late Show with David Letterman (1999); Lawman (1960); Le cercle de minuit (1993); Les Chroniques du Mea (2019); Les mille et une vies de Yul Brynner (2020); Looker (1981); Los 10 magníficos (2008); Loving Couples (1980); M Squad (1959); Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away (1986); Magacine (1999); Major Dundee (1965); Malibu (1983); Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001); Martin's Day (1985); Mastergate (1992); Maverick (1994); Men Into Space (1960); Midway (1976); Missing Pieces (2000); Monsters, Inc. (2001); Monsters, Inc. Scream Team (2001); Moving Pictures (1992); Mr. Murder (1998); Mr. Patman (1980); Muppets 201: Rarities from the Henson Vault (2009); Murder, She Wrote (1992); My Riviera (1990); Naked City (1962); Noah's Ark (1999); Of Muppets and Men: The Making of 'The Muppet Show' (1981); Okavango: Africa's Savage Oasis (1996); Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone (2000); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Our Man Flint (1966); Outlaws (1961); Parkinson (1973); Passion & Poetry - Peckinpah's last western (2024); Passion & Poetry - The Dundee Odyssey (2019); Passion & Poetry: Major Dundee (2005); Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah Anecdotes (2017); Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War (2011); Passion & Poetry: Sam's Trucker Movie (2013); Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah (2005); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973); Payback (1999); Payback: Interview with Mel Gibson, Maria Bello, Lucy Liu and James Coburn (1999); Payback: Straight Up (2006); Paybacks Are a Bitch (2023); Perry Mason (1961–1962); Peter Gunn (1960); Philbin's People (1969); Picket Fences (1995); Profiler (1997); Proximity (2001); Rawhide (1962); Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder (1995); Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice (1994); Return to 'the Great Escape' (1993); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1960); Ride Lonesome (1959); RIP 2002 (2002); Ripcord (1962); Route 66 (1964); Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (1993); Sam Peckinpah: Portrait (2006); Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004); Saturday Night Live (1982); Scene by Scene (2000); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story (1999); Silverfox (1991); Sins of the Father (1985); Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993); Skeletons (1997); Sky Riders (1976); Slots with Video Poker (1997); Snow Dogs (2002); Special Collector's Edition (2011); Speed Fever (1978); Stagecoach West (1961); State Trooper (1959); Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1989); Stoney Burke (1963); Stories from My Childhood (1998); Studio One (1957); Sugarfoot (1960); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1984); Superstunt (1977); Superstunt II (1979); Suspicion (1958); Tales of Wells Fargo (1958–1962); Tate (1960); Texas Rangers (2001); The 13th Annual CableACE Awards (1992); The 14th Annual CableACE Awards (1993); The 14th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (1999); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 2nd Annual People's Choice Awards (1976); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 4th Annual American Cinema Awards (1987); The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1993); The 51st Annual Academy Awards (1979); The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1999); The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999); The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000); The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003); The Americanization of Emily (1964); The Aquanauts (1961); The Avenging Angel (1995); The Baltimore Bullet (1980); The BBC and the BAFTA Lifetime Achievement Tribute to Richard Attenborough (1999); The Best of Hollywood (2017–2018); The Brothers Brannagan (1961); The Californians (1959); The Carey Treatment (1972); The Cherokee Kid (1996); The Coolest Guy Movie Ever: Return to the Scene of The Great Escape (2018); The Curse of the Dragon (1993); The Dain Curse (1978); The David Frost Show (1971–1972); The Defenders (1964); The Deputy (1960); The Detectives (1961); The Dick Cavett Show (1969); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson (1996); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); The Ed Sullivan Show (1965–1967); The Edge and Beyond (1988–1990); The Eighth Annual Diversity Awards (2000); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Fall Guy (1981); The Fifth Corner (1992); The Godfather and the Mob (2006); The Good Doctor (2000); The Great Escape (1963); The Greatest Show on Earth (1963); The Hit List (1993); The Honkers (1972); The Infinite Voyage (1987–1991); The Internecine Project (1974); The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002); The Last Hard Men (1976); The Last of Sheila (1973); The Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1959); The Life of Bruce Lee (1994); The Linkletter Show (1967); The Lion's Roar (1985); The Living Edens (1998–1999); The Loved One (1965); The Magical World of Disney (1958–1959); The Magnificent Seven (1960); The Making of 'Midway' (2001); The Man from Elysian Fields (2001); The Man from Galveston (1963); The McCartney Years (2007); The Merv Griffin Show (1968–1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1967–1980); The Millionaire (1959); The Mists of Avalon (2001); The Muppet Movie (1979); The Muppet Show (1980); The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979); The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986); The Murder Men (1962); The New Bike (2009); The Nutty Professor (1996); The Path of the Dragon (2012); The Player (1992); The President's Analyst (1967); The Restless Gun (1958–1959); The Rifleman (1958–1961); The Rockford Files (1977); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1999–2002); The Rough Riders (1959); The Second Civil War (1997); The Set Up (1995); The Tall Man (1961); The Texan (1960); The Toni Tennille Show (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966–1980); The Twilight Zone (1963); The Unbeatable Bruce Lee (2001); The Untouchables (1961); The Wild West (1993); The Wildest West Show of the Stars (1986); The Wolf Men (1969); The Yellow Bird (2001); This Is Your Life (1989); Tombstone Territory (1959); Trackdown (1959); Train to Heaven (1989); True Facts (1992); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997); Vengeance Unlimited (1999); Wagon Train (1958); Walking After Midnight (1988); Walter and Henry (2001); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959–1960); Warner Bros. Celebration of Tradition (1990); Waterhole #3 (1967); What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966); What's My Line? (1956); What's the Bet? (1994); Whirlybirds (1959); White Rock (1977); Wichita Town (1959–1960); Wogan (1989); World's Scariest Ghosts: Caught on Tape (2000); Young Guns II (1990); Zane Grey Theatre (1959–1960).

Born on this day – Noel Francis:


Noel Francis


Actress

August 31, 1906 – October 30, 1959

Credits:

Bachelor Apartment (1931); Blonde Crazy (1931); Blood Money (1933); Bureau of Missing Persons (1933); Fifteen Wives (1934); Flames (1932); Frisco Jenny (1932); Good Dame (1934); Guilty as Hell (1932); Havana Widows (1933); Her Hired Husband (1930); Her Resale Value (1933); Hold Me Tight (1933); Husband's Holiday (1931); I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932); Imitation of Life (1934); Ladies of the Big House (1931); Left Handed Law (1937); Madison Square Garden (1932); Man About Town (1932); Manhattan Tower (1932); Mutiny Ahead (1935); My Pal, the King (1932); New Movietone Follies of 1930 (1930); Night Court (1932); Only Yesterday (1933); Reform Girl (1933); Resurrection (1931); Rough Romance (1930); Screen Snapshots (1932); Smart Money (1931); Smart Woman (1931); So Big! (1932); Son of a Sailor (1933); Stone of Silver Creek (1935); Stone of Silver Creek (1935); Strictly Dynamite (1934); Sudden Bill Dorn (1937); The Easiest Way (1931); The Expert (1932); The Fair Co-Ed (1927); The Important Witness (1933); The Line-Up (1934); The Loudspeaker (1934); The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934); The Mouthpiece (1932); The White Cockatoo (1935); The White Parade (1934); Turkey for Two (1929); Under-Cover Man (1932); Up the River (1930); What's Your Racket? (1934).

Born on this day – G. D. Spradlin:


G. D. Spradlin

Actor

Attorney

Businessman

August 31, 1920 – July 24, 2011

Born on this day – David Lowell Rich:


David Lowell Rich

Director

Producer

August 31, 1920 – October 21, 2001

Born on this day – Richard Basehart:


Richard Basehart

Actor

August 31, 1914 – September 17, 1984

Born on this day – Hugh Harman:


Hugh Harman


Animator

August 31, 1903 – November 25, 1982

Credits:

A Great Big Bunch of You (1932); A Horse Tale (1928); A Message for Women (1945); A Rainy Day with the Bear Family (1940); Africa Before Dark (1928); Ain't Nature Grand! (1930); Aladdin's Vamp (1926); Alias St. Nick (1935); Alice and the Dog Catcher (1924); Alice and the Three Bears (1924); Alice at the Carnival (1927); Alice at the Rodeo (1927); Alice Cans the Cannibals (1925); Alice Charms the Fish (1926); Alice Chops the Suey (1925); Alice Cuts the Ice (1926); Alice Foils the Pirates (1927); Alice Gets in Dutch (1924); Alice Gets Stung (1925); Alice Helps the Romance (1926); Alice Hunting in Africa (1924); Alice in Slumberland (1926); Alice in the Alps (1927); Alice in the Big League (1927); Alice in the Jungle (1925); Alice in the Klondike (1927); Alice in the Wooly West (1926); Alice in Wonderland (1933); Alice Is Stage Struck (1925); Alice Loses Out (1925); Alice on the Farm (1926); Alice Picks the Champ (1925); Alice Plays Cupid (1925); Alice Rattled by Rats (1925); Alice Solves the Puzzle (1925); Alice the Collegiate (1927); Alice the Fire Fighter (1926); Alice the Golf Bug (1927); Alice the Lumberjack (1926); Alice the Peacemaker (1924); Alice the Piper (1924); Alice the Toreador (1925); Alice the Whaler (1927); Alice Wins the Derby (1925); Alice's Auto Race (1927); Alice's Balloon Race (1926); Alice's Brown Derby (1926); Alice's Channel Swim (1927); Alice's Circus Daze (1927); Alice's Day at Sea (1924); Alice's Egg Plant (1925); Alice's Fishy Story (1924); Alice's Knaughty Knight (1927); Alice's Little Parade (1926); Alice's Medicine Show (1927); Alice's Monkey Business (1926); Alice's Mysterious Mystery (1926); Alice's Picnic (1927); Alice's Spanish Guitar (1926); Alice's Spooky Adventure (1924); Alice's Three Bad Eggs (1927); Alice's Tin Pony (1925); Alice's Wild West Show (1924); Alice's Wonderland (1923); All Wet (1927); Art Gallery (1939); Barnyard Babies (1935); Behind the Tunes: Drawn to Life - The Art of Robert McKimson (2007); Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes - A Cast of Thousands / Sing-a-Song of Looney Tunes (2006); Big Man from the North (1930); Bottles (1936); Box Car Blues (1930); Bright Lights (1928); Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars (1988); Bull-Oney (1928); Bye, Bye Bluebeard (1949); Cartoon Alley (2005); Cinderella (1922); Circus Daze (1937); Cleaning Mess Gear (1945); Congo Jazz (1930); Convict Concerto (1954); Cubby's World Flight (1933); Down the Drain (1947); Drinking Water (1945); Easy Does It (1946); Empty Socks (1927); Farmyard Follies (1928); Fiery Fireman (1928); Friz on Film (2006); Goldie Locks and the Three Bears (1922); Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1939); Good Little Monkeys (1935); Good Wrinkles (1951); Goopy Geer (1932); Great Guns (1927); Harem Scarem (1928); Haunted Gold (1932); Hen Fruit (1929); Hey-Hey Fever (1935); High Up (1928); Hold Anything (1930); Hold 'Em Ozzie (1929); Homeless Homer (1929); Honeyland (1935); Hot Dogs (1928); Hungry Hoboes (1928); I Like Mountain Music (1933); I Love a Parade (1932); I Wish I Had Wings (1932); Ice Man's Luck (1929); Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes (2003); It's Got Me Again! (1932); Jack and the Beanstalk (1922); Jack the Giant Killer (1922); Johnny Learns His Manners (1946); Jungle Jingles (1929); Lady, Play Your Mandolin! (1931); Little Buck Cheeser (1937); Little Cheeser (1936); Little Red Riding Hood (1922); March of Progress (1945); Merbabies (1938); Mischievous Mice (1934); Mississippi Mud (1928); Moonlight for Two (1932); Native Food (1945); Neck 'n' Neck (1928); Nuts and Jolts (1929); Oh Teacher (1927); Oh What a Knight (1928); One More Time (1931); One Step Ahead of My Shadow (1933); Ozzie of the Mounted (1928); Pagan Moon (1932); Panicky Pancakes (1928); Papa Gets the Bird (1940); Peace on Earth (1939); Personal Cleanliness (1945); Pipe Dreams (1938); Plane Crazy (1928); Poor Little Me (1935); Poor Papa (1927); Private Snafu Presents Seaman Tarfu in the Navy (1946); Puss in Boots (1922); Red-Headed Baby (1931); Rickety Gin (1927); Ride 'Em Plowboy (1928); Rival Romeos (1928); Rocks and Socks (1928); Run Sheep, Run! (1935); Sagebrush Sadie (1928); Saucy Sausages (1929); Shuffle Off to Buffalo (1933); Sick Cylinders (1929); Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930); Sky Scrappers (1928); Sleigh Bells (1928); Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! (1931); Stage Stunts (1929); Stripes and Stars (1929); Swing Wedding (1937); Tale of the Vienna Woods (1934); Tall Timber (1928); Ted's Typewriter (1939); The Adventures of Sir Gee Whiz on the Other Side of the Moon (1960); The Alley Cat (1941); The Banker's Daughter (1927); The Blue Danube (1939); The Bookworm (1939); The Bookworm Turns (1940); The Booze Hangs High (1930); The Calico Dragon (1935); The Chinese Nightingale (1935); The Discontented Canary (1934); The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon (1933); The Dumb Patrol (1931); The Early Bird and the Worm (1936); The Field Mouse (1941); The Fishing Fool (1929); The Four Musicians of Bremen (1922); The Fox Chase (1928); The Gay Gaucho (1933); The Hot Stogie (1947); The Hound and the Rabbit (1937); The Hungry Wolf (1942); The Little Bantamweight (1938); The Little Mole (1941); The Littlest Angel (1950); The Lonesome Stranger (1940); The Lost Chick (1935); The Lumberjack (1929); The Mad Maestro (1939); The Mechanical Cow (1927); The Ocean Hop (1927); The Ol' Swimmin' Hole (1928); The Old House (1936); The Old Mill Pond (1936); The Old Pioneer (1934); The Old Plantation (1935); The Organ Grinder (1933); The Pups' Christmas (1936); The Pups' Picnic (1936); The Queen Was in the Parlor (1932); The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives (1933); The South Pole Flight (1928); The Tree's Knees (1931); The Wayward Pups (1937); The Wicked West (1929); To Spring (1936); Tom Thumb in King Arthur's Court (1963); Tom Turkey and His Harmonica Humdingers (1940); ToonHeads (1992–2003); Toyland Broadcast (1934); Trolley Troubles (1927); Two Little Pups (1936); Uncensored Cartoons (1982); Ups 'n Downs (1931); Use Your Head (1945); Wake Up the Gypsy in Me (1933); Weary Willies (1929); We're in the Money (1933); When the Cat's Away (1935); Winky the Watchman (1945); Yanky Clippers (1929); Yodeling Yokels (1931); You Don't Know What You're Doin'! (1931); Young and Healthy (1933).

Born on this day – Fredric March:


Fredric March

Actor

August 31, 1897 – April 14, 1975