Saturday, October 5, 2024

On this day in movie history - The Fall of the House of Usher (1928):


The Fall of the House of Usher

aka La chute de la maison Usher,
directed by Jean Epstein,
written by Luis Buñuel and Jean Epstein,
based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe,
was released in France on October 5, 1928.

Cast:
Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamy, Fournez-Goffard, Luc Dartagnan, Abel Gance, Halma, Pierre Hot, Pierre Kefer.

Born on this day – Jeff Conaway:


Jeff Conaway

Actor

October 5, 1950 – May 27, 2011

Born on this day – Marie Laforêt:


Marie Laforêt

Actress

Singer

October 5, 1949 – November 2, 2019

Born on this day – Carmen Salinas:


Carmen Salinas

Actress

Impressionist

Comedian

October 5, 1939 – December 9, 2021

Born on this day – Glynis Johns:


Glynis Johns


Actress

Dancer

Musician

Singer

October 5, 1923 – January 4, 2024

Credits:

Superstar (1999); While You Were Sleeping (1995); ABC Weekend Specials (1994); The Ref (1994); Coming of Age (1988–1989); Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988); Zelly and Me (1988); Nukie (1987); The Cavanaughs (1987); Murder, She Wrote (1985); The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (1984); Spraggue (1984); The Love Boat (1984); Cheers (1983); Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982); Mrs. Amworth (1978); Three Dangerous Ladies (1977); The Happy Prince (1974); The Vault of Horror (1973); Under Milk Wood (1971); Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969); ITV Playhouse (1968); Don't Just Stand There (1968); Batman (1967); Dear Brigitte (1965); 12 O'Clock High (1964); Mary Poppins (1964); The Defenders (1964); Burke's Law (1964); Glynis (1963); Vacation Playhouse (1963); Papa's Delicate Condition (1963); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1963); The DuPont Show of the Week (1963); Saints and Sinners (1962); The Beachcomber (1962); The Chapman Report (1962); The Cabinet of Caligari (1962); Dr. Kildare (1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); Naked City (1961); General Electric Theater (1961); The Roaring 20's (1961); Adventures in Paradise (1961); The Sundowners (1960); The Spider's Web (1960); Shake Hands with the Devil (1959); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); Another Time, Another Place (1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); All Mine to Give (1957); The Errol Flynn Theatre (1956); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Loser Takes All (1956); The Court Jester (1955); Josephine and Men (1955); Mad About Men (1954); The Beachcomber (1954); Land of Fury (1954); Young and Willing (1954); Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue (1953); Personal Affair (1953); The Sword and the Rose (1953); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Studio One (1952); The Promoter (1952); Encore (1951); Island Rescue (1951); The Magic Box (1951); No Highway in the Sky (1951); Flesh and Blood (1951); The Great Manhunt (1950); Dear Mr. Prohack (1949); Helter Skelter (1949); Third Time Lucky (1949); Miranda (1948); An Ideal Husband (1947); Frieda (1947); This Man Is Mine (1946); Vacation from Marriage (1945); The Halfway House (1944); The Adventures of Tartu (1943); 49th Parallel (1941); The Prime Minister (1941); The Thief of Bagdad (1940); The Briggs Family (1940); Under Your Hat (1940); The Fugitive (1939); Prison Without Bars (1938); Murder in the Family (1938); South Riding (1938).

Born on this day – Woodrow Parfrey:


Woodrow Parfrey


Actor

October 5, 1922 – July 29, 1984

Credits:

Bay City Blues (1984); The Yellow Rose (1984); Remington Steele (1984); The New Mike Hammer (1984); Quincy M.E. (1976–1983); The Sting II (1983); The Fall Guy (1983); Frances (1982); Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982); Jinxed! (1982); CBS Afternoon Playhouse (1982); Report to Murphy (1982); Mr. Merlin (1981); The Seduction (1982); Code Red (1981); Pals (1981); Foul Play (1981); Flo (1980); Used Cars (1980); Bronco Billy (1980); Carny (1980); Vega$ (1979); Barnaby Jones (1979); The Tenth Month (1979); Time Express (1979); Backstairs at the White House (1979); Dallas (1979); The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (1979); WKRP in Cincinnati (1978); B.J. and the Bear (1978); The New Maverick (1978); The Seniors (1978); ABC Afterschool Specials (1978); Police Woman (1978); Baretta (1978); When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (1978); Little House on the Prairie (1978); The Oregon Trail (1978); Lucan (1978); Charlie's Angels (1977); The Tony Randall Show (1977); Kojak (1977); Eight Is Enough (1977); Insight (1971–1977); Police Story (1975–1977); Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (1976); The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976); The Return of the World's Greatest Detective (1976); Stay Hungry (1976); Jigsaw John (1976); Ellery Queen (1976); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976); The Blue Knight (1976); Valley Forge (1975); The Family Holvak (1975); Hearts of the West (1975); Lucas Tanner (1975); Get Christie Love! (1975); McCoy (1975); McCloud (1971–1975); The Family Nobody Wanted (1975); Mannix (1968–1975); The Rookies (1973–1975); Movin' On (1974); This Is the West That Was (1974); The Streets of San Francisco (1973–1974); Planet of the Apes (1974); Melvin Purvis G-MAN (1974); The Fess Parker Show (1974); Firehouse (1974); The Girl with Something Extra (1974); Chase (1973–1974); Good Times (1974); Ironside (1972–1974); Maude (1973); Papillon (1973); The New Perry Mason (1973); he Alpha Caper (1973); Charley Varrick (1973); Oklahoma Crude (1973); Kung Fu (1973); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1973); Hunter (1973); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1972); Mod Squad (1969–1972); Room 222 (1970–1972); No Place to Run (1972); Wheeler and Murdoch (1972); A Very Missing Person (1972); Cade's County (1972); Bonanza (1966–1972); Mission: Impossible (1967–1972); Dirty Harry (1971); The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971); Men at Law (1971); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Adam-12 (1970–1971); The High Chaparral (1971); Cold Turkey (1971); Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? (1971); The F.B.I. (1971); The Most Deadly Game (1971); Crowhaven Farm (1970); That Girl (1968–1970); The Andersonville Trial (1970); The Name of the Game (1969–1970); The Doris Day Show (1968–1970); Mayberry R.F.D. (1969–1970); The Movie Murderer (1970); Love, American Style (1970); Hastings Corner (1970); Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969); The Good Guys (1969); Daniel Boone (1969); Wake Me When the War Is Over (1969); Sam Whiskey (1969); Lancer (1969); I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1969); The Sunshine Patriot (1968); Judd for the Defense (1968); The Outcasts (1968); Bewitched (1968); Madigan (1968); The Virginian (1962–1968); Planet of the Apes (1968); How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968); The Felony Squad (1967–1968); The Flying Nun (1967); Iron Horse (1966–1967); The Second Hundred Years (1967); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1967); Lost in Space (1967); Hogan's Heroes (1965–1967); The King's Pirate (1967); The Flim-Flam Man (1967); Batman (1966–1967); Occasional Wife (1966–1967); Love on a Rooftop (1967); Get Smart (1967); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1966); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1966); Family Affair (1966); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1966); Death Valley Days (1965–1966); Scalplock (1966); A Man Called Shenandoah (1966); Honey West (1966); My Favorite Martian (1966); The Legend of Jesse James (1965); The War Lord (1965); The Fugitive (1964–1965); Mister Roberts (1965); The Farmer's Daughter (1963–1965); Laredo (1965); The Munsters (1965); No Time for Sergeants (1966); Wendy and Me (1965); Profiles in Courage (1964–1965); The Rogues (1964); Hazel (1964); Tom, Dick and Mary (1964); Summer Playhouse (1964); The Richard Boone Show (1964); Suspense (1964); My Three Sons (1964); The Great Adventure (1964); Combat! (1963); Breaking Point (1963); Perry Mason (1962–1963); Temple Houston (1963); Cattle King (1963); The Dakotas (1963); Empire (1962–1963); The Untouchables (1962–1963); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1963); Have Gun - Will Travel (1963); Gunsmoke (1963); Sam Benedict (1962); Wide Country (1962); The Defenders (1961–1962); The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe (1962); Naked City (1959–1961); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1960–1961); Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed (1961); 'Way Out (1961); Tallahassee 7000 (1961); The Million Dollar Incident (1961); The Robert Herridge Theater (1960); Play of the Week (1959–1960); The DuPont Show of the Month (1960); Startime (1959); Brenner (1959); Camera Three (1957–1958); Johnny Gunman (1957); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); So Lovely... So Deadly (1957); Studio One (1956–1957); Robert Montgomery Presents (1957); Crunch and Des (1956); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); Kraft Theatre (1956); Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1955); Ponds Theater (1954); The Stranger (1954); Man Against Crime (1954); Danger (1950); Wyoming Mail (1950).

Born on this day – Donald Pleasence:


Donald Pleasence


Actor

October 5, 1919 – February 2, 1995

Credits:

Fatal Frames (1996); Safe Haven (1995); Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995); Signs and Wonders (1995); Guinevere (1994); Omnibus (1972–1994); The Big Freeze (1993); The Big Freeze (1993); The Advocate (1993); The Thief and the Cobbler (1993); Screen Two (1993); Lovejoy (1992); Diên Biên Phú (1992); Shadows and Fog (1991); Millions (1991); Donne armate (1991); L'avvoltoio sa attendere (1991); Moi, général de Gaulle (1990); Buried Alive (1989); American Rickshaw (1989); Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989); Casablanca Express (1989); Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989); Ten Little Indians (1989); River of Death (1989); The House of Usher (1989); The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988); Paganini Horror (1988); Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988); Vampire in Venice (1988); Last Platoon (1988); The Commander (1988); The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985); Hanna's War (1988); Gila and Rik (1987); Urban Animals (1987); Phantom of Death (1987); Django Strikes Again (1987); Prince of Darkness (1987); Ground Zero (1987); Double Target (1987); Basements (The Room) (1987); Spettri (1987); Scoop (1987); Warrior Queen (1987); Honor Thy Father (1986); Into the Darkness (1986); Naso di cane (1986); Cobra Mission (1986); Nothing Underneath (1985); Treasure of the Amazon (1985); The Corsican Brothers (1985); Phenomena (1985); Black Arrow (1985); To Kill a Stranger (1984); Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie (1984); The Ambassador (1984); Arch of Triumph (1984); A Breed Apart (1984); Where Is Parsifal? (1984); Master of the Game (1984); The Devonsville Terror (1983); Play for Today (1971–1983); Warrior of the Lost World (1983); The Barchester Chronicles (1982); Witness for the Prosecution (1982); Alone in the Dark (1982); Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr (1981); Halloween II (1981); Computercide (1981); Dick Turpin (1981); The Monster Club (Vampire Story) (1981); Escape from New York (1981); Blade on the Feather (1980); The Ghost Sonata (1980); The Pumaman (1980); The French Atlantic Affair (1979); All Quiet on the Western Front (1979); Better Late Than Never (1979); Jaguar Lives! (1979); Dracula (1979); Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979); L'homme en colère (1979); Gold of the Amazon Women (1979); Mrs. Columbo (1979); Centennial (1978–1979); Halloween (1978); Last In, First Out (1978); Power Play (1978); Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978); Night Creature (1978); The Bastard (1978); Tomorrow Never Comes (1978); Blood Relatives (1978); The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978); The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978); Telefon (1977); Oh, God! (1977); The Uncanny (Hollywood 1936) (1977); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); Ubu roi (1976); The Eagle Has Landed (1976); The Collection (1976); The Last Tycoon (1976); The Passover Plot (1976); BBC2 Playhouse (1974–1976); Goldenrod (1976); The Devil's Men (1976); A Dirty Knight's Work (1976); Death of an Informer (19760; Peep Show (1975); Shades of Greene (1975); Hearts of the West (1975); Journey Into Fear (1975); Sharon's Baby (1975); Escape to Witch Mountain (1975); The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975); Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974); La loba y la Paloma (1974); Occupations (1974); The Mutations (1974); The Black Windmill (1974); Watch Out, We're Mad (1974) From Beyond the Grave (An Act of Kindness) (1974); The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water (1973); Tales That Witness Madness (1973); Malachi's Cove (1973); Columbo (1973); Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973); The Rainbow Boys (1973); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973); Wedding in White (1972); Death Line (1972); Police Surgeon (1972); Innocent Bystanders (1972); Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972); The Man Outside (1972); The Pied Piper (1972); The Jerusalem File (1972); Hawaii Five-O (1972); Kidnapped (1971); The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971); Wake in Fright (1971); THX 1138 (1971); Aquarius (1970); Confession (1970); Soldier Blue (1970); Arthur? Arthur! (1969); The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969); NBC Experiment in Television (1969); Creature of Comfort (1968); The Other People (1968); Mr. Freedom (1968); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1967–1968); Call Me Daddy (1967); Will Penny (1967); The Diary of Anne Frank (1967); Matchless (1967); You Only Live Twice (1967); Armchair Theatre (1957–1967); The Good & Faithful Servant (1967); The Night of the Generals (1967); Eye of the Devil (1966); The Wednesday Play (1966); Fantastic Voyage (1966); Cul-de-sac (1966); ITV Play of the Week (1956–1966); The Fugitive (1966); Love Story (1965); Armchair Mystery Theatre (1965); The Hallelujah Trail (1965); The Defenders (1965); The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); Espionage (1964); The Outer Limits (1963); Dr. Crippen (1963); The Guest (1963); The Great Escape (1963); The Hatchet Man (1962); The Twilight Zone (1962); Lisa (1962); The Magical World of Disney (1961); No Place Like Homicide! (1961); The Horsemasters (1961); Spare the Rod (1961); One Step Beyond (1961); The Wind of Change (1961); No Love for Johnnie (1961); Danger Man (1960–1961); The Hands of Orlac (1960); A Story of David: The Hunted (1960); Alice Through the Looking Box (1960); The Risk (1960); The Big Day (1960); Interpol Calling (1960); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960); Rendezvous (1960); Sons and Lovers (1960); Hell Is a City (1960); Circus of Horrors (1960); Somerset Maugham Hour (1960); The Battle of the Sexes (1960); The Flesh and the Fiends (1960); The Shakedown (1960); The Four Just Men (1960); Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959); ITV Television Playhouse (1956–1959); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1952–1959); The Traitor (1959); William Tell (1959); Look Back in Anger (1959); The Scarf (1959); Granite (1958); The Two-Headed Spy (1958); The Man Inside (1958); The Adventures of Robin Hood (1956–1958); The Wind Cannot Read (1958); The Desk Set (1958); Hotel Imperial (1958); Heart of a Child (1958); The Killing Stones (1958); A Tale of Two Cities (1958); I Spy (1958); All at Sea (1957); Stowaway Girl (1957); Assignment Foreign Legion (1957); Decision Against Time (1957); The Black Tent (1956); H.M. Tennent Globe Theatre (1956); 1984 (1956); Encounter (1956); On Camera (1955); Value for Money (1955); The Grove Family (1955); 1984 - BBC Live TV Productions (1954); Orders Are Orders (1954); The Face of Love (1954); The Runaway Slave (1954); Montserrat (1954); The Beachcomber (1954); The Coiners (1954); The Dybbuk (1952).