Born on this day – Catherine Jourdan:

Catherine Jourdan

Actress

October 12, 1948 – February 18, 2011

Credits:

The Night of the Canvases (1989); The Satin Spider (1985); El diablo y la dama (1984); Ode to Video (1983); Aphrodite (1982); Zoo Zero (1979); Civil Wars in France (1978); Henry News James (1976); Vortex (1976); Outside-Inside (1975); The Charlots en folie: À the four of us Cardinals! (1974); The Four Musketeers (1974); The Fashionable Wedding (1973); Les rendez-vous en forêt (1972); N. Took the Dice (1972); The Early Morning (1971); Eden and After (1970); The Leatherstocking Tales (1969); A Wonderful Sorrel Perfume (1969); Amore e rabbia (1969); Love in the Night (1968); The Girl on a Motorcycle (1968); The Samurai (1967).

Born on this day – James Crumley:

James Crumley

Writer

October 12, 1939 – September 17, 2008

Credits:

Books:

The Wrong Case (1975); Dancing Bear (1983); The Final Country (2001); The Last Good Kiss (1978); The Mexican Tree Duck (1993); Bordersnakes (1996); The Right Madness (2005); One to Count Cadence (1969); Whores (1988); Muddy Fork & Other Things (1991); Murder For Love (1996); The Best American Mystery Stories 1997 (1997); The Putt at the End of the World (2000); The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years (2001); Measures of Poison (2002); The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 (2003); Contrappasso Magazine, Issue 1 (2012); Books to Die For (2012).

Movies:

The Far Side of Jericho (2006); L'esprit de la route (2002).

Born on this day – Luciano Pavarotti:

Luciano Pavarotti

Opera singer (tenor)

October 12, 1935 – September 6, 2007

Born on this day – Pascale Audret:

Pascale Audret

Actress

October 12, 1935 – July 17, 2000

Born on this day – Jean Wallace:

Jean Wallace

Actress

October 12, 1923 – February 14, 1990

Credits:

No Blade of Grass (1970); Beach Red (1967); Sword of Lancelot (1963); Maracaibo (1958); The Devil's Hairpin (1957); Storm Fear (1955); General Electric Theater (1955); The Big Combo (1955); Star of India (1954); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Native Son (1951); The Good Humor Man (1950); The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949); Jigsaw (1949); When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948); Blaze of Noon (1947); It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946); You Can't Ration Love (1944); Salute for Three (1943); Louisiana Purchase (1941); Glamour Boy (1941); Ziegfeld Girl (1941).

Born on this day – Lester Dent:

Lester Dent

Writer

October 12, 1904 – March 11, 1959

Credits:

The Man of Bronze (1933); The Land of Terror (1933); Quest of the Spider (1933); The Polar Treasure (1933); Pirate of the Pacific (1933); The Red Skull (1933); The Lost Oasis (1933); The Sargasso Ogre (1933); The Phantom City (1933); Brand of the Werewolf (1934); The Man Who Shook the Earth (1934); Meteor Menace (1934); The Monsters (1934); The Mystery on the Snow (1934); The Thousand-Headed Man (1934); The Squeaking Goblin (1934); Fear Cay (1934); Death in Silver (1934); The Sea Magician (1934); The Annihilist (1934); The Land of Always-Night (1935); The Spook Legion (aka The Ghost Legion) (1935); The Secret in the Sky (1935); The Roar Devil (1935); Spook Hole (1935); Dust of Death (1935); Murder Melody (1935); The Fantastic Island (1935); Murder Mirage (1936); Mystery Under the Sea (1936); The Metal Master (1936); The Men Who Smiled No More (1936); The Seven Agate Devils (1936); The Haunted Ocean (1936); The Black Spot (1936); The Midas Man (1936); Cold Death (1936); The South Pole Terror (1936); Resurrection Day (1936); The Vanisher (1936); Land of Long Juju (1937); The Derrick Devil (1937); The Mental Wizard (1937); Mad Eyes (1937); The Land of Fear (1937); The Feathered Octopus (1937); Repel (aka The Deadly Dwarf) (1937); The Golden Peril (1937); The Living-Fire Menace (1938); The Mountain Monster (1938); Devil on the Moon (1938); The Pirate's Ghost (1938); The Motion Menace (1938); The Submarine Mystery (1938); The Giggling Ghosts (1938); The Munitions Master (1938); Fortress of Solitude (1938); The Green Death (1938); The Devil Genghis (1938); Mad Mesa (1939); The Yellow Cloud (1939); The Freckled Shark (1939); World's Fair Goblin (1939); The Gold Ogre (1939); The Flaming Falcons (1939); Merchants of Disaster (1939); The Crimson Serpent (1939); Poison Island (1939); The Stone Man (1939); Hex (1939); The Dagger in the Sky (1939); The Other World (1939); The Angry Ghost (1940); The Spotted Men (1940); The Evil Gnome (1940); Tunnel Terror (1940); The Purple Dragon (1940); Devils of the Deep (1940); The Awful Dynasty (1940); The Men Vanished (1940); The Devil's Playground (1941); Bequest of Evil (1941); The Golden Man (1941); The Pink Lady (1941); The Headless Men (1941); The Green Eagle (1941); Mystery Island (1941); The Mindless Monsters (1941); Birds of Death (1941); The Invisible Box Murders (1941); Peril in the North (1941); The Rustling Death (1942); Men of Fear (1942); The Too-Wise Owl (1942); The Magic Forest (1942); Pirate Isle (1942); The Speaking Stone (1942); The Man Who Fell Up (1942); The Three Wild Men (1942); The Fiery Menace (1942); The Laugh of Death (1942); They Died Twice (1942); The Devil's Black Rock (1942); The Time Terror (1943); Waves of Death (1943); The Black, Black Witch (1943); The King of Terror (1943); The Talking Devil (1943); The Running Skeletons (1943); Mystery on Happy Bones (1943); The Mental Monster (1943); Hell Below (1943); The Goblins (1943); The Secret of the Su (1943); The Spook of Grandpa Eden (1943); According to Plan of a One-Eyed Mystic (1944); Death Had Yellow Eyes (1944); The Derelict of Skull Shoal (1944); The Whisker of Hercules (1944); The Three Devils (1944); The Pharaoh's Ghost (1944); The Man Who Was Scared (1944); The Shape of Terror (1944); Weird Valley (1944); Jiu San (1944); Satan Black (1944); The Lost Giant (1944); Violent Night (aka The Hate Genius) (1945); Strange Fish (1945); The Ten Ton Snakes (1945); Cargo Unknown (1945); Rock Sinister (1945); The Terrible Stork (1945); King Joe Cay (1945); The Wee Ones (1945); Terror Takes 7 (1945); The Thing That Pursued (1945); Trouble on Parade (1945); The Screaming Man (1945); Measures for a Coffin (1946); Terror and the Lonely Widow (1946); Five Fathoms Dead (1946); Death is a Round Black Spot (1946); Colors for Murder (1946); Fire and Ice (1946); Three Times a Corpse (1946); The Exploding Lake (1946); Death in Little Houses (1946); The Devil is Jones (1946); The Disappearing Lady (1946); Target for Death (1947); The Death Lady (1947); Danger Lies East (1947); No Light to Die By (1947); The Monkey Suit (1947); Let's Kill Ames (1947); Once Over Lightly (1947); I Died Yesterday (1948); The Pure Evil (1948); Terror Wears No Shoes (1948); The Angry Canary (1948); The Swooning Lady (1948); The Green Master (1949); Return From Cormoral (1949); Up From Earth's Center (1949); The Red Spider (1979); Dead at the Take-Off (1946); Lady to Kill (1947); Lady Afraid (1950); Cry at Dusk (1952); Lady in Peril (1959); Hades & Hocus Pocus (1979); Sinister Ray (1987); Honey in his Mouth (2009); Genius Jones (2015); Hell's Hoofprints: The Complete Western Trails Tales of Lester Dent (2009); Dead Men's Bones: The Air Adventure Stories of Lester Dent (2009); The Skull Squadron: The Air War Stories of Lester Dent (2009); Fists of Fury: The Adventures of Curt Flagg (2011); Terror, Inc.: The Weird Mysteries of Lent Dent (2013); Lester Dent's Zeppelin Tales (2006); The Weird Adventures Of The Blond Adder (2010); Radio Western Adventures (2010); Hell in Boxes: The Exploits of Lynn Lash and Foster Fade (2012); Doc Savage: The Lost Radio Scripts Of Lester Dent (2007); Six Scarlet Scorpions (2016); Justice, Inc. (1939); The Yellow Hoard (1939); The Sky Walker (1939); The Devil's Horns (1939); The Frosted Death (1940); The Blood Ring (1940); Stockholders in Death (1940); The Glass Mountain (1940); Tuned for Murder (1940); The Smiling Dogs (1940); River of Ice (1940); The Flame Breathers (1940); Murder on Wheels (1940); Three Gold Crowns (1941); House of Death (1941); The Hate Master (1941); Nevlo (1941); Death in Slow Motion (1941); Pictures of Death (1941); The Green Killer (1942); The Happy Killers (1942); The Black Death (1942); The Wilder Curse (1942); Midnight Murder (1942); The Man From Atlantis (1974); Red Moon (1974); The Purple Zombie (1974); Dr. Time (1974); The Nightwitch Devil (1974); Black Chariots (1974); The Cartoon Crimes (1974); The Blood Countess (1975); The Death Machine (1975); The Glass Man (1975); The Iron Skull (1975); Demon Island (1975); Roaring Heart of the Crucible (2013); Python Isle (1991); White Eyes (1992); The Frightened Fish (1992); The Jade Ogre (1992); Flight into Fear (1993); The Whistling Wraith (1993); The Forgotten Realm (1993); The Desert Demons (2011); Horror in Gold (2011); The Infernal Buddha (2012); Death's Dark Domain (2012); The Miracle Menace (2013); Skull Island (2013); Phantom Lagoon (2013); The War Makers (2014); The Ice Genius (2014); The Sinister Shadow (2015); The Secret of Satan's Spine (2015); Glare of the Gorgon (2016); Empire of Doom (2017); Mr. Calamity (2018); Famous Fantastic Mysteries (2017); Black Mask (2017); Thrilling Adventure Yarns (2019); Miami Noir (2020).

Born on this day – Josephine Hutchinson:

Josephine Hutchinson

Actress

October 12, 1903 – June 4, 1998