Sunday, February 2, 2025

Born on this day – Jackie Burroughs:


Jackie Burroughs

Actress

February 2, 1939 – September 22, 2010

Born on this day – Bo Hopkins:


Bo Hopkins

Actor

February 2, 1938 – May 28, 2022

Born on this day – Terrence Beasor:


Terrence Beasor


Actor

February 2, 1935 – May 28, 2024

Voice of The Borg in Star Trek.

Credits:

A Perfect Ending (2012); A Woman Called Golda (1982); Angel (2000); Angie Tribeca (2016); Cheers (1986); Chicago Hope (1996); Columbo: Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star (1991); Coupe de Ville (1990); Crazy Like a Fox (1985); Dallas (1983); Dash and Lilly (1999); Days of Our Lives (1985–1990); Demon Hunter (2005); Documentary Now! (2015); Dynasty (1987); Everybody's All-American (1988); Eyes of an Angel (1991); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1991); Flying Blind (1989); Forever Young (1992); Frank's Place (1987); Fully Loaded (2011); George Wallace (1997); George Washington (1984); Gilmore Girls (2004); Girl, Interrupted (1999); Hardcastle and McCormick (1985); Hearts Afire (1994); Hearts in Atlantis (2001); Hill Street Blues (1985); Homefront (1992); Homeland Security (2004); Hot in Cleveland (2011); House (2012); House Calls (1981); How Do You Know (2010); Hunter (1985); Hustle (2018); I Didn't Do It (2015); Is That a Gun in Your Pocket? (2016); Jaws: The Revenge (1987); Jennifer 8 (1992); Jessica Novak (1981); Karen's Song (1987); Kidding (2020); Knots Landing (1987–1990); L.A. Law (1987); Little Satchmo (2021); Max Headroom (1987); McBride: The Chameleon Murder (2005); Meet Joe Black (1998); Memento (2000); Miles from Home (1988); Miracle Landing (1990); Monster in the Closet (1986); Murder, She Wrote (1989); Mystery Men (1999); Native Son (1986); Palmerstown, U.S.A. (1981); Paris (1980); Parks and Recreation (2011); Passions (2000); Pennies from Heaven (1981); Pet Sematary (1989); Please Don't Hit Me, Mom (1981); Police Squad! (1982); Raising Hope (2011–2013); Reasonable Doubts (1991); Remington Steele (1986); Rockets' Red Glare (2000); Runaway (1984); Salvage 1 (1979); Scandal (2015); Scrubs (2004); Simon & Simon (1982–1988); Small Soldiers (1998); Solar Crisis (1990); Spies (1987); Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force (2000); Star Trek: Armada II (2001); Star Trek: Elite Force II (2003); Star Trek: Invasion (2000); Star Trek: Starfleet Command III (2002); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992); Star Trek: Voyager (1998); Stigmata (1999); Strange Wilderness (2008); Suddenly Susan (1997); Sweet Justice (1994); The A-Team (1983); The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire (2003); The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story (1994); The Commission (2003); The District (2003); The Fake News with Ted Nelms (2017); The Gangster Chronicles (1981); The Greatest American Hero (1981–1983); The Green Mile (1999); The Grinder (2016); The Incredible Hulk (1980); The Law and Harry McGraw (1987); The Middle (2010–2018); The Office (2008); The Phantom of the Opera (1989); The Postman (1997); The Powers of Matthew Star (1982); The Practice (2002); The Return of the Living Dead (1985); The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987); The Shadow Effect (2006); The Warriors of the 14th Fairway (2002); The Young and the Restless (1981); Time Trackers (1989); Today's F.B.I. (1982); Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (1999); Tuff Turf (1985); Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007); Walking the Edge (1985); Washington Square (1997); White Dog (1982); Winchell (1998); Winning Ugly (2016).

Born on this day – Dorian Gray:


Dorian Gray


Actress

February 2, 1928 – February 16, 2011

Credits:

The criminals of the metropolis (1967); Thrilling (1965); Motel Adventure (1963); Commando (1962); Peccati d'estate (1962); Finden sie, daß Constanze sich richtig verhält? (1962); The Attendants (1961); Destination Fury (1961); ... And Suddenly It's Murder! (1960); The tank of 8 September (1960); Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960); Love and Larceny (1960); The Surprises of Love (1959); Short loves in Palma di Majorca (1959); Winter Holidays (1959); Love on the Riviera (1958); Wives dangerous (1958); Sunday is always Sunday (1958); The Scream (1957); Nights of Cabiria (1957); Totò, Peppino and the Outlaws (1956); Guaglione (1956); Totò, Peppino and the... Malafemmina (1956); Toto Double or Nothing (1956); They like me (1955); Poppy (1952); The Queen of Sheba (1952); Revenge... Sarda (1952); My Heart Sings (1951); Appointment for Murder (1951); The Magician by Strength (1951); Gosh to taxes!! (1951).

Born on this day – Bonita Granville:


Bonita Granville


Actress

Producer

Director

February 2, 1923 – October 11, 1988

Credits:

AFI Life Achievement Award (1987–1988); Ah Wilderness! (1935); Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944); Angels of Mercy (1940); Angels Wash Their Faces (1939); Anne of Green Gables (1934); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951); Beauty for Sale (1933); Behind the Attraction (2021); Biography (1995); Breakdowns of 1938 (1938); Breakfast in Hollywood (1946); Broadway Television Theatre (1953); Call It a Day (1937); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1952); Cavalcade (1933); Chevron Theatre (1952); Climax! (1955–1956); Cradle Song (1933); Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (1955); Dateline: Disneyland (1955); Down in San Diego (1941); Escape (1940); Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); Flight of the Cougar (1967); Forty Little Mothers (1940); Gallant Sons (1940); Gruen Guild Theater (1951–1952); Guilty of Treason (1950); H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941); Hard to Get (1938); Hitler's Children (1943); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Talent Scouts (1966); Hollywood's Children (1982); It's Love I'm After (1937); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1957); Land of Liberty (1939); Lassie (1959–1973); Lassie: A Christmas Tail (1963); Lassie: Peace is Our Profession (2006); Lassie: The Adventures of Neeka (1968); Lassie: Well of Love (1970); Lassie's Great Adventure (1963); Little Women (1933); Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1946); Lux Video Theatre (1951–1957); Maid of Salem (1937); Matinee Theatre (1956); Merrily We Live (1938); My Bill (1938); Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939); Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939); Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939); Nancy Drew: Detective (1938); Now, Voyager (1942); One Rogue Reporter (2014); Picture People Vol. 2 No. 6: Hollywood War Efforts (1942); Playhouse 90 (1959); Quality Street (1937); Schlitz Playhouse (1955); Science Fiction Theatre (1957); Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (1939); Screen Snapshots: Jimmy McHugh's Song Party (1951); Senorita from the West (1945); Seven Miles from Alcatraz (1942); Silver Dollar (1932); Soaring Stars (1942); Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1951); Song of the Open Road (1944); Song of the Saddle (1936); Strike It Rich (1948); Studio One (1958); Suspense (1946); Syncopation (1942); Target (1958); The Beautiful Cheat (1945); The Beloved Brat (1938); The Best of the Post (1961); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (1955); The Ford Television Theatre (1953); The Garden of Allah (1936); The Glass Key (1942); The Guilty (1947); The Ken Murray Show (1950); The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981); The Life of Vergie Winters (1934); The Lone Ranger (1956); The Magic of Lassie (1978); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1970–1979); The Mortal Storm (1940); The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Plough and the Stars (1936); The Schaefer Century Theatre (1952); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1964); The Truth About Murder (1946); The Unexpected (1952); The Wild Man of Borneo (1941); These Three (1936); Third Finger, Left Hand (1940); This Is the Life (1956); This Is Your Life (1953); Those Were the Days! (1940); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1974); Westward Passage (1932); White Banners (1938); Youth Runs Wild (1944).

Born on this day – James Dickey:


James Dickey


Writer

Actor

February 2, 1923 – January 19, 1997

Credits:

Books:

Alnilam (1987); Buckdancer's Choice (1965); Deliverance (1970); Drownings (1981); For a Time and Place (1983); From the Green Horseshoe (1987); Night Hurdling (1983); Sorties (1971); The Eagle's Mile (1981); The Selected Poems (1979); The Zodiac (1976); To the White Sea (1993).

Movies:

The Call of the Wild (1976); Deliverance (1972).

Born on this day – Frank Gruber:


Frank Gruber


Writer

February 2, 1904 – December 9, 1969

Credits:

Beagle Scented Murder (1946); Billy the Kid (1957); Bitter Sage (1954); Bitter Sage and the Bushwhackers (1984); Black Cat Weekly #98 (2023); Brass Knuckles (1966); Bridge of Sand (1963); Broken Lance (1949); Brothers of Silence (1962); Buffalo Grass aka The Big Land (1956); Bugles West (1961); Classic Detective Stories From a Suitcase of Suspense (1999); Fall-Guy for a Killer aka The Yellow Overcoat (1942); Fighting Man (1948); Fort Starvation (1953); Fourth Postman / Among Those Absent / Lock and the Key (1948); Gunsight (1953); Horatio Alger, Jr (1961); Johnny Vengeance (1954); Little Hercules (1965); Lonesome River (1957); Market for Murder (1947); Missing Widow / Scarlet Feather / I Want to Go Home (1948); Murder '97 (1948); Outlaw (1941); Peace Marshal (1957); Quantrell's Raider / Town Tamer (1984); Quantrell's Raiders (1953); Ride to Hell (1955); Ride to Hell / Lonesome River (1983); Run, Fool, Run aka The Lock and the Key (1948); Simon Lash: Private Detective (1945); Sleeping Sphinx / Beagle Scented Murder / Death of a Doll (1948); Swing Low, Swing Dead (1964); Tales of Terror (1967); Tales of Wells Fargo (1958); The Books of Horatio Alger, Jr (1948); The Boris Karloff Horror Anthology (1965); The Buffalo Box (1942); The Bushwhackers (1959); The Corpse Moved Upstairs (1964); The Curly Wolf (1969); The Dawn Riders (1968); The Etruscan Bull (1969); The Fourth Letter (1947); The French Key aka The French Key Mystery (1940); The Gift Horse (1942); The Gold Gap (1968); The Greek Affair (1965); The Highwayman (1955); The Honest Dealer aka Double Dealer (1947); The Hungry Dog Murders aka Die Like a Dog (1941); The Laughing Fox (1943); The Leather Duke aka A Job of Murder (1950); The Limping Goose aka Murder One (1955); The Lone Gunhawk aka Smoky Road (1949); The Lonesome Badger aka Mood for Murder (1954); The Man From Missouri (1956); The Marshal (1958); The Mighty Blockhead (1945); The Navy Colt (1941); The Pulp Jungle (1967); The Scarlet Feather (1948); The Silver Jackass (1947); The Silver Tombstone Mystery (1948); The Spanish Prisoner (1969); The Talking Clock (1944); The Thirteenth Floor (1948); The Twilight Man (1967); The Whispering Master (1956); This Gun Is Still (1967); Town Tamer (1957); Twenty Plus Two (1961); Wanted (1971); Zane Grey (1928).