Born on this day – Ron Goodwin:

Ron Goodwin

Composer

February 17, 1925 – January 8, 2003

Born on this day – Hal Holbrook:

Hal Holbrook

Actor

Director

Writer

February 17, 1925 – January 23, 2021

Born on this day – Andre Alice Norton:

Andre Alice Norton

Writer

February 17, 1912 – March 17, 2005

Credits:

A Cat of Artistic Sensibilities (2021); A Cat of Cozy Situations (2020); A Cat of Disdainful Looks (2020); A Cat of Fantastic Whims (2021); A Cat of Feral Instincts (2021); A Cat of Heroic Heart (2020); A Cat of Perfect Taste (2020); A Cat of Space and Time (2020); A Cat of Strange Lands (2020); A Constellation of Cats (2001); A Crown Disowned (2002); A Mind for Trade (1998); A Taste of Magic (2006); All Cats Are Gray (1953); All Hallows' Eve (1992); Andre Norton: Fables and Futures (1989); Android at Arms (1971); Anthology of Sci-Fi V1 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V10 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V11 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V12 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V13 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V15 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V17 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V18 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V19 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V2 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V20 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V22 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V24 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V3 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V4 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V5 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V5, the Pulp Writers - Alan E. Nourse (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V6 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V7 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V8 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi V9 (2013); Anthology of Sci-Fi, the Pulp Writers V1 (2013); At Swords' Point (1954); Atlantis Endgame (2002); Barbarians (1986); Barbarians 2 (1988); Beast Master's Ark (2002); Beast Master's Circus (2004); Beast Master's Quest (2006); Bertie & May (1971); Black Trillium (1990); Blood Trillium (1992); Breed to Come (1972); Brother to Shadows (1993); Caroline (1982); Catfantastic (1989); Catfantastic (1989); Catfantastic II (1991); Catfantastic II (1991); Catfantastic III (1994); Catfantastic III (1994); Catfantastic IV (1996); Catfantastic IV (1996); Catfantastic V (1999); Catfantastic V (1999); Catseye (1961); Ciara's Song (1998); Dare to Go A-Hunting (1989); Dark Companion (2004); Dark Piper (1968); Darkness and Dawn (2003); DAW 30th Anniversary Fantasy (2002); DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthologies (2002); Daybreak 2250 A.D. (1969); Derelict for Trade (1997); Dragon Blade (2005); Dragon Mage (2009); Dragon Mage (2009); Dragon Magic (1967); Dragon Magic (1967); Dread Companion (1970); Echoes in Time (1999); Elvenblood (1995); Elvenborn (2002); Empire of the Eagle (1994); Exiles of the Stars (1971); Eye Of The Monster (1962); Eye Of The Monster (1962); Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Volume 2 (2010); Firehand (1994); Flight in Yiktor (1986); Flight of Vengeance (1992); Follow the Drum (1942); Forerunner (1971); Forerunner Foray (1973); Four from the Witch World (1989); Four from the Witch World (1989); Friends of the Horseclans (1987); Fur Magic (1968); Fur Magic (1968); Galactic Derelict (1959); Garan the Eternal (1972); Gates to Tomorrow: An Introduction to Science Fiction (1973); Golden Trillium (1993); Grand Masters' Choice (1989); Gryphon in Glory (1981); Gryphon's Eyrie (1984); Here Abide Monsters (1973); Heroic Fantasy (1979); High Sorcery (1970); Horn Crown (1981); House of Shadows (1984); Huon of the Horn (1951); Ice Crown (1970); Imperial Lady (1989); Iron Butterflies (1980); Iron Cage (1974); Judgment on Janus (1963); Key Out of Time (1963); Knave Of Dreams (1975); Knight or Knave (2001); Lady of the Trillium (1995); Lavender-Green Magic (1974); Lavender-Green Magic (1974); Leopard In Exile (2001); Lord of Thunder (1962); Lore of the Witch World (1980); Lore of the Witch World (1980); Magic In Ithkar 2 (1985); Magic In Ithkar 2 (1985); Magic in Ithkar 3 (1986); Magic in Ithkar 3 (1986); Magic in Ithkar 4 (1987); Magic in Ithkar 4 (1987); Magic in Ithkar I (1985); Magic in Ithkar I (1985); Mark of the Cat & Year of the Rat (2002); Masks of the Outcasts (2004); Masters of Fantasy (2004); Merlin's Mirror (1975); Mirror of Destiny (1995); Moon Called (1982); Moon Mirror (1988); Moon of Three Rings (1966); More Fantastic Stories (2009); Murders for Sale (2012); Night of Masks (1964); No Night Without Stars (1975); Octagon Magic (1967); Octagon Magic (1967); On Wings of Magic (1993); Operation Time Search (1967); Ordeal In Otherwhere (1964); Outside (1974); Perilous Dreams (1976); Plague Ship (1956); Postmarked the Stars (1969); Quag Keep (1978); Quest Crosstime (1965); Ralestone Luck (1938); Rebel Spurs (1962); Red Hart Magic (1976); Red Hart Magic (1976); Redline the Stars (1993); Renaissance Faire (2005); Return to Quag Keep (2006); Ride Proud, Rebel! (1961); Ride the Green Dragon (1985); Rogue Reynard (1947); Sargasso of Space (1955); Scarface (1948); Scent of Magic (1998); Sea Siege (1957); Secret of the Lost Race (1959); Serpent's tooth (1987); Seven Spells to Sunday (1979); Shadow Hawk (1960); Silver May Tarnish (2005); Sky Trillium (1996); Sneeze On Sunday (1992); Snow Shadow (1979); Songsmith (1992); Sorceress of the Witch World (1968); Space Service (1953); Spell of the Witch World (1972); Stand and Deliver (1984); Stand to Horse (1968); Star Born (1957); Star Gate (1958); Star Guard (1955); Star Hunter (1961); Star Ka'at (1976); Star Ka'at (1976); Star Ka'at World (1976); Star Ka'at World (1976); Star Ka'ats and the Plant People (1979); Star Ka'ats and the Plant People (1979); Star Ka'ats and the Winged Warriors (1976); Star Ka'ats and the Winged Warriors (1976); Star Man's Son (1951); Star Rangers / The Last Planet (1953); Star Soldiers (2002); Steel Magic (1965); Steel Magic (1965); Storm Over Warlock (1960); Storms of Victory (1991); Sword in Sheath (1949); Tales from High Hallack, Volume 1 (2013); Tales from High Hallack, Volume 2 (2014); Tales from High Hallack, Volume 3 (2014); Tales of the Witch World 1 (1987); Tales of the Witch World 1 (1987); Tales of the Witch World 2 (1988); Tales of the Witch World 2 (1988); Tales of the Witch World 3 (1990); Tales of the Witch World 3 (1990); Ten Mile Treasure (1981); The Beast Master (1959); The Book of Andre Norton (1974); The Crossroads Of Time (1956); The Crystal Gryphon (1972); The Day of the Ness (1975); The Defiant Agents (1962); The Duke's Ballad (2005); The Elvenbane (1991); The Gate of the Cat (1987); The Hands of Lyr (1994); The Jargoon Pard (1974); The Jekyll Legacy (1990); The Key of the Keplian (1995); The Knight of the Red Beard (2008); The Magestone (1996); The Magic of Christmas (1992); The Monster's Legacy (1996); The Opal-Eyed Fan (1977); The Pendragon Chronicles: Heroic Fantasy from the Time of King Arthur (1989); The People Of The Crater (1947); The Prince Commands (1934); The Scribbling Women: Women Writers of the Victorian Era (2021); The Second Venture (1985); The Shadow of Albion (1999); The Sioux Spaceman (1960); The Sioux Spaceman (1960); The Solar Queen (2003); The Stars Are Ours! (1954); The Sword is Drawn (1944); The Time Traders (1958); The Warding of Witch World (1997); The White Jade Fox (1975); The Year of the Cat: A Cat of a Different Color (2020); The X Factor (1965); The Zero Stone (1968); Three Against the Witch World (1965); Three Hands for Scorpio (2005); Tiger Burning Bright (1995); To the King a Daughter (2000); Trey of Swords (1977); Uncharted Stars (1969); Velvet Shadows (1977); Victory on Janus (1966); Voodoo Planet (1959); Voorloper (1980); Voorloper (1980); Ware Hawk (1983); Warlock of the Witch World (1967); Web of the Witch World (1964); Web of the Witch World (1964); Werehunter (1999); Were-Wrath (1984); Wheel of Stars (1983); Wind in the Stone (1999); Witch World (1963); Witches: Wicked, Wild & Wonderful (2012); Wizards' Worlds (1989); Wolfshead (1977); Women of Futures Past (2016); Wraiths of Time (1976); Yankee privateer (1955); Year of the Unicorn (1965); Yurth Burden (1978); Zarsthor's Bane (1978).

Born on this day – Marc Lawrence:

Marc Lawrence

Actor

February 17, 1910 – November 28, 2005

Credits:

Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003); The Shipping News (2001); End of Days (1999); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1999); ER (1998); Gotti (1996); From Dusk Till Dawn (1996); Four Rooms (1995); Metaltech: Earthsiege (1994); Marilyn, My Love (1994); Newsies (1992); Ruby (1992); Donor (1990); Gabriel's Fire (1990); Shannon's Deal (1990); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989); Blood Red (1989); The Big Easy (1986); The A-Team (1986); Night Train to Terror (1985); Savage Journey (1983); Thieves and Robbers (1983); Terror at Alcatraz (1982); Border Pals (1981); Cataclysm (1980); Super Fuzz (1980); The Dukes of Hazzard (1979); Swap Meet (1979); Hot Stuff (1979); Wonder Woman (1979); Goin' Coconuts (1978); Foul Play (1978); CHiPs (1978); A Piece of the Action (1977); Baretta (1976); Marathon Man (1976); The Rookies (1972); Switch (1975); The Man with the Golden Gun (1974); McCloud (1974); Mannix (1969–1974); Frasier, the Sensuous Lion (1973); Daddy's Deadly Darling (1973); Honor Thy Father (1973); In Pursuit of Treasure (1972); Nichols (1972); The Doris Day Show (1971); Diamonds Are Forever (1971); Here's Lucy (1970–1971); The Partners (1971); Dream No Evil (1970); Bonanza (1970); The Kremlin Letter (1970); Il killer (1969); Krakatoa: East of Java (1968); Kong Island (1968); Custer of the West (1967); Du mou dans la gâchette (1967); 7 monaci d'oro (1966); The Rat Patrol (1966); Johnny Tiger (1966); 2 mafiosi contro Al Capone (1966); Nightmare in the Sun (1965); Savage Pampas (1965); Mister Ed (1965); Petticoat Junction (1965); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Arrest and Trial (1964); Johnny Cool (1963); 77 Sunset Strip (1962); The Untouchables (1960–1963); The Detectives (1960–1962); Maverick (1961–1962); Whispering Smith (1961); Bronco (1961); The Deputy (1961); The Rifleman (1958–1960); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1960); Bronco (1960); Zane Grey Theatre (1960); The Roaring 20's (1960–1962); Lawman (1960–1961); M Squad (1960); Shotgun Slade (1959); Johnny Staccato (1959); Tightrope (1959); M Squad (1959); Peter Gunn (1959); Playhouse 90 (1958–1959); Wagon Train (1958); Kill Her Gently (1957); Helen of Troy (1956); La catena dell'odio (1955); Suor Maria (1955); Ballata tragica (1955); Studio One (1955); Luna nova (1955); Il più comico spettacolo del mondo (1953); Legione straniera (1953); Noi peccatori (1953); Jolanda la figlia del corsaro nero (1953); Fratelli d'Italia (1952); I tre corsari (1952); La tratta delle bianche (1952); Tormento del passato (1952); Vacanze col gangster (1952); My Favorite Spy (1951); Hurricane Island (1951); The Desert Hawk (1950); Foreign Legion (1950); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); Black Hand (1950); Tough Assignment (1949); Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949); Jigsaw (1949); Out of the Storm (1948); Key Largo (1948); I Walk Alone (1947); Captain from Castile (1947); Unconquered (1947); Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947); Yankee Fakir (1947); Cloak and Dagger (1946); Inside Job (1946); The Virginian (1946); Blonde Alibi (1946); Life with Blondie (1945); Club Havana (1945); Don't Fence Me In (1945); Flame of Barbary Coast (1945); Dillinger (1945); The Princess and the Pirate (1944); Rainbow Island (1944); Tampico (1944); Hit the Ice (1943); Submarine Alert (1943); Calaboose (1943); The Ox-Bow Incident (1942); 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942); Eyes of the Underworld (1942); Call of the Canyon (1942); This Gun for Hire (1942); Yokel Boy (1942); Nazi Agent (1942); Public Enemies (1941); Sundown (1941); A Dangerous Game (1941); Hold That Ghost (1941); Lady Scarface (1941); The Shepherd of the Hills (1941); Blossoms in the Dust (1941); The Man Who Lost Himself (1941); The Monster and the Girl (1941); Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941); Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940); The Great Profile (1940); Brigham Young (1940); The Golden Fleecing (1940); The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940); Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! (1940); Johnny Apollo (1940); Invisible Stripes (1939); The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939); Beware Spooks! (1939); Think First (1939); Dust Be My Destiny (1939); S.O.S. Tidal Wave (1939); Ex-Champ (1939); Blind Alley (1939); Code of the Streets (1939); Romance of the Redwoods (1939); Sergeant Madden (1939); The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939); Blackwell's Island (1939); Homicide Bureau (1939); Honolulu (1938); There's That Woman Again (1938); While New York Sleeps (1938); Adventure in Sahara (1938); The Spider's Web (1938); I Am the Law (1938); Convicted (1938); Squadron of Honor (1938); Who Killed Gail Preston? (1938); Penitentiary (1938); The Shadow (1937); Murder in Greenwich Village (1937); Counsel for Crime (1937); Life Begins with Love (1937); Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937); A Dangerous Adventure (1937); It Can't Last Forever (1937); What Price Vengeance (1937); San Quentin (1937); Criminals of the Air (1937); I Promise to Pay (1937); Motor Madness (1937); Exile (1937); Night Waitress (1936); Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936); The Cowboy Star (1936); Blackmailer (1936); The Final Hour (1936); Trapped by Television (1936); Counterfeit (1936); Under Two Flags (1936); Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936); Love on a Bet (1936); Don't Gamble with Love (1936); Desire (1936); Road Gang (1936); 3 Kids and a Queen (1935); Dr. Socrates (1935); Little Big Shot (1935); After the Dance (1935); Don't Bet on Blondes (1935); The Arizonian (1935); Men of the Hour (1935); Strangers All (1935); Go Into Your Dance (1935); 'G' Men (1935); Million Dollar Baby (1934); Death on the Diamond (1934); Straight Is the Way (1934); White Woman (1933); Lady for a Day (1933); Her First Mate (1933); Gambling Ship (1933); If I Had a Million (1932).

Born on this day – Ruth Clifford:

Ruth Clifford

Actress

February 17, 1900 – November 30, 1998

Credits:

3 Godfathers (1948); A Disney Channel Christmas!!!! (1983); A Disney Christmas Gift (1983); A Hero by Proxy (1916); A Kentucky Cinderella (1917); A Man Called Peter (1955); Along the Rio Grande (1941); April Showers (1923); As Man Desires (1925); Ball of Fire (1941); Bath Day (1946); Behind the Lines (1916); Bigger Than Life (1956); Blue, White and Perfect (1942); Brooding Eyes (1926); Butterfly (1924); Cadet Girl (1941); Canine Casanova (1945); Circumstantial Evidence (1945); Coney Island (1943); Crazy Over Daisy (1950); Cry of the City (1948); Cured Duck (1945); Dante's Inferno (1935); Daughters of the Rich (1923); Designing Woman (1957); Disney Sing-Along Songs: Very Merry Christmas Songs (1988); Disney's Cartoon Arcade (1990); Don Mike (1927); Donald Duck Presents (1983–1992); Donald's Double Trouble (1946); Donald's Dream Voice (1948); Donald's Quack Attack (1992–2003); Dr. Christian (1957); Dr. Kildare (1966); Drums Along the Mohawk (1939); Elmer and Elsie (1934); Eternal Love (1917); Everybody Does It (1949); Face in the Sky (1933); Father Was a Fullback (1949); Figaro and Frankie (1947); Final Buddyman VS Buddy New Compilation Movies (2025); Fires of Youth (1918); Fireside Theatre (1951–1954); First Aiders (1944); Flight Nurse (1953); For Beauty's Sake (1941); Four Men and a Prayer (1938); Free for All (1949); Free, Blonde and 21 (1940); Funny Girl (1968); Ginger (1935); Give a Girl a Break (1953); Good Morning, Mickey! (1983–1992); Green Grass of Wyoming (1948); Grindl (1963); Hands Down (1918); Hazard (1948); Hazel (1965); Hell's Hole (1923); Her Husband's Secret (1925); Her Wedding Day (1916); Highway Patrol (1956–1959); Hold 'Em Yale (1935); Holiday Inn (1942); Hollywood Boulevard (1936); Honolulu (1938); How Green Was My Valley (1941); Hungry Eyes (1918); I Led 3 Lives (1956); I Used to Be in Pictures (2000); I'd Rather Be Rich (1964); Immortal Sergeant (1943); In Dutch (1946); In the Dead o' Night (1916); In the Meantime, Darling (1944); It Happened in Flatbush (1942); Jungle Jim (1956); Keep Smiling (1938); Key to the City (1950); Lady by Choice (1934); Land of the Open Range (1942); Leave Her to Heaven (1945); Let's Live Tonight (1935); Lew Tyler's Wives (1926); Lifestyles of the Rich and Animated (1991); Lillian Russell (1940); Lock Up (1961); Making the Rounds (1934); Mary from America (1917); Mickey's Mouse Tracks (1992–1995); Midnight Madness (1918); Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen (1934); Mother o' Mine (1917); Mother Wore Tights (1947); Mothers-in-Law (1923); Mr. Celebrity (1941); Mrs. Beverly Hills (1925); My Dad (1922); My Darling Clementine (1946); Not Wanted (1949); On Ice (1933); Only Yesterday (1933); Paddy O'Day (1936); Pilgrimage (1933); Playhouse 90 (1957); Pluto and the Gopher (1950); Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952); Pluto's Party (1952); Pluto's Sweater (1949); Poisoned Ivory (1934); Police Story (1977); Polly Put the Kettle On (1917); Ponjola (1923); Prejudice (1949); Prince of Players (1955); Public Defender (1954); Racket Squad (1952); Road to Happiness (1941); Safety in Numbers (1938); Sailor's Lady (1940); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 11 (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 3 (1922); Sergeant Rutledge (1960); She Married Her Boss (1935); Shock (1946); Should She Have Told? (1916); Show of Shows (1929); Sleepy Time Donald (1947); Stand Up and Cheer! (1934); Stars and Stripes Forever (1952); Stolen Harmony (1935); Sunset Boulevard (1950); Swanee River (1939); Target (1958); Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942); The Amazing Woman (1920); The Black Gate (1919); The Bubble of Love (1917); The Cabaret Girl (1918); The Cat's Out (1931); The City of Stars (1924); The Cobweb (1955); The Constant Woman (1933); The Crime of Dr. Forbes (1936); The Dangerous Age (1922); The Desire of the Moth (1917); The Devil's Apple Tree (1929); The Door Between (1917); The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924); The Eternal Woman (1929); The Face on the Bar-Room Floor (1923); The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935); The Game's Up (1919); The Guilt of Silence (1918); The Hitch Hiker (1933); The Honeymoon's Over (1939); The Invisible Ray (1920); The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (1918); The Keeper of the Gate (1917); The Keys of the Kingdom (1944); The Last Hurrah (1958); The Little Stranger (1936); The Lodger (1944); The Love Hour (1925); The Luck of the Irish (1948); The Lure of Luxury (1918); The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956); The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940); The Melody of Death (1917); The Millionaire (1955); The Millionaire Pirate (1919); The Mysterious Mr. Tiller (1917); The Penalty of Treason (1916); The Phantom of the Opera (1925); The Postman Didn't Ring (1942); The Quiet Man (1952); The Red, Red Heart (1918); The Return of Jimmy Valentine (1936); The Savage (1917); The Searchers (1956); The Sign of the Cross (1932); The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors (1993); The Sleep Walker (1942); The Snake Pit (1948); The Spider (1945); The Storm Breaker (1925); The Thrill Seekers (1927); The Tornado (1924); The Walls of Jericho (1948); The Whispered Name (1924); The Wings of Eagles (1957); Three Little Swigs (1933); To Mary - with Love (1936); Tropical Love (1921); Truxton King (1923); Two Rode Together (1961); Typhoon Love (1925); Unfaithfully Yours (1948); Wagon Master (1950); Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition: Daisy (1984); We Go Fast (1941); Whirlpool (1950); Whom the Gods Destroy (1934); Wife, Husband and Friend (1939); Woman Unafraid (1934); You're My Everything (1949).

Edgar Allan Poe, on imagination:

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night.

- Edgar Allan Poe.

On this day in music history - Traces of You, by Kristin Asbjørnsen (2018):

Traces of You

Album by Kristin Asbjørnsen,

released February 16, 2018.

Track list:

By Your Side; You Hold Me While Leaving Me; She Holds My Hand; Promise; We Haven’t Found Our Way Back Home; Goodbye; Finally; I Won’t Leave The Room; Spring Reappears; Traces Of You; Vil Du Være Her Bestandig.