Born on this day – Ed Wheeler:

Ed Wheeler

Actor

Producer

February 18, 1936 - August 21, 2024

Credits:

3-2-1 Contact (1980); ABC Afterschool Specials (1987); Bleach (1998); Blue Bloods (2010); Broadcast News (1987); Cupid (2009); Daylight (1996); Double Parked (2000); Drop Squad (1994); Ed (2000–2002); From Other Worlds (2004); Godzilla (1998); Head of State (2003); Heaven Is a Playground (1991); Hope & Faith (2004); Keane (2004); Keepers of the Flame (2024); Law & Order (1992–2004); Little Bill (2003); Love Songs (1999); Mickey Blue Eyes (1999); Monsters (1988); New York Undercover (1994); Noël (1992); One Life to Live (2010); Presumed Innocent (1990); Soul Food (2000); The Core of the Apple (1986); The Cry (2007); The Day the Women Got Even (1980); The Good Guy (2009); The Good Heart (2009); The Kill Reflex (1989); Thinner (1996); Third Watch (2000); Uncertainty (2008); Watch Your Mouth (1978); Whoopi (2004).

Born on this day – Mary Ure:

Mary Ure

Actress

February 18, 1933 – April 3, 1975

Credits:

The Exorcism (1975); Love for Love (1974); The Wide World of Mystery (1974); ITV Play of the Week (1956–1974); Success Story (1974); Ironside (1973); A Reflection of Fear (1972); The Ten Commandments (1971); Old Times (1971); The David Frost Show (1971); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971); Where Eagles Dare (1968); On Location: Where Eagles Dare (1968); Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! (1967); Custer of the West (1967); The Filming of the Battle of the Bulge (1965); The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964); The Respectful Prostitute (1964); The Mind Benders (1963); The Changeling (1961); Sons and Lovers (1960); Duel of Angels (1960); Othello (1959); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959); Look Back in Anger (1959); Omnibus (1958); Jack Hylton's Monday Show (1958); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1956 (1957); Look Back in Anger (1957); Windom's Way (1957); A View from the Bridge (1956); Storm Over the Nile (1955); Hamlet (1955); Time Remembered (1954).

Born on this day – Toni Morrison:

Toni Morrison

Writer

February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019

Credits:

A Mercy (2008); bell hooks: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2023); Beloved (1987); Birth of a Nation'hood (1997); Black Satin (2004); Burn This Book (2009); Christopher Hitchens (2017); Conversations with Toni Morrison (1994); David Bowie (2016); Desdemona (2012); Ernest Hemingway (2015); Fred Rogers: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2021); Frida Kahlo: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2020); Gabriel García Márquez (2015); Go the Way Your Blood Beats (1996); God Help the Child (2014); Goodness and the Literary Imagination (2019); Graham Greene: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2019); Hannah Arendt: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2013); Home (2011); Hunter S. Thompson (2018); Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir (1987); J. D. Salinger (2016); James Baldwin: The Last Interview: and other Conversations (2014); Jane Jacobs (2016); Janet Malcolm: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (2022); Jazz (1992); John Lewis: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2021); Johnny Cash: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2021); Jorge Luis Borges (2012); Julia Child: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2018); Kathy Acker: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2018); Kurt Cobain: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2022); Kurt Vonnegut (2011); Learning to Live Finally (2005); Lessons of the Masters (2003); Little Cloud and Lady Wind (2010); Lou Reed (2015); Love (2003); Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2017); Memoirs (1999); Mouth Full of Blood: Essays, Speeches, Meditations (2019); Nora Ephron: The Last Interview (2015); Octavia E. Butler: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2023); Oliver Sacks (2016); On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library (2021); Paradise (1997); Peeny Butter Fudge (2009); Philip K. Dick (2015); Playing in the Dark (1992); Please, Louise (2013); Race (2017); Race-Ing Justice, En-Gendering Power (1992); Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview (2014); Recitatif (1983); Remember (2004); Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (2009); Shirley Chisholm: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2021); Sincerity and Authenticity (1972); Six Walks in the Fictional Woods (1994); Song of Solomon (1977); Space, Time and Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition (1941); Sula (1973); Tar Baby (1981); The Big Box (1999); The Bluest Eye (1970); The Book of Mean People (2002); The Dancing Mind (1996); The Good Parts (2000); The Measure of Our Lives (2019); The Mirror Or The Glass? (2005); The Nobel Lecture In Literature, 1993 (1994); The Origin of Others (2016); The Romantic Generation (1995); The Secular Scripture: A Study of the Structure of Romance (1973); The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations (2019); The Tortoise or the Hare (2010); The Writer Before the Page: From The Source of Self-Regard (2019); To Die for the People (2009); Toni Morrison: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (2020); Ursula K. Le Guin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (2019); What Moves at the Margin (2008); Who's Got Game? Poppy or the Snake? (2004); Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper? (2003); Who's Got Game? The Lion or the Mouse? (2003); Who's Got Game? Three Fables (2003); Women of Color Pray (2012); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018).

Born on this day – George Kennedy:

George Kennedy

Actor

February 18, 1925 – February 28, 2016

Born on this day – Russell Hunter:

Russell Hunter

Actor

February 18, 1925 – February 26, 2004

Credits:

3-2-1 (1982); A Touch of Frost (1996); Ace of Wands (1971); Airport Chaplain (1980); Albert and the Lion (1989); American Cousins (2003); Angels One Five (1952); Animated Tales of the World (2000); Armchair Theatre (1967); As You Like It (1963); BBC Play of the Month (1975); Black and Blue (1973); Born and Bred (2003); Brond (1987); Bust (1988); Callan / movie (1974); Callan / TV Series (1967–1972); Castle in the Air (1952); Casualty (1989); Charles Endell, Esq (1979); Cooper (1975); Countdown (1998); Crown Court (1973); Daddy's Girl (2001); Danger: Marmalade at Work (1984); Deacon Brodie (1997); Dickens of London (1976); Dixon of Dock Green (1955); Doctor Who (1977); Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1965); Farrington of the F.O. (1986); First Among Equals (1986); Five Red Herrings (1975); Full House (1973); Function Room (1985); Homeground (1997–2005); I, Lovett (1989); ITV Playhouse (1969); Jackanory (1973); Kidnapped (1952); King & Castle (1988); Lilli Marlene (1950); Lovejoy (1992); Love's Labour's Lost (1965); Mackenzie (1980); Mind Your Language (1979); Minder (1982); Minder (1983); Moira in Person (1973); Mystery and Imagination (1970); Never Say Die! (1981); Para Handy - Master Mariner (1960); Perishing Solicitors (1983); Play for Tomorrow (1982); Play from 'A' (1976); Rab C. Nesbitt (1988–1992); Redcap (1966); Rooms (1974); Rule Britannia! (1975); Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987); Scotland's Story (1984); Shadows (1975); Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (1984); Skagerrak (2003); Small Moments (2001); Sweeney Todd (1970); Taggart (1990); Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970); The Bill (2000); The Blazing Caravan (1955); The Brave Don't Cry (1952); The Broken Horseshoe (1952); The Campaign (1983); The Cherry Orchard (1962); The Christmas Star (1986); The Cockleshell Heroes (1955); The Detectives (1996); The Edward Woodward Hour (1971); The Gaffer (1981–1983); The Gorbals Story (1950); The Justice Game (1989); The Negotiator (1994); The Play on One (1988); The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1988); The Standard (1978); The Sweeney (1975); The Vital Spark (1966–1967); The Wednesday Play (1967); Thriller (1974); Up Pompeii (1971); Wet Job (1981); Where I Live (1965); Whodunnit? (1973); Whose Baby? (1973).

Born on this day – Jack Palance:

Jack Palance

Actor

February 18, 1919 – November 10, 2006

Credits:

Back When We Were Grownups (2004); Living with the Dead (2002); Prancer Returns (2001); Night Visions / Bitter Harvest (2001); Sarah, Plain & Tall: Winter's End (1999); Treasure Island (1999); The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo (1998); Ebenezer (1998); I'll Be Home for Christmas (1997); Buffalo Girls (1995); The Swan Princess (1994); City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994); Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics / Where the Dead Are (1994); Cops and Robbersons (1994); Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow (1993); Eli's Lesson (1992); Keep the Change (1992); Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan (1991); City Slickers (1991); Solar Crisis (1990); Tango & Cash (1989); Batman (1989); Gor II (1988); Young Guns (1988); Bagdad Cafe (1987); Gor (1987); Ripley's Believe It or Not! (1982); Alone in the Dark (1982); Tales of the Haunted (1981); Hawk the Slayer (1980); Without Warning (1980); The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story (1980); The Ivory Ape (1980); The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (1979); Cocaine Cowboys (1979); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979); The Shape of Things to Come (1979); Angels' Brigade (1979); Portrait of a Hitman (1979); The One Man Jury (1978); Welcome to Blood City (1977); God's Gun (1976); Blood and Bullets (1976); Rulers of the City (1976); Safari Express (1976); Black Cobra (1976); Bronk (1975–1976); Squadra antiscippo (1976); The Sensuous Nurse (1975); Africa Express (1975); The Four Deuces (1975); The Great Adventure (1975); The Hatfields and the McCoys (1975); The Godchild (1974); Craze (1974); Dracula (1974); Oklahoma Crude (1973); Brothers Blue (1973); Sting of the West (1972); Chato's Land (1972); It Can Be Done Amigo (1972); The Horsemen (1971); Compañeros (1970); Monte Walsh (1970); NET Playhouse (1970); The McMasters (1970); Battle of the Commandos (1969); Che! (1969); Marquis de Sade's Justine (1969); A Bullet for Rommel (1969); The Desperados (1969); The Mercenary (1968); They Came to Rob Las Vegas (1968); Madigan's Millions (1968); The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968); Kill a Dragon (1967); Torture Garden / The Man Who Collected Poe (1967); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); Alice Through the Looking Glass (1966); The Professionals (1966); Run for Your Life (1966); Convoy (1965); Once a Thief (1965); Paparazzi (1964); The Greatest Show on Earth (1963–1964); Bande-annonce de 'Le mépris' (1963); Contempt (1963); Night Train to Milan (1962); Warriors Five (1962); Barabbas (1961); The Last Judgment (1961); The Mongols (1961); Sword of the Conqueror (1961); The Barbarians (1960); The Battle of Austerlitz (1960); Beyond All Limits (1959); Ten Seconds to Hell (1959); The Man Inside (1958); Playhouse 90 (1956–1957); House of Numbers (1957); The Lonely Man (1957); Zane Grey Theatre (1956); Attack (1956); I Died a Thousand Times (1955); Kiss of Fire (1955); The Big Knife (1955); Sign of the Pagan (1954); The Silver Chalice (1954); Man in the Attic (1953); Suspense (1953); The Motorola Television Hour (1953); Flight to Tangier (1953); Arrowhead (1953); Second Chance (1953); Shane (1953); The Web (1953); Danger (1953); The Gulf Playhouse (1952); Studio One (1951–1952); Sudden Fear (1952); Curtain Call (1952); Halls of Montezuma (1951); Panic in the Streets (1950); Lights Out (1950); Hands of Mystery (1949).

F. Sionil Jose, on writing:

You should live in a manner that should enable you to devote time to writing and contemplation.

As is often said, the writer is at work even when he is simply looking out the window.

- F. Sionil Jose.