Born on this day – Robert Weatherwax:

Robert Weatherwax

Director

Writer

Dog Trainer

June 4, 1941 – August 15, 2024

Credits:

Back to the Future (1985); Big Jake (1971); CBS Mornings (1994); Dennis the Menace (1987 / 1993); Hollywood's Top Dogs (2006); Lassie (1956–1967); Lassie (1994); Lassie (1997–1999); Moment by Moment (1978); Nickelodeon (1976); 'Old Yeller': Remembering a Classic (2002); Paws, Claws & Videotape (2010); Run, Joe, Run (1975); Second Thoughts (1983); Skeezer (1982); Stone Fox (1987); Taking Hollywood by Storm (2019); The 100 Greatest Family Films (2005); The Magic of Lassie (1978); The New Lassie (1989 / 1991 / 1992); The Osterman Weekend (1983); The Story of Lassie (1994); The Thing (1982); The Weatherwax Legacy (2011); Top Dog (1995); Watchers (1988).

Born on this day – Dennis Weaver:

Dennis Weaver

Actor

June 4, 1924 – February 24, 2006

Credits:

10th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (1974); 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2007); 1993 Environmental Media Awards (1993); 50 Years of Television: A Celebration of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Golden Anniversary (1997); 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2001); 95th Tournament of Roses Parade (1984); A Man Called Sledge (1970); A Winner Never Quits (1986); AFI Life Achievement Award (1975–1995); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960); All Star Blitz (1985); All-Star Party for Lucille Ball (1984); Amber Waves (1980); Ancient Secrets of the Bible, Part II (1993); Angel (1999); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Big Town (1956); Biography (1998); Bloopermania (1987); Bluffing It (1987); Buck James (1987–1988); Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1991–1994); Cavalcade of America (1954); CBS at 75 (2003); CBS: The First 50 Years (1998); Centennial (1978–1979); Cher (1975); Chief Crazy Horse (1955); Citizen Steve (1987); Climax! (1958); Cocaine: One Man's Seduction (1983); Column South (1953); Combat! (1965); Common Ground: Farming and Wildlife (1987); Compression (2024); Dangerous Mission (1954); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Dennis Weaver (1976); Dennis Weaver's Earthship: Documentary (1990); Dinah! (1975–1979); Disaster at Silo 7 (1988); Don't Go to Sleep (1982); Dr. Kildare (1965); Dragnet (1952–1955); Duel (1971); Duel at Diablo (1966); Duel: A Conversation with Director Steven Spielberg (2004); Earth and the American Dream (1992); Emerald Point N.A.S. (1983–1984); Entertainment Tonight (2000); Escape from Wildcat Canyon (1998); Family Feud (1984); Family Law (2001); Female Artillery (1973); Flip (1974); Gentle Ben (1967–1969); Gentle Giant (1967); Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story (1985); Greyhounds (1994); Gunsmoke (1956–1964); Headin' Home for the Holidays (1986); Hee Haw (1977–1981); Henry (2005); High Noon (2000); Hollywood Squares (2004); Home on the Range (2004); Hopalong Cassidy: Public Hero #1 (2001); Horizons West (1952); Intimate Portrait (2000–2002); Intimate Strangers (1977); Ishi: The Last of His Tribe (1978); It Happens Every Thursday (1953); Jerry Visits (1971); Judd for the Defense (1969); Kentucky Jones (1964–1965); Larry Grayson (1977); Law and Order (1953); Lights, Camera, Monty! (1975); Lola! (1976); Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994–1995); Magnum, P.I. (1985); Mama Mae: The Life and Music of Mae Boren Axton (2015); Mastergate (1992); McCloud (1970–1977); Memories Then and Now (1988); Mission Batangas (1968); Moving Image Salutes Steven Spielberg (1994); Music of the West: A Tribute to America's Singing Cowboys (1993); Navy Wife (1956); On the Go (1960); One on One with John Tesh (1991); Password (1962); Peace Pilgrim in Peace Pilgrim: An American Sage Who Walked Her Talk (2002); Pearl (1978); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1962); Philbin's People (1969); Pioneers of Television (2011); Playhouse 90 (1958); Police Story (1979); Politically Incorrect (2001); Rolling Man (1972); Schlitz Playhouse (1955); Seduction in a Small Town (1997); Seven Angry Men (1955); Sex Symbols: Past, Present and Future (1986); Special Collector's Edition (2011); Spielberg (2017); Star's Table (1986); Stolen Women, Captured Hearts (1997); Stone (1979–1980); Storm Fear (1955); Stump the Stars (1963); Subdivide and Conquer: A Modern Western (1999); Submerged (2000); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1992); Super Password (1986); Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); Telluride: Time Crosses Over (1997); Ten Wanted Men (1955); Terror on the Beach (1973); That Girl (1970); The 11th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1959); The 14th Annual Genesis Awards (2000); The 15th Annual Genesis Awards (2001); The 19th Academy of Country Music Awards (1984); The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1971); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2006); The Beast (2001); The Best of Hollywood (1998 / 2017); The Big Show (1980); The Bob Braun Show (1984); The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954); The Cowboy (2016); The Day the Loving Stopped (1981); The Dean Martin Show (1968–1971); The Don Knotts Show (1970); The Ed Nelson Show (1969); The Ed Sullivan Show (1959); The Everly Brothers Show (1970); The Forgotten Man (1971); The Gallant Hours (1960); he Garry Moore Show (1962); The Global Forum (1990); The Golden Blade (1953); The Great Battles of the Civil War (1994); The Great Man's Whiskers (1972); The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1969–1977); The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1973–1974); The Incredible Hulk (1978); The Islander (1978); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The John Denver Special (1976); The Juke Box Jury (1959); The Lawless Breed (1952); The Linkletter Show (1970); The Lone Ranger (1955); The Magical World of Disney (1966); The Man from the Alamo (1953); The Match Game (1963); The Merv Griffin Show (1962–1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1964–1979); The Mississippi Gambler (1953); The Movie Game (1971); The Name of the Game (1969); The Nebraskan (1953); The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980); The Ordeal of Patty Hearst (1979); The Pet Set (1971); The Raiders (1952); The Red Rowe Show (1960); The Redhead from Wyoming (1953); The Return of Sam McCloud (1989); The Silent Service (1957); The Simpsons (2002); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1973); The Toni Tennille Show (1980–1981); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1987); The Twilight Zone (1961); The Val Doonican Music Show (1977); The Virginian (1970 / 2000); The Wildest West Show of the Stars (1986); This Is Your Life (1957); Today (1964); Tom Cottle: Up Close (1982); Touch of Evil (1958); Touched by an Angel (2003); Troy & Priscilla Cory / The Troy Cory Evening Show (1974–1978); TV's Western Heroes (1993); Two-Bits & Pepper (1995); Visions of a New World (1995); Voyeur II (1996); Walking After Midnight (1988); War Arrow (1953); Way... Way Out (1966); Weakest Link (2002); Welcome to the Basement (2012); What About Me? I'm Only 3! (1992); What's My Line? (1962); What's the Matter with Helen? (1971); Where Have All the Children Gone (1980); Wildfire (2005); Wolf Pack (1996); You Don't Say (1964).

Born on this day – Helen Wood:

Helen Wood

Actress

June 4, 1917 – February 8, 1988

Credits:

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935); Almost a Gentleman (1939); Anna Karenina (1935); Can This Be Dixie? (1936); Champagne Charlie (1936); Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936); Crack-Up (1936); Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935); High Tension (1936); In Caliente (1935); Kid Millions (1934); Mary Jane's Pa (1935); Moulin Rouge (1934); Musical Comedy Time (1950); My Marriage (1936); Roman Scandals (1933); She Married Her Boss (1935); Sing, Baby, Sing (1936); Sis Hopkins (1941); Sorority House (1939); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1951); The Goose and the Gander (1935); The Pilgrimage Play (1949); The Ted Steele Show (1949).

Born on this day – Rosalind Russell:

Rosalind Russell

Actress

Comedienne

Writer

Singer

June 4, 1907 – November 28, 1976

Credits:

A Majority of One (1961); A Show Business Salute to Milton Berle (1973); A Woman of Distinction (1950); ABC Late Night (1975); AFI Life Achievement Award (1973); All Star Revue (1952); American Experience (1996); At Long Last Cole (1975); Auntie Mame (1958); Bates Motel (2013); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Biography (1999); Breakdowns of 1938 (1938); Breakdowns of 1941 (1941); Breakdowns of 1944 (1945); China Seas (1935); Christmas with the Stars (1953); Coming Up Roses (1986); Craig's Wife (1936); Crawford at Warners (2008); Design for Scandal (1941); Evelyn Prentice (1934); Fast and Loose (1939); Film Time (1955); Five Finger Exercise (1962); Flight for Freedom (1943); Forsaking All Others (1934); Four's a Crowd (1938); From the Ends of the Earth (1939); Gable and Crawford (2008); General Electric Theater (1956); Great Performances (1987); Gypsy (1962); Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? A History of Canadian Movies 1939-1953 (1979); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hired Wife (1940); His Girl Friday (1940); Hollywood and the Stars (1963–1964); Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940); Hollywood: The Fabulous Era (1962); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); It Had to Happen (1936); Life Is a Banquet (2009); Live, Love and Learn (1937); Lost Forever (2011); Man-Proof (1938); Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (1997); Meet the Stars #1: Chinese Garden Festival (1940); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! (1967); Mourning Becomes Electra (1947); Mrs. Pollifax-Spy (1971); My Sister Eileen (1942); Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020); Never Wave at a WAC (1953); Night Must Fall (1937); No Time for Comedy (1940); Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (1967); One Rogue Reporter (2014); Picnic (1955); Pioneers of Television (2014); Reckless (1935); Rendezvous (1935); Rosalind Russell: The Inside Scoop (2000); Rosie! (1967); Rosie! (1967); Roughly Speaking (1945); Roughly Speaking (1945); Salute to Oscar Hammerstein II (1972); Schlitz Playhouse (1951); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 1 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 10 (1939); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 9: Sports in Hollywood (1940); Screen Snapshots Series 22, No 10 (1942); Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 1: 25th Anniversary (1945); Screen Snapshots, Series 19, No. 4 (1940); Screen Snapshots: Famous Hollywood Mothers (1947); She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945); Sister Kenny (1946); Startime (1959); Summer Theatre (1958); Take a Letter, Darling (1942); Tell It to the Judge (1949); That's Entertainment! III (1994); The 16th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1959); The 17th Annual Tony Awards (1963); The 18th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1961); The 1974 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (1974); The 1975 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (1975); The 19th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1962); The 20th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1963); The 29th Annual Tony Awards (1975); The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 34th Annual Academy Awards (1962); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 41st Annual Academy Awards (1969); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The Best of Hollywood (2017); The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention (1937); The Casino Murder Case (1935); The Citadel (1938); The Crooked Hearts (1972); The David Frost Show (1971); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955); The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017); The Feminine Touch (1941); The Girl Rush (1955); The Guilt of Janet Ames (1947); The Half of It (2020); The Linkletter Show (1964); The Loretta Young Show (1955); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1971); The Miracle of Sound (1940); The Movies (2019); The Movies March On (1939); The Night Is Young (1935); The President Vanishes (1934); The Romance of Celluloid (1937); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971); The Trouble with Angels (1966); The Unguarded Moment (1956); The Velvet Touch (1948); The Women (1939); The Women (1939); They Met in Bombay (1941); This Thing Called Love (1940); Trouble for Two (1936); Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994); Under Two Flags (1936); West Point of the Air (1935); What a Woman! (1943); What's My Line? (1953); Where Angels Go Trouble Follows! (1968); Women He's Undressed (2015); Wonderful Town (1958); You Can't Fool a Camera (1941).

Eudora Welty, on reading, writing and imagination:

Both reading and writing are experiences – lifelong – in the course of which we who encounter words used in certain ways are persuaded by them to be brought mind and heart within the presence, the power, of the imagination.

– Eudora Welty.

On this day in movie history - Animal Kingdom (2010):

Animal Kingdom

directed and written by David Michôd,

was released in Australia on June 3, 2010.
Music by Antony Partos.

Cast:

James Frecheville, Bryce Lindemann, Paul Smits, Jacki Weaver, Joel Edgerton, Luke Ford, Sullivan Stapleton, Mirrah Foulkes, Anthony Ahern, Justin Rosniak, Michael Valamios, Chris Weir, Laura Wheelwright, Sarah Nguyen, Lucia Cai, Ben Mendelsohn, Ann Michôd, Susan Prior, Clayton Jacobson, Tim Phillipps, Josh Helman, Michael Cody, Kieran Darcy-Smith, Guy Pearce, Anthony Hayes, Jack Heanly, Dan Wyllie, Andy McPhee, Christina Azucena, Jacqueline Brennan, Ben Ouwehand, Bert LaBonté, James Saunders, Dom Phelan, Brenda Palmer, Anna Lise Phillips, Tom Noble, Daniel Roche, David Michôd, Adam Arkapaw, Brendan Bacon, Andrew Day, Luke Doolan, Cameron Ewart, Stephen Hannah, George Iskander, Rick James, Paul Rochford, Mat Stevenson.

On this day in movie history - Cinderella Man (2005):

Cinderella Man

directed by Ron Howard,

written by Cliff Hollingsworth and Akiva Goldsman,

story by Cliff Hollingsworth,

based on the life of James J. Braddock,

was released in the United States on June 3, 2005.
Music by Thomas Newman.

Cast:

Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Craig Bierko, Paddy Considine, Bruce McGill, David Huband, Connor Price, Ariel Waller, Patrick Louis, Rosemarie DeWitt, Linda Kash, Nicholas Campbell, Gene Pyrz, Chuck Shamata, Ron Canada, Alicia Johnston, Troy Amos-Ross, Mark Simmons, Art Binkowski, David Litzinger, Matthew G. Taylor, Rance Howard, James Ritz, Fulvio Cecere, Clint Howard, Gerry Ellison, Bill Mackie, Ray Marsh, Fernand Chretien, Dave Dunbar, Ken James, Rufus Crawford, Angelo Dundee, Lou Eisen, Wayne Gordon, Wayne Flemming, Nick Alachiotis, Christopher D. Amos, Nick Carusi, Keith Murphy, Everton McEwan, John Kalbhenn, David Georgieff, Wayne Bourque, Paul Ryan, Sean Gilroy, Michael McNamara, Billy Wine, Richard Bachynsky Hoover, Michael Chin, Stewart Lunn, Richard Lewis, Peter Wylie, Thomasz Kurzydlowski, Stuart Clark, Julian Lewis, Eric Fink, Sergio Di Zio, Gavin Grazer, Boyd Banks, Daniel Kash, Judah Katz, Angelo Tsarouchas, Rob Smith, Craig Warnock, Aaron Abrams, Duff MacDonald, Andrew Stelmack, Christopher Crumb, Gerry Quigley, Peter MacNeill, Darrin Brown, John Healy, Peter Didiano, James Kirchner, Michael Langlois, Magdalena Alexander, Nola Augustson, Gino Marrocco, Mark Taylor, Sharron Matthews, Alec Stockwell, Chick Roberts, Isabella Fink, Beau Starr, Philip Craig, Roman Podhora, R.D. Reid, Michael Dyson, Sam Malkin, Tony Munch, Conrad Bergschneider, Richard Binsley, Ramona Pringle, Katrina Matthews Swain, Cooper Bracken, Jacob Bracken, Alon Nashman, Dominic Cuzzocrea, Neil Foster, Brian Jagersky, Ray Kerr, Tim Eddis, Dave Arkell, Debra Sherman, Joanne Ritcey, Alex Cairns, George Duff, Tom Anastasios, Timothy Burd, Krysta Carter, Rick Cordeiro, James Donohue, Mark Falvo, Conor Gomez, Carlos Henriques, Riva Lombardi, Robert-William McAlpine, Kennedy McGuckian, Liam McGuckian, Robert Morse, Michael C. Newsome, Andrew Martin Priestman, Riley Raymer, Jake Richards, Jason Ruta, Michael Sercerchi, John Shannon, Nick Smith, Nick Smyth, Michael Stevens, Derek Sypniewski, Egidio Tari, Marcello Tulipano, Nancy E.L. Ward.