On this day in movie history - Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959):

Plan 9 from Outer Space

directed and written by Ed Wood,

was released in the United States on July 22, 1959.
Narrated by Criswell.
Music compiled by Gordon Zahler.

Cast:

Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Duke Moore, Tom Keene, Carl Anthony, Paul Marco, Tor Johnson, Dudley Manlove, Joanna Lee, John Breckinridge, Lyle Talbot, David De Mering, Norma McCarty, Bill Ash, Lynn Lemon, Ben Frommer, Gloria Dea, Conrad Brooks, Maila Nurmi / Vampira, Bela Lugosi, Criswell, Donald A. Davis, Johnny Duncan, Karl Johnson, Tom Mason, J. Edward Reynolds, Pauline Reynolds, Clay Stone, Hugh Thomas Jr., Edward D. Wood Jr.

On this day in movie history - I’ll Give a Million (1938):

I’ll Give a Million

directed by Walter Lang,

written by Boris Ingster and Milton Sperling,

based on a story by Giaci Mondaini and Cesare Zavattini,

was released in the United States on July 22, 1938.
Music by Cyril Mockridge.

Cast:

Warner Baxter, Marjorie Weaver, Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt, John Carradine, J. Edward Bromberg, Lynn Bari, Fritz Feld, Sig Ruman, Christian Rub, Paul Harvey, Charles Halton, Frank Reicher, Frank Dawson, Harry Hayden, Stanley Andrews, Lillian Porter, Luis Alberni, Rafaela Ottiano, Georges Renavent, Rolfe Sedan, Eddie Conrad, Egon Brecher, Frank Puglia, Michael Visaroff, Alex Novinsky, Armand Kaliz, William Arnold, George Bookasta, Eugene Borden, Jack Chefe, André Cheron, Marcelle Corday, Gennaro Curci, Adrienne D'Ambricourt, Antonio D'Amore, Albert D'Arno, George Davis, Jean De Briac, Zoia De Groot, Victor De Linsky, Mario Dominici, Tex Driscoll, Constant Franke, Elisabeth Fröhlich, Rosina Galli, Helen Giere, Joseph Kamaryt, Louis LaBey, Jacques Lory, Ludwig Lowry, Fred Malatesta, Alphonse Martell, Alex Melesh, Louis Mercier, Torben Meyer, Adolph Milar, Christina Montt, Alexander Palasthy, Manuel París, Albert Pollet, Paul Porcasi, Jules Raucourt, Joseph Romantini, Harry Semels, Pepi Sinoff, George Sorel, Charles Tannen, Laura Treadwell, Mary Treen, Jacques Vanaire, Frederik Vogeding, Marek Windheim, Wolfgang Zilzer.

Born on this day – Peter Jason:

Peter Jason

Actor

Producer

Cinematographer

July 22, 1944 – February 20, 2025

Credits:

4TH NAFCA: African Oscar (2014); 48 Hrs. (1982); 13th Child (2002); 1600 Penn (2013); A Bell for Adano (1967); A Different World (1992); A Reason to Live (1985); A Whole New Ballgame (1995); A Woman in the West (2008); Adaptation. (2002); Adventures in Plymptoons! (2011); Afterburn (1992); Agent Stoker (2021); Agua Dulce (2003); Air America (1998); Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980); Alien Apocalypse (2005); Alien Nation (1988); Almost a Woman (2002); Amazing Stories (1985); American Black Beauty (2005); Angel (1983); Angel on My Shoulder (1980); Annie Claus Is Coming to Town (2011); Annie McGuire (1988); Another Life (2020); Anywhere, U.S.A. (2017); Arachnophobia (1990); Arli$$ (1999); Arrested Development (2004–2013); B.J. and the Bear (1980); Baskets (2017–2019); Batman Beyond (1999); Batman Beyond: The Movie (1999); Batman: The Animated Series (1992); Beaverton (2009); Beyond the Universe (1981); Big John (2006); Billionaire Boys Club (1987); Body Bags / Segment: The Gas Station (1993); BoomBastiCAST (2022–2023); Brewster's Millions (1985); Brick Novax's Diary (2011); Butterfly (1981); Cagney & Lacey (1982); Cahoots (2001); Carnivàle (2003); Castle (2009); Cesar Chavez (2014); Chuck (2010); Cimarron Strip (1968); Claire (2007); Coach (1994); Cody the Robosapien (2013); Cold Case (2010); Combat Radio: A Christmas Carol (2022); Combat Radio: A Christmas Carol 2023 (2023); Command 5 (1985); Confessions of an Action Star (2005); Congo (1995); Conjuring Orson (2014); Convicted (1986); Cover Up (1985); Crash and Burn (2008); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2012); Daddy Issues (2018); Daniel Boone (1969); Dante's Peak (1997); Darkwatch: Curse of the West (2005); Dead Talk Live (2022); Deadwood (2004–2006); Deadwood: The Movie (2019); Dear John (1992); Deconstructing Sarah (1994); Deep in the Forest (2021); Desperate Housewives (2006–2007); Detonator (2003); Dirty Sexy Money (2007); Disaster on the Coastliner (1979); Disney·Pixar Learning: 2nd & 3rd Grade (2002); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1994); Dreamscape (1984); Eat or Be Eaten (1985); Eiga Doraemon: Shin Nobita no daimakyô (2014); Employee of the Month (2004); Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980); Escape from L.A. (1996); Falling Up (2009); Fallout 2: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game (1998); Fast Track (1997); Filthy Rich (1982); Finding Kelly (2000); Five Houses (1998); For Love and Honor (1983); Foreign Land (2016); From the Dead of Night (1989); From the Head (2011); Frostbite (2005); Funny or Die Presents... / Segment: Brick Novax's Diary (2011); Gears of War 2 (2008); Gears of War 3 (2011); Gemini Division (2008); Get Married or Die (2018); Ghost of New Orleans (2011); Ghosts of Mars (2001); Gigi: Almost American (2014); Greatest Ever Disaster Movies (2007); Gunsmoke (1970–1973); Hail, Caesar! (2016); Hair High (2004); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995); Hard Cash (2002); Hard Knocks (1987); Hart to Hart (1980–1982); Hawaii Five-O (1971); Heal Thyself (2012); Heartbreak Ridge (1986); Heavenly Deposit (2019); Here Come the Brides (1969); Herman's Head (1992); High & Outside: A Baseball Noir (2017); Hopelessly in June (2011); How to Make Love to a Woman (2010); Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star (1986); Impulse (1984); In the Mouth of Madness (1994); Inside the Crazy Ant Farm (2022); Intervention (2008); It Takes a Village: The Making of Village of the Damned (2016); Izzy & Moe (1985); Jack in the Box (1989); Jackie Chan Adventures (2003); JAG (1995); Java Heads: The Movie (1997); John Carpenter: Fear Is Just the Beginning... The Man and His Movies (2004); John from Cincinnati (2007); Johnny Handsome (1989); Judd for the Defense (1968); Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018); Justified (2010); Kicking & Screaming (2005); Knights of the Kitchen Table (1990); Knots Landing (1990); Kung Fu (1972); Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1996); La ilegal (1979); Laguna Heat (1987); Land of the Giants (1970); Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (2013); Live from Baghdad (2002); Locked In (2010); Longmire (2016); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); Mad Men (2008); Marked for Death (1990); Married... with Children (1993); Measure (2014); Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell II - Picture Show (1994); Men in Black: The Series (1999); Mending Fences (2009); Merkin Penal (2013); Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (1973); Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1997–1998); Milk (2008); Mister Roberts (1984); Mister Sterling (2003); Mixels (2015–2016); Mommie Dearest (1981); Mortal Kombat (1995); Moving McAllister (2007); Murder in the Mirror (2000); Murder One (1997); Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer (1997); Murder, She Wrote (1995); Nash Bridges (1998–1999); NCIS (2009–2018); Nice Dreams (1981); On Air with Ka$h (2022); One Day at a Time (1978); Orson Welles: Shadows and Light (2015); Out of the Wilderness (1998); Oxford Blues (1984); Party Camp (1987); Passport (2014); Patients (2004); Perfect Strangers (1991); Perversions of Science (1997); Pinky and the Brain (1997); Planet Raptor (2007); Prince of Darkness (1987); Proposition 8 Trial Re-Enactment (2010); Providence (2001); Q N' A with Mikki and Shay (2014); Quantum Leap (1991); Queen City (2013); Rage (1995); Raising the Bar (2009); Raptor Island (2004); Red Desert Nights: Making 'Ghosts of Mars' (2001); Red Heat (1988); Remington Steele (1984–1986); Return to Zero (2014); Richard III (2007); Rio Lobo (1970); Riptide (1985); River Guard (2016); Road Back (2017); Roseanne (1993); Saint Judy (2018); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1987); Scoring Ghosts of Mars (2001); Scorpion (2014); Seabiscuit (2003); Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1983); Shadow on the Land (1968); Significant Others (2004); Silver Spoons (1982); Sister Cities (2016); Some Kind of Hero (1982); Son of Morning (2011); Splendor in the Grass (1981); Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983); Starsky and Hutch (1979); Streets of Fire (1984); Students Like Us (2012); Subversion: Exposing John Carpenter's They Live (2018); Sunset (1988); Surviving Christmas (2004); Tale of 2 Fathers (2022); Texas Lightning (1981); The Adventures of Black Feather (1995); The Assent (2019); The Baltimore Bullet (1980); The Betty Ford Story (1987); The Blue and the Gray (1982); The Christmas Card (2006); The Condo (2015); The Demolitionist (1995); The Downside of Bliss (2020); The Driver (1978); The Enigma with a Stigma (2006); The F.B.I. (1968); The Fighter & the Kid 3D (2016); The Final Analysis (2015); The Fuzz (2010); The Glimmer Man (1996); The Go to Guy: Peter Jason on John Carpenter (2016); The Golden Girls (1986); The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story (1980); The Hunt for Red October (1990); The Incredible Hulk (1980); The Jackie Thomas Show (1993); The Karate Kid (1984); The Life & Songs of Kris Kristofferson (2017); The Long Riders (1980); The Man Who Came Back (2008); The Naked Truth (1997); The New Batman Adventures (1997–1998); The New Mike Hammer (1987); The New Woody Woodpecker Show (1999–2002); The Nth Ward (2017); The Other Side of the Wind (2018); The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story (2004); The Return of Captain Nemo (1978); The Rose Technique (2002); The Secret World of Arrietty (2010); The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2006); The Terror of Hallow's Eve (2017); The Way of the Karate Kid (2005); The Young Lawyers (1970); They Live (1988); They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018); Tiger, Tiger (1969); Titus (2000–2001); Trick or Treats (1982); Undisputed (2002); Valley Girls (1996); Valley of the Sun (2011); Village of the Damned (1995); We Are Gathered Here Today (2022); Webster (1984–1988); Welcome to Forever (2015); Wild Bill (1995); Willow Creek (2013); Wind in the Wire (1993); Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom (1995); Wing Commander: Prophecy (1997); With This Ring (1978); Women: Stories of Passion (1997); Working with Orson Welles (1993).

Born on this day – Alex Trebek:

Alex Trebek

Game show host

Television personality

July 22, 1940 – November 8, 2020

Credits:

Book:

The Answer Is . . . Reflections on My Life (2020).

Movies and television:

101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments (2004); 20/20 (2020); 2009 Game Show Awards (2009); 60 Minutes / Segment: Jeopardy! (2003); 68th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (1999); A Conversation with Alex Trebek (2019); A Conversation with Dinah (1989–1991); A Salute to America's Pets (1991); Aaron Rodgers: Enigma (2024); Access Hollywood (2011–2020); AFI Life Achievement Award (2015); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); An Evening of Stars: 25th Anniversary Tribute to Lou Rawls (2004); AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast (2020); Arthur (2000–2002); Barris & Company (1968); Baywatch (1989); Beastie Boys Story (2020); Before They Were Stars (1996); Being Canadian (2015); Betty White: First Lady of Television (2018); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1995); Big Fan (2017); Biography (1999); Blacklight Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players (2000); Blossom (1995); Canada for Haiti (2010); Canada's Next Great Prime Minister (2007–2009); Card Sharks (1980); CBS Mornings (2012); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2012–2020); Celebrating Greatness: A Canada's Walk of Fame Special (2020); Celebrity Bowling (1976); Celebrity Jeopardy! (2025); Celebrity Page (2020); Celebrity Poker Showdown (2005); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1976); Charlie's Angels (2000); Cheers (1990); Chelsea (2016); Chelsea Lately (2012); Circus of the Stars #14 (1989); Classic Concentration (1987–1991); Conan (2014); Countdown 100: Greatest Achievements of the 20th Century (1999); CTV National News (2019); Dave's World (1995); Dinah! (1975–1978); Dinah's Place (1973); Dish Nation (2020); Donahue (1989); Double Dare (1976–1977); Dying Young (1991); E! Behind the Scenes (1993); Ellen (1995); Ellen's Energy Adventure (1996); Entertainment Tonight (2007–2022); Entertainment Tonight Canada (2020); Extra (2019–2021); Eyes of Faith (2018); Family Feud (1985); Family Guy (2006); FCU: Fact Checkers Unit (2010); Finding Forrester (2000); For All Mankind (2022); Free Guy (2021); Game Changers (2018); Game Show Countdown: Top 10 Hosts (2007); Game Show Moments Gone Bananas (2005); Gone South: How Canada Invented Hollywood (2014); Good Morning America (2019–2020); GSN Live (2009); Heart of Courage (1992); High Rollers (1975); Hot in Cleveland (2014); How I Met Your Mother (2010–2013); Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology (2006); I Get That a Lot (2015); Inside Edition (2014–2023); Inside Jeopardy! (2023–2024); Intimate Portrait (2000); Jeopardy! (1984–2025); Jeopardy! 25th Aniversary (2008); Jeopardy! 2nd Edition (2000); Jeopardy! An Inside Look at America's Favorite Quiz Show (2005); Jeopardy! DVD Game (2007); Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time (2020); Jep! (1998–2000); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1999–2004); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2008–2011); Ladies Man (2000–2001); Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2020); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1999–2006); Late Night with David Letterman (1990); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2021); Late Show with David Letterman (1994); Let's Make a Deal (2020); Lifestyle Magazine (2012); Light Magic at Disneyland: A Spectacular Journey (1997); Little Manhattan (2005); Live from the Hollywood Bowl (1997); Live from the Red Carpet: The 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2009); Live with Kelly and Mark (1990–2019); Lord Stanley's Cup: Hockey's Ultimate Prize (2000); Lost: The Final Season - Beginning of the End (2010); Lou Rawls Parade of Stars (1985–1990); Mad About You (1999); Mafia! (1998); Malcolm (1983); M'ama non m'ama (1984); Mama's Family (1988); Married to the Kellys (2004); Maury (1999); Men Behaving Badly (1997); Mike & Mike (2016); Milk (2019); Morning Express with Robin Meade (2014); MrBeast (2021); Murder101 (2014); Music Hop (1963-1967); National Geographic Bee (2009–2012); Ned and Stacey (1997–2017); NHL Awards (2019); Nicki Swift (2020); Nightlife (1987); Nova (2011); Objectified (2018); Orange Is the New Black (2018); Outside/Inside (1972–1973); Pacific Station (1991); Pearl Jam Twenty (2011); Pepper Ann (2000); Phil (2019); Pick and Choose (1971); Pitfall (1981–1982); Public Speaking (2010); Q with Jian Ghomeshi (2008); Ragtime: The American Premiere (1997); Random Hearts (1999); Reach for the Top (1965); Reflections on 'the X-Files' (2004); Robert Osborne's 20th Anniversary Tribute (2015); Rome Is Burning (2009); Rugrats (1993); RuPaul's Drag Race (2018); Saturday Night Live (2002); Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2020); Scott the Woz (2020); Seinfeld (1996); Sesame Street (2006); Short Cuts (1993); Sports Jeopardy! (2014); Spy Hard (1996); Starcade (1982–1984); Stars on Ice (1976); Strategy (1969); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1991); Super Jeopardy! (1990); T.G.I.F. (1973–1974); Tattletales (1977); TCM Guest Programmer (2008); TCM Remembers 2020 (2020); Teens Wanna Know (2014); Television (1988); The $128,000 Question (1976–1978); The 17th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1990); The 1986 Jewish National Funds Annual Tree of Life Awards (1986); The 19th Annual Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame (2010); The 2011 Independent Spirit Awards (2011); The 21st Annual People's Choice Awards (1995); The 25th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1998); The 25th Annual People's Choice Awards (1999); The 27th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2000); The 29th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2002); The 30th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2003); The 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2005); The 33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2006); The 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2007); The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1983); The 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2009); The 37th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2010); The 38th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2011); The 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2015); The 46th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2019); The 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2020); The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2021); The Alan Hamel Show (1977); The Alan Thicke Show (1980–1981); The Amazing Race Canada (2015); The American Memory Test (1991); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989); The Bigger Bubble (2025); The Bucket List (2007); The CBS Evening News (2020); The Charlie Horse Music Pizza (1998); The Colbert Report (2014); The Daily Show (1999); The Earth Day Special (1990); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2005–2008); The Five (2014); The Game Show Show (2023); The Golden Girls (1992); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1974–1978); The Hour (2008); The Jim Nabors Show (1978); The Larry Sanders Show (1993); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005); The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2020); The Magic School Bus (1996); The Magnificent Marble Machine (1975); The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival (2014–2019); The Male Swagger (1999); The Naked Truth (1997); The Nanny (1995); The New Battlestars (1981–1983); The New High Rollers (1974–1980); The Open Grave (1964); The Queen Latifah Show (2013); The Reichen Show (2006); The Royal Canadian Geographical Society Fellows Show (2020); The Search for Canada's Game Shows (2020); The Simpsons (1997–2012); The Simpsons (2020); The Talk (2011–2015); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1989); The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1994); The Weather Underground (2002); The Weird Al Show (1997); The Wizard of Odds (1973–1974); The X-Files (1996); The Year: 2020 (2020); This Hour Has 22 Minutes (2002–2017); This Is Jeopardy! The Story of America's Favorite Quiz Show (2023); TMZ Live (2023); To Say the Least (1978); To Tell the Truth (1990–2018); Today (2016 / 2020); Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018); Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race (2009); Try Not to Smile or Laugh (2016–2017); Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story (2010); Vacation Time (1962–1968); Vega$ (1978); Veil (2019); W5 (2019); Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009); Watch & Make Money with Alex Trebek (1998); We Love Soaps TV (2013); West Wing Week (2012); What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show (2020); What's Alan Watching? (1989); Wheel of Fortune (1997–2020); White Men Can't Jump (1992); Who framed Wrangler (2017–2019); Who Is Arthur Chu? (2017); WrestleMania VII (1991); WWE WrestleMania: The Complete Anthology, Vol. 2 (2005); Zany Zingers and Bonked-out Blunders (2010).

Born on this day – Louise Fletcher:

Louise Fletcher

Actress

July 22, 1934 – September 23, 2022

Born on this day – Tom Robbins:

Tom Robbins

Writer

Actor

July 22, 1932 – February 9, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Another Roadside Attraction (1973); B is for Beer (2009); Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1976); Even Cowgirls Get the Blues / Jitterbug Perfume / Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas (2002); Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates (2000); Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas (1994); Jitterbug Perfume (1984); Mob Boss (2013); Skinny Legs and All (1990); Still Life with Woodpecker (1980); The Best American Short Stories 1977 (1977); Tibetan Peach Pie (2014); Villa Incognito (2003); Wild Ducks Flying Backward (2005).

Movies and television:

1 Giant Leap (2002); A Not So Still Life (2010); American Playhouse (1986); Anthem (1997); Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy (2018); Breakfast of Champions (1999); Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993); La grande librairie (2010); Made in Heaven (1987); Maybe Logic: The Lives and Ideas of Robert Anton Wilson (2003); Modern Tribalism (2002); Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994); One Giant Leap 2: What About Me? (2008); Stevie D (2016); Surrealism (1993); The Itsy Bitsy Spider (1994).

Born on this day – Bryan Forbes:

Bryan Forbes

Actor

Director

Producer

Writer

July 22, 1926 – May 8, 2013