On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 3.
Episode entitled: Sunday Punch.
Released October 2, 1959.
Directed by Don Taylor.
Written by Joel Murcott.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Barry Kelley, Robert Knapp, Jo Kaiser, Hugh Lawrence, Smoki Whitfield, Phil Phillips, Rita Duncan, Fred Graham, Jack Perry.

Born on this day – Janusz Olejniczak:

Janusz Olejniczak

Pianist

Actor

October 2, 1952 – October 20, 2024

Credits:

AVE MARIA (Ellens Gesang III) D. 839 / Short (1990); Blue Note (1991); Die Drehscheibe (1981); Influence (2015); Le grand échiquier (1989); Les Milles (1995); The 2016 European Film Awards (2016); The Pianist (2002); Tydzien z zycia mezczyzny (1999).

Born on this day – Paul D'Amato:

Paul D'Amato

Actor

October 2, 1949 – February 19, 2024

Credits:

The Unusuals (2009); Light and the Sufferer (2007); The Living Wake (2007); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2005); Law & Order (1993–2002); The Opportunists (1999); Men Under Water (1998); Six Ways to Sunday (1997); Destination Anywhere (1997); Crimson Lights (1994); Dangerous Affairs (1993); American Playhouse (1988); Suspect (1987); A Case of Deadly Force (1986); F/X (1986); Murder Ink (1983); Heaven's Gate (1980); Firepower (1979); The Deer Hunter (1978); Heaven Can Wait (1978); The Six Million Dollar Man (1977); The Deadliest Season (1977); Slap Shot (1977); Code R (1977); Magnum Force (1973).

Stage play:

Requiem for a Heavyweight (1996).

Born on this day – Persis Khambatta:

Persis Khambatta

Actress

Model

Producer

October 2, 1948 – August 18, 1998

Credits:

Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Mein (1968); Bheegi Raat (1965); Casablanca (1983); Conduct Unbecoming (1975); Deadly Intent (1988); Family Feud / All-Star Family Feud Special (1984); First Strike (1984); Get High on Yourself (1981); Good Morning America (1980); Hunter (1986); Jazira (1987); Kama Sutra (1969); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993); MacGyver (1986); Making It So: Continuing Star Trek - The Next Generation (2012); Megaforce (1982); Men Who Rate a 10 (1980); Miss Universe Pageant (1965); Multi-Coloured Swap Shop (1979); My Beautiful Laundrette (1985); Nighthawks (1981); Not a Nice Man to Know (1998); Phoenix the Warrior (1988); Pinjre Ke Panchhi (1966); Sammy LaBella: The Real Skip E. Lowe (2025); Shingora (1986); Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979); 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' Teaser (1979); Terror in the Aisles (1984); That's Action (1990); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek (2021); The Lost Enterprise: Star Trek - Phase II (2001); The Man with the Power (1977); The Merv Griffin Show (1983); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The Miss Teen USA Pageant (1983); The New Mike Hammer (1987); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Wilby Conspiracy (1975); Warrior of the Lost World (1983).

Born on this day – Phill Niblock:

Phill Niblock

Composer

Director

Cinematographer

Producer

October 2, 1933 – January 8, 2024

Credits:

Music:

Working Touch (2022); Sound Collages (2021); Touch Five (2013); Touch Strings (2009); G2 44 +/X 2 (2006); Touch Three (2006); Disseminate (2004); The Movement of People Working (2003); Touch Food (2003); Touch Works (2000); A Young Person’s Guide to Phill Niblock (1994); Music by Phill Niblock (1993); Four Full Flutes (1990).

Movies and video:

Niblock's Sound Spectrums - Within Invisible Rivers (2019); The Movement of People Working (2003); Fluxus Replayed (1991); China (1988); The Lobotomy (1980); Sunsets (1970); Max (1967); The Magic Sun (1966).

Born on this day – Robin Hardy:

Robin Hardy

Director

Writer

Actor

October 2, 1929 – July 1, 2016

Born on this day – Moses Gunn:

Moses Gunn

Actor

October 2, 1929 – December 16, 1993

Credits:

20th NAACP Image Awards (1988); 60 Millionen für Phantásien - Wie die 'unendliche Geschichte' ins Kino kam (1984); A Man Called Hawk (1989); Aaron Loves Angela (1975); Amazing Grace (1974); Amen (1989); American Playhouse (1984–1985); Amityville II: The Possession (1982); Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street' (1998); Assignment: Vienna (1973); Bates Motel (1987); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Brother Future (1991); Carter's Army (1970); Certain Fury (1985); Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975); Day of Absence (1971); Dixie Lanes (1988); Eagle in a Cage (1972); East Side/West Side (1964); Equal Justice (1990); Father Murphy (1981–1983); Firestarter (1984); Flag (1988); Gabriel's Fire (1990); Good Times (1977); Great Performances (1976); Haunts of the Very Rich (1972); Hawaii Five-O (1971); Heartbreak Ridge (1986); Highway to Heaven (1985); Hill Street Blues (1987); Homicide: Life on the Street (1993 / 1996); Hotel (1986); How Do Your Children Grow? (1972); If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band (1972); John Mercer Langston (1974); Kung Fu (1973); Law of the Land (1976); Leonard Part 6 (1987); Little House on the Prairie (1977–1981); Maude (1978); McCloud (1972); Memphis (1992); Michael Landon: Memories with Laughter and Love (1991); Movin' On (1975); Murder Times Seven (1990); N.Y.P.D. (1968); No Room for Opal (1993); Nothing But a Man (1964); Of Mice and Men (1968); Perfect Harmony (1991); Quincy, M.E. (1977); Ragtime (1981); Remember My Name (1978); Rollerball (1975); Roots (1977); Salvage 1 (1979); Shaft (1971); Shaft's Big Score! (1972); Snoops (1990); Switch (1977); Tales from the Crypt (1990); The 20th Annual Obie Awards (1975); The Contender (1980); The Cowboys (1974); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The F.B.I. (1969); The Great White Hope (1970); The Hot Rock (1972); The House of Dies Drear (1984); The Iceman Cometh (1973); The Jeffersons (1975 / 1978); The Luckiest Man in the World (1989); The Magical World of Disney (1975); The NeverEnding Story (1984); The Ninth Configuration (1980); The Sheriff (1971); The Wide World of Mystery (1973–1974); The Women of Brewster Place (1989); TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004); Vega$ (1978); What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968); Wild Rovers (1971); WUSA (1970).