Born on this day – Thom Christopher:

Thom Christopher

Actor

October 5, 1940 – November 5, 2024

Credits:

ADDicted (2017); Andy Colby's Incredible Adventure (1989); Betrayed by Innocence (1986); Blood and Wine (1996); Bridget (2002); Bronk (1975); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1981); Cannon (1975); Cyberchase: Castleblanca Quest (2003); Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell (1988); Firepower (1979); Guiding Light (2001–2002); Harry O (1976); Hellinger's Law (1981); Hunter (1986); Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot (2001); Kojak (1976); Law & Order (2000–2004); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2004); Love of Life (1951–1980); Loving (1993–1994); McClain's Law (1981); Movin' On (1975); Murder, She Wrote (1987–1989); Nola (2003); One Life to Live (1990–2008); Peril (2000); Prana (2008); S.H.E: Security Hazards Expert (1980); Simon & Simon (1982–1987); Space Raiders (1983); Street Hunter (1990); T.J. Hooker (1983–1984); Tempting Adam (2004); Ten Hundred Kings (2000); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Edge of Night (1956–1984); The Renegades (1983); The Rookies (1976); The Stranger (2000); The Warrior Class (2007); They're Just My Friends (2006); Vicki! (1992); Voices (1979); We Love Soaps TV (2012); Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985).

Born on this day – Carmen Salinas:

Carmen Salinas

Actress

Impressionist

Comedian

October 5, 1939 – December 9, 2021

Born on this day – Barbara Kelly:

Barbara Kelly

Actress

Writer

Producer

October 5, 1924 – January 15, 2007

Credits:

A Tale of Five Women (1951); Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z (1959); Alice Through the Looking Box (1960); Alien Attack (1976); An Evening at Home with Bernard Braden and Barbara Kelly (1951); Armchair Theatre (1957); B and B (1968); Barbara with Braden (1953); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1951); Blankety Blank (1979–1980); Call My Bluff (1969–1970); Carissima (1950); Castle in the Air (1952); Celebrity Squares (1976); Comedy Playhouse (1968); Criss Cross Quiz (1957–1967); Cynthia Payne's House of Cyn (1995); Dateline Britain (1959); Dee Time (1969); Give Us a Clue (1980); Glad Tidings! (1953); H.M. Tennent Globe Theatre (1956); Hawaii Five-O (1978–1980); ITV Play of the Week (1956–1959); ITV Television Playhouse (1955–1956); Jet Storm (1959); Jubilee Dinner of the Concert Artistes' Association (1957); Kaleidoscope (1950); Kelly's Eye (1957); Let Him Have It (1991); Love in Pawn (1953); Lust of a Eunuch (1977); Magnum, P.I. (1981); New Faces (1974); Night of One Hundred Stars (1980); No Hiding Place (1962); Not a Word (1970); Parkinson (1975 / 1978); Password (1973–1974); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Pearl (1978); Punchlines (1983); Read All About It (1977); Russell Harty Plus (1972); Shadow of the Tree (1951); Space: 1999 (1975–1976); Sunday Story (1961–1967); Television: The Magic Rectangle - An Anatomy of the TV Personality (1986); The Biz Quiz (1966); The Desert Hawk (1950); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1965–1967); The Flying Fontaines (1959); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Long Christmas Dinner (1949); The Male Animal (1956); The Paul Daniels Magic Show (1982); The Pyramid Game (1982); The Rolling Stones (1960); The Sweepstakes Game (1976); The Texan (1960); This Is Your Life (1973–1991); Those Wonderful TV Times (1977); Treasure on Pelican (1951); Tribute to Trevor Howard (1986); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1956 (1957); We Beg to Differ (1951); What's My Line? (1951–1984); Where in the World? (1973); Wogan (1986–1987).

Born on this day – Glynis Johns:

Glynis Johns

Actress

Dancer

Musician

Singer

October 5, 1923 – January 4, 2024

Credits:

Superstar (1999); While You Were Sleeping (1995); ABC Weekend Specials (1994); The Ref (1994); Coming of Age (1988–1989); Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988); Zelly and Me (1988); Nukie (1987); The Cavanaughs (1987); Murder, She Wrote (1985); The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (1984); Spraggue (1984); The Love Boat (1984); Cheers (1983); Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982); Mrs. Amworth (1978); Three Dangerous Ladies (1977); The Happy Prince (1974); The Vault of Horror (1973); Under Milk Wood (1971); Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969); ITV Playhouse (1968); Don't Just Stand There (1968); Batman (1967); Dear Brigitte (1965); 12 O'Clock High (1964); Mary Poppins (1964); The Defenders (1964); Burke's Law (1964); Glynis (1963); Vacation Playhouse (1963); Papa's Delicate Condition (1963); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1963); The DuPont Show of the Week (1963); Saints and Sinners (1962); The Beachcomber (1962); The Chapman Report (1962); The Cabinet of Caligari (1962); Dr. Kildare (1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); Naked City (1961); General Electric Theater (1961); The Roaring 20's (1961); Adventures in Paradise (1961); The Sundowners (1960); The Spider's Web (1960); Shake Hands with the Devil (1959); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); Another Time, Another Place (1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); All Mine to Give (1957); The Errol Flynn Theatre (1956); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Loser Takes All (1956); The Court Jester (1955); Josephine and Men (1955); Mad About Men (1954); The Beachcomber (1954); Land of Fury (1954); Young and Willing (1954); Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue (1953); Personal Affair (1953); The Sword and the Rose (1953); Lux Video Theatre (1953); Studio One (1952); The Promoter (1952); Encore (1951); Island Rescue (1951); The Magic Box (1951); No Highway in the Sky (1951); Flesh and Blood (1951); The Great Manhunt (1950); Dear Mr. Prohack (1949); Helter Skelter (1949); Third Time Lucky (1949); Miranda (1948); An Ideal Husband (1947); Frieda (1947); This Man Is Mine (1946); Vacation from Marriage (1945); The Halfway House (1944); The Adventures of Tartu (1943); 49th Parallel (1941); The Prime Minister (1941); The Thief of Bagdad (1940); The Briggs Family (1940); Under Your Hat (1940); The Fugitive (1939); Prison Without Bars (1938); Murder in the Family (1938); South Riding (1938).

Born on this day – Woodrow Parfrey:

Woodrow Parfrey

Actor

October 5, 1922 – July 29, 1984

Credits:

Bay City Blues (1984); The Yellow Rose (1984); Remington Steele (1984); The New Mike Hammer (1984); Quincy M.E. (1976–1983); The Sting II (1983); The Fall Guy (1983); Frances (1982); Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982); Jinxed! (1982); CBS Afternoon Playhouse (1982); Report to Murphy (1982); Mr. Merlin (1981); The Seduction (1982); Code Red (1981); Pals (1981); Foul Play (1981); Flo (1980); Used Cars (1980); Bronco Billy (1980); Carny (1980); Vega$ (1979); Barnaby Jones (1979); The Tenth Month (1979); Time Express (1979); Backstairs at the White House (1979); Dallas (1979); The Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel (1979); WKRP in Cincinnati (1978); B.J. and the Bear (1978); The New Maverick (1978); The Seniors (1978); ABC Afterschool Specials (1978); Police Woman (1978); Baretta (1978); When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (1978); Little House on the Prairie (1978); The Oregon Trail (1978); Lucan (1978); Charlie's Angels (1977); The Tony Randall Show (1977); Kojak (1977); Eight Is Enough (1977); Insight (1971–1977); Police Story (1975–1977); Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers (1976); The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976); The Return of the World's Greatest Detective (1976); Stay Hungry (1976); Jigsaw John (1976); Ellery Queen (1976); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976); The Blue Knight (1976); Valley Forge (1975); The Family Holvak (1975); Hearts of the West (1975); Lucas Tanner (1975); Get Christie Love! (1975); McCoy (1975); McCloud (1971–1975); The Family Nobody Wanted (1975); Mannix (1968–1975); The Rookies (1973–1975); Movin' On (1974); This Is the West That Was (1974); The Streets of San Francisco (1973–1974); Planet of the Apes (1974); Melvin Purvis G-MAN (1974); The Fess Parker Show (1974); Firehouse (1974); The Girl with Something Extra (1974); Chase (1973–1974); Good Times (1974); Ironside (1972–1974); Maude (1973); Papillon (1973); The New Perry Mason (1973); he Alpha Caper (1973); Charley Varrick (1973); Oklahoma Crude (1973); Kung Fu (1973); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1973); Hunter (1973); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1972); Mod Squad (1969–1972); Room 222 (1970–1972); No Place to Run (1972); Wheeler and Murdoch (1972); A Very Missing Person (1972); Cade's County (1972); Bonanza (1966–1972); Mission: Impossible (1967–1972); Dirty Harry (1971); The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971); Men at Law (1971); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Adam-12 (1970–1971); The High Chaparral (1971); Cold Turkey (1971); Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? (1971); The F.B.I. (1971); The Most Deadly Game (1971); Crowhaven Farm (1970); That Girl (1968–1970); The Andersonville Trial (1970); The Name of the Game (1969–1970); The Doris Day Show (1968–1970); Mayberry R.F.D. (1969–1970); The Movie Murderer (1970); Love, American Style (1970); Hastings Corner (1970); Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969); The Good Guys (1969); Daniel Boone (1969); Wake Me When the War Is Over (1969); Sam Whiskey (1969); Lancer (1969); I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1969); The Sunshine Patriot (1968); Judd for the Defense (1968); The Outcasts (1968); Bewitched (1968); Madigan (1968); The Virginian (1962–1968); Planet of the Apes (1968); How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968); The Felony Squad (1967–1968); The Flying Nun (1967); Iron Horse (1966–1967); The Second Hundred Years (1967); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1967); Lost in Space (1967); Hogan's Heroes (1965–1967); The King's Pirate (1967); The Flim-Flam Man (1967); Batman (1966–1967); Occasional Wife (1966–1967); Love on a Rooftop (1967); Get Smart (1967); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1966); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1966); Family Affair (1966); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1966); Death Valley Days (1965–1966); Scalplock (1966); A Man Called Shenandoah (1966); Honey West (1966); My Favorite Martian (1966); The Legend of Jesse James (1965); The War Lord (1965); The Fugitive (1964–1965); Mister Roberts (1965); The Farmer's Daughter (1963–1965); Laredo (1965); The Munsters (1965); No Time for Sergeants (1966); Wendy and Me (1965); Profiles in Courage (1964–1965); The Rogues (1964); Hazel (1964); Tom, Dick and Mary (1964); Summer Playhouse (1964); The Richard Boone Show (1964); Suspense (1964); My Three Sons (1964); The Great Adventure (1964); Combat! (1963); Breaking Point (1963); Perry Mason (1962–1963); Temple Houston (1963); Cattle King (1963); The Dakotas (1963); Empire (1962–1963); The Untouchables (1962–1963); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1963); Have Gun - Will Travel (1963); Gunsmoke (1963); Sam Benedict (1962); Wide Country (1962); The Defenders (1961–1962); The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe (1962); Naked City (1959–1961); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1960–1961); Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed (1961); 'Way Out (1961); Tallahassee 7000 (1961); The Million Dollar Incident (1961); The Robert Herridge Theater (1960); Play of the Week (1959–1960); The DuPont Show of the Month (1960); Startime (1959); Brenner (1959); Camera Three (1957–1958); Johnny Gunman (1957); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); So Lovely... So Deadly (1957); Studio One (1956–1957); Robert Montgomery Presents (1957); Crunch and Des (1956); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); Kraft Theatre (1956); Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1955); Ponds Theater (1954); The Stranger (1954); Man Against Crime (1954); Danger (1950); Wyoming Mail (1950).

Born on this day – Donald Pleasence:

Donald Pleasence

Actor

October 5, 1919 – February 2, 1995

Credits:

Fatal Frames (1996); Safe Haven (1995); Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995); Signs and Wonders (1995); Guinevere (1994); Omnibus (1972–1994); The Big Freeze (1993); The Big Freeze (1993); The Advocate (1993); The Thief and the Cobbler (1993); Screen Two (1993); Lovejoy (1992); Diên Biên Phú (1992); Shadows and Fog (1991); Millions (1991); Donne armate (1991); L'avvoltoio sa attendere (1991); Moi, général de Gaulle (1990); Buried Alive (1989); American Rickshaw (1989); Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989); Casablanca Express (1989); Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989); Ten Little Indians (1989); River of Death (1989); The House of Usher (1989); The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988); Paganini Horror (1988); Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988); Vampire in Venice (1988); Last Platoon (1988); The Commander (1988); The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985); Hanna's War (1988); Gila and Rik (1987); Urban Animals (1987); Phantom of Death (1987); Django Strikes Again (1987); Prince of Darkness (1987); Ground Zero (1987); Double Target (1987); Basements (The Room) (1987); Spettri (1987); Scoop (1987); Warrior Queen (1987); Honor Thy Father (1986); Into the Darkness (1986); Naso di cane (1986); Cobra Mission (1986); Nothing Underneath (1985); Treasure of the Amazon (1985); The Corsican Brothers (1985); Phenomena (1985); Black Arrow (1985); To Kill a Stranger (1984); Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie (1984); The Ambassador (1984); Arch of Triumph (1984); A Breed Apart (1984); Where Is Parsifal? (1984); Master of the Game (1984); The Devonsville Terror (1983); Play for Today (1971–1983); Warrior of the Lost World (1983); The Barchester Chronicles (1982); Witness for the Prosecution (1982); Alone in the Dark (1982); Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr (1981); Halloween II (1981); Computercide (1981); Dick Turpin (1981); The Monster Club (Vampire Story) (1981); Escape from New York (1981); Blade on the Feather (1980); The Ghost Sonata (1980); The Pumaman (1980); The French Atlantic Affair (1979); All Quiet on the Western Front (1979); Better Late Than Never (1979); Jaguar Lives! (1979); Dracula (1979); Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979); L'homme en colère (1979); Gold of the Amazon Women (1979); Mrs. Columbo (1979); Centennial (1978–1979); Halloween (1978); Last In, First Out (1978); Power Play (1978); Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978); Night Creature (1978); The Bastard (1978); Tomorrow Never Comes (1978); Blood Relatives (1978); The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978); The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978); Telefon (1977); Oh, God! (1977); The Uncanny (Hollywood 1936) (1977); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); Ubu roi (1976); The Eagle Has Landed (1976); The Collection (1976); The Last Tycoon (1976); The Passover Plot (1976); BBC2 Playhouse (1974–1976); Goldenrod (1976); The Devil's Men (1976); A Dirty Knight's Work (1976); Death of an Informer (19760; Peep Show (1975); Shades of Greene (1975); Hearts of the West (1975); Journey Into Fear (1975); Sharon's Baby (1975); Escape to Witch Mountain (1975); The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975); Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974); La loba y la Paloma (1974); Occupations (1974); The Mutations (1974); The Black Windmill (1974); Watch Out, We're Mad (1974) From Beyond the Grave (An Act of Kindness) (1974); The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water (1973); Tales That Witness Madness (1973); Malachi's Cove (1973); Columbo (1973); Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973); The Rainbow Boys (1973); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973); Wedding in White (1972); Death Line (1972); Police Surgeon (1972); Innocent Bystanders (1972); Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972); The Man Outside (1972); The Pied Piper (1972); The Jerusalem File (1972); Hawaii Five-O (1972); Kidnapped (1971); The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971); Wake in Fright (1971); THX 1138 (1971); Aquarius (1970); Confession (1970); Soldier Blue (1970); Arthur? Arthur! (1969); The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969); NBC Experiment in Television (1969); Creature of Comfort (1968); The Other People (1968); Mr. Freedom (1968); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1967–1968); Call Me Daddy (1967); Will Penny (1967); The Diary of Anne Frank (1967); Matchless (1967); You Only Live Twice (1967); Armchair Theatre (1957–1967); The Good & Faithful Servant (1967); The Night of the Generals (1967); Eye of the Devil (1966); The Wednesday Play (1966); Fantastic Voyage (1966); Cul-de-sac (1966); ITV Play of the Week (1956–1966); The Fugitive (1966); Love Story (1965); Armchair Mystery Theatre (1965); The Hallelujah Trail (1965); The Defenders (1965); The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); Espionage (1964); The Outer Limits (1963); Dr. Crippen (1963); The Guest (1963); The Great Escape (1963); The Hatchet Man (1962); The Twilight Zone (1962); Lisa (1962); The Magical World of Disney (1961); No Place Like Homicide! (1961); The Horsemasters (1961); Spare the Rod (1961); One Step Beyond (1961); The Wind of Change (1961); No Love for Johnnie (1961); Danger Man (1960–1961); The Hands of Orlac (1960); A Story of David: The Hunted (1960); Alice Through the Looking Box (1960); The Risk (1960); The Big Day (1960); Interpol Calling (1960); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960); Rendezvous (1960); Sons and Lovers (1960); Hell Is a City (1960); Circus of Horrors (1960); Somerset Maugham Hour (1960); The Battle of the Sexes (1960); The Flesh and the Fiends (1960); The Shakedown (1960); The Four Just Men (1960); Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959); ITV Television Playhouse (1956–1959); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1952–1959); The Traitor (1959); William Tell (1959); Look Back in Anger (1959); The Scarf (1959); Granite (1958); The Two-Headed Spy (1958); The Man Inside (1958); The Adventures of Robin Hood (1956–1958); The Wind Cannot Read (1958); The Desk Set (1958); Hotel Imperial (1958); Heart of a Child (1958); The Killing Stones (1958); A Tale of Two Cities (1958); I Spy (1958); All at Sea (1957); Stowaway Girl (1957); Assignment Foreign Legion (1957); Decision Against Time (1957); The Black Tent (1956); H.M. Tennent Globe Theatre (1956); 1984 (1956); Encounter (1956); On Camera (1955); Value for Money (1955); The Grove Family (1955); 1984 - BBC Live TV Productions (1954); Orders Are Orders (1954); The Face of Love (1954); The Runaway Slave (1954); Montserrat (1954); The Beachcomber (1954); The Coiners (1954); The Dybbuk (1952).

Born on this day – Blanchette Brunoy:

Blanchette Brunoy

Actress

October 5, 1915 – April 3, 2005