On this day in television history - Fallen Angels (1995):

Fallen Angels

Season 2. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: The Professional Man.

Released October 15, 1995.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh.

Written by Howard A. Rodman.

Created by William Horberg.

Based on the story by David Goodis.

Theme music by Peter Bernstein.

Cast:

Brendan Fraser, Bruce Ramsay, Peter Coyote, Bernard Hocke, Alpheus Merchant, Joe Chrest, Wayne Pére, Raoul Flambe, David Ward, John Mese, Miguel Ferrer, Mike Malone/Flambe.

On this day in movie history - Badlands (1973):

Badlands

directed and written by Terrence Malick,

was released in the United States on October 15, 1973.
Inspired by the true Charles Starkweather case (1957-58).
Music by George Tipton, Carl Orff and James Taylor.

Cast:

Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates, Ramon Bieri, Alan Vint, Gary Littlejohn, John Carter, Bryan Montgomery, Gail Threlkeld, Charles Fitzpatrick, Howard Ragsdale, John Womack Jr., Dona Baldwin, Ben Bravo, Emilio Estevez, Li Po Lung, Terrence Malick, Charlie Sheen.

On this day in television history - Johnny Staccato (1959):

Johnny Staccato

Season 1. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Nature of the Night.

Released October 15, 1959.

Directed by Boris Sagal.

Written by Richard Carr, Henry Kane.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Cassavetes, Dean Stockwell, Eduardo Ciannelli, Vladimir Sokoloff, J. Pat O'Malley, Janet Lake, Rory/Roy Mallinson, Harry Strang, Jack Costanzo, Mr. Bongo and His Quartet, Jimmie Horan, Harry Raven, Edwin Rochelle, Dennis Sallas.

On this day in television history - The Untouchables (1959 - 1963):

The Untouchables

based on the book by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley,

was released in the United States on October 15, 1959,

and ran for four seasons until May 21, 1963.
The pilot episode was released on January 22, 1959.
Narrated by Walter Winchell.
Music by Bill Loose, Jack Cookerly and Nelson Riddle.

Cast:

Robert Stack, Nicholas Georgiade, Paul Picerni, Abel Fernandez, Steve London, Jerry Paris, Chuck Hicks, Anthony George, Keenan Wynn, Eddie Firestone, Robert Osterloh, Frank Wilcox, Robert Bice, Jason Wingreen, Raymond Bailey, Barbara Nichols, Dane Clark, John Gabriel, Barbara Stanwyck, Ed Asner, Virginia Capers, Bruce Gordon, Oscar Beregi, Jr., Lawrence Dobkin, Robert J. Wilke, Warren J. Kemmerling, Bern Hoffman, Nehemiah Persoff, Lloyd Nolan, Robert J. Wilke, Harry Morgan, Gene Roth, Robert Carricart, Joseph Ruskin, Robert Carricart, Carl Milletaire, Grant Richards, Neville Brand, Frank de Kova, John Beradino, Henry Silva, Joe De Santis, George N. Neise, John Kellogg, H. M. Wynant, Wally Cassell, Richard Benedict, Herman Rudin, Les Lampson, Walter Winchell, Paul Picerni, Nicholas Georgiade.

Born on this day – Tanya Roberts:

Tanya Roberts

Actress

October 15, 1949 – January 4, 2021

Credits:

27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); 68th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (1999); A View to a Kill (1985); A View to a Kill: Deleted Scenes with Introductions by John Glen (2006); A View to a Kill: Featurette (1985); A View to a Kill: Film '85 BBC Report (1985); A View to a Kill: The Royal Premiere (1985); Almost Pregnant (1992); Barbershop (2005); Biography (2000); Body Slam (1986); Bond Exhibit (2008); Burke's Law (1994); California Dreaming (1979); Charlie's Angels (1980–1981); Charlie's Angels: TV Tales (2002); Deep Down (1994); Designing Bond: Peter Lamont (2000); E! True Hollywood Story (2002–2006); Entertainment Tonight Presents: Charlie's Angels – Uncovered (1999); Eve (2005); Evening (1983); Eye on L.A. (1985); Famous Homes & Hideaways (2000); Fantasy Island (1982); Favorite Deadly Sins (1995); Fillmore! (2003); Fingers (1978); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1979); Happy Hour (1999); Hearts and Armour (1983); High Tide (1997); Hollywood '84 (1984); Hollywood Squares (2001–2004); Hot Line (1994–1996); Hour Magazine (1981); I Can't Believe I Wore That (2005); Inner Sanctum (1991); Inside 'A View to a Kill' (2000); Inside TV Land (2000); Investigating Tarzan (1997); James Bond 007 at the Movies (1986); James Bond: Licence to Thrill (1987); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1994); Legal Tender (1991); Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder (1987) / Britain's Favourite Detectives (2014); Murder Me, Murder You (1983); Na sowas! (1985); Night Eyes (1990); Off Centre (2002); Pajama Party (2000); Pleasure Cove (1979); Politically Incorrect (2001); Purgatory (1988); Racquet (1979); Sheena (1984); Silk Stalkings (1995); Sins of Desire (1993); TCM Remembers 2021 (2021); That '70s Show (1998–2004); The Alan Thicke Show (1981–1982); The Angry Beavers (1998); The Beastmaster (1982); The Beastmaster Chronicles (2020); The Blues Brothers Animated Series (1997); The Geraldo Rivera Show (1992); The Insider (2013); The John Davidson Show (1981); The Last Victim (1976); The List (2000); The Love Boat (1982); The Martin Short Show (1999); The Men Behind the Mayhem: The Special Effects of James Bond (2000); The Merv Griffin Show (1985); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The Pandora Directive (1996); The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977); The Saga of 'the Beastmaster' (2005); The Test (2001); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1981–1982); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2008); The Yum Yum Girls (1976); Time & Again (2000); Tourist Trap (1979); TV Land Confidential (2007); Twisted Justice (1990); UnConventional (2004); Vega$ (1980); Waikiki (1980); Zuma Beach (1978).

Born on this day – Penny Marshall:

Penny Marshall

Actress

Director

Producer

October 15, 1943 – December 17, 2018

Born on this day – Linda Lavin:

Linda Lavin

Actress

Singer

October 15, 1937 – December 29, 2024

Credits:

20/20 (1986); 9JKL (2017–2018); A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (1995); A Matter of Life and Death (1981); A Place to Call Home (1987); A Short History of Decay (2014); A World of Love (1970); ABC's Nightlife (1965); Alan King and His Buddy (1969); Alice (1976–1985); American Playhouse (1991); American Television Icons (2000); Another Woman's Child (1983); At Home in Utopia (2008); B Positive (2020–2022); Bakery in Brooklyn (2016); Barney Miller (1975–1982); Battle of the Network Stars II (1977); Being the Ricardos (2021); Beneath the Airlie Oak (2008); Best Friends for Life (1998); Betty White: First Lady of Television (2018); Bob's Burgers (2013–2023); Bones (2015); Brockmire (2019); Call Me Back: The Uncommon Wisdom of Yvette Slosch (2021); CBS All American Thanksgiving Day Parade (1980); CBS at 75 (2003); CBS Galaxy (1977); CBS Mornings (2024); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2020); CBS Playhouse (1969); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1990); CBS: On the Air (1978); Celebrity Page (2019); Charlie Rose (1998); Collected Stories (2002); Comedy Is King (1968); Conrad Bloom (1998); Courage the Cowardly Dog (2002); Daily Blast Live (2024); Damn Yankees! (1967); Dean Martin's Christmas in California (1977); Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2022); Elsbeth (2024); Family (1977); Final Warning (1977); For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal (1996); Girl Talk (1967); Girls Weekend (2019); Good Morning America (1979); Great Performances (1987); Great Women of Television Comedy (2003); Harry O (1975); History of the Sitcom (2021); Holiday Road Trip (2013); Hollywood Squares (1999); Hour Magazine (1981); How to Be a Latin Lover (2017); I Want to Go Home (1989); In a New Light: A Call to Action in the War Against AIDS (1992); Independent Lens (2009); Intimate Portrait (1990–2005); Jerry (1974); Kaz (1979); Lauren Hutton and... (1996); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2002); Lena: My 100 Children (1987); Let Us Entertain You (2020); Like Mom, Like Me (1978); Lily for President? (1982); Linda in Wonderland (1980); Madam Secretary (2018); Maggie Tales (2010); Manhattan Night (2016); Maricela (1986); Mid-Century Modern (2025); Mom (2016); Moving Image Salutes James Stewart (1988); r. Prince (2009); Naked Singularity (2021); Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Night of 100 Stars III (1990); No Good Deed (2024); On Stage (2020); One Big Happy Family (2025); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Phyllis (1976); Reading Rainbow (1994); Rhoda (1974); Room 104 (2020); Room for Two (1992–1993); Santa Clarita Diet (2019); Saturday Night Live (2001); Sean Saves the World (2013–2014); See You in the Morning (1989); Selected Shorts / Segment: Silver Water (2023); Spotlight on Broadway (2013); Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden (1996); Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration (2020); The $5.20 an Hour Dream (1980); The 24th Annual Tony Awards (1970); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (1978); The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards (1984); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985); The 41st Annual Tony Awards (1987); The 42nd Annual Tony Awards (1988); The 44th Annual Tony Awards (1990); The 48th Annual Tony Awards (1994); The 52nd Annual Tony Awards (1998); The 55th Annual Tony Awards (2001); The 5th Annual Critics' Choice Television Awards (2015); The 64th Annual Tony Awards (2010); The 66th Annual Tony Awards (2012); The 76th Annual Drama League Awards (2010); The 78th Annual Drama League Awards (2012); The Alan King Show (1969); The Back-up Plan (2010); The Best of Everything (1983); The Doctors (1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963); The Good Wife (2014–2015); The Great American Dream Machine (1971); The Hal Linden Special (1979); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1976–1980); The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1978); The Intern (2015); The Joan Rivers Show (1992); The John Davidson Christmas Show (1978); The John Davidson Show (1980); The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch (2005); The Lorenzo and Henrietta Music Show (1976); The Making of Slaughterhouse-Five (1972); The Mary Tyler Moore Hour (1979); The Merv Griffin Show (1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1969–1980); The Morning After (1974); The Muppet Show (1979); The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984); The O.C. (2004–2005); The Ring (1996); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996–2000); The Sopranos (2002); The Talk (2018–2021); The Television Critics Circle Awards (1977); The Toni Tennille Show (1980–1981); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969–1980); Theater Talk (2010–2016); Touched by an Angel (1999); TV's 50 Funniest Catch Phrases (2009); Wanderlust (2012); Whitewash (1994); Working in the Theatre (1987–2012); Yvette Slosch, Agent (2020); Yvette Slosch, Agent: How It's Made (2020).