John Marley
Actor
Director
October 17, 1907 – May 22, 1984
Friday, October 17, 2025
Born on this day – Nathanael West:
Nathanael West
Writer
October 17, 1903 – December 22, 1940
Credits:
Novels, plays, short
stories:
A Cool Million (1934);
Even Stephen (1934); Good Hunting (1938); Miss Lonelyhearts (1933); Nathanael
West, Novels and Other Writings (1997); The Day of the Locust (1939); The Dream
Life of Balso Snell (1931); The Imposter (date?); Western Union Boy (date?).
Movies and television:
Advice
to the Forlorn (1933); American Playhouse (1983); Born to Be Wild (1938); Five
Came Back (1939); Follow Your Heart (1936); Gangs of New York (1938); I Stole a
Million (1939); I'll Tell the World (1945); It Could Happen to You (1937);
Let's Make Music (1940); Lonelyhearts (1958); Men Against the Sky (1940);
Rhythm in the Clouds (1937); Slecna Dusehojivá (2000); Stranger on the Third
Floor (1940); The Day of the Locust (1975); The President's Mystery (1936); The
Spirit of Culver (1939); Ticket to Paradise (1936).
Born on this day – Jean Arthur:
Jean Arthur
Actress
October 17, 1900 – June 19, 1991
Credits:
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Clowns (1970); A Foreign Affair (1948); A Lady Takes a Chance (1943); A Man of
Nerve (1925); Adventure in Manhattan (1936); AFI Life Achievement Award (1980);
America at the Movies (1976); American Masters (1989); Arizona (1940); Beyond
Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (2001); Biff Bang Buddy (1924);
Bigger and Better Blondes (1927); Billy Wilder Speaks (2006); Born to Battle
(1926); Bringin' Home the Bacon (1924); Brotherly Love (1928); Cameo Kirby
(1923); Case Dismissed (1924); Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl (1999); Compression
(2023–2024); Danger Lights (1930); Diamond Jim (1935); Double Daring (1926); Easy
Living (1937); Eight-Cylinder Bull (1926); Ex-Bad Boy (1931); False Positive
(2021); Fast and Fearless (1924); Flying Luck (1927); Frank Capra Jr.
Remembers... Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1999); Gary Cooper: The Face of a
Hero (1998); George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984); Get That Venus (1933);
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984); Gunsmoke (1965); Half Way to Heaven (1929); Hello
Lafayette (1927); History Is Made at Night (1937); Hollywood: The Selznick
Years (1969); Horse Shoes (1927); Husband Hunters (1927); If You Could Only
Cook (1935); I'll Be There (1927); Lightning Bill (1926); Monks a la Mode (1923);
More Than a Secretary (1936); Most Precious Thing in Life (1934); Mr. Deeds
Goes to Town (1936); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); My Little Brother (1924);
Only Angels Have Wings (1939); Paramount op parade (1930); Party Wire (1935); Public
Hero Number 1 (1935); Ridin' Rivals (1926); Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
(1938); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No 10 (1940); Screen Snapshots Series 19,
No. 1 (1939); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 2 (1939); Screen Snapshots Series
9, No. 24 (1930); Seven Chances (1925); Shane (1953); Sins of the Fathers (1928);
Somebody Lied (1923); Spring Fever (1923); Stairs of Sand (1929); Street of
Chance (1930); Stu's Show (2023); Tearin' Loose (1925); The Block Signal (1926);
The Broken Gate (1927); The Canary Murder Case (1929); The College Boob (1926);
The Cowboy Cop (1926); The Defense Rests (1934); The Devil and Miss Jones (1941);
The Drug Store Cowboy (1925); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955); The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
(1936); The Fighting Cheat (1926); The Fighting Smile (1925); The Gang Buster
(1931); The Greene Murder Case (1929); The Hurricane Horseman (1925); The
Impatient Years (1944); The Jean Arthur Show (1966); The Lady with the Torch
(1999); The Lawyer's Secret (1931); The Mad Racer (1926); The Making of a
Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988); The Masked Menace (1927); The Merv Griffin
Show (1973–1974); The More the Merrier (1943); The Movies (2019); The
Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929); The Past of Mary Holmes (1933); The Plainsman
(1936); The Poor Nut (1927); The Powerful Eye (1924); The Public Menace (1935);
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu (1930); The Roaring Rider (1926); The Saturday
Night Kid (1929); The Silver Horde (1930); The Talk of the Town (1942); The
Whole Town's Talking (1935); This Is Your Life (1955); Thundering Romance (1924);
Thundering Through (1925); Too Many Husbands (1940); Travelin' Fast (1924); Twisted
Triggers (1926); Under Fire (1926); Virtuous Husband (1931); Wallflowers (1928);
Warming Up (1928); Whirlpool (1934); Wine of Youth (1924); Winners of the
Wilderness (1927); Yesterday and Today (1953); You Can't Take It with You (1938);
Young Eagles (1930).
Born on this day – Richard Connell:
Richard Connell
Writer
October 17, 1893 – November 22, 1949
Credits:
Books:
The Mad Lover (1927); Murder
at Sea (1929); Playboy (1936); What Ho! (1937); The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon
and Other Humorous Tales (1922); The Most Dangerous Game and Other Stories of
Adventure (2021); The Most Dangerous Game (aka The Hounds of Zaroff) (1924); Alfred
Hitchcock Presents (1957); The Ghouls Book 1 (1971).
Movies and television:
Born on this day – Spring Byington:
Spring Byington
Actress
October 17, 1886 – September 7, 1971
Credits:
The Flying Nun (1968); Blondie
(1968); I Dream of Jeannie (1967); Batman (1966); Dr. Kildare (1965); Kentucky
Jones (1965); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); The Greatest Show
on Earth (1964); Mister Ed (1963); Laramie (1961–1963); Alfred Hitchcock
Presents (1960); The Tab Hunter Show (1960); Goodyear Theatre (1960); The
Detectives (1960); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960); December Bride
(1954–1959); Strange Stories (1956); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); Studio
57 (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); The Rocket Man (1954); The Danny
Thomas Show (1953); Because You're Mine (1952); No Room for the Groom (1952); Bannerline
(1951); Angels in the Outfield (1951); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); According to
Mrs. Hoyle (1951); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950–1951); Walk Softly, Stranger
(1950); Devil's Doorway (1950); The Skipper Surprised His Wife (1950); Louisa
(1950); Please Believe Me (1950); The Reformer and the Redhead (1950); The Big
Wheel (1949); In the Good Old Summertime (1949); B.F.'s Daughter (1948); It Had
to Be You (1947); Singapore (1947); Cynthia (1947); Living in a Big Way (1947);
My Brother Talks to Horses (1947); Faithful in My Fashion (1946); Little Mister
Jim (1946); Dragonwyck (1946); A Letter for Evie (1946); Meet Me on Broadway
(1946); Captain Eddie (1945); Thrill of a Romance (1945); Salty O'Rourke (1945);
The Enchanted Cottage (1945); I'll Be Seeing You (1944); Reward Unlimited
(1944); The Heavenly Body (1944); Sucker Bait (1943); Heaven Can Wait (1943); Presenting
Lily Mars (1943); The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942); The Affairs of Martha
(1942); Rings on Her Fingers (1942); Roxie Hart (1942); The Vanishing Virginian
(1942); When Ladies Meet (1941); Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941); The
Devil and Miss Jones (1941); Meet John Doe (1941); Arkansas Judge (1941); Lucky
Partners (1940); My Love Came Back (1940); On Their Own (1940); Young as You
Feel (1940); Laddie (1940); The Blue Bird (1940); A Child Is Born (1939); Too
Busy to Work (1939); Quick Millions (1939); Chicken Wagon Family (1939); The
Jones Family in Hollywood (1939); The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939); Everybody's
Baby (1939); Down on the Farm (1938); You Can't Take It with You (1938); Safety
in Numbers (1938); A Trip to Paris (1938); Jezebel (1938); Love on a Budget
(1938); Penrod and His Twin Brother (1938); The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938);
The Buccaneer (1938); The Jones Family in Borrowing Trouble (1937); Hot Water
(1937); It's Love I'm After (1937); Hotel Haywire (1937); The Road Back (1937);
Big Business (1937); Family Affair (1937); Penrod and Sam (1937); Green Light
(1937); Clarence (1937); Off to the Races (1937); Theodora Goes Wild (1936); The
Charge of the Light Brigade (1936); The Girl on the Front Page (1936); Dodsworth
(1936); Stage Struck (1936); Back to Nature (1936); Palm Springs (1936); Educating
Father (1936); Every Saturday Night (1936); The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936); The
Great Impersonation (1935); Broadway Hostess (1935); Ah Wilderness! (1935); Mutiny
on the Bounty (1935); Way Down East (1935); Orchids to You (1935); Love Me
Forever (1935); Werewolf of London (1935); Little Women (1933); Papa's Slay
Ride (1930).
Born on this day – Elinor Glyn:
Elinor Glyn
Writer
October 17, 1864 – September 23, 1943
Credits:
The Visits Of Elizabeth
(1901); The Seventh Commandment (1902); The Reflections Of Ambrosine (1903); The
Vicissitudes of Evangeline (1905); Beyond the Rocks (1906); Three Weeks (1907);
Elizabeth Visits America (1909); His Hour (1910); Halcyone (1912); Love Itself
(1912); The Reason Why (1912); Guinevere's Lover (1913); The Sequence (1913); Your
Affectionate Godmother (1914); The Career of Katherine Bush (1916); Family
(1919); The Price Of Things (1924); Six Days (1924); The Great Moment (1925); Man
and Maid (1925); This Passion Called Love (1925); Love's Blindness (1926); It
(1927); The Man and the Moment (1927); Eternal Youth (1928); Red Hair (1928); Glorious
Flames (1932); Love's Hour (1932); Such Men are Dangerous (1933); Sooner Or
Later (1934); The Contrast and Other Stories (1913); The Damsel and the Sage
(1903); The Sayings of Grandmamma (1908); Letters to Caroline (1914); Three
Things (1915); Destruction (1918); The Point Of View (1920); The Elinor Glyn
System of Writing (1922); The Philosophy of Love (1923); The Wrinkle Book, Or,
How to Keep Looking Young (1927); Romantic Adventure (1937); Keep Young and
Beautiful (1982).
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