Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Born on this day – Chris Robinson:


Chris Robinson


Actor

Writer

Director

November 5, 1938 – June 9, 2025

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965–1967); 13 West Street (1962); 77 Sunset Strip (1962); Ace of Hearts (1975); Alcoa Premiere (1962–1963); Amy (1981); Another World (1988–1989); Arrest and Trial (1963–1964); Assignment: Underwater (1961); Bankrupt by Beanies (2009); Barely Dreaming (2021); Baretta (1976); Barnaby Jones (1976 / 1977); Bastard: An Illegitimate Film (2010); Beast from Haunted Cave (1959); Because They're Young (1960); Ben Casey (1962); Birdman of Alcatraz (1962); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Bus Stop (1961); Cain's Hundred (1962); Cannon (1975–1976); Caribe (1975); Catch the Black Sunshine (1974); Channing (1963); CHiPs (1980); Colt .45 (1960); Combat! (1963); Custer (1967); Dan August (1971); Dan August: Once Is Never Enough (1980); Dark Side of Eden: The Making of 'Stanley' (2008); Darker Than Amber (1970); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Death Valley Days (1962); Die glückliche Familie (1991); Empire (1962); Everglades! (1961–1962); Fantasy Island (1983); G.E. True (1963); General Hospital (1978–2013); Gentle Ben (1969); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1968); Gunsmoke (1963); Hardball (1990); Hawaiian Eye (1962); Hennesey (1961); Hogan's Heroes (1969); Hotel (1986); Hour Magazine (1986); Insight (1967–1971); Just for a Week (2022); Lady in Cement (1968); Legends from the Sky (2015); Like Father Like Son (1961 / 1987); Medical Center (1972); Most Wanted (1977); Murder, She Wrote (1987); Outlaws (1961); Perry Mason (1965); Primus (1971); Revenge Is My Destiny (1971); Rez Bomb (2008); Savannah Smiles (1982); Sea Hunt (1961); Shootout at Big Sag (1962); Stanley (1972); Stoney Burke (1963); Straightaway (1961); Sweet, Sweet Rachel (1971); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Aquarians (1970); The Bold and the Beautiful (1992–2005); The Busters (1978); The Cycle Savages (1969); The Dakotas (1963); The Detectives (1961–1962); The Diary of a High School Bride (1959); The Donna Reed Show (1961); The Dream Merchants (1980); The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974); The Felony Squad (1967); The Forsaken (2025); The Fugitive (1963); The Great Balloon Race (1977); The Hawaiians (1970); The Intruder (1975); The Invaders (1968); The Long Rope (1961); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Manhunter (1974); The Midnight Story (1957); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The New Breed (1962); The Streets of San Francisco (1975); The Toni Tennille Show (1980–1981); The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963); The Virginian (1963–1970); The Young Savages (1961); They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé (2016); Thunder County (1974); Travis Logan, D.A. (1971); Two Faces West (1961); Viper (1988); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1968); Wagon Train (1963–1964); Wide Country (1963); Yancey McCord: The Killer That Arizona Forgot About (2020); Young Doctors in Love (1982); Zane Grey Theatre (1960).

Born on this day – Harris Yulin:


Harris Yulin


Actor

November 5, 1937 – June 10, 2025


Harris Yulin & Al Pacino in Scarface (1983).

Credits:

24 (2002–2003); 75 Degrees in July (2000); A Most Violent Year (2014); A Short History of Decay (2014); All Square (2018); American Classic (2025); American Experience (1997–2001); American Masters (1998 / 2004); American Outlaws (2001); American Photography: A Century of Images (1999); An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road (2012); Another Woman (1988); Arthur Miller on Home Ground (1979); As the World Turns (1984); Bad Dreams (1988); Baretta (1975); Barnaby Jones (1974); Bean (1997); Bean: Scenes Unseen (2007); Billions (2018–2019); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1999–2002); Cagney & Lacey (1986); Candy Mountain (1987); Canterbury's Law (2008); Caribe (1975); Cashmere Mafia (2008); Chelsea Walls (2001); Civil Wars (1992); Clear and Present Danger (1994); Clear and Present Danger: Behind the Danger (2002); Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (1987); Cradle Will Rock (1999); Cutthroat Island (1995); Damages (2009); Daughter of the Streets (1990); Divorce (2019); 'Doc' (1971); Double Trouble (2015); Dynasty (1976); End of the Road (1970); Entourage (2007); Face of a Stranger (1991); Fatal Beauty (1987); FBI: Most Wanted (2022); Final Analysis (1992); For The People (2019); Forever (2015); Fran's Bed (2005); Frasier (1996); FRO Thizzle Reviews (2022); Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006); Game 6 (2005); Ghostbusters II (1989); Good to Go (1986); Hamburger Hamlet (1975); HBO First Look (2006); How the West Was Won (1978); I Know This Much Is True (2020); If These Walls Could Talk / Segment: 1974 (1996); Incident at Vichy (1973); Insight (1976); Ironside (1975); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1986); Judgment in Berlin (1988); King of the Corner (2004); Kojak (1974); La Femme Nikita (1997); Law & Order (1994–2008); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2007); Little House on the Prairie (1975); Loch Ness (1996); Looking for Richard (1996); Loving Leah (2009); Madso's War (2010); Maidstone (1970); Meeting of Minds (1979–1981); Melvin Purvis G-MAN (1974); Mister Sterling (2003); Most Wanted (1976); Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013); Multiplicity (1996); Murder at 1600 (1997); Murphy Brown (1997–2018); My Soul to Take (2010); Narrow Margin (1990); Neither Are We Enemies (1970); New York: A Documentary Film (1999); Night Moves (1975); Nikita (2011–2012); Norman (2016); Omni Loop (2024); Ozark (2017–2018); Pan Am (2011); Parker Adderson, Philosopher (1974); Perfume (2001); Police Woman (1975); Prime Time (1977); Ransom for Alice! (1977); Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985); Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target (1977); Rubicon (2010); Rush Hour 2 (2001); S.W.A.T. (1975); Save West Bank Cafe (2020); Scarface (1983); Scarface: The World Is Yours (2006); Scottsboro: An American Tragedy (2000); Screen One (1997); St. Ives (1976); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993); Steel (1979); Stuart Saves His Family (1995); Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy (1989); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1973); The American Side (2016); The Baby-Sitters Club (1995); The Believers (1987); The Blacklist (2015); The Emperor's Club (2002); The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974); The Family Fang (2015); The Greatest Gift (1974); The Heart of Justice (1992); The Hurricane (1999); The Kansas City Massacre (1975); The Last Hit (1993); The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (1979); The Legend of Hillbilly John (1972); The Midnight Man (1974); The Million Dollar Hotel (2000); The Missiles of October (1974); The Mystery of Maris: The Break-Up Begins (2004); The Night Rider (1979); The One Dollar Diary (2002); The People Speak (2009); The Place Beyond the Pines (2012); The Sounding (2017); The Thirteenth Day: The Story of Esther (1979); The Treatment (2006); The Trial of Chaplain Jensen (1975); The Virginian (2000); The X-Files (2000); There Goes the Neighborhood (1992); Third Watch (2005); Training Day (2001); Traitor in My House (1990); Truman (1995); Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2016–2017); Veep (2016); Vengeance Unlimited (1999); Victory at Entebbe (1976); Wanderland (2018); Watched! (1974); What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2018); When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (1978); WIOU (1990–1991); Wonder Woman (1977).

Born on this day – Victor Argo:


Victor Argo


Actor

November 5, 1934 – April 7, 2004

Credits:

A Change of Climate (1999); After Hours (1985); All in the Family (1973); Angel Eyes (2001); Angela (2002); Anything But Love (2002); Bad Lieutenant (1992); Baretta (1975); Blue in the Face (1995); Blue Moon (2000); Boxcar Bertha (1972); Bridget (2002); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1980); Charlie's Christmas Secret (1984); Chopper One (1974); Cinéma, de notre temps (2003); Coming Soon (1999); Compression (2023); Condition Red (1995); Confessions of a Dangerous Mime (2004); Coyote Ugly (2000); Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989); Dangerous Game (1993); Dark Eyes (1995); Dealing: Or The Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues (1972); Desperately Seeking Susan (1985); Dirt (2003); Don't Say a Word (2001); Double Whammy (2001); Dream House (1981); Dream Street (1989); Due vite, un destino (1993); Early Edition (1997); Falling in Love (1984); Fast Food Fast Women (2000); Fast Horses (1998); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1990); Florida Straits (1986); Force Five (1975); Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999); Going Nomad (1998); Hanky Panky (1982); Her Alibi (1989); Hot Tomorrows (1977); Household Saints (1993); I Believe in America (2007); Joe Forrester (1976); Johnny Ryan (1990); Johnny Staccato (1977); King of New York (1990); Kingston: Confidential (1977); Kojak (1973–1974); Korg: 70,000 B.C. (1974); Law & Order (1992–1997); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2003); Leg Work (1987); Little Bill (2001–2003); Love = (Me) ^3 (2000); Lulu on the Bridge (1998); Lustre (2005); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1977); McBain (1991); Mean Streets (1973); Men Lie (1994); Miami Vice (1988); Monkey Trouble (1994); Mulberry St (2006); Music (2003); New Rose Hotel (1998); New York News (1995); New York Stories / Segment: Life Lessons (1989); Next Stop Wonderland (1998); Off Beat (1986); On the Run (1999); Personal Sergeant (2004); Prince Street (1997); Queenie in Love (2001); Quick Change (1990); 'R Xmas (2001); Raw Deal (1986); Romando (1987); Shadows and Fog (1991); Side Streets (1998); Sins of Silence (1996); Smile Jenny, You're Dead (1974); Smoke (1995); Somebody to Love (1994); Spenser: For Hire (1985); Starsky and Hutch (1975); Taxi Driver (1976); The Don Is Dead (1973); The Electric Chair (1985); The Equalizer (1985); The Exorcist (1973); The Funeral (1996); The Last Temptation of Christ (1988); The Man Who Knew Belle Starr (2001); The Pick-up Artist (1987); The Rockford Files (1977); The Rose (1979); The Terminal Man (1974); The Unholy Rollers (1972); The Waltons (1973); The Wide World of Mystery (1974); The Yards (2000); Toma (1974); True Romance (1993); Under Fire (1995); Vendetta: Secrets of a Mafia Bride (1990); Very Like a Whale (1980); Which Way Is Up? (1977); Wonder Woman (1977).

Born on this day – Jan Shutan:


Jan Shutan


Actress

November 5, 1932 – October 7, 2021


Credits:

Miracle at Beekman's Place (1988); This House Possessed (1981); NBC Special Treat (1979); Hello, Larry (1979); Mother, Juggs & Speed (1978); Dracula's Dog (1977); Quincy M.E. (1976–1977); Charlie's Angels (1976); Three for the Road (1975); Love Is Not Forever (1974); Sons and Daughters (1974); Message to My Daughter (1973); Love, American Style (1972); Night Gallery (1971); The Seven Minutes (1971); Nanny and the Professor (1970); Room 222 (1969–1970); Star Trek / episode: The Lights of Zetar (1969); Dick Tracy (1967); The Felony Squad (1966); Man in the Square Suit (1966); Ben Casey (1963–1966); Barnaby (1965); The F.B.I. (1965); Valentine's Day (1964–1965); The Fugitive (1965); The Andy Griffith Show (1965); The Outer Limits (1964); My Three Sons (1964); Arrest and Trial (1963).

Born on this day – Richard Davalos:


Richard Davalos

Actor

November 5, 1930 – March 8, 2016

Born on this day – Gwen Van Dam:


Gwen Van Dam


Actress

November 5, 1928 – December 19, 2024

Credits:

100 Humans: Life's Questions. Answered. (2020); 227 (1990); A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain / Mother's Day on Waltons Mountain (1982); A Touch of Scandal (1984); Along the Way (2007); Angie Tribeca (2016); Any Day (2015); As We See It (2022); Bakersfield P.D. (1993); Big Boy Pants (2019); Blood Star (2024); Bloody Trail (1972); Bricktown (2008); Burlesque (2010); Calliope (1971); Charmed (2003); Civil Wars (1992); Coming Home (1978); Criminal Minds (2015); Dark Shadows (1966); Days Like These (2004); Days of Our Lives (1983–1987); Dead Night (2017); Diamond in the Rough (2022); Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (2013); Doogie Howser, M.D. (1991); ER (2000); Fall of Hyperion (2008); Flexing with Monty (2010); Gideon's Trumpet (1980); Gilmore Girls (2003); Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006); Good Mourning (2020); Grace and Frankie (2019); Halloween (1978); Hart to Hart (1981); Have a Nice Death (2007); Hellevator (2015); Help Wanted: Male (1982); Hidden America with Jonah Ray (2016); Home (2020); Homecoming (2018); Hope Street Holiday (2023); House Calls (1980); Husbands (1970); Insecure (2018); Interior Chinatown (2024); Joey (2005); Joni (1979); JP Saxe: Like That (2021); Julien Baker: Faith Healer (2020); Knots Landing (1990); Lady Dynamite (2017); Lassie: A New Beginning (1978); Legion of the Dead (2001); Legit (2013); Lilith (1964); Long Lost Son (2006); Lost Tapes (2009); Love Street (1994); Malibu, CA (1999); Mannix (1970–1972); Mastodon: Show Yourself (2017); Matters of Life and Death (2007); Maude (1976); Me You Madness (2021); Mercy Christmas (2017); Miss Terious (2008); Modern Family (2016); Moonlighting (1988); Nakia (1974); New Girl (2014); No Tears in Hell (2025); Old Tricks (2004); One Mississippi (2017); Our House (1988); Pete 'n' Tillie (1972); Pinocchio (1971); Pocket (2019); Present Day, Athens (2019); Pushing Twilight (2008); Recoil (2016); Reset (2015); Robert Montgomery Presents (1955); S.W.A.T. (1976); Second Thoughts (1983); Second-Hand Hearts (1980); Shadow Chasers (1985); Shameless (2020); Sienna's Choice (2016); Sleepwalk (2018); Sonder: LA (2019); Stand by Your Man (1981); Star Trek: Generations (1994); Stereotypes (2003); Still Waiting... (2009); Stillwatch (1987); Stir Crazy (1980); Storm (2019); Sunnyview (2010); T.J. Hooker (1985); Table Talk (2021); Take My Daughters, Please (1988); Tales from the Catholic Church of Elvis! (2009); Teenage Seductress (1975); Terror Out of the Sky (1978); The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It (2010); The Awakening of Candra (1983); The Best Little Girl in the World (1981); The Brady Bunch (1971); The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987); The French Atlantic Affair (1979); The Human Factor (1992); The Incredible Hulk (1978); The Jayne Mansfield Story (1980); The Kentucky Fried Movie / Segment: Catholic High School Girls in Trouble (1977); The Ladies Club (1985); The Lay of LaLa Land (2017); The League (2013); The Orville (2017); The Prank Panel (2023); The Problem with Percival (2006); The Two Lives of Carol Letner (1981); The Ugly Christmas Sweater (2017); There's No Word for Us (2020); Traces of Us (1999); True Confessions (1981); Viagra Falls (2006); Walk (2016); Wandered Off (2018); Were You Gay in High School? (2020); Where the Bears Are (2014); Who's the Boss? (1989); Wilfred (2011); Winners (1977); Winters Garden (2025); Wisdom of the Crowd (2017); Without a Trace (2002); Workaholics (2017); You're Doing Great (2024); Zane's Sex Chronicles (2010).

Born on this day – Margot Friedländer:


Margot Friedländer


Holocaust survivor

Advocate

Writer

November 5, 1921 – May 9, 2025

Credits:

Book:


Try to Make Your Life

A Jewish Girl Hiding in Nazi Berlin


By Margot Friedländer, with Ronald L. Kolb.

Published by BEA Press.
Published 2013,
First Edition.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 1935034073
ISBN-13: 978-1935034070

Description:

On January 25, 1943, the day of a planned escape from Nazi Germany, 22-year-old Margot Bendheim learns that the Gestapo has just picked up her brother and mother. Her mother manages to leave her a message, "Try to make your life." This is Margot's spellbinding memoir.

Movies and television:

Anne Will (2023); Arte Journal (1998); Aspekte (2021); Die Wannseekonferenz - Die Dokumentation (2022); Eins zu eins (2010–2018); Goebbels and the Führer (2024); Günther Jauch (2015); Ich bin! Margot Friedländer (2023); Joanna Lumley's Great Cities of the World (2022); Judenhass: Unser Leben nach dem 7. Oktober (2024); Markus Lanz (2021); Morgenmagazin (2012); Tagesthemen (2024).