On this day in television history - M Squad (1957):

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 14.

Episode entitled: The Palace Guard.

Released December 27, 1957.

Directed by Bernard Girard.

Written by Jack Laird and Wilton Schiller.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Whit Bissell, Alix Talton, Paul Newlan, William Boyett, Paul Bryar, Noreen Arnold, Charles Tannen, George Byrnes, Paul Hahn, John Culwell, Billy Nelson, Charles Perry.

Born on this day – Shashawnee Hall:

Shashawnee Hall

Actor

Director

Producer

December 27, 1961 – March 29, 2021

Born on this day – John Amos:

John Amos

Actor

Writer

Producer, December 27, 1939 – August 21, 2024

Credits:

20/20 (2018); 30 Rock (2010); 3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1997); 704 Hauser (1994); A Woman Like That (1997); Act of Faith (2014); Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980); All About the Andersons (2003–2004); All Over Again (2001); Althea (2014); American Flyers (1985); American Lowrider (2010); American Masters (2002 / 2015 / 2016); Ascension Day (2007); Bad Asses on the Bayou (2015); Ballers (2019); Beauty and the Beast (1988); Because of Charley (2021); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Block Party (2022); Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988); Booo Chapter One (2025); CBS at 75 (2003); Christmas Belles (2019); Christmas in Miami (2021); Clippers (1991); Coming 2 America (2021); Coming to America (1988); Contrast of Evil (2013); Cops and Robin (1978); Crossing Over: How Roots Captivated an Entire Nation (2007); Dance of the Dwarfs (1983); Die Hard 2 (1990); Die Hard 2: The Bad Guys - Villains' Profile (1990); Dinah! (1975–1976); Disappearing Acts (2000); Dr. Dolittle 3 (2006); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1989); Entertainment Tonight (2020); Extra (2015–2019); For Better or Worse (1995); For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010); Future Cop (1976–1977); Get Gotti (2023); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2016–2017); Good Morning America (1977); Good Times (1974–1976); Hardcastle and McCormick (1984); Hauntsville (2016); Here's Boomer (1981); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Priest: The Story of Fr. Bud Kieser (2021); Hologram Man (1995); Hunter (1984–1985); I Love the '70s (2003); I Love the '80s Strikes Back (2003); In the House (1995–1997); Indie Cinema Showcase (2021); Information Processing (1971); Inside TV Land (2001); Insight (1982); Janet Russell Presents STAR POWER (2015); Johnny Staccato (1989); Judge Amos (2015); Keeping Up with the Joneses (1972); King of the Hill (1998); Let's Do It Again (1975); Lichnyy nomer (2004); Lie to Me (2010); Life After (2012); Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' (2019); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Lock Up (1989); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Split-Up; Love and the Hiccups (1971–1972); Mac (1992); Madea's Witness Protection (2012); Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012); Martin (1997); Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration (2015); Maude (1973–1974); Me Time (2022); Men in Trees (2006–2008); Mercy for Angels (2015); Mr. Dugan (1979); Murder Was the Case: The Movie / Segment: Natural Born Killaz (1995); Murder, She Wrote (1987); My Baby's Daddy (2004); My Name Is Earl (2008); Night Trap (1993); Norman Lear: A Life on Television (2023); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); Nubbin & Friends (2016–2017); NYC 22 (2012); One Life to Live (1968); Oprah: Where Are They Now? (2017); Pioneers of Television (2013–2014); Police Story (1976); Prime Nostalgia Podcast (2021); Psych (2007); Remembering 'Roots' (2002); Ricochet (1991); Roots (1977); Royal Pains (2010); Sanford and Son (1973); See It Loud: The History of Black Television (2023); Shadow Hills (2011); Sister Circle Live (2018); Something to Sing About (2000); Speechless (2008); Sports Theater with Shaquille O'Neal (1998); Stills of the Movement: The Civil Rights Photojournalism of Flip Schulke (2009); Stingray (1987); Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971); Tamales and Gumbo (2015); Tavis Smiley (2006); The 11th Annual Publicists Guild of America Awards (1975); The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame (1984); The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1979); The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards (2004); The 3rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1977); The 4th Annual TV Land Awards (2006); The 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2007); The 5th Annual TV Land Awards (2007); The Arsenio Hall Show (1990); The A-Team (1984); The Beastmaster (1982); The Beastmaster Chronicles (2020); The Bob Show (2012); The Chris Rock Show (1997); The District (2000–2001); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1994–1995); The Funny Side (1971); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1974–1978); The Howard Stern Show (1990); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2014); The Last O.G. (2018); The Last Rifleman (2023); The Law (2009); The Leslie Uggams Show (1969); The Love Boat (1983); The Magical World of Disney (1983); The Marsha Warfield Show (1990); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1975); The Mo'Nique Show (2010); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The National Disaster Survival Test (1977); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1972); The Nicole Barrett Show (2015); The Outer Limits (2000); The Players Club (1998); The President's Plane Is Missing (1973); The Ranch (2016–2017); The Righteous Gemstones (2022); The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda (1997); The Seventies (2015); The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (1970); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974); The Truth About Santa Claus (2020); The Watermelon Heist (2003); The Wendy Williams Show (2017); The West Wing (1999–2004); The World's Greatest Athlete (1973); Today (2016); Tony Orlando and Dawn (1975); Touched by an Angel (1995); Touched by Love (1980); Trapper John, M.D. (1984); TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004); TV Land Confidential (2005–2007); TV Land Moguls (2009); Two and a Half Men (2010); Two Evil Eyes (1993); Two Evil Eyes / Segment: The Black Cat (1990); Two's Company (1973); Uncle Tom II: An American Odyssey (2022); Uncut Gems (2019); Vanishing Point (1971); Voodoo Moon (2006); Walker, Texas Ranger (1997); Willa (1979); Without a Pass (1991); You Are the Jury (1987); Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell (2019); Zombie Hamlet (2012).

Born on this day – Christopher Benjamin:

Christopher Benjamin

Actor

December 27, 1934 – January 10, 2025

Credits:

Angel (2007); Angels (1976); Anything More Would Be Greedy (1989); Armchair Theatre (1967); Armchair Thriller (1978); A Gentlemen's Club (1988); A Likely Lad (1992); Ace of Wands (1970); Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round (1998); A Spy at Evening (1981); Baffled (1972); BBC Play of the Month (1968–1971); Between the Wars (1973); Black Silk (1985); Blott on the Landscape (1985); Boon (1987); Bowler (1973); Brass (1990); Brief Encounter (1974); Budgie (1972); Call Me Mister (1986); Campion (1990); Can You Hear the Earth Scream (2006); Casanova (1987); Casualty (1992); Chintz (1981); Churchill's People (1975); Comedy Matinee (1961); Crown Court (1972–1981); Cyrano de Bergerac (1985); Death in the Streets (1970); Dempsey and Makepeace (1986); Detective (1968); Dick Turpin (1979–1982); Doctor Who (1970–1977 / 2008 / 2009); Doctor Who: Short Trips (2017); Doctor Who: Target Novelisation Audiobooks (2013); Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles (2009); Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited (2013); Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures (2008); Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures (2013–2017); Doctor Who: The Sixth Doctor - The Last Adventure (2015); Doctor Who: The Sixth Doctor Adventures (2012); Doctors (2009); Donkeys' Years (1980); Don't Knock Yourself Out (2007); Down to Earth (2004); EastEnders (1999); Father Brown (1974); Feet First (1979); Forget-Me-Not-Lane (1975); Foyle's War (2003); Fraud Squad (1969); Gangsters (1976); Get Some In! (1978); Great Performances (1988); Hadleigh (1976); Haggard (1990); Hard Times (1994); Hawk the Slayer (1980); Heartbeat (2006); Hennes meget kongelige høyhet (1968); Holding On (1977); Holding the Fort (1980–1982); Honour, Profit & Pleasure (1985); Inspector Morse (1992); It Takes a Worried Man (1981–1983); ITV Play of the Week (1965–1966); ITV Playhouse (1968); Jack the Ripper (1973); Jackanory Playhouse (1978); Jago & Litefoot (2010–2021); Jason King (1971); Judge John Deed (2003–2006); King & Castle (1988); Koroshi (1968); Late Night Horror (1968); Leonardo (2003); Little Big Time (1971); London's Burning (1992); Looking for Victoria (2003); Lovejoy (1994); Love's Labour's Lost (1965); Magic Grandad (1994); Maigret (1992); Man at the Top (1971); Melba (1988); Midsomer Murders (2005); Minder (1984); Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle (1977); My Son Reuben (1975); Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (1971); New Scotland Yard (1973); Orlando (1966); Paul Temple (1970); Play for Today (1980–1981); Poldark (1975–1976); Premiere (1978); Pride and Prejudice (1995); Pride and Prejudice Revisited (2005); 'Pride and Prejudice': The Making of... (1999); Private Affairs (1975); Public Eye (1968); Quick Before They Catch Us (1966); Ramshackle Road (1968); Ring of Bright Water (1969); Rooms (1977); Rosemary & Thyme (2006); Rumpole of the Bailey (1991); Runaway Railway / Junket 89 (1970); Salut champion (1981); Saracen (1989); Scorpion Tales (1978); Secret Agent (1967); Seesaw (1998); Seven Times Seven (1969); Shades of Greene (1976); Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1994); She-Wolf of London (1991); Shine on Harvey Moon (1982); Shoestring (1980); Softly Softly: Task Force (1970–1976); Special Branch (1974); Spy! (1980); Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990); Strauss Dynasty (1991); Suspense (1962); Sword of Honour (2001); Target (1977); The Adventures of Black Beauty (1973); The Avengers (1966–1968); The Baron (1966); The Birds Fall Down (1978); The Black Velvet Gown (1991); The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1985); The Devil's Crown (1978); The Diary of Anne Frank (1987); The Diary of River Song (2019); The Double Dealers (1974); The English Programme (1985); The Fellows (1967); The Forsyte Saga (1967); The Fortunes of Nigel (1974); The Gamblers (1967); The Gold Robbers (1969); The History of Mr. Polly (1980); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1976); The Index Has Gone Fishing (1987); The Last Hurrah (2010); The Last Salute (1998); The Legend of Tarzan (2016); The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982); The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (1999); The Man in Room 17 (1965); The Merry Wives of Windsor (2011); The Onedin Line (1972); The Paternoster Gang (2020); The Plague Dogs (1982); The Prisoner (1967–1968); The Prisoner Video Companion (1990); The Protectors (1972); The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986); The Roads to Freedom (1970); The Saint (1968); The Sandbaggers (1978); The Saturday Play (1998); The Squirrels (1976); The Strauss Family (1972); The Tichborne Claimant (1998); The Tomorrow People (1994); The Villains (1965); The Way We Live Now (1969); The Wednesday Play (1965); The White Rabbit (1967); The Worlds of Doctor Who (2014); Theatre 625 (1967); Theatre Night (1988); Thérèse Raquin (1980); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1967); Thriller (1974); Time Space Visualiser (2020); Treasure Island (1999); Upstairs, Downstairs (1973); Van der Valk (1973); Very Like a Whale (1980); Vienna 1900 (1973); Village Hall (1975); We, the Accused (1980); When the Boat Comes In (1977); Where There's a Will (1989); Whodunnit? (1978); Wilde Alliance (1978); Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981); Yes, Honestly (1977); Yes, Prime Minister (1987); Young Charlie Chaplin (1989); Z Cars (1965).

Born on this day – Nick Dimitri:

Nick Dimitri

Actor

Stuntman

December 27, 1932 – October 20, 2021

Born on this day – Dorris Bowdon:

Dorris Bowdon

Actress

December 27, 1914 – August 9, 2005

Credits:

The Moon Is Down (1943); Jennie (1940); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); Drums Along the Mohawk (1939); Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); Down on the Farm (1938); Always Goodbye (1938).

Born on this day – Marlene Dietrich:

Marlene Dietrich

Actress

Singer

December 27, 1901 – May 6, 1992

Credits:

Just a Gigolo (1978); Paris When It Sizzles (1964); Judgment at Nuremberg (1961); Touch of Evil (1958); Witness for the Prosecution (1957); The Montecarlo Story (1956); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Rancho Notorious (1952); No Highway in the Sky (1951); Stage Fright (1950); Jigsaw (1949); A Foreign Affair (1948); Golden Earrings (1947); The Room Upstairs (1946); Kismet (1944); Follow the Boys (1944); Pittsburgh (1942); The Spoilers (1942); The Lady Is Willing (1942); Manpower (1941); The Flame of New Orleans (1941); Seven Sinners (1940); Destry Rides Again (1939); Angel (1937); Knight Without Armor (1937); I Loved a Soldier (1936); The Garden of Allah (1936); Desire (1936); The Devil Is a Woman (1935); The Scarlet Empress (1934); The Song of Songs (1933); Blonde Venus (1932); Shanghai Express (1932); Dishonored (1931); Morocco (1930); The Blue Angel (1930); Nights of Love (1930); The Ship of Lost Men (1929); Three Loves (1929); I Kiss Your Hand Madame (1929); The Art of Love (1928); Café Elektric (1927); Sein größter Bluff (1927); Kopf hoch, Charly! (1927); Der Juxbaron (1927); A Modern Du Barry (1926); Madame Doesn't Want Children (1926); Manon Lescaut (1926); Dance Fever (1925); Der Sprung ins Leben (1924); The Countess of Paris (1923); The Tragedy of Love (1923); Man by the Roadside (1923); So sind die Männer (1923); Im Schatten des Glücks (1919).