Sunday, December 28, 2025

Born on this day – Robert Scheerer:


Robert Scheerer

Director

Producer

Actor

December 28, 1929 – March 3, 2018

Born on this day – Beverly Michaels:


Beverly Michaels


Actress

December 28, 1928 – June 9, 2007

Credits:

Adventures of the Falcon (1955); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956); Betrayed Women (1955); Blonde Bait (1956); Cheyenne (1956); Crashout (1955); East Side, West Side (1949); No Holds Barred (1952); Pickup (1951); The Girl on the Bridge (1951); The Marrying Kind (1952); Three Little Words (1950); Wicked Woman (1953); Women Without Men (1956).

Born on this day – Véra Norman:


Véra Norman


Actress

December 28, 1924 – May 19, 2023

Credits:

A Day with You (1952); Caroline Cherie (1953); chec au roy / Failure of the king (1945); General Electric Summer Originals (1956); In France as if you were there (1966); In the Land of the Sun (1951); Just Me (1950); La canción del penal (1954); La renégate / The Renegade (1948); La rose de la mer / The Rose of the Sea (1946); Lady Paname (1950); Le grand rendez-vous / The big event (1950); Le tampon du capiston / The capiston buffer (1950); Les corsaires du Bois de Boulogne / The corsairs of the Bois de Boulogne (1954); Les petites Cardinal / The little Cardinals (1951); L'homme de la Jamaïque / The man from Jamaica (1950); Mission à Tanger / Mission to Tangier (1949); Monsieur Vincent (1947); Retour à la vie / Return to life (1949); Rouletabille joue et gagne / Rouletabille plays and wins (1947); Sérénade au bourreau / Serenade to the executioner (1951); The double mistake (1952); The Snow Was Black (1954); The temptations of La Fontaine (1958); This Man Is Dangerous (1953); Torticola contre Frankensberg / Torticola, against Frankensberg (1952); Violetas imperiales / Imperial Violets (1952).

Born on this day – Andrew Duggan:


Andrew Duggan

Actor

December 28, 1923 – May 15, 1988

Born on this day – Maris Wrixon:


Maris Wrixon


Actress

December 28, 1916 – October 6, 1999

Credits:

Dayton's Devils (1968); The Graduate (1967); The Double Life of Henry Phyfe (1966); Slattery's People (1964); Breaking Point (1963); The Untouchables (1963); Peter Loves Mary (1960); Hong Kong (1960); Sea Hunt (1960); Target (1958); The Millionaire (1958); Whirlybirds (1958); The Silent Service (1958); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); Big Town (1956); Your Favorite Story (1953); Boston Blackie (1951 / 1952); The Cisco Kid (1951); As You Were (1951); Highway 13 (1948); The Saxon Charm (1948); Hollywood Wonderland (1947); The Glass Alibi (1946); The Face of Marble (1946); Black Market Babies (1945); This Love of Ours (1945); White Pongo (1945); The Master Key (1945); Trail to Gunsight (1944); Waterfront (1944); Phantom Lady (1944); Women in Bondage (1943); Silent Witness (1943); The Old Homestead (1942); Sons of the Pioneers (1942); Spy Ship (1942); Navy Blues (1941); Bullets for O'Hara (1941); Sunset in Wyoming (1941); Million Dollar Baby (1941); A Shot in the Dark (1941); Meet John Doe (1941); Footsteps in the Dark (1941); High Sierra (1941); The Case of the Black Parrot (1941); Santa Fe Trail (1940); Lady with Red Hair (1940); Knute Rockne All American (1940); The Ape (1940); The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940); Cinderella's Feller (1940); Flight Angels (1940); Saturday's Children (1940); 'Til We Meet Again (1940); Alice in Movieland (1940); Calling Philo Vance (1939); Private Detective (1939); A Child Is Born (1939); British Intelligence (1939); Jeepers Creepers (1939); The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939); No Place to Go (1939); Ride, Cowboy, Ride (1939); Dust Be My Destiny (1939); Each Dawn I Die (1939); Daughters Courageous (1939); Code of the Secret Service (1939); Dark Victory (1939); The Adventures of Jane Arden (1939); Off the Record (1939).

Born on this day – Lew Ayres:


Lew Ayres


Actor

Director

Producer

December 28, 1908 – December 30, 1996

Credits:

Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart (1994); Cast the First Stone (1989); Highway to Heaven (1985–1989); L.A. Law (1989); The English Programme (1988); Cagney & Lacey (1988); Outlaws (1987); The A-Team (1986); Simon & Simon (1986); Lime Street (1985–1986); Under Siege (1986); Finder of Lost Loves (1984); Hotel (1984); Fame (1984); The World of Don Camillo (1984); Savage in the Orient (1983); Fantasy Island (1979–1983); Quincy M.E. (1983); The Devlin Connection (1982); Little House on the Prairie (1982); Trapper John, M.D. (1983); Knots Landing (1982); Of Mice and Men (1981); Magnum, P.I. (1981); The Love Boat (1981); Reunion (1980); Salem's Lot (1979); Letters from Frank (1979); Suddenly, Love (1978); Flying High (1978); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978); Battlestar Galactica (1978); Damien: Omen II (1978); Wonder Woman (1977); End of the World (1977); The Fantastic Journey (1977); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1977); The Bionic Woman (1977); Altars of the World (1976); Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident (1976); Hawaii Five-O (1968–1976); McMillan & Wife (1975); Kung Fu (1974); The Magician (1974); Columbo (1974); Heatwave! (1974); The Questor Tapes (1974); Hawkins (1973); Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973); The Streets of San Francisco (1973); The Stranger (1973); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); The Man (1972); The Biscuit Eater (1972); She Waits (1972); Earth II (1971); The Interns (1971); San Francisco International Airport (1970); The Virginian (1970); The Doris Day Show (1970); My Three Sons (1970); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969); Here Come the Brides (1969); The Big Valley (1967–1968); Gunsmoke (1967); ABC Stage 67 (1966); The F.B.I. (1966); I Spy (1966); Mark Dolphin (1965); Slattery's People (1965); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Ben Casey (1964); The Carpetbaggers (1964); Channing (1964); The Upper Chamber (1963); Laramie (1962); Saints and Sinners (1962); Advise & Consent (1962); Bus Stop (1962); Dr. Kildare (1961); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1961); Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); Route 66 (1960); Alcoa Theatre (1958–1959); Pursuit (1958); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958); Frontier Justice (1958); Climax! (1958); Cavalcade of America (1957); Schlitz Playhouse (1956); The Eighty Yard Run (Playhouse 90) (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Altars of the East (1955); Omnibus (1954); Donovan's Brain (1953); No Escape (1953); New Mexico (1951); The Capture (1950); Johnny Belinda (1948); The Way of Peace (1947); The Unfaithful (1947); The Dark Mirror (1946); Fingers at the Window (1942); Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942); Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941); The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941); Maisie Was a Lady (1941); Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940); Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940); The Golden Fleecing (1940); Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940); Remember? (1939); The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939); These Glamour Girls (1939); Calling Dr. Kildare (1939); Broadway Serenade (1939); The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939); Spring Madness (1938); Young Dr. Kildare (1938); Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938); Holiday (1938); King of the Newsboys (1938); Scandal Street (1938); Hold 'Em Navy (1937); The Last Train from Madrid (1937); The Crime Nobody Saw (1937); Murder with Pictures (1936); Lady Be Careful (1936); Shakedown (1936); Panic on the Air (1936); The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936); Hearts in Bondage (1936); Silk Hat Kid (1935); Spring Tonic (1935); Lottery Lover (1935); Servants' Entrance (1934); She Learned About Sailors (1934); Let's Be Ritzy (1934); Cross Country Cruise (1934); My Weakness (1933); Don't Bet on Love (1933); State Fair (1933); Okay America! (1932); Night World (1932); The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932); The Impatient Maiden (1932); Heaven on Earth (1931); The Spirit of Notre Dame (1931); Up for Murder (1931); The Iron Man (1931); Many a Slip (1931); East Is West (1930); The Doorway to Hell (1930); Common Clay (1930); All Quiet on the Western Front (1930); The Kiss (1929); Big News (1929); The Sophomore (1929).

Ray Bradbury, on writing:


Love.
Fall in love and stay in love.
Write only what you love, and love what you write.
The key word is love.
You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.

- Ray Bradbury.