Thursday, January 1, 2026

On this day in television history - The Outlaw and His Wife (1918):


The Outlaw and His Wife

Swedish title: Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru,
directed by Victor Sjöström,
written by Victor Sjöström and Sam Ask,
based on the 1911 play by Jóhann Sigurjónsson.
Based on the true 1760 case of Eyvind of the Mountains.
Released in Sweden on January 1, 1918.
Orchestra music by Röda Kvarns Orkester and Rudolf Sahlberg.


Cast:

Victor Sjöström, Edith Erastoff, John Ekman, Nils Aréhn, Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson, William Larsson, Artur Rolén, Sigurd Wallén, Emil Fjellström, Hildur Carlberg, Edith Wallén, Harald Wehlnor, Thure Holm, Gucken Cederborg, Nils Elffors, Olof Ås, Herman Lantz, Walerie Alexandrow-Höök.

Born on this day – Kimble Rendall:


Kimble Rendall


Director

Writer

Musician

January 1, 1954 – April 20, 2025

Credits:

7 Guardians of the Tomb (2018); Bait (2012); Behind the Scenes of Cut (2000); Better Than Sex (2000); Boom Crash Opera: Hands Up in the Air (1986); Casanova (2005); Cold Chisel: Flame Trees (1984); Consolation Prize (1980); Counting the Beat (1997); Cut (2000); Cut: Cast and Crew Interviews (2000); Day Out of Days: The 'I, Robot' Production Diaries (2004); Enter the Matrix (2003); Garage Days (2002); Genre Summit (2016); Ghost Rider (2007); Gods of Egypt (2016); Hayride to Hell (1995); Hoodoo Gurus: Leilani (1982); I, Robot (2004); Johnny Diesel & The Injectors: Cry in Shame (1989); Killer Elite (2011); Knowing (2009); Mental As Anything: Live It Up (1985); Paul Kelly: Careless (1989); Popbot (2025); Shark's Paradise (1986); Spirit of Vengeance: The Making of 'Ghost Rider' (2007); Territory (2024); The Applicant (1982); The Burly Man Chronicles (2004); The Challenge (1986–1987); The Jesters (2009); The Making of 'Bait' (2013); The Matrix Reloaded (2003); The Matrix Revolutions (2003); The Matrix Revolutions: Crew (2004); The Tourist (2022); Three Chords and a Wardrobe (1998); Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009).

Born on this day – Sarah Andrews:


Sarah Andrews


Writer

January 1, 1949 – July 24, 2019

Credits:

A Fall in Denver (1995); An Eye for Gold (2000); Bone Hunter (1999); Dead Dry (2005); Deadly Allies (1992); Earth Colors (2004); Fault Line (2002); In Cold Pursuit (2007); Killer Dust (2003); Mother Nature (1997); Only Flesh and Bones (1998); Rock Bottom (2012); Tensleep (1994).

Born on this day – Rick Hurst:


Rick Hurst


Actor

January 1, 1946 – June 26, 2025

Credits:

227 (1989); All-Star Family Feud Special (1980); Amanda's (1983); Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill (1979); Anywhere But Here (1999); B My Guest (2016); Baretta (1977); Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus (1978); Blue City (1986); Break the Bank (1976); Celebrity Bowling (1976); CHiPs (1979); Chopper One (1974); Donny and Marie (1976); Earth Girls Are Easy (1988); Evening Shade (1990); Executive Action (1973); Family Matters (1993); From Here to Eternity (1979); Get Christie Love! (1974); Going Ape! (1981); Good Grief (1990); Gunsmoke (1973); Happy Days (1974); Highway to Heaven (1985); In the Line of Fire (1993); It's Good to Be Alive (1974); Jackals (1986); Keep Off My Grass! (1975); Kojak (1973); Kung Fu (1973); Little House on the Prairie (1974); Little House Years (1979); Love, American Style / Segments Love and the Seven Year Wait / Love and the Family Hour (1973); M*A*S*H (1977 / 1978); Madam Sheriff (1979); Melrose Place (1993); Mothers, Daughters and Lovers (1989); Murder, She Wrote (1989); Night Games (1974); On the Rocks (1975–1976); Paper Moon (1974); Perfect Strangers (1990); Pistol Pete (1996); Return of the Killer Shrews (2012); Runaway Car (1997); Sanford and Son (1972); Shoot for the Stars (1977); Sidekicks (1987); Starman (1986); Steel Magnolias (1989); Stumpers! (1976); Suckers (1999); Supertrain (1979); The $10,000 Pyramid (1976–1982); The $25,000 Pyramid (1982); The Blue Knight (1975); The Bob Newhart Show (1973); The Cat from Outer Space (1978); The Client (1995); The Doris Day Show (1971–1972); The Dukes of Hazzard (1979–1982); The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood (2000); The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! (1997); The Girl with Something Extra (1973); The Guardian (2003); The Jeff Foxworthy Show (1995); The John Larroquette Show (1995); The Karate Kid Part III (1989); The Last Precinct (1986); The Legend of Frank Woods (1977); The Magical World of Disney (1982); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1972); The Partridge Family (1972); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974); The Unholy Rollers (1972); The Wonder Years (1990); To Hell You Preach (1972); To Say the Least (1978); Tunnel Vision (1976); Valentine Magic on Love Island (1980); Venomous (2001); W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975); Wildside (1985); Worth Winning (1989).

Born on this day – Brian G. Hutton:


Brian G. Hutton


Actor

Director

January 1, 1935 – August 19, 2014

Credits:

Archer (1975); Laramie (1959); The Interns (1962); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955); Geronimo (1962); Shotgun Slade (1959); The Rifleman (1959–1961); Frontier Circus (1961); 87th Precinct (1961); Wagon Train (1957); Rawhide (1959); The Detectives (1959); The Best of the Post (1960); Have Gun - Will Travel (1957); Law of the Plainsman (1959); Black Saddle (1959); The Big Fisherman (1959); Last Train from Gun Hill (1959); The Eighty Yard Run (1959); Sugarfoot (1957); King Creole (1958); The Case Against Brooklyn (1958); The Walter Winchell File (1957); State Trooper (1956); Official Detective (1957); Perry Mason (1957); Carnival Rock (1957); The Sheriff of Cochise (1956); Climax! (1954); Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957); Fear Strikes Out (1957); West Point (1956); Gunsmoke (1955); Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955); Justice (1954); Robert Montgomery Presents (1954); High Road to China (1983); The First Deadly Sin (1980); Night Watch (1973); X, Y and Zee (1972); Kelly's Heroes (1970); Where Eagles Dare (1968); Sol Madrid (1968); The Pad (and How to Use It) (1966); Wild Seed (1965).

Born on this day – Lewis John Carlino:


Lewis John Carlino


Director

Writer

January 1, 1932 – June 17, 2020

Credits:

Mechanic: Resurrection (2016); Snowangel (2013); The Mechanic (2011); Resurrection (1999); Haunted Summer (1988); Class (1983); Resurrection (1980); The Great Santini (1979); I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977); The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976); Where Have All the People Gone (1974); Doc Elliot (1973); Crazy Joe (1974); Honor Thy Father (1973); The Mechanic (1972); A Reflection of Fear (1972); In Search of America (1971); The Brick and the Rose (1970); The Brotherhood (1968); The Fox (1967); Seconds (1966); Route 66 (1960); Johnny Midnight (1960); CBS Repertoire Workshop (1960).

Born on this day – Valentina Cortese:


Valentina Courtese


Actress

January 1, 1923 – July 10, 2019

Credits:

The End (Teleteatro) (1999); The Story of a Blackcap (1993); Buster's Bedroom (1991); The Betrothed (1989); The trap (1989); The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988); Young Toscanini (1988); Facciaffittasi (1987); Blue Tango (1987); Via Montenapoleone (1987); The Ferdinanda: Sonatas für eine Medici-Villa (1981); When Time Ran Out... (1980); Ring of Darkness (1979); Le troisième couteau (1979); Anyway the cat goes to the lard ... (1978); The Cherry Orchard (1978); The Grand Duchess and the Waiters (1977); Nest De viudas (1977); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); Le grand escogriffe (1976); Nick the Sting (1976); Rose Bloomed Again (1975); Kidnap Syndicate (1975); Dracula in the Provinces (1975); My Love Don't Hurt Me (1974); The Kiss of Death (1974); The Big Scare (1974); Appassionata (1974); Day for Night (1973); The Assassination of Trotsky (1972); Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972); Chronicle of Homicide (1972); The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire (1971); The Boat on the Grass (1971); The Buddenbrooks (1971); The Love Mates (1970); First Love (1970); Give Her the Moon (1970); The Secret of Santa Vittoria (1969); Oh grandma is dead! (1969); The Killer (1969); Preliminary investigation (1968); Listen, Let's Make Love (1968); The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968); Soleil noir (1966); Juliet of the Spirits (1965); The Possessed (1965); The Great Chameleons (1964); The Visit (1964); The Evil Eye (1963); Story of San Michele (1962); Barabbas (1961); Square of Violence (1961); Béatrice ou la servante folle (1959); Love and Trouble (1958); Decision (1958); Love at First Sight (1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1951); Lux Video Theatre (1950); Kean: Genius or Scoundrel (1957); Forget My Past (1957); The Rocket from Calabuch (1956); Faccia da mascalzone (1956); Magic Fire (1955); Rheingold Theatre (1953); The Girlfriends (1955); Adriana Lecouvreur (1955); Count Aquila (1955); The Barefoot Countess (1954); Avanzi di galera (1954); The wedding (1954); Angels of Darkness (1954); The Walk (1953); Lulu (1953); Secret People (1952); The House on Telegraph Hill (1951); The Empress's Rival (1951); Shadow of the Eagle (1950); Women Without Names (1950); Malaya (1949); Thieves' Highway (1949); Black Magic (1949); The Glass Mountain (1949); Crossroads of Passion (1948); The Wandering Jew (1948); Storm over Paris (1948); Hunting to Man (1948); The King's Courier (1947); Bullet for Stefano (1947); A American on vacation (1946); Rome, Free City (1946); Who saw him? (1945); Ten Commandments (1945); Nobody Goes Back (1945); Charge of Heroes (1943); 4 Girls Dream (1943); Happy Days (1942); Fourth page (1942); Horizon of blood (1942); Only a Kiss (1942); Queen of Navarre (1942); One Lady of the West (1942); The Mocking Dinner (1942); First Love (1941); The bravo of Venice (1941); The Missing Actor (1941); Painted horizon (1941).