Born on this day – Piers Haggard:

Piers Haggard

Director

March 18, 1939 – January 11, 2023

Credits:

1st Annual Directors Guild of Great Britain DGGB Awards (2004); Armchair Theatre (1967–1974); Armchair 30 (1973); Against the Crowd (1975); A Summer Story (1988); A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010); A Divorce (1976); Back Home (1989); BBC Play of the Month (1976); BBC2 Playhouse (1981); Big Bad World (1999–2001); Blow Up of Blow Up (2016); Blow-Up (1966); Callan (1967–1970); Callan: This Man Alone (2015); Centrepoint (1990); Churchill's People (1975); Close Up (1998); Cold Enough for Snow (1997); Conquest (1998); Four Eyes and Six-Guns (1992); Interview Day (1996); ITV Playhouse (1968–1969); Love for Lydia (1977); Love Story (1973); Lucia di Lammermoor (1977); Man at the Top (1971); Marvelous Party! (1969); McCready and Daughter (2001); Objects of Affection (1982); Pennies from Heaven (1978); Play for Today (1971–1984); Public Eye (1966–1971); Quatermass (1979); Return to Treasure Island (1986); Romance (1977); Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1996 / 1997); Sam Found Out: A Triple Play (1988); Screen Two (1985–1987); She'll Take Romance (1990); Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1967); Six Days of Justice (1973); Space Precinct (1995); The 50 Greatest Television Dramas (2007); The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971); The Estrogen Gospel (2024); The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980); The Fulfillment of Mary Gray (1989); The Ghost of Peter Sellers (2018); The Hunt (2001); The Jazz Age (1968); The Lifeforce Experiment (1994); The Love School (1975); The Newcomers (1966); The Quatermass Conclusion (1979); The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971); The Shell Seekers (2006); The Velvet Glove (1977); The Wednesday Play (1970); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965–1971); Tigon Tales of Terror (2005); Touching the Devil: The Making of 'Blood on Satan's Claw' (2004); Venom (1981); Waters of the Moon (1983); Wedding Night (1969); Who's Afraid of Opera? (1972); Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021); Zodiac (1974).

Born on this day – John Updike:

John Updike

Writer

March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009

Credits:

Books:

40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology (2000); 50 Great American Short Stories (1963); A Halloween Treat (2012); A Helpful Alphabet of Friendly Objects (1995); A Month of Sundays (1974); A&P (1961); Always Looking (2012); Americana (2001); Assorted Prose (1965); Baseball: a Literary Anthology (2002); Bech at Bay (1998); Bech Is Back (1982); Bech: A Book (1970); Brazil (1994); Buchanan Dying (1974); Classic Erotic Tales (2002); Collected Early Stories (2013); Collected Later Stories (2013); Collected Poems, 1953-1993 (1993); Couples (1968); Deadly Sins (1994); Due Considerations (2007); Endpoint and Other Poems (2009); Facing Nature (1985); First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994); FIRST WORDS: Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors (2009); Friends from Philadelphia and Other Stories (1995); Gertrude and Claudius (2000); Golf Dreams (1996); Great Baseball Stories (1990); Higher Gossip (2011); Hoping for a Hoopoe (2020); Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu (2010); Hugging the Shore (1983); In Love with a Wanton (2020); In the Beauty of the Lilies (1996); Just Looking (1989); Licks of Love (2000); Licks of Love (2000); Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1 (1994); Listening for God, Vol. 2 (1996); Listening for God, Vol. 2 (1996); Listening for God, Vol. 3 (2000); Listening For God, Vol. 4 (2002); Magic Flute (1962); Marry Me (1971); Memories of the Ford Administration (1992); Midpoint and Other Poems (1969); More Matter (1999); More Stately Mansions (1987); Museums and Women and Other Stories (1972); My Father's Tears and Other Stories (2009); My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me (2010); Odd Jobs (1991); Of the Farm (1965); Olinger Stories (1964); Our Mothers' Spirits: Great Writers on the Death of Mothers and the Grief of Men (1997); Picked-Up Pieces (1975); Pigeon Feathers and Other Stories (1961); Points of View (1956); Prize Stories 1970: The O. Henry Awards (1970); Problems and Other Stories (1979); Rabbit at Rest (1990); Rabbit Is Rich (1981); Rabbit Redux (1971); Rabbit, Run (1960); Reel Verse: Poems about the Movies (2019); Rich In Russia (2011); Roger's Version (1986); S. (1988); Seek My Face (2002); Selected Poems (2015); Self-Consciousness (1989); Seventy Poems (1972); Still Looking (2005); Telephone Poles and Other Poems (1963); Ten Modern American Short Stories (1965); Terrorist (2007); The Afterlife and Other Stories (1994); The Alligators (1989); The Beastly Baby (1995); The Best American Erotica 2006 (2006); The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 (1999); The Best American Short Stories 1984 (1984); The Best American Short Stories 1991 (1991); The Best American Short Stories 2001 (2001); The Best American Short Stories of the Century (2000); The Blue Aspic (1968); The Carpentered Hen (1982); The Centaur (1963); The Coup (1978); The Dance of the Solids (1969); The Doubtful Guest (1957); The Early Stories (2003); The Eleventh Episode (1971); The Fatal Lozenge (1961); The Glorious Nosebleed (1974); The Literary Traveller (1994); The Lost Lions (1973); The Maples Stories (1980); The Music School (1966); The New Granta Book of the American Short Story (2007); The Object-Lesson (1958); The Osbick Bird (1970); The Other Statue (1968); The Oxford Book of American Short Stories (1992); The Poorhouse Fair (1958); The Remembered Visit (1965); The Same Door, Short Stories (1959); The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces (1992); The Sinking Spell (1964); The Sopping Thursday (1971); The Twelve Terrors of Christmas (1994); The Twelve Terrors of Christmas (1994); The Utter Zoo (1967); The Widows of Eastwick (2008); The Witches of Eastwick (1984); The Women Who Got Away (2007); Thoughtful Alphabets (2012); Three Trips (2005); Too Far to Go (1979); Tossing and Turning (1977); Toward the End of Time (1997); Trust Me (1987); Valentine Generation And Other Stories (1981); Villages (2004); Wonderful Town (2000); Writers on Writing (2001); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018); Your Lover Just Called (1980).

Movies and television:

A & P (1996); American Playhouse (1988); Apostrophes (1986); Charlie Rose in Charlie Rose (2000); Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey (1991); Eastwick (2002–2010); Good Morning America (1992); Great Conversations (1999); Gyere hozzám feleségül (1987); James Thurber: The Life and Hard Times (2000); John Updike: In His Own Words (1997); LeseZeichen (1999); Práve volal tvuj milenec (1989); Rabbit, Run (1970); Rain Is Grace, Rain Is the Sky Descending to the Earth (2017); Release (1968); Review (1972); Saturday Review (1987); Ted Williams: There Goes the Greatest Hitter That Ever Lived (2009); The Book Programme (1976–1980); The Century: America's Time (1999); The David Frost Show (1969–1970); The Dick Cavett Show (1981); The Music School (1974); The Roommate / The Christian Roommates (1984); The Simpsons (2000); The Witches of Eastwick (1987); The Witches of Eastwick (1992); This Week (2006); Today (1986); Too Far to Go (1979); Top Hat and Tales: Harold Ross and the Making of the New Yorker (2001); Upon Reflection (1989);

Born on this day – Peter Graves:

Peter Graves

Actor

March 18, 1926 – March 14, 2010

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1967); 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2006); 300 Miles for Stephanie (1981); 7th Heaven (1997–2007); A Man of Many Ideas (1954); A Rage to Live (1965); A Stranger in My Arms (1959); Addams Family Values (1993); AFI Life Achievement Award (1986); Airplane II: The Sequel (1982); Airplane! (1980); Airplane: Long-Haul Version (2005); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); American Dad! (2007); An Evening at the Improv (1981); Angels in the Outfield (1951); Bayou (1957); Beginning of the End (1957); Behind the Legend: Timon (2004); Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953); Best of Friends (1981); Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (1995); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1954); Biography (1987–2011); Biography International (1998); Black Tuesday (1954); Branded (1966); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979); Burke's Law (1995); Call to Danger (1968–1973); Canyon River (1956); Cavalcade of America (1956); CBS at 75 (2003); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Chevron Theatre (1953); Cimarron City (1959); Climax! (1957–1958); Cold Case (2006); Court Martial (1965–1966); Daniel Boone (1966); Darkstar: The Interactive Movie (2010); Dead Man on the Run (1975); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Dennis Weaver (1976); Dean's Place (1976); Death Car on the Freeway (1979); Death in Small Doses (1957); Diagnosis Murder (1997–1999); Dinah Shore: In Search of the Ideal Man (1973); Dinah! (1975–1976); Discover: The World of Science (with Peter Graves) (1983); East of Sumatra (1953); Fantasy Island (1978–1983); Fireside Theatre (1953–1955); Fort Defiance (1951); Fort Yuma (1955); Fox Mystery Theater (1984); Funny Face (1971); Fury (1955–1960); Gloria Swanson: The Greatest Star (1997); Golden Globes 50th Anniversary Celebration (1994); Gruen Guild Theater (1952); Gunsmoke (1956); Harrison Ford: The Reluctant Hero (1998); Here's Hollywood (1961); High Seas Hijack (1977); Hold Back the Night (1956); House (2005); House of Mouse / How to Be a Spy (2001); House on Haunted Hill (1999); If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium (1987); It Conquered the World (1956); Jack's Family Adventure (2010); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2009); Killers from Space (1954); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); Laredo (1966); Las Vegas Beat (1961); Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust (2009); Lesley Ann Warren: A Cinderella Story (2000); Life with Lucy (1986); Lux Video Theatre (1957); Mad Mission 3: Our Man from Bond Street (1984); Magic at the Roxy (1976); Matinee Theatre (1956); Matt and Jenny (1980); Men in Black II (2002); Mickey Mouse Works (1999); Minoriteam (2006); Mission: Impossible (1967–1990); Mr. Kingston (1964); Murder, She Wrote (1984); Northern Lights (1993); Number One with a Bullet (1987); Other People, Other Places (1973); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Pioneers of Television (2011); Premiere (1968); Red Planet Mars (1952); Robbers' Roost (1955); Rogue River (1951); Route 66 (1962); Run for Your Life (1966); Savannah Smiles (1982); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Scream of the Wolf (1974); Sergeant Ryker (1968); Sidecar Racers (1975); Simon & Simon (1981); Solid Gold (1987); SST: Death Flight (1977); Stalag 17 (1953); Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty (1980); Studio 57 (1954); Studio One (1956); Super Secret Movie Rules (2004); Survival Run (1979); Texas Across the River (1966); The 12th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1970); The 19th Annual CableACE Awards (1997); The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1971); The 31st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1974); The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985); The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1997); The 5-Man Army (1969); The Alan Hamel Show (1980); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The All New Truth or Consequences (1966); The All Star Spangled Mission (1973); The Angry Beavers (1998); The Ballad of Josie (1967); The Bob Braun Show (1971); The Bobby Vinton Show (1976); The Carol Burnett Show (1970); The Clonus Horror (1979); The Congregation (1952); The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955); The Daily Show (1998); The David Frost Show (1972); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Telly Savalas (1974); The Dean Martin Show (1968–1971); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955); The F.B.I. (1967); The Factor (2007); The Farmer's Daughter (1964); The Florence Henderson Show (2009); The Gift of the Magi (1978); The Golden Girls (1991); The Great Adventure (1964); The Guns and the Fury (1981); The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1972); The Invaders (1967); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Jonathan Winters Show (1968); The Law and Harry McGraw (1987); The Long Gray Line (1955); The Love Boat (1978–1987); The Magical World of Disney (1966–1978); The Making of 'War & Remembrance' (2004); The Man Who Tore Down the Wall (1955); The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980); The Merv Griffin Show (1969); The Mike Douglas Show (1968–1980); The Millionaire (1956); The Mysterious Monsters (1975); The Naked Street (1955); The Night of the Hunter (1955); The Official Walkthrough of Darkstar (2010); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1954); The President's Plane Is Missing (1973); The Raid (1954); The Rebels (1979); The Red Skelton Hour (1969); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1977); The Tehran Incident (1979); The Tim Conway Comedy Hour (1970); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2007); The Underground Man (1974); The Unexplained: Witches, Werewolves & Vampires (1994); The Virginian (1964); The Winds of War (1983); The Winds of War: Making 'The Winds of War' (2004); The Yellow Tomahawk (1954); These Old Broads (2001); This Is Your Life (1971–1972); This Morning (1998); Today (2008); TV Reader's Digest (1955); Under the Law: Arrest and Seize (1973); Up Front (1951); Valley of Mystery (1967); Valley of the Old Ones (1974); War and Remembrance (1988); War Paint (1953); What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar (2009); Where Have All the People Gone (1974); Where's Raymond? (1953); Whiplash (1960–1961); Whiplash / Listen to the Beat (1961); Wichita (1955); Winning Your Wings (1942); With You in Spirit (2003); Wolf Larsen (1958); You Are the Jury (1987); Your Favorite Story (1954); Your Play Time (1954).

Born on this day – Robert Donat:

Robert Donat

Actor

Director

Writer

March 18, 1905 – June 9, 1958

Credits:

Compression (2024); El lado oscuro (2024); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); Discovering Film (2020); The Oscars Library: A Tribute to the Academy Awards (2019); Hitchcock Confidential (2019); The First Film (2015); A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009); 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009); Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock (2009); Living Famously (2003); Hitchcock: The Early Years (1999); 100 Years at the Movies (1994); Best of British (1987); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); The British Greats (1980); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972); The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958); Kraft Theatre (1956); Lease of Life (1954); The Magic Box (1951); The Cure for Love (1949); The Winslow Boy (1948); Captain Boycott (1947); Vacation from Marriage (1945); The New Lot (1943); The Adventures of Tartu (1943); The Young Mr. Pitt (1942); Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939); The Citadel (1938); Knight Without Armor (1937); The Ghost Goes West (1935); The 39 Steps (1935); The Count of Monte Cristo (1934); The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933); For Love or Money (1933); Over Night (1932); Men of Tomorrow (1932); The Cure for Love (1949); Alexander Korda, Kt (1956); Korda Interviews (1956); The Stained Glass at Fairford (1956); Royal Heritage (1952); Some of the Best (1944); Twenty Years After (1944); The Miracle of Sound (1940); Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940).

Born on this day – Margaret Culkin Banning:

Margaret Culkin Banning

Writer

March 18, 1891 – January 4, 1982

Credits:

Books:

A Handmaid of the Lord (1924); A New Design for the Defense Decade (1951 / 1952); A Week in New York (1941); Conduct Yourself Accordingly (1944); Country Club People (1923); Echo Answers (1960); Enough To Live On (1941); Fallen Away (1951); Give Us Our Years (1950); Half Loaves (1921); His Side Of It (1931); I Took My Love to the Country (1966); Letters from England, Summer 1942 (1943); Letters to Susan (1936); Lifeboat Number Two (1971); Mesabi (1969); Mixed Marriage (1930); Money Of Her Own (1928); Path of True Love (1933); Prelude To Love (1930); Pressure (1927); Rich Girl, Poor Girl (1928); Salud! A South American Journal (1941); Spellbinders (1922); Such Interesting People (1979); The Case for Chastity (1937); The Convert (1957); The Dowry (1955); The First Woman (1935); The Iron Will (1936); The Minnesota Arrowhead Country (1941); The Quality of Mercy (1963); The Splendid Torments (1976); The Third Son (1934); The Vine and The Olive (1964); The Will of Magda Townsend (1974); The Women of the Family (1926); This Marrying (1920); Too Young To Marry (1938); Women for Defense (1942); You Haven’t Changed (1938).

Movies and television:

Matinee Theatre (1956); Woman Against Woman (1938).

Introvert humor:

Judy Blume, on writing:

The best books come from someplace inside.

You don't write because you want to, but because you have to.

- Judy Blume.