On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 26.
Episode entitled: Ghost Town.
Released March 27, 1959.
Directed by John Brahm.
Written by Jack Laird, Lawrence Resner, John Francis Larkin and Boris Ingster.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Alan Marshal, Sally Todd, John Herman Shaner, Maggie McCarter, Charles Herbert, Bill Baldwin, Sid Melton.

Born on this day – John Saint Ryan:

John Saint Ryan

Actor

Horse trainer

Equestrian

Stunt man

March 27, 1953 – April 3, 2025

Credits:

A Small Problem (1987); American Cyborg: Steel Warrior (1993); Babylon 5 (1995); Bad Cat (2015); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2000); CIA II: Target Alexa (1993); Coronation Street (1987–1994); Cover-Up (1991); Crusade (1999); Cybill (1997); Dark Skies (1997); Delta Force 3: The Killing Game (1991); Emmerdale Farm (1987); EZ Streets (1996–1997); Floodtide (1987); G.B.H. (1983); Gargoyles (1995–1996); General Hospital (1963); Gunpowder (1986); Into the Darkness (1993); Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater (1995); L.A. Heat (1997); M.A.N.T.I.S. (1995); MacGyver (1986); Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow (2023); Medicine Man (1992); Murder, She Wrote (1995); No Greater Love (1995); Out of the Wild (2019); Players (1998); Revolution (2012); Roar (1997); Roar: The Making of (1997); Scene (1986); Screen Two (1989); SeaQuest 2032 (1993); Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994); Target Eve Island (1983); The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1999); The Agency (2001); The Assassinator (1992); The Butcher (2009); The Eye of Satan (1992); The Heidi Chronicles (1995); The Sharp End (1991); The Sweeper (1996); The Twilight Zone / Segment: The Storyteller (1986); The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992); Wipe Out (1988).

Born on this day – Maria Ewing:

Maria Ewing

Opera singer

Soprano

March 27, 1950 – January 9, 2022

Credits:

Albums:

Carmen (2010); Don Giovanni (1984); From This Moment On (1990); La damoiselle elue; Iberia; Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune (1987); Pelléas et Mélisande (1992); Shéhérazade:  Alborada del gracioso; Ma mère l'oye; La valse; L'éventail de Jeanne - Fanfare; La vallée des cloches (1991).

Movies and television:

Carmen (1985–1989); Carmen by Georges Bizet (1991); Cosi fan tutte (1978); Dido and Aeneas (1995); Grâce à la musique (1980); Great Performances (1984–1995); La Périchole (1982); L'incoronazione di Poppea (1984); Salome (1992); The Barber of Seville (1981); The Marriage of Figaro (1976); The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1987); The South Bank Show (1997); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem (1988).

Born on this day – Art Evans:

Art Evans

Actor

March 27, 1942 – December 21, 2024

Credits:

227 (1988); A Different World (1990–1991); A Fond Little Memory (1991); A Hill of Our Own (1996); A House Divided (2019); A Soldier's Story (1984); A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story (2022); Adventures in Babysitting (1989); After All (1999); Alien Rising (2013); Always Outnumbered (1998); Amazing Grace (1974); American Playhouse (1984); Anderson's Cross (2010); Beauty and the Baller (2017); Between Two Brothers (1982); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / Segment: They Towed My Car (1998); Big Time (1977); Bitter Harvest (1993); Boys Klub (2001); Bushwhacked (1995); CB4 (1993); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1993); Chico and the Man (1976); Christine (1983); Church (2010); City of Angels (2000); Class Reunion (1982); Claudine (1974); Deadly Rhapsody (2001); Death Wish (1974); Die Hard 2 (1990); Doogie Howser, M.D. (1990); Downtown (1990); Dream On (1995); Ellen Bond Secret Agent (2018); Enos (1981); Everybody Hates Chris (2007); Family Matters (1994); First Family (1980); Forcin' the Blues (2011); Fright Night (1985); Fun with Dick and Jane (1977); Gas (2004); Handsome Harry's (1985); Hill Street Blues (1981–1984); House Under Siege (2010); I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979); In the Heat of the Night (1990); Interstate 60 (2002); Into the Night (1985); iSteve (2013); Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986); King (1978); L.A. Heat (1997); Last Man Standing (2011); Leadbelly (1976); Lincoln Heights (2007–2009); Long Time Gone (1986); Love That Girl! (2014); M*A*S*H (1979); Machete Joe (2010); Mad About You (1992); Maximum Security (1984); Metro (1997); Midnight Caller (1991); Minstrel Man (1977); Moe's World (1992); Mom (1990); Monk (2006); Mr. Payback: An Interactive Movie (1995); Murder Was the Case: The Movie / Segment: Natural Born Killaz (1995); Native Son (1986); Never Die Alone (2004); Nine to Five (1986–1988); Orphaned (2018); Performance (2008); Police Woman (1976); Pretend Time (2010); Real Husbands of Hollywood (2022); Revenge of the Nerds (1991); Roc (1994); Roddy McDowall: From Apes to Bats (2016); Roosevelt and Truman (1977); Ruthless People (1986); School Daze (1988); Seduced (1985); Shades of Ray (2008); Sisters (1972); Skag (1980); So Little Time (2001); Some Kind of Miracle (1979); Sonny Listening (2002); Stevie Wonder: Go Home (1985); Tales from the Hood (1995); Testify (2006); The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979); The Boy Who Drank Too Much (1980); The Breaks (1999); The Cheapest Movie Ever Made (2000); The Cracker Factory (1979); The Fall Guy (1983); The Finishing Touch (1992); The Great White Hype (1996); The In-Laws (1979); The Main Event (1979); The Mighty Quinn (1989); The Orphan and the Dude (1975); The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (2022–2023); The Sarah Silverman Program. (2010); The Script (2002); The Seduction of Gina (1984); The Story of Us (1999); The Watermelon Heist (2003); The X-Files (2000); Trespass (1992); Tuff Turf (1985); Us Against Them (1997); Walker, Texas Ranger (1996); We Are Family (2012); What Is Fright Night? (2016); White of the Eye (1987); World War III (1982); Wrong Is Right (1982); Young Cesar (2007); Youngblood (1978); You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night (2016).

Born on this day – Anne Ramsey:

Anne Ramsey

Actress

March 27, 1929 – August 11, 1988

Credits:

Homer and Eddie (1989); Meet the Hollowheads (1989); Scrooged (1988); The River Pirates (1988); Doctor Hackenstein (1988); Another Chance (1988); ALF (1988); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1988); The 60th Annual Academy Awards (1988); The New Hollywood Squares (1988); Hour Magazine (1988); The 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1988); Throw Momma from the Train (1987); Trying Times (1987); Weeds (1987); Love at Stake (1987); Deadly Friend: Deleted Scenes (1986); Deadly Friend (1986); Say Yes (1986); Knight Rider (1986); Night Court (1985); Hill Street Blues (1985); The Making of 'the Goonies' (1985); The Goonies (1985); Family Ties (1984); The Killers (1984); Murder, She Wrote (1984); Getting Physical (1984); The Seduction of Gina (1984); Manimal (1983); Three's Company (1983); Herndon (1983); I Want to Live (1983); Laverne & Shirley (1979–1982); Class Reunion (1982); Cassie & Co. (1982); Marian Rose White (1982); A Small Killing (1981); Honky Tonk Freeway (1981); The Killing of Randy Webster (1981); Any Which Way You Can (1980); Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980); Cheaper to Keep Her (1980); The Black Marble (1980); White Mama (1980); CHiPs (1979); Blind Ambition (1979); When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979); Starsky and Hutch (1979); The Gift of Love (1978); ABC Afterschool Specials (1978); Goin' South (1978); Little House on the Prairie (1978); Wonder Woman (1975–1977); Fun with Dick and Jane (1977); The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976); Johnny Staccato (1976); Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway (1976); Charlie's Angels (1976); From Noon Till Three (1976); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976); The Law (1974); Columbo (1973–1974); For Pete's Sake (1974); Rhinoceros (1974); The Third Girl from the Left (1973); Banyon (1972); Up the Sandbox (1972); Ironside (1972); The New Centurions (1972); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1971); The Sporting Club (1971).

Born on this day – Robert Lockwood Jr.:

Robert Lockwood Jr.

Blues guitarist

March 27, 1915 – November 21, 2006

Credits:

Albums:

Angel Child: Robert Lockwood Jr. Live in Concert (2012); Black Spider Blues (2015); Blues Elite: Best Of Robert Lockwood Jr. (Live) (2015); Blues Live in Japan! (1976); Blues Nights (2012); Contrasts (1993); Delta Crossroads (2000); Electric Blues: Robert Lockwood Jr. In Concert (2012); I Got to Find Me a Woman (1998); Johnny Shines & Robert Lockwood (1980); Just the Blues (1999); Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live in Dallas (2007); Little Boy Blue (2024); Mississippi Blues (1935-1951) (2022); Mississippi Blues Vol. 4 (2007); Presenting Robert Lockwood, Jr. (1938); Ramblin' On My Mind (1982); Ramblin' On My Mind (Blues Reference) [recorded in France 1982] (1982); Robert Jr. Lockwood does 12 (1996); Robert Jr. Lockwood plays Robert and Robert (1982); Robert Lockwood Jr., Live 1984 New Orleans (2015); Steady Rollin' Man (1973); Sweet Home Chicago (2012); Swings in Tokyo: Live at the Park Tower Blues Festival (1996); Take A Walk With Me (2022); The Blues Of (2004); The Complete Trix Recordings (1999); The Legend Live (2004).

Songs:

Aw Aw Baby; Big Legged Woman; Black Spider Blues; Blues and Trouble; Bring It On Home; C.C. Rider; Can't Stand the Pain; Driving Wheel; Dust My Broom; Everyday I Have The Blues; Exactly Like You; Feel Like Blowing My Horn; Hangin' On; How Long Blues; I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole; In The Evening; Keys To The Highway; King Biscuit Time; Little Boy Blue; Little Boy Blues; Little Queen Of Spades; Mean Black Spider; Mean Mistreater Mama; Mean Red Spider; Mr. Down Child; Sweet Home Chicago; Take a Little Walk; Take a Walk with Me; This Little Girl Of Mine; Walkin' Blues; Western Horizon; Worst Old Feeling.

Movies and television:

All Tied Up (1993); American Epic (2017); Blues Like Showers of Rain (1970); Blues Story (2003); Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson (1997); Flipping (1996); Forever (2014); Hellhounds on My Trail: The Afterlife of Robert Johnson (2000); Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina (2003); The Arrival (1996); The Kennedy Center Presents: A Tribute to Muddy Waters: King of the Blues (1998).

Born on this day – Leroy Carr:

Leroy Carr

Blues singer

Songwriter

Pianist

March 27, 1904 – April 29, 1935

Credits:

Albums:

(1930-1958) Remaining Titles & Alternate Takes (1989); A City Man (2015); A Summer Sky Shines (2015); ABC Of The Blues Vol 7 (2010); American Blues Legend (2006); Another Side of Leroy Carr (2023); Bad Liquor Blues (2020); Blues Before Sunrise (1960); Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 4: 1932–1934 (1992); Florida (2018); Hard Time Blues (2006); Hurry Down Sunshine (1995); I Keep the Blues (2018); It's Just a Rag! The Mighty Piano of Leroy Carr (2020); Leroy Carr Maestro (2015); Leroy Carr Sings Vintage Blues (2013); Leroy Carr Vol. 1 (1928-1929) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 2 (1929-1930) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 3 (1930-1932) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 4 (1932-1934) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 5 (1934) (2005); Leroy Carr Vol. 6 (1934-1935) (2005); Let's Spend an Evening with Leroy Carr (2020); Midnight Hour Blues (2021); Mr. Scrapper's Blues (1962); Naptown Blues 1929-1934 (1983); Presenting Leroy Carr (1928); Prison Bound Blues (2004); Rocks In My Bed (2016); Tennessee Bluesman (2020); The Blues Collective -Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell (2023); The Blues of Leroy Carr 2011); The Essential (2002); The Essential Leroy Carr (2014); The Piano Blues 1930-1935 (2014); The Piano Blues Vol. 2: 1929-1935 (2014); Tonight in Time (2015); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD A (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD B (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD C (2008); Volume 1: "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone", CD D (2008); When The Sun Goes Down 1934-1941 (2011); Whiskey Is My Habit, Good Women Is All I Crave: The Best Of Leroy Carr (2004).

Songs:

Alabama Women Blues; Barrel House Woman; Blues Before Sunrise; Christmas in Jail - Ain't That a Pain; Don't Start No Stuff; E Blues; Four Day Rider; George Street Blues; Goin' Where the Monon Crosses the Yellow Dog; How Long - How Long Blues; How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone; Kokomo Blues; Let's Disagree; Little Boy Blue; Low Down Dog Blues; Mean Mistreater Mama No. 2; Midnight Hour Blues; My Own Lonesome Blues; Naptown Blues; Papa's on the House Top; Penal Farm Blues; Prison Bound Blues; Shady Lane; Six Cold Feet in the Ground; Six Cold Feet of Ground; Sloppy Drunk Blues; Straight Alky Blues, Pt. 1; Straight Alky Blues, Pt. 2; Suicide Blues; That's All Right for You; Trouble Blues, Part 2; When the Sun Goes Down.