Sunday, March 29, 2026

Born on this day – Scott Wilson:


Scott Wilson


Actor

March 29, 1942 – October 6, 2018

Credits:

A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984); All Access Pass (2014); Art of the Interview (2015); Bark! (2002); Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006); Big Stan (2007); Blue City (1986); Bonus Content (2014); Bosch (2014–2015); Bottleworld (2009); Castle Keep (1969); Chris Hardwick's All-Star Celebrity Bowling (2012); Clay Pigeons (1998); Coastlines (2002); Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders (2017); Come Early Morning (2006); Comedy Is Pain (2009); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2001–2006); Damien (2016); Dead Man Walking (1995); Don't Let Go (2002); Dorfman in Love (2011); Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story (1993); Enlightened (2011); Face Off (2014); Femme Fatale (1991); Five (2011); Flesh and Bone (1993); For Sale by Owner (2009); G.I. Jane (1997); Geronimo: An American Legend (1993); Guide Season (2002); Guys Choice Awards 2014 (2014); Hostiles (2017); In Cold Blood (1967); In the Heat of the Night (1967); Inside the Walking Dead: Walker University (2014); Jesse (1988); Johnny Handsome (1989); Judge Dredd (1995); Junebug (2005); Justified (2011); Karen Sisco (2003); La ilegal (1979); Law & Order (2005); Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973); Malone (1987); Monster (2003); Mother (1995); On the Line (1984); Open Window (2006); Our God's Brother (1997); Our Hollywood Education (1992); Pearl Harbor (2001); Puraido: Unmei no toki (1998); Pure Luck (1991); Radio Free Albemuth (2010); Robot Chicken (2017); Saving Grace B. Jones (2009); Saving Shiloh (2006); Scott Wilson: A Different Kind of Killer (2018); Shiloh (1996); Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season (1999); Soul Survivors (1995); South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000); Talking Dead (2012–2018); Tall Tale (1995); The 17th Annual Satellite Awards (2012); The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1981); The Actor's Journey (2011); The Actor's Journey for Kids (2011); The Animal (2001); The Aviator (1985); The Cross of Iberia (1990); The Debtors (1999); The Exorcist III (1990); The Grass Harp (1995); The Great Gatsby (1974); The Grissom Gang (1971); The Gypsy Moths (1969); The Heartbreak Kid (2007); The Host (2006); The Jack Bull (1999); The Last Samurai (2003); The New Centurions (1972); The Ninth Configuration (1980); The OA (2016–2019); The Passover Plot (1976); The Playboy Morning Show (2014); The Right Stuff (1983); The Sensation of Sight (2006); The Sky Divers (1969); The Tracker (1988); The Twilight Zone / Quarantine (1986); The Walking Dead (2011–2018); The Walking Dead: Behind the Dead (2017); The Walking Dead: Cast and Creators Live at Paleyfest (2013); The Walking Dead: The Journey So Far (2016); The Way of the Gun (2000); The X-Files (2000); Young Guns II (1990).

Born on this day – Derry Power:


Derry Power


Actor

March 29, 1935 – September 5, 2025

Credits:

2nd House (1973); A Celebration of Sean O'Casey (1980); A Man of Few Words (2000); Armchair Theatre (1971); Ballykissangel (1998–1999); BBC Play of the Month (1972); BBC Sunday-Night Play (1963); Bulman (1985–1987); Cribb (1981); Disco Pigs (2001); Educating Rita (1983); Escape (1967); Falling for a Dancer (1998); Far and Away (1992); Fergus's Wedding (2002); Festival (1963–1964); Frankie Starlight (1995); Full House (1972); Hide & Seek (2006); Home Is the Hero (1959); Intermission (2003); Into the West (1992); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1971–1973); Keep It in the Family (1971); Kidnapped (1995); Le frère Irlandais (1999); Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969); Love Story (1964); Maigret (1963); Mission Top Secret (1995); Murphy's Stroke (1980); My Left Foot (1989); Never Put It in Writing (1964); People in Glass Houses (1975); Play for Today (1979); Rawhead Rex (1986); Remington Steele (1987); Rough Diamond (2007); Saltwater (2000); Screen Two (1986–1994); September (1996); Super Gran (1985); Tales from the Lazy Acre (1972); The Age of De Valera (1983); The Disappearance of Finbar (1996); The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1977–1979); The Fantasist (1986); The Government Inspector (1969); The Heart's a Wonder (1978); The Irish R.M. (1984); The Larkins (1963–1964); The Life of Reilly (1995); The Lodgers (1972); The Quare Fellow (1962); The Seventh Nocturne (1997); The Sinners (1970); The Tiger's Tail (2006); The XYY Man (1977); This Other Eden (1959); Three Wishes for Jamie (1987); Ulysses (1967); Underground (1970); Vikings (2014); Village Hall (1974); Warlords of the Deep (1978); Young Cassidy (1965); Z Cars (1964–1965).

Born on this day – Bob Haymes:


Bob Haymes


Actor

Singer

Songwriter

March 29, 1923 – January 27, 1989

Credits:

Albums:

The Complete Capitol Collection (2006); That's All: Bob Haymes Sings & Plays Bob Haymes (1984).

Songs:

Ebb Tide; No Other Love; Now At Last; Road Show; That's All; The Next Time Around; With These Hands.

Movies and television:

American Idol (2006); Around the Town (1950); Bandstand (1966); BBC Show of the Week (1967); BBC Swingin' Christmas (2010); Beautiful But Broke (1944); Beyond the Sea (2004); Blonde from Brooklyn (1945); Blondie's Lucky Day (1946); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945); Campus Hoopla (1946); Celebrity Time (1952); Days of Our Lives (2003); Everwood (2004); Fargo (2014); Ford Star Revue (1951); Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1944); Gilmore Girls (2004); Great Performances (2005); Gulliver's Space Travels: Beyond the Moon (1965); Hey, Rookie (1944); Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999); Is Everybody Happy? (1943); It's a Business (1952); It's a Living (1988); It's Great to Be Young (1946); Mark Bautista: That's All (2013); Monkey Shines (1988); Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944); Sailor's Holiday (1944); Sex and the City (1999); Sing While You Dance (1946); So Dear to My Heart (1948); So You Think You Can Dance (2013); Sois jeune et tais-toi (2003); Songs for Sale (1951); Swing Out the Blues (1943); Television Screen Magazine (1946–1949); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1963); The Gentleman Misbehaves (1946); The Impatient Years (1944); The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1960); The Money Jungle (1967); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1956–1958); The Wedding Singer (1998); Tootsie (1982); Tubby Hayes: A Man in a Hurry (2015); Two Señoritas from Chicago (1943); Variety Views, #116 (1943); Village Barn (1948–1949); We, the People (1949).

Born on this day – Eileen Heckart:


Eileen Heckart


Actress

March 29, 1919 – December 31, 2001

Credits:

8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2002); A Doll's House (1959); Alfred Hitchcock in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); Alice (1976); All the Way Home (1971); Annie McGuire (1988–1989); Backstairs at the White House (1979); Banyon (1972); Barnaby Jones (1974); Ben Casey (1963); Breathing Lessons (1994); Broadway Legends (2002); Burnt Offerings (1976); Bus Stop (1956); Butterflies Are Free (1972); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1954); CBS Playhouse (1968); Corwin (1969); Cybill (1996–1998); Danger (1952); Dr. Kildare (1962); Ellen (1997); F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980); Flying High (1978); Games Mother Never Taught You (1982); Girl Talk (1967); Gloria (1983); Goodyear Playhouse (1953–1955); Gunsmoke (1965–1969); Hawaii Five-O (1975); Headliners & Legends (1998–2008); Heartbreak Ridge (1986); Heller in Pink Tights (1960); Highway to Heaven (1985); Home Improvement (1997); Hot Spell (1958); Josh, the Logan Legend (1986); Justice (1954); Kraft Theatre (1949–1957); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949–1955); Lily (1974); Little House on the Prairie (1979); Lou Grant (1980); Love & War (1993–1994); Love Story (1973); Lux Video Theatre (1950–1951); Miracle in the Rain (1956); Morning Maggie (1987); Murder One (1996); My Six Loves (1963); Naked City (1962–1963); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1951); New York Television Theatre (1966); Nine to Five (1987); No Way to Treat a Lady (1968); One Life to Live (1986–1992); Out of the Blue (1979); Out There (1951); Partners in Crime (1984); Play of the Week (1960–1961); Playhouse 90 (1959); Ponds Theater (1954); Rhoda (1976); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950); Seize the Day (1986); Short Short Dramas (1952); Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956); Stephen King's Golden Tales / Segment: Do Not Open This Box (1985); Stuck with Each Other (1989); Studio One (1950–1957); Suddenly, Love (1978); Sunshine Christmas (1977); Suspense (1949–1952); Switch (1976); Table Settings (1982); Tales from the Darkside (1988); The 24th Annual Tony Awards (1970); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1994); The 5 Mrs. Buchanans (1994–1995); The 5:48 (1979); The 54th Annual Tony Awards (2000); The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002); The Alcoa Hour (1957); The Bad Seed (1956); The Big Black Pill (1981); The Big Story (1951); The Cosby Show (1987); The Defenders (1964); The Doctors and the Nurses (1965); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Ellen Burstyn Show (1986); The F.B.I. (1965); The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974); The Felony Squad (1966); The First Wives Club (1996); The Ford Theatre Hour (1950); The Fugitive (1964–1967); The Hiding Place (1975); The Honeymooners (1977 / 1978); The Little Foxes (1956); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1975–1976); The Merv Griffin Show (1967); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1977); The New Breed (1961); The Recovery Room (1985); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); The Suzanne Somers Show (1994); The Tree (1969); The Trip to Bountiful (1953); The Victim (1972); The Web (1951); To Tell the Truth (1968); Trapper John, M.D. (1981–1984); Trauma Center (1983); Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story (1993); Ultimate Betrayal (1994); Up the Down Staircase (1967); Wedding Band (1974); White Mama (1980); Windows (1955); Zandy's Bride (1974).

Born on this day – Mary Mayberry:


Mary Mayberry


Actress

March 29, 1907 – May 4, 1972

Credits:

A Blonde's Revenge (1926); A Dozen Socks (1927); A Small Town Princess (1927); Broke in China (1927); By Golly! (1920); Captain Careless (1928); Catalina, Here I Come (1927); Crazy to Act (1927); Dabbling in Art (1921); Daddy Boy (1927); Dog Law (1928); Gold Digger of Weepah (1927); Headin' Westward (1929); Home Talent (1921); Lightning Speed (1928); Midnight Daddies (1930); Restless Youth (1928); Smith's Army Life (1928); Smith's Holiday (1928); Smith's Modiste Shop (1927); Smith's Picnic (1926); Smith's Pony (1927); Smith's Restaurant (1928); Texas Tommy (1928); The Bargain Hunt (1928); The Beach Club (1928); The Best Man (1928); The Bull Fighter (1927); The College Kiddo (1927); The Godless Girl (1928); The Golf Nut (1927); The Jolly Jilter (1927); The Law of the Mounted (1928); The Law's Lash (1928); The Manhattan Cowboy (1928).

Born on this day – Mary Johnson:


Mary Johnson


Blues singer

Accordionist

Songwriter

March 29, 1898 – July 20, 1983

Credits:

Album shown above:

Mary Johnson: Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 1929-1936.

Track list:

Muddy Creek Blues; Room Rent Blues; Black Men Blues; Western Union Blues; Dream Daddy Blues; Barrel House Flat Blues; Key To The Mountain Blues; Three Months Ago Blues; Dawn Of Day Blues; Friendless Gal Blues; Death Cell Blues; Morning Sun Blues; No Good Town Blues; Rattlesnake Blues; Mary Johnson Blues; Those Black Man Blues; Peepin’ At The Risin’ Sun; Deceitful Woman Blues; Black Gal Blues; Delmar Avenue; I Just Can’t Take It.

Edgar Allan Poe, on writing:


Through joy and through sorrow, I wrote.
Through hunger and through thirst, I wrote.
Through good report and through ill report, I wrote.
Through sunshine and through moonshine, I wrote ...

- Edgar Allan Poe.