Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Born on this day – Charles Cyphers:


Charles Cyphers


Actor

July 28, 1939 – August 4, 2024

Credits:

21 Jump Street (1988); A Force of One (1979); Aaron's Way (1988); Airwolf (1984); Alice (1978); Any Day Now (1999); Assault on Precinct 13 (1976); Barnaby Jones (1973–1977); Benson (1982); Big Bad Mama II (1987); Borderline (1980); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1998); California Dreams (1994); Cannon (1972–1973); Celebrity Chatter and Things that Matter with Elijah (2023); Charlie's Angels (1977); China Beach (1988); Coming Home (1978); Cool Breeze (1972); Cousin Skeeter (2001); Critical Mass (2001); Dallas (1987); Dead Calling (2006); Deadly Games (1995); Death Wish II (1982); Deatherman (2012); Dog and Cat (1977); Dragnet (1989); Elvis (1979); ER (1995); Escape from New York (1981); FBI: The Untold Stories (1993); Freddy's Nightmares (1989); Friendly Fire (1979); Gibbsville (1976); Gleaming the Cube (1989); Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (2006); Gray Lady Down (1978); Grizzly II: Revenge (1983); Halloween (1978); Halloween II (1981); Halloween Kills (2021); Halloween: 25 Years of Terror (2006); 'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest (2003); Halloween: The Inside Story (2010); Halloween: The Shape of Horror (2006); Hardball (1994); Hart to Hart (1981); Hill Street Blues (1985–1987); Honkytonk Man (1982); Hunter's Blood (1986); Hyperion Bay (1998); JAG (1995); Jake and the Fatman (1989); Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983); Loaded Weapon 1 (1993); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993); Lou Grant (1979); MacArthur (1977); Mach 2 (2000); Major League (1989); Mancuso, FBI (1989); Matlock (1986); Memorial Day (1983); Methodic (2007); Murder in the First (1995); Murder One (1996); Murder, She Wrote (1991); Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher (1996–1998); Night Court (1988); Our House (1987); Our Town (1977); Pensacola: Wings of Gold (1998); Phyllis (1976); Renegade (1993); Rituals (1984–1995); Roc (1991–1992); Roots (1977); Santa Barbara (1987); SeaQuest 2032 (1994); Seinfeld (1995); Simon & Simon (1987); Sliders (1995); Someone's Watching Me! (1978); Starsky and Hutch (1976–1979); The Betty White Show (1977–1978); The Bionic Woman (1976); The Dukes of Hazzard (1979–1984); The Executioner's Song (1982); The F.B.I. (1973); The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974); The Fog (1980); The George Carlin Show (1994); The George Wendt Show (1995); The Manhunter (1974); The Missiles of October (1974); The Night She Came Home!! (2013); The Onion Field (1979); The Outsiders (1990); The Quest (1982); The Secrets of Isis (1975); The Six Million Dollar Man (1976); The Slams (1973); The Tony Randall Show (1977); The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977); Truck Turner (1974); Vigilante Force (1976); Wonder Woman (1977).

Born on this day – Brian May:


Brian May

Composer

Conductor

July 28, 1934 – April 25, 1997

Born on this day – Darryl Hickman:


Darryl Hickman


Actor

Writer

Television executive

Acting coach

July 28, 1931 – May 22, 2024

Credits:

87th Precinct (1961); A Kiss for Corliss (1949); A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988); A Year at the Top (1977); ABC's Nightlife (1965); Aftermath: A Test of Love (1991); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957); Alias Nick Beal (1949); All in the Family (1978); And Now Tomorrow (1944); Annie Oakley (1954); Any Number Can Play (1949); Assignment in Brittany (1943); Baywatch (1996); Beauty and the Beast (1987); Better Living TV Theatre (1953); Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1953); Big Town Scandal (1948); Black Gold (1947); Boogie Woogie (1945); Boys' Ranch (1946); Call My Bluff (1965); Captain Eddie (1945); CBS Daytime 90 (1973); Century of Cinema (1995); Challenge of the GoBots (1984–1985); Chris Olsen - The Boy Who Cried (2016); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007); Climax! (1957); Coffins on Wheels (1941); Criminal Lawyer (1951); Crossroads - U.S.A. (1952); D.A.R.E. Yogi Bear (1989); Dangerous Years (1947); David and Goliath (1986); Destination Gobi (1953); Dr. Kildare (1965); Dream Girl: The Making of Marilyn Monroe (2022); Emergency Squad (1940); Fighting Father Dunne (1948); Final Warning (1977); Footlights Theater (1953); General Electric Theater (1957–1958); Get the Message (1964); Glamour Boy (1941); GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords (1986); Going to Press (1942); Good Old Days (1966); Gunsmoke (1959); Hawaiian Eye (1961); Heart Burn (1942); Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout (1944); Here's Hollywood (1961); High School U.S.A. (1983); If I Were King (1938); Inside Harvester (1952); Insight (1961); Island in the Sky (1953); Jackass Mail (1942); Joe Smith, American (1942); Johnny Shiloh (1963); Jonah (1992); Joseph and His Brothers (1990); Keeper of the Flame (1942); Kiss and Tell (1945); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1961); Leave Her to Heaven (1945); Lightning Strikes Twice (1951); Looker (1981); Love of Life (1975–1977); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Uncoupled Couple (1970); Many Rivers to Cross (1955); Margaret O'Brien in When We Were Young...: Growing Up on the Silver Screen (1989); Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986); Mark Saber (1952); Matinee Theatre (1956–1958); Maude (1977); Meet Me in St. Louis (1944); Men of Annapolis (1957–1958); Men of Boys Town (1941); Missing Links (1964); Mob Town (1941); Mystery Sea Raider (1940); Network (1976); New York Television Theatre (1967); Northwest Rangers (1942); Our Gang Follies of 1938 (1937); Pac-Man (1983); Panic! (1957); Perry Mason (1957); Playhouse 90 (1957–1958); Pole Position (1984); Prairie Law (1940); Prisoner of War (1954); Private Screenings (2006); Private Screenings (2006–2014); Public Defender (1954); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950); Pursuit (1958); Queen Esther (1992); Rawhide (1961–1962); Rhapsody in Blue (1945); Ricochet Romance (1954); Salty O'Rourke (1945); Schlitz Playhouse (1954); Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1983); Scream for Your Lives! William Castle and 'the Tingler' (1999); Sea of Lost Ships (1953); Second Final Warning (1978); Sharky's Machine (1981); Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling (1993); Sign of the Wolf (1941); Sky Commanders (1987); Sky King (1952); Snap Judgment (1967); Sneak Preview (1956); Southwest Passage (1954); Space Stars (1981); Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007); Studio One (1958); Submarine Command (1951); Super Friends (1985); Superman (1988); Tab Hunter Confidential (2015); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959); Tattletales (1976); TCM Remembers 2024 (2024); Tea and Sympathy (1956); The Ad (2009); The Americans (1961); The Biskitts (1983); The Detectives (1960); The Devil on Wheels (1947); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The Easter Story (1989); The Farmer's Daughter (1940); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (1985–1992); The Happy Years (1950); The Human Comedy (1943); The Iron Sheriff (1957); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1957); The Lone Ranger (1951–1953); The Loretta Young Show (1961); The Magical World of Disney (1959–1963); The Man and the Challenge (1960); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959–1960); The Match Game (1965–1966); The Millionaire (1959); The Miracles of Jesus (1991); The Nanny (1997–1999); The New Adventures of Jonny Quest (1986–1987); The Persuader (1957); The Prisoner of Zenda (1937); The Range Rider (1952); The Sainted Sisters (1948); The Set-Up (1949); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); The Star Maker (1939); The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946); The Tingler (1959); The Tragedy of King Lear (1982); The Untouchables (1959–1962); The Way of All Flesh (1940); Three Cheers for Love (1936); Two Years Before the Mast (1946); Untamed (1940); Vacation Playhouse (1963–1966); Vic (2011); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959); Waterfront (1954); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958); Westinghouse Preview Theatre (1961); What's My Line? (1968); Whirlybirds (1957–1959); Whiz Kids (1983); Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995); Wildfire (1986); World in White (1957); You Don't Say (1964–1966); Young America (1942); Young People (1940).

Born on this day – Lea Padovani:


Lea Padovani

Actress

July 28, 1920 – June 23, 1991

Born on this day – Andrew V. McLaglen:


Andrew V. McLaglen

Director

July 28, 1920 – August 30, 2014

Born on this day – Carmen Dragon:


Carmen Dragon

Conductor

Composer

Arranger

July 28, 1914 – March 28, 1984

Born on this day – Ann Doran, Actress:


Ann Doran


Actress

July 28, 1911 – September 19, 2000

Credits:

A Cowboy Christmas with Bob Terry (2016); A Doggone Mixup (1938); A Fair Chance (1954); A Message of Importance (1944); A Summer Place (1959); A Woman Is the Judge (1939); Adam-12 (1970–1972); Adventures of Superman (1952); Advice to the Lovelorn (1981); Air Force (1943); Air Hostess (1949); Alias Smith and Jones (1972); All Night Long (1981); All the Way Home (1981); American Masters (2005); Ankles Away (1938); Backstairs at the White House (1979); Bad Boy (1935); Band of Angels (1957); Barnaby Jones (1973); Bewitched (1970–1971); Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942); Beyond the Forest (1949); Big Jack (1949); Big Town (1952–1955); Biography (1995–2002); Blind Alley (1939); Blondes and Blunders (1940); Blondie (1938); Blue, White and Perfect (1942); Bombers B-52 (1957); Bonanza (1966–1968); Bourbon Street Beat (1959); Brave Eagle (1955); Broken Arrow (1957); Buy Me That Town (1941); Cagney & Lacey (1988); Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949); Cameo Theatre (1955); Cannon (1974); Cannonball (1958); Captain Newman, M.D. (1963); Case of the Missing Man (1935); Cast a Long Shadow (1959); Cavalcade of America (1952–1954); Celebrity Playhouse (1955); Charlie Chan in London (1934); Chevron Theatre (1952); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009); City Story (1954); City Streets (1938); Coast Guard (1939); Code 3 (1957); Code Two (1953); Cold Turkey (1940); Colt .45 (1959–1960); Crazy Times (1981); Criminals Within (1941); Crossroads (1956); Crusader (1955); Dangerous Intrigue (1936); Day of the Badman (1958); Dead of Night (1977); December Bride (1957); Devil's Playground (1937); Dive Bomber (1941); Doctor, Feel My Pulse (1944); Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal (1956); Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941); Eight Is Enough (1979); Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (1941); Emergency! (1973); Extortion (1938); Fantasy Island (1978); Father Knows Best (1956); Father Murphy (1982); Fear in the Night (1946); Fiddling Around (1938); Fireside Theatre (1952–1955); First Monday in October (1981); Five Little Peppers at Home (1940); Flood (1976); Flying G-Men (1939); Footlights Theater (1953); For the Defense (1954); For the Love of Rusty (1947); Forgotten Girls (1940); Four Star Playhouse (1953); Frontier Doctor (1959); Gambling House (1950); General Electric Theater (1956–1960); Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943); Girls Can Play (1937); Girls of the Road (1940); Glamour for Sale (1940); Going My Way (1963); Good Girls Go to Paris (1939); Gracie at the Bat (1937); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978); Gruen Guild Theater (1952); Half Shot at Sunrise (1941); Halfway to Hollywood (1938); Handy Andy (1934); Hazard (1948); Hazel (1963); He Walked by Night (1948); Heavy Petting (1989); Hell Town (1985); Henry Aldrich's Little Secret (1944); Her First Romance (1940 / 1951); Here Come the Nelsons (1952); Here Come the Waves (1944); Hey Moe, Hey Dad! (2015); Hey, Landlord (1966–1967); Highway Patrol (1938); Highway to Heaven (1985); His Girl Friday (1940); His Tale Is Told (1944); Histoire bruyante de la jeunesse (2020); Holiday (1938); Holiday in Havana (1949); Hollywood Dearest (1992); Homicide Bureau (1939); How the West Was Won (1976); Hunter (1988); I Love a Soldier (1944); I Love Lucy (1953); I'll Take Romance (1937); Ironside (1970–1974); Island in the Sky (1953); It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958); It's All Yours (1937); Joy Ride (1958); Karen (1965); Kitten with a Whip (1964); Knots Landing (1983); Lady in the Wings (1954); Lady of Secrets (1936); Lassie (1966–1970); Leave It to Beaver (1958–1959); Let Us Live (1939); Let's Sing Again (1936); Life Begins at 17 (1958); Little House on the Prairie (1975); Little Miss Roughneck (1938); Little Mo (1978); Live a Little, Love a Little (1968); Lonely Heart Bandits (1950); Longstreet (1971–1972); Lovable Trouble (1941); Love Is Better Than Ever (1952); Lucas Tanner (1975); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1956); M Squad (1958); M*A*S*H (1975); Magic Town (1947); Magnum, P.I. (1983); Manhattan Heartbeat (1940); Mannix (1974); Many Sappy Returns (1938); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1972); Marry the Girl (1937); Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935); Matinee Theatre (1955–1957); Mayor of the Town (1954); McHale's Navy (1965); Meet John Doe (1941); Men Into Space (1959); Mirage (1965); Missing Girls (1936); Mod Squad (1972); Mr. & Mrs. North (1954); Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936); Mr. Skeffington (1944); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); Mr. Wise Guy (1942); Murder Among Friends (1941); My Dog Rusty (1948); My Favorite Brunette (1947); My Friend Flicka (1956); My Sister Eileen (1942); My Son Is a Criminal (1939); My Three Sons (1971); National Velvet (1960–1962); Never a Dull Moment (1950); New York Town (1941); Night Life of the Gods (1935); No Minor Vices (1948); No Sad Songs for Me (1950); Not with My Wife, You Don't! (1966); Nothing Sacred (1937); Official Detective (1958); Old Acquaintance (1943); Omnibus (1953); Once You Kiss a Stranger... (1969); One Exciting Adventure (1934); One Last Fling (1949); Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946); Paid to Dance (1937); Palm Springs (1936); Passport to Danger (1955); Paula (1952); Penitentiary (1938); Penny Serenade (1941); Perry Mason (1958–1963); Personal Report, Inc. (1958); Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion (1977); Petticoat Junction (1967); Pie a la Maid (1938); Pitfall (1948); Port of New York (1949); Pride of the Marines (1945); Private Secretary (1953); Project U.F.O. (1978); Public Defender (1954–1955); Pursued (1934); Pursuit (1958); Ramar of the Jungle (1954); Rattling Romeo (1939); Rawhide (1960); Reaching from Heaven (1948); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Red Lights Ahead (1936); Riding High (1950); Ring Around the Moon (1936); Rio Grande (1938); Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959); Road to the Big House (1947); Robin Hood (1922); Rodeo (1952); Romance of the Redwoods (1939); Rosie! (1967); Roughly Speaking (1945); Rusty Leads the Way (1948); Rusty Saves a Life (1949); Rusty's Birthday (1949); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1987); Schlitz Playhouse (1956); Screen Snapshots, Series 21, No. 6 (1942); Sealed Verdict (1948); Second Chance (1947); Servants' Entrance (1934); Seven Were Saved (1947); She Married an Artist (1937); Shirley (1979–1980); Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957); Sierra (1974); Simon & Simon (1986); Sing Another Chorus (1941); Skinny the Moocher (1939); Slightly Dangerous (1943); Smashing the Spy Ring (1938); Smith of Minnesota (1942); So Proudly We Hail! (1943); So This Is Love (1953); South of the Boudoir (1940); Stage 7 (1955); Starlift (1951); Start Cheering (1938); State Trooper (1957); Static in the Attic (1939); Stella Dallas (1937); Step Down to Terror (1958); Street of Chance (1942); Sue My Lawyer (1938); Sun Valley Serenade (1941); Tales of the Unexpected (1983); TCM Remembers 2000 (2000); Teenage Challenge (1958); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1957); The Accused (1949); The Adventures of Champion (1956); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1960–1964); The Adventures of the Big Man (1956); The Arrangement (1969); The A-Team (1986); The Babe Ruth Story (1948); The Badlanders (1958); The Best of the Post (1960); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); The Bob Mathias Story (1954); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1970); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1971–1972); The Bold Ones: The Senator (1970); The Brass Bottle (1964); The Carpetbaggers (1964); The Chump Takes a Bump (1939); The Clay Pigeon (1949); The Crimson Key (1947); The Danny Thomas Show (1953); The Deep Six (1958); The Desperate Hours (1955); The Disaster Artist (2017); The Donna Reed Show (1958–1959); The Eddie Cantor Story (1953); The Failing of Raymond (1971); The Family Nobody Wanted (1975); The FBI Story (1959); The Female Animal (1957); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1955); The Fountainhead (1949); The Gene Autry Show (1954); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1953–1955); The Go Getter (1937); The Good Samaritan (1954); The Gray Ghost (1957); The Green Hornet (1940); The Gumball Rally (1976); The Guns of Will Sonnett (1968); The Hard Way (1943); The High and the Mighty (1954); The Hired Hand (1971); The Hostage (1967); The Indiscreet Mrs. Jarvis (1955); The Jack Benny Program (1958–1962); The Jackpot (1950); The Kid from Cleveland (1949); The Kid from Kansas (1941); The Lady Objects (1938); The Last Angry Man (1974); The Legend of Jesse James (1965); The Little Red Schoolhouse (1936); The Lone Ranger (1952–1953); The Loretta Young Show (1954–1959); The Magical World of Disney (1959); The Magnavox Theater (1950); The Main Event (1938); The Man They Could Not Hang (1939); The Man Who Turned to Stone (1957); The Manhunter (1974); The Millionaire (1956–1960); The Mind Needer (1938); The More the Merrier (1943); The Odd Couple (1972); The Old Raid Mule (1938); The Painted Hills (1951); The People Against O'Hara (1951); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Perfect Marriage (1946); The Rawhide Trail (1958); The Ray Milland Show (1955); The Return of the Whistler (1948); The Rookies (1974); The Rose Bowl Story (1952); The Roy Rogers Show (1952); The Runaways (1979); The Scarecrow (1972); The Schaefer Century Theatre (1952); The Shadow (1937); The Sheriff of Cochise (1957); The Silent Service (1957); The Silver Theatre (1950); The Snake Pit (1948); The Son of Rusty (1947); The Spider's Web (1938); The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944); The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (1974); The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946); The Streets of San Francisco (1973–1975); The Twilight Zone / Segment: The Junction (1987); The Virginian (1963–1970); The Vise (1958); The Walls of Jericho (1948); The Whistler (1954); The Wide World of Mystery (1975); Them! (1954); There Was a Crooked Man... (1970); These Amazing Shadows (2011); They All Kissed the Bride (1942); This Is the Life (1952–1973); Three Blonde Mice (1942); Three Sappy People (1939); Time Out for Trouble (1938); Tomahawk (1951); Topaz (1969); Topper (1953); Trapper John, M.D. (1986); Trouble Finds Andy Clyde (1939); True to Life (1943); TV Reader's Digest (1955–1956); U.S. Marshal (1958); Untamed (1940); Variety Girl (1947); Violent Road (1958); Voice in the Mirror (1958); Wagon Train (1960); Walking Tall (1981); Warlock (1959); Waterfront (1954–1956); Way Down East (1935); Weekend of Terror (1970); We've Got Each Other (1977); When You're in Love (1937); Where Love Has Gone (1964); Whirlybirds (1957–1959); Wildcats (1986); Wire Service (1956); Women in Prison (1938); Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942); You Can't Take It with You (1938); You Hit the Spot (1945); Young and Dangerous (1957).