Born on this day – Susan Harrison:

Susan Harrison

Actress

August 26, 1938 – March 5, 2019

Credits:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); Bonanza (1960); Breaking Point (1963); Follow the Sun (1961); Key Witness (1960); Matinee Theatre (1956); Playhouse 90 (1959); Remembering 2019: In Memoriam (2019); Star Tonight (1956); Sweet Smell of Success (1957); The Light That Failed (1961); The Twilight Zone (1961).

Born on this day – Nina Companeez:

Nina Companeez

Director

Writer

Editor

August 26, 1937 – April 9, 2015

Born on this day – Francine York:

Francine York

Actress

Model

August 26, 1936 – January 6, 2017

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1963); A New Kind of Love (1963); Actor's Day in LA (2012); Actors Entertainment (2012–2015); Actors Reporter Interviews (2012); Adam-12 (1971–1972); Adventures of the Queen (1975); Any Second Now (1969); Astro Zombies: M3 - Cloned (2010); Barbary Coast (1975); Batman (1966); Bedtime Story (1964); Berrenger's (1985); Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (1976); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1993); Bewitched (1971); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Bringing Up Buddy (1961); Brothers (1986); Bucket and Skinner's Epic Adventures (2012); Burke's Law (1964–1995); Cannon for Cordoba (1970); City Beneath the Sea (1969); Columbo (1975); Counter Measures (1998); Cracking Up (1983); Curse of the Swamp Creature (1968); Days of Our Lives (1978); Death Valley Days (1964–1965); Dirty Sally (1974); Dr. Kildare (1963); Dumped (2000); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Emergency! (1972); Even Stevens (2001); Family Affair (1970); Flood (1976); Future Cop (1977); General Hospital (1982); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1966); Green Acres (1968); Half a House (1975); Harry Held TV Visits the Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival (2015); Hazel (1964); Hec Ramsey (1973); Hercules in Hollywood (2005); Hot in Cleveland (2012); I Dream of Jeannie (1969); I Love a Mystery (1973); I'm Dickens, He's Fenster (1962); Ironside (1968–1969); It Takes a Thief (1968); It's Only Money (1962); Jason of Star Command (1979); Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten (2006); Kojak (1974); Land of the Giants (1970); Las Vegas (2005); Lock Up (1960–1961); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993); Longstreet (1971); Lost in Space (1967); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Super Lover; Love and the Lovely Evening; Love and the Wild Party (1969–1972); Making the Cut: A Look Back at the Centerfold Girls (2009); Mama's Family (1987); Mannix (1971); Marilyn Alive and Behind Bars (1992); Marilyn! The New Musical (2018); Masquerade (1984); Masters of the Grind (2024); Matlock (1991); Miracle at Sage Creek (2005); Mission: Impossible (1972); Monsanto Night Presents Walt Disney's America on Parade (1976); Mr. Belvedere (1989); Mr. Skeffington: A Picture of Strength (2005); Mutiny in Outer Space (1965); My Brother the Angel (1965); My Favorite Martian (1964); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1972); Perry Mason (1965–1966); Petrocelli (1975–1976); Pioneer Spirit (1969); Police Story (1973); Private Obsession (1995); Rescue 8 (1959); Riptide (1985); Route 66 (1961); Run for Your Life (1968); Secret File: Hollywood (1962); Sexual Predator (2001); Shannon (1962); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1961); Slattery's People (1964–1965); Space Probe Taurus (1965); Star Trek: Progeny (2016); Stu's Show (2012); Surfside 6 (1962); Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel (2016); Ten Violent Women: Part Two (2017); The Big Tease (1999); The Centerfold Girls / Segment: The Second Story (1974); The Chicago Teddy Bears (1971); The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969); The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel (2005); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Disorderly Orderly (1964); The Doll Squad (1973); The F.B.I. (1969); The Family Jewels (1965); The Family Man (2000); The Gallant Men (1963); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Interns (1962); The King of Queens (2003–2004); The Making of 'Miracle at Sage Creek' (2005); The Mindy Project (2015); The Name of the Game (1968); The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1980); The Nutty Professor (1963); The Odd Couple (1971); The Outsider (1968); The Quest (1976); The Red Skelton Hour (1967); The Ride to Hangman's Tree (1967); The Right Approach (1961); The Roaring 20's (1961); The Sergeant Was a Lady (1961); The Streets of San Francisco (1974–1977); The Under Achievers (1987); The Untouchables (1963); The Wild Wild West (1968); The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels (2008); They Only Come Out at Night (1975); Tickle Me (1965); Time Travelers (1976); To Rome with Love (1970); Vacation Playhouse (1965); Welcome Home Soldier Boys (1971); Where the Bears Are (2016); Wild Ones on Wheels (1962); Zero to Sixty (1978).

Born on this day – Gerald Kersh:

Gerald Kersh

Writer

August 26, 1912 – November 5, 1968

Credits:

Books:

65 Great Tales Of Horror (1981); A Long Cool Day in Hell (1965); Alien Stories 2 (2002); An Ape, a Dog, and a Serpent (1945); Angel and Cuckoo (1967); Best SF 2 (1956); Brain and Ten Fingers (1943); Classics of the Supernatural (1998); Clean, Bright, and Slightly Oiled (1946); Clock without Hands (1949); Doubles, Dummies and Dolls (1995); Eleven Great Horror Stories (1969); Faces in a Dusty Picture (1944); Fowler's End (1957); Guttersnipe (1954); I Got References (1939); Mark Twain's Medieval Romance (2012); Men Are So Ardent (1936); Men without Bones (1955); More Than Once Upon a Time (1964); Neither Man nor Dog (1946); Night and the City (1938); Nightshade and Damnations (1968); On an Odd Note (1958); One Hundred Years of Science Fiction (1968); Prelude to a Certain Midnight (1947); Sad Road to the Sea (1947); Selected Stories (1943); Sergeant Nelson Of The Guards (1945); Sixty-Five Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979); Stories of the Supernatural (1967); Tales of the Supernatural (1962); The 5th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1964); The 7th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1972); The 8th Pan Book of Horror Stories (1967); The Battle Of The Singing Men (1944); The Best of Gerald Kersh (1960); The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked Room Mysteries (2014); The Brazen Bull (1952); The Brighton Monster (1953); The Dead Look On (1943); The Great Wash / aka The Secret Masters (1953); The Horrible Dummy (1944); The Hospitality of Miss Tolliver (1965); The Implacable Hunter (1961); The Light Fantastic (1971); The Nine Lives of Bill Nelson (1942); The Other Side of the Moon (1949); The Penguin Book of Horror Stories (1984); The Song of the Flea (1948); The Terribly Wild Flowers (1962); The Thousand Deaths Of Mr Small (1951); The Ugly Face of Love (1960); The Unexplained (1998); The Weak and the Strong (1945); The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings (1998); The Young Oxford Book of Nightmares (2000); The Young Oxford Book of Timewarp Stories (2001); They Die with Their Boots Clean (1941).

Movies and television:

Danger (1951); Lights Out (1949–1950); Night and the City (1950 / 1992); Nine Men (1943); Orient Express (1952); The True Glory (1945); The Web (1951).

Born on this day – Otto Binder:

Otto Binder

Writer

August 26, 1911 – October 13, 1974

Credits:

Books and comic books:

Action Comics (1948–1969); Adam Link—Robot (1965); Adventure Comics (1948–1967); All Winners Comics (1947); America's Greatest Comics (1942–1943); Anton York, Immortal (1965); Bulletman (1942–1946); Captain America Comics (1941–1947); Captain Marvel Adventures (1942–1953); Captain Marvel Jr. (1942–1951); Destination Moon (1950); Detective Comics (1948–1955); Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom (1964); Doll Man (1943); Enslaved Brains (1965); House of Mystery (1954–1978); Ibis the Invincible (1942–1943); Kid Komics (1943–1944); Lords of Creation (1949); Marvel Classics Comics (1976); Marvel Family (1945–1950); Marvel Mystery Comics (1943–1946); Mary Marvel (1945–1948); Master Comics (1941–1943); Metal Men (1968); Mystery in Space (1954–1966); National Comics (1942); Showcase / Lois Lane (1957); Star-Spangled Comics (1948–1949); Strange Adventures (1954–1967); Superboy (1954–1968); Superman (1955–1969); Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (1958–1967); Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (1954–1969); The Avengers Battle the Earth-Wrecker (1967); What We Really Know about Flying Saucers (1967); Whiz Comics (1941–1943); World's Finest Comics (1948–1960); Young Allies (1944–1946).

Movies and television:

Batman & Bill (2017); Black Adam (2022); Confessions of a Teenage Supergirl (2006); DC League of Super-Pets (2022); Death Battle (2022); Justice League (2001–2004); MultiVersus (2024); Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023); Skids (2016); Supergirl (1973); Supergirl IV: The Submerged Tangled Web (2014); Supergirl V: Deadly Seduction (2015); Supergirl: Endurance (2013); Supergirl: Stranger in a Strange Land (2013); Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010); Superman: The Animated Series (1997); Superman: Unbound (2013); The Flash (2023); The Outer Limits (1964 / 1995).

Born on this day – Maxwell Shane:

Maxwell Shane

Director

Writer

Producer

August 26, 1905 – October 25, 1983

Credits:

A Dangerous Game (1941); A Letter from Bataan (1942); Adventure in Sahara (1938); Adventure Island (1947); Aerial Gunner (1943); Alaska Highway (1943); Art Linkletter and the Kids (1954); Big Town (1946); Big Town After Dark (1947); Big Town Scandal (1948); Checkmate (1960); City Across the River (1949); Comin' Round the Mountain (1940); Conquer by the Clock (1942); Cowboy in Manhattan (1943); Danger Street (1947); Dark Mountain (1944); Double Exposure (1944); Eyes of the Underworld (1942); Fear in the Night (1946); Federal Man-Hunt (1938); Flying Blind (1941); Follow That Woman (1945); Forced Landing (1941); Gambler's Choice (1944); General Electric Theater (1953); Golden Gloves (1940); Grand Jury Secrets (1939); Hell's Island (1955); High Explosive (1943); High Powered (1945); Hitting a New High (1937); I Cover Big Town (1947); I Live on Danger (1942); M Squad (1959–1960); Maya (1968); Midnight Manhunt (1945); Minesweeper (1943); Mr. Reckless (1948); Nightmare (1956); No Hands on the Clock (1941); One Body Too Many (1944); Paramount Victory Short No. T2-2: We Refuse to Die (1942); Paramount Victory Short No. T2-3: The Price of Victory (1942); People Are Funny (1946); Power Dive (1941); S.O.S. Tidal Wave (1939); Saturday's Heroes (1937); Scared Stiff (1945); Seven Were Saved (1947); Shaggy (1948); She's Got Everything (1937); Submarine Alert (1943); Take It Big (1944); The Glass Wall (1953); The Invisible Killer (1939); The Leather Pushers (1940); The Man Who Dared (1946); The Mummy's Hand (1940); The Naked Street (1955); The Navy Way (1944); The Virginian (1962–1963); They Made Me a Killer (1946); This Way Please (1937); Three Hours to Kill (1954); Thrill of a Lifetime (1937); Thriller (1960–1961); Timber Queen (1944); Tip-Off Girls (1938); Tokyo Rose (1946); Too Many Blondes (1941); Top Sergeant (1942); Tornado (1943); Torpedo Boat (1942); Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952); Wildcat (1942); Wrecking Crew (1942); You Can't Beat Love (1937); You're a Sweetheart (1937).

Born on this day – Jimmy Rushing:

Jimmy Rushing

Blues singer

Pianist

August 26, 1901 – June 8, 1972

Credits:

Albums:

1944 - 1944 (1986); 1965-70 - The Scene: Live in New York (2009); At Savoy Ballroom 1937–1944 (1972); Benny Goodman, Benny in Brussels (1958);  Bessie - Clara - Mamie & Trixie: The Songs They Made Famous (1961); Big Boy Blues (1964); Buck Clayton, Copenhagen Concert (1979); Cat Meets Chick (1956); Count Basie at Newport (1957); Dave Brubeck, Brubeck and Rushing (1960); Duke Ellington, Jazz Party (1959); Earl Hines, Blues and Things (1968); Every Day I Have the Blues (1967); Five Feet of Soul (1963); Gee Baby Ain't I Been Good to You (1971); Goin' to Chicago (1955); If This Ain't the Blues (1958); Jimmy Witherspoon, Jimmy & Jimmy (1967); Listen to the Blues with Jimmy Rushing (1956); Little Jimmy Rushing and the Big Brass (1958); Livin' the Blues (1968); Mr. Five By Flve "Live" (1966); Rushing Lullabies (1959); Sings the Blues (1955); The Complete Count Basie, Volumes 1-10 (date?); The Jazz Odyssey of James Rushing Esq. (1957); The Newport Years Volume VI (1973); The Original American Decca Recordings / 3CD box set (1992); The You and Me That Used to Be (1971); VV AA -The Sound Of Jazz (1959); Who Was It Sang That Song? (1967).

Movies and television:

A Great Day in Harlem (1994); Air Mail Special (1941); Baseball (1994); Blues Masters (1999); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Choo Choo Swing (1943); Crazy House (1943); Eileen (2023); Ella Fitzgerald: Good Morning Blues / Visualizer (2023); Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas with Vanessa Williams (2020); Fellow Travelers (2023); Kansas City (1996); Omnibus / Segment: 135th Street (1953); Sarah Sings & Basie Swings (1963); Six-Five Special (1957); Take Me Back, Baby (1941); The Blues (2003); The David Frost Show (1970–1972); The Learning Tree (1969); The Robert Herridge Theater (1960); The Salton Sea (2002); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); The Subject Is Jazz (1958); The Tonight Show (1955–1956); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1978); The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022); The War (2007); When We First Met (2018).