On this day in movie history - State of Grace (1990):

State of Grace

directed by Phil Joanou,

written by Dennis McIntyre,

was released in the United States on September 14, 1990.
Music by Ennio Morricone.

Cast:

Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright, John Turturro, John C. Reilly, R.D. Call, Joe Viterelli, Burgess Meredith, Marco St. John, Mo Gaffney, Deirdre O'Connell, Thomas G. Waites, Michael Cumpsty, Michael Cunningham, Jaime Tirelli, Vincent Pastore, Michael Cambridge, Daniel O'Shea, Thomas F. Duffy, Sandra Beall, Vincent Guastaferro, Johnny Williams, John Roselius, Louis Eppolito, John MacKay, John Ottavino, Tim Gallin, Timothy Klein, Jack Wallace, Frank Girardeau, Michael P. Moran, Frank Coletta, Paul-Felix Montez, Freddi Chandler, Tommy Sullivan, Ben Fine, Saasha Costello, Catherine Stewart, Carl Burrows, Victor Competiello, Patricia Holihan, David Hummel, Anibal O. Lleras, James Russo, Charlie Sara, Anthony Welch.

On this day in movie history - The Quiet Man (1952):

The Quiet Man

directed by John Ford,

written by Frank S. Nugent,

was released in the United States on September 14, 1952.
Based on the short story by Maurice Walsh, originally published in the Saturday Evening Post (1933).
Narrated by Ward Bond.
Music by Victor Young.

Cast:

John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Victor McLaglen, Ward Bond, Mildred Natwick, Francis Ford, Arthur Shields, Eileen Crowe, Charles FitzSimons, James Fitzsimons, Sean McClory, Emily Eby, Jack MacGowran, Philip Stainton, May Craig, Paddy O'Donnell, Eric Gorman, Kevin Lawless, Joseph O'Dea, Tony Canzoneri, Frank Baker, Ruth Clifford, Maureen Coyne, Mimi Doyle, Ken Curtis, Douglas Evans, Charles Ferguson, Robert Foy, Sam Harris, D.R.O. Hatswell, John Horan, David Hughes, Billy Jones, Tiny Jones, Colin Kenny, Patrick Wayne, Michael Wayne, Toni Wayne, Melinda Wayne, Mae Marsh, Jim Morrin, Jim McVeigh, Harry Tenbrook, Harry Tyler, Al Murphy, Hank Worden, Michael O'Brian, Pat O'Malley, Frank O'Connor, Web Overlander, Bob Perry, Darla Ridgeway, Freddy Ridgeway, Philip Stainton, Jack Roper, Brick Sullivan.

On this day in movie history - Decoy (1946):

Decoy

directed by Jack Bernhard,

written by Nedrick Young,

based on a story by Stanley Rubin,

was released in the United States on September 14, 1946.
Music by Edward J. Kay.

Cast:

Jean Gillie, Robert Armstrong, Herbert Rudley, Edward Norris, Sheldon Leonard, Philip Van Zandt, Marjorie Woodworth, Carole Donne, John Shay, Bert Roach, Rosemary Bertrand.

Born on this day – Sam Neill:

Sam Neill

Actor

Director

Producer

Writer

September 14, 1947 – July 13, 2026

Book:

Did I Ever Tell You This?

A Memoir

By Sam Neill.

Published by Penguin Books Ltd.

Published 2023 / updated 2024.

ISBN-10: 140595745X

ISBN-13: 978-1405957458

Description:

In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tells the story of how he became one of the world’s most celebrated actors, who has worked with everyone from Meryl Streep to Isabel Adjani, from Jeff Goldblum to Sean Connery, from Steven Spielberg to Jane Campion.

By his own account, his career has been a series of unpredictable turns of fortune. Born in 1947 in Northern Ireland, he emigrated to New Zealand at the age of seven. His family settled in Dunedin on the South Island, but young Sam was sent away to boarding school in Christchurch, where he was hopeless at sports and discovered he enjoyed acting.

But how did you become an actor in New Zealand in the 1960 and 1970s where there was no film industry? After university he made documentary films while also appearing in occasional amateur productions of Shakespeare. In 1977 he took the lead in Sleeping Dogs, the first feature made in New Zealand in more than a decade, a project that led to a major role in Gillian Armstrong’s celebrated My Brilliant Career.

Movies, television & voice-over:

14th AACTA Awards (2025); 15th AACTA Awards (2026); 3 News (2006); 5 Second Movies (2008); 7th AACTA Awards (2017); A Cry in the Dark (1988); A Long Way Down (2014); A Taste of My Life (2008); ABC News Breakfast (2024–2025); AFI Life Achievement Award (1995); Alcatraz (2012); Amerika (1987); And Then There Was Something: The Making of 'And Then There Were None' (2016); And Then There Were None (2015); Angel (2007); Apples Never Fall (2024); Architect Athfield (1977); Ashes (1975); Assassin Club (2023); At the Movies (2005); Attack Force Z (1981); Australian Story (2020–2023); Backtrack (2015); Beached Az (2009); Before Stardom (2002); Beyond Jurassic Park (2001); Bicentennial Man (1999); Big John (2006); Blackbird (2019); Bring Him to Me (2023); Bro'Town (2009); Buck (2011); Buck (2011); Cannes Film Festival (1993); CBS Mornings (1988); Century of Cinema (1995); Children of the Revolution (1996); Cinema Quarantine: Das Bad (2020); Cinema Quarantino: Das Bogroll (2020); Cinema Quarantino: Das Fone Hell (2020); Cinema Quarantino: Das Underachiever (2020); Cinema Quarentine: Das Leek (2020); Colin McCahon: I Am (2004); Confessions (2018); Country Life (1994); Cowboys of Culture (1990); Crusoe (2008–2010); CTV News at 11:30 Toronto (2019); Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal (2020); Dancing with the Stars (2010); Dark Air with Terry Carnation (2021); das Konversazion (2020); David Stratton's Stories of Australian Cinema (2017); Daybreakers (2009); De película (1989); Dead Calm (1989); Dean Spanley (2008); Death in Brunswick (1990); 'Death in Brunswick' Hits the Road Archival Publicity Tour (2022); Death in Brunswick: Deleted Scenes (2007); Death in Brunswick: Memories of Murder (2007); Días de cine (2019); Dirty Deeds (2002); Doctor Zhivago (2002); Dream in the Making: The Making of Sleeping Dogs (2018); Enigma (1982); Enough Rope with Andrew Denton (2004); Entertainment Tonight (2015–2025); Entertainment UK (1993); Equity Foundation Australia & New Zealand (2020); Escape Plan (2013); Event Horizon (1997); Family Pictures (1993); Farewall to the King: Michael Hirst on the Tudors Finale (2010); Festival de Cine de San Sebastián (2008 / 2019); Fever (1991); Film '80 (1980); Flack (2020); Flare: A Ski Trip (1977); For Love Alone (1986); Forgotten Silver (1995); Four Shorts on Architecture (1975); Framed (2002); From a Far Country (1981); From Jurassic Park to Jurassic World: Greatest Moments (2022); Gallipoli (2005); Get Krack!n (2017); Getaway (2005); Godzilla x Kong: Supernova (2027); Happy Town (2010); Harry (2013); Have You Been Paying Attention? (2019); Hollywood Insider (2022); Hostage (1992); House of Bond (2017); House of Hancock (2015); Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016); Hunt's Duffer (1973); Hyperspace (2001); Ice (2011); Icons Unearthed (2023); I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not (2025); In Cold Blood (1996); In Her Skin (2009); In the Mouth of Madness (1994); Inside 'the Living Daylights' (2000); Insiders (2018); Intimate Portrait (1999); Invasion (2021); Iron Road (2009); Irresistible (2006); Ivanhoe (1982); Jessica (2004); Jet 7 (1998); Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery (2017); Jurassic Park (1993); Jurassic Park III (2001); Jurassic World Evolution (2018); Jurassic World Evolution 2 (2021); Jurassic World: Dominion (2022); Just Out of Reach (1979); Kane & Abel (1985); Kids React (2015); Landfall (1975); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1995); Late Show with David Letterman (1996); Le Champion (2019); Leap of Faith (1988); Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010); Les Chroniques du Mea (2018–2022); Les effrontées: Le cinéma au féminin (2022); Leunig Animated (2002); Leunig: How Democracy Actually Works (2002); L'Histoire nous le dira (2020); Lindy Chamberlain: The True Story (2020); Little Fish (2005); Live Lunch (2001); Lorraine (2024); Lucinda Brayford (1980); Making of 'Wimbledon: The Movie' (2004); Making 'Under the Mountain' (2010); Maquillando entre monstruos (2007); Mary Bryant (2005); Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992); Merlin (1998); Merlin's Apprentice (2006); MindGamers (2015); Minty Comedic Arts (2019); Molokai (1999); Movie Night Extravaganza (2022); My Brilliant Career (1979); My Mother Frank (2000); New Country: New People (1978); New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands (2016); Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke (2025); Numero Bruno (2000); Old School (2014); Omen III: The Final Conflict: Audio Commentary with Graham Baker (2000); On Location with 'Robbery Under Arms' (1985); On the Road with Red Mole (1979); One Against the Wind (1991); Palm Beach (2019); Peaky Blinders (2013–2016); Perfect Strangers (2003); Peter Rabbit (2018); Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021); Plenty (1985); Plenty: Days of Plenty - A Conversation with Director Fred Schepisi (2002); Possession (1981); Quan arribin els marcians (2019); Rake (2010); Rams (2020); Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983); Reinventando Hollywood (2008); Restoration (1995); Rétrogaming made in France (2019); Return to Jurassic Park: Dawn of a New Era (2011); Return to Jurassic Park: Making Prehistory (2011); Return to Jurassic Park: The Next Step in Evolution (2011); Richard & Judy (2006); Rick and Morty (2019); Ride Like a Girl (2019); River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand (2013); Robbery Under Arms (1985); Robert Enrico, bref passage sur la Terre (2018); Rove Live (2001–2003); Russell Howard Stands Up to the World (2021); Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000); Scarygirl (2023); Sci Fi Inside: 'the Triangle' (2005); Sci-Fi Buzz (1992 / 1997); ScreenSlam (2015); Sea Lions: Life by a Whisker (2020); Séries express (2008); Shadow of China (1989); Short Poppies (2014); Sirens (1994); Skin (2008); Sleeping Dogs (1977); Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997); South Australia: Ocean to Outback (2003); South Australian Film Corporation 40th Anniversary Showreel (2012); Spielberg (2017); Split Enz - Spellbound (1993); Star Trek: Voyager (1997); Steven Spielberg Directs 'Jurassic Park' (2001); Stiff (2004); Storm Stories (2009); Stray (2018); Strong Medicine (1986); Submerged (2001); Sunday Night (2017); SuperCroc (2001); Surf Sail (1978); Sweet Country (2017); Sweet Country: Behind the Scenes (2018); Sweet Country: Sam Neill and Bryan Brown (2018); T. Rex (2024); Telephone Etiquette (1974); That Scene with Dan Patrick (2021); The 28th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1986); The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1985); The 47th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (2005); The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1998); The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1999); The 58th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (2016); The 61st Annual TV Week Logie Awards (2019); The 63rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards (2023); The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box (2013); The Assembly (2024); The Blood of Others (1984); The Brian Conley Show (2001); The Brush-Off (2004); The Celluloid Heroes (1995); The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X (2016–2021); The City of No (1971); The Commuter (2018); The Country Girls (1983); The Daughter (2015); The Dinosaurs of 'Jurassic Park III' (2001); The Dish (2000); The Dovekeepers (2015); The Dragon Pearl (2011); The Final Conflict (1981); The Fox (2025); The French Revolution (1989); The Games (1998); The Good Wife (1987); The Governor (1977); The Graham Norton Show (2016–2021); The Great Entertainer (2025); The Horse Whisperer (1998); The Hour (2011–2012); The Hunt for Red October (1990); The Hunter (2011); The Journalist (1979); The Jungle Book (1994); The Kelly Clarkson Show (2024); The Last Resort (2027); The Last Whale (1994); The Living Room (2019); The Magic Pudding (2000); The Magical Making of Merlin (1998); The Making of 'Daybreakers' (2010); The Making of 'Event Horizon' (2006); The Making of 'Jurassic Park' (1993); The Making of 'Jurassic Park' (1995); The Making of 'Jurassic Park III' (2001); The Making of Rudyard Kipling's 'the Jungle Book' (1994); The Making of 'Sleeping Dogs' (2004); The Martin Short Show (1999); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The One Show (2021); The Ordained (2013); The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill (2018); The Piano (1993); The Portable Door (2023); The Project (2020); The Rainbow Warrior (1993); The Real Hunt for Red October (2021); The Revengers' Comedies (1998); The Sealhunters (1973); The Simpsons (1994); The Special Effects of 'Jurassic Park III' (2001); The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011); The Sullivans (1979–1980); The Tem Show (2005); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993); The Triangle (2005); The Tudors (2007 / 2010); The Twelve (2022–2025); The Vow (2012); The Water Cycle (1972); The Weekly with Charlie Pickering (2015–2023); The Zookeeper (2001); This Is Your Life (1987–2002); This Morning (2020–2021); Thor: Love and Thunder (2022); Thor: Ragnarok (2017); Time Team (2001); To the Ends of the Earth (2005); Today (2024); Tommy's Honour (2016); Try Not to Smile or Laugh (2015); Tutankhamun (2016); Two Twisted (2006); Under the Mountain (2009); United Passions (2014); Untamed (2025); Until the End of the World (1991); Variety Studio (2016); Verity Lambert: Drama Queen (2008); Victory (1996); Voice Activated (2022); Voyage of the Nautilus (2001); Weekend Breakfast (2025); Weekend Sunrise (2017); Why Anzac with Sam Neill (2015); Wimbledon (2004); Wogan (1985); Working with a Master: John Carpenter (2006); WTF with Marc Maron (2021); Xfinity: Jurassic Park... Works (2026); Yes (2004); Young Ramsay (1980).

Born on this day – Nicol Williamson:

Nicol Williamson

Actor

September 14, 1936 – December 16, 2011

Born on this day – Kay Medford:

Kay Medford

Actress

September 14, 1919 – April 10, 1980

Credits:

A Face in the Crowd (1957); A Fine Madness (1966); Adventure (1945); Adventures in Paradise (1959); Allen Ludden's Gallery (1969); An American Romance (1944); Angel in My Pocket (1969); Barney Miller (1978–1980); Ben Casey (1963); Best of the Dean Martin Show (1979); Brenner (1959–1964); Broadway Rhythm (1944); But I Don't Want to Get Married! (1970); BUtterfield 8 (1960); Decoy (1957); Ensign Pulver (1964); Fire Sale (1977); Flying High (1979); Funny Girl (1968); Gene Kelly's Wonderful World of Girls (1970); Girl of the Night (1960); Goodyear Television Playhouse (1954–1955); Guilty Bystander (1950); House Calls (1980); It's Your Bet (1972); Jamboree! (1957); Juke Box Jury (1966); Kitty Foyle (1958); Kojak (1974); Kraft Mystery Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1954–1955); Kraft Mystery Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1955); La bisarca (1950); Lamp Unto My Feet (1957 / 1958); London Affair (1970); Lost Angel (1943); Love, American Style (1969–1973); Maisie Gets Her Man (1942); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971); Married Is Better (1974); Medical Center (1972–1973); Meet the People (1944); Mighty Lak a Goat (1942); More Than Friends (1978); Mr. Walkie Talkie (1952); Mrs. Parkington (1944); No Place to Run (1972); Northwest Rangers (1942); Omnibus (1958); On Our Own (1977); Pilot #5 (1943); Random Harvest (1942); Rationing (1944); Return from Nowhere (1944); Route 66 (1963); Search for Tomorrow (1955–1956); Singing in the Dark (1956); Slightly Dangerous (1943); Star Tonight (1955); Starsky and Hutch (1976); Storefront Lawyers (1971); Studio One (1955–1957); Sucker Bait (1943); Suspense (1954); Swing Shift Maisie (1943); Tap Roots (1948); That's Life (1968–1969); The 15th Annual Tony Awards (1961); The 41st Annual Academy Awards (1969); The Busy Body (1967); The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1970); The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jack Klugman (1978); The Dean Martin Show (1966–1973); The Ed Sullivan Show (1957); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1969); The Magic Cottage (1954); The Merv Griffin Show (1965); The Mike Douglas Show (1972–1977); The Partridge Family (1971); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Phil Silvers Show (1958); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945); The Rat Race (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1958); The Undercover Man (1949); The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942); The Web (1954); This Is Your Life (1973); Three Hearts for Julia (1943); Three Steps to Heaven (1954); To Rome with Love (1969–1970); Two Tickets to Paris (1962); Vacation Playhouse (1966); Whistling in Brooklyn (1943); Windows (1980).

Born on this day – Jack Hawkins:

Jack Hawkins

Actor

September 14, 1910 – July 18, 1973

Credits:

A Royal Divorce (1938); Angels One Five (1952); Armchair Theatre (1965); Autumn Crocus (1934); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1953–1957); Beauty and the Barge (1937); Ben-Hur (1959); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948); Crash of Silence (1952); Death at a Broadcast (1934); Decision Against Time (1957); Dr. Kildare (1966); Escape to the Sun (1972); Five Finger Exercise (1962); Fortune in Diamonds (1951); Front Page Story (1954); Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958); Great Catherine (1968); Guns at Batasi (1964); I Lived with You (1933); ITV Television Playhouse (1963); Jane Eyre (1970); Judith (1966); Kidnapped (1971); Lafayette (1962); Land of Fury (1954); Land of the Pharaohs (1955); Lawrence of Arabia (1962); London Affair (1970); Lord Jim (1965); Lorna Doone (1934); Malta Story (1953); Masquerade (1965); Murder on Monday (1952); Murder Will Out (1939); Mystery and Imagination (1966); Nicholas and Alexandra (1971); No Highway in the Sky (1951); Oh! What a Lovely War (1969); Outpost in Malaya (1952); Peg of Old Drury (1935); Producers' Showcase (1956); QB VII (1974); Rampage (1963); Shalako (1968); She Played with Fire (1957); Shot in the Dark (1933); Sin (1971); Stalked (1968); Tales That Witness Madness (1973); Terror! Theatre (1957); The Adventures of Gerard (1970); The Angel with the Trumpet (1950); The Black Rose (1950); The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957); The Cruel Sea (1953); The DuPont Show of the Month (1959); The DuPont Show of the Week (1963); The Fallen Idol (1948); The Father (1969); The Fighting Pimpernel (1949); The Flying Squad (1940); The Four Just Men (1959–1960); The Frog (1937); The Good Companions (1933); The Great Manhunt (1950); The Intruder (1953); The Jewel (1933); The Last Lion (1972); The League of Gentlemen (1960); The Lost Chord (1933); The Next of Kin (1942); The Perfect Alibi (1930); The Phantom Fiend (1932); The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966); The Prisoner (1955); The Small Back Room (1949); The Third Key (1956); The Third Secret (1964); The Two-Headed Spy (1958); The Wednesday Play (1965); The Will (1949); The World Our Stage (1958); Theater of Blood (1973); Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969); Touch and Go (1955); Twice Upon a Time (1953); Two Loves (1961); Waterloo (1970); When Eight Bells Toll (1971); Who Goes Next? (1938); Young Winston (1972); Zulu (1964).