Born on this day – Virginia Leith:

Virginia Leith

Actress

October 15, 1925 – November 4, 2019

Credits:

A Kiss Before Dying (1956); Almost Finished (2025); Baretta (1977); Barnaby Jones (1977); Battered (1978); Black Widow (1954); Condominium (1980); Fear and Desire (1952); First Love (1977); French Story (2024); Great Ghost Tales (1961); Herbert West: Reanimator (2025); Here Come the Girls (1953); Hideouser and Hideouser (2019); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1958); Moment of Fear (1960); On the Threshold of Space (1956); One Step Beyond (1959); Police Woman (1977); Remembering 2019: In Memoriam (2019); Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies (2001); Sing Boy Sing (1958); Starsky and Hutch (1977); Tales of the Vikings (1960); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962); The Millionaire (1958); The Next Step Beyond (1978); The White Shadow (1979); The Year of Living Locked Up (2020); Toward the Unknown (1956); Violent Saturday (1955); WatchMojo (2016); Welcome to the Basement (2014); White Feather (1955).

Born on this day – Mario Puzo:

Mario Puzo

Writer

October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999

Born on this day – E.C. Tubb:

E.C. Tubb

Writer

October 15, 1919 – September 10, 2010

Credits:

Books:

A Scatter of Stardust (1972); A World Aflame (1974); Alien Dust (1955); Alien Impact (1952); Alien Life (1954); Alien Worlds (1999); Angado (1984); Assignment New York (1955); Astro Race (1951); Atilus the Gladiator (1975); Atilus the Slave (1975); Atom War on Mars (1952); Atoms in Action (1953); Beyond the Galactic Lens (1975); Beyond Time (2019); Black Cat Weekly #161 (2024); Black Cat Weekly #164 (2024); Black Cat Weekly #165 (2024); Black Cat Weekly #168 (2024); Black Cat Weekly #169 (2024); Black Cat Weekly #172 (2024); Black Cat Weekly #174 (2024); Black Cat Weekly #175 (2025); Black Cat Weekly #179 (2025); Black Cat Weekly #181 (2025); Black Cat Weekly #185 (2025); Black Cat Weekly #186 (2025); Black Cat Weekly #189 (2025); Black Cat Weekly #191 (2025); Black Cat Weekly #195 (2025); Black Cat Weekly #202 (2025); C.O.D. Mars (1968); Calculated Risk / Air Ace Picture Library issue 78 (1961); Cath (1968); Century of the Manikin (1972); Child of Earth (2008); City of No Return (1954); Dead Weight / aka Death Wears a White Face (1957); Death God's Doom (1999); Death Is a Dream (1967); Derai / aka The Death Zone (1968); Dynasty of Doom (1953); E.C. Tubb SF Gateway Omnibus (2014); Earth Enslaved (1974); Earth Is Heaven (1982); Eloise (1975); Enemy of the State (2011); Enemy within the Skull (1974); Enterprise 2115 / aka The Mechanical Monarch (1954); Escape into Space (1969); Eye of the Zodiac (1975); Fantasy Annual 5 (2003); Fear of Strangers (2007); Fires of Satan (2012); Flight or Fright (2018); Footsteps of Angels (2011); Fugitive of Time (1953); Full Impact / Air Ace Picture Library issue 92 (1962); Future Crimes (2021); Galaxy of the Lost (1973); Gladiator (1978); Gunflash / War Picture Library issue 157 (1962); Gyrator Control (1951); Haven of Darkness (1977); Hell Planet (1954); Hellfire Landing / Commando issue 5 (1961); Heroic Adventure Stories (1998); Hit Back / Battle Picture Library issue 69 (1962); Horror! Under the Tombstone (2013); House of Entropy (1953); I Fight for Mars (1953); I Vow Vengeance / War at Sea Picture Library issue 7 (1962); Iduna's Universe (1979); Incident on Ath (1978); Into the Empty Dark (2020); Iron Head (1960); Jack of Swords (1976); Jewel of Jarhen (1974); Jondelle (1973); Journey to Mars (1954); Kalgan the Golden (1999); Kalin (1969); Lallia (1971); Legal Eagle (1956); Lost Mars (2018); Lucky Strike / War Picture Library issue 124 (1961); Man of Imagination (2020); Mayenne (1973); Melome (1983); Menace from the Past (1954); Mimics of Dephene (1975); Mirror of the Night (2019); Mirror of the Night and Other Weird Tales (2011); Moment Out of Time (1952); Monster of Metelaze (1973); Moon Base (1964); More Tales of Unease (1969); Murder in Space (1997); Nectar of Heaven (1981); New Writings in SF 22 (1973); New Writings in SF 23 (1973); New Writings in SF 28 (1975); New Writings in SF 29 (1976); New Writings in SF 30 (1977); New Writings in SF 6 (1965); No Higher Stakes / Battle Picture Library issue 89 (1963); One Must Die / Battle Picture Library issue 72 (1962); Only One Winner (2013); Pandora's Box (1954); Patient of Promise (1957); Pawn of the Omphalos (1980); Penalty of Fear / Thriller Picture Library issue 444 (1963); Perilous Planets (1978); Planet of Dread (1974); Planetoid Disposals, Ltd. (1953); Precedent (1952); Prison of Night (1977); Projectile War (1951); Quarry (2021); Reverse Universe (1952); Reward for a Hero (2020); Rocket Invasion (1951); Rockets Aren't Human (1952); S.T.A.R. Flight (1969); Sands of Destiny (2009); Saturn Patrol (1951); Second from the Sun (2020); Seetee Alert! (1974); Slave Ship from Sergan (1973); Space 1 (1973); Space Hunger / aka Earth Set Free (1953); Space Line (1952); Space Stories (1996); Space: 1999 / Alien Seed (1976); Space: 1999 / Breakaway (1975); Space: 1999 / Collision Course (1975); Space: 1999 / Earthfall (1977); Space: 1999 / Rogue Planet (1976); Spaceworlds (2021); Spawn of Laban (1974); Spectrum of a Forgotten Sun (1976); Star Haven (2012); Stardeath (1983); Starslave (2010); Suicide Squad / War Picture Library issue 172 (1962); Symbol of Terra (1984); Target Death / Combat Library issue 102 (1961); Task Flight (1951); Technos (1972); Temple of Death (1954); Ten from Tomorrow (1966); Terra! (1952); Test Piece (2021); The 1974 Annual World's Best SF (1974); The Androids Are Coming (1979); The Best Science Fiction of E.C. Tubb (2003); The Captive (2010); The Coming Event (1982); The Daymakers (2014); The Dead Keep Faith / War Picture Library issue 140 (1962); The Eater of Worlds (1974); The Extra Man / aka Fifty Days to Doom (1954); The First Shot (2000); The Freedom Army / aka De Bracy's Drug (1953); The Galactiad (1983); The Genetic Buccaneer (1974); The Gholan Gate (1974); The Ghosts of Epidoris (1975); The Gold Seekers (2000); The Green Helix / aka Alien Universe (1952); The Hand of Havoc (1954); The Jester at Scar (1970); The Life Buyer (1965); The Luck Machine (1980); The Mammoth Book of New Terror (2004); The Metal Eater (1954); The Ming Vase (2011); The Mutants Rebel (1953); The Pawn of Ophalos (1980); The Primitive (1977); The Quillian Sector (1978); The Random House Book of Science Fiction Stories (1997); The Resurrected Man (1954); The Return (1997); The Sleeping City (1999); The Space-Born (1956); The Spark of Anger / Battle Picture Library issue 52 (1962); The Stellar Assignment (1979); The Stellar Legion (1954); The Temple of Truth (1985); The Terra Data (1980); The Terridae (1981); The Tormented City (1953); The Wager (2011); The Wall (1953); The Wall / The Life Buyer (2021); The Warbirds (2021); The Winds of Gath / aka Gath (1967); The Wonderful Day (2012); To Dream Again (2011); Tomorrow (2011); Too Tough to Handle / War Picture Library issue 134 (1962); Toyman (1969); Upstairs (2021); Venusian Adventure (1953); Veruchia (1973); We, the Brave (1957); Web of Sand (1979); Weird Shadows from Beyond (1965); World at Bay (1954); World of Promise (1980); Zenya (1974).

Movies and television:

57 Seconds (2023); Le navire étoile (1962); Night Gallery / Segment: Little Girl Lost (1972); The Vise (1955).

Born on this day – Victoria Spivey:

Victoria Spivey

Blues singer

Songwriter

October 15, 1906 – October 3, 1976

Albums:

A Basket of Blues (1962); Classic Piano Blues from Smithsonian Folkways (2008); Idle Hours (1961); Music Down Home (1965); Songs We Taught Your Mother (1962); The Blues Is Life (1976); The Queen and Her Knights (1965); Three Kings and the Queen (1964); Victoria and Her Blues (1962); Woman Blues! (1962).

Movies and television:

All You Need Is Love (1977); Blue Jasmine (2013); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Hallelujah (1929); I Hear the Blues (1963); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 - Volume 1 (2003); The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966 - Volume 2 (2003); The Blues (2003); The Devil's Music (1979).

Born on this day – Mervyn LeRoy:

Mervyn LeRoy

Director

Producer

October 15, 1900 – September 13, 1987

Born on this day – Ina Claire:

Ina Claire

Actress

October 15, 1893 – February 21, 1985

Credits:

Claudia (1943); From the Ends of the Earth (1939); I Take This Woman (1940); National Red Cross Pageant (1917); Ninotchka (1939); Polly with a Past (1920); Rebound (1931); Screen Snapshots, Series 9, No. 23 (1930); Stage Door Canteen (1943); The Awful Truth (1929); The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932); The Puppet Crown (1915); The Royal Family of Broadway (1930); The Wild Goose Chase (1915).

Born on this day – Burt Gillett:

Burt Gillett (left) and Walt Disney (right)

Burt Gillett

Director

Writer

Animator

October 15, 1891 – December 28, 1971

Credits:

A Haunting We Will Go (1939); A Knight for a Day (1946); A Little Bird Told Me (1934); Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons (1937); Adventures of Tom Thumb Jr. (1940); Along Came a Duck (1934); Andy Panda Goes Fishing (1940); Arctic Antics (1930); Babes in the Woods (1932); Beach Picnic (1939); Bird Scouts (1935); Birds of a Feather (1931); Blue Rhythm (1931); Bold King Cole (1936); Brave Little Tailor (1938); Bugs in Love (1932); Cannibal Capers (1930); Casey Bats Again (1954); Disney's Halloween Treat (1984); DTV: Golden Oldies (1984); DTV: Pop & Rock (1984); DTV: Rock, Rhythm & Blues (1984); Fishin' Around (1931); Flowers and Trees (1932); Frolicking Fish (1930); Giantland (1933); Grandfather's Clock (1934); Gulliver Mickey (1934); Hunting Big Game (1920); Japanese Lanterns (1935); Just Dogs (1932); King Neptune (1932); Knock on the Window, the Door Is a Jamb (1920); Lonesome Ghosts (1937); Mickey Cuts Up (1931); Mickey Plays Papa (1934); Mickey Steps Out (1931); Mickey's Birthday Party (1953); Mickey's Gala Premier (1933); Mickey's Good Deed (1932); Mickey's House of Villains (2002); Mickey's Nightmare (1932); Mickey's Orphans (1931); Mickey's Pal Pluto (1933); Molly Moo Cow and Robinson Crusoe (1936); Molly Moo-Cow and Rip Van Winkle (1935); Molly Moo-Cow and the Butterflies (1935); Molly Moo-Cow and the Indians (1935); Monkey Melodies (1930); Moth and the Flame (1938); Mother Goose Melodies (1931); Neptune Nonsense (1936); One Good Turn Deserves Another (1920); Orphan's Benefit (1934); Parade of the Award Nominees (1932); Parrotville Old Folks (1935); Parrotville Post-Office (1935); Pastrytown Wedding (1934); Pioneer Days (1930); Playful Pan (1930); Playful Pluto (1934); Puttin' on the Dog (1944); Rag Dog (1935); Scotty Finds a Home (1935); Shanghaied (1934); Silly Superstition (1939); Snap Judgement (1920); Spinning Mice (1935); The Barnyard Broadcast (1931); The Beach Party (1931); The Big Bad Wolf (1934); The Birth of a Toothpick (1939); The Birthday Party (1931); The Busy Beavers (1931); The Castaway (1931); The Chain Gang (1930); The Delivery Boy (1931); The Duck Hunt (1932); The Dummy (1920); The Fire Fighters (1930); The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg (1936); The Gorilla Mystery (1930); The Hunting Season (1935); The Mad Dog (1932); The Merry Kittens (1935); The Moose Hunt (1931); The Parrotville Fire Department (1934); The Picnic (1930); The Picnic Panic (1935); The Pointer (1939); The Shindig (1930); The Sleeping Princess (1939); The Standard Parade (1939); The Steeple Chase (1933); The Stubborn Mule (1939); The Sunshine Makers (1935); The Thrifty Pig (1941); The Wayward Canary (1932); The Whoopee Party (1932); The Winning Ticket (1938); The Woody Woodpecker Show (1957); Three Little Pigs (1933); Three Little Wolves (1936); Tiger Trouble (1945); Toonerville Picnic (1936); Toonerville Trolley (1936); Toontown Big Shots (2006); Trader Mickey (1932); Traffic Troubles (1931); Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition II: Life with Mickey (1985); Wild Waves (1929); Winter (1930); Ye Olden Days (1933).