Born on this day – Alex Rocco:

Alex Rocco

Actor

February 29, 1936 – July 18, 2015

Credits:

Don't Sleep (2017); Silver Skies (2016); Maron (2015); Episodes (2014–2015); Scammerhead (2014); Magic City (2012–2013); The House Across the Street (2013); Private Practice (2012); Blackbird (2011); The Life & Times of Tim (2011); And They're Off (2011); Batman: Year One (2011); Now Here (2010); Fallout: New Vegas (2010); Party Down (2010); Ready or Not (2009); The Wedding Bells (2007); Smokin' Aces (2006); Jam (2006); Find Me Guilty (2006); ER (2005); Crazylove (2005); The Division (2001–2004); Restive Planet (2004); The Job (2003); Lucky (2003); Touched by an Angel (2003); The Country Bears (2002); Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie (2002); Space (2002); Family Guy (1999–2001); Italian Ties (2001); The Wedding Planner (2001); The Angry Beavers (2000); The Last Producer (2000); Walker, Texas Ranger (2000); The Practice (2000); Sam Churchill: Search for a Homeless Man (1999); Family Law (1999); Pepper Ann (1998–1999); Dudley Do-Right (1999); Just Shoot Me! (1999); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1999); One Life to Live (1999); A Bug's Life (1998); Silk Stalkings (1998); Goodbye Lover (1998); Michael Hayes (1998); Home Improvement (1997); Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher (1997); Early Edition (1997); Just Write (1997); Goode Behavior (1997); The Simpsons (1990–1997); Dead of Night (1996); Mad About You (1996); That Thing You Do! (1996); Pinky and the Brain (1996); Hope & Gloria (1995); Partners (1995); Can't Hurry Love (1995); Get Shorty (1995); The George Carlin Show (1994–1995); The Spy Within (1995); Harmful Intent (1993); Bonkers (1993); Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage (1993); Sibs (1991–1992); Boris and Natasha (1992); The Pope Must Diet (1991); An Inconvenient Woman (1991); Midnight Caller (1991); The Famous Teddy Z (1989–1990); A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder (1990); How to Murder a Millionaire (1990); Carol & Company (1990); Murphy Brown (1989); Wired (1989); Dream a Little Dream (1989); Lady in White (1988); The Facts of Life (1981–1988); The Magical World of Disney (1988); Hunter (1987); Hotel (1987); Rags to Riches (1987); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Scenes from the Goldmine (1987); Return to Horror High (1987); P.K. and the Kid (1987); T.J. Hooker (1984–1986); Murder, She Wrote (1985–1986); Hollywood Beat (1985); Stiffs (1985); The Golden Girls (1985); Badge of the Assassin (1985); Gotcha! (1985); Braker (1985); Stick (1985); The A-Team (1985); Jessie (1984); Hot Pursuit (1984); The Love Boat (1983–1984); Simon & Simon (1982–1984); St. Elsewhere (1984); Steambath (1984); Hardcastle and McCormick (1984); Cannonball Run II (1984); Matt Houston (1984); The Best of Times (1983); Small & Frye (1983); High Performance (1983); The First Time (1982); The Entity (1982); Nobody's Perfekt (1981); Riker (1981); The Gangster Chronicles (1981); CHiPs (1980); Herbie Goes Bananas (1980); The Stunt Man (1980); Voices (1979); The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank (1978); Rabbit Test (1978); A Question of Guilt (1978); Johnny Staccato (1976–1977); What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1977); Starsky and Hutch (1977); The Godfather Saga (1977); Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue (1977); Husbands and Wives (1977); Fire Sale (1977); Baretta (1977); Dog and Cat (1977); Barnaby Jones (1977); The Rockford Files (1977); Police Story (1975–1977); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1977); Three for the Road (1975); Hearts of the West (1975); A Woman for All Men (1975); The Blue Knight (1975); Cannon (1972–1975); Twigs (1975); Hustling (1975); Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975); Kojak (1973–1975); Freebie and the Bean (1974); Get Christie Love! (1974); The Rookies (1974); Three the Hard Way (1974); Lotsa Luck! (1974); Legend in Granite (1973); Detroit 9000 (1973); The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973); Slither (1973); Circle of Fear (1973); Mission: Impossible (1971–1973); The Outside Man (1972); The F.B.I. (1972); Bonnie's Kids (1972); Stanley (1972); The Godfather (1972); Brute Corps (1971); Wild Riders (1971); That Girl (1970–1971); Blood Mania (1970); The Old Man Who Cried Wolf (1970); The Boston Strangler (1968); Get Smart (1967); The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967); Batman (1967); Run for Your Life (1967); Motorpsycho! (1965).

Born on this day – Joss Ackland:

Joss Ackland

Actor

February 29, 1928 – November 19, 2023

Credits:

Aeris (2014); Decline of an Empire (2014); The Portrait (2014); Prisoners of the Sun (2013); The Stain (2011); The Boy with Chocolate Fingers (2011); Crusoe (2008–2010); Pinocchio (2009); IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey (2009); In Search of the Great Beast 666 (2007); How About You (2007); Flawless (2007); Kingdom (2007); Above and Beyond (2006); Hogfather (2006); Moscow Zero (2006); These Foolish Things (2006); Midsomer Murders (2006); The Christmas Eve Snowfall (2005); Blue Peter (2005); Icon (2005); Asylum (2005); A Different Loyalty (2004); Henry VIII (2003); Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness (2003); I'll Be There (2003); Lionheart: The Crusade (2003); A World in Arms (2002); K-19: The Widowmaker (2002); No Good Deed (2002); Othello (2001); Lounge Act (2000); The Mumbo Jumbo (2000); Gioco di specchi (2000); Tales from the Madhouse (2000); Passion of Mind (2000); Milk (1999); Il figlio di Sandokan (1998); My Giant (1998); Heat of the Sun (1998); Firelight (1997); Swept from the Sea (1997); Bedtime Stories (1996); Testament: The Bible in Animation (1996); To the Ends of Time (1996); D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996); Surviving Picasso (1996); Screen Two (1993–1996); Hidden in Silence (1996); Daisies in December (1995); A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995); Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1995); Citizen X (1995); OcchioPinocchio (1994); Jacob (1994); Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1994); Miracle on 34th Street (1994); Giorgino (1994); Citizen Locke (1994); Mother's Boys (1993); The Thief and the Cobbler (1993); Nowhere to Run (1993); The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992); The Mighty Ducks (1992); Shadowchaser (1992); White Bear's Secret (1992); Once Upon a Crime... (1992); Jackanory (1987–1992); Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (1992); Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1991); Brown Bear's Wedding (1991); The Princess and the Goblin (1991); Ashenden (1991); The Bridge (1991); A Woman Named Jackie (1991); A Murder of Quality (1991); Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991); The Object of Beauty (1991); The Sheltering Desert (1991); Never the Sinner (1990); Tre colonne in cronaca (1990); Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990); The Hunt for Red October (1990); The Palermo Connection (1990); Jekyll and Hyde (1990); First and Last (1989); Lethal Weapon 2 (1989); The Man Who Lived at the Ritz (1989); The Justice Game (1989); A Quiet Conspiracy (1989); Olympus Force: The Key (1988); To Kill A Priest (1988); Codename: Kyril (1988); Tales of the Unexpected (1980–1988); When We Are Married (1987); Pet Shop Boys: Always on My Mind (1987); It Couldn't Happen Here (1987); White Mischief (1987); The Sicilian (1987); Queenie (1987); A Killing on the Exchange (1987); Omnibus (1986); Shadowlands (1986); The Great White Mountain (1986); Lady Jane (1986); A Zed & Two Noughts (1985); The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1985); The Tragedy of Coriolanus (1984); Shroud for a Nightingale (1984); The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1982); Escape to the West (1982); The Confessions of Felix Krull (1982); BBC2 Playhouse (1981); Thicker Than Water (1981); Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective (1981); The Apple (1980); The Gentle Touch (1980); Closing Ranks (1980); Rough Cut (1980); A Question of Guilt (1980); A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1980); Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979); Caligula (1979); Turtle's Progress (1979); Saint Jack (1979); The Love Tapes (1979); The Sweeney (1978); Watership Down (1978); Return of the Saint (1978); Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978); The Greek Tycoon (1978); Enemy at the Door (1978); The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977); Silver Bears (1977); The Crezz (1976); Aquarius (1974–1976); Centre Play (1976); Operation Daybreak (1975); Royal Flash (1975); One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975); Great Expectations (1974); The Little Prince (1974); Miss Nightingale (1974); S*P*Y*S (1974); The Black Windmill (1974); The Protectors (1974); The Three Musketeers (1973); Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973); England Made Me (1973); Penny Gold (1973); Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973); The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971); Play for Today (1970–1973); Late Night Theatre (1972); Six Faces (1972); Country Matters (1972); The Mind Snatchers (1972); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1972); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1971–1972); The Persuaders! (1972); Justice (1972); Cry of the Penguins (1971); Shirley's World (1971); Villain (1971); One Pair of Eyes (1971); The House That Dripped Blood (1971); Crescendo (1970); BBC Play of the Month (1966–1970); Canterbury Tales (1969); W. Somerset Maugham (1969); The Gold Robbers (1969); The Avengers (1969); Z Cars (1964–1968); Mystery and Imagination (1966–1968); Mogul (1966–1968); The Wednesday Play (1965–1967); Trapped (1967); The Further Adventures of the Musketeers (1967); Armchair Theatre (1965–1967); Theatre 625 (1965–1966); The Suspect (1966); Lord Raingo (1966); David Copperfield (1966); Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1966); Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966); No Hiding Place (1965); The Good Soldier Schweik (1965); Blackmail (1965); Gaslight Theatre (1965); Pity About the Abbey (1965); The Sign of Four (1965); The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (1964); Detective (1964); First Night (1964); In Search of the Castaways (1962); About Religion (1961); ITV Play of the Week (1959–1961); On Trial (1960); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959); The DuPont Show of the Month (1959); Next to No Time! (1958); Destination Downing Street (1957); Ghost Ship (1952); Seven Days to Noon (1950); Landfall (1949).

Born on this day – Arthur Franz:

Arthur Franz

Actor

February 29, 1920 – June 17, 2006

Credits:

That Championship Season (1982); Bogie (1980); Jennifer: A Woman's Story (1979); The Last Hurrah (1977); The Waltons (1977); Sisters of Death (1977); The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977); Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1977); King Monster (1976); The Quest (1976); Medical Story (1976); Hollywood (1975); The 'Human' Factor (1975); The Missiles of October (1974); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974); The Rookies (1974); Murder or Mercy (1974); Police Story (1974); Barnaby Jones (1974); So Long, Blue Boy (1973); Room 222 (1973); The New Perry Mason (1973); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972–1973); Mission: Impossible (1970–1972); Primus (1972); McCloud (1972); Cannon (1972); The F.B.I. (1967–1971); Mannix (1971); Mod Squad (1968–1971); The Million Dollar Duck (1971); Men at Law (1971); Dream No Evil (1970); Hawaii Five-O (1970); Lancer (1969); Land of the Giants (1969); The Virginian (1963–1968); The Outcasts (1968); Anzio (1968); The Sweet Ride (1968); The Invaders (1968); Custer (1967); Tarzan (1967); Alvarez Kelly (1966); The Nurses (1965); The Fugitive (1965); Profiles in Courage (1965); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1965); The Bing Crosby Show (1965); Slattery's People (1965); Mr. Novak (1964); Lassie (1964); The Carpetbaggers (1964); Perry Mason (1958–1964); 77 Sunset Strip (1961–1963); Wagon Train (1962–1963); Ripcord (1962); Saints and Sinners (1962); Rawhide (1960–1962); Bonanza (1962); Tales of Wells Fargo (1962); Death Valley Days (1960–1962); Whispering Smith (1961); Ichabod and Me (1961); Hawaiian Eye (1961); The Law and Mr. Jones (1961); The Deputy (1961); Checkmate (1960); Assignment: Underwater (1960); The Chevy Mystery Show (1960); Gunsmoke (1960); The Alaskans (1960); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Markham (1960); One Step Beyond (1960); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960); The Atomic Submarine (1959); World of Giants (1959); Men Into Space (1959); Woman Obsessed (1959); Target (1958); Monster on the Campus (1958); The Millionaire (1955–1958); The Silent Service (1958); The Young Lions (1958); The Flame Barrier (1958); Zane Grey Theatre (1958); The George Sanders Mystery Theater (1957); The Devil's Hairpin (1957); Climax! (1954–1957); The Unholy Wife (1957); Back from the Dead (1957); Crossroads (1956–1957); Hellcats of the Navy (1957); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955–1957); The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1957); Studio 57 (1957); Science Fiction Theatre (1955–1956); The Wild Party (1956); Omnibus (1954–1956); Running Target (1956); Cavalcade of America (1952–1956); Schlitz Playhouse (1953–1956); Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956); TV Reader's Digest (1955–1956); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Four Star Playhouse (1955–1956); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1956); Bobby Ware Is Missing (1955); Kraft Theatre (1947–1955); Kraft Theatre (1955); The Whistler (1954–1955); Fireside Theatre (1953–1955); Justice (1955); Appointment with Adventure (1955); New Orleans Uncensored (1955); Battle Taxi (1955); A Story About Henry Ford (1955); Country Doctor (1954); With This Ring (1954); The Steel Cage (1954); The Caine Mutiny (1954); Robert Montgomery Presents (1954); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1954); The Web (1954); Waterfront (1954); Ponds Theater (1954); The Eddie Cantor Story (1953); Bad for Each Other (1953); Studio One (1953); Flight Nurse (1953); Danger (1953); Invaders from Mars (1953); Eight Iron Men (1952); The Member of the Wedding (1952); Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (1952); The Sniper (1952); Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951); Submarine Command (1951); Flight to Mars (1951); Strictly Dishonorable (1951); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951); Three Secrets (1950); Tarnished (1950); Sands of Iwo Jima (1949); The Lone Ranger (1949); Roseanna McCoy (1949); The Doctor and the Girl (1949); Red Light (1949); Red Stallion in the Rockies (1949); The Price of Freedom (1949); Jungle Patrol (1948).

Born on this day – Michèle Morgan:

Michèle Morgan

Actress

February 29, 1920 – December 20, 2016

Credits:

La rivale (1999); Des gens si bien élevés (1997); La veuve de l'architecte (1995); Everybody's Fine (1990); Le tiroir secret (1986); A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986); La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu (1984); Le tout pour le tout (1981); Robert et Robert (1978); Cat and Mouse (1975); The Diary of an Innocent Boy (1968); La bien-aimée (1967); Lost Command (1966); Dis-moi qui tuer (1965); Les yeux cernés (1964); Les pas perdus (1964); Web of Fear (1964); Méfiez-vous, mesdames! (1963); Il fornaretto di Venezia (1963); Bluebeard (1963); Crime Does Not Pay (1962); Rencontres (1962); The Lions Are Loose (1961); Le puits aux trois vérités (1961); Fortunat (1960); Les scélérats (1960); Grand Hotel (1959); Vacanze d'inverno (1959); Too Late to Love (1959); Love on the Riviera (1958); Maxime (1958); The Mirror Has Two Faces (1958); Retour de manivelle (1957); The Vintage (1957); Shadow of the Guillotine (1956); Si Paris nous était conté (1956); Marguerite de la nuit (1955); The Grand Maneuver (1955); Napoleon (1955); Oasis (1955); Obsession (1954); Daughters of Destiny (1954); Studio One (1953); The Proud and the Beautiful (1953); Jeanne (1952); The Moment of Truth (1952); The Seven Deadly Sins (1952); L'étrange Madame X (1951); The Glass Castle (1950); The Naked Heart (1950); La belle que voilà (1950); Fabiola (1949); Aux yeux du souvenir (1948); The Fallen Idol (1948); The Chase (1946); Pastoral Symphony (1946); Passage to Marseille (1944); Higher and Higher (1943); Two Tickets to London (1943); The Heart of a Nation (1943); Joan of Paris (1942); Remorques (1941); Musicians of Heaven (1940); La loi du nord (1939); L'entraîneuse (1939); Coral Reefs (1939); Port of Shadows (1938); Orage (1938); Heart of Paris (1937); Gigolette (1937); Mes tantes et moi (1937); Forty Little Mothers (1936); Une fille à papa (1936); Meet Miss Mozart (1936); La vie parisienne (1935).

Born on this day – Dinah Shore:

Dinah Shore

Actress

Singer

February 29, 1916 – February 24, 1994

Credits:

Murder, She Wrote (1989); Hotel (1987); HealtH (1980); 240-Robert (1979); Alice (1979); Death Car on the Freeway (1979); Oh, God! (1977); The Carol Burnett Show (1976); Dinah and Her New Best Friends (1976); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976); Here's Lucy (1971); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1970–1971); The Little Engine That Could (1963); Cimarron City (1958); The Danny Thomas Show (1957–1958); Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952); Fun and Fancy Free (1947); Till the Clouds Roll By (1946); Two Silhouettes (1946); Make Mine Music (1946); Belle of the Yukon (1944); Follow the Boys (1944); Up in Arms (1944); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943).

Born on this day – William A. Wellman:

William A. Wellman

Director

Producer

Writer

Actor

Military pilot

February 29, 1896 – December 9, 1975

Credits:

A Star Is Born (1937); A Star Is Born (1954); A Star Is Born (1976); A Star Is Born (2018); Across the Wide Missouri (1951); Battleground (1949); Beau Geste (1939); Beggars of Life (1928); Big Dan (1923); Blood Alley (1955); Buffalo Bill (1944); Call of the Wild (1935); Central Airport (1933); Chinatown Nights (1929); College Coach (1933); Cupid's Fireman (1923); Dangerous Paradise (1930); Darby's Rangers (1958); Evangeline (1919); Female (1933); Frisco Jenny (1932); Gallant Journey (1946); Good-bye, My Lady (1956); Heroes for Sale (1933); Island in the Sky (1953); It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951); Ladies of the Mob (1928); Lady of Burlesque (1943); Lafayette Escadrille (1958); Light's Diamond Jubilee (1954); Lilly Turner (1933); Looking for Trouble (1934); Love Is a Racket (1932); Magic Town (1947); Maybe It's Love (1930); Men with Wings (1938); Midnight Mary (1933); My Man and I (1952); Night Nurse (1931); Not a Drum Was Heard (1924); Nothing Sacred (1937); Other Men's Women (1931); Reaching for the Sun (1941); Ring of Fear (1954); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951); Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936); Roxie Hart (1942); Safe in Hell (1931); Second Hand Love (1923); Small Town Girl (1936); So Big! (1932); Stingaree (1934); Story of G.I. Joe (1945); Tarzan Escapes (1936); The Boob (1926); The Cat's Pajamas (1926); The Circus Cowboy (1924); The Conquerors (1932); The Great Man's Lady (1941); The Happy Years (1950); The Hatchet Man (1932); The High and the Mighty (1954); The Iron Curtain (1948); The Knickerbocker Buckaroo (1919); The Last Gangster (1937); The Legion of the Condemned (1928); The Light That Failed (1939); The Man I Love (1929); The Man Who Won (1923); The Next Voice You Hear... (1950); The Ox-Bow Incident (1942); The President Vanishes (1934); The Public Enemy (1931); The Purchase Price (1932); The Star Witness (1931); The Vagabond Trail (1924); This Man's Navy (1945); Three Guys Named Mike (1951); Thunder Birds: Soldiers of the Air (1942); Track of the Cat (1954); Viva Villa! (1934); Westward the Women (1951); Wild Boys of the Road (1933); Wings (1927); Woman Trap (1929); Yellow Sky (1948); You Never Know Women (1926); Young Eagles (1930).

Born on this day – Victor Rietti:

Victor Rietti

Director

Writer

Actor

February 29, 1888 – December 3, 1963

Credits:

Shipmates o' Mine (2022); Harry's Girls (1963); Come Fly with Me (1963); The Saint (1962); Village of Daughters (1962); Joseph and His Brethren (1961); Danger Man (1961); Uncle Martino (1960); Man from Interpol (1960); ITV Television Playhouse (1960); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1952–1959); Armchair Theatre (1958); Dick and the Duchess (1958); Your Past Is Showing (1957); The Story of Esther Costello (1957); The Jack Benny Program (1957); Encounter (1957); As I Was Saying (1955); The Bob Hope Show (1954); Kraft Theatre (1953); The Prodigal Son (1953); The Plate on the Wall (1952); The Little World of Don Camillo (1952); To Live in Peace (1951); Mr. H.C. Andersen (1950); The Glass Mountain (1949); A Man About the House (1947); Sinfonia fatale (1947); Give Us the Moon (1944); Hotel Reserve (1944); Yellow Canary (1943); The Peterville Diamond (1943); Thunder Rock (1942); Room for Two (1940); 21 Days Together (1940); The Viper (1938); The Divorce of Lady X (1938); Take It from Me (1937); Who's Your Lady Friend? (1937); Girl in the Street (1937); Show Flat (1936); Hideout in the Alps (1936); Juggernaut (1936); Where There's a Will (1936); Jack of All Trades (1936); Two Hearts in Harmony (1935); The Ghost Goes West (1935); Man of the Moment (1935); Jimmy Boy (1935); Escape Me Never (1935); Oh, Daddy! (1935); Power (1934); The Song You Gave Me (1934); The Charming Deceiver (1933); Bitter Sweet (1933).