Born on this day – Denison Clift:

Denison Clift

Writer

Director

May 3, 1885 – December 17, 1961

Credits:

A Bill of Divorcement (1922); A Girl in Bohemia (1919); A Woman of No Importance (1921); All That Glitters (1937); And a Still Small Voice (1918); Bentley's Conscience (1922); City of Play (1929); Diana of the Crossways (1922); El impostor (1931); End of the Road (1944); Firebrand Trevison (1920); Flames of Desire (1924); Gambling in Souls (1919); Great Diamond Mystery (1924); Her Honor the Mayor (1920); High Seas (1929); His Birthright (1918); Honor Among Men (1924); Lost Money (1919); Man About Town (1932); Out to Win (1923); Paradise (1928); Phantom Ship (1935); Ports of Call (1925); Power Over Men (1929); Rose of the West (1919); Scotland Yard (1930); Secrets of Scotland Yard (1944); Snares of Paris (1919); Sonia (1921); Square Shooter (1920); Taxi for Two (1929); The Bride of the Colorado (1928); The Call of the Soul (1919); The Challenge of the Law (1920); The Coming of the Law (1919); The Danger Zone (1918); The Diamond Necklace (1921); The Divorce Trap (1919); The Hell Ship (1920); The Iron Heart (1920); The Last Adventurers (1937); The Last Straw (1920); The Little Wanderer (1920); The Love That Dares (1919); The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots (1923); The Midnight Patrol (1918); The Old Wives' Tale (1921); The Speed Maniac (1919); The Spirit of Good (1920); The Splendid Sin (1919); The Tattlers (1920); The Woman Disputed (1928); The Yankee Clipper (1927); This Freedom (1923); Warn London (1934); Wedlock (1918); What Would You Do? (1920); When Fate Decides (1919); Why Men Forget (1921); Wolves of the Rail (1918).

Sappho, on words:

Although only breath,

words which I command are immortal.

- Sappho.

On this day in music history - Resurrection, by Anastacia (2014):

Resurrection

Album by Anastacia,

released May 2, 2014.

Track list:

Staring at the Sun; Lifeline; Stupid Little Things; I Don’t Want to Be the One; Evolution; Pendulum; Stay; Dark White Girl; Apology; Broken Wings.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958):

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 32.
Episode entitled: The Healer.
Released May 2, 1958.
Directed by Sidney Lanfield.
Written by Lawrence Menkin.
Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Gloria Talbott, Paul Newlan, Robert Carson, Sarah Selby, Paula Hill, Dayton Lummis.

Born on this day – Angela Bofill:

Angela Bofill

Singer

Songwriter

May 2, 1954 – June 13, 2024

Credits:

Albums:

Angel of the Night (1979); Angie (1978); Angie / Expanded Edition (1978); Carl Anderson (1986); I Wanna Love Somebody (1993); Intuition (1988); Let Me Be the One (1984); Live from Manila (2006); Love in Slow Motion (1996); Something About You (1981); Something About You / Expanded Edition (2002); Teaser (1983); Tell Me Tomorrow (1985); The Best of Angela Bofill (1986); The Definitive Collection (1999); The Essential Angela Bofill (2014); Too Tough (1983).

Movies and television:

Body Electric (2004); Ebony/Jet Showcase (1989); Friends in Love (1983); Nina Live! (2005); Soul Train (1983); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1982); Unsung (2012).

Born on this day – Bruce Glover:

Bruce Glover

Actor

Writer

Director

May 2, 1932 – March 12, 2025

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965); 30 Years of James Bond (1992); 6½ (1998); Adam-12 (1969); American Hero (1997); An Approximation of their Barbarous Manners (2021); At Ease (1983); Avroskoop (1971); B.J. and the Bear (1980–1981); Barney Miller (1978); Battlestar Galactica (1978); Bearcats! (1971); Benson (1982); Big Bad Mama II (1987); Big Shamus, Little Shamus (1979); Black Gunn (1972); Bless the Beasts & Children (1971); Blindfold (1966); Bonanza (1970); Broke Sky (2007); Buffalo Bushido (2009); C.C. & Company (1970); Car 54, Where Are You? (1961); Chaindance (1991); Chinatown (1974); CHiPs (1977–1979); Darkness Awaits (2025); Dayton's Devils (1968); Diamonds Are Forever (1971); Diamonds Are Forever: Deleted Scenes (2006); Die Hard Dracula (1998); Dundee and the Culhane (1967); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Electric Memories with Bruce Glover (2017); Filming the James Bond Film 'Diamonds Are Forever' in Amsterdam (1971); Final Chapter: Walking Tall (1977); Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster (1965); Ghost Town (1988); Ghost World (2001); Gunsmoke (1969–1972); Hard Times / aka Street Fighter (1975); Harry O (1976); Hart to Hart (1981); Hawk (1966); Hider in the House (1989); Hunter's Blood (1986); Influence (2015); Inside Acting (2000); Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever' (2000); Inside Out II / Segment: Mis-Apprehended (1992); It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine. (2007); James Bond Radio (2015); James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute (2002); James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983); Johnny Mnemonic: The Interactive Action Movie (1995); Kill Crazy (1989); Kiss Me, Kill Me (1976); Kojak (1976); Les enfants de la télé (2020); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); McNamara's Band (1977); Mission: Impossible (1970); Mod Squad (1968–1970); MTV Movie Special: Licence to Kill (1989); Murder, She Wrote (1990); My Favorite Martian (1966); Never Steal Anything Small (1959); Night of the Scarecrow (1995); No Soap, Radio (1982); One Little Indian (1973); Our House (1987); Paris 7000 (1970); Part 2: Walking Tall (1975); Penny Ante: The Motion Picture (1990); Perry Mason (1965); Police Story (1975–1979); Popcorn (1991); Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet (2015); Route 66 (1963); Run for Your Life (1967); S.W.A.T. (1976); Santa Barbara (1987); Scammerhead (2014); Scandalous John (1971); Sean Connery: Private (1993); Sean Connery: The Man and the Movies (2021); Sergeant T.K. Yu (1979); Shakespeare's Plan 12 from Outer Space (1991); Simon Says (2006); Six Days in Paradise (2010); Small & Frye (1983); Spoiler (1998); Street War! (1990); Street Wars (1991); Stunts (1977); Suicide, the Comedy (1998); Summer Babes (2013); Swatch James Bond 007 Villain Collection Television Commercial (2008); Sweet Love, Bitter (1967); Switch (1976); T.J. Hooker (1984); The A-Team (1985); The Big Score (1983); The Big Valley (1968); The Blue Knight (1975–1976); The Cylons of 'Battlestar Galactica' (2004); The Danny Thomas Hour (1967); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Documentary of the Making of 'It Is Fine Everything Is Fine' (2009); The Dukes of Hazzard (1983); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Exotic Locations of 'Diamonds Are Forever' (2006); The Facts of Life (1984); The Feather and Father Gang (1977); The Good Guys (1968); The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967–1969); The Impostor (1975); The Magical World of Disney (1976 / 1980); The Outsider (1969); The Over-the-Hill Gang (1969); The Partners (1972); The Psychiatrist (1971); The Rat Patrol (1967); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–1978); The Streets of San Francisco (1976–1977); The Thomas Crown Affair (1968); The Verdict Is Yours (1958); This Is the West That Was (1974); Tiger, Tiger (1969); Untitled Crispin Hellion Glover Project / Apollo, Old Brutus (2025); Vega$ (1980); Voices Lost (2025); Walking Tall (1973); Warlock: The Armageddon (1993); What Is It? (2005); Who Killed Teddy Bear (1965); Will Unplugged (2005); You're in the Picture (1961); Yuma (1971).

Born on this day – Roscoe Lee Browne:

Roscoe Lee Browne

Actor

Director

May 2, 1922 – April 11, 2007

Credits:

14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2008); 19th Annual NAACP Image Awards (1987); 2002 Trumpet Awards (2002); 2003 Trumpet Awards (2003); 227 (1987); A Different World (1988–1992); AFI Life Achievement Award (1977); All in the Family (1972–1973); American Playhouse (1983); And When I Die, I Won't Stay Dead (2015); Babe (1995); Babe: Pig in the City (1998); Baby Talk (1991); Barney Miller (1975); Batman: The Animated Series (1994); Behind the Broken Words (2003); Benson (1980); Bertolt Brecht: Übungstücke für Schauspieler (1964); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1990); Biography (2000); Black Like Me (1964); Blacke's Magic (1986); Bonanza (1972); Brother Minister: The Assassination of Malcolm X (1994); Camera Three (1963 / 1964); CBS Children's Mystery Theatre (1981); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1996); Chronicles: Family Diaries I (1970); Cisco Pike (1971); Columbo (1990); Curtis Armstrong in Tales of a Fly on the Wall (2004); Dear God (1996); Disney Sing-Along Songs: 101 Notes of Fun (1989); Disney Sing-Along Songs: Very Merry Christmas Songs (1988); Dr. Scorpion (1978); East Side/West Side (1963); Eddie Presley (1992); Epic Movie (2007); ER (1999); Espionage (1963); EZ Streets (1997); Falcon Crest (1988); Farewell to the Planet of the Apes (1980); Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery (1990); Flip (1972–1973); Foofur (1987); For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010); Forest Warrior (1996); Freakazoid! (1995); Galapagos: Beyond Darwin (1996); Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006); Good Times (1974); Haiti: Harvest of Hope (1994); Hamlet (2000); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995); Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (2004); Hard Time: The Premonition (1999); Head of the Class (1986); High Five (1982); Highway to Heaven (1988); History of the Negro People (1965); Hope Island (1999); Independent Lens (2006); Insight (1968); Is Everybody Happy But Me? (1980); John Grin's Christmas (1986); John Wayne: Behind the Scenes (2007); Judas Kiss (1998); Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986); King (1978); Lady in the Corner (1989); Last Summer in the Hamptons (1995); Law & Order (1992–2003); Legal Eagles (1986); Lionpower from MGM (1967); Logan's Run (1976); Magnum, P.I. (1983); Mannix (1968); Maude (1977–1978); McCoy (1975–1976); Me and My Brother (1968); Meeting of Minds (1978); Miss Winslow and Son (1979); Moments Without Proper Names (1987); Moon 44 (1990); Morgan's Ferry (2001); Naked in New York (1993); NBC Experiment in Television (1968); NET Playhouse (1967); New York Undercover (1996); Night Angel (1990); Noël (1992); Nothing Personal (1980); Oliver & Company (1988); Once in the Life (2000); Once Upon a Classic (1978); Open Window (1989); Phantom 2040 (1995); Planet of the Apes (1974); Power Masters (1987); Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love (1974); Ring Raiders (1989); RLS Legacy Virtual 3D Tour and Treasure Hunt (2003); Sanford and Son (1972); SeaQuest 2032 (1993–1994); Side Order of Life (2007); Smiley Face (2007); Soap (1977–1981); Space (1985); Spider-Man: Secret Wars (1999); Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1995–1998); Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown (2002); Spider-Man: The Venom Saga (2005); Starsky and Hutch (1977); Static Shock (2003–2004); Stuck with Each Other (1989); Super Fly T.N.T. (1973); Swamp Thing (1990); Sweet Deadly Dreams (2006); Sweet Justice (1995); Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970); Terror in the City (1964); That Was the Week That Was (1963–1985); The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1979); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 46th Annual Tony Awards (1992); The 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2007); The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008); The Beast (1995); The Bob Braun Show (1970); The Breaking of Boys and the Making of Men in 'the Cowboys' (1972); The Comedians (1967); The Comedians in Africa (1967); The Connection (1961); The Cowboys (1972); The Cowboys: Together Again (2007); The Defenders (1962); The Glass Ceiling (1991); The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (1986); The Invaders (1968); The John Larroquette Show (1994); The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970); The Magical World of Disney (1983); The Mambo Kings (1992); The Miracle Healers (1976); The Name of the Game (1969–1970); The Nativity (1987); The Notorious 7 (1997); The Outcasts (1969); The Papp Project (2001); The Pirates of Dark Water (1991); The Pompatus of Love (1995); The Proud Family (2003); The Ra Expeditions (1971); The Real Ghostbusters (1988); The Shield (2002); The Streets of San Francisco (1973); The Telemarketers: 36 Hrs (2009); The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story (2000); The Wild Thornberrys (1999–2000); The World's Greatest Athlete (1973); Today (1975); Topaz (1969); Treasure Planet (2002); Treasure Planet Read-Along DVD (2003); Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977); Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003); Unknown Powers (1978); Uptight (1968); Uptown Saturday Night (1974); Valentines. A Bouquet of Letters and Poetry of Lovers (1994); Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light (1987); Will & Grace (2004); Working in the Theatre (1992); You Must Remember This (1992).