On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 37.
Episode entitled: Decoy in White.
Released June 12, 1959.
Directed by Sidney Lanfield.
Written by Robert Tallman.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Mike Road, Mike Mazurki, James Flavin, Judy Bamber, Maggie McCarter, Dorothea Lord.

On this day in movie history - A Kiss Before Dying (1956):

A Kiss Before Dying

directed by Gerd Oswald,

written by Lawrence Roman,

based on the novel by Ira Levin,

was released in the United States on June 12, 1956.
Music by Lionel Newman.

Cast:

Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Leith, Joanne Woodward, Mary Astor, George Macready, Robert Quarry, Howard Petrie, Bill Walker, Molly McCart, Marlene Felton, Albert Cavens, Robert Ivers, Mickey Martin, Joe McGuinn, Edwin Rochelle, Jack Stoney.

On this day in movie history - Somewhere in the Night (1946):

Somewhere in the Night

directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz,

written by Howard Dimsdale, Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Lee Strasberg,

based on a story by Marvin Borowsky,

was released in the United States on June 12, 1946.
Music by David Buttolph.

Cast:

John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Conte, Josephine Hutchinson, Fritz Kortner, Margo Woode, Sheldon Leonard, Lou Nova.

Born on this day – Barry Michael Cooper:

Barry Michael Cooper

Producer

Writer

Director

June 12, 1958 – January 21, 2025

Credits:

Above the Rim (1994); American Gangster (2006–2008); Blood on the Wall$ (2005); Bloomberg Game Changers (2010); Classic Albums (2007); Grand Daddy I.U.: Something New (1990); Guilt... (2019); Inside the Label (2016); It's Good to Be... (2003); NBA 2K16 (2015); New Jack City (1991); Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation (2011); Private Times (1991); She's Gotta Have It (2017–2019); Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music (2005); Sugar Hill (1993); Tevin Campbell: For Your Love (1999).

Born on this day – Sian Barbara Allen:

Sian Barbara Allen

Actress

Writer

July 12, 1946 – March 31, 2025

Credits:

Adam-12 (1975); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Baretta (1978); Billy Two Hats (1974); Bonanza (1972); Cagney & Lacey (1988); Captains and the Kings (1976); Columbo (1973); Darkroom (1981); Eric (1975); Falcon Crest (1984); Gunsmoke (1971); Hawaii Five-O (1977); Ironside (1972–1974); Kate McShane (1975); Kingston: Confidential (1977); Kojak (1974); L.A. Law (1990); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Happy Family (1973); Lucas Tanner (1974); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971–1974); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); Police Story (1976); Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973); Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976); Sword of Justice (1978); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1972); The F.B.I. (1972); The Family Rico (1972); The Incredible Hulk (1979); The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976); The Mike Douglas Show (1974); The Rockford Files (1974); The Scarecrow (1972); The Waltons (1973); W.E.B. (1978); You'll Like My Mother (1972).

Born on this day – Nicole Berger:

Nicole Berger

Actress

June 12, 1934 – April 13, 1967

Born on this day – Otto Schenk:

Otto Schenk

Actor

Director

June 12, 1930 – January 9, 2025