Saturday, October 18, 2025

Born on this day – Dawn Wells:


Dawn Wells


Actress

October 18, 1938 – December 30, 2020

Credits:

1 vs. 100 (2008); 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); 33rd Miss America Pageant (1959); 77 Sunset Strip (1961); 87th Precinct (1962); Access Hollywood (2005); ALF (1987); All Access Pass: The TV Land Awards (2004); American Christmas (2019); Baywatch (1992); Before the Three-Hour Tour (2004); Bonanza (1962–1968); Burke's Law (1964); Camp Midnite (1989); CBS at 75 (2003); CBS Mornings (2008); Celebrity Ghost Stories (2012); Channing (1964); Cheyenne (1961); Chopped (2013); Columbo: It's All in the Game (1993); Dawn Wells: Reel Adventures (1997); Daytrippers (1998); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Entertainment Tonight (2005–2015); Entertainment Tonight Presents: Gilligan's Island - The Untold Tales (2000); ET in TV Land (2003); Everglades! (1961); Family Feud (1983); Fantasy Island (1981); Forever for Now (2004); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2016); Gilligan's Island (1964–1967); Gilligan's Planet (1982); Girlfriends (2005); Good vs Evil (1999); Growing Pains (1987); Hagen (1980); Hawaiian Eye (1962); Heaven's Waiting Room (2017); Herman's Head (1993); High School U.S.A. (1983); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Squares (1999–2001); Hollywood Treasure (2010); Home & Family (2015–2019); Inside Edition (2015–2020); It's a Man's World (1962); Kaplan's Korner (2018); Ken Boxer Live (2015); Laramie (1963); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993); Lawman (1962); Life Interrupted (2017); Live, Laugh, Eat (2012); Love on the Spectrum (2019); Lover's Knot (1995); Marie (2013); Matt Houston (1983); Maverick (1961); Meego (1997); Oprah: Where Are They Now? (2016); Palm Springs Weekend (1963); Password (1965); Pastor Greg (2007); Pyramid (2004); Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978); Return to Boggy Creek (1977); Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt (2003); Richard Rossi Live (1991); Ripcord (1963); Roseanne (1995); RuPaul's Drag U (2010); See Ya (2018); She's Still on That Freakin' Island (2015–2017); Silent But Deadly (2012); SoapTalk (2004); Soulmates (1992); Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1994); Stand-up Comics Take a Stand (1988); Steve Harvey (2015); Strange Inheritance (2017); Super Sucker (2002); Surfside 6 (1961–1962); Surge of Power: Big City Chronicles (2020); Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel (2016); Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History (2001); Survivor Stories with Dawn Wells (2013); Svengoolie (2015 / 2021); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); Talk Soup (1996); That '60s Home (2004); The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards (2004); The 45th Annual Directors Guild Awards (1993); The 6th Annual TV Land Awards (2008); The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2021); The Bob Braun Show (1977–1979); The Bold and the Beautiful (2016); The Castaways on Gilligan's Island (1979); The Chew (2016); The Detectives (1961); The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants (2019); The F.B.I. (1969); The Geraldo Rivera Show (1991); The Gilligan Manifesto (2018); The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981); The Howard Stern Show (1992); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2008); The Invaders (1967); The Joan Rivers Show (1993); The Joey Bishop Show (1962–1964); The Late Show (1988); The Love Boat (1980–1981); The Man Show (2000); The Mike Douglas Show (1978); The New High Rollers (1974–1988); The New Interns (1964); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Princess and the Dwarf (1989); The Roaring 20's (1961); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996); The Sixties (2014); The Test (2001); The Third Man (1963); The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976); The Unknown Story (2022); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2020); The Wild Wild West (1968); This Is Our Time (2013); Three Sisters (2001); Today (2014 / 2020); Toon in with Me (2021); TV Guide's Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals 2 (2000); TV Land Convention Special (2004); TV Land Landmarks: Breaking the Mold (2004); TV Land Moguls (2004–2009); TV Land's Top Ten (2005); TV's All Time Favorites (1995); Valentine's Day (1965); Vega$ (1978); Vicki! (1992–1994); Wagon Train (1961); Whatever Happened To? (2007); What's Up Orange County (2015–2018); Winterhawk (1975).

Born on this day – Peter Boyle:


Peter Boyle

Actor

October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006

Born on this day – Inger Stevens:


Inger Stevens


Actress

October 18, 1934 – April 30, 1970

Credits:

5 Card Stud (1968); A Dream of Kings (1969); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); A Time for Killing (1967); ABC's Nightlife (1965); ABC's Wide World of Entertainment (1964); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1954); Bonanza (1959); Checkmate (1960); Climax! (1957); Conflict (1956); Crunch and Des (1956); Crusader (1956); Cry Terror! (1958); Danger (1954); Empire (1963); Firecreek (1968); Follow the Sun (1961); Girl Talk (1963); Goodyear Playhouse (1954); Gypsy (1967); Hang 'Em High (1968); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hong Kong (1960); House of Cards (1968); Inger Stevens in Sweden (1965); Kraft Theatre (1954); Madigan (1968); Mama (1955); Man on Fire (1957); Matinee Theatre (1956); Mister Peepers (1954); Moment of Fear (1960); Personality (1968); Playhouse 90 (1956–1959); Robert Montgomery Presents (1955); Route 66 (1960–1961); Run, Simon, Run (1970); Sam Benedict (1962); Studio One (1954–1955); Sunday Showcase (1959); The 22nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1965); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The All New Truth or Consequences (1962); The Andy Williams Show (1966); The Aquanauts (1961); The Bob Hope Show (1964); The Borgia Stick (1967); The Buccaneer (1958); The Danny Kaye Show (1966); The Detectives (1961); The Dick Cavett Show (1968); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962–1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963); The DuPont Show of the Month (1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1957); The Eleventh Hour (1962); The Farmer's Daughter (1963–1966); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1956); The Mask of Sheba (1970); The Merv Griffin Show (1966); The Mike Wallace Interview (1960); The Millionaire (1956); The Most Deadly Game (1970); The New Interns (1964); The Pat Boone Show (1967); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1962); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967); The Steve Allen Show (1968); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1967); The Twilight Zone / The Hitch-Hiker (1959); The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959); You Don't Say (1963); Your First Impression (1963); Zane Grey Theatre (1960).

Born on this day – George C. Scott:


George C. Scott

Actor

Director

Producer

October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999

Born on this day – John Morris:


John Morris

Composer

Dance arranger

Conductor

Pianist

October 18, 1926 – January 25, 2018

Born on this day – Boogie Woogie Red:


Boogie Woogie Red


Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

October 18, 1925 – July 2, 1992

Credits:

Albums:

Live at the Blind Pig (1974); Red Hot (1977).

Songs:

After Hours; Blues for My Baby; Bumble Bee Blues; Got to Find My Baby; Mean Ol' Frisco; Old Time Shuffle; Prison Bound; Red's Boogie; Red's Rhumba; Red's Rumba; Relaxin; Showtime; Sisterly Love; Step Down on It; Take Five; The Reefer Song; Viper Song; When I Was Young; You Put a Spell on Me.

Born on this day – Evelyn Venable:


Evelyn Venable

Actress

October 18, 1913 – November 15, 1993