Born on this day – Mike Nichols:

Mike Nichols

Director

Producer

Actor

Comedian

November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014

Born on this day – John Lasell:

John Lasell

Actor

November 6, 1928 – October 4, 2024

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1966); 87th Precinct (1962); A Death in California (1985); A Great American Tragedy (1972); Adam-12 (1970); Alcoa Premiere (1961); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1960); As the World Turns (1956–2010); Barnaby Jones (1974); Ben Casey (1961); Camera Three (1961); Cannon (1972); Checkmate (1960–1961); Dallas (1984); Dan August (1970–1971); Dan August: Once Is Never Enough (1980); Dark Shadows (1967); Deathmaster (1972); Dr. Kildare (1964); Falcon Crest (1985); Fear on Trial (1975); Flipper (1964); General Electric Theater (1961); Gunsmoke (1961); Hawaiian Eye (1962); Hazel (1961); Helen Keller and Her Teacher (1970); Hong Kong (1960); Honky (1971); I Spy (1965); Judd for the Defense (1968); Lassie (1973); Lassie: Joyous Sound (1973); Mannix (1972); Men at Law (1971); Message to My Daughter (1973); Mission: Impossible (1972); Mod Squad (1972); My Favorite Martian (1966); Naked City (1962); Night Gallery / Segment: Little Girl Lost (1972); One Step Beyond (1960); Perry Mason (1962–1966); Peyton Place (1965); Police Story (1973); Rawhide (1965); Robert Frost's the Death of the Hired Man (1979); Route 66 (1962); Shannon (1962); Shotgun Slade (1961); Slattery's People (1965); Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962–1964); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960–1961); The F.B.I. (1966–1971); The Fugitive (1964–1966); The Harness (1971); The Invaders (1967); The Investigators (1961); The New Breed (1961); The New Perry Mason (1973); The Organization (1971); The Psychiatrist (1970); The Rogues (1964); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); The Tall Man (1961); The Twilight Zone (1961); This Is the Life (1968–1973); Topaz (1969); Wagon Train (1961).

Born on this day – James Jones:

James Jones

Writer

November 6, 1921 – May 9, 1977

Credits:

From Here to Eternity (1951); The Thin Red Line (1962); Whistle (1978); Some Came Running (1957); The Pistol (1960); Go to the Widow-Maker (1967); The Merry Month of May (1971); A Touch of Danger (1973); To the End of the War (2011); The Ice-Cream Headache & Other Stories (1983); Viet Journal (1974); WW II: A Chronicle of Soldiering (1975); Ten Modern American Short Stories (1965); Great World War II Stories (1989).

Born on this day – Irene Ware:

Irene Ware

Actress

November 6, 1910 – March 11, 1993

Credits:

Around the Town (1938); Brief Moment (1933); Chandu the Magician (1932); Cheers of the Crowd (1935); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009); False Pretenses (1935); Federal Agent (1936); Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936); Happiness C.O.D. (1935); Humanity (1933); In Paris, A.W.O.L. (1936); King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934); Let's Talk It Over (1934); Moulin Rouge (1934); My Weakness (1933); Night Life of the Gods (1935); No Parking (1938); O'Malley of the Mounted (1936); Orient Express (1934); Outside the Three-Mile Limit (1940); Rendezvous at Midnight (1935); 6 Hours to Live (1932); Society Girl (1932); The Affairs of Cellini (1934); The Criminal Within (1936); The Dark Hour (1936); The Live Wire (1937); The Raven (1935); Whispering Smith Speaks (1935); You Belong to Me (1934).

Born on this day – Michael Fessier:

Michael Fessier

Writer

Producer

November 6, 1905 – September 19, 1988

Credits:

Books:

Clovis (1949); Fully Dressed and in His Right Mind (1935); Masters of Noir: Volume Two (2010); The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film (1999).

Movies and television:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960); All American Chump (1936); Angels Wash Their Faces (1939); Bat Masterson (1960); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bonanza (1968); Cavalcade of America (1957); Espionage Agent (1939); Exclusive Story (1936); Fired Wife (1943); Four Star Playhouse (1956); Frontier Gal (1945); Gilligan's Island (1967); Greenwich Village (1944); Have Gun - Will Travel (1957); He Stayed for Breakfast (1940); Her Primitive Man (1944); I Wanted Wings (1941); It All Came True (1940); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1957–1958); Johnny Staccato (1960); Julia (1969); Knockout (1941); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1950); Lost in Space (1966); Lover Come Back (1946); Mister Ed (1963); Mr. Lucky (1960); Red Garters (1954); San Diego I Love You (1944); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Slave Girl (1947); Society Doctor (1935); Song of the City (1937); Speed (1936); Studio 57 (1957); Sugarfoot (1957); Surfside 6 (1961); That Night with You (1945); That's the Spirit (1945); The Boy from Oklahoma (1954); The Brothers Brannagan (1961); The Californians (1958–1959); The Donna Reed Show (1961); The High Chaparral (1967–1969); The Kid from Kokomo (1939); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1961); The Merry Monahans (1944); The Tab Hunter Show (1960); The Thin Man (1958–1959); The Women Men Marry (1937); Trial by Trigger (1944); Vacation Playhouse (1964–1965); Valentine's Day (1964–1965); Valley of the Giants (1938); Wings of the Navy (1939); Woman They Almost Lynched (1953); Women Are Trouble (1936); You Were Never Lovelier (1942); You'll Never Get Rich (1941).

Born on this day – Ruth Selwyn:

Ruth Selwyn

Actress

Producer

November 6, 1905 – December 13, 1954

Credits:

Baby Face Harrington (1935); Five and Ten (1931); Fugitive Lovers (1934); Goofy Movies Number One (1933); Men Must Fight (1933); New Morals for Old (1932); Polly of the Circus (1932); Speak Easily (1932); The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932).

Born on this day – Selena Royle:

Selena Royle

Actress

Writer

November 6, 1904 – April 23, 1983

Credits:

A Date with Judy (1948); As the World Turns (1956); Bad Boy (1949); Bill Slater Show (1950); Branded (1950); Cass Timberlane (1947); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2010); Come Fill the Cup (1951); Courage of Lassie (1946); Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (1952–1953); Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); Gallant Journey (1946); Gruen Guild Theater (1952); Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952); He Ran All the Way (1951); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); Joan of Arc (1948); Main Street After Dark (1945); Matinee Theatre (1957); Moonrise (1948); Mrs. Parkington (1944); Murder Is My Beat (1955); My Dream Is Yours (1949); Night and Day (1946); No Leave, No Love (1946); Okay, Mother (1950); Robot Monster (1953); Smart Woman (1948); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Summer Holiday (1948); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The Big Hangover (1950); The Damned Don't Cry (1950); The Fighting Sullivans (1944); The Good Samaritan (1954); The Green Years (1946); The Harvey Girls (1946); The Heiress (1949); The Misleading Lady (1932); The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947); The Web (1950); Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944); This Man's Navy (1945); Till the End of Time (1946); You Were Meant for Me (1948); Your Show Time (1949); You're My Everything (1949).