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

M Squad

Season 3. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: Death by Adoption.

Released November 20, 1959.

Directed by Murray Golden.

Written by Joel Murcott.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Gail Kobe, Rayford Barnes, David Leland, Danny Davenport, Bill Quinn, Bill Erwin, Robert Jordan, Judith Paige, Jani Allen.

Born on this day – Helma Sanders-Brahms:

Helma Sanders-Brahms

Director

Writer

Producer

November 20, 1940 – May 27, 2014

Born on this day – John Gardner:

John Gardner

Writer

November 20, 1926 – August 3, 2007

Credits:

Books:

The Liquidator (1964); Understrike (1965); Amber Nine (1966); Madrigal (1967); Hideaway (1968); Founder Member (1969); Traitor's Exit (1970); The Airline Pirates (1973); Air Apparent (1973); The Assassination File (1974); A Killer for a Song (1975); A Complete State of Death (1970); The Corner Men (1976); Bottled Spider (2002); Streets of Town (2003); Angels Dining at the Ritz (2004); Troubled Midnight (2005); No Human Enemy (2007); The Nostradamus Traitor (1979); The Garden of Weapons (1981); The Quiet Dogs (1988); Maestro (1993); Confessor (1995); The Return of Moriarty (1974); The Revenge of Moriarty (1975); Moriarty (2008); The Secret Generations (1985); The Secret Houses (1987); The Secret Families (1989); Colonel Sun (By: Kingsley Amis) (1968); License Renewed (1981); For Special Services (1982); Icebreaker (1983); Role of Honor (1984); Nobody Lives Forever (1986); No Deals, Mr. Bond (1987); Scorpius (1988); Licence to Kill (1989); Win, Lose or Die (1989); Brokenclaw (1990); The Man from Barbarossa (1991); Death Is Forever (1992); Never Send Flowers (1993); SeaFire (1994); GoldenEye (1995); Cold Fall (1996); Zero Minus Ten (1997); Tomorrow Never Dies (1997); The Facts of Death (1998); The World is Not Enough (1999); High Time to Kill (1999); Doubleshot (2000); Never Dream of Dying (2001); The Man With the Red Tattoo (2002); Die Another Day (2002); Devil May Care (2008); Carte Blanche (2011); Solo (2013); Trigger Mortis (2015); Forever and a Day (2018); With a Mind to Kill (2022); The Censor (1972); Every Night's a Bullfight (1973); The Director (1973); To Run a Little Faster (1976); The Werewolf Trace (1977); The Dancing Dodo (1979); Golgotha (1980); The Last Trump (1980); Blood of the Fathers (1992); Day of Absolution (2001); On Becoming a Novelist (1983); On Writers and Writing (1994); The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1999).

Movies and television:

Biography (2006); The Liquidator (1965); The Stone Killer (1973); Wogan (1988).

Born on this day – Phyllis Thaxter:

Phyllis Thaxter

Actress

November 20, 1919 – August 14, 2012

Born on this day – Evelyn Keyes:

Evelyn Keyes

Actress

November 20, 1916 – July 4, 2008

Credits:

15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2009); 20 to 1 (2007); 99 River Street (1953); A Return to Salem's Lot (1987); A Thousand and One Nights (1945); A Tribute to Rudy Wissler (2007); All Star Revue (1950); Amazing Stories (1986); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got (1985); Artist and Models (1937); Before I Hang (1940); Beyond the Sacramento (1940); Biography (2003); Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (2004); Climax! (1955); Dangerous Blondes (1943); Dangerous to Know (1938); Discovering Treasure: The Story of the Treasure of the Sierra Madre (2003); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); Enchantment (1948); Flight Lieutenant (1942); From a Bird's Eye View (1971); Glorious Technicolor (1998); Going Hollywood: The War Years (1988); Gone with the Wind (1939); Good Morning America (1983); Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (1941); Hell's Half Acre (1954); Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941); Iron Man (1951); It Happened in Paris (1952); ITV Playhouse (1968); John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988); Johnny O'Clock (1947); Ladies in Retirement (1941); Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love (2001); Legacy of the Hollywood Blacklist (1987); Lights, Camera, Action!: A Century of the Cinema (1996); Lux Video Theatre (1951); Men with Wings (1938); Missing Links (1964); Mr. Soft Touch (1949); Mrs. Mike (1949); Murder, She Wrote (1985–1993); Nine Girls (1944); One Big Affair (1952); Our World (1987); Paris Honeymoon (1938); Renegades (1946); Rita Hayworth: Dancing Into the Dream (1991); Screen Snapshots: Hawaii in Hollywood (1948); Screen Snapshots: Hula from Hollywood (1954); Screen Snapshots: Photoplay Gold Medal Awards (1948); Shoot First (1953); Slightly Honorable (1939); Smuggler's Island (1951); Sons of the Legion (1938); Strange Affair (1944); Sudden Money (1939); The 5th Annual American Cinema Awards (1988); The 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009); The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942); The Buccaneer (1938); The DeMille Dynasty (1998); The Desperadoes (1943); The Face Behind the Mask (1941); The Jolson Story (1946); The Killer That Stalked New York (1950); The Lady in Question (1940); The Lady with the Torch (1999); The Love Boat (1983); The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988); The Mating of Millie (1948); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The Prowler (1951); The Seven Year Itch (1955); The Thrill of Brazil (1946); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1977–1991); The Ugliest Girl in Town (1968); The Ultimate Film (2004); There's Something About a Soldier (1943); Top of the World (1955); Union Pacific (1939); Warner Bros. Celebration of Tradition, June 2, 1990 (1990); Wicked Stepmother (1989).

Born on this day – Russell Rouse:

Russell Rouse

Writer

Director

Producer

November 20, 1913 – October 2, 1987

Born on this day – Judy Canova:

Judy Canova

Comedienne

Actress

Singer

November 20, 1913 – August 5, 1983