Jack Kost

Friday, November 21, 2025

Born on this day – Al Matthews:

Al Matthews

Actor

Singer

November 21, 1942 – September 22, 2018

Born on this day – Jeannot Szwarc:

Jeannot Szwarc

Director

Producer

Writer

November 21, 1939 – January 15, 2025

Credits:

A Summer Without Boys (1973); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Ally McBeal (2000–2002); Almost Human (2014); Art of Darkness: A Night Gallery Retrospective (2002); Back in the Jacket: A Smallville Homecoming (2011); Back to 'Somewhere in Time' (2000); Baretta (1975–1977); Black Sheep Squadron (1976); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966–1967); Bones (2007–2016); Boston Legal (2004–2006); Boston Public (2002); Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend (1973); Bug (1975); Castle (2014–2016); Code Name: Diamond Head (1977); Cold Case (2006–2010); Columbo (1973); Crime Club (1975); Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (2016–2017); CSI: Miami (2003); Designated Survivor (2017); Doctors' Hospital (1976); Doubt (2017); Enigma (1982); Extreme Close-Up (1973); Fringe (2009–2012); Grand Larceny (1987); Grey's Anatomy (2009–2019); Have a Nice Night (1990); Hazard's People (1976); Hercule & Sherlock (1996); Heroes (2007–2010); Heroes Unmasked (2008); Honor Bound (1988); Ironside (1967–1969); It Takes a Thief (1969); JAG (1998–2004); Jaws 2 (1978); John Williams: The Music of 'Jaws 2' (2001); Kojak (1973–1977); La montagna dei diamanti (1991); La vengeance d'une blonde (1994); Les ateliers du rêve: les grands studios de cinéma dans le monde (1985); Les nouveaux rendez-vous (1981); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1978); Lisa, Bright and Dark (1973); Longstreet (1971); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970–1972); Matt Lincoln (1971); Night Gallery (1970–1973); Night of Terror (1972); Numb3rs (2005); Paris 7000 (1970); Philly (2001); Prigioniera di una vendetta (1993); Private Practice (2010–2012); Providence (2000); Raising the Bar (2008–2009); Reign of the Superwomen (2021); Revisiting the Gallery: A Look Back (2008); Santa Claus (1985); Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie (1985); Sarge (1971); Scandal (2013–2015); Schrecklicher Verdacht (1995); Seven Days (1999); Smallville (2003–2011); Something Wonderful Happens Every Spring (1975); Somewhere in Time (1980); Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007); Supergirl (1984); Supergirl: The Last Daughter of Krypton (2008); Supergirl: The Making of the Movie (1985); Supernatural (2011–2014); The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1970); The Devil's Daughter (1973); The Making of 'Jaws 2' (2001); The Man and the City (1971); The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1986); The New Perry Mason (1973); The Practice (1999–2004); The Protector (2011); The Rockford Files (1975–1977); The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise (1995); The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... (1996); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974); The Small Miracle (1973); The Sun Sisters (1997); The Twilight Zone (1986); The Virginian (1970); The Weekend Nun (1972); Toma (1973–1974); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1980); True Life Stories (1981); Without a Trace (2005–2009); You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (2006); You'll Never See Me Again (1973).

Born on this day – Ingrid Pitt:

Ingrid Pitt

Actress

Writer

Holocaust survivor

November 21, 1937 – November 23, 2010

Credits:

Books:

Annul Domini: The Jesus Factor (2012); Bertie the Bus (1981); Cuckoo Run (1980); Dracula Who...? (2012); Eva's Spell (1985); Katarina (1986); Life's a Scream: The Autobiography of Ingrid Pitt / aka Darkness Before Dawn (1999 / 2004); The Ingrid Pitt Bedside Companion for Ghosthunters (1999); The Ingrid Pitt Bedside Companion for Vampire Lovers (1998); The Ingrid Pitt Book of Murder, Torture and Depravity (2000); The Perons (1984).

Movies and television:

100 Years of Horror (1996); 40 Years of Hammer (1997); A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966); Artemis 81 (1981); Barreiros 66 (1966); BBC2 Playhouse (1981); Beyond the Rave (2008); Bones (1984); Bride of Monster Mania (2000); British Film Forever (2007); Bulman (1987); Burnt Offering: The Cult of the Wicker Man (2001); Cast & Crew (2005); Chastity Bites (2013); Chimes at Midnight (1965); Cinema mil (2005); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2014); Countess Dracula (1971); Crumpet! A Very British Sex Symbol (2005); Doctor Who (1972–1984); Doctor Who: The Lost Stories (2010); Doctor Zhivago (1965); Dominator (2003); Drácula en la Hammer (2003); Dundee and the Culhane (1967); Ex-S (1998); Fanex Files: Hammer Films (2008); Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror (1994); Frankenpimp's Revenge: The Romeo and Juliet Massacre (2020); Green Fingers (2000); Hammer Horror: Vampire Terrortory (2007); Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood! (1987); Hanna's War (1988); Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest (2011); Interview mit Produzent Euan Lloyd und Ingrid Pitt (2010); Ironside (1967); Jason King (1972); Joe D'Amato at Eurofest (2007); Les vamps fantastiques (2003); London by Night (2009); Los duendes de Andalucía (1966); Martina Cole's Lady Killers (2008); Midnight Madness: The History of Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy Films (2010); Minotaur (2006); Mondo Rosso (1995); Monsters & Maniacs (1988); Movie Memories (1981); Myths of Mankind (2000–2008); New Faces (1974); Nobody Ordered Love (1972); Octopussy (1983); On Location: Where Eagles Dare (1968); Once Upon a Time in Europe (2001); Robin Hardy on 'The Wicker Man' (2013); Saucy 70's Volume 2 (2010); Sea of Dust (2008); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Ski-Boy (1974); Smiley's People (1982); Sound of Horror (1966); The Adventurer (1973); The Asylum (2000); The Comedy of Errors (1983); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1968); The Final Option / aka Who Dares Wins (1982); The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil (2012); The House (1984); The House That Dripped Blood / Segment: The Cloak (1971); The Last of the Gentleman Producers (2004); The Merv Griffin Show (1969); The Mind of David Berglas (1986); The Omegans (1968); The Perfect Scary Movie (2005); The Return of Count Yorga (1971); The Saint (1963); The Vampire Lovers (1970); The Wicker Man (1973); The Wicker Man Enigma (2001); The World of Hammer (1994); The Zoo Gang (1974); Thriller (1975); Tiempo y hora (1966); Un beso en el puerto (1966); Underworld (1985); Urban Gothic (2000); Where Eagles Dare (1968); Wild Geese II (1985).

Recommended reading:

Darkness Before Dawn

By Ingrid Pitt.

Paperback.
Published 2004.
Published by Midnight Marquee Press.
ISBN 13: 9781887664547
ISBN 10: 1887664548
ASIN: 1887664548

Description:

At the age of five, Ingrid Pitt found herself in a concentration camp. Ingrid and her mother escaped from the guards while on a forced march and presented themselves to the partisans, unsure if they would kill them. They spent the rest of the war in the forests. Ingrid fell in love for the first time and watched in despair as British bombers flew overhead. She still cannot see the vapor trials of planes without being transported back to her childhood vigil. After the war Ingrid came to London, where she developed a career as a Hammer House of Horror movie star, but, as she proudly says, `I was always the biter, never the bitten!' She also acted in mainstream films, such as WHERE EAGLES DARE. She had a child by her first marriage and a grand passion which lead to her marrying a racing driver. They lived in Argentina for a while and were good friends of President Peron and Isabel Peron. Ingrid even spent an evening with the embalmed body of Eva Peron. Written with great passion and warmth, this is a rare childhood memoir and the story of Hammer`s most glamorous actress. Above all, this is a story of a survivor.