On this day in television history - M Squad (1957):

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 12.

Episode entitled: The Specialists.

Released December 13, 1957.

Directed by Earl Bellamy.

Written by William Driskill and Joel Rapp.

Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Dave Barry, Douglas Evans, Jan Arvan, Kem Dibbs, Edmund Hashim, Charles Evans, Peg La Centra, Clark Howat, Richard Devon, Mark Dunhill, Frances Osborne, Gil Perkins.

Born on this day – Gertraud Jesserer:

Gertraud Jesserer

Actress

December 13, 1943 – December 9, 2021

Credits:

11er Haus (2005); Adrian und die Römer (1989); Alles außer Mord! (1994); Alte Briefe (1963); Am Ziel aller Träume (1970); Anleitung zum Unglücklichsein (1985); Anna and the Prince (2009); Auf den Spuren von Johann Nestroy: Der Geist Nestroys und die Wiener (1962); Baby Rex - Der kleine Kommissar (1997); Birkenhof & Lerchenau (1994); Darf ich mitspielen? (1976); Das Abgründige in Herrn Gerstenberg (1966); Das Erbe von Björndal (1960); Das Kamel geht durch das Nadelöhr (1970); Das Lamm (1969); Das Mädl aus der Vorstadt (1989); Das Ohr (1983); Das Paket (1963); Das Traumschiff (2008); Das verzauberte Lied (1995); Der erste Frühlingstag (1961); Der Feldherrnhügel (1970); Der junge Baron Neuhaus (1971); Der Kaufmann von Venedig (1968); Der Salzbaron (1994–1995); Der Schwierige (1991); Der See (1996); Der Unbestechliche (1974); Der veruntreute Himmel (1990); Derrick (1994–1997); Die Dämmerung der Sehnsucht (1976); Die Dreigroschenoper (1972); Die Glasmenagerie (1982); Die grüne Seite (1981); Die Halbzarte (1959); Die Moritat vom Räuberhauptmann Johann Georg Grasel (1969); Die Nachprüfung (L'ècole des autres) (1964); Die Nacht der Mörder (1970); Die Schuld der Liebe (1998); Die Schule der Frauen (L'ècole des femmes) (1964); Die Türen knallen (1961); Dr. Sommerfeld - Neues vom Bülowbogen (2003); Drei Schwestern (1977); Ein Abend mit Labiche (1980); Ein Dorf ohne Männer (1963); Ein ganz normales Paar (2005); Ein Herz wird wieder jung (1999); Ein Mädchen für alles (1969); Ein unvergeßliches Wochenende (1993); Einer muß der Dumme sein (1971); Fall Regine Krause (1970); Familie Leitner (1961–1964); Figaro läßt sich scheiden (1999); Fluchtversuch (1976); Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord (1996–1997); Frohes Fest, Lucie! (1992); Germanija (2002); Geschäfte mit Plückhahn (1971); Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung (1980); Herzlichen Glückwunsch: Heinz Rühmann zum 90. Geburtstag (1992); Hochzeit am Neusiedlersee (1963); I Learned It from Father (1964); Ikonen-in-Rot-Weiß-Rot (2022); Il commissario Rex (2009); Im Vorhof der Wahrheit (1974); Jetzt erst recht (2003); Julia - Eine ungewöhnliche Frau (2003); Kabale und Liebe (1976); Kommissar Rex (1994–2003); Krach im Hinterhaus (1966); Lady Cop (2000); Lamorte (1997); Liebe bleibt nicht ohne Schmerzen (1980); Liebelei (1969); Liliom (1971); Lucilla (1980); Match (1966); Mautplatz (1994);  Meine Frau erfährt kein Wort (1970); Meine Tochter und ich (1963); Merry-Go-Round (1973); Mich wundert, daß ich so fröhlich bin (1983); Monaco Franze - Der ewige Stenz (1983); Nicht mit mir, Liebling (2012); ORF-Legenden (2020); Pariser Geschichten (1977–1980); Princesse Marie (2004); Puppenspiele (1963); Ravioli (2003); Rette mich, wer kann (1986); Ruf der Wildgänse (1961); Schauspielereien - Die große Szene (1981); Schloßhotel Orth (1998); Schöndorf muß sauber bleiben (1993); So war Mama (1962); SOKO München (1999); Sommergäste (1981); Soundless (2004); Spiel (1969); Spukschloß im Salzkammergut (1966); Stockinger (1996); System Fabrizzi (1965); Taxi für eine Leiche (2002); The Old Fox (1988–2009); Tödliche Diamanten (1998); Tödliche Wahl (1995); Typisch Sophie (2006); Unsolved (2006); Verdammt die jungen Sünder nicht (1961); Verdammt zur Sünde (1964); Was ihr wollt (1968); Wenn das mein großer Bruder wüßte (1959); Wer liebt, dem wachsen Flügel... (1999); Wer war Mr. Hilary? (1969); Wie du mir... (1989); Wie es euch gefällt (1970); Wiener Klatsch (1985); Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre (1978); Zeit der Kirschen (1966).

Born on this day – Tatsuya Nakadai:

Tatsuya Nakadai

Actor

December 13, 1932 – November 8, 2025

Credits:

500,000 (1963); A Boy and Three Mothers (1958); A Dangerous Hero (1957); A Sinner's Lie (2014); A Town and a Tall Chimney (2019); A Woman's Life (1963); A.K. (1985); Admiral Yamamoto (1968); After the Rain (1999); Aki no ryojô sasupensu 3: Shokutaku keiji Koyamada Shô'hei tabiji no hate (2001); All About Marriage (1958); Another Way: D-Kikan-Joho (1988); Anyakôro (1959); Aokiôkami narukichiomoase no shôgai (1980); Ashura no gotoku (2003); Atami satsujin jiken (1986); Bakumatsu (1970); Bandits vs. Samurai Squadron (1978); Banka (1976); Battle Anthem (1983); Battle of Okinawa (1971); Battle of the Japan Sea (1969); Belladonna of Sadness (1973); Black River (1957); Blue Christmas (1978); Bokura no jidai (2010); Bujinesuman no chichi yori musuko e no 30-tsuu no tegami (1990); Burst (2015); Buttsuke homban (1958); Cash Calls Hell (1966); Challenge at Dawn (1971); Chûbô desuyo! (2010); Cold Case: Shinjitsu No Tobira (2016); Conflagration (1958); Crying out Love, in the Center of the World (2004); Daichi no Ko (1995); Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960); Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS (2002); East Meets West (1995); Ezo yakata no ketto (1970); Family Without a Dinner Table (1985); Final Yamato (1983); Fort Graveyard (1965); Four Days of Snow and Blood (1989); Fumô chitai (1976); Fûryû onsen nikki (1958); Futari no shikeishû - saishin imada hirakarezu (2015); Gaku (2012); Gekko no natsu (1993); Get 'em All (1960); Giovanni's Island (2014); Go Tsubu no Shinju (1993); Gô-hime (1992); Gomez no na wa Gomez – Ryûsa (1967); Great Performances (2000); Gun Woman (2014); Hachi-ko (1987); Hadairo no tsuki (1957); Hadaka no taiyô (1958); Hadashi no seishun (1956); Hara / Baba (2013); Harakiri (1962); Haru tono tabi (2010); Hatashiai (2015); Heat Wave (1991); Henkan Koshonin Itsuka, Okinawa o Torimodosu (2017 / 2018); Hi no tori (1956 / 1978); Hideyoshi (1996); High and Low (1963); Hikage no musume (1957); Hikidashi no naka no rabu retâ (2009); Hitokiri (1969); Hollywood Insider (2022); Hoshi ni negaio: 7jô ma de umareta 410man no hoshi (2005); Hunter in the Dark (1979); I Am a Cat (1975); Illusion of Blood (1965); Immortal Love (1961); Imouto no Jikan (2025); Inn of Evil (1971); Isao Takahata and His Tale of Princess Kaguya (2013); Japan's Longest Day (1967); Japan's Tragedy (2012); Jigoku no Okite (1982); Jigoku sakusen (1964); Jigokuhen (1969); Jubaku: Spellbound (1999); Jûsannin no shikaku (1990); Kage gari (1983); Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior (1980); Kakukoto no omosa: Sakka Satou Yasushi (2013); Kampai! Miai kekkon (1958); Kikyo (2019); Kill! (1968); Kinagashi bugyo (1981); Kinkanshoku (1975); Kita no hotaru (1984); Kumo ga chigireru toki (1961); Kurosawa Akira: Tsukuru to iu koto wa subarashii (2002); Kurosawa: The Last Emperor (1999); Kwaidan / Segment: Yuki-Onna (1964); Kyoaku wa nemurasenai: Tokusô Kenji no gyakushû (2016); Lear on the Shore (2017); Life Work of Akira Kurosawa (2023); Lone Wolf and Cub: Final Conflict (1993); Love Under the Crucifix (1962); Michi (1986); Michinaru hanran (1983); Miren (1963); Miyazawa Kenji sono ai (1996); Momi no ki wa nokotta: Ranshin (1983); Murder of the Inugami Clan (2006); Nakadai Tatsuya no Nihon eiga isan (2010–2011); Nôrin Ten: A Gonjirô Inazuka Story (2015); Ôban (1957); Oban kanketsu hen (1958); Odd Obsession (1959); Onimasa (1982); Oracion (1988); Oshidori no mon (1956); Ôshô (1973); Pinwheel Hamakichi's Spell (1992); Poignant Story (1961); Queen Bee (1978); Ran (1985); Reflets de Cannes (1963); Return from the River Kwai (1989); Rise, Fair Sun (1973); Safari 5000 (1969); Saigô no shinpan (1965); Samurai Rebellion (1967); Sanjuro (1962); Sasaki Kojiro (1967); Sazae-san (1956); Sazae-san no seishun (1957); Seizaemon Zanjitsuroku (1993); Seizaemon's Last Days Revenge the Duel at Harimaya (1995); Seven Samurai (1954); Shin heike monogatari (1972); Shin ningen kousaten (2006); Shiro to kuro (1963); Shurushuru (1966); Sleeping Village (2019); Sugata Sanshirô (1977); Sukedachi-ya Sukeroku (2001); Sutajio pâku kara konnichiwa (2013); Tabiji (1967); Taika no Kaishin (2005); Taikoki (1987); Tange Sazen Kenfû! Hyakuman ryô no tsubo (1982); Tengu-tô (1969); Tetsuko no heya (2011–2018); The 39th Annual Japan Academy Awards (2016); The Age of Assassins (1967); The Battle of Port Arthur (1980); The Blue Beast (1960); The Daphne (1966); The Face of Another (1966); The Family (1974); The Gate of Youth (1975); The Human Bullet (1968); The Human Condition I: No Greater Love (1959); The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity (1959); The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961); The Human Revolution (1973); The Human Trust (2013); The Inheritance (1962); The Making of 'Haru to no tabi' (2011); The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai (2020); The Scandalous Adventures of Buraikan (1970); The Steel Edge of Revenge (1969); The Sword of Doom (1966); The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013); The Thick-Walled Room (1956); The Trusted Confidant (2007); The Wicked City (1992); The Wolves (1971); Three Dolls in Ginza (1959); Three Yakuza (1965); To Dance with the White Dog (2002); Toda-ke no kyodai (1965); Today We Kill, Tomorrow We Die! (1968); Today's Close Up (2015); Toki rakujitsu (1992); Tokkan (1975); Trinacria: Porsche 959 (1987); Tsukuru to iu koto wa subarashii! Kurosawa Akira: Korega Kuroswa sasupensu da (2003); Untamed Woman (1957); Until the Break of Dawn (2012); VeggieTales FitnessHof (2008); When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960); Will to Conquer (1970); Willful Murder (1981); Yajû shisubeshi (1959); Yajû shisubeshi: fukushû no mekanikku (1974); Yakusoku: Nabari dokubudôshu jiken shikeishû no shôgai (2013); Yamato (2005); Yojimbo (1961); Yoru no hamon (1958); Yûshû heiya (1963); Yuzuriha no koro (2015); Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970); Zatoichi: The Last (2010); Zoku ningen kakumei (1976); Zoku Ôban: Fûun hen (1957); Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen (1957).

Born on this day – Robert Prosky:

Robert Prosky

Actor

December 13, 1930 – December 8, 2008

Born on this day – Christopher Plummer:

Christopher Plummer

Actor

December 13, 1929 – February 5, 2021

Born on this day – James Wright:

James Wright

Writer

December 13, 1927 – March 25, 1980

Credits:

Poems:

A Blessing; A Note Left In Jimmy Leonard's Shack; A Poem About George Doty In The Death House; A Winter Daybreak Above Vence; As I Step Over A Puddle At The End Of Winter...; At The Executed Murderer's Grave; Autumn Begins In Martins Ferry, Ohio; Beginning; Bologna: A Poem About Gold; Depressed By A Book Of Bad Poetry...; Fear Is What Quickens Me; Goodbye to the Poetry of Calcium; Having Lost My Sons, I Confront The Wreckage Of The Moon...; Hook; In Response To A Rumor That The Oldest Whorehouse In Wheeling...; Lying In A Hammock At William Duffy's; May Morning; Northern Pike; On The Skeleton Of A Hound; Outside Fargo, North Dakota; Rip; Saint Judas; Small Frogs Killed On The Highway; The Jewel; The Journey; The Lambs on the Boulder; The Last Pieta, in Florence; To A Blossoming Pear Tree; To The Muse; Trying To Pray.

Books:

A Wild Perfection: The Selected Letters of James Wright (2005); Above the River, The Complete Poems (1990); Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio—Broadside (1963); Collected Poems (1971); James Wright, In Defense Against This Exile. Letters To Wayne Burns (1985); Moments of the Italian Summer (1976); Saint Judas (1959); Selected Poems (2005); Shall We Gather at the River (1967); The Branch Will Not Break (1963); The Delicacy and Strength of Lace: Letters Between Leslie Marmon Silko and James Wright (2009); The Green Wall (1957); The Temple at Nîmes (1982); This Journey (1982); To a Blossoming Pear Tree (1977); Two Citizens (1973).

Born on this day – Geneviève Page:

Geneviève Page

Actress

December 13, 1927 – February 14, 2025

Credits:

A Talent for Loving (1973); A Touch of Venus (1969); Agguato a Tangeri (1957); Aria / Segment: Les Boréades (1987); Belle de Jour (1967); Beyond Therapy (1987); Brother Carl (1971); Buffet Froid (1979); Cartoline italiane (1987); Ce que Paris chante (1973); Cherchez la femme (1955); Cinépanorama (1964); Compression (2023); Dark Woods (1989); Days of Our Years (1950); Deadly Circuit (1983); Décembre (1973); Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968); Droit d'auteurs (1996); Du côté de chez Fred (1988); El Cid (1961); Emmenez-moi au théâtre (1985); Fanfan la Tulipe (1952); Foreign Intrigue (1956); Girl in His Pocket (1957); Grand Prix (1966); Hommage à Debussy (1963); ITV Playhouse (1968); Jean Vilar, une belle vie (1972); La cavale (1971); La chambre (1964); La chasse à l'homme (1952); La chasse aux hommes (1975); La joie de vivre (1955); La nuit des Molières (1991–2007); La nuit des rois (1962); Late Night Line-Up (1968); Le Cabinet des estampes (1955); Le cercle de minuit (1994–1997); Le cercle des arts (1997); Le majordome (1965); Les Caprices de Marianne (1962); Les corsaires (1966); Les gens ne sont pas forcément ignobles (1991); L'étrange désir de Monsieur Bard (1954); Lettre ouverte (1953); Lovers (1999); Mardi cinéma (1987); Mayerling (1968); Mémoires en fuite (2000); Michael Strogoff (1956); Midi Trente (1973); Nuits andalouses (1954); On ne badine pas avec l'amour (1954); Pas de pitié pour les femmes (1950); Passez donc me voir (1979); Péchés originaux (1984); Picture Parade (1956); Pleasures of Paris (1952); Reflets de Cannes (1958); Rendez-vous avec Maurice Chevalier n°5 - Soirs de Paris (1957); Rien que du bonheur (2003); Shades of Greene (1976); Song Without End (1960); Stranger in the House (1992); Studio Gabriel (1996); Tender Scoundrel (1966); The Day and the Hour (1963); The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970); The Reluctant Spy (1963); The Silken Affair (1956); Three Rooms in Manhattan (1965); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1956); Youngblood Hawke (1964).