On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1976):

Space 1999

Season 1. Episode 17.

Episode entitled: The Last Sunset.

Released January 19, 1976.

Directed by Charles Crichton.

Written by Christopher Penfold.

Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.

Music by Barry Gray.

Cast: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Prentis Hancock, Clifton Jones, Zienia Merton, Anton Phillips, Alan Carter, Nick Tate, Lizy Scott, Richard Adams, Sarah Bullen, Loftus Burton, Andy Dempsey, James Fagan, Romo Gorrara, Alan Harris, Alf Joint, Jack McKenzie, Quentin Pierre, Suzanne Roquette, Michael Stevens, Maureen Tan, Anita West, Lynda Westover.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1967 & 1968)

Star Trek: Voyager (2000)

Star Trek

Season 1. Episode 18.

Episode entitled: Arena.

Released January 19, 1967.

Directed by Joseph Pevney.

Written by Gene L. Coon, Fredric Brown.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Jerry Ayres, Grant Woods, Tom Troupe, James Farley, Carolyne Barry / Carole Shelyne, Sean Kenney, Bill Blackburn, Ted Cassidy, Bobby Clark, Gary Combs, Frank da Vinci, Eddie Paskey, Vic Perrin, Ron Veto.

Star Trek

Season 2. Episode 18.

Episode entitled: The Immunity Syndrome.

Released January 19, 1968.

Directed by Joseph Pevney.

Written by Robert Sabaroff.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, John Winston, Bill Blackburn, John Blower, Frank da Vinci, Bob Johnson, Jay D. Jones, Jeannie Malone, Eddie Paskey, Frieda Rentie.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 6. Episode 12.

Episode entitled: Blink of an Eye.

Released January 19, 2000.

Directed by Gabrielle Beaumont.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Joe Menosky, Michael Taylor, Bryan Fuller, Robert Doherty.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Paul Baillargeon.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Daniel Dae Kim, Obi Ndefo, Daniel Zacapa, Olaf Pooley, Jon Cellini, Kat Sawyer, Melik Malkasian, Walter H. McCready, Scarlett Pomers, Michael Bailous, Tarik Ergin, Tina Kotrich, Nichole McAuley.

On this day in movie history - Six Bridges to Cross (1955):

Six Bridges to Cross

directed by Joseph Pevney,

written by Sydney Boehm,

based on They Stole $25,000,000 – And Got Away with It by Joseph F. Dinneen,

inspired by the true 1950 Brink’s Robbery,

was released in the United States on January 19, 1955.
Music by Frank Skinner and Herman Stein.

Cast:

Tony Curtis, George Nader, Julie Adams, Jay C. Flippen, Sal Mineo, Jan Merlin, Richard Castle, William Murphy, Kendall Clark, Don Keefer, Harry Bartell, Tito Vuolo, Gina Aguglia, Ronald Anton, Peter Avarmo, John S. Barratt, Nicky Blair, Ted Bliss, Edward F. Bowers, William Brackman, Paul Bretanus, Ralph Brooks, Charles Buswell, Joseph Cammarata, Gordon B. Clarke, Tom Coleman, Hal Conklin, William Conley, John J. Connolly, Charles J. Conrad, Harry Cooper, Henry M. Coughlin, John F. Dacey, Sayre Dearing, Kem Dibbs, James Diorio, Paul Dubov, Sam Finn, Diane Flaherty, William Flannery, Carl Frank, Jack Gargan, Grant Gordon, Joe Gray, Herbert Gross, Claudia Hall, Chuck Hamilton, Kathleen Hooper, John Hormel, Helen Keeton, Elizabeth Kerr, Manuel P. Kurland, Scott Lee, Peter Leeds, Carey Loftin, Robert Lynn, Edmund M. MacClosky, Helen Mayon, Bob McElroy, James McGah, Edward McNally, Joe McTurk, Doris Meade, Harold Miller, Carl Moore, Dan Moynihan, John J. Muldoon, Mary Newton, William H. O'Brien, Carl O'Bryan, Robert Paolucci, Kenneth Patterson, Pennachi, Michael F. Powers, Joseph Quaranta, George Ramsey, Harry Raven, John Regan, Edward Richardson, Di Di Roberts, Kenny Roberts, Nandy Robie, Charles F. Roche, William Ryan, Cosmo Sardo, Frank E. Sawin Jr., Anabel Shaw, Edward R. Skrickus, James Stone, Hal Taggart, Janice Thomas, Clifford F. Tobey, Larry Turner, Charles Victor, Jean Goodale Wales, Robert T. Walley, Roger White, Howard Wright.

On this day in movie history - Criss Cross (1949):

Criss Cross

directed by Robert Siodmak,

written by Daniel Fuchs,

based on the novel by Don Tracy,

was released in the United States on January 19, 1949.
Music by Miklós Rózsa.

Cast:

Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Esy Morales, Tom Pedi, Percy Helton, Alan Napier, Griff Barnett, Meg Randall, Richard Long, Joan Miller, Edna Holland, John Doucette, Marc Krah, James O'Rear, John 'Skins' Miller, Jean Bane, Ralph Brooks, Dolores Castle, Michael Cisney, Corky (the Dog), Tony Curtis, Gene Evans, Sam Finn, Lee Tong Foo, Timmy Hawkins, Geraldine Jordan, George Lynn, Robert Osterloh, Garry Owen, Kenneth Patterson, Jose Portugal, Isabel Randolph, Suzanne Ridgway, Beatrice Roberts, Stephen Roberts, John Roy, Vito Scotti, Ann Staunton, Diane Stewart, Kippee Valez, Charles Wagenheim, Robert Winkler, Bud Wolfe.

Born on this day – Robert Palmer:

Robert Palmer

Singer

Songwriter

Musician

Producer

January 19, 1949 – September 26, 2003

Born on this day – Tony Anholt:

Tony Anholt

Actor

January 19, 1941 – July 26, 2002

Credits:

A Family at War (1970); Angels (1979); BBC2 Play of the Week (1978); Bulman (1985); Citizen Smith (1978); Confession (1970); Coronation Street (1975); Cosmic Princess (1982); Crime Story (1993); Crown Court (1973–1979); Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1978); Fear Is the Key (1972); Fox Mystery Theater (1984); Howards' Way (1985–1990); In Venice, Like Rome-Milan-Turin, the Spiral of Crime (1974); Jason King (1972); Juliet Bravo (1984); Kate (1971); Kelly Monteith (1979–1984); Lexx (2001–2002); Marked Personal (1974); Minder (1984); Napoleon and Love (1974); Only Fools and Horses (1985); Relic Hunter (2000); Seasons of the Year (1971); Singles (1991); Space: 1899 (2004); Space: 1999 (1976–1977); Telly Addicts (1986); Terry and June (1980); The Last Days of Pompeii (1984); The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder (1971); The New Look Sixties London (2024); The Protectors (1972–1974); The Strauss Family (1972); The Sweeney (1975); The Wednesday Play (1965); This Is Your Life (1997); Thriller (1975); Triangle (1981–1982); Turtle's Progress (1979); Whodunnit? (1977); Wilde Alliance (1978); Wogan (1987).

Born on this day – Fritz Weaver:

Fritz Weaver

Actor

January 19, 1926 − November 26, 2016