Thursday, February 19, 2026

Born on this day – John Frankenheimer:


John Frankenheimer

Director

February 19, 1930 – July 6, 2002

Born on this day – Lee Marvin:


Lee Marvin


Actor

February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987

Credits:

The Delta Force (1986); The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (1985); Dog Day (1984); Gorky Park (1983); Death Hunt (1981); The Big Red One (1980); Avalanche Express (1979); The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976); Shout at the Devil (1976); The Klansman (1974); The Spikes Gang (1974); The Iceman Cometh (1973); Emperor of the North (1973); Prime Cut (1972); Pocket Money (1972); Monte Walsh (1970); Paint Your Wagon (1969); Hell in the Pacific (1968); Sergeant Ryker (1968); Point Blank (1967); The Dirty Dozen (1967); The Professionals (1966); Ship of Fools (1965); Cat Ballou (1965); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Dr. Kildare (1962–1964); The Killers (1964); The Great Adventure (1963); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); The Twilight Zone (1961–1963); Combat! (1963); Donovan's Reef (1963); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Untouchables (1961–1962); The Virginian (1962); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); Bonanza (1962); Ben Casey (1962); Route 66 (1961); The Comancheros (1961); The Investigators (1961); Alcoa Premiere (1961); General Electric Theater (1954–1961); Checkmate (1961); Wagon Train (1960–1961); The Americans (1961); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1961); M Squad (1957–1960); Sunday Showcase (1960); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Schlitz Playhouse (1954–1959); Climax! (1955–1958); The Missouri Traveler (1958); Raintree County (1957); Kraft Theatre (1947); Studio 57 (1957); Pillars of the Sky (1956); Attack (1956); 7 Men from Now (1956); The Rack (1956); Front Row Center (1956); Kraft Theatre (1956); Shack Out on 101 (1955); I Died a Thousand Times (1955); Studio One (1955); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Pete Kelly's Blues (1955); A Life in the Balance (1955); Not as a Stranger (1955); Violent Saturday (1955); TV Reader's Digest (1955); Bad Day at Black Rock (1955); Medic (1954); Center Stage (1954); The Raid (1954); The Caine Mutiny (1954); Gorilla at Large (1954); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Plymouth Playhouse (1953); The Wild One (1953); Suspense (1950–1953); The Motorola Television Hour (1953); Gun Fury (1953); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Big Heat (1953); The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953); The Doctor (1953); The Glory Brigade (1953); Seminole (1953); Dragnet (1952–1953); Eight Iron Men (1952); Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1952); Hangman's Knot (1952); The Duel at Silver Creek (1952); We're Not Married! (1952); Diplomatic Courier (1952); Boston Blackie (1952); Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952); Fireside Theatre (1952); The Web (1951); Teresa (1951); You're in the Navy Now (1951); Treasury Men in Action (1950); The Big Story (1950); Escape (1950).

Born on this day – Ann Savage:


Ann Savage


Actress

February 19, 1921 – December 25, 2008

Credits:

My Winnipeg (2007); Saved by the Bell (1991); Fire with Fire (1986); Gang Busters (1955); City Detective (1954–1955); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); Death Valley Days (1953); I'm the Law (1953); Woman They Almost Lynched (1953); Mr. & Mrs. North (1953); Fireside Theatre (1950–1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Boston Blackie (1951); Pier 23 (1951); Pygmy Island (1950); On the Right Side (1949); The Daring Caballero (1949); Jungle Flight (1947); Renegade Girl (1946); Lady Chaser (1946); The Last Crooked Mile (1946); The Dark Horse (1946); The Spider (1945); Detour (1945); Apology for Murder (1945); Midnight Manhunt (1945); Scared Stiff (1945); Manhattan (1944); The Unwritten Code (1944); Ever Since Venus (1944); The Last Horseman (1944); Two-Man Submarine (1944); What a Woman! (1943); Klondike Kate (1943); Footlight Glamour (1943); Dangerous Blondes (1943); Passport to Suez (1943); Two Señoritas from Chicago (1943); The More the Merrier (1943); Saddles and Sagebrush (1943); Murder in Times Square (1943); Boston Blackie (1943); One Dangerous Night (1942).

Born on this day – Carson McCullers:


Carson McCullers


Writer

February 19, 1917 – September 29, 1967

Credits:

Books:

50 Great American Short Stories (1963); 50 Great Short Stories (1952); A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud (1989); Among Sisters: Short Stories by Women Writers (1989); Autumn Light: Illuminations of Age (1978); Clock Without Hands (1961); Collected Stories (1987); Early Sorrow: Ten Stories of Youth (1986); First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994); Growing Up in the South (1991); Hey-How for Halloween! (1974); Illumination and Night Glare (1999); Reflections in a Golden Eye (1941); Short Story Masterpieces: 35 Classic American and British Stories from the First Half of the 20th Century (1954); Stories of the Modern South (1977); Sucker (1986); Sweet As a Pickle and Clean As a Pig (1964); Ten Modern American Short Stories (1965); The Ballad of the Sad Café (1951); The Best American Short Stories 1964 (1964); The Haunted Boy (2018); The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940); The Member of the Wedding (1946); The Modern Library: The 200 Best Novels in English Since 1950 (1999); The Mortgaged Heart (1970); The Shorter Novels And Stories Of Carson McCullers (1972); The Square Root of Wonderful (1958); Women and Fiction (1975).

Movies and television:

A Tree a Rock a Cloud (2017); A Domestic Dilemma (2009); The Member of the Wedding (1997); Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules (1991); The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991); The Member of the Wedding (1982); Une pierre, un arbre, un nuage (1981); A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud (1978); Zurück, wo ich begann (1970); The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968); Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Camera Three (1963); Miss Smith of Georgia (1962); ITV Play of the Week (1960); The DuPont Show of the Month (1958); Theatre Night (1957); Omnibus / The Sojourner (1953); The Member of the Wedding (1952); Ship's Reporter (1948–1952).

Born on this day – Frank Tashlin:


Frank Tashlin


Animator

Cartoonist

Writer

Illustrator

Director

February 19, 1913 – May 5, 1972

Credits:

5 Against the House (1955); A Battle for a Bottle (1942); A Corny Concerto (1943); A Hollywood Detour (1942); A Night in Casablanca (1946); A Southern Yankee (1948); A Woman of Distinction (1950); Artists and Models (1955); AzUrArInG's YouTube Poops (2018); Bachelor Flat (1961); Beginner's Luck (1935); Behind the Meat-Ball (1945); Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White (2005); Behind the Tunes: Hard Luck Duck (2003); Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes - A Cast of Thousands (2006); Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go Hollywood (2004); Behind the Tunes: Porky Pig Roast - A Tribute to the World's Most Famous Ham (2003); Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin (2005); Booby Hatched (1944); Brave Little Tailor (1938); Brother Brat (1944); Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons (1989); Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout (1990); Bugs Bunny Superstar (1975); Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars (1988); Bye, Bye Bluebeard (1949); Caprice (1967); Cartoon Alley (2005); Censored (1944); Choo Choo Amigo (1946); Cinderella (1950); Cinderella Goes to a Party (1942); Cinderfella (1960); Concerto in B Flat Minor (1942); Cracked Ice (1938); Delightfully Dangerous (1945); Disney Cartoon Classics: Starring Mickey and Minnie (1987); Disney's Halloween Treat (1984); Dog Meets Dog (1942); Donald Duck and his Companions (1960); Donald Duck and the Gorilla (1944); Donald's Vacation (1940); Double Rhythm (1946); DTV Monster Hits (1987); Fun and Fancy Free (1947); General Electric Theater (1954–1957); Gigot (1962); Good Will to Men (1955); Hare Remover (1946); Have You Got Any Castles? (1938); Hollywood or Bust (1956); Hook & Ladder Hokum (1933); I Got Plenty of Mutton (1944); Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes (2003); It's Only Money (1962); Kill the Umpire (1950); Ladies' Man (1947); Lady and the Tramp (1955); Little Beau Porky (1936); Little Pancho Vanilla (1938); Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986); Love Happy (1949); Malice in Slumberland (1942); Marry Me Again (1953); Mickey and the Beanstalk (1947); Monsieur Beaucaire (1946); Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938); Mr. Duck Steps Out (1940); Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip (1940); My Favorite Spy (1951); Nasty Quacks (1945); Natural Vision 3-Dimension (1952); Now That Summer Is Gone (1938); Of Thee I Sting (1946); Old Blackout Joe (1942); One Chance (1966); One Touch of Venus (1948); Peace on Earth (1939); Pepito's Serenade (1946); Pinocchio (1940); Plane Daffy (1944); Pluto's Dream House (1940); Porky at the Crocadero (1938); Porky in the North Woods (1936); Porky Pig's Feat (1943); Porky the Fireman (1938); Porky's Building (1937); Porky's Double Trouble (1937); Porky's Poultry Plant (1936); Porky's Railroad (1937); Porky's Road Race (1937); Porky's Romance (1937); Porky's Spring Planting (1938); Puss n' Booty (1943); Red Garters (1954); Red Riding Hood Rides Again (1941); Red, Hot and Blue (1949); Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958); Say One for Me (1959); Scrap Happy Daffy (1943); Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961); Something's Got to Give (1962); Son of Paleface (1952); Song of Victory (1942); Speaking of the Weather (1937); Susan Slept Here (1954); Swooner Crooner (1944); Tale of Two Mice (1945); Target Snafu (1944); That's Warner Bros.! (1995); The Alphabet Murders (1965); The Bear That Wasn't (1967); The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956); The Bugs n' Daffy Show (1996); The Bulldog and the Baby (1942); The Case of the Stuttering Pig (1937); The Chow Hound (1944); The Disorderly Orderly (1964); The Drew Bromley Show (2019); The Dumbconscious Mind (1942); The First Time (1952); The Fixer Uppers (1935); The Fox and the Grapes (1941); The Frances Langford Show (1960); The Fuller Brush Man (1948); The Geisha Boy (1958); The Girl Can't Help It (1956); The Glass Bottom Boat (1966); The Goldbrick (1943); The Good Humor Man (1950); The Great Cheese Mystery (1941); The Great Gildersleeve (1954); The Gullible Canary (1942); The Home Front (1943); The Jerry Lewis Show: From This Moment On (1962); The Lady Said No (1946); The Lemon Drop Kid (1951); The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956); The Major Lied 'Til Dawn (1938); The Man from the Diners' Club (1963); The Paleface (1948); The Possum That Didn't (1972); The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (1968); The Scarlet Hour (1956); The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968); The Stupid Cupid (1944); The Tangled Angler (1941); The Unruly Hare (1945); The Way of Peace (1947); The Wild and Woozy West (1942); The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos (1937); Thicker Than Water (1935); Three Stooges (1961); Timber (1941); Tit for Tat (1935); Tito's Guitar (1942); Toll Bridge Troubles (1942); ToonHeads (1992–2003); Two Guys from Texas (1948); Under the Shedding Chestnut Tree (1942); Variety Girl (1947); Wacky Wigwams (1942); Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition: Daisy (1984); Wholly Smoke (1938); Who's Minding the Store? (1963); Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957); Wolf Chases Pigs (1942); Woodman, Spare That Tree (1942); You're an Education (1938).

Born on this day – Merle Oberon:


Merle Oberon


Actress

Writer

Producer

February 19, 1911 – November 23, 1979

Credits:

A Birthday Gala Tribute Noel Coward (1970); A Bob Hope Comedy Special (1966); A Song to Remember (1945); A Warm Corner (1930); ABC Late Night (1974); Affair in Monte Carlo (1952); Affectionately Yours (1941); AFI Life Achievement Award (1976–1978); Alf's Button (1930); Allons au cinéma (1976); American Masters (2001); Aren't We All? (1932); Assignment Foreign Legion (1956–1957); Beloved Enemy (1936); Berlin Express (1948); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); British Film Forever (2007); Charmed Lives: A Family Romance (2024); Churchill and the Movie Mogul (2019); Climax! (1956); Compression (2023); Dans la vie tout s'arrange (1952); Dark Waters (1944); Deep in My Heart (1954); Désirée (1954); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2001); Ebb Tide (1932); Fascination (1931); First Comes Courage (1943); Folies Bergère de Paris (1935); For the Love of Mike (1932); Forever and a Day (1943); Four Star Playhouse (1953–1955); Gallery (1975); General Electric Theater (1957); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Goes to Town (1938); Hollywood's Diamond Jubilee (1978); Hotel (1967); I, Claudius (1937); Interval (1973); I've Got a Secret (1954); Lydia (1941); Men of Tomorrow (1932); Never Trouble Trouble (1931); Night in Paradise (1946); Night Song (1947); Of Love and Desire (1963); Over the Moon (1939); Pardon My French (1951); Presidential Blooper Reel (1981); Reserved for Ladies (1932); Round the Film Studios (1937); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 4 (1936); Stage Door Canteen (1943); Strange Evidence (1933); Temptation (1946); That Uncertain Feeling (1941); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 27th Annual Academy Awards (1955); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The Best of Broadway (1954); The Bob Hope Show (1966); The Brontes at the BBC (2016); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Cowboy and the Lady (1938); The Dark Angel (1935); The David Frost Show (1970); The Divorce of Lady X (1938); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1952–1954); The Epic That Never Was (1965); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1955); The Golden Years of Alexander Korda (1968); The Igor Cassini Show (1954); The Lion Has Wings (1939); The Lodger (1944); The Loretta Young Show (1955); The Mike Douglas Show (1973); The Name's the Same (1954); The Oscar (1966); The Other World of Winston Churchill (1964); The Price of Fear (1956); The Private Life of Don Juan (1934); The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933); The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934); The Three Passions (1928); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1973); The Trouble with Merle (2002); The W Plan (1930); These Three (1936); This Love of Ours (1945); Thunder in the East (1934); 'Til We Meet Again (1940); Today (1963); Todo es posible en Granada (1954); Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies (2008); Vagabond Violinist (1934); We, the People (1948); Wedding Rehearsal (1932); Welcome to the Basement (2014); What's My Line? (1954); Wuthering Heights (1939).

Born on this day – Alma Rubens:


Alma Rubens


Actress

February 19, 1897 – January 21, 1931

Credits:

A Man's Country (1919); A Woman's Awakening (1917); A Woman's Faith (1925); A Woman's Wiles (1915); An Old Fashioned Young Man (1917); Banzai (1913); Cytherea (1924); Death Scenes (1989); Diane of the Green Van (1919); East Lynne (1925); Enemies of Women (1923); False Ambition (1918); Find the Woman (1922); Fine Clothes (1925); Gerald Cranston's Lady (1924); Hollywood (1980); Humoresque (1920); I Love You (1918); Intolerance (1916); Is Love Everything? (1924); Judith of the Cumberlands (1916); Madame Sphinx (1918); Marriage License? (1926); Master of His Home (1917); Movie Memories #2 (1934); Peer Gynt (1915); Reggie Mixes In (1916); Restless Souls (1919); Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 9 (1923); She Goes to War (1929); She Wolves (1925); Show Boat (1929); Siberia (1926); The Americano (1916); The Answer (1918); The Birth of a Nation (1915); The Children Pay (1916); The Cold Deck (1917); The Dancers (1925); The Fall of Babylon (1919); The Firefly of Tough Luck (1917); The Gangsters and the Girl (1914); The Ghost Flower (1918); The Gilded Butterfly (1926); The Gown of Destiny (1917); The Half-Breed (1916); The Heart of Salome (1927); The Lorelei Madonna (1915); The Love Brokers (1918); The Masks of the Devil (1928); The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916); The Narcotic Spectre (1914); The Painted Lily (1918); The Price She Paid (1924); The Regenerates (1917); The Rejected Woman (1924); The Valley of Silent Men (1922); The Winding Stair (1925); The World and His Wife (1920); Thoughtless Women (1920); Truthful Tulliver (1917); Under the Red Robe (1923); Week End Husbands (1924).