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Thursday, February 26, 2026

Born on this day – Betty Hutton:

Betty Hutton

Actress

Comedian

Dancer

Singer

February 26, 1921 – March 11, 2007

Credits:

Baretta (1977); Gunsmoke (1965); Burke's Law (1964–1965); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Betty Hutton Show (1959–1960); Spring Reunion (1956); Satins and Spurs (1954); Somebody Loves Me (1952); Sailor Beware (1952); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); Let's Dance (1950); Annie Get Your Gun (1950); Red, Hot and Blue (1949); Dream Girl (1948); The Perils of Pauline (1947); Cross My Heart (1946); The Stork Club (1945); Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945); Duffy's Tavern (1945); Incendiary Blonde (1945); Here Come the Waves (1944); Skirmish on the Home Front (1944); And the Angels Sing (1944); The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943); Let's Face It (1943); Happy Go Lucky (1943); Star Spangled Rhythm (1942); The Fleet's In (1942); One for the Book (1940); Public Jitterbug No. 1 (1939); Three Kings and a Queen (1939); Queens of the Air (1938).

Born on this day – Tony Randall:

Tony Randall

Actor

February 26, 1920 – May 17, 2004

Born on this day – Michael Pate:

Michael Pate

Actor

Writer

Director

Producer

February 26, 1920 – September 1, 2008

Credits:

3-D Rarities (2015); 40,000 Horsemen (1940); 5 Fingers (1952); 77 Sunset Strip (1962); 7th Cavalry (1956); A Dangerous Life (1988); A Lawless Street (1955); A Night of Stars (1969); Acapulco (1961); Advance to the Rear (1964); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Age of Consent (1969); Alcoa Theatre (1957–1958); All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953); Armageddon (1982); Batman (1966); Beauty and the Beast (1962); Bitter Springs (1950); Black Saddle (1959); Blade Rider, Revenge of the Indian Nations (1966); Body Business (1986); Bold Venture (1959); Brainstorm (1965); Branded (1966); Broken Arrow (1956); Burke's Law (1965); California (1963); Cash and Company (1975); Celebrity Squares (1975); Century of Cinema (1996); Cheyenne (1957–1962); Climax! (1954–1958); Conflict (1956); Congo Crossing (1956); Curse of the Undead (1959); Daktari (1966); Daniel Boone (1964–1966); Death of a Soldier (1986); Death Valley Days (1962–1966); Delta (1970); Desert Hell (1958); Division 4 (1970); Down Rusty Down (1997); Drums of Africa (1963); Duet for Four (1982); Duet for Four: David Williamson Interview (2008); Duet for Four: Wendy Hughes Interview (2008); El Alaméin (1953); Escape from Fort Bravo (1953); Everybody's Talking (1968–1969); Face to Face (1952); Follow the Sun (1961); Four Star Playhouse (1955); Frontier Circus (1961); Frontier Justice (1958–1961); General Electric Theater (1961); Get Smart (1965); Girl Talk (1969); Glynis (1963); Goodyear Theatre (1957); Grand Jury (1959); Green Mansions (1959); Gunsmoke (1957–1964); Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1962); Hawaiian Eye (1960); Hidden India (1990); Homicide (1970); Homicide Squad (1981); Hondo (1953 / 1967); Hondo and the Apaches (1967); Honey West (1966); Hong Kong Confidential (1958); Houdini (1953); Howling III (1987); Indian Agent (1955); Islands of Australia (1973); John Laws' World (1983); Julius Caesar (1953); King Richard and the Crusaders (1954); Kraft Mystery Theater (1962); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Laramie (1960–1962); Lassie (1965); Law of the Plainsman (1960); Lawman (1961); Little Jungle Boy (1969); Loop (1973); Mad Country: Revisiting the Locations of 'Mad Dog Morgan' (2019); Mad Dog Morgan (1976); Major Dundee (1965); Markham (1959); Mary & Tim (1996); Matlock Police (1971–1975); Maverick (1961); Maya (1968); McLintock! (1963); Mel Gibson: The High Octane Birth of a Superstar (2002); Men Into Space (1960); Michael Shayne (1960); Mission: Impossible (1967 / 1989); Mosby's Marauders (1967); Most Dangerous Man Alive (1961); Mrs Finnegan (1970–1971); My Island Family (1965); News Revue (1969); Not Quite Hollywood: Deleted and Extended Scenes (2008); Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008); Official Denial (1993); Passport to Danger (1956); Perry Mason (1963–1964); Peter Gunn (1961); Power Without Glory (1976); Profiles in Courage (1965); PT 109 (1963); Rango (1967); Rawhide (1959–1964); Reprisal! (1956); Return of the Gunfighter (1966); Ripcord (1962); Riptide (1969); Rogue's March (1953); Route 66 (1962); Sammy Awards 1979 (1979); Sands of the Bedouin (1988); Scandal at Scourie (1953); Schlitz Playhouse (1954–1955); Secret of the Incas (1954); Sergeants 3 (1962); Shell Presents (1959); Showcase (1970); Soldiers of Fortune (1956); Something of Value (1957); Sounds Incorporated (1969); Sugarfoot (1958); Tales of Wells Fargo (1960–1961); Target Hong Kong (1953); Tarzan (1967); Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones (1971); Tasmania (1975); Taurus Rising (1982); TCM Remembers 2008 (2008); Temple Houston (1964); Ten Seconds to Hell (1959); Ten Tall Men (1951); The 1981 Australian Film Institute Awards (1981); The Acid Test (1970); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1957); The Adventures of McGraw (1957); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1959); The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1986); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964–1965); The Ballets Russes in Australia 1936-1940: An Avalanche of Dancing (1998); The Battle of Broken Hill (1981); The Beachcomber (1962); The Big Picture: Featurette on Charles Chauvel (2014); The Black Castle (1952); The Box (1974); The Californians (1958); The Camel Boy (1984); The Canadians (1961); The Celluloid Heroes (1995); The Court Jester (1955); The Dakotas (1963); The Desert Rats (1953); The Detectives (1960); The Devil in Evening Dress (1975); The Existentialist Cowboy's Last Stand (1995); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); The Great Sioux Massacre (1965); The Islanders (1960); The James Bond Collector's Classic / Segment: Casino Royale (1990); The Killer Is Loose (1956); The Killer Lust (1955); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Long Arm (1970); The Madigan Line (1982); The Magical World of Disney (1967); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Mango Tree (1977); The Maze (1953); The Mike Walsh Show (1978–1982); The Millionaire (1957); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Oklahoman (1957); The Rat Patrol (1967); The Return of Captain Invincible (1983); The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956); The Rifleman (1958–1962); The Road West (1967); The Roaring 20's (1961); The Royal African Rifles (1953); The Rugged O'Riordans (1949); The Silent Service (1958); The Silver Chalice (1954); The Singing Nun (1966); The Strange Door (1951); The Tall Man (1961); The Tall Stranger (1957); The Texan (1958–1960); The Third Man (1959); The Time Tunnel (1966–1967); The Virginian (1963–1970); The Wild Duck (1983); The Wild Wild West (1966); The Year of Living Locked Up (2020); They Rode Into History: The Story of the 1839 Mount Bryan Expedition (2010); This Is Your Life (1978); Thriller (1961); Thunder on the Hill (1951); Tim (1979); Tower of London (1962); Trout Fishing in Tasmania (1975); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–1968); Wagon Train (1958–1965); Walk Like a Dragon (1960); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1959); Westbound (1958); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Wichita Town (1960); Wire Service (1957); Woodcraftsman: Stephen Hogbin (1976); You Are There (1953–1955); Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1960); Zorro (1958); Zorro, the Avenger (1959).

Born on this day – Jackie Gleason:

Jackie Gleason

Actor

Comedian

Writer

Composer

February 26, 1916 – June 24, 1987

Credits:

Nothing in Common (1986); Izzy & Moe (1985); Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson (1983); Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983); The Sting II (1983); The Toy (1982); Smokey and the Bandit II (1980); Smokey and the Bandit (1977); Mr. Billion (1977); Three for Two (1975); How Do I Love Thee? (1970); Don't Drink the Water (1969); How to Commit Marriage (1969); Skidoo (1968); Here's Lucy (1968); The Jackie Gleason Show (1952–1968); Jackie Gleason: American Scene Magazine (1965); Soldier in the Rain (1963); Papa's Delicate Condition (1963); Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962); Gigot (1962); The Hustler (1961); The Secret World of Eddie Hodges (1960); Playhouse 90 (1958); The Honeymooners (1955–1956); Studio One (1953–1955); The Jack Benny Program (1955); The Best of Broadway (1955); The Red Skelton Hour (1953–1954); The Ed Sullivan Show (1952); Musical Comedy Time (1951); The Desert Hawk (1950); The Life of Riley (1949–1950); Springtime in the Rockies (1942); Orchestra Wives (1942); Escape from Crime (1942); Larceny, Inc (1942); Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! (1942); Lady Gangster (1942); All Through the Night (1942); Steel Against the Sky (1941); Navy Blues (1941).

Born on this day – Robert Alda:

Robert Alda

Actor

Singer

Dancer

Director

February 26, 1916 – May 3, 1986

Credits:

Amanda's (1983); Quincy M.E. (1977–1983); Matt Houston (1983); Trapper John, M.D. (1982); Private Benjamin (1982); Days of Our Lives (1981–1982); The Love Boat (1981); Code Red (1981); Beyond Westworld (1980); Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980); Lucy Moves to NBC (1980); M*A*S*H (1975–1980); The White Shadow (1980); The Dukes of Hazzard (1980); The Incredible Hulk (1978–1979); The Facts of Life (1979); But Mother! (1979); Laverne & Shirley (1979); Supertrain (1979); Every Girl Should Have One (1978); Grandpa Goes to Washington (1978); Fame (1978); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978); The Rockford Files (1978); Wonder Woman (1978); Sword of Justice (1978); The Squeeze (1978); The Rock Rainbow (1978); Fantasy Island (1978); The Amazing Spider-Man (1978); Perfect Gentlemen (1978); Police Story (1975–1978); The Tony Randall Show (1977); The Feather and Father Gang (1977); The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977); Phyllis (1977); Holiday Hookers (1976); Bittersweet Love (1976); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); I Will... I Will... For Now (1976); Ellery Queen (1976); Kojak (1975); The Invisible Man (1975); Last Hours Before Morning (1975); The House of Exorcism (1975); Cagliostro (1975); Rhoda (1974); Get Christie Love! (1974); The Serpent (1973); Emergency! (1973); Here's Lucy (1970–1971); Julia (1970); Mission: Impossible (1970); The Name of the Game (1970); The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969); Ironside (1967–1969); N.Y.P.D. (1968); That Girl (1968); Judd for the Defense (1967); All Woman (1967); The Lucy Show (1964); The DuPont Show of the Week (1963); Musketeers of the Sea (1962); Totò e Peppino divisi a Berlino (1962); La padrona di raggio di luna (1961); Force of Impulse (1961); The Devil's Hand (1961); Revenge of the Barbarians (1960); Daughter of Cleopatra (1960); Un militare e mezzo (1960); Tales of the Vikings (1959); Naked City (1959); Imitation of Life (1959); The Millionaire (1959); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959); Pursuit (1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1958); Playhouse 90 (1958); Matinee Theatre (1957); Robert Montgomery Presents (1953–1957); Can Do (1956); Secret File, U.S.A. (1955); Assignment Abroad (1955); The Robert Alda Show (1955); Beautiful But Dangerous (1955); Lux Video Theatre (1952–1953); The Gulf Playhouse (1952); Tales of Tomorrow (1952); Love of Life (1951); Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre (1951); Two Gals and a Guy (1951); Your Story Theatre (1951); Mister Universe (1951); Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950); Holiday Rhythm (1950); Homicide (1949); Your Show Time (1949); April Showers (1948); Nora Prentiss (1947); The Man I Love (1946); The Beast with Five Fingers (1946); Cloak and Dagger (1946); Cinderella Jones (1946); Rhapsody in Blue (1945).

Born on this day – Victor Hugo:

Victor Hugo

Writer

Politician

February 26, 1802 – May 22, 1885

Credits:

Written work:

Amy Robsart (1821); Cast Up By the Sea (1879); Cromwell (1827); Hernani (1830); History of a Crime (1877); How to Be a Grandfather (poems) (1877); Les Miserables (1862); Marion De Lorme (1831); Mary Tudor (1833); Ninety-Three / aka Quatrevingt-Treize (1874); Ruy Blas (1838); Selected Poetry (poems) (2001); The Distance, the Shadows (poems) (1997); The Hunchback of Notre Dame / aka Notre Dame de Paris (1831); The Last Day of a Condemned Man (1829); The Man Who Laughs / aka L’Homme qui rit (1869); The Toilers of the Sea / aka Les Travailleurs de la Mer (1866); Things Seen / aka Choses vues (1887).

Movies and television:

A csavargó (1918); A Fool's Revenge (1909); A New Life (1909); Aa mujô - Dai ippen: Hôrô no maki (1923); Aa mujô - Dai nihen: Shichô no maki (1923); Aa mujô re mîzerabûru dainihen (1923); Aa mujô: kôhen (1929); Aa mujô: zenpen (1929); AKA (2002); Al Bouasa (1978); Alagna: Le Dernier Jour d'un Condamné (2014); Alta comedia (1970–1972); Angelo, tyran de Padoue (2009); Arm Joe (1998); Au siècle de Maupassant: Contes et nouvelles du XIXème siècle (2009); Binavayan (1997); Biography (1996); Bob herceg / Musical TV Theater (1987); Caccia all'uomo (1948); Choses vues (1985); Cineficción Radio (2021); Comédie-Française in cinemas (2018); Comédie-Française, derrière le rideau (2020); Delusions of Grandeur (1971); Der König amüsiert sich (1918); Der rote Henker (1920); Die Liebe und die Königin (1977); Disney's Animated Storybook: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996); Don Caesar de Bazan (1915); Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia (2021); El rey se divierte (1944); Emmenez-moi au théâtre (1985); Encounter (1958); Ernani (1981 / 1982 / 2007); Esmeralda (1905 / 1922); French Movie (2016); Gavroche (1987); Gavrosh (1937 / 1986); Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto, Melodramma in three acts (2008); Great Performances (1995); Great Performances at the Met (1987–2022); Hernani (1910 / 1911 / 1961 / 1975); Hugo the Hunchback (1910); Hunchback (1983); I riassuntini (2018); Il gobbo di Notre Dame (1998); Il tiranno di Padova (1946); Invitation au voyage (2020–2022); Janbarujan: kohen (1931); Janbarujan: Zenpen (1931); Jean Valjean (1961); Jean Valjean monogatari (1979); Kozete (1977); La conscience (1987); La déroute (1957); La Gioconda (1958 / 1979 / 1986 / 1988 / 2013); La joie de vivre (1956); La minute nécessaire de Monsieur Cyclopède (1982); La régularité est le goût de la médiocrité (2016); La tragedia di Pulcinella (1913); Lail Almosaferin (2000–2002); Le crucifix (1909); Le débutant (1986); Le dernier jour d'un condamné (1985); Le Golden Show (2013); Le mariage de Quascimodo (2013); Le miroir à trois faces: Rigoletto (1966 / 1968); Le roi s'amuse (1909); Le téléthéâtre de Radio-Canada (1962); Le théâtre de la jeunesse (1961–1963); Les Contemplations de Victor Hugo (2022); Les disparus de St. Agil (1938); Les Misérables (1888 / 1909 / 1912 / 1917 / 1922 / 1925 / 1934 / 1935 / 1943 / 1952 / 1958 / 1964 / 1967 / 1972 / 1978 / 1982 / 1988 / 1995 / 1998 / 2000 / 2012 / 2018–2019); Les Miserables (Part I) (1909); Les miserables (Part II) (1909); Les misérables (Part III) (1909); Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary (2010); Les Misérables, Part 1: Jean Valjean (1913); Les Misérables, Part 2: Fantine (1913); Les Misérables, Part 3: Cosette (1913); Les Misérables, Part 4: Cosette and Marius (1913); Les Misérables: Flag of Love and Liberty (1950); Les Misérables: Gods and Demons (1950); Les Miserables: Shoujo Cosette (2007); Les pauvres gens (1938); Les travailleurs de la mer (1918); L'exilé (2002); L'homme qui rit: Creating the Play (2019–2020); Los miserables (1973 / 1981 / 2014); Lucrezia Borgia (1977 / 1980 / 1994 / 2009 / 2013); L'uomo che ride (1966); Manga sekai mukashi banashi (1977–1978); Mangeront-ils? (1957); Maria Tudor (1920 / 1917 / 1966); Marion de Lorme (1912 / 1918); Marion Delorme (1919 / 1967); Mashup (2021); Medallion Theatre (1953); Mest shuta (1993); Mil francos de recompense (1965); Mille franchi di ricompensa (1964); Monodrama Theater (1953); Notre Dame de Paris - Live Arena di Verona (2002); Notre-Dame de Paris (1996 / 1998); Novela (1964–1972); Nuestro amigo el libro (1964); O anthropos pou gela (2021); O Corcunda de Notre Dame (1957); On verra demain: Excursion en procrasti-nation (2019); Os Miseráveis (1958 / 1967); Par coeur (1998); Parlez-moi de Vous (2016); Plight of the Poor (1950); Poèmes à voir (2004); Portrait souvenir (1961); Prestige de la musique (1969); Quasimodo d'El Paris (1999); Quatre-vingt-treize (1921 / 1962); Return to Manhood (1957); Rigoletto (1909 / 1946 / 1963 / 1967 / 1977 / 1981 / 1982 / 1987 / 1989 / 2001 / 2003 / 2010 / 2011 / 2012 / 2019); Rigoletto a Mantova (2010); 'Rigoletto' di Giuseppe Verdi (1987); Rigoletto e la sua tragedia (1956); Robert Montgomery Presents (1954); Ruy Blas (1909 / 1914 / 1948 / 1965 / 1972 / 2002 / 1912); Sea Devils (1953); Sefiller (1967); Sekai Meisaku Gekijou Kanketsu Ban: Les Misérables: Shoujo Cosette Part 2 (2011); Sekai Meisaku Gekijou Kanketsu Ban: Les Misérables: Shoujo Cosette Part 1 (2011); Sirakaruwa (1957); Spectacle d'un soir (1967); St Joseph's Convent Documentary (2017); Super Hunchback (1992); Tausend Francs Belohnung (1974); Teatro de siempre (1967); Television Theater (1955–1997); Tempesta su Parigi (1948); Tense Moments from Great Plays / Notre Dame de Paris / Segments: Esmeralda; Les Misérables (1922); The Bishop's Candlesticks (1913 / 1929 / 1949); The Bishop's Treasure (1952); The Caped Crusader (2021); The Darling of Paris (1917); The Duke's Jester or A Fool's Revenge (1909); The Giant (1938); The Hunchback Bee of Notre Dame (2020); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1911 / 1923 / 1939 / 1956 / 1966 / 1976 / 1982 / 1986 / 1996 / 1997); The Hunchback of Notre Dame II (2002); The King's Jester (1941); The Man Who Laughs (1921 / 1928 / 1971 / 2012); The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2012–2022); The Ordeal (1909); The Price of a Soul (1909); The Royal Opera: Rigoletto (2022); The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine (1974); The Snows of Kilimanjaro (2011); The Spanish Dancer (1923); The Toilers (1919); Toilers of the Sea (1923 / 1936); Torquemada (1976); Une Dame de Coeur (2004); Variations (1962); Verdi: Rigoletto (1961 / 2014 / 2016 / 2022); Whatever Happened to My Revolution (2018); Who's to blame? (2014); Wishbone (1995); Your Show Time (1949).