Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Born on this day – William Smith:


William Smith

Actor

March 24, 1933 – July 5, 2021

Born on this day – John Hedgecoe:


John Hedgecoe


Photographer

Writer

March 24, 1932 – June 3, 2010

Credits:

Books:

A Monumental Vision; A Monumental Vision the Sculpture Of Henry Moore; Advanced Photography; Basic Photography; Breakfast With Dolly; Como Hacer Buenas Fotografias; Complete Guide To Black and White Photography; Complete Guide To Photography; Complete Guide To Video; Complete Photography Course; Figure and Form; Hedgecoe On Video; Henry Moore; How To Take Great Holiday Photographs; How To Take Great Photographs; How To Take Great Vacation Photographs; Introductory Photography Course; John Hedgecoe’s Complete Guide To Photography; John Hedgecoe’s 35mm Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Advanced Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Basic Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Complete Guide To Photographing People; John Hedgecoe’s Complete Photography Course; John Hedgecoe’s Introductory Photography Course; John Hedgecoe’s Landscape Photography; John Hedgecoe’s New Book Of Photography; John Hedgecoe’s New Introductory Photography Course; John Hedgecoe’s New Manual Of Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Nude and Portrait Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Nude Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Photographer’s Workbook; John Hedgecoe’s Practical Portrait Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Taking Great Photographs; John Hedgecoe’s 35mm Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Advanced Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Basic Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Camcorder Basics; John Hedgecoe’s Complete Guide To Black White Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Complete Guide To Black White Photography and Darkroom Techniques; John Hedgecoe’s Complete Guide To Photographing People; John Hedgecoe’s Complete Guide To Photography, Revised and Updated; John Hedgecoe’s Complete Guide To Video; John Hedgecoe’s Complete Photography Course; John Hedgecoe’s Complete Video Course; John Hedgecoe’s Creative Photography Workbook; John Hedgecoe’s Darkroom Techniques; John Hedgecoe’s Figure Form; John Hedgecoe’s Guide To 35mm Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Introductory Photography Course; John Hedgecoe’s Landscape Photography; John Hedgecoe’s New Book Of Photography - How To See Take Better Pictures; John Hedgecoe’s New Manual Of Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Nude and Portrait Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Nude Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Photographer’s Workbook; John Hedgecoe’s Photographic Techniques; John Hedgecoe’s Photographing the Nude; John Hedgecoe’s Photography Basics; John Hedgecoe’s Pocket Guide To Practical Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Pocket Guide To Vacation Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Practical Landscape Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Practical Portrait Photography; John Hedgecoe’s Taking Great Photographs; La Pratique De La Photographie; Manual De La Fotografia De 35 Mm; New Book Of Photography; New Manual Of Photography - a Sourcebook Of Creative Ideas; Nude Photography; On Photography; Photographer’s Handbook; Photographing Landscapes; Photography; Portraits; Possessions; Practical Landscape Photography; Practical Portrait Photography; The Art Of Color Photography; The Art Of Digital Photography; The Book Of Photography; The New Photographer’s Handbook; The Photographer’s Handbook; The Photographer’s Handbook, a Complete Reference Manual Of Techniques, Procedures, Equipment and Style Second Edition, Fully Revised; The Photographer’s Sourcebook Of Creative Ideas; The Workbook Of Nudes and Glamour; The Workbook Of Photo Techniques; The Workbook Of Photographic Techniques; The Working Camera; What a Picture!; Workbook Of Darkroom Techniques.

Born on this day – Steve McQueen:


Steve McQueen


Actor

March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980

Credits:

Adam at Six A.M. (1970); AFI Life Achievement Award (1974); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959–1960); An Enemy of the People (1978); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1955); Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965); Beverly Hills Easter Parade (1959); Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend (1973); Bullitt (1968); ‘Bullitt’: Steve McQueen’s Commitment to Reality (1998); Climax! (1958); Dixie Dynamite (1976); Family Affair (1952); Girl on the Run (1953); Goodyear Playhouse (1955); Hell Is for Heroes (1962); Here’s Hollywood (1962); Honda CR250: Steve McQueen (1971); Inside the Movie Kingdom – 1964 (1964); Junior Bonner (1972); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1956); Lamp Unto My Feet (1955); Le Mans (1971); Le Mans Documentary Featurette (1971); Love with the Proper Stranger (1963); Matinee Theatre (1956); Nevada Smith (1966); Never Love a Stranger (1958); Never So Few (1959); On Any Sunday (1971); Papillon (1973); Perry Como’s Kraft Music Hall (1960); Playwrights ‘56 (1955); Soldier in the Rain (1963); Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956); Studio One (1957); Superstunt (1977); Tales of Wells Fargo (1958); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1957); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 36th Annual Academy Awards (1964); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The Big Story (1957); The Blob (1958); The Bob Hope Show (1960); The Cincinnati Kid (1965); The Coming of the Roads (1966); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Ed Sullivan Show (1958–1968); The Getaway (1972); The Great Escape (1963); The Honeymoon Machine (1961); The Hunter (1980); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Juke Box Jury (1959); The Magnificent Rebel (1973); The Magnificent Seven (1960); The Reivers (1969); The Sand Pebbles (1966); The St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959); The Thomas Crown Affair (1968); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966–1968); The Towering Inferno (1974); The War Lover (1962); Think Twentieth (1967); Tom Horn (1980); Trackdown (1958); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958–1961); West Point (1957); What’s My Line? (1966).

Born on this day – Byron Janis:


Byron Janis


Pianist

March 24, 1928 – March 14, 2024

Credits:

Movies and television:

Discorama (1965); Great Music from Chicago (1959); Hannibal Rising (2007); Harmoniques (1998); Les vendredis d'Apostrophes (2015); Prestige de la musique (1965); Pro Musicis: The Spirit of Music (1992); Six Pianos on One Disc (1966); The Bell Telephone Hour (1962–1963); The Byron Janis Story (2010); The Byron Janis Story (2010); The Ed Sullivan Show (1965); The Tonight Show (1956); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1984).

Born on this day – Vanessa Brown:


Vanessa Brown


Actress

March 24, 1928 – May 21, 1999

Credits:

Movies, television and radio:

20 Questions (1952); All That Glitters (1977); Arnie (1971); Big Jack (1949); Bill Slater Show (1950); Bless the Beasts & Children (1971); Call to Glory (1985); Charleston (1979); Climax! (1955–1957); Dallas (1985); Eight Steps to Peace: Membership in the U.N. (1958); Eight Steps to Peace: The Answer Now (1958); Footlights and Kleiglights (1951); General Electric Theater (1959); General Hospital (1980); Good Heavens (1976); Goodyear Theatre (1959); Goosehill Gang and the Vanishing Schoolmate (1980); Hollywood Screen Test (1952); Hollywood Star Time / The Song of Bernadette (1946); Hollywood Theatre Time (1951); I’ll Buy That (1953–1954); I’ve Always Loved You (1946); Justice (1955); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1952); Leave It to the Girls (1949–1953); Lights Out (1951); Lux Video Theatre (1951); Margie (1946); Matinee Theatre (1957); Mother Wore Tights (1947); Murder, She Wrote (1989); My Favorite Husband (1955); One Step Beyond (1960); Österreicher in Hollywood (1994); Perry Mason (1959); Police Story (1975); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951); Rosie! (1967); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Stage 7 (1955); Suspense / Episode 107: The Vanishing Lady (1957); Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950); The Bad and the Beautiful (1952); The Basketball Fix (1951); The Chevy Mystery Show (1960); The Ezio Pinza Show (1952); The Fighter (1952); The Foxes of Harrow (1947); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959); The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947); The Girl of the Limberlost (1945); The Heiress (1949); The Kate Smith Hour (1953); The Late George Apley (1947); The Loretta Young Show (1956); The Millionaire (1956); The Red Skelton Hour (1958); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Secret of St. Ives (1949); The Twilight Zone / A Message from Charity (1985); The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976); The Wonder Years (1990); Three Husbands (1950); True Colors (1991); Wagon Train (1958); We, the People (1949); Youth Runs Wild (1944).

Born on this day – Norman Fell:


Norman Fell


Actor

March 24, 1924 – December 14, 1998

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1964–1966); 1st & Ten (1990); 87th Precinct (1961–1962); A Man Called Shenandoah (1966); ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration (1978); Ah, Wilderness! (1959); Airport 1975 (1974); All-Star Family Feud Special (1978–1984); Beach House (1996); Ben Casey (1964–1965); Bewitched (1966); Biography (2009); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bullitt (1968); C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989); Cain's Hundred (1961); Cannon (1975); Catch-22 (1970); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1976); Charley Varrick (1973); Charlie's Angels (1977); Checkmate (1961); Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975); Crazy Like a Fox (1985–1986); Dan August (1970–1971); Dan August: Murder, My Friend (1980); Dan August: Once Is Never Enough (1980); Dan August: The Jealousy Factor (1980); Dan August: The Trouble with Women (1980); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Suzanne Somers (1978); Death Stalk (1975); Don't Ask Me, Ask God (1984); Dr. Kildare (1965); E! True Hollywood Story (1998); East Side/West Side (1963); Ellen (1997); Ellery Queen (1976); Entertainment Tonight (1989–1991); Escape (1973); ESPN Top Rank Boxing (1980); Executive Suite (1976); Family Feud (1979–1988); Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare (1995); Fay (1975); Fitzwilly (1967); Flying Blind (1993); For the Boys (1991); For the Love of It (1980); Game Show Moments Gone Bananas (2005); Getting There (1980); Ghostbreakers (1967); Going Places (1973); Good Grief (1990); Good Morning America (1979); Goodyear Playhouse (1954); Griff (1973); Guardian of the Wilderness (1976); Heartbreak High (1981); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hexed (1993); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade of the Stars (1960); Hooperman (1989); I Spy (1967); If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969); Inherit the Wind (1960); Insight (1967–1969); Into the Night (1991); Ironside (1967–1969); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1986); Joe & Mabel (1956); Johnny Staccato (1960); Judd for the Defense (1968); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1954); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1956); Life with Louie (1998); Love, American Style / Segments Love and the Clinic / Love and the Good Deal (1969–1972); Lucas Tanner (1975); Magic with the Stars (1982); Magnum, P.I. (1987); Mannix (1967); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1973); Matlock (1987); Matt Houston (1982); McCloud (1972); McMillan & Wife (1975); Medical Center (1974); Mr. Novak (1965); MTV Fifth Annual Rock n' Jock Softball Challenge (1994); Murder, She Wrote (1985–1988); Murphy's Law (1989); Needles and Pins (1973–1974); Ocean's Eleven (1960); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1972); On Stage at the Kennedy Center: The Mark Twain Prize (2002); On the Right Track (1981); Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019); Out of This World (1987); Pat Boone and Family Christmas Special (1979); Paternity (1981); Perry Mason (1960); Peter Gunn (1961); Playwrights '56 (1956); Police Story (1974–1977); Pork Chop Hill (1959); PT 109 (1963); Quick, Before It Melts (1964); Rabbit Test (1978); Rhoda (1975); Rich Man, Poor Man (1976); Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours (1976); Risko (1976); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Sam Benedict (1962); Sergeant Ryker (1968); Simon & Simon (1985); Sledge Hammer! (1987); Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991); Stanley (1956); Star Tonight (1956); Starsky and Hutch (1975); Stripped to Kill (1987); Studio One (1954–1957); Studio One Anthology (2016); Sunday Showcase (1959); Suspense (1964); Switch (1976); Tattletales (1982); Teachers Only (1982–1983); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); That Girl (1968); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1999); The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999); The Alan Hamel Show (1977–1979); The Alan Thicke Show (1981); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Aquanauts (1961); The Ben Stiller Show (1992); The Big Story (1958); The Bionic Woman (1976); The Blue Knight (1976); The Boatniks (1970); The Bob Braun Show (1983); The Boneyard (1991); The Boys (1988–1989); The Comedy Shop (1978); The Defenders (1964); The Destiny of Marty Fine (1996); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Elgin Hour (1954); The End (1978); The F.B.I. (1965–1969); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1994); The Fugitive (1965); The Good Life (1971); The Graduate (1967); The Hanged Man (1964); The Heist (1972); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1973–1978); The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1972); The Invaders (1967); The Jesse Owens Story (1984); The Killers (1964); The Law and Mr. Jones (1961); The Lieutenant (1963); The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1977); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1963); The Love Boat (1978); The Magical World of Disney (1978); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1961); The Merv Griffin Show (1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1977–1979); The Munsters Today (1988); The Naked Truth (1992 / 1997); The Name of the Game (1969); The Partridge Family (1971); The Rat Race (1960); The Ropers (1979–1980); The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968); The Silent Lovers (1980); The Stone Killer (1973); The Streets of San Francisco (1976); The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989); The Tab Hunter Show (1961); The Tom Ewell Show (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974–1979); The Trials of O'Brien (1965); The Twilight Zone (1986); The Untouchables (1960); The Violators (1957); The Wild Wild West (1966); The Young Runaways (1968); The Young Warriors (1967); Three's a Crowd (1969); Three's Company (1976–1982); Thursday's Game (1974); Transylvania 6-5000 (1985); TV's Funniest Game Show Moments (1984); Uncommon Valor (1983); Underground Entertainment: The Movie (2011); Webster (1986); Win, Lose or Draw (1987); With Friends Like These... (1991); You're Driving Me Crazy (1990).

Born on this day – Murray Hamilton:


Murray Hamilton

Actor

March 24, 1923 – September 1, 1986