Born on this day – Jack Webb:

Jack Webb

Actor

Producer

Director

Writer

April 2, 1920 – December 23, 1982

Born on this day – Alec Guinness:

Alec Guinness

Actor

April 2, 1914 – August 5, 2000

Credits:

A Handful of Dust (1988); A Majority of One (1961); A Passage to India (1984); A Run for Your Money (1949); All at Sea (1957); Apostrophes (1986); Aquarius (1976); Arena (1976–1993); Baker's Dozen (1955); Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972); Caesar and Cleopatra (1976); Cromwell (1970); Damn the Defiant! (1962); Doctor Zhivago (1965); Edwin (1984); Evensong (1934); Eye on New York (1964); Farewell to the Vic (1963); Film '72 (1980–1987); Film Extra (1973); Great Expectations (1946); Great Performances (1986); Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hotel Paradiso (1966); Interview Day (1996); ITV Playhouse (1974); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1970); Kafka (1991); Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949); Last Holiday (1950); Late Night with David Letterman (1986); Lawrence of Arabia (1962); Little Dorrit (1987); Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980); Lovesick (1983); Malta Story (1953); Murder by Death (1976); Mute Witness (1995); Oliver Twist (1948); Omnibus (1983–1994); Our Man in Havana (1959); Parkinson (1977); Performance (1992); Q.E.D. (1994); Raise the Titanic (1980); Rowlandson's England (1955); Screen One (1993); Scrooge (1970); Situation Hopeless -- But Not Serious (1965); Smiley's People (1982); Solo (1970); Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977); Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980); Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back: Deleted Scenes (2011); Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983); Startime (1959); The 12th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1960); The 18th Annual Tony Awards (1964); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957); The British Academy Awards (1983); The Captain's Paradise (1953); The Comedians (1967); The Comedians in Africa (1967); The Detective (1954); The Ed Sullivan Show (1964); The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Alec Guinness (1987); The Horse's Mouth (1958); The Ladykillers (1955); The Lavender Hill Mob (1951); The London Standard Film Awards (1986); The Making of 'Star Wars' (1977); The Man in the White Suit (1951); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1980); The Mudlark (1950); The Prisoner (1955); The Promoter (1952); The Quiller Memorandum (1966); The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant (1958); The Scapegoat (1959); The Second Annual West End Theatre Awards (1977); The South Bank Show (1985); The Square Mile (1953); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1957); The Stratford Adventure (1954); The Swan (1956); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1969); Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979); To Paris with Love (1955); Tuesday's Documentary (1970); Tunes of Glory (1960); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1957 (1958); Zehn Minuten für den Kinogänger (1965).

Born on this day – Maurice Sandoz:

Maurice Sandoz

Writer

April 2, 1892 – June 5, 1958

Credits:

Books:

Am Rande; Choix de poèmes: Poèmes, épigrammes, le Beau voyage, sonnets; Collection de Montres et Automates; Das Labyrinth. Roman; Der Friedhof von Skutari: unheimliche Geschichten; Der Vampyr (Neff-Anthologie, #2); Diaghilev-Nijinksy, and other vignettes; Elephant Man e altri mostri; Fantastic memories; Imitation Des Sonnets from the Portuguese; La Limite; La salière de cristal: Souvenirs; On the Verge; Personal Remarks About England; Recordações Fantásticas e Três Histórias Singulares; The Crystal Salt Cellar; The Eighth Pan Book of Horror Stories; The House Without Windows; The Maze; The Pleasures of Mexico.

Movies:

Spring-Heeled Jack (1950); Strangler's Morgue (1946); The Maze (1953).

Born on this day – Ethel Lina White:

Ethel Lina White

Writer

April 2, 1876 – August 13, 1944

Credits:

Books:

The Wish-Bone (1927); Twill Soon Be Dark (1929); The Eternal Journey (1930); Put Out the Light (aka Sinister Light) (1931); Fear Stalks the Village (1932); The Spiral Staircase (aka Some Must Watch) (1933); The First Time He Died (1935); Wax (1935); The Wheel Spins (aka The Lady Vanishes) (1936); The Third Eye (1937); The Elephant Never Forgets (1938); Step in the Dark (1939); While She Sleeps! (1940); She Faded into Air (1941); Midnight House (aka The Unseen / Her Heart in Her Throat (1942); The Man Who Loved Lions (aka The Man Who Was Not There (1943); They See in Darkness (1944); Lethal Ladies (2004); The Lady Vanishes / The Spiral Staircase (2015).

Movies and television:

The Lady Vanishes (2013); The Spiral Staircase (2000); Alfred Hitchcock Presents / An Unlocked Window (1985); The Lady Vanishes (1979); The Spiral Staircase (1975); Detective (1969); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The Spiral Staircase (1961); The Spiral Staircase (1946); The Unseen (1945); The Lady Vanishes (1938).

E. L. Doctorow, on writing:

Writing is an exploration.

You start from nothing and learn as you go.

- E. L. Doctorow.

On this day in television history - Justified (2014):

Justified

Season 5. Episode 12.

Episode entitled: Starvation.

Released April 1, 2014.

Directed by Michael Pressman.

Written by Graham Yost, Chris Provenzano, Leonard Chang.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Michael Rapaport, Rick Gomez, Damon Herriman, Jesse Luken, Danielle Panabaker, Stephen Root, Alicia Witt, Jeannetta Arnette, Justin Welborn, Brenda Ballard, Kaitlin Ferrell, Kareem Grimes, Justin Huen, Jonathan Kowalsky, James Logan, Lisa Lynch, Casey McCarthy, Daniel Moncada, Heather Olt, Emiliano Torres, Aubrey Wood, Russell Bertolino, Nicole Bosworth, Scarlet LaVey, Lisa Pevc.

On this day in movie history - Sin City (2005):

Sin City

directed by Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino,

written by Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller,

based on the graphic novels by Frank Miller,

was released in the United States on April 1, 2005.
Music by John Debney, Graeme Revell and Robert Rodriguez.

Cast:

Jessica Alba, Devon Aoki, Alexis Bledel, Powers Boothe, Cara D. Briggs, Jude Ciccolella, Jeff Dashnaw, Rosario Dawson, Jesse De Luna, Benicio Del Toro, Jason Douglas, Michael Clarke Duncan, Tommy Flanagan, Christina Frankenfield, Rick Gomez, Carla Gugino, Josh Hartnett, Rutger Hauer, David Hickey, Evelyn Hurley, Greg Ingram, Nicky Katt, Jaime King, Helen Kirk, Michael Madsen, Ethan Maniquis, Jason McDonald, John McLeod, Clark Middleton, Frank Miller, Brittany Murphy, Iman Nazemzadeh, Lisa Marie Newmyer, Tommy Nix, Nick Offerman, Clive Owen, Marco Perella, Sam Ray, Randal Reeder, Mickey Rourke, David Alex Ruiz, Ryan Rutledge, Marley Shelton, Jeff Schwan, Korey Simeone, Nick Stahl, Paul T. Taylor, Scott Teeters, Ken Thomas, Rico Torres, Makenzie Vega, Arie Verveen, Patricia Vonne, Shaun Wainwright-Branigan, Chris Warner, Bruce Willis, Elijah Wood, Danny Wynands, J.D. Young, Charissa Allen, Joe Basquez, Sabrina Davi, Jessica Hale, Samantha Inoue Harte, Michael Lambert, Ashley Moore, Amanda Phillips, Lauren-Elaine Powell, Texas Presley, Emmy Robbin, Kelley Robins, Robert Rodriguez, Monika Spruch, Penny Vital, Katherine Willis.