Jack Kost

Monday, April 6, 2026

Born on this day – Joi Lansing:

Joi Lansing

Actress

April 6, 1929 – August 7, 1972

Credits:

Adventures of Superman (1958); Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1955); Bat Masterson (1959); Bigfoot (1970); Blondie's Secret (1948); But Not for Me (1959); Cavalcade of America (1956); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Climax! (1957); Colgate Theatre (1958); Conflict (1956); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); December Bride (1955–1957); Easter Parade (1948); F.B.I. Girl (1951); Finger Man (1955); Four Star Playhouse (1954–1955); Gang Busters (1952); General Electric Theater (1954–1959); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1968); Glory Alley (1952); Gypsy (1965); Here's Hollywood (1960); Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967); A Hole in the Head (1959); Hot Cars (1956); Hot Shots (1956); I Led 3 Lives (1954); I Love Lucy (1956); In the Good Old Summertime (1949); Inside Magoo (1960); It Started with a Kiss (1959); It's a Dog's Life (1955); It's a Great Life (1955–1956); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1956); Joi Lansing: The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else (1965); Joi Lansing: The Silencer (1964); Julia Misbehaves (1948); Key to the City (1950); Klondike (1960–1961); Linda, Be Good (1947); Lux Playhouse (1959); Markham (1959); Marriage on the Rocks (1965); Maverick (1958); Meet Corliss Archer (1954); Mike Hammer (1958); Movietown USA (1949–1950); Mr. Lucky (1960); Neptune's Daughter (1949); Noah's Ark (1956); On the Riviera (1951); Perry Mason (1957); Petticoat Junction (1968); Pier 23 (1951); Playhouse 90 (1957); Queen of Outer Space (1958); Racket Squad (1952); Rawhide (1963); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1959); Sadie and Sally (1948); Schlitz Playhouse (1955); Sea Hunt (1959); Singin' in the Rain (1952); So This Is Hollywood (1955); So You Think the Grass Is Greener (1956); So You Want to Be a Policeman (1955); So You Want to Be a V.P. (1955); So You Want to Go to a Night Club (1954); So You're Taking in a Roomer (1954); Son of Sinbad (1955); State Trooper (1958); Studio 57 (1958); Sugarfoot (1958); Super Cue Men (1949); T.V. of Tomorrow (1953); Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949); Terror at Midnight (1956); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1956–1963); The Atomic Submarine (1959); The Beverly Hillbillies (1963–1968); The Bob Cummings Show (1955–1959); The Bob Hope Show (1960–1962); The Brave One (1956); The Counterfeiters (1948); The Danny Thomas Show (1957); The Dennis O'Keefe Show (1960); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Donald O'Connor Show (1969); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); The French Line (1953); The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1957); The Girl from Jones Beach (1949); The Governor & J.J. (1970); The House of Tomorrow (1949); The Jack Benny Program (1959); The Joey Bishop Show (1963–1967); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1959); The Merry Widow (1952); The Merv Griffin Show (1965); The Mike Douglas Show (1964–1968); The Mothers-In-Law (1969); The People's Choice (1955–1957); The Star and the Story (1956); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1967); The Untouchables (1960); The Web of Love (1966); This Man Dawson (1960); Touch of Evil (1958); Two Tickets to Broadway (1951); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); When a Girl's Beautiful (1947); Where's Raymond? (1954); Who Was That Lady? (1960); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1953).

Born on this day – André Previn:

André Previn

Composer

Pianist

Conductor

April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019

Born on this day – Joseph H. Lewis:

Joseph H. Lewis

Director

April 6, 1907 – August 30, 2000

Credits:

$1000 a Minute (1935); 7th Cavalry (1956); A Lady Without Passport (1950); A Lawless Street (1955); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965–1966); Alcoa Theatre (1959); American Cinema (1995); Arizona Cyclone (1941); As Simple as That: Joseph H. Lewis in Hollywood (1987); Bat Men of Africa (1966); Beautiful Dreamer (1935); Behind the Green Lights (1935); Blazing Six Shooters (1940); Bombs Over Burma (1942); Bonanza (1963); Border Wolves (1938); Boss of Hangtown Mesa (1942); Boys of the City (1940); Branded (1965); Comin' 'Round the Mountain (1936); Confidential (1935); Courage of the West (1937); Criminals Within (1941); Cry of the Hunted (1953); Dancing Feet (1936); Daniel Boone (1964); Darkest Africa (1936); Death on Credit (1980); Desperate Search (1952); Femme Fatales (2012); Gun Crazy (1950); Gunsmoke (1965); Harmony Lane (1935); Hearts in Bondage (1936); Hitch Hike Lady (1935); Invisible Ghost (1941); King of the Pecos (1936); Ladies Crave Excitement (1935); Laughing Irish Eyes (1936); Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula (1997); Man on a Bus (1955); Melody Trail (1935); Minstrel Man (1944); My Name Is Julia Ross (1945); Navy Spy (1937); One Frightened Night (1935); Pride of the Bowery (1940); Red River Valley (1936); Retreat, Hell! (1952); Sagebrush Troubadour (1935); Secrets of a Co-Ed (1942); Sharad of Atlantis (1966); So Dark the Night (1946); Sodankylä Forever (2010); Streamline Express (1935); Terror in a Texas Town (1958); Texas Stagecoach (1940); That Gang of Mine (1940); The Adventures of Rex and Rinty (1935); The Big Combo (1955); The Big Valley (1965–1966); The Detectives (1959); The Devil on Horseback (1936); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Falcon in San Francisco (1945); The Fat Man: The Thirty-Two Friends of Gina Lardelli (1959); The Fighting Marines (1935); The Girl from Mandalay (1936); The Gold Racket (1937); The Halliday Brand (1957); The Harvester (1936); The Headline Woman (1935); The House of a Thousand Candles (1936); The Investigators (1961); The Jolson Story (1946); The Last Stand (1938); The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936); The Leavenworth Case (1936); The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942); The Man from Tumbleweeds (1940); The Miracle Rider (1935); The Return of Jimmy Valentine (1936); The Return of October (1948); The Return of Wild Bill (1940); The Rifleman (1958–1963); The Silver Bullet (1942); The Singing Cowboy (1936); The Singing Outlaw (1937); The Singing Vagabond (1935); The Spy Ring (1938); The Story of Hollywood (1988); The Swordsman (1948); The Undercover Man (1949); Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1935); Two-Fisted Rangers (1939); Undersea Kingdom (1936); Waterfront Lady (1935); Zane Grey Theatre (1961).

Born on this day – Harold Rosson:

Harold Rosson

Cinematographer

April 6, 1895 – September 6, 1988

Credits:

El Dorado (1966); Decision at Midnight (1965); Onionhead (1958); No Time for Sergeants (1958); The Enemy Below (1957); Conflict (1956); Cheyenne (1955); Toward the Unknown (1956); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); The Bad Seed (1956); Pete Kelly's Blues (1955); Strange Lady in Town (1955); Ulysses (1954); Mambo (1954); The Actress (1953); Dangerous When Wet (1953); I Love Melvin (1953); The Story of Three Loves (1953); Singin' in the Rain (1952); Love Is Better Than Ever (1952); Lone Star (1952); The Red Badge of Courage (1951); To Please a Lady (1950); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); Key to the City (1950); On the Town (1949); Any Number Can Play (1949); The Stratton Story (1949); Command Decision (1948); Homecoming (1948); The Hucksters (1947); Living in a Big Way (1947); My Brother Talks to Horses (1947); Duel in the Sun (1946); No Leave, No Love (1946); Three Wise Fools (1946); Between Two Women (1945); Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944); An American Romance (1944); Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944); Slightly Dangerous (1943); Tennessee Johnson (1942); Somewhere I'll Find You (1942); Tortilla Flat (1942); Johnny Eager (1941); The Chocolate Soldier (1941); Honky Tonk (1941); Washington Melodrama (1941); Men of Boys Town (1941); The Penalty (1941); Flight Command (1940); Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940); Boom Town (1940); Edison, the Man (1940); A Door Will Open (1940); I Take This Woman (1940); Forgotten Victory (1939); The Wizard of Oz (1939); Too Hot to Handle (1938); That Mothers Might Live (1938); A Yank at Oxford (1938); Double Wedding (1937); The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937); Captains Courageous (1937); They Gave Him a Gun (1937); The Garden of Allah (1936); The Devil Is a Sissy (1936); As You Like It (1936); The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936); The Ghost Goes West (1935); The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934); Treasure Island (1934); The Girl from Missouri (1934); The Cat and the Fiddle (1934); This Side of Heaven (1934); Bombshell (1933); Penthouse (1933); Turn Back the Clock (1933); Hold Your Man (1933); The Barbarian (1933); Hell Below (1933); Red Dust (1932); Kongo (1932); Downstairs (1932); Red-Headed Woman (1932); When a Feller Needs a Friend (1932); Tarzan the Ape Man (1932); Are You Listening? (1932); The Cuban Love Song (1931); Sporting Blood (1931); Son of India (1931); The Squaw Man (1931); En cada puerto un amor (1931); Men Call It Love (1931); The Prodigal (1931); Passion Flower (1930); Madam Satan (1930); This Mad World (1930); Hello Sister (1930); South Sea Rose (1929); Frozen Justice (1929); The Far Call (1929); Trent's Last Case (1929); The Case of Lena Smith (1929); Three Week Ends (1928); The Docks of New York (1928); The Sawdust Paradise (1928); The Dragnet (1928); Abie's Irish Rose (1928); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928); Open Range (1927); A Gentleman of Paris (1927); Service for Ladies (1927); Rough House Rosie (1927); Evening Clothes (1927); Getting Gertie's Garter (1927); Man Bait (1927); Jim the Conqueror (1926); For Wives Only (1926); Almost a Lady (1926); Up in Mabel's Room (1926); Infatuation (1925); Classified (1925); The Street of Forgotten Men (1925); The Little French Girl (1925); A Man Must Live (1925); Too Many Kisses (1925); Manhattan (1924); The Story Without a Name (1924); Manhandled (1924); A Society Scandal (1924); Big Brother (1923); Zaza (1923); Lawful Larceny (1923); The Glimpses of the Moon (1923); Quicksands (1923); Dark Secrets (1923); Garrison's Finish (1923); For the Defense (1922); Through a Glass Window (1922); The Cradle (1922); A Homespun Vamp (1922); A Virginia Courtship (1921); Everything for Sale (1921); Buried Treasure (1921); For Those We Love (1921); Heliotrope (1920); Polly of the Storm Country (1920); The Cinema Murder (1919); The American Consul (1917); Panthea (1917); The Victoria Cross (1916); Oliver Twist (1916); The Honorable Friend (1916); David Harum (1915).