Born on this day – Mel Novak:

Mel Novak

Actor

Producer

June 16, 1934 – April 9, 2025

Credits:

Book:

Gods in Polyester or, a Survivor's Account of 70s Cinema Obscura (2004 / 2007).

Movies and television:

3rd Eye (2018); A Force of One (1979); Afternoon Delight Live on Hollywood and Vine (2015); A-List TV (2017); An Eye for an Eye (1981); An Hour to Kill (2018); An Intimate Look with Michelle Tomlinson (2014); Apex Predators (2021); Arachnado (2020); Arachnado 2: Flaming Spiders (2021); Ark II (1976); Ash and Bone (2022); Banned, Exploited & Blacklisted: The Underground Work of Controversial Filmmaker Shane Ryan / Segment: The Making of Samurai Cop 2 (2020); Baretta (1976); Betrayal (2025); Big Freakin' Snake (2023); Big Freakin' Snake (2023); Big Guns (2006); Black Belt Jones (1974); Cadillac Respect (2026); Capital Punishment (1991); Cat in the Cage (1978); Celluloid Slaughter (2020); Check Point (2017); Cooking in with Joycelyne (2015); Critical Fumble (2014); Dawna of the Darkness (2019–2021); Dear God (1996); Direct Hit (1994); Doll Killer 2 (2021); Drifter TKD (2008); Ebola Rex (2021); Ebola Rex Versus Murder Hornets (2021); Enter the Samurai (2020); Eternal Code (2019); Everybody with Angela Williamson (2021); Exit to Eden (1994); Expert Weapon (1993); Eye on Entertainment (2016–2021); EZ Talk Live (2018); Facebook Live with Ford & Vida (2016); Family Reunion (1989); Fight or Die (2016); Force of Darkness (1985); Force: Five (1981); Future War (1997); Game of Death (1978); Gangsters Incorporated (2015); Giants (2000); GiAnts (2008); Hard Way Heroes (2010); Hell of the Screaming Undead (2023); Holy Terror (2017); I'm Not Bruce (2025); Kill Factor (2010); Kung Fu Drifter (2022); Last American Horror Show: Volume II (2022); Last Convict Standing (2017); LeagueOne: In the Spotlight! (2017); Lovely But Deadly (1981); Mannix (1973); Martial Arts Mania (2015); Mega Ape (2023); Moonbase (1997); MoreHorror in Hollywood (2015–2017); Movie Nights (2010–2011); Nemesis 5: The New Model (2017); Pastor Greg (2006); Pocket Ninjas (1997); Power Elite (2002); Praise the Lord (1998); Quakeasaurus (2022); Rattlers 2 (2021); Realm of Shadows (2024); RoboWoman (2019); Rolan Bolan: Children of the Revolution (2016); Runaway Killer (2025); Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance (2015); Scorpion Girl (2017); Scorpion Girl: The Awakening (2020); Space Sharks (2024); Stale Popcorn and Sticky Floors (2023); Steve McQueen: American Icon (2017); Suspense (2016–2019); SWAT: Warhead One (2004); Sword of Heaven (1985); Syndicate Smasher (2017); Tales for the Campfire 3 (2020); Tales of Frankenstein (2018); The 700 Club (1977); The Beast Beneath (2023); The Blue Knight (1976); The Creeps 2 (2021); The F.B.I. (1971); The F-Zone (1997); The Love-Ins (1967); The Match-Stick Flame Prologue (2019); The Paradise Motel (2022); The Tehran Incident (1979); The Ultimate Warrior (1975); The Universe Multicultural Film Festival in 2019 (2019); Thunderkick (2008); Tom Horn (1980); Toxic Tutu (2017); Truck Turner (1974); Vampire Assassin (2005); Virginia Hill (1974); When It Rings (2023); Which Way to the Front? (1970); Zombi VIII: Urban Decay (2021).

Born on this day – Bill Cobbs:

Bill Cobbs

Actor

June 16, 1934 – June 25, 2024

Credits:

10-8: Officers on Duty (2003); 53 in 59: The Team That Made a Town Forget Defeat (2017); A Boy and a Boa (1975); A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich (1977); A House Is Not a Home (2015); A Mighty Wind (2003); African American History Parade (2011); Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2020); Air Bud (1997); Always Outnumbered (1998); Army Wives (2008); As Evil Does (2018); Baby... I'm Back! (1978); Back in the Game (2013); Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2003); Beyond the Law (2019); Beyond the Silence (2016); Bill and the Eco Stars Adventures (2025); Bird (1988); Bitter Winter (2001); Black Water Transit (2009); Block Party (2022); Branch Line (2012); Broken Church (2025); Call Me King (2017); Captiva Island (1995); Carolina Skeletons (1991); Caroltyn (2022); Christmas in Palm Springs (2014); Clipped Wings, They Do Fly (2018); Coach (1993); Compromising Positions (1985); Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (2011); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2008); Dear Secret Santa (2013); Decoration Day (1990); Demolition Man (1993); Designing Women (1990); Dino Dana (2017–2019); Dino Dana: The Movie (2020); Divas (1995); Dominick and Eugene (1988); Duck (2005); Ed (1996); Empty Nest (1994); Enough (2002); ER (1996); Exiled in America (1992); Family Teamwork (1979); Fatal Instinct (1993); First Kid (1996); First Ladies Diaries: Rachel Jackson (1975); Five Corners (1987); Fluke (1995); For All Time (2000); For Your Love (1998–1999); FuN? (2017); Gabriel's Fire (1990); Get Low (2009); Ghosts of Mississippi (1996); Go On (2012–2013); Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1995); Good Times (1976); Greased Lightning (1977); Greenleaf (2016–2017); Grim Abdication (2008); Hand of God (2015); Hannah Royce's Questionable Choices (2017); HappySAD (2009); Hard Luck (2006); Harry's Law (2011); High Incident (1997); Homeroom (1989); Hope Floats (1998); Hurricane in the Rose Garden (2009); I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998); I'll Fly Away (1991–1993); I'll Fly Away: Then and Now (1993); Incandescent Love (2023); Inner Demon (2005); Intruso a medianoche (2024); JAG (2001–2003); Johnny Bull (1986); Kate & Allie (1986); Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long (1995); L.A. Doctors (1998); L.A. Law (1988); Lost (2004); Lukewarm (2012); Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009); Making 'The Great Gilly Hopkins' (2016); Man with a Gun (1995); Married People (1990); Moe's World (1992); Mojave Moon (1996); My Christmas Grandpa (2017); My Summer Friend (2009); My Wife and Kids (2002); New Jack City (1991); New Life (2016); Night at the Museum (2006); Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014); Nightjohn (1996); No Limit Kids: Much Ado About Middle School (2010); Northern Exposure (1994); NYPD Blue (1996–2003); October Road (2007); Of Mind and Music (2014); On Angel's Wings (2014); One Life to Live (1986); One Tree Hill (2008); Out There (1995); Oz the Great and Powerful (2013); Paulie (1998); Philly (2001); Picking Tribes (1989); Players at the Poker Palace (2008); Rage of Angels (1983); Rake (2014); Random Hearts (1999); Return to Sender (2005); Roadside Prophets (1992); Rugrats (2001); Sabora Mi (2025); Saving Paradise (2021); SEGAL (2025); Sent (2006); Sesame Street (1985–1986); Side Order of Life (2007); Silkwood (1983); Six Feet Under (2001); Soul Food (2004); Soulmates (1997); Special Ed (2005); Spenser: For Hire (1987); Squirrel Man (2005); Star Trek: Enterprise (2005); Stars in the House (2020); Steadfast (2009); Stories from the Edge / Segment: Tuesday Morning Ride (1996); Streets of Gold (1986); Stroll (2010); Sunshine State (2002); Superior Donuts (2018); Suspect (1987); Sweet Deadly Dreams (2006); TCM Remembers 2024 (2024); That Thing You Do! (1996); The Arcadian (2011); The Bay (2014); The Bodyguard (1992); The Brother from Another Planet (1984); The Carmichael Show (2017); The Color of Money (1986); The Cotton Club (1984); The Dark Horse (2008); The Derby Stallion (2005); The Division (2003); The Drew Carey Show (2002–2004); The Equalizer (1985); The Fighting Fitzgeralds (2001); The Final Patient (2005); The Glades (2010); The Great Gilly Hopkins (2015); The Gregory Hines Show (1997–1999); The Hard Way (1991); The Hitter (1978); The Hudsucker Proxy (1994); The Interims: When Between Time & Place (Date?); The January Man (1989); The Last Letter (2013); The Mastermind 5 (2025); The Member of the Wedding (1982); he Michael Richards Show (2000); The Morgue (2008); The Mortuary (2004); The Muppets (2011); The Oscars (2025); The Others (2000); The Outer Limits (1997–2000); The People Under the Stairs (1991); The Practice (2000); The Search for Santa Paws (2010); The Slap Maxwell Story (1987–1988); The Sopranos (2000); The Stiller & Meara Show (1986); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); The Tenant (2010); The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (1990); The Ultimate Gift (2006); The Ultimate Legacy (2016); The Ultimate Life (2013); The Undershepherd (2012); The Watcher (1995); The Wayans Bros. (1997); The Weight (2017); The West Wing (2002); The Wild Thornberrys (1998); Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995); This Man's Life (2008); Three Days to Vegas (2007); Thrill (1996); Tiffany at Breakfast (2014); Touched by an Angel (2001); Trading Places (1983); True Colors (1991); Tuesday Morning Ride (1995); Vampires in Venice (2013); Walker, Texas Ranger (1997); Way Black When: Primetime (2011); Yes, Dear (2005).

Born on this day – Gene Winfield:

Gene Winfield

Special effects designer

Actor

June 16, 1927 – March 4, 2025

Credits:

Against All Odds, the Making of DEUCE of SPADES (2016); Bitchin' Rides (2017); Crazy America (2017); Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007); Deuce of Spades (2011); Full Custom Garage (2019–2021); Jay Leno's Garage (2016–2019); Motor MythBusters (2021); Mr. Fantastic & The Wonderful Depot (2015); RoboCop (1987); Solar Crisis (1990); The Last Starfighter (1984); The Photographer (1974); Trancers (1984); TV's Greatest Cars (2004); Visual Futurist: The Art & Life of Syd Mead (2006); World of Cars (2020).

Born on this day – Faith Domergue:

Faith Domergue

Actress

June 16, 1924 – April 4, 1999

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1961); Amore grande, amore libero (1976); Blues in the Night (1941); Bonanza (1961–1964); Bourbon Street Beat (1959); Bronco (1960); California (1963); Celebrity Playhouse (1955); Cheyenne (1959); Colt .45 (1960); Combat! (1966); Cult of the Cobra (1955); Dancing in a Harem (1941); Elvira's Movie Macabre (1982); Escort West (1959); Fireside Theatre (1954); Garrison's Gorillas (1968); General Electric Theater (1954); Hardly a Criminal (1949); Have Gun - Will Travel (1962–1963); Hawaiian Eye (1959–1961); Here's Hollywood (1961); Il cielo brucia (1958); It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955); Lo stato d'assedio (1969); Lock Up (1961); Lux Video Theatre (1953–1954); Michael Shayne (1960); Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996); One on Top of the Other (1969); Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! (1957); Perry Mason (1961–1963); Rogue for Hire (1960); Santa Fe Passage (1955); Schlitz Playhouse (1954–1958); So Evil, My Sister (1974); Spin a Dark Web (1956); State Trooper (1959); Sugarfoot (1959); Svengoolie (1997); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); The Atomic Man (1955); The Count of Monte Cristo (1956); The Duel at Silver Creek (1952); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); The Gamblers (1970); The Great Sioux Uprising (1953); The Horror Show (1979); The House of Seven Corpses (1974); The Man with Icy Eyes (1971); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Tall Man (1961); This Is My Love (1954); This Island Earth (1955); Track of Thunder (1967); Vendetta (1950); Violent Stranger (1957); Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965); War of the Planets (1958); Where Danger Lives (1950); Will to Die (1971); Young Widow (1946).

Born on this day – Frances Rafferty:

Frances Rafferty

Actress

Dancer, June 16, 1922 – April 18, 2004

Credits:

Alcoa Premiere (1963); Alcoa Theatre (1958); An Old-Fashioned Girl (1949); Bad Bascomb (1946); Barbary Coast Gent (1944); Big Town (1952); Broadway Rhythm (1944); Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1952); Cavalcade of America (1954); Chevron Theatre (1952); Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (1955); Curley (1947); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Dave and Charley (1953); December Bride (1954–1959); Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943); Dragnet (1953–1954); Dragon Seed (1944); Fingers at the Window (1942); Fireside Theatre (1954); Four Star Playhouse (1953–1954); General Electric Summer Originals (1956); General Electric Theater (1953); Girl Crazy (1943); Half Nelson (1985); Hitler's Madman (1943); Hollywood Opening Night (1951); Lady at Midnight (1948); Lassie (1957); Lost Honeymoon (1947); Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945); Matinee Theatre (1956); Money Madness (1948); Mrs. Parkington (1944); My Three Sons (1964); Mystery Is My Business (1954–1957); Oboler Comedy Theatre (1949); Perry Mason (1961–1963); Personalities (1942); Pete and Gladys (1962); Pilot #5 (1943); Presenting Lily Mars (1943); Public Defender (1954–1955); Racket Squad (1952–1953); Rodeo (1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1952–1955); Seven Sweethearts (1942); Slightly Dangerous (1943); Stage 7 (1955); Stars Over Hollywood (1950); Swing Shift Maisie (1943); The Adventures of Don Coyote (1947); The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival (1947); The Hidden Eye (1945); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Magical World of Disney (1959–1960); The Millionaire (1956); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1954); The Shanghai Story (1954); The Streets of San Francisco (1975–1977); The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942); Thousands Cheer (1943); Topper (1954); Treasury Men in Action (1952–1955); Twenty Years After (1944); Wings of Chance (1961); Young Ideas (1943); Your Favorite Story (1953); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1953).

Born on this day – Sidney Salkow:

Sidney Salkow

Director

Writer

June 16, 1911 – October 18, 2000

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1958); Along the Mohawk Trail (1957); Ang Vengador (1948); Behind the Mike (1937); Blood on the Arrow (1964); Bronco (1962); Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947); Cafe Hostess (1940); Casey Jones (1957); Cavalcade of America (1953–1954); Chicago Confidential (1957); City Without Men (1943); Come on, Leathernecks! (1938); Crusader (1956); Death Valley Days (1962–1964); Durango (1957); Ernestine (1962); Exclusive (1937); Faithful in My Fashion (1946); Fighting Thoroughbreds (1939); Flight at Midnight (1939); Flight Lieutenant (1942); Flirtation (1934); Four Days Wonder (1936); From Hell to Heaven (1933); Fury (1956–1958); General Electric Theater (1953); Girl from God's Country (1940); Girl Overboard (1937); Gun Brothers (1956); Hawaiian Eye (1961); Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (1957); Jack McCall, Desperado (1953); Karen (1964); La rivale dell'imperatrice (1951); La strada buia (1950); Lady Be Careful (1936); Las Vegas Shakedown (1955); Lassie (1954–1955); Maverick (1962); Michael Shayne (1961); Mike Hammer (1959); Millie's Daughter (1947); Murder with Pictures (1936); Overland Trail (1960); Prince of Pirates (1953); Prison Nurse (1938); Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953); Rhythm on the Range (1936); Robbers' Roost (1955); Scarlet Angel (1952); Shadow of the Eagle (1950); She Married a Cop (1939); Shotgun Slade (1959–1960); Simon Lash: The Black Book (1960); Sitting Bull (1954); Soldiers of Fortune (1955–1956); State Trooper (1957–1959); Storm Over Bengal (1938); Street of Missing Men (1939); Supernatural (1933); Surfside 6 (1961–1962); Sword of the Avenger (1948); Tales of Wells Fargo (1957–1960); That's My Story! (1937); The Addams Family (1965–1966); The Admiral Was a Lady (1950); The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942); The Big Night (1960); The Boy from Stalingrad (1943); The Comedy Spot (1962); The Count of Monte Cristo (1956); The Golden Hawk (1952); The Great Sioux Massacre (1965); The Iron Sheriff (1957); The Jim Backus Show (1961); The Last Man on Earth (1964); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1960–1961); The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940); The Lone Wolf Strikes (1940); The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941); The Long Rifle and the Tomahawk (1964); The Murder Game (1965); The Night Hawk (1938); The Pathfinder (1952); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1955); The Quick Gun (1964); The Roaring 20's (1961); The Toughest Man Alive (1955); The Zero Hour (1939); This Is Alice (1958); Tillie the Toiler (1941); Time Out for Rhythm (1941); Twice-Told Tales (1963); Woman Doctor (1939); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1952–1953).

Born on this day – William K. Howard:

William K. Howard

Director

Writer

Producer

June 16, 1899 – February 21, 1954

Credits:

A Guy Could Change (1946); A Ship Comes In (1928); Bachelor Brides (1926); Back Door to Heaven (1939); Bullets for O'Hara (1941); Captain Fly-by-Night (1922); Christina (1929); Code of the West (1925); Danger Ahead (1923); Deserted at the Altar (1922); Dillinger (1945); Don't Bet on Women (1931); East of Broadway (1924); Evelyn Prentice (1934); Extra! Extra! (1922); Fire Over England (1937); Get Your Man (1921); Gigolo (1926); Good Intentions (1930); Johnny Come Lately (1943); Klondike Fury (1942); Knute Rockne All American (1940); Let's Go (1923); Love, Live and Laugh (1929); Lucky Dan (1922); Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935); Money and the Woman (1940); Murder on Diamond Row (1937); Over the Moon (1939); Play Square (1921); Red Dice (1926); Rendezvous (1935); Round the Film Studios (1937); Scotland Yard (1930); Sherlock Holmes (1932); Sin Town (1929); Surrender (1931); The Adorable Savage (1920); The Border Legion (1924); The Cat and the Fiddle (1934); The Crusader (1922); The First Year (1932); The Fourth Musketeer (1923); The Green Cockatoo (1937); The Light of Western Stars (1925); The Main Event (1927); The One-Man Trail (1921); The Power and the Glory (1933); The Princess Comes Across (1936); The River Pirate (1928); The Thundering Herd (1925); The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932); The Valiant (1929); This Side of Heaven (1934); 'Til We Meet Again (1940); Top Gun Academy: The Real Story (1997); Transatlantic (1931); Trooper O'Neill (1922); Vanessa, Her Love Story (1935); Volcano (1926); What Love Will Do (1921); When the Lights Go on Again (1944); White Gold (1927).