Born on this day – Allan Blye:

Allan Blye

Writer

Producer

Actor

July 19, 1937 – October 4, 2024

Credits:

60 Minutes / Segment: The Smothers Brothers (1969); A Dream of Body (1972); Andy Williams' Kaleidoscope Company (1968); Bizarre (1979–1986); Breaking the Band (2018); Comic Relief V (1992); E! True Hollywood Story (2003); Elvis: One Night with You (1985); Elvis: The Comeback Special (1968); Festival (1966); Hamburgers (1974); Joey & Dad (1975); Juliette (1963); Li'l Abner (1971); Lola! (1975–1976); Mister Rogers (1963–1967); My First Time (2006); Pat Paulsen for President (1968); Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour (1970); Petula (1968); Playdate (1962); Redd Foxx (1977–1978); Reinventing Elvis: The '68 Comeback (2023); Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (2002); Super Dave (1987–1999); Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire (1992); Super Dave's All Stars (1997–1998); Super Dave's Spike Tacular (2009); Super Dave's Vegas Spectacular (1995); That's My Mama (1974–1975); The 20th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1968); The 21st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1969); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The Andy Williams Christmas Show (1971); The Andy Williams Christmas Special (1968); The Andy Williams Magic Lantern Show Company (1969); The Andy Williams Show (1969–1971); The Bobby Vinton Show (1975–1977); The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave (2000); The Forest Rangers (1963); The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show (1974); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2019); The Juliette Show (1954–1966); The Ken Berry 'Wow' Show (1972); The Life and Times of Sonny Bono (1999); The Ray Stevens Show (1970); The Redd Foxx Special (1978); The Return of the Smothers Brothers (1970); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967–1993); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971–1977); The Sonny Comedy Revue (1974); The Summer Brothers Smothers Show (1968); The Super Bob Einstein Movie (2021); The Super Dave Superbowl of Knowledge (1994); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1970); Theatre 625 (1965); Van Dyke and Company (1975 / 1976); Zoomerang! (1974).

Born on this day – Buster Benton:

Buster Benton

Blues singer

Guitarist

July 19, 1932 – January 20, 1996

Credits:

Albums:

Blues and Trouble (2002); Blues at the Top (1993); Blues Buster (1979); Buster Benton Is the Feeling (1980); First Time in Europe (1983); I Like to Hear My Guitar Sing (1991); Money's the Name of the Game (1989); Spider in My Stew (1978); That's the Reason (1997); Why Me (1988).

Television:

Àngel Casas Show (1985).

Born on this day – Helen Gallagher:

Helen Gallagher

Actress

Dancer

Singer

July 19, 1926 – November 24, 2024

Credits:

Stage:

70, Girls, 70 (2000); Billion Dollar Baby (1945); Brigadoon (1957); Cry for Us All (1970); Finian's Rainbow (1955); Guys and Dolls (1955); Hazel Flagg (1953); High Button Shoes (1947); Make a Wish (1951); Mame (1968); Mr. Strauss Goes to Boston (1945); Much Ado About Nothing (1972); No, No, Nanette (1971); Oklahoma! (1958); Pal Joey (1952); Portofino (1958); Seven Lively Arts (1944); Sugar Babies (1981); Sweet Charity (1966); Tallulah (1984); The American Dance Machine (1978); The Pajama Game (1954); Touch and Go (1949).

Songs:

All That I Need; Anything Goes; Big Spender; Captivated By Your Love; Hey, Big Spender; Hey, Big Spender from Sweet Charity; I Am Not My Own; I Feel Like I'm Gonna Live Forever; I Love to Cry at Weddings; I Stand in Awe; I'm Glad I'm Leaving; Laura de Maupassant; No, No, Nanette: You Can Dance With Any Girl; Not to Us; Once for All; Once We Waited for You; Our God Reigns; Sing a Song of Celebration; Sweet Charity: Baby, Dream Your Dream; Sweet Charity: Big Spender; Sweet Charity: I Love to Cry at Weddings; Sweet Charity: There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This; The World Is Beautiful Today; There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This; There's a Place; Where-Has-My-Hubby-Gone Blues; You Are Good; You Can Dance With Any Girl at All; You Mustn't Kick It Around; You're Gonna Dance with Me, Willie; You're The Top.

Movies and television:

4th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1977); A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 (1955); ABC's Nightlife (1965); All My Children (1995); American Masters (2009); Another World (1989); April in the Wind (1970); Celebrity Time (1952); Chance of a Lifetime (1953); Don Ameche's Musical Playhouse (1951); Entertainment Tonight (1989); Ford Star Revue (1951); General Electric Guest House (1951); Kraft Theatre (1954); Law & Order (1993); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Manhattan Showcase (1949); Max Liebman Spectaculars (1956); Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon (2019); Neptune's Rocking Horse (1997); One Life to Live (1997–1998); Our American Musical Heritage (1971); Roseland (1977); Ryan's Hope (1975–1989); Shangri-La (1960); Strangers When We Meet (1960); Stump the Stars (1955); The $10,000 Pyramid (1979); The 11th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards (1995); The 12th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1985); The 26th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1999); The 26th Annual Tony Awards (1972); The 27th Annual Tony Awards (1973); The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (1976); The Arthur Murray Party (1958–1959); The Bell Telephone Hour (1961); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951–1955); The Cosby Mysteries (1995); The David Frost Show (1971); The Ed Sullivan Show (1951–1968); The Eddie Fisher Show (1958); The Ezio Pinza Show (1952); The Good Fight (2018); The Mel Tormé Show (1951); The Merv Griffin Show (1966); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1979); The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue (1950–1951); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971); This Is Show Business (1954); Yves Montand on Broadway (1961).

Born on this day – Patricia Medina:

Patricia Medina

Actress

July 19, 1919 – April 28, 2012

Credits:

Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950); Adventures in Paradise (1959); AFI Life Achievement Award (1975); Aladdin and His Lamp (1952); Assignment: Underwater (1960); Black Saddle (1959); Bonanza (1960); Botany Bay (1952); Branded (1966); Burke's Law (1964); Cain's Hundred (1961); Captain Pirate (1952); Children of Chance (1949); Climax! (1954–1958); Compression (2024); Confidential Report (1955); Coronado 9 (1960–1961); Count Your Blessings (1959); Crook's Tour (1940); Dante (1960); Desperate Search (1952); Dinner at the Ritz (1937); Don't Take It to Heart! (1944); Double or Quits (1938); Drums of Tahiti (1953); Duel on the Mississippi (1955); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998); Food, Wine & Friends (1980); Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950); Francis (1950); General Electric Theater (1959); Girl Talk (1963); Grindl (1963); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958–1963); High Low Quiz (1957); Hotel de Paree (1960); Hotel Reserve (1944); Il mantello rosso (1955); It's Your Bet (1972); Keene (1969); Kiss the Bride Goodbye (1945); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); Lady in the Iron Mask (1952); Latitude Zero (1969); Lock Up (1960); Looks Familiar (1978); Lux Video Theatre (1954); Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014); Manhunt (1960); Mannix (1971); Miami Exposé (1956); Missiles from Hell (1958); Moss Rose (1947); Mr. Satan (1938); My Brother the Angel (1966); Over Easy (1978); Perry Mason (1958); Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954); Pirates of Tripoli (1955); Plunder of the Sun (1953); Rawhide (1959–1961); Rheingold Theatre (1954); Riverboat (1960); Sangaree (1953); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Screen Snapshots: Hula from Hollywood (1954); Simply Terrific (1938); Siren of Bagdad (1953); Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961); Spitfire (1942); Startime (1960); Stranger at My Door (1956); Stump the Stars (1963); Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers (1956); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The 37th Annual Thalians Ball (1992); The 4th Annual American Cinema Awards (1987); The 9th Annual American Cinema Awards (1992); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Avengers (1942); The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956); The Beginning or the End (1947); The Black Knight (1954); The Bob Braun Show (1975); The Buckskin Lady (1957); The Californians (1958); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1966); The EE British Academy Film Awards (2013); The Fighting O'Flynn (1949); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1956); The Foxes of Harrow (1947); The Hollywood Collection: Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man (1999); The Jackpot (1950); The Juke Box Jury (1958); The Killing of Sister George (1968); The Lady and the Bandit (1951); The Lee Phillip Show (1971); The Magic Carpet (1951); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); The Movie Game (1970); The Name of the Game (1970); The Rebel (1960); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Rogues (1964); The Secret Heart (1946); The Third Man (1959); The Three Musketeers (1948); The Timber Tramps (1973); They Met in the Dark (1943); This Is Your Life (1978); This Man Is News (1938); Thriller (1961); Tightrope (1959); To Rome with Love (1970); Uranium Boom (1956); Valentino (1951); Waltz Time (1945); Whispering Smith (1961); Zorro (1959).

Born on this day – Denise Bosc:

Denise Bosc

Actress

Writer

July 19, 1916 – March 9, 2002

Credits:

Attila (1954); Tramp (1938); Daisy Town (1971); Désiré Lafarge (1979); Helen of Troy (1956) Joan of Arc (1973); The Girls' Cage (1949); The Fortress (1959); The Rose of the Sea (1946); Chair 47 (1937); The Majestic Cellars (1945); The daughters of the Rhône (1938); Masters of Mystery (2023); The Mohicans of Paris (1975); The scrambled eggs (1976); History Exceeds Fiction (1961); Hummingbird Mama (1937); Night Doctors (1986); Nans the Shepherd (1976); Saturnin de Marseille (1941); Sign of the Gladiator (1959); The Lovers of Toledo (1953) The World Condemns Them (1953); Theodora, Slave Empress (1954); Trubadúri z pendloviek (1988) One delitto (1984); A Night in Tabarin (1947); Yamilé under the cedars (1939).

Born on this day – Isabel Jewell:

Isabel Jewell

Actress

July 19, 1907 – April 5, 1972

Credits:

A Tale of Two Cities (1935); Advice to the Forlorn (1933); Babies for Sale (1940); Badman's Territory (1946); Beauty for Sale (1933); Belle Starr's Daughter (1948); Bernardine (1957); Big Brown Eyes (1936); Blessed Event (1932); Bombshell (1933); Bondage (1933); Born to Kill (1947); Career Woman (1936); Ceiling Zero (1936); Ciao Manhattan (1972); Climax! (1957); Counsellor at Law (1933); Dancing Feet (1936); Danger! Women at Work (1943); Day of Reckoning (1933); Design for Living (1933); Dr. Christian (1956); Drum Beat (1954); Evelyn Prentice (1934); Fireside Theatre (1952–1953); For Beauty's Sake (1941); Go West Young Man (1936); Gone with the Wind (1939); Gunsmoke (1965); Here Comes the Groom (1934); High Sierra (1940); Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969); Irene (1940); I've Been Around (1935); Judd for the Defense (1967); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Let's Be Ritzy (1934); Little Men (1940); Lock Up (1961); Lost Horizon (1937); Love on Toast (1937); Mad Love (1935); Man in the Attic (1953); Manhattan Melodrama (1934); Marked Men (1940); Marked Woman (1937); Matinee Theatre (1956–1957); Michael O'Halloran (1948); Missing Daughters (1939); Mr. & Mrs. North (1952); Northwest Passage (1940); Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love! (1940); catterbrain (1940); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots, Series 14, No. 1 (1934); Sensation Hunters (1945); Shadow of Doubt (1935); She Had to Choose (1934); Small Town Girl (1936); Steppin' in Society (1945); Sweet Kill (1972); Swing It, Sailor! (1938); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1952); The Aquanauts (1961); The Bishop's Wife (1947); The Casino Murder Case (1935); The Crime of the Century (1933); The Crowd Roars (1938); The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1953); The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936); The Leopard Man (1943); The Making of 'Lost Horizon' (1999); The Man Who Lived Twice (1936); The Merry Monahans (1944); The New Cinema (1968); The Seventh Victim (1943); The Snake Pit (1948); The Story of Molly X (1949); The Unexpected (1952); The Untouchables (1962); The Week End Mystery (1931); The Women in His Life (1933); They Asked for It (1939); 36 Hours to Kill (1936); Times Square Lady (1935); Treasury Men in Action (1955); Unfaithfully Yours (1948); Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936).

Born on this day – Vera Schmiterlöw:

Vera Schmiterlöw

Actress

July 19, 1904 – September 9, 1987

Credits:

33.333 (1924); Alimony (1930); At Ruedesheim Castle there is a lime tree (1928); Andersson, Pettersson och Lundström (1923); bi-products (1969); Bodakungen (1920); Brother Bernhard (1929); Dame Care (1928); Den italienska halmhatten (1974); The standard-bearer von Sedan (1927); The Black Domino (1929); Die Flucht vor der Liebe (1929); Drottningen av Pellagonien (1927); A Little Girlfriend Needs Every Man (1927); En Kvinnas Morgondag (1931); Ett resande teatersällskap (1972); Håll polisen Utanför (1969); Hon, han och Andersson (1926); Hrích (1929); Her last love adventure (1927); Jahrmarkt des Lebens (1928); Madame Bluebeard (1931); Girls' fates (1928); Minns Ni? (1993); Mordbrännerskan (1926); När millionerna rullar... (1924); His Best Friend (1929); His Strongest Weapon (1928); Släpp fångarne Loss - det är vår! (1975); Styrman Karlssons flammor (1925); Thomas Graals Myndling (1922); Unga hjärtan (1934) Wenn der weiße Flieder wieder blüht (1929); When the mother and daughter... (1928); We hold together firmly and faithfully (1929).