Born on this day – Jules Bass:

Jules Bass

Director

Producer

Lyricist

Composer

Writer

September 16, 1935 – October 25, 2022

Born on this day – Anne Francis:

Anne Francis

Actress

September 16, 1930 – January 2, 2011

Born on this day – Peter Falk:

Peter Falk

Actor

Comedian

Artist

September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011

Born on this day – B.B. King:

B.B. King

Blues singer

Songwriter

Guitarist

Producer

September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015

Born on this day – Lauren Bacall:

Lauren Bacall

Actress

September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014

Credits:

A Little Piece of Sunshine (1990); A Star for Two (1991); All at Sea (2010); All I Want for Christmas (1991); Amália Traída (2004); Applause (1973); Appointment with Death (1988); Birth (2004); Blood Alley (1955); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Breakdowns of 1949 (1949); Bright Leaf (1950); Chicago Hope (1998); Confidential Agent (1945); Dark Passage (1947); Day and Night (1997); Designing Woman (1957); Diamonds (1999); Dinner at Eight (1989); Dogville (2003); Dr. Kildare (1963); Eve (2008); Family Guy (2014); Ford Star Jubilee (1956); From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1995); Happy Endings (1975); Harper (1966); HealtH (1980); How to Marry a Millionaire (1953); Innocent Victim (1989); Key Largo (1948); Madeline: Lost in Paris (1999); Manderlay (2005); Misery (1990); Mr. Broadway (1964); Mr. North (1988); Murder on the Orient Express (1974); My Fellow Americans (1996); North West Frontier (1959); Perfect Gentlemen (1978); Presence of Mind (1999); Producers' Showcase (1955); Ready to Wear (1994); Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King (2008); Screen One (1993); Sex and the Single Girl (1964); Shock Treatment (1964); The Big Sleep (1946); The Cobweb (1955); The DuPont Show of the Week (1963); The Fan (1981); The Forger (2012); The Gift of Love (1958); The Limit (2004); The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996); The Portrait (1993); The Real Story of the Three Little Kittens (1990); The Real Story of... (1991); The Rockford Files (1979); The Shootist (1976); The Sopranos (2006); The Venice Project (1999); The Walker (2007); These Foolish Things (2006); To Have and Have Not (1944); Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (1999); Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946); Woman's World (1954); Written on the Wind (1956); Young Man with a Horn (1950).

Born on this day – Janis Paige:

Janis Paige

Actress

Singer

September 16, 1922 – June 2, 2024

Credits:

87th Precinct (1962); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alice (1978); All in the Family (1976–1978); All's Fair (1976); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Always Together (1947); American Masters (1990–2017); Angel on My Shoulder (1980); Baby Makes Five (1983); Bachelor in Paradise (1961); Banacek (1972); Bathing Beauty (1944); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Biography (1998); Blow-Ups of 1946 (1947); Bob Hope: Hollywood's Brightest Star (1996); Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the Troops - 1941-1972 (1980); Bob Hope's Road to Hollywood (1983); Bob Hope's Unrehearsed Antics of the Stars (1984); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Bret Maverick (1981); Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); Burke's Law (1964); Capitol (1987); Caroline in the City (1997); Cavalcade of Stars (1950); Charlie's Angels (1978); Cheyenne (1947); Columbo (1972); Cop on the Beat (1975); Doc (1975); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); Eight Is Enough (1977–1980); Family Law (2001); Fantasy Island (1978–1983); Flamingo Road (1981); Follow the Boys (1963); Ford Star Revue (1950); Funny You Should Ask (1969); General Electric Guest House (1951); General Electric Theater (1960); General Hospital (1989–1990); Great Performances (2021); Gun Shy (1983); Gypsy (1965); Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988); Happy Days (1981); Hawaii Five-O (1978); Hearts Are Wild (1992); Her Kind of Man (1946); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Hollywood Screen Test (1950); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1970's (2009); Hollywood Singing & Dancing: A Musical History - 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical (2009); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History (2008); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical Treasure (2008); Hooray for Love (1960); I Won't Play (1944); It's Always Jan (1955–1956); I've Got a Secret (1959–1960); Joe Forrester (1975); Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission (2021); Kraft Music Hall Presents: The Dave King Show (1959); Kraft Mystery Theater (1962); La strada buia (1950); Lanigan's Rabbi (1976–1977); Legend (1995); Legends (2007); Les Chroniques du Mea (2023); Letters to Laugh-in (1969); Lewis & Clark (1981); Love and Learn (1947); Lux Video Theatre (1957); Maisie (1960); Mannix (1973); Matt Houston (1983); Medical Story (1975); Mission: Impossible (1989); Mister Universe (1951); Natural Causes (1994); Night Court (1984); No Man's Land (1984); Of Human Bondage (1946); Oh My Word (1965); One Sunday Afternoon (1948); Password (1963); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1957–1959); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960); Police Story (1974–1975); Presidential Blooper Reel (1981); Roberta (1958–1969); Rockhopper (1985); Romance on the High Seas (1948); Romance Theatre (1982); Room for Two (1992); Salute to Baseball (1957); Santa Barbara (1990–1993); Sarge (1971); Satin and Silk (2003); Schlitz Playhouse (1958); Shades of LA (1990); Show of the Year (1950); Shower of Stars (1958); Silk Stockings (1957); So You Want to Be in Pictures (1947); St. Elsewhere (1983); Star of the Family (1951); Studio 57 (1957); Super Password (1986); Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (1975); That's Entertainment! III (1994); The $10,000 Pyramid (1986); The $25,000 Pyramid (1986); The 37th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1963); The 60th Annual Tony Awards (2006); The Ann Sothern Show (1960); The Arthur Murray Party (1952–1960); The Bell Telephone Hour (1964); The Betty White Show (1977); The Big Record (1957); The Big Step (1961); The Bob Braun Show (1977); The Bob Hope Show (1952–1966); The Caretakers (1963); The Celebrity Game (1965); The Chevy Show (1955 / 1961); The Chevy Showroom Starring Andy Williams (1959); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951–1954); The Dave King Show (1959); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958–1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954); The Ezio Pinza Show (1952); The Fugitive (1964); The Garry Moore Show (1958–1960); The George Gobel Show (1957–1958); The George Jessel Show (1953); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967–1968); The House Across the Street (1949); The Jimmy Durante Show (1956); The Joey Bishop Show (1969); The Joyce Mathews Show (1950); The Juke Box Jury (1956); The Ken Murray Show (1950); The Love Boat (1978); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1976); The Merv Griffin Show (1968–1970); The Mike Douglas Show (1968–1976); The Milton Berle Show (1951–1959); The Milton Berle Spectacular (1962); The Nancy Walker Show (1976); The Other Woman (1983); The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom (1957); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue (1951); The Paul Winchell Show (1954); The Philip Morris Playhouse (1954); The Plymouth Playhouse (1953); The Red Skelton Hour (1959–1967); The Rockford Files (1978); The Secret World of Eddie Hodges (1960); The Steve Lawrence-Eydie Gorme Show (1958); The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1968); The Turning Point of Jim Malloy (1975); The Woody Woodbury Show (1967); The Writers Guild Awards (1962); The Younger Brothers (1949); This Is Your Life (1995); This Side of the Law (1950); To Tell the Truth (1960); Too Close for Comfort (1982); Trapper John, M.D. (1985–1986); Trauma Center (1983); 20 Questions (1950); Two Gals and a Guy (1951); Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946); Valentine Magic on Love Island (1980); Versatile Varieties (1949–1950); Wagon Train (1961); Wallflower (1948); Warner Bros. Celebration of Tradition, June 2, 1990 (1990); We Think the World Is Round (1984); Welcome to Hard Times (1967); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); Win with the Stars (1969); Winter Meeting (1948); Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (1982); You Don't Say (1963–1969).

Born on this day – Guy Hamilton:

Guy Hamilton

Director

September 16, 1922 – April 20, 2016

Credits:

A Touch of Larceny (1960); An Inspector Calls (1954); Battle of Britain (1969); Charley Moon (1956); Diamonds Are Forever (1971); Evil Under the Sun (1982); Force 10 from Navarone (1978); Funeral in Berlin (1966); Goldfinger (1964); Live and Let Die (1973); Lucy Pinder for Nuts (2007); On Location with 'The Man with the Golden Gun' (2006); Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985); Stowaway Girl (1957); The Best of Enemies (1961); The Colditz Story (1955); The Devil's Disciple (1959); The Intruder (1953); The Man with the Golden Gun (1974); The Mirror Crack'd (1980); The Party's Over (1965); The Ringer (1952); The Winston Affair (1964); Try This One for Size (1989).