Born on this day – Drake Hogestyn:

Drake Hogestyn

Actor

September 29, 1953 – September 28, 2024

Credits:

4th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards (1988); Anything to Win (2006); Battle of the Network Stars (2003); Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues (1985); Christmas Tree Lane (2020); Circus of the Stars #12 (1987); Criminal Minds (2018); Days of Our Lives (1986–2024); Days of Our Lives' 35th Anniversary (2000); Days of Our Lives' Christmas (2001); Days of Our Lives: A Very Salem Christmas (2021); Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem (2021–2022); Entertainment Tonight (2022); Generation (1985); Maury (1993); Mornings with Kerri-Anne (2007); Night Sins (1993); One Stormy Night (1992); Otherworld (1985); Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982–1983); SoapTalk (2005); The 11th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards (1995); The 13th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1986); The 15th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards (1999); The 20th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1993); The 21st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1994); The 23rd Annual People's Choice Awards (1997); The 24th Annual People's Choice Awards (1998); The 31st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2004); The 32nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2005); The 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2023); The 83rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2014); The Geraldo Rivera Show (1988); The Hollywood Moment (2021); The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition (2021); The Jeff Probst Show (2012); Top Chef Masters (2013); We Love Soaps TV (2012); Wheel of Fortune (2000); WNBC's New York Live (2022); Wordplay (1987); World by The Tail: The Bill Hayes Story (2017).

Born on this day – Reggie Bannister:

Reggie Bannister

Actor

Musician

Producer

Writer

September 29, 1945 – August 9, 2026

Credits:

Album:

Live At The West Coast Bodega

By Reggie Bannister

Released 2025.

Recorded 1978.

Track list: 4 & 20 (Live); Another Day (Live); Berkley Woman (Live); Love Starved Woman (Live); Just to Please You (Live); Lenny's (Bruce) Song [Live]; Life Line (Live); Long Time (Live); Mr. Moon (Live); Music Stoned Man (Live); Shadow on the Run (Live); Wounded Bird (Live).

Movies and television:

Abolition (2011); Aconite (2005); Bloody Bloody Bible Camp (2012); Bonejangles (2017); Bubba Ho-Tep (2002); Burned Guys & Dolls (2011); Carnies (2010); Cemetery Gates (2006); Chasing Hollywood (2011); Dead Things / segments: Prologue / The Wish (2005); Deadpit Radio (2005); Death Is No Escape: The Making of Phantasm IV – Oblivion (2017); Disaster Wars: Earthquake vs. Tsunami (2013); Do You Like Scary Movies Podcast (2025); Doctor Spine (2015); Drop Off (1997); Fallen Angels (2006); FEARnet's Movies with More Brains (2011); Girls and Coprses (2017); Halloween Ghouls (2026); Horror Kung-Fu Theatre (1992–2019 / 2022); Inside Bryan (2015); Interstate (2007); Iron Core Talk (2010–2012); It Came from Trafalgar (2009); It's Never Over: The Making of Phantasm III - Lord of the Dead (2017); Jim, the World's Greatest (1975); Journeyman (2005); Kenny & Company (1976); Killer Waves 2 (2020); L.A. Law (1988); Last Rites (2006); Making of 'Bubba Ho-tep' (2004); Metal Man (2008); Necronaut (2007); Not Another B Movie (2010); One for the Road (2011); Phandom (2005); Phantasm (1979); Phantasm II (1988); Phantasm III: Behind the Scenes (2007); Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994); Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998); Phantasm Panel: Texas Frightmare Weekend 2015 (2015); Phantasm V: Ravager - Deleted Scenes (2016); Phantasm V: Ravager - Phuntasm: Blooper and Outtakes (2016); Phantasm: Deleted Scenes (1999); Phantasm: Genesis (2005); Phantasm: Ravager (2016); Phantasmagoria (2005); Phantasmagorical Mystery Tour (2005); Primitive (2011); Psychic Experiment (2010); Red & Blue Marbles (2011); Reflections of Fear: Phantasm (2017); Reflections of Fear: Phantasm II (2017); Reflections of Fear: Phantasm V (2017); Revamped (2007); Satan Hates You (2010); Sawblade (2010); Scare Me: Behind the Screams (2007); Schrödinger's Cat II (2016); Sigma Die! (2007); Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990); Small Town Saturday Night (2010); Song of the Dead (2005); Spring Break Massacre (2008); Stop It, You're Killing Me (2000); Survival Quest (1989); Terror Talk (2019); Text (2008); Text: The Story in the Snow (2008); That Little Monster (1994); The Ball Is Back! The Making of Phantasm II (2013); The Best of Chiller Theatre (1998); The Dead Beat Volume 1 (1990); The Demolitionist (1995); The Final Curtain (2007); The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (2012); The Horror We Make (2023); The Intruders (2015); The Last Doorway Show with Miss Misery (2009); The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs (2018); The Mangler Reborn (2005); The Obsidian Curse (2016); The Quiet Ones (2010); The Rage (2007); Transformers Prime (2011); Twiztid: Boogieman (2015); Up Against Amanda (2000); Wishmaster (1997); Women of Phantasm: The Documentary with Balls! (2022); Working with a Master: Don Coscarelli (2006); Zombie Family (2012).

Born on this day – Madeline Kahn:

Madeline Kahn

Actress

Comedian

Singer

September 29, 1942 – December 3, 1999

Born on this day – Jill Curzon:

Jill Curzon

Actress

September 29, 1938 – May 15, 2026

Credits:

80,000 Suspects (1963); A Christmas Night with the Stars (1962 / 1964); Adam Adamant Lives! (1967); Carnival Time (1967); Dalekmania (1995); Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966); Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow (1963); Drama 61-67 (1965); Hudd (1965); Hugh and I (1962–1965); It Takes a Thief (1969); Not Only... But Also (1965); Out of This World (1962); Quick Before They Catch Us (1966); Riviera Police (1965); Scott On... (1964); Smokescreen (1964); The Champions (1968); The Dalek Legacy - Invasion Earth (2022); The Dick Emery Show (1967); The Intelligence Men (1965); The Magical World of Disney (1963); The Saint (1965); The Sunshine Patriot (1968); The World of Wooster (1966); TV/Film Podcast UK / Podcast Series (2023); Two of a Kind (1967).

Born on this day – Mylène Demongeot:

Mylène Demongeot

Actress

Writer

September 29, 1935 – December 1, 2022

Born on this day – Robert Benton:

Robert Benton

Writer

Director

Producer

September 29, 1932 – May 11, 2025

Credits:

A Great Day in Harlem (1994); A Texas Romance, 1909 (1964); Alex of Venice (2014); Bad Company (1972); Billy Bathgate (1991); Bonnie and Clyde (1967); Bravo Profiles (2000); Cinema 3 (1987); Cinema mil (2005); Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave (1992); Congo the Movie: Descent Into Zinj (1995); Cracking the Story: Beneath 'The Ice Harvest' (2006); Cries of the Heart (2025); De película (1985–1987); Entertainment Tonight (2008); Faye (2024); Feast of Love (2007); Film Önü / Arkasi (2019); Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer' (2001); François Truffaut: Portraits volés (1993); Godard Made in USA (2010); Hollywood's Best Film Directors (2010); Homeward Bound (1994); Inside the Actors Studio (1994); It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman! (1975); Kramer vs. Kramer (1979); Le grand échiquier (1983); Magic Time for Piotr (1998); Making the Boys (2011); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Moving Image Salutes Elia Kazan (1987); Moving Image Salutes Sidney Lumet (1985); Nadine (1987); Nicole Kidman: An American Cinematheque Tribute (2003); Nobody's Fool (1994); North of Cheyenne (2025); Oh! Calcutta! (1972); On location with There Was a Crooked Man. (1970); Places in the Heart (1984); Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008); Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' (2008); Still of the Night (1982); Superman (1978); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 47th Annual Writers Guild Awards (1995); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 57th Annual Academy Awards (1985); The Daily Planet Presents: The Story of Superman (1966); The House on Carroll Street (1988); The Human Stain (2003); The Ice Harvest (2005); The Late Show (1977); The Windmill Movie (2008); There Was a Crooked Man... (1970); Twilight (1998); Valkokangas (1985); Wanderlust (2006); What's Up, Doc? (1972); You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (2006).

Born on this day – Anita Ekberg:

Anita Ekberg

Actress

September 29, 1931 – January 11, 2015