Born on this day – Luciano Pavarotti:

Luciano Pavarotti

Opera singer (tenor)

October 12, 1935 – September 6, 2007

Born on this day – Pascale Audret:

Pascale Audret

Actress

October 12, 1935 – July 17, 2000

Credits:

A Touch of Treason (1962); An Eye for an Eye (1957); Attention chien méchant (1977); Bal de nuit (1959); Changements de décors (1980); Chi lavora è perduto (In capo al mondo) (1963); Cinéma 16 (1977); Cinépanorama (1957); Cinq colonnes à la une (1959); Cinq-Mars (1981); Compression (2024); Contes modernes (1982); Countdown to Doomsday (1966); Dangerous Games (1958); Défense de jouer (1971); Dernier appel (1977); Dieu a choisi Paris (1969); Dieu, que les femmes sont amoureuses... (1994); Discorama (1959); Donnez-moi dix hommes désespérés (1962); Ein Mann im schönsten Alter (1964); Emmenez-moi au théâtre (1982); Entre toutes les femmes (1974); Entrez sans frapper (1972); Gala de l'union (1959); Girl and the River (1958); Hélas, Alice est lasse (1984); Il faut marier Julie (1983); La caméra explore le temps (1962); La dame fantôme (1968); La guerre des chaussettes (1981); La maison de Jeanne (1988); La nuit se lève (1970); La pente douce (1972); La polka des menottes (1957); La sentinelle endormie (1966); La tendresse (1982); Lafayette (1962); L'ami de la famille (1957); Le dialogue des Carmélites (1960); Le ressac (1973); Le théâtre de la jeunesse (1967); Le théâtre de la jeunesse: Le secret de Wilhelm Storitz (1967); Les amours des années folles (1981); Les choutes (1967); Les cinq dernières minutes (1972); Les deux font la paire (1954); Les dossiers de l'agence O (1968); Les échos du cinéma (1961); Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (1978); Les femmes aussi ont perdu la guerre (1974); Les grands enfants (1967); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1979); L'impossible Monsieur Papa (1995); Mannequins de Paris (1956); Monsieur Cinéma (1972); Mort, où est ta victoire? (1964); Musicolor (1969); Pascale Audret & Hugues Aufray: Lisandre (Ça fait peur aux oiseaux) (1967); Pascale Audret & Hugues Aufray: Que feras-tu quand tu seras mort (1968); Pascale Audret: Je m'aime (1969); Plainte contre inconnu (1961); Rally (1989); Reflets de Cannes (1959); Rendez-vous en noir (1977); School for Love (1955); Simone (1985); Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (1975); Spotlight on a Murderer (1961); Street of the Crane's Foot (1979); The Carabineers (1963); The Phantom of Liberty (1974); The Pleasure Pit (1969); The Pocket Lover (1978); Trente-six chandelles (1957); Two Are Guilty (1962).

Born on this day – Doris Grau:

Doris Grau

Actress

Script supervisor

October 12, 1924 – December 30, 1995

Credits:

A Rage to Live (1965); A Touch of Scandal (1984); All Is Forgiven (1986); Angel Dusted (1981); Another Man, Another Chance (1977); Babe (1995); Bare Essence (1983); Blue (1968); Brilliant But Cancelled (2002); Caveman (1981); CBS Summer Playhouse (1989); Cheers (1983–1987); Clay Pigeon (1971); Clue (1985); Coldblooded (1995); Coward of the County (1981); Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969); Frasier (1995); Goldie and the Boxer (1979); Good Advice (1993); Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980); Heroes (1977); How Do I Love Thee? (1970); Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues (1983); King Kong (1976); Making It (1971); Marie (1985); Miracles (1986); Missing Children: A Mother's Story (1982); Monty (1994); My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985); No Way Out (1987); Phenom (1994); Pieces of Dreams (1970); Point Blank (1967); Quarterback Princess (1983); Rhinoceros (1974); Ruthless People (1986); Seinfeld (1989); Sibs (1991); Sleeper (1973); Snowball Express (1972); Tarawa Beachhead (1958); The Blue and the Gray (1982); The Champ (1979); The Critic (1994–1995); The Distinguished Gentleman (1992); The Forgotten Man (1971); The Frisco Kid (1979); The George Carlin Show (1994); The Hunter (1980); The Klansman (1974); The Last Day (1975); The Million Dollar Duck (1971); The North Avenue Irregulars (1979); The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981); The Ransom (1977); The Shadow Riders (1982); The Simpsons (1991–1997); The Stranger Who Looks Like Me (1974); The Tracey Ullman Show (1987–1990); The White Shadow (1978); They Came to Cordura (1959); You Take the Kids (1991).

Born on this day – Jean Wallace:

Jean Wallace

Actress

October 12, 1923 – February 14, 1990

Credits:

No Blade of Grass (1970); Beach Red (1967); Sword of Lancelot (1963); Maracaibo (1958); The Devil's Hairpin (1957); Storm Fear (1955); General Electric Theater (1955); The Big Combo (1955); Star of India (1954); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Native Son (1951); The Good Humor Man (1950); The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949); Jigsaw (1949); When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948); Blaze of Noon (1947); It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946); You Can't Ration Love (1944); Salute for Three (1943); Louisiana Purchase (1941); Glamour Boy (1941); Ziegfeld Girl (1941).

Born on this day – Lock Martin:

Lock Martin

Actor

October 12, 1916 – January 19, 1959

Credits:

Anchors Aweigh (1945); Blaze of Noon (1947); Invaders from Mars (1953); Lady on a Train (1945); Lost in a Harem (1944); Million Dollar Mermaid (1952); Off Limits (1952); Peter Gunn (1959); The Danny Thomas Show (1953); The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951); The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957); The Snow Creature (1954); Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (2005).

Born on this day – Lester Dent:

Lester Dent

Writer

October 12, 1904 – March 11, 1959

Credits:

The Man of Bronze (1933); The Land of Terror (1933); Quest of the Spider (1933); The Polar Treasure (1933); Pirate of the Pacific (1933); The Red Skull (1933); The Lost Oasis (1933); The Sargasso Ogre (1933); The Phantom City (1933); Brand of the Werewolf (1934); The Man Who Shook the Earth (1934); Meteor Menace (1934); The Monsters (1934); The Mystery on the Snow (1934); The Thousand-Headed Man (1934); The Squeaking Goblin (1934); Fear Cay (1934); Death in Silver (1934); The Sea Magician (1934); The Annihilist (1934); The Land of Always-Night (1935); The Spook Legion (aka The Ghost Legion) (1935); The Secret in the Sky (1935); The Roar Devil (1935); Spook Hole (1935); Dust of Death (1935); Murder Melody (1935); The Fantastic Island (1935); Murder Mirage (1936); Mystery Under the Sea (1936); The Metal Master (1936); The Men Who Smiled No More (1936); The Seven Agate Devils (1936); The Haunted Ocean (1936); The Black Spot (1936); The Midas Man (1936); Cold Death (1936); The South Pole Terror (1936); Resurrection Day (1936); The Vanisher (1936); Land of Long Juju (1937); The Derrick Devil (1937); The Mental Wizard (1937); Mad Eyes (1937); The Land of Fear (1937); The Feathered Octopus (1937); Repel (aka The Deadly Dwarf) (1937); The Golden Peril (1937); The Living-Fire Menace (1938); The Mountain Monster (1938); Devil on the Moon (1938); The Pirate's Ghost (1938); The Motion Menace (1938); The Submarine Mystery (1938); The Giggling Ghosts (1938); The Munitions Master (1938); Fortress of Solitude (1938); The Green Death (1938); The Devil Genghis (1938); Mad Mesa (1939); The Yellow Cloud (1939); The Freckled Shark (1939); World's Fair Goblin (1939); The Gold Ogre (1939); The Flaming Falcons (1939); Merchants of Disaster (1939); The Crimson Serpent (1939); Poison Island (1939); The Stone Man (1939); Hex (1939); The Dagger in the Sky (1939); The Other World (1939); The Angry Ghost (1940); The Spotted Men (1940); The Evil Gnome (1940); Tunnel Terror (1940); The Purple Dragon (1940); Devils of the Deep (1940); The Awful Dynasty (1940); The Men Vanished (1940); The Devil's Playground (1941); Bequest of Evil (1941); The Golden Man (1941); The Pink Lady (1941); The Headless Men (1941); The Green Eagle (1941); Mystery Island (1941); The Mindless Monsters (1941); Birds of Death (1941); The Invisible Box Murders (1941); Peril in the North (1941); The Rustling Death (1942); Men of Fear (1942); The Too-Wise Owl (1942); The Magic Forest (1942); Pirate Isle (1942); The Speaking Stone (1942); The Man Who Fell Up (1942); The Three Wild Men (1942); The Fiery Menace (1942); The Laugh of Death (1942); They Died Twice (1942); The Devil's Black Rock (1942); The Time Terror (1943); Waves of Death (1943); The Black, Black Witch (1943); The King of Terror (1943); The Talking Devil (1943); The Running Skeletons (1943); Mystery on Happy Bones (1943); The Mental Monster (1943); Hell Below (1943); The Goblins (1943); The Secret of the Su (1943); The Spook of Grandpa Eden (1943); According to Plan of a One-Eyed Mystic (1944); Death Had Yellow Eyes (1944); The Derelict of Skull Shoal (1944); The Whisker of Hercules (1944); The Three Devils (1944); The Pharaoh's Ghost (1944); The Man Who Was Scared (1944); The Shape of Terror (1944); Weird Valley (1944); Jiu San (1944); Satan Black (1944); The Lost Giant (1944); Violent Night (aka The Hate Genius) (1945); Strange Fish (1945); The Ten Ton Snakes (1945); Cargo Unknown (1945); Rock Sinister (1945); The Terrible Stork (1945); King Joe Cay (1945); The Wee Ones (1945); Terror Takes 7 (1945); The Thing That Pursued (1945); Trouble on Parade (1945); The Screaming Man (1945); Measures for a Coffin (1946); Terror and the Lonely Widow (1946); Five Fathoms Dead (1946); Death is a Round Black Spot (1946); Colors for Murder (1946); Fire and Ice (1946); Three Times a Corpse (1946); The Exploding Lake (1946); Death in Little Houses (1946); The Devil is Jones (1946); The Disappearing Lady (1946); Target for Death (1947); The Death Lady (1947); Danger Lies East (1947); No Light to Die By (1947); The Monkey Suit (1947); Let's Kill Ames (1947); Once Over Lightly (1947); I Died Yesterday (1948); The Pure Evil (1948); Terror Wears No Shoes (1948); The Angry Canary (1948); The Swooning Lady (1948); The Green Master (1949); Return From Cormoral (1949); Up From Earth's Center (1949); The Red Spider (1979); Dead at the Take-Off (1946); Lady to Kill (1947); Lady Afraid (1950); Cry at Dusk (1952); Lady in Peril (1959); Hades & Hocus Pocus (1979); Sinister Ray (1987); Honey in his Mouth (2009); Genius Jones (2015); Hell's Hoofprints: The Complete Western Trails Tales of Lester Dent (2009); Dead Men's Bones: The Air Adventure Stories of Lester Dent (2009); The Skull Squadron: The Air War Stories of Lester Dent (2009); Fists of Fury: The Adventures of Curt Flagg (2011); Terror, Inc.: The Weird Mysteries of Lent Dent (2013); Lester Dent's Zeppelin Tales (2006); The Weird Adventures Of The Blond Adder (2010); Radio Western Adventures (2010); Hell in Boxes: The Exploits of Lynn Lash and Foster Fade (2012); Doc Savage: The Lost Radio Scripts Of Lester Dent (2007); Six Scarlet Scorpions (2016); Justice, Inc. (1939); The Yellow Hoard (1939); The Sky Walker (1939); The Devil's Horns (1939); The Frosted Death (1940); The Blood Ring (1940); Stockholders in Death (1940); The Glass Mountain (1940); Tuned for Murder (1940); The Smiling Dogs (1940); River of Ice (1940); The Flame Breathers (1940); Murder on Wheels (1940); Three Gold Crowns (1941); House of Death (1941); The Hate Master (1941); Nevlo (1941); Death in Slow Motion (1941); Pictures of Death (1941); The Green Killer (1942); The Happy Killers (1942); The Black Death (1942); The Wilder Curse (1942); Midnight Murder (1942); The Man From Atlantis (1974); Red Moon (1974); The Purple Zombie (1974); Dr. Time (1974); The Nightwitch Devil (1974); Black Chariots (1974); The Cartoon Crimes (1974); The Blood Countess (1975); The Death Machine (1975); The Glass Man (1975); The Iron Skull (1975); Demon Island (1975); Roaring Heart of the Crucible (2013); Python Isle (1991); White Eyes (1992); The Frightened Fish (1992); The Jade Ogre (1992); Flight into Fear (1993); The Whistling Wraith (1993); The Forgotten Realm (1993); The Desert Demons (2011); Horror in Gold (2011); The Infernal Buddha (2012); Death's Dark Domain (2012); The Miracle Menace (2013); Skull Island (2013); Phantom Lagoon (2013); The War Makers (2014); The Ice Genius (2014); The Sinister Shadow (2015); The Secret of Satan's Spine (2015); Glare of the Gorgon (2016); Empire of Doom (2017); Mr. Calamity (2018); Famous Fantastic Mysteries (2017); Black Mask (2017); Thrilling Adventure Yarns (2019); Miami Noir (2020).

Born on this day – Josephine Hutchinson:

Josephine Hutchinson

Actress

October 12, 1903 – June 4, 1998

Credits:

A Little Princess (1917); Adventure in Baltimore (1949); Arrest and Trial (1963); Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965); Bonanza (1970); Burke's Law (1964); Cass Timberlane (1947); Checkmate (1961); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2011); Compression (2025); Dr. Kildare (1964); G.E. True (1963); General Electric Theater (1956); Gun for a Coward (1956); Gunsmoke (1959); Happiness Ahead (1934); Her First Beau (1941); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); I Married a Doctor (1936); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); Little House on the Prairie (1974); Longstreet (1971); Love Is Better Than Ever (1952); Lux Video Theatre (1955); Mannix (1971); Many Rivers to Cross (1955); Matinee Theatre (1956); Men of Annapolis (1957); Miracle in the Rain (1956); Mountain Justice (1937); My Son, My Son! (1940); Nevada Smith (1966); North by Northwest (1959); Off to See the Wizard (1967); Oil for the Lamps of China (1935); Perry Mason (1958); Rabbit, Run (1970); Rawhide (1962); Ruby Gentry (1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Shadow Over Elveron (1968); Sing Boy Sing (1958); Somewhere in the Night (1946); Son of Frankenstein (1939); Step Down to Terror (1958); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1957); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1961); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1970); The Crime of Doctor Hallet (1938); The Deputy (1960); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); The F.B.I. (1969); The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971); The Horror Show (1979); The Law and Mr. Jones (1962); The Lineup (1959); The Melody Lingers On (1935); The Mod Squad (1971); The Name of the Game (1968); The New Breed (1962); The Partridge Family (1972); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1955); The Real McCoys (1961); The Rifleman (1960); The Right to Live (1935); The Rounders (1966); The Sixth Sense (1972); The Son of Frankenstein (1965); The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936); The Tender Years (1948); The Twilight Zone (1962); The Women Men Marry (1937); Then Came Bronson (1969); To Rome with Love (1970); Tom Brown's School Days (1940); Travis Logan, D.A. (1971); Wagon Train (1960); Walk Like a Dragon (1960); Whirlybirds (1958); Your Play Time (1955).