Born on this day – George Wendt:

George Wendt

Actor

Director

Producer

October 17, 1948 – May 20, 2025

Credits:

101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments (2004); 2005 Radio Music Awards (2005); '85: The Greatest Team in Football History (2016); A Christmas Wedding Date (2012); A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! (2008); A Comedy Salute to Michael Jordan (1991); A History of the World in Six Glasses (2024); A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening (1985); A Salute to Michael Jordan (1994); A Wedding (1978); A.D.D. Comedy with Dave Razowsky (2012); Airplane II: The Sequel (1982); Alice (1982); Alice in Wonderland (1999); Alien Avengers (1996); Alien Avengers II (1997); Aliens, Clowns & Geeks (2019); America Speaks Out (2004); Americanish (2021); Anarchy TV (1998); Arena (1990 / 1997); As Seen on TV (2005); Avery Schreiber Live from the Second City (1980); Balderdash (2004); Becker (2002); Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men' (2008); Bill Murray Live from the Second City (1980); Bill Nye Saves the World (2017); Biography (2004–2009); Birds of a Feather (1993); Birds of a Feather: 30 Years of Laughter (2023); Bliss (2019); Bob (1993); Bronco Billy (1980); Bryan Loves You (2008); Bye Bye Birdie (1995); Carla the Comeback Queen: Insults for Every Occasion (2004); Carla's Whipping Boy (2004); Celebrity Ghost Stories (2013); Charles Band's Full Moon Freakshow (2024); Cheers (1982–1993); Cheers / Setting the Bar: A Conversation with Ted Danson (2003); Cheers: Last Call! (1993); Cheers: Uncle Sam Malone / TV Movie (1982); Childrens Hospital (2016); Christmas 9 to 5 (2019); Christmas with the Campbells (2022); Cinemax Comedy Experiment (1985); Cliff's Notes: The Wisdom of Cliff Clavin (2004); Clipped (2015); Coach Ernie Pantusso's Rules of the Game (2003); Color Me Obsessed: A Film About the Replacements (2011); Columbo: Strange Bedfellows (1995); Comedy Bang! Bang! (2015); Comic Relief (1986); Comic Relief V (1992); Compound Fractures (2025); Cranium Command (1989); Cubed (2010); Dancing with the Stars (2007); Day by Day (1989); Dennis the Menace Strikes Again! (1998); Di Another Day: Diane Chambers from A-Z (2004); Ding Dong, You're Dead! The Making of House (2017); Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special (1990); Donahue (1988); Dr. Sugar (2018); Dream Flight (2018); Dreamscape (1984); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); Eddie's (2019); Edmond (2005); Entertainment Tonight (1993–2019); Extra (2016); Family Guy (2007–2009); Fan des années 90 (2009); Fancy Nancy (2018–2022); Fletch (1985); For Madmen Only: The Stories of Del Close (2020); Forever Young (1992); Franklin & Bash (2014); Frasier (2002); Fresh Off the Boat (2018); Garage: A Rock Saga (2000); Garfield in the Rough (1984); Garfield on the Town (1983); Garfield Specials (1983); George Lopez (2004); Ghost Whisperer (2010); Good Company (1996); Grand-Daddy Day Care (2019); Guilty by Suspicion (1991); Gung Ho (1986); Guy Walks Into a Bar (2006); Gylne tider (2010); Gylne Tider: Let It Be (2010); Harry's Law (2011); Hart to Hart (1981); Headliners & Legends (2001); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hostage for a Day (1994); Hot in Cleveland (2011); House (1985); House of Dreams (2004); I Am Chris Farley (2015); I Lost My Body (2019); I'll Drink to That: Stormin' Norm-isms (2003); Imperfect Union (2007); Inventing Improv: A Chicago Stories Special (2021); Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982); Journey's End (1983); Kazuko's Karaoke Klub (1989); Kickin' It (2012); Kids in America (2005); King of the Ants (2003); King of the Ants: Behind the Scenes (2004); Kirstie (2014); LA Blues (2007); Lakeboat (2000); Larry the Cable Guy's Christmas Spectacular (2007); Last Comic Standing (2008); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993–2008); Late Night with David Letterman (1985–1993); Late Show with David Letterman (1995); Leaving Neverland (2019); Less Than Kind (2010); Let's Be Real (2020–2021); Likely Stories, Vol. 4 / Segment: A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening (1983); Lingo (2005); Love's Second Act (2024); M*A*S*H (1982); Madigan Men (2000); Making the Grade (1982); Man of the House (1995); Masters of Horror (2006); Masters of Menace (1990); Maury (1996); Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003); Merry In-Laws (2012); Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988); Mike & Mike (2009); Modern Men (2006); Mommy, I Didn't Do It (2017); Monty Python's Flying Circus: Live at Aspen (1998); Morning Joe (2024); MuppeTelevision (1989); Must See TV: A Tribute to James Burrows (2016); MxPx: Responsibility / Music Video (2000); My Bodyguard (1980); My Dinner with Jimi (2003); NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002); Never Say Die (1988); Nicholas Colasanto: His Final Season (2004); No Small Affair (1984); Noel's House Party (1997); Number 7 (2007); Odessa or Bust (2001); Oops! The World's Funniest Outtakes 3 (1996); Opposite Day (2009); Outside Providence (1999); Peter Andre's 90 Party Hits of the 90s (2014); Peyton's Places (2019); Plain Clothes (1988); Portlandia (2013); Prairie Dogs (2001); Primetime Glick (2001); Ray Parker Jr.: Ghostbusters (1984); Robertson's Greatest Hits (2001); Roc (1992); Rock Me, Baby (2004); Rupert's Land (1998); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (2001–2002); Sandy Wexler (2017); Santa Baby (2006); Santa Buddies (2009); Saturday Morning (2007); Saturday Night Live (1986–2003); Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost & Found (2005); Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving (2013); Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving Special (2014); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley (2000); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dana Carvey (1998); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Toonces and Friends (1992); Second to None (2001); Seinfeld (1992); Shame II: The Secret (1995); Shrink-Warped: Introducing Frasier Crane (2004); Situation: Comedy (2005); SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (2025); SNL's NFL Saturday (2015); Soap (1981); Somewhere in Time (1980); Soul Asylum: Black Gold (1993); Space Truckers (1996); Spice World (1997); Spin City (1996); St. Elsewhere (1985); Stars in the House (2020); Stealing a Survivor (2020); Stephen's Life (2005); Still Here Hollywood Podcast (2024); Strange Relations (2001); Strictly Top-Shelf: The Guys Behind the Bar (2004); Super Bowl XVII Pre-Game Show (1983); Tales from the Ant Hill: Looking Back on King of the Ants (2025); Tales from the Crypt (1991); Taxi (1981); Teddy Bears' Picnic (2001); TFI Friday (1999); Thank You Kindly (2019); Thank You Very Much with Host Jack Antonoff (2014); The 10th Annual American Comedy Awards (1996); The 16th Annual People's Choice Awards (1990); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 19th Annual the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor: Celebrating Bill Murray (2016); The 2nd Commitment to Life AIDS Project Benefit (1986); The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards (1984); The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1987); The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1988); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1993); The 62nd Annual Tony Awards (2008); The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards (2024); The 9th Annual People's Choice Awards (1983); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989); The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man (2018); The Black Hole (2021); The Blake & Sal Show (2019); The Broadway.com Show (2013); The Building (1993); The Carson Podcast (2014); The Climb (2019); The Deadbeat (2018); The Dennis Miller Show (1992); The Dick Cavett Show (1986); The Dinner Party (2023); The Earth Day Special (1990); The Edge (1993); The Factor (2008–2014); The 'Frasier' Story (1999); The George Wendt Show (1995); The Gift of the Magi (1980 / 2001); The Goldbergs' Excellent Adventure (2019); The Great American Celebrity Spelling Bee (2004); The Greatest American Hero (2018); The Greatest Commercials Ever Made (1995); The Green Green Grass (2007); The Independents (2018); The Jamie Kennedy Experiment (2002); The Larry Sanders Show (1994); The Life Coach (2005); The List (2000); The Little Rascals (1994); The Lovemaster (1997); The Magical World of Disney (1990); The Making of 'House' (1986); The Making of 'Space Truckers' (1998); The Martin Short Show (1994); The Masked Singer (2023); The Merv Griffin Show (1962–1986); The Naked Truth (1997); The Pack Podcast (2020–2021); The Pooch and the Pauper (2000); The Price of Heaven (1997); The Prime Gig (2000); The Ratings Game (1984); The Romance of Betty Boop (1985); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (2000); The Second City 25th Anniversary Special (1985); The Seven Year Hitch (2012); The Simpsons (1994); The Stay-at-Home Dad (2010); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1986); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993–1995); The Tortellis (1987); The Twilight Zone / Segment: The World Next Door (1986); The Ultimate Sitcom (2006); The Wayne Brady Show (2004); The Women of SNL (2010); Thief of Hearts (1984); Today (2023); Top Chef (2014); Top of the Pops 2 (2009); TV Funhouse (2001); TV Guide's 50 Best Shows of All Time: A 50th Anniversary Celebration (2002); Unnatural Causes (2008); Verdene and Gleneda (2014); VFW (2019); Virtual Vera (2004); Wake Up America! (2016); Weakest Link (2001); What the Elf?! (2023); What's in a Name? (2011); Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (Sometimes) (2024); Whose Curse Is Worse?: Red Sox and Cubs on Trial (2004); Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1997–1998); Wild About Harry (2000); Wings (1990); Wogan (1990); Young Lust (1984); Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell (2013).

Born on this day – Julie Adams:

Julie Adams

Actress

October 17, 1926 – February 3, 2019

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1965); 77 Sunset Strip (1959); Alcoa Theatre (1960); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958); Arrest and Trial (1963); Away All Boats (1956); Bend of the River (1952); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1993); Black Roses (1988); Bonanza (1961); Bright Victory (1951); Burke's Law (1965); Cagney & Lacey (1982); Cannon (1972); Capitol (1984); Caribe (1975); Carnage (2011); Catchfire (1990); Checkmate (1960); Cheyenne (1960); Climax! (1957); Close to Home (2005); Code Red (1981); Cold Case (2006); Colorado Ranger (1950); Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954); Crooked River (1950); CSI: NY (2007); Dan August (1970); Diagnosis Murder (1997); Dr. Kildare (1962); Ellery Queen (1975); Family Law (2000); Fast on the Draw (1950); Finders Keepers (1951); For Heaven's Sake (1950); Four Girls in Town (1957); Francis Joins the WACS (1954); General Hospital (1968); Go Ask Alice (1973); Goodbye, Franklin High (1978); Goodyear Theatre (1958); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978); Hawaiian Eye (1960); Hollywood Story (1951); Horizons West (1952); Hostile Country (1950); Hot Pursuit (1985); Insight (1967); Ironside (1968); King of Diamonds (1962); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Lost (2005); Lost: Missing Pieces (2008); Lucas Tanner (1974); Lux Video Theatre (1955); Mannix (1967); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969); Markham (1960); Marshal of Heldorado (1950); Matinee Theatre (1958); Maverick (1959); McMillan & Wife (1977); McQ (1974); Medical Center (1976); Melrose Place (1999); Michael Shayne (1960); Mobile One (1975); Murder, She Wrote (1987); My Friend Tony (1969); Night Gallery (1972); One Desire (1955); One Step Beyond (1959); Outlaws (1961); Owl Movies (1955); Perry Mason (1963); Playhouse 90 (1958); Police Woman (1978); Psychic Killer (1975); Quincy, M.E. (1977); Raymie (1960); Red, Hot and Blue (1949); Run, Joe, Run (1974); Search (1973); Six Bridges to Cross (1955); Six Characters in Search of an Author (1976); Slaughter on 10th Avenue (1957); Sliders (1998); Slim Carter (1957); Steve Canyon (1959); Studio One (1956); Surfside 6 (1961); Tarawa Beachhead (1958); Tate (1960); The Alaskans (1959); The Andy Griffith Show (1962); The Big Valley (1966); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1970); The Conviction of Kitty Dodds (1993); The Dalton Gang (1949); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Doris Day Show (1969); The F.B.I. (1969); The Fifth Floor (1978); The Gallant Men (1963); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959); The Incredible Hulk (1978); The Jimmy Stewart Show (1971); The Killer Inside Me (1976); The Last Movie (1971); The Lawless Breed (1952); The Long, Hot Summer (1965); The Looters (1955); The Loretta Young Show (1958); The Lucky Southern Star (2018); The Man and the Challenge (1959); The Man from the Alamo (1953); The Mississippi Gambler (1953); The Mod Squad (1968); The Outsider (1968); The Private War of Major Benson (1955); The Rifleman (1960); The Runaways (1978); The Stand at Apache River (1953); The Streets of San Francisco (1975); The Trackers (1971); The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952); The Underwater City (1962); The Virginian (1966); The Wild McCullochs (1975); The Young Lawyers (1971); This Is the Life (1968); Tickle Me (1965); Too Close for Comfort (1981); Trapper John, M.D. (1980); Valley of Mystery (1967); Vega$ (1981); West of the Brazos (1950); Wings of the Hawk (1953); World Trade Center (2006); Wrangler (1960); Yancy Derringer (1958); Your Show Time (1949); Zane Grey Theatre (1958).

Born on this day – Beverly Garland:

Beverly Garland

Actress

October 17, 1926 – December 5, 2008

Credits:

100 Years of Horror (1996); 100 Years of Horror: The Evil Unseeable (1996); 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2009); 7th Heaven (1997–2004); 87th Precinct (1961); A Life of Her Own (1950); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); A Thanksgiving Reunion with the Partridge Family and My Three Sons (1977); Airport 1975 (1974); All Star Blitz (1985); And Then They Forgot God (1971); Badlands of Montana (1957); Baffle (1973); Beanpole (1990); Betty White's Pet Set - Behind the Scenes (2021); Big Town (1954); Biography (1995 / 1997); Bitter Creek (1954); Bus Stop (1962); Cain's Hundred (1962); Calhoun: County Agent (1964); Camp Wilder (1992); Cane Fire (2020); Cannon (1973); Chain Letter (1966); Charlie's Angels (1979); Checkmate (1961); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); Chicago Confidential (1957); Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (2003); City Detective (1955); Climax! (1956–1957); Coronado 9 (1960); Crazy Like a Fox (1986); Crusader (1956); Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (1956); Cutter's Trail (1970); D.O.A. (1949); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); Danger Man (1960); Death Falls (1991); Decoy (1957–1958); Diagnosis Murder (1997); Doc Elliot (1974); Dr. Kildare (1961–1962); Dreams + Memories: Where the Red Fern Grows (2018); Drive-in Movie Memories (2001); Ellen (1995); Enos (1980); Entertainment Tonight (1990); Family Feud (1984); Fearless Fagan (1952); Finder of Lost Loves (1985); Finding the Way Home (1991); Flamingo Road (1982); Four Star Playhouse (1954–1956); Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door (1996); Friends (1995); Front Row Center (1956); Frontier (1955); Going My Way (1962); Goodyear Theatre (1957); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1979); Gundown at Sandoval (1961); Gunslinger (1956); Gunsmoke (1963–1970); Gypsy (1965–1967); Hart to Hart (1981); Hawaiian Eye (1959); Heartbeat (1989); Hellfire (1995); Here's Hollywood (1961); Here's Lucy (1969); Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade of the Stars (1965); Hollywood Opening Night (1952); Hong Kong (1960); Horrible Horror (1986); Hotel (1985); How the West Was Won (1979); I Married Joan (1954); If (2003); I'll Bet (1965); Insight (1965–1983); Ironside (1974); It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures (2001); It Conquered the World (1956); It Takes Two (1969); It's My Turn (1980); It's Your Bet (1970–1972); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1972); Judd for the Defense (1967); Judgment Day (1981); Killer Leopard (1954); King B: A Life in the Movies (1993); Kraft Mystery Theater (1962); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Kung Fu (1975); Lancer (1969); Lanigan's Rabbi (1977); Laramie (1960); Laredo (1965); Liar's Club (1969); Life, Liberty and Pursuit on the Planet of the Apes (1980); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1995–1997); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Big Top (1973); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1957); Magnum, P.I. (1982); Mama Rosa (1950); Mannix (1968–1973); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1972–1975); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1977); Masters of Fantasy (1997); Match Game (1973 / 1990); Matt Houston (1982); Medic (1954); Medical Center (1974–1975); Michael Shayne (1960); Moviewatch (1994); My Three Sons (1969–1972); Naked Paradise (1957); Navy Log (1955); New Orleans Uncensored (1955); New York Confidential (1955); Night Gallery / Segment: Logoda's Heads (1971); Not of This Earth (1957); Oh My Word (1966); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1973); P.S.I. Luv U (1991); Pantomime Quiz (1962–1964); Perry Mason (1960); Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966); Planet of the Apes (1974); Playhouse 90 (1957); Port Charles (2000–2001); Pretty Poison (1968); Problem Girls (1953); Rawhide (1959–1963); Remington Steele (1982–1983); Riverboat (1960); Roller Boogie (1979); Romance Theatre (1982); Russell (1961); Salome '73 (1965); Sam Benedict (1963); Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole (1972); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983–1987); Schlitz Playhouse (1955); Science Fiction Theatre (1955–1956); Showoffs (1975); Sixth and Main (1977); Soldiers of Fortune (1955); Sons and Daughters (1991); Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1997); Stagecoach West (1960); Star Stage (1956); Stark Fear (1962); State Trooper (1956); Strange Stories (1956); Strictly Dishonorable (1951); Strike It Rich (1954); Studio 57 (1955); Sudden Danger (1955); Swamp Women (1956); Switch (1976); Tales of Wells Fargo (1960); Teen Angel (1998); Telephone Time (1957); Temperatures Rising (1972); The 54th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (1985); The Actor's Journey (2011); The Actor's Journey for Kids (2011); The Alligator People (1959); The Angry Beavers (1998–1999); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Best of Chiller Theatre (1998); The Bing Crosby Show (1964–1965); The Dakotas (1963); The Day the Earth Moved (1974); The Desperado (1954); The Desperate Hours (1955); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Ed Nelson Show (1969); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Fabulous Oliver Chantry (1953); The Farmer's Daughter (1963); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); The Fugitive (1963); The Game Game (1969–1970); The Glass Web (1953); The Go-Getter (1956); The Guardian (2001); The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977); The Healers (1974); The Hollywood Palace (1965); The Jack Barry Show (1962–1965); The Jane Wallace Show (1990); The Joker Is Wild (1957); The Lone Ranger (1950); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Loner (1966); The Mad Room (1969); The Magical World of Disney (1959–1967); The Man from Blackhawk (1959); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1975); The Merv Griffin Show (1970); The Miami Story (1954); The Millionaire (1955–1959); The Mod Squad (1972); The Mothers-In-Law (1968); The Neanderthal Man (1953); The New Perry Mason (1973); The Nurses (1962); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1955); The Pet Set (1971); The Rocket Man (1954); The Rookies (1973); The Saga of Hemp Brown (1958); The Simple Life (1998); The Six Million Dollar Man (1977); The Star and the Story (1955–1956); The Steel Jungle (1956); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1972); The Tony Randall Show (1977); The Twilight Zone (1960); The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas (2003); The Web (1954); The Weekend Nun (1972); The Wide World of Mystery (1975); The Wild Wild West (1967–1969); The Wish That Changed Christmas (1991); The World's Oldest Living Bridesmaid (1990); Then Came Bronson (1970); This Girl for Hire (1983); Thriller (1960); To the Moon, Alice (1990); Trackdown (1959); Trapper John, M.D. (1980); TV Land Confidential (2005); Twice-Told Tales / Segment: The House of the Seven Gables (1963); Two Guns and a Badge (1954); Unwed Father (1974); Voyage of the Yes (1973); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960); Weakest Link (2002); What's This Song? (1964–1965); Where the Red Fern Grows (1974); Wire Service (1956–1957); Yancy Derringer (1959); You Don't Say (1963–1968); Zane Grey Theatre (1956–1961).

Born on this day – Rita Hayworth:

Rita Hayworth

Actress

Dancer

Producer

October 17, 1918 – May 14, 1987

Credits:

Affair in Trinidad (1952); Affectionately Yours (1941); Angels Over Broadway (1940); Blondie on a Budget (1940); Blood and Sand (1941); Caliente (1935); Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935); Circus World (1964); Convicted (1938); Cover Girl (1944); Criminals of the Air (1937); Cruz Diablo (1934); Dancing Pirate (1936); Dante's Inferno (1935); Down to Earth (1947); Fire Down Below (1957); Gilda (1946); Girls Can Play (1937); Hi, Gaucho! (1935); Hit the Saddle (1937); Homicide Bureau (1939); Human Cargo (1936); I bastardi (1968); Juvenile Court (1938); La Fiesta (1926); Life Begins with Love (1937); Meet Nero Wolfe (1936); Miss Sadie Thompson (1953); Music in My Heart (1940); My Gal Sal (1942); Old Louisiana (1937); Only Angels Have Wings (1939); Paddy O'Day (1936); Paid to Dance (1937); Pal Joey (1957); Piernas de seda (1935); Professional Soldier (1935); Rebellion (1936); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1971); Salome (1953); Separate Tables (1958); Special Inspector (1938); Susan and God (1940); Tales of Manhattan (1942); The Game That Kills (1937); The Happy Thieves (1961); The Lady from Shanghai (1947); The Lady in Question (1940); The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939); The Loves of Carmen (1948); The Money Trap (1965); The Naked Zoo (1970); The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966); The Renegade Ranger (1938); The Road to Salina (1970); The Rover (1967); The Shadow (1937); The Story on Page One (1959); The Strawberry Blonde (1941); The Wrath of God (1972); There's Always a Woman (1938); They Came to Cordura (1959); Tonight and Every Night (1945); Trouble in Texas (1937); Under the Pampas Moon (1935); Who Killed Gail Preston? (1938); You Were Never Lovelier (1942); You'll Never Get Rich (1941).

Born on this day – Marsha Hunt:

Marsha Hunt

Actress

October 17, 1917 – September 7, 2022

Credits:

A Letter for Evie (1946); A Word to the Wives... (1955); Accidental Family (1967); Actors and Sin (1952); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958); Annapolis Salute (1937); Back from the Dead (1957); Ben Casey (1965); Blossoms in the Dust (1941); Blue Denim (1959); Bombers B-52 (1957); Born to the West (1937); Breaking Point (1963); Bride by Mistake (1944); Cain's Hundred (1962); Carnegie Hall (1947); Channing (1964); Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941); Chloe's Prayer (2006); Climax! (1957); College Holiday (1936); Come on, Leathernecks! (1938); Cosmopolitan Theatre (1951); Cry 'Havoc' (1943); Danger (1950); Desert Gold (1936); Diplomatic Passport (1954); Easy Living (1937); Easy to Take (1936); Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940); Empire State Building Murders (2008); Fear No Evil (1969); Flight Command (1940); Gentle Julia (1936); Grand Jury (1959); Gunsmoke (1964); Harry O (1975); Hollywood Boulevard (1936); I'll Wait for You (1941); Irene (1940); Ironside (1970); Jigsaw (1949); Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939); Joe Smith, American (1942); Johnny Got His Gun (1971); Kid Glove Killer (1942); Kraft Mystery Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949); Laramie (1959); Long Shot (1939); Lost Angel (1943); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970); Mary Ryan, Detective (1949); Matinee Theatre (1958); Matlock (1986); Medical Story (1975); Murder Goes to College (1937); Murder, She Wrote (1985); Music for Millions (1944); My Three Sons (1967); No Place to Hide (1955); None Shall Escape (1944); Panama Hattie (1942); Panic! (1958); Peck's Bad Girl (1959); Pilot #5 (1943); Police Story (1974); Pride and Prejudice (1940); Profiles in Courage (1964); Raw Deal (1948); Rich and Famous (1981); Run for Your Life (1966); Sam Benedict (1962); Seven Sweethearts (1942); Shadow Chasers (1986); Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947); Star Reporter (1939); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988); Studio One (1949); Sure As Fate (1950); Take One False Step (1949); Terror Among Us (1981); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1957); The Accusing Finger (1936); The Affairs of Martha (1942); The Americans (1961); The Arizona Raiders (1936); The Defenders (1964); The Detectives (1960); The Ford Television Theatre (1953); The Ford Theatre Hour (1949); The Grand Inquisitor (2008); The Happy Time (1952); The Hardys Ride High (1939); The Human Comedy (1943); The Inside Story (1948); The Mississippi (1983); The Name of the Game (1969); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Outer Limits (1964); The Outsider (1968); The Penalty (1941); The Plunderers (1960); The Rookies (1975); The Silver Theatre (1949); The Trial of Mary Dugan (1941); The Twilight Zone (1964); The Valley of Decision (1945); The Virginia Judge (1935); The Young Lawyers (1970); These Glamour Girls (1939); Thousands Cheer (1943); Thunder Trail (1937); Unholy Partners (1941); Winter Carnival (1939); With This Ring (1954); Women in Hiding (1940); Zane Grey Theatre (1957).

Born on this day – Marian Marsh:

Marian Marsh

Actress

October 17, 1913 – November 9, 2006

Credits:

A Desperate Adventure (1938); A Girl of the Limberlost (1934); A Man of Sentiment (1933); Alias the Doctor (1932); Bachelor Father (1958); Beauty and the Boss (1932); Come Closer, Folks (1936); Counterfeit (1936); Crime and Punishment (1935); Daring Daughters (1933); Don't Believe It (1930); Fashion News (1930); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Five Star Final (1931); Fugitive from a Prison Camp (1940); Gentleman from Dixie (1941); Hell's Angels (1930); Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 (1932); House of Errors (1942); I Like It That Way (1934); In Spite of Danger (1935); Lady of Secrets (1936); Missing Daughters (1939); Murder by Invitation (1941); Notorious But Nice (1933); Over the Garden Wall (1934); Picture People No. 1: Stars in Defense (1941); Picture People No. 4: Stars Day Off (1941); Prison Nurse (1938); Saturday's Heroes (1937); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 1 (1936); Strange Justice (1932); Svengali (1931); TCM Remembers 2006 (2006); The Black Room (1935); The Eleventh Commandment (1933); The Girl Thief (1934); The Great Gambini (1937); The Mad Genius (1931); The Man Who Lived Twice (1936); The Naughty Flirt (1930); The Prodigal Son (1934); The Road to Singapore (1931); The Sophomore (1929); The Sport Parade (1932); Under Eighteen (1931); Unknown Woman (1935); When the Talkies Were Young (1955); When's Your Birthday? (1937); Whoopee! (1930); Youth on Parole (1937).

Born on this day – John Marley:

John Marley

Actor

Director

October 17, 1907 – May 22, 1984

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1962); A Child Is Waiting (1963); A Man Called Sledge (1970); Alcoa Theatre (1959); America America (1963); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950); Baretta (1975); Barnaby Jones (1976); Believe It or Not (1950); Big Town (1955); Black Saddle (1960); Blade (1973); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Bonanza (1968); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Cain's Hundred (1962); Cameo Theatre (1950); Camera Three (1956); Cannon (1972); Cassie & Co. (1982); Cat Ballou (1965); Cheyenne (1959); Clay Pigeon (1971); Colgate Theatre (1949); Convoy (1965); Crime with Father (1951); Dan August (1970); Dan Raven (1960); Danger (1950); Dead of Night (1974); Delvecchio (1977); Dr. Kildare (1961); Faces (1968); Falcon's Gold (1982); Festival (1966); For the Record (1982); Framed (1975); G.E. True (1963); Goodyear Television Playhouse (1956); Grandpa, Mom, Dad and Richie (1974); Greatest Heroes of the Bible (1978); Guilty Bystander (1950); Gunsmoke (1965); Hardcastle and McCormick (1983); Hawaii Five-O (1969); Hawaiian Eye (1960); Hawk (1966); Here Come the Brides (1968); Hong Kong (1961); Hooper (1978); I Want to Live! (1958); In Broad Daylight (1971); In Enemy Country (1968); Incident in San Francisco (1971); Inner Sanctum (1954); Insight (1963); Iron Horse (1967); Ironside (1969); Istanbul Express (1968); It Lives Again (1978); Johnny Staccato (1960); Jory (1973); King of Diamonds (1961); Kiss of Death (1947); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975); Kraft Mystery Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949–1950); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Land of the Giants (1969); Laredo (1965); Law of the Plainsman (1959); Lights Out (1950); Love Story (1970); Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950); Mannix (1967); Markham (1959); McCloud (1974); Medical Center (1969); Michael Shayne (1961); Mother Lode (1982); Mr. Lucky (1960); My Six Convicts (1952); Native Land (1942); New York Confidential (1959); Nightmare in the Sun (1965); Omnibus (1953); On the Edge (1985); One Step Beyond (1959); Overland Trail (1960); Pay or Die! (1960); Perry Mason (1962); Peter Gunn (1959); Petrocelli (1974); Peyton Place (1968); Rawhide (1960); Robert Montgomery Presents (1955); Saints and Sinners (1962); Sam Benedict (1962); SCTV Network (1981); Sea Hunt (1960); Seeing Things (1982); Surfside 6 (1962); Suspense (1952); T.H.E. Cat (1967); Target: The Corruptors (1961); Telethon (1977); The Adventures of Ellery Queen (1952); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Alpha Caper (1973); The Amateur (1981); The Aquanauts (1961); The Big Story (1949); The Bold Ones: The Senator (1970); The Car (1977); The Dead Are Alive (1972); The Defenders (1964); The Deputy (1961); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Doctor (1953); The Eleventh Hour (1964); The F.B.I. (1973); The Family Rico (1972); The Glitter Dome (1984); The Godfather (1972); The Great Adventure (1964); The Greatest (1977); The Incredible Hulk (1979); The Jackie Gleason Show (1953); The Joe Louis Story (1953); The Law and Mr. Jones (1961); The Legend of Jesse James (1965); The Lieutenant (1964); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962); The Lollipop Cover (1965); The Magical World of Disney (1965); The Man and the Challenge (1959); The Mask (1954); The Mob (1951); The Naked City (1948); The Name of the Game (1969); The Outcasts (1968); The Outer Limits (1963); The Outsider (1969); The Phil Silvers Show (1958); The Plainclothesman (1953–1954); The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977); The Rebel (1961); The Red Skelton Hour (1955); The Second Hundred Years (1968); The Sheriff (1971); The Square Jungle (1955); The Twilight Zone (1962); The Untouchables (1960); The Virginian (1968); The Web (1951); The Wheeler Dealers (1963); The Wild Wild West (1967); This Man Dawson (1959); This Year's Blonde (1980); Three Steps to Heaven (1953-1954); Threshold (1981); Thriller (1960); Tightrope (1959); Time Table (1956); Titans (1981); To Die in Paris (1968); Treasury Men in Action (1950); Tribute (1980); Two Faces West (1961); Unsolved (1960); Utilities (1983); Vega$ (1978); Vengeance (1976); W.C. Fields and Me (1976); What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1978); Word of Honor (1981); Wrangler (1960); You Are There (1953).