On this day in movie history - Ride in the Whirlwind (1966):

Ride in the Whirlwind

directed by Monte Hellman,

written by Jack Nicholson,

was released at the San Francisco Film Festival in the United States on October 22, 1966.
Music by Robert Drasnin.

Cast:

Cameron Mitchell, Millie Perkins, Jack Nicholson, Katherine Squire, George Mitchell, Rupert Crosse, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hackett, Tom Filer, B.J. Merholz, Brandon Carroll, Peter Cannon, William A. Keller, Neil Summers, James Campbell, Walter Phelps, Charles Eastman, Gary Kent, Bill Keller.

On this day in television history - Johnny Staccato (1959):

Johnny Staccato

Season 1. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Viva, Paco!

Released October 22, 1959.

Directed by Jim/James Hogan.

Written by Gerald Orsini.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Cassavetes, Eduardo Ciannelli, Jimmy Murphy, Miriam Colon, Val Avery, John Tarangelo, Larry Doyle, Vici Raaf, Flicka McKenna, Garry Walberg, Charles Cirillo, Elias Gamboa, Joe Garcio, Edwin Rochelle, Frankie Van, John Zimeas.

Born on this day – William Girdler:

William Girdler

Director

Writer

Composer

Producer

October 22, 1947 – January 21, 1978

Born on this day – David W. Allen:

David W. Allen

Stop motion animator

October 22, 1944 – August 16, 1999

Born on this day – Annette Funicello:

Annette Funicello

Actress, 

Singer

October 22, 1942 – April 8, 2013

Life doesn't have to be perfect to be wonderful.

- Annette Funicello.

Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 1987.

Credits:

A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (1995); Full House (1991); Troop Beverly Hills (1989); Back to the Beach (1987); Growing Pains (1986); Lots of Luck (1985); The Love Boat (1978–1982); Fantasy Island (1979–1981); Frankie & Annette: The Second Time Around (1978); Love, American Style (1971); Head (1968); Hondo (1967); Thunder Alley (1967); Fireball 500 (1966); Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965); How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965); Ski Party (1965); The Monkey's Uncle (1965); Beach Blanket Bingo (1965); Burke's Law (1963–1965); Pajama Party (1964); Bikini Beach (1964); Muscle Beach Party (1964); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964); Wagon Train (1963); Beach Party (1963); Escapade in Florence (1962); The Magical World of Disney (1959–1962); Toyland (1961); The Horsemasters (1961); Zorro (1959–1961); The Danny Thomas Show (1959); The Shaggy Dog (1959); Annette (1958); The New Adventures of Spin and Marty (1957); Further Adventures of Spin and Marty (1956).

Born on this day – Tony Roberts:

Tony Roberts

Actor

October 22, 1939 – February 7, 2025

Credits:

12 and Holding (2005); 18 Again! (1988); A Different Affair (1987); A Guide for the Married Man (1969); A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982); A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Jealous Jokester (1995); A Question of Honor (1982); All My Children (1994); American Masters (2001); American Masters (2011); Amityville 3-D (1983); An Anomaly (2013); Annie Hall (1977); Apologies to Bunuel (1996); B. Smith with Style (1999); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Bitter Jester (2003); Bravo Profiles (1999–2003); Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); Comic Groove (2002); Dead Broke (1998); Dinner with Family with Brett Gelman and Brett Gelman's Family (2015); Dirty Dancing (2017); Entertainment Tonight (1990); Finder of Lost Loves (1985); Fist Fighter (1988); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2017); Good Morning America (1978); Great Performances (1999 / 2005 / 2021); Hannah and Her Sisters (1986); Hollywood Squares (1977); Hotel (1985); If Things Were Different (1980); Intimate Portrait (2001); It Takes a Lunatic (2019); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1986); Just Tell Me What You Want (1980); Key Exchange (1985); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1996); Law & Order (1991–2010); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2008); Le sauvage (1975); Let's Celebrate (1972); Live with Kelly and Mark (1990); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Hotel Caper (1971); Married to the Kellys (2004); Matlock (1991); McMillan & Wife (1977); Men at Law (1970); Murder, She Wrote (1992); My Best Friend's Wife (2001); Night Gallery / Segment: The Messiah on Mott Street (1971); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Nightlife (1986); Not in My Family (1993); Our Sons (1991); Our World (1986); Packin' It In (1983); Painting the Town: The Illusionistic Murals of Richard Haas (1990); Phyllis (1975); Play It Again, Sam (1972); Popcorn (1991); Radio Days (1987); Rosetti and Ryan (1977); Seize the Day (1986); Serpico (1973); Short Talks on the Universe Benefit Performance (2002); Snafu (1976); Sounds from a Town I Love (2001); Spotlight on Broadway (2013); Star Spangled Girl (1971); Star Wars: A New Hope (1994); Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1994); Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi (1994); Stardust Memories (1980); Switch (1991); The $10,000 Pyramid (1974–1977); The $25,000 Pyramid (1975–1978); The 22nd Annual Tony Awards (1968); The 23rd Annual Tony Awards (1969); The 34th Annual Tony Awards (1980); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The 38th Annual Tony Awards (1984); The 39th Annual Tony Awards (1985); The 48th Annual Tony Awards (1994); The 55th Annual Tony Awards (2001); The 62nd Annual Tony Awards (2008); The American Clock (1993); The Carol Burnett Show (1991); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The Edge of Night (1965–1966); The Four Seasons (1984); The Girls in the Office (1979); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998); The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch (2005); The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976); The Longest Week (2014); The Love Boat (1978–1979); The Lucie Arnaz Show (1985); The Magical World of Disney (1974); The Merv Griffin Show (1971–1977); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The Million Dollar Duck (1971); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); The Thorns (1988); The Trial of Adolf Eichmann (1997); The Trials of O'Brien (1965); The Way They Were (1981); Today (1982–1985); Trapper John, M.D. (1983–1985); Victor/Victoria (1995); Well Fed and Comfortable (2006); What's My Line? (1972–1973); When Pop Culture Saved America: A 9-11 Story (2011); Working in the Theatre (1980–1992).

Born on this day – Ann Rule:

Ann Rule

Writer

October 22, 1931 – July 26, 2015

Credits:

A Rose for Her Grave and Other True Cases (1993); You Belong to Me and Other True Crime Cases (1994); A Fever in the Heart and Other True Cases (1996); In the Name of Love and Other True Cases (1998); The End of the Dream (1998); A Rage to Kill and Other True Cases (1999); Empty Promises and Other True Cases (2001); Last Dance, Last Chance (2001); Kiss Me, Kill Me and Other True Cases (2004); Worth More Dead and Other True Cases (2005); No Regrets and Other True Cases (2006); Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder and Other True Cases (2007); Mortal Danger and Other True Cases (2008); But I Trusted You and Other True Cases (2009); Don't Look Behind You (2011); Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors and Other True Cases (2012); Lying in Wait and Other True Cases (2014); Possession (1981); The Stranger Beside Me (1980); Lust Killer (1981); The Want-Ad Killer (1983); The I-5 Killer (1984); Mind Games (1984); Small Sacrifices (1987); If You Really Loved Me (1991); Everything She Ever Wanted (1992); Dead By Sunset (1995); Bitter Harvest (1997); And Never Let Her Go (1999); Jerry Harris Case (1999); Every Breath You Take (2001); Without Pity (2003); Heart Full of Lies (2003); Green River, Running Red (2004); Too Late to Say Goodbye (2007); In the Still of the Night (2010); Practice to Deceive (2013).

Movies and television:

12 Desperate Hours (2023); 48 Hours (2001–2012); A House on Fire (2021); A Rose for Her Grave: The Randy Roth Story (2023); And Never Let Her Go (2001); Ann Rule's A Murder to Remember (2020); Biography (1995); Born to Kill? (2010–2011); Circle of Deception (2021); Conversations with a Serial Killer (2008); Danger in the Dorm (2024); Dead by Sunset (1995); Deranged (2009); Every Breath You Take (2003); Everything She Ever Wanted (2009); Hunt for the I-5 Killer (2011); Motives & Murders: Cracking the Case (2014); Murder by Number (1993); Murderous Minds: Inside Serial Killers (2018); Sleeping with Danger (2020); Small Sacrifices (1989); The Criminal Calendar (1997); The Execution of Ted Bundy (1989); The Investigators (2002); The New Detectives: Case Studies in Forensic Science (1997); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1988); The Perfect Murder (2014); They Shoot Divas, Don't They? (2002); THS Investigates (2005); Too Late to Say Goodbye (2009); Twisted (2011).