People (Births) 1917 – Robert Mitchum, American actor (d. 1997). People (Deaths) 1986 – Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1904). Robert Mitchum Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (06 August 1917 to 01 July 1997) was an American actor. He rose to prominence with an Academy Award nomination for the Best Supporting Actor for… Read More
Events 1938 – The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948. People (Deaths) 2005 – James Doohan, Canadian-American actor (b.… Read More
People (Deaths) 1973 – Jack Hawkins, English actor (b. 1910). Jack Hawkins John Edward Hawkins, CBE (14 September 1910 to 18 July 1973) was an English actor who worked on stage and in film from the 1930s until the 1970s. One of the most popular British film stars of the 1950s, he was known for… Read More
People (Deaths) 1989 – Laurence Olivier, English actor, director, and producer (born 1907). Laurence Olivier Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907 to 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, was one of a trio of male actors who dominated the… Read More
People (Births) 1930 – Bruce Boa, Canadian actor (d. 2004). 1931 – Nick Adams, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1968). 1972 – Peter Serafinowicz, English actor. Bruce Boa Andrew Bruce Boa (10 July 1930 to 17 April 2004) was a Canadian actor, who found success playing the token American in British films and television, usually… Read More
People (Deaths) 1958 – Robert Donat, English actor (born 1905). Robert Donat Friedrich Robert Donat (18 March 1905 to 09 June 1958) was an English actor. He is best remembered for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps (1935) and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), winning for the latter the Academy Award for Best Actor.… Read More
People (Deaths) 1998 – Robert Gist, American actor and director (b. 1917). Robert Gist Robert Marion Gist (01 October 1917 to 21 May 1998) was an American actor and film director. Gist was reared around the stockyards of Chicago, Illinois, during the Great Depression. Reform school-bound after injuring another boy in a fistfight, Gist instead… Read More
People (Births) 1966 – Stephen Baldwin, American actor. Stephen Baldwin Stephen Andrew Baldwin (born 12 May 1966) is an American actor, producer, and director. He has appeared in the films Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Posse (1993), 8 Seconds (1994), Threesome (1994), The Usual Suspects (1995), Bio-Dome (1996) and The Flintstones in Viva… Read More
People (Deaths) 2000 – Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., US Navy captain, actor, and producer (b. 1909). Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr., KBE, DSC (09 December 1909 to 07 May 2000) was an American actor, producer and decorated naval officer of World War II. He is best known for starring in such films as The… Read More
Events 1927 – The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth. 2019 – Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 66 others are released in a prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia. People (Births) 1855 – William Friese-Greene, English photographer, director, and cinematographer (d. 1921). 1894 – George Waggner, American actor, director, and producer… Read More
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