Patricia A. McKillip, on imagination:

 

Imagination is the golden-eyed monster that never sleeps.

It must be fed; it cannot be ignored.
- Patricia A. McKillip.

Recommended reading - The Name is Archer

The Name Is Archer

by Ross MacDonald.

Part of the Lew Archer mystery series.

Paperback
Published by Grand Central Pub.
First published 1955.

ISBN 13: 9780446361569
ISBN10: 0446361569
ASIN: 0446361569
 
Description:

Anthology containing the following stories: Find the woman; Gone girl; The bearded lady; The suicide; Guilt-edged blonde; The sinister habit; Wild goose chase; Midnight blue; Sleeping dog.

Born on this day – Charles Baudelaire:

 

Charles Baudelaire

Writer

April 9, 1821 – August 31, 1867

Credits:

Written work:

Arts in Paris 1845–1862 (1965); Baudelaire as a Literary Critic (1964); Belgium Stripped Bare (2019); Critique d'art; Critique musicale (1992); Curiosités Esthétiques (1868 / 1962); Fusées (1897); La Fanfarlo (1847); L'art romantique (1868); Le Peintre de la Vie Moderne (1863); Le Spleen de Paris (1869 / 2021); Les Fleurs du mal / The Flowers of Evil (1857); Les paradis artificiels (1860); Mirror of Art (1955); Mon Cœur Mis à Nu, 1897 / My Heart Laid Bare & Other Texts (2017 / 2020); Œuvres Complètes, 1922–53 (19 volumes) (date?); Œuvres Posthumes et Correspondance Générale (1887–1907); Réflexions sur Quelques-uns de mes Contemporains (1861); Salon de 1845 (1845); Salon de 1846 (1846); Selected Letters of Charles Baudelaire (1986); Selected Writings on Art and Artists (1972); The Essence of Laughter (1956); The Painter of Modern Life and Other Essays (1964); Translations from Charles Baudelaire (1869); Twenty Prose Poems (1988).

Movies, television and podcast series:

A bor lelke (1999); A Single Man (2009); Assommons les pauvres (1969); At the Top of the Stairs (1983); Aux arts et cætera (2022); Brunner ist dran (1973); Catalogue of Ships (2008); Chibamar Bronx em As Flores do Mal (2024); Cineficción Radio (2020–2024); Correspondances (1954); De mes amours décomposées (1970); Delirium (2018); Don Juan és a kövendég (1978); El mundo de Gaudí (1976); Épique Épochè (2022); Exclosion (2007); Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010); Gustave Courbet (1999); Gustave Courbet, les origines de son monde (2007); Histoires extraordinaires à faire peur ou à faire rire... (1949); Il veleno (2012); Ivo Livi, dit Yves Montand (2011); La joie de vivre (1956); La plaie et le couteau, Charles Baudelaire (1967); L'art et les hommes (1958); Le doc Stupéfiant (2021); Le plaisir croit avec l'usage (1999); Les Colocs: L'Intégrale 1993-2000 (2000); Les dites cariatides (1984); Les fleurs du mal (1991); Les Fleurs du mal de Charles Baudelaire (2022); Les Nuits de France Culture (2016); Les passagers (1999); Lil' Women 9 - Go to Jail! (1989); L'invitation au voyage (1927); Literaturverfilmung (1973); Man and the Sea (2018); Messengers (2004); Montand International (1983); Ocean Terminal (1952); Opéra pour Baudelaire (1974); Par coeur (1998); Poèmes à voir (2004); Poésie (dans un monde de brutes) (2020); Portraits of Mistresses (2013); Puissance de la parole (1988); Selecciones de Cineficción Radio (2024); Sigfrido Oliva - Monologo sull'arte (2013); Soleil mouillé (Carnet filmé: 23 décembre 2021) (2022); Le Chat / The Cat (2013); The Eddy (2020); The Passionate Spectator (2003); The Pit and the Pendulum (1964); The Queen's Gambit (2020); Through the Mist (2009); Une Dame de Coeur (2004); Variations La Fontaine (2012); Wilson chante Montand (2017); You Can Only Stand or Walk (2019).

Born on this day – Thomas Meighan:

 

Thomas Meighan

Actor

April 9, 1879 – July 8, 1936

Credits:

Peck's Bad Boy (1934); Madison Square Garden (1932); Cheaters at Play (1932); Skyline (1931); Young Sinners (1931); The Argyle Case (1929); The Mating Call (1928); The Racket (1928); The City Gone Wild (1927); We're All Gamblers (1927); Blind Alleys (1927); The Canadian (1926); Tin Gods (1926); Fascinating Youth (1926); The New Klondike (1926); Irish Luck (1925); The Man Who Found Himself (1925); Old Home Week (1925); Coming Through (1925); Tongues of Flame (1924); The Alaskan (1924); The Confidence Man (1924); Pied Piper Malone (1924); Woman-Proof (1923); Hollywood (1923); Homeward Bound (1923); The Ne'er-Do-Well (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 13 (1922); A Trip to Paramountown (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 1 (1922); Gloria Swanson and Thomas Meighan / Short (1922); Back Home and Broke (1922); The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (1922); Manslaughter (1922); If You Believe It, It's So (1922); Our Leading Citizen (1922); The Bachelor Daddy (1922); A Prince There Was (1921); Cappy Ricks (1921); The Conquest of Canaan (1921); White and Unmarried (1921); The City of Silent Men (1921); The Easy Road (1921); Frontier of the Stars (1921); Quest of His Youth (1920); Civilian Clothes (1920); The Prince Chap (1920); Why Change Your Wife? (1920); Peg o' My Heart (1919); Male and Female (1919); The Thunderbolt (1919); The Miracle Man (1919); The Probation Wife (1919); The Heart of Wetona (1919); Norma Talmadge and Thomas Meighan in a Liberty Loan Appeal / Short (1918); The Forbidden City (1918); Out of a Clear Sky (1918); Heart of the Wilds (1918); In Pursuit of Polly (1918); Missing (1918); M'Liss (1918); Eve's Daughter (1918); Madame Jealousy (1918); The Land of Promise (1917); Arms and the Girl (1917); The Mysterious Miss Terry (1917); Her Better Self (1917); The Silent Partner (1917); Sleeping Fires (1917); Sapho (1917); The Slave Market (1917); The Heir to the Hoorah (1916); The Storm (1916); Common Ground (1916); The Dupe (1916); The Clown (1916); The Sowers (1916); The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1916); Pudd'nhead Wilson (1916); The Immigrant (1915); Armstrong's Wife (1915); The Secret Sin (1915); Blackbirds (1915); Out of the Darkness (1915); The Fighting Hope (1915); Kindling (1915); Danny Donovan, the Gentleman Cracksman (1914).

Born on this day – Mance Lipscomb:

Mance Lipscomb

Blues singer

Guitarist

April 9, 1895 – January 30, 1976

Credits:

Albums:

Captain, Captain! (1996); Mama Don't Allow (1996); Navasota (2021); So Different Blues (1993); Texas Sharecropper and Songster (1960); Texas Songster: Volume 2 (1964); Trouble in Mind (1969); Vol. 4 (1967); Vol. 5: Texas Blues and 3 Other Songs (1970); Volume 6 (1974).

Movies and television:

A Well-Spent Life (1971); Blues Under the Skin (1973); Singin' the Yodeling Blues (1983); The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins (1970); The Life and Times of the Red Dog Saloon (1996).

Book:

I Say Me for a Parable: The Oral Autobiography of Mance Lipscomb, Texas Bluesman (1993).

Born on this day – Sharon Lynn:

 

Sharon Lynn

Actress

Singer

April 9, 1901 – May 26, 1963

Credits:

It Came from Hollywood (1982); Thistledown (1938); Way Out West (1937); Go Into Your Dance (1935); Enter Madame! (1934); Big Executive (1933); The Big Broadcast (1932); Discarded Lovers (1932); Too Many Cooks (1931); Men on Call (1930); Lightnin' (1930); Up the River (1930); Man Trouble (1930); Wild Company (1930); Crazy That Way (1930); Let's Go Places (1930); Sunny Side Up (1929); Happy Days (1929); The One Woman Idea (1929); Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (1929); Speakeasy (1929); Red Wine (1928); Give and Take (1928); Son of the Golden West (1928); None But the Brave (1928); Dad's Choice (1928); Aflame in the Sky (1927); The Cherokee Kid (1927); Jake the Plumber (1927); Clancy's Kosher Wedding (1927); The Coward (1927); Tom's Gang (1927); City of Shadows (1927); Curlytop (1924).

Born on this day – Ward Bond:

Ward Bond

Actor

April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960

Credits:

Wagon Train (1957–1961); Rio Bravo (1959); Alias Jesse James (1959); General Electric Theater (1953–1958); The Christophers (1955–1958); The Howard Miller Show (1958); China Doll (1958); The Growler Story (1957); The Wings of Eagles (1957); The Halliday Brand (1957); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1957–1958); Schlitz Playhouse (1952–1956); Pillars of the Sky (1956); The Searchers (1956); Dakota Incident (1956); Star Stage (1956); The Red, White and Blue Line (1955); Cavalcade of America (1955–1956); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); A Man Alone (1955); Mister Roberts (1955); Climax! (1955); The Long Gray Line (1955); The Bob Mathias Story (1954); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1954); Suspense (1954); Johnny Guitar (1954); Gypsy Colt (1954); The Steve Allen Show presented by Knickerbocker Beer (1953); Hondo (1953); The Moonlighter (1953); Blowing Wild (1953); The McGurk Way (1952); Thunderbirds (1952); The Gulf Playhouse (1952); Hellgate (1952); The Quiet Man (1952); On Dangerous Ground (1951); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); Bullfighter and the Lady (1951); Only the Valiant (1951); The Great Missouri Raid (1951); Operation Pacific (1951); This Is Korea! (1951); Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950); Wagon Master (1950); Riding High (1950); Singing Guns (1950); The Silver Theatre (1950); 3 Godfathers (1948); Joan of Arc (1948); Tap Roots (1948); The Time of Your Life (1948); Sins of the Fathers (1948); Fort Apache (1948); The Fugitive (1947); Unconquered (1947); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); My Darling Clementine (1946); Canyon Passage (1946); They Were Expendable (1945); Dakota (1945); Tall in the Saddle (1944); Home in Indiana (1944); The Fighting Sullivans (1944); A Guy Named Joe (1943); They Came to Blow Up America (1943); Slightly Dangerous (1943); Hello Frisco, Hello (1943); Gentleman Jim (1942); Hitler--Dead or Alive (1942); Sin Town (1942); Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942); The Falcon Takes Over (1942); Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942); Know for Sure (1941); Swamp Water (1941); The Maltese Falcon (1941); Doctors Don't Tell (1941); Manpower (1941); The Shepherd of the Hills (1941); Sergeant York (1941); A Man Betrayed (1941); Tobacco Road (1941); Santa Fe Trail (1940); The Long Voyage Home (1940); City for Conquest (1940); Kit Carson (1940); Sailor's Lady (1940); The Mortal Storm (1940); Buck Benny Rides Again (1940); Virginia City (1940); Little Old New York (1940); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939); Gone with the Wind (1939); Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939); Drums Along the Mohawk (1939); Dust Be My Destiny (1939); Frontier Marshal (1939); Waterfront (1939); The Girl from Mexico (1939); Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); The Kid from Kokomo (1939); The Return of the Cisco Kid (1939); Union Pacific (1939); Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939); Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939); Dodge City (1939); Sundown (1939); The Oklahoma Kid (1939); Pardon Our Nerve (1939); Made for Each Other (1939); They Made Me a Criminal (1939); Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 1 (1938); Son of Frankenstein (1939); Going Places (1938); The Law West of Tombstone (1938); Submarine Patrol (1938); Fugitives for a Night (1938); You Can't Take It with You (1938); The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938); Prison Break (1938); Reformatory (1938); Professor Beware (1938); Numbered Woman (1938); Gun Law (1938); Flight Into Nowhere (1938); The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938); Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938); Hawaii Calls (1938); Over the Wall (1938); Bringing Up Baby (1938); Born to Be Wild (1938); Penitentiary (1938); Of Human Hearts (1938); Fight for Your Lady (1937); The Westland Case (1937); Music for Madame (1937); The Kid Comes Back (1937); The Game That Kills (1937); Escape by Night (1937); Dead End (1937); Topper (1937); Marry the Girl (1937); The Singing Marine (1937); A Fight to the Finish (1937); Mountain Music (1937); The Wildcatter (1937); They Gave Him a Gun (1937); Night Key (1937); 23 1/2 Hours Leave (1937); Park Avenue Logger (1937); The Soldier and the Lady (1937); When's Your Birthday? (1937); Devil's Playground (1937); You Only Live Once (1937); Woman-Wise (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); After the Thin Man (1936); Conflict (1936); The Accusing Finger (1936); Legion of Terror (1936); Without Orders (1936); The Big Game (1936); The Man Who Lived Twice (1936); They Met in a Taxi (1936); Second Wife (1936); Crash Donovan (1936); White Fang (1936); High Tension (1936); The Bride Walks Out (1936); Fury (1936); The Cattle Thief (1936); Fatal Lady (1936); The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936); Avenging Waters (1936); Pride of the Marines (1936); The First Baby (1936); Colleen (1936); Boulder Dam (1936); The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936); Muss 'em Up (1936); Two in the Dark (1936); Hitch Hike Lady (1935); We're Only Human (1935); Too Tough to Kill (1935); Broadway Hostess (1935); I Found Stella Parish (1935); Guard That Girl (1935); Western Courage (1935); 3 Kids and a Queen (1935); The Last Days of Pompeii (1935); Waterfront Lady (1935); His Night Out (1935); Little Big Shot (1935); She Gets Her Man (1935); Calm Yourself (1935); Death Flies East (1935); Murder in the Fleet (1935); The Headline Woman (1935); The Informer (1935); Mary Jane's Pa (1935); Strangers All (1935); Go Into Your Dance (1935); 'G' Men (1935); Fighting Shadows (1935); Black Fury (1935); The Crimson Trail (1935); Times Square Lady (1935); One New York Night (1935); Devil Dogs of the Air (1935); Under Pressure (1935); Grand Old Girl (1935); Broadway Bill (1934); Men of the Night (1934); Against the Law (1934); 6 Day Bike Rider (1934); Death on the Diamond (1934); Girl in Danger (1934); The Human Side (1934); Chained (1934); The Affairs of Cellini (1934); The Defense Rests (1934); The Circus Clown (1934); A Man's Game (1934); Here Comes the Groom (1934); Most Precious Thing in Life (1934); I'll Tell the World (1934); The Crime of Helen Stanley (1934); Whirlpool (1934); Voice in the Night (1934); The Fighting Ranger (1934); It Happened One Night (1934); The Poor Rich (1934); Speed Wings (1934); School for Romance (1934); Frontier Marshal (1934); The Fighting Code (1933); Straightaway (1933); Son of a Sailor (1933); College Coach (1933); Police Car 17 (1933); Wild Boys of the Road (1933); Lady for a Day (1933); The Wrecker (1933); Heroes for Sale (1933); When Strangers Marry (1933); Unknown Valley (1933); Obey the Law (1933); State Trooper (1933); Lucky Devils (1933); Sundown Rider (1932); 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932); Flesh (1932); Air Mail (1932); Virtue (1932); Rackety Rax (1932); White Eagle (1932); That's My Boy (1932); Hold 'Em Jail (1932); Hello Trouble (1932); Bachelor's Affairs (1932); The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932); Careless Lady (1932); High Speed (1932); The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932); Maker of Men (1931); Arrowsmith (1931); Over the Hill (1931); Sob Sister (1931); The Spider (1931); The Brat (1931); Quick Millions (1931); Three Girls Lost (1931); A Connecticut Yankee (1931); Up the River (1930); The Big Trail (1930); Cheer Up and Smile (1930); Born Reckless (1930); The Lone Star Ranger (1930); So This Is College (1929); Salute (1929); Words and Music (1929); Noah's Ark (1928).

Born on this day – Louise Larabee:

 

Louise Larabee

Actress

April 9, 1916 – March 1, 2002

Credits:

Act One (1963); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956–1957); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950–1959); Brenner (1959); Climax! (1957); Curtain Call (1952); Every Night at Eight (1935); Fail Safe (1964); Front Row Center (1956); Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935); Goodyear Playhouse (1957); Hawk (1966); Hollywood Screen Test (1953); King of Burlesque (1936); Love of Life (1951–1980); Lux Video Theatre (1952); N.Y.P.D. (1968); Naked City (1961); Rocky King, Detective (1952–1953); Route 66 (1961); Rush It (1978); Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1951); Star for a Night (1936); Studio One (1952–1954); Suspense (1952–1953); Suspicion (1958); The Big Story (1955); The Challenge (1955); The Defenders (1962–1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1965); The Gulf Playhouse (1953); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); The Mask (1954); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); 'Way Out (1961); Wonder Bar (1934); You Are There (1954).

Born on this day – Brad Dexter:

 

Brad Dexter

Actor

Producer

April 9, 1917 – December 12, 2002

Credits:

9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2003); Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' (2000); Cognac (1988); Skag (1980); Valentine (1979); The Incredible Hulk (1979); Winter Kills (1979); Project U.F.O. (1978); House Calls (1978); The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977); Vigilante Force (1976); Law and Order (1976); S.W.A.T. (1975); McCloud (1975); Kojak (1975); Shampoo (1975); Jory (1973); Mission: Impossible (1972); Lady Sings the Blues (1972); Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970); Mannix (1970); The Lawyer (1970); The Naked Runner (1967); Blindfold (1966); Von Ryan's Express (1965); Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965); None But the Brave (1965); Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964); Kings of the Sun (1963); Johnny Cool (1963); Death Valley Days (1963); Here's Hollywood (1962); Taras Bulba (1962); X-15 (1961); Alcoa Premiere (1961); The George Raft Story (1961); The Investigators (1961); Twenty Plus Two (1961); Surfside 6 (1961); Tales of Wells Fargo (1961); General Electric Theater (1961); Hawaiian Eye (1961); The Aquanauts (1960); The Magnificent Seven (1960); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1960); Bourbon Street Beat (1959–1960); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960); 13 Fighting Men (1960); Bat Masterson (1960); Mr. Lucky (1960); Tightrope (1960); The Man from Blackhawk (1960); Vice Raid (1959); Bronco (1959); Colt .45 (1959); 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1959); This Man Dawson (1959); Last Train from Gun Hill (1959); Yancy Derringer (1959); Cimarron City (1959); Behind Closed Doors (1959); Pursuit (1959); Zane Grey Theatre (1958); Jefferson Drum (1958); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958); Wagon Train (1958); Run Silent Run Deep (1958); Studio One (1958); How to Marry a Millionaire (1957); The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1957); The Oklahoman (1957); Between Heaven and Hell (1956); The Bottom of the Bottle (1956); Climax! (1955); House of Bamboo (1955); Violent Saturday (1955); Untamed (1955); 99 River Street (1953); Macao (1952); The Las Vegas Story (1952); Fourteen Hours (1951); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); Sinbad, the Sailor (1947); Heldorado (1946); Winged Victory (1944); The Mortal Storm (1940).

Born on this day – Arthur Batanides:

Arthur Batanides

Actor

April 9, 1923 – January 10, 2000

Credits:

21 Beacon Street (1959); 87th Precinct (1962); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); Accidental Family (1967); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Alcoa Premiere (1963); Alcoa Theatre (1958); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958–1959); Barefoot in the Park (1970); Bearcats! (1971); Ben Casey (1963); Black Tuesday (1954); Blansky's Beauties (1977); Blue Light (1966); Bonanza (1960–1961); Border Patrol (1959); Brannigan (1975); Broken Arrow (1957); Burke's Law (1965); Cimarron Strip (1967); Colonel Humphrey Flack (1959); Colt .45 (1958); Columbo (1974); Combat! (1963); Crusader (1956); Cry Tough (1959); Danger (1951); Daniel Boone (1970); Dante (1960); Death Valley Days (1966); Decoy (1958); Dr. Kildare (1964); Evil Roy Slade (1972); Follow the Sun (1961); G.E. True (1963); Galactica 1980 (1980); Get Smart (1966); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1965–1969); Gunsmoke (1964–1965); Happy Days (1974–1983); Hawaii Five-O (1971); Honey West (1965); I Spy (1966–1967); Insight (1966); Ironside (1973); It Takes a Thief (1970); Jericho (1966); Johnny Midnight (1960); Johnny Staccato (1960); Karen (1975); Knight Rider (1985); Korg: 70,000 B.C. (1974); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1956); Land of the Giants (1968); Lawman (1959); Lock Up (1959); Lost in Space (1967); Lou Grant (1978–1981); Love's Dark Ride (1978); Lucan (1977); M Squad (1960); Man from Atlantis (1977); Man with a Camera (1958); Mannix (1973); Man-Trap (1961); Maverick (1957); McCloud (1973); Medical Center (1976); Men of Annapolis (1957); Mike Hammer (1958–1959); Mission: Impossible (1967–1972); Mod Squad (1969); Mr. Lucky (1960); Navy Log (1957); Not for Hire (1960); Not for Publication (1951); One Step Beyond (1959); Out There (1951); Perry Mason (1963); Peter Gunn (1958); Playhouse 90 (1956–1959); Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985); Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986); Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol - Remembering a Lofty Investigation (2004); Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987); Police Academy 6: City Under Siege - Unholy Alliance: A Retrospective (2004); Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989); Police Story (1975–1977); Quincy, M.E. (1982); Rawhide (1959–1961); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1958–1959); Riverboat (1960); Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers (1953–1954); Room 222 (1970); Route 66 (1961); Run Buddy Run (1966); Spartacus (1960); Stagecoach West (1960); Star Trek (1969); State Trooper (1958); Studio 57 (1957); Target (1958); Target: The Corruptors (1961); The Andy Griffith Show (1964); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Beachcomber (1962); The Bill Dana Show (1963–1964); The Brothers Brannagan (1961); The Cat Ate the Parakeet (1972); The Chevy Mystery Show (1960); The Defenders (1963); The Detectives (1960–1961); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1963–1964); The Feminist and the Fuzz (1971); The Fugitive (1964); The Great Adventure (1963–1964); The Green Hornet (1967 / 1974); The Heist (1972); The Islanders (1961); The Last Hurrah (1977); The Lawless Years (1959); The Leech Woman (1960); The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case (1976); The Maltese Bippy (1969); The Man Called X (1957); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Millionaire (1958); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979–1980); The Name of the Game (1970); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1972–1973); The Odd Couple (1972–1974); The Outer Limits (1964); The Plot Thickens (1963); The Rifleman (1963); The Rogues (1964); The Silent Force (1970); The Silent Service (1957); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); The Ten Commandments (1956); The Thin Man (1959); The Third Man (1959); The Time Tunnel (1967); The Twilight Zone (1959–1961); The Unearthly (1957); The Web (1953–1954); The Wild Wild West (1965–1968); Thicker Than Water (1973); Tombstone Territory (1957); U.S. Marshal (1958); Violent Road (1958); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1960); What's a Nice Girl Like You...? (1971); Whirlybirds (1959); Wonder Woman (1978); Yancy Derringer (1959); Zorro (1959).

Born on this day – Tom Lehrer:

Tom Lehrer

Composer

Actor

April 9, 1928 – July 26, 2025

Credits:

Books:

The Tom Lehrer Song Book (1954); Tom Lehrer's Second Song Book (1972); Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer: With Not Enough Drawings by Ronald Searle (1981).

Albums:

An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer (1959); An Evening With the Infinite Genius of Tom Lehrer (2019); Be Prepared (2013); Entertaining (2009); Evenings Wasted With Tom Lehrer (2010); I Hold Your Hand in Mine (2013); I Wanna Go Back to Dixie (2008); In Concert (1960); Kings of Comedy Presents Tom Lehrer and George Formby (2015); More of Tom Lehrer (1959); Presenting Tom Lehrer (1953); Revisited (1960); Revisited Remastered (2013); Songs & More Songs by Tom Lehrer (1997); Songs by Tom Lehrer (1953); Songs By Tom Lehrer (Remastering 2013) (2013); That Was the Year That Was (1965); The Best & Worst of Tom Lehrer (2019); The Conducted Tom Lehrer (2023); The Elements (2010); The Remains of Tom Lehrer (2000); The Rest of Tom Lehrer (2010); The Songs of Tom Lehrer (2017); The Tom Lehrer Collection (2010); The Tom Lehrer Collection: 1953–60 (2015); The Very Best Of (2011); The Very Best of Tom Lehrer (2008); Tom Foolery (2012); Tom Lehrer Discovers Australia (and Vice Versa) (1960); Tom Lehrer Live on Stage (2017).

Movies and television:

A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for A Living Planet (2012); A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House (1966); A Gathering of Eagles (1963); Advent Comedy Calendar 2020 by We Are Thomasse (2020); Annette (2021); Better Call Saul (2018); Boys State (2020); BP Super Show (1960); Comedy Songs: The Pop Years (2008); Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary (1991); Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead (2015); Flitter, Flutter-Thud (2007); For All Mankind (2019); Gilmore Girls (2006); Heroes of Comedy (2000); Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh (1998); How to Prevent a Nuclear War (1987); I Hold Your Hand in Mine (2022); Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009); Marty Back Together Again (1974); Nacha (1977); NCIS (2007); Nova ScienceNow (2006); Oj - är det redan fredag? (1970); Parkinson (1980); Pollution (1967); Porträtt av en motvillig herre (2008); Romansinfrabelic Break Fast (2024); That Was the Week That Was (1963–1985); The Big Bang Theory (2010); The Cure (2011); The Electric Company (1971–1977); The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits (2006); The Frost Report (1966); The Gateway Bug (2017); The Life and Times of Death (2019); The Life and Times of Death: Prologue (2018); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1967); The Mike Douglas Show (1966); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965); The Weekend Starts Here (1970–1971); Timeshift (2008); Today (1966); We Drive Econo (2020).]

Born on this day – Jean-Paul Belmondo:

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Actor

Stunts

Producer

April 9, 1933 – September 6, 2021

Credits:

12h45 (2021); 30 millions d'amis (1987–1991); 53 premis Sant Jordi de cinematografia (2009); 6 à la maison (2020); 7 sur 7 (1988); 70 Jahre Berlinale (2020); A Man and His Dog (2008); A Monkey in Winter (1962); À pied, à cheval et en voiture (1957); A Woman Is a Woman (1961); Ace of Aces (1982); Alain Resnais, l'audacieux (2022); Amazon (2000); An Angel on Wheels (1959); Animal (1977); Auf los geht's los (1982); Avis de recherche (1990); Backfire! (1964); Banana Peel (1963); Bande-annonce de 'Pierrot le fou' (1965); Bande-annonce de 'Une femme est une femme' (1961); Bardot (2023); Be Beautiful But Shut Up (1958); Beach Casanova (1962); Beau geste (2023); Belmondo de A à Z (1985); Belmondo L'Incorrigible (2022); Belmondo ou le goût du risque (2017); Belmondo, itinéraire... (2011); Belmondo, le magnifique (2017); Belmondo, l'influenceur (2020); Belmondo: Il était une fois le beau monde (2011); Bertrand Blier, l'iconoclaste impenitent (2022); Bitte umblättern (1971); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2013–2015); Body of My Enemy (1976); Borsalino (1970); Bouillon de culture (1998); Breathless (1960); C à vous (2012 / 2019); Cartouche (1962); Casino Royale (1967); Chambre 12, Hôtel de Suède (1993); Champs-Elysées (1987–1989); Chansons! (2022); Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (1958); Chocolat (1988); Chroma (2017); Chroniques de France / Segment: Jean-Paul Belmondo sur le tournage d'Un homme qui me plait (1970); Ciné star (1987); Cinéma cinémas (1990); Cinema Sex Politics: Bertolucci Makes 'The Dreamers' (2003); Cinépanorama (1960–1964); Cinq colonnes à la une (1961); Claude Lelouch La vie en mieux (2024); Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret (2019); Comme au cinéma (1999); Compression (1995–2025); Cop or Hood (1979); Crime on a Summer Morning (1965); Cyrano de Bergerac (1990); De película (1985); Dégueulasse V (2008); Dégueulasse VI (2009); Delon / Melville, la solitude de 2 samouraïs (2024)Der grosse Preis (1984); Der Sport-Spiegel (1966); Derrière le poste (2014); Desired (1995); Deux de la Vague (2010); Die goldene Kamera 1998 (1998); Dieu a choisi Paris (1969); Docteur Popaul (1972); Duels (2014–2016); D'un film à l'autre (2011); Durand la nuit (1992); Empreintes (2012); E-penser (2025); Eröffnung der X. Internationalen Filmfestspiele (1960); Est-ce que ça marche? (2013); Famous Love Affairs / Segment: Lauzun (1961); Fan des années 80 (2010); Fantômas démasqué (2022); Final Cut (2022); ForesTiVi (2019); Frédérick ou le Boulevard du Crime (1999); Friderikusz show (1997); Gabin intime, aristocrate et paysan (2006); Gabin, gueule d'amour (2001); Gala de l'union (1963–1970); Gilles Jacob: Citizen Cannes (2010); Godard Cinema (2022); Godard par Godard (2023); Golden Moustache (2017); Gran premio internazionale della TV (1998); Grand écran (1964); Grands reportages (2016); Great Directors (2009); Greed in the Sun (1964); Half a Chance (1998); Happy Easter (1984); Heart of the Festival (2002); Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (2009); Hinter der Leinwand (1966); Histoire bruyante de la jeunesse (2020); Ho! (1968); Hold-Up (1985); Hollywood Insider (2021–2022); Hors-la-loi (1985); Il était une fois: Le gala de l'union des artistes (1980); Incorrigible (1975); Is Paris Burning? (1966); Itinerary of a Spoiled Child (1988); ITV Celebrites Interviews (2021); Ivresse à Tigreville (2013); J'ai tout donné (1972); Jean Rochefort, l'irrésistible (2020); Jean-Luc Cinema Godard (2009); Jeanne Moreau, l'affranchie (2018); Jean-Paul Belmondo (1965); Jetset in den Sixties - Das süße Leben der Schönen und Reichen (2010); Kean (1988); La bande à Bebel (1966); La chasse aux vedettes (1961); La galerie France 5 (2017); La Grande Darka! (2020); La Nouvelle Vague, une bande à part (2022); La nuit des Césars (2017); La puce à l'oreille (1997); La traversée du désir (2009); La viaccia (1961); L'aîné des Ferchaux (2001); Langlois (1970); Le cinéma de Jean-Pierre Léaud (2024); Le dernier des cinq (1972–1973); Le Doulos (1962); Le fantôme d'Henri Langlois (2004); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2011–2017); Le Guignolo (1980); Le journal de 20 heures (1992–2016); Le Magnifique (1973 / 1996); Le Magnifique: Comment détruire la réputation du plus célèbre agent secret? (2013); Le Marginal (1983); Le nombril du monde (1993); Le Poing J (1997–2000); Le Roi mélancolique, la légende de René Vietto (2020); Le temps des nababs (2019); Legends of World Cinema (2004); Léon Morin, Priest (1961); Les 40 ans de la 2 (2004); Les acteurs (2000); Les Aventures d'Adrien: L'Affaire Catalan (2013); Les Chroniques du Mea (2019–2021); Les copains du dimanche (1958); Les coulisses de l'exploit (1964); Les dossiers de l'Histoire (1999); Les échos du cinéma (1961–1962); Les enfants de la télé (2019); Les Enfoirés (1986); Les Misérables (1995); Les pros (1986); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1979); Les tricheurs (1958); Let Sleeping Guns Lie (2005); Lettere di una novizia (1960); Leute heute (2021); L'invité du dimanche (1968); Look Who's Talking (1989); Look Who's Talking Too (1990); Louis Malle - Un cinéaste français (2006); Love and the Frenchwoman / Segment: L’ Adultere (1960); Love Is a Funny Thing (1969); Lundi en histoires (2015); Magnet of Doom (1963); Male Hunt (1964); Man amüsiert sich auch ohne Touristen (1963); Man Called Rocca (1961); Mare matto (1963); Maybe (1999); Melville, le dernier samouraï (2020); Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes (2002); Mississippi Mermaid (1969); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Molière (1956); Monsieur Cinéma (1970–1971); Morceaux de Cannes (2021); My Journey Through French Cinema (2016); Na siehste (1989); Ne m'oubliez pas: Hommage à Bernard Blier (1990); Neues aus der Welt des Films (1969–1970); NOS Uit het Leven (2021); Nulle part ailleurs (1997–1998); Nunca es tarde (2017); On n'est pas couché (2007); One Hundred and One Nights (1995); ORTF, ils ont inventé la télévision (2020); Overdose (2022); Paris aktuell (1968); Pariser Journal (1964); Passion Terzieff (2018); Pierrot le fou (1965); Plus belle la vie (2021); Pour le cinéma (1974–1977); Reflets de Cannes (1964); Rembob'Ina (2020–2024); Rémy Julienne: 50 ans de cascades (2013); Riviera-Story (1961); Robert Enrico, bref passage sur la Terre (2018); Rochefort, Noiret, Marielle: les copains d'abord (2021); Sacrée soirée (1988–1991); Scoumoune (1972); Second Tour (2023); Sendung ohne Namen (2003); Senza malizia (2021); Seven Days... Seven Nights (1960); Spécial cinéma (1983–1988); Star Life (1990); Stars (1980); Stars 90 (1992–1993); Stars'N Co (1997–1998); Stavisky (1974); Stranger in the House (1992); Sweet and Sour (1963); Tage und Nächte in Paris (2004); Tailleur pour dames (1993); Tapis rouge (2000); TCM Remembers 2021 (2021); Tender Scoundrel (1966); T'es fou Marcel (1974); That Man from Rio (1964); The 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2022); The Big Risk (1960); The Brain (1969); The Burglars (1971); The Clock (2010); The Côte d'Azur: Love, Luxury, Passion (2021); The Dreamers (2003); The Emperor's New Clothes (2015); The Hunter Will Get You (1976); The Inheritor (1973); The Loner (1987); The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002); The Night Caller (1975); The Oscars (2022); The Professional (1981); The Shortest Day (1963); The Swashbuckler (1971); The Thief of Paris (1967); The Three Musketeers (1959); The Vultures (1984); The Winner (1961); Tom et Lola (1990); Toreros (2000); Trapped by Fear (1960); Treffpunkt Kino (1987); Trente-Six Chandelles (1957); Two Women (1960); Un drôle de dimanche (1958); Un Français nommé Gabin (2017); Un jour, un destin (2017–2020); Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca (1975); Une légende, une vie (1974); Up to His Ears (1965); Ventura... dit Lino (1997); Vingt-quatre heures sur la deux (1970); Vivement dimanche (1999–2013); Vivement dimanche prochain (1998–2013); Web of Passion (1959); Weekend at Dunkirk (1964); Wetten, dass..? (1985); What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2018); What War May Bring (2010); Zur Nacht (1969).

Born on this day – Badja Djola:

Badja Djola

Actor

Dancer

April 9, 1948 – January 8, 2005

Credits:

Slipdream (2005); Back to You in the Days (2005); Night at the Golden Eagle (2001); The Lone Gunmen (2001); The Fugitive (2000); The Price of Air (2000); Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel (2000); The Hurricane (1999); Deterrence (1999); Born Free (1998); Chicago Hope (1998); Butter (1998); ER (1998); Brooklyn South (1998); The Players Club (1998); Gunshy (1998); Millennium (1997); First Time Felon (1997); The Last Don (1997); The Brave (1997); NYPD Blue (1997); Rosewood (1997); Nash Bridges (1997); Heaven's Prisoners (1996); The X-Files (1995); Knight Rider 2010 (1994); Roc (1993–1994); Who's the Man? (1993); Marked for Murder (1993); Eddie Presley (1992); The Waterdance (1992); Division Street (1991); Christmas on Division Street (1991); The Last Boy Scout (1991); The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage (1991); A Rage in Harlem (1991); Wiseguy (1990); B.L. Stryker (1990); An Innocent Man (1989); Mississippi Burning (1988); The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988); Spenser: For Hire (1987); The Lightship (1985); Maximum Security (1984); The Lonely Guy (1984); Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982); Night Shift (1982); Penitentiary (1979); The Main Event (1979).

Born on this day – Peter Kwong:

Peter Kwong

Actor

Dancer

Martial artist

Stunt choreographer

April 9, 1952 – May 27, 2025

Credits:

227 (1985); Amazing Stories (1985); Angel Town (1990); Aussie & Ted's Great Adventure (2009); Beauty and the Beast (1988); Big Trouble in Little China (1986); Black Sheep Squadron (1977); Border Line (1999); Brain Smasher... A Love Story (1993); Bret Maverick (1981); Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982); Budz House (2011); Cagney & Lacey (1982); Clarissa's Gift (2014); Combination Platter (1993); Cooties (2014); Curb Your Enthusiasm (2020); Daddy Dearest (1993); David Mirisch, the Man Behind the Golden Stars (2021); Doctor Doctor (1990); Dragon Dynasty (2006); Drake & Josh (2006); Dynasty (1984); Ed Sheeran Feat. Pharrell Williams: Sing (2014); Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up (1992); Full House (1988); General Hospital (2004); Ghost Rock (2003); Gleaming the Cube (1989); GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (2004); Homeboys in Outer Space (1996); Hungry (2020); I'll Do Anything (1994); JAG (2004); Keiko (1983); King of the Hill (2002); Knightwatch (1988); Lethal Weapon (2016); Lifestories (1990); Little House on the Prairie (1983); Love Sanchez (2016); MacGyver (1986); Malcolm & Eddie (1997); Man from Atlantis (1978); Man of a Thousand Faces (2008); Manimal (1983); Matt Houston (1983); Miami Vice (1985); Miss Universe Pageant (1995); My Wife and Kids (2004); Narc (2005); Never Too Young to Die (1986); Nu Blue Roses Part 1 (2011); Nu Blue Roses Part 2 (2011); Operation Petticoat (1979); Panic in Echo Park (1977); Paper Dragons (1996); Pepito's Mamadas (2023–2024); Police Story: Gladiator School (1988); Private Eye (1987); Project 420 (2010); Red Carpet Report (2013–2016); Renegade (1992); Rise to Honor (2003); Rockwell: Obscene Phone Caller (1984); Row Your Boat (1999); Running Red (1999); Sangre Negra (2017); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1986); Sisters (1996); Skeleton Coast (1988); Slapstick of Another Kind (1982); St. Elsewhere (1985); Steele Justice (1987); Straight Time (1978); Sullivan & Son (2014); Sunnyside (1979); Sword of Justice (1978); The A-Team (1984); The Coupe de Villes: Big Trouble in Little China (1986); The District (2003); The Fifth Corner (1992); The Golden Child (1986); The Greatest American Hero (1983); The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk 2 (1993); The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980); The Presidio (1988); The Renegades (1982); The Tao of Rain - An Interview with Peter Kwong (2019); The Wayans Bros. (1995); Theodore Rex (1995); Tour of Duty (1989); Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story (1984); Visions (1976); Wonder Woman (1977).

On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation, Voyager, Enterprise:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988)
Star Trek: Voyager (1997)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2003)
 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 1. Episode 20.

Episode entitled: The Arsenal of Freedom.

Released April 9, 1988.

Directed by Les Landau.

Written by Richard Manning, Hans Beimler, Maurice Hurley, Robert Lewin, Hannah Louise Shearer, Tracy Tormé.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Vincent Schiavelli, Marco Rodríguez, Vyto Ruginis, Julia Nickson, George De La Pena, James G. Becker, Richard Sarstedt.

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 3. Episode 21.

Episode entitled: Before and After.

Released April 9, 1997.

Directed by Allan Kroeker.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Kenneth Biller, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Tim Russ, Jessica Collins, Michael Maguire, Christopher Aguilar, Janna Michaels, Rachael Harris, Majel Barrett, Steve Carnahan, John Copage, Damaris Cordelia, Debbie David, Tarik Ergin, Jennifer Gundy, Grace Harrell, Susan Henley, Nichole McAuley, Louis Ortiz, Richard Sarstedt, Hallie Singleton, Scott Strozier, John Alex Tampoya.

 

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 2. Episode 19.

Episode entitled: Judgment.

Released April 9, 2003.

Directed by James L. Conway.

Written by David A. Goodman, Taylor Elmore, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Velton Ray Bunch.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, J.G. Hertzler, John Vickery, Granville Van Dusen, Daniel Riordan, Victor Talmadge, Helen Cates, D.J. Lockhart-Johnson, Danny Kolker, Alexandrea Ortiz, Joseph Billingiere, Solomon Burke Jr., Mark Correy, Evan English, Dieter Horneman, Lidia Sabljic.

           

On this day in music history - Behind the Mask, Love Your Sleep:

Behind the Mask by Fleetwood Mac (1990)

Leave Your Sleep by Natalie Merchant (2010)

 

Behind the Mask

Album by Fleetwood Mac,

released April 9, 1990.

Track list: Skies the Limit; Love Is Dangerous; In the Back of My Mind; Do You Know; Save Me; Affairs of the Heart; When the Sun Goes Down; Behind the Mask; Stand on the Rock; Hard Feelings; Freedom; When It Comes to Love; The Second Time.

Leave Your Sleep

Album by Natalie Merchant,

released April 9, 2010.

Track list: Nursery Rhyme of Innocence and Experience; Equestrienne; Calico Pie; Bleezer's Ice-Cream; It Makes a Change; The King of China's Daughter; The Dancing Bear; The Man in the Wilderness; maggie and milly and molly and may; If No One Ever Marries Me; The Sleepy Giant; The Peppery Man; The Blind Men and the Elephant; Adventures of Isabel; The Walloping Window Blind; Topsyturvey-World; The Janitor's Boy; Griselda; The Land of Nod; Vain and Careless; Crying, My Little One; Sweet and a Lullaby; I Saw a Ship A-Sailing; Autumn Lullaby; Spring and Fall: To a Young Child; Indian Names.