Kate Atkinson, on words:

In the end, it is my belief, words are the only things that can construct a world that makes sense.

- Kate Atkinson.

Born on this day – Ralph Richardson:

Ralph Richardson

Actor

December 19, 1902 – October 10, 1983

Credits:

Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984); Six Centuries of Verse (1984); Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984); Wagner (1983); Invitation to the Wedding (1983); Witness for the Prosecution (1982); Early Days (1981); Time Bandits (1981); Dragonslayer (1981); The Double Dealer (1980); A Deadly Game (1979); Watership Down (1978); No Man's Land (1978); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); The Man in the Iron Mask (1977); Comet Amongst the Stars (1975); Rollerball (1975); Frankenstein: The True Story (1973); O Lucky Man! (1973); A Doll's House (1973); ABC Afterschool Specials (1973); Lady Caroline Lamb (1972); Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972); Tales from the Crypt (1972); Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972); Eagle in a Cage (1972); Play for Today (1972); Great Performances (1971); She Stoops to Conquer (1971); Upon This Rock (1970); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1970); David Copperfield (1970); The Looking Glass War (1970); The Battle of Britain (1969); The Bed Sitting Room (1969); Midas Run (1969); Oh! What a Lovely War (1969); NET Playhouse (1968); Blandings Castle (1967); Khartoum (1966); The Wrong Box (1966); Chimes at Midnight (1965); Doctor Zhivago (1965); Thursday Theatre (1965); The Great War (1964); Woman of Straw (1964); The Largest Theatre in the World: Heart to Heart (1962); Hedda Gabler (1962); The 300 Spartans (1962); Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962); Exodus (1960); Oscar Wilde (1960); Our Man in Havana (1959); Theatre Night (1958); A Novel Affair (1957); Smiley (1956); Richard III (1955); Richard III (1955); The Holly and the Ivy (1952); The Sound Barrier (1952); Murder on Monday (1952); Fireside Theatre (1951); Outcast of the Islands (1951); The Heiress (1949); The Fallen Idol (1948); Anna Karenina (1948); An Ideal Husband (1947); Everyman (1947); Secret Flight (1946); The Silver Fleet (1943); The Avengers (1942); The Lion Has Wings (1939); The Fugitive (1939); Smith (1939); The Four Feathers (1939); Q Planes (1939); Bees on the Boat-Deck (1939); The Citadel (1938); The Divorce of Lady X (1938); South Riding (1938); Othello (1937); Thunder in the City (1937); The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936); Things to Come (1936); Alias Bulldog Drummond (1935); Thunder in the Air (1934); The King of Paris (1934); Java Head (1934); The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934); Friday the Thirteenth (1933); The Ghoul (1933).

Born on this day – Isa Pola:

Isa Pola

Actress

December 19, 1909 – December 17, 1984

Credits:

A Country Without Peace (1946); Acciaio (1933); Amore e chiacchiere (Salviamo il panorama) (1958); Boccaccesca (1928); Cavalleria rusticana (1939); Creatures of the Night (1934); First day of spring (1955); Furia / Fury (1947); Giardini che vivono / Living gardens (1930); Gli uomini non sono ingrati / Men are not ungrateful (1937); Him, her and the others (1956); Il moschettiere fantasma (1952); Il ponte di vetro / The glass bridge (1940); In the name of the Kadar sisters (1957); It Was I (1937); La cantante dell'opera / The opera singer (1933); La canzone dell'amore / The song of love (1930); La figlia del forzato (1954); La telefonista (1932); La Wally (1932); L'anonima Roylott / The anonymous Roylott (1936); Le scarpe al sole / Shoes in the sun (1935); Love and chatter (Let's save the view) (1958); Lucrezia Borgia (1940); Lui e lei (1956); L'ultima avventura (1932); Margaret of Cortona (1950); Miryam (1929); Ninna nanna delle dodici mamme/ Lullaby of the twelve mothers (1930); Ombre sul Canal Grande / Shadows on the Grand Canal (1951); Ragazzo (1934); Seeing great (1959); So it is (if you like) (1959); Stella del cinema (1931); Strange Witness (1950); Terra madre (1931); The Children Are Watching Us (1943); The Empress's Rival (1951); The hotel of happiness (1936); The Queen of Sheba (1952); The Sword of Damocles (1958); The Widow (1939); Three Forbidden Stories (1952); Una signora dell'ovest / A lady from the west (1942); Valentina (Una ragazza che ha fretta) (1958); Za-bum Equestrian Circus / Segments: Telephone contact; From the window; Galop finale al circo (1944).

Born on this day – Édith Piaf:

Édith Piaf

Singer

Actress

Composer

December 19, 1915 – October 10, 1963

Credits:
 
Songs:
 

A Quoi Ça Sert L'amour; Autumn Leaves; Avec Ce Soleil; Bravo pour le clown; C'est l'amour; Exodus; Hymne A L'Amour; Johnny tu n'es pas un ange; La Foule; La goualante du pauvre Jean; La Marseillaise; La vie en rose; L'Accordéoniste; Le "ça ira"; Les amants de Venise; Les mots d'amour; Milord; Mon Dieu; Mon manège à moi; Non, je ne regrette rien; Non, Je ne Regrette Rien VS3; Padam, padam; Paris; Plus bleu que tes yeux; Sous le ciel de Paris; The Three Bells; Tu es partout.

 

Albums:
 

48 Titres Originaux (2006); 75 Chansons / Boxed set (2005); Édith Piaf: 30th Anniversaire (1994); Edith Piaf: Edith Piaf (1961); Édith Piaf: Her Greatest Recordings 1935–1943 (1995); Édith Piaf: L'Intégrale (2007); Édith Piaf: Symphonique (2023); Édith Piaf: The Absolutely Essential (2011); Éternelle: The Best Of (2002); Gold Collection (1998); Hymn to Love: All Her Greatest Songs in English (1996); La Vie en rose (1999); Love and Passion / boxed set (2002); Montmartre Sur Seine (2000); Potpourri par Piaf (1962); Ses Plus Belles Chansons (1969); The Early Years: 1938–1945, Vol. 3 (1996); The Rare Piaf 1950–1962 (1998); The Very Best of Édith Piaf (2002); The Voice of the Sparrow: The Very Best of Édith Piaf (1991).

 

Movies and television:
 

12 Parsecs (2017); 127 Hours (2010); 13 heures le journal (2023); 22 Bullets (2010); 227 (1987); 300 choeurs pour + de vie (2018); 5 Fingers (1952); 60 Minutes (1989); À bout portant (1973); A French Guy Named Saba (2016); A Kiss and a Promise (2011); A Love Movie (2003); A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995); A Safe Place (1971); A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998); A Star Is Born (2018); A World Without Thieves (2004); ABC News Breakfast (2008); Absolutely Fabulous (2012); Afraid of the Dark (1991); Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013); Aikuiset (2021); All About Yves Montand (2021); All Creatures Great & Small (1985); All Star Revue (1950); All Three of Us (2015); All You Need Is Love (1977); Allied (2016); 'Allo 'Allo! (1987); Almejas y mejillones (2000); America's Got Talent (2019); AMV Hell 3: The Motion Picture (2005); An Evening with Eartha Kitt (2009); An Evening with Marlene Dietrich (1973); An Intimate History (2011); Annie MG (2010); Arena (1979); Arte Journal (2024); Avant la fin (2015); Aznavour by Charles (2019); Babe: Pig in the City (1998); Backbeat (1994); Backstory (2000); Bal du Moulin Rouge - Live (1981); Banda sonora (2012); Basique, l'essentiel de la musique (2020–2023); Bates Motel (2017); Before the Fringe (1967); Belle Douleur (2019); Beppie (1989); Best Intentions (2018); Beyond (2016); Bibi Canta Piaf (2004); Bienvenue en Ile-de-France (2023); Biography (1995); BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode Two (2014); Bitte umblättern (1969); Blind (2016); Blondi tuli taloon (1994); Blue Helmet (1994); Boat People (1982); Boum sur Paris (1953); Britain's Got Talent (2013); Bugs Bunny's Cupid Capers (1979); Bull Durham (1988); By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953); Byways (2004); C à vous (2020); Cadence 3 (1983); Cadet Rousselle (1973); Cançons per no oblidar, el disc de la Marató (2005); Carreras Domingo Pavarotti in Concert (1990); Cartagena (2009); Celebrating Peggy's 75th Birthday (2016); C'est si bon! (2018); Chabada (2012–2013); Champs-Elysées (1983 / 1987); Chansons! (2021–2022); Chantons sous l'occupation (1976); Children of Love (1953); Chloé (1996); Chroniques de France (1964); Cinq colonnes à la une (1960–1962); Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001); Cocteau Marais - Un couple mythique (2013); Colors in Sequence (2007); Come What May (2015); Compositeurs et chansons de Paris (1951); Constantine's and Helen's (1999); CTV National News with Heather Butts (2024); CTV News Special: Brian Mulroney - A Life Remembered (2024); CTV News: Montreal (2024); Cuéntame cómo pasó (2003); Cyndi Lauper: Let the Canary Sing (2023); Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988); Daily Ukulele (2013); Daisy Jones & The Six (2023); Dancing Stars (2011); Dean Martin: Encore (2004); Der kleine Staatsbesuch (2018); Derrick (1987); Derry Girls (2018); Desgarrados do Céu (2013); Devotion (2022); Di Di Hollywood (2010); Diminishing Returns (2020); Discorama (1961); Doc Martin (2011); DogMan (2023); Dokonalý svet (2010); Dolce Vita & Co (2001–2002); Dolemite Is My Name (2019); Dollhouse (2012); Domino (1974); Dossier Souvenirs (1972); Dreamers (1999); Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1953); Duels (2015); Eartha Kitt - Live at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival (2008); École des vedettes (1962); Edith and Marcel (1983); Édith Piaf amoureuse (2013); Édith Piaf: Le concert idéal (2003); Edith Piaf: Quatre ans déjà... (1967); Édith Piaf: Une brève rencontre (1993); Eiffel-tornin juurella (1989); Ein Wiener in Paris (1966); El fin (2016); Emily in Paris (2020); Empreintes (2010); En direct de... (1958); En kvinnas huvud (1997); Erendira (1983); Erotic Liaisons (1992); Esa maldita costilla (1999); Est-ce que ça marche? (2013); Étoile sans lumière (1946); Eufòria (2023); Eurovision 10ème anniversaire (1964); Everything or Nothing (2012); Faces of Paris (1968); Fargo (2020); Fények virradat elött (1984); Festival in Cannes (2001); Final Days of an Icon (2006); Fiston (2014); Flic Story (1975); Folie passagère (2016); France, song (1969); Francuski numer (2006); Frankenstein's Patchwork Monster (2015); Fred Claus (2007); French Cancan (1955); French Kiss (1995); Full blanc (1978); Galakväll på Berns: Marlene Dietrich show presenteras av Karl Gerhard (1963); Generation (2021); Gent de paraula (2012–2013); George Burns' 100th Birthday Party (1979); Germaine Damar - Der tanzende Stern (2011); Get Smart (1966); Getaway (2010); Glorious Purpose (2021); Good Morning (2018); Good Night, Irene (1994); Gotham (2016); Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami (2017); Gracie! (2009); Great Performances (1988); Grey Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood (1991); Growing Pains (1990); Guapas (2014); H (1990); Happy Birthday, Bob! (1983); Hare Trimmed (1953); Hätten Sie heut' Zeit für mich? (1977); Hatulan: Bilibid Boys 2 (1995); Hawaiian Eye (1960–1962); Hay que deshacer la casa (1986); Heaven Scent (1956); Heroes and Sinners (1955); Het is weer zo laat! (1978); Hier encore (2013); Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre (1989); Holiday in Paris: 14 Juillet (1951); Holiday in Paris: Environs de Paris (1951); Holiday in Paris: Paris (1951); How I Met Your Mother (2014); How to Make an American Quilt (1995); I Am Mother (2019); I Hate Suzie (2020); I Was It Three Times (1952); Ich bereue nichts - Je ne regrette rien - Edith Piaf - ihr Leben, ihre Lieder (1965); Idool 2007 (2007); In de Vlaamsche pot (1992); Inception (2010); Innocent Lies (1995); Interview with the Vampire (2024); Intolerable Cruelty (2003); Ivo Livi, dit Yves Montand (2011); Jarden ensoleille (2013); Je t'ai dans la peau (1990); Je t'aime etc. (2020); Jean Raymond (1958); Jeff Buckley: Remembered (1999); Jefferson Anderson (2012); Jellyfish (2016); Jmenuju Se Martin (2016); Johnny Hallyday: L'hymne à l'amour (1995); July Rain (1967); Jumping the Broom (2011); ... kurze Pause (1955–1956); Kart postal (2021); Kentler Ve Gölgeler (2011); Kingdom Hospital (2004); Knuckles (2024); La Armee du Train (2011); La chance aux chansons (1988–1999); La chanson de l'année (2012); La classe (1987); La fête de la chanson française (2009–2022); La garçonne (1936); La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón (2003); La joie de vivre (1953–1956); La légende (2003–2007); La Marató 2005 (2005); La mule (2000); La paille et la pouter (2002); La petite amie d'Antonio (1992); La Saint-Valentin en chansons (2007); La tele de tu vida (2007); La une est à vous (1988); La Vie En Rose (2007); Ladri di cinema (1994); L'amour Est Aveugle (2015); Last Dance (1993); Late Show with David Letterman (2011); Le Bal (1983); Le chant de l'exilé (1943); Le grand échiquier (1978 / 2024); Le journal de 13 heures (2020–2022); Le palmarès des chansons (1966); Le party (1990); Le TVA Nouvelles (2024); Le Van (2017); Legends (2008); Leipzig Homicide (2023); Léonard de Vinci: La manière moderne (2017); Léonard de Vinci: La manière moderne / Le documentaire culturel (2017); Les 130 ans de la Tour Eiffel, le concert évènement (2019); Les amants de demain (1959); Les Bodin's en Thaïlande (2021); Les chansons d'abord (2013); Les grands du rire (2007); Les grosses têtes (2022); Les hommes de Piaf (2002); Les mômes (1999); Les stars chantent Piaf pour Plus de Vie (2008); Les Trésors de... (2020); Letters to Santa 4 (2021); L'Explorateur urbain (2001–2006); Ley Sing (2019); Life Is Beautiful (1958); L'invité (2020); L'invité du dimanche (1968); Little Beau Pepé (1952); Livshunger (2002); L'Occupation sans relâche - Les artistes pendant la guerre (2010); L'ombre au tableau (2016); L'ombre d'un doute (2014); Lord of War (2005); Lotta & der Ernst des Lebens (2012); Love 101 (2020–2021); Love Me If You Dare (2003); Ma mère (2004); Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour (2016); Magic of Marlene (1965); Magicians (2007); Map of the Sounds of Tokyo (2009); Marcel Cerdan, gentleman boxeur ou l'homme et les gants (1997); Masked Singer Suomi (2020); Max Liebman Presents: Promenade (1955); Max Liebman Presents: The Maurice Chevalier Show (1956); McCartney 3,2,1 (2021); Memòries de la tele (2007–2009); Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (2008); Met Stars Live in Concert (2021); Midi Trente (1974); Miranda (2013); Mireille Mathieu - Singen, nur singen! (2021); Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018); Misslyckandena i mitt liv (2021); Mister Lonely (2007); Mit 50/50 liv (2016); Modigliani (2004); Monkey Dust (2003); Monsieur Montand (1997); Montand (1994); Monte Carlo (2011); Montmartre (2005); Montmartre sur Seine (1941); Moon in the 12th House (2015); Morfi, todos a la mesa (2017); Moxie (2021); Mr. Bigstuff (2024); Mr. Saturday Night (1992); Mulheres Ricas (2012); Murder, She Wrote (1987); Música de siempre (1958); My Hindu Friend (2015); My Summer of Love (2004); Napoleon (2023); Natural Born Killers (1994); Ne zalim ni zbog cega (2016); Nicholas on Holiday (2014); Night Train to Venice (1993); Nine Boys, One Heart (1948); No me la puc treure del cap (2012); Nobody Loves Me (1994); Noches de Casablanca (1963); Nous nous sommes tant aimés (2012); Nouvelle Star (2003); O Ses Türkiye (2011); Oh Les Filles! (2019); Omnibus (1970); On Any Saturday (2007); On n'est pas couché (2020); One Against the Wind (1991); Only Fools and Horses (1996); Operation: Rabbit (1952); ORTF, ils ont inventé la télévision (2020); Our Flag Means Death (2023); Pain and Glory (2019); Pam til Paris (2014); Paprika (1991); Paris 2024: XXXIII Olympic Summer Games (2024); Paris Calligrammes (2020); Paris chante toujours! (1951); Pariser Journal (1962); Peninta-peninta (2006); Pensando Sin Cansarme (2023); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1953–1961); Piaf (1984); Piaf Intime (2013); Piaf, cet obscur sujet de désir (2007); Piaf, sans amour on n'est rien du tout (2003); Piaf: Her Story, Her Songs (2003); Piaf: Hymnes à la môme (2013); Piaf: The Early Years (1974); Picture Windows (1994); Piedras (2002); Ponto da poesia (2011); Portrait of Petula (1969); Pot au feu (1967); Preacher (2017); Pretty Little Liars (2014); Princess (2006); Prostituta (2011); Queens of Heartache (2006); Ready to Wear (1994); Relic Hunter (2000); Rembob'Ina (2022); Remembering Brian Mulroney (2024); Rendez-vous avec Maurice Chevalier n°2 (1957); Rendez-vous avec... (1958); Rendezvous in Paris (1961); Rendez-vous with Maurice Chevalier (2021); Rosa von Praunheim zeigt (1975); Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954); Ruby Blue (2007); Rush Hour 3 (2007); Sábado noche (1987); Sabrina (1954 / 1995); Sacrée soirée (1991); Same Old Song (1997); Saving Notre-Dame (2020); Saving Private Ryan (1998); Scent-imental Romeo (1951); Seduced and Abandoned (2013); Shirley MacLaine at the Lido (1979); Show & Co. mit Carlo (1985); Showtime, U.S.A. (1950); Silvestr 1967: S nasinci kolem Evropy (1967); Siméon (1992); Skeppsholmen (2003); Sobhraj, or How to Be Friends with a Serial Killer (2004); Something Like Summer (2017); Something's Gotta Give (2003); Somewhere Over the Rainbow (2014); Songs of All Nations (1952); Sport am Montag (1988); SRF Kultur: Stars (2010); Stage Fright (1950); Stars 90 (1993); Sueños de última cena (2010); Summer of Sam (1999); Supernatural (2016); Sur toute la gamme (1954); Sweet Bear O' Mine (2022); Tage und Nächte in Paris (2004); Talk to Me (2022); Tanssii tähtien kanssa (2022); Ted Lasso (2020); Télé dimanche (1968–1970); Télématin (2020); Television (1985); Television Theater (2007); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The Bell Telephone Hour (1964); The Benny Hill Show (1986); The Big Record (1957); The Big Smoke (2024); The Bucket List (2007); The Bugs Bunny/Road-Runner Movie (1979); The Butterfly (2002); The Cheap Detective (1978); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1951); Thé dansant (1985); The Dead Mother (1993); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958); The Dreamers (2003); The Ed Sullivan Show (1950–1967); The Eddy Duchin Story (1956); The Eiffel Power (2012); The Escort (1999); The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021); The Faye Emerson Show (1950); The Front Room (2024); The Gentlemen (2024); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1956); The George Burns Show (1958); The Gisele MacKenzie Show (1957); The Good Old Days (1972); The Good Wife (2013); The Hollywood Palace (1965); The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014); The Irishman (2019); The Island (2011); The Jack Benny Program (1959); The Last Campaign (2013); The Last Yellow (1999); The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (2006); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017); The Men's Club (1986); The Mother and the Whore (1973); The Music of Erich Zann (2009); The New Look (2024); The New Snow White (2011); The Other Woman (2014); The Paramedic (2020); The Prize Pest (1951); The Quiet American (2002); The Rainbow Thief (1990); The Real Thing (2018); The Round Up (2010); The Royal Variety Performance 1974 (1974); The Simpsons (2003–2018); The Sky Above, the Mud Below (1961); The Switch Drag Race (2015); The Tit and the Moon (1994); The Voice (2012); The Voice of Firestone (1956); The Winner (1961); The Wonder Years (1989); The Yacoubian Building (2006); Thermidor (1964); Thilia Thalia (2001); Thomas Dutronc: La vie en rose (2020); Three Seats for the 26th (1988); Tid til at leve (1974); Tijd voor MAX (2021); To gamilio party (2008); To the Ends of the Earth (2019); Toute la chanson (1960–1961); Tove (2020); Towelhead (2007); Treme (2010); Tu cara me suena - Argentina (2014); Tu cara me suena (2011–2016); Twenty Hours (1965); Two Scent's Worth (1955); Un Français nommé Gabin (2017); Un jour, un destin (2008); Un siècle d'écrivains (1995); Uncle Saddam (2000); Une rue (1950); Unser Auto wird 100 (1985); Ute Lemper: Illusions (1992); Valiant (2005); Vegas: The City the Mob Made (2009); View from the Top (2003); Viva el espectáculo (1990); Viva la Diva: Darcey Bussell and Katherine Jenkins (2008); Vivement dimanche (2007); Voice of Land (2021); WALL·E (2008); We (2021); We, the People (1949); Wednesday (2022); Weekend with the Stars Telethon (1985); Who's Doing the Dishes? (2016); Why Women Kill (2021); Wilson chante Montand (2017); Women in Love (2003); X-Men: First Class (2011); You Are Not Alone: Crohn's & Colitis UK National Campaign (2016); Yves Montand entre en scène (2021); Zeg 'ns Aaa (1985); Zervakis & Opdenhövel. Live. (2022); Zoom (2015).

Born on this day – Roy Ward Baker:

Roy Ward Baker

Director

December 19, 1916 – October 5, 2010

Born on this day – Cicely Tyson:

Cicely Tyson

Actress

December 19, 1924 – January 28, 2021

Born on this day – Aki Aleong:

 

Aki Aleong

Actor

Producer

Director

December 19, 1934 – June 24, 2025

Credits:

100 Hollywood Stars (2017); A.P.O. 923 (1962); Abduction (2019); Adventures in Paradise (1960); Agents of Secret Stuff (2010); Airwolf (1984); Alien Zombie Cell (2025); As the World Turns (1981–1983); Asian Assassin (2025); Ass Clowns: Constipated (2021); Awaken Young King (date?); Babylon 5 (1994); Bachelor Father (1961); Ben Casey (1961); Beverly Hills Madam (1986); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1994); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / Segment: Tribal Curse (1998); Beyond the Game (2016); Blizhniy Boy: The Ultimate Fighter (2007); Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988); Breaking the Silence (1992); Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story (1997); Buckskin (1968); Cadillac Respect (2026); Cagney & Lacey (1986); Chicago Hope (2000); China Beach (1990); Chinaman's Chance: America's Other Slaves (2008); City Beat Live (2015); Command & Conquer: Generals (2003); Curb Your Enthusiasm (2001); Dark Avenger (1990); Dark World (2008); Dawna of the Darkness (2019–2021); Deadly Target (1994); Devil's Express (1976); Dr. Kildare (1963); Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993); Dragonfight (1990); Edge (2013); Elephant Stomp (2021); Eye on Entertainment (2013–2021); Farewell to the King (1989); Faster Than the Speed of Light (2015); Fight or Die (2016); Finding Purpose: The Road to Redemption (2019); Fist of Legend (1994); Fist of the Dragon (2014); Fit to Kill (1993); Frame of Mind (2003); From Chile with Love (2025); From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One (1992); Funny Pages (2022); General Electric Theater (1958); General Hospital (1985); Hawaiian Eye (1961); Hazel (1965); Hey Moe, Hey Dad! (2015); Hong Kong (1960–1961); House Arrest (2012); House of Sand and Fog (2003); Hunter (1988); I Spy (1965); I Want Him Dead (2010); IN3DRAGON (2022 / 2025); Internal Affairs (1988); JAG (1996–1997); Jake and the Fatman (1990); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2007); Jimmy Stomp the Bodyguards (2025); Jugular Wine: A Vampire Odyssey (1994); Kuffs (1992); Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1996); L.A. County 187 (2003); L.A. Heat (1999); L.A. Law (1986); Level 26: Dark Prophecy (2010); Lewis & Clark & George (1997); Lost Warrior: Left Behind (2008); Love Me Like I Do (1970); Mancuso, FBI (1989); Martial Law (1998); Miss America: Behind the Crown (1992); Missing Brendan (2003); MoreHorror in Hollywood (2013); Motorcycle Gang (1957); My Grandpa the Assassin (2025); My Redneck Neighbor: Chapter 1 - The Rednecks Are Coming (2024); My Redneck Neighbor: Chapter 2 - Let the Games Begin (2024); Never So Few (1959); No Down Payment (1957); Operation Bikini (1963); Out for Blood (1992); Over the Brooklyn Bridge (1984); Palace of the Damned (2013); Paranormal Activity Security Squad (2016); Perfect Assassins (1998); Picket Fences (1996); Pound of Flesh (2015); Power Rangers Wild Force (2002); Producers' Showcase (1956); Raven (1993); Reasonable Doubts (1991); Return Of The Prince Of Light (2018); Road to Hell (2017); Robert Montgomery Presents (1957); RoboWoman (2019); Roswell (2002); Sam Benedict (1962); Sarogeto (2021); Savage Dog (2017); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1986); Sci-Fighter (2004); Scorpion Girl (2017); SeaQuest 2032 (1994); Seven Days (1999); She Always... (2009); Stomp Kid (2025); Street Hawk (1985); Street Justice (1991–1992); Superhero Movie (2008); Suspense (2016); Tales of the Gold Monkey (1983); The Adventures of Umbweki (2009); The Assassin Unleashed (2023); The A-Team (1986); The Brothers Brannagan (1960); The Cable Guy (1996); The Californians (1957); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1960–1961); The Dark Forest (2014); The Deadly Frontier (2008); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963); The Edge of Night (1983); The Force (1994); The Hanoi Hilton (1987); The Hunters (1958); The Hustle (2008); The Independent (2000); The Islanders (1960–1961); The Jimmy Star Show with Ron Russell (2017); The Leather Man (2025); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1960); The Making of 'Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story' (1993); The Monkey King's Daughter (2025); The Outer Limits (1963–1964); The Quest (1996); The Seoul Survivor (2016); The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze (1963); The Tycoon (1964); The Universe Multicultural Film Festival in 2018 (2018); The Virginian (1967); The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1965–1966); Tidal Wave: No Escape (1997); Tour of Duty (1990); Ultimate Justice (2017); V (1984–1985); Veritas: The Quest (2003); Walker, Texas Ranger (1993); War of the Worlds (1990); You Bet Your Life (1958).

Born on this day – Marlene Clark:

Marlene Clark

Actress

Animator

Model

December 19, 1937 – May 18, 2023

Born on this day – Peter H. Hunt:

Peter H. Hunt

Director

Producer

Lighting designer

December 19, 1938 – April 26, 2020

Credits:

A Cry from the Streets (1958); Assassination (1987); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1953–1959); Damn the Defiant! (1962); Deadline Midnight (1961); Death Hunt (1981); Doublecross (1956); Dr. No (1962); Eyes of a Witness (1991); Ferry to Hong Kong (1959); Gold (1974); Goldfinger (1964); Gulliver's Travels (1977); Hell in Korea (1956); Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star (1986); Loss of Innocence (1961); Next to No Time! (1958); Night Games (1980); On the Fiddle (1961); Paradise Lagoon (1957); Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983); Probation Officer (1960); Rough Cut (1980); Salute to Show Business (1957); Shirley's World (1972); Shout at the Devil (1976); Sink the Bismarck! (1960); Strange Portrait (1966); The Beasts Are on the Streets (1978); The Ipcress File (1965); The Last Days of Pompeii (1984); The Persuaders! (1971); The Persuaders! (1971); The Secret Tent (1956); The Six Proud Walkers (1954); The Venusian (1954); There Was a Crooked Man (1960); This Man Craig (1966); This Week (1956–1959); Touch and Go (1955); Wild Geese II (1985).

Born on this day – Robert Urich:

Robert Urich

Actor

Producer

December 19, 1946 – April 16, 2002

On this day in movie and book history - A Clockwork Orange (1971)

A Clockwork Orange

directed and written by Stanley Kubrick,

based on the novel by Anthony Burgess,

was released in Canada on December 19, 1971.

Music by Wendy Carlos.

Cast:

Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, John Clive, Adrienne Corri, Carl Duering, Paul Farrell, Clive Francis, Michael Gover, Miriam Karlin, James Marcus, Aubrey Morris, Godfrey Quigley, Sheila Raynor, Madge Ryan, Anthony Sharp, Philip Stone, Michael Tarn, David Prowse, Carol Drinkwater, Steven Berkoff, Margaret Tyzack, Pauline Taylor.

Recommended reading - A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange

by Anthony Burgess.
 
Filmed in 1971 by Stanley Kubrick.
 
First published 1962.
 
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0393341763
ISBN-13: 978-0393341768
 
Description:
 
One of Esquire's 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time.
 
“A brilliant novel.… [A] savage satire on the distortions of the single and collective minds.” – New York Times.
 

In Anthony Burgess’s influential nightmare vision of the future, where the criminals take over after dark, the story is told by the central character, Alex, a teen who talks in a fantastically inventive slang that evocatively renders his and his friends’ intense reaction against their society. Dazzling and transgressive, A Clockwork Orange is a frightening fable about good and evil and the meaning of human freedom. This edition includes the controversial last chapter not published in the first edition, and Burgess’s introduction, “A Clockwork Orange Resucked.”

On this day in movie and book history - Raging Bull (1980)

Raging Bull

directed by Martin Scorsese,

written by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin,

based on the book Raging Bull: My Story by Jake LaMotta, Peter Savage and Joseph Carter,

was released in the United States on December 19, 1980.

Main theme music: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni.

Cast:

Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Frank Vincent, Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana, Mario Gallo, Frank Adonis, Joseph Bono, Frank Topham, Lori Anne Flax, Charles Scorsese, Don Dunphy, Bill Hanrahan, Rita Bennett, James V. Christy, Bernie Allen, Floyd Anderson, Gene LeBell, Harold Valan, Victor Magnotta, Johnny Barnes, John Thomas, Kenny Davis, Paul Carmello, Jimmy Lennon Sr., Bobby Rings, Kevin Mahon, Marty Denkin, Shay Duffin, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Dick Whittington, Jack Lotz, Kevin Breslin, Louis Raftis, Frank Shain, Coley Wallace, Fritzie Higgins, George Latka, Fred Dennis, Robert B. Loring, Johnny Turner, Vern De Paul, Chuck Hassett, Ken Richards, Peter Fain, Billy Varga, Harvey Parry, Ted Husing, Michael Badalucco, Thomas Beansy Lobasso, Paul Forrest, Peter Petrella, Sal Serafino Tomassetti, Geraldine Smith, Mardik Martin, Maryjane Lauria, Linda Artuso, Peter Savage, Daniel P. Conte, Joe Malanga, Sabine Turco Jr., Steve Orlando, Silvio García Jr., John Arceri, Joseph A. Morale, James Dimodica, Robert Uricola, Andrea Orlando, Allan Malamud, D.J. Blair, Laura James, Richard McMurray, Mary Albee, Lisa Katz, Candy Moore, Richard A. Berk, Theodore Saunders, Noah Young, Nick Trisko, Lou Tiano, Bob Evan Collins, Wally K. Berns, Allen Joseph, Bob Aaron, Glenn Leigh Marshall, Martin Scorsese, Joseph Bergmann, Scott Crawford, Dennis Crosswhite, Robert Dahdah, Bruno DiGiorgi, Marty Farrell, Bobby Giordano, R. Michael Givens, Charles Guardino, Bob Harks, Chuck Hicks, Michael Charles Hill, Leonard B. John, Walt La Rue, Angelo Lamonea, David LeBell, Tony Lip, Bill Mazer, Thomas Murphy, Dennis O'Neill, Gil Perkins, Gene Poe, Jerry Schram, Glenn Stanton, John Turturro, McKenzie Westmore, Jimmy Williams.

Recommended reading - Raging Bull

Raging Bull: My Story

by Jake LaMotta, Peter Savage and Joseph Carter.

Introduction by Nick Tosches.
 
Filmed as Raging Bull (1980), directed by Martin Scorsese.
 
First published 1970.
Published by Da Capo Press.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0306808080
ISBN-13: 978-0306808081
 
Description:
 

Meet Jake LaMotta: thief, rapist, killer. Raised in the Bronx slums, he fought on the streets, got sent to reform school, and served time in prison. Trusting no one, slugging everyone, he beat his wife, his best friends, even the mobsters who kept the title just out of reach. But the same forces that made him a criminal – fear, rage, jealousy, self-hate, guilt – combined with his drive and intelligence to make him a winner in the ring. At age twenty-seven, after eight years of fighting, he became Middleweight Champion of the World, a hero to thousands. Then, at the peak of success, he fell apart and began a swift, harrowing descent into nightmare. Raging Bull, the Bronx Bull's brutally candid memoir, tells it all – fights, jails, sex, money – surpassing, in hard-hitting prose, even the movie that immortalized it.

On this day in movie history - Platoon (1986)

Platoon

directed and written by Oliver Stone,

was released in the United States on December 19, 1986.

Music by Georges Delerue.

Main theme: Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber.

Cast:

Keith David, Forest Whitaker, Francesco Quinn, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Reggie Johnson, Mark Moses, Corey Glover, Johnny Depp, Chris Pedersen, Bob Orwig, Corkey Ford, David Neidorf, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Richard Edson, Tony Todd, Kevin Eshelman, James Terry McIlvain, J. Adam Glover, Ivan Kane, Paul Sanchez, Dale Dye, Peter Hicks, Basile Achara, Steve Barredo, Chris Castillejo, Andrew B. Clark, Bernardo Manalili, Than Rogers, Li Thi Van, Clarisa Ortacio, Romy Sevilla, Mathew Westfall, Nick Nicholson, Warren McLean, Li Mai Thao, Ron Barracks, H. Gordon Boos, Brad Cassini, John Denny, Mark Ebenhoch, Robert 'Rock' Galotti, Ken Glover, Eric Hahn, Berto Spoor, Oliver Stone, Henry Strzalkowski.

On this day in movie history - No Mercy (1986)

No Mercy

directed by Richard Pearce,

written by Jim Carabatsos,

was released in the United States on December 19, 1986.

Music by Alan Silvestri.

Cast:

Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Jeroen Krabbé, George Dzundza, Gary Basaraba, William Atherton, Terry Kinney, Bruce McGill, Ray Sharkey, Marita Geraghty, Aleta Mitchell, Fred Gratton, Dionisio, Ray Brown, Kim Chan, George Dickerson, Raynor Scheine, Carl Gordon, Victoria Edwards, Annalee Jefferies, Ed Nakamoto, John Snyder, Caris Corfman, Pearl Jones, John Schluter, Mike Bacarella, Charles S. Dutton, Harold Evans, Dave Petitjean, Stephen Payne, Leon Rippy, Bill Hart, Thomas Rosales Jr., Randall Trepagnier, Rogers G. Martin, Murphy Taylor, Alvin D. Bailey Sr., Nat Elmore, Joan Duvalle, Shelton Magee, Khon Reid, Helen Yu-shin McKay, Beau Holden, Robert J. Maxwell, Ely Pouget, Valarie Trapp.

On this day in movie history - Open Your Eyes (1997)

 

Open Your Eyes

Spanish title: Abre los ojos

directed by Alejandro Amenábar,

written by Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil,

was released in Spain on December 19, 1997.

Music by Alejandro Amenábar and Mariano Marín.

 

Cast:

Eduardo Noriega, Penelope Cruz, Chete Lera, Fele Martinez, Najwa Nimri, Gerard Barray, Jorge de Juan, MiguelEduardo Noriega, Penelope Cruz, Chete Lera, Fele Martinez, Najwa Nimri, Gerard Barray, Jorge de Juan, Miguel Palenzuela, Pedro Miguel Martinez, Ion Gabella, Joserra Cadiñanos, Tristan Ulloa, Pepe Navarro, Jaro, Walter Prieto, Carola Angulo, Fanny Gautier, Luis Garcia, Javier Martin, Jose Angel Egido, Ricardo Cruz, Raul Otegui, Pepe (cat), Alejandro Amenábar, Luis Fernandez de Eribe, Isabel Serrano.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958)

M Squad
Season 2. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: Contraband.

Released December 19, 1958.

Directed by Don Medford.

Written by Merwin Gerard.

Music by Buddy Bregman.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Ross Martin, Marti Stevens, King Calder, Bill Cord, Thom Carney.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation (1992)

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 6. Episode 11.

Episode entitled: Chain Of Command, Part II.

Released December 19, 1992.

Directed by Les Landau.

Written by Frank Abatemarco, Brannon Braga, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast:

Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Ronny Cox, John Durbin, David Warner, Heather Lauren Olson, Majel Barrett, Michael Braveheart, Cameron, Tracee Cocco, Eben Ham, Melanie Hathorn, Christi Haydon, Mic Rodgers, Michael Tierney.

On this day in television history - Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2021)

Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Season 1. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Reality.

Released December 19, 2021.

Developed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki.

Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki.

Written by Brandon Auman, Margaret Dunlap, Eugene Son, Alex de Campi.

Based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick.

Opening theme: Feel You Now by Alessia Cara.

Music by Michael Hodges, Gerald Trottman.

Cast:

Jessica Henwick, Will Yun Lee, Brian Cox, Wes Bentley, Samira Wiley, Henry Czerny, Ely Henry, Laura Post, Keith Ferguson, Shinshû Fuji, Takaya Hashi, Takako Honda, Takehito Koyasu, Tony Nakajima, Akio Nojima, Arisa Shida.