Epictetus, on reading and writing:

 
If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write.

– Epictetus.

Born on this day – Elinor Glyn:

Elinor Glyn

Writer

October 17, 1864 – September 23, 1943

Credits:

The Visits Of Elizabeth (1901); The Seventh Commandment (1902); The Reflections Of Ambrosine (1903); The Vicissitudes of Evangeline (1905); Beyond the Rocks (1906); Three Weeks (1907); Elizabeth Visits America (1909); His Hour (1910); Halcyone (1912); Love Itself (1912); The Reason Why (1912); Guinevere's Lover (1913); The Sequence (1913); Your Affectionate Godmother (1914); The Career of Katherine Bush (1916); Family (1919); The Price Of Things (1924); Six Days (1924); The Great Moment (1925); Man and Maid (1925); This Passion Called Love (1925); Love's Blindness (1926); It (1927); The Man and the Moment (1927); Eternal Youth (1928); Red Hair (1928); Glorious Flames (1932); Love's Hour (1932); Such Men are Dangerous (1933); Sooner Or Later (1934); The Contrast and Other Stories (1913); The Three Things (1915); Destruction (1918); The Point Of View (1920); The Elinor Glyn System of Writing (1922); The Philosophy of Love (1923); The Wrinkle Book, Or, How to Keep Looking Young (1927); Romantic Adventure (1937); Keep Young and Beautiful (1982).

Born on this day – Spring Byington:

Spring Byington

Actress

October 17, 1886 – September 7, 1971

Credits:

The Flying Nun (1968); Blondie (1968); I Dream of Jeannie (1967); Batman (1966); Dr. Kildare (1965); Kentucky Jones (1965); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); Mister Ed (1963); Laramie (1961–1963); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960); The Tab Hunter Show (1960); Goodyear Theatre (1960); The Detectives (1960); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960); December Bride (1954–1959); Strange Stories (1956); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); Studio 57 (1956); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); The Rocket Man (1954); The Danny Thomas Show (1953); Because You're Mine (1952); No Room for the Groom (1952); Bannerline (1951); Angels in the Outfield (1951); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); According to Mrs. Hoyle (1951); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950–1951); Walk Softly, Stranger (1950); Devil's Doorway (1950); The Skipper Surprised His Wife (1950); Louisa (1950); Please Believe Me (1950); The Reformer and the Redhead (1950); The Big Wheel (1949); In the Good Old Summertime (1949); B.F.'s Daughter (1948); It Had to Be You (1947); Singapore (1947); Cynthia (1947); Living in a Big Way (1947); My Brother Talks to Horses (1947); Faithful in My Fashion (1946); Little Mister Jim (1946); Dragonwyck (1946); A Letter for Evie (1946); Meet Me on Broadway (1946); Captain Eddie (1945); Thrill of a Romance (1945); Salty O'Rourke (1945); The Enchanted Cottage (1945); I'll Be Seeing You (1944); Reward Unlimited (1944); The Heavenly Body (1944); Sucker Bait (1943); Heaven Can Wait (1943); Presenting Lily Mars (1943); The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942); The Affairs of Martha (1942); Rings on Her Fingers (1942); Roxie Hart (1942); The Vanishing Virginian (1942); When Ladies Meet (1941); Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941); The Devil and Miss Jones (1941); Meet John Doe (1941); Arkansas Judge (1941); Lucky Partners (1940); My Love Came Back (1940); On Their Own (1940); Young as You Feel (1940); Laddie (1940); The Blue Bird (1940); A Child Is Born (1939); Too Busy to Work (1939); Quick Millions (1939); Chicken Wagon Family (1939); The Jones Family in Hollywood (1939); The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939); Everybody's Baby (1939); Down on the Farm (1938); You Can't Take It with You (1938); Safety in Numbers (1938); A Trip to Paris (1938); Jezebel (1938); Love on a Budget (1938); Penrod and His Twin Brother (1938); The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938); The Buccaneer (1938); The Jones Family in Borrowing Trouble (1937); Hot Water (1937); It's Love I'm After (1937); Hotel Haywire (1937); The Road Back (1937); Big Business (1937); Family Affair (1937); Penrod and Sam (1937); Green Light (1937); Clarence (1937); Off to the Races (1937); Theodora Goes Wild (1936); The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936); The Girl on the Front Page (1936); Dodsworth (1936); Stage Struck (1936); Back to Nature (1936); Palm Springs (1936); Educating Father (1936); Every Saturday Night (1936); The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936); The Great Impersonation (1935); Broadway Hostess (1935); Ah Wilderness! (1935); Mutiny on the Bounty (1935); Way Down East (1935); Orchids to You (1935); Love Me Forever (1935); Werewolf of London (1935); Little Women (1933); Papa's Slay Ride (1930).

Born on this day – Richard Connell:

Richard Connell

Writer

October 17, 1893 – November 22, 1949

Credits:

Books:

The Mad Lover (1927); Murder at Sea (1929); Playboy (1936); What Ho! (1937); The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and Other Humorous Tales (1922); The Most Dangerous Game and Other Stories of Adventure (2021); The Most Dangerous Game (aka The Hounds of Zaroff) (1924); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957); The Ghouls Book 1 (1971).

Movies and television:

A Game of Death (1945); Actor's Studio (1949); Balalaika (1939); Bloodlust! (1961); Bright Lights (1925); Brother Orchid (1940); Cheer Up and Smile (1930); Dark Streets (1929); Doctor Rhythm (1938); Double Trouble (1953); East of Broadway (1924); F-Man (1936); General Electric Theater (1958); Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945); Hired Wife (1940); Hounds of Zaroff (2016); Love on Toast (1937); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Luxury Liner (1948); Meet John Doe (1941); Most Dangerous Game (2020–2023); New Year's Eve (1929); Nice Girl? (1941); No Place to Go (1927); Okusama ni shirasu bekarazu (1937); Our Relations (1936); Painted People (1924); Presenting Lily Mars (1943); Rio Rita (1942); Run for the Sun (1956); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Seven Faces (1929); Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity (1987); The Cowboy and the Lady (1938); The Dangerous Game (1953); The Kid from Brooklyn (1946); The Milky Way (1936); The most compassionate game (2021); The Most Dangerous Game (1932 / 2022); The Suckers (1972); The Woman Hunt (1972); Thrill of a Romance (1945); Two Girls and a Sailor (1944).

Born on this day – Jean Arthur:

Jean Arthur

Actress

October 17, 1900 – June 19, 1991

Credits:

4 Clowns (1970); A Foreign Affair (1948); A Lady Takes a Chance (1943); A Man of Nerve (1925); Adventure in Manhattan (1936); AFI Life Achievement Award (1980); America at the Movies (1976); American Masters (1989); Arizona (1940); Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (2001); Biff Bang Buddy (1924); Bigger and Better Blondes (1927); Billy Wilder Speaks (2006); Born to Battle (1926); Bringin' Home the Bacon (1924); Brotherly Love (1928); Cameo Kirby (1923); Case Dismissed (1924); Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl (1999); Compression (2023–2024); Danger Lights (1930); Diamond Jim (1935); Double Daring (1926); Easy Living (1937); Eight-Cylinder Bull (1926); Ex-Bad Boy (1931); False Positive (2021); Fast and Fearless (1924); Flying Luck (1927); Frank Capra Jr. Remembers... Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1999); Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero (1998); George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984); Get That Venus (1933); Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984); Gunsmoke (1965); Half Way to Heaven (1929); Hello Lafayette (1927); History Is Made at Night (1937); Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969); Horse Shoes (1927); Husband Hunters (1927); If You Could Only Cook (1935); I'll Be There (1927); Lightning Bill (1926); Monks a la Mode (1923); More Than a Secretary (1936); Most Precious Thing in Life (1934); Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); My Little Brother (1924); Only Angels Have Wings (1939); Paramount op parade (1930); Party Wire (1935); Public Hero Number 1 (1935); Ridin' Rivals (1926); Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12 (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No 10 (1940); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 (1939); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 2 (1939); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 24 (1930); Seven Chances (1925); Shane (1953); Sins of the Fathers (1928); Somebody Lied (1923); Spring Fever (1923); Stairs of Sand (1929); Street of Chance (1930); Stu's Show (2023); Tearin' Loose (1925); The Block Signal (1926); The Broken Gate (1927); The Canary Murder Case (1929); The College Boob (1926); The Cowboy Cop (1926); The Defense Rests (1934); The Devil and Miss Jones (1941); The Drug Store Cowboy (1925); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955); The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936); The Fighting Cheat (1926); The Fighting Smile (1925); The Gang Buster (1931); The Greene Murder Case (1929); The Hurricane Horseman (1925); The Impatient Years (1944); The Jean Arthur Show (1966); The Lady with the Torch (1999); The Lawyer's Secret (1931); The Mad Racer (1926); The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988); The Masked Menace (1927); The Merv Griffin Show (1973–1974); The More the Merrier (1943); The Movies (2019); The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929); The Past of Mary Holmes (1933); The Plainsman (1936); The Poor Nut (1927); The Powerful Eye (1924); The Public Menace (1935); The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu (1930); The Roaring Rider (1926); The Saturday Night Kid (1929); The Silver Horde (1930); The Talk of the Town (1942); The Whole Town's Talking (1935); This Is Your Life (1955); Thundering Romance (1924); Thundering Through (1925); Too Many Husbands (1940); Travelin' Fast (1924); Twisted Triggers (1926); Under Fire (1926); Virtuous Husband (1931); Wallflowers (1928); Warming Up (1928); Whirlpool (1934); Wine of Youth (1924); Winners of the Wilderness (1927); Yesterday and Today (1953); You Can't Take It with You (1938); Young Eagles (1930).

Born on this day – Nathanael West:

Nathanael West

Writer

October 17, 1903 – December 22, 1940

Credits:
 
Novels, plays, short stories:

A Cool Million (1934); Even Stephen (1934); Good Hunting (1938); Miss Lonelyhearts (1933); Nathanael West, Novels and Other Writings (1997); The Day of the Locust (1939); The Dream Life of Balso Snell (1931); The Imposter (date?); Western Union Boy (date?).

 

Movies and television:

Advice to the Forlorn (1933); American Playhouse (1983); Born to Be Wild (1938); Five Came Back (1939); Follow Your Heart (1936); Gangs of New York (1938); I Stole a Million (1939); I'll Tell the World (1945); It Could Happen to You (1937); Let's Make Music (1940); Lonelyhearts (1958); Men Against the Sky (1940); Rhythm in the Clouds (1937); Slecna Dusehojivá (2000); Stranger on the Third Floor (1940); The Day of the Locust (1975); The President's Mystery (1936); The Spirit of Culver (1939); Ticket to Paradise (1936).

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).

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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Margot Kidder:

Margot Kidder

Actress

October 17, 1948 – May 13, 2018

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 – Sam Bottoms:

Sam Bottoms

Actor

Producer

October 17, 1955 – December 16, 2008

Born on this day – Norm Macdonald:

Norm Macdonald

Comedian

Actor

Writer

October 17, 1959 – September 14, 2021

Born on this day – Andy Whitfield:

Andy Whitfield

Actor

October 17, 1971 – September 11, 2011

Credits:

18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2012); All Saints (2004); Be Here Now (2015); Chelsea Lately (2010); Gabriel (2007); Gabriel: Behind the Madness (2008); Infini (2015); McLeod's Daughters (2008); Out of the Blue (2008); Packed to the Rafters (2008); Project: Comic-Con (2010); Red Eye w/Tom Shillue (2010); Spartacus (2010); Special Collector's Edition (2011); The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2011); The Clinic (2010); The Osiris Child: Virtual Sets (2017); The Strip (2008).

On this day in movie history - Julie (1956)

Julie

directed and written by Andrew L. Stone,

was released in the United States on October 17, 1956.

Music by Leith Stevens, Tom Adair and Leonard Pennario.

Cast:

Doris Day, Louis Jourdan, Barry Sullivan, Frank Lovejoy, Jack Kelly, Ann Robinson, Barney Phillips, Jack Kruschen, John Gallaudet, Carleton Young, Hank Patterson, Ed Hinton, Harlan Warde, Aline Towne, Eddie Marr, Joel Marston, Mae Marsh.

On this day in movie and book history - Bullitt (1968) and Mute Witness (1963)

Bullitt

directed by Peter Yates,

written by Alan R. Trustman and Harry Kleiner,

based on the novel Mute Witness, by Robert L. Pike,

was released in the United States on October 17, 1968.

Music by Lalo Schifrin.

Cast:

Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Don Gordon, Robert Duvall, Simon Oakland, Norman Fell, Georg Stanford Brown, Justin Tarr, Carl Reindel, Felice Orlandi, Vic Tayback, Robert Lipton, Ed Peck, Pat Renella, Paul Genge, John Aprea, Al Checco, Bill Hickman, Mal Alberts, Scott Beach, Mary Benoit, Barbara Bosson, Roger Bowen, Joy Carlin, Brandy Carroll, Joanna Cassidy, Julie Christy, Robert Cleaves, Tony Dario, Michael L. Davis, Jim Demarest, Chuck Dorsett, Thomas Duncan, Marjorie Eaton, Walker Edmiston, Sam Edwards, Mimi Fariña, Shirley Fitzgerald, Dick Geary, Frank Gerstle, Dennis Gribbon, Bob Harks, Stacy Harris, Bill Jones, Stu Klitsner, Jean Le Bouvier, Margo Lungreen, Larry D. Mann, Claire Merrill, Kathleen Morrissey, Ned Moss, Vic Perrin, Charlene Polite, Angel Sanchez Jr., Suzanne Somers, Eron Tabor, Liz Treadwell, John Vick, Erick Vinther, Regina Waldon.

Recommended reading:

Mute Witness

by Robert L. Pike.

Filmed as Bullitt (1968), directed by Peter Yates.

Paperback.
First published 1963.Published by Bloomsbury Paperbacks

ISBN 13: 9780747578628
ISBN 10: 0747578621
ASIN: 0747578621

Description:

'Rossi isn't dead yet. And from what I hear, the Rossi brothers are pretty tough monkeys.' Clancy's knuckles whitened on the steering wheel. 'Yeah,' he said. 'They're all tough monkeys. Until they lose those precious ten pints...' Lieutenant Clancy, a tough cop from New York's 52nd Precinct, has been handpicked for an assignment. Assistant District Attorney Chalmers needs him to protect a witness whose testimony is vital. That man is Johnny Rossi, an infamous gangster involved in every West Coast racket from prostitution to gambling, who has turned into a whistle-blower. Shacked up in a fleabag hotel, Rossi should be safe. But when a hood with a shotgun breaks past the police guard and blasts Rossi into a critical condition, Clancy has just seventy-two hours to find out why Chalmers can't keep his mouth shut about his so-called secret case, why Rossi came to New York in the first place, who else knows where he is and when they are coming to finish the job off.

On this day in movie history - The Projectionist (1970)

 

The Projectionist

directed and written by Harry Hurwitz,

was released at the Rochester Film Festival in the United States on October 17, 1970.

Music by Igo Kantor and Erma E. Levin.

 

Cast:

Chuck McCann, Ina Balin, Rodney Dangerfield, Jára Kohout, Harry Hurwitz, Mike Gentry, Lucky Kargo, David Holliday, Sam Stewart, Alex Stevens, Robert Lee, Stephen Philips, Morocco, Clara Rosenthal, Jacqueline Glenn, Robert Staats, Robert King, Rita Bennett, João Fernandes.