On this day in Star Trek history - Star Trek, Voyager (1968, 2000)

Star Trek
Season 3. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: The Paradise Syndrome.

Released October 4, 1968.

Directed by Jud Taylor.

Written by Margaret Armen, Arthur H. Singer.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast:

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, Marj Dusay, Sabrina Scharf, Rudy Solari, Richard Hale, Vincent St. Cyr, Naomi Newman, John Lindesmith, Peter Virgo Jr., Lamont Laird, George American Horse, Bill Blackburn, Roger Holloway, Foster Hood, Jeannie Malone.

 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 7. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: Unimatrix Zero Part II.

Released October 4, 2000.

Directed by Michael/Mike Vejar.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Brannon Braga, Joe Menosky, Michael/Mike Sussman, Michael Taylor, 

Robert Doherty.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast:

Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Mark Deakins, Jerome Butler, Joanna Heimbold, Susanna Thompson, Ryan Sparks, Andrew Palmer, Clay Storseth, Majel Barrett, Patrick Barnitt, Tarik Ergin, Susan Henley, Dieter Horneman, Irving E. Lewis, Brandon Nyte, Louis Ortiz, Stephen Pisani, Keith Rayve, Pablo Soriano, Phoenix Wong.

Betsy Byars, on writing:

 

Writing is like anything – baseball playing, piano playing, sewing, hammering nails.

The more you work on it, the better you get.
But it seems to take a longer time to get better at writing than hammering nails.
- Betsy Byars.

Born on this day – Damon Runyon:

Damon Runyon

Writer

October 4, 1880 – December 10, 1946

Credits:

Books:

The Tents of Trouble (1911); Rhymes of the Firing Line (1912); Guys and Dolls (1932); Little Miss Marker (1934); Money From Home (1935); More Than Somewhat (1937); Furthermore (1938); Take It Easy (1938); My Wife Ethel (1939); The Best of Runyon (1940); Damon Runyon Favorites (1942); Runyon a la Carte (1944); In Our Town (1946); The Three Wise Guys and Other Stories (1946); Poems for Men (1947); More Guys and Dolls (1950); Runyon On Broadway (1950); The Turps (1951); From First to Last (1954); A Treasury of Damon Runyon (1958); Slow Horses and Fast Women (1979); Guys and Dolls of Broadway (1986); Romance in the Roaring Forties and Other Stories (1986); Stories of Damon Runyan (1988); The Bloodhounds of Broadway and Other Stories (1990); Trials and Other Tribulations (1991); The Damon Runyon Omnibus (2001); Guys and Dolls and Other Writings (2008); The Informal Execution of Soupbone Pew (2010); A Slight Case of Murder (1940); My Old Man (1939); Short Takes (1946).

Movies and television:

40 Pounds of Trouble (1962); A New York State of Mind: Written by Damon Runyon (2007); A Slight Case of Murder (1938); A Very Honorable Guy (1934); Arm, aber Ehrlich (1964); At the Round Table (1930); At the Stroke of Twelve (1941); Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952 / 1989); Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists (2018); Broadway Stories (1994); Butch Minds the Baby (1942 / 1979); Butch passt aufs Baby auf (1961); Continental Showcase (1966); Daisy Kenyon (1947); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); Die Gräfin vom Naschmarkt (1980); George White's 1935 Scandals (1935); Guys and Dolls (1955); Hold 'Em Yale (1935); Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944); It Ain't Hay (1943); Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939); Johnny One-Eye (1950); Just a Cute Kid (1940); Lady for a Day (1933); Little Miss Marker (1934 / 1980); Madison Square Garden (1932); Midnight Alibi (1934); Million Dollar Ransom (1934); Miracles: The Canton Godfather (1989); Money from Home (1953); No Ransom (1934); Oh, Baby! (1926); Pocketful of Miracles (1961); Princess O'Hara (1935); Professional Soldier (1935); Racing Lady (1937); Sorrowful Jones (1949); Stop, You're Killing Me (1952); Straight Place and Show (1938); Suspense (1950); Talisman (1968); The 3 Wise Guys (1936); The Big Street (1942); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); The Great White Way (1924); The Lemon Drop Kid (1934 / 1951); The Pride of the Yankees (1942); Three Wise Guys (2004); Tight Shoes (1941).

Born on this day – Buster Keaton:

Buster Keaton

Actor

Comedian

Director

Stuntman

October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 30 Years of Fun (1963); 4 Clowns (1970); A Country Hero (1917); A Desert Hero (1919); A Forbidden Orange (2021); A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966); A Night at the Opera (1935); A Reckless Romeo (1917); A Southern Yankee (1948); A Tribute to Lucy (1989); Alberto Mazarro: Desvesiculado (2025); All Star Summer Revue (1952); Allez Oop! (1934); America After Dark (1957); America at the Movies (1976); American Experience (2021); American Masters (1989–2000); America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes (2010); America's Clown: An Intimate Biography of Red Skelton (2014); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Astronogeek (2025); At the Circus (1939); Back Stage (1919); Bathing Beauty (1944); Battling Butler (1926); Beach Blanket Bingo (1965); Beer Commercials of the 50s & 60s (2015); Best of Buster Keaton (2024); Big Band Treasures (2008); Biography (1987–2004); Blue Blazes (1936); Blue Skies Beyond the Looking Glass (2008); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Bob Monkhouse's Comedy Heroes (2004); Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006); Bollywood Hero (2009); Breath Death (1964); Broken Horses (2015); Buck Privates Come Home (1947); Burke's Law (1964); Buster Keaton and Fatty Roscoe Arbuckle (2002); Buster Keaton in Wildwest (1962); Buster Keaton Rides Again (1965); Buster Keaton, the Genius Destroyed by Hollywood (2016); Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow (1987); Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts (2006); Buster Keaton: Head Over Heels in Hollywood (2008); Buster Keaton: The Great Stone Face (1968); Buster se marie (1931); Buster's Bedroom (1991); Ça c'est du cinéma (1951); Calendar (1962); Camera Three (1970); Candid Camera (1962–1967); Candid Camera: 5 Decades of Smiles (2005); Candid Camera's 50th Anniversary (1996); Casanova wider Willen (1931); Casanova wider Willen (1931); Catalogue of Ships (2008); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2022); Celebrity Time (1950–1952); Century of Cinema (1995); Character Studies (1927); Charlie Chaplin, le génie de la liberté (2020); Cinéphiles de notre temps (2012); Clapper Board (1976); College (1927); Columbia Laff Hour (1956); Compression (2023); Coney Island (1917); Convict 13 (1920); Cops (1922); Court-circuit (2010); Crazy Days (1962); Cynthia (1947); Dans les yeux de Johnny Depp (2022); Day Dreams (1922); De frente, marchen (1930); Dieter & Andreas (1989); Ditto (1937); Doughboys (1930); Duels (2016); Easy Go (2010); Easy to Wed (1946); Edge of Outside (2006); Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015); El moderno Barba Azul (1946); E-penser (2022–2025); Es darf gelacht werden (1962); Estrellados (1930); Excuse My Dust (1951); Fast Company (1938); Film (1965); Film Breaks (1999); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Flicker Flashbacks No. 3, Series 2 (1944); Flickering Ghosts of Loves Gone By (2021); Forever and a Day (1943); Four Star Revue (1950–1952); Fractured Flickers (1963); Free and Easy (1930); Funny Business (1992); Funny Show Part Two: The Video - Movie (2012); General Nuisance (1941); George Jessel Show (1958); Go West (1925 / 1940); God's Country (1946); Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984); Good Night, Nurse! (1918); Grand Slam Opera (1936); Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981); Hard Luck (1921); Harold Lloyd: Hollywood's Timeless Comedy Genius (2017); Hayseed Romance (1935); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults (1999); His Ex Marks the Spot (1940); His Wedding Night (1917); Hit Celebrity TV Commercials (2004); Hollywood (1980); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hollywood Babylon (1971); Hollywood Cavalcade (1939); Hollywood Handicap (1938); Hollywood Hobbies (1939); Hollywood in Spanien (1966); Hollywood on Parade (1978); Hollywood on Parade No. A-13 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (1933); Hollywood on Television (1949–1953); Hollywood Rivals (2001); Hollywood Rivals: Chaplin vs Keaton (2006); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961); Hooray for Hollywood (1982); How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965); How We Got the Italian Movie Business Into Trouble: The True Story of Franco and Ciccio (2004); Hypertelia (2015); I Dood It (1943); In the Good Old Summertime (1949); In the Good Old Summertime Intro (2004); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); It's Showtime (1976); I've Got a Secret (1952–1957); Jail Bait (1937); Jeopardy! (2004); June Night (2020); Kaleidoscope (2015); Keaton: The Great Stone Face (1982); La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935); La profondeur de champs (2017); Landesschau (1962); L'Art de Buster Keaton (2001); Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic (2011); Le Fossoyeur de Films (2017); Le plombier amoureux (1932); Le roi des Champs-Élysées (1934); Legends (2008); Legends of Comedy (1993); Legends of World Cinema (2004); Les Douze Glorieuses de Buster Keaton (2017); L'Histoire nous le dira (2019); Life Begins at Eighty (1954); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); Life in Sometown, U.S.A. (1938); Life with Buster Keaton (1951); Lifetime of Comedy (1960); Li'l Abner (1940); Limelight (1952); L'incantevole nemica (1953); Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died (2022); Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938); Love Nest on Wheels (1937); Lucy and Desi (2022); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Magic with the Stars (1982); Make 'Em Laugh (1982); Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009); Make the Connection (1955); Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986); Matinee in New York (1952); Medicine Man (1962); Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! (2026); Mixed Magic (1936); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Mooching Through Georgia (1939); Moonage Daydream (2022); Moonshine (1918); Morir de humor (2008); Movie Star Commercials and Important Messages (1983); Mr. Reaper's Really Bad Morning (2004); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1963); Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007); Musings of the Classic Sherlock Holmes Actor (2022); My Wife's Relations (1922); Neighbors (1920); New Moon (1940); Nickelodeon Days (1962); Nordschau-Magazin (1962); Nothing But Pleasure (1940); Nothing But Trouble (1944); Off to See the Wizard (1967); Oh Buster, Where Art Thou? (2022); Oh Doctor! (1917); One Run Elmer (1935); One Week (1920); Our Hospitality (1923); Our Turn (2020); Out West (1918); Pajama Party (1964); Palooka from Paducah (1935); Paradise for Buster (1952); Pardon My Berth Marks (1940); Parlor, Bedroom and Bath (1931); Pest from the West (1939); Playhouse 90 (1958); Pritzker Military Library Presents (2009); Producers' Showcase (1956); Quick Millions (1939); Return of the General (1962); Révolutions surréalistes (2024); Rheingold Theatre (1954); Route 66 (1962); Salute to Stan Laurel (1965); San Diego I Love You (1944); Savoring the Scarecrow: Or Buster & the Sybil Trilogy (2011); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Screen Snapshots (1932); Screen Snapshots, Series 18, No. 12 (1939); Screen Snapshots, Series 19, No. 6: Hollywood Recreations (1940); Screen Snapshots, Series 21, No. 1 (1941); Screen Snapshots, Series 24, No. 9 (1945); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 15 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 3 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 5 (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 30, No. 9: Hollywood Pie Throwers (1951); Screen Snapshots, Series 5, No. 1 (1924); Screen Snapshots, Series 9, No. 11 (1930); Seeing Stars (1922); Sergeant Dead Head (1965); Serling (2026); Seven Chances (1925); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); She Went to the Races (1945); Sherlock Jr. (1924); She's Oil Mine (1941); Showtime, U.S.A. (1951); Sidewalks of New York (1931); Silent Clowns (2006); Silver Rainbow (2009); Slaphappy (2001–2003); Slapstick Encyclopedia, Vol. 4: Keaton, Arbuckle & St. John (1998); Slightly Dangerous (1943); Snarbuckled (2010); So Funny It Hurt: Buster Keaton & MGM (2004); So You Won't Squawk? (1941); Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949); Speak Easily (1932); Special Collector's Edition (2011); Spite Marriage (1929); Sprockets (1991); Stan Laurel Funeral (1965); Star of the Family (1950); Starring Dick Van Dyke (2025); Stars of the Silver Screen (2014); Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928); Streamlined Swing (1938); Stu's Show (2023); Sunday Showcase (1960); Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936); Sunset Boulevard (1950); Take It or Leave It (1944); Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949); Tales of Manhattan (1942); Tars and Stripes (1935); Telescope (1964); Televisión registrada (2012); Ten Girls Ago (1962); That Night with You (1945); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment! III (1994); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); That's the Spirit (1945); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The Actor's Society Benefit Gala (1949); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960); The Adventures of Mr. Pastry (1958); The All New Truth or Consequences (1963–1965); The Art of Action: Martial Arts in Motion Picture (2002); The Art of Buster Keaton (1995); The Arthur Murray Party (1951–1952); The Baby Cyclone (1928); The Balloonatic (1923); The Bell Boy (1918); The Best of Broadway (1954); The Betty White Show (1958); The Big Parade of Comedy (1964); The Blacksmith (1922); The Boat (1921); The Buster Keaton Collector's Classic (1984); The Buster Keaton Show (1949–1951); The Buster Keaton Story (1957); The Butcher Boy (1917); The Cameraman (1928); The Chemist (1936); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952); The Comic Kino-Eye (2013); The Cook (1918); The Dead Sullivan Show (2017); The Devil to Pay (1960); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Donna Reed Show (1958–1965); The Double-Headed Eagle: Hitler's Rise to Power 1918-1933 (1973); The Dreamers (2003); The Dunninger Show (1955); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1950–1963); The Ed Wynn Show (1949–1950); The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (1955); The E-Flat Man (1935); The Electric House (1922); The Fall Guy (1965); The Faye Emerson Show (1950); The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995); The Footage Detectives (2023); The Forgotten Films of Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle (2005); The Frank Sinatra Show (1952); The Frozen North (1922); The Garage (1919); The Garry Moore Show (1958); The General (1926); The Giant Mechanical Man (2012); The Goat (1921); The Gold Ghost (1934); The Golden Age of Buster Keaton (1979); The Great Buster (2018); The Great Chase (1962); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Haunted House (1921); The Hayseed (1919); The 'High Sign' (1921); The Hollywood Clowns (1979); The Hollywood Palace (1964); The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929); The Home Owner (1961); The Image Book (2018); The Invader (1936); The Iron Mule (1925); The James Melton Show (1952); The Jerry Lewis Show (1963); The Jonathan Winters Specials (1965); The Jones Family in Hollywood (1939); The Ken Murray Show (1952); The Lovable Cheat (1949); The Love Nest (1923); The Man Who Bought Paradise (1965); The March of Time (1930); The March of Time, Vol. 5, No. 12: The Movies March On (1939); The Martha Raye Show (1956); The Misadventures of Buster Keaton (1950); The Navigator (1924); The New Bike (2009); The New Flesh (2024); The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers (1962); The One Show (2011); The Paleface (1922); The Passionate Plumber (1932); The Play House (1921); The Railrodder (1965); The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021); The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1952); The Revlon Revue (1960); The Rosemary Clooney Show (1956); The Rough House (1917); The Round-up (1920); The Saphead (1920); The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (1951); The Scarecrow (1920); The Scribe (1966); The Secret Genius of Modern Life (2023); The Smelly Janitor (2008); The Sound of Laughter (1963); The Spook Speaks (1940); The Steve Allen Show (1956); The Stolen Jools (1931); The Sunday Spectacular: Show Biz from Vaudeville to Video (1955); The Taming of the Snood (1940); The Three Stooges Follies (1974); The Timid Young Man (1935); The Tonight Show (1955); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1958–1961); The Triumph of Lester Snapwell (1963); The Twilight Zone (1961); The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940); The Voice of Hollywood (1930); The Voice of Hollywood No. 26 (1931); The Voice of Hollywood No. 7 (1930); The World's Greatest Stunts: A Tribute to Hollywood Stuntmen (1988); This Is Show Business (1951); This Is Your Life (1957); Three Ages (1923); Three Ages: Tour of Filming Locations (2010); Three on a Limb (1936); Tide of Empire (1929); Timeshift (2005); Today (1963); Too Hot to Handle (1938); Un duel à mort (1947); Walt Disney World 4th of July Spectacular (1988); War Italian Style (1965); Welcome to the Basement (2016); What-No Beer? (1933); What's My Line? (1951–1957); What's My Line? At 25 (1975); When Comedy Was King (1960); White Rabbit (2011); Wir schalten um auf Hollywood (1931); Wonderful Times (1950); Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (1951); You Asked for It (1958); You Must Remember This (2015); You're My Everything (1949); Zaz: Prends garde à ta langue (2018).

Born on this day – George Sidney:

George Sidney

Director

Producer

October 4, 1916 – May 5, 2002

Credits:

A Door Will Open (1940); A Ticklish Affair (1963); Alfalfa's Aunt (1939); Anchors Aweigh (1945); Annie Get Your Gun (1950); Bathing Beauty (1944); Billy Rose's Casa Mañana Revue (1938); Bye Bye Birdie (1963); Cass Timberlane (1947); Clown Princes (1939); Cousin Wilbur (1939); Dog Daze (1939); Duel Personalities (1939); Football Romeo (1938); Free and Easy (1941); Half a Sixpence (1967); Holiday in Mexico (1946); Hollywood Hobbies (1939); Jeanne Eagels (1957); Jupiter's Darling (1955); Key to the City (1950); Kiss Me Kate (1953); Loews Christmas Greeting (the Hardy Family) (1939); Love on Tap (1939); Men in Fright (1938); Murder in 3-D (1941); Of Pups and Puzzles (1941); Pacific Paradise (1937); Pacific Rendezvous (1942); Pal Joey (1957); Party Fever (1938); Pepe (1960); Pilot #5 (1943); Polo (1936); Practical Jokers (1938); Quicker'n a Wink (1940); Scaramouche (1952); Show Boat (1951); Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937); The Cliff Edwards Show (1949); The Eddy Duchin Story (1956); The Harvey Girls (1946); The Red Danube (1949); The Swinger (1966); The Three Musketeers (1948); Thousands Cheer (1943); Tiny Troubles (1939); Viva Las Vegas (1964); 'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two (1940); What's Your IQ? (1940); Who Has Seen the Wind? (1965); Who Was That Lady? (1960); Willie and the Mouse (1941); Young Bess (1953); Ziegfeld Follies (1945).

Born on this day – Stan Dragoti:

Stan Dragoti

Director

Writer

October 4, 1932 – July 13, 2018

Credits:
Necessary Roughness (1991); She's Out of Control (1989); The Man with One Red Shoe (1985); Mr. Mom (1983); Love at First Bite (1979); McCoy (1975); Dirty Little Billy (1972).

Born on this day – Jackie Collins:

Jackie Collins

Writer

Actress

Producer

October 4, 1937 – September 19, 2015

Books:

American Star (1993); Chances (1981); Confessions of a Wild Child (2013); Dangerous Kiss (1999); Deadly Embrace (2002); Drop Dead Beautiful (2007); Goddess of Vengeance (2011); Hollywood Divorces (2003); Hollywood Husbands (1986); Hollywood Kids (1994); Hollywood Wives (1983); Hollywood Wives: The New Generation (2001); L. A. Connections / serialised novel: Power / Obsession / Murder / Revenge (1998); Lady Boss (1990); Lethal Seduction (2000); Lovehead / aka The Love Killers (1974); Lovers & Players (2006); Lovers and Gamblers (1977); Lucky (1985); Married Lovers (2008); Poor Little Bitch Girl (2009); Rock Star (1988); Sunday Simmons & Charlie Brick / aka Sinners (1971); The Bitch (1979); The Lucky Santangelo Cookbook (2014); The Power Trip (2012); The Santangelos (2015); The Stud (1969); The World Is Full of Divorced Women (1975); The World Is Full of Married Men (1968); Thrill! (1998); Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge (1996).

Movies and television:

5th Annual Soap Opera Awards (1989); 7th Annual American Cinema Awards (1990); 100 Greatest Sexy Moments (2003); 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (2004); Access Hollywood (2014); AFI Life Achievement Award (1997); Afternoon Live (1997); All at Sea (1957); All-Star Party for Joan Collins (1987); Almost Fifty (2016); American Idol (2007); Aspel & Company (1984–1993); Banzai (2001); Bethenny (2014); Big Morning Buzz Live (2012–2013); Biography (1995); Biography (1995–2002); Breakfast (2011); Canada A.M. (2006); Chelsea Lately (2010–2014); Choccywoccydoodah (2013); Clive Anderson Talks Back (1990–1994); Cocktails in the Kitchen (1954); Comedy Central Roasts (2009); Compact (1965); Danger Man (1966); Daybreak (2012); Dee Time (1968); Des O'Connor Tonight (1985–1992); Diet America Challenge (1989); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2000); Educated Evans (1957); Entertainment Tonight (2007–2018); Extra (2015–2017); Film '78 (1978); Friday Night, Saturday Morning (1980); Girlfriends (2003); Give Us a Clue (1981); Good Morning America (1984); Good Morning Britain (1985); Hobson's Choice (1979); Hollywood Greats (2003); Hollywood Love (1997); Hollywood Me! (2013); Hollywood Squares (1999–2004); Hollywood Wives (1985); Hollywood Wives: The New Generation (2003); Home & Family (2014–2015); Hour Magazine (1981–1989); Intent to Kill (1958); Intimate Portrait (2003); It Could Be You (1957); ITV Play of the Week (1955); Jackie Collins Presents (2004); Jackie's Back! (1999); Joy Behar: Say Anything! (2013); Juke Box Jury (1959–1965); Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (2009); Kilroy (1993); Lady Boss (1992); Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story (2021); Larry King Live (2001); Late Lunch (1998); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994–1995); Late Night with the Loose Women (2009); Let Loose... The Very Best of 'Loose Women' (2008); Life and Times (2000); Light Lunch (1997); Live from Studio Five (2009); Live Talk (2000); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Loose Lips (2003); Loose Women (2007–2015); Lorraine (2001); Lucky Chances (1990); Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches (1989); Marie (2013); Minder (1980); Namesakes: A Very British Odyssey (2004); Night of Passion (1960); Nightmare Weekend (1986); Not Necessarily the News (1989); Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997); One on One with John Tesh (1991); One Plus One (2014); Paris Connections (2010); Read All About It (1976); Reading the Decades (2002); Rock You Sinners (1957); Room 43 (1958); Ruby (2000); RuPaul's Drag Race (2010); Sacrée soirée (1991); Saturday Night at the Mill (1979–1981); Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015); She-Devil (1989); Showtime (1993); Six-Five Special (1957); So Graham Norton (2001); Star Wars at the BBC (2015); Steve Harvey (2014); Suburgatory (2014); Super Secret Movie Rules (2004); Talk Stoop (2011); Tavis Smiley (2011–2014); TFI Friday (1997); The 15th Annual American Comedy Awards (2001); The 18th Annual Women in Film Crystal Awards (1994); The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards (2016); The Alan Hamel Show (1980); The Annual American Cinematheque Awards Honoring Robin Williams (1988); The Annual Entertainment Industry Honors Presentes a Salute to Bud Grant (1987); The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Roger Moore (1986); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989); The Best of the Don Lane Show (1994); The Big Breakfast (1993); The Big Question (1998); The Bigger Picture (2006); The Bitch (1979); The Bonnie Hunt Show (2010); The Bookworm (1994); The Celebrity Guide to Entertaining (1993); The Daily Show (1997–1998); The Generation Game (1975); The Graham Norton Show (2007–2013); The Hollywood Collection: Roger Moore, A Matter of Class (1995); The I'm Exhausted Concert (1988); The Insider (2014); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2006–2014); The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (2001); The Late Show (1986); The Max Headroom Show (1986); The Merv Griffin Show (1979–1985); The Michael Ball Show (2010); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The Missing Scientists (1955); The Nate Berkus Show (2011); The New Hollywood Squares (1986–1988); The One Show (2008–2015); The Paul O'Grady Show (2005–2007); The Queen Latifah Show (2014); The Ray Martin Show (2001); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997); The Safecracker (1958); The Saint (1963); The Shakedown (1960); The Sharon Osbourne Show (2004); The Stud (1978); The Suzanne Somers Show (1994); The Talk (2011–2014); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1985–1990); The Tony Danza Show (2004–2006); The TV Book Club (2010–2012); The USA Today's 5th Anniversary Gala (1987); The View (2004–2010); The Wendy Williams Show (2010–2012); The World Is Full of Married Men (1979); The Wright Stuff (2009); The Write Stuff (1989); The Xtra Factor (2009); They Never Learn (1956); Thicke of the Night (1983); This Is Joan Collins (2022); This Is Your Life (1987–1993); This Morning (1999–2004); Today (1982–2014); Today (2009 / 2015); Tom Snyder (1994); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1976); Tracey Ullman's Visible Panty Lines (2001); Truly, Madly, Cheaply!: British B Movies (2008); Twilight (2024); Undercover Girl (1958); Up Close with Carrie Keagan (2007); V Graham Norton (2002–2003); Van der Vorst ziet sterren (2009); Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2010–2012); Weekend Sunrise (2013); Weekend Today Australia (2015); Whodunnit? (1974–1975); Wogan (1985–1990); Yesterday's Hero (1979); Your New Day (1980).

Born on this day – Anne Rice:

Anne Rice

Writer

October 4, 1941 – December 11, 2021

Credits:

Books: 

Interview with the Vampire (1976); The Vampire Lestat (1985); The Queen of the Damned (1988); The Tale of the Body Thief (1992); Memnoch the Devil (1995); The Vampire Armand (1998); Merrick (2000); Blood and Gold (2001); Blackwood Farm (2002); Blood Canticle (2003); Prince Lestat (2014); Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis (2016); Blood Communion (2018); The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (1983); Beauty's Punishment (1984); Beauty's Release (1985); Beauty's Kingdom (2015); The Complete Vampire Chronicles (1989); The Vampire Chronicles Collection (1992); The Vampire Chronicles: Books 1-3 (2003); The Complete Vampire Chronicles 12-Book Bundle (2013); The Mummy (1989); The Passion of Cleopatra (2017); The Reign of Osiris (2022); The Witching Hour (1990); Lasher (1993); Taltos (1994); Pandora (1998); Vittorio the Vampire (1999); Out of Egypt aka The Young Messiah (2005); The Road to Cana (2008); Angel Time (2009); Of Love and Evil (2010); The Wolf Gift (2012); The Wolves of Midwinter (2013); The Feast of All Saints (1979); Cry to Heaven (1982); Exit to Eden (1985); Belinda (1986); Servant of the Bones (1996); Violin (1997); The Anne Rice Reader (1997); The Master of Rampling Gate (1991); Interview with the Vampire: Claudia's Story (2012); The Wolf Gift: The Graphic Novel (2014); Called Out of Darkness (2008); Anne Rice-Boxed Set (1993); Belinda / Exit to Eden (2010); Into the Mummy's Tomb (1989); The New Gothic (1991); The Ultimate Zombie (1993); The Vampire Omnibus (1995); The Vampire Hunters' Casebook (1996); American Gothic Tales (1996); Vampires, Wine and Roses (1997); Blood Thirst (1997); Freniere (1976); Interview with the Vampire (excerpt) (1976); The Master of Rampling Gate (1984); The Vampire Lestat (excerpt, part 1) (1985); The Vampire Lestat (excerpt, part 2) (1985); Doctor (1990); Ballad of the Sad Rat (1995).

Movies and television:

20/20 / Segment: Vampire Empire (2003); A Place Among the Dead (2020); Ancient Mysteries (1994); Anne Rice's the Talamasca (2025); Biography (2000); Bookmark (1993); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2006); Charlie Rose (1994–2005); Crossing Over with John Edward (2002); Earth Angels (2001); Eli Roth's History of Horror (2018); Ellen (1996); Entertainment Tonight (2021); Exit to Eden (1994); Great Books (1993–1999); Interview with the Vampire (1994 / 2011); Interview with the Vampire / TV Series (2022–2024); Interview with the Vampire: In the Shadow of the Vampire (2001); ITW ThrillerFest Banquet Awards (2014); La galerie France 5 (2018); Larry King Live (2003); Les Carnets de route de François Busnel (2012); Lestat (2006); Lestat, Louis, and the Vampire Phenomenon (2014); Mayfair Witches (2023 / 2025); MsMojo (2023); Night Bites: Women and Their Vampires (2003); Prisoners of Gravity (1993–1994); Queen of the Damned (2002); Rag and Bone (1998); Scarborough Country (2005); SexTV (2001–2002); Talk Stoop (2016); The 700 Club (2010); The Book Show (2011); The Colbert Report (2012); The Factor (2005); The Feast of All Saints (2001); The Future of Fear (2011); The Hour (2012); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2012–2013); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1991); The Queen of the Damned (2011); The Real Vampire Files (2010); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996–2000); The Undead Series (2016); The Vampire Lestat (2011); The Young Messiah (2016); Tom Cruise: An Eternal Youth (2020); Without Walls (1993).

Born on this day – Meg Bennett:

Meg Bennett

Writer

Actress

Model

October 4, 1948 – April 11, 2024

Credits:

After Hours: Getting to Know Us (1977); Camera Three (1971); Celebrity Page (2018); General Hospital (1993–2011); General Hospital: Night Shift (2007); Generations (1989–1991); Hour Magazine (1983); Live on Bowen (2013); Match Game PM (1973–1977); Santa Barbara (1991–1993); Search for Tomorrow (1975–1977); SoapTalk (2005); Sunset Beach (1997–1998); The $10,000 Pyramid (1984–1986); The $100,000 Pyramid (1986–1988); The $25,000 Pyramid (1984–1988); The Bold and the Beautiful (1987–2004); The Paper Chase (1986); The Young and the Restless (1980–2020); You Are the Jury (1987).

Born on this day – Tchéky Karyo:

Tchéky Karyo

Actor

Musician

October 4, 1953 – October 31, 2025

Credits:

100 films par 100 personnalités (1999); 12 Parsecs (2017–2024); 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992); À bras le Coeur (2025); A Grande Arte (1991); A Man and His Dog (2008); A Previous Engagement (2008); A Very Long Engagement (2004); A Whole Night (1982); Addicted to Love (1997); And the Band Played On (1993); Änglavakt (2010); Arabian Nights (2000); Au coeur de Nikita (1990); Au Field de la nuit (2009); Australia (1989); Babel (1999); Bad Boys (1995); Baptiste (2019–2021); Belle & Sebastian (2013); Belle & Sebastian: The Adventure Continues (2015); Belle and Sebastian, Friends for Life (2017); Belle et Sébastien 2: l'histoire d'une suite (2016); Berlin Berlin (2025); Bleu comme l'enfer (1986); Boat Story (2023); Boxes (2007); Breakfast (2014); C à vous (2013); Café Picouly (2006–2008); Cannes Film Festival (1985); CBeebies Bedtime Story (2019); Champs-Elysées (1986); Charon (2020); Cinéma 16 (1990); CinéMagique (2002); Comme un poisson hors de l'eau (1999); Comment ça va bien! (2013); Comment réalise Alexandre Astier? (2020); Contes clandestins (1985); Corps perdus (1989); Coucou c'est nous! (1992); Crying Freeman (1995); Daydreams (2016); De guerre lasse (2014); Dobermann (1997); Dream On (1997); Effraction (1986); Entends ce cri... (2013); États d'âme (1986); Fabienne (2011); Fan des années 90 (2009); Faster (2025); Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994); Film Önü / Arkasi (2020); Folie passagère (2016); Foreign Land (1995); ForesTiVi (2019); Fraîche (2022); From the Earth to the Moon (1998); Full Moon in Paris (1984); Genius (2018); GoldenEye (1995); Grottenolm (1985); Habitat (1997); Hotel Rome (1996); Husbands and Lovers (1991); I Didn't Shoot Jesse James (2017); I3P (2022); Il etait une fois les lyonnais (2011); In and Out of Fashion (1998); Innocent Obsession (1994); Isabelle Eberhardt (1991); J.: Born on the Wrong Side of Town (1992); Jacquou le croquant (2007); Jappeloup (2013); Joyeux anniversaire Monsieur Trenet (1995); Kaamelott (2009); Kaia (2025); Kiss of the Dragon (2001); La balance (1982); La fille des collines (1990); La Forêt des disparus (2022); La java des ombres (1983); La mandrágora (2009); La nuit des Césars (1983–2020); La parenthèse inattendue (2014); La règle du silence (1995); La Réserve (2024); La résistance (2008); La vie d'avant (2021); L'affût (1992); L'air du crime (1984); L'amour Braque (1985); L'ange noir (1994); L'Araignée Rouge (2016); L'Atlantide (1992); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2005); Le journal de 13 heures (1986); Le matelot 512 (1984); Le Papillon d'acier (2025); Le plus grand cabaret du monde (2007–2013); Le Poing J (1997–2000); Le roi danse (2000); Les brigands (2015); Les cerfs-volants (2007); Les Chroniques du Mea (2018); Les dents de la nuit (2008); Les liens du coeur (1996); Les Lyonnais (2011); Les mille merveilles de l'univers (1997); Les nuls, l'émission (1991); Les rois maudits (2005); Let There Be Light (1998); L'étoile du jour (2012); Liaison (2023); L'itinéraire (2011); Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches (1988); L'unique (1986); Machinations (1984); Mardi cinéma (1986); Mary Magdalene (2018); Mermaid in Paris (2020); Mode in France (1985); Moon Shadow (1995); My Life So Far (1999); Ne quittez pas! (2004); Nikita / aka La Femme Nikita (1990); Nikita: Tchéky Karyo on Luc Besson (2003); No Limit (2013); Noël à tous les étages (2021); Nostradamus (1994); Nulle part ailleurs (1997); Old Goriot (2004); On a tout essayé (2005–2006); On n'a pas tout dit (2008); Open Sesame: The Making of 'Arabian Nights' (2000); Operation Dumbo Drop (1995); Pascale Ogier, voyage astral (2022); Passage to Paradise (1998); Pieces of Me (2012); Plaisir du théâtre (1985); Possessions (2020); Que les gros salaires lèvent le doigt! (1982); Red Shoe Diaries (1992); Renegade (2004); Requiem for a Killer (2011); Revealed: The Making of 'La Femme Nikita' (2003); Romantique (2022); S.A.C.: Des hommes dans l'ombre (2005); Saving Grace (2000); Section Zéro (2016); Serial Driver (2023); Sketch Artist (1992); Sorceress (1987); Special Forces (2011); Spirale (1987); Studio Gabriel (1997); Taking Lives (2004); Taratata (1993); The 4 Musketeers (2005); The Bear (1988); The Core (2003); The Eddy (2020); The Extraordinary Voyage (2011); The Good Thief (2002); The Gravedancers (2006); The Heart of the Earth (2009); The Impossible Truth (2008); The Killer (2024); The Lark Farm (2007); The Man Inside (1990); The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999); The Missing (2014–2016); The Name of the Rose (2019); The Outsider (1983); The Patriot (2000); The Return of Martin Guerre (1982); The Sound of Nikita (2003); The Sword of Thyrus (2025); The Way (2010); Through the Air (2015); To Have & to Hold (1996); Top Gear France (2016–2017); Trop près des Dieux (1992); Un mort sur le trottoir (2014); Utopía (2003); Va' dove ti porta il cuore (1996); Vicky and Her Mystery (2021); Vincent and Me (1990); Vivement dimanche (2011–2013); War on Beasts (2018); Wild Tales from the Village (2016); Wing Commander (1999); Women at War (2022); Zadoc et le bonheur (1995); ZeroZeroZero (2019–2020).

On this day in movie and book history - The Longest Day (1962)

The Longest Day

directed by Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton and Bernhard Wicki,

written by Cornelius Ryan, Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall and Jack Seddon,

based on the book by Cornelius Ryan,

was released in the United States on October 4, 1962.

Music by Maurice Jarre.

Cast:

Eddie Albert, Paul Anka, Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Richard Beymer, Hans Christian Blech, Bourvil, Richard Burton, Wolfgang Büttner, Red Buttons, Pauline Carton, Sean Connery, Ray Danton, Irina Demick, Fred Dur, Fabian, Mel Ferrer, Henry Fonda, Steve Forrest, Gert Fröbe, Leo Genn, John Gregson, Paul Hartmann, Peter Helm, Werner Hinz, Donald Houston, Jeffrey Hunter, Karl John, Curd Jürgens, Alexander Knox, Peter Lawford, Fernand Ledoux, Christian Marquand, Dewey Martin, Roddy McDowall, Michael Medwin, Sal Mineo, Robert Mitchum, Kenneth More, Richard Münch, Edmond O'Brien, Leslie Phillips, Wolfgang Preiss, Ron Randell, Madeleine Renaud, Georges Rivière, Norman Rossington, Robert Ryan, Tommy Sands, George Segal, Jean Servais, Rod Steiger, Richard Todd, Tom Tryon, Peter van Eyck, Robert Wagner, Richard Wattis, Stuart Whitman, Georges Wilson, John Wayne.

Recommended reading:

The Longest Day: The Classic Epic of D-Day

by Cornelius Ryan

First published 1959.

Published by Simon & Schuster.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0671890913

ISBN-13: 978-0671890919

Description:

The unparalleled, classic work of history that recreates the battle that changed World War II – the Allied invasion of Normandy.

The Longest Day is Cornelius Ryan’s unsurpassed account of D-Day, a book that endures as a masterpiece of military history. In this compelling tale of courage and heroism, glory and tragedy, Ryan painstakingly recreates the fateful hours that preceded and followed the massive invasion of Normandy to retell the story of an epic battle that would turn the tide against world fascism and free Europe from the grip of Nazi Germany.

This book, first published in 1959, is a must for anyone who loves history, as well as for anyone who wants to better understand how free nations prevailed at a time when darkness enshrouded the earth.

On this day in movie history - Dogfight (1991)

Dogfight

directed by Nancy Savoca,

written by Bob Comfort,

was released in the United States on October 4, 1991.

Music by Sarah Class and Mason Daring.

Cast:

River Phoenix, Lili Taylor, Richard Panebianco, Anthony Clark, Mitchell Whitfield, Holly Near, Elizabeth Daily, Sue Morales, Christina Mastin, Christopher Shaw, John Lacy, Chris San Nicholas, Brian Gotta, Peg Phillips, Neal Allen, Ron Lynch, Dale Garman, Bruce Pearson, Angie Utt, Kenneth Utt, Julian Schembri, Barb Benedetti, Ivars Mikelson, Brendan Fraser, Matt Skerritt, Dion Williams, Jason Moore, Denise Williams, Kristie Gamer, David MacIntyre, Art Cahn, Robert Munns, Jessica Wallenfels, Bonnie Fox, Sandra Ellis Lafferty, Joseph Franklin, Frank Walters, Jacob Luft, Constance McCord, Laura Vetter, Krisha Fairchild, George Evans, Jillian Armenante, Anne Elizabeth Washburn, John Fry, Albert Farrar, Brett Baker, Don Berg, Dale Carman, Joe James, Dewayne Luckett, William Rossman, Sky Siewerski, Tom Stewart.

On this day in movie history - The Rapture (1991)

The Rapture

directed and written by Michael Tolkin,

was released in the United States on October 4, 1991.

Music by Thomas Newman.

Cast:

Mimi Rogers, Darwyn Carson, Patrick Bauchau, Marvin Elkins, David Duchovny, Stéphanie Menuez, Sam Vlahos, Rustam Branaman, Scott Burkholder, Carole Davis, Patrick Dollaghan, James Le Gros, Dick Anthony Williams, DeVaughn Nixon, Johnny Mask, Christian Benz, Kimberly Cullum, Victoria Williams, Terri Hanauer, Douglas Roberts, Denney Pierce, Will Patton, Joshua Farrell, Andrew Pressman, Kerry Leigh Michaels, Henry Kingi, Linda Albertano, Michael David Lally, Bojan Bazelli, James Ent, Joshua Farrell, Kane Hodder, Bill A. Jones.

On this day in movie history - The Addiction (1995)

The Addiction

directed by Abel Ferrara,

written by Nicholas St. John,

was released in the United States on October 4, 1995.

Music by Joe Delia.

Cast:

Lili Taylor, Christopher Walken, Annabella Sciorra, Edie Falco, Paul Calderon, Fredro Starr, Kathryn Erbe, Michael Imperioli, Jamel Simmons, Robert W. Castle.

On this day in movie history - Piano Blues (2003)

Piano Blues

documentary directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by Peter Guralnick,

part 7 of the documentary series The Blues,

produced by Martin Scorsese,

was released in the United States on October 4, 2003.

Cast:

Albert Ammons, Marcia Ball, Count Basie, Charles Brown, Dave Brubeck, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Nat 'King' Cole, Martha Davis, Willie Dixon, Fats Domino, Dorothy Donegan, Dr. John, Clint Eastwood, Duke Ellington, Henry Gray, Linda Hopkins, Pete Johnson, Pete Jolly, Meade 'Lux' Lewis, Jay McShann, Thelonious Monk, Phineas Newborn Jr., Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Pinetop Perkins, Oscar Peterson, André Previn, Jesse Price, Henry ‘Professor Longhair’ Byrd, Eugene Roberts, Gene Rodgers, Otis Spann, Art Tatum, Big Joe Turner, Muddy Waters.

On this day in movie history - Gravity (2013)

Gravity

directed by Alfonso Cuarón,

written by Alfonso Cuarón and Jonás Cuarón,

was released in the United States on October 4, 2013.

Music by Steven Price.

Cast:

Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris, Orto Ignatiussen, Phaldut Sharma, Amy Warren, Basher Savage.