Born on this day – Charles Willeford:

Writer

January 2, 1919 – March 27, 1988

Credits:

Miami Blues (1984); New Hope for the Dead (1985); Sideswipe (1987); The Way We Die Now (1988); High Priest of California (1953); Pick Up (1954); Wild Wives (1956); The Black Mass of Brother Springer (aka Honey Gal) (1958); Lust Is a Woman (aka Made in Miami) (1958); The Woman Chaser (1960); Deliver Me from Dallas (aka The Whip Hand) (1961); Understudy for Death (1961); Cockfighter (1962); No Experience Necessary (1962); The Hombre From Sonora (aka The Difference) (1971); The Burnt Orange Heresy (1971); Kiss Your Ass Goodbye (1987); The Shark Infested Custard (1993); The Machine in Ward Eleven (1963); Everybody's Metamorphosis (1988); Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s (1997); The Second Half of the Double Feature (2003); Poontang (poems) (2011); The Ordainment of Brother Springer (play) (2009); The Old Man at the Bridge (2009); Strange (2011); Sentences (2013); Off the Wall (1980); Something About a Soldier (1986); New Forms of Ugly (1987); I Was Looking for a Street (1988); Cockfighter Journal (1989); The Collected Memoirs of Charles Willeford (2000); Writing and Other Blood Sports (2000); Wild Wives / High Priest of California (1956); Charles Willeford Omnibus (1991).

Born on this day – Vivi Gioi:

Actress

January 2, 1917 – July 12, 1975

Credits:

Il baco da seta (1974); Dio non paga il sabato (1967); Il processo di Verona (1963); Farse d'altri tempi (1959); Festival della famiglia Gurgià (1958); Vento notturno (1958); Rice Girl (1956); Io sono Gionata Scrivener (1955); Stasera a Samarcanda (1954); Senza bandiera (1951); La portatrice di pane (1950); Women Without Names (1950); Mistress of the Mountains (1950); The Earth Cries Out (1949); Tragic Hunt (1947); Il marito povero (1946); La casa senza tempo (1945); Tutta la città canta (1945); Service de nuit (1944); ...und die Musik spielt dazu (1943); Harlem (1943); Cortocircuito (1943); Lascia cantare il cuore (1943); Piazza San Sepolcro (1942); Bengasi (1942); Giungla (1942); First Love (1941); L'amante segreta (1941); L'attore scomparso (1941); Il pozzo dei miracoli (1941); La canzone rubata (1940); Dopo divorzieremo (1940); Cento lettere d'amore (1940); Alessandro sei grande! (1940); Red Roses (1940); Vento di milioni (1940); Mille chilometri al minuto! (1939); Frenzy (1939); Bionda sotto chiave (1939); Il signor Max (1937); Ma non è una cosa seria (1936).

Born on this day – Anna Lee:

Actress

Singer

January 2, 1913 – May 14, 2004

Credits:

General Hospital (1979–2003); Port Charles (2000); What Can I Do? (1994); Beverly Hills Brats (1989); Beverly Hills Brats (1989); Listen to Me (1989); Beyond the Next Mountain (1987); The Right Hand Man (1987); Glitter (1985); Scruples (1980); B.J. and the Bear (1979); The Night Rider (1979); Legend of the Northwest (1978); The Beasts Are on the Streets (1978); Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977); Eleanor and Franklin (1976); Mannix (1968–1974); The F.B.I. (1973); My Darling Daughters' Anniversary (1973); The Streets of San Francisco (1973); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1973); The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972); The Bold Ones: The Senator (1970); Mission: Impossible (1970); Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1969); The Outcasts (1969); Star! (1968); Gunsmoke (1967); The Felony Squad (1967); Family Affair (1967); In Like Flint (1967); This Is the Life (1966); Picture Mommy Dead (1966); My Three Sons (1960); 7 Women (1965); Daniel Boone (1965); The Sound of Music (1965); Mr. Novak (1965); Combat! (1965); The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964); For Those Who Think Young (1964); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); The Movie Maker (1964); The Prize (1963); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); Dr. Kildare (1963); McHale's Navy (1962); Perry Mason (1962); What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962); Jack the Giant Killer (1962); Checkmate (1962); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); 77 Sunset Strip (1962); Two Rode Together (1961); Lock Up (1960–1961); Maverick (1961); Hawaiian Eye (1959–1960); Wagon Train (1960); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960); The Loretta Young Show (1959–1960); The Big Night (1960); One Step Beyond (1960); Jet Over the Atlantic (1959); The Crimson Kimono (1959); This Earth Is Mine (1959); The Horse Soldiers (1959); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959); Peter Gunn (1958); The Last Hurrah (1958); Studio One (1951–1958); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958); Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958); The Charles Farrell Show (1956); Your Play Time (1955); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1955); Where's Raymond? (1955); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1954); Kraft Theatre (1950–1952); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950–1952); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1952); A Date with Judy (1951); The Web (1950–1951); The Ford Theatre Hour (1950–1951); Lux Video Theatre (1951); Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1950); The Clock (1950); Prison Warden (1949); Best Man Wins (1948); Fort Apache (1948); High Conquest (1947); The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947); G.I. War Brides (1946); Bedlam (1946); Summer Storm (1944); Flesh and Fantasy (1943); Hangmen Also Die! (1943); Forever and a Day (1943); Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942); Flying Tigers (1942); How Green Was My Valley (1941); My Life with Caroline (1941); Seven Sinners (1940); Return to Yesterday (1940); Young Man's Fancy (1939); The Secret Four (1939); Hollywood Picnic (1937); Non-Stop New York (1937); King Solomon's Mines (1937); You're in the Army Now (1937); The Man Who Lived Again (1936); Queen of Hearts (1936); First a Girl (1935); The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935); Heat Wave (1935); The Camels Are Coming (1934); Lucky Loser (1934); Rolling in Money (1934); Faces (1934); Mannequin (1933); Chelsea Life (1933); The Bermondsey Kid (1933); Mayfair Girl (1933); Yes, Mr. Brown (1933); The King's Cup (1933); Say It with Music (1932); His Lordship (1932); Ebb Tide (1932).

Born on this day – Edith North Johnson:

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

January 2, 1903 – February 28, 1988

 

Born on this day – Lew Landers:

Director

Actor

January 2, 1901 – December 16, 1962

Credits:

Terrified (1962); Bat Masterson (1959–1961); Sugarfoot (1960–1961); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1961); Maverick (1959–1960); Bronco (1960); The Alaskans (1960); Colt .45 (1960); Cheyenne (1960); Tombstone Territory (1959–1960); Highway Patrol (1955–1959); Mackenzie's Raiders (1958–1959); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1956–1959); Rescue 8 (1959); Hot Rod Gang (1958); Harbor Command (1957–1958); Casey Jones (1957–1958); Adventures of Superman (1958); Tales of the Texas Rangers (1955–1957); Dr. Christian (1957); Circus Boy (1957); Whirlybirds (1957); I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956); Savage Fury (1956); The Cruel Tower (1956); Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers (1956); Passport to Danger (1956); Scattergood Baines (1955); Science Fiction Theatre (1955); Topper (1954–1955); Meet Corliss Archer (1954); Mr. & Mrs. North (1952–1954); Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954); The Cisco Kid (1953–1954); Your Favorite Story (1953–1954); Terry and the Pirates (1952–1953); Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1953); Run for the Hills (1953); The Files of Jeffrey Jones (1952–1953); Man in the Dark (1953); The Ford Television Theatre (1953); Tangier Incident (1953); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951–1953); Torpedo Alley (1952); Arctic Flight (1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); California Conquest (1952); Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952); Aladdin and His Lamp (1952); The Bogus Green (1951); The Magic Carpet (1951); Jungle Manhunt (1951); Hurricane Island (1951); The Big Gusher (1951); When the Redskins Rode (1951); A Yank in Korea (1951); Blue Blood (1951); Revenue Agent (1950); Last of the Buccaneers (1950); Chain Gang (1950); State Penitentiary (1950); Beauty on Parade (1950); Dynamite Pass (1950); Tyrant of the Sea (1950); Girls' School (1950); Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950); Barbary Pirate (1949); Air Hostess (1949); Stagecoach Kid (1949); I Found a Dog (1949); Law of the Barbary Coast (1949); Public Prosecutor (1947–1948); Adventures of Gallant Bess (1948); Inner Sanctum (1948); My Dog Rusty (1948); Doctor Jim (1947); Devil Ship (1947); My Pal (1947); The Son of Rusty (1947); Under the Tonto Rim (1947); Thunder Mountain (1947); Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947); Danger Street (1947); Death Valley (1946); Harry Cording, William Gargan, Phillip Reed, and Jean Rogers in Hot Cargo (1946); The Truth About Murder (1946); The Mask of Diijon (1946); Tokyo Rose (1946); A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946); Follow That Woman (1945); The Enchanted Forest (1945); The Windjammer (1945); Shadow of Terror (1945); Arson Squad (1945); Secrets of a Sorority Girl (1945); Trouble Chasers (1945); The Power of the Whistler (1945); Crime, Inc. (1945); I'm from Arkansas (1944); Black Arrow (1944); Swing in the Saddle (1944); U-Boat Prisoner (1944); Stars on Parade (1944); The Black Parachute (1944); Two-Man Submarine (1944); The Ghost That Walks Alone (1944); Cowboy Canteen (1944); The Deerslayer (1943); The Return of the Vampire (1943); Doughboys in Ireland (1943); Redhead from Manhattan (1943); Murder in Times Square (1943); After Midnight with Boston Blackie (1943); Power of the Press (1943); Junior Army (1942); Stand by All Networks (1942); The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942); Smith of Minnesota (1942); Sabotage Squad (1942); Atlantic Convoy (1942); Submarine Raider (1942); Not a Ladies' Man (1942); Alias Boston Blackie (1942); Canal Zone (1942); The Man Who Returned to Life (1942); Cadets on Parade (1942); Harvard, Here I Come! (1941); The Stork Pays Off (1941); Mystery Ship (1941); I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island (1941); The Singing Hill (1941); Back in the Saddle (1941); Ridin' on a Rainbow (1941); Lucky Devils (1941); Slightly Tempted (1940); Girl from Havana (1940); Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot (1940); Wagons Westward (1940); La Conga Nights (1940); Ski Patrol (1940); Enemy Agent (1940); Honeymoon Deferred (1940); Bad Lands (1939); Conspiracy (1939); The Girl and the Gambler (1939); Fixer Dugan (1939); Twelve Crowded Hours (1939); Pacific Liner (1939); Annabel Takes a Tour (1938); The Affairs of Annabel (1938); Smashing the Rackets (1938); Sky Giant (1938); Blind Alibi (1938); Law of the Underworld (1938); Condemned Women (1938); Double Danger (1938); Crashing Hollywood (1938); Danger Patrol (1937); Living on Love (1937); Flight from Glory (1937); Border Cafe (1937); You Can't Buy Luck (1937); The Man Who Found Himself (1937); They Wanted to Marry (1937); Night Waitress (1936); Without Orders (1936); Parole! (1936); The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936); Stormy (1935); The Raven (1935); The Call of the Savage (1935); Rustlers of Red Dog (1935); Tailspin Tommy (1934); The Red Rider (1934); The Vanishing Shadow (1934); The Escape (1914); Admission -- Two Pins (1914); The Escape (1913).

Born on this day – Florence Lawrence:

 

Actress

January 2, 1886 – December 28, 1938

Credits:

Night Must Fall (1937); Hollywood Boulevard (1936); One Rainy Afternoon (1936); Yellow Dust (1936); The Crusades (1935); Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935); The Old Fashioned Way (1934); The Silk Express (1933); Secrets (1933); Sinners in the Sun (1932); So Big! (1932); The Hard Hombre (1931); Pleasure (1931); Homicide Squad (1931); Sweeping Against the Winds (1930); The Greater Glory (1926); The Johnstown Flood (1926); Gambling Wives (1924); Lucretia Lombard (1923); The Satin Girl (1923); The Unfoldment (1922); The Love Craze (1918); Face on the Screen (1917); Elusive Isabel (1916); A Singular Sinner (1914); The Woman Who Won (1914); A Mysterious Mystery (1914); Counterfeiters (1914); The Honor of the Humble (1914); The Mad Man's Ward (1914); Her Ragged Knight (1914); A Singular Cynic (1914); The Doctor's Testimony (1914); A Disenchantment (1914); The Bribe (1914); The Pawns of Destiny (1914); The Little Mail Carrier (1914); Diplomatic Flo (1914); The Honeymooners (1914); The Stepmother (1914); The Law's Decree (1914); The False Bride (1914); The Romance of a Photograph (1914); The Coryphee (1914); A Girl and Her Money (1913); The Influence of Sympathy (1913); Unto the Third Generation (1913); His Wife's Child (1913); The Spender (1913); The Closed Door (1913); Was Mabel Cured? (1912); The Lady Leone (1912); Sisters (1912); The Redemption of Riverton (1912); The Angel of the Studio (1912); The Cross-Roads (1912); Betty's Nightmare (1912); Tangled Relations (1912); The Advent of Jane (1912); Flo's Discipline (1912); All for Love (1912); After All (1912); The Winning Punch (1912); Her Cousin Fred (1912); The Chance Shot (1912); The Mill Buyers (1912); Taking a Chance (1912); Not Like Other Girls (1912); The Players (1912); In Swift Waters (1912); A Village Romance (1912); The American Girl (1911); Art Versus Music (1911); A Girlish Impulse (1911); A Head for Business (1911); A Blind Deception (1911); His Chorus Girl Wife (1911); Aunt Jane's Legacy (1911); One on Reno (1911); A Rural Conqueror (1911); The Maniac (1911); The Slavey's Affinity (1911); The Matchmaker (1911); The Life Saver (1911); The Story of Rosie's Rose (1911); Romance of Pond Cove (1911); The Secret (1911); A Rebellious Blossom (1911); Through Jealous Eyes (1911); Her Two Sons (1911); The Gypsy (1911); During Cherry Time (1911); The Snare of Society (1911); Always a Way (1911); The Little Rebel (1911); Higgenses Versus Judsons (1911); Duke De Ribbon Counter (1911); The Professor's Ward (1911); A Game of Deception (1911); The State Line (1911); A Good Turn (1911); Her Humble Ministry (1911); That Awful Brother (1911); A Fascinating Bachelor (1911); The Sheriff and the Man (1911); The Hoyden (1911); The Two Fathers (1911); Opportunity and the Man (1911); The Wife's Awakening (1911); Her Child's Honor (1911); Her Artistic Temperament (1911); The Actress and the Singer (1911); His Friend, the Burglar (1911); Vanity and Its Cure (1911); Nan's Diplomacy (1911); The Test (1911); A Show Girl's Stratagem (1911); Age Versus Youth (1911); His Bogus Uncle (1911); The Count of Montebello (1910); All the World's a Stage (1910); Pressed Roses (1910); Debt (1910); The Right Girl (1910); The Widow (1910); The Taming of Jane (1910); The Senator's Double (1910); Among the Roses (1910); Once Upon a Time (1910); The Irony of Fate (1910); Bear Ye One Another's Burdens (1910); Old Heads and Young Hearts (1910); The Call of the Circus (1910); A Game for Two (1910); A Self-Made Hero (1910); A Discontented Woman (1910); The Nichols on Vacation (1910); A Reno Romance (1910); The Eternal Triangle (1910); The Doctor's Perfidy (1910); Two Men (1910); The New Shawl (1910); The Maelstrom (1910); The Rosary (1910); His Second Wife (1910); The Miser's Daughter (1910); Transfusion (1910); The Stage Note (1910); His Sick Friend (1910); The Time-Lock Safe (1910); The Broken Oath (1910); Mother Love (1910); The New Minister (1910); The Governor's Pardon (1910); Jane and the Stranger (1910); The Blind Man's Tact (1910); Justice in the Far North (1910); The Coquette's Suitors (1910); A Rose of the Philippines (1910); Never Again (1910); The Tide of Fortune (1910); The Right of Love (1910); The Winning Punch (1910); The Awakening of Bess (1909); Florence Lawrence in Lest We Forget (1909); Her Generous Way (1909); The Forest Ranger's Daughter (1909); Nursing a Viper (1909); Love's Stratagem (1909); Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909); The Hessian Renegades (1909); Mrs. Jones' Lover; or, 'I Want My Hat' (1909); Mr. Jones' Burglar (1909); The Mended Lute (1909); The Slave (1909); Sweet and Twenty (1909); Jealousy and the Man (1909); Tender Hearts (1909); The Cardinal's Conspiracy (1909); The Country Doctor (1909); The Necklace (1909); The Way of Man (1909); The Peachbasket Hat (1909); Her First Biscuits (1909); The Lonely Villa (1909); What Drink Did (1909); Eradicating Aunty (1909); Two Memories (1909); Eloping with Auntie (1909); The Judgment of Solomon (1909); Resurrection (1909); The Jilt (1909); A Baby's Shoe (1909); Jones and the Lady Book Agent (1909); The French Duel (1909); One Busy Hour (1909); The Note in the Shoe (1909); The Eavesdropper (1909); Tis an Ill Wind That Blows No Good (1909); Lucky Jim (1909); The Drive for a Life (1909); A Troublesome Satchel (1909); Lady Helen's Escapade (1909); Confidence (1909); The Winning Coat (1909); A Sound Sleeper (1909); Schneider's Anti-Noise Crusade (1909); Trying to Get Arrested (1909); The Road to the Heart (1909); A Drunkard's Reformation (1909); The Medicine Bottle (1909); Jones and His New Neighbors (1909); The Deception (1909); And a Little Child Shall Lead Them (1909); The Lure of the Gown (1909); I Did It (1909); The Salvation Army Lass (1909); The Wooden Leg (1909); The Roue's Heart (1909); A Fool's Revenge (1909); The Prussian Spy (1909); His Wife's Mother (1909); Saul and David (1909); At the Altar (1909); At the Crossroads of Life (1908); The Golden Louis (1909); The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals (1909); His Ward's Love (1909); The Curtain Pole (1909); Tragic Love (1909); A Wreath in Time (1909); The Brahma Diamond (1909); The Girls and Daddy (1909); The Cord of Life (1909); The Adventures of Dollie (1908); Mr. Jones Has a Card Party (1909); The Fascinating Mrs. Francis (1909); Those Boys! (1909); The Criminal Hypnotist (1909); The Sacrifice (1909); Love Finds a Way (1909); The Honor of Thieves (1909); Mrs. Jones Entertains (1909); One Touch of Nature (1909); The Reg Girl (1908); The Helping Hand (1908); Mr. Jones at the Ball (1908); The Christmas Burglars (1908); The Dancer and the King: A Romantic Story of Spain (1908); An Awful Moment (1908); The Test of Friendship (1908); The Reckoning (1908); The Feud and the Turkey (1908); The Valet's Wife (1908); Money Mad (1908); Julius Caesar (1908); The Clubman and the Tramp (1908); A Woman's Way (1908); The Ingrate (1908); The Song of the Shirt (1908); The Taming of the Shrew (1908); The Pirate's Gold (1908); Antony and Cleopatra (1908); After Many Years (1908); Concealing a Burglar (1908); Romance of a Jewess (1908); The Planter's Wife (1908); The Vaquero's Vow (1908); Ingomar, the Barbarian (1908); Father Gets in the Game (1908); The Zulu's Heart (1908); The Devil (1908); The Stolen Jewels (1908); Richard III (1908); A Smoked Husband (1908); Where the Breakers Roar (1908); The Heart of O Yama (1908); The Red Girl (1908); Behind the Scenes (1908); The Girl and the Outlaw (1908); Betrayed by a Handprint (1908); Salome (1908); The Bandit's Waterloo (1908); Love Laughs at Locksmiths; an 18th Century Romance (1908); The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient Norsemen (1908); Lady Jane's Flight (1908); Romeo and Juliet (1908); Macbeth (1908); Cupid's Realm; or, A Game of Hearts (1908); The Despatch Bearer; or, Through the Enemy's Lines (1907); The Mill Girl (1907); The Shaughraun (1907); Bargain Fiend; or, Shopping à la Mode (1907); Athletic American Girls (1907); The Boy, the Bust and the Bath (1907); Daniel Boone (1907); The Automobile Thieves (1906).

Born on this day – Oscar Micheaux:

Writer

Director

Producer

January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951

Credits:

The Betrayal (1948); The Notorious Elinor Lee (1940); Lying Lips (1939); Birthright (1938); God's Step Children (1938); Swing! (1938); Underworld (1937); Murder in Harlem (1935); Temptation (1935); Harlem After Midnight (1934); Phantom of Kenwood (1933); Black Magic (1932); The Girl from Chicago (1932); Ten Minutes to Live (1932); Veiled Aristocrats (1932); The Darktown Revue (1931); The Exile (1931); Easy Street (1930); A Daughter of the Congo (1930); Wages of Sin (1929); When Men Betray (1928); Thirty Years Later (1928); The House Behind the Cedars (1927); The Millionaire (1927); The Broken Violin (1927); The Spider's Web (1927); The Conjure Woman (1926); The Devil's Disciple (1926); Marcus Garland (1925); Body and Soul (1925); A Son of Satan (1924); Birthright (1924); The Virgin of Seminole (1923); Deceit (1923); Uncle Jasper's Will (1922); The Dungeon (1922); The Gunsaulus Mystery (1921); The Hypocrite (1921); The Symbol of the Unconquered (1920); The Brute (1920); Within Our Gates (1920); The Homesteader (1919).