Sunday, April 7, 2024

Born on this day – Stan Winston:

 
Special effects make-up creator

April 7, 1946 – June 15, 2008


Born on this day – Wayne Rogers:


Actor

April 7, 1933 – December 31, 2015


Born on this day – Alan J. Pakula:

 
Director

Writer

Producer

April 7, 1928 – November 19, 1998




Born on this day – James Garner:

 

Actor

Producer

April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014


Credits:

100 Years of the Hollywood Western (1994); 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2005); 1995 VH1 Honors (1995); 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000); 36 Hours (1964); 5th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1999); 77 Sunset Strip (1959); 8 Simple Rules (2003–2005); A Century of Westerns (2003); A Conversation with Dinah (1991); A Man Called Sledge (1970); A Man Could Get Killed (1966); Action on the Beach (1964); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978); Al Roach: Private Insectigator (2004); American Masters (2000–2012); Amy Grant: Building the House of Love (1994); Angel (1961); Arena (2000); Arsenio Hall in The Arsenio Hall Show (1994); Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001); Barbarians at the Gate (1993); Battle for Terra (2007); Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western (1997); Biography (1998–2000); Boys' Night Out (1962); Bravo Profiles (2001); Breathing Lessons (1994); Bret Maverick (1981–1982); Byron Nelson: The Legend Series, a Texas Gentleman (1999); Cash McCall (1960); CBS Early Morning News (1984); Celebrity Billiards (1968); Celebrity Golf (1961); Century of Country (1999); Changing Scene (1970); Cheyenne (1955–1957); Chicago Hope (2000); Conflict (1956–1957); Cops (1973); Cowboy Jubilee: Celebrating the National Cowboy Hall of Fame (1995); Darby's Rangers (1958); DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection (2010); Dead Silence (1997); Decoration Day (1990); Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002); Donahue (1989); Duel at Diablo (1966); Entertainment Tonight (1990–2003); Fire in the Sky (1993); First Annual All-Star Celebrity Softball Game (1967); First Monday (2002); First Night (2007); For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010); God, the Devil and Bob (2000); Golf: The Greatest Game (1994); Good Morning America (1989); Grand Prix (1966); Grand Prix: Challenge of the Champions (1966); Great Performances (1995); Harty (1983); HBO First Look (1994–2002); HealtH (1980); Heartsounds (1984); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hollywood Greats (2006); Hollywood Salutes Jodie Foster: An American Cinematheque Tribute (1999); Hour of the Gun (1967); How Sweet It Is! (1968); Ice Station Zebra (1968); Inside the Movie Kingdom – 1964 (1964); Intimate Portrait (2002); I've Got a Secret (1962–1963); James Bond: The First 21 Years (1983); James Garner on-Camera Interview: Rockford Files Season 1 DVD (2005); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2004); Juke Box Jury (1964); Just to Prove It (1972); Larry King Live (2004); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2004); Laugh-In (1977–1978); Legalese (1998); Legends (2007); Legends of Baja (2018); Lily for President? (1982); Man of the People (1991–1992); Marlowe (1969); Maverick (1957–1962); Maverick (1994); Mister Buddwing (1966); Move Over, Darling (1963); Murphy's Romance (1985); Muscular Dystrophy Telethon (1957); My Fellow Americans (1996); My Fellow Americans: Bloopers (1997); My Name Is Bill W. (1989); Nichols (1971–1972); Not Necessarily the News (1987); Nulle part ailleurs: midi (2000); Off the Minnesota Strip (1980); On Location: James Garner at the Ontario 500 Raceway (1973); Once Upon a Wheel (1971); One Little Indian (1973); One Special Night (1999); Pioneers of Television (2011); Private Screenings (2001); Promise (1986); Pushing the Limit: The Making of 'Grand Prix' (2006); Return to 'the Great Escape' (1993); Roughing It (2002); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1970); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in: 25th Anniversary Reunion (1993); SAG Foundation Conversations (1997); Sayonara (1957); Scott Free (1976); Searchers for a Special City (1965); Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story (1999); Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957); Sidekicks (1974); Sixty Years of Seduction (1981); Skin Game (1971); Space (1985); Space Cowboys (2000); Spirit of American (1998); Streets of Laredo (1995); Sugarfoot (1957); Sunday Night Live (1984); Sunset (1988); Superman / Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (2010); Superstunt (1977); Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971); Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969); Take Me to Your Leaders (1990); Tank (1984); The 11th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1959); The 12th Annual People's Choice Awards (1986); The 19th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1962); The 24th Annual Bing Crosby Golf Tournament (1965); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 35th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1978); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1987); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1994); The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1991 (1991); The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1998); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The 60th Annual Academy Awards (1988); The Americanization of Emily (1964); The Andy Williams Show (1969–1970); The Art of Love (1965); The Bing Crosby Special (1959); The Bob Hope Show (1960–1968); The Carol Burnett Show (1978); The Castaway Cowboy (1974); The Children's Hour (1961); The Coolest Guy Movie Ever: Return to the Scene of The Great Escape (2018); The David Frost Show (1971); The Dick Cavett Show (1986); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1961–1962); The Distinguished Gentleman (1992); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1966); The Ed Sullivan Show (1969); The Fan (1981); The Girl He Left Behind (1956); The Glitter Dome (1984); The Great Escape (1963); The Hidden Dimension (1997); The Howard Stern Radio Show (1999); The Joey Bishop Show (1968–1969); The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration (2003); The Last Debate (2000); The Lee Phillip Show (1963); The Long Summer of George Adams (1982); The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire' (2002); The Making of 'Space Cowboys' (2000); The Man Who Makes the Difference (1968); The Maverick Choir: Amazing Grace (1994); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1969–1976); The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers (1962); The New Maverick (1978); The New Steve Allen Show (1963); The Notebook (2004); The Pink Jungle (1968); The Racing Scene (1969); The Rockford Files (1974–1980); The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise (1995); The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play (1996); The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best (1996); The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. (1994); The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads (1999); The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... (1996); The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime (1996); The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda (1997); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1998–2002); The Thrill of It All (1963); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1991); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1993–2005); The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy (2006); The TV Academy Annual Tribute: A Salute to Angela Lansbury (1990); The Ultimate Gift (2006); The Wheeler Dealers (1963); The Writers Guild Awards (1962); They Only Kill Their Masters (1972); This Is Your Life (1958); Today (1993); Toward the Unknown (1956); TV Land Moguls (2009); Twilight (1998); Up Periscope (1959); Victor / Victoria (1982); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); Waylon (1980); What's My Line? (1964); Whicker's World (1966); Wide Wide World (1958); Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995); Young Maverick (1979); Zane Grey Theatre (1956).



Born on this day – Bill Butler:


Cinematographer

April 7, 1921 – April 5, 2023


Credits:
The Boys at the Bar (2016); Evil Angel (2009); Limousine (2008); Looking Up Dresses (2008); Redline (2007); The Plague (2006); Funny Money (2006); Zombie Prom (2006); Berserker (2005); Joe and Max (2002); Frailty (2001); Hendrix (2000); Ropewalk (2000); Good vs Evil (1999); Passing Glory (1999); Don King: Only in America (1997); Deceiver (1997); Anaconda (1997); Dark Skies (1996); Flipper (1996); A Day for Thanks on Walton's Mountain (1982); Beethoven's 2nd (1993); Cop & ½ (1993); Sniper (1993); Brooklyn Bridge (1991); Hot Shots! (1991); Graffiti Bridge (1990); When We Were Young (1989); Child's Play (1988); Wildfire (1988); Biloxi Blues (1988); Bates Motel (1987); Big Trouble (1986); Rocky IV (1985); Beer (1985); A Streetcar Named Desire (1984); The Thorn Birds (1983); The Sting II (1983); Rocky III (1982); Killing at Hell's Gate (1981); Stripes (1981); The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981); It's My Turn (1980); Can't Stop the Music (1980); Death Ray 2000 (1980); Rocky II (1979); Ice Castles (1978); Uncle Joe Shannon (1978); Grease (1978); Damien: Omen II (1978); Capricorn One (1977); Mary White (1977); Demon Seed (1977); Raid on Entebbe (1976); Alex & the Gypsy (1976); The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976); Lipstick (1976); Fear on Trial (1975); Jaws (1975); The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975); McCoy (1975); Hustling (1975); Target Risk (1975); The Conversation (1974); The Execution of Private Slovik (1974); Indict and Convict (1974); I Heard the Owl Call My Name (1973); Sunshine (1973); Deliver Us from Evil (1973); Running Wild (1973); Savage (1973); Circle of Fear (1972); Hickey & Boggs (1972); Deliverance (1972); Melinda (1972); Something Evil (1972); Deathmaster (1972); The Return of Count Yorga (1971); Drive, He Said (1971); A Clear and Present Danger (1970); Adam's Woman (1970); The Rain People (1969); A Space to Grow (1968); Fearless Frank (1967); The Bold Men (1965); The People vs. Paul Crump (1962).

Born on this day – R. G. Armstrong:

 

Actor

Writer

April 7, 1917 – July 27, 2012


Born on this day – Anthony Caruso:


Actor

April 7, 1916 – April 4, 2003