On this day in movie history - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

directed by Nicholas Meyer,

written by Jack B. Sowards,

based on a story by Harve Bennett and Jack B. Sowards,

was released in the United States on June 4, 1982.

Music by James Horner.

Cast:

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Bibi Besch, Merritt Butrick, Paul Winfield, Kirstie Alley, Ricardo Montalbán.

On this day in movie history - Poltergeist (1982)

Poltergeist

directed by Tobe Hooper,

written by Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais and Mark Victor,

based on a story by Steven Spielberg,

was released in the United States on June 4, 1982.

Music by Jerry Goldsmith.

Cast:

JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Dominique Dunne, Oliver Robins, Heather O’Rourke, Zelda Rubinstein, Beatrice Straight, Richard Lawson, Martin Casella, James Karen, Michael McManus, Virginia Kiser, Lou Perryman, Clair E. Leucart, Dirk Blocker, Allan Graf, Joseph Walsh, Helen Baron, Noel Conlon, Robert Broyles, Sonny Landham, Jeffrey Bannister, William Vail, Craig Simmons, Phil Stone, Dana Gendian, Jaimi Gendian, Danny Nero, Paula Paulson.

Born on this day – Dennis Weaver:

Actor

June 4, 1924 – February 24, 2006

Credits:

10th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (1974); 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2007); 1993 Environmental Media Awards (1993); 50 Years of Television: A Celebration of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Golden Anniversary (1997); 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2001); 95th Tournament of Roses Parade (1984); A Man Called Sledge (1970); A Winner Never Quits (1986); AFI Life Achievement Award (1975–1995); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960); All Star Blitz (1985); All-Star Party for Lucille Ball (1984); Amber Waves (1980); Ancient Secrets of the Bible, Part II (1993); Angel (1999); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Big Town (1956); Biography (1998); Bloopermania (1987); Bluffing It (1987); Buck James (1987–1988); Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1991–1994); Cavalcade of America (1954); CBS at 75 (2003); CBS: The First 50 Years (1998); Centennial (1978–1979); Cher (1975); Chief Crazy Horse (1955); Citizen Steve (1987); Climax! (1958); Cocaine: One Man's Seduction (1983); Column South (1953); Combat! (1965); Common Ground: Farming and Wildlife (1987); Compression (2024); Dangerous Mission (1954); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Dennis Weaver (1976); Dennis Weaver's Earthship: Documentary (1990); Dinah! (1975–1979); Disaster at Silo 7 (1988); Don't Go to Sleep (1982); Dr. Kildare (1965); Dragnet (1952–1955); Duel (1971); Duel at Diablo (1966); Duel: A Conversation with Director Steven Spielberg (2004); Earth and the American Dream (1992); Emerald Point N.A.S. (1983–1984); Entertainment Tonight (2000); Escape from Wildcat Canyon (1998); Family Feud (1984); Family Law (2001); Female Artillery (1973); Flip (1974); Gentle Ben (1967–1969); Gentle Giant (1967); Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story (1985); Greyhounds (1994); Gunsmoke (1956–1964); Headin' Home for the Holidays (1986); Hee Haw (1977–1981); Henry (2005); High Noon (2000); Hollywood Squares (2004); Home on the Range (2004); Hopalong Cassidy: Public Hero #1 (2001); Horizons West (1952); Intimate Portrait (2000–2002); Intimate Strangers (1977); Ishi: The Last of His Tribe (1978); It Happens Every Thursday (1953); Jerry Visits (1971); Judd for the Defense (1969); Kentucky Jones (1964–1965); Larry Grayson (1977); Law and Order (1953); Lights, Camera, Monty! (1975); Lola! (1976); Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994–1995); Magnum, P.I. (1985); Mama Mae: The Life and Music of Mae Boren Axton (2015); Mastergate (1992); McCloud (1970–1977); Memories Then and Now (1988); Mission Batangas (1968); Moving Image Salutes Steven Spielberg (1994); Music of the West: A Tribute to America's Singing Cowboys (1993); Navy Wife (1956); On the Go (1960); One on One with John Tesh (1991); Password (1962); Peace Pilgrim in Peace Pilgrim: An American Sage Who Walked Her Talk (2002); Pearl (1978); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1962); Philbin's People (1969); Pioneers of Television (2011); Playhouse 90 (1958); Police Story (1979); Politically Incorrect (2001); Rolling Man (1972); Schlitz Playhouse (1955); Seduction in a Small Town (1997); Seven Angry Men (1955); Sex Symbols: Past, Present and Future (1986); Special Collector's Edition (2011); Spielberg (2017); Star's Table (1986); Stolen Women, Captured Hearts (1997); Stone (1979–1980); Storm Fear (1955); Stump the Stars (1963); Subdivide and Conquer: A Modern Western (1999); Submerged (2000); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1992); Super Password (1986); Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); Telluride: Time Crosses Over (1997); Ten Wanted Men (1955); Terror on the Beach (1973); That Girl (1970); The 11th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1959); The 14th Annual Genesis Awards (2000); The 15th Annual Genesis Awards (2001); The 19th Academy of Country Music Awards (1984); The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1971); The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1986); The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2006); The Beast (2001); The Best of Hollywood (1998 / 2017); The Big Show (1980); The Bob Braun Show (1984); The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954); The Cowboy (2016); The Day the Loving Stopped (1981); The Dean Martin Show (1968–1971); The Don Knotts Show (1970); The Ed Nelson Show (1969); The Ed Sullivan Show (1959); The Everly Brothers Show (1970); The Forgotten Man (1971); The Gallant Hours (1960); he Garry Moore Show (1962); The Global Forum (1990); The Golden Blade (1953); The Great Battles of the Civil War (1994); The Great Man's Whiskers (1972); The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1969–1977); The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1973–1974); The Incredible Hulk (1978); The Islander (1978); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The John Denver Special (1976); The Juke Box Jury (1959); The Lawless Breed (1952); The Linkletter Show (1970); The Lone Ranger (1955); The Magical World of Disney (1966); The Man from the Alamo (1953); The Match Game (1963); The Merv Griffin Show (1962–1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1964–1979); The Mississippi Gambler (1953); The Movie Game (1971); The Name of the Game (1969); The Nebraskan (1953); The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980); The Ordeal of Patty Hearst (1979); The Pet Set (1971); The Raiders (1952); The Red Rowe Show (1960); The Redhead from Wyoming (1953); The Return of Sam McCloud (1989); The Silent Service (1957); The Simpsons (2002); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1973); The Toni Tennille Show (1980–1981); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1987); The Twilight Zone (1961); The Val Doonican Music Show (1977); The Virginian (1970 / 2000); The Wildest West Show of the Stars (1986); This Is Your Life (1957); Today (1964); Tom Cottle: Up Close (1982); Touch of Evil (1958); Touched by an Angel (2003); Troy & Priscilla Cory / The Troy Cory Evening Show (1974–1978); TV's Western Heroes (1993); Two-Bits & Pepper (1995); Visions of a New World (1995); Voyeur II (1996); Walking After Midnight (1988); War Arrow (1953); Way... Way Out (1966); Weakest Link (2002); Welcome to the Basement (2012); What About Me? I'm Only 3! (1992); What's My Line? (1962); What's the Matter with Helen? (1971); Where Have All the Children Gone (1980); Wildfire (2005); Wolf Pack (1996); You Don't Say (1964).

Born on this day – Helen Wood:

 

Actress

June 4, 1917 – February 8, 1988

Credits:

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935); Almost a Gentleman (1939); Anna Karenina (1935); Can This Be Dixie? (1936); Champagne Charlie (1936); Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936); Crack-Up (1936); Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935); High Tension (1936); In Caliente (1935); Kid Millions (1934); Mary Jane's Pa (1935); Moulin Rouge (1934); Musical Comedy Time (1950); My Marriage (1936); Roman Scandals (1933); She Married Her Boss (1935); Sing, Baby, Sing (1936); Sis Hopkins (1941); Sorority House (1939); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1951); The Goose and the Gander (1935); The Pilgrimage Play (1949); The Ted Steele Show (1949).

Born on this day – Rosalind Russell:

Actress

Comedienne

Writer

Singer

June 4, 1907 – November 28, 1976

Credits:

A Majority of One (1961); A Show Business Salute to Milton Berle (1973); A Woman of Distinction (1950); ABC Late Night (1975); AFI Life Achievement Award (1973); All Star Revue (1952); American Experience (1996); At Long Last Cole (1975); Auntie Mame (1958); Bates Motel (2013); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Biography (1999); Breakdowns of 1938 (1938); Breakdowns of 1941 (1941); Breakdowns of 1944 (1945); China Seas (1935); Christmas with the Stars (1953); Coming Up Roses (1986); Craig's Wife (1936); Crawford at Warners (2008); Design for Scandal (1941); Evelyn Prentice (1934); Fast and Loose (1939); Film Time (1955); Five Finger Exercise (1962); Flight for Freedom (1943); Forsaking All Others (1934); Four's a Crowd (1938); From the Ends of the Earth (1939); Gable and Crawford (2008); General Electric Theater (1956); Great Performances (1987); Gypsy (1962); Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? A History of Canadian Movies 1939-1953 (1979); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hired Wife (1940); His Girl Friday (1940); Hollywood and the Stars (1963–1964); Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940); Hollywood: The Fabulous Era (1962); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); It Had to Happen (1936); Life Is a Banquet (2009); Live, Love and Learn (1937); Lost Forever (2011); Man-Proof (1938); Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (1997); Meet the Stars #1: Chinese Garden Festival (1940); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! (1967); Mourning Becomes Electra (1947); Mrs. Pollifax-Spy (1971); My Sister Eileen (1942); Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020); Never Wave at a WAC (1953); Night Must Fall (1937); No Time for Comedy (1940); Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (1967); One Rogue Reporter (2014); Picnic (1955); Pioneers of Television (2014); Reckless (1935); Rendezvous (1935); Rosalind Russell: The Inside Scoop (2000); Rosie! (1967); Rosie! (1967); Roughly Speaking (1945); Roughly Speaking (1945); Salute to Oscar Hammerstein II (1972); Schlitz Playhouse (1951); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 1 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 10 (1939); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 9: Sports in Hollywood (1940); Screen Snapshots Series 22, No 10 (1942); Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 1: 25th Anniversary (1945); Screen Snapshots, Series 19, No. 4 (1940); Screen Snapshots: Famous Hollywood Mothers (1947); She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945); Sister Kenny (1946); Startime (1959); Summer Theatre (1958); Take a Letter, Darling (1942); Tell It to the Judge (1949); That's Entertainment! III (1994); The 16th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1959); The 17th Annual Tony Awards (1963); The 18th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1961); The 1974 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (1974); The 1975 Annual Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards (1975); The 19th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1962); The 20th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1963); The 29th Annual Tony Awards (1975); The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 34th Annual Academy Awards (1962); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 39th Annual Academy Awards (1967); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 41st Annual Academy Awards (1969); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The Best of Hollywood (2017); The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention (1937); The Casino Murder Case (1935); The Citadel (1938); The Crooked Hearts (1972); The David Frost Show (1971); The Ed Sullivan Show (1955); The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017); The Feminine Touch (1941); The Girl Rush (1955); The Guilt of Janet Ames (1947); The Half of It (2020); The Linkletter Show (1964); The Loretta Young Show (1955); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1971); The Miracle of Sound (1940); The Movies (2019); The Movies March On (1939); The Night Is Young (1935); The President Vanishes (1934); The Romance of Celluloid (1937); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971); The Trouble with Angels (1966); The Unguarded Moment (1956); The Velvet Touch (1948); The Women (1939); The Women (1939); They Met in Bombay (1941); This Thing Called Love (1940); Trouble for Two (1936); Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994); Under Two Flags (1936); West Point of the Air (1935); What a Woman! (1943); What's My Line? (1953); Where Angels Go Trouble Follows! (1968); Women He's Undressed (2015); Wonderful Town (1958); You Can't Fool a Camera (1941).

Eudora Welty, on reading, writing and imagination:

Both reading and writing are experiences – lifelong – in the course of which we who encounter words used in certain ways are persuaded by them to be brought mind and heart within the presence, the power, of the imagination.

– Eudora Welty.

On this day in television history - Six Feet Under (2001 - 2005)

Six Feet Under

created by Alan Ball,

was first aired in the United States on June 3, 2001, and ran for five seasons.

The final episode aired on August 21, 2005.

 

Cast:

Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose, Freddy Rodriguez, Mathew St. Patrick, Rachel Griffiths, Jeremy Sisto, James Cromwell, Justina Machado, Richard Jenkins, Joanna Cassidy, Giancarlo Rodriguez, Tim Maculan, Eric Balfour, Robert Foxworth, Ed O’Ross, Marina Black, David Norona, Gary Hershberger, Ed Begley, Jr., Illeana Douglas, Dina Waters, Patricia Clarkson, Lili Taylor, Melissa Marsala, Aysia Polk, John Paul Pitoc, Kellie Waymire, Nicki Micheaux, Julie White, Kathy Bates, Peter Macdissi, Ben Foster, Brenna Tosh, Rainn Wilson, Justin Theroux, Idalis DeLeón, Catherine O’Hara, Sprague Grayden, Peter Facinelli, Mena Suvari, Michael Weston, Tina Holmes, Matt Malloy, Julie Dretzin, Jeff Yagher, Michelle Trachtenberg, Bobby Cannavale, Chris Messina, Kendré Berry, C. J. Sanders, Anne Ramsay.