Born on this day – Brian Dennehy:

 

Actor

July 9, 1938 – April 15, 2020

Credits:

10 (1979); 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (2003); 10th & Wolf (2006); 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); 30 Rock (2008); 8: Ivy League Football and America (2008); A Death in Canaan (1978); A Father's Revenge (1988); A Killing in a Small Town (1990); A Real American Hero (1978); A Rumor of War (1980); A Season in Purgatory (1996); A Season on the Brink (2002); A Very Merry Toy Store (2017); Acceptable Risks (1986); Alan Pakula: Going for Truth (2019); Alleged (2010); America This Morning (1990); American Experience (2000); American Valor (2003); Angel (1999) / 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2001); Animated Tales of the World (2002); Ants! (1977); Arrest & Trial (2000–2002); Assault on Precinct 13 (2005); BBC2 Playhouse (1982); Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company' (2003); Best Seller (1987); Big Shamus, Little Shamus (1979–1981); Biography (1999); Birdland (1994); Blood Feud (1983); Bumpers (1977); Bunker Hill (2009); Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979); Caesar & Otto in the House of Dracula (2009); Caesar and Otto Meet Dracula's Lawyer (2010); Cagney & Lacey (1984); Canceled Lives: Letters from the Inside (1993); Carrie Underwood: Temporary Home (2010); Cat City (2008); Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2020); Celebrity Page (2020); Charlie Rose (2015); Cocked (2015); Cocoon (1985); Cocoon: The Return (1988); Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero (2002); Columbia: A Celebration (2003); Connecticut: Seasons of Light - Cradle of American Impressionism (2003); Dallas (1978); Darkroom (1981); Day One (1989); De película (1988); Dead Man's Walk (1996); Deadly Matrimony (1992); Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam (1987); Death of a Salesman (2000); Death or Canada (2008); Dish Dogs (2000); Drawing First Blood (2002); Driveways (2019); Dummy (1979); Dynasty (1981); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); Evergreen (1985); Every Day (2010); Everyone's Hero (2006); F.I.S.T. (1978); F/X (1986); F/X2 (1991); Faerie Tale Theatre (1987); Fail Safe (2000); Final Appeal (1993); Finders Keepers (1984); First Blood (1982); Fly Away Home (1981); Foreign Affairs (1993); Foul Play (1978); Founding Brothers (2002); Founding Fathers (2000); From Broadway to Syracuse: The Journey of Arthur Storch (2014); Génération Barracuda (2023); Georg Elser - Einer aus Deutschland (1989); Gladiator (1992); Gorky Park (1983); Great Performances / Story: The Monument (1981–2002); Gunfighters of the West (1998); Handle with Care (1977); Hap and Leonard (2017); HBO First Look (2005); Hunter (1984); I Am Chris Farley (2015); I Take These Men (1983); In Broad Daylight (1991); Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan (1997); Indio (1989); Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us (1996); Jack Reed: A Search for Justice (1994); Jack Reed: Badge of Honor (1993); Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance (1996); Jack Reed: One of Our Own (1995); Jeopardy! (1999); Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye (1977); Joyce to the World (2004); Just Shoot Me! (1998–2003); Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure (2012); Knight of Cups (2015); Knots Landing (1980); Kojak (1977); Lanigan's Rabbi (1977); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994–1999); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2007); Leave of Absence (1994); Legal Eagles (1986); Little Miss Marker (1980); Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977); Lost Road of the Popes: Via Papale (2009); Lou Grant (1977); Love and Valor: The Intimate Civil War Letters (2009); Lucan (1977); M*A*S*H (1977); Marco Polo (2007); Masters of Science Fiction (2007); Meet Monica Velour (2010); Meet the Real Tag Brothers (2018); Miami Vice (1987); Miles from Home (1988); Minty Comedic Arts (2023); Murder in the Heartland (1993); Murderers' Row (2018); Mystery Files (2011); NetForce (1999); Never Cry Wolf (1983); Night Visions / Segment: Quiet Please (2001); Nolan Knows Best (2010); Nostromo (1996–1997); Our Fathers (2005); Out of the Cold (1999); Pearl (1978); Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020); Perfect Witness (1989); Pigs vs. Freaks (1982); Police Woman (1977); Presumed Innocent (1990); Pride and Extreme Prejudice (1989); Project Greenlight (2001–2023); Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story (1993); Public Morals (2015); Ratatouille (2007); Ratatouille: The Video Game (2007); Reading Rainbow (1991); Return to Snowy River (1988); Righteous Kill - The Investigation: An In-Depth Look at 'Righteous Kill' (2009); Righteous Kill (2008); Rising Son (1990); Rizzoli & Isles (2010); Romeo + Juliet (1996); Ruby and Oswald (1978); Rules of Engagement (2009); Saturday Night Live (1995); Science Goes to the Movies (2018); Screen Two (1994); Semi-Tough (1977); Serpico (1977); Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996); Shadow of a Doubt (1995); She Hate Me (2004); Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story (1979); Silicon Towers (1999); Silverado (1985); Sirens (1999); Skokie (1981); Sly (2023); Son of Rambow (2007); Son of the South (2020); Split Image (1982); Star of the Family (1982); Stolen Summer (2002); Summer Catch (2001); Tag (2018); Tall Tales & Legends (1985); TCM Guest Programmer (2007); TCM Remembers 2020 (2020); Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (1992); Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1998); The 12th Annual Golden Laurel Awards (2001); The 16th Annual CableACE Awards (1995); The 4400 (2006); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1993); The 53rd Annual Tony Awards (1999); The 57th Annual Tony Awards (2003); The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2001 (2001); The 61st Annual Tony Awards (2007); The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2020); The Agency (2003); The Belly of an Architect (1987); The Big C (2013); The Big Year (2011); The Blacklist (2016–2020); The Broadway.com Show (2014); The Burden of Proof (1992); The Challenger Disaster (2013); The Check Is in the Mail... (1986); The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron (2003); The Diamond Fleece (1992); The Exonerated (2005); The Ferret (1984); The Fighting Fitzgeralds (2001); The Fitzpatricks (1977); The Good Wife (2012); The Hour (2008–2011); The Howard Stern Radio Show (1999); The Immortal Beaver (2008); The Jericho Mile (1979); The John Wayne Gacy Murders: Life and Death in Chicago (2024); The Last of the Finest (1990); The Last Place on Earth (1985); The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross (1987); The Lion of Africa (1987); The Making of 'First Blood' (1982); The Making of 'Gorky Park' (1983); The Making of 'Never Cry Wolf' (1983); The Men of the Next Three Days (2011); The Merv Griffin Show (1982); The Next Three Days (2010); The Oscars (2021); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The River Rat (1984); The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1999); The Seagull (2018); The Seduction of Miss Leona (1980); The Song of Sway Lake (2018); The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1986–1992); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992–1994); The Tony Randall Show (1978); The Ultimate Gift (2006); The Ultimate Legacy (2016); The West Wing (2005); Theater Talk (2014); Three Blind Mice (2001); To Catch a Killer (1992); Today (2014); Tommy Boy (1995); 'Tommy Boy': Behind the Laughter (2005); Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (1999); Trumbo (2007); Twelfth Night (2012); Twice in a Lifetime (1985); Uncle Sam Wants You (2004); Undue Influence (1996); Voyage of Terror (1998); War Eagle, Arkansas (2007); Warden of Red Rock (2001); Welcome to Paradise (2007); Working in the Theatre (1999–2007); Zebras: Patterns in the Grass (1991).

Born on this day – Earle Hagen:

 

Composer

July 9, 1919 – May 26, 2008

Credits:

61* (2001); A Global Affair (1964); A Private's Affair (1959); A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950); Accidental Family (1967–1968); Aces Up (1974); Alex and the Doberman Gang (1980); AMV Hell 2: Son of AMV Hell (2004); AMV Hell 3: The Motion Picture (2005); Andy Griffith Show Reunion (1993); Apartment for Peggy (1948); BBC Proms (2010); Bernardine (1957); Big Eddie (1975); Blaze (1989); Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952); Blue Denim (1959); Boys Will Be Boys (1998); California's Gold (2012); Call Me Madam (1953); Call Me Mister (1951); Carousel (1956); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2021); Christine (1983); Chuck Brown: We Got This (2010); City of Bad Men (1953); Compulsion (1959); Conan (2015); Contact (1997); Criminal Minds (2007); Cry of the City (1948); Daddy Long Legs (1955); Dancing in the Dark (1949); Dixieland Small-Fry (1960); Doc Elliot (1973–1974); Don't Bother to Knock (1952); Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952); Down to Earth (1947); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); Earth Girls Are Easy (1988); Ebony, Ivory and Jade (1979); Eight Is Enough (1977–1980); Ensign Pulver (1964); Farewell to the Planet of the Apes (1980); Father Was a Fullback (1949); Featherstone's Nest (1979); First Date (1989); Four Rooms (1995); Friends (1997); Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955); Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953); Get a Life (1990–1991); Get Crazy (1983); Get Smart (1968); Ghost of a Chance (1980); Golden Girl (1951); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1964–1969); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Guestward Ho! (1960); Having Babies (1976); Hey, Jeannie! (1956–1957); High Time (1960); History Detectives (2003); Holiday for Lovers (1959); Home, Sweet Homicide (1946); Hound-Dog Man (1959); House of Strangers (1949); I Build the Tower (2006); I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951); I Spy (1965–1968); I Take These Men (1983); I'd Rather Be Rich (1964); I'll Get By (1950); Inside TV Land (2002); Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944); It's a Great Feeling (1949); It's a Man's World (1962–1963); It's Always Jan (1955–1956); Jeopardy! (2010); Känd från TV (2001); Kangaroos in the Kitchen (1982); Killer on Board (1977); Kiss of Death (1947); Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2004–2008); Late Show with David Letterman (2011); Le Bal (1983); Let's Make It Legal (1951); Let's Make Love (1960); Los simuladores (2002); Love and Marriage (1959–1960); Love Me Tender (1956); Love That Brute (1950); Love, Marilyn (2012); Loving (2016); M*A*S*H (1973); Make Room for Granddaddy (1970–1971); Man on a Tightrope (1953); Mardi Gras (1958); Marraskuun harmaa valo (1993); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976); Mayberry Man (2021); Mayberry Man: The Series (2024); Mayberry R.F.D. (1968–1971); Medicine Man (1962); Meet Me After the Show (1951); Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All (1989); Miracle on 34th Street (1947); Mister Magoo (1960); Mod Squad (1968–1973); Monkey Business (1952); More Than Murder (1984); Mother Didn't Tell Me (1950); Mother Is a Freshman (1949); Mother Wore Tights (1947); Movin' On (1975–1976); Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949); Muggable Mary, Street Cop (1982); Murder Me, Murder You (1983); My Blue Heaven (1950); My Friend Tony (1969); My Sister Eileen (1960–1961); My Wife's Best Friend (1952); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1992–2018); Nashville 99 (1977); Never Steal Anything Small (1959); Nightmare Alley (1947); North (1994); North Beach and Rawhide (1985); Off to See the Wizard (1967); Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957); Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949); On the Riviera (1951); Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1991); Pepe (1960); Perfect Strangers (1987); Planet of the Apes (1974); Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958); Ramblin'Man (1979); Rango (1967); Ready to Rumble (2000); Red Skies of Montana (1952); Return to Mayberry (1986); Road House (1948); Runaway Bride (1999); Say One for Me (1959); Scrubs (2004); Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948); Sex and the City (1998); Silver Spoons (1982–1987); Sitting Pretty (1948); Spring Reunion (1956); St. Louis Blues (1958); Stand by Your Man (1981); Still Breathing (1997); Take It or Leave It (1944); Tango & Cash (1989); Teachers Only (1982); Teenage Millionaire (1961); Teenage Rebel (1956); That Girl (1966–1971); That Wonderful Urge (1948); The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards (2004); The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960–1961); The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982); The Best of Everything (1959); The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956); The Big Town (1987); The Bill Dana Show (1963–1965); The Blue Angel (1959); The Cable Guy (1996); The Cheerleaders (1976); The Concrete Cowboys (1979); The Country Western Murders (1979); The Danny Thomas Hour (1967–1968); The Danny Thomas Show (1953–1964); The Diary of Anne Frank (1959); The Dick Van Dyke Show - Celebrating the 60th Anniversary (2021); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966); The Dick Van Dyke Show: Now in Living Color! (2016); The Dick Van Dyke Show: Now in Living Color! A Special Tribute to Carl Reiner (2020); The Dirt Gang (1972); The Dogwalker (1999); The Don Rickles Show (1972); The Dukes of Hazzard (1983–1985); The Egyptian (1954); The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953); The Frogmen (1951); The Gift of Love (1958); The Girl Next Door (1953); The Girl Rush (1955); The Greatest (1977); The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967–1969); The Homestretch (1947); The Hustler of Muscle Beach (1980); The I Don't Care Girl (1953); The Jackpot (1950); The Jim Backus Show (1961); The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2021); The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956); The Luck of the Irish (1948); The Man Who Understood Women (1959); The Mod Squad (1999); The Monk (1969); The New Andy Griffith Show (1971); The New Interns (1964); The New Mike Hammer (1984–1987); The New People (1969); The New Perry Mason (1973–1974); The Player's Club (Part One);  (2023); The Players' Club with Laura Hagen & Marcus Lantero Preview (2023); The Real McCoys (1957); The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1986); The Runaways (1975); The Secret of Convict Lake (1951); The Simpsons (1997–2017); The Singing Detective (2003); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2018); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2011); The Young Lions (1958); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); These Thousand Hills (1959); Thieves' Highway (1949); True Grit: A Further Adventure (1978); TV Land's Top Ten (2005); Two Flags West (1950); Under My Skin (1950); Vacation Playhouse (1963–1967); Valentine's Day (1965); Visiting... with Huell Howser (2010); Wabash Avenue (1950); Wake Me When It's Over (1960); WandaVision (2021); Wendy Hooper, U.S. Army (1981); When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948); Where's Raymond? (1953–1954); Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957); With a Song in My Heart (1952); Woman Obsessed (1959); You Were Meant for Me (1948); Young Dan'l Boone (1977); You're My Everything (1949); Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series (2010).

Born on this day – Lionel White:

Writer

July 9, 1905 – December 26, 1985

Credits:

Books: 

The Snatchers (1953); To Find a Killer (aka Before I Die) (1954); The Big Caper (1955); Flight Into Terror (1955); The Killing (aka Clean Break) (1955); Love Trap (1955); The House Next Door (1956); Operation - Murder (1956); Death Takes the Bus (1957); Hostage for a Hood (1957); Right for Murder (1957); Coffin for a Hood (1958); Invitation to Violence (1958); Too Young to Die (1958); The Merriweather File (1959); Rafferty (1959); Run, Killer, Run! (1959); Lament for a Virgin (1960); Marilyn K. (1960); Steal Big (1960); The Time of Terror (1960); A Death At Sea (1961); A Grave Undertaking (1961); Obsession (1962); The Money Trap (1963); The Ransomed Madonna (1964); The House On K Street (1965); A Party to Murder (1966); Spykill (1966); The Crimshaw Memorandum (1967); The Night Of The Rape (1967); Hijack (1969); Death of a City (1970); The Mexico Run (1974); A Rich and Dangerous Game (1974); Jailbreak (1976); The Walled Yard (1978); The Time of Terror / A Death At Sea (1961).

Movies and television:

Pierrot the Fool (1965); Rafferty (1980); Reservoir Dogs (1992); The Big Caper (1957); The Hair (1974); The Killing (1956); The Money Trap (1965); The Night of the Following Day (1969); Thriller (1961).

Henry David Thoreau, on books:

Books are the carriers of civilization.

Without books, history is silent.

- Henry David Thoreau. 

On this day in music history - Beautiful Broken, by Heart (2016)

Beautiful Broken

by Heart

was released on July 8, 2016.

On this day in music history - Invocation, by Silvia Nakkach (2003)

Invocation

by Silvia Nakkach

was released on July 8, 2003.

On this day in movie history - Heavenly Creatures (1994)

 

Heavenly Creatures

directed by Peter Jackson,

written by Frances Walsh and Peter Jackson,

based on the true 1954 Juliet Hulme / Pauline Parker murder case,

was released at the Wellington Film Festival in New Zealand on July 8, 1994.

Music by Peter Dasent.

Cast:

Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse, Diana Kent, Clive Merrison, Simon O'Connor, Jed Brophy, Peter Elliott, Gilbert Goldie, Geoffrey Heath, Kirsti Ferry, Ben Skjellerup, Darien Takle, Elizabeth Moody, Liz Mullane, Moreen Eason, Pearl Carpenter, Lou Dobson, Jesse Griffin, Glen Drake, Nic Farra, Chris Clarkson, Ray Henwood, John Nicoll, Michael Maxwell, Raewyn Pelham, Toni Jones, Glenys Lloyd-Smith, Wendy Watson, Jean Guérin, Stephen Reilly, Andrea Sanders, Ben Fransham, Jessica Bradley, Alex Shirtcliffe-Scott, Barry Thomson, Kylie Cushman, Perin Davey, Peter Jackson, Damian Vuleta.