Born on this day – Floyd Dixon:

 

Floyd Dixon

Blues singer

Pianist

February 8, 1929 – July 26, 2006

Born on this day – James Dean:

 

James Dean

Actor

February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955

Credits:

The Big Story (1953–1957); Giant (1956); Crossroads (1955); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Schlitz Playhouse (1955); Lux Video Theatre (1952–1955); East of Eden (1955); Kraft Theatre (1955); General Electric Theater (1954); Danger (1953–1954); Kraft Theatre (1954); The Philco Television Playhouse (1954); Pepsi Commercial (1954); Robert Montgomery Presents (1953); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1953); Kraft Theatre (1952–1953); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1953); Omnibus (1953); Studio One (1952–1953); Tales of Tomorrow (1953); Treasury Men in Action (1953); Trouble Along the Way (1953); You Are There (1953); The Kate Smith Hour (1953); Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952); Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952); CBS Television Workshop (1952); Sailor Beware (1952); The Stu Erwin Show (1951); Fixed Bayonets! (1951); The Bigelow Theatre (1951); Family Theatre (1951).

Born on this day – Richard Romanus:

Richard Romanus

Actor

Writer

Producer

February 8, 1945 – December 23, 2023

With Harvey Keitel and Martin Scorsese, in Mean Streets (1973).

 

Credits:

The Young Black Stallion (2003); The Sopranos (1999–2002); Nailed (2001); Providence (2001); Carlo's Wake (1999); If You Believe (1999); Giving Up the Ghost (1998); Urban Relics (1998); NYPD Blue (1996); Diagnosis Murder (1996); Charlie Grace (1995); The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise (1995); Northern Exposure (1995); Chicago Hope (1994); Cops and Robbersons (1994); Johnny Bago (1993); Point of No Return (1993); Reasonable Doubts (1992); To Protect and Serve (1992); The Entertainers (1991); Jake and the Fatman (1991); Oscar (1991); Final Stage (1990); Hollywood Heartbreak (1990); Married to the Mob (1989); Mission: Impossible (1989); Midnight Caller (1989); The Couch Trip (1988); Cagney & Lacey (1983–1987); Ghost of a Chance (1987); The A-Team (1983–1986); MacGyver (1985–1986); Murphy's Law (1986); Hill Street Blues (1986); Shadow Chasers (1985); Stir Crazy (1985); Tales from the Darkside (1985); Fame (1985); Crackups (1984); Protocol (1984); Hunter (1984); Second Sight: A Love Story (1984); More Than Murder (1984); Hardcastle and McCormick (1983); Strangers Kiss (1983); Matt Houston (1982); Hey Good Lookin' (1982); Strike Force (1981–1982); Pandemonium (1982); Foul Play (1981); Fantasy Island (1981); Heavy Metal (1981); Hart to Hart (1980); Sitting Ducks (1980); Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980); Gold of the Amazon Women (1979); The Rockford Files (1978); Hawaii Five-O (1978); Outtakes (1977); Starsky and Hutch (1977); Night Drive (1977); Wizards (1977); Charlie's Angels (1977); Russian Roulette (1975); Kojak (1974); Rhoda (1974); The Dion Brothers (1974); Mean Streets (1973); Mod Squad (1970–1971); Night Chase (1970); Walk the Walk (1970); Mission: Impossible (1970); The Ghastly Ones (1968).

Born on this day – Niels Arestrup:

Niels Arestrup

Actor

Writer

Director

February 8, 1949 – December 1, 2024

Credits:

20 heures le journal (1999–2014); 20h30 le dimanche (2021); 28' (2022); 96 heures (2014); A Private Affair (2002); A Prophet (2009); Albert Savarus (1993); Allons au cinéma (1976); Arte Journal (2024); At Eternity's Gate (2018); Au Field de la nuit (2014); Barbablù, Barbablù (1987); Baron noir (2016); Bouillon de culture (1991–1992); By the Sea (2015); C à vous (2011–2021); Calls (2019); Capitain Marleau (2017); Champs-Elysées (1982); Charlie Dingo (1987); Cinema 3 (2009–2010); Citizen Langlois (1995); City Empires (1998); Clique dimanche (2018); Compression (2024); Délit mineur (1994); Demain les mômes (1976); Diesel (1985); Diplomacy (2014); Diplomatie: Making of (2015); Divertimento (2022); Doux amer (1987); Dream On (2000); Du blues dans la tête (1981); Effraction (1986); En aparté (2023); Farewell (2009); Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette letter (2000); Film Önü / Arkasi (2020); Fragments of Antonin (2006); Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma (1987); Histoires abominables / Segment: La passion d'une femme sans Coeur (1979); I, You, He, She (1974); Jacques Audiard - Le cinéma à coeur (2021); La cerisaie (1982); La danse de mort (1982); La derelitta / Cinéma 16 (1977–1988); La dernière carte (1974); La femme abandonee (1992); La grande dune (1990); La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu (1984); La guerre d'un seul homme (1981); La nuit des Césars (2006–2019); La nuit des Molières (1920); La part animale (2007); La part de l'ombre (2000); La passion d'une femme sans Coeur (1979); La rumba (1987); La traversée du miroir (2011); La vie de château (1984); Le candidat (2007); Le cercle de minuit (1994–1995); Le goûter chez Niels (1986); Le grand échiquier (1983); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2007–2016); Le grand soir (1976); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1980); Le pique-nique de Lulu Kreutz (1999); Le Rainbow Warrior (2006); Le retour d'Elisabeth Wolff (1982); Le roman du samedi (1980); Le Temps des Cerises (2008); Le tourbillon des jours (1979); Les apprentis sorciers (1977); Les derniers jours de la victime (1995); Les enquêtes d'Éloïse Rome (2002); Les héritiers (1981); Les loups entre eux (1985); Les papillons noirs (2022); Les poneys sauvages (1983); Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan (1982); Lettres à un jeune poète (2010); L'invitation (2009); L'invité (2021); L'oiseau bleu (1981); Lulu (1978); Lumiere (1976); Manon Roland (1989); Meeting Venus (1991); Memoirs of a French Whore (1979); Messieurs les jurés (1974); Miss O'Gynie et les hommes fleurs (1974); Myster Mocky présente (2020); Nulle part ailleurs (1995–2000); On est en direct (2021); On ne peut pas plaire à tout le monde (2001); On n'est pas couché (2015–2016); Our Children (2012); Papa lumière (2015); Parlez-moi d'amour (2002); Plus ça va, moins ça va (1977); Profession (2018); Rausch der Verwandlung (1989); Return to Montauk (2017); Rewind (1998); Sarah's Key (2010); Second Chance (1976); See You Up There (2017); Seuls (1981); Sincerely Charlotte (1985); Small World (2010); Sortie d'usine 2017 (2017); Stavisky (1974); Studio Gabriel (1996); Suite noire (2009); Tauwetter (1977); Télé Caroline (1989); The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005); The Big Picture (2010); The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007); The Dune (2013); The French Minister (2013); The Future Is Woman (1984); Thé ou café (2001–2015); The Song of Roland (1978); The Woman Cop (1980); Villa Caprice (2020); Ville étrangère (1988); Vivement dimanche (2015–2019); Vivement dimanche prochain (2011–2021); War Horse (2011); You Will Be My Son (2011).

On this day in movie history - Taxi Driver (1976)

Taxi Driver

directed by Martin Scorsese,

written by Paul Schrader,

was released in the United States on February 8, 1976.

Music by Bernard Herrmann.

Cast:

Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Albert Brooks, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle, Steven Prince, Harvey Keitel, Martin Scorsese, Harry Northup, Victor Argo, Joe Spinell, Diahnne Abbott.

On this day in movie history - Witness (1985)

Witness

directed by Peter Weir,

written by Earl W. Wallace and William Kelley,

based on a story by Earl W. Wallace, Pamela Wallace and William Kelley,

was released in the United States on February 8, 1985.

Music by Maurice Jarre.

Cast:

Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubeš, Josef Sommer, Alexander Godunov, Danny Glover, Brent Jennings, Patti LuPone, Angus MacInnes, Viggo Mortensen, Frederick Rolf, John Garson, Ed Crowley, Timothy Carhart, Beverly May, Richard Chaves, Robert Earl Jones, Sylvia Kauders.

On this day in music history - Rossini Recital, by Cecilia Bartoli (1991)

Rossini Recital

by Cecilia Bartoli

was released on February 8, 1991.