Born on this day – Phil Rickman:

Phil Rickman

Writer

March 6, 1950 – October 29, 2024

Credits:

Books:
 

A Crown of Lights (2001); All of a Winter’s Night (2017); Candle Night (1991); Curfew / aka Crybbe (1993); December (1994); Friends of the Dusk (2015); Merrily’s Border (2018); Merrily’s Border: The Marches Share Their Secrets (2009); Midwinter of the Spirit (1999); Night After Night (2014); Oxcrimes (2014); Story Behind the Book: Volume 5 (2015); Suspense Magazine November 2013 (2013); The Bones of Avalon (2010); The Chalice (1997); The Cure of Souls (2001); The Echo of Crows (2025); The Fabric of Sin (2007); The Fever of the World (2022); The Heresy of Dr Dee (2012); The House of Susan Lulham (2015); The Lamp of the Wicked (2003); The Magus of Hay (2013); The Man in the Moss (1994); The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (2004); The Remains of an Altar (2006); The Secrets of Pain (2011); The Smile of a Ghost (2005); The Wine of Angels (1998); To Dream of the Dead (2008); Wine of Angels / Candlenight (2002).

 

Movies and television:

Midwinter of the Spirit (2015); Philosophy for Our Times (2018).

Born on this day – Alberta Watson:

 

Alberta Watson

Actress

March 6, 1955 – March 21, 2015

On this day in movie history - The Shadow on the Window (1957)

 

The Shadow on the Window

directed by William Asher,

written by Leo Townsend and David P. Harmon,

was released in the United States on March 6, 1957.

Based on the story Missing Witness by John Hawkins and Ward Hawkins, published in Cosmopolitan (1954).

Music by George Duning.

Cast:

Philip Carey, Betty Garrett, John Drew Barrymore, Corey Allen, Gerald Sarracini, Jerry Mathers, Sam Gilman, Rusty Lane, Ainslie Pryor, Paul Picerni, William Leslie, Doreen Woodbury, Ellie Kent.

On this day in movie history - Lethal Weapon (1987)

Lethal Weapon

directed by Richard Donner,

written by Shane Black and Jeffrey Boam,

was released in the United States on March 6, 1987.

Music by Michael Kamen and Eric Clapton.

Cast:

Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan, Tom Atkins, Darlene Love, Traci Wolfe, Jackie Swanson, Damon Hines, Ebonie Smith, Bill Kalmenson, Lycia Naff, Patrick Cameron, Don Gordon, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Jason Ronard, Blackie Dammett, Gail Bowman, Robert Fol, Selma Archerd, Richard B. Whitaker, Mary Ellen Trainor, Steve Kahan, Jack Thibeau, Grand L. Bush, Ed O'Ross, Gustav Vintas, Paul Tuerpe, Chad Hayes, Chris D. Jardins, Sven-Ole Thorsen, PeterDuPont, Gilles Kohler, Cedric Adams, Jim J. Poslof, Al Leong, Michael Shaner, Natalie Zimmerman, Deborah Dismukes, Cheryl Baker, Terri Lynn Doss, Sharon K. Brecke, Donald Gooden, Alphonse Philippe Mouzon, Shaun Hunter, Everitt Wayne Collins Jr., Lenny Juliano, Henry Brown, Brian Strohm, Teresa Kadotani, Frank Reinhard, John O'Neill, Tom Noga, Burbank (the Cat), Sam (the Dog), Larry Clardy, Renée Estevez, Bob Harks, Kathleen Harrison, Conrad Hurtt, Danny Nero, Mic Rodgers, Joan Severance, Alastair Sim, Chris Tashima, Norman D. Wilson.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959)

M Squad
Season 2. Episode 23.

Episode entitled: Voluntary Surrender.

Released March 6, 1959.

Directed by Virgil W. Vogel.

Written by Joel Murcott.

Music by Sonny Burke.

 
Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Bert Remsen, Mary Adams, Mary Treen, Paul Dubov, Virginia Lee, Hal Baylor, Constance Cameron.

On this day in television history - Justified (2012)

 

Justified
Season 3. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: Watching the Detectives.

Released March 6, 2012.

Directed by Peter Werner.

Written by Graham Yost, Nichelle Tramble Spellman, Ingrid Escajeda, Ryan Farley and Jon Worley.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.
 
Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Walton Goggins, Mykelti Williamson, Jere Burns, David Andrews, Rick Gomez, Max Perlich, William Ragsdale, Stephen Root, Stephen Tobolowsky, Stoney Westmoreland, Tim DeZarn, Demetrius Grosse, Cleavon McClendon, Neal McDonough, David Atkinson, Elena Evangelo, Lynda Kay Parker, Jonathan Kowalsky, William Gregory Lee, Brendan McCarthy, Joe Stevens, Allen Eckhouse.

On this day in music history - Beyond the Horizon, by Lauren Scott (2020)

Beyond the Horizon

by Lauren Scott,

was released on March 6, 2020.