Thursday, May 22, 2025

Born on this day – Laurence Olivier:



Laurence Olivier


Actor

Director

May 22, 1907 – July 11, 1989


Born on this day – Merry Anders:



Merry Anders


Actress

May 22, 1934 – October 28, 2012

Credits:
Intimate Portrait (2002); Kelsey Grammer Salutes Jack Benny (1995); Reginald LeBorg - Man nannte mich den Alleskönner (1987); Gunsmoke (1971); Will to Die (1971); Airport (1970); Lassie (1967–1968); Dragnet 1967 (1967–1968); Flight of the Cougar (1967); The Magical World of Disney (1966); Never Too Young (1965–1966); Women of the Prehistoric Planet (1966); Get Smart (1966); Tickle Me (1965); Raiders from Beneath the Sea (1964); Young Fury (1964); The Time Travelers (1964); The Addams Family (1964); The Virginian (1964); The Quick Gun (1964); Perry Mason (1961–1964); A Tiger Walks (1964); Arrest and Trial (1964); The Joey Bishop Show (1963–1964); Police Nurse (1963); House of the Damned (1963); The Jack Benny Program (1963); FBI Code 98 (1963); 77 Sunset Strip (1958–1962); Death Valley Days (1952); Air Patrol (1962); Beauty and the Beast (1962); Hawaiian Eye (1960–1962); Patty (1962); Straightaway (1962); Westinghouse Preview Theatre (1961); Ichabod and Me (1961); Maverick (1960–1961); The Bob Cummings Show (1961); Alfred Hitchcock in Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); Secret of Deep Harbor (1961); 20,000 Eyes (1961); When the Clock Strikes (1961); Michael Shayne (1961); The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961); Bringing Up Buddy (1961); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1960–1961); Police Dog Story (1961); Surfside 6 (1961); The Loretta Young Show (1955–1961); Bronco (1960–1961); Spring Affair (1960); The Walking Target (1960); Cheyenne (1957–1960); Young Jesse James (1960); Five Bold Women (1960); Bonanza (1960); ; The Hypnotic Eye (1960); Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade of the Stars (1960); The Real McCoys (1959); Sugarfoot (1957–1959); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1959); The Ann Sothern Show (1959); How to Marry a Millionaire (1957–1959); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959); Mike Hammer (1959); State Trooper (1959); Decision (1958); Violent Road (1958); The Dalton Girls (1957); Broken Arrow (1957); Hear Me Good (1957); The Bob Cummings Show (1957); Escape from San Quentin (1957); Death in Small Doses (1957); No Time to Be Young (1957); Calypso Heat Wave (1957); Desk Set (1957); The Night Runner (1957); The Millionaire (1956); Matinee Theatre (1956); It's Always Jan (1955–1956); All That Heaven Allows (1955); TV Reader's Digest (1955); The Stu Erwin Show (1954–1955); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); Phffft (1954); Public Defender (1954); Princess of the Nile (1954); Three Coins in the Fountain (1954); How to Marry a Millionaire (1953); The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953); Titanic (1953); Les Miserables (1952); Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952); Belles on Their Toes (1952); Golden Girl (1951).

Born on this day – Susan Strasberg:


Susan Strasberg


Actress

May 22, 1938 – January 21, 1999

Credits:
1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (1955); 5th Annual Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1955); Acting: Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio (1981); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); ...and Millions Die! (1973); Armchair Theatre (1958); Assignment: Vienna (1973); Baffle (1973); Beggarman, Thief (1979); Believe (1996); Biography (1996); Bloody Birthday (1981); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); Bonanza (1968); Breaking Point (1964); Bronk (1975); Burke's Law (1964–1965); Butterfly Island (1987); Cagney & Lacey (1987); Candid Camera (1963); CBS Playhouse (1969); Chubasco (1968); Cinema mil (2005); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2010); Compression (2023); Cosa Nostra, Arch Enemy of the FBI (1967); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Destiny, West! (1960); Dinah! (1980); Dinah's Place (1974); Disorder (1962); Dr. Kildare (1961); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Ellery Queen (1975); Eröffnung der X. Internationalen Filmfestspiele (1960); Front Page Challenge (1979); General Electric Theater (1955); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1968); Girl in My Life (1973–1974); Girl Talk (1963–1964); Goodyear Playhouse (1953); Harry O (1976); Hauser's Memory (1970); Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962); Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (1982); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hollywood Ghost Stories (1986); Hot Shots (1986); Hotels - Geschichte und Geschichten (1990); Hour Magazine (1980); Il giardino dei ciliegi (1992); In Praise of Older Women (1978); Inèdits (2023); Kapo (1960); Kate McShane (1975); Kraft Theatre (1954); Lancer (1968); L'homme qui a vu l'homme qui a vu l'ours (1990); Love, Marilyn (2012); Mannix (1973); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969); Marilyn in Manhattan (1998); Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1986); Marilyn Monroe: Life After Death (1994); Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001); Marilyn, Misunderstood (2021); Mazes and Monsters (1982); McCloud (1970–1971); McGuire, Go Home! (1965); McMillan & Wife (1974); Medical Center (1971–1976); Medical Story (1975); Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (1971); Murder, She Wrote (1987); My Sister, My Love (1969); Mystery at Malibu (1975); Night Gallery / Midnight Never Ends (1971–1973); Old Friends... New Friends (1980); Omnibus / Ballet Girl / The Duchess and the Smugs (1954–1956); Our American Heritage (1960); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972–1974); Password (1962–1963); Person to Person (1956); Petrocelli (1975); Picnic (1955); Play of the Week (1959); Police Surgeon (1974); Premiere (1968); Prime Suspect (1989); Psych-Out (1968); Remembering Marilyn (1988); Remington Steele (1986); Rollercoaster (1977); Run for Your Life (1965); Sammy Somebody (1971); Schweitzer (1990); Scream of Fear (1961); So Evil, My Sister (1974); SST: Death Flight (1977); Stage Struck (1958); Star's Table (1986); Sweepstakes (1979); Sweet Sixteen (1983); Tales from the Darkside (1985); Tales of the Unexpected (1984–1985); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); Ternos Caçadores (1969); The 31st Annual Golden Globe Awards (1974); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1999); The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999); The Arlene Francis Show (1957); The Arthur Murray Party (1958); The Big Valley (1967); The Bob Braun Show (1984); The Brotherhood (1968); The Carol Burnett Show (1976); The Cobweb (1955); The Dating Game (1968); The Delta Force (1986); The Dick Clark Show (1958); The Ed Sullivan Show (1956); The Evil Touch (1973); The F.B.I. (1967–1968); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime);  (1967); The Immigrants (1978); The Invaders (1967); The Joey Bishop Show (1968); The John Davidson Show (1980); The Legend of Hillbilly John (1972); The Legend of Jesse James (1966); The Les Crane Show (1964); The Love Boat (1982); The Manitou (1978); The Marriage (1954); The Merv Griffin Show (1967–1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1973–1974); The Movie Game (1969); The Name of the Game (1968); The Name of the Game Is Kill! (1968); The New Mike Hammer (1984); The Other Side of the Wind (2018); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Returning (1983); The Rockford Files (1974–1976); The Rogues (1964); The Runnin' Kind (1989); The Sixth Sense (1972); The Steve Allen Show (1968); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); The Stronger (1976); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1980); The Trip (1967); The Virginian (1966–1970); The Wide World of Mystery (1973–1975); The Young Lawyers (1971); They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018); Toma (1973–1974); Tre soldi e la donna di classe (1977); Unauthorized Biography: Jane Fonda (1988); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958); William Holden: The Golden Boy (1989); Working with Orson Welles (1993).

Born on this day – Paul Winfield:


Paul Winfield


Actor

May 22, 1939 – March 7, 2004


Born on this day – Michael Sarrazin:


Michael Sarrazin


Actor

May 22, 1940 – April 17, 2011

Credits:

18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2012); A Man Called Gannon (1968); A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2002); African Skies (1992); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1988); Arrival II (1998); Believe in Me (1971); Beulah Land (1980); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966–1967); Bullet to Beijing (1995); Captive Hearts (1987); Caravans (1978); CBC Show of the Week (1964–1965); Chercheurs d'or (1996); Counterstrike (1991); Cowboy and Indian (1972); Crackerjack 2 (1997); Días de cine (2011); Double Negative (1980); Earth: Final Conflict (2001); Earthquake in New York (1998); Everybody's Prejudiced (1961); Eye of the Cat (1969); Feardotcom (2002); Festival (1965); Fighting Back / aka Death Vengeance (1982); For Pete's Sake (1974); Frankenstein: The True Story (1973); Funny Girl to Funny Lady (1975); Gunfight in Abilene (1967); Harry in Your Pocket (1973); In Search of Gregory (1969); Jane Fonda in Five Acts (2018); Joshua Then and Now (1985); Journey to Shiloh (1968); Keeping Track (1986); Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1994); La Femme Nikita (2000); La Florida (1993); Lena's Holiday (1991); Malarek (1988); Mascara (1987); Mentors (1999); Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996); Midnight Man (1997); Murder, She Wrote (1985–1991); On the Road (2012); Passion and Paradise (1989); Poltergeist: The Legacy (1997); Pour cent millions (1990); Saturday Night Live (1976–1978); Selkirk of Red River (1964); Sometimes a Great Notion / aka Never Give an Inch (1971); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1996); Street Legal (1990); TCM Remembers (2011); The 11th Annual Publicists Guild of America Awards (1975); The Christmas Choir (2008); The City (1999–2000); The Doomsday Flight (1966); The Flim-Flam Man (1967); The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972); The Gumball Rally (1976); The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972); The Loves and Times of Scaramouche (1976); The Moviemakers (1969); The Outer Limits (1996–1999); The Peacekeeper (1997 / 2017); The Phone Call (1989); The Pursuit of Happiness (1971); The Ray Bradbury Theater (1989–1992); The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975); The Seduction (1982); The Serial (1965); The Sweet Ride (1968); The Virginian (1965); They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969); Thunder Point (1998); Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery (2005); Tropical Heat (1993); Viadukt (1983); Wojeck (1966); You're No Good (1965).

On this day in movie history - Outland (1981)


Outland


directed and written by Peter Hyams,

was released in the United States on May 22, 1981.

Music by Jerry Goldsmith.
 
Cast:
Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, James Sikking, Kika Markham, Clarke Peters, Steven Berkoff, John Ratzenberger, Nicholas Barnes, Manning Redwood, Pat Starr, Hal Galili, Angus MacInnes, Stuart Milligan, Eugene Lipinski, Norman Chancer, Ron Travis, Anni Domingo, Bill Bailey, Chris Williams, Marc Boyle, Richard Hammatt, James Berwick, Gary Olsen, Isabelle Lucas, Sharon Duce, P.H. Moriarty, Angelique Rockas, Jude Alderson, Rayner Bourton, Doug Robinson, Julia Depyer, Nina Francoise, Brendan Hughes, Philip Johnston, Norri Morgan, John Cannon, Tony Clarkin, Steve Meek, Maurice Roëves.

On this day in movie history - Brewster’s Millions (1985)


Brewster’s Millions


directed by Walter Hill, 

written by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod, 

based on the novel by George Barr McCutcheon, 

was released in the United States on May 22, 1985.


Cast:
Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee, Stephen Collins, Jerry Orbach, Pat Hingle, Tovah Feldshuh, Hume Cronyn, Joe Grifasi, Peter Jason, David White, Jerome Dempsey, David Wohl, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Milt Kogan, Carmine Caridi, Yakov Smirnoff, Rick Moranis, Gloria Charles, Yana Nirvana, Grand L. Bush, Conrad Janis, Rosetta LeNoire, Joseph Leon, Robert Ellenstein, Reni Santoni, Alan Autry, Joseph G. Medalis, Malachy McCourt, Roger Til, Allan Miller, Mike Hagerty, Kelly Yaegermann, Regina Hooks, Allan Graf, Archie Hahn, Jeffrey Mylett, Richard Hochberg, R.D. Call, Frank Slaten, Lin Shaye, Wesley Thompson, Strawn Bovee, Matt Landers, Kip Waldo, Shaka Cumbuka, Brad Sanders, Bill McConnell, Margot Rose, Joel Weiss, Candee Jennings, Bennie E. Dobbins, Gary Alexander, Joey Banks, Steven Benson, Mike Paciorek, Ken Medlock, Robbie T. Robinson, Ken Knighten, Hank Robinson, Art Reichle, Marina Anderson, Jack Couch, Ken DuMain, Ronald E. Giles, Bob Harks, Freeman Love, Naylon Mitchell, Danny Nero, Arnie Scheer.