Born on this day – John Dall:

 

John Dall

Actor

May 26, 1920 – January 15, 1971

Credits:

American Cinema (1995); Another Part of the Forest (1948); Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1961); Broadway Television Theatre (1952–1953); Century of Cinema (1995); Compression (2023); Crawford Mystery Theatre (1951); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); General Electric Theater (1958); Great Performances (1987); Gun Crazy (1950); Hitchcock: Sin cortes (2021); La voleuse (1987); Lights Out (1951); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); On Stage! (1949); Perry Mason (1962–1965); Rope (1948); Rope Unleashed (2001); Rope's End (2022); Schlitz Playhouse (1959); Something in the Wind (1947); Spartacus (1960); Studio One (1952); Suspense (1952–1954); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1949); The Clock (1951); The Corn Is Green (1945); The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950); The Rules of Film Noir (2009); The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997); The Web (1953).

Born on this day – Pilar Del Rey:

Pilar Del Rey

Actress

May 26, 1929 – February 23, 2025

Credits:

26 Men (1959); A Lady Without Passport (1950); Anatomy of a Seduction (1979); And Now Miguel (1966); Baby Sister (1983); Barnaby Jones (1980); Black Horse Canyon (1954); Border River (1954); Checkmate (1961); Daniel Boone (1968); Dragnet 1967 (1968–1969); Family Affair (1969); Fireside Theatre (1951–1955); Flight to Tangier (1953); Fun and Games (1980); Giant (1956); Hart to Hart (1984); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959); Hopalong Cassidy (1953); How the West Was Won (1979); Illegal Entry (1949); Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949); Jubilee Trail (1954); Mannix (1975); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1973–1975); Mark of the Renegade (1951); Masquerade (1984); Midnight Madness (1980); My Three Sons (1969); Police Story (1974); Schlitz Playhouse (1954–1956); Sea Hunt (1961); Shotgun Slade (1961); Simon & Simon (1983); Sombrero (1953); Stewardess School (1986); Stories of the Century (1955); The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951–1953); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1961); The Files of Jeffrey Jones (1952); The Flame Barrier (1958); The Forbidden Dance (1990); The High Chaparral (1970); The Kid from Texas (1950); The Miracle (1959); The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952); The Naked Jungle (1954); The Name of the Game (1969); The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1980); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Sea Chase (1955); The Siege at Red River (1954); The Smith Family (1971); The Wild Wild West (1969); To Rome with Love (1970); Travis McGee (1983); Tropic Zone (1953); Zandy's Bride (1974).

Born on this day – Michel Ciment:

 

Michel Ciment

Writer

May 26, 1938 – November 13, 2023

Credits:

Books:

Boorman: un visionnaire en son temps (1985); Film World / anthology of interviews (2009); Fritz Lang: le meurtre et la loi (2003); Kazan par Kazan (1973); Kubrick: The Definitive Edition (2001); Le crime à l'écran: Une histoire de l'Amérique (1992); Le Dossier Rosi (1976); Le Livre de Losey (1979); Passeport pour Hollywood: entretiens avec Wilder, Huston, Mankiewicz, Polanski, Forman & Wenders (1992); Petite planète cinématographique (2003); Stanley Kubrick (1980); Theo Angelopoulos (1989).

Movies and television:

À contre-temps (2009); À voix nue: grands entretiens d'hier et d'aujourd'hui (2011); Abbas Kiarostami: The Art of Living (2003); About the Salesman (2018); Alain Corneau, du noir au bleu (2006); All About Mankiewicz (1983); Allemaal film (2007); Apostrophes (1985); Bouillon de culture (1993); Café Picouly (2011); Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010); Ce soir (ou jamais!);  (2007); Ciné regards (1978–1981); Cinéphiles de notre temps (2012); Crítico (2008); Dans les oreilles d'Alain Resnais (2020); Droit de réponse: l'esprit de contradiction (1982); Elia Kazan: An Outsider (1982); Épreuves d'artistes (2004); Exposed (1983); Filmmakers Talking: The Making of 'The Boys' (2003); Francesco Rosi: Chronique D'un Film Annonce (1986); Grand écran (1974); Il cineasta e il labirinto (2004); Il cinema ritrovato: istruzioni per l'uso (2004); Il était une fois... (2011 / 2021); Je t'aime... moi non plus: Artistes et critiques (2004); Jerry Schatzberg, portrait paysage (2022); Jo le magnifique (2005); King Social Briars / The Media Show (1988); Kubrick by Kubrick (2020); L'aventure Spielberg (2003); Le cercle de minuit (1994–1997); Le fantôme d'Henri Langlois (2004); Le masque et la plume (1976); Les Nuits de France Culture (2017–2023); L'invité de FR3 (1981); Lumière and Company (1995); Macadam Popcorn (2017); Metropolis (1996); Michel Ciment, le cinéma en partage (2010); Nos italiennes, de Magnani à Muti (2022); O Homem que Matou John Wayne (2015); Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema (2007); Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder (1980); Positif, une revue (2003); Seduced and Abandoned (2013); Sortie d'usine 2017 (2017); Spécial cinéma (1987); Stanley and Us (1999); Stanleyandus (2022); Success Is the Best Revenge (1984); Trace of the Bears (2010); Un Américain nommé Kazan (2018); Von (2008); Yasujiro Ozu and the Taste of Sake (1978).

Born on this day – Dayle Haddon:

 

Dayle Haddon

Actress

Model

May 26, 1948 – December 27, 2024

Credits:

About Face: Supermodels Then and Now (2012); Bedroom Eyes (1984); Bullets Over Broadway (1994); Camp Midnite (1989); Celebrity (1998); Certains Leeb Show (1985); Coup de foudre (1991); Cyborg (1989); Desert Chase (1986); Fiesta (1995); Formule 1 (1985); Get Involved! (2008); La crime (1983); La nuit des Césars (1983–1986); La supplente (1975); Le dessus du panier (1978); Lux (2001); Madame Claude (1977); Maschio latino cercasi / Segment: L'amnistia (1977); Matin Bonheur (1995); Max Headroom (1987); North Dallas Forty (1979); Paperback Hero (1973); Paroles et musique (1984); Sex with a Smile / Segment: La guardia del corpo (1976); Silence Like Glass (1989); Spermula (1976); Sports Illustrated Swimsuit: 50 Years of Beautiful (2014); The Cheaters (1975); The Cousin (1974); The Hitchhiker (1986); The Jack Docherty Show (1997); The Last Romantic Lover (1978); The Magical World of Disney (1983); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2010); The World's Greatest Athlete (1973); Tilt-A-Whirl (1995); Unbecoming Age (1992); What Would Sophia Loren Do? (2021).

Born on this day – Robyn Bernard:

Robyn Bernard

Actress

Musician

Singer

Pianist

May 26, 1959 – March 12, 2024

Credits:

Betty Blue (1986); Diva (1981); General Hospital (1984–1990); Hour Magazine (1986); Kings for a Day (1997); Maigret (1992); Roselyne and the Lions (1989); Simon & Simon (1983); The Facts of Life (1984); The New Hollywood Squares (1987); Tour of Duty (1988); Voices from the High School (2002); Whiz Kids (1983); Win, Lose or Draw (1988).

Born on this day – Nicki Aycox:

Nicki Aycox

Actress

Musician

May 26, 1975 – November 16, 2022

Credits:

3rd Rock from the Sun (1997); Ally McBeal (1999); Animals (2009); Beyond the Blackboard (2011); BlackBoxTV (2012); Boy Meets World (1997); Christina (2010); Cold Case (2004–2010); Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000); Criminal Minds (2006); Cruel Justice (1999); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2001); CSI: Miami (2008); Dark Angel (2001); Dark Blue (2009–2010); Dead Birds (2004); Dead on Campus (2014); Defying Gravity (1997); Double Tap (1997); Ed (2002–2004); Family Law (2002); Howard Stern (2003); Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003); John from Cincinnati (2007); Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead (2008); L.A. Heat (1997); Las Vegas (2004); Law & Order (2008); LAX (2004–2005); Lifted (2010); Lights, Camera, Creeper: Making 'Jeepers Creepers 2' (2003); Longmire (2013); Making 'Dead Birds' (2005); Mercenary (2008); Momentum (2003); Opposite Sex (2000); Over There (2005); Perfect Stranger (2007); Profile for Murder (2013); Providence (1999); Rave Macbeth (2001); She Gets What She Wants (2002); Showboat & Boonie (2005); Significant Others (1998); Supernatural (2006–2008); Supernatural Fandom (2016); The Dogwalker (1999); The Employer (2013); The Girl on the Train (2014); The Glades (2013); The Twilight Zone (2002); The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008); The X-Files (1999); Ticking Clock (2011); Tom Cool (2009); USA High (1997); Weird Science (1996).

On this day in movie history - Raw Deal (1948)

Raw Deal

directed by Anthony Mann,

written by Leopold Atlas and John C. Higgins,

based on a story by Arnold B. Armstrong and Audrey Ashley,

was released in the United States on May 26, 1948.

Music by Paul Sawtell.

Cast:

Dennis O’Keefe, Claire Trevor, Marsha Hunt, John Ireland, Raymond Burr, Curt Conway, Chili Williams, Richard Fraser, Whit Bissell, Cliff Clark, Gregg Barton, Robert Bice, David Clarke, Victor Cutler, John Daheim, Alexis Davidoff, Abe Dinovitch, Lloyd Everett, Tom Fadden, Ilka Grüning, Frank Hyers, Richard Irving, Bill Kennedy, Paul Kruger, Mike Lally, Carey Loftin, James Magill, Joan Myles, Edna Ryan, Cap Somers, Dok Stanford, Ray Teal, Regis Toomey, Harry Tyler, Robert B. Williams, Beverly Wills.