Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Born on this day – Marjorie Rambeau:


Marjorie Rambeau


Actress

July 15, 1889 – July 6, 1970

Credits:
20 Mule Team (1940); A Man Called Peter (1955); A Modern Hero (1934); A Tailor Made Man (1931); Abandoned (1949); Any Number Can Play (1949); Army Wives (1944); Bad for Each Other (1953); Breakdowns of 1938 (1938); Broadway (1942); Compression (1995); Dizzy Dames (1935); East of the River (1940); First Lady (1937); Forever Female (1953); General Electric Theater (1953–1956); Grand Canary (1934); Great Day (1930); Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939); Hell Divers (1931); Her Man (1930); In Old Oklahoma (1943); Inspiration (1931); It's Murder She Says... (1945); Laugh It Off (1939); Laughing Sinners (1931); Left Over Ladies (1931); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Man of a Thousand Faces (1957); Man's Castle (1933); Mary Moreland (1917); Merrily We Live (1938); Min and Bill (1930); Motherhood (1917); National Red Cross Pageant (1917); Oh, What a Night! (1944); Palooka (1934); Primrose Path (1940); Ready for Love (1934); Salome, Where She Danced (1945); Santa Fe Marshal (1940); Silence (1931); Slander (1957); Son of India (1931); Starland Review No. 5 (1922); Strangers May Kiss (1931); Strictly Personal (1933); Sudden Money (1939); Syncopating Sue (1926); The Common Cause (1919); The Dazzling Miss Davison (1917); The Debt (1917); The Easiest Way (1931); The Ford Television Theatre (1955–1956); The Fortune Teller (1920); The Greater Woman (1917); The Lucky Stiff (1949); The Mirror (1917); The O. Henry Playhouse (1957); The Rains Came (1939); The Secret 6 (1931); The View from Pompey's Head (1955); The Walls of Jericho (1948); The Warrior's Husband (1933); This Is Your Life (1956–1959); This Modern Age (1931); Three Sons o' Guns (1941); Tobacco Road (1941); Torch Song (1953); Trader Horn (1931); Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940); Under Pressure (1935); Woman Against Woman (1938).

Born on this day – Enid Bennett:

 

Enid Bennett


Actress

July 15, 1893 – May 14, 1969

Credits:
A Desert Wooing (1918); A Fool's Awakening (1924); A Tour of the Thomas Ince Studio (1920); A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios (1920); A Woman's Heart (1926); Coals of Fire (1918); Enid Bennett in a Liberty Loan Appeal (1918); Fuss and Feathers (1918); Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1916); Good Medicine (1929); Hairpins (1920); Happiness (1917); Happy Though Married (1919); Her Husband's Friend (1920); Intermezzo (1939); Keeping Up with Lizzie (1921); Meet Dr. Christian (1939); Naughty, Naughty! (1918); Officer 666 (1916); Partners Three (1919); Princess of the Dark (1917); Robin Hood (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 7 (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 22-F (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 6, No. 2 (1925); Silk Hosiery (1920); Skippy (1931); Sooky (1931); Stepping Out (1919); Strangers of the Night (1923); Strike Up the Band (1940); The Aryan (1916); The Bad Man (1923); The Big Store (1941); The Biggest Show on Earth (1918); The Bootlegger's Daughter (1922); The Courtship of Myles Standish (1923); The False Road (1920); The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross (1927); The Girl, Glory (1917); The Haunted Bedroom (1919); The Keys of the Righteous (1918); The Law of Men (1919); The Little Brother (1917); The Marriage Ring (1918); The Mother Instinct (1917); The Red Lily (1924); The Sea Hawk (1924); The Vamp (1918); The Virtuous Thief (1919); The Woman in the Suitcase (1920); The Wrong Mr. Wright (1927); They're Off (1917); Waterloo Bridge (1931); What Every Woman Learns (1919); When Do We Eat? (1918); World of Robin Hood (2006); Your Friend and Mine (1923).

Born on this day – Sidney Hickox:

Sidney Hickox

Cinematographer

July 15, 1895 – May 16, 1982


Born on this day – Gloria Pall:

 

Gloria Pall


Actress

Dancer

Writer

Businesswoman

July 15, 1927 – December 30, 2012

Credits: 

Books:

Cameo Girl of the 50s (1993); I Danced Before the King (2000); The Marilyn Monroe Party (2002); Voluptua: Story of a TV Love Goddess (1992).

Movies and television:

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954); Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953); Ada (1961); All Ashore (1953); All Star Revue (1952); City of Shadows (1955); Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe (1955); December Bride (1957); Elmer Gantry (1960); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958); Hot Shots (1956); Jailhouse Rock (1957); Low Man on a Totem Pole (1964); Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1952); Moviewatch (1994); Paris Model (1953); Racket Squad (1952); Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood (2009); Sky King (1958); Son of Sinbad (1955); Space Patrol (1954); The Abbott and Costello Show (1954); The A-B-C's of Love (1953); The All New Truth or Consequences (1951); The Bob Cummings Show (1955); The Brothers Karamazov (1958); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951); The Crimson Kimono (1959); The Danny Thomas Show (1960); The Extra (2017); The French Line (1953); The Garment Jungle (1957); The George Jessel Show (1953); The Night of the Hunter (1955); The People's Choice (1957); The Spike Jones Show (1957); The Twilight Zone (1959); This Could Be the Night (1957); Vampira and Me (2012); Where's Raymond? (1954).

Born on this day – Washboard Sam:


Washboard Sam


Blues singer

Musician

July 15, 1910 – November 6, 1966
Credits:

Albums:

Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam (1962); Diggin' My Potatoes (2021); Harmonica and Washboard Blues 1937-1940 (Blues for Ever) (2003); Presenting Washboard Sam (1935); The Genius Of (2007); The Very Best Of (2009); Washboard Sam 1935-1947: Swinging the Blues (1999); Washboard Sam Vol. 1 (1935-1936) (2005); Washboard Sam Vol. 2 (1937-1938) (2005); Washboard Sam Vol. 3 (1938) (2005); Washboard Sam Vol. 4 1939-1940 (2005); Washboard Sam Vol. 5 1940-1941 (2005); Washboard Sam Vol. 6 1941-1942 (2005); Washboard Sam Vol. 7 1942-1949 (2005); Washboard Selection (2020); Washboard Swing (2008).

Born on this day – Joe Turkel:


Joe Turkel


Actor

Writer

July 15, 1927 – June 27, 2022

Credits:
A Slight Case of Larceny (1953); Adam-12 (1970); Angels in Disguise (1949); Animals in My Head (2017); Bat Masterson (1958–1960); Beau James (1957); Ben Casey (1964); Big Town (1954); Black Jack (1972); Blade Runner (1982); Blade Runner / Video Game (1997); Blade Runner: Deleted and Alternate Scenes (2007); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2013); Bonanza (1961–1968); Boots and Saddles (1958); Boston Blackie (1952); Broken Arrow (1957); Cade's County (1972); Cell 2455, Death Row (1955); Chasing Whiskey (2021); City Across the River (1949); Code 3 (1957); Combat! (1964); Convoy (1965); Crossroads (1955); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007); Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952); Dr. Christian (1957); Dragnet (1958); Duffy of San Quentin (1954); East Side/West Side (1963); Fantasy Island (1980); Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling (2007); Federal Man (1950); Fixed Bayonets! (1951); Four Star Playhouse (1954); Friendly Persuasion (1956); From Borehamwood to Hollywood: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Elstree (2014); Frontier Doctor (1959); General Electric Theater (1953); Groovey.TV's Celebration of Badassery Interview Series (2015); Gypsy Colt (1954); Halls of Montezuma (1951); Hellcats of the Navy (1957); Here Come the Jets (1959); Highway Patrol (1955); House of Numbers (1957); I Led 3 Lives (1954); I'm the Law (1953); Inside Detroit (1956); Ironside (1968); Jeanne Eagels (1957); Jefferson Drum (1958); Johnny Cool (1963); Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949); Judd for the Defense (1968); King Rat (1965); Kojak (1977); Kubrick's Universe: The Stanley Kubrick Podcast (2019); Land of the Giants (1969); Lock Up (1961); Lucky Losers (1950); Lucy Gallant (1955); Mackenzie's Raiders (1959); Mad at the World (1955); Making it in Hollywood (1976); Man Crazy (1953); Miami Vice (1988); Navy Log (1955–1956); Official Detective (1958); On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000); One Step Beyond (1961); Paths of Glory (1957); Police Story (1976); Portrait of a Mobster (1961); Prophets of Science Fiction (2011); Public Defender (1955); Reel Horror (1985); Rescue 8 (1959); Return from the Sea (1954); Ripcord (1962); Room 237 (2012); S.W.A.T. (1975); Savage Abduction (1973); Scream Free! (1969); Six-Hundred & Sixty Six (1972); Sky King (1957); So You Want to Get Rich Quick (1949); Southside 1-1000 (1950); Starlift (1951); Sword in the Desert (1949); Tales from the Darkside (1985); Tales of the Texas Rangers (1958); Tallahassee 7000 (1961); TCM Remembers 2022 (2022); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1957); The Andy Griffith Show (1966); The Animals (1970); The Aquanauts (1961); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Bamboo Prison (1954); The Beast of Budapest (1958); The Bonnie Parker Story (1958); The Boy and the Pirates (1960); The Californians (1957); The Carpetbaggers (1964); The Case Against Brooklyn (1958); The Chicago Teddy Bears (1971); The Commitment (1976); The Dark Side of the Moon (1990); The David Niven Show (1959); The Detectives (1961); The Devil's 8 (1969); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Felony Squad (1967); The Glass Wall (1953); The Hindenburg (1975); The Human Jungle (1954); The John Kerwin Show (2002); The Kate Smith Evening Hour (1951); The Killing (1956); The Law and Mr. Jones (1962); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1956); The Lineup (1954–1960); The Lone Ranger (1955); The Loretta Young Show (1957); The Midnight Story (1957); The Naked Street (1955); The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975); The Proud and Profane (1956); The Purple Gang (1959); The Rat Patrol (1967); The Roaring 20's (1961); The Sand Pebbles (1966); The Secret Life of Sandra Blain (1971); The Sex Symbol (1974); The Shadow on the Window (1957); The Shining (1980); The Silent Service (1957–1958); The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967); The Texan (1959); The Unexpected (1952); The Untouchables (1960–1963); The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1966); The Yellow Canary (1963); This Week in Horror (2011); Tightrope (1959); Tombstone Territory (1957); Tormented (1960); Triple Trouble (1950); TV Reader's Digest (1956); Two Faces West (1961); U.S. Marshal (1960); Verboten! (1959); Village of the Giants (1965); Visit to a Small Planet (1960); Wagon Train (1962); Warlock (1959); Which Way Is Up? (1977); Wit's End (2005).

Born on this day – Clive Cussler:


Clive Cussler


Writer

Underwater explorer

July 15, 1931 – February 24, 2020

Credits:

Books:

Arctic Drift (2008); Atlantis Found (1999); Black Wind (2004); Blue Gold (2000); Built for Adventure (2011); Built to Thrill (2016); Celtic Empire (2019); Condor's Fury (2023); Corsair (2009); Crescent Dawn (2010); Cyclops (1985); Dark Vector (2022); Dark Watch (2005); Deep Six (1984); Desolation Code (2024); Devil's Gate (2011); Dirk Pitt Revealed (1998); Dragon (1990); Fast Ice (2021); Final Option (2019); Fire Ice (2002); Fire Strike (2023); Flood Tide (1997); Ghost Ship (2014); Ghost Soldier (2024); Golden Buddha (2003); Havana Storm (2014); Hellburner (2022); Iceberg (1975); Inca Gold (1991); Journey of the Pharaohs (2020); Lost City (2004); Lost Empire (2010); Marauder (2020); Medusa (2009); Mirage (2012); Night Probe! (1981); Nighthawk (2017); Odessa Sea (2016); Pacific Vortex! (1983); Piranha (2015); Pirate (2016); Plague Ship (2008); Polar Shift (2005); Poseidon's Arrow (2012); Raise the Titanic! (1976); Sacred Stone (2004); Sahara (1992); Sea of Greed (2018); Serpent (1999); Shadow Tyrants (2018); Shock Wave (1995); Skeleton Coast (2006); Spartan Gold (2009); The Adventures of Hotsy Totsy (2010); The Adventures of Vin Fiz (2006); The Assassin (2013); The Bootlegger (2014); The Chase (2007); The Corsican Shadow (2023); The Cutthroat (2017); The Devil's Sea (2021); The Emperor's Revenge (2016); The Eye of Heaven (2014); The Gangster (2016); The Gray Ghost (2018); The Heist (2024); The Jungle (2011); The Kingdom (2011); The Mayan Secrets (2013); The Mediterranean Caper / aka Mayday! (1973); The Navigator (2007); The Oracle (2019); The Pharaoh's Secret (2015); The Race (2011); The Rising Sea (2018); The Romanov Ransom (2017); The Saboteurs (2020); The Sea Hunters (1994); The Sea Hunters II (2002); The Sea Wolves (2022); The Serpent's Eye (2023); The Silent Sea (2010); The Solomon Curse (2015); The Spy (2010); The Storm (2012); The Striker (2013); Suspense Magazine, April 2010 (2010); The Thief (2012); The Titanic Secret (2018); The Tombs (2012); The Treasure of Khan (2006); The Wrecker (2009); Thriller 2 (2009); Thriller 2.1 (2016); Thriller 2.3 (2016); Treasure (1988); Trojan Odyssey (2003); Typhoon Fury (2017); Valhalla Rising (2001); Vixen 03 (1976); White Death (2003); Wrath of Poseidon (2020); Zero Hour (2013).

Movies and television:

History's Mysteries (2000); Raise the Titanic (1980); Raising the Hunley (2001); Read All About It (1978); Sahara (2005); Sunk on Christmas Eve (2001); The Criminal Calendar (1997); The Dennis Miller Show (1992); The Sea Hunters (2002); Today (1986).