Born on this day – Frank De Felitta:

 

Frank De Felitta

Author

Director

Producer

Pilot

August 3, 1921 – March 29, 2016

Credits:

Books:

A Swift Death To Critics (2000); Audrey Rose (1975); For Love of Audrey Rose (1982); Funeral March / aka Funeral March of the Marionettes (1990); Golgotha Falls (1984); Oktoberfest (1973); Sea Trial (1980); The Entity (1978)

Movies and television:

Adventure (1954); Anzio (1968); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951–1954); Assignment: Underwater (1960–1961); Audrey Rose (1977); Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story (2012); Bubba Didn't Do It!: 30 Years of Dark Night of the Scarecrow (2011); Cafe Society (1995); California's Most Haunted (2003); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1953–1954); Danger (1954–1955); Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981); Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2 (2022); Dateline NBC / Segment: Finding Booker's Place (2012); Doberman Patrol (1973); El retorno de Ana Rosa (1982); Hollywood Ghost Stories (1986); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Killer in the Mirror (1986); Le Lab Secret (2016); Matinee Theatre (1957); Medallion Theatre (1953); Rich and Famous (1981); Scissors (1991); Sightings: Ghosts (1992); Suspense (1954); Tales of Tomorrow (1952–1953); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Entity (1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1976); The Penthouse (1989); The Plymouth Playhouse (1953); The Savage Is Loose (1974); The Stately Ghosts of England (1965); The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan (1979); Two Family House (2000); Windows (1955); Witchcraft (1961); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1953); Z.P.G. (1972).

Born on this day – Marilyn Maxwell:

 

Marilyn Maxwell

Actress

August 3, 1921 – March 20, 1972

Credits:

3 Men in White (1944); 77 Sunset Strip (1960–1961); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); Abbott and Costello in the Movies (1990); Adventures in Paradise (1960–1961); ... A Father... A Son... Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2005); American Masters (2017); Anatomy of a Crime (1969); Arizona Bushwhackers (1968); Between Two Women (1945); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Bob Hope: Hollywood's Brightest Star (1996); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Branded (1965); Brooklyn Goes to Las Vegas (1956); Bud Boetticher: A Documentary (2020); Burke's Law (1963–1965); Bus Stop (1961–1962); Cavalcade of Stars (1949); Celebrity Bowling (1972); Champion (1949); Critic's Choice (1963); Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943); Du Barry Was a Lady (1943); East of Sumatra (1953); Forever, Darling (1956); Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer (2006); From Nashville with Music (1969); Front Row Center (1949); General Electric Theater (1953); Goodbye Mama (1942); Gunsmoke (1960); Havin' a Time in Havana (1942); Here's Hollywood (1961); Here's Lucy (1970); High Barbaree (1947); Hollywood Exclusive (1954); I've Got a Secret (1952–1962); Key to the City (1950); Lost in a Harem (1944); Matinee Theatre (1957); Max Liebman Spectaculars (1954); Men at Law (1971); New Mexico (1951); New York Confidential (1955); Off Limits (1952); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971); Outside the Wall (1950); Paris Model (1953); Password (1963); Pilot #5 (1943); Playhouse 90 (1957); Presenting Lily Mars (1943); Race Street (1948); Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958); Salute to the Marines (1943); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Goes to Bat (1950); Shower of Stars (1955); Stage to Thunder Rock (1964); Stand by for Action (1942); Star of the Family (1952); Stump the Stars (1950–1963); Summer Holiday (1948); Swing Fever (1943); Talent Scouts (1963); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The Alan Young Show (1950); The Arthur Murray Party (1957–1960); The Bob Hope Show (1950–1966); The Celebrity Game (1964); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1954); The Danny Thomas Show (1964); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The Frank Sinatra Show (1951); The Garry Moore Show (1958); The George Gobel Show (1954–1957); The Jimmy Durante Show (1955–1956); The Ken Murray Show (1951); The Lemon Drop Kid (1951); The Lively Set (1964); The Mike Douglas Show (1965); The Name's the Same (1953); The Outsider (1968); The Phynx (1970); The Red Skelton Hour (1956–1963); The Show-Off (1946); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1957); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966); Thousands Cheer (1943); Tune Time (1942); Twenty Years After (1944); Wagon Train (1964); What's My Line? (1953); What's My Line? At 25 (1975); What's This Song? (1965); Wild Women (1970); You Don't Say (1964); Your Show of Shows (1952–1954).

Born on this day – Jean Hagen:

 

Jean Hagen

Actress

August 3, 1923 – August 29, 1977

Credits:

A Life of Her Own (1950); Adam's Rib (1949); Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn (1977); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957); Ambush (1950); American Masters (2002); Arena (1953); Babylon (2022); Becoming Marilyn (2022); Ben Casey (1962); Carbine Williams (1952); Chris Olsen - The Boy Who Cried (2016); Climax! (1956); Dead Ringer (1963); Dr. Kildare (1963); General Electric Theater (1961); Good Heavens (1976); Half a Hero (1953); Latin Lovers (1953); Night Into Morning (1951); No Questions Asked (1951); Panic in Year Zero! (1962); Shadow in the Sky (1952); Shower of Stars (1954); Side Street (1949); Singin' in the Rain (1952); Spring Reunion (1956); Stagecoach West (1961); Starsky and Hutch (1976); Sunrise at Campobello (1960); Talking Pictures (1988); The 8th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1956); The Andy Griffith Show (1961); The Asphalt Jungle (1950); The Big Knife (1955); The Danny Thomas Show (1953–1956); The Detectives (1959); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1960); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); The Jim Backus Show (1961); The Jimmy Durante Show (1954); The Law and Mr. Jones (1962); The Magical World of Disney (1978); The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951); The Shaggy Dog (1959); The Streets of San Francisco (1976); Wagon Train (1960–1963); Welcome to the Basement (2016); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' (2002); Zane Grey Theatre (1961).

Born on this day – Elliot Silverstein:

Elliot Silverstein

Director

Writer

Producer

Actor

August 3, 1927 – November 24, 2023

Credits:

50 Years of Action! (1986); A Man Called Horse (1970); Alcoa Theatre (1959–1960); Arrest and Trial (1964); Assignment: Underwater (1960); Belle Sommers (1962); Betrayed by Innocence (1986); Biography (1996–2004); Black Saddle (1960); Breaking Point (1963–1964); Cain's Hundred (1962); Cat Ballou (1965); Channing (1963–1964); Checkmate (1961); Dr. Kildare (1961–1963); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); Fight for Life (1987); Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005); Flashfire (1994); Goodyear Theatre (1959); Have Gun - Will Travel (1961); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963–1964); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1956–1957); L'ouest, le vrai (2019); Naked City (1961–1962); Night of Courage (1987); Nightmare Honeymoon (1974); Omnibus (1955–1956); Picket Fences (1993); Rich Men, Single Women (1990); Route 66 (1960–1961); Suspicion (1958); Tales from the Crypt (1991–1994); Talk to Taka (2000); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The Car (1977); The Defenders (1962–1964); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962–1964); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Firm (1983); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959); The Happening (1967); The Legend of 'Cat Ballou' (2000); The Twilight Zone (1961–1964); The Westerner (1960).

Born on this day – Cécile Aubry:

 

Cécile Aubry

Actress

Writer

Director

August 3, 1928 – July 19, 2010

Born on this day – Richard Foronjy:

Richard Foronjy

Actor

Writer

August 3, 1937 – May 19, 2024

Credits:
 
Book:
 
From the Mob to the Movies (2020).
 
Movies and television:
 

Prince of the City: The Real Story (2007); Hot Parts (2003); Boss of Bosses (2001); 18 Wheels of Justice (2001); Love Boat: The Next Wave (1999); Evasive Action (1998); Hoods (1998); Recoil (1998); Michael Hayes (1998); Dumb Luck in Vegas (1997); The Big Easy (1997); Under Suspicion (1994–1995); Man of the House (1995); Carlito's Way (1993); Da Vinci's War (1993); The Public Eye (1992); Fatal Instinct (1992); Oscar (1991); Get a Life (1991); Capital News (1990); Curiosity Kills (1990); Equal Justice (1990); Amen (1987–1990); Ghostbusters II (1989); Murphy's Law (1989); Midnight Run (1988); The Galucci Brothers (1987); Who's the Boss? (1987); The Morning After (1986); The Check Is in the Mail... (1986); Odd Jobs (1986); Hunter (1985); Streets of Justice (1985); Misfits of Science (1985); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985); Silver Spoons (1982); The Jeffersons (1985); City Heat (1984); Cagney & Lacey (1984); Once Upon a Time in America (1984); His & Hers (1984); Young Lust (1984); Repo Man (1984); Shannon (1982); Hill Street Blues (1982); The Gangster Chronicles (1981); Gangster Wars (1981); True Confessions (1981); Prince of the City (1981); The Two of Us (1981); Flying High (1979); The Jerk (1979); Hart to Hart (1979); Angie (1979); The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979); Fix-it City (1978); Taxi (1978); The One Man Jury (1978); Kojak (1975–1978); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1977); Fun with Dick and Jane (1977); The Streets of San Francisco (1977); Rhoda (1977); Serpico (1976–1977); Charlie's Angels (1976); M*A*S*H (1976); Starsky and Hutch (1976); Wonderbug (1976); The Krofft Supershow / Wonderbug (1976); Shark Kill (1976); Phyllis (1976); Baretta (1976); The Blue Knight (1975); Harry O (1975); That's My Mama (1975); The Rookies (1975); Police Story (1975); The Bob Newhart Show (1975); The Gambler (1974); Serpico (1973).

Born on this day – Dick Pope:

 

Dick Pope

Cinematographer

August 3, 1947 – October 21, 2024

Credits:

13 Conversations About One Thing (2001); A Bigger Splash (1973); A Flock of Seagulls in A Flock of Seagulls: I Ran (So Far Away) (1982); A Promise of Bed (1969); A Running Jump (2012); A Sense of History (1992); AC/DC: Live at Donington (1992); AC/DC: No Bull (1996); Africa (1984); Alan Bush: A Life (1983); Alison Moyet: Invisible (Version 1) (1984); All or Nothing (2002); An Awfully Big Adventure (1995); Angelica (2015); Angels & Atom Bombs: The Making of the Reflecting Skin (2015); Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008); Another Year (2010); Behind the Wheel of Happy-Go-Lucky (2009); Bernie (2011); Blue Suede Shoes (1980); Bringing Balanchine Back (2006); Career Girls (1997); Coming Up Roses (1986); Cool Cats: 25 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Style (1983); Creating a Classic: The Making of 'Nicholas Nickleby' (2003); Cuban Fury (2014); Cutting Edge (1993); Dark City (1990); Disappearing World (1974); Erasure: Chorus (1991); Erasure: Ship of Fools (1988); Fallen Hero (1978); Fine Young Cannibals: Suspicious Minds (1985); Fool's Gold: The Story of the Brink's-Mat Robbery (1993); Forever Green (1989); Forty Minutes (1985); Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender (1987); Freddie Mercury: Time (1986); Friday Night Shirt (2005); Fun Boy Three: The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum (1981); Great Performances (1998); Happy-Go-Lucky (2008); Happy-Go-Lucky: B-Roll (2008); Hard Truths (2024); Honeydripper (2007); Imagine (2014); Inseminoid (1981); Intercom (2008); INXS: Live Baby Live (1991); Iron Maiden: Women in Uniform (1980); It's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010); Just for Today (1980); Kylie Minogue: Never Too Late (1989); Kylie Minogue: Wouldn't Change a Thing (1989); La danse (2009); Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001); Legend (2015); Life Is Sweet (1990); Lisa Stansfield: What Did I Do to You? (1990); Loving Feeling (1968); Mad in the Making: Little Scenes and Outtakes Around a Mad Video (1991); Madness: It Must Be Love (1981); Madness: Sweetest Girl (1986); Man of the Year (2006); Me and Orson Welles (2008); Motherless Brooklyn (2019); Mountain Dew Kickstart Super Bowl Commercial: Puppymonkeybaby (2016); Mountains of the Moon (1990); Movin' On (1993); Mr. Turner (2014); Mr. Turner: The Many Colours of Mr. Turner (2014); Naked (1993); Never Mind (1995); Nicholas Nickleby (2002); Nineteen Eighty-Four / aka 1984 (1984); Nothing Personal (1995); Peter Gabriel's Secret World (1994); Peterloo (2018); Phantoms (1998); Pleasure (1994); Porterhouse Blue (1987); Punk and Its Aftershocks (1980); Queen: Champions of the World (1995); Queen: I Want to Break Free (1984); Queen: I'm Going Slightly Mad (1991); Queen: No-One But You (Only the Good Die Young) (1998); Queen: These Are the Days of Our Lives (1991); Rick Astley: Cry for Help (1991); Rick Astley: Hold Me in Your Arms (1989); Rude Boy (1980); Screen Two (1996); Secrets & Lies (1996); Side by Side (2012); Sigue Sigue Sputnik: Love Missile F1-11 (1986); Six Days in Romandie (1983); Soft Cell: Sex Dwarf (Version 1) (1982); Soweto (1991); Supernova (2020); Supertramp: Live in Paris '79 (2012); Swept from the Sea (1997); TCM Remembers 2024 (2024); Team Deakins (2020); The Air Up There (1994); The Blackheath Poisonings (1992); The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019); The Christians (1977); The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005); The Cure in Orange (1987); The Debt Collector (1999); The Fruit Machine (1988); The Girl in the Picture (1985); The Great Kandinsky (1995); The Illusionist (2006); The London Weekend Show (1977 / 1978); The Mike Leigh Method (2011); The Oscars (2015); The Outfit (2022); The Planets (1985); The Pros (2015); The Reflecting Skin (1990); The Secret Garden (1993); The Shattered Dream: Employment in the Eighties (1981); The South Bank Show (1985); The Specials: Ghost Town (1981); The Swappers (1970); The Unlucky Australians (1973); The Way of the Gun (2000); The Women's Olamal: The Organization of a Maasai Fertility Ceremony (1984); The X Files (1998); Thin Ice (2011); Tina Turner: Private Dancer (1985); Topsy-Turvy (1999); Toyah: I Want to Be Free (1981); Urgh! A Music War (1981); Vera Drake (2004); Vera Drake: Cast and Crew Documentary (2005); Walking Away (2007); What's Good for the Goose (1969); Whoops Apocalypse (1982); Willie and the Poor Boys (1985); Women in Rock (1980); World in Action (1975–1978); Worlds Apart (1982); Yes, Honestly (1976); Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction: Prime Mover (1988).