Born on this day – Eve Miller:

Eve Miller

Actress

August 8, 1923 – August 17, 1973

Credits:

Annie Oakley (1955–1956); April in Paris (1952); Arctic Fury (1951); Artists and Models (1955); Beyond the Forest (1949); Broadway Jungle (1955); Buckaroo from Powder River (1947); City Detective (1955); Code 3 (1957); Coronado 9 (1961); Crossroads (1955–1957); Diamond Horseshoe (1945); Fireside Theatre (1950–1953); Four Star Playhouse (1955); Frontier Doctor (1959); I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947); Inner Sanctum (1948); Kansas Pacific (1953); Lassie (1957); Mayor of the Town (1954); Mr. & Mrs. North (1954); Mr. Adams and Eve (1957); Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950); Navy Log (1957); Never Fear (1950); Perry Mason (1958); Pier 23 (1951); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957); Schlitz Playhouse (1956); She's Working Her Way Through College (1952); Telephone Time (1956); The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu (1956); The Big Bluff (1955); The Big Trees (1952); The Cases of Eddie Drake (1952); The Desperate Women (1954); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1954); The Lineup (1954–1959); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1955); The Range Rider (1951); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Story of Will Rogers (1952); The Vicious Years (1950); The Whistler (1955); The Winning Team (1952); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); This My Son (1954); Trackdown (1957); Wire Service (1956); Your Show Time (1949); Zane Grey Theatre (1957).

Born on this day – Richard Anderson:

Richard Anderson

Actor

August 8, 1926 – August 31, 2017

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1966); 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2018); A Cry in the Night (1956); A Gathering of Eagles (1963); A Life of Her Own (1950); ABC Funshine Saturday Sneak Peek (1974); Across the Wide Missouri (1951); Actors in War (2005); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1988); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Along Came a Spider (1970); Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet (2006); Anatomy of a Film (2014); Automan (1984); Backstory (2001); Barnaby Jones (1973); Betrayed (1954); Beyond the Marquee (2012); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Bionic Beginnings (2010); Bionic Blast (2011); Bionic Ever After? (1994); Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989); Black Eye (1974); Bonanza (1967); Bracken's World (1969); Breakout (1998); Bring 'Em Back Alive (1982); Bus Stop (1961–1962); Cannon (1971–1973); Captain Midnight (1954); Catch Hollywood in the Act (1977); Cause for Alarm! (1951); Celebrity Bowling (1976); Charlie's Angels (1981); Checkmate (1960); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); Cimarron Strip (1967); Classic Hollywood Cinemas (2016); Columbo (1971); Combat! (1964); Compulsion (1959); Condominium (1980); Cover Up (1984–1985); Curse of the Faceless Man (1958); Dan August (1970–1971); Dan August: Murder, My Friend (1980); Dan August: Once Is Never Enough (1980); Dan August: The Jealousy Factor (1980); Dan August: The Trouble with Women (1980); Danger Bay (1988); Daniel Boone (1969); Darkroom (1981); Dead Men Tell No Tales (1971); Death Valley Days (1965); Dinah! (1976); Doctors' Wives (1971); Dr. Kildare (1963); Dream Wife (1953); Dynasty (1986–1987); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); Escape from Fort Bravo (1953); Extreme Ghostbusters (1997); Fantasy Island (1981–1984); Fearless Fagan (1952); Forbidden Planet (1956); Frontier Justice (1959); Gettysburg (1993); Ghostbreakers (1967); Give a Girl a Break (1953); Go for Broke! (1951); Great Lady Has an Interview: Lana Turner (1954); Grounds for Marriage (1951); Gunsmoke (1964–1974); Hardcastle and McCormick (1986); Hawaii Five-O (1973); Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films (2003); Hit the Deck (1955); Holiday for Sinners (1952); Hong Kong (1961); Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War (1987); I Love Melvin (1953); I Spy (1966); In the Lake of the Woods (1996); Intimate Portrait (1999); Ironside (1967–1975); It's a Dog's Life (1955); Jarrett (1973); Jigsaw (1973); Johnny Cool (1963); Judd for the Defense (1967–1969); Just This Once (1952); Kane & Abel (1985); Karen (1964); Kitten with a Whip (1964); Knight Rider (1982); Kraft Mystery Theater (1961–1962); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993–1997); Land of the Giants (1969); Law of the Plainsman (1960); Les Chroniques du Mea (2022); Longstreet (1972); Lucky Chances (1990); Macho Callahan (1970); Mama Rosa (1950); Mannix (1968); Matinee Theatre (1958); Matt Houston (1983–1985); Menace on the Mountain (1970); Merry Andrew (1958); Mission: Impossible (1967); Mod Squad (1969); Monte Carlo (1961); Mr. Garlund (1960); Murder by Natural Causes (1979); Murder, She Wrote (1989); My Friend Tony (1969); Nero Wolfe (1981); No Questions Asked (1951); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971–1974); Partners in Crime (1973); Paths of Glory (1957); Payment on Demand (1951); Pearl (1978); Perry Mason (1964–1966); Perry Mason Returns (1985); Play It As It Lays (1972); Playhouse 90 (1958); Redigo (1963); Rich, Young and Pretty (1951); Richard Rossi Live (1991); Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger (2010); Run for Your Life (1967); Scaramouche (1952); Schlitz Playhouse (1957–1958); Sciography (2000); Seconds (1966); Secret of Bigfoot (1979); Seven Days in May (1964); Simon & Simon (1983–1987); Slattery's People (1965); Steve Canyon (1958); Storm Warning (1950); Stranger on My Land (1988); T.H.E. Cat (1967); Talent Watch (2013); Target: The Corruptors (1962); TCM Remembers 2017 (2017); The 20th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (1978); The 32th Annual Thalians Ball (1987); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Astronaut (1972); The A-Team (1985); The Big Valley (1966–1969); The Bionic Woman (1976–1978); The Blood Trail (2015); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972); The Buster Keaton Story (1957); The Case Against the 20% Federal Admissions Tax on Motion Picture Theatres (1953); The Court of Last Resort (1958); The Delphi Bureau (1973); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954); The Eleventh Hour (1964); The F.B.I. (1966–1973); The Fall Guy (1983); The Felony Squad (1966–1969); The French Atlantic Affair (1979); The Fugitive (1964–1967); The Glass Shield (1994); The Green Hornet (1967); The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959); The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk (1967); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1977); The Honkers (1972); The Immigrants (1978); The Invaders (1967); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1959); The Lieutenant (1963–1964); The Long, Hot Summer (1958); The Longest Night (1972); The Love Boat (1979); The Magical World of Disney (1970); The Magnificent Yankee (1950); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1966); The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The Millionaire (1958); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1980); The New Perry Mason (1973); The Night Strangler (1973); The Pearl (1947); The People Against O'Hara (1951); The Player (1992); The Real Hunt for Red October (2021); The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987); The Ride to Hangman's Tree (1967); The Rifleman (1959–1963); The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974–1978); The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping (1973); The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973); The Stepford Children (1987); The Story of Three Loves / Segment: Equilibrium (1953); The Streets of San Francisco (1973); The Student Prince (1954); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1998); The Unknown Man (1951); The Untouchables (1960); The Vanishing Duck (1958); The Vanishing Westerner (1950); The Virginian (1963); The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960); The Wild Wild West (1968); This Is the Life (1974); Three Brave Men (1956); Thriller (1960); Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970); TVography: Lee Majors - Hollywood's Bionic Hero (2002); Wagon Train (1959); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960–1961); Western Union (1955); When the World Breaks (2010); Whiz Kids (1983); Yasei no shômei (1978); Zane Grey Theatre (1957–1958); Zorro (1958–1959).

Born on this day – Earl Boen:

Earl Boen

Actor

August 8, 1941 – January 5, 2023

Credits:

18 Again! (1988); 1st & Ten (1984–1985); 227 (1990); 3x3 Eyes (1991–1992); 9 to 5 (1980); A Man Called Sloane (1979); A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988); ABC Weekend Specials (1986–1994); Adams House (1982); Adventures in Odyssey (2001); Airplane II: The Sequel (1982); ALF (1987); Ali: An American Hero (2000); Alien Nation (1988); Als je begrijpt wat ik bedoel (1983); Alundra 2: A New Legend Begins (1999); Amanda's (1983); Amen (1988–1991); Angie (1980); Animaniacs (1995); Annihilator (1986); Antony and Cleopatra (1984); Atlantis: The Lost Empire - Search for the Journal (2001); Atlantis: The Lost Empire - Trial by Fire (2001); Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001); Baldur's Gate (1998); Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (2001); Barnaby Jones (1979); Barney Miller (1982); Batman: The Animated Series (1993–1995); Battle Beyond the Stars (1980); Baywatch (1989); Benson (1981–1983); Black & White (2001); Blood Omen 2 (2002); Bloody Roar: Primal Fury (2002); Blue Skies (1994); Bonkers (1993–1994); Boy Meets World (1999); Boys Will Be Boys (1988); Bruno the Kid (1996–1997); Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie (1996); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979); Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000); California Dreams (1994–1996); Call of Duty (2003); Capitol Critters (1992); Captain Sturdy: Back in Action (2001); Chopper Chicks in Zombietown (1989); Citizen Tony (2003); Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000–2003); Clifford the Big Red Dog: Reading (2000); Clifford the Big Red Dog: Thinking Adventures (2000); Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004); Code Red (1981); Cow and Chicken (1999); Crime Story (1987); Dallas (1988); Daredevil: The Man Without Fear (2004); Darkness Before Dawn (1993); Deadly Games (1995); Dexter's Laboratory (1997–2001); Dot & Spot's Magical Christmas Adventure (2005); Double Your Pleasure (1989); Dynasty (1986); Eight Is Enough (1978); Ellen (1996); Empty Nest (1990–1994); Escape from Monkey Island (2000); Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (2002); EverQuest II (2004); Evil Con Carne (2003); Extreme Ghostbusters (1997); Extreme Skate Adventure (2003); Fallout Tactics (2001); Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel (2004); Family Law (2001–2002); Family Matters (1991); Family Ties (1983–1987); Fantastic Max (1988–1989); Fantasy Island (1983); For Members Only (1983); G.I. Joe (1985–1986); G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987); Gavilan (1982); Get a Life (1990–1991); Getting Physical (1984); Girls Mode 4: Star Stylist (2017); Going to the Chapel (1988); Gordy (1994); Great Performances (1971); Grim & Evil (2001); Growing Pains (1985); Guilty as Charged (1991); Gung Ho (1987); Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1993); Hawaii Five-O (1977); Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (2014); Herman's Head (1991); Hill Street Blues (1986); Hotel (1988); I Am Weasel (1998); I Take These Men (1983); Icewind Dale II (2002); I'm a Big Girl Now (1981); Invictus: In the Shadow of Olympus (2000); Isabel's Honeymoon Hotel (1987); It Takes Two (1983); It's a Living (1981–1982); Johnny Bravo (2001); Just Our Luck (1983); Justice League (2002); Kim Possible (2002–2004); Kim Possible: Revenge of Monkey Fist (2002); Kingdom Under Fire: A War of Heroes (2001); King's Crossing (1982); Knots Landing (1986); Kojak (1977); L.A. Law (1988–1993); Last of the Good Guys (1978); Life Goes On (1989); Lionheart (2003); Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader (2003); Little Shepherd (2002); Living in Peril (1997); Living Single (1995); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994); Lou Grant (1978); M*A*S*H (1982); Madame's Place (1982); Mama's Family (1983–1987); Marked for Death (1990); Masters of Fantasy (1997); Matlock (1989–1990); Me and Mom (1985); Megas XLR (2004); Menu for Murder (1990); Metal Gear Solid 2: Digital Graphic Novel (2008); Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001); Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (2002); Miracle Mile (1988); Modern Marvels (1995–1998); Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge - Special Edition (2010); Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (1991); Movers & Shakers (1985); Mr. Billion (1977); Mr. President (1987); Murder, She Wrote (1989); My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988); Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994); New Legends (2002); Newhart (1982–1985); Night Court (1984); Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996); Nostalgia Critic (2021); Now You Know (2002); Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000); Oh Yeah! Cartoons / Segment: Tutu the Superina (1998); On Our Own (1994); Opposites Attract (1990); Orphen: Scion of Sorcery (2000); Otherworld (1985); Paddington Bear (1989–1990); Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen (1990); Pinky and the Brain (1995–1997); Police Woman (1978); Porco Rosso (1992); Poseidon's Fury: Escape from the Lost City (1999); Problem Child (1994); Pryde of the X-Men (1989); Psychonauts (2005); Punky Brewster (1984–1986); Rafferty (1977); Remington Steele (1983–1985); Return to Krondor (1998); Revenant (1999); Rhythm & Blues (1992); Ribbits!: The Hero of Hoppers Landing (2002); Richie Brockelman, Private Eye (1978); Royal Match (1985); RTX Red Rock (2003); Samantha (1991); Santa Barbara (1989–1991); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983–1987); Seinfeld (1991); She's with Me (1986); Shipshape (1978); Silk Stalkings (1996); Silver Spoons (1984–1985); Sioux City (1994); Skeleton Warriors (1994); Soap (1981); Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981); Soldier of Fortune (2000); Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix (2002); Sparks (1998); Spider-Man: Secret Wars (1999); Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1997–1998); St. Elsewhere (1984); Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force (2000); Star Trek: Armada II (2001); Star Trek: Bridge Commander (2002); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988); State of Grace (2002); Stewardess School (1986); Street Hawk (1985); Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron (1993); Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage (1999); Sydney (1990); T2 3-D: Battle Across Time - Cyberdyne Queue Video (1995); T2 3-D: Battle Across Time (1996); Tales from the Crypt (1990); Tales from the Hollywood Hills: A Table at Ciro's (1987); Tales of Monkey Island (2010); Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 4 - The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood (2009); Tales of Monkey Island: Chapter 5 - Rise of the Pirate God (2009); Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins (2000); Tenchu: Return from Darkness (2004); Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven (2003); Terminator 2: Alternate Cut (2010); Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991); Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003); Tfor2: the Terminator 2 Show (2020–2021); The 5 Mrs. Buchanans (1994); The Addams Family (1993); The Adventures of Jesus and His Brothers (2000); The Bold and the Beautiful (1988); The Children Nobody Wanted (1981); The Companion (1994); The Curse of Monkey Island (1997); The Dentist (1996); The Dukes of Hazzard (1981); The Essential Goof (2002); The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor (1996–1998); The Fifth Floor (1978); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1993); The Further Adventures of SuperTed (1989); The Golden Girls (1990–1992); The Golden Palace (1993); The Good News (1998); The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2004); The Jeffersons (1979); The Jennie Project (2001); The Law and Harry McGraw (1987–1988); The Magical World of Disney (1979); The Main Event (1979); The Majestic (2001); The Making of 'Terminator' (1984); The Man with Two Brains (1983); The Mask (1996); The New Batman Adventures (1997); The New Gidget (1987); The New WKRP in Cincinnati (1991); The Odd Couple II (1998); The Oldest Rookie (1987); The Paper Chase (1978); The Paul Williams Show (1979); The Pirates of Dark Water (1991); The Powers of Matthew Star (1982); The Practice (2003); The Prince (1996); The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996–1997); The Scorpion King: Rise of the Akkadian (2002); The Secret of Monkey Island (1990); The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition (2009); The Streets of San Francisco (1977); The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1998); The Taming of the Shrew (1976); The Terminator (1984); The West Wing (2001); The Wild Thornberrys (2002); The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie (2001); The Wonder Years (1991); The Zeta Project (2001); Thirtysomething (1987); Three's Company (1982); Time Squad (2002); To Be or Not to Be (1983); Too Close for Comfort (1982); Touch and Go (1986); Toy Story 2 (1999); Toy Story Racer (2001); Voyagers! (1982); Walk Like a Man (1987); Webster (1986–1988); What-a-Mess (1995); What's Happening Now! (1986); What's Happening!! (1977); Who's the Boss? (1984–1986); Wing Commander Academy (1996); WIOU (1990); Within the Rock (1996); Wonder Woman (1977); Working (1998); World of Warcraft (2005); World of Warcraft: Legion (2016); X-Men Legends (2004); Zork: Grand Inquisitor (1997); Zorro (1997–1998); Zorro: The First Encounter (1998).

On this day in movie history - Pier 13 (1940)

Pier 13

directed by Eugene Forde,

written by Stanley Rauh and Clark Andrews,

based on a story by Harry Connors and Philip Klein,

was released in the United States on August 8, 1940.

Music by Cyril J. Mockridge.

Cast:

Lynn Bari, Lloyd Nolan, Joan Valerie, Douglas Fowley, Chick Chandler, Oscar O’Shea, Adrian Morris, Louis Jean Heydt, Frank Orth, Stanley Blystone, Charles D. Brown, Maurice Cass, Frank Darien, Hal K. Dawson, Edward Earle, Sherry Hall, Hamilton MacFadden, Kitty McHugh, Mantan Moreland, Don Rowan, Hector V. Sarno, Florence Shirley, Harry Strang, Ben Taggart, Phil Tead, Harry Tyler, Max Wagner, Fred Walburn, Jack Woody.

On this day in movie history - The Stone Killer (1973)

The Stone Killer

directed by Michael Winner,

written by Gerald Wilson,

based on the novel A Complete State of Death by John Gardner,

was released in the United States on August 8, 1973.

Music by Roy Budd.

Cast:

Charles Bronson, Martin Balsam, Jack Colvin, Paul Koslo, Norman Fell, David Sheiner, Stuart Margolin, Ralph Waite, Alfred Ryder, Walter Burke, Kelley Miles, Eddie Firestone, Charles Tyner, Byron Morrow, Lisabeth Hush, Frank Campanella, Gene Woodbury, Robert Emhardt, David Moody, John Ritter, Mary Cross, Harry Basch, Tom Falk, Jan Arvan, Barry Cahill, Richard Armbruster, Ed Madsen, Arthur French, William J. Daprato, Hy Anzell, Ta-Tanisha, Hoke Howell, Hunter von Leer, Sam Locante, Norman D. Wilson, Larry J. Blake, Frenchia Guizon, Denny Arnold, Roberta Collins, Jack English, John Hudkins, Ernie F. Orsatti, Christa Raines, Chuck Roberson, Angelo Rossitto, Lew Sleeman, Robert Snively.

On this day in movie history - White Lightning (1973)

White Lightning

directed by Joseph Sargent,

written by William W. Norton,

was released in the United States on August 8, 1973.

Music by Charles Bernstein.

Cast:

Burt Reynolds, Jennifer Billingsley, Ned Beatty, Bo Hopkins, Matt Clark, Louise Latham, Diane Ladd, R.G. Armstrong, Conlan Carter, Dabbs Greer, Lincoln Demyan, John Steadman, Iris Korn, Stephanie Burchfield, Barbara Muller, Robert Ginnaven, Fay Martin, Richard Allin, Bill Bond, Sherry Boucher, Glenn R. Wilder, Dick Ziker, Buddy Joe Hooker, Cathy Finley, Laura Dern, Bob Meriwether.

On this day in movie history - Farewell, My Lovely (1975)

Farewell, My Lovely

directed by Dick Richards,

written by David Zelag Goodman,

based on the novel by Raymond Chandler,

was released in the United States on August 8, 1975.

Music by David Shire.

Cast:

Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Sylvia Miles, Anthony Zerbe, Harry Dean Stanton, Jack O’Halloran, Joe Spinell, Sylvester Stallone, Rainbeaux Smith, Kate Murtagh, John O’Leary, Walter McGinn, Burton Gilliam, Jim Thompson, Jimmie Archer, Ted Gehring.