Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Born on this day – Charles Williams:


Charles Williams


Writer

August 13, 1909 – April 5, 1975

Credits:

Books:

A Touch of Death / aka Mix Yourself a Redhead; based on 1953 novella And Share Alike (1954); Aground (1960); All the Way / aka The Concrete Flamingo (1958); And The Deep Blue Sea (1971); Big City Girl (1951); Dead Calm; based on the novella Pacific Honeymoon (1963); Girl Out Back / aka Operator; based on 1957 novella entitled either Operator or Operation (1958); Go Home, Stranger (1954); Hell Hath No Fury / aka The Hot Spot (1953); Hill Girl (1951); Man on a Leash (1973); Man on the Run / aka Man in Motion (1958); Nothing in Her Way (1953); River Girl / aka The Catfish Tangle (1951); Scorpion Reef / aka Gulf Coast Girl; based on novella Flight to Nowhere (1955); Talk of the Town / aka Stain of Suspicion (1958); The Big Bite (1956); The Diamond Bikini (1956); The Long Saturday Night / aka Confidentially Yours; Finally, Sunday! (1962); The Sailcloth Shroud (1960); The Wrong Venus / aka Don't Just Stand There (1966); Uncle Sagamore and His Girls (1959).

Movies and television:

Banana Peel (1963); Confidentially Yours (1983); Dead Calm (1989); Diamond Bikini (1971); Don't Just Stand There (1968); Folio (1955); Joy House (1964); La fille des collines (1990); Le gros coup (1964); Mieux vaut courir (1989); The 3rd Voice (1960); The Deep (1970); The Dictator's Guns (1965); The Hot Spot (1990); The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1975); The Pink Jungle (1968).

Born on this day – John Beal:

 

John Beal


Actor

August 13, 1909 – April 26, 1997


Born on this day – Rita Johnson:

Rita Johnson


Actress

August 13, 1913 – October 31, 1965

Credits:
6,000 Enemies (1939); All Mine to Give (1957); An Innocent Affair (1948); Appointment for Love (1941); Broadway Serenade (1939); Congo Maisie (1940); Edison, the Man (1940); Emergency Hospital (1956); Family Honeymoon (1948); Forty Little Mothers (1940); Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941); Honolulu (1939); Letter of Introduction (1938); London by Night (1937); Lux Video Theatre (1954); Maisie Was a Lady (1941); Man-Proof (1938); Michigan Kid (1947); Mr. & Mrs. North (1952); My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937); My Friend Flicka (1943); Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939); Pardon My Past (1945); Rebound (1952); Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938); Sleep, My Love (1948); Smashing the Rackets (1938); Stronger Than Desire (1939); Susan Slept Here (1954); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1955); The Affairs of Susan (1945); The Art Director (1949); The Big Clock (1948); The Christophers (1954); The Girl Downstairs (1938); The Golden Fleecing (1940); The Lone Wolf (1954); The Major and the Minor (1942); The Man Behind the Badge (1955); The Naughty Nineties (1945); The Perfect Marriage (1946); The Second Face (1950); They All Come Out (1939); They Won't Believe Me (1947); Thunderhead: Son of Flicka (1945); Within the Law (1939); Your Favorite Story (1954).

Born on this day – Claudia McNeil:

 


Claudia McNeil


Actress

August 13, 1917 – November 25, 1993


Born on this day – Neville Brand:


Neville Brand


Actor

World War II combat soldier

August 13, 1920 - April 16, 1992


I'm not as familiar with Neville Brand's work as my husband, but appreciate that before he was an actor, he served in World War II as had my dad.

Neville's movie credits included Tora! Tora! Tora!, Birdman of AlcatrazThat Darn Cat! and, my husband's favorite and mine, The Ninth Configuration.

Credits:
5ive Minutes with Marilyn (2007); Adventures of Nick Carter (1972); Alcatraz Express (1960); Alias Smith and Jones (1971–1972); All the King's Men (1958); Angels' Brigade (1979); Appointment with Adventure (1955); Arrest and Trial (1964); Backtrack! (1969); Badman's Country (1958); Barbary Coast (1975); Baretta (1977); Battleground (1949); Ben Casey (1963); Benjy (1951); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Birdman of Alcatraz (1962); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); Bobby Ware Is Missing (1955); Bonanza (1960–1971); Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973); Cain's Hundred (1962); Captains and the Kings (1976); Captains Courageous (1977); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); Climax! (1956–1957); Combat! (1964); Compression (2023); Cry Terror! (1958); D.O.A. (1949); Daniel Boone (1967); Death Stalk (1975); Death Valley Days (1962); Destry (1964); Eaten Alive (1976); Evils of the Night (1985); Fantasy Island (1980); Fire (1977); Five Days from Home (1978); Five Gates to Hell (1959); Flame of Araby (1951); Footlights Theater (1952); Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956); General Electric Theater (1953–1958); Gun Brothers (1956); Gun Fury (1953); Gunsmoke (1965); Halls of Montezuma (1951); Harper Valley P.T.A. (1982); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hero's Island (1962); Hi-Riders (1978); Hitched (1971); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955–1957); John Wayne: Behind the Scenes (2007); Kansas City Confidential (1952); Killdozer (1974); Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950); Kojak (1975); Kraft Theatre (1958); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954–1958); Laredo (1965–1967); Lock, Stock and Barrel (1971); Longstreet (1972); Love Me Tender (1956); Man Crazy (1953); Man from Atlantis (1977); March of Dimes Presents: Once Upon a Dime (1963); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1972); Marriage: Year One (1971); McCloud (1972–1975); Mobile One (1975); Mohawk (1956); My Foolish Heart (1949); My Name Is Buck: A Look Back at 'Eaten Alive' (2006); Naked City (1962); No Place to Run (1972); Off to See the Wizard (1967); Only the Valiant (1951); Peg Leg, Musket & Sabre (1973); Philbin's People (1970); Playhouse 90 (1957); Police Story (1975); Police Woman (1975); Port of New York (1949); Prince Valiant (1954); Psychic Killer (1975); Pursuit (1958); Quincy, M.E. (1979); Raw Edge (1956); Rawhide (1960–1963); Red Mountain (1951); Return from the Sea (1954); Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954); Rogue for Hire (1960–1961); Schlitz Playhouse (1954–1958); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Stage 7 (1955); Stalag 17 (1953); Straightaway (1961); Studio One (1955); Suspense (1964); Swiss Family Robinson (1976); Target (1958); Tarzan (1968); That Darn Cat! (1965); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960); The Bigelow Theatre (1950); The Charge at Feather River (1953); The Chicago Teddy Bears (1971); The Deadly Trackers (1973); The Desperados (1969); The DuPont Show of the Month (1959); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Gator Creator with Tobe Hooper (2007); The George Raft Story (1961); The Joey Bishop Show (1962); The Last Sunset (1961); The Lieutenant (1963); The Lone Gun (1954); The Lonely Man (1957); The Mad Bomber (1973); The Magical World of Disney (1980); The Magician (1973); The Man Behind the Star (1973); The Man from the Alamo (1953); The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't (2008); The Mob (1951); The Mouse and His Child (1977); The Ninth Configuration (1980); The Prodigal (1955); The Quest (1976); The Return (1980); The Return of Jack Slade (1955); The Scarface Mob (1959); The Seekers (1979); The Smith Family (1971); The Texan (1958); The Three Outlaws (1956); The Tin Star (1957); The Turning Point (1952); The Twilight Zone (1964); The Unexpected (1952); The Untouchables (1959–1960); The Untouchables (1959–1961); The Virginian (1965–1970); The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (1985); The Way to the Gold (1957); This Is a Hijack (1973); Three Guns for Texas (1968); Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970); TV's Western Heroes (1993); Two for the Money (1972); Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010); Wagon Train (1964); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (1979); Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950); Without Warning (1980); Your Favorite Story (1953); Zane Grey Theatre (1959).

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Born on this day – Sabine Sesselmann:

 

Sabine Sesselmann


Actress

August 13, 1936 – March 1, 1998


Born on this day – Maria Rohm:


Maria Rohm


Actress

Producer

August 13, 1945 – June 18, 2018