Born on this day – Nicolas Roeg:

Nicolas Roeg

Director

Cinematographer

August 15, 1928 – November 23, 2018

Director of:

The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), starring David Bowie and Candy Clark.

&

Eureka (1983) ... needs no introduction.

"And that's when I started to smell bad!"

#NicholasRoeg #Eureka #AndThatsWhenIStartedToSmellBad #August15

Born on this day – Margot Moser:

Margot Moser

Actress

August 15, 1930 – September 25, 2022

Credits:

Cinderella (1957); Kraft Theatre (1951); Leonard Soloway's Broadway (2019); Producers' Showcase (1956); The Bell Telephone Hour (1963); The Doctors (1963); The Mike Douglas Show (1965); There Goes the Bride (1980); To Tell the Truth (1961–1962).

Born on this day – Janice Rule:

 

Janice Rule

Actress

Psychotherapist

August 15, 1931 – October 17, 2003

Born on this day – Lori Nelson:

Lori Nelson

Actress

August 15, 1933 – August 23, 2020

Born on this day – Jack Lilley:

 

Jack Lilley

Actor

Stunts

August 15, 1933 – March 19, 2025

Credits:

40 Guns to Apache Pass (1967); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958); A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996); A Walk in the Clouds (1995); After the Fall (2010); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); An Occurrence at Black Canyon (2004); Arizona Bushwhackers (1968); Army of Darkness (1992); Avenging Angel (2007); Bad Girls (1994); Bat Masterson (1959); Beau Geste (1966); Big Money Rustlas (2010); Black Knuckle and Deputy Maltese (2018); Black Spurs (1965); Blazing Saddles (1974); Bonanza (1961–1972); Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988); Branded (1965); Bronco (1960–1961); Bullet for a Badman (1964); Case Closed (1988); Cat Ballou (1965); Cheyenne (1957–1962); Cimarron City (1959); Cimarron Strip (1967); City Slickers (1991); City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994); Comanche (2000); Cotter (1973); Dallas (1979); Dead Man's Walk (1996); Death Valley Days (1960); Desolation Canyon (2006); Don Quixote (2015); Drango (1957); Durango Kids (1999); Everything That Rises (1998); Expecting Amish (2014); Family Affair (1967–1968); Fantasy Island (1981); Father Murphy (1981–1983); Frontier Circus (1961); Fury at Showdown (1957); Gambler V: Playing for Keeps (1994); Gun for a Coward (1956); Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963); Gunsmoke (1961–1974); Hard Promises (1991); Have Gun - Will Travel (1957–1960); Highway to Heaven (1984); Holes (2003); Horse Sense (1999); Hostile Guns (1967); Houdini (1998); Johnny Reno (1966); Johnny Ringo (1960); Just Visiting (2001); Killing Stone (1978); Kung Fu (1972); Last Train from Gun Hill (1959); Lawman (1959); Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983); Little House: Bless All the Dear Children (1984); Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983); Little House: The Last Farewell (1984); Lonely Are the Brave (1962); Love Begins (2010); Love Finds a Home (2009); Love Takes Wing (2009); Love's Abiding Joy (2006); Love's Everlasting Courage (2011); Love's Long Journey (2005); Love's Unending Legacy (2007); Lucky Stiff (1988); Mackenzie's Raiders (1959); Man's Best Friend (1993); Maverick (1959–1962); Meteor (1979); Mrs. Santa Claus (1996); Murder 101: If Wishes Were Horses (2007); Nevada Smith (1966); No Name and Dynamite Davenport (2022); Omar Khayyam (1957); Once Upon a Texas Train (1988); One-Eyed Jacks (1961); Overland Trail (1960); Pink Cadillac (1989); Planet of the Apes (2001); Posse from Hell (1961); Rawhide (1959–1964); Red Steagall Is Somewhere West of Wall Street (2020); Ride a Crooked Trail (1958); Riverboat (1960); Rough Night in Jericho (1967); Rough Riders (1997); Sacrifices of the Heart (2007); Scandalous John (1971); Shiloh Falls (2007); Stoney Burke (1962); Sudden Impact (1983); Sugarfoot (1960); Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969); Texas Rangers (2001); The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987); The Ballad of Josie (1967); The Big Bus (1976); The Big Fisherman (1959); The Big Valley (1965–1967); The Deputy (1959); The Erotic Adventures of the Three Musketeers (1992); The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991); The Governor's Wife (2008); The Hallelujah Trail (1965); The Hard Man (1957); The High Chaparral (1967–1969); The Homecoming of Jimmy Whitecloud (2001); The Last Cowboy (2003); The Last Outlaw (1993); The Legend of Zorro (2005); The Magical World of Disney (1958–1959); The Magnificent Seven (1998); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); The Master of My Life (2002); The Mountain Men (1980); The Oklahoman (1957); The Ransom of Red Chief (1998); The Rare Breed (1966); The Rebel (1959); The Rounders (1965); The Stunts of 'the Legend of Zorro' (2006); The Tall Man (1960); The Virginian (1962–1966); The Wild Wild West (1965–1968); The Wretched Prologue (2013); Three Amigos! (1986); Used Cars (1980); W.B., Blue and the Bean (1989); Wagon Train (1957); Wall of Noise (1963); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960); Washington Square (1997); Waterhole #3 (1967); What I Did for Love (2006); Wild America (1997); Young Guns (1988); Young Guns II (1990); Zorro (1957–1961).

On this day in television history - Fallen Angels (1993)

Fallen Angels
Season 1. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: I’ll Be Waiting.

Released August 15, 1993.

Directed by Tom Hanks.

Written by C. Gaby Mitchell.

Created by William Horberg.

Based on the short story by Raymond Chandler.

Theme music by Peter Bernstein.

Cast:

Bruno Kirby, Marg Helgenberger, Jon Polito, Dan Hedaya, Dick Miller, Peter Scolari, Tom Hanks, Manny Perry, Lynette Walden.

Born on this day – Jill Haworth:

Jill Haworth

Actress

August 15, 1945 – January 3, 2011