Born on this day – Ray Heindorf:

Ray Heindorf

Composer

Songwriter

August 25, 1908 – February 3, 1980

Born on this day – Ruby Keeler:

 

Ruby Keeler

Actress

Dancer

Singer

August 25, 1909 – February 28, 1993

Born on this day – Ted Key:

 

Ted Key

Cartoonist

Writer

August 25, 1912 – May 3, 2008

Born on this day – Leonard Bernstein:

Leonard Bernstein

Conductor

Composer

Pianist

Teacher

Writer

Humanitarian

August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990

Born on this day – Sean Connery:

Sean Connery

Actor

August 25, 1930 – October 31, 2020

Born on this day – Roberto De Simone:

 

Roberto De Simone

Composer

Director

Writer

Actor

August 25, 1933 – April 6, 2025

Credits:

A Night Full of Rain (1978); After the Fox (1966); All Is Fake (2002); Così fan tutte (1996); De Pretore Vincenzo (1976); Des morceaux de ma femme (2000); Die Zauberflöte, Opera tedesca in due atti (1995); Don Giovanni (1999); È una domenica sera di novembre (1981); Eleonora (1999); Fontamara (1980); Gli esami non finiscono mai (1976); Great Performances (1996); I ladri (1959); I ragazzi di padre Tobia (1968–1970); Il Maestro di Cappella (1995); Il segreto di Luca (1969); (In)visibility (2009); La fucilazione di Pulcinella (1973); La ragazzola (1965); L'arte della commedia (1976); Lo frate 'nnamorato (1990); Lungo il fiume e sull'acqua (1973); Nabucco (1987); Omnibus (1977); Quanto è bello lu murire acciso (1975); Respiro (2002); Sempre più difficile (1981); Siamo fatti di memoria (2009); Sicily (1967); Signora Ava (1975); Tammurriata (1994); The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968); The Devil in Love (1966); The Dolls / Segment: La minestra (1965); The Gold of Naples / Segment: Pizze a credito (1954); The Skin (1981); Una questione d'onore (1966); Unici (2015); Uomo e galantuomo (1975); Viaggio nei luoghi del sacro (1999); Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968).

Born on this day – Frederick Forsyth:

Frederick Forsyth

Writer

Producer

Actor

August 25, 1938 – June 9, 2025

Credits:

Books:

A Tangled Web (2005); Avenger (2003); Emeka (1991); English Crime Stories of Today (1993); Great Flying Stories (1991); Icon (1996); No Comebacks (1982); Revenge of Odessa (2025); The Afghan (2006); The Art of the Matter (2001); The Biafra Story: The Making of an African Legend (1969); The Citizen (2000); The Cobra (2010); The Day of the Jackal (1971); The Deceiver (1991); The Devil's Alternative (1979); The Dogs of War (1974); The Emperor (1982); The Fist of God (1994); The Fourth Protocol (1984); The Fox (2018); The Kill List (2013); The Miracle (2000); The Negotiator (1989); The Odessa File (1972); The Outsider: My Life in Intrigue (2015); The Phantom of Manhattan (1996); The Shepherd (1975); The Veteran and Other Stories (2020); Used In Evidence (2005); Whispering Wind (2000).

 

Movies and television:

8 al dia (2014); A fondo (1980); A Little Piece of Sunshine (1990); Alexandria (2004); Avenger (2006); Boulevard Bio (1991–2003); Breakfast (2001–2010); Bücherjournal (2015); Code Name: Wolverine (1996); Crime in the City (1987); Cry of the Innocent (1980); DAS! (2000–2015); De película (1987); Dinner with Portillo (2003); Dispatches (2006); Frederick Forsyth Presents (1989–1990); Friday Night, Saturday Morning (1980); Good Morning Australia (2004); Good Morning Britain (2017); Great Welsh Writers (2013); HARDtalk (2003); I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal (2007); Icon (2005); III nach neun (2007); Im Dialog (2003); ITV Play of the Week (1973); Jesus Christ Airlines (2001); Just Another Secret (1989); Koschwitz (2002); Kulturjournal (2015); Kulturplatz (2006); Lads Army (2005); Larry King Live (2000); Leute (1985); Lo + plus (1996); Love Never Dies (2012); Mark Lawson Talks to... (2006); Markus Lanz (2015–2019); M-show (1972); Never Mind the Full Stops (2007); Outsiders (2024); Página 2 (2011); Pebble Mill at One (1994); Pride and Extreme Prejudice (1989); Question Time (1997–2007); Reading the Decades (2002); Reputations (1997); Sabine Christiansen (1998); Skavlan (2014); Sleuths, Sorcerers & Spies: Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes (2016); Soldiers (1985); Sunday AM (2016); The Book Programme (1979); The Crime Thriller Club (2013); The Day of the Jackal (1973 / 2024); The Devil's Day (1994); The Dogs of War (1980); The Fourth Protocol (1987); The Merv Griffin Show (1980); The Odessa File (1974); The Shepherd (2022 / 2023); The Sunday Programme (2003); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971–1972); The Write Stuff (1989); This Week (2005); Titel, Thesen, Temperamente (2015–2019); Trigger Happy TV (2001 / 2002); Tubridy Tonight (2006); Two by Forsyth (1984); Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2005 / 2014).