Born on this day – Jimmy Rushing:

 

Jimmy Rushing

Blues singer

Pianist

August 26, 1901 – June 8, 1972

Credits:

Albums:

1944 - 1944 (1986); 1965-70 - The Scene: Live in New York (2009); At Savoy Ballroom 1937–1944 (1972); Benny Goodman, Benny in Brussels (1958);  Bessie - Clara - Mamie & Trixie: The Songs They Made Famous (1961); Big Boy Blues (1964); Buck Clayton, Copenhagen Concert (1979); Cat Meets Chick (1956); Count Basie at Newport (1957); Dave Brubeck, Brubeck and Rushing (1960); Duke Ellington, Jazz Party (1959); Earl Hines, Blues and Things (1968); Every Day I Have the Blues (1967); Five Feet of Soul (1963); Gee Baby Ain't I Been Good to You (1971); Goin' to Chicago (1955); If This Ain't the Blues (1958); Jimmy Witherspoon, Jimmy & Jimmy (1967); Listen to the Blues with Jimmy Rushing (1956); Little Jimmy Rushing and the Big Brass (1958); Livin' the Blues (1968); Mr. Five By Flve "Live" (1966); Rushing Lullabies (1959); Sings the Blues (1955); The Complete Count Basie, Volumes 1-10 (date?); The Jazz Odyssey of James Rushing Esq. (1957); The Newport Years Volume VI (1973); The Original American Decca Recordings / 3CD box set (1992); The You and Me That Used to Be (1971); VV AA -The Sound Of Jazz (1959); Who Was It Sang That Song? (1967).

Movies and television:

A Great Day in Harlem (1994); Air Mail Special (1941); Baseball (1994); Blues Masters (1999); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Choo Choo Swing (1943); Crazy House (1943); Eileen (2023); Ella Fitzgerald: Good Morning Blues / Visualizer (2023); Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas with Vanessa Williams (2020); Fellow Travelers (2023); Kansas City (1996); Omnibus / Segment: 135th Street (1953); Sarah Sings & Basie Swings (1963); Six-Five Special (1957); Take Me Back, Baby (1941); The Blues (2003); The David Frost Show (1970–1972); The Learning Tree (1969); The Robert Herridge Theater (1960); The Salton Sea (2002); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); The Subject Is Jazz (1958); The Tonight Show (1955–1956); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1978); The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022); The War (2007); When We First Met (2018).

Born on this day – Maxwell Shane:

 

Maxwell Shane

Director

Writer

Producer

August 26, 1905 – October 25, 1983

Born on this day – Otto Binder:

 

Otto Binder

Writer

August 26, 1911 – October 13, 1974

Credits:

Books and comic books:

Action Comics (1948–1969); Adam Link—Robot (1965); Adventure Comics (1948–1967); All Winners Comics (1947); America's Greatest Comics (1942–1943); Anton York, Immortal (1965); Bulletman (1942–1946); Captain America Comics (1941–1947); Captain Marvel Adventures (1942–1953); Captain Marvel Jr. (1942–1951); Destination Moon (1950); Detective Comics (1948–1955); Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom (1964); Doll Man (1943); Enslaved Brains (1965); House of Mystery (1954–1978); Ibis the Invincible (1942–1943); Kid Komics (1943–1944); Lords of Creation (1949); Marvel Classics Comics (1976); Marvel Family (1945–1950); Marvel Mystery Comics (1943–1946); Mary Marvel (1945–1948); Master Comics (1941–1943); Metal Men (1968); Mystery in Space (1954–1966); National Comics (1942); Showcase / Lois Lane (1957); Star-Spangled Comics (1948–1949); Strange Adventures (1954–1967); Superboy (1954–1968); Superman (1955–1969); Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (1958–1967); Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (1954–1969); The Avengers Battle the Earth-Wrecker (1967); What We Really Know about Flying Saucers (1967); Whiz Comics (1941–1943); World's Finest Comics (1948–1960); Young Allies (1944–1946).

Movies and television:

Batman & Bill (2017); Black Adam (2022); Confessions of a Teenage Supergirl (2006); DC League of Super-Pets (2022); Death Battle (2022); Justice League (2001–2004); MultiVersus (2024); Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023); Skids (2016); Supergirl (1973); Supergirl IV: The Submerged Tangled Web (2014); Supergirl V: Deadly Seduction (2015); Supergirl: Endurance (2013); Supergirl: Stranger in a Strange Land (2013); Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010); Superman: The Animated Series (1997); Superman: Unbound (2013); The Flash (2023); The Outer Limits (1964 / 1995).

Born on this day – Francine York:

Francine York

Actress

Model

August 26, 1936 – January 6, 2017

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1963); A New Kind of Love (1963); Actor's Day in LA (2012); Actors Entertainment (2012–2015); Actors Reporter Interviews (2012); Adam-12 (1971–1972); Adventures of the Queen (1975); Any Second Now (1969); Astro Zombies: M3 - Cloned (2010); Barbary Coast (1975); Batman (1966); Bedtime Story (1964); Berrenger's (1985); Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (1976); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1993); Bewitched (1971); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Bringing Up Buddy (1961); Brothers (1986); Bucket and Skinner's Epic Adventures (2012); Burke's Law (1964–1995); Cannon for Cordoba (1970); City Beneath the Sea (1969); Columbo (1975); Counter Measures (1998); Cracking Up (1983); Curse of the Swamp Creature (1968); Days of Our Lives (1978); Death Valley Days (1964–1965); Dirty Sally (1974); Dr. Kildare (1963); Dumped (2000); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Emergency! (1972); Even Stevens (2001); Family Affair (1970); Flood (1976); Future Cop (1977); General Hospital (1982); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1966); Green Acres (1968); Half a House (1975); Harry Held TV Visits the Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival (2015); Hazel (1964); Hec Ramsey (1973); Hercules in Hollywood (2005); Hot in Cleveland (2012); I Dream of Jeannie (1969); I Love a Mystery (1973); I'm Dickens, He's Fenster (1962); Ironside (1968–1969); It Takes a Thief (1968); It's Only Money (1962); Jason of Star Command (1979); Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten (2006); Kojak (1974); Land of the Giants (1970); Las Vegas (2005); Lock Up (1960–1961); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993); Longstreet (1971); Lost in Space (1967); Love, American Style / Segments: Love and the Super Lover; Love and the Lovely Evening; Love and the Wild Party (1969–1972); Making the Cut: A Look Back at the Centerfold Girls (2009); Mama's Family (1987); Mannix (1971); Marilyn Alive and Behind Bars (1992); Marilyn! The New Musical (2018); Masquerade (1984); Masters of the Grind (2024); Matlock (1991); Miracle at Sage Creek (2005); Mission: Impossible (1972); Monsanto Night Presents Walt Disney's America on Parade (1976); Mr. Belvedere (1989); Mr. Skeffington: A Picture of Strength (2005); Mutiny in Outer Space (1965); My Brother the Angel (1965); My Favorite Martian (1964); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1972); Perry Mason (1965–1966); Petrocelli (1975–1976); Pioneer Spirit (1969); Police Story (1973); Private Obsession (1995); Rescue 8 (1959); Riptide (1985); Route 66 (1961); Run for Your Life (1968); Secret File: Hollywood (1962); Sexual Predator (2001); Shannon (1962); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1961); Slattery's People (1964–1965); Space Probe Taurus (1965); Star Trek: Progeny (2016); Stu's Show (2012); Surfside 6 (1962); Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel (2016); Ten Violent Women: Part Two (2017); The Big Tease (1999); The Centerfold Girls / Segment: The Second Story (1974); The Chicago Teddy Bears (1971); The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969); The Damned Don't Cry: The Crawford Formula - Real and Reel (2005); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Disorderly Orderly (1964); The Doll Squad (1973); The F.B.I. (1969); The Family Jewels (1965); The Family Man (2000); The Gallant Men (1963); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Interns (1962); The King of Queens (2003–2004); The Making of 'Miracle at Sage Creek' (2005); The Mindy Project (2015); The Name of the Game (1968); The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1980); The Nutty Professor (1963); The Odd Couple (1971); The Outsider (1968); The Quest (1976); The Red Skelton Hour (1967); The Ride to Hangman's Tree (1967); The Right Approach (1961); The Roaring 20's (1961); The Sergeant Was a Lady (1961); The Streets of San Francisco (1974–1977); The Under Achievers (1987); The Untouchables (1963); The Wild Wild West (1968); The Wild World of Ted V. Mikels (2008); They Only Come Out at Night (1975); Tickle Me (1965); Time Travelers (1976); To Rome with Love (1970); Vacation Playhouse (1965); Welcome Home Soldier Boys (1971); Where the Bears Are (2016); Wild Ones on Wheels (1962); Zero to Sixty (1978).

Born on this day – Nina Companeez:

 

Nina Companeez

Director

Writer

Editor

August 26, 1937 – April 9, 2015

Born on this day – Susan Harrison:

Susan Harrison

Actress

August 26, 1938 – March 5, 2019

Credits:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); Bonanza (1960); Breaking Point (1963); Follow the Sun (1961); Key Witness (1960); Matinee Theatre (1956); Playhouse 90 (1959); Remembering 2019: In Memoriam (2019); Star Tonight (1956); Sweet Smell of Success (1957); The Light That Failed (1961); The Twilight Zone (1961).

Born on this day – Mark Snow:

 

Mark Snow

Compose

Actor

August 26, 1946 – July 4, 2025

Credits:

Movies and television:

20 to 1 (2011); 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997); 240-Robert (1979–1981); 31 Days of Horror (2019); 43:45 - The Makings of a Struggle (2016); A Good Sport (1984); A Hobo's Christmas (1987); A Loss of Innocence (1996); A Memory in My Heart (1999); A Place for Annie (1994); A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019); A Stranger in Town (1995); A Taste for Killing (1992); A Touch of Hope (1999); A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story (1992); Aaron's Way (1988); Acceptable Risks (1986); Adventures in Appletown (2008); All Together Now (1991); Alone in the Neon Jungle (1988); America's Got Talent (2014); An American Story (1992); Angel City (1980); Another Woman's Husband (2000); Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again (1990); Battling for Baby (1992); Bereft (2004); Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues (1985); Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus (1978); Birds of Prey (2002–2003); Blood & Orchids (1986); Blue Bloods (2010–2024); Bluegrass (1988); Bones (2010); Born to Be Wild (1995); Born Too Soon (1993); Bridges to Cross (1986); Britain's Got More Talent (2015–2019); Brothers and Sisters (1979); Bull (2000–2001); Cagney & Lacey (1981–1984); California Girls (1985); Captain Sharif (2017); Caroline at Midnight (1994); Casino (1980); Castle (2010); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Challenge of a Lifetime (1985); Chicago Hope (1996); Child in the Night (1990); Children of the Dust (1995); Circle of Love (1988); Cloned (1997); Code Name Phoenix (2000); Cold Dog Soup (1990); Conundrum (1996); Cracked Up (1987); Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501 (1990); Crazy in Alabama (1999); Crazy Like a Fox (1984–1986); Critical Assembly (2002); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2007); D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear (2003); Dancing with the Stars (2016); Dans les oreilles d'Alain Resnais (2020); Dark Justice (1991–1993); Dark Realm (2000); Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace (1991); Dead Badge (1995); Dead Reckoning (1990); Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta View (1992); Dirty Pictures (2000); Disaster at Silo 7 (1988); Disturbing Behavior (1998); DJ Dado: X Files (1996); Dolly Dearest (1991); Down, Out & Dangerous (1995); Dying to Dance (2001); Dynasty (1981); End Game: Making 'Millennium' Season Three (2004); Ernest Saves Christmas (1988); Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989); Falcon Crest (1986–1988); Family (1978–1980); Family Guy (2000–2020); Father & Son: Dangerous Relations (1993); Finder of Lost Loves (1984); Fiona (2002); Flatbush (1979); Flush (1982); Follow Your Heart (1990); Following Her Heart (1994); For Love of Olivia (2001); Forgotten Sins (1996); Fresh Off the Boat (2018); Games Mother Never Taught You (1982); Garbage Island (2000); Gemini Man (1976); Ghost Whisperer (2005–2010); Ghosts Can't Do It (1989); Gintberg på kanten (2015); Goodbye, Miss 4th of July (1988); Harsh Realm (1999–2000); Hart to Hart (1979–1984); Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart (1994); Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season (1996); Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart (1995); Hart to Hart: Till Death Do Us Hart (1996); Haunted (2002); Haven (2012); He Said, She Said (1991); Heart of a Child (1994); Helter Skelter (2004); Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter (1992); High Risk (1981); Highway Heartbreaker (1992); Hometown (1985); I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later (1985); I Married a Centerfold (1984); Icy Bois (2018); I'd Rather Be Calm (1982); I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! (2019); Implanted Memories: 25 Years of the X-Files (2018); In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing (1990); In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco (1993); In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice (1995); In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas (1991); In the Line of Duty: Street War (1992); In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance (1994); In the Name of the People (2000); Inside 'Harsh Realm' (2004); Inside the X Files (1998); International Airport (1985); Jake Speed (1986); Just Like Her (2011); Kalapuikkokeitto (1998); Kay O'Brien (1986); Kids Like These (1987); Kojak (2005); La Femme Nikita (1997–2001); Ladykillers (1988); Level Up Norge (2018); Life of Riley (2014); Living a Lie (1991); Lottery! (1983–1984); Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills (1986); Malibu (1983); Matt Houston (1983); MenT (2017); Mike & Mike (2014); Millennium (1996–1999); Miracle Landing (1990); Mixed Blessings (1995); Moment of Truth: Caught in the Crossfire (1994); Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy (1994); Monsters of the Week (2015); Mr. Murder (1998); Murder Between Friends (1994); Murder by the Book (1987); Murder Ordained (1987); Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For (2000); News at Eleven (1986); Night Sins (1997); Not My Kid (1985); Nowhere Man (1995–1996); Occupied (2016); Odd Girl Out (2005); Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994); One Police Plaza (1986); One Terrific Guy (1986); One Tree Hill (2003–2005); Opposites Attract (1990); Order in Chaos: Making Millennium - Season One (2004); Over Here, Mr. President (1983); Overboard (1978); Packin' It In (1983); Pals (1987); Paper Dolls (1982); Paradise (2004); Pasadena (2001–2002); Pastor Mike Online (2011–2012); Payback (1997); Pearl Harbor II: Pearlmageddon (2001); Pee-wee's Playhouse (1989–1990); Perversions of Science (1997); Phoenix Forgotten (2017); Phone Calls from the Dead (1996); Pigs vs. Freaks (1982); Playmaker (1994); Precious Victims (1993); Private Fears in Public Places (2006); Project: ALF (1996); Ringer (2011–2012); Rockhopper (1985); Roman Holiday (1987); Royal Match (1985); Rude Tube (2014); Scandal in a Small Town (1988); Scattered Dreams (1993); Season X (2016); Secrets of a Married Man (1984); Secrets of the X Files, Part 2 (1996); Seduced and Betrayed (1995); Settle the Score (1989); Shadows of Desire (1994); She's Too Young (2004); Show Kafka's Dudes (2019); Skateboard (1978); Smallville (2001–2010); Smallville: 100th Episode -the Making of a Milestone (2006); Smoke Jumpers (1996); Sole Survivor (2000); Solve for X: Constructing Season 11 (2018); Something About Amelia (1984); Something Short of Paradise (1979); Song in the Key of X (2020); Soundtrack of Our Lives: A Celebration for the Film & TV Music Community (2020); Special Report: Journey to Mars (1996); Special Unit 2 (2001–2002); Starsky and Hutch (1977–1979); Still Crazy Like a Fox (1987); Strange Calls (2015); Strike Force (1981); Stuck with Each Other (1989); Summer of Fear (1996); Superstar (1999); Sweet Temptation (1996); Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror (2006); Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain (2004); T.J. Hooker (1982–1986); T.V. Kaiser (1996); Tattoo Fixers (2017); Telling Secrets (1993); Texas Justice (1995); The Art Of... When You're Hot, Young, Poor and a Filmmaker! (2010); The Big Sick (2017); The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976); The Cape (1996); The Dancing Cow (2000); The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story (1992); The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998); The Disappearance of Nora (1993); The Disinvited (2024); The Family Tree (1983); The Father Clements Story (1987); The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991); The Girl Who Came Between Them (1990); The Guardian (2001–2002); The Hamlet Adventure (2008); The Hunters (2011); The in Crowd (1988); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2016); The Lady from Yesterday (1985); The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story (1992); The Little Kidnappers (1990); The Lone Gunmen (2001); The Lost Capone (1990); The Love Boat (1978–1982); The Magical World of Disney (1986); The Making of 'the X Files: Fight the Future' (1998); The Man with Three Wives (1993); The Marla Hanson Story (1991); The New Mutants (2020); The Next Step Beyond (1978–1979); The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie (1995); The Perfect Mother (1997); The Price of Heaven (1997); The Rape of Doctor Willis (1991); The Return of Ben Casey (1988); The Return of Mod Squad (1979); The Rookies (1975–1976); The San Pedro Beach Bums (1977); The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick (1988); The Secret Life of Uri Geller (2013); The Seventh Stream (2001); The Simpsons (1995–1997); The Six of Us (1982); The Substitute Wife (1994); The Twilight Zone (2002–2003); The Unspoken Truth (1995); The Winter of Our Discontent (1983); The Worst Movies of All Time (2016–2017); The X Files (1998); The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008); The X Files: The Making of 'The Truth' (2004); The X-Files (1993–2018); The X-Files Game (1998); The X-Files: Re-Opened (2015); The X-Files: Season 11 - Conversation on the Fox Lot (2018); The X-Files: Season 11 - The Scully Effect (2018); Those She Left Behind (1989); Today at Wimbledon (2015); Top of the Pops (1996); Total Stranger (1999); Trial by Fire (1995); Turn of the Tide: Making 'Millennium' Season Two (2004); Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (1998); Two Kinds of Love (1983); UFO: The Truth Is Here (2001); Under a Killing Moon (1994); Undercover (2005); Urban Assault (1998); Vega$ (1978–1981); Vietnam War Story (1987–1988); Visions (1976); Walt Curtis: The Peckerneck Poet (1997); Warm Hearts, Cold Feet (1987); What Dreams May Come (1998); When He's Not a Stranger (1989); When the Whistle Blows (1980); White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (1991); White Irish Drinkers (2010); White Like the Moon (2002); Wife, Mother, Murderer (1991); Wild Grass (2009); Witness to the Execution (1994); Wolf Lake (2001); You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012); Zachariah (1971).