Friday, October 3, 2025

Born on this day – Wade Boteler:

 

Wade Boteler


Actor

Writer

October 3, 1888 – May 7, 1943

Credits:
23 1/2 Hours' Leave (1919); 24 Hours (1931); 3 Cheers for the Irish (1940); 52nd Street (1937); A Fight to the Finish (1937); A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941); A Man of Action (1923); A Man's Game (1934); A Poor Fish (1931); A Slight Case of Murder (1938); A Star Is Born (1937); A Very Good Young Man (1919); A Very Honorable Guy (1934); A Woman Against the World (1928); Adventure in Manhattan (1936); Advice to the Forlorn (1933); Afraid to Fight (1922); Against the Rules (1931); A-Haunting We Will Go (1942); Air Mail (1932); Alias the Night Wind (1923); Alibi for Murder (1936); Alibi Ike (1935); Ambush (1939); Among the Missing (1934); An Old Fashioned Boy (1920); And So They Were Married (1936); Are You Listening? (1932); Around the World in Eighteen Days (1923); At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern (1922); Baby Face Harrington (1935); Bad Company (1931); Bad Little Angel (1939); Bad Men of Missouri (1941); Bed of Roses (1933); Belle of the Nineties (1934); Between Us Girls (1942); Beyond Victory (1931); Big News (1929); Billy the Kid Returns (1938); Bird of Paradise (1932); Black Fury (1935); Black Sheep (1935); Blackmail (1939); Blackwell's Island (1939); Blind Hearts (1921); Blonde Crazy (1931); Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939); Blood Money (1933); Blue, White and Perfect (1942); Blues in the Night (1941); Bombay Clipper (1941); Border Cafe (1937); Bordertown (1935); Born to Be Bad (1934); Breezing Home (1937); Bright Eyes (1934); Brother Rat and a Baby (1940); Buck Rogers (1939); Bullets for O'Hara (1941); Butch Minds the Baby (1942); Call of the Wild (1935); Capital Punishment (1925); Captain Hurricane (1935); Captain Kidd's Treasure (1938); Captains Courageous (1937); Carnival (1935); Carnival Queen (1937); Castle on the Hudson (1940); Central Park (1932); Chained (1934); Change of Heart (1938); Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936); Charlie Chan's Courage (1934); Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940); Cheers of the Crowd (1935); Chicken Wagon Family (1939); City for Conquest (1940); City Girl (1938); Clancy at the Bat (1929); Close Harmony (1929); Code of the Streets (1939); Coffins on Wheels (1941); College Humor (1933); College Lovers (1930); Come on Danger! (1932); Counterfeit (1936); Country Gentlemen (1936); Crooked Straight (1919); Crooked Streets (1920); Dance, Girl, Dance (1940); Dangerous Holiday (1937); Dangerous to Know (1938); Days of Jesse James (1939); Dead End (1937); Derelict (1930); Deserted at the Altar (1922); Diamond Jim (1935); Dimples (1936); Divorced Sweethearts (1930); Dog Daze (1939); Don Winslow of the Navy (1942); Don't Shoot (1922); Double Alibi (1940); Down in San Diego (1941); Duck Soup (1933); Ducks and Drakes (1921); Ducky Dear (1933); Dust Be My Destiny (1939); Dynamite (1929); East Side of Heaven (1939); Emergency Squad (1940); Emma (1932); End of the Trail (1932); Escape from Crime (1942); Everything's on Ice (1939); Exclusive Story (1936); Ex-Sweeties (1931); Eyes of the Underworld (1942); Fifty Candles (1921); Fighting Youth (1935); Find the Blackmailer (1943); Find the Witness (1937); Fired Wife (1943); Fireman, Save My Child! (1932); Fly-By-Night (1942); Footsteps in the Dark (1941); For the Love of Ludwig (1932); Four's a Crowd (1938); Framed (1940); Freckles (1935); Frisco Kid (1935); Front Page Woman (1935); Fugitive Lady (1934); Fugitive Lovers (1934); Gambling Lady (1934); Gaucho Serenade (1940); Gentleman Jim (1942); Get Hep to Love (1942); Ginger (1935); Girl from Avenue A (1940); Girls on Probation (1938); Goin' to Town (1935); Going Up (1923); Good Dame (1934); Green Light (1937); Havoc (1925); Helldorado (1934); Hello, Everybody! (1933); Hello, Sister! (1933); Here Comes Trouble (1936); Hi, Buddy (1943); High School (1940); High School Hero (1927); High Sierra (1941); High Tension (1936); Highway West (1941); His Girl Friday (1940); Hit and Run (1924); Hit the Ice (1943); Hold 'Em Navy (1937); Hold That Lion! (1926); Hold Your Man (1933); Honeymoon Zeppelin (1930); Hot Steel (1940); Human Cargo (1936); Humanity (1933); Hurricane Smith (1941); I Give My Love (1934); I Married a Witch (1942); I Wake Up Screaming (1941); I Was Framed (1942); In Old Chicago (1938); Introduce Me (1925); Invisible Stripes (1939); It Ain't Hay (1943); It Can't Last Forever (1937); It Happened in Hollywood (1937); It Happened in New York (1935); It Started with Eve (1941); Jackass Mail (1942); Jim Hanvey, Detective (1937); Jimmie's Millions (1925); Just Married (1928); Kathleen (1941); Keep 'Em Slugging (1943); Kick In (1931); King for a Night (1933); Know Your Money (1940); Knute Rockne All American (1940); Ladies of the Big House (1931); Lady of Secrets (1936); Lahoma (1920); Laugh and Get Rich (1931); Lawyer Man (1932); Let 'Er Go Gallegher (1927); Let It Rain (1927); Let's Be Fashionable (1920); Little Miss Roughneck (1938); Living on Velvet (1935); Local Boy Makes Good (1931); Love Crazy (1941); Love in Bloom (1935); Love Is News (1937); Love Thy Neighbor (1940); Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me (1940); Made on Broadway (1933); Madison Square Garden (1932); Manhattan Melodrama (1934); Manhattan Tower (1932); Mannequin (1937); Marriage in Transit (1925); Married Before Breakfast (1937); Meet the Senator (1932); Melody in Spring (1934); Melody Trail (1935); Men Are Such Fools (1938); Men of Boys Town (1941); Midnight Daddies (1930); Mind Your Own Business (1936); Missing Daughters (1939); Mississippi Gambler (1942); Moonlight in Havana (1942); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); Murder on the Blackboard (1934); Music Is Magic (1935); My Favorite Blonde (1942); My Kingdom for a Cook (1943); My Little Chickadee (1940); Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933); Mystery Ship (1941); Navy Blues (1929); Never Say Die (1924); News Is Made at Night (1939); Night Class (1931); Night Life of the Gods (1935); Nobody's Fool (1936); Off the Record (1939); On Your Toes (1939); One Man in a Million (1921); One Wild Night (1938); Operator 13 (1934); O'Shaughnessy's Boy (1935); Pacific Blackout (1941); Parnell (1937); Passport Husband (1938); Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1938); Penrod and Sam (1931); Pepper (1936); Pittsburgh (1942); Planet Outlaws (1953); Poker Widows (1931); Pony Express Days (1940); Poppy (1936); Possessed (1931); Private Buckaroo (1942); Professor Beware (1938); Queen Christina (1933); Reckless (1935); Red Barry (1938); Red Hot Tires (1935); Remember Last Night? (1935); Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942); Ridin' Wild (1922); Riding High (1943); Riffraff (1935); Robin Hood of the Pecos (1941); Romance in Manhattan (1934); Rule 'Em and Weep (1932); Rulers of the Sea (1939); Sabotage (1939); Sadie McKee (1934); Scandal Street (1938); Second Hand Rose (1922); Second Honeymoon (1937); Secrets of a Nurse (1938); Sergeant Madden (1939); Seven Keys to Baldpate (1925); Shakedown (1936); She Couldn't Help It (1920); She Done Him Wrong (1933); She Made Her Bed (1934); She's No Lady (1937); Silence (1931); Silver Dollar (1932); Sing Your Worries Away (1942); Sinner Take All (1936); Sitting Pretty (1933); Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga (1941); Ski Patrol (1940); Slide, Speedy, Slide (1931); Slim (1937); So You Won't Talk (1940); Society Doctor (1935); Soft Cushions (1927); Soldiers and Women (1930); Southward Ho! (1939); Spawn of the North (1938); Speed Demon (1932); Speed Madness (1932); The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935); The Flirty Sleepwalker (1932); The Flying Fleet (1929); The Forest Rangers (1942); The Frame-Up (1937); The Gay Deception (1935); The Getaway (1941); The Ghost Patrol (1923); Sporting Goods (1928); Spring Parade (1940); St. Louis Blues (1939); Strange Alibi (1941); Stranger Than Fiction (1921); Streamline Express (1935); Street of Memories (1940); Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942); Television Spy (1939); That's My Baby (1926); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939); The Adventures of Jane Arden (1939); The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942); The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938); The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943); The Baby Cyclone (1928); The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937); The Big Game (1936); The Body Disappears (1941); The Bride Walks Out (1936); The Crash (1928); The Crosby Case (1934); The Cup of Fury (1920); The Death Kiss (1932); The Devil's Holiday (1930); The Fainting Lover (1931); The False Road (1920); The Godless Girl (1928); The Good Fellows (1943); The Goose and the Gander (1935); The Gorgeous Hussy (1936); The Great Hospital Mystery (1937); The Great Night (1922); The Green Hornet (1940 / 1990); The Green Hornet Movie Edition (2011); The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940); The Man Who Played God (1932); The Man with Two Faces (1934); The Mandarin Mystery (1936); The Marines Are Here (1938); The Headline Woman (1935); The Hidden Hand (1942); The Home Stretch (1921); The Howards of Virginia (1940); The Human Side (1934); The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939); The Iron Man (1931); The Jones Family in Borrowing Trouble (1937); The Kennel Murder Case (1933); The Kid from Kansas (1941); The Lady from Cheyenne (1941); The Last Edition (1925); The Last Gangster (1937); The Last Ride (1944); The Leather Necker (1935); The Leather Pushers (1940); The Leatherneck (1929); The Little Adventuress (1938); The Lone Avenger (1933); The Lying Truth (1922); Youth on Parole (1937); Youth Takes a Fling (1938); The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942); The Magnificent Brute (1936); The Man from Dakota (1940); The Man in the Trunk (1942); The Merry Frinks (1934); The Mysterious Miss X (1939); The New Half Back (1929); The Night Mayor (1932); The Oklahoma Kid (1939); The Painted Desert (1931); The Painted Woman (1932); The Phantom Horseman (1924); The President's Mystery (1936); The Rage of Paris (1938); The Return of Jimmy Valentine (1936); The Richest Girl in the World (1934); The Roaring Twenties (1939); The Secret Bride (1934); The Secret Code (1942); The Shopworn Angel (1938); The Singing Hill (1941); The Single Standard (1929); The Social Buccaneer (1923); The Son-Daughter (1932); The St. Louis Kid (1934); The Strange Love of Molly Louvain (1932); The Strawberry Blonde (1941); The Three Musketeers (1935); The Toilers (1928); The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932); The Unfoldment (1922); The Walking Dead (1936); The Way of All Flesh (1940); The Way of All Men (1930); The Westerner (1934); The Whipping Boss (1924); The Wide Open Spaces (1931); The Woman's Side (1922); There's Always a Woman (1938); They Shall Have Music (1939); This Day and Age (1933); Three Faces West (1940); Three Smart Girls (1936); Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939); Through a Glass Window (1922); Through the Dark (1924); Thunder Afloat (1939); 'Til We Meet Again (1940); Timber! (1942); Tip-Off Girls (1938); Top Sergeant Mulligan (1928); Top Speed (1930); Topper Takes a Trip (1938); Trapped by Television (1936); Two Alone (1934); Under Eighteen (1931); Under Texas Skies (1940); Undercover Doctor (1939); Unexpected Uncle (1941); Unknown Valley (1933); Vacation from Love (1938); Valley of the Giants (1938); Warming Up (1928); Water, Water, Everywhere (1920); Way Back Home (1931); We Who Are Young (1940); Wells Fargo (1937); When Tomorrow Comes (1939); Where Did You Get That Girl? (1941); While Satan Sleeps (1922); Whipsaw (1935); Wild Boys of the Road (1933); Winds of Chance (1925); Women in Hiding (1940); World Premiere (1941); You Only Live Once (1937); Young Buffalo Bill (1940); Young Tom Edison (1940); You're a Sweetheart (1937).

Born on this day – Leo McCarey:


Leo McCarey


Director

Writer

Producer

October 3, 1898 – July 5, 1969


Born on this day – Josephine Hill:


Josephine Hill


Actress

October 3, 1899 – December 17, 1989


Born on this day – Thomas Wolfe:


Thomas Wolfe


Writer

October 3, 1900 – September 15, 1938

Credits:

Books:

Look Homeward, Angel (1929); Of Time and the River (1935); The Web and the Rock (1939); You Can't Go Home Again (1940) The Good Child's River (1991); The Web and the Root (2009); From Death to Morning (1935); The Hills Beyond (1941); A Stone, A Leaf, A Door (poems) (1945); The Story of a Novel (1936); The Face of a Nation (1939); Letters of Thomas Wolfe (1956).

Movies and television:

Camera Three (1976); Charles Laughton (1952); Crusade Report (1951); Days in the Yellow Leaf (1989); Die Herren von der Presse (1965); Erinnerung an einen Sommer in Berlin (1972); Herrenhaus (1966); Look Homeward, Angel (1972); Of Time and the River (1953); Of Time and the River (II);  (1953); Schau heimwärts, Engel (1961); Willkommen in Altamont (1965); You Can't Go Home Again (1979).

Born on this day – James Herriot:

 

James Herriot

Veterinary surgeon

Writer

October 3, 1916 – February 23, 1995

Credits:

Books:

If Only They Could Talk (1970); All Creatures Great and Small (1972); It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1972); Vet in Harness (1974); All Things Bright and Beautiful (1974); Vets Might Fly (1976); All Things Wise and Wonderful (1976); The Lord God Made Them All (1981); The Best of James Herriot (1983); Vet in a Spin (1984); Smudge, The Little Lost Lamb (1991); Smudge's Day Out (1991); Horse & Pony Stories (1986); Bonny's Big Day (1972); Moses the Kitten (1984); Only One Woof (1985); The Christmas Day Kitten (1986); Blossom Comes Home (1988); The Market Square Dog (1989); Oscar, Cat-About-Town (1990); The Animals at Diamond Woods (2009); Animal Stories, Tame & Wild (1979); James Herriot's Yorkshire (1979); All Creatures Great and Small Annual 1982 (1981); James Herriot's Favorite Dog Stories (1986); James Herriot's Dog Stories (1986); Greatest Cat Stories (1989); James Herriot Story Book (1992); Every Living Thing (1992); James Herriot's Treasury for Children (1992); James Herriot's Cat Stories (1994); Seven Yorkshire tales (1995); James Herriot's Yorkshire Stories (1995); James Herriot's Yorkshire Village (1995); James Herriot's Animal Stories (1997); Yorkshire Stories (1998); James Herriot's Yorkshire Revisited (1999).

Movies and television:

All Creatures Great and Small (1975 / 2024); All Creatures Great and Small / TV Series (1978–1990); All Creatures Great and Small / TV Series (2020–2024); It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1976); James Herriot's Yorkshire (1993); Pebble Mill at One (1975); Read All About It (1976); The Lively Arts (1976–1977); The Mike Douglas Show (1973); To Tell the Truth (1973); Young James Herriot (2011).

Born on this day – Madlyn Rhue:


Madlyn Rhue


Actress

Script and Continuity Department

October 3, 1935 – December 16, 2003

Credits:
10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004); 77 Sunset Strip (1963); A Majority of One (1961); A Man Called Shenandoah (1965); A Man Called Sledge (1970); A Mother's Justice (1991); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Arrest and Trial (1963); Banacek (1972); Baretta (1975); Barnaby Jones (1973); Black Saddle (1959); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); Bonanza (1960); Bourbon Street Beat (1959–1960); Bracken's World (1969–1970); Bridges to Cross (1986); Burke's Law (1965); Bus Stop (1961); Cain's Hundred (1962); Cannon (1974–1976); Captain Nice (1967); Charlie's Angels (1979); Checkmate (1960); Cheyenne (1959); CHiPs (1979–1983); Circle of Fear (1972); Cowboy in Africa (1968); Daniel Boone (1965); Days of Our Lives (1982–1984); Diff'rent Strokes (1981); Dynasty (1981); Escape from Zahrain (1962); Espionage (1964); Executive Suite (1976–1977); Fame (1982–1985); Fame (1984); Fan Revisionism and the Greatness of The Empire Strikes Back (2023); Fantasies (1982); Fantasy Island (1982); Games Mother Never Taught You (1982); General Electric Theater (1960); Goldie and the Boxer (1979); Gunsmoke (1959); Gypsy (1966); Hart to Hart (1979); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958–1959); Hawaii Five-O (1970–1973); He Rides Tall (1964); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hollywood Connection (1977); Hong Kong (1960); Hotel de Paree (1960); Hour Magazine (1987); Houston Knights (1987–1988); I Spy (1965); Iron Horse (1966); Ironside (1967–1974); It Takes a Thief (1968); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); Kenner (1968); Kolchak: Crackle of Death / Segment: Firefall (1974); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); L.A. Law (1987); Land of the Giants (1970); Laramie (1959); Laredo (1966); Longstreet (1971); M Squad (1959); Mannix (1969–1975); Match Game (1974–1975); Match Game PM (1975–1976); Medical Story (1975); Michael Shayne (1960); Mike Hammer (1959); Mission: Impossible (1972); Murder, She Wrote (1989–1996); Operation Petticoat (1959); Outlaws (1960); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1973); Perry Mason (1960); Petrocelli (1975); Police Story (1975); Pony Express (1960); Poor Devil (1973); Quincy, M.E. (1980); Rawhide (1963); Riverboat (1959); Route 66 (1962); Slattery's People (1965); Special Agent 7 (1959); Stagecoach West (1961); Stand Up and Be Counted (1972); Star Trek (1967); Starsky and Hutch (1976); Stranger on the Run (1967); Sugarfoot (1960); Switch (1975–1977); Tales of Wells Fargo (1959); Tempo (1970); The Alan Hamel Show (1977); The Alaskans (1960); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Best Place to Be (1979); The Court of Last Resort (1958); The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1971); The Defenders (1965); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963); The Fugitive (1964–1966); The Guns of Will Sonnett (1968); The Jerry Lewis Show (1963); The Kiss (1958); The Ladies Man (1961); The Lieutenant (1963); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1967); The Manhunter (1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1972); The Miracle (1959); The Rebel (1959); The Roaring 20's (1960); The Sex Symbol (1974); The Streets of San Francisco (1976); The Third Man (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974–1984); The Tony Randall Show (1978); The Untouchables (1960); The Virginian (1963–1971); The Westerner (1960); The Wild Wild West (1967); This Is Your Life (1972); Tightrope (1959); Trial by Jury (1989); Troubleshooters (1960); We've Got Each Other (1977); Whirlybirds (1958).

Born on this day – Alan Rachins:


Alan Rachins


Actor

Writer

Director

October 3, 1942 – November 2, 2024

Credits:
20 Years of Must See TV (2002); 3 Musketeers (2011); 30 Nights (2018); 70th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2001); A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story (2000); Always (1985); American Dad! (2012); An Evening at the Improv (1988); Angels on Tap (2018); Answers to Nothing (2011); Any Day Now (2012); Barnaby Jones (1979); Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1994); Brothers (1984); Circus of the Stars #14 (1989); Close to Home (2006); Commencement (2012); Courthouse (1995); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2005); D.C. Follies (1988); Dallas (1979); Dharma & Greg (1997–2002); Diagnosis Murder (1996); Donahue (1989); Eli Stone (2008); Enough About Me (2005); Entertainment Tonight Presents: L.A. Law - Secrets of the Firm (2000); Fear on Trial (1975); Ferris Bueller (1990); General Hospital (2016–2018); Good Luck Charlie (2011); Grey's Anatomy (2018); Happy Endings (2011); Hart to Hart (1982); Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart (1994); Heart Condition (1990); Hill Street Blues (1981); Hollywood Squares (2001); Hour Magazine (1987); In-Laws (2002); J.J. Starbuck (1988); Jeopardy! (1992); Just Shoot Me! (2003); Justice League Unlimited (2005); L.A. Law (1986–1994); L.A. Law 100th Episode Celebration (1991); L.A. Law: The Movie (2002); Lady Boss (1992); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994); Leave It to Beaver (1997); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1996); Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1989); Meet Wally Sparks (1997); Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988); Mistress (1987); Mom (2015); Momentum (2018); Monster Night (2006); NCIS (2023); North (1994); One on One with John Tesh (1991); Paris (1979 / 1980); Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990); Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996); Rizzoli & Isles (2011–2013); Rugrats (1996); Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace (2013); She Says She's Innocent (1991); Showgirls (1995); Single Women Married Men (1989); Spider-Man: Re-Animated (2009); Stargate SG-1 (1997); Stars in the House (2020); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1992); Surviving Suburbia (2009); Taken (1997); Tales from the Crypt (1991); Terminal Voyage (1995); The 13th Annual People's Choice Awards (1987); The 14th Annual Genesis Awards (2000); The 14th Annual People's Choice Awards (1988); The 15th Annual Genesis Awards (2001); The 15th Annual People's Choice Awards (1989); The 16th Annual People's Choice Awards (1990); The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards (1991); The 18th Annual People's Choice Awards (1992); The 19th Annual People's Choice Awards (1993); The 24th Annual People's Choice Awards (1998); The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1988); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1988); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The Crazy Ones (2013); The Fall Guy (1983); The Golden Girls (1991); The History of Hill Street (2011); The Hospital Window (2012); The LA Law Story (2014); The Lights Above (2023); The Middle (2017); The Needs of Kim Stanley (2024); The New Hollywood Squares (1987–1988); The Outer Limits (1996); The Paley Center Salutes NBC's 90th Anniversary (2017); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Retrievers (2001); The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008–2009); The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard (2008); The Stepsister (1997); The Talk (2018); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1991); The White Shadow (1978); This Is Your Life (1993); Thunder Run (1985); Time Walker (1982); To Tell the Truth (2000–2002); Unwed Father (1997); Vicki! (1993); Wheel of Fortune (1997); Young Sheldon (2021).