Sunday, November 30, 2025

Born on this day – John Dickson Carr:


John Dickson Carr


Writer

November 30, 1906 – February 27, 1977

Credits:

Books:

A Century of British Mystery and Suspense (2000); A Very Murderous Christmas (2018); Below Suspicion (1949); Bodies from the Library 3 (2020); Bodies from the Library 5 (2022); Captain Cut-Throat (1955); Castle Skull (1931); Christmas Crimes (1996); Crime on the Coast / No Flowers by Request (1987); Crimes of Cymru (2023); Daring Detectives (1969); Dark of the Moon (1967); Deadly Arts (1985); Deadly Hall (1971); Dear Dead Days (1972); Death-Watch (1935); Dying of Fright (1976); English Country House Murders (1988); Fifty Best Mysteries (2004); Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction (1938); Fire, Burn! (1957); Ghosts and Scholars (1987); Ghosts from the Library (2022); Golden Age Locked Room Mysteries (2022); Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense (1981); Hag's Nook (1932); Handle with Care (1985); He Who Whispers (1946); In Spite of Thunder (1960); It Walks By Night (1930); Manhattan Mysteries (1987); Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural (1985); Metropolitan Mysteries (2024); More Exploits Of Sherlock Holmes (1954); Most Secret (1964); Murder by the Seaside (2022); Murder In Midsummer (2019); Murder On Christmas Eve (2017); Murder Takes a Holiday (2020); Murderous Schemes (1996); Nine Detective Stories (1964); Panic in Box C (1966); Papa La-Bas (1968); Patrick Butler for the Defense (1956); Poison in Jest (1932); Realms of Darkness (1985); Sleeping Sphinx / Beagle Scented Murder / Death of a Doll (1948); The Arabian Nights Murder (1936); The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense (1982); The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked Room Mysteries (2014); The Blind Barber (1934); The Bride of Newgate (1950); The Burning Court (1937); The Case of the Constant Suicides (1941); The Corpse in the Waxworks / aka The Waxworks Murder (1932); The Crooked Hinge (1938); The Dead Man's Knock (1958); The Demoniacs (1962); The Devil in Velvet (1951); The Eight of Swords (1934); The Emperor's Snuff-Box (1942); The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes (1954); The Four False Weapons (1937); The Ghosts' High Noon (1969); The Hollow Man / aka The Three Coffins (1935); The House at Satan's Elbow (1965); The Hungry Goblin (1972); The Island of Coffins (2021); The John Dickson Carr Omnibus (2000); The Kindling Spark (2022); The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1949); The Locked Room Reader (1968); The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction (2004); The Lost Gallows (1931); The Mad Hatter Mystery (1933); The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits (1993); The Man Who Could Not Shudder (1940); The Men Who Explained Miracles (1964); The Murder of Sir Edmund Godfrey (1936); The Nine Wrong Answers (1952); The Oxford Book of American Detective Stories (1996); The Problem of the Green Capsule (1939); The Problem of the Wire Cage (1939); The Scandal at High Chimneys (1959); The Seat of the Scornful / aka Death Turns the Tables (1942); The Sleeping Sphinx (1947); The Twelve Crimes of Christmas (1981); The Witch of Low Tide (1961); Third Bullet and Other Stories (1954); 13 to the Gallows (2008); Till Death Do Us Part (1944); Till Death Do Us Part / Intrigue for Empire / Give 'Em the Axe (1944); To Wake the Dead (1938); Vintage Crime (2020); Who Killed Father Christmas? (2023).

Movies and television:

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1956); City After Midnight (1957); Climax! (1958); Colonel March Investigates (1953); Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956); Danger (1951); Dangerous Crossing (1953); Detective (1964–1969); Devcátko s petrklíci (1967); Dow Hour of Great Mysteries (1960); Encounter (1956); Guilty Party (1957); La dama dei veleni (1979); L'occhio di Giuda (1982); Los suicidios constantes (1961); Mado no naka no satsujin (1983); Morte a passo di valzer (1979); Retro Static Radio / Podcast Series (2020); Storyboard (1961); Studio One (1952); Suspense (1949–1953); The Burning Court (1962); The Man in Black (1950); The Man with a Cloak (1951); The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1960); The Unforeseen (1959); Tre colpi di fucile (1982); Treacherous Crossing (1992).

Born on this day – John G. Fuller:


John G. Fuller


Writer

Director

November 30, 1913 – November 7, 1990
Credits:

Books & articles:

200,000,000 Guinea Pigs: New Dangers in Everyday Foods, Drugs and Cosmetics (1972); A Communication Concerning UFOs / article in Saturday Review, vol. 50 (February 4, 1967); Aliens In The Skies - The New UFO Battle of the Scientists (1969); Aliens in the Skies: The Scientific Rebuttal to the Condon Committee Report / article in Putnam (1969); Are the Kids All Right? (1981); Arigo: Surgeon of the Rusty Knife (1974); Fever!: The Hunt for a New Killer Virus (1974); Flying Saucer Fiasco / article in Magazine Look (May 14, 1968); Incident at Exeter: The Story of Unidentified Flying Objects Over America Now (1966); Poison That Fell from the Sky (1977); The Airmen Who Would Not Die (1979); The Day of St. Anthony's Fire (1968); The Day We Bombed Utah (1984); The Gentleman Conspirators: The Story of Price-Fixers in the Electrical Industry (1962); The Ghost of 29 Megacycles (1985); The Ghost of Flight 401 (1976); The Great Soul Trial (1969); The Interrupted Journey: Two Lost Hours Aboard a Flying Saucer (1966); Tornado Watch Number 211 (1987); We Almost Lost Detroit (1975).

Movies and television:

90 Minutes Live (1977); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951); Colgate Theatre (1950); The Bob Braun Show (1982); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Ghost of Flight 401 (1978); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1969); The UFO Incident (1975).

Born on this day – Brownie McGhee:


Brownie McGhee


Singer

Guitarist

Actor

November 30, 1915 – February 16, 1996

Credits:

Songs:

Ain't Nothin' Like Whiskey; Better Day; Betty and Dupree; Big Legged Woman; Blues for the Lowlands; Born And Livin' With The Blues; Bring It On Home To Me; Change The Lock On The Door; Corn Bread, Peas And Black Molasses; Feed Me Baby; Fighting a Losing Battle; God and Man; Heart in Sorrow; Hootin' the Blues; I Love You Baby; Jesus Gonna Make It Alright; Life Is a Gamble; Midnight Special; On The Road Again; People Get Ready; Rainy, Rainy Day; Red River Blues; Sail Away; Southern Train; Stranger Blues; Thats How I Feel; The Battle Is Over; The Blues; Trouble in Mind; Walk On; Whoopin' the Blues; You Bring Out The Boogie In Me.

Albums:

A Long Way from Home (1969); Back Country Blues (2016); Blues Hoot (1961 / 1963); Blues Is Truth (1976); Blues with Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee (1959); Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry at the 2nd Fret (1962); Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing (1990); Brownie McGhee Blues (1955); Brownie McGhee Sings the Blues (1959); Brownie's Blues (1962); Down Home Blues (1960); Down South Summit Meetin' (1960); Facts of Life (1985); Folk Songs of Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee (1958); I Couldn't Believe My Eyes (1969 / 1973); Sonny & Brownie (1973); Sonny Is King (1963); The Folkways Years, 1945–1959 (1991); Traditional Blues, Vol. 1 (1951); Traditional Blues, Vol. 2 (1960); Washboard Band: Country Dance Music (1956).

Movies and television:

A Complete Unknown (2024); A Face in the Crowd (1957); A Matter of Degrees (1990); A Roomful of Music (1965); Acoustic Routes (1992); Anarchy in Manchester (2014); Angel Heart (1987); Arena (1988); Babysitting (1987); Bandstand (1966); Baseball (1994); Blues and Gospel Train (1964); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Book of Numbers (1973); Buck and the Preacher (1972); Dave's Place (1965); Dogfight (1991); En remontant le Mississippi (1973); Family Ties (1988); Festival (1967); Folk America (2009); Folk Britannia (2006); Freedom Highway: Songs that Shaped a Century (2001); From the Vaults (2018); Get Crazy (1983); Guy X (2005); House at the End of the Street (2012); House of Lies (2013); Leadbelly (1976); Legends of Country Blues Guitar (1994); Library of Congress (1945); Loving (2016); Matlock (1989); Muromachi: Plate Lunch (1998); Physical Graffiti: A Classic Album Under Review (2008); Quest (1962); Superbad (2007); Thank You, M'am (1977); The Blues (1966 / 2003); The Blues Under the Skin (1973); The Hart & Lorne Terrific Hour (1970); The Jerk (1979); The Midnight Special (1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1973); The Old Grey Whistle Test (1973); The Revlon Revue (1959); The Rosey Grier Show (1970); The Soul of a Man (2003); The Strolling '20s (1966); The Sunday Break (1958); The Virginia Graham Show (1971); To Hear Your Banjo Play (1947.

Born on this day – Virginia Mayo:

Virginia Mayo


Actress

Dancer

November 30, 1920 – January 17, 2005


Born on this day – Richard Crenna:


Richard Crenna


Actor

November 30, 1926 – January 17, 2003


Born on this day – Billy Drago:


Billy Drago


Actor

November 30, 1945 – June 24, 2019


Born on this day – Jeffrey Boam:


Jeffrey Boam


Writer

Producer

November 30, 1946 – January 26, 2000