Born on this day – Bruce Brown:

Bruce Brown

Director

Cinematographer

Writer

Producer

December 1, 1937 – December 10, 2017

Born on this day – Richard Pryor:

 Richard Pryor

Actor

Comedian

December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005

Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in August 1986.

Born on this day – Remo Girone:

Remo Girone

Actor

December 1, 1948 – October 3, 2025 

Credits:

A Modern Fable (2007); Alcide De Gasperi: Il miracolo incompiuto (2016); All You Ever Wished For (2018); Alle origini della mafia (1976); Amici di Maria de Filippi (2002); Antonio's Syndrome (2016); Ballando con le stelle (2005); Breath of Life (1990); Cafe Europa (1990); Cento cuori (2023); Charlemagne (1993); Che fare? (1979); Corleone (1978); Crimes (2007); Dalla notte all'alba (1992); David Troll (2017); Delitto di stato (1982); Dietro la pianura (1994); Dio vede e provvede (1995 / 1996); Diritto di difesa (2004); Don't Stop Me Now (2019); Emigratis (2017); Ether (2018); Everybody Loves Diamonds (2023); Fantaghirò: Cave of the Golden Rose (1996); Felicità - La stagione della rinascita (2021); Fondi '91 (2013); Ford v Ferrari (2019); Fra due battiti (2021); Fuori scena (1986); Furore (1997); Furore: Il vento della speranza (2018); G.R.A (2023); Giallo alla regola (1988); Giocare d'azzardo (1982); Giochi d'equilibrio (1998); Gottes mächtige Dienerin (2011); Heaven (2002); Il 7 e l'8 (2007); Il bacio azzurro (2015); Il circo delle meraviglie (2024); Il commissario Rex (2008); Il diritto alla felicità (2021); Il garofano rosso (1976); Il grande Torino (2005); Il segreto di Otello (2015); Il sole nero (2007); Infernet (2016); Italians (2009); Jolly (2024); Killing Eve (2018); La bambina dalle mani sporche (2005); La Bettina (1976); La braca dei Biassoli (1975); La COVID Vita (2020); La piovra (1987–2001); La Prova (2000); La ragazza dei miei sogni (2017); La seconda ombra (2000); La signora della città (1996); La surface de réparation (2002); La vie devant (2022); L'amara scienza (1985); L'amore oltre la vita (1999); L'angelo con la pistola (1992); Le ali (2008); Le chemin perdu (1980); L'elefante bianco (1998); L'eretico - Un gesto di coraggio (2004); Li chiamarono... briganti! (1999); Live by Night (2016); Lo scialo (1987); Lupo bianco (2022); Maicol Jecson (2014); Malamore (1982); Marquise (1997); Mary of Nazareth (2012); Meraviglie: La penisola dei tesori (2020–2022); Mezzaestate (1991); Misstake (2008); Morte di una ragazza perbene (1999); Morte di una strega (1996); Mothers (2017); My Name Is Vendetta (2022); Nel giardino delle rose (1990); Numero Uno (1995); O la va, o la spacca (2004); Our Land (2006); Partita doppia (1993); Passato e presente (2017); Peopling the Palaces at Venaria Reale (2007); Per amore (2002); Per finta e per amore (2002); Persona non grata (2005); Pirates: Blood Brothers (1999); Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks (2014); Prigioniera di una vendetta (1993); Psyco: Delitti per gioco (2005); Quijote (2006); Rock Paper Scissors (2013); Rome Wants Another Caesar (1974); Rosso Mille Miglia (2015); Round Trip (2004); Sa mère, la pute (2001); Sabato Italiano (2005); Services sacrés (2009); Servo d'amore (1995); Shades of Truth (2015); Signora Ava (1975); Sospetti (2000); Sospetti 3 (2005); Stauffenberg (2004); Strada Pia (1983); The Antichrist (1974); The Duchess of Langeais (2007); The Equalizer 3 (2023); The Jewel (2011); The Men of 'Live by Night' (2017); The Octopus: A Conversation with Remo Girone (2010); The Seagull (1977); The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story (2003); The Unfinished Portrait (2019); The Voyage of Captain Fracassa (1990); Torno Sabato (2001); Un taxi dans la nuit (1998); Una vita in regalo (2003); Una vittoria (1988); Voice from the Stone (2017); Vörös Colibri (1995); Vostro onore (2022); Walking to Paris (2025); Welcome Mr. President (2013).

Born on this day – Treat Williams:

Treat Williams

Actor

Writer

Aviator

December 1, 1951 – June 12, 2023

Born on this day – Julee Cruise:

Julee Cruise

Singer

Songwriter

Actress

December 1, 1956 – June 9, 2022

Credits:

Albums:

Floating into the Night (1989); The Voice of Love (1993); The Art of Being a Girl (2002); My Secret Life (2011).

Movies and television:

Alice in Wonderland (1983); Beavis and Butt-Head (1995); Behind the Music (1992); Blue Velvet (1986); Chromatics: Shadow (2017); Cinéma, de notre temps (1989); El club lento (2023); Free Enterprise (1998); Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted (1992); Kinetica (2001); Nutcracker (2001); Popular Voices at the BBC (2017); Psych (2010); Puss in Boots (1983); Saturday Night Live (1990); Scream (1996); Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks (2007); Sometimes I Think About Dying (2023); TCM Remembers 2022 (2022); Tele 5 dígame (1991); The Company (2003); The Dream (2017); The Marvelous Land of Oz (1981); The Media Show (1991); The Music of David Lynch Benefit Concert (2015); The Red Shoes (1985); The Wind in the Willows (1983); Too Young to Die (2012); Top of the Pops (1990); Twin Peaks (1989–1990); Twin Peaks (2017); Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992); Until the End of the World (1991); VIP noche (1991).

Born on this day – Ray Chan:

 

Ray Chan

Art director

Production designer

December 1, 1967 – April 23, 2024

Credits:

Alien vs. Predator (2004); Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023); Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015); Avengers: Endgame (2019); Avengers: Infinity War (2018); Blood Diamond (2006); Children of Men (2006); Deadpool & Wolverine (2024); Doctor Strange (2016); Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023); Enigma (2001); Five Seconds to Spare (2000); Flyboys (2006); Fool's Gold (2008); Guardians of the Galaxy (2014); Hackers (1995); Heartlands (2002); How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008); Johnny English (2003); King Arthur (2004); Knight and Day (2010); Marvel Studios: Assembled (2021); Monte Carlo (2011); Nanny McPhee (2005); National Treasure (2004); Robin Hood (2010); Robinson Crusoe (1997); Screen Two (1994–1996); Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019); Stoned (2005); The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021); The Honeymooners (2005); The Hunger (1997–2000); The Lost Son (1999); The Secret Rapture (1993); The Wings of the Dove (1997); Thor: The Dark World (2013); Thunderbirds (2004); Wrath of the Titans (2012).

December in movie history - Gangster Story (1959)

Gangster Story

directed by Walter Matthau,

written by Paul Purcell,

based on a story by Richard Grey and V.J. Rheims,

was released in the United States in December, 1959.

Exact release date unknown.

Music by Alex Compinsky.

Cast:

Walter Matthau, Carol Grace, Bruce MacFarlane, Garry Walberg, Raikin Ben-Ari, David Leonard, John Albright, Clegg Hoyt, Leonard Bremen, Vic Tayback.