Born on this day – Norman Burton:

Norman Burton

Actor

December 5, 1923 – November 29, 2003

Born on this day – Ray Austin:

Ray Austin

Director

Writer

Producer

Stuntman

Actor

December 5, 1932 – May 17, 2023

Born on this day – Joan Didion:

Joan Didion

Writer

December 5, 1934 – December 23, 2021

Credits:

Books: 

Run River (1963); Play It As It Lays (1970); A Book of Common Prayer (1977); Democracy (1984); The Last Thing He Wanted (1996); Vintage Didion (2004); The 1960s & 70s (2019); Slouching Towards Bethlehem (1968); The White Album (1979); Salvador (1983); Miami (1987); Some Women (1990); After Henry (1992); Sentimental Journeys (1993); Perspectives on the Individual (1998); Political Fictions (2001); Fixed Ideas (2003); Where I Was From (2003); Live and Learn (2005); The Year of Magical Thinking (2005); We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live (2006); Blue Nights (2011); Insider Baseball (2016); South and West (2017); Collected Essays (2018); Let Me Tell You What I Mean (2021); Bonds of War (2022); What She Means (2022); The Writer on Her Work (1980); Women Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews (1989); Florida Stories (1993); Writing Women's Lives (1994); Writing New York (1998); The Eloquent Essay (2000); Writing Los Angeles (2002); The Little Big Book of California (2005); 40 Model Essays (2005); The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers (2005).

Movies and television:

A Star Is Born (1976 / 2018); Babel (2005); Broken Trust (1995); Celebrity: Dominick Dunne (2008); Charlie Rose (1996–2011); Crossing Borders: The Journey of Carlos Fuentes (1989); David Halberstam: The Coldest Winter (2007); Dominick Dunne et les crimes de la jet set (2007); Ellie Parker (2005); Everything Is Copy (2015); Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Late Review (2011); New York 360º Presents: The 2007 Matrix Awards (2007); New York in the 50's (2000); Nicole (1976); Northern Exposure (1993); Out of My Head (2018); Play It As It Lays (1972); Shotgun Freeway: Drives Through Lost L.A. (1995); Such Good Friends (1971); The 50 Year Argument (2014); The Brandon Teena Story (1998); The Falling of the Bright (2008); The Last Thing He Wanted (2020); The Panic in Needle Park (1971); The South Bank Show (2007); True Confessions (1981); Up Close & Personal (1996); West Wing Week (2013); Women and Men: Stories of Seduction (1990); Writers in Needle Park (2011).

Born on this day – J.J. Cale:

J.J. Cale

Singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

Sound engineer

December 5, 1938 – July 26, 2013

Credits:

Albums:

5 (1979); 8 (1983); After Hours in Minneapolis (2019); After Midnight: The Best Of (2014); Anyway the Wind Blows: The Anthology (1997); Best of J.J. Cale (1989); Blowin’ Down The Road (2021); Cajun Moon (1974); Closer to You (1994); Collected (2006); Crazy Mama (2023); Gold (2007); Grasshopper (1982); Guitar Man (1996); In Session (Live) (2016); In Session at Paradise Studios, Los Angeles, 1979 (2003); In Session at the Paradise Studios, Los Angeles, 1979 (2003); Independence Day (2018); J J Cale (Discoteca Básica) (Live) (2019); J.J Cale - Breezin’ at the Cafe (Live) (2019); J.J. Cale - Live on Kfc, San Francisco (2015); La Femme de mon pote (1984); Live (2001); Live at Cain’s Ballroom, Tulsa, 1975 (FM Radio Broadcast) (1975); Live at Ebbett’s Field, Denver, 1975 (FM Radio Broadcast) (1975); Live in Minneapolis 1988 (2019); Live: Ebbett’s Field Denver CO 13 FEB ‘75 (Digitally Remastered) (2016); Live: Town Park, Telluride, CO July 2, 1994 (2018); Moon Smoke (2021); Movin’ On (2023); Naturally (1971); Number 10 (1992); Okie (1974); One Way Ticket (Live Radio Broadcast) (2018); Really (1972); Rewind: The Unreleased Recordings (2007); Right Down Here (Live At Pacific High, San Francisco. 4 Dec ‘71) (2016); Roll On (2009); Shades (1981); Special Edition (1984); Stay Around (2019); The Definitive Collection (1993); The J.J. Cale Collection (2011); The Low Down (2024); The Road to Escondido (2006); The Silvertone Years (2011); The Very Best of J.J. Cale (1997); To Tulsa and Back (2004); Travel-Log (1989); Troubadour (1976).

Movies and television:

2 Meter Sessions (1994); A Poem Is a Naked Person (1974); A Room for Romeo Brass (1999); Any Way the Wind Blows (2003); Bad News Bears (2005); Band on the Run (1982); Bandits (2001); Barney's Version (2010); Breaking Bad (2009); Burden (2018); Crossroads Guitar Festival (2004); Cruising Bar (1989); Cuéntame cómo pasó (2013); Dancing with the Stars (2008); Divorce (2013); Dog the Bounty Hunter (2005); Eastbound & Down (2012); Echo (2023); El Camino (2019); Elementarteilchen (2006); Eric Clapton: One More Car, One More Rider - Live on Tour 2001 (2002); Extract (2009); Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004); Far Out (2015); Flikken Maastricht (2007); Friday Night Lights (2007–2008); Grass (1999); Growing Pains (1987); Hawaii Five-0 (2016); Hoy nos toca (2018); Ida Red (2021); Immediate Family (1989); J.J. Cale & Company 1981 (1981); J.J. Cale: No Time (1990); JJ Cale in Session (2002); Jonathan Creek (2003); Knight Rider (1982); Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector (2006); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014); Lawn Dogs (1997); Lord of War (2005); Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live at Freedom Hall (2008); Master of None (2015); Men in Trees (2008); Middle Men (2009); Montana Story (2021); Morning Joe (2021); Mulatschag (2012); My Best Friend's Girl (1983); Nursie (2004); O herdeiro (1976); Phenomenon (1996); Rain Man (1988); Reservation Dogs (2023); Ride (2014); Robert Zemeckis on Smoking, Drinking and Drugging in the 20th Century: In Pursuit of Happiness (1999); Role Models (2008); Schmidteinander (1994); Scrapple (1998); Some Kind of Heaven (2020); Soundstage (2003); Squzz Corn N' Ole Scratch (2012); Starsky & Hutch (2004); Sunshine State (2002); Tales of the City (1993); Talkin' Blues (1996); Tammy (2014); Taratata (1994); That '70s Show (1999); The 56th Annual Grammy Awards (2014); The Country Bears (2002); The Cream of Eric Clapton (1990); The Dukes of Hazzard (2005); The Education of Charlie Banks (2007); The House I Live In (2012); The Midnight Special (1980); The Motorway File (1975); The Sensitive kind - John Mayall (1) (1990); The Tender Bar (2021); The Unforgivable (2021); The Wonder Years (1989); To Tulsa and Back: On Tour with J.J. Cale (2005); Tohuwabohu (1993); Transparent (2014); United States of Tara (2009–2010); Unlawful Entry (1992); Vice Principals (2017); Viki ja Köpi Show (2024); Watchmen (2009); Wild Hogs (2007).

Born on this day – John Erwin:

John Erwin

Actor

Special effects

December 5, 1938 – July 26, 2013

Credits:

13 Fighting Men (1960); ABC Weekend Specials (1979); Aesop's Fables (1971); Archie and His New Pals (1969); Archie's Bang-Shang Lalapalooza Show (1977–1978); Archie's Funhouse (1970); Archie's TV Funnies (1971); Babe (1995); Back to the Future Part II (1989); Chasing the Sun (2001); Citizen Soldier (1956–1957); Death Battle (2013); Everybody's All-American (1988); Family Guy (2005); Foofur (1986); Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo (1979–1980); Groovie Goolies (1970); He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special (1985); He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword (1985); He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983–1985); Here's Lucy (1969); Hit Celebrity TV Commercials (2004); Looker (1981); Malcolm & Eddie (1999); Rawhide (1959–1965); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1969–1972); Sabrina, Super Witch (1977–1978); She-Ra: Princess of Power (1985–1987); Silent Scream (2005); Skeletor's Revenge (1986); Spacecats (1991); The Archie Comedy Hour (1969–1970); The Archie Show (1968); The New Archie/Sabrina Hour (1977); The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1973); U.S. Of Archie (1974).

Born on this day – Pamela Blair:

Pamela Blair

Actress

December 5, 1949 – July 23, 2023

Credits:

21 Grams (2003); 42nd Street: The Musical (2019); All My Children (1985–1992); Angelo (1999); Annie (1982); Another World (1994); Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996); Before and After (1996); Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021); Donahue (1990); Family Feud (1985); Great Performances (1971); Law & Order (1994); Loving (1983–1985); Maneater (2009); Me and Veronica (1992); Mighty Aphrodite (1995); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Ryan's Hope (1980); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1998); Svengali (1983); The Cosby Mysteries (1994); The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1989); The Last Dance (2000); Tomorrow Morning (2022).

Born on this day – Carrie Hamilton:

Carrie Hamilton

Actress

Writer

December 5, 1963 – January 20, 2002

Credits:

Lunchtime Thomas (2001); The Pretender (2000); P.1 (1999); The X-Files (1999); Brooklyn South (1998); Touched by an Angel (1997); Walker, Texas Ranger (1995); Cool World (1992); A Mother's Justice (1991); Thirtysomething (1991); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1991); Equal Justice (1991); Murder, She Wrote (1990); Checkered Flag (1990); Carol & Company (1990); The 61st Annual Academy Awards (1989); Single Women Married Men (1989); Tokyo Pop (1988); Knightwatch (1988); Shag (1988); Tokyo Pop (1988); Hostage (1988); Fame (1986–1987); Love Lives On (1985).