Born on this day – Peter Henry Schroeder:

Peter Henry Schroeder

Actor

January 2, 1935 – June 7, 2025

Credits:

Argo (2012); B.J. and the Bear (1981); Big Shamus, Little Shamus (1979); Break of Dawn (1988); Cheers (1989); Fire in the Night (1985); Gunslinger (2010); Hider in the House (1989); Hotshot (1986); Journey to the Center of the Earth (1988); Mark Twain: Beneath the Laughter (1979); Sammy-Gate (2020); Star Trek: Enterprise (2001); The Protector (2011); The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979); Thirtysomething (1991); Three Days of Rain (2002); White Cargo (1996).

Born on this day – Ron Hale:

Ron Hale

Actor

January 2, 1946 – August 27, 2024

Credits:

A Lovely Way to Die (1968); All the President's Men (1976); Easy (2016); Entertainment Tonight (1989); General Hospital (1995–2010); Intimate Portrait (2003); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1973); MacGyver (1990); Matlock (1989); Me, Natalie (1969); N.Y.P.D. (1968); Original Intent (1990); Port Charles (1997–2000); Rodney (2004); Ryan's Hope (1975–1989); Search for Tomorrow (1969); Shattered Steel (1996); SoapTalk (2004–2006); Sunstorm (2001); The Adventures of Loop & Rhett (2011); The Brothers Flub (1999); The Ghost and the Whale (2017); The Lord Protector (1996); Trial by Jury (1994).

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959)

M Squad
Season 2. Episode 15.

Episode entitled: The Teacher.

Released January 2, 1959.

Directed by Don Medford.

Written by Frank Moss.

Music by John Williams.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Tom Laughlin, Sue George, Burt Reynolds, Stanley Dyrector, Stuart Randall, Maida Severn, Ron Gorton.

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1977)

Space 1999
Season 2. Episode 15.

Episode entitled: A Matter of Balance.

Released January 2, 1977.

Directed by Charles Crichton.

Written by Pip Baker, Jane Baker.

Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.

Music by Derek Wadsworth.

Cast:

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt, Lynne Frederick, Stuart Wilson, John Hug, Nicholas Campbell, Brian Osborne, Jenny Cresswell, Robert Reeves, Terry Richards.

On this day in television history - Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2022)

Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Season 1. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: The Davis Report.

Released January 2, 2022.

Developed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki.

Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki.

Written by Brandon Auman, Margaret Dunlap, Eugene Son, Alex de Campi.

Based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick.

Opening theme: Feel You Now by Alessia Cara.

Music by Michael Hodges, Gerald Trottman.

Cast:

Jessica Henwick, Samira Wiley, Greg Chun, Josh Duhamel, Stephen Root, Elias Toufexis, Jim Pirri, Charles Halford, Laura Post, Sunil Malhotra, Keith Ferguson, Zehra Fazal, Takako Honda, Taiten Kusunoki, Arisa Shida, Yûya Uchida, Hôchû Ôtsuka.

On this day in music history: The album Play, by Roxanne Potvin (2011)

 

Play

by Roxanne Potvin

was released on January 2, 2011.

Track list:

Barricades; You Told Me; Let Me Go; Born to Win; Coral Reef Fishes; Magic Rainbows; Dis-Moi Que Tu M'aimes; Pretty Girls; Donnes Ton Mal; Seashells; I'm Too Sexy; Keep Your Head.

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