Born on this day – Donald Curtis:

Donald Curtis

Actor

February 27, 1915 – May 22, 1997

Credits:

7th Cavalry (1956); A Letter for Evie (1946); A Tornado in the Saddle (1942); All That Heaven Allows (1955); Annie Oakley (1956–1957); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950); Bad Bascomb (1946); Bataan (1943); Big Town (1954); Cavalcade of America (1956); City Detective (1955); City of Missing Girls (1941); Code of the Outlaw (1942); Courage of Lassie (1946); Criminals Within (1941); Crossroads (1956); Dangerous Years (1947); Date with the Angels (1957); Days of Our Lives (1966); Detective's Wife (1950); Ditch and Live (1944); Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956); Eloise Salutes the Stars (1950); Emergency Squad (1940); Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre (1951); Father Knows Best (1954); Flame of the Islands (1955); Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940); Friendly Enemies (1942); Frontier Doctor (1959); Gallant Bess (1946); Get Smart (1965); Green Acres (1966); Hands Across the Rockies (1941); Hands of Mystery (1950–1951); Hello, Annapolis (1942); I Love Trouble (1948); In Old California (1942); Inflation (1943); Invisible Agent (1942); It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1956); Janet Dean, Registered Nurse (1954); Joan of Ozark (1942); Junior G-Men (1940); Knute Rockne All American (1940); Kraft Theatre (1950–1951); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951); Lamp Unto My Feet (1953); Lassie (1966); Law of the Northwest (1943); Little White Lie (1945); Lost Angel (1943); Lux Video Theatre (1952); Meet Me in St. Louis (1944); Murder in the Air (1940); My Three Sons (1964); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1951); National Velvet (1944); Night Passage (1957); Night Song (1947); North West Mounted Police (1940); Passport to Danger (1955); Patrolling the Ether (1944); Peril from the Planet Mongo (1966); Perry Mason (1962); Petticoat Junction (1965); Phffft (1954); Pirates on Horseback (1941); Public Defender (1954–1955); Purple Death from Outer Space (1966); Return from Nowhere (1944); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950); Salute to the Marines (1943); Schlitz Playhouse (1956); Science Fiction Theatre (1955–1956); Secret Evidence (1941); See Here, Private Hargrove (1944); Soldiers of Fortune (1956); Son of Lassie (1945); Spellbound (1945); Stampede (1949); Starlight Theatre (1951); Stories of the Century (1954); Studio 57 (1955); Studio One (1950); Swing Fever (1943); Swing Shift Maisie (1943); Take Me Back to Oklahoma (1940); Tear Gas Squad (1940); Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940); The Amazing Mr. X (1948); The Best of the Post (1961); The Beverly Hillbillies (1965); The Big Story (1950); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1949); The Cisco Kid (1952); The Clock (1950); The Cross of Lorraine (1943); The Dagmar Story (1951); The Ford Television Theatre (1955–1956); The Fuller Brush Man (1948); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1954); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1956); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1956); The Life and Times (1995–1997); The Loretta Young Show (1954–1955); The Man Behind the Badge (1955); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Prudential Family Playhouse (1951); The Royal Mounted Patrol (1941); The Shanghai Story (1954); The Silver Theatre (1950); The Son of Davy Crockett (1941); The Son of Monte Cristo (1940); The Ten Commandments (1956); The Web (1951); They Were Expendable (1945); Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944); This Man's Navy (1945); Thrill of a Romance (1945); Thunder Over the Prairie (1941); Today I Hang (1942); Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die (1942); Treasury Men in Action (1950–1952); Two Flags West (1950); War Dogs (1942); Warning Shot (1966); We Go Fast (1941); Westward Ho! (1942); White Tie and Tails (1946); Without Love (1945).

Born on this day – Elizabeth Taylor:

 

Elizabeth Taylor

Actress

Producer

February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (2003); 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2012); 20 to 1 (2007–2008); 20/20 (1997–2002); 2005 BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards (2005); 50 años de (2009); 50 y más (2005); 50th Presidential Inaugural Gala (1985); 60 Minutes (1970–2003); 7th Annual American Cinema Awards (1990); 8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2002); A Celebration: 100 Years of Great Women (1999); A Closer Look (1991); A Date with Judy (1948); A Death in Canaan (1978); À la folie, pas du tout (1988); A Letter to True (2004); A Little Night Music (1977); A Place in the Sun (1951); A Private Little Party for a Few Chums (1957); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); A Statue for 'the Sandpiper' (1965); A Year in Music (2020); ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999); ABC Late Night (1974); Access Hollywood (1999 / 2009); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978–2010); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories (2002); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends (1999); AIDS: The Global Explosion (1988); All About Yves Montand (2021); All My Children (1983); All-Star Comedy Birthday Party from West Point (1981); All-Star Party for James Stewart (1978); Amanda Lear: 'Appelez-moi mademoiselle' (2023); America at the Movies (1976); American Masters (2004–2006); America's All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (1989); America's Book of Secrets (2012); AMFar: Elizabeth Taylor (1986); An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. (1986); An All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (1977); And the Band Played On (1993); And the Oscar Goes to... (2014); Anne Boleyn's England (1969); Anne of the Thousand Days (1969); Arena (2012–2023); Around the World of Mike Todd (1967); Ash Wednesday (1973); Aspel & Company (1988); Audrey Hepburn Remembered (1993); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2018); Bambi 1968 (1968); Barbara Walters: Her Story (2014); Beau Brummell (1954); Becket (1964); Becoming Mike Nichols (2016); Before Breakfast (2010); Behind the Music (1998); Being Mavis Nicholson: TV's Greatest Interviewer (2016); Best of British (1999); Between Friends (1983); Biography (1987–2003); Bitte umblättern (1972); Blood, Sweat and Tears (1971); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2020); Bob Dylan: Emotionally Yours (1985); Bob Hope: Celebrity Bloopers (1997); Bob Hope's Comedy Salute to the Soaps (1985); Bob Hope's High-Flying Birthday (1986); Bob Hope's Unrehearsed Antics of the Stars (1984); Boom! (1968); Breakfast (2011); Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016); Burton and Taylor in Oxford (1967); BUtterfield 8 (1960); Callaway Went Thataway (1951); Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia (2007); Canaan Land (2020); Canada A.M. (2007); Cannes: Through the Eyes of the Hunter (2001); Can't Hurry Love (1996); Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1992); Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking (2010); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958); CBS: The Stars' Address (1963); Celebrity Page (2018); Charles Bronson, Hollywood's Lone Wolf (2020); Chavela (2017); Children of Giant (2015); Chop Suey (2001); Ciclo Agatha Christie (2006); Cinema 3 (2011); Cinéma cinémas (1985); Cleopatra (1963); Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001); Colpo di scena (2014); Come Fly with Me: The Story of Pan Am (2011); Commitment to Life (2023); Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989); Conspirator (1949); Corazón de... (2005); Courage of Lassie (1946); Cynthia (1947); Días de cine (2011); Die großen Seebäder (2012); Dinah! (1977); Discovering Bedrock (1999); Divorce His - Divorce Hers (1973); Doctor Faustus (1967); Dolly Parton: Eagle When She Flies (1991); Donahue (1988); Duelle (2008); E! Goes to Cannes! (2002); E! True Hollywood Story (1998–2003); Eamonn and Ruth: How the Other Half Lives (2016); Edward R. Murrow: The Best of 'Person to Person' (1993); Elephant Walk (1954); Elizabeth Taylor - An Intimate Portrait (1975); Elizabeth Taylor (1996); Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (2001); Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton attend Royal Command Premiere of the 'Taming of the Shrew' (1967); Elizabeth Taylor Black Pearls (1996); Elizabeth Taylor in London (1963); Elizabeth Taylor White Diamonds (1998); Elizabeth Taylor: A Life, a Legacy (2011); Elizabeth Taylor: A Musical Celebration (2000); Elizabeth Taylor: A Tribute (2011); Elizabeth Taylor: American Diamond (2012); Elizabeth Taylor: Auction of a Lifetime (2012); Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar (2024); Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (2024); Elizabeth Taylor's Passion (1987); Elton John: Original Sin (2002); Entertainment Tonight (1983––2022); Evocator (2009); Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin (1995); Fame in the Twentieth Century (1993); Famous Families (1998); Fashion Police (2002); Father of the Bride (1950); Father's Little Dividend (1951); Film '75 (1975); Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate (2004); Food: Fact or Fiction? (2016); Foreigner: I Don't Want to Live Without You (1988); Forever Elizabeth (2003); Freddie Mercury - The Final Act (2021); Freedom Spectacular (1964); Gala de l'Unicef (1967); Game Changers (2018); Garth Brooks: We Shall Be Free (1993); General Electric's All-Star Anniversary (1978); General Hospital (1981); Genocide (1982); George Stevens and His Place in the Sun (2001); George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984); Get Bruce (1999); Get Up, Stand Up (2003); Giant (1956); 'Giant' Stars Are Off to Texas (1955); Gilles Jacob: Citizen Cannes (2010); God, the Devil and Bob (2000); Good (2008); Good Morning America (1977–2000); Good Old Days Part II (1978); Gran premio internazionale della TV (2001); Great Performances (1988); Great Romances of the 20th Century (1997); Great Romances of the 20th Century: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (1997); Hammersmith Is Out (1972); Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life (1997); Happy Birthday, Bob (1978); Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988); Headliners & Legends with Matt Lauer (2002); Heart of the Festival (2002); Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1993); Here's Lucy (1970); High Society (1996); History (2007–2012); Holiday in Spain (1960); Hollywood Aids (1998); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Babylon (1971); Hollywood Bloopers Uncensored (1990); Hollywood Couples (2000); Hollywood Hookers (1979); Hollywood Icons (2020); Hollywood Insider (2022); Hollywood Legends: Elizabeth Taylor and Shirley Temple (2001); Hollywood maudit (2021); Hollywood My Home Town (1965); Hollywood on Parade (1978); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Hollywood Remembers Lee Marvin (2000); Hollywood Sex Symbols (1988); Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985); Hollywood's Greatest Weddings (2002); Hollywood's Wedding of the Year (1950); Hooray for Hollywood (1982); Hotel (1984); Hour Magazine (1987); How to Be Absolutely Fabulous (1995); I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story (2023); I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal (2007); I Love 1970's (2000); In a New Light: A Call to Action in the War Against AIDS (1992); Infrarouge (2006); Inside Edition Weekend (2022); Intimate Portrait (2002); ITV Lunchtime News (2007); Ivanhoe (1952); James Dean Remembered (1974); James Dean: A Portrait (1995); James Dean: Forever Young (2005); James Dean: The First American Teenager (1975); Jane Eyre (1943); Jet 7 (1997); Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin (2021); John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988); Judy Garland's Hollywood (1997); Julia Misbehaves (1948); Julian Clary's Showbiz Hissy Fits (2005); Ken Murray Shooting Stars (1979); Kulturzeit (2012); La imagen de tu vida (2006); La otra sala: Clásicos (2016); Larry King Live (1993–2006); Lassie Come Home (1943); Late Show with David Letterman (1996); Le Fossoyeur de Films (2015); Legenden (2000); Legends of Entertainment Video (1995); Les Chroniques du Mea (2015); Les couples mythiques du cinema (2015); Les mille et une vies de Yul Brynner (2020); Leute heute (2002 / 2011); Liberty Weekend (1986); Life with Father (1947); Lionpower from MGM (1967); Little Women (1949); Love Is Better Than Ever (1952); Luke and Laura Vol. 2: Greatest Love of All (1995); Lykke og krone (1962); Making Montgomery Clift (2018); Malice in Wonderland (1985); Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013); Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001); Marilyn: Something's Got to Give (1990); Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love (2013); Matlock (1991); Memories of 1970-1991 (1991); Memories of 'Giant' (1998); Men, Women, Sex & AIDS (1987); MGM: When the Lion Roars (1992); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); Mondo Hollywood: Hollywood Laid Bare! (1967); Montgomery Clift (1983); Montgomery Clift: His Place in the Sun (1989); Monty and the Movies (2025); Moonage Daydream (2022); Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007); MsMojo (2023); Murphy Brown (1996); Mythos Amalfiküste - Liebe, Laster, Dolce Vita (2023); Nancherrow (1999); National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts (2017); National Velvet (1944); NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (1981); NBC White Paper (1981); New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' (1956); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Night Watch (1973); North & South: Book 1, North & South (1985); Notre Dame de la Croisette (1981); Ochéntame... otra vez (2015); Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997); Omnibus (2000); On Location: Where Eagles Dare (1968); On the Trail of the Iguana (1964); One on One: Classic Television Interviews (1993); One Voice (1986); Operation Raintree (1957); Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (2008); Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992); Outrage (2009); Oz: The Tin Woodman's Dream (1967); Paris aktuell (1968); Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity (2007); Paul Newman on Elizabeth Taylor (2007); People (1978); Person to Person (1957); Personnel et confidentiel (2007); Piers Morgan Live (2011); Pinewood: 80 Years of Movie Magic (2015); Playhouse 90 (1957); Poker Alice (1987); Primetime (1995); Private Screenings (2006); Probe and Night Beat (1958); Quo Vadis (1951); Qwerty (2008); Raintree County (1957); ReelzChannel Specials (2011); Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967); Reframed: Marilyn Monroe (2022); Reputations (2001); Restless: Being Paul Newman (2023); Return Engagement (1978); Return to 'Giant' (1996); Rhapsody (1954); Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (2023); Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger (2010); Screen Snapshots: Hollywood, City of Stars (1956); Searching for Debra Winger (2002); Secret Ceremony (1968); Sendung ohne Namen (2002); Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003); Shakespeare Uncovered (2015); Sharon Stone: Survival Instinct (2024); Signé croisette (1993); Sixty Years of Seduction (1981); Smash His Camera (2010); South Park MOCKS Snow White Rachel Zegler & Disney! ROASTS Hollywood! Fans Win! (2023); Stand Up and Cheer for the National Football League's Sixtieth Year (1981); Stars and Bras (2000); Star-Studded Spoof of the New TV Season, G-Rated, with Glamour, Glitter and Gags (1982); Suddenly, Last Summer (1959); Sunday Showcase (1959); Super 8½ (1994); Super Duper Bloopers and Silly Shorts (1986); Superstar (2023); Superstar: Elizabeth Taylor (2023); Sweet Bird of Youth (1989); Tage und Nächte in Paris (2004); TCM Remembers (2011); Television (1988); That's Entertainment! / Just One More Time (1974); That's Entertainment! III (1994); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 17th Golden Globe Awards (1960); The 18th Annual Tony Awards (1964); The 1950's: Music, Memories & Milestones (1988); The 1st Annual Commitment to Life Awards (1985); The 1st Annual Grammy Awards (1959); The 20th Annual American Music Awards (1993); The 21th Annual Friends of Tel Hashomer Gala (1992); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 28th Annual American Music Awards (1986); The 29th Annual Academy Awards (1957); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981); The 3rd Annual Soul Train Music Awards (1989); The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (1970); The 42nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1985); The 46th Annual Academy Awards (1974); The 48th Annual Academy Awards (1976); The 51st British Academy Film Awards (1999); The 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2001 (2001); The 59th Annual Academy Awards (1987); The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2011); The 64th Annual Academy Awards (1992); The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993); The 65th Annual Tony Awards (2011); The '80s: The Decade That Made Us (2013); The 84th Annual Academy Awards (2012); The American Music Awards 20th Anniversary Special (1993); The Andy Warhol Diaries (2022); The Arsenio Hall Show (1992); The Barbara Walters Summer Special (1977–1999); The Battle of Amfar (2013); The Big Hangover (1950); The Big Sur (1965); The Blue Bird (1976); The Comedians (1967); The Comedians in Africa (1967); The Côte d'Azur: Love, Luxury, Passion (2021); The David Frost Show (1970–1972); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Driver's Seat (1974); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954 / 1956); The End of a Beautiful Epoch (2015); The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017); The Fifties (1997); The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (1986); The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (1993); The Flintstones (1994); The Freddie Mercury Tribute: Concert for AIDS Awareness (1992); The Girl Who Had Everything (1953); The Guest (1963); The Happy Ending (1969); The Heart of Show Business (1967); The Hollywood Fashion Machine (1995); The Johnny Carson Collection, His Favorite Moments from 'the Tonight Show': 1962-1992 (1994); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2002); The Last Movie Painter (2020); The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954); The Life and Times of John Huston, Esq. (1967); The Love Goddesses (1965); The Making of Milkwood (1972); The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951); The Mirror Crack'd (1980); The Movies (2019); The Nanny (1996); The National Tribute to Hubert H. Humphrey (1977); The Neglected Pandemic: 40 Years of HIV and AIDS (2021); The Nightclub Years (2001); The Only Game in Town (1970); The Opening (2009); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1988–1992); The Orange British Academy Film Awards (2012); The Our Gang Story (1994); The Queen Phenomenon: In the Lap of the Gods (1995); The Reagans (2020); The Rock 'n' Roll Years (1985–1987); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (2001); The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show (1966); The Sandpiper (1965); The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997); The Simpsons (1992–1993); The Simpsons (2002 / 2011); The South Bank Show (1981); The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986); The Stars Salute America's Greatest Movies (1977); The Story of... (2022); The Taming of The Shrew (1967); The Tonight Show (1954); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar / The Jack Paar Program (1964); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1981–1992); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2006); The V.I.P.s (1963); The Very Very Best of the 70s (2019); The White Cliffs of Dover (1944); The Whoopi Goldberg Show (1992); The World According to Jeff Goldblum (2020); There Must Be a Pony (1986); There's One Born Every Minute (1942); These Hammers Don't Hurt Us (2010); These Old Broads (2001); TNT Extra: A Very Special Conversation with Elizabeth Taylor (1993); Today (1980–1988); Tough Baby: Torch Song (2008); Town Meeting with Diane Sawyer: Celebrities vs. the Press (1997); Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (2020); TV's Funniest Game Show Moments (1984); TVTV Looks at the Academy Awards (1976); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997); Twenty Years After (1944); Uncle Bob (2010); Under Milk Wood (1971); Under the Bridge (2011); Unsolved Mysteries (1995); Vegas: The City the Mob Made (2009); VH1 News Presents (2008); Victory at Entebbe (1976); Waiting for Hockney (2008); Warner Pathé News Issue # 87 (1955); Weddings of a Lifetime (1995); Welcome to the Basement (2012–2015); WhatCulture Originals (2023); What's My Line? (1954); What's My Line? At 25 (1975); Who Gets the Friends? (1988); Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966); Winter Kills (1979); Winter Kills: Star Stories with William Richert (2003); Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny (1982); X, Y & Zee (1972); Young Toscanini (1988).

Born on this day – N. Scott Momaday:

 

N. Scott Momaday

Writer

February 27, 1934 – January 24, 2024

Awarded the National Medal of Arts by President George W. Bush in 2007.

Credits:

A First American Views His Land (1976); Again the Far Morning (2011); Ancestral Voice (1989); Ancient Child (1989); Angle of Geese and Other Poems (1974); Bringing on the Indians (1971); Circle of Wonder (1993); Colorado (1978); Conversations with N. Scott Momaday (1997); Discovering the Land of Light (1985); Dream Drawings (2022); Earth Keeper (2020); Four Arrows & Magpie (2006); House Made of Dawn (1968); In the Bear's House (1999); In the Presence of the Sun (1992); Meditations (2016); On Bavarian Byways (1986); Sacred Legacy (2000); Storyteller (1992); The American Indian in an Unhappy Hunting Ground (1969); The Best of the West (1991); The Colors of Night (1976); The Death of Sitting Bear (poems);  (2020); The Gourd Dancer (1976); The Journey of Tai-Me (1967); The Man Made of Words (1997); The Names (1976); The Way to Rainy Mountain (1969); The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Thirteenth Annual Collection (2000); Three Plays (2019).

Born on this day – P.H. Moriarty:

 

P.H. Moriarty

Actor

February 27, 1939 – February 2, 2025

Derek Thompson (left/back), Bob Hoskins (center), P.H. Moriarty (right), in The Long Good Friday (1980)

Credits:

A Sense of Freedom (1981); BBC2 Playhouse (1982); Bird of Prey (1982); Bloody Kids (1980); Chaplin (1992); Children of Dune (2003); Dear Sarah (1989); Doctors (2004); Dune - The Filmmakers' Vision (2014); Dune - The Production Story (2014); Dune (2000); Evil Never Dies (2014); For the Greater Good (1991); Fox (1980); Frank Herbert's Dune: The Lure of Spice (2002); GB3-Being Young (2005); I Love the 1990s (2001); Jaws 3-D (1983); Judge John Deed (2005); Law & Order (1978); Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998); Making Dune's Children: VFX Revealed (2003); Number One (1984); Outland (1981); Palmer (1991); Patriot Games (1992); Persian Eyes (2015); Play for Today (1979); Quadrophenia (1979); Rise of the Footsoldier: Origins (2021); Screen One (1989); Scum (1979); Slayground (1983); Southwark: The Movie - Hard Day at Office Love? (2003); Strangers (1982); Submerged (2005); Sunday Premiere (1986); The Battersea Ripper (2006); The Bill (1989–2000); The Chelsea Cowboy (2025); The Chinese Detective (1981); The Gentle Touch (1982); The Long Good Friday (1980); The Making of 'Jaws 3-D': Sharks Don't Die (1983); The Nation's Health (1983); The Paradise Club (1990); The Professionals (1982); The Riddle (2007); Thief Takers (1997).

Born on this day – Bill Hunter:

Bill Hunter

Actor

February 27, 1940 – May 21, 2011

Born on this day – Mary Frann:

 

Mary Frann

Actress

February 27, 1943 – September 23, 1998

Credits:

American Horror Story (2011); An Evening at the Improv (1990); Apple's Way (1974); Battle of the Network Stars XVIII (1985); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / Segment: The Curse of Hampton Manor (1999); Bob Newhart: A Legacy of Laughter (2024); Breakaway (1984); Burke's Law (1994); Cannon (1973); CBS All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade (1984 / 1985); CBS Comedy Bloopers (1990); CBS Tournament of Roses Parade (1985); Crook & Chase (1996); Dance 'Til Dawn (1988); Darkroom (1981); Days of Our Lives (1974–1979); Diagnosis Murder (1998); Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion (1987); Entertainment Tonight (2024); Fantasy Island (1978); Fatal Charm (1990); Firehouse (1974); Get Smart (1968); Gidget's Summer Reunion (1985); Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987); Hawaii Five-O (1972); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hotel (1984–1985); Hour Magazine (1984–1988); I'm Dangerous Tonight (1990); Into the Night (1991); King's Crossing (1982); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Lancer (1969); Late Night with David Letterman (1986); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989–1990); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1997); Lucky Chances (1990); Meet Marlon Brando (1966); Miss Universe Pageant (1986); Miss USA Pageant (1987); My Friend Tony (1969); Nashville Rebel (1966); Nero Wolfe (1981); Newhart (1982–1990); On Stage at the Kennedy Center: The Mark Twain Prize (2002); Portrait of an Escort (1980); Quincy, M.E. (1977); Return to Peyton Place (1972-1974); Search (1972); Single Women Married Men (1989); Star Search (1985); Stone (1980); Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes (1985); That Girl (1968); The 13th Annual People's Choice Awards (1987); The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985); The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1999); The Arsenio Hall Show (1989); The F.B.I. (1974); The Fantastic Journey (1977); The Hitchhiker (1991); The Incredible Hulk (1978); The Infinite Power Workout (1998); The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1972); The Merv Griffin Show (1984); The New Mike Hammer (1987); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Prom: It's a Pleasure! (1961); The Rockford Files (1975–1978); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1983); The TVTV Show (1977); The Wide World of Mystery (1975); The Wil Shriner Show (1987); The Wild Wild West (1968–1969); This Is Your Life (1993); TV's 50 Funniest Catch Phrases (2009); TV's Greatest Sidekicks (2004); Vicki! (1993); WKRP in Cincinnati (1981); Woman in the Rain (1976).

Born on this day – Roger Pratt:

Roger Pratt

Cinematographer

February 27, 1947 – December 31, 2024

Credits:

102 Dalmatians (2000); 12 Monkeys (1995); 4 Play (1989); Batman (1989); Bernard and the Genie (1991); Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990); Beyond Batman: Visualizing Gotham - The Production Design of Batman (2005); Black Angel (1980); Bleak Moments (1971); Brazil (1985); Build a Scene (2003); Chocolat (2000); Closing the Ring (2007); Concert for George (2003); Consuming Passions (1988); Dorian Gray (2009); Dutch Girls (1985); Frankenstein (1994); French Exchange (2017); Grey Owl (1999); Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002); Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005); High Hopes (1988); In Love and War (1996); In Too Deep: The Second Task (2006); Inkheart (2008); Iris (2001); Jabberwocky (1977); Jadoo (2013); Joséphine, ange gardien (2006); Keeping Rosy (2014); Meantime (1983); Mona Lisa (1986); Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975); Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979); Monty Python’s the Meaning of Life (1983); Mr. Bean (1991–1992); My Childhood (1972); Not I (2000); Paris by Night (1988); Performance (1998); Scoop (1987); Shadowlands (1993); Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight - The Legend Reborn (2005); Snow White and the Huntsman (2012); Swan National Office (1985); The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000); The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988); The Avengers (1998); The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983); The D.A. (1971); The Dollar Bottom (1981); The End of the Affair (1999); The Fisher King (1991); The Karate Kid (2010); The Line, the Cross & the Curve (1993); The Planets (1985); The Sender (1982); The Short & Curlies (1987); The Spirit of Cheshire (1980); The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1991); The Tractor Factor (1982); Troy (2004); V. (1987); Year of the Comet (1992).