Sunday, March 1, 2026

Born on this day – David Weatherley:

 

David Weatherley


Actor

March 1, 1939 – December 12, 2024

Credits:
A Country Practice (1989); A Going Concern (1975–1976); An Age Apart (1983); Beyond Gravity (1989); Buzz & Poppy (1999–2009); Chess (1992); Counter Measures (1985); Death Warmed Up (1984); Fuller's Earth (1978); Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1998); Home and Away (1990–1991); Hounds (2012); Jack Holborn (1982); Legend of the Seeker (2009); Lego the Lord of the Rings (2012); Mortimer's Patch (1984); Mosley (2019); My Grandpa Is a Vampire (1992); Other Halves (1984); Path of Exile (2012); Power Rangers All (2007); Power Rangers Operation Overdrive (2007); Power Rangers Operation Overdrive: Behind the Scenes (2007); Prisoners (1983); Ranger Arsenal (2007); Ranger Bios (2007); Ranger Vehicles (2007); Second Time Lucky (1984); Skycrane (1984); Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords (2004); Talkback (1988); The Girl Who Came Late (1992); The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001); The Mackenzie Affair (1977); The Park Terrace Murder (1976); The Potato Factory (2000); The Shadow Trader (1989); Together (2004); Under the Mountain (1981 / 2009); Worzel Gummidge Down Under (1989); Xena: Warrior Princess (1996).

Born on this day – Josephine Hart:


Josephine Hart


Writer

March 1, 1942 – June 2, 2011

Credits:

Books:

Catching Life By the Throat (2006); Damage (1991); Life Saving (2012); Magdalena the Sinner (1996); Oblivion (1995); Sin (1992); The Reconstructionist (2001); The Stillest Day (1998); The Truth About Love (2009); Words That Burn / poems (2008).

Movies and television:

Damage (1992); Friday Night (1993); Obsession (2023); Question Time (1995); Ruby (1998); Sunday AM (2006); The Reader (2008); Viaggio segreto (2006).

Born on this day – Joyce Brabner:


Joyce Brabner


Comic book writer

March 1, 1952 – August 2, 2024

Harvey Pekar (left), Joyce Brabner (right).
Credits:

Books:

Activists! (1995); American Splendor: The Official Shooting Script (2002); Animal Rights Comics (1996); Brought to Light (1989); Our Cancer Year (1994); Real War Stories (1987 / 1991); Second Avenue Caper (2014); The Courage Party (2020).

Movies and television:

American Splendor (2003); Call Me Lucky (2015); Prisoners of Gravity (1991).

Born on this day – Miho Nakayama:

 

Miho Nakayama


Actress

Singer

March 1, 1970 – December 6, 2024
Credits:
 
Albums:
 
After School (1985); All for You (1990); Angel Hearts (1988); C (1985); Catch the Nite (1988); Dé eaya (1991); Deep Lip French (1996); Exotique (1986); Groovin' Blue (1997); Hide 'n' Seek (1989); Jeweluna (1990); Manifesto (1999); Mellow (1992); Merry Merry (1989); Mid Blue (1995); Mind Game (1988); Neuf Neuf (2019); Olive (1998); One and Only (1987); Pure White (1994); Summer Breeze (1986); Wagamama na Actress (1993).
 
Movies and television:
 
108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba (2019); Ai Uta: Yakusoku no Nakuhito (2019); Aitai Toki ni Anata wa Inai (1991); Aitsu to watashi (1986); Be-Bop highschool: Koko yotaro elegy (1986); Bi bappu haisukuru (1985); Bokura no jidai (2012); Butterfly Sleep (2017); Docchini suruno (1989); FNS Music Festival: Part 1 (2015); FNS Music Festival: Part 2 (2015); Fujiko Fujio no Yume Camera (1986); Goodbye, Someday (2010); Heisei Sasameyuki (2018); Home & Away (2002); I Have to Buy New Shoes (2012); Idol Hotline: Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School- Tokusei Videotape (1988); Keishichô 0 gakari: Seikatsu anzen ka nandemo sôdanshitsu (2021); Kenja no ai (2016); Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru (1989); Kizoku Tantei (2017); Last Letter (2020); Lesson in Murder (2022); Like Shooting Stars in the Twilight (2018); Love 2000 (2000); Love Letter (1995); Love Story (2001); M.U.G.E.N (1999); Mahou no Rinobe (2022); Maido Osawagase Shimasu (1985–1987); Mama wa aidoru! (1987); Marmalade Boy (2018); Meoto manzai (2001); Mikaiketsu no Onna (2018); Mizu no tabibito: Samurai kizzu (1993); Moshimo negai ga kanaunara (1994); Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School (1987); Nami no kazu dake dakishimete (1991); Natsu Taiken Monogatari (1985–1986); Nemureru mori (1998); Ohima nara Kite yo ne! (1987); Oishii kankei (1996); Platonic (2014); Prescription Police (2019); Sailor Fuku Hangyaku Doumei (1986–1987); Shiawase ni naru mittsu no kaimono (2013); Smap×Smap (2010); Somebody Loves Her (1992); Suteki na Kataomoi (1990); Tales of the Bizarre / Segment: Kyôfu no tezawari (1990); The Forest Without Flowers and Fruits (2017); The High School Heroes (2021); Things You Can Tell by Looking at Them (2020); Tokyo biyori (1997); Tokyo Nijusan Ku Onna (2019); Tonneruzu no Mina-san no Okage desu (1988–1997); VS Arashi (2017); W no higeki (2019); Waka Okusama wa Udemakuri (1988); World Open Wide (2016); Yonimo kimyô na monogatari: Autumn 2017 Special (2017); Zatoichi (1989).

March in movie history - Get Outta Town (1960)


Get Outta Town


directed by Charles Davis,

written by Bob Wehling,

was released in the United States in March 1960.

Exact release date unknown.

Music by Willis Holman.


Cast:
Doug Wilson, Jeanne Baird, Marilyn O'Connor, Tony Louis, Frank Harding, Steve Bradley, Beppie De Vries, Tommy Holden, Lee Kross, Pete Lopez, Gene Terry, Sam Chiodo, Frank McCully, Robert Biggers, Edith Clair, Fred Chiodo, John O'Hara, Val Casey, Howard Vaughan, Tom O'Connell, Byrd Holland, Sol Marroquin.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960)

M Squad
Season 3. Episode 24.

Episode entitled: Race to Death.

Released March 1, 1960.

Directed by Jerry Hopper.

Written by Whitman Chambers.

Music by Benny Carter.

 
Cast:
Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Don O’Kelly, J. Pat O’Malley, Mary Munday, Diana Crawford, Bill Baldwin, Len Hendry.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - Star Trek, Voyager

Star Trek (1968)
Star Trek: Voyager (2000)

Star Trek
Season 2. Episode 23.

Episode entitled: The Omega Glory.

Released March 1, 1968.

Directed by Vincent McEveety.

Written by Gene Roddenberry.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, Morgan Woodward, Roy Jenson, Irene Kelly, Morgan Farley, David L. Ross, Lloyd Kino, Ed McCready, Frank Atienza, Bill Blackburn, Frank da Vinci, Ed Fury, Eddie Paskey, Frieda Rentie, Walter Soo Hoo, Adele Yoshioka.
 

Star Trek: Voyager
Season 6. Episode 18.

Episode entitled: Ashes to Ashes.

Released March 1, 2000.

Directed by Terry Windell.Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Robert Doherty, Ronald Wilkerson, Bryan Fuller, Michael Taylor.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Kim Rhodes, Marley McClean, Scarlett Pomers, Kevin Lowe, Manu Intiraymi, Kurt Wetherill, Cody Wetherill, Majel Barrett, Carter Edwards, Tarik Ergin, Tom Miller, Louis Ortiz.