Born on this day – Leo McKern:

Leo McKern

Actor

March 16, 1920 - July 23, 2002

Credits:

2nd House (1974); A Man for All Seasons (1966); A Slight Ache (1965); A Tale of Two Cities (1958); Agent 8 3/4 (1964); Alice in Wonderland (1966); All for Mary (1955); Arena (1976); Armchair Theatre (1959–1967); Assignment Foreign Legion (1957); Assignment K (1968); BBC Play of the Month (1973); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1956–1958); Beatles Help Unseen Film Footage (1965); Bird's-Eye View (1969); Candleshoe (1977); Chain of Events / London Story (1958); Children of the Damned (1964); Chronicle (1978); Churchill's People (1975); Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs (1996); Confess, Killer (1957); Contrasts (1968); Damien: Omen II (1978); Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968); Doctor in Distress (1963); Drama (1977); Drama 61-67 (1962); Federation (1999); Film Night (1970); Flight of the Dove (1957); Good King Wenceslas (1994); Great Performances (1986); Hawkins' Rivers (1982); Help! (1965); Holiday in Spain (1960); Horizon (1990); Hour of Mystery (1957); I Like Money (1961); ITV Play of the Week (1957–1961); ITV Playhouse (1982); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1973); ITV Television Playhouse (1957–1961); Jazz Boat (1960); King & Country (1964); King Lear (1983); Ladyhawke (1985); Late Show London (1966); Leading the Blind (1962); Lieutenant Kije (1979); Lisa (1962); Love Story (1965); Mafia No! (1967); Massacre in Rome (1973); Molokai (1999); Murder in the Cathedral (1951); Murder with Mirrors (1985); Noah (1960); Now You're Talking (1979); Omnibus (1978); Our Mutual Friend (1976); Play for Today (1975–1981); Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983); Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992); Ryan's Daughter (1970); Saturday Playhouse (1960); Screen One (1993); Screen Two (1992); Sea Tales: The Return (1977); Shades of Greene (1975); Snow, Sand and Savages: The Life of Frank Hurley (1972); Some of Our Airmen Are No Longer Missing (1990); Space: 1999 (1975); Sunday Night (1965–1966); Sunday Story (1964); Sykes and A... (1961); Tempo (19664); The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975); The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955); The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1962); The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965); The Blue Lagoon (1980); The Chain (1984); The Comet Is Coming! (1981); The Critical Point (1957); The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961); The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981); The High Commissioner (1968); The House on Garibaldi Street (1979); The Last Tasmanian (1978); The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (1979); The Magical World of Disney (1963); The Man Who Shot the Albatross (1972); The March of the Peasants (1952); The Mouse That Roared (1959); The Nativity (1978); The Omen (1976); The Prisoner (1967–1968); The Respectful Prostitute (1964); The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1959); The Savage (1977); The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968); The Sun Is God (1974); The Voyage of Bounty's Child (1984); The Wednesday Play (1968); The Widows of Jaffa (1957); The World About Us (1968); Theatre Night (1959–1989); They All Died Laughing (1964); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1966); Time Without Pity (1957); Travelling North (1987); Travelling North: Original Cast Screen Tests (1986); Web of Evidence (1959); Wogan (1989); X the Unknown (1956); Yesterday's Enemy (1959).

Born on this day – Jerry Lewis:

 

Jerry Lewis

Comedian

Actor

Singer

Director

Humanitarian

March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017

Credits:

3 Ring Circus (1954); Arizona Dream (1993); Artists and Models (1955); At War with the Army (1950); Batman (1966); Ben Casey (1965); Boeing, Boeing (1965); Brothers (1985); Cinderfella (1960); Cookie (1989); Cracking Up (1983); Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2009); Don't Give Up the Ship (1959); Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968); Fight for Life (1987); Funny Bones (1995); Good Grief (1991); Hardly Working (1980); Hollywood or Bust (1956); Hook, Line and Sinker (1969); How Are the Kids? (1990); How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border (1949); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); It's Only Money (1962); Jerry Lewis Live (1984); Jumping Jacks (1952); Komedy Kapers (1956); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2006); Li'l Abner (1959); Living It Up (1954); Mad About You (1993); Max Rose (2013); Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis (2011); Money from Home (1953); Mr. Saturday Night (1992); My Friend Irma (1949); My Friend Irma Goes West (1950); Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000); One More Time (1970); Par où t'es rentré? On t'a pas vu sortir (1984); Pardners (1956); Pink Lady (1980); Red Line 7000 (1965); Road to Bali (1952); Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958); Sailor Beware (1952); Saturday Night Live (1983); Scared Stiff (1953); Sheriff Who (1967); Slapstick of Another Kind (1982); Startime (1959); Super Force (1990); That's Life (1979); That's My Boy (1951); The Bellboy (1960); The Big Mouth (1967); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1970); The Caddy (1953); The Day the Clown Cried (1972); The Delicate Delinquent (1957); The Disorderly Orderly (1964); The Errand Boy (1961); The Family Jewels (1965); The Geisha Boy (1958); The Jerry Lewis Show (1963–1969); The King of Comedy (1982); The Ladies Man (1961); The Nutty Professor (1963); The Nutty Professor (1996); The Nutty Professor (2008); The Patsy (1964); The Red Skelton Hour (1970); The Sad Sack (1957); The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show (1966); The Simpsons (2003); The Stooge (1951); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1970); The Trust (2016); Three on a Couch (1966); Till Luck Do Us Part 2 (2013); To Catch a Cop (1984); Visit to a Small Planet (1960); Way... Way Out (1966); Which Way to the Front? (1970); Who's Minding the Store? (1963); Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down (1970); Wiseguy (1988–1989); You're Never Too Young (1955).

Born on this day – Scott L. Schwartz:

 

Scott L. Schwartz

a.k.a. The Ultimate Bad Guy

Actor

Stuntman

Wrestler

March 16, 1959 – November 26, 2024

Credits:

2020 (2020); Actors Entertainment (2012); A-Date (2007); Agent Red (2000); Alibi Boys (2015); Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy (1997); Angel (1999); Back in Action (1994); Bank on us 2 (2020); Betrayal (2013); Better Criminal (2016); Between the Wish and the Thing (2011); Black Scorpion (2001); Blood Ranch (2006); Boost (2009); Bridge of Dragons (1999); Buddies (2013); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2002); Cain and Abel (2006); Carman: The Champion (2001); Castle (2012); Centurion Force (1998); Changing Hands (2010); Changing Hands Feature (2012); Crash Point Zero (2001); Crazy as Hell (2002); Ctrl (2009); Daddy's Home (2010); Dangerous Waters (1994); Daydream Believer (2005); Dick and Bob (2012); Dilemma (1997); ELI (2007); Epic Movie (2007); Final Voyage (1999); Fire Down Below (1997); For Christ's Sake (2010); For Parents Only (1991); Fun with Dick and Jane (2005); Garlic & Gunpowder (2017); Gedo (2000); Harry Potter in the Hood (2007); Heartless (2015); High Voltage (1998); Holding St. Peter's Conquest [Us] (2017); Homecoming (2011); Human Giant (2007); I'm a Soap Star (2011); Inventing Adam (2013); Jackie's Back! (1999); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2007); Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser (2015); Journey to Promethea (2010); Jurassic Predator: Xtinction (2010); Just Sue Me (2000); L.A. Heat (1999); Listen to Your Heart (2010); Lone Tiger (1996); Lost in Oz (2000); Lost in the Woods (2009); Lost Treasure (2003); Martial Law (1999); Martin (1993); Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon (2004); Measure (2014); Meet Wally Sparks (1997); Mercy Grace and Crab Meat (2010); Mind of Mencia (2006); My Giant (1998); Nash Bridges (1998–2001); Not Now John (2012); Ocean's Eleven (2001); Ocean's Thirteen (2007); Ocean's Twelve (2004); Oliver Beene (2004); P.U.N.K.S. (1998); Pet Crazy (2011); Placebo (2008); Plates (2008); Punk'd (2003); Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt (2003); Savate (1995); Shock 'Em Dead (1991); Silent Fury (1994); Smoked (2006); Southlander (2001); Spider-Man (2002); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1994–1995); Star Trek: Enterprise (2004); Starsky & Hutch (2004); Sting of the Black Scorpion (2002); Stuntman (2009); Super Day (2012); Terminal Island (2004); Terminal USA (1993); The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000); The Black Rose (2000); The Capitol Conspiracy (1998); The Challenger (2015); The Drifter (2005); The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000); The House Webshow (2007); The Mentalist (2011); The Misadventures of James Spawn (1998); The One (2001); The Pizza Joint (2021); The Scorpion King (2002); The Set Up (1995); The Shoes (2024); The Sinners (2010); The Tick (2002); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1996); The Young & Rebellious (2011); The Young and the Restless (2009); Tomcats (2001); Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) (1991); UWF Fury Hour (1990–1993); V.I.P. (1999); Vagabond (2006); Vengeance (2016); Veterans Day (2024); Weeds (2007); What We Do Is Secret (2007); Wonder Girls (2012); Wrong Side of Town (2010).

On this day in movie history - Breathless (1960)

Breathless

French title: À bout de souffle,

directed and written by Jean-Luc Godard,

based on a story by François Truffaut and Claude Chabrol,

was released in the United States on March 16, 1960.

Music by Martial Solal.

Cast:

Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Daniel Boulanger, Henri-Jacques Huet, Roger Hanin, Van Doude, Claude Mansard, Liliane Dreyfus, Michel Fabre, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Luc Godard, Richard Balducci, André S. Labarthe, François Moreuil, Jacques Lourcelles, Liliane Robin, Gérard Brach, Philippe de Broca, José Bénazéraf,Jean Domarchi, Jean Douchet, Raymond Huntley, Louiguy, Michel Mourlet, Guido Orlando, Madame Paul, Jean-Louis Richard, Jacques Serguine, Jacques Siclier, Virginie Ullmann, Emile Villion.

On this day in movie history - For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009)

For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism

a documentary directed and written by Gerald Peary,

was released in the United States on March 16, 2009.

Music by Bobby B. Keyes.

Narrated by Patricia Clarkson.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation, Picard

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991)

Star Trek: Picard (2023)

 

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 4. Episode 17.

Episode entitled: Night Terrors.

Released March 16, 1991.

Directed by Les Landau.

Written by Pamela Douglas, Jeri Taylor, Shari Goodhartz, Ronald D. Moore, Joe Menosky, David Carren, J. Larry Carroll.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Rosalind Chao, John Vickery, Shaun Duke / Duke Moosekian, Craig Hurley, Brian Tochi, Lanei Chapman, Colm Meaney, Whoopi Goldberg, Deborah Taylor, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Michael Braveheart, Tracee Cocco, George B. Colucci Jr., Gerard David Jr., BJ Davis, Jeremy Doyle, Margaret Rose Flores, Keith Gearhart, Ken Lesco, Jeri McBride, James McElroy, Lorine Mendell, Teri Noel, Frank Orsatti.

 

Star Trek: Picard
Season 3. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Imposters.

Released March 16, 2023.

Directed by Dan Liu.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Cindy Appel, Chris Derrick, Kiley Rossetter.

Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Stephen Barton, Jeff Russo.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, Ed Speleers, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Todd Stashwick, Michael Dorn, Michelle Forbes, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut, Kirk Acevedo, Stephanie Czajkowski, Amy Earhart, Joseph Lee, Grace Lee, Jin Maley, Tiffany Shepis, Hope Brown, Justin Dobies, Alessandro Garcia, Will Greenburg, John Pope, Tarina Pouncy, Vanessa Cater, Christopher B. Derrick, Angel Manuel, Cina McKenna, Phillip O'Riley. 

On this day in television history - Justified (2010)

Justified
Season 1. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: Fire in the Hole.

Released March 16, 2010.

Directed and written by Graham Yost.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Joelle Carter, Natalie Zea, Damon Herriman, Matt Craven, Peter Greene, Doug E. Doug, Kevin Rankin, Ryan O’Nan, Joel Marsh, Daniel Stewart Sherman, Walton Goggins, John Eddins, John Ciccolini, Danny Wildman, David Michael Holmes, Paul Aldanée, Michael Keith Allen, Giovanna Angle, Xavier Cortes, John W. Iwanonkiw, William Kania, Christian Lopez, David Dale McCue, Tiffany Sander McKenzie, Phil Nardozzi, Jackson Nunn, William Ragsdale.