Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Erma Bombeck, on dedication:

 

When I stand before God at the end of my life,
I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say,
'I used everything You gave me'.
 
- Erma Bombeck.

Born on this day – Ub Iwerks:


Ub Iwerks


Animator

Cartoonist

Inventor

Special effects technician

March 24, 1901 – July 7, 1971

Credits:
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954); A Busy Day (1940); Africa Before Dark (1928); Africa Squeaks (1931); Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1934); Aladdin's Vamp (1926); Alaskan Sled Dog (1957); Ali Baba (1936); Alice and the Dog Catcher (1924); Alice and the Three Bears (1924); Alice at the Carnival (1927); Alice at the Rodeo (1927); Alice Cans the Cannibals (1925); Alice Charms the Fish (1926); Alice Chops the Suey (1925); Alice Cuts the Ice (1926); Alice Foils the Pirates (1927); Alice Gets in Dutch (1924); Alice Gets Stung (1925); Alice Helps the Romance (1926); Alice Hunting in Africa (1924); Alice in Slumberland (1926); Alice in the Alps (1927); Alice in the Big League (1927); Alice in the Jungle (1925); Alice in the Klondike (1927); Alice in the Wooly West (1926); Alice in Wonderland (1951); Alice Is Stage Struck (1925); Alice Loses Out (1925); Alice on the Farm (1926); Alice Picks the Champ (1925); Alice Plays Cupid (1925); Alice Rattled by Rats (1925); Alice Solves the Puzzle (1925); Alice the Beach Nut (1927); Alice the Collegiate (1927); Alice the Fire Fighter (1926); Alice the Golf Bug (1927); Alice the Lumberjack (1926); Alice the Peacemaker (1924); Alice the Piper (1924); Alice the Toreador (1925); Alice the Whaler (1927); Alice Wins the Derby (1925); Alice's Auto Race (1927); Alice's Balloon Race (1926); Alice's Brown Derby (1926); Alice's Channel Swim (1927); Alice's Circus Daze (1927); Alice's Day at Sea (1924); Alice's Egg Plant (1925); Alice's Fishy Story (1924); Alice's Knaughty Knight (1927); Alice's Little Parade (1926); Alice's Medicine Show (1927); Alice's Monkey Business (1926); Alice's Mysterious Mystery (1926); Alice's Picnic (1927); Alice's Spanish Guitar (1926); Alice's Spooky Adventure (1924); Alice's Three Bad Eggs (1927); Alice's Tin Pony (1925); Alice's Wild West Show (1924); Alice's Wonderland (1923); All Together (1942); All Wet (1927); Arctic Antics (1930); Autumn (1930); Baby Checkers (1940); Balloon Land (1935); Bear Country (1953); Beauty Shoppe (1940); Beaver Valley (1950); Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White (2005); Blackboard Revue (1940); Bright Lights (1928); Bulloney (1933); Bye, Bye Bluebeard (1949); Cave Man (1934); Cinderella (1922); Cinderella (1950); Circus (1932); Coo Coo the Magician (1933); Crop Chasers (1939); Cuckoo Murder Case (1933); Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956); Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (1955); Davy Jones' Locker (1934); Dick Whittington's Cat (1936); Disneyland, U.S.A. (1956); Don Quixote (1934); El terrible toreador (1929); Empty Socks (1927); Fiddlesticks (1930); Fiddling Around (1930); Fire! Fire! (1932); Flip's Lunch Room (1933); Flying Fists (1930); Fun and Fancy Free (1947); Funny Face (1932); Goldie Locks and the Three Bears (1922); Goliath II (1960); Great Guns (1927); Happy Days (1936); Harem Scarem (1928); Hell's Bells (1929); Hell's Fire (1934); High Up (1928); Hot Dogs (1928); Humpty Dumpty (1935); Hungry Hoboes (1928); Jack and the Beanstalk (1933); Jack Frost (1934); Jack the Giant Killer (1922); Jail Birds (1931); Johnny Tremain (1957); Jungle Cat (1960); Jungle Jitters (1934); Jungle Rhythm (1929); Lady and the Tramp (1955); Laughing Gas (1931); Little Boy Blue (1936); Little Orphan Willie (1930); Little Red Riding Hood (1922); Make Mine Music (1946); Mary Poppins (1964); Mary's Little Lamb (1935); Melodious Zach: O! Melodious Song (2014); Melody Time (1948); Men Against the Arctic (1955); Merry Mannequins (1937); Midnight Frolics (1938); Minnie's Yoo Hoo (1930); Movie Mad (1931); Nature's Half Acre (1951); Nell's Yells (1939); Nurse Maid (1932); Oh Teacher (1927); Oh What a Knight (1928); Old Mother Hubbard (1935); One Hour in Wonderland (1950); One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961); Ozzie of the Mounted (1928); Pale-Face (1933); Perri (1957); Peter Pan (1953); Phoney Express (1932); Plane Crazy (1928); Play Ball (1933); Pollyanna (1960); Poor Papa (1927); Porky and Gabby (1937); Porky's Badtime Story (1937); Porky's Super Service (1937); Prowlers of the Everglades (1953); Puddle Pranks (1930); Puppy Love (1932); Puss in Boots (1922); Puss in Boots (1934); Ragtime Romeo (1931); Rasslin' Round (1934); Reducing Crème (1934); Rickety Gin (1927); Ride 'Em Plowboy (1928); Rival Romeos (1928); Robin Hood, Jr. (1934); Room Runners (1932); Sagebrush Sadie (1928); Sardinia (1956); School Days (1932); Scrappy's Trip to Mars (1937); Secrets of Life (1956); See How They Won (1935); Simple Simon (1935); Sinbad the Sailor (1935); Skeleton Frolic (1937); Sky Scrappers (1928); Sleeping Beauty (1959); Sleigh Bells (1928); Snowtime (1938); So Dear to My Heart (1948); Soda Squirt (1933); Song of the South (1946); Spite Flight (1933); Spooks (1931); Springtime (1929); Steamboat Willie (1928); Stop That Tank! (1942); Stormy Seas (1932); Stratos-Fear (1933); Summer (1930); Summertime (1935); Tall Timber (1928); Techno-Cracked (1933); Ten Who Dared (1960); The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949); The African Lion (1955); The Air Race (1933); The Banker's Daughter (1927); The Barn Dance (1929); The Barnyard Battle (1929); The Big Fisherman (1959); The Birds (1963); The Blue Men of Morocco (1956); The Boston Tea Party (1966); The Brave Tin Soldier (1934); The Brementown Musicians (1935); The Bully (1932); The Cactus Kid (1930); The Carpenters (1941); The Egg Hunt (1940); The Four Musicians of Bremen (1922); The Fox Chase (1928); The Foxy Pup (1937); The Frog Pond (1938); The Gallopin' Gaucho (1928); The Goal Rush (1932); The Good Scout (1934); The Gorilla Hunt (1939); The Great Locomotive Chase (1956); The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure (1956); The Haunted House (1929); The Headless Horseman (1934); The Horse on the Merry-Go-Round (1938); The Jazz Fool (1929); The Jungle Book (1967); The Karnival Kid (1929); The King's Tailor (1934); The Little Red Hen (1934); The Living Desert (1953); The Magical World of Disney (1954–1971); The Mechanical Cow (1927); The Merry Dwarfs (1929); The Mickey Mouse Club (1955); The Microbe Army (1935); The Milkman (1932); The Music Lesson (1932); The New Car (1931); The Ocean Hop (1927); The Office Boy (1932); The Ol' Swimmin' Hole (1928); The Olympic Elk (1952); The Opry House (1929); The Parent Trap (1961); The Plowboy (1929); The Queen of Hearts (1934); The Reluctant Dragon (1941); The Skeleton Dance (1929); The Soup Song (1931); The Sword in the Stone (1963); The Three Bears (1935); The Three Caballeros (1944); The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963); The Vanishing of S.S. Willie (2024); The Vanishing Prairie (1954); The Village Barber (1930); The Village Smitty (1931); The Village Specialist (1931); The Wise Owl (1940); Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960); Tom Thumb (1936); ToonHeads (2003); Trolley Troubles (1927); Two Lazy Crows (1936); Viva Willie (1934); Water Birds (1952); Westward Ho, the Wagons! (1956); What a Life (1932); When the Cat's Away (1929); White Wilderness (1958); Wild Waves (1929); Willie Whopper (1933); Ye Olde Swap Shoppe (1940).

Born on this day – Richard Conte:

 

Richard Conte


Actor

March 24, 1910 – April 15, 1975

Born on this day – Joseph Barbera:

 

Joseph Barbera


Animator

Director

Producer

Artist

March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006

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Born on this day – Murray Hamilton:



Murray Hamilton


Actor

March 24, 1923 – September 1, 1986

Born on this day – Norman Fell:


Norman Fell


Actor

March 24, 1924 – December 14, 1998

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1964–1966); 1st & Ten (1990); 87th Precinct (1961–1962); A Man Called Shenandoah (1966); ABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration (1978); Ah, Wilderness! (1959); Airport 1975 (1974); All-Star Family Feud Special (1978–1984); Beach House (1996); Ben Casey (1964–1965); Bewitched (1966); Biography (2009); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bullitt (1968); C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989); Cain's Hundred (1961); Cannon (1975); Catch-22 (1970); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1976); Charley Varrick (1973); Charlie's Angels (1977); Checkmate (1961); Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975); Crazy Like a Fox (1985–1986); Dan August (1970–1971); Dan August: Murder, My Friend (1980); Dan August: Once Is Never Enough (1980); Dan August: The Jealousy Factor (1980); Dan August: The Trouble with Women (1980); Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Suzanne Somers (1978); Death Stalk (1975); Don't Ask Me, Ask God (1984); Dr. Kildare (1965); E! True Hollywood Story (1998); East Side/West Side (1963); Ellen (1997); Ellery Queen (1976); Entertainment Tonight (1989–1991); Escape (1973); ESPN Top Rank Boxing (1980); Executive Suite (1976); Family Feud (1979–1988); Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare (1995); Fay (1975); Fitzwilly (1967); Flying Blind (1993); For the Boys (1991); For the Love of It (1980); Game Show Moments Gone Bananas (2005); Getting There (1980); Ghostbreakers (1967); Going Places (1973); Good Grief (1990); Good Morning America (1979); Goodyear Playhouse (1954); Griff (1973); Guardian of the Wilderness (1976); Heartbreak High (1981); Here's Hollywood (1962); Hexed (1993); History of the Sitcom (2021); Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade of the Stars (1960); Hooperman (1989); I Spy (1967); If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969); Inherit the Wind (1960); Insight (1967–1969); Into the Night (1991); Ironside (1967–1969); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1986); Joe & Mabel (1956); Johnny Staccato (1960); Judd for the Defense (1968); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1954); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1956); Life with Louie (1998); Love, American Style / Segments Love and the Clinic / Love and the Good Deal (1969–1972); Lucas Tanner (1975); Magic with the Stars (1982); Magnum, P.I. (1987); Mannix (1967); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1973); Matlock (1987); Matt Houston (1982); McCloud (1972); McMillan & Wife (1975); Medical Center (1974); Mr. Novak (1965); MTV Fifth Annual Rock n' Jock Softball Challenge (1994); Murder, She Wrote (1985–1988); Murphy's Law (1989); Needles and Pins (1973–1974); Ocean's Eleven (1960); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1972); On Stage at the Kennedy Center: The Mark Twain Prize (2002); On the Right Track (1981); Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019); Out of This World (1987); Pat Boone and Family Christmas Special (1979); Paternity (1981); Perry Mason (1960); Peter Gunn (1961); Playwrights '56 (1956); Police Story (1974–1977); Pork Chop Hill (1959); PT 109 (1963); Quick, Before It Melts (1964); Rabbit Test (1978); Rhoda (1975); Rich Man, Poor Man (1976); Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours (1976); Risko (1976); Roots: The Next Generations (1979); Sam Benedict (1962); Sergeant Ryker (1968); Simon & Simon (1985); Sledge Hammer! (1987); Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991); Stanley (1956); Star Tonight (1956); Starsky and Hutch (1975); Stripped to Kill (1987); Studio One (1954–1957); Studio One Anthology (2016); Sunday Showcase (1959); Suspense (1964); Switch (1976); Tattletales (1982); Teachers Only (1982–1983); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); That Girl (1968); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1999); The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999); The Alan Hamel Show (1977–1979); The Alan Thicke Show (1981); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Aquanauts (1961); The Ben Stiller Show (1992); The Big Story (1958); The Bionic Woman (1976); The Blue Knight (1976); The Boatniks (1970); The Bob Braun Show (1983); The Boneyard (1991); The Boys (1988–1989); The Comedy Shop (1978); The Defenders (1964); The Destiny of Marty Fine (1996); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Elgin Hour (1954); The End (1978); The F.B.I. (1965–1969); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1994); The Fugitive (1965); The Good Life (1971); The Graduate (1967); The Hanged Man (1964); The Heist (1972); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1973–1978); The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1972); The Invaders (1967); The Jesse Owens Story (1984); The Killers (1964); The Law and Mr. Jones (1961); The Lieutenant (1963); The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1977); The Lloyd Bridges Show (1963); The Love Boat (1978); The Magical World of Disney (1978); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1961); The Merv Griffin Show (1973); The Mike Douglas Show (1977–1979); The Munsters Today (1988); The Naked Truth (1992 / 1997); The Name of the Game (1969); The Partridge Family (1971); The Rat Race (1960); The Ropers (1979–1980); The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968); The Silent Lovers (1980); The Stone Killer (1973); The Streets of San Francisco (1976); The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989); The Tab Hunter Show (1961); The Tom Ewell Show (1960); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1974–1979); The Trials of O'Brien (1965); The Twilight Zone (1986); The Untouchables (1960); The Violators (1957); The Wild Wild West (1966); The Young Runaways (1968); The Young Warriors (1967); Three's a Crowd (1969); Three's Company (1976–1982); Thursday's Game (1974); Transylvania 6-5000 (1985); TV's Funniest Game Show Moments (1984); Uncommon Valor (1983); Underground Entertainment: The Movie (2011); Webster (1986); Win, Lose or Draw (1987); With Friends Like These... (1991); You're Driving Me Crazy (1990).


Born on this day – Vanessa Brown:


Vanessa Brown


Actress

March 24, 1928 – May 21, 1999
Credits:

Movies, television and radio:

20 Questions (1952); All That Glitters (1977); Arnie (1971); Big Jack (1949); Bill Slater Show (1950); Bless the Beasts & Children (1971); Call to Glory (1985); Charleston (1979); Climax! (1955–1957); Dallas (1985); Eight Steps to Peace: Membership in the U.N. (1958); Eight Steps to Peace: The Answer Now (1958); Footlights and Kleiglights (1951); General Electric Theater (1959); General Hospital (1980); Good Heavens (1976); Goodyear Theatre (1959); Goosehill Gang and the Vanishing Schoolmate (1980); Hollywood Screen Test (1952); Hollywood Star Time / The Song of Bernadette (1946); Hollywood Theatre Time (1951); I’ll Buy That (1953–1954); I’ve Always Loved You (1946); Justice (1955); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1952); Leave It to the Girls (1949–1953); Lights Out (1951); Lux Video Theatre (1951); Margie (1946); Matinee Theatre (1957); Mother Wore Tights (1947); Murder, She Wrote (1989); My Favorite Husband (1955); One Step Beyond (1960); Österreicher in Hollywood (1994); Perry Mason (1959); Police Story (1975); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951); Rosie! (1967); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Stage 7 (1955); Suspense / Episode 107: The Vanishing Lady (1957); Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950); The Bad and the Beautiful (1952); The Basketball Fix (1951); The Chevy Mystery Show (1960); The Ezio Pinza Show (1952); The Fighter (1952); The Foxes of Harrow (1947); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959); The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947); The Girl of the Limberlost (1945); The Heiress (1949); The Kate Smith Hour (1953); The Late George Apley (1947); The Loretta Young Show (1956); The Millionaire (1956); The Red Skelton Hour (1958); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Secret of St. Ives (1949); The Twilight Zone / A Message from Charity (1985); The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976); The Wonder Years (1990); Three Husbands (1950); True Colors (1991); Wagon Train (1958); We, the People (1949); Youth Runs Wild (1944).