Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Born on this day – Richard Rush:

 

Richard Rush


Director

April 15, 1929 – April 8, 2021

Credits:

A Man Called Dagger (1968); Air America (1990); Aspen 1989 for the 31st Century - Part I (2019); Aspen 1989 for the 31st Century - Part II (2019); Color of Night (1994); Danger God (2018); Distortions (1988); Freebie and the Bean (1974); Getting Straight (1970); Hells Angels on Wheels (1967); Love & Haight (2003); Mod Squad (1968); Of Love and Desire (1963); Psych-Out (1968); Tales from the Script (2009); The Actor's Journey (2011); The Actor's Journey for Kids (2011); The Cups of San Sebastian (1967); The Maverick Career of Richard Rush (2011); The Savage Seven (1968); The Sinister Saga of Making 'the Stunt Man' (2000); The Stunt Man (1980); Thunder Alley (1967); Too Soon to Love (1960); Vegas Cinefest (2011).

Born on this day – Elizabeth Montgomery:

 

Elizabeth Montgomery

Actress

April 15, 1933 – May 18, 1995

Credits:
77 Sunset Strip (1963); 78th Annual Tournament of Roses Parade (1967); A Killing Affair (1977); ABC's Wide World of Entertainment (1964); Act of Violence (1979); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958); Amos (1985); Appointment with Adventure (1955–1956); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1953–1954); Batman: The Animated Series (1995); Belle Starr (1980); Bells Are Ringing (1960); Between the Darkness and the Dawn (1985); Bewitched (1964–1972); Bicentennial Minutes (1974); Bikini Beach (1964); Bitter Heritage (1958); Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story (1993); Boston Terrier (1963); Burke's Law (1963–1964); A Case of Rape (1974); CBS This Morning (1990–1992); Celebrity Recordathon (1996); Checkmate (1962); Chevrolet's Bewitching Bonanza (1964); Cimarron City (1958); Climax! (1956); Cover Up: Behind the Iran Contra Affair (1988); Dark Victory (1976); Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan (1995); Entertainment Tonight (1985–1994); Face to Face (1990); Frontier Circus (1961); Here's Hollywood (1961); How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965); Jennifer: A Woman's Story (1979); Johnny Cool (1963); Johnny Staccato (1959); Kraft Theatre (1954–1957); Missing Pieces (1983); Mrs. Sundance (1974); On the Run (1965); One on One with John Tesh (1992); One Step Beyond (1960); Password (1963–1974); Password Plus (1979); Playhouse 90 (1958); Rawhide (1963); Riverboat (1959); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951–1956); Saints and Sinners (1963); Second Sight: A Love Story (1984); Sins of the Mother (1991); Studio One (1955–1958); Suspicion (1958); The 20th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1968); The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1971); The 28th Annual Tony Awards (1974); The Awakening Land (1978); The Corpse Had a Familiar Face (1994); The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955); The Dennis Miller Show (1992); The DuPont Show of the Month (1958); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Flintstones (1965); The Hollywood Palace (1966); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime);  (1970–1975); The Investigator (1958); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975); The Loretta Young Show (1959); The Merv Griffin Show (1970); The Mike Douglas Show (1966); The Panama Deception (1992); The Rules of Marriage (1982); The Spiral Staircase (1961); The Tab Hunter Show (1960); The Third Man (1959); The Twilight Zone (1961); The Untouchables (1960); The Victim (1972); Theatre '62 (1961); Thriller (1961); Wagon Train (1959); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); When the Circus Came to Town (1981); Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963); With Murder in Mind (1992).

Born on this day – Frank Vincent:

 

Frank Vincent


Actor

April 15, 1937 – September 13, 2017

Credits:
13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2007); A Tale of Two Pizzas (2003); Animal Room (1995); Baby It’s You (1983); Belly (1998); Casino (1995); Casino: The Cast and Characters (2005); Chicago Overcoat (2009); City Teacher (2007); Civil Wars (1992); Coalition (2004); Cop Land (1997); De La Soul Feat. Chaka Khan: All Good? (2000); Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace (1991); Dear Mr. Wonderful (1982); Do the Right Thing (1989); Easy Money (1983); Entropy (1999); Exit 102 (2010); Family Values: The Mob and the Movies (1999); Federal Hill (1994); Fox and Friends (2005); Fox NFL Sunday (2014); Getting Made: The Making of ‘GoodFellas’ (2004); Good Night Chicago Show (2009); Goodfellas (1990); Gotti (1996); Grand Theft Auto III (2001); Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (2005); Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction (2004); Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004); Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition (2021); Grind (1997); Gun Shy (2000); Hamlet in the Hamptons (2002); Hand Gun (1994); Hype Williams in Hype Williams: The Videos, Vol. 1 / Street Dreams (2002); I Love the ‘70s: Volume 2 (2006); I Love the 80’s 3-D (2005); I Love the ‘80s Strikes Back (2003); I Love the Holidays (2005); I Love Toys (2006); If You Only Knew (1999); Isn’t She Great (2000); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2007); Jungle Fever (1991); Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989); Late Night with Conan O’Brien (1995); Law & Order (1991–1999); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2016); Leg Work (1987); Lou, Pat & Joe D (1988); Lucky Man (2007); Made in Argentina (1987); Made Men (1997); Mortal Thoughts (1991); Mr. Pickles (2014–2016); Mulberry St. (2010); Nas: Street Dreams (1996); Nas: Video Anthology Vol. 1 / Street Dreams (2004); Neo Yokio (2017); NetForce (1999); New York Undercover (1996–1997); Night Falls on Manhattan (1996); NYPD Blue (2000); On Seventh Avenue (1996); Penance (1999); Raging Bull (1980); Raging Bull: Outside the Ring (2005); Remedy (2005); Remembering Mario (2003); Ropewalk (2000); Rubout (2003); Shark Tale (2004); She’s the One (1996); Smokin’ Stogies (2001); Snipes (2001); Spy (2011); Stargate: Atlantis (2008); Stiffs (1985); Stiffs (2010); Street Hunter (1990); Swift Justice (1996); Ten Benny (1995); The Afterlife of Grandpa (1989); The Colbert Report (2006); The Con (2011); The Crew (2000); The Death Collector (1976); The Deli (1997); The Good Life (1997); The Killer’s Kiss (2018); The Last Request (2006); The North End (1997); The Paradise Club (1989); The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984); The Sopranos (2004–2007); The Tested (2010); The Workaday Gangster (2004); The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1993); This Thing of Ours (2002); Under Hellgate Bridge (1999); Undercurrent (1998); Van Vorst Park (2005); Vig (1998); Walker, Texas Ranger (1994); West New York (1996); Wise Guys (1986); Wise Guys on: Texas Hold’Em (2004); Witness to the Mob (1998).

Born on this day – Rochelle Oliver:


Rochelle Oliver


Actress

Acting coach

April 15, 1937 – April 13, 2024

Credits:
1918 (1985); ABC Afterschool Specials (1982); All My Children (1995); American Playhouse (1987); An Unremarkable Life (1989); Courtship (1987); Deadline (1959); Hollywood Ending (2002); In Defense of Kids (1983); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1961); Law & Order (1993–2003); Lianna (1983); Naked City (1959); Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976); On Valentine's Day (1986); Ryan's Hope (1978); Scent of a Woman (1992); The Appointments of Dennis Jennings (1988); The Best of Everything (1970); The Defenders (1963–1965); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Happy Hooker (1975); Tribeca (1993).

Born on this day – Claudia Cardinale:


Claudia Cardinale


Actress

April 15, 1938 – September 23, 2025

Credits:
1° Festival Internazionale del Clown a Campione d'Italia (1964); 3 straniere a Roma (1958); 8½ (1963); 10-07: L'affaire Zeus (1995); 1960 (2010); 2009 Women's World Awards (2009); 20h10 pétantes (2005); 50 años de (2009); 588, rue Paradis (1992); A Almería de Leone (2024); A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard' (2004); A Fine Pair (1968); A Man in Love (1987); A Rose for Everyone (1967); A Summer in La Goulette (1996); A View of Love (2010); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978); Al Centro del cinema (2015); Alain Delon, la beauté du diable et les femmes (2018); Alberto il grande (2013); Alfonso Sansone produttore per caso (2014); Alfredo Bini, ospite inatteso (2015); Algérie en flammes (1958); Alguna pregunta més? (2012); All Roads Lead to Rome (2015); Allons au cinéma (1976–1978); America at the Movies (1976); An Opera of Violence (2003); And Now Ladies & Gentlemen (2002); Àngels de nit (1996); Arena (2002); Arte Journal (2024); Atto di dolore (1990); Au-delà de l'écran (1966); Auguste (1961); Aux arts et cætera (2025); Bambi Verleihung 2008 (2008); Bankers Also Have Souls (1982); Beau geste (2025); Bebo's Girl (1964); Bell' Antonio (1960); Bello onesto emigrato Australia sposerebbe compaesana illibata (1971); Belmondo, itinéraire... (2011); Belmondo, l'influenceur (2020); Ben Webster: The Brute and the Beautiful (1990); Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958); Blindfold (1966); Blonde in Black Leather (1975); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2017); Blu elettrico (1989); Bouillon de culture (1993); Bulle (2020); Burden of Dreams (1982); Café Picouly (2010); Cámara negra. Teatro Victoria Eugenia (2007); Cannes Film Festival (1969–1993); Cannes... les 400 coups (1997); Cannes: Through the Eyes of the Hunter (2001); Careless (1962); Cartouche (1962); Ceská Miss 2012 (2012); C'est encore mieux l'après-midi (1987); Champs-Elysées (1983–1989); Cherche fiancé tous frais payés (2007); Ciel mon mardi! (1992); Ciné regards (1981); Cinema 3 (1997); Cinema mil (2005); Cinémas (2009); Cinépanorama (1962); Circus of the Stars (1977); Circus World (1964); Claretta (1984); Claudia (2022); Claudia Cardinale (1965); Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret (2019); Comme au cinéma (1999–2005); Compression (2023–2025); Conversation Piece (1974); Corazón de... (2005); Corleone (1978); Dai nostri inviati: La Rai racconta la Mostra del cinema di Venezia 1980-1989 (2013); D'après une histoire vraie (2021); Déborah, une force jusqu'au bout (2008); Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern (2006); Diary of a Telephone Operator (1969); Días de cine (2014); Die deutsche Stimme (1981); Die Hardy Krüger-Story (2019); Discovering Film (2015); Dobrý den Sorrento (1969); Domenica in (2018); Don't Make Waves (1967); Effie Gray (2014); Effie Gray: Interview with Dakota Fanning (2014); Effie Gray: Interview with Emma Thompson (2014); Élisabeth - Ils sont tous nos enfants (2000); Elles ne pensent qu'à ça... (1994); Els matins a TV3 (2011); En aparté (2005); Escape to Athena (1979); Escape to Athena: Cast and Crew Interviews (1978); España, plató de cine (2009); Essere Claudia Cardinale (2005); Father (2011); Federico Fellini (1964); Fellini: I'm a Born Liar (2002); Festival de Cine Global de Santo Domingo (2017); Fiasco in Milan (1959); Film Genre (2002); Fitzcarraldo (1982); Flash - Der Fotoreporter (1993); François Chalais, la vie comme un roman (1997); Gala de l'union (1976–2011); Gebo and the Shadow (2012); Gianni Di Venanzo, un grande autore della fotografia (1996); Gilles Jacob: Citizen Cannes (2010); Girl with a Suitcase (1961); Glamoroso! (1998); Gli anni delle immagini perdute (2012); Goha (1958); Goodbye & Amen (1977); Gottschalk Late Night (1994); Grand Amphi (1971); Grands reportages (2016); HARDtalk (2011); Heart of the Festival (2002); Henry IV (1984); Hep Taxi ! (2017); Hinter der Leinwand (1966–1967); History (1986); Hiver 54, l'abbé Pierre (1989); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Invasion (2011); Hollywood sul Tevere (2009); I guappi (1974); Il bello delle donne... alcuni anni dopo (2017); Il comune senso del pudore (1976); Il deserto di fuoco (1997); Il falso bugiardo (2008); Il giorno della Shoah (2010); Il magistrato (1959); Il prefetto di ferro (1977); Il principe delle pezze (2019); Il Regio nel paese del melodramma (2015); Inside the Movie Kingdom – 1964 (1964); Jean-Claude Brialy, le goût des autres (2013); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); Jetset in den Sixties - Das süße Leben der Schönen und Reichen (2010); Joy de V. (2013); Joyeux anniversaire Monsieur Trenet (1995); Klaus Kinski, dans la tourmente et la démesure (2024); Kolossal - i magnifici Macisti (1977); La amante estelar (1968); La batalla de los Tres Reyes (1990); La fièvre de l'après-midi (1994); La grande farandole (1962); La loi de... (2017); La nuit des Césars (1977–2017); La nuit des Molières (2005); La part du feu (1978); La prima notte (1959); La Rencontre (2004); La traversée du désir (2009); La viaccia (1961); L'abito e il volto (2009); Le cinéma dans les yeux (1987); Le démon de midi (2005); Le divan (1993); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2007); Le iene (1997); Le journal du Festival (2017); Le mystère Bardot (2012); Le ruffian (1983); Legenden (2011); Legends of World Cinema (2004); Les Anneaux d'or (1956); Les Chroniques du Mea (2020); Les échos du cinéma (1961); Les enfants de la guerre (1996); Les enfants de la télé (1997–2000); Les Francis (2014); Les nouveaux rendez-vous (1981); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1976–1978); L'été prochain (1985); L'hebdo cinéma (2005); Li chiamarono... briganti! (1999); Libera, My Love (1975); Lignes de mire (1998); L'insolito ignoto - Vita acrobatica di Tiberio Murgia (2012); L'invité (2011–2019); Little Girl in Blue Velvet (1978); Lost Command (1966); Luchino Visconti (1999); Luchino Visconti ou la puissance d'être (1977); Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion (2016); L'udienza (1972); L'ultima sequenza (2003); Mafia (1968); Man & Wife, Cop & Crook (2008); Man muss die Filme feiern ... (1963); Marcello, una vita dolce (2006); Mardi cinéma (1983); Meciar (2017); Memòries de la tele (2009); Memories from 'the Professionals' (2005); Mia, Liebe meines Lebens (1998); Midi Trente (1972); Midi-Première (1976); Momentos de Glória (1993); Monicelli: La versione di Mario (2012); Morceaux de Cannes (2021); Morgenmagazin (2024); Mother (1991 / 1993); My Best Fiend (1999); My Swinging Sixties - Gottschalks Zeitreise (2010); Nana Mouskouri - Momente ihres Lebens (2020); Naso di cane (1986); Nell'anno del Signore (1969); Night of 100 Stars II (1985); Nobili bugie (2017); Nonnas on the Run (2018); Nostromo (1996–1997); Nulle part ailleurs (1995–2000); Numéro un (1977–1978); On a tout essayé (2005); Once Upon a Time in the West (1968); Once Upon a Time: Sergio Leone (2000); One Russian Summer (1973); Paris dernière (1995–2010); Pariser Journal (1964); Personnel et confidentiel (2007); Piccolina bella (2025); Pietro Germi - Il bravo, il bello, il cattivo (2009); Popsy Pop (1971); Por un puñado de sueños (2006); Pour le cinéma (1971); Princess Daisy (1983); Profondo Rosa - La vera storia della Pantera Rosa (2004); Rafael Azcona, oficio de guionista (2007); Reflets de Cannes (1961–1963); Riches, belles, etc. (1998); Rocco and His Brothers (1960); Rogue City (2020); Rom aktuell (1969); Rudy Valentino (2017); Sacha show (1971); Sacrée soirée (1991–1994); Samedi soir (1971); Sandra (1965); Scoumoune (1972); Second to Nun (2025); Sergio Leone Portrait of an Outlaw (2018); Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things (2006); Si salvi chi vuole (1980); Signé croisette (1993); Silver Spoon Set (1960); Sinyora Enrica ile Italyan Olmak (2010); Soir de Fête (2016); Something to Do with Death (2003); Son of the Pink Panther (1993); Sous les pieds des femmes (1997); Spécial cinéma (1982); Speciale mastroianni - il fascino della normalità (1996); Stars 90 (1991); Stars'N Co (1998); Stelle emigrant (1982); Studio Gabriel (1994–1997); Stupor mundi (1997); Teatro Amazonas: Musik im Regenwald (2022); Téléthon (1990–1996); The 10th Annual American Cinema Awards (1994); The 23rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1966); The 2th International Achievement in Arts Awards: A Night of 200 Stars (1995); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (1970); The Adventures of Gerard (1970); The Artist and the Model (2012); The Battle of Austerlitz (1960); The Blind and the Cardinal (2017); The Facts of Murder (1959); The Festival Game (1970); The French Revolution (1989); The Gun (1978); The Hell with Heroes (1968); The Immortal Bachelor (1975); The Island of Forgiveness (2022); The Larry Solway Show (1975); The Last Movie Painter (2020); The Legend of Frenchie King (1971); The Leopard (1963); The Lions Are Loose (1961); The Magic of Fellini (2002); The Magnificent Cuckold (1964); The Man with a Cigar in His Mouth (1997); The Merv Griffin Show (1966); The Oscars (2014); Thé ou café (1997–2010); The Pink Panther (1963); The Prince and the Dybbuk (2017); The Professionals (1966); The Professionals: A Classic (2005); The Queens / Segment: Fata Armenia (1966); The Red Tent (1969); The Salamander (1981); The Silent Mountain (2014); The Skin (1981); The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011); The String (2009); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1971); The Wages of Sin (2003); Thema - Arte (1997); Time of Indifference (1964); To Venice with Love (1980); Tohuwabohu (1995); Tokyo Olympiad (1965); Tout le monde en parle (2005); Trace of the Bears (2010); Trail of the Pink Panther (1982); Trente-Six Chandelles (1955); Twice Upon a Time in the West (2015); Ultima fermata (2014); Un café... l'addition (1999); Un jour, un destin (2014–2019); Un jour, une histoire (2014); Un sorriso, uno schiaffo, un bacio in bocca (1975); Una gita a Roma (2017); Upstairs and Downstairs (1959); Vamps et femmes fatales du cinéma européen (2001); Vento del Sud (1960); Ventura... dit Lino (1997); VIP zprávy (2012); Visconti (1967); Visconti: La verdad del melodrama (2001); Visioni senza tempo - Anna Napoli e il montaggio cinematografico (2022); Vivement dimanche (2000–2013); Vivement dimanche prochain (1999–2000); What's the Bet? (1998); Woman of Wonders (1985).

Born on this day – Roger Dicken:


Roger Dicken


Special effects artist

April 15, 1939 – February 18, 2024

Credits:
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968); Alien (1979); ATV Today (1966); Curse of the Blood Ghouls (1962); Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019); Q: The Winged Serpent (1982); Scars of Dracula (1970); The Blood Beast Terror (1968); The Hunger (1983); The Land That Time Forgot (1974); The Perfect Scary Movie (2005); Thunderbirds (1965); Warlords of the Deep (1978); When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970); White Dog (1982); Witchfinder General (1968).

Born on this day – Frances Doel:


Frances Doel


Writer

Producer

April 15, 1942 – May 26, 2025

Credits:
Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time (2000); Alien Avengers (1996); Avalanche (1978); Big Bad Mama (1974); Big Bad Mama II (1987); Black Rose of Harlem (1996); Black Scorpion (2001); Cockfighter (1974); Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011); Crazy Mama (1975); Cyclops (2008); Deathsport (1978); Dinocroc (2004); Dinoshark (2010); Flyin' Ryan (2003); Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970); Harold Robbins' Body Parts (2001); Mama Knows Best: A Retrospective - 'Big Bad Mama' Special Edition DVD (2005); Palace of the Damned (2013); Raptor (2001); Some Nudity Required (1998); Starship Troopers (1997); Stray Bullet (1998); Supergator (2007); Target: Harry (1969); That Guy Dick Miller (2014); The Dark Side of Hollywood (1998); The Game of Death (2000); The Lost (2006); The Sea Wolf (1997); The Trip (1967); The Wild Racers (1968); The Young Nurses (1973).