Born on this day – Cormac McCarthy:

 

Cormac McCarthy

Writer

July 20, 1933 – June 13, 2023

Credits:

Books:

All the Pretty Horses (1992); Blood Meridian (1985); Child of God (1973); Cities of the Plain (1998); No Country for Old Men (2005); Outer Dark (1968); Stella Maris (2022); Suttree (1979); The Counselor (2013); The Crossing (1994); The Gardener's Son (1996); The Orchard Keeper (1965); The Passenger (2022); The Road (2006); The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation (2024); The Stonemason (1994); The Sunset Limited (2006); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018).

Movies and television:

All the Pretty Horses (2000); Child of God (2013); Cormac McCarthy's Veer (2022); Hollywood Insider (2021); Looking for Cormac (1995); Los 10 magníficos (2008); No Country for Old Men (2007); Outer Dark (2009); Red West (2023); Sunday Today with Willie Geist (2023); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The Counselor (2013); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2007); The Road (2009); The Sunset Limited (2011); The Tommy Tiernan Show (2023); The Unbelievers (2013); Truth of the Situation: Making 'the Counselor' (2014); Visions (1977).

Born on this day – Natalie Wood:

Natalie Wood

Actress

July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment (2003); 1968: The Year That Changed America (2018); 20/20 (2021); 48 Hours (2011–2018); 50 y más (2005); A Cry in the Night (1956); A Gift of Music (1981); A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011); A Year in Music (2022); ABC Late Night (1974); AFI Life Achievement Award (1973–1981); All the Fine Young Cannibals (1960); merican Grindhouse (2010); American Masters (2005–2012); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2016); Banda sonora (2012); Barbra: The Concert (1994); Behind the Scenes with Blake Edwards' 'The Great Race' (1965); Bij van Duin op de achterbank (2024); Biography (2000–2003); Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969); Bob Hope at 100 (2003); Bombers B-52 (1957); Brainstorm (1983); Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2016); Camera Three (1956); Cash McCall (1960); Celebrity Page (2018–2019); Celebrity: Dominick Dunne (2008); Century of Cinema (1995); Chevron Theatre (1952); Chicken Every Sunday (1949); Christmas from Hollywood (2003); Cinema (1974); Compression (2024); Conflict (1957); Dear Brat (1951); Delta Kappa Alpha Silver Anniversary Banquet (1963); Die Geschichte des erotischen Films (2004); Dieter & Andreas (1989); Dinah! (1975–1979); Donahue (1976); Downhill Racer (1969); Driftwood (1947); Elvis: Summer of '56 (2011); Extra (2016); Father Was a Fullback (1949); Film '79 (1979); Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012); Four Star Playhouse (1955); Friars Club Tribute to Gene Kelly (1976); From Here to Eternity (1979); General Electric Theater (1954–1955); Get High on Yourself (1981); Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood (2009); Go West, Young Man! (2003); Good Morning America (1978–1980); Gypsy (1962); Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988); Happy Land (1943); Hart to Hart (1979); Heavy Petting (1989); Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1991); History (2015); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Couples (2001); Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (1990); Hollywood Mavericks (1990); Hollywood Remembers (2000); Hollywood, No Sex Please! (2018); Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963); Hollywood's Children (1982); Howard (2018); I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1974); Images of Indians: How Hollywood Stereotyped the Native American (2003); Inside Daisy Clover (1965); Inside Edition (2017–2021); James Dean Remembered (1974); James Dean: Forever Young (2005); James Dean: The First American Teenager (1975); Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017); John Ford et Monument Valley (2013); Just for You (1952); Kings Go Forth (1958); Kings Row (1955–1956); Kraft Theatre (1951); Lauren Bacall, ombre et lumière (2017); Legends of World Cinema (2004); Look Magazine Gala Party (1979); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); Love with the Proper Stranger (1963); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Marjorie Morningstar (1958); Max Liebman Spectaculars (1955); Mayor of the Town (1954); Meteor (1979); Miracle on 34th Street (1947); Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (2010); MsMojo (2023); Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982); Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind (2020); Never a Dull Moment (1950); No Sad Songs for Me (1950); Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997); One Desire (1955); Our Very Own (1950); Our World (1987); Paul Newman, l'intranquille (2023); Peeper (1975); Penelope (1966); Penelope's Fashion Show (1966); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1956); Peter Ustinov and Natalie Wood at the Hermitage (1980); Philbin's People (1969); Private Screenings (2006); Public Defender (1954); Rebel Without a Cause (1955); Rediscovering a Rebel (1996); Reflets de Cannes (1962); Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021); Robert Redford: The Golden Look (2019); Rock Hudson (1990); San Sebastián 2005: Crónica de Carlos Boyero (2005); Saturday Night at the Mill (1980); Screen Snapshots 1856: The Mocambo Party (1957); Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948); Sex and the Single Girl (1964); Special Collector's Edition (2013); Splendor in the Grass (1961); Stars of the Silver Screen (2014); Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans (2015); Studio 57 (1954–1957); Studio One (1955); Switch (1975–1978); Tab Hunter Confidential (2015); Tales of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice by Paul Mazursky (2003); TCM Remembers 2015 (2015); Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television (1975); The 19th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1962); The 1st Annual People's Choice Awards (1975); The 23rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1966); The 24th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1967); The 28th Annual Academy Awards (1956); The 29th Annual Academy Awards (1957); The 30th Annual Academy Awards (1958); The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The 34th Annual Academy Awards (1962); The 34th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1977); The 36th Annual Academy Awards (1964); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The 38th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1981); The 40th Annual Academy Awards (1968); The 41st Annual Academy Awards (1969); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The 51st Annual Academy Awards (1979); The 6th People's Choice Awards (1980); The 7th Annual People's Choice Awards (1981); The Affair (1973); The American Movie Awards (1980); The American West of John Ford (1971); The Andrew Klavan Show (2018); The Andy Warhol Diaries (2022); The Blue Veil (1951); The Bob Hope Show (1957–1959); The Bride Wore Boots (1946); The Burning Hills (1956); The Candidate (1972); The Collection / Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976); The Cracker Factory (1979); The David Frost Show (1969); The Dead Wives Club (2019); The Dick Cavett Show (1969); The Dick Cavett Show (1971–1972); The Dr. Oz Show (2019–2021); The Ed Sullivan Show (1956 / 1966); The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017); The Final Day (2000); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The Frank Sinatra Show (1958); The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947); The Girl He Left Behind (1956); The Great Race (1965); The Green Promise (1949); The Hollywood Deb Stars of 1965 (1965); The Jack Benny Program (1960); The Jackpot (1950); The James Dean Story (1957); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); The Last Married Couple in America (1980); The Last Movie Stars (2022); The Linkletter Show (1956); The Making of 'My Fair Lady' (1995); The Memory of Eva Ryker (1980); The Merv Griffin Show (1969–1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1976–1980); The Moon Is Down (1943); The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004); The Old Place (2000); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954); The Pride of the Family (1953–1954); The Reluctant Redeemer (1954); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Rose Bowl Story (1952); The Schaefer Century Theatre (1952); The Searchers (1956); The Silver Chalice (1954); The Star (1952); The Theater of Tomorrow (1963); The Third Annual 'on Cinema' Oscar Special (2015); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963–1992); This Is Joan Collins (2022); This Is Your Life (1971); This Property Is Condemned (1966); Today (1975); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1980); Tomorrow Is Forever (1946); Trumbull Land (2018); Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997); V.I.P.-Schaukel (1973); Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (1998); Warner Brothers Presents (1956); Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood (2015); WatchMojo (2018); West Side Story - Bernsteins Broadway-Hit (2018); West Side Story (1961); What's My Line? (1966); What's My Line? At 25 (1975); When the Applause Died / Death in Hollywood (1990); Willie & Phil (1980); Women He's Undressed (2015); Zeit.geschichte (2020).

Born on this day – Diana Rigg:

Diana Rigg

Actress

July 20, 1938 – September 10, 2020

Born on this day – Carolyne Barry:

 

Carolyne Barry

Actress

Writer

Teacher

Director

Dancer

Dance instructor

July 20, 1943 – June 16, 2015

Credits:
 
Book:
 
HIT THE GROUND RUNNING: The First Years of Your Acting Career (2009).
 
Movies, television and stage:
 

An Intimate Look with Michelle Tomlinson (2014); Blue Code (2013); Dark August (1976); Dynasty (1987); Here Come the Brides (1968–1970); Hey, Landlord (1967); Hotel (1986); Hysterical Blindness (1995); Ironside (1971); J.J. Starbuck (1987); Julia (1970); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the V.I.P. Restaurant (1970); Mr. Novak (1965); Out of Sight (1966); Santa Barbara (1987); Shindig! (1964–1965); Small & Frye (1983); Stand Up and Be Counted (1972); Star Trek (1967); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988); The Bob Newhart Show (1978); The F.B.I. (1971); The Lloyd Thaxton Show (1965); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Paper Chase (1983); The Patty Duke Show (1965); The Second Hundred Years (1967).

Born on this day – Dan McGrath:

Dan McGrath

Writer

Producer

July 20, 1964 – November 14, 2025

Credits:

Anna and the King (1999); Bedrooms and Hallways (1998); Comic-Con '08 Live (2008); Gravity Falls (2012); King of the Hill (2003–2010); Mission Hill (1999); Mission Hill (1999–2002); Muppets Tonight (1996); Muscle (1995); Sammy (2000–2001); Saturday Night Live (1991–1992); Saturday Night Live: All the Best for Mother's Day (1992); The PJs (2001); The Simpsons (1992–1998).

Born on this day – Roberto Orci:

 

Roberto Orci

Writer

Producer

July 20, 1973 – February 25, 2025

Credits:

Alias (2001–2003); Asymmetrical Warfare: The Making of 'Eagle Eye' (2008); Behind the Real Science of 'Fringe Season 1' (2009); Cinema 3 (2013); Collateral Damage (2002); Conversations with Jon Favreau (2011); Cowboys & Aliens (2011); Denial (2006); Días de cine (2013); Eagle Eye (2008); Ender's Game (2013); Evolution: The Genesis of 'Fringe Season 1' (2009); Exit Strategy (2015); Fringe (2008–2013); From Script to Sand: The Skorponok Desert Attack (2007); Hawaii Five-0 (2010–2020); HBO First Look (2007–2008); Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1997–1999); Identity (2014); Igniting the Sky: The Making of Cowboys & Aliens (2011); Jack of All Trades (2000); Last Call with Carson Daly (2013); Life After (2013); Limitless (2015–2016); Locke & Key (2011); Lotería (2025); Matador (2014); Minty Comedic Arts (2023); Mission: Impossible III (2006); Now You See Me (2013); Now You See Me 2 (2016); 'Now You See Me' Revealed (2013); On Story (2011–2014); Our World (2007); People Like Us (2012); Picture Perfect: The Making of the Pilot (2011); Ponies Vs. Decepticons (2015); Prophets of Science Fiction (2011–2012); Red Carpet Report (2010); Road Trip: On Location with the Cast and Crew of 'Eagle Eye' (2008); Scorpion (2014–2018); Sleepy Hollow (2013–2017); Star Trek (2009); Star Trek / Video Game (2013); Star Trek Beyond (2016); Star Trek Beyond: Trekking in the Desert (2016); Star Trek Into Darkness (2013); Star Trek Into Darkness: Aliens Encountered (2013); Star Trek Into Darkness: Fitting the Future (2013); Star Trek Into Darkness: Introducing the Villain (2013); Star Trek Into Darkness: Safety First (2013); Star Trek Into Darkness: The Enemy of My Enemy (2013); Star Trek Into Darkness: Unlocking the Cut (2013); Star Trek: A New Vision (2009); Star Trek: Casting (2009); Star Trek: Gene Rodenberry's Vision (2009); Star Trek: Props & Costumes (2009); Star Trek: Starships (2009); Star Trek: To Boldly Go (2009); Tales from the Darkside (2015); The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014); The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (2007); The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen (2009); The Island (2005); The Legend of Zorro (2005); The Legend of Zorro: Armand's Party (2006); The Mummy (2017); The Proposal (2009); The Secret Service (2004); Their War (2007); Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands: War Within the Cartel (2017); Transformers (2007); Transformers Prime (2011–2013); Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising (2013); Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Audio Commentary by Michael Bay and Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (2011); Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009); Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Burger King Commercial (2009); Villains of 'Star Trek' (2009); With an Accent (2013); Xena: Warrior Princess (1999–2000).

On this day in movie history - Midnight Run (1988)

Midnight Run

directed by Martin Brest,

written by George Gallo,

was released in the United States on July 20, 1988.

Music by Danny Elfman.

“There’s a couple of nice-lookin’ people here. Better class of people. Your people. Probably all embezzlers, too.”

– Robert De Niro, as Jack Walsh.

Cast:

Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano, Richard Foronjy, Robert Miranda, Jack Kehoe, Wendy Phillips, Danielle DuClos, Philip Baker Hall, Tom McCleister, Fran Brill.