Born on this day – Frank Finlay:

Frank Finlay

Actor

August 6, 1926 – January 30, 2016

Born on this day – Umberto Lenzi:

 

Umberto Lenzi

Director

Writer

August 6, 1931 – 19 October 19, 2017

Born on this day – Dion Anderson:

Dion Anderson

Actor

August 6, 1938 – April 26, 2026

Credits:

Afterburn (1992); Any Day Now (1998–2002); Blue Sky (1994); Chicago Hope (1996); Civil Wars (1991–1992); Cold Case (2004); Columbo: A Trace of Murder (1997); Cop Rock (1990); Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (2001); Cross Fire (1989); Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann (1991); Days of Our Lives (2000–2003); Delta (1992); Diagnosis Murder (1996–2001); Doctor Doctor (1989); Dream On (1993–1994); Dying Young (1991); Encore! Encore! (1999); Everything's Relative (1987); Family Law (2001–2002); First Monday (2002); Gilmore Girls (2002–2005); Guess Who's Coming for Christmas? (1990); Havana (1990); Home Improvement (1992); Honor Thy Mother (1992); Incident at Dark River (1989); Jesse Hawkes (1989); Kate & Allie (1986); L.A. Doctors (1998); L.A. Law (1989–1994); Last Flight Out (1990); Line of Fire (2004); Live Shot (1995); Married... with Children (1995); Matlock (1991); Money, Power, Murder. (1989); Mr. Deeds (2002); Murder One (1995); Murder, She Wrote (1984); Murphy Brown (1990); NBC Special Treat (1985); One Woman or Two (1985); Powerhouse (1982); Providence (2000); Reba (2002); Robin's Hoods (1994); Roe vs. Wade (1989); Rude Awakening (1989); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (2001); Secrets of the X Files, Part 2 (1996); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993); The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993); The Commish (1992); The Distinguished Gentleman (1992); The Famous Teddy Z (1989); The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991); The Golden Girls (1990); The Guardian (2003); The Practice (1999); The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play (1996); The Shawshank Redemption (1994); The Single Guy (1997); The X-Files (1996); Thunder Alley (1995); Townies (1996); Union Square (1997); Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story (1993); While Justice Sleeps (1994); Will & Grace (2001); Wiseguy (1989).

On this day in movie history - Pushover (1954)

Pushover

directed by Richard Quine,

written by Roy Huggins,

was released in the United States on August 6, 1954.

Based on the novels The Night Watch by Thomas Walsh and Rafferty by William S. Ballinger.

Music by Arthur Morton.

Cast:

Fred MacMurray, Philip Carey, Kim Novak, Dorothy Malone, E.G. Marshall, Allen Nourse, James Anderson, Joe Bailey, Tony Barrett, Walter Beaver, Richard Bryan, Robert Carson, Phil Chambers, Dick Crockett, John De Simone, Alan Dexter, Don C. Harvey, Anne Loos, Mort Mills, Ann Morriss, Paul Picerni, Murray Pollack, Paul Richards, Marion Ross, K.L. Smith, Robert Stevenson, Hal Taggart, John Tarangelo, Mel Welles, Jack Wilson.

On this day in movie history - Human Desire (1954)

Human Desire

directed by Fritz Lang,

written by Alfred Hayes,

based on the novel La Bête humaine by Émile Zola,

was released in the United States on August 6, 1954.

Cast:

Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford, Edgar Buchanan, Kathleen Case, Peggy Maley, Diane DeLaire, Grandon Rhodes, Benjie Bancroft, Paul Brinegar, Minta Durfee, Jean Engstrom, Victor Hugo Greene, Don C. Harvey, Carl Lee, John Maxwell, John Pickard, Dan Riss, Scott Seaton, Allen D. Sewall, Dan Seymour, Olan Soule, Hal Taggart, John Zaremba.

On this day in movie history - The Fugitive (1993)

The Fugitive

directed by Andrew Davis,

written by Jeb Stuart and David Twohy, and based on a story by David Twohy,

was released in the United States on August 6, 1993.

Also based on the TV series The Fugitive, starring David Janssen and created by Roy Huggins,

that ran for four seasons from 1963 to 1967.

Music by James Newton Howard.

Cast:

Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Joe Pantoliano, Andreas Katsulas, Jeroen Krabbé, Daniel Roebuck, Tom Wood, L. Scott Caldwell, Johnny Lee Davenport, Julianne Moore, Ron Dean, Joseph Kosala, Jane Lynch, Dick Cusack, Andy Romano, Nick Searcy, Eddie Bo Smith, Neil Flynn, Richard Riehle, Kirsten Nelson, David Darlow, Frank Ray Perilli, Lester Holt.

On this day in movie history - Collateral (2004)

Collateral

directed by Michael Mann,

written by Stuart Beattie,

was released in the United States on August 6, 2004.

Music by James Newton Howard.

Cast:

Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg, Bruce McGill, Irma P. Hall, Barry Shabaka Henley, Richard T. Jones, Klea Scott, Bodhi Elfman, Debi Mazar, Javier Bardem, Emilio Rivera, Jamie McBride, Ken Waters, Charlie E. Schmidt, Michael Bentt, Ian Hannin, Robert Deamer, David Mersault, Anthony Ochoa, Edgar Sánchez, Cosme Urquiola, Thomas Rosales Jr., Wade Williams, Paul Adelstein, Jessica Ferrarone, Troy Blendell, Inmo Yuon, Howard Bachrach, Chic Daniel, Corinne Chooey, JoNell Kennedy, Steven Kozlowski, Roger Stoneburner, Rodney Sandberg, George Petrina, Donald Dean, Elliott Newman, Trevor Ware, Bobby English, Auggie Cavanagh, Ronald Muldrow, Peter McKernan, Ivor Shier, Daniel Luján, Eddie Diaz, Joey Burns, John Convertino, Josh Cruze, Martin Flores, Rick Garcia, Larry G. Goldman, Maurilio Pineda, Dan Sistos, Jacob Valenzuela, Luis Villegas, Yussi Wenger, Jason Statham, Angelo Tiffe, Ismeal Vidrio, Ron Eckert, Manuel Urrego, Jessie Bernard, Luis Moncada, Dyna Teal, Sandi Schroeder, Michael-John Wolfe, Addie Yungmee, J.D. McElroy, Megan Hiratzka, Kate Gopacco, Christy Yi, Lisa Marie Basada, Wilson Wong, Mark Stainbrook, Brandon Molale, Marianne M. Arreaga, Spike Silver, Ben Mihm, Niles Roth, Linda Asuma, Esther K. Chae, Danny Del Toro, Tara Erickson, Melissa Gomez, Annabella Gutman, Janet Linn, Gino Montesinos, Janessa Mun, Masami Okada, Janice Paik, Neil Patil, Gary Rodriguez, Erina Sako, Emily VanSonnenberg, Emily Ming-An Wang, Michael Waxman, Henry T. Yamada.