Born on this day – William Conrad:

William Conrad

Actor

Producer

Director

September 27, 1920 – February 11, 1994

Credits:

-30- (1959); 5 Against the House (1955); 77 Sunset Strip (1963); Acapulco (1961); Any Number Can Play (1949); Arch of Triumph (1948); Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan (1975); Barnaby Jones (1973); Bat Masterson (1958); Battle of the Bulge (1965); Battles: The Murder That Wouldn't Die (1980); Body and Soul (1947); Bold Venture (1959); Brainstorm (1965); Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979); Cannon (1971); Chamber of Horrors (1966); Chisum (1970); Countdown (1967); Cry Danger (1951); Cry of the Hunted (1953); D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill (1971); Dial 1119 (1950); East Side, West Side (1949); Escape (1950); F Troop (1965); First to Fight (1967); Four Faces West (1948); G.E. True (1962); Geronimo (1962); Gorath (1962); Gunsmoke (1963); Have Gun - Will Travel (1962); Highway Patrol (1959); Hoppity Hooper (1965); Hotel (1986); How the West Was Won (1976); Hudson Hawk (1991); In Like Flynn (1985); It Takes a Thief (1970); Jake and the Fatman (1987); Joan of Arc (1948); Johnny Concho (1956); Keefer (1978); Keep America Beautiful: The Crying Indian (1971); Killing Cars (1986); King of Diamonds (1961); Klondike (1960); Lock Up (1960); Lone Star (1952); Mackenzie's Raiders (1959); Manimal (1983); Matlock (1986); Men Into Space (1960); Moonshine County Express (1977); Motor Scouts (1975); Murder, She Wrote (1984); My Blood Runs Cold (1965); Naked City (1961); Nero Wolfe (1981); Night Cries (1978); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971); One Way Street (1950); Pillow to Post (1945); Police Squad! (1982); Ripcord (1961); Route 66 (1961); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1972); Saints and Sinners (1962); Shocktrauma (1982); Side Show (1981); Sorry, Wrong Number (1948); Storefront Lawyers (1970); Tales of the Unexpected (1977); Target (1958); Target: The Corruptors (1961); Temple Houston (1963); Tension (1949); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Aquanauts (1961); The Best of Mr. Peabody & Sherman (1959); The Bob Mathias Story (1954); The Brady Kids (1972); The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970); The Bullwinkle Show (1959); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1960); The City (1977); The Conqueror (1956); The Cremation of Sam McGee: A Poem by Robert W. Service (1982); The Desert Song (1953); The Dudley Do-Right Show (1959); The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974); The Fall Guy (1984); The Force of Evil (1977); The Fugitive (1963); The High Chaparral (1970); The Highwayman (1987); The Killers (1946); The Man and the Challenge (1959); The Man from Galveston (1963); The Mikado (1982); The Milkman (1950); The Naked Jungle (1954); The Name of the Game (1969); The New Adventures of the Lone Ranger (1980); The Racket (1951); The Rebels (1979); The Return of Frank Cannon (1980); The Return of the King (1980); The Ride Back (1957); The Rifleman (1959); The Rough Riders (1958); The Sword of Monte Cristo (1951); This Man Dawson (1959); To the Victor (1948); Tombstone Territory (1959); Trauma Center (1983); Turnover Smith (1980); Two on a Guillotine (1965); Vengeance: The Story of Tony Cimo (1986); Zero Hour! (1957).

Born on this day – Arthur Penn:

Arthur Penn

Director

Producer

September 27, 1922 – September 28, 2010

Credits:

100 Centre Street (2001); Alice's Restaurant (1969); Bonnie and Clyde (1967); Dead of Winter (1987); Flesh and Blood (1968); Four Friends (1981); Goodyear Television Playhouse (1953); Hungarian Emergency Relief Organization Christmas Day Special (1956); Inside (1996); Justice (1954); Kraft Mystery Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1953–1955); Little Big Man (1970); Lumière and Company (1995); Mickey One (1965); Night Moves (1975); Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989); Playhouse 90 (1957); Playwrights '56 (1955); Producers' Showcase (1954); Studio One (1956); Target (1985); The Chase (1966); The Gulf Playhouse (1953); The Left Handed Gun (1958); The Miracle Worker (1962); The Missouri Breaks (1976); The Portrait (1993); Visions of Eight (1973).

Born on this day – Roger C. Carmel:

Roger C. Carmel

Actor

September 27, 1932 – November 11, 1986

Credits:

A House Is Not a Home (1964); Act One (1963); Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1986); All in the Family (1977); Alvarez Kelly (1966); Anatomy of a Seduction (1979); Anna and the King (1972); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1961–1962); B.J. and the Bear (1979); Banacek (1972); Batman (1967); Batmania from Comics to Screen (1989); Blue Light (1966); Breezy (1973); Car 54, Where Are You? (1962); CBS Storybreak (1987); Chico and the Man (1975); Diff'rent Strokes (1982); DuckTales (1987); East Side / West Side (1963); Everglades! (1962); Fitz and Bones (1981); Gambit (1966); Get Christie Love! (1975); Getting Together (1971); Goodbye Charlie (1964); Great Ghost Tales (1961); Hardly Working (1980); Hart to Hart (1980); Hawaii Five-O (1971–1972); Hogan's Heroes (1965); I Spy (1965–1967); Insight (1969); Ironside (1971); It Takes a Thief (1968); It Takes Two (1969–1970); It's Your Bet (1970–1971); Kaye Ballard - The Show Goes On (2019); Lamp Unto My Feet (1962); Laverne & Shirley (1980); Look Up and Live (1961); Marathon Bar: Captain Quick (1974); McCloud (1975); McMillan & Wife (1973); My Brother the Angel (1966); My Dog, the Thief (1969); My Living Doll (1964–1965); Myra Breckinridge (1970); Naked City (1960–1963); North by Northwest (1959); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1968); Premiere (1968); Route 66 (1960–1964); Skullduggery (1970); Snorks (1985); Stage Struck (1958); Star Trek (1966–1967); Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973); Stump the Stars (1970); Switch (1975); Terror at Alcatraz (1982); That's Life (1979); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The Art of Love (1965); The Defenders (1961); The Dick Van Dyke Show (1964); The Doris Day Show (1972); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Glo Friends (1986); The Greatest Show on Earth (1963); The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977); The High Chaparral (1971); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1968); The Invisible Man (1975); The Magical World of Disney (1969); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1965); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1980); The Mothers-In-Law (1967–1968); The Munsters (1965); The New Adventures of Jonny Quest (1986–1987); The Patty Duke Show (1964); The Paul Lynde Show (1973); The Phyllis Diller Show (1966); The San Pedro Beach Bums (1977); The Silencers (1966); The Smurfs (1986); The Telephone Book (1971); The Transformers (1985–1986); The Transformers: The Movie (1986); The Venetian Affair (1966); Three's Company (1979); Thunder and Lightning (1977); Today (1967); Transformers: Five Faces of Darkness (1986); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1965).

Born on this day – Will Sampson:

Will Sampson

Actor

Painter

Rodeo performer

September 27, 1933 – June 3, 1987

Credits:

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980); American Playhouse (1986); Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006); Born to the Wind (1981); Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976); Completely Cuckoo (1997); Cowboysan (1978); Crazy Mama (1975); Eastwood in Action (1976); Entretien avec Philippe Guedj (2024); Firewalker (1986); Fish Hawk (1979); From Here to Eternity (1979 / 1980); Great Spirit Within the Hole (1983); Hell Hath No Fury (1999); I Am (2010); Images of Indians (1979–1980); Insignificance (1985); One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975); Orca (1977); Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986); Relentless (1977); Reservation Dogs (2022); Standing Tall (1978); Tall Tales & Legends (1986); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); The Gunfighters (1987); The Hunted Lady (1977); The Mystic Warrior (1984); The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976); The White Buffalo (1977); The Yellow Rose (1983–1984); Vega$ (1978–1980); Wildside (1985).

Born on this day – Wilford Brimley:

Wilford Brimley

Actor

Singer

September 27, 1934 – August 1, 2020

Credits:

10 to Midnight (1983); 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2021); A Place to Grow (1995); Absence of Malice (1981); Act of Vengeance (1986); All My Friends Are Cowboys (1998); Amber Waves (1980); Bandolero! (1968); Big John (2006); Billy the Kid (1989); Biography (1999); Blood River (1991); Borderline (1980); Born to Ride: Cody Wright and the Quest for a World Title (2009); Brigham City (2001); Brubaker (1980); Chapter Perfect (1997); Cocoon (1985); Cocoon: The Return (1988); Comanche (2000); Country (1984); Crossfire Trail (2001); Death Valley (1982); Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009); Double Toasted (2022); End of the Line (1987); Entertainment Tonight (2020); Eternity (1990); Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985); Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville (1987); Hard Target (1993); Harry & Son (1984); Heaven Sent (1994); High Road to China (1983); Homicide: Life on the Street (1994); How the West Was Won (1979); I Believe (2017); In & Out (1997); Jackals (1986); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1989); Keeper of the Flame (2005); Kung Fu (1975); Larry King Live (2003); Last of the Dogmen (1995); Lawman (1971); Liberty Medical Commercial (2004); Liberty Medical Wilford Brimley Diabetes Commercial (1990); Live with Kelly and Mark (1990); Lunker Lake (1998); Mansome (2012); Masque (2012); Miracles & Mercies (2002); Murder in Space (1985); Mutant Species (1994); My Fellow Americans (1996); One on One with John Tesh (1992); OP Center (1995); Our House (1986–1988); PC and the Web (2001); Pitcher and the Pin-Up (2003); Progeny (1998); Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985); Resurrection Mary (2002); Rétrogaming made in France (2019); Rodeo Girl (1980); Roughnecks (1980); Seinfeld (1997); Shadows on the Wall (1986); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Summer of the Monkeys (1998); TCM Remembers 2020 (2020); Tender Mercies (1983); Terror in the Aisles (1984); The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2020); The Awakening Land (1978); The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (2001); The Big Black Pill (1981); The Boys of Twilight (1992); The China Syndrome (1979); The Electric Horseman (1979); The Firm (1983 / 1993); The Frollo Show (2011–2020); The Frollo Show (2019); The Good Old Boys (1995); The Hotel New Hampshire (1984); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2011–2013); The Making of 'Absence of Malice' (1982); The Making of 'the China Syndrome' (1979); The Men of Outpost 31 (2016); The Natural (1984); The Natural: The Best There Ever Was (2016); The Oregon Trail (1976–1977); The Oscars (2021); The Path of the Wind (2009); The Round and Round (2002); The Stone Boy (1984); The Thing (1982); The Waltons (1974–1977); The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979); Thompson's Last Run (1986); Timber the Treasure Dog (2016); Tough Enough (1983); True Grit (1969); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Walker, Texas Ranger (1993); Where the Red Fern Grows: Part Two (1992); Wilson's Floral (2016); Yellowstone (2020 / 2021).

Born on this day – Claude Jarman Jr.:

 

Claude Jarman Jr.

Actor

Producer

Director

September 27, 1934 – January 12, 2025

 

Credits:

Bigger Than Life with Claude Jarman Jr. (2020); Centennial (1979); Classified X (2007); Fair Wind to Java (1953); Fillmore (1972); Hangman's Knot (1952); High Barbaree (1947); Inside Straight (1951); Intruder in the Dust (1949); John Ford et Monument Valley (2013); MGM Parade (1956); Rio Grande (1950); Roughshod (1949); Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (1949); That's Entertainment! (1974); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003); The Best of the Post (1960); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Great Locomotive Chase (1956); The Magical World of Disney (1961); The Mike Douglas Show (1980); The Outriders (1950); The Story of Lassie (1994); The Sun Comes Up (1949); The Yearling (1946); Wagon Train (1959).

Born on this day – Meat Loaf:

Meat Loaf

Singer

Actor

September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022

Credits:

Albums:

Bat Out of Hell (1977); Dead Ringer (1981); Midnight at the Lost and Found (1983); Bad Attitude (1984); Blind Before I Stop (1986); Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993); Welcome to the Neighbourhood (1995); Couldn't Have Said It Better (2003); Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose (2006); Hang Cool Teddy Bear (2010); Hell in a Handbasket (2011); Braver Than We Are (2016).

Movies / television / music videos:

Ghost Wars (2017–2018); Elementary (2012); Meat Loaf: Going All the Way (2016); Meat Loaf Feat. Stacy Michelle: Speaking in Tongues (2016); Sausage Party (2016); Wishin' and Hopin' (2014); Stage Fright (2014); All American Christmas Carol (2013); The Moment (2013); Meatloaf: Guilty Pleasure Tour, Live from Sydney (2012); U B Da Judge (2012); Fairly Legal (2011); Absolute Killers (2011); Polish Bar (2010); Glee (2009); Beautiful Boy (2010); Burning Bright (2010); Meat Loaf: Los Angeloser (2010); Monk (2002); Citizen Jane (2009); House (2004); Jimmy Kimmel & Ben Affleck: I'm Fucking Ben Affleck (2008); Urban Decay (2007); Meat Loaf: Cry Over Me (2007); Meat Loaf: Blind As a Bat (2006); Masters of Horror (2005); Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (2006); Meat Loaf Feat. Marion Raven: It's All Coming Back to Me Now (2006); The Pleasure Drivers (2006); Memento of Flesh and Bones (2005); BloodRayne (2005); Crazylove (2005); Chasing Ghosts (2005); Extreme Dating (2005); Fight Club (2004); A Hole in One (2004); Meat Loaf: Did I Say That? (2003); Meat Loaf: Man of Steel (2003); Learning Curves (2003); Meat Loaf: Couldn't Have Said It Better (2003); John Doe (2002); The Car Kid (2002); Wishcraft (2002); The Salton Sea (2002); Polish Spaghetti (2001); Formula 51 (2001); Focus (2001); Trapped (2001); Rustin (2001); Italian Ties (2001); The Ballad of Lucy Whipple (2001); From Spam to Sperm (2000); Blacktop (2000); The Outer Limits (1995); The Diary of the Hurdy-Gurdy Man (1999); Python Night: 30 Years of Monty Python (1999); Fight Club (1999); Crazy in Alabama (1999); Meat Loaf: Is Nothing Sacred (1999); Outside Ozona (1998); South Park (1997); Everything That Rises (1998); The Mighty (1998); Black Dog (1998); Gunshy (1998); Spice World (1997); Dead Man's Gun (1997); Nash Bridges (1996); Meat Loaf: Not a Dry Eye in the House (1996); Meat Loaf: I'd Lie for You (and That's the Truth) (1995); Meat Loaf: Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are (1994); To Catch a Yeti (1994); Meat Loaf: Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through (1994); Top of the Pops (1964); Cher: The Video Collection (1993); Psyched for Snuppa (1993); Meat Loaf: I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) (1993); Leap of Faith (1992); The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992); Tales from the Crypt (1989); Lightning Force (1991); Wayne's World (1992); Motorama (1991); Monsters (1988); The Squeeze (1987); Meat Loaf: Getting Away with Murder (1986); Talking Heads: Wild Wild Life (1986); Meat Loaf Feat. John Parr: Rock 'n' Roll Mercenaries (1986); Out of Bounds (1986); The Wrestlers: Land of a Thousand Dances (1985); The Equalizer (1985); Rebellious Jukebox (1983); Feel the Motion (1985); Meat Loaf: Surf's Up (1984); Meat Loaf: Nowhere Fast (1984); Meat Loaf: Modern Girl (1984); Meat Loaf: Razor's Edge (1983); Meat Loaf: If You Really Want To (1983); Will Powers: Adventures in Success (1983); Dead Ringer (1982); Meat Loaf: More Than You Deserve (1981); Meat Loaf: I'm Gonna Love Her for Both of Us (1981); Meat Loaf: Dead Ringer for Love (1981); Roadie (1980); Scavenger Hunt (1979); Americathon (1979); Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell (1979); Meat Loaf: You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) (1978); Meat Loaf: Two Out of Three Ain't Bad (1978); Meat Loaf: Paradise by the Dashboard Light (1977); The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975); State Fair (1962).