Born on this day – Joe Mantell:

Joe Mantell

Actor

December 21, 1915 – September 29, 2010

Credits:

Alcoa Theatre (1959); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–1957); All About 'the Birds' (2000); All in the Family (1976); And Baby Makes Three (1949); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1955–1956); Arrest and Trial (1964); Barbary Pirate (1949); Barney Miller (1982); Beau James (1957); Blame It on the Night (1984); Blind Ambition (1979); Cain's Hundred (1962); Checkmate (1960); Chinatown (1974); Climax! (1956–1958); Combat! (1962); 'Combat!' Memories / Video (2004); Danger (1952); Don't Call Me Charlie (1963); Dr. Kildare (1964); Fantasy Island (1978); Goodyear Playhouse (1953–1956); Goodyear Theatre (1960); Guestward Ho! (1961); Hart to Hart (1980); Inner Sanctum (1954); Ironside (1969–1971); Judd for the Defense (1968); Justice (1956); Kelly's Heroes (1970); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Kraft Theatre (1956); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1953); Lights Out (1952); Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003); Lou Grant (1977); Mannix (1967–1969); Marty (1955); Maude (1976); Mission: Impossible (1966); Mister Buddwing (1966); Mister Peepers (1952); Modern Romances (1955); Movers & Shakers (1985); Mr. Garlund (1960); Mr. Novak (1963); My Three Sons (1964); Omnibus / Segment: The Man without a Country (1956); One Step Beyond (1959); Onionhead (1958); Out There (1951); Pete and Gladys (1961–1962); Petrocelli (1974); Port of New York (1949); Public Prosecutor (1948); Sam Benedict (1962); Short Short Dramas (1952); Starlight Theatre (1951); Storm Center (1956); Studio One (1955); Suspense (1951); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1957); The Birds (1963); The Comedy Spot (1960); The Crowded Sky (1960); The Defenders (1963); The Detectives (1960–1961); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963); The Elgin Hour (1955); The F.B.I. (1970); The Gun of Zangara (1960); The Horror Show (1979); The Loner (1966); The Man from Blackhawk (1960); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966–1967); The Millionaire (1959); The Murder Men (1962); The Roaring 20's (1960); The Sad Sack (1957); The Scarface Mob (1959); The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1964); The Twilight Zone (1960–1963); The Two Jakes (1990); The Undercover Man (1949); The Untouchables (1959–1960); The Virginian (1965); The Web (1950–1957); They Only Come Out at Night (1975); Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958); Welcome to the Basement (2016); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959).

Born on this day – Michael Carreras:

Michael Carreras

Director

Writer

Producer

December 21, 1927 – April 19, 1994

Born on this day – Ed Nelson:

Ed Nelson

Actor

December 21, 1928 – August 9, 2014

Born on this day – John G. Avildsen:

John G. Avildsen

Director

December 21, 1935 – June 16, 2017

Credits:

Let Love Last (2014); Inferno (1999); A Fine and Private Place (1998); 8 Seconds (1994); The Power of One (1992); Rocky V (1990); The Karate Kid Part III (1989); Lean on Me (1989); For Keeps? (1988); Happy New Year (1987); The Karate Kid Part II (1986); The Karate Kid (1984); Murder Ink (1983); A Night in Heaven (1983); Traveling Hopefully (1982); Neighbors (1981); The Formula (1980); Slow Dancing in the Big City (1978); Rocky (1976); Foreplay (1975); W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings (1975); Save the Tiger (1973); The Stoolie (1972); Okay Bill (1971); Cry Uncle (1971); Joe (1970); Guess What We Learned in School Today? (1970); Out of It (1969); Turn on to Love (1969); Light Sound Diffused (1965); Smiles (1964).

Born on this day – Gail Lumet Buckley:

Gail Lumet Buckley

Writer

December 21, 1937 – July 27, 2024

Credits:

Books:

American Patriots: The Story of Blacks in the Military from the Revolution to Desert Storm (2001); The Black Calhouns: From Civil War to Civil Rights with One African American Family (2016); The Hornes: An American Family (1986).

Television:

American Masters (1996–2021).

Born on this day – Jack Nance:

Jack Nance

Actor

December 21, 1943 – December 30, 1996

Born on this day – Ulli Lommel:

Ulli Lommel

Actor

Director

December 21, 1944 – December 2, 2017