Born on this day – Sam Peckinpah:

Sam Peckinpah

Director

Writer

February 21, 1925 – December 28, 1984

Credits:

Essential Music Videos: Classic '80s / Too Late for Goodbyes (2004); Julian Lennon: Valotte (1984); Julian Lennon: Too Late for Goodbyes (1984); The Osterman Weekend (1983); Sparks: Funny Face (1981); Convoy (1978); Cross of Iron (1977); The Killer Elite (1975); Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974); Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973); The Getaway (1972); Junior Bonner (1972); Straw Dogs (1971); The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970); The Wild Bunch (1969); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); ABC Stage 67 (1966); The Cincinnati Kid (1965); Major Dundee (1965); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); Ride the High Country (1962); Route 66 (1960); The Deadly Companions (1961); The Westerner (1960); Klondike (1960); Zane Grey Theatre (1956); The Rifleman (1958–1959), Broken Arrow (1958).

Born on this day – Bob Rafelson:

Bob Rafelson

Director

Writer

Producer

February 21, 1933 – July 23, 2022

Born on this day – Jilly Cooper:

Jilly Cooper

Writer

Actress

February 21, 1937 – October 5, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Angels Rush In (1990); Animals in War (1983); Appassionata (1996); Bella (1976); Between the Covers (2020); Class: A View from Middle England (1979); Emily (1975); Harriet (1976); Horse Mania! (1986); Hotfoot to Zabriskie Point (1985); How to Stay Married (1969); How to Survive Christmas (1986); How to Survive from Nine to Five (1970); Imogen (1978); Intelligent and Loyal (1981); Jolly Marsupial (1982); Jolly Super (1971); Jolly Super Too (1973); Jolly Superlative (1975); Jump! (2010); Lisa & Co. / aka Love and Other Heartaches (1981); Little Mabel (1980); Little Mabel Saves the Day (1985); Little Mabel Wins (1982); Little Mabel's Great Escape (1981); Men and Super Men (1972); Mount! (2016); Octavia (1977); On Cricket (1985); On Rugby (1984); Pandora (2002); Polo (1991); Prudence (1978); Riders (1985); Rivals / aka Players (1988); Score! (1999); Supercooper (1980); Superjilly (1977); Supermen and Superwomen (1976); Tackle! (2023); The British in Love (1979); The Common Years (1984); The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (1993); Turn Right at the Spotted Dog (1987); Violets and Vinegar: An Anthology of Women's Writings and Sayings (1980); Wicked! (2006); Women and Super Women (1974); Work and Wedlock (1977).

Movies and television:

3 Minute Wonder (2007); A Better Read (1980); All Rise for Julian Clary (1996); Aquarius (1971); BBC Play of the Month / Three Piece Suite (1977); Blankety Blank (1978); Bookmark (1992 / 1996); Brass Eye (1997); Breakfast (2006–2008); Call My Bluff (1976–1998); Clive Anderson Talks Back (1992); Comedy Playhouse (1971); Connections (1982); Countdown (2005); Daytime Live (1989); Deadline (2007); Desert Island Discs (2020); Did You See..? (1982); Do the Right Thing (1994); Friday Night, Saturday Morning (1979); Give Us a Clue (1983); Grumpy Old Women (2005); Grumpy Old Women at Christmas (2004); Hearts of Gold (1990); In at the Deep End (1987); In My Own Words: Jilly Cooper (2024); In the Know (2004); It's Awfully Bad for Your Eyes, Darling (1971); It's Patently Obvious (1978); Jackanory (1984–1987); James Randi: Psychic Investigator (1991); Light Lunch (1997); Loose Ends (1985); Loose Women (2010); Mark Lawson Talks to... (2006); Monkey Business (1985); Never Mind the Full Stops (2006); Octavia (2009); Pointless Celebrities (2018); Points West (2015); Portrait Artist of the Year (2014); Posh People: Inside Tatler (2014); Pride and Prejudice Revisited (2005); Question Time (1999); Read All About It (1975–1978); Reader, I Married Him (2006); Reading the Decades (2002); Remembers... (2024); Richard & Judy (2007); Riders (1993); Rivals (2024); Romance (1977); Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth (2024); Ruby (2002); Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey (2012); Speaking Volumes (1991); Television Scrabble (1985); Telly Addicts (1998); The Big Breakfast (1997); The Book Programme (1979); The Book Show (2007–2010); The Brian Connell Interview (1977); The Car's the Star (1999); The Garden Party (1991); The Good Food Show (1996); The Joy of Christmas (2003); The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous (1997); The One Show (2010); The Rolf Harris Show (1974); The Royal Wedding of HRH the Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles (2005); The TV Book Club (2011); The Weakest Link (2002–2004); The Write Stuff (1988); This Is Your Life (1980–2000); This Morning (1999–2020); Through the Keyhole (2006); Truly, Madly, Single (1998); TV Years (2024); V Graham Norton (2002); VE Day 75 VE Day: Remembering Victory (2020); VE Day: Remembering Victory (2015); What's My Line? (1984–1990); Wogan (1982–1991).

Born on this day – John Lewis:

John Lewis

Congressman

Civil rights activist

Writer

Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2011

 February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020

Credits:

Across That Bridge (2012); Carry On (2021); Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice (2006); March: Book One (2013); March: Book Three (2016); March: Book Two (2015); Run: Book One (2021); Walking with the Wind (1998).

Born on this day – Alan Rickman:

Alan Rickman

Actor

Director

February 21, 1946 – January 14, 2016

#DieHard, #LoveActually, #HarryPotter

Born on this day – Terry Louise Fisher:

 

Terry Louise Fisher

Writer

Producer

February 21, 1946 – June 10, 2025

Credits:

2000 Malibu Road (1992); Bar Girls (1990); Blue Bayou (1990); Cagney & Lacey (1983–1986); Cagney & Lacey: The Return (1994); Cagney & Lacey: Together Again (1995); Cutter to Houston (1983); Hooperman (1987); L.A. Law (1986–1994); L.A. Law 100th Episode Celebration (1991); L.A. Law: The Movie (2002); Second Thoughts (1983); Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies (1987); The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1985); The 39th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1987); The Media Show (1987); The Mississippi (1983); This Girl for Hire (1983); Your Place... or Mine (1983).

Born on this day – Adrian Schiller:

 

Adrian Schiller

Actor

February 21, 1964 – April 2024

Credits:

A Cure for Wellness (2016); A Girl Goes for Dinner (2016); A Little Chaos (2014); A Touch of Frost (2000); Ashes in the Snow (2018); Ashes to Ashes (2009); Assassin's Creed III (2012); Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (2013); Assassin's Creed: Unity (2014); Beauty and the Beast (2017); Being Human (2010); Best of the Companions (2011); Best of the Doctor (2011); Black Earth Rising (2018); Bright Star (2009); Brighton Rock (2010); Bugs (1996); Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate (2013); Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (2010); Censor (2021); Coming Up (2010); Death in Paradise (2021); Doctor Who (2011); Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures (2006); Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor Adventures (2021); Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion (2014); Dog Days (2025); Endeavour (2014); Fable III (2010); Father Brown (2024); Fields of Gold (2002); Genius (2018); George Eliot: A Scandalous Life (2002); Ghosts (1995); Going Postal (2010); GoldenEye 007 (2010); Good (2008); Goodbye Mondays (2018); Holby City (2012); In Search of Shakespeare (2004); Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings (2009); Inside Suffragette (2016); Jester (2024); Judge John Deed (2002); Lot254 (2012); Man in an Orange Shirt (2017); My Family (2001); New Tricks (2010); Nostradamus (2006); Prime Suspect 2 (1992); Prime Suspect 3 (1993); Public Information Film (PIF) / Moment of Doubt / Department of Transport / Think! Road Safety / (2007); Raid: World War II (2017); Raised by Wolves (2020); Remainder (2015); Residue (2015); RKO 281 (1999); Screen One (1993); Significance (2015); Silent Witness (1996–2007); Silk (2011); Son of God (2014); Spotless (2015); Suburban Shootout (2007); Suffragette (2015); Suffragette: Looking Back, Looking Forward (2016); Surrealissimo: The Scandalous Success of Salvador Dali (2002); Talking to the Dead (2013); The Bible (2013); The Bill (1995–2009); The Chelsea Detective (2023); The Crucible (2014); The Danish Girl (2015); The Devil's Mistress (2008); The Hollow Crown (2012); The IT Crowd (2007); The Kidnap (2000); The Last Kingdom (2018–2022); The Marlowe Sessions (2024); The Mercy (2018); The Musketeers (2014); The New Look (2024); The Secret Agent (2015); The Ten Commandments (2006); This Morning (2016); Tolkien (2019); Undercover (2016); Van der Valk (2022); Victor Frankenstein (2015); Victoria (2016–2019); Wild Target (2010); Zen (2011).