Born on this day – John Ashton:

John Ashton

Actor

February 22, 1948 – September 26, 2024

Credits:

A Death in California (1985); All Happy Families (2023); American Christmas (2019); An Eye for an Eye (1973); Avalanche (1999); Back to Wonderful: A Conversation with Howard Deutch (2022); Barnaby Jones (1976); Beverly Hills Cop (1984); Beverly Hills Cop II (1987); Beverly Hills Cop II: The Phenomenon Continues (2002); Beverly Hills Cop: A Glimpse Into the Casting Process (2002); Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024); Beverly Hills Cop: The Phenomenon Begins (2002); Bill's Gun Shop (2001); Body & Soul (2002); Borderline (1980); Brats (2024); Breaking Away (1979–1981); Brookside (1987–1997); Brothers (1986); Capturing Authenticity: Casting 'Gone Baby Gone' (2008); Carter Country (1978); Cat Murkil and the Silks (1976); Code R (1977); Columbo (1974); Curly Sue (1991); Dallas (1978–1979); Death in Texas (2020); Dirty Work (1992); EastEnders (1995); Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981); Emergency! (1974); Fairly Legal (2011); Family (2003); Fantasy Island (1999); Fast Money (1996); For Which He Stands (1996); Glenn Frey: The Heat Is On (1984); Going to California (2001); Gone Baby Gone (2007); Hardball (1989–1990); Hardcastle and McCormick (1986); Hey Marvin!: An Interview with Actor John Ashton (2016); Hidden Assassin (1995); Honky Tonk Freeway (1981); Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink 2 (2024); Hot Bath, Stiff Drink, an' a Close Shave (2024); I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989); I Want to Go Home (1989); In the Living Years (1994); Instinct (1999); JAG (1996 / 1998); Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part (2005); Judging Amy (2001); King Kong Lives (1986); King of the Hill (1998); Kojak (1974); Last Resort (1986); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2009); Lawman Without a Gun (1978); Little Big League (1994); Little Girls in Pretty Boxes (1997); Lonesome Soldier (2023); Love, Lies and Murder (1991); M*A*S*H (1977); Making a Deal with the Devil (2019); Meet the Cast of Some Kind of Wonderful (2006); Meet the Deedles (1998); Middle Men (2009); Midnight Run (1988); Minty Comedic Arts (2023); Money Hunt: The Mystery of the Missing Link (1984); My Father's House (1975); My Little Baby (2019); My Uncle Sidney (1998); Oh, God! (1977); Once Upon a River (2019); Phyllis (1976); Poddywood (2021–2022); Police Squad! (1982); Police Squad: Gag Reel (2006); Police Story (1976); Police Woman (1977); Reign of the Gargoyles (2007); Saturday's (1991); She's Having a Baby (1988); So Evil, My Sister (1974); Some Kind of Wonderful (1987); Starsky and Hutch (1977–1978); Sweet Deadly Dreams (2006); The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984); The A-Team (1985); The Daniel Baldwin Show (2023); The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998); The Deliberate Stranger (1986); The Finder (2012); The Joke Thief (2018); The Last Big Save (2019); The Making of 'Beverly Hills Cop II' (1987); The Making of 'Midnight Run' (1987); The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful (2006); The Music of Beverly Hills Cop (2002); The Neighborhood (2017); The Rhinemann Exchange (1977); The Tommyknockers (1993); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2002); The Tracey Ullman Show (1990); The Twilight Zone / Segment: Chameleon (1985); The Wilds of Ten Thousand Islands (1978); Today (2024); Trapped in Paradise (1994); Uncle John (2015); Wonder Woman (1977).

Born on this day – Richard Greenberg:

Richard Greenberg

Writer

February 22, 1958 – July 2025

Credits:

A Naked Girl on the Appian Way; Bal Masque; Breakfast at Tiffany's; Eastern Standard; Everett Beekin; Hurrah at Last; Jenny Keeps Talking; Life Under Water; Neptune's Hips; Night And Her Stars; Our Mother's Brief Affair; Pal Joey; Take Me Out; The American Plan; The Assembled Parties; The Author's Voice & Imagining Brad; The Babylon Line; The Bloodletters; The Dance of Death; The Dazzle; The Extra Man; The House in Town; The Hunger Artist; The Injured Party; The Maderati; The Violet Hour; The Well-Appointed Room; Three Days of Rain; Vanishing Act.

Movies and Television:

American Playhouse (1989); Santa's Little Helper (1999); Sisters (1991–1993); Take Me Out (2005); The 57th Annual Tony Awards (2003); The Phony (2010); Theater Talk (2016); Time of Your Life (1999); Trying Times (1989); Working in the Theatre (2003).

On this day in movie history - After Office Hours (1935)

After Office Hours

directed by Robert Z. Leonard,

written by Herman J. Mankiewicz, Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Ethel B. Borden,

based on a story by Laurence Stallings and Dale Van Every,

was released in the United States on February 22, 1935.

Music by Edward Ward.

Cast:

Constance Bennett, Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin, Billie Burke, Harvey Stephens, Katharine Alexander, Hale Hamilton, Henry Travers, Henry Armetta, Charles Richman, Herbert Bunston, Margaret Dumont, William Demarest, Rita La Roy.

On this day in movie and book history - Hustling (1975)

Hustling

directed by Joseph Sargent,

written by Fay Kanin,

based on the 1971 series Redpants and Sugarman, published in New York Magazine,

 and the book by Gail Sheehy,

was released in the United States on February 22, 1975.

Music by Jerry Fielding.

Cast:

Lee Remick, Monte Markham, Jill Clayburgh, Alex Rocco, Melanie Mayron, Beverly Hope Atkinson, Dick O'Neill, Burt Young, Paul Benedict, John Sylvester White, Allan Miller, Burke Byrnes, James Andronica, Howard Hesseman, Clifford A. Pellow, Stephen Nathan, Alex Colon, Richard Keith, Lisa Daniels, Bernie McInerney, Edward Colmans, Kathryn Janssen, Bruce Kirby, Lauren Simon, Tim Thomerson, Garry Walberg, Buck Young.

Recommended reading:

 

Hustling

by Gail Sheehy.
 
Filmed as Hustling (1975), directed by Joseph Sargent.
 
Mass Market Paperback.
Published by Dell.
First published 1974.

ISBN 13: 9780440138006
ISBN 10: 0440138000
ASIN: 0440138000
 
Description:

Hustling. Hell’s bedrooms. The blindingly real inside story of the netherworld of prostitution, the whole sordid subculture of brutal pimps, Mafia businessmen, profit-mad landlords, venal lawyers – and the women, from ghettos and suburbs, who sell their bodies on the street, at cheap hotels and expensive brothels, in the tawdry whirl of the world’s oldest profession.

“It took guts to write this book … there is a street toughness to the writing that is gripping.” – Newsday.

“A kind of Times Square peep show tour …” – Washington Post.

“realistic … brings the world of the prostitute to life, real life.” – Sacramento Bee.

On this day in the Star Trek universe - The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 5. Episode 15.

Episode entitled: Power Play.

Released February 22, 1992.

Directed by David Livingston.

Written by Gene Roddenberry, Rene Balcer, Herbert Wright, Brannon Braga, Paul Ruben, Maurice Hurley, René Echevarria.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast:

Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Rosalind Chao, Colm Meaney, Michelle Forbes, Ryan Reid, Majel Barrett, Joe Baumann, Christine Anne Baur, Michael Braveheart, Cameron, Gerard David Jr., Elliot Durant III, Keith Gearhart, Melba Gonzalez, Rosine 'Ace' Hatem, Christi Haydon, Gary Hunter, Mark Lentry, Holly McBee, Lorine Mendell, Christina Wegler Miles, Denise Lynne Roberts, Joyce Robinson, Gina Saadi, Lincoln Simonds, Patricia Tallman, Guy Vardaman.

On this day in music history - The album Groove Milk, by Carolyn Wonderland and the Imperial Monkeys (1993)

Groove Milk

by Carolyn Wonderland and the Imperial Monkeys

was released on February 22, 1993.

Track list:

Dinosaur Song; 100 Hands; Comfort Table; Wrong Side Of Dead; Darling Girl (Boy); Oh Father; Every Word She Says; Much Too Much; Dives And Divas; Countin' On You.

E. L. Konigsburg, on writing:

 

Finish.

The difference between being a writer and being a person of talent is the discipline it takes to apply the seat of your pants to the seat of your chair and finish.

Don't talk about it.

Do it.

Finish.

- E. L. Konigsburg.