Born on this day – Tom Noonan:

Tom Noonan

Actor

Director

Writer

April 12, 1951 – February 14, 2026

Credits:

12 Monkeys (2015–2018); A Buck's Worth (2005); A Constant Forge (2000); An Unpredictable Thing (2001); Animals. (2018); Anomalisa (2015); Bar Karma (2011); Behind the scenes with Last Action Hero (1993); Best Defense (1984); Bone Daddy (1991); Bright Falls (2010); Bullet in the Brain (2001); Celebrity Chatter and Things that Matter with Elijah (2023); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007); Collision Course (1989); Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2' (2017); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2002); Damages (2009–2011); Dimension 404 (2017); Early Edition (1996); Easy Money (1983); Eddie Macon's Run (1983); Eight Legged Freaks (2002); F/X (1986); Fan Expo vs. Comicon (2021); Follow the Prophet (2009); Gloria (1980); Hair High (2004); Heat (1995); Heaven's Gate (1980); Hell on Wheels (2011–2014); Horace and Pete (2016); How and Why (2014); Ice Cream Ants (2006); Inside 'Manhunter' (2001); It's an Invasion! The Making of Eight Legged Freaks (2021); Jonny Zero (2005); June Weddings (2007); Kidnapped (2007); Knockaround Guys (2001); Last Action Hero (1993); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2003); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2008); Les Chroniques du Mea (2015); Louie (2010); Madness and Genius (2003); Magritte Moment (2008); Manhunter (1986); Manhunter: Francis Is Gone Forever - An Interview with Tom Noonan (2016); Mercy Seed (2006); Monster Squad Forever! (2007); Monsters (1990 / 1991); Mystery Train / Segment: A Ghost (1989); Night of the Wolf (2014); North & South: Book 3, Heaven & Hell (1994); Pedalfoot (2005); Phoenix (1998); Quarry (2016); Rage! (1980); Red Wind (1991); Roadside Picnic (2016); RoboCop 2 (1990); RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop (2023); Seraphim Falls (2006); Siskel & Ebert (1995); Skinhead Requiem (2012); Snow Angels (2007); Stoney (2010); Synecdoche, New York (2008); Tales from the Darkside (1984); The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards (2009); The Alphabet Killer (2008); The Astronaut's Wife (1999); The Beat (2000); The Blacklist (2013); The Cape (2011); The Egoists (2003); The Equalizer (1989); The House of the Devil (2009); The Jury (2004); The Leftovers (2014); The Making of 'Heat' (2005); The Man with One Red Shoe (1985); The Monster Squad (1987); The Opportunists (1999); The Pesky Suitor (1995); The Photographer (2000); The Pilgrim & the Private Eye (2012); The Pledge (2001); The Rendezvous (2010); The Roost (2005); The Shape of Something Squashed (2014); The Ten Million Dollar Getaway (1991); The Wife (1995); The X-Files (1996); They're Made Out of Meat (2005); Tom Goes to the Bar (1985); Tom Works Nights (2012); Top 10 Best Animated Films of the 2010 Decade (2019); Uncovering Wolfen (2025); Wang Dang (1999); What Happened Was... (1994); Where the Wild Things Are (2009); Willie & Phil (1980); Without Your Head (2015); Wolfen (1981); Wonderstruck (2017).

Born on this day – Shannen Doherty:

Shannen Doherty

Actress

April 12, 1971 – July 13, 2024

Credits:

100 Greatest Teen Stars (2007); 101 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments (2004); 1991 MTV Video Music Awards (1991); 1992 MTV Video Music Awards (1992); 1993 MTV Video Music Awards (1993); 1st Annual TV Guide Awards (1999); 20 to 1 (2009); 21 Jump Street (1989); 50 Most Wicked Women of Primetime (2004); 90210 (2008–2009); A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story (1994); Access Hollywood (2019–2024); Airwolf (1984); Alf Loves a Mystery (1987); All I Want for Christmas (2014); Almost Dead (1994); Animal Hope & Wellness: The Compassion Project Live on KNEKT TV (2017); Another Day (2001); Avid Merrion's XXXmas Special (2005); Back in the Day (2016); Bethany (2017); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–1994); Beverly Hills, 90210: 10-Year High School Reunion (2003); BH90210 (2019); Big Morning Buzz Live (2012); Blindfold: Acts of Obsession (1994); Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys (2014); Bo! in the USA (2006); Borgore & Sikdope: Unicorn Zombie Apocalypse (2014); Breaking Up with Shannen Doherty (2006); Bubblegum Babylon (2002); Bukowski (2013); Burning Palms (2010); Category 7: The End of the World (2005); Celebrities Uncensored (2003–2004); Celebrity Blackjack (2004); Celebrity Name Game (2015); Celebrity Page (2019); Celebrity Profile (2000); Charmed (1998–2006); Charmed: Behind the Magic (2003); Chelsea (2016); Chelsea Lately (2012); Christmas Caper (2006); Circus of the Stars #10 (1985); Circus of the Stars #11 (1986); Dancing with the Stars (2010); Darkness of Man (2024); Defunct (2008); Domino (2005); Dying to Belong (2021); E! News Live (2008); E! True Hollywood Story (2001–2006); Encounter with Danger (2009); Entertainment Tonight (2007–2024); Escape My Life (2012); Extra (2016–2019); Fan des années 90 (2009); Fashion Police (2012); Fashion Week Diaries (2005); Faster Baby, Kill (1997); Father Murphy (1981); Forever Young (1991); Fortress (2021); FOX 25th Anniversary Special (2012); Freeze Frame (1990); Friends 'Til the End (1997); Gary & Mike (2001); Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985); Golden Globe Awards (1992); Gone in the Night (1996); Good Morning America (2010–2023); Growing the Big One (2010); Hablando se entiende la basca (1992); Heathers (1988); Heathers / TV series (2018); Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay (2002); High Chaparall (2008); Highway to Heaven (1985); His & Hers (1984); Hot Seat (2022); How to Make a Deal with the Devil (2024); Howard Stern (2003); Idols (1991); I'm Telling! (1988); Intimate Portrait (2003); Into the Night (1991); It's OK to Say No to Drugs (1988); Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003–2004); Kids Have Rights Too! (1988); Kiss Me Deadly (2008); KTLA Morning News (2008); La quinta marcha (1992); Last Call with Carson Daly (2003–2006); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1999–2003); Late Show with David Letterman (2008); Let's Be Clear with Shannen Doherty (2023–2024); Life Goes On (1990); List of a Lifetime (2021); Little House on the Prairie (1982–1983); Little House: Bless All the Dear Children (1984); Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983); Little House: The Last Farewell (1984); Live with Kelly and Mark (1992–2023); Love, Inc. (2005); Magnum, P.I. (1983); Mallrats (1995); Mallrats: Deleted Scenes (1999); Mari-Kari (2010); Maury (1992); Mornings (2016); Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994); Night Shift (1982); No One Would Tell (2018); North Shore (2004–2005); Nowhere (1997); Obsessed (1992); Off the Map (2015); Oh, What a Lovely Tea Party (2004); On-Air with Ryan Seacrest (2004); Our House (1986–1988); Outlaws (1986); Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1992); PIX 11 Morning News (2008); Playboy Exposed: Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored (2001); Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party (1999); Rachael Ray (2008); Radical Something: Naked in Venice (2012); Radical Something: Pure (2014); Rebel Highway (1994); Revealed with Jules Asner (2002); Riverdale (2019); Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985); Rock in a Hard Place (2016); Satan's School for Girls (2000); Saturday Night Live (1993); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Adam Sandler (1999); Scare Tactics (2003–2009); Seventeen: The Faces for Fall (1998); Shannen Says (2012); Slaughter: Real Love (1992); Sleeping with the Devil (1997); So Graham Norton (2001); Stand Up to Cancer (2016); Striking Poses (1998); Suite 7 (2011); Swatch Dogs and Diet Coke Heads (2001); Talk Stoop (2012); The 18th Annual People's Choice Awards (1992); The 1992 Billboard Music Awards (1992); The 1993 Annual Vision Awards (1993); The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991); The '90s: The Last Great Decade? (2014); The Anti Gravity Room (1995); The Arsenio Hall Show (1991–2014); The Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live (1998); The Bellamy Brothers: Guilty of the Crime (2009); The Condo (2015); The Daily Show (1998–1999); The Dennis Miller Show (1992); The Dr. Oz Show (2016); The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2004); The Graham Norton Effect (2004); The House of Halliwell (2024); The Kelly Clarkson Show (2021–2023); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2006); The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon (2008); The Meredith Vieira Show (2014); The New Leave It to Beaver (1985); The New Normal (2012); The Osbournes (2004); The Other Lover (1985); The Phoenix (1982); The Price of Fame (2002); The Rendering (2002); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997–1999); The Secret of Lost Creek (1989); The Secret of NIMH (1982); The Sharon Osbourne Show (2003); The Spin Crowd (2010); The Talk (2012–2021); The Ticket (1997); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1994–2001); The Tony Danza Show (2005); The View (2003–2010); The Webventures of Justin & Alden (2010); The Wendy Williams Show (2010); The Women of Charmed (2000); TMZ Live (2015); Undateable John (2019); Ushi & Loesie (2010); V Graham Norton (2002); VH1 Presents the 80's (2001); View of Terror (2003); Voyagers! (1982); Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2012); Whatever Happened To? (2008); Win, Lose or Draw (1988); Witchslayer Gretl (2012); Wogan (1991); Women and the Pill: The Way It Works (1993); Woof! It's a Dog's Life with Matthew Margolis (1998).

On this day in movie history - The Benson Murder Case (1930 movie & novel):

The Benson Murder Case

directed by Frank Tuttle,

written by S.S. Van Dine and Bartlett Cormack,

based on the novel by S.S. Van Dine,

released in the United States on April 12, 1930.

Music by Charles Midgely.

Cast: William Powell, William “Stage” Boyd, Eugene Pallette, Paul Lukas, Natalie Moorhead, Richard Tucker, May Beatty, E.H. Calvert, Mischa Auer, Guy Oliver.

Recommended reading:

The Benson Murder Case

by S.S. Van Dine.

# 1 in the Philo Vance mystery series.

Published by American Mystery Classics.
First published 1926.

ISBN-10: 1613163320
ISBN-13: 978-1613163320

Description:

New York dilettante Philo Vance decides to assist the police in investigating the death of another man-about-town because he finds the psychological aspects of the crime of interest, and feels that they would be beyond the capacities of the police, even those of his friend District Attorney Markham. Vance investigates the circumstances under which the body was found and reconstructs the crime sufficiently to determine that the murderer is five feet, ten and a half inches in height. Together, Vance and Markham investigate Benson's business associates and romantic interests until Vance manages to pierce the murderer's alibi for the time of the murder and force a confession.

On this day in movie history - L’Eclisse (1962)

 

L’Eclisse

a.k.a. The Eclipse,

directed by Michelangelo Antonioni,

written by Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra, Elio Bartolini and Ottiero Ottieri,

was released in Italy on April 12, 1962.

Music by Giorgio Gaslini.

 

Cast:
Alain Delon, Monica Vitti, Francisco Rabal, Lilla Brignone, Rossana Rory, Mirella Ricciardi, Louis Seigner, Cyrus Elias, Alba Maiolini, Maria Tedeschi.

On this day in movie history - Mad Max (1979)

Mad Max

directed by George Miller,

written by George Miller and James McCausland,

based on a story by George Miller and Byron Kennedy,

was released in Australia on April 12, 1979.

Music by Brian May.

Cast:

Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, Roger Ward, Lisa Aldenhoven, David Bracks, Bertrand Cadart, David Cameron, Robina Chaffey, Stephen Clark, Mathew Constantine, Jerry Day, Reg Evans, Howard Eynon, Max Fairchild, John Farndale, Peter Felmingham, Sheila Florance, Nic Gazzana, Hunter Gibb, Andrew Gilmore, Jonathan Hardy, Brendan Heath, Paul Johnstone, Nick Lathouris, John Ley, Steve Millichamp, Phil Motherwell, George Novak, Geoff Parry, Lulu Pinkus, Neil Thompson, Billy Tisdall, Gil Tucker, Kim Sullivan, John Arnold, Tom Broadbridge, Peter Culpan, Peter Ford, Clive Hearne, Telford Jackson, Christine Kaman, Joan Letch, Kerry Miller, Janine Ogden, Di Trelour, Vernon Weaver, Paul Young, Brendan Young, Katy Brinson, Lisa Dombroski, Terry Gibson, Andrew Jones, James McCausland, Amanda Muggleton, Harry Peerce, Michael Ryan.

On this day in movie history - Original Sins (1995)

Original Sins

a.k.a. Acts of Contrition,

directed by Jan Egleson,

written by John Pielmeier,

was released in the United States on April 12, 1995.

Music by Gary Chang.

Cast:

Mark Harmon, Julianne Phillips, Ron Perlman, David Clennon, Gustave Johnson, Betty Miller, Sarah Trigger, Patrick Donnelly, Kate Bennis, William Young, Bronia Wheeler, Alexandra Loria, Jason Raposa, Bo Chun, William Mathis, Dorothy Brodesser, Bates Wilder, Leigh French, Kevin Foster McCarthy, Mike Nikitas.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1960)

M Squad
Season 3. Episode 30.

Episode entitled: A Gun for Mother’s Day.

Released April 12, 1960.

Directed by Herman Hoffman.

Written by Jay D. Crowley and John Robinson.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:
Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Marvin Kaplan, Jeremy Slate, Frances Morris, Ed Nelson, Phil Tully, Alan Reynolds.