Born on this day – Richard A. Colla:

 

Richard A. Colla

Actor

Director

Producer

April 18, 1936 – December 24, 2021

Credits:

Battlestar Galactica (1978); Blind Witness (1989); Blue Valley Songbird (1999); By the Wayside (1962); CHiPs (1982); Cover Up (1984); Days of Our Lives (1965–1966); Dazzle (1995); Deadly Medicine (1991); Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story (1993); Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige (1981); Fuzz (1972); Getting Up and Going Home (1992); Growing Up Brady (2000); Gunsmoke (1966); Hardcastle and McCormick (1985); Her Last Chance (1996); Hidden in Silence (1996); Houston Knights (1987); Hunter (1985); Ironside (1968–1971); Jake's Way (1980); Judd for the Defense (1968); Kay O'Brien (1986); Like Father, Like Son (1961); Live Again, Die Again (1974); Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder (1997); MacGyver (1985); McCloud (1970); Miami Vice (1984); Murder, She Wrote (1984); Naked Lie (1989); Olly, Olly, Oxen Free (1978); Reforestation (1987); Remembering 'Battlestar Galactica' (2004); Roseanne & Tom: Behind the Scenes (1994); Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer (1989); Sarge (1971); Shannon (1981–1982); Something Is Out There (1988–1989); Sparks: The Price of Passion (1990); Spenser: For Hire (1985–1987); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987); Stingray (1985); Storm and Sorrow (1990); Tenafly (1973); That Secret Sunday (1986); The Cylons of 'Battlestar Galactica' (2004); The Equalizer (1985); The Legend of Jesse James (1966); The Name of the Game (1968); The Other Man (1970); The Questor Tapes (1974); The Shaft of Love (1983); The Soldier (1962); The Tribe (1974); The UFO Incident (1975); The Virginian (1968); The Whole World Is Watching (1969); Trapper John, M.D. (1981); Ultimate Deception (1999); Web of Deception (1994); Werewolf (1988); When Husbands Cheat (1998); Wizards and Warriors (1983); Working with the Daggit of 'Battlestar Galactica' (2004); Zig Zag (1970); Zoya (1995).

On this day in movie history - The High Sign (1921)

The High Sign

21-minute short movie

directed and written by Edward F. Cline & Buster Keaton,

released in the United States on April 18, 1921.

Cast:

Buster Keaton, Bartine Burkett, Charles Dorety, Ingram B. Pickett, Joe Roberts, Al St. John.

On this day in movie history - The Secret Six (1931)

The Secret Six

a.k.a. The Secret 6,

directed by George W. Hill,

written by Frances Marion,

was released in the United States on April 18, 1931.

Cast:

Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Johnny Mack Brown, Jean Harlow, Marjorie Rambeau, Paul Hurst, Clark Gable, Ralph Bellamy, John Miljan, DeWitt Jennings, Murray Kinnell, Fletcher Norton, Louis Natheaux, Frank McGlynn Sr., Theodore von Eltz, Lynton Brent, Mary Carlisle, Charles Giblyn, Joseph W. Girard, Betty Lawson, Tom London, George Magrill, Lee Phelps, Buddy Roosevelt, Oscar Rudolph, Hector V. Sarno, Carol Tevis, Arthur Thalasso, Walter Walker, S.D. Wilcox.

On this day in movie history - The Blue Dahlia (1946)

The Blue Dahlia

directed by George Marshall,

written by Raymond Chandler,

was released in the United States on April 18, 1946.

Music by Victor Young.

Cast:

Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling, Hugh Beaumont, Tom Powers, Howard Freeman, Don Costello, Will Wright, Frank Faylen, Walter Sande, Mae Busch, Anthony Caruso, Noel Neill.

On this day in movie history - The Scarlet Hour (1956)

The Scarlet Hour

directed by Michael Curtiz,

written by Alford Van Ronkel, Frank Tashlin and John Meredyth Lucas,

based on a story by Alford Van Ronkel and Frank Tashlin,

was released in the United States on April 18, 1956.

Music by Leith Stevens.

Cast:

Carol Ohmart, Tom Tryon, Jody Lawrence, James Gregory, Elaine Stritch, E. G. Marshall, Edward Binns, David Lewis, Billy Gray, Jacques Aubuchon, Scott Marlowe, Johnstone White, James Stone, Maureen Hurley, James Todd, Nat 'King' Cole, Benson Fong.

On this day in movie history - Murphy's Law (1986)

Murphy's Law

directed by J. Lee Thompson,

written by Gail Morgan Hickman,

was released in the United States on April 18, 1986.

Music by Marc Donahue and Valentine McCallum.

Cast:

Charles Bronson, Kathleen Wilhoite, Carrie Snodgress, Robert F. Lyons, Richard Romanus, Angel Tompkins, Bill Henderson, James Luisi, Clifford A. Pellow, Janet MacLachlan, Lawrence Tierney, Jerome Thor, Mischa Hausserman, Cal Haynes, Hans Howes, Joseph Roman, Chris DeRose, Frank Annese, Paul McCallum, Dennis Hayden, Tony Montero, David Hayman, Lisa Vice, Janet Rotblatt, Greg Finley, Jerry Lazarus, Robert Axelrod, John Hawker, Bert Williams, Daniel D. Halleck, Randall Carver, Gerald Berns, Don Brodie, Graham Timbes, David K. Johnston, Paul McCauley, Brooks Wachtel, Richard Hochberg, John F. McCarthy, Leigh Lombardi, Charlie Brewer, Charles A. Nero, Wheeler Henderson, Frank Bove, Christopher Stanley, Linda Harwood, Nancie Clark, Michael Cooper, Dallas Hinton, C. Courtney Joyner, Shawn McBurney, Denise Schriedel.

On this day in movie history - Legend (1985 / 1986)

Legend

directed by Ridley Scott,

written by William Hjortsberg,

was released in the United States on April 18, 1986.

Music by Jerry Goldsmith and Tangerine Dream.

Cast:

Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty, Cork Hubbert, Peter O'Farrell, Kiran Shah, Annabelle Lanyon, Robert Picardo, Tina Martin, Ian Longmur, Michael Crane, Liz Gilbert, Eddie Powell, Ian Stewart, Jeff Davies, Sally Dewhurst, Jane Devonshire, Amanda Rose, Joey Baxter, Sharon Brown, Nicky Dewhurst, Debbie Greenwell, Helene Holland, Anna Kipling, Samantha Newbury, Belinda Payne, Gabriel Piatrowski, Jerome Sax, Mike Edmonds.