Born on this day – Jeff Donnell:

 

Jeff Donnell

Actress

July 10, 1921 – April 11, 1988

Born on this day – Enzo Barboni:

Enzo Barboni

Director

Cinematographer

Writer

July 10, 1922 – March 23, 2002

Born on this day – William Smithers:

William Smithers

Actor

July 10, 1927 – May 26, 2026

Credits:

Armstrong Circle Theatre (1955–1961); Attack (1956); Barnaby Jones (1975–1979); Cade's County (1972); Call to Danger (1968 / 1973); Cannon (1974); Combat! (1965); Dallas (1981–1989); Dallas Reunion: Return to Southfork (2004); Danger (1954); Deathsport (1978); Doctors' Private Lives (1979); Eagle in a Cage (1965); Espionage (1964); Executive Suite (1976–1977); General Electric Theater (1955–1956); Goodyear Television Playhouse (1952); Guiding Light (1952); Hamlet (1953); Harbourmaster (1958); Hawaii Five-O (1970); Hawkins (1973); Hunter (1990); Ironside (1969–1970); It Takes a Thief (1968); Jericho (1966); Judd for the Defense (1967); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1954); Lucan (1978); Mannix (1968); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970); Mission: Impossible (1966–1968); Mister Peepers (1953); Most Wanted (1977); Omnibus (1957); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1973); Papillon (1973); Peyton Place (1965–1966); Premiere (1968); Quincy, M.E. (1979–1982); Robert Montgomery Presents (1954); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1984); Scorpio (1973); Shane (1966); Sledge Hammer! (1987); Star Trek (1968); Studio One (1955–1957); Suspense (1952–1953); Tarzan (1967); The Amazing Spider-Man (1978); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969); The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970); The Defenders (1965); The F.B.I. (1967–1969); The Felony Squad (1966); The Invaders (1967–1968); The Investigator (1958); The Manhunter (1974); The Mod Squad (1968–1970); The Monk (1969); The Name of the Game (1970); The Neon Ceiling (1971); The Parisienne and the Prudes (1964); The Reporter (1964); The Return of Frank Cannon (1980); The Road West (1966); The Rookies (1974); The Seven Lively Arts (1957); The Shadow (1954); The Six Million Dollar Man (1974); The Streets of San Francisco (1975); The Witness (1960–1961); Trouble Man (1972); True Story (1959); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1966); Walker, Texas Ranger (1994); Where the Ladies Go (1980); Young Dr. Malone (1958–1963).

Born on this day – Alice Munro:

 

Alice Munro

Writer

July 10, 1931 – May 13, 2024

Credits:
 
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013.
 
Books:
 

40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology (2000); A Wilderness Station (2015); Among Sisters: Short Stories by Women Writers (1989); Away from Her (2007); Carried Away (2006); Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (2005); Dance of the Happy Shades (1968); Dear Life (2012); Dreams And Nightmares: At Bay Press Fiction Annual (2016); Every Father's Daughter (2015); Family Furnishings (2014); Fathers: A Literary Anthology (2011); Finding the Words (2011); First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994); Friend of My Youth (1990); From Ink Lake (1990); Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (2001); Identity And Self Respect (1952); Julieta (2016); Lives of Girls and Women (1971); Lying Under the Apple Tree (2014); My Best Stories (2009); New Selected Stories (2011); No Love Lost (2003); Open Secrets (1994); PEN America Issue 4: Fact/Fiction (2002); Points of View (1956); Queenie (1999); Runaway (2004); Selected Shorts (1993); Selected Stories (1996); Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You (1974); Stories for Christmas and the Festive Season (2022); Stories to Get You Through the Night (2010); That Glimpse of Truth (2014); The Beggar Maid (1977); The Best American Mystery Stories 2009 (2009); The Best American Short Stories 1991 (1991); The Best American Short Stories 2001 (2001); The Best American Short Stories 2012 (2012); The Best American Short Stories of the Century (2000); The Eloquent Short Story: An Anthology of Narrative Styles (2004); The Faber Book of Contemporary Canadian Short Stories (1990); The Literary Traveller (1994); The Love of a Good Woman (1998); The Minerva Book of Short Stories 3 (1991); The Moons of Jupiter (1983); The O. Henry Prize Stories 2013 (2013); The Office (2015); The Progress of Love (1985); The Scotiabank Giller Prize 15 Years: An Anthology of Prize-Winning Canadian Fiction (2008); The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction (1999); Too Much Happiness (2009); View From Castle Rock (2006); Vintage Munro (2004); Who Do You Think You Are? (1977); Woman: An Anthology (2014); Women and Fiction (1975); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018).

 

Movies and television:
 

Away from Her (2006); Baptizing (1975); Boys and Girls (1983); Canaan (2008); Connection (1986); Cover to Cover (1987); Edge of Madness (2002); Hateship Loveship (2013); Juliet (2019); Julieta (2016); Lives of Girls & Women (1996); Nobelstudion (2013); The Newcomers (1977); The Ottawa Valley (1974); The Play's the Thing (1974); To See Ourselves (1971–1973); Turning Pages: The Life and Literature of Margaret Atwood (2007).

Born on this day – Barbara Gips:

 

Barbara Gips

Writer

Actress

July 10, 1936 – October 16, 2025

Credits:

Writer of the poster tagline for Alien (1979): “In space no one can hear you scream.”

Movies:

Chloe and Keith's Wedding (2009); Loveless in Los Angeles (2007).

Born on this day – Julie Payne:

 

Julie Payne

Actress

July 10, 1940 – June 7, 2019

Credits:

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959); Don't Make Waves (1967); Girl Happy (1965); Honeymoon Hotel (1964); Island of the Blue Dolphins (1964); One Step Beyond (1959); The Big Valley (1965); The Manchurian Candidate (1962); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1961); The Restless Gun (1959); The Tab Hunter Show (1960); The Wild Wild West (1965).

Born on this day – Ron Glass:

 

Ron Glass

Actor

July 10, 1945 – November 25, 2016

Credits:

227 (1987); A Filmmaker's Journey (2006); Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2014); Aladdin (1994); All Grown Up! (2003–2008); All in the Family (1973); All-Star Family Feud Special (1978); Amen (1989–1991); Ancient Space (2014); Back in Business (1997); Barney Miller (1975–1982); Beg, Borrow ... or Steal (1973); Change at 125th Street (1974); Crash (1978); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2014); CSI: NY (2011); Deal of a Lifetime (1999); Death at a Funeral (2010); Deep Space (1988); Designing Women (1993); Dirty Sexy Money (2008); Done the Impossible: The Fans' Tale of 'Firefly' and 'Serenity' (2006); Entertainment Tonight (1996–2005); Fable II (2008); Family Matters (1989); Firefly (2002–2003); Firefly 10th Anniversary: Browncoats Unite (2012); Foster & Laurie (1975); Friends (1999); Good Times (1974); Griff (1973); Gus Brown and Midnight Brewster (1985); Hart to Hart (1981); Hawaii Five-O (1973); Here's How It Was: The Making of 'Firefly' (2003); History of the Sitcom (2021); Houseguest (1995); Incognito (1999); Inside TV Land (2002); Insight (1963); It's My Party (1996); Jack & Jill (2000); Jasmine's Wish (1999); Just Another Man's Story (2013); Lakeview Terrace (2008); Let's Switch! (1975); Major Crimes (2013); Maude (1973); Mr. Rhodes (1996–1997); Murder, She Wrote (1992); Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star (1986); Recess: School's Out (2001); Re-Lighting the Firefly (2005); Rhythm & Blues (1992–1993); Rude Awakening (2001); Rugrats (1993–2001); Sanford and Son (1972–1974); Sci Fi Inside: 'Serenity' (2005); Science of the Bible (2006); Secret History of Religion: Doomsday - Book of Revelation (2006); Secret History of Religion: Knights Templar (2006); Serenity (2005); Shades of LA (1990); Shark (2006–2007); Shirts/Skins (1973); Showoffs (1975); Snoops (1989); Sonny Spoon (1988); Sound of Sunshine - Sound of Rain (1983); Star Trek: Voyager (2000); Stat (1991); Strange Frame: Love & Sax (2012); Superman: The Animated Series (1997); Teen Angel (1997–1998); The $10,000 Pyramid (1977–1978); The $25,000 Pyramid (1977–1978); The 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2017); The 34th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1982); The Bob Newhart Show (1973); The Butler (2013); The Calamities of Jane (2016); The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974); The Division (2004); The Education of Max Bickford (2001); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1978–1979); The Jim Nabors Show (1978); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The New Adam-12 (1991); The New Odd Couple (1982–1983); The New Perry Mason (1974); The Practice (1997); The Proud Family (2001–2003); The Royal Family (1992); The Streets of San Francisco (1974–1976); The Twilight Zone / Segment: I of Newton (1985); TV Land Confidential (2005–2007); Twice in a Lifetime (1999); Unbowed (1999); When Things Were Rotten (1975); Yes, Dear (2001); You Don't Say (1975); Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane (2000).