Born on this day – Gloria Pall:

 

Gloria Pall

Actress

Dancer

Writer

Businesswoman

July 15, 1927 – December 30, 2012

Credits: 

Books:

Cameo Girl of the 50s (1993); I Danced Before the King (2000); The Marilyn Monroe Party (2002); Voluptua: Story of a TV Love Goddess (1992).

Movies and television:

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954); Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953); Ada (1961); All Ashore (1953); All Star Revue (1952); City of Shadows (1955); Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe (1955); December Bride (1957); Elmer Gantry (1960); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958); Hot Shots (1956); Jailhouse Rock (1957); Low Man on a Totem Pole (1964); Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1952); Moviewatch (1994); Paris Model (1953); Racket Squad (1952); Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood (2009); Sky King (1958); Son of Sinbad (1955); Space Patrol (1954); The Abbott and Costello Show (1954); The A-B-C's of Love (1953); The All New Truth or Consequences (1951); The Bob Cummings Show (1955); The Brothers Karamazov (1958); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951); The Crimson Kimono (1959); The Danny Thomas Show (1960); The Extra (2017); The French Line (1953); The Garment Jungle (1957); The George Jessel Show (1953); The Night of the Hunter (1955); The People's Choice (1957); The Spike Jones Show (1957); The Twilight Zone (1959); This Could Be the Night (1957); Vampira and Me (2012); Where's Raymond? (1954).

Born on this day – Joe Turkel:

Joe Turkel

Actor

Writer

July 15, 1927 – June 27, 2022

Credits:

A Slight Case of Larceny (1953); Adam-12 (1970); Angels in Disguise (1949); Animals in My Head (2017); Bat Masterson (1958–1960); Beau James (1957); Ben Casey (1964); Big Town (1954); Black Jack (1972); Blade Runner (1982); Blade Runner / Video Game (1997); Blade Runner: Deleted and Alternate Scenes (2007); Blow up: Le web magazine cinéma d'Arte (2013); Bonanza (1961–1968); Boots and Saddles (1958); Boston Blackie (1952); Broken Arrow (1957); Cade's County (1972); Cell 2455, Death Row (1955); Chasing Whiskey (2021); City Across the River (1949); Code 3 (1957); Combat! (1964); Convoy (1965); Crossroads (1955); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); Dangerous Assignment (1952); Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007); Down Among the Sheltering Palms (1952); Dr. Christian (1957); Dragnet (1958); Duffy of San Quentin (1954); East Side/West Side (1963); Fantasy Island (1980); Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling (2007); Federal Man (1950); Fixed Bayonets! (1951); Four Star Playhouse (1954); Friendly Persuasion (1956); From Borehamwood to Hollywood: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Elstree (2014); Frontier Doctor (1959); General Electric Theater (1953); Groovey.TV's Celebration of Badassery Interview Series (2015); Gypsy Colt (1954); Halls of Montezuma (1951); Hellcats of the Navy (1957); Here Come the Jets (1959); Highway Patrol (1955); House of Numbers (1957); I Led 3 Lives (1954); I'm the Law (1953); Inside Detroit (1956); Ironside (1968); Jeanne Eagels (1957); Jefferson Drum (1958); Johnny Cool (1963); Johnny Stool Pigeon (1949); Judd for the Defense (1968); King Rat (1965); Kojak (1977); Kubrick's Universe: The Stanley Kubrick Podcast (2019); Land of the Giants (1969); Lock Up (1961); Lucky Losers (1950); Lucy Gallant (1955); Mackenzie's Raiders (1959); Mad at the World (1955); Making it in Hollywood (1976); Man Crazy (1953); Miami Vice (1988); Navy Log (1955–1956); Official Detective (1958); On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000); One Step Beyond (1961); Paths of Glory (1957); Police Story (1976); Portrait of a Mobster (1961); Prophets of Science Fiction (2011); Public Defender (1955); Reel Horror (1985); Rescue 8 (1959); Return from the Sea (1954); Ripcord (1962); Room 237 (2012); S.W.A.T. (1975); Savage Abduction (1973); Scream Free! (1969); Six-Hundred & Sixty Six (1972); Sky King (1957); So You Want to Get Rich Quick (1949); Southside 1-1000 (1950); Starlift (1951); Sword in the Desert (1949); Tales from the Darkside (1985); Tales of the Texas Rangers (1958); Tallahassee 7000 (1961); TCM Remembers 2022 (2022); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1957); The Andy Griffith Show (1966); The Animals (1970); The Aquanauts (1961); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Bamboo Prison (1954); The Beast of Budapest (1958); The Bonnie Parker Story (1958); The Boy and the Pirates (1960); The Californians (1957); The Carpetbaggers (1964); The Case Against Brooklyn (1958); The Chicago Teddy Bears (1971); The Commitment (1976); The Dark Side of the Moon (1990); The David Niven Show (1959); The Detectives (1961); The Devil's 8 (1969); The Dick Powell Theatre (1962); The Felony Squad (1967); The Glass Wall (1953); The Hindenburg (1975); The Human Jungle (1954); The John Kerwin Show (2002); The Kate Smith Evening Hour (1951); The Killing (1956); The Law and Mr. Jones (1962); The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1956); The Lineup (1954–1960); The Lone Ranger (1955); The Loretta Young Show (1957); The Midnight Story (1957); The Naked Street (1955); The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975); The Proud and Profane (1956); The Purple Gang (1959); The Rat Patrol (1967); The Roaring 20's (1961); The Sand Pebbles (1966); The Secret Life of Sandra Blain (1971); The Sex Symbol (1974); The Shadow on the Window (1957); The Shining (1980); The Silent Service (1957–1958); The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967); The Texan (1959); The Unexpected (1952); The Untouchables (1960–1963); The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1966); The Yellow Canary (1963); This Week in Horror (2011); Tightrope (1959); Tombstone Territory (1957); Tormented (1960); Triple Trouble (1950); TV Reader's Digest (1956); Two Faces West (1961); U.S. Marshal (1960); Verboten! (1959); Village of the Giants (1965); Visit to a Small Planet (1960); Wagon Train (1962); Warlock (1959); Which Way Is Up? (1977); Wit's End (2005).

Born on this day – Tom Troupe:

Tom Troupe

Actor

Writer

July 15, 1928 – July 20, 2025

Credits:

Amen (1988); Archie Bunker's Place (1983); Baby Talk (1992); Barbary Coast (1975); Ben Casey (1962–1964); Bert D'Angelo / Superstar (1976); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Break a Hip (2015–2018); Cagney & Lacey (1985); Cannon (1973); Caravaggio and My Mother the Pope (2017); Cassie & Co. (1982); Che! (1969); Cheers (1987); CHiPs (1979); Combat! (1963); Dan August (1971); Dr. Kildare (1961); ER (1998); Frasier (1995); Griff (1973); Harrigan and Son (1961); Highway to Heaven (1989); Iron Horse (1966); Ironside (1974); Judd for the Defense (1967); Kelly's Heroes (1970); Knots Landing (1991); Lawman (1960); Lock Up (1960); Lucas Tanner (1974); Making It (1971); Mannix (1969); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1974–1975); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976); McMillan & Wife (1972–1973); Mission: Impossible (1967); Murder, She Wrote (1990); My Own Private Idaho (1991); Night Gallery / Segment: Clean Kills and Other Trophies (1971); Off the Minnesota Strip (1980); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971–1974); Peyton Place (1965); Planet of the Apes (1974); Private Screenings (2014); PSI Factor (1980); Quincy, M.E. (1980); Rawhide (1960); Sofi (1968); Star Trek (1967); Studio One (1955); Summer School (1987); The Alpha Caper (1973); The Big Fisherman (1959); The Devil's Brigade (1968); The F.B.I. (1972); The Fugitive (1964); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1957); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); The Merv Griffin Show (1973); The Nina Foch Course for Filmmakers and Actors (2010); The Rookies (1972); The Runaways (1978); The Smith Family (1972); The Streets of San Francisco (1973–1975); The Thirteenth Day: The Story of Esther (1979); The Wide World of Mystery (1974); The Wild Wild West (1968); The Young Rebels (1970); This Is the Life (1970–1976); Time Out (2019); Voyagers! (1983); What I Did Last Summer / Segment: Christmas in June (2012); Who's the Boss? (1990–1991).

Born on this day – Clive Cussler:

Clive Cussler

Writer

Underwater explorer

July 15, 1931 – February 24, 2020

Credits:

Books:

Arctic Drift (2008); Atlantis Found (1999); Black Wind (2004); Blue Gold (2000); Built for Adventure (2011); Built to Thrill (2016); Celtic Empire (2019); Condor's Fury (2023); Corsair (2009); Crescent Dawn (2010); Cyclops (1985); Dark Vector (2022); Dark Watch (2005); Deep Six (1984); Desolation Code (2024); Devil's Gate (2011); Dirk Pitt Revealed (1998); Dragon (1990); Fast Ice (2021); Final Option (2019); Fire Ice (2002); Fire Strike (2023); Flood Tide (1997); Ghost Ship (2014); Ghost Soldier (2024); Golden Buddha (2003); Havana Storm (2014); Hellburner (2022); Iceberg (1975); Inca Gold (1991); Journey of the Pharaohs (2020); Lost City (2004); Lost Empire (2010); Marauder (2020); Medusa (2009); Mirage (2012); Night Probe! (1981); Nighthawk (2017); Odessa Sea (2016); Pacific Vortex! (1983); Piranha (2015); Pirate (2016); Plague Ship (2008); Polar Shift (2005); Poseidon's Arrow (2012); Raise the Titanic! (1976); Sacred Stone (2004); Sahara (1992); Sea of Greed (2018); Serpent (1999); Shadow Tyrants (2018); Shock Wave (1995); Skeleton Coast (2006); Spartan Gold (2009); The Adventures of Hotsy Totsy (2010); The Adventures of Vin Fiz (2006); The Assassin (2013); The Bootlegger (2014); The Chase (2007); The Corsican Shadow (2023); The Cutthroat (2017); The Devil's Sea (2021); The Emperor's Revenge (2016); The Eye of Heaven (2014); The Gangster (2016); The Gray Ghost (2018); The Heist (2024); The Jungle (2011); The Kingdom (2011); The Mayan Secrets (2013); The Mediterranean Caper / aka Mayday! (1973); The Navigator (2007); The Oracle (2019); The Pharaoh's Secret (2015); The Race (2011); The Rising Sea (2018); The Romanov Ransom (2017); The Saboteurs (2020); The Sea Hunters (1994); The Sea Hunters II (2002); The Sea Wolves (2022); The Serpent's Eye (2023); The Silent Sea (2010); The Solomon Curse (2015); The Spy (2010); The Storm (2012); The Striker (2013); Suspense Magazine, April 2010 (2010); The Thief (2012); The Titanic Secret (2018); The Tombs (2012); The Treasure of Khan (2006); The Wrecker (2009); Thriller 2 (2009); Thriller 2.1 (2016); Thriller 2.3 (2016); Treasure (1988); Trojan Odyssey (2003); Typhoon Fury (2017); Valhalla Rising (2001); Vixen 03 (1976); White Death (2003); Wrath of Poseidon (2020); Zero Hour (2013).

Movies and television:

History's Mysteries (2000); Raise the Titanic (1980); Raising the Hunley (2001); Read All About It (1978); Sahara (2005); Sunk on Christmas Eve (2001); The Criminal Calendar (1997); The Dennis Miller Show (1992); The Sea Hunters (2002); Today (1986).

Born on this day – Larry Cohen:

Larry Cohen

Writer

Producer

Director

July 15, 1936 – March 23, 2019

Born on this day – John Blakemore:

 

John Blakemore

Photographer

Writer

Teacher

July 15, 1936 – January 14, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Ayrton Senna Official Photobook; Bob Bondurant on Competition Driving; Bob Bondurant on High Performance Driving; FREEZING SPEED Techniques of Grand Prix Photography; Inscape; John Blakemore; John Blakemore: Photographs 1955-2010; John Blakemores Black & White Photography Workshop; Lean Six Sigma Service Management; Quality Habits of Best Business Practice (Competitive Edge Management Series); Solid State Physics; Spirit of Place: Photographs in Wales, 1971-78; Technology for Business: Application of the Advances in Industry 4.0 to Small to Medium Sized Enterprises.

Born on this day – Galyn Görg:

Galyn Görg

Actress

Producer

Location Management

July 15, 1964 – July 14, 2020

Credits:

A Christmas in Royal Fashion (2018); A Christmas Princess (2019); A Different World (1989–1992); A Husband for Christmas (2016); Al Jarreau: After All (1984); Amazing Stories (1986); America 3000 (1986); Clarke & DiBella: Hollywood Division (2018); Colony (2017); Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2' (2017); Cover Up (1985); Crossing Jordan (2001); CSI: Miami (2004); Dance Academy (1988); Down Twisted (1987); Duet (1988); Earth Spirit (2006); Easy (2003); Fame (1984); Fantastico 6 (1985–1986); Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland (1993); Grapevine (1992); Hang Time (1997); Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1992); Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1996); Hollywood Love (2011); How to Get Away with Murder (2018); It's Your Move (1985); Jake and the Fatman (1989); Judgment Night (1993); Living Single (1996); Living the Blues (1986); Lost (2008); M.A.N.T.I.S. (1994–1995); Mirrors (1985); Nightingales (1988); Parks and Recreation (2015); Point Break (1991); RoboCop 2 (1990); Sandra Raimondo Show (1987); Sporting Chance (1990); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1995); Star Trek: Voyager (1996); Stargate SG-1 (1997); Storyville (1992); Strangers in Paradise (1984); Techqua Ikachi: Aboriginal Warning (2008); Teller's Camp (2023); Temptation (1994); That Movie Chick (2019); The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage (1991); The Adventures of Detective Samantha Sturgess (2019); The A-Team (1985); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1996); The Malibu Bikini Shop (1986); The Wizard of Speed and Time (1988); The Wrong Crush (2017); The Wrong Friend (2018); The Wrong Guys (1988); The Wrong Student (2017); Twin Peaks (1990); When We Were Young (1989); Xena: Warrior Princess (1996); ZZ Top: Greatest Hits (1992); ZZ Top: Sharp Dressed Man (1983).