Born on this day – Patricia Medina:

 

Patricia Medina

Actress

July 19, 1919 – April 28, 2012

Credits:

Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950); Adventures in Paradise (1959); AFI Life Achievement Award (1975); Aladdin and His Lamp (1952); Assignment: Underwater (1960); Black Saddle (1959); Bonanza (1960); Botany Bay (1952); Branded (1966); Burke's Law (1964); Cain's Hundred (1961); Captain Pirate (1952); Children of Chance (1949); Climax! (1954–1958); Compression (2024); Confidential Report (1955); Coronado 9 (1960–1961); Count Your Blessings (1959); Crook's Tour (1940); Dante (1960); Desperate Search (1952); Dinner at the Ritz (1937); Don't Take It to Heart! (1944); Double or Quits (1938); Drums of Tahiti (1953); Duel on the Mississippi (1955); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998); Food, Wine & Friends (1980); Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950); Francis (1950); General Electric Theater (1959); Girl Talk (1963); Grindl (1963); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958–1963); High Low Quiz (1957); Hotel de Paree (1960); Hotel Reserve (1944); Il mantello rosso (1955); It's Your Bet (1972); Keene (1969); Kiss the Bride Goodbye (1945); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); Lady in the Iron Mask (1952); Latitude Zero (1969); Lock Up (1960); Looks Familiar (1978); Lux Video Theatre (1954); Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014); Manhunt (1960); Mannix (1971); Miami Exposé (1956); Missiles from Hell (1958); Moss Rose (1947); Mr. Satan (1938); My Brother the Angel (1966); Over Easy (1978); Perry Mason (1958); Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954); Pirates of Tripoli (1955); Plunder of the Sun (1953); Rawhide (1959–1961); Rheingold Theatre (1954); Riverboat (1960); Sangaree (1953); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Screen Snapshots: Hula from Hollywood (1954); Simply Terrific (1938); Siren of Bagdad (1953); Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961); Spitfire (1942); Startime (1960); Stranger at My Door (1956); Stump the Stars (1963); Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers (1956); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The 37th Annual Thalians Ball (1992); The 4th Annual American Cinema Awards (1987); The 9th Annual American Cinema Awards (1992); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Avengers (1942); The Beast of Hollow Mountain (1956); The Beginning or the End (1947); The Black Knight (1954); The Bob Braun Show (1975); The Buckskin Lady (1957); The Californians (1958); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1966); The EE British Academy Film Awards (2013); The Fighting O'Flynn (1949); The Ford Television Theatre (1953–1956); The Foxes of Harrow (1947); The Hollywood Collection: Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man (1999); The Jackpot (1950); The Juke Box Jury (1958); The Killing of Sister George (1968); The Lady and the Bandit (1951); The Lee Phillip Show (1971); The Magic Carpet (1951); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); The Movie Game (1970); The Name of the Game (1970); The Rebel (1960); The Republic Pictures Story (1991); The Rogues (1964); The Secret Heart (1946); The Third Man (1959); The Three Musketeers (1948); The Timber Tramps (1973); They Met in the Dark (1943); This Is Your Life (1978); This Man Is News (1938); Thriller (1961); Tightrope (1959); To Rome with Love (1970); Uranium Boom (1956); Valentino (1951); Waltz Time (1945); Whispering Smith (1961); Zorro (1959).

Born on this day – Helen Gallagher:

Helen Gallagher

Actress

Dancer

Singer

July 19, 1926 – November 24, 2024

Credits:

Stage:

70, Girls, 70 (2000); Billion Dollar Baby (1945); Brigadoon (1957); Cry for Us All (1970); Finian's Rainbow (1955); Guys and Dolls (1955); Hazel Flagg (1953); High Button Shoes (1947); Make a Wish (1951); Mame (1968); Mr. Strauss Goes to Boston (1945); Much Ado About Nothing (1972); No, No, Nanette (1971); Oklahoma! (1958); Pal Joey (1952); Portofino (1958); Seven Lively Arts (1944); Sugar Babies (1981); Sweet Charity (1966); Tallulah (1984); The American Dance Machine (1978); The Pajama Game (1954); Touch and Go (1949).

Songs:

All That I Need; Anything Goes; Big Spender; Captivated By Your Love; Hey, Big Spender; Hey, Big Spender from Sweet Charity; I Am Not My Own; I Feel Like I'm Gonna Live Forever; I Love to Cry at Weddings; I Stand in Awe; I'm Glad I'm Leaving; Laura de Maupassant; No, No, Nanette: You Can Dance With Any Girl; Not to Us; Once for All; Once We Waited for You; Our God Reigns; Sing a Song of Celebration; Sweet Charity: Baby, Dream Your Dream; Sweet Charity: Big Spender; Sweet Charity: I Love to Cry at Weddings; Sweet Charity: There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This; The World Is Beautiful Today; There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This; There's a Place; Where-Has-My-Hubby-Gone Blues; You Are Good; You Can Dance With Any Girl at All; You Mustn't Kick It Around; You're Gonna Dance with Me, Willie; You're The Top.

Movies and television:

4th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1977); A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 (1955); ABC's Nightlife (1965); All My Children (1995); American Masters (2009); Another World (1989); April in the Wind (1970); Celebrity Time (1952); Chance of a Lifetime (1953); Don Ameche's Musical Playhouse (1951); Entertainment Tonight (1989); Ford Star Revue (1951); General Electric Guest House (1951); Kraft Theatre (1954); Law & Order (1993); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989); Manhattan Showcase (1949); Max Liebman Spectaculars (1956); Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon (2019); Neptune's Rocking Horse (1997); One Life to Live (1997–1998); Our American Musical Heritage (1971); Roseland (1977); Ryan's Hope (1975–1989); Shangri-La (1960); Strangers When We Meet (1960); Stump the Stars (1955); The $10,000 Pyramid (1979); The 11th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards (1995); The 12th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1985); The 26th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1999); The 26th Annual Tony Awards (1972); The 27th Annual Tony Awards (1973); The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (1976); The Arthur Murray Party (1958–1959); The Bell Telephone Hour (1961); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951–1955); The Cosby Mysteries (1995); The David Frost Show (1971); The Ed Sullivan Show (1951–1968); The Eddie Fisher Show (1958); The Ezio Pinza Show (1952); The Good Fight (2018); The Mel Tormé Show (1951); The Merv Griffin Show (1966); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1979); The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue (1950–1951); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971); This Is Show Business (1954); Yves Montand on Broadway (1961).

Born on this day – Buster Benton:

Buster Benton

Blues singer

Guitarist

July 19, 1932 – January 20, 1996

Credits:

Albums:

Blues and Trouble (2002); Blues at the Top (1993); Blues Buster (1979); Buster Benton Is the Feeling (1980); First Time in Europe (1983); I Like to Hear My Guitar Sing (1991); Money's the Name of the Game (1989); Spider in My Stew (1978); That's the Reason (1997); Why Me (1988).

Television:

Àngel Casas Show (1985).

Born on this day – Allan Blye:

 

Allan Blye

Writer

Producer

Actor

July 19, 1937 – October 4, 2024

Credits:

60 Minutes / Segment: The Smothers Brothers (1969); A Dream of Body (1972); Andy Williams' Kaleidoscope Company (1968); Bizarre (1979–1986); Breaking the Band (2018); Comic Relief V (1992); E! True Hollywood Story (2003); Elvis: One Night with You (1985); Elvis: The Comeback Special (1968); Festival (1966); Hamburgers (1974); Joey & Dad (1975); Juliette (1963); Li'l Abner (1971); Lola! (1975–1976); Mister Rogers (1963–1967); My First Time (2006); Pat Paulsen for President (1968); Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour (1970); Petula (1968); Playdate (1962); Redd Foxx (1977–1978); Reinventing Elvis: The '68 Comeback (2023); Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (2002); Super Dave (1987–1999); Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire (1992); Super Dave's All Stars (1997–1998); Super Dave's Spike Tacular (2009); Super Dave's Vegas Spectacular (1995); That's My Mama (1974–1975); The 20th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1968); The 21st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1969); The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1992); The Andy Williams Christmas Show (1971); The Andy Williams Christmas Special (1968); The Andy Williams Magic Lantern Show Company (1969); The Andy Williams Show (1969–1971); The Bobby Vinton Show (1975–1977); The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave (2000); The Forest Rangers (1963); The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show (1974); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2019); The Juliette Show (1954–1966); The Ken Berry 'Wow' Show (1972); The Life and Times of Sonny Bono (1999); The Ray Stevens Show (1970); The Redd Foxx Special (1978); The Return of the Smothers Brothers (1970); The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967–1993); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1971–1977); The Sonny Comedy Revue (1974); The Summer Brothers Smothers Show (1968); The Super Bob Einstein Movie (2021); The Super Dave Superbowl of Knowledge (1994); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1970); Theatre 625 (1965); Van Dyke and Company (1975 / 1976); Zoomerang! (1974).

Born on this day – Charley Scalies:

Charley Scalies

Actor

July 19, 1940 – May 1, 2025

Credits:

12 Monkeys (1995); Cold Case (2008); Condition Red (1995); Diary of a City Priest (2001); Homicide: Life on the Street (1996); Jersey Girl (2004); Job No. 5 (2006); Law & Order (1997); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2006–2008); Liberty Heights (1999); Nicky's Game (2005); The Doghouse (2000); The Sopranos (2004); The Wire (2003); Two Bits (1995).

On this day in movie and book history - The Frighteners (1996)

The Frighteners

directed by Peter Jackson,

written by Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson,

was released in the United States on July 19, 1996.

Music by Danny Elfman.

 

Cast:

Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Jeffrey Combs, Dee Wallace Stone, Jake Busey, Chi McBride, Jim Fyfe, Troy Evans, Julianna McCarthy, R. Lee Ermey, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Angela Bloomfield, Desmond Kelly, Jonathan Blick, Todd Rippon, John Sumner, Michael Robinson, Jim McLarty, Anthony Ray Parker, Paul Yates, Melanie Lynskey, John Leigh, Nicola Cliff, Ken Blackburn, Stuart Devenie, Genevieve Westcott, K.C. Kelly, Leslie Wing, Leslie Klein, Frank Edwards, Alan O’Leary, Danny Lineham, Charlie McClellan, William Pomeroy, George Port, Billy Jackson, Sophie Watkins, Taea Hartwell, Max Grover, George Grover, Tony Hopkins, Lewis Martin, Clay Nelson, Matthew Chamberlain, Vivienne Kaplan, Liz Mullane, Matt Aitken, Grae Burton, Michael Elsworth, Nic Farra, Peter Jackson, Rhys Jordan, Paul Kingdom, Isaac Lucas, Michael Maxwell, Bryce McCawe, Nicolas Pegg, April Phillips, Tracey Savage, Jeff Slaven, Clinton Ulyatt, Fran Walsh.

Recommended reading:

 

The Frighteners

by Michael Jahn.

Published by Boulevard Book.
Published 1996.
Movie tie-in.

ISBN-10: 0157297187
ISBN-13: 9780157297188

Description:

When a serial killer reaches out from beyond the grave and, in the guise of the Grim Reaper, embarks on a New England killing spree, it is up to a hapless young man with special powers, aided by some friendly earthbound spirits, to stop him.

On this day in music history - A Journey for Mankind, by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer (2019)

A Journey for Mankind by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer (2019)

Flow State by Above & Beyond (2019)

A Journey for Mankind

Album by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer,

released July 19, 2019.

Track list: Dawn at the Coast; Trans-Lunar; A Song for Distant Earth; Shadow of the Moon; Blue Pearl in a Black Sky; Tranquility Base Here; Magnificent Solitude; Trans-earth; Night Sky in Wonder.

 

Flow State

Album by Above & Beyond,

released July 19, 2019.

Track list: Great Falls; Night Light; Don't Leave; Slow Buchla Sunshine; Energy; Homecoming; Strength From Inside; Rotations; Ebb And Flow; Reflections; Golden; Believer; Small Moments; Flow; Sun In Your Eyes; Common Ground; Solarized.