Born on this day – Patricia Dane:

 

Patricia Dane

Actress

August 4, 1917 – June 5, 1995

Credits:

Are You with It? (1948); Fighting Mad (1948); Fireside Theatre (1951); Grand Central Murder (1942); I Dood It (1943); I'll Wait for You (1941); Johnny Eager (1941); Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941); Northwest Rangers (1942); Personalities (1942); Rio Rita (1942); Road to Bali (1952); Somewhere I'll Find You (1942); The Harder They Fall (1956); The Lone Wolf (1954); Ziegfeld Girl (1941).

Born on this day – David Raksin:

 

David Raksin

Composer

August 4, 1912 – August 9, 2004

Credits:

10 (1979); 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957); 52nd Street (1937); A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966); A Dirty Shame (2004); A Gentleman at Heart (1942); A Girl with Ideas (1937); A Lady Without Passport (1950); A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958); A Slight Case of Larceny (1953); A Tune for Laura: David Raksin Remembers (2019); A Unicorn in the Garden (1953); Across the Wide Missouri (1951); Adventures in Silverado (1948); Al Capone (1959); Alias the Deacon (1940); All About Alfred (1998); Apache (1954); Apartment for Peggy (1948); Armored Car (1937); As Good as Married (1937); Atom Man vs. Superman (1950); Attack in the Pacific (1944); Bad Boy Made Good: The Revival of George Antheil's 1924 Ballet Mécanique (2003); Bad for Each Other (1953); Barricade (1939); Bathing Beauty (1944); Behind Green Lights (1946); Belle of the Yukon (1944); Ben Casey (1961–1966); Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic (1994); Big Gold Brick (2022); Bigger Than Life (1956); Biography (1999); Bomber's Moon (1943); Border Wolves (1938); Breaking Point (1963–1964); Breezing Home (1937); Buffalo Bill (1944); Cadet Girl (1941); Camera Three (1976); Captain America: The First Avenger (2011); Carrie (1952); Cavalcade of Books (1957); C'è musica & musica (1972); Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003); Chip of the Flying U (1939); Cinerama Adventure (2002); Circumstantial Evidence (1945); City of Bad Men (1953); City Without Men (1943); Courage of the West (1937); Crash Dive (1943); Daisy Kenyon (1947); Dead Men Tell (1941); Der Klang der Bilder (1995); Diamond Horseshoe (1945); Dipsy Gypsy (1941); Don Juan Quilligan (1945); Dr. Kildare (1964–1965); Dr. Renault's Secret (1942); Du Barry Was a Lady (1943); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1999); Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956); Fallen Angel (1945); Fast Company (1953); Father of the Bride (1961–1962); Fearless Fagan (1952); Festival (1963); Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017); Five Fingers (1959–1960); Forbidden Valley (1938); Force of Evil (1948); Forever Amber (1947); Forty Little Mothers (1940); Front Row Center (1955); Frontier Marshal (1939); Fury at Furnace Creek (1948); General Electric Theater (1959); Giddyap (1950); Girl Crazy (1943); Glass Houses (1972); Goodbye Broadway (1938); Gorilla at Large (1954); Grand Pianos and Gals (1941); Great Performances (1995); Greenwich Village (1944); Grounds for Marriage (1951); Guadalcanal Diary (1943); Gunmen from Laredo (1959); Gunsight Ridge (1957); Happy Land (1943); Happy Landing (1938); He Hired the Boss (1943); Hellcats of the Navy (1957); Here's Edie (1963); Hilda Crane (1956); Hollywood Cavalcade (1939); Hollywood in Vienna (2012); Hollywood Legenden (2004); Hollywood's Musical Moods (1972); Home in Indiana (1944); I Cover the War! (1937); I Dood It (1943); Iceland (1942); Idol of the Crowds (1937); I'll Wait for You (1941); In Old California (1942); Inflation (1943); Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964); Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944); It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951); Jitterbugs (1943); Joan of Ozark (1942); Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009); Jubal (1956); Just Off Broadway (1942); Kentucky Moonshine (1938); Kind Lady (1951); Know Your Ally: Britain (1944); Lady for a Night (1942); Lady in the Corner (1989); Last of the Duanes (1941); Laura (1944 / 1968); Let Them Live (1937); Life with Father (1953); Lost in Space (1967); Love Affair (1939); Love Has Many Faces (1965); Love Nest (1951); Mac (1992); Madeline (1952); Main Street Today (1944); Man on Fire (1957); Manila Calling (1942); Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz (2004); Marked Woman (1937); Marry the Girl (1937); Max Anderson, Private Eye (2013); Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music (2019); Medical Center (1969); Memoirs of a Movie Palace: The Kings of Flatbush (1980); Men of the Timberland (1941); Midnight Court (1937); Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997); Midnight Intruder (1938); Modern Times (1936); Monty and the Movies (2026); Mr. Moto's Last Warning (1938); Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann (1992); My Friend Flicka (1943); My Three Sons (1960); NDR Jazz Workshops (1960); Night Key (1937); Night Life (1989); Night Tide (1961); No Reservations (2007); Nothing Sacred (1937); Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957); Oklahoma Frontier (1939); On the Rocks (2020); On the Sunny Side (1942); One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937); Otto Preminger (1999); Outlaw Express (1938); Panic! (1957); Paris After Dark (1943); Pat and Mike (1952); Pay or Die! (1960); Powder River (1953); Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991); Remember the Day (1941); Remington Steele (1985–1987); Reported Missing! (1937); Reprisal! (1956); Return to Warbow (1958); Ride on Vaquero (1941); Right Cross (1950); Rise and Shine (1941); Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944); Rogue's March (1953); San Quentin (1937); Saturday Night (2024); Scorpio Rising (1963); Scouts to the Rescue (1939); Second Fiddle (1939); Separate Tables (1958); Seven Thieves (1960); Seven Wonders of the World (1956); Sh! The Octopus (1937); She's Dangerous (1937); Singapore Sling (1990); Sloppy Jalopy (1952); Smoky (1946); Something to Shout About (1943); Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942); Song of the Islands (1942); Stanley and Livingstone (1939); State Police (1938); Stealing Beauty (1996); Stella Dallas (1937); Suddenly (1954); Suez (1938); Sun Valley Serenade (1941); Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944); Superman (1948); Susannah of the Mounties (1939); Swamp Water (1941); Sweet and Low-Down (1944); Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943); Sylvia (1965); Take It or Leave It (1944); Talking Film (1983); Tampico (1944); Target: The Corruptors (1961); TCM Remembers 2004 (2004); The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005); The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939); The Bad and the Beautiful (1952); The Baroness and the Butler (1938); The Big Combo (1955); The Blue Bird (1940); The Canterville Ghost (1944); The Crime of Doctor Hallet (1938); The Crooked Arrangement (1982); The Dancer and the Thief (2009); Thé dansant (1980); The Day After (1983); The Detective (1968); The Devil's Party (1938); The Fabulous Oliver Chantry (1953); The Fighting Guerrillas (1943); The Fighting Lady (1944); The Fighting Sullivans (1944); The Ghost of Flight 401 (1978); The Girl in White (1952); The Goldwyn Follies (1938); The Gorilla (1939); The Great Profile (1940); The Great Radio Comedians (1972); The Green Hornet (1940); The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940); The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957); The Hard Man (1957); The Hollywood Palace (1966); The Hollywood Soundtrack Story (1995); The Homestretch (1947); The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939); The Jury's Secret (1938); The Kid Comes Back (1937); The Lady Fights Back (1937); The Lady in the Morgue (1938); The Last Stand (1938); The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954); The Little Broadcast (1943); The Lodger (1944); The Magnificent Dope (1942); The Magnificent Yankee (1950); The Man Who Cried Wolf (1937); The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942); The Man with a Cloak (1951); The Men in Her Life (1941); The Mighty Treve (1937); The Missing Guest (1938); The Moviemakers (1985); The Next Voice You Hear... (1950); The Night Before the Divorce (1942); The Oregon Trail (1939); The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (1970); The Patsy (1964); The Perfect Snob (1941); The Phantom Stagecoach (1957); The Postman Didn't Ring (1942); The Puppetoon Movie (1987); The Redeemer (1959); The Reformer and the Redhead (1950); The Road Back (1937); The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947); The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947); The Singing Outlaw (1937); The Soldier (1962); The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939); The Suicide's Wife (1979); The Twilight Zone (1963); The Undying Monster (1942); The Vintage (1957); The Way to the Gold (1957); The Westland Case (1937); The White Squaw (1956); The Witness Vanishes (1939); The Woman in the Window (2021); These Three (1936); They Came to Blow Up America (1943); Three Hearts for Julia (1943); Three Smart Girls (1936); Thru Different Eyes (1942); Till We Meet Again (1944); Time to Kill (1942); Too Late Blues (1961); Trouble at Midnight (1937); Twilight for the Gods (1958); Two Days in a Hot Place (1977); Two Girls on Broadway (1940); Two Weeks in Another Town (1962); Until They Sail (1957); Wagon Train (1958); West of Carson City (1940); Western Daze (1941); Western Trails (1938); What's the Matter with Helen? (1971); Where Do We Go from Here? (1945); Whirlpool (1950); Whispering Ghosts (1942); Who Is Hope Schuyler? (1942); Why We Fight (1942); Wild West Days (1937); Will Penny (1967); Wings Over Honolulu (1937); Wintertime (1943); Wyoming Renegades (1955); You Bet Your Life (1956); Young Fugitives (1938); Your Choice for the Film Awards (1983); Zappa (2020); Zombies of Mora Tau (1957).

Born on this day – Jeanne Carmen:

 

Jeanne Carmen

Actress

Model

Trick-shot golfer

August 4, 1930 – December 20, 2007

Credits:

26 Men (1958); 48 Hours (2006); 60 Minutes Australia (2006); A Merry Mix-up (1957); Born Reckless (1958); Broadway Open House (1950–1952); CBS Mornings (2006); Citizens (2025); Die Waffen der Frau (2005); Drive-in Movie Memories (2001); E! Mysteries & Scandals (1998–2001); E! True Hollywood Story (1998–2001); Entertainment Tonight (1988); George Michael: Outside (1998); Golf Central (1998); Golfing with Demaret (1954); Guns Don't Argue! (1957); Hard Copy (1990–1998); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959); Here Come the Girls (1953); Hey Moe, Hey Dad! (2015); History's Mysteries (2000); Hollywood Confidential (2003); House of Women (1962); I Married a Woman (1958); Inside Edition (1989); Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael (1999); Larry King Live (1989–2003); Marilyn: contre enquête sur une mort suspecte (2000); Marilyn: The Last Word (1993); Mike and Buff (1951); Missing: Reward (1989); Monty and the Movies (2025); National Enquirer TV (1999); Portland Exposé (1957); Riverboat (1959); Say Goodbye to the President (1985); Striporama (1953); The Best of Hollywood (2018); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952); The Dating Game (1998); The Definitive Elvis: 25th Anniversary (2003); The Devil's Hand (1961); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); The Geraldo Rivera Show (1991); The Gossip Show (1998); The Kennedy Assassinations (1992); The Marilyn Files (1992); The Millionaire (1958–1959); The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959); The Montel Williams Show (1991); The Naked Monster (2005); The Reporters (1988); The Three Outlaws (1956); Tightrope (1960); Too Much, Too Soon (1958); Untamed Youth (1957); Unzipped (1999); War Drums (1957); We Remember Marilyn (1996); What's Inside Frank Sinatra's Coffin? (2005).

Born on this day – D.L. Coburn:

D.L. Coburn

Writer

August 4, 1938 – December 3, 2025

Credits:

Play:

The Gin Game (1977).

Movies and television:

Gin Game (2022); Gin Romme (1983); Kaarten op tafel (1982); The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (1978); The Gin Game (1981 / 2003); To theatro tis Defteras (1992).

Born on this day – Moya Brennan:

Moya Brennan

Singer

Writer

Harpist

Philanthropist

August 4, 1952 – April 13, 2026

Credits:

Books:

A Woman's Voice (1991); Ireland: Landscapes of God's Peace (2000); The Other Side of the Rainbow: The Autobiography of the Voice of Clannad (2001).

Albums:

Affinity (2013); An Irish Christmas (2005); Canvas (2017); Clannad (1973); Clannad 2 (1974); Clannad in Concert (1979); Clannad: Live in Concert (2005); Crann Úll (1980); Heart Strings (2008); Hidden Heart (2005); Legend (1984); Macalla (1985); Máire (1992); Misty Eyed Adventures (1994); My Match Is a Makin' (2010); New Irish Hymns (2001); Nollaig Gaelach (2023); Perfect Time (1998); Signature (2006); The Angel and the Soldier Boy (1989); The Best of Clannad: In a Lifetime (2003); Timeless (2019); Two Horizons (2003); Voices and Harps (2010); Voices and Harps (IV) (2024); Whisper to the Wild Water (1999); Worship Together: In Christ Alone (2001).

Movies and television:

Band of Brothers (2001); Baywatch (1994); BingoLotto (2003); Blood on the Land: The Making of a King (2004); Chicane Feat. Máire Brennan: Saltwater (1999); Circle of Friends (1995); Clannad & Paul Young: Both Sides Now (1991); Clannad Feat. Bono: In a Lifetime (1985); Clannad Feat. Bruce Hornsby: Something to Believe In (1987); Clannad Feat. Denise Chaila: In A Lifetime (2021); Clannad Feat. Duke Special: Brave Enough (2014); Clannad Live at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin (2012); Clannad: Buachaill Ón Éirne (1985); Clannad: Closer to Your Heart (1985); Clannad: Hourglass (1989); Clannad: In Fortune's Hand (1990); Clannad: Mystery Game (1993); Clannad: Robin (The Hooded Man) (1984); Clannad: Seanchas (1996); Clannad: The Hunter (1989); Clannad: Theme from Harry's Game (1982); Clannad: Who Knows (Where the Time Goes) (2020); Fishing the Sloe-Black River (1996); How Ireland Rocked the '70s (2021); If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story (2001); Ireland: am (2005); Kelly (2000–2004); King Arthur (2004); Millennium Chorus: The Greatest Story Ever Sung (2000); Moya (2020); Moya Brennan: Children of War (2019); Moya Brennan: The Music of What happens (2010); Moya Brennan: Voices & Harps Tour (2016); MTV 90s - Top 50 90s Collabs! (2024); Music of Ireland: Welcome Home (2010); Music of Ireland: Welcome to America (2010); Now Here (2010); Popular (2000); Prisoner Zero (2016); Robin of Sherwood (1984–1986); Roger Shah feat. Moya Brennan: Morning Star - Orchestral Version (2011); Roger Shah feat. Moya Brennan: Morning Star (2011); Samantha Brown's Places to Love (2018); Saturday Night with Miriam (2008); Smashing Hits! The 80s Pop Map of Britain & Ireland (2018); Sol (2020); Songs of Praise (2004–2006); The Angel and the Soldier Boy (1989); The Heaven and Earth Show (2006); The Last of the Mohicans (1992); The Late Late Show (2003); The Podge and Rodge Show (2008); The Project (2024); To End All Wars (2001); Top of the Pops (1982–1999); Warriors of Virtue (1997); Windmill Lane (2020).

Born on this day – Donald Gibb:

Donald Gibb

Actor

August 4, 1954 – May 12, 2026

Credits:

1st & Ten (1985–1991); 227 (1989); 8 of Diamonds (2006); Alice (1983); Alter Echo (2003); Amazon Women on the Moon (1987); Amen (1991); American Tigers (1996); Any Which Way You Can (1980); Arli$$ (1999); Benson (1985); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1998); Black Scorpion (2001); Bloodsport (1988); Bloodsport 2 (1996); Boy Meets World (1994); Breakfast of Aliens (1993); Broken Bars (1995); Burlesque Ghost Hunters (2026); Captain Kyle's Cosplay Spotlight (2016); Cheers (1992); Conan the Barbarian (1982); Daddy Dearest (1993); Dark Justice (1993); Days of Our Lives (1998); Dear John (1990); Doctor Doctor (1990); Durango Kids (1999); Early Edition (2000); Empty Nest (1993–1994); First Family (1993); Grind (2003); Hancock (2008); Hands (2026); Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1997); Hardcastle and McCormick (1983); Harry and the Hendersons (1993); Hearts Afire (1993); High Voltage (1997); Homeboys in Outer Space (1996); Hunter (1990); Jhon Jatenjor's Interviews (2026); Jocks (1986); Just Our Luck (1983); Kirk (1995); Knight Rider (1984); Lightning Bug (2004); Lost in America (1985); MacGyver (1991); Mafia II (2010); Magic Kid II (1994); Magnum, P.I. (1982–1983); Meatballs Part II (1984); Midnight Runaround (1994); Misery Loves Company (1995); Missing Pieces (1991); Muddling Through (1994); Murphy Brown (1995); My Two Dads (1989–1990); Nichols & Dymes (1981); Nick Danger in the Case of the Missing Yolk (1983); Night Court (1990); Oh No, Not Them (1989); Otherworld (1985); Pacific Blue (1996); Philly (2001); Quantum Leap (1992); Rage (2011); Renegade (1992–1995); Revenge of the Nerds (1984); Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987); Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love (1994); Savate (1995); Secret Agent Man (2000); Secret Mountain Fort Awesome (2011); Seinfeld (1995); She Spies (2002); Simon & Simon (1983); Sons and Daughters (1991); Sparks (1997); Stand by Your Man (1992); Step by Step (1993–1998); Streets of Justice (1985); Stripes (1981); Svengoolie (2019); The A-Team (1983); The Biggest Fan (2005); The Facts of Life (1987); The Fantastic Two (2007); The Steve Harvey Show (2000); The X-Files (1993); The Young and the Restless (2003); They Came from Outer Space (1990); They Still Call Me Bruce (1987); Transylvania 6-5000 (1985); True Colors (1991); U.S. Marshals (1998); U.S. Marshals: Waco & Rhinehart (1987); Unhappily Ever After (1996); Veronica's Closet (2000); Weird Science (1994–1996); What's My Story? (1995); Window Theory (2005); Zork: Grand Inquisitor (1997).

Born on this day – Ron Lester:

 

Ron Lester

Actor

Director

Producer

August 4, 1970 – June 17, 2016

Credits:

3rd Annual Young Hollywood Awards (2001); Billy Bob with No Bacon (2009); Bomb City (2017); Cousin Skeeter (1999); CSI: NY (2005); Dill Scallion (1999); Drum Solo (2001); Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000); Good Burger (1997); Good Burger 2 (2023); I Think My Mom's Trying to Kill Me (2013); Minty Comedic Arts (2025); MTV Movie Special: Varsity Blues (1999); Not Another Teen Movie (2001); Not Another Teen Movie: Deleted Scenes (2002); Popular (1999–2001); Racing Legacy (2015); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (2001); The Fame (2014); The Fat Boy Chronicles (2010); The Greenskeeper (2002); The Karate Dog (2002); The Montel Williams Show (2004); The Screen Savers (2005); The Teen Choice Awards 2000 (2000); The Test (2001); Two-a-Days: The Ellis Way (2009); Varsity Blues (1999); What Hollywood Taught Us About Sex (2005).