Born on this day – Eddie Constantine:

Eddie Constantine

Actor

Singer

October 29, 1913 – February 25, 1993

Credits:

A Fat Head (1962); A Second Spring (1975); À tout casser (1968); Alphaville (1965); As If It Were Raining (1963); Avanzi di galera (1954); Beware of a Holy Whore (1971); Black Sequence (1984); Bloedverwanten (1977); Bomben auf Monte Carlo (1960); Bonne chance, Charlie (1962); Bonsoir Paris (1956); Boxoffice (1982); Ça va barder (1955); Ça va être ta fête (1960); Car-Napping - Bestellt, geklaut, geliefert (1980); Cartes sur table (1966); Ce soir les jupons volent... (1956); Ces dames s'en mêlent (1965); Ces messieurs de la famille (1968); Cet homme est dangereux (1953); Chien de pique (1960); Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962); Comment trouvez-vous ma soeur? (1964); Das Mikado-Projekt (1983); De bien étranges affaires (1982); Der Idiot im Hintergrund (1979); Der Schnüffler (1983); Des frissons partout (1963); Destination Fury (1961); Diamond Machine (1955); Die Alptraumfrau (1981); Die ganze Welt ist himmelblau (1964); Die Hinrichtung (1981); Dimension 1991-2024 (2010); Dishonorable Discharge (1957); Egypt by Three (1953); Ein Fall für Männdli (1976); Eine Rose für Jane (1970); Et par ici la sortie (1957); Europa (1991); Europa, abends (1989); Exit... nur keine Panik (1980); Faites vos jeux, mesdames (1965); Flight to Berlin (1984); Folies-Bergère (1956); Frankenstein's Aunt (1987); Freak Orlando (1981); Freckled Max and the Spooks (1987); Geen paniek (1973); Germany Year 90 Nine Zero (1991); Hail, Mafia (1965); Haytabo (1971); Heiter bis meschugge (1974); Helsinki Napoli All Night Long (1987); Hochkant (1982); Honor Thy Father (1986); Hoppla, jetzt kommt Eddie (1958); Hot Money Girl (1959); How Not to Rob a Department Store (1965); Incognito (1958); It Lives Again (1978); Je suis un sentimental (1955); Jumbo - Ein Elefantenleben (1970); Keep Talking, Baby (1961); Kottan ermittelt (1983); La bête noire (1983); L'agence (1989); Laissez tirer les tireurs (1964); Le couple témoin (1977); Le grand bluff (1957); Le moulin à remonter le poivre (1982); Le retour de Lemmy Caution (1989); Lemmy pour les dames... (1962); L'empire de la nuit (1962); Les brigades du Tigre (1982); Les cinq dernières minutes (1988); Les femmes d'abord (1963); Les femmes s'en balancent (1954); Les fugitifs (1981); License to Kill (1964); Lions Love (... and Lies) (1969); Lucky Jo (1964); Makaroni Blues (1986); Malatesta (1970); Man and Child (1956); Me faire ça à moi (1961); Minute papillon (1983); Neige (1981); Nick Carter et le trèfle rouge (1965); Nous irons à Deauville (1962); Oasis (1982); Panische Zeiten (1980); Pariser Nächte (1973); Paul Chevrolet en de ultieme hallucinatie (1985); Pepe Carvalho (1986); Perlico – Perlaco (1971); Pfuri Gorps & Kniri im Hotel (1981); Poison Ivy (1953); Quei trentasei gradini (1984); Raid on Entebbe (1976); Rambo Zambo (1984); Ravissante (1960); Red Love (1982); Residencia para espías (1966); Riff Raff Girls (1959); Rivalen der Rennbahn (1989); Roncalli (1986); Room 43 (1958); Seifenblasen (1984); SOS Pacific (1959); Souvenir of Gibraltar (1975); Supergirl - Das Mädchen von den Sternen (1971); Tango durch Deutschland (1980); Tarzana (1978); The Fiancés of the Bridge Mac Donald (1961); The Gangsters (1957); The Long Good Friday (1980); The Third Generation (1979); Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven (1993); Ticket of No Return (1979); Tiger - Frühling in Wien (1984); Tokyo Holiday (1991); Une aventure de Phil Perfect (1984); Une baleine qui avait mal aux dents (1974); Uno scugnizzo a New York (1984); Victor (1979); Votre dévoué Blake (1954); Wir sind drei (1972); Women Are Like That (1960); World on a Wire (1973); Your Turn, Darling (1963); Zwei himmlische Töchter (1978); Zwischen Mond und Sonne (1981).

Born on this day – Geraldine Brooks:

Geraldine Brooks

Actress

October 29, 1925 – June 19, 1977

Credits:

4th Annual Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1954); 5th Annual Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1955); A Man Called Shenandoah (1966); Adventures in Paradise (1961); Alcoa Premiere (1963); An Act of Murder (1948); Appointment with Adventure (1955–1956); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951–1953); Baretta (1976); Barnaby Jones (1973); Ben Casey (1964–1966); Bill Slater Show (1950); Bonanza (1961–1966); Broadway Television Theatre (1953); Bus Stop (1961); Cain's Hundred (1962); Cannon (1973); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1976); Challenge to Lassie (1949); Climax! (1955); Combat! (1963); Cry Wolf (1947); Dan August (1971); Danger (1951); Daniel Boone (1965); Dr. Kildare (1964); Ellery Queen (1975); Embraceable You (1948); Executive Suite (1976); Faraday and Company (1973–1974); General Electric Theater (1962); Get Smart (1966); Girl Talk (1963); Gunsmoke (1966); Gypsy (1967); Have Gun - Will Travel (1960); Hawk (1966); Here's Hollywood (1962); I Spy (1956); Insight (1967–1969); Ironside (1967 / 1972); It Takes a Thief (1969); Johnny Staccato (1960); Johnny Tiger (1966); Judd for the Defense (1969); Kraft Mystery Theater (1963); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1954–1961); Kung Fu (1973); Laramie (1963); Lights Out (1951); Love of Life (1951); Lux Video Theatre (1952); Mannix (1968); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971); McMillan & Wife (1975); Medallion Theatre (1954); Medical Story (1975); Modern Romances (1957); Mr. Novak (1964); Mr. Ricco (1975); My Friend Tony (1969); Naked City (1960); Orient Express (1952); Perry Mason (1962); Possessed (1947); Rhyme and Reason (1976); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1960); Run for Your Life (1967); Sam Benedict (1962); Starlight Theatre (1951); Stoney Burke (1963); Street of Sinners (1957); Streets of Sorrow (1950); Studio One (1954–1956); Stump the Stars (1950); Stu's Show (2023); The 24th Annual Tony Awards (1970); The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1973); The Bull of the West (1972); The Danny Thomas Hour (1967); The David Frost Show (1970); The Defenders (1963); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Dumplings (1976); The Ford Theatre Hour (1949); The Freddy Martin Show (1951); The Fugitive (1963–1967); The Greatest Show on Earth (1963); The Green Glove (1952); The High Chaparral (1967); The Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill (1950); The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956); The Merv Griffin Show (1967); The Name of the Game (1968); The Outer Limits (1963–1964); The Outsider (1969); The Reckless Moment (1949); The Silver Theatre (1950); The Streets of San Francisco (1972); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Virginian (1963–1968); The Younger Brothers (1949); To Rome with Love (1969); Vulcano (1950); Woman with a Past (1954); You Are There (1971).

Born on this day – Robert Hardy:

Robert Hardy

Actor

October 29, 1925 – August 3, 2017

Born on this day – Margaret Sheridan:

Margaret Sheridan

Actress

October 29, 1926 – May 1, 1982

Credits:

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964); City Detective (1953); Four Star Playhouse (1954); I, the Jury (1953); Man's Favorite Sport? (1964); One Minute to Zero (1952); Pride of the Blue Grass (1954); The Adventures of Ellery Queen (1952); The Diamond Wizard (1954); The Thing from Another World (1951); Wagon Train (1964).

Born on this day – Jane Arden:

Jane Arden

Director

Actress

Singer

Writer

October 29, 1927 – December 20, 1982

Credits:

A Gunman Has Escaped (1948); Anti-Clock (1979); Armchair Theatre (1956–1961); Black Memory (1947); Curtains for Harry (1955); Dali in New York (1965); Die Party (1963); Five More (1966); ITV Television Playhouse (1956 / 1957); New Release (1966); Separation (1968); Six (1965); The Other Side of Underneath (1972); The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (1947); The Wednesday Play (1964–1965); Tuesday's Documentary (1970); Vibration (1975).

Born on this day – William Harrison:

 

William Harrison

Writer

October 29, 1933 – October 22, 2013

Credits:

Books:

In a Wild Sanctuary (1975); Rollerball (1975); Savannah Blue (1981); Burton and Speke (1982); Three Hunters (1989); The Blood Latitudes (2000); Black August (2012); Roller Ball Murder (1975); The Buddha in Malibu (1998); Texas Heat (2005); The Mutations of Rollerball (2010); Best SF: 1974 (aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 8) (1975); Roller Ball Murder [short story] (1973).

Movies and television:

A Shining Season (1979); Fighting Mad (1976); Mountains of the Moon (1990); Return to the Arena: The Making of 'Rollerball' (2000); Rollerball (1975 / 2002); The Blue and the Gray (1982); Welcome to Paradox (1998).

Born on this day – Peter Watkins:

Peter Watkins

Filmmaker

Documentarian

Writer

Film theorist

October 29, 1935 – October 31, 2025

Credits:

70'ernes folk (1975); A Discussion with Peter Watkins (1977); Aftenlandet (1977); Culloden (1964); Du côté de chez Fred (1988); Edvard Munch (1974); Ex-S (1996); Fällan (1975); Fritänkaren (1994); How the BBC Began (2022); It Happened Here (1964); La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2000); Le Fossoyeur de Films (2024); NET Playhouse (1967); Peter Watkins Reflects on 'The War Game' and the Media (1983); Privilege (1967); Punishment Park (1971); Reflets de Cannes (1967); Resan (1987); The Controllers (1963); The Debridement of Rome (2012); The Diary of an Unknown Soldier (1959); The Field of Red (1958); The Forgotten Faces (1961); The Gladiators (1969); The Media Project (1991); The Movies (1967); The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins (2001); The War Game (1966); The Web (1956); Tomorrow and the Day Before (2004); Ung bølge i England (1967).