#OTD 1994 – Noah Beery, Jr., 81, US actor (b. 1913)
Film debut: Mark of Zorro (1920 with Noah Beery Snr) * Fighting with Kit Carson (1933 with Noah Beery Sr.) Trail Beyond (1934 with John Wayne + Noah Beery Sr.) Parole! (1936) Trouble at Midnight (1937)
#OTD 1994 – Noah Beery, Jr., 81, US actor (b. 1913)
Only Angels Have Wings * Of Mice and Men (both 1939) Passport to Alcatraz (1940) Sergeant York (1941) Follow the Boys (1944) Under Western Skies (1945) The Crimson Canary * The Daltons Ride Again (both 1945) Red River (1948)
#OTD 1994 – Noah Beery, Jr., 81, US actor (b. 1913)
The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949) Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950) Rocketship X-M * Two Flags West (both 1950) Texas Rangers (1951) Cimarron Kid (1952) War Arrow (1953) White Feather (1955) Jubal (1956)
#OTD 1994 – Noah Beery, Jr., 81, US actor (b. 1913)
The Rockford Files (121 episodes - 1974–80)
Decision at Sundown (1957) Inherit the Wind (1960) Heaven with a Gun (1969) Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970) The Spikes Gang (1974) The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
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#OTD 1982 – King Vidor, 88, US filmmaker, screenwriter (b. 1894) OscarNom five times.
The Crowd (1928) Hallelujah (1929) The Champ (1931) The Citadel (1938) War and Peace (1956) awarded an Honorary Oscar in 1979. First film 1913 * Peg o' My Heart * Big Parade * La Bohème (1926)
#OTD 1982 – King Vidor, 88, US filmmaker, screenwriter (b. 1894)
Kevin Brownlow and David Gill restored 'The Crowd' in 1981, with a score by Carl Davis.
"Born on the Fourth of July, John Sims, always believed he was destined for great things ..."
The Crowd (1928 OscarNom)
#OTD 1982 – King Vidor, 88, US filmmaker, screenwriter (b. 1894)
First film Hurricane in Galveston (1913) * Peg o' My Heart (1922) * The Big Parade (1925) * La Bohème (1926) * The Crowd (1928 OscarNom) * Hallelujah (1929 OscarNom) * Street Scene (1931)
#OTD 1984 – Norman Krasna, 74, US filmmaker, screenwriter (b. 1909)
OscarNom for Richest Girl in the World (1934 story, script) Fury (1936– story) The Devil and Miss Jones (1941 – story, script, producer) Won for Princess O'Rourke (1943 - story, script, director)
#OTD 1984 – Norman Krasna, 74, US filmmaker, screenwriter (b. 1909)
Richest Girl in World (1934 story, script) Wife vs Secretary (1936 script) Fury (1936 story) Bachelor Mother (1939 script) Flame of New Orleans (1941 story, script) #Hitchcock Mr & Mrs Smith (1941 story, script)
#OTD 1984 – Norman Krasna, 74, US filmmaker, screenwriter (b. 1909)
Devil and Miss Jones (1941 – story, script, producer) * Princess O'Rourke (1943 - story, script, director) * Blue Veil (1951 producer) * Clash by Night (1952 producer) * White Christmas (1954 – co-story/script)
#OTD 1985 – Phil Silvers, 74, US actor, comedian (b. 1911)
Phil Silvers Show 'Bilko' (144 episodes) (1955 –59)
Wild Man of Borneo (1941) * Tom, Dick + Harry * Lady Be Good * You're in Army Now * Roxie Hart * My Gal Sal * All Through Night * Footlight Serenade * Just Off Broadway
#OTD 1985 – Phil Silvers, 74, US actor, comedian (b. 1911)
Coney Island * The Lady Takes a Chance * Cover Girl * Take It or Leave It * Something for the Boys * Diamond Horseshoe * Don Juan Quilligan * Thousand and One Nights * If I'm Lucky * Summer Stock * Top Banana * Lucky Me
#OTD 1985 – Phil Silvers, 74, US actor, comedian (b. 1911)
40 Pounds of Trouble * It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World * A Funny Thing Happened on Way to the Forum * A Guide for the Married Man * Carry On Follow That Camel * Buona Sera, Mrs Campbell
After seeing Helen Hayes on stage in 1936, she began acting in school plays. She later understudied Dorothy McGuire and Martha Scott in Wilder's Our Town. She was OscarNom in her film debut The Little Foxes, 1941 with #BetteDavis
The Little Foxes (1941 OscarNom) * Mrs Miniver* Pride of the Yankees (OscarNom) * #Hitchcock Shadow of a Doubt * Best Years of Our Lives * Pursued * Enchantment * The Men (Marlon Brando's film debut) * Something to Live For
#BOTD 1910 – 1963 Jack Carson, 52, (Cancer), Canadian-US actor and singer.
Stage Door (1937) * Bringing Up Baby * Vivacious Lady * Mr Smith Goes to Washington * Destry Rides Again * Queen of the Mob * Lucky Partners * #Hitchcock's Mr & Mrs Smith * Strawberry Blonde * Love Crazy
Bride Came C.O.D. * Blues in Night * Larceny Inc * Gentleman Jim * Arsenic + Old Lace * The Hard Way * Mildred Pierce * Two Guys from Milwaukee * Dangerous When Wet * A Star Is Born * Phffft * Bottom of Bottle
The Tattered Dress * Cat on a Hot Tin Roof * Rally Round the Flag, Boys! * The Bramble Bush (w. Richard Burton) * Sammy the Way Out Seal (1962 episode, TV Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color - final role)
Montages: Across the Pacific * Casablanca * Hard Way Director: Verdict (1946) Big Steal * Duel at Silver Creek * Riot in Cell Block 11 * Private Hell 36 * Invasion of Body Snatchers * Baby Face Nelson * The Lineup * Edge of Eternity
"Two policemen try their best to track down a gangster who uses the luggage of unsuspecting travellers as 'mules', to hide, traffic and retrieve drugs."
#ElvisPresley Flaming Star (1960) Hell Is for Heroes * Killers * Coogan's Bluff * Madigan * Two Mules for Sister Sara * Beguiled * Dirty Harry * Charley Varrick * Black Windmill * Shootist * Escape from Alcatraz * Jinxed! (1982)