On This Day - August

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• 1st
  • 1905 - actress Alice Frost born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
  • 1912 - actor Henry Jones born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • 1922 - actor Arthur Hill born in Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada
  • 1922 - actor Paul Lambert born in El Paso, Texas, USA
  • 1935 - "The 39 Steps" goes on general release in the USA
  • 1954 - "Rear Window" premieres in New York City, USA
  • 1973 - actor Frederick Worlock dies in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
• 2st
  • 1888 - actor D A Clarke-Smith born in Montrose, Borders, Scotland, UK
  • 1899 - actor, writer and director Charles Bennett born in Shoreham-By-Sea, England, UK
  • 1914 - actress Beatrice Straight born in Old Westbury, New York, USA
  • 1915 - actor Gary Merrill born in Hartford, Connecticut, USA
  • 1919 - actor Nehemiah Persoff born in Jerusalem, Israel
  • 1925 - actor Roy Dean born in Kent, England, UK
  • 1929 - actor Orlando Rodriguez born in Naguabo, Puerto Rico
  • 1957 - "The Wrong Man" goes on general release in West Germany
  • 1982 - actress Cathleen Nesbitt dies in London, England, UK
  • 1994 - actor Bert Freed dies of a heart attack in Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada
  • 1995 - actress Janet Ward dies of a heart attack in Manhattan, New York, USA
  • 1995 - actress Lillian Bronson dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 3rd
  • 1902 - actor Ralph Peters born in Kansas, USA
  • 1902 - composer David Buttolph born in New York, USA
  • 1907 - actress Irene Tedrow born in Denver, Colorado, USA
  • 1908 - actress Frances Morris born in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
  • 1911 - actor Kenneth Patterson born in Montana, USA
  • 1915 - actress Louise Platt born in Stamford, Connecticut, USA
  • 1919 - actor Keith Britton born in Pennsylvania, USA
  • 1923 - actress Jean Hagen born in Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • 1924 - author Joseph Conrad dies of a heart attack in Oswalds, Bishopsbourne, England, UK
  • 1924 - writer Leon Uris born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  • 1928 - actress Dodie Heath born in Seattle, Washington, USA
  • 1929 - actress Bethel Leslie born in New York, New York, USA
  • 1942 - film editor William Hamilton dies in North Hollywood, California, USA
  • 1956 - "The Man Who Knew Too Much" goes on general release in Finland
  • 1974 - actress Almira Sessions dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 1975 - actress Ruth Lee dies in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 1983 - actress Carolyn Jones dies of cancer in West Hollywood, California, USA
  • 1990 - actress Betty Amann dies in Westport, Connecticut, USA
  • 1993 - actor James Donald dies of cancer in Wiltshire, England, UK
• 4th
  • 1904 - actor Theodore Newton born in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, USA
  • 1904 - art director Ludwig Reiber born in Munich, Germany
  • 1913 - actress Barbara Townsend born
  • 1915 - actor William Keene born in Pennsylvania, USA
  • 1918 - actor Noel Willman born in Londonderry, Ireland
  • 1975 - actor John Baragrey dies in New York, New York, USA
  • 1984 - actor Edmon Ryan dies of a heart attack in Louisville, Kentucky, USA
  • 1993 - actor John Pickard dies in Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA
  • 2004 - actor Frank Maxwell dies of heart disease in Santa Monica, California, USA
  • 2006 - actor John Alderson dies in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 2006 - composer Passed Away in 2006 dies in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
• 5th
  • 1914 - actor Parley Baer born in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
  • 1929 - actor Don Matheson born in Dearborn, Michigan, USA
  • 1940 - actress Natalie Trundy born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  • 1955 - "To Catch a Thief" goes on general release in the USA
  • 1977 - actor Charles Carson dies in London, England, UK
  • 1983 - actress Judy Canova dies of cancer in Hollywood, California, USA
  • 1988 - actor Ralph Meeker dies of a heart attack in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
• 6th
  • 1904 - actor Ballard Berkeley born in Margate, Kent, England, UK
  • 1918 - actress Pamela Blake born in Oakland, California, USA
  • 1919 - actor Alfred Tonkel born in Mississippi, USA
  • 1929 - actress Lois Nettleton born in Oak Park, Illinois, USA
  • 1964 - actor Cedric Hardwicke dies in New York, USA
  • 1965 - actor Everett Sloane dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 1976 - "Family Plot" goes on general release in Finland
  • 1985 - actor John Harmon dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 1990 - actor Charles Arnt dies of cancer in Orcas Island, Washington, USA
  • 1991 - actor Nelson Welch dies in Los Angeles County, California, USA
• 7th
  • 1885 - actor Gordon Harker born in London, England, UK
  • 1901 - actress Ann Harding born in Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA
  • 1904 - actor Grandon Rhodes born in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
  • 1982 - actor Syl Lamont dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 1989 - Robert Stevens dies of a heart attack in Westport, Connecticut, USA
  • 1992 - actor John Anderson dies of a heart attack in Sherman Oaks, California, USA
• 8th
  • 1887 - actor Esme Percy born in London, England, UK
  • 1887 - actor Malcolm Keen born in Bristol, England, UK
  • 1891 - actor Morland Graham born in Patrick, Scotland, UK
  • 1898 - actor Alex Minotis born in Canea, Greece
  • 1903 - actor Dayton Lummis born in Summit, New Jersey, USA
  • 1910 - actress Sylvia Sidney born in The Bronx, New York, USA
  • 1930 - actress Nita Talbot born in New York, New York, USA
  • 1937 - actor Adam Roarke born in Brooklyn, New York, USA
  • 1984 - actor Richard Deacon dies of heart disease in Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 1988 - actor Alan Napier dies of a stroke in Santa Monica, California, USA
  • 1993 - actor Harry Bellaver dies of pneumonia in Nyack, New York, USA
  • 2000 - cinematographer John F Warren dies
  • 2004 - actress Fay Wray dies of natural causes in New York, New York, USA
  • 2005 - actress Barbara Bel Geddes dies of cancer in Northeast Harbor, Maine, USA
• 9th
  • 1869 - actor and director Randle Ayrton born in Chester, Cheshire, England, UK
  • 1949 - actor Harry Davenport dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 1976 - actor Jess Kirkpatrick dies of a heart attack in La Jolla, California, USA
  • 1977 - actor Edward Chapman dies of a heart attack in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
  • 1989 - actress Kathleen Maguire dies of cancer in New York, New York, USA
  • 2002 - actor Don Chastain dies of cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 10th
  • 1908 - actor Alexander D'Arcy born in Cairo, Egypt
  • 1923 - actress Rhonda Fleming born in Hollywood, California, USA
  • 1924 - actress Martha Hyer born in Fort Worth, Texas, USA
  • 1960 - Frank Lloyd dies in Santa Monica, California, USA
  • 1960 - actor John Nesbitt dies in Carmel, California, USA
  • 1970 - actor Tetsu Komai dies of heart failure in Gardena, California, USA
  • 1973 - actor Douglas Kennedy dies of cancer in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
• 11th
  • 1937 - actress Anna Massey born in Thakeham, Surrey, England, UK
  • 1961 - assistant director Lowell J Farrell dies in Hollywood, California, USA
  • 1963 - actor Clem Bevans dies in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 1975 - actor Howard Wendell dies in Oregon City, Oregon, USA
• 12th
  • 1883 - actress Marion Lorne born in West Pittston, Pennsylvania, USA
  • 1888 - actor Eric Snowden born in England, UK
  • 1893 - actor Howard Smith born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA
  • 1898 - actor Oskar Homolka born in Vienna, Austria
  • 1908 - actor Leonard Strong born in Utah, USA
  • 1910 - actress Jane Wyatt born in Campgaw, New Jersey, USA
  • 1982 - actor Henry Fonda dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 1999 - actor Ross Elliott dies of cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 13th
  • 1898 - actor Regis Toomey born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
  • 1899 - director Alfred Hitchcock born in Leytonstone, London, England, UK
  • 1903 - actor Wilton Graff born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
  • 1904 - actor Jonathan Hole born in Eldora, Iowa, USA
  • 1908 - actor Gene Raymond born in New York, USA
  • 1909 - actor Dave Willock born in Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • 1967 - actress Jane Darwell dies of a heart attack in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
• 14th
  • 1867 - writer John Galsworthy born
  • 1887 - actress Therese Lyon born in Missouri, USA
  • 1893 - actor Carl Benton Reid born in Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • 1899 - Alma Reville, wife of Alfred Hitchcock, born in England, UK
  • 1950 - "Under Capricorn" goes on general release in Denmark
  • 1956 - "The Trouble with Harry" goes on general release in West Germany
  • 1984 - author J B Priestley dies in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK
  • 1994 - producer and writer Joan Harrison dies in London, England, UK
• 15th
  • 1879 - actress Ethel Barrymore born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • 1901 - art director John B Goodman born in Colorado, USA
  • 1910 - actor Jean Martinelli born in Paris, France
  • 1912 - actress Wendy Hiller born in Bramhall, Cheshire, England, UK
  • 1916 - actor Harold Ayer born in London, England, UK
  • 1924 - actress Shirley O'Hara born in Rochester, Minnesota, USA
  • 1926 - actress Georgann Johnson born in Decorah, Iowa, USA
  • 1946 - "Notorious" premieres in New York, USA
  • 1971 - actor Paul Lukas dies of heart failure in Tangier, Morocco
  • 1978 - actor Dwight Marfield dies of a heart attack in New York, USA
  • 1979 - film editor Derek N Twist dies in Chelmsford, England, UK
• 16th
  • 1886 - actor Charles Carson born in London, England, UK
  • 1891 - actor Harry Cheshire born in Emporia, Kansas, USA
  • 1900 - actor Walter Kinsella born in New York, New York, USA
  • 1924 - actor Fess Parker born in Fort Worth, Texas, USA
  • 1930 - actor Robert Culp born in Oakland, California, USA
  • 1931 - actress Betsy von Furstenberg born in Arnsberg, Westphalia, Germany
  • 1940 - "Foreign Correspondent" goes on general release in the USA
  • 1943 - "Shadow of a Doubt" goes on general release in Sweden
  • 1971 - actress Elsie Baker dies of a heart attack in Hollywood, California, USA
  • 1973 - actress Veda Ann Borg dies of cancer in Hollywood, California, USA
  • 1976 - "Family Plot" goes on general release in Denmark
  • 1989 - actress Amanda Blake dies in Sacramento, California, USA
  • 1992 - actor Malcolm Atterbury dies in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
• 17th
  • 1907 - writer Bernard C Schoenfeld born
  • 1918 - actor Ralph Roberts born in Salisbury, North Carolina, USA
  • 1920 - actress Maureen O'Hara born in Ranelagh, Dublin, Ireland
  • 1921 - actor Donald Buka born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
  • 1963 - actor Ed Gardner dies in Hollywood, California, USA
  • 1976 - actor William Redfield dies of leukemia in New York, New York, USA
  • 1982 - actor Barney Phillips dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 1987 - actor Shaike Ophir dies of cancer in Tel Aviv, Israel
  • 1988 - actor Mike Mahoney dies
  • 1991 - actor Don Dubbins dies of cancer in Greenville, South Carolina, USA
• 18th
  • 1894 - costume designer Travis Banton born in Waco, Texas, USA
  • 1896 - actor Alan Mowbray born in London, England, UK
  • 1900 - producer Edward Black born in Birmingham, England, UK
  • 1910 - writer David Dodge born in Berkeley, California, USA
  • 1916 - actor Don Keefer born in Highspire, Pennsylvania, USA
  • 1935 - actor Rafer Johnson born in Hillsboro, Texas, USA
  • 1936 - actor Robert Redford born in Santa Monica, California, USA
  • 1955 - "Rear Window" goes on general release in Norway
  • 1957 - composer Louis Levy dies in Slough, Berkshire, England, UK
  • 1979 - actor David Orrick McDearmon dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 1995 - actor Dick Hogan dies in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
• 19th
  • 1893 - producer Thomas Charles Arnold born in Richmond, Yorkshire, England, UK
  • 1899 - actor Charlie Hall born in Birmingham, England, UK
  • 1899 - actor Kenneth MacKenna born in Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA
  • 1924 - actor William Marshall born in Gary, Indiana, USA
  • 1972 - costume designer Roger K Furse dies
  • 1976 - actor Alastair Sim dies of cancer in London, England, UK
  • 1978 - actor James Maloney dies in New Britain, Connecticut, USA
  • 1981 - actress Jessie Matthews dies of cancer in Eastcote, Middlesex, England
  • 1997 - actress Cathleen Cordell dies of emphysema in Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 2005 - actor Mel Welles dies of heart failure in Norfolk, Virginia, USA
• 20th
  • 1906 - actor Charles Arnt born in Michigan City, Indiana, USA
  • 1907 - actor Alan Reed born in New York, New York, USA
  • 1909 - André Morell born in London, England, UK
  • 1927 - actress Norma Connolly born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  • 1936 - actress Miriam Colon born in Ponce, Puerto Rico
  • 1976 - actress Phyllis Konstam dies of a heart attack in Somerset, England, UK
• 21st
  • 1889 - actor Forrest Stanley born in New York, New York, USA
  • 1892 - actor Charles Vanel born in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
  • 1901 - actor Harvey Stephens born in Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 1908 - actor Tom Tully born in Durango, Colorado, USA
  • 1919 - actor Karl Lukas born in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
  • 1924 - actor Jack Weston born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
  • 1931 - actor Barry Foster born in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
  • 1986 - actor George Brenlin dies
• 22st
  • 1888 - actress Violet Farebrother born in Grimsby, England, UK
  • 1893 - writer Dorothy Parker born in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
  • 1916 - actor Joseph Marr born
  • 1925 - actor Jim Kirkwood born in Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 1933 - actor Geoffrey Horne born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 1946 - "Notorious" goes on general release in the USA
  • 1977 - actor Sebastian Cabot dies of a stroke in North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
  • 1982 - actor John Boxer dies of a heart attack in Sussex, England, UK
  • 1991 - actress Colleen Dewhurst dies of cancer in South Salem, New York, USA
• 23rd
  • 1901 - actress Iphigenie Castiglioni born in Vienna, Austria
  • 1903 - actor John Gallaudet born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • 1910 - actor John Nesbitt born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  • 1915 - actor James Millhollin born in Peoria, Illinois, USA
  • 1928 - actor John Lupton born in Highland Park, Illinois, USA
  • 1928 - actress Marian Seldes born in New York, New York, USA
  • 1929 - actress Vera Miles born in Boise City, Oklahoma, USA
  • 1942 - "Mr and Mrs Smith" goes on general release in Finland
  • 1948 - "Rope" goes on general release in Canada
  • 1997 - actress Ruth Storey dies of cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 2001 - actress Kathleen Freeman dies of cancer in New York, New York, USA
• 24th
  • 1907 - actor Gil Perkins born in Australia
  • 1916 - actor Hal Smith born in Petoskey, Michigan, USA
  • 1923 - actress Joan Chandler born in Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
  • 1923 - actress June Dayton born in Dayton, Ohio, USA
  • 1924 - actor Jimmy Gardner born in Newmarket, Suffolk, England, UK
  • 1928 - actress Penny Edwards born in Jackson Heights, New York, USA
  • 1933 - actor Robert Ellis born in Illinois, USA
  • 1992 - actress Margie Liszt dies of cancer in Laguna Hills, California, USA
  • 2001 - actress Jane Greer dies of cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 25th
  • 1908 - actor Philip Coolidge born in Concord, Massachusetts, USA
  • 1909 - actor Michael Rennie born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
  • 1913 - actor Don DeFore born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
  • 1916 - Daniel McCauley born in El Paso, Texas, USA
  • 1921 - writer Brian Moore born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
  • 1930 - actor Sean Connery born in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • 1933 - actor Tom Skerritt born in Detroit, Michigan, USA
  • 1995 - actor Holly Bane dies of emphysema in Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 2006 - writer Joseph Stefano dies of a heart attack in Thousand Oaks, California, USA
• 26th
  • 1875 - author John Buchan born in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
  • 1903 - actor William Kendall born in London, England, UK
  • 1912 - Penrose Tennyson born in London, England, UK
  • 1938 - actress Susan Harrison born in Leesburg, Florida, USA
  • 1966 - actor Art Baker dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 1977 - actor Willis Bouchey dies in Burbank, California, USA
  • 1978 - actor Steve Gravers dies of cancer in Studio City, California, USA
  • 1983 - actor Mike Kellin dies of cancer in Nyack, New York, USA
  • 1986 - actor Ted Knight dies of cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 1998 - actress Penny Edwards dies of cancer in Friendswood, Texas, USA
• 27th
  • 1884 - actor Harry Antrim born in Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • 1894 - actor Charles Meredith born in Knoxville, Pennsylvania, USA
  • 1911 - actress Kay Walsh born in London, England, UK
  • 1916 - actor Larry Thor born in Canada
  • 1933 - actress Janet MacLachlan born in New York, New York, USA
  • 1949 - actor Arthur Chesney dies in London, England, UK
  • 1953 - "I Confess" goes on general release in Sweden
  • 1969 - actor Forrest Stanley dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 1973 - actress Meri Welles dies of a heart attack in Dallas, Texas, USA
  • 1977 - actor George Merritt dies in London, England, UK
  • 1996 - actor Greg Morris dies of cancer in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
• 28th
  • 1874 - actress Helen Haye born in Assam, India
  • 1895 - actress Anita Sharp-Bolster born in Glenlohan, Ireland
  • 1915 - actor Simon Oakland born in New York, New York, USA
  • 1916 - writer Frederick Knott born in Hankow, China
  • 1921 - actress Nancy Kulp born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
  • 1930 - actress Carolyn Kearney born in Detroit, Michigan, USA
  • 1941 - "Mr and Mrs Smith" goes on general release in Sweden
  • 1948 - "Rope" goes on general release in the USA
  • 1951 - actor Robert Walker dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 1953 - "I Confess" goes on general release in Finland
  • 1964 - actor Lumsden Hare dies in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 1972 - "Frenzy" goes on general release in Norway
• 29th
  • 1891 - actor Michael Chekhov born in St. Petersburg, Russia
  • 1899 - actor George Macready born in Providence, Rhode Island, USA
  • 1912 - actor Barry Sullivan born in New York, New York, USA
  • 1915 - actress Ingrid Bergman born in Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1970 - actress Mary Clare dies in London, England, UK
  • 1977 - actress Jean Hagen dies of cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 1982 - actress Ingrid Bergman dies of cancer in London, England, UK
  • 1983 - actor Simon Oakland dies of cancer in Cathedral City, California, USA
• 30th
  • 1889 - actor Eduardo Ciannelli born in Ischia, Italy
  • 1896 - actor Raymond Massey born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • 1910 - actor Joseph Holland born in Virginia, USA
  • 1947 - actress Peggy Lipton born in New York, New York, USA
  • 1961 - actor Charles Coburn dies of a heart attack in New York, New York, USA
  • 1977 - actress Selma Vaz Dias dies
  • 1984 - actor Wesley Lau dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 1985 - actor Paul Bryar dies in Van Nuys, California, USA
  • 1989 - actor Joe De Santis dies in Provo, Utah, USA
  • 2003 - actor Charles Bronson dies of pneumonia in Los Angeles, California, USA
• 31st
  • 1902 - actress Helen Mayon born in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
  • 1907 - actress Argentina Brunetti born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 1914 - actor Richard Basehart born in Zanesville, Ohio, USA
  • 1925 - actor Charles Davis born in Missouri, USA
  • 1928 - actor James Coburn born in Laurel, Nebraska, USA
  • 1931 - writer Hall Caine dies in Isle of Man, UK
  • 1978 - cinematographer Lee Garmes dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
  • 1995 - actress Carmen Mathews dies in Redding, Connecticut, USA
  • 2000 - actress Patricia Owens dies in Lancaster, California, USA

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