Today in Bad Movies

[Flick James]

BOBBY DARIN!!

"Don't worry.....Be happy."

Wait, that's Bobby McFerrin. Sorry.

[joejoeherron]

May 15 Born;
James Mason 1909
Abraham Zapruder 1905
Eddy Arnold 1918
Joseph Wiseman (DR. NO) 1918
Nicholas Hammond 1950
Chazz Palminteri 1952

May 15 Croaked;
June Carter 2003
Jerry Falwell 2007

May 15 Oddball Events;
Modern Las Vegas founded 1905
First McDonald's opens 1940
Sputnik 3 launched 1958
Sputnik 4 launched 1960

[joejoeherron]

today's list kinda long,
May 16 Born;
Henry Fonda 1905
George Gaynes 1917
Liberace 1919
Harry Carey Jr. 1921
Jack Dobson 1931
Yvonne Craig 1937
Danny Treijo 1944
Pierce Bronsan 1953
Debra Winger 1955
Mare Winningham 1959
Kevin McDonald 1961
Janet Jackson 1966
David Boreanaz 1969
Tracey Gold 1969
Tori Spelling 1973
Megan Fox 1986

May 16 Croaked;
Eliot Ness 1957
Sammy Davis Jr. 1990
Jim Henson 1990
Andy Kaufman 1984

Oddball Events;
First Academy Awards handed out 1929
SpaghettiO's introduced 1965

[joejoeherron]

short list today
May 17 Born;
Dennis Hopper 1935
Bill Paxton 1955
Sugar Ray Leonard 1956
Bob Saget 1956
Hill Harper 1966
Sasha Alexander 1973

May 17 Croaked;
Lawrence Welk 1992
David Berg 2002
Tony Randall 2004
Frank Gorshin 2005

May 16,2010 R.I.P.
Ronnie James Dio

[joejoeherron]

Good morning(or afternoon or evening) everyone
May 18 Born;
Frank Capra 1897
Richard Brooks 1912
Perry Como 1912
Robert J. Wilke 1914
Priscilla Pointer 1924
Pernell Roberts 1928
Don Martin 1931
Robert Morse 1931
Reggie Jackson 1946
Andreas Katsulas 1946
George Strait 1952
Chow Yun-Fat 1955
Tina Fay 1970

May 18 Croaked;
Jill Ireland 1990
Marshall Thompson 1992
Elizabeth Montgomery 1995
Elisha Cook Jr. 1995

Dates in History;
'Dracula' by Bram Stoker published 1897
MT. ST. Helens eruption 1980

[joejoeherron]

short list today
May 19 Born;
Albert Fish 1870
Malcolm X 1925
Pete Townshend 1945
Andre' the Giant 1946
Grace Jones 1948
Dusty Hill 1949
Phil Rudd 1954
Nicole Simpson 1959
Eve Angel 1983

no deaths
no odd dates in history

[Raffine]

Thanks for the updates, joejoe!

According to our local morning news today is also the birthday of Peter 'Chewbacca' Mayhew (1944).

[joejoeherron]

thanks for the heads up Raffine. I missed that one.

[joejoeherron]

May 20 Born;
Jimmy Stewart 1908
David Hedison 1927
Anthony Zerbe 1936
Carlos Hathcock 1942
Joe Cocker 1944
Cher 1946
Dave Thomas (actor) 1949
Jane Wiedlin 1950
Bronson Pinchot 1959
John Billingsley 1960
Tony Goldwyn 1960
Mindy Cohn 1966
Timothy Olyphant 1968
Tony Stewart 1971
Busta Rhymes 1972

May 20 Croaked;
Christopher Columbus 1506
Gilda Radner 1989
Jon Pertwee 1996
Lucy Gordon 2009

[joejoeherron]

Good day everyone
May 21 Born;
Robert Montgomery 1904
Raymond Burr 1917
Alice Drummond 1929
Ronald Isley 1941
Danny Ongais 1942
Jonathan Hyde 1947
Al Franken 1951
MR. T 1952
Judge Reinhold 1957
Nick Cassavetes 1959
Carolyn Lawrence 1964
Lisa Edelstein 1966
Notorious B.I.G. 1972
Fairuza Balk 1974

May 21 Croaked;
John Garfield
Sammy Davis SR. 1988
Lash LaRue 1996
John Gielgud 2000
Alejandro de Tomaso 2003
Howard Morris 2005

[joejoeherron]

list is kinda long today
May 22 Born;
Laurence Olivier 1907
Johnny Olson 1910
Nathan Davis 1917
Michael Constatine 1927
Phil Tucker 1927
Richard Benjamin 1938
Susan Strasberg 1938
Bernard Shaw 1940
Michael Sarrazin 1940
Paul Winfield 1941
Barbara Parkins 1942
Ann Cusack 1961
Brook Smith 1967
Naomi Campbell 1970
Anna Belknap 1972
Alison Eastwood 1972
Maggie Q 1979

May 22 Croaked;
Margaret Rutheford 1972
John Derek 1998
Richard Biggs 2004
Thurl Ravenscroft 2005

Odd date in history;
Johnny Carson's last Tonight Show as host 1992
Pac-Man introduced in Japan 1980

Question to all;
On the lesser known actors, shouls I also list their most famous role?
need the feedback

[Rev. Powell]

Question to all;
On the lesser known actors, shouls I also list their most famous role?
need the feedback

If you have that information at hand that would be great.  It might spark conversation. On the other hand if you have to research it I wouldn't bother.  Thanks again for doing this, I scan this list every day even though I don't comment.

[joejoeherron]

thanx for checking out this post. If I have the extra stuff, I'll post it.

[joejoeherron]

kinda long list today
May 23 Born;
1883 Dougles Fairbanks(swashbuckler)
1890 Herbert Marshall (1958 The Fly)
1910 Scatman Crothers (Hong Kong Phooey)
1912 John Payne (Kansas City Confidential)
1919 Betty Garnett (Lavern & Shirley's landlady)
1928 Rosemary Clooney
1928 Nigel Davenport (Phase IV)
1929 Ulla Jacobson (Zulu)
1931 Barbara Barrie (Breaking Away)
1933 Joan Collins
1936 Charles Kinbrough (Murphy Brown)
1952 Marvin Hagler (boxer)
1957 Mark Arnold (Teen Wolf)
1958 Drew Carey
1961 Karen Duffy (Dumb & Dumber)
1963 Greg Hughes (Opie on Opie & Anthony show)
1968 Guinevere Turner (screenwriter Bloodrayne)
1971 Laurel Holloman (Boogie Nights)
1974 Jewel
1976 Kelley Monaco (BASEketball)

May 23 Croaked;
1701 Captian Kidd (pirate)
1937 John D. Rockefeller ( rich guy )
1945 Heimich Himmler (nazi)
1981 George Jessel (Valley of the Dolls)
1986 Sterling Hayden (The Godfather)

Odd dates in history;
1929 first Mickey Mouse talkie released
1934 Bonnie and Clyde gunned down in Louisiana
1995 Java (computer language) released

[joejoeherron]

Today's List
May 24 Born;
1931 Michael Lonsdale(Moonraker)
1938 Tommy Chong
1941 Bob Dylan
1943 Gary Burghoff(Radar O'Reilly)
1945 Priscilla Presley
1949 Sybill Danning
1953 Alfred Molina (Spider Man 2)
1960 Doug Jones(Hellboy)
1965 John C. Reilly
1966 Rickey Craven(NASCAR driver)
1974 Will Sasso(Mad TV)
1990 Joey Logano(NASCAR driver)
May 24 Croaked;
1963 Elmore James(bluesman)
1974 Duke Ellington(musician)
1984 Vince McMahon Sr.(wrestling promoter)
1997 Edward Mulhare(Knight Rider)
2008 Dick Martin(Co-Host of Laugh-In)
Odd dates in history;
1935 First MLB night game(I belive at Cincinnati)
1976 London to Washington Concorde service started
2004 N.Korea bans mobile phones