On December 13, 1925, Dick Van Dyke, the quintessential
“nice guy” actor who would become known for his roles
in such movie classics as Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty
Bang Bang, as well as the popular 1960s TV sitcom The
Dick Van Dyke Show, is born in West Plains, Missouri.       
        
       

On the set.

Andre Braugher, known for his role as Captain Ray Holt on
"Brooklyn Nine-Nine," has died. He was 61.

Braugher’s publicist confirmed to Fox News Digital that he
died following a brief illness.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine is a police procedural comedy television series that aired on Fox, and later on NBC, from September
17, 2013 to September 16, 2021, for eight seasons and 153 episodes.

On December 12, 1967, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,
a groundbreaking movie about an interracial romantic
relationship starring Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy,
Sidney Poitier and Katharine Houghton, opened in theaters.

The film was the final role for Spencer Tracy. He was very
ill during production but insisted on continuing. Filming
of his role was completed just 17 days before his death
from a heart attack in June 1967. He was 67.

Hepburn never saw the completed film, saying it would be
too painful for her.    
    
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner was nominated for 10 Academy
Awards, including Best Picture, and collected two Oscars,
including Best Actress for Hepburn, the second of her career.  

The actor Al Pacino stars as a Cuban refugee who becomes a
Miami crime boss in Scarface, which opened in theaters on
December 9, 1983.

Alfredo James Pacino turned 83 April 25th.

Ryan O’Neal (April 20, 1941 – December 8, 2023)

O’Neal was a native of Los Angeles, he trained as an amateur
boxer before beginning a career in acting in 1960. In 1964, he
landed the role of Rodney Harrington on the ABC nighttime
soap opera Peyton Place.

In April 2012, O’Neal stated he had been diagnosed with stage
4 prostate cancer. He later stated it was stage 2.