The movie It’s a Wonderful Life is a 1946 Christmas fantasy comedy-drama
produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the 1939 short story
"The Greatest Gift" by Philip Van Doren Stern. The film is considered one
of the most loved films in American cinema and has become traditional
viewing during the Christmas season, alongside popular classics such
as Holiday Inn (and its "remake", White Christmas), A Christmas Carol,
Meet Me in St. Louis, and Miracle on 34th Street.

The pilot for Dragnet, "The Human Bomb" aired on NBC-TV as a special
presentation of the variety series Chesterfield Sound-Off Time. The show
garnered such high ratings that sponsor Liggett & Myers Tobacco dropped
the variety show and went with the police drama. The series officially began
on January 3, 1952 and ran until 1959.

Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer

In a career that spans seven decades and includes substantial roles in
each of the dramatic arts, Plummer is probably best known to movie
audiences a Captain Georg Johannes von Trapp in the 1965 musical
film The Sound of Music alongside Julie Andrews. 

    
    Plummer in The Sound of Music

 
Eli Wallach in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

 
Eli Herschel Wallach

Wallach is a veteran film, television and stage actor whose career has spanned
more than six decades, beginning in the late 1940s. For his performance as
Silva Vacarro in Baby Doll (1956), he won a BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer
and a Golden Globe nomination. Among his most famous roles are Calvera in
The Magnificent Seven (1960), Guido in The Misfits (1961), and Tuco in The
Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). Wallach received an Honorary Academy
Award at the 2nd Annual Governors Awards, presented on November 13, 2010.

        
       Al Ruscio (June 2, 1924 – November 13, 2013)

(The Hollywood Reporter) – Al Ruscio, an often-seen character
actor who appeared on TV, in films and on stage for more than
a half-century, died Tuesday, according to his daughter Elizabeth.

His film résumé includes Fever Heat (1968), Any Which Way You
Can (1980), The Hunter (1980), Jagged Edge (1985), Guilty by
Suspicion (1991), The Silence of the Hams (1994) and The
Phantom (1996).