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ACTOR DANIEL CRAIG IS 48 TODAY


Daniel Wroughton Craig was born in Chester, Cheshire,England.

Craig was nominated for a BAFTA Award for his debut as James Bond in 
Casino Royale in 2006. He then went on to portray Bond in three more 
films: Quantum of Solace, Skyfall and Spectre. He began acting in school
plays at the age of six, and was introduced to serious acting by attending
the Everyman Theatre in nearby Liverpool city centre. In his first screen
role, he played an Afrikaner in The Power of One in 1992.

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HISTORICAL EVENTS RECREATED

“The Death of Socrates” on You Are There, a CBS program in which modern news reporters intervened in historic events as recreated by actors. It was fi rst heard on radio, and then moved to television where it ran from 1953-1957. The show was written by a number of blacklisted writers using a “front,” and touched on themes that were too controversial for other programs to address directly. Edward R. Murrow is said to have pulled producer Charles Russell aside to ask, in a whisper, “How do you get away with it?”
“The Death of Socrates” on a You Are There episode.

The series “You Are There” was a CBS network program in which modern
news reporters intervened in American and world historic events as recreated
by actors. It was first heard on radio, and then moved to television where it ran
from 1953-1957. The show was written by a number of blacklisted writers using
a “front,” and touched on themes that were too controversial for other programs
to address directly. News icon Walter Cronkite was the regular host. Reporters
included veteran radio announcers Dick Joy and Harlow Wilcox.


Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009)

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ACTOR JOE PESCI IS 73 TODAY


Joseph Frank "Joe" Pesci was born in Newark, New Jersey.

Pesci’s performance in Raging Bull (1980) earned him an Academy
Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He also played the title
character in 1992’s My Cousin Vinny and the dimwitted burglar in the
Home Alone films beginning in 1990. He also played the character Leo
Getz in the Lethal Weapon film series beginning in 1987.

Joe Pesci began acting at age five and landed a role on the television
variety show Star time Kids when he was ten years old.

 


Joe Pesci as David Ferrie in the 1991 film “JFK”.

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SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1956

 

Indictment was a popular radio drama aired on the CBS network and it
started on January 29, 1956, airing up to 1959. This show was based
on the case files of former New York City Assistant District Attorney
Eleazer Lipsky. The subject of the show was the step-by-step account
of the handling of criminal cases leading to an indictment brought by
Assistant District Attorney Edward McCormick, played by Nat  Polen. 


Nat Polen, known for his role as
Dr. James Craig on ABC-TV’s
soap opera ”One Life to Live.”

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TV ACTOR HAS DIED AT AGE 94


Abraham Charles "Abe" Vigoda (February 24, 1921 – January 26, 2016)

Vigoda is most notable for his portrayal of Sal Tessio in the 1972 Francis Ford
Coppola
film The Godfather, for the 1990 film Joe Versus the Volcano, and for
his portrayal of Detective Sgt. Phil Fish on the television sitcom series Barney
Miller
from 1975 to 1977 and on its spinoff show Fish that aired from February
1977 to June 1978 on ABC.

On January 22, 2016, Vigoda’s nephew, Jesse Vigoda Kurland, reported that
Abe Vigoda was dying and had been committed into a hospice, having stopped
taking his medication.

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