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LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY
LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY
LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY
DEAN STOCKWELL IS 78 TODAY
Dean Stockwell (Robert Dean Stockwell)
Stockwell’s career spans over 65 years. He began as a child actor under contract
to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer he first came to the public’s attention in films such as
Anchors Aweigh (1945) and The Green Years (1946); as a young adult he played
a lead role in the 1957 Broadway and 1959 screen adaptations of Meyer Levin‘s Compulsion. More recently he became widely known for television roles, playing
Rear Admiral Albert "Al" Calavicci in the 1989–1993 NBC television series
Quantum Leap.
REX HARRISON, BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1908
Sir Reginald Carey "Rex" Harrison (March 5, 1908 – June 2, 1990)
Harrison began his career on the stage in 1924. He won his first Tony
Award for his performance as Henry VIII in Anne of the Thousand Days
in 1949. His second Tony was for the role of Professor Henry Higgins
in the stage production of My Fair Lady in 1957. He reprised the role
for the 1964 film version, which earned him a Golden Globe Award
and Best Actor Oscar.
Harrison also appeared in many other films, including Anna and the King
of Siam (1946), The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), Cleopatra (1963), and
Doctor Dolittle (1967). He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth ll in July 1989.
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