Happy 91st birthday, Sir Christopher Lee! (Ray Bradbury and Mr. Lee were each great fans and admirers of each other.)

http://christopherleeweb.com/pages/biography

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...(Ray Bradbury and Mr. Lee were each great fans and admirers of each other.)...

Christopher Lee was the first actor to play the Captain (the Ahab figure) in Ray's LEVIATHAN '99, produced as a BBC radio play in 1968.

I believe Lee was also Ray's first choice for Mr Dark when he was developing the film version of SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES in the mid-1970s.

Bugs Bunny's father, Mel Blanc, was born on this day in 1908. (Truly a father of 1000 plus children we have all come to love.)

Norma Jeane

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe

Happy birthday, Stanley! Born on this date in 1895.

Happy 71, Sir Paul!

You wrote the second-best Beatles song ever.

Happy 71, Brian! The greatest songwriter to ever write a song!

And still relevant.

Happy birthday, Billy Wilder! You directed the greatest noir film ever, Double Indemnity.

Let's enjoy one of the finest flirtation scenes ever filmed.

Born 1903: Eric Arthur Blair (better known by the pen-name George Orwell)

Ray Harryhausen: 1920

Happy birthday, funniest man ever on TV!

Nervious? Let's just pencil that in...

Happy 87, Tony Bennett.

He did this very song at The Hollywood Bowl last night on the eve of his birthday and he sounded great!

Happy birthday, Barack!

Happy 112, Louis!