Today’s Past in the Movies … May 15

May 15 … What occurred in movie-land today in years past?

Events on this day:

1928 – The Mickey Mouse character made his first animated appearance.

Born on this day:

1905 – Joseph Cotton (Actor: Citizen Kane, The Third Man)
1909 – James Mason (Actor: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea)
1915 – Mario Monicelli (Italian Filmmaker: Casanova 70)
1918 – Joseph Wiseman (Actor: Dr. No, Viva Zapata!)
1950 – Nicholas Hammond (Actor: The Sound of Music)
1952 – Chaz Palminteri (Actor: The Usual Suspects)
1955 – Lee Horsely (Actor: The Sword and the Sorcerer)
1960 – Rob Bowman (Director: The X-Files, Reign of Fire)
1961 – Katrin Cartlidge (Actress: Breaking the Waves, From Hell)
1978 – David Krumholtz (Actor: Harold & Kumar, Serenity, SuperBad)

Died on this day:

1991 – Ronald Lacey (Actor: Raiders of the Lost Ark)
1994 – Gilbert Roland (Actor: The Bad and the Beautiful)
2007 – Yolanda King (Actress: Ghosts of Mississippi)