1904
Ralph Bellamy is born in Chicago. He will play Ellery Queen in four films released in 1940 and 1941, beginning with Ellery Queen, Master Detective.
1917
Dean Martin is born in Steubenville, Ohio. He will go on to become an actor, singer and member of the Rat Pack. He will star as Donald Hamilton's Matt Helm in 4 campy film thrillers, including The Wrecking Crew (1969).
1953
Samuel Fuller's Cold War thriller Pickup on South Street, starring Richard Widmark, is released. Widmark plays a two-bit New York pickpocket who finds himself in possession of microfilm wanted by both the FBI and the Communists.
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