The Pink Panther

We remember character actor Herbert Lom’s life today as well as the lives of other notable people who were born this day in history.

Henry Mancini wrote some of the coolest film and TV scores of all time. His jazzy themes and strings-heavy ballads defined movie music in the 1960s.

Blake Edwards was known chiefly as a director of comedies. But he also produced some outstanding dramatic fare over the course of his career.