Dan Curtis

Daniel Mayer Cherkoss, known by his pen name Dan Curtis, was an American television and film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was best known as the creator of the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows (1966–71), and for directing the epic World War II miniseries The Winds of War (1983) and War and Remembrance (1988). ^{Dan Curtis, American director and producer (d. 2006)}

12 August 1928

Born on the same birth date (12 August 1928): Bob Buhl • Charles Blackman

Born on the same birth day (12 August): Aga Muhlach • Bruce Matthews (Canadian Army officer) • Diamond Jim Brady • Djibril Cissé • Ebba Haslund • Eddie Barlow • Franck Moutsinga • Friedhelm Schütte • George Soros • Jesinta Franklin • Mark Iuliano • Martha Hedman • Michael Ian Black • Mohammad Hatta • Norris McWhirter • Thorsten Boer

Born in the same month (August 1928): Bernard Levin • Carl Joachim Classen • Darrell Johnson • Eddie Kirkland • John Tidmarsh • Malcolm Hilton