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): Alfred Lunt • Bruce Greenwood • Dale Bumpers • Derek Shackleton • Jacinto Benavente • John Derek • John Holt (cricketer) • Kyle Arrington • Margaret Burbidge • Mark Priest • Oliver Crawford • Radclyffe Hall • Stuart Williams (cricketer) • Vanessa Watts

Born in the same month (August 1928): Ann Blyth • Art Farmer • Camilla Wicks • Christian Goethals • Darrell Johnson • Eddie Fisher • Eydie Gormé • Harvey Hart • Henning Moritzen • Herb Moford • Jimmy Dean (brand) • Willem Duys