Birthdays in Film & TV Jul 4 Pat Rooney, American vaudevillian and actor (Night Club), born in NYC, New York (d. 1962) Jul 12 Tod Browning, American film director (Dracula), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1962) Jun 1880 Film & TV History by Year Aug 1880 1880 in Film & Television History Ben-Hur Turns Author Into a Soldier of FortuneNovember 12, 1880