Cuba Frees A.P. Reporter
Date: 14 May 1961
Timothy Simon Roth (; born 14 May 1961) is an English actor. He was among a group of prominent British actors known as the "Brit Pack". After garnering attention in television productions Made in Britain (1982) and Meantime (1983), Roth was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer in his theatrical film debut The Hit (1984). He gained further recognition for his roles in films, including The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989), Vincent & Theo, and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (both 1990).
Roth has collaborated with Quentin Tarantino on several films, including Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Four Rooms (1995), and The Hateful Eight (2015). For his performance in Rob Roy (1995), he won a BAFTA Award, and was nominated for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award. Other film credits include The Legend of 1900 (1998), Planet of the Apes (2001), Funny Games (2007), Selma (2014), Luce (2019), and Bergman Island (2021).
Roth made his directorial debut with the film The War Zone (1999). He played Cal Lightman on the Fox series Lie to Me (2009–11), Jim Worth / Jack Devlin on the Sky Atlantic series Tin Star (2017–20), and Emil Blonsky / Abomination in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including the films The Incredible Hulk (2008), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), and the Disney+ series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022).
Read more...The May 14, 1961 was a Sunday under the star sign of ♉. It was the 133 day of the year. President of the United States was John F. Kennedy.
If you were born on this day, you are 64 years old. Your last birthday was on the Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 173 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, May 14, 2026, in 191 days. You have lived for 23,549 days, or about 565,198 hours, or about 33,911,929 minutes, or about 2,034,715,740 seconds.
Date: 15 May 1961
asks ITU exec council authorize end of pact with NYC Publishers Assn; pact expired Dec 7 but is in force during talks; new talks set; local to appeal decision, NYS Sup Ct; dissenting opinion in arbitration decision made pub; blames Times mgt; Resnick charges Times mgt seeks to weaken and destroy union
Date: 15 May 1961
By The Associated Press
Newsmen T Langston (Birmingham Post-Herald) and C Lake attacked by Birmingham, Ala, crowd assaulting group of Freedom Riders testing segregated facilities in bus stations in South
Date: 14 May 1961
Special to The New York Times
Statues atop Witherspoon Bldg, Phila, removed in modenization program
Date: 14 May 1961
Amer Press Inst seminars set; lists
Date: 14 May 1961
By ARTHUR KROCK
Arthur KROCK
A Krock on proposal and Govt-press relations
Date: 15 May 1961
NY Press Photographers Assn awards to M Black (NY Journal-Amer), P Bernius, J Duprey and E Clarity (NY News), M Liebowitz (NY Times), I Rosenberg and N Fein (NY Herald Tribune), B Stein (NY Post), E N Stiso (Newark News)
Date: 14 May 1961
By JOHN CANADAY
John CANADAY
Canaday on work of J Villon; contrasts his treatment of subjects from nature with that of Amer artists
Date: 14 May 1961
N J Goulandris Ltd denies it is US-owned or controlled and is thus exempt from organizing drives