August 26

• 1986 – Ted Knight, best known for playing “Ted Baxter” on the Mary Tyler Moore TV show, passed away at the age of 62. He appeared at the end of the film “Psycho” as one of the officers guarding “Norman Bates” and also did voice over work on many, many cartoon series including “The Superfriends.”
• 1930 – The one and only “Man of a Thousand Faces,” Lon Chaney Sr., passed away at the age of 47.