Film Tv Birthdays Date 1912 | History by KabAstro

Jan 3 Robert Flemyng, British actor (The Deadly Affair, Funny Face), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1995)

Danny Thomas (1912-1991)

Jan 6 American actor, comedian and TV host (Danny Thomas Show), born in Deerfield, Michigan

José Ferrer (1912-1992)

Jan 8 Puerto Rican actor and director (Blood Tide, Dune), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Jan 10 Nick Cravat [Nicholas Cuccia], American actor (Twilight Zone - "Gremlin" in "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" episode), born in New York City (d. 1994)
Jan 11 Donald "Red" Barry, American actor (Adventures of Red Ryder, Jesse James' Women), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1980)
Jan 20 Christopher Casson, Irish-English actor (Zardoz, Educating Rita, The Riordans), born in Manchester, Lancashire, England (d. 1996)
Jan 22 Harry Parry, Welsh jazz clarinetist and bandleader (BBC's Radio Rhythm Club), born in Bangor, Wales (d. 1956)
Feb 2 Burton Lane, American film and stage composer and lyricist (Finian's Rainbow), born in New York City (d. 1997)
Feb 2 Stefan Schnabel, German actor (Anna, Dracula's Widow, Firefox), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1999)
Feb 4 James Craig [Meador], American actor (Devil & Daniel Webster, Cyclops), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1985)
Feb 5 Willard Parker, American actor (Kiss Me Kate, What A Woman), born in New York City (d. 1996)
Feb 7 Derek Farr, British actor (8 O'Clock Walk, Doctor at Large), born in London, England (d. 1986)
Feb 8 Šimon Jurovský [Shimon Weiss-Nägel], Slovak composer for ballet, theater, and film, born in Uľanka, Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia (d. 1963)
Feb 12 Ernest Clark, British actor (Gandhi; The Dam Busters: Doctor in the House), born in London, England (d. 1994)
Feb 13 Margaretta Scott, British actress (Crescendo, Where's Charley, Counterblast), born in Westminster, London (d. 2005)
Feb 15 George Mikes, Hungarian-British writer and humorist (How to Be an Alien), born in Siklós, Hungary (d. 1987)
Feb 16 Del Sharbutt, American radio and TV announcer (Your Hit Parade), born in Cleburne, Texas (d. 2002)
Feb 18 Dane Clark, American actor (Wire Service, Bold Venture, Perry Mason), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1998)
Feb 21 Arline Judge, American actress (Girls in Chains, Mad Wednesday, Age of Consent), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 1974)
Feb 25 Richard Wattis, British actor (Hobson's Choice, Prince & Showgirl, The Man Who Knew Too Much), born in Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England (d. 1975)
Mar 21 Peter Bull, British actor and author (The African Queen, Tom Jones, Dr Strangelove), born in London, England (d. 1984)
Mar 22 Karl Malden [Mladen George Sekulovich], American actor (Streets of San Francisco; A Streetcar Named Desire; American Express commercials), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2009)
Mar 22 Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor (Hard Day's Night, Steptoe and Son), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1985)

Wernher von Braun (1912-1977)

Mar 23 German-American rocket scientist (Germany - V1 and V2, US -Saturn V, NASA), and Disney space consultant, born in Wirsitz, Kingdom of Prussia (now Wyrzysk, Poland)

Mar 25 Jean Vilar, French stage and film actor and director (Théâtre National Populaire), born in Sète, France (d. 1971)
Apr 2 Ollie O'Toole, American comedian, impressionist, and actor, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1992)
Apr 5 John Le Mesurier, British actor (The Italian Job, Jabberwocky, Dad's Army), born in Bedford, England (d. 1983)

Sonja Henie (1912-1969)

Apr 8 Norwegian figure skater (Olympic gold 1928, 32, 36), and actress (My Lucky Star), born in Oslo, Norway

Apr 11 John Larkin, American actor (Saints & Sinners, The Satan Bug, 12 O'Clock High), born in Oakland, California (d. 1965)
Apr 12 Eric Feldary, Hungarian actor (Hold Back the Dawn; 16 Fathoms Deep), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1968)
Apr 12 Georges Franju, French film director (Judex; Les Yeux sans visage - Eyes Without A Face), born in Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine, France (d. 1987)
Apr 12 Walter "Walt" Gorney, American character actor (Friday the 13th; Trading Places), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2004)
Apr 16 Catherine Scorsese [Cappa], Italian-American actress (The King of Comedy, Goodfellas, Cape Fear), born in New York City (d. 1997)
Apr 16 David Langton [Basil Muir Langton-Dodds], Scottish actor (The Avengers, Quintet, St Joan, Abandon Ship), born in Motherwell, Scotland (d. 1994)
Apr 18 Wendy Barrie, British-American TV hostess (Wendy Barrie Show), born in British Hong Kong (d. 1978)
Apr 21 Marcel Camus, French film director (Orfeu Negro), born in Chappes, France (d. 1982)
Apr 27 Renato Rascel [Ranucci], Italian actor (7 Hills of Rome, Secrets of Santa Vittoria), born in Turin, Piedmont, Italy (d. 1991)
Apr 29 Richard Carlson, American stage and screen actor (All I Desire,; I Led 3 Lives), screenwriter and director (Riders to the Stars), born in Albert Lea, Minnesota (d. 1977)
May 2 Nigel Patrick, British actor and director (Sapphire, Prize of Gold), born in London, England (d. 1981)
May 6 William "Bill" Quinn, American actor (Star Trek, The Birds, Rifleman, All in the Family), born in New York City (d. 1994)
May 9 Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor (From Russia With Love, Fort Apache), born in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico (d. 1963)
May 10 Harold Myers, British film journalist (Variety), born in Russia (d. 1994)
May 11 Doodles Weaver [Winstead Sheffield Weaver], American comedian (Spike Jones & City Slickers, The Zodiac Killer), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1983)
May 11 Foster Brooks, American comedian and actor (The Villain, Oddballs, Mork & Mindy), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2001)

Phil Silvers (1912-1985)

May 11 American comedian and actor (Sgt Bilko-Phil Silvers Show), born in Brooklyn, New York

May 13 Helen Craig, American actress (Snake Pit, They Live by Night), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 1986)
May 18 Richard Brooks, American film director (Blackboard Jungle; In Cold Blood; Key Largo), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1902)
May 18 [Pierino] Perry Como, American singer ("Catch A Falling Star") and TV personality (The Perry Como Show), born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania (d. 2001)
May 21 Monty Stratton, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1937 Chicago WS; played minor leagues with prosthetic leg; 1949 film The Stratton Story), born in Palacios, Texas (d. 1982)
May 23 John Payne, American actor (The Restless Gun; Miracle on 34th Street), born in Roanoke, Virginia (d. 1989)
May 23 Marius Goring, British actor (Stairway to Heaven; The Red Shoes), born in Isle of Wight, England (d. 1998)
May 24 Joseph Anthony [Deuster], American playwright, actor, and director (Matchmaker, Tomorrow), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1993)
May 25 Eddie Maxwell [Cherkose], American lyricist (Breathless) and actor, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 1999)
May 26 Jay Silverheels [Harold J. Smith], Canadian actor (The Lone Ranger, Key Largo), born in Ontario, Canada (d. 1980)
May 29 Iris Adrian, American actress (Blue Hawaii, Bluebeard), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1994)
May 30 Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (Ben-Hur, Mutiny on the Bounty, Oliver!), born in Marian Glas, Anglesey, Wales (d. 1980)
May 31 Dave O'Brien [Fronabarger], American actor and writer (Reefer Madness, Kiss Me Kate, 1st Aid), born in Big Spring, Texas (d. 1969)
Jun 6 María Montez [Vidal], Dominican actress known as The Queen of Technicolor (Cobra Woman, Arabian Nights), born in Barahona, Dominican Republic (d. 1951)
Jun 8 Henry Brandon [Heinrich von Kleinbach], German-American character actor (The Searchers; Assault on Precinct 13; Drums of Fu Manchu), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1990)
Jun 12 Russell "Lucky" Hayden [Pate Lucid], American actor (Judge Roy Bean, Three Men from Texas), born in Chico, California (d. 1981)
Jun 18 Glenn Morris, American athlete (Olympic gold decathlon 1936) and actor (Tarzan's Revenge; Hold That Co-ed), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1974)
Jun 19 Martin Gabel, American stage, radio and screen character actor (The Thief; Marnie; Lady In Cement), and television panelist (What's My Line?), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1986)
Jun 23 Maurice Dallimore, British actor (The Collector, Me and My Girl), born in Essex, London, England (d. 1973)
Jun 27 Audrey Christie, American actress (Splendor in the Grass, Fair Exchange), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1989)
Jun 29 Joan Davis [Josephine Davis], American comic radio and screen actress (I Married Joan; The Rudy Vallee Show), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota (d. 1961)
Jul 4 Virginia Graham, American TV personality (Girl Talk, Where Was I), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1998)
Jul 4 Viviane Romance [Pauline Ronacher Ortmanns], French actress (Panic, Queen's Necklace), born in Roubaix, Nord, France (d. 1991)
Jul 12 Dioniysis Papagiannopoulos, Greek stage and screen actor, born in Diakopto, Achaea, Greece (d. 1984)
Jul 17 Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and TV host (People are Funny), born in Saskatchewan, Canada (d. 2010)
Jul 23 Michael Wilding, British actor (Stage Fright, Courtney Affair, World of Suzie Wong), born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England (d. 1979)
Jul 31 Irv Kupcinet "Kup", American TV host (Tonight! America After Dark), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2003)
Aug 1 Henry Jones, American actor (Vertigo, Phyllis, Falcon Crest, Gun Shy), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1999)
Aug 2 Ann Dvorak [McKim], American actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), born in New York City (d. 1979)
Aug 4 David Raksin, American composer renown for his work in film and TV (Laura; Modern Times), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2004)
Aug 10 Richard Reeves, American character actor (The Adventures of Superman; Date With an Angel), born in Queens, NYC, New York (d. 1967)
Aug 12 Samuel Fuller, American screenwriter and director (Shock Corridor, The Big Red One), born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 1997)
Aug 13 Max Croiset, Dutch actor (The Village on the River, Dog of Flanders, Little Ark), born in Blaricum, Netherlands (d. 1993)
Aug 13 Rita Johnson, American actress (Honolulu, All Mine to Give), born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 1965)
Aug 15 Julia Child, American chef, author and television personality (The French Chef), born in Pasadena, California (d. 2004)
Aug 15 Wendy Hiller, English actress (Major Barbara, David Copperfield), born in Bramhall, Cheshire, England (d. 2003)
Aug 21 Bruce Trent [William Butters], British singer and actor (The Passing Show, Band Waggon), born in St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands (d. 1995)

Gene Kelly (1912-1996)

Aug 23 American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and film director (An American in Paris; On The Town; Singin' in the Rain), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Aug 24 Durward Kirby, American TV announcer (Garry Moore Show), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 2000)
Aug 29 Barry Sullivan, American actor (Duffy's Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man), born in New York City (d. 1994)
Aug 29 Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-Polish cinematographer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2016)
Sep 5 Frank Thomas, American animator, born in Fresno, California (d. 2004)
Sep 5 Kristina Söderbaum, German actress and photographer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2001)
Sep 6 Stephen Murray, English actor (Alice in Wonderland), born in Partney, England (d. 1983)
Sep 10 Mary Walter, Filipino actress (Shake, Rattle and Roll, Tatlo, Dalawa, Isa), born in Sorsogon, Philippine Islands (d. 1993)
Sep 13 Reta Shaw, American actress (Ghost & Mrs Muir, Mary Poppins, Picnic), born in South Paris, Maine (d. 1982)
Sep 15 Ismail Yasseen, Egyptian comedian and actor (Isamil Yassine as Tarzan, Ibn Hamidu), born in Suez, Egypt (d. 1972)
Sep 17 Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress and comedienne (Siedem Kotów, Kabaret Starszych Panów), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 2011)
Sep 21 Charles "Chuck" Jones, American animator and cartoonist best known for his work with Warner Bros. (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, Porky Pig), born in Spokane, Washington (d. 2002)
Sep 22 Martha Scott, American actress (The Ten Commandments, Our Town, Ben-Hur), born in Jamesport, Missouri (d. 2003)
Sep 24 Donald "Don" Porter, American actor (Gidget, The Ann Sothern Show), born in Miami, Oklahoma (d. 1997)
Sep 29 Lukas Ammann, Swiss actor (Graf Yoster; Day of Anger; Class Reunion; Palace Hotel), born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 2017)
Oct 10 Rudy Bond, American stage and screen actor (A Streetcar Named Desire), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1982)
Oct 13 Cornel Wilde [Kornel Lajos Weisz], Hungarian-American actor (Sword of Lancelot, High Sierra, 5th Musketeer), born in Prievidza, Hungary (d. 1989)
Oct 22 Frances Drake [Dean], American actress (Mad Love, The Invisible Ray), born in New York City (d. 2000)
Oct 26 Don Siegel, American film director (Escape from Alcatraz, Shootist), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1991)
Oct 30 Preston Lockwood [Reginald], British actor (Time Bandits, Jeeves and Wooster), born in West Ham, Essex (d. 1996)
Oct 31 Dale Evans, American actress and singer (Roy Rogers Show), born in Uvalde, Texas (d. 2001)
Oct 31 Ollie Johnston, American animator and the last living member of Disney's Nine Old Men, born in Palo Alto, California (d. 2008)
Nov 2 Lewis Charles [Cholost], American stage and screen actor (Topaz; The Rose Tattoo), born in New York City (d. 1979)
Nov 2 Toña la Negra [Antonia Álvarez], Mexican canción and bolero singer ("Como golondrinas"; "Enamorada"), and actress, born in Vera Cruz, Mexico (d. 1982)
Nov 8 June Havoc [Ellen Evangeline Hovick], Canadian-born American stage and screen actress, born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 2010)
Nov 16 George Petrie, American actor (Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Honeymooners), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1997)
Nov 18 Arthur Peterson, American actor (Soap, Mission: Impossible, Crisis), born in Mandan, North Dakota (d. 1996)
Nov 21 Eleanor Powell, American stage and screen actress and tap dancer (Born to Dance, Broadway Melody films), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1982)
Nov 23 George O'Hanlon, American actor (Life of Riley - "Calvin"' Joe McDoakes shorts), voice actor (The Jetsons - "George Jetson"), and screenwriter, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1989)
Nov 24 Garson Kanin, American playwright, director, and producer (Double Life; Born Yesterday), born in Rochester, New York (d. 1993)
Nov 24 Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish actress (Pawnbroker, Easy Money), born in Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland (d. 2005)
Nov 24 Joan Sanderson, English actress (Please Sir!), born in Bristol, England (d. 1992)
Nov 26 Eric Sevareid, American author and News correspondent (CBS), born in Velva, North Dakota (d. 1992)
Nov 26 Gunnar Sønstevold, Norwegian jazz pianist, and orchestral and film score composer (Litany In Atlanta; The Dorian Cage), born in Elverum, Norway (d. 1991)
Nov 27 Connie Sawyer [Rosie Cohen], American actress known as "The Clown Princess of Comedy" (Pineapple Express, Dumb and Dumber), born in Pueblo, Colorado (d. 2018)
Nov 30 Gordon Parks, American film pioneering black director, photographer and author (Learning Tree), born in Fort Scott, Kansas (d. 2006)
Dec 11 Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (Marriage Italian Style, Doctor Zhivago), born in Magenta, Lombardy (d. 2007)
Dec 15 Ray Eames, American designer and filmmaker, born in Sacramento, California (d. 1988)
Dec 25 Leighton Noble [Faye Leighton Jepson], American big band singer, bandleader, and TV host, born in Pasadena, California (d. 1994)
Dec 30 Nancy Coleman, American actress (Edge of Darkness), born in Everett, Washington (d. 2000)