Film Tv Birthdays Date 1916 | History by KabAstro

Feb 15 Mary Jane Croft, American actress (Our Miss Brooks: The Lucy Show), born in Muncie, Indiana (d. 1999)
Feb 17 Raf Vallone, Italian actor (El Cid, 2 Women, Greek Tycoon), born in Tropea, Italy (d. 2002)

Jackie Gleason (1916-1987)

Feb 26 American comedian (The Jackie Gleason Show; The Honeymooners), actor (Requiem For A Heavyweight; The Hustler), composer, and conductor (Music for Lovers Only), born in Brooklyn, New York

Mar 6 Rochelle Hudson, American actress (Les Misérables, Imitation of Life, That's My Boy), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 1972)
Mar 6 Virginia Gregg, American radio and screen actress, singer and double bassist, born in Harrisburg, Illinois (d. 1986)
Mar 10 Pamela Mason [Ostrer], British actress, author and talk-show host (Lady Possessed), born in Rochford, England (d. 1996)
Mar 14 Horton Foote, American screenwriter (To Kill a Mockingbird; Tender Mercies), and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (The Young Man from Atlanta), born in Wharton, Texas (d. 2009)
Mar 14 Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., Mexican-American actor (The Brave One; Viva Valdez -"Luis"), born in Mexico City (d. 1983)
Mar 16 Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (All the King's Men, The Exorcist, Giant), born in Joliet, Illinois (d. 2004)
Mar 18 Jody Gilbert, American actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 1979)
Mar 19 Eric Christmas, British-Canadian character actor (Porky's film), born in London, England (d. 2000)
Mar 26 Sterling Hayden, American actor (Dr Strangelove, Asphalt Jungle, Cobra), born in Upper Montclair, New Jersey (d. 1986)
Mar 31 Lucille Bliss, American voice actress (Cinderella, The Secret of NIMH), born in New York City (d. 2012)
Apr 4 David White, American actor (Larry Tate-Bewitched), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1990)

Gregory Peck (1916-2003)

Apr 5 American actor (To Kill a Mockingbird, MacArthur), born in San Diego, California

Apr 7 Anthony Caruso, American actor (d. 2003)
Apr 10 Alfie Bass [Abraham Basalinsky], British actor (Moonraker; Are You Being Served), born in London, England (d. 1987)
Apr 11 Howard W. Koch, American producer and director (Frankenstein, Airplane II), born in New York City (d. 2001)
Apr 12 Brian Connell, British writer and broadcaster, born in Hertford (d. 1999)
Apr 13 Phyllis Fraser [Helen Brown Nichols], American actress, journalist, and co-founder of Beginner Books, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2006)
Apr 21 Sidney Clute, American actor (Lou Grant; Cagney & Lacey), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1985)

Lou Thesz (1916-2002)

Apr 24 American professional wrestler, born in Banat, Michigan

Apr 26 Vic Perrin, American radio and television actor (Dragnet), and screenwriter (Gunsmoke), born in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin (d. 1989)
May 1 Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor (Cade's County, Big Heat, Midway), born in Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne, Quebec, Canada (d. 2006)
May 7 Huw Wheldon, Welsh broadcaster (BBC), born in Prestatyn, Denbighshire (d. 1986)
May 14 Del Moore, American comedian and actor (Life With Elizabeth; Bachelor Father - "Cal"; Cinderfella), born in Pensacola, Florida (d. 1970)
May 16 Adriana Caselotti, voice of Snow White in Disney's animated film, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 1997)
May 16 Bernard Braden, Canadian-born British broadcaster and actor (All Night Lone, Full Treatment), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 1993)
May 21 Dennis Day [Owen Patrick Eugene McNulty], Irish-American tenor ("Danny Boy"), radio and television comic actor (Jack Benny Program; A Day in the Life of Dennis Day), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1988)
May 31 Bert Haanstra, Dutch filmmaker and director (Fanfare; Glass), born in Holten, Netherlands (d. 1997)
May 31 John Vivyan, American actor (Mr Lucky, Wrong Man, Imitation of Life), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1983)
May 31 Judy Campbell [Judith Mary Gamble], British actress (Convoy, Bonnie Prince Charlie), born in Grantham, England (d. 2004)
Jun 8 Luigi Comencini, Italian film director (L'imperatore di Capri), born in Salò, Lombardy, Italy (d. 2007)
Jun 10 Bill Waddington, British actor and comedian (Percy-Coronation Street), born in Oldham, England (d. 2000)
Jun 12 Irwin Allen, American film and television producer (Land of the Giants; The Poseidon Adventure), born in New York City (d. 1991)
Jun 12 Ivan Tors, Hungarian TV producer (Sea Hunt, Flipper), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1983)
Jun 14 Dorothy McGuire, American actress (Gentlemen's Agreement, Old Yeller, Summer Magic), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2001)
Jun 17 Victor Lord, American fictional character on TV soap opera "One Life to Live" (d. 1976)
Jun 18 John Young, Scottish actor and TV panelist (Masquerade Party), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1996)
Jun 19 George Pravda, Austria-Hungary, actor (Thunderball, Firefox), born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (d. 1985)
Jun 19 Pat Buttram, American actor (Mr Haney-Green Acres), born in Addison, Alabama (d. 1994)
Jun 20 Johnny Morris, British broadcaster and actor (Once in a Lifetime), born in Newport, Wales (d. 1999)
Jun 22 Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer (The Dating Game), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1982)
Jun 23 Irene Worth [Hattie Abrams], American actress (Nicolas & Alexandra), born in Fairbury, Nebraska (d. 2002)
Jun 24 John Ciardi, American poet, translator (Dante's "Divine Comedy"), and literary commentator, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1986)

Olivia de Havilland (1916-2020)

Jul 1 British-American Academy Award-winning actress (All the King's Men; The Adventures of Robin Hood; Gone With The Wind; The Heiress), born in Tokyo, Japan

Jul 2 Ken Curtis, American actor (Ripcord, Festus - Gunsmoke), born in Lamar, Colorado (d. 1991)
Jul 11 Reg Varney, English actor (On the Buses), born in London, England (d. 2008)
Jul 27 Keenan Wynn, American actor (Dr Strangelove, Absent Minded Professor), born in New York City (d. 1986)
Jul 28 David Brown, American film producer ("The Sting", "Jaws", "Cocoon"), born in New York City (d. 2010)
Jul 28 Laird Cregar, American actor (Charley's Aunt, Hangover Square), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1944)
Jul 29 Budd Boetticher, American film director (d. 2001)
Jul 30 Dick Wilson, British-American actor, born in Preston, Lancashire, England (d. 2007)
Jul 31 Sydney Tafler, English actor (Too Many Crooks), born in London (d. 1979)
Aug 11 Benny Lee, Scottish singer and actor (Are You Being Served), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1995)
Aug 19 Marie Wilson, American actress (The Story of Mankind, My Friend Irma), born in Anaheim, California (d. 1972)
Aug 22 John Slater, British actor (Deadlock, Cartel, Devil's Pass), born in London, England (d. 1975)
Aug 24 Hal Smith, American actor (The Andy Griffith Show-Otis Campbell), born in Petoskey, Michigan (d. 1994)
Aug 25 Van Johnson, American actor (Brigadoon) always wore red socks, born in Newport, Rhode Island (d. 2008)
Aug 27 Martha Raye [Margaret Reed], American actress (Waikiki Wedding, Martha Raye Show), born in Butte, Montana (d. 1994)
Aug 29 George Montgomery, American actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination), born in Brady, Montana (d. 2000)
Aug 31 Daniel Schorr, American broadcast journalist (CBS), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2010)
Sep 2 Penny Santon [Pierina Burlando], American actress (Fletch, Roll Out, Matt Houston), born in New York City (d. 1999)
Sep 5 Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian (Wayne and Shuster), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2002)

Ed Sabol (1916-2015)

Sep 11 American filmmaker (NFL Films), born in Atlantic City, New Jersey

Sep 12 Edward Binns, American actor (12 Angry Men; Fail-Safe), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1990)
Sep 13 Richard "Dick" Haymes, Argentine-American actor and singer (State Fair; Real Life; Betrayal), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1980)
Sep 15 Margaret Lockwood, British actress (Cast a Dark Shadow, The Lady Vanishes), born in Karachi, India (d. 1990)
Sep 18 Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (Final Justice, South Pacific, The Barefoot Contessa), born in Bolognia, Italy (d. 1994)
Sep 25 Tolia Nikiprowetzky, Russian-French composer, ethnomusicologist and broadcaster, born in Feodosia, Crimea, Russian Empire (d. 1997)

Peter Finch (1916-1977)

Sep 28 British-Australian radio, stage, and BAFTA and Academy Award-winning screen actor (Network; The Nun's Story; Raid on Entebbe), born in South Kensington, London, England

Oct 3 Shelby Storck, American television producer, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1969)
Oct 4 George Sidney, American film director (d. 2002)
Oct 4 Jan Murray, American comedian and TV game show host (Treasure Hunt, Who Killed Teddy Bear), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2006)
Oct 10 Benson Fong, American character actor (Charlie Chan films; Purple Heart; Flower Drum Song), and restaurateur, born in Sacramento, California (d. 1987)
Oct 12 Alice Childress, American playwright, actress and writer, born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1994)
Oct 17 Robert Lowery [Hank], American stage and screen actor (Batman and Robin (1949); Circus Boy - "Big Tim"; The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1971)
Oct 19 David Lewis, American actor (Edward Quartermaine-General Hospital), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2000)
Oct 20 Anton Diffring [Alfred Pollack], German character actor (Assignment Vienna), born in Koblenz, Germany (d. 1989)
Oct 21 Andrea Checchi, Italian actor (The Lady Without Camelias, Two Anonymous Letters), born in Florence, Italy (d. 1974)
Oct 22 Sidney Miller, American actor (Here Comes Donald) and director (The Mickey Mouse Club), born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, (d. 2004)
Oct 27 Bob de Lange [Jacob Bernard de Lange], Dutch actor and director (Daniel), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1978)

Walter Cronkite (1916-2009)

Nov 4 American broadcast journalist and news anchor (CBS Evening News 1962-81), born in St Joseph, Missouri

Nov 7 Joe Bushkin, American jazz pianist (Bunny Berigan; Tommy Dorsey; Bing Crosby), composer ("Oh! Look At Me Now"), and TV host (A Couple of Joes), born in New York City (d. 2004)
Nov 10 Billy May, American orchestra leader and composer (The Green Hornet, Mod Squad, Batman), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2004)
Nov 12 Liam Dunn, American actor (Koska & his Family), born in New Jersey (d. 1976)
Nov 12 Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician (d. 1986)
Nov 14 Sherwood Schwartz, American television screenwriter and producer (The Brady Bunch, Gilligan's Island), born in Passaic, New Jersey (d. 2011)
Nov 20 Evelyn Keyes, American actress (Adventure of Martin Eden), born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 2008)
Nov 23 Michael Gough, English actor (Hammer Horror Films, Search for the Nile), born in Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya (d. 2011)
Nov 24 Forrest J. Ackerman, American literary agent and writer who invented the term "sci-fi" (Famous Monsters of Filmland), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 208)
Nov 27 Chick Hearn, American basketball broadcaster (called 3,338 LA Lakers games), born in Aurora, Illinois (d. 2002)
Nov 29 Frances "Fran" Ryan, American actress (Stripes, The Long Riders), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2000)
Nov 30 Michael Gwynn, English actor (Village of Damned, Question 7), born in Bath, England (d. 1976)
Dec 2 John Bentley, British actor (African Patrol, Crossroads), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2009)
Dec 5 Margaret Hayes, American actress (Blackboard Jungle, Robert Montgomery Presents), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1977)
Dec 8 Richard Fleischer, American film director (Doctor Dolittle), born in New York City (d. 2006)

Kirk Douglas (1916-2020)

Dec 9 American actor (Spartacus, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral), born in Amsterdam, New York

Dec 13 Mark Stevens, American actor (Big Town, Martin Kane, Private Eye), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1994)

Betty Grable (1916-1973)

Dec 18 American singer, dancer, pin-up girl and actress (I Wake Up Screaming, How to Marry a Millionaire, Gay Divorcee), born in St. Louis, Missouri

Dec 23 Dino Risi, Italian film director and screenwriter (Scent of a Woman), born in Milan, Italy (d. 2008)
Dec 28 Noel Johnson, British actor (Frenzy, Frightmare, Royal Flash), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1999)
Dec 31 Suzy Delair, French actress (The Murderer Lives at Number 21; Utopia; White Paws), and singer, born in Paris, France (d. 2020)