Film Tv Birthdays Date 1925 | History by KabAstro

Paul Newman (1925-2008)

Jan 26 American actor (Hud, Hombre, Hustler), auto racer and team owner (Newman/Haas Racing) and charity food company founder (Newman's Own), born in Cleveland, Ohio

Jan 29 Pier Tania (Meinte Piet), Dutch radio/TV host (ANP, De Bezetting) (d. 1995)
Jan 30 Dorothy Malone, American actress (At Gunpoint, Night & Day, Peyton Place), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2018)
Jan 31 Charles Aidman, American actor and TV narrator (New Twilight Zone), born in Frankfort, Indiana (d. 1993)
Feb 2 Elaine Stritch, American actress (30 Rock; Two's Company), singer and member of the American Theater Hall of Fame, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2014)
Feb 3 John Fiedler, American stage and screen actor (The Bob Newhart Show - "Mr. Peterson"; The Odd Couple - "Vinnie"; 12 Angry Men), born in Platteville, Wisconsin (d. 2005)
Feb 7 Romolo Valli, Italian actor (Bobby Deerfield, Fistful of Dynamite, La Viaccia), born in Reggio Emilia, Italy (d. 1980)

Jack Lemmon (1925-2001)

Feb 8 American actor (Days of Wine & Roses, Missing), born in Boston, Massachusetts

Feb 11 Kim Stanley [Patricia Reid], American actress (Séance on a Wet Afternoon, The Chase, Right Stuff), born in Tularosa, New Mexico (d. 2001)
Feb 14 Elliot Lawrence [Broza], American jazz pianist, film score composer (Network), arranger, and orchestra leader (Tony and Emmy Award broadcasts; As The World Turns, 1981-93), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2021)
Feb 17 Fritz Behrendt, German-Dutch political cartoonist (Het Parool; De Telegraaf; New York Herald Tribune), born in Berlin, Weimar Republic (d. 2008)
Feb 17 Hal Holbrook, American stage and screen Tony and Emmy award-winning actor (All the President's Men; “Mark Twain Tonight!”), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2021) [1]
Feb 18 George Kennedy, American actor (Cool Hand Luke, Airport, Blue Knight), born in New York City (d. 2016)

Robert Altman (1925-2006)

Feb 20 American screenwriter, producer and director (The Player; M*A*S*H; Nashville), born in Kansas City, Missouri

Feb 21 Al Fann, American actor (Alvin-He's the Mayor), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2018)
Feb 21 Sam Peckinpah, American film director (The Wild Bunch, Straw Dogs), born in Fresno, California (d. 1984)
Feb 25 Bert Remsen, American actor (Mario-It's a Living), born in Glen Cove, New York (d. 1999)
Feb 28 Harry H. Corbett, English actor (Steptoe & Son, Jabberwacky), born in Rangoon, Burma (d. 1982)
Mar 7 Richard Vernon, British character actor (A Hard Days Night; The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Gandhi), born in Reading, Berkshire, England (d. 1997)
Mar 8 Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor (Holy Innocents, Camorra), born in Aguilas Spain (d. 2001)
Mar 12 Georges Delerue, French film composer (Sword of Gideon; A Little Romance), born in Roubaix, France (d. 1992)
Mar 16 Cornell Borchers, German actress (The Big Lift, Floodtide, Istanbul), born in Šilutė, Lithuania (d. 2014)
Mar 17 Gabriele Ferzetti, Italian film and stage actor (L'Avventura), born in Rome, Italy (d. 2015)
Mar 21 Peter Brook, English theater and film director (Marat/Sade, Lord of the Flies), born in London, England (d. 2022)
Mar 22 Gerard Hoffnung, German-British artist, humorist and tuba player (Hoffnung Music Festival), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1959)
Mar 23 David Watkin, English cinematographer (d. 2008)
Mar 24 Duncan Wood, English TV director and producer (Hancock's Half Hour, Steptoe & Son), born in Bristol, England (d. 1997)
Mar 26 Maqsood Ahmed, Pakistani cricket all-rounder who played 16 tests (2 x 50, 3 wickets; Karachi Blues, Rawalpindi) and broadcaster (PTV, BBC, Radio Pakistan), born in Amritsar, British India (d. 1999)
Mar 28 Innokenti Smoktunovsky, Soviet actor (Bely Prazdnik, Zakoldovannye), born in Tat'yanovka, Russia (d. 1994)
Mar 31 Jean Coutu, French Canadian actor (d. 1999)
Apr 2 Hard Boiled Haggerty [Don Stansauk], American pro wrestler (AWA, NWA, WWA World Tag Team C'ship; IWA World Heavyweight C'ship) and actor (The Incredible Hulk), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2004)
Apr 4 Elizabeth Wilson, American screen and stage actress (Doc, East Side/West Side), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 2015)
Apr 8 Shecky Greene [Fred Sheldon Greenfield], American stand-up comedian and actor (Love Machine; Combat), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2023) [1]
Apr 12 Oliver Postgate, English animator, puppeteer and writer, born in Hendon, London (d. 2008)

Rod Steiger (1925-2002)

Apr 14 American actor (In the Heat of the Night; The Pawnbroker; The Illustrated Man), born in Westhampton, New York

Apr 18 Bob Hastings, American actor (McHale's Navy, All in the Family), born in Brooklyn, New York, (d. 2014)
Apr 19 Hugh O'Brian, American actor (Wyatt Earp, Search), born in Rochester, New York (d. 2016)
Apr 20 Elena Verdugo, American actress (Little Giant, Cavalier of the West), born in Hollywood, California (d. 2017)
Apr 22 George Cole, English actor (Minder, Vampire Lovers), born in London, England (d. 2015)
Apr 25 Kay E. Kuter, American actor (Green Acres), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2003)
Apr 28 Laura Weber, American folk guitarist, educator, and public television host, born in New York City (d. 1995)
Apr 29 Albert "Ab" Abspoel, Dutch actor and director (Surprise Attack, Elevator), born in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands (d. 2000)
Apr 29 Ned Austin, American character actor (d. 2007)
Apr 30 Corinne Calvet, French actress (Phantom of Hollywood, Apache Uprising), born in Paris, France (d. 2001)
May 2 John Neville, English theatre and film actor, born in Willesden, London (d. 2011)
May 2 Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor (McCoy, Saunders-Soap), born in Woodbury, New Jersey (d. 2007)
May 8 Bettina Graziani [Simone Bodin] French model, one of the first supermodels, born in Normandy, France (d. 2015)
May 19 Guy Provost, French Canadian actor (d. 2004)
May 24 Mai Zetterling, Swedish actress and film director (Witches, Offbeat, Jet Storm), born in Västerås, Västmanland (d. 1994)
May 24 Pedro Gonzales-Gonzalez, American actor (Rio Bravo), born in Aguilares, Texas (d. 2006)
May 25 Jeanne Crain, American actress (Man Without a Star, Pinky), born in Barstow California (d. 2003)
May 26 Alec McCowen, English actor (Never Say Never Again), born in Tunbridge Wells (d. 2017)
May 28 Martha Vickers [MacVicker], American actress (Alimony; The Man I Love; Ruthless), born in Ann Arbor, Michigan (d. 1971)
Jun 1 Richard Erdman, American actor (Stalag 17, Anything Goes), born in Enid, Oklahoma (d. 2019)

Tony Curtis (1925-2010)

Jun 3 American actor (The Defiant Ones; Some Like It Hot; Spartacus), born in Manhattan, New York

Jun 5 Bill Hayes, American singer (Your Show of Shows; The Ballad of Davy Crockett"), and actor (Days of Our Lives. 1970-2023 - "Doug"), born in Harvey, Illinois (d. 2024)
Jun 14 Pierre Salinger, American newsman (ABC) and press secretary (John F. Kennedy), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2004)
Jun 15 Richard Baker, English broadcaster (newsreader for BBC News, 1954-1982), born in Willesden, Middlesex, England (d. 2018)
Jun 16 Faith Domergue, American actress and early "scream queen" (Vendetta, House of 7 Corpses), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1999)
Jun 17 Keith Larsen, American actor (Hunter, Brave Eagle), born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 2006)
Jun 18 Robert Arthur, American actor (12 O'Clock High, Just For You), born in Aberdeen Washington (d. 2008)
Jun 19 Charlie Drake [Charles Springall], English comedian (Plank, Rhubarb Rhubarb, Splish Splash), born in London, England (d. 2006)
Jun 20 Audie Murphy, American soldier who was among the most decorated in WW II with 33 medals and actor (To Hell and Back, Whispering Smiths), born in Kingston, Texas (d. 1971)
Jun 21 Maureen Stapleton, American actress (Lonelyhearts, Airport, Coccoon, Plaza Suite), born in Troy, New York (d. 2006)
Jun 23 Miriam Karlin, British actress (The Rag Trade), born in Hampstead, London (d. 2011)
Jun 25 June Lockhart, American actress (Lassie, Lost in Space, Petticoat Junction), born in New York City
Jun 29 Cara Williams, American actress (Pete & Gladys, Cara Williams Show), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2021)
Jul 1 Farley Granger, American actor (Arnold, Rope, Deathmask), born in San Jose, California (d. 2011)
Jul 6 Merv Griffin, American TV host (Merv Griffin Show), born in San Mateo, California (d. 2007)
Jul 6 Ruth Cracknell, Australian actress (Mother and Son), born in Maitland (d. 2002)
Jul 7 Yvonne Mitchell, English actress and writer (Johnny Nobody, Genghis Khan), born in London, England (d. 1979)
Jul 9 Guru Dutt [Vasanth Padukone], Indian Bollywood actor, regarded as one of the greatest film directors of all time (Pyaasa, Kaagaz Ke Phool), born in Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1964)
Jul 11 Ruth Niehaus, German actress, born in Krefeld, Germany (d. 1994)
Jul 15 Phil Carey, American actor (One Life to Live), born in Hackensack, New York (d. 2009)
Jul 15 [Donn Alan] DA Pennebaker, American documentary filmmaker (Don't Look Back), born in Evanston, Illinois (d. 2019)
Jul 16 Phillip Pine, American actor (Set-Up, Under the Ground), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 2006)
Jul 18 Jaime de Mora y Aragón, Spanish actor and publicist (Last Judgement), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1995)
Jul 19 Sue Thompson [Eva Sue McKee], American pop and country music singer ("Sad Movies (Make Me Cry")), born in Nevada, Missouri (d. 2021)
Jul 21 Al Checco, American actor (Extreme Close-up), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2015)
Jul 21 Johnny Peirson, Canadian ice hockey right wing (NHL All Star 1950, 51; Boston Bruins) and broadcaster (WBZ and WSBK), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 2021)
Jul 23 Gloria DeHaven, American musical actress (Step Lively), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2016)
Jul 25 Jerry Paris, American director (Happy Days) and actor (Dick Van Dyke Show - "Jerry"), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1986)
Jul 29 Mikis Theodorakis, Greek classical and film music composer (Zorba the Greek; Mauthausen Trilogy; Serpico), born on the island of Chios, Greece (d. 2021)
Jul 30 Jacques Sernas [Jokūbas Bernardas Šernas], Lithuanian actor (La Dolce Vita, Helen of Troy), born in Kaunas, Lithuania (d. 2015)
Aug 5 Cor Witschge, Dutch actor (Pipo the Clown), born in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1991)
Aug 6 Barbara Bates, American actress (All About Eve, It's a Great Life), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1969)
Aug 9 Len Sutton, American auto racer and broadcaster (Indianapolis 500, 1962 runner-up), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 2006)
Aug 14 Russell Baker, American columnist, author and humorist (NY Times), born in Loudoun County, Virginia (d. 2019)
Aug 15 Mike Connors [Krekor Ohanian], American actor (Mannix), born in Fresno, California (d. 2017)
Aug 16 Fess Parker, American actor (Davy Crockett, Old Yeller), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2010)
Aug 21 Judy Grable [Nellya Baughman], American professional wrestler, born in Bremerton, Washington (d. 2008)
Aug 21 Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (The Naked Childhood), born in Cunlhat, Puy-de-Dôme, France (d. 2003)
Aug 22 Honor Blackman, English actress (Goldfinger, The Avengers), born in Plaistow, London (d. 2020)
Aug 27 Darry Cowl, French musician and actor, born in Vittel, France (d. 2006)
Aug 28 Donald O'Connor, American dancer and actor (Singin' in the Rain), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2003)
Aug 28 John Gillett, British film critic and researcher, born in London (d. 1995)
Aug 30 Julien Schoenaerts, Flemish actor (Daens/Medea), born in Eigenbilzen, Belgium (d. 2006)
Sep 2 Ronnie Stevens, English actor (Rodney In "Dick & Duchess"), born in London, England (d. 2006)
Sep 8 Denise Darcel, French actress (Dangerous When Wet), born in Paris, France (d. 2011)

Peter Sellers (1925-1980)

Sep 8 English actor and comedian (The Goon Show, Bobo, Pink Panther), born in Portsmouth, Hampshire

Sep 12 Dickie Moore, actor (Expert, Oliver Twist, Little Men), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2015)
Sep 15 Forrest Compton, American actor (Gomer Pyle USMC, Edge of Night), born in Reading, Pennsylvania (d. 2020)
Sep 17 Dorothy Loudon, American actress and singer (Garry Moore Show, Annie), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2003)
Sep 22 Virginia Capers, American actress (Raisin, White Mama, Original Intent), born in Sumter, South Carolina (d. 2004)
Sep 23 Barry Linehan, English actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft), born in Romford, England (d. 1996)
Sep 23 Eleonora Rossi Drago [Palmira Omiccioli], Italian actress (Le amiche), born in Quinto al Mare, Genoa (d. 2007)
Sep 25 Pete Murray [James], British pop music BBC radio and television presenter, born in London, England
Sep 25 Silvana Pampanini, Italian actress (Day in Court, Island Sinner), born in Rome, Italy (d. 2016)
Sep 28 Frank Latimore, American actor (Patton, Breakin Up), born in Darien, Connecticut (d. 1998)
Sep 29 Steve Forrest, American actor (Ben-Dallas, SWAT), born in Huntsville, Texas (d. 2013)
Oct 5 Gail Davis, American actress (Annie Oakley), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1997)
Oct 6 Shana Alexander, American journalist (Life magazine, 60 Minutes), born in New York City (d. 2005)
Oct 9 Johnny Stompanato, American organized crime figure and abusive partner of actress Lana Turner, born in Woodstock, Illinois (d. 1958)
Oct 12 Fons Jansen, Dutch cabaret comedian, writer, and television personality (Farce Majeure), born in Bussum, Netherlands (d. 1991)
Oct 13 Lenny Bruce [Leonard Schneider], American comedian, arrested on obsenity, born in Mineola, New York (d. 1966)
Oct 15 Tony Hart, English artist and television presenter (Take Hart, Hartbeat), born in Maidstone, Kent (d. 2009)

Oct 16 Irish-British-American Golden Globe and multiple Tony Award-winning stage and screen actress (Gaslight; The Manchurian Candidate; Mame; Murder, She Wrote; Beauty and the Beast), born in London, England [1] [2]

Oct 19 Bernard Hepton, English actor (6 Wives of Henry VIII), born in Bradford, England (d. 2018)
Oct 20 Roger Hanin, French actor (Navarro), born in Algiers, Algeria (d. 2015)

Johnny Carson (1925-2005)

Oct 23 American comedian and TV host (The Tonight Show, Who Do You Trust), born in Corning, Iowa

Oct 23 Nanni Loy, Italian film director (The Four Days of Naples), born in Cagliari, Italy (d. 1995)
Oct 27 Jane Connell, American actress (Jane-Stanley, Bridget-Dumpling), born in Oakland, California (d. 2013)
Oct 27 Mary Kay Stearns, American actress (Mary Kay & Johnny), born in Glendale, California (d. 2018)
Oct 29 Robert Hardy, British actor (Harry Potter, All Creatures Great and Small), born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (d. 2017)
Oct 31 Lee Grant [Lyova Haskell Rosenthal], American actress (Shampoo, Mulholland Drive), born in New York City

Doris Roberts (1925-2016)

Nov 4 American actress (Everybody Loves Raymond), born in St Louis, Missouri

Nov 4 Ritwik Ghatak, Bengali filmmaker (Titash Ekti Nadir Naam), born in Dhaka, East Bengal (d. 1976)

Richard Burton (1925-1984)

Nov 10 Welsh Tony and BAFTA Award-winning stage and screen actor (Cleopatra: Camelot; Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf?), and fifth and sixth husband of Elizabeth Taylor (1964-74, 1975-76), born in Pontrhydyfen, South Wales

Nov 11 John Guillermin, British film director (The Towering Inferno), born in London (d. 2015)

Jonathan Winters (1925-2013)

Nov 11 American comedian (The Jonathan Winters Show, Mork & Mindy), born in Dayton, Ohio

Nov 11 June Whitfield, English comedian (Terry and June, Absolutely Fabulous), born in London, England (d. 2018)

Rock Hudson (1925-1985)

Nov 17 American actor (Pillow Talk, A Farewell to Arms, Ice Station Zebra), born in Winnetka, Illinois

Nov 18 Alex Macintosh, British BBC presenter and actor (Hell Fight), born in Fulham, London (d. 1997)
Nov 18 Yvonne Bryceland, South African stage actress (Road to Mecca), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1992)
Nov 20 Kaye Ballard, American stage and screen actress, comedienne, (Mothers-in-Law - "Kaye"), and singer, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2019)
Nov 23 Johnny Mandel, American composer, arranger and musician (M*A*S*H theme), born in New York City (d. 2020)
Nov 24 Alun Owen, Welsh playwright and screenwriter (The Rise Affair, A Hard Day's Night), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1994)
Nov 27 Ernie Wise [Wiseman], English comedian (Morecambe & Wise), born in Bramley, England (d. 1999)
Nov 27 Marshall Thompson, American actor (Bog, To Hell & Back, Daktari), born in Peoria, Illinois (d. 1992)
Nov 27 Michael Tolan, American actor (Nurses, Senator), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2011)
Nov 28 Virginia Hewitt, American actress (Carol-Space Patrol), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 1986)
Nov 29 Chet Leaming, American stage and screen actor, born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 1992)
Dec 1 Jordan Klein, American underwater photographer, cinematographer and director (Thunderball), born in Miami, Florida [1]
Dec 2 Carla Del Poggio [Maria Luisa Attanasio], Italian stage and screen actress (Variety Lights; Immortal Melodies), born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (d. 2010)
Dec 2 Julie Harris, American actress (The Bell Jar: I Am A Camera; East of Eden), born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan (d. 2013)
Dec 4 Maurice Binder, American photographer and film title designer (James Bond Movies), born in New York City (d. 1991)

Sammy Davis Jr. (1925-1990)

Dec 8 American vaudeville, stage, and screen singer ("The Candy Man"), dancer, actor (Ocean's 11), and Rat Pack member, born in New York City

Dec 10 Jean Byron [Imogene Audette Burkhart], American actress (The Patty Duke Show), born in Paducah, Kentucky (d. 2006)
Dec 13 Albert Paulsen, Ecuadorian-American actor (One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Doctors' Hospital), born in Guayaquil, Ecuador (d. 2004)

Dick Van Dyke (98 years old)

Dec 13 American Emmy, Tony, and Grammy Award-winning actor, singer, and dancer (The Dick Van Dyke Show - "Rob Petrie": Bye Bye Birdie; Mary Poppins; The Comic; Diagnosis: Murder), born in West Plains, Missouri

Dec 15 (Josie) "Kasey" Rogers, American actress (Strangers On A Train; Bewitched - "Louise Tate"), born in Morehouse, Missouri (d. 2006)
Dec 17 Rijk de Gooyer, Dutch actor, comedian and singer (Black Rider; Rififi in Amsterdam), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 2011)
Dec 18 Peggy Cummins [Augusta Fuller], Welsh-born Irish actress (Gun Crazy, Curse of the Demon), born in Prestatyn, Denbighshire, Wales (d. 2017)
Dec 23 Harry Guardino, American actor (Monty Nash; Perry Mason; Hill Street Blues), born in New York City (d. 1995)
Dec 24 Mohammed Rafi, Indian actor and playback singer, born in Kotla Sultan Singh, India (d. 1980)
Dec 27 Michel Piccoli, French actor (Topaz, Peril, May Fools), born in Paris, France (d. 2020)
Dec 28 Hildegard Knef, German actress, singer, and writer (Touch of Class, Mozambique), born in Ulm, Germany (d. 2002)
Dec 29 Dina Merrill, American actress (Operation Petticoat; Butterfield 8), born in New York City (d. 2017)