Film Tv Birthdays Date 1930 | History by KabAstro

Rod Taylor (1930-2015)

Jan 11 Australian actor (The Birds, Time Machine), born in Sydney, New South Wales

Jan 13 Frances Sternhagen, American Tony Award-winning stage and screen character actress (The Mist; Starting Over; Cheers - "Ester Clavin"; Outland; Sex and the City - "Bunny"), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2023) [1]
Jan 15 Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (d. 1985)
Jan 19 (Nathalie) "Tippi" Hedren, American model, actress (The Birds: Marnie; I Heart Huckabees), and animal rights activist (Roar Foundation), born in New Ulm, Minnesota
Jan 29 John Junkin, British actor and scriptwriter (A Hard Day's Night), born in Ealing, Middlesex (d. 2006)

Gene Hackman (94 years old)

Jan 30 American actor (Bonnie & Clyde; The Coversation; The French Connection; The Birdcage), born in San Bernardino, California

Feb 3 Joan Rice, British actress (His Majesty O'Keefe, The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men), born in Derby, England (d. 1997)
Feb 8 Alejandro Rey, Argentine-American actor and director (Carlos-Flying Nun), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1987)

Robert Wagner (94 years old)

Feb 10 American actor (It Takes a Thief, Switch, Hart to Hart), born in Detroit, Michigan

Feb 15 Nico Minardos, Greek-American actor (The Twilight Zone; Twelve Hours to Kill), born in Pangrati, Athens (d. 2011)
Feb 16 Peggy King, American jazz and pop vocalist, former TV personality and actress (George Gobel Show), born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Feb 19 Gerald Sinstadt, English sports broadcaster and columnist (BBC Radio, ITV Grenada, BBC One; The Sentinel), born in Folkestone, England (d. 2021)
Feb 22 Allison Hayes, American model and actress (Attack of the 50 Foot Woman), born in Charleston, West Virginia (d. 1977)
Feb 23 Gerry Davis, British screenwriter (Dr Who) (d. 1991)
Feb 23 Imre Gyöngyössy, Hungarian filmmaker (The Revolt of Job), born in Pécs, Hungary (d. 1994)
Feb 23 Johnny Seven [Fetto], American actor (Ironside, Amy Prentiss), born in New York City (d. 2010)
Feb 24 Barbara Lawrence, American model, actress, and real estate agent (Oklahoma!, A Letter to Three Wives), born in Carnegie, Oklahoma (d. 2013)

Joanne Woodward (94 years old)

Feb 27 American actress, producer, activist, and philanthropist (3 Faces of Eve, Rachel), born in Thomasville, Georgia

Feb 28 Diane Holland, British actress and dancer (Crossroads - "Sarah"; Hi-de-Hi! - "Yvonne"), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2009)
Mar 1 Raymond St Jacques, American actor, director and producer, who was the 1st African-American to hold a regular role in a western series (Simon Blake in "Rawhide"), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1990)
Mar 2 Emma Penella, Spanish actress, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2007)
Mar 2 John Cullum, American Tony Award-winning stage and screen singer and actor (Hamlet; 1776; Hawaii; Northern Exposure - "Holling"; The Middle -"Big Mike"), born in Knoxville, Tennessee
Mar 9 Taina Elg, Finnish-American actress (Hercules in NY, Les Girls), born in Impilahti, Finland
Mar 12 Scoey Mitchell [Roscoe Mitchill], American TV writer, director, and actor (Barefoot in the Park; Rhoda), born in Newburgh, New York (d. 2022)
Mar 19 Bill Henderson, American jazz singer ("Señor Blues"), and actor (Dreams - "Torpedo"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2016)
Mar 20 Michel Magne, French experimental music and film score composer (Gigot; Barbarella), and recording studio owner (Château d'Hérouville), born in Lisieux, France (d. 1984)
Mar 21 James Coco, American character actor (Only When I Laugh; Murder by Death), and singer (Man of La Mancha), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1987)
Mar 24 Kenneth Nelson, American actor (Henry Aldrich-Aldrich Family), born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina (d. 1993)

Steve McQueen (1930-1980)

Mar 24 American actor called "The King of Cool" during the 1960s (The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape), born in Beech Grove, Indiana

Mar 27 David Janssen, American actor (The Fugitive, Harry O), born in Naponee Nebraska (d. 1980)

John Astin (94 years old)

Mar 30 American actor (I'm Dickens, He's Fenster; The Addams Family), born in Baltimore, Maryland

Mar 30 Rolf Harris, Australian-British comedian, actor, painter, singer-songwriter ("Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport"), and convicted sex offender, born in Bassendean, Western Australia (d. 2023) [1]
Apr 1 Grace Lee Whitney, American singer and actress (Star Trek - "Yeoman Rand"), born in Ann Arbor, Michigan (d. 2015)
Apr 5 Mary Costa, American actress (Sleeping Beauty; The Great Waltz), and singer, born in Knoxville, Tennessee
Apr 7 Andrew Sachs, German-born British actor (Manuel in Fawlty Towers), born in Berlin (d. 2016)
Apr 8 Dorothy Tutin, British actress (Importance of Being Earnest; Cromwell), born in London, England (d. 2001)
Apr 8 John Reardon, American stage actor and operatic baritone (Metropolitan Opera, 1965-77), born in New York City (d. 1988)
Apr 9 John Bartholomew Tucker, American TV host (Candid Camera, 1974-75; Treasure Island, 1967-68), and author, born in Pennsylvania (d. 2014)
Apr 10 Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actress and comedian (La criada malcriada), born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico (d. 2006)
Apr 10 Spede Pasanen, Finnish film director and comedian, born in Kuopio, Finland (d. 2001)
Apr 12 Bryan Magee, British philosopher, politician (Member of Parliament, 1974-83), writer (Modern British Philosophy), and broadcaster (Thinking Aloud), born in Hoxton, London (d. 2019)
Apr 14 Bradford Dillman, American actor (Compulsion, Piranha, Sudden Impact, Enforcer), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2018)
Apr 14 Jay Robinson, American actor (Born Again, Malibu Bikini Shop), born in New York City (d. 2013)
Apr 18 Clive Revill, New Zealand singer and actor (Legend of Hell House), born in Wellington, New Zealand
Apr 19 Dick Sargent [Richard Stanford Cox], American actor (Bewitched), born in Carmel, California (d. 1994)
Apr 21 Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (Death in Venice, Barabbas), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1989)
Apr 23 Alan Oppenheimer, American actor (6 Million Dollar Man, Eischied), born in New York City
Apr 24 Richard Donner [Schwartzberg], American television and film director (Twilight Zone; The Omen, Superman; Lethal Weapon; Scrooged), and producer (X-Men; Tales From The Crypt), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2021)
Apr 26 Derek Waring [Barton-Chapple], British actor (Z-Cars, Barnacle Bill, Arthur-Heart of the Country), born in Mill Hill, London (d. 2007)

Carolyn Jones (1930-1983)

Apr 28 American actress (Morticia-Addams Family), born in Amarillo, Texas

Apr 28 Richard C. Sarafian, American director and actor (Foley Square), born in New York City (d. 2013)
Apr 29 Jean Rochefort, French actor (Man on the Train, The Artist and the Model), born in Paris, France (d. 2017)
May 2 Bernard Slade [Newbound], Canadian screenwriter (The Flying Nun; The Partridge Family), and playwright (Same Time, Next Year; Romantic Comedy), born in St. Catherines, Ontario (d. 2019)
May 4 Ron Pickering, British athletics coach (GB 1964 Summer Olympics) and broadcaster (BBC), born in Hackney, England (d. 1991)
May 5 Joyce Collins, American jazz and film and television session pianist, singer, and educator, born in Battle Mountain, Nevada (d. 2010)
May 5 Will Hutchins [Marshall Hutchason], American actor (Sugarfoot; Spinout; Clambake), born in Atwater, California
May 7 Horst Bienek, German writer and director (The First Polka), born in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, Germany (d. 1990)
May 9 Joan Sims, British actress ("Carry on" films, As Time Goes By), born in Laindon, Essex, England (d. 2001)
May 20 James McEachin, American actor and author (Perry Mason, Harry-Tenafly), born in Rennert, North Carolina

May 31 American actor and director (A Fistful of Dollars; Dirty Harry films; Play Misty for Me; Unforgiven; Letters from Iwo Jima), and politician (Mayor of Carmel, California, 1986-88), born in San Francisco, California

Jun 1 Edward Woodward, British actor (Breaker Morant; Wickerman; The Equalizer), and pop singer ("The Way You Look Tonight"), born in Croydon, Surrey (d. 2009)
Jun 3 Ben Wada, Japanese television producer (NHK), born in Matsusaka, Japan (d. 2011)
Jun 4 Bill Treacher, British actor (EastEnders, 1985-96 - "Arthur Fowler"), born in London, England (d. 2022)
Jun 4 Morgana King [Messina], American jazz singer ("Dindi"; "It's A Quiet Thing"), and actress (The Godfather; The Godfather Part II), born in Pleasantville, New York (d. 2018)
Jun 6 Frank Tyson, England Test cricket fast bowler/broadcaster (17 Tests, 76 wickets @ 18.56), born in Farnworth, Lancashire, (d. 2015)
Jun 8 Dana Wynter, German-English actress (Airport, Invasion of the Body Snatchers), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2011)
Jun 9 Marvin Kalb, American broadcast journalist (CBS; NBC - Meet the Press), educator (Harvard), and writer (The Year I was Peter the Great; Enemy of the People: Trump's War on the Press), born in New York City
Jun 12 Jim Nabors, American comedian, actor (Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.) and singer (Back Home Again in Indiana), born in Sylacauga, Alabama (d. 2017)
Jun 16 Vilmos Zsigmond, Hungarian-American cinematographer (Close Encounters of the Third Kind), born in Szeged, Hungary (d. 2016)
Jun 19 Gena Rowlands, American actress (The Notebook; Night on Earth; The Betty Ford Story; Peyton Place), born in Cambria, Wisconsin
Jun 25 George Murdock, American actor, born in Salina, Kansas (d. 2012)

Robert Evans (1930-2019)

Jun 29 American producer and actor (Love Story, The Godfather, Chinatown), born in New York City

Jun 29 Viola Léger, American-Canadian stage and screen actress (La Sagouine), and politician (Canadian Senate, 2001-05), born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts (d. 2023)
Jun 30 Doyle Holly, American comedian and musician (Buckaroos), born in Perkins, Oklahoma (d. 2007)
Jun 30 Joyce Wieland, Canadian experimental filmmaker and conceptual artist (1st women to have a retrospective at the Canadian National Gallery), born in Toronto, Canada (d. 1998) [1]
Jul 1 Moustapha Akkad, Syrian-American film producer and director (Lion of the Dessert), born in Aleppo, French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon (d. 2005)
Jul 4 Frunzik [Mher Mkrtchyan], Armenian actor (Mimino, Kidnapping, Caucasian Style), born in Leninakan, Soviet Armenia (d. 1993)
Jul 5 Tommy Cook, American radio and screen actor, film producer, and screenwriter (Missile to the Moon; Rollercoaster), born in Duluth, Minnesota
Jul 10 [Andrew] Bruce Boa, Canadian actor (The Empire Strikes Back), born in Calgary, Alberta (d. 2004)
Jul 12 Gordon Pinsent, Canadian actor, director, writer (voice of "Babar the Elephant"), born in Grand Falls, Newfoundland (d. 2023)
Jul 14 Polly Bergen [Nellie Burgin], American actress, singer, television host, and writer (Winds of War; The Helen Morgan Story), born in Knoxville, Tennessee (d. 2014)
Jul 18 Burt Kwouk, English actor (Pink Panther movies), born in Warrington (d. 2016)

Sally Ann Howes (1930-2021)

Jul 20 British-American stage and screen actress and singer (Brigadoon; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - "Truly Scrumptious"), born in London, England

Jul 22 Marcia Henderson, American actress (Aldrich Family -"Kathleen"; Peter Pan), born in Andover, Massachusetts (d. 1987)
Jul 24 Jacqueline Brookes, American actress (Jack & Mike, Another World), born in Montclair, New Jersey (d. 2013)
Jul 25 Annie Ross, British-American jazz singer (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - "Twisted") and actress, born in London (d. 2020)
Jul 25 Mitzi Shore [Lillian Saidel], American owner of The Comedy Store and founder of The Comedy Channel, born in Menominee, Michigan (d. 2018)
Jul 26 Barbara Jefford, British actress (James Joyce's Ulysses), born in Plymstock, Devon, England (d. 2020)
Jul 30 Tony Lip [Frank Anthony Vallelonga], American author and actor (Sopranos, Donnie Brasco, Good Fellas), born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
Aug 1 Geoffrey Holder, Trinidadian-American actor, choreographer, singer, director (Annie; The Wiz), and painter, born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2014)
Aug 1 Julie Bovasso, American actress (Willie & Phil, Just Me & You), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1991)
Aug 5 Joan Weldon, American actress (So This is Love, Them), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2021)
Aug 6 Abbey Lincoln [Anna Wooldridge], American jazz vocalist, songwriter, actress (Nothing But a Man), and civil rights activist, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2010)
Aug 8 Nita Talbot [Anita Sokol], American actress (Hogan's Heroes; Supertrain; Here We Go Again), born in New York City
Aug 8 Terry Nation, British screenwriter (Dr Who; Blake 7), and novelist, born in Cardiff, Wales (d. 1997)
Aug 16 Frank Gifford, American College-Pro Football HOF halfback (USC; 6 × First-team All-Pro, 8 × Pro Bowl; NY Giants) and broadcaster (ABC Monday Night Football), born in Santa Monica, California (d. 2015)
Aug 16 Robert Culp, American actor, screenwriter, voice actor, and director (I Spy, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice), born in Oakland, California (d. 2010)
Aug 21 Frank Perry, American film director (Diary of Mad Housewife, David & Lisa), born in New York City (d. 1995)
Aug 23 Jack Bannister, English cricket commentator (BBC; Talksport radio) and bowler (Warwickshire 1,198 wickets), born in Wolverhampton, West Midlands (d. 2016)
Aug 25 Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - "Charlie"; Misery; 7th Heaven), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2003)

Sean Connery (1930-2020)

Aug 25 Scottish actor and producer (James Bond films; Indiana Jones), born in Edinburgh, Scotland

Aug 28 Ben Gazzara, American actor (Run for Your Life, QB VII), born in New York City (d. 2012)
Aug 28 Windsor Davies, British actor (It Ain't Half Hot Mum), born in London, England (d. 2019)
Sep 2 Andrey Petrov, Soviet-Russian classical and film score composer (Creation of the World), born in Leningrad, USSR (now St. Petersburg, Russia) (d. 2006)
Sep 6 Bernie Winters [Weinstein], British comedian, actor, and TV presenter (The Big Top Variety Show), born in London, England (d. 1991)
Sep 8 Mario Adorf, German actor (The Tin Drum, Bachelor, Abyssinia), born in Zurich, Switzerland

Frank Lucas (1930-2019)

Sep 9 American drug kingpin (fictionalised in 2007 film "American Gangster"), born in La Grange, North Carolina

Sep 11 Cathryn Damon, American actress (Mary-Soap, She's Having a Baby), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1987)
Sep 16 Anne Francis, American actress (Honey West, Forbidden Planet, Pancho Villa), born in Ossining, New York (d. 2011)
Sep 17 David Huddleston, American actor (Big Lebowski), born in Vinton, Virginia (d. 2016)
Sep 18 Derek Nimmo, British comedic character actor (All Gas and Gaiters), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1999)
Sep 18 Ray Alan, British ventriloquist and television entertainer (Lord Charles), born in Greenwich, London (d. 2010)
Sep 19 Antonio Margheriti, Italian filmmaker (Yor, the Hunter from the Future), born in Rome (d. 2002)
Sep 21 Dawn Addams, British actress (A King in New York, Star Maidens) who married the Prince of Roccasecca, born in Felixstowe, England (d. 1985)
Sep 23 Colin Blakely, Northern-Irish character actor (Shattered, Equus, King Lear), born in Bangor, County Down (d. 1987)
Sep 24 Angelo Muscat, Maltese-born British actor (The Prisoner, Doctor Who), born in the Republic of Malta (d. 1977)
Sep 25 Shel Silverstein, American writer and cartoonist (Now Here's My Plan: A Book of Futilities; The Giving Tree) and songwriter ("A Boy Named Sue"; "The Cover Of The Rolling Stone"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1999)
Sep 26 Philip Bosco, American actor (Trading Places, Lend Me a Tenor), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2018)
Sep 28 Ugo Gregoretti, Italian director and actor (Rogopag, Common Sense of Modesty), born in Rome, Italy (d. 2019)
Sep 30 Ben Cooper, American western actor (The Rose Tattoo; Outcast; Arizona Raiders), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 2020)
Oct 1 Philippe Noiret, French actor (Nuovo cinema Paradiso, Soleil, Les Milles, Il Postino), born in Lille, Nord (d. 2006)

Richard Harris (1930-2002)

Oct 1 Irish actor (A Man Called Horse, This Sporting Life) and singer ("MacArthur Park"), born in Limerick, Ireland

Oct 5 George "Skip" Homeier, American actor (Boys Ranch, Beachhead, Dan Raven, Interns), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2017)

Richie Benaud (1930-2015)

Oct 6 Australian cricket all-rounder and captain (62 Tests, 3 x 100s, 248 wickets; NSW CA) and broadcaster (9 Network, BBC), born in Penrith, Australia

Oct 6 Stanley Myers, English television and film composer (The Deer Hunter), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1993)
Oct 8 James Olsen, American actor (Andromeda Strain, Spell), born in Evanston, Illinois
Oct 8 Tōru Takemitsu, Japanese classical music and film score composer (November Steps; Ran), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1996)
Oct 9 David Rounds, American actor (Terence-Beacon Hill, Alice, The Blue and The Grey), born in Bronxville, New York (d. 1983)

Harold Pinter (1930-2008)

Oct 10 British playwright and screenwriter (The Homecoming, Servant), born in London, England

Oct 15 Phillipe Leroy, French actor (Night Porter, Leonardo da Vinci), born in Paris, France
Oct 16 Carmen Sevilla, Spanish actress, singer and TV presenter (Vengeance, Searching for Monica, Don Juan), born in Seville, Spain
Oct 23 Gérard Blain, French director and actor (The Friends, Hatari), born in Paris, France (d. 2000)
Oct 30 Marilyn Alex, American actress (Molly-Young & Restless), born in Hollywood, California
Oct 30 Néstor Almendros, Spanish cinematographer (Kramer vs Kramer), born in Barcelona (d. 1992)
Nov 3 Lois Smith, American actress (True Blood, Desperate Housewives), born in Topeka, Kansas
Nov 4 Kate Reid, British actress (The Andromeda Strain, Heaven Help US), born in London, England (d. 1993)
Nov 7 Barry Newman, American film and television actor (Vanishing Point; Amy; Petrocelli), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2023)
Nov 10 Norma Crane, American actress (Tea & Sympathy, Fiddler on the Roof, They Call Me Mister Tibbs!), born in New York City (d. 1973)
Nov 14 Michael Robbins, British actor and comedian (On the Buses, The Great Muppet Caper), born in London, England (d. 1992)
Nov 14 Monique Mercure, French Canadian actress (Naked Lunch), born in Montreal, Quebec
Nov 14 Shirley Crabtree Jr. [Big Daddy], English pro wrestler (record-breaking 64-inch chest), born in Halifax, England (d. 1997)
Nov 15 Whitman Mayo, American actor (Grady Wilson-"Sanford & Son"), born in New York City (d. 2001)
Nov 17 David Amram, American classical, jazz, folk, and film score composer (Shakespeare in the Park; Splendor in the Grass; The Manchurian Candidate), musician, conductor, and educator, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nov 23 Ricou Browning, American film stuntman (Creature from the Black Lagoon), stunt co-ordinator (Thunderball), director, and producer (Flipper), born in Fort Pierce, Florida (d. 2023) [1]
Nov 23 Robert Easton [Burke], American actor referred to as "The Man of a Thousand Voices" (Someone Up There Likes Me), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2011)

Jean-Luc Godard (1930-2022)

Dec 3 French director (Alphaville; Hail Mary; Breathless), born in Paris, France

Dec 4 Ronnie Corbett, British comedian (The Two Ronnies), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 2016)

Maximilian Schell (1930-2014)

Dec 8 Swiss-Austrian actor and director (Odessa File, Julia), born in Vienna, Austria

Dec 9 Buck Henry [Henry Zuckerman], American Emmy Award-winning screenwriter (Get Smart; The Graduate; The Owl and the Pussycat), actor (1st 10-time host of SNL; The Man Who Fell to Earth), and director (Heaven Can Wait), born in New York City (d. 2020) [1]
Dec 11 Chus Lampreave [María Jesús Lampreave Pérez], Spanish actress (Volver, Belle Époque), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2016)
Dec 11 Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor (A Man and A Woman; Z; Amour), born in Piolenc, Vaucluse, France (d. 2022)
Dec 12 Bill Beutel, American journalist and anchor (ABC), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2006)
Dec 13 Robert Prosky, Polish-American actor and comedian (Christine, Thief), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2008)
Dec 17 Armin Mueller-Stahl, German painter, author and actor (Kafka, Music Box), born in Tilsit, Germany
Dec 17 Julia Meade [Kunz], American actress and TV hostess (Spotlight Playhouse), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2016)
Dec 23 Barbara Ruick, American actress (Carousel; Fearless Fagan), and singer (Jerry Colonna Show), born in Pasadena, California (d. 1974)
Dec 24 Julian Barry [Mendelsohn], American playwright and screenwriter (Lenny; Rhinoceros), born in New York City (d. 2023)
Dec 26 Donald Moffat, British actor (Kent-Logan's Run), born in Plymouth, Devon (d. 2018)
Dec 26 Sayed Mutawli imam ad-Darsh, scholar/broadcaster
Dec 31 Odetta [Holmes], American folk singer (Sanctuary), actress and civil rights activist, born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2008)