Film Tv Birthdays Date 1937 | History by KabAstro

Feb 2 Tommy Smothers, American comedian and folk singer (The Smothers Brothers Show; Serial), born on Governors Island, NYC, New York (d. 2023) [1]
Feb 4 Collin Wilcox, Highlands NC, actor (To Kill a Mocking Bird)
Feb 4 David Newman, American filmmaker (d. 2003)
Feb 5 Stuart Damon [Zonis], American stage and screen actor (General Hospital, 1977-2007 - "Dr. Alan Quartermaine"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2021)
Feb 7 (Frederick) "Rick" Jones, Canadian-British children's television presenter (Play School; Fingerbobs), and folk musician (Meal Ticket - "Better Believe It Babe"), born in London, Ontario (d. 2021)
Feb 8 Joe Raposa, American composer and songwriter (Sesame Street - "Bein' Green"), born in Fall River Massachusetts (d. 1989)
Feb 8 Manfred Krug, German actor (Boxer), born in Duisburg, Germany (d. 2016)
Feb 9 Brian Wenham, British journalist (BBC), and media consultant (d. 1997)
Feb 11 Bill Lawry AM, Australian cricket batsman and captain (67 Tests, 5,234 runs @ 47.15, 13 x 100s) and broadcaster (9 Network), born in Melbourne, Australia
Feb 11 Lodewijk Boer, Dutch violist, librettist, actor, and playwright (The Family), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2004)
Feb 20 Nancy Wilson, American Grammy Award-winning R&B and jazz vocalist ("Guess Who I Saw Today"; "(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am"), and actress, born in Chillicothe, Ohio (d. 2018)
Feb 21 Gary Lockwood, American actor (2001, Survival Zone, Lieutenant), born in Van Nuys, California
Feb 25 Bob Schieffer, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), born in Austin, Texas
Feb 25 Tom Courtenay, England, actor (Dresser, Doctor Zhivago, To Catch a Spy)
Feb 26 Hagood Hardy, American-Canadian jazz and easy listening pianist, vibraphonist and film score composer ("The Homecoming"), born in Angola, Indiana (d. 1997)

Mar 1 Jed Allan, actor (Days of our Lives, CC-Santa Barbara), born in The Bronx, New York
Mar 3 Bobby Driscoll, American Academy Juvenile Award-winning actor (Song Of The South; The Window), born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (d. 1968)
Mar 6 Doug Dillard, American country rock musician (The Dillards; Gene Clark; Dillard & Clark) and actor (Popeye - "Clem"), born in East St. Louis, Illinois (d. 2012)
Mar 7 Anne Kristen, Scottish actress (Coronation St, Sunset Song), (d. 1996)
Mar 10 Joe Viterelli, American actor (d. 2004)
Mar 11 Carlos Larrañaga, Spanish actor
Mar 20 Jerry Reed, American country music singer (When You're Hot, You're Hot) and actor (Bat 21; Smokey and the Bandit), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2008)
Mar 22 Angelo Badalamenti, American Grammy Award-winning film composer (Twin Peaks; The Straight Story; Blue Velvet; Mulholland Drive), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2022) [1]
Mar 23 Tony Burton, American boxer, and actor (Rocky films), born in Flint, Michigan (d. 2016)
Mar 30 Jay W Macintosh, American actress (Sons & Daughters), born in Gainesville, Georgia

Warren Beatty (87 years old)

Mar 30 American actor (Bonnie & Clyde, Shampoo, Dick Tracy), born in Richmond, Virginia

Apr 1 Yilmaz Güney, Kurdish film director (Yol; Arkadaş; Baba; Ağit), born in Yenice, Karataş, Turkey
Apr 3 Petunia Pig, Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Frank Tashlin (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "Porky's Romance"
Apr 3 William Gaunt, English actor (Champions), born in Pudsey, Yorkshire

Billy Dee Williams (87 years old)

Apr 6 American stage and screen actor (Brian's Song; Lady Sings the Blues; Mahogany; The Empire Strikes Back), painter, and singer, born in New York City

Merle Haggard (1937-2016)

Apr 6 American country singer-songwriter ("Mama Tried"; "If We Make It Through December"; "Okie from Muskogee"), born in Oildale, California

Apr 9 Marty Krofft, Canadian puppeteer and television producer - with his brother Sid (H.R. Pufnstuf; Land of the Lost; Sigmund and the Sea Monsters; Donny & Marie), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2023) [1]
Apr 9 Valerie Singleton, British broadcaster (Blue Peter), born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
Apr 11 Jill Gascoine, British stage and pioneering TV actress (The Gentle Touch - "Maggie Forbes"), and novelist, born in Lambeth, London, England (d. 2020)
Apr 13 Edward Fox, English actor (The Day of the Jackal, Gandhi), born in Chelsea, London
Apr 17 Daffy Duck, Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Tex Avery and Bob Clampett (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "Porky's Duck Hunt"
Apr 18 (Bobby) "Robert" Hooks, African-American stage and screen actor (Fast Walking; Aaron Loves Angela), and theater director (The D.C. Black Repertory Company), born in Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C.
Apr 19 Elinor Donahue, American actress (Father Knows Best, Get a Life), born in Tacoma, Washington

Joseph Estrada (87 years old)

Apr 19 Filipino actor and 13th President of the Philippines (1998-01), born in Tondo, Philippines

George Takei (87 years old)

Apr 20 American actor (Sulu-Star Trek, Green Berets), born in Los Angeles, California

Jack Nicholson (87 years old)

Apr 22 American actor (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; The Shining; A Few Good Men), born in Neptune City, New Jersey

Apr 25 Bo Brundin, Swedish actor (The Rhinemann Exchange; A Baltic Tragedy), born in Uppsala, Sweden (d. 2022)
Apr 27 Sandy Dennis, American Tony and Academy Award-winning stage and screen actress (Any Wednesday; Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?; The Out-of-Towners), born in Hastings, Nebraska (d. 1992)
May 1 Una Stubbs, English actress (Till Death Us Do Part; Sherlock - "Mrs. Hudson"), born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire (d. 2021)
May 2 Lorenzo Music, American writer, actor and voice actor (Rhoda - "Carlton, the doorman"; Garfield), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2001)
May 2 Ted [Samuel Frederick] Dabney, American engineer, founder of Atari (Pong), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2018)
May 4 Mr. Fuji [Harry Masayoshi Fujiwara], American professional wrestler, born in Honolulu, Hawaii (d. 2016)
May 12 George Carlin, American comedian (7 dirty words, AM & FM, Carwash), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2008)
May 13 Zohra Lampert, American actress (Doctor's Hospital, Girl With Something Extra), born in New York City
May 14 Eric Herfst, Dutch cabaret performer (Lurelei) and actor (Floris), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1985)
May 14 Vic Flick, British studio guitarist ("James Bond Theme"; George Martin Orchestra; John Barry Seven), film score composer and arranger, born in Worcester Park, Surrey, England
May 15 (Trinidad) "Trini" Lopez, American singer and guitarist ("If I Had A Hammer"; "Lemon Tree"), and actor (The Dirty Dozen), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2020) [1]
May 16 Yvonne Craig, actress (Batgirl-Batman, Kissin Cousin), born in Taylorville, Illinois (d. 2015)
May 19 Pat Roach, English actor and wrestler (d. 2004)
May 25 Mark Shields, American political journalist and commentator (PBS NewsHour, 1988-2020; CNN Capitol Gang, 1998-2005), born in Weymouth, Massachusetts (d. 2022)
May 26 Monkey Punch [Kazuhiko Kato], Japanese manga cartoonist (Lupin III), born in Hamanaka, Hokkaido, Empire of Japan (d. 2019)
May 27 Allan Carr, American producer and director (Grease, Happiest Millionaire), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1999)
May 29 Hibari Misora [Kazue Katō], Japanese pop singer ("Kawa no nagare no yō ni" - Like the Flow of the River), and actress, born in Yokohama, Japan (d. 1988)
May 30 George Zweig, Russian-American physicist (Quark model), born in Moscow, Soviet Union

Morgan Freeman (87 years old)

Jun 1 American Academy Award-winning actor (Driving Mrs Daisy, Glory), born in Memphis, Tennessee

Jun 1 Rosaleen Linehan, Irish actress, born in Dublin, Ireland
Jun 4 Gorilla Monsoon, American pro wrestler (Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame) and commentator (WWF), born in Rochester, New York (d. 1999)
Jun 11 Chad Everett [Raymon Lee Cramton], American actor (Medical Center, Airplane II), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 2012)
Jun 11 Johnny Brown, American stage and screen comic actor (Good Times - "Bookman"; Laugh-In), and singer, born in St. Petersburg, Florida (d. 2022)
Jun 11 Luciana Paluzzi, Italian-American actress (Five Fingers, Thunderball), born in Rome, Italy
Jun 14 Jørgen Leth, Danish film director (A Sunday in Hell), born in Aarhus, Denmark
Jun 17 Peter Lupus, American bodybuilder and actor (Mission Impossible), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
Jun 18 Varbara Ann Teer, American actress/director (National Black Theatre Company)
Jun 20 Jerry Keller, American pop singer-songwriter ("Here Comes Summer"), and actor (If Ever I See You Again), born in Fort Smith, Arkansas
Jun 26 Sombat Metanee, Thai film actor and director, born in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
Jun 28 Richard Bright, American actor (Al Neri-Godfather), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2006)
Jul 2 Polly Holliday, American actress known for her catchphrase "Kiss my grits!" (Alice - "Flo", Flo -"Flo"), born in Jasper, Alabama
Jul 3 David Shire, American songwriter and composer of stage musicals, film and television scores (The Conversation; All the President's Men), born in Buffalo, New York

Tom Stoppard (87 years old)

Jul 3 Czech-born British playwright (Rosencrantz & Guildenstern-1968 Tony), born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia

Jul 6 Ned Beatty, American stage and screen actor (Deliverance; Hear My Song; Network; Nashville), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2021)
Jul 8 Barbara Loden, American actress (Ernie Kovac's Show), born in Asheville, North Carolina (d. 1980)
Jul 9 Barry Howard, British comic actor (Hi-de-Hi!), born in Nottingham, England (d. 2016)
Jul 10 George Young, American jazz and session saxophonist (White Elephant Orchestra; Saturday Night Live Band, 1991-96), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Bill Cosby (87 years old)

Jul 12 American actor and comedian (Cosby Show, I Spy, Leonard Part 6), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jul 13 Cal Ramsey, American basketball broadcaster, small forward (NY Knicks), born in Selma, Alabama (d. 2019)
Jul 17 Elmer Fudd [originally Egghead], Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Tex Avery and Chuck Jones (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debut as Egghead in "Egghead Rides Again"
Jul 19 Richard Jordan [Robert Anson Jordan Jr.], American actor (Dune, Gettysburg), born in New York City (1993)
Jul 20 Ken Ogata [Akinobu Ogata], Japanese actor (Okinawan Boys, Taikōki), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 2008)
Jul 22 Yasuhiro Kojima, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 1999)
Jul 23 Bruce Surtees, American cinematographer (Dirty Harry, Lenny), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2012)
Jul 27 Don Galloway, American actor (Arrest & Trial, Ironside), born in Augusta, Kentucky (d. 2009)
Jul 28 Francis Veber, French film director and screenwriter, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Aug 3 Steven Berkoff, English actor (Rambo: First Blood Part II), born in Stepney, London
Aug 5 Alan Howard, English theater and film actor (Royal Shakespeare Company), born in London, England (d. 2015)
Aug 6 Barbara Windsor, British actress and Dame (Carry On films; EastEnders), born in London, England (d. 2020)

Dustin Hoffman (86 years old)

Aug 8 American actor (The Graduate; Tootsie; Kramer vs Kramer; Ishtar), born in Los Angeles, California

Aug 11 Allegra Kent [Iris Cohen], American ballet dancer (New York City Ballet), teacher, and author (Ballerina Swan), born in Santa Monica, California
Aug 11 Anna Massey, English actress (De Sade, Doll's House), born in Thakeham, England (d. 2011)
Aug 16 Lorraine Gary, American actress (Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 4), born in New York City
Aug 18 William George Rushton, English actor, author and cartoonist (TW3), born in London, England (d. 1996)
Aug 20 El Fary, Spanish singer and actor, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2007)
Aug 20 Jim Bowen, British TV game show host (Bullseye) and comedian, born in Heswall, England (d. 2018)
Aug 26 Tom Heinsohn, American NBA star, coach (Boston Celtics) and broadcaster, born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2020)
Aug 27 Tommy Sands, American actor (The Singing Idol; Ensign Pulver), and singer ("Teen-Age Crush"; "Love in a Goldfish Bowl"), born in Chicago, Illinois
Aug 31 Guido de Moor, Dutch actor (Apart, Because the Cats), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1989)
Aug 31 Warren Berlinger, American actor (Larry-Joey Bishop Shop, Take Two), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2020)
Sep 1 Ron O'Neal, American actor (Super Fly), born in Utica, New York (d. 2004)
Sep 2 Derek Fowlds, British actor (Yes Minister, The Basil Brush Show), born in London, England (d. 2020)
Sep 4 Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor and director, born in Tallinn, Estonia (d. 2006)
Sep 6 Brigid Berlin, American actress (Andy Warhol films), born in New York City (d. 2020)
Sep 6 Jo Anne Worley, American comedienne (Laugh-in), born in Lowell, Indiana
Sep 6 Sergio Aragonés, Spanish-Mexican cartoonist (Groo the Wanderer), born in Sant Mateu, Spain
Sep 7 Cüneyt Arkın, Turkish film actor (The Adam Trilogy), born in Gökçeoğlu village, Alpu, Eskişehir Province, Turkey
Sep 7 John Phillip Law, American actor (Barbarella, Love Machine), born in Hollywood, California
Sep 12 Daniela Rocca, Italian actress (Battle of Austerlitz, Empty Canvas), born in Acireale, Italy (d. 1995)
Sep 13 Don Bluth, American animator and film director (The Secret of NIMH), born in El Paso, Texas
Sep 13 Fred Silverman, American broadcasting executive and producer (ABC, NBC and CBS), born in New York City (d. 2020)
Sep 16 Bella Emberg [Sybil Dyke], British comic actress (The Russ Abbott Show), born in Brighton, England (d. 2018)
Sep 20 Monica Zetterlund, Swedish jazz singer (with Bill Evans - "Waltz For Debby"), and actress, born in Hagfors, Sweden (d. 2005)
Sep 26 Joop Admiraal, Dutch actor and director (You Are My Mother), born in Ophemert, Gelderland, Netherlands (d. 2006)
Sep 28 Rod Roddy, American television announcer (d. 2003)
Oct 15 Linda Lavin, American actress (Alice, Barney Miller), born in Portland, Maine
Oct 16 Tony Anthony, Clarksburg WV, actor (Treasure of 4 Crowns)
Oct 17 Paxton Whitehead, English stage and screen actor (Back to School, Mad About You - "Hal"), born in East Malling, Kent (d. 2023)
Oct 19 Nicholas Palmer, television writer/producer
Oct 19 Sean Garrison, American actor (Up Periscope, Splendor in the Grass), born in New York City
Oct 27 Lara Parker [Mary Rickey], American actress (Dark Shadows - "Angelique"; Save the Tiger; Race with the Devil), and novelist, born in Knoxville, Tennessee (d. 2023)
Oct 30 Claude Lelouch, French movie director (A Man & A Woman, Cat & Mouse, Bolero), born in Paris
Nov 3 Paula Wayne [Watkins], American stage and Emmy Award-winning actress (Golden Boy; Everglade!), pop vocalist ("Everything's Great"), and civil rights activist, born in Mountain View, Oklahoma (d. 2018)

Loretta Swit (86 years old)

Nov 4 American Emmy Award-winning actress (M*A*S*H - "Major Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan", born in Passaic, New Jersey

Nov 5 Harris Yulin, American actor (Scarface), born in Los Angeles, California
Nov 6 Joe Warfield, American stage and screen actor, and teacher, born in Baltimore, Maryland
Nov 10 Albert Hall, American actor (Trouble in Mind, Ryan's 4), born in Brighton, Alabama
Nov 11 Warner Wolf, American sportscaster (ABC Sports, WABC-TV, WCBS-TV, WUSA-TV), born in Washington, D.C.
Nov 12 Ina Balin, American actress (Danger in Paradise), born in Brooklyn, New York
Nov 12 Mills Lane, American boxing referee (Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II 1997; International Boxing HOF) and television personality ('Judge Mills Lane'), born in Savannah, Georgia (d. 2022)
Nov 17 Peter Cook, British comic and actor (Bedazzled: Yellowbeard; The Princess Bride), born in Torquay England (d. 1995)
Nov 20 Jack Linkletter, American TV host (Haggis Baggis, Hootenanny), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2007)
Nov 27 Rodney Bewes, English actor (The Likely Lads), born in Bierley, England (d. 2017)
Nov 30 Richard Threlkeld, American newscaster (CBS News), born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (d. 2012)

Ridley Scott (86 years old)

Nov 30 English film director (Alien, Blade Runner), born in South Shields, England

Dec 4 Donnelly Rhodes, Canadian actor (Da Vinci's Inquest, Danger Bay), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 2018)
Dec 4 Max Baer Jr, American actor (The Beverly Hillbillies - "Jethro Bodine"), born in Oakland, California
Dec 8 James MacArthur, American actor (Danny Williams-Hawaii 5-0), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2010)
Dec 9 Darwin Joston, American actor (Assault on Precinct 13), born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (d. 1998)
Dec 12 Connie Francis [Concetta Franconero], American singer and actress (Where the Boys Are), born in Newark, New Jersey
Dec 13 Rob Houwer, Dutch director and producer and actor (OK, Professor Columbus), born in The Hague, Netherlands
Dec 15 Karen Morrow, American actress (The Boy in the Plastic bubble, Ladies' Man), born in Chicago, Illinois
Dec 16 Joyce Bulifant, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show - "Marie Slaughter"), born in Newport News, Virginia

Jane Fonda (86 years old)

Dec 21 American stage and screen Academy and Emmy Award-winning actress (Barbarella; Klute, 9 to 5), exercist (Jane Fonda's Workout), and political activist, born in New York City