Actors Born in 1942

Birthdays 1 - 200 of 204

• Jan 3 John Thaw, British stage and screen actor (Inspector Morse), born in Gorton, Manchester, England (d. 2002)
• Jan 5 Charlie Rose, American TV host (CBS This Morning), born in Henderson, North Carolina
• Jan 5 Cliff Potts, American television and film actor (Ted-Lou Grant), born in Glendale, California

• Jan 5 Dany Sava [Danielle Savalle], French actress (Moon Pilot), born in Paris, France
• Jan 5 Jan Leeming, English television presenter and newsreader, born in Dartford, United Kingdom
• Jan 8 Yvette Mimieux, American actress (Time Machine; Where the Boys Are; Light in the Piazza), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2022)
• Jan 9 K. Callan, American actress (Joe's World, Martha-Lois & Clark), born in Dallas, Texas
• Jan 10 Walter Hill, American film director (48 Hours, Extreme Prejudice), born in Long Beach, California
• Jan 11 Leo Cullum, American cartoonist (The New Yorker), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2010)
• Jan 16 René Angélil, Canadian music executive, actor and director (Omertà, L'apparition), and husband of Céline Dion, born in Montréal, Québec (d. 2016)
• Jan 17 Nancy Parsons, American actress, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota (d. 2001)
• Jan 17 Randy Boone, American actor (Cimarron Strip, Virginian), born in Fayetteville, North Carolina
• Jan 19 Shelley Fabares, American actress (The Donna Reed Show; Coach), born in Santa Monica, California
• Jan 21 Mac Davis, American country music singer-songwriter ("Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me"; "In The Ghetto"; "I Believe In Music") and actor (North Dallas Forty), born in Lubbock, Texas (d. 2020) [1]
• Jan 21 Martin Sharp, Australian cartoonist, album cover artist songwriter (Cream), and filmmaker, born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2013)
• Jan 23 Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi actor and director (Ki Je Kori, Chandranath), born in Kolkata, British India (d. 2017)

• Jan 23 Willy Bogner Jr., German fashion designer & filmmaker (On Her Majesty's Secret Service), born in Munich, Germany
• Jan 24 Gary Hart, American professional wrestling manager & wrestler, born in Ottawa, Kansas (d. 2008)
• Jan 26 Souad Hosni, Egyptian actress (d. 2001)
• Jan 27 John Witherspoon, American actor (Friday), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2019)
• Jan 29 Claudine Longet, French-American singer, actress, and former Mrs Andy Williams (1961-75), born in Paris, France
• Jan 29 Robin Morgan, American poet, author, political theorist, academic, and former child actor (Dagmar-Mama), born in Lake Worth, Florida
• Jan 31 Daniela Bianchi, Italian actress
• Jan 31 Derek Jarman, actor and director (Angelic Conversation, Edward II)
• Feb 1 Muna Wassef, Syrian actress (The Message) and UN Goodwill ambassador, born in Damascus, Syria
• Feb 1 Terry Jones, Welsh comedian (Monty Python), born in Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire, Wales (d. 2020)
• Feb 2 Barry Diller, American media executive, founder of the Fox Network, born in San Francisco, California
• Feb 2 Ron Franklin, American sportscaster (ESPN 1987-2011; ESPN College Football Primetime), born in Jackson, Mississippi (d. 2022)
• Feb 8 Robert Klein, American comedian and actor (Hooper, Deadly Rivals), born in The Bronx, New York
• Feb 13 Carol Lynley, American actress (Night Stalker, Fantasy Island, Immortal), born in New York City
• Feb 13 Peter Tork [Thorkelson], American musician and actor (The Monkees), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2019)

• Feb 14 Andrew Robinson, American actor
• Feb 15 Sherry Jackson, American actress (Make Room for Daddy. 1953-58 - "Terry"; The Mini-Skirt Mob), born in Wendell, Idaho
• Feb 20 Charlie Gillett, British pop-rock and world music radio presenter and writer (The Sound of the City), born in Morecambe, Lancashire, England (d. 2010)
• Feb 20 Claude Miller, French film director and screenwriter (Garde a Vue; Little Thief; Wild Child), born in Paris, France (d. 2012)

• Feb 21 Margarethe Von Trotta, German actress and director (Marianne), born in Berlin, Germany
• Feb 22 Christine Keeler, British model & showgirl (Profumo affair), born in Uxbridge, England (d. 2017)
• Feb 26 Yōsuke Yamashita, Japanese jazz pianist, and composer of jazz, film scores, and classical works, born in Tokyo, Japan
• Feb 27 Michel Forget, French Canadian actor, born in Montreal, Quebec
• Feb 28 Frank Bonner [Boers], American actor (WKRP in Cincinnati - "Herb Tarlek"; The Hoax; Just The Ten Of Us), and television director, born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 2021)
• Mar 1 Peter Guber, American entertainment and sports executive (Polygram Pictures, Mandalay Entertainment; Los Angeles Dodgers; Golden State Warriors), film producer (The Deep; Rain Man; Batman), and author, born in Boston. Massachusetts
• Mar 6 Ben Murphy, Jonesboro, Arkansas, American actor (Name of the Game, Alias Smith and Jones)
• Mar 7 Michael Eisner, American CEO (Walt Disney), born in Mount Kisco, New York
• Mar 11 Charles Swan, American actor
• Mar 11 Peter Eyre, actor (Hedda)
• Mar 13 Geoffrey Hayes, British TV presenter and actor (Rainbow, Z-Cars), born in Stockport, England (d. 2018)
• Mar 14 Rita Tushingham, English actress (Green Eyes, Doctor Zhivago), born in Liverpool, England
• Mar 15 The Iron Sheik (Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri), Iranian pro wrestler (WWF Heavyweight C'hip 1983-84; WWF Tag Team C'ship 1985 [Nikolai Volkoff], born in Damghan, Iran (d. 2023)
• Mar 17 Dimitris Poulikakos, Greek rock singer-songwriter (Exadaktylos; MGC), and actor, born in Athens, Greece
• Mar 19 (Wilfred) "Wilf" Lunn, British inventor, TV personality (Vision On), and author, born in Rastrick, West Yorkshire, England
• Mar 22 Bernd Herzsprung, German actor (Freunde fürs Leben), born in Hamburg, Germany
• Mar 24 Stephen Yardley, British stage and screen actor (Howards' Way), born in Ferrensby, Yorkshire, England
• Mar 25 Jacqueline Lichtenberg, American sci-fi author (Star Trek Lives!, Dreamspy)
• Mar 25 Kim Woodburn, English television personality (How Clean is Your House), born in Eastney, England
• Mar 25 Richard O'Brien, English actor and writer (Rocky Horror Picture Show)
• Mar 27 Michael York, British actor (Cabaret, Logan's Run, 3 Musketeers), born in Fulmer, Buckinghamshire
• Mar 29 Julie Goodyear, English television actress (Bet Lynch-Coronation Street), born in Bury, England
• Mar 29 Scott Wilson, American actor (The Walking Dead; The Ninth Configuration), born in Thomasville, Georgia (d. 2018)
• Apr 2 Roshan Seth, Indian-born British actor (Mississippi Masala), born in Patna, Bihar, India
• Apr 3 Marek Perepeczko, Polish actor (Janosik), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 2005)
• Apr 3 Marsha Mason, American actress (Blume in Love, Cinderella Liberty), born in St Louis, Missouri
• Apr 3 Rick Sylvester, Hollywood stuntman, parachute ski jumper (world record 3,300')
• Apr 5 Peter Greenaway, Welsh film director, born in Newport, Wales
• Apr 6 Anita Pallenberg, Italian model and actress credited as the muse of the Rolling Stones, born in Rome, Italy (d. 2017)

• Apr 6 Phil Austin, American comedian (Firesign Theater)
• Apr 7 Edda Barends, actress (Arthur & Eva)
• Apr 7 Jeetendra, Indian actor
• Apr 8 Douglas Trumbull, American film director (Silent Running, Brainstorm), born in Los Angeles, California
• Apr 9 (Andre) Brandon De Wilde, American stage and screen actor (The Member of the Wedding; Shane; Jamie; Hud), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1972)
• Apr 12 Bill Bryden, Scottish stage director (National Theatre), film director, and screenwriter, born in Greenock, Scotland (d. 2022)
• Apr 12 Frank Bank, American actor (Lumpy-Leave it to Beaver), born in Hollywood, California (d. 2013)
• Apr 13 Bill Conti, American Emmy and Academy Award-winning film score composer (Rocky; The Right Stuff), born in Providence, Rhode Island
• Apr 17 David Bradley, British actor (Walder Frey-Game of Thrones), born in York, Yorkshire
• Apr 17 Katia Krafft (née Conrad), French volcanologist who pioneered filming volcanic eruptions, born in Guebwiller, France (d. 1991)
• Apr 17 Mario Brenta, Italian writer and director (Maicol, Barnabo of the Mountains), born in Venice, Italy
• Apr 22 Denis Lill, New Zealand-born British actor (Only Fools and Horses), born in Hamilton, New Zealand
• Apr 23 Sandra Dee [Alexandra Zuck], American actress (Gidget, Imitation of Life), born in Bayonne, New Jersey (d. 2005)

• Apr 26 Bobby Rydell [Ridarelli], American pop singer ("Wild One"; "Wildwood Days"), and actor (Bye Bye Birdie), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2022) [1]
• Apr 26 Claudine Auger, French actress (Thunderball) and Miss France (1958), born in Paris, France
• Apr 27 John Shrapnel, English actor, born in Birmingham, Warwickshire
• May 1 Stephen Macht, American actor (Joe-Knots Landing, Cagney & Lacey), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• May 3 Lynn Farleigh, English actress (Lovers of Their Time), born in Bristol, England
• May 5 Marc Alaimo, American actor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• May 12 Ian Dury, English rock musician (The Blockheads) and actor (Judge Dredd), born in Upminster, Essex, England (d. 2000)
• May 14 Rüdiger Vogler, German actor
• May 19 Robert Kilroy-Silk, British politician and television presenter
• May 22 Barbara Parkins, Canadian-American actress (Betty-Peyton Place, Asylum), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
• May 23 K. Raghavendra Rao, Indian film director
• May 23 Zalman King, American actor and director (Wild Orchid), born in Trenton, New Jersey (d. 2012)
• May 29 Kevin Conway, American actor (Flash Point, Cage of Angels), born in New York City
• Jun 1 Tom Mankiewicz, screenwriter (Diamonds are Forever), born in Los Angeles, California
• Jun 2 Maree Cheatham, American actress (Search for Tomorrow, Guiding Light), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Jun 3 Anita Harris, British actress (Follow that Camel), and singer ("Just Loving You"), born in Somerset, England
• Jun 16 David Parry, British-Canadian folk musician (Friends of Fiddler's Green), storyteller (Canadian Museum of Civilization), actor, stage director, and teacher (University of Toronto), born in London, England (d. 1995)
• Jun 18 Roger Ebert, American film critic (Pulitzer Prize 1975), born in Urbana, Illinois (d. 2013)
• Jun 19 J Edward Oliver, British cartoonist (Record Mirror; Buster & Master's Mind), born in Dartford, Kent, England (d. 2007)
• Jun 22 Murphy Dunne, American actor and musician, born in Chicago, Illinois
• Jun 24 Michele Lee, American stage and screen actress, and singer (Knots Landing - "Karen; Seesaw; The Love Bug), born in Los Angeles, California
• Jun 29 Mike Willesee, Australian television presenter (This Day Tonight), born in Perth, Australia (d. 2019)
• Jul 1 Geneviève Bujold, Canadian actress (King of Hearts; film Anne of the Thousand Days; Choose Me; Coma), born in Montreal, Quebec
• Jul 3 Paco Stanley, Mexican TV personality, born in Mexico City (d. 1999)
• Jul 6 Raymond Depardon, French photographer and filmmaker, born in Villefranche-sur-Saône, France
• Jul 7 Carmen Duncan, Australian actress (Another World), born in Cooma, Australia (d. 2019)
• Jul 8 Janice Pennington, American Playboy playmate (May 1971) and model (The Price is Right), born in Seattle, Washington
• Jul 9 Edy Williams, American actress (Dr Minx), born in Salt Lake City, Utah
• Jul 9 Richard Roundtree, American actor (Getting Even; Shaft), born in New Rochelle, New York (d. 2023) [1]

• Jul 15 Mil Mascaras, Mexican professional wrestler in Lucha Libre tradition, born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico
• Jul 17 Gale Garnett, New Zealand-Canadian folk singer-songwriter ("We'll Sing in the Sunshine"), and actress, born in Auckland, New Zealand
• Jul 21 Patricia Elliott, American actress (Renee-Empire, One Life to Live), born in Gunnison, Colorado (d. 2015)
• Jul 23 Rick Jeanneret, Canadian Hockey HOF broadcaster (Buffalo Sabres Hockey Network 1972–2022), born in St. Catharines, Ontario (d. 2023)
• Jul 24 Chris Sarandon, American actor (Child's Play, Dog Day Afternoon, Lipstick), born in Beckley, West Virginia
• Jul 27 Barbara Ferris, English actress (Nice Girl Like Me), born in London, England
• Jul 27 John Pleshette, American actor and screenwriter (Knots Landing - "Richard"; 7th Avenue; The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald), born in New York City
• Jul 29 Sharon Gans, American stage and screen actress (Slaughterhouse-Five; Artists and Orphans: A True Drama), and playwright, born in The Bronx, NYC (d. 2021)
• Jul 29 Tony Sirico, American actor (The Sopranos - "Paulie Walnuts"; Cop Land; Family Guy), born in New York City (d. 2022)
• Aug 1 Giancarlo Giannini, Italian actor (Love and Anarchy), born in La Spezia, Italy
• Aug 3 Mary Ann Esposito, American chef and TV host (Ciao Italia with Mary Ann Esposito), born in Buffalo, New York
• Aug 7 Garrison Keillor, American writer, humorist and radio personality (A Prairie Home Companion), born in Anoka, Minnesota
• Aug 7 Masa Saito, Japanese wrestler (AWA/WWF/NJPW/CWFI), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 2018)
• Aug 7 Tobin Bell, American actor, born in Queens, New York
• Aug 8 Henery Hawk [misspelled as Henry], Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Chuck Jones (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "The Squawkin' Hawk"
• Aug 9 David Steinberg, Canadian comedian and director (End), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• Aug 9 Miguel Littín, Chilean film director (Promised Land, Alsino & Condor), born in Palmilla, Chile
• Aug 11 Mike Hugg, British rock drummer (Manfred Mann - "Mighty Quinn"), and film composer (Up The Junction), born in Gosport, Hampshire, England
• Aug 14 Sandy Gilmour, newscaster (Prime Time Sunday), born in Montclair, New Jersey
• Aug 16 John Challis, British stage and screen actor (Only Fools and Horses - "Boycie"; Green Green Grass), born in Chiswick, England (d. 2021)
• Aug 19 Fred Thompson, US senator (R-Tenn)/actor (In the Line of Fire), born in Sheffield, Alabama (d. 2015)

• Aug 25 Imogen Hassall, English actress (Countess of Cleavage-Carry on Loving), born in Surrey England (d. 1980)
• Aug 29 James Glennon, American cinematographer, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2006)
• Aug 31 Barnyard Dawg [George P Dog], Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Robert McKimson (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "Walky Talky Hawky"
• Aug 31 Carole Wells, American actress (Pistols 'n' Petticoats), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
• Sep 4 Jerry Jarrett, American pro wrestling promoter (founder Continental Wrestling Association, US Wrestling Association, NWA:TNA), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 2023)
• Sep 5 Denise Fabre, French television presenter, born in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
• Sep 11 Lola Falana [Loletha Elayne], American singer and actress (Golden Boy; A Man Called Adam), born in Camden, New Jersey

• Sep 12 Michel Drucker, French journalist and TV host, born in Vire, France
• Sep 16 Linda G Miller, American actress (Night of the Juggler, Mississippi), born in New York City
• Sep 17 Beverly Aadland, Errol Flynn's last girlfriend, born in Hollywood, California
• Sep 19 Freda Payne, American pop and soul singer ("Band Of Gold") and actress, born in Detroit, Michigan
• Sep 20 Robbe De Hert, Flemish director and producer (Fugitive Cinema, Bomb), born in Farnborough, Hampshire, England
• Sep 22 Ole Anderson, American pro wrestler (founding member of influential stable "The Four Horsemen"; PWI Tag Team of the Year 1975, 77 with Gene Anderson), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2024)
• Sep 23 Dith Pran, Cambodian photojournalist, survivor of the Cambodian genocide, and subject of the movie "The Killing Fields", born in Siem Reap, Cambodia (d. 2008)
• Sep 24 Gerry Marsden, British rock vocalist (Gerry & Pacemakers - "How Do You Do It?"; "Ferry Cross The Mersey"), and TV personality, born in Liverpool, England (d. 2021) [1]
• Sep 26 Kent McCord, American actor (Officer Jim Reed- "Adam 12"), born in Los Angeles, California
• Sep 28 Marshall Bell, American actor (Nightmare on Elm Street 2), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Sep 28 Pierre Clémenti, French actor (d. 1999)
• Sep 29 Donna Corcoran, American actress (Man Without a Star), born in Quincy, Massachusetts
• Sep 29 Ian McShane, British actor (Roots; Bare Essence), born in Blackburn England
• Sep 29 Madeline Kahn, American stage and screen actress (What's Up, Doc?; Young Frankenstein; Paper Moon; Blazing Saddles), and singer, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1999)
• Sep 29 Steve Tesich, Serbian-American screenwriter and playwright (Breaking Away), born in Užice, Yugoslavia (d. 1996)

• Oct 4 Christopher Stone, actor (Dave-Dallas, Interns), born in Manchester, New Hampshire
• Oct 4 Jenny Arean [Joanna Klarenbeek], Dutch actress, cabaret and theatre singer ("Vluchten kan niet meer"), born in Lisse, Netherlands
• Oct 6 Britt Ekland, actress (Wicker Man, Asylum), born in Stockholm, Sweden
• Oct 6 Fred Travalena, American comedian/impressionist (Buy & Cell), born in New York City
• Oct 7 Joy Behar [Occhiuto], American actress and comedian (The View), born in Brooklyn, New York

• Oct 12 Daliah Lavi [Levinbuck], Israeli actress (Casino Royale; Lord Jim), and singer, born in Haifa, British Palestine (d. 2017)
• Oct 13 Pamela Tiffin, American actress (Viva Max!), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 2020) [1]
• Oct 20 Earl Hindman, American actor (Wilson-Home Improvement), born in Bisbee, Arizona

• Oct 22 Annette Funicello, American actress (Mickey Mouse Club; Beach Party movies), and singer ("Tall Paul"; "O Dio Mio"), born in Utica, New York, (d. 2013)
• Oct 22 Robin John Maconie, New Zealand pianist, electro-acoustic film and concert composer, and musicologist (Stockhausen), born in Auckland, New Zealand

• Oct 26 Bob Hoskins, English actor (Who Framed Roger Rabbit), born in Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk, England (d. 2014)
• Oct 29 Bob Ross, American artist and television host, born in Daytona Beach, Florida (d. 1995)
• Oct 29 Johan Fleming Ramsland, British broadcaster (d. 1996)
• Oct 30 Sven-David Sandström, Swedish composer (Jeppe: The Cruel Comedy), born in Motala, Sweden (d. 2019)
• Oct 31 David Ogden Stiers, American stage and screen actor (M*A*S*H, 1977-83 - "Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester III"; Lilo & Stitch), born in Peoria, Illinois (d. 2018)
• Nov 1 Marcia Wallace, American actress (The Bob Newhart Show - "Carol"), born in Creston, Iowa (d. 2013)

• Nov 13 Beth Brickell, actress (Gentle Ben), born in Camden, Arkansas
• Nov 16 Donna McKechnie, American Tony Award-winning actress and dancer (Company), born in Pontiac, Michigan
• Nov 16 Joanna Pettet, British actress (Knots Landing, Cry of the Innocent), born in London
• Nov 17 Annemarie Oster, Dutch actress (Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden)

• Nov 18 Susan Sullivan, American actress (Dharma & Greg, Falcon Crest), born in New York City
• Nov 20 Bob Einstein, American comedian (Officer Judy, Super Dave Osborne), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2019)
• Nov 21 Afa Anoa'i, American pro wrestler (WWF Tag Team C'ship x 3 with brother Sika as the Wild Samoans), born in Western Samoa Trust Territory
• Nov 21 Tweety [Pie], Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Bob Clampett and Friz Freleng (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "A Tale of Two Kitties"
• Nov 23 Susan Anspach, American actress (Grace-Yellow Rose, Hair, Five Easy Pieces, Play It Again Sam), born in New York City (d. 2018)
• Nov 24 Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian and actor (Blue Money), born in Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland
• Nov 26 Olivia Cole, American actress (Roots, Backstairs at the White House), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2018)
• Dec 4 Gemma Jones, English actress (Bridget Jones's Diary), born in Marylebone, London
• Dec 5 Randy Kirby, American actor (Randy-Girl From UNCLE), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Dec 9 Alex Gilady, Israeli journalist (VP NBC Sports; Chairman IAAF Television Commission; 7 x Emmy Awards) and sports official (IOC), born in Tehran, Iran (d. 2022)
• Dec 9 Dick Butkus, American College-Pro Football HOF linebacker (Uni of Illinois; NFL Defensive Player of the Year 1969, 70; 5×First-team All-Pro; 8xPro Bowl; Chicago Bears), sportscaster (CBS, ESPN) and actor (My Two Dads), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2023) [1]
• Dec 10 Beer Bossu [Berend Frederik Gertenbach], Dutch actor and vocalist (Pub Chantant), born in Amsterdam
• Dec 11 Anna Carteret [Annabelle Wilkinson]. British stage and screen actress. (Juliet Bravo, 1983-85), born in Bangalore, British India
• Dec 14 Rex Thompson, American actor (Young Bess, King & I, Her 12 Men), born in New York City
• Dec 14 Zoe Laskari, Greek actress, born in Thessaloniki, Greece (d. 2017)
• Dec 18 Harvey Atkin, Canadian actor (Meatballs), born in Toronto, Canada (d. 2017)
• Dec 19 "Mean" Gene Okerlund, American pro wrestling interviewer, announcer and television host (WWF, WCW), born in Brookings, South Dakota (d. 2019)

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