Film Tv Birthdays Date 1944 August

Richard Belzer (1944-2023)

Aug 4 American comedian, actor (Homicide: Life on the Street; Law & Order: SVU - both shows "Det. John Munch") and author (How To Be A Stand-Up; UFOs, JFK, and Elvis: Conspiracies You Don’t Have to Be Crazy to Believe), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut [1]

Aug 7 David Rasche, American stage and screen actor (Sledge Hammer!), born in St Louis, Missouri
Aug 7 John Glover, American actor (52 Pick-Up, Something Special), born in Kingston, New York
Aug 9 Sam Elliott, American character actor (Lifeguard; A Star Is Born (2018), Conagher; Gettysburg), born in Sacramento, California
Aug 11 Ian McDiarmid, Scottish stage director, and stage and screen actor (Star Wars -"Palpatine"), born in Carnoustie, Scotland
Aug 13 Kevin Tighe, American actor (Newsie, Another 48 Hours, K-9), born in Los Angeles, California
Aug 15 Linda Ellerbee, American journalist (Weekend, NBC Overnight), born in Bryan, Texas
Aug 15 Sylvie Vartan, Armenian-Bulgarian-French pop-yé-yé singer ("Twiste et Chante"), and actress, born in Iskretz, Bulgaria
Aug 18 Carl Wayne, English singer and actor (The Move), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2004)
Aug 21 Peter Weir, Australian director/writer (Witness, Dead Poets Society), born in Sydney, New South Wales
Aug 23 Lena Tabori, Swedish actress model and daughter of Viveca Lindfors, born in Stockholm, Sweden
Aug 24 Christine Chubbock, American TV newscaster (WXLT-TV, Sarasota, Florida), born in Hudson, Ohio (d. 1974)
Aug 24 Peter Hutton, American filmmaker, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2016)
Aug 24 Rocky Johnson, Canadian pro wrestler (father of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson; with Tony Atlas first black champions in WWE history), born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (d. 2020)
Aug 25 Anthony Heald, American actor (Orphans; Silence of Lambs), born in New Rochelle, New York
Aug 26 Alan Parker, British session guitarist (Blue Mink; Serge Gainsbourg) and television and film composer (American Gothic), born in Matlock, Derbyshire, England
Aug 26 Cornelia J. "Corry" Arends, Dutch actress (Fool's Hat)
Aug 26 Stephen Greif, English actor (Blake's Seven), born in Sawbridgeworth, England
Aug 27 G W Bailey, Port Arthur, Texas, American actor (Police Academy, The Closer)
Aug 28 Boyd Coddington, American auto designer (owner Boyd Coddington Hot Rod Shop) and television host (American Hot Rod on TLC), born in Rupert, Idaho (d. 2008)
Aug 30 Freek de Jonge, Dutch comedian (Neerlands Hoop), born in Westernieland, Netherlands
Aug 30 Molly Ivins, American political columnist and author, born in Monterey, California (d. 2007)
Aug 31 Jos LeDuc, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1999)