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Actors Born on July 26

  • 1846 Texas Jack Omohundro, American frontier scout, actor, and cowboy, born in Palmyra, Virginia (d. 1880)
  • 1886 Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (Flesh & Devil), born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 1965)
  • 1893 George Grosz, German cartoonist and painter (Gott mit uns), born in Berlin (d. 1959)
  • 1895 Gracie Allen, American comedian and actress (Burns & Allen), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1964)
  • 1895 Jerry Verno, British actor (River of Unrest, Ourselves Alone, Sweeney Todd), born in London, England (d. 1975)
  • 1896 Charles Butterworth, American actor (Mad Genius), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 1946)
  • 1901 John Bleifer, Polish actor (Highway to Heaven), born in Zawiercie, Poland (d. 1992)
  • 1909 Vivian Vance [Jones], American stage and screen actress (I Love Lucy - "Ethel Mertz"; The Lucy Show - "Viv"), born in Cherryvale, Kansas (d. 1979)
  • 1918 Marjorie Lord [Wollenberg], American actress (Make Room for Daddy, Sherlock Holmes in Washington), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2015)
  • 1919 Virginia Gilmore, American actress (Jennie, Western Union), born in El Monte, California (d. 1986)
  • 1921 Jean Shepherd, American writer and actor (A Christmas Story), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1999)

Blake Edwards (1922-2010)

American writer and director (10, SOB, Breakfast at Tiffany's), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma

  • 1922 Jason Robards, American actor (A Thousand Clowns, Any Wednesday), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2000)
  • 1926 James Best [Jewel Franklin Guy], American actor (The Dukes of Hazzard, Sounder), born in Powderly, Kentucky (d. 2015)

Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999)

American director (2001 A Space Odyssey, Dr Strangelove, Lolita), born in The Bronx NY

  • 1930 Barbara Jefford, British actress (James Joyce's Ulysses), born in Plymstock, Devon, England (d. 2020)
  • 1933 Lance Percival, English actor and comedian (That Was The Week That Was), born in Sevenoaks, Kent, England (d. 2015)
  • 1934 Ken Pogue, Canadian actor (Adderly, Katts and Dog), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2015)
  • 1936 Kathryn Hays, American actress (Kim Hughes-As the World Turns), born in New York City
  • 1936 Mary Millar, English actress (Keeping Up Appearances), born in Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (d. 1998)

Mick Jagger (80 years old)

1943 English rock vocalist, songwriter (Rolling Stones - "Let's Spend the Night Together"; "Sympathy For The Devil"), actor (Performance), and knight, born in Dartford, Kent

  • 1943 Peter Hyams, American film director (2010, Capricorn 1, Relic, Timecop), born in New York City
  • 1944 Kiel Martin, American actor (Hill Street Blues - "Det. LaRue"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1990)

Helen Mirren (78 years old)

1945 English actress (The Queen, The Madness of King George), born in London, England

  • 1945 Linda Harrison, American actress (Bracken's World, Planet of Apes), born in Berlin, Maryland
  • 1950 Susan George, English actress (Straw Dogs, Mandingo), born in London, England
  • 1952 Jan Randall, American-Canadian film, stage and broadcast composer (The Irrelevant Show; Poetry In Motion), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1955 Nicholas Walker, actor (Capitol, Jimmy-General Hospital), born in Bogotá, Colombia
  • 1956 Tommy Rich, American professional wrestler, born in Hendersonville, Tennessee
  • 1957 Hart Hanson, American television writer and producer, born in Burlingame, California
  • 1957 Nana Visitor, American actress (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), born in New York City
  • 1957 Yuen Biao, Hong Kong actor and martial artist, born in Castle Peak Road, Hong Kong

Kevin Spacey (64 years old)

1959 American actor (American Beauty, House of Cards), born in South Orange, New Jersey

  • 1964 Danny Woodburn, American actor and comedian, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sandra Bullock (59 years old)

1964 American actress (Speed, The Blind Side), born in Washington, D.C.

  • 1965 Jennifer Ashe, American actress (As the World Turns)
  • 1965 Jeremy Piven, American actor and producer (Entourage, Serendipity), born in New York City
  • 1967 Anthony Durante, American professional wrestler, born in Hammonton, New Jersey (d. 2003)

Jason Statham (56 years old)

1967 British actor (The Transporter, Crank), born in Shirebrook, Derbyshire

  • 1967 Tim Schafer, American computer game designer, born in Sonoma, California
  • 1971 Dan Harris, American journalist and TV anchor (Nightline; Good Morning America), born in Newton, Massachusetts
  • 1973 Kate Beckinsale, British actress (Underworld series), born in London
  • 1977 Emma Barton, English actress (Eastenders), born in Portsmouth, England
  • 1979 Mageina Tovah, American actress (Joan of Arcadia), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
  • 1980 Lee Dong-gun, South Korean actor, born in Gangnam District, Seoul
  • 1981 Abe Forsythe, Australian actor and director (Down Under), born in Sydney, Australia
  • 1982 Chez Starbuck, American actor (The Thirteenth Year), born in Lakewood, Colorado
  • 1983 Roderick Strong, American professional wrestler, born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin
  • 1987 Miriam McDonald, Canadian actress (Degrassi: The Next Generation), born in Oakville, Ontario
  • 1993 Taylor Momsen, American singer and actress (Gossip Girl), born in St. Louis, Missouri