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Actors Born on July 30

  • 1882 Holmes Herbert, British actor (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Kiss), born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England (d. 1956)
  • 1895 Wanda Hawley, American silent screen actress (The Affairs of Anatol), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania (d. 1963)
  • 1913 Karl Guttmann, Austrian-Dutch playwright and director (Albee/Pinter), born in Bielsko-Biała, Poland (d. 1995)
  • 1916 Dick Wilson, British-American actor, born in Preston, Lancashire, England (d. 2007)
  • 1917 Eddy Grove, American actor (Dragnet, The Silent Service, Medic), born in New York City (d. 1995)
  • 1921 George Lampe, Dutch painter and director (Free Academy), born in Schiedam, Netherlands (d. 1982)
  • 1925 Jacques Sernas [Jokūbas Bernardas Šernas], Lithuanian actor (La Dolce Vita, Helen of Troy), born in Kaunas, Lithuania (d. 2015)
  • 1927 Joe George, American character actor (Across 110th Street; Seinfeld - "Uncle Mac"), born in Massachusetts (d. 1992)
  • 1927 Richard Johnson, British stage and screen actor and producer (Never So Few, Restless, Beyond the Door), born in Upminster (d. 2015)
  • 1927 Victor Wong [Yee Keung Victor Wong], American actor (Big Trouble in Little China), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2001)
  • 1928 Eunice Muñoz, Portuguese actress (A Morgadinha dos Canaviais; Hard Times), born in Amareleja, Portugal (d. 2022)
  • 1929 Sid Krofft, Canadian puppeteer and television producer - with his brother Marty (H.R. Pufnstuf; Land of the Lost; Sigmund and the Sea Monsters; Donny & Marie), born in Montreal, Quebec
  • 1930 Tony Lip [Frank Anthony Vallelonga], American author and actor (Sopranos, Donnie Brasco, Good Fellas), born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
  • 1931 Joan Vohs, American model and actress (Fort Ti, Vice Squad, Sabrina), born in St Albans, New York (d. 2001)
  • 1932 Edd Byrnes, American actor (77 Sunset Strip, Jack the Ripper), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2020)
  • 1933 Ben Piazza, American actor (Santa Barbara; The Blues Brothers; Dallas), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 1991)
  • 1936 Ralph Taeger, American actor (Klondike, Acapulco, Hondo), born in Richmond Hill, New York (d. 2015)
  • 1936 Reva Rose, American stage and screen actress (You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown; Temperature's Rising), born in Chicago, Illinois

Peter Bogdanovich (1939-2022)

American film director and producer (The Last Picture Show; Paper Moon), born in Kingston, New York [1]

  • 1944 Frances de la Tour, British actress (Bejeweled; Wombling Free), born in Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, England
  • 1945 David Sanborn, American Grammy Award-winning jazz and session saxophonist (David Bowie - "Young Americans"; David Letterman Show), born in Tampa, Florida (d. 2024) [1]

Arnold Schwarzenegger (76 years old)

1947 Austrian-American body builder, actor (Terminator), and politician (38th Governor of California), born in Thal, Austria

  • 1947 Margo Sappington, American actress (Oh Calcutta, Where's Charley), born in Baytown, Texas
  • 1947 William Atherton, American actor (Real Genius, Ghostbusters, Class of 44), born in Orange, Connecticut
  • 1948 Jean Reno, Moroccan-French actor (22 Bullets), born in Casablanca, Morocco
  • 1950 Frank Stallone, American Sylvestor's brother and actor (Barfly, Outlaw Force), born in New York City
  • 1953 Phil Davis, British actor (Whitechapel; North Square; Vera Drake), and director, born in Highgate, London, England
  • 1954 Ken Olin, American actor (Thirtysomething; Brothers & Sisters), and director (Alias; This Is Us), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1956 Delta Burke, American actress (Suzanne-Designing Women), born in Orlando, Florida
  • 1957 Mark Tymchyshyn, American actor (Gavin-As The World Turns), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • 1958 Richard Burgi, American actor (Chad Rollo-Another World), born in Montclair, New Jersey

Richard Linklater (63 years old)

1960 American filmmaker (Before Sunrise, Boyhood), born in Houston, Texas

Laurence Fishburne (62 years old)

1961 American actor (The Matrix, CSI, Apocalypse Now), born in Augusta, Georgia

Lisa Kudrow (60 years old)

1963 American actress (Phoebe Buffay on Friends), born in Los Angeles, California

  • 1963 Monique Gabrielle, American actress (Bad Girls 4, Amazon Women on Moon), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1964 Alek Keshishian, Lebanese-American film director (Madonna: Truth or Dare), born in Beirut, Lebanon
  • 1964 Vivica A. Fox, American actress (Kill Bill: Vol. 1), born in South Bend, Indiana
  • 1966 Irene Wan, Hong Kong actress, born in Hong Kong
  • 1968 Sofie Gråbøl, Danish actress (The Killing), born in Frederiksberg, Denmark
  • 1968 Terry Crews, American NFL linebacker (Washington Redskins) and actor (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), born in Flint, Michigan
  • 1969 Simon Baker, Australian actor, born in Launceston, Australia

Christopher Nolan (53 years old)

1970 English film director (Inception, Interstellar), born in London, England

  • 1971 Christine Taylor, American actress, born in Allentown, Pennsylvania
  • 1971 Tom Green, Canadian comedian and actor, born in Pembroke, Canada

Hilary Swank (49 years old)

1974 American actress (Boys Don't Cry, Million Dollar Baby), born in Lincoln, Nebraska

  • 1975 Annie Parisse [Anne Marie Cancelmi], American actress (Law & Order, As the World Turns), born in Anchorage, Alaska
  • 1977 Jaime Pressly, American actress, born in Kinston, North Carolina
  • 1982 Martin Starr [Schienle], American actor (Freaks and Geeks; Silicon Valley), born in Santa Monica, California
  • 1982 Yvonne Strahovski, Australian actress (Chuck, The Handmaid's Tale), born in Sydney, Australia
  • 1984 Gabrielle Christian, American actress, born in Washington, D.C.
  • 1984 Gina Rodriguez, American actress (Jane the Virgin), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1999 Joey King, American actress (The Kissing Booth, The Act), born in Los Angeles, California