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Actors Born on May 1

  • 1901 Heinz Roemheld, American film composer (Yankee Doodle Dandy; Ruby Gentry), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1985)
  • 1905 Leila Hyams, American actress (Big House, Ruggles of Red Gap), born in New York City (d. 1977)
  • 1913 Balraj Sahni [Yudhishthir], Indian Bollywood actor (Dharti Ke Lal), born in Rawalpindi, Punjab (d. 1973)
  • 1913 Louis Nye, American comedian and actor (Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Steve Allen Plymouth Show), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 2005)
  • 1916 Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor (Cade's County, Big Heat, Midway), born in Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne, Quebec, Canada (d. 2006)
  • 1917 Danielle Darrieux, French stage and screen actress (Alexander the Great; Mayerling; 8 Women), born in Bordeaux, France (d. 2017)
  • 1917 Giovanni "John" Beradino, American MLB infielder (St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Indians) and actor (General Hospital), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1996)

Jack Paar (1918-2004)

American comedian and TV host of the Jack Paar Show and The Tonight Show (1957-62), born in Canton, Ohio

  • 1919 Daniel "Dan" O'Herlihy, Irish actor (Twin Peals, Fail Safe, Last Starfighter, Robocop), born in County Wexford, Ireland (d. 2005)
  • 1924 Art Fleming [Fazzin], American actor, and TV game show host (Jeopardy, 1964-75, 1978-79), born in New York City (d. 1995)
  • 1924 Terry Southern, American writer and screenwriter (Dr. Strangelove, Easy Rider), born in Alvarado, Texas (d. 1995)
  • 1927 Roland Verhavert, Flemish screenwriter (Sea Gulls Die in the Harbor; Chronicle of a Passion), born in Melsele, Belgium (d. 2014)
  • 1928 Raoul Servais, Belgian cartoonist and filmmaker (Harpya, Palme d'Or 1979), born in Ostend, Belgium (d. 2023)
  • 1935 Ann Robinson, American actress (Dragnet)
  • 1937 Una Stubbs, English actress (Till Death Us Do Part; Sherlock - "Mrs. Hudson"), born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire (d. 2021)

Max Robinson (1939-1988)

1st African American network TV anchor (ABC), born in Richmond, Virginia

  • 1939 Ray Aranha, American actor (Nick-Married People), born in Miami, Florida
  • 1941 Barbara Barendrecht, Dutch actress (Dirty Picture), born in Wassenaar, Netherlands
  • 1942 Stephen Macht, American actor (Joe-Knots Landing, Cagney & Lacey), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1943 Joy Harmon, American actress (Cool Hand Luke), born in St Louis, Missouri
  • 1946 Bruce Robinson, English actor and director of "Withnail and I", born in London
  • 1946 Joanna Lumley, British stage and screen actress (Absolutely Fabulous; On Her Majesty's Secret Service), and human rights activist, born in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, in British India
  • 1946 John Woo, Hong Kong filmmaker (Face/Off), born in Guangzhou, China
  • 1949 Douglas Barr, American actor (Howie-Fall Guy), born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • 1950 Dann Florek, American actor (Law & Order), born in Flat Rock, Michigan
  • 1956 Byron Stewart, American actor (Warren Coolidge-St Elsewhere), born in Baxter Springs, Kansas
  • 1956 Wan Chi Keung, Hong Kong soccer striker (32 caps; South China AA, Seiko SA) and actor, born in British Hong Kong (d. 2010)
  • 1957 Kow Otani, Japanese composer for anime, film and video games (Gamera), born in Toyko, Japan
  • 1966 Charlie Schlatter, American actor (18 Again, Heartbreak Hotel), born in New York City
  • 1967 Scott Coffey, American actor (Shag; Shout; Satisfaction), and director (Ellie Parker), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
  • 1968 Sol Kyung-gu, South Korean actor
  • 1971 Ajith Kumar, Indian film actor
  • 1975 Austin Croshere, American basketball forward (Indiana Pacers) and broadcaster (Fox Sports Indiana Pacers analyst), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1976 Darius McCrary, actor (Edward Winslow-Family Matters)
  • 1978 James Badge Dale, American actor (24; The Departed; Parkland; The Pacific), born in Manhattan, New York
  • 1978 Sachie Hara, Japanese actress
  • 1979 Ben Easter, American actor
  • 1979 Daniel Letterle, American actor (Camp), born in Northfield, Ohio
  • 1980 Ana Claudia Talancón, Mexican actress

Jamie Dornan (42 years old)

1982 Irish actor (Fifty Shades of Grey), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland

  • 1982 Katya [Brian McCook] American drag queen, comedian and TV performer (The Trixie and Katya Show), born in Boston, Massachusetts
  • 1984 Farah Fath, American actress (Days of Our Lives), born in Lexington, Kentucky
  • 1985 Drew Sidora, American actress
  • 1987 Matt Di Angelo, English Actor (Eastenders), born in London, England
  • 1988 Nicholas Braun, American actor (Succession), born in Bethpage, New York
  • 1991 Creagen Dow, American actor (Zoey 101), born in Lake Wales, Florida
  • 1992 Hani [Ahn Hee-yeon], South Korean K-pop singer (EXID) and television personality, born in Seoul, South Korea
  • 1997 Ariel Gade, American actress