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Actors Born on October 10

  • 1863 Helen Dunbar, American actress (Fine Manners, Beyond the Rocks), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1933)
  • 1893 Lester Lonergan Jr, American stage and screen actor (Guilty Bystander; The Growing Paynes), born in Peterson, New Jersey (d. 1959)
  • 1895 Fridolf Rhudin, Swedish actor and comedian (The Wrong Millionaire, Secret Svensson), born in Munkfors, Värmland, Sweden (d. 1935)

Helen Hayes (1900-1993)

American actress (Caesar & Cleopatra, Happy Birthday), and 1st female EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award winner), born in Washington, D.C.

  • 1905 Jane Winton, American actress (Hell's Angel, Patsy, Don Juan), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1959)
  • 1908 Johnny Green, American singer ("Body and Soul") and film score composer who won 5 Academy Awards, born in New York City (d. 1989)
  • 1909 Florida Friebus, American actress (The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ' Mrs. Gillis"; The Bob Newhart Show - "Mrs. Bakerman"), born in Auburndale, Massachusetts (d. 1988)
  • 1909 Robert F. Boyle, American production designer and art director, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2010)
  • 1910 George Mathews, American stage and screen character actor (The Eve of St. Mark; Glynis - "Chick"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1984)
  • 1912 Rudy Bond, American stage and screen actor (A Streetcar Named Desire), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1982)
  • 1913 Johnny Downs, American stage and screen actor, dancer, singer, and TV host, (Our Gang; Swing, Sister, Swing!; The Mad Monster), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1994)
  • 1916 Benson Fong, American character actor (Charlie Chan films; Purple Heart; Flower Drum Song), and restaurateur, born in Sacramento, California (d. 1987)
  • 1917 Ilona Ference, American actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night), born in Bar Harbor, Maine (d. 1996)
  • 1921 James Clavell, British-American novelist (Tai-Pan; Shogun; Noble House; King Rat), screenwriter (The Fly; The Great Escape), and film director (King Rat; To Sir, with Love), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1994)
  • 1923 Murray Walker, English motorsport commentator and journalist (Formula 1: BBC 1976-96, ITV 1997-2001), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2021)
  • 1923 Nicholas Parsons, British presenter and actor described as "the ultimate quiz show host", born in Grantham, England (d. 2020)
  • 1924 Ed Wood, American filmmaker and director (Plan 9 from Outer Space), born in Poughkeepsie, New York (d. 1978)
  • 1924 Ludmilla Tchérina, French prima ballerina, artist, actress, choreographer and author (Sins of Rome), born in Paris, France (d. 2004)
  • 1926 Richard Jaeckel, American actor (3:10 to Yuma, Sands of Iwo Jima, Sometimes a Great Notion), born in Long Beach, New York (d. 1997)
  • 1927 Dana Elcar, American actor (Peter Thornton- MacGyver), born in Ferndale, Michigan (d. 2005)

Harold Pinter (1930-2008)

British playwright and screenwriter (The Homecoming, Servant), born in London, England

  • 1933 Daniel Massey, English actor (Vault of Horror), born in London, England (d. 1998)
  • 1936 Judith Chalmers, English TV hostess (Wish You Were Here), born in Stockport, Cheshire, England
  • 1941 Peter Coyote [Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon], American actor (ET, Raiders of the Lost Ark), born in New York City
  • 1946 Ben Vereen, American Tony Award-winning actor, singer, and dancer (Jesus Christ Superstar; Pippin; Roots; Tenspeed and Brown Shoe; Webster), born in Miami, Florida
  • 1946 Charles Dance, British actor (Alien 3; Game Of Thrones; Jewel in the Crown), born in Redditch, Worcestershire
  • 1946 Chris Tarrant, British TV presenter (Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?), born in Reading, Berkshire, England
  • 1947 Giant Haystacks [Martin Ruane], English professional wrestler, born in Camberwell, London, England (d. 1998)
  • 1949 Jessica Harper, American actress (Inserts, Stardust Memories), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1950 Dennis Holmes, American actor (Laramie), born in Encino, California
  • 1950 Peter Jan Rens, Dutch actor and director (Mister Cactus, Passion), born in Velsen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
  • 1954 Mohamed Mounir, Egyptian singer and actor (El Malek Howwa El Malek), born in Aswan, Egypt
  • 1954 Rekha, Bollywood actress (Khoon Bhari Maang), born in Madras, India
  • 1956 Amanda Burton, Northern Irish actress (Silent Witness; The Commander), born in Derry, Northern Ireland
  • 1956 Fiona Fullerton, British actress (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; A View to a Kill), born in Kaduna, Nigeria
  • 1956 Mark Gordon, American film producer (Saving Private Ryan), born in Newport News, Virginia
  • 1958 J. Eddie Peck, American actor (Bold & Beautiful-Cole Howard), born in Lynchburg, Virginia
  • 1958 Tanya Tucker, American Grammy Award-winning country singer-songwriter ("Delta Dawn"; "Bring Me Flowers Now"), born in Seminole, Texas
  • 1959 Bradley Whitford, American actor and political activist (The West Wing), born in Madison, Wisconsin
  • 1959 Victoria Clark, American actress (Kimberly Akimbo - Tony for Best Musical Actress 2023), born in Dallas, Texas
  • 1961 Jodi Benson, American voice actress (Ariel-The Little Mermaid), born in Rockford, Illinois
  • 1963 Anita Mui, Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actress, "Madonna of the East", born in Hong Kong (d. 2003)
  • 1964 Quinton Flynn, American voice actor, born in Cleveland, Ohio
  • 1964 Sarah Lancashire, English actress (Coronation Street, Happy Valley), born in Oldham, England
  • 1965 Chris Penn, American actor (The Wild Life), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2006)
  • 1965 Rebecca Pidgeon, British-American actress, singer and songwriter, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • 1966 Bai Ling, Chinese-born American actress (The Crow, Red Corner), born in Chengdu, Sichuan, China
  • 1967 Michael Giacchino, American Emmy, Grammy, and Oscar Award-winning composer for television, film, and video games (Lost; Up; Jojo Rabbit), born in Riverside Township, New Jersey
  • 1967 Morgan Neville, American Academy Award and Grammy Award-winning documentary filmmaker (20 Feet from Stardom; Best of Enemies; Won't You Be My Neighbor?), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1970 Matthew Pinsent, English rower (Olympic gold coxless pair 1992, 96; four 2000, 04; World C'ship gold x 10) and broadcaster (BBC), born in Holt, England
  • 1972 Jun Lana, Filipino playwright and screenwriter (Shadow Behind The Moon), born in Makati City, Philippines

Mario Lopez (50 years old)

1973 American actor (A C Slater-Saved by the Bell), born in San Diego, California

  • 1973 S.S. Rajamouli, Indian film director (Baahubali films, highest grossing Indian director), born in Hire Kotnekal, Mysore, India
  • 1974 Assi Cohen, Israeli comedian and actor, born in Ashdod, Israel
  • 1974 Dale Earnhardt Jr., American auto racer, team owner and broadcaster (Daytona 500 2004, 14; Busch Series 1998-99), born in Kannapolis, North Carolina
  • 1974 Naike Rivelli, German model and daughter of Ornella Muti, born in Munich, Germany
  • 1978 Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, American actress (Cassidy-Nash Bridges), born in Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey
  • 1979 Wu Chun, Bruneian-Taiwanese actor (The Butterfly Lovers), born in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
  • 1981 Michael Oliver, American actor (Problem Child), born in Los Angeles, California
  • 1984 Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress (Battle Royale), born in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, Japan
  • 1985 Aaron Himelstein, American actor (Austin Powers in Goldmember), born in Buffalo Grove, Illinois

Rose McIver (35 years old)

1988 New Zealand actress (iZombie), born in Auckland, New Zealand

  • 1991 Lali Espósito, Argentine actress, singer and model, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina