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Actors Born on October 17

  • 1864 Elinor Glyn, British novelist (3 Weeks) and screenwriter, born in Jersey, Channel Islands (d. 1943)
  • 1884 Lewis Bennison, American actor (The Road Called Straight), born in Oakland, California (d. 1929)
  • 1885 Aaf Bouber [Aaf ten Hoope], Dutch actress (Bleeke Bet, Jantjes) and wife of Herman Bouber, born in Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (d. 1974)
  • 1886 Spring Byington, American actress (December Bride), born in Colorado Springs, Colorado (d. 1971)
  • 1896 Frank Forest [Hayek], American actor (Big Broadcast of 1937, Champagne Waltz), born in St. Paul, Minnesota (d. 1976)
  • 1900 Jean Arthur [Gladys Greene], American stage, silent and sound screen actress (Shane; Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; Mr. Deeds Goes to Town), born in Plattsburgh, New York (d. 1991)
  • 1902 Irene Ryan [Noblitt], American actress (Beverly Hillbillies - "Granny"; Pippin), born in El Paso, Texas (d. 1973)
  • 1907 John Marley [Mortimer Marlieb], American actor (Cat Ballou; Love Story; The Godfather), born in New York City (d. 1984)
  • 1916 Robert Lowery [Hank], American stage and screen actor (Batman and Robin (1949); Circus Boy - "Big Tim"; The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1971)
  • 1917 Marsha Hunt, American actress (Born to the West; Cry 'Havoc'; Johnny Got His Gun), and human rights and peace activist, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2022)

Rita Hayworth (1918-1987)

American actress (Gilda; Cover Girl; The Lady from Shanghai), born in New York City

  • 1920 Montgomery Clift, American actor (From Here to Eternity, Judgement at Nuremberg), born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 1966)
  • 1920 Rudolf Hrusinský, Czech actor and director (Short Cut, Golden Eels), born in Nová Včelnice (d. 1994)
  • 1921 Tom Poston, American actor (Newhart - "George Utley"; Mork & Mindy - "Franklin Bickley"; The Bob Newhart Show; The Steve Allen Show), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 2007)
  • 1922 Pierre Juneau, Canadian film and broadcast executive, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2012)
  • 1926 Beverly Garland [Fessenden], American actress (My Three Sons, Scarecrow and Mrs. King), born in Santa Cruz, California (d. 2008)
  • 1926 Julie Adams [Betty May Adams], American actress (Creature from the Black Lagoon; Code Red), born in Waterloo, Iowa (d. 2019)
  • 1937 Paxton Whitehead, English stage and screen actor (Back to School, Mad About You - "Hal"), born in East Malling, Kent (d. 2023)
  • 1944 Carol Cole, West Medford Mass, actress (Ellie-Grady)
  • 1946 Bob Seagren, American pole vaulter/actor (Olympic gold 1968, "Soap"), born in Pomona California
  • 1946 Vicki Hodge, actress (Confessions of a Sex Maniac), born in London, England
  • 1947 Michael McKean, American actor (Laverne & Shirley, - "Lenny"; Saturday Night Live, 1994-95; This Is Spinal Tap), born in New York City
  • 1948 George Wendt, American actor (Norm in Cheers), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1948 Margot Kidder, Canadian American actress (Lois Lane in Superman films, Amityville Horror), born in Yellowknife, Canada (d. 2018)
  • 1949 Bill Hudson, comedian (Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show), born in Portland, Oregon
  • 1950 Howard Rollins, American actor (Bannister-Wildside, Ed Harding-Another World), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1996)
  • 1950 Sandra Reemer, Indo-Dutch pop singer ("As Love Goes"), and television presenter, born in Bandung, Indonesia (d. 2017)
  • 1955 Sam Bottoms, actor (Prime Risk, Savages), born in Santa Barbara, California
  • 1956 Fred Hickman, American sports broadcaster (CNN, TBS, YES Network, ESPN; NY Sports Emmy Award 2004), born in Springfield, Illinois (d. 2022)
  • 1957 Lawrence Bender, American film producer (Reservoir Dogs; Death Proof; Django Unchained; An Inconvenient Truth), born in The Bronx, New York
  • 1957 Vincent Van Patten, Belrose NY, actor (Apple's Way, 3 for the Road)
  • 1959 Norm MacDonald, Canadian stand-up comedian, writer, and actor (Saturday Night Live, 1993-98; Dirty Work; The Norm Show), born in Quebec City, Quebec (d. 2021)
  • 1959 Richard Roeper, American columnist and film critic, born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1959 Russell Gilbert, Australian comedian
  • 1960 Guy Henry, British actor (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), born in London, England
  • 1960 Rob Marshall, American choreographer, stage and film director (Chicago; Mary Poppins Returns), born in Madison, Wisconsin
  • 1961 John Okafor, Nigerian Nollywood actor and comedian, born in Umunekwu, Nigeria (d. 2024) [1]
  • 1962 Mike Judge, American cartoonist (Beavis and Butthead; King of the Hill), and director (Office Space; Idiocracy), born in Guayaquil, Ecuador
  • 1964 David Cromer, American theatre director and actor (The Band's Visit), born in Skokie, Illinois
  • 1965 Connie Ann Hearn, actress (New Kind of Family), born in Anchorage, Alaska
  • 1966 Mark Gatiss, English actor and writer
  • 1966 Tommy Kendall, American race car driver and television personality
  • 1969 Rick Mercer, Canadian comedian
  • 1969 Wood Harris, American actor
  • 1970 Shauna O'Brien, Pasco Wash, actress (Showgirls)
  • 1974 Matthew Macfadyen, British actor
  • 1977 Bryan Bertino, American film director and screenwriter
  • 1983 Daniel Booko, American actor

Felicity Jones (40 years old)

1983 English actress (Rogue One), born in Birmingham

  • 1984 Chris Lowell, American actor
  • 1987 Bea Alonzo, Filipina actress
  • 1989 Phoebe Tonkin, Australian actress
  • 1992 Sam Concepcion, Filipino performer and actor
  • 1998 Erin Kellyman, British actress (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier), born in Staffordshire, England