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Actors Born on October 20

  • 1854 Alphonse Allais, French humorist and author (Pass the Bile), born in Honfluer, France (d. 1905)
  • 1871 Frederick Burton, American actor (The Big Trail, One Way Passage), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1957)

Bela Lugosi (1882-1956)

Austrian actor (Dracula, Plan 9 From Outer Space), born in Lugos, Austro-Hungarian Empire

  • 1884 Thomas Chalmers, American opera singer, actor, and filmmaker (Blind Alleys, Outrage), born in New York City (d. 1966)
  • 1889 Margaret Dumont, American actress and Marx Brothers' comic foil (Day at the Races), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1965)
  • 1893 Charley Chase, American comedian, actor and director (d. 1940)
  • 1894 Olive Thomas, American actress (The Flapper), born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania (d. 1920)
  • 1895 Rex Ingram, American actor (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tarzan of the Apes, The Ten Commandments), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1969)
  • 1901 Hans-Otto Borgmann, German film score composer under the Third Reich, born in Linden, Germany (d. 1977)
  • 1902 Addison Richards, American actor (Pentagon, Fighting Seabees), born in Zanesville, Ohio (d. 1964)
  • 1903 John Lodge, American actor (Witchmaker) and politician (79th Governor of Connecticut), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1985)
  • 1904 Anna Neagle, English actress (London Melody, Nurse Edith Cavell), born in London, England (d. 1986)
  • 1904 Marian Nixon [Marja Nissinen], American silent and sound film actress (Hands Up!; Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farms; Winner Takes All), born in Superior, Wisconsin (d. 1983)
  • 1907 Arlene Francis, American actress and radio and television personality (What's My Line?), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2001)
  • 1911 Will Rogers Jr, American politician (D-Representative 1943-44) writer, political commentator, and actor (Down to Earth), born in New York City (d. 1993)
  • 1913 Barney Phillips [Bernard Philip Ofner], American actor (Dragnet, Felony Squad), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1982)
  • 1914 Fayard Nicholas, American tap dancer, one-half of The Nicholas Brothers and actor (The Five Heartbeats), born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 2006)
  • 1916 Anton Diffring [Alfred Pollack], German character actor (Assignment Vienna), born in Koblenz, Germany (d. 1989)
  • 1917 Jean-Pierre Melville, French filmmaker (A Cop), born in Paris, France (d. 1973)
  • 1922 John Anderson, American actor (Psycho, Ride the High Country, Legend of Wyatt Earp), born in Clayton, Illinois (d. 1992)
  • 1923 Herschel Bernardi, American actor (Arnie, Voice of Charlie the Tuna, Front), born in New York City (d. 1986)
  • 1925 Roger Hanin, French actor (Navarro), born in Algiers, Algeria (d. 2015)
  • 1932 William Christopher, American comedian and actor (M*A*S*H & AfterMASH - "Father Mulcahy"), born in Evanston, Illinois (d. 2016)
  • 1933 Barrie Chase, American dancer and actress (Cape Fear (1962); It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World), born in Kings Point, New York
  • 1934 Michael Dunn, American actor (House of the Damned, Ship of Fools), born in Shattuck, Oklahoma (d. 1973)
  • 1934 Timothy West, English actor (Brass), born in Bradford, England
  • 1935 Jerry Orbach, American actor (Law & Order, Dirty Dancing), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2004)
  • 1942 Earl Hindman, American actor (Wilson-Home Improvement), born in Bisbee, Arizona
  • 1945 Hector the Bulldog, Warner Bros. cartoon character (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "Peck Up Your Troubles"
  • 1948 Sandra Dickinson [née Searles], American-British stage, screen, cartoon, and radio actress (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - "Trillian"), born in Washington, D.C.
  • 1952 Melanie Mayron, American actress (30 Something, Car Wash, Missing), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1953 Bill Nunn, American actor (Do the Right Thing), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2016)
  • 1955 Robert ten Brink, Dutch TV host (All You Need Is Love), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 1955 Thomas Newman, American film score composer (The Shawshank Redemption; Finding Nemo; Six Feet Under; WALL-E), born in Los Angeles, California

Danny Boyle (67 years old)

1956 English film director (Trainspotting; Slumdog Millionaire), born in Manchester, England

  • 1957 Susanna Haavisto, Finnish actress and singer, born in Helsinki, Finland
  • 1958 Eric Scott, American actor (Ben in The Waltons), born in Hollywood, California
  • 1958 Razor Ramon [Scott Hall], American pro wrestler (9 x WCW World Tag Team Champion; WWE HOF 2014), born in St. Mary's County, Maryland (d. 2022)
  • 1958 Valerie Faris, American film director (The Cutting Edge, Little Miss Sunshine), born in Los Angeles, county, California
  • 1958 Viggo Mortensen, American Actor (Lord of the Rings, The Road), born in New York City
  • 1959 Mark Little, Australian actor and comedian (Neighbours), born in Brisbane
  • 1961 Michie Tomizawa, Japanese voice actress (Sailor Moon), born in Maruko, Japan
  • 1965 William Zabka, American actor (The Karate Kid), born in New York City
  • 1967 Luck Mervil, Haitian-Québécois actor and singer-songwriter, born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
  • 1967 Luigi Lo Cascio, Italian actor and director (La città ideale.), born in Palermo, Italy
  • 1967 Marco Ngai, Hong Kong actor, born in Hsinchu, Taiwan
  • 1967 Susan Tulley, English actress (Michelle-EastEnders), born in London, England
  • 1970 Chavo Guerrero, Jr., American professional wrestler, born in El Paso, Texas
  • 1971 Kenneth Choi, American actor (Sons of Anarchy; The Wolf of Wall Street; The Last Man on Earth), born in Chicago, Illinois
  • 1977 Sam Witwer, American actor (Battlestar Galactica, Riverdale), born in Glenview, Illinois
  • 1978 Michael Johns, American Idol (season 7) finalist

John Krasinski (44 years old)

1979 American actor, director and producer (The Office, A Quiet Place), born in Boston, Massachusetts

  • 1979 Nargis Fakhri, American actress (Rockstar), born in New York City
  • 1983 Alona Tal, Israeli-American actress (Veronica Mars - "Meg"; SEAL Team - "Stella"), born in Herzliya, Israel
  • 1983 Takayuki Yamada, Japanese actor (Socrates in Love), born in Naha, Japan
  • 1986 Priyanka Sharma, Indian actress

Candice Swanepoel (35 years old)

1988 South African model (Victoria's Secret), born in Mooi River, South Africa

  • 1994 Morgan Featherstone, Australian child model, born in Brisbane, Australia