Birthdays of film/TV actors/ actresses

July 9th :
1928
Vince Edwards- TV actor, best known TV role' Dr Ben Casey' in 60's medical drama' "Ben Casey'
1938
Brian Dennehy- film actor First Blood, Foul Play, Gorky Park, Cocoon&sequel, F/X, Presumed Innocent, Return to Snowy River
1955
Jimmy Smits- TV actor best known TV roles' Victor' in NBC legal drama' LA Law', Det Bobby Simmone' in ABC police drama' NYPDBlue'
1956
Tom Hanks TV/film actor best known TV role' Henry/Hildegarde' in ABC 80's sitcom' Bosom Buddies'
films: Splash, Big, Sleepless in Seattle, Philadelphia{Best Actor Oscar}, Forrest Gump{Best Actor Oscar}, Toy Story movies voice"Woody", Saving Pvt Ryan, Capt Phillips,The Post, Sully
He is the 2nd actor to win back to back Oscars, Spencer Tracy was the 1st
1976
Fred Savage TV actor ,best known TV role' Kevin' in ABC sitcom' The Wonder Years'
 

July 10th:
1941
Robert Pine- TV actor, best known TV role' Sgt Joe Getraer' in NBC police drama' Chips'
1945
Ron Glass- TV actor ,best known TV role' Det Ron Harris' in ABC sitcom' Barney Miller'
1958
Fiona Shaw- Irish film actress, My Left Foot, Harry Potter movies{played Harry's mean aunt}, The Tree Of Life,
1972
Sofia Vergara- TV actress best known TV role' Gloria Delgado-Pritchett' in ABC sitcom' Modern Family'
1974
Chiwetel Ejiofor British film actor Love Actually, Kinky Boots, Twelve Years a Slave
 

July 11th:
1920
Yul Brynner- film actor "The King &I{ best actor Oscar} also won Tony award ,The Ten Commandments, The Magnificent Seven, Future World
1943
Susan Seaforth Hayes- TV actress, best known TV role' Julie Olsen Williams in NBC "s long running soap opera' Days of Our Lives'
1958
Mark Lester- British film actor Olivier, Black Beauty, The Prince&The Pauper
1966
Greg Gunberg- TV actor best known TV role' Eric Weiss' on ABC spy drama' Alias'
1966
Debbe Dunning- TV actress best known TV role' Heidi' 'Tool Time' Girl on ABC sitcom ' Home Improvement'
 
July 12th:
1930
Gordon Pinsent- Canadian film actor The Thomas Crown Affair, The Shipping News, Away From Her
1948
JayThomas- TV actor, best known TV role' Eddie Lebec' in NBC sitcom' Cheers', he played Carla's husband
1951
Cheryl Ladd- TV actress, best known TV role' Kris Monroe' in ABC's 70's detective series' Charlie's Angels. She replaced Farrah Fawcett after she quit the show after the 1st yr
1956
Mel Harris- TV actress, best known TV role' Hope' in ABC drama'Thirty Something'
1990
Rachel Brosnahan- TV actress best known TV roles ' Midge Maisel' in Amazon Prime series' The Marvelous Mrs Masiel', Rachel Posner' in Netflix drama' House of Cards'
 
July 13th:
1928
Bob Crane- TV actor, best known TV roles' Dr Dave Kelsey in ABC sitcom' The Donna Reed Show', Col Robert Hogan in CBS sitcom' Hogan's Heroes'
1940
Patrick Stewart TV/film actor best known TV role' Capt Jean-Luc Picard' in syndicated sci/fi show' Star trek: The Next Generation'87-'94
movies: Star Trek Next Generation movies, A Christmas Carol, X-Men movies
1942
Harrison Ford- film actor 'Star War movies as 'Han Solo", Working Girl, Presumed Innocent, Witness, Indiana Jones movies, The Fugitive, Blade Runner
1969
Ken Jeong TV comedy actor, best known TV roles' "Ben Chang' in NBC sitcom' Community', 'Dr Ken' in ABC sitcom' Dr Ken'
films: The Hangover, Crazy Rich Asians. Jeong was a real doctor, gave up his license to persue an acting career
 
July 14th :
1901
George Tobias- TV actor, best known TV role 'Abner Kravitz', on ABC 60's sitcom' Bewitched', he played nosy next door neighbor
1926
Harry Dean Stanton- film actor, Alien, Cool Hand Luke, The Godfather II, Dillinger, The Green Mile
1960
Jane Lynch- TV/film actress ,best known TV role'Sue Slyvester' on Fox drama' Glee', films: A Mighty Wind, Best in Show'
She hosts NBC"s game show' The Weakest Link'
1966
Matthew Fox- TV actor, best known TV roles 'Charlie Salinger' in Fox 90's drama' Party of Five', Dr Jack Shepard' in ABC's drama' Lost'
 
July 15th:
1935
Alex Karras TV/film actor, best known TV role' George' on ABC 80's sitcom' Webster' films: Paper Lion, Blazing Saddles, Victor/ Victoria ,Against All Odds'
Karras was a NFL Hall of Fame Football player with the Detroit Lions, played defensive lineman '58-'70
1935
Ken Kercheval TV actor, best known TV role' Cliff Barnes' on CBS drama' Dallas'
1952
Terry O'Quinn TV actor best known TV role' John Locke' on ABC drama' Lost'
1960
Willie Aames TV actor, best known TV role' Tommy Bradford' on ABC drama' Eight is Enough'
1961
Forest Whitaker- film actor, Platoon, The Color of Money, Panic Room, The Butler, The Last King of Scotland{best actor Oscar}
1972
Scott Foley TV actor, best known TV roles' Noel Crane' in drama' Felicty', Jack Ballard on ABC drama' Scandal'
2008
Iain Armitage- TV actor, best known TV role' Sheldon Cooper' on CBS sitcom' Young Sheldon'
 
July 16th :
1907
Barbara Stanywck TV/film actress best known TV roles' 'Victoria Barkley' in ABC 60's western' The Big Valley', 'Mary Carson' in 1983 ABC mini-series' The Thorn Birds' films:
Baby Face, Annie Oakley, Golden Boy, Double Indeminity, Witness to Murder
1963
Phoebe Cates- film actress 'Fast Times at Ridgemount High', Bright Lights, Big City, married to actor, Kevin Kline
1967
Will Ferrell TV/film comedic actor Saturday Night live cast member 1995- 2002 films: Elf, Step Brothers, Anchorman: Legend of Ron Burgundy, Wedding Crashers
1971
Corey Feldman film actor- The Goonies, Stand BY Me, License to Drive, The Lost Boys
 
July 17th:
1899
James Cagney- dancer/ film actor 'Public Enemy', Frisco Kid, Angels With Dirty Faces, Yankee Doodle Dandy{best actor Oscar},Mister Roberts, Ragtime Cagney only actor to win Oscar in rare song/dance performance,portraying George M. Cohan
1935
Donald Sutherland- Canadian film actor' The Dirty Dozen, M*A*S*H, Ordinary People, Space Cowboys, The Hunger Games movies
1952
David Hasselhoff TV actor best known TV roles' Michael Knight' in NBC's adventure series 'Knight Rider', 'Lt Mitch Bucannon' in syndicated series 'Baywatch' played head life guard
 
July 18th:
1891
Gene Lockhart- film actor A Christmas Carol, The Story of Alexander Graham Bell, Meet John Doe,Going My Way, Madame Bovary, Carousel
1909
Harriet Nelson- TV actress, best known TV role playing herself with husband, Ozzie & sons David &Ricky in ABC 50's sitcom' Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
1911
Hume Cronyn- Canadian film actor' Cleopatra, World According to Garp, Cocoon & sequel,The Gin Game
1940
James Brolin- TV actor, best known TV roles "Dr Steven Kiley' in ABC medical drama' Marcus Welby, MD, 'Peter' in ABC drama' Hotel, 'JOhn Short' in CBS sitcom' Life in Pieces'
1951
Margo Martindale- TV/film character actress, best known TV roles' Ruth Eastman' in CBS legal drama' The Good Wife,'Mags Bennett' in drama' Justified',Claudia' on F/X drama' The Americans'
films: Nobody's Fool, Million Dollar Baby, The Hours, August: Osage County
1961
Elizabeth McGovern TV/film actress best known TV role' Cora Crawley in British drama'Downton Abbey' films Ordinary People, Racing With The Moon, The Handmaid's Tale, Buffalo Soldiers
 
July 19th:
1924
Pat Hingle- film character actor, Splendor in the Grass, The Ugly American, Norma Rae, Of Mice&Men, Batman, A Thousand Acres
1945
George Dzundra -TV/film actor, best known TV role Sgt Max Greevy' in NBC's original drama' Law&Order- he left after the 1st yr
films: The Deer Hunter, No Way Out, Crimson Tide
1961
Campbell Scott -film actor "Longtime Companion, Dead Again, Music&Lyrics, The Amazing Spider Man'
He's the narrator on History Channel's series' The Food That Built America' His parents were both actors, George C. Scott, actress Collen Dewhurst
1962
Anthony Edwards -TV/film actor ,best known TV role' Dr Mark Greene' in NBC's medical drama' ER" films: Miracle Mile, Top Gun, The Client
1976
Benedict Cumberbach British TV/film actor ,best known TV role' Sherlock Holmes', films Atonement, August: Osage County, 12 years a Slave, Imitation Game
 
July 20th:
1930
Sally Ann Howe- British film actress Nicholas Nickelby, Chitty Chitty, Bang Bang
1938
Diana Rigg -British TV/film actress best known TV roles' Emma Peel' In ABC 60's spy drama' The Avengers', "Olena Tyrell' in HBO"s series 'Game of Thrones' films: Julius Caesar, A Little Night Music, Moll Flanders
1950
Tantoo Cardinal- Canadian film actress 'Dances with Wolves, Legends of the Fall,From Above
1969
Josh Holloway- TV actor best known TV role' Sawyer' in ABC drama' Lost'
1985
John Francis Daley -TV actor best known TV role' Dr Lance Sweet' in Fox drama' Bones'
 
July 21st:
1924
Don Knotts TV/film comedic actor, best known TV roles 'Barney Fife' in CBS sitcom' The Andy Griffith Show, 'Ralph Furley'in ABC sitcom' Three's Company' films: No Time for Sergants, The Ghost&Mr Chicken, The Apple Dumpling Gang, Pleasantville
1943
Edward Herrmann- film actor Eleanor&Franklin, Reds, Nixon, The Great Gatsby
1951
Robin WilliamsTV/fim actor best known TV role' Mork' in ABC sitcom "Mork&Mindy', films: Good Morning, Vietnam, Dead Poet's Society, Good Will Hunting{supp actor Oscar} Mrs. Doubtfire, Awakenings
 
July 22nd:
1934
Louise Fletcher- film actress, One Flew Over The Cuckoos' Nest {best actress Oscar}, Nobody's Fool, Brainstorm, Cruel Intentions
In her Oscar acceptance speech, she used signed language to thank her parents who are both deaf
1946
Danny Glover- film actor, 'Lethal Weapon' movies, The Color Purple, Buffalo Soldiers, Witness, The Royal Tannebaums
1955
Willem Dafoe- film actor, PLatoon, Mississippi Burning, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, John Wick
1964
JOhn Leguizama- film actor Carlitios' Way, Mario Bros, Moulin Rouge, 'Ice Age' animated movies' voices 'Sid ' the Sloth
 
July 23rd:
1884
Emil Jannings- German film actor "Faust, The Blue Angel, The Last Command
1908
Karl Swenson TV actor best known TV role' Lars Hanson' in NBC drama' Little House on the Prairie'
1925
Gloria Dehaven-film actress The Thin Man Goes Home, Summer Holiday, Two Tickets to Broadway
1938
Ronny Cox- film actor Deliverance, Harper Valley,PTA, Robocop, Beverly Hills Cop, Total Recall
1961
Woody Harrelson TV/film actor best known TV role'Woody Boyd' in NBC sitcom' Cheers' films : White Men Can't Jump, Natural Born Killers, The Hunger Games, 3 Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
1989
Daniel Radcliffe- British film actor best known film role' Harry Potter' in all 7 HP movies
 
July 24th:
1933
John Aniston- TV actor best known TV roles 'Martin Tourner in CBS soap opera' Search For Tommorow' , 'Victor Kirkakis in NBC soap opera' Days of Our Lives', father of actress Jennifer Aniston
1936
Mark Goddard- TV actor best known TV role' "Don West' in CBS 60's sci/fi series' Lost In Space'
1947
Robert Hays- film actor best known film role the pilot in comedy spoof' Airplane' other films: Homeward Bound;The Incredible Journey, Vanished
1952
Lynda Carter- TV actress best known TV role' Dianne Price' in ABC series' Wonder Woman
1979
Rose Byrne- Australian film actress Bridesmaids, The Internship, Spy, Peter Rabbit, Neighbors
1982
Anna Paquin- film actress The Piano{ best supp actress Oscar age 11} True Blood, Fly Away Home, Almost Famous, X Men
 
July 25th:
1894
Walter Brennan- TV/film actor best known TV role' Grandpa Amos McCoy' in ABC 60's sitcom' The Real McCoys'
films: The Invisible Man, Northwest Passage, Pride of the Yankees,How the West Was Won, Over the Hill Gang'
1908
Jack Gilford film actor Catch -22, Save the Tiger, Harry &Walter Go to New York, Cocoon& sequel
1967
Matt Le Blanc- TV actor best known TV role' Joey' on NBC sitcom' Friends'
 
July 26th:
1918
Marjorie Lord- TV actress, best known TV role' Kathy Williams in ABC sitcom, "Make Room For Daddy', she played Danny Thomas's TV wife
1922
Jason Robards-film actor, The Iceman Cometh, All The President's Men, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Philadelphia
1944
Kiel Martin -TV actor best known TV role' Det John LaRue' in NBC's 80's police drama' Hill St. Blues'
1945
Helen Mirren- British film actress, The Long Good Friday, Madness of St George, Gosford Park, The Queen, Woman in Gold,
1964
Sandra Bullock- film actress Speed, While You Were Sleeping, Two Weeks Notice, The Blind Side{best actress Oscar} Gravity
 
July 27th:
1882
Donald Crisp- British film actor Birth of a Nation, Mutiny on the Bounty, Wuthering Heights, How Green Was My Valley, National Velvet, Pollyanna
1937
Don Galloway- TV actor best known TV role' Det Sgt Ed Brown' in NBC police drama' Ironsides'
1942
John Pleshette- TV actor best known TV role' Richard Avery' in CBS drama' KNots Landing' a spin off series of 'Dallas'
1972
Maya Rudolph- comedic TV/film actress her best known TV role on Sat Night Live '00-'07, she frequently portrayed Vice Pres, Kamala Harris films: 50 1st Dates, A Prairie Home Companion, Bridesmaids, Life of the Party
 
July 28th:
1911
Ann Doran- film actress Meet John Doe, So Proudly We Hail,The Fountainhead, Rebel Without a Cause
1946
Linda Kelsey- TV actress best known TV role' Billie Newman' on CBS drama' Lou Grant'
1947
Sally Struthers- TV actress ,best known TV role' Gloria' on CBS sitcom' All in The Family'
1947
Georgia Engel- TV actress ,best know TV role' Georgette' on CBS sitcom, Mary Tyler Moore Show, she played Ted Knight's girlfriend, then wife
 
July 29th:
1892
William Powell film actor,best know for 'The Thin Man movies co starring with Myrna Loy as 'Nick &Nora Charles'
Sherlock Homes, My Man Godfrey, How To Marry a Millionaire,Mister Roberts
1905
Clara Bow -silent film actress Dancing Mothers, Wings
1924
Robert Horton- TV actor best known TV role' Flint Mc Cullough in NBC/ABC Western' Wagon Train'
1933
Robert Fuller- TV actor best known TV role' Dr Kelly Brackett' in NBC 70's drama' Emergency'
1972
Wil Wheaton TV/film actor best known TV role' Wesley Crusher' in syndicated series' Star Trek: Next Generation'
films' Stand BY Me, Toy Soldiers, Star Trek: Nemesis'
 
July 30th:
1927
Victor Wong- film actor, Big trouble In little China, The Last Emperor, The Joy Luck Club
1932
Edd Byrnes, TV actor best known TV role' Kookie' in ABC detective series' 77 Sunset Strip'
He & singer,Connie Stevens had a hit single' Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb' which hit # 4 on music charts
1947
Arnold Schwarzenegger- film actor 'Conan the Barbarian, The Terminator, Twins, Kindergarten Cop, True Lies
was Calif Governor{R} 2003-2011
1954
Ken Olin- TV actor ,best known TV role' Michael Steadman' in ABC drama' Thirtysomething'
1956
Delta Burke- TV actress, best known TV role' Suzanne Sugarbaker' in CBS sitcom' Designing Women'
1974
Hilary Swank film actress 'Boys Don't Cry{best actress Oscar}, Million Dollar Baby{best actress Oscar}, Insomnia
 
July 31st:
1929
Don Murray- film actor Bus Stop, Advise*Consent, A Hatful of Rain, Peggy Sue Got Married, ex husband of actress, Hope Lange
1932
Ted Cassidy- TV actor best known TV role' Lurch' the butler on ABC 60's sitcom' The Addams Family'
1944
Geraldine Chaplin- film actress, Dr. Zhivago, Nashville, The Age of Innocence, Gulliver's Travels, daughter of actor ,Charlie Chaplin
1962
Wesley Snipes- film actor White Men Can't Jump, Demolition Man. Blade trilogy movies
1966
Dean Cain TV actor,best known TV role' Clark Kent/ Superman in ABC sci fi show'Lois &Clark, new Adventures of Superman
 
August 1st:
1912
Henry Jones character film actor The Bad Seed, Vertigo, Butch Cassidy&Sundance Kid, Deathtrap
1922
Arthur Hill Canadian TV/film actor best known TV role' Owen Marshall' in ABC legal drama' Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law'
films: The Ugly American, Harper, A Bridge Too Far
1933
Dom deLuise- comedic film actor The Glass Bottom Boat, Blazing Saddles, The Cheap Detective, Fatso, Cannonball Run
1973
Tempesett Bledsoe TV actress, best known TV role' Vanessa Huxtable' in NBC 80's sitcom 'The Cosby Show'
 

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