October 24th Birthdays
If you were born on October 24th, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
American TV actress (Emergency!; 77 Sunset Strip; How the West Was Won; Charlie’s Angels; Ironside; Adam-12; Gunsmoke; The Rookies; Dr. Kildare; Laramie; The Detectives; Hawaiian Eye; The Alaskans; Bronco; U.S. Marshal; Mike Hammer), born October 24, 1929. (Jean Allison 1960 Bonanza)
Bill Wyman (nee William George Perks Jr.)
English author (Rolling With the Stones; Stone Alone), songwriter, and former bass guitarist for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band the Rolling Stones (In Another Land; Downtown Suzie; Jumpin’ Jack Flash; Ruby Tuesday) born October 24, 1936. (Bill Wyman 1975 Photo: Bill Wyman / Jim Summaria)
F. Murray Abraham (nee Murray Abraham)
Academy Award-winning American actor of TV (Dar Adal on Homeland; Kojak; Marco Polo) and movies (Amadeus; Scarface; The Name of the Rose; An Innocent Man; By the Sword; Baby Face Nelson; Finding Forrester; The Big Fix), born October 24, 1939. (F. Murray Abraham 2009 Photo: TriviaKing)
Kevin Kline (married Phoebe Cates)
Tony & Academy Award-winning American actor of films (A Fish Called Wanda; French Kiss; Sophie’s Choice; The Big Chill; Silverado; The January Man; In & Out; Soapdish; Cry Freedom; Chaplin), and TV (Woody Reed on Search for Tomorrow), born October 24, 1947. (Kevin Kline 1989 Photo: Alan Light)
Doug Davidson (nee Douglas Donald Davidson; married Cindy Fisher)
Daytime Emmy Award-winning American host & actor of television (P.I. Paul Williams on The Young and the Restless from 1978-2018; The New Price is Right) and movies (Mr. Write; Fraternity Row), born October 24, 1954. (Doug Davidson 1988 The Young and the Restless 1988 Promo: CBS)
Karen Austin (nee Karen Brammer)
American actress of stage, TV (Night Court; The Quest; St. Elsewhere; Murder One; L. A. Law; Hill Street Blues; Three’s Company; Family; Beverly Hills, 90210; CSI: Miami), and movies (Summer Rental; Jagged Edge; The Ladies Club; Far From Home), born October 24, 1955. (Karen Austin 1982 The Quest Photo)
BD Wong (nee Bradley Darryl Wong)
Tony Award-winning American host & actor of stage, TV (Dr. George Huang on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; Oz; Mr. Robot; Gotham), and movies (Seven Years in Tibet; Jurassic Park; Father of the Bride; Mystery Date; Mulan), born October 24, 1960. (BD Wong 2008 Photo: Paul Rudman)
Ted Dekker
American (born in Netherlands New Guinea) author, fantasy & psychological thriller novelist (House; Thr3e; Blink of an Eye; BoneMan’s Daughters; The Bride Collector; The Priest’s Graveyard; Blessed Child; Black: The Birth of Evil), born October 24, 1962. (Ted Dekker Photo: © Ted Dekker, Used by Permission)
Cuban-American singer & actor of Broadway, TV (Rafael Barba on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Hannibal; The Path; Bojack Horseman; Pushing Daisies), and films (Custody; Trouble in the Heights; My Soul to Take; Find Me Guilty), born October 24, 1970. (Raúl Esparza 2014 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
(Kevin Kline 1989: Alan Light | David Nelson 1964: ABC Television Network [colorized])
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on October 24th!
Remember These October 24th Famous Birthdays
Dave Nelson (nee David Oswald Nelson; brother of Ricky Nelson)
American producer, director, & actor of TV (Dave Nelson on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; Ozzie’s Girls) & films (Here Come the Nelsons; Peyton Place; The Big Circus; The Big Show; The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker; -30-; Day of the Outlaw) (born Oct. 24, 1936 – died Jan. 11, 2011; age 74). Son of Harriet & Ozzie Nelson, ex of June Blair, uncle of Tracy Nelson. (Dave Nelson 1963)
Moss Hart (married Kitty Carlisle)
Tony Award-winning American Theatre Hall of Fame director (My Fair Lady), playwright & 1937 Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner (You Can’t Take It With You; The Man Who Came to Dinner; As Thousands Cheer), and screenwriter (A Star is Born; Gentleman’s Agreement) (born Oct. 24, 1904 – died Jan. 11, 1961; age 57). Moss Hart died of a heart attack. (Moss Hart 1950: NBC TV)
Irish actor of TV (The Virginian; The Alfred Hitchcock Hour; All in the Family; Encounter; The Streets of San Francisco; Folio; All in the Family; Dr. Kildare; Barnaby Jones) and movies (The Unsinkable Molly Brown; The Molly Maguires; Hero’s Island) (born Oct. 24, 1918 – died Mar. 15, 2011; age 92). Cause of death for Brendan Dillon is unknown. (Brendan Dillon 1961 Thriller)
Gilda Gray (nee Marianna Michalska; aka Mary Gray)
Polish-American dancer (the Shimmy) & actress of stage (1922 Ziegfeld Follies; The Gaieties of 1919), silent films (Piccadilly; Aloma of the South Seas; The Devil Dancer; Cabaret; A Virtuous Vamp; A Social Sleuth; The Girl with the Jazz Heart ) & 1930s movie musicals (Rose Marie; He Was Her Man) (born Oct. 24, 1901 – died Dec. 22, 1959; age 58). (Gilda Gray 1927: Cinelandia)
Melvin Purvis (nee Melvin Horace Purvis II; “Little Mel“, 5’4” tall)
American lawyer, FBI Division of Investigation head 1927-1935 (United Airlines Trip 23 investigation; kidnappings, manhunts for gangsters Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, John Dillinger), author (American Agent, 1936), and WWII U.S. Army intelligence officer (Nuremberg trials) (born Oct. 24, 1903 – died Feb. 29, 1960; age 56). (Melvin Purvis c. 1936 Painting: A.Hamilton)
The Big Bopper (aka J.P. Richardson; nee Jiles Perry Richardson Jr.)
Rockabilly Hall of Fame American guitarist, radio DJ, singer & songwriter (Chantilly Lace; Running Bear; White Lightning; The Big Bopper’s Wedding; Beggar to a King; Treasure of Love) (born Oct. 24, 1930 – died Feb. 3, 1959; age 28). During the Winter Dance Party Tour, The Big Bopper died in an airplane crash with Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens. (The Big Bopper 1959)
Margaret Blye (aka Maggie Blye; sister of Judy Blye Wilson)
American actress of TV (In the Heat of the Night; Ben Casey; Gunsmoke) and movies (The Italian Job; The Sporting Club; Every Little Crook and Nanny; Diamonds for Breakfast; Hard Times; Ash Wednesday; Little Darlings; Liar’s Moon; The Entity; Mischief) (born Oct. 24, 1939 – died Mar. 24, 2016; age 76). Margaret Blye died of cancer. (Margaret Blye 1976 Mayday at 40,000 Feet)
Merian C. Cooper (nee Merian Caldwell Cooper; married Dorothy Jordan)
American reporter, WWI & Polish-Soviet War pilot, WWII Air Force Brigadier General; film exec (Pioneer; Selznick International; MGM; Argosy; C.V. Whitney), producer & screenwriter (King Kong; The Searchers; The Four Feathers; The Monkey’s Paw; The Silver Cord; Morning Glory; Little Women) (born Oct. 24, 1893 – died Apr. 21, 1973; age 79). (Merian C. Cooper 1956)
Dame Sybil Thorndike (nee Agnes Sybil Thorndike; married Lewis Casson)
English actress of stage (Saint Joan, written for her by George Bernard Shaw), silent films & classic movies (Gone to Earth; Alive and Kicking; Uncle Vanya; Major Barbara; The Forbidden Street; Stage Fright; The Prince and the Showgirl; Shake Hands With the Devil; The Big Gamble) (born Oct. 24, 1882 – died June 9, 1976; age 93). Mom of Christopher & Ann Casson. (Sybil Thorndike 1921)
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